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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1921
Page
4
The Athens Banner notes subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions and urges support for a campaign opening Sunday through June 5th. Local committees plan visits next week and request full reports, stressing education and salvation as the cause.
The Banner notes President Harding convened conferences with leading financiers to locate the root causes of nationwide financial strain and to propose swift remedies. It highlights federal bank policies as key factors in credit restrictions, urges action to adjust interest rates, and predicts midwestern and southern meetings to secure relief and stabilize conditions.
The Methodist Episcopal Church South begins a May 29 drive to raise 33 million for Christian education. In the district chaired by Dr. N. H. Slaughter Athens aims for about 60 thousand with three sections to fund. Citizens urged to contribute proportionally and support the ambitious effort.
A poem in verse reflects a speaker with three creditors demanding payment from the past and present. The speaker seeks a full receipt showing debts settled, while noting a future claim and the collector as agent. The piece hints at characters Power and Tact, invoking family figures.
A compact list of quiz Qs and answers from yesterdays feature. Topics cover tableau vivant, California city sizes, sumptuary laws, Socrates, Maine iron works, martin birds, marten, Pamlico Sound, old ballad hints, and other miscellaneous facts. Includes queries on hue and cry harmonium sounding trumpets doctor Jekyll author Stevenson, tatter emetic and dilettante.
The Associated Press reports Chicago May 27 that conferences over proposed wage cuts affecting 80 000 American Railway Express employees failed to produce an agreement with the firm and the dispute was filed with the United States Railway Labor Board.
A note records a mills shutdown or reduced wages at Knoxville tied to a wage cut. The item notes the location Knoxville and the economic effect of lower pay on workers. The brief implies a factory or mill reducing wages impacting employees.
The State Normal School in Athens presents Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Monday night at 8 16 in Pound auditorium. The department of oratory directed by Miss Evelyn Lewis features Theseus Egeus Hermia Lysander Demetrius Oberon Titania Puck and a court of fairies with a large cast and local musicians. Admission is arty cents.
Washington May 27 Matthew A. Cram of Kentucky announced his resignation as deputy commissioner of internal revenue He will practice law in Washington and read Banner Want Ade for profit Ose for results
In Kenosha Wisconsin a woman faced six weeks bedridden with what doctors called inflammation of the bowel. Four physicians declared she would not survive. A listener advised using Lydia E. Pinkham's remedy for relief and possible recovery.
Churches on OCONEE STREET and nearby hold morning Sunday school and multiple preaching sessions. Notable pastors include A F Nunn J H Mashburn Samuel Cartledge and J W Hennessey with services at First Presbyterian Young Harris Methodist and First Methodist.
A mix of testimonials and ad blurbs fills a page segment. Mrs. J G Power of Athens credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing kidney trouble and neuralgia after months of misery. Other items tout travel scams near Danzig and a portable armor shield for police gunfights as city scenes show evolving sensational notices.
The court sets the date for a divorce libel brought by Claude Wilbur Davis against Geraldine Clarke Davis. The Third Monday in July 1921 is ordered for the appearance and response, with Honorable Blanton Fortson presiding. Clerk: E. J. Crawford, Erwin, Erwin & Nix. Attorneys for plaintiff. Banner ad line suggests want ads for results.
The YMCA league game day features Whitehall versus Star Thread Mills at Barnett Shoalg and Princeton Mills meeting Athena Manufacturing on Herty Field. A YMCA boys team from Princeton will also play, with Southern Manufacturing at Stephens in a nonleague match. Standings show Whitehall and Athens Mfg Co leading, followed by Star Thread Mills and Princeton.
Reports from Chicago indicate railroads and employees are nearing settlements on wage terms across many lines ahead of the planned abrogation date of the national shop craft agreement. The Railway Labor Board may decide if signatures are per craft or for affiliated crafts as a whole.
The Sunday Y club of the YMCA will host Prof S V Sanford of the University of Georgia as speaker at the boys meeting Sunday afternoon. Sanford is a professor of English literature and head of physical education, noted for loyalty to Georgia youth. The addressed topic will be Play the Game Fair.
In Comer Georgia on May 27 Comer defeated the Winterville Sluggers five to four in a fast game. Colle started for Winterville but poor defense in innings one and six let Comer take the lead. David starred for Comer by sixth inning pitching ten batters with only one hit allowed. Scora by innings: Comer two zero zero three zero zero five, Winterville two zero one one zero zero. Batteries were Comer Carmichael David and Cooper, Winterville Cotte and Flanigan. Umpire Sorrell.
Vacationists from the middle states flood the Soo to ride the newly connected waterway. Thousands tour the resort area near the canal as ships gain access to Lake Superior, expanding lake traffic and regional travel outlets.
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