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THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
6UNDAY. MAY 6, IMS.
Stop Rheumatism!
Bow? Go to the very root of the trouble—restore Blood-Cells—
increase them so they may carry off the impurities—that is
why S. S. S. corrects rheumatism—it is the same sure way to
permanent relief. S. S. S. builds Blood-Cells by the
jilly recall three others about my |ally Illustrated, according to ar-
churches.
ion.
Rheumatism is ono of the most
Common causes of heart disease.
At your age, or at any age. It
foo late to experiment. There
Stop Rheumatism
positively no longer any excuse for
(altering the agonies of rheuma-
' tlsm! Especially in the autumn of
your life when the vital organs
weaken, impurities multiply and
linger In the muscles and joints, ns
never before. It Is now. Just now,
.when you cannot afford to guess.
No day returns! And whatever you
take, It must also protect and aid
your stomach.
Here is a joyous fact which can
mean to you a fond farewell for
ever to all the miseries, the too
tures, the body-twitting pains that
you have suffered from the demon
of rheumatism. It is a fact that
rheumatism means "blood noverty."
*ur. *u. ruimvr, csiyim
Ohio, writes: “S. S. S. relievet
we of rheumatism and nerv
ousness. It is the heat medicine
for building up the blood. Af
ter taking only two bottles, /
feel like a new man.' 1
It Is a fact that with the increase
of red-cells In your blood, impuri-
ties are destroyed. It is a fact that
the blood-count has been increased
from 3,000.000 to 4,000,000 red-blood-
cells in a few weeks’ time by the
use of 8. S. 8.! It is a fact that
S. S. 3. serves to destroy impuri
ties which cause pimples, boils, ec
zema and rheumatic trouble!
S. 8. S. is one of the most pow
erful blood cleansers in existence.
Its results in thousands of rheu
matic eases have been nothing
short of amazing! It contains ab
solutely pure vegetable medicinal
ingredients. What can be more in
spiring, more Wonderful than to see
the sliackjes of pain released from
your struggling body, swellings,
lingering pain, stiffness of Joints and
muscles, all disappear, your stom
ach made strong, your face pink
with the old sweetheart glow, your
blood enriched and your cheeks
more plump, as they used to be!
You can do It. Use 8. 8. 8., the
great destroyer of rheumatic Impu
rities. It !> sold at all drug stores,
in two sizes. The larger alzo la the
more economical.
The Banner-Herald is pleased to secth
present to Its renders this morning J residences. Kerosene came intr.
Hemlnisences by Mr. Joseph M. use in Athens while I was quite a
Hodgson from May 1 1855 to Mi/|boy. Before this time w© used
1. 1023. A long and useful life hast candles and tin lamps, burning lard
been that of Mr. Hodgson, who (oil, using a flat wick, to improve
celebrated his G8th birthday * on the light you raised the. wick with
May j. la pin and cut the wick. Both thit
‘Here is his most interesting re-land the candle gave an dnsatisfnc-
count of occurrences dating back tory light, and often smoked, giving
over half of a century. I off a disagreeable odor.
May 1. 1855. to May 1. 1923. | HOME-GROWN
spells 68 yea
S.S.S. makes you feel like yourself agam
There’s the Best
of Indications
that lumber will be higher and
that labor will be higher and
hard to get, a little later this
Spring. If you contemplate
building, the sooner you go about
it, the less it .will cost you, un-
1 less all the indications are wrong.
Build now, and build right;
let us assist you in the selection
of real, quality materials that
will save you money and trouble
in the long run. '
CARTER-MOSS LUMBER COMPANY
BUILDING
.MATERIALS
‘OrriCC AN* '
SPRING K FULTOI
NEAR BROAD,ATMENSi
PHONE
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DBS
COFFEE
Is as famous with the lovers of good coffee
as the leader, whdse picture appears above,
was with his followers.
' 8IXTY PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE IN
THE ATHENS TERRITORY ARE USING
OUR COFFEES. ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?
t ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT.
Athens Tea & Coffee Co.
Roasters and Blenders of Humming Bird Brand Coffees.
of life. What hay I FRUIT USED
God and to my fellow*? I The old ice hou*e was near the
There were so many boys in our juncture of Foundry and Ocone«-
home that mother started u* to streets. I don’t remember Its being
school young to get us out of her used. There was never sufficient
way, she was always so busy. If'ice to harvest on Farr’s Pond within
she hadn't had negro nurses who* tiy recollection. Later some natu*
were always at hand and very faith-j ral lake ice was shipped here via
ful In caring for us I don’t know Charleston.
what she would have done. j No Florida or California fruit
In those days all clothes, (except was shipped here. Local grown
tailor-made) were made in the Hummer apples anil peaches sup-
home. Mother surely was kept plied the market. The little yel-
busy, hut she had one advantage | low dearstone, the Bed Indian, and
of a tailor, that 1». If the clothes! the white Kngish peaches are not
didn't fit the boy they were made surpassed in flavor by the present
for she could hand It to one up or {cultivated fruit. The May, Red
down ‘as the case might be," like-rJune, and Horse apples, were fine
wise. If clothes were outgrown they I fruit. The Howard and Buff were
could be handed down. I remem
blr there was a little velvet round
about Jacket that passed down
through the hunch of hoys. Of
course. It was only used on dress
•erosions, such fh Sunday School,
etc.. It was taken off when getting
back hgme und placed in the !>u
reau drawer for tho next occasion.
We were pretty rough on clothes.
In playing marbles, spinning top*,
and sliding down cellar doors, etc.,
we would wear holes at knees and
sent. Mother would patch thorn
at night and have them ready for
next morning.
In my childhood days there was
no defense against flies and mos
quitos except darkening of rooms,
and peacock tall brushes, th home-
Inter apples from the moun
tains.
Tobacco fin hands and twists and
Inter the manufactured plug war
brought by wagons from North
Carolina. Cured venison, hams
and bacon, came from the moun
tains ala» turkeys were driven in
droves. Droves of hogs came from
Tennessee on foot, nhd were
slaughtered and dresed at Isanr
WUkerson’s and W. P. Talmadge’s,
then sold to our ^tlzens. Our
merchants did not handle Western
meat at the time.
The old family carriage was r
creation of some elegance and com
fort, a closed, upholstered body
swung high, (about G feet) op C
springs with leather fastenings.
mnde fly catcher didn’t give any j footman sat with tho driver pn the
perceptable relief, mosquito netting
was used for keeping beds and
baby’s* cradle In a limited way. 1
hardly think a baby could be raised
now under such conditions as pre
vailed then. If you took a nap nf-
ter dinner somebody would have
to fan the files away.
You can hardly appreciate that
you hnd to bank your fire every
night, and If It should happen to
go out* you would have to borrow
a live coal from your neighbor.
Matches were very scarce. Bonn
homes had the flint and steel punk
The Confederate match was a sul
phur affair that smelt awfully bad
when burning. They were little
blocks of wood cross-sawed In
strips, or sticks down to a base of
say a half Inch. You would split
off a match when needed.
Now I think of water. Early set
tlers had an eye to water when
locating, hence springs of cool water
were nn important factor. Oui
town spring was near Brqad Street
In the rear of the present Empire
Shoe Co. store. Other prominent
springs, were Factory, near Ath
ens Factory, WUkerson’s, neat
Foundry street In rear of Callawny
Qro. Co.; Witherspoon’s near Ath
ens Foundry site; Orr’s near Pulas
ki street, In rear of Christian
church. There were several others
Then came the well. The first
public one was on Broad street
near Campus corner of Jackson.
This furnished drinking water foi
stores on Broad street and vicinity
ulso for the passing public. • Th*
next onp was on College avenue,
Just off Clayton street, near Geor
gia National Bank corner. Watci
for fire protection was In two
sunken cisterns, one on College ave-
nuo In front of Commercial Bank
one on Broad stret In front of
Huggins A Son. Watqg was sup
plied to both by rain from tho
fronting roofs. There was also n
small cpyered reservoir supplied
by the town spring. Then there
was the private welt. Well watei
soon preferable and far mor*
convenient to spring supply. Ev
erybody would Invariably brag on
his well. Any one without a well
was more than welcome to use from
Ills neighbor’s. When the gat
works that were located near tht
present Ford plase on Claytor
street were burned the gas tar ran
down the gutter* on' Thomas street
across Broad street through the
culvert, and then down Oconee
street In open gully, under Foundry
street and on to WUkerson’s branch
and thence to the river. In Its
passage down the tar struck the
well veins and ruined the Hodgson
well, and seriously Injured the
Mason, Beusse shop wells. By
continually withdrawing the water
Many years ago my undo bought
of the water from the town
spring nnd piped it down to our
place and in the Hodgson shops.
The gas produced at the time was
from pine wood (original forest va
riety). The farmers would haul it
into the works, wood was very
abundant and cheap at the time.
When the gas works were rebuilt
they were placed at their present
location. Artificial gas was used
In stores and streets In business
FRECKLES
Don’t Hids Them With s Veil; Re
move Thsm With Othins—Dou-..
bis Strength.
This preparation for the treat
ment of freckles is usually so sue*
cesful In removing freckles and
giving a clear, beautiful complex
ion that It Is sold under guarantee
to refund the money if It fails.
Don't hide your freeklea under a
veil; get an ounce of Othlne and
remove them. Even the first few
applications should show a won
derful improvement, some of th<
lighter freckles vanishing entirely.
Be sure to ask the druggist for
the double strength Othlne ? it U
•this that is sold on the money-back
guarantee,—Advertisement.
Dickey seat. When a stop was
made he nlighted from his seat, op
ened tho door, and let down the
steps and helped out the travelers,
lie would thf n fold up the steps
to their position und close the door
I can remember tho men that I
considered old when I was a boy.
and while they were not as old
as I am today, yet. I feel that I
am not in their class at all. They
were Squire Kirkpatrick. Ellja and
Joslah Newton, S. Mays, John H.
Newton, I*. A. Summey, J. O. Lin
ton. W. H. Dorsey, Dr. Nathan
Hoyt, John F. and Ferdinand Phin-
Izy, Stevens Thomas, Albon Chase.
Henry Hull, Y. L. O.. Harris John
and Robert Thomas, L. P. Hoover,
Dr. Lipscomb. Prof. Rutherford,
Jno. M. Crawford. Wm. L. Mitch
ell, F. W. Lucas, John White, Dr.
Joe Carlton, Dr. R. D. Moore, Ma
jor W. 8. Grady, Judge Nicholson,
Jno. C. Pltner, Jus. S. England.
Jerry Ritch. Wm. H. White, and
many others.
I used to know everybody in Ath
ens, and everybody knew us. We
were all friendly and familiar. .
a boy I hud a big mouth, with
face full of freckles, and my nick
name was "Catfish.** Every school
hoy would have a nickname, by
renson of some feature or action.
Captain Dorsey was our Auctioneer
and fire alarm, in case of fire ev
erybody would run to it yelling at
every breath. If they, arrived in
time they, would carry out bedding
and the like, but would toss out
crockery and breakable furnlturev
So there would not be much left
after it was all over.
“THE OLD
WASH HOLE”
My boyhood friends, born
in Athens, are Dock Dorsey, Cobb
Lampkln and Henry Mealor. I do
not recall any others at this time
There are three negro boys about
my nge( Dick Harris, belonging
to Col. Hardeman; Wash Scott, be
longing to Dr. R. D. Moore; and
SlkeH, belonging to Col.
Childs. I can recall how sensitive
I was to praise or. ridicule,
would work and cut wood while
the other boys would slip off fish
ing or to the swimming hole, to
have father brag on me. One time
there was a family disturbance
near dur home, nnd T ran down to
see about It. • I was standing in the
street when "bang” went a pistol
The bullet struck a picket In the
fence and then went through my
shoulder. It didn’t hurt very much
I thought now If I make an out
cry and go to yelling and am not
much hurt I will never hear the
end of It. On the other hand, II
I am hurt yelling won’t do any
good. So I never said a word, but
walked home. As I reached the
gate I said to father who
standing on the porch: "Pa, I’m
shot." Dock Dorsey wras passing
at the time, and spread the newt
to everybody. I was awful proud
that I hadn't squaled.
TIMES HAVE
CHANGED
Things are so changed from those
days to the present that I hardly
know if any one would care to read
this, hut somehow' I find myself
harking back to days of my youth
We were not strong for athletic;
in those days. Football was played
by kicking alone. Cricket was-hot
played. Baseball came after the
days of the War Between
States. I don’t know to whom
credit belongs for bringing it to
college, Jep Rucker or Bill Hodg-
There was n great tournament
The course was In front pf the
present home of Judge McWhorter,
formerly Meeker place. I remem
ber Roland Russell rode Dr. Burck-
head’s horse, and as he went tc
Jump the bars his knees struck
them, he fell, rolling Russell un
derneath, but did not hurt him
Brother Robert was Knight Ab
dul-Kato (if spelled right) and
rode for Miss Susie Golden ’(Mrs
I>. Oerdine). I think there was n
dozen or more Knights In the con
test.
I have gone so far back that
Larry Gantt will have to put on
his specs to se who Is coming up
the road after him. Larry was in
the newspaper business, and he had
to know everything, nnd remem-
ber t lots of it. He was kept mighty
busy in the political fight* of the
Independent and old line Democrat
Pete Lawshe called Larry’s paper
’the "Bangor-Washtub" (Banner-
Watchman).
The old preacher said, “Times
do change, nnd things change with
My people owned the grist flour
mill that supplied the town. It was
In the brick building still stand
ing near the Check Factory. The
wafer that ran it was from Carr’*
Pond on Trull Creek, and was con
veyed by rnce and emptied through
power wheel Into Oconee river. The
old "wash-hole” was In Trail Creek
Just below where the bridge now
crosses. It Is all filled with sand
now, but I ban pick out the spot.
My, what fun we used to have in
itl On top of the hill near the
"hole" some boy would sing out,
Last one In Is a nigger.’ ’ The race
would start nnd we would strip nr
W ran, and would dive in with-
out stripping. Sometmles a mean
boy would tie a knot fn our clothes
and then dip the knot in water
and when we come out he woulc
call out, "chaw bacon,” as we
would have to use our teeth to
untie the knot.
One day Sid Hadley ran away
and. went to the wush-hole. HI*
mother didn’t have anybody to send
after him but his little sister. She
stops a way back and gets behind
large tree, calls out, "Don’t
became usable, except the first oim f* ee >' oU Sid? Sid answers "Yes,
I reckon.” The sister replies, “Wei
come outer thar, Ma wants yer.”
Mother didn’t allow us to go to
lh, creek eo we would always havt
to dry our hair by beating It with
little Hick before going home.
Marbles, tops, and kites, were our
•mall game,. Stealing goods,
stealing base and crack the whip.
The Inat was a little dangerous.
The ball game, were Cat, Bull In
the Pen, Socket, Anthony Over and
Town BnlL Solid rubber ball wa,
used with a paddle for a bat. You
were put out when hit by a thrown
ball while runing between the
bases. After I had graduated from
Miss Emily Witherspoon's school,
nnd was In Mr. Alex If. Scudder's
school, when the whole bunch of
couldn't ralso a rubber ball,
wrapped a large marble with
rugs and thread, sewed on a cloth
cover and played socket. In course
of time the old marble worked n
cne side, and that marble would b»
In front when it hit. The boys
were so afraid of It that the best
throwers could rarely ever hit one
with It.
Bob Bird was the” bane of the
small boy's life. He could Invari
ably get up a scrap between two
small boys by putting a chip on
one's shoulder or head and dare
the other boy to knock It oft
fight would follow with scratching
and hair pulling.
Whlla I don't feel old, I
_
’em." Tip old preacher says. “Van-
aUli
lty of vanities, all Is vanity."
When I think that since I have
been a grown man, say 47 years
past, there have been more devel
opments and progress made thnn
In all the past history of our coun
try. What’s tho significance of It?
Is God revealing his wonders
through the mind of man, or Is it
the reward for diligent seeking In
to the hidden things. All mineral
wealth, precious stones, oil, etc.,
have bepn in 'the earth for ages
past ns also water, power, air, etc.,
but It was not made to serve the
needs of man until this age.
Are we any nearer to God?
we see God and clearer? Do wc
give God any credit Where are
we, nnd whither are we going?
Are we lovers of pleasure more
than lovers of God? Are we a self-
indulgent and pleasure seeking peo
ple What doth the Lord require
of thee, oh, man, but to Justly love
mercy and to walk humbly with
thy God?
Special Decorations
On Spanish Telegrams
MADRID.—Whenever s Spaniard
sends a telegram carrying such
good news ss a blrtla marriage, ar
rival or business success, It Is de
livered on a special sheet artistic-
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losing thalr teeth.
Pyorrhea is contagious and
spreading dally.
Stop Pyorrhea now. Call and get
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rid of Pyorrhea.
Instructions given by Hygenlc
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for treating tbs diseases of
gums.
ATHENS AGENTS,
Palmer Drug Store,
Athens, Ga.
rangements recently completed by
telegraph authorities.
A small additional fee is charged
and the proceeds go to the Spanish
Red Cross and the college where
children of dead postal and tele
graph employes are educated.
Now Woman May
Marry Her Dead
Husband’s Brother
OTTAWA.—A bill to make law-
ful the marriage of a woman to her
deceased husband’s brother or such
brother’s son was passed by tho
House of Commons.
The law previously provided that
a man might marry his deceased
wife’s sister, but, strange to say,
woman might not marry her de»
ceased husband’s brother.
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