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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1921
Page
9
Census figures show Athens plants produced 7.718 million dollars of products in 1919, up 153.3 percent since 1909. Employment rose 2 percent, with about several thousand workers. Plant capital reached 6.036 million dollars, up 86.9 percent from ten years earlier.
An incident Friday night left seven local businesses targeted, four entered with $22.70 recovered in cash. Targets included Warren J. Smith Drug Co and Iggly-Wisyly store. several other stores were broken into but yielded little or no money. Police have no firm leads, with suspects being investigated as a calendar-year census inquiry proceeds.
Teddy the collie from Kansas City, Kansas, spoke by telephone to Police Judge Went and earned parole from two weeks of confinement at Wyandotte County Humane Society. Matron Mrs Whitford had appealed for Teddy to go home early based on good behavior.
In Ste hark a brigade responded to a cull at a Meo bungalow town as flames spread. An official report was delayed in the mats due to confusion and weather. Sergeant Stockwell and Eng.-Police Con. Sgt William Lattimore were among responders at Ft a church.
Miss Anna Gary of Augusta is named chairman of Georgia state women's committee for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. The national committee, led by Miss Virginia Potter, backs permanently endowed awards for distinguished public service with Franklin D. Roosevelt. Georgia chairman Pleasant A. Stovall appointed Miss Wright. other committee members include Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and Mrs. J Malcolm Forbes among numerous notables.
Athens merchants and bankers report a steady uptick in trade with a revival of prewar prosperity seen on the horizon. The past week saw heavy out-of-town patronage and strong sales on a new Dollar Day promotion, with optimism voiced by Michael Brothers and Palmer drug stores about a sustained fall and winter improvement.
Two disabled men, one with both legs missing and one with one leg, were detained at Athens police headquarters after hours of panhandling. Initially suspected in burglaries, authorities clarified they had alibi. Chief Beusse refused their release to avoid Athens taxpayers funding charity. The men identified themselves as J. T. Brown of Chicago and J. J. Novack of Everywhere.
In Birmingham, a four hour jury verdict found Rev Edwin R Stephenson not guilty of a second degree murder charge tied to the August 11 shooting of Peter Coyle, pastor of St Pauls church, amid a scandal involving Ruth Stephenson’s marriage to Pedro Gussman.
Anchorage reports Colonel James Q. Streese of the Alaska road commission says wagon roads and trails are expanding along the railroad corridor from Seward to Fairbanks to act as feeder routes. Last year 206054.82 dollars were spent on a 100 mile strip, opening quarry districts and signaling future mine output. A ten year road program is urged to reach all producing districts and connect distant regions of Alaska.
Local retailers from Yonson Shop, Bernstein Brothers, Scott Hardware, Lingfield Chamberlain Reid, Charles Stern Co, and others report improved conditions over the past two weeks. Bank president Hugh M. Gordon Jr. agrees that if foodstuffs stabilize prosperity will continue, with optimism widespread among businessmen.
Clarke county records a historic October term as two negroes face hanging on November 18 for murder. Thompson is found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to hanging, with a second verdict of manslaughter yielding twenty years on the chain gang. The term grants thirty nine divorces and handles numerous minor cases.
The Biological Survey reports the annual southward flight of wild game birds is ahead of normal. Thousands are already in flight and the season promises brisk sport with little waiting once open season begins. Mallards, teal, and other ducks are among early migrants.
The Majestic hotel lost its license after a second raid in two days. Two women, Mrs Margaret Hammond and Miss Marian Thorne, faced disorderly conduct charges from Saturday’s raid and were fined 30 each in recorder's court. Hammond formerly lived in Athens and both reportedly returned to Atlanta.
Seattle reports Captain Harold Noice one of the youngest Arctic explorers will return home after six years in Alaska and Canada. He sailed from Three Riors to Teller and was picked up by the Lady Kindersley. Noice joined Stefansson and Lane in 1915 and helped map Victoria Land while compiling an Eskimo dictionary.
New York story about Mrs. Domenico Zacchaeah and her 18 members in a single household living on $20 weekly. she rejects a scientific living expert noting the family’s self-sufficiency and hopes for a raise for her husband as his English improves. Another item: St Chrysostom’s church members clean vicarage and return to find the vicar with a bride.
Chattanooga prepares for the United Confederate Veterans encampment on October 25. Cities like Savannah Atlanta and others raise funds to entertain veterans, with social events, dances, and sponsors forming the week’s highlights led by General K M Van Zandt.
E H Youngkin, Democrat, formally enters the mayoral race by paying a 24 fee to Charles E Martin, becoming the first candidate to file. No alderman candidates have met the 15 requirement yet, with November 12 as the entrance day and potential shifts expected in the contest.
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