Athens Banner Masthead and publication details
The Athens Banner is published every morning except Sunday by the Banner Publishing Company at 176 Lumpkin Street Athens Georgia. Editor H J Rowe oversees the newspaper operation and communications should be addressed to The Athens Banner, Athens Georgia. Remittance methods include express money order draft post office order or registered letter.
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Banner Publishingompany
Lumpkin Street
H. J. Rowe
Athens
Theathens Banner
Athens, Ga
Charitable Athenians Respond to War and Disaster Calls
The Banner notes Athens citizens consistently meet calls for aid. Seven hundred dollars raised for Salvation Army mobile unit, likely surpassing a thousand soon. A Corpus Christi flood fund gathers nearly one hundred dollars daily, expected to reach five hundred. Immediate help urged for storm victims with funds to be sent to relief officials.
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Salvation Army Service
Corpus Christi
Texas
Athens
Taxas
The Life of a Clergyman
The article portrays the drudgeries and constant demands on a clergyman. It notes endless duties from pastoring and weddings to sick visits and sermons. It argues clergy bear heavy sacrifices, limited freedom, and lower earning potential, yet hold the highest calling for the community.
Clergy Salary Duty to Provide Fair Pay
The article argues that high church leaders in Ife must be paid in line with service and family needs. Clergymen bear responsibilities like any layperson and deserve a true salary, not nominal stipends. Church officers owe clergymen adequate income to support their families and dependents, fulfilling a bonded duty to God and community.
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Ife
The South Is Coming Into Its Own as Food Producing Region
The region saved the nation from a food shortage by boosting wheat corn and oat output this year, with increases totaling millions of bushels. South farmers argue grain can match any region, with favorable seasons lower costs and potential to become the nation’s greatest producing area attracting settlers and investors.
A Sensible View of Labor and a Square Deal
The Monthly Bulletin of the Typographical Union defends its wage demands as fair and public-spirited. It contrasts with railroad br oth erhood tactics that threaten to shut down rails. The bulletin praises a published proposition granting full remuneration with a 30 minute extension to the working day amid national production pressures.
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Gatedmore Typographical Union
Daily News
Typographical Union
The
Bulletin of the Typographical Union
Baltimore Daily
United States
Labor unions and production tied to higher wages
The article argues that worldwide demand for increased output is essential for postwar recovery. It lauds the Typographical Union for endorsing longer hours per day to boost production and cautions against wage hikes tied to reduced efficiency. It urges unions nationwide to pursue high wages only with increased output.
Roosevelt Memorial Association gains widespread support for memorials
The Roosevelt Memorial Association launches a nonpartisan nationwide drive to fund memorials for former President Roosevelt. Georgia shows strong local response with counties over subscripting quotas. Proposals include Bullock Hall in Georgia, a monument in Washington, and one in Oyster Bay.
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Roosevelt
Greorgia
Georgia
Bullock
Memorial Fund Awakens Interest Across Georgia
A political club urges citizens to support a memorial for a great American, stressing nonpartisan action and the desire to honor his memory. It invites contributions from all who wish to keep his legacy alive, highlighting effort as a shared national duty rather than partisan leadership.
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Roosevelt Memorial Association
America
Roosevelt
South
Desperate Relief Drive Aids Corpus Christi After Flood
In Corpus Christi Texas a flood left the city in ruin with loss of life and millions in damages. Georgia and Athens leaders urge charitable response as residents are urged to send even small gifts to the Banner office for rapid dispatch to Corpus Christi authorities.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Georgia
Erwin
Athens
Banner
Big Fair Could Boost Athens County Agriculture
A proposal urges a large intercounty fair in Northeast Georgia to boost farming, cattle and hog production, with the state college of agriculture as a key exhibit. It calls for a fall event organized by the Chamber of Commerce, a get-together week, and a unified plan to surpass prior local fairs.
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Aira
State College of Agriculture
Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
Athens
Shelton Given Death Sentence For Killing Young Albert Hughes
Cartersville Georgia Sept 23 Associated Press reports Shelton found guilty of murder in the killing of 17 year old Albert Brown Hughes descendant of Civil War Governor Joseph E Brown sentenced to hang on October 11.
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Associated Press
Cartersville
Albert Brown Hughes
Joseph BE. Brown
Georgia
Shelton
USDA Sets Five Year Average as Guide for 1920 Wheat
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines fall sowing guidance for 1920. It recommends 42 million acres of winter wheat and 20 million acres of spring wheat, aiming for about 830 million bushels total with 200 million for export after domestic needs. It notes five year averages are not a safe guide and stresses efficiency in feeding and dairy management amid postwar markets.
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United States Department OF Agriculture
Washington
United States
Salvation Army workers in hurricane ravaged Key West resume relief
Avanta Georgia September reports from Brigadier A W Crawford show Salvation Army personnel in Key West leading rescue and reclamation after the hurricane. Adjutant John Hatcher describes 1846 worst storm, tabernacle destroyed, Gulf waters still angry, and widespread damage.
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Avanta
Salvation Army
A. W Crawford
Department of the Southeast
Atlanta
Key Wet
John Hatcher
Heather
Key West
Gulf
Our Tabernacle Salvation Army
Noted Women Attendants at Vets Reunion
Atlanta hosts the Confederate reunion October 7 to 10 with a large group of prominent women serving as sponsors, matrons of honor, chaperones, and maids of honor for United Confederate Veterans leaders and camps across the South. Names include Eliza Bennett Young, Adolphe Borquet, Charles R. Hyde, Anne Bryan, Amanda Dye Storey, Cora M. Brown, Mary E. Wilson, and Dorothy Stewart among others. About eight hundred women are expected to participate in social events surrounding the reunion.
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Atlanta
United Confederate Veterans
K. M. van Zandt
South
Eliza Bennett Young
Louisville
Adolphe Borquet
New Orleans
Charles R. Hyde
Chattanooga
Tenn
Anne Bryan
Memphis
Amanda Dye
Storey
Arkanas
Cora M. Brown
Marietta
Mira Mary E. Wilson
Clinton
Carl Hinton
Denver
Lone of
Confederate Veterans
Dorothy Stewart
St. Louis
Dedver
Colo
Walter P. Andrews
Pantie Lee
Irvington
Marie ‘Louise’ Nens
Washington, D. C
Annie W. Lowrie
Col
Liberty Loan Drive Chairs to Receive Loving Cups
Atlanta September 23 Liberty Loan committee chairmen in the Sixth Federal reserve district will be honored with silver loving cups. Five cups will be presented at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta to M. O. Wellbors Joseph A. McCord St Elmo Massengale W C Wardlaw and Haynes McFadden. The cups acknowledging faithful and effective service were funded by zone and county chairmen led by Peter R Lilue of Screven county.
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Atlanta
Sixth
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
M. O. Wellbors
Joseph A. McCord
St. Elmo Massengale
W. C. Wardlaw
Haynes McFadden
Peter R. Lilue
Sylvania
Screven County
Liberty Loan
West and West Open Law Offices in Holman Building
The new firm West and West opens offices in 412 Holman Building Athens. Judge H. West has presided City Court of Athens for twelve years and built a northeast Georgia practice. Henry H. West, junior, was discharged as a first lieutenant from the U S Army after two and a half years and is a University of Georgia law graduate.
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West and
West
Holman Building
Grm
Athens
H. #. West
Georgia
Henry H. West
U. S Army
University of Georgia
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Charitable Citizens of
Joan
Inin
Albert Hughes
Fletcher
Castoria
Cstrymen
Liberty Loan Drive
GET Loving Cup
West and West Open Law Offices
Holman Bldg
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