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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
2
A flood of Athens classifieds highlights a wide range of service specialists. Gutters roofing wallpaper interior decorating and other trades are stocked by workers with formal training and apprenticeships, offering skilled local solutions for home and business needs.
Miss Mary Gilbert accuses Robert L Doran and Robert Sh Hiketts of conspiring to steal and sell an oil painting valued at 25 000 seized from her ownership. The Themes Art Galleries officers were offered a court hearing to resolve the alleged theft and sale plot.
In Savannah Georgia a suspected Black man named Dunbar, accused of killing hunter Steve Phillips in Harven county, was brought to Savannah for safekeeping after arrest on Wednesday. He claims Phillips attacked first, Dunbar shot in self defense, then returned home before transfer to Savannah when the transport vehicle broke down.
Chi Phi members and Georgia chapters gather at the Capital City Club for a 7 p m Saturday dinner ending a 19 year Christmas week reunion. Richard Courts Jr oversees plans with Phinizy Calhoun as president and John A Hynds as vice president. executive committee members include H Warner Martin and others.
Former President Wilson, on his 66th birthday, looms again in national politics with renewed health and influence. He writes on public questions, signals leadership of the Democratic Party, and guides 1924 policies while a Woodrow Wilson Foundation delegation visits his 8 Street home for birthday greetings and fund updates.
A Dublin dispatch warns that a temporary lull in fighting in Ireland may end and republican activity could again trouble the government. It blames rebel sympathy, especially among women, notes unrest within national services, and cites distrust of Free State loyalty. The piece critiques Healy’s governorship and mocks cabinet security.
Atlantic Plymouth England reports two fatalities at sea from a week of severe storm. A man named William Holmes died aboard the British steamer Maimon after a skull fracture during a voyage from Baltimore. The ship’s crew recovered a body. The second mate of the steamer Neotiz was washed overboard amid terror seas. other crew members were injured. A weather warning was issued for the northeast Atlantic from Franklin to Block Island, warning of a strong gale and dangerous conditions. Havre notes a fierce gale ongoing with ships stranded and wrecks along Biscay. The Speedwell grounded. Deauville and Feautyile beaches damaged.
Twenty five aliens alleged to have been smuggled into the country from Cuba were held Thursday by the South Florida authorities pending appeal or jail dispositions. The group was captured last night at Marathon under Sheriff William Osterhoudt. The party included four Chinese, one Greek and twenty Italians. A member reportedly said one drowning occurred during landing. The boat reportedly returned to sea after landing.
Marguerite Gals, once a screen star, is now a photoplay producer. Edwin Carenhi has gone to Hollywood to write the deréon version. Ba Girl Prom, the Golden.
The report shows minimal local change in middling cotton at 26 5-8 cents, while New York futures drift with early gains and subsequent profit-taking. Spot markets in New Orleans and Liverpool act firm to ease, amid news from the Near East and a pending year-end.
The report shows 4,900 bales with 2,700 American, receipts 38,000 bales with 14,800 American. Futures close varied December 24.997 January 14.69 March 14.043 14.39 July 14.15 October 192. Cotton seed oil market in New York closes firm with sums for prime summer yellow and crude, plus January to August futures. Liverpool weekly cotton stats note total mills forward 32,000 bales, American 20,000, stock 859,000, imports 63,000, American 31,000. Liberty bonds quotes in New York include various series with values around 98 to 100.42.
Chicago a 100 percent stock dividend was declared Thursday by the directors of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana.
Chief Henry Beusse said the quietest Christmas for lawfulness occurred during his seven years as police chief. Few arrests were made, mostly for drunkenness or disorderly conduct, with none on Christmas Day. County officers report the same trend and the county jail holds about twenty inmates, mostly federal prisoners.
Mrs Pitt Glover died at her parents home in Montezuma after a pneumonia attack. She lived in Athens for years while her husband Emmett Glover managed the Athens Chero-Coly bottling plant before moving to Birmingham in 1919. She was sister to Emmett McKenzie, linked with the bottling business here, who moved to Macon with Mr Glover. No funeral details have been received.
Mary Miles Minter, noted film actress, has moved from her mother Mrs. Charlotte Shelby and established her own home in Los Angeles. Reports say mother and daughter quarreled though Minter says it was a minor, affectionate dispute. She plans to continue acting and mentions plans around a new project by Willard Mack with Clarence Badger directing.
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