Callaway of Wilkes County Praised as Progressive Farmer
Larry Gantt profiles Callaway a leading Wilkes County farmer praised for managing multiple farms and employing wages to sustain a sizable workforce. The piece highlights his hog and cattle breeds, home, and a novel boll weevil eliminator device he endorses, with notes on his snowy white squirrels and a large forest-tree grove near his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
Washington, Ga
Hon
Callaway
Wilkes County
Tn New Court House
Orleans
Old Stiers
Huey Piglele
Wilkes
Collawhy
Hiv
Poland
Heemeda Grasa
Bermuda
Calla
Bolt Welle
Ciliony
Mr. Callaway
Willingham Convicted in 1920 Larceny Case
Richard F. Willingham of Macon was convicted in a Georgia superior court on twelve-month sentence for larceny after trust. He faced fourteen indictments involving 163,475 dollars. Bail set at 2,000 dollars on a motion for a new trial after late Friday verdicts and defense arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Richard F. Willingham
Farrm
Charles Harrett
Willingham
Frank Hooper
Walter A. Harriy
Ellsworth Hall
Local News Bits From Nearby Towns in Banner-Herald
The Banner-Herald debunks the delay claim about Dr Crawford Long using anesthesia under a mulberry tree, noting it was in his office. The column also notes marriages, deaths, farm court delays, local business changes, and minor accidents across Barrow Gwinnett Greene Walton counties with brief notices on personnel, industry, and weather crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waruks
Banner-Herald
Crawford Long Fist
Mattie Lee Pinson
Jefferson
Earle Harria
Fannie Mitchell
Dry Pond
Commerce Truck Growers’ Association
Sam Harmon
Wit
Athens Business Leaders Prepare Campaign to Fight Boll Weevil
Athens business interests unite with farmers to fund a six expert program trained by the State College of Agriculture. They plan to deploy demonstrators and advisory help across Athens territory to control boll weevil using government‑prescribed poisoning methods. Campaign starts within two weeks as cotton acreage already planted and prices expected to rise this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
State College of Agriculture
United States
Miriam Battista Appears at the Palace Today
Little Miriam Battista, child stage and screen star, appears at the Palace today for matinee and night shows as an added attraction. The program also features Dorothy Dalton in The Crimson Challenge and The Hubber Neck comedy. Born in Italy, Battista is eight and granddaughter of the Archbishop of Baglioni. she has faced public bans on child performers and recently left The Whirl of New York. A special kiddie morning performance includes a stage reception with no advance price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Battista
Dorothy Dalton
Attra
Santa Claus
Actresa
Maude
Adama
Cinderela
Miriam
Italy
Baglioni
Milan
Winter Garden
New York
Gerry Society
Clara
Raphael Battista
New York City
Palace
League of Women Voters Regional Bulletin Update
The bulletin reports on LWV work in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina showing concern and progress toward informed voting. Mrs Solon Jacobs of Birmingham was elected third Vice President of the National League, leveraging her experience to awaken Southern women to legislation. Mrs Chamberlin plans a Georgia League report in Athens with a luncheon at the Woman's Club June 13 at 1 10 p.m. Reservations via phone 1522. Publicity Chairman. Also notes the Mississippi source from 1832 and a remark on uneducated people eating earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Solon Jacobs
Birmingham
National League
Thia
Mra. Chamberlin
Athens
Nima
Georgia League
Chamberlin
Woman's Club
Health Board Warning on Sewerage Connections Deadline
Health Board warns that contracts must be made and permits obtained for sewerage connections by June 20, 1922 or risk prosecution. The notice calls for timely action to comply with the ordinance and avoid recorder's court penalties for lacking sewerage connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
The
S the Lanner Bis
Recorder’s Court
Kidnapping Alleged by Masked Klansmen Near Anderson
A late night incident near Anderson involved four masked men abducting Robert W. Sullivan, secretary of Orr Cotton Mills and treasurer of the South Carolina cotton manufacturers association, and Miss Ruby Floyd. They were taken from near Miss Floyd’s home, forced into two cars, and reportedly warned not to be seen with each other again. Sullivan denied being beaten, while local reports differed. Authorities know little about the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ku Klux Klan
Robert W. Sullivan
Orr Cotton Mills
South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association
Sullivan
Miss Floyd
Ely
County
Weather Forecast for Athens and Vicinity 1922
Partly cloudy Friday night with thunderstorms Saturday. Georgia region expected partly cloudy Friday night with local thunder showers. Includes Athens and nearby areas with similar unsettled conditions and possible thundershowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Athena
Georgia
Metorgey
Boy's Camp Opens On July Fourth In Athens
The Boy's Camp of the Young Men's Christian Association nears completion with a 2.5 acre lake, a 20 foot dam, diving tower, four platforms, spring boards, and nine cabins amid hillside trees. Camp opens July 4 for 80 boys with Athens and Northeast Georgia youths invited. August adds a girls camp run by the YWCA in Athens and Northeast Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albeston
Obys
Athens
Noth
East Georgia
Frank Edward
Chaiman
Hugh H. Gordon
R. Hougeon
M. G. Nicholson
Abit Nix
W. T. Forbes
Southland
Eeast
Georgia
Geogia
Ice Tyoe
Salt Lake prisoner executed for 1919 murder theft
Nick Oblizalo was shot dead at the Utah state prison Friday morning for killing Marco Laus and robbing him of 1200 in 1919. His accomplice Steve Maslich was executed January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake Cny
Utah
Nick Oblizalo
Marco Laus
Steve Maslich
Oblizalo
Dr Bell to Fill Pulpits in Athens This Summer
Revivals planned as Dr J A Bell conducts outreach across Athens during the summer. Details on dates and venues not fully clear in the fragment. Local church circles anticipate a series of evangelistic services led by the visiting preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A
Athens
Lotta Cheek Named Co respondent In Divorce Suit
Savannah Ga Miss Lotta Cheek once titled Americas prettiest girl and winner of New York beauty contest was named co respondent Friday in the divorce suit of Mrs E C Simmons against her husband. The case intensified after a local paper ran a picture of Miss Cheek enabling lawyers to add grounds that the husband had been guided by Miss Cheek and had not secured separation or divorce. Miss Cheek formerly hailed from Dawson Ga.
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Savannah
Lota Cheek
New York
America
E. C. Simmons
Miss Cheek
Dawson
8th District Press Association Meeting in Athens
The 8th District Press association meets in Athens Saturday with a well arranged program. Ernest Camp of the Walton Tribune is president and will preside. Visiting editors will speak, a local welcoming committee will greet them, and editors will lunch at the Y W C A cafeteria after the business session. The meeting begins at 10 30 at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8Th District Press Association
Athens
Ernest Camp
The
Walton Tribune
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Barker Called Home on Account of Father's Death
Mrs Barker returns home due to the sudden death of her father, the Rev William Taylor Snyder, rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Washington D C. The announcement notes familial sorrow and the loss of an ecclesiastical leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon William Taylor Snyder
Church of the Incarnation
Washington, D. C
Dr Boland Named Alumni Orator at University Commencement
The University selected Dr Frank A Boland of Atlanta to deliver the alumni address. Dr Sullivan Morris announced that Boland is a loyal alumnus and a gifted speaker. Morris, a 1897 Atlantian graduate and class president, chairs the arrangements committee with Judge J D Bradwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A Boland
Atlanta
Sllvanus Morris
Boland
Morris
The
Atlantian
J. D. Bradwell
J T Bryant Named Banner Foreman
J T Bryant formerly of Augusta and connected with the Banner Herald for two months has been named mechanical foreman of the Banner effective Monday to succeed Paul McKem, who held the post for a year. Bryant has nine years in the printing business and is skilled in linotype hand composition and make up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Bryant
Augusta
Banner Herald
Mondiy
Mucedi
Paul McKemb
Bryant
Grid Star Gives 3 Pints of Blood
Centre College captain Red Roberta, all American star in 1921, donated his third pint of blood to aid his sister Mia Humphries. Physicians reported she would need no further transfusions and was nearing recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Red" Roberta
Centre
Kenneth Humphries
Mia Humphries
Red
Baseball scores across leagues with varied results
Southern League Mobile lost to Memphis nine to three while New Orleans edged Little Rock three to one and Birmingham beat Chattanooga six to four. National League Philadelphia fell to St Louis four to three as Brooklyn beat Cincinnati two to one and New York defeated Boston seven to two. American League Chicago routed New York ten to six while Detroit won three to one against Philadelphia as St Louis and Boston posted a rare scoreless or postponed note amid Dunns death reference.
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Mobile
Memphis
New Oklnana
Little Rock
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Nashville
Philadelphia
Loula
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Cage
Boston
Pittsburg
Chicago
Petroit
Louis
Cleveland
Fourth District Easy Winner in Athletic Events
The fifteenth annual State High School meet capped Friday with the 4th district dominating Sanford Field entries from Metter Thomasville West Point Baxley and more. It set several event records including the 100 yard dash 120 yard hurdles and high jump while claiming the district pennant in athletics with standout performances by Everett Haynes Clayton Lindney Pierce and James Melton amid a large crowd and an impending final session at eleven for prizes.
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Georgia Chapel
College of Agricul
Sanford Field
Ditrict
Polite
Stegeman
Uni
Owen Reynolda
Georgia
Jones
Metter
Ist
Thomasville
West Point
Madison
Der
Baxley
Graymount Summit
Everett Haynes
Clayton Lindsey
Sewell Layonia
John Tippin
Rome
Broadus Pruitt
Commerce
Hearn
Dietrict
Stovall
Cand
Mills
Pavo
Puller
Newnan
Bishop
Marilette
McConnell
Broad Jamp
Rawin Pieresy Gare
Maj Horton Visits Athens for Weekend
Major O R Horton, Riverside Military Academy superintendent and former Georgia Military College president, is in Athens for the weekend as part of a visitors’ program. A World War I veteran, he rose from private to major and was awaiting lieutenant colonel promotion when promotions halted at armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Horton
Riverside Military Academy
Gerogia Military College
Athens
Horton
Elberton Challenges Northeast Georgia Baseball Team
Elberton issues a challenge to any first class team in Northeast Georgia for a July 4 game at Sanford Field Athens Georgia. The event is part of a large celebration directed by the Athens American Legion Post with an expected five thousand visitors. A barbecue and an evening dance will follow. A guaranteed payment will be given to the winning team. Contact D K Jones Elberton Baseball Club or Frank Holden Athens Legion Committee chairman.
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Therion Baseball Ia
Georgia
Sanford Field
Athens
American Legion Post ‘of
Elberton
D. K. Jones
Elberton Baseball Club
Frank Holden
American Legion Committee
Baron Kato May Be Jap Premier
Baron Kato was offered the premiership of Japan. He asked time to decide whether to form a cabinet to succeed Premier Takahashi who resigned Tuesday. Kato headed the Japanese delegation to the Washington arms conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Associated Press
Baron Kato
Japan
Aote
Takahashi
Admiral Kato
Washington
Atma
Story of Georgia Forestry Assoc Told by Mrs Orr
Mrs Orr writes for The Banner-Herald about a two day Macon program at city auditorium June 6 7 featuring Gov Hardwick Dr Soule J J Brown and Joseph Hyde Pratt on forestry choked by warnings of timber famine. Speakers discuss land ownership farm wood conservation and urgent need to prevent forest loss as Georgia faces decade long timber shortages.
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Banner-Herald
Orr
City Auditorium
Macon
Rev. C
Christ's
Episcopal) Church
Luther
Williams
Hardwick
Banner
Herald
Gov. Hardwick
Dr. Soule
J. J. Brown
Georgia
Mr. Brown
Joseph Hyde Pratt
Iowergr
Carolina Geological and Burvey
Carolina
Joseph HyBa
North
Georgia Frult Growers
Ates
W. P
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Larry Gantt
Wlngram
Barrow County
Julian C. Wright
Winder
Oklahoma
Henry J. Langston
Hog Mountain
Hog
Gwinnet County
John F. Jones
Lawrenceville Baptist Church
Wille Harris
J. F. Singleton
First Baptist Church
Guy Green
John Langley
Percy Tanner
Mildred Brown
David P McCleskey
Greene County
Jackson H. Harris
Greensboro
Episcopal Church
J. C.davison
Woodville
Greene
C. Conelly
Walton County
Mary Fambrough
Green Fambrough
Wheasley
Mies Edna ‘Swayer
Bocial Circle
C. Baccus
Monroe
Annette Breedhord
Tosile Jaynes
France
Palace Today
Little Star of Humoresque
N. Y
Earth
Health Board
Frank Edwards
Young Men's Christian’ Association
W.T. Forbes
Dr. Bell
Dr. Boland
J.T. Bryant
Banner Foreman
State College
Maj. Horton
Georgia Forestry Association
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