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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- Silent Sermon Women Readers of The Banner- Herald What Would be YOUR Financial Condition if Accident Suddenly Took “Him” from You? The ever-present danger of Travel Accident makes life uncertain. In the proverbial “twink ling of an eye” a strong, alert man may be struck down in death or made a cripple for life. What would happen to YOU ? Would the benefits listed below be a blessing ? The Banner-Herald .offers a protection that every home should have. It does not add a pre mium to increase circulation because old readers as well as new between the ages of 16 and 70 years are entitled to the benefits. Datreit, Michigan, pays for accidental death or injuries eaue* ed by Travel Accidents, the following benefits* SI nnn To a fare-paying passenger In a public conveyance or f,,www a passenger In a private motor-driven or horse-drawn vehicle which is wrecked In an accident, the Company will pay the policyholder the sum of One Thousand Dollar* for Los* of Lire, or Both Feet, Both Hand*, or Bight of Both Eyes, or One Hand and One Foot. Either Hand or Either Foot and the Bight of One Eye. *. f $500 To n fare-paying passenger In a public conveyance or a T W passenger In n private motor-driven or horse-drawn ve hicle which I* wrecked In an accident, the Company will pay the policyholder the sum of Five Hundred Dollars for the Loas of Either Hand Elthor Foot, or tho Bight of Either Eye. - Bight of Either Eye. S250 To Pedestrians struck, knocked down, or run over by a " motor-driven or horse-drawn vehicle in a Public IBah- way. the Company will pay the policyholder the *um of Two Hun dred and Fifty Dollars foe Lose of Life. WEEKLY INDEMNITY—410 Policyholder* Injured while traveling a* a passenger public or private vehicle according to the terms of the policy, will re ceive the sum of Ten Dollar* per .week while totally disabled for a period not exceeding three consecutive months. Registration, Identification and Emergency Benefit—$100 The Company will after receiving notice as provided In tho poltcy expend a sum op to Ono Hundred Dollar* to earn for and place a policyholder In the hands of friends If rendered unable to com municate with friends because of accident or Hlness. B. R. Bloodworth R«fl ,# tra e Agent, National Casualty Co., o n. oiooaworm will la sue tho Policies end fettle Claims of this City. 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