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PAGE POUR THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1921. THE ATHENS BANNER Published every morning except Monday by The Banner Publishing Company, 176 Lumpkin Street. H. J. ROWE, President and Editor. but If he will make comparisons of times just a few years apart he will then’ he""afile to see very clearly that Its strides of progress are very great. There Is no use In making a 'poor mouth' over Jouth Georgia's future. This section Is bound to he great." ANSWERS TO THURSDAY'S KWI2. 1.—The name Thespians Is some times applied to actors because Thes pis Is reputed to have been the father of Greek tragedy. than 350 farmers were present last night at the High school building and took up In earnest the advisability of growing more corn and less cotton. They talked com, ate a corn supper, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dnlly and Sunday, one month... .$ .60 Dally and Sunday, three months 1.50 Dally anil Sunday, six months... 3.00 Dally and Sunday, one year 6.00 Subscribers are requested to notify promptly the business office of late delivery or failure to deliver with ab solute regularity on the part of the carriers. 1- A Good Morning to You A VERSE AND A VIGNETTE By D. Q. BICKERS NOT THE WRITE WAY. 7.—The chief duty of the vice pres- ! Ident Is to preside over the senate. I 8.—To produce green, yellow and blue are mixed. Professor, I’ve been readin' bow that] 9.—"Barbara Frletchle" was writ- out Chicago way— J ten by Whittier. Where odors of the fertilizer plants' 10.—The Romany dialect 2. —A mandate is an order or com- smoked corn-cob pipes aim decided maud of a sovereign or a court. that corn should be crowned king in 3. —Melton la a kind of thick broad-' W ' nte . rvl J, le 192 J- cloth with an unfinished surface. £" l,eB " or „ of 4. —.Maize Is Indian corn. ! , State College of Agrl- 5. —Manx cats originated on the | !i‘ tur *',. *“» Dre , 8 ™V an ‘> dl " a “»“ d If»1« of Man The Crow,n £ °f Corn in Clarke 6. —Aviculture Is the breeding and j ^Twii'lc'a" 1 * h " ‘"V""* rearing of birds 1 wltb whlch hls remarks w- rearing of birds. I the questions which he met and as called upon to answer everybody wanted to learn more about corn culture. James Morton, a student In the agricultural class at tbs High school Members of The Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republicatlon j That I've got a right American to an- have loudest sway, ; Where free verse runs to lie-sense, that a school man’s come to see of all news dispatches to it or not otherwise credited la this paper, and also the local news published herein All rights of republbatlon of special dispatches are also reserved. swer "It is me." An' makln' this hls will an’ law—If right or not I won’t Admit—he adds a codicil, says I may say, “He don’t;" In other words he gives It up, the job of teachln’ grammar— Hog Raising in Georgia. The Banner has been a consistent advocate of hog-raising In this state and especially In North Georgia. There is no reason why hogs and cattle can- not be raised in Georgia ns cheap and ns plentiful as in Tennessee and Texas. The climate and conditions are I Or split Infinitives to just my utter seed? Is the gypsy dialect. NEW QUESTIONS. 1.—Whnt Is an effigy? 2 —What does Incongruous mean? 3. —Upon what states does Pennsyl vanIn border? 4. —What Is a bodloe? 6.—iWhat Is a bodkin? 6. —Which Is the largest of the South American republics? 7. —Who was Henry George? 8. —What three coins of small lie AN ATHENS MAN'S EXPERIENCE here, followed Mr. Crabb on the pro gram and gave some faots and figures on growing corn In Wlntervllle. He was very successful In growing a field of corn as a project In connection with hls studies last year. He-Is rais ing hogs tWs year on the corn he produced. To make the meeting last night a fuccess the High school faculty nnd ladles of the dry assisted Miss Susie Burpon, home economics teacher.' in preparing a corn supper, composed of corn products. Corn bread. corn fritters, syrup, corn on cob. grits, hominy, cakes, pies, desserts, salads, etc., constituted the menu and the decorations were of corn and its by-products. C. L. Veatch and the students decorated the build ing. The Scrap Iron Quartette of tho University at Athens furnished a high ly enjoyable feature, ns did an or ohestra. Says, “Go to, now; say what you nominations, once minted by tho please—I’ll hide my tutor’s bam- United Stales, are now out of circuln- mor." tlon? I 9.—By whom was the poem “Old But me? I take the license to talk Ironside" written? proper If I want to— 10.—’What oil Is derived from flax- freedom flaunt, to Bn just as free to follow rules as break them, nay "I seen," "I done," "I taken" or If I should -please, “I wist,” ”1 ween.” Winterville Corn i Supper and Farm Meet Was Success (Special to The Banner) Wlntervllle. Gn„ March 11- -More Just as good In tills state for cattle nnd hogs as in any state In the union and the sooner our people realize the Importance of the industry the sooner , will better times come. The Savannah iMornlng News In j .... i commenting on the question has the * ve the right to say "you all” as > following to say: singularly used— “It always pays to produce good live | And lf ^ do ” < ’ t aay 11 atl11 1 should stock, and nowhere is there better op-' rtrnn Da an, .,V’ : . , > portunlty than in Georgia, in so far & '" ^S," and m,d ™,Jtch" natural conditions are concerned, to An(1 fnr thfl past of c|,etch" I’ll use 1 produce many sorts of marketable do-1 the well-established "gotten." mestlc animals. If Georgians want to they can make this state the greatest | In other words—or Just the same— of the meat-producing states. To Jump j I’ll lynch the language, lie * 1 from less than 1.800,000 head of hogs A law unto myself nrd say Just whnt Tmas Lad* Suffered Wilt Pnllinn In 1910 to more than 3,000,000 in 192fr I choose, you see— “ “V , was to accomplish a big thing for the I Nobody’s got the right to spot my Ian- j Utl Aching Pains in Her Back, state; and the accomplishment was; guage for Its taint— WII-L P.lkmaJ not more In the number of hogs thnn , Am > anyhow, that Windy City man—I nniCB UnHa nenBTCO. In the evidence of betterment of farm- j know he ain’t, fng operations. The average value of | —D. G. B. Georgia hogs, even at this time, Is bo : ~ far greater than the average value of j wMnrmarRs In paper have heoti Georgia hogs ten years *go that the I JJ, aPd , Li 01 ".earllest^tlmes. John comparison Is startling. The Georgia UNUSUAL CONDITION hog has advanced In value In ten years much faster than the average .Ameri can hog. And Georgia hogs have ad vanced In numbers faster than the hogs of the whole country. “The state College of Agriculture In n recent bulletin makes the point that the development of the hog industry In the state ‘has taken place largely In South Georgia.’ The boll weevil, the continued raising of large numbers of hogs and since colonial times, nnd tho Introduction of peanuts just after the War Between the States are tho rea sons assigned for South Georgia’s ■ ad vantage at this time, along with North Georgia’s practice of raising only one or two good pen-fed hogs at a time. At any rate, South Georgia Is ahead, just as It Is ahead In a good many other things, as, for Instance, In the Browth of rural population, lf a man toeepa his eyes too closely upon the lire sent he. may not see how rapidly this part of the state Is developing. Tate’ papernmker of Stevenage, In 149t, used an elght-petaled flower for hls watermark. THE CHEERFUL CHERUB Wherv I’ve. Wen lon<^ .JhWhy. from Home. And tat my kouje &nd trees TKoyVe so like friends; I cent believe Thet they dont recognise me then.. HTC""; Houston, Texas.—Mrs. C. D. Cook, of 1912 Wbitty Street, this city, recently ■aid: “About four months after my marriage, I ... began suffering much psln, and knew that my condition was unusual, but couldn't just dseida what was wrong. I bad to go to bad. . . . 4 “All across nqr tack and Ups wars pains, pulling and aching until I could hardly dtt up. I stayed In bed a few days, lly husband bad beard of Ca*> dul... 10 I told him fie might get tt. “After I had taken Cardul n few days, I was up. I took firs bottles and haven't been In bed since for this trouble, for If I have the lout symp toms of this trouble I get Cardul and take It In time “I have a number of friends who have used Cardul, and they recommend It very highly.” Tbe experience of this Texas lady is similar to that related by thousands of other women. Cardul is purely vegetable, and mild and gentle In 1U action. Cardul may be tbe vsry medicine you need If suf fering with womanly troubles. Taka Cardul NO-13* Asks Legislature For Survey Fund j Greece Can you doubt the evidence of Ibis Athens citizen? You can verify Athens endorsement. Read this: B. L. Wilson, prop, butcher shop. 769 College Ave., Athens, says: '•Some years ago I had a liud spell of kidney trouble nnd It was brought on owing to the nature of my work; being on my feet from early In the morning un til late at night. It made my bark ache and pain so that I could hardly Htoop or straighten nnd my kidneys didn’t net as they should. A friend recommended Doan's Kidney Bills to nV:, a '«,! K °Th ' ,OX n, J Pa,mPr ,* Snn r the federal government will share the Drug Store. They cured me up In good expense shnpe and I have had no further iron- Navigators have pointed out repeat- hie from my kidneys since. I ran oilly that many dangerous reefs In recommend Doan’s to'anyone suffer- Hawaiian waters were uncharted Ing from their kidneys as I did.” The proposal for the hydrographic Price 60c. at nil dealers. Don't slm-1 survey, which was mude to the Pan- ply aak for n kidney remedy—get j Pacific scientific conference last Alt Doan’s Kidney Pills—the sume that'gust, was heartily endorsed by the Mr. Wilson had. Foster-Mllhurn Co., conference nnd was recommended to Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.—Adv. 1 Washington by It. Latest Market News H. & B. BEER’S MARKET LETTER. (Special to The Banner) New Orleans, March 11.—Weak ca bles unfavorable Manchester trade ad vices and bearish statistics, the world’s visible supply of all kinds showing a relative Increase for tbe week of 350,000 bales depressed tbe market today. Advices from Liverpool are conflict ing but in the main unfavorable se rious monetary troubles with mills feared, with no prospects of business Improving, although some cables take a more favorable view of tbe situation because of easier money In London. Havre, France cables spinners call ing for some cotton sold weeks ago. | Good demand for cotton has suddenly sprung up. Press advices are to effect that nnd Turkey are negotiating for peace. There appears more activity In the goods markets of New York and Chi cago reports a larger distributing of SPOT COTTON MARKET. * Athens, 12.26c. g Atlanta, steady, 10.40c. New York, quiet, 11.40c. ; New Orleans, steady, 10.76c. * LIVERPOOL COTTON Tone, steady; sales, 3,000; good mid- (By Associated Press) Honolulu. T. H„ March 11.—Gov, Charles J. McCarthy, of Hawaii, will j dry goods than at this time last year, ask the legislature, which opened its Mills, north and south, report siiffi- regular session February 16th, for an I dent orders coming in to keep plants appropriation of $25,000 to be used in j operating, some nearly to capacity, aiding the completion of a thorough Washington reports that the emerg- survey of the waters surrounding the | ency tnrt „ wl „ have the rt ght of way Hawaiian group. It is expected that i whep th(I „ pw conKren convenea early in April. Meanwhile the market Is depressed mainly as result nf mill takings con tinuing to run far behind lost season, for the past week only 17(7,000 hales vs. 278.000 thus far this season only 6.476.000 bales vs. 9,126.000 Or 2,649,- 000 less than to even date one year ago. beautiful selections of Voiles and i A P r »n ehecKa, during the big cale Ginghams at Uoodman’t. 425 broad on, y a * Goodman’a, 425 Broad street, •treet at greatly reduced prices. i *P* e, *l price, 1<>!4 cent* the yard. THE HINTON SECURITIES COMPANY B. R. BLOOD WORTH, Manager INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Real Estate—Bonds Investments Room 217 Hinton Securities Building Day Phones 477 and 35—Night Phonei 373-W and 140 NEW YORK COTTON The following were the ruling prices In the exchange today. Tone, steady; middling 11.40c, quiet. Prev Open High Low Close Close . 13.18 13.18 12.91 12.91 13.19 . 11.26 11.27 11.08 11.10 11.30 . 11.85 11.88 11.54 11.60 11.81 . 12.30 12.35 12.01 12.07 12.30 . 12.89 12.89 12.65 12.68 12.83 . 13.05 13.05 12.83 12.85 13.04 dime. 8.29d. Open Close v i Prev; ClORft Jan ... 798 7|88 7.94 Feb 7.91 7.91 Mch ... 7.26 7.2.1 7.21 April ... 7.38 7.28 7.2u May ... 7.46 7.40 7.41 Junn 7.45 7.48 July ... 7.68 7;59 7.C3 Aug ... 7.75 7.00 7.71 Sept 7.73 7.79 Oct ... 7.81 7.78 7.84 Nov. 7.82 7.88 Dec ... 7.96 7.85 7.91 Jon. Mch. May July Oct. Dec. NEW ORLEANS COTTON The following were the ruling prices In the exchange today. Tone, steady; middling 10.76c. steady. Prev. Open High Low Close Close Jan. ....i 12.51 12.77 Meh. ... 11.09 11.09 10.85 10.86 11.07 May .... 11.C0 11.60 11.28 11.27 11.61 11.91 11.93 11.64 11.67 11.89 12.41 12.41 12.12 12.16 12.42 Dec 12.34 12.60 LIBERTY BONDS. New York. March 11.—Liberty bonds closed: 3 Vis $90.12 First 4s ... 86.80 Second 4s 86.40 First 4>4s Second 4>4s VISIBLE SUPPLY OF COTTON. American, decrease, 44.07|8. versus decrease, 106.347 last year. Others. Increase, 261,000, versus de- crease, 37,000 last ypar. Total, Increase, 206.922, versus de crease, 143,347 last year. Spinners, 177,000, versus 278.000 Iasi year. Season. 6,476,000. versus 6,125,000 last year. World’s visible: American. 4.325,892, versus 4,445,578 lost year. * ’ . others. 2,07,8,000. versUH 1,422.040 last year. Total, 6,403,892, versus 6.967,678 last year, CHICAGO GRAIN The following were the ruling prices In the exchange today: Prev. Open High Low Close Close WHEAT— Mch. 1.66 Vi 1.65 Vi 1.62 May 1.56% 1.58% 1.63 COBN- 1.62% 1.6*16 1-63% 157% May 70 July 72 PORK— May 44 Vi July 46% OATS— May 21.65 LARD— May 12.60 July 12.47 RIBS— May 11.70 July 11.96 70 72% 44% 46% 12.00 12.47 11.70 11.96 68% 71 >4 43% 44% 11.90 12.30 11.57 11.90 69 >4 71% 43% 44% 11.90 12.30 11.62 11.96 70% 72% 44% 46% 12.17 12.57 11.80 12.20 Third 4 >4 8 Fourth 4U» Victory 3%s Victory )4%* CITIES 8ERVICE QUOTATIONS. (Furnished by Henry L. Doherty & Co., Atlanta and Athens) Mr. Doherty 8ayt: "By working hard at the Lodge n man may become an Esteemed Inner Guard, but the same amount of effort might make him a more efficient work man and place a few hundred extra dollars in hls pay envelope.” Bid Asked 86.90 j c. S. debentures, “C” 92 Vi 96% 86.50 C. S. debentures. ‘'D” 84 87 9U.22 (!■ S. Q'/r preferred 67% 67% 86.621 C. S. bankers 27V4 27% 97.30 c. S. common 232 238 97.24 “Buy Cities Service Securities” NEWS FOR MEN W lj' • ’ X«W '*•!%. t A: . /; DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS, but sometimes blessings in disguise, and we believe that the men and boys of Athens and vicinity will agree with ns in this case when they find that because of a delay in transit of some material the contractor cannot begin work on, remodeling my store and this gives me an opportunity to continue offering thebalanceof the otock on hand at the loweft prices ever made on the kind of merchandise that we sell. l -V, \ iil ' , . ' ... | .]• - L - . ...1 - r However, it will only be for a few days more, and we urge those who have requested us to give them the benefit of the same prices that prevailed up to the end of last- week when the carpenters took charge tc> come in at once and secure these bargains. * , . There are plenty of these high-grade Suits that are suffi ciently light for spring and summer. The prices at this sale are far less thanKuppenheimer’s cost of production wholesale for this Spring. This means a great saving l °you. Other High Grade Suits at 'Half Price ALL BOYS' SUITS AND PANTS-ALSO ALL MEN’S PANTS AT HALF-PRICE ALL HOSIERY GREATLY REDUCED This sale will only last a few days. Come now and get some of these values. You will not get this chance again. ALL SHIRTS AND UNDERWEAR AT HALF-PRICE Florsheim Shoes, up to $18.25 values, at $8.50. This in cludes both shoes and oxfords. W. L. Douglas Shoes and Oxfords at extremely low prices John B. Stetson’s Nobby Shaped Hats at $5.00 Mallory Nobby Hats at $4.50 Other good grade Hats at $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 i * ’• ‘/t; 4.1 : ■ - . ■ - - A fine lot of Neckwear at greatly reduced prices: $1.25 Ties at 75c; $1.50 and $1.75 Ties at $1; $2 Ties at $1.25 Broad Street tabta
