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...sanAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1*23,
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II.'TEE BANKER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
PAvoianctm?
MARKET FOR
ATHENS
I was anxious to learn
o) the ^-ttaU trocers to-
«T (i ltd
•> <4l tlw status
; ward It. HaVing asked several
!) men It it had hurt them to any
: ixtent they said It had not.
I The grocer nearest the market,
uggested for j who opposed it at the start, offer-
I The curb market ..
Athens some time ago and which 1 ed $25 to have it moved back—
is a part of the program for the I what he lost in sale of green veg-
Kiwanls Club this year in gaining | stables he more than made double
2 Ga. Students ’ ^
Meet In Japan
The following from the social
column of the Sunday American
will be of interest in Athens, where
Dr. slack, a graduate of the Uni
impetus and is being endorsed ly|in cash sales of dry groceries. rn T itprurv Snciptipe A t i v '‘™ ly and prominent physician
a number of the leading business, Another merchant told me he | 1WO Literary &OClCTie8 AljOf lnigrange. Is well known:
people of the city. Including many]could tell by his ledger every mar-j University TO Observe| ‘‘ u
grocers. } kci day because of heavy cash!
Below the Banner-Herald re- sales to the farmers,
r-adu-es " ■•tt— .r-m-c • 'r- " I DID NOT
Mrs. Bessie H. Troutman who or- ■ CEASE
gantaerl a curb market in several When fall came In 1921. the date j
set lor closing the curb market
“How small a world is this of
m j- nriL * 1 ours," or “It's great to be a Gcor-
I' (Hinding With Appro-! gian." are equally hackneyed
liripfp Pl’fiornmc, i truisms herein illustrated. Dr.
1 C 'Henry R. Slack, after his graduV-
iTho Stenographer
wanes to be quick/ keen and cleareyed
during her working hqurs. She drinks
Morning Joy Coffee and is invigorated
nnd refreshed. Morning Joy is the favor
ite drink of hundreds of thousands of
thoso who knew tho best. Ask your grocer.
K„s Orleans Coffee Co., Ltd.
k V Orleans, La.
Irtilij The
"Autocrat"
.or Coffees
QfII/1
fiBXUINELY GOOD
| IX QUALITY
VAN Ml, K a synthetic
VAW Nil GENEROUSLY GOOD
V rtiY-lYULi 1N QUANTITY
eallln of rare flavouring eoulent. nou-slcobollcj
>r* nr
cities of north Georgia. It Ik of co-
rcctul Interest to Athens people In
view of what Is proposed for this
eltw
MRS. TROUTMAN’S
LETTER IN FULL
“It has been with keen interest
that I have read of the movement
on the part of the Kiwanls Clnh.
aided by Rotary. Chamber
Commerce, city Council and Farm
Bureau to oporate a curb market
In Athens,
Having organized one In Rome
two years ago and demonstrated
beyond n doubt the need for the
same in Floyd County, i take the
liberty of asking space in your
columns to say a word endorsing
the movement anil giving a few
facts concerning it.
AIDED THE
FARMERS
The farmers, having failed to
meet their obligations in the /all
of 1920 and credit being no longer
possible to be extended by the
merchants, something iind to he
done.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of tho
Chamber of commerce decided to
take up the mutter of financing
the 1921 crop, thru a curb market
with the town and county cooper
ating.
Meetings were culled for the
women nnd girls. In each county
district, early In the spring urg
ing them to ruise vegetables,
, flowers, fruits, as well as poultry
and dairy products to sell on the
market. Tito women of Romo
promising to rurnlsh buyers,
i On May 2nd the market open
ed. A late spring prevented an
earlier oopning. Twentv-f 1 -'
wagons, buggies and ears on the
curb.
By August »% had enrolled
names and nddressos of 439 par
ties who had said n-oduce on **”•
markot. Conveyances coming
from a circumference of 30 miles
and more. One woman, a small
Bon, In n buggy crossing front. Ala.
over Sand Mountain to Rome,
leaving homo at 1 a. m. reached
market at 6 a. m. and sold out by
7:30. Vory happy over amount of
her sales. Spent the money In a
dry goods store and Rome groceries
she could get so much cheaper
than at home.” and started on re
turn journey by 11 o’clock. In con
sequonco of her report, a large
number of wagons came from her
neighborhood loaded and returned
laden .with-purolpses made while
In Rome. The news of It flies
J fast,
I .Often a handicap to the mar
ket la the opposition of some of
I the merchants. After the market
jbad grown beyond the section al-
' lotted us by the city and we had
tlon at Johns Hopkins, where he
or closing me cum msrsei. The University or Georgia’s twoj'von distinction In b<s profession
was December 1 The vegetables' literary societies. PM Kappa an 1 won also a Baltimore bride, and
nnd flowers were so abundant that I Dembsthenlan will observe the an ■ went to the orient fov an extended
U was Terid^ to run on as long | »'»«r.ar, of the founding of the | honeymoon. While In Nippon, Of.
as weather would permit. We did j t ''°. ( institutions
not close It all winter. The same night.
thing has been true this winter. Speakers have been chosen for
two organizations.
C’ur.i markets are no new thing, .the
Look in the old countries what they Lewis, of Dawson. Ga,
mean.
The oduca’ionai and social value
to the farmer’s family, and cite
one too can not be estimated.
Wednesday Slack., attending Oriental clinics,
. was approached by one who said
I that n Jenanese potable wished to
Arthur i 00118,111 ,he American M. D. The
will repre
sent Phi Kappa and G. (.pith
will represent Demosthen'an. The
termer will bo introduced by Col
quitt rtirler. son of P. "4. Com-
When once established Athens and , niissioner Carter, of Allan I A, while
the surrounding counties will never E* M. Dunstan will present Mr.
permit It to close.
It is not wise to have It indoors.
The curb, no charges for selling,
and the active interest of some
one or more in charge will solve
the problem.
I would urge the i>eoplc of Ath
ens to encourage and make pos
sible this market. Let Athens be
come a center for marketing the
produce for the counties contigu
ous to her. It will bring into Its
business center large amounts of
money, can you realize that sales
ran up into the hundreds of dol
lars per day for throe days in the
week. Most of this money was
spent - In Rome or deposited In
bunks there. Give it a trial and
you will not abandon it. '
MRS. BESSIE B. TROUTMAN
M. Dunslan will present
Finch to the audience. The speak-,
era were chosen from a largo num
ber of the best orators at tho Uni
versity.
Old Domoathenian will celebrate
its 122 birthday while Phi Kappa,
founded in 1820 will observe its
103rd birth r.nniverslary.
To be an Anniversnrian speaker
is considered one of- the highest
honors at the University. The
orators to deliver addresses Wed
nesday night are recognizod as two
of the best' at the University.
Author of ‘Urbs
consultation granted, the noble
Japanese patient finally remarked
to Dr. Slack.
"You talk like a Southerner,
specilically like a Georgian.”
"I am a Georgian, born In La-
Grange. Have you been in Geor
gia?" said IJr. Slack.
"Oh. yes," replied tho Japanese
nobleman. "I was a student of
the University of Georgia.”
"Why. so am I a Georgia man,'
enthusiastically replied Dr. Slack,
us the formal bow between him
self and the Japanese nobleman
became the gripping handahnko of
brother alumni.
A V
Children Cry for Retch
Athens Girls Give
Concert On W. S. B.
George Washington, Defender of Universities
, 'Oil ■) ^
| Harvard's Highest Degree
Given to General Who
DroVe Out British
THE colonist* had known any-
thine of friil.TI®"®’ • tunt
flying or esthetic dancing, it la
likely snmo savant would discover
that George Washington had been
u adept at all of them.
He has beoij proclaimed a gen
eral. diplomat, statesman, farmer
•nd man o tUcMers. This year,
ic the American Mutual Magasine
far Fchriufryt- bchllshod at Boston,
Carl Holliday, professor of Amer-
inr Literature at tho Univeralty
e! Toledo, tolls of “When Wash-
'anon Hecfuns a Doctor.’ 5,
The tlmo was April 3, 1776. The
;U<* was Ceneord, Mas*. The oc-
ruion was’the annual commonco-
ntent of Harvard Univeralty, then
> mllege and temporarily moved
from Cam bridge’|o Concord/ Tho
fruon. prophetic of similar awards
foiiswins (ho;Idle war, wa# the
Hnlrcrsity'j^'grdStade for Doctor
"■uhington's having, tho preced-
it* month, compelled the British
>" evacuate Boston and Cam-
•rids*. Tho doctorate itself was
Hm of laws, 'xhe law pf ■ Nature
»nd Nations, add fhii'ClvM Lair."
One Predecessor . ... j,
Tim degree had been bestowed
•"h ono it was given then to
Mn Winthrop, ono of the most
Profound students In America,
"’sshingion, i-'Doctor Holliday
’■alee, r.-aa "totally Innocent of
’higher 'learning,"’ but. the
• niversitv anthorltlbs had ronclud-
"• possession of hi* qualities of
I adersinp an d thelr'oxorcfse were
II rime fnV greater wisdom
v Ua on thllliy to construct “para-
»f nouns In the Greek
!l »eu- • They were prompt in
Hions'-ating their belief.
~ h d - iiment .conferring the de-
JJ” b oTioted^piow and In Itself
f lak “ s - unique nnd worthy tribute
, ,l, ‘ i'aihw.qi Hla Country at •
v n bis 'niial day Is being
1 “’ r ' liy his tremendously
r . J 0 ’ 1 "rporallon of Harvard
I’amlffidgc, -New Eng-
H the Faithful Ip Christ
— I’r-Kcnts shall- come
“Greetings. ., . >
Academical Degrees
•tally instituted for this
bra,, t,
’ »)»:
•fv-
purposo, That men eminent tor
Knowledge, Wisdom, and Virtue,
who have highly merited of the
Republic of Letters and of tho
Common-Wealth, should be reward
ed with the Honor* of these
Lanrqjs; there is the greatest Pro
priety IIn conferring nch Honor*
on that very lUastrlon* Gentleman
George Washington. Esq.; tha ac
complished General of the Con
federated Colonies In America,
whose knowledge and patriotic Af-
dor are manifest to alL Who ft*
hi* dlstlngulahed .Virtue, both Civil
and Military# In the drat place,
ig elected by the Suffrages of
Virginians, one of their Dele-
•ates, exprted himself with Fidelity
and singular wisdom In tho cele
brated Congress of America for the
Detente of Liberty, when In the
utmost danger of being for ever
lost, and for the Salvation of hit
country; and then, at the earnest
request Of that Grand CotptcH of
Patriots, without bM'ttUoh, loft
all the pleasures of hi* delightful
seat in Virginia, and the attain of
his own Estate, that through all
the Fatiguee and Dangers of a
Camp, without accepting any Re
ward, he might deliver New-Eng-
land from the unjust add cruel
Arms of Britain, and .defend the
other Colonies: and who, by the
moat signal Smile* of Divine Provi
dence on his Military Operations,
drove the Fleet and Troop* of the
Enemy with disgraceful Precipita
tion from the Town of Boehm,
which for Eleven Months had been
abut apt Idrtlded, and defended by
dots who suffered a great variety
of Hardship* and Crosltiei while
under the Power of tho Oppres
sors. now rejoice In their Deliver-’
•nee, and the neighboring Towns
are treed from the Tumult of
Arms, and oar University has the
agreeable Prospect of being restor
ed to Its ancient Seat
"Know ye therefore that We. the
Resident and Fellows of Harvard
ObDege In Cambridge (with the
Consent of the Honored and Rev
erend Overseer* of our Academy),
have constituted and created the
aforesaid Gentleman, GEORGE
WASHINGTON,. who merits the
r est Honor, Doctor pt Laws,
LAW of,Nature and Nations,
add the Clvy law; and have given
and granted onto him at the same
nine all Rights, Privilege*, and
Honors to the said Degree per-
taining. * * ■>«.
“In Testimony whefvOf.'We have
affixed the Seal pf our University
to these Letters, and subscribed
with our Hand writing-this Third
Day. of April In the Year of opr
Lord one thousand Seven Hundred
and Seventy-six.
Samuel Lintdoo. S. T. D.
Prmeses, Nathaniel Appleton, S. T.
Johannes Winthrop, Math, et.#
sues WmUwor£ Jjuig^uu'uiii. ‘
Tbessararlos., BocH." •■> ’’
Dr. Motte Martin, For
Twenty Years In Africa.
P peaks At Presbyterian
Church Sunday.
Large and Interested crowds
heard Dr. Motte Martin, mission
ary who spent twenty years In
tho-"heart" of Africa speak at the
First Presbyterian and Central
Presbyterian church here Sunday.
'Mr. Martin, aitbo rather frail or
body, weighing but little over one
hundred pounds, has been nble to
stand tho climate of Africa and
accomplish a herculean task and
Is perhaps tho most widely known
man In all of the Kassla -region
of the Belgian Congo and com
mands the respept of every Bel
gian Official, and- the love of every
native.
Among other Interesting things
which he mentioned was the
change of the attitude of the Bel
gian Government towards mission
ary workers in the Congo. Some
years ago on account of outside In
Athens radio fans will hnvn an
_ ' opportunity of bearing an Athons
Fllhirrr rraKPrl concert Tuesday night given over
1 UlUia I laiBGU , ho station ”W. S. B." of tho At-
—:— ! pnnta Journal by tho Gloo club of
~ ,h * «..«
wind that blows no good. When w j M bl) broadcasted on the ’’nadl-
^lnd°Li XUn 8 ve? owl " l ,rogram at «:«. Athens
fuss and hullabaloo over the Urbs t | mo The numberg w |(j ^ UO d„r
^ < rraekir“ P ^ I m?ve n r«Hv 1 the MU P ervls,on °f Miss Esther B.
Georgia Cracker, University nenson, musical llrcctor of tho
monthly some time ago It seemed school and w ,„ te participated la
that Aaron Bernd, author of thcj by thc cnt|re , td cI ^ b
in tiat and only article, on Macon. „ Iocal radlolteg , vll| tuno , n „„
might be manhaudled or something j Atlanta at a quart.sr of twelvo
Mw a tilnr ^ralert Ut ln n «lftori. h l» In ! Tuesday nl * ht thp F will have the
now being praised in editorials In I p) easurc of hearing souo of their
Macon dallies and is contributing home town perform,
special articles on Macon s ‘needs
and Is also trying to fill-tho empty
bookshelves of the library that
came hp for discussion In the
Cracker articles.
Just pipe this from tho editorial
page of the Telegraph:
“A BUILDER”
The Kind Yon Have Always Bought has borne the signa
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher on the wrapper for over
SO years last to protect tho coming generations.. Do 1
not be deceived. All Counterfeits. Imitation* and
“Just-as-good’* ere but experiments that endanger too
health of ^Children—Experience agftinat Experiment.
Never attempt to relieve your baby with a *
remedy that you would use for yourself*'
What Is CASTORIA
Gastorfajs a harmless substitute for Castor Oil,. Pare-
It contains neither
c. For
for tho
Wind Colic and
relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colie and
Diarrhoea t .allaying Feverishness arising therefrom*
and by regulating the Ntoniaoh nnd Bowels, aids "
elniUntton of Food) giving healthy and nntnrfl
She Children** Comfort—Tho Mother’s' Friend*
Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
Plenty of Money to Lend On Real Estate
Commission: »% ON AMOUNTS OVER *1,000.00.
10% on -amounts up to *1,000.00.
HUBERT M. RYLEE
LAW OFFICES
60S Holman Bldg. Athena, Ga.
When we cee a man with dyna
mite and fuse - nnd mutches, it
does not always mean that be Is
an anarchist or a Bolshevik). Ho
may be a builder who simply wants
to blow up .rock to get a good
foundation for a building. This Is
notably true of our gifted citizen,
Asrbh Bernd,'who some time ago
created a sensation by telling us
and our neighbors about our “book
less library" and other rather un
comfortable things. -Mr. Bernd Is
actively leading an active com
mittee In selecting books and in
securing the funds to pay for thc
books to fill our bookless library.
He Is also helping to see to It that
Mrs. Lucy Pound
Dies In Atlanta
a measure of the recognition that
is due him from the city that he
has made humanly Immortal by
being born here and spending his
youth and much of his life here.” 1 morning at 10 o’clock.
fluence they were most hostile on our poet. Sidney Lanier, will
Prostestant missionaries and ar
rested and held in prison two of
the missftmarles of thc Presby
terian Church. To show the change
in attitude, we quote from thc
statement .of, Mr. Martin yester
day, which was the message of
King Albert to bis first National
Colqnial Congress:
"One cannot deny that these
sumo races were often sacrificed
»t the commencement of Belgian
Colonization; that those at the
center had exclusively In view
their own selfish interests, but 10
the honor of our nation. 1 am glad
to state that a truer apprehension
of tho real interest of both par
ties concerned have 1 radically al
tered the Idea and policy of the
present Government, which now-
holds that tho highest obligation
of the Mother land ia tho emanci
pation and elevation of these prim
itive racer."
The Presbyterian church has
xntjiered out over twenty thousand
communicants, after the most rigid
fast, thoro being first a literary
test, requiring that everyone who
•s a member of tho church is alilo
to read the word cfUod; a manuel
test showing that every man is
working with his own hands, pro
viding for his own family. A
spiritual test, requiring strict ob
scrvance of the Sabbath, and the
ten commandments, and those
things which are fundamental ’’n
tho Christian faith. Many thou
sand more are waiting to .be re-
celved when they can measure*'un
to this high standard.
Mr. Martin's message was In-
dood a great Inspiration to all who
are Interested In giving the Oos-
pni to tho Nations of tho world and
5 ?.“. < ,“ a,fc . wa ; a wonderful vin-
dirlcatlon of the power of the
Gospel to elevate and transform
the most backward of people.
Building Body
Delays Meeting
The meeting of the Building com
mittee of the University of Geor
gia Million dollar trust fund has
been postponed from February 24
to the first day of .March. The
meeting will be held la the office
of John E. Talmadgc, chairman,
and at this meeting It Is expected
that bids w-lll be accepted for the
completion hf - Alumni Hall, the
first building on the campus to
be built from the proceeds of tho
funds subscribed In 'the drive of
over a year ago. ” ,
(embers of thp committee are.
The nows of the death of Mrs.
Lucy M. POund, wife of Mr. A 1(11 no
Pound, state high school super
visor, which' occurred In Atlanta
Sunday, will be received In Athens
with regret. She was the sister
of Mrs. Jcre M. Pound, of Athens,
while her husband Is also a brother
of Dr. Jere Pound, president of the
State Normal School.
l.Mrs. Pound, a daughter of Cap
tain E. J. Murphy, of BarnesvtUe,
was born in Griffin In 1873. and
was married to Professor Pound
29 years ago. ,
While residing In Waycross, Mrs.
Pound organized the Lyman Hall
chapter, D. A. R. Besides her hus
band and father she Is survived by
ono brother, Merritt Murphy, «f
Little Rock, Ark:, and two sisters,
Mrs. jere 'M. Pound. State Normal
school, and Mrs. Tom Brown, Ma
con. Funeral and burial were con
ducted at Barnesville, Tuesday
Hodgson s “Ordorless”
GARDEN AND LAWN
FERTILIZER
Convenient Size for Small Lawns and ■
t Gardens
15 Pound Package
25 Pound Package
$1.00
1.50
For Sale By-
Warren J. Smith & Bros.
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Prince Avenue Pharmacy
Patrick’s Pharmacy
.H. L. Cofer & Co.
Citizen’s Pharmacy
Reid Drug Co.
Crucedale
- . ...
I' lrgea MoUe-
fi
I oi<0 Hamjjton i» a ,1623
1 »»mn—wRafovpr that U—in "Does
ft Pay?”, .
“It Pays to Swim with the Current”
This- is about two spark plugs.
At the moment they are lying on
the sales manager’s desk in the es
tablishment of a large middle-,
western hardware jobber.
One spark plug bears a name
known wherever automobiles are
used, thc other a name seldom
heard.
Both, says the sales manager,
are good plugs. On the "score of
quality they run neck and neck.
“But,” he adds, “we are discon
tinuing this line”—and he holds up
the plug of unfamiliar name. “Yes,
and our discount on it is larger,
too.”
day that it pays to swim with thc
current of popular demand.
“Our job/’ said one jobber, “is to
'supply markets, not create them.
Let the manufacturer make a mar
ket for his goods, and wc will han
dle it”
Said another — “Our salesmen
carry a catalog with thousands of
items in it'They haven’t the time
to push unadvertised goods. Their
work is principally taking orders.”
If you go among these whole
salers'’today to introduce a new
^product 'ip .competition with nier-
v 1iehsmdi8e nationally advertised, jin-' *
' less the article is exceptional, you
“What's wrong with it? Not a* will be met everywhere by the in-
thing. It’s a good plug—mighty^' ^junction: *First go out and get a
good plug, but—no one knows”’ reputation for your goods through w
about it. It isn’t advertised — the ^advertising.” , "
other is. The demand is for the ad-l
lejli
vertised make. And we’ve learned
it pays to swim with the current,
not against it.”
More and more jobbers in every
line of business are learning every
The wholesaler knows by actual
contact with dealers how they
value speed of turnover, goods
which move with a minimum of ef
fort, goods people know about and
ask for. '
U’- Vyi ’.ii'-wi o'**, .noJioiU
f »*il Yl.Aftnjinn .yliJi)
to sr^*f it ieV aiamta cnt'.xmo
J’fljfQofe till tac
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