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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
4
Opinion piece lauds the Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens for building up Georgia’s agricultural education. It credits Soule for strong leadership, describes growth in yields, extension work, and training of teachers and farmers, and argues the college ranks among the nation’s top agricultural schools.
Georgia owes much to Dr Soule for farm output and life improvements through agricultural education. The State College of Agriculture’s work boosts material growth and elevates rural citizens’ education and morals. Enthusiastic, generous support is urged as every dollar spent returns to Georgians with heavy gains.
The piece argues that towns thrive when residents support local merchants and integrate business and civic life. It stresses buying homegrown supplies to foster growth, prevent outflow of patronage, and strengthen interwoven local networks for better state and national service. continuous support is urged as essential.
A column mocks office holders and office seekers and satirizes social norms. It notes demands for policy consistency versus fresh leadership and jokes about cocktails, hay, and physical fitness. It also comments on disarmament, women’s roles, and American attitudes toward Russia with tongue in cheek.
The item lists trivia answers and prompts ten new questions. It includes definitions such as woolen wedding and tin wedding, a query about the element heavy in the human body, and asks about Montevideo's country, Plutus, Mississippi nickname, Palo Alto battle route, japanned leather, Joseph Gillett, and pharmacopoeia.
A survey of Madison Georgia and Morgan County highlights local industry and civic life. The Thomas company aims to buy grain from farmers to boost small-crop growing, while Shaw-Hemperly Co. offers modern mortuary service and W A Perkin runs a vulcanizing plant. The city owns waterworks and a low-cost electric plant, with a robust fire department, a new hotel the New Morgan, five cotton warehouses, and plans for a potato curing house. Notables include judges, attorneys, and former state leaders, with Morgan County’s administration led by Mayor St W Parker and officials like K L Walker and A H Winter. The 1905 courthouse stands, Madisonian newspaper presence noted, and Madison’s incorporation traced to 1808–1809, naming origins and early commissioners.
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