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ALTOONA, Pa.—Fire early CVHICAGO.—Pal Moore o!
Thursday destroyed the L. Go d- , Memphis, bantamweight, and Bud
stein department store and the Taylor, of Terre Haute, who meet
Bou Ton department store adjoin- ,in a 10-round-bout here iMonday
ini; with on estimated Ions of 5500,-1 night, have agreed to weigh In at
.000, The cause of the fire has not | n6 pounds, It was announced
been determined. j Thursday.
ALPHARETTA, Oa.-Clty offi
cials here Thursday stand re
elected on their records for two
Tears of strict law enforcement.
The record Is unusual In that no
assessments of taxes were levied
for any purpose during 1S22. The
officials have been so active thnt
all municipal expenses were paid
from fines, principal among which
was for violations of the prohibi
tion laws.,
The officers are, T. H.Mannlng,
mayor; I. N. Thompson, Ell Broad-
well, C. E. Maddox and J. 0.
Weatherford, councilman.
only “Bayer" package which coni
tains . proper directions. Handy
boxes of twcho tablets cost' few
cents. Druggists also sell bottles
of 24 and ion. Aspirin Is the
trade mafic of Hayer Manufacture
of Monoacetlcacidester of Salicyli-
cacid.—(Advcritscmcntj) « ...
Unless you see the name “Bay
er" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
product prescribed'by physicians
over twenty-two years and proved
safe by millions for colds, head-
schc, toothache, earache, neural-
git, lumbago, rheumatism, neuri
tis and for pain in general. Accept
SPRING MILLINERY
Raffia embroidery Is a popular
trimming for the first straw hats
whleb are making their appearance
In the shop windows. Yarn em
broidery, too, is seen extensively.
Bright colors are featured.
Delightful Elfadr, Called Aspironal, Medicated With
Latest Scientific Remedies, Used and Endorsed ^
European and American Army Surgeons toCut
Short a Cold and Prevent Complications.
Every Druggist in U. S. Instructed to Refund Price While yon Waits!
Counter if You Do Not Feel Relief Coining Within Two Minutes. ‘
Delightful Taste, Quick Warm-Up;
Royalty Admired These Shoulders
.(TAN-NIL is s synthetic vanilla bt rtrs fliTosrlag content, noo-alcobollc.)
-Its alluring fragrance y AM Mil Its delicious finer
tempts a trial * rUv-lilL, gratifies desire
him to serve you two teaipoon/ofc.'
With your watch in your.
take the drink at one swallow and ,
call /or your money bade
minutes if you cannot feel relief
qpnipg within (he time limit Don’t
be bashful, for all dniggists in
vite you and expect yoqflo try it.
Everybody Vetoing it
Take the remainder of the bot
tle born: to your wife and babies,
for Aspironal is by far the safest
and most effective, the easiest to
take and the taost agreeable cold
and cough remedy for infants and
children, as well as for adults.
The sensation in the drug trade
is Aspironal, the quick-acting cold
and cough reliever, authoritatively-
guaranteed by the laboratories;
tested, approved and most enthu
siastically endorsed by the high-
estauthorities, mad proclaimed by
the .common people as ten times
as’quick and effective as whiskey,
rock and rye or any other cold and
cough remedy they have ever tried.
All drug, stores are now sup
plied with-the wonderful new
elixir, so step &to the nearest drug
store, hand the clerk half a dollar
for a bottle of Aspiignal and tell
* AH Set and Ready to Go—Telephone now
for a load of
GAS) COKE
The Guaranteed Fuel
Just think how much cosier it will bo to take cere of your
w furnace, stove or grate if the fuel used produces no smoke
or soot.
- Gas Coke is almost pure gray carbon—-the very highest
grade of soft coal with all the t’irt taken out. Being almost
pure carbon it has high heating value and makes very little
ash. A ton of Coke contains as much pure carbon as 1% tons
of coal. \ - \U
ge oe Per Load
i»is43 Delivered
Phone 54
ATHENS GAS, LIGHT & FUEL
One of the present sensation* of New York la conehl
(Spanish dancer who at Monte Carlo laat season waa told by
Spain that she had the finest shoulders In his country, Han ;
Oaaoes have made her a lavcrito of the White Way. '
COMPANY
ASPIRONAL
PAGE TWO
PERMANENT SUMMER CAMP IS
;©WNED BY ATHENS Y. M. C A.
THE ATHENS, GA„ BANNER
News of The: Day
mpr
Labor Conditions
Shown.
in
The Yeung Men’s Christian
^Yssociation, of Athens, not only
3ias one of the best planned and
^equipped modern buildings In the
•Country to carry on Its "MAN
^MAKING’* program during the
*}vlntcr months, but has what is
^probably the best equipped sum*
jner Camp in the South to aid In
iiheir comprehensive outdoor pro
gram for the Summer activities. \
* This cut shows a group of boys
*pn the large Dlv ng Tower, and In
"the '’anoes. “Lake Edwards," the
boautlfuL s»x-acre lake, Is named
tfror Mr. Frank Edwards, Chairman
iPf the Boys’ Camp Committee, who
4ms played such an active part in
^he acquiring and developing of
!this 320 acre mountain camp.
<pass
Jtests n
J t*ast Summer on t the Boys’
f’ump 25 Swimmers’ and Life Sav
sirs’ Test8 were passed by the
3>oys. Plain and fancy diving
^ras taught dally, and expert in
struction was given to the many
iioys by the Camp Leaders in
Charge of swimming.
■; During the Girls ’ Camp forty
4jirls qualified for the endurance
tests, earning their Swimmers’
emblems. These girls swam from
one to three miles.
Z Walter T. Forbes, Jr., was the
Jeader in charge of all water work
sind water sports, and was ably
Assisted by the other camp lead-
*r».
**The Leaders of the Camp, who
assisted in fhis splendid piece of
work, were: “Buster 0 Kilpat
rick, Alfred Parham, Carlton Mell,
David Campbell, Fain Slaughter,
Charles Hooper, Edward Hodgson.
These boys took turns about in
being on duty at the
er to give instruction in
diving and .swimming, at the
glnners* dock, and In canoe
troling during the swimming
hours.
PIONEER
IN WORK
| The Athena Y. M. C. A. has
the pioneer of out-door
boys In Athens. For more
n score of years Its secretaries
lenders have sore Into the . -
on hikes nnd camping parties;
have conducted various kinds of
out-door games. -With this 320
acre permanent summer mountain
camp, located In the mountains of
Northeast Georgia, only three
miles from Tallulah Falls, It Is
now in a position to do a laiger
and better work than ever be
fore.
Not only .will the boy»of Athens
and Clarke'be cared for, but the
camp Is open to the boys of N. E.
Georgia, and also 'the girls are
given the privileges of this camp
In August, In co-operation with
the Y. W. C. A.
The work that the Athens Y. M.
C. A. does. Justifies the splendid
support It has received from the
citizens cf Athens and Clarke for
mnny years.
The Association will soon con
duct its Annual Cangass for funds
with which to carry on Its regu
lar work. The dates of this can
vass will be January 22-26th in
clusive. v
whitT suit _
A white flannel suit, dress and
coat Is.embroldrred with white silk
floss. Most of the' blouse Is made
of blue crepe de chine and (the
coat Is lined with It.
SAY.
FAMOUS FLYER DEAD
Americans Hold World
Record in Sugar
bating.
WASHINGTON.—Department of
labor statistics show a marked im
provement in the employment sit
uation in the south.
NEW YORK—Americans In 1922
established a world's record as sug
ar eaters with a per capita con
sumption of 102 pounds sugar com
pany records show.
WASHINGTON.—Indorsement of
the public service accomplished by
advertising clubs was voiced In
Secretary Hoover's message to the
advertising clubs In convention.
NEW YORK.—Reports that the
lultable building, second largest
flee building In the United States
waa to be sold were denied by di
rectors of the building corporation.
ENID, Okla.—Fire damaged the
Long-Bell lumtpr plant to the ex
tent of 1300,000, it was estimated.
DUBLIN.—Ernest O’Malley, a
commandant general of the Irreg
ular forces captured November 4, Is
to be court-martialed.
MADISON, Wls.—Gov. John J.
Blaln won control of the state
legislature at the opening session
when three socialists cast votos
for the executive’s followers.
NEW YORK.'—A gain of 17.6 per
cent was noted in the number of
autos and trucks in use In the
United States over last year.
ST. LOUIS.—Revival of -evan
gelism was advocated by Rev. Lor-
Ing Clark, of New York, before the
diocesan conference of the Episco
pal church of America.
CHICAGO.—At least $10,000,000
Is needed for support ol 100 Meth
odist Episcopal colleges and uni
versities in the United States, Dr.
J. L. Seaton of the Methodist board
ot education said before.the educa
tional association of the church.
JiONDON.—Captain Keyes, Eng
lish air hero, was killed when his
plans fell during an experimental
flight.
JACKSON. Miss.—The National
Guard armory containing ammuni
tion was destroyed by fire with
$25,000 loss.
BUDAPEST.—The will of form-
1 Emperor Charles of Austria-
Hungary make, no disposition of
property but deals only with the
guardianship of his children. It was
stated. '
Officers Reelected
On Their Records
HDKH
‘BAYER” when you buy
NEW YORK—A request of Ros-
coe Conkllng Bruce, a negro gradu
ate of Harvard University that a
room ho reserved In the freshman
halls at Harvard for Ills, son', has
been refused by President A. Law I
rence Lowell, a letter published In
the New York 'World Thursday
disclosed,, .
Replying to Bruce. President
Lowell wrote; '
“I am sorry to have to *ell you
that in the freshman halls where
residence Is compulsory, we' have
felt from the beginning the neces
sity of not Including colored men.
To the other dermltOrlos’-ind lin
ing rooms they a;e admitted free
ly, but In the freshman.,halls I am
sure you will understand why,
from the beginning we have riot
thought It possible to compel men
of different races to reside togeth
er.
Bruce, who lives at Kendall, W.
Va., is the son of, Blanche Kelso
Bhice, former registrar of the Cnl-
ted States treasury who' was a
member of the class of 1920, won
membership In Phi Beta Kappa and
was chosen class orator. The son
Is preparing to enter Harvard at
Phillips Exeter academy.
According to the newspaper, a
meeting of several of the' Harvard
graduates who signed a memorial
to President Lowell la,t June op
posing was was assorted to be' a
breaking of the'Harvard tradition
as regards treatment of negro stu
dents, w.is hold herL WeUnec.i.iv
and wvj attended by President
Lowell. "
Among the signers of tlio metric-
rial, accordin' to tl" priper, was
Moorefleld Storey, of Boston 1 , pres
ident cl the National 'Association
lor lie Advancement Of Colored
l*'"|de.
A letter written to president
Lowell by Bruce said In prirt:
“The policy of compulsory resi
dence in the freshman halls |r;i.'St-
ly Indeed, if It Is the thing “that
constrains Harvard to mu** - open-
eyed and brusque upon a' imllcy of
racial discrimination. Not race but
culture, I had suppcnei’. Is the ba
sis of sound natlo-.a'ltv ”
Public Service
Engineers Meet
WASHINGTON — Engineers
representing .'country; wide or-
. ganizatlons for public service as
l delegates to the American en-
j glneerlng council ’ of the Feder-
, ated American Engineering so
cieties, opened a two day conven
tion Thursday, the main purpose,
of which is to map out a National
pregram of public service effort
In co-operation with government
agencies.
The Muscle .Shoals problem In
the light of Henry Ford and oth
er. lease officers was one of the
chief. matters to be discussed.
Herbert Hoover, as first president
of the Federation, Is the guest of
honor of the convention.
GlliiCEIS
BRITISH DEBT BE
ADJUSTED EASILY
WASHINGTON—Chairman .Mel
lon, of the American debt commis
sion, was represented Thursday as
feeling certain that-an agreement
for the refunding of «the British
debt of more than four billion dol
lars will be reached before the
tentative sailing date of the Brit
ish debt commission bn January
20. .
, The conversations between the
debt commissions thus far anil the
great mass of data submitted by
the British delegation is believed
to have cleared the way for ear;
ly, discussion of terms. It was de
clared to be practically certain that
the plan of settlement would con
template an arrangement of con
siderably more liberality than
would be possible under the iimita-
i ■ I tlons laid down by congress.
I While It was emphasized that
, At a call meeting of the mayor [ the British had as yet made no dof-
and council Wednesday night a new , | n jt e proposal regarding time of
standing committee was added to paymen t a „,i the interest to bo
those already in existence In coun- c j lar g e( j i wag ma( ] e known that
ell, The new committee Is the civ- t j, e .American commission was in-
11 servecie committee, and will c || ne( ] to view- the whole situation
function In conjunction with the . a m0B t [rlnndiy spirit by reason
civil service commission, all ro- -
quests and matters of that body
being referred to This committee.
Mayor Thomas suggested the com
mittee after a discussion came up
over requests from the commission
for two'new Fords In exchange tor
two old ones and a readjustment
or the fire department.
During tho discussions of the
meeting Alderman Rucker from the
third ward said It looked to him
as If the city had two govern
ments. one consisting of the may
or and council and the other con
sisting of the civil service commis
sion and the new member from
the third ward further stated that
Two Residence
Permits Granted
Building permits have been Is
sued by City Engineer Barnett
two new residences In addition
the three to be built by M. P. O'Cal
laghan, permits ton which were ls-
eued on January first; J. M; Cas
key is to build one for the Chria-
tlan church on Dougherty street,
next door to the church and A. P.
Winston Is to build another fire
room residence, an Hall street.
iimimka
FIIWS
WASHINGTON — Notice was
served ou the railroads of the
country Thursday by the Inter
state Commerce Commission that
that it intended tc . proceed imme
diately to an investigation of their
expedttures during recent months
on m.ilntanenco of way equipment
and tiw methods they have follow
ed in .providing freight car ser
vice for shippers.
Though the commissions order
instituting the Investigation said
that n<> formal complaint had been
made us to railroad expenditures
mai ttenance formal petitions
ment during tho war was spent al
most entirely In tho United States
giving profits to Amoricah work
ers and manufacurers and large
revenues to the American govern
ment through collection of taxes.
It was said to be the official view
that in dealing with Great Britain
the American government was
much in the same position ns an
individual dealing with his best
customer since Great Britain has
long offered one of the chief mar
kets for American goods.
Whatever agreement is, reached
he wasn’t very familiar with the between the two commissions will
not alono of the world economic, for an inquiry have been filed re-
situation but also because the nion-,j cently l>y the invasion of mochln-
ey advanced to tho British govern- i s ts auid other, unions which were
Athens Visitors
Among these vl-i. ills in Athens
Wednesday wore: Mr.‘ olftj Mrs.
Sherman Granges, Younasvtlle,
Ohio: Russel A. Singleton. Atlan
ta; J. M. Wilburn, Ohio; C. P.
Terry, Louisville, Ky.
H. N. Fisher. Atlanta; Mrs. N.
Waldo Kennedy and son of East-
ford, Ohio and Mrs. Allco Ken
nedy, Ohio; J. M. Layman, St.
Louis; C. N. Bond, Atlanta.
W. B. Mann, Atlanta; B. Tdlbert
and Mrs Tolbert, Commerce; F.
P. Boyt, Atlanta; G. F. Perry, At
lanta; R. C. Hamlin. Atlanta; B.
P. Walker, Atlanta; S. H. Smith.
Atlanta; Popo B. Erwin, Atlanta;
Gordon F. Wood, Richmond, Va.;
T. B. King, Chattooga, Oa.
Jail Terms For
1 Mothers-in-Law
'.-I/' _
CHICAGO—Mothers-In-law); who
arc found guilty by Judge. j|chul-
man, as causes for family quar
rels will bo given Jail sentences.
Judge Schullman made this an
nouncement' When a mother-in-
law was arraigned before hint on a
charge of kidnapping her’ three-
year-old granddaughter frorp her
daughter’s home. ‘
LIKE TROPICAL BIRDS
Some of the most colorful din
ner gowns erie. made of . black chif
fon with largo figures In red; yel
low and groen.
situation at' present but “that he
would make It his business to look
into It.'
A fellow member volunteered the
information that there arc three
divisions to the city government,
meaning the board of health In ad
dition to the council organization
and the civil service commission
and then a motion stopped the dis
cussion.
Raid on Whiskey
Warehouse
Stopt
YORK Pa. — An attempted raid
on the bonded whiskey warehouse
of the New Hallam distillery com
pany at Hallam, eight miles east
of York, was frustrated early
Thursday and eight men were
placed under arrest. Fourteen
trucks, manned by a score of men
were Involved In the attempted
raid on the warehouse, which con
tains liquor valued at $500,000.
be subject to approval by congress
which by statute has limited the
time for payment to 25 years and
has fixed a minimum percentage
charge of 4,1-4 per cent. The com
mission has'not yet determined just
what amendments to this law will
be asked.
Secretary 'Mellon was said
Thursday to have no objection to
enlargement of the American com
mission so ns to Include democrat
representatives, provided the
change was deferred until after
the negotiations with the British
had been concluded. The addition
of new members at this stage, he
believes, would delay the pending
discussions...Members of the Am
erican delegation held n further
session today In advance of their
third jonlt sitting with the British.
involved in tho general shoperatts
strike which began lajri July.
New Directors For
Hartwell Bank
HARTWELL, Ga. — At a stock
holders' meeting of the First Na
tional Bank of Hartwell, held the
following directors were elected:
.A. N. Alford, J. A. W. Brown.
F. T. Kidd, J. 1.. Jenkins, J. H.
Skelton. Jr., J. N. Mays, T O
Fleming, B. A. Thornton, J. B.
Gaines, J. G. Craft, A. N. P.
Brown
Immediately after the stockhold
ers meeting tho dt—ctors met and
elected the following officers F.
T. Kidd, President; J. G. Craft,
V. -P.; J. I. Jenkins. V.-P.; J. A.
W. Brown, V.-P.; J. L. Massey,
Cashier, and W. G. Hodges and
Monroe White Assistant Cashiers.
This bank Is a consolidation of
the Farmers and Merchants Bank
and the First National Bank and
is one of the strongest Institu
tions In the section of the state,
having a capital stock of $75,000.09
and undivided Profits and sur
plus of $54,000.00. A dividend of
8 per cent was declared.
AGREE ON 116 POUNDS
.11
IPMTIUTIl
TOMil
hebetates in m
ne fine kaj i
trfr • ponton,
By J. LUCAS ,
The grand old state' of, oson
has again been placed „t u,,
of the list of other
Uniojr. This time
given this honorsr;
because of., her 'agrlcultu-i
manufacturing records. b u (
cause of the fact that sh e
given more men to “Uncle g
for his navy than any oth er
in the union.
Not because of the Boll w*
nor due to the fact that m
fence was necessary, hive t]
noble sons of Georgia joined
ranks of the greatest "navy |,
world, but solely on accouai
the opportunities offered,
F. Bulce. the navy i
ofrtcer said, that ]t bad' al
been the opinion of a-great
Jorlty of the people, that, if t
enlisted In the Navy, it „ai
cause of the fact that h e all
was unable to get a living .
other way, or he wag not able
stay out of jail. "This Idea;
Said, “Is absolutely wrong,
as our Navy is concerned
We do not accept any man ui
heis of the highest ; mor a l cl
ter. and in the best riPph;
Condition. Furthermore . we
not think of taking a man'who
not at least a common i
education, that la ,*« gpy h c
he Is of the highest ntura,) chi
telllgently. You would be
prised, he continued!'“of 1he
her of Mgh school, and pvet
lege men, that bnV#; bc<
ed from this State." ''
Since' the opening ofthe
emitting stations last July,
than 1300 men have entered
Navy from Georgia.v,Ti»ii
record that has '
in any other state;'
federal iNVBSTia^Tiqg
TAMPA, Fla.—Federal ijm
tiori, and If possible,
to be asked of the.' grfrei .
by the local board ef trade, it
decided. at a meeting- 1
night, of concerns and dehdert
who have been shipping
fruit and culls to northern)
ers. The board has been Inti
by northern consumers that
have been receiving fruit In
condition in exchange fdr pa:
for which they were to get
fruit
NEW STEAMSHIP LINE
BALTIMORE, M<L -* Annoul
ment that a line of palm
steamships soon will operate
tween Baltimore
with a stop at C&BMftn. s. i
waa made Tuesday by Msiin
Williams, president' oTtBt Bal
more and Carolina Btcamghlp <
A freight line already is in open
tlon between these ports.
Don’t Let That Cold Run
Into Something Worse
Refieve lt Now With