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VOL. 91—NO. 160.
En^is, Carswell, Neill and
prs Are Looked Upon
“Possible Candidates
Nex&Year.
Associated Press Service
Mr. Carswell’s legislative record
this summer was his leaving the
chair to fight for passage of tho
•Milner Tobacco sales tax bill,
which already hail been passed by
tho house.
ATHENS. GA., 8UNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper
1 HOLD
ILF1
(By Associated Preta.)
ATLANTVL—Howard Ennis, of
Baldwin; Cdcil Neill, of Muscogee;
Hcracbel Ellers, of Tatnail, an0
George Carswdil, of Wikinson, com
pose the groupVf gubernatorial as
pirants developed during the 1923
r ess Ion of the Georgia General As
sembly.
Every section outlie state legis
laturo develops possible candidates
for governor and other offices, but
this year the numberds larger than
usual, according to observers.
Mr. Neill, who has been speaker
of the house for several terms,
lias been mentioned in Y'onnection
with rat^s for the governorship for
the past three years. Hfy friends
and chief supporters fpm\ Colum
bus, in Atlanta fo the closing days! j ;, f ' thi
of the session, stated Mi\ Nelli
might enter tho campaign next
year. If he does not make tint race
Tho president charged that a
lobby similar to tnoso present at
the capitol In days before .prohi
bition laws went Into effect had
actively fought the bill. He urged
its passage on the ground that it
would provide funds with which
to build a new hospital building at
tho Alto Tubercular sanitarium
and to pay Confederate pension
ers.
When the vote on the bill had
been recorded, one tally necessary
to give tho measure the necessary
constitutional majority was lack
ing. The president voted “aye” and
TO HELP/
in 1924, it was said, he would bo
certain to enter in 1926.
Mr. Ennis, whose honie is it^
Mllledgovllle, Is a veteran of the
the bill was passed and signed by
the governor the following day.
Jones Perryman, of Talbot, n
veteran of the house, has an
nounced bis candidacy for «••!!*Itur
general of the Chattahoochee cir
cuit. Mr. Ferryman has served as
chairman of the house penitentiary
committee several sessions an 1
took leadin'* paris in two invosti-
catlonu of the state pris on at VM-j
ledgevllle. He )s one of the noth
ors of several bills designed tj
recognise the states penal syj
hedulod to be acted »:
next regular session of
assembly.
Wimberlv. r.t Laurens, know]
moot of the bouse member]
“Hal.” has stated he will
the state supreme court n
George Lankford, of I.j
been mentioned in connect!^
the eoneressional race
twelfth district. Mr. I.nnkfef’d, who
served in th° state senate this
ear. stated be bad net/decided
W. Lr
of Dublin. Is the pres
ent oencressman from the twelfth
district and is expected to . stand
for rQ-election.
HI INCHES THAT HAVE
Lf JTOKD THE GOLDFISH
Dean of the Harvard
School of Busines^ calls these
three k fundamental elements
of bu? il|ess success: Judgment;
i Tact.
clothicf
slogan in his
ising: “Piece
and prepare
ur August
assembly. IIo was successful this ^bethor f )c w m ninko the
vear tn securing a deficiency ap
propriation of $239,000 for the state
sanatorium, in Baldwin, and
author of a bill to create a state
revenue department, which v^ill
be pushed for passage later. He
was chairman of the ways and
means committee. • His supporters
have stated they wish him to run
for governor in 1926.
Herschel Elders, of Tatnail.
nounced several weeks ago
would make tho race for governor
in 1926. The representative
he intended to run In 1924, hut
when Governor Walker appeared
lie fore the general assembly re
cently again urging passage of tax
reform measures hnd the tax equal-
iiiatlc.n repeal bill* Mr. Elders Is
sued a statement that the present
incumbent had "lived up" to his
campaign pledges and deserved
re-election to a second tern..
Mr. Eiders is the author
bill proposing an Income tax. lim
ited to four per cent, llo offered
another reform measure early in
the session from which ibe con
stitutional amendments committee*
selected one of its proiiosed sub
stitutes to tho .original Lankford
renate income tax measure. Tim
Tatnail representative is prepar
ing to offer a tax hill for consid
eration of the lawmakers when
they moot In extraordinary session
this fall, he said. .
Mr. Carswell served as president
ctf the senate this year, being elect
ed without opposition. He has serv
ed in tho assembly a number of
years and long has been one of
the Interesting figures In Georgia
politics.
Ono of the outstanding events in
gist advertises
.. ying “o natu
ral emphasis to Your cLirm,**
he aftPmrAs thatAevery fem
inine reatler has 'the charm
and that' to emphasize it is
perfectly natural. If^ has
frlcnds.i
“Prices that wfll win
friend/; values that Will hold
them,/ is used by a Women**
clothing dealer, but is \ippli-
cablo to any % business.
conservative f T ew
savings hank whirh 1
cries of ads featuring
distinctly comic cartoon foup
tl/nt in six, months its depot-
increased nearly threis
Quarters of a million dollars!
\nd its dignity wasn't hurtA
either.
BANNER* HERALD
Ad Phone 75.
(By Associated Preta)
MOSCOW.—-Jtussla's most ambi
tious educational afed exposltiouai
undertaking since the revolution la
scheduled td open the latter part
of August At Moscow. It will bo
an exhibiuou of agriculture and
machinery with the participation
of foreign firms, prin-
ipally German. Some American
harvest^* machinery is also to be
shown.
the buildings for the
posit idh have been newly construc
ted, Uielr erection constituting the
largyit building operation in Rus-
ace the war. Including live
barns there are nearly one
ultdred structures, mostly of
irpod, though some are of steel and
onrrete. Each of the various un
ions making up tho United States
f Russia will have Its' separate
/building. Some of them, partic
ularly the Turkestan building, a
model inosquo in stucco, are arch-
itectualiy beautiful. That of the
Far East Republic starts as an
Eskimo’s Igloo, ties itself Into fu
turistic architectural knots, and
ends up by looking like a ship, it
t° being symbolic of various types of
structures encountered from the
Polar regions of Siberia to Vladi
vostok.
Ten thousand workmen have
been engaged In the operation
♦ho R jnco spring, and the site, a splen
did lilt of rolling ground on tho
Moscow river, will bo green and
colorful with growing grain, grass
and flowers when tho fair opens.
Turks Honor
Woman Soldier
CONSTANTINOPLE.-:' Turkey’s
only woman officer has resigned
her commission in the army and
was received on retirement at a
public audience by tho Caliph. The
woinnn la Lieutenant Kara-Fatma
Hanen, about 45 years aid and tho
widow of a Turkish Major. To
gether with 15 femals relatives,
she joined the nrmy at the begin
ning of tho Great War.
This small band of women was
assigned to tho Caucasian front
but it was not until after tho arm
istice that they saw much action.
Then they took part In the fight
ing against the Armenians, and
after that wore sent to Anatolia
against the Greeks. There they
joined a body of 700 men and j
were present at the battlo of In-
Kim'i. In which a number of them,
lost their lives. J
ACTORS DEMAND DAILY PAY
LONDON.—SIngors and actors |
in tho countries affected by the
slump in exchanges have adopt**!
a new method of collecting their j
salaries. The artists now demand
that they be paid at the conclusion
of each day’s work, and at tho
rate of exchange paid for seats
that day.
Tho artists have refused to sign
contracts except on this basis, as
they claim that the fluctuation pi
the exchango makes their salary
nracticallv nothing at the end of
tho month.
Fires As An Index To Industrial Conditions'
y&Mi
|A “Break-Down of Moral*'
Shown by Fire
Detroit, St. Lonia, Di
and Norfolk a Are Nol
l Exception*.
A NEW index of business/<
ditions, especially in c/rtaiu
| industries, has been
ered. When there is a narldd in
crease in the number of f/res in
the establishments of a given indus
try, it will be found that business
in that industry is in bad condition.
This assertion it made by frank R.
Morgaridge. who directs jhe work
of the Come
' LQSIN61
MONEY
e>_ : v O'
Committee on In
diarism
and Anon of the Natiodal Board
of Fin Underwriters aim is
ably {he leading authority h
' 1 uti the subject of the crime
world on the subject
of arson.
“You can generally
dition of the gam
instance, that it is
orders have fallen
I ness has slacked
by a marked incre;
her of fires in fs
■uch goods,- said
JTake another indi
industry. When
there was an imi
all sorts of lea
while the war
It the con
fer
. that
f and btis-
ly generally,
in the num-
producing
r. Morgaridge.
ry—the leather
ent into the war
iate demand for
products and
inned. there was
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not a single fire h a leather factory.
When the war ended and business
in that industry slumped, there was
a sudden outbreak of fires in leather
r places. Why was
upon the chart re
public by the Glens
ce Company, proving
over ths .past eleven
cently .
Fails In
from a —
yean that'when business b good,
fires decrease and when business is
bad, fires increase, he said:
“The figures are there to prove
the concision. You cannot deny
the obvious fact which they prove.
Moral hazard is something which
cannot be measusred, but it must be
reckoned with, and it behooves us
all to work together toward sup
pression of this crime."
The committe is working with fo
cal authorities in all parts of the
country to assist them in investiga
ting cases of Jhcendiarism. In a
number of tities, the Police Depart-
tpents have organized special Ar
son Squads: Detroit, St Louis. Dal
las and Norfolk being notable ex
amples. Influenced by the large
number of incendiary fires in New
York City, hs District
ha, created a special
the investigation and .
this class of crime, appointii
Assistant District Attorney f<
special purpoae
Mr. Morgaridge ascribes the
btence of moral hazard in fisc
surance to the general break-
of morals in toe past few
pointing out that never before were V
failures from dishonesty, robberies
and all sorts of crime so prevalent,
Insurance companies, he says, are
doing everything 'they can to min
imize insurance of suspicious risk].
Single Copies 1 Cent* Daily. 5 Cent* Sunday.
SMICHAEL BROTHERS
’T'AKB stock at once of
* your hedding and Lin
en aupply, Blankets, Com
forts, Sheets, Cases,
Towels and Table Linens
arc priced 25 to 30 per
cent under the regular
prices end those that will
exist during the fall.
A LL the gooda in the
*"* August sale of Blank
ets, Comforts end House
hold Linens are taken
from our regular stocks
of standard high quality
merchandise. You are as
sured of tho finest grades
regardless of how low the
prices may be.
Augu/t Sale of
All Comforts here are of warm,
durable, comfortable quality,
not too heavy or lumpy* or
sticky.
Silk Covered
l-4th Off
Your choice of our entire atock
of Silk Covered Comforts, ail
filled with the finest lamb's
wool.
To $13.50 Comforts
$8.47
Fine lamb's wool, covered with
high (Trade sateen.
To $9.50 Comforts
$7.1
Of lamb's wool* satin covered.
To $5.50 Comforts
$3.96
Hygia cotton filled.
AND HOUSEHOLD LINENS
Comfort Wool Blankets Wool Blankets
Sale
$5,96 Pair
A wonderful value that will be priced in reg
ular stock $7.50. These fine pairs of blank
ets are about 60 per cent wool, and come in
beautiful fast color plaids, roue, blue, tan,
grey. Size 66x80.
$4,96 Pair
These fine single bed wool‘blanket* sold last
season to $6.50 when blankets cost less than
now. They are solid white with borders of
rose or blue. At $4.96 pair they will not be
here for long. Size 60x80.
SALE SA7IN and MARSEILLES SPREADS
Our entire stock of Satin and Marseilles Bed Spreads goes into this sale,
all at very low prices—
To $4.95 Spreads
$3.46 Sale
Sizes for single and double
beds, plain, hemmed and cut
corners.,,,.... .,,
To $6.95 Spreads
$4.94 Sale
Fire spreads for medium and
large beds* plain* hemmed or
scalloped and cut corners.
To $9.50 Spreads
$5.94 Sale
All very handsome satin
spreads, all styles and sizes in
cluding the extra large.
COLORED DIMITY SPREADS
Single Beds -. .. $2.54
Double Beds $2.96
In colors rose, blue and mais. Regularly
sold for $2.95 and $3.50. The colors arc
guaranteed fast- •
RtPPELLETTE BED SPREADS
63x90 $1.96
72x90 $2.19
much wanted wish quilt*. Buy freely a large
supply.
EXTRA FINE
Wool
blankets
Pure 101) Per Cent Wool
$18.50 Blankets
for $13.84
And there are no handsomer or
finer. Solid colon, plain nnd
fancy designs. Sizes 72x84.
To $13.50 Blankets
for $9.96
Handsome, all wool, solid white
and plaid in ail colon. Single
and in pairs. Sizes 70x80 and
72x84. t-,.i MUM
To $10.00 Blankets
for $6.96
Lovely wool blanket* in white,
plaids, blacks and Indian de
signs are in this lot. Also finer
Beacon cotton blankets.
Michael’s Goodwear Sheets
!
Made according to our own particular specifications, Good-
wear Sheets and Pillow Cases are being used in thousands
of homes. They wear long and launder beautifully.
Towels
Stock up! Such low
not be offered again
long time to come.
kite 83x90, Plain
Size 72x90, Plain
Size 72x99, Plain
Size 81x90, Plain
Size 81x90, H. S.
Size 90x90, Plain
81.19
81.29
81.49
81.49
81.63
$1.69
Derryvale Linens—Hali; Price!
And you’ll hare to be here early to be among
there are not many pieces and they will fly.
—Pure Linen Cloths, 70z70, 72x72, 72z90.
—Pure Linen Napkins, Size 22x22.
—Pure Linen Cloth and Napkin Seta.
Linen Pattern Cloths, 70x70, $3.96
And 83.96 never before bought such a fine table cloth. Of
heavy pure Irish Linen in new and handsdme designs.
Pure Linen Napkins, Dozen $3.95
Size 16Kx!6M, the medium handy size Napkin now so pop
ular. You’ll be amazed at the fine quality. These Napkins
may be had hemmed or unhemmed.
Brown’s Shamrock Napkins
Dozen $6.94
Satiny puiw EJnen Damask Napkin* in lovely designs. Size
20x20. These are worth $9.50 dozen.
All Other Table Linens
Less 20 Per Cent
Size 90x00, II. S 81.79
Size 00x90. Plain .... 81.74
Szio 90x108, Plain .... $1.92
Size 63x90, II. S *1.19
Size 42x30 31
Size 45x36 3!
Size 45x36, II. S 4]
(hose pure Linen guest size Tnw-
,1< are of excellent quality and
III usually from 6Sc to $1.25.
Linen Towels
$1.32 Each
Regular ’$1.85, very handsome
quality and extTS line. ,
Linen Towels
94c Each
Regular 21.25 large heavy fine
towels,'of beautiful quality. Size
20x35 and 18x34.
Union Linen
32c Each
A remarkable towel and you
should buy it by the dozen.
Cotton Towels
29 Cents
Tnal Clearance
imer Shoes
embied all the odd sizes and odd lota and made
prices that will move them quickly. Every pair is
e, but the siaes are broken, hence the sacrifice.
Blacks in All Styles, Kid, Suede, Satin, Whites,
Pumps and Oxfords, Kid, Canvas, Reignskin.
The prices are so low that you may Buy twq pairs and in
some Instances three, for what would usually be tho price
of on*.
Buy China and Glass Now
Less One-Fourth
We need the space for other purposes that is now used by
our crockery and glassware store downstairs. This fives
you an opportunity to effect gnat savings on Dinner Sets,
Tea, Berry, Salad, Cake and odd China Seta, os well as Cut,
Etched and Plain Table Glassware.
Summer Wash Fabrics
Now bear marvelously low prices—and for their wear yon
still have two hot months. Voiles, Swines, Muslin and
other colored Wash Cottons an being sold below original
coat. ) ...
Lovely Fabrics
of the new season are
rapidly appearing. Silks
of gerat richness and
warmth of color, fine
Woolens and pile fabrics,-
all go to make an inter
esting exhibition.
Visit Daily
the ready-to-wear sections
and be assured of seeing
something new each day.
Eren though you do not
care to select now, your
inspection is desired of
the new garments.