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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1922
Page
2
A Board of Health session again centers on the milk ordinance with debate continuing over safety and standards. Local officials push for stricter rules while opposing views urge measured reforms to protect public health.
Seaborn Wright of Rome announces the opening of his campaign for the U.S. Senate to succeed the late Thomas E. Watson. He will speak in Atlanta on Wednesday night at the request of local newspaper men, in the context of ongoing state weather forecasts noting cooler conditions tonight and Wednesday across Georgia.
Athens Health Board moved to adopt a meat slaughter and sale ordinance and to enforce dairy sanitation rules. A committee including T. W. Reed, R. Crawford, and Mayor G. C. Thomas will draft a workable measure, with actions to require abattoir slaughter and inspection for meats offered in Athens markets. Market operators plan to build a state compliant plant.
General Leonard Wood, governor general of the Philippines, will return to the United States early next year to assume the presidency of the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia alumni commissioned John W. Zeigler to arrange contact, as Wood is on leave to expire January 1. In Atlanta, Sheriff Persons of Jasper County and his brother go on trial for peonage, indicted since March 1921, both denying the charge.
Commander Frank A. Holden resigns as head of Allen R. Fleming Post No 20 American Legion after nearly a year due to election to the legislature. Henry B. West, a former 82nd Division member, is named nominee and several officers are listed. A large meeting approved plans to hear General Malone and to organize Armistice Day events, with a committee including Fleet Lanier and Red Herring.
Former French premier Georges Clemenceau plans a solo U S tour next month. At 82, he will deliver more than 30 addresses on the world crisis, paying his own expenses and accepting no invitations. He will visit New York, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, New Orleans, Washington, and likely Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Exclusive motion pictures of the Thomas E. Watson funeral in Thomson Georgia will be shown at the Palace Theatre on Saturday as part of the regular program. The footage, shot by renowned Atlanta photographer Treprathewson, captures the funeral rites the escort of Washington officials and the huge crowd. The Palace will run its usual program with no change in admission.
In Atlanta a Federal court jury found Sheriff Harvey K. Persons of Jasper County not guilty on charges of kidnapping and peonage involving Robert Lee Griggs. The defense said Griggs was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant and agreed to work off a farm debt, denying forced labor or threats.
The Brunswick Young Men's club passed resolutions at a recent meeting praising the Georgia state highway department for outstanding road work in Glynn County and for cooperative support in road improvement efforts. The club commended the department's consistency and insight gained from local projects.
Constantinople reports the Mudania agreement of fourteen clauses has been signed with allied signatories and Ishmet Pasha forwarding to Angora for decision. The armistice terms include Turkish withdrawal from neutral zones, limiting gendarmes in eastern Thrace, and non occupation pending a peace treaty. British reinforcements arrive as front lines hold and Angora awaits National Assembly response.
In El Paso Texas patrol wagon loads of Americans including drug addicts and women of questionable reputation were arrested on vagrancy charges after deportations began following Governor Ignacio Enrique’s Chihuahua cleanup plan. The wagon-transported groups had crossed the Rio Grande into United States soil.
The Clarke County scene opens with welcome addresses at University Chapel as the Womans Club convenes. In court news Miss M O Kilby versus Dan Gilham settles after a mistrial and Supreme Court ruling clears the way for costs and 290 dollars to Gilby. Crime notes list multiple indictments and arrests as the 1913 docket resolves in part. General Paul B Malone to speak tonight at University Chapel to ex service men.
United States Senator W. H. Felton of Georgia spoke in Atlanta at the Atlanta League of Women Voters on Tuesday. This marked her second city appearance since becoming the first woman senator. Her subject was "Woman Suffrage and the New Citizenship."
Hartwell Ga Special to Banner-Herald Rufus Adams shot and killed his brother-in-law Rufus Whitten after a family dispute Monday afternoon. Adams says he acted in self defense. No preliminary hearing has been set.
An exhibit of hand-work by pupils of the Tallulah Falls Industrial School will be open during the convention on the second floor of Peabody Hall at the University campus. Three students will supervise their home display and the exhibit is described as large and interesting. Delegates and the public are invited to inspect it. The public is invited to attend the Human Interest program by Tallulah Falls children on Wednesday afternoon at the Agricultural College assembly hall, where fifty girls under Miss Nannie Davis will participate.
Dr Arthur F Bishop of Portland temporarily in Athens after two months in New England evangelistic work. He spoke in Newburyport and Lowell before heading to Denison Texas for a First Presbyterian meeting. The Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs opened its twenty sixth annual convention with Mrs Rose Berry of Berkeley delivering a standout address on Music Literature and Art. Athens welcomed many local leaders, including Mrs J Lindsav Johnson and Mrs Z J Fitzpatrick, while the Athens Music Study Club and Dr J C Wilkinson led closing honors.
Clif ford Hayes, 19, arrested Monday and charged with first degree murder of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and choir leader Mrs. Eleanor Reinhart Mills. He awaits arraignment as Raymond Schneider, 21, held as material witness after long police questioning. Authorities consider motive linked to a supposed wrong done a friend. Schneider says the intended victims were Pearl Bahmer and her stepfather Nicholas Bahmer.
Clarke county committee led by Chariss Martin appeals to men and women to volunteer as election managers and clerks for the upcoming senatorial primary. With limited funds, the two justices of the peace will run the boxes in Athens precinct and seek at least ten more assistants. Ballot count will be light and finish within an hour after polls close at six. Volunteers contact Bu Ry secretary at phone 74 or Martin at phone 75.
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