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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1922
Page
4
The Banner-Herald appeals for unity among Athens residents amid political bitterness. It calls for frank talk, shedding grudges, and a community effort to boost commerce and civic life, aiming to place Athens among the nation’s worthwhile cities.
The article argues against reducing U S Navy personnel as 27 ships be scrapped. Of these, 13 are under construction or planned with no crews, and 14 are out of commission with about 850 men needed. It contends current 100,000 sailors are insufficient for remaining ships, advocates for a strong fleet to deter conflicts and safeguard national position, noting America must stay ready like England.
The text asserts Bolshevism stifles intellectual growth in Russia, starving or killing leading scholars and criminalizing intellectual labor. It condemns the Soviet government's theory as absolutist and ridiculous, suppressing philosophy, art, music, government study, and wider education.
The town splits Sunday service logistics with an extra car leaving the post office at five minutes to 11 to run directly to the Episcopal church. C D Flanagen notes the plan aims to aid downtown residents attending services and shows community outreach. The item reflects early 20th century Athens civic life.
Flood waters drop in Fort Worth while officials press search for sixty or more missing after three days of inundation. Dykes are investigated for alleged tampering and guards protect remaining embankments as cleanup and drainage proceed. In Ferriday and Vidalia, Louisiana, Mississippi river floods drive residents to safety across several towns. A clock of car recoveries unfolds in Athens with six vehicles linked to thefts located and a witness expected.
Clarke County Farm Bureau to hold a general meeting at the courthouse on Tuesday May 2 at 3 oclock p m Members will prepare an order for calcium arsenate to leverage bulk buying The Clarke bureau ranks among the state’s five leading chapters and invites every county farmer to attend and place his arsenate order Also noted a humorous line about radio sparking and a statement estimating the cost of a rat per year at 1 82 dollars.
The Georgia state board of entomology will operate calcium arsenate cars along the Central of Georgia Railway to sell the poison at actual cost to farmers. Cars will stop in each county, with sales on board by entomology representatives. Distribution aims to reach cotton growers with the only known boll weevil destroyer at near cost.
Henry C Tuck notes Richard B Baxter of Sparta Ga as an Athens Guards veteran with a lengthy Civil War career. Baxter graduated from the State University in 1860, fought in Virginia, was wounded at Sharpsburg on September 17 1862, later joined the Western Army in Tennessee, was captured and held at Rocky Island prison Illinois. He refused amnesty until the South’s war prospects ended, remaining loyal to the Confederacy until after Appomattox.
A reader defends Athens moral character, arguing the city is not more immoral than others and praises the Banner-Herald for prudent judgment. The letter reflects local sentiment in April 1922.
Francis Price of the Griffith Implement Company returns from a two week trip to Philadelphia Gibbsboro and New York City. He visited John Lucas Co paint makers to gain first hand knowledge as Griffith Implement now distributes their products and he will supervise the department after a 10 day course on paints and varnishes. The Lucas paints carry the slogan Save the surface and you save all.
Miss Nelson explains that her song Swanee River Moon, a gentle waltz ballad, has a tone and appeal so clear that even a first timer can play and dance to its rhythm. The piece promises easy rhythm and broad dancing or singing potential for stores.
Los Angeles officials report a district attorney and deputy sheriffs raid on the Los Angeles offices of the Ku Klux Klan yielded documents and regalia likely to impact cases in Los Angeles county and beyond. Detailed inspection was postponed to later today as authorities prepare arraignments for Walter E. Mosher on charges.
An advertisement argues that women are biologically different from men and more prone to nervousness, sleeplessness, and melancholia. It recommends Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a non drug remedy with a fifty year history in American womanhood, urging a fair trial to dispel troubles.
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