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VOLUME 34—NUMBER 29 SHIP WHICH WENT , hbe 111 Tier No Indications That Fur ness-Prince Line Freighter Siberian Prince Will Break Up, But Will be Floated. Seattle, Wash., July 30.—With the Salvage tug Algerine standing by and preparations being made to lighter her cargo, the Furness-Prince Line freighter Siberian Prince which went ashore near Race Rock and Bentin iek Island near Victoria, B. C., yes terday morning still was in tact to day with no indications of breaking up. It is believed she eventually 'will be floated without difficulty. Salvage operations may require several weeks, due to the fact that the grain in the hold must be sack ed in order to be lightered. N’o trace has yet bfcn found of the unidentified ship reported in distress early yesterday at the mouth of the straits of Juan de Fuca, by the Tatoosh, government weather bureau vessel. It is believ ed in sonic marine quarters that the boat which w-is said to be drifting helplessly may be the unidentified steamer which ran down the bark entine Monterey in the straits ear ly Saturday morning disappearing in the darkness. Another theory is that an old derelict may have drift ed in from the Ocean, mishaps during the last three days as a result of the defense fog over hanging the vicinity of Puget Sound and the straits, include the trans port Henderson, carrying President Harding which ran into the destroy er Zeilin Friday morning, the Bark entine Monterey, victim of a collis ion with an unidentified steamer early Saturday morning, the ferry boat motor princess grounded Sat urday noon seventy miles inside the straights of San Juan de Fuca and the Mitsua, freighter Mandsan Maru and the steamschooncr Ranier which collided Saturday. VISITING PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER. The pulpit of the A. R. Presby terian Church in Louisville was ably filled by Rev. Nelson of White Oak, Ga., Rev. Nelson was the guest of Mr. W. L. Phillips while in the city. Services will be held Sunday Au gust the fifth in the Presbyterian Church by Rev. M. B Grier of Lona y-ille, Ga. I* BEES STARVE TO DEATH London.—A shortage of honey la imminent owing to the lateness of flowers, myriads and bees having starved to death. r enrolls a .you Why waste any more time longing for the pleasures you can get out of a Ford Car? Start now to make the Touring Car or any other type you may select, your own. Soon you will have it to drive anywhere you want to go—camping —visiting —picnick- ing—or to your work. Under the terms of the Ford Weekly Pur chase Plan you can enroll for as little as $5. We will deposit your payments in a local bank at interest. You can add a little every week. Soon the payments plus the interest, will make the car yours. You will be surprised how little time it really takes to get a Ford after you make the start. Don’t put it off—Enroll today. Come in and let us give you full particulars. & LOUISVILLE MOTOR CO. Authorized Ford Dealers THE NEWS AND FARMER LOUISVILLE MEN COMMENDED Recent tragic events have awaken ed the public of Georgia to the danger lurking in old, wooden, rambling school structures—Miss Elizabeth Holt, State Building Sup ervisor, has recently issued this statement: “To entirely correct the condi tions of such buildings that are de trimental to the health of general welfare of the pupils, it would be necessary to replace them by mod ern, well-planned school houses, lo cated under a system of well-de veloped consolidation of schools. However, for many reasons it would be unwise to undertake this in a wholesale way at this time. Without a doubt, though, no time should be lost in making such fire traps safe by means of suitable and adequate exits. On the reverse of this sheet there is a working drawing that may be used with slight modifications, per haps, for fire escapes on such build ings. We shall be glad to advice School Boards and Superintendents in re gard to the proper types and lo cations of fire escapes, if they will sent us the floor plans of the build ings. Pencil drawings made to an eighth or a quarter inch scale wili answer the purpose.” The following personal letter written by Miss Holt who is very popular in this community, as re ceived here: Blyth, R. F. D. Ga., July 21, 1923. Judge ,1. W. White, Louisville, Ga. My Dear Judge White I have been intending for some time to write to thank you for sending me the copy of the News and Farmer, but lately I have been terribly rushed with my work. Howe\-er, I believe that you know that I really do thank you for your thoughtful ness and kindness to me in this and at all limes. We arc very proud of Mr. John R. Phillips for getting our fire hazard hill through the Sen ate. I suppose that you know about it. Tomorrow I will be in Atlanta, and Monday, and I will see him about it again, and will write you jqst how it is now. Sincerely, ELIZABETH G. HOLT. HENDERSON RAMS SHIP Seattle, Wash., July 31. —The Uni ted States Navy transport Hender son, which carried President Hard ing and his party to Alaska, was the “unidentified” steamer which early last Saturday rammed the five mast ed barkentine Monterey in a dense fog in the strait of Guan Fuca, it was learned at the Puget Sound Na vy Yard at Bremerton, near here to day. DOES NOT AGREE ON MANDATORY EFFECT Of APPRQPITION However, Governor Walker Will Not Seek to Go Behind An Executive Action of Governor Hardwick. Atlanta, July 31.—Governor Wal ker will not seek to go behind an executive action of Governor Hard wick, but differs with his predeces sor in regard to the mandatory ef fect of an action of the legislature in making an appropriation for com mon schools. At the same time he says, in a written answer to the sen ate resolution by Senator Lankford, asking for his construction of the 50 per cent clause in the appropria tion bill, that he considers it legal and binding insofar as its effect comes within the term of his admin istration. The governor, though calls attention to the fact that there is open to debate just what is meant by the state's “revenue,” and asks that tlie legislature enact something that will clearly define that one word. The question revolves around the several specific funds raised by statute and which arc set aside for specific purposes. He names the au tomobile tag fund as one of these, and the point made is that this can not class as “revenue' in the mean ing of common school appropria tion. Governor Walker points out. though, that it would be better for the legislature to he specific rather than general in matters of this kind, and says: “I take the liberty to sug gest for your consideration the wis dom of fixing a definite sum to be appropriated to the common schools, and the making of proper provision for the prompt payment of the ap propriation. Should Repeal Act. “It follows, of course, that the present legislature should repeal the Act of August 10, 1010, or provide the funds required to carry it into effect.’* That is the Lankford Act setting aside one-half of all the state’s income over and above 98,- 500.000 for the common schools. In his reply to the Lankford Sen ate resolution, calling on him for specific interpretation of the “fifty per cent clause'' of the 1922 and 1923 appropriation bill, as well as the same clause in the hill now un der process of enactment, the Gov ernor says: “Categorically answering the ques tions submitted in the resolution. “(a> I construe the Act of Au gust 19, 1919, and the Act based thereon making appropriations for the years 1922 and 1923, includiing the proviso quoted, to-wit. ‘provid ed that should the revenue of the state exceed $8,500,000 per year, then one-half of the excess of each of said years is hereby appropriated in ad dition to the above appropriation in accordance with the act approved August 19, 1919,’ as legal and bind ing. “(b) Considering the appropria tions referred to, including the pro viso. to be legal and binding and a part of the appropriations made to the common schools, unless other wise instructed by the general as sembly I shall direct that all the revenues of the state for the year 1923, in excess of the sum of $8,500,- 000 be allocated one-half to the com mon school and one-half to the gene ral fund. The law presumes the act ion of my predecessor for the year 1922 to be proper and legal, and unless otherwise directed by the leg islature. I shall not go back of that action. Legal and Binding. “(c) I intend to treat the proviso referred to as legal and binding if incorporated in the General Appro priations Act of 1924-1925. “Having answered specifically the questions submitted in the resolu tion. I deem it my duty to call at tention to the fact that there can be a great difference of opinion as to the meaning of the word ‘revenue’ as used in the Genera! Appropria tion Act. It is but fair to say that I am informed by the chairman of the appropration committee of the house that the word here used is in terpreted by the committee as mean ing all revenue of the state not ap plied to specific purposes by law. all such specific funds to be exempted; as, for example, automobile tag li cense fees, and 1-cent gasoline tax. If the General Assembly should not agree with this interpretation, I ask that expression be made of that fact. Indeed, because of the difficulty in arriving at the true amount of the revenue of the state, however inter preted, and the almost certain dif ferences of opinion to arise, with consequent serious embarrassment. I take the liberty to suggest for your consideration the wisdom of fixing a definite sum to be appropriated to the common schools and making the proper provision for the prompt payment of the appropriation. “It follows, of course, that the present legislature should repeal the Act of August 19. 1919, or provide the funds required to carry it into effect. This must not be done by placing any further burdens on the owners of real estate, or other tan gible property. This class cannot pay and additional taxes. There are now pending measures which will levy' upon other classes of property taxes sufficient to meet every need of the government. If there be add ed a corps of enforcement officials to enforce and report delinquent tax es we will have no trouble in secur ing ample funds. I urge the Gene ral Assembly to complete the good work alrJadv begun by enacting such measures into law.’’ Orders taken for Fudge, Divinity and Brown Sugar Candv. Mildred Phillips. LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2. 1923 BUY LOUISVILLE REAL ESTATE Twelve blocks of town lots —suitable for residence or manufacturing purposes. One hundred and sixty-six acres farm land and pas ture land at your door in City of Louisville. Railroad frontage, all the advan tages of accessibility to city waterworks, lights, schools, with running arte sian wells on the property, all city conveniences at Time: 10:00 o’clock a. m., Sale to highest bidder, hand. Wednesday, September 4. 1923. Place: On the property to be sold, beginning on block -17, corner Wilson and Third Streets, just below T. B. Kelley Lumber Com pany’s plant, near Louis ville and Wadley Railroad right of way. Plat recorded for your in formation in office, W. S. Murphy, clerk, and on file for your inspection in City Office. SHOULD EDUCATE THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD Is Message to all Baptist Women. Stockholm, July 26.—1f the Baptist women of the world seize their present opportunity for the service of their generation they will adopt as their slogan “Educate the women of all lands,'* Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery, of Rochester, X. Y.. and former president of the North ern Baptist Convention, told the Baptist World Alliance today dur ing its special program given over to the consideration of women's work. “When you educate a man you lib erate an individual, hut when you educate a woman you liberate a fam ily,” Mrs. Montgomery declared, and she said Baptist women of the world were performing no more signifi cant service for womankind today than through their Home and For eign Mission Societies in establish ing schools for the education of wo men to whom doors of opportunity have been closed heretofore. Seven schools of higher learning in the Orient are supported by the Wo men's Board of Foreign Missions, the speaker pointed out, while the women of various denominations and countries are co-operating in the support of 18 schools in the Orient which have for their sole purpose the provision of a trained Christian leadcrsip for the women of that section of the world. A fund of for these schools was recently completed in the United States under the leadership of Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, of Boston. Christ was the great emancipator of women, Mrs. Montgomery declar ed, and in the proportion that the women of the world are educated and trained for service will the Kingdom of Christ he ushered in. With the larger education of wo-; men there have come larger oppor tunities in organizations and serv ice, it was set forth, and recent re forms in temperance and other wel fare lines indicate the effectiveness I of woman’s power, once she is liber ated and trained, it was declared. > ME TO SHIP WHISKEY mm Business Circular Says Plan Offers Opportunity of Mak ing 20 Per Cent. Profit Every Sixty Days. London, July 31.—A business cir cular is being distributed here in the name of Sir Broderick Hartwell, a veteran of the South African and World Wars, inviting investment in a scheme for shipping whiskey abroad. The plan, says the circular, offers “an opportunity of makinig a 20 per cent profit on the capital every sixty days.” The paper asserts that 5.000 cases of whiskey will be shipped within the next four weeks and that ar rangements have been made to trans port thereafter 10 000 cases monthly, payment for which is guaranteed on arrival at a point 20 miles from shore. The circular leaves the in vestor to guess what shore is meant, but the Daily News says it is the American. “My idea is to run a ship on the Ocean” Sir Broderick told the Daily Mail. “I am simply exporting whis key, having already got people to buy it at a fixed price. Every bottle is guaranteed to be real stuff. The cost to transport it will be about 3,000 pounds so we want to take as much as possible. The cargo will be fully insured and there will be no risk or loss.' Sir Broderick added that the liquor would be unloaded into small craft which will meet his ship. KILLED IN COLLISION (By the Associated Press) Berlin, July 31.—Twenty-seven persons are reported killed and twenty-five injured in a collision today- between the Hamburg-Munich express and a stationary train at Krienaen station, near Cassel. NOVEL BASE BALL GAME IN BARTOW Fats Versus Leans, Spon sored By Woman's Club. A novel ball game will he played in Bartow Thursday afternoon when the Fats will meet the Leans on the local baseball diamond, good sport, and much fun is promised. The game will be played under the aus pices of the Bartow Woman’s (dub. which organization bespeaks a large attendance. Admisison ten and twenty-five cents. smpressTonofthe UNIVERSITY OF GA. SUMMER SCHOOL As one enters the campus of the University of Georgia he is impress ed with the fine spirit of work and determination on the part of the entire student body. You cannot but feel here are a group of determined students, whose zeal for knowledge makes them forget the hot summer weather. Athens is undobutcdly the finest city of its size in the state of Georgia and nowhere do you find the spirit of graft, hut all the busi ness men seem to know that these 2,181 students are here to get the maximum of education for the min imum amount of cost- Dr. Joseph Stewart, the efficient director of the summer school, is a real artist when it comes to enter taining strangers. One cannot help hut feel that he is at home, after meeting Dr. Stewart with his broad smile and hearty handshake. You cannot measure the amount of good along religious lines you derive from hearing Dr. Morgan for a week give his lectures on the Christ of the Fourth Gospel. After hearing Dr. Morgan you feel that ; surely here is a man that “walks with god.” The music is under the direction ; of Dr. George F. Granberrv, of New York City, and it has never been better in the history of the univer | sity. It is indeed a treat to all music i lovers to listen to the recitals given under this artist’s direction. The county school superintend i cut's conference will he an annual | occasion each year and where there were sixty present this year there 1 will he more each year as the super ;intendents begin to realize the real value these conferences are in help ing you work out problems that j come up each day in your work. I shall be glad when it will be come possible for every teacher in I our county to attend summer school i somewhere each summer. A teacher attending summer j school has the opportunity to ob ! serve the latest methods of teach ! ing and thus it enables them to get a broader vision of their work and make their school more attractive for the children. The time has al ready come in some counties in Georgia where every teacher before they can teach must be a graduate of a standard college and attend summer school each summer, with the work they arc to take prescrib ed by the Board of Education. The time is almost at hand when this ruling will be universal in the United States. MILTON R. LITTLE, County School Superintendent, Jefferson County. Changes in Teacher’s Examination Attention is again called to the fact that the regular state examina tion for teachers will be held at the courthouse on Friday and Saturday, August 3rd and 4th, at 8:30 o'clock. Primary and elementary examina tion and also the reading course for the primary and elementary exam ination will be given on Friday, Au gust 3rd. Examination will close on Saturday at 1 o’clock. MILTON R. LITTLE, County’ School Superintendent. DRAFT TREATY II THREE LANGUAGES Turko-American Treaty to Be Drawn up in French, English and Turkish, With French as Official Text. Lausanne, July 30—The Turko- American treaty will be drafted in three different languages—French, English and Turkish, with French as the official text —if an agreement is reached here as now appears in creasingly probable. The American and Turkish representatives, again wrestled with the claims on the question last night without coming to an agreement, but arranging for another meeting to be held today. It is regarded as possible that a solution may be formed by insert ing a clause in the treaty stipulat ing that American claims will be examined by two appraisers, one a Turk, the other an American. If these should fail to reach an agree ment they would be empowered to decide a method of settlement. Joseph C. Grew and Ismet Pasha, who are conducting the treaty ne gotiations, seem pre-disposed to midnight conference after the day’s labors of the experts are terminat ed the two representatives usually converse directly in French. AMBASSADOR TO SAIL. (By The Associated Press.) Paris. July 31.—Ambassador Her rick will sail Saturday on the liner Paris for a month's holiday at home. His son, Parmalee, and his son’s wife will accompany him. The ambassador’s visit is to be without political significance and he expects to return here before the French parliament reassembles after its summer recess. ADVERSE BEPOBT IS EXPECTED 01 MICII BILL Resolution Calls For Defer ence Until 1924 all Action on Constitutional Tax Re forr- Measures. VOTE YESTERDAY WAS CLOSER THAN EXPECTED Motion Will he Made to Dis agree to Report Immediate ly After House Rules Com mittee Makes It. Atlanta. Ga.. July 31.—The house rules committee will, tomorrow morning, report adversely on the McMichael-Flcming resolution to defer to 1924 all action on constitu tional tax reform measures, and im mediately a motion will he made to disagree, to the report It devel oped this afternoon that the vote in the committee was even closer than reported earlier in the day; nine members voting against the bill and eight for it. In order that the appropriations bill might be completed this afternoon- -as it was —one of the authors agreed that the committee report be deferred until tomorrow morning, and at that time a fight will be made to put the resolution over. If it should he adopted, in the face of Governor Walker’s speech today, it will hold up all further action, since the entire question is now in possession of the house, the senate having already passed on both the income tax and the proposition to classify property. Do Not Want Convicts According to statements made by former Governor Nat E. Harris, the inmates of the Confederate Soldiers' Home have made vigorous protest against the use at that place of con victs. Some time ago a number of convicts were assigned to the home by the state prison commission, upon request of the home authori ties, to do work about the place and in large measure to wait upon the old veterans. When an effort was made to remove them, the manage ment of the home objected, on the ground that such help is essential and without the free labor of con victs, the maintenance fund would not permit the employment of such service as would be needed. Governor Harris says, however, that the old veterans admit the con victs are assigned them for that pur pose, hut their objection is on the ground that they do not desire to be associated, in their declining years, with a criminal class, and while the management of the home may have asked for the convicts, the inmates do not want them. Statements have been made by some of the inmates that some of the convicts have been given better quarters than are assigned to the inmates themselves, and stories are told of other objections made by the inmates. Adopt Resolution The state senate today called up and adopted the McMichael resolu tion for an investigation of the highway department, in lieu of the Pace substitute, after a moving statement by President Carswell and Senator Pace. The paper already having passed the house, this means final action on it and that Repre sentative McMichael will be a mem ber of the investigating committee. Senator Pace, asking adoption of the McMichael paper, said: “As au thor of the original resolution call-; ing for investigation of the highway department—which was adopted the second day of the session—and as author of the pending substitute: which was unanimously adopted by the committee, I now ask you to adopt the house resolution of the gentleman from Marion instead of mine. My personal convictions in the matter have not changed. I think the McMichael resolution con- j tains improper references and ! charges. I am still of the opinion a man should not make such \ charges, declare them to be true and then sit in trial on his own charges: but I want an investigation, full and fair, of every detail of management of that department. The chairman and the chief engineer have appeal ed to us for an investigation, fully j and impartial I believe my people want such an investigation. This is i no time for form or words. The! two houses are disagreed, and for my part I am ready to yield and adopt the house resolution. If the expenses and operations of the de partment are proper, the charges can soon be dispelled, and the cloud raised by the house resolution can be lifted.” The house now has the senate resolution for investigation of the agricultural department, which con flicts with a similar one offered in the house, and it is quite likely a similar solution will work out on that divergent proposition, by the house taking the senate proposal as j the senate today did the house pro posal. i TEXTILE TRAINS Charlotte, N. C„ July 31.—Three j special textile trains, to be loaded j exclusively with products of Carolina { mills, will be operated by the South- j ern Railway, beginning tomorrow, { says an announcement made today j from the Southern’s offices here. Two of the trains will run from | Greenville, S. C., one to Potomac yards and one to Pinner’s Point, Ca-, j and the third will be operated from ( Spencer, N. C, to Cincinnati, Louis ville and East St. Louis: No ship ments except those for points out side the south will be handled on j these trains. 1 Jefferson Representative Makes a Record Harris of Louisville Takes Teachers Stand in House. Hon. B. V Harris, representative from Jefferson County, is making i quite a record for himself in the house. His speeches have been wide-: ly quoted city dailies with favorable v / . and bills intro duced by hr.’.' V / eing widely dis cussed. / \ BICHMOI BY II CLOUDBURST Just How Many Thousands of Dollars of Damage Can Not Be Stated With Any Degree of Accuracy. Richmond, Va , July 31. Thou sands of dollars damage, just how many thousands could not he stated with any degree of accuracy early today, was caused by a cloudburst and electrical storm here last night during which the local weather bu reau reported l.\\ inches of rainfail. Scores of persons were rendered 1 temporary if not permanently home less; stores, residences, manufac turing plants and other places in the low lying sections of the city were flooded and much damage was done to buildings, hridges, railroad tracks, roads and streets by the water which reached a depth of ten feet in front of the Union Station. At other points 15 feet were re corded, according to fire depart ment officials who were occupied for more than six hours in rescuing scores of persons from their homes. , So far as could he learned early to day no lives were lost, although one man is missing and estimates of the damage range from 9250,000 to 9500,000. The rainfall, more than two inches greater than the previous high record of 5.13 inches establish ed in 1910, caused Shockoe creek, long a cause of much worry and many damage suits against the city, to overflow its hanks and flood many buildings for several blocks away. Several fires broke out at the height of the storm, causing much damage before firemen, who were giving their attention to rescu ing persons marooned in their homes by the highwaters could be gotten to the scene of the blazes. CANNIBALS KILL 3 W HITES Faisi, Solomon Islands—Three Frenchmen Were killed and eaten by cannibals on the west coast of Ma laita Island in July. The Great Oak, That From a Little Acorn Grew Founded over 27 years ago, with a capital stock of only $1,500.00, this busi ness has grown, and grown, until now we have a drug business second to none in this section of Georgia. While public confidence is the foundation of this large and growing business, public con fidence has been generated through unvary ing SINCERITY on our part. Our customers know that we could not af ford to lower our standards of conducting this store, when we have this proud record of 27 years of SINCERITY to uphold. Hie Louisville Drug Cos. The Store Louisville, Georgia. “Going Since 1896—Growing All the Time.” $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE?! BALTIMORE FLOOD RESCUES ITS CRESIi! H Rescue Parties Fight througl.l Darkness, Rising Waters t<'j Save Families Whosi.J Houses Were Marooned. ,- j Baltimore, July 31.—After causin * exceedingly heavy damage to prop*! erty. the flood which swept, counties west and northwest o j Baltimore, reached it c crest earl; I this morning and slowly started t J recede. '3 The flood was caused by cloud-’C hursts and a series of thunderstorm 1 1 causing the Patapsco River to over 1 ! flow its hanks late yesterday after f noon. carr> ing bridges and before it and driving hundreds families from their homes. Rescue parties fought through thql darkness and rising waters to sav.jj families whose homes were maroon,,! ed. Town after town was throwigj into darkness making work by res I cue parties very difficult. ij In addition families were forceea to abandon their homes, others whej sought refuge on upper floors har. j to be rescued by neighbors. Barn.'! and livestock were swept away iKi the swiftly flowing current. Mill 4! and power plants were flooded am I their machinery wrecked. WhoH j sections of railroad tracks were tori' , j up and whirled away. *] WELL KNOWN YOUTH ' IS HELD IN AIKEN Charged With Conspiracy tc Violate Dry Law. Aiken, S. C., July 31.—Christie' Lanham, well known white youth of North Augusta, was arrested by U* S. Deputy Marshall A. .T. BobelskjL late Monday night and placed ir charge of the Aiken sheriff on : warrant issued by the government officials. Young Lanham is chargee* with “conspiracy with divers per] sons to violate the prohibition law.'* It seems thai the youth mounted! a motorcycle on July 20 according to the charge, and dashed off to a camp of distillers to sound warning: of the approach of Federal Officer Fooshec and others who were about? to raid the moonshine camp, en- i abling the distillers to make escape The lad was winner of a recent exciting motorcycle race, and is? prominently connected in Aikenl and Edgefield counties. He was permitted bond this morning in the sum of 9800 by U. S District Com missioner Thos. R. Morgan, Mark? Baynham of North Augusta acting as bondsman. Young Lanham de-* nies the charge against him.