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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
5
The YMCA baseball schedule lists Bear Cats Buffaloes Tigers Wild Cats Bull Dogs and Eagles matchups from July 4 to July 22 with captains and player names such as Marion Conolly Robert McWhorter and Julien Erwin. The note includes brief editorial lines about peace from New York World and Wall Street Journal.
A local matchup highlights Eagles versus Tigers with roster names including Bedgood Holden Owens Smith Ginn Williams Hightower Head Burton Cobb Porter Foster Hopkins Hut chins Hollingsworth Goodman Dean Meter man Slaughter Moss Crane Butlock Wier Parr Davia Lanier Davis Dorsey Hodis Forbes Anders Cook Meadow Nix Bradberry Booth Hiroth Cox Scarborough and others.
The article outlines a two session per day schedule at the S N C Summer School with early evening recitations after supper and two 11 am and 6 pm popular hours. It notes housing for dorm residents and nonresident students from Athens and vicinity, with emphasis on religious pedagogy and Sunday school work plus lectures by Barrow Pound Anthony Edwards Shelton and a trip by Dr. Shelton to Bible lands.
Washington July 1 Republican and Democratic leaders in the House voiced sharply different views on the tariff bill. Fordney estimated the average duty between 18 and 20 percent with free hull, while Payne Aldrich averaged 18.65 percent and Underwood six. Graner said the rates exceed any tariff bill since the Civil War.
Washington July 1 A Senate judiciary subcommittee voted a recommendation for a favorable report on the Willis Campbell anti medical beer bill after minor changes. The measure was approved as passed by the House.
The New York state comptroller's office today appraised Andrew Carnegie's estate at a little more than 22 million dollars net. This appraisal sets the value of the late industrialist's holdings for tax and settlement purposes.
L. C. Brown, president pro tem of the senate from Athens, presided for his first time at Tuesday's session. The governor summoned President Clay to his office for a conference, and Brown wielded the gavel during his absence.
Henry Lincoln Johnson known as Linc says he will not resign from the Georgia seat on the Republican National Committee. He was nominated by President Harding to be recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia and spoke in Washington on July 1.
T R Ginn of Clarke Storage Battery Co attending the Atlanta Willard convention. The Metter Advertiser reports two key enabling acts likely to pass in the next Georgia legislature. One involves redistricting after the 1920 census to add a Congress seat. the other adjusts representation among the six largest counties, elevating DeKalb above Floyd.
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington announced a tentative valuation of the Gainesville Midland railway at 1 174 665 dollars. No other valuations of George War are announced.
Mme Steinsvik has been ordained as a minister in Christiana becoming Norway's first woman to fill a pulpit. Crowds flock to hear her preach and thousands are turned away due to the overwhelming demand.
Mise Lolita Armour, daughter of a millionaire packer, described her wedding as simple and rejected extravagance. She said her trousseau was made from leftovers and urged wealthy brides to adopt a more modest approach to celebrations.
The New York World labels Runstar an economic vacuum while the Brooklyn Eagle cautions money talk loose and opinions rise. A contrast emerges between disdain for lavish spending and respect for simple living amid a culture of display.
Cy enters the kitchen, finding Suzy guarding a basket of goodies. He confronts her about a young, repentant boy said to be involved, while Suzy argues the boy is theirs and deserves mercy. Cy chews over the dilemma, nose loudly blown, as tension rises.
Cy insists on stern punishment for a thief to set him straight. Sary pleads for mercy while Suzy asserts she will take action to protect her son. The scene centers on discipline, family loyalty, and the drive to reform through consequence.
Cy Morrill faces his wife Sary in a tense domestic scene as she prepares to leave with a jail basket. He issues a bold threat that he will drink publicly if she returns after dragging him toward drunkenness. The moment hints at a stubborn standoff in their troubled marriage.
Sary awaits Cy's homecoming as their repentant son confesses to a past misstep. Phil Moore taunts lightly while Cy’s delay raises worry, and the afternoon settles into a tense scene with Cy stumbling in smelling of trouble and alcohol.
A wife endures a terrified night as her drunken husband Cy staggers through the house and strikes at a cat. By morning he returns contrite, apologizes, and shares a quiet breakfast with the wife and their child Pep, while the pair conceal the night’s waste from the child.
A Draper notes her daughter Allcia’s growing refinement causing family tension at meals. She defends a gentler approach as Allcia critiques her father and Peter over dining habits, while the father attributes change to growing up and tries out new tastes and purchases.
Alicia drifts into love with red haired Tommy Smith after a playful fall at Reeders five and ten. Her father offers a job prospect and a future son in law arrangement while a dinner scene unfolds with soup and humor. A London misread sausage tale follows with a joke on machines and manners between nations.
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