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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1919
Page
5
Washington reports show Rep Aswell charging Republican inaction costs the treasury while investigations drag on. He accuses leaders of stalling for 1920 campaign gain as capital interests resist labor bargaining recognition.
MariannaArkansas Oct 20 crowds including the sheriff's posse search for a negro alleged to have shot and killed Ruth Murray 19 an orphan living with her uncle W M Clifton on his farm near Marianna after a quarrel over wages. Local reports say the suspect former employee fired from ambush.
London dispatch says the north western army under General Yudenitch is within eight miles of Petrograd. The war office announced the advance tonight, highlighting the nearing city as combat continues.
Washington reports that President Wilson appointed Owen D. Young of Schenectady New York to the public group of the national industrial conference replacing Fuller Callaway of Georgia due to health. White House officials cite this as proof the president remains capable of attending to business despite illness.
At a Board of Directors meeting, the Georgia National Bank urged shareholders to approve raising capital to 400000 and a surplus of 500000. A special meeting on November 27 is expected to confirm the increase, making it the largest bank in Northeast Georgia in resources and capital.
Lawrenceville Ga Oct 20 Will Davis 23 shot and killed Bil Morgan in Duluth after a two week feud sparked by a stolen still component. Davis says Morgan and his mother planted evidence and the sheriff found the part in Morgan’s home. Davis fired five times, Morgan died minutes later. Sheriff Garner jailed Davis at noon. Both men lived four miles south of Duluth on Morgan’s farm.
News of the promotion of Mr. T W Rucker formerly of Athens to vice president of the Royal Indemnity Co New York has been received with gratification among his friends. A Georgia graduate class of 1899 he worked in Atlanta before moving to New York. The company, with offices from New York to San Francisco, handles a 20 million dollar annual business and Rucker led wartime loan drives earning swift recognition for his service.
Sunday evening the Y W C A elected the year’s officers. Evelyn Kelly of Palmetto was chosen president Anne Kidd of Milledgeville vice president Evelyn Jordan of Monticello secretary Amanda Moore of Lincolnton treasurer Mary Louise Cooper of Ogeechee corresponding secretary. Little Miss Julia Stovall is convalescing from diphtheria to the delight of her many friends.
Athens prepares for a major Georgia auto show to be held in November. Dealers, led by Griffeth and Denny, plan a large exhibit of cars tractors trucks and accessories in a Washington street building with wide regional advertising and a Banner special edition. A Monday meeting will decide on a permanent city automobile association to cooperate with the state group.
A poetic meditation contrasts simple earthly beauty with a quiet home and suggests faith sustains us. The poem recalls daisies, butterflies, and a laughing brook as symbols of peace amid daily burdens. It ends with aThought for the Day affirming God grants strength hour by hour to face life’s load.
Ruth Reed of Gainesville Ga becomes the first regular female recipient of the Phelps Stokes Fellowship at the University of Georgia. The award supports advanced study on southern Negro issues under Prof Cornelius J Heatwale, with Reed preparing a thesis on Gainesville blacks. The fund endowment provides five hundred dollars annually.
Washington reports reveal Jacob Margolis Pittsburg attorney and I W W Bolsheviks ally details on radical aims to fuse I W W and Russian workers with the steel strike. He ties Foster to support and hints at creating a new society within the old, while committee members remain dazed by the testimony. A separate note covers a bill by Senator King to make bombing in the mails a capital offense. A miners strike confrontation looms as Secretary Wilson presses for a conference and operators refuse to concede without full demands met.
Miss Neiman the former Lucy Cobb piano teacher arrives from Charleston to give a recital at Seney Stovall chapel Saturday evening with public invitation extended.
In Athens the First Baptist church raised 125046.50 to fund a new house of worship, with 463 subscribers contributing. Details show sub blocks by company captains, a celebratory dinner, and plans to proceed with construction once bids are received, aiming for an efficient and beautiful state landmark.
Dr F Lamaude senior member of the University of Paris law faculty and League of Nations commissioner to President Wilson writes from Paris expressing astonishment at American attacks on the League Covenant. He praises the League’s foundations and warns against political manipulation that undermines global peace efforts.
New York October 21 Louise Armstrong a maid once employed by Mrs Leyla Brandeis was arrested after an indictment accusing her of involvement in the theft of 100000 dollars worth of the lady's jewels. No jewels were recovered at the time, according to the district attorney.
About five thousand bookkeepers stenographers and other clerical employees of the Borden Condensed Milk Company walked out in New York today after forming a union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Union officials say some strikers earn as little as thirteen dollars a week.
Clarke County Farm Bureau will host a big tractor and farm improvement demonstration on November 5 at the College of Agriculture in Athens. Seventeen tractor models will plow harrow roll and plant oats under north Georgia conditions, with stump blasting drainage work and sapplage post treatment demos also planned. Local dealers Griffeth Implement Athens Overland Trussell Motor Car Co expect large crowds from surrounding counties.
The Gwinnett County Division of the American Cotton Association calls for new members, urging action to raise cotton prices without exploiting women and children. It argues low cotton prices harm southern farmers, white women, and children, claims manufacturers and speculators are culpable, and promotes emancipation of poverty through organized effort.
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