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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
5
Fragmentary text mentions a levee avenue address 147 Col levee Avenue and a price note 9.75 with other site prices. lacks coherent event or names to form a full news item.
Gainesville schedule shows daily departures for Gainesville at 5:45 am and 8:00 pm with no service Sundays. Vehicles to Ville and Ex. Sun run to Gaines via ex route, arrival times 11:25 am and noon.
The Pickett Stock company presents The Other Man's Wife at the Colonial theatre for three more days. The initial performance Wednesday drew a full house with well-made scenery and strong acting led by Lillian Pickett and Ralph W W Chafivers as part of a capable cast. The run ends Saturday marking the company’s Athens engagement close.
Judge R C Orr custodian of Clarke county pension fund seeks information on Confederate veteran B M Smith who drew 126 dollars annually in 1920 and has not been heard of since. If alive he is now due 225 dollars and Orr asks anyone with knowledge to contact him.
Diary notes show 1913 games in Athens on May 2 and 3 with Georgia winning 15 to 3 and 9 to 3. Bulldog bats totaled 33 hits and 24 runs, with Hitchcock and Corley pitching and Hutchens catching. The season cooled after a strong start until the Tech series.
The Governors' Cup golf tournament resumes Friday at Cloverhurst County Club with C. E. Martin meeting Captain J. W. Cunningham in the lower bracket semifinals. Cunningham carries 1 1/2 strokes, while Harris Jones leads the upper bracket and seeks the cup. Jones, handicap 7, faces winner of Martin versus Cunningham. Martin has 18 1/2 and Cunningham 15.
The Associated Press reports renewed eruptions of violence in Catania. Loud roars and dense black smoke fill the sky as unrest continues for miles around the city.
Winder News notes May 6 deadline for registration and book closing.Editor McWhorter of the News, in Oglethorpe county near Stevens, recalls a 125 year old Hugh McWhorter homestead. J B Parham to run Strand theatre in Winder. Mrs Barns of Winder dies Saturday. The News praises Hon H C Tuck of Athens. Morgan County reports W J Wallace of Rutledge dies in Atlanta hospital. G W Damm and daughter return to New Jersey from Georgia. T A Holland of Bethany cites a mad dog with hydrophobia. dog killed and head sent to Atlanta. Authorities seize two stills and 3000 gallons of beer near Rutledge. John P Phelps among arrestees. Miss Nannie Murry dies in Appalachee. Greensboro Herald Journal notes Greene County radio developments.
An advertisement claims Diamond Dyes can revive faded garments from skirts and coats to draperies. It guarantees perfect results on wool, silk, linen, cotton, or blends, with no streaking or running, and urges buyers to ask their druggist for the product.
An old advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as an easy way to drop tobacco habits including cigarettes cigars and chewing. It claims rapid relief from cravings and money-back guarantees if cravings persist, alongside a separate antiseptic rub-Rub-My-Tism product ad.
From the Royston Record run reports in Franklin County note Mrs. Benton Brady buried in Sina Pldink after a Los Angeles death. marriages of Annie Cochran and M B Bleakley in Greene. Tolliver S Hutchison dies at Atlanta home. W R O Kelly loses teens from pasture poison. Bobb Winn harvests four tons alfalfa from two acres. Helen Dickerson run over by Asa Brown’s car and recovering. T C Bowers, former Franklin resident, dies in Idaho. Mrs W S Bust suffers a stroke. T J Perrin dies after brief illness. grain planting in Greene County.
Philadelphia reports its response to a state wide bundle day with 200 tons of clothing. Near East Relief included two pairs of girl knickers. An irate parent left a note hoping an Armenian girl would find them useful as a daughter once did.
An old advertisement touts Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand from Palmer and Son claiming rapid relief for nervous fatigue, low spirits, and insomnia with a three day money back offer on the first box. It markets cure for nervous indigestion constipation loss of appetite and sleeplessness.
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