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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1921
Page
4
Governor Hardwick releases a statement praising the session as stormy yet productive. He cites two main goals: funding to lift the state out of debt and maintaining appropriations within expected tax revenues. He expects the Western & Atlantic funding bill and tax measures to secure revenue and reduce debt.
The Searchlight published a charge that Dr. M Ashby Jones pastor of Ponce De Leon Baptist invited well dressed black women to a reception and promoted racial equality. Deacons deny the claim noting a women's missionary meeting at his home with no Jones present and state the incident involved only a black helper aiding orphans.
The piece warns that liberty bonds are highly stealable as many are bearer payable and kept in homes. It urges registering bonds with the government to reduce theft risk, noting wealthier holders often store them in bank vaults while smaller savers risk loss.
A mix of anecdotes shows how advertising bloomed fortunes for food makers and automakers alike. Ford and Chevrolet highlight vast returns from large campaigns while retailers and vendors profit when customers demand advertised goods. The piece notes universal human traits across cities and stresses telling the public about strong offerings.
A compilation of excerpts from the Banner of October 1863 includes protest over wartime profiteering and aid to soldiers families, advice on taming wild horses, Confederate notices and obituaries, troop movements, and Charleston siege updates from James Island and the Chickamauga era.
Thomas Lester Epps of Madison Ga died at his mother's home at 5 pm August Std after a Sunday automobile accident. He was 30 on July 28 and pneumonia followed slight injuries. He leaves a mother five sisters three brothers and was grandson of T N Lester of Athens. Funeral services were held Sunday at 4 pm.
A narrator recalls a stop in Athens on a warm August day seeking a quiet place to refresh and check a long list of errands. The piece hints at wishing for a friend in the city to visit but notes distance makes it impractical. The tone is reflective and appreciative of a needed rest space.
A reader celebrates a new Ladies Rest Room offering comfort to shoppers on hot days. Describes chairs, water, powdering areas and the social value of such a civic amenity, praising public spirited donors and the convenience for exhausted women.
Catarrh medicine claims to cure by cleansing the blood and restoring normal body functions. It asserts to relieve local disease and support Nature’s work with a constitutional remedy. Available through all druggists from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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