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— fSOL j»AGB EMltT 1HB BANNEB.IIERAtP. ATflTO^GEOBCTA FIRE INSURANCE Seventeen Years of Satialacte.-y Service. Strong Companies. , ' Prompt Adjustments. CAM* FLEETWOOD LAMER, MGR. INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, ERWIN & CO. Phone Three*Four-Fire j Dr. Anthony, Former Athens■ Pastdj^,. ! Flays Masked Rule in Sunday Sermon Dr. Walter 'Anthony, former r-a*-| orderly prnocua of, our law. Obey . tor of the First MethoJI.t church ">o «*»• Support the law. Speak out In no uncertain terms against Around Athens With Col. T. Larry Gantt Several intelligent and success ful farmers wen# the other * 'dlacumlne the coat of ralrln* oot ‘ 4 Hr U the ton under bolt woevtl conditions ? ow *" uU1 1>0 * '■“S' 1 "' They said that If ye(i‘ charge. J 'Wljt'nlent and very great benofi- mg*Inst the expense account your T fartncr> « > < ,, labor at the regular price paid Jiands, fertilizers, picking, ginning rent on your land and calcium ar- oenate to keep down the weevil you will find that with a fair crop Ilk* that made this year around Athct; svery pound pnaluced cost the far* iucr at least twenty-throe cents aw ' —?—jgesa i im i { In Athens .and at present pastor himself to plant his share of veg- j of the Mulberry Street Methodist o.p the cannery goln, ch “ rch ’ J* ac0 "' “ B, : r " ,on <l " llv ‘ ered at his church In Macon Sun day night flayed the Ku Klux I TnUBSDAY.BEPTKMBER mSvrKets f and will a. o send the milk from about one hundred cows ho owns to the creamery. A cannery failed In Athens years ago ana this do* tererd people from nnguln trying one. , Put that was In old cotton* Captain J. if. Rucker says gold mine In Franklin ccuuty that we wrote up some tlm© since, be longs to hlin. He Inherited It from his father who before the civil war worked It and ho got out nuggets of gold worth |5. Cnpt. Rucker iBut If W.T.V® VCct rahTnfiriina ! “f* *• lm * faith In ttat mlw. Th. the crop I. a practical f.UMrc th« I “ ,,,d , '"'"' nly ,h *« and ,» d,h "T - outlay to a total low. A farm* I*?"* machinery for mlnln* he cannot afford to tnko chances an© J il can be ma<Je — sell cotton at less than thirty cents. , A large dairyman and near the city say* that Athens need* abovf all else a creamery and Cannery and both should be owned and operated by farmers Tie sayi lie will be one of nn hundred far mers In this section to obligate ( Ciasollne Is now selling at \ rents per gallon In Athens and 11 farmer * (,ov - W'llt*** can carry his plan Thornton’s Dinner 50c Vegetable Soup * Baked Red Snapper FI*h String Beans Om on Cob Irish Potatoes Muffins and Biscuits Pineapple Bomb, Cream Sauce Supper 60c Fried Calf Liver and Oniona Haah Brown Potatoes Butter Beana Fried Egg Plant Hot Blacuita Candled Yuma Coffee, Tea or Milk 50 Cents DAILY PRObfr of Corona Durability Five years of the jungle and writes perfectly “I still employ, constantly, tho same Corona which I purchased fivo years ago and it, functions ns perfectly as tho day I first itr Sold By THE McGREGOR CO. « Stationers and Printers Athena, Ga. success It may sell for less. The three cents per gallon tax placed by the legislature does not go Into effect until October next, when thl» tax will be added. The Japanese calamity will 1 doubtless advance tin price lumber as the wrecked houses wll be built of wood nnd a greater part of the lumber muat come trorv AtnfcHda.~'While this section is toe remote, to seel the Japs the *- creased ‘demand will effect the tire market. Lumber bas- cllnea to $16.80 per thousand feet and which Is way below cost ol production. 6n Thursday hnd F ‘day, Sept ember 13th and 14th, will b rented nt tho Palace "The French Pol!." a Metro plpturc. with Mae Murray. Oeorglne the heroine, of Infinite grace and piquanl charm. But Qeorclne has science nnd a heart—a Parisian transported- to America! Her par ents nnd nn unscrupulous furn! turo manufacture hnd planned to ensnatr wealthy Americans into buying fake antiques. But Oeor glne "Just won’t." The picture thriller and one of the beat of b season. During th0 ( wsek un usual attractions will be at both the Palace and Strand W. C. James, a. prominent citl gen and termer of Franklin county was in the city Saturday, says they are making fine crops Itf Fianklin and cotton is exception ally good. Some boll weevils, but they are keeping the pest down Mr. James says tho oil excitement has received fresh Impetus. Very recently strong flow* of oil bare aJJrared in the Banks well, nnd the Little well and, * “« w well 1 recent ly dug has become so Impregnated with oil th*t they cannot use Its wafer. He said he drew all the water from the Banka well and descended Into It by a rope. -The sides arc black with qome deposit and oily water continues to pout In. Talk of sinking a test well * again heard. Klan and the lawless element that have been conducting n series o> whippings in the Central City durt lug the past several months. Dr. Anthony Js no way In sym pathy with masked societies. While ho was pastor here n group of Klnnsmen visited his church on* night during a revival and left an envelope containing a donntlon of $10.00 on the altar and it \ turned b ythe church board at his request. In his sermon Sunday night hr stated that "lawlessness Is trenson and no man, not a traitor to his country, hus any reason to have rocouse to a ma*k.’* j "Undernent.-i all mob vlolenco there Js tho enthronement of self above country and the common good," said Dr. Anthony. "The ho compose mobs are not patriots. They sre generally the scum and criminal element of n community. They engage In theli Illegal practices, not because they love their country, but becauso they desire excitement.’ adventure—or ns they express it 'fun/ Profession al patriotism Is the last refuge of a scoundrel/ al atmosphere In which lawless ness cannot breathe. Uphold the hnnds of our officers and courts Let up do our duty In peace nc lest than war. And above ull,- lei o* hack to Ood In submission, so live as that in us lie may u* well pleased.’* Market Gossip Received Over F. J. Linncll & Company’s Private Wire California Cantaloupes Snow White Cauliflower Avocados (Alligator Pears) Fresh Saratoga Potato Chips Fresh Shipment Whcatcna Crab Apples,, for Jelly Quality Bread, 3 Loaves for 25c - | Bread is your best and cheapest food, cat more of it. ARNOLD-ABNEY &CO. The Best Quality COURTESY is good, tact is good, helpfulness is good, but the first thing you want when it comes to money is dependability. That is what this bank has to offer. Commercial Bank of Athens Member Federal Reserve System “ASK OUR DEPOSITORS” choose* tho night, nnd numbers, nnd * mnnk to *mtte out Justice* to wrongdoers.” Dr. Anthony spoke from I Bam uol 15:23-21: ‘•To obey Is better than sacrifice. Rebellion is ns the sin of witchcraft, and stubborn ness Is as Idolatry." TIME .RIPE TO ACT "I believe tbnt the pm© has come when every citizen, every or ganization and every Instltuthfn which Is animated by love of coun try and reverence for Ood should .cry nlound nnd spare not' lest the growing anarchy prove our ruin." 'The reednt disregard of law hns left untouched almost no part of the world's life. It found t national voice In Germany's ruth less win to power, nnd has come to fruition In Red Russia, crimson with her people's blood. Tbit spreading disrespect -for authority hns colored the whole stream of human conduct; the home, with Itr revolt agnlnat parental authority by the youth: the school and col lege with the uprisings of student bodies against the laws of the school; the Industrial world wit) Its lawless conflicts between tfu men who own and the men Who toll nnd the State with Its rclme wavts Its violence, • Its mob law, Its flog- Kings, nnd Its so-called 'Invisible government/ TF"?vnr»- 'One night In a former pastor ate," said Dr. Anthony, "when mob was storming a Jail. I pullet* my hat down over my face and slipped Into their ranks to find out for .myself the type of men whe join a mob. And I am sure I bar* never seen so mbch human degre gation and Infamy nnd criminality outside n chain gang. They were not there wtlh a passion for Jusv tlce. They were an aggregation of crooks assembled for a gala day. "And the men who have com posed the mobs In Macon. Who are they? Do you believe that they made up of the really brave soldier boys, patriots who wen' overseas nt their country's call to do battle for the civilisation of the world? Why the American gion hurls back the very question as an Insult! "Of course, t ?)o not personal?^ know who composed these Macon mobs; and, ns to the guilt or In jiocence of the parties now under, arrest In connection, I have no< on«f word to say; that Is n mnttei for the courts and not for the pul pit. But, I will venture to make prophecy: If ever the leaden of these moba are found and con vlcted, -you will find among them not soldiers, but the slackers, the draft dodgers, the sedltionlats, the sympathisers with Qermany, and the community cowards. Nobody — ~ *~r ... **,» .traits intc hut ft..- <iiriioat # V fM» n# action Is due to the straits ityu but tho dlrtloot typo of ooword) wh)c)] m , ny , unuch , hav . NEW OBtEANS, La. — Lifer- pool was due 5 to 7 down by New Orleans and New York. Southefn apota. Thursday were unchanged to 63 down; Texas markets 35 to 65 lower; Dallas 45 off; middling there 26.86. Sales decreasing, demand not ao keen Dallas 6,906; all told 29,742 34,274 bales Tuesday and 43, Monday. Buyer, probably holding off owing to better weather, hop ing to buy at a lower level. Consumption and spinner tak ings reports due Friday. August consumption for United States will run against 461.000 for July of this year and 526,000 for August fo last year; about 403,000 ex petted. Giles’ semi-monthly crop fore cast due Saturday. Italy give, Jugo-Slavia until Saturday to accept Italian de mands as to possession of Flume. Nature of expected new Ger man reparation, proposal, awaited wih interest. - - Thursday’s sessien likely to t>c dominated by weather conditions, cables; reparations news and de velopments in the Balkan*. > Sentiment remains a little reac tlonary because of improve! weather condition and a less ur gent demand for spots in Texas. Compared with! last year stock on shipboard at Galveston- Wed nesday was 67,000 vs 39,000; New Orleans 2,000 vs 2,000. Census comparatives this season and last season: August consump tion, lint, blank vs 526,380. August consumption, lintcrs. blank vs 62,- 841. August consumption, increase linter's, blank vs 6894121. Mill stocks August 31st blank vs 024374. Mill stocks July Sl^t 080,230 vs 1,218388. _ TURKISH EUNUCHS . ORGANIZE SOCIETY CONSTANTINOPLE — Eunuch, of this city, who constitute ffli RUtrdlnns of the hnrems. havo form ed a mutual benefit society. This I Local cotton, new, closed at 27 1-2 centi Thursday. Old cot ton closed St 28 1-4 cents. NEW YORK COTTON Open High Low Close P.C. Jan. ..26.96 27.29 26.76 26.77 27.06 O'. ..27.65 28.00 27.53 27.62 27.76 D -o. . .27.30 27.82 27.16 27.20 27.46 II A. M. Bids: Jan. 27.14; Oct. 27.S6;27.67. NEW ORLEANS COTTON Open Hlghr Low Cloae P.C. Jan. ..26.73 27.01 27.62 26.52 26.83 Oct. ..26.85 27.25 26.74 26.77 26.99 Dec. . .26.85 27.20 26.68 26.71 26.97, 11 A M, Rida; Jan. 26.92; Ovt. 27.07; Deo. 27.03. CHICAGO GRAIN WHEAT— Open P.C. Cloae Sept ..10114 101% 99% Dec. ..104% 104% 102% May ..11014 110% 108% CORN— Sept. 85% 84% Dec. ... 6744 68 66% May .. 68% 68% •8% OATS— Sept. ’ 3874 38% Dee. 40 39% Nfay •* 42% 42 lanto, James C. Tipton. Atlanta; B. g. Howell, Charlotte; T. R. Wood ward, Augusta. ' J. U. Griffith, charlotte, N. C.; C. L. ilarpor, Greenwood, 8. C.; J; C. Thomason. Atlanta; R. Kemp, Atlanta; John Newall. New .York; Mr. pnd Mrs. H. M. Wallace, Lake McMillan, t-himticiphia. Ernest Robinson, New York; P. C. Evans, St. Louis, Mo.; Morgan Thompson, Hc-wklnavllle; K. N. Parker, Dublin; Mr. and Mrs. c. j. Garris and daughter, Memphis, Tennessee. John Wr.nd„Jr„ Atlanta; W-.ltor - Winn, Atlanta; Mr. and Mr*. S. D. Jones, LaOranite. A- W. Hck- ett. Atlanta; George P. Smith, Baltimore; A. D. Freeman. Atlan ta; G. C. Vallle, Providence, R. I. ' L. L. Donl-, Atlanta! Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Thomas. Miami; Mayna-rd B. Smith and 'Mrs. Smith, Atlanta; J. W. Grady. Chicago; Charles R. An drews, Jr.. Atlanta. C. H. Bridges. Petersburg, Va.; L. B. Martin, Louisville, Ky.; 8. A. Freed, Phlladelhpla. Pa.; H. E- I-atnb, Nnshvlllo, Tonn.; W. H. GrJice t Greenville, 8. C,; B. A. Mc- Cubbtns. Jacksonville, Fla.; Harry GREEN & MICHAEL LOAW DEPArtMEnt 417-421 Southern Mutual Building A large amount of local funds now on hand for Immeji., Disbursement on City Property. ' Food Confections Wheat-and Rice Grain* Steam Exploded Quaker Puffed Grain* are whole grains steam exploded. They are puffed to airy globules, thin, crisp, flaky, flavory. They form the most delightful cereal foods that children ever get They, make whole grains enticing, i ( In millions of homes they are being served morning, noon and flight See that your folks every, day, get these fascinat ing dainties, Quaker Puffed Whea ^ h*v» • thrown by the abolition of palace harem, n» well «■ by creaftlnx poverty among• uppf clasx Turk*. Continuing Dr. Anthony xald; "tt ‘the breaking of the Dlvlnt law la herexy. the breaking of the <’ountry*a law la treason. It pro- fitted , Baul Uttla to profeaa faith and practice/witchcraft. Aj.nl tt profits hut Utle an organisation— whatever tta name—to profea* J Americanism, and practice lawless* 'nee*. "That sort of 'patriotism* whlel In Its written creed, and published | alms, calls heaven and earth to. ^witness it*. Americanism, and which, while so profehslng, furnish es a shelter for flowers nnd nthet violators of the law. la rhenpei than dirt. The eery name and In* atgnia of the Ku Klux Klan, tt say. nothing of Its Intimate con nection with the Doggers nnd oth-i era who have terrorized Atneric* since the organization was recent ly revived. Is tta sufficient con demnation. Its mask. Its'lnvlsl-, blllty, Its choice of the darltnea* to say nothing of Its appeal t< radal and religious preludlee nut. laws It. For these things not all Its professed devotion to the Con stitution ran ever hope to ntone. Lawlessness Is treason. No man not a traitor to hia country, ha* I any reason to have recourse to • masld "We cannot be Christians. If we rnmpte. upon onr country's li R»nife r nut© Caesar/ ‘said Christ, the things that a ns- Caesor'ji and unto Cod the things What ' art nod’s/ . "Let us, therefore, stand for the Silvertown Cords make your car look better and last longer. They give you the great est return on your tjre investment. .Goodrich CORD TIRES Best ir> the Jfyngfyn Lawler Motor Company Connally Motor Company