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First In The Banner-
lie raid.
THE BANNER-HERALD
A CONSOLIDATION OF THE SUNDAY ISSUES OF THE ATHENS BANNER AND THE ATHENS HERALD
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ATHENS. GA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 12. 1922.
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily.
5 Cents Snnday.
Bible Conference To Open Today
+•+ +*4* +•4' F'F 4* , + •!•••{• F*+
SENATOR UNDERWOOD DEFENDS FOUR POWER TREATY
MIL SESSIONS
IF BIBLE HEWS
Comer Organizes
Live Trade Body
Citizens Unite In Move-
Ment To Put City On the
Map. Want Larry To
Write ’Em Up.
(Special to The Herald)
AMERICA IS LEFT
OUT FIRST TIE II
Editors Discuss Problems p
at J oint Convention Eigh th
and Ninth Districts Here
Business Session Marked
By Frankness of Pub
lishers Over Difficulties.
j topeciai xo me neraiaj i
V i COMER, Ga.—About lf>0 of the t # # ~—
Of Defense Fell J most enterprising citizens of co-(Billion Gold Marks Paid,
By Germany Goes tolPROPAGANDIST IS
Other Allied Countries. SCORED BY HARBER
Rendering
Great Service to People
Of Northeast Georgia.
Harden
On Alabama Senator
On t . "f American Dele
gates.
HE READ"HUGHES
LETTER ON PACT
Watson of Georgia
Among Democrats Who
Questioned Treaty’s
Basis.
WASHING TON.—The four power
['a.ilir treaty passed through tin-
,ih. r spectacular combat of argu-
ami oratory Saturday on th»
i,„ir lit the senate.
Throughout tho battlo of wit*
s. the burden of deefnse was
, rru ..t by Senator Underwood of
i. Puma tho Domooratlc floor
, i h r mid a member of the Amer-
, ilelegatlon to the arms con-
rtlnged by enemies of the
mer met in the Royal theatre
building last Friday night at S
o’clock and perfeced a big booster
organization for the town ttud ad-
(By the Associated Press.) j PapCFS Al’e
jacent territory. This organlza-1 PARIS.—The allied finance min- |
tion is to be known as the Cham- ist ' rM " 1 > fnc ‘ 1 an agreement Sat- |
• - f , n unlay afternoon for the dlstribu- j
her of Commerce of comer, Ga. . • _ . ..... ,
. tion of the first billion gold marks
Mr. W. E. llenslee, the efficient ; (>t tiorman reparations. TheagroS'l
cashier of the Comer bunk, pre-1 ment disregards tin*
' claim of priority for its
in connection with oecupath
the Hhinelnml so far as the
business session of
American j Eighth ami Ninth District
xpenses j Associations Saturday at
Geoorgian. which followed
the
the
tual sharing of this money is preliminary exercises, was charnc-
oncernod, but recognizes tho claim 1 terized by the frankness of those
I * n attendance In discussing: their
problems, which, in
tiio various gov* j reality, are largely the problems
rnments may establish them, tho 0 l all of them, and an exhibition
sided over the meeting. After the
organization was completed he
was unanimously elected presi
dent. Ur. U. F. Halcombe. the
ever accommodating proprietor of | by a special clause which
the Comer Dental Parlors, was i that alt the agreements on this,
elected" vice-president, and Mr- C. Question are subject to the Amer* | 1
S Rowe, a member of one of the ! ,can r,K,l,s
concerns 8 iu town^was made"" 1 "! (''^“mTnlsters considering that |of tho helpful attltude which
concerns in town, was inane sec- I they do not have the power to do- ,, .
retary. | cl(le this question. (weekly editors ot this section bear
CITIZENS INTERESTED I The ministers decided. after toward each other.
IN MOVEMENT | long discussion, that the question j Editor Ernest Camp, of the
. . ... !was not for the reparations coin- j Walton Tribune, president of the
Lvery one present was heartily j m | HH i 0 n to decide, because that j Eighth District association, pre-
favor of the movement anu | body was acting solely under the i sided over the business meeting.
revisions of the treaty of Ver- and Editor James P. Davidson, of
illes to which the. United States j the Cleveland Courier, who is sec-
nriT.CC* 1UIIKVU v,,v " . 1 IR u ‘ muivuivuv
truly, largely of his °. W J1_ i either Joined or signified thi-ir In-
!U minority Icador at°°d . ot ' tcntlon of doing so at once. The ,..... .... - -|...v v.. u ...... ......
>m ill his place In in Wn d i membership fee was put at live! was no longer a party Const-|rvtury of the Ninth District nsso-
if i i.amber and repu , .. , . , k , ..... ( ron , quently. it was decided that the ciation, acted as secretary.
’‘•>0 thrugUl V'aTifU- TZJ'Z ' hoes,ton was one for the various j The problems of the press of
“used by tho Alabama sena
tor was a letter written to him , h t tlme Mr- j, K Gholston,
iy se retary'Hughe“. head of tho
plentpotcn
T 1 't
lh. i iiM irsa plan to allay the cro-
. . IS of tho Anglo-Japa-
. ;,sr.:-ment«. Mr. Hu«he. AS*
..... ,i mat he .hlmBQlf. had pre-
, draft of tho treaty, after
„m with the other dole*
an* and that, with minor changes
I .am., tho flnal text as signed
submitted to the sotmte tor
riililiiation.
NO MYSTERY
ABOUT TREATY
The secretary further
one of the wealthiest anti most in
fluential ciizens of the town and
codfrty was present and took un
active part in the discussion.
The object of the organization
is to “get together" In a united
way and do everything possible
for the good and betterment of
tho town and section. Good and
influential men were appointed on
different committees and put to
work with this object in view.
] COMER LIVE CITY
declared | IN MADISON COUNTY
governments concerned to sottla. this section, however, did noten
DIPLOMACY MUST j gage the attention of the editors
SETTLE QUE8TI0N | to the exclusion of other matters.
The finance mlnisters Wsl con- tor,there.wei^jevera' interesting
eluded that it was Impossible for talks along other line,. Editor V.
A. 6. & A.
Business Session Precech
ed By Welcomes and Re-,
sponse By Editors. ' , — _ ,
—— i Judge Sibley Orders
ANOTHER JOINT j Bugg to Remain at Head
-* SESSION IN JUNE Until Disposition Made.
Meeting So Helpful and Atlanta, on— Petitions for
rn,. T _ th«» fort*clo8ur<* of mortgap^s hold
Inspiring Two Bodies , )y ^ Atlanta. Birmingham ami
tO Together Agnill Atlantic railway filed in federal
^ 1 district court here Saturday, aro
Problems confronting the week- the first" steps toward making a
ly newspapers of Georgia engaged final disposition of the property
the attention of tho editors of this,,. m i possibly scrapping of the whole
section of the state at a Joint Mystein, John M. Slaton, counsel
r?f$y.ni? Lighth and Nintli | f or one c f jhg petitioners, declared
late Saturday.
The road has been operated tin
der a receivership for more than
a year, with Li. L. ftugg. former
president, acting as receiver, and
Judge S. II. Sibley, Saturday or
associations
District Press
Athens Saturday.
Tho meeting was held under the
auspices of tho Athens Chambei of j
Commerce, which organization en
tertained tho visitors at a delight - \
tul luncheon at the Georgian hotel.) , ... ,
following the business session ( c,t * ro< to «; on t*nu® In charge
which consumed the entire morn- pending final disposition of the
ing hours. ! case. Counsel for the petitioners
Tho conference was not attend- • declared a sale is inevitable, ns-
ed by as largo a gathering as hadl M * rtl,n r tlie road is not earning
been expected, aue, probably, to operating expenses, and it was
the condition of tho roads follow - \ understood a movement W’as on
ing the heavy rains, hut that! foot, to organize a company to
which was lacking in numbers»purchase the property,
was made up in the earnestness Mr. Iiugg in n statement Satur-
and enthusiasm with which those ; day regarding the federal investi-
who did attend entered into the j gntion of strike disorders within
discussion of tho difficulties with j recent months in the A.. B.
| declared he is “not concerned with
controversy between union
which the weekly press Is beset
Ho helpful and. inspiring was the
meeting that It was agreed
for© adjournment that am __
joint tension Of tho two district tt|n -better results are now
associations shall bo held in June, being ohQHned than at nft» tlmo
Sam B. Wingfield
Opens Business
Well-Known Merchant to
Services Today Will Be
Held At Central Presby-
Speciaiize In Made-to-' terian, Christian and
Measure Clothes.
Methodist Churches.
IDRS. GOODWIN AND
j MORGAN TO PREACH
! Complete Program For
; Whole of the Confrence
i Announced; Dr. Len G.
Broughton to Be Here.
The sectional Bible conference
Announcement is made else
where in this issue of The Ban
ner-Herald by Mr. Sam B. Wing
field of a new business which he
has just opened in Athens.
Mr. Wingfield, for many years
in the men’s clothing business in
this city .Is going into tho fin©
woolens business, making a spe
cialty of made to measure colthes.
At present, ho is located in tho
old Peoples Bank building, but
later will move to his permanent
location at 228 Clayton street, next j at which Dr. G. Campbell Morgan
to tho Stewart-Paddock Jewelry a „ d Dr Lcn G ij rl)Ug hton will be
C °Nointroduction to the nubile of j ‘ hc Principal speakers opens to-
Athrns la needed for Mr. Wins- '>“? “"'1 lastB through March 2«.
field. Having always dealt fairly! .Services today will be held in
with his customers and given good' the First Methodist, First Chrls-
alues for money spent with him, tjan and Central Presbyterian
he has built up a large following
who will be greatly interested to
know that he is again in busi
ness and prepared to sene them
in his lino.
STATE CONVENTION
IT. V. PI TO BE HELD
END IN JUNE
eluded that It was Impossible tor ; tho p | ac e to bo designated later 7 „. _ aat four years
‘hem ! l n nd any dl ™" u , ° JXnttlon* ® notion of tho executive com-, pn.t four J_a_
■ed he- officials am! the Kovornment" and pij, ns T7, lP firpat’ MeetillQ'
another touehinn on operations of thesys- “}» nB „.f,, „ edl l
Here Will Be Launched
Within Next Ten Days.
Comer is a thriving town of one
not tho .lightest my.- „ .
.l.out the treaty or nasis | t |( ousan ^ -inhubltants located on
l>l tAigh{ forward the main line of tho Seaboard
•at rins one of tho roost iro- railroad midway between Athens
it oiijectH th© American gov- J an d Elberton and is the most im-
i.t has in view of tho high j p ur ^ an t town in Mudlson county.
: .lice to thu •natntennnce ol | haa g 00( | law-abiding citizens,
ly relations In tho rat [good churches, good schools, good
' s0,mil f 'this 8- and in view of substantial merchants, two sound
' iion°of this treaty to the banks, one largo oil mill, two of
■ " the best ginneries In the county.
Masonic and K. P. lodges, five up
to date doctors, some of the moBt
upto date, live at home, progres
sive farmers in this section of the
state, pretty women, sweet girls,
handsome men and boys, and as
many Jtrlght, healthy children as
any other town its size in the
state. As soon as we get our or
ganization effmpieted we will in
vite Larry Gantt down to look us
over and give us the necessary
write up ifl the Banner-Herald.
tho conference, con-
r. Hughes, “IU failure
„-„uld ho nothing short of a na
iional calamity.”
WATSON TAKES
PART IN DISCUSSION
Tile argumentative duel wh^'
hil.mvd tho reading by Senator
i/n.i.nvuod of tho M«reUry U>‘-
ter. i.i.l which Interposed Itself to
the senator’s prepared address w
I.iuphr -for an hour between tho
,1,-aker and Senator Roblnsotp
I).Tat of Arkansas, who orig
inal raised the question of
... lam of the treaty and who
,i.ei.ied that tho secretary s leit-
1 1 .id not dispelled evidence*
that the four power arrangement
hi- inspired from London and
, , Other Democrats then
• 1 I In the questioning of their,
I. 11 ■ leader, Including Senators (
K- ! «.f Missouri. Glass Vf’l
alt.. Walsh of Montana and lfcat-
..... r Georgia. From the Repub- I
m sale of the chamber their cf-
1 : were seconded by Senators
II, „f Idaho and France ot
At:..; land.
li.s sutiport of the treaty, Hen-
■ : Underwood said, tvas actuated
• ime spirit that prompted
ri -o vote for the treaty of Ver-
1,1, - with Its league of nations,
if. ■: 1 <jnred no alliance was con*
mi ..ited hut added that ho
; s. .• no objection even to an
if it were oased on arbi-
rather than force and ef*
• dangers that threaten Amer-
• ;i mturestn in tho Pacific. To
t this yact because it does not
tin* signatories to employ
asserted, would he to
which resulted in the present
agreement so they could only re
servo the American right and leave
tho question for diplomacy to
settle.
The agreement provides- that
the expenses of the armies cf
occupation after May. 1922. shall
he divided as follows: One hun
dred and two million Belgian
francs to Belgium; 2,000.000 pounds
to Great Britain and 460.000.000
French francs to France. Th© dis
tribution of deliveries in kind by
Germany in 1922 will he on the
basis of 6f» per cent to France nnd
35 par cent to the other allies. The
Weisbaden mjreement will con
tinue in foroe for three years,
with the reservation that pay
ments will not exceed 31.0.000,u00
irold marks worth of material in
1922 750.000.000 in 1923 and 750.-
000.000 in 1921. Other powers bo-
sidis France, under the riRree
ment, are permitted
nrrnmre
MwTp Shan* i dittoes of tho organizations. EU1-1
inlsconses. and t-.dltor J. F. Shan- | tor JaB j. Davidson of the Clew-
land Courier, and Editor
to conclude
with Germany sim-
... ... the Weisbaden agreement,
rovidod such agreements do not
ill for deliveries in kind in ex-
-ss of the total amount fixed by
w present agreement.
Mrs. A. J. Maxey
Die^ At Home In
Oconee County
Worst Flood-Tide Since
December 1919 Experi
enced At Macon, Ga.
non-paying, wireless
who have been sitting at home and
listening to world famous enter •
miners, face an edict of the
Actors’ Equity association that
such performers must be paid for
their work.
Announcement is made that the
council of the association has rul
ed that the radiophone is compet
ing with the theatre, and that those
who.talk or sing tn the trniiHitylt-
tlng apparatus must he compen
sated. .
In * the last few months there
have been numberless free
the Christian church,
The deceased is survived b> her
non. of the Commerce News, guv©
some very excellent reasons “Why
Every Editor Should Attend
M♦‘©tings of the District Press As
sociations.’’ On the subject. “New
Problems and How I Meet Them,’’
Editor A. 8. Hardy, of tho Gaines
ville News, spoke extemporaneous
ly in the place of Editor George
I). Rucker, of the Alpharetta Free
Press, who was unable to at
tend. but the concensus of opin
ion of those present was that Edi
tor Hardy could not have called
up any more serious problems for
the consideration of the gather
ing. even if ho had Pad a week
in which to prepare an addres*.
SHACKELFORD'S TALK
VERY INTERESTING
Editor Shackelford’s remlnseones
of the “old* days” was particularly
interesting to the younger gener
ation present. He told of tho
days when tho Eighth District
embraced about ono-fourth of
Georgia nnd tho only newspapers
of any consequence in these parts
were The Athens Banner-Watch
man and tho Augusta Chronicle.
County papers in those days, ho
raid, were few and far between,
the Oglethorpe Echo nnd tho Wash
ington Gazette being among tho
pioneers Tn thnt field. f
Editor Shannon. during the
course of his remarks, told of the
inspiration he Invariably derives
from contact with other newspfl
per men
tors^of^the Eighth nnd Ninth Dis- j catlonai institutions in the conn- 1 route trains over the Central of
tricts are among the “best people | try. having been established in the Georgia railroad. Tracks of the
in the world—not scholars, hut | 26th year of the Independence of ( Southern are submerged in sever-
lust middle class people, the kind j the United States, and that It had | fe<;t uf ai Juliette and
that suppnrt tho schools on.1 pay | been poor all of It* life, but had
tho preachers and keep things .always boon kept too husj to ,er places,
moving." He agreed with an ed- | think nhout it* povertj. manor at
Uncial In The Athens llanner Sat- I PIONEER IN GOOD S J E wa21fJS, Q AT
urdny morning In,which the state- ROAD MOVEMENT MT. VERNON
ment wns made that the people | chancellor refem*d to the JIOl’T VERSOS, Ga.—A largo
on the East river
Plans for the
convention that
Y. P U. state
ill be held in
'Hardy of tho Gainesville News.'
both extendod invitations in he-1
half of their cities, but It was do-1
elded to leave the selection of the •
place to the discretion of th<* cx- j
ecutlve committees. j
Th© business •session ot th« f
press representatives was pre
ceded by a. season of welcome ad
dresses and responses, this part of |
tho program being presided ovei I
by Mr. Jullun S. Goetchlus, presl- !
dent of tho Athens Chamber oi |
Commerce. '
URGES CAMPAIGN , |
OF GOOD CHEER
Following the invocation by
Rev. J. H. Webb, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Monroe. (
Mr. Goetchlus Introduced Chancel- . urft « n« —Rcnrn« of ncnnlo
lor David C. Barrow of the Uni- MACON, Ga.-Scores of people
verslty of Georgia, who welcomed. who were driven from their homes
the visitors on behalf of the Uni- in the lowlands here Saturday by
verslty. 1 the worst flood since December,
Chancellor h j H 1919. wore camped out Saturday
“"‘ night around "bonfires in the high-
VHVVa , lands. The crest of the flood, 23.3
from their columns everything ot feet, passed late Saturday, and the
a pessimistic nature, and to urge j refugees are waiting for the water
people to go to work nnd forget ! j n recede.
their troubles, whether they he i
Imaginary or real. He declared
welcoming remarks, sought to
list the editors In a campaign of
good cheer, telling them to exclude
that nothin* deprcMe. a man'hK| WUTHfRN TRA.CKS
dienes* adding that if he keeps i ARE SUBMERGED
busy, he doesn't have time to! MACON, Ga.—A steady rise in
brood over his misfortunes. | the Ocnmigee River here Saturday
The Chancellor stated in this cauged by the heavy rains of Fri*
ntact with other newspa- connection that he was speaking , npf , nf httYO hnK ranR< » ( » #hf*
at the press association from experience. The University. J 1 * ?*■
He said that the edl- I he said, was one of the oldest «*du- boil h in Railway to temporar iv
^ Athens in June will be launched
within the next ten days, the Ex
ecutive Committee of the city
Union announced Saturday.
Civic organizations. Including tho
Chamber of Commerce, as weil as
the churches of the city will co
operate in the final arrangements
for the gathering which is the
largest organization of young peo
ple in the entire state.
The two previous meetings of
the state organization were held
in Gainesville anti Savannah, tho
Hall County city entertaining tho
convention in 1920 and Savannah
receiving the young workers in
1921, when more than 900 boys
and girls and men and women went
to the far eastern border of Geor
gia for parts in one of the best
programs arranged In the history
of the organization in the state.
Frank II. Leave!!, veteran state
secretary, has left the work of
th© state union to take up activi
ty among the college students of
the state. It was under his direc
tion that the work of the B. Y. p.
U. has developed to Its enormous
proportions, he being succeeded
by H. L. Batts, former student in
Mrs. Eugenia Maxey. beloved
v,Ue vt Mr. Andrew J. Maxey,
died at the residence on Flat Rock
road, two miles of Watkinsvllle,
Saturday afternoon at four o'clock
after an illness of two weeks.
Mrs. Maxey was 61 years of age
and had been a resident of Oco-
VPW VORK Vnnreeiate hut' Htl ' county aU m ,. n t wax mnrto that me people i T he Chancellor retemsi to me .tKJll Vfile A
m^rSvIng wireloM amatcurs.! faithful and consistent member of (ho 8 | 101 „., fool proud of fact that the Untver.lty is a pin- con e r cte culvert
Harvard University, one time, Way.
churches. At the morning hour
Dr. .Morgan will preach, at the
Methodist church, aud Dr. Good
win at the Christian church alfd
this evening Dr. Morgan will
preach at the Central Presbyte
rian church anil Dr. Goodwin at
the Methodist church.
The complete program for the
conference Is ns follows:
SUNDAY •
SERVICES
Christian church—Dr. Goodwin.
First Methodist Church—Dr.
.Morgan.
First Methodist church — Dr.
Godwin.
Central Presbyterian church—
Dr. Morgan.
March 19: Morning-
Central Presbytertan church—,
Dr. 'Broughton.
Prince Avenue Baptist church*—
Dr. Godwin.
First Baptist church—Dr. Mor
gan.
First Baptist, church — Dr.
Broughton.
First Methodist church — Dr.
Godwin.
First Presbyterian church—Di*.
Morgan.
WEEKDAY
SERVICES
Second Week—March 20-24; 9:30
a. m. Seney-Stovall Chapel
Lectures by Dr. Broaghtod:
The Minister of the Common
place.
.Monday—In Discipleahfj: “Fol
low Me.’'
Tuesday—In Prayer: “Forgive.'
Wednesday — In Service: “A
C’np of Cold Water."
Thursday—In Dally Problem!:
“At His Foet."
Friday — In Soul Winning:
"Thnt Whlc Was Lost."
11:00 a. m. — First Christian
Lectures by Dr. Morgan: Medi
tations Around the Cross.
Monday—The Outlook of tho
Lord.
Tuesday—The Accomplishment.
Wednesday—The Offense of the
Cross.
Thursday—Reconciliation: The
held secretary, and now acting in
the capacity of state secretary.
Mr. Ratts assures Athens that
the program of the 1925 Conven
tion will he up to the standard of
that of former years, he having
taken up the task of bringing mer
I nnd women from all parts of the
; country-for lectures and address
es of particular interest to young
men amt women.
Athens is particularly fortun-
In winning the tight for the
Friday — Reconciliation; The
Work.
8:00 p. m. — First Methodlit
Church
Sermons—
Monday—Dr. Broughton.
Tuesday—Dr. Morgan.
Wednesday—Dr. Rroughton.
Thursday—Dr. Morgan.
Friday—Dr. Broughton.
Saturday—Popular lecture
thf
type of men and women who | necr in the good roads movement
conducting the weekly pnpers : having employed a ronds expert to
to the reactionary phlloso- , rerta {re ,. stage performances, free
the past.
ARMS CONFERENCE
OPENLY" CONDUCTED .The ether waves canytng thcsii
Democratic leader conceded ( entertalnmcnU have
was neecsaary In view of | brew outfits^
“ |BamUts Hold Up
lectures and other features sup-1 ty, Mrs. V. A. Edwards, of Ath-
tilled to the own*is of radiophones. onB om i Mrs. Walter McRea who
- resides In Tennessee.
She Is also survived by 22 grand
children and throe fcreat grand
children.
Funeral services will he held
the effort Of the Amer
!'’legation to rid the world |
Anglo-Jupaneao alliance. In .
un, he said, the arms con-i
■ ttits conducted more oi>en-
n any similar consultation in
story of the world.
to>- Robinson Insisted. In I
the provision for consul-
Trolley Car And
Get $30,000 Roll
at the Johnson church in Oconee-
county Sunday afternoo at four
ojcloek. Rev. It. L. Porteij of
Athens, officiating. Intcrmcn will
he in the Johnson church ceme
tery. Pall hearers havo not ye*
been selected.
funeral arrangements are in
the charge of Bernstein Bros.
na,eng the signatort.u, to , ^KOWNSVILLR, Pa. ^ Albert
bhb.vjbssse
'' "n'' , fouTwas 0n .o y be untted clerk, were robbed of approxl- MEET ON TUESDAY
‘ thi Pressor When any mately $30,000, the company« ( The Parent-Tochers of College
nlace be mine payroll, by six bandits who t Avenue school will hold their reg-
I nd anv one^power signl-, held up a trolley car three miles „iar monthly meeting at the school
1 a "i aide to meet ‘ from here Saturday. Elmer Hill, (building Tue.da>\ at *:.10 p. m . ac
• t ,eJ »7nne the tonly means; who accompanied Flemming and j cording to an announcement made
sas*«■aateaaa.'sssr
tContinued on Psfl* Two.) | escaped in an automobile. bers are requested to be present.
..... - --- - * Y
great evolution that has taken
place In the type of editor* in
charge of the press of the state
during tile past 20 years and pre
dicted even hotter papers In ^he
future than have been issued In
the past. |
HARDY nwPl.LR
ON ADVERTISING
Editor Albert S. Hardy, of the )
long beofre eOorgla ever had
state highway department, hut
husband, Mr. Andrew J. Maxey, ln oeorala. He referred to the arouse Interest in that
four sons, Messrs. T. C.. I. W, C. * “ *
S. and J* E Maxey, all of Oconee
county; four daughters, Mrs. Em
mitt Marshall, Mrs. C. T. Maxey.
Mrs. J. O. Osborne and 'Miss Hal
ite Maxey, all of Oconee county;
three brothers. Mr. W. J. Elder
of Decatur. Mr. D. B. Elder, of
Greensboro and Mr. !>• K. Elder
of Oconee county; three sisters.
Mrs. J. H. Raiden of Oconee coun
was wrecked by the flood of the
respect Oconee river Saturday. The
breach at 5 o’clock was 100 feot
cities, Rome and Columbus, that
were keenly interested in carry
ing the meeting to their doors.
wide and the opening was widen- i * ,ut *l lP co-operation of the varl-
not go “good roads crazy,
did not think the state should ex
pend vast sums for good rpads to
ihe detriment of the schools, as
serting that the education of the
youth of Georgia should he of
prime consideration. He urged th
tditors. in their advocacy of good
Gainesville News, in addressing j roads not to forget the children
the conference, declared that one and to also speak a good word In
of the greatest problems now'con- 'behalf of their educations*' needs,
fronting the weekly paper* Is MAYOR EULOGIZES
how to Impress upon the mer- I POWER OF PRESS
chnnU the fact that if they ex- Mayor George C. Thomas C.
peer to make stock turn-overt* they Thomas, speaking for official Ath-
must us** advertising to tempt ,,. ns> delivered a rousing welcome to
money out of the peoples' nockets. ; the visitors. Ho spok»- glowingly
He asserted that the people have*}not on jy c f the power of the press
money, hut are holding it for the j f n moulding public opinion, but of
fellow who wants their business ; its contribution to the forces that
bad enough to ask for it In at- i keep civilization extant in that it
tractive advertising and at prices j keeps every section of the world
counselled that the state should. j n g rapidly. Water is rising rap-
Damage of aoveral^'thousand | convention cimm'ltt
dollors has been done already.
ous organisations of the city gave
the Classic City influence on the
that was
not overcome.
resist ed
ATLANTA SFNOR
REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. Clarke Howell, Jr., of tho
Atlanta Constitution, praised tho
weekly editors for the manner !»•
which . they are undertaking to
solve their problems, giving them
the benefit of some methods thnt
have proven helpful in the datlv
Pe»d. nnd urging them to use their
united ■tren'Tfh in putting across
nv noliov that thev thought
informed wdth respect to the hap
penings in other gectlons. without
which service, he declared, the
world would drift into heathendom
and barbarism
ABNEY SPEAKS
FOR CHAMBER
Mr. Martin J. Abnev addressed
the editors on behalf of the Cham
ber of Commerce. He thought it
superfluous to welcome any Geor
gian to Athens fn view of the
fact that Georgians have so much
invested here in the various edu-
fee the best interest of th© profes-j rational Institutions. "Why,
sion. stead of welcoming you ns vlsl-
Mr. Jack ’Patterson, of the At* j ton, we ought to simply welcome
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5 FEET OVER
FLOOD STAGE
MACON, Ga.—Tlie Ocmulgee
rlvur his risen to 23.2 feet late
Saturday and was still rising at
tills point. This is more than five
feet over the flood stpge and I*
the highest reading since Decem
ber. 1919. Hundreds of people In
the lowlands have been driven
from their homes. The levee pro-
PASSED BY SENATE
.WASHINGTON. — The senate
teetYng eentrai 'city park Vs' atlTl! Saturdny the deficiency up-
holding.
FIGHT TO SAVE
GLEENWOOO BRIDGE
GLEES’WOOD, Ga. — Civil En
gineer J. S’. Stevens and a big
force of convicts are fighting to
save the new bridge over the Oco-
ree rivet* at this point. Seventy
feet of the embankment and on© of
the approaches have been washed
away. The Oconee is still rising.
Traffic will he tied up for Sev
ern! days.
RAILWAY UNDER
WATER
JULIETTE, Ga.—Abutment* to
tlie Towalaga bridge have been
undermined by high water. The
Southern Railway tracks are in-
and traffic la tied up.
Convention, ^th.re being two oth- | Dr. Campbell Morgan. Subject to
*>- - - - “ he announced.
WEEKDAY SERVICES
FIRST WEEK '
MARCH 13 TO 17 *
9:30 a. m—Seney-Stovall Chapel,
Lucy Cobb Inetitute
Lectures by Dr. Morgan r The
Biblical Literature.
Monday — Autographs. Manu
script*. Versions.
Tuesday — The Hebrew Scrip
tures.
Wednesday — The New Testa
ment. i
Thursday—Inspiration.
Friday—Inspirational.
11:00 a. m.—First Baptls* Church
Lectures hy Dr. Broughton:
Paul's Great Fourfold Testimony.
Tuesday — His Testimony of
Monday.
Himself.
' Wednesday—His Testimony of
Christ.
Thursday — His Testimony of
the Church. ,
Friday—Hist Testimony of tha
Gospel. '
8:00 p. m. — First Methodist
Church ’> ._ ; ;
Sermons—
Monday—Dr. Morgan.
Tuesday—Dr. Broughton.
Wednesday—Dr. Morgan.
Thursday—Dr. Broughton.
Friday—Dr. Morgan.
Saturday—Poptfar lecture by
Dr. Len G. Broughton. Subject:
Down In the Dumps; or. How to
p be Happy Though Miserable. ,
■ j. 1-
proprintlon bill, carrying a total of
$136.*95,000, or $28,359,000 more
than was appropriated by the
measure as passed by the house.
The principal amendment added
by the senate was an appropria
tion of $27,468,000 for use in re-
payment of Illegally collected
taxes.
The hill supplies an additional
$73,714,000 for the u»c of the Vet
erans’ bureau in vocational reha-
hiblltntion of former service men.
The meaatire. which now goon to
conference with the house, went
through the senate in little mor»*
than one hour. Chairman Warren
of the appropriations committee
having urged speed because of the
need by the Veteran*’ bureau for
the appropriation for vilder re-