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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
5
Fragmentary weather notes describe showers in the south and north with variable temperatures. Mentions of rainy southwest and a broad region including New England and the Pacific area. Details are unclear and some terms are garbled.
Fort Worth Texas endures torrential rain and rising Trinity River floodwaters. Death toll climbs toward twenty with millions in property damage, while North Fort Worth Arlington Heights and Sycamore flood. Major White appeals for relief as Red Cross seeks 40000 dollars for the stranded and homeless. Levee dynamiting blamed for breaches. flood hampers power, phones, transit. rescue teams save families from tree tops. dam Lake Worth considered secure for now.
Merchants and residents near the Normal School urge the creation of a local bank or a branch of an established bank. The area already has a post office, several stores, druggists, garages, cleaners, barbers, and a shoe shop. Discussions extend along Jefferson and Mitchell roads as they plan to attract banking services.
The passage notes towns pushing for city recognition to boost downtown commerce. Merchants are contacting residents to share in downtown trade and voters in the area organize, claiming years of neglect and striving to secure attention from city authorities.
The Athens Community Council discussed a Carnegie offer of 60 000 to build a public library with 5 000 annual maintenance, urging joint city county support for a district library serving both city and rural residents. A committee was named to pursue steps, while bond funding questions lingered and a council leaflet was planned to inform members.
New York dispatch notes Morvich, last year’s wonder horse, heads the field for the 48th Kentucky Derby at Louisville on May 13. He travels with ten attendants, a pony-in-waiting, and a private car as the sport’s richest Blue Grass stake draws wide attention.
Benjamin Block, a Broadway broker, pledges Morvich as the public’s property while praising the thoroughbred’s million dollar disposition. Morvich earned $115,234 as a two year old and has a stellar 11 for 11 start record, rivaled only by Man O War. His turf legacy hinges on this season’s performance amid veteran readers and racing history.
Hornell New York woman recounts improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine. She reports fatigue relief, sleep return, bowel and menstrual relief, and now handles most daily tasks herself. She encourages others to try the remedy.
The first installment of city taxes is due from April 15 to May 1. A late payment by May 1 incurs a $1.50 cost on file against all taxpayers. City Marshal Millionante G. E. O’FARRELL signs the notice.
The Associated Press board reelected officers and executive committee members. President is Frank B. Noyes of the Washington Star. First vice president Herbert F. Gunnison of the Brooklyn Eagle. Second vice president Stuart H. Perry of the Adrian Telegram. Secretary Melville F. Stone. Assistant secretary Frederick Roy Martin. Treasurer J. R. Youatt. Executive committee includes Charles Hopkins Clark, Charles A. Rook, W. L. McLean, Frank Bb. Noyes, Adolph Osch, John R. Ratham, and Victor F. Lawson.
Judge Samuel H. Sibley heard the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company versus the Georgia railroad commission. The hearing paused with no decision, the dispute revolving around a fertilizer rate set February 20, 1920, when federal control ended, and ACCL refusing to recognize the rate.
The commission ordered the railroad to refund a substantial sum to the Glackshear company and a yeault of the overcharge. The railroad seeks to enjoin the commission from enforcing the rebate, which would impede the commission's rate fixing power. Regardless of Judge Sibley's ruling, the case will likely be appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
Baltimore trained nurse Misa Knox stood trial in Westmoreland County Circuit Court on charges of murdering Mrs. Margaret Eastlake at Colonial Beach last September. Jury selection expected to consume the day. naval petty officer Roser Rastlake, husband of the victim, had been implicated but was acquitted in a prior trial.
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