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No. 293 Associated Prfess Dispatches- ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1922.
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday.
RUTHERFORD DELIVERS
Address extolling .Georgia
A T ROTARY CLUB WEDNESDAY
RUSSIA’S PORTION AT LAUSANNE
LARRY GANTT’S .
daily column
Georgians Have Played
Important Part In Up
building of Nation,
Speaker* Declares.
Western Tourists
praise Athens
Yestc
Ch»n:lw
o the 1
Larry Gantt.)
•he Secretary of the
( i.mmtrce carried me
Hotel and introduced
Indies and gentlemen
ADVANTAGES OF
STATE ARE TOLD
Work Being Done By St.
John’s Haven At Bruns
wick Is Interestingly Re
lated At Meeting.
xif.ter
The
The weekly meeting of the
, T en, Ohio, a place Rotary Club held yesterday was of
lies from Cleveland unusual interest in the fact that
topped over in Ath- Miss Millie Rutherford was an
ay to Miami, Flori- , honor guest and delivered an ad-
v will spend the dress to the members on "Geor-
following comprise Besides, Mrs. Ball presided
C. Weir and at,thc piano and furnished the
r. U. weir ana ayne piano ana iumisneu me
cfc j[ r . Carl Edwards and Mr. j masie for the singers or the- club.
Hurko Utley. Mr. Weir, MISS RUTHERFORD
wia If head of the party on reach- PLEASED KOTA RIANS
■„ our r.tv was so pleased with r
that he hunted up ouy In an unusual happy strain Miss
nZbor of Commerco to secure Rutherford enthused and kept the
’ration from the secretary. Rotarians in a high state of inter-
I fomsi them to lie most genial est during nor talk on Georgia.
and they were out- She told many things which wore
in praise of the country eye-openers and few<of those prea-
KZh which they passed. ; ent were acquainted with the many
Weir told mo that one ob- advantages possessed by (his state
J;»their trip was to look over which rightfully gives it u stand-
£ South ami especially Its agri-' infit as one of the first states in
cultural and stock raising pofsi- th « “ ni ™'
Siitie. They went around about Miss Rutherford told of the his-
Washington City and toric sections of this state in a
Charlotte, N. C„ and Spartanburg, most vivid manner and related
JC and thence to Athens. many occurences of interest in
•iviavn connection with Georgians who
Kin oitv havo made history for the nation.
. 'in practically every state of the
i talked for an hour or more un | on ma y jj 0 found some mark of
with these tuortsU who wore very wor k 0 f some prominent Geor
gian not only throughout the
southern states, but in ninny of
the eastern and western states.
Miss < Rutherford called especial
attention to the law in this state :
fixing Georgia Day February 11th
and requiring the History of
Georgia to be taught in all schools.
__.ji interested in our section. /Mr.
Heir said he was particularly ton-
pressed with Athens for we have
hire a beautiful and progressive
thy, and he says a great future
Lr it. In his entire trip he saw no
place that made so favorable an
impression on him as Athens and
POIICIE MAKES
CLEAR ATTITUDE OF
FRANCE ON DEB?
■
He Intimates in Interview
That Ruhr Valley Not to
Be Seized, But Other Ac
tion Seen.
PARIS.—(By The Associated
Press)—rremier Polncaro at the
resumption of the parliamentary
debate on the French foelgn pol
icy. will announce chat the govern
ment retains the right .o i.ta a
free hand in seizing security for
the German debt. However, lie will
not specify what this security will
bo.
The premier made this clear to
ntervi/'wers Tuesday night, say-
BARROW (MENS MEET
AGAIN FRIDAY TO STOP 1
ALLEGED NIGHT RIDING
tM
Patrons Urged To
Mail Packages
Right Away
"Wrap securely.”
"Address clearly."
“Put the sender's came in upper
left hand corner.”
And—
‘•.Mail early.”
That’s the slogan that Christmas
shoppers who have packages to
mail should adopt If. they, want
Citizens Will Be Griven.
Another Opportunity to
Approve Res olutions,
Voted Down.
(8peclal to the BannSP-Herald)
WINDER, Ga. — Another mafla
meeting of citizens 6t Winder and
Barrow county is scheduled to bo
held &t the court house heme next
Friday morning *t 10 o'clock,
when another effort will be made
to have a. majority of the citizens
in attendance endorse a resolu
tion that has been drawn up for
their gifts to be* handled 'rapidly j
ing that he would speak either j by Uncle Sam’s mail boys this year. I d J wn 7** ***'u.t4? 57 ,” 1 1 ei i. Ty.
spontaneously or In reply to in- | Postmaster Paul Smith says this e<s ofninst it while 37 voted twt it.
terpolatlons on “the fresh post- , is a creed that would facilitate the copY 0F q-HE
ponement of the occupation of the | handling of the big Christmas mail
mihr" on which Leon Daudet and j quite a bit If only the nubile would
others have given notlco. ' heod ft. Do not wall until Just bq-
“I never said I thought of occu- fore the 24th to mall your packages.
pying the Ruhr, or taking such se
curity," the premier told his, ques
tioners. ”1 do not know exactly
which we would choose.- If we did
wo should be very careful cot to
cry It from the house tops.”
"This howevAr, Is certain! What
ever action we doetde on will not
involve the calling up of a single
men. What
the tlmo for
Bend them now and put a “do not
open until Christmas" se.a! on them.
TAO EXTRA
TRUCKS ON
Two extra government truck,
have been put on to handle tho
C hristmas mail In Athens and de
liveries will be msdo promptly. Do-
RESOLUTION
A copy of the resolution.fa ■■
follows:
"Whereas. The prwctloe of
"right riding” by bonds of maakod
men, either as members of » secret '
order or otherwise, and the acts
that flow from such practice, we
deem to be lawless and Crtmo-
breedlng. subversive of lives and
good order, frightening to women
! calling up or a single Bp | te t h<- fact that tho local force and children, disturbing to alt eld- A
is no less certain la that has been greatly affected ?by sick- mon tiL of society,' demond'xlng fo
, °r threats without acts )BeBH the sending and receiving r.f labor and caushfig the irranigrotlon T
has passed. W o have fully rcsolv- Q, e already heavy mall haa been: e f laborers and others, to tho In-
ed to act, even alone and even if handled without delay according to j ury c f forming and business,. /
, heforn January B, If the reparations Uj r Smith. One day last week as causing men to arm themselves
1 committee pronounces In favor of j mu „y 0B eight, employe* of the post for "protection of their homos hind
n fr.«h, morntorinn, for Onrmnnv I office were absent, due to sick-, property, leading to crime t«ng-
ne **. ing from the frightening of ia-no-
All of which should mean toyou cents to the high crimes of arson.
a fresh; moratorium for Germany.’
I NO LOSS OF
! TIME SEEN
* r “ "ot” -o stated Miss
We hau- here much better roads I Rutherford and 9ome one . B hoUld
tohe exputed to find and th-y ^ (Q , t that it ig dono and that
ire equal to the t**y every school in the state be rc-
•to Lm s!ill big impre^n quired to live up to The tow by
/fact. .Mr. Weir says himself and
party an- so well pleased with 1
fttou that «n their return trip-
it March he will arrange to stop
iwhore and spend perhaps sev-
trai weeks. He wants particularly
t) look over our farming lands and
iavertigatc the different crops. But
chat he is most interested in is
tattle, and says he is surprised
that our people do not devote more
attention to this line. He kept an
eye on cattle and was disappoint
ed in not seeing large herds of
improved br//:ds. He has heard
of Bermuda grass and says with
•uch a fine and cheap summer feed
ve ought to make a special try of
tattle and the whole country be
dotted with dairy farms wo ought
to Ship butter and other milk r: d _ i hc R 0 iary Club of this place
P *t, to the North. Theroj. of L bo£ at
Chairman Sidney Boley and di
rector of the St. John’s Haven,
'reported that ho had received over
one hundred dollars from the mem
bers of tho Athens Rotary Club
contributed to that institution.
‘‘Georgia,” a song composed by
Mr. C. M. Gibbs, of Savannah, wa*
T.
. _ 'the law
teaching .the history of Georgia.
She gave to every Rotarian a
Georgia flag and a couyof “Where
Georgia Leads" and “What Geor
gia Claims.*’ Ufa gifts were great
ly appreciated by those present..
OTHER DOINGS t
AT THE MEETING
Harric Dewa read a clipping j
from an Atlanta newspaper com
plimenting Mr. Harry Dodgson on
a memorial prepared by him on
the death of Mr. J. Rice, of Augus.
ta and’prominent in the fertilizer
industry.
Mr. J. L. Sexton, called attention
to a letter from tho management
of St. John’s Haven, near Bruns
wick. This institution is doing a
great work for orphan children
Angora Government Hos
tile to Plan Which Would
Make Her Assume Obli
gations.'
LAUSANNE.—(By The Associa
ted Press)—Turkey refused at the
Wodnesday session of the Near
East cf ' irenco to assign any spe
cial pare df Turkey as a national
homo for Armenians. Ismet Pasha
declared this would mean a new
attempt to dismember Turkey.
Bathing more profitable than cat
tie ami with our mild winters and
long summers and fino hay crops,
•hi? section ought to lend the van
h cattle. Hogs arc another profit-
ahle line ami which our farmers
should lead in.
SOUTH HAS
advantage
Mr. Weir says he knows; of j presented to the club by Miss
raor-e, nothing about cotton, but | Rutherford. It was sung by the
*kh our productive soil and the. members and hereafter it will be
'“t number of crops we can gfow, l 0 n the concert programme at each
1 appeat? to him that wo can find
ether things more profitable than
the staple. ' s
■Mr Weir says another advant-
•w the South has over the North
cr West—our labor. Farmers
Manufacturers and every other
tii'ing are slaves to labor, for one
•trike follows another. Our farm?
>tt and manufacturers ought to
appreciate the blessings they en-
jy in being able to quietly persuo
“! r business without labor war*.
. There P urists asks many ques-»
boss about rhe country, its prod-
! <ts, industries and people. They
*ere surprised to hear of the dif-
"™t manufacturing enterprises
** have in Athens and say there
? n< > reason why this should not
* "re f the leading industrial
•raters ,' the Scdth. ■ ’*
meeting. It was stated by Miss
Rutherford, that this song was a
prize winning song and, one se
lected from many which was sub
mitted to th® woman’s clubs or
Georgia for tho best fcomposftion
on Georgia.
LAtlSANNE—(By the Associat
ed Press)—The Angora delegates
to the Near East conference are
vigorously combating tho plan df
the power* to -write tho question
of m'norltltes Into the treaty
which it !* hoped will be drawn up
hero. Ismot Pasha and his asso
ciate*. fearful that International
regulations will bo imposed upon
•Eurkey which Drill oblige her to
protect foreign Nationals living
w : thin her borders, believe that
such conditions would bo 'an In
fringement on Turkish soverignt?
and a slight to her honor.
Ismot Pasha bos never been so
aggressive aa !/m his attitude on
this Issue, which In the session
Tuesday- challenged the attention
of tho world when Ismet declared
that Turkey wq-'ld pot allow tho
League of Natrons' to lOok after
the affairs of the minorities.
TO THE PARENTS OF
ATHENS
Today wo are putting small
quantities of Tuberculosis
Christmas Seals Into the hands
of tho school children. If you
have not already bought some
of these seals bo sure, to buy
some from your children, but,
no matter if you have bought
some already, please make a
special effort to buy a few more
if only a penny’s worth, so as
not to discourage tho youngs-
ten for we feel that the educa
tional value t!> them ‘is 1m- ’
mense, and they take such de
light in feeling they arc help
ing in n great cause.
Help them to understand that
the douldo-harrcd cross is the
symbol of the crusaders and
that each of these little stamps
is a weapon to fight with in tho
warfare against the white
plague.
CHRISTMAS SEAL COMMIT
TEE.
ME KILL!
L
| "In any rase we ranuot take any
jstep lie fore January E. It Is wrong to
• sp*-ak of postponement. We post-
j ponc-il nothing apd the fact that we
arc adjourning continuation of our
j dlsresstens to the beginning of
next month involves no loss of
time."
! The atmosphere for tho prellm-
ir.an- lobbies now nppeara less re-
to follow the postman's 'rail
sending your Christmas mall.
19 DEAD,WORTHS
Police Declare That They | v sri Bh J? S,°Tb«
Have Failed to Decide in]press, which, iik> the Jptjt’par-
Death MannCr Met ‘'“tThripS-
-•■i? . — '
, government, pointing out that Pre
mlcr Poincare did not come back
from T-ondon elhpty handed. At
murder and lynch'nge. .. .
"Wherefore, be It resolved. That
wo most earnestly condemn the ^
said praotlce of "night riding" by a
bodies of masked men or women'
and the crimes that attend or are
cloaked under such practice.
"That we deplore the crimes
that have'been committed by mask *
ed men in our community, "bur ;
i White and country, either undor
| the pretense of lawful warrant,.sp
ot regulating-the corfduct of lndlvi-
I duals and the oqpukmnity. _ ^
“That we Call .upon all officers
GAMAGUEY. .Cuba.—(By
Associated Press)—Search was 1 of the taw to redouble their efforts
continued today in the ruins of the to apprehend all violators of the
_ ^ tow\ pledging them pur united and
RICHMOND, Va.—With no def- tentlon Is alsb called to the fact | #l, 08 hf"hM 1 " ««Waac® ’
Ita motivo established for tho . that France obtained from her al- »1* bodies tenevarf g«p|»Jbe hid- .
nt oil
Inlto .... . .
killing of Mrs. Thelma Richardson,. lies concessions which while not
stenographer, formerly of Atlanta, i complete, *re none the less most
Ga., who was shot to death late, Important, notably Britain s new
Monday at tho homo of Thomas 1 attitude toward tho lnter-allled
i Pollard, real estate an dlnsurancc,'.debts which could hardly have
| man. local -ollce early Wedncs- noon hoped for after- her refusal
MEET IT 4 O'CLOCK
day were'working on the theories
which may solve what they now
| consider a mystery.
At the samo time they admitted
| they had failed to establish a mo
tive, tho authorities said today they
I had not ascertained the exact man -
nor In which the young woman was
shot ■ -
The body of Mrs. Richardson,
•accompanied by her brother. Wil
liam Pierce Ham, will be ehippad
from hero Wednosday to' her At
lanta home. Mrs. Richardson wna
formerly: Miss Tliclma Ham,
8AYE NON TURKS
ARE 8AFE ARMENIANS
The Turkish statesman contends
WA8HINGTON.-(By The Asso
ciated Press)—A request Uiat
President Harding seek, to broaden
the scope of the paval limitation
• agreement so as to Include a Hm-
i! Ration on construction on amsller
Hypos of war vessel* and on mlli-
I tary and naval aircraft. 1* Included
A nnual Snaninh la the annual naval bill as.report-
rtnnuai oession I ed Wednesday by the bouse-appro-
. IpriaUon committee.
'i vcroN.—National offl-1 Under tho bill as brought Into
' American Red, Cross.I the house the president would be
- Urn general board of asked, to open negotiations with
sembled here Wed
^ed Cross Is In
' ir annual meeting .to
larger problems of, re-'
. ml organization. Presl-.
Japan for an*’ Mwment^^Wch on the rol^urity question is dta-
japan tor an. . * . MJ1 — _, to'the Allies. .The p®w-
sinyou ms*
would limit future building of all
-nuuuisuvu. surface and submowlble tjrpes of
of the organization J war craft havlpg a tonaage of IO.t
sliient coolldge had, 000 or Ie»a and on all claaaeB or
i» speak. | army and navy alrcraftn. # ,
Commission Retires $92,000
Worth of Bonds Wednesday MAKE8 8 ADORE8S ILD
Hi,
dav i
c.'m
Tr.
,s aggregating $92,000 were retired Wednes-
ie Athens Bond Commission of which Col.
c-lling is chairman.
. o bonds were the last of the first series issued
" ou'lfj the waterworks thirty; yeftra ago.- g oV.
Hi addition to retiring this large amount of bonds
CjU 1>o!l; totalling $2^4fT.60 wore destroyed.
that the Armenians^ In Ttakwi ^Y^ot thrrth.nMct vriH
would be perfoctly happy If agi
tators in other countries woulf
only let Jhern atone and If they
would keep .out of potlbcs. Ismet
made it clear tbgt-Turkey would
always be a haven for non-Tur
kish races which,,beheaved them-
selves and subsmned. to Ottoman
laws and Ideals. He also assert
ed that the Greeks in Constanti
nople would be allowed to remain
there if they we** born tn that
city and If they would become Tur
kish subjects. *
It it estimated that only about
50,000 of the 400.000 Greeks. In Con
stantinople have retained their
Greek citizenship and it to hoped
here that the great majority of
the Groek colony, which is so use
ful In- the oommereinl life In the
capital, will be allowed to remain.
The determined Turkish stand
ers would like a definite under-
standing on this question so tliat,
as Ambassador Child said yester
day the populations and races
which are now living In fear may
feel the presence of prospective
guarantees for their future safety.
President Julian S. Goetchius
has issued a call tor a meeting of
nvon to consider the question six
tponths ago.
CABINET AQREE8
WITH POINCARE
The French cabinet Wednesday'
•morning approved tbs attitude ta
ken on the reparations question by
Premier Poincare at tho recent
meeting of premiers In London af
ter hoarlng M. Poincare’s report of
tho meeting. *It also expressed
agreement with him regarding the
d-claratlons to bo made In the
daughter of Mrs. Belle Ham, who; chamber of deputies^ on Friday,
now resides In the Georgia city when It Is expecteo the govern-
Tbe theories under . consldera-! m ® nt be called upon to reply
lion by. tho pollco are that Pol-! io an Interpellation.
den beneath tho ^wreckage
which eleven dead and fifty Injure
were removed‘Tuesday night.
The death here of two of the
injured haa brought ">» toll of fa-
DEMAND
UNMARklNO -
"That we call upon all officers
injureo na. oreuxn. .m toi, or «• I MU I
talltlo. to ID while some of the 2*1 ^C by wWcTXy are bou°nd
thi'utUe town^In whT«S TO or ^tmlre
Cespcdes, tho llttlo town in whlcb ai Ani n # *i,<, i ntt1 *»v unv mm in vtn
tlons of the law by any one, Id via
lotion of the conat.tution and
lard ahdt the girl, following a' Premier Poincare It ta fbrecatt,
quarrel, probably believing that sbe , will ask the chamber for a free
waa about to kill him, or that the; hand In the reparatlona negotla-
_. , _ stenographer was ahot accidentally I tlons. with the allies and for like
the Chamber or Commerce to be .during a struggle, for possession i freedom regarding the-seizure of
held in the Hinton Securities \ of the pistol, Srhlcl) the police say such pledges as are permitted un
building at four o’clock Thuraday I waa bar property. • ! dor the treaty of Versailles If a
afternoon ' j ■ i sAtlement la not reached by nego
This meeting, it is understood, is
_ ary
called primarily for the purpose of
reviewing, the activities of the
Chamber during the present year
nnd outlining a program of work
for' 1923. Cooperation with tho
be'emphastzed by tho organization
next year. ■ -
A definite, comprehensive play
for the aiding agriculture will bo
worked out by the agricultural
committee and submitted to the
board of directors .within the next
few weeks, it is stated. Goinfj af
ter new industries and developing
more tourist travel for Athens, it
is announced, will also be among
the major activities of the local
trade body during the coming
year.
Officers for the ensuing year
sre to bo elected.' ?
- ■ » i seuiemeni is noi reaenuu Dy negu-
X r • n m l ' ttatlons before the next Installment
Hearings on nutler j of Gei many’s debt to due on Janu-
Nomination Begin I - T ? 10 prpmier ioid his colleagues
WASHINGTON, D. C—Resuming
hearings Wednesday on thn nom
ination of Pierce Butler. 8t Paul
attorney, to be justice-of tho su
preme court a sonata Judiciary sub
committee called Marion A. Burton,
the wrecked Central Is located,
are expected to die. The remainder 5£“ of ^"tho^^'tae""^
of the injured are being cared for , ' .tT,
at Ceapedes. Most of the vlctima
aro Spaniards. ' •}#* oWer <* to resign asm af-
Nearly 100 men were at woric In rnu,t wB call upon our taw
and near the boiler room when the | ,„.Kers. both rttv and dtate to
explosion oqcuyed, but none of the emct mch leg'rt^on^ as will make
S^ra^Huhonih tata 11 * crime ,or ® Mked *****
the tragedy, although It is believed . men or women to bo and, appear
t0 T^n V r«itr»r C ?* d nw^«A hv the on our ,tre6U A 1 " 1 thoroughfare*.
OeL h e.e?. ! "That we call upon all good cltl-
re^ P ht!f »hU.h n iM»?thI*milta! *** t0 J° ,n u * ,n * n,w altaflance
^th Leidenii I to our 'poMMtutlota and law* State
re .ho ^irsr^nr.tto^. tnd f *“«daL and Pledge ourselves
»" Sugar PtentatlOMi OperaUng, Md comnsun.ty to tetter obser-
ay. headed by O. H. Houston. I yane, Bn a enforcement of law and
to the
Company,
He, together with Col. E. A. Bad*,
vice president qnd other 1 officials i B °2= h C t a ^L .. th ,
sre expected to arrive today from!
Havana In a apodal train. . The . w "®i .?*
plant to vauled af $4,000,000. The ®*^‘****?
loss resulting frota the stoppafo of ^
the central'* Operation la expected
to bo greater than that caused to aslde sald wafj 1 * In thWr pub^
the plant’s machinery by the qx- 1,c appearances e-ther lu tho da>
plosion Itself.
Eight Accepted ' •
* For U. S. Army
of tho cabinet that ho had brought
back from London the assurance
that tho differences between
France and Great Britain In the ex?
would henceforth bo discussed ini - -
ncution of the treaty of Versailles!.
an amicable spirit uncontrolled by i *=l*ht applicants have been ac-
press campaigns Against either; ceptad at the army recruiting sta-
prcsldent of the University of Country and that a final disagree-! ties. 20* Shackelford building, Ath-
Michigan and former president of4 menf would not menace the exist*, 0D8 ' during the past week, and
the University of (Minnesota to tes- jence of the entente. -forwarded to Fort McPherson, Ga.,
tlfy. He was asked to be a sup- considerable eaUstacUon waa -' niim ^ nnn1lnnntl4
P ° rter i ,7, an K'’ha l t n the'^Jfo^'note 0 on '
’ ; !rJ .iViia ‘«S e (wirLf iM I Madison, Da., field artillery, Ha-
1 n’/reMrilrn Ty thn^sw^wStah w » ll>n tafinds; W. F. Simmons,
disregarded by the. new British r _ mer _ n .
20 Story Structure comer. OS.. Infantry. Hawaii;
Fnk* HawaU Smiansa :hlw. 4 n? George Gunthdrp, Will Pierce, J. F.
r°* neraia ^quare.jhus Idling hope of re-opening of Heard, Athens, O*., coast artillery,
.. i ho deVta aid're^rauoh Slons i S&
NEW YORK—Herald zquqrc
next year will have irnow twenty ,
Express Company ' jSr6«'?S&“%2l# &
Declares Dividend I city’s landmkrks, built bjl the
/ ' ' ■ elder Games Gordon Bonnet as a 1
, , „ home for the New York Herald,'
Stockholders of the Southeast-i^ow owned by Frank A. Munzey.
the dehts and reparation questions.
IRMYiDiVY
or In thd night, and request such
orders to publicly deny all connec
tlon with' the Crimea that have
bees* committed by such' bodies
and condemn the some.”
that the representatives of the
United states believed that the
ends to be sought were "preven
tion, .rather than mere relief and
guarantee, of.safety.for minorities
BOfiJsr^Imn; meie. succor to their
-mtafar,, and, permtawac* of joint
qqfipn,- rather them more spaamoa
ipejate acttrftjr.” .
era Express Company will have i Ground will be broken next sprintr.
been paid gn annual dividend of The land is valued at $2,500 000
seven percent on December thirty- on d the building is planned
first according to announcement eos t $1,450,000.
Wednesday. - J —1 — —
“At a meeting of the board*of j
directors of the Southeastern Ex-1
press Company, held in Atlanta,
Tuesday, a semiannual dividend of :
three and one half percent on the |
outstanding capital stock of the
I No Trace Found
Company -was declared out of the
net income for the six months
mbassador Child itt hi* address income jor me six memos
the minorities question add* period from July 1st, to Dec®mber
31st, 1922. Payable on. and after
January 1st, 1923, to stockholders
of record of December 22nd, 1922.
The dividend , declared Tuesday
give* , the stockholders of -The
Snnthwtam Express Co, a total
annual dividend of seven per cent
l«r the gear, ending December 31st, tangible clue than when they stare
192?.” j mm ' 1 M mHri
, WASHINGTON. — consolidation
of the war and navy departments
in a department of national defense
_ 1 designed to function under a cabi-
Or S m nil Knv net member with assistants In
VI O HI a 1 1 ljuy ‘ charK0 of tho army and navy re-
j spcctivciy, has been definitely rec
JUNCTION CITY, Kans.—AI-1 ennmnnled by special message ex.
though searchers continued their | Walter F. Brown, head of the corn-
efforts throughout Tuesday night mission appointed to prepare a plan
by light of lanterns, no trace had j of government reorganization,
been found early today or Marvin.! The president to giving serious
five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. consideration to this and other rec-
George Koepke. here. The boy w ee
lost late Sunday and the search
opened for tho third 'day today,
neighbors and friend* who persist
la thd bunt were further front <#
umiiiendations submitted by Mr.
flroivu and may lay them before C
congress within a week or two ac-
compA'Medby a tpeetol meisa|g> ex- M
presehlr the opfiUcfe 'off the adP IHDmP
mtulstratlon on each 'of. the tent, ue?d by
Bogart, Ga., field artillery, Fort
I Henning, Ga.; .J. W. Holliday and
H. L. Dial, of Bogart, enlisted for
field artillery with station at San
Antonio, Texas.
I Sergeant William Ryan, local ar-
-my recruiting officer, stated that
most all branches Of the service are I
still open, nnd that the army need- j
ed about 2D men for the Hawaiian!
islands, 200 for Texas and 200 tar;
stations tn Georgia. Also a good ,
many bandsmen',-radio and tele-t
graph operators, linemen and re -1
palrmcn. Applicants for enlistment
must be of good character, able to
read and write the English lan
guage, single wttb no dependents,
over 18 and not over 35 years of
age. weight not less than 120 nor
over 211 pounds. Enlistment la tar
threo years.
For further Information, call or
write, Army Recruiting Officer.
292 Shackelford Bldg.. Athens, Ga.
“COO CLUCKS”
DEMONSTRATE
An alleged demonstration of the
K. K. R. of th’a section It alleg
ed ' to have taken place recently
and R. L. Woodruff, roreman 'of
the last grand Jury that indicted
a number of mep* In the oounty
for night tiding and Duke Ross,
prominent Winder attorney, were
said to bo shown the sign Indical •
ing that the masked pOrnder*
were about to "strike-" Mr. Wood
ruff protested to tho Governor of
the Slate nnd said he expected \n
Ipcal protection. He la one of the
men Instrumental In attempting to .
get the resolution hearing adopt on
and lived up to.
'
_
changes f,uggc*ted,
* " T
COLDER WEATHER
SEEN FOR GEOiM
. ' TENT BURNS
■ Fa-emcn answered • call to.tfic
heme of O. R. Dobbs/on Millcdgc
ednesday, whore a
VM. CSuiiht on
’ fire. No damage was done,
CHICAGO—Winter’s first-cold
wave that has given the northwest
several days and has extended t®
region snb-sero temperatures ter
the Atlantic coast and aa far south
as the southern tip of tho Pacific
coast and the extreme southern
Florida peninsula, continued Wed
nesday with slight relief ta tome
sections. . »
, Weather forecasters predicted
colder weather- tar the Atlantic
states with the exception of (Kh
Florida peninsula, another disturb?
anen on the California coast and a
continuation of the sub-zero and
near ztro temperature* In the
northwest, plains and middle west