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Notae—This It one of .1 ae-
f article* written Gy a staff
correspondent about' the many
prosperous smaller, towns In
Athene territory. Prosperity le
coming to this section through
diversified farming and In the de
velopment of many small Indus
| tries, 'Which I* reflected In the
splendid growth of many of
Lhasa towns.
p Commerce, Ga.
VOLUME LXXXIX
89 YEARS OLD ATHENS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22. 1921 ESTABT.TSHF.TV 1832
ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
(First Installment)
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— COMMERCE, GEORGIA: |
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Excellent Light and
Water Systems ;
Ah Important Cotton *
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Market '
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peach Growing a |
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Big Industry |
1- Largest "Home-Owned" !
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Cotton Mill In i
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the World <1 t
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8,000 Mile Chase Conducted
By Women To Bring Murderer
To Trial And Certain Penalty
T (By Henry F. Saxon)
Commerce, Oa.—Commerce, a pro
! greaslre and thriving little city, Is lo
cated eighteen miles from Athens. In
Jackaon county, on the line of the
• Southern railway.
The name by which the settlement
. was known In Its earlier days vfSi
“Harmony Grovd," and by many peo-
pie It Is more familiarly thought of
” to this day by that name.
The city as a settlement had Its be
ginning In the early forties, and was
Incorporated in 1883. The original
name of the place, Harmony Grove,
originated from a popular picnic site.
: where people gathered In the olden
^ days to pold their holiday festivals.
The present name was chosen about
the year 1903 and was adopted be-
: cause of the site offering such great
promise of commercial activities, and
the choosing has proven wonderfully
apropos for. Indeed, Commerce Is a
center of commercial activity beyond
- many cities of Its size.
The first settlers of the hamlet
. were C. W. Hood,-IS. M. Shanklc and
, W. B. J. Hardman. C. W. Hood wgk
y father of Mr. C. J. Hood, who Is to-
f day one of tho largest peach growers
land shippers In the city.
• - From an humble beginning the set*
, tlemont steadily lias grown until to
day Its population numbers around
* 2,500. and there arc many Important
;-aud thriving Industries' within Us
■ borders.
f There ere many handBome homes
.In the city and Us streets are won-
..'derfnlly shaded by magnificent trees
set In regular alignment.
■BffflBrai
.^ped to Increase this distance.
: : Toadways right in the city are not In
keeping with Its other appearances,
■ being neglected fnore than they
-.' Should be. However, the roads lead
ing Into and away from the city
through the county, are aa fine as can
: | be made and wilt stand equal show
ing with roads In other counties ot
S equal build.
There are excellent electric light
ing. water supply knd sewerage ays-
iema at Copimerce, all of which are
municipally owned, ond the people ol
Commerce enjoy low water and light-
rates. The water supply Is ob-
tnlned from a creek about two miles
distant from tho town, which Is so
situated that the (Unger of contaml-
, nation la remote.
- • -A Busy City.
There la an air of hustle and buttle
about the city which makes favors-
hip Impression, and this Is not mis
leading when one cornea to look
closer than with mere superficial
glance. However, up to compara
tively a few years ago Commerce had
not awakened to the wonderful op-
~ irtnnltiei . which lay at the - very
irt, but now the pity Is wide awake
and progressing rapidly. With live
and energetic citlzena, such aa com
pose the leadership' among its mer
chants, It la not to he wondered at
that Commerce is advancing with un
faltering step.
.Important Cotton,Market.
Commerce enJoyB a large and pro!-
; ItableL wagon trade, from a territory
of tonr counties—Banks, Franklin
Madison and Its l|ome county of Jack-
' - ton. This trade la fostered by there
dng no railroad connections Into tD«
iupty seats ot these counties and
the farmers from these districts come
, to Commerce to get the larger part
’.of their supplies and to dispose ot
their cotton and other products.
Commerce buys annually 20.U0U
cotton direct from the farm-
tho territory right from their
i delivered on the streets ot
Hie city or at warehouses and pays
The spot cash for same. The high
record of cotton ^ales by the farm-
ct We to buyers at Commerce was reach-
hd'in the month of October, 1819,
5*. when In a single day there were pur-
^'Ahiiged by the buyers of Commerce
BP*ir>alee.
»rfrv 5 Jackson county. It Is claimed, is
Snfjte second largest cotton county In
IpuKmW*. And this bids fair to bold
M^isopd; for the present year aa it has
gE held'for seVcral years in the peat.
. Tho cotton crop throughout the
K_Ajnmty tor this year looks tine und
-X tho 'prospects aro promising Tor a
■ larger crop despite the ravages of the
K toll'weevil, reduced acreage and cur-
f ’|E tainpent. ot ’' fertilizer application
HBfcvhlle 'the hell weevil has made Its
Ad has done consider*-..
Wo damasc. I am told that the damage
fg'too* t(y such a great an extent as
fVlqNr places; and, too, the plaot-
■UKm gaglng vigorous war again ft
Brazil' g’rain crop* for this yeaf-
^ete.—were good, but were
TnormaL.
crops, such as watermelons,
,;iia; » sic.
Next Five' Years Will
85 Per • Cent Sout#^ /
Mills Ceas* §7
GEORGIA FORESTRY 7 .
BOARD IS URGED
Greely and Pinchot'Address
Senate and Confer With
Hardwick.
(By Aasoolatad Press)
Atlanta. Ga.—Warnings that the
south Is cutting three times the
amount of timber she produces and
that unless steps are taken to pre
vent waste and fires and replace the
trees that tht next five years will see
85 per cent of the southern lumber
mill! cease Operations were Issued
today by Gifford Pinchot and W. B.
Greely, United States foresters.
Both delivered addresses before
the third southern forestry congress
and the Georgia senate and also con
ferred with Governor Hardwick re
garding the bill pending in the legis-
lature to create a state forestry
board, which would Investigate the
status of Oeorgla's forests.
Steps by all the southern states
to prevent denuding foresta were
urged by both.
that
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PACIFIC.
OCEAN
Bums Tells of Proposition
to Throw Series Made by
Cycotte.
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, JJ1.—The Chicago White
Sox players accused ot conspiring to
throw the 1919 world's series wdre
not approached on the deal by gam
biers or corrupted by a gambling
clique, but formulated the conspiracy
among themselves and went to New
Yorkers and former baseball playfrs
for financial backing. Bill Burns, ad
mitted accomplice and state's \^V
ness, testified today In the trial of
seven players and four others who
are under Indictment In the case
Eddie CicottA, former White Sox
pitcher, once rated among the best
in the American league, made a sell
out proposition to Burns and GaDdll,
and Cicotte then volunteered the In
formation that they could have the
series thrown lor J100.U00, Burns Ms-
tlfied.
POSTMASTER TO
NAMED LIEUT. COL
By GOV. HAWICK
Left, Judge kforence Aden; above,
Mrs. G. K. Tanner, and below, Mrs.
W. C. SLY. Map shows the ro
ute of the 8,000-mile police chase.
Cleveland. O.—Threo women have
put at least a temporary end to Cleve
land's unprecedented crime wave.
They did It by teaching criminals
that punishment in Cleveland could
be severe—and sure.
The certainty of punishment la
demonstrated by an 8,000 mile chase
from which police’ have returned
with two murder suspects—an inter
national chase with all the thrills «*»T
a Action detective story.
punishment
Si
MUa Nan Bradley.
Baton Rouge.—Girls, how would
you like to be an auto mechanic?
Miss Nan Bradley works at it. She
was the first girl to take the course
at the Louisiana State University.
She knows all about the technical end
of an engine .and can Ake one apart
and put it together again in a jiffy.
The Banner’s
New Comics
The Gumps
Mutt and Jeff *
They tell by actual count
there are, more people In Atbei
tereated In the daily doingB
A Jeff and The Gump,, tbaf
two other things In the w^^||
Watch them Rearfg
In The Banner ''
Every Morning
These two Famous
Comic Features.
ahded doyu in Je
rdcra.
Women in the Case.
The three women who., have ac
compltshed these things are.'
Miss .Florence Allen, common pleas
Judge.
Mrc. W. C. Sly, widow of the preal
dent of a* manufacturing concern
killed by highwaymen.
Mra. G. K. Fanner, widow of the
superintendent of the same plant
murdered at the same time. 1
The widows inspired the relentless
hunt; the’judge meted ott the first
death sentence.
On December SI, 192«, S|y and Fan
ner, carrying the $4,500 pay roll ot
their plant, were stopped by flee auto
bandits. When they resisted rob
bery, both were shot, the hold up men
escaping.
Widows of the two men Interested
the Cleveland-^-Automobile club, and
cfficfals took 'An active part with po
lice, .findnelng the hunt.
The "Funny Mouth:"
Witnesses said one of the bandits
"had a funny mouth." The descrip
tion aniwered a man named Frank
Motto, hr ho had been arrested for
fauto stealing and later released
Motto was found, questioned, charg
ed with the murder and tried before
Judge Florence Allen, the first worn-
-n to be elected to the common pleas
ench. »
After hearing the widows testify, a
iry found hint guilty of murder and
i Allen sentenced him to die In
electric chair.
believed the Jury'a verdict was
Jb^f,” says the woman Judge. "I f8ft
the ^horrence—hnore strong in wom
en than in men—to taking of a hu
man. -life.. But I knew 1 could not
weaken.
e, it appalled me, and 1 'dread-
moment. But when it came
I W not hesitate.”
Another Death Order,
Motto Implicated others,
iVerAT«**Bwrff»r flete?
tlves In San Francisco, returned,
tried and also iientenced to death In
connection with the Barne case.
Before these sentences, pay roll
robberies uverpged almost one I
week. There hasn't been one since.
Detective Phil Mooney, famous foA
Ills work In unraveling Black Hand
mysteries, learned from an Italian
friend that Dominick Benlgno ana
Charles Collett, two ot the other men
wanted, had. fled to Los Angeles.' Let-
terlj were Intercepted, showing they
were heading (or Guadalajara, Mex
ico. ' •' • ' r
No ■ city funds were available to
pursue the pair. Mrs. Sly again ap
pealed to the auto club. Officials,
after a conference, agreed to finandb
the trip,‘.
Into Old Mexico.
Detectives Matowltz end Carols
went to Loa Angeles and took up the
trail to Mexico. In Mexico City,
about to take a train to Guadalajara,
they ran into the fugitives on tile
street. .Seizing them before the sur
prised men could run. the detectIVbe
took them to Jail.
President Ohregou refused to allow
the men to be extradited.
- The fugitives appealed to the Ital
ian consul to aid them In reaching
either Italy or South America.
The detectives wired home for in
structlona. , Police sought the auto
club. "Follow them to the end ot
the world If necessary; we'll pay the
way,” officials told them.
Then began a thrilling two-montn
vigil. Matowltz and Cavola stood
twelve-hour guard watches over ttfh
men to prevent them from slipping
away.
Detectives Sick.
On a tip that Obregon planned to
spirit the men out of the country
across the Texas border. Detective
Koestle was rushed from Cleveland
to El Paso.
Later he Joined the other two In
Mexico. City and the weary twelve-
bfor'WKtalwi-welw-CTri'SowigBt.
c.-Th#e*fkw*re maintained regularly
despite the fact that both- Koestle
and Cavola were suffering from tropi
cal fever so badly that they, could
scarcely stand. ' jb>
Often the .'fugitives were released
by syMpatHMc Jailers, and the de
tectives had to shadow them until
they ;«bnld get another Jell to lock
ihemlih- , ,?,
Finally camodword that Obregon
bad ordered thd men deported ana
had purchased tickets for them frdm
Vera Crus to Spain on. the liner
MonserajL. The Cleveland detectives
trailed them to Vera Crus prepared
to follow them, to Spain.
Coup at -Vara Crux.
. By chance the liner Monterey,
bound for Havana and New York,
was alto lying in the harbor.
By a coop the officers got the two
fugitive* aboard the Monterey 1A-
stead of tbe Monaerat, and when they
sailed out of the harbor, all unwit
ting, they were headed for the Unften
States and Jail lnitead ot Spain and
freedom.
The constant strain over the two-
month period was to great that It
turned Koestle'* hair gray.
Office Tendered Him While
On Visit to National Cap
ital.
TAKES CHARGE
AUGUST FIRST
Tenure Will Be Only Tem
porary Pending Fmal Se
lection. -—' ,
Washington, D. C.—The postmaster
general's office announced today (he
appointment of Hugh J. Rowe, ot
Athena, Qa„ as postmaster ot the
Classic City. It Is understood that
the appointment is to be only tem
porary, pending final disposition of
the matter sometime during the coll
ing months.
Although Mr. Rowe wet in Wash
ington at the time the eppolntmant t
was made, he stated that the tender
ot the office came as somewhat of •
surprise to him, haying been callea
to the national capital on other busi
ness, and in which the present aft- j
pointment was not contemplated.
It was explained that the vacancy
occurred this week by the reelgda-
tion of J. H. Rucker, the past Incum
bent, and It waa not until today that
temporary dlipositlon of the ofltes
was contemplated, frlende ot Mr,
Rowe learning of hta presence In the
city and urging him to make applica
tion for the place.
Mr. Rowe la a well-known pub
lisher of Athens, having been asso
ciated with the newapaper business
of that city for a number of years
and being at present interestad lit
the ownership ot The Athens Banner.
His appointment Is to take effect AO-.
gust 1st.
Before the time for final dlepqfM-
tlon of the office it Is understood that
a number of other applicants will
seek the position, among whom fa
Mrs. Samuel J. Tribble, widow of the
late Congressmen Tribble, ot Athens,
and a general contest for the place la
expected to ensue.
Mr. Rowe, It 1* understood, will be
an applicant for the permanent ap
pointment.
Many Inspectors
*- Here on Annual
Official Visit
Sheppard Bill
Special Order
Senate Today
(By Ataeclated Press)
Washington, D. C.—The Sheppard
"baby bill,” providing government kid
In maternity and Infancy caaea, la
the special order of business tomor
row for the senate. The vote, under
unanimous consent; will be taken be-
tore adjournment, with Its passage
conceded. Senator Reed, of MlasoUkl
made a vehement attack on it today.
E. A. SCHILLER,
Prominent southern tbeauh-ai man,
who has been made s lieutenant colo
nel on the staff of Governor Hard
wick. Mr. 8cbiller represents the
Loew enterprises In the south and
routbweat and la well known In
Athena. He was largely, responsible
for the erection of the Palace Thea
ter here. His friends congratulate
him on bis newly acquired honor.
For the paat week there have been
more Inspectors In thoxjty of Athena
thBti ever before In its history'. 'This
Is the statement of Oho of the city's
leading druggists, Made late HMf-'"'.
day afternoon.
•Tnspoetorf'of ‘awry kind—all .tha
way from sanitary fo rorenuo Inspec- .
tors—have been flooding onr stoM ■»
tor the past ten days. We ran harigy
do business for them.” contlnnod tqls
druggist.
It seems that the revenue offleere •
and Inspectors are out on their an
nual “beat" to see that no one la
violating those laws made sacred Of
Uncle Skm's seal and signature. And
they have found that Athena, la a law-
abiding town—that la, aa far as tha
druggists are concerned.
WHO’S WHO
HENRY AU8TIN PENDERGRAPH
IN ROTARY
By CHAS. E. MARTIN.
HENRY AUSTIN PENDERGRAPH
Is from the good old "Tar Heel" state
and bails from Orange county, and it
(ain't been bo many years since he
was e star athlete at the University
ot North Carolina, where he ripped
holes through imposing football lines
from a tackle position and played
havoc with baseball nines from an
outfield position. He has been a res
ident of Athens two years now, com
ing here as commercial manager ot
the electric company, but he la ntfw
securities statesman for Doherty &
Co. "Pendy" baa not yet lost his
usual smile on account of the bnal-
nesa depression and every day • hq
converts some saver to making
money by the securities route He
has taken hold of a new venture in
Athens by the Doherty people and It
la hardly worth while to mention
that be Is making a success of It.
despite conditions. Hta address la
the Athena Railway and Electric com
pany. Hia home la on North MUlsdg^
avenue. He will celebrate hie next
birthday op September 24th.