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GA. TREES PROVIDE iLOCAL TRADE BODY
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ATLANTA,5Qa. — Each *Som-' The Athens Chamber nf Com-
mnnity In Georgia -will take charge morcois to lie expanded end mod -
of a tract ot waste land and plant praised. , Official andnuncement
itrees on It for the double purpose of the plans^Me expected in a few
- * 'no i ftnotlir AVAelnn I.f the .ImM f IA.1.1 ^ up Ml unn fnM tli a aa«m
le Weather
Carolina: and•_GEORGIA—
[7N*J^ln,i9pjRht and Saturday, warm-
i |i. fir.tonlght.
| lif T/Plorlda—Rain tonrght and Sat
urday, warmer tonight in north
un$ central portions.
'Alabataa—-Rain tonight and Bat.
: j urday; somewhat warmer in south-
Si r4Ast J toh1ght.
SP sSWpifcif -‘dostly hfcdfln'of tfce t buys. f'» Helld quarters' for the- cam
aoll and for cheating a permanent paign are being opened In the Geor
sonirce nMncome foreducatinr to- gfan Hotelrlir the large room which
tore'generations -of the state, ac- T|aa been used in the past for.'Ro-
cording to a program adopted by - tary and >Kiwanis luncheons.' '
the Georgia Forestry . association i The forw&M •movement will be
at a meeting here late Thursday. * i conducted under the auspices of
Bonnell H. Stone, president and the board of directors j>f the Cham
Solon H.-Parks* secretary outlined ber. of f'ommerce with the advice
the AssoClatl6ns a program to a gath arid counsel of organization special
ering of officers and members: ists froni the American City bu-
Leaders in clvie 1 affairs Who at- f reau of New York and Chicago,
tended the meeting voiced appro- 1 The men assigned to Athens are
Vu! of the plans. {Daniel H. McFarland, first vice
Resolutions was passed author!/, president, who will manage the
ing appointment df a committee J campaign, James E. Coad. educa
te push the movement to a success .tional director and James F. Bar
ful conclusion. j clay, office manager. These men
In some countries, Mr. Stone with Secretary E. W. Carroll will
said the community forests bring have offices at campaign head-
in annual revenue and relieve quarters,
taxation. J4ere in Georgia our
Strayed
,. STRAYED—FROM 1755 E BROAD
' ’■ nlvoikt Athens. fin.. a blazed
v hteoet, Athens, Ga., a blazed
" ; *face, bay horse. Finder return to
£ /DeWitt Eley.
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Wanted—Situation
. j. WANTED—A position from six to
\ *tWb!Ve at nights or/Tuesdays
‘ tr 4 'a^d Saturdays, by a sthdent. Call
I i.-Mr. Hawkins, phone 918-J.
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thought is to establish community
forests near our cities and towns
which will serve as demonstration
areas and develop civic pride for
a forest which represents pure
homes .and schools and many oth-
DIRECTORS
OPTIMISTIC
The directors are. looking for
ward to the campaign being one of
the most forward steps ever un-
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ta 0 o’clock in the afternoon. Ad-
11 dress Go-Op.-Box No. 96. City.
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J ; WANTED—Help
- "Wontferful opportunity for high
■'dues salesmen permanent proposi-
iXBbtffcai for Mr. Straughn, Geor-
urflian hotel between nine a. m. and
‘"Hi p. m. Saturday, February
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to do at -night understand mak-
g*statements for Federal income
awfeux returns. Address P. O. Box
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to take charge of dining room
. ; in large boarding house. Attrac-
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tWAtNTED—Two or three furnished
I for light housekeeping,
* Vy.lth garage, by couple without
■ children. Must be in' good locall-
-anrt within si xblocks of city
nter. Would consider small ct>t-
Kddress F. C* Benton, Gya-
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For Rent—Rooms
FOR RENT—-On* steam heated
room with board to couple
business min, in good boarding
home. Phone C34-W. Corner Cobb
and Franklin Streets. f-10-c
things helps civilization. When , dertaken by the city of Athens,
the youth of today can bo given They believe that tho community
the opportunity of planting a foyest [lias never given anything annroaee
which will- grow up to maturity ing full copperatlon to the Chamb-
for the men and women of tomor,- ! or of Commerce in any respect, and
tow to enjoy as their very own, although the Chamber has many
we can all rejoice in the privilege accomplishments to Its credit, it
of playing some part In this work.” Has born handicapped by meager
• | financial support and general coni-
|N ■ c* 11 * .’Aunitv indifference.. It is the opin
l/^SCrt OD6II i inn of -the officers and directors
r | that the time has now arrived for
flic citizenship to get back of the
FRIDAY, X FEBRUARY 9. laa,
Good Game
Of Basketball Tunight At
Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium,
Hartwell-Watkinsville.
Athens basketball fandom will
have excellent chances this week
end to view three nifty fives of
this section in action. Friday.pighi
in the “Y” auditorium tie i Wai-
kinviile crew, will do battie with
Hartwell High and oh the folloVv-
Hi Girls Off!
For Decatur Where They
Meet High School Quin
tet Tonight.
BY HAL JACKSON
Athens High’s .girl ..basketball
team left the* city this mbrnina
f(fr. Dectitui* where . tonight 1 they
battlfc Ilk strong Dedrtur 1 high
lassies. The team was in fine
ing night they ir.ix it with the La- - are determined to $fivc
vonia High quintet. thy /Atlanta school a battle/ In
This is not t no first time tViia F P“ e ofXtneir two recent defeats
the girls high hopes ■: of changing
the run of-affairs. The fracas in
Decatur will be called at eight
o'clock. A small delegation of Red
and White supporters will journey
over for the game.
This is not toe first time, this
season that thc.'ie teams, have tied
. Last Friday in Hartwell the
Oconda county iqds iang up a 20
27 victory and on the following
night the Lavoniacrew fell before
the fast five by a 47 to 28 mar
gin. There being no cage fracas
on this week end these games were
arranged for Athens.
Ye fans, who crave to
Eight girls will make the trip
and will be accompanied by sever
al members of the faculty in addK
ticn to Coach Nicholson. The fol- 1
Imvim' lnceioe nrill a. ,
T ryorl Thom 'K’lll Thov! c,ia,nbcr commerce 1.00 per ceut 1^, Uf> P 0 ~? s .. th, £ .,,P ch
mem t-O ivlll, mey strong, and create a spirit of co- i^° ac h Chalker will hav r
team that was runner-up in the i represent the
tournament last fail and who have * • White on this trip: Cap-
hopes of doing even better this!, n r\ Louise Know-
fall just drop down to the “Y” ™ s .' Dora Buchwald, Carrie Lou
Friday night and see this Watkin-' , ,ers r*’ Cccii Jones, Josie Bow-
ville gang mix it. Coach Chalker'Is | ?. en ’ , Moze, * e Eppes and “Kit r
placing'a crew of veterans on ther
courts this fall and thus far they ! - TI ? C b °y s . crexv .will also battle on
are undefeated. ‘ 5? e, £ n S0 T , J. tonight, they playing
Hartwell High is reported to be • fel? er J on fast fiye in the
strong this year and have hopes IJ , ■ c , CU w?- Clty * Hopes for a
of avenging the v defeal aished them K , a " d . White victory here are
last Friday. They have enjoyed r.! y? u 9-h brighter than for the girls
fairly successful season thus far. »; IVC ' U . y m tbc campaign Eloer
This years quintet is tall and bowed to the locals by ar.
rangy several of the lads topp]n'’J ff.^ ma rgin, but whether Athens
the six foot margin. 4 *DiiV' 1 , be ao ^ c to repeat
Thornton old GMC star:, "has U.j < loabtful * -
crew under his direction. { tt- v C , e t ** e ' r defeat at Athens
Massey, Martin and Morris have ! J* 1 u hands , tbe Elherton quintet
played stellar ball fo rthe Hart, s *r e ? n 2 ratlu ally improving and
county lads this fail and they will i *°, n , ow tae y thin k they can
bear watching tonight. Martin the t “ e homelmgs measure. Re-
center of the crew has plaved an ! . ba , ve ^ they are in ex-
important roll in all their Victoria; I f c . sba P e an< l will be satisfied
this season. i keenly a victory.
Opposing thm bunch cf r.tavn I. past week was spent by the
lach Chalkor * will h:ivn n ’ • • ! ~ 1 1 ‘
Declare,
By JACK JUNGMEYER
EL CENTRO, Cal. — The desert
does queer things to men. i
Many have whispered of Its mir
age madness, its grinning skulls,
its singular feuds and unspeak
able crimes.
And now. in the brutish murder
of Leslie NicholB, good Samaritan
of the road, charged against Char
lie Davis and Lawrence C. Camp
bell, whom be had given a ride,
desert veterans see the most hor
rid evidence of its spell.
**A killing as senseless as it was
cold-blooded/’ said Sheriff C. L.
Gillette guarding from the wrath
ot imperial county the 17-year-old
slayers, according to their assert
ed confession. Possession of
Nichols' auto and watch caused
vheir arrest. They led -officers to,
the mutilated body.
JUST A
NOTION
operation that will have far-reach i?r ray ., 0 ^ k*l cn t. Amir ...... ,
ing effects upon the future growth Ikmsvilie forward i£ regarded byj^^P’
and prosperity of the community !? any as greatest forward
bright! *> an ^ * n hard workouts so
s the Wat- taat naw they seem to be in top
i.,. [shape. At the practice yesterday
! the lads were riding the meshes
and its trade territory.
It is asserted by Readers of the
local chamber that it suffers bad
ly bs* comparison with similar or
ganizations in other Georgia, cities
in membership, financial support,
and in the interests taken by lead
ing men of the community. All
over this and neighboring states,
there has been a well defined move
ment to bring about local irogre:s
through strengthening chambers
of commerce, and Georgia can now
boast of some of the most .efficient
bodies of this character in the en
tire country.
the state. Ward at the other for- ‘wit/ii cIock like regularity. Come to
ward is a nifty basketeer, these | t^nk about it the local quintet
lads played well on their last in-»should be about “right” tonight,
vasion to Hartwell and Lavcnia. {Although the Athens, High 'team
n..*u Friday and Saturday bave won all their starts so far by
Representatives of the Ameri
can City bureau asks to be ex
cused ,from making any statement
concerning local plans until an
official statement has been issued
by the Chamber of Commerce. In
“We just got the notion as we-, discussing chamber of commerce
drove along.” said the boys trying ■ work in general, however, Mr. Mc-
to cover bewilderment' with bra- 1 Farlaml said that the situation in
vado. “We only started to rob Athens appeared to be very similar
the guy/
Davis of Birmingham, Ala., and
Campbell of Marquette, Michi, had
started across the Colorado desert,
as they t^Il the story—broke, out
,of a. Job, hoofing it.
FOR RENT — UNFURNISHED:
apartment to couple without
children. Four rooms and private
bath. First floor. Milledge avenue.
$40. Hot water and electricity in-;
-eluded. Call 724.. f-12-p
. For Sale
FOR SALE—LOT IN BEST RES-
idential lection of Athens on paved
street and car line, sixty by two
hundred. Answer “S. F. C.,’’ care
' Herald. ' , flOp
FOR SALE — OVERLAND
Ninety. Good tires, runs fine
$90. C. A. Trnssell Motor Co.
M0-C
FOR RENT—TWO ADJOIN
ING rooms Prince Ave. run
ning through block. Cheap rent.
Two close in 1 room homes
for sale.
' D. G. ANDERSON & CO.
Real Estate
The mesquite wilderness with
its scuttling lizards and shadows
hot hs light, scoffed at restraints.
It was -a strange world for city
boys,-without, a Cop .in a'hlmdred
mites and -with 'nothing to check
primal Impulse.
“Have a ride, boys?” proffered
Nichols, traveling adjuster of an
insurance company, short-cutting
between htghways in his flivver.
“Will we—say. I'll tell a guy!
Hot as tho hinges o’ bell, ain't it.”
Tho good Samaritan brought out
smokes and matches. He looked
at'hla watch, eager to get back
to dlls wife in Los Angeles.
to that which the Burenn usually
finds in communities, and that is,
the hab<t on the part of the citizen
ship to leave chamber of commercs
work to a little diandfal ot men.
Very often the chamber of com
merce is little appreciated and
even misunderstood although it is
the- ono centralized agency that Is
uon-partisian, non-sectarian, and
Whdse membership' is open to
every man and woman who desires
\p render unselfish service for
community advancement. Its work
is as liroad as community life, con
tinued Mr. McFarland, and in
cities where the work is highly
developed It is made up of every
man and woman who desires to
see. (lio community and its con
tributing territory advance not on
ly in trade, industry and agricul
ture, but in .education, health, cul-
Davls and Campbell looked at turc. and social welfare In all its
It.
FOR SALE—ANY QUANTITY
' of. select sweet potatoes, deliv
ered for 90 cents per bflshel.
Phone 1740, f!4cb
FOR SALE^-ON COLLEGE AVE.
A desirable building lot, thr^o
blocks from city hall. Good terms.
Apply 715 N. Jackson St., f-12-e
And then the desert nudged
them with a suggestion. -
They baited for a drink of water.
Again the desert 1 nudged: A- thous
and square miles of trackless sand,
and this,defenseless man with a
watch, some money and an auto
to get' away In!
As Nichols stooped to drink,
one of the boys, according to the
alleged confession, cracked him on
the hea^wlth a rock.
“A flno way to treat a frieno,"
dazedly muttered the victim as
they stripped him naked. Then,
says the confession, they shot him
He staggered off. They cracked
him again with rocks, and shot,
many, times, covering. the body
with sandi Aioii.ee quote them as
saying. ' "rr! i -«:u
His watch, they pawned for 17
at the nearest town.
Miscellaneous
■MEDIUM BROWN HAIR Tooks
best ot all. after a Golden Glint
Shampoo. v >*
RECOUNT'TALE
CALMLY'
ATHENS
COLLEGE
:ping, Shorthand and
Typewriting
Save 50% of expenses by at-
College always get the best po
sition. Every Graduate em-
Write for information
ployed,
today.
Box ‘742, Athens,'Gar
tlt-MIN BUILDING
Muter ini is being" placed for the
n .,i donee Umt the Christian church
is*to build next door to the church
on Daugherty street. It is un-
dtrst.jod that this home will serve _
us a parsonage for the minister of j
various phases. The Chamber of
Commerce is the agency for bring
Ing together tho best leadership,
and being trepresentative of the
whole community in its member
ship. it can bring community sup
port to back up such leadership.
Secretary Carroll says that the
local chamber of Commerce had
been negotiating with the Amerl'
can flty Bureau since 1916. but
that not until now did the direc
tors beltevc'that the time was pro
pitious for a great general forward,
movement.
Tiie Bureau, says Mr. Carroll,
has been engaged in an advisory
j(gjB>acity bv the chambers of com-
jn more than 600 cities of
the 'Utijted States and Canada, in
cluding Atlanta, Blrming. am, Mem
phis,'Nashville, Chattanooga, Knox
vine; charleston, Savannah, and
Jacksonville, and Is recognized aa
In tho shadow of r tl)e' gallowff'being'the most efficient agency In
herd, under threat:: of lynching! i d line of work in this conntry.
they .Tefcouptpd fhe tale without |kf|
emotion, arguing only as to'who . ■
had fired the fatal shot, according
to Sheriff Gillette. * - —
"But why did you kill Nicholas
You could have robbed' him With
out that. Did lie put up ,a fight ? ‘
“Naw," said Davis, “ho didn’t'
fight I d'no why—" with a shrug.
‘And he was-a good guy, too-
tending-this school. The grad*, gave'ua cigarette and everything,
uatca 'of the Athens Business J I d’no.” ■
■ "It takes sound character' to
stand even a .little, of the desert.’,’
suggested the old sand .rovers
gathered--here. for tho trial, “be
cause the lying desert always says,
•There’s nobody to see or hear
what you do here.’ ” _
AURORA BOREALIS -SEEN-
CHICAGO—What was believed
by scientists to have been
display of the Aurora Borealis
visible here Thursday nl. ‘
tho Church and will be completed re d streak of light ap;
In a few months, * the eastern sky.
Both
nights games will be called
eight o'clock. A 1 small admission
price will be charged.
Class Teams
Organized At Athens
High By. Head Coach
Brown.
cording tq Elberton
will need said punch and mere
£>o.
The following men make the
trip: Capt., Nicholson,' Horace
Smith, Robt. Bradberry, Armanri
Mapp, George Bishbp. Frank Dud-
ley, James Harris and Alvin
Dayjd.
Dr. W. IV. Brown Athens’ High’s
head coach of all athletics made a p
.most important move yesterday
when he began organizing cHifs*
basketball teams. His call for
sophomore * cage candidates was
responded to by some filteen can
didates. Other classes will hold
practices tomorrow.
In- the past there have been
class teams at Athens High bus .
they were net organized and did Hores
not receive much attention. Thcrepfm
is some excellent material in
school that can be reached only by
class athletics. This idea of or
ganized class teams should also
prove highly beneficial to Red and
White varsity teams in the fu
ture.
“Doc” will be in charge of ail
the teams and at present he ; is
working on plans to stage inter
class games for the public. The
season will be opened Friday night
easy margins still it can be seen
that they carry a punch which they
failed to launch thus far. Ac-
• A part of this gratifying decrease
. .considerable -part is
apparent, since the census of 1920
was taken *in January. when the
fields,were empty and tne schools
, were full; while that of 1910 was
“THE CHILUKtN’S
STATESMAN”
Best*informed of all Amor-
A girl of 13 was reportei h. •
Newark (N J.) ; schoS^fe*
taken in April when agriculture is ! Ugint of thaNatfonaf Ch'M°i An
; at. Its height. ffiUmRtee ?enn7Te* Sf***
AT LEAST - in the far corner of a dimly &
a JirrSLi i«i roomembroitlcring on au,'
j A MILLION! dress outlined in black n* ~ k
1 However,veven if we accept tae J 1 ’
J trensas figures without, quallflca-
J tion, there are still mor e than a
.1 million negative answers to the
I question, “Is child labor a thing
' of the past?*'
this dress, elaborately embroil 0 '
she receives ninety ™nts,
ing her own frame at a
60 cents. It takes her two or ,L°!
days to embroider a dress ,. ee
—- — - - ... — j mother remarked, “It’s n liit-Vf'
leans an the subject of child I Besfties there are the thousands 1 has to go to school." ' y
labor ia Owen R. Lo'vejoy,'jnsn- 1 ; ’VJ'chiidren under 10 years ot age I ,A little boy of eight is «„ .
era! a«:r«t.ry of the Notion. oit wfmm thd census takes no count Ipeyt . embroiderer. “He v.,, ”'
al Child Later • Commit|>!». htit riho nevertheless work tn, ourihroidenug women’s night dr«Z'
Lovejoy for 20 lyeara has d«- sweatshops,|when I called, ’ reports the inve”
voted: himself to baltiins this ,**«*». ® rid !" ddihestic service,; tieator. and his mother as s0 ^
national evil, winning for T^ie exact number of these no. one me that he would do a dozen
himself the name of tho “chiid-. ... | rn ? rn ’ n K* For each grown he re!
ron’a statesman*” ; is these very industries' | ceived a penny.
(By OWEN R. LOVEJOY) ’ ^ hi . c *:. not come under thoi These are but scattered sketch?
General Secretary of the National jurisdiction cf the federal laws' that might be muhiplie.i by thou*
Child Labor ComipItKoo, .and for which the states make sahus.
WASHINGTON,—The extent to'Practically no provision. But they « As the National Child Labor
which the children or the United j*un**** 1 the vast majority of ©ui Committee has always poinud out
States are suffering fromi the nul- -child workers. • cal J. a , r 'L* 1 national, not a
llfying ot the federal child labor In agriculture alone the census ( sectional problem,
tax law of 1919, by the Supreme ’shows 61 per cent child laborers.) , ine committee feels that the
Court decision of last May, may 'This means that hundreds of thou-, situation created by the recent Su-
be measured by the fact that only .sands of children of school*a^.preme Court decision and the ex-
13 states meet in all particulars a «*e kept out of school several teiJt of child labor as it still ex-
the standards of the federal law. : months a year with the resultant > ists call definitely for an anieml-
Eight states have the general I* fctardation' and illiteracy. j ment /to the Constitution which
broad provisions, but make gn^g • An agent of the National Child shall give Congress the power t*i
specific exemption. j Labor Committee found a family t legislate on behalf of America’s
Twenty-seven PtiJ.es are 'below °f 8 * x children—-17, 1G, 14, 12, 9,children,
the standards in one or more of i a «d 6—who worked 52 acres of j The overwhelming sentiment of
the provisions. j beets with their parents. The i the country is probably in favor cf
Thus in Georgia 12-year-old de* children have never attendeuja constitutional amendment which
pendent children may be worked {school. jihall make it possible for Congrem
10 hours a day. 60 hours a week. I The Philadelphia Bureau of‘to deal efficiently with our child
in woolen a n d cotton mills, and ! Compulsory Education reports | labor problem,
fronj sunrise to sunset in other'about .1044 children were absent' Child labor is a national evil, i n .
factories. Children of 14 may be from one school district during! volving loss and damage to the
September and October due to [ manpower of the nation as a
working on the cranberry bogs in;whole.
New Jersey. . j Adult male and female citizens
TOTS IN % • are now assured federal proto-.
COTTON FIELDS ! tion in the Constitution. We can
But not only children cf school'; do no less for our children,
age are conscripted into farming.!
ked all night.
In North Carolina children of
14 may be worked 11 hours a day,
CO hours a week.
In Utah boys over 14 may be
worked unlimited hours, and
children at any age in factories.
In Mississippi Ijoys or 12 may he
worked in mills, factories and can
neries. *
“Shuffle Along”
have
Rehab
Students Plan To Put Out
Good Baseball Outfit
Next Spring.
at eight o’clock in the gymnasium
wheq the sophomore quintet bat
tles their upper classmen, the
_ _ championship Re-
ab baseball team arc very bright
in for the Georgia Rehab crew this
spring. A very enthusiastic meet
ing, was held last night and was.
attended by it large number of
iprospects.
• There will be no scarcity of ma
norial this spring as many of the
■veterans cf last fall are back and
hlo.ig with them are a fine array
Of pew material. Several of the
prospects who will -re; ort this
srr.qg arc old semi pro men and
should help to mould tor the Geor
gia Rehabs a team that will go
- ’ in the spring campaign.
If they are too young to go to- Anmiefa I iL-ac
school they can do a man’s work: LUVCo
in the cotton fields, for^ example.!
One- report from Texas tells as;
\ ithat a 5-year-old has picked a bale
{of cotton this season. Another 5-;
„ J year-old can boast of picking 72 ! Following the presentation 0 f
In an anthracite coal mining'pounds of cotton before sundown“Shuffle Along,” musical comedy
district studied by the children’s on Oct. 27, and had very “sorry” ‘ with negro talent in Augusta the
bureau, C19 boys under 14 years 'cotton to pick in. I other night, Manager Sam Funk*
of age were found to have been Child labor in street trades is J enstein received a telegram from
employedMn the breakers contrary another field of neglect. Thirty-• the theatre there praising it high-
to law; and, likewise in violation (seven states have no state-widei ly. “Shuffle Along” plays at tho
of law, 137-under 16 were working | regulation of street trades; moro I Colonial theatre Saturday eve-
underground. I than half hdve none at all. I nine.
In the interval ihat elapsed be* One cf the most . pernicious ] The telegram received follows:
forms of unregulated child labor,
aggravated because of conceal
ment, is tenement homework in
our cities. * •
Many industries make this part
of their system of production and
small children are considered an
asset in this underpaid, unsani
tary, monotonous work.
In dimly gas-lit, ill-ventilated
tenements, children play truant or
work fat* into hte night on jewelry
embroidery, tags, powder puffs.
They uusally make less than five
cents an hour. * ~
If they are of pre-school age, so
much the better; they can work
tween the first (1916) and the
ond (1919) federal child labor laws
the bureau made an investigation
of oyster and shrimp canneries
along the gulf coast and. found
“more than 300 children under 14
years of age, seme as young as 5
io 6, at work in cold, damp, drafty
sheds, their hands cut by sharp
oyster shells, shrimp thorns, and
the knives which they used In the
work.”
Olosel^ following the Supreme
Court decision removing federal
protection from working children,
came tho publication of the 1920
census figures.
AT GOOD ROADS SESSION
According to (ho census of 1910 all day! ‘
there were 1,990.225 children 10 A study of homework in Rhode
to 15 years of age employed for [Island recently made by the Chil-
wag? in the United states. dren’s Bureau showed that 4 per
In 1920 this number had been cent of the 2000 children for whom
reduced to 1.060.85S, «r a decrease detailed information was given j and W. C. Wisdom will be those in
of 46.7 per cent; under 6 years of age. I attendance representing the club.
the next door neighbors lad do his
stuff. The time is eight, bells, the
place is the high school gym.
: \ x
FatiVnna , . Gfinies with severu' leading Al
lans and supporters, the door urtWcs are underway but thti« are
open with no admission tax in the J '- -
way. Come out Friday and watch
stiiI, vacant dates on the schedule.
Any team wishing games are ask*
jed to write to Mr. Chas. P. Doher*
• ty, newly' elected manager.
Give Your Business a Tonic
Newspaper
of
John D. as Photographer
Houses Built
[lift*
Finishes
Three Cottages.
, Work has been about completed
cit' the' three cottage, built on Col
lege; avenue by M. P. O'Callahan
onB which will bo rented. These
are .among the first tenant houses
bulll- in Athens in a number of
months an daccordlng to M. O.
Dearing. who has them in charge,
the.demand for the mhog been
euch as to.-indicate; that if .more
similar h&Dsca were built here
could be rented with no trou-
When your motor car climbs a hill you give ’er
a little MORE gas.
When the sweet com and ’taters in your gar
den don’t thrive, you give them a little MORE
care—more water—more fertilizer.
When your volume of business falls short of
what you desire, stimulate your sales through
classified advertising.
Advertising is the fire under the boiler of
business, j to:;".:;-.
. a’»4
ied advertising requires but a small in-
t. =" ; -' totototo-^to; to-i -
Call 75 and dictate your ad, and talk the sub*
ject over. ^
“The Paper With the Want Ads”
Augusta, Ga., Feb.
Mgr. Opera House,
Athens, Ga.,
Played “Shuffle Along" tonight
to capacity business. Hundreds
turned away. General criticism of
everyone that it is the liveliest
dancing, singing show ever.pley*
ed here. Entirely different and
cleaner than any colored show
ever played here. Regards.
‘ F. J. MILLER,
Mgr. Imperial .Theatre.
COLUMBUS. Ga. — Columbus
Kiwanis club will bo represented
at the good roads bond meeting
to be held in Atlanta Monday it
announced Friday. Joe Coucli