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THE BANNER-HERALD
The Old Farm Ain’t What She Used to Be
Berton Braley’s
Daily Poems
Published Every Evening During the Week Except Saturday and on
Sunday Morning by The Athena Publishing Company, Athens, C,a.
EARL B. BRASWELL .
CHARLES E. MARTIN
Publisher and General Manager
Managing Editor
Entered at the Athens Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter under
the Act of Congress March 8, 1879.
kow Be
CAREFUL FSa,
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Something
DANGEROUS
I BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
MONDAY. iJULY 23, j 9 y
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A Thought For The Day
Henceforth I call you not servant*; for the
servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I
have called you friends; for all things that I
have heard of my Father I hare made known un
to you.—John 15:14, 15.
'A friend .should be like money, tried before being
required, not found faulty in our need.—Plutarch.
FARMERS, ATTENTION
July and August should see plans under way on
every farm in this territory to provide' larger and
more adequate pastures. Al'—'dy signs are at
hand that more cows and h and chickens are be
ing accumulated on the fat ms in this section. The
backbone of the new farming that is rapidly coming
to our people lies in adequate pastures.
Low grounds are best for the growing of grass and
for the making of permanent, practical pastures.
This ground should during July and August be
scrubbed off, cleared of brush and undergrowth and
large timber cut and removed. Later in the fall and
winter, it is advised that the groud he burned off in
order to kill the worthless native grasses-
In the early spring and around March in this sec
tion a mixture of Lespedeza, Carpet grass and Dal-
lis grass should be sown on the top of the ground
, in proportions of 10 pounds of Lespedcfca, five pounds
of Carpet grass and three pounds of Daliis grass to
the acre. It has been found that as good results are
obtained by sowing on the top of the ground without
’ plowing as where the ground has been plowed and
the seed harrowed in.
Results show that such a pasture will furnish heavy
grazing for some nine or ten months during the year
and the richness of such a pasture will feed a 1,000
pound steer per acre and equal to any of the famed
! », pastures of the tfest. One of the ways out for
jW ' southern farms is through the establishing of such
tet pastures. More and more of such pastures are com-
fy- ing next year in Georgia and South Carolina and the
i'T" .time to prepare for sdeh pastures—to get at least
t " the work started is during the next 60 days.
; v., A MAGNANIMOUS SPIRIT
Jl ^ . If there is any part of a city government which
, should steer clear of politics it Is the fire depart-
■ went. .
v*'\ f As Will Irwin, the well known writer said in a
Saturday Evening Post article last week, “there seems
to be an unwritten agreement between people of
C, towns and cities and the politicians that th/e latter
can manipulate with any other branch of govern-
T ment,if they must.manipulate, so long as (he fire dc-
„ partment is left alon<?.”. “Do what you will with any
of the other city departments,” they seem to say to
the politicians, “but, keep you hands off the fire de
partment.”
The existence of a city sometimes is dependent up
on tjie efficiency of the fire department. There may
--.v come a time in Athens; there have been times in the
part, when valuable property and human life hangs
C in the balance of a fireman’s efficiency. For that
rfearon none but efficient men should be chosen re-
— - cordless ’of their personalities.
!'■■‘ A military officer, directors of law enforcement
i"’\ squads and fire chiefs sometimes must be stript dis-
■ ciplinarinns and the more disciplinarian a man in
one of these positions is the likelier he is to incur the
i enmity of some of his men. A commander.of men must
(j certainly try to be human to them but always he must
** bo their commander.
There .have been certain differences In the Athens
fire department. These differences have got into
city council and certain members of city council
have, for reasons which they undoubtedly believed
' . just, found it.convenient to "punish” the fire chief of
the local department On two occasions particular
ly, they have manifested their ill will toward the
chief by kiling appropriations designed to meet ex
penses to the annual fire chiefs’ convention.
i» Wednesday night these gentlemen demonstrated a
;j'», very magnanimous spirit by rescinding n previous
action which had scratched from the budget a $100
appropriation for the fire chief's trip and voted to
defray his expenses to Richmond for the national
convention nertt fall-
As has been stated before, the gentlemen who saw
fit to deny the fire chief the trip to the convention on
at least two occasions may have very good reasons,
as far as they are personaly concerned, to chastise
the chief, as a man. However, their action Wednes-
■ ~*day nighfrfndicates that they are unanimous in agree
ing that as a fire chief he should be dealt with im
personally and in dealing with him officially only the_
best interests of the city and its people should be
considered. 1
The Banner-Herald congratulates these gentlemen
on the spirit they have shown.
BURBANK GIVEN POINTERS
H. F. Hanes, a farmer of Willow Glen, near Ale
xandria, La., brought to Alexandria the other day
a freak of nature which it is understood there, Luth
er Biirbank, the plant wizard, has been trying to
produce. It is nothing more nor less than a plant that
works both ways, bearing Irish potatoes on the roots
and tomatoes on the foiiage.
Hanes planted potatoes on a plot of ground, it Is
said, where, tomatoes grew last fell and where the
freak was recently found. The potatoes and to
matoes are about equal in number, but the potatoes
£re larger than the tomatoes. Discovery of a potato-
tomato plant was reported at Forest Hill, La., but was
given little credence until Hanes came to Alexandria
and exhibited his plnqt and the fruit to potato grow-
It is certainly a wonderful freak-
PARTING
By Berton Braley
e two have been comrades to
gether
In seasons of stress anti of
strain,
We’ve wandered in all kinds of
weather,
The sun and the wind and the
rain;
But now—well, old pal, you must
leave me,
The time of our parting is here,
And though it should properly
grieve nie,
I find I’m not shedding a tear.
I still look at you with affection
Remembering gratefully how
You’ve given me comfort, protec
tion.
But still, I am ditching you
now.
For daily the sky’s growing
brighter
And though you’ve been sturdy
and true,
I want a companion who’s lighter,
And gayer and smarter than
you.
Old pals, though all right in a
measure,
Growing wearisome after
while,
And l find a good deal of pleasure
In those of a different style.
A straw, at this season, is more
appropriate style in a hat;
Goodby to you, battered Fedora,
I’m leaving you perfectly flat!
Athens Visitors
Among those visiting In Athens
Monday were IT. H. and Mrs. Park
er, Hock Hill, H. C„ M. J. Taylor,
New Orleans; Mrs. II. H. Buell
Miss M. A Buell, New York Glty
T .A. Swain, St. Louis J. E Camp
bell. Atlanta; H T. Chance, Augus
ta; W. F. Powers, Atlanta; E. F
Jgckson, Augusta; J. T Wiggins
Edison, Ga
C. E Doyle JaOulsvlHe, Ky \V. C
Bright, New York; W. W. Harlan,
Nashville; W. R. Bailer. Baltimore;
John T/Day, Atlanta; Mell Daniel
Now York.
O. Martin. 'Covington, Ort. r
Mrs* Ida Pearson, Jacksonville,
Fla.: Thomas L. Asl>ury. Augusta;
W. Oliver, Winder, E .P. Har
ris, Winder; Mrs. E. * R. Harris,
Winder
B. B. Wright, Newtoif N. C.;
B Ogden. Natchez. Miss; Hay
Johnson. Warrtnton, On.; R . S
Small, Charleston, S. C.; W. J.
Garrison, St Petersburg, Fla
AUCTION 1ST BALE
SAVANNAH. Go.—The first bate
of the 1923 crop was sold FrldajK
at the cotton exchange to the Liv
ingston Glover Company for 56
cents a pound. The cotton wa»
grown near Whitney, Fla., by W.
L. Richardson, It was shipped to
Gordon and Company, who sold ’if
at auction. It arrived Saturday.
liege avenue and Clayton street}ll/ail-..
(suggested for site for hew court|VpCia » r cU IS
Home Recogn
house.
Charley Hurley, a negro, cap
tured in Anderson, S. C., charged
with assault with intent to mur
der.
Miss Hester Burton, summer
school student, of Monroe^ died.
Miss Edith Hodgson and Hugh[ the 1)0Bt „^ -ucj
Hodgson arrived in Berlin. jment Is an immediat,
m system In companies i n l'
Statistics Show
Slim Men Have
Best Hope of Life
CHICAGO—American j
| opera must be encoura^.
! production is expected, ",
in the United .States,
Eleanor Everest Freer
the
-chairman of tfii
ment. National Federation
statement
Clubs.
day.
“The adoption of ,
gunge for forelgp
American opei
NEW YORK.—'Thirty
magical age in the health develop
ment of the ordinary person’s
, At thirty ue In supposed more j f O0 t,ng with those
! nearly to approach the normal. IJn- j world, and also will e n0l
J dor thirty he may well weigh nj closer study of our own
; number of pounds above the aver- itloss," Mrs. Freer asscrio,
j age called for In the standard ica hfls opt-ra nnd music
• height, weight and age tables, hut; own, but • Afnericd'ns hav«
! after thirty the longest life span ! fully realized ft.
‘ prevails among those whose j “Operas indigenous f 0
I weights are uniformly below the j in the.'r subjects, are of
averago, according to figures com- portance, although
Ailed by the Metropolitan Life In- rL‘‘ tc ' 8 , * r °xclusR»- p-rfu!
suranee company, of this city, an l
given out by the American Child j® . rtrf? * 3r a ,)Pr8 °
t» track of 1,1s or her weight. L. cannot nffS.i in'*
and to remedy any excess by diet treasurpn behl® us
and'right living. [generations.*' «*-
In a statement accompanying \ ^
the figures Dr. Lopis T. Dublin. 1 PRAISE BULGARIAN
Ob' the insurance company, who4 _■ -—
complied them, says: IpV]ffff4^-AnH'rli
After thirty, people who weigh
less than the average have a bet- * " £rnr n * “
tor chance for long life, the rec
ords 'of the Insurance companies
show. ’After this ago It Is a decid
ed advantage to be slight and a
serious handicap to gain material
ly In weight; provided, of course,
that the light weight is not the re
sult oif a sudden loss In weight
which may be the result of organic
this life has ended. However, he
|deserves it and it only goes to
[show that a nmn of his type is
(appreciated by the people and that
( it is seldom a decision reached by
— —■ —■ the public is wrong.
The assassination of Gen* ‘should have taken over Mexico!
cral Francisco Villa has re- ; whpn nil , trn * ” \ ATHENS TWELVE YEARS AGO
moved from the Mexican gov- , n our troops crosstd thc bov ‘ i Sunday, July 23, 1911.
eminent a character who has u» r . ano . cnrcr ea that country.) Hr. M. L. Troutman, of thc j
been a disturbing element in that Vr , eo ls not friendly to America.j First Methodist church, preached
country for these many years. * nn °l ,cn Kate for unfriendly ;on the subject of, ‘‘Barbarian Re-I
Mexico has been in a state of de-(J 1 . on8 *° en * er should at any ligions; or the Barbarian’s Con-;
moialixation ever since the de- * ,mc disagreement and war arose Iception of God.”
throning of Diaz aqd the many | * ,e ^M reen foreign nations and our J Dr. E. M. Potent of Greenville, '
rulerg who have com* into power! s?.?. ntry * assassination of |S. preached at the First Bap- I
since have not been able to satis- j Y. , ; a nia y ,n a wa >’ improve con-.tist church.
fy the people of that nation. It jg[ditions in that country and bring The Rev. .1, C. Davis, D. D., for
“But the weight tables posted
public scales,”
“should not be taken too
Young porsons may well weigh a
number of pounds above the av
erage called for by the tables. An
excess of ten pounds is associated
with the most favorable conditions
among people between twenty and
twenty-fivo years old.
Bulgaria, hsi-o I found 1)lat
show maakeil progress in c,
ing practical with theoretic
ucation, amt King Boris
ified at tills comment
Investigators called upon hi
cently in this city.
Professor Paul Monroe, ,t
of the International i,„
Teachers College, New Vorl
Dr. William P. fUisscl.
_ director, were (Jie king'
continues;' niul werp impressed hv
> literally, democratic demeanor am! i
gent interest ln.maftors eda-
al.
,READ
BANNER-HERAL
WANT ADS
mixed breed and lawless de
ment of citizenship and the
force ment of law arul order
practically impossible. We have
always believed that this country
/low to luildup your
TO be tinder weight olteri
* prove* low fighting-power lit
|hs body. It olten means you aro
Minns nerve-power, minus red-
' " cells In your
blood, minus
health, minus
vitality. It is
Strioua to bs
minus,, but
the moment
you incrcaael
the number!
j of your red-
I Mood-cdls, you begin to become
; Plus. That’s why 5. S. S., sine?
I 1826, has meant to thousands ol
underweight men and women, t
plus in their strength. Your bodi
fills to the point o( power,
flesh becomes flrmer, the-sge
that coma from thinness distv
K ar. You look younger, firmer,
ppler, and you feel It, too,
pvtr your body., Mora red-blc,
: pells! S. 8. S. will build them.
C. I. fL b seta at til seed
■bv* •»»•*,In two rina fiu.
larger tin b am* eceaemlceL
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DIGESTION
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Flavor.
THEM’S
many years rector of Emmanuel
church, preached at that church.
I. R. Ennis, construction super-1
The announcement that Bar- intendent of the S. A. L., died i
rett & Co. will continue ax a from injuries received from being j
going concern, find will be able Rtruck by his own train at Ogles- J
to meet obligations, will be by.
received with much interest and! Speer property, corner of Col-1
satisfaction throughout the state j —“——_____—
and country. Barrett & Co., was
rated ns the largest cotton con-,
cern in the United States and
their worth to the cotton belt/
states can not be overestimated.
It has been a factor in Commer
cial circles for a number of years
of much importance nnd value to
the cotton planters in dispos
ing of the cotton crop. The fact
that those who had 'largo dealings
with Frank H. Barrett, head of the
firm, show such absolute confi
dence in him nnd in his ability tc
overcome the temporary embar
rassment lends encouragement to
an early settlement which will be
satisfactory to all interested. One
of the largest creditors is quoted
ns having said, “I would swim the
Mississippi river to serve Frank
Barrett.” When men in authority
n.id backed by assets come out
this strong, it is quite evident
that Mr. Barrett will succeed and
his holdings' bo sufficient to pro
tect all parties interested in the
temporary embarrassment of the
concern over which he presides
and directs.
No Need of Walking These Hot Summer Day
Buy one of our Pedigreed Used Cars. They have beefl
reconditioned. Our^turms will suit your pockfitbook.
New Slar Touring 7 Passenger Cole
•Ford Sedan Dodge Truck
i> Passenger Buick II 1919 Chevrolet Touring
CONOLLY MOTOR COMPANY
DISTRIBUTOR IIUICK MOTflR CARS
Best
Round Trip
Summer Fares
from Athens, 6a.
Going end returning via
Savannah and imp
New York.. $53.13
Boston..... 65.69
Philadelphia 48.35
Baltimore .. 42.80
Mg via Savannah and ship
1 .turning nit, or vice vena
New York . .$55.60
Boston..... 70.70
Fares to othor resorts
ly reduced. Tickets
and berth aboard ship.
ttton mppty toTtdmt Ogkt,C.ufCu.
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GE&RUL^RbTBL
1 When the announcement was
J first made, end even before
any official announcement
had been issued; by those in
authority, all kinds of wild ru
mors were afloat in Athens. Some
had it that at least two of the
Athens banks would be swamped.
The writer undertook to run down
some of the rumors and it did not
take long to ascertain that little
or no truth was In any of them. In
stead of the Athens banks suf
fering several hundred thousand
dollars, as was being told, less
than one hundred thousand dol
lars was involved and every penny
represented in the Athens banks
' is protected with amplo and safe
• securities.
j It only goes to shqw how
I eiaily people become panicky
j and whether It is malicious or
? not, often such wild rumors
■ result in imaging not only the
j concern with which the rumors
I 'aro connected, but the entire com
mercial* interests of a community
may be damaged thereby. People
should weigh well their words be-
(tore quoting even what they heard
in instances of this kind, even
though the failure may be one
subject to criticism, it is better to
wait until the courts have inves
tigated before circulating pre-
sumptious remarks.
there was one feature in
connection with the announce
ment which caused the writer
^nuch pleasure and happiness.
On all sides and from folks In all
walks of life, there was a general
expression given that they would
gamble on the Athens .end of the
business as being 100 per cent
clear of any embarrassment for
the reason that Charles H. Phin-
Ixy was in charge of the branch.
That, to my mind, is. p tribute to
Mr.' Phinady worth mora than gold.
To .have the confidence and faith {
of one’s fellow cMsens la an asset *
in life which does not come to all 1
: and one which last# long after J
BO*
Business men all over the city are realizing
what tremendous power our classified columns
have.
Let us help you get what you want—when you
want it.
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