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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1920
Page
4
The Athens Manner published by The Banner Publishing Company in Athens Georgia lists daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates of 60 cents for one month 1.50 for three months 3.00 for six months and 6.00 for one year. The notice requests prompt reporting of late or irregular delivery to the business office.
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South Georgia launches a hog feeding contest to boost meat production with plans for at least ten farmers per county feeding ten hogs each over a ninety day period. Counties hold elimination rounds with local prizes, then regional winners meet at Mountie stock yards for a grand prize. The program encourages beef and pork production to ease cotton dependence and improve state prosperity.
Farmers urged to destroy cotton and okra stalks by plowing and burial to starve the boll weevil. The pest feeds on cotton stalks and related plants, multiplies in warm months, and threatens future yields across the southern states including South Georgia and South Carolina.
A letter accuses Bolshevists of plunder and murder in Russia and alleges they threaten the United States with anarchy. It cites mail bombs and a New York bombing as examples of their crimes and calls for intervention against their influence.
The list covers spontaneous combustion, minstrel history, converge meaning, converse function, dust baths in birds, hummingbird flight, Fingal authorship, Auckland Islands, pebble motion, and sun rays. New questions ask about Yakima Valley fame, volcanic bombs, Edmond de Concourt, Gerard Ter Borch, shale, cereals cooking, bag worm, insect that saws wood, fingerprint use, and fog signals on railways.
A reflective verse vignette discusses sympathy as a two dimensional virtue. It notes appreciation, unselfishness and kindness precede true sympathy and urges heartfelt response to others' joys and sorrows. The piece blends Saint Paul quotes with meditative lines on emotional reach and burden sharing.
An editorial fragment contemplates living in the present amid unrest and information overload. It laments political choices and hints that voters sent men to Congress who might be better suited for prison.
A sermon on 2 Kings 18 6 praising Hezekiah for cleaving to the Lord amid temptations. It argues God grants presence and prosperity to those loyal to Him, warns against worldly wealth and power, and urges readers to choose freedom in love with God.
A reader asks about making tissue paper stiff for flowers and preventing mashed potatoes from hardening, plus inquiries on hair dye risks and other varied topics. The section provides concise responses on hair dye dangers, weight estimates, historical boxing, chemical names, song authors, and constitutional amendments basics.
The article notes Disciples groups leading work at state universities through Bible chairs begun over twenty five years ago by the Christian Women's Board of Missions. Bible chairs exist at Virginia Michigan Kansas and Texas with Michigan Kansas and Texas buildings adjacent to campuses. The piece cites a survey stating 62.3 percent of U S youth lack religious school instruction and calls churches to respond.
A labor union representative and a cooperative society delegate urge forming a national credit rank to expropriate land and factories. In Rome on September 15 radicals push workers toward political action to topple the monarchy and back a Third International line. Railway workers resist with strikes as soldiers evacuate troop trains in northern provinces.
A Colonial Theatre note previews Night to Night from the Princess Thea, amid a backdrop of labor strikes and Soviet sympathy debates sweeping the nation. The piece links the show’s clean humor to broader political tensions, citing Amalgamated Metal Workers and AFL ties, and ends with a Georgia gubernatorial appeal surrounding Hardwick and Walker.
Around 3 a.m. an altercation at Hull Street involving white men and black women over liquor escalated as two men claimed officer status. Police later summoned five men and three women for investigation at 10 30 a.m. in police court.
Georgia congressman Charles H. Brand arrived yesterday after consultations with J. J. Brown and R. W. Parker about Secretary Houston’s cotton price statements. A resolutions condemning Houston’s stance were adopted, and Brand was named to a Washington committee to press for fair prices and loan support for farmers holding cotton.
A man using the name Joacha Greenspan was arrested for loitering in a Brooklyn building and claimed he knew who was responsible for the Wall Street explosion. He was sent to Belleview Hospital for observation as detectives verify his statements.
Seaboard Airline Railway announces a special Athens to Houston train on Sunday October 3 carrying Carding and Georgia Veterans and friends. The train leaves Athens at 5 45 a m and arrives Houston about 7 00 a m Monday with sleepers dining car expected in Atlanta. Tickets are urged to be bought Saturday to avoid crowding.
An advertisement promotes Baby Ease as an easy acting non irritating laxative for babies and children. It claims relief from colicky pains and indigestion with no bad after effects and notes it is a perfected tonic for stomach and bowel complaints. Available from druggists in 65 cent sizes.
River Encampment No 14 C F meets Fridays at 8 p.m. Odd Fellows Hall Clayton and Wall. Knights of Pythias meet Mondays 8 p.m. at Vastie Hall Clayton Street. Williams Lodge No 15 I C O F meets Mondays of each week at Odd Fellows Hall Max Joseph building. Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 BY A M meets Thursdays 8 p.m. Masonic Hall Clayton Street third floor Max Joseph building. Visiting brethren welcome.
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