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THE BANNER-HERALD
ATHENS. GA.
Published Every Evening During the Week Except Saturday and on
- - -■ rning by The Athens Publishing Company, Athens, Ga.
DID IT EVER OCCUR-TO YOU?
A Little of Everything And Not Hack of Anything.
✓ By HUGH ROWB
Sunday Mornl
BABL.B._BUASWELL Publisher and Ceneral n Manager
CHARLES E. MARTIN
Entered at the Athens Postoffice aa Second Claaa Mail Matter under
the Act of Congress March^), 1879.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not oOierwiso ereditod
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republication of special dispatchee are also reserved. —
Andrew C. Erwin,
President.
Bowdrc Phinizy,
Secretary and Treasurer,
H. J. Rowe,
Vice President.
Address all Business Communications direct to the Athens Pubjjsh-
- - - i. News articles intended for publica
ns vunipxv,'net td individuals. ,
Hon shauld be addressed to The Bannen-Herald.
WAVE OF DEMOCRACY SWEEPING
The sweeping victory in the municipal election in
Baltimore last week by the democrats is taken as an
indication of an overwhelming victory for the party
in the presidential election next year. It is claimed
by the leaders of the Democratic party that Mary
land will be safe for democracy and from returns in
the municipal elections in New Jersey, where the
city of Hoboken nearly doubled its normal Demo
cratic majority and in Chicago and Detroit the heavy
gains show that Democrats everywhere are again
united and that a landslide for a national victory may
^IHarndte true that the Republican party "“J
leaders have erred in every undertaking and brought
disappointment to those who supported their policies
and candidates. These people who are not partisans,
but people who vote for issues and Principles will not
follow loaders who are not sane and aahstantiai. ut
will vote their convictions regardless of Party lines
and affiliations. The conservative vote of the nation
will control In the national election next year, lhat
much has been indicated from municipal and state
elections since the Republicans entered office with an
overwhelming majority, in both houses. Little con
structive legislation has been enacted and much dis
satisfaction has been aroused among the leaders.
Whether President Harding will be able to corral his
followers and bring them back in line remains to be
but it is quite certain that it will require nothing
t of a miracle for anyone to control and line up
seen
short
the vote received by the Republican party four years
"^President Wilson will be the strongest figure in the
coming election. He is feared by the^ Republicans,
loved, honored and respected by the Deipocrats and
the free thinking element of the nation. With these
forces combined ,a Democratic victory is bound to
come whether VVilson, McAdoo or Underwood is_
nominated by the Democratic convention.
There should be no bickering among the Demo
crats this time, but the strongest man should be put
forward and all forces center upon hfs candidacy.
It is ho time for sidestepping of playing politics; it
is a time when every Democrat should set aside his
personal ambitions Bnd devote his efforts and ener
gies towards the nomination and election of a man
who cannot only win, but one who will make good
• after being elected.
We believp that Underwood, of Alabama, is the
man for the nomination. His candidacy would ap
peal to the voters of the east and west as much as it
would those in th« South, but If a stronger man ap
pears on the horizon at the convention, wo believe
that the delegates should nominate him irrespective
of section or past factional affiliations in the party.
It Is the dawning of a new era for Democracy and
for the defeat of tnc Republicans. Tho pulse of the
nation is at fever heat with the Harding administra
tion. and the time has come for them to change and
return to a safe, sane and sound administration such,
as given to the people by former President Wilson.
THE YEAR 3000
. Did you ever find an old arrowhead or other In
dian relic in the woods or in a farm field turned up
by the plow? No childhood is complete without this
thrill.
Imagination—which is strongly developed in all
children and which visually disappears in the ma
turity of most people-vsconstructa the past for the
arrowhead finder. He pictures the plowed field
when it was a dense forest, alive with deer, wild tur
keys And other game. For days after, tho lad will
“play Indian,” longing for'the outdoor life of the
savage. The boy would trade his marbles or prize
top for the secret locked up in the past—how the
arrowhead happened to fall whore it did, whether
shot at deer or man.
TJie life, of which that arrowhead was a part, is
almost forgotten now though relatively few years
have passed. It makes you wonder, hojv long until
our civilization will also be forgotten.
The Indian who fashioned this arrowhead thought
it was a marvel. So it was, by his standards. It
seems crude to us, with our high-power rifles that
have replaced the arrowhead. And the tools we use
in our civilization will seem equally crude to people
of the future. Change is eternal. Our most “per
fected” devices are only in the first-stage of develop
ment. That’s why opportunity is always present—it
we can only “see” it.
A truck cannot be run through city streets faster
than 12 miles an hour without endangering the lives
of pedestrians, the American Railway Express Com
pany decides. So it sets 12 as the speed jimit for its
drivers. And it puts teeth in the order by having the
cars geared down at the factory. Just-rf matter of
time until congestion of population and increasing
' this with pas
use of autos will compel th
h passenger cars.
Big man in the cotton industry, Frederick K. Rup-
precht, analyzes the cotton situation and fears that
"ail the American cotton in the world will be con
sumed by September 1. Since the new crop is not
available in the south until about'October 15 and in
foreign countries until about November 16, spindles
may have to be idle for some weeks.” The outlook
is for prosperity in southern states.
Attacked by. a swarm of big red ants while asleep,
Theodore Garcia is found unconscious in San An-
, tonio, Texas. Doctors think he will recover from his
'countless bitqp. Insects will inherit the eurth after
man becomes extinct, some scientists predict Garcia
attacked by ants, spring fishermen maddened by-mos
quitoes, and fanners fighting boll, weevils and 17-
year-locusts aru^ other Insect pests Will wonder if th^
* scientists may not be right
An eventful career dealing
with life in the far we«t dur
ing the early daya when that
section of the country waa
Bcantly populated, territories, no
states and void of local govern-
, ment, laws and courts was the ex-
iperienpo of an Athens citizen, Mr.
F. K. Freeman.
Returning home from the Civil
war, a mere lad, finding conditions
poverty stricken and tho whole
state oC Virginia devastated by tho
destruction of the Union armies,
Mr. Freeman and his younger
brother set their faces westward—
to Nebraska Territory. They com
menced tho publication of a news
paper, The Frontier Index—“The
Press on Wheels.” This newspaper
plant was mounted on wagons
forming a caravan of teams tra
versing tho route through which
a railroad was being built to points
in that section of the country. The
first publication point was at
Kearney City. Here the plant was
stationed for sometime awaiting
the extension of the railroad, on to
another point. While at this place
the Freeman brothers did a prof
itable business printing handbills,
letter heads, envelopes and selling
their newspapers.
In tho early fall of I860 this
plant was moved* by a caravan of
ox teams, driven by Mexican greas-
to tho temporary te/minus of
the Union Pacific Construction Co.,
North Platt. Hero tho Freeman
brothers enlarged their plant rfy
pored until the railroad reached a
new terminal which Is now known
as Cheyenne, th ecapitol of Wyom
ing. "The Press on Wheels,” The
Frontier Index, was one of the first
enterprises to reach that point.
The next move was to Lamario
City, between the Black Hills
Range and the Lainarie Range of
the Rocky Mduntains, 105 miles
west of Cheyenne,'>4jpro a largo
two story building was'erected cut
of logs for tho home of the Front
ier Index.
On the way to this point Mr.
Freeman met with a serious acci
dent by having one of the wagons
pass over his body. He was car
ried to Fort Sanders where he was
nursed back to by army of
ficials.
TUE8PAV MAY 15. itt*
BY J. W. FIROR
County Agent.
GRADING EGGS
Very little effort,
er's soil is as deep as he plow*'
I The/cotton roots feed-in the part of
I the soil broken in turning the land,
the If the soil is shallow, the roots
present time, has been given to the ' have a shallow bed from which to
gradini
After his recovery, Mr. Free
man along with friends visited
Brigham Young, Salt Lake City,
Utah. He met with a most cordial
reception from tho gentleman with
many wives, and he received a
large amount from him for adver
tising. Young told Mr. Freeman
that he never had but one wife
during her natural lifetime, that
the other wives were spiritual
wives married*'to him In the Holy
Temple, hoping to get to Heaven
by holding on to his coat-tail.
Tho Freeman brothers saw tho
possibilities in the richness of tills
country, honeycombed with coal
and minerals of all kinds. They
the addition of a now Washington ll J“
. to discover tho coal mines in that
section, but after they had (level*
and hood had a population of 4000. i .... ... t .
nmdo up of cowboys, miners, Mex- oped a ons c ? mo the offic a -
icans, Union and Confederate sol
diers who had taken tho advice of
Horace CJrcoly to “go west.” Hero
the Frontior Index did a "land of
fice” business In advertising and 4
job printing. Tho next movo was to
Julesberg, nearly ono hundred
miles farther into tho West. Tho
town of North Platte was soon de
populated, all of its citizens com.
as Cheyenne, the capitol of Wyom-
Tho new town was populated by
Indians, wolves, bears and other
Undesirable inhabitants. Julosberg
grow yUry fait and everyone
< pros-
P relief
in one minute
For that painful corn here*» /«//,
speedy relief—Dr. Scholl's Zino-
pads. They remove the raair—
fiction-pressure, and heaJ the irri
tation. Thus you avoid infection
from cutting your corns or using
corrosive acids. Thin; antiseptic,
waterproof. Sizes* for corns, cal
louses, bunions. Get a box today
at your drtfcgttt'* or shoe dealer's.
DSScholI's
Xino-pads
Put on* on—tf* pain tsgono!
of the U. I*, railroad and forced
them off their possession. There
were no state courts to which they
tills corporation was strongly en-
could appeal for tholr rights and
trenched in Wa&hlnfcton and be
sides they were known to bo rebels
from the south, and their claims
and petitions availed nothing.
They were notified that unless
they left tho occupancy of. the
property over which they had laid
claims that t/iey would* bo taken
off and shot and, It Is believed that
such would have occurred had they
not moved on. ,
Mr. F. K. Freeman settled In Ne
braska and rose rapidly in that
state. He was one of the original
members and the first from his
section to be chosen to the Nebras
ka Territorial ’Council, as an ad
visor to the Hon. David Butler, who
was governor at that time, before
he had been a resident six months.
The territory was soon made a
state, and ho was elected to the
state senate by a big majority de
footing two prominent and wealthy
men of that section.
ket
ng of eggs for the local mar-
Unfortunately, eggs aro .still
jufct eggs, until the consumer goes
to eat them, then sometimes, he
wishes they were something else-
The first consideration in getting
eggs to the consumer should be
cleanliness and freshness. These
two things are dependent upon the
care in keeping nests clean and the
gathering of eggs at least once a
day; -and sending to market at
least twice a week. Eggs arc
graded for size and color. Segre
gate eggs cf different color and
divide each color into two classes
—those average 24 ounces to the
dozen or larger fcre classed as
large eggs, those smaller than this
as small or pullet eggs. Extra
large eggs if few to the dozen will
make the rest look small. On oc
casion very smalPeggs will likewise
detract from the small class. Since
these appear occasionally it* is. ad
visable to ,keep them at home.
GULLIES
Georgia, especially the northern
half of the state, has suffered se
verely from gully erosion. Inc
heavy rainfall anu the cultivation
of rolling and,steep lands in cot
ton and corn year after year, like
wise the lack of pasture grasses,
have made the protection of the
cultivated lands from washing an
urgent problem- The formation
of gullies, after once started, de
velops from year to year, ultimate
ly destroying fertile lands. Gullies
also reduce the market value of
lands by making the farms, or^
•Mr. Freeman Is now having his
claims Investigated in Washing
ton by Congressman Brand. It is
stated that the heldiugs of the
Freeman brothers is valued at
several million dollars and. It may
bo that ho will get something from
It after these years. Who knows
It Is never too late to right
wrong and our govornmeajt believes
in fair treatment to all of Its citiz
ens.
Mr. Freeman has been a citizen
of Athens tor many years. He has
been actlvo in all movements tor
the upbuilding and good of Athens
and was the first one In this sec
tion of the stato to develop the
pecan Industry. That he will re
cover his former holdings in the
coal fiieds of Nebrask is tho wish
of all his friends.
Formerly chief of the general
starr o (the imperial Russian navy,
an admiral la now employed as a
.copying clerk In Paris at a salary
of 17.50 a month.
A large liner may have av. many
as A68 furnaces.
MEDIUM BROWN HAIR looks'
best of all after a Golden Glint
Shampoo,
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AND BACKACHE
Women May Depend upon
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table Compound
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"Every woman who value, her
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asys Mrs. W. E. Shaw, 3227 Walnut
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king I could think of to
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1 recommend it without hesitation.".
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help;
If you feel tirefl out, out of torts,
despondent, mentally or phyucally
depressed, get a 60 cent box
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first big stsp toward feeling bolter
right away. ,
If you work too hard, smoko too
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money back from Palmer * Sob
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As a treatment for affections ot
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which t(ey arc, unsightly.
Gullies can be prevented on most
lands- Farm lands that aro too
steep to prevent formation of gul
lies are best left in tree growth.
Gullies can be eliminated, after
they have once formed, by* the use
of grass, timber growth assisted,
at first, bv artificial dams made
©f straw, brush, rows of stakes, or
regularly built wooden or concreto
dams.
Water being responsible for the
formation of gullies, the problem
of preventing gully formation is
one of water control. First step
preventing soil eroison is to
makfe the soil absorb ns much wq-
as possible. However, the’
soils through this section .will not.
under the most favorable condi
tions of deep plowing had liberal
humus supply, absorb the water
from the heavy rains, consequently
it is necessary by terracing to
carry the water away in such a
manner as to keep the eroston
down. The slower the water moves,
the smaller the amount of silt and
soil that it carries with it. Any
retardation of the movement of
water causes a.dropping of tho
silt and soil thnt Is being carried
along wifh the water.
The prevention of gully forma
tion, the filling in of tho gullies
already formed, and the careful
terracing of farm lands aro impor
tant duties of farmers of Clarko
county.
draw their food supply. If the
land has been broken 4 inches deep,
this expresses the depth limit for
feeding. If the cotton field is cul
tivated 4 inches deep, that is if in
the case under consideratidn the
cultivation 6s as deep as the break
ing, then there will be little room
for root development. Therefore,
there i.4 sound and common sense
underlying the depth to which cto-
ton should be cultivated and shal
low cultivation gives to the roots
more space for development.
CULTIVATORS
scooter is very undesij&ble, as tho
scooter breaks the roots. Especial
ly is this true after the squares
start to develop as the root devel
opment has extended across the
middle of the rows and the break
ing of the roots causes the shed
ding of the fruit. The'boli weevil
will shed or cause to be shed,
enough squares without any assist 4
ance from the cultivator. The use
of a weeder as soon as the cotton
comes up and before the weeds
and grass have gotten started is an
excellent implement ns it kills the
weeds and grass just as they are
starting and this is done without
going deep down into the soil. A
cultivator with a number of small
sweeps is a good implement to use
as it works fast and cultivates
shallow- As soon as the cotton has
been chopped it is desirable to use
tho cultivator s 0 as to throw soil
to the cotton rows and prevent
damage from winds and rains.
SOME FACTS ABOUT
THE DOLL WEEVIL
Under boll weevil conditions, a
slight change in spacing of cotton
in the rows is desirable to meet
the changed condition brought
about by the effects ot the boll
weevil oq seasonal production. Be
fore Hie advent of the boll weevil
cotton was produced from the bot
tom to the top of the plant. The
be»t spaciii;
Two Meetings of
Science Societies
-Tho Georgia Naturalist."
scientific society devotee cldcfly
to research work among the bo
tanical spedts. meets once a week
at Le Conte Hall. Mr. John Gil
lespie Is president of this society.
A society formed by members
of the University faculty Interest
ed in scientific work willl meet at
Le Conte Hall during tho coming
week. Dr. Krafter Is chief executive
of this society.
Speciaf Sunday evenings
lov.ers,” at jvhleh the men were
allowed' to smoko, wore a recent
experiment In a’ movie hot.se at
Sutton, England.
666
is a Prescription fer Colds,
Fever and LaGrippe. It’s the
most speedy remedy
know, preventing Pneumo
nia.
R0UND-TR
SUMMER FAR
From Athens, Ga.
Going and* returning *
Savannah and ship
New York .jjj
Boston .. 0j
Philadelphia 4
Baltimore 4
Going via Savannah and
returning rail c
New York ___ ..$5
Boston .. 7
Fares to otlior resorts m
tlonateiy reduced. Ticket
elude meals and berth
ship.
For saillnk dates, aecomi
tions and other Informatk
ply to Ticket Office
Station, Phone 1681, „ r
Brace. C. A.. 224 East Wat
ton Stroet,' Phone mo
Central of Georgia R,
Ocean Steamship Cc
M. A M. T* Company
Gees into hibernation In the
fall, remains dormant all winter,
taking no food during thi-. period.
Begins coming out of winter
quarters as soon -ns the weather
becomes worm, some coming out
early in tho summer while others
remain in hibernation until about)
July in this section.
As n rule, many weevils die dur
ing tho winter, the percentage
coming through varying from less
than one per cent to over 400' per
cent. During the winter and
spring, many weevils live as long
as six months; .vhile in summer
few live longer than 50 days,
there is a scientific record of a
single" weevil living from December
10 to the following October.
Egg laying begins as soon as
squares form- )
Uuder normal conditions the
eggs hatch in 3 to 4 days.
The eggs hatch into n worm or
grub called a ‘‘larva.” This larva
grows and develops in ab<ut 19
days changing into a pupa which
is similar but not identical "With' tf
cocoon of a puttorfly.
The pupa stage. lasts from 3 to 4
days when the fall growr adult is
formed.
The female adults begin laying
eggs in about 5 days.
It takes from 2 to 3 Weeks for a
boll weevil to develops from an
egg to an adult.
If a female lays an egg in a
square, other females avoid that
square for depositing an egg, hunt
ing up other squares for this pur
pose. If there aro no squares, tho
weevils will lay eggs in bolls and
when the weevils are very plenti
ful mote than ono qgg will he laid
to a boll.
The boll weevils work chiefly in
the day time, mostly from 0 a. m.
before the boll weevil | to 5 p. m.
Justj A square In which an egg has
ir to I been deposited Is lumally thi
develops so aa to produce a crop
of bolls from the bottom to the top.
Under boll weevil conditions, that
is. our present conditions the bot>
tom and the middle of tho plant!
are all that can be expected to
produce open bolls. Consequently,
for this reason, the maximum num
ber of plants to be left in a row
now ia greater than* the maximum
number that was left before the
boll weefil arrived. Stated differ
ently, if a farmer in this section
had a spacing, on his land, that he
conaldervd excellent before the bolt
weevil’s advent, for the present
time he will find that it is desira
ble to have more plants to the raw.
Also,, closer spading tends to in
crease ihe number of, bolls devel
oped by the plant on the lower
portions of thwqdant- However,
this idea should not'd*; carried too
far.
RAPID
CULTIVATION
ild cultivation has been advo-
for the growing of cotton un
der boll weevil conditions- Looking
at it from a little different view,
what is meant by rapid cultivation,
la cultivating the cotton so as to
pbtain the most rapid growth of
the cotton plant and also rapid de
velopment of squares. By start
ing the cultivation as soon as thi
plants are above the - ground am .
doing it with implements which
will destroy grass pnd weeds with
out cutting the roots, the cotton
plants are not retarded by tnc cul-
ivations On the other hand if the
cotton gets in the- grass, and it is
necessary to go deep to destroy the
gras*, then the plants arc retard
ed.
off by tho plant.
Weevils prefer the squares to
bolls for egg depositing.
The larvae are often killed in
Urge numbers by the heat ami di
rect raya of the sun, sometimes
during dry and hot periods U0 per
cent of tho larvae are killed in
this manner. Squares ‘hat hang
to the plant have the larvae con
tained therein killed quicker in
this manner than those that ere
thrown to the ground, and squares
that lie on thJ surface of the
ground havo tho larvae killed
quicker than those covered by soil.
Boll weevils are not attracted at
ght by lights-
Boll weevils have biting mouth
parts, they do not suck.
There arc many sp<y ics of wee
vils that arc often mistaken for
boll weevils.
Direct mcthal of control arc
picking un ana destroying squares
rnd dustbg wiih calcium arsenate.
Berton Braley’s
Daily Poem
SAVOR OF SALT
Dy Berton Braley
Oh, the breeze blowa salt from the
ocean reaches
Where the graybacks roll and the
gray guli screeches,
And it’s I would sail the salt seas
• over,
A deep-sea salt and an ocean
jover.
a£ingj
MI
dyes and
in one®oper«i(iQn
31 beauflfuf
colors
every's/ftere
It’s I would hear the taut stays
singing *
And watch the stars, from the
forcton Swinging,
With salt spray flying, tho salt
wind shrieking,.
The white Wake boiling, tho steel
plates creaking!
Where shall we go for our honey
mooning?
Not where the soft land-breeze is
crooning,
But out at sea, out ' at sea to
gether,
Salt sea-lovers in the salt sea
weather.
For It's you that know how the
great deep calls you
And'that have no fear of srbU fete
v. befalls you,
s?wc M^h d i^. whcwth *
With the smack of aalt in
care-free kisses.
It costs
ho more
to buy a
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owner who hasn’t*, heard
For this reason a good many
people have the mistaken idea
that KELLYS cost more, than
ordinary tires.
Compare tire prices and you’ll
find it costs no more to buy a
Kelly.
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