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By HUGH ROWS
KAItl. B. BRASWELL Publisher and General Manager 1
CHARLES E. MARTIN Managing Editor)
I.ec J. Lqisglcy/wcU known .hardships which his. wife is ex-
attorney and former ncwspa- |perieneing daily. It is then too late
per man. class of I8!>3, will at- for her to recuperate and regain
I tend the reunion of his class that healtji and vitality which at
Entered at tho Athens Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter under > here next week. He i* well known one time was so fresh and she >vas
, the Act of Congress March 8. 1879. j in this city haying been connect- the Inspiration of a happy home. As
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Address ail Business Comn
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H. J. Rowe,
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SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT LABOR
MIGRATION
For the piiht year or so nation-wide attention has
been called ttf the-fcprd migration of the negro from
the cotton fields of the south to the industrial centers
of the north. When it is recalled that negro laltor
has been about the largest single factor in the pro
duction of cotton, and the world needs the south’s
cotton just as much as it needs coal and iron and
lumber, we sec that stripping the^outh of its supply
of labor becomes a national as well ns a sectional
problem.' -
( Here are some of,„ttio outstanding facts in this
migration of negrpmbor that is now facing the en
tire country. '
Already .35 per cent of the negro population is out
side of the cotton producing states. It is going out
at the rate of 200,000 a year and if the present rate
keeps up till 1930, then 53 per cent of the negro race
will bo outside of the cotton states.
European immigration has never come south to
any appreciable extent. -The foreign born popula-
tion of the south stands aroifnd 1 per cent while New
? York shows around 27 per cent
The-negro going north has created another ghetto
- in many northern cities in addition to the large num-
™ ber they already have. It means another section with
its churches., schools, banks, stores, etc.
t Perhaps the most significant thing to consider in
;• the study of the problem that the recent shifting of
the negro population has brought to light is the com
parative birth rate.
Statistics show that tho increase in birth rate for
the country nr a whole gives tho negro race an in
crease of 6.6 per cent as against an increase for the
white race of 14.9 per "cent.
But this is not the whole story. .In analyzing the
small increase in birth rate for the negro we find tho
following. The death rate for the negro race as
. compared with 100 births stands as follows:
Northern cities 11G
. Northern rural districts 134
Southern cities .. .. .... 127
Southern cotton fnrmr, 66
j * In other words, the migration of the negro north
and the movement of the negro to the city, whether
•f north or south, results in a higher death rate than
birth rate, according to these statistics,
s In this shifting of population here is another fact
that is worth considering. Mexican laborers ore
coining intotho United States at tho rate of 100,000
a year. They first come into Texas and, like the
negro, are gradually, drifting north and into other
sections of the'country. It Is possible that some of
these will drift frogs the cotton fields of Texas into
the cotton fields of other southern states.
Various remedies ore suggested in a discussion of
the labor migration that ia now facing the entire
country. One thing seems to be certain that cotton
raising for the future will bo done less by the one
horse tenant and more with machinery and in largo
bodies of land, with aipple Capital back of the enter
prise and,with intelligent supervision and with the
use of every possible modern method in cultivation.
THE LEGION CONVENTION^
During the first wek in July Athens will be host to
the depnrtrniml of Georgia Legionnaires, the repre-
.t sentntives of the "posts in Georgia of the, .American
\ \ . Legion,’ tl> J greatest organization of ex^bldiers in the
history of the world and an organization that is now
doing much towards the construction of citizenship,
' patriotism and Americanism in this country.
The Allen R. Fleming post of the legion has the
[fl convention plans, along with the department officers,
in hand and those young citizens who were called
l upon in 1917 to stop their business pursuit* and fight
' for America derervo the support unitedly of every
person in Athens and Clarke,county. We should al
ways keep fresh in our memory the deeds of our
American soldiers, hallowed-by fifty thousand graves
over which the crimson poppies now blow in “Flan
ders Field," and this cannot be better accomplished
than to continue to be of service and hold out a feel
ing of appreciation to those who answered the call
and who came back to “carry on” for a more beloved
America.
a The American Legion is a non-secret organization
1 that has dedicated its efforts to noble tasks; every-
" thing it does is in an open and above board manner; it-
haS no secrets, no mark of distinction other than the
button of bronze worn on the lapel. It represents a
mighty force in this country and it should be consid
ered a privilege by Athenians that this city has been
’selected as a meeting place for this year. So many
I visitors will be here who arc not strangers in Athens.
Hundreds of old “Georgia boys” will again assemble
here and will talk over with their buddies not only
“ campaigns waged in khhki but.wiH refresh many
ents of college life spent in-Athens and on the
a campus. !
habit already accomplished by tneimen of the
i.v. K on is doing what is set out to do, and do it well.
The convention will be a success, that is assured, hut
it will be a bigger success if all Athens is back of the
Legionnaires—back of them like they were In 1917
and 1918. Let’s give them what they want, Athenians,
whether it be in sums of dollars, sums of hospitality,
cooperation or whatnot, let’s come • across- -cheer
fully!
from Floyd county and one of the
best known citizens in the state.
He has lonir been identified in pub
lic and political affairs of Georgia
and hi* influence in the legislature 1
will be of great value not only
his home county, but to the' qtato
at large.
an illustration of some of the hus
bands and their way of treating
with thC’r wives the following may
drive home a thought on their part
and cause them “to think long
Enough and see if they are dealing
with- their wives as this old gen
tleman says he does:
At the conference in the country
store the talk drifted to the work
tiorte by the various wives of the
Mi!
I!
The American Legion convention here in July cer
tainly deserves'the support, actively and financially,
of every person, in Ativans. Back in 1917 and 1918
boys.Wanted was theirs, and follow-
t.Af they were returning home ali
paid them and it behooves us not to
that all danger is passed and we
ve settled back in the usual routine of peace-time
■ : rt-L :
committee present
“W*1, M contributed Uncle Ez,
“my'wife is one in a million. She
gets up in the morning, milks sev
enteen cows, and gets breakfast for
ten hard-working men before 6
o'clock, by heck-'
“She must be a very robust wo
man,” volunteered the commercial
traveler who happened to be pres
ent.
, ‘No, stranger, she ain't what
of Georgia is a source of i you'd call so strong; she’* more
i»ale and delicate-like. Gosh!“—
with a bujfst ot e:itftusiu&m—“it
that wom-in was only strong. I
don’t know the work she couldn’t
do!”
The announcement that Sen
ator William J. Harris, Mrs.
Harris and Miss Harris, their
daughter, will spend com-
I mencement week in Athens will bo
] of much Interest to their many
friends here. Se.iator Harris has
£pent several months visiting and
mingling with the people in prac
tically every county in the statd
recently, and his popularity among
the people of Georgia is a source of
much pleasure to his friends. He
enjoys one of the largest acquain
tances of any map fn public life
nnd.no one has-more true and loyal
friends than has Senator Harris
Men seldom reafiz? the bur
dens placed upon their wives
and the thousands of things
which arise daily around the
home which .require time, .patience
and work nhd, often before it is
realized, the >vifc is broken down
physically and sonic times men
tally and the husband has gone
Mr.ng in his daily routine of busi
ness without a thought of the
MOTHER! MOVE
The Florida legislature has
passed the most drastic prohi
bition measure of any state in
the union. Evidently the law
makers were determined to stop the
sale and manufacture of intoxi
cants, If enforcement of the law
would h«vo that effect. Tt may be
wise to pass such laws, but if the
officers and the courts do not en
force them, it is better that they
were never written in th4 statue
books. Our states are now laden-
cd with dead laws, many of which
{will never be resurrected and. no
j doubt it is well they -are not, but a
measure as important as a prohi
bition law should not bfc winked at
nor allowed to slumber in the
TG00DWATT0
UPSET PRICES
Further Exposures of How Edi-
son-Ford Money Plan Would
Fail to Aid Farmer.
The way the Edlson-Ford “com
modity money” scheme, aimed to
stabilize monetary, values, would
have exactly ttoe opposite effect,
is discussed In .uie present article,
which is tho second In a series
prepared by the American Bankers
Association, reviewing tho ex
posure of the weaknesses of the
plan as presented by William T.
Foster, Director of the Pollack
Foundation for Economic Re
search.
Briefly stated, the Edlson-Ford
plan provides for. Government
warehousing of basic commodities,
against which currency would be
loaned to the producer without in
terest, up to half the average value
bf the products' for tho previous
twenty-five years. This currency
would be cancelled as the commod
ities were withdrawn and passed
Into trade. On the other half of
the value the producer would re
ceive "equity certificates” which he
could sell or-use for bank loans.
On these points Mr. Foster says:
Upsetting Price Equilibrium
“Steady price levels depend
mainly on the balance between Hie
volume of goods on the market
and the volume of money offered
for goods. The Edison plan is
designed expressly to upset the bai-*"
ance. A farmeT delivers, say, two
ihousand bushels .of wheat to tho
aovernment warehouse hnd the
Government delivers one thousand
Jo liars in new money to the farm-
When the farmer sells, the
CHILD’S BOWELS
* - I Here is the substance of the I 2°*rBment destroys tho money.
Florida law: Violations of the pro- 1 Thns the volumo ot money ia in-
hibition law niter July 1, will be!'creased preciBOty when goods are
— 1-1 * —stored; and the'volume of money
“California Fig Syrup" iS met with com- mlsory jail senten
'ccs. comparati/ely light for the
first offense, but severe for the
second. The first offense shall be
punishable jy n fine of not less
than $25 or aiore than $500 and by
imprisonin' nt of not less thtin thir
ty days an 4 not more than six
months.
Second offense will be punisha
ble by fines of not less than $1,0CII
or more *hnn $6,000 and imprison
ment in the state penitentiary of
not more then three years.
If this measure is eiu»rced, it is
quite certain that the bootlegging
business in the Alligator state will
practically cease to be profitable.
i was cast
lien it was
san Gpld-
to her re-
Harry mother! Even n cross,
sick child loves the “fruity” taste
of "California Fig Syrup” and it
never fails to open tho bowels. A
teasponful today may prevent a
sick child tomorrow. If constipat
ed, bilious, feverish, fretful, has
cold, colie, or if stomach is sour,
tongue coated, breath bad, remem
ber a good cleansing of the little
bowels is often all that is neces
sary.
Ask your druggist for genuine
“California Fig Syrup” which has
directions for babies and children
of all ages printed on bottle.
.Mother! You must say “Califor
nia" or. you may get an initiation
fig syrup.
i —Advertisement. 1
Say “Bay nd Insist!
A gloom of sadness waa cast
.over the entire city when '
learned that Mrs. Susan
ing Gerdine had gone to heij r
ward. A woman possessing tile
blest gifts of character she endear
cd herself to not only dose and
warm friends but to citizens 'in ail
walks of life. Sho had on car for
all and a heart which went out to
those in trouble and distress and
her deeds of kindness nnd acts of
charity will livo long after Human
memory has censed. A life of use
fulness has been closed and her
soul is now on High reaping the
reward of one who wus faithlul to
her Master and devoted to .her
loved ones.
FIRST IN THE SUMMER
vacation kit, put a bottle of
CHAMBERLAIN’S
COLIC and DIARRHOEA
, . . REMEDY
Imraluablo for sudden and severe peine
In stomach end bowels, cramps, diar
rhoea. When needed - worth 50 times
the cost for single dose.
6 6 6
Cures Malaria, Chills and
Fever, Dengue or Bilious
Fever. It kills the germs
that cause the fever.
Unless you see the name “Bay.
er on package or on tablets you
arc not getting the genuine Bayer
product prescribed by pnysleians
over twenty-two years and proved
safe by millions for
Colds Headache
Toothache Lumbago
Earache i Rheumatism
Neuralgia Fain, pain
Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspi
rin" only. Each unbroken pack-
«e contains proper directions.
Handy boxes of twelve tablets
cost .cents. ■ Druggists also
tell bottles of 2> nnd 100. Aspirin
f* the trade mark of Bayer Manu
facture of Mononceticacidcster of
SaUcyllcarfd.—(Advertisement.)
Endthepainof
CORNS,
quidtfy safely!
This trsv—rid yourselfof misery from
corns In one minute Dr. Scholl t
Zino-pads will do it—ja/efy! They
remove the cause—friction-pres
sure, and heal the irritation. Thus
you avoid infection from cutting
r corns or using corrosive acids,
v; antiseptic; waterproof. Sizes
for corns, callouses, bun:om. Get
a box codaf at your druggist’s or
shoe dealers.
DI Scholls
Xino-pads
Put6ttc on—the pain is gone I
is decreased precisely when these
goods are marketed. In other
words, each transaction begins by
placing in circulation goods with
out money to match the goods.
Dollar demand., is created as the
supply of goods Is withdrawn; tho
supply ot goods is created as dollar
demand is withdrawn. •
i “Would It enable the farmer to
borrow more money on his prod*
ucta than he can borrow now?
When Mr. Edison contends that
fanners would obtain larger loans
on their crops than they can now
obtain from the banks, he Is con
fronted by this dilemma: Either
the banks are now refusing to
make sound loans, or, under the
Edison plan, the Government would
make unsound loans.
"Neither Mr. Edison nor Mr.
Ford can consistently contend that
banks now refuse to mako sound
loans, for that is the way banks
make most of their profits, and Mr.
Edison anoMr. Ford have no d6uht
that banks are conducted for profit.
It. follows that the plan would jiiGJd
larger loans td- farmers oply if tho
Government mot tho risks of; un
sound banking, ftI that cast* all
that insolvent borrowers gained
woxild be paid' by the rest of the
population, which, to say the loast,
is not a! fair deal. •
Cutting Down Farm Credit
Apparently, however, the Gov-'
eminent is not expected to run,
many risks, for tho farmer is nlj
lowed to borrow an amount no
greater than one-half tho average
value of his product for the previ
ous twenty-five years. But prices
have risen so high since 1896 that
tho farmer could borrow on most
products miuch less than half tho
present valuo of the products. It
would be much less, therefore, than
tho farmer could borrow directly
from the banks on graded prod
ucts; on products not graded no
Government loans would be made,
for there would bo no way of deter
mining the twenty-five year price
average.
"However, the farmer, having ob-
tpined the stipulated Government
lofin oh his goods, could then oftcr
his equity certificate to a bank for
an additional loan. But tho cqhity
Certificate Is virtually a second
mortgage, and no bank would
prefer a second mortgage to a first
mortgage.
Suppose the Old National Bank
was willing to lend a farmer eight
hundred dollars on one thousand
bushels of wheat. Suppose, how
eVcr, the fanner deposited the
wheat fn a Federal warehouse and
obtained five hundred dollars frOiu
the Government Certainly the
bank would not lend the farmer
three hundred dollars on the equjty
certificate. The protection of the
bank would be greater it tho fartn*
er relied on the bank for the entlro
loan; for in that cane the bank
could realize on its security with
out being obliged to pay five hun
dred dollars to got the wheat out
of Government storage. The farm
er can now borrow moro nionoy
from a bank on standardized farm
products than under the Edison
plan.”
Athens Twelve
Years Ago
Compiled Hy HUGH ROWE
Tuesday, June 13, 1911.
W. H. Battsan, a . white man.
serving a three years sentence for
a most serious crime, cscai*cd from
the Madison county gang .Monday.
He was caught by Sheriff W. E.
Jackson, H. J. Jackson uiui John
H. Gamble in a negro nou.se near
the city. | , :
The annual banquot of the Staff
of the Georgian, the monthly mag
azine of the the University of
Georgia, was he!d last night at the
Georgian hotel.
m««.-jehu D. Moll and Mr.
Aaron Cohen appeared before the
mayor and council last night, rep.
resenting tho board of edu cation
and asked that a committee of
be appointed to act with a
cumn.atee of three from the buard
of education to consult with tin
county commissioners regnrdinf
securing of tho present site of the
courthouse for v public schools and
playgrounds, provided tho bond
issue Is passed next month. Mayor
Rowe appointed Aldermen Woods
Young and Youngkin. ,
Miss Fannie Neal Andorson en
tertained ..in honor of Miss Ruth
Tribble and her ‘charming guest,
Miss Jane T* r at a dellghtfu’
soiree at pul'rce hall.
Miss Aghes Goss entertained at
beautiful card party yesterday
afternoon in honor uf Miss Ander.
son and Miss Munfort her attrac
tive visitors.
Miss Rosa Wood berry spent Sun
day wih Rev. and Mr*. Rrov Bont-
ty.
Joseph E. Varola was olected
editor fn chief of the Georgian
university publication.
'Meeting of Southern Poultry As
sociation. was postponed.
Mr. Andrew tV Fears came near
Mceding to death from having -
font u ''xtmeted.
Snlile Garnett, eight yea* old
negro girl came near drowning
from failing into a well.
Senior rlnss held banquet n\
Georgian hotel last night.
Athens Railway and Electric to.
announced tlio development > ol
moro power at two of its plants, i
If you are 1 of tl
Who suffer from Bftn<W v,cr *
scalp trouble, j u ■* ’ »r
It It falls to ci ,
fund rocr ,1.00. ,ha ? 'C
At ,11 Bsrhor Shop” • SI,
Somethin, Different,- »
stomaTiTVe^
Strphgcncn “•
banish in*im»ti ,n-; 'wfjjj
guaranteed by If. rp j> , N
Son, to do it
i
JOY OF DEALT
WOMAfmu
Mr* Evans Fred fronft
Weakness by Ljr& trail
Vegetable CompoiaJ
Dstoott, Michigan.—“Thai! f
weakness with paina in m»t»3
I could not
onmyfeetfc
length of tin
workin,
factory but!
4ait as I ,,
much on my
A friend n
mended Lvi
Pinkham’i
J*ble Com
»> me, and
Hardly belie
—«—„ . . myself that
well. Oh, it is a grand thing to
your health I I feel well all th.
and can go out like other none
not feel that awful torture. W
took your medicine first I thon
should cure after the first bottl
I am glad my husband kept me
I have had nine bottles and no*
well.”—Mrs. Jenny Evans,lea
fayette Blvd., Detroit, Michigi
If you are suffering from din
month, irregularities, backache,
vousness or other forms of t
weakness, you should take Lyi
Pinkham’sVegetable Com pour.
The reason is given in letter
these, and we have published
sands of them. Youmayexpee
■ medicine that has helped
will help you. Try it.
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Both Require Real Work. ,
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Every banker
and bualneu
.man .fn the
’ country Is In
terested In the
farm from an
other ytewpolnt
than merely a
place to raise
(arm products
and . livestock.
Walter W. Head Abdrt all the
ifhrmf Id-one ot
jthe places whero wo can best, bring
up our boy* and xifls. Thousi
of men and n>lh ehdff ‘ytiir
flocking to the city. 'Clerks ia the
city are barely eking out an exist
ence and they cannot expect to
receive much more in the way . of
compensation. ,
But back on tho (arms are men
working for a reasonable return,
and In addition they hare their
booses, the wonderful snnshlno
above la the daytime, the wonder
ful fresh air and all the things
that the noil produces. The boy
who Is raised on the (arm win have
an entirely different aspect of life
and approach, the various prob
lems with which he has to deal In
later yean In a different wayftfpM
ceralnly vitally Interested In rear
ing both on the (arms and In tho
cl tie* boys and girls with th*
proper outlook (or the future, Im-
tmed with the belief that the Sc-
tivlty ln'wbibh they are engaged
la, after , all, something that will
provtdo't^em both with the neces
sary things of Ufe and with happl-
ness. For lh happiness there la
coutfptment. and fn contentmeht
In America there is,mfety for our
fndUtdtttU. T “ |TT
Every ilnglo hatfltbF ihonld feel
)ttynt, ths problems hfs I farmer cus
tomers , have to contend with are
not only, the farmer’s problems, bat
bis problems as well. He should
feel not only that the farmer mutt
bo prosperous so that he can de
posit more In bis bank, giving the
banker more to loan and thereby
increasing hla proflu, but that also
there It something which cannot
be measure^ In dollars and cents..
It is tbe thought' of rendering sucM
service to their customers—regard^
leas ot whether they are farmera.
or men working In the shops, dc
big business men of the cities-!
thUtjWill bring not only prosper!.