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THE BANNER-HERALD
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The Tail That Wags the Dog
ATHENS, GA.
Published Every Evening Daring the Week Except Saturday
Sander end en Sonde/ Homing by Ike Athene Fablilhisg Compeer,
Athene, Ge. -i-
KARL B. BRASWELL .
U. 1. ROWE
CHARLES & MARTIN
Pnblieher end Cenerel Meneger
Editor
Managing Editor
Entered at the Athene Postoffice ei Second Clou Mail Hatter ua3*r
the Act ot Congress March 8, 1879.
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TRAVELING ON WATER SAFE
Statistics show that the steamboat is the safest way
: in which to travel. Certainly it is a delightful way
and gives to the passenger every opportunity of im
proving health and enjoying the refreshing and ex
hilarating whiffs of salt air . In speaking of the
total accidents occurring from other forms of travel,
the Moultrie Observer makes this statement:
Total accidents during the year involving loss
of life were 107, and the aggregate loss of life
• was 247^ of which but 59 were passengers; 116
of the fatalities were due to suicide, falling over
board, and other acts, of the deceased leaving
,* only 81 directly chargeable to collisions, explo
sions, founderings, etc. The ratio of passengers
lost through such accidents to total passengers
carried was 1 to 6,476,785.
A splendid record for steamboat travel. In this
day and time the steamboat is as comfortable as is
one’s home and every facility imaginable is placed at
the disposal of the passengers. The small per cent-
age of mortality is less than those killed on the streets
. from accidents, which goes to show what modern in
ventions have done to make comfortable 'and safe
those who use the steamboat for travel.
INCREASED MARKETING FACILITIES
p"' Marketing facilities throughout the state and es
pecially in this immediate section have shown a won
derful improvement during the past few years. There
was a time when farmers would bring in a load of
potatoes, vegetables, chicken eggs and butter and
find the market so glutted that much of their produce
would have to be returned, there being no demand for
the supply. That condition has changed, however,
as has been demonstrated by the. curb market here
for the past year. The farmers in this section have
increased their productions of country produce and
■a ready market at profitable' prices is found for it.
The consumption in Athens has shown a wonder
ful increase besides the demand elsewhere for
shipping. Much of the produce brought to this mar-
i ket is shipped to points all over the country where
a ready market is found and at staple prices. It is
now a question-of producing more foodstuff in order
' to supply the demand which is growing yearly.
The Albany Herald in commenting on conditions
during recent years has the following to say;
It U becoming easier every year for South
Georgia fanners to convert tha products of their
[ acres into cash. The way to market is a good
deal easier than it was a few years ago, and no
longer docs the farmer who drives to town with
a load of stuff from his field, garden, orchard
’ or poultry yard to sell have to take part of his
’ ' load back to tho farm.
With tho building of good roads the farmer is
* enabled to haul much larger amounts and with the
use of the automobile he can make several trips a
day in less time than it used to require to make one.
The day of bad roads, ox carts and stock teams has
’ passed. The automobile has supplanted them and
the farmer living out twenty-five to thirty miles is
near enough for the market
Our farmers are learning to pack their products
’ in uniform and standard form, properly graded and
selected. With this condition a ready market is
found and a standard price paid for the produce
without cutting or bickering over the price.
Conditions have improved and they will continue
to improve and the farmer will come into his own and
become the most independent and prosperous citizens
of ail lines cf industries.
Hh IS CRIME ON THE DECREASE?
Wm From statistics it is shown that crimes of all char-
actcr are on the 1 increase and especially that of mur
der. The courts are too lax and the various pleas
’ through which many criminals secure their freedom
has grown to an alarming extent Insanity in its va
rious forms seem* to be the popular defense of the
average murderer. If murder ia committed in cold
’ blood and without provocation, the murderer sets
up a plea of insanity and the depraved criminal acts
the.part while his lawyers interpret hia form of 'in
sanity to the juries. Unless such criminals are tried
on the merit of their crimes and punishment in keep-
* r ing with the crime is meted to them, such violations of
the law will continue and grow in number.
The Charleston News and Courier in commenting
on the wave of crime sweeping the country says:
"The fear of punishment no longer deters as once
it did. Why is this the case? The answer is prob
ably somewhat complex. The potential criminal per
ceives that many actual criminals escape uncaught
He perceives that many who are caught manage to
> elude justice, that many others contrive to postpone
and'postpone and postpone the reckoning until at
last, when it comes, if it comes at ail, it is not so
serious a matter. Moreover, many states have abol
ished the gallows, while the movement for the aboli
tion of capital punishment is gaining. Prisons, too,
are not what they once were. The potential criminal
is aware that, while they havp their drawbacks,'
prisons are now comparatively comfortable.
"Sentimentalism, loose morals which condone
criminality, coddling of criminals, inefficiencies and
delays of the law—these things have all helped to
bring it about that the fear of punishment no longer
deters to the same extent as formerly. Meanwhile,
society suffers. ■ -
A ” J A lL._. ned around 1,600 bales ot cotton.
Around Ainens Mr*. C. A. Notion ot Greoniboro
.With CoL T. Larry Gaatt
Ed Clark, ot Cornell*, m in tho
city this week, on hie return from
Oglethorpe county, where he mat
to look after hie farms. Mr. Clark
•ays. that the peach crop waa a
partial failure end there ie a alow
•alp for applee which are being
kept In cold storage until the mar
ket Improves. He says he had an
unexpectedly, good crop on hie
Oglethorpe farms and bet them
ell rented lor next year.
_Htin.VT. DECEMBER 21 T5:
died after a continued Illness.
Charles Hughey waa eerlouely
scalded by tho steam pipe at a
Tom Porterfield,''of Oconee this
week caught a mammoth owl that
measured 64 Inches from tip to
tip of wings, and* which bird li
now exhibited at the Clarke Stor.
age Battery. It in being fed on
pigeons and English sparrows and
•wallows a sparrow at one gulp. It
Is the largest owl ever seen In our
city end is very vicious. The
owl caught a grown rooster for Mr.
Porterfield end after eating a part
of the fowl left the rest on a ter.
race near the house. Mr. Porter.
Held halted a steel trap with a part
of the roocter left and when the
Owl returned that night to flnleh
Its feet were caught In the trap,
and was captured alive. It attncti
much attention.
Alec Yancey le the name ot a
worthy colored farmer near HulL
Last fell when be planted his tur
nip pitch be (Owed some cabbage
eeed with them. The dry weather
ktUed the turnips but the csbhate
came up end he Is now supplying
not only hie neighbors but the curb
market with plants. This shows
whet can be accomplished by an
Industrious darkey in this section.
Alex will get about as much ror
his cabbage plants as hie cotton
brought.
Berton Braley’s
Daily Poems
SOME TIME SINCE
By Berton Braley
(If it isn't pronounced this way.
heir prya-
then the verses are all wrong.)
In the days of Tut-ankomen
Excavations seem to show men
Lived a life not greatly differ
ent from ours;
And from reading the inscriptions,
We deduce that the Egypt!
Were quite busy, mid the
mlds and towers,
In acquiring worldly treasure,
While they spent their hours of
leisure ....
In pursuit of love and laughter;
' so .wo know
All those people Intimately,
Who lived gaily or sedately
In the days of Tut-ankomen,
some four thousand yean
ago!
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?
I , A Little of Everything And Not Mach «f Anything.
■X HUGH ROWE,
Ladles from Oconee ere bring
ing beautiful red berried holly to
our curb market for Christmas
decorations, and find tor It ready
sale. One lady told me that the
supply of holly was disappearing
and she would set out ft number of
bushes or plant the seed In their
woods; We see that an effort Is
being made to preserve the holly
growing w|ld In our woods. .
Col. Kendrick, who will bo
pleasantly remembered at com
mandant of the University of
Osergtft now statiened in At
lanta, la ependle n few daya here.
Col. Kendrick mnde many friends
while here and hla visit la a source
of much pleasure to them.
In the daya of VTut-ankomen
There were bluffs they used
throw. Men
Tried to seem much more im
portant than they were;
The Egyptian politicians
Had them little cheap ambition.
And Jn public lift groat scandals
would occur.
Women had a fervid passion
To bo dressed In latest fashion
And the ladles’ huabanda grum
bled as they saw expenses
Another popular and unlvor
tally like military officer la
Col. D. W. Ryther, recently
transferred from the university
to Port Banning and now to Fort
McPherson. Col. Ryther waa com
mandant for a number of years at
tho University of Qeorala and waa
beloved not only by the student
body and members of tho faculty,
but by tho entire cltlsenshlp. Hlf
COUCHS DISTURB SCHOOL
WORK
same advice to children who have
coughs aa did this Florida teacher. I
recommend FOLEY’S ' HONEY
[ AND TAR to the children In my
High society divorces
Ran their brief caloric courses,
In the daya of Tut-ankomen,
some ft
ago!
four thousand yean
In the day. of Tut-ankomen
Old folks held It aa an omen
Of the terrible decadence of the
diy,
That the flappers of the nation
Mocked the elder generation—
(Which “could never. never hap- ,
pen In our day”)
Though no movias gave them
shivers, ,
And there were no chugging fliv-
Yet in all our dally living Arch
eology will show
That we haven't got them faded
And a re acting much aa they did
In tho days of Tut-ankomen,
some four thousand yean
ago I
DOLL CARRIAGES
GINS, 31.25 to 37.00.
school who had the *flu’ and gool
result* came whenever ,lt was
used,** write* Mrs. L. Armstrong,
Okeechobee, Florida. Foley's
Money and Tar contalha no opi
ates. Ingredient* printed on the
wrapper. Quickly relieves colds*
coughs and croup. Sold
where.—Advertisement.
Drives
out Vermin
Don’t forgot Mothor. In these
day. and timao whan th. rush
of .vary day matters la upon
u. and everyone (a going in
high gear and thinking of thl. and
that and many more thlg. for the
gift .oaaon, pause long enough to
remember Mothor and aoe to It that
she ia thought of and a remem
brance is purchased for her. Mho
Is absorbed In the children
thoso who are near and dear to
her and self la the last thought
which enters her mind, but whai
th. hurly-burly .hopping houro
are over and In the quietude of tha
llVlng or bod\room she enters Into
a reminiscence of the past ysar
and her love and affection .for tho
children rl.es up In her very soul
and her heart goe. out to them
and their toy and happiness lo eu
promo with her. Mother Is the on*
dho I. responsible for tho happl
ness In the household and tin
burden of all tho Christmas rests
upon her. Before tha children
came, ehe wae the pet. Now aho
should not bo forgotten, a small
gift, costing only a. row dollars,
satisfies rid cause, bar to be
happy, the mere fact that It comes
from Dad and tho children nnu
that .he has been ramemberod
make, for h.r a Joyous and happy
Christ mas.
It la surprising the number of
farmers who are holding their cot
ton with the expectation of the
price reaching forty cents or bet
ter. Lest Tuesday we met on the
street a half dozen large farmers
and all stated that they had not
oold a bole as yet, but would hold
imtU spring aa they felt assured
the price would not gat any lower,
but advanco when the distress cot
ton was bought up. When cotton
roaches forty cents It Invades the
domain of flax.
planing mill at Thurston bursting.
A negro man was also blowA sev
eral feet by tbe explosion.
Several outfits for making booze
and 18,000 gallons of beer were
destroyed on tbo Oconee river bot
tom*. i
The Greene banka say all the
Carmen they helped last year are
paying their notes promptly.
Mrs. Josephine Ellington, aged
64, a beloved .Union Point lady,
baa passed away.
Mrs. Lillian. Beau, a lady well
known In Oreene le practicing law
in Washington. D. C,
Mias Effle Lee Ruark. of BUoam
and Ralph Moon are married.
There Is every promise of the
finest hunting aessoa for, many
yean In Oreene.
MADISON COUNTY
DAN1ELSVILLE.—The * farmers
of Madlsou are taking great In
terest In poultry raising.
Mrs. J. P. Wright, aged 76. died
at her home near DanteUvUle
Funeral eervlcea at Union Baptisi
church.
The death of Miss Monteen Kel
lum was a shock to her many
friends. She was In Commerce
when taken ill. 8he has relatives
in Athens.
With the nearing of the holi
days, singings are held nil over
the Free State.
OCONEE COUNTY
WATKINSVILLE.—The aim of
tho Civic League of Watkfnsvllld
Is to make bf tbs place a town
heenflfnl *
beautiful.
Mrs. H. B. WblUker, of Wmtklns-
ville, received a telegram stating
that her residence at El Paso,
Texas, was burned-.
Tbe ladlee of ‘Watklnsville ask
that tbo Sunday laws be more
stringently enforced.
Samuel, the little eon of Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Walker, of High Sbolas,
died last week.
Robust Men Like
BAKER’S
COCOA
The cocoa, of high quality.
Baker’s Cocoa
is invigorating,
stimulating
only in the
sense that pure
food is stimu
lating, it has a
delicious flavor
•»»»*““• and aromg, b
a great addition to meals
and a wonderful between
meals stay.
MADE ONLY BY
Walter Baker & Co.LfA
mills at dokchestes, mass.
AND MONTREAL, CANADA
HMH of Chain KnUaiSmtTru
Miss McOInley, the tuberculosis
nurse. Owe placed on exhibition at
the drug store of H. R. Palmer A
Sons, a chart that la attreating a
great deal or attention. It la a map
of Athena with every ease' of tn-
Hercnloala in the county marked
by n black dot It la really dis
tressing to Inspect this map and
see the number of razes ot tbe
White Plague h> our city, and bow
they are scattered. On some blocks
there are a halt dozen or more
cases, and they seem more numer-
one In some localities than In oth
er!. There le not • section of Ath-
and few squares, that are ex
empt from thla dread disease. It
. fearful showing but Athena
Is no exception amosg Georgia
towns end rltlee.
BANKS COUNTY
HOMER.—Case ot diptheris In
Maysvllle, but It will be kept under
control.
A white convict last week es
caped from the Banks county gang
end la still at largo .
Cheap llqour In Banka has al
most run the lemon extract sellers
out of business.
Coon Ward was seriously injured
In Alabama when {he was ran
through a big rock-crnsbhig ma
chine.
Messrs. Furr and Hill drove a
fllwor through from Homer to
W*et Palm Beach. Fin., In two
day* and one night.
Ki-woiDS
QUICK RELIEF'
For INDIGESTION
T WO TO-NIGHT
for loss of apt* tit*. had breath,
coated ton sue. btiiouinci.
Withoot griping Ot
CHAMBERLAIN’S
TABLETS
Set your liver right—only 2So
666
Is a Proscription prepared for
Cold, Fever and Grippe
It is the most speedy remedy
we know,
Preventing Pneumonia
Just as a filler to wind up
a busy day of the humdrum
ootthon when everybody ia up-
Mt and on the ge purchasing
Santa Claua for nil the llttla ones
and aom. of th. grown ups ns well
anecdote on the wife of n
^Mrs. Evhne, the vicar’s wlfbl
was always Interested In ths well
being of those under her hus-
band', care. She knew every
family In the village and moat ol
their Illnesses, as wt.ll, which Is
saying a good deal.
One morning she met Mrs. Fog
arty in the main street.
Well, and how le your husband
getting on now?” asked Mro
Evano with a kindly amllo at the
old woman.
"Well.’’ replied Mro. Fogarty,
ohaklng her head, "oometlmeo he’s
bolter and sometime, he’s worse,
but from tho way ho growls end
takes on when he’s better Ol tbtnk
he’s 1 better when he> worse.’
Mr. Cofer says be Is buying a
treat many cow peaa .and they
bring from 33 to 32.15 per bushel.
A much better pea crop was made
in thIA section that expected. Mr.
cofer says If our farmro would
■tandardlse their peas and not
mix them so they would bring a
better price. He says tbe beet peas
era the WblppowIU, the New Era
and Babham. Tbe latter Is n a nail
pea but very pro’IOc with a long
pod. Mr. Cofer baa ready demand
for cow peaa and mneb land plant
ed In small grain will be sowed
down.
Chronic roughs and pontrient cold*
■Ion, an «
pleasant V
ntw medic
flamed mtmbranas and
Of all known drugs, ereoaote
recognized by tha medical frater
nity aa tha greatest healing agency
for th* treatment of chronic cough*
and colds and other forma off throat
S v
The cleanest house in the
world may suddenly devel
op all aorta of unwelcome
inhabitants. ^
^ Their visit will be term!-,
nated quickly by proper!
’use of RED SEAL Lye, used
according to directions. Rata, 1
mice, roaches, fleas and their
like just naturally cannot live
with red Seal Lye.
er healing elements which sooth*
and heal the inflamed meaibranea
and stop ths Irritation and Inflam
mation. while the creosote ~
the stomach; I* absorbed
blood, attacks the seat of tbe trouble
and destroys ths germs that lead to
Booklet of uses on request.
Full directions in each can.
Be sure and
buy only the(
genuine Red
Seal Lye.
ATHENS TWELVE YEARS AGO
Friday, December 22, 1911
Cotton: 91-4 to 9 5-19 cents.
Weather: Cold and rain.
On account of Christmas. Post
master Fleming has ordered ths
general delivery window to be
kept open from 19 to ! o’clock
on Sunday.
Dr. T. B. Jago waa elected prdaf-
■dent of the Georgia Veternarians
association.
, Governor Slaton appointed J H.
Pottle of. Blakely to succeed Judge
Arthur Powell, on the court of ap-
peals |
Judge J. J. Strickland war
slightly hurt in wreck on Seaboard
near Ltlbum.
Dr. C. O. Heidi er of the T. M, C.
A. le suffering from blood poison.
le guaranteed satis*
excellent tot
and lung diseases, and h
!'‘wcdb r arlSjSJr
led If anv cough or cold, no mat-
bow. long »ta«rfng is not
tiered after taking according to
ynir drum. ©
L Ga.—/
mahSou/ cu* Atlanta.
, Ussmtac.
Every fanner we have seen de
nies that ha will increase bis cot
ton acreage next year, and sev
eral said they would substitute
peanut* for the gtaple. We hope
they will hold to thla resolve, foi
under boll -weevil conditions cot
ton is a very uncertain crop to
plant.
Athens’ Neighbors
ELBERT COUNTY
ELBERTON.yJ. T. Bui-rough,,
one of Elbqrt’a successful firmer,,
milks E cows. Next year he will
plant 30 acres In ueta. 40 acres In
core and 6 or 7 la cotton.
Elbert this year made a bigger
co(lon crop by a thousand bales
than list year.
The flue residence of H. A. Hall
near RuckenvlUe, was burned.
Fully covered by Ineunnce.
A. B. Walker, who dldd In At-
anta. was brought lb bla old borne,
. Jlberton, tor Interment.
Mian Ollle Nelms and Riley
Blachln are married.
Dr. A. W. Chase’s,
E-L Pills
For kltfney and liver
troubles, constipation,
intestinal indigestion
and kindred ills.
If you have coated tongue, fickle appetite, pale,
muddy complexion, pains under the left shoulder
blade, or attacks of headache, your liver prob
ably is affected. Read below and act today:
Mrs. C. Mehnke, 5128. Sheridan
Su, Bay City, Michigan, writes:
C, G. Dewey, Watsonville, Cal-
_ **} hats seed Dr. A. W. fhws
wsa saaBws.tssabf«wSri sari sf
A
Chase’a Jf-t/nu* ,
I seed them for mtwiI yean
•* lavodoos *
sad th«y have done wonder* for no
apd^ay Uope this will
Too am hay these K-L Pills at all Drag Stereo
To be erne of Chris, ths genuine, see that portrait end elgneum
of A. W. Cheeft M. IX, ere CO each bo*—poor protection against
Or. A. W. CHASE MEDICINE CO.
E37 Washington 8treat, BaOtlo, K Y.
Money on Central City Property
- —Five and Half Per Cent—5^%
Simple Interest
HUBERT M. RYLEE, LAW OFFICES
404-5 Holman Building Telephone 1576
SUFFERED FIVE YEARS FROM
KIDNEYS
1 suffered with kidney Iroubls
[tor five years or more. I could not
ifktp at night and I waa always
I tired after coming boms from
work, and my back ached,’* writes
John R. Gordon. Danville, m. ”1
sscurad soma FOLEY KIDNEY
PILLS and after a few treatments
I felt better and could work w(th
more ease, became stronger
Rev. 3. H. Fowler who was bora
and raised lu El&ert died in Car-
teravllle.
Elbert farmers are anxious to
Save calcium SreOnatc on the iror
TODAY ONLY! •
Today is the only day. Insurance in the only wey you can protect
rouraelf against the possible destruction of your homo or the po«\
»IM* lo*a of your valuables. Tomorrow hlways'hold the possibility
n loss. Today alwajrs offers the protection of insurance. See an
insurance agent today. Our office in open or we will call upon you
•D YequaaL Wa can furniah you all forms of Property Protection
THE HINTON SECURITIES CO.. Athens, Ga.
list
Adrsr
GREENE COUNTY
GREENSBORO—Charlie Walls,
wife and two children had a nar
row czeapo when he lost control i
of a Studcbaker car. that plunged
down an embankment ten feet. All i
received painful Injuries. |
_ J A new feed grinding mUl has 1
m.aap ueuer.- For quick re- i.b< on started la Greensboro by par-1
lief from Backache, Rheumatic, Hes front North Carolina. I
Ins. and Kidney and Btaddcrj Chief of Police W. T. Cooper
FOLEY KIDNEY | will {m a candidate for sheriff,
everywhere.—Adver- J Up to November 8th, Greene ’
__ [county la estlmated-to hare glu-J
STORE FOR RENT
Now occupied by Athens Truck Co., No. 383
OCCUDH _ ^ __
East Washington Street Excellent location
for Automobile, Tire, Battery or Community
Grocery Business. Apply to: • *
E. D. SLEDGE
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