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Ed. Note.—This I* one of t se
ries of articles written by a staff
correspondent about the many
prosperous smaller towns In
Athens territory. Prosperity Is
coming to this section through
diversified farming and In the de
velopment of many small Indus
tries, which Is reflected In the
splendid growth of many of
these towns,
Madison, Ga.
(Third Installment)
AT THE CITY OF
MADISON, GA.:
A Brag Agricultural
" School
Excellent Churches
Well Attended
: Active Women’s
' on - -
Hudson Claims
Wife Shot Boys
Misses Nettie and Willis
Jones Have Let Contract
For Improvements.
Athens is to have another beauti
ful recreation center. The erectXr
of a large dancing pavilion and V ,
construction of a large lake a i
Organizations
A, Lire and Progressive
Board of Trade
i *
Plans Being Made for
a Fall Fair
(By Henry F. 3axon)
Madisoti, Os.—There la now
coorae of construction at the Eighth
District A. and U. school a girls’ dor
mitory which will cost In the neigh
borhood 0t 126,000, and will afford a
• most splendid' living place lor the
girls in attendance at the school. It Is
• felt that 'Die money expended for the
maintenance of this school will not be
without reward to the future genera
tions, all argument by pessimist* ana
othsr “disorginlzers” to the contrary
notwithstanding. It Is believed and
felt by the Vast majority of people
S ho favoif the agricultural and voca-
onal schools that such is an Invest-
msat well worth the while, and the
antagonistic views of a few people tn
the state .are being noticed with a
feeling of alarm not unmixed with
scorn;| for It is difficult to understand
Why, in this enlightened age, there
ara some who are opposing the most
nasfnl education which will lit the
boys and girls to flgbt the battles
and pursue the ways which beckon
them in this life. “Really,” as ex
pression was made, "It is a species
of narrow-mlndetlnoss.’’
j There .Were 120 pupils enrolled at
the school the pest term, and It is
looked for this number to be largely
increased during the coming terms.
The school Is doing a magnificent
work end Is worthy the unqualified
support Of the citltena of Morgan
. county and of the state.
Prof, a F. Qay Is principal at the
school and Mr. V. P. Corbett fs In
charge of tbe horticultural depart
ment. ssfcjsted by a competent corps
S^SSpoPof school mffttifs«Mad-
Ison: There It erected In "one corner
of the old courthouse square a moim*
meat to the memory of a man, aa re*
(trred to before In these Install*
mpnta, whose heart went out to the
/indigent orphan children of the com
munity and for whose benefit he be*
queathed a part of his accumulated
swimming pool on the, new Lexitig
road Is to be beguu at an early
by Misses Nettie and Willis Jf
of Athens. When completed it | <
pected that the new center will t *
of tbe most popular amua ©nt
places In this section for /
"ind
leading citizens and their wiy i
children, r ^
The Davis Construction company
has been awarded the contract aud,
according to statements made by
them on Monday, the new project will
be completed within a few weeks.
Work will begin this week on the lake
and will be followed by the construe
tion of the dancing pavilion.
The site of the new recreation cen
ter is only about a mile outside the
city limits and is ideally located on
the beautiful new Lexington roaQ,
which is to be opened Friday.
According to a statement ma3e
Monday by Miss Jones, a small ad
mission is to be charged for the ben
efits of the place and only an exclu
sive class will be invited to attefid.
One of the best novelty orchestras in
this section will furnish the music
for the dancing, and the swimming
pool and bath houses will be the very
latest and modern in design.
First Bomb Test
Against Capital
Ship Made Today
fortune, that , they might have novan-
- os of education. Inscriptions ™
, monument tell the tale of this
splendid gentleman's ambitions, who
left an endowment of $100,000 for
"the education of Indigent white or
phans of the county,” end the in
terest frpm this endowment Is today
being used to socb beneficial pur
pose. -
The monument fiends a granll*
shaft, but a'more lasting monument (b
erected to bis memory through tbe
Uv«a of the hundreds of boys and
. (Continued on Page 2)
DEATH OF INFANT.
Elizabeth, the 6-montbs-old
Sarah Elia
daughter of Mr. and Mm H.
lied at the home of her
nt*. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. E-
J Tuesday night at 2:40
owing a short illness of
Whooping cough and stomach trouble.
The funeral services will be bold
Wednesday afternoon at 6 O’clock at
• the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. E.
Church St 74$ North Jackson street,
the Rev. Dr. Walter Anthony being
In charge. Interment will he made
to the Oco/tea cemetery.
(By Associated Prest)
Newport News, July 19.—The llrst
real test between aircraft and a bat
tleship will be made off the Virginia
capes tomorrow, whea army, navy
and marine corps aviators will at
tempt to sink the former Gorman bat
tleship Osttrlcslnnd with bombs rang
ing from 250 to 1.000 pounds. Thus
far airmen have sunk every ship at
tacked, but because of the superior
armor protection and vastly greater
/>t-n pf the Qstf riesland, many naval
Officers who have watched too testa
expressed doubt tonight that tomor
row’s attack will be successful.
(By Associated Press)
Macon, Ga., July 19.—Glenn
Moore Hudson, accused by hie
wife of killln, hie two etep-sone
at the Hudson home near Albany
last week, declared today that aha
shot the boys, according to Sher
iff O. F. Tarver, of Albany, and
R. P. Hall, clerk of the euperlor
court, who visited Hudson In the
jail here.
"My wife wae angry because
the two boyt had taken a Water
melon she had forbidden them to
have, and shot them to death,”
Hudson said. The killing took
place while he was In a pasture
about a quarter of a mile from the
house early In the morning, he
said, and en route tb town later
hie wife admitted the killing.
n CROP WILL BE EXTENDED By
GENERAL TAX ACT
Nothing to Capital
Removal Bill
(Special to The Banner)
Atlanta, Ga., July 19.—Hon. Henry
McCord, one of Atlanta’* foremost
bankers, made the charge this morn
ing at the meeting of the house cfgn-
mlttee on public prppertles that there
l« not and never ha* been anything
to the “so-called capital removal
movement except a lot of hlghly-pald
propaganda by e few people to Ma
con," and there hae nerer ■ been
"anybody intereetqd In it save
three or foty counties right around
Bibb.” . ' ,
That committee took the same cut-
and-dried action taken yesterday by
the senate public properties commit
tee, and recommended for passage
the Atlanta commute*’* bill provid
ing for the stle or exchange of the
governor’s mansion, amending it *o
as to Include two member* of the
senate and three of the house.
The measure will be substituted
when It reaches the floor of the
house by the bill by Mr. Beck, of Car-
roll, so fixing it that the mansion
property canpot be traded or told, but
may be leased under certain corral
lions.
The Banner Now
Located Hancock
The Banner news and editorial
rooms are now located in The H8P
aid’s new building on East Hancock
avenue, the buUding • on Lumpkin
street that has tor eo many years
been occupied by The Banner having
been vacated nn Monday.
All communications for The Ban
ner hereafter Should he. brought to
The Herald or phonek to number
1216. ri :
Puts a Poll Tax on Womeh
Which Is Expected to
Raise $250,000.
(Special to The Banner)
Atlanta, Ga., July 19.—Today, in tba
senate, In connection with the Intro
duction of the general tax act, Mr.
Culpepper, who Is handling the meas
ure, made the statement that tbe bill
as drawn does not Include the pro
posed tax of a cent a gallon on gaso
line. Because of the opposition
which has sprung up on those propo
sals, he said, the matter was not con-
sldsred by the committee and If any
thing Is to be done on either If will
be by separate legislation. Tbe bill
puts a poll tax on women, which la
expected to raise (260,000, and other
Increases and additions which will
raise another (260,000 Include (1 per
room per year on hotels, (16 to (-V
a year on cafes and restaurants, (50
e year on all dealers In cigars at re
tail, (260 a year on dealers In automo
bile Urea and accessories at retail
and (25 a year on wholesale dealers,
(100 a year on stevedores, (10 to (100
year on dealers on coal, coke or
wood, (5 to (100 per month on mo
tion pictures and vaudeville theaters.
The bill, as Introduced, was refer-
Announcement Follows the
Meeting of Governors of
Banks in Cotton Belt.
I LLOYD-GEORGE TO ATTEND
• WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
| LIMITATION ARMAMENTS
(By Associated Press)
| London, July 19.—It la announc- j
I ©d ,as provisionally arranged that ■
| Premier Lloyd-George will attend j
| the Washington conference on |
| limitation of armaments. i
4 V
STAND TELLS DF
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D, c., July 19.—Fur
ther credit for harvesting aud mar
keting of the coming cotton crop will
be extended in whatever, amount
legitimately required, it was an*
nounced tonight by the federal re 1 State Throws Its Whole
serve board and governors ol the re- Strength j n Prosecution
ASPHALT IS FREE
Fordney Tells Democrats
They Can Amend Tariff
By House Contro^^,.^.
servo banks of Atlanta, Richmond,
Dallas and Kansas City.
The announcement was made after
a meeting of the governors of the
reserve banks in the cotton belt seek
ing to formulate a uniform policy on
cotton loans for orderly marketing
the i\ew crop.
It was decided credit would be ex
tended either directly to member
banks by the reserve banks or indi
rectly to non-member banks through
member banks.
These loans will be made by the
federal reserve banks upon notes,
drafts and bills of exchange issued
ci drawn in accordance with terms
of the federal reserve act and regu
lations of the federal reserve board
for harvesting or orderly marketing
of the coining cotton crop, the an
nouncement added.
"In order, however, that these re
discount facilities of the federal re
serve banks may be made fully ef
fective it will be necessary that mem
ber banks in cotton states place their
loaning facilities freely at the dis
posal of cotton producers and deal
ers in their respective localities with
the knowledge and assurance
Of Players.
(By Associated!Press)
Chicago, 111., July 19.—The state
today turned Its full strength Into
the prosecution of the Chicago White
Sox baseball players and others
charged with conspiracy to throw
the 1919 world’s aeries, sending Bill
Burns, who admitted being an accom
plice ol_the defendants an<T turned
state’s evidence in return for Immu
nity, to the stand to tell the Inside
story of the reported sell-out of the
game’s greatest players to gamblers
who wanted the series thrown to CTn
clnnatf.
Bums, who was about a third
through hts story when court
journed,' was on the stand long
enough to name Arnold Rotbsteln, ot
New York; Abe Attell, former feath
erweight champion, and David Zel
zer, of Des Moines, one of the de
fendants; Billy Maharg, of Philadel
phia, and himself as among the or
ganizers ot the alleged conspiracy.
Burns described numerous meet
ings between the players and alleged
fixers and said the athletes agreed
that! to make the series "made to order”
the federal reserve board and federal on throwing the games aa desired.
reserve banks will recognize the ur-
red to the committee and la expected geacy of rendering all proper assist-
to come back tomorrow tor a eocona
reading and will be called up tot
passage by Mr. Culpepper on Thuri
day.
Gov. Harding Asks
Federal Reserve
Board Investigated
Executive Committee of Clarke County
Fair to Meet This Afternoon At 4 O’clock
Definite plans and a working pro- bera: John,A. Darwin, chairman
| or , th « Clarke county fatr.| w Ca „ 0 „ BecreUry . of th , chamber
which is to be one of the biggest ex- . _ . _ ....
positions of Us kind ever held In the ol Commerce, A. Rhode*, W. O. Urtf-
south, will be perfected at the meet-j feth, Howard Scott and Hugh White;
lag of the executive fair committee, °i the Woman’* club, Mr*. C. M. Snoll-
In the Chamber of Commerce rooms! Ing. Mrs. A. 8. Parker, Mrs. E. K.
this afternoon at 4 o’clock. It Is the Hodgson. Jr.; of tbe Rottry club, H.
wish ol Chairman Darwin that every A. Nix; of the Klwtni* dub, W. F.
member of the committee'be present. Dorsey; of the Advertising dub, M.
this afternoon, In view of the fact G. Michael; of th* Clsrk* County
that some very Important mattras
relative to the big project will be
taken up.
According to the tentative plan*
tbat have been adopted and the big
program that Is being worked out,
the Clarke county fair this fall will
surpass anything of Us kind, ever
held In the state. Already It has been
decided to have a number of Inter
esting features tn connection with the
Farm bureau, Jnm*« W. Morton; of
the University, Chancellor David 6.
Barrow; ot »a Agricultural college,
Dr. A. M- Soulo; of the State Normal
Bchool, Dr. J. M. Pound; of Lucy
Cobb Institute, Miu Mildred. Ruther
ford; ot the city board of education,
O. O. Bond; of ill* rural school*,
Capt. T. H, Dozier; of city council,
Mayor Andrew C. Erwin and A. E.
Davison; of th* Athene Auto associa-
falr, Including a number of tent at- 1 tlon, F. J. Lawler; of th* Athena In-
tractions. actors, airplane and bat- i surance association, T. L. Mitchell;
loon ascensions, races, etc. of the Bankers’ association, J. Warren
The dates ana site ot the fair have Smith; of the Elks lodge, Arthur Fla-
not as yet been definitely decided
upon, but It Is expected that these
will be fixed in the Immediate ruture.
The executive committee ot the fair
Is composed of the following mem-
tau; ol tba press, Dan H Maglll; ot
the county farm demonstrators, Jones
Purcell and Miss Annl* Ms* Wood;
publicity, John M, Drewry and Mrs.
E. W. Carroll.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., July 19.—uor-
ernor Harding, of the federal reserve
board, with the approval of Secretary
Mellon, has asked congress to Inves
tigate operations of the board ana
the .reserve system, and Chairman
McFadden, of the house banking and
currency committee, today Introduces
a resolution to comply with the ta~t
quest.
McFadden said- the Investigation
iwould cover every phase of activi
ties of the board, its twelve reserve
banks and branch banks over ■ pe
riod ot deflation of the last eighteen
months, If tbe .house approved of g*
lug Into what he described as a "mess
of charges aud accusations of dis
criminations coming mostly from
tbe south and west.”
ance to these important Interests dur
ing such abnormal times.”
Governor Strong, of the New York
Reserve’ bank, and representatives ot
certain New York member banks, at
tending the conference, said it was
their opinion that the proposed estab
lishment ot a fund by various com
mercial banks for making cotton
loans-was “neither necessary nor de
sirable” at the present time, but
strong and important New York In
stlfutiobs assured him if tbe facili
ties offered.hy, thfe revorx%tiqjijts and
the war finance corporotlbn were
Inadequate they would ?o-operate In
establishing a cotton loan fund in
whatever amount the situation de
manded.
$500,000 to Be
Advanced South
Washington, D. C., July 19.—The
agreement to make an advance or
(600,000 to a southern exporter to
finance the exportation of approxt-
matsly 12.000 bales ot cotton was An
nounced Tuesday by a finance cor
poration. The cotton, the corpora-
tlon said, would be from Georgia.
South Carolina and North Carolina.
Under this loan the cotton will be
held In warehouses for export within
the period of six months.
HOME FINANCING
WOULD ALSO BE
VERY DESIRABLE.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C„ July 19.—Pro
vision for home financing, in addi
tion to what Is available through
ordinary banking channels In We
cotton territory, would be desirable
under the present unusual condi
tion*, according to replies received
today to a questionnaire sent to bank
ers by Secretaries Mellon and Hoo
ver and Eugene Meyer. Jr., manag
ing director of the war finance cor
poration.
Suspects Released
In Watson Murder
Case Investigation
(Dy Associated Press)
Mllledgevllle, Ga., July 19.—All five
suspects held in connection with (Tie
renewal of the inquiry into the deatn
two years sgo of Carl Watson were
released this afternoon, utter the
grand jury concluded the investiga
tion without returning any indict
ments.
Department Orders
Report Withheld
From Publication
(By Associated Press)
New Orleans, La., July 19.—Henry
Mooney, federal district attorney, to
day received Instructions from tha
department of Justice to withhold
from publication the report of the
prohibition agents her*.
The reason Is unannounced. In
vestigation followed the alleged file-
gat seizure ot liquors and tbe claims
nf persons that when It wos ordered
returned to them they received bottles
of grape juice and water Instead of
liquor.
(By Associated Press) ’
Washington, fo. C., July/.-jAW^he
house finished consideration of' the
contested schedules In the Fordngy
tariff bill today by placing asphklt
pn the free list and thus, to four of
-five paragraphs open ho a separate
vote, overruled the action ot its ways
and means committee In framing-the
'measure. Dye control provisions were
the only ones not upset by the hottt*
votea ,,
After disposing with asphalt the
house began consideration of various
perfecting amendment* which the
committee deemed necessary and
made slight Increases In duty on dried
beans and shelled almonds before it
was stopped by a long parliamentary
fight.
Chairman Fordney finally told th*
democrats they could amend th* tar
iff when they got control Of <Se
house and not before.
Endeavors Will
Entertain Tonight
*
The First Christian church
this evening, at 8:30 o’clock, be !the
scene of one of the moat delightful
entertainments ever staged, whdn
the Endeavor society of that church
puts on their silver tea. A special
program, which Includes reading*. ■
violin solors and other interssttog
numbers, will be rendered. Follow
ing the regular program than will
be a carnival affair In the basement
of the church. A number of booth*
attractively decorated with a good
looking girl on the Inside ot each,
likewise attractively decorated, Witt
dispense candy, cold drinks, peanuts,
etc. • ...
No admission la to be charged and
tbe public la cordially invited tO; b*
present at the church at S:20 o’clodg.
A Jolly good time awaits everyone
who attends. „ ^ • j '
Millions Be Saved
In Appropriations
■—T- -: WifcMifliMM
(By Associated Press)- -H
■Washington. D. C„ July 19.—Esti
mated saving of approximately (112,-
900,000 can be effected In appropria
tions of tour billion dollars available
for government expenditure* during
the current fiscal year, President
Harding was Informed today bjr J(B-
rector of the Budget Dawea.
WHO’S WHO
JULIAN 8CUD6ER GOETCHIUS
IN ROTARY
By CHA8. E. MARTIN.
JULIAN SCUDDER GOETCHIUS 1 mer home, where he waa mayor, Pt*9"
waa born in Mllledgevllle, Ga., flfft Ident of the leading bank, director
was reared by his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. M. Scudder, In Athens,
where he. resided until he left the
University of Georgia In 1892. He
graduated from Llncoln-Jeflereon col
lege In 1912 with a B. L. degree. He
is a member of the ,9. A. E. IrnWr
ulty, an elder in the Flrat Presbyte
rian church here, Is a Mason, Shrlner,
Knights Templar and member of Pe
Cloverhurst Country club. After
twenty-five years' connection with the
Matbieson Alkali Works, a (10.0UO.-
000 corporation ot Saltvllle, Va„ he
has returned to Athens, his first love,
to live. He has taken the lead In
affairs here just a* he did In hla tor-
in a number of big corporations -apd
prominent In all war activities dur
ing the period of hostilities. In Athafeg
now he Is vice president sndtfeM*
urer of the Mallleon Braided. COto
Mill and la a director In the/Osp»|l*
National and the American ■ State
banks. Just now he Is due to b*
fishing with the “Uncle Remus,gt)d
Aunt Dinah Houseboat Club” some
where off the coast of North Caro
lina, and la probably listening to 1 Mr.
John Wilkins tell a big fish taM. -.HiS
business address Is the Ml Ills on
Braided Cord company and hla uptn*
Is 480 Mllledge avenue. Hi* WrV
day is June 14th. ■
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I ■ ; Getting An Efficient Servant These Days Is An Ordeal. (Copyright 1921, By H. C. Fisher, Trademark Reg..U. S. Pat. Office.)
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