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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1921
Page
1
Ed note introduces a series by a staff correspondent on prosperous smaller towns in Athens territory. The piece highlights rising prosperity fueled by diversified farming and development of small industries, reflected in the strong growth of several towns.
Jefferson Ga community report highlights fraternal orders including Unity Lodge No 36 Masonics and Jefferson No 1 Knights of Pythias, city clubs led by HL Pendergrass and Mrs Bennett, and plans for new groups like the Midl?ndons Club. It surveys local businesses, two banks, merchants, garages, amusement theater, and the Jefferson Mills with 200 workers and hydroelectric power.
Athens faces severe milk shortages with families reportedly starving and infants at risk. A relief drive named Milk and Ice Fund, led by A S Parker, will collect subscriptions via The Farmer Herald and Mrs S Marker. Funds buy milk and ice for afflicted babies, dispensed by a Red Cross committee. Initial gift of five dollars came from S Harker.
Clyde Thomas, a black man, was escorted by state troops from Birmingham to Centerville and arraigned on murder and assault indictments. His lawyers entered not guilty and reserved the right to plead insanity. The defendant allegedly confessed to assaulting and killing a white farmer's 14 year old daughter. Troops remain as tensions run high ahead of the trial.
Addresses Monday at the Southern Tariff Congress urged a protective tariff on southern and western goods. Senator Gadd of North Dakota, Houston’s president, and Parsons of the American Chemical Society called for continued embargo on foreign dyes, blaming German propaganda for the House vote. Senator Ladd criticized the Federal Reserve Board, middlemen, and parasitic interests.
Washington reports France will send Premier Briand to head its delegation to the great disarmament conference. The decision, welcomed by American officials, signals that other powers may follow, endowing the gathering with extraordinary diplomatic significance.
A major blaze tore through Richwood's business district destroying 32 buildings with property loss estimated at $200,000 to $300,010. The fire reportedly started in a restaurant, and firefighting efforts emphasized rapid containment amid dense commercial damage.
Gov. Hardwick announced the mansion commission lineup from the Senate and House with members from Athens DeKalb and other counties. Ex officio members include the governor secretary of state and attorney general. The panel will meet May 31 in the executive offices to plan steps toward leasing the mansion properties on Peachtree Cain and Spring streets.
The Interstate Commerce Commission called on railroads to voluntarily lower livestock freight rates to eighty percent of current levels, while preserving any rates under fifty cents per hundred pounds. No formal order was issued as the case remained open. The National Live Stock Shippers League and other associations brought the case.
Representative Almon from Aliburmit urged President to inspect the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant and dams on his October southern trip. The president said he might be able to arrange a stop there.
The Federation of Master Cotton Spinners Association decided to raise hours in mills using American cotton to 35 per week from 24. Mills using Egyptian cotton will immediately resume full-time operations.
Washington DC report states the General Good Roads bill has been favorably reported to the Senate. An effort will be made to pass it before the upcoming recess.
Active preparations are underway for Hall County Sunday schools annual convention to be held Friday at the Aistore Attioeh Methodist church, about five to six miles from Gainesville.
The Post Office Department announced a civil service exam is requested for September 20 to fill the Athens, Alabama government office. The date follows confusion after August 13 and the matter remains unsettled pending department orders and further notice from the Civil Service Commission.
In Concord North Carolina President Barrett of the North Carolina Federation of Labor telegraphed Governor Morrison urging a personal investigation into a strike situation. The move followed a telephone call from a Big Cannon mill official at Kannapolis urging a third troop company be sent to Kannapolis for the planned opening of the mill. With militia on duty the opening proceeded without serious disorder.
National lands in Quintana Roo idle since 1909 will be divided into small tracts and sold on easy terms to farmers with suitable financial references. The distribution was suspended on December 18, 1909 to allow a complete survey.
Delgrade reports former King Peter III in worse condition after congestion of lungs, with officials noting a marked decline since Sunday night. The aging monarch remains under care as doctors monitor his vital signs and potential complications.
Atlantic City report states larger vessels than two schooners seized are used in rum running along the Atlantic coast. Assistant federal district attorney Pearse says agents are tracking big players and arrests may come soon.
Washington D C Republicans balked at retroactive repeal of the excess profits tax and reduction of the income surtax to 32 percent back to January. The conference committee also set a Saturday vote on the bill and adopted amendments cutting the corporate tax to two and a half percent and cereal beverage tax to six cents a gallon.
Washington Senator Lodge introduced aresolution proposing a Senate recess from August 20 to September 19 and said he would call it up for a vote Tuesday. The move aims to set a continuous break during the period with Lodge backing the plan.
Washington officials reported two foreign powers asked the Treasury for details of a possible international conference in Washington to discuss measures to stabilize exchange rates. Secretary Mellon said the Treasury proposed no conference. Comptroller of the Currency declined his suggestion for a meeting.
Des Moines Iowa authorities announced on Monday that a man once thought to be Ambrose Small Toronto theatre magnate, missing for years, has been identified as John Daugherty. He was injured years ago and taken to a county farm. The private detectives initially ruled him not Small.
The Knox Milling company plant in Thomson, Georgia, was destroyed by fire at 8 o clock Friday night, causing about 45 000 in losses with 15 000 insured. The fire origin is unknown, and the site was among the region’s largest wheat and corn plants. A firewal saved some damage to the grainery.
The Union Trust Company of Detroit was named receiver for the Detroit Times, an evening paper, after a petition for involuntary bankruptcy was filed. Liabilities are stated to be over $300,000. Publication will continue.
Public Health Service report to President Harding notes southern food shortage approaching famine levels in a scientific sense and confirms pellagra rise. Incomplete state data point to definite yearly increases in Alabama Arkansas Mississippi Oklahoma Texas and possibly North and South Carolina with Georgia showing some rise. Crop diversification failure blamed by the surgeon general for southern food issues.
Wheeling West Virginia the Amalgamated Association announces a strike effective immediately by its executive committee over the corporation refusal to negotiate a wage scale for a subsidiary. Two to three thousand workers are said to be employed by the Wheeling Steel Corporation.
In Atlanta, Comptroller General Wright clarifies that five year rentals from the Western and Atlantic railroad will supplement the General Fund, not the Common Schools. He says a refunding law takes precedence over prior rules requiring half the rentals go to the common school fund, and the obligation is legislative, not constitutional.
The Associated Press reports Dublin optimism as Dail Eireann prepares for two days of formalities to open the new parliament. A decision on Britain’s terms to ease tension is awaited, with risk of renewed guerrilla warfare if terms are rejected. London circles share a hopeful view that De Valera’s position remains open to negotiation as talks continue.
The Banner reports in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, that boll weevils have infested several farms, with J. T. Wheelis seeing at least 75 percent crop damage and weevils devouring bolls and even squares. The impact is concentrated in a five mile Wolfskin district strip, though some farms remain less affected. Farmers plan to diversify crops and endure the pest with only modest overall hardship.
Charles Hillyer Brand 38 is the lone U S representative to the Athens Kiwanis Club. A Logansville Georgia native, he moved to Athens seventeen years ago after graduating from the University of Georgia as a member of the Phi Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He has served as judge of the Western circuit and as solicitor general, and since 1917 has been in Congress succeeding S J Tribble. He sits on banking and currency, education, commerce and expenditures committees and advocates Southern farmer relief. He maintains business interests in Athens and Lawrenceville, and is director of Georgia National and American State banks. Address Member Congress Washington and home 645 Milledge Avenue. Birthday April 20.
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