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The Weather: and with a rising tempsra- tura 'lens Cotton; r * MIDDLING 27 1-2o PREVIOUS CLOSE 27.1.4c VUL. 90 No. 317 Associated Press Dispatdies ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1923. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 6 Cents Sunday- TRUCK USED IN KIDNAPING MEN ABOUT IDENTIFIED Several Witnesses in La. Jhree Federal Trial Say They Saw) n . __ Machine with Two Heidi- Prisoners Here As Prisoners. CHURCH VISITED iiV HOODED RIDERS a.. Three of the federal prisoners who have been in the Clarke coun ty Jail for several months and who" testified against the guards In the! “dope ring" trial of the federal 1 penitentiary in Atlanta last week have been returned to the jail here. Judge Sibley In signing the order stated that the feeling was so high against the prisoners at the peni tentiary that f! would not be safe to carry them there. The three returned are. Joe Mo- relli, M. L. Mailer and Sam Lipp- man. Jake I.ubln was brought back by the officials through mistake , . and was Immediately returned to , I, “i h Wed^JdTv 11 ^ I Atlanta. Paul Martini and Clark Sta.e attorneys Wednesday in W idener were already here and it is thought that John L. Knighton will be returned here. The prison ers were placed In jail Tuesday night. G;-ay Testifies He Joined Flan "to See What It Was, 1 ’ But Resigned. Further Testimony. PASTROP, La. — E. N. Gray, ihj test.tied that he joined the , i Klii \ KInn to ’see what It ms.' i»ut later resigned, was on hearing injulry into the k.dnai>plng of Watt Daniel and ■;;; ni.'is ltlchard and other alleg- ,1 masked band operations in Morehouse Parish .after occupy- the witness chair for two hours at the afternoon session of the hearing Tuesday. Nearly a dozen other witness es. Including Fred L. Carpenter, parish sheriff were to be called to testify during the day. Gray's testimony was halted momentarily Tuesday by a pro test made by W. H. Todd, a Ba strop attorney, against Certain lines of questioning because of a newspaper dispatch which Todd Said Indicated that Gray plight be named as a defendant inJa Crimi nal action. Judge ' Odum ruled that no answer could be required to questions that might Involve statements of a possible incrlmi- nat re nature. Gray took the witness stand af ter a halt dozen other witnesses testified as to the various inci dents in troubled Morehouse dur ing the past si* months, including the statements of two witnesses as to a visit said to have been made to a church near Mer Rouge hy a black robed and black-hood ed delegation, who gava warning to the attendants at the service then in progress, against any at- Scientific Probe Cost Him $3,000 The two er nnd a. W. Hoyden, sold the delegation -declared they spoke in the name of the "Vigilante com mittee" and asserted that they re cognized Dr. B. M. McKoln, for mer Mayor of Mer Roug« and a man named Kirkpatrick as hers cf the party. SAW CAR WITH TWO PRISONERS Gray testified that he was a« ed on the porch of a home near a roadway when be paw an automo- b'le truck with two men apparent ly held prisoners by biackliooded figures pass on the evening Daniel and Richard were kidnapped. He said that on that night he went ti the home of William Hlggln- hnthnm. a Morehouse planter, to >rt as a guard because of threat ening letters Higginbotham had received. Gray described the truck but could not give'the num he- of the license plate. other witnesses Tuesday told '< the appearance of the black- hcotei band with the two c*P- t vos at the town of Collinstown, "’he e they stopped for gasoline, snd of their moving along to- wardt a road leading to Lake La- Fourche, where the bodiet of the m n recently were found. Thu a far the automobile truck In which Danfei and Richard were last seen has been generally de scribed but not positively Idantl- 11 cd. Three witnesses Tuesday testified about a certain model ve- hlc'e an deach gave teeimony. The attorney general’s staff ear li' Wednesday announced that among the Unit wltnesaea to be railed at Wodnesady's proceed- lacs would be Sheriff Carpenter. Wb-t he win testify to was not given out. I he re are abont It Other pros- hlde and each gave testimony. Wednesday. BERNHARDT RELAPSES PARIS.—Sarah “ Bernhardt was much better; Wednesday rooming, the actress was. said to show no had effects of the relapse the ex-. Pnienced Tuesday. Last’* Week’s CIRCULATION Combined banner-‘herald „ Was as feOew* Tuesday ..... . . 4,890 Wednesday 5,087 I hureday 5,109 1 riday 5,095 Sunday 4,550 ho issue of the Banner is pub lished on Monday morning. No ta- "A "f the Herald is printed on Sat- urday evening. BANNER-HERALD ATHENS, GA. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal—Mayor James Rolph. Jr., faced Wednesday an organized assault on his per sonal PTcheaiier as the result of a random scientific experiment Tuesdny night Dedicating -a radio broadcasting station, his honor spoke in ringing tones into the transmitter. Said he: “f want tq find bow far my voice is carrying, how big mv audience is. Send in telegrams to me. and send them collect Come—every body. Mayor Hylan, of New York, and you Mayor Curley of Boston— everybody.” Radio fans w»r* not slow In re sponding. By midnight at least one telegram had come from every state In the Union. It was announc ed at the mayor’s office, and Hon olulu and a ship 1 000 miles at sea were represented. And as the night crept on toward dawn. the.mes sages continued to arrive. By daylight it was estimated that gaBfjgna AT FINE MEET! HEARS DEBT PARLEY HALTS \ AS BRITISH AWAIT ^OFFICIAL ADVICE i Dr. Will Moss Is New Member. Dr. Jones Make Eloquent Address. Hodgson Presides. The Athens Rotary club held one of the most notable meeting in its history Wednesday at the Geor gian hotel. Over 100 Rotations and friends gathAJd at the regular weekly luncheon to hear a special Rotary address by Dr. Ashby Jones, a member of the Atlanta club and one of the most enthusiastic mem bers of the organization in the entire country. Each Rotarian also invited to the meeting a guest and the large number assembled taxed the ca pacity of the extra dining room of [the hostelry. M. S. Hodgson pre sided. GOOD FELLOWSHIP MEETING Aside from the splendid address delivered by Dr. Jones the meet ing was in the nature of a "good- fellowship” afair and those gath ered represented in a large meas ure the business and civic inter ests of the city. Under the leadership of Eusttte at of ks.ftoo. with the npsntbtllty that the figure might be doubled daring the day. Alleged Negro Slayer Is Killed * MACON, Ga.—Believed by offi cers to have been the "layer of Zenle Bryant a Crawford county saw mill employee. Tom Mallory; negro, was Tuesday night shot and fstally wounded by E. F. D r aev* of Dry Branch; one of a party that attempted to arrest the ne gro. Bryant was called away from hll home on the afternoon of De cember 2b to a saw milt where ha was employed, by a negro fit ting Mallory's description, offl- •erg .said. When Bryant did not ,-eturn a search was instituted and Uryant’a body waa- found burial in a pile of sawdust with his head split open, presumably -with an axe. Dorsey said he had seen Mal lory hanging around the Kaolin mine near Dry Branch for several daye and suepected he was- the slayer of Bryant. The negro. Dor sey said, tried to (boot when he, Dorsey, and his son attempted to arrest him. Dorsey said He shot the negro as the latter was at tempting to shoot Dorsey's son. Woman Held For Mates’ Death, Out AIKEN B. C. — Mrs. Della Kate Williamson arrested at Green ville Sunday night in connection with her husband's' death near here in lf!l was admitted to bail Tuesday afternoon in the sum of $2000. Mrs. Williamson shook hands with the sheriff when re leased and left Aiken , at onre in an automobile for the Wagener section where she lived when her husband died.' GIVEN ONE YEAR ttf liranti - Jury indict- ®T raenti and Accepts Sen tence. John Mines, negro truck driver, indicted Monday on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in eon- section with the death of Uttle Reynolds Smith, eon of Mr. and Sirs. J. Warren Smith, on Novtm Per 15. 1022, when the lad waa ran down and killed by a truck driven by Minot on South Lump- ■ , - . kin atreet. plead guilty to the ;ed *nd every body who attends charge In the indictment Wedr.es *" Woodmen Planning Big Bazaar In Moss Auditorium Next Month Engage Amusement At tractions From .Wash ington, D. C., To Give Free Entertainment. The Unflorm Rank W. O. W. No. 1188 art making extensive rations for holi __ Moss building on "Clayton St., daring the week February 5th to 10th inclusively. They have engaged amusement front* Washington, D. C. f to furn ish free entertainment for the en tire week, which consists of a real Hawaiian musicians and dancers, an up-to-date orchestra andinuin- crour other attractions will be on display contalnually every after noon and night. The building will be partitioned off in boooths, all elaborated light- day morning and waa sentenced to one year's time In the chains- gang. PLEA ENTERED -AG by -Agreement . —The plea waa allowed court on a statement by the of the Boilcitor Dean waa assisted In the matter by J. D. Bradwall and W. L. Erwin, aj)d Judge Bradwel) in presenting the case, stated that he and hi* associates represented Mr. and Mm. smith, who were nut prosecuting the negro In a spirit of “revenge, vtndiottivenesa or from a desire that a heavy sen tence be imposed,” but felt that some penalty should be paid by the defendant 'as an example to otber*,in the hope of curbing tbs evil of speeding and the recnleiu driving of motor vehicles. will find plenty of amusements, Eery evening at 10 o’clock, af ter the bazar and free attractions ICES «IN BOCKS ip of Eu Stevens, with Hugh Hodgsoi the piano, a number of songs ' sung by the entire gathering and a special one rendered In honor of the guest. Dr. Will Moss was introduced ,jby Past President Abit Nix as a -new member and Dr. Wilkinson introduced Dr. Jones to thie club. ! PRAISES !ATHENS t The noted divine said he had seen Athens in all her when she waa serious, when she was gay, when ehe waa htfaletic and otherwise but that (t seemed La t-a.— I L-u laa m Da Mrs. Comer Given A Total Divorce Mrs. Jimmie - Williams Comer, wife of Ed comer, formerly of Mayesville, was given a total di vorce in the Clarke superior court Wednesday morning and the jury at the same jtime removed hla dis abilities leaving him free to marry again. Mr. Comer moved to this county several months ago following an al leged attack on him by the Ku Klux Klan in Maysville. Mrs. Comer was the only witness to take the stand and her teatimoily waa the only evidence. The alimony, $26.00 per month, was arranged by the attorneys and the judge gave the custody of the three chil dren to the mother, the father te visit them by permission. Attorneys Stark, of Commerce, and T. J. Shackelford represented the divorcee end J. J. Strickland represented the defendant. «r" n' Indications Point to Dif ferences Among Mem bers As to Question of Interest Rate. ‘ : DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING GUARDED Car of Whisky To Be Released " County officer Ri A. Save made a investigation -Tuesday af ternoon of the alleged posting of notices near'the Jackson colored school on the Danielsyille .road Sunday night warning the negroes to leave. He states that but one notice was put up, that on a tree near tm negro lodge in that com munity and thbt was evidently there by pranking boys, abor agents or someone who has a grudge against some particular S ro of the neighborhood. , imitar notices were aids re torted from the Hull section of dadison county. Mr. Saye says that a large num have doacd, dances will be held by It*, ' o{ negroes are leaving that the various organizations and clubs of the city, which will be private for their members only on the dance floor. The dates of these dances will be announced lacr. The Hawaiian music alone will Ftat.'s attorneys in the ease, bo well worth your attending this tazarr. Other first-class attrac tions arc now bging ’negotiated with. A Booster edition of the Fan- ncr-Iicrald is being planned which I will be quit* an extensive affair. that he appreciated her in a Ro tary mood more than any other way. Hit address watt along Ro tary lines and many principles of the club that -mt* accepted warp gone into and given a broad mean ing by this impressive spenker and all during his address he was greeted from time to time with loud applam-e.- His - address necessarily Short on account of Ithe time allotted to the meeting and the fact that he had to catch an early train back to Atlanta but waa highly, appreciated not only by the half hundred Rotariansl present but by their guests, doz ens of them being from the Ki- wanis club. SPECIAL “ASHBY” SONG SUNG ■Th6 special song supg in Dr. Jones’ honor was to the time of "Peggy” and he eaid .it was the first time he had aver had a tong dedicated to him. It Iowa: .“ASHBY" "If he’a fine in every way, That’s Ashby Jones. fol section of the county but are go- __ tag on account of financial condi-j u he j"t“what"to say, tions and not on account of any That’s Ashbv Jones, threats. He assured the degrees - - * ■ of the settlement that they- would receive the protection of the offi cers of the county if any trouble areas snd told them to pay no at tention to the supposed warning, which was scribbled on tablet pa per and tucked to the tree. ASKS THAT MINIMUM SENTENCE BE GIVEN judge Bradwoll stated that an agreement had been reached be tween the Solicitor General and the defendants attorney, Woiver M. Smith, that the negro he al lowed to enter a plea of guilty to the charge, and asked the court to impose the lightest sentence JJf • D J possible under the - law. This K*arCllIlg Ul DCQ Judge Fortaon did, making it one year in the gang. Fraternity Holds Annual Banquet the ation pfTtiheir founding,' at Georgian, Hotel. • Cafe -T night This banquet is an that is alway. looked forward to with interest by *11 the members of the chapter. A delicious seven course dinner was served and enjoyed by the active members and a^verel of their alumni. C. E. Brockinton acted as tout- master and the principal speaker* of the evening were Louis Betts, Edwin Thomas, and Joseph Bull, who spoke on matters concerning the Chapter. FIRSTSENTENCE OR CLARKE This is the--first ease docketed hi the superior court in Clarke county where the defendant was held in connection with a death raused by an automobile acci dent, end; the sentence was the first., imposed under the law in that connection,. ■ ^ It waa-also the first trouble Tuesday, 1 Mines bad-.been Involved to. He event! had been driving for the Athens Engineering Co., for the past five years, and is reputed to have been a good' worker, and a reliable em ployee. • ^Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kaufman,re turned yesterday from Now Or leans, Mobile, Atlanta and other points from their wedding trip. Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman enjoys the friendship of many friends who are congratulating them on their’ return. Tukuoka Fire Does Big Damage TOKIO.—(By The Associated Press)—Fire at Fukuoka destroyed tire hundred buildings Wednesday morning and waa still burning at noon. A large number of public buildings, two thfeatres and depart meat stores were burned. Need $1500 For Athens Scouts Budget of 1923 Fukuoka is a city at the mouth of the River Naks, on the coast of the Bay of Hakata. Its population la reported, as 82,100. With Bad Cold WASHINGTON. D. C.—Preaident Herding cancelled all of hi* en gagements Wadneaday In order to remain In bed on account of an at tack of grippe. It waa said at the White House that the day of rest waa decided on merely as a pre cautionary measure and that the president's condition ■ showed no serious developments. RAILWAYS ATTACKED DUBLIN.—(By The Associated Press)—Attacks by republican! te unabati the railroads continue unabated. Considerable destruction is report ed to have resulted from raids on the West Claire Railway in the district between Ennis Kilrah and Kllkee. One report says that prac tically the whole line. 27 miles long, has been rained. Several sta tions have been burned, the track has been tom up and the rolling stock destroyed. Now Is Time To Help Further This Worthy Work In Athens. There remains the sum or fif teen hundred dollars unscribed te complete the budget for the sup port and maintenance of the Boy Scouts for the coming year. Tht r sum should be readily subscribed for this worthy cause. Those in te rested in boy scout work are without daisy. Jt it an organize tkm which - moans much to the young boys fo rtheir training ana moulding their characters for the coming generation, which wilt make better men and citizenship for the future. ; If you have not subscribed te this fond you can not make a bet ter investment for the upbuildmi of the community and for'the ui» provement of the citizenship. The boys of today will soon be the men of the tomorrow and now Is th-i time to help them build and pre pare for the responsibilities which will rest upon them in the next few years in formulating nlans for our government and for the improvement of, society. Give in keeping with your abili ty and every dollar will be sub scribed for the needs of this worthy cause. Spreads religion by word and by deed, He only ita is smoking the weed, Much versatility, great person Ashby Jones.” Five Children Perish in Fire BlNGHAMPTON. N. Y.—Jesup Kokalls wee held pending Invest!- nation of a fire which destroyed his home early today, canting the death of hit five small children. The children were fonnd dead in a clothes closet. It Is the theory ot officials that the children became frightened, took refuge In the eioa- ot and were overcome before they could escape. Convict Leasing Fought In Ala. MONTGOMERY. AIa.-Oppon- ents of the present system of leas ing convicts which has bean In vogue in Alabama for many yean were today mailing their forces tor a fight on the bill Introducad In the, lower house of the legislature extending the time for abolition nr tbe system from December 31,1923 for four yean. Under existing stat utes abolition of the system would- take plaea at the end of this year. A bill extending the time nntil the end of 1917 yra» Introduced In the house' by Representative Will C; Walton, of Chambers, snd Is In line with rerommendattona oh the subject In Governor William W. Frandon's tint menage to the legislature. EXONERATED AIKEN. S. C.—Rufus U Belding. ot Augusta, driver of the into which ran over and killed 7-yeer- »ld Jaaper Carter ta Oleverville, S. C.. Tuesday morning, waa exon erated b) a coroner's jury which found that the accident was una voidable. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn—Judgc H. C. Tarver of the Cherokee ju dicial circuit of Georgia has is sued and' order to the shreiff of Dade county to release a carload of liquor seized over a year ago in the railroad yards at Trenton and which has been stored in the jail at that place since. The .order was the effect of a compromise. "This liquor, a solid carload of the finest brands, was consigned to a drag firm ta Los Anglees, by a Cincinnati dealer, who. claimed to have proper authority of the federal government for shipment. Despite this fhet the sheriff‘of county seized the liquor and this seizure- was sustained by Judge Ta$ver and, according tu his order, the liquor stored in the Dade county jail, where it has been awaiting judicial decision. The case waa carried to the su preme court of the United Statc-s ■ that .trjhwpal .-held .thatL^th- ' w court was witWn its rights ^ ta the seizure provided it' could be thown that the liquor’was be ing shipped ta violation of th& Volstead act. To. prove this .point would have required a trip tc California by tbe solicitor gener al so a compromise was effected, r compromise , the owners of the liquor agreeing to pay all coat and 1800 storage charges. Women Manage Big Quarantine Both British and Ameri can Members Are Hope ful For a Solution of Debt Adjustment ’ ' WASHINGTON — Negotiations between the American and Brit ish debts commissions had come to a hjdt -again Wednesday-while tht British awaited further in structions from their government, .These were ezpected In time for the next meeting which was sched uled tor Thursday after adjourn ment of Tuesday’s jneettag with out an accord having been reach ed between me two commissions as to terms of settlement of Great Britain’s war debt to the United State*. While the points of Jifference~be tween the commissions continued to be carefully guarded Wednes day by members of -both, Indicn- tions' were that they were con fined largely to jbs question, ot Interest rata. A rat* ot .three'per cun was reported to havo been suggested by the British commls- tlon and also approved by. Brit ish cabinet in considering the ne-. gotiatfons Monday. While the British arc understood to have boon able to show that this was about the average n-to on govern Iment loan* in normal times, some members at least, of the' Ameri can commission are represented - ns feeling that it falls too far be low the rate now paid by the American government on money borrowed and advanced to Great Britain. ’ Hope of an agreement in'prlnci pic before the end of the present conversations, however, continues to be expressed by members of both commissions. There was said fo bo a possibility that the British commissioners would remain over beyend ns«t Saturday, the origin al date planned for their depar ture. If an acqorrl was not roach ed before that date. Daylight Burglar Does Work Here ATHENS.— 1 tBy The Associated Press)—American women win ta- jtall,.finance and direct tbe larg est medical quarantine station In >he world on the Island ot Mas- Konlsf. 30 miles south of Athena, ta effort to cope with the unpre- ented outbreak of dtseaio among Near Bast refugees ta Greece. Dr. Mabel Elliott, director of fhe American women’s hospitals, today arranged with the Greek gov-1 i-rnmedt to take over, the entire ‘ island and equip It witn facilities for handling 10.000 refugees at one tipie- The island Is now. uninhab ited but Dr. Elliott plans to set up 2.600-tent* and the necessary dlslnfectibg plant* and soup Utchf ens. Because of tbe pressing emerg- ncy Dr. ElUott has guaranteed to have tiie station In operation with in six days,. A daylight burglar entered the home of R. c. Carry on Hill street Tuesday while the family was at lunch and mods his or her getaway with a coat belonging to Miss Mar garet Klmsey and a hat belonging to Miss Elizabeth Carry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. curry. ■Miss Klmsey bad stopped in for K ch with Miss Curry and when two wont into the dining room they left their hats and wraps In tbo front hall and when they re turned one coat and one hat had disappeared.- Tho front door was unfastened and the supposition Is Root Speaks to Foreign Relations .Body WASHINGTON.—EUhu Root was tba principal speaker on the pro gram for the opening session of the committee of one hundred on foreign-relations appointed recent- v by Alton B. Parker, president ot the National Civic Federation, which began a two days’ meeting Wednesday at the New Willard hotel - Other speakers on the program Include Oscar S. Strauss. John Hays Hammond. Samuel Oompera. Professor Jeremiah W. Jenks. The- j odor# Roosevelt. Dr. Jemes Brown I scott secretary of- the Caraegle . “jfjnow nas < - - p Mr *[forma or relaxation. that someone entered, took the thing! and quietly left. The pjii-e were notified but have not locat ed the stolen articles. Last week a night burglar en tered the fruit and candy stand of Sam Soup, a foreigner, on Hancock avenue ano stole a large quantity of goods. Police are working on this case also but have made no ar rests. ' 1 yef I AFTER CHRISTMAS Folks Don’t Stop Living Just Because Holiday Gifts Are All Bought. Lots, of effort goes Into catch ing trade daring the holidays. As Is right and proper. But— Why slow down just when there’s need for continued effort? In holiday time people are eager to buy anyway, that’s true. And they use advertising to guide their shopping. Bnt this is eoually true: They don’t stop needing merchandise when ’ the Christmas gifts hare been bought and given. Everybody eats. Everybody wears clothes. Everybody nses furniutre. Everybody has one or more Endowment for International Peace . \flb, Horace Mann Towner,, chair-{• J** ***• , n J rt *° advertise is man of th* dettnrtVnent of Interna* qntugljr lk’nstag aoyta'ni map tional relations of the General Fed eration of. Women’s einbs and Commodore E. E. Spsfford, of tbe American Legion. The committee was appointed at the' recommendation of tba na tional conference held nnder the ampices of, the Civic Federation at New-York In November and was designed to "obtain, organize and furnish to the membership of these varied bodies and to the general imbUc accurate and unbiased in formation on important Interna tional. relations and movements." That time hasn’t happened yet. Ths time not to advertise is when yon don’t Want to sell any- We Imagine you’re not ta that mood jnht now. ' Perhaps people need nrging. Then it’a time to urge. ' The tlfce to appeal ta people with thing* they’re interested in ta ALL THE TIM& . 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