Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

ATHENS COTTON: MIDDLING 27 l-8e I i'ltEVIOL'S CLOSE 26 3-4e THE WEATHER! Continued clear weather with a cool temperature. • VOL. 90 No. 313 Associated Press Dispatches ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1923. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday* CURB MARKET REVIVED AT KIWANIS MEETING LARRY GANTTS DAILY COLUMN Pop Com Good Money Crop By T. LARRY GANTT Ther, is no question about the 1( , 0 pl,. all over the country tribu tary tn Athens, and you can always r h them through Its columns, ten days ago 1 published a letter (rum a gentleman of this city mak ing inquiries about popcorn and J being able to give the desired Information published the letter anil asked that any one familiar ulth the matter to let me hear from lh yeHterday Mr, W. P. Bray stopp- „l on the street and stated that hf sa» that article, being a con stant and close reader of the Ban ner and he took pleasure in fur nishing the desired Information. Mr Bray says that Mr. J. D. Pow- tr , of Smltlisonla, is a successful miner of popcorn and grows it on lls terraces and other spots whero the ground would be wasted. It re quires but lltlte work to cultivate popcorn and it takes not much more than a lick and a promise. Mr. Bray says he has raised pop corn and Is satisfied that on ordi nary land vou can grow about Jifty bushels |ier acre, moro than any crop he knows of. You plant It thick as sorghum cane and each stalk has several ears, popcorn being very prolific. Committee Composed Of Dave Paddock, W. T. Forbes, W. L. Erwin And J. G. Oliver To In vestigate. S. J. MOSS NEW MEMBER OF CLUB Joel Wier Delivers Lec ture On Radio. Y. M. C. A. Campaign ' Unani mously Endorsed By Club. READY MARKET He says one of the firms that handles popcorn is the* Shotwell Candy company, of Chicago, Ill. Many other people handle it but this is a very reliable establish ment and is in market for all they ran buy. The present market price (or popcorn is $5 per bushel. This means nil income of $250 an acre on ordinary land. Mr. Bray says the Southern farmers have d qtb'nijon.-to, poRrern uni ft is grown in other States. H< grown told me of a candy man In Ath ens who recently ordered • bushel (ram Chicago and after paying freight charges it cost hiHl $11.40 for the bushel. He would have been of course glad to patronize on? of our home farmers. Mr. Bray says that farmers ate detrired from raising popcorn be cause of. the tedious job of shell ing the small cars. But shelters are made for this purpose and you can shell it as rapidly and easily as any other corn. These popcorn shelters can be ordered through any hardware store, and don’t cost, much. The demand for popcorn If steadily and constant demand for Th? country around Athens glows as fine popcorn as any- whe re. If farmers contemplating going into the popcorn business and if' they will write that Chicago firm, or any seedsman, they can get full information about .planting, cultivating nnd marketing the crop. They can make a deal with some seed house to take their en tire crop at a stipulated .price. i')U can raise a crop of popcorn n land that will produce but lit tle else, but of course the richer the soil the greater the yield. I appreciate this information from friend Bray. If farmers or •her patrons of our paper desire formation about any matter I hill take pleasure :n using the far-reaching columns of the Ban- " e J “td It'Tald to get them facts. ATHENS' NEW BANK Yesterday I met on the streets, Mr. King Howard, of Lexington, V.'r.O ti-illv O_lA.lt 1 If.u The Kiwnnis club Thursday gain took up the m,cement to establish a municipal Curb Mar ket where farmers can sell their surplus vegetables, and other, pro duce direct to the consumer. Upon motion of M. I,. Mamie, who declared a Curb Market will aid the farmer in supplementing revenue obtained by growing cat- ton under adverse conditions, President J. W. Barnett appoint ed a committee to find out just what is the status of the Curb Market movement which was be gun in the Kiwanis club last year. The committee is composed of Dave Paddock, chairman: W.. T. Forbes, W. L. Erwin arid J. t». Oliver. JESTER WINS PRIZE J. C. Jester won the attendance prize, a handsome pipe "non b> ! Kkvanlan Will King Meadow. S. ,1. | Moss, of tho Carter-Mosn Lumber Company, and 1 one of the best known young business men of the cily, was introduced to the club ns a new member. An irteresting address was de livered by Kiwanian Joel A. Wier on the Radio. A Radiophone wnsi installed in the dining hall of the Y. M. C. A., and Mr. Wier’s lec-1 lure was very instructive anc en • r ten aiding. Kiwanian Wier was followed by Kiwanian S. V. San-1 fo d who delighted bis heurers I with an impromptu address on the | “Wonders of the World,” Kiwanian Jere.M. Found called I attention, of tho club to the com-' Ing Y. M. C. A. maintenance cam RADIO SERMON CONVERTS MAN 3,000 MILES AWAY . PHILADELPHIA — Twenty centuries after a voice from the heavens said of Jesus Christ, “This is My Beloved son; hear ye Him,” the same words again came from the sky from Los Angeles, where Evangelist R. A. Torrey was preaching in the church of the Open Door. Joseph Harper, a fanner, near Pemberton, N. J., was listening to a concert on his radio, when by . accident he touched the tuning instrument and caught the words of the evangelist three thousand miles away. He was so startled and impressed he made a bee line to the nearest precaher and asked how soon he could join the church. Dr. Torrey is well known and beloved in Athens where he has many personal friend). His daughter was the late Mrs. Lawrence Parker. ed That Program Must Be Carried to a Final Test. endorsed the work being* done by the Y: M. C. A.' unanimously. FORMAL REASON FI ON RHINE WAS 10 u. s. WASHINGTON. — The order bringing the troops horns from the Rhine will not be followed by a withdrawal of American partici pation in the reparation* commis sion unless there Is a change In the present policy of the American government as outlined Thursday In authoritative quarters. who w ith Messrs Sc Hull and Max- * e ". *>f his town, were inspecting ™ ru0 ”i "n Clayton street near 1Se Hardy Hardware Co. and which "ill be used as the home of ™ Guaranty Trugt Corporation, Athens' latest financial institution and with which Mr. Howard will connected. He tells me that the fixtures have arrived and they xpect io throw open their doors "xt Monday. Everything is, mod- (Continued On Page Six.) Last's Week’s CIRCULATION Combined , of the BANNER - HERALD "as as follows Tuesday 4,682 Wednesday 4,677 Ihursday 4,718 "■day 4,872 Su "da> 4,350 No PARIS.—(By The Associated Press)—Premier Poincare's for mal explanation of the govern ment’s settop In the Ruhr as pre pared for preaentatlon to the chamber of deputies and the sen ate Thursday afternoon recalls the condition under which the confer ence In Paris broke up. pointing out that Great Britain was In dis agreement with the other allies with the reparation policy. The statement declares that the specific measures which France, Belgium and Italy hare felt call ed up on to take ias-a result of Germany's continued defaults are without prejudice to further steps WASHINGTON — Decision of he government to wlthd the government to withdraw American troops from the Rhine was regarded nere Thursday as not only a move to emphaslso the administration's disapproval of the French reparations program, but also as an Indication of a den**ito conviction tbat the program now must be curried to the Anal test FLORILLA FIRE ATLANTA, Ga—The little city of Ftovilla was was prac tically totally destroyed by fire which swept the business and residential sections late Thurs day, wiping out eighteen build ings, according to a telephone, conversation here Thursday; night. Half) the loss is estimated to have been covered by insur ance. “Quincy Adams Sawyer” a Good Motion Picture BY JOHN E. DREWRY "Quincy Adams Sawyer,” which was seen for the flfst time Thursday at the palace Theatre, is in many ways a remarkable photoplay. has all the elements which go to make a thoroughly interesting motion picture, and the large audiences Thursday greeted it with unmistakable en thusiasm. TANTINE.EX M OF GREECE, 11 former Ruler of Hellenes Came After a Very Trying Period of World Difficulties. PALERMO, Sicily.—(By The As soclatcd Press)—Former King Constantine of Greece died sud denly here Thursday of cerebral hemorrhage. First of all, there is the story itself which makes its appeal. The homely narrative of New England rural folks has still the of results before there can be any I same sweet charm, the same de- hope of an alternative course. Illghtful and quaint flavor which No amplification or the reas- jt had as a novel and later as a one which prompted the with- p l ay . i u delightful people drawal decision wa» forthcoming | their affairs hold the ' from nny official source Thurs- throughout Uon I 7iV tory ‘‘ c . oncerned with the | oroekforeesTiT,Asia Mot,'speed- Woun'sdav ths* if™ Ur onln°/v Jbi 0, l ng Bost °, n 1,y followed by the revolution in j lawyer, Quincy, when he comes to Greece which again swept Con The death of ex-King Constan tine of Greece came after a series of trying experiences which the former rnler of Hellenes had un dergone. beginning with the out break of the world war. Constantine was forced off the throne of Greece by the allies In 1117 after he bad successfully re sisted numerous attempts to bring Greece into the war on the aide of the alUes. In exile until after the war’s close Constantine was called back to Greece in 1(20 and resumed the throne. Under his re newed reign Greece plunged Into the war with Turkey In Asia Ml- ., nor, Constantino personally going • - * n ?,to the front at one period of the interest | campaign Last fall came the disaster to the IN AS “LADIES'OAr IN KIDNAP TRIAL ESSEN RESIDENTS ARE IN REVOLT AS FRENCH OCCUPATION IS BEGUN •Wednesday .Night 5,000 Citizens Storm Hotel Where Frenchmen Were Believed Staying. DISTURBANCE HARD TO QUELL Dr, Luther, Cabinet Mem ber, Aids in Halting Trouble. /He Assails the French Attitude, Twenty Witnesses Were to Be Heard From Dur ing Day, Their Testi mony Corroborative. WIDOW OF DEAD MAN TELLS STORY She Says She Warned Her Husband to Be Careful- Many Other Women Inform Courts. BASTROP, La.—Thursday was ‘ladles' day” at the open hearing AMSTERDAM.—(By The As- soclnted Press)—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Ber lin Thursday asserts that the German government has decid ed to take the following meas ures immediately after ✓ the French occupation Is accom plished: • 1. The peace treaty will be declared broken and Its execu tion decided Inoperative. 2. Germany will no longer negotiate with the reparations commission unless this Injustice is removed. 3. The use of alcoholic li quor will be reduced. 4. Sunday will bo declared a day of national mourning. A dispatch from Essen to the Exchange Telegraph says the Rhenish and West Phatisn la bor organizations have decided to proclaim a brief strike be ginning Monday, throughout the whole Industrial district In pro test against the French occupa tion. As Military Units Arrive At Ten O'clock Thurs day, the Residents Are Warned Remain Quiet. DEATH PENALTY IN THE WARNING French Regret Removal of U. S. Troops From Rhine. Hun Ambassador Has Left Paris. ESSEN.—The French are In Es sen. The first troops entered at ten o'clock Thursday morning. The Belgian contingent, moving from. Duisburg, proceeded to the city by way of Muelblm elmuletn- eo'usly with the French. The Bel gians were accompanied by a con siderable body of French troops and an ammunition column. All the soldiers have ths fullest war equip ment. even gas masks. PEOPLE WARNED TO REMAIN QUIET ESSEN.—(By The Associated Press)—A sample of the political electricity surcharging the atmos phere here ie found in Wednes- In connection with the Investlga-' day night’s disturbance when about tlon Into piasked-hand murders in Morehouse parish. Eight women were announced as witnesses to testify during the day. State's attorneys announced ear ly Thursday that.a.total of 20 wit-, nesses will be on hand. LUoat of the testimony to be adduced wilt be of a corroborative nature, they sold Those who wererio tako tbu stand are: Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Clark, Mrs. Hamilton, mother of Addle May Hamilton, W. E. Hopkins; John Davenport,'Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Net tles, Mrs. inabnet. Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Groves, Mrs. Marris, Mrs. Me Ilwain, Fred Higginbotham, Conrad McDuffie, John Barham, George Sims. Kelly Harp, R. L. Dade, Joe Davenport and W. R. Norseworthy. MANY PHASE8 TO BE CONNECTED I Mason's Corner to clear up I le- to which those powers may have, this time. Nor had there been any , mattor Ho win , the .ffee. recourse after January 15. In selz- | disclosure of the nature of .he de | Ing collateral for the moratorium demanded by Qermany.-The prem ier wes prepared to make a ques tlon of confidence of his request that all interpolations on foreign affairs be postponed. There seemed to be no doubt that he would get a substantial majority vote, carrying with It full approv al of what ho has done In the Ruhr and sanctioning any future course of action. Only thh extremists were left to oppose the government. The radi cals called a special meeting mat evening to abstain from voting, an nouncing that tfiey disapprove the economic but not military penal ties. « Sixth Axe Murder In Birmingham BIRMINGHAM. Ala—Birming ham police were today trying to solve another axe murder?—the sixth within the lest twelve months* Joseph Klein, north side mer- hed josepn tviciui . ebant. died Thursday from Injuries from an axe-wielded while he was at his store Wednesday night, at which time hts 14-year-old daugh ter, Ethel, was attacked to a like i--ue „f the Banner is pnb- ter, Ethel, was ' -m Monday morning. No U- manner.ni mio of the* Herald is printed on Sat- urda vening. banner-herald ATHENS, GA. juries from the Instrument. The daughter received one blow but will recover. In all except one of the axe murders the victims have been foreigners or naturalized citizens of foreign extraction. .... , itions of tho town's womenfolk, partment exchanges oy wmch it la | but hc incu „ , hc cnmity q( th( | (Continued Op Page Six.) local czar, Obadiah Strout. It is Cana New Head Of Chile Cabinet stantine off the throne. He abdlca- ted and retired to Italy and has been making his homo recently at Palermo. [JW31IKB SANTIAGO, Chile.—A new cab inet, with Francisco Carces Cana, a liberal, as premier and minister of the interior was formed here Wednesday evening. The new cabinet has not yet received the approval of the polit ical parties, but this seems assur ed. Retail Cost of Food Increased WASHINGTON — Changes retail food costs during the month ending December IS, reported Thursday by The Bureau of Labor statistics for 22 cities showed an increase in it and a decrease* l-. 4. Increases rangod from 3 per cent for Milwaukee, Rochester and Snvunnnh. to one per cent for New York. Philadelphia. Balti more and Richmond. Of ihe four cities showing a decrease, Boston led with 2 per cent and Portland. Me., was second with one per cent. Indianapolis and New Hav en showed decreases of less tl,an one half of one per cent U. S. Drug Traffic the conflict between Quincy and PJ-Li Strout wihch forms the main,mo- IVIOOSe IO riglU tive of the story, but thejc are many unusual and comic situations as well. In the cast are a dozen screen celebrities. Rarely has such fine judgment been shown in assign ing roles in a motion picture. AU of the important characters are portrayed by players who have themselves been featured and starred, and as * result, splendid acting is the rule ‘Among the players are Blanche Sweet, Lon CHICAGO.—Approved by Sec retary of Labor Davis, national chief, the Loyal Order of Moose lodge, with about 1,000,000 mem bers ha* pledged itself to aid to a nationwide campaign against smuggling and illegal traffic of drugs, it was announced here Thursday. President Harding I’was called upon to summon an Chaney, Barbara La Marr, John j international conference to stop Bowers, Elmo Lincoln, June El- over production of . om e of the vidge, Louise Fazenda, ZW drup , |nd requeated ^ oet aside week of national anti-narcotic Pitts, Hank Mann, Edward Con nelly, Kate Lester, and many others. “Quincy Adams Sawyer” is bas ed on the story by Charles Felton Pidgin. Citizens In Revolt In Memel, Wanting To Join Lithuania Air Mail Service For Cuba and U. S. WASHINGTON.—A revolt lias taken place in “the whole of Me mel district” of East Prussia, the citizens demanding that the ter ritory be 'made a part of Lithua- one per)| nia, according to a telegram to the Lithuanian legation here to day from its government at Ko- vono. week. HAVANA, Cuba. — Aerial mall service between the United States and Cuba Is to. be inaugurated Thursday by the American govern ment when tbe airplane Columbus of the Aero Mail Airways Co., Inc., which has been awarded the Am erican mail carrying contract leaves Key West, for Havana. They expect soon to perform s similar sel-vlce for the Cuban government between Havana and Key West. Weather permitting tbe mail planes will make the trip six days a week. Many phases of the case were expected to be connected up by the witnesses Thursday, counsel for the state said. They also inti mated that Including Thursday'! list, probably nef more than 20 per cent of tbe total prospective num ber of witnesses.. will have been called on tb testify. The testimony of Mrs. T. F. Richards, widow of one of the hooded band victims, Wednesday 4a responsible for the calling of several of tbe women for Thursday. She testified to a conversation said to have taken place between . Mrs. Hugh Clark, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Mcllwaln and Mrs. Ibdabnet, following the first kidnapping of hah husband. She claimed that her husband treated the affair lightly which seemed to bare Irritated Mr*. Clark who re marked to Mrs. Levyto, Mrs. Inabnet and Mra. Mclnwain that the next time the Kn Ktux Klan got Rich ards he would not get off so light A week later Richards disappeared. Mrs. Clark was expected to tell on the stand where ahe got her Infor mation. The other women are expected to tell something of the various ac tivities of tbe Morehouse chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, while Fred Higginbotham is slated to corrobo rate some of the evidence submit ted by young Harry Neelis, who caused quite a stir on the stand late Wednesday. 5,000 Essen citizens stormed the doors of the KaiserOff, the city's leading hotel,(demanding the ex pulsion of the French commission which the crowd believed was lodg ing there. The.management's as surances that not a Frenchman waa to the house were unsatisfac tory, especially to view of the fact that a flower pot inopportunely fell rom an upstairs window among the demonstrators. Scores of persoris swarmed Into the 'building, but Dr. Hqns Luther, former burgomas ter of Essen and now the minis ter of food to the Cuno cabinet, appeared on the scene to time to prevent morn serious consequences. Dr. Luther, when tbe disturbance began had just begun to read ao address to tbe foreign correspond ents gathered at tjie Kaiserot ho tel In which he made a plea for ‘j moral support for Germany to the Issue raised by France. BERLIN. — French airplanes dropped leaflets over Essen Wed nesday calling upon the people to remain quiet, according to dis patches received here Thursday. The leaflets asserted that persons who stopped work would be de ported and that those who pre vented or Interfered with the nbr- mal course of the cly’s activities would be subject to tbe death pen alty. RUHR TO BE OCCUPIED BY THUR8DAY AFTERNOON PARIS — • (By the Associated Press) — The entry of the Frencii into the first zone of the Rnhr, comprizing the city of Essen be, gan when the advance guard ol the “control commissions” military escort crossed the boundary Uni from the occupied area Thursday morning. The rest of the troops, according to the plin qf • Marshal Foch, were to follow with regu- '. Inrlft* nml I* wan intd tinTA fhol CALL8 ACT A VIOLATION The occupation of the Ruhr, he aaid would be a violation of the righta of humanity, aa well as of the treaty of Versalllea. He cited instances of acute dlstresa among the people to refute the French charge that Germany to able but nnwllltog to pey. In tbe course ol the Interview Dr. Luther mentioned that he had just come from the largest mass meeting ever held to Essen at which citizens of all po- UUcal creeds with tbe exception of communists, had protested against the French occupation. He read a larity and It was said here ‘that the whole Essep cone would be under French supervision by af* « ternoon, with the commission of Allied'Engineers, which will super vise the coal deliveries installed and ready for business. The pian-Y call for the occupation of the seq ond zone, including the Bochen and' Gelsenkirchen, after a brief interval. The Ruhr troops, It is estimated, - comprise approximately one French division together with a strong detachment of Belgian forces under the command of Gen eral Henhys. The military will operate under the.orders of Gen eral Simon, who is at DuesseldorT. General DeCoutte who is in supreme command of tho Frci hat drafted a proclamation residents of the Ruhr explaining the character of the movement and making clear that it is being effected in the names of Franco, Belgium and Italy. This notice will be posted throughout tho zon«. News that Franc* had at iaBt taken tho action which a large nia Jority of the public has been urg ing for some time caused a lively satisfaction hero, although It was marred to tome extent by the an nouncement that tho American forces on tho Rhl*te’ were to bo. withdrawn. Tho press although - refraining from comment on- this copy qf a resolution adopted at this, phaiIe f the altutttlon la careful meeting. It was addressed to the t0 ex|)lain Prei , de „t Harding's O*® I Step ns the result of American states ana j _ii,i.., ACTED AS A MESSENGER According to Neelis' testimony, Higginbotham acted as a messen ger between the black-hooded-bsnd outposts when he was seized on the Baetrop-Mer Rouge road the afternoon of August II, a short while before Thomas F. Richards, who worked for Neills to Bastrop, was kidnapped tBe first time. Higginbotham was also referred to by W. C Andrews, one of the flogged men on August 24, the day Richards and Watt Denial disap peared as having been a member of the Ku Ktux Klan band at Stamp- ley which held up Daniel, yonng Neelis and himself and took away their weapons. Hugh Clark and W. B. Hopkins were named Wednesday by Addle May Hamilton as having “fixed” it with the Morehouse chapter of tbe (Continued On Page Six.) gallty of tbe French procedure. Tbe resolution asked America and Great Britain to come to the moral aid of Germany. It further asserted that the French policy spelled-perpetuation of hatred be tween the French and German peo ples and constituted a most seri ous danger to world peace. LARGE CROWD OUT8IOE 1 In the crowd outside the hotel were many of the persons'who had adopted the resolution at the meet ing earlier to the evening. Dr. Luther wee obliged to spixal to the gathering Impasslonately to or- der to.induce.it to disperse. He wee very noticeably disappointed when Informed of the< American government’s order withdrawing troops from the Rhine. "That Is the worst possible news ws could re ceive.” he said. / ‘Why In the world doesn’t Am*, erica support us in thlsT” German ambassadors •« n )h^.B«^ , n| n H <, i > wl ' Ulc “ 1 motives. The ordered “!!f? I Withdrawal the newspapers^potot out has < no connection. with th,< occupation of the‘Ruhr inasmuch PARIS*—'The French mission which will control the Ruhr mines left Dusseldorf for Esssn at five o’clock according to L'lnformatton. The engineers and experts, the newspapers say. were accompanied by "important detachment of troops.” The paper adds that the main body of the occupation force' consisting of one division, will re main Thursday to tbe occupied zone, advancing into the Ruhr to morrow and at Intervals thereaf ter. as It was practically decided upon some time ago. 'S The news that Ambassador Mayer has been summoned to Bar tin puzzles the Press, which won ders whether the ' German envoy has been recalled, thus Involving n suspension of diplomatic rela-' tlons or whether he.has merely been asked to go to Wilhclm- straise for a conference with his government GERMAN AMBA88ADOR TO FRANCE 8UMMONED Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, the Gerpiaa* ambassador to France. left Paris ter Berlin at noon Thursday i. ■' ♦thousands OP DOLLARS Will be spent in week-end-,' Saturday shopping ■ in the stores of Athens. A majority of these wee^- end-Saturdey shopping dollars will be largely guided in their purchases by the store news and business announcements appearing in the Banner-Her ald. in the Yesterday's Combined At this season, it’s impor tant—“Before you shop In the Stores of Athens, Shop first . Banner-Herald.” Copies • :