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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1922
Page
4
An OCR fragment notes the phrase before the Grand Jury bore pedal significance, indicating a formal presentation of the charter or charge. The readable text suggests legal proceedings context with emphasis on grand jury implications.
Detroit leads in aggressive traffic regulation with police scrutiny of every accident and a city complaint system for reporting infractions. An intensive safety education program and jail sentences for speeding have dropped the automobile death toll, suggesting other cities might imitate Detroit's methods.
Government estimates show October production around 10,000,000 bales with average weight near 22 pounds per bale, short of standard 500-pound weight. The market reacts as farmers sell to cover debts, hoping a rise boosts values. A 10,000,000 bale crop could fetch about 30 cents more per unit.
E G Steele of the Greenwood Journal ships dressed squabs to Chicago by express, a two year hobby becoming a commercial venture with imports from the Carolinas. He notes profit after express charges and plans flock expansion as the industry outlook grows. The piece also dabbles in assorted society notes and general humor.
Local arrivals include Mr Charles W Nichols of Atlanta and Mr and Mrs C H Ashford of Watkinsville. Miss Mary Penn of Danville Va visits friends. Miss May Comer of Comer Ga visits Dr Quillian. Mrs W D Ellis returns home after visiting her mother. Col W T Garter, Populist candidate for Congress, speaks at Jester's hall to about one hundred. Horned snakes killed on Prince avenue now in The Banner office. Dan Taylor, famed Tennessee governor candidate, to lecture in Athens Opera House October 19 on Visions and Dreams.
A column mixes a dated street encounter joke about biblical figures with lines from Tennyson and a discussion on traffic ordinance enforcement. It notes fewer violations, praises police effort, and extols streetcars as a convenient transport during fair weather and harsh conditions alike.
Atlanta prides itself as a mule market and remains a major hub. Despite cars replacing horses, reports show increased mule and livestock trade this year. Police report a quiet pre Christmas week with a few traffic and gambling cases noted.
A Louisville reader forwards a letter to T. Larry Gantt arguing geologists misjudge oil indicators. He cites Kentucky fields like Big Sinking and Warren County as proof and urges Franklin County want to drill, noting indicators near Athens and Colbert and urging locals not to lose faith while noting unknowns about the Banks well.
The South Early Thursday endures sleet ice and a forecast of snow while rain sloshes through warmer zones. Florida stays sunny with highs near 70 as Virginia to North Carolina see ice from Wednesday storms and eastern South Carolina eyes rain or snow futures. Georgia shivers then rains, Memphis hits 30, New Orleans at 48 as cooler, cloudy weather spreads across Alabama, Tennessee, and nearby states.
An Abbeville County farmer named Billy Dornih believed a gold vein lay on his NoorchiNquapin farm. Geologists rejected him as a crank, yet he dug up over a million dollars in gold in two years. The tale underscores unforeseen riches beneath the surface.
The report notes cooler weather in the northern section of Pidrida for Thursday with Jacksonville around 60 degrees. Daytime highs reached 30 degrees in Meams, while New Or saw varying temperatures. last night readings reached 70 degrees.
Miss Jane Adams Miss Catherine Marshall and Miss Jeanne Melin representing the women's peace league arrived in Copenhagen on Thursday to present to the premier and the foreign minister their demand for revision of the Versailles treaty and to seek government assurance toward that goal.
G Er nest Jones of Clayton Barbour County is held on bond to appear in U S court after a Federal grand jury returned an indictment charging irregularities in collections by the county lawyer. The case will be heard at the next term. friends say he is innocent.
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