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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1921
Page
10
A staff article highlights a thriving small town near Athens, noted for prosperity driven by farming and emerging small industries. The piece praises community growth, new homes, and strong roadways reflecting robust local development and optimism.
In a humble tribute to Morgan County and Madison, Georgia, the piece recalls the town’s origins, legal formation, and early governance. It notes the county’s creation from Baldwin and Wilkinson, the first ordinary, and early marriages and deeds, highlighting local pride and communal progress through history.
Fire at the Athens Palace theatre began in the operating room from a celluloid film explosion. The building’s fireproof design and multiple exits allowed a rapid two minute evacuation with no congestion. Damage limited to the operating room. furnishings destroyed while stairs and other areas remained intact. insurance covers the losses. showings to resume next day.
A Friday morning conference at the Chamber of Commerce with Secretary BE W Carroll and YMCA directors approved plans to convert the dining hall into a University student center. The center will be remodeled into reading, writing, games and offices to serve student activities and social meetings. The project aims to finish by September first with donations from Athens merchants and furnishing by the Ladies Auxiliary.
Whitehall beat Southern Manufacturing 2 to 0 with Batteries Whitehall Damerson and F Flannigan plus M C Brown and A Kirk. Princeton defeated Star Thread Millyet Temple 3 to 0 with Eidson Colle and Dunaway involved.
Washington reports a 1 080 000 pound allotment of pieric acid from the wartime surplus to Georgia via the Bureau of Public Roads. Distribution coordinates through state and county agencies with Athens Georgia Agricultural College as likely co operator. Prices include freight, with limited per owner and carload shipping from Sparta Wisconsin and Wingate New Mexico to Savannah or Charleston.
Clarke County chair will meet at Hull Georgia this afternoon at 5 o clock. Full attendance of membership is expected at the gathering.
The Herald postpones Monday afternoon’s edition as the Duplex Banner press is moved to the Hancock avenue building. Workmen will convert the plant to print Tuesday morning’s issue from the new site and both papers will share the same press.
Cleveland July 16 A verdict of murder with malice resulted in a death sentence for Mrs Raber after four hours of juror deliberation. Judge Bernon announced the decision to her counsel Francis Poulson so she could be informed in her stupor before any formal court appearance.
Funeral services for Mrs. W. E. Whitehead age 49 will be held at Sandy Cross Baptist Church today at 3 p.m. Rev. W. H. Faust will officiate. Interment follows in Stephens family cemetery. Pallbearers named Mesere A. H. Eberhardt F. L. Martin F. D. Smith T. J. Stephens C. C. Mathews George Whitehead A. H. Stephens. Surviving: husband three sons G A W J and Fred, daughter Martha, father C A Stephens two brothers A P and J A Stephens and two sisters Cynthia and Pellia Stephens.
Paris July 16 Associated Press reports military governor of Metz, L. G. Deman Duhy, has died. Born in Lorraine he witnessed as a child the capitulation of Metz to Germany during the war.
University of Georgia Summer School students plan a Tallulah picnic on Tuesday with a 10 coach special train. Conta Co of Athens donates thirty gallons of ice cream for picnickers to be carried on the same train. Tickets priced at two dollars go on sale Monday afternoon at Demonsthenian Hall on the campus.
Deputy Clerk A B Collex continues compiling Clarke county soldiers in World War I from official records and private knowledge. He has enlisted help from friends and relatives to add facts, noting the recent death and delayed identification of a messenger who helped reunite the unit with the American army.
Several recent changes on Milledge Avenue shift ownership. Julian Barrett buys Ben Comer’s home and plans to move in next week. Mr. Comer acquires J. W. Ingle’s house and has moved in. Frank Edwards purchases the Comer place now occupied by Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, pastor of First Baptist Church.
Aberdeen observers report a city calm after 103 alleged Industrial Workers of the World members were ejected. Sheriff Henry Elliott and a police line patrolled streets as hundreds arrived by freight train, but dispersed into small groups and did not congregate.
London reports secrecy surrounds talks on Irish questions with Eamonn De Valera proposing terms and Sir James Craig in talks with Premier Lloyd George. A visit by De Valera to Lloyd George is likely Monday with a possible round table as a speculative option for Tuesday.
Captain J. H. Rucker resigns as Athens postmaster effective August 1. He says he needs a rest after seven years without a holiday and that his successor will take the reins for a period off. He notes Athens’ post office has grown markedly under his leadership.
Washington July 16 AP officials said the United States paid more than thirty-two million dollars to Britain's Ministry of Shipping in settlement of a war department claim. The payment followed a ruling by Attorney General Dougherty and covered current wartime expenses agreed among allies to be settled later.
Washington July 16 Congress clashed over oil after a 122 to 104 vote defeated a three year due embargo from the Fordney bill. Republicans then pushed a motion to adjourn until Monday ending the immediate session scramble.
Donald H. McMillan and six companions sailed down the Shaepscot river bound for Baffin Land amid a crowd of about 2000 spectators in Wincasset Me with Governor Baxter in attendance.
Thomas Hubbard McHattan known as Mac, a professor at the Georgia State College of Agriculture and a farmer, is a horticulturist and long-time Athens resident since 1908. A New York City native, he earned degrees from Spring Hill, Michigan Ag, Cornell, and A&M, and is a member of Alpha Zeta, the Catholic church, Knights of Columbus, Cloverhurst Country Club, American Legion, and the Georgia Horticulturist society. His aviation corps service in World War II involved castor beans for oil production for airplane motors. Address: State College of Agriculture. home on campus. Birthday: November 19.
A. C. Weston assumes duties as Athens Gas Company's new manager arriving from New Jersey. A Wesleyan and UPenn alum with years in public utility gas work, he is hailed as one of America's top executives. G. Taylor leaves Athens to take a position in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
An allied veterans convention adopted a resolution urging early collection of accrued interest on the war debt to the United States and the use of that money to pay adjusted compensation for ex soldiers. It also approved a resolution condemning a large army of office holders and criticized enforcement spending under the Volstead Act. George R. Leach, mayor of Indianapolis, was elected president. Minneapolis will host the next meeting.
The Inez Leviathan, idle at Hoboken pier for two years, has cost taxpayers 45 thousand dollars a month. After inspection, Shipping Board Chairman Lasker announced plans to recondition the vessel for up to 12 million dollars or salvage and sell, with an estimated 30 million to build a vessel of her size.
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