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THE BANNER, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1911.
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Grand Gifts to Winners
In the Athens Daily and Weekly Subscription Contest
$1500Given Away
Beautiful $600.00 Maxwell Auto
mobile, two-cylinder, 16-horse power,
latest model, First Prize.
Handsome $150.00 Mahogany Suit
of Furniture, Second Prize. Now on
display at Dorsey & Funkenstein's
large Furniture Emporium.
Elegant Ladies’ Solid Gold Watch,
Third Prize.
Contest for these prizes open to la
dies residing in Clarke, Oglethorpe,
Madison, Jackson and Oconee Coun
ties.
ALSO A PRIZE OF A LADIES’
GOLD WATCH TO THE WINNER
IN EACH OF THE COUNTIES OF
OGLETHORPE, MADISON, JACK-
SON, OCONEE AND CLARKE
-COUNTIES OUTSIDE OF ATHENS.
CONTEST . OPENS MONDAY,
JULY 10, AND CLOSES MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 4TH.
How to Secure Votes:
For every New Subscription secured for the Daily or the Weekly Banner a certain number
of Votes will be given- &
For every Renewal of a present Subscription to the Daily or Weekly Banner a certain number
of Votes will be given.
For every Over-Due Subscription on the Daily or Weekly Burner a certain number of Votes
will be given.
Credit will be given to each lady for every Subscription, New or Old, or in Arrears, sent in,
and the vote will be^nnounced from time to time as the Contest progresses, ,
, Schedule of Votes:
Veteran Newspaper Man Talks
Of Talk with Oconee Representative
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By Smith Clayton.
‘Let's go to the ball game?” ask
ed a friend of the Hon. P. H. Elder,
rt presentatlve from Oconee county.
“Can't do it; much obliged,” re
plied Mr. Elder. "If I permit myself
to go to see one game, I’ll have to go
to all of them, and that might lead
to neglecting my duties to my con
stituents.”
.Mr. Elder is such an enthusiastic
fgn that he dare not take in the first
game. The temptation to see the se
ries is too powerful to resist.
Knowing that the gentleman from
Oconee is a very observant and well-
informed man, he was requested to
give some points about the progress
of the good old county of Oconee.
Among other things, he remarked
that this, although a small county in
erea, is one of the foremost agricul
tural counties in Georgia, or the
south. Indeed, the tablelands around
the flourishing town of BogarR for
are rapidly becoming the rule.
How Railroads Develop.
The greatest developer of a coun
try is a railroad. Tile next greatest
is a trolley line. The third greatest
is a good dirt road.
A conspicuous example of what a
railroad will do for a county is the
line running from Athens to Macon
and splitting the county of Oconee.
On this line are located Farmington,
surrounded by a very rich farming
country; Watkinsville, the time-hon
ored capital of the county, and Bish
op, one of the best towns of its size
in Georgia.
Wonderful Values.
Thirty years ago land along this
railroad line could be bought for $2
an acre. Mr. Elder says that, today
not an icre of farming land can be
bought near the railroad line for less
than $75. Not only that, so great
has been the improvement in the dirt
Instance, are among the most fertile road system by the working of con-
and productive anywhere to ba-found. victs. etc., throughout Oconee that an
Cotton, corn, wheat and oats are the acre of improved farming land cannot
feature products of these fine farm- be bought for less than $50. But
ing lands. j there is improved land which brings
Mr. Eider says that Oconee county much more,
has never yet received the proper j A Big Power Plant
credit never yet ived the proper cf i But Oconee county has just'begun
crdit for her great work as a fruit- to develop. Through her magnificent
producing county. j water power she will in a few years
“There are no better peaches and have a network of electric trolley
watermelons grown anywhere—and lines. The power plants a great one,
their flavor is the finest of any fruit at Barnett Shoals, will do the work,
raised in Georgia or the south." j With 1,000-horse power, a 57-foot
Oconee county abounds in splendid dam, and a shoal one mile long with
stock. With great success she raises a 90-foot water fall, this plant will
horses, mules, cattle.- hogs and the _ furnish power not only for trolley
people take special pride in this line lines, but factories, ginneries and oth
of development. They are in the fore- er farming machinery.
front, too, when It comes to poultry, I
eggs, milk and butter. j
Another instance of a big water
power is at High Shoals, on the Apa>
With rare industry and discriminat- ( lachee river. It Is, an Important,
lng intelligence, the Oconee farmers growing plaice wlth'up wards of 1,00V
are' leaning more and more to inten-* people, and a big cotton mill turning!
sive methods of cultivation. Smaller out a fine line of yarns and check
farms, more thorouhgly cultivated, goods.—Constitution.
The votes given in the contest will be as follows:
Two Years' Subicription to the Daily'Banner 12,500 Votes
One Years' Subscription to the Daily Banner 5,000 Votes
Six Months’ Subscription to the Daily Banner 2,250 Votes
Three Months* Subicription to the Daily Banner 1,000 Votes
Two Years* Subicription to the Weekly Banner 3.000 Votes
One Year*' Subscription to the Weekly Banner 1,250 Votes
Six Months’ Subscriotion to the Weekly Banner : 500 Votes
For each($5.00 paid beyond two years’ new subscription to the Duly Banner 7,000 Votes
No Subscription to Weekly received for less than Six Months.
Extension of Old Subscriptions.
^Exterition of Old Subscription to r aily Banner for two years -. - - - - 7,500 Votes
Extension of Old Subscription to Daily Banner for one year 3,500 Votes
Extension of Old Subscription to Daily Banner for six months 1,500 Votes
Extension of Old Subscription to Weekly Burner for two years J> .2,000 Votes
Extension of Old Subscription to Weekly Banner for one year - 800 Votes
Extension of Old Subscription to Weekly Banner for six months 350 Votes
For each $5.00 paid beyond Two Years’ Extension of Subscription to Daily Banner 4,000 Votes
To extend subscription it must be paid up in full to date and for six months, a year or more in ad
vance from this date. Votes will be given for the payment of subscriptions in arrears as follows:
Payment of Six Months’ Subscription on Daily Banner in arrears .* 1,500 Votes
Payment of One Years’ Subscription on Daily Banner in arrears 3,500 Votes
Payment of One Years' Subscription to Weekly Banner in arrears 800 Votes
Payment of Six Months’ Subicription to Weekly Banner in arrears 350 Votes
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST
The lady securing the highest number ot votes receives the first prize.
The lady securing the second highest number of votes receives the
second prize.
The lady securing the third highest number of votes receives the third
prize. »
The lady in each of the four counties outside Clarke county securing the
highest number of votes, receives the prize for her county.
Should a lady in one of the four counties outside Clarke county win one of
the three prizes, then the lady securing the second highest*
number of votes in that county receives the
@ prize for that county.
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IMPORTANT DETAILS OP CONTEST
Subscription to Daily Banner tor
Upon payment to the authorized
agent of the Banner at the Banner
office of money for new subscriptions,
extensions or arrearages, a certifi
cate will be Issued showing that the
proper number of rotes hat' been
recorded for the lady indicated by the
person making the payment
No formal entry into the contest
is necessary, it being open to all
ladies in tho territory above named.
Any person subscribing, extending
his subscription, or paying arrear
ages is entitled to cast the number
of votes called for by the amount ot
the payment fpr any lady he may de
sire to compliment with the votes.
two years $10.00.
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Subscription to Daily Banner for
one year $5.00.
Subscription to Daily Banner for
six months $2.50. m
Subscription to Dally Banner for
three months $1.25.
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Subscription to Weekly Banner for
one year 1.00.
Subscription to Weekly Banner for
six months 50c.
VOTE COUPON.
Every copy of the Daily and Week
ly Banner carries a vote coupon,
good for ten votes in this contest.
Begin to collect these Coupons im
mediately.
GET TO WORK AT ONCE.
Here is an opportunity to secure a
handsomo prize if you are willing to
do a litla* work. It is worth your
effort Every girl, every young lady,
every matron in the five counties
should be interested, if not for them
selves, then for Borne of their friends.
The contest runs a little less .than
two months. Now is the time to get
in the work that will give you a good
lead in the contest
Hauled 300 Loads Swamp Dirt
, To Prize Corn-Field in Carolina
Chicago, Ill., July 3.—W. L. Park,
vice president of the Ilinois Central
Railway company, and a member of
the board of control of the 19th Na
tional Irrigation Congress, whlctr
meets here this year, is directing the
attention of men interested in the
congress to what he declares is the
best concrete example he 'has yet
found of the agricultural value of
the soil deposits in the areas of
swamp and overflowed lands, of
which there are practically 80,000,000
acres capable of reclamation.
The railway official's case in point
has to do with the South Carolina
boy, Jerry Moore. 13 years old, who
irst fall harvested 228 bushels of
corn from one acre of ground, estab
lishing a record for the year that
made him the champion corn grower
ot the world.
“This is a record,” Mr. Park said,
"that will do more for agriculture
than any other one accomplishment
of similar nature during the last de
cade. But how did this hoy obtain
his enormous yield? Simply by go
ing into the swamps near 'his farm
and taking 200 wagonloads of the
rich swamp dirt, which he scattered
over his field the first winter. This
he did that winter merely as a
means of fertilizing his land. The
second winter he made up his mind
to go after the com raising record,
for which a good prize had been of
fered, so he took 300 wagonloads of
swamp dirt the second winter ond
put forty-five wagonloads of manure
on the field, then double plowed the
field to a depth of fourteen inches.
All that remained after that was for
the com to grow up, ripen and mark
a new record for acre production.
"The simple method followed by-
young Moore makes easily apparent
the crop growing possibilities of our
swamp soils and, what is far more
important, the reclamation possibili
ties of our swamp and overflowed lo
calities. There is room In these
swamp areas for thousands of farm
homes, as reclaimed swamp IlSid,
somewhat like irrigated land, is cap
able of such production that a smalt
acreage is sufficient for one farm
home. We estimate that the popula
tion of this nation will he 150,000,000
people by 1950, and I believe myself
that it will be more than that. For
tills reason we can see the necessity
of furthering swamp land reclama
tion, as well as all other methods of
peopling the localities where fertile
lands are non-producing, for these
homes will all he needed in years to
come. The National Irrigation Con
gress, long ot great influence in tho
west, now has launched a far-reach
ing movement by its resolutions
passed at Tecent sessions looking to
wards definite help for the states con
taining large areas of swamp lands
and by so doing It further establish
es itself as a body of national im
portance. it already having won that
place through its efforts and results
for the west”
Young Moore, who was sent to
Washington where he met President
Taft and other government dignita
ries after he had been awarded tho
corn growing prize, has prepared
what government experts who visited
his farm declared was the best seed
bed they had ever seen for his next
year’s crop. On this field he is to
attempt a greater harvest next year
than the prize winner of 1910.
Hasn’t Failed to Get a Hit
In Thirty-Nine Straight Games
Thirty-nine consecutive games games in a row with a hit in each,
without failing to get at least one hit and he is endeavoring to satisfy their
and Btll going with apparently no idea wishes.
of letting up is the remarkable rec-1 It was on May 15 that Cobb start-
ord now held by Tyrus Raymond ed out to make baseball history and
Cohb. the premier baseball player of since that time he has been suc-
the world. It. was In Saturday's ceeding wonderfully. Since starting
game with St. Louis that Cobh hit out to cop the consecutive game hit-
sr.felv in the twenty-ninth consecu- ting record he has been at bat 162
tive game, getting one single in three times and made seventy-three hits,
up, \ This makes the average for this
At the start of the season Cohb time .451.
stated that he was ont to eclipse alii if I HAD ECZEMA,
past records, and it now begins to rd wash Jt away w jttz that mild,
look as if he will succeed. He so far j sooth i ng liquid, D. D. D. Trial bottle
is leading In every department of 25c. Relieves all kinds of skin trou-
tile game and increasing the lead ble, cleansing away the Impurities
with each game. and clearing up the complexion as
Since Cobh began his remarkable J nothing else can. Yes. If I had any
batting streak the cry of his sup-j kind of skin trouble, I’D USE D. D.
porters has been for him to go fifty D. H. R. Palmer & Sons, Athens- «*.
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