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THE BANNER, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1915.
THE ATHLNS BANNER
1832 Established 1832'
H. J. ROWE, Editor.
The ATHENS DAILY BANNER Is
delivered by carriers in the city, or
wailed, postage free, to any address,
•t the following rates: $5.00 per year;
$2.50 for six months; $1.25 for three
months, or-10 cents a week.
Remittance may be. made by ex
press, postoffice money order, regis
tered letter or cheque.
Subscribers are requested to notify
promptly the business office of late
delivery, failure to carry papers to
porches or failure to deliver with ab-
•solute regularity on the part of the
. carriers. Such notification is the only
• source of knowing of the existence of
• any cause for complaint, and we will
appreciate it accordingly.
HELP OLD SANTA CLAUS
Just a few more days remain in which you may help Old Santa Claus.
The old fellow needs help at this time of the year in many cases. Without
help he will not be able to get around to all the little folks. It would be a
pity for him to miss a single little tot in Athens < this year. And there is no
need for him doing -so if those who are in position to do so will help him a
little with his load.
So between now and Friday night make up your mind to give Santa
Claus a lift There are many ways in which you can do this. All people in
Athens who really wish to do so can find out these ways. It is'' not neces
sary for The Banner to enumerate them. You know them. The only ques
tion is whether or not you will let your better nature loose and do some
things that will give you more Joy than anything else, you can do this Christ
man. season.
Don’t put it off. Do it now. Don’t wake up Christmas morning with a
feeling that you have not done your duty in this regard. It will spoil your
own Christmas.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
Subscribers will please take note
that no carrier boy is authorized to
collect subscriptions from any one, or
to sell papers under any .circum
stances.
New York fill' use'a million dollars
worth of Christmas trees this year.
There were the old-time crowds on
the streets and in the stores of Ath
ens yesterday.
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The Allies have at last deemed it
expeditious to abandon the Darda
nelles expedition.
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The Christmas rush is on at the
post office—like a Georgia eleven
charging on the Tech lines.
Some of ’em are beginning already
practicing up on swearing so they
can swear off more easily ten days
from now.
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Reports from the war centers are
AS TO SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
The movement towards simplified spelling is proceeding and its advo
cates are putting forth efforts to get the sanction of leading universities and
educational bodies throughout the English speaking world. In some In
stances they 'have been Buocessful, but as yet few of the leading universities
of the country have seen fit .to adopt the new spelling rules.
In so far as the suggested changes conform to the English language and
are not arbitrary in their nature, there exists a ground upon which debate
may be entered as to the desirability for a change in the present way of
spelling certain words, but whenever the changes suggested are purely arbi
trary and made simply for the purpose of shortening the spelling of a word,
then there exists no ground upon which to hold a reasonable discussion.
The English language is the English language. It should remain such
The lopping of letters or syllables off the words in the French, German
Latin or Greek languages would not leave those words in confromity to the
language of which they are a part. Of course, change is made in all lan
guages, but change should not be arbitrary, and even where not arbitrary
there should be strong reasons for the change.
If change is to come in the spelling of English words, let it come as an
evolution of the language and not as a pronunciamento from any committee,
Such changes as may be necessary will come about naturally through the
evolution of the language, but radical changes and arbitrary changes arc not
necessary. •
It is true that the advocates of simplified speling are riot without argu-
to the effect that the Allies’ armies men ^ on their side, but the preponderance of the argument is against the
have quit the Gallipoli region for oth- j changes E0Ug h t . These changes may come some day, but it will be by a
er “fronts.'
The recall doesn’t seem to “know
where it is at” in Atlanta. And no
body else seems- to be taking pains to
try to find out.
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Only ten more days till—Leap Year.
"Look out girls!” as the Coal Moun
tain correspondent to the Cumming
Leader would say.
Two big steel plants in Pennsyl
vania have now pay-rolls amounting
to three million dollars a week. And
it’s spelled "s-t-e-e-1,” too.
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Whether he would' have it or not
Dr. Haiselden has received advertis
ing which would have cost him at
"the usulal rate” several thousand
dollars. ,
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The Real and Only Original Peace
Society of America is said to be fit
ting out a peace ship to hustle on
over and conciliate the factions on
the Ford.
gradual evolution and not by a sudden decision on the part of any body of
scholars.
The kaiser has advised Austria to
listen to Uncle Sam and if possible
avoid a break with America. The
kaiser shows his good judgment on
every-now-and-then occasion.
The Christmas shoppers were with
us unanimously yesterday. Clayton
street and Broad street and all the
other street stores were filled with
good natured, eager, generous cus
tomers all day.
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Santa Claus was present in the
lobby of the post office all day yes
terday. He’ll probably be there more
so each succeeding day till Saturday,
when the postmaster will surrender
and quit business till Monday to get
over it
It begins to appear now that Uncle
Sam knew more than the general pub
lic about the respective chances of
the two revolutionary forces In Mex
ico. - Villa and Carranza have signed
a peace pact. And just for that Villa
Is coming to the United States to
live. •
Vori Bissing, German governor gen
eral of the occupied portion of Bel
gium, is to retire from office on the
first of the year, his retirement be
ing forced by "breakdown due' - to
overwork.” It will be remembered
that he was the official who ordered
the execution of Miss Cavell.
EXAMINATION FOR CLERK-
CARRIER, POST OFFICE
SERVICE, ATHENS.
. The Civil Service Commission has
announced an examination for clerk-
carrier for the Athens, Georgia, post
office to be held on January 8, 1916,
at Athens, Georgia. The examination
is 'open to all citizens of the United
States who meet the requirements.
Persons who desire to take this ex
amination should at once apply for
Forms 1371 and 1372, either to the
local secretary at Athens, Georgia,
post office, or to the Secretary, fifth
Civil Service District, Atlanta, Geor
gia.
FORD ,AS AN OPTIMIST AND PROPHET
Henry Ford has plenty of optimism about him. And at the same time
he is something of a prophet, whether he sees clearly into the future or not.
Just now he is saying that there is no doubt whatever of the successful
ending of his peace movement and he ventures the prediction that the sol
diers will be out of the trenches before the winter season is over.
The world would be glad enough to share- the optimism of Mr. Ford andi
also, would be glad to see his prediction come true. But there are limits even
to optimism and even the kaiser has failed as a prophet when predicting the
end of tfeo war.
The Ford peace movement will have its day and-it will not be without
some definite good in its results. It will cause many people to talk about
peace and will in a way strengthen the peace sentiment.
But that it will bring about peace very few people even have the
temerity to dream, and that the soldiers will be out of the trenches before
the winter season is over no one familiar with the situation could maintain
with any serious face.
"We are not disposed to poke fun at any party that is trying out a peace
plan, but just now peace plans are not being thought of very seriously by
any of the belligerents except along lines suitable to their own desires, and
peace never comes until concessions are made.
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WHY HOLLY BERRIES ARE RED. y
They made a Crown of Thorns for Him.
But one selected the green leaves of a tree which seemed not as cruel
as the Common Thorn.
It was the Holly.
But the leaves bore their needles.
And where the leaves pressed Into the alabaster brow—
There came forth drops of blood.
So the Holly Berries have been red ever since.
—D. G. B.
BENEATH THE MISTLETOE.
When Cupid hung the mistletoe
Above her saucy head, ^
The maiden hung her counteriance -
Beneath the hollies red;
And then I stole the slyest peep—
And Cupid stole away;
The tale is told—not dark nor deep,
v A tale of Christmas day;
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For never he such chance could miss—
I saw him surely steal a kiss!
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—D. G. B.
Central Christmas Cheer Committee
The Central Committee of Christ
mas Cheer is very much gratified at
the co-operation of all the bepevolent
committees of the various churches.
The effort to send . sunshine into
dark places has led'to one hundred
carefully investigated families being
promised a basket of ChriBtmas good
things. Dr. Hale has worked faith
fully and generously and to him be
longs largely the success of the move
ment.
Some friends who have not yet "re
membered the poor,” may have cloth
ing, bedding or other useful' articles
they would like to put where they are
needed. Such articles may be left
with Mrs. Ussery at the Rest Room.
The committee will take charge of
them, and see that they are placed
where they will do the most good.
—LOUIE LANE.
-Laughter Aids Digestion.
Laughter is ona of the most health
ful exertions; it is of great help to
digestion. A still more effectual help
is a dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets
If you should be troubled with indi
gestion give them a trial They only
cost a quarter. For sale by all deal
•n. adv
To-night After Supper
We will sell this all brace cos
tumer with three hangers, is made
strong and is sixty-six ^ 1 98
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inches high
For Christmas Gifts
Victrolas »
Rockers
Sewing Tables
Pedestals
Wagons
Desks
Pictures
Rugs
Tables
Cedar Chest
Smoking Stands
Morris Chairs
Shirt Waist Boxes
Chifforobes
MORE MONEY ASKED: dairy farmer gains
FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL
SEA ISLAND COTTON OF GEORGIA
AND FLORIDA PRESENTS A
NEW PROBLEM.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington,, Dec. 20.—Secretary
Houston asked congress for an addi
tional $64,400 to extend the agricul
tural department’s campaign against
30 FOUNDS ON TANLAG
DECLARES HE* NOW EATS BET
TER, SLEEPS BETTER AND
FEELS BETTER SINCE
TAKING TANLAC.
Everybody In Columbia, Tenn.,
knows F. C. McGavack, who owns
and operates a large dairy business In
that city.
“If there ever was a believer In
the boll weevil. He points out that Tanlac,” said R. M. Smiser, the well*
the infected area was greatly enlarg- hlw n Columbia, Tenn., druggist, “it
ed during the last year and the sea * 8 Mr - McGavock, as he talks about
island districts of Georgia and Flori- 11 all the time. But he has & right to
da, where the weevil recently appear- talk, as no medicine has ever helped
ed, require the development of new one as much as Tanlac has helped
methods of control, because of the bim. He really does not look like the
slow maturing of sea island cotton.
Don’t Bathe Baby
Till Days of Age
This beautiful Costumer $1.98
one to a customer and
telephone orders.
only
no
BERNSTEIN
Open Till 10
BROS.
(By Associated Press.)
Boston, Mass., Dec. 20.—(Drs. F. G.
Benedict and F. B. Talbot, of the Nu
trition Laboratory of the Carnegie In
stitution, announce to the National
Academy of Sciences! 1 , in its proceed
ings for December, the results of a
study on the physiology of the new
born infant. They find that the new
born infant is not supplied with
superfluous amount of carbo-hydrate
(starches and sugars) to burn during
the early period of insufficient flow of
milk, and the predominance of the
consumption of the body fat suggests
the possible necessity of supplemental
feeding of carbo-hydrates. Pro-fund
disturbances of the temperature Is
found to accompany the bath of the
infant following its birth, and there
are great fluctuations in the heat
SUCCESSOR TO BOOK
ER WASHINGTON NAMED
THE BIGGEST SEIZURE
OF OPIUM EVER MADE
NEGRO EDUCATOR FROM PRINCE
EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
IS NAMED.
NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOL
LARS’ WORTH OF THE DRUG
TAKEN AT ONE HAUL.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 20.—Major Robert
R. Moton of the Hampton Normal and'
Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va.,
was selected tonight to succeed the
late Dr. Booker T. Washington as
president of Tuskegee Institute by
the special Committee from the board
of trustees of Tuskegee here.
Moton will be installed at the com
mencement exercises in May, 1916.
Until then he will work on the cam
paign for the Booker T. Washington
memorial fund.
He is a negro of unmlxed blood,
born in Amelia county, Virginia, in
1867. iHe spent his early days on the
Vaughan plantations, Prince Edward
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Dec. 20.—Seventy
cases of opium, valued at $450,000,
comprising the largest single seizure
of the drug evfer made In the United
States, according to customs officials,
was taken from the Japanese liner,
Seiy-e Mara, here today. The ship
ment was bound from Hong Kong to
saiina Cruse and was seized under
the law prohibiting the traffic
through a United States port.
county, Virginia. He was. graduated
from Hampton Institute and stayed
as drill master, finally becoming head
of the school.
values for the first day. This makes
it worth while considering whether it
might not be well to defer the hath
for a day to permit the infant’s heat
regulating mechanism,’ which appears
to be deficient at birth, to have a
longer period of adjustment to the
new conditions of external life.
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
This is to notify the public that I
will apply to the city council of Ath
ens, Ga., for license to conduct a near
beer saloon at 142 Jackson street.
J. S. REESE.
War Upon Pain!
Pain is a visitor to every home and
usually It comes quite ^unexpectedly.
But you are prepared for every
emergency if. you keep a small bottle
of Sloan’s Liniment bandy. - It is the
greatest pain killer ever discovered
Simply laid on the skin—no rubbing
required—it drives the pain away. Ii
is really wonderful.
Mervln H. Soister, Berkeley, Cal.
writes: "Last Saturday, after tramp
lng around the Panama Exposition
with wet feet, 1 came home with my
neck so stiff that I couldn’t turn it
I applied Sloan’s Liniment freely an<|
went to bed. To my surprise, next
morning the stiffness had almost dis
appeared, four hours after the second
application I was as good as new.’
March, 1915. At Druggists. 25c
adv.
name man.” Here is Mr. McGavock’s
statement:
I have now taken five bottles of '
Tanlac and have gained thirty pounds.
If you don’t believe It, right here 1
am, come and look at me. I don’t
know what my trouble was, but I was
all ran down arid was unfit for work. •
I think though It must have been my
stomach, as I had no appetite and
nothing seemed to agree with me. i
was also nervous and could not sleep
good. I just kept going down hill and
losing weight right along, and noth
ing did me any good until Smiser,
the druggist, told me about Tanlac.
‘‘I tried it on his recommendaUoi)
and it helped me from the first few
doses. The medicine seemed to take
hold right at once, and I began to
eat better, sleep better and feel better
right from the start. If anybody wants
to know what I think of Tanlac, just
tell them to come and see me. I am
right herie in Columbia. Tanlac has
simply made a new man of me and 1
expect to tell all my friends about
what it has done in my case.”
Referring to the above statement,
G. F. Willis, southern distributor of
Tanlac, said:
“Tanlac is without question the
greatest medicine of its kind on the
American market today. The ex
treme popularity of Tanlac can only
be accounted for by the extraordinary
merit of the medicine. The system,
besides being purified, is toned up
and invigorated, as the preparation 1
aside from cleansing the blood, revi
talizes the constitution, overcoming,
as it quickly seems to do, nervousness,
indigestion, non&sslmitetion of the
food, headaches, dizziness and other
troubles that are so common.”
Tanlac is sold exclusively in Ath
ens toy the Citizens’ Pharmacy, adv
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If—
"Yes,” said the confirmed player,
with tears in his eyes, "I do. if he
hadn’t got in the way I’d have made
that hole in one less than bogle.”—
Judge.
Umbrellas
The Ideal
Christmas
Gift
What could make a more ideal Christmas Gift than one of the beautiful Umbrellas we are show
ing? We bought them for this special purpose.
The covers are of t^e very finest fabrics—the structure the best of spring steel, firmly riveted.
And the handles. They are more beautiful than ever—they are new. Think of handles of Am
ber inlaid with jewels; beautifully engraved Mahogany handles;' Silver handles, beautifully engraved
and in FilHgree; handles of Gold, both bright and old rose finish engraved and plain. v
These umbrellas are really the most beautiful we have ever seen and will make a present that
is both useful and beautiful—-a. gift that any lady will be delighted with.
$35.0, $5.00, $7.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00.
W. T. COLLINS & COMPANY
improved Methods. Pay.
Silkworm culture has become such
an exact science in France that the
weight of the cocoons harvested in
proportion to the eggs incubated haa
been doubled.
DOUBLY PROVEN.
Athens Readers Can No Longer Doubt
the Evidence.
This Athens citizen testified long
ago.
Told of quick relief—of undoubted
benefit
The facts are now confirmed.
Such testimony is complete—the
evidence conclusive.
It forms convincing proof of merit
Mrs. W. M. Patten, 65 College Ave.,
Athens, says: "For pain and weak
ness in the back and kidneys, I have
found nothing equal to Doan’s Kidney
Pills. For long timb I was run
down from kidney trouble. It was
not until I began taking Doan’s Kid
ney Pills that I got relief. I do not
hesitate to recommend this medicine.”
(Statement given March 25, 1908.)
OVER FIVE YEARS LATER Mrs.
Patten said: “I still retain my con
fidence in Doan’s Kidney Pills. For a
long time I have been practically free
from kidney trouble. Doan’s Kidney
Pills soon relieve any slight return
attacks.” '
Price, 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—-the same that
Mrs. Patten had. Foster-Milburn Co„
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
There Are Many.
A nexchange has an article on “Stop
ple we know were compelled to wear
muzzles it might help some.
Worked in the. Hay Field.
Arthur $$>nes, Alien, Kas., writes:
“I have been troubled with bladder
and kidney trouble for a good many
years. If it werb not for Foley Kidney'
Pills I would never be able to work
in my bay field.” Men end women
past middle age find these pills a
splendid remedy for weak, overwork
ed or diseased kidneys. H. R. palmer
& Sons. adv
Pleasure-Loving Italians.
In Italy there are more theaters In
proportion to the population tha». in
any other country.
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