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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1921
Page
1
Prosperity comes to the Athens area as diversified farming and new small industries spur growth in many towns. The staff correspondent highlights the steady development and the bright outlook for these prosperous communities in the region.
Winder Georgia highlights its strong banks led by Winder National Bank led by T A Maynard and L B Radford cashier the North Georgia Trust and Banking Company and Farmers Bank. It notes warehousing cotton industry hotels lumber refineries and multiple firms and a city owned waterworks and fire department.
Jefferson Georgia reports the Jefferson Baptist church auditorium is complete and dedicatory exercises are set for Sunday August 21. Committees are organizing and preparations underway for the auspicious occasion.
The House approved more than fifty changes to a Republican tax bill in a five hour session marked by clashes. The panel eliminated the 5 percent tax on proprietary medicines and tooth powders and cut cereal beverage tax from 6 to 4 percent per gallon. Minority views by Representative Kitchin were filed in late Friday.
Leroy Jordan, a negro youth, allegedly broke into the Nelms place at Clayton and College in Athens and was captured by detectives in Atlanta. He reportedly admitted involvement, took $36 from the cash register, and was to be returned to Athens for trial as officers prepared to bring him back.
About 105000 dollars due the state in oil inspection fees are held by P. H. Mell custodian pending the US Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the oil inspection law. Mell expects near 300000 dollars yearly. The suit began in 1920 with Texas Oil Co and expanded to others. Lower courts allowed inspectors to keep salaries while state share waited.
Washington ICC officials certified to the secretary of the treasury that the Georgia Railroad Company is entitled to 114000 dollars under the transportation act of 1920.
Babe Ruth blasted a sixth inning homer in Chicago to lift his season total to 46, placing him about three weeks ahead of his 1920 pace. The Yankees lost 7 to 3 as Ruth’s homer stood as his only hit of the day. The Sox argued the ball was foul.
In Washington the deficiency bill for the shipping board prompts Senator Harrison to fault Director Dawes for exaggerating budget cuts while Senator Borah accuses officials of lack of records and possible crookedness. The exchange centers on a proposed 125 million request and the House reduction.
Shelby county grand jury returns murder indictments against Thomas T. Harrison Edwin Vonsteinkirch Orville T. Jones and Jesse C. Jones after probe into the slayings of two Memphis police officers shot by bandits during a Paymaster's messenger robbery of Ford Motor Co. last week.
Washington reports the senate and house conferees are virtually agreed on contested points of the anti beer bill and hope to finalize the measure before the recess next week. They did not reveal the terms but indicated the Stanley amendment protecting homes from indiscriminate search is likely rejected.
Two Winder soldiers arrive along with other Georgia heroes at Atlantic Terminal from Hoboken. Chaplain John D. Randolph leads services for 23 fallen from World War I. John D. Siddons of East Point among the dead, to be honored Friday at Marietta with burial in its National cemetery. other arrivals include J. H. Hanson and Albert Austin of Winder and Elijah Head of Blue Ridge.
Senator Borah urged the Senate to obtain the names of men “guilty of crookedness in the affairs of the shipping board” to expose wrongdoing and hold individuals accountable. The call reflects concerns over corruption within federal maritime administration.
The railroad labor board approved seven shopcraft overtime rules under the wartime national agreement. It directed railroads need not pay overtime for absolutely necessary Sunday and holiday work. The ruling affects 137 roads and involves the railway employes' department of the Federation of Labor and six federated shops' crafts.
A county wide attendance contest is organized for the Franklin County Sunday School Convention at Pennington Chapel near Royston on August 27. The banner will be awarded to the Sunday school with the largest attendance relative to distance traveled, says RD Webb of the Georgia Sunday School Association.
Countywide Sunday school convention planned for Barrow County at Statham Baptist Church on August 1. Delegates awarded by distance traveled, with longer trips counting more toward representation.
Monroe Ga September 5 marks the start of the Fifth District A. M. School session. Applications flow in as the school remains popular with families sending multiple children.
Washington reports a mail guard placed aboard the Alliance steamer by the master amid a mutiny aboard the ship. The Alliance, part of the Panama Canal Ry line, is sailing toward New York under Admiral Hughes command aboard the battleship Connecticut at Guantanamo.
The joint army navy board reports bombing tests near the Virginia Capes did not remove the battleship from its premier status as the nation’s main sea defense. The tests sank four ex German warships, and the board urges maximum development of aviators in both the army and navy.
Edward Grant of Bonham Texas was elected educational secretary of the foreign missionary executive committee of the Southern Presbyterian Church to succeed the resigned Rev J J Armstrong. The announcement came Friday from Nashville Tennessee.
New Orleans recalls strict rules for female workers at a major department store. Prohibitions cover attire such as hats, stockings, skirts, lace, and makeup with other stores expected to adopt similar regulations soon.
In Knoxville Tennessee a mob attacked the county jail to seize a Black man accused of assaulting a white teacher. The sheriff with a National Guard and a machine gun unit defended the jail. gunfire wounded six initially, with later counts listing 20 to 35 injured including Deputy Sheriff Charlies Lewis and two women. Cavalry patrolled streets as guards remained on duty.
Sheriff Rosenthal asked Friday night for state troops to guard Barnstable jail where three African American suspects are charged with highway robbery and assault of a young white woman. He received reports that an organized group planned to come here to free the prisoners.
Five people died and two were fatally injured in an auto train wreck. The incident occurred as officials discussed vocational training for former service members and the potential conversion of Camp Sherman Ohio into a central training station.
United States Steel Corp announced a third wage cut this year from thirty seven to thirty cents per hour effective August 29. Chairman Gary said the reduction follows two prior cuts and lowers selling prices in steel versus production costs.
Edmund Heller, famed for joining Theodore Roosevelt in East Africa, will observe Yellowstone Park wildlife. He arrives soon to study moose elk buffalo deer and antelope, reshaping earlier winter months of field work in the region.
Henry Marshall Fullilove a leading Athens physician and surgeon with over twenty years in the city is president of St Marys hospital the first modern hospital in Athens located on Milledge avenue He is a University College of Medicine of Richmond Va graduate member of the Christian church Masons Shriner and K of P born August 23 and suggested birthday greetings next Tuesday to mark his birth anniversary
In a Friday session Judge George E. Johnson declared a new schedule of fines for violations. Fines listed include speeding or passing a street car, $6 to $11. failing to sign a parking violation, $11. absence of tail light, $6. muffler cut out, $11. jaywalking, $2. diving, $26. operating an automobile while intoxicated bound over to state court.
Dublin reports describe no visible shift in the Irish situation after Premier Lloyd George spoke in Parliament. Sinn Fein has not shown willingness to accept the British government terms, with aides noting no immediate moves from De Valera or Sinn Fein subcommittees.
A fatal collision occurred near here Friday when an automobile carrying H. E. B. Hagewood Mrs. C. C. Pearson and child Mrs. H. E. Hagewood and Dr. I. B. Curry mayor of Austin was struck by a Missouri Pacific passenger train. Two others were fatally injured in the crash and the cabinet discussed related government work.
The lie was passed in the House again Friday by Byrnes from South Carolina when Chairman Fordney of the Ways and Means Committee repeated his assertion from Thursday night that Byrnes said the tax bill was drawn to pay Republican campaign debts and that Byrnes knew it was untrue.
San Francisco reports Will Hightower an itinerant baker was held to the superior court on charges of murdering Rev. Patrick Healin, a Catholic priest from Colma. The indictment follows the Friday hearing in the case.
The senate approved an amendment to the federal aid road bill by a 28 to 22 vote, reducing a next year construction appropriation from 100,009,000 dollars to 76,000,000 dollars.
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