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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1923
Page
4
A South Carolina Herald tale reports Sheriff Lane turning a small sheep flock into 80 pounds of wool and eight 10 pound blankets at $3 each, retailing at $18. The piece argues the system keeps money at home, boosting community wealth, with the Augusta Chronicle praising self-reliance and farm opportunities.
Athens city engineer Captain J W Barnett oversees street paving sewers street lights building permits stockade and water works with exactness The Board of Health reported excellent water quality and a city profit of over 23000 The report notes 21198 square yards of street paving 2900 feet of curbing 1500 feet of sewers and 300000 plus in building permits The city should congratulate itself on retaining him as top official in charge of these departments.
A reflective piece argues that every person harbors artistic instincts and latent powers. It suggests wisdom, goodness, and evil reside within, needing development through life events, sorrow, or misfortune to reveal true potential and destiny.
A brief devotional notes that counting days leads to wisdom and inner focus. It emphasizes that, despite errors or losses, a person of simple faith can still find cause for gladness as time ends and contemplation begins. The fragment cites Psalm 90 12 and a quoted source Macterlinek.
Berton Braley laments humorists who mock pompous idols and grim dangers yet keep society sane through wit. He praises their ability to topple chimeras with laughter and questions the value of those who fear their mockery.
Secretary Wallace announces a cotton conference in Memphis Tennessee early next month to evaluate calcium arsenate and other boll weevil control methods. Extension agents, experiment station directors, and leading Southern cotton farmers will discuss all aspects and potential changes to department instructions. The Florida plan offering a single early application, if viable elsewhere, could lower costs.
Athens, 27 years ago, items of interest from old Banner files. A Seney Stovall chapel recital by Miss Clark's class delighted attendees with pieces by Sharwenka Beaumont Mendelssohn and others. The city finance committee burned $3,175 in water works bond coupons as redemption progress was reported.
A column by Hugh Rowe blends jokes and notes on health foods like apples and grapefruit with social anecdotes. It praises Dr Clemenceau for endorsing grapefruit and cites Rotary club norms in Athens, highlighting community service, church advertising, and church announcements strategy.
Mr. Fred Davis and Chancellor Barrow discussed the decline of staple quality in the Athens area due to boll weevil damage. They urge farmers to test cotton varieties resisting weevils with longer staple lengths, aiming to restore former regional prestige and market prices. The note highlights Winterville and local merchants adapting seeds and advertising to support farmers and local commerce.
White flannel blouses are displayed as southern wear with bands at the hips and a headover slip on design. The middy blouse fashion highlights practical warmth and simple styling suited for the season.
A man sells an automobile for 200, buys back for 190, then sells again for 220. Net profit is 30 dollars. The rest is a word-change puzzle showing a sign transformation ending with a list of trades and their resulting word plays.
Merchants praise ads as best investment to reach city homes and outlying districts. Local stores report crowded sales when promotions run, noting crop failures and car traffic push shoppers toward Athens. The piece urges using Banner of Herald to draw new customers to the Northeast Georgia commercial center.
A large delegation of Clarke county farmers gathered in Athens Friday afternoon for a session called by County Agent Jones Purcell to organize county farmers into community groups ahead of the state farmers conference at the State College of Agriculture from the 22nd to the 27th.
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