The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, July 23, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textr Id*. ries.o • correspondent. about', t*e , prosperous, .mallei 1 j Athens territory, •Her »'fowpe. ' ItV % coming to 'This "eecU£ry^2roirjJh diversified farming »W,ln. th* de-. . vplopment of many small Indys- '. * tries, which If refiectejf.lrj the’ ■' . cturip*;#’ Commerce, Ga.’ ■ (Second Installment) t - ’ A * ' * t v tOMMERCE, GEORGIA: •.V Overall Factory of •* f Nation-wide* leputation (A Splendid, Modern . -.f’ Ice Plant frlatiy Large and Prosperous .• Hidustri^s * ■•frogreirslve ’ Merchants 89 YEARS OLD ATHENS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 23, ESTABLISHED 1832 . PRICE FIVE CENTS SHEPPARD BILL PASSED SENATE | IS SENT HOUSE ) (By Aksoclated Press) (• -Washington, D. C.—The SUep- “ Jd tiill, providing { or co-opera- ifi of-(be state &d federal gov- ments In ''protection of mater- \and •Infancy,'! teas passed to- ( bjr’ the senate at)d Bant to the j rceress Faces Death For “Black Magic” (By Henry F. Saxon) Overall Factory. V A,large' industry at Commerce Is that Of tho Cotnmerco Ovcralf Plant TTW# factory Is said by mnn who have travelled all over she country to be , the busiest factory" of Its kind In tne south. The plant’Is kept busy all 01 the tlmb mid tuna .fall time cVery wcektatho year at full capacity ■ The Commerce Overall’ oorapany was organized In 1917 with a'capital .. of JI75.000. Officers of the company K are: George T.'Htce, president; A. u. Hariiss, vice president: V. J. Hood, secretary and treasurer; F. E. Durst. . general, manager. " s |-V Geneyai Manager Durdt has entire . control <jf the factory, ns to Its work ing conditions, contract making.' sales •ffllee,'olc., and la doing a wonderful woffc He says that even with the de pressed times through which the coun- try and 4t* business plants ari,pac ing'(hst Ihe overall -factory is'going right uhe/d making new retracts -told disposing Of Ilf output. '■Recently i was consunuriatod a contract with a* largo western house tdr the manufacture of 5.000 dtiaen garments, and tho'Ailing of this rontfkct Is now n.eirlfig completion. These garments ' aro'bolng shipped to various points In Missouri. Kansas. Nebraska, Colo- ' tf r Oklahoma, Terms, llli- Oregoflahd Several south'- School of Foresi monstration Farms lUrged. Atlanta, da.—Disai new method of mai American Forestry J expressed In resoltp the closing session noqn of the Southern press and steps were ta’i) flclals of eight state foresf. Lons to form a federation organization!; ; . The- resolutions expressed ol to the American association ■ the control of Its'affairs from the membership and placing it 'In the hands of the directors; seven •whom are iappoinled for life wltn power to nominate the other eight. ‘ State-and federal co-operation in the preservation of forests, establish ment of a southern school o( forestry "and demonstration work on. farms was urged. Roy L. Hogue, of Jack- son,. Miss., lumberman, was elected president. The executive committee wilt choose the next convention, place. I INVESTIGATION , , (By Associated Press) Jonesboro, Arkk-James,Curry, bus- land of Mrs. Alma Curry, whose body, swlth that, of her 'daughter,. .Vsrn> .Curry,'waf .found in tjie wdods near here oiT Wednesday,- wga arrested to day atCarraway, Ark^atuTfatunied here.' ' He was ordgred held,on. a coro ner's warrant, pendlng"thg lqvestlga tidii- ‘ igitim.. -. •out 1 - Hibernians Ask fcec /to NevrFg: ^tidiicts Financing Ci oration. (By Associated Press) . Washington, D. C —Enlargement of the functions and, governing' board of: the war finance corporation fs pro posed In a bill being prepared, ac cording to intormsitlon reaching sen ators today, as a’ substitute, for tbe pending NorMs.blll to create a new farm products financing corporation. Secretaries Hoover and Wallace, Managing Director' Meyers, of the war finance Corporation, and treas ury officials (mV* prepared -ft substi tute MU, which Is now before .Secre tary Mellon for approval, which would give the corporation power to finance exports of, agricultural prod ucts and meet ttfo situation, It was reported. , * RIROIID DEBTS Understood Agreement, Has * Been Reached by Roads and Government. (By Afcocfated Press) Washington, D. C.-—President Harp ding will submit to . congress next Thursday the administration plan lor funding debts of ttys railroads to the government and meeting, Without ad ditional appropriations, tbe. claims 'ot the jroada growing out of federal eon troL ' ^ # v-*' Understanding his' been reached between the rpads and the adminis tration, it wgs learned today, to fa cilitate speedy, settlement * of . ear* rlers* claims without new arrange ment or modification of war-tfine con tracts. ’ * _ It was explained that tho trans portation act gives the president au thority to refund debts; but it was deemed advisable to -acquaint con gress with the methods under con- slderalon. * The roads are said to have, acceded *’ “ — Jfjl .{At government control. Cleveland, O.—Mrs. Emra* Cofc tore at o high price, and ascribed vitp, midwife and repptod sorceress; miraculous power to it. able figure in the Kaber hat* Mrs^ Dan Kar f life ini-' garments per woek, There are con stantly omployed at the plant ftftyf to fifty-five operatives, ntastly women and girls, and the monthly pay roll amounts to about $2,000. Working conditions at the factory are of the highest order, and the operatives employed here are of the highest class in character and ability. Tho operative**, as a class, are men and women of fine intelligence and good morality. The factory has been successful from tho start, has paid aunuai divi dends regularly and has weathered the storms of recent distressful times and fa now on sound footing. There are made at this plant as high class garments as it Is possible to turn out, and the factory enjoys a tine reputation for its goods, the demand for which is Increasing. Other Successful Industries. A brand-new' ice plant is in opera lion at Commerce, at which there ore manufactured daily twelve tons of ice This plant was organized in the fall of 1920, and building operations were completed and the manufacturing of tee commenced by the first of May oi this year. The plant sells all the Ice It can manufacture and makes extra truns to supply demands of the fruP growers and shippers. Dr. J. C. Verner is president of the tco company and Mr. J. B. Elrod is general manager. There are two oil mills at Com merce,. the Southern Cotton Oil com pany and the Farmers’ Oil Mill com pany, a locally-owned concern. The Farmers’ Oil Mill was organ Ired In 1902 with a capital of §27,000. Its officers are: W. II. T. Gillespie, president; II. O. Williford, vice presi dent; t\ M. Scoggins, secretary and treasurer. The mill is being oper ated at this time under lease by Messrs. L. L. Davis, A- P. Rice, Claude Montgomery, T. F. Wright and II. U Ritchie. . ^ The Commerce Fertilizer company was organized in 1911 with a capital of |1&,O0O. Officers of this company are: L. L. Davis, president; C. M. Scoggins, secretary and treasurer; W. M. Renton, superintendent. The company operates a mixing plant ann sells direct to the farmer. A roller flour mill has been In bper atlon at Commerce for about ten years. The mill is owned by M. A Benton and his Hon and is a great, in centive'to the farmers in wheal grow ing. Garge quantities of flour are ground at the mill. Also the m>H grinds corn. Business Houses, Etc. There is a very good hotel at Com merce, which caters to a good follow Ing. The hotel Is owned and operat ed by Mr.-ll. S. Bohannon. . k Thcraare two splendid newspaper* J pnblisMRL at Commerce,’ the Com t|jerreTffiws and the Commerce Ob server, each paper lining publisnert weekly and having about 1,000 circu lation teach. * Tho Common** News was estab lished thirty years wgo. Mr. J. R (Continued on Page 4) (By Associated Press) Detroit, Mich.—Declaring the peace of the world and freedom of the aehs depend upon independence for Ire land the Ancient Order of Hiber nians’ convention today adopted res olutions asking the president and congress to immediately reoognize the Irish republic. Another resolution denounced Rear Admiral Sims Montreal was chosen as the next convention city. The Banner’s New Comics The Gumps Mutt and Jeff They tell by ’ actual count that there are more people In Alhens In terested in the daily doings of Mutt & Jeff and The Gumps, than in any two other things In the world. Watch them Read In The Banner Every Morning These two Famous Comic Features. (By Associated Press) Scranton,. Pn.—More than persons were injured, one rzzxm La<- het>- this afternoon. cngiu.er, ot aided, died ,ot The inods norkmaly-W ljureif were Trainmen. The wreck oc-j curred when a baggage car Jumped the track and fell across the road- bed|| Is the now 'Sar !h«en seriWhced to prlsonment for the murder of her In valid 'husband, Da* Haber, In their flue Bbme at Lakeiiiad. '' lira; Mary Erie kid,' aged mother ot Mrs. Kaber,-and the'young daugHter. ,iMarian McArdle, Ited. one tor ' first-degree^ n arc .rfecognlzed. n» nating )Ir Kant Cain, •own ronfi'Uli Tlrea of Waiting. . ,- t Kaber’a body, when he died, was saturated with arsenic. Bat his wife had tired of waiting for "him to die. and had blrdd two assasslna to kffife him in his bed. The state wjll under take to , prove that the»o ’aasaesln, |■ ‘ v.jZ *■ Large .'Dancing Pavalion and .Beautiful Tea Kotmi. To Bfe Built'Soon. THIS FALL SEEK Correspondence Indicates That Even Larger Num ber Than Last Year Wil Attend. DORMITORYROOMS ALREADY TAKEN Funds Badly Neieded If Uni versity Is To ,Continue to Function Properly. From tho correspondence thht Is being received by Chancellor David C. Barrow, Dean C. M. Jndiiq# and Registrar T. W. I!eed, of the Univer sity of Georgia, it te believed that tho 1921-22 session at tliat inetitu- tlon will eclipse that of any prcvlonn >ear frofn tho starufpotet of;'ei,roil- mont. Already practically every room In tho three dormitories for 'boys haB been taken and .the problem,,ot cur- .... lug for tho Incnyised number of s(u- nil- dents who want to attend tWG8oig:a university has presented Itself al ready—two months before tha/open ing of tho Session on itepteitlbm' 21»* Whilo there ar* ettll • few- rooms left in the girls T >ir : - Agricultural bill. Ifu Indicates that thefe. wlU'! males in attendance at,|h/>I/Ji of Georgia than since tiinjac^i lirst opened to thorn.tjifow j Several additional conrs^M, i fcrc-d to (niverstty The. Clt: rally. -•Mrs.' promt sha-appears (to hAVB herself 'and the Ashurst Attacks House Action Regards Cotton (By Associated Press) Washington, D. C.—Open hearings on the Fordney tariff bill will start before the senate finance committee Monday, Chairman Penrose announc ed today. He said he hoped to com plete them in a fortnight and report the bill within a month from the time it passed the house. When the house bill reached the senate today, Senator Ashurst, demo crat from Arizona, gave notice that he intended to attack the house ac tion in placing cotton on the free Barnes National Golf Champion (By Associated Press) Washington. D. C—Jim Barnes, professional of Pelham, N. Y., won the national open golf championship here today with a score of 289 for seventy-two holes. Walter Hagen, of New York, and Fred McLeod, of Washington, tied for second, with 298; Chick Evans, na tional amateur champion, was next, with 202; Bobby Jones of Atlanta, Alex Smith of New London, Conn., Emmett French of Youngstown, O., were next in order, with 303 each. Relic o' This woman fs llltK one left over from the dark ages. She is compafeo to a medieval poisoner named To- fana, who soid to wives who wished to get rid of their husbands a poison which became widely known as Aqua Tofana. Mrs. Colavito seems to have re vived since 1910 a profession which belongs to 1610. The county prosecutor’s evidence against her has led him to reopen investigation of several almost forgot ten murders. This is In the belief that, assashins for these old murders may Jiave been provided by Mrs. Colavito. She had a reputation also, among the superstitious, as a worker of black magic. Or, as stated at the trial, as *'a woman who could kill by super natural means, through evil spirits.' Solicits "Black Art.’ r Mrs. Kaber had been inquiring, among fortune tellers she visited, for someone who would use super natural means to kill Dan Kaber. Finally she was brought to Mrs. Co lavito. • This woman fs short, dark nnd stout. There is nothing menacing in her appearance. Except for her eyes, which are sharp, she looks amiable, even placid. She disclaimed supernatural pow r - ers when called upon by Mrs, Kauer. She says she gave that wife only a mixture of ginger ale and ollvd oil as a death potion for Dan Kaber. But the prosecutors have testimony that she provided tho wife with ar senic. They are trying to learn it she Bold poisons to others. They know she sold others a harmless mix- phruse, "The Man Above.’’ Mrs. Kaber’s lawyers called ar alienist, who testified that her men tal development was less than tUat of nn ordinary child of 9, Her Strange Success. Even so, without early advantages, she had been able to finally to estab lish herself in a fine house, with do mestics and an automobile, founded and conducted a home for girl*, and after her husband was killed she opened a fashionable hat shopjn New York. Whatever her mentality, her moral and ethical Ideas were those of person yet more primitive than the medieval sort represented by Mrs. Colavito. Mrs. Kaber seems to have remain ed untouched by any of the social ideas which have developed In the last two thousand years. Her one thought seems to have been to get what she wished, and seems to have been without any modern scruples when setting about to get It. Wearied of Husband. She had tired of Dan Kaber. J She said she wanted to marry an other. Apparently her only reason for not divorcing her husband, in stead of killing him. was that she wanted the money she would inherit. Witnesses painted a picture of her sitting at his bed. forcing the sick man, against protests, to swallow strawberries she had sprinkled with arsenic. His suffering seemed to have aroused no pity In her. Rather, it Increased her resentment. Her primitive attitude of mind Is Illustrated by her calm announce ment to her mother, when assassins had been hired, that she had "de cided to have him ^killed.” The latest development in the way of recreation Venters for Athena the announcement that within a fen- days work yvill'be besutt pn (be orey watch, a ring and|iion of a large and beautiful dancing pavillion and tea room#, at Heb I icon Springs on tho.battiebiviUn t\ about four miles out from Alliens.' work will be completed and tho -thrown .open to re *b(;bn w ork materialize' *. 1addition to tjh* p*vfiRon and toaB rooms there are to be a number of other little buildings around the springs that will go towards making it an ideal resort both for the people of Athens and the tourists who. are passing that way. Shrubbery, flow ers, clinging vines, etc., will give a tinge of natural beauty to the place and mhke a favorite recreation Cen ter, for the young and old alike. According to the plans, as announc ed late Friday afternoon, the HeW? con Spring resort, when finished, will compare with any recreation resort In the state. The tea rooms will bo in the hands of experts and each day lunch and dinner will be served to the guests of the spring. The dancing pavillion will be under the most care ful supervision and will bo furnished with an up-to-date novelty orchestra, which will disseminate syncopated Jazz from time to time. The dancing floor at the pavillion is to be an ex tra fine piece of work—In fact, it is expected that when finished it will eclipse any floor around Athena. Work N on the project is to begin In the immediate future and the cen ter will be thrown open to the public within a few weeks ON EXPERTS TO STUDY SILESIA Tuesday Return Day For City Court of Athens Tuesday of next week will be re turn day for the August term of the cltv court of Athens. This will be the last day on which suits for the August term of the city court may be filed. I Wants British Government to Send Reinforcements Into Zone. (By Assoglrted Press) /Paris.—The Frendh government to night requested the French ambas sador to Great Britain again to In sist that the British government con sent to sending reinforcements Into Upper Silesia and to a meeting ot 1 experts to consider tbe Upper Bile- elan situation before the assembling ot the supreme council. Boykin R. Smith In Athens After 6 Wks. Stay Camp Knox, Ky. Boykin R. Smith,, a graduate of the University of Georgia of the claes ot 1921, Is In the city for a few days, en route to hie home at SandersvIUe. Mr. Smith has Just returned from the R. O. T. C. infantry camp, which has for the last six weeks been In progress at Camp Knox, Kentucky. He state* that quite a number cf Univeralty ot Georgia atudenta attended this ciinP and that It was highly successful. Mr. Smith will have the Bachelflf of science degree conferred upon' him today by Chancellor David C. Harrow, of the University ot Georgia. • THE GUMPS —ZZZZ! ! !

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The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, July 23, 1921, Image 1