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THE ATHENS BANNER
ATHENS, GA.
Monday by the Athens Publishing Co., Athens, Georg
ATHENS 27 YEARS AGO
Items of Interest in the Classic City as Gleaned
from Old Files of the Banner. '
THE EH EXODUS
Entered at the Athens Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter under
the Act of Congress March 8. 1879. ;
Member of the Audit Bureau.
EAltl. 15. IIIt,\ SWELL .
CHARLES E. MARTIN
.. Publisher and General Manager
,. .... Managing Editor
(From Banner Files I89B) Iguata on business.
SUPERB CONC ERT f Mr. C. H. Ashford, of Watkins- j
The ladies of the Industrial ville, paid the Classic City a visit |
Home have a treat in store for the yesterday.
music lovers of Athens on Friday ; Dr. John Crawford has returned |
night. Several noted musicians |to the city.
have promised their assistance! Mr. George E. Lucas has return- |
By T. LARRY GANTT
I met tl»e othey day on th*>
Chancellor Burrow and exihar.-.od
a few* words with him about the
wholesale exodus or ndferoos to the
North. Dr. Barrow says Bonu-
Mie > aiitii*p nv tup A<<nri atpii have promised tneir assistance i mr. uw«kv u. uoa igh....- i thing ought to he done to hold
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A full programme will be given. 1 Mrs. Aurelia Rucker and Mis? the place of the negro. When
Katlcen O'Farrel! leave today for
PERSONALS i Charleston to attend the Siinon-
Mr. Homer Nicholson is in Au- fhett wedding.
The'other day I Inspected tlie Un
ger t.oncer Lodge hufft by Mr. W.
C. Davis f»r his . daughter, Mrs.
Statson. for her business It was
a revelation to me. Mr. Davis told
me he put up the building himself,
with the aid of a cheap negro, to
wait on him. 'He Itought from a
saw mill, three loads of P-ne
stahM at,Hie cost of cord wood, and
a load of Sheeting. No framing
was necessary, and the building
Is <overed with roofing paticr. It
Ik heated by n stove. Atal Is one
as heat and comfortable a places
as I ever entered, and very attrac
lication of all news dis.iatches credited to it or not otherwise
in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights if
republicution of special dispatches are .also reserved.
Andrew C. Erwin,
President.
Bowdre Phiniry, .
Secretary and Treasurer.
H. 7. Rowe
Vice-President.
Address all Business Communications direct to the Atheis Publish
ing Company, not to- individuals. News articles intended for' pun
lies!ion should be addressed to The Athens Banner.
BJARM BLOC BLOCKS FORD.
The “farm bloc" has lift Hc-nry Ford in the lurch by with
drawing its support from the Ford proposal to develop the Mus
sel Shoal# property. Representative Dickinson, Republican from
Iowa, who is the leader of the farm block has introduced a bill
in the House to continue Government ownership of the property,
and according to the provisions of the bill, the government is to
go into the manufacture of fertilizer to sell to farmers and the ex
cess water power will be offered for sate.
the ."bill authorizes a government controlled corporation
known ns the Federal Chemical Corporation, consisting of five
members. Three of the members are to he appointed by the Pres
ident anti two will be the Secretaries of Agriculture and War.
The corporation will have power to complete the plant with
money provided for that purpose and to operate the plant for the
manufacture of fertilizer which will be sold to the farmers at the
lowest possible cost. v
“The Ford offer has been subjected to .general criticism,”
said Mr. Dickinson. “Objection is made to giving to any indi
vidual the benefits of an investment of $105,000,000, "obligating
Vhc government for $50,000,000 more and the placing of this great
property in a private corporation which would have the added ad^
vantage of price Control of fertilizer production and a manufac
turing advantage in water rights without supervision or control
by any government agency.”
The prime object is to conserve .he money invested in Mus
sel Shoals by the Government for whr time needs in the future
i and provide for tjye operation of a Government-owned fertilizer
plant during times of peace. The food producers must be relieved
> from the monopoly now existing in the production of Chilean and
O.hcr fertilizer. Mr. Dickmsen said In conclusion that, “The suc
cess of such n plant is of general public interest and is as es
sential as irrigation of other public developments given public as
sistance.”
Did It Ever Occur
To You?
THAT-;- j
The exodus of th<* negro is grow
ing alarming in this section.
Since the appearance of the boll
\jeevil many of the negroes have
been driven • from, the farms to
seek a livelihood in the towns and
cities. While the boll weevil con
ditions has been serious and the
present year has been" one of the
worst wc have had in this im
mediate section, yet it has been
proved that cotton can be grown
under Jmll weevil conditions by the
STATUES IN STATUARY HALL
In connec.ion with the movement, now well under way, to
raise funds to place a statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long in the
National Statuary Hall, John T. Boifeuiliet, v riting in the Atlanta
Journal, gives sonic very interesting datn relating to the estab
lishment of Statuasy Hull, togehter with names of illustrious
Americans whose statues'arc already in the hall, and the cost in
connection therewith. According to the information, twenty-nine
states are represented by fifty statues, ail of them men except
one, that of Frances E. Willdhl.
As to the cost of installing these statues, Mr. Boifeuiliet says:
“Alabama, J. L. M. Curry, $4,000; Arkansas, Uriah M- Rose,
J. P. Clark; Connci.idut, Roger Shornmn, $7,386.95, Jonathan
Trumbull, $7,380.95; Florida, John Gorrie, Kirby Smith; Idaho,
George L. .Shouts, $0,000; Illinois, James Shields, $9,000, Frances
E. Willanj, $0,00p; Indiana, Oliver P. Morton, $5,000, Lew Wal
lace, $5,000; Java, James Harlan, $5,000, S. J. Kirkwood; Kansas,
John 'J. Ingalls, $6,000; George M. Gllck; Maine, William" King,
$4,000; Maryland, Charles Carroll, $12,000, John Hansoh, $12,000;
Massachusetts, Samuel Adams, $11,712.23, John Winthrop, $12,-
712.76; Michigan, Lewis Cass, $9,848.12, Zacharlah Chandler,
$0,000; Missouri, Francis F. Blair, $6,000, Thomas H. Benton,
$0,000; Minnesota, Henry. M. Rice; New Hampshire, John Stark,
$4,484.71, Daniel Webster, $4,484.11; New Jersey, Richard Stock-
ton, $8,088.20, / Philip Kearney, $8,088.20; New York, Robert R.
Livingston, $13,000, George Clinton, $12,500; North Carolina,
Zcbulon B. Vance; Ohio, James A. Garfield, $9,500, William Allen,
$9,500; Oklahoma, Sequoyah; Pennsylvania, J. G. G. Muhlenberg,
$7,500; Robert Fulton, $7,500; Rhode Island, Nathaniel Greene,
$8,566, Roger Williams, $8,5<j6; ^outh Carolina, John C. Calhoun,
$9,000; Texas, Stephen F. Austin, $4,500, Samuel Houston, $5,000;
Vermont, Ethan Allen, $5,300, Jacob Callamor, $6,081.25; Virginia,
George Washington, $6,000; R. E. Lee, $10,000; West Virginia,
John E. Kenna, $5,000, Francis H. Pici p.mt, $8,000; Wisconsin,
James Marquette, $8,000.
“The law for the establishment of n national statuary hall, as
it appears in the ‘Revised Statutes/ of the United States, second
edition, 1878, is, in part, as follows: ‘And the president is author
ized to invite all the states to provide and furnish statues, in
marble or bronze, not exceeding two in number for each state,
of deceased. persons who have been ci ifens thereof, and illus
trious for their historic renown, or for distinguished civic or
military services, such as each state may deem to be worthy of
this national commemoration.’ ”
proper use of calcium arsenic ami
it is the general belief that the
cotton growers will use it exten
sively next year and a reasonable
crop of cotton will he grown in
1923. Some steps must be taken
to hold the negroes in this sec
tion for they will be needed as
laborers <md on the farms. The
matter is one of importance and
our people should get together and
formulate some plan by which the
negro can be used by giving him
work in order that he may be en
abled to support himself and kept
here until the temporary depres
sion in business conditions ' have
passed over.
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'RICHMOND. Vn. — With the
formal arraignment In malice court
Tuesday of Thomas Pollanl. real
estate man on charges of murder
In connection with the killing at
his home Monday night of Mrs.
Thelma Richardson, his steno
grapher. the police hope to estab
lish a motive for the killing and
clear tip certain phases of the case
which failed of solution during the
investigation which lasted through
out the night.
Early Tuesday detectives work
ing on the ease Krtr.t they hail Vir
tually established that the girl
was killed with a pistol which she
carried with her on the trip to the
I*ollnrd home and that the shoot
ing followed a brief struggle in
front of the housh. “Airs. Richard
son had gone to the Pollard home,
the officers ussert.w 1th J. Mostly.
West, presumably for “an under
standing” with Pollard. After a
few minutes, conevrsution the
authorities Sold, Pollard and the
girl engaged In a struggle. A shot
followed and the young woman
crumpled to the lawn with a hut.
| let In her heart. / ,
; GIRL THOUGHT TO HAVE
Speaking of the negroes—there LOVED HER EMPLOYER
are ft few of the oltl time darkies \ Detectives Investigating the
with .us yet and they arc as faith- I case said they have Information
ful and as loyal as they were in j which indicates an infatutatlou on
the days of slavery. They love j the part of the girl for her employ-
their “white folks" and their nt- i er. They said they expect this al -
titude has never been changed by leged infntuatlon to furnish the
freedom. 1 know of tvVo who arc
as loyal today as they were in the
sixties and as faithful as it is pos
sible for any human to be. These
two old. mammies live across the
river, near Barbcrville, but never
a morning arc they Into in getting
to the homes of their white folks
out on the end of Millodgc and
Woodlawn avenue. They arc polite
and as considerate of the white
people as a mother could be of her
children. The street ear conduc
tors have grown to know these old
mammies and to know the street
corner at which they catch the
early ca(s every morning and in
many instances I have known the
conductors to alight from the car
and help them crawl on and off
the platform and wait for them to
get seated before starting the car.
That is a reminder of the old days
and proves that feeling of attach
ment which exists between the
white people of today and (he old
, , , - - _ . . MIPDLEBUliY. Ilid. — William
black mammy. That love 'and at- Schaffer, 35 year old farmer and
motive for the killing.
Mrs. Richardson. It Is said, hail
been employed by. Pollard about
"two weeks. She was divorced
about three years ago . from her
husband Herbert K. Richardson,
who lives within a few blocks of
the Pollurrt residence. 1
The Richardsons' formerly lived
in Atlanta. Pollard" has been sep
orated from hla wife about a
month, the womans father said.
Pollard refuses " to discuss the
'Caac- He la under 110,Don hail
for his appearance Tuesday
fection will live always for the old j his wife were found murdered here
mammy and so long as they are
here with us they will be cared
for by the white people..
I am indebted to my good friend,
Mr Jno. J. Wilkins, for a copy of
“Heart Throbs." It is one of the
most refreshing books I have ever
read. It drives away the blues and
gives you the cream of essays,
anecdotes, apothegenis and stories.
When you arc tired anti worn from
a hard day's work and your nerves
{all unstrung and your mind flit-
' ting from pillar to post set your
self down and commence reading,
on any page in the book, and you
Will soon be lost to the world and
its struggles, and you will find
yourself so deeply entertained,
worries, troubles and nervousness
will be fprgotten. Try it,, it will
help you, and maybe, improve you.
mqi-ti
Tuesday. Mrs. Schaeffer's head
had been cut on, presumably by an
axe and Schaeffer's hend wag spill
wide open. Thd bodies were found
by a party of passing farmers.
Mrs. Schaeffer’s body was found
In bed, while that of her hubun I
was unable to give any details of
yenr old girl, uninjured hut suf
fering from exposure niul hunger,
was unable *o Igve nny details of
the tragedy. The couple are be
lieved to have been dead for sev
eral days.
The yircui ^giant, Cap.ain % George Auger, is buried—witfi a
block and tackle. He stood 8 feet 6 inches in his bare feet and
weighed 383 pounds. It becomes known that he died just as he
Was., about to enter the movies with Harold Lloyd at a salary of
$35p a week. Most of these sideshow attractions get about $5(1 a
week and board and lodging. Auger died just as his fingers were
closing on the top of the ladder. So do most of the rest of us.
Mussolini shows the car-marks of being a genuine “diplomat."
! He has plenty to keep him busy every minute at home. But off he
, j goes on a tangent, and decides that his government will seek the
‘ transfer of Ticino, a Swiss canton, to “Greater'- Italy.” Land-
grabbing still is the core of European troubles. And it will be,
until there’s a United States of Europe. That can hardly come
1 until Europe has a common language. Esperanto? It’s gaining.
Even in Capon 23 colleges teach Esperanto.
vmjk
Another “epoch-making discovery” is announced by an indi
vidual labeled "German scientist.” "This time the thing that’s
promised iq a mysterious process that jvill do away with the use
of coal. This is a cyclic story-xhas been appearing periodically
since the oldest living man was a baby—anti long before that.
However, we’re still using coal, and coal will he generating steam
long after we’re dead. Your scrap-book of jokes should include
the startling discoveries that are never heard of gaain. Gasoline
made out of water is another.
In Prdssia the legislators are drawing up a bill, no one will
be-permitted to get married without a health certificate issued by
public physicians. Some of our states already have such legisla
tion. Every te should have. And the health examination
should include blood teats. Insanity and some of the most dread
diseases usually are inherited- Much could be done toward
stamping them out, in one generation, by prohibiting marriage of
the unfit Meantime, every father, of a- daughter should insist oh
a blood test for a prospective sort-in-law. .
.
Discussing “Heart Throbs” wjth
Mr. Wilkins brought to his mind
some other .things in the line of
verse, prose and jokes. Here is one
of them:
Some years ago in Boston, the
“Wounded Soldier,” in Washing
ton, was invited to deliver an ad
dress before a commercial gather
ing. Some of his friends iat the
dinner took occasion to refer to
his beauty, which of course
brought on much merriment from
those gathered. However, after
the pleasantries had been passed
and 4t came time for President
Wilson to deliver his’ address he
arose and prefeaced his remarks
with the following:
For beauty I am not a star
There are others more hand
some by far \ /
But my face, I don't mind it
For I ant behind it
It is those in front of*-me that I
jar. ..
Flagging Train
Proves Fatal
CORDELE, t?a.—When he at
tempted to flag an A. B & A. pas
senger train with a lighted news-
George B. Warren, 73,-was struck
by the train and fatally Injured,
paper at" Musselwhite's Crossing,
For identification purpose keep
an accurate record of the car and
number of all jmrta and accesso
ries.
Nearly 8 per cent of the car
bon’ deposit in the engine comes
from the gasoline.
Minnesota has started to line
I its highways with trees.
foi sin eon
JUNCTION CITY. Kans.—Two
thousand men, a unit of cavalry
from Fore Riley, and two airplanes
despaired Monday night of find
ing Marvin Koepke, ftvc year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Koiepke, Justation City, missing
since Sunday, The men Who re
turned from a 20 hour search as
serted it was their belief that the
boy was not in the area searched
which extended for "several miles
In all directions from here. It Is
believed by some that the boy may
have been kidnapped.
HEM. EUR SKI)
Broken Out Skin And Itching
Eczema Helped Over Night
For unsightly skin eruptions,
rash or blotches on face, neck,
arms or body, you do not have to
wait for relief from torture or
embarrassment, declares a noted
skin specialist. Apply a little Men-
tho-Sulphur and improvement
shows next day.
Because of its germ destroying'
properties, nothing has ever been
found to take the place of this
sulphur preparation. The moment
you apply it healing begins. Only
those who have had unsightly skin
troubles can know the delight this
Mentho-Sulphur brings. ‘Even
fiery, itching eczema is dried right
Get a small jar ol Rowlez Men
tho-Sulphur from any good drug*
gist and use i- like coir
Advertisement.
strip onr country of labor
destroy its productiveness and also
depreciate the value qf farming:
lands.
And the whole^ai emigration of
negroes continues and shows no
signs of lessening. Many fninters
tell me they have lost all of their
hands, whHe others 'have not en
ough labor left to cultivate the r
crops next year. The depot agents
say they daily sell tickets to ne
groes for the North or. Middle
West. Most of them find employ
ment In shops, as the railroads
stripped them of/laljor during the
strike. Some are working In coal
mines. i
In some countries the negroes
are frightened away by notices
stuck up warning them that they
must leave or their lives will be
in danger. Of course such notices
are put up by Irresponsible per
sons who have no regard ror the
future of their section. The best
people in every community ought
to organize and assure negroes
protection.
VERY FINE FILM
AT PALACE
On Thursday next will be shown
at the Paloco Theatre ono of the
finest reels ever s**en in Athens.
It is “The Haj&h,*' and of thrilling
interest. You should by all means
See this great picture. It is thrill
ing and instructive.
VACANT STORES
filling up .
The vacant store rooms in Ath
ens are fast filling up and all will
be rented by January. The room
on Clayton street, formerly accu\
pled by the Ne** York Cafe,* will
he divided Ihto two store rooms
and both are rented.
ABOUT THE
WHITE WAY
Mr. Flanlgen gays he does not
think the White Way w.ll bo com
pleted by Christmas*, but they are
rushing work, it is no small ♦nuk
to install this improvement. The
White Way will embrace two
squares on College avenue and
two squares on ClnytAn street,
hut our merchants sc© the beauti
ful effects, it will probably bo ex
tended to take in other sections.
I do not suppose the material
cost much over $30- and Mr.
Davis did the work himself t’t oil cl*
times and as stated with a 'cheap
negro tp as.*dst him. It is very
rustic but ns neat and cosy as one
could ask. And by .adopting this
plan it occurred' to me that any
workingman in Athens .call save
rent and put up ^ comfortable a
home as he asks until, his condi
tion improves. of course one can
add as many rooms as desired at
but little expense. This is not a
shack, but a .ptotty and Unique
house tlit;t would attract any one.
Some time in pasing along Ogle
thorpe avenue stop and take if
look iit the Linger Longer Lodge.
The sheeting and slabs make a
close wall and the rooms arc
warm and cosy. •
profanity ON
STREET
The other day one of the^ lead - ■
ing ladies in Athens stopped Vie «>n 1
.the Street and spoke of the habit j
of certain vulgar men using pro- j
Canity and objectionable language, j
without regards to the fact that I
ladies are passing and In ear-shot.
This lady tpld me she had Just
been shocked by the profanity of
a man standing on the street cor
ner. She did not think the crea
ture had any idea of offending
her but it was a disgusting habit
that spoil id be stopped/ *She said
a number of her lady friends St' 1 '*,
they couldn't walk! the streets but |
their ears were assailed by pro- j
fanlty or vulgarity. I suggest to t
these ladles that they report to |
the first policeman they see the
matter and point out the guilty
party. I know that Mayor Thomas
will Like great pleasure in effect- J
ing a. cure. The Mayor is clecji-J
ing up Athens from center to cir
cumference, and from every stand
j»oint. sanitary, morally and health
fulness, so he tells me. And our
efficient police me doing their
duty- nobly.
Woman Forced to
Break Engagement
l.OS ANGELES. CaL—Madame
Johanna Uadskl, prima donna, was
preparing today *- • - other en-
. , isuKcmenta, after having cancelled
i L* I llcr engagement here Monday night
a I' < iiJa rlBht I.* t .a llRh,H '*1 ln ;jnn a result of continued protests
"7...' W ,' ij’. '*j by the American Legion and other
seventy feet apart. This will patriotic organizations. The I)ivi
make the squares Illuminated ns , v ho was neensed by the American
“right as day. As slated, tlic imles t, 0 g| on and allied associates with
wilt nil come down and the wires paving been -pro-German during
strung from light to light. Ilieso , wor i rt war , „ a id that she had
lights will he far , more brilliant “falsdly accused” and that the
than the.ones In front of the home | records of the United States show
of as neat and comfortable places | there are no charges against me of
company. .18 the telephone wires an „ nature whatever.” she had dt-
nre under ground, the unsightly elded “even against the advice of
pides that dlsllguro that section | m y friends to refrain from appear-
of our city will be removed and , ii lg |n concert at this time as I do
which within It self will lie a great not wish to be even the Innocent
Improvement to our city. cause of an unpleasant incident."
EVERY MAN 1 •
OWN A HOME ' ! OOLORFUL FACINQ8
There is no reason why every I’ Facings of contrasting materials
laboring man in Athens, who will j are seen on the hems of many of
exercise economy should not own ; the new frocks. Tho uneven hem- T
a home. It may ho humble, bqt j lines and circular effects now in
warm and neat and comfortable, vogue have been responsible for
All necessary is to first buy a Tot. thfc fad.
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Desire Upholds Business
vVl
fhfi basic changes that have taken place
in business during the past year or more
-pspecifieally the change in price levels
and price tendencies—have caused
business men everywhere to think less
superficially and more fundamentally
about business.
asset. Every other assumed asset be
came a liability when that desire sub
sided.
Great basic facts which were but lit
tle realized, eyeept by thinkers along
economic line -, have now become clear
er to the p^blif «-large, and to business
leaders in particular.
One such fact is that Desire is the
foundation of business. It is the desire
of the people for any article of com
merce that makes it profitable to pro
duce it. When that desire fails all the
agencies of its production must cease to
operate. s
This fact Vas considered academic
until the nation-wide cessation of liber
al buying made it a matter of cardinal
importance, and the question of the
hour became the means, if any, o£ re %
storing the popular desire to do busi
ness—the desire to buy. ‘ f •
It came to be seen,,that the public de
sire for products of a business or an in
dustry was the only real and permanent
It is upon this basic fact that Adver
tising rests. '
It is the function of Advertising to
create desire. '
The desire \hat is created by Adver
tising is always some specialized form •
of an, elemental need. Elemental needs,* -
:n their simple form, are the raw mate-j*#
rial out of which must be created the
Demand for the products of industry.
This Demand, in its turn, upholds civil
ization itself. It is the one necessary, , ^
thing that inspires all human activity.' 1T ’
It is-the function of Art and Industry
to take the raw materials of nature and-,
refine them into products that constitute ,
Supply. It is the function of Advertising •_
to take the raw materials of elemental
need for food, shelter, and clothingy.
and refine them into the desires for the
finest products of Art and Industry, and #
these desires constitute Demand. Each
function is as important as the other.
And now the time has come when"this'
fact is realized as never before.
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