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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY .8, 1918.
iIHE ATHENS BANNER
1832 established 1832
H. J. Rowe, Editor
ABSOLUTE POWER SHOULD BE GIVEN
PRESIDENT
I President Wilson lias asked of congress to pass a measure delegating to
him absolute authority in re-arranging existing agencies and establishing
'such new departments as in his judgment may be wise for the direction of
GAINED TWICE AS
I MUCH AS HE LOST,
America’s Hospital
Trains Finest In War
entered ai second-class mall matter the war.
-n the post office at Athens, Ga. I President Wilson has proven himself capable of directing the great con
flict and the blanket power being asked is to last for the duration of the war.
Congress will make no mistake in passing such a measure immediately;
“I Feel 20 Years Younger
Than I Did When I Took
My First Dose of Tanlac,”
Says A. L. Hockholzer.
"I've not only gained back the fit
congress has made a mistake by creating a conflict with the president by the icen pounds I had lost, but am fif-
iotroduction of a measure providing for the creation of a war board which tt en pounds heavier than I was bp-
is an unnecessary board at this time.
It is to be regretted the action of democratic congressmen and senators
London, Jan. 28.—(Correspondence
of the Associated Press.)—It was left
to"®Americans to introduce into Eu
rope the first railroad train equipped
with such luxuries as shower baths,
bath tubs, and refrigerators. Six of
these trains will be sent from Eng
land to Prance in the course of the
next few weeks, for hospital service
under Red Cross with the America),
THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER la
delivered by carrier* In the city, or
mailed, pottage free, to any addreaa
et the following ratea: $5.00 per year;
82JSO for tlx montha; $1.25 for three ja an unneressary board at thls time. !crt ' slar!e<1 ,0 lose wel « ht - aad
mentha. or 10 centa a week. I , , , feel all of twentv years younger than expeditionary forces,
monina, or iv come “ It is to be regretted the action of democratic congressmen and senators , , , ' . , , _ , ..... , , , ,
Remittance* may be made by ox-1 when I took my first dose of Tan- This is the last word in hospital
preat, poet office money order, regia- * n lending their aid to the movement of trying to block and delay the plans | ar •• aa |,j ^ Hockholzer (pro- trains.” said the general manager )f
terod letter or cheque. Imade by the President and Secretary of War. The investigation now being r.ounced iloholzert. an expert ma- the Midland Railway as he showed
— ““'carried on by congress and the grilling examinations to which Mr. Baker chlnist of Colupibus, Miss., some the Associated Press representative
Subscriber* are requested to notify ftas been subjected have furnished to the German government Information a *°- through the first of thsee trains, com-
promptly the business office of late ... . .. . . "I had stomach troubles and riuu- pleted in his own car-building shops
delivery, failure to carry paper, to and plans of directln * ,l,e war to wh,ch not e ' ;en thc cl,lzens of ,hls l0untry matlsm, for a mighty long time, and in the record time of eleven weeks,
porches or fallur* to deliver with ab- were entitled. Such plans should be kept as sacred as human is capable of n)y troubles pulled me down until I Each complete train conslts of slx-
seluto regularity on the part of the doing and no information whatever pertaining to the conduct of the war would have to lay off from my work teen cars, with accommodation Tor
carrier. 8uch notification la the only Ehould be a n 0W ed to enter the press of the country to say notiiing of hold- for a week or two at a time. Every 430 wounded. Each car Is 54 feet
aourco of knowing of the existence of | Investlgatlons and requiring officials to make public secret plans which ,ime r wtnl ba< - k t0 work ' 11 waa the l«M. aad the whole train, without
•ny cause for complaint, and we will same way, I would have to quit locomotive or tender, stretches over
appreciate It accordingly. >>«'e been formulated for the benefit of this country in the great struggle. a „ a|n , got SQ wfak , couldn . t lirt 913 feet of track The car , arf>
i — —— " I If the members of conffreBs will leave the direction of the -war in the t en pounds; and fell off fifteen pounds painted in the approved khaki color
MEMBER OR THE ASSOCIATED |hands of the President and his advisors, success will attend their efforts, in weight. Nothing I ate agreed outside, while the inside is in ma-
# PRESS. | but t j iey al , e ca n e d U pon to give an account of their stewardship whenever w Ith me and I was so nervous and hogany and white enamel. On th
a ° aa » aadad congressman or senator undertakes to play politics with the * hat aleep at "' 8ht ' e " d «f each train is Its number and
entitled to the use for rapublfcation of j Nothing 1 took did me any good. th P letters “U. S.* standing out in
*11 news dispatches credited to It ori'var. his usefulness will be destroyed and the country's interests impaired. | ,. Unl(Ss a person suffers Ilke , dld , brmiant red lettcra four feet hlgh
net otherwise credited In this paper, | Congress should give to President Wilson every power lie asks for and , bey c . an - t realize how glad I am to T be train is vestibuled and fitted
Chafin Bros. Garage
Open Day and Night
Storing and supplies; repairing.
Vulcanizing and. welding.
Used cars for sale.
PHONE 1237.
168 Washington St. Athens, G*.
C.® f Ga.R?
THE RIGHT WAY*
(Central Time)
Trains depart for Macon 6:30 a. m.
4:16 p. m.
Trains arrive from Macon 12:10 p. m
9:16 p. m.
. Connections made at Madison with,
Georgia tt. R. for Monroe, and at:
Macon for all points south.
For information: Phone 640 or 16.
the local newa published p i ace the responsibility on him. and the country may rest assured that ils have my health back again! I started throughout with electric lights, fans
interest will he safer in his hands than in the hands of the present mem-, takln K Tanlac and begun to pick up and steam heat. The roofs are elllp-
bership in both branches of congress. -
and also
herein.
All right* of republlcatlon of spsclal
dispatches are also reserved. i
.Who would have thought that there
would be a really serious probe into ]
the gas situation in Atlanta? !
Cut out the smokes for half a day
DO NOT BE MISLED BY NEWSPAPER REPORTS
There seems to be a systematic effort on tlie part of some of the news
papers and politicians to mislead the public on the requirements of the food Pounds without a bit of trouble
_ ... m ,, . course J recommend Tanlac because
end buy a thrift stamp-and then law as promulgated by President W ilson and Federal Food Administrator )( ^ heIped me „
maybe you'll cut out smoking for Hoover. | Tan i ac j a ao ) d by h. R. Palmer &
several more half days and get the | These newspapers are carrying reports which are absolutely without y,, na . Athens. Ga.
habit and pretty soon accumulate a foundation and interviews from congressmen and senators which are equal-1
smoko sack—of stamps. 1
right away. It seemed like my food tical w | ( h high and airy ceilings
lasted different, and everything I ate T h e ventilating system insures a
built me up until I gained back all I complete change of air every six min
lost and fifteen pounds more. My „tes. The co ts are j n three tiers,
strength has come back to me. until w m, ample room between them to
1 can lift two hundred and fifty j, aRS t be regulation army stretcher
easily.
ly as unfounded. Such misrepresentations are nothing short of criminal and,
j if, such practices are continued, the law will be strictly enforced and some
The school children of the
schools and the rural schools alike are one will have to make answer to the courts as well as to the people.
daily becoming more and more Inter
ested in the thrift movement—not
only as an easy way to help the gov
ernment, but as a certain way to ac
quire the saving habit and help them
selves for the future years. The
Thrift Stamp habit works both ways.
The popular gentlemen with some
thing the matter with Ills throat who
now seeks the drug store of this city
In quest for the licorice lozenge or the
menthol tablet or other "drop" to quell
the tickling that precedes the cough
ing—will at this particular Juncture
discover that this Is coughdropless
week in Athens. The famine has been
due almost solely to the operation of
the old-fashioned law of supply and
demand.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis be
lieves lhat Germany has about quit
beating about the peace bush and is
now r-.-ady to endeavor to terrorize
America on her own soil—if she can
put through such a plan of "fright-
fulness.” He believes that almost any
bright morning we might wake to find
that a flock of German submarines
had raided one of the prominent har
bors and that actually German troops
had 1 ;ecn landed on our shores—so
that the country would be threatened
into fear of sending more men across
and would be scared into abandonment
of over seas plans to concentrate upon
suddenly mending the coast defenses
at home.
NEW WORDS TO AN *
OLD TUNE •
A Hoover Song for Children •
By Nora Archibald Smith of the, •
Vigilantes. •
The lad who eats fine wheaten bread,
And will not have corn muffin,
Resembles far too much the pig,
That's In the trough a-puffin'.
Take another model, lad.
The lass that spends her Idle day,
In eating sugar candy.
And while she roads, declares that she
Must have a package handy,—
Such a lass should banished be
To any desert sandy!
The children who lament for meat
And frown at beans and fishes,
Are like to have much less to eat
Before they have their wishes.
Skip their supper now and then,
And serve them empty wishes!
For the orphan child across the sea
Has need of all of saving.
While dress he larks and food he lacks
And hunger he Is braving.
Hold, to him a helping hand.
Like brothers true behaving!
Yesterday the Atlanta Constitution carried a story, by its Washington
correspondent, which is without foundation, but if followed by the people It
would cause no little trouble for the violator of the law.
The following is the article:
Washington, February 6.—(Special).—Local food administra
tors in some sections of Georgia are causing a great deal of unnec
essary trouble and Inconvenience to corn-producing farmers by re
fusing to permit them to purchase flour without an equal weight of
meal or other cereals.
The act specifically provides that no person Is to be required
to buy a corresponding cereal with flour when the person in ques
tion is a producer of a cereal other than wheat and Is a large con- i
Burner of it and has the said cereal in quantities on hand. Such
statements made to the merchants when properly taken are legal
exemptions from the requirements of an equal cereal with an equal
flour purchase. '
If the meal producers and consumers of Georgia will understand
this and make It clear to their merchants, further trouble can be
avoided. As it is now, every congressman from Georgia is being
overwhelmed witli letters and wire telling of the evident miscon
struction of the federal food administration's specific rulings on the
subject.
Tills correspondent, no doubt, received his information from a source he
believed to he reliable, but, In fact, every statement contained in the special
is entirely misleading and without authority from the officials.
The Georgia plan, as submitted by Ur. Andrew M. Soule, State Federal
Food Administrator, has been adopted by Mr. Hoover, the Federal Food Ad
ministrator, who states that it Is the most complete and satisfactory plan
cf any of the stateB. In reply to Dr. Soule, Mr. Hoover states that there Is
no foundation for the article published in the Constitution and that no such
ruling has been given out from his office.
A few days since, Congressman Brand is quoted at lengtli in the Atlanta
Journal, stating lhat he had secured an order from Food Administratpr
Hoover which would practically do away with a previous order Issued re
cently requiring persons to buy corn meal when they purchase wheat flour.
The foregoing statement Is unreasonable and misleading.
STRIKERS AGREE
GOBACKTOWORK
Special provision has been made
for the care of gassed patients, and
there is also one car devoted to in
fectious cases. Each train will carry
four doctors and four nurses, who
hare private staterooms, dining
rooms, and bath rooms.
The nine “ward” cars are open
turoughout. with each car containing
thirty-six folding cots. Each patient
(By Associated Press.) will have his own drinking water,
New Orleans, Feb. 7.—About three electric fan, paper rack, and writing
thousand union metal trade workers table. There is provision for opera-
on a strike at local shipyards since t lons on board, as well as a pharmacy
January 5th, will resume work tomor- car There are kitchens at each cud
row, as a result of a decision reached 0 f the train, with facilities to pro-
tonight at a mass meeting. The men v | de the necessary meals for an en-
voted to resume work pending the tire trainload of wounded soldiers.
Investigation by the arbitration com- -we have been building hospital
mittee of working conditions in other trains for three years now." said the
states.
On Last Practice
Flight Met Death
Midland's general manager, "and I
venture to say that the American
army Is the best equipped In this re
spect of any armyjn the world. We
made some mistakes In our earlier
efforts, and we have learned by ex-
perlence. The Americans had all
(By Associated Press.) this experience at their disposal
Lawton. Okla., Feb. 7.—Lieutenants when they put in the order for their
Dudley Loomis and Loftln Stamps trains.
were burned to death late today at "For example, you will notice the
Fort Sill, when their airplane made care that la taken throughout the
a nose dive from a height of five hun- train to make it easy to keep the
died feet and burst into flames as it cars clean. There are no crevices,
slruek the ground. The bodies were no square cornors, no place for dirt
burned beyond recognition. and microbes to collect. There is
abundant water and air. both price-
stamps enlisted some months ngo less boons to the wounded men. Each
at Atlanta, Ga., and this was the last car has a wide double door, so thnt
flight he was to make before being men may be moved In and out with
assigned to regular place in one of the minimum of jolting,
the squadrons for active service. His “These trains cost about $200,000
wife had Just arrived here to see him apiece, and they are worth It. The
before he was leaving for service. only costlier trains we have ’ ever
— | built was a hospital train which we
RESPECTED OLD COLORED sent a few weeks ago to Palestine
WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN BED but In this case the extra cost was
due to the special provisions which
Aunt Amanda Damons, colored, had to be made against tbe hot'tell-
was hurled Wednesday afternoon— mate, such as a double insulated roof
many colored people and not a tew and special anti-glare shutters.”
Congress- ] white friends also attending the fun-1 ,
SEABOARD AIR LINE
From 12:01 a. m., Sunday, January
13th, 1918, trains will pass Athens,
City (Eastern) Time, aa follows:
North Bound.
No. 30 10:19 a. m.
No. 6 3:28 p. m.
No. 18 7:46 p. m.
No. 12 11:40 p. aa.
South Bound,
No. 11 6:37i a. m.
No. 17 7:10 a. m
No. 6 2:52 p. m.
No. 29 6:20 p. m.
Gainesville Midland Ry.
Schedule
Tima Table No. 23, Effective Janu
ary 13, 1918.
Arrival of Trains.
No. 1, Sunday only 11:40 a. m.
No. 3, Daily 6:05 p. m.
No. 11, Dally, except Sunday,
Mixed 10:40 a. m.
Departure of Trains.
No. 2. Dally 7:20 a. in.
No. 4, Sunday only 1:56 p. m.
No. 12, Dally except Sunday,
Mixed 11:30 a. m.
Nos. 2 and 4 connect at Belmont far
Winder and Monroe and Intermediate
pointe, and with the Georgia Railroad
for Gainesville & Northwestern sta
tions and with Southern Railway
north and aouth.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
EFFECTIVE DEC. 9, 1817.
(Eastern Time.)
Train No. ,50. dally, leave* Athena
8:30 a. m.
Train No. 62, dally except Sunday,
leaves Athens 3:40 p. m.
Train No. 64, Sunday only, leaves
Athens, 4:00 p m.
Train No. 61, dally except Sunday,
arrives Athens, 12:69; noon.
Train No. 63, dally, arrives Athene
9:40 p. m.
Train No. 56, Sunday only, arrives
Athens 12:40 p. m.
man Brand has certainly been misquoted and the Journal correspondent has etal. She was found dead in bed in
her little home on Tuesday morning.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The thrift stamp and the war ssv-
logs certificate campaign is not for
the children alone. Oh, No! It's-
St Elmo Lodge, K. of P.—St. Elmo
Lodge, No. 40 Knights of Pythlss
meets every Monday night at 8:0$
o'clock at Us Castle Hall. In the Jes
ter Building, Clayton Street. Phone
125-L. Visiting Knights cordially In
vited to attend.
T. H. NICKERSON. C. C.
Brand has been quoted correctly he la not patriotic and does not deserve tlie* 4 4 4 4' * * * rut HFiua * * * 11 trust that each and every-1 H - p - Lawrence, k. of r. & a
”’ l ° ** ,h, ‘ + + + +,4. + ++ + + + + + + + + | one of my friends and cus-
Washlngton, I). C., Feb. 7 —Every COmerS will CO-Operate With
laying hen sold from the farms be- me an( J J w jH assure yOU
fore the first of May means a loss of j
about 30 eggs to the food supply of more prompt and efficient
done him a great injustice and he owes It to himself as well as to the people ^ b th ht f by eople 1
of his district to denounce the statement and set himself right before the jo^both'races. She was°cook hTthe ' On and after February 1
people. Such statements are tinged with demagogery and nothing more than fam | [y of Mr and Mrs. W. F. Dorsey 1918, my Service Station
un appeal to the prejudices of people who are not acquainted with the law fo r more than 23 years. will be ITUl a Strictly spot
and people who are not in sympathy with the government, if Congressman J * 'cash basis to everybody.
endorsement of the people of this district. No citizen, at this time, should
oppose or Interfere with the work of the President and the Federal Food Ad
ministrator, who are using their every efforts to conserve flour In order that
our boys and the Allies, who are giving their lives for their country, will not
suffer.
It Is a well known fact that this country must reduce the consumption of flour i 11 ** nation
These eggs are valuable Service,
. fcod, manufactured largely from In- I I have secured the services
seventy per cent. If the people of this nation are to have flour at all and pro- W6eds and gra „ ( Karbag0 and ' Qf Mr< q Cartey who j g we ]J
vide for those who are fighting our battles. waste. Tho eggs, therefore, are -known to the motorim? DUb-
The Banner hopes that the people o( this state •will not be misled by any'most wholly a net gain in human •11 • * lut TJJ VI
such reports published In newspapers unless authority Is given as coming (Moreover, the hen Is just as /** 3 EC6
from Federal Food Administrator Soule, of this state. He lias absolute au S°° d meat a,tet she haa told ‘»>ese, Moore, Will be able to han-
eggs as before.
thorlty. and the only one who has the authority tu this state to issue state „ Save „ the message 'o atl Vf af , tnrv mannpr
ments regarding the rules governing the conservation of food. Itaat tlie United States Department / uiauucx, feivuij,
Congressmen and senators should be guarded In giving out statements of ;Agrlculture is sending broadcast DGSt attention tO
through press notice# end . posters, Dodge, Nash and Hudson
end through Its county agents, ‘es- cars.
regarding food control. Statements from them are supposed to be true and
tlfteir constituents rely upon them as an authoritative source and many are
governed accordingly. Such statements as published In the Constitution
and such Interviews as credited to Congressman Brand will, In a great meas
ure, destroy the good work which has been done In tilts state and dampen
the enthuiastic and patriotic spirit which Is as strong In Georgia as In any
state In the Union.
for traveling men and the stay-at-
good for papa and mamma, for the homes—for all. It Is a chance to
working fellow and the salaried lend Uncle Sam a quarter or a few
young woman, for the capitalist and quarters, of any small amount—
the beggar, for the young and old. the place that su min the safest place In
wealthy and the small-wage earners, tbe world to earn a reasonable Inter
est and, when everything is going to
the demnitlons. it means that you are
putting a little pile away for a time
of need that Is to come—in a place
where it cannot be lost and cannot
depreciate.
peelally in the southern poultry-rais
ing sections.
WHEN WEAK
OR RUN DOWN
by chronic or ncut* throat and lon«
trouble* which oft<*n decroaaa efficiency
and menace Uto Itself* try
ECKMAN’S ALTERATIVE
ThI* It a Calcium nreparation peasets-
cd of marked tonic value In adait!on to
Itr renisdlul «AiaIitle*. Contain* no Al
cohol. Narcotic or llaolt-t\>rmlnc Drutj.
$2 size, now $1.50. $1 lizt, sew 80c.
Pi ice include* War tax. All druggista
Eclynan Laboratory Philadelphia.
tf
MORRIS YOW,
Distributor.
Every little thrift stamp put away
l.'i Its place means Just one more
Yankee paste In the Kaiser's wicked
fcce.
Colds Cause Headache and Grip
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tab-
lets remove the cause. There Is only
one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S
signature on box, 30c.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
“ATHENS BRANCH"
(Effective Dec. 9.)
TRAIN3 DEPART
AU Points, (Dally) 8:00 a. m.
All Points (Dally ex. Sun.) 3:30 p. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE.
AU Points (Dally) 10:10 p. m.
AU Points (Dally ex. Sun.) 10:30 a. m.
For Information telephone
A. B. HAMMOND, Commercial Agent
Phone 81.
R. L. JOHNSON, Ticket Agent,
Phone 1024.
LODGE DIRECTORY
William* Lodge, No. 16,1. O. O. F*—
Meets every Monday night In Odd,
Fellows' HaU, Max Joseph Building
AU brethren are Invited to attend.
J. U HARMON, N. O
J. A. MEALOR, R. R
Glenn Ledge, No. 75, I. O, O. Fv—
Meets every Tuesday night In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Max Joseph Bnlldlng
AU brethren are Invited to attend
H. D. STEPHENS, N. G.
|dle our Service Station in a * T< OALUHER * R - &
B. Davit Camp, W. O. W.—
Meets every Wednesday evening In
Woodman HaU, Max Joseph Building,
at 8:00 p. m. The first and third de-
voted' to general bustnets.'tha eeoond
and fourth to degree team and Uni
form Rank Drill Visiting Sovereigns
cordially invited.
W. W. BEAOHAM, C. 0
J. D. WOOD. Clerk.
Mt Vernon Lodge, F. & A. M.—Mt
Vernon Lodge, No. 22, F. & A. M.
meets In regular communication ev
ery Thursday night In each month at
Masonlo Han, third floor Mar Joseph
Building, Clayton Street.
a C. PAINE. W. M.
JNO. O. QUINN, Sec.