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Looks Busy-Eh? It’s Typical Oil Town
Freight Bus
To Washington j
Is Profitable
»r the develop-
finest type of
WASHINGTON, Ga.—Daily auto j
truck service between Athens, j
Crawford, Lexington.apd Washing- j
‘ , eek by the ,
Not half baa been told of the
peaceful valleys, towering moun
tains and rippling waters surround- . _ . .
ing Blue Ridge, but greatest, of I ton was begun last
all the lasting and sacred impress j Athens Truck company, a truck
of God's sublimity and Majesty reaching Washington each rooming
of all things. of the week, Sundays excepted, by
I feel that the following quota- nine o'clock and leaving for Athens
ilion by Goventr)! Pafcti<|n», ‘Tin j as soon as the truck can b.^ un
divinity and love what’s best worth loaded and such freight as is des-
saying can't be said," I fully real- tlned for Athens or intermediate
iae not half haa been told, even it points can be taken on.
you read between the lines. It is ij*|j e permanecy of the service
hard to grasp a thing so big and w j,j depend on whether the truck
grand, and the end of this article can i )0 operated profitably. The
seems but the beginning., volume of business, it is said, done
last week was very satisfactory to
WAS SOME BULL! the Athens truck peojf». and if It
SUDBURNE, Eng.—A 9 month* 1 * maintained the scrvlco will be
old bull, owned by the late Lord a fixture. t
Manton, has been sold here for Since the truck service was in
is a typical Oklahoma oil town. It’s one of the sort that
Jerricks can be seen back of its one and only street
boast of no city officers, no municipal laws, no Chain-
’ACE Wo
THE BANNER-HERALD. ATHENS. GEORGIA
SUNDAY. JULY. 22,1923.
Blue Ridge, North Carolina,
^jpS#r /BY ALICE H. ADAMS
Place of Beauty, Inspiration
Last summer 5.060 persons re
presenting every,state in the south
were present ut IJluc Ridge and
this s*-it son promises ns many at
£ By ALICE H. ADAMS
“ - _ i This property Is held under char-
recent visit to Blue Ridge. Jter by a board of trustees, twen-
of the delegates to tv-one „ irn an ,j women. No dlvl-
Y. W. C. A. conference for . drnds can be declared, it is entire
. . indeed a revelation, j jy non-coin m^rcial.
t were assembled two hundred |
[forty delegates from Massa-< 0 VER 5000
kttp to Louisiana and as far ATTEND ANNUALLY
ins Little Rock. Ark. It might
well to give some of the out-
fling features of this wonderful
>. before gofng further,
iuo Ridge is a Christian con-
8»ce home located In a campns
lirgin forest of incomparable j to six hundred delegites each
and beauty. In addition t<f rn« < tlni? there for ten days of ipwr
ironferonce and schools, which jjal training along social and re-
puses annually, there is a cap- Hgjous lines.
■ in Lee Hall for two or three Jf)hn u Mot( »tr.iiy
prod guests during the open RJ(ll , 0 iK , lh ,. „ t th ,. i )f . st conceived
on, August 1st .to. Septembe r I pj aaH to |„, found any where in^
! the world." ^
I The fact that thes^ conferences
SJDERFUL j make possible the assembling of
tyGRAM group of men and women of
irare ability provides the highest
|ith more than a hundred °‘jtype of leaders and Instructors.-
nations greatest orators, tmisl- j
,COMPLETE
the two hundred and forty dele
gates registered there were over
one hundred college boyp and girls
and many servants on the place,
eleven cooks wlfh a moat efficient
|dietician. The diiner hall was al
ways exquisitely neat with the
loveliest college girls waiting on
the tables. The linen spotless, and
fragrant mountain flowers giving
additional charm, the meals were
delicious with u perfectly
a nctil menu. The crisp, fresh
vegetables, great supply of milk,
butter and cream were always
served abundantly.
EQUIPMENT
» and Christian leaders
with cultural college men
■ women employees, with a
"S A train.d fan. is In nt.cn,mnee
f for recreation nnd healthful! and a house physician during the
■sums, and with scenery un- conferences
passed In America, Blue Ridge . Tin? buildings and grounds are
gda firm as the Chautauqua of . lighted by the In al plant. 1 ho
B0Uth j watt r supply Is tinrarpasMi d with
- building* an.! eqnlpmsnt of j •>»« “urt
Ridge association consists of ; tlcs ; 11 " wl * J* ™
. acres of land;* twenty-four
Ddfngs, electric light plant, sew
fce, all modern conveniences,
nn elevation of 2. 700 feet;
‘ 1 tennis courts, grand
suring neatness anti efficiency in
" [nil the buildings, no tipping is nl«
j lowed.
j A limited nrooent of spar
„ pool,, baseball diamond, j available after June 25, and August
Bey ball and basket ball courts. 6th the buildings are open for ns
Tthe heart of tho most rugged many ns six hundr % I people. Pur-
Secy of Western North Caro-ling tho Y. W. Conference oesides
Qdid
I shall always deem It one of my
greatest privileges In life to havo
spent ten days at tho Y. W. Con
ner which was under the aus
pices of the Nutlonal Board of the
Voting Woman's Christian Assoc
iation at CC0 Lexington avenue,
New York. A new vision was given
i, and an Inspiration not possible
anywhere else.
Buell day was filled with * full
(/grant, and one marvels at the
:f t discipline of every feature.
The bugler announced everything
from the early hour of rising to
taps at teh o'clock. Breakfast was
followed by fifteen minutes devo
tional in tho chapel, then Bible
ituiiy class divided Into four
groups, next a lecture, and a short
IntctmiEGion when wo would as-
•i-mblo in clutiiP rooms for the
.srlous lessons on "The placo of
women in 11*3 life of today." "The
*ppo:tunity of women for reUglour
expression.’ 'Citizen Course !, Cit
ron Course, II "How woman work
'"ether" and ‘‘Unused Forces.’
All under very fine teacher**. The
onferen^e speakers were Presi
dent William J. Hutchins of Berea
College, Ky., and the Reverend
Frank W. Bible of the Foreign
Mission Conference, of North
America, tho latter giving lectures
on Internationalism, and Racial
ism. ,
ALICE TERRY AND A FAN
cameraman got this In Cuba, where Aliee was being filmed In
“Where the Pavement Ends.”
TY COMP80N,
PALACE MONDAY
he Woman With Four Face*”
taring Betty Compson and Rich-
El Dix, Vblch comes to the Palace
catro Monday Is an exciting
Iry of the setting of a thief to
tch a thief by Bayard Velller.
hor of "The Thirteenth Chair.”
luded In the'strong supporting
are George Fawcett, Tbeo-
Yon Eltz, Joseph Kllgour,
a Farley and Guy Oliver. You
_ ut afford to miss this delight
melodrama.
CHANEY STRAND MONDAY
i all-star cast will be seen In
| the new Irving^Cummings produc
tion. "Flerh and Bland," which will
the shown at the Strand Thc.ttre
for two days beginning Monday.
I A list of their names vouches for
one of tho best acted pictures that
has been seen at tho Strand In
some time. Lot). Chaney, the man
with a thousand faces, as an es
caped convict who U'eaks Jail to
be near his family and to meto out
vengeance upon his enemy; Kdlth
• Roberts a? his daughter, who Is In
lovo with the rich man’s son, play.
; ed by Jack Bfulhall. Other w*ll
known players in the cast ar*»
Ralph Lewis and Noah Boory.
ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS
tfy Olive Roberts Barton.
back .
"Oh. oh, Ofl* th
| Twins and Miater Skjr BoW
; jio the place where the
lived. But this tlmo the
ogles were not* happy. They
i greatly changed
ad Old Crews Patch had been
and waved the magtc stick
lied "Old Hurry,’* and' now
DOgles were as unhappy as
’ didn't live In Rainbow i-ami
f were sobbing
they couldn't answer. But they
'wiped thtlr poppy eyes and obeyed
met-kly.
j "I se> fifty million," said one.
i "I see sixty million," said nn
|ciher.
\ “Oh, I see a hundred million
|school houses." said a third. “Whal
are they all for?
1 “TheyV for little boys nnd glrlr
I to study In," said Nancy. "When
; oh, oh!" they Were sobbing
• so sorry we are Googlies.
y, but we're sorry! If we
have such big eyes wc
cry so much. We'd rather
>Und as bats, than .have our
m that see eveiythlng. Oh,
► to be Googlies, so we do!"
for spaniel",, said Nawcy
"It’s silly to cry about
_j!ng*you can't -helix #u«t
t your eyes up nnd look at the
school houses nil * over
and count them."
Googlies were so surprised
they want to know 'fthere the’Nortn
Pole is they look In n book. When
| they want to know who the pres,
.dent Is they’look in a book. When
: they want to know about the Mlss-
* ’••Ippt River, they look In n book
While all you have to do Is t*
I stretch your eyes. Which wouh'
.’you rather be—a Ooogljr, or have
to stiHly all the timet*
"C-h, we’d rathpr be Googlies!"
they air cried. "Oh, thank 9 you so
much. *. We're quite happy again
Old Cross Patch can't scare ui
(To Bt Continued)
!*eo Hall, the main building la
colossal in size, and stands out
on the mountain In Inspiring and
dignified grandeur with the mas
sive columns and splendid proper
tion grouped with the nfony pret-
Ly cottages representing the vari
ous colleges by which they were
donated. "Georgia Cottage," like
rthe others, nestles In the ever
lasting hills, where the sparkling
waters trlcklo over the rocks and
the Rhododendron and otbeh moun
tain /flowers bloom luxurantly.
Nature has endowed Blue JUdge
with lavish gifts and the Indoor
atmospln-a blends harmoniously
with the outdoor, and we seemed
to touh the mountain tops spirit
ually. If not by hand.
WAS GREAT
PRIVILEGE
pose is the goal for
mast of tire very
Christian character
HALF
NOT TOLD
of God’s
of all things.
I feel that the following quota
tion by Coventry Pafcnfra,
divinity and love what’s best
saying can’t be said," I fully real
ize not half haa been told, even it
you read between the lines, it Is
hard to grasp a thing so big and
grand, and the end of this article
seems but the beginning.,
IT WAS SOME BULL!
SUDBURNE, Eng.—A 9
old bull, owned by the lute
Manton, has been sold here for
nearly $4600.
WHERE’8 METHUSELAH?
BURBAGE. Eng.—Combined ages
of 10 children In a family here
total 706 years. The eldest sur-'
vlvlng la 83, tho youngest 61.
Since
augurated Washington business
men and civilians have taken ad
vantage of It because, :y its means,
packages from Athens* that have
been handled by the express com
panies ran b<y sent to or received
from Athens with more, dispatch.
BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY
The Council hour wo* a *tudT
jf thu Y. \V. C. A.—What Upland*
for, and Its groat pun»*e In life.
Tho «wect fellowship waa evei
vibrant In tho dally Intercourse,
and at the closing exercise* Bun-
day ovonlng. as the brilliant after
glow of tho gorgeous sunset was
painting the sky In great splen
dor, wc keenly felt we wereMeav-
the beautiful mountains and
coming down to Ibo plains, with a
... , K t- renewed (or doing the
worth-while thing*, and a eloarai
v.stun of the' Young Womens
Christian Association. There were
hour* of recreation happily Inter
woven. A lovely pageant "Tha
Trail of Oold," representing th,
spirit of education and the aplrlt
of the association talking togethei
of the women of the world, pass
ing heforo them were the girls
from the IMr East. China. Japan
India, the girls from the Neal
East. Turkey. Armenia. Oreece.
the girls from Europe. Russia.
America, South America. Mexico
nml United Slates. In native cos
tumes. A largo and delightful re
ception wag held III tho wonderful
ly spacious lobby for the purpose
of gelling acquainted.
feoLLEQE
ATMOSPHERE
The many college yells, and songs
expressed the spirit of youth,
when tho several hundred guests
assembled each day In the dining
hall.
Trips to Mount, Mitchell. Asha-
Vflle, Montreal and various othei
Interesting points offered a charm
ing diversion. North Carolina’s na
tural beauty la beyond compare,
nnd Iho great highway looks like
a gay boulevard as Jhe hundreds
of handsome curt go to and fro,
carrying tourists In ev'eky direction
The silver stream of the Swan-
nanoa. crossed by concrete and
swinging bridges wind* In and oat
along the bankg garlanded with
blossoms of every color, and atafe-
|y trees of evergreen, nil the way
from Rlue Ridge to Asheville and
then on. ,
Athens sent two other delegate*
Miss Katie Palmer and Miaa Fran
ces Talmadge. we being small In
numbers, united with Florida and
other states In forming one com- |
mlttces. We chose different clast- j
oa to enable us to slvh different
viewpoints and helpful Ideas to onr
local association. I went In fear
and treihbllng as did Francei. but
we soon found onr place In the
vast crowd, with our field escre-
tary. Min Eberts Roeloft to wel
come ui, whose love and loyalty
to Athens waa the navy of many.
Mis ratmer, having been to Bine
Ridge before wax equally nn en
thused.
"Scy Camp’* for boya Is only a
few mlnutee walk from the main
building, here too a definite pur-
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