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ATHENS BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1921.
THE ATHENS BANNER
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H. J. ROWE,
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Journeyman printers are striking us every few days,
which reminds us we are returning to nonnalcy.—Madi
sonian.
“Why Savannah Needs Municipal Hospital" is told in
the Press. We thought that old row between the mayor
and Jesae Mercer had ended peaceably.
Another revolution, this one ostensibly "upon a higher
plane," Is said to he staging itself In Mexico. Let ua hope
' that the weather will be unfavorable for a new crop of
uprisings in the lands across the Rio Grande.
The South will be Interested Intensely In the celebra
tion by Birmingham of her fiftieth birthday anniversary—
In May. Birmingham has accomplished wonders In com-
structlnn In halt a century.
It is said that paper suits, made in Germany, will soon
be on sale In Georgia at aeventy-centa each. The mem
bers of the Ceorgia Press Association can continue to hold
their annual outings.—Winder News.
We wonder if that’s wbat Germany baa been doing
with all her treaties—"scraps of paper.”
“USE GEORGIA PRODUCTS” IS ANSWER.
The president of one of the large cotton mills of At
lanta Is working out a plan tt> extend the operations
his company to convert the raw cotton of Georgia planters
Into the finished products that will be sold over Georgia
counters, with the saving of many freight charges and
Intermediate profits. This, it seems to us. Is a sensible
proposition. Why should we sell and re-sell, ship and
ship the one great staple Into which the south has put Its
life blood and front which It tins drawn Its sustenance,
and its thfe end buy back that which we have produced
with a long list of profits and freights added? There
something radically wrong when Georgia cotton Is-shipped
to other States to he manufactured, and at the same time
the Jefferson Mills arc manufacturing cotton shipped
Jefferson from Texas.—Jackson Herald.
DEPARTMENT 8TATI8TIC8.
“Georgia—Supply abundant, but no money with
which to hire It. Colored labor la leaving, aa employ
ment cannot be found.”
The above is from n statement by the United StateB
Department of Agriculture, commenting upon tbe farm
labor situation in the United States at a whole. Mucb the
name situation prevails over the entire country.
What this means aa applied to Georgia will have a
very far-reaching effect on the harvests this year, and la
already beglaning to have an effect on business condl-
■ tlons. When the farmers have no money with whlob to
pdy their laborers, the laborers have no money with which
to trade and consequently there Is an attendant slump
to business.
But neither of these results are so fraught with dire
effect as Is the situation which may cqll upon help from
' the farmers' families In handling the crop*, whether the
acreage In cotton be large or small, and whether the
yield of food crops and feedstuff! be much or little,
It I* a situation that la general, but one the like of
‘ which has not been witnessed in Oeorgla in many decade*.
Despite the fact that Georgia farmers are not as •
rule owner* of large land tract*, many of them are finding
In the present situation that they are “land poor,” for
neither their cotton nor their real estate teem* to be
acceptlble collateral for loans, and with tbe announcement
that 517,000,000 In Federal Reserve Bank notes were
withdrawn from circulation In one week, anO 513,000,000
being the reduction In six week* preceding March 25tb
at the Atlanta bank alone, It aeelns that the Bouth la In a
fair way to lose some of Its prosperity from that source.
These withdrawal* are explained presumably by an
effort to exploit our foreign trade. That la Important,
of course, but currency for domestic trade and for farm
ing operations la more Important.
Oeorgla farmers -cannot sell their product* at cost;
their money is not In the banks but In the warehouses or
In their building* on their farms, and what they already
made and have In their barns and storehouses goes beg
ging for want of demand.
There It an old story about an economical farmer who
by general restriction of food got his cow to eating less
and less, but Just as he had got the animal down to one
straw a day, the inconsiderate beast died.
It aeema that in the general scheme' of thing* business
and the farmer Is being deprived of the essential food-
credit—and when that food la given, both will qqlckly
recover strength and virility. i
THE COURT’S RULING.
Georgia’s highway law was held constitutional Thurs
day by tbe State Supreme Court, In rendering a decision
that funds accruing from the sate of motor vehicle licenses
each year ahall be distributed under Its provisions Instead
of those ot tbe motor vehicle law. 1
It Is provided in the state highway law that these
funds must be apportioned among the congressional dis
tricts in proportion of the mileage to the total authorised
mileage of 4800 of tho law. The motor vehicle law pro
vide* that tho money must be distributed among the
counties on a “post road mileage.”
iBeth ot the lillla were passed by the legislature on the
same day In August, 1910. Governor Dorsey signed the
■motor vehicle law on August 15, 1819, and two day* later
approved the other bill. Judge Andrew J. Cobb, of tlie
Clarke superior court, in a decision held that the last bill
signed by the governor was effective. His decision was
upheld by the supreme court.
Butts, Berrien, Henry and Haralson counties brought
tbe suit to test the law, when they sought a writ ot
mandamus to compel the state highway department to
distribute the money under the motor rehlcle law.
THE EFFECT OF ALTITUDE.
Uncle “Jeems” Williams of the Greensboro Herald
Journal made a trip to tho mountains this week and part
of the account of his trip reads like a prose poem. Here'
his tribute to the mountaineers he met:
“They have young men In the mountains who were
never in a saloon In their lives, and old men who have
not heard a sermon In forty years.
"Clayton, like the city set on a hill, Is erected In the
eternal mountnlns. where the thunder drums of high
Heaven war with the towering crags. It was laid out by
men with a flint rock in one hand and an honorable dis
charge from the Intrepid ranks of George Washington in
the other.
“Its inhabitants are as free as the mountain streams
that leap and laugh from the dizzy precipices that sur
round It. They are God fearing, for they nre a little
nearor Heaven than some folks. They celebrate the
fourth of July every week. They love u few things that
other people hate, and liatc a lot of things that other
people love.
"They are not hide-bound and rare no more for tne
riches of tho world than the average Georgian cares for
spring water. They want but little, and really have more
than they want. They bend the knee to no man and want
no man to cower to thorn.
'Their women, the ralrest on earth, in whose roseate
dimples eddies tbe beauty of a thousand stars—whose
cheeks are as red as the beautiful applies that grow In
abundance on the mountain sides.”
SPACE GRAFTER8.
“We frequently get letters from bankers’ associations!
but they never enclose checks," says the Ocllla Star.
"Railroads favor us with lots of mall, but never % pais
Even the great trouaury department of our great govern
ment writes us pretty often but we never hear the
Jingle of a coin. It la the old game ot trying to get some
thing for nothing."
INEQUALITY.
“Cincinnati brewery placed in hands of receiver,'
says news Item, That’s It. Here Uncle Sam goes and
gives a whole brewery to one man and takes even the ni-
beer away from the rest of us.
AL80, TAX RECEIPTS.
"And also, In addition to the masB ot records In the
State Department, and In the War Department and the
Navy Department, there Is much of the story of tho great
war In tho files of the Treasury Department,” aays the
Savnnnah News.
The News might have added that some ot tho gecords
esn be found In the citizen's tax receipts, also.
HERE ARE THE FACT8.
Horo are the facts as reported by experts of Harvard
University baaed on January, 1921, figures: The Ameri
can fanner today la getting only 5132 for the same
products which brought him 5100 in 1914—32 per cent in
crease. On the other hand, the dealer in clothes and
clothing is getting 5212 for the same quantity which
brought him 5100 in 1914—112 per cent Increase. Metals
and metal products are bringing 5175 where they formerly
brought 5100; cbemlcali and drugs 5180 against 5100;
and all commodities 5177 aa compared with 5100 in 1914
in short, the farmer has Buffered a drop more than twice
as great us Industry In general has suffered. In fact.
If farm products show only 32 per cent gain over 1914, and
“all commodities," which Include farm products, show 77
per cent gain over 1914, then It la likely that "all com
modules except farm products" would averogo 90 per
cent over 1914.—Progressive Farmer.
HELPING OUT ON PIGS.
Next Monday morning tbe Fair Association will (!v<
away 10 pigs valued at 560 each to 10 Barrow county
boys. All. tbe boys In each district Will appear at the
court bouse next Monday morning when a drawing will
(ska place to decide which boy In each district will get
tbe pic. It will be an interesting occasion and many
Barrow county beys will be present.—Winder News.
This Is some of the constructive work that a fair
association can do in a county. Georgia should raise her
own hogs, and the boys' pig dubs started through Activi
ties of tbe State -College ot Agriculture, fostered and
stimulated by prises at the state and county fair*, snd the
International li»e stock shows, sre doing mucb to increase
bog raising In the stats.
FIVE TRAGEDIES.
A man struck a match to see It tbe gasollno tank to
his auto was empty. It wasn't.
A man patted a strange bull dog on the hetd to see If
tbe critter was affectionate. It wasn’t.
A man speeded up to see If he could beat a train to
the crossing. He couldn’t.
A man touched a trolley wire to see It It was charged.
It was.
A man cut out bis advertising to see If he could save
money. He didn't.
NOW, AIN’T THAT NICE.
See where they have attached a leg show feature to
grand opery to bo given In Atlanta next week. Ouesa they
did It to attract folks who can't appreciate singing In
foreign languages—Uncle John Shannob for Instance.—
Ogletborpo Echo.
According to the Southern Rurnlist one South Georjls
woman made over four thousand dollars during the months
of December, January and February selling vegetables to
Kamper’s grocery store in Atlanta. These vegetables
were the product of four acres of land. The country I*
not broke If we know wbat to plant and how to markat
the product* that can be raised.—Sanderiville Progress.
The wave of women killing their husband* In Georgia
must be stopped. Any kind of a husbqnd Is liable to get
it In the neck th“se days. And, If the tool killer com
mences his deadly work, there will be a lot of dsatbs til
the land. It would be hard for a married man to escape.—
Greensboro Herald-Journal.
- It is very probable that the merit system Introduced
Into Ibe federal postoffice departmeht will sot be abolished
by the new administration. This IS no time to pity
politics with a department wharc efficiency counts for
so much.—Madisonian.
A Good Morning to You
A VERSE AND A VIGNETTE
By D. Q. BICKERS
BACKWARD AND FORWARD.
I.
If ytm should by Borne freak of fate.
Some jugglery of time,
Meet one of your ancestors face to
' face
And he should tell you of Ills secret
life of crime,
Of fOtlnre and disgrace-
provided he told no one else, you d
go along the same
Old way of pride and boast about
your fine ancestral name!
II.
And If by much the same weird trick
of swapping dates you could
Have gome anc estor ancient come to
you
And catch yon In some small, Ignoble
act. you would
Most likely see It through—
Tho comaradrle thus established
’tween the ages then
Is mostly woven of deceptions com
mon unto men.
„ —
The truth Is there Is virtue only In
this pride of name
When It can he reciprocal nnd fair
When there can be on both sides Just
the same
Opinion good to share—
Indeed. It’s not. "Can I be proud of my
ancestors, see
But good In them." It's “Can they
now see only good In me? 1 ’
—D. G. R.
HOW HE DID IT.
There wns a Man who was never
ashamed of a thing he did—
Because he never did a thing of
which to be ashamed.
—D. 0. R.
Cotton Consumed During March
reased 20,325 Over February
AN8WERS TO YESTERDAY’S
KWIZ.
1. —Palmer Cox Introduced the
Brownies.”
2. —The "gloaming" Is twilight, be
tween sundown nnd dark.
3. —Opium Is the dried Juice of the
raptules of the white poppy.
4. —Pimento Is the dried, unripe ber
ries of the West Indian pimento tree
(allspice).
5. —The scarlet pimpernel Is a plant
of the primrose family.
6. —Pinking a fabric means making
holes or scallops around the edge
for ornament.
7. —A cheek or document Is coun
tersigned when It Is authenticated by
an additional signature.
8. —Giovanni Boccaccio was a fa
mous novelist of the fourteenth cen
tury. his most celebrated work be
ing the "Decameron.”
9. —Tin-plate Is iron-plate coated
with tin.
10. —Tinfoil Is tin beaten Into thin
leaf.
NEW QUESTIONS.
1. —Wlmt dhl the H stand for In the
nsme of President William H. Har
rlson?
2. —What is the largest city west of
the Rocky Mountains
S.—What does the abbreviation cwt.
stand for?
4.—Wliat Is the meaning of “In re?”
B.—What Is n balm?
8.—What la n calm?
7. —Where Is the home of tho
condor?
8. —Where Is the Strait of Bab el
Mandeb?
9. —What Is a dodecagon?
10. —What la the chief difference be
tween a lasso and a lariat?
ACOLD
IS ALWAYS
DANGEROUS
THE KELLS COMPANY
NEWBURGH.N.Y.
“USE GEORGIA PRODUCTS"
THE CHEERFUL CRERU3
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;The rabbits S.nd birds j
•wont be friendly wrtb m«,
folhen I go on t spring \
j exploration |
The hunter » have given !
i our whole hvmzn re.ee ;
•Such Sl terribly
be.d reputation.
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kaJk.
Washington, April 14.—Chttdd manu
facturers utiliied more raw cotton
during March than in any month since
last September, a total of 437,533 bales
having been consumed during the
month, according to the census
bureau's monthly report. Issued today
There were fewer cotton spindles In
operation during the month of Feb
ruary, the largest reduction hating
been shown In thd mills of the cotton
growing states. The month's total
32,104,946, was 368,582 less than Feb
ruary, with the mills of the cotton
growing statue showing 317.795 of the
reduction. Cotton consumed was
20,325 bales more than In February.
Cotton consumed during March
amounted to 437.933 bales of lint and
37,991 of llnters, the census bureau
announced today.
Consumptloq In March, last year
was 676,789 bales of lint and 51,657
ot llnters.
Cotton on hand March 31 in con
suming Establishments was 1,337,795
bales of lint and 208.647 of llnters
compared with 1,853,996 of lint and
304,280 of llnters a year ago, and lb
public storage and at Compresses 6,-
236,360 bales of lint and 294,260 of
llnters, compared with 3,240,197 of
lint and 401,955 of llnters held a year
ago.
March imports were 27,287 bale*
compared with 133,727 last year and
era, exported In Moreh last year!
Spindles active during March n,
bored. 12,104,948, coaipfcrtd with
697,812 in Mwfch lost ybar.
Statistics 'for cotton growing
March last year.
Oa fiknrf>rch 31 in cbhBumint
UblUhments, 618,120 bkies C om#i,
with 1030J804 a year ago, and
lie storage add at compresses 4 7.
862 halos, compared with 2.967 28!
year ago.
Cotton spindles active during Mu
numbered 14,558,964 compared »
14,970,123 In March last year.
“U8E GEORGIA PRODUCTS"
Some Facts and
Figures
*1
Throughout its history, the Company has endeavored
to keep faith with the City and its people The line to the
Seaboard was built for the convenience of the public with
out hope or expectation of profit.
Why was it built? Because the management believed
the principal railway station should be accessible as a con
venience due the city and for a time the cars served this
purpose but never with profit to the Company. . *
Now the revenue of the Seaboard line is diminishing
month by month with the increasing use of the automo
bile notwithstanding the fact that tne cost of the trans-
K rtation by the latter is from four to eight times as great.
e money saved by them, if all passengers arriving and
departing, used the street cars would amount to perhaps
fifteen to twenty thousand dollars each year.
The construction of the Lumpkin St line turned acre
upon acre of farm lands into valuable front foot city
property, adding thousands of dollars each year to the
revenues of the city and making fortunes for the owners
of the land without the expenditure of a dollar by them.
The Company has contributed in no niggardly way
to every enterprise that promised good or growth to the
City or County. To its initiative is due the establishment •
of the Normal School, and its encouragement and sub- 1
stantial aid made the Summer School possible.
The Wide vision and whole hearted cooperation of
the Directors of the Company put the first paving project
on its feet in 1899, notwithstanding thfe fact that well
paved streets were sure to diminish the Company’s reve
nue and add largely to its interest charges.
When the calls came for subscriptions to the war
obligations, the Red Cross, Liberty Bonds, Y. M. C A.
and kindred activities the Company kept step with many
of the larger subscribers notwithstanding the fact that
each day was making it more difficult to meet its ordinary
obligations fettered as it was by its inability to protect
itself against the diminishing purchasing power of its re
ceipts. . r
When the County outside the City proposed to tax
itself for School purposes, the Company heartily and
cheerfully encouraged the campaign notwithstanding the
considerable increase in its taxes*which was bound to
follow. '
When the plan for a million dollar endowment for
the University was fol^mulated the Company subscribed
five thousand dollars to the fund, although the prospect
was not good for a meeting of its buckle and tohgiie of*
a reasonable provision for maintenance, replacement, and
bond interest to say nothing of a fair return to its Stock
holders.
When Lucy Cobb was in imminent danger of being
swamped by a floating debt the Company joined With
others in discharging this obligation and freeing this
wonderful civic asset from a menace that had impaired its
usefulness and was threatening its very existence.
Last Spring the Company realized that the Prince-
Boulevard service whs not equal to the demands Upon it
and contracted for five safety cars equipped with eVery'
modern appliance for the comfort, convenience and pro
tection of its patrons. These cars had only been in
service a few weeks when the patronage began to fall off
while the largely increased cost of operation remained.
The investment of nearly thirty-five thousand dollars^ the
colt of these five cars, brought increased interest charges,
increased operating expenses and in some months not as
many fares from the four cars as had been resrtlZed frtJm
two in the corresponding period of the preceding year.
Has the Company kept faith? -,>■
ATHENS RAILWAY & ELECTRIC CO.
Telephone 1611-1612 A
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