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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1922
Page
4
Athens Georgia is urged to attract new industry, especially cotton mills, to harness hydro electric power on the Oconee river. The writer calls for unity, ending petty rivalries, and a strong public push to bring mills that could double the city’s population and buying power.
The Quartermaster Review questions the No More War movement calling it a covert Bolshevik aligned effort. It accuses women and allied men of propagating pacifism to weaken national defense and praises patriotic restraint.
Ernest Willie Upshaw and Toombs DuBose are praised as strong Fifth District and Clarke County legislators. Up shaw’s unlikely rise to Congress and DuBose’s effective state service are celebrated alongside Broad Street paving plans from Lumpkin to College avenues and a potential bond for future work. Uncle Joe Hodgson is re elected county commissioner, lauded for long service and attentiveness to local needs.
A brief devotional piece cites Proverbs 24 16 about a righteous man rising after falls and notes warnings have their primes. It adds a Quarles line about desperate sorrows awaiting better ideas.
The word of the day explains pusillanimity as weakness of spirit and lack of courage. It traces to Latin pusillus and animus and notes used to describe editorial views on Constantinople's crisis due to European governments' timid policy.
A playful 1922 poem contemplates prehistoric romance between a man and a woman. The speaker muses on ancient wooing, possible misremembered moments, and the notion that love may have started in a distant era, ending with a humorous self doubt.
Scoutmaster Sexton’s Troop 4 rechartered as Troop 1 in August 1921. David Ca l Bertram Boley and Earnest Lee Griggs noted for merit and leadership. Meeting at 7 30 Friday discussed merit badges signaling and registration cards issued to new members.
Public health notice urges vigilance for late cases of scarlet fever diphtheria and other childhood diseases as schools reopen. Emphasizes contagious risk even in mild presentations and urges quarantine and physician or health officer guidance to prevent transmission among students and families.
The article notes Walton County provided two governors and discusses the construction of the capitol funded by a one million dollar appropriation. It names commissioners Captain W. W. Thomas of Athens and General E. P. Alexander as integrity filled engineers and notes Alexander’s role in Confederate government matters.
Sunday Schools at 9 30 a m High Mass at 10 30 a m Benediction after Mass Non Catholics invited Father Clark directs services
Several Athens churches post service times: First Presbyterian advertises 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and an evening error note about 8 instead of 8:30. First Baptist lists 10 a.m. Sunday School and 11:15 a.m. sermon with 8 p.m. service. First Christian shows Bible School at 10 a.m. and Lord’s Supper at 11:10 a.m. and evening sermon at 8:30 p.m. East Athens Baptist notes 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. services and 9:45 a.m. Sunday School with a 7 p.m. Y M C A class address. Central Presbyterian outlines Sunday School 9:45 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor events listed throughout.
The friends of Dr. Thomas E. Green of Chatsworth Georgia celebrate his election to the Georgia State Senate. Green, son in law of Mrs. John, will represent the Sbety Shirch reet TM district in the state legislature.
Creditors will auction dry goods notions and inventory valued at 3698.79 plus notes and accounts 3068.16 and furniture 645.25 located in Athens Georgia. Auction by order of Hon Howell Cobb Referee in Bankruptcy at 10 am on September 1922. Terms cash with court confirmation. Inspection by appointment with Trustee W K Meadow.
A man describes eight years of stomach and liver trouble leaving him a walking skeleton with yellow skin and gas pains. After trying various medicines with no relief, a cousin suggests Mayr's Wonderful Remedy which supposedly removed catarrhal mucus and restored weight and vitality.
Court actions proceed as Judge Hodges, seated in Banks county, joins Judge Fortson in Lexington where Fortson is disqualified. Hodges then travels to Winder to begin sessions on September 25, with Judge Fortson recused in Banks. Attendees include Navy ensign Louie Hatter and local figures Athena Mesara and Lloyd Lewis.
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