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THE ATHENS BANNER
ATHENS. GA.
THE ATHENS. Git/HANNEK 1 ■
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY*.
Published Every Horning Daring the Week Except Sunday and
Monday by the Athena PubUahing Co., Athena, Geoi
[day a
rgla.
. Entered at the Athena Foitoffice aa Second Claaa Mail Matter under
the Act of Congress March 8, 1879.
Member of the Audit Barean.
| EARL B. BRASWELL
. CHARLES E. MARTIN
.. Publisher and General Manager
, ...... Managing Editor
BIEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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credited
(lcatioa of all news dispatches credited to it or aot otherwise
. In this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of
replication of special dispatches are also reserved.
Andrew C. Erwin,
President.
Bowdre Phinizy,
Secretary and Treasurer.
H. «. Rowe
Vice-President.
Address all Business Communications direct to the Athens Publish
ing Company, not to individuals. News articles intended for pub
<lcaUon should be addressed u> The Athens Banner.
’ THE BUSINESS MAN’S INNING.
Early 1923 business omens point to a year of prosperity that
promises to approach, if not equal, the most auspicious periods
of the World War boom.
Through the banks and by government loans the farmer is
securing all the funds necessary to plant his crep, and reports
from the rural districts show that there is not only a tendency
to diversify, but in addition there is being planned a much big
ger cotton crop than Jast year. And the most encouraging sign is
that the farmer is proceeding with his 1923 plans in an orderly
and intelligent manner. The old haphazard manner has given
way to a new system, an entirely nekr order of things, and the po
tential harvest should bring encouragement to all who look to a
bumper 1923 crop as a means of prosperity for this section.
An.othcr encouraging sign comes in the form of a recent crop
survey made in this section, revealing that there is all the labor
needed dn the farms, and the workman is showing a greater -wil
lingness to work than ever before. Beth the big planter and the
small farmer are manifesting more enthusiasm in their plans for
a'crop this year than in 1922, nnd with this determination to
whip the boll weevil and grow a variety of crcps, coupled' with
financial conditions that are much improved 1923 promises to be
a banner year for the man who produces a iiving from the soil.
The business man, too, as a result of this situation, is now about
to have his innings. ' ^ 1
The city and small town merchants have practically cleared
their shelves of goods left over from the holiday season, and
shipments of spring commodities are already beginning to ar
rive. There is less and less unemployment, and in the months to
come ev&y cne who desires to work will have the opportunity to
do so. ' ...
A busy, prosperous period is ahead fer this entire section.
THE SEISMOGRAPH INDICATIONS
About tho time that wo had lost sight of the fact of the ex
istence of such an instrument, the activities of the seismograph
lire aroused by a disturbance somewhere on the earth’s surface.
- Its operation grows more dependable all the time. The other day
it became known that some part of the globe had received a vio
lent seismic sheck, but the precise locality will be ascertained
.. later. ... ‘' •
The seismograph was invented as a result of the investigation
of the Charleston earthquake. This occurred August 31st, 1886,
and was- said to have been caused by a slipping off of the coastal
' plano,'*'The city of Charleston sustained great damage by the
seismjtjjlsturbance and was a number of years recovering from
it. TOdr shocks were so violent that they were distinctly felt in
Augilsjh, and In fact they caused some damage there, besides caus
ing f?Wat alarm.
Seismographs lecated at different points at the North indi-
‘ it disturbance of unusual violence somewhere in'the latitude
per California. It is supposed that interesting details of the
jjrthquake will be coming in before long. One plausible
riof the cause of earthquakes is that the cooling of the earth
continually going on causes tho contractions of the
earth'% surface. Owing to local causes this is not equally distrib
uted,Sind hence the disturbances arise.
VALUE NdT CONSIDERED
t news story sent out from Atlanta makes a comparison of
ft of a Horse with that of an automobile, and there v. a
suggested complaint that the aptomoblle owner is not given equal
protection with tho horse owner.
S e article tells of a man by the name of G. J. Newborn On
r the theft of a mule valued at $75. This offense, under
the law, is as culpable os horse stealing.] The law provides a pen
alty 3 from four to twenty years for horse stealing, yhile the
theft; of an automobile toys the offender liablo only to a sentence
of from one to five years. Both are felonies, horse stealing not
KainisTTt misdemeanor as tho news story points out.
Whilo tho law is conceded to be wise, and docs not, except in
a general way, recognize either intrinsic or sentimental value, yet
3Cme of our statutes are, admittedly, obsolete and should be re
vised nnd brought up to date.
to! some states the theft of a horse is yet punishable by life
imprAnment er death, especially in tho western stales. This sit
uation is due to tho fact that many years ago the theft of a man’s
boneTgenerally meant death to the rider. If the horse was stolen
whilewi man was camped out for the night in a lonely place, miles
and. flap ftom any habitation, the rider cither faced death from
cold 6? starvation or from attacks by some wild beast.
. : Conditions are changed today. In no part of the country
does Jifich a condition exist. Yet the law of former days anent
horsestealing is still with us. The automobile has thrust Itself
uponn» »o rapidly that wo are not prepared to cope with the
situation in many respects. But the day is not far distant when
the (Site of automobile thievery will be a much more- serious
offengt that it Is at present. There is already a deep growing
aversion to the auto thief, and an aroused public will see that he
arlly handled.
s evidence of the fact that the law has not in the past con-
dues when theft was committed, there is the statute
1 dog stealing. The dog probably has greater sentimental
_ 'any other property of man, yet the punishment for the
theft jj^f this “friend of man” is as for a misdemeanor, which
subjects the offender to a sentence of 12 months on the chain-
gang)'six months in jail, or a fine of $1,000, cither or all of these
pcn&Mes, the presiding judge using his discretion. Then, too,
thereuii the monetary value of the dog. Fabulous sums are being
paid JBt pedigreed canines now, and some high grade dog? sell
fpr more than the finest automobile.
Avraijor on a French ship smuggled some liquor into Port
Arthuty^Texas. His customers paid him in Confederate money.
Police attested him when he got back to France and began spend
ing the worthless paper in shops whose owners didn't know the
difference. The sailor* makes good .'on the bed money. But he’s
In hot water superiors, for smuggling into a friendly
country. In rum-runners outside our three-
mile ocean limit, the real offense is tMtt^iyare assisting *mug-
glers. On that charge, Washinton might got 'some action from
based
Upon my Literary Taste,
For I have often said that I’m
Not fond of printed ooze and slime
And tales where filth and lust run
rife
Which some folks half as "true to
life."
I know life isn't wholly pure
But neither is It all a sewer.
DAILY SERMONETTE
. I
But they shall sit every man
under his vine 'and under his
fig tree; and none shall make
them afraid; for the mouth of
the Lord of hosts hath spoken
it.—Mic. 4:4.
0 peace! thou source and soul
of social life;
Beneath whose clam inspiring
influence
Science his views enlarge, Art
refines,
And swelling Commerce opens
all her ports;
Blessed be the man divine, who
gives us thee!
—Thomson.
''AIOO 'J
■jrm
Berton Braley’s
Daily Poem
THE PURITAN
I’m very much surprised to find
1 have a Puritanic Mind.
It Beems I'm Middle Class, at
heart,
With very narrow views on Art.
My Realistic friends agree
Completely In this view of me.
Although I thought I could ap
plaud
Myself as being Very Broad.
(From
1895)
Banner Files, January The work of improving Tallesee
Shoals and converting the im
mense water power there into elec
trical power is-being pushed rapid
ly to completion. The surveyors
are now at work making estimates
as to the cost of erecting an im
mense dam at the foot of the
shoals which will render all the
power easy of utilization and also
provide for a large storage pond
above this dam. This will complete
their work and then the company
will be organized at once to put
the affair through to successful
completion. ,
Dr. Charles Herty of the Uni
versity of Georgia, has received
an answer from nearly every
Southern college interested in ath
letics, stating that the constitu
tion recently framed in regard to
athletics in Southern college has
been ratified. Th.se colleges that
have ratified this constitution and
agreement are Johns Hopkins,
North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Se-
wanee, Auburn, University of Ala
bama and the Technological School
The University of Georgia will
ratify the new constitution this
week and an efort will be madd
to draw other Southern colleges
into this agreement, whose aim is
to uplift the standard of athletics
n the South.
The Northeastern depot has been
repaired and made quite a cosy,
comfortabld and elegant place. The
office furniture has been put in
good shape'and all the fixtures of
the office are neat and attractive.
mnsciffi
miTIWT TOPICS
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?
A Little of Everything And Not Milch of Anything.
By HUGH ROWE
THAT—
THAT—
Tho aciion of Chairman Beach-
am and the other members of the
lot be carried too far. Announce
. ment appearing In the Morning
The charge they make is doubtless j j^ eW s, of that city, brings to mind
The Savannah municipality be
lives in freedom and that rcstrn-- p0 || ce commission In reviving the
° n ! !!!“!'. activities of the police department
in the enforcement of the traffic
And so I frequently declare
That I can’t bring myself to care
For dirt for dirt’s sake, or for
truck
That bathes, by preference, In
muck.
Great genius can touch with fire
The degradation of the mire,
But it’s the hre—1 beg to Btate—
And not the mire that makes It
Great.
I don’t like namby-pamby gruff
But neither can I stand the stuff
By those who ride a garbage scow
And cry, - "The world smells rot
ten, now.”
So If the test of being Broad
[s that i Joyously applaud
Each Pornoghaphlc book I see,
Then Puritan’s tho name for mo!
the "good old days" when every
thing was wide open for those
who desired to dissipate In liquids
wheih are calculated to make mer
ry when a sufficient amount is
Imbibed.
The chief of police of that city,
30 It Is announced in the hewspa-
pers has decided to enforce til0
Volstead act. but before doing so
ho has issued an order to the mem
hers of the police force to notify
all who are engaged in selling li
quor to discontinue at once, or else
they will be pulled. New that is
liberality on the part of the chief
of police which should bo appre
ciated by the offenders of the law.
We do not believe that there Is
such another good fellow as that
jjhief in the United States. Th".
article further states that it is
not known whether It will be ne
cessary to organize a raiding squad
or not, but If the sale of Inttfccical
Ga. Man Ends His
Life In Florida
TAMPA, Fla.,—In acebrdanCe
with Instructions from the widow
the body of E. S. Varner. 30, for
mer* employee of a local bank, wag
sent to his former home In'Bain-
bridge, Ga., for burial Wednesday
night. Varner was found dead In
his room early Wednesday after
noon with o bullet In his heart.
Continued illness is aslgnod by
those who knew Varner as the
probable cause.
No nc|ie or message was left to
indicate the reason or t<? Inform
his widow and two children tho
cause of his act. Officials of the
bank said he left their employment
last Monday. He came here from
Balnbrldge, Ga., last May.
Free Bread
Chicago Bakers Fight in
Bread War.
CHICAGO — Chicago customers
of eighty eight chain stores of one'
firm were assqred of a greater sup
ply of "free bread Thursday" than
on Wednesday when the entire
product quickly was exhausted un
der the onslaught of patrons, most
ly school children. But Thursday
the bread produced by extra shifts
of bakers was to only go with
minimum purchases of fifty cents
worth of groceries.
Another group of chain stores,
with which a price cutting war
was engaged In. continued to sell
the sixteen ounce loaf for 3 1-3
cents and announced there would
be no immediate change of policy
Tho manager of the first 6i'Up
said the great crowds which be
sieged the stores forced the stlpula
tlon of purchases, before receipt
of free bread. He said 150,0C0
loaves would bo given away to
day. i
At the start of the price cutting,
both firms day by day announced
In halt page newspaper advertise
ments gradual reductlo6s in the
price of bread until one group
reached two cents, whereupon tho
other announced free bread.
RED CHIFFON
Rod chiffon Is a popular material
for evening and dinner gowns. It
Is frequently trimmed with rhine
stones or beads of the same color.
A Puzzle A Day
E 8 T A T E
S * * • • N
T • • • * T
A • • * * E
T • • • • R
ENTERS
ordinances will be welcomed and
omiorsed by the whole people of
the community. The recent slack
in the enforcement of the traffic
ordinances has been a source of
much comment from the iconic,
but now that the commission has
given absolute orders to the police
department to keep up tho work
continually, the public will, have
a morlf satisfactory feeling K r pro
tectlon.
The practice of enforcing these
ordinances for a few days at a
time and then Ignore altogether
thoir enforcement brings on criti
cism nnd just criticism. In order
to protect life and property, the
nbllco force should be active in
the discharge of their duties, In
the enforcement of-traffic ordl
nances, every hour of the day and
ih every way see to it that all vlo
lators have cases docketed against
them In police court. That Is tho
only way In which' reckless driv
ing can bo controlled and It is the
lng liquor is not discontinued, the • only way In which accidents and
hief proposes to enforce and - death can he guarded against.
cause arrests to be made. i
Savannah Is in a class to Itself THAT—
and tho citizens of that munici- i The organization of the Poultry
pallty are truly American born and | Association In this county is one
bdleve in tho rights given to Of the most important movements
American citizens when tho de- Inaugurated horc in years. It will
claratlon of independence was j bring to this county the finest
signed. ] chickens In the land and besides
i It'/ will encourage our people to
THAT | not only raise poultry anil eggs
; fqr breeding purposes, but It will
Tho action of the members of mfan that a sufficiency for this
tho Board of Health in declining market will be raised within tho
to repeal or modify the ordinances borders of the county. Chickens
controllng and regulating slaughter, .npfi eggs will find a ready money
lng of meats at the abattoir was. market at all seasons qf the year
timely and wlso.. While It may and Jhe prices will prove I roTi
wprk a hardship on some, yet It table to those who enter the in
is most Important for tho protec- dustry. Every one should become
tlon of health of the consumers interested in the poultry nssocia-
of meats In this city. Unless ouch tion end support the movement
restrictions are lived up to it will of those who are backing it. It
be lmiiosslble to detect impure can bo made a paying industry
meats or meats from cattle and and one which will add much to
hogs which may havo. tiled from tho commercial Interests *of the
some disease. , county and city.
IF SICK TODAY!
TAKE NO CALOMEL
"Dodson’s Liver Tone" Straightens You Up Better Than
Salivating, Dangerous Calomel and Doesn't Upset
You—Don’t Lose a Da/s Work—Read Guarantee
I discovered a vegetable com
pound that does the work of dan
gerous, sickening calomel and I
want every reader of this paper to
buy a bottle for a few cents and
if it doesn’t straighten you up bet
ter .and quicker than salivating
calomel just go back to the store
and get your money back.
I guarantee that one spoonful of
Dodson’s Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work nnd clean
your thirty feet of bowels of the
sour bile nnd constipation poison
which is clogging your system "ltd
making you feel miserable.
I guarantee that one spoonful'
of this harmless liquid liver medi
cine will relieve the headache, bil
iousness, coated tongue, ague, ma
laria, sour stomach or any other
distress caused by a torpid liver
as quickly ns a dose of vile, nau
seating calomel, besides : it will
not make you sick or -keep yor
from a day’s work.
Calomel is poison—it’* mercury
—it attacks the bones often caus
ing rheumatism, i Calomel is dan-
gcrous. It sickens—while my
Dodson’s Liver Tone is ar/c, pleas
ant and harmless. Eat anything
afterwards, because it can not sal
ivate. Give it to the children lie-
cause it doesn’t upset the stomach
or shock the liver. Take a spoon-
ful tonight and wake up feeling
fact that nn active liver may go a
work.—(Advcrtsiement)
a* r." j ^ -a.-t^pm; > tj psprr
In th# above incompleted “word
square.” the words "estate" and
’enters” can be read cither across
or from top - to bottom. Fill the
stars with the correct missing let
ters, and you will have four more
words that also can be read two
ways.
YE8TERDAY’S
ANSWER
SAY “BAYER” when you buy Aspirin
Unless you see th* name “Bay-
” on package or on tablets you
If a man can cut three loads of'are not getting the genuine Bayer
hay In a day. and can load siz ^product prescribed by physicians
loads in the same time, he can cut j sver twenty-twa man and proved
and load two load* in a day. It! safe by millions for' raids, head-
takes him twice ae long to cut. as | tche, toothache, earache, neural-
to load; go be cuts for two-thirds K i a , lumbago, rheumatism, neuri-
of the day, and loads for one-tblrd. [ tia and for pain in general. Acccpi
only “Bayer” package which con
tains proper * directions. Handy
boxes of twehe tablets cost few
cents. Druggists also sell bottles
of 24 and. mo. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture
of Monoaceticacidester of Salicyli-
cacid.—(Advcritscment!).
(By T. LARRY GANTT)
I yesterday investigated the cal
cium arsenate supply, as this is
something of very great interest
to farmers as the impression has
gone out that not enough poison
can probably be had to supply cot
ton-growers this year. M r - Charlie
Phinizy, of Barrett fit Co., manu
facturers of the HiU Mixture tells
me that they are now getting
plenty of arsenic and be does not
anticipate any trouble in their sup
plying the demand for, their poison,
He says they are getting orders
for the HIU Mixture from not onv
Georgia but ether sta'es. The far
mers of Jackson county recently
sent a committee to Gough to in
vestigate and report on the Hill
Mixture as a poison for the boll
weevil. The members of said com
mittee, all leading farmers, high
ly endorsed the preparation and
recommended uBe. Mr. Morton
Hodgson says his company Is get-
t!ng enough calcium arsenate to
supply the demand and they do
not expect any great shortage In
the supply. Many farmers have al
ready laid in enough for their cot
ton crop this year.
ABOUT COPPFR
MINES.
car there when once it was filled
every night. These tourists have
a regular organization and they
are kept informed to the attitude
of the different towns on the high,
ways toward them. They do not
want to intrude where not want
ed. Athens must correct this Im
pression for our city Is noted for
its warm-hearted hospitality.
Let us by all means have a good
camping-place and then put signs
on all the highways leading Into
the city welcoming tourists and
telling them about tho Classic
City. This is a highly important
matter.
! 666
is a Prescription for
Colds, Fever and La-
Grippe. It’s the most
speedy remedy we know,
preventing Pneumonia.
—(Advertisement)
Nothing saps your vitality and slows
down your work more than a cold
—the kind that drags on and on.
Banish those strength-stealing colds
quickly, simply. Dr. Bell’s—a time-
{ iroven remedy—breaks tight, rasp-
ng coughs, loosens phlegm, soothes
irritated throats. Check, cold, >1 the alar..
Ta toiaf
All druggista, 39c.
As metallic arsenic is made from
tho fumes escaping from copper
mines, this la something of inter
est' to ou,r readers, and especially
as rich veins of copper have been/
discovered in Greene, Wilkes and
Lincoln counties and a copper
mine Is now being successfully
worked in Wilkes. A company has'
been organized to develop these
mines, and the prospect is that
work will be extended all along
the vein some sixty or more miles,
and In the country tributary t'o
Athens. The vein begins near
Union Point.
Yesterday I had a most lnterest-
.ng talk about copper with Mr,
Henson, a merchant- of our City. |
Mr. Henson once lived near the
Ducktown copper mine, Just across
ihe Georgia line in Fannin coun
ty. He says around Ducktown,
, enn., a. o the richest copper mines
south of Lake Superior and at the
time of his visit they were shipping
a car load of pure copper every
two or three days. They work
white labor altogether and will
not tolerate a negro. The pay
roll is enormous. He saw a stream
of copper pouring from the strielt-
jr as large as a stove pipe. Shafts
have been sunk 1,900 feet and the
deeper they go down the richer
tho vein. Once the fumes from
these mines killed all the trees
and vegetation tor a distance of
some fifteen or twenty miles
around, und the country was like
a desert- But they are now IMV;
lng th.s waste ana from It is con-
donsed metalic arsenic. The Duck-
toVvn mines are only about seven
miles from Blue Ridge and are
well worth a visit.
THE EXODU8 OF
NEGROES.
A prominent gentleman of Ath
ens. whose business carries him
all over this section and also Into
other states, yesterday told me he
noticed on article In a dally paper
statins that not a great many ne
groes had left Georgia, and their
moving away did not perceptlably
effect labor. He says this Is clear
ly a mtstak-, for negroes have
gone nvith by.the tons of lhous.
undo, and scme| counties below
Athens have been about stripped
of negro farm labor. In traveling
over the country he passed hun
dreds of vacant houses once oc
cupied by negroes, and farms must
remain untllled lor want of labhr.
But tho towns have not been ef
fected by this movement of ne
groes for enough have moved In
from off the farms to take tho
place of those who left. Yester
day a gentleman of Athens, whose
duties qarrles him to the homes of
negroes say*-he did not; Bad a
single house built for colored neo-
ple unocoupied, that while many
had gone north others came in
and rented the vacant homes. This
rxodus movement has not offected
South und North Georgia like tho
tiers of counties below Athens,
but it is general all over the south.
COLD WEATHER
DOES QOOO
The cold snaps we 'have been
having will do much to Insure the
fruit crop this year, so farmers
tell me, as the trees are kept back.
Bo far there are no signs of say
rising, or blooms. If we do not
have warm spell* within the next
few weeks a .fine fruit crop Is as
sured for this section. And the
cold spell and freezes will help
the farmer by pulverising the land
and almost equal a subsoiling. It
also destroys many insect pests.
You invariably Bad a good crop
year following a, hard chid win
ter and snow, small grain ties
not .been iojured and looks tine.
friend yesterday remarked to
mo that he had watched weather
conditions for years,-and IP this
section we seldom have over tnrUr
successive days of real cold or bad
weather. He says the climate has
certainly moderated since his boy
hood days.
ATHENS ANL
T0URI8T8.
I understand that the Impression
prevails among tourists that they
are not wanted or welcomed In
Athens, and so many cars avoid
stopping In our city, but always
use some other town or a camping
ground in the country. Lately sev
eral caravans of cars passed
through our city late in the after
noon, and went on to Hartwell
v.hcro they say they are welcome
and a good camping place pro-1
pored for them. Thi* report doubt
less originated from an order for-1
bidding can to camp on the City
Hall lot. but the order was changed !
. you now seldom ever eee e |
ALE!
The Greatest
We Ever
Held!
Wonderful
Selections
Big Values
SIUKS
' AE'-'j
Women
The tremendous demand and the eagerness
the thrifty women of this city are snapping up
bargains in this Huge Unloading Sale shows that the
Values are unquestionably the best in town. When
you consider that at regular prices NEWARK Shoes
Are America’s Greatest Shoe Value you cat) better
realize what bargains await you at these reduced
prices. Style after Style, Bargain after Bargmh, at
prices that are far below their true worth—so comeito
morrow to the Big Event.. A regular Feast of Bar
gains awaits you as our mammoth reserve stock' has
now been brought forward—there is a style for every
occasion at a price that will please you. ~
; Li
- Unusual Values
This lot consists ol Plain or Strap' Pumps;
Dull Kid or Russia Calf, Gun MstsL Black
and Brown Kid Lac* Oxfords with all th* Latest Hssla;
Gsn Msisl snS Taa Lacs Boots whb'Om^ng Girt or
Military Heels. t*A\ Jf '
Big Selection at Thi* Low Price!
This lot consists of Gan Mstsl lac* Ox
fords; Patent Leather land 2 Strap Pomp*
tilth military heals; Gun Mete! Jars' Ox-
!<>*ds;_ykl Kid, 1 Strap or Loco Walking
iTrlro-
V Oxfords, .Smokod Blk Sport Oxford*. Black
mad; .Taa Calf 1 Strap Oxfords, military
Kid 1 Strap with Louis Heals, Gun Mi
l and Tan Calf Boots, military heels. : . i
Style After Style
Thfa lot consist* of charming sty!*s In
Tan Calf; Black Vid Kid or H«va&AVftowi»
Kid Lac* Oxford*, military tubbar
top lift*; Black Satin Pump#, 1 and2 Strap
with Low, Jr, Lon is or Louis Heels, soma have If test
brocaded quarter in popular wishbone affect; Gun Metal,
Brown Kid and Tad Calf Boots, military heels,
Rubber Top Lifts. -‘ v ' *^ * <
ATHENS, GA, STOP® 4 J
151 Clayton Street ! ■ ‘’Ne:
i .vinO >n«!- »-v* •
Th* t-avgai* Chain of Shoe Stares in ihe UnJfeil SUU*.
a