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THE ATHENS, CA. RANKER
THE ATHENS BANNER
ATHENS, GA.
T' Published Every Morning During the Week Except Sunday aad
Monday by the Athens Publishing Co., Athens, Georgia.
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tf.: . the Act of Congress March 1879.
Member of the Audit Bureau.
.BAKU H. BRASWELL ..
CHARLES E. MARTIN .
.. Publisher and General Manager
............ Managing Editor
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... .President.
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Secretary and Treasurer.
H. «. Howe
Vice-President.
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The 'shorthand speed record is broken again, this time by
Nathan Behrin, New York court stenographer. In the pencil
sprint he takes down 350 words a minute with only two errors.
Few people can read that fast, or even think at a speed of 350
words a minute. Best to go slower and avoid the two errors, in
everyday life. Accuracy is a greater asset than speed. A small
error upsets the whole thing, just as no chain is stronger than its
..weakest link. A platitude? Yes. All truths are platitudes.
DAILY
SERMONETTE
And the mirage shall become
i pool.—Isaiah 35:7.
Wherever a process of life
communicates an eagerness to
hiTn who lives it, there the life
becomes genuinely significant.
—Prof. William James.
Berton Braley’s
Daily Poem
BRING ME HIS EARS
A 70-year-old woman with hair so long that it touches the
ground—-Mrs. Mary Rogers of Boston. She attributes her glor
ious hair to m\ich shampooing, moderate brushing and never using
a curling iron. The real reason, of course, is heredity or that
Mrs. Rogers is blessed with an exceptionally faithful thyroid
gland, which regulates hair growth’and texture. Other women
might follow her way of dressing the hair and be nearly bald at 50.
Its eyes are burning with a lust
ful glow.
And there Is cruel purpose in Its
face.
With muscles tense and with a
tigerish grace.
It gathefs for a spring. Ah, well
X know
How strong it ia, and how its
pulses flow
ATHENS 27 YEARS AGO -
Item* of Interest in the Classic City as Gleaned
from Old Files of the Banner.
- f " —
sings which we receive. and
FRIDAY. JANUARY
'(From Banner Files, March 1805)
I Mr. Fitzhugh Lee, representing
! Pope Mfg., Co., makers of tin
famous Columbia bicycle, is regis
tered at the Victoria for today
and Monday. Mr. Lee is here with
the intention of placing the agency
for this splendid bicycle, and will
be pleased to show' the many, im
provements on the 55 models and
talk Columbia with any one inter
ested. «
Prof. S. D. Bradwell, president
of the State Normal School, aftc.-
quite an extensive trip to Nash
ville, Tenn., and Terre Haute, ind.,
returned to the city yesterday.
Miss Daisy Talmadge an.! Miss
Hattie Mae Mitchell, leave irr
Atlanta Monday, after Spending
some time in thg Gate City, they
will visit friends at- Shadirs
Springs.
The many friends of Mr. J„hn
W. Wier, will be glad to learn thut
Jie is rapidly recovering from bis
recent attack of La Grippe. He
hopes to be able to get out of his
sick room some day this week.
return -thanka-or feel, appreeja-
tion. It is best that we should be
deiirlvetf of them somUtlmWin or
der that we may be brought to the
point of understanding and realiz
ing how fortunate we are and yet
without ever showing our appre
ciation.
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DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?
A Little of Everything And Not Much of Anything.
By HUGH ROWE
With hot red blood that throbs
and leaps apace.
Not all my cunning nor my power
and place
Shall long avert the inevitable
blow.
God, how I hate it, as I feel Its
breath
That flames about me. Yet, I
smile; my fear
THAT— ]existing this section of the state
Our people are commencing the! is bound to be prosperous and a
new year with a firm determine-[ return of better times is near at
THAlw-
When you are blue * and de
pressed and business W not ijo good
as you would like to have it and
everything seems to go just
wrong, a change in venue will
help you. A picture show is one o£
the most delightful entertain
ments and serves to carry your
mind far away from the daily
struggle and tragedies which come
in the life of every business man
or woman and you will find your
seif forgetting this or that ir
regularity and soon your mind and
| body becomes rested and you are
I better prepared than oVer to re
view your daily grind and over
come the many perplexities which
arise in all business occupations.
If you are one who has such ex
periences, suppose you try and
maybe it will help you.
tion of making 1923 a record
breaking year in agricultural, mer
chandising, manufacturing, bank
ing and industrial lines. The farm
ers have commenced earlier this
year preparing their grounds than
has ever been known before. There
is scarcely a farm in this section
(that has not had ground broken
hand.
THAT—
Sleet, snow and rain during the
past few days has been a blessing
to the community. It is a splendid
remedy for killing’ off the boll
weevil and if the sleet and snow
could remain on the ground
Buttermilk very often contains more than a half of one per
cent nlcohol, says Senator Spencer. He introduces a bill by which
the president would appoint a commission to determine what al-
•" coholie content really makes a beverage intoxicating. That ques-
'.Vtion, no one can ever define accurately. A glass of wine may
' "have more effect on cr.e person than a tumbler of whisky on an-
» other.
Shall not be plain. But certain' anf * preparation made for the new a week there would be few boll
| as Is death
I know the fact that ages have
1 made clear,
| The cosmic Jnescapable cold truth
That 1 shall fall before this mon
ster—Youth!
(Copyright, 1923, NEA Service)
POSSIBILITY OF COTTON FAMINE
s That the world is confronted with a cotton famine, unless
“ .^."efforts‘to materially increase production this year are fairly Sue
s' -s- cessful, is pointed out in a most convincing manner by Lambom
“ if* & Co., of New York, in one of the recent bulletins, in which the
4 trend of cotton production during the last twelve years is pre-
c sented.
“ **• _ According to facts and figures offered in this survey of the
a situation, and granting that the 1922-23 crop is no larger than
JJ the last crop, it is estimated that with the present available sup-
si ply, plus the next crop, the world will still be 1,300,000 bales
“ ..short of the amount needed for consumption during the year end-
* tog August 31, 1923.
" Asserting that another short crop, leaving the world’s avail-
g able supply at a figure less than the demand for normal con-
to sumption, will inevitably force prices so high as to cause a buy-
jjj ors’ strike on the part of users of cotton goods, thus • forcing
-• mills to operate at a loss, it is pointed out in the bulletin that the
• Tate of tho world’s cotton industry hangs, as never before, on the
5 outcome of the crop to be put in the ground within tho next few
• month).
All of which behoov’es opr farmers to employ every scien-
J* tific means at their disposal to make as good a crop this year,
* not only to forestall a cotton famine, but also for their own pros-
j -perity, for if the figures as presented arc accurate, the world
S could stand a 12,000,000 bale crop without creating a surplus over
J demand for consumption large enough to depress the market. For
*• unquestionably, as long as the available supply and the consump-
r tion are so close together as they are now, raw cotton is going to
■ bring a good price if marketed in an orderly manner,
u Lambom & Co.’s survey'of the supply, and consumption sit-
j* Ration is as follows:
1 4 to arrive at an intelligent view'-of this big subject, it is
necessary to hark back to the only real cotton famine ever
experienced, when mills wore forced to reduce operations to
eke out an insufficient supply. That was in the summer of
1910, when there was no cotton left for sale until the new
m crop began to move freely at the end of August. That recog-
J nixed “famine year” furnishes a base-lir.c from which to sur-
v* vey the whole field since.
Using the available supply of cotton for sale on August
31, 1910, as zero, following calculations will throw light oh
the probable supply this summer, before new crop cotton can
bring relief:
Available, Supply, August 31, 1910 ....Zero
Yield, plus Linters for the succeeding 12
years to August 31, 1922 157,300,000 bales
Add Re-baled samples, pickings, loose, etc.,
known as “City Crop’’ say—100,000 bales
annually 1,200,000 bales
Total Supply for 11 years 158.500,000 bales
Against Consumption, including Linters,
for 11 years to August 31, 1922 . ..157,400,000 bales
/■.This means that the available supply above
s', the “irreducible minimum’ Was on August
31, 1922
5*1 Add 1922-23 yield .. .. 9,750,000
\ LinU ‘ ri ' 450,000 10,200,00 bales
1,100,000 bales
11,300,000 bales
Supply available to August 31, 1923
Needed for Consumption 12 months to Aug
ust 31, 1923 12,600,000 bales
ATLANTA, Ga.—Keep the iop-
ulation on the farms, b«Uer speed
for rural credit and in<u>aning the
earnings of the farmer—
These are some of tho things
which agricultural leaders here
and in various sections of the
state are discussing just now, ac
cording to reports received from
farming sect/ion.
One of the surest means of
keepfng the population on the
farms, leaders point out, ts to In*
crease the output and the earn
ings of the farmer.
The farmer needs capital—
credit with which t° purchase
livestock, seeds a™d fertilizer.
Every other industry increases its
otitput by working partly with
borrowed money, repaid when its
product is completed and sold.
In the last analysis, agricultu
ral leaders show, most of the
wealth is produced by agriculture
now demanding its proper share
of that wealthy on credit, to be
usdd for increased production.
Th-e earnings of the farmer, it
is claimed here, have notl been ad
justed to the post-war price level.
Today he gets an average of $1.24
for farm products for which he
got $1 in 1914. But when tho far
mer tries to buy clothing, house
furnishings or building materials,
he must pay gommVhero between
$1.00 and $1.80 f • wLait/ cost him
$1 before tho war.
'Hence the agricultural bloc so-
called in the United States deter
mined that the farmor shall get
his fair share of the prosperity he
produces.
crop. The farmer proposes to get
the start on the boll weevil this
year and by using arsenate and
other preventitives for the boll
weevil it is believed that the pest’s
ravages can be eliminated from
the cotton crop. The merchants
are more hopeful than they have
been at any time during the de
pression for an increase in busi
ness. Tho manufacturer is running)
full time and in many instances j THAT—
the cotton mills are operating both Isolated from the world, Athens
night and day. The bankers have spent a most remarkable day Wed-
weevils left to destroy the cotton
crop this year. Besides it is favor
able for ail those who may have
an attack of the flu. It is said that
severe winter weather prevents
the spread cr growth of this
dreaded disease. We hope no, how
ever, and if true, we would bo wil
ling to have snow and sleet the
rest of the season.
Don't Take Calomel! “Dodson’sLiverTone'
Mas Pettera
Doesn’t Gripe, Salivate or
Lc?-0 a Day’s Work
Rea
ou Sick—D
Guarantee
iomai-h
of | lai
Ugh! Calomel makes you sick., bad or
It’s hoinble! Take a dose of the (spoonful
dangerous drug tonight and to* i Liver Tone tonight
morrow you may lose a day’s | Here’s my guarai
work. ! drug stroe "and'
Calomel'is mercury or quieksil-; Dodson's Live •
ver which causes necrosis of the | cents. Take
. jus ‘ *i«
bones. Calomel, when it comes in
to contact with sour bile crashes
into it, breaking it up. This is
when you feel that awful nausea
land cramping. If you are slug
gish and “all knocked out,” if your
liver is torpid and bowels consti
pated or you have headache, dizzi- I therefore
ness, coated tongue, if breath is | make you
more money deposited with them
this year, for the same period oL
time, than was ^ deposited with
them last year. In a careful survey
made of the banks last week. X
found that every bank in the city
showed a large increase in de
posits over last year and that the
outlook was most encouraging.
l.esday and everyone seemed sat
isfied with being left alone for the
time being. No long distance tele
phone or telepraph wires were op
CHICAGO — Shortage of cab
bage was predicted Wednesday by
the United States Bareau of Mar
kets, sue partly to the decreased
acreage of cabbage planted this
season by Florida and Texas, the
two leading winter shipping states.
Florida farmers this season
planted only ],800 acres as com
pared with 11,000 Inst year. In
stead of shipping approximately
3,000 curs this season, as they did
last, year, this season’s shipments
from tlie two states were cstimat
ed at loss than 1,000 cars. The
output of the two states to Janu
ary 20. was 247 cars, compared
with 672 last season.
This reduction was said to be
doesn't straighten
and make you feel
OUS I want you tn
store and get y OU |
son’s Liver Tone is
saie of calomel bee
liver medicine; onti
lee—Go to,
a bottle
“no for o»
Ail and iffl
r y,,u right*
tme andyjJ
- > Lack to J
money,
'k'tryoiejj
!l “ ?e it is,
“ 'y
ativztij
Acivertisea
crating; no foreign news service f partly offset by a 150 car gain in
' any kind and yet business wan the second crop from Southern
tarried on just me though the
world was acquainted with us and
our every movement. However,
Collections were satisfactory and such a condition, could not last
even better than had been antici-jlcng without great inconvenience
pated. All in all, business pros- and expense to our people. To be
pects were never brighter for a without the telephone, long dis-
prosperous year and with favor- (tance, the telegraph and the radio
able seasons crops this year will j life'would be one source of worry
not fall short of normal. Cotton j and annoyance, but when we arc
acreage may not be increased a'deprived of them temporarily it
great deal, but it is absolutely safe^is a reminder of the necessities
to presume that the increase ini we enjoy without giving the prop-
cotton will be far more than was or thanks. Let us ba thankful for j
raised in 1922. With this condition these and the many
California, but the total cabbage
supply was reported week by week
less than last, year when old cab
bage prices were twice as high,
Hinging from $38 to $50 a ton as
compared with $20 to $30 at pres
ent.
Old cabbage during the week
ending today\£old from $20 t<
$30 a ton. Advance sales in Wes
tern New York for February de
livery were $5 to $7 above cur
rent prices, indicating a confident
tone for the future.
Less flew and more old cabbage
Best Cough Mixture'
Barbers* Tax
May Be Removed
Acts With Speed—Loosens ' tho
l'hlegm—Stops the Irritation and
Coughing Ceases
Fine for Chest Colds Too and Is |
Cheaply Made at Home I
When you can make, in two'
minutes a world’ beating remedy *
that acts directly on the mem-'Try This! A GleaillV MilSS
branc and often overnight causes' Q n ff T iiYiirinnt T-T-iir
stubborn coughs, why trifle with L/UXUliant nJll.
things that will probably disap-;
point? .. j
Hawking and snuffling ami-also:
soreness of the mucous membrane!
go and you will ~ feel fine in sl
ather bles- | was expected on the market for
’ remainder of this season. It .was
estlfnated that 4.500 cars of stor
age cabbage were available. Dur
ing the week new cabbage held
firm, advancing 32 to $5 a .ton in
some iriarkets.
While shipments of Southern
vocotabies Hhowed gains, tho to
tal movement of ten products was
8.821, cars, 1.170 less than the pte"
ceding week.
GERMAN WORKMEN
STRIKE ; TWO HOURS
/
Atbeps barber ,hop proprietor*
are interested In the outcome of
the hearing on an order temper
arily enjoying the comptroller
general of Georgia from collectl-
ing two chairs and $16 a year for
barber shops which was signed
Tuesday by Judge EBls j.f the
Fulton superior court, and which
will be heard on February 10
The 3tate tax on barber shops
is $10 a year for each shop hav-
ng two chairs and $15 a year for
each additional chair.
This makes a total 0 f about flf-
I'ep sepa-ito and distinct taxes
in the general tax act which are
held up In litigation.
THE FOUNDATION
Apparent Deficit below Famine basis of 1910 1,300,000 bales
Of course, no such condition can arise. Mills cannot
spin up a vacuum, and enforced stoppage must come before
the new crcp brings a fresh supply. Cut mills will persist
in working so long as orders come in and profits are to be
’’ made; go something must occur to curtail both orders and
... profits. What this will be is generally accepted as a price
so high for raw cotton that consumers will refuse to buy
goods, and mills can only operate at a loss. What price level
this -may be, only the future can determine. So far, no sign
of a public Strike against buying high-priced goods is in evi
dence, but that may develop on further advance, and forc-
_ ca *l* of future prices must keep such a possibility always in
- mind.
. In hto above summary, it has been assumed that the new
reason, with increased acreage, mules and fertilizer, will
progress along average lines, and, in due time, bring relief
from the present acute s'hortage. It will be time enough
later, if Nature should prove unpropitious—through delayed
planting, or a wet May or June, or a weevil scare, or a sum
mer-drought, to take another survey of price possibilities,
which would have to be based on supply conditions never
known before.
• All of which means that the fate of the world’s cotton
industry, hangs, as never before, on the outcome of the crop
to be put in the ground within the next few months.
Corsets and brassieres for
spring are more supple and of
more beautiful fabrics than ever
before, to say nothing ot the elab
orate trimmings. To attain the
uncorscted figure, the right corset
In.j Is absolutely essential, the ex
ports say.
A Puzzle A Day
WEON CEW ERET WO
WET WOM ADEO NE
NON RFIN DUST WO
NO WLI FEB EGO NE
The above epitaph was inscrib
ed on a tombstone , that stood
above the grave of a man and his
wife. At first glance It appears
to be a mixture of Latin. English
and some unknown language. If
It Is carefully read, and the spaces
changed, it will make a poetic
epitaph In perfect English.
most no time.
Just get one ounce of Parmint
(double strength) add td it a lir-
tie siigar and enough hot water to
make n half pint and you’ve git
an inexpensive remedy better than
you can buy ready mixed.
Its soothing, healing action on
the membrane is the reason so
many peopfc use it for Catarrh
and acute nasal colds.—Advertise*
ment. *
BREAK A GOLD
\ “Pape’s Cold Compound”
I 'Acts Quick, Costs Little, i
' Never Sickens! |
Every druggist here guarantees
each package of “Pape's Cold Com
pound” to break up any cold and
end grippe msiery in a few hours
or money returned. Stuffiness,
pain, headache, feverishness, in
flamed or congested nose and
head relieved with first dose.
These safe, pleasant tablets cost
only a few cents and millionc now
take them instead of sickening
quinine.—(Advertisement)
DUE78SELDORF*-By the A*,
soclaied Press—Violent manifest-
ations occurred in the streets
Duessbldorf in connection with a
general two hour strike called in
protest against the French occu
pation und as a welcoming: <le-
monstra ion of Fritz Thjys^en.
Severn! shots were firod by the
French in quelling the disorders
and one German was wounded.
The strike, lasted, from 5 p. m.
to 7 p. m. The Frerch tonight
had stationed tanks at strangle
points throughout the city; ma
chine guns and infantry* were pa-
troling the streets
For Constipated Bowels, Sick Headache,
Sour Stomach, Bilious Liver
Th« nicest cathartic-laxative in
the world to physic your liver anil
bowels when you have Dizzy
Headache, Colds, Biliousness, Indi
gestion, or Upset, Acid Stomach
is cand # v-like “Cascarets." One or
els completely by
(wo tonight will empty your bow- ment.)
inr.rmng; i
you will feel splendid. "They ,
while you sleep.” Cascarets t
stir you up or gripe like S_
Fills, Calomel, or Oil anil they a
only ten cents a box. Child]
love Cascarets too.—(AdsertiJ
WILLIAMS TRANSFER & STORAGE CO.
•The largest trucks in town—Out of town orders|
our specialty—Prices very Moderate
PHONE 148
Plenty of Money to Lend On Real Estate
Commission; 3% ON AMOUNTS OVER $1,000.00.
10% on amounts up to $1,000,00.
HUBERT M. RYLEE ’
LAW OFFICES
405 Holman Bldg. Atiicni, Ga. i
CO-A-L
Florence coal Co
WYNBURN ST.* PHONE -134
T. C. BRAY DEAD
Mr. T. C. Bray, a young busi
ness rann of Crawford. Ga., an' 1
prominent memW if Uie Baptist
church of lflat place d ed sudden
ly on Tuesday lust of hemoirhase
of tho brain.
There Is No Raise In
Price Of Our Work
few moments you can
transform even plain, dull, flat
hair. You can have it a'” dant,)
soft, glossy and full o’’ . Just ,
get a 35 cent bottle ■ Dimier-I
toe” at any f! r nV . .. Then :
moisten'a seft ilj-j. with the)
“Dandcrtee” and draw this
through youp hair, taking • 1
small strand at a time. In .
ly, yes, immediately, you i.... •
loublcd tho beauty of your
j NEWS IN TABLOID
I OF NEARBY TOWNS
Only We Have Raised]
The Quality Of Materi
al And Workmanship
MARTIN BROS.
YESTERDAY’S
AN8WER:
If a pair of dlco is rolled, there
la ono chance in six that the num
ber seven will appear. Tnere is
a simple way to prove this. Roll
ono of the dice. Whatever num
ber turns up, there will bo only
ono number on the other die that
can bring the total to seven. An i
So Easy to Drop Cigarette
Cigar or Chbwing Habit.
No-’O-Fic baa helped thou*
eande to break the costly, nerve-
shattering tobacco habit. When
ever you br.ve a longing for e
smoke or chew, Just place a harm
less No-To-Bao tablet in your
mouth Inatead. All desire etope
Shortly the habit la completely
broken, and you are better off men
tally, phyelcaliy, financially. It’s sc
easy, so simple. Oet a box of No-
To-Bac and If It doesn’t release yoo
from all cravmg tor tobacco r
any form, your druggist will r«
fund your money without question
BANKS COUTY
A woman was accidentally shot
y her yeung son in upper Banks
county. 1 ——
, ,/ Sam Vandiver, who burglarized
It will be a mass, so soft, lustrous ijohn Ilix’s store was captured. ;
and six easy to do up. All dust . Freeman Savage lost all his !
and excessive oil is removed. household and kitchen furniture
Let Dandertne 1 put new life, j mid 15 bushel of corn by fire,
vigor and brightness m your ftuii;, i Weather men say that is the
This stimulating tonic will fresh- mildest winter in 31 years,
cn your scalp, check dandruff and Some people have moved two or
falling hair and help your hair to,three times Vinac Christmas.
grow longr, thick, strong and beau- j
tiful.—(Advertisement.) . ( MORGAN COUNTY
—— — _ f Perry Burrus, a young man of
Heals Old Sores Ru Ji ed 5 <> ’- die ? *? Maco, \
ww *. v t I The dairy business is pr,
Morgan. ’ \
The incubator at White Leg
"V
owing: in
Peterson’s Ointment
To the millionr of people who j horn poultry farm of Tillrfinn
use Peterson’s ointment for piles,, Douglas has a capacity of 13,000 ,
eczema, salt rheuin, pimply skin, Lggs. They ship day-old chicks'to!
ALL ABOARD
Winter Excursion Fares and A1I|
Year Tourist Fares
TO
sore feet and chafing, Peterson | alt parfa of the South.
says, “Tell any sufferer from old
sores that its mighty healju,’
power is wonderful.” All drug
gists, 35c, 60c, $1.00, $2.50, $5.00.
—(Advertisement.)
tho other die has six sides, tho
chances of a seven are ono to six.
Example: a three is rolled with
one die. The only side of the oth
er that can bring the total to Sev
en Is .ho four alife.
ARAM□UN
SALAD
DRESSING
Once Tried
AhenysUsed
Madifim has a new manufactur
ing enterprise to the Crawford
Roller Covering Works, with a pay
roll of $300 a day.
A receiver has been appointed j
for B. H. Macom & Rros., who I
Conducted a' large farming inter- 1
ef,t in Megan county.
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GREENE COUNTY
j Mrs. Mary E. Callahan, aged “76
years died at the home of her
j:daughter.
j Dr. J. H. Moncrief a well known
j Greene county physician is claim
ed by death.
I Mr. Pope Mitchell a eood’atizen
of Bethcsda. ilied on the 12th.
I County Agent Wade says he has
Talnutdge Bros.
Distributors.
i VIA
Georgia Railroad
Atlanta & West Point R. R.
Western Railway of Alabama
Liberal time limit and stop-over privileges..
For further mformation applv to
J. P. BILLUPS, G. P. A.,
714 Healey Building:, Atlanta, Ga.