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— THE BANKER-HERALD. ATHENS. GEORGIA 666 is a Prescription prepared for Cold, Fever and Grippe It is the most speedy remedy we know, Preventing Pneumonia PATRICK’S PHARMACY PRESCRIPTIONS Phone 88 Free dejivery service h—all over.the city. teens. Friday are incarcerated in the local jail with a lane chance for tiring longer than a month. One {oC them just recently announced | that te had “made peace with l God,” and joined the church, while the other asked his prison mates (to pray for them Just before they came here Tuesday morning tor trial. f Willie Jones, 18, and Qervis Blood worth. ■ 20, were convicted Wednesday night of the murder of H. F. Underwood, medicine sales- man. near Reynolds, in this county December 3. The Jury, composed tfor j.ttw^xiroater-part of farmers, 'did not'recommend the'mercy of JESTER Complete Insurance Protection 617 Holman Bldg. Send Your Dresses, Rugs, Draperies, Etc. v v to f'-'iwtsfuaiiii; . ^ Montgomery French Dry Cleaning Co. V ’l largest and Best Dyeing and Cleaning Plant South \ \ Dresses, etc., Dyed, Cleaned and Replcated Montgomery, Ala, | I - — \ I TAXI SERVICE i Day and Night GEORGIAN BAGGAGE Phone TRANSFER CO. Phone gg Office Georgian Hotel gg Dolls - Toys - Dolls -AT- HUGGffi BROAD STREET VELOCIPEDES .. $2.50 to $15.00 WAGONS $1.00 to $10.00 DOLL CARRIAGES ... ... $1.25to$7.00 Air Rifles • Tool Chests Popguns Doll Beds Basket Balls Tea Sets Footballs Trunks Blocks Stoves Trains Cooking Sets Furniture Sets Many Toys of Many Kinds At Reduced Prices. Useful Gifts of China, Glass, Silver and Aluminum. In Our Accessory Department Will Be Found Gifts for the Car Owner. H. T. Huggins & Son BROAD STREET the court as requested by detense attorneys, but save tbcm the ex treme penalty—banflns. The exe cution date wae set by Judge Munro, presiding. January 18. The lone chance lor the boys to escape the death penalty lies In the granting ot a net. trial Janu- nqt li. A motion was Immediately w$n l ’u£ WO s£3tet?wm \*uwdj W*PmiOTTON - SermimrHar- "3 tle dile ,e ‘ for lh0 ^ ar,n * ,0 The SS»t of “itur’e Thursday that at his suggestion openings aOd closing of the cot- U. S. TO BROADCAST CLOSING ON COM be held In Columbus. If the boy are. hanged, ft wifi take place it the county Jan here, where they will remain until their fate ts finally, known, ^ Radio Carries Cheer to Party At North Pole NEW nORK.—Frozen fast In tho ice, 111-2 degrees from the North Pole," th* Artie expedition of Cap tain Donald MacMillan has been listening to radio programs broad cast rom all parts of tho United States and Europe, according to a radio message recoived from the explorer and made public Friday by th eAerfdi League of America. The message says In part: “Hre at the top of the world in the darkness of Great Artlct night. Isolated as we are from even out posts of civilisation, radio has con quered solltqdc. banished anxiety over welfare of friend's and rela tives at home. It has removed mo notony during necessarily Inactive periods. Wo have already llatened to stations practically all over the Doited States, fro m Euro pa and even from tar away Honolulu. Mu sic, vocal and Instrumental, pray ers and sermons are penetrating Auroral Belt and reaching little Bowdoln, fast frosen In Ice. We are almost tnciedstsss as Eskimos that this can be done. But here we are and nightly it comes to bind ns Intimately with the great bitty world south of ns." Cut Cost of Men’s Clothing Is Aim of Retail Merchants (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. — Reduction In the cost of men’s clothing and fur nishings by reducing the cost of production Is the announced pur pose of an organised effort which has been started by the National Association Of (Retail clothiers. This is planned to be accomplish ed by the formation of a clothing Industry commission consisting of a representative from each of the allied Induatrles In the clothing trade. The lowering process In cost Is expected to be done without cut ting Into legitimate profits, accord- tng to Sol Schloss of Indianapolis, the new president of tho associa tion. ••We aro going to begirt the fountain head, that Is, the original cost, and everyone In -the colthlng business Is going to be given an opportulty to atd In the movement" "Wo have gent out from our Chicago headquarten a request that all tho various organisations In tho clothing industry appoint committees to study out the best methods of eliminating unneces sary expenses.-.This appeal has been sent to the clothing manufac turers, woolen and worsted menu factum, spinners, manufacturers of hats, knitted goods and -worit clothing. When these committees have made a complete survey of their various lines and decided where the slack can be taken up, tho chairman of each committee will go to Chicago and the clothing Industry commission win be form ed. When this commission gets to gether ell the result! of each al lied Industry will be amalgamated and In this way we should be able to reduced* a considerable extent tho actual coat of distribution, which will enable the rcellcr to giva better values, , Professor Suggests Applied Psychology To Reduce Accidents (•esooj po|U|>oaay X a ) LAWRENCE Kana.—Reducing automobile accldsnta by means of appllsd psychology Is the plan ol Dr. William A. McKssvcr, editor of numerous Juvenile and psycho) ocy publications'sad former Uni reralty of Kansas professor li charge of child walfaro and "better city" projects. Dr. McKeever has prepared what he calls "A Universal Ante Croud,' consisting of a pledge for tho driv er, the pedestrian and-the motor guests, which ho Is to offer to au- tomoblta associations] schools, safety leagues and all others con cerned In the problem of eats mo tor car driving. "There are not more then ter critical points for the driver, for the pedestrian and for tho passen ger,* oak! Dr. MoKeever. "Cover these danger spots wlthjin advance vision In tho mind of thf Individual showing him specifically haw to or what to do. sad tht safety will take ears of itself." The pledgee for tho driver era: 1 will think ahead: I will drive carefully; I will avoid epeedlng; I will observe signals; I will manage my auto: I will slacken speed; 1 wilt respect pedestrians: I will as- stst at sodden ts; I will encodtaga Others: I win assume responsibility Tbs pledges for ths pedestrian consist of UiOm: 1 wt|l bo thoughtful; t win fob low traffic; I will watch street mni I will walk deliberately; 1 will cooperat* with drivers, 1 will stand in aafsty sons; 1 will wait for car to atop; I will keep to the right; I will be responsible; I will avoid jay walkinr. ton markets at New York. Now Orleans and Liverpool would be brodcast at 11:15 a. m.^and 4 »*. i., from Arlington In addition to the regulrv daily and weekly sum maries sent out at 5:30 p. m. Th* reports In turn will be broadcast by the department’s stations at Atlanta,. Charlotte, N. C.. Auburn. Ala.. Austin. Fort Worth, Dallas, Texas and Memphis. The arrangement has been made. Senator Harris explained, so that the cotton producers, especially In the small towns, may have prompt Information as to. the state of the markets. Scientists to Reveal Story of Triitil Man v Secret For 30 Years (By Associated Press.) PEKING—The story of what some prominent scientists believe to have been the first human an* cestor of the‘ human race—of how he probably gained his livelihood, .wooed his wives, reared his child ren and got his recreation—will soon be told to the world by Pro fessor Dubolr, famous Dutch pale ontologist. This revelation is to come prin cipally ns thb result of efforts Of Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, cura- tof o the American Museum of Natural History w*" «■ nofw in China directing researches on the desert of Gobi where so many an cient fossils recently have been found by excavators for sclentfic societies. How Dr. Osbqrn prevailed on Profepor Dubois to make nubile hi? findings In connection with the dis covery some years ago of the b.^nes of the Trinll man In Java were explained recently by the American ecientiat in n lecture before men of science in Peking. The Trinll man of Java, known to science an the Pithecanthropus Erect us. or upright man-ape l« supposed to antedate by .thousand? of years any other fossils of mar ever found. Discovered by Pryfe*- sor Dubois more than 80 yeirs ngc the details of the find have been kept virtually a secret. Tt , was known, the curator explained,'that the ekeleton, largely reconstructed, bore a esemblance to both matt ani the higher apes, but ir. many re- •pects differed from both. Champion Hiker Meets His Death J0n Wage/Walk • . —- , SUPERIOR Wls^-Frank Fletch- jer, .veteran 4’lobe trotter and j champion walker, died at the age of 62 while fulfilling the terms of '■a bet which Involved hie prowess. | Sunday, farmers found the body I of a mao frozen to death to a haystack near Oliver; Thursay the body was Identified as that of Fletcher, who had agreed to sleep under the open sky nightly when > lie wagered the American Athletic ! Assertion that he could walk around the world without using automobiles, trains, street cars or other vehicles. least Saturday night at sunset here, the air was warm and clear, Fletcher crawled into the haystac and went to sleep. The wind changed daring the night, howover, and the temperature dropped to the freezing point. It Is believed that the old hiker died without ever waking up. Fletcher claimed . the world’s championship^ for the walk from New' Rork to San Francisco and bad hoped to establish a .nark for others to ohoot at in his nrcll around the world. CLEANING WHEAT ADDED 8-CENTS VALUE TO BU8HEL WASHlNGTON-^Cleanlng wheat at threshing time added 7.J cents t othe value of each bushel thresh ed In a series of exneriments In Minperota and the Dakotas, the Department of Agriculture nn- I nounces. Various types of clean- J ing machines were operated In i connection with threshers and far- I mers cooperating WHh the Tnoat suocearful recleaner gained an av- j erase of 7.5 S bushel on each hu- | ahel threshed. No charge was made to cover the operation of the : recleaner, but It is pointed out that | if a charge of as much ns 2 cents | a bushel had been made the gain would have averaged 5.3 cents a I bushel net. BRITISH ARMY EXPLORERS TO SEEK SOURCE OF AMAZON BUENOS AIRES.—A group of British army officers headed by Colonel Carruthecs will start from Pernambuco soon in tin effort to find the source of the Amazon river, according to Major Regan O’Connor, who }mb arrived’ In Buenos Aires * n connection with the expedition. The party plans to explore the Amazon from the point where the Ronsovelt expedition left off in 1914,’ and hopes to find unknown tribes including one said to be white, man-eating fresh wa ter fish, diamonds, minerals and timber. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1 92 J. ‘SQMTHING NEW EVERY WEEK” 195 EAST CLAYTON STREET ATHENS, GA. IN wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I want to extend thanks for the splendid patronage ac corded this store due to the satisfaction in having a convenient. ASKIN CHARGE ACCOUNT ’Its Good To Be Remembered And if in the rush of Christmas shopping you find that you have neglected someone Don’t Worry But Hurry To Askin’ FOR SENSIBLE GIFTS OF Clothing For All the ' Family If Your Xmas Money Is All Gone ASKIN WILL TRUST YOU Open Monday Night Until 11 O’clock O—SCOPE Don’t Worry Over Holiday Problems! Just Turn to “Christmas Gift Suggestions’^ :) C&rhtmaa Gift Suggestions Christman Gift Suggestion* Gifts for Her Norris Exquisite Candles Blocks Aristocratic Caodfes Maria French Chocolate, Hollingsworth Unusual Candles Btmtei World Famous Candies Georgian Palm Garden GIVE HER THE BEST We hare a wonderful line of Christmas Ilnxcs of the World's Moat Famous Candles Georgian Palm Garden FLOWERS FOR'CHRISTMAS SEASON We Invite you to see our Christ mas Cemetery Wicathp, Pot Plante end Cut Flower*. Jones’ Flower Shop Phone 207 GIFTS SHE WILL LIKE Vanity Cases, Stationery of all klnda, Tenet Articles, Perfumes, Ivory Seta, Toilet Seta, Candle,. Citizens Pharmacy TOILET SETS In Amber, Ivory and Shell, Boudoir Lampa and Candle SUcke, Candles, Stationery, Gold and 8llvor Pens and Pencil Set*. BRAD-O’S Why Not Give Her A “DIAMOND- " Ton eta save by setUnc it at JrBush, Jeweleri' Auction Sale , AIR RIFLES at HUGGINS. 73c /to $1.73. ttlcl AN ELECTRIC SBWING MACHINE make* a practical and apprecia. tire present Sew Light*. See our imall machine for little girls. Singer Sewing Machine Company “GIVE HER^A" , STUDEBAKER One She Will Bo Troud of. Lawler Motor Co. A GIFT SHE WANTS Electric Curlers, Boudoir Lamps end Irons, Floor and Tabl* Lamps, Heating Pads. Taylor Electric Co. Fountain Pose, Watches, Rings, Stick Fine, Cigarette Cases end Holden, A Gift he wUl went J. Bush, Jeweler A GIFT THAT. LASTS A YEAR Protect her home with one Of our - many fire Insurance policies. LIPSCOMB Fire Insurance Agency DORSEY’S A gift the will remember, ladies’ over-night cues, hat boxes, suit cases end bend bags. Dorsey Furniture Co. Christmas Gift Suggestions For Everybody We have .something In our (tore for evoryboSy. Gifts they will ap preciate. Come In and aea our display Of goods. S. H. KRESS CO. 5-10-25 Store A FIRE INSURANCE policy protects your borne. A Gift for Everybody LIPSCOMB Fire Insurance Agency SPECIAL XMAS PORTRAITS As few or as many as desired AttracUvo oil colored portraits FINE FRAME Adams & Arnett Studios Gifts for'Children Thousands of useful presents at prices that make your money go far. McLELLAN’S 5-10-25c STORE Christmas Gift Saggettlona AUTO ACCESSORIES Automobile equipment for Christmas. Motor Meters, Side Shields. Monogram, Radiator Cepe, Step Platea, Extra Tires and Tire Coven. Motor Tire & Supply Co. XMAS GIFTS At Popular Prices—Shirts', Ties, Hats, Gloves, Socks and many other things. Levy’s Toggery and Boys’ Shop Pipes, Clgtre. Cigarette*, Christ mas Package and Boxes A Gift Ho Will Like. Jowcrs’ Cigar Store SOMETHING HE CAN USE Pipes, Cigar*. Cigarette*, Razors, 8havlng Erusbos, Fountain Pena and Pencils Citizens Pharmacy Christmas Gift Suggestion. A GIFT THEY WANT Who could ask for anything nicer than a CADILLAC Soule Cadillac Co. A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY In tho Northwestern Mutual Life is Protection—Plus Invest ment. B. R. M.OODWORTII, District Manager 212 Sou. Mut. Bldg. Phone 1437 “VICTR Make tho homo liaWy.Chriitmit morning by givlng^tbe family a VICTROLA Dorsey Furniture Co. WITH A CERTAIN amount aaved we can finance you to build and own your borne. What I* more appropriate than a nt for yoar Christ- hank that epeclal- hankfag feature. Commercial Bank wool i* more apt Savings Account I mat gift la a bar lies title banking Bring -the children Ip and let them iee Our toy department .Wo have many toys to pick from. We nave you money. S’. H. KRESS CO. 5-10-25c Store TOYS TOYS TOYS 5c to 98c McLELLAN’S 5-10-25c STORE NOTICE! Friday, Saturday and Sunday J !>*« on display at the Holman Bldg. Wreaths, Baskets, Cut Flowers and Pot Plante. Miss Nettie Jonea Jones Greenhouse Co. Phone 4602 Make Your Gift a Benson’s Fruit Cake You will Please a Friend. Gifts for Him Wo have many things In oar store to pick from that w/ll make Ideal Christmas Gifts For Him.' Dixie Army Store Cigars, Pipes. Fountain Pens, Rators, Sharing Brushes, Mili tary Brushes and All Toilet Supplies BRAD-O’S The Man’s Shop Merit and Candy Says “MERRY CHRISTMAS" In a distinctive mtnner. Seo our Christmas boxes, one abe wilt appreciate. Jowers’ Cigar Store Gifts for the Home We have many things to pick from that will'make appreciative Gifts For tbe Home. Dixie Army Store ’ EDISON rllON- “The phonograph WJIb a Soul Wo carry full stock tt! mualcsl Instruments, Plsiiof, Wksoa Mandolins £ Morris Music Sjlhop Mrs. Nellie Saylor, tfgb. — Give the Family A Gift They Csn Use A BUICK FOR CHRISTMAS Conolly Motor Co. Dinner Decorations VEGETABLES will nuke e large pert of your Christmas Dinner Costa’s Delicatessen ft headquarters, for ttkt or dinners end we will he gl»a to nit your wants. FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES The Best Gift ot AU for Christmas. Lawrence & Miller CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS Attention. Take your dinner as Costa’s Luncheonette Regular Dinner Me Sandwiches and Sated* of *11 kind* r! fruits Citron. Lemon ond Cryetalizcd pineapple and vner ties. Rn’elns, Mg». Fruit*, and all kinds of \egeu hies for your Christmas Dinner. ROGER’S