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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
2
The Athens Banner published every morning except Monday by The Banner Publishing Company. Address communications to The Athens Banner, Athens, Ga. Remit orders by money order or registered mail.
The piece foresees a thriving 1920 with farmers in strong condition, labor shortages offset by better implements, and boll weevil fears spurring crop shifts. Manufacturing and trade run at capacity, but Athens faces housing shortages as hundreds of families cannot find homes. It urges investors and moneyed men to build affordable housing to attract newcomers and sustain growth through 1930.
The article notes counterfeit notes circulating in Atlanta during the holidays, detailing how bogus $100 bills circulated and were detected by Secret Service. It traces historical counterfeiting trends, government crackdowns, and warnings that Athens could face similar risks if not vigilant, urging public caution.
A discussion centers on standardizing which bank notes are accepted and whether tellers should be required to deposit all notes. The proposal aims to reduce errors and streamline cash handling across branches.
A group of Athens professionals organized a Rotary Club, pledging civic and commercial advancement for the coming year. The initial meeting outlined plans to boost the city, with visitors to tour Athens and a busy agenda intended to place the town on the map and spur numerous improvements through Rotarian service.
The Athens and Clarke County census demands citizen cooperation to ensure a complete accurate count before the January 20 deadline. Enumerators will ask many questions. responses carry federal consequences for noncompliance.
The Organization for the Advancement of Athens becomes a Rotary Club with twenty members led by President C D Flanigen. Athens gains a new civic body aimed at boosting business, improvements, and city interests under officers H Abit Nix and E F Porter, with plans for future expansion and an Atlanta visit to install the club.
Berlin reports many German prisoners returning to request new Iron Crosses from the military department after their originals were taken by the entente. Authorities seek proof that crosses were actually seized, while no prisoners admit to selling crosses to American soldiers or accepting tobacco in exchange.
New York December 30 Sergeant Madden testified at Captain Karl Detzer’s brutality trial that Detzer advocated the use of force against force. He said Lieut Mohan ordered starving prisoners and continual harassment to obtain information, as the case centers on harsh treatment of American soldiers.
Dec 30 Mexico City reports jazz gaining favor though still lacking the rhythm of native and Spanish Cuban music. Bands abound as parks host concerts though programs favor grand opera and rag time. locals are natural musicians shaping new tastes.
The Atlantic fleet will conduct four months of maneuver and drill in Southern waters to keep ships in fighting shape and to train many recruits for dreadnoughts destroyers and submarines. The fleet sails for Guantanamo Bay January 8 with final arrangements to be announced today.
St Johns Newfoundland December 29 At least twenty crew members died when the Heleian steamer Anton Vandreil wrecked off Cape Race Five survivors remained aboard the vessel as rescue efforts continued with details scarce after the disaster.
A garbled report notes Wilson has not been invited to calls for a League of Nations meeting after treaty creation. The U.S. did not participate in the first version as ratification of the treaty was incomplete.
Senator Joe Monkhead of the Good Roads Association will appoint a committee of prominent men and women to visit Washington on January 22, 1920. They will urge President Wilson Vice President Marshall and cabinet members to attend the Eighth Annual United States Good Roads Association convention and the Bankhead National Highway Association meeting in Hot Springs April 12 to 17.
Washington report says talks between Senator McNary of Oregon and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska advanced toward a peace treaty compromise. The pair discussed modification reservations approved by the Senate majority as the principal subject and then conferred with additional senators.
Professor J. T. Yaxis of the Georgia State College of Agriculture resigns after two years in charge, having built a high efficiency dairy department and helped establish cheese production facilities at Young Harris and Cleveland. He will lead cheese and butter research at Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst, joining a creamery serving 300 patrons.
The Strand Theatre features a popular pipe organ accompanying daily programs since Christmas Day. Miss Rodgers draws steady crowds with a broad repertoire and timely selections, while advance bookings promise new attractions and continued high service, music, and pictures.
The Clarke County Farm Bureau advisory board convened to finalize organization, appoint delegates for the January 6 state meeting, and read minutes. Mr Strahan praised local progress in Polk Floyd and northwest Georgia while urging Clarke County to boost its own farm bureau mobilization with a $25 county pledge. Officers named were Jim Morton president Watson Daniel vice president Purcell secretary and W P Brooks treasurer Delegates Claud Tuck and Mrs A S Parker were chosen for the state meeting.
New York, Dec. 230 The demand for steel is so strong that buyers are willing to pay materially increased prices for it. Chairman Gary of the United States Steel Corporation board declared after a directors meeting that the company policy is not to advance prices. He said the steel strike would have ended long ago if possible, but the company is operating slightly better than 80 percent of capacity.
Chicago reports no definite action at the second session of the national soft coal operators meeting due to complex plans and limited attendance caused by the holidays.
Poem contemplates Jesus guidance on daily labor kindness and creed. It envisions Jesus urging work goodness and love as life’s path and heaven as the result of inner cultivation and constructive acts. The verses urge maintaining harmony, widening farms, and using thought to create a personal Eden through moral action.
Chief Beusse showed a vault under City Hall containing a large assortment of illegal liquor including Jamaica ginger red whiskey and sea soned wood alcohol. He said the bad liquor would be emptied into the sewer and noted the strong odor and unsafe, illegal nature of the stash.
The State Sunday School Association under its auspices holds a two day conference beginning Thursday at the First Methodist church. The opening program features a 3:30 PM session and multiple sessions for children youth and adults with further events scheduled for Thursday evening.
Police holiday fines totaled 1294.65 dollars as Chief Henry Lieisse says, deposited with City Treasurer Murrow. Beuss notes it sets a record for the period after Christmas with an average near 250 dollars per day. Most cases were minor though several larger fines were for carrying pistols and drunkenness.
Atlanta dispatch reports South Georgia landowners struggle to keep tenant farmers from quitting farming due to boll weevil damage. Commissioner J J Brown, after touring lower state counties, urged tenants to remain and resist moving to towns for high rents and living costs. He hopes his outreach will aid farmers in staying on the land.
London Ontario December 30 General Manager Hanna of the Canadian Government Railways predicted the electrification of all railroad terminals in Canada in a comparatively short time. He outlined plans for rapid modernization to improve efficiency and service across the network.
In Danielsville on December 39 a feud between Jim Brown and Will Heard families led to two Black residents being struck. Charlie Brown, son of Jim Brown, struck Will Heard, while another Black person was wounded by a stray bullet near Holly Creek Church in Comer area.
A compact quatrain praising divine gift and human tenderness. God contemplates the sweetest thing and grants earth a mother figure, G. Newell Lovejoy, symbolizing nurturing love that surpasses all others.
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