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Me from Walking Oxford*, Oxford*, Opera Pump*, Eye- THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER. ATHENS OA. About Athens By JOHN E. OREWRY. lAi •Ml. Cart speak* mujflt ,M irtiy^vllje, Va., over the r.ppenrjoro OrTT* WfilMf.'h Stm nf.tjie IwHVftrtlf.v of Geycgip l ; e*a • n'ran&Stt’.ipiij^ifpq jjii6t WAGON FALLS IN A BIG HOLE. Oil Thursday afternoon one of TM- madge Grocery company's big . deliv ery wagons, loaded with a (tundrfS or more bushels of ideal, fell'intMa big hole, resulting in the bark ax!e bring broken In two. Where? Why, on that rough, flltb/street behind tile lOlirthouse, of rourse! Is there any tougher or nastier street to be found an> where In the ,clty? You'll have to show it to us—we're from Missouri. Hancock avenue, between Jnek'iein mid Thomas streets, Is an eyesore and Is a hlark nMrk upon the email name of Athens.- Right In the bpsl- 1,,-ss section, this block would he a disgrace to the most backwoods conn- li> town. Who tp. Ui blame for this' situation? CLOSING OF t5£~ SUMMED SCHOOL. on Thursday, July 28th, one of the most successful sessions, it not the si successful session of the Uni- M-rsIty of Georgia Summer schi>41. will i nine to a close. Some 135 teach ers from over. tkKMate of Georgia, constituting one of the largest classes eu-r graduated.at the summer, ses sion. will on this date be presented tlielr diplomas, itself. ' The work done-etiyjis session-hi* been of the verir‘‘rfighest type- aiHl lias been uimiRlUy tjptnprehunftfve and satisfactory Ip. its nature. 1m- spile the financlat'depri'ssloii that Infs been prevalent In fnli section for the past few moiithi^md the handicaps under which thenffttffpVsIty 1 WHiPow' gia lias been laboring, due to its lack of funds, some very excellent work has been done tTOl'Ing'the' 1921 ses sion. /ff/ • ' II is believed that when the Uni- 'ersity of Georgia 1 Is sufficiently cared pw In the way of finances, the sum mer session will aunidnt to even more than It has In tile past. Let's do r/ftr part in caring for the University ol i.corgln! WHERE ARE WE NOW?. What street la-Uils? This I* type question that numbers of Stran gers in Athens tuft (iking every! flay. The very fact! that sb feW of th> streets In Athens are marked maifes it Imperative thil !1 »nch'questions. a* these be asked. ,Wo|iRln't It be heir ter for Athens, as'well as for , tilt visitors that are' (kicking here by the hundreds dally, IT there were shine kind of signs on the street corners.' Most cities hare-these. Why sboulduX «■>«"•* . I r 1 \ COOPERATION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN'ASSN. " +ttf] Sec. E. W. Carroll, pf the- Athene Chamber of Commerce. Is 1n receipt of a letter from U|pt Southeastern Fair association, offering the co-operation and assistance -of that organization in making the Athena. Clarke county and Northeast fair tho blg- gest exposition of Its kind ever hcltl In the south. Tills ac tion on the paTl of the Atlanta body, together with t»m active work or the various commit tees In charge of the fair project.' Ill du-atei an overwhelming success" tor the big project. Attempt at Murder Results From Row Other Man’s Wife 9 hate Friday night Andrew Mathis (colored) made a fjylng trip to Athens and swore out two warrants against Moses Huff (colored), following an.al- IcfleAJittempt by the latter to shoot Matins. The warrants were for as sault with intent to murder and a peiita .warrant. , . , Ati jifUing * to the story told. late Friday afternoon Huff attempted to s .hoot Mathis following an argiftiiont nv'er dluftfl 4 wtfo., : It atlegep by Huff.thftt Mathis had been too-Inti mate with his wife and that ha had paid any attention to continuous rings he ha<l given’ hlin. not u'an/ings lie had given* him. ! Mathis, on the cohtrary, stated that he hardly knew Huff's wife and that there was no provocation for HufTs attempt at murder, as he put It. Doth negroes live out from Athens ou^the Danielsville road appearance DOCKET Will Re Called on Saturday Morning. Tli-> appearance docket for the July term ol the Clarke county superior ipurt will he called Saturday morning at 10 o'clock before Judge Illuntou » orison. rhb is the only business of tho su perior court for this term, both Nle civil and criminal dockets hnvlng been postponed until the October term. ' OLD BELL IS BROKEN llerlln.—The largest hell on the ca thedral here Is broken. It was one of thp largest and oldest in the world It was cast In 1471. Georgia Student Disappears In Virginia Hills Word has boon received • by The Manner that much apprehension is dls student .who uas , _,>Are than a fveck. 4 Together with two other youths.vfjo arrlfod at Martinsvi)! lew Works*agp to seU. Jlihles Irt tlie monatnlns of Henry county. After his territory* had» been^aaqppntl ,’ont over tho mountains. • Since then notfi- ing liar bjBen Jioard-of liim. . . It # is feared that he mnyhavo been prostrated by thereat and diet! by the wayside. He is described a* flav ins hern h frail young man. Mr. ^Wilson was a freshman at tho University of (leorgla during the 1D20-21 session. He Is a son of Mrs J. C. Wilson, of Hiawasflee. (»n. Postpone Meet School Superintendents Will Not Convene. The meeting of tho county school superintendents of the state fob the purpose of general conference on con ditions, which Is usually held iwre during the session of the university summer school will not be hpld this year, it was stated by T. H. Dozier, county superintendent of schools tTils year. MRS. MATILDA COOPER DIES Mrs. Matilda Cooper, aged 52, wid ow of the late W, 1). Cooper, died TlWrsday afternoon 'at 3:20 o'clock at left alone and routics a for a long hike | (he residence In Comer, after an ex- Inmates of Jail Enjoy and Sing Late Jazz Songs 'Slhlfcutly the jailbird who Tlyira- day .niglit/tUrncteil The Banner rjc'vs staff with his* photiogripliic music was Ip a Jollier-,Ipimor on Friday! night Units .the., ulgbi bqfprp. because >. his mtirle waiv of•« -livelier nature. Siart- •Ulg, jpfC JVJtll J'Aijv’tv „\V'p, Got Fun," he uUtyyd. all i6e,,latesL Jazz music, In hludiijfi I "ijtriW'JlJW Weet Jlfcg, “We're Going to Raise a Hucasj To- f!im.'?nil«'t4r?i%0ij'fl*|all|l0)urs 'R morning. , , i lug to R. T. Goodwyn, district pngln- The prhjonmn whose cells agjoni eer 0 f [| 1( , ,tate highway depart til tfht lift j>f the-prlamier having the phono- ■Sip eaifiT' ami 1 wHjorel the Music with. him. Athens Visitors (JHtttaii Hell's a long way off, or It's close to hand, according to the humor you’re In—as to whether your heart throbs with excitement, swells with pride, or just palpitates with happi ness. H. II. Colnorfl^ of Winder. T. II. Jqhnson, of Wadley. —B— Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stewart, ol Ma- —m— 11. c. Stewart, of Macon. I, C. plcord, of Columhug. g - * f II. M. McLolInn, of Macon. Miss Charlotte Luml. ol Marlfel Of Atlanta.—0. <" t‘hL Allen'. Ulggs. M. ^Silieolger, »• . " •ooper. C. E. Stewurt. I . K- Terri . 1 c itiiMrs. S S'- ’D you ever stop to think what a muchly overworked word—and, may* he f » pl.ice—poor old hell !•? It’s overworked, perhaps, because of Us unlimited flexibility, and it'* ovei worked, perhapn, because of Its unlimited number of hypocrites aud other .kinds of unimtiles—emphagf* on the.'itiiifesMritbnt, word—which are consigned to its depths by enemies and friendij fUHf.! tiY)( )f i. t.. It*^ that. ... .. T _ -- r II you don't- It’s "trt'Vi you’ are’*. ‘"hell you ain’t.” It’s "hell ybu will* "he^ piu ^on’t.” * j *f You've been a ,puriy or a dance and you’ve had "a hell uva fcomi time,” or you’ve had ”a hell uva sorry time.” Any way you look, old hell—poor old' hell—is them with Its comfort, or It’s there with its condemnation It's “cold as liell” and It’s “hot as hell,’’ It’s “high as hell” and It’* “low as hell.” She’s “pretty as hell’ or she’s “ugly as hell." And, If you've rot money on the ponies your favor ite is “sloiy as hell” or it’s “fait as hell.” tended Illness, Funt-ral was held Friday afternoon id 4:3ft o’clock beside the grave In the Comer cemetery. Jiev. W, M. Coile officiated. She Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mattie White *yid Mrs. Cora Wood, of Comer; one son, J. G. Coop er. of Comer; four brothers; R. H.. W. H., J. W. and J. S. Porterfield, all of Comer; four sisters, Mrs. Lucinda Smith, of Hull; Mrs. Julia Anne Rus sell, of Comer; Mrs. Kmerline Sim mons. of Carlton, and Mrs. Lizzie Nelms, of Comer; and seven grand children. Iterti8tein Brothers, funeral direc tors, were In charge of the arrange ments. INSPECTROAD Government Officials Here Next Week. Inaportlon of the new Lexington road hy government and state high way department engineers will be made tome time next week, accord- Friday. This road, which was opened to the public Wednesday, wilt -then be taken over for maintenance by the highway depar^ptent. There are a few parti culars iif the finishing yet to be dotlfi, which will probably be completed in the next few days. NEW ROAD Contract Will * Be Let For Elbert Road. The' contract will be let In the ne*t few days hy the state hlghwsv de partment and Elbert county Jointly for a clay-gravel road of six miles length In Elbert county. It was an nounced by H. T. Goodwyn, district engineer ol the state highway deptfrl ment Friday. This road Is the Klberton-Washlng- ton road. The highway department will have charge of the planning and dltiwlng of specifications and will su- pervlsc the construction of tills road. This Is another advance step In Ifte "hellf fpt* thteytjnd "^#11“ for movement to thread the Eighth dll* It’s "heir' If you do and "hell trlet with first class highways. “hell uva good fel- "hell uva sorry ..... and Mrs. Sam D»B‘>'". Mr »; s Burnett. Mrs. II. II. Chamberlin, H_ J. I ill Hose, ! E. It. IhiHose. Mrs W. H. Barker and Miss lsl>» barker. Canary Bird Farm Latest Project For Classic City The canary bird farm owned and op-rated by Mrs. A. Edward tin- side porch pf the homo of^ ^ lather, Judge Georg" ’ "n - the comer of Bfdad and H“1 bl ^r' ’ •t the latest project to make Us 1 In the progressive city of At •• Those who have not seen farm cannot realize Its niusnl . appreciate Its real slgnHh'am"*- - . halt a hundred i beautiful can “ f( tanging In age all the way It" 1 luiuuieH to Bovernl y^ars. pr . uul^strlhably boauHful Hikht nlsh nil sic of unequalled t - >m up until after the o>d redI has fallen tar behind the west horizon. , fnn . Perhaps the most Inf.rej'Gng , •ore of the farm is the agement employed • ges house the birds. '■lining a group or bltds of ‘P ^ f(|< age. In one cage the “Ides and best slngers.are kept, w •< )(> another those tillS* t ,la t are r) „i a ti:it & ,o '?L m moth^ hitd ,( r{ a r a propos “ lon '' those who are gcUlng «» tb ° olh | after all. ain't It? „ c. ,, . , Now. just "what In the hell Is aH this about?” ill* Search me! ~ —H. He's either low” or he's ffcliow-*'^. • ■. (( ,, ■ And. in pH seriousness, don't you think We Waste ft helf i.vrt lot o’ time in doing. Irall-fred useless things? \hd stretsn dxtravagiinco.' hito a vaMtefiil afgyjjy our psqless acts and gossip and whisperings! and—on, i tll, lot* oV thing* we need not do or say? > 1 III <i ! ’ Anyway, ddu't you think this Is a hell uva poor subject to write atxi.lt: Hut. again In all seriousness, stop end give thought to the extravagance till'd 1,1 j ; ,I war Is, as well as extravagance management employed. Three targ' of money nUd tine And * I ) at it mean when one h called 10 account for one’s stewardship in thin earthly life before the last and final Rar. when “Gabriel toots his toot-or- two?*.’ Implements of War Being Used, To Build Roads Armored Tractors, Escort Wagons, and T. N. T. Join in Peace Time Work Highway Department. "And your swords shall be beat Into plowshares—” How the Implements of war, used by the United States In tlie rocent conflict, are being employed In the pursuits of peace Is Indicated by the n r The canaries feq<l daily “YuUc ‘“bl-l egg. znii ytm ** 1 '. P". 1 ' •Jtlnklng water nnd rocksalL . h a ,e , bath-tub right there n tm and tftto two plungcs d; 11 ^ BACK BAD TODAY? Backache Is usually kidney-sche and nuikcn you dull, nervous and •tlfed. Use Diwn's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys—the remedy recoin mended by your friends and neigh bor:! Ask your neighbor. Mrs. Mary Brown, .185 S. Jackson St.. Athens, says: "I gav«j Doans Kidney fills to one of my children who was afflicted with kidney trou ble ami one box entirely cured her. I have been subject to kidney com plaint off and on for the past two years myself ami 1 also took Doan's Kidniy fills. I had a dlzxy headache all the time and my bapk would be so weak on arising -'mornings I couldn't get breakfast ready. My kid neys didn't act as tlf?>y should and I knew something would hare to he done to check this trouble, ao 1 got Doan's Kidney I’llls at Palmer Son's Drug Store. It wasn’t long Ift- ft*c they had me feeling • whole lot better end one box entirely cared me-' I am glad to endoree this medi cine.” Price 60c. at all dealers. Don’t ■Imply ask (or s kidney enumerating by K. T. Goodwyn, dis trict engineer ot the State Highway Department, of the number of war machines of various kinds now being used over the state In the construc tion of roads. Armored traetbrs which withstood German shot and shell, which heard the siren whistle of shrapnel in France and Flanders, are now being used by the State Highway Depart ment In its maintenance work, hear ing nothing now save the cheerful call of the bobolink along the quiet roads, and seeing only the simple and normal pursuits of the-countryside. Escort wagons which followed the advance of armies along shell-torn roads are now transporting material for the construction of highways for the state. The barbed wiro, used for stopping the rush on trenches, Is now uied to construct right of way fences. The posts, on which the barbed wire was stretched, have been made Into slgti posts to direct the traveler through u land of peace and content ment. And T. N. T., which blew up whole battalions at a time on the other side a few short years ago. Is now employed by the State Highway, De partment In quarrying and blasting. Other war material now being used -In the building, ot roads includes trucks and Ford cars, which have their uses in the progressive work done by the highway department. 1 New Books For Law Department llbrnry of the Lumpkin Law School, a compilation or tl.q laws of Florida, corresponding In thnt state to the Georgia code of our state, pre sented by a graduate ol the school. The presentation was made by James E. Cdlkfrid/ of Ferndndlna, Florida, who grftduated from the Lumpkirt .Law 8chool, LLB. 1901. Mr. Calkins wa sqfpolnted by the gover nor of'Florida-'sole commissioner to cqmptie, revise, and annotate the * i statute'law of Florida, quite an honor. The compilation wae adopted by the state legislature, and went into effect March 6 this year. , This makes an Interesting addition to the number of books, estimated fct around 1,000 volumes, ddnated to the Lumpkin Law School In the last year, including, tho law'library of the late Judge Peyton L. Wade, that of Jndge Hamilton McWhorter; a large num ber of selected volumes from the li brary of Judge Andrew Cobb, recently appointed a member of the (acuity ot the school; and several volumes ot the Georgia Report presented by the Hon. Gerrard Olenu, ot the New York City bar. ii • .lyre MOW for a royal feo^t of * ' bargains I Tomorrow 11 bargains! Tomorrow I ■ morning we begin a gigantic > V clearaway of our. entire stock of NEWARK Pumps / J E m and Oxfords for Women at t / l two amazingly low prices, i/ j W0 This is one sale that you "\jf > know positively is genuine, - * Zf£C for the regular price is em- 7* bossed on the soles of every Embctud MO pair. The savings are not onth* s«in C only big, but absolutely as J represented. That is why NEWARK galea are always such a tremendous success, because everybody know* that the savinga are realto *j ' , By coming tomorrow you ,, t > will get the cream of the i «.,{i >7 * selection. No matter what ,^i K style, or leather, or size . jot you want, you will be) sure ' to find it in this sale at these wonderful savings. Don’t miss it. Hundreds will be planning to take ad- i vantage of it just as you n Cfl ° are, po come early as you can. 7m Rig* tor Mm* 0H tm* Scttt OfS*a7 Chooie from hundred* of *tyle* in *°* r y wanted leather, Low Heel or Lord* Heel All Si**,. All of Our $3.50 White Canvas Oxfords for -• Hr.3 I-if >4‘ Women, And you know that they were $3.50, for the regular price is stamped on the soles of every pair. Strep models, u well as low heel lane walking ox fords. While they last The Largest Chain of Shoe Stores In Tho United States. Athens, Georgia, Store ,i " 195 Q&yton St, Next to Kress’ 2