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I TUB BANNER-BEHALD, ATHBWB. GEORGIA THE BANNER-HERALD g ATHENS. GA. Pobjishcii "very Evening During the Week Except Saturday and on Sunday Homing by The Athena Publishing Company. Athena, Ga. j DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU? ' A Little of Everything And Net Mock of Anytking. 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 ed with the Banner during his cpl- MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS jlcge days. He is now one of tho The Associated Press.ia exclusively entitled to the use for repub-‘representatives in the legislature lication of ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited . in this paper, and also the local news published therein. Ali rights-of ’ repnhlication of special dispatches are also reserved. Andrew C. Erwin, ‘President. Address ail Business Comn lag Company, not to bidiviih. tlmi should be addressed to 1 ywdre Pbinlxy,’ ’ and Treasyroi H. J. Rowe, Vice President. |pfe»tlpns‘dkaet to the Athens Publish- lla;? News Snides intended for .poblica- b# - Batiner-Hcrald.. 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. ‘Journal ■ American Banker, Association NOT SO feASY ' It lan’t Printing and Distributing Diplomas That Croatei Knowledi Neither Will Printing and Distributing Papar Monty Crests Waal Both Require Real Work. , THE BEST THE FARMS PRODUCE THE CHEATHAM DINING ROOM Former Home of Dr. 1. H. Ooao Delicious Meals Served Three Times Daily DINNER 40c *•7 \V. Hancock Avenue Phone 1339 WHY NOT DIVIDE MY INSURANCE WITH JESTER _ Complete Insurance Protection, S17 Holman Hid*. By WALTER W. HEAD First Vice-President, American Bankers Association 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!.