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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1922
Page
4
The piece discusses how love often reflects an ideal rather than a real partner, warning that early marriage tests reveal truth. It argues time, natural behavior, and avoidance of staged romance reduce risk of disappointment and costly misjudgments in choosing a life partner.
A miscellany by Albert Apple covers suicide statistics from 1921, a pig eye transplant attempt for a blinded boy, the evolving attitude toward progress, corn crop data for 1922, national debt compared to corn wealth, and post office speed regulators on trucks. The piece reflects optimistic, can-do tones and broad public-interest topics of the era.
The Agriculture Department estimates winter wheat sowings this fall at 46,009,000 acres, the third largest on record, though crop condition is 8.4 points below the ten year December 1 average. Unofficial figures suggest possible production of 575,000,000 to 600,000,000 bushels. Rye sowings fall 11.3 percent to about 11.3 percent lower. rye yield forecast around 76,500,000 bushels. Southern state areas include Virginia 860,000 acres at 81 percent, North Carolina 615,000 at 83 percent, South Carolina 170,000 at 84 percent, Georgia 219,000 at 89 percent.
The daily sermonette cites Matthew 4 4 and Novalis noting that philosophy cannot provide bread but can seek God freedom and immortality
A poem praising ministers for their underpaid, dedicated service. It lauds their faith, charity, guidance, and perseverance despite low pay and public misjudgment, urging respect for clergymen who counsel, teach, marry, and comfort communities. Copyright 1922 IEA Service.
The feature highlights this season includes elaborate mules of brocaded metal cloth and pairs showcasing Chinese and oriental embroidery alongside the regulation satin and lace-trimmed styles readers are familiar with.
Paris fashion notes explain sleeve variety mirrors necklines with a shift from very short to long and three quarter lengths. Bell and mandarin styles appear, often lined in contrasting material, signaling evolving spring apparel trends.
A plumber fixes a square pond with a central fountain by using two planks that are each one foot short, finding a clever way to bridge the gap. The second item asks about a number puzzle where sixteen multiplied by three yields a self-referential result, with a playful misprint suggesting a family clue.
Chicago report quotes Judge Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel on abolishing the twelve hour day. He notes Germany and France return to two shifts and England may follow to stay competitive. He warns an eight hour day would raise costs and likely steel prices, impacting dividends and the Pittsburgh plus pricing plan.
Features from the Banner files recount Athens happenings 27 years ago. The notes name local visitors like Neal Wilson of Kansas City and J C Mell returning from Macon, plus church leaders urging tax exemptions for parsonages and a Juvenile Missionary Society dime party. Peach orchards near Commerce are highlighted as promising, with modern methods noted and the need for capital to develop sizable peach holdings.
A reflective editorial urges earnest resolutions and 100 percent effort in every vocation. It extols self improvement, diligence, and giving full capacity, citing quotes by Charlotte Perkins Stetson and Stephen Grellet to inspire steadfast forward motion. The piece also notes Athens merchants reporting strong holiday trade despite bad weather and discusses cotton crop prospects and boll weevil impact.
London dispatch from Athens quotes Premier Gonatas denying any Greek plan to withdraw the Patriarch from Constantinople even if Allied forces accept the Turkish position at Lau Bante conference. The report characterizes the Greek stance as firm and not subject to compromise.
T Larry Gantt notes last year’s mountain apple crop failed yet current supply is ample with apples selling at one dollar a bushel from wagons. He praises Davis’s Mitchell Bridge Road orchard and Ed Clark of Cornelia for bearing varieties, urges landowners to invest extensively in apples, compares orchard income favorably to cotton, and cites that fifty acres can yield 5000 to 16090 dollars annually. He also mentions pecans as a less certain crop and lauds Jackson Banks upper Madison and Franklin counties as premier apple growing areas.
Omwatomle Keast, formerly of Illinois, now living here, describes a long illness with weakness and nervousness. After trying medicines, she read a Ladies Birth Almanac, began Cardui, took it faithfully, and recovered to good health. She endorses Cardui as the best tonic for women advertised.
In Elbert and nearby counties peach growing wanes as orchards are abandoned due to pests and shifting markets. Observers note that the peach craze floods sections briefly, then declines, while some regions retain peaches as a money crop. Cherry trees have largely disappeared as old varieties die out and nursery stock replaces them.
The piece argues that price changes have shifted business thinking to fundamentals. It claims desire, sparked by advertising, builds elemental needs into demand, which sustains production and civilization. Advertising turns raw needs for food, shelter, and clothing into demand for refined products, linking art and industry.
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