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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 BARBECUfe! BARBECUE! Every Day At BENSON’S BAKERY and CAFE Next Door to Strand Theatre 66-^0^.(ft Taxi Service Day and Night SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION Columbia New Process Record, 25c. 459 Clayton Street P. H. Durden.aun-d23p FOR RENT—Seven room house, 165 Pulaski Street, end of Clay ton. Phone 1573. d4c FOR RENT-a-3 rooms and recep tion ha'l. Furnished or unfur nished. Possession Jan. 1. P. H. Durden, Phone 1507, Night 1203. dip READ BANNER-HERALD , w£Rt ADS YeilowCabCo. 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. iUliiui 55 i 55555555! CAMPS mr th* sbsmmt MP9 tm J TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR LARGE STOCKS AND LOW PRICES Here You Are Assured of Getting Good Furniture At the Lowest Prices, . Quality Considered. . » 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. » „ BERNSTEIN BROS. : Athens’ Largest Homefumishers