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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1921

Page

8

Active Members Wanted by Saturday Night in Sales Campaign

The Banner-Herald launches a Salesmanship Club drive offering $5 gold pieces and big prizes for turning in $20 in subscriptions. Participants are told there is no entry cost and cash commissions are paid based on ability, with cars and other rewards through a limited-time program.

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Georgia Must Preserve Education Spending for Rural Progress

An Atlanta Journal editorial argues Georgia cannot cut education funding now. It praises a $100,000 farm extension appropriation, noting federal matching funds and the long term gain in agricultural knowledge, correspondence, short courses, and youth programs helping Tech and the State University.

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Goodfellowship Tours Planned For Athens Area

Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Association outline a series of one day auto tours to northeast Georgia towns to foster goodwill and unity. Civic groups like the Athens Advertising Club Kiwanis Rotary Woman's Club will assist. Planned routes include towns such as Tacitville Dan Isville Royston Carnesville Hartwell Lavonia Elberton Carlton Comer Colbert Hull and more with 15 to 30 minute stops. A fourth tour will cover Union Point Washington Tignall and Smithonia. Special committees will finalize details for The Get Acquainted tours.

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Hawaii Immigrant Relief: divert Ellis Island labor to Hawaii

Rep. Isaac Siegel argues for channeling a portion of new arrivals away from Ellis Island to Hawaii to ease congestion. He cites the 3 percent law as failing and notes Hawaii seeks immigrant labor to counter a rising Japanese presence, warning of economic strains in agriculture and industry.

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Protests Over Soule Salary Cut At Farm Extension Board

Delegation from the Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants to the legislature protested a $3000 reduction in the president of the State College of Agriculture salary. Led by J. Warren Smith and including Dr. J. M. Pound H. T. O Neill and Mayor Andrew Erwin, the group spoke before the appropriations committee regarding Smith Lever funding and related education appropriations.

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