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THE BANNER-HERALD.ATHENS.GEORGIA,
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER iJjagS.
THE BANNER-HERALD
ATHENS, CA.
ruMiuhcd Every Evening'During the Week Except Saturday and
Sunday und on Sunday Morning by The Athena Publiihing Company,
\thcn?, Ga..
[SARI, B. BRASWELL Publisher and General Manager
S. J. ROWE
HARLES E. MARTIN
Editor
Managing Editor
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K, III ■ the Act of Congress March 8, 187il.
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Thoughts For The Day
■ The world passeth away, and the lu»t there-
of; but he that doeth the will of God abideth
forever.—1 John 2:17.
- ' Let a'man be never so ungrateful or inhuman, he
shall never destroy the satisfaction of my having
done a good office.—Seneca.
ATHENS AND THE HEALTH CLINIC
■i Athejs and Clarke county have been signally hon-
■ ored by. the announcement made by the American
Child Health Association that this city nas bfcen se
lected ah the site for the location of the fivtf year
clinic in the southeast. . , , . ..
i. That Athens has been so designated is a compli
ment to.the community, to our civic and county pride
and to the schools and governments of .both the city
and county. Those men and women who worked un
failingly for the clinic are to be congratulated for
their rueccss. Leading in this work were Dr. J. D.
Applewhite, county health officer, and Dr: W. L.
.Moss of the Athens Rotary club. These men did the
actual work and were hacked up by the various civic
and government bodies.
The Retails of the clinic have already been some
what explained and wc need not go into them here.
Athens,;njtd this section of the country, will be great
ly benefitted in the way of improving health and
Jiving conditions in a manner beyond comprehension
during the five years the clinic will be in operation.
It is financed entirely by the Association and will be
under the supervision of expert managers.
Athens gained this ‘recognition in the face ox the
strongest sort of competition from nearly half a hun
dred cities in the southeastern states which shows
that this city offered all that was desired In co
ration and faith in tha work to bqundertaken.
: WHAT WE OWE TO OUR CITY
Every citizen owes something to his community.
' It is tho duty of all citizens to do something to help
his home town to grow and prosper.' Every dollar
spent with local'merchants helps that much to keep
the channels of commerce running smoothly. It is
not what .you think of other towns and cities, but
it is what you think of your home town and city and
’ what you can do to help improve it, commercially,
civicly and morally. .
Small industries should be encouraged; the larger
ones will come and be able to steer the ship of pros
perity. There are many small, industries which
could bo secured for Athens which would make
money for the investor and give work to tho unem
ployed and create weekly payrolls which' would in
crease trade in every line of business.
Why does not the'Chamber of Commerce undertake
a program of this kind and devote its energies and
influence towards*the establishment of a cheese fac
tory ; a broom factory pnd many other small indus
tries which might be mentioned. Any or all of these
industries would add much to the income of the city
and increase its Importance as a commercial point.
A plant for the housing, classifying and grading
food-products for shipment would prove a paying
investment. The time has come when wo must pro
vide such n place, if we are to aid the truck grower
and farmer to dispose of his produce. A place to as
semble vegetables of oil kinds, foodstuff, poultry,
eggs and even hogs would opon a new industry which
would grow into one of the most important enter-
in the city.
se things are worth thinking of by those in au
thority in the Chamber of Commerce and some defi
nite action should be taken whereby these enterprises
maybe made a permanent organization and backed by.
the; business men of tho community.
LIFE IS CHEAP IN AMERICA
Murder in America is ono crime which has less
punishment frequently attached to it in proportion to
seriousness, than any other crime in tho category
ofjaw violations. Strange as it may seem, the Unit
ed States first of all countries in murder and fewer
cases are convicted. In England there are compara
tively few murders. Those who commit murder in
that country krtow that it means their death by
prompt execution. Take the City of London with an
approximate population of 7,000.000; in 1921 only
21 murders were reported and in 1922 26 murders
wore reported. Out of the 26 murders in 1922, thir
teen were convicted and sentenced to death and fhe
remaining thirteen murderers committed suicide. Of
tho^l in 1921, sixteen were convicted and sentenced
to death and three found to be insane.
In the City of New York with a population of less
an six million 237 murders were committed in 1921
ad according to the New York Times, only 34 were
nvictcd. ,
From these figures it is natural to draw the con-
ion that life is cheap in that city. If a man feels
he can commit murder and "get by" with it, he is
uraged in committing crime. The laxity of the
Is and the failure of the officers to run down
prosecute murderers is responsible in a great
sure for this alarming condition existing in our
country.-
There is no question but that the certainty of pun
ishment. will do more to decrease murder than any
other agency. This hap been proved by the records
in London. If it was certain death punishment in the
&i7nited States for committing murder, there would He
less murder and a great reduction in all crimes. If
our laws were strictly enforced and guilty parties
forced to pay the penalty of murder with their lives
and to serve sentences in prison and chain gangs for
other offenses. It is a serious condition and one which
[ should he abated by the courts of the land,
Thomas was engaged In the mer
chandise business at Lula,
Automobiles of Dr. *W. M
^laughter and Dr. A. C. Holiday
crashed together. Mrs. Slaughter
had an arm broken and Miss Holi
day rendered unconscious by the
shock.
HENRY H. WE?T. Athens Attor
ney, who will make the race for
•olieitor of tho Western circuit
In 1924.
be li?ooPEE2..
Berton Braley's
Daily Poems
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?
** A Little of Everything And Not Much of Anything.
By HUGH ROWE.
MARVELS
Ulysses roamed about tho world
And saw, he said, a lot of It;
But al ltho talo that ho unfurled
Concerned a tiny spot of it.
Athrnc has bean asked for a
contribution of $500 for the re- .
lief of .the strickon people of
Japan. It is a dessrvirig char- j
Today when travel’s what wo seek I j ty onc j one Wl „ receive f
Wc tako a car and ride about , prompt response from our people ( pel me
this manner; It Is insolent.” »
Judge: “You had better answet
the question.”
Lawyer: “Yes sir, stato it.”
Witness: “Well, sir. if you com-
do It, t I will. About
And cover more ground In a week j without the least warning these, twonty years ago you studied is
Than all Ulysses Hod about. j people were made homeless and all, judge Brown’s office, did you not?”
of their earthly possessions swept Lawyer: "Yes.’
from them. It Is humane; 'It
right and proper to give. If y
•hive not contributed—tjo so.
Ulysses told convincingly
Of monsters, gods, and goddesses,
Yet wonders that wo dally see
Would fill a dozen Oddysses.
tie slmple-mlndoiV Grecian folk.
With never thought of censuring,
Believed each word Ulysses spoke
About his long adventuring.
Yet had ho told of raider
Which undulates through-s pa oe
to us,
Or steam, or aeroplanes—jvhlch
grow
So .quickly commonplace to us,
The Greeks would probably have
said
We can’t believe then* airy
tales!
Tho old man’s crazy In the head,
Or olso he’s telling fairy tales!”
In brief—a strangerwould we view
And travel far and wlde-abopt,
Than that which old Ulysses knew.
Or claimed he knew, and lied
about!
Says Mercer Has
Largest Library
Witriessos In court trials are
often embarrassed by the many
rotimingly unnecessary ques
tions propounded by attorneys.'
•While many of the questions may
or may not have direct bearing on
.the care at trial, yet It la a nuston
of lawyers to employ such methodr
In* order to bring out all the cir
cumstances connected with th<
case. Here Is an Incident told of
Inwyer who was unusually , pe
slstent In applying questions to
witness:
It was an Important issue In the
court house, and Ip ordeV to save
•his cause from defeat It was nec
essary fhot Lawyer Wilson should
contest the U-nilniuny of an aged
witness. The following dialogue
ensued:
Lawyer: “How old are you?"
Witness: "Seventy-two years.”
Lawyer: ^ "Your memory b 1
course. Is not so brilliant and vivid
at« It was twenty yeftr* ago, is It?*
Witness: "I do not know' but
what It la.”
Pvnnnt Flnriflfl Law l* r: "State «omy circum-
HiXCCpt r lonaa , tancfI! wh !ch occurred, say .twen
ty years ago, and we shall be nblc
how well you cun rctuem-
MACON, Ca.—With the oxcep-
tlon of that of tho Unlvoraltr of
Florida, the Morcor nlvoralty law
Mbrary la oatd to coutaltt the big- |-
:cit aaaort[treat of active, volume, I
la tho aoutheaat, according 'to a j
irvey mat by pr. John Iloword
Moore, of tho nlvoralty of Chicago,
omf Dr. Ruliu C. Harris, recently
>f Yale. It was recently decided to
•pen tho Mercer law library for Vn, write, that ilnca taking Bene-
ho use of the entire Qeorgla Bar dicta she la now in better,health
XssodatloB, ... . - .
MRS. HINCKLEY
was completely run-down and my
nerves wars a
wreck. I could not
sweep a room
without resting: I
could not do my
work except a lit
tle at a time, and
tbe doctor’s meS. ;
cine did not help -
me.Onedsyeomo
one threw your lit-
tie book on to my,
porch,*and in it 1
i read several testi
monials of women who had been like
myself. I went right out sad got me
a bottle of Lydia £ Piakbam’aVege-.
table Compound, end before I bed
taken the whole of that bottle I knew |
it waehelping me. Itooksixbotties,,
and then In about three months I took,
two more. Now I am in perfect:
health. I do til of my own work end:
could do more. I can truly say that I
know Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound gave me my health.
Mrs, txi. HtNCXLET, SW Union
Avc.. Memphis, Tenn.
Lydia E. rinkham's Private Text-
Book upon "Ailments Peculiar to
Vomer!' wIB be Mat you free won
request Write to The Lydia E. Pink-
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. This
book contains valuable information.
Witness: “Well, sir, I remembei
your father coming Into my office
nnd saying to me, ‘Mr. Jones, my
son 1h to be examined tomorrow
and I wish you would lend me
twenty-five dolars to buy him ’ tj
new suit of clothes.’ I remembe*
also, from that day to this he haj
not paid me that money. That
sir, I remember just as plainly as
thpusb'lt was only yesterday,” .
‘The advance in th# price of
cotton during the past few day*
Is « forerunner of better timet ^
and an indication that
fleecy staple will reach a price
which will afford a gdod profit to
the farmer. Cotton cannot b<
raised, under boll weevil condl
tlnns, for less than thirty cents
the pound and It is believed that
the market will reach that price
before the cotton season Is well
under way.
There le much discussion go
ing the rounds of the pros* in
tho stato advocating a change
in tho law providing for bien
nial session*! of the legislature. II
.might hare been well if Governor
Walker had Incorporated thl»
mturiurt* In his cull for the extra
ordinary sessidn In November. II
governor^ are to be elected every
two years, certainly every two
years is often enough for tho leg-
islatu.vo to meet Biennial session*
Waul.' not only save the stato sev
eral hundred thousand dollars, 'but
it would save the state from much
legislation which Is never enforced
and, it Is better that it is not. If
some'legislature would -repeal In
stead'-.of pass new laws, the stajf
and. thb. people wpuld be better off
A prominent business man!
was inspecting the remodelibq'
of tho budding on Clayton street
* to b# occupied by Woblworth,
said to me: ‘‘Thut nian W. J
Miller, the contractor, is a live
wire. When, ho contracts to do a
thing he believes In doing it nnd
/_J j 1 getting through with It and ther
I agreed
live wire
and ho Is ‘ ‘
substantia!' and absolutely
tit ndnbJe npd those are the reason*
why he has met with wonderful
Hueess in his line of buslnes In thi*
city.
bcr.'*
PAINS IN SIDB
DISAPPEARED
Min Kate Witcher of CoIIanda,
and can do her own housework and
washing, and that her former suf
ferings—pains in her side—have
disappeared. She adds that , she is
l recommending Benedicts to her
NERVOUS WBECKiayasgr-
Telit How She Wot Restored to a QTlQClICtCl i
Perfeet Health by Wh E.Pink< HEALTH BUILD ER
ham s Vegetable Compound T for women -
no
SEMITE IIH4
FOR SOL GENERAL
To Offer For Office Now
Held By W. O. Doan of
Monroe; Runs in Clarke,
Walton and Oconee.
Henry H. West, a member of the
Athens bar and son of Judge H.
8. West, will very probably be a
candidate for tho office of solicit
or general of the Western circuit
in the primary In 1924, succeeding
W. O. Dean, of Monroe, the present
incumbent.
Tho clrc.llt has been divided and
Is now composed of the counties
of Walton, Oconee and Clarke.
No formal announcement has
been made by Mr. West, duo to
the long time between now and
the prlmnry, but It is generally
known that he Is seriously consid
ering making the race nad is
pledging th esupport of the oter?
of the throe counties.
Mr. West has been a practicing
attorney here for eight! years, is
an academic and law graduate of
the University of Georgia, serve*
In the World War, Is commander
of the Allen R. Fleming post of
the American Legion and largely
Interested and active in civic and
county affairs, being a member of
tho local Red Cross board and of
the governing body of the Boy
Scouts and other similar organi
zations, besides Imlng one of the
most prominent young members of
the Athens *Bar.
His Is really the first hat to be
ast In tho political ring for next
year and between now and the
date of the primary ho expects to
covor tho threfe counties thorough
ly and makc;a complete canvass
Before the voters.
Dr. Whiting Will
Go to.Brazil
• . a
Dr. J. A. Whiting, who has 1 been
U. 8. pcpUty Marshal here for the
nasi two years, lort Friday for New
York from there ho will sail with
his family on September 15th, for
Brazil. ,,
, His objottfvo Is BuonOs Aires
where ho is going upon tho solici
tation'of an uncle, ono of • the
wealthiest men In all South. Amor:
lea. Dr. Whiting came here as i
government official following tho
induction Into service of the flnrd-
(ng administration and had' been
active as a leader In *ho service
until his resignation came in a few
weeks ago. - 1
He will mak(^ bis future homo in
South America.'
About twenty-five applications
_ for his position ins said to be In
mighty good citizen, tho ba^ds of U. S. Marshal Akr r-
man, who will name his Luccossor
Q^fpk §auce
That guy down at Tifton whose
diversion .is ana*c hunting and
claims to have . a coupla’
dozen rattlers during the past two
weeks is the possessor of a good
''rattling” Job and brain that we'r
not hankerin’ after.
Did someone venture the re
mark that the wild waves were
saying-*—speaking of bathing
. beauties—that that golden mer
maid and those five thousand
golden smackers were Worth-
undressing, as It were, for?
“STICKY,” EH. '
LETTERS FROmT
THE PEOPLE 1
Of course you've noticed those
dodads the members of the fair sex
are carrying around with them
those days. - Kinder accompani
ments to tho vanity cases and the
like. What are they for? Ah. a ilk
us something easy. From wh-it
to bo observed here they’re car
ried us re-lnforcoments for those
protruding hat pins, - to he used
when these eye scratchers miss
fhelr points of contact.
A BORN FISHERMAN
Dedicated by the Athens* Rotary
Clilb to John J. Wilkins, direct
Descendant of Uaak Walton
Too tired to work,
Tco tired to walk,
Too tired to read,
Too tired to talk.
Too tired to eat,
Too tirod to drink,
Too tired to write
Too tired to think.
Too tired to ride, \
Too tinc^l to row; >
Too tired tb stay,
Too tired to go.
Too tired to want.
Too tired to wish,
But never, nevor too
Tired to sit and fish!
NO, HE WONT ASK HIM HOW
MANY SERVICE STRIPES
HE WON BACK IN *18.
Intentions
jount onlyr,
; ,u)hentht man.
behind thorn
is*
! carry them.
icoeintended 1 !
k to become i
frA credit to
i* our profession^
andvuo naue'/ *
done so* m
ATHENS TWELVE YEAR8 AGO
Saturday, September 9, 1911
Henry' Beattie. Jr., was convict
ed of the murder of his wife in
Richmond. Vn.
Ben Epps made successful flighl
in his aeroplnnc.
Horace HL Martin * received
painful injury from a fall receiver”
while at work In carriage factory
Miss Annie May Lampkin and
Mrs. James Paul Walker,, of At
lan(a, fcere married.
Chattanooga defeated the At
lanta baseball team by a score of
3 to 1.
Hon Thomas E. Watson apoke at
Jeffemon.
Capt. J. H. Beusee was ap
pointed by Governor Hoke Smith U
be a cotone! on his staff.
Prof. Fred J. Orr, head of mnnunl
arts and drawing of the State Nor.
5 mat-School tendered hi* ***!*,w
f Jasper King, of Arkansas, mad*
a trip’ hack to Athena to pay n
‘debt he had contracted with Capf
jjlf. N. Thomas of the police, force
i here, twenty two years ago. At
the time the debt was made Capt
After watching tlte bathing
beauties fade from the spot
light of the board walk at At
lantic City Mister Bryan Lump
kin. the only newspaper attache
in the history of Journalism
who h«s ever been known to bo
able to take n month’s vacation
at such resorts as Atlantic City,
Saratoga 6pMngs, Broadway
and Coney Island, donned a
fresh luundcnkl collar, a new
fedora und b iday night beat
It tor. Comp Dempsey up at
that place that made potato
chips famous, loading the bunch
tof newspaper and ennjern birds
whose business it Is to tell us
what will happen—and won’t
—In the ropot on the 14tb.
It used to be long
Then f twas cui
short!
- —well?
Now they stick ’t
down
And it looks like
h-H
Wasn't it Too Bad All Those City
Missee up at Atlantic City
Couldn't Win Prizes?
Think of These
Losing.
Miss Kohr from Lalmnon—must
have been the very heart, of the
clty’e beauty.
Miss Ce Cone, from Trenton—
another ono whose beauty must
have been her "center” of attrac
tion.
Miss Lorettn Flame, from ProvI*
dence—O Let-hcr flame!
Miss Winonn Drew, from Port-
Miss Billie Gates—she walked in
from Richmond.
Miss Lorraine Ruch, from Wasl\
ingtnn—muit’v? been a conglom}
Mtlnn of pulcritude 'neverything.
Miss Helen Noble. Norristown—
('t's see. there is some kind of a
prize by that name, Isn’t there?
EXPOSED
Can Not Hunt Wood
Ducks in the U. S.
ATLANTA—Regardless of tho
provisions of stato laws, wood
ducks may^iGt bo hunted in Min
nesota or in any other states at
any season, according to {he bi
ological survey, United States de
partment of agriculture, which ad-
r./nJsters the migratory-bird treaty
act. •
"This Is a federal law under
which the hunting, killing, or pos
sessing of wood ducks Is prohibit
ed at all times throughout the
United States and by treaty
throughout Canada also,” the
statement reads. "This garao laW,
having been upheld In the United
States Supreme court, mallet In
operative the amendment to the
game laws of Minnesota passed at
the last session of the state legis
lature, providing an open season
wood ducks. Thus, hunters will
not be allowed to exercise the
privilege accorded them by thr
state law, and persons found hunt
ing,, trilling? or possessing wood j Around tha corner an auto whaalad
duckant any time will be subject With headlights gleaming bright:
to .prosecution in tbfe federn'IUpon the porch two lover* sat,
courts.” ^ * -
ANSWERS CRITICISM OF
HIGHWAY DEPARTM^t
Athens, Georgia, "’ ‘
, September d, /t923.
To Tho Banner-Herald, >
Athfens, Georgia. , : vf> a, u .
In the Issue of your’i|>apetf';of
the 5tU Inst., appeared an editorial
criticising the maintenance 1 work
cf the Stato Highway Departfeient
and chiefly with, reference td the
Bankhead Highway.
I regret very much It has ’been
seen fit to make some statements
aj were made becauso ( think- it
a little troublo was taken to be
come acquainted with facts In the
ca«*e the statements would' not
have been so sweeping.**
This is truo partlcukirly with
reference to tho work jpKciarke
county, but I shall haws «pthlng
to say other than co-opoyatfdn be
tween tho Highway Dqwflfttrient
and Clarke county aulKbrUtvs in
every phase of highway work could
not be Improved upon andthe
small amount of work dono by the
county forces this year was in a
true spirit of co-operation for a
common causo, so, to speak. And
has been greatly appreciated .by
the Highway Department
The Bankhead Highway- fefhe
Athens Division exlenqs ifrom
Drcrow county to the ' SavafiBah
rive r , and for sometime -lhia v ril-
vlsion nnd the Gainesville division
have been working for Improve
ment of tho sect ion between Ban-
ielsvilllo nntf Royston that ls most
difficult to maintain but t' snMl
not go into details here as plan*
are not mature enough yet. How
ever, a*, dim Athens Chamber of
Commerce, the ftiwanls-and;.Ro
tary clubs each have highway com
mit tees 1 shall bo v^ry- gfatT to
giVe them all tho Information poa-
s(ble, if they desire, and trffer my
services in co-operation _ lit Any
way It may be posslbl etti. help
them further highway Improve
ment.
A cloarer understanding-^ .the
nart of the writer of thtLfidlfarial
in question of the o^eratlinrrc^the
State .Motor Vehicle tag |aiw3Snn*
which the Highway Departme; ^de
rives its funds for manitemuiCEAnd
a study of ideal condition* along
the line of the Bankhead WHTo$ih r *
highways as the HighwayjDfliwt-
ment knows them wouUfconsIder-
ably clear the understanding or
misunderstanding of why the
•roads are not always In tho condi
tion desired.
Kindly include the Stato High
way Department In the deslro to
see all roads always as near IOC
per cent perfect as possible.
Respeptfully,
O. W. DARDEN.
Division Engineer.
Macon Lady, 80, Says
Youth Had Big Time
In Her Day As Now
MACON.—Mrs. Helen C. Law
rence, who was born hore in 1843
Upd’ has lived here all her life, re
cently celebrated her 80th birth
day. For seventy-seven years she
lived at fcl4 Pine streetVSle re
members Macon when lOg^ahins
vero a common sight In what Is
iow the principal downtown dis
trict. She takes a kindly attitude
toward tho present-day freu"' •
of youth, but declare* theitppj and
^trls In her day enjoyed 4uat as
good a time oven thoagHr^hey
wr-re always chaperoned when to
gether.
FalliniTOff in
Cotton Receipts
' In Twenty Years
ALBANY.—A comparison ot fig
ures covering cotton receipts here
up to nnd Including the, first Sat*-
ttrdny in September tvwmtfllir
figures for tho same period twenty
years ago show a decided falling
off. in ISO” fhe *&i0on'H~t£ceipU
were 3,079 bales. This j
ceipts were 117 halos. j|
trmher prtco in . 1003
cents, compared to
middling this year. Thaj
ferenco in receipts Is
duo not ho much to th>
vil nnd unseasonable
to the present practice ofj
ersific^tion.
Albany Adds New:
Industry to Her
Enterprise List
ALBANY, Ga.—Albany baa add-
ed a now Industry to her growing
list of enterprises. A flour mill,
under construction for several
months, has now' been placed In
operation with machinery rt the
moat modern design and Albany
itlzens are iriready partaking of
Allmny-made" flour. The mill has
a capacity of 60 Obarrels a day.
CHAVELL’8 NEPHEW
LONDON.—A nephew of Nurse
Edith. Cavell, killed In the late war.
iRketl that when tie died he be
buried In tho Atlantic ocean. He Is
James Longsworth Walnwrlght,
killed by a fall. His body, wrap
ped in the Unon Jacket, was drop
ped in the ocean off Cornwall.
HUGGINS & f(N
346 Broad St ATHENS, BA.
| Surprised—I Look what a fright! j — —- ■ ■ ... -
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