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page two ' WANT HD RATES 2/Cents a Word . j-4 -fanimum charge of 40 ee * , Three time* for thoiitjc* of 8tt • -inr.ertions. Seven times for the ' price of five insertions. All discontinuances MOST' 'be made in person st The Banner-Herald Office or by letter. Telephone djecoa- ^■tinuances ere NOT valid..' 7K WANT AD 7JS IO PHONE * O BANNER-HERALD WANT ADB GET RESULTS i A called communication o( Mount Vernon Lodge No. IS K. A A. M., will be held' in Masonic Tefnplc this (Thursday) evening, Febru ary 15tb, at eight o'clock. Tho Entered Apprentice degree will be conferred. All duly qualified brethren ace cordially and frater nally Invited to attend. By . order of. E. O. KINNEBREW, \Y. M. JNO. 0. QUINN, Secretary. Season’s Coldest Wave Gripping < , ,, „ , Entire Country H0LLM00DM Officials Believe First Step in Fight on Narcot ics At Movie Hub to Be •February 20. kiuemm wnaEn he Georgia cage artists are be- put' through tile' pates this The Weather GEORGIA: Pair and colder to nigbt. probably heavy froat and freezing temperature to the coast. Friday partly cloudy. South Carolina: Heir and cold er tonight., heavy frost and freex- lng temperature to the coast, Fri day fair continued cold. ‘ Florida: Generally fBlr and cold er tonight, possibly frost in the extreme’ north; Friday cloudy, probably becoming unsettled. Alabama.: Cloudy to part clopdy and somewhat colder tonight, frost to th^ coast if weather clears.; Friday, cloudy, possibly rain on the coast. ; A drop in tho tomperaturo to- night in the East Gulf States and in the Atlantic states south of Maryland is forecast by the'weath- er bureau which algo predicts cold { weather will continue through Sat urday in tho Southeastern states. Generally fair weather la forecast 'foV East of the Mississippi exempt for probably min on tbe East Gulf *- Const. Storm warnings remain dls ' played'on the Atlantic Coast from Cape Hatteras northward. Business Opportunity ) ADVERTISING SALESMEN, Have ' calls for your territory from ad- , rortisers for WONDER WRITING ', .FAD, Me bring* selling outfit fult par ticulars . SOT Republic Bldg. j, r Louisville, Ky. . MS-P - WANTED—"help WANTED—TEN GOOD SEAM- sters at Shirt Factory. Steady clean work. Bridge and River Streets. . - flScb Tuesday's blizzard and chid Wavd I . c ^y NG, !'f YER , was expected In the Northwest to- ■ LOS ANGELES — Tile opening wedge will be driven into dope HEAVY WINDS NOT SO STRONG Heavy winds which had swept Minnesota anti tar Dakotas fur nearly 48 hours Ailing up huge drifts, had died dpwp .considerably today and railroad snow plow* were able to clear more effectively the various lines. Temperature? ranged down to 20 below r.er,. Wisconsin Is slowly diluting out from the havoc wrought by the cold wave for tho Inst 20 hours wilti the temperature 4, abav ner-- gt Milwaukee early this naming. Train service on the main lint Into Chicago from Hie .North was reported demoralized. T-ippera- ture in Chicago at 2 it. :u., today Was one below Zero. Cloudy skies snd mure or lea traffic In the world's movlo bub, government officials believe, though federal prosecution of James Bruno, whoso trial on a charge-pf vending narcotics in Hollywood will, begin here Febru ary '20. > 'Bruno, alias Moreno, say officers who arrested him, had an extensive clientele In the famous film cen ter. This trial follows the visit to Los Angelrasof Colonel Nutt, fed eral narcotic chief. It Is consider ed tho first gun In a concentrated i state and government attack on j time venders luywffng the cinema colony. I Because of Its. wealthy residents j.md sensation seeking winter tour, ista. Hollywood long has been the cold weather Uday shmvrl Tohas I hiccca of America's wiliest dope to bo 'experiencing Only .'he tat 11 ulers and the despair of enforce end of the cold wave in lite north., ment officers. Forcastor here expressed holier | Here, according t.9 those who that tho repotted blizzard In th- thus picture Hollywood, habitues Upper Mississippi valley hid pass jhavo been practically Immune he ed in a southeasterly dtri rtion. hinfl a barrier of wealth and ta xi emphl.s, Tenn. reported the cold tfluence. Sleuths declare the liahdi For Sale FOR RALE—Gas range. In good Condition, or will exchange tor largo heater. F^one 1418. MG-c wave to renew Its attack tmlny in Tennessee, Arkansas and Miss issippi. A wave of intense cold, heralded by a cutting wind Vat''- ft tlm«s achieved a 72 miles an b;ur velo city brough'd suffering t-j New York today. Earlv In the morning the weath er bureau reported the thermome ter down 17 degrees below zero. The worst bllzsar.d In five years was sweeping over Ontario today FOR SALE - JERSEY MILCH cow, oil stove, kitchen cabinet, . - flM cow, 011 stove, Kitcnor baby bed.", Phone 18-W. Wanted WANTED-FLAT TOP DESK— address G; R. Hatfield, 780 W. Hancock. f-lt-p Ranted—to buy pair of <«, mules, weighing about 10<)0 'pounds each, 8 to 8 yean of age, ;alao good wagon. R. F. Christian, • Grocer, Broad street, Athens, Ga. w f-18-c WANTED-T U - Ga. “Panda Jr.. Amerlcus, Ga. - buy one 1918 U. of Thomas Harrold, 'WANTED—Good gentle, horse, or [[ mplo for farm work. W. I. Ab- • >iey, phone 1008 or S01-J. 2-18-C ’WANTED TO BUT—second hand n refrigerator, fifty pound capacity “Afugt be In good condition. Will \pay cash for a bargain, phone 701. ,T . f-lM NURSERY STOCK General Aigortment PEACHES APPLES PLUMS PEARS FIGS ORNAMENTAL SHRUBBERY Attractive prices, especially on large lots. BOULDER CREST NURSERY C. M. ERWIN, Manager Route 3 , Atlanta, Ga. cap in men and money makes sup pression almost impossible. Again, the problom of enforce ment here probably Is the hardest In tho country, office say, be cause there are no dives and no obvious underworld clement where- thq “stool pigeon” System of detec tion ran be operated. Peddlers usually are paid by check and transactions are those of the business world rather than of the den. The result: One ped dler is caught in Hollywood to 100 In other sections of the city. Sybaritic parties on the fringe of movleland, where, aa described by tho law's ferrets, the morphine needle passes around a languorous group of immaculate men and Jeweled women or where ''snow" Is staffed from perfumed wrists, are Invariably held behind 'the oaken doors of private homes. There are no ratty servitors, no tattoo of night sticks, no furitve scurrying. ATHENS BUSINESS COLLEGE Bookkeeping, Shorthand' and Typewriting “* of expense, by at-' tending this school. The grad- uates of the Athens Business C i?. Uega *J way * the beet po- Graduate em- today**' '^ t ® * or formation Box 148, Athens, Ga. PARTIES IN RICH HOMES ‘Those are often homes of weal thy people,'' an oft baffled officer said, “and wp can't invade them. Behind their doors Is the threat of a suit if. an officer gets the wrong hunch. We haven't funda to em ploy the type of Informers we need.” . ■> To provide drugs for these al leged parties the brainiest men oi crpokdom slip across the Mexican border with cocaine, 'heroin and morphine. They smuggle from ships at San Pedro. - Ring within ring is financed by then who made millions In the traf flc and who-expend lgvlahly to in crease the number of victims among the discreetly wealthy. *• Lost And Found .JAJST—Saturday night, open-fact r* flows d watch, with chain and •'*rir«, initials on back. Liberal Notify Arnold Wright, 114 nee avenue. Phone 208. frlE-p 1. Miscellaneous ; PAINTING, INTERIOR DECORAT •' ING, paper Hanging. No Job too "large or loo small. Estimates • cheerfully furnished. H. H. Winn, ^hone 181&-W. fJ8p 1 COMMUTATION ROAD TAXES f» for !•*> now due. and payablo at Commissioners' OtUra In Clarke jCounty Court House. M-9-c For Rent—Rooms .-FOR RENT—Two furnllhed room 1 apartment. Location close in. Apply W„ B. Mason at Bernstein 'Bros. frige 66-THONA-66 \ Taxi Service Day and Night Budded Pecan Trees FOR SALE STANDARD varieties Writ* for Prices W- Bl LAMAIt PARK FRONT THOM ASVILLE, GEORGIA railroad >ULES IR UNR RY. inbound _ 'UhlB p Mem. 8:10 p -N. Y. 3:20 p I. ■•-n-e.-M - Psi's and the Boys High of Athens ing versus the Georgia Freshmen is - week In preparatory to tbe two tbe basketball menu at the Uni- BMjes In Macon against Josh verslty gym Thursday 'night at' g Cody"* Baptist flee . Friday and o'clock and Its all free'' to those 1 Saturday night . ' who want to see two cbrklng good f Last week the Med and Black games. [hit tho cellar and also, tbe tip top The fraternity 1 league will coma .of U»ir ambitions when the team to a close with this game and the; "' aB trounced by Auburn to the winner if tonight's game will bp j tune of 45 to 16 and then won over the champions. Both teams seem f I ,e Atlanta Athletic Club, 34 to about evenly matebdd and .a hot,*®' \ battle Is promised. ■ Mercer possesses, one. of tbe best The Boys High team possesses !<; ,ubs ,n the South and the Bull some splendid players au-i in 1 expect nothing else ' but Stephens, their center, they have! rouBh S° ,n « on this final trip. In one of the best prep players („ I Harmon the Maoonouitea passes Georgia. This team stands right at- a star ot stara whlle the other the top of the Atlanta prop league | playtjra are above the average, and will give the Freshmen bunch IGURR TO SHOW a run for their money Thursday ! AT HOME night. J Ed Gurr la expected to draw a This may be the last Freshman', whopper crowd for the Georgians game here this winter. So far a! ,n h,a home c,t F unless be Is battle for the green Jersled boys P» a »e a «cd of a period of stags has not been arranged for next fright w,n uncork that same brand Thursday night when the Varsity of fla8h >' Paying he has exhibited Plays tho Atlanta Athletic Club a11 seaeon - Gurr ■« extreqiely pop- but a game may be staged here ,lla * ln ** acon while Georgia al- tbat night for Coach coDover's wa 3“ draws, the biggest crowds of team's farewell appearance, .the season there. m ; I Both games will be played on __ _ - | tho auditorium court and fully 3000 1YAWt nf Tnp Flinr:P^up 1 ® wtil turn out to see them. 1NCW8 ui x ue LJ<xy | Th0 aeor gi„ team wm , eave Friday morning. K t. homellnga defeated th* (ton team IS to 32. Wheth- ’ will be able to repeat Is I causing Red and White support- re* ‘1 -rw ♦ 1 era a great deal of worry. lyroie fwayithM 1 ’ - ,rom v; " hln * lo,l ,ay elr boys' crew Is day by day Girls and. Will Play From Washington Jlighl School. ',, , Friday nigbt at 8 o'clock out at tbe high school gym, Athens High's two basketball quintets 'will bat tle tbe invading Washington hi crewi Hqrd games .ue expect aaalnm. neat Sanford Flam admission will be char? .j 4,1 *° The pa bile Is Invited th,- get under way at s o'clock M " w * ens n on h e C .—Z~ _ 'In every way getting better and tori This team has bw , ls " <f "' d.pBoys .Teatas,^* 81 -- out wr ve n- by . one |X ly Both C»Wr K; *( d bfe “ r Cl08e Watch ' “fsm^prep drel'eV 1 " '’ CSl Two Basketball Games Thursday Two, splendid basketball games will be pliytd 'here Thursday night wbfcn the iBoyn High, school team of Atlanta^ coached by Dave John - “ lavs the IgU son °I° 0,8*81* star, 1 lq hta Freshmen tsam and tho chat and hard luck have to be account- * bl » I° r the fraternity longue will ed'fdr. . * ! be played at the University gym- coach Mkrtha Nicholson’s crew of girls are In excellent shape for MU.ZJIUM BROWN llAlTi^i: 8hampoo* * GoW - C conomicaffrani: portation CHEVROLET ii TERIV3S M RHODES MOTOR co. English Would Appeal tv , League For Aid. Old Folks and Children Leave For Safety. Germans declare French boycott In the Ruhr has created acute mlii:'| famine In Essen, imperilling lives) dtildron Uh ° f lhou “ n,,s of NEW YORK - “What, t&t db you reaard aS the greatest ot your Asqulthlan and Lloyd I career,” —111 .... djuL George, ^hat question was recently put ment to urge hein from* h i a.S«i» rn i t0 cbam P |on J»ck Dempsey. . Nations "Jn* keeping 1 " f ' OM ha, ” , onB would fmsi peace. „ , Off hand one would Imatlnh European, Jack aa Bar iag that his victory over Willard, which won for him Annie MneQ—innev i„ tbo cliamnlouahip, .was the big ? is a ?88ted event |„ h|g careeri - • ; • at Cork and has gone on hunger strike! her sister Mary announces in Dublin. Irtsb Free state troops begin ad vance on stronghold ot irregulars' In county Cavan mountains. Turkish authorities have ordered old folka. and children to leave Adrlanople as safety measure, Cofi stantinople news agency dispatch: says. Angota authorities' are I: at Iifnet Pasha’s fhlHtre up at Constantinople on Ms from Lausanne and Allied com mlsaloners are delayed In vital conference. Others might ogure tbe meet ing with Carpentler, before tbe'big gest crowd and greatest gale In the history of tbe sport, ap the out standing bout. Jack didn't mention either of them In anawer to tbe query. “My fight with Bijly iMIske, back in 1818, Is the big event in my lifo as a fighter. "Mlske and I fought 10 pounds. No decision was rendered. Some of tbe writers gave Mlske the edge, others favored me. “At thgt time .Mlske 5*3(91 a com- mkndlng figure In the fight game. Some ot tbe experts .regarded bis bout vrlth me as easy picking. On the contrary I gave Mlske plenty of trouble. w. “That hbut convinced mq that m« Y0 U * C J!L> (SS b i C b , ra J? ! mu' 8 AxT I W0,,I< I h® champion, for ,rom „'I'’ bb ; had I not stayed 10 round* with ,?y ne Wh,t *s«he great Mlske. and at that time ney, and Edward S. Harkness. .(j g W as little more-than a novlcet • . | The same vear I also staged a zlx- telegraml ro und no decision affair with him, their battle dud should they run true to forth' should dish out 1 defeat to tbe invaders. Hard prac tices have been tbe Mil for tbe local five since their return from Decatur. Rumors have It that there will be several shifts made la the lineup for the game Friday nigbt BATTLE ’ . MARRIETTA Following their game with Wash ington High tbe girls battle the Mai ietta High, crew here Satur day night This game It expected to be a battle royal ae (he two teams are, about evenly matched. Little la known of this Marietta crew but still they, are one of those tesms from around Atlanta. Nuff said., Coach Charlie Wlebrs baa been sepdldg bis proteges through some henl work during tbe past weAk and so now they are ln fins shape for this Washington setto. Last night they worked out at tbme “Y" night they worked out at the “Y" tnaged tbe “Y” lightweights. Tbe lade" uncorked ' some great- form and swept their opponents' away easily. The boys crow .'has a tough Job at hrihd Friday night an this In vading quintet Is worthy of their steel. In their last engagement the Wlehrmen were able to ' gain a victory only- after a tough battle, in tbs Wllkss county capital re- Highways and By-ways 'T'HE highway to prosperity is the road of thrift, of courage and of industry. There are plenty of by-ways, but most of them lead nowhere. Commercial Wank of oAthem ‘V Member Federal Reserve System “ASK OUR DEPOSITORS” : QBr Depart for Arrive from H., ..•<^j For further PROFITS ’ ENORMOUS Profits of dope peddlers aro enormous, state inspectors inform mb. Drugs purchased from whole salers at ISO to $88 aa ounce re tail easily at from 1200 to 1800. “One attorney, apparently re spectable.” the dean of the Los Angeles narcotic squad says, "has made 1400,000 on dope In tbe last two years and a doctor haa made close to 11.900,000 ' “Their clients are In Hollywood, Wllsblre and other exclusive resi dence districts, none of - which Is more nor less vice-pitted than an other. , “Those men and their Ilk can match every dollar of enforcement Rinds with $1000 to be used In evading- detection and capture.' DOPE ROUTE One Hollywood peddler, long* un der surveillance but never caught, operates a regular dope route like a milkman, making bouse to bouse deliveries In an auto. Another- recently escaped cap ture but lost a Mg cache of mor phine secreted lu a bole in a can yon back of Hollywood. “Dope Is responslblg for 80 per cent of the crime Id Loe Angelos/' ■ays one ft Sheriff ABUiam Traeg- cr'B veteran Investigators, "an* crimes ^ue to drugs are rapidly shifting from deqtxeus of dives to Sscretary Hughes’ criticising failure of Chinese gov ernment to answer satisfactorily United States request for explana tion tor killing of an American* citizen le censored by Toast Mas-; ter at China society dinner ItwNew' York. President Harding reatoree civil sqrvlce rights and Jobs to 17 em ployees In. Bureau ot Engraving and printing who were removed almost a year ago. Representative Voight, Wiscon sin, introduces resolution asking- World economic congress and pro- 1 testing that France take steps to. pay Ite war debt to tbe United 8letee. Death In Detroit of Bishop Charles D. Williams, lioad of tho Splscopal diocese. In less than two years I was cjiamplon. winning from Willard and bad also stopped Mleke In three rounds shortly afterward," — ■ 1 • Tigers to Report In Augusta Mar. 1 DETROIT. Mich.—The Detroit Tiger mauummznt bss notified. »n members' of the dub that March first is the date selected for the battery men tfo report! to Manager Cobb at Augusta, it was announc ed today. Other members, of the team are elatiSd bo on band at the Southedn canfp March *. Mbit of l|he players had expected a later date for the beginninr. of spring .conditioning;'Cobb being an advtr cat® of shorter training uppei; classes." —z. x-ormrtion phnnr if«. GAIN! Yellow Caft(a PHONE 66 | . ‘ Office GEORGIAN HOTEL LE MIDLAND ,. Sehedntes • y-AK*. o. i Athens Arrive i&tfb *• gaily Except Sunday RAILWAY thenx 8:00 a. m., a. a. .Athena 4:15 p. -m./ i«? p. pi. Daily. p qu, it ‘0» m., ^ Scout Court At ‘■wCommerce, Ga. , Four Athene, business men as sisted In organisation of a Boy Scout court of Honor at Commerce Wednesday. B. R. Woodworth, H. J. Reid, C.- D. Flanlgen, members of the executive committee df tbe Northeast eGorgis Scout Coundll and E. P. Clarke, scout executive «;ere in the party. The Atbeniane found tbe Com merce dtltens enthusiastic .over Boy Scout work and hare organls ed three troops, all registered and blled to capacity. Tbe meeting s held fn the council chamber Commerce and troop commlt- • mere dBBDlnted. “ Athena basinets air : Spring Wraps Received Daily At upti \ -frrxrr. to orgxnlxe a Court of Honor, CAPES 1 and v COATS of Biegc, Grey, Navy and Black. Sales are made almost as fast as arrivals, so stock is not complete, but each day we add new styles and colors to thje showing..- CHARMING NEW DRESSES - Cl ft QC New Dresses of Canton Crepe, l v.33 Alltyme Knitted Crepe, Taf feta and other popular Silks in a sale .to win HJtdmnooolil - CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY WILL SPEND MILLIONS IN 1923 FOR IMPROVEMENT - OF SERVICE ’ : in. " T b f, t *whfn •UT. P * ny > expenditure may appear to be “dry read- * h ®" understood it tells hn intensely interesting story, to keen pace with the yft. 1 ? 9f or «' ia an <l Alabama, the raUwaya must dis- play vision, foresight, courage and fojth in their territory and in their patrons. ^ additions and improvements, that the Central fit Georgia ^ **1,®? an Jvinig-ht into the varied phases of transportation, that vital factor in the welfare of industry and Commerce. A>«m*d dtffm from many other enterprise, in that it is never complete. Contin- ^ th. ^nmprovedVr?£e M * na «' mcnt ' if cfficient - ™ • i « bt . ^Ui this in mind tbe Central of Georgia Railway plans to spend in 1823 for additions and improvements the wm of $6,741,392. bpwer and-rolling stock arc essential factor in proper handling of increasing lr tines of communication must provide for prompt and efficient movement of - ‘ ambe . r the forest; raw material to and finished products from ; fertiliser for the field; cotton and livestock from the form; melons and peaches pchard. The tourist to and from the South; the traveler on business mission. Ift *nd comfortable transportation. ItafL real Horn tbe f from' expects r The items for new equipment are as follows: 20 Mikado freight locomotives, ■6 Mountain type passenger locomotives, 500 Ventilator care, 100 Stock can, 300 Hopper coal care, 200 Compoaltlon coal care, ' 10 Cabooses. 2 Straight coaches, 2 Partition coaches, f ffiS&SM, The total coat of this new equipment amounts to 83,910X86.00. In addition to tho eh tarty, ln the year be add? re, 100 flat cars snd 10 caboose cars, purchased in 1022, will 'to the equipment; lent alone doca got solve the problem.- There must prevent 061 For tho ‘ adequate terminal hop machinery must be provided to keep equipment ready foe continuous appropriation,for now shop tools calls for 185,000; A like amount hot been tools whieh are just being Installed. , the old-time^wooden trestle by the construction of steel and edn- ^jei'1a juwtber step toward improved service and greater qpfety, • V i _/7 . ’•;£ 'riant to the aafo And efficient operation of trains than the ck'signal is the most modern dsvicc of the kind; The C*n- its,electric block,system from Fort -Valley to Albany, com- otection of the fast passenger trains and heavy freight traffic our lipes. This will cost 1205,000. must measure up to the dcmamla of heavy traffic. The Central cf juy 'and' place 10JSOO tons of 90-pound rail and 500,000 creosote;! laying of this heavy rail Will permit retirement of 72 miles of lighter rail, entire trackage. The rail program calls for the expenditure of 1876,- 7 will be a charge against new capital. ’ Expenses for maintenance of way and oV ci|Utpment, for operation and for transMria- lion, are That by the current revenues of tho Company. The items for additions end im provements amounting to'18,741,392, must for the most part be secured by going into the open market and-borrowing money. Railway securities must be ae attractive in interest rate and all investment feiti Stores as other enterprises or capital will go elsewhere. The public trees heavily when transportation is inadequate. The Central of Georgia is to place- ' ‘ ' ' earnestly endeavoring to place itself in position to serve its patrons adequately. In turn we expect the public to manifest such a sentiment toward railway regulatory policies that tbejailroada may earn a fair rate of return upon a, just valuation of their invest- Gf-./c! expect the public to manifest i » a. hs «tl—«««. V ~ Constructive criticism and suggestions are Invited. J,, j W. A. WINBURN, President, Central of , Georgia Railway Company. 1923. , ... .. ' wjll do this justifies the management in these extensive / M ya.n a ■y,