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WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER ft. 1915.
Page Fonf.
THE ATHENS DAILY HERALD.
THE ATHENS DAILY HERALD
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Published Every Afternoon During the Week by
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
WILLIAM «. r. It Kim:. Kditnr.
E. W. CARROLL. Bunin,»» Manar.t
Entered at the postoffice nt Athens, Ga., for transmission through the mail
as matter of the second class.
ATHENS. GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER fi, 1915.
' WILL THE EARTH DIE BY DROUGHT?
: Is the end of the world to come through the drying up of itr
Oceans and rivers? Does the Biblical prediction of destruction by
fir#'mean that life on earth will become extinct by the gradual
elimination of water and the consequent burning up by tbc sun of
life, animal and vegetable?
That this may be the case is indicated by a report just mad,
10 the scientists of the Smithsonian Institution coming from Wa-
terberg, South Africa, made by Advocate Eugene N. Marias, R. .1
P„ of Rietfontei*.
After mentioning some facts relative to the drying up of the
whole earth, which according to Flammarion, the French astrono
mer, will ultimately cause the end of the world, the report from
Professor Marias cites a number of appalling instances of the in
creasing dryness of Africa; N’gami, a real lake less than fifty
years ago, is no more than a marsh threatened with rapid extinc
tion; Lake Rudolph is rapidly shrinking, an alarming fact when it
is realized that this body of water feeds the Nile and waters of
Egypt. Professor Marias believes that the old theory of the per
fect cycle of moisture evaaporation and precipitation—or raindfall
—is false, and that the earth is all the time sucking up moisture
like a gigantic sponge.
Some idea of the terrible effects of the drought arc gained
from the description given of the district of Waterberg. It
used to be a land of milk and honey. It was also the last strong
hold of the big game of northern Transvaal. Today it is a desert,
with dried water courses, dead orange groves, desolate pasture
lands.
In the entire district of Waterberg, which is larger than most
American states, there was last year no running water, and in its
northern part there is a tract over 4,000 square miles in extent
where there is no single drop of water, running or stagnant, above
the surface. The effects of the drought were so far-reaching, ac
cording to Professor Marias, that those animals capable of escape,
fled early from the stricken area—man with his livestock among
the first.
The terrible heat and the absence of all moisture cause cu
rious effects; the hair is so electrified that when stroked lightly a
trackling shower of sparks is evoked, and the fingernails become
so brittle they break constantly; hair and nails lose the power
of growth; all celluloid substances break up; rubber becomes a use
less spongy mass; horses tails crackle incessantly, and in the night
their flanks seem to be surrounded by electric flashes.
SECRETARY M’ADOO FAVORS WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Secretary William G. McAdoo has just announced that he pro
poses to vote for the woman suffrage amendment to the New
York state constitution. Mr. McAdoo declares that “the American
women have made a game fight and a fair fight for suffrage and
are entitled to win.” Mr. McAdoo thinks that the women have
taken the right course in resorting to each state for action.
Like the prohibition movement, the woman suffrage cause is
gaining strength rapidly and the time is probably not far distant
when it will be an accomplished fact in many states. In the
south the opposition against giving woman the franchise is'
chiefly based on conditions and sentiments not obtaining to any
extent elsewhere.
' Dorothy Dix observes that “a woman can walk a sick baby
for, two days and nights at a stretch, whereas an hour’s hand-to-
hand combat with a teething infant leavesa man a physical wreck.
Yet there are people who doubt that the members of the feminine
sex have enough stamina to cast a ballot.”
A WHITE WAY FOR ATHENS,
The proposition to secure a white way for the business streets
of Athens is again being agitated. Some months ago The Herald
Bought to bring about an agitation of this matter and it appears
that there is now a prospect of its being carried to a successful
conclusion. u
; The business streets of Athens present a rather dismal ap
pearance after dark in comparison with most other cities. A
white way would not only prove attractive but would also be an aid
to, business, especially during the long evenings of winter when
the stores keep open later than during the warm months.
.. The Herald believes that the business men of the city will
lend their hearty and substantial cooperation to the movement
and if they do the white way will doubtless shortly be a reality.
LETS HAVE THAT INCINERATOR.
The report of the city superintendent on the incinerator pro
position will be presented to the city council at tis regular monthly
meeting tonight. The Herald hopes that the city superintendent
has found the plan to put an incinerator in operation a feasible
one. $
That Athens Is growing rapidly is being daily commented
upon by local observers as well as outsiders who visit this city
occasionally. It'is important that we keep up with the city’s
growth in providing improvements made necessary thereby.
, Thp contention is made that Athens needs an incinerating
plant'. The finding of the means for securing it is another matter.
However, it is to be hoped that the council will be able to And the
means.
The man in the moon’s never broke—he’s always got at least
a quarter.
If time were really money, watches wouldn’t last as long as
they,do.
Business Outlook and the Big Loan
From The New York Herald.
- Nearly half a million Armenians have been slain by the Turks
because they were Christians. Respectfully referred to a Chris
tian kaiser.
There is every indication of a very
active autumn and winter business.
Commercial agencies report .actual
trains in all quarters, with brighten
ing prospects and cheerful sentiment.
Returns of the federal reserve banks
for September on trade conditions
arc the most favorable they have yet
made.
In normal times the government
report issued yesterday indicating a
cotton crop of less than eleven mil
lion bales, as compared with more
than sixteen million bales last^ear,
would be regarded as calamitous—
just now it is received with equani
mity and in many quarters is hailed
is a blessing—taken in connection
a ith yesterday’s resulting rise of $3
a bale in the price of the staple.
The decreased yield is due primarily
lo the reduction of sixteen per cent
n the area planted—a reduction ob
tained through the urgent appeals of
'ending newspapers and citizens ot
he south to correct the low prices re
sulting from last year's great harvest
and the shrinkage in exports caused .
by closing the Teutonic markets. I
With the smaller crop, the ampl
pieparations for proper storage an
insurance, making the staple availab
as good security for bank loans an
a market price nearly double that t
last December the south is very fa
from that buy-a-bale period an
needs no help from the federal treat
U With the surplus from last year’,
crop, however, there will he an amp*
supply of cotton for domestic mill
and to meet foreign requirements
I he success of the i’ranco-Britis.
loan—the books will close this mon
ing with the underwriting ver :
heavily oversubscribed — assures i
certain stability of the foreign c>
changes and continuance of the enoi
mous exports of food stuffs and com
niodities, which in a year have pa'
off our current indebtedness to Tr
rope and given us a credit of a rour
billion dollars. All domestic con”
tions being favorable, the making o
this loan to our most important for
eign customers makes assurane
doubly sure for a protracted perio
of prosperity.
Bullet Extracted From Heart
of German Soldier
Berlin.—(Correspondence of The
\ssociated Dross).—The opening of a
ham her of the heart and extracting
i bullet is reported by Professor
Freund and Dr. Casperson in the.cur
rent number of the Munich Medical
Veekly. The patient was a young sol-
lier who had recovered from a bullet
wound through the liver. Upon X-ray
examination preceding his discharge
>om the hospital a foreign object was
discerned in the heart. It moved
ynchronously with the heart’s pulsa
tions, and the physicians decided that
it was a shrapnel bullet.
To prevent possible dangerous com
plications it was determined to re
move the bullet. The breast was
opened, the pericardium slit suffi-
lently to permit the heart to be
brought forward, a quick incision was
made in the right ventricle and the
bullet was immediately found and re
moved. Much blood was lost, but the
bleeding stopped after prompt stitch
ing, and the patient made a complet
recovery.
The bullet, which weighed twelv*
grams, had taken a most erratic an
extraordinary course. It struck th
{soldier 'on. the left shoulder fror.
above, as he was storming forward
inflicting but a flesh wound. It passe
own and diagonally across the body
barely marking the skin, was deflect
ed by a cartridge box and entered th
liver, passing completely through il
into the vena cava, one of the tw<
trunk veins that empty into the heart
The bloodstream conveyed it thenc
into the right ventricle of the heart
‘‘When you didn’t have your fan
did h»c conducttor make you get ofi
and walk.
“Only get off. He didn’t care wheth
cr I walked or sat down.”—Topekr
Journal.
OUR NEW SHOWING
OF WALL PAPER?
Is so uniformly beautiful that choos
ing between the patterns is like tryinj
to choose between two new five dol
lap gold pieces. Every pattern i
unique and novel in design. You coul«
shut your eyes and cake the first pa
per you touched and make no mistake
We also carry ft l^rge stock of paint
suitable for oil purposes.
JOHN L. ARNOLD
1G3 Jackson Street.
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Electric Starting and Lighting
The new Maxwell it equipped with the Simms*
Huff Electric Starting and Lighting System.
This system is a single unit type, combining
in one instrument the generator and motor.
It is the simplest, "sure-fire” powerful self
starter made and has about one*half the wire
of ordinary starters.
We are waiting to take you for a]
test ride in the car that has broken
all low “First-Cost” records, and is
breaking all low “After-Cost” records.
' Electric Starter
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HAS BATTLESHIP
NAMED FOR HIM
Antonio Moreno, one of the popu
lar juvenile leads of the Vitagraph
Stock company, enjoys the unique
.istinction of having one of the Ar
gentine Republic’s latest battleships
amed for him.
'When it became time for the heads
»f the navy department of Argentine
o select a name for one of the rc-
mblic’s latest battleships, then on the
ways, an influential member of the
navy board recalled tht^t he owed
Tony a debt of gratitude, and in u
letter addressed to the Vitagraph
player asked permission to use the
name Moreno without signifying for
what purpose. The South American
Jignitary received his education
he Williston Seminary, Easthampton,
Mass., the same school that helped
fit Mr. Moreno for his battle with
he world, and during their four year?
as students, t^e two were insepara
ble companions. Their friendship
having been firmly cemented by Mr
Moreno’s daring rescue of his friend
from drowning after having fallen
through a hole in the ice while skat
ing. The first inkling Mr. Moreno
had of the honor conferred upon hin.
was when he received a second letter
in which was enclosed a p’mtog-"- ,
of the battleship’s model, her stern
n the immediate foreground witn ti.
lame Moreno showing prominently.
Whenever You Need a General Toole
Take Grove’*
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
:bill Tonic is equally valuable a* a
General Tonic because it contains the
veil known tonic propertiesofQUININE
ud IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drive?
it Malaria, Enriches the Blood an'
!idn no the Whole System. 50 cent'
THE WINTER OF GREAT DISTRESS
Damp and cold weather Is destined to cause much suffering among
Rheumatics. Guard Against it.
■v"!
To become a uni-Va
versal favorite,'
Chero-Cola had to be!
the perfect drink that]
it is. Take yours from!
the original bottle]
through a straw. Youl
t will enjoy its uniform!
flavor and the certainty |
iof its cleanliness.
'dr/nk
.hero-cola 1
j——
(Jet ready (or winter by realising
that Rheumatism la a blood disease
and must bo relieved through the
blood. Throw away the liniments and
lotions, cut out ihe pain klllerf. end
stake your chances ot relief on S. 8. S.
Some of the most renowned physi
cians that the world has ever known
have been studying Rheumatism for
fifty years In the laboratories of the
Swift Specific Company in Atlanta,
and if Rheumatism can be permanent
ly relieved—and WE KNOW THAT
IT CAN—they will tell yon what to do
for your trouble.
Rubbing with liniments, blistering,
the application of plasters; in fact,
anything that will produce counter-irri
tation, is good for external treatment
of Rheumatism, but these simple rem
edies do not reach the seat of the
disease nor touch the real cause, and
relief is therefore only temporary.
Rheumatism Is due to Uric Acid and
other Irritant poisons In the blood,
and as It circulates through the sys
tem, these acid poisons are deposited
la the muscles. Joints and nerves, and
exposure to the night air. cold east
Winds, or any sudden change In the
weather, will bring on an attack which
may laat for a few days or linger f op
months. Every battle with Rbeuma-
tism leaves the blood in poorer condi
tion, while the corroding acids am
gradually consuming the oils and
fluids that lubricate the muscles and
Joints, thus they become stiff, some-
times absolutely rigid.
Rheumatism with Its sharp cutting
pains canont be conquered until the
acid blood la cleansed, purified, liter-
ally washed free of the poisoned sub.
stances which It contains, and nothing
affords such prompt and lasting relief
as S. S. S. The tonic effects of this
vegetahle remedy ary wonderful. The
blood Is cleansed, purified and Its car-
ly strength and vigor renewed, causing
the health to rapidly Improve and
builds up the entire system. The suf
ferer ts not only free from Rheumatic
pains, but experiences once more the
thrill and exquisite pleasure of per-
feet health.
Get rid of Rhoumatism before cold
weather makes It worse. Don’t take
substitutes for 8. S. S. Write nur
Medical Department at once; they
want to advise yon how to relieve
Rheumstism quickly, thoroughly and
mske you well. 8. S. 8. sold at all
drug stores. Don’t accept substitutes
—they are dangerous. Write the
Swift Specific Company, Medical De
partment, Room 1», Atlanta, Ga.
Bright Bargains in Wants
Message No. 4
To the Bueinete Men of Athene
A young doctor, making a start in a small town, decided that to ba prosperous
ha must look prosperous. Ht bought a new buggy and two good horses. Although
he had only a few patients he always kept on the jump, attending to his patients'
smallest needs. People began to notice this young doctor driving about town
and they called him because he looked busy and prosperous. Htgot his start—
a start that led to a comfortable practice.
Our town, like this doctor, must look prosperous to be prosperous.
Clean streets, attractive store windows, well-painted buildings and dwellings
give the prosperous air. Well-painted buildings are greatest of these.
Anchor White Lead -
(Dutch Boy Painter Trade Mark)
and pare linseed oil mske s most durable and protective paint that keeps buildings
well painted. These materials can be mixed to suit conditions and tinted any
color desired. We sell these good-paint ingredients as well as other paint neces
saries. Better get in touch with us in ths interests of prosperity.
John L. Arnold, 163 Jackson St.; Talmadge Hardware Co., 131
East Clayton St., and 120-130 Washington St.; Warren J. Smith
& Bro., Comer Broad and Thomas Streets.
EXCURSION
To
ATLANTA
Friday, Oct. 8th
Round Trip Fare and Schedule l
Leave Elbcrton
jOglesby .6:15
“ Berkeley 6:23 “
“ Comer..,. 0:34 “ *
“ Colbert 6:45 “
“ Hull 0:55 “
“ Athens 7:10 “
“ Bogart 7:30 “
“ Statham 7:38 “
“ Winder 7:54 “ I...
Arrive Atlanta 8:50 A. M. Central Time.
.6:01 A.M $2.00
..... 2.00
..... 2.00
2.09
1.75
1.75
1.50
..... 1.50
1.25
1.25
J '1(Ld
Returning Tickets will be good up •
to and including October 10, 1915,
on all regular trains, except No. 6
leaving Atlanta 3:00 P. M.
y V
C. S. Compton, Fred Geissler,
Traveling Passenger Agent Asst. Gen’l Passenger Agent
ATLANTA