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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
4
Local notice requests readers to report late or missing deliveries to the Athens Banner business office. It lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and urges advance payment and prompt reporting of delivery issues to ensure service continuity.
The War Department outlines a nationwide school contest on the benefits of enlisting in the United States Army set for the 20th. Prizes include a free trip to Washington and medals for contestants and parents. Eligible are younger students and high schoolers. information available from the post office building.
A political faction denounces Senator Smith for opposing the peace treaty and aligning with Lodge Johnson Borah and other Republicans. They urge the Democratic state executive committee to bar him from the primary, arguing his record disputes party aims and loyalty to President Wilson and Kenatsé.
A collage of quiz answers from yesterday covering phrases like Birds of a feather flock together and malfeasance, plus notes on barnstormers and thyme. The Pay Up Week column urges debt settlement, warns of discrepancies, and urges prompt payments before the balances grow larger.
A university law hopeful, seeking wealth and fame, learns through a probing question sequence that true meaning comes after life. He abandons law school for the ministry, turning away from ambition to spend his days in godly words and works.
Dear Miss Jewett responds to questions about dimples and body art, condemning painted skin as in poor taste and advising natural beauty. She addresses an anonymous reader about postponing marriage, balancing employment with wifehood, and the role of love, warning against societal frivolities while offering practical outlook on independence and timing.
The piece notes Mercer University and Josh Cody of Vanderbilt nearing terms for Cody to coach the Baptists. It adds Cody’s athletic versatility and potential to lead Mercer’s program, alongside various local college and high school matchups and forthcoming baseball plans for 1920, including shifts in major league dynamics and hopes for minor league stars rising.
The Athens Y M C A announces Bible Enrollment Week in the boys department with three classes. Junior group led by Mr Standle Weems begins Saturday 9 30 and meets Tuesday afternoons. Junior B led by Mr C W Jones is formed with over twenty members. Intermediates led by Mr W T Forbes study Dr Jeremiah W Jenks course The Problems of High School Boys. State contest plans and open enrollment for non members noted.
Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M meets Thursdays at Masonic Hall Clayton street Secretary Wo Quinn and A Nix listed. Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at Castle Hall Clayton street. Williams Lodge No 18 meets Mondays at Fellows Hall Max Joseph building. Classic City Camp 292 W C W meets Wednesdays at 6 o'clock in Max Joseph Ruttaine hall.
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