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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1920
Page
1
State finance officials consider reducing funding to a major university this fiscal year. BlueVams program constraints and departmental budgets face tighter controls as lawmakers weigh allocating revised resources.
Dr. M. M. Parks defends Georgia Normal and Industrial College admissions amid crowd of applicants. He explains limits, room shortages, and county distribution, noting over 5,000 students refused since founding. He emphasizes need for standards and practice school.
Dayton Ohio July 9 Governor Cox told reporters the West could become a main battleground early in the national race. He indicated openness to an early campaign invasion if endorsed by the Democratic National Committee.
Delegates arriving for three conventions in Chicago discuss aligning single taxers and labor adherents with a national third party based on the Committee of Forty-eight plan. Spokesmen oppose Senator La Follette as a fusion presidential candidate and platform disagreements emerge. Pinchot and Record brief La Follette on decisions pending tomorrow. Harding declines to take a firm stand on national Prohibition during a Marion conference. Hanley signals difficulty backing Cox and opposes Prohibition.
Alabama health official reports Florida methods to exterminate rats to curb bubonic plague in Pensacola and notes quarantine on the city is not being pursued. Vera Cruz reports forty three deaths this week from bubanic plague. a U S sanitary commission arrives to decide on a quarantine.
In a 1920 letter from The Athens Banner editor a reader recalls a curious classified offer that combined a horse and milk cow for sale as a joke. The correspondent cites a New England clipping showing similar odd “break up housekeeping” ads listing a cow piano dresser and other items sold as a set.
Sam Fagin a Black man said by officers to have confessed to carrying off the fire at the Grand Theater, which burned Saturday night, was moved to Columbus tonight to avert possible race trouble. Other arrests are expected.
The Athens Banner and the Augusta Chronicle led with Cox's nomination while Greensboro papers like the Greensboro Herald Journal did not have the final presidential balloting result.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce voted to appoint a committee to raise about 5000 dollars for the South Atlantic States Export Corporation. President Mathew Hale outlined efforts to develop southern ports and expand markets, with Athens expected to cooperate with southern cities and support the export push through Southern ports.
The Dixon resolution cleared the Senate and moved to the Georgia House amid party lines. Floor leader A S Anderson sought a state of the republic committee referral, while Rep J Smith joined the push for a timely vote, signaling a swift path to house action. The committee on state of the republic will hold a meeting Monday to push the measure forward.
Four Atlantic Coast Line express company employees were detained after a robbery of an express car on train No near Gainesville Florida. The messenger John Holler was gagged and bound during the $5,500 robbery. An identified man who boarded at Braddock is suspected.
Atlanta July 9 Hon John X Holder speaker of the house discusses the National Democratic Convention and the prospect of victory in November. He says the ticket and platform are strong and will gain active support and endorsements from Democratic voters nationwide. He notes prior differences among Democrats but urges support now.
Atlanta July 9 The Fulton superior court ruling forced the prison commission to count city street mileage in county road totals. Rep G W Lankford has introduced a bill to strip municipalities from apportioning road mileage. The bill does not bar convict labor on city streets nor change prior practices.
Winder defeats Elberton 10 to 7 in a slugging contest at Winder Ga. Bloodworth Allen and Lippett pitched for the teams with heavy hitting on both sides. Final innings featured late scoring to seal the win for Winder as Um pire Bean called the game.
In Washington, D. C., Judge Hardison dismissed charges that Chester A. Snow and two others conspired to kill his ex-wife Mrs. Addis Hubbard Snow. The court found evidence insufficient for higher court consideration, though the case could still go before the grand jury.
Miss Olivia Brueggeman testified before a Senate committee that workers tied to the cost of living effort were steering meetings toward praising Mitchell Palmer for president. She said she was dismissed for being a Republican. Other witnesses offered partial countering testimony as parties linked to organizing high cost of living drives.
Chicago on July 9 Lieut Carl Wanderer confessed to firing shots that killed his wife and a stranger in his apartment vestibule. He said the killings were part of a frame up robbery planned after he tired of married life and planned to return to army life.
The American embassy in Mexico City reports several former General Pablo Gonzales staff officers jailed for plotting against the government. Chiapas is in open rebellion and General Francisco J. Murgala has raised the flag of rebellion.
Jamaica plans to borrow 15 million pounds in London to deepen Kingston harbor and improve piers. Extensions include railway to wharves, additional slips, a large dry dock, wireless station, and oil and coal depots to entice ships passing through the canal. Lawmakers push Kingston to rival Cristobal as the Atlantic Panama entrance.
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