m BANNKR-B1WAID. ATHIOTSi GBORGM
MONDAY, AUGUST 27L1923
SPORT NEWSf
Around Athens
"| | ought to boy homo ground Horn
11 and meal. It is sold at our oiirb
11 market
With Col. T. Lorry Gantt
HEELS TO OFFER FORMIDABLE
TEAM ON GRIDIRON THIS SEASON
WE NOTICE at our curb market
cars from upper Elbert and the
mountain counties, tho latter load
ed with apples and cabbage.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.—The inf tho eight available in 1»22, hut
University of North Cardinal; the four men of almost equal pnw
| ON THURSDAY and Friday j
! of this week, August 30th and :11st. j SEVERAL OF OUR citizen;
' "I" bo presented at the Palace suggested that tho city should
| an extraordinary attraction, "llluc- bui) ,j a mur ket house where farm-
I beard's 18th Wife." This bluebeard | crB can [^ng In and sell theit
u a modern millionaire, whose j 1>ro(lMce during cold and rainy
•ather. By charging a small rent
I wife decides to held him—and she
the side lines
fooabnll team went undefeated in'or will not
Dixie i.i 1922 and a 18 to 0 loss : ready for scr
to Yale proved the only defeat-oil
any kind. As the 192.1 season n|>-! McGEE NOT
preachers midiron lollosvcrs are j TO RETURN
asking, “Will Carolina produce!
such a team again.- And, frankly • It is understood here now that
enough, most of them who know I Alan McGee, regular half hack
the situation ray it can’t Ik* dune .'for the past two seasons, will not
because of a lack of reserve pow-jreturn and instead of four waiting
<jr to relieve the frist string substitutes of varsity calibre for
eleven. jthe hackfield thci
tho
.amazing j for g j a || 8 the building can be made
P ,c * I to pay the cost of constructing. It
most
strategy imaginable. See ^ ^ _ ^
turo and you will sou all the dlf-1 po equal rnnvcnlimce
ricicnt ot empty all houses in townj lK) , h to our citizens and farmers,
amateur, between silk and cotton.; . _
tin* people have confidence nnd
trtisft It impresses us tliat Hugh
White is the man for this great
work.
Police in Savannah
Aid in Getting
Facts For Directory
will be
This, frist eleven should prove a j Certainly this will be true at the
dose rival to the 1922 team which first of the season with the Fet-
the Fctzcr brothres built up andjzers working with a'quartet cf
maintained. The line may be ifine varsity back:;, some scrubs,
somewhat weaker, but not much,and four fairly good men from
and the four varsity backs, Md-.lhe 1922 freshman squad. Hard-
D »i;:tl«l, Merritt, Sj.an ow and bjiled football fans, then, say that
Randolph, should cynjparo ravora-jlhe chances for another Carolina
biy \vith the M I)t ;a!«f-Johnston-|team that can lick everything it,
K-ilcGi*c combination of last plays in the south rest on the)
She gowns by themselves arc
ference between the artist and
these two days. This play is Intro
duced in Athens after a record-
brcal^ng year on tho road. In
New York It did n capacity busi
ness for six months. The picture
will play the Howard theatre in
Atlnn’n. Don't miss this big spec
ial attraction. At both the Palace
nnd Strand, extra fine pictures will
he shown all of tills vcok.
faP. . But when one of those four j Fetzor’s ability to develop back-
back* hn.» to emo out who will;field men, and to develop them
the Fctzer’.? tu h in to take his quick.
place,? The line is nU right. Of cours«
•the team has lost Pritchard, 1922
SHORT ON .captain and guard, and Blount.
RESERVES* i Following is the schedule:
: September 29, Wake Forest at
At the beginning of the season'Chapel Hill,
they will have no one nnd if they J October (J, Yale at New Haven,
have reserve backs of power later) October 12, Trinity at Durham,
they will have to be developed. • October 18, N. C. State at Ka-
Louki.jg on the surface of things leigh.
Carohia students ore jubilant over' October 27, Maryland nt College
the prcnpwti, l»ut when they look Perk, Md.
for Clawson the brilliant back- j November 2, South Carolina at
field they see it in the Inck of sub- 'Columbia. S. C.
stitufes. Last year the Fetzers. November 10, V. M. I., unlocat-
hnd eight Lacks of varsity size nnd ed.
early-proved ability. This year' November 17, Davidson, unlocat-
they will have four w ho, except ;ed.
for the loss of the flying “Red” I November 29, Virginia at Chapel
Johnston, are as good as any four Hill.
i I
! Baseball Results 1
STANDING OT CLUBS
• 80UTHE n N LEAGUE
CMJBS—
NcW. Orleans
MoMIc
Birmingham .
Atlanta
Nashville ....
Memphis
rhattannoga .
Lttlf Hock
Cl 02 .496
43 71 .308
.546
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CLUBS— W. L. Pet;
No* York 7S 42 .041
Olctekmd 65 54
DeUoU 60 54
Ht. Izouln 00 50
Washington 56 60
Chicago , 54' 63
Pliiktdt iphln 50 Cfi
Boston .... 44 70
.386
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CLUBS— W. I..
New York . 78 48
rin^lnnntl .... 73 48
ritAurff 72 48
ChlnuM* 06 65
St. todlo .. 59 02
Brooklyn 67 03
Philaitelphla 39 78
Boston ..— 36 81
New York at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
Washltigto at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. IzoiiIn at Philadelphia.
Chicago nt New York.
Cincinnati at Boston.
Only three games scheduled.
CY WILLIAMS TIE8 B. RUTH
CIIICAOO—Cy Williams of the
Philadelphia Nationals, last wpek
cracked out three home runs and
evened his record with Babe ttuth
of the New York Americans, whr.
lmd gained a lead of three hom*
runs the week before. Each
the leading hitters of the two i
Jor lengues started out this weel
with 32 circuit hits to his credit
Rutty was Idle last week so f
heme runs were concerned.
Aifierlcnn League:
Ruth, New York, 32.
Williams, St. Louis, 25.
Hrllmnnn. Detroit. 10. ,
'Hauser, Philadelphia. 14.
Brower Cleveland 14.
McManus, St. Louis, 14.
National longue:
Williams, Philadelphia 32.
Fournior. Brooklyn. 17.
Miller, - Chicago 16.
MCuscV New York 19,.
Hornsby, St. Louis, 14.
TO SHOW what southern farm
ers con do, Mr. Lon Cyllnwny
bought his fnthor’s fine farm In
Oglethorpe county, containing 2.-
400 acres. He also bought adjoin
ing Uncts totalling as much more
iind. fn th-cc veers lie bas made
enough from the farms to pay for
the land.
WE SEE FROM THE PAPERS
that the Texni cotton crop is dry
ing and nrcmaturelv opening. B
is said 'Perns cannot make this
•car much over half a crop. Cr.t-
ton in Arkansas is helm? eaten up
by army worm sand the boll wee
vil, and the crop In thnt ftMo will
also be cut In half. The south can
not msslblv make over ten mil
lion hales thiH year.
SEVERAL OF OUR LEADING
farmers stated that the little in-
tervie.w wo published with John
T. Plitard was the most accurate
and Intelligent report of the cotton
cron they have seen anywhere. Mr.
Pittnrd is one of our most conser-.
vntlve and best informed business
men nnd farmers.
Pci.
Bpartantiurg
Chnaloile ....
AusS»ta
flmdivllle ....
On,(unto —
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7 SUNDAY'S RESULTS
80UTHERN LEAGUE
Chattanooga 2; Mi-mphU 9.
Mobile 8: New Orleans 4.
Little Rock 4{ Nushlvllo 7.
three' games srheduln
American "League
Now York 3; Cleveland 4.
I tar tori 6: Chicago 4.
Philadelphia 1: St. Louis 4
4j Detroit S.
Cordeic Minister
Preaches Series of
“Boll Weevil” Sermons
CORDELE, Oa.—Rnv. O. n.
iloath. pastor of thn r-lrat Metho
dist f'hurch hero, for tho pa*t nt*
’ral Sitmlavh hnx horn pmarlilnz a
' 7i™ of zanaona of particular In
trrr.l to farmer;. Ho has deals,
noted tho aorinrna t'i) "boll woe
'll" acrlcB. Th ir bnro boon filled
with ni t nrnl u'tiiral nllu.tons and
tlltiztrntlnna and havq nine Von
voyed n Btrong aiilrllintl tm-rsac,
Tho largo congrcgatlona havo
borno mute toailmony to th* pop-
oloctty of the aorloa.
V.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
tKBrooklyn 3.
8; New York 4.
14tp gium-a achcdutcd.
rSOUTHERN I.KAOUE
Orleans at Atlanta,
vllle nt Memphis.
|| Vf^ile nt Bl'mlnghnm.
ttnnoogn ht Little Bock.
- AMERICAN LEAGUE
at Chicago. ,
Ginneries in Tyrrell
County Are Already
Busy, Say Reports
DAWSON, Ga.—A majority of
tho ginneries In Terrell county
have already begun operation anti
•arc* now actively engaged In plac
ing tho cotton In a marketable con
dition. Tho cotton throughout tho
couty Is reported to be opening
rapidly. The yield for 1923 Is raid
t”. bo far below general expecta
tions. Approximately thirty balcf
havo been ginned thus far this
season.
*•«
Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company
The Western Railway of Alabama
The Georgia Railroad
- The Summer Tourist season is pom on und vacations sru
IP order. You wlU be glad to know that conditions surround
ing Bummer Tourist trsrsl in more llbonl this season «h»n
In almost uuy previous year. Reduced met are In effect to
pcerticelly every sUte In the Union as well as to tome point*
to Canada, the various tours Including delightful trip* on
the Atlantic end I’adfic oceans, the Orret Lakes, 8L Law-
pace River, Hudson Rlrer. through tho Yellowstono and
■•her National Forks, to the Grand Canyon, etc. 8top overt
ty he made at any point on either going or return trip,
"dn On.il limit ot ticket, which In, In most cues, Octo-
“* "*■*• #-*• TPUr rovnuuu. nv Hit) HI*TO IQ
.. and any Information deslrml wlU be gladly furnished
ticket agent In yonr town or by lb* undersigned.
P. BILLUPS,
General Pas
Passenger Agent,
Atlanta, Ca.
HARVEY L. MATHEWS, near
Hull has one of the finest farms In
this section. Harvey tells us thr.1
he this year only planted about
six acres in eottm* and It is vorv
promising nnd not n hill of eorn
except in his garden. He sowed
down all of his lard in wheat nnd
oats nnd made n fine grain cron.
He then planted the stebbfc land in
cowpeaa fe r hay nnd It Is on Id ho
has the finest nea crop anywhere.
Mr. Mathews says he will continue
this process and in a few years
will bring his Innd up so thnt Its
THE JUNIOR Republic Associa
tion, with members throughout
the south, is rapidly completing
plans for the building of a Junlot
Republic for the south, a self-gov-
t rnlng villago for wayward bo.v^
and girls. Dr. L. G. Hardman, of
Commerce, gave to this organiza
tion n valuable farm on the high
way between Athena and Center,
but it was never accept''*’ ""
of the “Junior Republic” is still
seen nt its entrance. We doubt
not but tliat Dr. Hardman would
consummate his valuable gift to
«p worthy a cause If apKoachod. It
is a most desirable r *ite for a self-
pporting farm anc. vlllpge.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The day pa
nel of the Savannah police force
has been given the task of gather
ing the requirei) statistics in thr
business census enumeration for
the pro|H>sed-industrial and ccm-
ntercial directory Board of Tirade.
Chief Enoch L. Hendry expects the
t.islc to he .completed within twr
weeks. It is estimated that in
| cess of 3,000 listings wil Ibe re-
] quired to cover the city complete
WINDER IS ON THE hot trail
of a million dollar cotton mill;
Commerce is planning another
r.'too.OOO factory, and Spartanburg
S. <*., will have several new plant*-
including i $r..COO.OOO b' nehco'
Now let us rise to ask. What is
the matter with Athens? Why
cannot we also capture so'ne ol
the manufacturing udustries thnt
are being built nil over the south!
“The mountain will never come t<
Mnhnmmot, so Mahommet must go
to the mountain.”
The publicity committee of the
loard r,f Trade plans to make tin
•repoged directory tho most com
:1» te business and tradp list eve?
onipiled for the city.
Bullet Riddled Body
Of Ncirro Identified
Bjf Florida Officials
JACKSONVILLE.—The body ■
tin* negro riddled with bullets I
a mob near Jacksonville Frida)
night has been identified as tha*
of n negro farm hand suspected of
per ping into a girl’s bedroom Fri
day morning. Investigation nt thr
sheriff’s office proved, officials
.<- ijd. tliat the mob slew the wrong
pegro
could rot have bser
at the scene of the crime.
HUGH WHITE Is one of- out
most enterprising citizens nnd a
leader In every more to build up
bis city and county. What Athens
most needs Is a leader in wbopi
Rome Kiwanians to
Eat First Floyd
Commercial Cheese
ROME. Cia.—The first rorr.mcr
rial rheese ever manufactured ii
Floyd county will he served to th#
Homo Ktwnnls rlub at Its regain
meeting 'next Wednesday. Angus*
29. The ehbese Is the product o’
th* n* w co-operative creamer)
near Home, which began operation!
Icy* than three weeks ago. .*
EVERETT TRUE
crop yields will bo doubled. He .
has mado tho small grain and hoy
nay him aad no trouble about la
bor. Ills lands, lie beautifully nnd
ho enn uso Improved machinery.
A LADY WHO HAS boon com
ing to our curb market started
with n borrowed horse and buggy
She brought vegetables, chickens,
eggs, and blitter from one cow. She
says she has not/only helped to
feed and clothe her family, but paid
off a debt they ow°d nnd last week
bought n Ford car and had enough
money to make tho first payment.
SALESMAN $AM
% Swan
A Clever Idea
.MIL COF.'R BAYS n seed farm
would pay In this section and no i
one else will start one he w. 1 1
himself do so.*He says we should
raise nil thn field and garden seed
needed Instead of Itmmrtlng thorn
from other states. Wo can hor«
grow every variety of seed for all
crops.
WHITE AND FINE FLOUR
r«n he made from hnmo-grcwn
wheat by somo of our local mills i
as thnt imported. And it is sweet* I
ft and store nutriclous. E. L.
Arnold of Oglethorpe county,
showed U3 a sample cf his flour
and It cannot be surpassed. We
ED WUftSl-ER.VmO DELIVERS WASHWsjfFOR. lilS wife'
BREAKS /NTO A RUN
HIS WIPES A/AM0 MENTIONED HERE LATEC
