Bond program urged as vital for roads and county growth
Larry Gantt urges voters to support a bond issue to fund highways in Athens and surrounding counties. He notes the plan can bring federal and state aid, stresses farmer access to markets, and cites local leaders rallying supporters. The column also covers farm beetles and pest control trials amid heavy rainfall affecting crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Benade Ux
Unfanimous
Posetine
Bonda
Thins
Cerehal
Ciy
Federal Governomnt
State Highway Commission
McElroy
Bogart
Fan Ot
Sudden
Union Church
Maidison County
Valentino and Swanson Draw Athens Cinema Fans
Valentino and Gloria Swanson captivated Athenians as they star in a film whose plot features voyage and romance. Spectators praised Swanson and the duo’s on screen charm amid a stylish Alpine backdrop and cosmopolitan settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentino
Miss Swanson
Gloria Swanson
Paris
London
East
Swanson
Pro-Bond Rally Pushes for Heavy Clarke County Vote
Clarke County residents rally at City Hall to back two bond issues including a 50 000 dormitory loan. Organizers announce expanded committees and a goal of record turnout on election day July 12 with many wards and precincts organizing volunteers and colored voters involvement to boost support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
John Milledge
Clarke County
Julian Etchins
Mike Costa
Harrie Dawsan
R. Dottery
Henry Culp
Eustice Stephens
K. Hill
H. J. Reid
H. B. Heywood
Be.h. Dorsey
Co. F. Crymen
W.C. Thornton
F. J. Orr
J. L. McLeroy
R. G. Davis
J. O.mitchell
R. W. Holman
Henry Sims
Berry
J. P. Williams
Bob Hill
W. H. Little
Jimmie Towns
Hugh, White
J. D. Tribble
Tom Puryear
J. W. Morton
Towns
Bob Godfrey
Luther Crawford
J. T. Brooks
L. P
Thurmond
H. C. Hall
Otha Brown
BE. Johnson
John Hardeman
Diedrich Winter
Pittard
Nadhy
Lockhart
Thore
Winterville
Harry Pittard
Mise Marian Colle
Uckston
Bertha
Hancock
Barberville
Ernest Eidaon
Whitehall
R. P. White Princston
Henry Oldham
Hinton Brown
Joe Murry
Oconee Heights
Arthur Henry
T. A. Buddoth
Mont
Nellie _ Edeee
Leon Ceter
I .I
Meee & Parker
James White
James Morton
T. F. Green
City of Athens
First Ward
Elwood’ Jackson
R. C.i Orr
Practipoe
Athens Bonds Sell for High Figure
The City of Athens bonds totaling 226000.99 were sold at a premium of 18130.60 bringing 107.11 percent. The Trust Company of Georgia bought the issue with other bids from First Trust and Savings Corp of Atlanta National City Co of New York J H Hirami Co of Atlanta and Macon’s W M Davis and Co. The bonds bear 6 percent interest from June 1 1922 and are tax free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Trust Company
City of
Athens
Trust Company of Georgia
Bix Companies
First Trust and Savings Corporation of
R. W., Coutts
Aearer
Robinon-Humphrey Company
Henry Tompkins
Si W. M. Davis and Co
Macon
National City Company of
New York
J. H. Hiramati Company
Denton
City of Athens
Counsell
School buys desks amid district furniture update
The district distributed new desks to various schools and purchased two new teachers desks. The purchase occurred on Thursday as part of a broader effort to modernize classroom furniture.
Shorter College Receives 100000 Donation From Education Board
RCME Gay J. Paul Sooper, president of the board, announced Thursday that Shorter College will receive a 100000 gift from the New York General Education Board. The donation counts as one third of a 300000 endowment Shorter plans to raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCME
J. Paul Sooper
Shorter College
General Education, Board of New York
Shorter
Clarke county voters rally for bonds on July 12
A large, tense meeting at Clarke city hall organized by MAS F C ORR aims to mobilize all registered voters for a bond issue on Wednesday July 12. Attendees included representatives from fraternities Kiwanis Rotary labor unions women clergy and many Black community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mas. F.C. Orr
Clarke County
Tolice
Fraternity
Kiwanis
Rotary
Funeral services for Mrs. Sylvanus Morris Friday
A hometown obituary notes the death of Mrs. Annie Laurie Morris after a brief illness. She was a Virginia native and long resident of Athens wife of Dr. Sylvanus Morris and mother of two daughters. Funeral services are set for Friday at Emmanuel Church with interment in Oconee cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Laurie Morris
Sylvanus Morris
Mrs. Morris
Minor
Virginia
Athens
Lumpkin Law
Anieralty
Georgia
Annie Minor
Lydia Laurie
Old Dominion
Episcopal Church
Mia
Juan H. Milter
Lisa
Richmond
Hunter F
Hampton B
Vireshla
Robert W. Jr
Willows
California
Roy Lewis
Atlanta
Mary Lewis
Charlottesville
Brothers and Slaters
Morris
John Morris
Charles Edward Morris
New York City
James W. Morris
Brazil
Louise Morris
Taylor's Creek
Garnett Nelson
Emmanuel Church
A. G. Richards
Oconee Cemetery
D. F. Barrow
P. F. Brown
Howell C. Erwin
F. A. Lipscomb
BE. R., Hodgson, Jr
H A. Nix
D, C. Barrow
H H
D. Flanigen
Ath
J.C. Bloomhield
J. H.J. McPherson
H.C. Ite
C. M. Han
Col
C. M. Sity
Ofr
Athens Music Club concert draws record crowd at University Chapel
A large audience packed the University Chapel for the Athens Music Club benefit concert for Summer School students and townspeople. The venue overflowed with seats filled and standing room, guests listened from the steps and nearby pits as the program received enthusiastic applause. Local officials presided and performances were well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Chapel
Athens Music Club
Funeral Held for Livingst on EF McClelland Jr
Funeral services were held in Atlanta for Livingston EF McClelland Jr a popular Georgia student and son of Judge and Mrs L McClelland. He died Wednesday afternoon at St Joseph's Infirmary after an appendectomy. He was a Lumpkin Law School student and member of Kappa Sigma. He is survived by his parents and two sisters Lillian and Gladys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston EF
McClelland, Jr
Georgia
L.lelland
Atlanta
Athena
McCleland
Lumpkin Law School
The
University
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Kappa!/Sigma
Judge
Lillian
Gladys McClellan
Mayburgs Sale Draws Large Crowd Before Opening
A large crowd of women gathered before Mayburgs opened for a sale advertised in The Banner and Herald. The store offered Bargain prices with a full page advertisement. twenty five women were first to enter for early prize offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayburg
Banner and Herald
Mayburg’s
Herald
Hodgson To Operate Lexington Terminal Railroad Reported
Agreement reached between C. N. Hodgson of Athens and the Georgia Railroad for Hodgson to take over and operate the Lexington Terminal Railroad. Plans discuss extending to Dry Fork Creek on Wilkes and Oglethorpe lines to develop the Flat Woods timber and mineral region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. Hodgson
Athens
The
Georgia Railroad
Lexington Terminal
Wilkes and
Oglethorpe County
Flat Woods
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Cuba
Elberton and Eastern
Tignall
Hodgson
Thomson E. Edison
Recorder Fines Wife-Beater $10.75
In Recorder Thornton's Court Thursday evening J D Winbuah a carpenter out of work Ree fined $10.75 for a similar offense. Nat Winfrey received $10.75 for wife beating after his wife testified she was shoved and manhandled. Lumpkin, attorney for the first two men, established the court’s view they planned commercial pursuits when apprehended. Nat elected the fine over a 20 day stay in a municipal hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fé Gallora
Mack Pinson
Rhermes
Ana
Thornton
J.D. Winbuah
Eraine Lumpkin
Nat Winfrey
Nwat
Nat
White Way Westward Improvements Boost Clayton Street
The city council approves extending the white way on Clayton Street as part of wider street improvements. Local homeowners and several business houses back the plan hoping to attract tenants and relieve current rents by opening the street to increased business activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claytons Street
Clayton Street
Cnt Run
Cotton Schools in Full Progress at Agricultural College
Twenty five students are enrolled in the annual Cotton School at the Georgia College of Agriculture. The 12th course started last Monday and will run five weeks with four hours of instruction daily. Professor R R Childs reports strong student interest and plans to invite prominent lecturers this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ein College of Agriculture
R. R. Childs
Ag. College
Georgia College of Agriculture
South
Childs
Penn
T Coura
Man in Jail Fasts 53 Days on God Command
William Rice of Nads county has fasted fifty three days after claiming God ordered the restraint. In jail for vagrancy he announced he would not eat again, says he receives sustenance from a spiritual fountain and fights constant Satan temptations. News drew attention as he remains able to walk but weakens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slade
William Rice
Nads
Rice
Satan
Five Prisoners Break From Jail in Athens Incident
Report states five inmates escaped from a county jail, entry through a chimney. One suspect, charged with two murders, and a missing 11 year old boy from 187 Flynt Street were mentioned in police notes. Authorities quote the group fled toward Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Tanda
Bes Duffie
Leia Wee
Tulh Moe
Aeenald Bey
Jus McRae
Flynt Street
Athens
Atlanta
Duggan Wraps Up Lectures at University and County Tour
Hon M L Duggan concluded a statewide speaking tour with lectures at the University of Georgia and a North Georgia school session. He pressed for free text books, timely teacher pay, and better text book quality, citing waste and gaps in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Duggan
Mer
Billijay
School For
North Georgia
Duggan
Duggan Ini
All Treaties Ratified Reportedly by Washington
Fragmentary wartime dispatch notes indicate treaties with Italy were reported ratified. The text is garbled but suggests U S confirmation or progress on diplomatic agreements. No clear dates, signatories, or full context are provided in the readable fragments.
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Larry Gantt
Caneaders
A. J. Cobb
O M. Snelling
Florrie Orr
Education Board
Euseface’ Stevens
BE. L. Jackson
Willd Boodek
J. H. T. McPhern
Powell Stephens
A. 8. Parker
Rob, White
Ore
Babe
Sam Harris
Jolla Harris
Dr. J
H. Bunny
Wm Few
J. H. Horton
P. C. Stone
Wm. Thompson
W. ¥. Kenny
Dan Glenn
Finneral
Sylvanus ‘Morris
Mobile Bay
Athens Company
Shanti
F. H. Parr
Sannessco
West Point
H. Parr
Ldeut
Norman C. Handley
Q. M. Bergt
Claud Daves
Bergt
E. W. Taylor
Setat
G. A. Hill
Shorty" Berronk
W. C. Wood
H. A. Bates
J. L. McLean
W. M. Rivera
J. G. Denny
Cook
E. N. Guest
E. J. Kirk
Max Lund
D. P. Mise
B. By Murrow
Warren Miler
H. J. Porter
W. T. Porter
Vines
Porter
R. I. Paint
Roy Richards
A. Spinks
D. Bhort
Gc. A. Vondelieth
Mayburgs
Lexington Terminal Railroad
Middle Georgia
United States
Dry Fork Creek
Lumber Buyera
John J. Wilkins
Georgia National Bank
White Way
Clayton
Agricultural College
Ellijay
San Ndreda
Washington
Pri
Spom Wien
Italy
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