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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1922
Page
6
Larry Gantt’s column urges bankers and businessmen of Athens to inform cotton planters about growing cotton under boll weevil pressure. He cautions farmers against chasing every new device and recommends trusting local guidance to avoid mistakes. The note adds Brazil’s largest gold mine is nearly 6600 feet deep.
Women admire a happy disposition and a pretty figure but true joy comes from health. The paper often prints letters of women cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after doctors failed. If ill, try it.
In a visit through Athens I note the tree that owns itself shows decay and should receive proper treatment from the Agricultural College forestry staff. I also praise extensive new building, highway maps in the Banner-Herald, and urge voters to approve bond issues to improve bridges and approaches into Athens, Clarke County. I report on neglect of the Crawford grave and home, proposing preservation as a memorial.
Jefferson Georgia mourns as J C Wilhite dies from sudden illness likely heart failure. Son of M G Wilhite he led Wilhite & Sons grocers and was active in local civic life. Funeral at First Baptist Church tomorrow 4 PM with burial in Woodbine cemetery. Rev Milo H Massey conducts services. Also noted J Pink Williams 38 Atlanta cotton merchant dies in private sanitarium. He leaves wife and relatives in Winder and area. funeral at Jackson Hill Baptist Church Friday 10:30 AM. interment West View Cemetery.
Miss Etta Park daughter of former state treasurer Robert E Park died Thursday at 448 Milledge Avenue Athens She lived most of her life in Athens traveled with friends and will be buried in Macon Friday Dr E Hill to conduct the ceremony A group from Athens will attend the funeral including Miss Annie Linton and Miss Lucy Linton.
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad will transport all Confederate veterans residing at the Confederate Soldiers Home in Atlanta to the Richmond reunion on June 20 at no cost. Several pullmans will be provided for the trip, announced by Fred Geissler assistant general passenger agent.
Cincinnati report notes the American Federation of Labor killed a radical proposal to merge all unions into one industry aligned body. The convention condemned wage- contract violations by employers and urged Congress to fund public works to curb unemployment. It also backed vigorous organized action against open shops and selected Atlantic City as 1923 convention seat.
Barrow outlines urgent need for a building program referencing funds from the General Education Board Churchill Loan Fund and D A R. He notes 133 law students under Dean Sylvanus Morris, 27 graduates under Dean Rocock, with seven women, and praises the summer school and upcoming term at the Penoboy School of Education.
Undeclared trustee of W. G. Kell bankrupt Crawford Georgia invites bids for stocks of goods Inventory 2692.23 and fixtures 631.00 and notes and accounts to be considered at creditor meeting June 19 in Referee's Office Athens Georgia at 11 a m For Inventory and further information write to W W Armatead Trustee Crawford Ga
Miss Etta Park dies in Atlanta after an auto crash on Wednesday. Lucy Linton accompanied the body to Macon where Dr. L Hill and Hal Linton will join for the funeral. friends in Athens mourn the loss.
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty may seek a new ruling on liquor sales aboard shipping board vessels. In St Louis Anheuser Busch Brewing Co says it will testify to support letters accusing the U S Shipping Board of violating prohibition and the Wolfhead Act, tied to congressional inquiry.
J Kilne Bullock a well known Ath ens business man died in Asheville North Carolina after six months illness He was 27 native of Winterville son of Charles T and Mrs Bullock He was a Winterville Baptist church member The funeral will be held in Winterville with arrangements to be announced later He survived by his mother and father The Pennsylvania was the largest ship afloat in 1896.
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