Athens Summer School praises and local support
Larry Gantt notes many young ladies from Georgia and South Carolina enjoyed Athens hospitality at the Summer School. They praise meals, fresh produce, milk and butter, and weekly free cinema tickets. Local merchants and papers are lauded for backing bonds and promoting a home-building campaign. Weevil control progress is reported with farmers using calcium arsenate, and cotton crops show early promise in several counties around Athens.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Citzens
Foud
Seveal
Athens
Mangger
Bonda
Banener
Herald
Athyena
Purcell
Vis. Clarke
Jackson
Madison
Oconee
Madison Rand Jackson
Oglethorpe
Stephens
Crawford
Smithsonia
Glade
Tair
Pass Bill Expands Burglary Penalty Statewide
The state senate passed a bill making burglary a capital offense with a maximum penalty of twenty years imprisonment. A House measure creating a budget and investigating commission, introduced by Munday, also moved forward. The Nix bill's passage sparked sharp debate, and the Womble proposal to change county official terms failed.
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Senate
House
Investigating and Budget Commission
Munday
Polk I
Georgia
Womble
Nix
Foy
Pope
Kimzey
House of Representatives
Wpetel Gals
Ioviener Ae
Darden Responds to Road Appeal in Clarke County
G W Darden, state highway engineer based in Athens, asks for more time to assess Bogart road maintenance. He notes urgent needs elsewhere in Madison and Oglethorpe counties and says Bankhead Highway work is underway from the Clarke county line to Hartwell before county roads are tackled. Local crews have focused on top dressed sections, while hard surface areas show wear and tear.
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G. W. Darden
State Highway Department
Athens
Caan
Bogart
Madigan
Oglethorpe
Bankhead
Clarke County
Hartwell
Bogart Road
Former Athens teacher promotes The Bachelor Daddy show
Miss Claudia Fink former head of mathematics at Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens writes friends to see The Bachelor Daddy at the Palace Theatre. The film features Thomas Meighan and was partly shot at Fink’s Los Angeles school. She notes many students and scenery appear and calls the picture delightful for both adults and children, with showdays Thursday and Friday.
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Claudia Fink
Athens
Lucy Cobb Institute
Palace Theatre
Misa Fink
Los Angeles
Thomas Meighan
Meighan
Theol
Lenroot Explodes On Tariff Debate In Senate
Washington reports that Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin blasted the tariff bill during a Tuesday Senate debate. He criticized colleagues for blindly following the finance committee, urging independent judgment on agricultural schedules and cotton rate provisions amid the partisan clash.
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Associated Press
Washington
LenFoot
Wisconsin
Senate
de ‘Bate
Lenroot
Finance Committee
New Thought Delegates Convene at Ninth International Congress
Delegates to the Ninth Annual Congress of the International New Thought Alliance gathered in Atlanta for a busy session. Mediation services opened the day followed by a conference of district presidents and secretaries led by a prominent leader, with discussions stretching into the noon hour.
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Atlanta
International New Thought Alliance
Ueaday
Miss Mary Hall, Confederate Veteran Loyal Figure, Dies
Augusta report says Miss Mary Hall, 80, longtime marcher at Confederate Veterans reunions and member of the local camp, died Tuesday morning after a lingering illness.
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Augusta
Plans for Michael Home Are Ready
Plans for a new residence for M G Michael on Milledge Avenue at Woodlawn were announced Tuesday by Atlanta architects Hentemand Adler. The hollow tile and brick veneer building is estimated to cost around 40000 dollars. Michael recently sold his Prince Avenue home and purchased the Milledge Avenue lot.
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Handsoma
M. G. Michael
Lilli Edge Avenue
Hentemand Adler
Atlanta
Michas
Prince Avenasrant
Milledge Avenue
Woodlawn
Princeton Paving Underway As Concrete Arrives
Princeton paving will begin soon as steel reinforcing and concrete arrive. Officials announced Tuesday that work will start once materials are in place, marking progress on the project.
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Princeton
Wee Ot
Waycross Guards Patrolling After Clash At Atlantic Coast Line Shops
One hundred seventy five Georgia National Guard members arrived in Waycross under Lt Col L C Pope to guard Atlantic Coast Line shops after reports that new workers were beaten and farmers threatened to target strike sympathizers. Mayor Cowart said tensions rose as shops hire from rural areas and guard duty begun without demonstrations.
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Associated Press
Y Ycross
Georgia National Guard
L. C. Pope
Atlantic Coast Line
Cowart
T. J. Ross
Coast Line
Legionnaires Fail to Endorse Bonus at Convention
Waycross Frank A. Holden of Athens was elected a member of the resolutions committee at the American Legion convention. The Legionnaires took no action on the soldiers bonus bill at the Tuesday session. it will remain untouched for another year after conferences with the resolutions committee. An ace resolution repudiating the bonus bill was withdrawn as sentiment was hopelessly split and would trigger a bitter, useless fight at the convention. Worms attacked the first wheat crop of the Virginia colonists.
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Waycross
Frank A. Holden
Athens
Resolutions
American Legion
National Organization
Ita
Congress
What Builds Property Values in a Town Athens Story
A veteran observer recalls Athens evolving from village to town and nearing city status aided by electric streetcars. He notes growth along the Boulevard Lumpkin Street and new residences, while streetcar finances strain and the system faces changes. Property values rise with first class transportation and new mobility.
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Lumpkin
Flanigen
Electric Company
Ike
Avery
Athens
Athbe
Negro Baptists Convention Here in Athens
The annual general mission and state Sunday School and B Y P U convention of colored people began in Athens at Hill Baptist Church with executive boards meeting at Knox Institute. Rev John Adams of Savannah delivered the sermon after welcome remarks by Mayor G C Thomas Judge Andrew J Cobb and Dr J C Wilkinson. Dr P James Bryant of Atlanta presides over the B Y P U convention and Dr L P Pinckney of Augusta over the Sunday School department More than a thousand delegates attend as the convention runs through Friday night.
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Convention of Colored People
Athens
Hilly Baptist Church
Chapel of Knox Institute
John Adams
Savannah
G. C.thomas
Andrew J. Cobb
J. C. Wilkinson
P. James Bryant
Atlanta
L. P. Pinckney
Augusta
Rotarians Meet at Georgian Today
Rotarians gather at the Georgian for their weekly luncheon with Secretary H. A. Pendergraph urging attendance and continued club work. Rotarian James L. Sexton notes 60 to 100 boys are planned for the Boys’ Work Camp, August's first two weeks at Mountain City.
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Athats
H. A. Pendergrat
Pendergraph
James L. Sexton
Mountain City
Fair boosters to meet Wednesday at Chamber offices
The joint committees for the proposed fair will gather Wednesday at 5 30 p m at the Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was moved from Tuesday due to Farm Settlement Association duties in Atlanta. Officials expect to decide on staging a stall fair this fall and to begin work immediately.
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Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Farm Settlement Association
Tried For Vagrancy Urge Governors 10 Men Say Strikers
Ten men from Macon and Athens were arraigned in a recorder’s court on vagrancy charges after claiming they were forced to ride freight trains by Atlanta railroad strikers. They described threats to kill them if they stayed near the yards. Judge Thornton fined them five dollars and costs, with ten dollars in costs for the others. The four said they would be released if they could verify their story with Macon officials. Associated Press report from Washington noted governors were urged to protect workers and resume mine operations amid widespread labor disputes across several southern states.
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Atlanta
Recorders Court
Claude Anglin
Lonnie
Anglin
A. J. Ward
Porter Carnely
Macon
Athens
Thornton
Little Fellow
Associated Press
Washington
Andyimount
Alabama
Georgia
Tucky
Tennessee
Foreign trade for 1922 shows slump
Washington officials report the fiscal year ending June 30 yielded a favorable trade balance of about 162 million dollars, near two million less than the prior year. Exports totals were roughly 3.27 billion dollars while imports dipped, signaling a modest retreat in foreign commerce for 1922.
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Washington
America
Sune
Diamond cutter exhibits in Athens store on Broad Street
Max Goldman, a seasoned diamond cutter with seventeen years of experience, displays a miniature diamond cutting machine in his Broad Street shop. The device, claimed to be the first of its kind in the South, has traveled the globe and been shown at the world’s fair. Goldman offers unlimited access to the machine for those interested in viewing his rough diamonds.
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Athens
Kimberly
Max Goldman
Broad Street
Goldman
Heialzo
Will
Reparation Meet Is Expected Soon
Paris reports from official circles indicate a meeting of allied premiers to discuss the reparations problem is expected within the next 10 or 15 days in an Italian city. The report follows prolonged negotiations in Germany and the committee on guarantees.
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Paris
Associated Press
Committee On Guarantees
Germany
Cavalry Field Grading Near Sanford Field
A county project progresses on a cavalry field off in street near Sanford Field. Work includes grading and preparation for a double pose space to accommodate mounted units and accompanying automobiles as the season opens.
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Sanford Field
Georgia
Brading
County Engineer Starts Highway Survey And Paving Plan
County Engineer H. K. Neneh son begins surveys for a highway project. The plan calls to pave a stretch of road beyond the city limits extending along the county road network. The survey and paving work will start at once and proceed as outlined by the county authorities.
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H. K. Nenehson
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