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The Athens Republique
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Devoted to the Religious, the Educational,'and the Industrial Development of the Colored* Race
Vol. 111.
Johnson and ' ‘
Wills to Fight
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(By The Associate# Negro Press.)
Newark, N. J. Nov. 7—Jack
Johnson, former heavyweight
champion, and Harry Wills hate
been hiatched for a 12-round come
together here sometime -arotmd
Thanksgiving Day, it was learned
last Monday. ” - ** ■
■Before a definite date can be set
Johnson will have to dispose of a
little, personal matter with the
Stkte boxing ! comYuissibii.- Some :
years ago the exchampion was
barred from appearing in this
State as *well as several" others
after he ran afoiil df the Matin Act.
However, since Johnson lias ex
ploited his crime and there is' a
general movement to Jet tip on
hihci it is believed' that the com
mission will lift the ban and put
its'stamp of approval on thebout.
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ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
' NOT WANTED
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■ (By Asseoiated Negro Press) i
Montgomery, Ala. Nov. 7—The
Roosevelt memorial tree* planted
on the Alabama capitol lawn by
tfth Boy Sbomtslast Friday, myster
iously disappeared Thursday night
of this week, and in its place the
night watchman found a note
typewritten which read:
. Official Cretan for the Jeruel baptist Association
' ATHENS', ‘GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1922
“Montgomery., A|a., — Get this
Alabama:
“To all concerned:
i “The Daughters.of the. Confer
eracy are our■mo tb er s ( war
•mothers) and* this is the south.
There are no trees in honor , of
Souehern Gentiemeu in the capii
>tol yard at Washington, and our
war mothers do not wont this.one
heri?.” m ?■ .i . . •>
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YELLOW PERIL NOT ABATED
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(By the Associated Negro Tress
Chicago, 111., Nov. 7 —The next
war will find the yellow race wip
ing out the white with powerful
gasses and superfeveloped air
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planes unless western civilization
pnites to nip all war plans in the
bud. Will Irwin, author and lec
turer, said in an address before
the Service Star. .League Ccnven
tioiGhere.
* The woil§ war brought three
great development, ” said Mr. Ir
win. 1 “First, it brought brains
into the work of killing men.
Second, it abrogated the code of
civilized warfare, during away
with the man to man fair fight
and substituting the nation and
nation catch as catcq can warfare.
Third*, it developed a !gun! which
now nas a 400-mile' range—tbis
!gun! being the modern, wireless
siteered airplane.
“These things, with the power
ful new gasses, which kill on con
tact, mean that in the next war
the infantryman will have little
in the way cf firearms. Instead
he \vi i carry a gas grenade.
‘ They mean that fvcn a half
way successful attack on any city
—New York, for example—vould
wipeout all form of life within
twenty-four hours.
“I don’t think the next war
will come before a generation, but
it- is coming surely, unless the
civili/f d nations uniteag» inst war.
“When it does come, it will be
east against wast —Japan and the
ottnr yell.»w race against white
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civilization. ' * i j
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KLAN MEM “GO OH FOR?VtR”
15y the Associated Negro Pres 3
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W clii'a, Kans., Nov. 7 —A let
ter of intimidation, * ritteu on a
h tterhead purporting to b<? the
official stationery of the. Ku Klux
Klan, was received by W. A. Bet
ts, .editor of the WICHITA PRO
TEST here. The letter, which
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was unsigned, failed to intimidate
Bettis, who says that it will not
effe t his stand in any wav,.. , §
The letter was written under
the folio* ing letter head: ,
“The Most Sublime ; .in All His
tory, Commemorating and Perpet
uating As It Does the MosfeDaunt
leas Organization Known to Man.”
IMPERIAL PALACE
Invisible Empire
KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX
KLAN
Department of Propagation,
Realm of Kansas.
The letter fellows;
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