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ATHENS COTTON: MIDDLING -— 26 3-4c I HKEUOl'S CLOSE 26 1-Jc THE WEATHER* Continued clear with cool Little change in temperature. \'OL. 00 No- 312 Associated Press Dispatches LARRY GANTT’S DAILY COLUMN Druggists Have To Pay More Than Their Share Of Taxes Rotarian Tells Club Tuesday Dr. Lloyd Palmer Makes Interacting Address On His Classification At En thusiastic Meeting. FARM CONFERENCE AGAIN DISCUSSED Dr. M. Ashby Jones, Noted - Minister, . Will Speak At Next Meeting Of Club. The Rotary club’s weekly meet* ings are proving of much interest to it* members as well as accom plishing many things worth while for the benefit of the community. The meeting Wednesday was en thusiastic throughout-and the ad dress of iMr. L. P. Palmer, on his classification, druggist, was ex tremely interesting to the mem-: bfrs. He brought out the item of! taxation which is imposed upon! the druggist ami showed that the! burden of taxation rested upon j that line of business more than on any other. The guest of the club numbered several of the members of ihe Ro tary club of Elbcrtop, among -them oeing W. 0. Jones, Harry Jones, Harry Ilawes and Dr. A. S. Hawes. Dr. Andrew M. Soule gave a most interesting talk on the com ing Farmers' Wcew uml Market ATHENS, GA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11,1923 Model Clarke County Farm (li; T. Larry Gantt.) A few days ago I visited the prLtiest and most advanced and successful farm I have ever seen , n m y travels over the South. It is tKit of Mr. Harold Hulme, about six miles from Athens, near Win- terviile. This farm belonged to -rousin'' Billy Mathews, one of ur splendid old citziena of some >f,Tty years ago, and a grandfather of Harold Hulme.. This place com prises 800 acres of which 600 acres an in the highest state of inten sive cultivation and the rest in wood lots and pastures. The land lies as level as n prarle, and .very foot has been impoved and brought Uf) to the highest state of productiveness. , When I was writing up the dif ferent farms in our section several parties told me that I ought to see the farm of Harold Hulme and I would find something worth writing about. But I kept putting off m y visit until Mr. Hulme kind- *"k *■ miners ncew unu market ly offered to carry me out to his Conference which will be held at place. Of course I was only too (the State^ College of Agriculture, glad to accept the invitation. ATHENS MAN Harold Hulme is Vhat you may denominate as a self-made farm er He Is an Athens raised boy and did not start farpting until he finished his course in College, making a special study of agricul ture. And tlu- success he has made of his business shows that brains and good judgment pay better out the farm than in any other calling in life. And his success is a splen did advertisement for our State Agriculture College. I hove nlreny told of the suc cess Mr. Hulme made orf the aweet potato and it is the same with every crop he grows on his farm. He shows what ran be done with the lands in this section by intel ligent and scientific cultivation. Take cotton ns an example. Tn 1922, in spite of the continuous three-fourths of a bale per acre. He showed me one patch of four acres from which ho gathered five bales of cotton and on other fields he made a bale per acre. He used 35 pounds of calcium arsenate per acre. Owing to the unfavorable crop year, Mr. Hulme says he could not have dono much better had there been no weevil. But cot- is only one of his many crops. He raises everything that can bo grown in this section and has rec ord yields of the different crops. Mr. Hulme keeps books January 22 to 27. Programs for the occasion were distributed among the members. The meeting on next Wednesday: will offer nn unusual attractive- programme. Dr. Ashby Jones, of Atlanta, will deliver an address and every member will have an in vited guest The meeting on the 31st, will be devoted to boys work j which has been quite a feature of' the meetings of the Rotary club' since it was organized here three I years ago. The address of Mr. Palmer was of so much interest a number of the Rotarians have requested that it be published, and it will appear in The Herald today Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday- COMMITTEE OF BANKERS TO MAP OUT FARM PROGRAM WILL BE APPOINTED IMUmiEV TO BE FIRST ACT French Military Units Thursday A. M. BANKERS MEETING ENDORSES AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE AT COLLEGE JANUARY 22-27 (By Chas. E. Martin) A committee of bankers and business men to map out plans for aiding Northeast Georgia farmers in 1923 will be appointed shortly by Hugh H. Gordon, a Jr-i chairman of a meeting of bankers here Wednes- I Will Move Into Germany • day. Wednesday Midnight or _ The committee will consult with Dr. Andrew M. “ ' ' “ Soule, president of the State College College of Ag riculture and after reviewing the situation, submit a program for this year- BELGIAN AID IS RUSHED TO FRONT Final Order Was Delayed By Belated Reply From Mussolini of Italy. Order Maintained. RIS.—(By ’ )—The last Platoon System Adopted By Fire Department Here City Council Authorizes Two Additional Men ISJMHHD PUliFOM DEBT SETTLEMENT tobking to the refunding Britain’s four billion dollars debt to the United States were resum ed Wednesday with the American debt commission apparently pre pared to agree if necessary upon tentative settlement based upon Necessary For Adoption Of System. I congress Should such a plan be [worked out It could not become At a called meeting Wednesday l effective, however, until formally night mayor and council of the!approved by House and Senate. Iritjr unanimously .granted a re- | Representative Burton, republi- quest from the Civil Service Com-|Van, Ohio, a memberof the Amer- mission ifor two additional fir: ’ . >— 1~ ——— — j men for the fire department cn- ftrrn anil his crops, with cost of ab ]{ng a two platoon system to be put into force so that the mem ber* of the department may work in shifta and thereby enjoy a bit of home life. As it is now a man is on duty five days out of each week, day production ami profit are no guess work. IMPROVES HIS LAND Mr. Hulme refused in boom times $250 an acre for his farm and says he would not today ac cept that price for he i* improv ing his lands every year. He snow ed me one field from which he gathered 105 bushels of oats per acre and then sowed it in peas and •'"rghuin mixed and cut six tons "( splendid hay to the acre. From tins one field he has an income of S150 per acre, and sghlch i sa re turn of ten cents on a land value of $1 500. Mr. Hulme it a great be liever in hay and says it is the Lest paying erop our farmers can "row. From his alfalfa he makes four tuns of hay per acre, and will Plant loo acres of that one crop. He ha. brought up his land to grow alfalfa as •my section. He has ... f“ur tribs of corn and has been celling ever since gathering time. He has it ground into meal. It would take a page or more to tell about this beautiful and suc- vfu! farm, but I will content “elf with enumerating the dif ferent crops. Mr. Hulme is now marketing besides raising tb-J greatest abundance to run hi* •aim and feed his hands and stock, if' a now selling Hwcet potatoes, rii fodder, oats, meal, hay, pass, ‘ ■ -agreed Abrcsa rye, potatoes, 'Continued On I'age Six.) icon commission told the House ,Tucsday that the British commis sion had not asked for any leeway beyond the 26 year maximum per iod for payment and the four "and one-quarter per eent minimum in terest rate fixed by congress, but he gave notice that it was entirely probable that some would come before Clarke County National Farm Loan Association Elects New Officers, $40,000 Available Associated Press)—The last formalities re garded as necessary before the French troops enter the Ruhr val ley as penalties for defanlt In de liveries in kind by Germany under the treaty of Versailles were set for Wednesday afternoon. It was . arranged that Premier Polncaro would Inform the German govern ment th-ough Dr. Wilhelm Mayor, he German ambassador In -Parts and through the French ambassa dor at Berlin ot the measures be purposes taking, beginning Thurs day. Simultaneously with the giving ot these modifications It was ay- ranged for orders to go forward to General DeC-outto to send to Kssen a sufficient forge to assure the pro tection ot ail allied engineers and agents who have been entrusted James W. Morton Will Head Organization For 1923, J- H. Hubert. Vice President. WASHINGTON.— Negotiations -rs bking to the refunding of Great **• O. EPTING IS SEC. & TREAS. Clarke County Organiza tion Has Loaned $59,800 Since Formation. WASHINGTON.—The report of the house judiciary committee on its investigation of tbe Impeach ment charges brought against At- , . . , torney General Daugherty by Rep- lumls or property as a result of |resentatlve Kellar, republican, Mln- n new allotment made by % the Nn- nesota. was submltcd Wednesday Clarke county farmers have ac cess to $40,000 for loans on farm tional Farm Land Bank, it waa an nonccd Wednesday by H. O. Ept- ing, secretary and treasurer of the local organization. New officers for the Clarko County National Farm Loan As sociation were also announced .... Wednesday. They are, James W. proposition Morton, president; J. H. Hubert, re- j vice president an H. 0. Epting, INSURANCE RATES NOT AFFECTED and night with' only three hours would come before congress re- v,c e preaiaent an h. ( off each dny for meals. | garding the settlement of the! "ocretar yand treasurer. I AH applications for loans on White the new allotment must be In by February 20, it was Announced. The money can be borrowed at .—. . .. five and one-half per cent inter- tiatism between the American and est for a period of thirty-three years with privilege of taking up the loan any time after the fifth year. Since its organization in off each dny — — ... .-. , (British debt. ! At the same sime, House spokesman said the adminis- , ,, , .. tration had become convinced on In making » P'** ,or men, the b>g | g of tbe pr8 || m j nar y nego . Commiaslontr Griffeth of the com- tiatigm between the American and miasion read a TT le “ er „ frow British commission thdt it would Southeastern Underwriters in ^ lmp0M ibte to eftect a aettle- which it .was pointed out that the ment of the eIewn bmiong dol . **$*• «“tUie etty woulduotbc , a „ of war debtg wlthln the „ mita . affected by the change and when t(ong ta;d down b engross. The this was made known council exec utive was reptpeented as fect- readily agreed to the change^ Cap- j„g that a M , t i e Sent should be tain J. H. Rucker making the mo-, madfl with thc British on the best t*ojJ- . „ ... .. jut.- terms possible. .... Both Mr. Griffeth and Mr. Lp-j K SJ: a tUSTJnStSKSirYm, You’ll Meet as now in BnUCK aMj +1,0 /immnn had nraviouslv I w . ^ ’em In This One Last’s Week’s CIRCULATION Combined BANNER."HERALD T . "as as follows 4,682 "rdnesday 4,677 riiursday 4,714 4372 4350 5 o issue „f (be is pub- nV? Mond »y morning. No ts- ' '"e Herald is printed on Sat- • voning. lUNNER-HERALD ATHENS. GA. Picture Anyway E rid. Sand. and thc firemen had previously! petitioned for the change. 1 The change will go into effect, aa soon as the new men are em ployed and the system workc out. I Under this plan Athens will'have: twenty-six firemen and the chief.! Today you can atep right into [the Palace theatre and meet the TO BUY TWO “Mason Corner Folks,” your NEW FORDS .friends. commisslonte trade in JZ have ever met them in person. You thJ poSe de^rimenL I “now them; they InT.bit every useq oy m 'i"“ ,.‘2? community, every village and SS gsagTL l o£Si.::3i jg*- » “• __ _ __ .1 “The Mason Corner Folks” are Kitchen, l/emocrat presc n ted in “Quincy Adams Saw- ’ .iyer,” an all-star moving picture 1 nn Joi* ImnTOVEu production that has come to the Lseaaer, UlIJiXU»tU p a||| , ( for two da ^, beginning to- I — • I qay. It offers an arrav of stars sel dom ever collected in one produc tion. This array is headed bv I)lance Sweet, who returns in this picture after many months’ ab sence. This is a great American home and community life pictfire and will touch » cord in ever per sons maV«>-uo. ' You will enjoy • it, I know. I have read the story and many re views where it has been shown. It is A REAL picture. —C. E. M. to the house by Chairman Volstead. Whother It will be called up for action by tbe house has not yet been determined. “Tho high spots” of the report are the resolution adopted Tues'- day by the committeo virtually dismissing the charges as unsup ported by evidence and the rinding at the special suii-committoe, ap proved by the committee, that the house had authority to punish Mr. Kellar by imprisonment or other wise for his refusal to obey a sub poena Issued after he bail with drawn from the case. Tbe committee report said there waa no “merit” to (Mr. Kellar’s claim that he waa not obliged to respond to tbe subpoena since It was served on him while a repre sentative In congress and added: . , “Your committee is of the opln- tbc )on that Mr. Kellar was legally re- SUITE isim EH n WED Testimony Offered At Hearing Tuesday of Such a Nature to Impli cate Klansmen. BASTROP, La.—(By Tho Associ ated Press)—Addle May Hamilton, known as “daughter of the Klan.” declared on the witness stand In tbe open hearing Investigation Wednesday ino the flaying of Watt' Daniel and Thomas Klhhards the was forced to leave har home near Mer Rouge and was deported from the state by “the Ku Klux.” with applying the measures decided | -JjJ?® P r „®' McKoln ' upon by the French uvernment,! SZSf'JHHJLf?. Mer *? d and which are disclosed fully. It Is) Kirkpatrick “ two of the stated In the modification to the; , of “ en w , h .° _* h * *e»tlfled German government Thaao n.eas-'f urea comprise the collection of the liwL German coal tax for «r rtf account, ¥H ,e 5£ ck ’ Ark “ tbe seizure of state foreats to bo i th8 , h ° me « ker » UWr - Y° un « exploited for the h-meflt ot the rep- 1 woman gave bar age aa 17. . a rations fund, and Ihe collection of • ~' . .• ■ customs duties on exports ra for-' BASTROP, La.—The state-stood sign money. The French foreign otflco inflat ed Wednesday that the word “oc cupation” waa only cr plica Me td the operation in tbe Ruhr. Tie French troop* there. It waa said will not exercise the prerogatives of forces of military occupation further than may be found necessa ry to furnish protection to allied 'ready , manner made er members of the Ku Klux Klan in the torture and slaying of Watt Daniel and Thomas F. Richards last August with the resumption ot the open tearing Wednesday. The testimony offered Tuesday by former klansmen of Morehouse The conference of bankers and business men called to meet in Athens Wednesday morning to dis cuss the farmmg situation, es pecially with reference, to the cot ton and boll weevil conditions, was attended by more than a score of J irominent men, mainly roifi the surrounding adjacent to Athons. Hugh H. Gordon, Jr., president of the Commercial bank of Athens, presided over the meeting and dis cussion* were entered into by prac tically everyone in attendance. , After listening, to Dr. A. M. Soule,, president of the State Col lege of Agriculture; Harold Hulme, prominent local farmer, and others it 1 was deducted by those present that at least fire ea-' sentials were . necessary to the growing of cotton under boll wee vil conditions, that the applica tion of calcium arsenate is - only one of these essentials and is hard ly effective if the other four aril neglected. These essentials are as follows: First—Proper preparation of ground, deep ploughing, etc. Second — Proper selection of seed as to quality staple, yield and early growth. Third—Intensive fertilization. Fourth—Use of calcium ate as pqlaon. , Fifth — • Intense cultivation, secretary and treasurer. , , (Turn to page, two) 8inwr» La.—me suite bioou ■ « .r w tartt p in“ Davi8 Fumed hr officials implicating form- ■' Beneath Car; Not! Seriously Hurt National°Fam* &F£3S&-** * ^ ~ has placed $59,800 in this county* The government loans the 1.1. ncy for the purpose of ablins thc farm er develop hi sfarm property. Money can be borrowed for the purpose of buying additional land, paying existing debts on land, pur- chasing live stock, machinery, for- tilizer or improving or erecting buildings. Allotments are made every nine ty days. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.—Much Improvement* was shown Wednes day morning in the condition of .Representative Claud Kitchen, democratic leader In the lower bouse of congress, who has been seriously ill st hi* home here since Sunday suffering with pneumonia, according to attending physicians. Hla temperature and respiration were normal Wednesday morning. He apent a very comfortable plgnt and bl* family feel very much en couraged over hla condition today. Skeleton Found Near Atlanta ATLANTA, 6a.—The finding ot a skeleton In a clump of woods near Decatur a few miles from Atlanta Tuesday is still a mystery. The bones are bettered to be the skel eton of a man dead for weeks and possibly months. The skull and parts of clothing were found near by. There were no indications that the house of representatives i>os- sesses the power to cause him to be arrested and confined In prison until he ahall consent to testify, such confinement not to extend be yond the term of this congress and power to otherwise deal with him so aa to compel obedience to the summons.” There was no suggestion as to how the Minnesota representative might be dealt with otherwise than by Imprisonment nor. was there any recommendation that tbe house take any action against him. Some committeemen favor the es tablishment of a precedent in this case, bnt It was a foregone conclu sion that If he matter were taken up on the floor there would- be a long and bitter tight against adopt- agens and assure the proper fecll- pariah, which Attorney General Co itles for the performance at their - co said "definitely fixed the Klan's work. i position in the present Inveatlga- They will substitute themselves j tion of the outrages tn Morehouse” for German authority In no other. la only a small part of tho evidence direction than application of the I the state h“ to offer, according to penalties outlined in the notifies- j this official, tion to Germany. It was declared. I Tbe attorney general stated that .. the testimony ottered Tuesday “re- MU88OLINI MESSAGE ,reeled in e positive way that Klan BEING AWAITED [leaders ware involved in a most .! active manner in the strife which PARIS — (Ry me Aasoclted . up tho shocking tortures nnd Press) — The time for lifting the —* - . — - curtain In the latest act of the wsf drama—the French invasion of the Ruhr—was still a secret Wednesday, although the actor* were in their places with their parts well learned under tho tute lage ot the French military com mand Every preparation for the final order ta "go ahead” hae been made with eloch-like procession. The concensus of opinion here Wednesday morning was that the advance would not basin until mid night Wednesday night or early Thursday. Various - reasons we”* offered In support of this belief, chief among them being the fact that the foreign office had not re ceived Premier Mussolini's reply to H. Polncalre’s proposal that Italy join France and Belgium In formally notifying Germany of their Intention to Impose penal ties. Notice that the troop* would leave their concentration point for Essen Wednesday nlaht or Thursday morning waa expected to be forthcoming as soon as the Italian Premier’s answer was re ceived. Assarting that there U a "dual nature" to the invisible empire. At torney General Coco said that “the klan is on trial and the klan will have to answer.” BARB WORKINGS OF ORGANIZATION J. T. Norse worthy and E. C. An drews, each on tho stand at Tues day's session testified that- they were former members of the klan and hared alleged workings of the organization In Morehonse parish. Andrews Is a brother of W. C. Andrews, who testified previously that be waa whipped until he waa Athenians’s Automobile Fall Off Slight Embank ment On MitchelF.H Bridge Road. • Mr. J. Davis suffered 1 hot dangerous- injuries nlternoon in nn automobile dent on the Mitchell’s Bridge Mr. Davis was pinned beneath ’ his car when if feU over a slight embankment hear the bridge.. Ho was promptly rescued andlfospit il authorities summoned. Mr. Davis waa taken to tho, Gen- oral Hospital in Bernstein’s' ad&t* bulance in a semi-conscious con- sc ious condition whore, after, an examination, it was found M was It ot internally' injured. He- wad bruised shout thc body consider ably, however. I Thc car l nwhlch Mr. Davis- waa riding slipped oft the road QdSt’tt store on tho right hand aide of th read on this sid^ of Mitchell’s bridge. He was passing another car and drove hla car too close tv the side of the road, it is stated.- NEW YORK.—Justice James C. numb by the hand which kidnapped Cropaey tentatively set January 29 Daniel and JUeharda. [as the data for the trial of Mrs. Addle May Hamilton, deported i Lillian fl. Ralten charged with the . (Continued On Page Six.) j murder of Dr. Abraham OUckstelo. ENGINEERS TO SEIZE MINE8 AS FIRST MOVE It was generally understood that tha plan as it stood Wednesday . _ called flret of all for sending en- tablisbed rule of the bouse. Tho g|ne«ra *"*« the Ruhr to take over tained teas than a thousand words J certain mine*. These experts will entire report of the committee con-; be adequately but not ost*ntatl- and most of it was devoted to a ; onsly escorted by the military. It recital of the events In the lm- [ I, thought that the distraint will peschment proceedings. he Increased In preparation to -Germany’s failure to give setlsfac- 07. lucre were no inuicmiions unu TJ„„n.. r If U lion the man had mot a violent death, jilMnfljf ClH if, I\. IV, otljcenr ol DeKalb county who * " conducted an inveetlgation, said. MINQ HAS FLED I SHANGHAI.—(By The Associat ed Press)—Gen. Chen Chlnng Ming, whose forces captured Canton last summer and drove from power the government q| the southern re- public, fled from Canton Tuesday night and is in Hong Kong Wed nesday, according to aa unconfirm ed report from Hong Kong. n . „ j The military escorts will be Being Ousted P rom , quartered on the outskirts of any ffononc iq Rpgun towns so occupied and the soldiers 1Van8aS s n< - f ’ un : will he kept from contact with the KANSAS CITY. Kans —Hearing ’ l"hnbltauta. As soon as the order of the Kansas ouster suit against 1 lo »d«tnce Is received from Pre- the Ku Klux Klan was to begin mler Pelncalre, engineers and ex- In the state supreme conrt Wed- i’"** " m •*» “P •" organisation nesday with 'C. B. Griffith, newly 1 E**en which will check all coal sworn In attorney general repre-; ,h 'PP ed hack to France, seating the case for the state The P*asa Indignant at the pro- brought by Richard J. Hopkins, for-» feedings of Deputy Cachln and mar attorney general, and now a r 'her prominent communists who member or the supreme court. (Continued On Page 8lg.)‘ Hie Lucy Cobb Endowment Fond (By Mrs. R. C. Orr) The Lucy Cobb alumnae have :et their hearts’ on raising one hundred thousand dollars as an endowment fund for the Lucy Cobb The school needs the interest from this little fund to help keep up repairs and do a small piece never set- aside -any sum'for Lucy Cobb, -though Rome, Georgia, no larger than Athens, gave Shorter College one hundred aqd fifty thousand - dollan toward, an on-.! dowment fund. - But the Lucy Cobb alumnae a^L- not dismayed. They would like to” of permanent improvement every- ,.ec' thc money for this endowment once in a'While. Nearly twenty ;fun<t roll in 6y thousand*'and tens- thousand dollars uf this fund -ha* Uit thopzaqde, hut they welcome. been subscribed already. any contribution to this endow- The fund started with ten Col- ment fund. Ian. When -Magg.c Morton Stanley Especially do they welcome, A rose up in her seat that June day, | gift' which camcs as a token of. some years ago and said “Girls love and personal effort. San a let’s start sn endowment fund for our own Lucy Cobb here Is ten dol lars toward it—the enthusiasm was intense, and about three hun dred dollars was subscribed at once, and it eras not a very large rflumnie meeting either, .‘yeveral years later an intensive drive was put on, and the citizens of Athens res ponded liberally. Athena, as a/ municipality has gift it the entertainment given tor night by Mrs. KatherineTift,Jones. She gives a beautiful cot tun-* reading tonight at the Lucy CoMr Chapel, every cent of the proceeds'. to the Lucy Cobb endosrmenb _ Let us fill tbe chape] with Lucy Cobb alumnae , and friends of the Lucy Cobb. The time is 9:30 tonight and this price of admission is fifty cents » Wednesday's Combined 5,087 Copies