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• * *.ii r.. ACB BIGHT TH* BAWWBB.HBHALD. ATHBN8, CKOBOM ■ - - FRIDAY. MAY 1 18. 192ft ROGERS' Where Satisfaction Is A Certainty ECONOMY Should be the watchword in every home. You can be economical in your purchases of food products at Rogers without stint ing—without depriving yourself of a sin gle thing that goes to make your table inviting. You can get the HIGHEST quality of pure food products as well as scores of household necessities at the LOWEST possible cost. Wrigley’s and Beechnut Chewing Gum, Package 5c 2 for .... 7c 5c Package California Seedless Raisins.... 3d 10c No. 2 can Rogers Tomatoes lOc Saturday Only f ■ j FIG BARS 1C p Pound ... BLOCK’S CRACKERS Fresh and Fine Where Satisfaction Is A Certainty -4a- The Wier Grocery Co. i - ——Phono 166—— ■' SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY AND MONDAY ONLY WE DELIVER 9:30-11:30 A. M. WE DELIVER 3:30-5:30 P. M. 25 pounds Granulated Sugar $2.50 10 pounds Granulated Sugar $1.05 5 pounds Granulated Sugar .. 54c 10 pounds Silver Leaf Lard $1.55 5 pounds Silver Leaf - Lard : . '.. . 80c 1 pound Kingan Bacon, 1 pound carton • • • • • • • • 38c 1 pound Prunes, Regular value 25c 19c Fresh Qpuntry Eggs, per dozen .. .... r. .. .. / 29c Fresh Georgia Snap Beans, Iceberg Lettuce, .* * Celery, Indian River Valencia Oranges, Grape Fruit., Phone Us Your Orders and Get Quick Results. The Wier Grocery’ Co — Phone Seventy-One Die ! As School Burns (Continued Fh>m Pago Ono) Forty little children, sixteen met land fifteen women, Including an old negro nurse, who refused to ! leave “her Imbles/* were burned to .death, and two young white men • are missing, A pall of sorrow, hangs over the I little community und In some cases j entire families were wiped out by j the fire, some not even leaving rel- •utivffs to claim the charred bodies |of the dead, many of whom arc I burned beyond recognition. Coroner G. L. Dixon, of . this county, In listed as among the dead an«I as yeijno one has been de signated to act In his place. State Senator Funderburk has taker charge of arrangements for the identification and burial of the dead und the relief of the Buffer- Funeral •services for the seventy odd victims of the fire will be held Friday afternoon at six o’clock near the ashes of the building where they were burned to death. The services will ho held Jointly for the entire number. The plan Is to bury the dead In gravo ut the Hame'lim*. Small Boy Loses Life In Oconcc (Continued From Page One) tfibuted largely to some public en terprise, I, think a school building. Anyone familiar with the coun try tributary to Colbert ,realize: that the town has a fine future. I» la surrounded by a rich and thick ly settled farming country*, and draws business form two counties I never visit Colbert but what note some new store or building From a small wooden town It ha: developed Into a fine modern town It has doubed its business am population murty times and has blocks of nice brick buildings. You find in Colbert stores carrying ev ery line of merchandise, and with stocks of goods that would reflect credit on a city. It has one of the best banks In this section, with large deposits for a place of that size. The following is a list of its merchants Hardman Drug Co., L C. Borrow’, Porterfield & Brown, It F. Thompson. S. It. Hardman, Rowe Bros., H. C. Hardman, ’and W. L. Hardman. Colbert has a fine school with five teachers, and Prof. Pope Davis principal. It has two up-to-date garages, three blacksmith shops, 2 cotton gins, two churches and a number of handsome homes. In fact the town boasts al Ithe csson tial of a live and hustling business center. But one of the latest and most important additions'to Colbert is the Bancroft dumber Co., This makes of the place the lumber cen ter and market for Madison and a part of Oglethorpe county For a considerable distance the railway truck is lined with great stacks ot lumber and threo cars of dressed lumber are shipped every day There Is a great deal of fine tim ber in Madison county. This is now putting considerable money in circulation 'and the merchants ol the town are profiting thereby. Colbert is one of the corping •wna of this section and Is des tined tp become an Important busJ- nnd manufacturing center. Itr tho river depths for moro than a niilo finally stretching a wire net below the bridgo in tho Oconeo cemetery in tho hope that tho body of the little boy would bo lodged' against it. Henry Smithian employee of tho Athens Manufacturing company mill number ono, saw tho threo boys in tho boat when tho threo citizens have great faith in the fu crossing tho Oconee street bridge ture of their town and have nil a few minutes before the tragedy, 'united to press It to the front. New He yelled for them to get out be- (homes are being built and everyone cause tho river was rising rapidly I realizes that the place has a future, and they wero in danger of being * swept ovor tho dam. About tho timo Mr. Smith yelled the swiftly moving stream wrest ed' tho boat .froip the control ol Charles Shelton and, realizing ho could not manage it with oars, ho lunged Into the river, yelling for the two smaller boys to hold on Fresh Potato Chips Country Butter, 35c lb. Heinz Bulk Pickles Sliced Boiled Ham Ox Tongue Dried Beef Breakfast Bacon, 35c-lb. king-hodgson Go. Fresh English Peas, 25c gallon String "Beans Yellow Squash Fresh Okra ICiicUmbers Beil Peppers Tomatoes Celery _J Iceberg Lettuce Fresh Strawberries KING-HODGSON CO, RAN TO BOAT According to Mr. 8mlth, who ran toward tho boat when ho saw what ivaa happening ami yelled for help at thaaame time, tho amallest boy never got out ot the boat but WII lie Shelton jumped as the boat waa going over tho dam. When Weldon Damron, tho boy who saved the llfo of Willie Shot 'ton, brought the latter to tho bank he wna received by tho hoya' father and John'Wortham. Mr. Smith ran through briars and .tore his cloth. Ing and skin In an offort to roach the boat before It went over the dam. A largo crowd had gathered on tho bank by tho time the boat went over. HURT BUT 8LIOHTLV Willie Shelton was conscious and but slightly shaken' up from the ride over tho dam and his ex perience In the whirling water be ncath It. Friday morning he waa In hod but feeling comfortable, His physlcisn states he will re cover from the experience without any ill effects. The little boy who drowned Is survived by his mother and father, the later an oroployeo of the Ath ens Manufacturing company, .three sisters. Misses Cstllo Little, Ruth Irene, Ida May 8holton and five brothers, Charles, Willie, Lon, Dido and George. “Final Ultimatum” Sent Officials By Leader of Bandits (Continued From Pao* One) for tho liberation of thp prisoners,' the memorandum stated. Equally significant Is the text of an official cable from tho Amer ican legation at l’ckln which Indl cates u. growing hostility between the foreign diplomats, and the Chi nese government. "The mlnlotcr of communication! admits that he Is not sure what th« brigands’ terms are but neverthe- leu blames the magnitude of them on 'foreign interference"' the offi cial report states. "Tho Chinese government will undoubtedly do everything posslbli to shift the blame on tho foreign-, era for anything that goes wrong ‘and on account of this the dlplo- r tlc body hui steadfastly refuged take any part In the negotla- ions with the bandits, which the Chinese government might use n» m excuse to shirk or shift Its own pbvtous responsibility." [ Colbert Thriving, Says Col. Gantt (Continuad From Pag# Ons) a short distance on the east end west. But In spits of this drawback a nice retail busines was built up ir Colbert, and it gradually Increased until Co. Smith disposed of several thousand acres of land between Hmithonia and the railroad. Aftet the death of Col. Smith his landi cut up snd sold to different farmers. This started Colbert or boom, and since then the towr ^as taken on both new growth a|uf business. f For several years after the rail Sway was built tho station wdi 'known as Five Pork** but the nsm Keep your eye on Colbert. My next article will be on Comer, another fine and growing town in the Free State of Madison. Around Athens | With Col. T. Larry Gantt THE DESIRABLE lot on Prince avenue, belonging to the Upsons has been sold to Mr. James 'White and who will build a beautiful res* ldence thereon. Mr. Steve Upson when he moved from Lexington to Athens, paid $5,00 for the fine old home and baout ten acres of land. This shows the advancing value’of Athen^ dirt. A BUSINESS MAN of our city says the. year that,cotton sold for four und five cents per (Vound and farmers could not meet their obli gations, he had over $50,00 due him. IJje did not sue or press any of hit debtors. It took him several yoarr to do so, but he collected ninety per cent of his acccounts, with in terest. He says when the farmet gets money he will pay those old debts, for they are honest and want to do right. ^ A NEW WOODEN bridge has h|st been jf^Tiplet^tl noross thb Seaboard railway on Cfmso street AN EXAMINATION of wheat and ryu shows that the heads arc well filled and a good crop id prom* Ised. Oats were never better and u very large acreage has been planted. % v THE CHASE STREET school building has been completed and ft Is one of the most modern and best in Athens. Wo^ is being pushed at the Lumpkin street school. THERE IS general complaint from Indies of rats killing their chickens and often the rodents are so bold that they kill well feather ed young chickens in broad day light. Even poison and traps 'do not stop them. HERALD WANT ADS. Too Lste to Clsssify , Market Gossip Received Over F. J. Linnell & Company’s Private Wire MEM PHIS.—Temperatures slightly warmer over the, entire belt. Fore cast Friday, eastern belt, generally fair, central belt generally fair but clouding up Saturday. Western belt partly cloudy, probably showers.-- STANLEY. NEW ORLEANS. La.—Livcrpdbi wu* due s to lb higher ’by New Of* 1- WAf?TED — FEW BOARDKR8 IN prtvato family. Rooms cool and clean, good table. $25 per month. 444 East Dougherty. rnlip WANTED — THREE EX-SERVICE men to travel with manager, make >50.00 and up weekly. See Mr, Bya m*e, Graham Hotel, after 4 p. nu, Saturday. / mltp FOR SALE — MAN’S WARDROBE trunk, brand new, edet $40, will tell for $20, W. L. Coxe, phone I SSI. m21y FOR SALE—PURE PORTO RICAN Potato Plants. Disease ^ free and treated. Nice large plants. Cofer Seed Store. Phone 247. mllo FOR SALE—EGGS FOR HATCHING from pure • Black Minorca pens $1.00 for fifteen. Phone 1165.J. m21p =4- was changed to Colbert, in honor of Mr, Fietcb Colbert, who • cgn- FOR SALE — SIM OAK DINING chalrp, one smalt'bed room tabltf; refrigerator, porch chairs, kitchen table, potted plants. Phone 1540-W apply 8tb West Hancock Ave. , m2 Ip FOR RENT—8 ROOM HOUSE. TWO baths, furnished, ptyuie 1540-W or apply 840 West Hancock Ave. m21p FOR RENT—JUNE THE 1ST. MY garage apartment; two rooms, en- .... ...... ..... closed porch, kitchenette, with gas built th« station war *pv»- hot and void wawri on. I^d, furnished. Water And lights free.. Phone *770. M. M. Arnold, 1102 Mil- tad*.-Avan**—-- leans. S to 25 u» br New Turk, roos on nears. Southern spots Thursday (were un changed to 35 up. Dallas 25 higher ( middling there 25.50. Sales smaller at Dallas 121. all told 2,484 bales against 4.679 Wednesday. Compared with last year, stock on shipboard at Galveston Wednesday was 8,000 against 37.000, at New Or leans yesterday 11.000 vs 33,000. Ir\ dicates continuance of small exports Spinners taking for the week to day will run against 212,000 last yea* and 160,000 year before last, wen 172.000 last week. Likely be bearish Weather conditions, cables, trad* advices, spinners «talfltiga and, proba IHy foregin political pews will affec* market today.’ a V.. 1 Principal sustaining featpre ’of the market yesterday was strength o* May New York, where' important di velopments are likely beforo trading in May expires on 24th Inst. Tgaderorare djpppsed i* bUy espec ially on 'bulges ! In* anticipation o* bul(ish rohdition report -In near fu ture. Favoring realising bulges un less unfavorable sets In-agajo.t or un load *agot <Jbfoand improve*.-—If. an/* tU HEE&. ' " ' . ' ' > MARKETS ATHENS COTTON The local cotton market again stayed at the same level, closing out at the same point as the previous close of Thursday. 25 3-4 cents. The market has been steady for the past few days. NEW YORK COTTON Open High Low Close P.C. .. 24.35 37.02 24.23 26.79 26.56 .v 25.10 25.48 24.94 25.27 25.31 23,00 23.31 22.93 22.97 23.24 Thornton’s SATURDAY Dinner 50c Vegetable Soup Irfsli Stew or Boast Beet Turnip Salad and Spring Onions Now Irish Potatoes Stewed Tomatoes Muffins and Biscuits Sweet Potato Pudding Coffee, Tea or Milk 50 Cents Supper 50c Strlbln Steak, country style American Fried Potatoes Hominy Grit* 1 .'•».» Sliced Tomatoes Fruit,Pudding Coffee, Tea or Milk, ■ . ' 1 ) l I(lri!M|! 50 Cents Small Yellow Squash. 3 pounds for 25c.' Georgia String Beans 10c the quart. Bell Peppers Cucumbers Extra Fine Egg Plants Yam Potatoes 25c the pk. Iceberg Lettupe Saratoga Chips, Made Daily Quality Bread 3 loaves 25c. May July, Oct." Dec 29.50 22.89 22.80 22.58 22.86 1L A. M. Bids: May 26.65; July 2£.48; October 23.23; December 22.85. NEW ORLEANS COTTON- Open High Low Close P.C. May .ill.*. 28.88116.31 25.81 J8.0J 26.14 ilt y! -d ss.n is.t5 '-..1.1, 32.45 22175 22,75 12.46 22.5.'. Dec. \. .. 22.15 22.35 22.01 22.09 22.32 M. Bids: May 15.30; July 25.60i October 22.70; December 22.23. LIBERTY BONOS Open First 3 l-2a 101.2 First 4 l-4a 97.17 Second 4 2-4a .. .. 97.23 Third 4 l-4s .. .. 98.lt Fourth 4 l-4s 97.27 Candler Hall in 1903. ]( R(0y. K. J. Morgan At Since this time the enrollment ’ r , [^Central Presbyterian it the ..university h»5> grown Jfrdtn several hundred to troumf four thousand. iSUlledgo Hall Is being erected (rom funds raised in the million dollar campaign and it la al“ c hoped by the trustees that .the legislature will make appropria tions toward the building of this much needed dormitory. When- completed this dormitory will be occupied by “Ag" students to a great extent sb It is situated convenient to the agricultural col lege. Work la also well under way toward tbd completion ot Ahltrtnl Hall. 4 Rev -^ K \ J ', w,!l Preset at the Centre! Presbyterian churtk Sunday- morning at 11 o'clock R," Morgan' is" a son of Dr. G. Can™; bell Morgan and la visltina hil father’s family in Athens. Hr i, pastor of n church in Terre HautT Xnd. ' TO ATTEND 8ERVICES COLUMBIA—Governor McLeod will attend the funeral services 0 t the Cleveland School House fj r , victims Friday afternoon, r V|| stated at the executive offices, jj, will also issue a proclamation re garding the tragedy it was stated. ‘1 1 A SLICE OF;/ . “YUM-YUM” THAT’S how good SKELTON’S CAKES are. You can hear the “yum yum” from everybody who eats them. ' y GET OUR CAKES AND- BREAD FROM YOUR GROCER—OR AT THE COFFEE SHOPPE. Visit Skelton!? Coffee Shoppe, when you wish a cup of good coffee and a light lunch. * SKELTON’S BAKERY • 184 West Washington] Streot That make yon glad' you're ' i hungry. • . - ; . ; Also a complete eaaorUnenl of NatHe and* Western' Meats. m. , - ‘ /;!»'>- FRESH SHIPMENTS RECEIVED DAILY Fresh fish end chickens. There la nothing better than our choice Western Meat*. We abeolutely guarantee every pert of It to be lust what we any. WESTERN MARKET ' Where Quality, and Pricek “ Are Right i ; • ::t. « PUSHED ON New Building So Situated »That “Ag.” S t u d e n.t s Will, Have a Convenient Place to Beside. i By MURRAY - !. WYCHE Evacuations ere well under we* for the erection of the new dor mitory near Alumni Hall. For eeveral deya there hai been considerable bleating In clearing the way lor the beiement and foundettane. The committee In charge bopee to have this dormitory completer', end ready for occupancy by the openfdg of the University in Sep- Umber. MiUedge Hell, ao the new dormitory la to be celled. In honor ot John MUIedge who gave 600 «cree towards the establishment ot .the University, le the tint .dor- mltory' built since thj crcctlon'pf You Receive Individual Attention ‘.JUiSUll ■-'■■■■ ,"V, " s - -Your preference aa to cuts or any other detail of your purchase is glad ly acceded to by ds. We dooUr best to satisfy. ’ 1 : \ The best of Fresh Meats, Fish, Poul try, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables art here for your selection. If You Cannot Come Order by Phone and We’ll Deliver.' piedmont Market Phones 1616-^4617 U'