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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, cifXEMBER 13, 1907.
AMERICA ALONE HAS
HUMMING BIRDS.
From t!. Outing Magazine.
Tnough llie art museums of Europe
may have some treasures of which
America cannot boast, our continent
has the distinction of a monojioly oi
the worlds supply of humming birds,
the gems of all the feathered creation.
Of these there arc said to be some 400
species—the 400 we may well call
them—nolrly all of which are pecu-
liar.to tlje tropical regions. Only
eighteen cress the borders of the
United Suites .rom Mexico and occu’-
only in our Southwestern states.
The popular Idea is that the hum
mer lives only on honey, gathered
from flowers. This is a mistake. The
'bird does secure some honey, but its
fool consist* mainly (r.f the small
insects which ferquent the flowers
Some of these insects are injurious
to the blossoms, and the tint bird fill
fills a useful function in destroying
them. That the hummer is insectit
orous is also shown by its habit of
catching tiny insects on the wing
which is occasionally observed.
THE WONDERS OF CORN.
From the Philadelphia North Ameri
can.
At th“ i-om exposition held recently
in Chicago.' Harlow \. Higinbotlvu.ni.
at ling as cl, i;. .. :. . the dedication,
d the following remarkable tribute
corn:
When Moses was a cl.il 1 in Egypt
tin 1 the tribes of Israel w re culti-
ting on the banks of the Nile their
arley and wheat, pulse an 1 millet—
for these constituted the corn of the
ancients—the American Indian hail
idy become a gentleman farmer
on t lie plains of Auahuac, in Mexico,
xml In the viilley of the Apurimac, in
Peru.
in for countless generations be
that time the slowly developing
Indiin on this great continent had
In -n patiently planting and cultivat
ing his little crop of wild grass, fron
Ich in time In was t._> give to lie
world ilia! which we are here touigli
to honor and to glorify -Indian cor:
PANIC MAY HELP BRYAN.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The winter which is upon us holds
out few engagements to the lowly
and the poor. The ''stringency”
through which we have been passing
may be fairly described as a rich
man's "panic.' It has chiefly affected
the great corporations, the banks and
the trusts. Whole strength and all
the resources of the government have
been put forth to rescu the party
power from disaster. The administr
tlon has only saved itself by subter
fuge and evasion. The president
popularity has been stretched to its
NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION.
JiJbtlce is hereby given to the quali- ]
fied voters of the City of Athens:
First. That the Mayor and Council
of the City of Athens, are desirous or
issuing bonds of the City of Athens,
to the amount of Seventy-five Thous- 1
and Dollars, of the denomination of I rtf Ir-rliict i-iac and Hpi
One Hundred to J’ive Hundred Dollars ' * IBuUSlncS 30(1 U£
THE TRADESMAN’S
WEEKLY REVIEW
each, and to become due and payabl
at the end of thirty years after their
date of issue; said bonds to bear in
terest from date at the rate of five
per cent per annum, and said interest
to become payable semi-annually on
WHY THEY HAVE WHITE TEETH
Th whiteness and beauty of th*
teeth of the African negrot s hav
through a mistaken idea, been gen*-:
ally ascribed to the food which th**’
eat and to favorable climatic cond.
tions; but according to a (Vernur
medical journal, the Muenchcnc
Medizinisohe Wochenschrift, th«*s
unschooled natives take special oar
of the teeth and are familiar wit
many remedies for the treatment
dental diseases.
From f he observations of oflic: -Is i
Orman colonies it appears that th
natives exercise more care in prosor
ing the teeth than do most European
They may owe the possesion of sound
teeth of ivory whiteness partly to th
influence of environment an i h;
hut in addition they employ man
herbs, barks and juices as prophvla
tic and emotive agents.
Thus, in NVgombo it is customar,
when a child has finished teethin
rinse the mouth with an infusion ot
the. leaves of a native tree with th
object of tightening the teeth,
action of the infusion is probabb
to the presence of a styptic const in
cut in the leaves which causes th
gums to shrink. Th** natives 1
near the source of the Nile emplo,
the roots of noxylon. to relieve tooth
ache, while the natives to th**
of the source of the same ri\e
an infusion of the seeds of k < -so.
climbing vine, for the same purpose
It is interesting to notice that th-
use of the tooth-brush is not restrict
c*d to the so-called civilized |>»* pb>.
The African negroes fnshicn toot i
•brush(s out of the wood of a specie -
of adansonia and other trees. In
this respect, the natives probably have
an advantage over those who use at*
ordinary 'bristle V oth-brush. wliicr-
is frequently used for six months ot
even longer—indeed, until it becomes
too offensive to be toK rated longer
The sticks of wood such as the na
tives employ are. on the ether hand,
easy to make and c:st nothing, an 1
they are probably used for only a
short time. And they possess the ad
ditkmal advantage of offering less op
port unity for particles of fool and
other debris to be retained meehani
rally than is the case with a bristl*
brush.
:.r all the
lankind by
**oni«* an
taii.v
this
blessings gi
mtineir the
uttermost tension. What will happen lof each year, but that none of the
if the banking and business Hurry is | principal of said bonds is to be paid
succeeded by a y< t worse depression I annually, but shall not become due
air.'ttg the work-people it is not bari I and payable until the maturity of
o conceive, and if the season of I sail bonds respectively, which shall
deuiy which we have‘enjoyed yields I be at the expirui-m of thirty years
t last to the periodical season rflfi-.m their respective dates, and
famine--long overdue—the excess of I that all of said le nds, both principal
confidence of the republicans will land interest, shall he fully paid off
gi\.«> place to in-turning*. I at the expiration of thirty years fron*
n the ibunestead riots trans*1 their date, and are to be issued and
red tbe labor union h-alily from th;* Isold for the purpose of purchasing
.» imrty to the other, triumphantlv I school property, erecting •and equip
►cling .Mr. C’h veland, who up to that I ping new buildings for school * r * i dn-
Chattanooga, Tenn., December 12.—
The South maintains a fair average of
the first. days of January. and | industrial strenuosity at the opening
of tho winter season, despite the tide
of financial tightness which seems to
have made its influence felt to some
extent in all lilies of trade. There Is
Pocahontas—$150,000 coal and- ogty
company.
West Virginia.
Clarksburg—$50,000 land company;
mining company.
Elkins—$25,000 oil and gas compa
ny.
Fleeton—$10,000 canning factory.
Charleston—$50,000 oil and gas com.
pany.
Moutidsville—$500,000 lime and
stone company.
Wheeling—$25,000 amusement com
pany.
OLD MEDICINES UNSAFE.
From the New York Times.
Some medicines never lose their
j healing power, while others not only
perceptible and uiost gratifying relief | fni] to produce the desired effect, but
Horn this depressed situation, liowev-
mid development Is progressing at
vclopmcnts in the South
for the Past Week.
: ing for I mu
i*l no
what*.
it of
1\ and valm.b's
hundreds of y*
.pM'tani factor
> f th*
'ontimiji
ill Hu* ’
Tit*- i.i ictic.il wnd s.Misibb* thing for
•VnuKTats to i<* ti*»w is to close ranks
,n I k« *•;» -t*. ;* lo tb«* drum-boils 01
I* liny which announce tho thirl
'•oming of i ho man fro in Nebraska. R
•s iill t ‘ faith
Lo
n»‘*rc>
cationai purposes. repairing atul im
proving school buildings horotofop*
erected, and for school and c-thoi
••ducatior.al purposes and uses within
the limits of tho City of Athens.
Second. That tho net proceeds of
Fifty Thousand Dollars of said bond
to dispute his leader-1 issue, when sold, is to l»e appropriat
all will he forgiven; | ed and used by the Mayor and C un
cil of the City of Athens for pun has
; ng school property, erecting and
‘quipping new school buildings fo«*
HARD FIGURE'S AND FACTS. I sdi/?ol or other educational purpose*
mi tin* X**w York Sun. land for repairing or improving school
.1 iv.»»; Mr. McKinb-Cs plurality in I buildings heretofore erected in said
s si .f was 2»’* s .hip. and in F.*00.1 City of Athens. an*l that the net pro-
.ii a large ininiber of g 1 1 d**mo-1 reeds of the remaining Twenty-five
u r* tii'ii* d to their party, finding I Thousand Dollars of said bond issue.
♦ yens** in the paramount issue of I when sold, shall be by said Mayo:
..ordalism. Presid*»n: McKinley’s I and Council of the City of Ath«*ns. ap
:r;ility w is 1 •»*>«’>. In tin s figure-I propriated to the University cf tleor
r** is certainlv no hope f, r Mr. Hr.-I git, through its officers or trustees,
in N * ■ w York. ] »:t 11 icttlarlx as hisltho said University being within th*
rtisans knifed Alton R Hark* r it. I limits of the City of Athens.
* i. a*i act of ret 'Ration which t«>ok I Third: That an Act of tit** O ner
ii*,j*• of eonsevative .-npport of Mr. | tl Assembly of Georgia, authorizing
a lively pace, 'fhe principal new In
dustries established in the South dur
ing the week ending yesterday are
enumerated in the following list, com
piled from reports made to The
Tradesman There are several nota
bly larg** concerns, judged by the
capitalizition. One of these is a $1.
-dn.noo timber company in Arkansas;
a $lbo.duo manufacturing company in
Georgia; a $200,000 hardware compel-
nv in Louisiana: a $100,000 mining
and smelting company in Missouri; a
fjuu.uoo cotton mill in North Caroli
na: a $100,000 cotton mill in Oklaho
sii;t; a $ if.*).ooo coal and coke company
in Virginia: a $r»fl0.000 lime and stone
c mpany in West Virginia. The
Tradesman’s list for the week is as
f. Hows:
Alabama.
Birmingham—Manufacturing com
pany.
Samantha—Hope ami yarn mill.
Arkansas
St. doe.—Mines.
Ft. Smith—Hardwood factory.
Little Hock—$1,200,000 timber coin-
I panv.
lxTome i*ositiv*.*ly harmful -after
standing a few months. The length
of tint** a medicine retains it efficacy
*kpends up n th** ingredients. Some
combinations of drugs keep on good
terms with each other indefinitely,
while others get into a row after be
ing mixed together for a while, and
tho man who swallows a dose of the
stuff is apt to feel a good deal worse
than before he took it. As a rule
medicines that are quite sweet keep
tin it* curative virtues longer than
those that are acid or bitter. Moat
any medicine can be taken in safety
six months after compounding, and
many will be all right six years
hence. Those that are not good gen
erally take on a curdled, milky ap
pearance; but that is by no means an
infallible t* >t. and the person who
wishes to save his system uncom*
fort*ibit* complications would do well
to let old medicine strictly alone.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new
I Laxative, stimulates, but does not Ir
ritate. It is the best Laxative. Guir-
[anteed or your money back. Sold by
all druggists.
in I v
id left an indilibl*
an
• pi* st loll
could *:*!
think
Mil
ftubar
•king
dcnioci
world:
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fnt un
their
AN UNAPPRECIATIVE SON.
••Just after his election as (iovernot
of Massachusetts.” says Represent.i
live McCall, according to th** Sai
Francisco Chronicle. "Mr. Crane sent
his son Robert to attend a military
school in New York. The youn
Crane, by reason of his manly w;
and modest disposition, soon mad*
himself solid with the faculty. Then
was an oral examination one day
during the course of which young
Crane was asked to give the name
the Governor of Massachusetts. Af
ter a moment’s hesitation Robert re
plied :
*• I don’t know, sir.*
“Amazed by this unexpected an
swer,' the teacher exclaimed.
•“What! You don’t know who is
the governor of your own state? R*’
fleet, my hov!*
“ ’Very sorry, sir,’ said the boy
quietly, ‘but I really don’t know.*
“ ‘Why. Robert.’ cried the instruc
tor, ’don’t you know that your father
Is the governor of Massachusetts?’
“ *Oh. come to think of it.’ respond
ed the youngster. I believe he did
tell me something of the sort; hut 1
didn’t take much stock in it 1
thought he was joshing me.' ’’
years would math *>u\
product ion : f gold for tit
til’s, ami -SO |>* r <•• *ur oi
corn rrop i< produced w
i of about one day’s rid** o!
t a wonderful an 1 ins;
re file vast fields of corn rip* n
' th** us** of man. St u***d with
m each grain is not. onh wealth f«»•
I sons of toil, fim th»- g*-n ;
fields that are to c me re
tie* seasons an* to r*:ur.
vii good time. IMaced with
it the bosom < f mother earth. e..c-
rain is the cradle of the infant germ
ontaining as w* 11 food for it.- nour
ishment dining its young life, until i
-hall sufficiently develop to send it-
ender feet down into the soil and its
irms tip into tin* sunligln. to gather
• ml abserb food for its lif«* and .hns
ii.sure again the harvest.
I would have the farm* r and th
farmer’s boy know and appreciate tho
beauty, the strength and tin* glory o*
lh«* corn, as well jus its commercial
value, so that they would Ik* in love
with their work, and tints trmsforti:
th** drudgery into an everlasting joy
f would have the plowman go whist
ling down the long rows of growing
corn, glad and 'nappy, and blessing
G'od for f* r tie* privilege, and in his
Ik art sorry f**r the man shut up in
factory or behind the counter in
the country store or in the larger mor-
a utile establishments of our great
cities.
tug to
lington during
congress, he-
itter futility of
•ign with him
Jiilcit<* for pres
id' nt. The more tie* question is risk
•d and tie* more the seur.'vd for tie
].* -toral votes needed is pr S*eu1* (l
b> the augurs, the greater will be tlu
n *linrtion to consider calmly the ex
pedleticy of suhstitntin
i democrat who would mollify, com
tin**, ami inspire, and at the sane
ime draw upon the independent re
el-die *tt \«»t<\
infiarrimatory Rheumatism Cured ir
3 Days.
Mort«<n L. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind.,
■ays: ‘My wife had Inflammatory
j th**umatism in every muscle and
oint: her suffering was terrible and
* r body and face were swollen al
■tost beyond recognition; had been
n bed for six weeks and had eight
hysieians. but received no benefit
’iitil she tried Dr. Detchon’s Relief
or Rheumatism. It gave immediate
« li**f and she was able to walk about
n tbrefi days. I am sure it saved hei
ifo.” Sold by H. R. Fainter & Sons
HOW TO DO IT.
An Irishman out of work applied to
th© ’’boss” of a large repair shop in
Detroit, says the Philadelphia Ledger,
When the Celt had stated his sundry
and divers qualifications for a ‘‘job,’
the superintendent began quizzing
him a hit. Starting quite at random
he asked:
“Do you know anything about car
pentry?”
“Shore!”
“Do you know how to make a Vene
tian blind ?"
“Shore!”
“How would you do it?”
“Shore, rd po>e me finger In his
•ye!”
POOR GEORGE.
Miss Iva il(> CliiiK-nhum. a lt-cturer
■V Now York, holds that beautiful
• bought.-: make beautiful faces an.l fig
ures. and that ugly thoughts deform,
even as unwholesome work does, says
n exchange.
"Uy taking thought," said Miss d*
’liiiH-nliani. in an interview in Cliicu
go, "you cannot, perhaps, add a culdi
o your stature, but you can eradicate
itiiind sir:aiders and sponge wrinkles
away.
"Our thoughts mold our faces, form
o.nr expression. Thus they give us
away. They give us away a« much
is the sjioken thought of a Chicago
girl once gave her away.
"This girl sat in si dim-lit parlor on
i winter evening with a young man.
A fire of oak logs blazed in the grate
and. looking int<5 the pink and gold
heart of the flame, the girl, who was
very pretty, murmured:
" How divine, my dearest Hilary—
"But the young man frowned and
tarted.
" •Hilary?" she said. ‘You mean
George, don't you, pet?'
"The girl flushed and bit her lip.
"‘Oh. dear,’ she said; 'how silly of
It** Mayor and Council of tile (Tt> o;
liliens, to issue said bonds. wa-
inly approved oil the 22nd day el
August. 1 BO?. subject to the ratiiicn
tit n of Tile provisions of said Act. a'
an election to lie held j'or such pm
poses as provided by the gi non
laws of tlie state of Georgia. «n-1 em
bodied in Sections 277. 27s. 27'.'. 2mi
•and 381 of Y lnme I of the Cod< o
1S95.
Fourth. That an election will hi
held on the 15th day of January. 1!ih">
in each of tbe several wards of th-
City of Athens, under the same rules
for Mr. Ilrvan | and regulations, as provided for elec
tions for Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Athens, and that at said elec-
ion the question of incurring said
ndehtedness, the issuance of said
bonds, and the ratification of said
Act of the General Assembly, will b.’
submitted to a vote of the qualified
voters of the City of Athens and I hat
.ill persons voting ai said election,
who favor the ratification of the Act
if the General Assembly, as above
•eferred to. tile incurring of said in
debtedness and the .issuing of said
bends, shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words—For Bond--
—und that all persons voting at said
"lection who are opposed to the rati
fication of said Act, the incurring of
said indebtedness and the issuing
of said bonds shall have written or
printed uj>on Iheir ballots the words
—Against Bonds.
Fifth. That the liolls of said elec
tion shall be opened at nine o'clock
M. and closed at four o'clock P. M.
on tiie day of said election.
The above notice given by authority
and direction of the Mayor and Conn
cil of the City of Athens.
\V. L. WOOD.
Clerk of Council.
December 10, 1007.
Van Huron—Three $25,000 panning
factories.
Florida.
Tallahassee — $10,000 tobacco com
pany.
Tampa—Stone and brick company.
Georgia.
llazlidiurst—Oil and devol pmenl
company.
Augusta—$100,000 manufacturing
company.
Woodbury—$10,000 manufacturing
company.
Kentuck.
Barbourville—Mining company.
Lexington—Cement works.
Louisiana.
N.w Orleans—$100,000 development
company; $100,000 land an-1 develop-
lient company; $50,000 lumber com
pany $5,000,000 machinery plant.
Minden- $100,0(10 oil and gas compa
ny.
A GENTLE HINT.
got a neat rebuke for my curios
ity once," said a well known Balti
more man to Lippinciott's Magazine,
and it was administered to me by
i native of the Cheat river regi n in
West Virginia.
1 had stopped overnight in the ills
trict in question, and in the morning
was strolling about the place, tasking
all sorts of questions. Presently I
met ft lanky mountaineer, who greet
ed me with ‘Howdy* and passed the
time of day most pleasantly. Seeing I me - | thought this was Saturday
that he was barefooted, ia circum-
stance it seemed to me quite odd in
a mountainous region, I-asked;
Is it the custom of this country
for the men to go without shoes?’
‘Waal.* the native drawled, some
on us. but most on us atten's
our own business.' ”
Take DeWftt’s Kidney and Bladder
Pills; they are for weak back. In
(lamination of the bladder, backache
rnd weak kidneys. Sold by all drug
gists.
The Thalians Saturday night.
About Digestion.
It is not the quantity of food taken
but the amount digested and assimi
lated that gives strength and vitality
to the system. Chamberlain’s Stom
ach and Liver Tablets Invigorate the
stomach and liver and enable them
to perform their functions. The re
sult is a relish tor your food, increas
ed strength and weight, greater en
durance and a clear head. Price, 25
cents. Samples free. For sale by
H. R. Palmer & Sons, Warren
Smith & Bro., L. P. Canning, E. C.
ilc'Evoy, Orr Drag Co., Athena, Ga.
QUIET IN ARKANSAS.
“Things are*quiet down in Arkan
sas." says a traveling man, according
to the Philadelphia lyedger, "to judge
from a conversation that I overheard
recently in ‘the New York store’ of
that town in that state.
“A tall, slab-sided native entered the
tore and asked;
“ ‘Is there airy letter heah for we
ns?’
“ ‘No letters,’ res|>onded the post
master, storekeeper and station mas
ler.
‘Airy postal card?’
‘No.*
'Airy newspaper?’
’ ‘No pfcpers.’
1 ‘Has you any almernacks?'
‘No.’
’ ‘Well-er, I reckon I’ll take a hunk
o’ side meat an’ a bottle o’ quinine.’ ”
Passed Examination Successfully
James Donahue, New Britain,
Conn., writes.' “I tried several kidney-
remedies, and was treated by bur best
physicians for diabetes, hut did not
improve until I took Foley’s Kidney
Cure. After the second bottle I show
ed Improvement, and five bottles cured
me completely. I have since passed
a rigid examination for life Insurance.'
Foley’s Kidney Cure cures back-ache
and all forms of lddney and bladder
trotdde. »I •' t 'o*l
if X
V'raiiklinton -JUKl.tlDu oil company.
Shreveport — $25,000 construction
ui.-truction company; $200,000 hard-
rare company.
Lecompte -Electric light plant.
West Monroe—$100,000 ice factory.
Mississippi
Mo-nlville—$25,000 brick and liini-
it*r company.
Natchez- -Harness factory.
Bay St. Louis—$8,000 transportation
ompa.ny.
Noxnpater--$2,t>oo warehouse com-
M issouri.
Kansas City—$150,000 manufactur
ing company; $25,000 land company:
gas company.
St. Louis—$15,000 manufacturing
‘.ompany: power plant.
Aurora—Mines.
Palmyra—$'fi,000 telephone system.
Damsel—$100,000 mining and smep- j
ing company.
Oronogo- -Contratiug mill.
North Carolina.
Asheville—$50,000 construction com
pany.
Hugh Point—$200.00 cotton mill.
$125.00 chair factory.
Supply—$20,000 milling company.
M >nroe—$100,00 development com
pany.
Greensboro—$100,000 manufacturing |
company.
King—$25,000 telephone system.
Oklahoma.
Mangum—$100,000 cotton mill.
Nowata—$10,000 investemnt compa
ny.
Tulsa—$100,000 oil company.
Oklahoma City—$50,000 automobile
company: $100,000 gas and oil compa
ny.
Tennessee
Knoxville—$25,000 machine compa
ny.
Chattanooga—Telephone cross arms
and pins factory.
Memphis—$10,000 construction com
pany.
Bristol—$10,000 hardware compa
ny.
Texas.
Celina—Warehouse company.
Kopperi—$10,000 trust company.
Virginia.
Schoolfleld—$25,000 building and
loan company.
Farmville—$50,000 tobacco compa
ny.
Richmond — $25,000 development
com puny.
Boone Mill—Lumber company.
Radford—$25,000 lumber company.
(Manchester—$10,000 mining compa
ny.
MONDAY, 1 ft
DECEMBER
The Big Scenic Production
Daniel Boone
on the Trail
Real Wolves,
Bears and
Souix Indians
Populer Prices
Gallery - 25 and 50cts
Balcony - 25 and 50cts
All Lower Floor 50cts
T hursday |Q
DECEMBER 17
HENRY MILLER
Presents
A Supeib Company
In “The Long Awaited
‘Great American Play’.”
The Great Divide
By William Vaughan Moody.
With Entire Scenic Production Just
As Presented
Over 500 Times
in New York
Prices $1.50. $1.00, 75c and 50c.
Electroliers for Xmas
See our tine before
buying, if we can
save you money we
think we are more
entitled to the Elec
trical business than
the Dry Goods Mer«
chant who never
spent a d o 11 a r to
learn the business
P. Taylor