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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
1
The Bulldogs prepare for a key event with a large send off as the team eyes a decisive campaign impact. Mrs Hudson is reportedly freed on Wednesday afternoon, fueling committee optimism over broad support and a sharp rise in Athens fundraising.
Georgia fans gathered in Athens as the Bulldogs prepared to depart for Cambridge to face Harvard. A large crowd saw them off with cheers and school spirit despite a long train delay caused by a wreck on the line. The team and supporters predicted a decisive drubbing for Harvard, with Georgia aiming to uphold the Red and Black banner in the historic Cambridge stadium.
W J Simmons founder and Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan defends the order before the House rules committee denying lawless members and anti Catholic or anti Jewish goals. He claims the Klan is Protestant non political and funds go to Lanter University while charters at Pensacola and Mobile were briefly revoked for rule violations. Negro groups urge investigation as Simmons testimony is postponed due to illness.
Babe Ruth is out of the World Series due to multiple injuries. The infected upper left arm required a three inch incision, the wound reopened during recent games, and swelling is reported. He also endures a sprained left knee, a pulled tendon in the right leg, a sprained wrist, and a recurring open sore on his hip from sliding. Physicians warn that continuing play could worsen the arm infection and trigger another operation.
Atlanta dispatch notes Joseph Eastman of the Interstate Commerce Commission defending the 1920 act before the National Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners. He argues for a unified national transportation system guided by national policy and predicts harmony between states and federal rates, while acknowledging possible future changes to railroad policy.
President Harding will broadcast his Armistice Day address over the Unknown American Soldier memorial at Arlington. A plan uses long distance amplifiers to beam his words to San Francisco, Chicago, and New York, heard clearly as if present. Dell Tel- is developing the transmission system to reach thousands.
Mrs Bennie Hudson was acquitted by a jury of the murder of her two young sons while stepfather Glenn Mere Hudson awaits execution for murder. She testified that Hudson forced her to the barn, shot muffled cries followed by two gunshots, and that he threatened to kill her if she spoke. She claimed she fled Alabama to protect the children and argued Hudson’s cruelty and illegitimacy facts shaped her actions.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania and former Secretary of State died at his home Wednesday after a stroke of paralysis. He was struck at 6 16 p m while on his way to the dining room and died fifteen minutes later without regaining consciousness. Mrs Knox and he had just returned Tuesday from England, a trip that seemed to have improved his condition. TAFFY recipe included.
Amplifiers of unprecedented power will be set up in Arlington New York Chicago and San Francisco to carry a coast to coast speech. Legion officials coordinate crowds with Hell Telephone systems as engineers monitor lines and equipment from Washington to the coast.
Rev. T. F. Boorde was fined 26 dollars by Judge St. Carter Scott for contemptuous remarks about Judge P. H. Dillard. The minister at a church association meeting accused the judge of being a "wet" jurist, prompting the legal action as officials pursue lawful removal of unfit judges. An appeal was noted.
Dr Stiles H Dunbar a prominent Athens physician and council member from the fourth ward died Wednesday morning after a weeks illness. He lapsed into a coma Tuesday and never recovered. The funeral will be held Friday at 5 PM from his parents home in Augusta with Rev C C Jarrell and Masonic rites. Survived by widow Mrs Rebah Perkins Dunbar son Frank brothers Frank of New York and Clement E Dunbar of Washington. Stiles H Dunbar was born in Augusta, trained at the University of Georgia Medical College, later ran an embalming firm and served in Athens as undertaker and city official.
New York cotton brokers Oliver & Houghton warn the South of looming price gains amid perceived manipulation by eastern and foreign groups. They claim world demand outstrips supplies, urge steady public resolve, and criticize the latest government report as a cruel error. The note opens a continued page discussion.
Dr A M Soule chronicles Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens as a major state and national asset. Since 1907 the institution has grown from five teachers and 167 students to a 1920 21 enrollment of 1178, with 130 resident staff and 105 county agricultural agents and 70 home demonstration agents extending programs to about 100000 residents.
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