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THE BANNER-HERALD'
A Word to the Wise, Etc.—
ATHENS, GEORGIA,
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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY
I
A them bid. jron .top, Look, Liiten »nd Locate.
Yo (hall not .teal, neither deal falsely, neither
lie one to another.—Lev. 19:11.
Nothing is really beautiful but truth, and truth
alone is lovely.—Boileau.,
, THE TONGUE OF SLANDER
i The Georgia Court of Appeals has recently hand-
i ed down a far reaching but just decision, however..
; It was based on a case which had been carried to
that court from a lower court for the defamation of
the character of a woman., In dealing jvlth the
case, the court said:
"Tale bearers are as bad as tale makers..
Every repetition of a slander originated by a
third person is a wilful publication of it, ren
dering the person so repeating it liable to an
action and it is no defense that the speaker did
not originate the slander, but heard it from an
other, even though in good faith he believed it
to be true. ”
The foregoing decision was not only right and
proper, but it will have a far reaching effect on the
evil-minded who manufacture and distribute gossip
on the “hear say” installment. There are many peo
ple in all communities who live off of what is told as
“having heard.” This character of.citizens are not
only dangerous to the community, but they are the
greatest, of all menaces. The most contemptible
personage of any community is the common carrier
of gossip and slander. Such charactera busy them
selves with imagining this or that about some one for
*. whom they hold a grievance, and their repeating and
disseminating such information is nothing short of
criminal and they should be so treated with by the
courts of tho land.
The depision of tho Court of Appeals will have an
' influence over correcting the practices of tho com
munity slanderer and it is to be hoped that all sucH
citizens may be dealt with and justice meted to them
in every particular.
WILDCAT INVESTING IS A MENACE
There are many schemes presented to our people
; ' dally of Investment features colored with the mos^
' attractive forms of supposed' valuations, but in
. reality few of them possess merit. A few days since,
. ; an organization of “money separators” in Florida
-' succeeded in inveigling a prominent Chicago capital-
/ 1st to purchase stock in n concern out west reputed
to bo of great value. The Chicago man invested to
the extent of t venty thousand dollars only to learn
after the money had been paid that the stock was on
a fake concern and absolutely worthless. While the
“blue-sky” law in. this state prohibits such transac-
' - tions and provides a penalty for its violation, after
the citizen has'been flim-flammed and the perpetra-
tor escaped to parts unknown, there ir little satis
faction. The law is good and it is a protection, but
our people should be guided with k spirit of more
care and investigation of all such securities and even
real estate. The salesmen who has such a fine prop-
-i osition to offer tho stranger should be investigated
before purchasing. In this day and time the man
who has something to offer, represented to be of un
usual merit as an investment, is out of the ordinary
and the person who invests blindly deserves to lose.
Our people will make no mistake by investing in
Athens dirt and Athens enterprises. This city,
while not on a boom, is substantial arid money in
vested in real estate and farm lands is as safe as
money deposited with the government. Now is the
time tp buy real estate and farm lands and those who
invest their money through these agencies will be re-
warded'within a few years with healthy returns and
profits., -
CONFEDERATE VETERANS REUNION
. The reunion of the Confederate Veterans will be
; - held in Dallas, Texas, from the 19th to the 22nd of
this month. Special rates have been granted by the
— railroads and a most interesting program arranged
MIA*,. , . for the veterans during their stay in that city.
While many of the veterans will be able financial
ly tp attend the reunion, there are some here who are
unable to pay the cost of the trip. The few remain
ing veterans who desire to attend the reuhion should
have a way provided for them to make the trip. This
will be the last reunion for many of them and in a
few years, tho last one of the brave men who fol
lowed Lee and Jackson will have passed on to the
filial camping ground to answer the last roll call.
Will not some of the civic organizations undertake
• •movement for securing funds for the expense of
those wh, desire to attend and unable financially!
The people .. 'thena will contribute to the cause lib
erally. It is a short time before the dates of
the reunion; let us .. immediately and see to it that
every Veteran in this .v Mon is given an opportunity '
to attend the reunion wni: ” expenses paid.
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MONDAY, MAY II. 1925,
language, there wpuld be nobody) Crawford an old veteran lay■ that
left - at large to conduct the] himself and wife had born to then
i trials. (twenty children and eighteen were
But newspaper men at least' reared to manhood und woman-
shoukUeave-their mother tongue'hood. 8everal of the descendants
in its ,native simplicity and di-,of this old veteran live in our city,
rettseaa. • ££1;,
THE cbNDJTION of Ron. N. D.
Arnold is reported as somo better.
He In still under the treatment of
an Atlanta specialist, but spends
a, part of his time at his home in
Lexington. Mr... Jo# Smith of
Lexington is much better and able
to walk around Jn the house with
out assistance.
.. A hard surface road from Ha*.. '' to Macon fs
the next important move-for oar pcc-.. to under-
take. It will mean much for this ch futon
growth and prosperity.
Farm lands an "coming back” and the person who
foisvafta will naliso splendid profits is a few /•*{*«
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?
A Little of Everything And Not Mach of Anything.
By HUGH ROWE.
The Southern Exposition
opens In New York today. It
is an enterprise which will
mesn much for this peetton of
the country end our people
should show their internet In
**crj £osstbie way.
One of the best suggestions I
have seen is contained in a clip
ping from the Atlanta Constitu-
lion: a .
“I see in your paper and today’s
Greenville, S. C., paper that every
state in the south will have on
exhibit in New York at the Sou
thern exposition in May. We
Georgians want publicity and I
want to make one suggestion of
a better way to get it and that is
for everyone who boys goods in
New York to write and ask those
they buy from to go and see the
Georgia exhibit and to toll some
one else to go and ace It.
“You know, Mr. Editor, there
are thousands of people in Now
York who do not know there is w
much in the south as we do, and
only know two things—hoi
make money and New York.
“I travel from New York and I
have written my people to go and
sqe the Georgia exhibit and to tel)
others what they saw and to ask
tbeir friends to go and see the
biggest thing, ever pulled, off by
the south-
minor happening to men promi
nent enough to make their small
affairs interesting news. They
arc the public setting of a good
example.
When vaccination was new,
testa. They are Georgia boys, **>*■ and President, caused it to
and should stand together. Much I j*. H* 10 **** ^ had submit-
can be gained by the restorationi * **• *. n or *( er *° accredit it
of athletic relations; much canf to Peoph. Now, more than a
be lost by their severance. Let! ce *ti ir y .and a quarter later, the
us hope that these annual events j t? mc . Hung seems to be necessary.
Will lflftfc Kn lane- ns fhn institu. ? > accinttion is no longer an ex
tol
will last ho long as the institu
tions exist.
Coadh “Bill’ ’White has
much to be congratulated for
In the development of a base
ball team, the equal, If not
better, than any team of re
cent years wearing a Georgia
uniform.
If ho had done nothing more
than the “finding” and develop
ing the midget, Arcnowitch, tho
right fielder, his work fur the
season would have been well
done. That “kid” is a wonder
and a* hundreds were yelling “my
boy,” we joined with them in the
chorus.
Our editoriM suggesting the
Employment of an experienced
secretary for the Chamber of
Commerce, the salary of such
a man to be-underwritten by
business concerns of this
city, has brought forth many
offers from firms and corpor
ations to enter into such an
agree men
Wc feel
certain that within a
If every'.House in Atlanta and! few hours work, a salary of four
Georgia will just write one letter| to five thousand dollars tho year
calling attention to this it wiii| C oulil lie underwritten for the
| right kind of man. Our people
are awakening te the importance
I of a live and active commercial
organization with an experienced
secretary devoting his whole
time to the affairs of the organ
j ization. Such a movement will
mean much for the. city and the
most creditable display has sooner such steps are taken the
been entered by the Georgia State (better off will be the whole com
College of Agriculture in addi- j munity.
tion to many displays from other
sections of the state. It i s cer- ATHENS TWELVE YEARS AGO
tainly an opportunity for the, .. „ l01 ,
sbuth to come into its own ami w 1913,
let the world know just what we I weather. snowers.
have to offer to home-seekers j
The. Southern Exposition
has attracted nation wide at
tention and people from all
parts of the country will visit
the shew.
s Mr. and Mrs. John R. White
•Td investor.. The ..uth L in it, 1
infancy of development and <riUi| -T™"***;.
the proper advertising and prw-lSf^f.XtTi •
entation of our many resources
and
people will
It was 1 a. in. when the
rakish gentleman appeared on
the curb, somewhat the worse
“Cab here, cab!” he called.
“Yes, sir; yes, sir,” answerei
Mr.
mmST
ding to take place on June 18th.
• Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Nickerson
j announce the engagement
I their daughter, Irene Nash, to
{Mr. Gordon Height, of Rome, the
date of fitarriage to be announced
Inter.
Mr. and Mrs. David X. Bishop
.announce the engagement of their
daughter, Maud Lndellc, to Mr.
Ap .nilZVSlv o he stounc. Walter E. Johnson, the marriage
WSt Z*t *» >»!« K'jfee. 0„ the afternoon of
forward. -Yea,
air?”
“Well,” replied the raltiah gen
tleman meditatively, .a he Bal
anced hlmaelf .gainat the lamp-
poat, “wh-whnt shtrwta ’»v you?”
v Well, it i. juat aa we pre-
'dieted. -Old J. D.” won hie
(.Me from Tech; he deaerved
it not only from • pitching
aland point, but in
, Juifte the fifth.
Mrs. Susie A. Graham announ
ces the engagement of her -daugh
ter, Willie Mae, to Mr. W. C.
Thornton, the marriage to take
place on Juno 4th.
Rev. W. R. Dobyna, of St. Jos
eph, Mo., preached at tho Pint
Presbyterian. church.
It there is a department in
baseball in which J. D. is not ab
solutely perfect, or. are (nanpahlo
of judging and tb. person who
0o«s not concur In our decision is
ail wrong and should be barred
from witnessing games in the fu
ture.
Tech has -i_
catcher and a good team of
hail players, hot they an net
in the classification with
Georgia.
Unless a calamity of some
kind occurs next Friday and Sat-
day, Georgia will he May win-
r in the two gamti.
Wa are glad to ace the beaati
fid spirit shown by tho players
of both team towards each other
and we hope that it will ever be
maintained. Georgia and Tech
should never allow bitterness to
' i«t« tfeR stkktic con-
BY CHESTER H. ROWELL
The reports of the vaccine tion,
first of Prasldtnt CooHdg. and
then cf moat of his cabinet, are incarcerated every time t
owe* than the mere new. of ■ milted assaults on tho
Around Athens
With CA T. Lurry GftaU
... IF CHARLIE MARTIN and Ben
Eppe succeed in having a first-
class highway built from Athens
to Macon, via Watkfnavllis and
Madison, they will accomplish
very great work far their duty and
receive a rlelag vote of thanks
not only from every-man, woman
and child in the Classic City, but
likewise from the good people of
Oconee, Morgan, Jasper and Jonty
counties. This would th« short
est and an almost air-line route
from the East and Middle West to
Florida, and save tourists the long
detour by way of Atlanta and which
route they must now take to avoid
the present rough and rugged roafy
We read about “Jordan being a
hard road to travel,” but during
wet spells it- was a regular turn
pike compared with the Athens-
Macon road.
AND THIS road would bring to
our merchants the trade of a splen
did section of ountry we have
never reahed, while roads leading
Into Atlanta take from Athens
about as much buslnes as they
bring us. The building of a direct
route to Florida by way of^Wnt-
kinsvllie. Madison and Macon,
would bring thousands of tourists
cars through our city for it will be
the shortest route fo* nl Ithat coun
try extendtng from Maine to Michi
gan. j
AND Wr suggest, that this new
road be christened ‘‘The Uncle Re
mus Highway,” for it splHs wide
open Jasper, the county In which
this famous writor was born, not
far from the humble home where
he first saw the light, and- If we
mistake not, by the doors of the old
farm house where, during the war
an old> man made hats of rabbit
skins and also published a paper
that he named “The Countryman,”
and on which Joe was printer's
devil and learned to stick type.
And the scenes of many of ‘‘Uncle
Remus"’ best stories are laid In
Jasper county. And-at Hillsboro
the road,passes the birthplace of
Benjamin Harvey HHl and by the
door of the old school house where
this great , southern statesman
learned his A. B. C.'s. At Round
Oak in Jones county, this highway
passes a bloody battle Held,
scene of tho defeat and capture of
Stoncman and his raiders- The
persimmon tree under which this
Federal leader was captured
:*tandlng near the highway,
this road be marked and it will be
a very Intereating and historic*
route.
i Krimcnt-
I: is no longer doubtful. But
there arc those who doubt it, and
make nn intense propaganda of
their doubt. Since the public
safety demands that modern
/•nowlcdge on the subject be ^ctcd
on, it is necessary to set the in
fluence of conspicuous example
against that of persistent propa
ganda.
For the first time, this sum
mer,, the dream of polar explora
tion through the air is, to come
true. At lenst three expeditions
arc already announced, and there
will doubtks a be more.
There is no reason to doubt the
sucvof at least some of them.
W|at was once a foolhardy ud-
veautre is now only a matter of
organization and equipment.
There are easily accessible bases
from which a flight to the Pole
would be no longer than many
other flights which have often
been taken. To ostablish inter
mediate bases, accessible only by.
air, is simply a matter of more
planes and supplies.
Not only tho mere attainment
of the Pole, hut the exploration
of vast regions hitherto unknown,
is now still risk and hardship,
but so little by comparison that It <lmvg<*l on toe Several yoarm
more will doubtless be done In and when finally wound up the
MR. DUDLEY did n great work
for Athens when ho called that
meeting of depositors that effected
an organization to prevent the
Georgia National bank being liqui
dated through q. receiver. We this
week met a prominent financier
from a Georgia city, on h visit to
^Athens and he said he never knew
bank or any other Institution to
be thrown Into the courts, but the
credlors lost out. He referred to
the case of Steve Ryan, tho Atlan
ta merchant who many years ago
filled for n lnrge sum and offered
settlement wth hs creditors at
rents on the dollar. They re
fused to accept the offer and the
matter was thrown l^to the courts
the next five years than in all
previous history of Arctic explor
ation.
And then, a few years after
that will come the era when there
will be regular Cook’s tours to
the North Pole, -for amusement.
-editors were only paid elght'cents
»n tho dollar nnd that /• pittance
doled out In installmepti
DEMAND FOLEY PILL8
FOLEY BILLS, a dlttretlc stimu
lant for the'kidneys, have brought
relief to thousands of sufferer*
from kidney disorders caused by
the improper working of tbs|g 'or
gans* FOLEY PftXsljrin 'prompt- •
ly flush—the kidneys -thereby re
moving Injurious -wakt# matter.
Mrs. O. C. Alexander, R. No.
35 t Montrose, Ho,’ stares: “I re
ceived the package Y'af FOLEY ,
PILLS, and huvq .iptytti ‘ greatly' "
benefit fed by their USf^ Sold'ev
erywhere. ? ' t r
' —tAiJvqptlsement)
There’s a wee little fellow X want you, ,tp meet.,
Just a regular type of a boy. Behavior is good, and
his manner is Aweet, and he knows the full meaning
His name is jes’ Jack, and he’s growitv’ on three.
He’s a picture of health, he’s so ruddy. When moth
er’s around he’s her helper, you see, arid with dad',
he’s a pal and a buddy. • «.■*
You never would think that a wee tot like this
would be usin’ his mind every day. But Jack never
lets any chance go amiss—you can tell by the things
ag£T: - i in >i lifiMIMil
For Instance, when daddy comes home every night,
little son is as cute as can be. He’ll pat father’s pock-
est; then say, in delight, “Say what have yrip got fo.
me?” . *■ <
That’s just like a youngster—expectin’ S" treat; - -J
then, takin : what cornea with a smile. Itytifots are
so spirit-inspiring and sweet, that they make _wee
surprises worth while., •
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
There lan’t w ’twu-letfered word in this entire puzzle, . But tfctea
ire plenty of threes instead. And for variety's take, there arc fours.
ives and advent. j '2th
HORIZONTAL
Moved through water as
REV. MARVIN William*,
famouh humurotiN lecturer and poa-
t«r of the We*iey Memorial
Fritz Baedeker is deed. Hi*|‘ churrh at Atlanta, warn born and
father, Ke’rl, died over 60 ye«r« rol*ed In Clarke county
ago, and Frita wa» on old man”' ’ ~ ‘
But to moot of it,, it i. almost
aa if the deat hof “Britannica”
or “Alphabet" were announced.
Baedeker, it »em>, tfa a a per.
non. To the world, he wa* a red-
backed book, the ineeparable coni
panion of the traveler on "th<
heuten path.” Doubties., tinder
Franx or' Hugo, ' or whatever I*
the name of the neat generation,
or under tome anonymous and
soulless corporatioa, the earn* rad
‘i will' still mark the beaten
tray. And let us hope that the
beaten path will oUe stay beaten.
Th* supercilious scorn of the
sophisticated traveler for tho us
ual things is often a pose. When
it is rest, it is th* reaction of tho
one who long ago eaw the chief
things. For, after all, the beaten
path is beatt'0 precisely because
It is the beet. Th* Baedeker
things are the first and beet
things.' ,
Th* tins* to get rid of Baede
ker is after you have exhausted
him. Ue is hie own only cure.
Baedeker is deed. Long lira
Baedeker. '
the hill
beyond the Sundy Creek bridge
Up wh* a grand- *on of Mr*. Nance
who lived In our county many years
ago and related to the Lampkln*.
of Athens. When a lad he peddled
watermelons and other produce
from their farm over Athens.
Williams is a popular Chntauqua
lecturer and has entertained audi
ences all over the continent
A OKNTLLKMAN who has just
returned from a trip over Greene
and Morgan counties tells us that
a wonderful advance and progress
has been made by farmers,
least 23 per cent roor> cotton has
been planted than last year and
•crops are well advanced. Farmers
are raising chfckena and fine cat
tle and tone fa for oefl-bufldng.
Both countea are on the highway
prosperity..
THE DEATH rate among South
ern negroes who exodusted to the
Northern cities is appalling. In
one htrge northern city, where the
death rate among native whites
I*et year was 7.t* per thousand
negroes It was 2f.I per
1. The Reading P»., Tri-
bone say* Ot (his rate negroes will
ail die off in a few genera ton*.
ms that our southern black
have not materially improved their
condition by moving.
The lows supreme court _ha»
versed the commitment of nn
editor for contempt of court in
saying of a judge: “Filled * with
puerile personalities, and obiter
dieter* hi* opinions present n
strained effort at humor and sen.
sationalizm wholly unbecoming in
a Judge, who. of all men* should) MR. B. w.** HANCOCK last
be tbelhut to become Intoxicated»•**■ n««*«I .way .t hi. home in
by tb. .xhuborenw of hie own' J * K «W- The deemed has many
verbwity.” relative, and frt.nd. In Ath.n..
Doubtless, •> to Contempt of Only n short time nxo fe* wn* pre-
court, the reversal wen Juiufied. cede dto the arere by hi. wife.
But then ekonM be some tribu-
tlsh,
5. Erne. ' *
9. To Instigate.
IS. Inns.
14. Tiresome.'
U. Above.
10. To i hlnder or exclude.
11. 8oaks up.
15. Danger.
.21, To venCats.
22. Dogma. *
21. Peak.
2K. Egg of a louse.
. 20. To observe.
28. Gaseous mixture.
20 Measure for coal.
21. Because.*
21. Handicap given to inferlut
player.
2G. To hurl. /
*7. To telegraph.
28. To secure. ^
29. Rodent.
40. Bailor.
41. Entreaty.
43. To.repulse.
<5. Dry.
47. Aye.
48. Hawthorn fruit.
49. Perched.
61. To hem
82. Kmall p’. e of metal similar
to needle.
* 54. Scar lef* by smallpox.
80. Step fer descending a fence.
- 60. Wet soil.
00. Annmicoed.
13. Knked.
04. Rows.
00. Knodledge. ’ .
C7. Pertaining to the sea.
08. To conrtllate.
09. Part of a necklace.
70. Pink flower just beginning
to bloom.
71. Pace.
•J VERTICAL /
1. To digcontlnue.
2. Fluctuated.
3. To affirm.
4. Worth. ?
6. To finish.
8. Toward sea.
7. Prevaricator.
8. To sin.
THE LEXINGTON Echo Bays
frifllA Ian*, the wild cat reported In the swamp
- of Buffalo and Long creek Is now
mutt stand for g lot of believed to be a hyena, that ee-
“ la west” h caped from some circus. It has
been chased and each
hold
contempt of
gunge.
thtaSTLeffita* th. “tews**? Ip
which most of their proceeding!
If
wti% dogs return tenthly motHJefed.
MR. W. A. JACKSON of near
.9. Valuable property.
10. Presents ——•
11. Monarch. . ' *
If. To exnmlne.
17, Box fog flour. ,
20. Piece of ]timb«r.,
22. A metal,
24. To fondly. u
25. At the present Ume;
20. Foamy.
17.1 Rims. **
29. A scolding woman!
30. Carrie#.
31. Flames. : *
32. To rsnoyats.
34'. Ocean. ,
30. To knock.. •*
37. Existed. ' 1
42. Plant usad tor salads.
43. Hastened-l !
44. To drink fibg fashion.
40. Opposite, a
43. To hasten^- ■
50. Point.
52. * To Implore4.
53. Rifle.
55. Stories, •v :t
50. Person sfio\Vart* only; fer
the wealthy. }/ vi -• :
57. Thought J * .i '—
53. Small roqents.^
B>. Officer Jjf a college. ' , iri
61. Grown ilp'kid. ' -S-
02. Not shafow. - iO
04. Where 4*1 receive a kin. ;
05. To watef secretly.
Answer to Yesterday 1 . CroM?*.-*
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