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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1922
Page
6
Apparent unsettled conditions with showers tonight or Tuesday across Georgia Florida Virginia and neighboring regions. Clouds in Tennessee Kentucky with local showers and no temperature changes expected.
Daily No. 2 departs Gainesville at 1 45 a m for Gainesville. No. 12 runs daily except Sunday at 10 465 a m. No 1 departs Gainesville at 6 20 p m. No 12 arrives Gainesville at 10 10 a m.
U S stocks show various bar metals and coin values with silver at 77 8 and Mexican dollars at 54 1 4 in market listings. The report notes movements in commodity prices amid trading activity on the exchange.
The Chicago market notes butter and eggs mixed with steady potato prices. Cattle and hogs in St. Louis show varied moves with higher top cattle bids, steady hogs, and mixed lamb and sheep receipts.
Cooler weather and rains in the winter crop belt press corn and oats lower while wheat declines. Cattle receipts rise with beef bids mostly steady to lower. hogs open slow then weaken, top at 10.81, while sheep receipts improve with Idaho lambs and Texas feeds noted in the market report.
Monday saw a fresh season high as Middling cotton rose near five dollars per bale, with quotes around 23 1/2 cents per pound in New Orleans and advances in New York trading. Analysts cite nervous foreign spinners and unsettled South weather as drivers, while Liverpool and Manchester activity supported a broader price surge.
The educational committee of the Woman's Club invites Athens residents to hear Prof. James L. Sibley speak Thursday at five at the Woman's Clubhouse. Sibley will discuss welfare measures for women and children related to upcoming legislative proposals. The event aims to broaden local understanding of state welfare issues.
The spot cotton market shows bids for 2 463 bales with arrivals at 137 and prices from 21.25 to 23.75 for various grades. Cotton seed oil in New York closed steady with June at 11.40 and October at 11.07, total sales 8,900. Liverpool spot cotton in good demand with prices for good middling 18.04 and various middling grades. futures closed firm with June 13.07 and May 12.17.
The article notes strong youth engagement at Antioch society with about eighty members, a crowd of almost two hundred at a Sunday service, and pledges for daily Bible reading. It highlights Elsie Roberts McCall, Georgia’s youngest debutante at the University of Georgia commencement festivities, and connections to the White and Trimble families in Athens.
Larry Ganti notes Governor Hardwick strengthens his university support while Walker backs a broad group. A Gainesville July Fourth rally will feature Senator Thomas Watson who plans to oppose both Walker and Hardwick and back a well known North Georgia candidate. observers expect a divided opposition could favor Watson.
The speaker warns that modern college men must confront selfishness and cultivate a spirit of self sacrifice. He questions whether the world has outgrown its soul and cautions that worship of money hardens the heart like metal.
The speaker warns that pursuing wealth pleasure or status harms character while praising self denial and moral leadership. He cites Paul Christopher Wren and Swiss League ideals to urge graduates to live up to noble standards and remain faithful to God and humanity.
The report notes Hon. P. A. Stovall’s speech to the Phi Beta Kappa society. It briefly mentions a Swiss reverse side with a 1918 message to the U.S. presidency and people, and references a historic Diet of Stans where Brother Klaus aided a successful conference.
The article lists reunion day speakers from the Academic and Law departments. Orators include Abner Thaddeus Persony and Lewis Hamilton Hill Jr from Georgia towns, Edwin Ariel McWhorter and Andrew Joseph Ryan from Savannah, and valedictorian Elis Howard Dixon of Wrens. Dr H C White of UGA gives the baccalaureate address.
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