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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1922
Page
4
The article criticizes Senator Borah for highlighting government waste and rising expenditures. It cites growing deficits, new bureaus, and added staff as budget overruns, arguing that taxes and property values bear the burden. It labels tariffs and ship subsidies as excessive for special interests.
Athens celebrates the 1922 Summer School as its largest ever with unprecedented enrollment and the highest number of graduates. Dr. J. S. Stewart, succeeding Dr. Wooster, planned a record year and now faces preparations for an even larger session next summer.
An editorial urges Clarke county to patrol paved highways to curb speeding on Sundays and evenings. It notes many drivers exceed safe speeds, endangering lives and suggesting county law enforcement follow city practices to enhance safety. Also mentions Tristan da Cunha and a schoolmaster's letter from H. M. Rogers.
A reflective aphorism notes envy as a poisonous growth born from sin, using vivid imagery to critique human passions and moral failing. The quote connects emotion to ethical consequence, urging restraint and self-examination.
The entry defines badi nage as banter and playful raillery with French roots. It notes approximate English pronunciation bah de nazho or naj with stress on the first syllable, and gives an example about tariff discussions degenerating into abuse.
A fragment of verse celebrates a roaming family on the road with a moving camp on a motorcycle-like trip. The speaker describes a carefree journey with wife child dog and kin, leaving home behind and seeking new sights along secluded byways. They criticise material cars while embracing freedom on the highways.
A column by Mildred Lewis Rutherford argues ethics should be taught in schools and recaptured in homes. She laments declining manners among youth, noting shifts in courtesy, respect for elders, door holding, seating, and female propriety, urging daily ethics education.
The article recounts the Lovers Leap tale from the Coweta and Cusseta tribes near Columbus Georgia. Morning Star daughter of the Cusseta chief loves Young Eagle of the Cowetas. Crazy Wolf plots to separate them, pursuing the couple to Silver Wampum. Morning Star dies in the fall, Young Eagle dies to save her, Crazy Wolf perishes, and the Cusseta chief laments the lost Morning Star.
Review of eczema as a common skin disease linked to systemic nutrition and overall health. Advises cause identification, environmental avoidance, proper nourishment, outdoor air, exercise, gentle cleansing, limited water, soft water, and protective dressings. Recommends medical consultation for individual causes and treatments.
In a grim moment the Cusseta chief, named Proatate, collapses beside a wall described as fearful and desolate. The stroke of fate ends his life as the scene portrays a sudden death in the narrative. The passage emphasizes a somber, ceremonial fall and the chief's final departure.
The article traces Normal Heights development as a commercial hub with a brief history of the old Rock College and the Normal School started around 1894 95 after funds from Col W S Holman and others. It details early land sales, state funding, and notes local merchants invited to advertise and support the area.
A large new motor lifeboat named Barnett Twin Screw was launched for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Described as practically unsinkable with a watertight double hull, it offers a radius of action up to 15 miles and is equipped with a life-saving net, a line-throwing gun, and a search light. Two six cylinder 75 horsepower motors are claimed to run even when submerged.
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