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THURSDAY.' DECEMBER
THE ATHENS. GA., HERALD
•. and Mrs. Santa
Claus To Be
Here Today
SPOUT NEWS
%—
oALLEN M. WOODALL
“THE STORE OP A THOUSAND ITEMS’
Charley White Defeats Mitchell
While affairs in Kjrihgleland fire
neeessari ly In a Wmbil at thtS
time of the year, and while there
thouzand end one things
ie eoao serore Sunday
night,'' hfister and Mrs’.' Santa
Claus have threwa care to thb.fqui'
winds and will he on hand i nper-
mas tree' patey
odist church.
i:... r
the party-committee,
statement. .
Mrs. Earnest states that the
party will begin promptly at three
o’clock and every member ot the
: -- expected to
be at the church at that time. An
appropriate program has been ar
ranged. ..... j
Each little boy and girl is gskqd
to bring a gift, a toy or a stocking
I to the party. The committee wjll
™CAN YOU
l BEAT THIS?
Was Prominent Ogle-
tJiorpe Citizen And Son
Of Mr, and Mrs. George
Brooks, .
LEXINGTON, Ga.—Special To
are a
that must be
Claus have thrown care to the f^ur
winds and will be on hand i ijper-
sdp this afternoon at the Christ
mas tree' pajrty at the hirst jfeth-
ndist church.
Mrs. D. L. -Earnest, chairmap of
the party-Committee, verifies this
statement. . *
Mrs. Earnest states that the
party will begin promptly at three
o’clock and every member ot the
primary department is expected to
THERE WERE NO
*<We are thorry to thay,”
Brooks,
Oglethorpe
courty farmer and son of Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Brooks, of^Cr&w-
ford was found dead at his home
three miles fj*om here pn the
Stephens road Wednesday morn-
ing.
Mr. Brooks' death, it is thought,
came abput J>y uiaturai causes.
However when he retired Tuesday
Tuesday, night, he seemed to be
in the best of healtp. He was
found dead.’in hip bea. <
Funeral' services will lie con
ducted Thursday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the residence of his
father. Bey’s -Weaver an* Harde-
Way will officiate. Interment will
be in the. Lexington cemetery.
Beriisteit)' Brothers, funeral direc-
iut- an editorial in the Mud-
ille pnper-on the front page
- “ ! ng, "that our com-
om wath entered
by thome unknown
-'—'i every
th’*ih the cthablithment, and
othingro
.th night
icowidrcl, who thole
ri.
lucccded in making hith cth-
ape undetected.’*
fit ;ha!l never be thaid that
he petty thpite of any thmall-
houled villian hath dithabled
he - Newth. and if thith meet
he eye of the detethable
atlical, we beg to athure him
hat 'he miderethtimatelli the
ethonreeth of a firthclath
awthpaper when he thinkth
c Can cripple it hopelethly by
ireaking into the alohabet.’*
.“We have reathon to thuth-
lect that we know the coWard-
£'• thkunk - who committed
fdth act of vandalithm, and
f bc ith ever theen prowling
Former Athens '/
Man Successful
"By T. LABRY GANTT
Many ot our citizens remember
Jack Burnett, sohi of Capt. Willie
B. Burnett, once law partner Of
Mr. E. K. Lumpkin, and a popu
lar citizen. Jack was whiat might
be termed a wild boy, yfent all the
paces of his day He was honor-
rule and high-minded and what
pranks he cut up Injured no one.
ha order to get Jack away from
bis gang Capt. Burnett sent him
to his brother, Mr. Wilber Burnett
a banker and wealthy citizen of
Spartanburg. S. C.
BUSINESS
MAN . .t-il-ri-
strict
ber of friends in Oglethorpe coun
ty. Surviving him are his parents,
Mr,, and Mrs. G- W. Brooks, three
brothers, Sam J. Brooks, Craw
ford, Ga.j G. T. Brooks, and W. W.
Brooks, Lake Wales, Fla., and one
sister, Mrs. Mary Lizzie Sapping-
ton, Crawford, Ga.
| . This Is how Charles White’s great left hook ended his battle with
Richie Mitchell at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Mitchell Is
shown above floored for tho count of nine, the second time be was
knocked down in the tenth. __ . w ;
Wot hith hide full of holeth.
Jim Corbett Back in Ring
Wilber Burnett was _
business man and so he secured
Jack work in the Tuccapaw cotton
rrt 11 of which he was a large stock
holder. and told CoL Tom Mooro,
the president to show the youth no
favors on account of his relation
ship. but to start him at the very
bottom and see If the Bumett-
Men And The
Ladies
Ruling of the Federal Reserve
Board Wednesday making agricul
tural paper eligible for rediscount
was termed a victory for the farm
er here last night by James W.
Morton, president of the Georgia
Federation of Farm Bureau’s.
“We ljave been contending for
a six mohthp period for pooled*
crops tuuf nine months for grow
ing croppj” stated Mr, Morton wh
has just /returned from Washing
ton- where he attended the big
convention of farm marketihg afc-
y Jthoueh one out has he^n made
squad is still most too large so
cJprTr one is exo-fen*.i JThe can-
Idhtes have been divided into
i^pee or four teams which mix it
yiwv-other evening. At present
B ettres are being *;eld only once
♦§*:(• ft. er day bu *tla Pkely that
v v\!ll come often after
hristmss. With only two regulars
ack from lost season it would
fern tbnt Athens High would ne
BUTefcented bv only a fair team,
•his win hardly be the raw*, hoo
ver. The vacant spots left by
t od*’* 4 ^trt’well. “Cat” WFlinnson
d Storcv will be hard tc :» n out
«?hon a glance at the new material
IftolURB the outloo’j is faT from
j sociatipns. ■ .
j Mr./Merton declared the i\c;,t.
" step toward improving marketing
| conditions In Georgia will be or
ganization of the pecan and pea
nut growers, lie expressed the
opiidor that ,the farm*? will lie
ah'.cd ; r a much larger way' s T ncd
the strengthening o the farm bloc
j in congress by recent elections.
This ruling of the Federal Ite-
I sdrve Board will have its effect in
i Clarke county where many thou
sands of bales of cotton are sign
ed up for marketihg through the
.Ceorgia Cotton Growers co-opera
tive Asociation, it is pointed out.
|HH |
"Gentleman Jim” made a brief return to the squared circle, not te
race an opponent but to referee a bout between a couple of~tissuewelght*
In a Christmas Fund benefit. The two youngsters who did their stufl
gian Hotel and
the lobby I counted .twelve out of
I fifteen with the morning Banner.
! I then Stopped at 'the post office
} aud nearly every man 1 saw or met
had the Banner in his hand. You
lind this paper in every store and
on the street cars. i‘—’ I i “
like veterans are Willie Wargo (right) and Harold Jensen (left).^Noti. j
Willie’s busines3-liko crouch. _ V..- (j
Daugherty Not to
And I am sur
prised to find the extent, of the
Banner add Herald's circulation
(Ait in the country. A. large ma
jority of farmers I meet on the
street teg me that they read our
papers and speak oif some art! le
they have seen. A dozen or more
Mrmfers have asked me about the
boll weevil leaving Texas.
• . 2 ifc aSS"; ?
PROFITIN' -.i’.-ttai-i
PECANS _ _
Mr. Frank Lipscomb tells me that
Mir. George Crane has on his lot in
town two large pecan trees, that
bear the old-fashioned small huts,
but both trees this year were
laden. .Mr. Crane gathered the
nuts and himself and wife picked
the meat from them. They sold
it for $150. And bear in mfnd this
was not the palfer shell pecan,
bpit a small anid inferior nut. Thifc.
shows the value of the pecan and
I am glad to know that tho citi
zens of Athens and farmers are go
ing extensively into the bus ness.
Mr. Lipscomb is planting a num :
ber of new trees on his farm and
)d a few years will have a hand
some income from this croP- The
older pecan tho greater its value
ahd there are pecan trees'in Clarke
county known .to;he over one hun-.'
died years cfld.
The. grafted trees will begin to
bear in three or four, years, and
: each cri?p will show an increase.
Be Impeached
jed that without support of the in-
irn to page two) dtistrial* sts, the Curio government
— could not stand and that a social-
i expected to constitute ] ist ministry must replace it prob-
of the committee to the ; ably to be followed hy political up-
be submitted after the ! hevals. If the Ouno Government is
holidays. jsiipportlns the ioformal efforts to-
| ward 5a new ag-eement with
ppanVs Vicit to i France on rep;,rations the efore
cc.au » T tail, iu view it taken in some quarters
.Nets $20,000to ; here that- it means recogn tion in
UnllAwohin ! Germany that she must raj ,the
nerican I ellowsnlp j cost of the war. as far as her capa
-— j idty will permit, and is prepared
- to do so.
NEW YORK.—Hunter College,
-ith a pledge of $2,500. Is the first
Institution of higher education in
the United' States to announce a
csontribution to the campaign tor
completion of the $1,000,000 fund
tor restoration of the Louvain li
brary'. >
New York State College, Al
bany. also has made a pledge to
the fund: $1,000 for one of the fifty
bells which will form the carillon
In the tower of the restored libra-
(Continued from page one)
*) turbance with shouts and flash;
j light explosions. Tile tiimes choked
him and he was forced to h i.ten to
j the open air.
I Some of his ..
' i also provided the
‘reception parties” | ]
a Tiger with a"
chuckle, Mr. Bonsai narrated, lion' --1
' officials who he thought should he j'
1 busy with formalities was Inform-
i ally stepping around with loads of
i photographs for him to autograpa.
I But the visitor's chief amusement j
; his manage? asserted, came from i
( the custom of America ns iy.id-. I
dressing his as ‘‘Em Clemeo e .o.“
! The former premier’s coUclcs'/'n
*Tipon leaving the .United St,'o»
was said to .be that Americ-.a;- h id
not taisliidged the.French.
as they had misjudged the slc.nUcm
■ in Europe, closer political contact
between the citizens of. the two
countries In coming generations, he
was said to feel, must be etfoac l it
America's sacrifices in the >var
i were not to be In vain.
CIGARS
Boxes of 25 From
Rotary Meeting
German Overtures «
For Securing U. S.
Aid Are Revealed
promptly at eight and hot at
seven- O’clock, it was stated by
MortSon Hodgson, chairman of the
i committee airanging the affair,
last night. ., ,
It was reported at first that the
program would get under-Way af
the earlier hour. .
SPORT BRIEFS
(Continued from page one)
Initialed or plain, are
appropriate
Sect fo- settlement K!f tho repaju-
tiens tangle.
CUNO CONNECTCO
WITH INDUSTRIALS
GIFTS FOB HIM
A LARGE ASSORTMENT - ALL PRICES
PALMERS-Drugs and Gifts
H. DORSEY
‘‘For Quality”
on' of 4h*- plan,
tary Htfgbes <
wiOuthc Lonci-:
monts.
for six months instead of three, Jones blood did not tell. Jack was
priven one of the most menial jobs
in the mill. »_
He aceoied it without a word of
romplaint.
•He did his work well..ancl faith
fully, and by his genial ma-rtne?
ou the friendshfp of the opera
tives and every one connected with
the mill. I often saw Jack, while
at work in this mill, and he was
always cheerful. and happy.
socn began to climb tip and his
rise was rapid. And it was rJ-t by
any favoritism but his own merit
and industry. ow.
The last time I was m Spartan
burg I ask&l about Jack uu.ncct
and was told that he was . at the
head of one of the largest cotton
rxi 11 syndicates Jn North Carolina
and was looked upon as one of
.he leading young manufacturers
in the South.
* To reach the public you must use
the Banner and Herald. Saturday
morning I dropped into the Geor-
It is recalled here that the Cum»
government in Germany rests very I
largely for Ifa shpiibrt cm the in
dustrialists group which presum
ably includes the,.commercial and
business’ interests' now moving Tor
intervention’Of American business
l epi esontatives in tl'.o rej. ration/,
As tlie task of.actual pay.
ment of Germany’s rc-paratirvna
of necessity fall largely upon
olitiral. group, added weight
' CANDY
Huylers —Cranes
Mary-Garden
In all the world
sweeps iike
These
PERFUMES
Foreign and
* Domestic
A wonderful
Assortment
FOUNTAIN
PENS
CROCKERY
PDPE C
HOLDERS
CIGARETTE
HOLDERS
Perfume Bot
tles And
Atomizers
HAIR
BRUSHES
Budvases
Comforts
Sandwich
Trays In
SS: Glass
FINE
FACE
POWDERS
Boudoir Lamps
Serviceable
Gifts
SHAVING
STANDS
EVER-SHARP
PENCILS
Sewing Baskets
$2.00 to $7.50
EVER-SHARP
SETS
WORK
TOWEL SETS
From $1.25 to
$3.50
Thermos Bottles
Carafes
Thermos-Kits
Lunch Boxes
A great range
Of Prices
Leather
Port-Folios
Useful Gifts