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Picture yourself, comfortably settled before the open hearth
this Winter in this beautiful davenport. This auite is a real
offering in overstaffed furniture. Upholstered in tapestry and
velour, full spring construction throughout. Mahogany Irene.
Well constructed in every detail. \
In this suite "we are offering you, has been adapted nIMhe bl
est Improvements in dinllfg room furniture. Oblong
buffet, china cabinet, server, boat's chair and five strailbt
chairs, comprise the suite. Finished In walnut, well coa-
strutted.
Your Sleep Will Be More Restful With This
Suite, $225.00
TUB BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
TO PRESENT WORK
OF Y AT CHURCHES
' — .
The .work of tlw Athens Mt <’
A. will tie presented tti the church-.
t'« of AJhons today by the follow-*
«ng friends of the Association. I)r
.1. C. Will* nsun, pastor of the First
ITCH
KILLED In 30 Minutes wttH
Paii-a-sit-i-cide
BOc from H. R. PALMER A SONS.
MANY PARTS
FOR
MANY CARS
Autos, Tractors, Truck*
Accessories, supplies,
tools
HUGGINS & SON
346 Broad St. ATHENS. fJA.
Baptist church, arranged all the
details for the speakers, and se
cured the consent of the preach
ers for the presentation of the V,
M. c. A. cause from their pulpits: I
Chancellor D. c. Barrow ami H.{
A. Nix at the Central Presbyterian. •
T. W. Reed and W. D. Hooper J
at the First Christian church. j
A\ W. Dozier and C. A. Rowland
at- th« East Athens Baptist clmreh. |
iYill Kipg.eadow and L. b\ Ed-j
wards at the I^’rst Baptist church, s
W. L. Erwin and Harry Hodgson :
at the Young Harris* -Memorial <
church.
Dr. J. M. Pound and Joel Wier |
at the Oconee Street Methodist,
church.
M. Sneiling and Dr. N. Q. j
Slaughter at the Episcopal church. \
C. W. Crook and Fred J. Orr at j
the Prince Avenue Baptist church. i
Dr. J. D. Applewhite and J. K.
Davis at West End Baptist church.
Hugh .H .Gordon. Jr., and T. W.
Baxter at the FiriSt Method'st
church.
The campaign vill be opened
Monday evening at a Workers’
Supper Conference at six thirty
(6:301 o'clock. The amount to lie
raised in subscriptions is $14.50 ( >
The campaign Is to be otosed not
later than Friday, December 7th. j
mil nil the workers v*’!l meet daily ■
after Monday night at the "Y" ut j
two 2:00) o’clock.
Walter Forbes Thinks
Big And Acts Likewise
Review of Work Shows
boys and girls assumed a perma
nent Slat us, 320 acres of beautiful
property two miles from Tallulah
where 925,000 has already been
spent In improvements.
The association itself, as the di-
yietors have pointed out is a
model. It is necessary to dwell on
the splendid work of the departs
meats under Weems, Jones, Dr,
Brown—the wining of the interna
tional class ‘V hexathlon by the
association.
organizer Walter Forbe*
has no peer in Athene,
he demonstrated unusual
this field during , the
he directed twelve
campaigns for raising money to
cary on the war and allied ser
vice—leading Athens over the top
every time and in most instnneer-
the quota asked. The
campaigns resulted In raising a
total of $3,464,223. The longest
campaign conducted during those
Rtirring times was, the War Sav.
ings Stamps. It lasted onl ythree
days when $274,000 worth of
stamps were sold to 37000 people.
Those campaigns put Athens in
the forefront of patriotic cities. All
them went over the top and
o the quotas were doubted.
After the war Mr. Forbes, in ten
ays. directed campaign to raise
$40,000 to pay expenses of'promot-
the University of Georgia
Memorial drive and was director of
the Clarke county campaign to
raise the Athene quota. $170,000
In five days this community bad
subscribed $240,000 and was calling
he rest of the state to “come
raised at a
temorihl or-
SUNDAY, DECEMBER I.’im,
Mr. Forbes was director In oth
er campaigns notably the Buptist
church building campaign when
$136,000 .was raised, the' oife foi
Armenian.8yrian relief, the Salva
tion Army work. All were euc-
cessful. As an organizer, it has
already been said, Mr*' Forbes
stand/ iii the ‘'A-l" class. That is
Why he has had so many calls to
other communities. In 1917 the
state secretaryship beckoned to him.
Strong pressure was brought about
to induce him to relinquish his
place here and go to a wider field.
He stayed on.
It has been twenty-four years
since Walter Forbes-cnme to Ath
ens to nurse back to life a dying
organization. Since Unit day hack
‘in 1899 when he landed in Athenr
he has bu tided'a wonderful monu
ment. It is almost inconceivable
that so much could have been ac
complished In so fhort a time. But
Walter Forbes thinks big and aetc
accordingly.- Who knows what he
now hag.in his'mind for this com
munity? ' '
Christmas Near
Dixie Army Store
Suggests Gifts
"It I, not only more bleued to
give than to receive. If you give
uneful gift,. but It l§ doubly valu
able,” says Dave Kauffman, of the
Dixie AnnyStore.
“And .peaking of living,” sayi
Mr. JCauffmpn, "I bel'ove that
Cbristmas 1S2S will bo happier
by fsr than any In recent years.
because conditions are better,
prosperity seems a little nearer to
old time levels, and our buslnesa
Indicates In Its Increased volume
til's fall that-Athens and surround
ing terrlary |'s In the midst of a
rapid’ return to better tlmeu.”
The Dixie Army store telle army j
goode—regulation kind, nlmoit ex
clusively, and with a lar&e stock or. |
bpnd shoppers will find i't easy to!
select useful articles that will'
make practical and appreciated
gifts.
Banner-Herald Want Ads
Too Lsts to Classify
CARLOAD of new Gulbransen
pianos just arrived. Will be an
ideal gift for the family Christ
mas. P. H. Durden, 469 Clay*
tn Street.sun-wed-d23p
JUST A suggestion for a nice
Christmas present. See some
thing new In Statuaries at 459
Clayton Sj, Mrs.’P. H. Durden.
sun-d23p
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Next Door to
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FOR RENT-a-3 rooms and recep
tion ha'l. Furnished or unfur
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PHONE 66
Offlc, \
GEORGIAN HOTEL
l Help the nurse
Clothe battlefields of Peace
/T^HE tuberculosis nurse is an offi-
1 cer in the peace-time army that
is lighting tuberculosis in the home.
Christmas Seals are her soldiers.
In fifteen years the death rate
consumption has been- cut in
. It can be stamped out entirely.
■You save human lives when you
buy Christmas Seals. You send year- •
round cheer to homes where Christ
mas joy.jis muted by the threat of
death.
Honor these seals and the work
tlipy do. When you see them, buy
them.
the national, state, and local tuberculosis
; ASSOCIATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
Stamp out
Tub-.culoii,
wiRi
Christmas
Stall
BYDANMAGILL
It looked like the jig was up. The future, what
.here was of it, appeared mighty gloomy. Brave
nen had tussled and wrestled with the problem of
ceeping the Young Men’s Christian Association in
Vthens alive and active, but, after many years of
>ervice to the community it now appeared certain
. .hat the association would have to disband.
Arrangements were being mode stunned and speechless He man-
| man. They felt certuln he was teh aged to voice a refusal to accept
j copied by Dorsey Furniture com- the'honor, however. The men
I pany and the Masonic lodges, tp. were Insistent. They knew theJr
I the bond holders. .The association man< They felt crtnln he was the
.owed something like $4,000, and in one man to revive th Athens Y.
addition to that the secretary was m. O. A* and they were going to
I preparing to leave because the di. get him to undertake, the task
rectors cbuld not raise his salary. They won. After several day* ol
from $60 to *"•" per month so he rtrugale the young mun consented
could get murried. That was the to tackle the Job.
ituation In 1899 when a national
stumbled upon this city, and that
was the status of affairs in the
Young Men's Christian Association
of Athens when a group of men
The local authoritlea
urged to s{and by the association
until the new secretary could try
his hand and the building waa
made ready for the arrival
... in ih. navins telhr of Walter T. Forbes to begin
Tif* Atlanta fins I laht^ Company, service to Athena nn«^ Northeast
ih, AU.nla O„, Light cumimny, 0<#rjlu ^ ^ „ rv|( .,
.. Y. M. O. A. 6«r.- «•>'<* •>«■ ""< ended In Eta, -•
tary.” 4
The young paying teller was
THERE'S MONEY
in the Want Ads,
Many an important businc* 8 transaction originated in the
Want Ads. Many a good position was secured by means of a few
well chosen wrods. It’s the best medium of keeping in touch
with the world. Use our columns if you want real results.
BANNER-HERALD
Phone 75
twenty.flfth year.
Haa he bullded well? I’ll leave
it fur his board of directors in
men who are behind many of the
big business enterprises of Athene
today:
“He has huiided well snd faith
fully during these twenty-four
years* The Athena Y. M. C. A,
of 1923 In one of the most.useful
and successful Y’s In the land. Th«
work which hnn been done unde*
his leadership in Athens is the
equal In point of service and activi.
ties to that of cities many timet
the size of Athene.
“With a- modern building, grounds
and athletic field valued at lWe>
$200,000; u trained and loyal staff
of Christian men, who are special-
iats in their different departments-
a permanent Summer Camp of 323
ncres in'the mountains of North-
j east Georgia, where for two sum.
j mere nn Ideal Christian Camp hn»
| been conducted for our boys In
»June and July, and during Au
gust for our Girls; and with tht
I ioynl backing of hundreds of Ath-
lens' best citizens, we feel assured
that the plans Mr. Forbes has In
J mind for an' enlarged and more
j efficient rervtre to our boys and
[ young men will make for grenter
j results this, "thO twenty.flfth
j year," and In the years which arc
1 Just beyond the qunrtcr of n c«n-‘
tury’s service."
RELIEVED DEBT
OVER ASSOCIATION
It really Isn't fair to undertake
a review of Walter Forbes' work
In a newspaper article. To my
mind, the outstanding achievements
of Mr. Forbes, because of their re-
iation to individuals, cannot well
be published to the world. How.
* ver, anyone who ukes the troubl*
can see hla handiwork 4n the lives
of many an Athena hoy or man.
Immediately after assuming hla
duties here In 189* the new secre
tary' set out to relieve the aaeocla.
. tion of debt nml In * it.
l| had raised enough money to not J!
only pay off the debt but put ini
$5,000 worth of improvements in
eluding the first swimming pool
for the aaroclatlon.
In 1908 he employed hi* first
physical director. Dr. C. O. Heidler
and In 1910 the first hoys* work
secretary, Howell Peacock, who
gave part of hia time to this
work. In 1912 the campaign he. |
gan to «rpct the present handsome
ntiartera of the as-ocatipn,.« total
or 9104.010 Including land gifts he.
Ing subscribed.
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. Quality Considered.
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Latest and Most Appropriate Living Room
Suites—-Three Piece Suite. $295.00
The Way of the Best in Fashions Adapted in
Dining Room Furniture, Suite $250.00
rtoining couia n, nntr nun to nan tnia suite in your uearoora.
It radiates comfort and will lam you a life-time. Consists of
bow-end bad. chifforob., dresser, and aaml-ranity, all flniahed
in. mahogany. At this low price It Is a bargain. B« anr* to aM
it when you come In.
iff;
Ither tapestry or rtlreL II■
leep, upholstered aapt make*
. reading or lounging.
•Walnut
Davenport
Tables
$15.00
To complete the de
tails of the furnish
ing of your living
room you must have
a good looking daven
port table. We have u
very attractive dis
play of these at $15.
They are furnished in
mahogany, and come
in the most popular
period designs.
For ,
Monday v ■
V
Under the
Mirror Console
Table
and 1 JBk \
, $15.00
JBm
Tuesday .
This
BRIDGE
\
Between those two
windows or under the
mirror there is at little
space that would be
materially enhanced
with the beauty of
this Console Table. It
LAMP
would make an ap
propriate and accept
able gift. The dainti
ness of the lilies is ac-
$2.89 i
11
centuated by .the
handsome Mahogany
finish which is hand
polished. » „
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