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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1922
Page
4
Georgia papers report a growing move of Black tenants and sharecroppers from farms to cities and the North or West. Behind the exodus is economic strain from boll weevil damage and cut credit from merchants and banks. A remedy rests with landowners and credit suppliers to restore yearlong aid and keep lands productive.
The South, once minor in textiles, now surpasses New England in output and competes in quality, per the Dry Goods Economist. A finishing plant in the South will restore Southern identity, while young mill leaders in their thirties drive the New South’s rapid progress and wealth.
A crusty man with a persimmon mouth waits for a streetcar, then helps a boy with two heavy bundles board and alight. The simple act inspires bystanders to resolve to be kinder, realizing social improvement begins with individual actions and that kindness spreads more than disease.
The piece cites Henry Ford on using skill and imagination to give more for a dollar and questions why people do not. It notes postal Office figures on Dead Letter Office mail and urges writing return addresses, while praising global weather tracking and continual scientific progress.
The Varsity team arrived in Columbia and trained on arrival. Georgia won the toss and scored an early touchdown. Clarke made a 15 yard run, and Stubbs and Mass starred for both teams. The final score favored Georgia 40 to 0 as notable attendees Governor Tillman and Senator Irby observed. Personal notes mention C. W. Nichols, Lewis Russell, Wat Harris, J. C. McMaster, Charlie Young returning or visiting.
The article extols Miss Millie Rutherford for researching and presenting Confederate history accurately to counter biased textbooks. It praises her efforts to provide facts dates and figures, urging fair view across regions and noting Christmas shopping reminders and charity appeals linked to a tuberculosis patient aided by a dollar book sale.
Washington witnesses including Donald Richberg testified before the house judiciary committee on charges against Attorney General Daugherty. The third specification alleges a perversion of legal processes in obtaining the strike injunction, with further testimony uncertain on Thursday. Burns defended his integrity amid accusations relating to his bureau role and Burns’s conduct as a government agent.
Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce releases a 72 page book American Individualism through Doubleday Page & Co. Excerpts emphasize individual initiative equality of opportunity and resistance to class stratification in American society. Hoover cites Washington as proof of a merit based administration and warns against crowd influence on progress.
Harding signals a December congress agenda including farm aid end of railroad labor board a labor division with binding power across parties constitutional curbs on child labor tax free securities immigration limits stronger prohibition enforcement and defense resource planning. progressives poised to influence next session while Irish and Turkish Strait issues complicate peace efforts. Russia Japan and China figures feature in the global outlook as new regimes and conflicts unfold.
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