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Boy Scouts Vie With One
Another to Win Prizes.
Kiwanis Offers Colored
School Prize.
MARCH 25, 1921
IA JI N
Made - to - Measure
CLOTHES
I$30 to $75
pay less than tha
I moderate price of KAHN
Made to ■ Measure Clothe*
I it false economy.
To pay ‘ ,mJVv
|fride. ...
e KAHN organization
I Ml perfected its tailoring
methods to the point where
KAHN con produce the high*
Kt quality tailoring at the
lowest price consistent with
good workmanship.
Therefore you will get the
| most value, the most woar,
the most style, and the most
iitiifectlon out 6t a KAHN
rode-to-order suit.
V.i
Let u; tak^ your measure
I now for your spring taljor-
injl requirements. —
SAM B.
WINGFIELD
Many Changes -
Wrought Here
By Boll Worm
Col. Gantt Writes of “Mu
sical Cackling of Hen”
and “Verdant Fields.”
BY T. LARRY GANTT s
In days gone by, before the advent
of the boll weevil and every South
ern farmer waa an Incurable Cotton-
tot, planting all of hi* real estate
holding* except hli house-tops and
front'yard In the fleecy staple—de
pending on imported corn, hay, meat
and an else to feed man and beast—
one could not look upon a more drear
and desolate landscape than to travel
over the country In the winter
months, and see the brown and
withered cotton stalks In the fields.
The only sign of vegetable life was
Mime little turnip patch wlthjts yel
lowing . leaves. Nothing verdant to
relieve the eye, but the whole country
reminded one of the abomination of
desolation, if the weather was fav
orable, negroes would be seen break
ing . land for a .cotton crop,
which had.been mortgaged for sup
plies even before a furrow had been
run or a seed put Into the ground.
You might see In lots or around the
houre a few long, gaunt, rasor-back
porker*, or cows with ribs showing,
as their feed mipt be hauled from
town. And this Is no exaggerated
picture, but one easily recognised by
every person In those days.
Even the crimson blooms of the
scattering peach trees had nothing
verdant to complete the' bouquet of
approaching springtime. .
VERDANT
FIELDS
This Is
But the other day I took a drive
around town, out In the country, and
viewed the landscape o'er. And what
a change had been wrought by the
appearance In our cotton fields of a
small Insect, looked upon as the
greatest pest and curse since the da ye
of the Children of Isreal and Pha
raoh. Looking from any elevation In
the road, a scene of verdue met the
gaxe^ and there can be no vision
more* pleasing and restful to the eye
tbsn great fields of grain after a
winter bleakness. It realty seemed
that half thcT country had been plant
ed In wheat, 04U or rye, and around
nearly every farm home waa seen
patches of alfalfa and other forage
crops. Instead of half-starved an I
mats you see fat thoroughbred hogs
and fine sleok cattle, while the musi
cal racklo of poultry told the story
of abundant and delicious • meals.
And this waa nbt all: In ye olden
time, even long before Christmas, you
could see the light of heaven shining
through the cracks of empty cribs,
and no sign of forage around the lot
or barn. The farmer kept his gar
ners. cribs, hay and roughness, and
even i chicken feed In the west. If
you took a meal with that farmer you
p RID OF YOUR Fit
I Thousands cjf others have gotten rid of theirs by my
Itimple and efficient method of fat'reduction, often
it a very rapid rate, and WITHOUT PAYMENT
|mtil reductidp has taken place.
f1 am a licensed practicing physician and have
mado a careful. s.tidy of the physiological require
ments of the human body. Thta has enabled ms to
select such ingredients and In aucb proportion as In
my opinion will produce not only a loaa of weight
without harm and an Improvement In health, but with
| it on alleviation of all of the tronbieaome symptoms
which frequently accompany apd often an a directi
result of overktoutness, such as shortness of breath
on..slight exertion, palpitation of the heart, etc., not
I to apeak of the relief from the embarrassment of be-
|:ng too stout 8tout persona suffering from snob dls-
losses as chronic Rheumatism, Cent, Edema, Asthma
| and high blood pressure are greatly relieve*} by a re-
J duction of tholr. superfluous fat
My treatment will' relievo that depsesaed, tired, sleepy feeling,
bits you the renewed energy and vigor which coma as a result of the
bu of jour superfluous fat The medicinal Ingredients I employ do
rat depend for tftelr reducing power upon starvation diet or tiresome
pnrisi-. Taking them, AhswjihpiiM produce n loea of weight without
holloing anything elseT w 1 ■ "
II you are overstout do not postpone hot alt down right now and
Mil lor my FREE TRIAL, TREATMENT and my plan whereby I am
1>A1I> ONLY AFTER REDUCTION HAS TAKEN PLACE It you
desire. f
DR. R. N&W-M A N, Licensed Physician Stats of Naw York
* Filth Avenue;-New York, N. Y. D ** k
h«t H you
the country In any direction and see
the numeroue and verdant Melds of
■mall grain, promielng a m<wt boun-
teoue harvest, and then let your
memory revert to what that same
drive looked like In past years, you
will agree with me that while the boll
weevil has unquestionably curtailed
cotton production, that , It has
wrought a wonderful change' for the
bettor In making Our farms self ; sup-
portlng and emancipating their own-
era from slavery to the western grain
and meat raiser and signed their
declaration of Independence. And
when you seo euch a startling change
In ao short a time and following such
a bad crop season as last year, wlmt
can we ho|io for whon obr farmoro
recover from their panic, realise the
changed conditions and tluit our fer
tile section Is not deiwndent on any
one crop for proaperlty and a llvell
hood for the man behind the plow.
By all means at the first opportu
nity take a drive out Into the country
and you will return homo hopeful
and greatly encouraged about
future. ’
la daye gone by (and,I hope they
will never return), when our farm
ers sacrificed all and everything to
grow cotton, and to secure credit
many a poor fellow would mortgage
everything he' possessed except his
mortal soul and wife and children—
and then perhaps sell his staple at
cost Of production or less—he would
count himself lucky If his entire erop
would pay his bills at end of
year. Few had any cash left and had
to buy all they needed on credit, to
bo paid for from the next crop. Only
an .occasional farmer ever made any
money raising cotton with negro la
bor under the credl (system." Cot.
James M. Smith once remarked to
some that If he penned the practice
cf the average farmer the sheriff
would sell him out In three years.
Col. Smith not only raised hie sup
plies at home but-required his rent-
era and croppers to do the. Same. His
success IS due to this fact.
Dr. White Recalls Bovine Days Here
In Lamenting Capt. Rucker’s Plight
Cow But Alas! They All Love Bogs and
Cats; Doubts Success.
were fed from tin cans or on Im
ported breads and meat*.
But how different it Is today. You
seldom pas* an 'empty crib, lufu and
atacka of forage seen everywhede.
and r.rm anim.i. .how the re»uit of Had guDPort of “Spinsters” When He Banished the
this great change. You aee improved ~ * — * - * • — * « » ** — »
breeds of hogs, cattle and all other
farm animals and poultry.
In fact to take a trip out In the
country In this year of out Lord and
then compare the fields, farms,
homes and surroundings with whet
teas seep only it few short years ago,
and It looks like an entirely different
country end race of people.
By CHAS. E. MARTIN
Having noticed that Captain
Jeptha Rucker, popular Athens’
citizen, sport lover, former ath
lete. postmaster and councilman
from the Third ward does not take
very serenely to the idea of so
many cur dogs and tom cats run
ning wild about our city and know
ing that Dr. H. C. White, “Nestor”
of the Georgia University faculty,
wise and far-aeeing and has only
the public good at heart
“You say opposition and disap.
is to be .expected. It is Time,
proval hive already arisen? Thai
chiefly, that confirms the good and
rejecta the bad. Long since, our
venture in state-craft concerning
the cow wag universally accepted
as wise and beneficent. It would
%e fewer years before our be
loved little city would be well con-
had been himself, many yean ago, | tent to be *r»e of hydrophobia
a member of the council body and peril and tha harsh discordance of
A BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOW
*bN EASY TERMS
The above tea beautiful home on King Ave
nue, one of Athens’ best residential streets.
This beautiful Bungalow is on an elevated
Hast Front. It has six rooms, bath and sleep
ing porch, side drive and garage, a very large
porch, built in bookcases, window seats, etc.
The walls are beautiful tinted, floors stained.
Steam heat and other modern improvements.
All this for $8,760.00 on terms to suit pur
chaser.
H. O. EPTING & CO.
•Phone 1686 \
Ground Floor Holman Building
Rental Agents' for the Building
But the woevll. In destroying cot
ton squares, at the ume time de-
Htroyed the credit of farmers, and
they muet now pay cash for all they
buy. The result Is that they muet
look to other crops than cotton for
cash, and they have found a number
•f long neglected eourcee. They find
that chickens, hoga, rattle, fruit,
vegetables and the many other crops
and things that can be produced . In
•ur section, furnishes an unceasing
revenue, for Some of these crops are
maturing every month In the year.
They must no longer depend on one
crop for cash, and that limited to u
faw weeks In the fell and winter.
The Athens merchants aay they
never did a better cash bualneea than
at this time, for every farmer who
enters a store has managed to rake
up (he cash-to pay for what he buys.
Credit Is a thing of the paet. except
thirty days to a few customers.
Cheap credit Is what has done aa
much aa all alas to bring about the
hard times that came upon us un-
heralded a year ago. but a wonder
ful change for the better has come
about.
CARLOAD CHICKENS
MARKETED IN MADISON
MADISON, (Ta.—Probably one
of th* beat evidences of diversi
fication In Morgan county and a
determination on the part of the
farmers not bo outdone by tip poll
weevil was shown, here when
County Agent L. 8. Watson fin
ished loading a car of cbickem.
This is the second largo ship
ment of chickens which has moved
from here withta the post two
months, and Mr> Watson states
that it is only a matter of a short
time before ho will be making
shipments every month. Madisor
probably has the largest hatchery
in the stats, which Is owned by
T. M. Douglas, and which haa an
incubation of more than 18,000
eggs-
had ideas about stray cows, hogs
and the like, I dropped in to see
th: genial doctor a few days ago
just after he had finished giving
a chemistry class an examination
and we disdussed cats, dogs, cows
“spinsters,” bachelors chemistry
and the like.
BEFORE DAYS
OF CO-EDS.
Yes. we drifted back to days
gone by. Of course I couldn’t
follow tnc doctor back to the remi
niscent days when he was a young
professor here from the Univer
sity of Virginia and struggling
along with the University for an
existence, but I could follow him
back to the time before Georgia
was co-educational, before Sanforc
Field was a reality, before Athent
had two “skyscrapers” and before
women had the suffrage right.
After disposing of discussions
of such “recent" happenings and
knowing that Doctor White and
Captain Rucker were staunch
friends and being an admirer of
both I asked the doctor what he
thought of our mutual friend’,
feelings towards the canines and
cat-a-nines of the town and he
then related some very interact
ing history about his “term” as
councilman as well as some
reminiscences of mellow days of
the past
The professor with whom I
chatted ' so familiarly and
whom I once answered with fear
and trembling when trying to ab
sorb sufficiently of his industrial
chemistry to secure a passing
mark of 70, was silent for a few
moments, apparently busy in medi
tation. Then he spoke, sadly, and
from force of habit, in scientific
strain, in words that I now recall
about as follows:
WAS"DEEPLY"
TOUCHED.
“Ah. but this touches me deep
ly. I fear all my local political
activities in behalf of our be
loved city are doomed to wreckage
on zoologic reefs. 1 Forty years
ago, by unanimous and enthusiastic
voice of an intelligent citizenry,
I was elected Alderman from the
Third Ward. For two years I
labored with zeal and energy in
the service of the town, being
partly instrumental in establish
ing our first street-lightng and
water-supply systems, and in the
founding of our pilblic schools'.
My unselfishness—there was no
pay attached to the job then—ef
forts were graciously approved
and rewarded, and I was re-elected
again with unanimity and enthu
siasm to a second term.
“But, alas, and alack! My zeal
as a reformer outran' unanimity
of public sentiment at the time-
Aided and abetted by my distin
guished friend and constituent,
Hon. Pope Barrow, and other far-
seeing statesmen, residents of my
ward and partly moved thereto by-
petitions from sundry—well, they
called themselves “spinsters,” who,
alleged that they ventured upon
tha streets in fear and trepidation
under existing conditions, I intro
duced and secured enactment of
an ordinance prohibiting the roam
ing at large of the town cow.
THE CAUSE OF
STOMACH TROUBLE
It la not In the stomach. Th*
effect Is there all right, but the
cause is liq your spins where
misplaced vertebrae pinch the
nerves leading to tha stomach.
The competent chiropractor re
lieves this pinching by adjusting
these vertebrae (small benst
of the spihs). Consultation and
Spinal Analysis Fra*.
ALBERT H. TIMM,
D. G. Ph.C.
Palmar Chiropractor
Shackelford Bldg., Athens, Ga.
midnight cotorwaulings at no coil
of personal liberty other than ob
ligation that each individual owner
should take proper care of his or
her own cow or dog or cat
SPINSTERS not to
BACK THE CAPTAIN
“It would be pitiful should
there be question of sacrifice in
this case. My friend knows my
experience; he is courageous as
well as wise- And yeti I fear
me; I fear mai Those charming
citizens, self-styled “spinsters.” !r
my fime fc./cd the cow. Now,
I am told, they admire the dog
and adore the cat, and, alas and
alack, they have the suffrage?
Hence these forebodings.”
And I added, as I closed * the
door to his labrdtory office so
that he could he about passing
and flunking students, “that since
those who now have radios havt
enough of that cat growling and
fussing trying to locate stationi
and since the cost of living has
gone so high that cur dogs are
too luxurious maybe our captair
alderman may find less oppositoir
to his dogless, catless orainancc
than he expects^o pais."
Col. T. W. Rucker
Honored By His
Comrades At Bar
Continued from page on*)
Opposition
apparent.
capital now atands.” he began
'Judge Hopkins was on tbe bench
and Evan P. Howell was solicitor
general. 1 have been a member
of the bar nfty-9wo yean and tn
all these yesrs I have not found
cause today to harbor any III will
toward anyoue.
In these days I have seen more
done without pay .by members of
the legal profession than of tny
other and no one has evtr gone
without their aid, however poor a
wretch he might have been.
I am deeply touched at your
kindness, your thoughtfulness of
ms.
A HAPPY
OCCA8ION
The scene of tbe hanpy occasion
was at the liume of Lamar C.
Rucker and the following compos
ed the committee which, on behalf
of the Bar Association, presented
Col. Rucker with the loan token:
John B. Gamble, George C. Thomas,
Will King Meadow. H. Ablt Mx.
W. L. Erwin, Sylvanua Morris, T.
J. Shackelford. J. J. Strickland.
Enscribed on the handsome
bowl wero tint following words:
“Colonel Tinsley W. Rucker, 7Sth
birthday, March 24tb. IMS. from
members Athens Bar.”
In his presentation remarks Col
Gamble said:
“Seventy-live yean have come
and gone, and yon are hale and
hearty—In mind and body. The
huoyarcy of jour temperament,
the brilliancy Qf your Intellect, the
fervor of your speech and the flrd
of your Imagination will never be
forgotten by yonr brothers of the
profession.
LIST OF PRIZE8
Set cf Dickens novels to school
whose district is declared clean
est.
Three Boy Scout Prizes: One
dozen Palace theatre tickets
yiven by Manager E. O. Gldlcy:
Boy Scout knife given by Athena
Hardware company and Boy
Scout belt given by H. J. Reid,
Clothing company.
Six soda checks each to five
school children helping cleun
home premises best
Internatinal Webster’s diction
ary gven by Kiwanis Club to
colored school whose district I*
best cleaned.
Prises to colored Individuals
amounting to $2.10 given by Mrs.
Lamar C. Rucker. -
A hot race Is on between Athena
Boy Scouts who are anxious to win
the prises to be given for report
ing the most vacant lota and their
owners in the ,BClcan-Ufy* cam
paign now under way here.
Three prises are being offered by
Athens business concerns. They will
be given to the boys reporting to
Mayor Thomas the most ((scant
lota and their owners. The lota
must be cfcaned, however.
Other prizes are being offered to
Athens school children. In addition
the Indvldual prises Mayor
Thomas will slve to tho school
whose district Is cleaned the best a
handsome set of novels written by
tbs famous Charles Dickens.
WANT UNANIMOUS
CO-OPEFtATION
Athenian* are urged to Join in
this campaign and after ridding the
city of germ breeding places keep
it clean.. 8prlng and summer will
see epidemics of yellow fever and
other diseases unless tbe places
where mosquitoes breed are de
stroyed. so experts declare.
People who throw trash on the
■ttreets are ask not to do so, but If
they Insist the Board of Health pro-
ndseUacllon'In stopping.It by having
the guilty persons arrested
charge of violating tbe city sanitary
ordiances.
Athens should be spotless when
the White way la formally opened
April 4 and dll citizens are uraed to
assist by claiming off their own
premises and keeping the streets
free of rubbish.
£
New Hats for
Spring and E&ster
Distinctive style and superb quality of ma
terial and accessories are seen in the hats
we are Showing for Easter. ’\
, Special $5.00 to $10.00 All Week
THE STYLE SHOP
MISS SUSIE WELLS, Prop.
224 Clayton Street
LONG YEARS
OF 8ERVICS
“For and In behalf of the mom-
“Our older citixen* will remem- ‘ h ® I £!££*
bor that fierce and bitter opnosi-, % F°a. aa a «g““ ef our appwria-
tion and disapproval immediately j J*®" “J F°“ r J®** W*™
arose. Aided from the expense and • ,lv * r t . *»?!•_*”.™
trouble of keeping up one’s own
cow, it was denounced ait inhumane J*. 1 ”
that the lone cow of the poor wid- T
ow, or vice-versa, should be d*-. on l_
nied privilege of pasturage jipon
the streets, sidewalks . and open
private enclosures.
“Civic. refoFms of this momen
tous character always entail sac
rifice. Happily, the' ordinance
stood. But—nothwithstanding my
conceded good record otherwise,
tbe unanimity of opinion concern
ing my wisdom as a legislator' was
Impaired and I thought it bat,
in the interests of harmony, not'to
offer for a third term; and *°-
“very excellent” Alderman mad*
exit with the peripatetic cow-
“And now—again—once moral
Forty years after, my very dear
and distinguished frjend. Captain
.Rucker, has been elected my sue-
'cessor—at long range—ag Aider-
man from the Third Ward, with no
less unanimity and greater enthu
siasm than was my lot Rem
embering his former admirable
cervices as Alderman and Mayor,
and the many good things he had
accomplished for the city's bene
fit, I - was an' ardent a'dvocate of
his election and suppliant that he
should accept. Indeed, some of
our mutual friends jokingly sug
gested that my* enthusiasm was
like unto’ that of a campaign man
ager. This of course wp> but jest.
In addition to the commute*
from the Bar Association those
who wgere Aon to felicitate Col.
Rucker won, Mrs. Tinsley W.
Rucker, Mm. Alex S. Erwin, Mrs.
Lamar c. Rucker, Captain J. H.
Rucker, .bis little grandchild, Nel
lie Peters Rncksr, his daughter,
•Miss Mary Aon Rucker, and two
little nieces, Lacy DuPree and
Mary Lamar Erwin, daughters of
Mr. and Mr*. Howell 8. Erwin.
T
EVEN NOW THERE ARB
THOSE' TO OPPOSE.
CITY SCHOOL NOTICE
Until 1$ o’clock noon, Monday, April
1, the undsreeinsd will recslvs bid,
for approximately MS tons ess cos)
and iso tons coke, for th* City
SehsoU. y
The Committee reserves th* right
to reject any or nil bids.
M. O. NICHOLSON.
Chairman, Committee on. Supplies
Confederate Renuion
New Orleana, La.
April 10-13, 1923
SEABOARD announces special
rates. Selling April 7. S. 9. 10,
limited April 20th. Stoiiovers al
For rates, Pullman reserve
“And now you tell me ft is re- j tlona. etc., see nearest SEABOARD]
.ported that he flatten me and I Ticket Agent or write—
•proposes to extend the provisions ■
of mv cow ordinance to include FRED GEISSLER,
dogs and cuts. Th— historic co-,A«st Gen. Pass’r. Agent S. A. L.
incidences are most *E*i>rc*tiri. it 'i By.. Atlanta. Osorgla^^^
can well -believe it-although he H
| has not to!d>me of it, ~ |
L. D. PENNY
Associate Counsel
*1
your orders early
We have what vou
Let us have
for Easter,
want
CRUCEDALE
Phone 1286—1167
in* ^
TY COBB Will Be Here
, Tomorrow
—but the best service and the most delic
ious drinks, ice cream; sandwiches and the
best lunches can always be found at
THE GEORGIAN PALM GARDEN
No matter who wins the game Monday—
Cobb’s Tygere or Rochester—you’ll be won
to the patronage of the most beautiful soda
parlors in the South if you come here.
“ALWAYS THE BEST OF EVERYTHING”
GEORGIAN PALM GARDEN
GEORGIAN HOTEL >
Guaranty Trust Corporation
• , CAPITAL $500,000.00
INVESTMENTS LOANS
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
Anyone interested in Investments, Loans, Insurance or Beal
Estate will do well to consult these Departments.
GOLD SAVING CERTIFICATES
Bonds payable in monthly or annual installments. Ask to see
tihem. It will pay you.
, V' OFFICERS:
- JNO. J. WILKINS R. 8. FREEMAN
President Secretary A Manager of Roal Estate
and Insurance
J. WARREN SMITH R. w. SIZER
Vice-President Asst Tress, and Asst Manager of
V Investments
E. L. WILKINsV MRS. A. M. DOOLITTLE
Vles-Prs*. Traa*. A Manager of Asst Sscty. and Asst Mgr. of Insurance
Investments > ERWIN, ERWIN A NIX
General Counsel
