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ATHENS COTTON: Holiday. \'iiL. 90 No. 305 Associated Press Dispatches ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2,1923. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. LARRY GANTT’S DAILY COLUMN Mr. Harold Hulme’s Farm One V T. LARRY GANTT) of the most interesting and LnairS, (jrlaSSWare, Plates, Knives and Forks Were Hurled in Riot, Quickly Quelled. making trips I ever tooK was iust .Saturday with Mr. Harold ilulme to his beautiful and mod uli farm about six miles from Athens, near Winterville. My, hief mission was to investigate j h, sweet potato business, and CONTRABAND BOOZE ,x huh is u profitable new Indus- j nr * « .. . .. . ,y for our farmers. j WAS BEING HUNTED The sweet potato is one of the j !d standard food crops of the ■ a hit j ' nth, grown in the old fashioned»ArrCStS MtlClG ill and preserved in banks. The| St. Louis For Volstead Violations. Record New Year Crowd. ST. L.OT T IS — Two men v-ere tilers after being dug were heap- ill up in some inclosed spot near tin- house, then first covered with i un-stalks and a layer of dirt banked up into a mound. Some- 1 ie'es the potatoes kept allright •mil at others they rotted. No *hct and wounded, a woman was i are was given in selecting seed I injured and a barrage of chairs. I at the little strings were kept B,ns8 ware, plates, knives, and for this purpose. | forks were hurled promiseuosuly i RANGE TAKES In a riot which occurred at the I’LACE fashionable Hotel Chase in the A revolutionizing change has taken place in the manner of se lecting seed for bedding, the cul tivation, diggilng, sorting and separating the tubers and then curing in a regular dry house. Not only was the quality of the po- teto improved, but they are smoother, free from any disease, and preserved with all of the sugar and other qualities Intact. If you will try,a potato raised in the old way with tubers properly produced and preserved by mod ern methods you will sec a differ ence in quality and flavor. The west section of the city early Mon day when guests In the main din ing hall objected to the Intrusion of prohibition enforcement agents .and a sound of police who were searching for liquor. No nrrests were 1 made In connec tion with the disorder which start cd when the enforcement officers began lifting table covers and searching for^liquor. Falling to And any of the contraband, the officers first were upplaudcd, then hooted and Jerred and finally the rumpus was In swing- It lasted only u short while. The Chase hotel, like all the sweet potato Is one of the most I other leading hustelrles and res nutricious, palatable and cheapest I taurants reported record breaking articles of food produced and they! reservations for celebration of the should W more J fcenstraljy con-1 New Yenr. suincd. As on old farmer with Ji I A dozen nrrests for violation of large family of children once re-1 the Volstead act were made by marked to me. “I raise them young j the dry agents and police who pa- ’uns mostly on sweet potatoes, trolled the various public places Give a hunfery youngster a baked I where celebrations were held, potato and it is both meat and _ bread, and the most filling fast 1 thing you can cat.” And this is un-1 questionably true. In this sketch I shall only touch i on the sweet potato part of the; Huimes farm and in future articles j tell about the most progressive | and finest farm I have ever visited CORONER’S JURY FINDS SEAGRAVES NOT GUILTY MURDER IN SMITH 5 Cents Sunday*, j1 m UbAjragjJl ;• Judge Blanton Fortson, Sheriff Jackson and Clerk E. O. Crawford drew the petit Jury Ust Monday morning for the January term of the Superior court that will begin its first session of the new year on the third Monday in this month Just two weeks off. The same grand Jury as served In October will be called back at this term and It Is expected that r he work coming before that body will be light. The petit Jiftors draw are; to re port Monday: Lee J. White, L. A. Kirk. T. L. Elder, W. T. Sanders, R. T. Good- 1922 Dies Cold And Wet; 1923 Dawns Bright Usual Stray Shots and Parties Mark Advent of New Year. Better Out look For 1923. (By Chas. E. Martin.) And this Is 1923! It was a rather rain bedrabbled hour that ushered in the new year In Athens Sunday night and other than a few stray shots here and there, a minute after the midnight hour had struck, but little out of the ordinary marked the passfng JUSTIFIED MING wyn. F. B. Fowler, J. H. Brinson I °f 1*22 and the advent of 1923. Felix Philips, C. B. Spinks. H. O. the new year parties ■ rfl*t little-trip was surely n rev elation to me and will be to any one who will visit this ntodem and intensive farm of some 600 acres. All In the highest state of cultivation and productiveness. TALKS WITH HAROLD HULME I have been several times' rc- , quested to investigate and write up the sweet potato business and was told to- see Harold Ilulme for what he did not know about the HE IS II RADICAL DENVER. Colo. — William Z. Foster, nationally k..own labor or ganizer anil leader of the Nation wide steel strike two year* ugo News of the Day Bonar Law Reaches Paris In an address here Sunday night DUBLIN — (By the Associated Press) — Conditions under which the Irish Free State would make peace with the Republicans were set forth Monday by Michael Cos- grave, head of the Free State* A meeting «of former officer* of the Tipperary Brigade of the Irish Republican army held In Thurles Saturday passed a resolution call ing for a peace conference and declared “I am a radical. If I saU what I think I would be urrested on the spot.” Foster delivered his address before a large audience in a down potatoes or any other crop, was i town building surrounded by po- not worth hearing. i lice to guard against possible vlo- Mr. Hulmc has now stored In| lence which attended his attempt his two dry houses, some seven, to address a BlU ‘ er " K h * a ® **' r " or eight thousand bushels of po-1 * ra '7 ,ont . h \ “«° wh ®“ *“ tatoes, and have marketed a great | ejected from the state by many. These dry' houses are the- a ‘« e commriml °* latest thing in that line, as shown d ^ . ( .. v... .a„ r„„, .k„. find Referring to that Incident. I-os- * ter said: by the fact that you cannot find a single decayed tuber, but al! are „ An attorney tol<1 me that „ 0 I ie«« than 2S laws were broken by thtsc houses is kept around SO ds gr .’es, and the potatoes stored in crates. The buildings are Ihorotih- ly aired and ventilated, ami the orates arranged in ro vs, so that they ran he kept carefully in- spcctcdspected. They are the Porto Uioos, smooth and beautiful po tatoes, all about the same size, in (Turn to page two) the rangers of Colorado when they kldnnpped me nnd took mo to Cheyenne when I was schedul ed to speak here several months ago. There Is no law for me or the working man, but If I wore the president of the chamber of commerce how different It would be.” HUNDREDS ATTEND NEW YEAR’S RECEPTION GIVEN LAST NIGHT BY MEMBERS OF WOMAN’S CLUB forwarded a copy to Coagrave who replied “Before you go further with your endeavors to secure peace. It 1* well you should understand the position clearly. r “The basis for peace must be: “That the treaty (Anglo-Irish treaty) shall,. stand without abro gation, explicit or implied or any Part of it. “That the parliament established under the treaty and the constitu tion shall he the sole and severign For Conference. RAID CABARETS Ambassador Rarvey Lands in N. Y. German Chancellor Cuneo de clares Premier Poincare has reject ed Franco-German -non-war pact proposed by Germany to France through mediation or a neutral power. HGIIfSf HUGE ID IMIS Bonar Law reached Paris for vital conference and admits its suc cess is problematical. British destroyer arrests Ameri can steamship close to Irish coast, suspecting the United States ves sel was seeking to land cargo of arms for Irish Irregulars. London Times announces Geof frey Dawson has been appointed editor to succeed Henry Wickham Steed. SAN FRANCISCO—Heavy gales Whipping the north Pacific coast Played havoc with the schedules several coalt wise vessels Sun iy night and In one Instance *• Is a possibility of something more serious. A call for assistance from the tug Foret King, towing the Darken tino Forest Dream from Puget Sound to San Pedro, was picked up at Astoria today. A tug and the revenue cutter Algonquin re sponded. The tug was unable to WclUe tug or tow and the cutler after gettlng outside the Columbia riv er was forced by heavy seas t<> Eptlng, A. J. Oldham, Jr., H. J. Reid. J. N. Wler, H. J. Oldham, J. T. Fletcher, R. J. Hardeman, G. M. Caskey, W. O. Payne, T. J. Kerlin, C. S. Collins, H. O. Storey, Sidney Boley, Grey Hopkins, T. S. Sea- graves, E. C. Oldham, Joe H. Stone, Hugh L. Hodgson, R. R. Hodgson, J. D. Tribble, E. R. Hodgson. G. S. Crane. H. B. Barton, C. H. Black man, William Shohee,' William A. Dunlap. To report Wednesday; W. H. Jones. A. Y. Woods, F..C. Thornton, P. W. Nunnally, T. Roy Bray, C. O. Talmadge, F. L. Davis, Sr., Jerre R. Davlf), W. A. Dobfis, E. F. Por ter, L. A. Clarke, John K. Davis, C. D. Campbell, J. M. Burch, J. P. Bol ton. W. C. Voyles. H. L. Garlbold, W. T. Dean, J. C. Jester, W. K. Eld- sun. E. T. Hale, Caspar Palmiasano, E. E. Lamkln, Frank Murray. EL L. Jackson, J. O. Mltdholl, F. L. Parr, H. G. Hoatncr, W- E. Flanlgen, P. H. conolly, C. L| Bennett, E. G. Kambrough, Marlon Davis, Claud Tuck. The grand jurors that will be summoned back for the January term of the superior court are as follows, the same that served last October: Herschcl Carithers, C. F. Ccymes, J. W. O’Kelly, Thos. T O •* •* “ - and celebrations were on the calen der for the night of the first, the 1923 youngster having slipped in as a quiet wet Sunday was dying. WHAT DOES THE NEW YEAR HOLD? Since the new year Is here and trial balances are being run up on the accomplishments of 1922 one begins to take stock not only of the year In front but of the one that has just pasted. It would seem that 1923 has many good things In store for the people of Athens, because, indeed the dying year has be- ■queathed to us s heritage that Is unusually rich In promise and ac tualities. However, Warrant Charg ing Murder Is Sworn Out By Brother-In-Law Of Dead Man. Seagraves Is Arrested And Confined In County Jail. Committal Trial Thursday. Within a few minutes after 'a ] coroner’s jury Monday declared the killing of Paul Smith, yard . master at the S. A. L. railroad was justified, Harvey H. Seagraves, who shot Smith, was* confined In Clarke county jail on a warrant charging murder. SeagraVes a night watchman for the S. A. L„ admitted (hooting Smith Sunday night, claiming . self defense. The warrant charging Seagraves with murder emanated from the court of Justice Milton Thomas at the instance of Mr. Smith’s broth er-in-law F. G. Strother. The preliminary hearing will be held Thursday morning at ' 10 Financially most of us may not 1 o’clock before Justice Thomas.' , see ourselves any richer than pre-|JURY vlouely but condltlona are Improved! VERDICT over what last January premised and last year was not as disastrous ■as many predicted and look what 1922 has passed on to us ALMOST A MILLION TO BE 8PENT W. Baxter, J.' P. Nunnally, Bobt. J. Hardeman, Whaley W. Fowler, George Deadwyler, W. P. Brooks, 8. F. Hardeman, R. W. Godfrey, The expenditure of 990,000 voted B. R. Bloodworth, R. H. Wler, Ju lian S. Goetchius, R. E. Johnson, Ovid Bird, Cobb Lampkin, L. C. Brown, A. S. Towns, C. D. Chan dler, M. G. Nicholson, A. C. Er win, John Barber Wler. Prisoners Fight In Clarke Jail authority within :he jurisdiction assigned to It by these instru ments. “That there shall be no armed force or military organization und no carrying of arms or war ma terial except such as the same au thority shall authorise or permit. “That there shall be no claims on the part of any person or per sons coming under the proposed pence to exercise powers of gov ernment or to act os to threaten or endanger life, liberty, proper ty or contrary to the same author ity and there shall be no interfer ence with elections. “Without these fundamental con ditlons any so called peace enn only he a false peace, endanger- | Ing the whole future of Ireland • nnd removing hope of National I unity.” Several hundred Athenians nt- t'-mli'il the big New Year’s recep tion given at the Woman’s Club Monday night, invitations to mem- l-ancls and various civiv organisa- h'-i-s of the club and their hus- tions being tendered by the new president, Mrs. Lamar C. Rucker. The spacious rooms of the club h-me on Prince avenue were lav ishly decorated for the occasion slid refreshments were served. VI.ling to the interest and ah- toady handsome adornments of tie home were many priceless j 1 '" heillooms of silver, glass and hrass. loaned by members and friends of the club, these srtistical dispu.wt about the rooms. OFFICERS OF (H II > Mrs. Frank Lipscomb and Mrs. Mention L'l-on presided over the . and Mrs. Frank Hardc- barge of the coffee embers of the club t >s-s and assisting E. Proctor; chairman house F°' W 0man ’ s Club Officers and crew of Cunard lin er Antonio subdue fire while ship rolls in heavy seas on way from New York to England. Mutiny of 600 guards at Turin, Italy, suppressed after demon strants parade streets shouting “Down with Mussolini.” Thirtieth Mexican conference ends tumultuously in scene in which pistols were drawn and chal lenges to duels made. Ambassador Harvey reached New York from London and says that Great Britain plans full pay ment of war debt to-the United States. Has Big Party mittee, Mrs. A. S. Parker; chair-J man program committee, Mrs. , Harrie Dews; chairman ways and' means, Mrs. Rufe Turner; chair- j man publicity, Mrs. Milton Pami-1 gan; chairman library, Mrs. Hub- The new year's party of the Wo- hard McHutton; chairman child! man's Club takes plsce at the welfare, Mrs. Clinton Bryant; club's home on Prince avenue chairman music committee, 'Mrs. John Morris; chairman fine arts, Mrs. R. P. Stephens, parliamen tarian,. Mrs. Gerald Green; chair man finance committee, A. S. Parker; chairmen of arrangements, Monday night und In addition to the members, a host of friends over the city have been Invited. Including the Kiwanis and Rotary cluh members und their wives. The president. Mrs. Lamar tea tabli man were urr.s, othi acting as eivi Lin ke- in the receiv- Mrs T F. Green, past Mrs. Charles M. aid the executive With Mr: Swelling aw iwg line w president* board: President, Mrs. H. B. Ritchie, honorary vice president, Mrs. .John I Talmadge, Jr.: treaa- urer, Mrs. IV. I). It™ ham, seerc- tary, Mrs. S. \. Sanford; corres ponding secretary, Mrs. R. P. Brooks, chairman educational com mittee. Mrs. E. R. Hodgson, Jr.; • hairman thrift committee, Mrs. O. \v Davison chairmen household economics, Mrs. T. V. Reed, Miss MrsT'Simon Michael, Mrs. J. H. Rucker, has nude elaborate plans Darwin; chairman grounds, M"., for the occasion f ad E. K. Lumpkin ;_chairmen social ed to the most brilliant in the his- committee, Mrs. ^Sinion Michael and Mis. .J E. Talmadge. ELABORATE EVENT The event was,one of the most] elaborate and inspiring of the win-] ter Reason and one in which many joined to celebrate the New Year, I reviving an old custom of meeting tory of the cluh here. New York police and federal prohibition officers raid cabarets and restaurants making welcome to New Year apparently- least wet In city's history. Texas with 18 lynchlngs In 1922 leads us, with Georgia and Missis sippi second. he «ve to. | John L. Knighton and Joe Mo- The const wisp passenger ,| ner !relll, two of the federal penitentiary Dorothy Alexander of the Admiral Prisoners being held for Isolation line, enroute frori Seattle to San Purposes at the county court house Francisco, ran I n to‘u “0 mile gale entered In » rough and tumble and was forced to .-e*nri> to Chal- I ,n thelr cel1 Sunday night. Ian Bay, Washington. So fiercely did the fight rage that The vessel had a capacity list Bniliff Huff telephoned for police Four other vessels had to retreat ttld and when th ® P° l,c ® arrived with the Dorothy Alexander nnd • 1nd thfi tw0 were separated It waa The expenditure of the main part of a city school bond Issue ot 9175,000. The expenditure of most of $30,- 000 voted for sewers. The expenditure of practically all of 960,000 voted for brldgee and Iroprovedstreets. are anchored in Challan Bay, await Ing calmer weather. The schooner Levle Alxunder waa torn from Its moorlngo at As toria by the wind out was undam aged. But ‘he high winds In the northwest followed unusually heavy rains. Mrs. Bailey Laid To Rest Sunday Mrs. iMary Carr sues Alexander Carr of ''Potash and Perlmutter" fame, claiming $60,000 for alleged breach of promise to re-wed after she divorced him In 1919. President Harding observes New Year's eve without celebration and Mrs. Harding's convalescence com pels cancellation of formal holiday reception at White House. Mrs. Burnett Is Buried Monday Herbert Hoover declares that the story of 1922 Is one of world Funeral services for Mrs. Em ma Bailey, age 65, who died at her home on Cleveland avenue Satur day afternoon, were held from the residence Sunday afternoon. Rev. M. S. Williams, of the Young Harris Memorial church, officiated and interement follow ed In the Oconee cemetery. Bern stein Brothers, funeral directors, were-in charge. The following inpn acted as pall bearers; Ob'e Smith, M. H. Sprat- ling, W. F. Whitehead, G. C. Mor gan, W. R. Boyd, and W. B. Brown. Mrs, Bailey, who was an unusu ally lovable lady, is survived by her husband, R. E. Bailey, and Mrs. M. N. Daniel, of Bogart, Mrs. found that each had been rather badly treated by the other. It being necessary for a doctor to treat tho cuts nnd lacerations. It seems that one attacked the other with a can opener and then a curtain pole served as a weapon for the ope attacked. The fight caused considerable excitement among the other prisoners. It is expected that all the federal prisoners, nine in all, will be taken to Atlanta in a few days to ap pear as witnesses in the “dope ring” trial coming up from the fed eral prison there. ' by the county for a John Mllledge dormitory on the University cam pus. . The expenditure Of the greater part of $100,000 voted for perma nent paving on the county's roads. The expenditure ot practically all of more than 960,000 voted for two bridges over the Oconee river in the city of Athens. The expenditure of part of the million dollars raised by the alum ni and friends of the Unlverelty. The expenditure of thoueande by the government for good roade here. All ot tble we have handed us by the dying year, so don't forget him too lightly but have a farewell word of thanks and only wish that 1923 will be as kind to us In as many way* as was '22. A And surely the new year will bring to us additional steps of prog ress of the nature of those listed above, along with many otheri. MANY CAU8E8 FOR OPTIMISM ■Theveriictol the coroners jury " [was as follows: “We the jury,' empaneled and sworn to investigate the death of Paul Smith find that he came to his death by a pistol shot in his left breast at the hands of H. H. Seagraves and that the same was justifiable^ F. I. COILE IS FOREMAN < ■ The jury was composed of ■ Mr. Coile, R. P. Weatherly, E. T. ■ Wood, J, M. Nelms, Claude Craft / and Henry Smith. Judge C. N. Weatherly, coroner for Clarke county, presided. The inquiry consumed the great er part of two hours and the jury was out about twenty-five minutes after thd testimony was given. It developed, at the coroner’s hearing that Mr. Smith ' had threatened to kill Mr. Seagraves cn numerous occasions, The enmity against Sir. Seagraves was'said -to I have grown out of charges mads against Mr, Smith that he stole a quantity of cigarettes in intyntatd shipment, and for which he was under indictment in federal court at the time ot hlv death. . The case against vhls was d|«* missed when • the preliminary J hearing was held ;be^ire Usliau mates Crmlsslontr W. O. Cornett. . hot the federal aland jury -later returned an Indictment.' ONLY ONE * •' ' WITNE88 •Only one person. Fred Lewis - a J negro, witnessed tho shooting ac cording to’ testiony at the trial. • Roy Jarrett came out of the ws)t^ War Savings Stamps Arc Now Redeemable; No Further Interest The 1918 iflrtue of Government War Having* Stamp* are redeem able now by the Government and after January flrat no additional interest will be paid on them but they may be either cushed or tran* ferred to other Government securi ties. The Government prefers that tranufers be made and the original money invested be left In *eouri- ties. However, they *re readily cg*hed and thoie holding them lo- tally may either cash them at the T. G. Chandler,"of* St Hmo| Temn"' joa* office or handle them through Mrs. M. R. Huff and Miss Sallic! ,he bank "' wher « the 5 r wl " *• tal ‘- ii a** u.u „ t Mrs. Susie Burnett, 45, died at friends* on* this'first day of the;'her home in Oglethorpe county vc.tr and expressimr a wish for]near Bcrklej; Saturday afternoon their happiness, etc. It is a tradi-Ut one o clock following an illness ‘ ra-Virre-tcd bv, the Athens of a few days duration. Woman's Club which gave pleas- Funeral services were held Sun- nr» to manv of the people of Ath- day from the New Franklin eis 1 and an opportunity to visit Christian church and interment fn the handTom? dub quarters. followed in the church cemetery. Mrs h Rucker begins her admin-j Bernstein Brothers, funeral direc- istration under the brightest aus- j tore. w«; pices and the bringing together In » _ ...vaiie wav the mem- Mrs. Bumett, who was a native economic progress and prospects are bright for 1923. Secretary Mellon In New Year's statement appeals for more rigid economy In government expenses and greater saving among the peo ple. ’ Negroes Celebrate Emancipation Bailey, of Athens Petroleum Shows 10,000,000 Barrels Increase For Year cash • on deposits Post master Smith Is prepared lo handle the cashing ot thete se curities and beginning Tuesday he will handle them at fast t* possible. It !• estimated that $100 000 00 worth of these stomps are held in Athens. The negroes of the citv cele brated Emancipation Day Monday bv public exercises at the Morton Theatre at 2:30 o’clock which fneh a democratic way the mem-lof Franklin countv. is survived by were followed by a parade by the E* lafrtS?friends on New her husband. J. W. Burnett, two, uniform rank of the colored nnrl their friends on New her husband, j. w. oumni, two uniiorm rang of the colon v/.r'. Ev« auirere «ell fer the daughters, Mrs. Grace Crow, and Knights of Pythias of the city. tSt year as head Mrs. Gladys Young; and three) The exercises were attended by hf^h?vrU6‘Which stands high of sons, Ralph, Verntr and Frank.a large number of colored people a leider' add a cdmnidmty centfe?.jBurnett. , land several addresses were made. WASHINGTON — Production of . petroleum In the United States w&H almost 10,000,000 barrel* more j in November than in that month j a ye*r ago nnd the number of well* was 1.450, an Increase o( j 651. the geological survey nnnounc ed Monday. Production totalled 47.WI9.000 ‘ Mexican Secretary Leaves Soon For American Hospital MEXICO CITY.—Gen) P. Elias Dalles, secretary of the Interior, will leave about the middle of Jan uary for Rochester. Minnesota, to t! “P d l ™ p ? rta . r re ‘ “fidergo hospital treatment. He will 000 barrels. Estimated conm.mp- |*> JoIned there by hu w|{e who bl „ tlon amounted to s3.443.ooo 'mrreln i been a patient in a Los Angeles exports were sss.ooo barrels, and hospital for several weeks stocks on November, 10 aggregate! I Tbe secrWary baa been 111 for 376,858.000 barrels, or !S5 days' I many months with a baffling dlt- ■upply. Stocks a year ago totalled j ease which has hot yielded to tbe 17M0M00, barrels ot 110 days’ treatment prescribed by American ‘“IW- I physician* last gummer. 1 Ing room at the 8. A. U depot Certainly, we continue to have 1 rXout the time the shot was Ylr9d our University, our Normal School, and saw the wounded man; reel . our Lucy Cobb, all bigger and u»d full, he stated. (He said the/ greater than ever before. Out shooting occured about midway churches have alreadv planned foi I of the building. Tbe nefto;;<tlP“ the best year In their hlatorlea | clared just before the ahootjhjr while our city school system Is Mr. Smith told h|m ho wai -“at/ rearing two new buildings that ter' Mr. Seagraves and intended - will come Into use in 1923. kiting him. The nesro clalma Jys, The Georgia and High School ran at the sound of the explpefifir athletic teams promise new thrills of the cartridge. . l-Tw.rt fpr the new year. The basketball | J. L. King, taskmaster of the-s. i team ot the Red and Black la al- A. L.. Charlie Ross, telegraph dls- ready off on its quest of a south-, pstcher for the 8, A. L- J. ,p. ern championship. .The baseball Curry, policeman, John Gleason, record of last year was brilliant and B. c. Curry, depot freight Parent • ■, unsurpassed by any team in Dixie, tor the some railroad nnd’ Fred ■ Ui* * ™ ar *.*° shoot at but that; Fumbrough all sworn that Smith Georgia spirit Is always to surpass and not to equal. The football out look for the new year la bright and plans are now under way for auc- ceaa In that department of sports. But few failures In tbe commer cial lines harp disorganized this section the past several months de threatened to kill Seagraves in - their presence. Mr. Curry declifi” ed Smith told him last spring that; Seusraves had accused him. un justly of the cigarette theft' ohd he would kill him tor It. , Policeman Curry testified that Mr, Smith stopped him one night. lM t .nn th ^ e ,h«*v t F^ > . COme at . ,hl * “ h ' ,Q he woa .t tbe depot with season or the- year the even tem- \j r Heum-aves Mr Curry uld -Mr per of buslueas will, not be serl-1 v -z i smith cursed Mr. Seagraves, who, ou..y d,,lurbed - ’fcjsarx «-•" •** --- mi^y*private^^ncenu d are*Dlan (1 = h “‘ i P"*»- U,reate.,2d to kill Seagraves at V 1 many private\concerns are plan- •Rwaraayjrssi-g- zss -■ *8 Pie. Tbe pessimist, and we have our share of them here, of course, sees nothing but ruin and harder times this year while tbe optimist, end thank goodness the number far outstrips those In tbe formers’ ranks, sees something better and will work with this vision before him. and thus be enabled to accom plish more than the person who sees no sliver lining to the cloud that has dimmed the business hori zon tbe past two years. It seems to me that Athenians should view the new year with more than usual optimism. Surely we are over tbe crest by now and If the “first two years are the hardest” then we should be near ing some coasting again. So— Have a good word for the infant that came to us Sunday night. He might grow wp to bp g wonderfully taST l *" ,0n * hl * r *^°*' Wfto ’ «Mh j 1 cuslnn he wished Fumbrough . could get Mr. Seagraves Job. The eeme threat was again made, ac- / cording to Mr. Famhrough, wheV^f said he told Mr. Seagraves to; "keep his eyes open.” • - •• THINKS 8MITH WAS DRINKING Chuj-lle Res. dispatcher fo the/ S. A. L., stated he saw Mr. Smith Sunday afternoon. "I thlnli' Mr. ’ • Smith was drinking at that time,'', said Mr. Ifoss. “He told me he was celebrating and when I sold' ;! I was going to o. 8. a’train he said he would like to O. 8. 'Hard ’Harvey." "O. 8.” ig the abbre viation for "reporting out a train.' Afchough the defendant node a Statement at the hpg|nnlng,of.tS|f [coroner's inquest Sunday niftth. repeated .It Monday. _ . (Turn to page two) ; t ,