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No. 304 Associated Press Dispatches.
ATHENS, GA., SATURDAY MORNING,’DECEMBER 30,1922
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
FOR NEXT YEAR IS
VERY ENCOURAGING
LARRY GANTTS
DAILY COLUMN
In Defense of
Oconee County
Yesterday I met on the street
Hon. J. D. Price, State Railway
('onTmissioner who is a native of
Oconee, and has large farming in-
i,.rests in that county. Mr. Price
says himself and every other citi
zen of and friend to Oconee are
l utraBed at the slanderous reports
being circulated reflecting on the
rood name and law and order of
that fine Georgia county. It is said
that Oconee is being depopulated
of negroes owing to the abuse of
these people and the threats made
against them.
The whole story is a tissue of
lies from start to finish. In the
first place, facts are known, fewer
negroes, in proportion' jo , their
number, have left Oconee than any
neighboring county, and not near
so many as in several other coun
ties. This negro exodus, caused
by the boll weevil, is taking place
all over the South, and even in
Cherokee Georgia, and which is
not an all-cotton section like ours,
as many blacks have gone North
as have left Oconee.
LEAVING
STATES
Mr. Price says his business car
lies him all over Georgia and he
meets people from every part of
the South. The negroes arc leav
ing every cotton-growing State,
including Mississippi, Alabama and
Louisiana. In fact, Mr. Price says
he believes that more negroes re
main in Oconee than in most oth
er counties. Of course a number
have pulled out and left but this
exodus was not on account of any
reign of terror, but because, ow
ing to a failure of crops and i
shrinkage in values, farmers wefo
not able to feed them, and so could
not find work for theser blacks to
do. Mr. Price says he can hire all
the negroes he wants to work hlr
land and can get the pick of the
country. It is the same with every
other farmer who Is in a position
to feed his labor.
So far as thq slander or. Oconee
about reign of terror existing
there , a viler falsehood was never
circulated. No one of the darkeys
who have moved away did so on
account of any fear of his life or
abuse-, for the negroes or Oconee
know they nrc as safe as any
whore in a civilized land. On the
other hand, Mr. Price says he
knows every man and section of
Oconee, and if a hard-working and
law-abiding darkey was assaulted
or even imposed on, you would see
his white friends and neighbors
rally as a man to his rescue.
Mr. Price Bays he has negroes
in his employ who have been wltl
him for years and if any person
white or black, dared impose or
or wrong one of these darkeys the
party would have him to fight
right then and there. And it i is
the same way with every white
farmer in Oconee.
So long as a negro behaves himl
self and obeys the law .he has
i-very good white man in the coun
ty at his back.
Had the farmers of Oconee been
in a position to feed and clothe
their colored labor as was their
want before the appearance of the
boll weevil, Mr. Price doubts if
fifty darkeys would have left, but
he would continue to remain on'the
farms.
If warning notices stuck up over
the county as reported to terrorize
the blacks, they were put up by
parties who are trying to get
these negroes to move and not by
the white people of his' country,
fuch notice have appeared all over
the South and it is established
that they are the work of emi
grants who think they can thus
frighten the blacks into leaving. 1
But Mr. Price does not believe that
a single darkey has left Oconee on
account of such warnings, for
they pay no heed to them.
ASKED TO
OFFER DEFENSE
Mr. Price asked that I defend
Oconee through the Banner and
Herald, and use his name to place
the brand or liars and slanders on
ali who arc circulating these re-
l»nts about lawlessness and a
reign of terrorism In Oconee coun
ty It affords me one of the>great
est possible pleasures to comply
with this request and I hertily cn-
'i'-rse every word Mr. Price has
aid about Oconee and its splendid
and law-abiding citisens. Oconee is
one of the finest farming sections
of not only Georgia but the South
a ul is settled by a splendid class
of cne hundred . per cent Ameri
cans.
Annual Report of De
partment of Commerce
Expresses Satisfaction
With 1922.
FARMER RECEIVED
MORE THAN IN 1921
Manufactured Commod
ities 50 Percent Larger
Than in 1921; Review of
Business.
WASHINGTON—Stock taking of
the nation's domestic business tor
tbe past five years gives “a feeling
of satisfaction" as to the progress'
made, the Department of Commerce!
declared Friday in an end of the j
year statement and from this day’s |
position, it adaed, 'there are no |
serious obstacles in sight which
should hinder further advances" iti
tho now year.
Optimism, born of the accom
plishments of the past months
which many officials of the gov
ernment regard. as a reninrkable
strengthening of the economic fab
ric Is evident throughout the sta
tistics and details of the state
ment which noted that the pro
duction of manufactured commodl- j
tics averaged 60 per cent larger J
than In 1911. The farmer received
approximate!" 17 per rent more for
his products then in 1921.
"The unsetilsd conditions in for
eign countries, particularly In Eu
rope. however,” the statement con
tinued, “aro still depressing our
trade and, to some extent, have no
doubt kept tho prices of agricultural
products below the level of other
commodities. But within the past
two months this latter condit'on
has been relieved to some ex
tent.”
EXPORTS ARE
DOING WELL
While dealing only briefly with
foreign trade, the review said Am
erican exports had dropped ID per
cent as compared with last year,
but tho comparison was on a basis
of ll months and, in addition rep
resented a long climb from a poor
start,, according to officials. Im
ports to "September at. when the
new'tariff law was effective, were
slightly above last year and indi
cations are. it was stated unoffi
cially. that the year's total may ex
ceed last year's Imports by a small
margin.
Tho total volume of building, or
dinarily a measure of the country's
business health, was 62 per cent
larger in the first 11 months of this
year than In the same period last
year, and the prediction was made
that the full year's record will ex
ceed that of 1919. The 1922 con
tracts for 11 months also repre
sented a much greater expenditure
of monoy than for'the full year of
1921, it was said.
There was a genuine swell In the
volume of general trade, accord
ing .to the summary, which men-
‘ioned a six por cent greater sale
iy mall order houses and a 13 per
:ant increase in business by chain
itores as indicative of tho busi-
icss tide, declines appearing only
n Isolated lines.
Macon Man And
Girl Hurt Near
Athens Friday
Miss Byrd Wimberly,
Member Of Prominent
Family And Everett
Hogan In Auto Accident.
Two automobile tourists. Miss
Byrd Wimberly and Everett
Hogan, of Macon, narrowly escap
ed serious injury Friday evening
when the car in which they were
traveling overturned about one
mile from Athens on the Danieis-
ville road.
Both occupants of the car were
taken to a local hospital whei-e
their injuries received attention.
They remained in Athens over
night. Miss Wimberly suffered a
severe gosh on her head, five
stitches being necessary to close
the wound. She was also suffer
ing from painful bruises about the
body. Mr. Hogan’s Tight arm was
cut. He also received body bruises.
The steering wheel of the car
locked and it overturned after hit
ting a bank on the roadside, it is
stated. The occupants werepinned
beneath tho car for only a few
minutes, being rescued by some
negro men who came by shortly
after the accident.
Miss Wimberly is a member of
In prominent Macon family. Her
'father was Mr. Bolling Wimberly
a prominent Macon lawyer before
his death several years ago. She
is a sister of Messrs. Jim and Olin
.Wimberly of Macon, barristere of
' that city. The victoms .of the ac
cident were returning from Vir-
jginia where they had been on a
visit during the holidays.
CHARTER PRESENTED
BOY SCOUT COUNCIL
HERE FRIDAY NIGH71
VOLUNTEERS All 1
DIGGING NEW YORK
OUT OF SNOW
First Severe Blizzard of
Winter Came Thursday
Night Wrapping City in
Ice. - l ./
At a meeting of the prudential
committee of the University with
Messrs. Harry Hodgson and Hugh
Rowe in attendance, the plans tor
the John Mllledge dormitory were
approved Friday at noon and some
other minor matters attended to.
The John' '.Milledge dormitory will
bo started at once, or in a few
weeks, and tbe (60,000 now in tbe
banks that came from a county
bond issue will be used in con
structing the center building which
will consist of 26 doubio rooms to
accommodate 60 boys. The mugs
will be built later.
Unless the county commission
ers act favorably on the application
for them to grade Lucas hill, which
will cost about (16.000. the dormi
tory will be built near the owner
of Baldwin and Lumpkin streets.
Upshaw’s Booze
Charges Again
Up In Congress
5 Ships Delayed
In Making Port
By Terrible Storm
WASHINGTON. — The recent
statement by Representative Up-*
abaw, democrat, Georgia, that
some members of congress ‘‘do not
practice the prohibition wblch their
votes profess,” bobbed up as un-
Ocean Travel Is Made
Unpleasant And Uncer
tain Because Of High
Seas.
NEW YORK.—Thousands of vol
unteer snow handlers were called
Friday to help dig New York city
out or its first olg atorm of the
season—a blizzard of snow and
sleet which, starting Thursday un
der moderate temperatures, became
overnight an Icy gale wblch threat
ened to paralyze transportation.
The storm took Its toll of hun
dreds of injured who bad fallen
victims to the treachery or tbe ten
covered streets. Most hospitals
were crowded to capacity. /
At least two persons'are report
ed to have been killed In falls. The
wind reached high velocities. Com
blned with the unaccustomed bur
den of snow |t worked havoc with
above-ground power and teliphuno
lines, street car transmission ca
bles, ( ■ota of buildings and iarpe
IS IBl IT Flld 1
Over One Hundred And
Fifty Boys And Men At
tend Charter Presenta
tion Meeting. yjS
SPEAKERS LAUD
SCOUT MOVEMENT
trees.
PEOESTRIAN8
ARE ENDANGERED
The' city schools will open the
1923 terjn on Monday, January S,
thUB giving the pupils one of the
longest Christmas holidays in many
vwwb yiuicna, uuuuuu up H9 UU< yfi&T8
expectedly In the bouse today act - All of tbe colleges open early
tbe visit of a raiding squad.
Representative Blanton, demo
crat, Texas, was discussing an item
of tbe department of the interior
appropriation bill relating to sup
pression of liquor traffic among In
dians. • ,
“Do you believe the UpsnaW
charges that members of the house
violate the prohibition law?” asked
Representative Hill, republican,
Maryland, and instantly tbe house
was In an .uproar.
That’s all poppycock,” shouted
Baldwin ana tumpxin streets. « :r R lanton “The gentleman from-
Captain Barnett represented the *T~*
architects before the board.. Ho la ® ft1 ' more comes -riding down here
supervising engineer for them,
LABOR CONDITIONS
GENERALLY GOOD
BOTTLE MAKER DEAD
NORWICH, Conn.—William B.
Walker, president of the Ameri
can Thermos bottle company, died
•'t his home in-New London Fri-
lay. He was bom in Racine, Wit.,
"5 years ago.
Increasing In production with tho
reduction of Immigration was said
to'have taken care of tho unem
ployment situation and labor short
ages wore reported in some local
ities. It was added, however, that
work appeared to be waiting for
most laborers who sought It
The year's progress was report
ed to havo changed a huge sur
plus of freight cars Into a short
age. This shortage was general, It
was stated. Freight movements,
however, were described generally
as satisfactory.
One of the chief benefits derived
by the farmer through the econom
ic changes of the 12 months was
the increase in his purchasing pow
er, according to the review, which
called attention to the decline of
10 per cent In wholesale and five
per cent In retail prices, while the
agricultural products were averag
ing 17 per cent more than the pre
vious year. This condition works to
the advantage of the copsnmer al
so in that it narrows the margin
between prices on wholesale and
retail sales, it was expected. .
TEXTILE MILL8
MORE ACTIVE
The department’s survey showed
textile' mills were about 20 per
cent more active than last year;
tbe iron and steel industry in
creased its output between 60-end
70 per cent; production of non-
ferrous metals was 60 per cent or
more greater; petroleum produc
tion was about 16 per cent greater.
coHo 40 per cent, paper 20 to 30
per cent, rubber 40 per cent, motor
vehicles 60 per cent, building con
struction 62 per cent, lumber 35 per
cent, brick 60 per cent, cement 16
per cent, leather 20 per cent, sugar
45 per cent and meats about 6 per
cent.
The only declines of outstanding
Importance were seven per cent In
bituminous coal and 47 per cent in
anthracite, both of which were due
to the strike. They arc more than
ally higher level of production in
all other lines.
The flag pole on the campus will
be painted and repaired whiio (5.00
in gold was accepted from tho Eli
jah Clark chapter,of the D. A. R.
for a prize fer 'the best essay on
Georgia history by a /icmher of the
freshman class. This will be award
ed at commencement.
Peace At Irish
N. Y. Consulate
NEW YORK.—An amicable ar
rangement, which precludes vio
lence but permits picketing, was
in effect Friday at the Irish con
sulate here, which has been be-
seiged by Irish Republicans since
Wednesday night when Lindsay
Crawford, with official papers ap.
pointing him Free State consul
took over the office.
Robert Briscoe, who claims he
is a member of the Irish army, oc
cupied one room of the office for
the republicans' and Mr. Crawford
sat at a desk in another room rep
resenting the Free State.
It was indicated' that this ar
rangement would prevail until the
matter can be settled in the court.
At midnight Thursday night,
the offices were illuminated by
candlelight because the building
superintendent 'refused to supply
electricity or to kjep the building
open. v
riding down heie
on a white charger while tbe gen
tieman from Georgia is absent and
tries to get a little newspaper pub
licity."
"When I seek publicity,” Mr. Hill
shot back, ”1 will take lessons from
the gentleman from Texas.”.
“That’s all right,’ 'Mr. Blanton
replied, “but you know Mr. Upshaw
Is not going to give away, any of
his colleagues oven it he knew
anything.”» '
“I don’t believe'he has anything
(o prove his charges,” said Mr. Hill,
who had announced he would intro
duce a resolution calling for an
investigation.
Then somebody remembered the
bouse was dealing with Indians and
it went back to Its work. '
Schooner With
IE OF
COLUMBUS PLOT
next week but due mainly to tbe
great number In tbe city suffering
from colds and mild attacks of In
fluenza tbe grammar and high
schools will delay their oiwnlngs
until the second week In January.
Superintendent Bond haB re
turned from a abort holdiay trip to
South Carolina and is preparing
how for the 1923 session. Ho is
expecting a slight Increase in at
tendance after Christmas, due to
the fact that some pupils will en
ter who have been kept out of the
fall term.
BUILDING
PROGRESSING
Tbq new grammar school build
ing on the Chase street lot Is pro
gressing nicely under the super
vision of City Engineer Barnett. All
the excavation has been finished
and the brick work Is now under
way. This bzulldfng will be fin
Ished somo time during the spring
and before the fall term opens the
new building on Lumpkin street
will be finished. Both these build
ings will be one-story structures
but with spacious class rooms.
Lemp, Former
Brewer, Suicide
ST. LOUIS.—(By the Associated
Press.)—William J. Lemp, 64,
president of William J. Lemp
HALIFAX. N. S.—Five steam
ships due Friday were delayed
making port owing to the sleet
and wind, storin Thursday night.
The steamers delayed are the Red
Cross liners Sylvania from New
York and Rosalind from St. Johns
and the British Tanker Cheyenne,
the United States shipping board
stermer West Mahomet, and the
Purness liner Ariano,
Lives of pedestrians in some sec
tions were endangered by .fall!; a
signs, tumbling' chimneys, and
smokestacks. Thousands of dollars
worth of damage was believed to
have been suffered on Long and
Staten Islands, where numerous
small craft were washed ashore.
Along the water front the toll of
damaged buildings was reported
heavy.
Cltv officials were out early Fri
day In a personal canvas of tbe
Bowery aoup kltehes, "flop houses”
and “bread lines” recruiting anow e< * ont that the Boy Scout
shovelers with wblch to augment
tbe force of (4.000 advertised for
Thursday night
The Canadian government
Steamer Lady Laurier and Aber- 000 "'nforcoments armed with
decn were reported to have been
driven to shelter from the storms
fury. Tbe Laudrier unable to land
supplies at Cape Sable dropped
nuchor in White Head harbor and
the Aberdeen which left here
Thurrday for SL John evaded the
stonr at Shelburne.
Stanley Harris, Assistant
Field Director Delivers
Presentation Address.
Flanigen Makes Re
sponse.
Charter for the Northeast Geor
gia Boy Scout Council was pre
sented at a rousing meeting held
in the First Christian church FrM
day night.
The presentation ttddress wad
delivered by Stanley A. Harris, as
sistant national field director for
tho Boy Scouts of America.
Addresses were delivered by C.
D. Flanigen, president who re
sponded to the presentation ad
dress by Mr. Harris, H. Abit Nix
and' George E. Watts, Boy Scout
Commissioner for Atlanta.
The meeting was attended by
over one hundred and fifty Scouts
and business men, interested in
Scout work. A delightful banquet
was served by the ladies of the
First Christian church and ’ the
guests enjoyed tho Scout songs
led by Eustice Stevens. The meet
ing was opened with prSyUrlffl
Rov. Dr. A. G. Richards, rector of
Emanuel Episcopal church. r~
LOYALTY. •
TO CHURCH . ''figia
■In-his address Mr. Harris noin
shovels, labored vyltb the city's
snow engines, bnt the mechanical
plows were unable to do more than
keep the thoroughfares passable.
Street adn elevated car lines were
partially incapacitated, despite
Irave efforts of nlgbt crews to keep
tbe tracks clear.
England Sees
Aid In Message
From Harding
Semi Official Interpreta
tion of Letter To Lodge
From U. S. Executive.
BIG RAIL MERGER
AWAITS I. C. 0. K.
CLEVELAND, Ohio.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Only the ap
proval of the interstate commerce
1 nwnnu ,n„ commission and itockholders of the
NeW Y orW. Chicago and St. Louis,
Press.)—fresident Harding’s let- the Toledo, St. Louis & Weat-
.er to Senator Lodge is interpret- ern> the L, ke Erie ft Western, the
.^d semi-officially here as Showing yt. W ayne, Cincinnati & Louis-
the desire of the president to ob-j v|Ue> and J he Chicago A State
idrn tafreafJtlnn wRh Line '* necessary Friday for the
him to treat the debt question with consolidation of the railroads Into
a little more elasticity.
Concerning the president’s re
marks regarding the proposed
world economic conference it is
commented that the French gov
one of the largest rail systems
east of the Mississippi river.
Unification of the railroads, all
of which- are operated and con
trolled by the O. P. and iM. J. Van
Jsui-jernment has shown that it favors Swearington interests of this'city,
cide Friday by shooting hitrtself such a conference by insisting wag aBreed UDon bv officers of the
twice through the heart in the of- upon holding of a meeting in Bros- comDa ® v j. er r° yesterday AddII-
COLUMBUS. Oa.—Investigation
into the alleged bomb plot against
city officials or Columbus which
was unearthed here Wednesday by
the police will be vigorously pushed
said Walker R. Flournoy, solicitor
general, in a statement made public
here Friday,
The solicitor general and city
and county officials will hold a
conference probably Friday
which .time a definite decision will
be reacbed as to bow the Investi
gation will be continued.
A cordon of police and sheriff’s
fke of the'brewery in the south- sels for "the dUcussIon of reparo- SgSTS thTIntereUte'c'ommeree
6 I\y|_— Wrnrl-r deputies d.ain Thursday night were
IVien Tv rCvKS | placed around ’• the ' homes of the
.< I five city commissioners, the Dimon
PROVINCETOWN, Mass.—The I court apartments and the factory
schooner Annie L. Spindler, 0 f,of .tlje Natippal Showcase Company
Yarmouth, N. C.. was wrecked at "aid to have been marked for de-
Race Point Friday. The crew of straetjon The police reported early
six men trussed to the rigging |n I today that tbe night passed quietly,
a storm of almost "hurricane i The police were silent Friday as
strength for hours, were rescued by
breeches buoy. It was reported that
the vessel was loaded with liquor
but Capt. Irving Collins, head of
the coast guard crew which res
cued! the seamen said he had no
official knowledge of her cargo.
DIES IN FLORIDA
LAKELAND. Fla.—Ossaln W.
Dralne, 34. only son of Congress
man H. J. Dralne, died Friday of
__ _ kidney trouble. He never recovered
offset. It was added, by the gener- Unity from an II,ness contracted
just before Anamiatte Day of this
year.
to whether any arrests of those
suspected of being members of tho
party who met In a cemetery and,
according to tbe police, formulated
a plot to bring about wholesale
destruction of property were to be
made. Tbe authorities, however,
claim they have the names of every
man who attended the meeting.
'The Muqcogee grand jury called
into special session Thursday to
investigate tbe alleged plot ad
journed after a two-hour confer
ence without retaining any Indict-'
em section of the city. It was the tions and inter allied debts which
third suicide in the family of the it is considered would amount to
famous brewers, his father and a; the same thing as proposed by
sister having taken their own I Senator Borah if the United States
lives. J I were represented.
The William J. Lemp Brewing
company just before the advance
of prohibition was considered one
of the largest brewing companies
in the world. It covered a 14 acre
triangular tract in the southern
section of the city and was valued
at (7,000,000. It was sold at auc
tion last June to five different in-
Hasty Moves Made ,
By British War
Ships Unexplained
Commtision for authority to amal
gamate will be made immediately,
it was said. Meetings of stock
holders to vote on the proposition
hvae been called for early, in
March. Aftei* consolidation ithc
road will be known as the New
YTSHc, Chicago A St. Louis (Niche!
Plate)-railroad.
LONDON.—(By The ^Associated
Press)—The hasty return of the
terests for a total of $685,000. i British fleetdo Constantinople from
Lemp had been downcast since, it|Malta attracted wide attention here,
was stated, as he'had hoped Co get thc obvious assumption thit It Is
a much larger price for the prop-1 “I™*i x P ta, “ u th » m0Te - B , u ‘
cr ty > Noting Is forthcoming from official
— [concerned with the uncompromls-
! Ing attitude of the Turks at Lau-
ohips In Distress *» everywhere adopted.
There are still many foreigners
On 'Cfnymv C aa | in Constantinople and the warships
V/Il JlOllliy uca-are regarded as a necessary pre
* ' caution in view of the possible at
NEW YORK. -The steamer |
Mountour from Boston for Norfolk, :{£® *
was waterlogged and in distress the isanne negotiations.
Friday in a terrific gale off Cape! . ,
May, radio messages picked up j AllgUSta ulTl
here s^d. Her position was given) ghot to Death
Playing With Gun
60 miles soutbwest of Five
Fathom Bank light.
EARTHQUAKE FELT
I AUGUSTA, Oa.—Daisy Lowen, 6-
.year-old girl, was shot and inatant-
ROME.—An earthquake was feltj ly killed at' tbe borne of relative*
_ Friday afternoon at Aveszano, in j here Friday afternoon when an old
ments. No announcement wa* nude | tbe province of Aquila, according, rusty pistol, supposedly unloaded,
when another session of the grand-tat a.message received here. ” ”
jury will be held. " 'damage was reported.
’ Tfn f fit liiWiiiniiiiifil lii inmi rmii I
No (discharged In her hands while play- who was
.* ing with It schools.
Held Without Bail
Following Fend In
Which He Killed 2
SAN ANTOklO, Texas—A. D.
tlibui
.78.
remanded to Jail without bail hy
Judge Fisk Thursday after the
killing of J. G. Harwood, 22, and
W. A. Chapman, 48, at Somerset
Thursday. An attempt to obtain
bail was to be made through a
habeas corpus hearing Friday aft
ernoon. •
!Harwood and Chapman were
killed in a street battle at the oil
town Thursday. According to re-
S irta made to deputy sheriffs,
arwood was shot by Chapman
and Chapman later was killed by
Hsiiburfon, who was the father-
in-law of Harwood.
The trouble la said to ave re
sulted from a feud growing out of
the discharge of Mrs. Marian Mar-
wood, wife of one of the slain'men,
as a school teacher by Chapman,
superintendent ,of
ment stands for u closer relation
ship between father,and son; ab
solute honesty in play and busi
ness; clean speech and a clean life
and loyalty to thc church or re
ligious organization to which the
Scout belongs. He expressed his
pleasure at being at the charter
presentation of the Northeast
Georgia Council which is making
big progress in its organization
work.
Mr. Flanigen stated that he was
first impressed with the value of
Scouting when he ^ attended a
meeting, in Birmingham somo
years ago. At this meeting the
Boy Scouts gavo splendid aid ir>
the success of tho convention ho
was attending. -Mr. Flanigen de
clared also ‘that tho Scouts were
in evidence and served beautifully
at the International Rotary meet
ing in Scotland wlych he attended
as a delegate from the ^Athens
club.
LAUDS - Jm
WORK'
He pqjnted out the necessity for
organizations in which' the grow
ing boy might come in contact
with the very best influences in
life. He said there nre 3400 hours
in each year in which thc boy has
nothing definite to do and thc Boy
Scout movement is aiding, him in
directing his energies into' worth
while pursuits. “The Boy Scout
movement is designed to support
the work being done in the home,
the church, school and T. M. C.
A.” Mr. Flanigen said. t?[
Mr. Nix, who introduced the,
last speaker of tin- evening,
George E. Watts of Atlanta, was
given a rousing reception-by tho
meeting. He told of the good work
being done by Scout Commission-
jer Watts and of the value of
Scouting in the boy life of Amer-
ica.
Mr. Watte stated that eighty-
three per cent of the Boy Scout
meetings are being held in
churches in the United States, en
dorsed by thc governing boards
of those churches. He said 130,000
men, are doing scout work as a
service in behalf of the boy and
that the organization in the Unit
ed States numbers over ,400,000
boys.
AIDED
[CITY
■The speaker told of the . com
munity service rendered, by Scouts
of Cincinnati, Ohlp, a few years
ago when they took the place of
policemen then on strike. He told,
too, of the service rendered by At
lanta Scouts a few days ago .when
they aided the police in relieving*
traffic jams in downtown Atlanta.
The meeting was brought to a
cloak by a series of contests 'in
which thc eleven troops of Athens
took part Scout Executive E. P.
Clarke led the demonstrations in
semaphore, wigwag signalling,
knot tieing, first aid and.xequrisE
fire by friction. The meeting was
opened and closed with the Scouts
ataiujins and.-Kiring .the oath of
allegiance, -led by David Campbell,
assistant scout master.
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