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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
4
Classified style notice explains second class mall matter at Athens post office. Requests communications to The Athens Banner Athens Ga and remittance via express money order draft post office order or registered letter.
In Athens the hotel shortage grows as every hostelry runs at capacity. A plan favors adding seven stories to the Georgian to create 100 extra rooms, cheaper than a new hotel, to meet rising traveler demand and support city growth with private investment backing the project.
The speaker condemns the senators for trying to undermine public confidence with their actions. He calls the aims wilful and contemptible and argues that honorable men would not participate.
The article urges Georgia farmers to focus on grain, cattle, and hog production ahead of cotton. It cites a South Georgia packing plant as a success, shows regional wealth from livestock, warns about boll weevil danger to cotton, and urges domestic food production and home consumption to improve profits and reduce reliance on western markets.
The Barrow county grand jury passed strong resolutions denouncing the whiskey traffic and those who make, sell, or drink it. It urges vigilant cooperation with law officers, warns against vigilantism, and calls disorderly individuals enemies of civil order and the American Republic.
The piece condemns Republican and some Democratic senators for harsh attacks on President Wilson over the League of Nations covenant. It argues such behavior won’t derail ratification and predicts the public will rebuke critics at the ballot box. Georgia is urged to back Democratic measures and the president.
The boll weevil appears in the state section and will stay, urging farmers to abandon cotton and switch to grain potatoes and livestock. It calls for cattle and hog production to rise, with packing houses needed to support increased livestock farming.
An agricultural forecast urges diversification into cattle hogs and crops, noting packing facilities will rise with livestock and cotton faces the boll weevil. It argues cotton prices won’t fall below current figures, predicting forty cent cotton by Christmas and advising hold or debt payment before selling only at necessity. It warns the weevil will stay and harm yields, urging preparation and awareness of market forces.
A nationwide league of nations campaign began in London at Mansion House with Sir Horace B Marshall presiding. Leaders, ambassadors, diplomats and prominent figures attended as messages from George and Premier Lloyd George were read.
Lorenzo Young, a Black man, was convicted of first degree murder in Memphis for killing police sergeant John G. Brinkley and wounding others during a June attempt to arrest him for chicken stealing. He awaits death in the electric chair.
Detroit Oct. 13 A breach among Episcopal Dioceses over the prayer book revision appears diminished as the tri annual general session nears completion. It seems the issue will be crowded out of this session.
Washington reports the Department of Justice is finalizing plans to curb profiteering as new measures approach. Secretaries Glass Houston Wilson and others met with General Palmer to discuss procedures, with another conference anticipated. A separate update notes President Wilson’s condition is slightly improving with gradual daily progress. Colonel House shows notable improvement though remains weak from a renal cold, with normal temperature and pulse.
The Morgan county event drew a large crowd with lively performances by the Allen trio James M Allen and descendants, Shorty Harper won first prize, Joe Wages earned a top prize for Mocking Bird, and Danielsville's Christian praised for organizing a strong program.
Mobile Oct 13 Removal from office of Frank McClaughlin as general manager and the abolishment of several smaller offices was announced tonight by the Mobile Shipbuilding Company. No reason for the removal was given.
New Orleans Oct 13 Professor John A Todd economics lecturer says global demand for cotton is unlimited and further South restriction would be calamitous He urges higher per acre yields and profitable prices to attract labor while asserting wartime demand persists in Europe and Asia and that cotton must be produced more to meet needs President Wannamaker of the American Cotton Association notes consumers must pay enough to make cotton as profitable as other crops and that increased acres depend on favorable prices Soldiers white and black will not return to cotton fields unless conditions improve.
The Wm. H. Rankin Company of New York Washington and Chicago announces a business alliance with Charles F. Higham Ltd London. Higham will represent Rankin in Great Britain and Rankin will solicit Higham clients in the United States. Higham, an MP and leading ad man, cites mutual respect and past collaboration as the basis for the tie.
Athens dealers meet at Denny Motor Co on Clayton street to organize the anticipated 1920 Athens Automobile Show. Will Griffeth elected temporary chairman with Lucien B. Flatow as secretary. committees formed for advertising and membership. show to feature cars tires tractors and accessories with plans to open a new Washington street building for the exhibit drawing visitors from across the South.
Atlanta Oct 13 Hon J J Brown Georgia agriculture commissioner to speak at two large mass meetings this week for the American Cotton Association membership drive He will address Carrollton Wednesday and Summerville Friday Earlier meetings across the state drew strong interest with Cotton Day at the North Georgia Fair in Rome where Brown and Georgia Senate president Sam L Olive spoke.
A Georgia group including state agricultural officials and cotton ginners attends the World Cotton Congress in New Orleans. Delegates from C. R. Fitzpatrick of Winder to W. L. Brown of Lawrenceville, named by Commissioner J J Brown and Mell M Stephenson, represent southern farmers and Georgia interests at the international gathering. The Ginners Association magazine distributes to delegates from more than thirty nations, aimed at boosting Georgia and southern cotton interests.
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