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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
4
Member of The Associated Press grants exclusive use of all AP news dispatches and locally credited items in this paper. All republication rights of special dispatches are reserved. Local news published herein remains under AP distribution terms for this publication.
Rates apply to Daily Banner and Sunday issue with in advance payment. Old subscribers may renew at old rates within one year. City and mail subscriptions both covered. Sunday Banner and Sunday Herald duplicate payments extend at old rates. Note wording includes several broken phrases about University of Georgia funding and enrollment growth, urging support and endowment.
The Athens Banner recalls using the Hog and Hominy phrase after an agricultural meeting at Rock Spring and how the term spread with wartime urgency. It notes the need for diversified crops as Europe’s war disrupted transport, mobilizing rural papers nationwide.
Fragments describe a sacred site set apart by reverence and memory. A Great Soul is said to have hallowed the spot, leaving it saturated with his life and influence. The speaker recalls a friend’s pledge and a wish for continued guidance from the departed, a tribute in poetic form.
Fragmented OCR style questions mix facts and queries about geography history and science. The text mentions Lena river Nevada’s largest city Reno Battle of Nations at Leipzig Napoleon Russia Minnesota and Mississippi states Les Miserables Valjean calomel mercury clue about ambergris use and various quiz prompts about planets vaccines and spinning jenny with unclear wording
The Republican reorganization meeting is set for Saturday the 35th at Taft Hall in Atlanta with Clark Greer as master of ceremonies. Sen. John McLaurin will speak on cotton credits and Farm Loan operations while Theodore Roosevelt and Joseph Brown address the gathering. The event aims to mobilize support across the Solid South, as efforts continue to marginalize Black participation in party affairs.
The Market Bulletin front page note credits the phrase Hog and Hominy as capturing the idea of living at home and producing one’s own food. It links the expression to practical farm economy and the ability to secure bank funds for agricultural expansion through household self-sufficiency.
A scrambled editorial piece riffs on home brewing, landlords, changing minds, and vivid wordplay. It jokes about fashion and sports metaphors, mentions a misdated comet prediction, and notes ivy planted on school grounds with few potatoes.
The report covers ruling prices for New York and New Orleans cotton, noting tone and middling level with daily highs and lows. It cites weather impacts across the cotton belt, upcoming July notice days, and forecasts from Washington, plus grain and money markets and a Dow Jones-like securities note.
A country editor recalls a farmer asking for advice about a horse that alternately seems normal and lame. The editor counseled selling when it returns to normal. The piece likens unstable investments to the horse and promotes Government Savings Securities as reliable, redeemable at par, with 4 percent interest. It ends with a jab about motorists seeking credit for careful driving.
A Georgian letter explains why Saturday became the standard inaugural day for Georgia governors. Since 1877 the assembly determines the winner and a committee asks the governor elect his preferred ceremony date. The practice settled on Saturday, following Stephens, Colquitt, and later traditions, with Saturday as the accepted inauguration day in Atlanta.
Georgia is described as first in peaches and sweet potatoes and second in cotton peanuts sugar cane and oats. It highlights large tobacco production in 26 000 acres with 2 500 workers and cites hog and cotton crop values. The piece lists climatic ranges average temperatures and notable Georgia produce and resources, including marble from North Georgia and granite near Atlanta, with figures on coal and iron ore in the South.
Nashville notes that H. R. Wenze ler of Memphis and Perry Adair of Atlanta reached the final after victories today in the Southern Amateur Championship. The match is scheduled for tomorrow in Nashville, Tenn.
The American Institute of Homeopathy condemns the Volstead prohibition act and calls for its revision to protect public health. A committee will consult with Wayne Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League, and Brigadier General Sawyer and President Harding’s physician joined the protest.
Fragmentary text describes outings by Indians canoeists and campers, noting landings, steamers, fish at Tickite, and dancing amid inducements to stop and enjoy late season revelry.
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