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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1922
Page
4
A discussion argues road policy should be driven by clean politics and public need. It criticizes misused funds from the Elberton quarry and Crossland's alleged improper $15 payment, urging better governance and oversight for road-building projects to maximize value and develop the state.
The article cites F. M. Metcalf of Northern Pacific noting most crossing crashes are caused by carelessness rather than reckless driving. He warns that even slow driving lulls vigilance, and while eliminating crossings helps, it cannot be done everywhere. Personal caution remains the primary prevention.
A Georgia orchard near Lizella with 9,000 trees produced forty six cars of peaches, attributed to top fertilizer use. The report praises intensive care, weed control, and premium fertilizer, noting peaches’ delicate flavor and rose like color. It urges consistent cultivation for high yields.
From the Athens Banner files of March 1895. A private book lists the names of young ladies the owner has courted, with mourning lines reading Love's labor lost. Fishing: a father and son caught over a hundred pounds in one hour. Miss Saliié Harris visits Augusta. Miss Mary Gaines visits Mr C W Baldwin in Athens. A dancing bear scene on Clay Street draws a crowd as a small boy nearly faints. Col Tom Fleming owns a pretty orange grove near Sanford, Florida. Judge Herrington postpones court to Friday. Miss Tatsy Talmadge hosts tea at Prince Avenue with guests Hattie Mae Mitchell Mary Penn Daisy Talmadge and others.
T L Gantt recounts Col James M Smith's assertion that Georgia outproduces Texas in cotton. Smith cites Georgia’s superior soil climate water and labor, yielding higher quality cotton and per acre yields. He claims Georgia and its seed oil outperform Texas. He notes Georgia’s annual bale total near Texas despite smaller area.
A reader praises Athens for local labor and park enhancements. Charlie Hodgson guides a tour past Charlie Rowland’s timber land turned into a striking Georgia park. Rowland’s grounds feature rugged stone gateways, winding roads, rustic torch stands, a tunnel path to a tennis court, and an ideal rustic summer retreat for visitors. Mrs. John Wilkins plans a trip to Brevard, North Carolina in August.
Leroy Michael and Ed Cohen left Athens Saturday on a buying trip in a Le Roy flivver. They plan a several thousand mile circuit to Chicago Montreal Atlantic City New York and back to Athens arriving around mid August.
An advertisement promotes Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand from Palmer & Son. It claims rapid improvement for nervousness fatigue nervous conditions and digestive issues with a money back offer on the first box. The copy urges hard workers smokers and anxious individuals to buy a 60 cent box today.
A fragmentary note from Saturday night indicates Michael Bros. and Chas. Stern Co. said they had reached Chat tanooga Tennessee and that Lizzie was doing nicely.
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