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TUB BANNER-MBnAf.D. A1HKNS, (IBOROIA THE BANNER-HERALD That’s Where They Ought to Be ATHENS, GA. Published Every Evening During the Week Except _ Saturday end Sunday end on Sunday Morning by The Athene Publishing Comp .... Publisher end General Manager Editor CHABLESE. MARTIN Manning Editor BARD B. BRASWEI.I. H. J. ROWE Entered at the Athena Postoffice aa Second Class Mall Matter under the Act ol Congress March 8, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Effective Nov. 12, 1923) By city carrier delivery, One Week, 13 cents; Two Weeks, 25 cents; One Month, 55 cents; Three Months. ?1.05; bix Months, 23.25; One Year, 36.50. Mail Subscription Rate. (C.00 per year. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATHD PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub- Hcatlon of all news dispatches credited to iV°L!l 0 ^™fn rW All riehts in this paper, and olso the local news published therein. AH rights at rtpublication of special dispatches are also reserved. Address all Business Commulcations direct to the Athens PobiUM"* Company, not to Individuals. News articles intended for publication Should be addressed to The Banner-Herald. PROSPERITY SHOWN IN BUILDING Ei The Columbus, Ga., Index gives a most glow ing account of building conditions in the south A during 1922 and the continued growth in this line I ' during this year In part it says: The extent of building in the South varies in accordance with local conditions and some com- • munities and sections report a considerable heavier volume of construction than others, but the showing for the South as a whole is splendid. , A survey of building in Southern cities and towns shows that the lead over 1922 is still maintained, notwithstanding the falling off in certain lending cities. Many of the smaller ( cities and towns report an increase in con- struction over the corresponding months of 1922, and this more than levels the record. Generally speaking, it is well for building not to be too highly concentrated, for the more widely it is distributed, the greater benefits it confers. And, too, it is a healthy sign, for it in dicates a more uniform development. The fact that Southern building holds up well and not only duplicates last, year's fine record but so far exceeds it is doubly gratifying; not only because of the volume of construction, but because there is u better distribution of it, as in dicated in the latest compilation of construction statistics for the South. Georgia offers wonderful opportunities to inves- 1 toi* and the day is near at hand when a greater mi gration of .the people from other sections of the country will flock to this state than we experienced with thejiegro migrating to the north. If‘these people take up their homes here, the ’ state will profit. Thrifty nnd resourceful the agri cultural industry will increase millions of dollars annually, and poultry, cattle and hog raising will bo thb leading industries of'the country. This class of people will revolutionize things in this state and help to make Georgia oqe of the richest and most prosperous states in the union. , THE SWEET POTATO CROP Every farmer in this section should increase his ucrcn’ge another year in sweet potatoes. The demand has been larger this year than it has been in several yt rrs and the supply has been reduced. This section of the state is splendidly adapted for the growing of sweet potatoes. The soil and climatic conditions are - favorable to the growing of this much desired food g and the market price has held strong the whole sea son. The Worth County Local says: ‘‘Swaet pota toes are bringing a good price in tbi northern markets .now at a time when the farmers of Worth county have none to sell. Several carloads have been shipped to New torn from different sections of Georgia lately for which the farmers received a good pried. The time is coming when no farmer in South Georgia can afford to neg lect this crop which is growing in popularity every year.” , Commenting on the above the Moultrie Ob server has the following: “It very often happens that way- “If our foresight were as good as our hind sight, we would do much better. We could have raised the potatoes.this year but the-price of po tatoes went bad a year or two ago, and of course it was to be presumed that the price would al ways be bad after that. Those who had been growing potatoes quit.” In recent years the sweet potato has grown to be very popular in the north and the demand from that section of the country bar, been unusually large. For many years the sweet potato was scarcely known out side of the southern states, but since it has been in troduced in other sections of the country where the potato is not grown It has become one of the most sought for food products. Sweet potato growing can be made one of the most important industries in .the state. Itris coming to the front and since the advent of the curing houses the sweet potato is an all-year-round food product, and one of the most palatable and healthy. REPEAL THE TAX ON GRAND OPERA If the members of the legislature repeal the special tax levied on grsnd open nt if- Inst session, they will have done something werth while, sensible and just. The passage of such a measure was directod at Atlan ta and its people who have done so much for Georgia and the south in making it possible for the people to have sn opportunity of hearing grand opera. Atlan ta is the only city outside of Now York which had the nerve to put the money up, without hope of profit, in order that the people of this section of the country . might be able to enjoy these operas without being forced to visit New York. Grand opera is an educa tional, entertaining, inspiring and musical treat and training which means much for everyone attending. It is a mistaken idea many hive that the manage ment and the performers of the Metropolitan Opera Company pay this tax. Regardless of what tax : might be levied, the local management in Atlanta would suffer the loss. Quite naturally, after all, those who'patronize the opera would finally pay the tax The tax is unjust, born of prejudice and it should !•< r..pealed- answer In shaky tones, “the dentist j ATHENS TWELVE YEARS AGO Saturday, December 2, 1(11. Cotton; 9 1-8 <*nW. Weather: Clear and cold. j .President Branson, of Uie Stats ! ttormal School, Invited to deliver | an address before the American t Economic Association In Waah'ns- j ton, D. C. , / Winder suffered a fire causing losses to the amount or (10.000. Prises were awarded to the winners ot the hoys and glrla coir, and cannlhg clubs. The southern Conference or tho Deltas Closed. rot. J. A. Mosely, Mercer , pro- fhltsoi\ irtfounced |tbo teachings of Christian Belenko and has take.-, up the religion of the “Holy Roly.” jroNDAT, DECEMtmu , I doc ka.ra6nBir % , pThe Dir " * Around Athens With CoL T. Larry Cantu u ««i, I, •' Also Kimball House Atlanta Hotel Phoenix Waycross, Ga. Berton Braley’s Daily Poems THE OLD BEAU How sad Is the gay dog of fifty, The h'rd with the much-roving eye. Who dolls up exceedingly nifty -And ogles the girls going by. He loiters where Youth on parade Is; Oh what can bo worse than the bore fVlio once was a Wow with the , ladles, But isn't a Wow any more? I'm making no comments adverse on The old boy whose treases are gray But Jwho, .though a middle-aged person, Is merry and Jolly and gay; The butt of this bitter tirade la Tho goof—there are eamplea ga lore— Who once wae a Wow with the laif'ce, But Ith't a Wow any more. The airs that In youngitera are charming, In him are a subject for Jest; Ills leers and his wlnka are alarm ing. In fact he'a « teirlble pest; How tragic this once polished bladn Is, This Has-Been whom naught can restore. Who once was a Wow with the lad'ea, But Isn't a Wow any more. DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU? A Little of Everything And Net Much of Anything, ■y HUGH ROWE. Aa this Is being written, on i me nainsmcn res Friday evening, the whole ! Wycoff, of the' Tech team Is n down town district is crowded | great player. ’ He dserved more with visitors for the Georgia- I than fca cot uut of It, but h'a Centro gnmo. There Is not a lioK lJtenm-instes failed to back him up. in town tonight with a spare muni I ThV boy is a star and one of tho nnd many nro out looking fur | best we have seen this season. Tho boarding houses—somewhere to Auburn team was fast, oven on u spend the night nnd tonrarrow. j soggy field, and showed h wonder- TRs condition should bo sufficient! ful condition nnd coaching. While argument to our merchunta of the . Tech plied up first downs, yet importance these games are to the j whenever they reached near tho commercial Interests ot the city.!danger line or Auburn's goal, tho Notwithstanding the break uf luck plainsmen lined up as strong as tho was against Georgia In both the Rock or Glbralta and It was a cure Vanderbilt and Alabama games, j of having to punt. If Tech had one the defeats have not In the least or two more Wycoffs, the other dampened tho ardor of tho Geor gia supporters nor has defeat caused them to losd tho least In terest and confidence of the win tennis in the south would have to do some battling .to cross their goal patting*. Htrfnfyer, It was a pood game nnd the largo' crowd p'ng power of the "Bulldogs.” My who sat through the rrfln and told forecast fbr a Georgia victory still got the worth of their money, holds Rood. Before this roaches the readers of this column, the game will have been played nnd tho re- salts declared, but to my mind, II will turn out a Georgia victory- over so Impossible It may seem to some. Georgia has that come-back sil'rit add coma It wUl even against the Kentucky Colonels, the strong est team In tho south. Whils on the football thought —Auburn hat a greatt teams and dosorvad to win from Toeh on Thanksgiving Day. Mishaps and every break against If Ruptured Try This Free ppty It ts Any fluaturo. Old < Recent, Largs or Small and Vsu art on tho Asad That Haa Convinced Thousand*. Sent Free to Prove This Any on* rpptured. man. woman or child, should write at once to . H. Rico, IK Main Htreet, Adam*. N. T„ for a free trial «»f thl* wonderful stim ulating application. Just put It on the rupture and tho muscles Login to tighten; they begin to Mud together an that the, opening closes naturally and tho need of a support or truss or appliance I* then done away with. Don't neglect to send f<»r this free trial. Even If y«» rupture do< Vhy suffer Physically Run-Down I r plE DOOR of opportunity fllngn 1 * wlda Its portals only to Thanksgiving waa groggy weather and it kept one stamp ing hit feet, twisting and turn ing in order to koep.the circu lation functioning. That waa at the Tech game where every seat waa exiKKeti to tho weather. However, I wus forcefully reminded of the Ntato enforcement prohibition of* fleer who had announced that he would be there and have bis con stables scattered throughout tho large crowd of football enthusiast*. If he wan there or any of hla rep resentatives, it was my misfortune :—I 5 F*r (Lon- m/ .surprise, however, I saw h [‘•.stunt’' pulled which was success- [fully completed each time and 't occurred several times during the g?™?; JL Mr ' N * u “*■ groutto business bat on the row in front of me. They J •_ Elbert Is on n hi* boom nmi were lo.lv. rattling eoo.1 ,e,W«. I*®*? being shipped all over tho coun try. Octavus Roy Cohen, the writer In the 3aturday Evening Poat .was born and raised in Charleston, is. C., as wag also the late Julius Cohen. <»e of the most popular) cldtlmeAthena merchants. Mr. Ed, Cohen says he does not thing, how ever, that their famines are re lated. Dr.- Smith soya lie tree that owns Itself Is unquestionably dyr.ng and pnless It Is looked after will not last much longer. This is one of the roost Interesting landmarks of our city, and we would like that our citizens have the^ forestry ex- peit at the State College tq see u-hht can be done toward Us t pres- ervafon. It Is hoped tliht bonds w-yF^"be voted to opeu and improve Broad street. This money will be voted for somo public purpose and do not think it can be put to bet ter use than giving Athens an other thoroughfare, connecting the two Ructions. It will also shorten the distance about one mile. I Last year very few turkeys went n the market, btit they arc now being brought by the car load. A lady from .Oconee had load at the curb market i since. The poultry business is gut ting to be quite around Athens. Tho price of chickens haa so do wned that tho poultry aalo to l>e held in Washington, Ga.. last week was called off as the bids, did not pay for rating the fowls. But it is thought the market will pick up tutor on. Eggs are 1« demand at fifty cents peg dozen. Expert poul try raisers say there is mote prof it in eggs than chickens; that It costa at least fifty cents to raise a chicken-fifing sice. Tho past yeek we talked with farmers from every county around Athens, and. with few exceptions, they say they will make a half hel per a$ro and some will exceed thin. They are all joyous over tho high price ot cotton. We are glad to know that farmers In this section are beginnthg to sow small grain and a large acre age kfill be planted. And nearly every fanner will put In a field of wheat and raise enough to do his family. Farmers are sowing pedl- gracd. oats, and rye and say it will j almost double the yield. Worley A. Nall, a prominent young lawyer'Of Eberton and a I the city Friday on buq'ness. Ho says tho condition of Judge Gro gan la critical and he has beei? carried to a hospital in the north. l:P MONEY TO LfeND ON FARM LAND t r Interest, Six ind Half Per Cent. I HUBERT M. RYLEE, Law Offices ,Ph0M 1576 Athens, Ga. I "WHY NOT - DIVIDE MY INSURANCfc WITH JESTER , ST** Insurance Protection •17 Holman Bldg. Pho« m LD I J TAXI SERVICE j Day and Night GEORGIAN BAGGAGE Phone TRANSFER CO. Phone 40 gg Office Georgian Hotel gg y rapt—— — ,— . ... — this nulnanee? Why run ihe rink gangrene and such danger* from gHlhS ‘on 1 * W, ? > U * Petals Olio «» l«u the operating yd*!*? a hnet of men up doing—who In end women ure dally running *uch “.“f® TltH pep and punch—with risk Jury T**cau*c their rupture* d.» not, rich, red blood tingling through hia hurt nor prevent them from setting | vting. Mountain si-o . iistn^Mn around. WrtU at once for thl* free t tarSkl* Tu,,. . , trial, a* It I* certainly a wonderful • 10 ont {tills nnd ambitions tiling and hint nlaed In the -.ire * f j become accomplishments to these rupture* that weir «•» at a nuurs! sort of men. two IMM. Try .nd writ, nt on~. | where Is the employer who seeks B man who <■ n.. — using the coupon below. I the man who la physically run down?*—The man without stamina knocks and gaff or the hurrying, scurrying world ol Free for Rupture W. f*. !ti«w. fur.. fra. n Simple Treatment of your *tlrr.- | S. S. S. Is the long f2ta!: u •****! utailrg application f«>r Itupture. • •^ N*#n« fuid time honored creator of red blood cells. You cannot expect to get very far up the ladder unless you are equipped with a body that Is strong and vigorous. 8. s. 8. will start you on your wav. Don't allow the “Door of Opportunity” were Jolly, rattling good fellows, no douht, but they' s bad a scheme which put It all over tho enforcer! of the Volstead act and in a quiet and orderly manner, without dls- curbing anyone, in the least My at tention was attracted tb one of tho gentlemen who fV*Pk*yed a soda water or “dope” straw. I noticed ho presscdjt down In tho inside of hi* coat pocket and displayed n suspicious expression after be had raised his head. In a moment he passod the straw to the gentleman occupying the seat next to him, who In a few momenta went through with the same act and so on down the line until the araw had passed into the hands of six gentlemen. T£!« performance was repeated on several occasions dur ing tho afternoon and It was not long before the fumes of 4 the Vol stead fluid permeated the air in that immediate sectfdh .And, so much for the ^refreshing. Inspiring an»\ xtimpla?ng spirits for a cold, drizzly and dreary afternoon. Leaving tho ' glamor of football realms, until next sea son. Here ig an anoedota of -* school teacher and one of her yougg charges: Miss Forte a stickler for discipline, and she was most keen of all to have all the pupils of her class attend regularly and punctu ally. •Henry,” she said sternly to cne to » tforad to you of ter ll,,Ie ch * rRM one morn,n,! - f»To not the stamina to withstand 5 ' our l )ow, ‘ r 8. 8. S. made of carefully select- end ortontffirstly prrp.-ir»d nnd proportioned herbs and barks mokes you fit! Get back that old time punch! When opportunity ‘Have'you brought a note of ex- mirp from you# father-saying why you were not here yesterday. ' No. kfsa Forte,” was the reply. Mr. Van Strataan, our meat mar ket man, was badly hurt a few days since by a fall in tho street, I having been auddently attacked with something like vertigo,' and I for several days was not at hlsj place of business. A caravan of tourists from lowa i and 'Michigan passed through our city a few days ago, and were de lighted with our climate. They say tho thermometer at home ofteq goes below 25 degrees below zero,, and cattle must be kept under the ground daring win!«*r ; !t was cold day for this season ^tnd the tourists went around In shirt sleeves. • Dedrick Winter says he recejvee- Iettera from Germany and the con dition of the people is deplorable/ Many art* suffering for food, and / And these people did not bring on lltte chldTcn are without milk. | the war hut are ita vicVnts and they appeal to the charity and sympathy of Americans. Borne the beat citizens our section ever had were Germans, like John Win ter and Henry Meyer. Dr. W. 7*. Faust, one ot the lead ing physicians and tltlzens of Lex ington. wasffn tho city the other day. The doctor says their cheese factory la a success and conditions In his county have greatly Im proved' over last year. raptain John I. Callaway says n ;™2 ttU “ a too v «a».hc. replied the child- J made one ot the most valuabl* "Well, that's-too bad,” said th? farms In this section. I 8. 8 8 la sold at ait At .. teacher In tones that were now —ffi— I _ dnix store, it apathetic. “Doc, It still »che«r| Bcosoo s Bokenr balldlox I* neor- “I dont know." said the child. . In, completion. Th»t ;art of Prince , “fuu don't know! Henry xrc yuu avenoo Is fut being built Into one 'I 7-c— — i'Tux to deceive me? How is /( of our businessjCctlons. Athens it! Ljlfjke, %u fee] that you don’t know whether your ' t4&cY»seirAMi !sdstt-a ?StSl* .. * ■ Picnic, Min Forte," Believe in Signs? If a fire bums, jworly, and needs, constant atten tion, its a sign of two things: That you nro burning poor, coal, and thdt you should buy your next supply from the Florence Coal Company. There’* one sign that you can tio to! Service (BETTER than usual! k Florence Coal company^ I-., i .ATHENS. GA. - -1 USED CAR BARGAINS 1920 DODGE TOURING $225.0 1920 FORD TOURING with starter , 0175.1 1923 STAR TOURING, Demonstrator, Carries New Car Guarantee . . . . $475.0 1?21 HANSON SIX, new paint .. $323.0 1919 LEXINGTON TOURING, , New TireS $175.001 1921 NASH SIX, 5 new tires $300.00| 1920 CHALMERS TOURING .. 1920 CUT-DOWN CHEVROLET *' S65.00I 1921 MOON SIX, some bargain . . .. $l75.0ol Tn^o 1918 FORD TOURINGS, each .. $75.0ol 1920 ESSEX TOtlRING, ^ New Paint Job .. . $225,001 1920 OLDSl^OBILE TOURING .. . . $125.0o| 1919 DODGE TOURING, new* paint . $200.001 1920 ALLEN TOURING ,. $175.001 WE TRADE CARS—TERMS TO SUIT CITY GARAGE & MOTOR C0.| Phone 271 ke County Court House Send Your Dresses, Rugs, Draperies, Etc. i To > Montgomery French Dry Cleaning Co. 7 Largest and Best Dyeing nnd Henning-Plaal South t Dresses, etc.. Dyed, Cleaned ami Kegltated / Montgomery, Ala. ,y',.