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-ATHBNSr GEORGIA-
THE BANNER-HERALD
ATHENS. GA.•
Published Even Ever
gpwto Morning by
Evening During the Week Except Saturday and on
The Athena Publishing Company, Athene. Ga.
B. BRASWELL 1-. Publisher and General Manager
‘ E. MARTIN Managing Editor
•t the Athens Postoffice A Second Class Mail Matter unde;
the Act of Congress March 8, 1879.
C. PAPER—ASSOCIATED—PRESS—N. E. A. SERVICE
., BIEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
* i Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub
non of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credits'
hid paper, and also the local news published therein. Ail rights ol
re publication of special dispatches are also reserved.
C. Erwin,
lent.
Bowdre Phinizy,
Secretary and Treasurer.
H. J. Rom,
Vico President
Address all Business Communications direct to the Athens Publish
ing Company, not to individuals. News articles intended fon publica
tion shpuld be addressed to The Banner-Herald.
y * ; BEAUTIFY THE VACANT LOT
The- Banner-Herald has received during the past
weelt a number of communications from citizens of
Athens in regard to beautifying Athens—planting
flowers in every available spot and keeping the
streets cleaner.
: r TTtis, to our mind, is one of the most important
movements ever put under way in this city. Immacu
late streets and a flower-adorned city would do more
to advertise Athens'and attract new residents here
tBan any other agency in the community.
As one correspondent pointed out, a city in Penn
sylvania has won national fame by having the school
children plant flowers in vacant lots throughout the
town. In that city flowers are to be seen on every
hand. In fact, it is said that every telegraph post
hfo a blooming vine of some description encircling
it. Even in the winter these vines do not die entirely,
aRd are quite effective as an adornment.'
• If such results can be secured in Pennsylvania,
what would be the outcome of such a plan in Athens,
Where the soil is naturally adapted to flowers, and
where we have sunshine the year round It is pleas
ant to picture Athens with a flower-screen across
that part of every vacant lot abutting the streets.
Would it not be great for Athens to be known as “The
City of Flowers.”
It would be a fine thing for the schools of Athens
to Interest the various classes in this proposition. The
city should offer small cash prizes for -the most at
tractive lots. It would be easy to secure permission
ffom owners of the lots to have them cleared off and
..Beautified. Such a plan would create a spirit of
friendly rivalry Jjetween each block and eacn com
munity center in the city. ' The Boy Scouts, we are
. .sure, would lend a hand, and there would be no end
of enthusiasm and interest injected into the plan.
: Flowers bloom readily the year round in Athens,
There are already hundreds of beautifully kept yards
and flower gardens in the city, and the fact that the.
1 huweries in and around Athens are being worked
v ; overtime to meet the demand for flowers and shrub
bery indicates the increasing interest here in such
matters. Athens’ only eyesore is the vacant lots scat
tered here and there throughout the city, and with
these beautified, and made in keeping with the beau
tiful yards and gardens of homes adjoining, Athens
would truly become “The City of Flowers."
. .This is a matter that should be given serious
'-thought by every citizen. It will not only beautify
H-the city, but will give the school children a new infer-
„ est in life during the holiday months now near at
hand. Once the ball is started to rolling—one va-
cant lot beautified by a band of volunteer workers—
. the movement would spread over the city like wild
fire. . \
\ ARE YOU ALERT
A magician -would find it easier to fool Einstein
than to deceive Einstein’s eight-year-old son. So
claims Arthur Buckley, official of the Society of
American' Magicians. It’s common knowledge in
the show business, that a stage wizard is most nervous
when doing, his tricks before an audience containing
a great many children. The grown-ups are fooled
* casily.x But chancer are that the shrill voice of some
youngster in the rear of the house will pipe out: “I
seen how he done it.” Children are much more alert
than their elders. One reason is because they find
everything in life new and interesting and are con-
p stantly watching for another bit of knowledge. In-
tvrcFt keeps the brain geared up to a high, keen pitch.
As we get older, we observe that life is an endless
repetition, the same old stuff over and over with only
®"T° cc “ io nal surprise.' Naturally, we fall into the
habit of not looking for something new. In turn,
our , ,P. erce P‘* on 8. slows down
K il qu,ck,y ’ So the stage magician
[ vS.® 8 « easy to hoax us.
•Magician Buckley, as quoted, conveys the idea
W jtiat, the wiser a man is, he easier to fool him. For
B "Stance, a very simple trick will baffle a profound
W e “ mnn o£ only average intelligence is apt
y to catch on.
The psychology o^ this is that one of the character
istics of deep thinking Is a tendency to concentrate
i entirely on important subjects. Which explains why
a person with a brilliant intellect often is .unable to
| master card gamer, trivialities which the deep thinker
.subconsciously is averse to Concentrating on.
I *' The “heavy thinker,” apparently interested in the
4tage magician and. .trying to solve . the trick, has
’•" -*bont 95 per cent of his Brain power far away, brows-
(fag unconsciourly oh important matters. The man
! fit lesser intelligence is not in a semi-trance or hyp-
; riotic state of interest ir\ important matters, so he is
> ^ahle to rally his concentration 100 per cent on the
magician’s tricks. -
• This delve into psychology raises the interesting
' suggestion .that alertness is not necessarily a sign of
i. 'omln power. On the other hand, it may indicate in
telligence only average, or below. The absent-mind
ed professor is the subject of many jokes. He, deep-
V concentrated on things that really count, is far
from alert. Often he has to have questions repeated
two or three times before he “gets” them. But bring
up one of.the important subjects that really interest
him, and you find him as alert'as a hair-trigger. 1
It’s a queer machine, that gray brain inside our
skulls.
DAILY SErtHoNIT
Therefore, by beloved brethren,
be ye steadfast, immovable, el-
ways abounding In the work of
the- Lord, foratmueh as yo know
that your labor It not In vein- In
the Lord.~1 Cor. 15:58.
Ia it not Cod’s will that we
ahould press steadily on to our
goal In obedience to Him, In chan
nels of his ehoosflng, whether In
gunshinc of shadow In the cheer*
of spring or In the chill of winter,
neither detained by pleasure nor
deterred by pain?—Multhlo Bab
cock.
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?
A Little of Everything And Not tych of Anything.
By HUGH ROWB .
I
IN JUAREZ
On the Mexican side of the Kio
Grande
Is Juarez.
Anti there, wherever you cliancc to
, stand,
A bar Is
Both sides of tho street, four sides
of a square.
Wherever you look, n bar is there
and the sounds of revelry fill the
nir.
_.i Juarez
But the click of tho chips is heard
no more
In Juarez
You gamble not as you did of yora
• Afar Is
The hectic tlmo when you played
roulet;»j;
But still on tho ponies n guy can
bet. r ’
No model city at least as yett
Is Juarez. •
El Paso's lively and full of pop.
Not Juarez;
The Mexicans move with a slower
step.
In Juarez
Their nondescript soldiers slouch
along
Unhurriedly through tho dark-
skinned throng,
And life Is a sort of a slumber
song
In Juarez
They tight the chickens and fight
the bull
lr. Juarez.
And these nr-u ‘ nil the fights
they pull.
In Junrez
For the blood of the Mexican swain
Is hot.
And n rival at times Is knifed or
shot.
Though It' doesn't happen an aw
ful lot,
hr Juarez . r
Yet In the main they arc gettiug on
Tn Junrez
Beneath the shadow of Obregon
.In Juarez
And they work at times, but they
mostly play
Tn a careless happy-go-lucky way
Otlte unprogresslve. but lillthc and
gay,
’n Juarez
--BERTON BRA1.EY
The -Nashville Herald pre
sents a moat interesting cal
endar of things which are cal
culated to kill a town. The
author is unknown, but the list of
the many ways in which a town
can be killed, or to say the least,
seriously damaged, is w6rth read
ing:
Fight on the streets.
Oppose improvements.
Mistrust public men.
Run the town' down to strangers.
Go to some other town to trade.
Refuse to advertise in your pdt
per.
Do not invest a cent; lay out
your money somewhere else.
Be particular to discredit the.
nnhlle sniriteH men ” we f « Und in th ° Houston Post
I ugthen P vour face when a •» »*> “PPUcable to those en
stranger speaks of locating in wc * ,v<
STEARNS’ELECTRIC PASTE
la ncarnted m the taarantatxl exterminator
for Cockroaches. Watcrbufs. Ant*. Batt and
ponXtnwto time tryln* to kill theee P*»ta
with powcVin, liquid* or any experimental
preparations.
Ready for Uoo-Botter than Traps
Soz. box. 03« Ifroj. box. 81M
SOLD EVERYWHERE
stranger speaks of locating
your place.
It n man wants to buy your
property a.k two prices’ for it.
If he wants anybody elsc’s in
terfere and disc umge him.
Refuse to see the merit of any
scheme that docs not exactly ben
efit you.
Run down your newspapers.
Run down your officers.
Run down everybody and every
thing but Number One.
Talk in the loafing places of
how bad times are, of everything
and everybody is going to the
“dcmnltion bow wows.”
So many people, and especi
ally the younger set, have no
idea of the value of time. A
minute means an hour in many
cases and, yet this custom, even of
a social nature, of causing peo
ple to wait, is inexcusable and
wrong in principle. Here is an in
cident I read a few days' ago.’ - It
is applicable, no doubt, in our own
home city, so here it - goes for
what it is worth:
Bluebelle and Fred had been go
ing together for a long time anc
everybody" considered matters as
settled. ’Bluebelle had already
adopted an air of ownership very
pretty at times, perhaps a little
:rying now and then, if the truth
be known. Then came the break.
They were no longer seen togeth
er, and at a dance there was ~
manifest coolness. ’
“What’s caused all this?” asked
a friend of the girl.
“He had called to take me to
the theatre,” explained Bluebelle
with a pout. ?I sent word that I’d
be down in a minute and he said
he’d be bock jn an hour.”
we have published
jokes on the lawyers and on
• the doctors, but so far we
have refrained from publish
ing; any on the newspaper mar
bdlleving in the old adage of aav-
the best f ir the last. Here
has been In Greenville for the past
four weeks is perfecting plans,
sending oul literature, writing let
ters and arranging the details of
the convention‘and la very much
gratified with the progress that
has been made and the success
thyt has been acbieved ;
Examinations Are
To Begin Friday
Examinations begin at the Uni
versity Friday. March 16th. Immedi
ately following the clone of the ex
aminations the students wit be given
a week's hoidsy. from March Zlth,
through April 2nd.
Reports from tho. University nro to
the effect the work done this
year ny tho students ha» been abovt
the average and but few delinquents
are expected following the_ mid-term
tests.*
IMPORTS for year.
1922 MUCH LARGER
WASHINGTON — Imoprts du
ring December Into the United
States, wero valued at two hundred
and ninety seven million dollars
according to estimates by the De
partment of Commerce, as compar
ed with two hundred and thirty
seven million dollars over tho
month of December of lpst. year.
For the calender-yeaV 13tt) lm-
i
ports'werc vatued at three ndliinn
one hundred sixteen million ?
fifty thousand dollars |„ r
crease.of six hundred mill . n ,i *
lars oyer 1931. ' u '
If yofl are 1 of the 95 in everv inn
who suffer from Dandruff or mim
•Mlp trouble, just try Mahdeen, f£
At mU BeAerShow. H.ir Diw„ r ., V-JSS’
i ? £L5£, I $5&£2. t
B1U0USNE8S-SICK &SAMCH&
OH lor an (((Tablet, (a vtceublo
05Client) to tooo and etresebea
tho «cnt of dl(Mtloo end elltcl-
notion. Improve. Appetite, Relieves
Constipation.
Get a
vsr
Chips off 4he Old Block
Nt JUNIORS Llttto tRo
Ono-tbird tho regular doso. Mads
of cam# ingredients, than candy
coated. For children add adults.
Boils
Quit Quick!
5.S. S. Will Provo to Yaw la Ymn
Own Caw tho “How” and -Why”
of ita Remarkable Blood-Cloaneing
Power!
Tbera la a reaaon for averrthlng that
Oappena. Cnmmon-oenu kllla rnlaarp.
Common-aanae al.o Hope Loll.! S. 8. &
U lb. lotmnon-peom remedy for bolls
riaplm&kyb. Saul! Bo!U
Mcanao It la bnllt on maan. Scltntlle
tntkorltlca admit Ita sown! & R. 8.
build, blood-power. It buUd. red-blood-
relli. That I. whet moke. Sahtlog.
blued- Fighting-blood dettroyt Impari
ties It fight, bolls It always alaal
It figbta pTmptn! It fights ahla erup
tions! It bnllds nerve-power, thinking
power, the tight-fisted power tint
whirl# n man up into success. It given
wsmen thn health, the ongelle com
plexion and tho charm that moves the
world I These are thn reasons that hava
■ads' H. S. 8. today the great btoed-
elearner, body-bnllJer, success bonder,
and It's why result a hava made tears
af Joy Sow from the souls of Ihon-.
sands 1 Ur. V. 9. Schnff. 557 15U St,
Washington, D, C, writes:
“/ tried for vw*, to sot toUof /mat a
Sag osae ot begs •SevrslUap /aged aaM
f teak S. S. B. I a. mow oUolmtols eaewL
awd it veal S. S. 5. that did iW
Try It yoararlf. S. S. 8. la aold at
all dreg ants In twa altca. Tha larger
■tat battle la the pore economical.
S.S.S.s-1^'42!
I&s.
Face, Neck and Arm Easily Made
Smooth, Saya Specialist
Any breaking out /of the akin,
-ven fiery, itching eczema can 'v
•uickly overcome by applying a lif
ts Mentho-Sulphur, declares a no-
ed Bkln spon'ullst. Because ot (tn
twin doBtroyliv properties, this
eulphur preparation begina nt once
tn soothe irritated skin and heal
ruptlons such / as rush, pimples
ind rln* worm.
U seldom fails to remove tho
torment and disfigurement, and
vou do not havo to waft for relief
*rom embarrassment. Improvo-
mr it quickly chows. Sufferers from
ikln trouble should obtain n small
lar of Rowlos Mentho-Sulphur
nny good druggist and use It like
cold cream.
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your name and .address clearly.
You will receive in return,n trial
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colds and croupt Foley Kidney
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it|for what it is worth:
• “When I see a ragged man
said thp chairman virtuously,
aay td myself, there goes a n
\vho has refused to make the mos
of his gifts. There is no excusi
for poverty, gentlemen. Everyom
should rise. Everyone may carv'
out a good position for himsel:
if he wishes.”
“Perhaps you are right,” Inter
posed a member. “Only today !
met a newspaper man who told m<
that twenty years ago he came t<
Chicago with exactly *5 in hi
pocket. He is now worth $40,000
end he owes this entirely to hi:
own ability and energy, combine)
with, good health and a high cod
of .ethics, and to the fact that hi
uncle recently died and left hin
$30,995.”
With only sixty fire dollars
- from the goal of Athens' quota
: for the Crawford W. Long me
morial fund, everyone who has
not subscribed to .this fund shouli
do so today. Do not let it b
said that the people of Athens
tho-homo city of this great man
failed to meet their allotted sum
which was only one thousand dol
lars. This campaign has'attract
cd the attention of the people o
the state and.It is high time tha
our folks had come forward witl
the full amount of their quote
Here ia what Hon. Jamea B. Nevir
editor of the Atlanta Georgian
has to say of Athens and the fund
“We fret and funfe about th
never-ending “drives” of one sor
and another. But, while we hav
had many and varied drives, i
nevertheless seems to remain tru
tjiat any city deeply desirous o
putting n drive across may do ac
•“In Athena, for instance, a driv
was put in motion .recently t<
raise $1,000', as Clarke County**
quota of a fund to place a bust o
Dr. Crawford W. Long in Statuar
' in Washington City, aa an
ised by the Georgia Legiala
\thcns took that appeal ver-
ly and sincerely ;to hearth
...
leu* thing in Athens.”
A Puzzle A Day
‘ VICAR
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T v* * * * *
I K * * » • w
: The above is an Incomplete
word square. The word “VICAR"
reads from left to right and from
top to bottom. Can you fill in
the stare with letters so as t<
form five words that read the
same from top to bottom as from
left to right? The letter “W” in
the lower right-hand corner It
fiven as a starter.
Yesterday's answer:
When the brakchian was struck
by 8 sets of hanging cords, hr
knew the train had poised undet
nine bridges and tunnels, because
the cords -arc placed at each cn<
of a bridge or tunnel. As the.
train went under twice as manj
bridges as tunnels, and the total
was nine, there were six bridgci
and three tunnels.
> * •/tlw'Vfw *• . ' j
TDhen you run out
oj Gasoline /
«. . • **
there is a most effective danger signal to
warn you—your car conies to a stop with
out any particular amount of damage
being done. It is different when you run
out of lubricating oil in your motor: there
are no warning signals, nothing to flag
your attention until great damage has
been done.
The greatest single factor In the eco
nomical and efficient operation of a motor
car is the proper lubrication of its engine’
Sufficient quantity, the right quality, the
proper weight or grade, and the frequent
replacement of oil are the things you
.want to watch.
You can solve all these problems by
putting nothing in your crank case but
Folarine, consulting the chart of recom-
mmidations to determine just what grade
your'car requires, and renewing your oil
completely after St has been used for six
or seven hundred miles.
There is no variation in the quality of •
Polyline. Wherever you see a dealer who
displays a Polarine sign, you may feel as
sured that you can get there the finest
motor oil on the mark
“SPRING FEVER”
Gude’s
pepto-jMansfan
Tonic and Blood Enriched-
Every Mail Brings In
quiries About Rates Tc
Greenville, S. C. High
way Convention.
GREENVILLE, 8. C.—The out
look of the coming meeting of the
'.rnlted’.8tate* Good Roads Associa
tion. Bankhead National Highway
Association and United States
Good Roads Show that meets In
Orponvlllo, 8. C., daring she week
of April 16-21, promises to be the
greatest gathering of enthusiastic
crowds that have ever assemble:
in America, judging by the corres
pondence .that la pouring Into the
headquarters of theso organiza
tions, which are in charge or Di
rector Tenoral J .A. noumlroo.
Every mall brings inquiries abo -t
hotel rates, hotel accommodation
•V . ., n , nn 1 and rooms, railroad rates and ox
DAYS ARE HERE ■ lbU " p,co * he ,,l!ow A,re * dy
tho assurances have been receive.
S PRING ia the timtfof renewed life * ■ A ' 8 '
and vigor in Mother Earth, and b I 8n1 ?’ '“*• Georgia, Missis-
should be with you. What you ? PP'y I 01 ™;*;. T** 8 *: Tcnne8,oc '
need is lliat best of ail “airing tonics," Man-land, Virginia and North Caro
Gude’s Pcpto-Mangan, for over thirty ,ina - ■" well as the state of South
years the regular spring medicine-in Carolina, which will furnish large
hundreds of thousands of families, crowds of enthuslasXc good roads
Take it for a short time, and ace bow boosters who are anxious to show
the purified blood goes dancing through their wonderful country lo the
your veins, how new strength and cn- visitors from tho other stated, and
durance thrill every muscle and tissue, to receive Inspiration In regard to
..Your druggist has Gudc'a Pepto-, road building.
, boy liquid and tablets. . The areedrllle chamber of com