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COTTON: ''DOLING 26 l-2e iKE VIOL'S CLOSE 26 5-8e THE WEATHER .. ; t-. ( Fair sod Continued <OL. 90 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. |||