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THE ATHENS, GX., mSRALD^__imiIZ
FRIDAY. DECEMBER m ....
c By~
—qALLEN M. WOODALL
■ )
Is On Boom
Waits 38 Years
Far Varsity “O’
TUo following; Btatefeiciit was li*
' gueil Tliursday night by Bob M6-
jlwhorter, former Georgia halfback:
■ "I have.been quoted In the news*
papers as charging the opimtfition
tn‘Coach Stegeman to gamblers
I ball games. I did say In my talk at I
I -who lost their money on the foot-
Ir 'ltte masii moctlpg that much of the
I opposition came from disgruntled
Irioscrs, but I did not intend to infer
I that this was the entire opposi-
jpjtion. 1
[c "Of course I realiae that men who
I;' .lore the university as much as I
; '.do, honestly destgpd a change in
>r, the coaching system. I do not think
P j used toe term ’gamblers’ in my
•remarks, though so quoted. I regret
■that mv remarks gave offense to
Joy a I friends and alumni of the, .
’University who differ with me on| COLUMBUS, O. For 38 years
thH question of Coach Stegoman. 1: Ur. Charles B. Morrcy. waited to
'consider him one of the ablest j receive 'his varsity “0”. at Ohio
coaches in the country but willingly state university. But he is now
; Concede to others a right to a dn- tta proud ^possessor. The Ohio
Jgr"lit opinion.’’ I State Athletic tt^afd tias just
Hdnnun J. Stegeman continues awariied him his Ibtter this fall at
BY T. LARKY GANTT
Ourreal estate dealers tell me
thatBf late there has been an in
creased demand for city property
and -they expect it to grow right
along. All of our real .estate
agents say there is a decided and
noticebale improvement in city
property and parties from other
places are now making inquiries.
Ahd prices are maintained, -for it
By bXl ‘G. JACKSON 5 is realized that with the growth
,Coach Charlie Wiehra awarded and prpsperity- of Athens there is
fb<»* following:' sixteen men their :a fine future for the plaCe.
vcTsity football certificates • In , Add a number of new houses
i o Edition bi tites* they will iecev* will be enseted next spring and it
footballs. lino smew: ij. BIS*’; is expected thht a regiflat build-
| pu. J. i Willi ims. R. Fowler, F. ing boom will Strike Athens.
Jackson, M. K. Weatherly, B. Bish* • ich- our educational .facilities,
ftp. c. l,anie’r, Burpe®. J* Lambert jnany people from a distance want
field* i A^Mapp, P. Nicholson, to move here to tike advantage of
; I SckfK
DR. Ciuk3>Oc<a
, , » .ivsi.cjui r iipmupi'i * • ■ HI I1IWYV r'w w»»w
’y T.. Davis, F. Dudley, J- Green, R. : our schools and colleges. I under-
I fvlnrficlll., '. - istqnd that a movement is now on
1 1 ’TlliS I-**..™ " ’’ ■ ' * *
_ T .__ of these letters foot'to bpild an apartment house
n close.one of the,most jjn Athena,: and' which Is badty
’ r.cec.f ssful sedsbns aver enjoyed by I needed. To show public faith in
: n Athens High eleven Although Athens, there is now plenty of
! they lost two Kdtnes^they have had m0 „ e ‘y to loan on city property,
i fur from an unsuccessful sec son. t'jbe CO untry is getting over its
Starting the year Win but few : * lo >rfu thlhgS fast settling
veterans in the ranks Coach Wiehra The outlook for the fu-
W w„^. tOBeth ?:„e IT* t ‘ itura is brighter than since the
” ?L ed t to - any ’ WJ school. icollapse of prices. A well posted
pour or five of the manly youUt. : Xue* me that nearly
who resolved their letters yeater- i*”*
day will never don anotho** football
uniform for" old Athens Itigh. y*
These boys have Riven their best i . nmiT
for the Red and! White for threA ^
general supervisor of University of the closq of the football season
i Georgia athletics as a result of ac- j along wttl» M otters.
■ tfon taken Thur%iy by the athletic! Dr? Morr^y, wh<S’ iit a member of
\ honrd. the mstrUbtlohal force of thd d<e-
* Mr. Sfogoman Thursday accepted partihedt of t bacteriology; pitched
y Ubc .position of associate professor’ and fetaydd the nmtfleld on the first
"-irid head of the department of: Ohio Stdte basfehdU t^am'ln 1888
physical education. He was also! and 1888.- slab plashed qii thq
r^lect^u a member of the atfcftetic flTst Sbariet and Gray football clev
#*W?ir«l: In his new capacity he will en ii^ its first cbntest, in May—i
continue as general, supervisor of
football, basketball and baseball
Upon Professor Stegeman’s rec
ommendation George C. Woodruff,
former star quarterback of the
Red and Black, was elected head
s coach of football.
Two assistant football coaches
t vrofc authorized by the Board *nd
they will be selected by Profesor
Slovenian and Coach Woodruff.
* Two committees, one represent-
v it#, a mass meeting of alumni and
Vfrienris of University athletics and
- the other Georgia students appear
ed before the board and urged that
% :resi gnat ion of Mr. Stegeman as
p head coach announced Monday, not
; bo accepted, it being Reared that
J.lwLwotdd qot take part irt coaching
.' in his new, capacity which will hot
: i be the ca^e, it is stated.
sllKttdy put iof aejiaoil—of 1890.
lAtef,-h0 ! *^ hl * halfback posi
tion to seive-.'w manager ahd ah-
sistant coach., When the first ath
letic hoard whs formed at the Uni
versity in 1886, he' was elected
that 7 V r :;‘ : :;.f ---'.tr.V
According to Dr. Morroy. word
signals weren*ed In the Buckeyes’
first arid games. Soccer was the
sport among the .students until the
Rugby form of contest was intro
duced into the unJveraity Just previ
ous to the 1 first inteJ-colIesiato
match. ' -
day strangers are in Athens,
inquiries about homes.
for the Red and White for three
and four seasons. They have Play
ed the game hard and clean and
it- bringrs. sorrow to the, Red and
White followers when they think
of oievor seeing these -lads on the
field agai n. t
!! Reviewing the past’ season we.
find that the Maroons engaged in
eight battles, they won six and
Tost'two. One to T.avonia and the
other-to the A.MR. C: p-epeters. In
fairness to the team of 1922 it
A gentleman who has made a
study of the cotton boll weevil
and investigated its ravages in
different states, says that the pest
doff, its worst damage the first
three years after its appearance,
when it gradually si goticn un
der-control. Wh et her this is due
to farmers learning how to com-
bat the pest- or the weevil begins
hmnt.be riaid, that they were not to decrease in number he cannot
represented by their full strength
In the Lavonla, High gome. The
jgnme was played with five of the
.regulars from. the lineup but the
jgame is now history and Davotfla
•has the game to their credit The
other games the team won and
they encountered some of the best-jffiy
, ... ... high school teams in the ststo. cbn-
rtv Morrey. word j Washington, Toccoa. Decatur, Dub » — -
In the BucKbyes* liw, Gainesville and Elbarton all
‘RftW'PF WM thP f A 11 K.f/w. -Ana ^
say. This gentleman cited several
ities in Texas, now practical-
BLACKSATIN AND WHITE FUR
A luncheon frock Of lustrous
black satin baa a very long Bklrt
ana long, tight sleeves, "both edged
with eix-lnch
White moufflon.
;u.natty,
fell before the Maroons of 1S82.
A “meeting for the purpose of
electing a. Captain Is expected
soon. . t
of the pest, as also South
ia, where farmers are gaain
' ‘r crops of cotton.'. He
yegr will be the third
(incO the jlest appeared in
nties around Athens and he
ttly believes that if we can
* the storm one more year
„ master the weevil. Anyway,
the intelligent use of calcium
nate we can grow cotton, and
ia what every farmer ought to
STEGEMAN MAKES- “ /-
[^STATEMENT
h-; Copch ‘Stegeman stated last
night, there was hardly anything!
y Tor- him to sayi except that every-
. thing came out all right. “This, is
“ what I .have be inworking 'toward*
■ for over a year and a half and al
though it might appear, since the
fedignation came when it did, that
it was ‘forced,-’ it was not.”
1 Immediately after the meeting
„ Coach Stegeman called “Kid"
I . Woodruff over long distance to
, have a talk with him about the
'"Situation in general.
• Mr. Woodruff was notified last]
f 'night of his election as head coach
■' -pf football and stated he would ac-
‘j ctpt the position^
t Attend National
Athletic Meetings
- . Dr. S. V. Sanford, faculty direc-
Vtor of athletics at the University
‘.and H. J. Stegeman,- head of'the
department - of physical education
^ .at' .the same Institution, leave
i\ Christmas day for New York City.
*>Dr. Sanford win attend the
' ’— of the National Col 1
.THREE PIECE | LABOR IN i
A three-piece costume for Palm OGLETHORPE
Beach wear consists of a cape and j t
chemise frock of white kasha ,elabo j Mr- Appling, a leading business
rately embroldoi4d In'delft bliML JJ nd if! 8 ?, i^'t^other!
The cape Is lined with georgette ilkupngton was in townfcrthw
crepe to match the embroidery. »nd tells me ?!
- his county has been about stripped
1 ;— _ _ — —: of negroes, and many farms must
STEALS SHOES WHILE STORE Ue 4 .?*»?■ ^ ^ lin «
What Shall I Give For
Floor Lamps
Greatly reduced
beautiful stands in
malioganyand
gold—
Beautiful iiand-
painted floor lamp
shades— /
$7.50
Give Her One of These
Four Poster Beds
SEVERAL STALES FOR YOU
TO SELECT FROM
VICTROLA’S
Make this a furniture *
Christinas, give good
serviceable fumitirtfe
Give A Home to Y our
' Clothes '
Grandfather
Clocks
Large Grandfather
Clocks, finished ii
mahoga/ v. — Giv<
one for Christmas.
says he has three imj
KEEPER CHASES ANOTHER MANIS-i-fioSfii^-aSS
remain untilled. • He said he lotet
James Foney, & negro, who
plead guilty, in city court to steal
ing a* pair of trousers from Bizch-
wald’s store on Broad street was
Thursday sentenced to payment of
a $50 fine or serve four months in
prison.
Foney claims he stole the trous
ers because he was hungry. He
said he wanted to sell them and
buy food With the proceeds. He
i ~
' " * VV'v'.. ’ " ■ • . .. trying to farm under boll weevil'
-caught by the owner of thol^f io “ ud d! d not care to
store after a cnase beginning wb6n CWUU * - •
? 4U1C j s any morc . it is the same
an employee of the store saw tbei^ *"^ th other f an n er s in his
defhis »at-° ” i““ l y Of course*it is. hard to
Col. Shelling’s Remark About
Fruit Salad Brings Up Ever
Interesting Health Question;?
"Twenty years ago- we never dreamed of such aS'
delightful diet as this, declared Col. C. M. Snelling
mr suenik |Have to pay taxes on vncsm^llnJ,
on a°?a C i r r Z this is bet ter than cuRivaffng
on a pair of shoes in the same j,. *. , --v’-.v -
store left with the shoes while tha, ‘ st * 1088 ’ m '
chase for Fopev was in progress, ' '-■w - -
fe^-%r,Tr«2r irf ! New Deacons'Fear"-
Fiwt Baptist
Six new deacons were ordained
at the First Baptist church Wed
nesday night. They are, Oscar Ab
ney, John W. Jenkins, R. W. Jones,
J. B. Thornton, Dr. J; Phil Camp
bell and Dr. H. B. Ritchie., As
sociates for the new year will be
as he began ,epting his fruit salad at a recent ban-
Almost any Athenian will agree
that fruit salad is a delightful dish
A§Jetic Association of which he!tat Dean Snelling’s remark
is a director and Mr.! Stegeman [brought up again the ever inter-
wQl attend a meeting of the!eating question. ; Are Athenians
PEAftt.8 FOR TRIMMING
A gown of gold cloth Is embroid
ered In pearl beads land made with 1
a very irregular hem line. The
j . , ,, , . i sleeves are formed of festoons of.
pondent as opposing a decided ten- f ^ .• .j
Have music in your
home, this Christmas —
All design machines are
here for Jrou to select
from, including the New
Console design —
$25.00 to $337.50
Convenient Terms
. SpTtiet Desks
Chifforobes*in many patterns and
all fihisltes
$27.50 and up
GIVE RUGS THIS .CHRISTMAS
$65.00
Smoking Stands as Low
As $1.50
Here is a giit that every smelt
er. will appreciate.
Library Tables
is quoted by an Atlanta comes-1
\merican Association
ZOaches.
. J. Ms Stanley
Called By Death
Friends of Mrs. Bessie Stanley
Voods wiH regret: to hear of ths
' ath of her mother, Mrs. J. M.
"inley, which occurred at .the
. ne of another dsughter, Mrs. E.
I K. Webb, in Columbus.
■ *,y It- is remembered that Mrs.
—hood .was called to her mother’s
idside in November. Funeral ser-
ces will be conducted at Sandcrs-
, .vdlc, Ga., Saturday morning at.
"i o’clock.
Football eating the proper food?-Is tjie d.iet
of slaves better'for them than the
delectable dishes such as -fruit
salad and other modem concoc
tions? Dr. Seale Barns, brother of-
Major Hunter Harris, of Athens
iys the diet of slqves is the best.
•HAT DO ' ■ ' s' ■
YOU THINK .
NWhat do Atheiiiaris think of it.
WhaJ, is the propdr dlet for a pro-:
fessional flan and the man whose
work compels hihj to ' take consid
erable physical exercise? "A great
many cxpeYth believe Americans
living too intensively and' do
not eat the proper feed- Athenians
who have a fomiila for. correct
living So fpr 0$ eating and exer
cising is concerned will do The
Banner-jleraia Health'.. FTditor ;a
great favor by. writing it down
and'mailing it - •
Mr. W. T. Anderson, the proprie
dency to accumulate avoirdupois.
"The way to avoid overweight,”
says Governor Slaton, “is to live
•jn the open. Get plenty, of exerdse
and /fresh air. That will hold"you
to normalcy.”
It is generally recognized that
lco weight: of the human body in
:ldtlpn. foMts height plays a part
in determining the health and
longevity of the individual:
ATTRACT ins.
COMPANIES
Life insurance companies have
taken cognizance of thiz fact and
have emphasized tl\ at overweii '
is a serious impairment among
sured lives, the gravity increasing
with’ the excess in weight for the
height and age. It is after 35 that
overweight is dangerous and this
seriousness increases with advanc
ing years. An excess in weight in
volves an added mortality. Of
course, toll tnen can carry off this
COAT FOR SPRING i j
. A coat of Canton crepe. f«'l
spring' wear. Is made ob veryj
stra ght lines and giveS/a' narrow;
silhouette. The collar IS ot chin-j
chllla squirrel. . i
—_i- .'J j'J—~- c... .'j.. - —tj
FOB THE RELIEF OF
Coughs, Colds, Croup
WHOOPING COUGH, HOARSENESS
Give her one of these
SPINET DESKS, finis-
ed in mahogany and
walnut —
$37.50 up
Art'Squares or Small Rugs make ide&l Christmas
gifts. The stock has been refilled for Christmas
shoppers—And there are many rugs for you to
select from. \
This Three-Piece Overstuffed
Living Room Suite .
These Tables are of a
.very attractive design—
beautifully finished in a
rich brown mahogany.
Very special values!
Card Tables
CANDLE STICKS
ROCKERS
MIRRORS
A very massively constructed suite that repre
sents luxurious comfort itself. All three-pieces-have
loose, spring-filled cushion seats, spring backs and
heavy pillow arms. The upholstering is in attractive-
ly figured Mohair. A splendid gift for any home.
Diri'rrnvE'C! WAGONS v a
Give a Card Table imi
tation leather and felt
tops in either round or
square top. —
$3.50 to $9.50
PICTURES
BIRD CAGES
VASES
SCOOTERS
ROYAL EASY
CHAIRS
Console 'Tables
Doll Carriages
Sewing Tables
Kitchen Cabinet
Book Cases
Book Ends
A CEDAR CHEST SEW
Just lihe Gift for*
“Her”
CABINETS
One of these moth
proof, dust-proof,! Oue of these beau-
moisture - prdof tR*l mahogany
genuine Rted Ten-
nessee Cedar
.Chests is, the oiie
gift “She” is long
ing for.
Martha AVashing-
ton Sewing Cabi
nets will make a
most useful gift for.
‘Her.”
HIST—ob TABL
MAHOGANY FINISI1
A get- of threfi tables,
graduated in zize, com
prises .'this nest of tables.
At gatherings and parties
they serve a well-defined
purpose, being in demand
for card patties, While
serving refreshments, etc,
Solidly constructed and
well balanced. -Ask to seel
a set. -■ i , • •
REAL XMAS
VALUE
This Desk
SMOKERS
CABINET
BERNSTEIN BROS.
Every man should
have one of these
Cabinets —
$10 and up
Open Nights