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Tn BAwwnnwutD. Athens, gboboia I?fir 7. It inee Avenue Paptlst Sunday scliool at 10 o'clock. If yon have not been coming you are an tav. _jlsrin* a treat. The classes are looklUlTtorward to great tilings. Morning worship It o'clock. The pastor will begin a new series of Sermons entitled. "The lilesesd Han of Cod.'' These sermons are all binjSd on the first Psalm. Head that Psalm carefully and prayer fully tf*» come to the service, n? Y. F. U. meets at 7:30. Evening service, 8:110, subject: "Shattered Romances." •Wlift having Interesting Itlblcv Stndyvat the mhl-weok prayer ser vice 1 which meets at 8:30. It yon enjf0i;3t B<, >' ln l ! ,he Dibl ° c0M1, JOIN US. Central Presbyterian , Can— - Be*. Samuel J. Cartledge. Pas tor.* J j. fT.' Dndley, superintendent of Sun' Hit director of music. Sunday school 9:45 A. M nw. school. flagfc Ij. IIodRHon organist and Preaching by the pastor 11 0A «P. M. , f §| Christian Endeavor Sodetles andi7?30P. M. , , 4 A special Invitation to students Very four of them have water lights, gas and telephone and o(h er community convenience. A1 ready it has come to my attentlor an instance where the mayor of middle Georgia (own has cleaned ur the negro section and worked tlie streets, this being the firs time that such has occurred In thi history of the town Third: Our educational faclll ties must he Increased. Althougl ve may have a few who cling t< he Idea that we should not •ate the negro nt the same time io good can- come out of his 1111 erary and the sooner we estahlis) suitable normal and Industria wchools for the training of the boys and girls the better It Tor Georgia. Ills Illiteracy lay explains the fact that Georgii ith tlm exception of Routh Caro na ranks higher In Illiteracy tha iy state In the union. "I believe that the forthcomlm •union of the Georgia legislature should estahiish a commislson will Italile power and funds to es tablish n commlHHlun with sultahli and fitrangers. csr — First MethoCflst Corner Lumpkin street and Han. cock avenue. vjt. p: Wasson. Pastor. pT^Stephene, Sunday school htendent. r ay school 10 A- M. fcching by pastor at 11:15 (end 8 P. M. ]orth I.cagne at 7:30 P. M. meeting Wednesday • at 8 P. M. ‘Woman's Missionary Society {every drat and third Mon- Iternoona it 5 o'clock In Iho lal Invitation Is extended these services. First Bapt‘at Wilkinson. Pastor, school 10 A. M.. E. -B. Mell, itendent. , ^naa Is arranged for every Hid need. You are Invited. Ing worship 11:15: subject plrllualltv of Christianity." Worship 8:30; Subject, ... Dlaclnlealilp." TliTTB. Y. P. U. will meet at 7:30 iwor and funds to establish nt invention point In* the state i a I industrial school where th< negro boys and girls can l»e train 1 along industrial lines nt n min iniurn expense. This, nnd othe nensures should lie put Into effec' r» retard emigration and assist th leaders of the colored people t ep their profile In the South. "That most of the negi left the farming section state Is evidenced by the fact tha* In traveling through the mlddl part of Georgia either on the rail road or public highway you wIP see thousands and thousands o' acres of land and farm dwelling- nt.^The land Is growlnf up in weeds nnd the farm dwelling: deteriorating. These lands sold 01 should have brought In froir 140.00 to 175.00 per acre and todaS there is no demand for them at all In fact you cannot them for the taxes. A large percentage of them are covered with mortgager, and the owners are not able to pi^* the interest. Four: I quote from an dddrcsr delivered on June 19, by Alex, R All visiting B. Y- P. tf 's nnd other young pennle ore Invited to meet with the Unions.) Suggests Ways To Stop Exodus Of Negro Laor mtinued from p»*e one) tlon that 1 the negrr In Gedrgla Increased ; 30.000 from 1910 to 1920 i‘ to our attention tho fad negro population of Geor* Is po8Slhl.v less thnn !• i sinco 1990. It seems op- that this will continue sc Tai conditions here remain nt tii.yifire at present nnd the Indus- 11 i t id North and East offer higher wng^i and better living conditions •Mills useless tn talk about lahoj nt or undertake to leglslat* him I |iat their Activities . It did not i<quire labor agents to take fronr, 1" lubd almost one*hnlf of Her pop ulnrfon and trsnsplont them on th* shines of North America. 8 if porhir living conditions nnd’bettei w t«es did this. It was often anld If Ireland could stop letter writing l* tw*en the Irish enigrnnts and i borne people that It would hr an effective means of retarding oml kration. I do not think that thi arMvJt^ea of the labor agents hnv* mii* li to do with the emlgrntlor that; It going on now, ns, we have negroes noty in Georgia hot .what have relatives or frlendi in the North or East. Every mal hrlnr letters back to the Houth to the fathers, mothers, brothers, sis. ter % sweethearts, neighbors and friends telling of the high wnges living quarters, schools nnd oth gj wperlor living condltolns, nnd • find In many Instances that thnrr axJhv have gone ahead are tendin' money back to their families nnf friends to cover their transportation 'up North.* Df*?; 1>elleve that the negro* ha* mther remain in the fcmith nnd thr South needs him. jVe are hi* friend and he Is our best source x of Ubor supply. *He knowa how »r I t,n ** er * ou| hern condltolns. He f Wlirwork for less, live on less and in cheaper quarters than any peo- * r»«e j**ve the Oriental coolie. How can.,we keep them? That Is large- If a* focal question. However, some of the things we must do which np- Plf to the state nt large have been □MlMted from time* to time by of both the black and white r *'^»nd I repeat them her< tient- tha« iJiwton to the University of Geor? gla Alumni at Athens: ” 'It Is not race pride or race In stlnct but race prejudice augnv ed by want of character, brings the negro injustice an be tween man add man. If I yielded to a natural reluctance to admil distasteful truths. I could not coh coal from you the tendency far to< frequent with far too many Indi viduals to deal unfairly In buslnesi transactions with the negro becausr he Is helpless. It Is manifested In some shop-keepers (particularly those who give credit) and wltl some farmers In ^ielr leading! with npgro tenants. It In an ep- preclabfe degree more difficult foi a negro thnn n white man to obtain justice In some of our courts, wheth er on the civil or criminal side, I do not believe that Judges are sub ject to this criticism.* “This statement Is rather mild and one of the condtlons which we must overcome Is that the ne gro Is not now conceded a fair am' square dejl In all transactions. “The exodus of the negro tint left In Its trail a destruction—si lent, but as great as that wrought by the march of 8herman*s army from Atlanta to the sea. However In addition to this It must not br forgotten that our repor Indicates that 29.513 white people have left the farm since Janunry I of thla year and we regret that we •'were not able to secure satisfactory In formation ns to the number of white fanners who left the farm during. tlie preceding .three years Aa n result of the exodus of tho negroes to the North and* of th* white people to the cities we now linvn vacant 46.(174 farm dwellings In Georgia and 65,524 plows. “Based upoti a production Of $500 »n the plow ,which 1s very low, you will observe that Georgia's loss of wealth from her farms this yest will amount tn the sum of more than $27,000,000 dnd In a decade tc mor* than 1350,000.000. This wll' be a tremendous loss In wealth to the merchants.' jobbers, railroad: and other business Interests of the state.” Contraction of Athens City Limits Will Not x Be Sought By S. M. C. (Continued from page one) Clay Funeral Will Be Held On Sunday (Continued Pram Pago Ono) WACTS IN SOUTH must show increase 'First: Wages must -necessarily Incrwie to par with those of tha North and East with pruttcr allow tor the difference In tha coat " f living. It may U said-that we cannot pay the waxes offered by the Industrial renter yi).l If this Is 'run thnn thr rmlsmtloo will continue until tbr o'ver aupply rlth- - r hrlnr-i down thr twagr irvrl In th- 'North nnd East or the supply h.rr Justifies on increase ' frond: Living condition thr n.-gro arciton of out- towns nnd 'HUM must he Improved Tty the nu- thoriths nnd In ttys connection It might be well to add that little ef fort if any has boon put forth heretofore In taking car# son. Albert Thornton. Dugaa Me cleskey, J. W. Goldsmith. Jr., J. J. Kagan. Br. B. B. Rtdlef John Charles Wheatley, James B. Bid. ley. John T. Dennis. Phlnlxy Cal. boon. W. J. McBride. W. L. Porter. Arthur Clarke, Charles P. nice Joseph E. Boston. Prank K. Boland Prank L. Fleming. Prank R. Mitchell, Thomns W. Connally, Jesse Draper. Clark Howell. Jr., William R. Rawson, Eugene Black, Jr.. Richard W. Courts, Jr.. Rob ert L. Fdteman, Jr.. Judge Samuel II. Sibley, John H. Boston, Charles M. Brown. L. M. Blair. R. N. Hot land. L. D. Hoppe, Jr., Campbell Wallace. Joseph E. Brown. Rob ert H. Northcntt. Jr.. William Hart 8lbley, George U. Morris, Wiley O Blair. Robert T. Wllllnahvm. Cen. D. Anderson. Jr., V. W. Amorous, A. A. Hunt. Burwell A. Nolan. H. Warner Martin, Vlrly* B. Moore, Robert 8. Parker. Luther 7- Rosser. Young H. Praser. John M. Slaton, Arnold Bmyles, Eugene R. Black. James R Nevtn. The following' have been named as pallbearers for Mr. Clay's funeral: Ceorge Welsh. William Tate Holland, D. P. MeClatcbey, Htdiert Mndtey. Pred Morris. Dr. W. H Pcrklnson. John H. Boston, M. D Hodres, Charles II. Griffin, Leon M. Blair, William J. Harris and P. | W. Jones. Mr/ Clay la earrlved by his mother, Mrs. A. 8. Clay; a slater, :onunittal. In regard to the Civil Service *>III neither of the legislator^ It. room Its I)iiHose and Frank A. Holden have committed themselves. it 1h known that Sir. DuHo.se was one of the priginal idvocates of a Civil Service C nlssion as It Is now operated. Tho Hotary club has gone on *ec:ord as opposing tho Civil Ser* Ice hill and hntf requested the eglslators not to vote for It. The friends of the proposed ■neasuro are so certain that tho ommlsslon, ns It now stands, Is lot what the people want, they are villing to have referendum on or Pistol for the Fourth of July. Ni Matches—No Powder No Danger. IT DOESN’T HURT A BIT * Seo Them at’ ATHENS CYCLE CO. Lumpkin Street , the Mil ff it H passed. I Tho proposed bill would elect the Civil Service commission from the .city Coumll personnel instead i oi from the. cny-at-large. The bill would, make ige mayor perman- nt chairman and elect two other nfemhers from council as well by .council. Hie commission Is elected by coincll now hut not of that body. Tl,o pfononents of tho change declare that the present civil Service rules would be re tained. There is considerable sentiment favoring n division of the Western Judicial circuit and It Is nmbahln that cither the circuit will be di vided at the next session of the l«‘gislatiire or another judgeship fronted. Representative Frank A. Holden slated Saturday he favors some action on this matter as tho •resent circuit is too largo for one nan. Representatives from other onntles In the circuit are said to InMIne to this belief also. Representatives DuBose and Holden lonve Tuesday for Atlnnta. The legislature convenes Wednes- iy. ^Representative Holden Is rvlng his first term In the legis lature while Mr. DuBose Is one of the “old gunrd.” I^ast year he ns chairman of the Important iMinittee r.n Appropriations nsd ays n»»d Means, a combination of the Ways and Means and Ap propriations committees. the county school commissioner. The three physicians shall elected as follows: One by the McKirtncy Approves Of Health Combine And Outlines Plan (Continu.d Pram Pag. On.) Board. The plan provides for » of health composed ol six mem bers. The Mayor of Athens shall be «me, the ehnlrmnn of the Coun ty Commissioners ann;h«r. three shall l*o physirlnns PEDIGREED USED BUICKS This Week Wc Offer Two Touring Cars. Repainted and Rebuilt. These Buicks Will Give Several Years of Good Service. CONOLLY MOTOR COMPANY hoard of commissioners, city council and ojie by the Clarke County Medical Society. The board shall elect Its own dialrman, chief health officer, assistant health officer, bacteriologist secretary. The term of the board members shall bo three years, and ‘ceivo $5.00 per month sulary foi tending meetings. The chief health officer will have •neral supervision of nil health In Athens, the county of Clarke nnd II Incorporated townships. The assfstnnt health officer must bo a graduate and licensed vetcrlnn- inn. Ho will. In addition td In- porting dairies and restaurant and markets, inspect animals foi slaughter nt the Abattoir. The secretary Will be required to collect birth certificates and !s- burlal permits, the fees from this nlmost paying that salary. The •ard will have charge of tht water pply In Athens nnd nil lrAorpor- ated towns and the county itself, i Dr. McKinney statep he has beer giving this question considerable study and believes It Is the prop er step to take. If the meeting next week ap proves the nrftlon the proposed hill will he advertised thirty days and Introduced at thi* session of the leglslaturt*. We Offer You Our Services on the Following Subjects: LOANS INVESTMENTS REAL ESTATE INSURANCE GOLD SAVINGS CERTIFICATES Hard Times Gone, Says Hardimr in Talk to Farmers (Continued From Page One) restrictions and guidance In deal ing with, some aspects of pioduc- tlon and distribution. Starts Sunday 3 P. M., June 24 BUS LINE tO LAKE DIXIE SCHEDULE: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday First car will leave our office, corner College Avenue and Clayton Street at 5 P. M., and hourly thereafter until 10 Pi M. Car starts at our office, then via Hancock to Pulaski, to Prince, to Barber, to Boulevard to Nor- i r^furm o'^nuon.'^r mal School, back Prince to Milledge to Lake Dixie. Cars can be secured at office any day or hour on SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SCHEDULE First car leaves office at 3 P. M. » Last car leaves lake Saturday at 10:30 P. M. ,0n Sunday last car leaves lake at 8 P. M. Cars can be secured a toffice any day or hour on request. ’ / FAKE DURING BUS HOURS 25c ONE WAY OR 35c ROUND TRIP. Be Sure to Visit Lake Dixie. The Grandest Place in Clarke County. MUSIC ON THE GROUNDS. CHAFIN TAXI COMPANY Phene 1687—Day or Night 'Corner College Avenue and Clayton Street “Four hundred million dollarr have been loaned by thla Instltu tlon, three*fourths of It to tht far ming and Hve-atock Interests. A the same time the emergency tariff measure was passed by Which tr secure the farmer’s home 'uarke* ngainst the flood of compettnr ar ticles from distant cornel-s of th* [earth. The new tariff schedules saved for the American farmer r I vitally Important nnd gravely men- l.-ired home market. The resump tion of the .War Finance operatlonr backed by the fcesource* of the only government oh earth that war able to summon such a credit, en- nbled the American farmer to com pete for sales abroad.’* “But that Is not all. I have re served still the-last what we may nil paprnlse the crowning achlcve- I moot of tho entire list I refer to j the code of agricultural credit legls- llatlon known ns the agricultural I credit act of 1923, which became | law In tho closing days of the last | Congress. It has not been possible • f yet to perfect machinery for ad- | j ministering this net, but I do not j . hesitate to express cmifldehco that I .this scheme of agricultural credits.! • taken In conectlon with the other * enactments I hnvo described fur nlshes the basis for the most en lightened, modern, sound and cffl i dent scheme of agricultural . f 1 nance that has lieen set up In nn; country and will enable the former In no distant future to free him- [self from obstacles which have GUARANTY TRUST Capital $500,000.00 business-like basis.’* Change Plans For Mrs. Cook’s Funeral The romalna of Mra. Dccla Cook, who died at her homo at Comers MIU In Franklin county, Tuesday ufternooh were shipped Friday (o Dehsny, In Union county for Jtnnersl nnd /Interment Saturday. Instead of having tho funeral at Oordon’s Chapel ns was first pub lished, ns Mr. L, W. Cook, her ■ only son who Heel in California, 1 1 I tk. nhs.. n U» rnnW wired for the change. Mrs. Cook Is survived by the ono son, four ■laughters and six grand children. Dorsey's, funeral directors, were , In chnrge. negro Mrs. Robert Everett, of New York, anlt«ry conditions of the comtnrmfUast. A the sire, ts " ,l ' 1 " , " n »e Rn.l them cover.'Comp Humphrey, Vn., and A.' s! • <! with cam* and *.ther rubbish. .c| a y f 0 f Marietta, Aa •> re sult, tew of {and three brother's. Ryburn O. Clay ■ * "i-i.M-.fi j,.! captain Locus Clay, of • • - JeM. i .. Young People to , ' Meet in Elberton A young peoples meeting will be held In Elberton Jane 28. Thosn interested in going from Athena are asked to communicate with Mrs. Part Holliday or Frits Orr. Fountain Dainties Summer School Students will find that Athens people, their friends and yours, come here f6r their Fountain dishes and drinks —they are served right—sanitar ily and deliciously. • * The Ice Cream is the purest and best and the flavorings are tasty, too. Entertain your friends here at our Terrace Tea Garden—Lunch eonette and Refreshments always at hand. Special Orchestra on . v Saturdays and Sundays. Georgian Palm Garden GEORGIAN HOTEL Thousands of Shoes Sacrificed in Price SMITH SHOE COMPANY'S REMOVAL TO NEW QUARTERS CAUSES REDUCTIONS SPECIALS FOR MONDAY 200 Pairs Shoes 1 smith shoe co. Clayton Street Athens, Georgia uaJi