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New Idea for Danger Signal.
A.s a substitute tor red in danger
signals, which is the color less easily'
distinguished by the color blind, ex
ports nave advocated blue circles with
wide yellow rima. *
I have a customer who wants to
buy a four or five room house in
a good neighborhood. If you have
such a piece of property, see me
for I can sell it for you.
Gets Three With One Shot.
Rome, N. Y.—The latest hunting
story is vouched for by William 13.
Scripture, Jr. He brought down three
different kinds of game with one shot.
Be fired at a woodchuck, the shot
went through the animal, nit a rab
bit and scared a partridge. His .dog
got the latter.
It Is Our Discipline.
If folks didn’t get a check on their
prosperity once in a while, they would
become ruinously extravagant, trifling
and no account.
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Real Estate and Flra Insurance.
Advertise your wants.
Wilson belives in preparing for
foreign attack.
We believe in preparing for fire
attack.
Wilson believes in strong navy
and efficient seamen.
We believe in strong companies
and efficient service.
Agency Is Built On Intelli-
Service and Unquestion-
me-tbird
Erwin & Co
Fire Insurance.
Service and Security.
THE BANNER, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1915.
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AMBULANCE SERVICE
DAY PHONE 106 NIGHT PHONE 1025
Dorsey Furniture Co.
FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING
THE ATHENS AUDIT CO.
J. F. HART Manager Phone 418
CHRISTMAS F
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See Our New Line of
PORTABLE LAMPS
And don’t forget that there is nothing that
will add to the beauty of a home like one of
our CHANDELIERS.
Heating Appliances and Electric Flashlights
make welcome gifts.
Athens Engineering
Phone 711
$239,000,000 Taken From Pub
lic in Four Years.
SHORT NOTES
OF INTEREST
CITY PRISON FULL
OF PLAIN DRUNKS
The last night of the near beer bus
iness was marked by a larger num
ber of “plain drunk” cases than us
ual—>by the records of the police
headquarters. The city prison had at
2 o’clock this morning just twenty in
mates—end that after all who bad so
bered up at all sufficiently to be
loosed had been sent home.
One Cutting Scrape.
On Thomias street, George Harris
a colored boy, was badly slashed by
an unknown white man—ugly gashes
being made In his face. Dr. T. E.
Jago, vtereinarian, and the chief of
police gave him attention and sent
the boy home.
OFFICE FOR RENT
January 1st; now occupied by the
Herald Contest, next door to Wilson
Tailoring. Co. Apply to
su-w f M. G. NICHOLSON’.
Monthly
9-room house on South Lumpkin street, near Agricultural school.
€0 x 162.
■ Two-story store, same location, 6. x 162.
6-room house, one and one-half blocks of Milledge avenue. Lot 80 x 130.
4-room bouse near Prince avenue and Boulevard. Lot 76 x 400.
Several Desirable Lots in Growing Section Sure
-; ^ of Steady Enhancement
n. G. Anderson & Co.
*FA1 ESTATE 224 Clayton Street ATHENS, GA.
SHORT NOTES
OF INTEREST
Lipscomb’s Specialty—insurance.
Why not divide my fire insurance
/with J. C. Jester?
Coal—For all the best grades^ call
Athens Ice Co., Phone 521. tf
For Rent: One 8-r.-house, all mod-
rn conveniences; Milledge ave.; $30
jer month. Phone 255. tf
Georgianne Cooking Oil, more eco-
' than lard by 33 per cent. Use
less. Pure and sweet as Ol-
ve oil. For sale by Athens merchants
vho specialize in pure food products.
For your Christmas wreaths, phone
2100. fit
Very low prices on all Hats this
week at Mrs. Burch’s, Holman Bldg.
It
For Rent: 2 desirable furnished
ooms, Milledege Ave. Phone 329.
For Sale: Good feather bed, cheap.
‘H.,” care Banner. , 2t
Will sell my piano and violins at a
. Call at 546 College avenue,
or phone 680. 3t
*Eq.-Llfe”6%joans:noCom.T.L.Mitchell
South Georgia Farm for Sale: 202'/£
acres in South Georgia, five miles
west ol McRae and Helena, three-
horse farm open .balance can all he
put In cultivation by tho clearing.
160 acres under wire fence. Side
track and flag station.” Most desira
ble location for store, grist mill end
gin. Climate and water excellent.
For quick sale, $20.00 per acre. Will
give terms oa half. P. O. Box 162,
McRae, Ga. 4t
Special Sale Children’s Hats Mon*
day, 50c, 75c, and $1.00 each. Mrs.
Burch’s, Holman Bldg. It
For Rent: To couple, or young men,
two .furnished rooms, with or without
board; hath, hot • and cold water;
phone; three blocks from post office.
Write Box 384. tf
For Sale: One brown horse mule,
in good condition. Phone 966. Gulf
Refining Co. it
For Sale; Buckbourd and harness,
first class condition; buckboard has
extra long body, the very thing for
light dairy or farm wagon. Cheap,
for cash. Ralph Walker, Allgood’s
Stables, Clayton St. It
For Rent: 3.'rooms, also modem 6*
room cottage. Phone 1041. 4t
Lost: Wednesday, brown suit case,
either on Prince avenue or Hill St,
containing among other'things suit of
clothes with Daniel Bros. tag. Re
turn to R. P. Lowell, 387 Hill St., for
reward: It
THE LARGEST SAVINGS
BANK IN ATHENS
The Athens Savings Bank pays
jer cei t interest on savlngB deposits
oiupountinu January 1st, July 1st
UepobUs received from S1.00 up. Get
•he- saving habit.
For Rent: b-room house. Davenport.
For Xmas trees, phone 562-L.
Bring your old hats to the Hospital
144 1-2 Clayton street, Athens, Ga.
Parties having money to loan on
real estate should consult our appll
cations. Green & Michael Loan De
partment.
Two college boys can get a nice fur
nished room, with bath, after the holi
days, In good location, by applying to
Phone 947. dhtl
Xmas Decorations. Phone 562-L.
Young lady would like to get a nice
ly’ furnished room, by January 1st
Address P. O. Box No. 569, City.
Lost: Between the high school and
1390 S. Lumpkin street, pair eye
glasses in black case. Finder, please
phone 671. • 2t
Have your orders for Christmas cut
flowers reserved how by Joqes Gren
house Co., Phone 364. sa-su-w-th
Own your business; operate vend
ing machines and wholesale chewing
gum. Large profits; part time; small
capital. Chic-Mint Gum Oo., Wilming
ton, Del. 2su
Nice lot of Silk Velvet Hats Monday
at $1.00. Mrs. Burch’s. It
Bee motion pictures FREE at the
VAUDETTE by buying groceries
from Stone Grocery Co., Phone 408«
$10,000 IN CASH
CHRISTMAS SPENDING
ONE FAMILY DREW OUT $1,200 AS
THE-YEAR’S SAVINGS IN
THE CLUB PLAN.
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Room House
Post Office Department Issues 56
Fraud Orders In Last Year in Effort
to Stop This Wholesale
Victimization. '
Washington, D. C.—Investigations
conducted by government officers show
that frauduleht schemes have taken!
from the public more than $239,000,000
in the last four years. In an effort to
reduce this wholesale victimization
the post office department has issued
56 fraud orders in the last year. The
issuance of such an order denies the
person named in it the use of the
mails.
In one case the inspectors reported
that during the last year a man re
ceived $46,500 from the sale of a metal
finger ring, called an electro-chemical
ring. It was sold for $2 to some and
$4, to others.
“The following diseases,” reads that
faker’s “literature," “are'caused by
acid in the blood and are cured by this
ring, which taked^rom one day to two
weeks after the Ting commences to
work. The ring and acid create an
electrochemical action, removing the
excess of acid, which cures these dis
eases and will keep them cured:
Bright’s disease, SL VituS dance, ade
noids, gout, cancer.”
Many other diseases were named.
A fraud order was issued against a
woman because she claimed to be able
to give any person of great avoirdu
pois a form like Venus without any
discomfort. “Weigh just what you
want to weigh,” “Eat all you want to
eat,’’ “Reduce yourself and be as
happy as I am,” were some of her ar
guments. The department found that
in 105 replies from patrons who took
the remedy prescribed 75 were dissat
isfied, some claiming to be bigger than
ever.
One man claimed to have a list of
400 widows, all matrimonially Inclined,
some of them having such additional
attraction’as $20,000, who wanted to
get In communication with life com
panions. The advertisements were
written in Polish and appeared in Pol
ish newspapers. The man established
his acquaintances by inserting this ad
vertisement:
WIDOW, 23, WITHOUT CHILDREN,
looking for a friend for life; must
be energetic and willing worker; have
income of $150 a month.
As soon as anyone replied a photo
graph of a good-looking Polish woman
was sent to the inquirer. On the back
of it appeared the words: “Am a
widow, twenty-three years old. Have
butcher shop and employ four men.
Have no children. Willing to love a
good man and also a good worker.”
Another man-had wonderful powers
of observation when his palm, wp
crossed with gold, according to rep
resentations made persons In many
parts of the country. To one person
who remitted $12.50 on a payment ol
$37.50 for a “gambling band,” this man
wrote: “I take pleasure in sending you
my gambling hand and all that goes
with 1L When you get it sew it up in
a piece of soft leather and carry It in
your pocket with your money. Let no
/one handle it and keep it as dry as
you can. I will send you nine candles,
to use one at a time—Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday nights. Light it
and set it down on a brick. Do not
touch it for one hour, then throw
ashes on the floor and pass your foot
on them.”
Not all the persons against whom
fraud orders were issued played on
the suspicions, ill health or the senti
mental side of persons* to get their
money. Some were very practical. A
Kentucky man got various concerns to
send‘him farm Implements, for which
he never paid.
A northwestern "company” used this
advertisement: “Girls do yon want to
earn $100 and have your photo used
in advertising a new brand of chewing
gum? Send 2-cent stamp for particu
lars.". After a response was received
the correspondent was advised that it
was a competition and that an en
trance fee would be required.
A New Englander sold "lucky
stoneB” at $1 each, which he purchased
by the thousand at from 2% to 15
cents apiece. -According to the report
of the federal authorities, which re
sulted in a fraud order being issued,
he “induced people to believe that the
flaws were not flaws, but were peculiar
marks of the so-called lucky stones,
which he called magic mirrors. He
stated that because of the flaws those
favored mortals who are gifted with
the illumination of the astral light
can, by the aid of this peculiarity, read
on the surface of the stone the reflec
tion of the past and the promise of the
future.”
The post office department files
show that in the last fifteen years the
man took in more than $300 000 on
his scheme; in recent years the busi
ness amounted to $44,000 annually. He
had a supply of 10,006 stones on hand,
his usual reserve stock.
. A fraud order was issued against
a concern which hail sold 45,451 “oxy
gen” belts.
FRANK A LIPSCOMB
OUR AGENCY
’ 1898- ESTABLISHED
COMPANIES. CAPITAL
Continental Ins. Co $ 2,000,000
Fldellty-Phenix Ins. Co 2,5000,000
Fidelity underwriters .. . '.. .. 4,500,000
Firemen’s Insurance Go., N. J. .. 1,000,000
WiUiamsburgh City, N. Y 1,000,000
SL Paul Fire & Marine 1,000,000
Maryland Casualty Co. 1,000,000
Fidelity-Bond Co .. .. 3,000,00(1
—1898
ASSETS
28 380,392 8r
15,278.994.01
43 602,835.21
6,839,209.99
4,872,222.82
10,162.455.01
6,490,467.77
11,417,130.74
Total Capital
. .$16,000,000 Total assets $127.043,708A7
MILLIONS! MILLIONS! MILLIONS!
Technicalities Are Common In Fire Insurance Policies.
You usually find them when the fire comes.
OUR SPECIALTY IS FIRE INSURANCE
lipscomti lire Insurance Agency
Office Phone 109.
ASK THE MAN WHO HAD THE LOSS.
Night Phone 719
RECOGNIZES THAT END HAS COME
WILL EITHER SETTLE IN II. $.
WITH HIS FAMILY HR WILL
GO TO EUROPE
(By Associated Press.)
El Passo, Dec. 18.—General Villa
has quit the revolution and is expect
ed to arrive at* the border late to
night or tomorrow, according to ap
parently authentic advices from Chi
huahua.
The decision was made after a
council of war held there notified
Villa it was time he retired.
Villa is reported to have said that
he realized the end had come, that
he was surrounded by traitors, and
that he did not wish to sacrifice his
faithful followers. '
He declared he would go to the bor
der, cross into the United States, If
permitted, and live there with his
family.
If not permitted to do this, he will
go to Europe.
Officers of Villa forces on Ju&tqs
were told today to “look after them
selves." '
A telegram from General O’Bregon,
the Carranza leader at Guaymas, in
dicated that Villa leaders there are .
anxious to make terms, as they knew
Villa was about to retire.
Confirmation of Villa’s retirement
was brought by Mrs. Villa, who ar
rived at the border from Chihuahna.
last night. His household- goods have
been removed here by Colonel Hip-
polita. Villa’s goods next were re
ported crossing the border.
The exodus of Villa chieftains and
their families occurred at the border
during the afternoon when word was
given at Juarez for “officers to take
care of yourselves.” A number
boarded the trains for the south.
FOUR OF THE BIGGEST TEAMS
OF THE SOUTH ARE ON
RED AND BLACK
PROGRAM
The University 1916 football sched
ule was announced last night by Prof.
S. V. Sanford and the games to be
played are given below for the first
time.
The places where the games are
to be played were not given out on
account of some pending negotiations
with several of the colleges. Athens
will oome in for her share of the best
games on the schedule, however It
has already been announced that Vir
ginia will he played in Charlottes
ville, the Navy at Annapolis, Ala
bama in Birmingham, while Auburn
will hardly come to Athens again', next
year for the annual game. I
In Virginia, the Navy, Auburn and
Tech, Georgia has a quartet of the
strongest teams in the South, while
Alabama, Clemson, Florida and Cit
adel will be no easy battles for the
Red and Blacky especially Alabama,
who will again next fall have on6 ol
the best teams In her history.
The following dates were given out
as the complete schedule: “
September 30—Citadel,
October 7—Clemson.
October 14—Florida.
October 21—Virginia.
October 28—Navy.
November 4—Auburn.
November 11—(Furman.
November 18—Tech. .
Thanksgiving—Alabama.
Convenience of the Mirror.
A mirror is a convenient thing to
have around when you are looking tow
your best friend.—Philadelphia Rec
ord.
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