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V 'C THE BANNER-HERALD ATHENS. GA. Published Every Evening During the Week Except Saturday and on - - -■ rning by The Athens Publishing Company, Athens, Ga. DID IT EVER OCCUR-TO YOU? A Little of Everything And Not Hack of Anything. ✓ By HUGH ROWB Sunday Mornl BABL.B._BUASWELL Publisher and Ceneral n Manager CHARLES E. MARTIN Entered at the Athens Postoffice aa Second Claaa Mail Matter under the Act of Congress March^), 1879. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Tress is exclusively entitled to the use for repub. lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not oOierwiso ereditod in this paper, and also die local news published therein. Ail rights of republication of special dispatchee are also reserved. — Andrew C. Erwin, President. Bowdrc Phinizy, Secretary and Treasurer, H. J. Rowe, Vice President. Address all Business Communications direct to the Athens Pubjjsh- - - - i. News articles intended for publica ns vunipxv,'net td individuals. , Hon shauld be addressed to The Bannen-Herald. WAVE OF DEMOCRACY SWEEPING The sweeping victory in the municipal election in Baltimore last week by the democrats is taken as an indication of an overwhelming victory for the party in the presidential election next year. It is claimed by the leaders of the Democratic party that Mary land will be safe for democracy and from returns in the municipal elections in New Jersey, where the city of Hoboken nearly doubled its normal Demo cratic majority and in Chicago and Detroit the heavy gains show that Democrats everywhere are again united and that a landslide for a national victory may ^IHarndte true that the Republican party "“J leaders have erred in every undertaking and brought disappointment to those who supported their policies and candidates. These people who are not partisans, but people who vote for issues and Principles will not follow loaders who are not sane and aahstantiai. ut will vote their convictions regardless of Party lines and affiliations. The conservative vote of the nation will control In the national election next year, lhat much has been indicated from municipal and state elections since the Republicans entered office with an overwhelming majority, in both houses. Little con structive legislation has been enacted and much dis satisfaction has been aroused among the leaders. Whether President Harding will be able to corral his followers and bring them back in line remains to be but it is quite certain that it will require nothing t of a miracle for anyone to control and line up seen short the vote received by the Republican party four years "^President Wilson will be the strongest figure in the coming election. He is feared by the^ Republicans, loved, honored and respected by the Deipocrats and the free thinking element of the nation. With these forces combined ,a Democratic victory is bound to come whether VVilson, McAdoo or Underwood is_ nominated by the Democratic convention. There should be no bickering among the Demo crats this time, but the strongest man should be put forward and all forces center upon hfs candidacy. It is ho time for sidestepping of playing politics; it is a time when every Democrat should set aside his personal ambitions Bnd devote his efforts and ener gies towards the nomination and election of a man who cannot only win, but one who will make good • after being elected. We believp that Underwood, of Alabama, is the man for the nomination. His candidacy would ap peal to the voters of the east and west as much as it would those in th« South, but If a stronger man ap pears on the horizon at the convention, wo believe that the delegates should nominate him irrespective of section or past factional affiliations in the party. It Is the dawning of a new era for Democracy and for the defeat of tnc Republicans. Tho pulse of the nation is at fever heat with the Harding administra tion. and the time has come for them to change and return to a safe, sane and sound administration such, as given to the people by former President Wilson. THE YEAR 3000 . Did you ever find an old arrowhead or other In dian relic in the woods or in a farm field turned up by the plow? No childhood is complete without this thrill. Imagination—which is strongly developed in all children and which visually disappears in the ma turity of most people-vsconstructa the past for the arrowhead finder. He pictures the plowed field when it was a dense forest, alive with deer, wild tur keys And other game. For days after, tho lad will “play Indian,” longing for'the outdoor life of the savage. The boy would trade his marbles or prize top for the secret locked up in the past—how the arrowhead happened to fall whore it did, whether shot at deer or man. TJie life, of which that arrowhead was a part, is almost forgotten now though relatively few years have passed. It makes you wonder, hojv long until our civilization will also be forgotten. The Indian who fashioned this arrowhead thought it was a marvel. So it was, by his standards. It seems crude to us, with our high-power rifles that have replaced the arrowhead. And the tools we use in our civilization will seem equally crude to people of the future. Change is eternal. Our most “per fected” devices are only in the first-stage of develop ment. That’s why opportunity is always present—it we can only “see” it. A truck cannot be run through city streets faster than 12 miles an hour without endangering the lives of pedestrians, the American Railway Express Com pany decides. So it sets 12 as the speed jimit for its drivers. And it puts teeth in the order by having the cars geared down at the factory. Just-rf matter of time until congestion of population and increasing ' this with pas use of autos will compel th h passenger cars. Big man in the cotton industry, Frederick K. Rup- precht, analyzes the cotton situation and fears that "ail the American cotton in the world will be con sumed by September 1. Since the new crop is not available in the south until about'October 15 and in foreign countries until about November 16, spindles may have to be idle for some weeks.” The outlook is for prosperity in southern states. Attacked by. a swarm of big red ants while asleep, Theodore Garcia is found unconscious in San An- , tonio, Texas. Doctors think he will recover from his 'countless bitqp. Insects will inherit the eurth after man becomes extinct, some scientists predict Garcia attacked by ants, spring fishermen maddened by-mos quitoes, and fanners fighting boll, weevils and 17- year-locusts aru^ other Insect pests Will wonder if th^ * scientists may not be right An eventful career dealing with life in the far we«t dur ing the early daya when that section of the country waa Bcantly populated, territories, no states and void of local govern- , ment, laws and courts was the ex- iperienpo of an Athens citizen, Mr. F. K. Freeman. Returning home from the Civil war, a mere lad, finding conditions poverty stricken and tho whole state oC Virginia devastated by tho destruction of the Union armies, Mr. Freeman and his younger brother set their faces westward— to Nebraska Territory. They com menced tho publication of a news paper, The Frontier Index—“The Press on Wheels.” This newspaper plant was mounted on wagons forming a caravan of teams tra versing tho route through which a railroad was being built to points in that section of the country. The first publication point was at Kearney City. Here the plant was stationed for sometime awaiting the extension of the railroad, on to another point. While at this place the Freeman brothers did a prof itable business printing handbills, letter heads, envelopes and selling their newspapers. In tho early fall of I860 this plant was moved* by a caravan of ox teams, driven by Mexican greas- to tho temporary te/minus of the Union Pacific Construction Co., North Platt. Hero tho Freeman brothers enlarged their plant rfy pored until the railroad reached a new terminal which Is now known as Cheyenne, th ecapitol of Wyom ing. "The Press on Wheels,” The Frontier Index, was one of the first enterprises to reach that point. The next move was to Lamario City, between the Black Hills Range and the Lainarie Range of the Rocky Mduntains, 105 miles west of Cheyenne,'>4jpro a largo two story building was'erected cut of logs for tho home of the Front ier Index. On the way to this point Mr. Freeman met with a serious acci dent by having one of the wagons pass over his body. He was car ried to Fort Sanders where he was nursed back to by army of ficials. TUE8PAV MAY 15. itt* BY J. W. FIROR County Agent. GRADING EGGS Very little effort, er's soil is as deep as he plow*' I The/cotton roots feed-in the part of I the soil broken in turning the land, the If the soil is shallow, the roots present time, has been given to the ' have a shallow bed from which to gradini After his recovery, Mr. Free man along with friends visited Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah. He met with a most cordial reception from tho gentleman with many wives, and he received a large amount from him for adver tising. Young told Mr. Freeman that he never had but one wife during her natural lifetime, that the other wives were spiritual wives married*'to him In the Holy Temple, hoping to get to Heaven by holding on to his coat-tail. Tho Freeman brothers saw tho possibilities in the richness of tills country, honeycombed with coal and minerals of all kinds. They the addition of a now Washington ll J“ . to discover tho coal mines in that section, but after they had (level* and hood had a population of 4000. i .... ... t . nmdo up of cowboys, miners, Mex- oped a ons c ? mo the offic a - icans, Union and Confederate sol diers who had taken tho advice of Horace CJrcoly to “go west.” Hero the Frontior Index did a "land of fice” business In advertising and 4 job printing. Tho next movo was to Julesberg, nearly ono hundred miles farther into tho West. Tho town of North Platte was soon de populated, all of its citizens com. as Cheyenne, the capitol of Wyom- Tho new town was populated by Indians, wolves, bears and other Undesirable inhabitants. Julosberg grow yUry fait and everyone < pros- P relief in one minute For that painful corn here*» /«//, speedy relief—Dr. Scholl's Zino- pads. They remove the raair— fiction-pressure, and heaJ the irri tation. Thus you avoid infection from cutting your corns or using corrosive acids. Thin; antiseptic, waterproof. Sizes* for corns, cal louses, bunions. Get a box today at your drtfcgttt'* or shoe dealer's. DSScholI's Xino-pads Put on* on—tf* pain tsgono! of the U. I*, railroad and forced them off their possession. There were no state courts to which they tills corporation was strongly en- could appeal for tholr rights and trenched in Wa&hlnfcton and be sides they were known to bo rebels from the south, and their claims and petitions availed nothing. They were notified that unless they left tho occupancy of. the property over which they had laid claims that t/iey would* bo taken off and shot and, It Is believed that such would have occurred had they not moved on. , Mr. F. K. Freeman settled In Ne braska and rose rapidly in that state. He was one of the original members and the first from his section to be chosen to the Nebras ka Territorial ’Council, as an ad visor to the Hon. David Butler, who was governor at that time, before he had been a resident six months. The territory was soon made a state, and ho was elected to the state senate by a big majority de footing two prominent and wealthy men of that section. ket ng of eggs for the local mar- Unfortunately, eggs aro .still jufct eggs, until the consumer goes to eat them, then sometimes, he wishes they were something else- The first consideration in getting eggs to the consumer should be cleanliness and freshness. These two things are dependent upon the care in keeping nests clean and the gathering of eggs at least once a day; -and sending to market at least twice a week. Eggs arc graded for size and color. Segre gate eggs cf different color and divide each color into two classes —those average 24 ounces to the dozen or larger fcre classed as large eggs, those smaller than this as small or pullet eggs. Extra large eggs if few to the dozen will make the rest look small. On oc casion very smalPeggs will likewise detract from the small class. Since these appear occasionally it* is. ad visable to ,keep them at home. GULLIES Georgia, especially the northern half of the state, has suffered se verely from gully erosion. Inc heavy rainfall anu the cultivation of rolling and,steep lands in cot ton and corn year after year, like wise the lack of pasture grasses, have made the protection of the cultivated lands from washing an urgent problem- The formation of gullies, after once started, de velops from year to year, ultimate ly destroying fertile lands. Gullies also reduce the market value of lands by making the farms, or^ •Mr. Freeman Is now having his claims Investigated in Washing ton by Congressman Brand. It is stated that the heldiugs of the Freeman brothers is valued at several million dollars and. It may bo that ho will get something from It after these years. Who knows It Is never too late to right wrong and our govornmeajt believes in fair treatment to all of Its citiz ens. Mr. Freeman has been a citizen of Athens tor many years. He has been actlvo in all movements tor the upbuilding and good of Athens and was the first one In this sec tion of the stato to develop the pecan Industry. That he will re cover his former holdings in the coal fiieds of Nebrask is tho wish of all his friends. Formerly chief of the general starr o (the imperial Russian navy, an admiral la now employed as a .copying clerk In Paris at a salary of 17.50 a month. A large liner may have av. many as A68 furnaces. MEDIUM BROWN HAIR looks' best of all after a Golden Glint Shampoo, TO RELIEVE PAIN AND BACKACHE Women May Depend upon Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound MtMeapblb/lliim.—“t had heard i much shout Lydia E. Pinkham’s === ^Vegetable Com- thatwhenl ■d I needed to take something torelicvomypairu andbackache.and to help build mo HlbcRantotako -it. 1 bad been tick off and on for mars sad bsrolyl I ■hUmbui-' now such good results that I am rscom- mending ----- ■ - every one. 18th Ave. ‘ Finds a True Friend "Every woman who value, her health should be proud to have a true friend like the Vegetable Compound, ” asys Mrs. W. E. Shaw, 3227 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois. “1 bad fe male weakness so badly that I could not stand on my feet Half of my it in bed and I had pains hich were unbearable, king I could think of to bPinkham's Vegetabhj Compound I began taking it at once. 1 recommend it without hesitation.". Wendell’s Tills, Ambition Brand, For Run-Do'.m, Tired Out People. help; If you feel tirefl out, out of torts, despondent, mentally or phyucally depressed, get a 60 cent box WsndoU's Pills, Ambition Brand, at Palmer A Son today and tako tbs first big stsp toward feeling bolter right away. , If you work too hard, smoko too much or aro nervous, Wendell's Pills, Ambition Brand, wlU make you feel better In three daya 01 money back from Palmer * Sob on tho first box purchased. As a treatment for affections ot tho nervous system, constipation, loas of appetite, sleeplessness, or Nervous Indigestion, get a box of Wendell's Pills, Ambition Brand today on the money back plan. — Advertisement. t[ _ . < which t(ey arc, unsightly. Gullies can be prevented on most lands- Farm lands that aro too steep to prevent formation of gul lies are best left in tree growth. Gullies can be eliminated, after they have once formed, by* the use of grass, timber growth assisted, at first, bv artificial dams made ©f straw, brush, rows of stakes, or regularly built wooden or concreto dams. Water being responsible for the formation of gullies, the problem of preventing gully formation is one of water control. First step preventing soil eroison is to makfe the soil absorb ns much wq- as possible. However, the’ soils through this section .will not. under the most favorable condi tions of deep plowing had liberal humus supply, absorb the water from the heavy rains, consequently it is necessary by terracing to carry the water away in such a manner as to keep the eroston down. The slower the water moves, the smaller the amount of silt and soil that it carries with it. Any retardation of the movement of water causes a.dropping of tho silt and soil thnt Is being carried along wifh the water. The prevention of gully forma tion, the filling in of tho gullies already formed, and the careful terracing of farm lands aro impor tant duties of farmers of Clarko county. draw their food supply. If the land has been broken 4 inches deep, this expresses the depth limit for feeding. If the cotton field is cul tivated 4 inches deep, that is if in the case under consideratidn the cultivation 6s as deep as the break ing, then there will be little room for root development. Therefore, there i.4 sound and common sense underlying the depth to which cto- ton should be cultivated and shal low cultivation gives to the roots more space for development. CULTIVATORS scooter is very undesij&ble, as tho scooter breaks the roots. Especial ly is this true after the squares start to develop as the root devel opment has extended across the middle of the rows and the break ing of the roots causes the shed ding of the fruit. The'boli weevil will shed or cause to be shed, enough squares without any assist 4 ance from the cultivator. The use of a weeder as soon as the cotton comes up and before the weeds and grass have gotten started is an excellent implement ns it kills the weeds and grass just as they are starting and this is done without going deep down into the soil. A cultivator with a number of small sweeps is a good implement to use as it works fast and cultivates shallow- As soon as the cotton has been chopped it is desirable to use tho cultivator s 0 as to throw soil to the cotton rows and prevent damage from winds and rains. SOME FACTS ABOUT THE DOLL WEEVIL Under boll weevil conditions, a slight change in spacing of cotton in the rows is desirable to meet the changed condition brought about by the effects ot the boll weevil oq seasonal production. Be fore Hie advent of the boll weevil cotton was produced from the bot tom to the top of the plant. The be»t spaciii; Two Meetings of Science Societies -Tho Georgia Naturalist." scientific society devotee cldcfly to research work among the bo tanical spedts. meets once a week at Le Conte Hall. Mr. John Gil lespie Is president of this society. A society formed by members of the University faculty Interest ed in scientific work willl meet at Le Conte Hall during tho coming week. Dr. Krafter Is chief executive of this society. Speciaf Sunday evenings lov.ers,” at jvhleh the men were allowed' to smoko, wore a recent experiment In a’ movie hot.se at Sutton, England. 666 is a Prescription fer Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It’s the most speedy remedy know, preventing Pneumo nia. R0UND-TR SUMMER FAR From Athens, Ga. Going and* returning * Savannah and ship New York .jjj Boston .. 0j Philadelphia 4 Baltimore 4 Going via Savannah and returning rail c New York ___ ..$5 Boston .. 7 Fares to otlior resorts m tlonateiy reduced. Ticket elude meals and berth ship. For saillnk dates, aecomi tions and other Informatk ply to Ticket Office Station, Phone 1681, „ r Brace. C. A.. 224 East Wat ton Stroet,' Phone mo Central of Georgia R, Ocean Steamship Cc M. A M. T* Company Gees into hibernation In the fall, remains dormant all winter, taking no food during thi-. period. Begins coming out of winter quarters as soon -ns the weather becomes worm, some coming out early in tho summer while others remain in hibernation until about) July in this section. As n rule, many weevils die dur ing tho winter, the percentage coming through varying from less than one per cent to over 400' per cent. During the winter and spring, many weevils live as long as six months; .vhile in summer few live longer than 50 days, there is a scientific record of a single" weevil living from December 10 to the following October. Egg laying begins as soon as squares form- ) Uuder normal conditions the eggs hatch in 3 to 4 days. The eggs hatch into n worm or grub called a ‘‘larva.” This larva grows and develops in ab<ut 19 days changing into a pupa which is similar but not identical "With' tf cocoon of a puttorfly. The pupa stage. lasts from 3 to 4 days when the fall growr adult is formed. The female adults begin laying eggs in about 5 days. It takes from 2 to 3 Weeks for a boll weevil to develops from an egg to an adult. If a female lays an egg in a square, other females avoid that square for depositing an egg, hunt ing up other squares for this pur pose. If there aro no squares, tho weevils will lay eggs in bolls and when the weevils are very plenti ful mote than ono qgg will he laid to a boll. The boll weevils work chiefly in the day time, mostly from 0 a. m. before the boll weevil | to 5 p. m. Justj A square In which an egg has ir to I been deposited Is lumally thi develops so aa to produce a crop of bolls from the bottom to the top. Under boll weevil conditions, that is. our present conditions the bot> tom and the middle of tho plant! are all that can be expected to produce open bolls. Consequently, for this reason, the maximum num ber of plants to be left in a row now ia greater than* the maximum number that was left before the boll weefil arrived. Stated differ ently, if a farmer in this section had a spacing, on his land, that he conaldervd excellent before the bolt weevil’s advent, for the present time he will find that it is desira ble to have more plants to the raw. Also,, closer spading tends to in crease ihe number of, bolls devel oped by the plant on the lower portions of thwqdant- However, this idea should not'd*; carried too far. RAPID CULTIVATION ild cultivation has been advo- for the growing of cotton un der boll weevil conditions- Looking at it from a little different view, what is meant by rapid cultivation, la cultivating the cotton so as to pbtain the most rapid growth of the cotton plant and also rapid de velopment of squares. By start ing the cultivation as soon as thi plants are above the - ground am . doing it with implements which will destroy grass pnd weeds with out cutting the roots, the cotton plants are not retarded by tnc cul- ivations On the other hand if the cotton gets in the- grass, and it is necessary to go deep to destroy the gras*, then the plants arc retard ed. off by tho plant. Weevils prefer the squares to bolls for egg depositing. The larvae are often killed in Urge numbers by the heat ami di rect raya of the sun, sometimes during dry and hot periods U0 per cent of tho larvae are killed in this manner. Squares ‘hat hang to the plant have the larvae con tained therein killed quicker in this manner than those that ere thrown to the ground, and squares that lie on thJ surface of the ground havo tho larvae killed quicker than those covered by soil. Boll weevils are not attracted at ght by lights- Boll weevils have biting mouth parts, they do not suck. There arc many sp<y ics of wee vils that arc often mistaken for boll weevils. Direct mcthal of control arc picking un ana destroying squares rnd dustbg wiih calcium arsenate. Berton Braley’s Daily Poem SAVOR OF SALT Dy Berton Braley Oh, the breeze blowa salt from the ocean reaches Where the graybacks roll and the gray guli screeches, And it’s I would sail the salt seas • over, A deep-sea salt and an ocean jover. a£ingj MI dyes and in one®oper«i(iQn 31 beauflfuf colors every's/ftere It’s I would hear the taut stays singing * And watch the stars, from the forcton Swinging, With salt spray flying, tho salt wind shrieking,. The white Wake boiling, tho steel plates creaking! Where shall we go for our honey mooning? Not where the soft land-breeze is crooning, But out at sea, out ' at sea to gether, Salt sea-lovers in the salt sea weather. For It's you that know how the great deep calls you And'that have no fear of srbU fete v. befalls you, s?wc M^h d i^. whcwth * With the smack of aalt in care-free kisses. It costs ho more to buy a "•HERE’S scarcely a f car owner who hasn’t*, heard For this reason a good many people have the mistaken idea that KELLYS cost more, than ordinary tires. Compare tire prices and you’ll find it costs no more to buy a Kelly. For sale wherever you see'this si$ E. S. SPORTING GOOtfS CO. Distributors Kdly-Springfield Tires Comer jn and Lumpkin Sts- ens, GaT” 1 m I III r. ■ —iAmmmrn—■