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I-01, No- 12 Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service.ATHENS, GA. t SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1922,
SinfrlejCopies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday.
Extensive Campaigns 1
Against Boll Weevil
Are Planned For 1923
1
IS.
AFTER COTTON PEST
Among Methods Used
Will lie That Lately An
nounced By the Florida
State Board.
EMPORIA. Kans.—The state
case against William Allen Wlilte
Emporia Editor, charged with vio
lating the Industrial court law by
placing a placard In the window
of his newspaper, was dismissed
tills afternoon In district court.
Judge W. C. Harris presiding. Mr.
White appeared at the court with
his attorney.
Price of Calcium Arse-
ie Is Engaging Atten-
n. Will Try For In
creased Supply.
WASHINGTON.—N*xt season’s
campaign against the boll weevil
prnmii
■s to lie on a larger scale
n any season heretofore.
.I the department of ngri-
as outlined by its cotton
. are being widely develop-
Ann
the methods for control
nf the hull weevil which will be
used next season is that recently
announced by the Florida state
plant hoard which the cotton
council has recommended be given
a thorough trial throughout the
cotton belt. — .
William A. White
Gets Dismissal
BAPTISTS PLAN TO
Sanford Named
S. I. C. President
INTO SINGLE BODY;
Committee of Fifty Mem
bers For That Purpose
Voted At Meeting Held
Saturday.
ATLANTA — The Southern
Intercoliagiate conference de
legates in session here late
Saturday re-elected the pres-
ent officers for another year:
Dr. S. V. Sanford, of the Uni
veraity of Georgia, President;
Dr. j. B. Crenshaw, of Geor
gia Tech, vice president and
M. W. Daugherty of the Un -
veraity of Tennessee, secre
tary-treasurer.
Will Name Membership i
of Committee and Offi-!
ters Monday. 500 Dele- !
gates Present Yesterday. |
ASKS RECOGNITION,
Proof Found When Sov
iet Minister Warns'Jour
nalists of Placing Trust
in Allies.
Ismet Pasha’s Abandon
ment of Russians on the
Dardanelles Question Is
Fly in the Ointment.
CHICAGO — An International .WfinlH Have f’hnnf'ollrvr LAUSANNE—(By The Asaoclat-
amalgamation committee of E0 ’Y oula nave LdlanCeHOr etl Press.)—Proof that Bolshevik
members having for its purpose the | BarrOW and Athens Ap- nu " sla 18 highly dissatisfied with
amalgamation of the sixteen stan-i _i„ zp__ rr„ .Turkey because Ismet Pasha has
danl organizations of railway eni- rv " iTiciidl I Ui nc* | abandoned the Russians on the
| ployes into one body, was voted; roic School Teacher. ! ‘l ue8tl01 ' of the Dardanelles was
I here Saturday at a conference of; . found Saturday when M. Tchlt-
1 500 delegates, claiming' to repre-1 . J chertn, tt\,e Soviet foreign minister
60,000 and 70.000
ATLANTA. Ga.—State supt. of
I education M. H. Parks has atarted
A WEEKLY OASIS
i tee as well as its officers will he
I selected Monday. The meeting to- f”™"*;> 1 ‘ l | e ‘ „!!! * h °
| day functioned, under the dlrec-
j tlon of the Minnesota railroad i P” 111 ? Qe0 . rgla r ? r, i * c h°<t l that
shop crafts e^™*oJ5K5;'*“ burne(l near covln * ,on recent ’
At Luncheon Friday
orklng since Soptember as the
national amalgamation committee
among railroad employes.
The program adopted by the
j conference calls for on attempt.
Night Teams Are Ar-1 tbToifgh the executive heads of
ramrpr] tn Sepiirp PlpHtrp-t' tho 8l *‘ f,pn onions to call an in-
rRIlgeQ W) ocCUre ritfUgea j t C raatlouaI conference to take up
From Membership.
the amalgamation question.
Expenses of First Church
Are Weekly, Hence
Weekly Sum of $346.16
Is Being Solicited.
Additional Credit To Farming
Interests Is Proposed In Two]
New Bills Introduced Saturday
City Court Won’t
Convene Monday
Judge J. D. Bradwell announced
Saturday that due to the continued
epidemic of sickness In the county
that City Court will not reconvene
Monday but Is postponed for an
other week and unless the condf-<
tlon gets worse or shows
signs of Improvement jury sessions
trill begin again Monday week.
Those summoned for jury duty
or as witneiseB are requested to
heed this word from the judge.
TO IIAVF. MORE
(Alt'll.M ARSENATE
Every member on the roll of the
I church paying a appealed amount
| weekly was the goal set Friday
•night by the members of the First
• Baptist church. Because all of the
T r rssjs »“■*->•! ssrLS.’S srs.mzi
*£Z£SS2J!!*!mmm w ,h .t".'n C .P™'.s m
un! he made to increase the sup
ply fur next season’s fight on the
ecting for this
purpOMWill
I* held in .New Yqrk : next Wad-
M-day. It will be , attended, by
government txpefts, including Dr.
J. K. Haywood, chairman of the
Insecticide and Fungicide board of
the department of agriculture and
other officials of that department;
C. K. Deiond, formerly of the
chemical division of the depart-
imnt of commerce and now head
of the dye and chemical division
of the tariff commission and by
olficials of the departments of in
terior nnd commerce. The meet
ing will lie held after «f two day
session of insecticide manufactur
es and a large number of experts
in the industry will attend the
caleium arsenate conference.
The main topics for discussion
at the conference will be the
amount of white arsenic available
for the manufacture of calcium
aisenate and whether by any
means thu production of this es-
tential in fighting the boll weevil
ran be stimulated »nd enlarged.
1 DEAD. MANY HURT
IN TRAIN COLLISION GEORGIA BULLDOGS
issued an urgent invitation to the
Turkish journalists and in the
course of a long speech** warned
them of the dangers of p lacing
their trust in the Allied nations.
M. Tchitcherin did not want to
say anything in the way of criti
cism of the Turkish plenipoten-
^ « tiares but thought the Turkish!
He has requested Prof. G. t. people at home should know of
Adams, superintendent of New ton tho trend of things at Lausanne. I
county schools Supt. W. A. Sutton. He had a distinct impression, he 1
of the Atlanta city schools and said, that war between Turkey ■
Chancellor D C. Barrow, of the and the Powers still was going on.; Mnnv RraVP Tnplpmpnt
University of Georgia to poin with Usually warn were fought on the , CldVe .V™,
him In making application for the battle field, but at Lausanne, the; Weather to Attend 8tll
medal of Mrs. Grant who risked war wasbelng waged around the TAistiMPt MpwennnPrmpn’q
her own life In gathering the pupils gre en la ble and the goal was toi •-'■SUlCt IN eWSpapeiTfien S
directing separate Turkey from Russia. At- Convention,
burniug ter ward* the great powers would
tuu:
Number of Measures Designed to
Aid Farmers Already In Congress
Augmented By New Senate
Bills
WASHINGTON.—Two more farm credit plans
were added Saturday to the dozen or more already*;,
before congress.
A bill amending the farm loan act to provide
ditional credits was introduced by Senator Norh
republican, South Dakota, and Representativ
Strong, republican, Kansas, while another intro
duced by Senator Norbeck and Representative A. P.
Nelson, republican, Wisconsin, would authorize the fc
war finance corporation to make loans to foreign*
purchasers of American'agricultural products.
_______ Bgtb bii] s ara endorsed by
American Farm bureau federatl
Heavy Fog Blamed For
Wreck Near Savannah
Early Saturday, Which
Injureu Many.
under her charge, and
their: escape from the
building. {defeat Turkey and Russia seper-! a t„ xT nm .j
Mrs. Grant was severely burned ately. lAtflGIlS IS NdlHGCl AS tll6
at the time. “ ‘
TO MEET YALE BLUE
SAVANNAH, Ga.—I. K. Ed-
1,5. DEBT SUBJECT
III
to collect by the week
The actual expenses of the
church for 1923 us shown In .a
letter to the members will be
S 46.16 Jt week. It Is the plan to
,yo this amount pledged by the
membership during an Intensive
drive period that has just been
put undtr way. 1
At a meeting held Friday night,
»n expense campaign' orgnnlxa;• j lhe rear' Pullman car of No. 52 :
* lon . , w,.,er i ' trikin f the train from the rear,
head of this organization is waiter «. f f •_
arbes with Judge Andrew J. ™ r,r " of thc forward tra,n
CHARGE FRENCH
SWAP SIDES
wards of Sumpter, S. C., was kill
ed and, several were injured Sat
urday mcrnlng at T:0T 'o'clock
when Atlantic Coast Line railway
.trains, second'No, 80 and No. 62
[collided at Hunahan Station, S. C. j
| The engine of No/80 telescoped
Tchitcherin charged that France
hnd abandoned Turkey in favor of
England and the consideration was
probably some concessions on the
reparations problem from England.
"But it remains to be seen” he
continued” how far France and
England will agree when the
„ _ „ _ . , _ Brussols conference Js held."
Seven 1923 Gnd Ggmesl He rejoiced th»t Turkey a ml
«r>„l Rn»sla had finally come together
Next Meeting j* 1 a c e
When E. W. Carroll In
vites Association Here.
Annminrwl fontro “Pnl 1<u,8,a naa nnally conic together
Announced* venire teOI because they were vitally linport-
onels” Appear Here Sat
urday After Thanksgiv
ing.
f. Forbes
Cobo ns head of the executive com
mittee. The complete organiza
tion follows:
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Chairman—Judge A. J. Cobb. L.
F. dwards, O. H.Hulme, Rev. J. C.
Wilkinson. Mrs. J. W. Jenkins.
Campaign Cashier—L. L. Staple-
ton.
TEAM 1
Capt.—H. W. Dews. M. M. Ar
nold. Harry Hodgson, Ned Hodg
son. H. V. Head. dr. R. W. Jones.
TEAM 2
Capt.—E. H. Dorsey. Sr., G. C.
Armstrong, W. B. Dozier. J. B.
Thornton, W. C. Thornton, bee
Brad berry.
TEAM 3
Capt.—M. S.Hodgson, W. H.
Kytle, F. E. D. Morgan, E. C.
Jackson, ’L. M. Leathers, G. A.
Moll.
TEAM 4
Capt.—J. W. Jenkins, W. O. Bol
ton. T. S. Mel!. O. H. Thornton.
Sr. C. IM. Snetllng, Dan Magtll.
TEAM S
were driven from the rails. They
consisted of one Pullman, two
conches, one baggage, one express
and one mail car.
The weather was foggy and of
ficials of the road stated that this
may have something to do with
the accident. No cause had been
found- However, at noon. ■'
Death came to Edwards in a
Charleston hospital, where he was
taken r.oon after the- collision.
Several other passengers were
taken to Charleston for treatment.
LIST OF THOSE
INJURED
Those who were reported in
jured are: William Smith, engi
neer of No. 62, slight; Jim Le ;
Garc, negro fireman, shaken up;
Pollan, mail clerk, seriously
injured; Scruggs, mail clerk,
seriously injured; J. W. Gerard,'
baggagemastcr, seriously; A. P.
Beard, news agent, slightly;
Thomas Jackson, Charleston, ne
gro passenger, slightly; J- C,
enm u kiu (luaoviigui) •iiiini/ > v.
Capt—H. P. Lawrence. O. M.; Fickcn, Pullman conductor,* slight-
\I„„| m- _ Am. 1 Roberts, A. M. Dobbs. C. A. Booth.hy; L, Horrowitz, Bonnes, S. C.,
.Much lime Given to Am-, M J Abne y ( c . Chandler badly bruised; S. ’ Z. Whaley,
erican Attitude, Was ” * *-— J - 1 "
Learned After Confer
ence Adjournment.
LONDON—(By The Associated
iTi-ss.;—The Allied prataiers be-
stnninK here Saturday their con-
"iliailons preliminary to the
ilnissuls conference dovoteef, much
lime in iln- discussion to the at-
titiid- of the United States with
Nsuect t oth eallled debts. It was
l".irnc<i after tho conference bed
luiiimrucd for the day.
kies riling cancellations, pre
mier I’iiincalre. of France 6ald he
'"is Killing that the German In-
ii,.n„ii|y i H . reduced to forty I’ll:
:olil marks provided England
ib il France’s debt to her and
be given a larger per cent-
l each paymenL
linil
30NAR LAW
REPLIES
: Milnister Bonar Law of
I’.rl tain replied that this
J impossible now. owing
I.tilde of the United 8tates
iiivlllng debts owed by the
prnlcplal plank in Premier
-"'.ini's forelg npolicy, that of
Italy’s Influence felt
"i had an early effect on the
meeting and has changed
•"'Umde Of the Allies regnrd-
• Hii ity.
r Law caused a sensation
-•cend session of the At-
ulers this afternoon, whan,
. oiirse of his reply to M.
■ lire's Moratorium plan, he
■ i ar Indication that the
government would be quite
' " to reconsider the' gueetlon
" i nation of the French debt.
i i. .i such a step- wan made
'd'l- by a reparations scttlo-
M satisfactory to Great Brlt-
TEAM 6
Capt.—‘F. A. Lipscomb, O. W.
Abney. E. L. Wilkins, H. B. Ritchie.
A. W. WIer, E. J. O’Kelley
TEAM 7
' Capt.—Ablx Nix. J. A. Darwin,
E. B. Moll, H. O. Epting, C. C.
Ashworth, Jno. L. Booth, L. D.
Penny.
TEAM 8
CapL—Dr. O. N. Walker, Davv
Paddock, H. J. Rowe, Joe Booth,
F. C. Thornton. C. D. Cox.
Campaign Director — Walter T.
Forbes.
Disinterment of
Bodies Reported
Charleston, badly Injured; J. E.
Gamble, sheriff, of Manning, S.
C., badly injured; Mrs. R. G. Cau-
jey, Pinoplis, S. C., slightly; Dora
P. Alston, Charleston, slightly;
Mrs. C. G. Terrill, Charleston,
elightly; Miss Kate Terrill,
Charleston, slightly; Norma C.
.Cate, Ridge Springs, S. C., slight
ly; Mrs. J. M. Kelly, Piedmont, S.
C., slightly; Charles MUIer, negro
Pullman porter, slightly; W. A.
Williams, engineer of No. 80, ser-
iously. ,
Savannah officials of the Atlan
tic Coast Line stated that the
northbound track would be cleared
by 3 o’clock this afternoon. The w DOOU r .,„ c
southbound track is not obstruct- gocuye 63.150.)
ATLA.vVa—A story of the dis
interment of 40 bodies In a local
cemetery reburial of the bodies
and sale of the coffins by a banil
of negroes was being Investigated
Saturday following the alleged
confessions of Thursman "Jones, a
negro, one of the band held In
connection with the disclosures.
Five persons were arrested last
night by officers who laid In wait
at the cemetery and claim to. have
seen the casket snatchers at work.
According to Jones’ story the
coffins were resold for ten dol
lars each. With the exception of
Jones, all disclaim any knowledge
of the affair.
ATLANTA—The University
of Georgia eleven will play
Yals at New Haven on Oct.
13, qext year. It wa> announc
ed Saturday night by Dr. 8. >.
Sanford, athletic diVcetor at
Georgia, In giving out tho 1923
gridiron achedule of tho Bull
dogs.
The Georgia Bulldogs will al
so meet Centre’s Praying
Colontlt next year. The game
will bo played on Sanford field
at Athena on December 1st.,
according to Dr. Sanford.
Other games on the achedule
Include-Tennessee at Knox
ville October 20; Auburn at
Columbus, Ga.. November 3rd,
Virginia at Athene! November
10th; VanderbilLjat Nashville,
November 17tlwf and Alabama
At - Montgomery, November
24th.
Games for Athena oil
bar 29, October 6 and
27 are yet to
dnt to each other; tbelr Interests
wore the same.
“Tbe Independence and strength
of Turkey Is security for Russia."
he added, "and Turkey cannot he
strong and Independent unless the
straits are c losed.”
WOULD ENDANGER
CONSTANTINOPLE
The Bolshevik leader declared
that to allow foreign ships to pass
jIADBON. Ga.. December 8.—
In spite „f the Inclement weather,
the fourth quarterly metlnw of the
Eighth District Press Association,
nhlch was held hero Friday was
pronounced the best in the his
tory of the. Association, both from
thc standpoint of Interest and en
joyment. |
On account of the slippery condt
tlon of roads CAWed-lUt. «>■ mwvl.
null ntknp^mwnpNvwrw._
dent Eraest 6amp nnd his party
from .Monroe were delayed in
retching the city. The session:
wns o|>ened at boon in the county
court house. Following the invoca
t on by Rev. T. H Kendall, pastor
of the First Methodist church.
Mayor R. W. Parker delivered an
eloquent address of welcome to
the visitors, among whom wero a
H migration committee
was unlikely general immigra
tion legislation recommended
by President Harding In Fri
day's message would be at
tempted at present session.
though tbe straits would mean tho | nu ! nb f| l L5, f , ^p l 0 '' lKa ‘' ,
hanging over of Constantinople no * directly Identified with the
In Spitfe of the Inclement
Weather Committee Re
ports' That Approxi
mately $2,500 Is Secured.
to the nation with the strongest
Navy. Naval units would seize
Constantinople then attack Rus
sia. Therefore.' Ir Constantinople
was In danger, Russia also was:In
terror. 1
Turning his attention to England
Tchitcherin told me Turkish Cor
respondents that Oroat Britain
had her eye on Northern Perslu.
The way to Northern Persia wag.
through tbe Caucasus the way to
the Caucasus was through the
Dardanelles. He asserted that the
ftpMir urogram at Lausanne
*«» bssed^WBL community of in
terests betwceimhe Russian and
Turkish pdoplei And he hoped that
the end of the conference would
find the two eountrics nearer to
gether. i
newspaper profession.
MRS. CALDWELL
MAKE8 SPEECH
Mrs. E. A. Caldwell of the Wal
ton News, responding to the gen-
rrcits welcome of Mayor Parker,
(laid glowing tribute to the tradi
tionary hospitality and tho sturdy.
,[progressive citizenship of Madison
*mii. 1 Morgan county
On Invitation of Secretary E.
W. Carroll of the Athens Chamber
of Commerce, Athens; was unani
mously named us thc next meet
ing place of the association.
/
FIANCE, IS BETTER
SATURDAY IN WASHING
TON
The annual treasury appro
priation carrying 3115,000,000
wns passed by thq house.
Secretary Wallace announc
ed ne would give the govern
ments opinion on proposed Ar
mour-Morris packer merger
early next week.
The administration shipping
bill was reported to the Senate
by Its commerce committee to
be called up for consideration
Monday.
Two additional farm credit
bills were Introduced In senate
and house by Senator Norbeck.
Ilcan. Kansas.
Some improvement in the
general agricultural situation
of the nation was noted In the
department of agriculture**
monthly rcvlow.
House judiciary committee
subpoenaed former attorney-
general Wickersham and
Samuel Gompers to appear at
Daugherty Impeachment hear
ings.
Chairman Colt of Senate Inl
and go beyond the adminlstratl
proposals In the recently Introduc
ed Lonroot-Anderson bill. Whether
the differences may be I
easily has not yet been develi.
■ but certain provisions of the i
I Norbeck-Strong measure are c
I tained In other bills Introduced I
Senator Capper Republican Kan
sas. chairman of the senate farm
bloc, and others of the farm group
in Congress.
WOULD INCREASE
LOANS TO FARMERS
Increase from $10,000 to $25,00n
of the maximum loan which could
be made to an individual farmer,
by cooperative farm land banka la
one of the principal features of
republican South Dakota and ™ Uie principal icaiurea «* jg
Representative Strong, repub- the, Norbeck-Strong blU Senator
Norbeck said that this change
would "give local cooperative as
sociations a better chance to com
pete with tne joint stock land,
banks.” “
I * Such loans pnder tho new bill
I also would be available for securi
ty on machinery and other debts
'of borrowers and not limited. a«
under the present law, to land and
buildings.
I "Tho bill which I have lntro-
iduced, said "Senator Norbeck of
, this feature, "makes It possible '
for>a farmer, who owes money on
. farm machinery for Instance, to
place n niortgngo on his land with
, the Federal Farm loan associa
tions nnd pay, off the debt on tho
farm machinery. He may also bor
row money to educate Ills family.”
Another provision of the Nor
beck Strong bill will bo to change
tho composition or tho 12 regional
land banks by providing "a fifty-
fifty" directorate, half of tho di
rectors to he appointed by the
Federal hoard nnd half hy Nation
al Farm organizations. This has
not been done up to tho present
I time because of the governments
ibond holdings in the farm banks.
Minister of Foreign Af- for" dutriffi&ij^ w °h£. p ^a° I
POLISH PRESIDENT
fairs Elected By Nation-if
v . UAI IIMTiDk
al; Assembly. Appoint
ment Is Radical Victory;
VOLUNTARY
LIQUIDATION
The. bill also provides for volun
tary liquidation of local farm loan
associations and for appointment
WAR8AW-—(By The Associat- . __
ed Press.)—Gabriel Narutowicx of pgents whwe cooperative banks
minister of foreign affairs. *was, d ° not exist Th« latter provision,
elected president of Poland by the
National assembly Saturday.
BEIIi BUILT HERE
In spite of the Inclement weath
er and the other handicaps that
have arisen since their drive be-
Thu handsome residence that is
being built by A. G. Dudley on thc
old Griffeth lot' on. Milledge ave-
Body of Rome Men
Was Killed By Jealous A tw ° ator y t«t room house, brick
- — — — ibeing constructed and
' Gabriel Narutowlqs, newly elect
ed president of Poland has been
a member of the various Polish
cabinets since June 1920, when he
was appointed minister! of public
works under premier Grubskl. He
was "re-appointed to the position
by Premier Ponlkowskl, and first
took the portfolio of foreign af
fairs under Premier SUwlnskl in
Juno of tbl year. M. Narutowicx Is
a radical and his appointment to
this Important post aroused, some
opposition among the moderates
in the diet.
Would make It possible for farm-
ers to obtain loans when local
associations have not yet Ibecn
organised..
The Nocbaek-Nelson fonlgni'
loan bill would create a revolving
fund of $200,000 to negotiate sales
of American products, it is dsslfn-*]
ed to increase exports of farm
productu hy advancing fnndavK'
foreigners. The bill authorises tiro
war finance corporation to pur
chase drafts or other lnstrumentx
of credit egafnst grain shipment*
abroad, to be drawn against an!
guaranteed by the foreign govern
ments where the grain Is shipped."
Independence Hall
ed. Both trains* were traveling in
thc same direction as the track is
double at that 'point.
A wrecker from Charleston went
o the scene immediately and
vork was started at an early hour
to clear the track. Train service
is maintained ISvcr the southbound
track. '
TO MARRY DECEMBER 28TH.
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Walter Heirk.
thc moving picture star, has writ
ten a friend in Savannah, that lie
is to be married'to Miss McWil
liams, at Syracuse, N. Y.. "Decem
ber 23. He will bring his bride to
Savannah, arriving here January
3 and will spend some time In the prisoner was falsely pretend-
Savannah and In CorHsle, Ga.. his Ing his weak condition. Judge L T.
Young Womnn’s Christian Aso-
clatton.
A most unusual thing happened
here the first day of the solicita
tion period when with only eigh
ty-eight making subscriptions,
more than 32.060.00 was raised.
One of the workers in commenting
on the drive Saturday night Sujd.
"Though comparatively few pen-
| pie were approached these drat
k : days and there were many ud-
yi • I 11 verse circumstances to combat.
G1V611 invalid the spirit with which the contribu
. tors responded was more than
ero,'S L ,m a «rtertherYn a a rrl .’“ute n ot! ^Eve^a Strader from far away
semi-consciousness. Ira’> Harrison. Ar J|J ,l,U8 who heard two solicitors
convicted with Frank M. Jeffords *• ^“E bin
of the murder of I. C. Amette here! ,rlbut ^”; * ald ' A1, “ w '{ edp
last spring. Saturday, was aen- >»». •»«> jmur budget • ——
fenced In general session' scour
Lover Sent Home. Wood 'vh<.‘n‘c U mpiett5f thirh^e e win a he 'Clemenceau 1 Visits
Is Held. one of the handsomest on Milledge L _ .
j avenue. 5- , ’
MACON, Ga.—Miss Olenc Cour- • The Michael home, on the comer j
son, shot Thursday night, was of MiiledgwantyWoodlawn, is also;
much Improved Saturday morning le—in- .enmniltfnn. This is an-
gan bare, the middle of thc weekjand doctors h6ld out hope for her other hands'omn residence and is
Saturday night those in charge re- recovery, according to an an- located in one of the prettiest
nouheement from a hospital. groves in the city and has been
The bod£ of Paul Funderburk, i.an.eu "Pinebur' by Mr. Michael,
companion of Miss CourSon in the Them 1* unusual activity in; ctent a*
automobile ride from a local hotel home building in Athens now and i <fjty
where she was employed to Rome, smaller bungalows and cottages | every
home, will be snippet! to* Rome, are going up in every section of [ phir
Ga., for interment this afternoon. , the cily. On Milledge Circle, or j Wi
M. D. Wood, boyhood playmate , tho immediate vicinity, several
ported that approximately 32,500.00
has been raised in the campaign to
for the Athena
Death Sentence
tto die In the electric chair, Dec.
22.
Jeffords also is under sentence
to die on that date.
Three physicians who had ex
amined Harrison were pot on the
stand and teattfled they believed
Mauldin then p« 8 «' , 'I sentence.
m
PIHHWI . believe
in the Y. W. C. A. and always coif-
alder It a privilege to contribute
to tbe cause.’
Those who are interested in the
work of the Athens Y. W. C. A,
and who want to-make an offer-
ink are naked by the committee
in charge not to wait to be seen,
but rather to send their donations
to the treasurer of the organiza
tion.
was taken
ed streel
crowds,
Hall. He
PHILADELPHIA — Before he
went to th$ academy, Clemenceau
hrough gaily decorat-
llned with cheering
historic Independence
escorted by the Xn-
udlly uniformed First
which has escorted
Idem who has visited
... its since the days of
igfon.
ring the hall, clemenceau
“TIGER” SAYS HUS
Clemenceau, French IdpJ, *
Finishes His Amdri&n
(In the chair In which John
4’ncock sat when he signed the
Duration of Independence.
Speaking Tour Saturday.
Three Purposes Carried
Out, He Sa^s.
PHILADELPHIA — (By The As
sociated Ft ess. (—Georges Clemen
ceau, French war premier. Satur-
of Miss Courson, who for seven arc now under construction while
years had sought her hand in mar-1 many new ones have been com-
riage, and who is now in tail on pleted there In the past several
the charge of having killed Fun- months. ;’-Mayor Moore presented Mrs. | day ended his "formal” speaking
derburk, still continues to -play M. J. Costa has just moved into j Edward Davis, a great-great- mission to America before the
the silent role. He was more a new twelve room home on Mil-*' great-granddaughter of Benjamin i Philadelphia forum In the academy
concemed last night over a game ledge Circle. C. A. Rowland has Franklin. The Tiger wns then i of music, with the broad intfpia-
of checkers than the part he had completed a large home on Hid conducted to the Liberty Bell. He tlon tba the believed he had ac
played in the shootings. street and ’has moved in while
Miss Helen Hinson, of Vaidos- others ara planning to build im-
ta, Ga., arrived here late, yester- . mediately after Christmas.
day and identified the body of • *•'
Funderburk, and declared she wns 17!,,-, ItTillo#! U/lvatt
engaged to marry him on January * 1VC IVlllCvl TTllcIl
18.
Misa Courson, according, to her
parents, Dr. and Mra. J. M. Cour
son, iaaued a statement late Thun-
placed his band on the famous
bronze relic Just over the long
crack up the side and stood for
a moment reading the inscription.
The local committee which bad
gretted him Included Moore, Gov-
eraor Sprout, Governor-elect Pln-
Explosion Occurs — ot - Senator Pepper and Bdwart
IW. Bok.
, SCRANfPN, Pa.—Fire persons;
day in which she said that there knowtt w ^ de4d Md aeveral
ill** no love between herself and were injured Saturday in on ex*
Funderburk and that she- had ac- plosion which destroyed the Olas-
cepted a ride In Funderburk s au- ing mil! of the Black Diamond
tomobile simply to reach her homo Powder company near Dupont. Pa.,
during a rainstorm. She claimed about 8 miles south of Scranton.
Wood tried to kill her and then The explosion was felt at Car.
himself. . • _ ' |boudale, pa.. 25 miles away
NAMED GRIDIRON
WASHINGTON—Arthur S. Ban
ning. of the Chicago Tribune, waa
elected president of the Crimson
club for the coming year, and Wil
liam E. Bringbam, of the Boston
Transcript waa elected Vice-Pres
ident.
complished the three purpose* for
which he forsook his cottage In :
France.
Of two of them he evinced nn
doubt He was confident he. had
Convinced America that Prance
was not a militaristic nor sa-Im- '-
perlallstlc nation. He was equally
sure be had spread conviction tut
France intended * to pay her debt
to America—not immediately, per*
baps, but ultimathly.
He requoted a paragraph from
Pres. Harding's annual message
to Congress, yesterday as an indl- |
cation that th ethird point—brink.
Ing America back to the side of
France and England—also waa
being accomplished.
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