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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1921
Page
3
Mrs Parker revealed her campaign team including manager Miss Annie Ma and aides Mrs T F Green and Mrs T H McHatton. Further developments are awaited as the mayoral bid progresses and the platform is clarified.
Noroton Heights carpenter R J Moore testifies he suffered chronic cough and weight loss until using Vinci. He reports regaining normal weight and vigor after six bottles. The ad claims caf liver oil, iron and beef peptones make Vinci effective for such illnesses, priced $1.00 at bottle through H R Palmer & Son druggists.
A divided Athens women’s club chamber splits over platform language with progressives and conservatives naming rival tickets for mayor and aldermen. A primary election is set for May 20 at the Woman’s club to let all city women vote under Democratic primary and state and city laws. Registrars and election managers are appointed for four wards.
A legislative resolution seeks data from state and federal authorities to examine a circulated pamphlet linking Governor Dorsey to peonage. The effort, led by a joint committee, targets publication, circulation, and enforcement laxity while naming Marion Jackson and others from the Atlanta Inter-racial Committee. Rev Dr Ridley’s sermon at a local Baptist church also references city clergy.
Mrs. Alice Gordon 63 died at home in the Sawdust community Sunday. Funeral Monday at Gordon chapel with Rev. B L Hill and Rev. W B Mills officiating. Interment in church yard. Pallbearers were Lonnie Barnett Lamar Barber Edgar Dillard Hoyt Nelms Lonnie Seagraves Clyde Martin. Survived by husband J F Gordon four sons and ten grandchildren two sisters mother and a brother.
New Orleans May 16 police patrolled the harbor in a launch for the first time in the city’s history amid reports that striking marine workers would try to board ships and remove non-union crews at ports.
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