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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1922
Page
3
An advertising puff claims a hair treatment cures dandruff by removing a germ that causes sebaceous glands to overproduce oil. The text promises a money back guarantee if customers are not satisfied after trying the product and urges readers to request the remedy through Navardoches in Texas or via drugstores and barbershops.
Mrs John R White will entertain a small bridge party Friday afternoon to honor Mrs Walter Jones who departs next week for New York and Europe. Mrs C H Phinizy will host a farewell party Monday at six o clock for Mrs Walter Jones before her family trip abroad. Local social notes follow with listings of guests and upcoming visits.
The Corten Oil company near Tampico suffered seizure of 240 armed workers and property valued at about a quarter million dollars by General Gorozabe. He demanded 15,000 pesos within 48 hours and no Mexican federal troops were nearby. The U.S. State Department urged action via its embassy and Tampico consul to protect American lives and property.
The state department circulated a message urging vigorous measures to protect property and American citizens held by a bandit leader near Mexico City. It seeks action to punish the culprits and secure release of A. Bruce Belieski held for ransom near Cuernavaca. The embassy reported no new instructions to pressure Mexican authorities.
Special to Banner-Herald. Senator Herbert Clay will author a bill to tax all mortgages in Georgia. The plan proposes a twenty cents per hundred dollar levy collected by the superior court clerk at recording and a one percent clerk’s fee. Quarterly reports would go to the comptroller general, with funds remitted to the state treasury. If enacted, the measure could yield about one million dollars annually. The tax would be annual at twenty five cents per hundred, with mortgage validity contingent on payment. Senator Cleo discussed the proposal informally with many senators and representatives who voiced support.
On the Hudson the Naval Academy varsity swept a three miles race described as the most gruelling and hardest contest in U.S. rowing history. Veterans and observers rated the victory above the Olympic era as crews endured a relentless sprint sequence with still water strain and 13 minutes 33 35 seconds clocking.
Special to Banner-Herald Atlanta Georgia Clark Grier a former Augusta resident now a DOJ special agent was arrested at a local hotel on a prohibition law violation warrant sworn by N T Jones assistant prohibition director before U S Marshal R J Adair He was arraigned and released on 300 bond pending a preliminary hearing set for Friday morning Grier claimed Republican enemies plotted the action in retaliation for his anti corruption work against party leaders
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