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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1922
Page
4
The Athens Banner prints a standard Associated Press rights disclaimer and disclaimers reserving republication rights for AP dispatches and local news, noting exclusive entitlements and publication limitations for special dispatches.
Athenians flock to Columbus for a Georgia Auburn game, drawn by top play, large crowds, and football zeal. Columbus expects up to 20 000 fans, triple Athens past turnouts, with Camp Benning nearby boosting enthusiasm. Local athletes rely on surrounding towns for support. Athens organizers urge full capacity for Armistice Day Virginia and Georgia Homecoming Vanderbilt to preserve future schedules.
A New York City department store sold 350 Western Electric receiving and broadcasting outfits at 495 each, billed as war-tested yet never used and now priced to spark a radio era. The piece argues cheap, high quality radios will democratize access, foresees wireless churches and a national radio service, and surveys advances from printing to radio. It also notes Dr Einar Keys' blood clot surgery and reflects on England and America's disparate roles in innovation.
In Atlanta on the 16th the Normal School Commission will select six teachers for the new faculty. Attendance in public schools rises daily under Superintendent Bond, after an initial disruption from cold weather. The UGA faculty met to form a committee to study declining interest in literary societies. Personal notes: Dr H Geass spent yesterday in Danielsville. Hon T S Mell returned after Madison superior court duties. Miss Mary Anderson of Atlanta visits J T Anderson on Franklin Street. Mr T P Stanley plans a White County engineering assignment. he is noted as a top engineer in the state.
Dr S V Sanford combines university roles with athletics and journalism, driving complex schedules and game logistics. Capt J W Barnett is praised as a city asset, solving disputes and guiding civic decisions. The piece urges a forward plan for a district fair with better exhibits and farming incentives next year in Athens.
Greene county's broom factory near Sharon, owned by Mr. Vickers, produces about 75 dozen brooms daily. Death of Mr. Henry N. Cartledge, formerly of Athens, at College Park. he and family resided in Greensboro before moving to Athens. Mr. W. H. Robinson near Union Point reports three crops this year.
Early crops planted include squash and corn with beans and rape following. Local fatalities note the death of Mr. Kim Edmund at his Woodville home. The Hon. R. E. David family honored with a 68th birthday dinner. A concrete bridge on Harris Creek nears completion and highway work advances from Spring to Greensboro. Hart County white teachers earn 35 to 75 monthly. Banks in Hartwell merge. T. H. Johnson plans a canning plant to process meats and produce in Hartwell.
Richmond Indiana woman Mrs Cora Courtney credits Cardus with restoring her health after a months of fatigue and weakness. She writes she can work shop and care for five children and a boarder now that Cardul has helped her. The ad urges other run-down women to try the purely vegetable tonic.
A notice reports Mr J Midd Pruitt died at his home near Goldmine. It mentions a Hartwell potato curing operation opening for business and farm clubs in Hart will place an order for calcium arsenate.
Positive ID links a mud crusted revolver found in a marsh grave near Painesville to Henry Burns, husband of Hazel Burns. Mrs Michel De Mato identified the weapon from a photo. A blood stained rain coat with hair strands was found nearby, while 50 cartridges were tied to the case.
Savannah detectives sought to identify an unknown white man who, after 6 pm Monday, staggered along a street in the working district, drew a revolver from his hip pocket and fatally shot himself, collapsing on the pavement as pedestrians passed.
Governor Henry J. Allen denounces religious bigotry and Klan terror in a pre election tour stop at Great Bend Kansas. He warns that a single shot could ignite civil war and argues against impersonation and violence, though affirming his own memberships in several organizations.
A lively note warns residents of Halloween celebrations in Athens on October 31. It describes ghostly figures and witches abroad, urging people not to scare intruders but enjoy the festive masquerade and public revelry in a newspaper voice of the era.
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