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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
6
Partly cloudy conditions linger in Athens and vicinity with a likelihood of thunderstorms. Tuesday night brought showers across Georgia and other cotton belt areas while coastal regions report sub tropical disturbance activity and rising temperatures nationwide.
Athens area listings include insurance and service ads, rental notices, and sales items. Contracts cover fire insurance plans, auto repair shops, dentists, plastering, tailoring, and parlors. Public notices announce Masonic meeting, cotton handling charges, memorial monuments, bank meeting, and a reward for a barn incident.
For sale one quarter ton ord truck with good condition. Price right. Apply Banner Office, 130X. Also Sweet and Buttermilk contact via phone 669.
A retail notice markets iceberg lettuce okra fresh beans celery bell peppers squash and melons including Georgia pink meat cantaloupes honeydew and peaches. The ad notes home raised cucumbers cabbage and okra with item prices like 35 cents and 26 cents a pound and mentions charges on next month’s bill. Also promotes assorted cake items and household goods at Piggly Wiggly.
Georgia lawmakers introduced numerous measures including education board creation under county unit plans and expanded powers for firearm registration. Other proposals cover chiropractic regulation, fertilizer analysis disclosure, bond issues, and education law amendments.
A brief legal notice outlines amendments to section 4424 of the Parks code authorizing recovery for homicide involving minor children. The item references proposals by Thomas and Pope addressing juror compensation procedures in justice courts and regulation of Carey and related decrees.
John E. Drewry notes strong backing from Farm Bureau and Chamber of Commerce for Clarke county fair this autumn. He praises Clarke’s past wartime effort and patriotism, citing Red Cross and Liberty Loan participation by residents and sons. He questions Athens Fourth of July celebrations and discusses a Kentucky map murder theory.
The article notes a drastic campus change at the University of Georgia with many women on campus and several lively lanes. It contrasts Athens with other places and suggests steps to provide a pool for public use during the sweltering season.
U. J. Bennett, a Fitzgerald resident and University of Georgia graduate, arrived in Athens for several days of business. Bennett once led Fitzgerald's board of education for several years and now serves as superintendent of its schools.
The Athens daily Herald and Banner announce a switch to a flat advertising rate of 35 cents per inch for daily issues. The change ends the graduated scale, with small advertisers gaining and large users paying the same rate as others. No contracts will be entered into.
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