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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1920
Page
2
The Athens Banner announces publication schedule and mailing details with office address at 176 Lumpkin Street Athens Georgia. It lists H J Rowe as editor and notes second class mail status and accepted remittance methods for subscriptions.
County commissioners plan to replace washed away Attle Quenee bridge with a concrete span at Mitchells bridge as a lasting memorial to soldiers who sacrificed their lives. Work to begin in spring or summer, weather permitting, using durable concrete or steel to endure heavy fall and winter traffic.
The Progressive Farmer urges farmers to deposit surplus funds in banks and pay bills by checks. It argues bank safety, exact change, and built trust with local bankers improve bookkeeping, reduce theft risks, and aid credit when needed, advising farmers to start bank accounts now.
Director General Hines reports widespread economic growth in the South with railroads busy beyond capacity. Freight cars are scarce as phosphate rock shipments rise from South Florida and cotton movement dominates traffic. Inland markets to ports and mills suffer delays as shortages force warehouses to store cotton.
The article notes a bumper rice crop across Louisiana and strong demand for lumber. It calls for wage earners to save, invest in homes, and build a savings nest egg for a rainy day, warning conditions may shift when normalcy returns and urging disciplined saving now.
Speculation runs high over who will be the Democratic nominee at the June convention. President Wilson is not expected to seek a third term, with plans to retire on March 4, 1921. Potential contenders include William Jennings Bryan, former Secretary McAdoo, Attorney General Palmer, and Senator Underwood, with Bryan likely to campaign to influence the outcome. The Washington gathering on Jackson Day will shape the slate before the summer convention.
The state presses promote the Boll Weevil School at the State College of Agriculture this month to educate farmers across sections. Officials expect benefits for agriculture and business as the weevil invasion is acknowledged and control measures are urged.
The Rotary Club in Athens is hailed as a major step for the citys upbuilding. Selecting representatives from local businesses will energize civic movements and aid expansion. Athens is described as progressive and clean, with Rotary work expected to advance city prospects in 1920. It suggests shedding Christmas trimmings and paying dues.
An earthquake struck Mexico City area on Saturday, destroying Coaztlan and prompting official reports of over 1,000 deaths, with hundreds of casualties in surrounding districts. The garrison suffered heavy losses and many wounded as communications and streets were devastated.
In a major local business update the Michael Bros firm of Athens named Ernest Michael and Mesars LeRoy and David Michael as new partners. The Michael family has run the firm for more than 25 years, with M G and A B Michael contributing to Athens' growth. The change is expected to boost progress and inject new vitality while preserving the longstanding company name.
Washington on January 6 as the government intensifies its drive against communist influence. The Department of Labor asked Congress for 1,150,000 to enforce laws and cover deportation expenses.
Washington on January 6 the Senate military subcommittee discussed a theory to reorganize the army that would make General Pershing chief of staff but Chairman Wadsworth warned that no decision has been reached.
Washington January 6 leaders of 91 senate factions plan to await President Wilsons Jackson Day dinner address before moving on the German peace treaty.
Ottawa January 6 The phrase buy your coal early echoes in Canada as relief arrives from the railways. The Canadian National Railways explains that during the summer hundreds of coal cars were idle in western Canada coal regions due to lack of demand, despite widespread shortages reported elsewhere.
London January 6 The Bolsheviki have captured the seaport of Mariupol Ekaterinostav sixty three miles west of Taganrog. Millionaire dies while stopping in Florida Cooper thirty four multimillionaire coal operator and manufacturer of Cranwell West Virginia died in Miami January 6.
Officials at the Japanese embassy report Tokyo has moved ten divisions westward in Siberia to protect slender Japanese garrisons along the Siberian railway. The garrisons face risk from the Bolshevik advance as troops shift interiorward to safeguard strategic posts.
Columbus, Ohio, Jan 6 Defending his action and that of Acting President Lewis in accepting Wilson's settlement proposal for the soft coal strike William Green International Secretary of the United Mine Workers says the alternative was disaster and defeat for the miners The decision commits miners to abide by the president's commission and sets a wage negotiating basis through a joint scale conference between miners and operators Green accuses Garfield of serving operators and questions his resignation unless he had seen dynamite in the proposal.
The Justice Department received word that two more American oil men, F. J. Roney and Earl Howles, were slain by Mexicans in the Tampico district. The embassy was urged to push for capture and punishment as fatalities among Americans in the area rose to nineteen since April 1917. US sailors held in Mazatlan were arrested after a street fight on November 12 and are to be released January 12.
The county commissioners held their first meeting of the year at the courthouse. They retained a rotating chair, naming J. H. Griffeth as chairman to succeed Hugh W. White. The board also elected Dr Hel Reynolds as the prison and camps physician for the coming year, succeeding Dr H M Fullilove.
After inspecting Annapolis Admiral Viscount Jellicoe expressed thanks for the warmth of the reception given by the United States. He then left for Key West and Cuba.
Miss Elizabeth Skinner vice president of the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs was defeated by nine votes for alderman in today's municipal election at Damedon Pla. The close contest highlights enduring women's participation in local politics.
Barney Oldfield head of Oldfield Tire Company urges A A A control of a national touring revival and proposes a tire service truck and full tire outfit to accompany a New York to Los Angeles caravan. He touts transcontinental routes as ideal for showcasing road improvements and ease of modern long trips.
New York Jan 6 a nation wide campaign to humanize prisons of the United States has been undertaken by the Gray Brotherhood an organization of reformed convicts.
The Athens Rotary Club was formally organized last night at the YM YWCA banquet board with Lee Ashcraft of Atlanta as organizer. Charter officers include C D Flangan president H Abit Nix vice president E F Porter secretary J Warren Smith treasurer T H Dozier Jr sergeant at arms. Charter members, new members bring total to 25, including John E Talmadge Jr J Warren Smith H J Rowe A C Erwin and others. The club emphasizes service and the Golden Rule in a unique one representative per activity field membership system.
Boston, Jan 6. Four hundred alleged radicals taken in New England raids decided to go to Russia without legal fight. Ime Kaplan, leader of the East Lawrence textile strike, said they would demand to go as political prisoners in care of the Russian ambassador in Russian ships, preferably with a red flag flying.
New York report says department of justice agents arrested fourteen men and one woman in a raid on the Russian Soviet newspaper Novy Miru. Thirty nine women radicals forced movie men out, cameramen withdrew with seven burley inspectors, and one man was badly scratched while another had a black eye.
University of Georgia seniors now appear as dignified with forerunner derby hats and walking canes. Some wear mustaches as part of the custom, a long standing practice among Georgians at the campus, with high quality canes emphasized.
Chicago Jan 6 Women at a conference of Republican women from fourteen Western states are being drilled in campaigning and in dealing with national committeemen and leaders after a discussion showing near unanimity that preconvention talks will focus on denouncing the democratic administration.
Mack Adams, an employee of the Seaboard Air Line, was injured yesterday at Middleton after his foothold slipped while boarding a southbound extra local freight car. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital where one foot was amputated and the other injured.
Navy announces the enlistment of B. B. Smith aged 18 and J. J. Smith aged 19 at the local recruiting office. Recruiting Officer Simmona will dispatch them to a training station within a few days.
The Federal Trade Commission reports Rafael Mallen, captured during Chicago raids, is a minor clerical worker in its ranks from about a year ago. The item blends with poetic filler and quotes, leaving questions about the arrest's relevance and context.
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