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mhpXt, OCTOBER 19. Hit THE BAXXKR-HBRALP, ATHENS. GEORGIA ' “ CHINESE OUTNUMBER OTHER PHILIPPINE IMMIGRANTS MANILA—The Philippine Inlands will not he difturbed with an lm« migration problem, for some yeon to come If the Drwgt.altaM"' migration la continued. A total o. less than 4,000 immigranta came tc the islands during the first ?1> months of the present yrnr. accord ing to reports obtained from the customs service. SPECIAL NOTICE CITY TAXES The third installment of city taxes arc due from October loth to November 1st, inclusive. Tax payers who fail to pay on or be- forp November 1st will have to pay *1.60 cost on fi fa. which will be issued against all delinquents. G. E. O'FARRF.LL, o31c. - City Marshal. PATRICK’S PHARMACY PRESCRIPT!!}: Phone 88 Above—Y. M .C. A. located toward the center of British front In the ,Iloly Land, Palestine; Below—Kitchener Hut, Mesopotamia. I T may take two to make a quarrel hut not to make entangling alliances. The Chinese have a proverb that the one who saves a drowning man becomes responsible for him for life. Whether we like it or not, the world was left on our doorstep some seven years ago. We may know that wo have done our duty, a most disagreeable one, yet ot) our dohrstep the world remains. And we must not forget that our forbears had their world problems. Decatur had something to say to Barbary pirates long before .the cable was laid which carried Theodore Roosevelt’s message, "Pcrdicaris alive, or Raisuli dead.” It. gomes as rather a shock to remember that at one time our navyijojned that of Great Britain in destroying the trade in “black'ivory” on the Atlantic. Some Europeans have looked upon the Monroe Doctrine as a gross impertinence and today it is not a source of constant joy to certain Latin American Republics. Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands arc not inheritances from the original thirteen colonies, and a considerable group of Filipinos arc emphatic in their desire tint we declare ourselves just as un- intercfjfd in them as wc are fn Europe. There are others. THE SWEEP OF WELFARE WORK ~ Our'thief interest during the Great oases in the Sahara, where the mon- Was was France, but wc touched otony of endless days under a burn- many points where. ’ in so doing, ing sun drove men toward madness, whether or no wc left our mark, we to the motley crowds which filled acquired a responsibility. Jerusalem at Christmasfrom the From the dugouts on the bullet* Esbckich Gardens of Cairo, turned swejit‘teaches of Gallipoli, to palm- into a great pleasure resort for sol- Free delivery service all over the city. ‘PHONE Above—Y. M. C. A. divisional center with the Britiih'in Palestine; Below—Engllah Y. M. C. A. Tent Work at Encampments, Mesopotamia. authorities to help clean im the dis- “ rou “ ™ vlnB PKnaswisnmcras sor soimcrs ease—breeding cess pools. It brought ... , _ - -■ „ , .. in pumps, hose and sealed car. from accompanied the forces to France the work continue Egypt and made a clean up. After and were on the ground in India increase in came the armistice the “Y” service con- i w'hcn the movement into Mesopo- tainments were gu tinned, and there is still an Ameri- ! F>mia began. American service was and religious woi can secretary at the head oi a native ; given the British forees in those ter- general methods h staff in Jerusalem. I rible campaigns, when daring one wide pracUce alth One of the most illuminating poti- fortnight in July, 1917, the daily ciixfcd games and tical developments of the war seas maximum temperature at Basra ms There was a un the enthusiasm with which Sirens liafi in .the .shade... Btphd wa« man E,st Africa, of the British dominions and fcol- wcupied in March, 1917 and there meat, were raised onies snrang to the aid of the Mother Princeton hut was established, so ership. Besides Co^tiTAnSe^a™ longprevious called because of tte nnit of Prince- nmrly 2TO000 t to the sear, had been doing pioneer ton men who with Harvard outs had ployed. TBs mot service in . demonstrating American volunteered for service in Meso- hordes of natives standards of welfare work. When' potaroia long before America, en- tory and fraught India went into the war Americans tered the war. After the Armistice conseauenccs. B wherever the clanking war machine carried tlie soldiers of the Allies, there American* welfare workers ac companied them. These were all British burdens but they were light ened by American workers. When the territorial troops began to flood into Egypt there was a single American Secretary, William Jcssop, who organized the service along standard American lines. Later he went to Gallipoli and established a center on the Island of Imbros, where cakes and coffee were made and sent to the mainland The American Y. M. C. A. entered Jeru salem with General Allenby,* where it was called upon by the military PHONE 66 Office GEORGIAN HOTEL diers; to the muddy’banks of Shat- d-Arab; in the desert of Sinai; in Bagdad, the city of Caliph Haroun; Store Your Cotton In Athens Liberal Advance Made on Cotton Stored 35 Years Successful Operation Complete cheek of every bale of cotton “stored in thin warehouse fa made once each week - by an Offi cial Auditor, assuring every cus tomer that all stored cotton Is on Whether you desire to store or sell you! 1 cotton, deposit and ready for call at any we will appreciate your business and assure you of my best efforts to serve you satisfactorily, H. G. STORY and with courteous treatment. Proprietor Warehouse 165 Thomas Street Story’s Cotton Warehouse ATHENS, GEORGIA