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THE ATHENS DAILY* HERALD
THURSDAY EVENING, flJLt H 1911/
THE ATHENS DAILY HERALD
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Published Every Afternoon During the Week by
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
WILLIAM G. GRED1G. Editor.
E. W. CARROLL, Businesa Manager.
Entered at the postoffice at Athens, Ga., for transmission through the mails
as matter of the second class.
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1915.
No calling in life is more vile than that of those who, without
any regard to the justice of the case, hire themselves to fight for
pay.—Grosius.
A SPLENDID INSTITUTION.
The Summer School of the University of Georgia is a most de
lightful and profitable institution during the Athens dull season
and represents the ideal system of profitable education, combining
as it does study with entertainment along intellectual lines that
continually open up new and startling discoveries of science and
developments of thought that render its pursuit under such con'
ditions a daily renewing pleasure.
The series of lectures and various other features that have
marked the course of the summer school to date have been most
edifying and pleasing. Especially worthy of mention was the re
vival of the legitimate and heroic drama that marked the begin
ning of this week in the presentation of three plays by the Co'
bums. Their work in “The Yellow Jacket,” “The Imaginary Sick
Man” and “Macbeth” was delightfully pleasing.
The present session of the Summer School comes to a close on
Saturday week and then will follow approximately six weeks of
dullness. The school has been a real “life saver” for Athens. The
institution has not attained its full growth. Professor Stewart
expects to see full as large an increase next year as was shown
this.
The first year of the Summer School, organized in 1903, was
made up of short course students, who would come and remain one
week at a time, and the average attendance for that year was 300
The attendance has been on the increase ever since last year seeing
the largest up to the present session, the figures being 532, while
this year’s attendance reached close to 900. The total number of
students here for the past twelve years was between 4,000 and
5,000. The school is maintained from a state appropriation of
$5,000.
A careful study of these figures reveal what an asset this
institution is to the city of Athens. What is more important is
that it is growing in value year by year. Our business men will
not neglect this splendid opportunity which offers so much between
seasons.
The city of Athens, officially, and the Chamber of Commerce
will on next Saturday compliment the students attending the
Summer School with a reception on the campus. The form of en
tertainment was left to the students themselves to decide, which
they did by vote. Inquiry elicits the information that the stu
dents preferred a reception for the reason that they desire to get
acquainted with the people of Athens. That is significant. Do
you get it? Being an official Athens affair, the people of our city
should attend in large numbers and let these young men and young
women know that we are glad they came and that we sincerely
wish to have them with us again next year. It will help a lot to
do so.
THE GROWING ILLEGITIMATE USE OF DYNAMITE.
The use of dynamite as a life destroying agency i3 becoming
more frequent than ever before in the world’s history. Ten years
ago when a bomb was set off in New York, the indignation of the
whole country was aroused. WKen a bomb goes off in New York
now, the news of its explosion seldom gets beyond the borders of
the state. Attempts upon human life by the use of dynamite are
becoming alarmingly common.
Dynamite is simply nitroglycerin mixed with papier mache
dust or other material, the strength varying according to the
amount of nitro-glycerin placed in each cartridge or stick. The
use of papier mache is for the purpose of making the explosive
more safely handled. A stick of dynamite may be dropped to the
ground or thrown against a stump and not be exploded. One
may take a knife and drill a hole into it with safety, but if into the
hole a cap is placed and the cap comes in contact with fire, it ex
plodes and the concussion sets off the dynamite.
Any person wanting dynamite can purchase it at any store
where it is kept for sale. It is very easily procured. It is so easily
obtained that its use is quite general. It does not always fall into
hands that use it for legitimate purposes. Here lies the danger
of the misuse of the explosive. The frequent assaults by bombs
upon Buildings and human life suggests that the federal govern
ment should take measures to control the handling of this power
ful article. If dynamite could not be procured indiscriminately,
the crimes against human life would be lessened.
A national law holding manufacturers of dynamite to a strict
accountability for all of the explosives that they make, and sur
rounding the sale by retailers with stringent laws, would lessen
the possibility of dynamite being used for illegitimate purposes.
Until the federal government passes laws of this character, it can
not be hoped to lessen the number of crimes against humanity.
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
F. C. Howe
On The Advantages of Free Porte
Mr. F. c. Howe, Federal Commissioner of Immigrm.
Uon, who Is one of the best American authorities on
marine comm*rce, In discussing the relation of free
ports to thtf development of tea trade said la part:
"Ships win go hundreds of miles out of their way
to avoid ports surrounded hr a tariff wall. The only
way. therefore, for a country with a tariff to compete
In the shipping world with a free trade country la to
establish free ports at strategical points along Its coast
line. Germany has done so. and in a comparatively
short period has built up a carrying trade whtch before
the war was seriously threstenlng England's supremacy.
Hamburg, one of the three German free ports, now ranks as tbs second
greatest seaport In the world, Its total foreign commerce la 1913 being only
39,000,090 under that of New York.
The free port would offer great opportunity for financial operations, now
made possible by the recent currency act. It would sUmulate International
banking, and would tend to shift the financial center of the world to this
country. And America, by the logic of events, has become the natural ceuten
for ths world’s financing, just as London became that center several centoriea
ago, when It shifted from the cities of the Netherlands. But the financial
center will only move to this country when It becomes a clearing houaa
of goods as well as of money. For credit the world over Is created by cur
rently created wealth In transit or change so that even our Unsocial expansion
Is dependent upon the opening up of American ports to ths clearance of the
wealth of the world. A port ahonld not operate to yield a return on the In
vestment, but to develop the prosperity of the country.” In recapitulating
the advantages, Mr. Howe brings out the Importance of the free port In de
veloping our shipping, and linking us with South America, Aela and.Africa,
and then concludes:
"The most Important gain la the direct gala to America. It will cheapen
commodities by bringing great quantities of goods to our doors for Importation
or export, as trade needs demand. It will stimulate the growth of exporting
bouses, which can hold goods for an Indeflnlts period without the payment of
tariff dues (often equal to the ooat of the article Itself) for disposal to moat
the trade demands of the whole world. It will upbuild International credit,
and shift to America an Increasing and ultimately a predominant shir* in
International exchange.
Finally, America la the natural country to be the counter of th* world.
Its aeacoasts face every other continent; It Is the greatest of all reservoirs
of raw materials and foodstuffs. In iron and steel and atandardlsed produc
tion It Is In a position to oompete<wlth the world. But International trade
(and this Is always overlooked) must be reciprocal. It cannot ba one-sided,
and credit balances cannot for any prolonged period bo paid la gold, nay
can only be paid by exchange of wealth.”
Bankers and Farmers
From The Now York Poet.
A small downstate banker in Illi
nois attempted a few years ago to
interest the American Bankers’ asso
ciation in country life. Last week
there met in Chicago the annual far
mer-banker conference which has
grown out of his efforts, with over
300 bankers, many agriculturalists,
and representatives of the neighbor
ing state universities in attendance.
A speech of the organizer recounted
what his associates had done in the
meantime:
"We have led the great movement
for county farm demonstrators, ana
urged soil surveys and the necessity
for a careful study of the commer
cial fertilizer propaganda. Our com
mittees are working for better rural
schools, fitted to the needs of citizen
ship and consolidated wherever pos
sible. We know that commerce and
a better marketing system begin on
the country road, and that good
roads lead in more directions than
WEATHER
AND CROPS
can be enumerated. We realize that
the wholesome, prosperous country
town is an absolute necessity, and
that community building is one of the
big needs and tasks of the nation.”
The most visible expression of this
new recognition by the country and
small town banker—over 55 per cent
of the members of the association
represent banks of $25,000 capital or
less—that his own prosperity will in
crease in direct ratio with the pros
perity of the community, is the
monthly Banker-Farmer Magazine. It
is devoted to general farm better
ment, but it pays special attention
to the subject of agricultural credits,
and in this: stands for a more liberal
attitude than has been common. The
banker has greater opportunities to
be a leader in country life than
most men; but it would be well if
merchant and profession members of
thq semi-rural community found sim
ilar means of showing its solidarity.
THE AMBITIOUS MOWER OF LAWNS.
A court has held that a fellow has no right to run a lawn
mower so early in the morning that he breaks the rest of his neigh
bor. The owner of the lawn mower declared that it was his own
lawn, that he paid for the mower, that he did the work himself
and that he believed he had a right to run the maehlne any old
time he saw fit. The court said otherwise by granting a restrain
ing order.
Everybody admires an ambitious neighbor, but when he tunes
up his lawn mower at daybreak and chases it back and forth under
your window, he is demonstrating that ambition beyond the lines
of decorum and reason. A man’s rights are limited to the enjoy
ment of peace by his neighbors.
Atlanta, Ga., July 22.—Weather-
crop conditions in Georgia for the
Week ending Tuesday, July 20, 1915:
The past week was generally quite
warm and dry with abundant sun
shine, and was favorable in most sec
tions, especially for cotton, but rain
needed for gardens and truck
crops, which have suffered some
what from drought, especially in the
central portion of the state. Near
the coast and in the extreme south
ern portion the rainfall was abun
dant. Cotton looks well and
fruiting nicely. Newspaper reports
state that the cotton boll weevil is
near tha Alabama-Georgia boundary
line, but has not yet entered Georgia.
A fine crop of corn is practically as
sured. Sweet potatoes are doing
well. Although considerable diversi
ty exists, the general outlook con
tinue* favorable.
0. F. VON HERMANN,
Section Director.
Don’t neglect a summer cold. „
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and lowers your vitality. Foley’s
Honey and Tar Compound soothes
and heals raw, inflamed membranes,
stops tickling in throat and clears
stuffy, whaexy breathing. Contains
no opiates; children like it; good for
all colds, coughs, croup and bron.
cblal affections. Sold everywhere.
Stockings first came into use in the
eleventh century, before which it was
customary to swathe the feet in band
a«e». _
The Turkish empire is composed of
many mixed races. It includes Greeks,
Slavs, Albanians, Armenians, Jews
and Circassians.
The matching of colors has been
brought down to an exact science by
the invention of a machine for the
purpose.
There It more Catarrh In this section a(
the country than nil other diseases pgf
together, and until ths lsst ftw year#
Iwas aupposed to be Incurable. For a. I
great many years doctors pronounced it a
local disease and prescribed local rente-
M constantly ratlins to cued
dies, and by constantly ratlins to cun
with local treatment, pronounced It incuiw'
dHiK. r Md-tK , «ri?, b, r.1
quires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Curt, manutactured by F. J.
S Cheney A Co., Toledo. Ohio, Is ths only-
ItuUonal care on ths market It is
i internally. It aeta directly on th*
and mucous surfaces of the system,
mey offer on* hundred dollars for any
case It falls to cart. Send tor circulars
lod testimonials.
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TeX. Util's Family Flue for ttsttlyaUsa,
QUOTATIONS
“If thou marry beauty, thou bind-
est thyself all thy life for that which
perchance will neither last nor please
thee one year.”—Raleigh.
"The land of marriage has this pe
culiarity that strangers are desirous
of inhabiting it, while its natural in
habitants would willingly be banished
hence.”—Montaigue,
“I wish that Adam had died with
all his ribs in his body.”—Boucicault.
“Marriage is ths sunset of love."—
DeFinod.
Many of the English marry in or
der to have one happy month in their
lives.”—Goldsmith.
“You can’t wive and thrive both in
the same year.’’—Hood
“There are three things a wise man
will not trust—the wind, the sun
shine of an April day, and a wom
an’s plighted faith.”—Southey.
“Oh, how many torments lie in the
emtll circle of a wedding ring!”—
Colley Cibber.
- "It goes far to reconciling me to
being a woman, while I reflect that
I am thus in no immediate danger of
marrying one.”—Lady Montage.
“It ia well to know that happy
marriages are rare.”—Scopenhawer.
“Think you if Laura had been Pe-
trorck’s wife
He would have written sonnets all his
life." —Byron.
Paul commended marriage, yet he
commended a single life.”—Burton.
“The music of a marriage proces
sion always reminds me of the mu
sic that leads soldiers to battle.”—
Heine.
“Marriage is a desperate thing."
—Selden.
"When the Pope heard of Father
Hyacinth’s marriage he exclaimed,
'the saints be praised! the renegade
has taken his *punishment into his
own hands,
idence are
Truly the way* of Prov-
insc ru table.”—Cheales.
Only • Few Ctn Go.
Those who do not have to consider
expense are now going to health re
sorts to get rid of impurities in the
system that cause rheumatism, back
ache, aching joints and painful mus
cles. If you cannot go, yet feel you
need relief from pain and misery, get
Foley Kidney Pills. They restore the
kidneys to activity and make yea feel
well and strong. Sold everywhere.
“Plsse, sir,” said an Irishman to a
farmer going to market one day,
“would yez be so obliging as to taks
me great coat here to B— arid ye?”
“Yes,” said the farmer; “but hew
will you get it again?”
“Oh, that’s mighty aisy, so H is,”
said Pst; “for share I’ll remain inside
uv it.”—Atlanta Journal,
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OFFICERS:
Jno. J. Wilkins, Pres. Howell C. Erwin, Vice-Pres.
R. W. Sizer, Cashier J. Warren Smith, Vice-Pres.
W. C. Jordan
Walter H. Jones
Judge C. H. Brand
T. H. Nickerson
DIRECTORS:
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M. G. Nicholson
L. F. Edwards
Jno. J. Wilkins
Howell C. Erwin