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f i.rliSPAT-JUtY. At) 1928 I Around Athens With Coti'T.' Urry Gantt THB BAWNEK-HKRALD, hold's down the scales but the Leghorn* are beat layers. MRS. NUNN, of our city has cently returned from a visit to Iternett county, N. C. She says cot ton is small but she saw fields of ARNOLD, proprietor of * fino tobacco extending as far as tho Roller Mill, near Maxeys, |®J 8 t h?JL- ,^ each - ,?® fore the adTe n‘ , , I of the boll weevil farmers In North automobile load of Carolina grew tobacco and said it paid better than cotton. We can grow bright leaf tobacco around Athens. It brings fifty ctnta per pound anti you can make 1.00C pounds to the acre. Lfeam flour ,to the curb market, » t , from new wheat. His mill ot the most, modern in the t e, with **c£i&i(}|ty of fifty oar- a day. Mj^bifc^alre^dy ground Lo !)iislit',»jOp.View wheat hnd Is Inding teqmtofr-counties. Mr. Id, like all good farmers, it .< riber for the Banuei -Herald will adrertirfo his mill in ■, as h»- wanU to built up n in Athena Xor his flour and r-groiinffxOnL Steal. Ho will ><ularly at our curb market. Onhan^ and other grades round from so fOF PRODUCE is our curb market, glcthorpe,. brought gor-head turtles, Grove creek, St 25 cents per They weighed from five to ounds.. Ono lady brought a i filled with common wood ferns i they sold readily at tm cents •i. Another rorty brought in n nber of t brush_brooms for , ping yards. Mrs. Cobb, 0 f ikin -ville, sella a delicious ''ako |t; of black walnuts. PARTY FROM ELBERT nays something IS DOING In Ath ens every week to bring a crowd to the city. During the summer months parties of farmers from all parts of Geofgta will visit tho Ag rlcultural College to Investigate somo special line 01 prop| These gatherings all help trade and keeps things enlivened up. i . f i j YOU SEE LOADS of homo-ral*- eil hay coming Into Athens and termers aro beginning to bhlp flour to the largo cities. In ye olden time at this season we were Importing both hay and flour. Hart county Is already shipping flour to At. lanta made from new wheat. very popular In the northern stp>-, tton of the state, the report says, due to the fact that .mall capital Is required, and one may be sup ported on less than one hundred cows. This makes them well adapt ed to communities just started Into dairying. About one million d - liars worth of products have been turned out Dairy Industry Is Increas- b . v 018 creameries and cheese fac- T)„„ tofies In the state, end practically ing but Georgia .Pro- every county In the state la par. duces Very Small Per- ticipating in thiL vouderful devel- centage of Dairy Pro- £^*3 dllcts Used* Geccgla-made butjer la bettor than “ that shipped in, an<? this has gone a long way to establish the home product on locgl markets. In spltp; of all the development that has Wcirred, It* U said that tlstf state is still producing less than five per cent of tho butter consumed wF- In the state. That there has been -good pro gress Inr the development of the dairy Industry in Georgia is evi denced by a report just made pub.' lie by officials of the State Col lege of -AgiicuUure here. Tho in crease in the number of creamer, les has been very marked; there be ing sixteen in operation, at this time as compared with five last year. Cheese factories aro becoming Reac! Banner-Herald Want Ads. M. ASH, ono of our best in formed men says you cannot tell what the staple will do. They are ■shipping Egyptian cotton to even somp of our Southern mills and sell it for less than American cotton brings. With the high price of the ijftiplo a number of other countries are experimenting with cotton rals- the Savannah river who I ,n *-’ England seems to have an or, plaws, has bad her fore* fKaniTed movement to fatter down six plows, as tier L tnd ft| f e exodus tors, He say b*-r of laacoXtcms in his conn nil be uHuftHtlis year. The ! 11m nd-owners have managed t their places worked. IK WALLS of the auditorium he High School arc completed tve-.’k on the building'will'ho pd. The Lump||n street school -<i fast progressing. Tho Ath i club building is having it |rk freshly‘painted. Athens'is cleaning np, o SMITH, of Madison county, ■ he made 117 bushels of wheat If’on acres. Htftplnwed up halt rollon and p'^uled the land in corn as he cwrtn H see when firmei can hopp, % o make an> [it ralsimr cottrti '•fter bavins add poisap. Framers are inning td raise'their own moat oral nald •Jfy had enought In;'/ and lard to last them two HENrWJIrf.Oor^ee Heights he i’ ns Wt*es ih toma, and between the vinos lias* |nfed a,crop of late watermelons will grow two profitable crops l " !*mo^w4--4. IJh'.vtnv ttnin . Ih nrjr says' worms aro destroy- 1 Ids tomatoes by horelng Into . hut h'd*can’afon this bv pull- t the fruit while rt*cen and they as well as when left on Mr. Henry hnn 40000 tomatc Jnts for sale. He says n largo gc4nf Into tomatoes will ht* Intod to ship U»‘ Florida liKSSRS. JOHNSON and TruSscR |\Yatkinsville* have gono into the icken bualnem on an extensive . Mr. Johnson raises the White '-n end Mr. TrusseR Rhode land,Reds. The latter fowls pul! SILENT” ED' REMEMBERS hj\ V 1P» JOLIET, 11.—-Remember ~ the Uually, of our^e. But not with vividnfM o the man who Is P*r- 1 the icnio war prisoner In the *1 States. Ro has remei i he red It daily for 2f/ from beillnd the walla of tb« no:* .Si itn Pi nftehtfary here. Only, w hi:# ns a fugitive. j ‘h. y call hi mi “Silent FA." He doe»] ' hku to talkfmuch. He recalls t< "by that horrible day 23 yei ;r, re his hair turned gray, was LtacU-haired E«1 Smith-'oi 1*9*. when cables plunge* ‘ * orl*l into grief with news that Maine had beerwmnk at Havana. • f, ‘ «as pretty dKeet then. Smith 1,1 Just turned 25. Therp waa a girl.; ' he rated aa* excellent aeaman on rat Uikrs steamer writh excel- ci ‘ant > for promotion. «u i i a saloon that night and M had s. me drin**)]«wryhhh wn* ■ swut the sfnklng of the R ip'ltka W.»t.n,la. started Ilo the price of cotton. A FARMER from Madison coun*. ty says he stopped tho worms In bis early corn by placing a hand- foil of dry dust around the toc- sels nml it kAled them. But the worm only attacks early corn, and as a general thing the cron Is late this year* Late com is not trou bled with Worms. J. E. BENTON, of i.Madison coun ty. says he made a fine crope of wheat this year without a particle of fortiliror. He planted early ind put his seed In with a two-horse nlow. Mr. Benton says most farm ers do not properly prepare their wheat land and only scratch In the seed. A fnrmer who expeett to make a cron pf wheat or oats must break his land well and then put nlertty of dirt fin the sit*cd. * “You Splash Me and I’ll Splash You” Said ont elephant to the other as they took their Saturday night bath in the soo at the National Zoological Park In Washington, D. C. DANISH SHIPBUILDING WEATHERS STORM “ (By AMooigted Press.); j i , OPENHAGEN* — Danish ship, building yards seem to havo safe- v 'weathered tho post-war trade says the Scandinavian Shipping Gazette. Tho yards have como through the crisis very well, principally owing to the consolidation policy w.kich has been followed. With the placing of new orders, th® yards are able to ‘ work ’ mpra or less independently again. • They are nil busy,* and a few of them aro booked up. Unemploybent has benefited accordingly. j The yard workers, earlier In* the year, voluntarily agreed to re ductions in wages In prdor to make , i It possible for the yard shipbuild- l rrs to bid low. I Athens Budwine Bottling Co. SPECIAL SALE GINGHAM DRESSES At $1.39 In solid colors, small and large checks and stripes. Trimmings of white Organdie, Batiste and Embroidery. Colors are red, green, lavender, yellow, blue, pink, brown, orange, black and white. Sizes 36 to 52. Davison-Nicholson Co. ATHENSTBtfSIEST STORE Davison-Nicholson Co. s Mid Summer Clearance commences today and will be continued for one week only. Especial attention is called to the Every garment in this department will be sold at greatly reduced priced, including Cotton, Silk and Wool Dresses, Skirts, Spring Wraps, Shirt Waists, Middy Blouses, Sweaters and Bathing Suits. Many attractive values in up- to-date desirable Ready-to-Wear will be in cluded in this Sale. We Extend Special Invitation to the Summer i School Student* and Teachers. Misses and Children’s Dresses , f / 25 Per Cent Off 1 [All Gingham, Linen, Pongee,. Crepe and Cretonne dresses at 25 per cent off. Petticoats at 10 Per Cent Off All Silk Petticoats at ten per cent off. Negligees and Kimonas 10 Per Cent Off All Silk and Cotton Negligees and Kimonas at ten per cent off. One Lot Silk Dresses One-Fourth Off In this lot you will find Canton Crepe, Crepe de Chine, Roshanora, Trico Knit, Georgette, solid colors and combinations of Paisley and solid colors. * One Lot Suits At Half Price All Fancy and Tweed Suits at half price. * One Lot Suits At 25 Per Cent Off All plain Tailored Twill and Tricoline Suits at one-fourth off. Wash Dresses At Half Price One Lot Damask dresses half price Special Rack Dresses $9.75 On this rack you will find Tub Silks, solid and figured Voiles and Linens. Evening Dresses 20 Per Cent Off * All Evening Dresses *at twenty per cent off. Lot Sweaters Half Price One lot of Sweaters and Crepe Knit Blouses at half price . j . . uu- xni .ikssoa 1 Over-Blouses Half Price All 'Crepe de Chine, Canton and Paisley over blouses at half price. Wash Waists 98c One lot Wash Dimity Waist'at 98c Corsets Half Price . One lot Corsets at half price.' Brassieres 49c One table Brassieres at 49 cents. Prices origin ally up to $1.00. • , T _ Hand Made Blouses $2.50 to $5.00 Hand made Blouses of Dimity and Voiles at $2.50 to$5.00 Sport Skirts One-Fourth Off All Sport Skirts in Solid and Strpes at 25 per cent off. Bathing Suits In wool, jersey; solid colors and combinations for ladies. Prices j$4.60 to $12.50 Misses and childrens ... $2.25 to $4.50 Cotton Tights 65c and $1.00 V^apsOne^THhirdOifi? ,\ All Wool Wraps, Coats and Capes at thirty- three and • one-third off. 1 Silk Underwear All silk underwear less 25 per cent. Silk, Jersey, Crepe de Chine and Wash Satin, Gowns, Teddies, Vests, Bloomers, all one- fourth off. Ladies Union Suits 49c Light Weight Suits for .ladies, special.._49c Silk Hose $1.00 Full Fashioned Silk Hose, Black; Brown and White $1.00 Bed Spreads $1.98 Full Bize unbleached Crincle Bed Price .._ ... ...... 0 J Spreads ...$1.98 Princess Slips Made of Cotton, Satin, white at... i 1 .... ki and colors $2.49 Wash Silk —..$5.49 16-Button Gloves 95c Chamoise Gloves white and colors 95c s ' ~ r ir ; " Bathing Caps Special showing Bathing Caps, all colors and combination colors, Prices 10c to $1.00 Tranks and Bags Less 10 Per Cent All Trunks, Suit'Cases, Hand Bags, all less 10 per cent. L Specials in Millinery All Spring and Summer Hats for Ladies and - Children Greatly Reduced DAVISON-NICHOLSON CO. I • * ATHENS? BUSIEST STORE ,