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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1920
Page
4
The Athens Banner publishes every morning except Monday from 175 Lumpkin Street Athens Georgia. Editor H J Rowe leads the Banner Publishing Company. Entries indicate second class matter at the Athens post office and communications to the Athens Georgia address.
Daily and Sunday items list prices for various publications while noting unusual terms. The page includes a quiz with ten questions on topics from ancient names to modern inventions, asking about figures like Cecil Rhodes, Joseph Diunean, and definitions such as lapis lazuli and epithalamium.
The passage urges against trusting a man deemed unworthy and warns that voting for Hoke Smith would send a delegation to a hostile force and undermine democracy, framing the issue as a government-linked betrayal.
Subscribers are urged to report late deliveries and irregular service by carriers promptly. The Associated Press and its news content are exclusive to publication in this paper and all rights of republication of dispatches are reserved.
The Chamber of Commerce under President Jarrell begins a new advertising campaign including a paid newspaper ad signed by the Chamber. Secretary Johnson handles outreach as the group plans a robust year for Athens with weekly director meetings and active pursuit of new enterprises. Citizens are urged to enroll, aiming for five hundred members to support city growth and development.
The Banner notes three candidates in Georgia for the Frisco convention, highlighting Hoke Smith and Reed as anti administration forces and urging support for A. Mitchell Palmer as a true Democrat. It argues Smith would align with Palmer opponents, urging Georgians to back Palmer to redefine national policy and ratification stance.
Poem by D G Bickers teaching sacrifice and service as blood price. It contrasts Good Friday devotion with the idea that ultimate service requires giving life. A second vignette notes a man named Joe choosing honor over honors, illustrating moral choice.
The ad promotes wellbeing through Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for constipation and indigestion. It argues happiness depends on health and urges taking the tablets for prompt relief. The message blends cheerful verse and product endorsement to persuade readers to try the medicine.
A devotional meditation on Proverbs 3 6 urging complete trust in God, surrender of self conceit, and reliance in all ways to gain divine direction. The piece cites Whittier and Bryant, linking poetic insight to practical faith and urging immediate action to meet the conditions of divine guiding.
Reader questions cover home economy exchange profitability for women, profiteering, rents, sugar prices, and wage basics. Carolinia Jewett discusses feasibility of a women’s exchange, costs, commissions, and market risks while addressing travel to Europe, wartime prices, and Herbert Hoover rumors with concise guidance.
A health talk debunks myths about rabies in humans and dogs. Rabies is not a fear disease and can cause true paralysis of the throat in humans. Dogs are more ill in heat, but misreadings lead to cruel killings. proper Pasteur treatment and medical observation after dog bites prevent disease.
Republican factions in Georgia clash over Wood delegates as district conventions set for Canton Savannah Augusta and Marshallville. National Cotton Association in Montgomery outlines cooperative marketing with Aaron Sapiro to lead, urging growers to organize marketing ventures and arrange hotel bookings.
Chattanooga Tenn April 1 according to figures compiled here the Southern Presbyterian church controls and shares in the control of educational institutions valued at 8 6 million The chain includes fifteen colleges and four seminaries Davidson College and others The Union Theological Seminary in Richmond has operated since 1812 The total faculty is 765 with almost 10 000 students and 476 725 volumes in 395 buildings The Presbyterian Progressdy Program funds 4 million in nineteen southern states
Chicago quotations show the ruling prices in the exchange for July ore in 1912. Prices across categories reflect the day’s trading with notable shifts in some contracts and gains in bulk lots. Market activity remains steady as dealers report cautious interest in strategic ores.
The Georgia Railway and Power Co faces higher wages and material costs, urging the Railroad Commission to approve increased rates. It argues revenues barely cover operating costs with no funds for dividends, threatening investor confidence and bond sales for new water power plants. A 15 percent wage boost for motormen and conductors worsens the financial strain.
Mississippi passes a law effective March 6, 1920 to prevent the parring of cash items by forcing banks to charge fixed exchange at 0.1 percent with a 10 cent minimum, affecting Georgia banks and pending U S court ruling by Judge Beverly D. Evane on the federal reserve issue. The measure aims to stop the transfer of cash items through post or express services and to compel uniform exchange charges across banks in the state.
Dodson Liver Tone displaces calomel across the South, with druggists reporting plummeting calomel sales. The tonic is advertised as safe and vegetable, easy on the stomach, and guaranteed by merchants. It promises a night dose and morning vitality without gripe or sickness.
A series of notices from Clarke county announces candidates seeking re election to local offices including Clerk Superior Court Sheriff Tax Collector Tax Receiver Ordinary Treasurer County School Superintendent Coroner and County Surveyor. Each entry states candidacy subject to Democratic primary rules for April 20 1920 with signatories such as EB Crawford Walter E Jackson J H Dorsey R C Orr B I Smith Sr T H Dozier Sr N Weatherly and B H Barrow.
Mt Vernon Lodge No 33 meets Thursdays at Masonio Hall on Clayton street. Elme Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at Castle Hall Clayton street. Williams Lodge No 18 meets Mondays at Fellows' Hall Max Joseph Building. Classic City Camp No 292 meets Wednesdays at Max Joseph Building. Visiting brethren invited. Banner wants advertising.
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