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THE HANN'ER-nERAI.D ATHENS'S, ffiORdht----- THE BANNER-HERALD ATHENS, GA. Published Every Evening During the Week Except Saturday and I Sunday and on Sunday Morning by The Athena Publiahing Company, Athena, Ga. “ Berton Braley’s Daily Poems EARL B. BRASWELL Publisher and General Manager H. J. BOWE Editor CHARLES E. MARTIN Managing Editor Entered at the Athens Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter under the Act of Congress March g, ld79. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not othrwise credited In this paper, and also the local news published therein. All rights of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. Address all Business Communications direct to the Athena Publish Ing Company, not to individuals. News articles intended foi publica tion should be addressed to The Banner-Herald. Thoughts For The Day Whataoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there i* no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.—Ecct. 9:19. Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.— J. Sterling. THE FOLLY OF CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT MAINTENANCE Continued and more general criticism is being heard about the up-keep of our public highways, es pecially the main thoroughfares like the Bankhead highway. Most of these highways have been tuken over by the State Highway Qepartment and if we 'understand it properly the upkeep is in the hands.of that department. • But the public is not satisfied with the mainten ance. Take for instance the highway from Athens to Atlanta, via Winder and Lawrenceville, outside of Clarke county, where most of the scraping has been done by county, forces, it is washed and worn until an automobile is all but shaken to pieces In driving over it. It seems that all the occasions of recent rains have been lost in the way of scraping this highway and it has been allowed to deterioate until it is literally worn in cross ruts and holes that make riding over it one continuous jolt. Much effort and lots of time and money were spent on this hig'Hway. The same is true of other sections not only of this route but of others that were built, top soiled and then left to wash away. Thousands of dollars arc being paid into the High- .wav, department through tag tax and other sources and some part of this certainly should be applied to the up-keep of the roads that have already been constructed. ’ 1 The roads of Clarke county 1 , we are glad to soy, are ' above the average of those in this section. This is due mainly to the County Commissioners who from x! m<>to time order them scraped, even if important k, such as paving, has to stop. A farmer doesn’t plant a crop and then not work it. if he does waste is the harvest. The same is true of roads. Nothing is accomplished, except an ex penditure of the tax payers’ money, if they are constructed and then hot kept up. The public wants that road scraped, and scraped often enough to keep them in comfortable traveling condition. This is somebody’s business. Whose? V. t .. ., fall business Babson, in his last weekly review of business con ditions, declared that the best opportunities for busi ness this fall lie in the South. He might have gone , a step furthpr and declared that the best spot in the ! 1 South is this immediate section. The indications are that ,our crops are the best in this immediate section ■ to he found anywhere in the state and among the best to lie found in the entire South. And this brings up the question: are our merchants preparing to handle the rush of increased business that the next few weeks will bring to our city? Re ports tfaow that during the recent months retail busi ness in many Southern cities show increases of from [ 13 to 28 per cent. This has naturally made inroads upon stocks of goods and with the conservative pol icy that most merchants have been pursuing for some time stocks generally in the South are below ; Lie normal for this time of the year. ’ If Athens is to do its shore of foil business, Its full share in comparison with other cities, Athens mer chants should see to it that their stocks aro full and complete in all lines of merchandise. This is one yenrlwhen the wise merchant will buy liberally and stock largely in order to bo in position to handle fall . business. Under present conditions, it is not only ! necessary to figure on local competition, but also on | neighboring city competition, for country trade in I these days of automobiles can shop almost as easily * in Greenwood, Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, Green ville,land Augusta as it can in Athens. - THE COTTON LEAF WORM 1 ; Several weeks ago what is known as the cotton leaf worm invaded the cotton belt and for a time it p ; appeared that the worm dd destroy what cotton p the tjpll weevil had left. »» jwever, the cotton grow ers fought the worm with as much determination as they had fought the boll weevil and in a few weeks, Hhe worm had been routed and very few of them left to continue the ravages of destruction on the cot ton crop. However, according to entomologists, the fight is not over. The life of the worm is about twenty days and the return of the pest may be ex pected at any time. A close watch should be kept by the farmers and the very first indication of its return should be met with renewed dusting and- poisoning on the leaves of the cotton. This worm is hatched from eggs deposit ed by moths on the underside of the leaves of the cot ton plant. So soon as it is hatched the worm begins feeding on the leaves and in a fewdays spins a webb and enters a stage of transformation, back into a moth again. The moth immediately begins deposit ing its eggs and the worms are hatched out in large The cotton crop is at least three weeks late this year and for the next two weeks the fight must be kept up against the boll weevil and against the re turn of the cotton leaf worm. The goal is in sight and with 3 few more touchdowns of poison, the .weevil will be eradicated from the crop for this year. makeshift BUCCANEERS Bold bad pirates on a., bold., bad craft (Three little kinds raft),/ And the captain says, with a crue’ IIP, “Men get ready and we'll board the Bhip, * % fihe’a chuck full of a heap of gold Tons of ducatH are Inside her hold Rubles, di’monds! Oh, you bettei bet - ■ gonna Where's the ship? Well, iu you and me There's no ship for the eyes, to sec; those bold jArates, They can see lie pilau, A tall, tall galleon built In Spain, With her captain shaking In hlr Spanish shoes, ■ % * As he thinks of riches he Is doomed j bold to lose To the bold bad pirates bad craft (Three little kids on a makeshift raft). waves • lost Oil, the pirate chief sword in wrath (To you and me It’ lath, But we're grown up and we’ our sight; To the pirate chief It's a sword all right!) He waves his blade and ho cries out “Mon! We'll hoard that ship!" and then Jufct then, Ills mother calls and he wails- "A\t gee. All the time she’s n-callln' And the spell Is gone, ( nnd the.j^old bad craft Is just three kids raft! makeshiftf BRITISH WAR SURPLUS SOLD LONDON.—In spite ot alleged graft and proven tneft, the Brltl'sh nave made a profit of almost $45,- 000,000 on the sale of their surplus -anteon supplies left by the army and navy after the war. The prof- -ts go to the relief of disabled vet erans. Following many whispers of scandal, a government committee Investigated the sales and found that most of the low-priced goods wer* sold to formor officials of the sales board. Two officials of the board wer * rebuked for “failing to exercise ordinary care,” in dis posing of the supplies. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER j, 1B2A,' MASONS AND THE KU KLUXJkI^N Americau, but since the 'If(an con* tends that he cannot be'tfiaf, one can but nmusedly wonder if. .when A Letter From David Meyerhardt, Rome, to N. Yj To th# Editor of Tho Now York Timoe: There has "been much talk latterly of Freemasons being a forbidd?n to become members of the Ku Klux Klan, and In a few jurisdiction* definite action along this'line has been taken by -the Grand Maltler or by the Scottish Rite authorities The question arises, then, as to what bar,Is Freemasons may have for op position to the Klan. , The Klan limits its membership to native-born Protestant**/«nd Jr the foreign-born Prote^ turalized" into the Rfiynij Stiderj he is reduced in his bMd;t]t^ma. , tlon to, say, 50 per cent American. Since even the foreign b<-*n are usually Intelligent enough, it is rot surprising that so little Is heard of the Royal Riders. It • is because of these ‘‘Kian- ptsh" teachings that doubt has so often been expressed that any man can at once be a true KLamman nnd a good Mason. The Masor.Ic Fraternity welcomes alike t!»a Jew nnd the Christian, the. njitlvfe born and the foreign born, and ,ffcacl)C£ that they should dwell together !n lo nauve wni , luvvoiaiiiv dofense of tlils calls attention lo the fact that only Catholttcs may be Knights of Columbus and only Jews B’hul B'rith. But this Is a fallacious comparison. .The r.«»n- Cnth dlc may not become a Knight! brotherly love and harmony.,- Thr of Columbus because he *s n V fc ** • conflict between the Klan and thc- Catholle, and the nori-Jewr may not - instructions can never be become a Bnai JJrHh because ; roconclle<1 in on e human ; nei.*t j is pot ft Jew. But the un-Americani Thug j s that genuine Masons— V , position of the Klan is ttint only the Wasons wb o are such Jn ,their ^ j native-born Protestant may become! hCflrt|MIin 1ot b eKlansmep i ! ki jtt uieuiucr ML w.u h .vh«-t welc >me with true brotherly . Klan contends that only the native- j ove Kinsmen into their lodge t l.orn Prolpstant niny he 100 pvrl mVID MI'.YF.ItllAity American, and It claims stand fcF 100 per cent ism. DAVID 1 Editor Masonic Herald- Rome, Ga., Aug. 28. 10^3, ( vy ; Again .thv Klin Minims not.to ,JC SUFFE r E d FIVE YEARS FROM I anti-Jew. Yet tho writer henril n. KIDNEYS . i K K. K. iroinror from Tvxaa speaking in Brunswick. CJn.ln the | **j gufiVrwd with kidney trouble fail of 1022. say “the Jew does not; for { j ve y«» nrf ; or more I cbu]d not believe In the American * public g , pep b t night and I was always school system'*—an untrue sate- j after coming Home from ment, of course—and suggent far-, work, and my back acfitfd,” writes tber that no Protestant should I j obn R. Gordon. Danville, III. * trade with the peddler or with thr j gocured some FOLEY KIDNEY merchant of tho Jc.Wish religion 1»!PILLS and after a few treatments he could trade with a Protestant, j i felt better and could Work with Then there nre the “Royal Rider? {more ease, became stronger nnd of the Red Robe" (or some such. could sleep better.” For quick re organization), sponsored by the' li*»f from Backache, -Rheumatic Klan for the foreign-horn Protest* pains, and Kidney nnd Bladder ant No doubt the IJaaeIgn-borfi trouble use FOLEY* KIDNEY American Protfstnnt has h'reta-! P1LS. Sold Everywhetp.-rAdver- foro considered himself 100 ?ier cent I tlsomenL j-* DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU? A Little of Everything And Not Much af Anything. By (HUGH ROWE. ! 1,200 Expected At | State College For 1 Women, Milledgeville Much complaint heard over the service • given by the Southern Railway Com pany, at the local passenger station. It is alleged that the company does not'maintain, a tele- i MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—Twelve , , , ^ hundred students are expected to being !,full^quota per day of|t, e Jn attendance when the fall term of the Georgia State College for Women opens September 17, the prohibited fluid. It seems that the League of Nations existing between the foreign countries has - ceased to function since trouble i Every term In the year has its opening marked by the running of special coaches from all sections . .- -y~- -, or the state, to Macon; where twtf phone *in the ticket office and thatijV^Pp 11 Greece and Italy, now 1* special trains .are operated - - 'the time when this * the agent only remains there for fv 11 ? when this agreement Milledgeville to accomodate the awhile during the daybefore the students. The specials-have been departure of train. When tho some action taken before war has j called “Georgia's Beauty Trains, trains a r e l a te cr. arrival, it i s ! actua, . , y T* 4 ?* commenced. Italy; Five members of the faculty who said that on some occasions the se c ni & be determined to fight it have 1 been touring Europe wilT r? delayed trains are posted, but in . l « ll€S8 the Greeks make lm-; j urn j n time for the fnli term. Mrs many instances the hour of art Hjr 1 , retribution by causing the j j t • g, Allen, another member* Is ■ f f Vr. e , wh . <> t flred . 00 the i«prttw to C0ir.pl.tf A hwH«* Itjl.ap Officials to be given,*, Mp ndbund , h . world by lhe oj>- ■m % ,- thclr «•“!»* , h “l«rfng flat. ; Three of tt>e §4. for . complaint and unless memh „ B bo i,,. d( ,ctor of phll.' Mjhednn* MMreed upon at •once.; it is TCry evident that that coun-> The normal review class of the " ot on| y P™» hcr «*?-! college ha, been eliminated. II It does seem that this company on Greece but that war will wag announced, nnd hereafter might keep some one stationed »t.p©i re * 1 ^“. nc S d be to ‘ students should complete the fur the depot and provide ihe office }th| r ijditjng of tho Wrong wbich is four year .high pchool courso be* rival varies from one to thi_, ibours later than the posting hod indicates. On account of no tele phone communication it has be come •« source of a great incon« venience to those who are ex} peering arrivals from othir places'. with telephone communication. The matter it is-understood wHtjcrnmtf be brought to the attention of tin'j Public Service Commission. t pded for by the Italian gov- fore coming to • institution. The Englishman is consider- I cd dull when it comes to see- i Ing the point to jokes and at | their expense many jokes are H ppcmi legislative commute arr» tl«> O f this country nnd for- (manufactured, the occurrences, no bplnK ™ mp i c ted by officials. The cign nxtion* cccrns to have |doi|ht, never having happened,| inquiry u, scheduled fo start Sep- I quieted down for sonte reason orjnoyever, hero is ono which turns tGmber 17 ♦ .# other. Wo \vcro just wondering J tables on Americans and tells - ■ ■" j ■ ■ — - - .. 1 -» INQUIRY 8EPT.17 W ATLANTA, Ga. — Preparation: for the investigation of the state j agricultural department by t special legislative commute BAKED FRESH NIGHTAY NOW OPEN TYRES I8LAN0 — — — GEORGIA HOTEL TYBEE South Atlantic’s Majestic Hotel . * Fireproof—American Plan—Bathing, Dancing, Fishing Jjf V Sea Food a Specialty*:— WONDERFUL JAZZ ORCHESTRA Rossignol-Kemp & Perry, Prop’s. [whether or not the limit had been.]of. an> incident which took place extended or were the nhips cot? {with a New Yorker: tinuing to keep their stores of* * A New r Yorker, viiiting English wines, beer , and spirits locked friends, wa* lamenting leaving .at while in American waters. May be there has been a more liberal understanding between the notions and the ship crews allowed to Sure is StfOlt' Tbs air-tight sifter top fctop? lye fuli-etrtngth and always ready for instant use. There’s no inconvenience about using Red Devfl Lye. It is put up in granulated form, the mod ern way to make lye. The can has an air-tight sifter top, which is opened quickly and dosed easily. The tight-fitting cap keeps tho contents fresh and dry. Red DevO Lye. betnc granulated, dlnoivtolmon Instantly In hot DC cold water. It le economical to tie, bMau. yon cen mwsor. jnat the qoentity yon need, end there I. no denser of utlns too ranch. Don’t ho put off with out-of-date, unknown end wutefol brands. Iniist upon genuine Red Devil —the lye that's eery to uei, i 1 Write for Free Booklet Wm. Schieid Mfg. Co., St Louis, Me. RED DEVIL LYE home two beautiful daughters who were just budding into woman hood. Turning to a man to whom he ! had just been introduced, lw asked if he had any family. * “Yes, I have a wife and six chli ‘drpn in Australia. And I neve* sa# one of them” he added, quietly. The two Rat in silence. Then the interrogation began. “Were you ever blind, may I ask?”.said the American. “No,” was the reply. “Did you marry a widow?” “No.” Another silence. “Did I understand you to say you had a wife and Rix children living In Australia and had never seen one of them ?” “Yes, that is how I stated it,” Then the American inquired: “How can that be? You say you never saw one of them. I do not understand it at all.” “Because,” was the reply, “oi of them was born after I left.” ATHENS TWELVE YEARS AGO Wednesday, September 6, 1911. Public schools opened fall term. Lamar Coob, former Athenian announced for congress at CUT* n, Arizona. Announcement was made of con tract being let for a new club , house for the Clovcrhurst Country 11 Club. ‘ ' I C. H. Phinizy and Frank Carith I erg; a conductor on the . S. A. L I road, had a narrow escape from death when the coach they stepped .from to another, was derailed neat Harmony, 8. C. Several passen- 'gers wore injured. | Miss Ruby Huff ' <*nd Homer Howard were married by Rev. Church, while the contracting par ties sat in a buggy in front of Church* store on Lumpkin street Mrs. Matilda Stephens died. Plans were made public by W. J. Oliver, of Knoxville, of the building of a railroad from Knox- viile, through Athens to Augusta and Savannah. Memphis defeated Atlanta by a score of 2 to 0. Will Meet Temporary Cut' of Competitors Keep Southern money in the South—Buy Southern Red Tubes— Southern Black Tires and Southern Red Tires—None Better. We are the only people in the city who operate a Free Service Truck, Free Service anywhere in Clarke County. Southern Tire Sales Co. A. L. WIER, Manager Jackson and Washington Streets Phone 796 • id^TFKS r 3/LD Bl DRlfcGISlsivtimtWRf HHSHHLl