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A CONSOLIDATION OF THE SUNDAY ISSUES OF THE ATHENS BANNER AND THB ATHENS MRBAi.li
Athens Cotton:
MIDDUNG 28 Me
Pret^oiu dose 28 l-lc
VOL 91, No. 18 F.ull Associated Press Leased Wire Service.
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21,1923.
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday.-
MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN LOCAL BANK DEPOSITS
grim game is being
PLAYED BY GERMANS
and french troops
Wholesale Arrests of
High German Industrial
Otlieials Made Satur
day By French.
Settlement of
Debt Question
Is Forecasted
OCCUPATION IS
AFFECTING TRADE
Germans Realize Now
French Are Determined
To Get Results From
Occupation.
pi'ESSELDORF,—(By The As-
,Delated Press)—With eighteen of
,i, wr le.iiiiug compatriots on the
to jail at Mayence, the Ger
mans are beginning to realise that
the French are in earnest In carry
ing oat iliclr reparations policy In
the lluhr valley. .
Despite tho. arresU. however,
mere is no sign of an Intention by
the Germans to recede, from their
program of non-cooperation and
passive resistance to tho occupa
tional authorities. * .
The men in custody Include state
officials, industrial leaders and
capitalists. The conditions of their
incarceration will not be severe,
„ they are to be treated as phut-
jeal prisoners.
Prospects of good treatment,
however, brought them little cheer
and all appeared In a serious and
determined mood when they reach
ed Uuesnelttorf in motor cars from
Essen today—that Is all except.big
Jolly , Fritz Thyssen, who never
lost his perpetual smiles and bub
bling good humor.
British Commission Sails
Blit Washington Not
Pessimistic Over Pros
pects. .
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL
“FARMERS' WEEK"
BEGINS MONDAY
rays income Tax on Beauty
Elaborate Program Has
Been Arranged For Ses
sions Which Will Last
Throughout Week.
SOULE AND CONWELL
INITIAL SPEAKERS
Galaxy of Renowned Ex
perts to Appear on Pro
gram. Hundreds to Be in
Attendance.
Monday itfiernoon
ARE PLAYING
CRIM GAME
KSSEN.—A grim game Is being
played by the French and Germans
■long the valleys of the Ruhr and
I the Iihlne. For.MMM
> (he French and
inter p tactical or mlt^HH
tage the German residents carry
1 nut a new form of passive resist-
sions as embodying the maximum
concessions that might reasonab
ly be granted by the' United
States.
The conclusion has been drawn
in diplomats circles here that the
grave change in tho European po
litical situation after the two com
missions began their work caused
the "British government to Jiesi.
burdens at this time unless it was
assured of the ability of the tax
The day was hectic with a suc-
rsssion of arrests of high German
indUHtrial and post ofilcisls quick
ly followed with clock-liko precis
ion by protests of experts, manual
laborers and other employes who
duck doggedly by Germany’s In-
Ilructlona to aid In no way the In
vader*.
The workers' council discussed
with Lord Mayor Luther the ad-
vlublllty of calling out some of
the five thousand postal, telegraph
and telephone workers In > gener
al aympathetlc strike, but the de
cision will not be'announoed until
tomorrow. A large part of tho
forces at the various mines whose
directors were arrested, responded
almost Immediately with protest*.
Tho French authorities sent addi
tional troops to guard the mines. 1
FIND BANK8
ARE CLOSED
WASHINGTON—(By The As
sociated Press.)—Although the
British debt commission sailed for
home Saturday with the mission!
which brought it to America un-j
completed, well informed officials! o'clock the sixteonth annuul Part
in Washington arc by no means jers' Week and Market Conference
pessimistic over the! portability will l-cgln ni the jftato Cod» o ,
war debt to the United States. Agriculture and will continue thru
In view of facts disclosed Sat-! out the entire woek, offering the
urday night, for the first time, I best programs ever aranged for a
seme of these familiar with the I similar meeting In Athens,
recent exchanges between the The Initial sasalon will he open-
British and American commis-jed by Dr. E. L. IllllC pastor of
sions would not be surprised if ‘ the Frst Presbyterian church who
British assent to a settlement plani will offer prayer. Dr. A. M.
tentatively worked out here is giv- soulo will then deliver the ad-
en soon after Chancellor Baldwin dress of welcome to the vlslto'i
and his colleagues of the British and J. E. Cowell, president of the
commission arrive In London. ! Georgia 'Grower* Corporative As-
While tho greatest reservo is socintton, will deliver an address
shown here regarding the nature on that organisation. Following
of this tentative plan, it is known' Mr. Conwell M. C. Gay, James W.
that it represents the well cansid-1 Morton and Mrs. M. B. Judd will
J l f — - - - — a A f LaAI. I Sf, 1i# ah ft v*crtl TV IVII11 n TT'
ANOTHER DEATH CHARGED
TO KU KLUX KLAN IN LA
Says Government
Should Finish
Muscle Shoals
WASHINGTON — Having ad-
ded Us,ooo,ooo to the appropria
tions for rivers and harbors pro
jects without debate Friday, the
house proceeded *> discuss It al
length and with some heat Satuf.
day. ,
Kepresentative Stafford, republi
run. Wisconsin, a member of (be
upi roprlatlon committee whose
recommendations were over*
thrown and Representative Blanton
democrat, Texas, denounced the
larger amount a* "graft- while
representative Newton. republlQan
Missouri, a leader of the water
way* bloc, defended it.
Evidence At Coroners
Inquest Says Monroe
Citizen Killed In Quar
rel Over Klan.
BASTROP HEARING
MOVING FORWARD
Mei* Rouge Youth, Held
Up Thursday Night,
Tells States Attorney
His Story,
Remarkable Increase Is
Taken As Sign of • Re
turn To Good Times. '
FARMERS PLANNING
FOR BIG 19,23 CROP
MONROE, La.—(By The Associ
ated Press)—Ku KIux Klan activi
ties In Morehouse parish was the
cause of the kilting Friday night
of John P. Parker, Jr„ of this town,
by Carey Calhoun, of Bastrop, hie
Business Men ‘j-./AwP
Fanners Co-operating
In Effort To Make Sec
tion Richer.
ered judgement of both edmmis I talk on ‘Commodity Organization'
and J. O. Oliver or the State Col
lege Extension department, will
close the first session.
OF GREAT INTEREST
TO FARMERS
tate to efcsume any now financial
This conference is of greatest
interest to farmers and in addition
to the hundred or more Special
TO CREMATE BODY
LOS ANGELES—Tho body of
Wallace Reid, motion picture star,
went to its final location Satur-
day. That was the word used to
demonstration agent* of the Col
lege wh9 will b* her* hundred* of
farmer* and business men from
every suction of til# state
weccevi-: in
most wonderrui opiiunumi, i
fered the farmers ' f the tamo,
dlate section to Athens' and If
they overlook these conferences
they will be losing something that
Is tnvaluuble to them in solving
the problem* that are now facing
the farmer*. Business men and
bankers’ are also expected to be
among those who attend.
Practically every, pjiuso of farm
ing and furm business methods
will be dwelt upon and expert* in
nil of these lines will conduct the
sessions. xbV. «,
The morning sessions' begin at
nine o'clock and last until lunch
hour, the afternoon session are
fr.m three until live *nd the even
lng session* are from eight until
usy. AMO*, v * --. ing sessions are sruiu -ll—
explain his absence to his small about ten. The conferences will
son, Billy slid throughout filmdom 1 be itl the Agricultural College eudl
but it had a different meaning in torictn but every department of
Maybell Oriffen. Baltimore hcauty, has been asked by the United
Rates to pey an Income tax on her beauty, according to news dispatches,
"•ctacome tax J* being levied on a WOOJeauty prize and a gown, worm
U00O, given to her by a Baltimore department store. She contends that
•ha dress was a gift. Authorities say it was something earned by cash'
ullred beauty.
OUTLOOK FOR AGRICULTURE IS
FINE, SAYS U. S. DEPARTMENT
MARKS!
Hogs Coming To Market
In Georgia In Larger
Number Than Usual, Re
port Says.,
AOtr voting fund, for comple- |
ttan of the dam at Mutcie 8ho«Js.' inquest held
tho house also discussed that ' h mui at ow. U , r< i!£
nguln. Representative Hus ted
publican New York, said the Gov
ernment ought to complete the
dam la»k it ought not be' ln'tbo>
great a hurry to.Mspoee of the
property until IU value could be
determined. - ■
I WO RECENT
MAY LEAD
HERESY TRIAL
Bank deposit* to Athens were
r£arly one million dollars more
for the first - seventeen days of
January (his year than for the
corresponding period of 1922, it
was learned Saturday. The in-
cror«:e for the first seventeen days
was $914,120.00.
I‘ The big increase in deposits is
indication that business conditions
lire far better now than at any
41*— .. .. . ■ •• »
The ; Jury’s-, verdict holds that
Parker came to his. death by a
gunshot wound In a scuffle with
Calhoun. There were no recom-
mendatldns. . '
Parker waa a former sheriff at‘ time: since the big slump set in -
Ouachita parish and 'a captain In two years ago. Notwithstanding
T0I1
.1!
WASHINGTON.—The general
Itural situation is full of
lie the department of agricul-
announced Saturday in re
conditions of the first
NEW YORK—Reply of the Rev.
Percy Stickney Grant, rector of
the Protestant Episcopal church of
the Ascension to the letter ad-
NEW YORK.—Some of
-yelopments of this ——
and
. - .. .4.'Sdr!i0n’'UiR
Is In the cotton market has proceeded satisfactorily In most Sunday or resign, proably will not
‘ ‘ ‘ ' be mads until Sunday during the
forenoon sermon. Friends of'Dr.
Grant are said to hold the view
that he would refuse either to
repudiate his statement that very
the Rainbow division in the World
war. Calhoun, who Is under arrest,
Is being held here pending action'
by the district attorney who la now
In Mastrop.
In a voluntary statement to the
coroner’s jury; Calhoun declared
the argument resulting In the kill
ing arose from a discussion of the
Ku Klux Klan activities and par
ticularly as to the testimony given
at the Bastrop open hearing by Jim
Norseworthy. ,
TRIAL MOVES
FORWARD’
short crop of 1922 as against the
normal crop' of 1921 f hc bank de
posits show ah enormous increase.
RETURN TO ' : - - - '
GOOO TIMES 1 . - I 1 ?
Tho remarkable ■ increase * in
bank deposits hero is taken as an
encouraging sign and points to a
rapid return-to good times and a
edfe and sound financial condition
In this section.
The farmers of this section,
tribuf-ary to Athens have made
enough food to live on for another
year. They have ■ commenced work
Q with the full determination of
BASTROP. La.—(By The Assnef- making n crop in 1923 and unless
ated Press)—Efforts of the state of Jinfavorable seasons overtake them
Louisiana through an open hearing
here to fix responsibility for the
kidnapping August 24 at Watt
Daniel and T. F. Richard, whoso
d bodies were df
and the collapse of German ex-
change; which showed an extreme
depreciation of more than 50 per
cent during the week.
Stock prices showed few mate
rial changes at the close of business
Saturday night.' Short Interests
made' two attempts to nneettle
prices, timing their drives on the
market to coincide with' the unfa
vorable news from abroad. While
substantial recession* were forced
In the prices of a number of the
leaders, the Mar attacks were
abandoned when it was found that
the volume of forced liquidation
waa comparatively small. Operators
for the advance then took control
of the market and succeodod in
bringing about a good recovery;
The people of Esden awoke Sat-
ur.lay morning to find all the pri
me hanks in the city Closed be
en-... - astrol had been placed over
the Relchsbank and the personnel
this Institution refused to con
tinue at their duties. Besides a
number of small concerns there are
14 large private banka in Essen.
iluHiuess men anticipate a serious
■topnagu of trade in case the sue-
penrion of banking continues over
the mming week. Essen’s larger
financial institutions have unusual
ly secure banking it la reliably
stated and conduct many special
ized dealings in stocks and bonds,
In addition to the usual cash bank
transaction*.
A leading official of the Essen
chamiier of commerce, conversing
with the Associated Press corre
spondent Saturday, pointed out that
the Ruhr occupation meant a con
siderable loss in trade already for
I’nlted States and South Am
erican
•xportors. He said that vlr- gide thl) chu rch.
each case.
To the boy it merely meant his
father was out of town, making
picture. ...
Billy, who Is five years old and
his tiny adopted sister, Betty, did
not attend the father’s funeral and
he was kept at play at home Sat-
urday afternoon, when the last
right# wro performed.
The body lay In st-.te from 10
o’clock Saturday morning to 2:30
o’clock Satqrday afternoon in the
first congregational church. The
doors of the church were closed
for an hour beginning at 2:30
o’clock and Pt 3:30 joint services
were held by Episcopal clergy and
lodge number 99, Benevolent and
Protective Order of .Elks, of which
Reid was a member.
The Rev. Neal Tfdd, rectorfl of St.
Mary’s of the Angeles, read the
Epireopi'tl-n service. Ho I* •mow
as the “Chaplain of the Movies”
and hi* church is known as Holly
wood's “Little Church Around the
Comer.’’ < ,
The officers of the Elks gave
the ritual of their order.
Chief of police Oaks detailed *
large number of uniformed of
ficers to handle the crowds out-
„. ...., .. principal activity in the stock
the College will offer demona^-a-1 market continued to be centered In
tlon*.
FAIR TO BE
INTERESTING
" 1,|,v all the lard consumed to tbs
Ruhr cornea from the United States
au.l also moat of the other tots.
Frozen beef is imported largely
( ">m South America and -frosen
tark mainly from the United
“THE SENSIBLE YEAR”
thaf be the label of
Uf
ll is sensible to take a*
'zatage of improved condi
tions. . *
•t is sensible to go after
business with renewed energy,
•t is sensible, to expect this
la a bigger year than last
n those who start promptly,
follow a fixed policy and car-
r . v through.
It is sensible to build new
business on the firm founds-
♦""1 ef honest advertising and
"“test serriee. *
"'th hectic readjustments
or,r . •! is sensible t# go ahead
slr »n*.
Active pall bdarers included
Benny Fraaee, Rrids chauffeur,
Williams “Bill” Hart, Ed Brady,
Noah Beerry, William Desmand
and Eugene Pallette. Honorary
pall bearer* were Theodore
Roberts, Jack Holt, Sam Wood.
Conrad Nagle, Antonio Moreno
and Victor H. Clark* who will rep
resent Jesse L. Larity, director of
the Famous Player* Lasky west
coast studios, where Reid was em-
P -The ’body will be cremated at.»
cemetery in Glendale, a suburb.
The fair that la to be conducted
by the, demonstration and home
ec-.nomic agents over the state,
who will place on exhibit displays
of firteen commodities grown and
prepared cn the fa>m and packed
for shipment In the best contain
ers possible and tn the best mar
ketable form, will be one of tho
interest!!* features of the entire-
week. This exhibit will bo at the
Animal Husbandry building and
under -the direct supervision of
D.-."MoHatton and Prof. Lowry.
COMPLETE
PROGRAM
sections add' plowing for spring
crops is generally further advanced
than usual.
Live stock is generally In good
condition. Corn husking is practi
cally finished and In stock fevdirg few e'ergymen today who have
and
areas the demand Is heavy
Prices are on the Increase.
Cotton picking Is practically
completed and an Increaso in acre
age Is indicated for the next crop.
Stripping of tobacco Is proceed
ing rapidly with prices generally
good.
Farm stocks of potatoes, both
white and sweet, are reported to
be large but are showing deterior
ation in some areas, in central re
gions east of the Mississippi large
quantities are being fed to stock
with good results.
OAT8 IN
GOOD SHAPE
shares of campanles representing
large current earnings and to which .
there to a possibility of more favor- j
able dividend action. Several pools I Fall sown oats are reported In
were active In those share*. (splendid shape in Mississippi utl*l Is T- vTlITi
The collapse In German exchango very promising In all southeastern i hu hn „ -i? SSU’LifSLjS!
been educated in the large unlver.
sitics accept the Idea that Jesus
had the power of God or to resign,
hut that he would seek vindication
of his expressed belief through
trial, if charges of heresay are
made against him.
Bishop Mannings letter called
upon Dr. Grant to “correct un-
mistably the impression which you
have publicly given of your dis
belief in our Lord Jesus Christ as
God and Savior or if it is not pos
sible for you to do so then to
withdraw from the ministry of
this church."
The letter Indicated a desire on
the part of the Bishop Hanning to
have the matter settled without
recourse to a heresy trial “I do
sent the mark as low *■ .0042 cents
or approximately 23,800 . to the
American dollar, as against .0000
cents a week ago. Other European
rates also were reactionary, but
all recovered -somewhat later Id
the week.
The money market continues ea
sy In tone, the ruling rate for funds
on call being about four per cent.
Plenty of-time money Is available
at 4 3-4 per.cent but brokers con
tinue to bid only 4 1-2 per cent
for the longer maturities. Some SO
day loans are arranged at 4-1-4.
! bi8h °P '“If these'can possibly
I'iV/inK? JJl?lie^^farmrra' 3 l,anda I ^ * v P i< W. They ought never be
an^» e i>r 0 elnB"la rtont necessary. If any man knows he
and sugar cane grinding is nh°ut l MnMt f-7,nvt11 thk t.t« „e.
romflteted. Cane grinding Is not vet
finished tn Florida where -he rta-
COMPLETE PROGRAM
IS PUBLISHED
4 Men Execute
i BELFAST —(By the Associat-
l*d Pms.)—Four men were exe
cuted Saturday to the Tralee Jail
county Kerry, for possessing arms
and ammunition. They were J-tniw
f Kilamiv and Job*! Clif-
4 HE UANNER-UERALD
The complete Program of the
week Is «■ follows:
PROGRAM
Sixteenth Annual Farmer# Wsat
and Market Conference Geer-
qia State College f Agricul
ture, Athens, Georgia, January
22-27, 1023.
MONDAY, JANUARY 22
AFTERNOON SE88ION
3:00 P. M.
Invocation—Dr. E. L. KOI, pas
tor First Presbyterian Cburcb,
Athens, Ga.
Address of Weeome—Dr. An
drew M. Soule.
•The Georgia Cotton Grower*’
Co-operative Aseoclatlon,” Presi
dent J. E. ConwelL
Commodity OrganlMtion — M.
C. Gay. Jas. W. Morton and Mr*.
M. B. Judd.
Discussion led by J G. Oliver,
State Agent.
EVENING 8ES8ION
8:00 P. M.
Dr. Milton P. Jarnlgan, preaid-
In Irish Prison " "Co-ordinating the Interest
the producer and the Consumer,”
Hon. 8. B. Talley.
Moving Picture in Auditorium
—In charge of Prof, O. A. Crabb.
THUESDAY, JANUARY 23
MORNING SESSION
9:00 A, Me—12:00 M.
Hon. O. F. Hunnieutt, Editor
Southern Cultivator presiding.
(Turn to page two)
Six Hour Day
Becomes Issue
NEW YORK—(By The Asso
ciated Press.)—The six hoar day,
five' days week demand, advanced
by the United Mine workers of
America in 1920 Saturday became
an issue upon which will depend
the lucceei or failure of wage ne
gotiation* in progress here he-,
tween the union and bituminous
operators of the Tri-state com
petitive field.
It was rejected, as was the
whole list of demands submitted
by the •miners. The fact that’ the
operators were prepared to ask
concessions equally unacceptable
to the miners was all that tfved
the conference from abrupt col
lapse, for it will be their very di
vergence offered a path to com
promise.
Cosmopolitan Club
Met Saturday Night
non was very late.
Increasing Interest In tho dairy
ing industry is being shown lu Ar
kansas and Georgia.
in Georgia and nearby .omliern
states, hogs are coming to market
in larger numbers than ubj.iI but
are much lighter lu weight. Mer
ida range cattle are poor In flesh
and much troubled with tick.*
The ground 4s ready for tho
white potato crop In Florida n.d
planting has began. There I* com
plaint of white potatoes retting on
the farms In South' Csfoll ia.
Co-operative tobacco roarkotlng
the crop this year will be practi
cally normal. Already the farmers
have plowed and are preparing,
their lands for an early crop,
purpose faking-ad
the seasons, bur ol
I.a Kourche. twenty-five miles from weevil h# getting cottoi .
Bastrop, moved forward Saturday and up before the ravages of
with unexpected 'rapidity. Three weevil are Commenced. They h;
more names were added to the al- learned that by using calcium nr.
leged ro*ter of the masked band settle and. cither boll weevil pre-
whlch made captives of Daniels | ventives cofton can be grown re-
end .Richard, ahd- the truck to
which they were believed to have
been whisked away waa Identified.
Smith Stevenson and Ollvpr
Sklpwtth. the Utter the yonngeat
son of Captain J. K. Sklpwlth, ad
mitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan
In Morebouso parish, and a third
man Identified only as “BUck-
smlth” Smith were declared by the
witnesses Saturday to- have been
members of the kidnapping Mind
and' the state nut In evidence a
telegram from-the state bureau of
motor' vehicles at Baton Rouge-
gardless of the pest end this year
Will prove the test of the ability
of the planter to overcome the
weevil.
ALL ARE
COOPERATING
The hearty cooperation which
. . petition wii
has been inaugurated between th"
merchants, bankers and farmers
al) working to one end and tha-,
end to grdw a normal crop this
year and bring to f.hls sectio
prosperity is taking root and
never before in the history of this
Man wit* connected with the stir
ring event* of the evening when
one witness testified that he saw
the KUn leader !at the fork of the
Monron-Colllnatdn highway In con
versation with a hooded man. The
captors and their prisoners were
last seen at Colltnston.
cannot fullfiU the terms of his of- Srazfuiu •
lice in the ministry he should M "
voluntarily retire." , «’ B,Bl.nlcen.htp of Bastrop was
Dr. Giant and Bishop Manning!
conferred Wednesday but ‘he J* J*""* SLSTha'no^the
meeting did not ntault satlsfsc- ‘ h f tru< * < rt,? e h S!Sfg'
followed" Friday B1 * h<>Pd ****** S* SSfBuStensblp teril-
riTssSrSn carry^a! hooded bred in*several automohlles
with their hand, tied behind their
giving the name of the man regie- section has there been a closer al
tend at the owner of the. truck. Iliance of the people than has been
The name of qaptaln Sklpwlth shown recently, it is pointed ouf.
They have become awakened to
the importance of co-operation
and working in harmony for a big
ger and better country and the
dnwn of a now era is near.
Large increases in tho channels
of commerce in this city has been
felf in every line and the!, mer
chants are greatly encouraged
over the prospects ofr the new
year. !»- ,
IN FIVE
structive program” he announced
Inst Monday, when reporters vis
ited him during the storm which
broke over hU Sunday sermon,
that tomorrow he would “try to
pull the threads of liberal rcligi-
houses will open for recelJts at lous belief together.
Once In Florida and the wrapper; Dr. Grant has been Rector of
sections of Georgia where a ■ •’ beds the Ascension church for 30 years
gre being prepared and f'anted.
In Virginia 80 per cent of the
cotton crop has been sold bv the
growers. Picking Is practically over
In Texas. The Indications for a
Urge increase in the cotton acre
age hext year In Texas, Mississip
pi mi many other states, except
where the most 'damage was done
by the weevil. A trivtol amount tf
cotton remains unpicked in North
Carolina.
becks, went by his home.
The oaravin, he aatd, passed
within 16 feet of Mm. The prison-
ora were aboard the truck. He did
not sqe the license, number of the
truck or car* but having for some
time been familiar .with cars of the
kind he observed the truck clorelv
. , . . k „ . in order that he might recognise It
and during that fime has ccmo in- (r h e saw It again. Asked if he
to the public notice frequently be
cause of his attitude anil ecclesias
tical independence:
“Flu” Epidemic
Like That of *18
WASHINGTON—An epidemic
of L* grapple believed to < have
some connection with the influen-
..... za epidemic of 1918-1919 Is sweep-
Planter Killed in * the country, according to re-
r lrtiiicr iviucu i Ib rtccived by th# pu biic health
| service.. Although ; nearly every
Wealthy Georgia
UNADILLA, Ga.—G. W. Fulling-
ton. 76 year old planter of near «►
Pfnehurst, one of the- wealthiest ;fuf^ K er{nii!. hU ^*M^^!^E Jtf
men of this section, was Instantly awtoYuu “deetorid
. , killed here Saturday afternoon j pr ,
An interesting meeting of the when the s„ wane e River Special ‘j 1 * resulting totalities have
University of Georgia Cosmopoli- on the Southern railway crashed jo*®* 1 fe ]* r ' ... . ...
tan Club wall held at “The Pine*" mto a freight truck In which he I B f«d on health report# for the
tea room Saturday night at which waa riding. The truck wa (driven by j we** ending Jany. 13, the epidem-
time a banquet was served. n farmer named Brantley, who was j fc was laid to "*™ been meet
Addresses were delivered by also killed instantly. | severe in th* southern states. MIs-
Chancellor Barrow, Dr. A. M. The engineer of the special was sissippi alone reporting 2,650
Soul* and C. W. Crook, and C, A.IJ. D. Lamon. whose train last No- cases fro mthe districts covered
Rowland, honorary members. Ivember 20 crashed Into an sutomo- ;by the official survey, Alabama
J. B. Miskoff, president of the |btle at Pinehnrat, UUing three per-1 had 2,lf2 cases and South Caro-
searehed tor It later he replied that
he had. amt that because of various
nlsed ; It He said It bore 1922 Lou-
dlstlDgulihtog marks be bad reoog-
lelana license tag number 74,657. It
wee at title lunctnre that Attor
ney General Coco introduced In ev
idence the telegram from Raton
Ronge relating that car 74,657 was
registered in the name of Smith
Stevenson.
RFCITES
STORY
8ydney Rogers, the Mer Ronge
youth who reported Friday that he
had hern held un near Mer RotfOe
Thursday night by a masked pafty
but wan permitted to proceed when
he established his identity, was
brought here Saturday by agents
of the federal department of justice
and recited , bto story to Attorney
General Coed and Assistant Attor
ney General Geo. 8. Galon end was
allowed to return to Mer Ronge.
Attorney General Coco left here
Saturday afternoon for Baton
tomorrow concerning the Investi
gation. The attorney genital was
Governor Parker for a conference
Rouge where he was called by
spmmoned to Baton Rouge this
morning by tho governor during a
telephone conversation.
FACE A NEW TRIAL
MARION. IIL—(By Tho Associa
ted Press)—Freed of one charge of
murder In connection with tha
death of Howard Hoffman, one of
tho Herrlon riot victims, the flvp
men Saturday faced a new trfal
within a few weeks on another
charge growing out of tho out
breaks. A jury of wmitcisoa
enmity formers Fridav declared the
five men not guilty of contributing
\o Hoffman's death.
Tho five defendants of the state's
Initial case. Leva Mann, Joe Oar-
naghl, Petek Hiller, Burt Grace
and Otic Clark, have been Indict
ed with eight others on charges of
hnving slain Antonio Mukovlch, ot
Erie, Pa., during the riots.
E. Brnndage, attorney general or
Illinois, who was in Davenport, la.,
when the verdicts were read, an
nounced the state of Illinois will
continue Its prosecution of those
Implicated in the Herrin riots.
English Teachers
Hold Last Session
ATLANTA. Ga.—Tho adoption of
a constitution and by-laws and
hear!fig ot reports by committees
was the final business before th«
conference of the Georgia Associa
tion of Teachers of English at tbo
closing session here Saturday.
Committees to offer recommend- 5‘
atlons on the essentials of Eng
lish needed In Georgia public
schools were appointed at {he sea-
, sion yesterday afternoon.