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THE BANNKR-HBRALP. ATHENS, GEORGIA — MONDAY. SEPTEMRFn , THE BANNER-HERALD ATHENS, GA. Uncle Sam’s Jig-Saw Puzzle WnApO.1. il,.m ;'3l&'AJM—U “Published Every Evening During the Week Except Saturday and L UU1 . , v If : Tk. A.hn,. Pnh!l«tlin» rnmiUnV. Sunday and on Sunday Morning by The Athens Publishing Company, Athens, Ga. .—.— It EARL R. BRASWELL Publiaher and General Manager ccond Class Mail Matter under rfarch g. 1879. SB 5 22T-A' O-i MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the uscfor 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 ot republication of special dispatches arc also reserved. Address all Business Communications direct to the Athens Publish ing Company, not to individuals. News articles Intended for publica tion should tie addressed to The Banner-Herald. Thoughts For The Day To him that esteemeth any thing to be dean, To him it is unclean.—Rom. 14:14. To the pure all things are pure.—Shelley. THE UNIVERSITY’S PROSPECTS The University of Georgia opens its one hundred and twenty-third session Wednesday. The indica tions point to a record-breaking attendance and to the most successful year in the history of that great instiution. . , . The people of the state in recent years have been waking up to just What this institution means to the youth of Georgia. There was a time when there was much prejudice and much misapprehension of the true state of affairs at thq University. TJat day has passed and the people of the state see the insti tution in its true light and, realize the great work that it is doing for the yoUng men in every way. While every Georgian feels a pride in the number of young men attending the University, their chief pride is in the fact that the University does not rely upon numbers for its greatness. Every year witness es an advance in the quality of instruction and the young men attending here are given each year bet- ter chances to learn the great things of life. Great er and greater stress is laid each year upon the train ing that makes real, strong, vigorous, active, cul tured men. The young men year by year are being trained into more and more useful citizenship. The people of the state know now that their great educational institution is keeping abreast of every important movement, the first to see the real needs of the state, and always ready to do every thing pos sible to meet the requirements of the situation and improve the state in every way. The University stands for the very highest ideals in education and at the same- time is thoroughly practical. The great questions of the day are seen clearly by those who are directing its affajrs and the young men in attendance upon its classes are given a training that fits them to grapple with those ques tions and solve them. / Says Tobacco Is Not Profitable Crop For North Georgia Can’t Produce Bright To bacco Here, Says Ag. College Specialist. Soil Not Suited to It. ATHENS AND HER HOME INDUSTRIES The Banner-Herald is in receipt of a letter from a , good citizen and prominent business man in which ^ he says: “In a conversation the other day with quite a prominent citizen at Athens, he rather expressed his discouragement over the future of the town and com mented on the fact lhat we had so few industries in Athens outside of the cotton mills. I asked him the question whether he was patronizing those indus tries existing in Athens, and called his attention to one concern, which would be a very valuable asset to Athens, provided it was properly patronized, and that is the Co. This company is doing quite a large business, but not doing anything like the business it ought to do, and in response to my question, if he used their product, he replied he did not, but expected to from this time on exclusively 1 . How many people in Athens who are not using this product I do not know, but certainly home products * ' people, especially should be patronized by our own people, when the article is as good as that made elsewhere. If this company had the proper sjpport I believe they would be employing hundreds of men, most of them making good wages, rath dr than the few men which they are employing at present” And this brings up a question that every citizen of Athens shbuld put to himself. Is It not my duty to J iatronize home industries—at least to give them the irst chance to sell me when I am In the market for auch products? We believe that every citizen will readily answer this question • Jn the. affirmative. Then what makes it so hard to put it iqto practice? In trying to answer this last question we believe the trouble lies partly with the average citizen’s In difference and partly with the selling end of the local industry. In other words, granting that the local product has both the value of outside products and that also its price is in line, yet. as a rule its selling effort will be concentrated In outside territory. Athens must be sold just as any other market is sold. Maybe this ought not to be the case, but it holds true in business. For many years -Athens has sold groceries right at Augusta’,* doors. Athens also does the same thing in Atlanta’s territory. In oth er words, the selling organization of Athens whole sale grocers is so good they invade competitive ter ritory. Athens' has a number of home industries that Should receive a larger local support and patronage. _ .... -- glad to at The Banner-Herald would be glad to do everything in its power to bring this about. It should be a mat ter of individual pride,and community patriqtism to support these industries and to help in their growth and development. As the days go by, -we are con- _ by, -v fident, that more and tnore small 'industries are coming to Athens, but in all seriousness we suggest to them in arranging their selling plpns that Athens should be included as well as outside territory. Ath- 1 town/ ens is worth selling just as much as any-other i The fall weather hafe arrived and with it business has opened lively with the merchants. ' Support the Chamber of Commerce and back up its undertakings for the good of thecitv. ' •IVWMIMI Berton Braley’s Daily Poems THE DOUBT By Bcrtnn Brainy Time wa» when I wax ready For any eld adventure; I. When I was brnsh and heady, Oblivious of censure. But now, I figure chances Down to the smallest fraction, I weigh the circumstances Before 1 get in actiuq^ Time was I chased illusion And thought advice was need less, And plunged into confusion With eager youth and heed less; But n»« before I journey In fantasy’s dominion, I talk with my attorney And ask for hia opinion. I once was moat Imprudent, As young men, I suppose, are: But now Iuu student Of what the “cons" and “proa And from a lot of thumping I’ve gained some erudition, I’m not so quick at jumping At each new proposition. I’ve learned to curb my hurry And thus avoid a blunder. And yet—and yet 1 worry And cogitate,, and wonder; I wish some kind adviser • My load of doubt wrMd shud der— Say, am I getting Wiser, Or merely getting Older? JAPANESE RELIEF FUND NEAR EIGHT MILLION AND STILL GROWING WASHINGTON.—The Japanese relief fund 1 of the American Red Cross approached $8,OOS.OOO today, with subscriptions already reiiorti ed totalling 87,454,600. Overnight reports from division headquarters gave the totals as follows; Washington, 84.358,000; New land. 8492.300; Southern,'8187.000; Central fl.077.-f00; Southwestern. 8426^00: Pact tic, $718,000; Insular and foreign $201,500. The Cheapest Way to Buy Good Bread Think of it! Atleast 33 good biscuits— Tegular size—for five cents. It is real econ omy to use Merry Widow Self-Rising Flour, because it contains the neces sary amount of pure ingredients and you have only to add ’cold water or milk, and shortening— then bake. Prosperity is abroad in 1 he land and conditoins in this section are showing a wonderful improvement over the past few years. fords mmim Self-Rising Flour DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU? A Llttla of Everything And Not Much of Anything. By HUGH ROWE. Football fane are looking for* ward to a feast this fall. With •o much wonderful material back frem last ysar and eo many promising candidates and with such an excellent staff of conches, Georgia Is bounO to rank first among the southern colleges Coach Woodruff Is busy round ing "out hla team for the first game to be held here on September 29 with Mercer. The play* • * are In fine form nnd the most determined bunch of boys Georgia has pro duced In years. The average child h** vary little piety, although we do not think It irreverence. We ones knew 'a little girl who was playing In the yard and f thundei storm came up. Her mother called Cotton 11 3-8 cents. Weather: Fair. Thomas M. Aaron, age fifty-one, blew his head orf with shotgun. Mr. Ben Epps had-his arm brok- on while attempting to crank ar automobile— probably o Ford. Governor Hoke Smith yesterdh; administered the oath of'office to T. J. Shackelford to be judge of the City Court of Athens. Miss Gussie Dunham died at local hospital. FAIL Til MOLLIFY playing and her mother heard her say, “God, God, stop tlyat racket up there. Her mother took her In the house nnd explained all the wonderful workings of nature an* asked her If she understood. She said: “uh huh.” A feuTtlays later It was thundering again. The child ruled to.her mother nnd said: ••Mother, God’s rolling dem barrel* and things around again." Cliff Hatcher, representative of Burke county, has been spending several days In Ath ens. Hia record jn tho loglala- ture will stand out prominent, if for no other service than that of passing a measure creating nn of' flee for ex-service men of the 8panlsh-American war arid the th« world wide wnr. He la a splendid gentleman and one of tljj gblesl members of the house. , “Bill" Wray of Wrayswood, has recovered from a operation at a local hoaplNl, and has returned to hia home. He belongs to one of the oldest am moat prominent families of Athena His father and grand father live# In Athens and he nnd hla brother Tom, were born here In’ the ole Wrny home on Wray street, thi street having been named for th« grand father of the Wray boys. (By Associated, Prato.) BIRMINGHAM — Attempts to nullify Indictments charging five Savannah men with violating the federal liquor laws met nlth fall* ure hero Saturday,,when Judge W. I. Grubbs overruled a motion fot a new demurrer i na bll of parti culars filed by A. A. Lawrence and J. J. Bohamm of Savannah. The defendants are W. E Wat son, W. M. Haar, Frederick H Hanr, Carl Harr and Max L. Wil son. They are alleged to havi been principals in a liquor opera tion and unearthed by federo! agents of Savnnnh last month. In dictments against them were re- turned by a federal grand Jury In Savannah. ./ The Savannah Morning Nawa says that as a whole the record* show a decrease in marriage* add an increase in divorce* in Georgia, but that ih the city of* Sa vannah, the number of mnrrlager show an Increase over the numbel or divorces. That Is a wonderin' record for Savannah^ but before we are willing *..» award them thf trophy we would not be satisfied until we have beard from Atlantr —th* Nevada of Georglg, mrnBmm Mr. 8. Bernstein, president of the Broad Street Office of the American State Bank, met wjth a pussling proposition wfcep spened his post cfflci box Saturday evening and found In the box two letters addressed tc him, one from Fred J. Orr nnd the other one from the Bailey Too' Co. Much to his surprise on read ing them he noticed that they both bore the post mark and wrltter date* of October 1914. The Balls? T^ol CO, has not been In business In several years. How these let ters could have been misplaced foi such a length of time and then be come resurrected Is baffling thf a no utt post'office officials little. ATHEN8 TWELVE YEARS AGO 8unday, September 17, 1011 William Guest an Insuranct agent was aertously cut by Andrew Fitzpatrick. Rev. H. C. Compton, the drum* mer greacfc*r. burned to Athen’ and made bond for hie appearancr to clly court. Shreysr, of New York, renre- Talbotton Dentist Is Sentenced to 15 Years For Murder Athens, Ga., Sept. 16, 1923 To The Banner-Herald: I notice a statement on the edi torial page of your paper of Sept ember 13th, which W'e at the Ag ricultural College do not agree with In it* entirety. The slate is: “As Ibe beginning for a n#w cYor in this seotiqnj every farmer should plant a few acres in tobacdon nexP year.” There has been a great deal of interest in tobacco In ndrth. Geor gia for the past year due largely the stories that have reached ♦bis section from South Georgia. The farmers in south Georgia have been producing bright tobac- commercial scale since 1917^ The number of pounds pro duced. and the average prices re ceived are ns follows: Year Lbs Tobacco 350,000 $.000,000 10,327.530 9.677,623 5,039,000 3,525.000 9,000,000 approx. 25.00 It will be noticed that the pro duction Increased to 1919. Since lowfr. Already ll,.. w eo Krower.-rt-Kentucks, cussing the rtilmbiin,', out next ytwjdleroi, ,. nt J have not; •jig(all crop. 1917 .1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 Av. Prict 23.1 34.5 17.73 23.19 10.00 24.00 (lint time ♦here.ri&s been a rapid would produce a fair quality decrease until this year. The price received In 1921 was very unsatis factory. The average price for the entire crop was 10c per pound. On some of the markets, the average price received for the entire sea- only 5c. Th sandy soil In South Georgia much hotter suited to the pro duction of high quality bright to bacco than the soils In north Georgia. While tobacco will grow luxuriantly. In North Georgia, most of It is a dark type which does not have a strong demand, and there fore the price* usually received are so small that‘the crop Is often unsatisfactory as a cash crop. II Is the bright cigarette tobacco that brings good prices. Dark tobacco, a large part of which Is exported usually brings a much lower price The type of tobacco is determined largely by the kind of soil it it pr<>\Vn on. The farmers-of smith Georgb have had'difficulty some years In producing a satisfactory crop of bright tobacco. Many of them some years have not only failed to plake money,*but hnve lost money notwithstanding ihe fact that the conditions there for growing It art much more favorable than they *rr throughout the Athens section. Tobacco must be planted on the right kind of soli before It Is pos sible to produce a type that lr profitable to grow. There are a few patches of soil in North Georgia which will grow a fairly satisfactory type of bright tobac- per acre, while it r^ai, but ns a genera! propositoin two days of man labor suggests Hay as PROFITABLE CROP I believe that we ar« , ting one of th* bi'Rt op. We have In thp way 0 f < In-not growing hay fo, Most every turner hai i sury equipment for prod) nnd la familiar with er m curing it. Aavt* a r< ket ut-liome. While turns from hay’ crop* ai big as frqm some of th crops, the oqst of prod much less. Labor in m n ml more. acreage f per man. 'Wvie us< pcndable crepe like oats and vetch. It would slble to make a profitable hay most any year. t With the exodus of the farm labor situation coming acute, requires forty days of there patches of soil are so widely scattered that experience ha* shown that to attempt to grow o- bnccq generally In North Georgia a money crop would not be pro fitable. Some of the light gray soils which have yellow subaollr bright tobacco. Aa a rule, how ever, red land or gray land with red sub soli will not producy high priced tobacco. We fully npprec*atf needs'Of additional crops to supplement t* part of the qotton acreage, but wc believe It would be a great deni more practical for the farm era to grow the crop* which thej would have the greatest possibil ity of obtaining a profit from. The farmers of South Georgia South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia are already making % to produce hay. T<-bare not be attempted there is suitable soil uni* amount of labor Is avalln We appreciate the fact paper is widely rend, and readers, have profited reading yoyr columns, know that you do not I ly publish anything 8 think would not be for Interest of the people « serve.- ~ These are the reason* desire to calj your nttentl Statement referred to that you Will appreciate tltude in the v matter. With best Wishes. I Very truly vo K. C. WEST Form Management Special College of Agriculture. TABOTON’-Dr. C. %M. Black prominent dentist of Talbotton charged with murder In connection with tho fatal stabbing of Jessr C. McGuirt. local merchant con victed of voluntary manslaughter In the superior court. Judge Murirr sentenced him to 15 to 20 years. BogartHighSchool Overflowing With Many Eager Pupils BOGART, Ga.—The revival meet- in, closed Sunday night and be comes history. This meeting, ducted at the MethoCiit church, hv the pastor, Hnv..J.'l,. Jolley, ssllst- ed by Rev. J. W. Austin of Carl, On., was one of the most wonder ful meetings Bogart ban ,. on for yearn. Hev. Austin preaches with great force. His earnestness In *iot to be doubted wblcli of course, ac counts for the success of the meet ing. The audience increased in num ber each service until Sunday night at tho last service the church was filled to itn utlmost capacity, both sitting and standing room, besides a great number who could not even gain admittance. Bogart High School which be gan September 3,'in now ocerflow- Ing. Each ot tbe four clan rooms Is packed with'eager pupils seek ing education. Another teached If seriously needed in this school. The school has been, steadily I growing since the fall of 1921 when I tbe first senior cius was organ- j ixed by tho superiuleudenL C. Mors-! ban Copeland. The corps ot aAUst- nht teachers this year hre espec- droQ Crank Case Service At our service stations we will gladly drain the old oil from your crank case and re-fill with the prop er grade of Polarine Mo,for Oil charging you only for the fresh oil. This is just one of the many features of the super-service we maintain for motorists at omiser? vice stations. You will find conveniently; located service stations at Washington and Thomas Streets Hancock and Hull Athens, Ga. And nearly everywhere you go. Better Stick To The Standard Always buy at the station or the dealer with the Crown sign. /* Standard Oil Com;