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PAGE TWENTY-TWO STHPENDOUSiPRODIICnON IN EV ERY DETAIL IS BIRTH OF NATION THOUSANDS OF HORSES AND MORE PERSONS, MILES OF SCENERY AND MARVEL OUS ACCURACY OF EVERY DETAIL After more extensive and sensation al publicity than has fallen to the lot of any other theatrical enterprise, D. W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” will open a four-days’ enggagement next Monday evening at the Colonial. The first class metropolitan produc tion is guaranteed to be the one shown hero, carrying two baggage cars of equipment, a symphonic or chestra of musical experts, and ai complete traveling organization to 60 people. Many circumstances have conspired to make “The Birth of a Nation” the most widely discussed play in the world. Suggested by Thomas Dixon’s Southern novels, it embraces a far wider scope than “The Clansman” play. Mr, Griffith’s new art covers 150 years of history and pictorializes the greatest events of the War be tween the States as well as those of Reconstruction. Lincoln, Lee and Grant; the early glories of the Con federacy; the devastation of General Sherman’s march to the sea; the awful siege of Petersburg; the sign ing of peace at Appomattox; the as sassination of the president in Ford’s Theater, and the succeeding orgy of hate and oppression of the South— these personages and incidents pass rapidly before the enthralled specta tor and lead up to the terrific climaxes of Part II, which is devoted to what lias been styled “the second struggle between the North and South,” ^ struggle caused by the attempt to im pose carpetbagger rule upon the con quered states. The wild adventures and achievements of the Ku Klux Klan dominate the final scenes, which yield a happy ending of a double ro mance of Southern and Northern sweethearts. Mr. Griffith’s treatment of the mag nificent theme is so much greater and grander than the original play that there can be no comparison. For ex ample, he presents 18,000 actors and 3,000 horses instead of the tiny "armies” of the theatric boards. Ho shows 5,000 scenes in place of four or five; far-flung lines of many, many miles, and Ku Klux “rides” right out In the open, which surpass in thrills any Vanderbilt cup race. Yet the in dividual acting is as fine and artistic as in a “short cast” drama, the wort of Henry Walthall as the Clansman and of Mae Marsh as Flora, in par ticular, rising to heights of genius. Other marvels of the work are the 200,000 faithfully accurate historical details; the musical score synchron ized to the several thousand distinct and individual scenes; the wonderful reproduction of crowded interiors like the theater performance where Lin coln was shot, and the South Carolina legislature session of 1870; the taking of battle scenes at night by a secret new process; the use of 25,000 yards of cloth for Ku Klux costumes, and 12,000 yards for women’s dresses; the master’s Rembrandt-like management of light and shade; thge depiction of the glorious beauty of out-of-door Na ture; his marvelous quiet yet effective playing the entire gamut of Romance from lightest comedy to deepest trag edy; finally and supremely, the union of all the stage arts (except conver sational speech) into a new art-form of drama-spectacle-with-music. “The Birth of a Nation” has been acclaimed as the first pictorial drama to be presented in a regular theatrical way and at the usual first-class scale of “two-dollar top” prices. No ad vance will be made on these prices on tour. The facts that one and a half million people have already witness ed it, and that it has already run to capacity attendance for half a year in the simultaneous productions of New York, Chicago and Boston, prove that the biggest claims in its behalf are justified by the popular verdict. De spite opposition at various times, it should be added, “The Birth of Na tion" has been passed by censor boards everywhere; upheld, when at tacked, by decisions of courts of rec ords -.endorsed by a greater number of prominent men in all walks of life including priests and ministers, than any other entertainment ever offered to the public. In brief, it has rallied to its support all friends of free art and rebuked those whose bigotry would suppress the re-enactment of , the Reconstruction story. More Ministers of the Gospel at K. P. Grand Lodge than in Any Other Similar State Convention The present session of the Grand Lodge K. of P. will probably have more ministers of the gospel among its members than any similar meet ing ever held in Georgia. Of course, everybody knows that “Father Beatty” of ibis city the very popular Grand Chancellor is an Episcopal minister. But he is not without company in numbering those of the cloth among those who are serving as representa tives of the order within the Grand Lodge or the Uniform Ranks. Rev. 'S. R. Grubb of the Athens Christian church is a representative of St. Elmo Lodge of this city and Rev. R. K. Smith of Atlanta is a member of the Uniform Rank, being chaplain of the 2nd regiment. He is an Episcopal minister. Rev. C. N. Ledbetter of Guyton, a Methodist minister is a major in the Uniform Rank and Rev. W. H. Faust of Winder one of the representatives from his home lodge is a Baptist minister. Major Graham Forrester of West Point, brigade chaplaiil of the Uniform Rank is a Baptist minister. He has been a mem ber of the Grand Lodge for many years and wields great influence therein. Pot This McDougall Kitchen Cabinet to Work iLS-0-B Appeal to 100,000 Ministers to Ask War Relief Funds May 28 (By Associated Press.) New York, May 17.—An appeal to make May 28th Memorial Sunday on which funds will be raised for war sufferers through collections in Am erican churches was mailed to 100,000 ministers today by the federal coun cial of the Churches of Christ in Am erica for relief included sufferers in Belgium, France, Serbia, Poland, East Prussia, Armenia, Austria, Per sia, Syria, Turkey, and Montenegro. Considered Matter a Secret. “Willie, you haven't said whether you thanked Mr. Carr for taking you out for a ride.” “Yes, mother, I thanked him, but I didn’t tell you, be cause he said, ‘Don’t mention it.’ ’’— Boston Transcript. Mr. Cumrox Speaks Out. “Do you approve of slang?” “No,” replied Mr. Cumrox. "It’s too much trouble. It's as hard to know what slang is permissible as it is to guess the right implement for every course at a big dinner." National fiat Range Week $5--Special Offer May 8Jo^l 5—$5_^ for old wood, oil or coal stoves. Turn in the old for the new. This offer permits you to have a NEW CABINET GAS RANGE, mak ing the first payment with your old worn-out stove. The week of May 8-15 is observed by all the gas companies in the U. s. as Gas Range Week. Thousands of Gas Ranges will be sold. BUY NOW and be one of the happy thousands. ATHENS GAS LIGHT & FUEL GO. <§) <§) <D <§> (§) <D Notice the auto dis appearing front rools entirely out of the way. This cabinet will save you miles of steps, will help you do your work and will put you out of kitchen two hours earlier each day. Has large sliding top, large cupboards with metal shelf, sanitary bread box, tilting flour bin, glass sugar bowl, and full set of glass jars. Bold on easy terms. Add Another Room to Tour Honre by the nse Shredwood Veranda Curtains No other porch curtain like the Shredwood; they are made different, will let in the breeze, but not the su n. Investigate this better porch cur tain. Price depends on size. Athens Favorita Refrigerator Belding Hall (Refrigerators with famous Nota Beam lining is the one that holds the chill and keep everything in trusted to its care in perfect condition. (Made heavy with double wall construe tion, wire Bhelves and free circulation with duplex safety water escape. Our third shipment just receiv ed and now showing a complete stock. Sold on easy terms. Full Collapsable Steel Sulky FULL SPRING BACK AND SE|AT, MADE OF BEST GRADE STEEL -—THE TRAILER WHEELS MAKES IT CONVENIENT IN COMING DOWN STEPS OR OFF THE CURBING—ONE PULL OF SPRING AND SULKY FOLDS COMPLETELY UP. MANY STYLES FOR YOUR SE- Bloch, the Famous Baby Carriage BLOCH SWING AND CRADLE GEAR, WILL NOT NJURE BABY’S SPINE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO JAR WHEN A BLOCH IS USED. THE CARRIAGE BODY IS ALWAYS LEVEL; MADE OF BEST MA TERIAL THROUGHOUT. SOLD ON EASY TERMS. Victrolas, BERNSTEIN BROTHERS Porch Rockers New Home Sewing Machines Phone 61 Porch Swings, Porch Rugs, Trunks, Ideal Fireless Cookers Get Our Prices Broad Street Lawn Swings FLYING MACHINE JAMES MUSIC CO. BEN EPPS, AUTO ENTHUSIAST, WILL EXHIBIT HIS OWN MODEL OF AEROPLANE. Without a doubt one of the most in teresting displays at the show will be the flying machine put on exhibition by Mr. Ben Epps who has manufac tured one right here in Athens and made a number of flights with it. - Mr. Epps is also an expert automo bile man and maintains one of the best garages in the city on East Washington street. He is naturally an expert mechanic and is one of the original automobile enthusiasts in the city. You cannot miss his display at the show and your cars at his garage will always receive the best of atten tion. WILL HAVE EXHIBIT PIANOS, SEWING MACHINES, AND PHONOGRAPHS ON DISPLAY. ♦r * ♦. 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4' ♦♦♦■*■♦♦ ♦ “MOVIE” PROVERBS. -t- Real salesmanship is the practical effort to “Help-the-Other-Fellow” by selling him what he needs and then backing it with first-clas service. The right kind of a salesman begins by training himself. I don't think much of a salesman who isn’t better today than he was yesterday. Know yourself—know your car- know your company—know your pros pect—the rest is easy, Give the other fellow a square deal and beat him out on merits. Wake up to the fact that in selling Fords you are capitalizing yourself. Remember that you are working in the only big country on earth where work can be done at the present time Make yourself, and shake yourself, and DO—North and South and East and West—the Gord is out for YOU. Standing still is only death in an other form—don’t be a dead one. The only business man who can make money out of a dead one is the under taker. Any man who doesn’t have a good time in business doesn’t know what a good time is. There wouldn’t be any man work it machines had been brains. An educated salesman is one who is onto his job and most big jobs are only a lot of little jobs assembled. The Eighth Wonder of the World Is building a Ford car every 29 seconds. The Ninth wonder of the Universe is Selling them several seconds faster. " In the race between Producing and The James Music Company which occupies part of the room where the Banner’s auto show is to be held is a special manufacturers’ distributor and handles the best make of musical instruments. Among this number of instruments is the famous Edison Phonograph which has become celebrated on ac count of the diamond Disc record that has been put on the market. The James Company was the first to re ceive Southern shipments of these records and the diamond machines and the music furnished at the show by the phonograph will be from one of these instruments. A handsome line of pianos is also handled by the James Distributing Company and among the list are the Mason and Hamlin, the Conover, the Cable, the Kingsbury, the Wellington, (both up-right and grand), Carola In ner Piano Players, Euphona Player. An innovation in sewing machines is also shown in the Free Machine which is the sensation of the sewing machine age. This machine is en cased in a handsome cabinet that forms a useful table when not in use and for beauty and artistic design is without an equal. When visiting the Auto show don’t fail to see the display of the James Music Company. i STUDEBAKER: TAL- MAGE HARDWARE CO. The display of the Studebaker cars will be in charge of Mr. E. H. Scott who will personally look after the ex hibit for the Thlmage Hardware Co., who has the agency for this section. The Studebaker is a car that is more than well known it has back of it the best vehicle knowledge of the coun try and everywhere the motor driven car is found the Studebaker is there. Mr. Scott will be pleased to per sonally lend every courtesy to visi tors at the show and it will be a pleasure for him to show you the Studebaker models on display and( you will find none more interesting. Selling, the Ford Sales Force still starts from the scratch—but we must keep in constant training to hold our record. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of WINTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL CLOSE BIG ENROLLMENT; LARGE GRAD UATING class; address BY REV. S. P. WIGGINS. (Special to the Banner.) Winterville, Ga., May 17.—The Winterville High School closes on Friday of this week, one of the most successful of school terms in its his tory. The enrollment this year has far exceeded former years. The graduating class is composed of twelve members. On Thursday evening of this week the commencement exercises will open with a play given by the senior class, entitled, “Mr. Rob.” The grad uating exercises will be held on Fri day evening at which time Rev. S. i\ Wiggins, presiding elder of the Athens district, M. E. Church, South, will deliver the literary address. Teaching Birds to Sing. To teach a young bird to sing it 1b necessary to place it in a private com partment, so there is no opportunity for play Each of the young birds are caged in this manner and in the cen ter of the entire cage is placed the old bird. The little ones pick up the notes given tortli by the old bird and in a short time are singers them selves. DECLINE IN EXPORTS TO NORTH EUROPEAN LANDS. Washington, May 17.—Restrictions on commerce by British orders in council were credited as the cause of the sharp decline in American exports to northern European neutrals during the last year, according to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The figures show decreases to all these countries except Norway, Spain, and Switzerland, those countries, however, buying larger amounts. Ex ports to South America were more than doubled. PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS POPE BENEDICT’S LETTER. Washington, May 17.—Pres. Wil son expects to discuss with Secretary Lansing shortly the recent message the president received from Pope Ben edict regarding the continuance of friendly relations between Germany and the United States. The message also bears indirectly on the possibility of bringing about peace in Europe. As soon as he has conferred with Secre tary Lansing President Wilson will send a reply to the Pope. SHIPPING BILL TO BE TAKEN UP ON FRIDAY. Washington, May 17.—The admin istration’s shipping bill was taken up in the house today under the special rule which fixed 4 o’clock Friday for a final vote on the measure and any amendments. The republicans opposed the bill today as democrats favored it. The republicans charged gag rule over proposal of a federal shipping board which would provide for the board to fix water rates as the inter state commerce commission fixes rail rates. WHEAT CUP TROPHY EVENT GOUNTRYilLUB The entry list of the semi-annual golf tournament for the Wheat cup has been posted at the Cloverhurst Country Club. The goings will be made next Mon day; the matches to begin on Tues day. Those interested are asked to make a note of this announcement. The matches will be played on the new course. Advertise your wants. You will find our store convenient, and our stock complete, and our prices tke lowest. If you need anytkmg tkat men wear, come see Head fe? McMak an