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LTHEN8, GA,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY II. \vn
PEANUTS PROFITABLE CROP
CLARKE FARMERS ARE TOLD
> AT MEETING HERE TUESDAY
SPORTNEWS
farmers as regaining: confidence
and this year they are going to
work on another crop. And thi«t
apples iu counties like Greene,
Morgan, 'Jasper and other sections
.paralized by the boll weevil.
Improvement
cALLEN M. WOODALL
\ CAN YOU ,
BEAT THIS?
Billiard Tournament Is Concluded
Expert Tells Farmers Not
To Plunge,/ However.
Cotton Basic Crop.
Petrova Scores
Triumph In "The
White Peacock”
Belief that the price of peanuts
eali not’be lower than $60 per ten
at least, next 70ar, was expressed
by E. C. Westcroo-^ ( of the State
CMiege of Agriculture at the first
c 1 mmodity meeting of the Clarke
County Farm Bureau' which was
held Tuesday at toe court house*.
< The meeting was tailed for the
pUi'jKJse of determining whether or
it will be profitah’.o for farm
ers to plant peanuts *»n -n exten
sive scale this year and from in
dications a bi^ cr*»:> will grown
during 1923.
Mr. Westbrook, Harry Pittard
and J. H. Bedenfield of Barrow
county discussed peanut growing
and gave the results of their ex
perience and observation in pea-
the soda fount of the GdbrsJan
Palm Garden, several of them*..
all woll known in Athene
business and social world, and
aftar the conversation lagged . f
on basketball, baseball and *
the latest gossip someone re
marked—
•Have you noticed aQ those
shows billed for-the Colonial
this week?*
And 01S of the group was
quick to reply*— '*
*Yee, and H “EVE* Is what
She is advertised to be, I am
going to attend and turn over
a new leaf.*
the University of Georgia bli-
iment was concluded Tuesday, six match
ed in the afternoon and night,
feontestanta.ahe now left in the flag chase
And round" will begin Wednesday after-
Fuller, Lee. -Turman, J. D- Thomason,
Iiicharfi. Tift, and Ed Gurr all as-
ife setfdbd bracket Tuesday-
afl.-rnoon session When Ed made the one hundredth
at four o’clock, billiard Earle needed but -three,
od John McWhor-
heir nun at that EARUE L0ST
«n felt McWhor- The fiendish fortunes of fickle
i« lirevrorks but fate failed Father-, the demon
own and soon had correspondent blandly explained
Hoyston lad. The to his many admirers,
in Fuller’s favor, J- D. Thomason took the lead
in him match with Fredle McK*n-
™ scheduled to sis and though threatened at
Turman at this several times was never In teal
was unavoidably dancer of defeat 100 to 14 was the
Se came was de- concluding score.
Richard Tift anl •Sunshine"
Mcwbourr.e were the participants
1 j „ ■ ■ in a splendid came at the eonclu-
j ’ -.•v-* , the .Guerr-W'atson melee.
Sahara looped into the lead with
were played Tues- a run at seventeen billiards, which
incidentally: is the hish ecore ct
Bartd Witson be- mat flight ' “Sunshine” ral- '
the upper table, D* 4 several times but had but Si
omason and Ftsl »h«n Richard ran out.
It it cat on the ELr*?MNATED E " ’*
5tar Of Both Screen And
Stage Pleased Patron.?
A t Colonial Theatre Last
Night
tatc growers *:i tnis and adjoining
counties will make an effort to or*
gar.'ze an assoc :*>tioi^for market
ing last year’s surplus crop.
EXPECT TO
PLANT CROP
Charlie Wiehrs, Dynamic Georgia
Bafetfaail Star, Has Been Ruled
Ineligible^ Team Leaves Thursday
After a full week of steady practice, a rejuvenat
ed squad wL Bulldog;basketeers will board the north
bound rattler early Thursday morning and before
their return Sunday the scalps of three South Caro
lina basketball.outfits are expected to have been
tacked , to ther belts- -
L T* -Eea snd | BfyJc undoubtedly heretofore prneticed, he must now
is now represented pj a better mi- toil at his books.
leavea a big gap, as Charlie
brfo ?'*? Alb «?J w»» doe to hxvc had a good season.
5 OWBTer > Jo » h Watson and Jake
BnUea-have both shown up ex-
It well eeedingly well, and it may be that
known fact that the “coweher" has they will go good st regular
° CT « • OTorestunatcd . a Georgia bertha.
■W1XTZ
tion. Peanut hay was declared «-i *.'1!.*
ceUent for feeding purpo.es but I.
the market for this product is not; Bri ^ H.^
very strong, Mr. Westbrook saui.^ Xo ^ teka ^rs, oris
FURNISHED ; Carpenter Messinger Bollis, Jud-
HIM FINANCES ' r, son Langill. The Sewyns, whose
,, „ , , ...... ?. '* • name stands for the best theatri-
Mr. Bedenfield said that he.has ca , productions, presented the
been raising peanuts fer three. p i a y_
years. With peanc;s and turnips. * ^
he has been able to make enough q •. | rp • i _
money extra to go since 1920 with- l\6C!tSl 1 OHIEfllt
out having to borrow a penny, he , — - -
saw. At Lucv Cobb
He said he has raised as muck “ J
as 100 bushels per ure and the
average yield is about fifty Mrs - Katherine Tift-Jones will
bushels. He recommended that the appear at Seney-Stovall chape) to-
nuts be shelled before planting and night at 8:30 o’clock-in a recital,
that the small white Spanish nut she wi!1 8 ive a reading of modern
be planted. He does not raise pea- poetry. Her selections will Inc'ude
nuts on the same land two years - P°cn»s of Rupert Brooks, Arthur
in succession, sowing either bar- Guiterman, Amy Iaiwell, Alfred
ley, oats or rye in order to re- Noyes and others,
plenish the soil. Mrs. Jones has many mends in
Claude Tuck presided over the Athens, where she has been well
meeting. known since her days as a student
. , z,- — —-a a uusmess re
vival. There is plenty of money to
keep trade going if only kept in
circulation.
An other sure sign of better
times, I asked, Mr. Jester and oth-
" re F5*WW. “)« n -*hwt: laist-
ness and tl^ey say it is perceptibly
improving and getting better all
the while. At this date last vear
many persons were' permitting
their policies to lapse and to use
a rude expression insurance agents
reported business as “rotten.’
Hut they are now- reviving “dead”
policies, and that a a certain point-
ed -to improved,conditions. :
And the outlook is that this im
provement will be steady and
every one is looking to the "future
! with more hoifa and encourage-
| ment The weekly papers all renurt
liv -Coach Nicholson is undecided
lii a. to who .ha will start the game
■ no doubt call on
fold. Unlike most
rames this will be
el affair. In spite
<o little 1* known
’e It is known that
licks the prep
around Atlanta a
£ lias been accom-
II/pUshed. !W
- A full section or the seats have
'ifheen reserved for the local tans.
;,; This being the first game and-in
;. .view of the fact that the Georgia
II.five win not play here a large
; i crowd win doubtless attend 'this
it battle.
A i The fracas will be called et eight
HI <rt*>c]i Fans are urged to come
ill early to avoid the rush. Ye hun-
Bry fans who crave the indoor
sport Just amble eut to the Ugh
i) school gym and watch those Ath-
ji,ens High lassies go after the At-
CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH
MONEY
Cut out this slip, enclose with 5c
and mail it to Foley & Co., 2835
Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Ill., writ
ing your name and address deafly.
You Will receive in return a trial
package'containing Foley’s Honey
and Tar Compound for coughs,
colds and croup; Foley Kidney
Pills for pains in sides and back;
rheumatism, backache, kidney and
bladder ailments; and Foley Ca
thartic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly deansing cathartic for
constipation, biliousness,' head
aches, and sluggish bowels. Sold
everywhere.—(Advertisement.)
Iif Memoriam
Six National League
{ Clubs Refuse to Waive _
On Vet Jabk Fournier
; ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Because six
-, major league dobs have refused to
allow Jacques Fnornler to 'drift
>1 hack to the minora, Manager
Branch Rickey of the Cardinals has
gone Into conference with him-
It was Rickey's opinion several
; months ago that Fournier’s batting
.1 eyes were getting dim, the throW-
^lng arm weak and the ankles
^squeaky.
V When Fournier dropped from a
ff-hatting avenge of J4S in l»n to,
. > A94 In 1922 the manager at the
; Cardinals was firmly convinced that
; he had a piece of material tor a
• trade.
The opportunity arrived when \
negotiations were recently opened
r ; with the Baltimore Orioles for Jim ,
;, Boley. The first request from Manv I
, | ager Jack Dnnn of the Orioles in- 1
r eluded Fommler and Rickey Imme
diately nodded the head.
The waiver request on Fonrnldr
I r was flashed aroond the dreuit arid
: * Rickey believed that It would only
□Jvfculm the official form and pro-
cess in obtaining the release 'agree
ment of the other managers.
L- But to his grest-jhiprise there
were six claims fdk- Fournier-^ '
'And that isn’t all—the clubs" pos-
tJtively refused to withdraw their
salvers, claiming that they had
Musical
John O. Gets. Monkey man and
Perfect nut. Harmony Quartette,
BSMa Jahif. Ace Wingfield, Babe
Mpqaot, Harry Green. Walter
Diggs, Enroyd Brown, Betty Fair
fax Cecil Graham. Smiles Rodgert
and Baby Richards, with the blg-
gest and best appearing chorus
Colomal TheatreSj Jan.l 1
Notice to Machinery
And Equipment Dealers
Sealed k proposals will be receiv
ed by the State Highway Depart
ment of Georgia, 400 Peachtree
Building, Atlanta, Georgia, until
12 o’clock Noon, January 22nd,
1923, for furnishing the following
items of machinery and equipment
to be used in maintaining the
State System of Highways: -
1 12 ft. Sacrificer attachment
for 12 ft. road grader.
2 Sets crawler attachment for
Fordson tractor.
120 Feet of 3-4 inch cable.
Specifications on abtfve equip
ment dan be had on application to
State Highway offices at Atlanta
or Athens, Ga,
Above items to be . delivered
within ten days from date order
is placed. Payment 60 days from
date of delivery.
* Address all bids to State High?
way Department of Georgia, at?
tention Mr. B. C. Miln§r; Purchas
ing Agent; 400 Peachtede r 'Build
ing, Atlanta, Georgia. Marie en
velopes “Bids on M^shinary and
Equipment.’*
.Right is reserved to reject any
or all bidte and to waive all for
malities. »•
W. R. NEEL,
State Highway Engineer.
A. clean, nhnleennm unfl-nlgble
and whclly enjoyable muilcal at
traction will be at the Colonial
; theatre Thursday, January 11th.
. When Geo. EL Wints preeonte the
brilliant muaical comedy entitled
j "Eve." Thle lively and optimfatie
. title conveya the purpoee of the
[story and.the-etory eeivee to Ih-
| troduco ah extraordinary array of
i muaical remedy talent and a gal
axy, of. extifimelr ' beautiful and
I delightfully youthful glrla, who*
[ through vocal. ability could else
Firemen answered two calls
| Tuesday, one at the home of Aaron
Cohen on Milled ge avenue and the
other a house on Cleveland
avenue. The latter fire was small.
Mr. Cohen’s house was damaged
by a roof fire, the blase catching
ilk. demons. These entertainers
flash Into and out "of view la a
series of riotously humorous
scenes with a continual and bcwil
dering change of rqvtshlnx cee-
NEW YORK — Manager Mc-
Graw of the New York Olants Is
never content to stand pat no mat
ter how strong his team may ap
pear on paper.
It la said that MCGraw. while
satisfied with his infield, feels that
the outfield, pitching staff and
catching ^department could stand
some strengthening.
Having that in mind it is said
McGraw has designs on three Na
tional League stars.
Eddie Roush of Cincinnati would
fit in'nlcely in the Giants’ outfield.'
according to McGraw. Roush
M probably welcome a change
w York.
Always strong for Pitcher Lee
Meadows of the Phillies. McGraw
is said to be again angling for the
bespectacled siar twirler.
Now that Pittsburg. has placed
Catcher Schmidt on the market,
McGraw would not be averse to
purchasing him. However,, Bar
ney Dreyfus may pass up any
proposition that will strengthen
the Giants.
.room for Fournier.
Unable tojglve the Orioles n flrat
hasenym to succeed Jack Bentley,
the negotiations between the Ctr-
dinals and Baltimore for Shortstop
THEIR. NEW
IUSICAL PLAY,
j-3-10-17-21.
KIDNEY TROUBLE CAUSES'
LAMENESS ,
“A lameness followed me for
some'tiine, and I felt that it was
caused from kidney trouble. One
bottle of Foley Kidney Pills had
the desired effect,” writes HJ B.
Arbuckle, South Barre, Vermont.
Backache, rheumatism, dull ' head
ache, too frequent or. bnming uri-
nation are symptoms of Kulnev
and Bladder trouble. Disordered
kidneys require prompt treatment.
Neglect causes serious complica
tions. Foley Kidney Pills give
The Banner-Herald’s
Sunday Want Ad Page
SNAPPy MUSIC LILTING MELODIE
A REAL CHORUS OF- -
; SINQINe 6 DANCING- BEAUTIES
j on-> j— ic notiHdc.. , ^ i re. Jb f |*
PB3GEI&: Night 50c to $2.50; 1^1
is one of the most interesi-
ing ana certainly most pro
fitable pages of the paper.
Thousands of people turn the
attention first to the Want A
Page.
The Enrico Caruso Memorial
Candle, the largest in the world,
baa just been finished -in a New
•York factory and will be' sent' to
Pompeii, Italy^to ho Installed In
the church where Caruso wor-
shlppd. It will he lighted <xx every
All Souls’ Day and burn for the 24
hours. - At this rate the candle will
above to hide their smiling lhi, !
nfiimkf *y4b M-ht mllarfr»g * tfinfp- |
Ail s prominent east of enter- ;
.Nyy ^ovn, j Clara KimbaU Young’s next
Shirlei
Mason, June Elvidge
^Jones are cast in “The
1$e Banner-Herald’s
.Sunday Want Ad Page
lleventh Hour.
Pottstown, Pa., professor finds
id»at boys of this countr>' are im-
much quick relief.
rwhert
J» 16 feet hi
proving but cannot
2 0 TEMPTING
ADAML£SS-
■ EVt'S EG
FLIRTATION
VS A, LX
“Commodore" Perry wu iIntel
th be the -easy winner over John-
ay Whitner but the Atlanta hoy
proved onnsuaHy dexterious and
Terrri Buffered defeat. Johnny
won the match by 11 point*.
This afternoon at four Lee Tur
man and Frank Fuller’will meet,
while the CoIilnga-WelU, Bird-
Head, Gurr-Thomason. and. •Whit-
ner-Tlft 'matches will be played
at elsht thirty o’clock. All match
es are played at t$e Q Room.
(By John E. Drewry.)
With all the color and beauty of
a Spanish setting “The White Pea
cock,” starring Madam Olga Pe
trova well known on both the
screen and the legitimate stage,
was presented at the Colonial thea
tre last night. The show was a
success from every standpoint; in
fact, few productions have been to
„ Athens that belong to the high _
entire meeting was devoted to dis- class into which this one naturally j ver ti®ement appeared in the Ran -
elusion of this crop. | Yell. Written by Madam Petrova ner an d Herald. Mr. Cohen says
The next commodity meeting of; herself, the offering was an excel- on Saturday their every salesman
YY 11 L. L.U 2— a.1 I loot voLinla on — of.... „ £ : W&8 k 0 OL bllSV Wfiltlnir ran
the Bureau will be held in the |l«nt vehicle for. an actress of ex- was kept bus >’ waiting on custo-
Chamber of Commerce rooms next [ceptional ability. " ! * ners - He is entirely satisfied tnat
'rue«d?v at wi ith time sweet pa- Her play tells a story that rivets 1 lt pays to advertise. _
the intenat from start to finish,! HAVP nlr
centering in Spain, and opening in
the sleeping rooms of Revette dij DEP <>6ITS j'
Riberay Santallos. Shimmering j
blue moonlight bathes the arched j Bufc the most encouraging re.-
windows. A nightingale is heard in' 1 have wer e from our banks,
the orange trees. Far in the dis-1 1 ®n most of our bankers.
Tir-sritq- forma., _fj.__.j_j tance a guitar player is wocing * nd ^ ey *11 report that deposits
r,,Sw,v ty TWrt^ til some blackedey senorita. have largely increased. The p.-esi
meeting Tuesda,, all inter listed in, ^ ig , Spanish romance, dent of ° ne of °ur largest banks
SLHiVrJZS “ centering “wan^ar sit’ not exact figures.
„Mdnination .and « vivid with rolor and i *^ eI * „ h ^ e now °b aeposit. be-
You must keep «i mind tha. co.- beauty j n the m jjg t 0 f . midnight t * een ,hree an d four hundred
re^n re there tE^^Deanum ttataes^uely %e»u^I Yvette, j*f n T' 6 ’ h0me “ a hid
next year, perhaps more, he roc-; 5:2,,*! . c™,b aidepositing In banks. A compari-
STc^efr cron \hi? vear JXare ^ »te reto« to ac- S ° n ° f ‘ Utem » nt s »t the Atlanta
raise their crop this year as cheap- t Being an artist, she is able re
L*£ed° P he iliv. inde^ndently red "lt^ngh
nr. , .. i, a I Don Miguel threatens her, she re-
' fuses to return home.
nuts 260 per ton, which has slow-, T her studio in the ^
ed down importation from coun-L.-*^ _
ca UUWU impuireutm aiuui uuuu- n |- ftlt comcs Don CaeSOT. an
Sc“p2 , t r iin the m cr thfs. can * raLsed ,-V
HeTlso said that South Georguj^^us^whenhe wraCh.ef
re^r r f„ a «trer4n^tC re nea'l‘'t™> *» ^e. how his identity^
^ J I discovered by Revetta’s husbind,
wifi nreh.bbf*ha and how the * e tortnons elements
nthara are nlannad in thia^Vc.!unexpected finale, make up three
Statements of the Atlanta
and Athens banks shew that the
banka of Athens, according to capi
tal. and deposits, have increased
deposits over Atlanta banks. This
w a sure pointer not only to busi
ness revival, but to restoration. of
confidence, it is the most en
By T. LARRY GANTT
Yesterday I went out among 1
our bankers, merchants and busi- * itSSSJ NUT
ness men. investigating trade
conditions. I received from every
one, the most encouraging re
ports while of course trade is not
like boom time8. merchants say
they are doing much better thab
hoped for and everything is a
many fold better than at this seas
on last year. And trade is now on
a cash basis and far more satisfac
tory than at any tixne since the
collapse in prices-
The advamoe In me price of cot
ton has induced some holders to
turn loose and this money is now
Circulating. Considerable cash
was kept out. but it is now being
put in circulation. Mr. Aaron Co
hen, manager of the Chas. Stern
Co, that % put on a reduction sale
last week, tells me that his house
never did better or more satisfac
tory business than since their ad
Yesterday L had a most inter
esting chat with Mr. Frank Lips
comb about ( the e pecan and other
nuts. My article hi Sunday’s Ban-
ner-Hmid. on jthe pecan. has al-
started 'tf pecan boom for
this section. Mr. Lipscomji tells
me that.a pecan tree 18 years old
will produce from 250 to 300
pounds of nuts a year, and • the
best grade cf pecans sell at from
80 cents to $! per pound. Air. Lips
comb says seme trees he set out
three or fouf years ago are now
beginning to bear. He has 400
trees and m three years more he
cad confidently count on at least
twenty pounds from each Uree and
his 400 trees ought to bring him
an income of $6,000 a year. This is
highway, but not so well betSL-
Crawfordville and Union p3?
But from the Point to Maxevs
read is well nigh impassabk tu
warns the public against
Augusta or elsewhere hi J-
where he must
travel over tfc«
stretch of road. It i^a disgrace to
the county.
Clogged Air Passages
^ Open At Once—Nose
And Throat Clear
if your nostrils are cloys, d jmj
your bead stuffed because of ca
tarrh or a cold, get E'j s C.-ean
a most casonable estimate. Mr. .Balm at any drug store. Aop'v ,
Lipscomb is still planting small little of this pure, antiseptic, gem
pecans for budding purposes and destroying cream into you- nov
recently had an acre out erfeh nut trils and let it penetrate through
12 inches apart. In two vears thev every air passage of your head Lj
will be ready for budding. He is membranes. Instant relief,
so well satisfied as to the value of How good it feels. Your head is
the pecan that he will set one of clear. Your nostrils are open. You
his farms out in this nut. breathe freely. No more hanking
Mr. Lipscomb is also planting or snuffling. Head colds and ct-
the twigs he .will bud the English tarrh yield like magic. Don't sa.
walnuf. Hp SAYS thp Fmrlich trol. etnffju) tin nhnl-arl nn ..J •
walnur. He says the English wal- stuffed up, choked up and miser-
$ut can be successfully grown in able. Relief is sure.—Advertise-
this.section. Mr. Hugh Gordon has ment.
on: his lot an English walnut tree | ^
that the late Mr. E» R. Hodgson
set 'out some seven or eight years
aeo. It is the prettiest tree in
Athens and last yea?: bore a large
crop of nuts.
GOOD THING—DOVT
MISS IT
Send your name and addrea
v- r t” - * - plainly written together with S
Ts faL anl ccnts ,and this sli P> Chamber
ms farm and is budding xr^.v;^ r „ ..
grove on
- , , budding j a j n Medicine Co., Des Moines.
.^r E n« C d k o° r a y S well^as when
th t i*i\ The sSfRS^ig
E i. ' hickory , r0 , jpi bronc - hial> -flV »
~ and »
also is enthused over this crop.
throat; Chamberlain’s S-.omaek
and Liver- Tablets for stomsoh
BAD STRIP troubles, indigestion, gassy pairs
OF ROAD that crowd the heart, biliousness
and constipation- Chamberlain's
A gentleman tells me that he Salve, needed in every family for
last Saturday came from Augus- burns, scalds, wounds, piles ini
ti\ to Athens in his car and it took skin affections; these valued fami-
mo5t en _ J im ei £ht hours to make the trip, ly medicines for only 5 cems.
couragirg sign I have seen. Farm- From Ca mak to Angusta it is fine Don’t miss it.—Advertisement.
era realize the great work x-f the j — — -■ rr^—
banks of Athens and neighboring
\ PRICES—$2.00, $1.50, $1.00,75c, 50c
SEATS ON SALE—MAIL ORDERS NOW
COLONIAL THEATRE
Sat. night Jan.
13