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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1921
Page
5
A fragment discusses clock watching in Washington Civil Service practices. It notes reforms to allow removal of inefficient workers while preserving promptness and the dangers of spoils-system remnants. It cites Save a Life League founder Dr Harry M Warren and mentions mail waste and home search legality debates.
Obscure wartime style notes farmers in Wilkes urged to standardize crops and stockpile meat corn syrup and manure to fertilize land. Recommendations promote one half acre in orchard and use home fertilizer to improve yields.
Hartwell readies a $100000 75 room hotel near the public square and a $50000 high school on adjoining property. Julian McCurry touts rapid improvements, notes Hartwell as a midway tourist stop between Atlanta and Asheville. Court session reports whiskey cases and reorganization of several county offices. New drug stores by Herndon Brothers Halley Bros. Co. add to the town’s development.
Washington officials said criminal prosecutions of several war contract fraud cases may be saved by the statute of limitations. The federal statute runs three years after the overt act in conspiracy cases, and Congress has been asked to extend the limit to six years.
Clayton Smith, sought by Tennessee and Alabama officers for shooting Deputy Sherri Walter Clark in East Chattanooga last spring, was instantly killed in a gun battle with officers at Bridgeport, Alabama, Thursday night.
Walter B. Dickinson, head of the University of Georgia War Memorial Fund, travels the nation arguing diversification will shape a new social state. He cites diversified farming in Kansas and Georgia and predicts a successful million dollar drive as cotton prices rise and attitudes favor higher education.
Cordele Dispatch reports Kelly Simmons declines to edit a daily paper in Athens Georgia. The veteran newspaperman with long South Georgia ties says starting a third daily paper would be business suicide and he prefers remaining in the region despite outside interest.
Elberton will observe Labor Day Monday with horse races and a speaking event. A dance is planned for Monday evening. A large crowd is expected with visitors from nearby towns likely to attend the afternoon races.
Judge J. D. Bradwell urges Athens business interests to back a local grain market and grain elevator to buy shelled corn, shell, grind, and market surplus, arguing a corn market will spur related farming in the hub district and shield the city from boll weevil damage.
The Woman's National Foundation seeks public input to create a Georgia column in a Wall of Famous Women to be housed in a civic center in Washington. Citizens must supply names with dates and records of achievement, aiming for a representative, multi-era list reflecting Georgia’s notable women.
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