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THE BANNBR-gERALP. ATHENS, GEORGIA
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER la. 1922
THE BANNER-HERALD
ATHENS. GA.
Published Every Sunday Morning by The Athens Publishing
Company, Athens, Ga.
EARL B. BRASWELL ..
CHARLES E. MARTIN
Publisher and General Manager
Managing Editor
A consolidation of the Sunday Issues of the Athens Herald and the
Athens Banner.
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Act of Congress March 8, 1879.
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of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper, and also the^ocal news published herein. All rights
of repu'lication of''special dispatches are also reserved.
course in modern times would have been magical luxuries back
in 1849. ~
Somehow, though, the telegraph and telephone and radio
appeal to us less than the qgaint picture of old man Turner in his
tower, searching the railroad tracks with a small telescope. Peo
ple were not in such a hurry, back yonder. They took life,as it
came. And maybe they were happier. The telegraph and tele
phone and radio had not been invented then, for they were not
needed. As soon as th^ actual need arose, inventors provided
them. In their way, they are marvels. But their major function
seems to be to enable people to rush about faster, in a mad semi-
stampede that seems to ihave neither goal nor meaning. And
sometimes we wonder if it wouldn’t be a good thing for the world
if it could undo a lot of its progress and slip back to the simpler
“good old days.” Maybe not. But old man Turner and his tele
scope certainly fire the imagination.
Andrew C. Erwin, Bowdre Phinizy, H. J. Rowe,
President. Secretary and Treasurer. Vice-President.
ATHENS PUBLISHING CO., ATHENS, GA.
AJdress all Business Communications direct to the Athens Publishing
Company, not to individuals. News articles intended for publica
tion should be addressed to The Banner-Herald.
MARKETS AND PROSPERITY
One of thp, reasons why cotton for so many years has meant
, «o much to the prosperity of the south lies in the fact that there
~ has beeX always a MARKET for cotton. Cotton should be sold
E'readily for cash as fast as it could be picked and ginned in nearly
every cross roads and small town in the south. It may be true
- that the price paid to the rasier of the cotton didn’t cover the cost
of materials, fertilizer, labor, rent, etc., but whatever the price,'
there was always a ready sale und market for cotton. . On the
other hand, if the cotton raiser wished to hold his crop, there was
always another MARKET, a market in which he could get credit
nor advances on cotton held in storage.
The problem of the south today is to create MARKETS, cash
v markets, and credit markets for other crops, for diversified crops,
• .. perhaps along the same line that the cotton crop has been handled
' in the past. As an illustration of the prosperity that is broadcast
today in the south, waiting for MARKETS to be created, to turn
**tl)ls wealth that is now going largely" to waste into cash, let us
cite a few examples.
Georgia will produce this year some 12 million s bushels of
sweet potatoes. A cash storage, potato curing warehouse MAR
KET for this crop of Georgia sweet potatoes, would convert a
*' present loss and waste, in this crop easily into a profit of at least
a dollar a bushel. All that is needed is for the various communi-
* ties of the south to organize, and to build community sweet potato
curing houses, in order to properly put it on the market, not only
i in this state, but throughout the United States and even for the
*' export trade as well.
i - What’s true of the sweet potato crop and its need for both a
cash and a Credit market, is also largely true of the corn and peas
and velvet beans and soy beans that the south is beginning to
raise in increasing quantity. These crops should be bought and
stored and ground and mixed into various feeds both for con
sumption in the south and for shipment into other sections. A
., cash and credit market can be created for these crops that will
convert much that is now wasted into real wealth, and make the
.ierngricUltural prosperity, of tile south once more talk in terms of
do^ars that will be reflected in the general business of the south.
And so th?" story might be continued to include, hogs and cat-
" tic, poultry, milk and eggs and butter, hay and sorghum, peanuts,
and various other crops that the south is now beginning to pro-
, duec in increasing quantities. Give the southern farmer a ready
~vcash and credit market for his crops, ahd the cities and towns of
me. tho south will get rich along with the increased prosperity that is
cpming t othe farms of the south. Deprive the southern farmer
of this help of markers, both cash .and credit, and the cities and
towns of the south will deprive themselves of a trade of many
' 'millions of dollars that is now knocking at the doors in the shape
of agricultural wealth waiting to be converted into good United
States dollars. Give the' south a cash market for its crops and
watch the south grow rich.
Tannous Karen celebrates his one hundred and fifteenth birth
day at his home, Mt. Lebanon, Syria. Writing to his grandson in
Boston, he gives these reasons why he has managed to cheat the
grave since 1807: “I have always been the enemy of the vine
(liquor). I did not watch the stars and I did not overstrain my
vital sources. The conscience and heart should be kept free from
worry. Don’t eat too much meat, but use plenty of vegetables.”
A plausible, logical formula. But the average American will con
sider the price too high, rather live shorter and faster.
Earl Barnes has just had his nineteenth auto accident. He
* lives ih Norris City, Ill., and his latest smash-up jnakes his sev
enth machine that has been demolished. Not many peopleTould
go through that and emerge alive. Luck, though it operates as a
law of exceptions, seems to be as definite a force as ' gravity.
Sometimes you meet an optimist who doesn’t believe in good luck.
But just try to pin him down on the subject of bad luck.
A woman, mother of five children, muat serve 90 days in jail
in St. Paul for manufacturing moonshine liquor. How much will
you bet that she never makes another batch? Fines are easily
paid. Jail is “no$_so funny.” To be absolutely just in cases like
this, it would seem fairer if the bootleggers’ partners-in-crime
(customers) went along to jail with them. It is the customers’
thirst that incites to crime—accessory before and to the fact.
Did It Ever Occur
To You?
PROTECT ATHENS’ CHILDREN
Elsewhere on this page appears a communication from Mrs.
P. C. Morgan that should challenge the serious consideration of
every man and woman in Athens who has the safety of our chil
dren at heart.
As a witness to a terrible accident last Thursday in which tfti
life was cru»b" J out ’of a bright little boy by a speeding truck,
-MrB. Morgan appeals to the authorities to bring into operation
■ whatever safeguards as are necessary, to protect the life and
limb Of our children, who are wholly within their rights when they
.appear on the streets anu arc entitled to protection from speed
Yrthmons.' Mvs. Morgen very properly says: “If a motorist must
'.speed,/let him go away to the race track and there risk his‘own
‘life an (I not endanger the lives of innocent children.’’ - ,
Paved streets are a modern necessity and auto trucks are in-
; dispensable to many lines of business,’but it were better that we
such than that one little life should be sacrificed upon
Ab the “altar” of these modern improvements. Princeton road,
U newly paved, had been open to traffic jess than a week when it
claimed its fjrst victim. And ail because a driver undertook to
’-'.convert, it into a speedway. And while this is the first fatality
on the street, it is not because the negro driver was the only
one to speed on the new pavement. Others have drvien equally as
,jrecklcss, hut fortunately hnd not encountered the same cireuin-
“ ’ktances as the negro who ran over little Reynolds Smith.. TKat the
- r.egro did not see the child before it wag too late to plert the
horrible accident is granted; indeed, according to witnesses, the
child had no chance to escape with the road monopolized by a
I speeding, truck that is.said to have-been swerving from one side
1 of, the road to the other. That the driver is repentent is also
("granted, but that docs not assuage the grief of a bereft-family
or restore to life one who had every right to protection while
! using a public highway.
Let the authorities act now and put the necessary machinery
-lint? operation'^ protect our children before another child’s blood
, -shall stain our paved roads.
' T. • ;• GOOD OLD DAYS
Do you gel impatient when you have to wait in a railroad
*atation for a train that is late? And keep watching the bulletin
K(board to see if the bad news, after all, may not prove to be a mis-
'o.tkae? Nothing worse than waiting for a delayed train—unless
- it’s waiting in a dentist’s office. An old-timer, reminiscing in the
Wall Street Journal, tells of people who waited for trains 73 years
-ago in Cbcfago. There was no telegraph there in those days. So
' ,John B. Turner, president of the old Galena A Chicago Union
• Railroad, had an observatory built on top of Chicago’s first depot
in 1849- Turner had his office in the tower. Using a marine tele-
1 ” Scope, he watched through -the window for incoming trains. The
telescope ’ enabled him to “spot” an approaching train as far as
' '-'Austin, six miles away. Then Turner would shout the glad news
downstairs and the impatient travelers would sigh with relief
L. mid.marvel at the benefits conferred on humanity by that great
/■pljclqntific achievement, the telescope. > y
Today the location of approaching and departing passenger
.'trains- is known with precision, thanks to telegraph, telephone
• and radio/ You can look at the depot bulletin board and know
whether a train, not due for hours, is on time or late. Even bet-
V ter, you-can telephone to the station, miles away. If thq train is
reported delayed, you wait in your comfortable home until time
for the train, instead of in a dismal station. Great strides? The
i everyday commonplace services which we take as a matter dt
DAILY
SERMONETTE
Be content with such things
as ye have,—Hebrews 13:5.
It is thought by hdnie person*
that if the common people rule
the world there will be millen
nial conditions. But the trou*
ble is the common people have
been ruling tne world. Now
the word is in sore need of nu-
eommon people.—Elmer Willis
Seri. x
Berton Braley’s
Daily Poem
FANTASIES
By’BERTON BRALEY
I still believe in Santa Claus,
I still believe in fairies;
I hold my faith in them because,
Unless Illusion tarries,
There is no fun in life at all
No use In work or strife at all,
No aense in any scheming,
There isn't' any doubt of It
We might a swell be out of It, "
If robbed of all our dreaming.
I still believe a pot of gold
Which, by adventure brave and bol-J
Is at the rainbow’s ending;
I may In time be spending.
And though the cynics jeer at me
And all the pedants swear at me.
And all the facts confound me;
The gold Is there, I'^n sure of It,
Ami evermore the lure of It,
will bind, aa it ban bound me.
Oh, bleak indeed 1$ life for those
Who have no rosy visions;
Who live within a world at prose,
Of facts and grim precisions.
The silly dreams I’ve kept - from
youth
Are nearer to the living truth
Than all theri dull-eyed care Is;
I laugh and flout their dreary- laws
I still believe in Santa Claus,
I still believe In fairies.
Cobb Is Again
Named Referee
Howell B. Cobb, son of Judge
Andrew J. Cobb,, haa j*en named
referee Ih bankruptcy to'succeed
himself for nnotner term of two
years, dating from-November 17th.
He has jurisdiction over - the
counties of Clarke, .-Albert, Madi
son, Oconee and Oglethorpe.
A Puzzle A Day
Who ——— In all pride and rage
To —— vice a prey
May hoi>e to reach a ripe old age V
4 „,1 /In/l lain ntav
And find
his stay.
Complete the above poein by in
serting three different words, each
word being composed of the same
jeven letters.
YE8TERDAY’8
ANSWER
a«,r n |- T" T*
LETTERS TO THE
PEOPLE t ±SL
ABOUT OIL IN '
FRANKLIN COUNTY"
Editor Banner: For the good
folks of old Franklin, county, Geor
gia, I desire to thank your force for
the Information you have given rel
ative to the oil in Franklin coun
ty, Georgia. Thursday of this week
we had a sample of the oil tested
by the well known and fine chemist
of the University of Georgia, Dr.
Scott and the doctor pronounced it
the real goods. Dr. Scott has con
sented to go over to Franklin coun
ty real'soon and see the goods.
For a Icing time Warren county.
Kentucky—some wise ones claimed
no chance of oil there—but today
Warren county, Kentucky, Bowl
ing Green the county seat. Is one of
the best producing oil counties we
have in Kentucky. Franklin county,
Georgia will have its oil fields
and so will Hart and Elbert, re
gardless of what' anyone may say.
There are no better people than
live in theae counties, so its up to
all loyal citizens to assist and de
velop these oil fields and do It now.
Go over to Franklin county and
look the indications over—remem
ber its only a few miles over there
—and its your duty to know what
you have so near you —the devel
opment will make this section of
dear old Georgia bloom like her
flowers. So let’s put our best efforts
into boosting our oil Interests and
it will not require long -to have
the liquid gold bringing thousands
Into Georgia. Let’s grab It before
some one else certainly will get it
and reap the harvest which harvest
is as sure to com eas the bud rises.
Let's all pull together and put it
over strong.
With best wishes. ,
Yours truly.
H. H. BLAIR, -
Marion Hotel, Athens, Ga.
DID IT EVER
OCCUR TO YOU
THAT—
• The performance given by the
Kiwanis club on Wednesday even
ing. at the Colonial theatre, was
by far the best amateur.. perfor
mance seen in this city. Those
taking part in the entertainment
showed that they had undergone
superb coaching and rrom one who
is capable of producing unusua ly
pleasing entertainments. Without
going into the individual players’
ability much is due Mjj. Jlmmlt
Bishop who was the guiding spirit
and the instructor of tiie produc
tion. Me is capable of producing
entertainments worth while and It
is hoped that the people of Ath
ens may have the opportunity of
witnessing other productions un
der his direction.
THAT—
Athens people did themselves
proud yesterday, in the entertain
ment of the large crowd from all
sections of the state and from
many sections of the country. It
was a day which will be long re
membered and the mixing and
mingling of the alumni with their
many friends was a source of great
pleasure to our people. Actiens is
the home of all the alumni of the
•University and when they return
Ion a visit the latch to every home
in Athens hangs on the outside
| and a cordial welcome awaits “our
* boys.”
THAT—
The death of Mr. Frank Myers
cast a gloom over the entire com
munity. Athens had no better eiti
zen and a more true or loyal friend
never lived. I hnd known Frank
Myers for the better part of my
life and I never knew anything of
him but that which was pure, goqd
and honest. He never did any
man a wrong. He believed in bro
therly lovp and showed to everyone
that brotherly feeling which makes
life the better for having been
lived. He was a man in the true
sense of the meaning of the word
and he lived up to every obliga.
tlon of the good book. He has
gone—he has left his friends, hut
lie will live in their memory so
long as life lasts. God bless him 1 .
8KATING SUIT
A skating suit of unusual beauty
is of white broadcloth, edged about
the hem, collar and cuffs with
hands o! Bkunk. It 1b cut on
straight lines with a short coat
belted with a narrow band.
THAT— /
Of the successful young men go
ing out from Athens to make their
way In life's battle,- none have guc-
'ceeded more than has Capt. Bar-
rington L. Flanigen, son of Mr. G.
D. Flanigen. He entered the ser
vice at the beginning of the war
and now ranks as a captain, being
stationed at San Francisco. His
services to his country were of
the highest standard which gav*
to him the confidence and esteem
of those in authority in the ser
vice of the government. He is
spending a few weeks in Athens
with his family and friends who
are giving to him a most cordial
welcome. I
JAPAN EXPORTS HARD
LUMBER
OSAKA, Japan.—While Japan It
Importing lumber from the Pacific
Sattes and Canada, it is exporting
oak and other hard timber to Chna,
Australia and New Zealand. Con
tracts, the first of the kind, have
meen concluded with Japanese
steamship Co’s, for the shipment of
300.000 feet of such timber to the
two British Dominions.
VELVET TEA GOWNS
Velvet is a popular material for
tea gowns this season, particularly
in the autumn tints such fis leaf
reds, dull purples and the yellow-
bronze shades. The rabrlc js so
decorative that a jeweled girdle or
.unusual sash arrangement is tho
only trimming necessary.
TAKEN FROM LIFE By Martin
't„. Ah-h-h I
■.HUT IBS I
A total of 100 was scored on the
target by throwing six darts which
found their Quirks aa shown above.
- (By T. Larry Gantt.)
It is my practice, at least once
every week to make a pilgrimage
over town and drop into every es
tablishment and exchange a few
words with the proprietor or at
taches. By this means I' keep in
direct touch with the business ele.
growing flowers for sale. One young
lady sold fijer dahlias and zinnias
last week to a florist of this city
for a nice sum. She says she will go
extensively into the business and
grow flowers for the spring and
fall. You can always find a ready
market for flowers from florists or
individuals. With our great' educa
tional Institutions, the numerous
social aniL«ther occasions demand
ing flowers, florists cannot supply
the demand. This is a new indus
try for Indies living out in the
country, awl besides beautifying
their premises they will find rais
ing flowers a profitable side line.
If vou decide to embark in thin
ment of our c ity and often gather i business better see some f!crl-»t a.id
material for my column. Also take . flnd-out what varlties of flowers it
advantage of these rounds to learn I Is best to grow and about their rul-
facts about the conditions of trade tivation. If ou, ladies living out In
and also note what improvements
are going on over the city. The
past -week ITrompleted one of these,
rounds and feel encouraged and
hopeful. Our merchants in spite of
the short cotton crop and other
trials through which we have
passed, are hopeful for a good fall
and winter business, and as proqf
of this have bought large stocks
of new goods, which arc now ar
riving, More than one merchant
told me that his sales was vefy
much better than the correspond
ing month last year-and that they
look for a general business revival.
One merchant fold me that a man
from whom he never expected to
collect a copper voluntarily came
into his store and paid a debt
several years old of over ?300.
WEATHERED
THE STORM
There is no doubt or question
but that \Ve have safely weathered
the stor mthat set in last fail with
a crop failure and collapse in
prices, and that normal conditions
are again upon the country. The
short cotton crop will bring the
farmers more money than the
bumper crops did when the staple
sold below the cost of production
und this cash received to: the c(ft-
ton will belong to the farmer and
need not bp paid out for fertilizers
and supplies to make tho crop. The
country tributary to Athens will
make about enough foodstuffs to
run the farmers through next year
and the country will be In a better
condition than since tho close of
our civil war. This Is unquestiona
bly true, as any one can see who
will drive out into the country and
sec the ripening crops and who was
familiar with -conditions when the
farmers grew all cotton and bought
everything to feed their families,
hands and stock on credit at jlme
prices. Necessity forced farmers to
curtail expenses and the result Is
that they will’make the cheapest
crop ever known.
My prediction Is that the coming
fall and winter are going to see a
great business - revival strike tills
section and our merchants are go
ing to do a surprisingly fine trade.
Several ladles around Athens and
far out In neighboring counties fin-1
a pleasant and profitable business
the country will make a study of
poultry and flowers they will make
more clear money than their, hnr-
bands can by growing cotton under
boll weevM conditions. The ar'.try
is another line suited to ladies inn
the use of calcium arsenate on cot
ton has destroyed this line as it 1=
said to poison the honey. People
linve quit eating honey produced
in this section. — ■
STREliT
IMPROVEMENT
lmprov-uncnt lo
iroad street be
ll Is a very grep
pave the block on
tween College avenue and Lumpkin
street .This is one of tho most con
spicuous squares in our city and
was an eye-sore and reflection on
A'-hers.
A danger point still in the city
is the corner at the Christian
church, and there is not a day bui
some accident is narrowly averted
There Is a eotistant stream of ears
passing tills corner, besides two
lines of the street railway la .-rscct
there. On the, Sabbath those at
tending both the Christian and
Uaptist churches park cars on this
Heck. This trouble c-.n only be
avoided by opop/ig enctln.r thor-
,onghfare from Milledge sv.-mio.
Elect Constable
Next Saturday
Saturday, December, 2nd, Is elec
tion day for constables in the 216th
District which embraces the city
of Athens and a small rural are a .
Messrs. Huff and Wood are the
present officers and in addition to
these about a dozen other candi
dates are in the field and a live
ly race is expected lor the two
Places. In this district.
The election will he hold at the
court house.
MILLIONS IN RADIO
In 1904 the money Invested in
the production of radio telegraph
•nRtriiments was *114,060. in 1919
the amount had risen to $7.600,69,s.
In the last year radio producers
say this amount lias been practi
cally doubled
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