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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
4
Bundre Phinizy H Rowe serves as Secretary and Treasurer with vice president duties. Address all business communications to the Athens Publishing Company rather than individuals and send news articles intended for publication to The Athens Banner.
Athens readers learn from Banner files that two bailiff posts will be filled with four applicants Mevsrs con Bailey I Hadaway O C Gid gewrite A S Richards Captain John R White of White Hall hosted a Christmas dinner for Georgia Factory workers with praise for Capt White and the factory. Dispensary to close for New Year and election day, first time two days in a row this week. Dr Mark Willingham of Crawford visited. Mrs H R Bernard ill at home. J T Anderson in Watkinsville. J W McGregor to Harmony Grove. T F Tribble in Athens yesterday.
Business expert Roger W. Babson recalls his happiest moment as the promise of $12.50 a month for supplying Frank Remick's firm with financial statistics. He says that early job gave hope for the future and shaped his later success as a statistician and wealthy commentator.
The piece urges extended Christmas shopping over three weeks to stretch one dollar. It compares budgeting to government appropriations, advises early planning and discriminative purchases, and notes Athens merchants offer wide selection to attract nearby shoppers while Santa Claus ties linger in local tradition.
A Tuskegee chemist George Carver is described as turning sweet potatoes peanuts and pecans into hundreds of products including chocolate bonbons made from sweet potato. He claims 115 sweet potato products 100 peanut products and 78 pecan products with more to come. He notes oils in peanuts and pecans yield greater potential than sweet potatoes and lists several discovered items such as dried sweet potato stock food potato meal chips flour brown paints starch peanut flour and more. The piece also includes quips about readers and comical asides.
The article notes Athens leaders, led by the Rotary Club, planning roadside signs for main arteries and rapid installation of a White Way street lighting system. It discusses public debate over single versus multiple lights, community interest in athletics, and looming basketball season with calls for strong local support. It also urges early Christmas shopping amid a busy urban scene.
Reports from across the South say the northwest cold blast has not arrived. Overcoats stay handy as Atlantic sunshine persists. New Orleans clocked 70 degrees at night with unsettled but not sharply cooler forecasts. Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee see mid to upper 60s and 70s with no strong cooling.
Charles W. Morse, NY shipbuilder and co defendant in a wartime contracts case, petitions the Supreme Court for permission to travel to Rome to consult Prof. Machiafava, a physician of the inter pope Benedict XV. He says he will return for his February trial and bondsmen consented subject to Justice Department or court approval. A Saturday hearing date was set.
The American association of railway executives convened in Chicago to appoint a chairman after the death of T DeWitt Cuyler. A special New York nominating committee was to report, while talks of reorganizing into three regional divisions centered in Newark Chicago and Atlanta or Baltimore circulated among attendees.
Dr Andrew J Soule president of the State College of Agriculture at Athens will speak at the Chamber of Commerce forum luncheon on December 20 about his visit to the South American Exposition He was designated by President Harding to attend the event and was unable to appear on December 13.
Timothy Healy’s acceptance as governor-general of the Irish Free State stirred old Irish politics. A former Parnell secretary, Healy later opposed Parnell Redmond and radical leaders, and the hand kissing custom drew protests from violent republicans.
Train times list Seaboard Airline routes from Atlanta to Monroe and Birmingham Elberton Abbeville and Norfolk connections with arrivals and departures. Notable trains include No 48 express to Elberton Calhoun Falls Abbeville and Monroe and Central of Georgia schedule with Macon departures and arrivals. For details call J Bruce 640.
The listing details GAINESVILLE-MIDLAND RAILWAY SCMBOULS No. 2 daily for Gainesville at 7 45 a m No 12 daily except Sunday at 10 40 a m No 1 Gainesville to arrives 6 20 p m No 11 daily except Sunday Gainesville to 10 10 a m SOUTHERN RAILWAY No 6 Athens to Lula 9 40 a m No 8 Athens to Lula 5 50 p m No 7 Lula to Athens 8 50 p m No 6 Lula to Athens 11 40 a m G B Miller C Ay Athens Ga Telerine &t.
A mixed column recounts farmers near Sandy Cross adopting poison to grow cotton amid credit pressure and rising political meetings at the Ag College. It also describes Cherokee Corner history with churches, local families, and a Ladies Bazaar at the Georgian Hotel offering crafts and refreshments.
The Crawford Long memorial association was perfected at a meet ing in Atlanta with Fulton superior court approval. It plans a $10,000 fund to place a statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long in Georgia Hall in Washington, aiming to raise the money by January. Officers include President Dr. Frank K. Boland and Vice President Dr. Joseph Jacobs.
Athens Thursday visitors included EF Higginbotham and wife from unknown, J W Byrd and D B Osborne Jr of Atlanta, W M Thorpe of Columbus, Marion Austin, Charles Decker, S L Dickey and WH Storey from Atlanta, others from New York, Chattanooga and Brooklyn in attendance.
An old advertisement targets mothers advising use of California Fig Syrup to clear a child's cold. It claims the syrup purges constipation and poisons, promising quick relief and medical praise, and notes to ask a pharmacist for the product with age appropriate directions.
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