The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, December 09, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textyo!.. 90 No. 290 Associated Press Dispatches ATHENS, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9,-1922 Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. Big Celebration When White Way Opens Here Actual Work Has Begun On Installa tion Of Newest Civic Improvement. Committee Worked Long And Tire- BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER lessly. LARRY GANTT’S DAILY COLUMN Negro Exodus; Price of Cotton By T. LARRY GANTT \i r , i r.ink Shackelford went on i i.usin'-fs triii to Now York last ai.k mill tells me that there was .iirh crowds of neuros on board Hums Unit they had to give up in, ,r neats ill the sipoker as they nieiflniveil the coaches set apart f,, r Hie cmlured peopln and cor*luc- i,„ s tell him that this movement ,.f iievnieg. hus hen going on for weeks iirel It is hard to furnish i (inches fur them. After leaving Washington city, the color line Is wiped out and negroes ride In roaches witli the whites- Hr Shackelford says he investigated Hie destinations of these emlgrat- iic idaeks. Sumo stop In Wash ington t’lty. some' in Philadelphia, Mime go to New York and some to New Jersey. INDUCEMENTS UNKNOWN It Is not known) what induce ments they are offered up North, i it .1 seems that many find work while others are lost and suffer amid Strange) s and new surround ings. Hut the change of climate in mill-winter must necessarily cause very great suffering and iliuilitless before next spring these irnor, deluded creatures will be cry mg, "Take me home, take me in,me, to the sweet Bunny South.” I'nimers in. town yesterday tell me that this movement of negToes has now started in Mudli ■'.jra? rtHitnr' many farmers have t#>t hands left to work their lands next year. line large planter, who hnd a ilnzeii or more negro families on his place, has only two now and these are preparing to get away, bur land-owners had better do something to stap this stampede of labor before the country Is strip ped of negroes. I yesterday asked a leading cot ton man about the recent drop In •he price of cotton. He says It Is line til the disturbed situation! and threats of another war. But the rent lemon says that always ubout i hristmus, It has been his observn tarn that cotton declines, as buyers taken advantage of the closing of the year, when debts must be paid, to bear down the price. At that time considerable “distressed cot ton in forced on the market, for morn farmers must sell to meet utilisations. He says there’s, no reason why the price should dc- ' line, for the reduction does not apply to manufactured gooda. They ate now selling on the basis <ft thirty tents cotton. The cotton Hop is far below the demand. It '* believed that after the holidays the staple will agalm advance, but ho one can predict what the price will lie. But the buyers will not I'crmii a rise so long as they fan Imy nt their own figures. HUNGRY for cotton Tills gi ntlcmnn says he tips for m: in years watched the market, .'ml taken as an average, the best '.me to sell Is at the first decided "I" after the new crop begins come in. The world Is then hungry for cotton and an| offer is mail" Of about its value. After- “ "'is gamblers begin to juggle «tth the price. The Cotton Assocla- 1 " has control of some two mll- !"it tales and they may be able, ''i "'Hi holding them from market, 1 "He tletter prices. Not many ial, 'S tire being sold In' Athens bii' e the decline set in. fins gentleman advises* farmers V Sil steady In the boat and he 1 -s 1 tie price will begin to climb "l 1 • 1 ’• t the New Year. Work has started on the in stallation of the white way for Athens and in a very short time now this latest civic im provement will be ready to christen and then Athens will take her place along with other places of the country that boast of a real white way and Wll cease to be— “The largest town In the U. S. without a white way.” Heretofore Athens hag been conspicuous on account of the absence of a white way and one man, using it as a flimsy excuse not to support the white way financialy when Y would Improve his property, said he was opposed to it be cause “Athens was DIFFER ENT in not having one.” The committee, headed by Mike J. Costa, who, by the way has just been honored by be ing elected head of the •Southern Ice (’-earn manufac turers, met with many diffi culties in putting over the- white way idea in Athens this fall but all the members, “Hap” 'Pcndergraph, who has been tranferred to Montgom ery, Ala.. Chas. E. Mart n and Joel A. Wier were tireless in their effort* and now their laborers will be rewarded with success. Many merchants and prop erty owners told them that now wasn’t the time to launch a white way movement and to wait until “times got better” but the committee believed that by establishing a white way time! WOULD get better so it pushed ahead and a white way on Clayton street and College avenue will eoon be a reality. PLAN A BIG CELEBRATION. It Is the plan of the commit tee to have a big opening n'ght when the project is com-, pitted and to Invite our neigh- YW WIB’l’ tftgndt, , many, .of them have already had such a celebration in their homo town, here for the event. At present the lighted section will extend from Hull street on Clayton to Jackson and on Col lage avenue from the campua to Hancock avenue and at has always been the ease In other cities it Is expected that '* will not be long in spreading to othar lections, especially to Broad street and lower Clay ton. The installation of the white way means the removal of all ths unsightly wooden poles now on the street and the un tangling of the myriad of wires that cross and criss cross over the streets and in to the stores. The poles for the whiteway Prs being installed now and- the re-wiring will follow im mediately and eoon the ap proximate date of the comple tion will be known and then Athene will begin .preparing for the “opening” night and the “bright llghte.” PLAN OF CONTROL FOR DARDANELLES Ask Guarantee Against Surprise Attacks From Land Or Sea Threaten ing Straits. Some Delegates, Say Points Raised By Turks Should Not Bar Agree ment. Very Few Changes Made On Personnels of-Boards And Executive Commit tee of Convention. ASTORIA. OREGON IS SWEPT BY FIRE ATLANTA. Ga. — The Georgia Baptist convention closed Its one hundred and first annual meeting Friday after the announcement of the personnel of the executive com mittee of the convention and the hoard of trustees of Mercer Uni versity, Resile Tift college, Geor gia Baptist hospital and the Geor gia Baptist orphans hnme nt Hapevllle. Very- few changes were made in the personnels of the boards and committees, fourteen of the flrteen members of the convention execu tive committee whose terms ex pired In 1022, being reappointed for a three .years term, and only minor changes being made In the other Bets. The personnel of the two groups of orphans', home' trustees whose /terms expire In 1923 and 1924; re spectively, rcipulns Intact, us does the personna! of the executive com mittee for the laymen’B movement, with the names of two members who have died during the last year excluded. The social Service committee has the following personnel. M. A. Wood, Macon; G. W. Macon, Forsyth; L. A. Henderson, Law- renccvllle; Geo. Hillyear, Atlanta; and W. O. Younk, Shelmatk Taxi Drivers Are Sent Bold Threats Mapp and Ed GUIem, two s lit i taxi drivers here have re- threatening notes the past lv * warning them not to ap- " the street after dark. nnt.'s were both dated De ist and were scribbled in airhy almost lion-legible ''ting. For a signature 'ns several crosses and zig- . ' "‘'tea have been turned over police and the department ■ • - it is on track of the sen- "i that he will be arrested i“« days, in the meantime " t m drivers have been told tp ’: I attention' to the threats, '■ I' are believed to pome from at "cal nmnkfst 'or grudge against these Tl - notes were left in the cars jpHriiLThe h and writing is the j ttfloe in Loth. Thirty City Blocks Go Up In Smoke,. Two Fatali ties Are Reported. Fire Rages For Ten Hours. ASTORIA, Ore^fBy The it toria, the oiuest city ir. Oregon was in ruins I riday night. A fire tvhi h started in the early morning h-.uri Friday and for ten hours burned on ever widening path through the city, destroyed thirty blocks, /r.atle hundred)!' of people homeless and is responsi ble for a. property loss estimated at around fifteen million dollars. Every bank, newspaper plant, hotel, store, theater, and numer ous business houses have been wiped out. ' r Two fatalities have been report ed. Norris Staples, president of the Commerce Bank, died from heart failure while, the fire was at its height. The body of C. J. Smith, a transient, was found hanging un der a sidewalk on the river front. There is prospect of immediate want, it declared. France Has Made 1,200,- 000,000. Francs on CoaL - WA8HINGTON — Consolidation of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets Into the “United States fleet with Admiral 8. P. Jones in command wns announced by the navy de partment. SHANGHAI — C. O. Forgborg. American missionary captured by Chinese bandits has been relensed. It was reported. ESSEN — France has made V 200,M0,000 francs profit on the coal delivered by Germany on the re iterations account, Dr. Klaus Scholl of Essen, asserted, after' an In- vestlgation. PHILADELPHIA — The Federal Grand Jury absolved the authori ties of the United states hospital of responsibility In connection with the death in 1921 of Alfonsa Swartz, shell shocked soldier. Route Between Athens vvAnd Macon Is-Give The Once Over By Railroad Officials Friday. PARIS — France granted the Canadian government perpetual use of several acre* on Vlmy Ridge as a site for monuments to Canadian soldiers who died in the attack on the emience. Police Prevent * Murder Here The timely arrival of the police is believed to have prevented a murder Friday morning when John McDaniel, colored who Uvea at 200 Newton street, “Smoky row” was arrested In the act of rushing on to his wife with a double barrel shot gun. McDaniel' ha4 beat his wife up and she telephoned police head quarters and in the meantime John had left home and Just before the police arrived he game back with the loaded shot gun, evidently in tent on killing bis spouse. He was drinking but Is said to bear a good reputation. He will probably be given the limit of the law (n Judge Thorn ton's court and thny bo turned over to the county then for prosecu tion. ■‘Y DENVER, Colo.—Ralph G. Moss, one of the organ'zers of the Ameri can Federation of labor, died. BUENOS AIRES — Lieutenant Walter Hinton arrived with his seaplane at Braganaca one hundred miles northeast of Pnra, Brazil. LOS ANGELES. Cal. — Miss Madalynne Obonchaln. Evanston. Ills., recently released from jail. Is suffering from a nervous break down, It was said. NEW YORK — Railroad car- loadings In September, October and November, broke all records with a total of 12,465,136 cars, it announced. Lull In Traffic Violations Here HODGSON URGES STAMP SALE RALLY v Harry Hodgson, prominent local business man, delivered a three-minute speech urging Athens to rally behind the en suing campaign for'the sale of anti-tuberculosis stamps, at the nine o’clock show at the Palace last night t . • - I Mr.; Hodgson appealed to the individual responsibility if hia hearers. He was enthusiastical ly applauded. There is a decided lull In the number of traffic cases that are being docketed by.the police, fol lowing the Intensive campaign against all violators several days ago. Thursday bat one case was docketed. This-letup la due to two facts, first the public Is becoming edu cated to the ordinances and in the second place the police are not pressing.tha.jninor Infraction as much Mother tgare following the . meeting aoujicty Wednesday / nteht when it wns nusgested th.nl I; «qme pt the o£clfi|HM#ti J>e aaftpnd- saIm da was announced. London — Newzze Newzzealand gave a large vote against prohibition in the recent election, It was report ed here. A - special inspection train was run over the Central of Georgia railroad from Athens to Macon Friday with a number of high of ficials making the trip and stop ping at several of the stations along the way to complete the in spection. Among those along were, Supt. Smith, Roadmaster, Colson, Train master Roney, Division Passenger Agent, ackett, Jimmy Bruce, local commercial agent C. A. Bruce and others. The property of the road was to be in splendid shape and the party was' given a hearty welcome all along the line. ‘ Funeral Services For Mrs. Parker 12 O'clock Today Executive Board Of Wo man’s Club Will Attend In Body In Deference To Former President. The executive board of the Ath ens Woman s Club will attend tho funeral of Mrs. J. Lawrence Park er Saturday morning in a body in deference to Mrg. A. S. Parker, former president of the club. Funeral .services over the re mains of Mrs. Parker will be con ducted from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Parker today at 12 o’clock. Rev. J. C. Wilkinson and Rev. G.‘ Campbell Morgan will have charge. Interment will be in Oconee cemetery. The following will act as pall bearers: Messrs. W. T. Forbes, J. A. Darwin, Aaron Cohen, C. M. Snelling, Dr. W. L. Moss, W. W. Scott, H. H. Gordon, Jr., and John Wlfite Morton. Leonard^ DarincI, WWL? sStfgs £** suit for 1600,000 damages brought IStL.*,* - ^ w » •• . AhAro r' n L n _ {_•> ourviviiijf her are her husband ano SJTshf ssr »u,Xh- with her father and,,mother, Dr. LAUSANNE—(By the Associat ed Press)—Turkey presented to tho Near East conference Friday counter . suggestions concerning control of the straits of tho Dar. dandles and the Bosphorus. The Turks ask; Guarantees against surprise at tacks from land or sell threatening the security of the straits, of Con stantinople or of the sea of Mor- mora. Limitation of naval forces bound for the Black Sea so that they will not constitute a danger, to the xone extending between the two straits to the Blork sea; (Turkey expresses the view thst these forc es might be composed of light war ships. employed for the protection of international commerce.) Interdiction upon, maintenance of warships in the Black Sea, and. liberty of passage for merchant men In time of peace and of war. The Turkish position on the ques tion of the straits was presented by garnet Pasha, who gave a his torlcsl sketch of the problem of the stra ta declaring Turkey nev er had acted contrary to Interna tional treaties concerning that waterway. Ismet mentioned certain points in the lnter-Allled proposals whten he considered particularly harmful to Turkey. Of these the first was the inclusion of the sea of Mar mora In the definltkm of the straits because preparations for defense on the shores of this sea were ne cessary for the defense of AnoUia and Thrace and yet would not ef fect the liberty of passage for ves sels. HARDING PLANS CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS IN'ENFORCING NATIONAL .PROHIBITION ..LAWS Phi Mu Banquet Given Last Night Members of the Phi Mu fra ter* nity at the University were honor guests at an elaborate banquet giv en at the Georgian 'Hotel lost n'ght by tho seventeen girls who were recently pledged to the Gre^k let- tr organization. A number of short tclks were heard and the affair was in evfery way a complete success. STATE “1G” SCHOOL Entire Agricultural Col- " lege Student Body Will Meet In Main Audi torium Saturday Morn ing ANOTHER"P6lfTF’ IS MADE Another point he made was that it was needless^to have a demili tarized zone around the Bosphorus. It was sufficient, he considered, to indicate that there would be no fortiflcatioqa either land or naval on either shore. His third point was In connection with tho allied suggestion that In the demilitarized zones there should ba no movement of troops. He thought that such a movement should be . permitted because the zones in question connect the two parts of the country. Again he contended that Ini or der to defend the shores of the Sea of Marmoru by a fleet. Turkey would have to keep arsenale and other naval equipment In Constan tinople and the Straits. He thought a minimum means of de fense ought to be assured to pre serve it against surprise attacks. After heurlng Ismet Pasha’s ad dress the conference took a recess until afternoon-to give the Allies time to study the Turkish sugges tions. Some of the European delegates expressed the opinion that the points raised by the Turks should not make a final accorp difficult. During the sesaton foreign minis ter Tchltcherln o fthe Russians again Insisted that the straits should be closed to all except Tur kish warships. He believed, he said, thst the setting up of buffer ststes like Turkey would prevent future clashes in the east. Plan To Invite Every Graduate of Every High School And A. and M. School To Study Here. Says Day Will Not Come When Prohibition Amendment Will Be Re pealed. HE WOULD ABOLISH LABOR COMMISSION More Extended Credit For Farmers Is Strong ly Urged By Chief Ex ecutive. WASHINGTON—President Hard lng In his annus! message deliver ed Friday to Congress In person, deals with nearly a score of sub jects, chief among them prohibi tion. farm credits, the transporta tion problem, child labor and Imml * ration. The executive announces bis pur pose to Invite tho governors of tho states and territories to an early conference with the Federal execu tive authority with a view to adept lng policies of national and- state co-operation in administering tho prohibition lews. He soys’the day is unlikely to come when the pro hibition amendment MU be, re peated end that the nation should adapt Its course accordingly. • THINK8 PROHIBITION SHOULD BE ENFORCED As assemblage of the er.tire stu dent body of the State College of Agriculture will be held in the au ditorium of the 1 main building at nine o’clock Saturday morning for the purpose of encouraging an en- creased enrollment at the school. It Is planned that every high school and A. and M. school gradu ate in the state -will be invited to come to the Agricultural college next year. This meeting is to be held under tlon.' tho auspices if the Agricultural Society which was recently ganized. The members of this society or club, realises the great need for a drive to be made to increase the enrollment of the State College of Agriculture, which would help both the College and the state as in whole. And they also realize that tho students here and the men who go out from the institution make the College what it is, and for these reasons they have made one of the main purposes of the society “To encourage High School boys and A. & M. beys of the state to attend the State College of Agri culture.” The talks this morning will be along this line and the method of procedure will be pointed out by the speakers. WARNED AQANST ALLED PLAN chance of selling a painting to the Kansas City Art Institute. NEW YORK — Depositors In Christmas clubs throughout the country will receive 3199,000,000 be fore December 10th, It was an nounced. MADRID —Government intends to dissolve the Coutse, the Spanish parliament it was announced. “Uncle Dave” Will Address Boys Chancellor David C. Barrow will and Mrs. R. A. Torrey and Mr. and Mrfl A. S. Parker. Mrs. Willingham Called By Death Mrs. Mattie Willingham, age 33, died at her residence in Oconee couty Thursday afternoon at four thirty o'clock after an allness of nine days duration. Funeral services will be held from the dethabera church Satur day afternoon at two thirty o’clock with the Rev. Shelnutt officiating. ' follow In tlm church itcin - Bros. in address the regular meeting of {-interment cemetery. charge. *, Mrs. Willingham was a lovable an^l had many friends who boys at’tho Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. "Building Character” Is the sub-' Ject from which he will draw his talk. : ■ t j / All boys are cordialy Invited to • husband, she Is survived by her - aim uau man/ utsinu nnw mourn her death. Besides her He warned Rumania against ac cepting the allied plan, saying Ru mania would meet the same fate as Greece—that Is be a sport 'of the great powers, only to be aban doned afterward. Former Premier Xenizelos. of Groce demanded an explanation of this remark but M. Tchltcherln re plied exaslvely. M. DuCa, the Rumanian foreign minister protested against M. Tchltcherin’s remarks with regard to the Rumanian government. He said, Rumania had never been content with the former re- of closing the straits. Rumania, Serbia, Greece and Bui glnie of dosing the straits, to the Allied proposition. Hooper Honored At New Orleans NEW ORLEANS—(By The As sociated Press.)—Prof. W. D. Hooper, of the University of Geor gia, was named a member of the executive^ committee of the Asso ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States, which was in session here Friday. Spencer McCallls, of Chattanoo ga, was elected president’and Rich mond, Virginia, whs choosen next year’s meeting place. President Harding tells Congress that if the statutory provisions for prohibition enforcement sre-. con trary to deliberate public opinion, which he does not believe, the va lorous and litoral enforcement will concentrate public attention on' any requisite modification. "Such a course.” he adds, “con forms with ths law and saves tho humiliation of the Government and the humiliation of our people bq- fore the world end challenged the destructive foyepa engaged lit wide spread violation, offleals corrup- |tlon, and Individual demorallzu- with regard to the transporta tion problem Mr. Harding propos ed that ths railroad labor board bn abolished with the substlttutlou of • labor division In the Interstate commission with ampin power lj require its rulings to be accepted by both parties to a disputed ques tion. The executive also proposa l that ths law require the carriers and their employes to Institute means and methods to negotiate betwen themselves their constantly arising differences limiting ap peals to, ths government body to disputes bf such character oa ore likely to affect the public welfare. CO-ORONATION IS URGED Co-ordination of all transporia- tlon facilities Is urged by tho presl dent. These would include not on ly International and waterways, but motor truck transportation as wall. He inveighs against tho system of paralleling the railroads with truck roads thus ’drawing freight Tram the steam lines in stead of making the motof true.; a feeder for them ' ’As to the carriers theihseivc*. Mr. Hardlpg puggests as ways of UKreasad economy and etficioncy thera be a merger of liner rate eys-' teme, interchange of freight cars. Mrs. Mary L. Davis Died Last Night Mrs. Mary L. avis, age 27, died Friday night at a local hospital after an illness of some two weeks duration. Funeral services will be held at Mrs. Davis's former home, Weston, Ga., Sunday. Bernstein Bros.' in' charge. Mrs. Davis, who was well known in Athens, is survived by her hus band, a daughter, a father and mother and five sisters. funeral T oday for Clara Stephens Fun Xmas Seal Sale The sale of the Christmas seals for the prevention of tnbercu-l losis is progressing nicely in Ath- lens under the chairmanship of [Mrs. W. E. Broach. A campaign of short speeches at the moving picture booses nightly has been launched and the patrons of the movies sre being .urged to bsy the seals. Prevention of this malady in Georgia has made won derful progress in the post few years and much has been accom plished by the sale of these seals. They sre on sale at many stores and everybody Is urged to send them out on all letters and packages 1 services for little Clara Stephens, ton-year-old daughter of moral yhetls, ten-year-oid daughl Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stephens of 140 Bryant street, will be conducted from Dunaway’s funeral parlor Saturday afternoon at o o’clock. Rev. A. L. Flury will officiate. The little girl ‘died Thursday morning after a shert illness. Hers was the third death in this family Progresses Here in the last ** dasw - the consolidation of faculties and |the economla use of terminals. He declares Uist dhe managers of the does are without that intercarrler co-operative relationship “so high ly essential to the best and most economical operation” adding that they could not function in harmonv , when the recent striko threatened the paralysis of all railroad trans portation. More extended credit for th. farmers is strongly urged by tin- executive, who declare, that tho very proof of helpfulness already given is the strongest argument for the permanent estlbllshment of widened credits. He says tin; farm loan bureau may well have its powers enlarged to. provide ample farm production credits as well as enlarged land credits. TWO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FUNERAL NOTICE The friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Parker, Mr. end Mrs. Lawrence Parker, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Torrey and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wiggs are invited to Attend the funeral of Mrs. Lawrence Parker, this (Sat urday) morning at 12 o'clock from the houcedf Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Parker, on 'Prince Avenue.- The following gentlemen art re quested to act as pallbearers: Messrs. W. T. Forbes, J. A. Dar- win, Aaron Cohen, Col.' C. • M, llinp, Dr. W. L. Mosz, W. W. Scott, H. II. Gordon, and John Two constitutional amendments are proposed. One would give con gross authority over child labor and the other would restrict tuo issues of tax-exempt securities, which arc declared to be drying up the source of Federal taxation and encouraging unproductive-and &3S3t33S2*W Enactment of lesislatlon provid ing for the reglrtratlon of aliens who have come to America and for a more rigid examination of emi grants at the ports of departure Is proposed. Registration, the president says will enable ths couu try to guard against the abases to Immigration and facilitate the "needed Amerjcanlzln* of those sent '* n ** n *° enr °I* *• citi- - Enactment ot legislation provid- jn* for registration of allsns and “'““•notion hlvSaE??** * V 1 *.Port* of em- Thspri-iiji."; litv??! 1 *** "! e wu, ° n ’ ur «» ■•“ini to the world war” nn.i ..., , . 1 worl11 war” and add that advocates of devolution an aimsing th. hospitality „ f Amrrl (■an^saegm -finding their del,

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The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, December 09, 1922, Image 1