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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1922
Page
6
Morgan Blake pens a valentine style verse praising the Georgia Bulldogs. The humorous poem notes the Bulldogs rising again as opponents like the Yellow Jackets Crimson Tide and Mercer Baptist fear their fate.
The column notes several upsets in last Saturday's games, with Atlanta Athletic Club defeated and Auburn surprising Tech, while Mercer fell to Georgia and Tulane lost narrowly to Alabama. The piece argues basketball is highly unpredictable and relies on momentary form and players like Scott Singleton Dudley Harrison.
Summer School of the University offers an added feature with a department of education to teach athletic instruction across football basketball baseball and trick work. The course runs all summer with field work at Sanford Field and the University Gymnasium, demonstrations, and potential instructors from former university athletes.
The program covers football tackling blocking and tactics track events and baserunning basketball defense systems and coaching rules. It includes conditioning dieting athletic first aid and demonstrations by Red Cross experts plus lectures from renowned coaches. Details to follow from Professor J B Stewart and Coach H J Stegeman Athens Ga.
The Athens High girls basketball team faces Marietta YWCA on home court in what promises to be a close, pivotal game. After a prior 24 to 19 defeat in Marietta, Athens seeks revenge and shows renewed team spirit. Local fans and bettors back Athens while wagers of cigars vs candy circulate.
Conferences in St Louis led by A N Farmer of Grand Rapids Michigan selected St Louis as a suitable city for the Brotherhood of American Yeomen child home. The plan envisions establishing a home for children with site selection underway.
LOS ANGELES. Dr James Martin Peebles physician and author, just forty days short of 100, died at his California home on Wednesday. He was known for his medical writings and literary work.
Officials say progress is limited amid too many tips and few solid clues. They still pursue Edward Sands as the key figure, while deputies deny links to the case. Rumors abound but no arrest or murder suspect has been found.
Athens Banner editors rebut critics of Hollomon letters arguing their claims lack fact. They note Hollomon urged small acre plantings to avoid ruin and described pest control methods, recounting past boll weevil warnings and urging careful farming practices despite skepticism from Gantt and others.
City churches arrange a March 10 night of prayer with services at the University Y M C A Lucy Cobb State Normal and other locations including 60 home services. J C Wilkinson invites residents to request a home prayer gathering and deacons coordinate with church officers.
Fire at an early hour Wednesday destroyed the Dothan Syrup Company plant in Dothan Alabama causing an estimated loss of 75000 covered by insurance. Heavy rain prevented spread to nearby property and drowned out the fire trucks until the engines dried out.
A tribute recalls Basil Lamar Cobb whose sudden death shocked Athens and the surrounding country. The note recounts a long ago Elbert County visit with Mell Seymour and L. H. O. Martin, mentioning friends James M. Smith and W. D. O'Farrell. Cobb died after a Saturday pneumonia attack, with devoted care noted.
A tribute praises Cobb as a genial, loyal gentleman who never met an enemy and won friends with a warm, tender heart. The speaker extols his truthfulness and sincerity and offers deepest sympathy to the bereaved family and many friends in Siler.
In New York Senator Borah stated differences of opinion with Wilson did not blind him to Wilsonian policies. He sent a telegram to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation read at its dinner, noting he could not attend. The article also includes a pudding hint about using dripping as a substitute when lacking ingredients.
Larry Gantt argues farmers should hold back on cotton to avoid losses from boll weevil outbreaks. He warns against overplanting beside food crops and urges controlling colored renters and croppers. He says negro labor won’t pick cotton under boll weevil stress and cites experiences in Texas and Mississippi as reasons for abandoning Delta farms.
Continued from page one the report outlines seven questions on the scope of work for Methodist volunteers. Athens district led with five volunteers and the slogan Hearts burdened for the young as secretary Miss Lilla Tuck notes growth. North Atlanta reported twenty four volunteers under the word volunteers. South Atlanta used Love as a rallying cry and pursued greater progress than last year. Augusta district emphasized more than conquerors through Him that loved us with a large delegation. Dalton, though distant and smallest, sent six delegates with posters showing good work.
The district delegates report volunteers from Griffin and La Grange and Oxford with five volunteers. Mrs Glenn outlines the rainbow standard of excellence while Mrs McCoy discusses organization administration and production as key to making Christ known to distant lands.
A local event centered on a poetry auction of a machine and Mrs Albright's devotional practices. The discussion touched on spiritual themes and the daily work linked to home base efforts.
Athens resident Claud C Bridges reports kidney issues and back pain improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills from a local drug store. He notes relief from dull ache and better kidney function, recommending the product. Buffalo manufacturer Milburn Co. distributes the advertisement price 60c.
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