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PAGE EIGHT American State Bank I ATHENS, GA. , CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $144,000.00 Georgia National Bank ATHENS, GA. TOTAL RESOURCES $1,800,000.00 A. good resolution to make is to put yourself in a position banking connection. Apply to the masses or men any tests indicates success or ure in life, and none more clearly tban thrift will separate tk< spectful and useful from tke unsatisfactory members of so< Tbat is Andrew Carnegie s opinion. Saving money now while you are day by day, is like storing up p you resources to use when yox capacity. A Savings Bank account 1 it provides you with a surplus special incentive to save money. Investment paying 4 per cent interest compounded semi-annu: is worth your consideration. iron this institution opens to you its many business relations. laking more t • future use. needs exceed Becoming a depositor lig es and leads to broa you privi your earning This institution has the equipment and the organize in a great many different ways in connection with the best debt d compound i: preventive, because terest gives you a Consideration invited. Your account invited. ins. President Howell C. Erwin Cashier Warren Smith TOO Nicholson, W. C. Jordai \Valter H. J < nr* t\ i ones, >, Ga. National Ban] Wm THE BANNER, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1915. FEDERATION 0 WOMAN’S CLUBS Eighth District of Georgia OFFICERS: MRS. S. B. YOW, LAVONIA, PRESIDENT. MRS. J. Z. HOKE, ATHENS, VICE PRESIDENT. MISS LUCY ROBERTS,LAVONIA, SECRETARY. [ acted upon later. The ladles were delighted and com plimented by the presence ot such a strong, intellectual and co-operative body of men and feel inspired to press on in their civic work till our city “blossoms like a rose” and may be hailed by all who enter its gates as the city beautiful. HARTWELL’S CLUB’S EXCELLENT RECORD. The Woman’s Club of Hartwell was organized in 1912 and federated the same year. The meetings are regularly being held the third Monday in the month at the homes of the members, taking them alphabetically. The club colors are white and yel low and its flower the daisy. The various departments under the head of Civic, Education, Health, Lit erary, Home Economics have a chair man and working committee. The civic department has just com pleted a neat granite entrance to the cemetery with some inside improve ments, hedges, etc., at a cost of $300. “Clean up day” is observed each year, the council co-operating with the club. “Arbor- day" was observed this year and a tree planted in the play grounds of the public school. The club was instrumental in having in stalled drinking founts for the ben efit of the school children. Last year we gave a half scholarship to Can ning Club girl for a six weeks course in the State College of Agriculture. Paid pledge of five dollars for sup port of the Tallulah Falls Industrial school. Five dollars for premiums for chry santhemums at Hart County Fair. In November thiB year at the air the club realized a clear total of. $59.00 from sales of- sandwiches and coffee. Wo have now on hand $64.00. Wo have no definite plans for future work bnt hope to begin soon on a city park. MRS. J. W. MORRIS, Reporter. GEORGIA PRODUCTS DAY OBSERVED IN ELBERTON This day was observed by the ladies of the Civic League in a sumptuous dinner given to the dly officials at the handsome banquet hall of the Elks, which they generously tender ed the ladies for this purpose. Mrs. E. B. Tate, president of the Civic league, took an active and zeal ous part in arousing the interest of the members of the league in a proper observance of the day and arranging to make the occasion -a success. Mrs. Tate’s zeal and energy is sure to win In whatever she undertakes. Misses Nora Jones, Addie and Irene Brewer with Mrs. W. O. Jones were appointed to prepare the table and lay covers for twenty-four gentlemen, and faith fully did they perform this service. The decorations were artlstioally and appropriately arranged, making a pic ture of beautiful designs and happy suggestion. The dinner was served in courses, every course conforming Btrictly to the Georgia product law. Oysters were served first, and thanks to the generosity of our splendid mar ket men, Parker and Evans; a Bruns wick stew was sent up from their establishment sufficient for the entire company. Then ham, vegetables, fried chicken, rice, pickles and salads, “fat possum” and potatoes. A delicious desert of charlotte and cake with an ample spply of potato custard closed the menu. Colonel W. F. Jones, our efficient city clerk and gifted poet, was toast master and delighted the company with a pointed and charming personal poem as a prelude to the dinner. ’ After dinner, before leaving the table, Colonel Jones called on Colonel J. N. Worley for a speech. Colonel Worley, who is a modern solon in legal lpre and who can measure lances with Pitt in oratory In the courtroom, on the occasion tried to play the role of blushing maiden, but failed in impressing his audience with his modesty, wound up in his usual happy manner. Judge George C. Grogan was next called on and responded In his wonted flowery style, throwing bouquets with gracious prodigality. Mayor Nal, in response to his summons, gave a very bright, characteristic speech that everybody appreciated and enjoyed. Colonel Z. B. Rodgers gave a very timely and well-appointed response when caled upon,. offering some valu able suggestions that were l'stened to with interest and will doubtless be The following-prizes were recently awarded by the Civic League: Mrs. T. O. Tabor, for the best kept lawn; Mrs. Lon Brown and Miss Nora Jones for the .most beautiful pot plants, and Miss Ada Almond' for the most attrac tive porch box. The prize offered by the league to the colored people of the town for the best kept yard was won by Rosa Burden.—Elberton Star. “CIVICS:”—LAWS EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW. (From the General Federation of Woman’s Clubs’ Magazine.) (By Mrs. Imogen B. Oakley.) The following article by Mrs. Oak ley, published in the Bulletin, issued by the Civic Club of Philadelphia, is a sample of the many interesting and suggestive articles to be found in this little Bulletin, which is issued month ly during the club year for the small price of 25 cents. It is well worth the price to civic workers. The address is Civic Club Bulletin, 1300 Spruce street, Philadelphia, Pa* Rubish. The street of Philadelphia ought to be clean if laws are all that are nec essary to make them so. By an ordi nance of councils, approved Dec. 3, 1879, it is forbidden: “To cast or throw on the sidewalks or public footways any fruit or the peelings thereof,” under penalty of a fine of $5. By an ordinance of council, approv ed March 7, 1882, it is forbidden: “To cast or place in the streets of Although the ordinance forbidding fruit skins on the pavements, was passed 36 years ago and the one for bidding waste paper on the streets 33 years ago, it is .very evident that a large majority of our citizens have never heard ot either. No question is more frequently heard in this city than “Why canfiot there be a law against littering the streets?” At first thought it seems strange that our citizens do not know of these laws, but it Would be stranger if they did know. Our people learn of the doiag3 of council only through the newspapers. Very few read the full reports of councilmanic proceedings unless something of vital interest is going on, so it is highly probable that very few knew even at the time these ordinances were enacted, that after date all careless citizens who should drop fruit skins or papers on the street would he subject to a $20 fine; and it is quite obvious that In thd thirty years which have elapsed since then the -knowledge of the < istence of these ordinances has not spread. Why is there not some method of proclaiming the fact to the public when an ordinance is passed that af fects every man, woman and child in the city? Why canont all the people be in formed that after a given date it will be against the law to do suph and such a thing, and those who persist in doing it will be subject to fine or possibly imprisonment? Would It not be a good plan to post the text of new ordinances conspicu ously in the court yard of City Hall, that all who pass through may read, mark, learn and digest? Would it not be a still better plan to have municipal billboards in the different sections of the city, on which, for the edification and instruc tion of all citizens, the substance of the city, or on the footways thereof, | new laws could' be posted? any paper advertisements, hand hills, circulars or waste paper.” Notwithstanding this last ordinance, the waste paper nuisance continued so serious that on March 30, 1900, an amendment was added, according to which It is forbidden: “To cast into the vestibule, or yard, or upon the porches ot any dwelling or other buildings within the limits of the city, any paper advertisements, handbills, circulars, or waste paper,” and it is provided that “Any person or persons .violating any provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay the sum of $20 for each and every offence." i So far as" the laws against expec toration and refuse are concerned, Pittsburg has set a good example, which we might follow with profit To every lamp-post in that city is fix ed a net metallic sign, wfiich an nounces: Spitting Upon Sidewalks or Throwing Vegetable Matter There upon Prohibited by Law. Penalty—$1 to $50, or 1 to 60 Days’ Imprisonment. Policemen Will Arrest All Violators. The citizens of learned from these Pittsburg lamppost have signs that streets must be kept free froip refuse. . A .Pittsburgher who was recently visiting in Philadelphia said to his host: “There is one thing which we Pittsburghers can give you pointers. We don’t brag of our politics, we don’t excuse our smoke, but we do keep our streets clean. Why do your citizens tolerate all these papers and ashes and expectorators?” Director Cooke is doing more to teach the people tnan has ever been d(>ne before in Philadelphia. He haB Issued pamphlets and leaflets on the subject of waste paper, and is always ready to speak himself or send a rep resentative of his department to speak to any public assembly, large or small. His “Know Your City Better” exhibit iu city hall court yard was a step in the right direction and awak ened the interest of thousands. 'Women’s clubs and college settle ments are active in spreading infor mation on how to keep the city clean, but with all that has been done, and is doing, only a small proportion of our great population has been reach- i ■ Of course, we must infer that the police are kept informed of such new laws as subject citizens who do not obey them to arrest and punishment. And we all believe it would aid great ly to keep the city clean if policemen would stop offenders and .warn them that it is against the law to expec torate upon the streets or litter them With waste. We know tlfkt policemen do this very thing in European cities. The trouble here is, of course, that we permit politics to get into every thing—even a policeman’s duties to the public. Director Porter has, it is true, established a new order of things in Philadelphia. The force has been taken out of politics, and policemen learn the details of their business in training schools, even as the London policemen do. But when one of this organized force arrests a man for ex pectorating upon the pavements or littering them with waste, or commit ting some other so-called minor of fense, the offender is quite likely to be released by the magistrate on the ground that he is too poor to pay the fine, or that he has a wife and ten children and therefore must not Hk imprisoned. If a man is allowed to 1 break one law because he has a wife and ten children, there is no reason Why he should not be allowed to break every law for the same reason. It is possible, of course, that the mag istrate, in favoring the man with a wife find ten children, is actuated by a desire to encourage the opponents of race suicide; or, again, it may be possible that the man is released be cause he and the ten children are of may become supporters of the polit ical party represented by the magis trate. A new method of punishment might easily be adopted which would meet either possibility. Our proposed lamp- post signs could announce: Spibtin Upon Sidewalks or Throwing Waste Matter Thereupon Prohib ited by Law. Penalty—Of fenders will clean up what they let fall. Policemen will enforce this penalty on the spot. This penalty, summarily enforced, might not be strictly constitutional; but it would doubtless be quite as con stitutional as to release a law-breaker because of his political affiliations or because he has, or says he has, a wife and ten children. VHE GEORGIA SOROGIS DELIGHTFULLY ENTERTAINED [Mrs. Harry E. Hawes was hostess for the December meeting of Georgia Sorosis at her mother’s beautiful home, “The Oaks.” The house was ngsonH artistically decorated and cherry fires in living room and dining room made the even more attractive. Two splendid papers on ancient Egypt by Mesdames Rich and J. Mat tox, and vocal and ' instrumental so los by Mrs. Hunter and Miss Wright, composed the interesting program. A delicious salad course was serv ed and the exquisite Irish crochet . hutch malts used were the work of the chatefllaine of the house. Misses Thelma Wright, Mildred ; Payne,-Margaret-Jones and MrS'.- R. F. Wright assisted the hostess. Those present were: Mrb. Julian Brewer, Mts. W. F. Jones, Mrs. R. E. Oglesby, Mrs. W. C. Smith, Mrs. Har ris, Mrs. J. M. Wester, Mts. C. J. Al- mand, Mrs. M. S. Stevens, Mrs. Ade line Deadwyler, Mrs. Rich, Mrs. L G. Swift, Mrs. Duncan Tull, Mts. Harry Oeaveland, Mrs. Wtdgbt Tate, Mrs. W. E. Snowden, Mts. A. S. Hawes, Mrs. J. A. Champion, Mrs. C. D. Auld, Mrs. Mary Jim Thurmond, Mrs. Mor ton, Miu. H. P. Hunter, Mrs. J. Mat tox, Mrs. A. J. Little, Miss Gertrude Fortson, Mrs. Dudley Shepherd. (Signed) MBS J. WRIGHT TATE, Corresponding Secretary. Permanent Paradise. Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned ouL —Richter. SISTER: Read my Free Offer! I am a woman. , I know a woman’s trials. I know her need of sympathy and help. 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