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THE BANNEimERAl.p. ATI1EN8. GEOIiWA, SPORT NEWS I all they mi of. a TO THE FOOTBALL FANS OF THIS CITY Friend, if in the next few days you are asked to be in attendance at the Athens-Madison football . I rgaftlb Friday yoh are earnestly requested to con- 1 . sider.your duties as a citizen. If a booster of pub- . lie-institutions why not back the second home of | ^yfiTli*'school or daughter. Tickets on sale at the I ATHENS HIGH STUDENTS. ire looking: for in the hard g§jnf _fiext Satur- i day- kt Many supporter* from Mucon and a large number of students [are expected to accompany the j Baptists here. A special train jv/.il be put on by the Central of [Ctuigia railway and a great! ru.r.her are expected to take vantage of the reduced rate. The it’Mciai will return to Macon Sat urday night. I Interest and enthusiasm is high! in the Bulldogs camp ar.d they} mi- determined that the anex- Curtain Ready To Go Lp rr.trd will .not happen—that _nt| finamow OJhto The best crops a £<i fli. \ ifftT I OPENING BATTLE besting Georgia XJ iid;; on j The line positions all seem to j be well fortified and should sus-j tain all on-suughts. “Shud” Frier or "Roose" Hay j will be at the pivot position in| opener. .Spencer uraysoi On Season Opener. Game To Start Promptly at Three O’Cloek. | The Meri-er team and the Bup-j ftiiit band will go over to Athens' ion the special and it is fcApcd t!ia*jtl: ‘many of the Mercer -students and ]ke Jose.love are expected to be j Macon people will take ndvun-J fj,e guard positions.- with Carroll I tage of the special accommoda-j Levic ar.d Tippin as reserves. Itions crovided by the Central ofjCftp‘aln .Tie Ber.Jitt and Jim (Georgia Railway cn that day. [Taylor will be at their old tackle i Plans of Mercer authentic.-; at I places. Carmichael anil Bass be- to show th^ 1 j ing available herb alda. “'Mac” ( president and athletic officials j rm | <3 mi Richardson *cew t II that ca annual came betw'y.v Mer-ithe edge at the wings and and Georgia in Macoa and Cargill mar ^ be used in an nnh'miatie Hvnv u,ts 10 brinp; l* 1 - «; ntest to L»e jshattiick nmy also do service in thoIr rven “J!! 1 ,. wlth f “ n fy 0 #,* 11 ? JpTCS UptinilStlC Heart of Georgia will he made.jf nP [-,h n Fletcher and Ike in harness will line up for the firs' Prospects of Outcome in ; should those plans be successf'jf.i josolove are reserves for end. If.k'cKoff of th. c t, 11 j 'it is\ likely ” ‘ ‘ By HAL JACKSON THE FACTS » What—Football* - » Who—Athens High vs. Madi son High. When—Friday. Time—3 P M* Where— Sanford - .Field. ** t . In the last scrimmage of the w*V have before tackling the Madison High loud i tiere Friday not a single injury i an was reported among the Maroon nks. The locals with blood In Game With Bulldogs; Here Saturday. eiy that the Mcrcc game each viJI i proa'ch that of the annual battle • between Auburn and Georgia in i Columbus. .Mr. Rufus W. Waver, j president of Mercer. Is confident xtro ■ l ,l b f, f -• Glut the gigant.c stadium proposed j j our compose the bftckficld, the What will be the result of tne for the Baptlit Institution will be! . n „ arf _ f nnn »u n * nnf j j Mercer-Georgia football game in . er «ctid within n year, and that the Ihii M I Athena on September 2d? „ next year will find Mercer battling I backrield three they should he called up?n. The, 0 ' 0 * 00 ** tnote change). All Indlca brcklinld wil! t- .-hosen fnm «»«« are favorable for a Ereal from Philpot, Clacklev. Kilp»l- Kamo attended hy a fine crowd, rick. Moore. Randall. lintier. SI- j Th* scrimmage Tuesday was on. monwitz. Nelson. Wi.nd.ham *$ "?■ *«•* nt lh <' **** " ho » Bluer*, and Harriot. The first pd the Maroon varsity nt its best That Jpteaticn in the cause of th p Hull-dogs in Macon, and the ■ tiiacuRsi; ' game will be close. By JULIAN LEGGETT (In Macon Iclcgraph) 1 that the gigantic stadium proposed']pomposo **the bftckficld, ih^.They tore great holes in the re 1 fa serve line and showed aunlr »lgh; remainder still another in the defense. Xot n single first wa/ ill be no easy Job, as registered against the .varsity-for* scrimmage. To pick the oneningi wnr<,p - Besides the great work; of all have shown up splendidly. . ! ,h * »ne was the fine work put up John Fletcher. Randall, and IM th * Athens High backs. The Jn Clcckley made the nicest rung terference showed a remarkable fm during the afternon’s work. Ran- provement over their pnht scrim: dnll Was withdrawn from the mages. Windham, who is death at tack-1 The remainder of ♦ he .days be combat when tackled hard oy fore the combat will be devoted sh ling and n nice runner. tlrely to signal- drills and/, black “Jnsz ’ Carroll received a cut board work. No more chances on his forehead ust before the. having a regular Injured will be Scrimmage when varsity candi- taken wl|h the game so near dates tackled .members ‘of the hand With a team composed Freshmen team BULLDOGS WILL GET Gcorgia*Wffbc present time. V r ■ ccr -■TreTf*’ ar< ‘ b'jplng that tho ! ’* Baptisjgf cleto i will hold the Bulldp«jt' to the clotest r-core in tho history t.f this annual battle ar.d are. willir.T to give their money and moral rupport toward tat the accomplishment of what "would be a great achievement for, the Merrerlian—-the. defeat of the Classic city aggregation. On tho other hand. Georgia followers think that the Bulldogs will administer the same dose of bitter medicine that the Baptists; have hid to take for the past two i i. nu years, and this crowd of loyal sup SoU&u Put T h Y 0 U ££ h win mfil! Tough Scrimmage Tues-| Mercer even worse than has boon the case In the past. I Some few pe«»nlc ’"ho are m; neither side of thli all important 'J question arc making no ra»t j p 00 tbnll took ds most definite statements, hut are considenngj R bapo for the Georgia Bulldogs | the - relative strength of Iho two r(nce the beginning of practice, teams. Perhsps they arc the o?-y |Tucsdav afternoon down at Ban- SEASON 1 FRIDAY j much material and with Tho Freshmen team continues | mentor at tho holm tho Maroop at hard work and their first game ( supporters nr* looking forward to hr*scheduled one week from Sat-, the -osult of this battle with rtucii urday when they meet Clemson in I Interest, their own back yard. day. Backs Do Sensa tional Work. the eve >d/ore the esason gets under way. . Pcrb-jcs ihey arc the o -y Tuf „|„ t.(term,on <1 who will fcc rtehtias to the} f#rd Me . a . ; Two vi hlc ootcom^^te^ B ame c ir.] |inc( , U|)f nml ■„ „, rl ♦he I «0.U1 OOOIK^ ■than at anv time in_ I 'years. An? upon that vent . Mercerlans will hue their ( Bn( j ntion' that Mercnir l» Roin|( «tre the BulidoRs u lot of wi^bHng jj 1 J® JJJJ Merced. {»; onling to yeporUr sense < ' r TH!.n vir'aa .tfcrflStMi yhaf 1 that MSMI fm-iht each othes, anil all wu due to the approachinft date of t ILIOUSNESS % tick headache, soar stomseb. constipation, easily avoided. AeedweJinrwtttm aUm.1. sicken or g^-only 25c avis fb. w practicing under cloiecl^ dj^ To beifin with, Mercer return- ‘ her entl>) number cl" letter, n from the 1922 aitgrtsatlon ef to men, with the exception o; tc men. These veteran, who nbeent are: Sid Johnaon, cen- : Ed Irwin, end: and "Coot ,nch, general all-orund man, t< a reeounlaed fact that tho rcer team will min Johnton re than any other. a« there is one to teke hie place. The not pooitlo:'. ie the weak epot I the Baptist armor. I all the other poi... _ Of candidates workln* herd addition to the men who will t the game in Athens, there be no less then three good ..era who are capable of go- r fat at a moment's notice Wl.h i array of rcecrvc material should be, and. Is, much r than she has ever been, for a look at Georgia t •pect The Bulldogs lost «v- ‘ men whose places will n? I fill .The whole center of iVilMgiity. Two, of the oni*e backficld did not SUCCEEDS WHERfi ! DOCTORS FAILED; , Mrs. Carry B. Dlx. Schoolfleld, Va. t writes: “I havo bean sick nearly all my life and hove taken medicine from doctors, but they did me no good. I triad Benadlcta and it has done ma more good than anything I aver used." ' Mrs. Dix gave us permission to use her name, because she felt that Bone- dicta might relieve the ills and suffering of women everywhere. Get a bottle of Beutdicta from your druggist today, j , J3enedicta HEALTH BUILDER . , A moss mretina will be held In New uniforms for the varsity I the ebopel Friday nt Which tlmt will be .I-sued Friiley afternoon, sooeche* will he mode nnd to give the student body a chanch te •'brush un" on the yells. An nrcerv call for the eltlxens of the town ti be mi. for this game will he mndt hy the student body. The nrohShtc line hp'fnr'tlio ronns for the tilt ts t I.-ihert and J. tvllUn tVentherly nnd Smith ' tneltles; nishop am Rlewnrt .gimnlsl e-nterr .taekson tjb;l Wingfield halves.* Dav An unusual fealure of the mnn »>lny Is Hint “Big hoy” Bli •■••e < Ma roes.eae. I snout the signals. Tiii time In history' of (he Vehool thill a "-enmnn has calleij the' ilgnSis. The only berth m, the eMet that ft uncertain for ttWs leiimVi 1, the loft tackle. Several I/ulg hay been nlternntlng. nt this posltol, nnd lust who will start here Frl day Is not knowrt Shifts nt thlr iftt» Urn* 4 arc not expected. In order that the Georgia Hull- . doRR nn«l the Frenhmnn team lr** ,r » t*»Hr work the gama timr | baa been moved up to 3 o’clock. M'laxi Servite Day and Night YeilowCabCo. CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH MONEY Bend this ad and ten cent* Foley & Co., 2V35 Sheffield Ave. Chicago, 111., writing your name and addreat clearly. You will re- :r- - no11 on celve a ten cent bottlo of FOLEY’S - V- 5 hc , ^l 1 2 HONEY AND TAR for Cougha opening day of ^practice ^at Coldl| ftnd Croup 0l8O , frM ^m v u packages of FOLEY KIDNEY lost FILL8 for Backache, Rheumatic v_.i I’alns, Kidney and. Bladder trouble, J and FOLEY CATHARTIC TAB a n ». WA/u'mift hn a ! LETS ^ ConstlpaUon and BUi Ut—Coach W oou ruff ouanesa. These wonderful reme ■ire in store for all «P9®"; dies have helped million, of peo- who expect to have an e.sy . Try thtra . sold evsrywh.r. Ssaforil Field, ind those menM |>nwn „ , among those missing, brum ,. ILL8 , Backache, viewpoint of veteran* ‘ appHrs to be in isition in tackling the Bull , Hhia searon. Probably the ( material that Georgia has had came up from the fresh „ ranks of last season . Ac- dtng to reports from the Clas- City, the Crackers will be _ jd. In fact, the team will be on J par with that of last year, and ' perhaps * better and Mercery es of beating the Bulldog smaller as the days pass, of the “experts” wbt n both squads in action 'doping Georgia to beat the 5t bv a margin of some 24 and thst kind of dope ap- reasonable. Some of them : Mercer will score, and'tfcat Jnal result will look sometlng this: Georgia 27. Mercer 6. from a conservative stand- bal that seems io be nbout r cort , ?ct as tho most ardent 1 of (he Orange and Black SEEDMEN SAY that from the kinds of seed farmers are now buy ing ft shows they ere preparing to diversify crops, which means pros perity for the farmer and town alike. Next year they will still fur*her reduce the cotton aevreage but grow other money crops. MEN IN A position to know say that calcium arenate will be cheaper next year, nnd they think It can be bought bjN fanners at about ten cents a pound. Farmers are now busy picking cotton and most have stopped - using poison. PARTIES WHO HAVE seen the crop of Mr. Todm Morton say he has flue cotton and it looks like ) tale per acre. He Is the son of ine late Wm. Henry Morton one ot the best citizens and farmers our county ever knov). HON. L. (*. BROWN says the Leglslautre should change It time for making tax returns from Jan uary to March 1st and by so doing they would place millions of dol lars on the books now escape tax ation. It would also life a part of the road from farmers and place it on other classes. IT IS REPORTED that a large company from New York, that ha* Investment arouno - Athens has en gineers looking into the water owfr. with a view of buying tfcf ompany that owns this property nd develop It In one of the finest i .ator powers In Georgia, and It -as once designed to build - a dam hut would back water hs* high up Ivor as' Carlton. • It wbUld 1 be a great thing for Athens to'fthvo this iwer developed - . TIIK rOFKIt SEED te., says they, have shipped their second rap of home-grown oats and' ex- icct to follow these two ears with others. In year* gone by Instead of shipping oats they were brought to Athens by tho train load from anywhere NOW THAT THE STUDENTS jllfe ai)d property. The property iters; ami- a more adequate system are returning to volle^e there ill [damage .by^ fire for thfe, entire-the part of public authorities an d Be* a "better ‘(fe'mahd for "produce country last year was the larges fcjthe schools. brought to our curb maret. All of jon record, totalling $521,000,000; The national fire waste contest our educational institutions ill iWhile the losses for the first eight instituted by ~ haveihe largest attendance on rec jnonths of 1923 are Baid to exceel ber ainoni nrr i T those of tho qame period laat.werce wil WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1923. ed by the National Cham- on* local chamb*aa of c6m, will be offlclalMButartsd year by approximately ,n,uuo,uuojuaring the Fire Prove: The national obicrvcncc of fire Prize, will be award* WEEK” OCTOBER 7 provide for: Better protection am. inspection of schools; better su pervision and protection of hos-' pitols and state instituttions bet-: ter inspection of mercantile ceji-l 3rd. IT vmv I nnk't! llVo Aim Tnpl | iH»i*wii»i ou»ciwcnce OI lire «*,«o wiu ue bwbi i. Li., i 1 prevention week will be carried ! organixaUon in our is right In predict,ng an early fall on un( j cr t he leadership of the.celvinf? the highest ri •Mr. Joel says the Jewish new year chamber of Commerce of the Uni- preventing activities wag at the earliest date this year |te(1 states. The National Chamber | » In a long time and v°u can aiweysj leaded jhe movement this j*ear j Drink Good GraDC foretell the beginning of fall wealh . t , re q U cst of various national;——— cr by its date. An early frost will 'organizations which heretofore i cut ghort the cotton crop* But tho j have carried on the national fire j staple Is opening very fast. Mr.'prevention campaign. tfrfmHI last Saturday visited Mbn- , roe find says at least half the cot- The .flana recently announced, ton In the fields-are open. Crops by the National Chamber for a are better around Athens* than any £?tion-wide observance of the >|ri Ce i n Georgia ^ Fire Prevention Week specifically 7!..ee in Georgia. , provide for: Better protection and IT IS REPORTED that the Ath ens Elks club Is looking around Tor suitable building lot on which they will erect a handsome temple for thalr order. The Elks In Ath ens 13 a very strong organization ind many of our best and most enterprising citizens are enrolled Its membership. THE PEANUT CROP in this sen >n Is being gathered and is turn- g out ruuiurkabio well. Thu acreage will be considerably In creased next year and a peanut mill to manufacture the nut*, into oil, etc., will probably be establish ed In or near Athens. MILLINERY New Fail Model in, Hats are arriving daily. Pattern Hat*. $5.00 to $25.00. Velonn, Feltt Duvetyne and Satin Sport Beta, $2.00 to $10.00. THE STYLE SHOP Min Susie Welle *' BAKED FRESHMGm &1>AY Chamber of Commerce Perfecs Plans For Ob servance of National' Campaign Against Fires ’ Plans have been perfected by I »u Jitiivtin u.v HUT brain tuou iroin ru nm l, n * I Texas ami thewert. A. oat. 'S^ft^ttarfSXne; of Mm| wor,h “ ,,out 5900 a ear-load you Firp p„ vcWiur . Week, beginmiidl Fjiiday, October 7, and entlimf'l Saturday, Ocotoher 13. -llundrtdt] of other cities and towns through out /.he /uintiry will cooperate { In this national effort to reduce • the courttry’s annual fire loss of bow much money is being brought in Instead of paid out “Mr. says the Fulghum Is tho fa- oat and commands the best The yield well and mature earlier In the spring. NOW OPEN TY8EE ISLAND — — — GEORGIA HOTEL TYBEE South Atlantic’! Majestic Hotel , Fireproof—American Plan—Bathing, Dancing, Fishing ■ , Sea Food a Specialty WONDERFUL JAZZ ORCHESTRA RoMlgnot.Kemp 4 Parry, Prop’*. SOUTHERN RAILWAY train rilENS Interest of Macon (ever heat as the .J ,g«m« approachri Are you listening to tho in sistent pounding of Opportu nity? Are you aware of the fact that the Want-Ad columns of this paper present some of the best possible opportunities —opportunities to buy, to sell or to offer J service? Tht coat is compar|Hvelf>. small when you conader the excellent re sults. BANNER-HERALD Phone 75 BUi