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THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER. ATHEN8, OA.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22. 1921.
THE ATHENS BANNER
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Pellagra Situation in the South
Tho recent report of the United States
public health service on the subject of the
pellagra menace in the Southern States is
well wprthy of consideration. It reveals a
condition in this part of the country that
we ha<J no^ dreamed of and that even now
we hope is not so Bad as painted by this
governhidnt bureau.
Pellagra is the result, of lack of proper
food, Jt is stated by this board that not
less than one hundred thousand cases are
i in tiie South and that at least ten thouand
of these will be fatal. . It gives as the cause
the falling prices of cotton that have re
sulted in the loss of credit by the tenant
farmer and a consequent necessity for him
and his family to live on a starvation diet.
This diet may be all right if balanced with
other ipods, but by itself it is not sufficient
to keel a person in health and pellagra is
alniostfevenrtitfiejfie result.
If ill this be true that is told by this
board, t then • it is' timd the people on the
Soutli who have means were up and doing
febmetling to relieve those who are ihus
hard lirtesed. and 4 wbo, haven’t enough to
propeiw feed thejf families. It is, a hard
• to wbrk outfit? is true, for it is not
to a famine and hot similar tc a
dition among paupers. This cjn
xists among people who are not go-
s know about it and
direct help if it were
now in the South is
enough money,to properly handle crops and
to enable the fanners to get somewhat on
their feet again. If the Southern farmer
could be given just enough financial help
to catcji toe hold again, he could work him
self up all right He needs just a little
more assistance now to enable him to get
on his feet. He is adring no charity. He
wants ‘ a better chance to work and to ac
complish things. <*■ ■ ■
Moye Efficient Relief For Veterans.
The ^republican administration promises
much feyef tp the disabled veterans of the
and to all soldiers carrying gw
surance! It is hoped that these
HI be fully carried oui and the
the consolidation bill by con-
cates that such will be the case.
The*war risk insurance business was a
new business for the United States govern
ment. | It was a gigantic business taken up
. and carried on with little previous prepara
tion f^r it. The relief of the disabled ve
terans' was another big job that was in a
large .measure a disabled veterans was
another big -job that was in a large mea
sure ? new kind of governmental work.
1 hat much delay, was caused and that there
was inadequacy of preparation and ineffi-
.eiencyj iq handling many, questions there
can bet no 1 doubt. But much of that was to
be exrfectedr
Now that all the brush has been cut away
and the worR is somewhat familiar to those
in charge, there is no good reason why im
provenieqte should not be made.
Thef great criticism of the past has been
the terrible delay jn all these branches. It
is clattaejl that the mew bill will elimnate
all tlijs. , It is planned to consolidate the
bureaj of war-risk insurance, the federal
board! fqjr -vocational • education, and the
JiospittJUjation units of the public health
servief under the direction of a single new
agency, the veterans bureau.
. e has been much division of respon-
sibilijland authority and whenever such a
condflon exists there can be no very satis-
. / factory results achieved. This division
and fie duplication of work has given rise
to tns most widespread complaint and in
many Instances it has required more than a
year for a disabled soldier to be attended
handling of tubercular patients. The new | 'l
bill provides for the much more satisfac
tory and efficient handling of all cases
where hospital treatment is needed. And
it is said that recently there has been a no
ticeable increase in these cases, it appear
ing that the results of war are now crop
ping out more perceptibly than just after
the close of hostilities.
While the central agencies will be con
solidated, the exact opposite will be accom
plished in the field. There will be more
and more substations established so that it
will be easier for the disabled men to get
at the headquarters through which they
will have to bring their applications and
through which they will have to be handled.
It is expected that this will also greatly ex-
pediate matters and make the service much
more satisfactory.
In order to make the war risk insurance
business easier on all parties, it is proposed
that risk premiums be accepted through
postoffices. The necessary machinery for
carrying this into effect wil lbe worked out
and provided.
This is a most worthy movement. The
veterans of the great war have suffered no
end of inconvenience from the government
that really was trying its best to help them
but doing so in a cumbersome and vexa
tious manner. ’ There is nothing too good
Answers to Yester
day’s Kwiz.
1. —A ilk anil tine linen wedding
la the observance of the twelfth wen
ding anniversary.
2. —A crystal wedding celebrates
the fifteenth anniversary.
3. —The pleura ia membranous lin
ing of the chest cavity and covering
of the lungs.
4. —Caracas is the capital of Vene
zuela. v
5. —Parchment is made from pn*'/
pared goat and sheepskins.
6. —rThe popijlar. name for Missouri
is the Bullion State.
goober is a peanut.
stylus of the ancient Ro-
matis was the-pen or pointed instru
ment'with which they wrote on waxed
tablets.
9. —The pericardium is the sac in
which the heart is enclosed.
10. —The Sault .Ste Marie ship canal
connects Lake Huron and Lake Su
perior.
world
era m <.| ‘ Jfc
pro; nil
passaJ
gress fud
for the boys who left home at the call of
country and went to the front under Old
Glory. The thousands who lost their
hefilth, who lost their limbs, who lost much
of-the better opportunities in life in order
,to serve their country in her hour of need
should not be forgotten. The best that
the government can provide should be
theirs. The best of hospital facilities and
plenty of them should be provided. And
the government can do nothing better for
the disabled than to train them for useful
callings in life so as to make them self-sup
porting and hot place them in the class of
mendicants or beggars,
A Plea for Nature Study
It was an interesting incident when a
15 year old Washington boy named Jimmie
Bradley appeared before a Congressional!
committee to plead f'-- nature sttidv iri -the
schools.
What the kids usually demand is less
work. When they begin to come in asking
for more, it must be that some branteh of ,
true, for it is not knowledge has been presented to them that
appeals powerfully to their natures. Such
is a tremendous asset in a school course.
It might easily be the means of waking
iqrmany backward children.. If you get an
indifferent boy interested in investigating
birds and flower s and stones, hsi mind 4s
aroused to the desire for more knowledge.
He will begin to want more information
about many other things, and thus uncon
sciously will be fitting himself for life. If
the children want nature study they should
have it in every school in Athens and every
where else.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
r- J GEORGIA CANE IN FLORIDA
* ,u ** r fcooMrn which operates a largo plant at
Palatha, Fla., hat made arrangements to invade South
Georgia for an additional supply of cano. It la under
stood that the concern has already made contracts with
a number of growers around Ray City for thoir outlie crop
the coming season. The frelght^-rate on tho cane from
Ray City to Palatka la reported to be aucli as will per
mit both the buyer and seller to handle this cane to an
advantage. It Is believed that the concern will contract
with other South Georgia growers for «B|MMBMiAnlng
imiod, thus taking to Florida a product that might just
** well be manufactured In south Georgia."—Valdosta
Times.
It would be decidely better and more In accord with the
natural order of things to have the can coming this way
to prevent the product going over the same ground twice.
It ought to be good economy to send the cane to Savan
nah, provided the sugar refinery Is operating, because it
la on the way to the markets when the surplus sugar
can find tale. However, no great injury can come to any
one because a Florida concern has the enterprise to come
Into Georgia and pay high enough prices to get our farm
products. Turn about Is fair play, and we bring enough
oranges and grapefruit from Florida to sell Florida some
Georgia cane.
NEW QUESTIONS.
1. —What in a mahout?
2. —Of what Central American coun
try Is San Jose the capital?
3. —Of what Central American coun
try is Managua the capital?
4. —*What is the Sunna?
5. -^-Who was George Fox?
6. —What is a china wedding?
• ZorWhat is a silver wedding?
o*—What is the popular name for
the state of Montana?
9. —What is ophiology?
10. —What is horology?
PROSPEROUS TOWNS
AROUND ATHENS
(Continued from Page 1)
Shannoii Is editor and publisher ot
the paper, which Is . a popular one
both because of the excellence of us
columns and the reverential regard
In which the people hold tbe editor.
Editor Shannon has been at the
helm of the News for the past twenty
four years and through his fearless
condemnation of evils which threat
fned the community and because ot
his devotion to duty and community
welfare he has endeared himself to
the hearts of his readers. He id a
man of strictest Integrity and high
moral standing and, too, a man 01
high Ideals.
The Commercial Observer Is edited
The Ice man Is craxy about the heat
Raising railroad ratas baa rated buatness.
A hen In the city la worth two in the country. T
A man oaf of work regards any job as a vacation.
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The nation <
cauaed most wars la Imagination.
Th# trouble with the prodigal sun Is it returna too often.
Lenlne'a real name la "Illitch.” Russia should scratch
Tbs film trust seems
Illusions.
to have been puiiis a few extra
A wife's permanent wave Is flue; but we need a per
manent wife wave.
.adrertlalng Is useful, it is not necessary for the
toou brush manufacturers to feel they must advertise
tnalr product by leaving a lot of bristles in your mouth
•very time you clean your teeth.
Mndphl Impression of the July Fourth celebratl in was
tnat patriotic youo- American lost interest In th< Obser
vance as soon as tbe people were all woke up In the
morning
aa soon as tbe people ware all woka up In
ng and could not be disturbed' any more.
Tbe deep Interest manifested by the politicians in the
lng at heart ith^Xregter, interests ot
his B^me city. y'He Js a man well
.knotto* In newspaper circles through
out the state and during 1917-19 he
served as president ot the Georgia
Press association.
Editor Hferber has but recently re
Tom Washington. Ga„ where
IA attendance at the Georgia
association ‘convention, and
er?be'was one‘Of the 1 speakers to
address the convention. Tbe subject
of Mr. Harber’s address was, "Home
Sidelights ‘on the Florida fleeting ot
the National Editorial Association."
Mr., Hafber Is thoroughly conver
sant .Jritb .the-affairs of Commerce,
sociall) and otlierwlse, and Is a most
entertaining talker.
There are tour banks at Commerce,
the Northeastern Banking company,
with a capital of $100,000, organized
in 1902. Officers of the bank art:
Dr. L. G. Hardman, president, and
C. J. Hood, cashier.
The First National bank, organized
about 1905, capital $50,000. Judge W
W. Stark, president; J. B. Hardman
vice president; G. L. Hubbard, cash'
ier.
The Commerce Bank and Trust
company, organized 19220, capital
$100,000. G. T. Rice, president; O.
Walton, cashier.
The private banking establishment
of E. B. Anderson.
There are upwards of fifty stores
doing business at Commerce, most ot
which', carry on a general merchandise
and supply business. Among the
leading merchants of the city are:
The Willlford-Burns-RIce Co., general
merchandise; Montgomery
general merchandise; Harbcr Mer
chandise Co., W. Y. and G. J. Har-
her, proprietors, general merchan
dise; .Bheppard-Davis-NIx Co., general
merchandise; W. D. Mann. T. 1*.
Wright, Nix Brothers, the Claude-
Lo$t Co.: M. T. Sanders, furniture
and undertaking; the Little-Ward
furniture and undertaking; the
hardware concerns of Hardman
Hardware Co. and the Truitt Hard
ware Co. There are three drug
stores, the Hardman Drug Co., the
Commerce Drug Co. and L. J. Sharp
& Bro.
Garages and filling stations are tne
following: Ford Agency, W. B. Klee,
manager; Bulck Agency, Mr. Martin,
manager; the garages of C. E, Jack-
son. 8. N. Edward* Bolton Motor Co.,
A. D. Bolton, vsfctger; tfe Harber’s
Garage, James Westbrook. m$ n»g»r.
Alton.Hood operetta a battery sta
tion. |
A moving picture theater furnlsnes
amusement for. the people of Com
merce on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights of each wee*.
Schools and Churches.
There are'four churches at Com
merce. The Pitsbyterlah, Rev. J. A
Simpson, pastor;'lhe Methodist, Rev
Irby Henderson,. fiastor; the First
Baptist, Rev. W. L. Culbreatb, pas
tor, membership 475, and the Madi
son 8treet Baptist church, Rev. U.
H. Collins, pastor, membership about
200. *
The school at Commerce Is an ad
credited high school. About 700 pu
plls attend this school. There are
eleven grades. Prof. H. B. Csrreker
Is superintendent of the school and
lias held this position for tbe past
seven years. Prof. N. G. Long Is prin
cipal and there are fourteen teachers.
The building Is a two-story brick
one and represents a financial outlay
of approximately #50,000.
Soc’al and Fraternal Organizations.
Tho ladles of Commerce are organ
ized into a Ladles’ Improvement
of lte
over school conditions and affairs
concerning the social life of tbe com
munity.
There are also organizations of tffe
Daughters of the Revolution and of
tiie United Daughters, of the Confed
eracy.
The fraternal life of the city Is rep-
lesented In .Masonic, Knights of Py
thias and Odd Fellow lodges.
Hudson Lodge No. 294, F. and /
M.. has an active membership. It
officers are: J. D. Waddell. W. t*-
T. J Syfan, S. W.; A. D. Bolton, .
W.; c. if. Scoggins, secretary.
Commerce Lodge No. 75. Knights
ol Pythias, has as Its officers: K
Nix, C. C.; P. W. Sheppard, K.
R. and S.
Harmony Grove Lodge No. 30, I. O.
O. F„ has a membership of about 26U.
Its officer? are: P. T. Harrington, N
C.; R. C. Nix, secretary.
City Board of Trade.
The Commerce Board of Trade has
not of recent months been very ac
tive, but It Is now beginning to show
evidence of renewed life and will un
doubtedly push ahead with plans for
the further Improvement of the city
and tile bringing of It to take Its stand
among the factors In Georgia life. Mr,
L. L. Davis, one of the leading citi
zens of Commerce, is chairman of
the hoard of trude.
Municipal Officers.
Officers of the city of Commerce
arc: Hon. W. W. Stark, mayor;
coiincllmen, J. L. Duson, L. L. Davis,
Claude Montgomery, T.' J. Syfan, A.
P. Harrlss and T. C. Hardman.
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