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Bnm * ofi/aipr I mMOk 8 tf ' M *‘ s<ut/ * i$,*J i ' r ‘w‘ ier Grocery lo. ttsiu. TVrf'T^" 1 ' PHONE 166 The place where you save money every day in the week. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY No. 2 1-2 Can Souer .-a-jw Kraut 14c No. 2 Can Royal Scarlet Red Kidney Beans 17c Large Jar Strawberry and Apple Jam-... 25c No. 2 1-2 Can St. Mary’s String Beans 19c I lb. Can Vptan Coffee (none Better) 39c Nice Cranberries (per Quart) 17c 10 Lbs. No. 1 Irish Potatoes 21c Fresh Country Eggs, Per dozen 28c Norway Fat Mackrel 15c We Deliver Your Orders Promptly Trade With Us—Pay Cash and Bank the Difference Wier Grocery Co. PHONE 166 ROGERS “Where Satisfaction Is A Certainty.” QUALITY - SERVICE — PRICE I A knocker never wins, and a winner never knocks. Join the Chamber of Commerce. FOR SATURDAY Red Cranberries Pound . . 10c 10 Pounds No. 1 IRISH POTATOES 19c Campbell’s Pork and Beans or Asst. Soups 9c .10 Oz. Jar Rogers’ Quality PEANUT BUTTER 18c # Rogers Quality BREAD 13 Oz. Loaf 5c ■ . -i. • Post Toasties or Kellogg’s Com Rakes Sc Aims of Expanded Trade Body Shown Continued from pete one) MOTHER NEW III FOR LOCAL COTTON methods. - ' 5. To broaden the retail trade ! territory by methods that have] proved most effective in othet | ", . cities In attracting shopjwrs. nnu,her hlgh record «** 6. To broaden the wholesale reaohlU . by lo ?!'. cotton f riday when trade terrttary by aiding local Job- at * h * *'“’ c mWdlln * sra< *° was auot- blng concerns on matters of rates |'-‘ d ‘ lt 1 !a 3 * 4 a l J°“ nd ' T , h I wa ? and transportation. I a " advaa< '« “ “*-** 7. To properly advertise the cltj as a place In which .to live, to ! tract tourists to take rdUtes lead-| Thursday Ing through Athens, to securo and! entertain conventions. | „_ w V nnir mrrnv 8. To work with the educational i >EW 1UKK tvnuN Institutions In providing additional; y: YORK—The features;kt and better accommodations for thd th; . open |ng of the cotton market thousands of young men and wo - •f three eighth* of a cent |M>und over the quotation on Wed nesday. there being, no quotation^ on account of a legal day. inousanus or young men and wo- ■ the continued strength of ^he men who are entrusted to the cam ,ofi crop positions which made of this community; to create good new high records for the season will for Athens In till the states. TO BE OF ASSISTANCE with both March and May selling at 29.80. The market opened : ir regular .at a decline of 2 joints on To assist the Farm Bureau, Cuonty Agents, and Home Demon stration Agents wherever possible In promoting the Agricultural pro gress of Clarke and other counties comprising the Athens trade zone; to appoint a strong committee on marketing. On these committees will lie men both from Athens and the rural sections; to work with the State Agricultural College ant) mnmbers of the extension depart ment of the College in dealing with agricultural and marketing prob lems. 10. To study the clvle needs of the community with tho view ol working with city administrations In working out the best solutions of tho various problems In the growth, welfare and government at the municipality. 1 11. To Install In the Chamber of Commerce the moat modern and efficient methods for condustlng Its work and machinery for creating and maintaining active Interest on the part of the rank and Me of members. 12. To give the Chamber of Com merce the working capital neces sary to operate an aggressive and efficient plvlc-commerclal organlpa tlon. 13. To develop a strong civic spirit, the greatest asset a com munity can have, baaed upon love of the city and a willingness to serve for the benefit of all. EFFICIENT BASIS 14. To place all community act! vltles on an efOdant basis, doing away with needless duplication, frequent campaign*, “passing tho hat." and regulating solicitations of all kinds. Tbe statement explains tbe esson tlals of tbs new plan, the demo cratic system of electing directors, and a comparative scale showing bow typical cities support their chamber* of commerce. Athens with a per capita support of Its chamber of commerce of 17 cents makes an unfavorable showing against other cities on the list, especially with the leading city. Eureka, Calif., which Invests 14.80 por annum In Its Chamber of Com merce for every man, woman and child In the city. December but generally five .lj'48 points higher on the continued de mand from near months short. It was the first March notice day, aboi and notices representing about 20,- 000 baleu were issued according to early estimates. It was rumored that local spoJ houses were pre pared* to take up this cotton, but Thornton’s SATURDAY DINNER 50 Cents Noodle Foup Barbecued Pork .Boiled Turnips Scolloped Tomatoes Baked Irish Potatoes Creamed Yams Fruit Pudding Muffins and Biscuit coffee. Tea or (Milk 50 Cents Supper. 50 Cents Sirloin Steak, Country Style Hominy Grits American Fried Potatoes Vegetable Salad Peach Roll Hot Biscuits Coffee, Tea or Milk 50 Cents Howard Eugolizfs Geo. Washington Continued from page one) E W 4L HOME FOR RENT—724 Cobb St JESTER £ Phone 1036 or 48T with March off to 29.68 and Ma) to 29.65 daring fhe early trading. Later deliveries .were relatively easy owing to continued good weather in the South while old crop positiona atill showed net ad vances of about 11 to 31 points hew crops months were net un changed to 31 points lower during the early trading. Liverpool made a relatively firm showing over the local holiday but reported a quiet market. Some of the March notices con tinued to . circulate during the morning after early buying orders had been supplied the market re acted under ’ scattered realizing nesdny’s - cloafnjc ijuq^liori,; wbjle selling of the hew crop' Was prd- brought race, and the running relay, the [uidatloh Seniors were no match for their »ff; go 26.01 or , hub increased opponents in the other features of tna day. Nor wars the Freahmea and Sophomores any better, tail ing to score a point. Two points were chalked up by (he Juniors' second basketball team, three points by its tint, and at douge ball and pass and goal ball the story was the tame. The Junior girls are hoarse to day, hone because they took am ple advantage of the opportunity to exercise their vocal chords, af forded by (heir champions. But the Senion are no less so, and troodnoturcdly say that they will all tbe cheering at the next ding, which comes in May. “The girls exhibit a remarkably sipirt of sportsmanship,” said 'Jerc M. Pound, commenting aids on the purpose of the fine si] Dr. *J« jtt» rvi motod for continued good weather meet, and the manner in which ihc in the so<)th: 4 .girls “>^ er ed into it. "This spirit gl accords well with what the in- Stitution Is trying to> do. More. IT COMES TO YOU CLEAN FRESH AND WHOLESOME * ASK YOUR GROOCER TODAY FOR SKELTON’S BREAD He gets it clean, fresh and wholesome- Wrapped in waxed, paper delivered by us daily. Visit fhe Coffee Shoppe The best cup of Coffee in town and a bun or a Sandwich or light Lunch any time. Drop in and taste the goodness of our service. discount attracted-some fresh buy- * ver » Field Day conics, ns awel-.l ! -g and . the general list showed/<°mo break in the routine of s ljdy ' I lilies of a few ooints from the) * n( ‘ *ends the girls back to their i" BUY OUR BAKERY PRODUCTS HERE AT THIS SHOPPE lowest around midday. Early re ports fron) the Southwest claimed that the basis was advancing with contracts and that, spot buyers there were bidding 55 points on May, New York for middling cot ton. y Open high low cloae 29.65 29.86 29.52 29.70 29.80 29.90 29.61 29.65 29.04 29.22 28.83 28.1 elassea freah at.d ready for duty.” Miss Edith GuiU and Miss Lure B. Strong, uirector, of the depart ment of physical education, re fereed the contests. SKELTON’S BAKERY 184 W. Washington Street March ... May .... July ...... October .. December 11 Athens Visitors 2G.20 26 25 25.07 26.00/ 26.80 25.86 25.60 25.60 NEW YORK 8POT8 NEW YORK — Spot cotton quiet; middling 29.80. NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEST ORLEANS—The price of cotton acain reached up to new high levels for the keason in to- trading early advance car- day’s _ rying March up to 29.45 cents old crop pound. 8A1I litioni hi* culture Is not to be entlmmted by the extent of hi* booklcsrnlng. WASHINGTON'S GENIUS '’It was Washington's jrcnluH, hi* courage, hi* power of leadership, dis cipline and selfcontrol, with that fun damental spirit of honor which wa* wo splendidly exam pled In him. that | made .Washington the leader In the • Revolutionary period and In the Jeal- tousleii and alMcnalone following the war of liberation. He wa *the human cement that gave coherence and con sistency to. the newborn government I nthat troublous era.” i Referring to the question as to who was the flrat great American presi dent, Mr. Howard concluded with the statement that, measured by every test. Waahington undoubtedly deserv ed the honor and will lie so consider ed by future generations. Chancellor David Barrow* Introduced thei speaker, who Is a nalumnus of the University. Every minute of sunshine raises 37.000,000,009 tons of water from BAKERY SPECIALS CHOCOLATE, ORANGE AND PINEAPPLE FLUFF8. LADY BALTIMORE, PINE APPLE, CHOCOLATE,COCOA- NUT, ORANGE, LAYER CAKE. CREAM PUFFS. APPLE A PINEAPPLE TARTS, LADY LOCKS, LADY FING ERS, COFFEE CAKES, CINNA- MON ROLLS. MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OP COOKIES DO NOT FAIL TO SEE OUR DI8PLAY. . poai made neW high records but new crop months did not, being held down by continued favorable ac> counts in connection with '-lie new crop. In the first hajf hour of the session prices rose 20 to 4? points. This was first March no tice day and no notices were is sued. Their absence had much to do with the advance, although bet ter cables than due were also a bullish influence. March traded up to 29.50 but other months did not top previous high prices. Considerable real ising came from the long side and caused reactions of 18 to 26 points bu'J just before noon prices were back to within 3 to 15 points of the highest, z The extreme bullishness of the weekly statistics was mainly re sponsible for the further rise on .h> o.c croc months in the after noon. March teaching 29.61, at which level the Hit showed not ins of 20 to 60 ponlts. Mill tak- frs were 216,000 , bales against 146,000 this week last year. The visible supply on American cotton lost during the .week 147,676 bales Hwch ... aSosMf 1 aS,au. May .... 29.30 29.47 29.18 29.29 July. ..v. 2886 28.97 28.72 28.77 Oetoocr .. 2580 96.84 25.60 25.62 December 25.66- 25.5? 25.27 25.28 NEW ORLEANS SPOTS NEW ORLEANS*—* Spot cotton steady 38 points higher; sales on the spot 2,384, to arrive 1,804; low middling 29.00; middling 20.75' good middling 30.25. Receipts 2,- 704. Stock 164,348. . „,H V ’® RPOOL COTTON LIVERPOOL—Cotton spot* quiet Prices steady. Good middling 16.64. Fuljly middling 16,44; mid- £ ul,, y middling 16,44; mid- dling 16.34; lqw middling 16.09; good ordinary 1659; ordinary 15.29; Sales 6,000 bales Including LET’S ALL PULL TOGETHER FOR THE CHAMBER OF COM MERCE AND THE UPBUILD ING OP OUR CITY. BENSON'S BAKERY _ . ,000 bales includi 8,600 American. Receipts 2JOOO bales. No American futures as Hr *E; k T»,’ jssi ass? 1e?< D ** , * b " Among those visiting in Athens Friday were: T. L. Anbury. Augusta: A. A. Iioono, Atlanta: W. L. Han cock. Washington. D. C.; .1. X. En right, Washington, O. C. Mr. and Mr*. W. p. Felker, Atlan ta; W. II. Dixon, Atlanta. George It. Moffett. Atlanta; Mrs F. J. Thoms*. Atlanta; Phlnlsy Calhoun. Atlanta; J. C. Kenyon. Atlanta. U R. Taylor, Columbus; A. M. Ful ton, Milwaukee, Win; J. R. Crawford. Richmond. Vs.; K. H. Reese. Monti- cello, (In,; J. M. Griffeth. Charlotte. N. C.; W. M. Howard. Augu*ta; ft D. Aiken, AUanU; W. II. ‘ Brodfdon. Buford; J. K. Biggs. Atlanta; H. II. Fulton, Atlanta; 4 W. Renfaul. At lanta; C. D. Adam*. T«»ccna. Oa.: Or. and Mra. Hudson Maxim. VAN-MIAL Satisfies Fancy Tomatoes, (felery Iceberg Lettuce, Bell Pep pers, String Beans, Egg! Plants, Cauliflower, In-) dian River Grapefruit, $1 1 a dozen, Fancy Apples, 1 Oranges, English Walnuts 1 No. Is 20c Pound. ‘ flNG HODGSON CO. New York State Cream Cheese, Country Sausage, Fresh Country Eggs, ced Breakfast Bacon e Lb., Boiled Ham, Dried Beef, Ox Tongue. HODGSON CO. PfG Hdnz Pickles,- Sweet Mixed, Sweet Cucumbers, Sour, Dills, Sweet Relish. KING HODGSON PERSONAL SHOPPING IS PLEASANT —CHOOSE YOUR OWN CUTS HERE- the best native and western meat* and other market pro- duets (or your week-end meal* If You Prefer—Phone 1616 or 1617 PIEDMONT MARKET 240 Lumpkin Street CO. STONE’S CAKE Pound Cake, Cocoanut, Chocolate and Caramel Layer Cake, Assorted 10c Cakes, Golden, Silver and Raisin. ■- KING HODGSON CO. LIVERPOOL WEEKLY COTTON . LIVERPOOL—Weekly, cotton statistics;, Total forwardod to mOI* 68j0p° bales of which Amorl- 37' 000 i ,tock 785i00 American 462,000. Imports 85,000; Ameri can 44,000. Exports 2,000; Amer- ,ican 1,000. Hodgson $ “Ordorless” GARDEN AND LAWN FERTILIZER Convenient Size for Small Lawns Gardens ,, and 15 Pound Package $1.00 25 Pound Package ". 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 tiUU COTTON aftED OIL NEW YORK — Cotton seed oil closed weak. Prime.summer yel low 11.00; prime erode 10.00. Pebrn ary 11.00; (March 1L04; April 1L- 20; May 11.38; Jane 11.40; Jaly 11.65; August 11.52; September 11.45. Sales 15,500. * LIBERTY BONDS NEW YORK — Liberty bonds closed: 3 1-2# 101.42; Tint 4* 98.00 bid; Satond 4s 51.00; First 4 l-4s 98.22; Second 4s 58.14; Third 4 1-4* 98.55; Fourth 4 l-4a 98.22; Uncalled Victory 4 3-4a 100.08; United States government 4 l-4» 85.80b We allow 5 per cent dis count for * Cash and De liver. KING HODGSON CO. ‘ SEEDS! SEEDS!! SEEDS!!! We |tre ready for the planting season with a big stock of the best and choicest assort ment of FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS Early Varietids €<£-. Lawn Grasses ton Seed Seed Com Peanuts Soy Beans . Velvet Beans Pasture Grasses * We aip Athens Headquarters for PURINA FEED AN POULTRY SUPPLIES H..F. COFER & COMPANY SEEDMEN 289 Lumpkin St. Phone 247 Plants and Bulbs Garden Fertilizer Irish Potatoes Garden Com £eas, Beans, etc. mwsieii MUMS wajrsnii (By J. D. ALLKNV r Thursday’s outdoor m#*t w strictly a Junior affair at the I State Normal sc hoi that class win ning by a majority of sawn to three ’the honors of the occasion. Field Day, an event that cornea ary three months, ia looked for int to with enthusiasm by tbe girls of the various classes at the State Normal, and rhraly is es pecially keen between the Junior* and Senion. .At the firs! meet in November, the Juniors were victorious, the final. score being eight to fanr. This time tbe Se niors bad their hearth set on vie- and peveuge, but the laurels mrm-y ; . I’ . EVENTS. Winning m three events, the M potato race, tbe ovet and 5ihr,UQS3ma PIGGLY-WIGGLY Saves YOU Money Every Day Tqwn Talk Fancy Plain Flour, 24 lbs. White Rabbit Plain Flour, 24 lbs. Skylark Fancy Self Rising, 24 lbs. ... Sinew Self Rising Flour, 24 lbs. $1.19 $1.25 $1.25 99c ' ■ * (Money Saving Values) National Biscuit Crackers ........ 5c ZuZus, Lemon Snaps, Graham Crackers, VaniUa " u late Snaps, Animal Crackers, Tid B Wafers, Choco- BiU. (Demonstration at College Avenue Store) Swift’s Premium Ham», 10-12 lb. average^ lb — 24c 10 pounds Silverleaf Lard - $1.59 Royal Baking Powder, pkg. ,. 42c 0sorgo Washington Coffee email 35c No. 5 Canned .Tomatoes lie Mission Tomatoes and , Pureo 12 1-2e Jello 10c Knox Gelatine 18e Ag. College Butter 59c Del Monte Fruit SaUd 55c NOO-NAME Coffee, 1 lb. can , (Qua ft. P*f yeiy tpeW ftege), 38c rPl Y -W 1 ^ *