The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, March 08, 1923, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, MARCH r X THE >irb Market is . Assured City By Council Action Bryant, «nd J. ~WT* FfroE, wWbccarooiiecoiaMy tortraslayeis to' VS* 2$ the need for the myrfcotkl bide • the bodice aiH" dBfWhifWhs^ *UJJ» w * s the firet speaker!to make .identification Impossible, 'mportance of uuet for farm pige one) uoe. urging the mar- i Mrs. M. L. Trout- and Home, Prof. A. Apidt Mae Wood add stressed the ii_ providing here an oui produce. iMrs. Troutman, who successful ly managed the Rome market from Us beginning, declared sales grew from $100 per day for one day a week to $900 per day, three days per week. The Rome market has been operating winter and sum mer for two years and 469 sell- era now patronize it. Sales of ■staple and dry groceries have beer la' per on market days and bank* Wi declare farmers paid tff notes triy believed were to'be long de layed, she declared. BANNER- -HERALD, GEORGIA' NEW COUNTY AGENT TALKS. linstanjfoiipf Mr. Firor, the new county agent, 'declared Athens ' iivufckf j'MyJtJ (California Fig Syrupy is ild’s Best Laxative ew county agent, buys $700,000 worth of vegetables, butter, poul try products and fruit annually. This money would provide a splen did market for farmers who want to raise food crops to supplement cotton, he said. Mr. Rhodes rointed out the need' of standardizing or grading the product, declaring no one would buy poorly graded produce in large quantities. He said Ath ens should become a shipping point for produce raised in this section. Establishment of a curb market would bring about all these things in some measure, it was declared The market will probably open May 6. Mrs. Bryant stated thr women in Clarke are getting ready to raise produce for the market and are enthusiastic over it. The Kiwania club is one of the pioneer advocates of a curb mar ket in Athena but other organisa tions '-•ora highly interested and commiiiees from the Rotary club, the Woman’s club, the Chambei of Commerce and other dubs were in attendance Wednesday night. and his id to gamble on crops .and seasons. When a farmer could If they ever were discovered. To | have an aI *j c le charged, to be paid make identification difficult. It Is' for „t some remote date, he did believed the two men were I dared no j s top to consider whether or on the around Just at death or fm- inol hc c(JU | d do without lt And mediately thereafter and the Hat, was so easy to write an order t0 i.-Z, Un , uver , „ ifor some pleading darkey on a Federal and state offers, , merchant. The cheapness of cred- it was the greatest blight and and newspaper men for weeks searched every nook and corner ot} (And if the boll weevil has done method I (nothing else save to force upon cully. The machinery of every saw- ! b ° th merchants and farmers a mill was Inspected closely and chamte to a cash system, it would measured to determine If any pan almost repay (~ the loss in our of At could have l»rofc«‘»i ihi* bodies rotton crop. _ This credit system at stihii equal dista'nces. Nuthina forcerl the farmer to become a was found. Experiments with uni* cottontot anil depend on the west tors have been made recently und|fof everything to feed man and ting ni good fix. e WHITE OK EGO , Dip afieCH of mush Into white — ,„„._ .. Jckk before frying and they will be IT IS SAID THAT the v&c&nt jcrlMj) and brown—Just us you UK® t on Hancock avenue, used hv'tiim.i lot on Hancock avenue, used by‘them. Mr. Yow as an automobile laun dry, will - be built on. It was hoped that this lot could bo had for a tourist camp ground. it has ben determined that a cer tain type would crush a Isaly ua those of Daniels and Hlehurcn were inutulated. Prominent M. E. beast and operate his farm. He was forced to sell his cotton and often Mow actual cost of produc tion, but could not change his mode of farming, for his credit was based on the number of bales . , - „ . of cotton he could produce. But ‘ Leaders Coming 1 with the advent o the boll wefevi! ja revolutionizing change in farm- Contlnned from page ono) ling lias been forced upon the ISouth. Credit is a thing of the church, tile Rev. 8. 12. Wasson, D. {past unless a man has the righl p„. pas'or; Ur. J. M. round, iny [hacking. Hc can no longer have leader: Oconee street, the Rev. J. |goods charged on a promise to Quilllsn, pastor. K. 8. Kirk Iny 'pay for them in cotton. Our far- leader: Young Harris Memorial, rr.ers are now raising their sup- FRIDAY WILL BE AN impor tant time in Athens, as two press Conventions will meet in the city and demonstration agents from a numbering of neighboring counties will also be in attendance. The condition of our fanners and how to help them will he considered and discussed. These vicitors wilt be banqueted at the Georgian hotel, IF THERE IS AN IDLE person in Athens it is their own fault, for there is work for all. Carpen ters, painters and brick layers arc all busy. We look for prosperous and good times the coming snm- •mer. Everybody seems hopeful and encouraged. Our merchants are receiving new goods and report trade as three times what it was at this season last year. A Renewal of War Is Expected To Break Out In Europe Right Soon Continued from pace on*) dron in the Ruhr may loll over at any time with fearful results in bloodshed” is expressed Dy the Cologne representative of the West Minister Oasette. He continues NEW WAR IS FORECAST | Hurry Mother! A teaspoonful t “California Fig Syrup” now I thoroughly clean the little *eis and in a' few hours you o well, playful chijd again, rtn if cross, fleverish, bilious, utipatcil or fuUtgf cold, child- lore its “frijjjgaf' taste, and kb ran resYeayy becauso it rer fails to work all the souring I and nuspP'bile right out of i stomach and bowels without pin; or upsetting the child. druggist you want the genuine “California Fig ’’ which has directions for and children of all ages 1 on bottle. Mother, yon , say “California.” Refuse 1 imitation.—Advertisement. “It Is the opinion ot those best able to judge that unless an agree ment ie soon reached it can only inted i ed be n matter of time before cni.ther war breaks out. I am told that France would not heitltate to de clare'. war and bomb the German cltleai. including Berlin, if her force* are attacked.' The corresiKindcnf adds that It la only to point out .that many re ports ofi tMa character may M: raced to Jfttmjm sources. He asserts that the dRfJehlty.: of ob taining cause of the. severonco: of com munlcatlons Is being constantly emphasised. In this connection the Colono correspondent of the Express says jt Is' Impossible to verify some of the stories In corculatlon and that rumors much ’more seriqus than the facta warrant are rite. Daniels and Richard Met When Powerful Tractor Passed Over Their Bodies •This! A'Cli bf Soft, Conti nned from page one) imy lant Mass Hair. Highway Jh a huge tractor u*rd pull a road Hcruper. a typical ma chine of Un kind, propelled by n heavy duty gaaollno motor. the Rev. M. S. WUUuium. pa«to.\ W. R. Tlndnll. lay lender; Athens cir cult, the Rev. W. U Jolly, pnn:or, S. P. Kenney, lay lender. Nenrby point* which will prime (pate with Athene Methodism in putting on' a dilve for overdue centenary money arc: Bishop, tne Rev. B. P. Rend, pastor. J. C. Lan drum. lay leader; Crawford. tne Rev. O. I*. King, pa-stor. Smith, luy leader: Lexington, tne Rev. H*M. Strbzlcr. pastor. Eddie Burt. fUy leader: Princeton, tne Rev. C. N. Hays, pastor. H. J. Old ham. lay leader; Watkinsvllle. tne Rev. B. H. Tranpnell. pastor. R. Bigs, lay Jeader; Wlntervllle. and Cherokee Comer, the Rev. J. It. Al len, pastor. J. W. Morton, lay leader. "s. Addreses will l>o made by visit ing Methodists sotting forth vari ous phases of the centenary and an Informal discussion wilt fo::ou the dinner and speeches by visitors. It Is explained that the present c#.- lection movement sweeping trie church •!« not to solicit any new money but is an appeal to delin quent subscribers to speed up pay ments on the amounts promised four' years ago. Short Line Rail To Coal Fields Coutlnued from page one) The feet tn d! Iron wheels are' 7 o- ameier where their rims have a width of approximately three feet, hlviteil to the rime to prevent thy Wheels from slipping In soft earth are steel cleats. tho width of the wheels, anil about IS Inches apart. Tlie bodies sppuhently had been stretched full lengkh when they were inutiillntcd with the arms above the hend. Fractures of tile forearms w**e on a lovcl with the I 1 heads and those who assert the bodies must have been broken with u (tractor believe they were stretch ed on the ground and the machine run or pushed over them. Sucn a machine ns the one near nsre. >t is contended would inflict such in juries: the heavy cleats on the wide wheels fracturing the arm ahd leg bands, crushing the heads and cheats and severing completely tne hands und feet at the w.usts and |uat above tho ankles where little flesh protects *he Donas. of this short line would mean to our city. But Mr. West Days Athena hat another way .to reach the coa) fields. A railroad leads from Ath ens to Gainesville, via Jefferson. From Gainesville a road ha* bean built,to tho headwaters of the Chattahoochee. river! at tho begin- ning of the Unicoi GwE From tb « — * ttu .roini to Blue ition on the Marietta ,’orth Georgia road, the dls tance Is only twenty-five or thlr- miics, pasting through the Uni- clo Gap but not going via Hiwas- ale. By filling this link Athens will have ano'her short and direct line to the coa fields and it would develop a fine country.' Mr. West says that Athena should have both of these links built, and to give us two short railways to tho coal fields would not require over itxty miles of new road. Connecting as they would with roads already built the trains could lie operated *with the same force and at bill little additional coat -But the trouble about the road from Franklin to Maryville is the Northeastern, and the road from Cornelia to Franklin are controlled by the Southern system, and that company perhaps would not care to the hai ‘ ‘ ylics at home and cotton is a sur plus crop. And all will yet be well. Elks May Have a Popularity Girl Continued from page or.'-) shorten Lizzie Hale was nominated Thurs day and begins the race with 1006 votes. The standing follows: Lovie .lowers 6229. Laura Hammond 4581. Bessie Jackson 3255. Nellie Griffeth 1734. Harriett Stephens 1424. Moilie Whitehead 1349. Mable Parr 1265. Eariine Wilder 1146. Sarah Maddox 1091. Pauline Toney 1126. Martha McAlpin 1060. Lillian Edwaids 1036. Sarah Hall 1026. Katherine Ashford 1001. Elizabeth Arnold 1001. Katherine Eradwell 1001. Erma Booth 1007. Carrie Beer 1006. Nellie Christopher 1102. Nora Crymes 1010. Ida Ethridge 1001. Nannie Ethridge' 1001. Hazel Hodgzon 1001. Elizabeth Harris 1012.. Frances Holden 1012. Ethel Jackson 1002. Fay McDorman 1006. Martha Nicholson 1018. Mrs. W. D. Paschal 1011. Katherine Park 1001. Jannie Powers 1001. Mary Sims .1006. I Mrs. Clarence Stone 1005. Louise Upson 1007. Mathildc Upson 1001. Hina Sue Carter 1004. THE CHICKEN DEPART MENT of the State Agricultural College ia not only self-sustaining but returns a nice revenue. The demand for pure bred fowls and eggs ia. so great that all orders cannot be filled. It ia said that over 400 people in Clarke county will embark in the poultry busi ness and the $1,000 fund loaned by the Commercial Bank has been taken up. MR. EPPS ON OGLETHORPE avenue, hat a small bed, about 4 by 15 feet from which he has sold every season about $260 worth of tomato plants. A seedsman says that ho has sent off fully $600 s year for vegetable plants, but now the local market is being aup- plicd by home folks. ONE OF OUR LEADING fancy grocers says that a great improve ment has been made in the pro duction of butter and our dairy men and farmers have ell learned how to prepare butter and feed cat tle ao as to bring beat price. You can now buy from many farmere as choice butter as we once im- ported. • MRS. BRYANT’S COOK BOOK is meeting with many sales and if adopted by ladies all over Geor gia. It was printed at the Mc Gregor press and is a handsome piece of work. This book is re- plete with recipes for all Planner of dishes and dainties. It con tains illustrations of the dining and luncheon tables of -Mr*. J. H Bcusse and Mrs. James White. | MR. WILL SCOTT has the Around Athens finest field of rye in the state, we verily believe. Jt is now large enough to hide a rabbit. Rye it becoming a popular crop with far mers i and is successfully grown in our section. It is a fine graz ing for cqttle ahd can then be bar- EXTREMES N MILLINERY A hut of block tclf Is trimmed with an ostrich f'-ath-. that droops nearly to the waist. Another of 11vender straw hits lavender wis teria blossoms that arc, equally lengthy. S. S. ORGANIZED '(I KAY, Ga.—Sunday afternoon a Sunday school was organized at tho Methodist Church in Clinton with twenty-two memltero. Mr. , Uoy Chambliss of Gray was appointed us SuiterlnU-mlant. Holmes Herbert is acting In Sandro of tho Sen." being filmed In Naples. Itohert Agnow, juvenile lead tn “Clarence.” has signed a tong- term contract with l'aramount. Dr KINGS AfewZte Breakits gdp~Now! When your head feel* heat i nearer- hot—your thfoat parched to the throat. What relief to can- _ _ and \ gested cheat. Dr. Kingz's New •ore—try Dr. Kings' New Diz- Discovery, over hall a century , ., . Old.the proved syrup for children —your a* well as grown-ups. Ask your Feel your head dear—your cough loosen. How comforting druggist for it—today. ■jrr&M ■ •ftvioe-rtij TUESDAY AFTERNOON wind storm of almost cyclonic velo city struck Athens. A long sec tion of bill-ttoards on the Boulevard car line were blown down. Con siderable damage waa done in otb parts of the state, but not much harm in our city. HOARY WINTER CONTINUES to linger in the Up of spring. Some days the weather is delightfully pleasant, and buds get ready to burst, and then comet a season of cold, Uizzardly weather. >' A NUMBER OF LADIES from distant towns are daily seen on our streets and shoppbig in onr , „ ,. drygoods stores. They once traded haul to the coal fieldr- y in AtlanU, but say they find in when they control that busines. Athens just as nice and stylish gopds, and at much lower prices. few moments you cen iform even plain,- dull, flat You ran have it abundant, flossy and full of life. Just » 35 cent bottle of “Dsnder- any drugstore. Then soft cloth with the “trine'’ and draw this your hair, taking- (rtl* Grand at a time. Instiht* . immediately, you have d the beauty of your hair. “ he a mars, so sort, lustrous SO easy to do up. All dqst nrsssAc oil is remored.' t ' patiderine” put' new life, a 'td brightness in ycasihatks simulating tonic wUl.lftfsta : “f a-bp, cheel: dandruff and h--H anil help your hair to up. thick, strong and bcau- i Advert ixemenL) FARMERS CORROdERAT* USE OF TRACTOR over longer lines. I know the eonntry through which these suggested roads would pass and agree with Mr. Wfat thai it would bo a great thing for Ath ena to have both link* filled in Since I firso knew Athena onr peo ple have been working to get a short and direct/line to the coal fields and to this end they first built the North Eastern and after wards the Jine to Tallulah Falls The city gave the Air Line after ward the Southern, the North Eastern, conditioned on that com pany building a road from Luis to Maryville. The company built a cheap road from Cornelia to the Falls and afterwards gave the city back both roads. Athens gave Bailey Thomas 'the road to tho Falls and Falls and fterwards gave the city Athens gave Bailey Jt is known that th. authorities th ^ to*thTftdli*^ have received numerous nminn.t.)- n/ , ..i. ,k. q„,,th«-n «»,. -.ci letters from plantation owners uiiil farmers in all sections of lid stnte suggestlnrf that rt tractod must have fbeen uaed. ahd tne i-r- guntent* to, sustain the theory are similar to (hese.advanced here. tool of the North Eastern again. The Jine from Tallulah Falls to. Franklin .was built but there the work stopped. But some time the nuts' «o FV— Jmam V ft™"*. Wk-to Msovilie will be Firm lit th I belief that the bodies fIUW.< ^ were liSbken with a tractor, those advancing the theory also declaim that ttif* have hit upon a possthw hen U)» kidnappers — JltVW.il retained ' Dsnlsl _hnfr»< tt:ny Rlrhurds ns prisoners.- the ttofsn; tpn* set lit liberty were told that Tens pou of these men will return but tne other will leuve the country” It tn now believed that Richard was th# ntan destined to return ns he had T - . . LklMesn Tknnlsl SB afterwards the Southern got con ABOUT THE CREDIT SYSTEM. WhiS ‘tothreNegt.to the saturnalia of waste- Ibpbre and w. V. Andrews at Cal- Ail extravagance practiced every- Cat top | OUR SEED MEN are kept busy and it looks like many will go into the trucking businest. Now that Athens has a cold storage plant we can grow perishable crops and preserve them until the market suits'to sell. on <& boom times, when cot- inging 40 cents per •and all else in proportion, the coditions now upon the coun try are attributable to the cheap ness of credit that has prevailed - , _ .. ever since the surrender, and which wife uml scvcntl Vhibtren. Daniel was on ] y chcf’ccd by the appear- «ai unmarried. ,ancc of the boll weevil and the Daniel was forced to submit ,n (.'collapse in prices that spelled ruin an operation and those who ba\r gQ many people. In those Hays determined upon a positive form | any mann w j t } 1 a t r act of land or the mutilation, believe that he hi I musc | e to ma j. e a crop cou | d v . a lk to death or that hi» ™ptora real- , Bt0 a store anJ by K i v intr a mor- ised he wculd Sttccurab. H on the crop he expected hhaat on thllr hands. ^ t0 makc , hat year buy what goods determined to make awns wUh ^ do!ircd on But whcn Ihe band-nr fall came ,hat fellow hadjo Hlchard mlRht have brolcert hi* o\er to his creditor hi* houdK ;ir.<l (luring an attempt to ro Iasi til** ;i**istanop_jr'f jMnlcl ^ lothcr year.- • No —»—, HURBbMS I but only cotton. The'reault was matters. dead or dying, It Ithnt the farmer was kept with 1,0 13 “ Kreat sourcc of revenue for ginned alslanc FORCED TO HIDE . DEAD BODIES j With built- men THEY ARE BORING for oil in Telfair and Dodge counties and find splendid indications. It ia just -as reasonable that oil may be •truck in Franklin and" Hart. So these Sooth Georgia experiments will be watched interest. EVERYONE PRAISES the com bination of the Banner and Her ald and aay that it gives Athens the paper it needs. . MR. PETE CHILIVIS ia having painted a handsome sign on his Candy Kitchen, corner College avenue and Washington street. PEOPLE FROM THE COUN TRY- are awaiting with much in terest the celebration of the open ing of the White Way and the whole country, will be in Athens ision. on that oecaait THE POPULARITY Contest it creating great interest and yoc see friends of the rival young lady candidates around the boxes watch ing the voting. . MR. FRANK LIPSCOMB sayt towns never begin to take on growth until they attain about 30,- 000 population, when they rapid ly advance. He sayy this was thr case with Atlanta and many othei cities ho has noted. So let us all go to work and place Athens in the 30,000 notch. THE LADIES ARE HIGH in their praise, of the beautiful new spring goods being displayed by Dnvison-Nicholson Co., and say s nicer line has never been seen in Athens. THREE QUEENS WERE HER* GUE8T8 LONDON — Mrs. E. C. Tyidon. of Sandringham, was the proudest woman in .all England recently when she celebrated her hundredth birthday and had os her guests threo Queens. Queen Mary call ed first to offer her congratulations and later in the day Queen Alexan dra,, and Queen Olga of Greece, honored her with a visit. To mark the celebration Mrs. Tlyden. who .owns considerable property, returned a portion ot the rent paid by each ot her tenanta. 'Six Days,”' based on Elinor Glyn'H story, will be directed by Charles Brabln. “For the "You n u lejr Equipage Befitting the Royal-Station The Proper Vehicle for Each Little Highness Is Here— N BE IT BIG, COMFORTABLE PULLMANS FOR THE LATELY ARRIVED, OR PUSH CARTS FOR THE YOUNGSTER WHO WANTS TO SIT UP AND SEE WHAT SORT OF A WORLD THIS IS—WE HAVE IT. AMONG THE NEWER TYPES ARE COMBINATION CARRIAGES. WHILE BABY IS SMALL THEY SERVE EVERY PURPOSE OF A PULLMAN. LATER WHEN THE STROLLER TYPE IS NEEDED, THEY RE ARE QUICKLY CONVERTED. WARM SPRING DAYS- WILL SOON BE HERE. YOU WILL WANT TO KEEP BABY OUT OF DOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IS THE CARRIAGE READY? ( PUSH CARTS $7.50 AND UP STROLLERS $15.00 AND UP .PULLMANS $30.00 AND UP V Dorsey Furniture Co, Quality Fumtture Since 1884 " y* i*. * j .str j nit* I u -1 ,p!'5" JtUll al«J - r ~ MESSRS. RALPH BRIGHTWELL of AND TOM have a large saw mill and planing plant aively ini and have gone extensively into the inmber business. _ .... e&tifr ftp Inmber business al- "Tell Me, Where Is Fancy Bred?” '-On the Hats, of Course One sees them bobbing a b o u t gaily these suhnj daj^h—worn one’s new tailor ed costume. For the walk on the Avenue. Nodding interestedly over the teacups. Or smartly topping the silk gown at informal functions. Exceedingly good-looking black hats. . Brilliantly colored straws. Beautifully embroidered effects. Ribbons and flowers. These are just a few of their high spots. The newest milli nery is always on display here, prices are reasonable. TT.