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THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER, ATHENS, QA.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1**1.
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trouble, their Macedonian cry will be an
swered in Washington. It will be better for
Europe if hereafter she does business with
the Unitde States according to business
practice, and not on a sentimental basis.
And Mr. Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing di
rector fo the War Finance Corporation,
speaks with equal power when he says.
“I think it is as important to increase our
own buying power as to develop the buying
power of foreigners. Credit is like drugs,
used intelligently ar.d moderately, most
helpful, but used in excess, most dangerous.
. . . People abroad who will not conduct
their business on sound business principles
should not be assisted. Many foreign coun
tries will buy anything on borrowed money,
but they should not be given credit.”
Extending Intelligent Credit.
The question of extending credit to Eu
ropean nations is one that has a vital bear
ing on th£ prosperity of this country. There
is much that is being said to the effect that
the business of this country cannot be re
stored unless liberal credit is extended to
foreign nations, that American money must
help put Europe on her feet before we can
enjoy prosperity here at home.
There is some sense' and much nonsense
in this kind of talk. To be sure it is a good
thing to strive to get back our foreign trade
that was disturbed by the war, but it is of
still more • importance that we know just
where we are extending the credit neces-
sanr to getting back that trade.
Europe now owes America something
like a net balance of twenty-one billion dol
lars, of which ten billion dollars is repre
sented by the debts due us by the nations
we assisted financially during the war. The
remainder is owned by firms, corporations
knd individuals. It would be the wildest op
timism to believe that we will get this mon
ey back in the lifetime, of the present gen
eration. The interest may be paid oh the
debt. Even that is problematical, but as
for the principal, it will be many a year be
fore this country sees the color of its mon
ey-
If credit is to be extended to Europe it
should not be of that kind represented
simply by promises to pay. There should
be something more substantial back of it.
Credit may Be safely given to a going con
cern that is taking raw cotton and convert
ing it into manufactured goods and selling
the goods at a fair profit. But loans to gov
ernments in Europe just now do not appeal
to our good judgment.
We had better direct more of our atten-
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and less to foreign commerce unless it has
something of a substantial backing. Our
domestic commerce is after all the greatest
asset we have and it constitutes by far the
biggest part of our business life. It will al
ways be thus in the United States.
The United States have not been stingy
with Europe. This country has poured out
its treasure when it was most needed and
done so in lavish manner. But it is about
time now to begin to look for some evidence
of a desire on the part of the nations of Eu
rope to take some steps towards arranging
for modest payments of what they owe.
Business is being restored throughout Eu
rope. Business is making profits over there
and out of these profits a portion should be
|et aside for payment of debts to this coun
try. No further credit should be extended
>y the United States to any nation, corpora
tion or individual in Europe that shows no
evidence of a desire to meet obligations.
The Manufacturers Record well says that
our credit should run to Europe only in aid
of productive enterprises, never to pay tht
running expenses of governments that de
cline to practice the economy essential tc
balancing the budget or to levy taxes tc
meet the outlay.
The-Record hits the nail squarely on the
head when it says:
Rigft gladly we have poured our blood
out in Europe, and in the common cause w<
did not count (he cost, billions though if
was. It was our privilege at the critical
moment to mass the decisive power that
saved it for ourselves. We would not, can
not, abandon Europe. We valued our bloot
more than our money. We value civiliza
tion now—-European civilization—mor<
than we <?o our money; But our money
nevertheless, is the evidence of our ability
our saving, our accumulated labor, oui
power* our resourcefulness, our centuries
of effort In winning this continent It is i
wealth we hold in trust We cannot spuan
der it Least of all can we afford to assisf
in the further demoralization of the people
of Europe by permitting them to continue
in thejnigunderstanding that over here U
an inejthaustiMe treasure; THat they neet
not fear trouble, because, if r.he.v aot. ijjtfc
Building Highways in China.
One of the great drawbacks in China has
always been the lack of proper transporta
tion facilities and they difficulty of com
munication between the people. In spite of
the example of other nations there has been
a marked apathy among the Chinese in the
work of establishing better lines of com
munications.
But this apathy is disappearing. Within
recent times the Chinese seem to have be
come thoroughly awake in several parts of
the republic and to have taken a new inter
est in development and progress.
News comes that in one province a move
ment is on foot to build five great highways
of nearly two thousand miles length, high
ways of the most modern design and con
struction and built of the very best material
and under expert supervision. This can be
done easily in China if properly directed,
for labor is secured at figures that would
astonish the average American and mater
ials are likewise cheap.
While politically the Chinese may not be
as astute as their Japanese neighbors, they
nevertheless possess no little amount of
ability along many lines and do not hesi
tate to work when properly directed.
There are many who believe that the real
development of the Chinese nation is just
beginning to claim the attention of the
young Chinse of brain and determination
and that the next few years will witness a
transformation in that country.
And back of it all stands the question of
questions, as to just what China will do in
this world when she awakes to a sense of
her real power when fully developed.
Brantley Created Last Year
Asks House to Change
Capital.
EDITORiAL COMMENT
TAFT A8 CHIEF JU8TICE.
The upR anil downs In the career of William H. Taft,
who now realizes the ambition of his life In becoming chief
justice of the United States Supreme court, hare been of
a dramatic character. A man who was beaten for the
prealdoncy so badly that he got the electoral vote of only
two of the smallest states, might bo considered to be the
head of the Down snd Out Club.
Yet, somehow he has managed to win an office which
Is ss Important as the presidency Itself. And he got
with very little opposition. The good nature with which
Mr. Taft took his smashing defeat was one element In his
Atlanta. Ga., .July 15.—Last year
the legislature created the new coun
ty of Brantley, with Hoboken as the
county site. This year It Is being
asked to change the county site from
Hoboken to Nahunta. which Is locat
ed In the center of the county and on
a line of railroad. The request has
the backing of Senator Thomas. Sen
ntor Aiken and Representatives
Htrlrklen, Nichols, Vocelle, Mann and
Plckren.
No public buildings have been
erected In the new county yet, and It
Is shown no loss can accrue from
the change. In a recent election the
question was submitted to a vote of
the county and the proponents lost
the election, on tabulation, by twenty-
two votes, but later made charges
that they had evidence to show that
eighty-eight votes were Illegal on the
side opposed to the removal. Ordi
narily the mnttey of a eontest would
be reviewed and passed upon by tfTfe
seeretary of state, but It Is taken
Into the legislature because that
tribunal Is In session and Its action
will be the quickest and simplest
route by which to settle the contro
versy.
The proposal to make the change
Is signed by the representative In the
legislature last year of every county
touching or affected by the creation
of the new county of Brantley.
Answers to Yester
day^ Kwiz.
1— The popular name for Maine Is
the Pine Tree State.
2— Anne Bradstreet wrote the first
volume of poetry published In Amer
ica.
3— There were twenty-four letters
In the Greek alphabet.
♦—Palermo Is In Sicily.
6—The oldest iBrlllsh colony north
of the United- States Is Newfound
land.
6— Santiago Is the capital of Chile.
7— The Hawaiian Islands were or
iginally called thp Sandwich Islands.
8— The island of Hawaii Is the larg-
es* of tbe Hhwallan Islands.
9— The largest city In Washington
Is Seattle.
10— A geodetic line Is tbe shortest
lino between two points on-the earth's
surface.
tion to the domestic commerce of America « SSTZfSl m.t X Mi'S
omments, that Indicate that in their opinion the people
who threw them out are fools.
The good natured way In which Mr. Taft tool his over
'urn ahowa that he reapecta tbe verdict of the people and
went far to concllate many who opposed his re-election
In 1912
Probably what has won moro support for Mr. Taft than
inytbing ei»e, has been the feeling that he Is fair minded.
The people are alck of the bltterneas of people who take
extreme views, and rae strongly committed to one aide or
another of economic qneatloiii. They want a man of Judi
cial temperament, who cm look all around existing con
troversles and see the nurltt of each line of argument.
In the disputes between labor and capital, which are the
most difficult problem of our times, they want a man who
warmly sympathises with the aspirations of labor, and
yet they want one who la sympathetic enough with busi
ness so that he will not go off half cocked In favor of vis
ionary Ideas. Even the people who do not agree with Mr.
Taft politically, think that he has that Judicial attitude,
and this feeling has smoothed hla way to the head of the
Ig court.
A credit agency reported In regard to a certain applicant
for a loan, that hla assets consisted of eight children and
a Ford. It could be said In his behalf that he had every
incentive to save money.
Some people who would be very much disturbed If they
found cobwebs (n their living room, will let a weedy and
rubbish covered vacant lot make their home town look all
frowsy. , ,
The old fashioned girl Used to claim she got kissed
against her will. The modern athletic and muscular young
woman does not look very convincing on that excuse.
Claimed the automobile signs along the roads of Clarke
county should be repainted, as the kids can't use them tor
targets until they show up better.
No wonder our wives refuse to stay tn the kitchen where
they belong, when the other day they put In a woman to
preside over I he National House of Representatives.
America Is the land sought by the oppressed of all na
■Ions, particularly by those who want a place where they
will never have to dutend the country or pay taxes.
Der-led that the college boys aren’t interested in works
)f art as they have art cojlectlons In their rooms consist
ng ol -‘No Trepass” and "Langer" signs.
Some folks who spend much time studying tbe figures
.f stock market gambling, think It mighty queer that the
oung men road the ball scores so closely.
Two hundred thousand antl-prnhtbltionlsts parading in
s’ew York July Fourth with their tongues hanging out of
heir months wilNexcIte much sympathy.
Hoped the American people succeed In saving the J500,-
>00.000 they put into fake stock schemes, as they need the
noney for silk shirts and joy rides.
If all these agents and canvassers would knock Instead
>f tingling the electric bell, it would not be necessary to
tend for the electrician so often.
NEW QUESTIONS.
1— What Is the gastric Juice?
2— What Is ethnology? '
8—What Is the largest city In West
Virginia?
♦—What Is n saline solution?
6— Where Is New Guinea?
G—Who was Herodotus?
7— Of what South American coun
try Is Bogota the capital?
8— Where Is I-nke Winnepesaukee?
9— What Is an osprey?
10— What Is the popular name for
the state of Maryland?
Ml88 WEATHERLY WED8
MR. LACY C. ARNETT.
On Thursday evening Miss Ruby
Weatherly and Mr. I.acy C. Arnett
were happily married by Rev. Walter
Anthony, pastor of the First Method
ist church, at his residence on Lump
kin street.
Mr. Arnett Is a prominent young
business man of this city, a member
of a firm of leading photographers,
and his brldo is a young woman of
many charming accomplishments.
They left for a short honeymoon
trip and will return and continue to
locate In Athens.
Mr. and Mr*. Arnett have the best
wishes of a largo circle of friends,
Pickpockets In Chicago are protect
ed by a highly organized trust, who
hire criminal lawyers by the year to
protect them, according to charges
made by the chief of detectives. He
states stringent laws In the East are
driving the crooks' to Chicago, and
that It Is almost Impossible to secure
oonvlctlon of a pickpocket because of
the testimony of their lawyers and
their "witnesses" and their ability to
obtain bonds at once and escape be
ing Identified by tbelr victims.
Athens
Banner
Many people are neglecting tbe Urge opportunities tbst
omr to those who keep their mouths shut snd get busy
Tbe sporting crowd can't understand why tbey put Mark
Twain In the Hall of Fame and ommlUed Baba Ruth.
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About Athens
By JOHN E. DREWRY.
CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR
JAMESON NEIGHBORS.
Tast Sunday, at the new lake at
Wlntervllle, Jameson Neighbors, or
that place, assisted three boys who
had been thrown from a boat In get
ting to the shore and saved a fourth
boy. Ralph Dawson, from drowning,
after Dawson had gone down for the
third time. As a recognition for his
bravery In this act a movement has
been Started to get Neighbors a Car
negie medal—the universal recogni
tion for heroic acts, especially those
In connection with a rescue from
drowning.
If ever a person did deserve this
medal. Jameson Neighbors does! The
•ery fact that he Is personally re
sponsible for the saving from drown
ing of four boys speaks for Itself.
With hundreds of persons, more or
less excited, standing on the snore
doing nothing to save Dawson, Neigh
bors Jumped Into the lake—clothes
on—and brought the boy to the shore.
This was after he had seen the other
three boys safely out of the water.
What braver deed could a boy do?
Neighbors must have that Carnegie
medal!
COBB C. TORRANCE
8ERIOU8LY HURT.
On Friday the papers of the state
carried the tragic news that Cobb C.
Torrance, of Atlanta;-well known In
Athens and a graduate of the Univer-
olty of Georgia, was perhaps fatally
Injured .In an autmoblle accident In
Atlanta. Thlc news was received In
Athens and University circles with
sincere regret. Never In the history
of the University of Georgia has there
been u better liked or more popular
student at the Institution, and as a
cltiien It was expected that he would
make Georgia the very best.
It Is the sincere hope of the writer,
The Banner, the University of Geor
gia ar.d all of Athens that something
will happen that will result In the re
covery of Mr. Torrance. better
kuowti In this community as "Cobb.”
Seaboard Air Line Ry.
Northbound Southbound
Leaves Leaves
10:45am Atlanta-Monroe local 6:40pm
S:i6pm Memphls-BIrmlngham 2:24pm
3:16pm Atlanta 2:24pm
3:16pm.. Norfolk-RIchmond.. 2:24pm
7:50pm Atlanta-AbbevllleLoc 8:00am
11:47pm Blrmlngham-Atlanta 5:66am
1147pm Waahlngton-New York S:R6am
ll-ifnm Norfoik-Wllmlnston B:6Bam
WEATHER
° Athens and Vicinity: Thunder-
showers Saturday.
For Georgia: Local thundershow
ers Saturday.
Feather Conditions
Showers continued and were more
-general In the eastern cotton states;
they were few and scattered m the
western half of the belt. Over two
Inches of rain fell at Florence, Ala .
and nt Oklahoma City, while at
Charleston there was a highly excee-
slve fall of 6.14 Inches. The weather
Is somewhat cooler thlB morning in
the middle of the central valley. Tem
peratures at 7 a. m. range from 80
degrees along the gulf coast to be
low 60 degrees In the west.
Read for profit, uez for aura results
Banner Want Ada. Phone 75.
Germany now has four air routes
out of Berlin. The longest of these
are the Berlln-Dortmund and the Ber-
tln-Koentgsberg routes, each about
three hundred miles In length. Other
lines are Berlin-Bremen and Berlin-
Dresden lines.
Read for profit, use for sure results
Banner Want Adi. Phona 75.
THE CLARKE COUNTY
FAIR THIS FALL.
The committees from the Athens
Chamber of Commerce, the Woman's
club, the Klwanls and Rotary clubs,
thp Advertising club and the Farm
Bureau that have been working on
the fair project for the past week or
so have reported and their report*
ore Indicative that Clarke county
will have this fall one of the biggest
celebrations ever staged In this sec
tion of the country. An executive
committee 'o be named within the
next few days, to be composed of one
member from each of the above or
ganizations and this committee will
select the site for the fair, wftl Ox
tho date and manage all the details
of tbe big project.
That the Clarke county fair will be
a huge success Is already known. The
very enthusiasm with which the an
nouncement of the project was receiv
ed assures that. That the exhibits
will bo the very best In this state Is
expected because of the environment
In this line extended by the State
College of Agriculture and Miss An
nie Mae Wood, county demonstration
agent. That the amusements will be
clenn snd ontertnlnlng Is assured by
the fact that thli part of the fair has
been left to the Athens Woman’s
club.
In other words, the program and
plans for the coming county fair ard
being handled In such a masterful
wav that Clarke county cannot ,but
have a big and successful fair. With
everybody In the county Interested
and all working together, there la no
reason why the Clarke county fair
»1M11 not eclipse any such exposi
tion ever held In the state of Geor
gia.-
for quick, sale
270 Savannah Avenue. A three room colored
house cheap. Ask Mr. Martin.
ERWIN & CO. Phone 3-4-5.
LIPSCOMB FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY
30 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE
A88ET8 OF COMPANIES OVER 195 MILLIONS
OFFICE PHONE No. 109. NIGHT PHONE Na. 719
GREEN & MICHAEL LOAN DEPARTMENT
417-421 So. Mutual Bldg.
Local and Eastern Money Always on Hand for
Loans on Farms and City Property.
PLENTY OF MONEY
For toans on City Real Estate, lowest rate of Interest; prompt servlc*
HOLMAN BLDGL
HUBERT M. RYLEE
LAW OFFICES
ATHEN8, GA.
TEL. 1671.
Before You Shop
In Athens Tomorrow
Shop First
In The Banner.
It Will Pay
To Try It
DO NOT ENDANGER
Your property with -Spring cleanUMf- Urea. Watch tie trash
pllas or better still call tbt City Banitary Department and let them
remove the old rubbish.
Consult Us About Your Insurance.
ERWIN & COMPANY,
Fleetwood Lanier, Manager Ins. Dept
Phone 3-4-5. Phone 3-4-5.
We Go Anywhere—Any Time. We Meet All Trains
Georgian Baggage
Transfer Go.
HAULING AND MOVING
Office—Georgian Hotel
Trunks A Specialty
Phone 783
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