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...sanAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1*23, 11 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 » r - i tit ytp*fzn A* I’unt Published by the Banner-Herald in cooperation with The American Acrodatiop of Advertising Agencies uTUcijO. : SJn tei't* 4 * LLtGili thinw biU ,«:unlo .o 1 .ooj uo( qha f , , iubieOxiT icl. l. caniHiK ninirt: “,-i - „. - : . . V .