Liberty Bond Demand Shows Improvement in Financial Outlook
City interviews with merchants reveal improving finances as Liberty bonds gain in demand, cotton row shows big improvement with 50,000 bales in circulation, and wholesalers report the worst over with credit easing. Retailers note cash sales steady and more customers paying, signaling broader recovery.
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Banner-Herald
Ess
Enon Cotton Row
Cotton Row
Athens
Jim Tuck
Sumter County
Sumter
Northeast Georgia fair planned by Clarke county leaders
President Andrew M. Soule of the State College of Agriculture is named chairman to organize a Northeast Georgia fair in Athene s. The Chamber of Commerce aims to hold a large exposition this fall and has begun early planning with a district four committee including prominent business and professional figures.
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Clarke County
Northeast Georgia
Andrew M. Soule
State College of Agriculture
Julian Goethius
Chamber of Commerce
Athens
Goethius
Commerce
Ato
Soule
Genius
A. Soule
Charles B. Bailey
C. D. Flanigen
J. T. Pittard
W. W. Scott
Harold Hulme
D. L. Peacock
Jones Purcell
Totin A. Darwin
James W. Morton
Jollan McCurry
J. W. Barnett
W. F. McBireath
A. E. Davison
M. G. Michael
Mike Costa
T. H.mchatton
T. Larry Gantt
First Aid Class Organized Here By Red Cross Leaders
L H Hill Jr and David Yates organize life saving corps in Atlanta city and at the University and State Normal School with the YMCA. The course will run through a series of instructions and upon completion participants receive a gold medallion. Conaver of the University will lead instruction.
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L. H. Hill, JR
David Yates
Southern Division
The
Red Cross
Atlanta
State Normal School
Conaver
Real estate optimism in Athens signals 1922 boom
H O Epting predicts a banner year for Athens real estate as activity soars since January 1 1922. Five agents cover a steady stream of rental and purchase applicants while lenders seek first mortgage loans for $1000 to $2500. The firm seeks 100 new homes and notes lower building costs and plentiful labor.
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H. O. Epting
Athena’ Real Estate
Daventure
Building Boom Foreseen in Athens for 1922 by W T Broxton
W T Broxton predicts a busy 1922 for Athens with 30 to 40 new homes costing about 5000 dollars each, plus several business houses totaling around 100000 dollars and repairs of about 20000 dollars. He cites road bridge and school projects as drivers of a return to prosperity.
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Athens
South
Miners Present Demands At Tri-District Meeting
In Shamokin Pennsylvania the Tri-District wage convention adopted nineteen demands for the United Mine Workers. The main goals include a 20 percent boost to the contract wage scale and a one dollar per day increase for daily workers. The convention urged the scale committee to arrange a mining suspension to April 1 if no agreement is reached by March 31, when the current scale ends.
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Shamokin
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Whales Slay Each Other By Scores
Captain G Evered Poole reports a blood red sea between Sierra Leone and Second with hundreds of whales dead or dying on the surface. He notes a bloody expanse implying many more deaths unseen and doubts a single sanguinary battle occurred.
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London
G. Evered Poole
Gold Coast
Sierra’Leone
Sekond
Baltimore & Ohio Maintenace Workers Reject Proposals
Baltimore and Ohio railroad maintenance employees rejected prediction proposals at a conference in the railroad offices. They will take their case to the Federal Railway Labor Board for arbitration.
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Baltimore
Fway
Baltimore & Ohio
Federal Railway Labor Board For Arbitration
Hull Street to be paved from Dougherty to Broad
Mayor George C. Thomas released details on Hull Street paving from Dougherty to Broad with sidewalks to be paved. An ordinance already authorizes one section from Dougherty to Clayton and plans call for Broad Street block paving. He aims to extend paving from College Avenue to Hull and eventually Milledge Avenue.
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Hull Street
Dougherty Street
Broad Street
George C.thomas
Thomas
Dongserty
Clayton Street
Broad Lot
Dougherty and
Hancock
College Avenue
Uttiedse Avenue
Hull Frst
Milledge Avenue
Reichsbank Reorganization Advances in Imperial Parliament
Berlin reports the imperial economic parliament finance committee formed a 12 member group to draft a new Reichsbank charter. The plan seeks greater independence from government, conversion to a regular company capitalized at skis marks, government appointment of the president, and currency issuance limited to gold reserves.
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Berlin
The
Associated Press
Reichsbank
Finance Committee
Imperial Economic Parliament
Allow Americans To Enter Mexico Without Papers
MEXICO CITY a decree signed by President Obregon last Thursday allows American citizens to enter Mexico without a passport. The decree was published by the foreign office and takes effect February 1.
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Mexico
Obregon
Business Leader Sees South Recovery Through Local Banking
Winterville banker Mr. John L Pittard argues fear and distrust fueled a downturn more than actual weakness. He cites strong home grown crops, better cotton marketing, and bank support as keys to a gradual revival, noting rural money hoarding as a drag and recalling 1894 financing struggles.
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T. Larry Gantt
Georgia National Bank
John L Pittata
Winterville
Pittard
Pittard Banking Company
Georgia
John Winter
Delta
Dopsite
Weevil Ho
Atlanta
Caughien Andie
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Iberty
UIS
Romes
Sn Han
W. T. Broxton
Yow, C. A
Form ‘Association
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
New York
Brock
United Pras
Helen Ferguson
United States
Ed Corrigan
Dougherty
Winterville Banker
John Pittard
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