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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1921
Page
2
A Springfield Indiana letter praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for monthly pain weakness backache and regained ability to work after four bottles. The ad claims forty years of use and urges women with unclear conditions to contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. at Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
Social Circle, Ga. Mr. O R Lindsey learns his son Broadus Lindsey’s body has reached New York from France and will be forwarded home. He died in battle at the Argonme Forest on October 14, 1918 at age 23, a death mourned by the community and honored in local tribute. Funeral arrangements will follow upon arrival.
In Eatonton Georgia amateur detective Hardy was shot late Sunday afternoon by a man identified as Chip, a Black shooter. Hardy’s death marked the seventh family member killed and the bullet seriously wounded E. J. Hardy as he kneeled. A suspect was claimed to have been apprehended.
In Atlanta at 209 Peachtree, a midnight raid led by dry agent Harry Saphire uncovered a counter service selling whiskey at 35 cents a drink. About fifteen gallons of corn whiskey were seized. 21 year old W J Case of Ivy Street was arrested. Detectives Brown, Austin and Armstrong assisted. The place stayed open until 12:30 am and was described as the brazenest yet found.
Walton county’s first bale of the 1921 cotton crop was delivered to Monroe by N. A. Bray who lives on Mayor W. H. Roberts’ Mountain District place. The 40% pound bale sold to B. R. Barrett for fifteen cents per pound as opening sale proceeds.
Dr Elton Osborne resigns as Chatham county official after a sweeping county report. He says convicts are punished with hickory switches and kept chained wrists raised to ceiling rings for twelve to twenty four hours, with several ex-convicts testifying. Investigation by county authorities is expected.
Wiley A. Clements, prominent farmer, dies at his Monroe home at 7 10 p m after a long illness following a paralytic stroke four years earlier and injuries from a fall several months ago He was 75 born and raised at Boatwick son of the late Robert and Nancy Ann Clements He moved with his wife to Monroe in 1891 later lived in Madison from 1915 to 1918 before returning to Monroe Morgan County figures in his life
Gainesville and Northwestern railroad officials in New Holland puzzled by repeated freight car break-ins watch overnight. Thieves finally caught when 14 minutes after a decoy car was left at 2 am, seven men entered. sheriff and deputies arrested them and recovered stolen goods. One suspect confessed to further robberies as the haul was seized. Also reports of a Sunday singing at Chestnut Mountain Church and funeral arrangements for Lieut. Albert Parham arriving from France. Chamber of Commerce plans a fall get-together dinner. HB. Barker elected president. New company forms to build a sweet potato warehouse with W A Mitchellway as president and C B Romberg as secretary-treasurer.
Mr J Bascomb Brewer brought a Monro e load of Nancy Hall sweet potatoes. The crop came from an acre planted in three long rows nearly seventy yards each yielding twenty seven bushels. If the rest of the acre matches this, the total harvest could be unprecedented for the year.
FATON TON Ga 94 year old Susian Meriwether Young of Putnam's noted women and daughter of late statesman Tudge James Meriwether has just registered to vote at ninety four. Her birthday was celebrated with friends from church and missionary society, young and old, black and white, visiting, flowers and gifts as she remains active walking the Bronson apartments where she has lived for two years.
A traveling salesman told how Homerville Georgia residents, led by Glenn Dickerson after law studies in Athens, faced a faulty merchandise sale. A merchant’s goods proved misrepresented, a sight draft bounced, and a series of replies from the postmaster, bank president, and local lawyer ended with a sharply blunt warning from the town leaders.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta awarded a contract to C. W. Freeman for the vault equipment in its new Marietta Street building. The doors weigh 115000 pounds and require special machinery for transport. The project includes safes for Fulton National Bank and Georgia Savings Bank, with total costs near half a million dollars.
Lincoln County prominent citizen John M. Bussey died at University Hospital in Augusta following a carbuncle operation on his neck. A former state representative and Lincolnton business leader, he was active in civic life and a Baptist. funeral arrangements will be announced later. he is survived by two sons, a daughter, a wife, two sisters, and a brother.
ROMEO Ga The first bale of 121 cotton grown in Floyd County was mar sted today by Bart Erhune of the Chullo district. The bale weighed 533 pounds and graded middling. It sold to Barnes-White Mercantile Company for 21 1 2 cents, nearly two weeks ahead of last season's first bale, marking an early start to the season.
Daily Banner urges readers to pay the carrier with a 45 cent monthly rate. The notice emphasizes prompt payments to maintain delivery service. No further details on dates or contact information are provided in the readable text.
Georgia farmers and boll weevil experts debate the coming winter with hopes for a harsh season to curb the pest and protect crops. Officials urge cleanup of stalks and cover crops to deny shelter, while diversification and new markets are urged to bolster the state’s economy against boll weevil invasion.
Macon GA coroner’s jury determines the Brown House fire that killed H. A. Turnipseed and B. A. White was caused by a gas explosion in the basement. A spark from a motor operating an elevator at the hotel touched off the blast.
Rome reports a new gas generating mixture using alcohol and a sulfur carbon combination. The invention claims to cut operating costs for automobiles and internal combustion motors by about one half, promising greater efficiency and power.
A decoration to be issued in honor of those who aided the University of Vienna will be awarded to Secretary Herbert Hoover and Prof. Franz Boaz of Columbia University. The double bronze cross with enamel bears the inscription For Merit and honors their contributions to the university project.
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