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No. 316 Associated Press Dispatches
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17,1923.
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday-
LARRY GANTTS
DAILY COLUMN
Gantt Writes All
The Latest News
(By T. Larry Gantt.)
::ew iron bridge on River
j. now being put together
,1 it will not take long to com-
the job. It is a fine and gi-
,, structure a s heavy as a
-i'ilrVjacl bridge, but much broader.
" he one of the best iron
ridges in our State. It will take
ine time to complete the filling
of the approaches to the bridge.
,ii the houses on this fill must be
to the height of the fill, and
THEY’RE FEEDING THIS PUP THE WRONG FOOD
miis mra
i
Notice Posted on Coloned
Lodge Building Near
Jackson Sdiool Setting
March As Limit.
BELIEVE ~LABOR
AGENTS AT WORK
» P | ready f be«i 1 e!evat> « Identity ^Determined,
the eountyjnust bear the cost | Clarke Officials Will Ap-
- pre (hend All Guilty Per
sons.
,vork. Three national high
s' entering Athens must use
this bridge. When the bridge and
t to Barbervillc are complete
ill result in building good
roads to Hartwell and Elberton.
■fhi« is one of the most important
pieces of road improvement ever
in Clarke county.
^ CAMPING
ground
The subject of a tourist camp
ground for Athens is now bein
taken up and a suitable place will
elected very soon. Every one
realizes the importance of this
work. An effort is being made to
ecurc highly desirable site near
center of Athens, but 1 dm not
yet at liberty to give partlcu
lars. Mr. Price owns 16 acres of
land just beyond the River street
bridge, and says he would be glad
to let the city have what land it
needs aa a camp-ground. Mr. Price
most attractive tourist
ramping ground can be had in a
pine grove and a fine spring U
near at hand. But it is better to
hare it as near our business ten-
j possible, as these tourists
will spend money in the city and
patronize our cafes and places of
amusement. It is now a settled
matter that the molt important
work for our city is to have a first
Hass tourist camp ground, with
all conveniences. I hope soon to
nport that a site has been secur*
ed.
PROFIT IN -» dull
PECANS
Mr. Frank Shackelford has a
young pecan grove in Hancock
county and he says he is already
getting an incomo of from $20 to
$25 per acre and he cultivator
crops Between the-trees. -The
pecan, when it begins to Ml, wiU
increase the yield of nuts about
ten pounds every year. A number
of groves are being set out around
Athens and before many year*
this crop will be a new source of
income. The pecan attains its
greatest perfection in this section.
VACANT STORBS
BEING RENTED
The vacant stores in Athens are
all being rented and which is a
healthy sign. I umfyntand that
Bradberry-Owene Co. who dosed
down their business a short time
since, have rented the corner
store in the Lipecomb building,
formerly occupied by a bank and (
in about three weeks will open i
theicin a stock of atationcry and
other goods in their line. They will
wke a special of barber supplies.
Bradberry tells me that be is
longer connected with the
firm.
Mr. L. C. Biown says that his
coffee business has Mown to
proportions that no cannot
fill all orders. He has ordered a
narchcr and grinder, when he will
hive a capacity of 300 pounds of
County officials are making in
vestigations Into, the alleged
potting of a notice on the Colored
lodge building r-ear the Jackson
colored school on the Danielsvllle
road - in Clarke county Sunday
night giving warning to the neg
roes that they mi-st be out of the
county by March first.
A notice of this nature Is said
to have been found on the build
ing 'Monday morning and baa
caused considerable uneasiness
among the colored population of
that section of the county. This
community la the site of the Jack
eon school, one of the leading
(colored school.^ of .the counCy.
and is largely populated by t eg-
roes.
BELIEVE WORK
OF LABOR AGENTS ..
The notice Is believed to have
been put there not by .persons
who live In the county and wish
to frighten the negroes into leav
ing but by labor agents who are
known to .be operating ill this
section of the state and who re
sort to any means In getting
laborers dissatisfied and “signed
up” to go north and to other sec
tions of the South where they
are given employment.
Similar notices were pasted
over Oconee county several
months ago and it developed that
either irresponsible parties post
ed them or they were put up by
labor agents.
. I ,
WILL INVESTIGATE
THOROUGHLY
It dr-ttndrstood-that-the county
officials,wiU make * thqtough in
vestlgatlon of the posting of the
notices and make an effort, to
apprehend the parties who are
responsible and In be meantime
the negroes of the settlement are
being told. It Is said, to i pay no
attention to the. notices but to go
on with their work gi usual.
If it Is found that agents are
operating here illegally they will
be given the limit of the law and
alio handled for posting intimid
ating notices.
if mi bums
“$e Have Tried Soft
Methods and Failed—
They Will Get What
They Gave Belgians.’*
economicTforce
IS LESS SANGUINE
Ruhr Valley Tuesday Ap
peared in Linn For Un
compromising Military
Occupation.
TO EXPELL FRENCH
LONDON — (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The German
government has decided to ex-
pell all French civilians from
Germany, according to a dis-
S tch from Berlin to the Daily
; press late Tuesday night.
Aside from the actual fight
ing, a state of war now exists
between France and Germany.
Marketing Sweet
Potato Crop Now' -
Definitely Assured
F
SKED OUTRAGES
MOVES TO CLIMAX
Radio Concerts in
Ga. Physics Bldgs.
Radio concerts are received by
the Physics Department of the
University of Georgia every Sat
urday when the weather conditions
permit. • .1
These concerts are received
from many cities of the East and
a few of near by towns tnat have
broad-casting stations:
A11 students and friends are in
vited to attend these concerts,
which are both amusing and in
structive. „ '
mom
coffee a day.
IMF. PUTY ON
ARSENIC
1 am glad to know that Senator
Harris is urging the President to
remove the duty of eix cents per
lound on vsen:<\ If all of out
Southern members will call on
President Harding and explain to
him the fact that thig ‘duty simp
ly means a great reduction in the
'•otton craft. I think he-will heed
their request. It was a very great
•utrage the placing of this duty on
arsenic. Until the discovery of the
fact that it was necessary to com
bat the boll weevil, metaiic araen-
" was considered a by-product like
ttas tar. find used by railroads to
kill bushes and weeds on their
-ieht of way. But no time ie to
he lost if the duty is removed and
3 supply is shipped in to use th
coming year.
(Turn to page two)
GERMANY IS IN
WILFUL DEFAULT.
LI
Fourteen witnesses ''wore In
eluded m the lilt announced to
be hoard Tuesday In addition to
a dozen previous lists but have
not yet appeared because of Ill
ness. or for othes reasons. Mon
day'* Hat of new names are Smith
Stephenson. J. t>. Higginbotham,
slon* Tuesday”decided™thmt Oct- ' H«rry Norris. Jatk Haydsn. O.
many bad wilfully defaulted In do- W. Walker, E. Morris, Robert Lee
* • *- **" " Hnrkness; Alfred Hill; E. M.
Gray. Buatt Jonas; Frank Lew-,
elyn. Hurry Pipes, Dewy Bown
and C. N. McGowan.
StVfcHAL UTHbftS
WILL TESTIFY
BARSTROP, La. . - Investiga
tion of hooded traced!*! of More
house Pariah moved gradually to
ward a climax Tuesday with the
rtpige.of the net of'evidence be
ing woven by etato'a attorneys
spread by = the testimony of two
witnesses. self-declared mem
bers of the Ku Klux Klan, to
show a gathering of Klansmen in
Bastrop on the night of-the kid
napping of Watt Daniel and Thoa.
Richard victim* of a band of
“btackhoods" to repel an unex
pected attack by tno people of the
neighboring village on -Mer
Rogue.
With this testimony on reoord
approximately a score of witnes
ses were 'under subpoena at' the
Start of Tuesday's session of the
open hearing to undergo quee-!
tlonlng of A. V. Coco, state's at- _ ... . ; ..
tomey general and other state; * ev 1 ; Ashby Jones, of Atlanta,
council ■ who have undertaken to Tfl * mo 2 rn divine, will address
task of solving the mystery of! Athens .Rotartans at tho regular
the *eliure and slaying of l)anlal Jof the club to.be held at
and Richard and other maaked ( the^ Georgian Hotel at two o’clock,
band depredations lq Morehouse.
Regular Weekly Meeting
Local Civic Club To Be
Held , At Georgia .Hotel
Today.
HI
DORTMUND,—(By * the Asso
ciated - Press.)—-French general
headquarters' has information
that 6,000 met, of tho German
Reichswehere are concentrated
south of Mnenster, leaa than 25
miles north of Luenea to the
north of Dortmund. The French
have advanced to both Dortmund
and Luenen, and the outpoots of
the French and German forces at
some points are only from eight
to ten mites apart.
PARIS.—(By The Associated
Press)—The reparation* commit
Last’s Week’s
CIRCULATION
Combined
BANNER-‘HERALD
Was as' follows
Tuesday J......
Wednesday v.'.
Thursday 5,109
Friday 4,032
Sunday 4,550
No issue of the Banner i* pub-
h, hed on Monday morning. No la-
*“'• of the Herald is printed on Sat-
urdui evening.
banneTwherald
ATHENS, GA.
BUHMT law.. — r
liveries In kind for 1922. France,
Belgium and Italy so voted. Kem-
ballCook. representing Great Brit
ain In place of Sir John Bradbury,
who waa reported Indisposed, ab
stained from voting.
Tho default, it was explained by
Louis Bsrthou, president of tho
commission, resulted , from the re
fusal or the German government
to make deliveries In kind while
the French were In the Ruhr.
-The French high commissioners
were anxious to obtain the vote
of the reparations commission de
claring this dofsulL as sn authori
zation for the French policy of re
quisitions which It is believed will
be enforced Immediately.
(The hurried decision followed
liveries In kind, including coal.
Germany’s refusal to make any de-
wood cattle, dyes and building ma
terials. so long as the French re
mained in the Ruhr. President
Bsrthou said Germany*; refusal was
an open defiance of the .allies
which must be met with Instant ac-
American representative,
Roland W. Boyden. and CoL James
A. I/Jgan were present but bad
nothing to ear.
Franklin Will Be
wS? Honored By P; Q.
WASHINGTON. — Benjamin
•arv-esaeKSisss.
his birth atBostpn, and tho Bret
of his birth at Boston, ana tne nm
day of “thrift week”
of the now one-cent stamp bear
ing the portrait of FrankHn^ One
million of the new stamps will be
placed on cal* at Philadelphia.
Several otbars were expected
to testify in connection with
statements made by two of Mon
day's witnesses. “Jap” Jones and
James Harp, farmers of tbe vil
lage of Bonita who told of the
preparation* tirade, by. member*
of the klan In Bastrop to (tave
off-an attack which might have
been planned.by the citizens of
Mer Rouge as a reprisal for the
kidnapping of Doulol and Rich
ard.
Harp testified that h* was post
tive Capt. J. K. Uklpwlth, exalt
ed cyclop* of the Morehouse
klan. Woo lo Bastrop on the night
that Daniel and Richard disap
peared. Hit testimony was Cor-
rcraborated by Jones wbo testi
fied that ho called on Captain
Sklpwlth early that night to find
out whether the kidnapping of
the two men on the Baatrop-Mer
Rouge road was the work of the
Klan. He said the exalted
cyc|op* denied any knowledge of
the blackhooded band.
Several prospective witnesses
wbo were named, by Jones and
Harp a* being members of the
guard which stood watch at tbe
Thomas Hardware store in ad
vance of tbe raid by Mer Rauge
citizens are expected to testify In
corroraboration as to the where
abouts of tbe, Klan leader on that
night.
(Turn to Fage Two)
Dr. Jones' address will feature a
splendid program arranged for the
meeting.
Each Rotarian is expected to
bring,one guest,
“Dollie Show” At
Georgian Friday
The Athens Woman’s Club in
vites all the dollies of the town, to
a doll show at the Georgia Hotel
on Friday afternoon, January
26th, at the Georgia Hotel. There
is a wonderfully good time in
store for all who accept the in
vitation.
There will be a prize for the
most attractive dolly of them all
—one for the most unique—one
for the oldest one for the best
doll dress made by a girl under
eight years and one for the' best
dress made by a girl between the
ages of 8 and 12.
And after the dollies have all
been seen and admired will come
a program by the young folks for
the young folks and it is a certain
many grown ups will see that
they can not afford to miss such
a. splendid time.
There will be a 25 cent admis
sion fee for each doll entered as
a candidate for a prize and a small
admission for grown-ups.
Full details will be given in
Sunday’s Banner-Herald with the
names of all the young perform
ers.
2 FIREMEN OVERCOME
WASHINGTON.—Two \ Bremen
were overcome by escaping gas
and one occupant of the building
by smoke In a fire which totally
destroyed the Norfolk apartment
house here Monday night, causing
damage estimated at $100,000.
TAKES OATH
AUSTIN, Texas.—Gov. Patrick
Morris Neff at noon today was to
take oath of office for; his second
aring disposed of the civil bus-
st facing this session of tho
Mrier court With the exception
one esse which it is thought
. t-b*.4|Btokly-flnishod-thi» morn
ing, Judge Fortson .announced J*te
yesterday that the criminal docket
would likely be called today.
A comparatively heavy criminal
docket is facing .tho high tribunal,
the cases' to be tried, including
murder, manslaughter, auulat and
battery, and prohibition violations.
’’ Tuesday saw a large amount of
by the court, the larger part of
this involving small cases.
A total of eight true bills wore
returned by the grand Jury in the
one-day session Monday. One of
these was for murder, oge for In
voluntary manslaughter, two for
assault and battery, one for assault
with Intent to kill and three for
violating tbe whiskey taws.
John Mines wss Indicted Mr
killing Reynolds Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Warren Smith on No
vember 16. Involuntary manslaugh
ter was charged, U being alleged
truck at'a rapid speed and struck
that Mine*, a negro. Was driving a
tbe youth causing almost Instant
death. Cliff Easley, colored, was
Indictsd for murder for the killing
of T. C. Moon on December 25.
Easier has not been caught Irene
Wlche and SalUe Wler, colored,
were Indicted for assault and bat
tery and Willie Rucker, colored
was Indicted for assault with in-
ftent to kill. He was also Indicted
on two other counts, one for hav
ing whiskey and one for selling
whiskey, and iMclrln Hubbard waa
Indicted for allowing a still on his
premises. >
The case of the Arnold Grocery
companv vs. Bedgood and Brooks
occupied a large portion of the
time Tuesday morning, a verdict
finally being agreed upon. This was
a case appealed from tbe Justice
court ana Is five or six years old
and Involved garnishments, Judg
ments and other forms of proced
ure. <•
Howard And
Mell, Speakers
Friday at eleen o’clock Thomas
S. Mell will deliver an address in
the University of Georgia chapel.
The' subject of his talk will be
General Robert E. Lee.
Aa Mr. Mell is an orator of
great repute, much interest is be
ing expressed on' the campus re
lative to the coming event
On the twenty-second of Feb
ruary, Washington’s birthday, Mr.
Wm. S. Howard of Augusta, Ga.,
wiU be-the speaker of the day. No
general holidays are declared by
the University for these days be
cause of the customary spring va
cation, which is held at the close
of the second term -in April.
DUESBELDORF — . (By tho meeting ot tne noay nere yester-
Assodatsd Press) —. The French day. _Tne new officers are,__Hugh
12 HURT IN EXPLOSION
CROWLEY, La. — Twelvo per
sons wore reported Injured and a
number of buildings wrecked at
Scott La, 20 miles from here.
Monday night, as a result to an
explosion ot dynamite. •
now control every outlet from tho
Ruhr Into Germany, whether by
rail or water. The lines were ex
tended Tuesday through Dort
mund. ten kilos north to Luen-
on on the Pipps, and thence to
Witten, which is ton 1 kilos south
of Dortmund.
Tho French troops were order
ed Tuesday to occupy the entire
neutral zohe, halting on the out
skirts of Dortmund. This move
ment will bring tho militant be
yond the Hattingen-CaatrO-Breck
llnhouie Una seized Monday. Th*
fortieth' trench Infantry division
entered tbe Ruhr district Mon
day evening mown* towards Hat
tenant. i
French cavalry appeared on the
outskirts of Dortmund at noon
Tuesday. It was expeeted that
the occupation of the city would
be completed by four o’clock
Tuesday afternoon.
UNCOMPROMI8ING
ACTION FORECAST
ESSEX—(By the Associated
Press) — Whatever the outcome
of the ‘conferonoe set for Tues
day at Duosaoldorf between tho
German industrial magnates and
the French economic mission, th*
Ruhr vaUpy appeared Tuesday
morning to be in line for an un
compromising military occupa
tion.
'We have tried soft methods
and the Germans have refused to
co-o|>erat«” and corporations
were told at the French mlltlary
headquarters. If they don't come
to terms now they will got a
taste of whet they gave Belgium
and Northern France. W* will
give them somotbios to whine
for."
Tuesday’s meeting to which the
German industrial leaders had
been Invited under tho threat that
If they fielled to appear they
would bo sent for, waa to bo pre
sided over by General OeOoutte.
From the windows of the confer
ence room In the Duesgeldorf
city hall, the French tanka, ar
mored cars and infantry were
dlficernlblb as they moved for
ward to strengthen the hold of
the French upon Germany'* rich
coal fields.
WILL 8TINNE8 SEND
A REPRESENTATIVE?
There wag great interest as to
whether the stinnos holdings
would comply with the Cummins
to send a representative to the
Conference. Hart gtinaee him
•elf was'reported to have left his
miU between Bochum sod Dort
mund, Monday evening, bound
for Berlin.
French economic experts ap
pear somewhat less sanguine
than the military leaders over the
prospects of obtaining practical
results from tbe sccupation. They
came her*, it is admitted, unpre
pared for an operation ot this
magnitude and th* turn of events
has caused M. Costs, head of the
million, to look rather depress
ed. although he voiced the opini
on that today's conference would
straighten out the situation.
The about face position of the
German industrialists took the
French by surprise. They were
quite convinced that the Germans
Veterans WiD Be
Guests of Normal
The Cobb-Deloney Chapter Con
federate Veterans are to be guests
of the Normal School January 19,
birthday of their illnstrian leader,
Robert E. Lee.
The veterans will assemble in
the Pound Auditorium at 12:00 for
the annual program on Lee’s
birthday after which they will re-
pair to Winnie Davis’ parlors for Definite Program For
a social half hour with the faculty < nyr„_i,-i;_„ Oiimlm D»a
and students of the school and at Marketing Surplus rTO-
1:30 rroair to the dining room to I duce of This Section
have dinner with the students of| »
the school. Mayor Thomas, “Miss! AClOptea.
Millie” and Henry West, comman- (
der of Allen Fleming Post and CLAUD TUCK HEADS
LATE MOVEMENT
Permanent Organization
Will Be Formed Next
Tuesday. 35,000 Bushels
Await Marketing.
'Swfeet potatoes, about 35,000
bushels in all, now being held , in i
caring houses in Clarke and 'ad
joining counties wilt .be marketed.
This fact was definitely establish
ed hetc yesterday afternoon when
the Athens Sweet Potato asso
ciation was organized' with a tem
porary group of officers. Perman
ent officers will be elected next
Tuesday afternoon at a meeting to
be held at the* State College of
Agriculture. .. ' j
1 At the meeting here yesterday,
Claud Tuck was elected president
and E. W. V. Carroll, secretory,
Hulme, vice-president; Frank A. term of office extending un-
Holden, vice-president; E. W. Car- 111 tir ? e J" the elettion ol tn <>
roll, secretory; George A. Mell>{P»"«t -
treasurer. . L Kepresenutivee were presen;
The personnel of the different 1*™“ »«**»1 counties in this sec-
committees will be announced by < tlon '
President White Wednesday.
Mrs. Hammond Johnson, president
of, Auxiliary of Allen Fleming
Post will be guests of honor-to the
Cobb' Deloney Chapter.
HUGHlii
Officers to serve tbe Athens
Chamber of Commerce during this
year were elected at tbe regular
meeting of the body here yester-
W. White, president; G. Harold
It was decided to hold weekly
membership meetings during the
year, the first one to be held in
connection with a luncheon eraly
next week. At this meeting the
K cgram of work for the yea .* will
discussed.
Other member* of the .new board
are J. W, Jarrell, Jr., J. M. Ba
ling, James ; White, Miss Katie
Palmer, Sol. J. Boley,_Df. Ij C.
Wilkinson, H. O. Eptiffg, W. L,'
Erwin, Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge,
D. F. Paddock, B. R. Bloodworth.
PROBE HIS DEATH
COLUMBIA, 8. C—Officers
Tuesday were eonUnuIng their at
tempts to .dear up tbe dreum-
■tances surrounding tho death ot
L. Williamson at hu home at Wag
ner, Aiken county, In November,
1(21, In which etie Mrs. Della Kate
Williamson, wife ot the dead ipan,
Is held.
Officers Intimate there may be
farther arrests following tbe In
vestigation by detectives into thi
events leading up to the fleath of
WilUamion and also the story told
by the mother of Williamson, a
(rail old woman of 80, who ex
pressed tbe belief to officers her
son did not die by suicide. Mrs.
Williamson maintain* her Inno-
C6QC6,
A 'canvass of those in attend- 1
ance showed that about 35,000
.bushels of strictly number .one,.,
ki.'it-dried Porto Rican sweet po
tatoes were oeirig'held in the cur
ing houses of Clarice and adjoin-
ing counties and plans were work
ed out for securing a market for ]
this quantity.
EXPERTS GIVE !
GOOD TALKS V " A
‘ The question of finding satis
factory markets for the 1922 sur- !
plus , crop and this year’s produc- j
lion ot potatoes was discussed nt
length by trot. M. C. Gay of the J
Stat eCollege of Agriculture, 0. I
Harold Hulms, J. ,L. McLeroy,
Harry Pittard, A. N. Barwick, F.
L. Duncan, G. S. Wright, W. Si ;
Smith *nd others.
A committee consisting of (;.'
Harold Hulme, J. L. McLeroy. G.(
S. Wright wa* appointed to work-
out definite detoili of the-perman
ent organisation which will be e
fectod at a meeting to bo held
tho College of Agriculture at
o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Ja
ary 28, to which the sweet
producers of a dozen c
counties in the Athens tr
will be Invited t(} attend.
Hardman Bic
Being Fini
Work is progressing
the now Hardman building,
wall is being made of brick ..
nearly up. This building is on t
University campus.
This building was named by the
Board of Trustees of the Univer
sity of Georgia in honor of Dr. L.
G. Hardman, of Commerce, Ga.,
Authorities admit thgt a razor «• naraman, or v-ommcrce, ua.,
with which WillUmsoa-ls alleged to ,P r - Hardman is a Prominent Hera-
A ber of the Board of Trustees..
Classes in Animal Husbandry
and Stock Judging will he held in
have cut his throat while In his
bedroom ha* come Into their pos
session and Is being held for use
in the trial.
is SOS in
Stock Jut
the builamg.
formerly the
tors.
The building wn-
Cavalry hcadquar-
' The Pandora of the University
of Georgia for thie yoer, accord-,
ing. to advance reports,/promise*
to be one of the- best publications
of. this kind put out by the stu
dents of the school.
F. L. Bowen, editor-in-chief,
states that the maauscripta for
the. volume are being completed
quickly as possible and he'expect* i
to have tbe book in tbe hand*. *
the printers by the latter part'
April. '
The book represents the highest
literary efforts of the student
body and to be elected editor-in-
chief is one of the highest honor*
that a senior can attain.
This years' issue will be pat-
had agreed In principle to the coal I terenod after some of the western
deliveries; hence yesterday's I college publications of this type" so
breakdown in tbs economic ne*o- I that It win be different from prsv-
(Tum to page two) Jlous publications. * 'S
These Twelve Months
Are Here to Serve
Your Business 'HH
“The business tide has turned."
That’s tho old year’s message to
the new—and to yon. •" '
Expert* have pointed oqt. that
In 1922 we climbed back to the
upward side of the business cycle,
ana every peasing week adds
strength to this certainty. —
It la time to plan boldly, in con
fidence.
These twelve months are here
to nerve your interested Nor will
Ihev quibble over past problem".
Yotar 1 energy will-not spend it-
lf pulling against the brakes of
pessimism. ' ic
Your skill and courage will
eprn the dividends they dexerve.
This year belongs to him who
takes it
Increase your, dividends by pat
ronizing the advertising columns
of
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