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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1921
THE ATHENS BANNER
Published every morning except
Monday by',The Banner Publishing
Company, 141 Lumpkin Street.
H. J. ROWE,
President and Editor.
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THE BultlDBR.
J.
Senator Harris Has Made
Good.
It Is with a degree of pleasure that
Georgians watch the record being
made by Senator William J. Harris.
He Is not the blundering kind, who
is forever kindling the flames for
notoriety and publicity, but he has
gone along in a quiet way and has
nncceeded In making friends and gain
ing the respect and admiration of not
only his democratic colleagues, but
that of the republican members of
the senate.
A few days since, in the senate,
the republicans continued their efforts
to delay legislation rfhd feeling that
the time had come when n halt should
be put to the maneuverlngs of the
rrpublicans. Senator Harris announc
ed that unless the Immigration bill
was put nil Its passage appropriation
bills yet to be enacted would be dis
cussed for such length that their
passage would be jeopardised. In
other words, ho threatened a filibus
ter and the republicans knew that
lie meant just what ltd said, lfe also
put them on notice that the nation
expected of them to net and to attend
to business.
Senator Harris Is recognized ns nno
of the leaders on the democratic side
of the house and when he enters de
bate on the floor he Is accorded tha
closest attention. His long experi
ence In legislative matters stands him
well in hand fort splendid service to
his constituents In this state. His
services have been directed for the
Interest of tho state, os well as that
of the south nnd of the democratic
party.
Georgia has a representative In him
who is devoting his best efforts and
energies to every cause for the good
of tho country und his record Is such
as to cause much gratification. on
tho part of Ills friends in this state.
Kven under a republican adminis
tration, Senator Harris will bo recog
nized and -bis counsel will bo sought
by the leaders of the republican party
on mnttom pertaining to tho best In
terests of the nation.
General Wood Recognized.
With no spirit of criticism for Pres
ident Wilson. The Banner has never
jfelt that Major General Leonard
Wood was given a square deal during
tho war. He Is beyond doubt one of
the greatest generals tho country has
known nrd his ability and fighting
qualities are not surpassed. While
he held an Important post during the
war and rendered superb service to
this country, still that was not his
desire. He longed to be on the firing
llns ho longed to be whore tho fight
ing was thickest and where nerve,
hruvery nnd resourcefulness counted
for something. But, It was so or
dered that he remain In this coun
try—and he did so; ho gave the best
that was In him to the service of his
country and the results stand today
as a monument to his ability and
knowledge of conducting war.
It la understood that President-elect
Harding will offer to him the poll
of governor of the Philippine Islands.
Tile president-elect will make no mis*
- take In appointing General Wood. The
post is one of responsibility: one of
much Importance nml one In which
General Wood will liavo the oppor
tunity of showing what Is in him.
The Islands should be under the gov
ernorship of some American who
knows the needs of the people In that
country and knows how to organize
.nnd control them satisfactorily. No
man In this country Is better qualified
than General Wood to govern and
direct the affairs of this little group.
It will bo shown that after he has
been governor conditions on the
islands will be changed and the best
Interest served in every possible man'
ner.
The Banner extends to General
Wood Us sincere appreciation of hint,
not as a republican or a democrat,
but as one big and great American
and one who believes in fair play
and a square deal.
He was a man of vision; else how
could he see
Upon, a barren, vqcant space ,
The aptesf site, the Ideal place,
1'prearlng In Its finish; fine.
Its chaste proportions and design.
Tile building fair
Erected there—
Perfect, complete, the edifice to he!
II.
He was a man of knowledge: else
how could lie know
Where choicest, straight-grained tim
bers grew,
Where stone to taka the patterns true
Was hid, where artisans of skill
With energy to work nnd will
To do were nil
'Walling his call—
To realize his visions as they grow!
—d. a. n.
THE BUILDING.
The reason for the fact that the
Temple reared Itself so smoothly was
that—
"There was not heard the sound of
tho hammer"—
Wielded by the "knocker."
—D. O B.
ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY’S
KWIZ.
1. —Parquetry Is. wooden moalae. as
floors or furniture.
2. —Marquetry Is Inlaid work of
wood often Interspersed with stones,
Ivory or other materials.
3. —William Moultrie was an Amer
ican Revolutionary general famous
for his heroic defense of the fort In
Charleston harbor afterward named
for him. >i
4. —Gum hrahlc Is a gum obtained
from various species of ucacla, Is
used in the arte and medicine.
5. —Thomas Jefferson was the first
United States secretary of state, un
der President Washington.
8. —Shooks are sets of staves and
headings for casks, or sets of hoards
cut ready for nailing together into
boxes.
7.—Zoroaster was one of the great
„ .... teachers of tho East, who founded the
Ills long expert- Religion of the Irano-Perslans.
!' 8.—Texas borders upon New Mex
ico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louis
iana.
9. —The Sierra Madre mountains
form the principal mountain chain In
Mexico. .. it
I 10.—In loco parentis (Latin) means
In the place of a parent.
NEW QUE8TION8.
1. —What Is tho significance of the
lame El Dorado?
2. —What Is pitch?
3. —What Is a ragout?
1.—What does tho expression
[‘Crossing the Rubicon" moan?
5. —-What does the term “dehydrat
'd" mean in preserving fruits or veg
able*?
6. —What Is sorghum?
7.i—Who was Friedrich Wilhelm
istische?
8. —What are the two chief pred
icts of Cuba?
9. —Where Is ths Island of Ceylon?
10. -r-Whnt Is marrow?
Millionaire clubmen acted as stok
ers on n iSwedlsh liner hound for
New York when the regular crew of
firemen struck for higher wages.
'A Roman battle standard and a Ro
man general's folding camp chair, an
tiquities dug up In Essex a century
ago, two of Great Britain’s most an
cient military trophies, were recently
sold at a London auction room for
two hundred pounds.
HERE’S PROOF
An Athens .Citizen Tslls of His
perlencs.
The chief of the nvwale branch
general staff, whose business during
the war was to study soldier psychol
ogy. states that the slogan, "Let's go,"
is the slogan that won the war.
OEOROIA—Clarke County.
Notice W hereby given all persons
who owe the estate of the late Cart-
ton Johnson, deceased, to make
prompt settlement, and nil persons
who hold In their possession any per
sonal property of the said Carlton
Johnson, deceased, are requested to
deliver the same over to the execu
trix of said estate, and all persons
bolding claims against the estate of
the told Carlton Johnson, deceased,
•re requested r u> make out proof of
claims and mall the same to the ex
ecutrix. '
This February 19tb. 1921.
, MRS. SARAH E. MONTGOMERY.
Executrix, Carlton Johnson Estate.
' , Ga.
You have a right to doubt state
ments of people living far away but
can you doubt Athenn endorsement?
Read it:
John Henry Becker. 49 Lumpkin
St., Athena, says: "We have used
Doan's Kidney-Pills In the home on
different occasions when there has
been any signs at kidney disorder and
they have never failed to bring: fine
results. I had my first experience
with this medicine some years ago
when 1 suffered from severe pains
across my back end kidneys. 1 got
a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills and be
gan taking them and they fixed me
np In lino shape. I have used Doan's
occasionally since and they have
never failed to bring the desired re
sults. I am pleased to give this en
dorsement."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doon'a Kidney Pills—the same that
-Mr. Becker hod. Foster-.Mllburn Co.,
Mfrs„ Buffalo, N. Y—Adv.
THE CHEERFUL CHERUB
Ply diyj rinvy bri«s£
jome little cwres i
But 5l*tp, thie kind
•tTvcar, >
Will com* each ni^kt'
Vrid rub thenrx out
Just like %
bio era.ser
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zancM monoy,
Letters from the People
Outlook For Cotton;
Editor Athens Banner:
1 have had so many Inquiries about
rotton, and the next, crop, and the
high price of fertilizers, that I hare
decided to Issue the following state
ment:
The present outlook for the cotton
farmer Is indeed gloomy.
Cotton is selling for less, than one-
half of the cost of production.
For the past five months there has
been no real cotton market; only a
speculative market.
• In an effort to reduce wages to yi
minimum the cotton mills have, by an
iron-clad agreement, been closed all
the fall, or else running on half
time.
Wages have now been forced down
and the mills are starting up again,
but they are buying cotton only
'from hand to mouth/* They buy
what they need each week, and then
they stop buying.
The cotton farmer, to meet this kind
of buying, must hold his cotton and
tell as the mills will buy. To dump
all of his cotton on the mills at onco
is like trying to force more corn on
a foundered horse. Such a policy
vould reduce the price of cotton be
low ten cents per pound.
The bear speculators now claim
that there Is more cotton on bond than
the mills ran spin, and that next July
will find us with a surplus on hand of
over ten million hales—almost enough
to run the mills another year.
This may or may not be true. At
any rate, the farmer has no way of
disproving it until our government can
have the cotton on hand counted. This
will not be done soon.
In the meantime the argument of
a ten-mlllion-bale surplus and "carry
over" is sending down the price of
cotton. Every time a friend oC cot
ton says that the price is too low,
that it Is selling for on^-half the cost
of production, the hear speculator and
enemy of the cotton grower replies:
"The world has more cotton on hand
than it can spin in a year and does
not need any more cotton.”
The only way we enn effectively
answer this argument Is not to pro
duce the rotton.
Why should we make more cotton
If the world lias enough?
Under such conditions the more wo
make the Jess we would get for it.
The less we make the more money
we would recolve.
The census for the past ten years
shows that the short cotton crops
have always sold for more In the ag
gregate than big crops.
Then let us make a short crop. Let
us plant for a short crop. The boll
weevil has cut the crop some; let us.
as intelligent men, cut it mo;e. I.et
us save the boll weevil the trouble
and ourselves the expense.
How can this be done? A very
simple matter. Let us cut down the
cotton acreage one-half or more; let
us cut down the use of fertilizers one-
half or more.
If we produce only six million hales
at> cotton, we will get more money
for it than we would get from a pro
duction of twelve million bales. Think
about it!
Then it would only cost us one-half
as much time and money to produce
six million bales. The balance of the
time we could employ in making food
stuffs.
But there is another big result that
we would gd from planting for a six-
million-bale crop. The cotton now on
hand would almost immediately dou
ble in price.
Let the world be convinced that
we will make only six million bales
this year, and there will be n wild
scramble for cotton; buyers will be
come active and cotton will more than
double In price.
But tho world must bo convinced at
once, in order to help the cotton
farmer, ns lie cannot hold his cotton
Indefinitely. «How are we going to
do it?
The way is simple. The amount
of fertilizers sold each year is an
early nnd suro index to the number
of acres planted in .cotton.
The cotton speculators and mill
At The Colonial
In the abstract, strong stories do |
not make strong plays, but with i
“Freckles,” which will be the attrac
tion at the Colonial Theater next
Monday night. February 21st, there Is | *
an exception; it has made a stronger | J
play than it was a story, and it is L
Just as gripping to the theater goer j i
as it was to the novel reader. It Is a
play for all classes.
Freckles, with his ready wit. his
sweet songs and his battles with
“Black Jack.” and the rest of the
“timber thieves.” gives to the play a
variety of incidents strong dramatic
ally and strangely interesting. This
Is not a moving picture.
MISS OSIE SCHOFF. CELEBRATED
SINGER.
Miss Osie Schoff, the American
mezzo, is one of the best known sing
ers of the day. For five years she
sang leading mezzo roles with the
San Carlo Opera company and today
her voice is just ns fresh as ever.
This will be her third season with
the New York English Opera com
pany.
■Miss Schoff is one of the best
known of our American singers, and
she is a, welcome guest in all parts
of the country,
won an exceilent s
coming to this city means that a treat
is in store for our English opera
lovers.
During her career with the San
Carlo Opera company, Miss Osf?
Schoff became a popular favorite. She
comes from a fine and distinguished
American family, and is always wel
come in the social set.
Miss SchofT is a natural-born singer
and musician. She is also interested
in landscape gaining nnd outrof-
door life. With the New York Eng
lish Opera association she will be
heard in ail the leading mezzo roles,
MME. WALLACE,
Contralto with the New York English
°^era association, coming to the Colo
In concert she has j nlal Theater for an engagement on
! February 22d. “Faust” will be pre
sented in English.
Seaboard Air Line Ry.
Northbound
Loaves
Southbound
Loaves
1 ft:85am.Atlanta-Monroe rocal.6:33pm
3:16pm Memphls-BIrmlnghom 2:24pm
2:16pm Atlanta 2:24pm
3:16pm.. Norfolk-RIchmond. ,2:24pm
6:00pm Atlanta-Abbevlllelocal 8:00am
„ 11:47pm Dlrmingbam-Atlanta 6:17am
This attraction will ho soon :it (he 11:47pm Washington-New York 6:17anj
Colonial Tuesday evening. 11:47pm Norfolk-Wllmlngton 6:17am
owners are looking to this. They his rotton. although he Is offered but
will not believe that the rotton one-half tho cost of production. They
acreage has been actually cut until say he should patriotically take his
they see that the sale of fertilizer loss.
has been cut. I.ct us apply the same rule to the
H. on March 1st ami .April 1st. only fertilizer men. Will they sell for-
ilizers for half the cost of produo-
one-half of the number of tons of fer
tilizer ore sold, compared to lost year,
then the world will he convinced that
the cotton crop has been reduced one-
half.
Last year over a million tons of fer
tlllzer were used In Georgia. This
year we should use less than half a
million. ^
Fertilizer* Too High.
The farmers should stubbornlv re
fuse to buy any fertilizers at all at
the present prices. The price Is out
rageously high, and It will not pay
to use it a( these prices.
The price was "fixed” by the fer
tilizer trust about September 25th.
The price was fixed at about ten
dollars per ton over last season's
price. At that time It was not thought
that cotton, would reach such low
levels.
Since "deflation” set In the price of
raw material used In making fertili
zers has declined.
The fertilizer manufacturers have
been asked to meet again and "fix”
a lower price, but their reply has
been a refusal on the ground that
they had ulready purchased their raw
material. '
The department of agriculture and
the federal trade hoard at Washing
ton have both warned these fertiliser
manufacturers that their prices were
too high, and threatened them with
tile law.
Tile department of agriculture said:
"That in view c2 existing market con
ditions the prices of mixed fertilizers
quoted by manufacturers for tho
spring trade of 1921 are too high.”
Tile reduction made is u mere bag
atelle. Farmers must not, ennnot ac
cept these prices.
-Many people urge the farmer to sell
This photo, Ju*t received from
Parts, seems to Indicate that the
madame and mndamoiselle will again
arrange her coiffeur so as to keep
her ears exposed. Whether Americans
will or will not accept this tip is yet
to be seen. The evening cape worn
Is of white velvet, trimmed with er
mine.
tion? When cotton was 45 cents per
round fertilizers were $45 per ton.
The prlco Is based on cotton prices,
i.iul the cotton is made to stand nil
it possibly can. Now cotton is 15
cor,Is per pound, why should not
guano be $15 per ton, if the fertilizer
manufacturer follows tho argument
end takes the same loss as the
farmer? So many people think the
farmer should sell for onohalf the
tiisl cost of production, blit no one
rise In expected to do so.
Tho amount ot- fertilizers used last
war in Georgia was more than half
the value of all the cotton we made.
The Income eolleetod from Georgia
".. last year by fertilizer manu-
1 ■•-. r’rcis was more than that received
. I h e owners of these farms. Tho
' Tt'llre" men get more from these
farms than they would it they had
< wneil every farm In Georgia, and
i.imfdy rented them out to the pres
nit occupants.
At the present price of fertilizers
it would he cheaper for the men who
own these farm, to give them to the
fe’tdlger >'n->n"f letnrcrx and pay
them enstem-ry - nt. The farmers
would make more money, the fertil
izer men less.
If wo pay the present price for fer
tilizers it Is only n question of time
when the fertilizer bill will bring the
farm to sale.
The farmer tills year should take
1 !.o cotton seed to the oil mill, ex
change on n fair basis for men!, then
mix his own fertilizer, nnd save $20
pdr ton.
THOS. J. SHACKED* ORD.
Bankrupt
Sale
In pursuance of an order granted
hy Hon. Howell Cobb, Referee In
Dankniptcy, tho undersigned, as trii"-
tee for Orr Drug Co., win sell nt
2 o'clock P, M., on February 22.
1921. In front of the Foster building
In tile City of Madison, to the high
est bidder for cash, tho entire stock
of drugs and confectioneries and
store fixtures belonging to tho said
bankrupt estate. Inventory of Bald
stock of goods may be seen by apply
ing in tho undersigned.
Sold sale will take place subject
to confirmation by the Court.
This February 17, 1921.
J. A. Atkinson,
TRUSTEE.
Accounts of all Kinds
Collected
In opening Business In Athens we
desire to announce that we will h&n
die all claims, large or emnll. We ex
pect to give prompt, personal and ex
pert attention to every detail ot this
line of work. We expect to engage
solely In collecting with no side lines.
We solicit business In Athens and sur
rounding territory for a radius of fifty
miles. We Intend to cover the Held
with trained and efficient collectors.
If you have claims of any kind that
you wish collected, give us a trial and
If we do not get results, do not patron
ize ua again.
Come In to see ,j now. Dig up all
your claims that you desire given ap
to-the minute attention and turn them
p»er to ns. We will do the rest Re
mittances made the day collections arc
inade. The sun never sets on us with the
other man's money in oar possession.
Our motto: "We go and get It."
ATHENS COLLECTION
AGENCY
102 Shackelford Building
COLONIAL THEATRE
The Musical Event of the Season
NEW YORK
ENGLISH OPERA
ASSOCIATION
PRESENTING
JOSEPH SHEEHAN
America’s Popular Tenor'
BIANCA RANDALL
Noted Southern Lyric Soprano with an all-star Metropolitan cast ot
artists, PRESENTING
GOETHE’S IMMORTAL
FAUST IN ENGLISH OPERA
In Four Acts
Sidney Dalton, Musical Director
Mail Orders Now—Seat Sale Saturday
Prices: 50c to $2.00
Colonial Theatre-Monday Night, February 21
A SMART SONG PLAY, WITH A SMART CAST
FOR SMART PEOPLE
Broadway Amusement Co.
offers
William F. Thompson and
an excellent cast of singers
and dancers.
Katherine Cameron, Mae
Kirby, Jos. Rith, Harry
Dickeson, D. P. Dickinson,
H irry Fassett and others.
Popular Prices—50-75-4.00-1.50
| COLONIAL: Matinee and Night
EXTRAORDINARY DRAMATIC EVENT
GEORGE FORD PRESENTS
FRITZ LE1BER
Me PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
America’s Most Magnificent Actor, in Person, with
His Brilliant Company, Direct from Sensa
tional New York Success
Matinee 3 P. M., ■' Merchant nt Venice"
Evening 8:30 “MacM./
GREATEST SHAKESPEAREAN ORGANIZATION ON TOUR.
Owing to minute detail and elaborate color with which..thli pro
duction is staged, curtain will rise promptly at 8:30.
Pricer,: $2, $1.50 $1, 75c and 50c
Baseball
New line of Baseball and Tennis Goods just
received, and the weather is fine now for
practice. Come in today and select the
equipment you need. There’s none better
than Spalding’s line. We take pleasure in
showing them.
The McGregor Co.
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