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VOLUME LXXXIX.
E8TABLI8HEO 1832
"U8E GEORGIA PRODUCTS” ATHENS, OA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1821.
‘•USE GEORGIA PRODUCTS”
89 YEARS OLD
7 price five cents
GEORGIA MEETS MERCER THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:30 O’CLOCK'
GUERIEfcA^VARFARE BREAKS OUT AGAIN MpNGO COUNTY
STATE NORMAfi SCHOOL EMERGENCY FUND STILL GROWING
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MMEM iSTIITEPOUCEH FIRE TRUCK HITS
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FARM BUREAU TO DEPUff SHERIFFS TAXI WHICH ENTERS
WIN 80TH GAMES
Yesterday’s Victory Was
Not a Decisive One But f
Score Ended 5-4.
PANTONE MAY BE
SENT IN TODAY
Game Today Will Open at
4:30 and Saturday’s Con
test 30 Minutes Earlier.
CHICK,” AN,<5
MEET ATLANTA 16
Will Discuss Subject of Cot
ton Marketing Plan for
' Georgia Farmers.
Georgia succeeded iu removing the
Jinx that haa been on their trail for
the lent few weeks and copped the
gerund game from the Washington and
.^ee “Generala” by the ?core of 5 to 4.
It waa not a decdulve victory and for
• tl/ne it looked a» if victory would
iest with the Invaders. x
Like the game Wednesday, tli 1 af-
l.lr yesterday was listless and unex-
iltlftg. . The Georgia .team tightened
considerably, making but esc inir-
play, while the "Generals" had four
• hulked up to their credit. Both 1
teams connected for a large number |
of safe bingles. The "Gen.-rals"
touched Frost for seven safe hit-,
two of which were lor three bast-a.
Tbo Georgia batters hit Patrick for
nips safeties. George Clark obtaining
two doublts out of this number,
Switzer, the "Generals'" right
fielder, led with the willow, obtaining
Charles Evans, Jr., better known
as "Chick." our amateur golf champ,
sails for England to compete'In th
big tournament this summer. H L
expected that bb and his compatriots,
who hnvo already left, will make It
i warm for the British atari. I
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ATHENS AD. CLUB
UK-
The Advertising club of Athens will
tor*
Meting saffly twice.
Tha game started off with the odds
clubs of the world by a strong dele
gation consisting of practloally Its en>
In favor of the visitors, who tallied | tiro membership. This organization
(By AMoclated Prcaa)
Atlanta, Gd„ May- 12.—Considera
tion of a number of Important sub
jects will be given hy the meeting of
the advisory board of the aeorgla
Firm Bureau federation at Its spe
cial called meeting Monday. May IS.
In the headquarters of the bureau in
the Chamber of Commerce building
here. -
Grim Mountains Are Being
Combed ip * Rid Brush of
Men Firing on Towns.
SPRIGG MERCHANT
KILLED BY SHOT
Rumors of Other Killings
and Wounding Received
But Cannot Be Verified.
(By Associated Press)
Williamson, W. Vu. May 12.—Uuo-
Ono of the most Important matter' r |p a warfare, with all Qdds apparent
to be acted upon will be the subject of 1 favor | fi)rcua 0I , p0il , n g the state,
a cotton marketing plan. Whether the / ’
farm bureau will attempt to launch a * 8 bc,nK waRed tonight in 'the grim
plan at this time, or to co-operate mountains of the strike-torn 1 Mingo
with other bodies, will be determined (county coal Held.
at- the meeting. [ Beginning soon after dawn thin
A number of legislative matters I morning at the little raining town of • to malicious and willful criminals who
will be brouglit before the advisory Merrlmac, four mil:s up the Tug turnin false alarms. The guilty party
board members, arid It Is exported 1 1 * vor f rom bere * u fusillade of .shots j deserves clialngang sentences . and
that the meeting will adopt a legisla- wa * P° ured * rQni * be mountainside; ,, uc || s i, 0 uld be imposed. Not only is
AVENUE AHEAD OF IT
Firemen' Were Answering
False Call Box 45 When
Car Came Into Prince.
A serious accident wqs narrowly
averted last night when Eire Truck
No. 1 was answering, a false alarm of
Ore turned In from Box No. 45, nt the
corner of Cobb street, and Prince ave
nue, At the Intersection of Prince
nvcnuq and Barber street the big Are'
truck was making Its way to the fire
• all when ataxi owned by thn.Chafin
Taxicab Co. entered Prince avinue
from Barber street. The big track
swept a wheel from the taxi and de
molished other parts slightly. Con
siderable damage was done to tho Are
truck also, but it was not disabled
and kept on (Is way to the call, which
proved to be a false alarm.
Severe Punishment.
Severe punishment should be meted
FEDERATED CLUBS
Meeting ifi Atlanta of Fifth
District Clubs Yesterday
Endorsed Movement.
MONEY COMES IN
AS ENCOURAGEMENT
Representative DuBose Ex
plains Why Appropria-,
tions Failed Be Made.
Italy.
tlve pregram to bo Introduced at the successively 'nto Merrlmac, Raw),
coming session of the legislature. ! Bprlgg and Matewnn, W. Va, and Me-
President R. A. Kelley returned to L'nrr. Ky.
Atlanta this week after a ten-day trip
through South Georgia. He reported
that ho found the sentiment oinoiig
tbe farmers vastly Improved. He sail’
that In South Georgia he found a good
grain crop, and that all over the state
the farmers bad weathered the recent
cold anap, and tbe crops were show-;
WOAdruff. financial agent of
tho firm bureau alio returned from a
All nvalluble stale police anil dep
uty sheriffs Centered In Williamson
wore rushed to the scene hy train
ond automobile, hut, according to re
ports. they were unable up to late
tonight to ‘check the shooting.
Harry Cl Staton, state prohibition
officer and merchant at Sitrigg. *j/i
killed-by a kagst from the mountains;
Noah Phillips and a \young man
named Calvert, employes of tho Whltj
trip to 8avnnnah, anti Intermediary! Star Coal company's commissary at
points, nhd reported that he round j Merrlmac. were seriously -wounded,
many counties organizing federal' Humors of other killings and wound-
' inly farm ‘loan associations. Tho i ings wore received. by state police,
Georgia Farm -Bureau federation la lut were unverified,
pushing tills work, and Its financial! Tonight a little handful of state po-
Ptent, Mr: Woodruff, will be glad toiMce. about twenty in number. Is re-
...iu. I-—.,.. «* — - ported working taeir way, over the
mcuiitaltis, seeking to get above, and
outfiauk their hidden foes, which the
authorities said Is virtually thfi only
This hazardous adventure la led by
Capt. J. R. Brockus. commander of the
state police of tbe Williamson dis
trict. A score of deputy sheriffs, nn;
der Chief Deputy John S. Hall, are’
co-operating with Btuckus and hit
men. " . • ‘
Today’s outbrtuk. tho worst s'-ncu
the Matewan haul - last May, In
which ten wero kll.jd, had all tho ap
pearance of a pre arranged affair.
GOVERNOR MOT.GAN
8KS FEDERAL-AID
ANDLE SITUATION.
(By Atsoelatsd Press)
Charleston, W. Va.. May 12.—Jbv-.
or Morgan tonight responded to a
iest of Mingo county officials, pud
the war department for fedcfid
to restore order In MinRp
y, whose officials advised tbe
there great danger In making runs to
calls to property and automohller and j
vehicles, but the greatest danger la tor
life. Every fireman has his life am
dafigered with every run be'.makes, f
besides there Is more or losi danger I
to tho thoughtless who gets In the |
right-of-way of the trucks.
Cases Should Be Made.
The.practice of citltens (ollnwlng
tho lira trucks Jo. calls In automobiles
should he.
danger In
causing-tbe fire tracks to, detour on
many occasions In ordar;to avoid run
ning 'Into citizens’ care. An ordi
nance prohibiting sufb - practices
shoe Id be passed by tbe city council
and Ita enforcement should be-drastln.'
sum
means that the MiStnmn, m*h Hmn
Chicago,
ll expo
iaa tho
yertls
illsh'
mittee Follows
Where It Ended
(By Aazoelated Praia)
Washington, D., G\. Moy 1!.—The
trull of tbe hut-ltd pot of,gold of Gro
ver-C. BenfdoJI. draft fipdger, which
the homo investigating committee Is
trying to pirfi up. ended today in tbe
Kitchen of the,Bergdolf home in Phila
delphia,. where It draa last seen by
Vaihcs E. Ramlg, who took the gold
there from the United States treasury.
eyes
nor they were unable ta .efipsL ] tom |(, K dqclaied.be never aet t
the eituation. r on th b go m afttp- fie: dumped it
itatament from tho governor’s of- , h( , kitchen floor, aliB sdlfl. Berg
Dally the women of Georgia Indt-
Latcst photograph of Sir 'tk-orgo | vidually and as they come together In
Buchanan. British ambassador' to j weetlngli allrt aseetnbllea of variona
( clubs and organizations over the state
I are giving unqualified endorsement
| and personal aid In tbe way of con-
| tilhutlons to the emergency fund
tarted upon suggestion of Mr*,
icorge A. Mell, of Athene, to relievo
‘he financial rrlsls faced by the State
-formal school.
Yesterday In Atlantl the federated
women)* clubs of the, fifth district In
session In Atlanta unanimously en
dorsed the movement. Tble action
-vaa telephoned to Mrs. Moll by Mrs.
Hugh Wlllet, well known Atlanta
club woman, who la personally inter
filed and la doing all eht, can to aid
the fund.- ,
Today it Jackson tbo federated'
dubs of the sixth -district will bo In
lesslon, and It Is understood that they
vlll also endorse It.
For the benefit of many who have
■eked questions about-the failure of
the legislature to properly provide far
tho school at tbo 1910 session, Mrs.
Mell yesterday secured a statement
Torn Hon. Toombs DnBo'se, represin-
atlve of Clarke county, who says:
Dear Mrs. Mell:
Replying to your requeet I beg to
ulvlre that the general appropriation
hill for 1919,. carried 370,000 per an-
-turn for the maintenance fund for the .
State Normal school for the' years
1920 and 1931.
supporters In general. I In the session of 1920, the hoard of
The Chance, for Mercer to give the!
Baptists In -Confident Moot
1 of Taking Red and Bliicl
I Measure Twice^^_, ^4;
• ■ (By C. E. Baker) t
Maron, Ga„ May 13.—With the N la«
four games played chalked up as vie
Jorles anil determined to wreak ven
jgeanco ou their deadliest enemy, tic
■Merc r university baseball team wll'
Invade Athenq on Friday and Satur
finr uf this week for a return serle-
of Wo games with the Red and Black
The last four games, two with th.
University of South Carolina and twi
with tha Washington and Lee “Gen
erals," have b en nifty exhibitions o
the national pastime from Mercer’
point of vlow, tbe locals playing r
Jqm-up style of game and thereby re
gtalttfiiK confidence in themselves snt
support of Macon fandom and Mercer
T™,W,Wi„rr Pnn, and Black aggregation a trim i ■” . w<>ul11 . not
House Invesbgating Com- ming AtfieilH are exceedingly.hrigm| "y*..***. e,p *. n T!7
It There
tonight said: "The greater
t of the firing came from the
:ky side,” and that it le under
ifficlals In Pike county asked
ir Morrow also to appeal for
Id. Reports to the governor
were killed.
jfl.Bcrgdolt
started to tell him once what he nad
done with the gold, blit" be' refused
to listen. . .
Rarming, 70 years oU, awaiting sen
tence on -convletloq of aiding Berg-
doll to escape, was in a laughing mood
throughout his testimony and kept the
committee In a roar of laughter at bis
replies. He said Bqrgdoll's mother
carried most of the gold certificates
to the treasury In-hers lockings, de
spite tbe fact they-made a, large roll.
Sthdlanlu|f^r»e
and 11 I* not too much to expect tho, the achoolrand atked for a apeclal ap-
prange and Black atalwarta to make j prppriatlon of WO.000. The house
It two straights snd thus even up the ‘5 1 * tb ? " ,n *, to '* dow "
count for the season with the locals', I 324.000- Then the waiter In Its reg-
niost deadly enemy. With Mercer | u, * r orlI( 'E, ®* n * to * conference com-
playing the ball she has been playing i mHtee. The horse refused to cob-
the past two weeks, there le every c «c ln the senate amendment and the
reason to -bellevn that Coach Cody's
lads will give Coach White's men a
couple - of drubbings In the contests
Friday and Saturday.
■ The writer Is Informed upon good
authority that when tho locals stack
appropriation together with many
others was lost.
When the senate refused to pass tho
Income tax bill and amendment to tbo
Highway bill aa, pasted by the house,
the ndvocates of these measures In tho
house took control of matters and re-
up against the died and Black In "““7 ,
Athena this week there will be nn un t " 8t ' d t0 <'°n | ’iir_ In any senste amend-
Athens this week there will be nn un
usually large number of rooters from
tho Mercer student body nn hand to
cheer their team on to victory-
Meters. I*. W. Hardy, "Iks" Cowart
and J. P. Hlghsmlth constitute a com
mittee among the students that lias
for Its aim the assembling of 400 stu
dents lo [ide a special train for tbe
Classic City when the Orange and
r (Continued on Pago 3)
ments and all were tabled. The fail
ure 'of these appropriation measures
was not due to any objection to tbe
appropriations per se but to the fight
between the two branches of tbe leg
islature.
Trusting that thl* le the Informa
tion you deatre end with beet wlsbee
tor the aucceee of your campaign, I am.
Very truly youra,
TOOMBS DU BOSS.
MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE
EMERGENCY FUND STATE NORMAL ON
b, Any College Is ! * - THE FORM BELOW AND MAIL TODAY
. Offered For Essay aoA.
(Special, to The Banner)
Atlanta; Ga„' May JJ.—Announce
ment I* mjide tro thwattte educational
department today ofracilpt of notice
pf-a scholarship offered by U. 3. Fire
stone, of four yeife’ln. any college
or university selected, hy the winner,
for tbe best essay of GW. words on tbe
subject of ."Good Roads and Highway
Transport.” Tho competition- Is open
to all high school students In thu
United States, only one scholarship to
be awarded. . ’ '
It la similar to the competition last
year on the snbject qf “Ship bv
Truck.” In which 100400 high school
students compete!. r-
The competition to being handled by
the Highway Transport Education
committee In Washington, in connec
tion with the National. Automobile
Chamber of Commerce.
GEORGE A. JlELD. Chairman. •
‘,1 enclose herein 3 l® haatet In keeping.
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the State Normal Schaol open.for Georgia's future teachers and acbool
children until the legislature can appropriate money (or Its maintenance
• Signed
Put tbe above In an envelope with your contribution and mall It to Mr*.
George A. Melf. 857 Mtlledge avenue. Athens. Georgia, or to EMERGENCY
FUND, Caro the Athena Savings Bank. Athens. Georgia.
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