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'* V* ■** «l THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER, ATHENS, QA. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1**1. THE ATHENS BANNER Published every morning except Monday by The Ath- ins Publishing Company, 175 Lumpkin Street. Atben,, Cleorgla. Members of The Associated Press. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to tbe use for publication of all news dispatches to It or not other wise credited In this paper, and also the local news puli lisbed herein. All rights of repuhllration or special dispatches are also reserved. 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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- Wi V 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. Fe - Wer< ; expect- Gassified Advertisements find Better Positions for Ambitious i Men * Q//i .rrojjiH fUod ~ 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 A. B. C. or X. Y Z. In algebra, “al>c” represents the known; “xyz” the unknown. Likewise in circulation. A. B. C. represents the known plus where it goes and how it was obtained. Anything else is the un known. When buying space, select mediums of known circulation. Choose from A. B. C. reports and audits. You have then backed your judgment with undisput- able facts. THE BANNER Morning THE HERALD Afternoon THE BANNER-HERALD SUNDAY MORNING Both Papers Ara Members of tho Audit Bureau of Circulations SE= iWiMiMli