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dropping temperature.
VOL. W
No. 321 Associated Press Dispatches ( |g
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24,1923
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday-
CITY SCHOOL BOARD TO
INVESTIGATE PROPOSED
ADOPTION OF UNIT PLAN
Committee Is Named To
: /'acts On Consolida
te . if City And County
ALL OFFICERS
ARE RE-ELECTED
Fire Escapes Will Be
Placed On All Buildings
of City School System.
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Appointment of a committee to
investigate the feasibility of con
solidating the city and county
school systems and adoption of a
recommendation that fire escapes
be placed on the city school build
ings, wi re outstanding features of
the Board of Education meeting
Tuesday afternoon.
Tlie present oficers were re
elected, John D. Mell, president;
D. C. Barrow, vice president, E. D.
Sledge, secretary and M. 0.
Michael, treasurer.
FIRE
ESCAPES
The committee on buildings and
grounds of which A. W. Dozier is
chairmen recommended installa
tion o fire escapes. Fire escapes
of the chute type will be placed
on the following school. buildings
at once; Baxter Street, West End,
(colored) and East Athens, (col
ored.)
It was also decided to place es
capes on the following buildings;
Oconee Street, College Avenue.
Childs Street and Reese Street,
(colored.) The type for the latter
buildings will be left to the dis
cretion of the committee. The for
mer hnildings arc wooden and on
making report, Chairman Dozier
declared it would be criminal not
to put escapes on the buildings,
The High School has fire escapes
Interest Tuesday Center
ed in Testimony of Tee-
gerstorm, Brother of
Man Missing.
A committee composed of the
rintendent,"» ; agsistafit anperim-
tendent and mtmberp of the teach
era and text books committee will
investigate the consolidation of
the city and county systems which
ia known as the county uniWtplan.
Richmond, Chatham, Glenn and
Bibb counties have been working
under the County Unit education
al system for several years and
the citizens arc well pleased.
HRALTH
CRUSADE
The Board also granted permis
sion to the city schools to adopt
the Health Crusade. As a means
of affording better protection to
the teachers and pupils from fire
the Board will request Chief Mc-
Dornmn of the fire department to
make inspections of the buildings
often and recommend steps that
will result in better fire protec
tion.
Mrs. R. C. Robson, a sister of
Dr. Ike Reid was elected to suc
ceed Mrs. Lucy Leah Mathis now
Mrs. Redwinc as a member of the
High School faculty. Mrs. E. W.
Carroll was appointed . secretary
to Principal E. B. Mell of the High
School.
SEVERE EARTH 8H0CK
Washington — An earth-
uuakc described aa “very aevere”
intensity and lotting more than
three hours, was recorded on the
nclsmocraph of the Georgetown
university observatory here early
Monday. The first ahocka occur-
od nt 3:55 A. M., the disturbance
reaching its greatest Intensity at
CM and continuing until 6:20. Di
rector Tondorf of the Observa
tory estimated that the distur-
t-ance was 2,600 miles distant
from Washington.
IN THE NEWSPAPER
.“No form of merchandise adver-
f'sing is equal to. or a suhstltute >
for, newspaper advertising.”
This was the message- recently
firm to a gathering of some 2,040
Public service corporation officials
"V Jehu F. Weedon, of Chicago.
He went on to tell why:
“Newspaper advertising not
o" 1 ' helps sell the goods but In-
crieota’ly helps build good-will.
"Newspaper space should be
“‘Cd continuously through the
,f?r - Spasmodic advertising sc-
Critics produce only spasmodic
results.
“Keeping everlastingly at It
"w hasizes a faith In your tamti-
tuti- ii, in your service and in your
recti' that is eventually tranifer-
to the public through the In-
water ee and persistence of your
wnMimccTnents.**
Cood-will -is built on the satis-
•action and confidence of those
*pum you have served from day
jo day. Your newspaper sdver-
ti'ic- givos you a chance tp es-
tabli-h these by providing custom-
to serve.
Add it to your resources this
Jrar. i
BASTROP, La. — (By the Asso
ciated Press) — With the open
hearing into the ' alleged opera
tions of the K. K. K. in Morehouse
pariah nearing its conclusion and
attaches of the office of the State
Attorney General declaring that
the few remaining sessions may
develop sensational testimony, in
terest in Tuesday’s proceedings
was centered on the scheduled ap
pearance of Clarence Teegerstrom,
brqthor of Harold Teegerstrom,
missing time keeper of the South
ern Carbon company's plant at
Spyker.
Teegerstrom disappeared the
night of December 29 and Ills
whereabouts was declared Monday
night by officials to ber unknown
to them. His father testified that
Clarence had received a note from
Harold on January 12th and Clar
ence was to be questioned Tues
day concerning this note.
Rumor was rife hero lata Mon
day night that Teegerstrom had
been treated at Swartz, a station
on Iron Mountain Sailroad about
10 miles south of here, and that
he had been in concealment* there
since ha disappeared from Spyk
er. A detachment of cavalry ac
companied by T. Waimsley, assis
tant attorney general who left
here last Monday night for Swartz
affiMUsja Jnimm T—mrstsaiw
THIS JAZZ STUFF IS GETTING MONOTONOUS
DRASTIC ACTION
RESISTANCE SEEN
166,000 German Workers
in Occupied Region Are
Reported on Strike Since
Early Tuesday.
BRITAIN’S POLICY
IS “HANDS OFF”
England Will Not Inter
fere With Nor Aid the
French. League May
Take Action.
PARIS — (By the Associated
Press) — The complete isolation
of the Ruhr Talley, the absolute
severance of its communications
with the rest of Germany, was an
nounced in government circles
Tuesday as the next step in the
French, struggle against German
resistance, if that resistance con
tinues. _
BERLIN — (By the Associated
Press) — Slncq Tuesday morning
65,000 employes of the Stinnes
works, and 100.000 of the Tbyrsen
| works in. the Ruhr region bave
.been on strike, according, to in-
I formation obtained by Ruefhers
' Tuesday afternoon. *
BRITAIN NOT TO
INTERFERE
ALLEGED ATTACK
ON GIRL MAY BE
SETTLED PRIVATELY
who was reported hiding in
cabin near there, returned early
Tuesday without having found any
trace of the missing timekeeper.
Teegerstrom’s testimony is re
garded as vital to the alibi set up
for T Jeff Burnett, whom witnes
ses have testified they hsd re
cognised as one -of the masked
pnrtv which on August 24 kidnap
ped Watt Daniel and T. F. Rich
ard, whose bodies rose to the sur
face of Lake La FVntrche the night
of December 21. Ono ftdtness has
testified that Burnett was on duty
the night of August 24 at the plant
of the Carbon company where he
was employed.
Associates of tho Attorney Gen
eral sold Monday night they ex
pected tho hearing to be concluded
hv Wednesday night unless some
thing unlooked for develops. Tho
transcript of the testimony, which
will not be completed for several
davs after adjournment, will be
taken to New Orleans In Ardor
that a hriet may be prepared for
the grand Jury.
This It was stated will consume
ten days or two weeks. It Is not
known whether the esse wilt he
presented 16 the present grand
Jury or whether it will ho given to
the new grand Jury which suc
ceeds it the first week In March.
In any event a considerable lull In
the proceedings will follow the ad
journment of the. hearing, It was
said.
Officials conducting the hear
ing declare they expert to spring
a surprise at the opening of the
Wednesday afternoon sesafon
In some quarters It Is believed
that Harold Teegerstrom will be
the surprise witness for in spite
of the fact that the state’s repre
sentatives declare they do not
know his whereabouts unofficial
reports persist that he Is being
held under cover to be brought
here to Rectify.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Belief
gi-ew Tuesday that the $200,000
damage action, brought by Mrs.
Ethel E. Clark, as the guardian of
her daughter, Dorothy Clark,
c(ancer, - against Herbert Pawlin-
son, motion picture actor, would
be settled out of court. I
Mrs. Clark charged that the ac
tor attacked the dancer in an
apartment in New York in 1920,
when tho girl was only 15 years
old. Tho mother, regarded as an
important witness by both sides,
was too ill Monday to appear in
court at the opening session of
the trial and a continuance was
granted until February 23.
Judge J. Perry Wood, ,of the
superior court, as a preliminary
to granting the continuance from
tho bench said, “it would be desir
able if a settlement could be
reached out of court.”
The actor hoa denied the
charges.
J-. J. BROWN PLEDGES SOULE
HIS SUPPORT; PRAISES AG.
COLLEGE WORK TUESDAY
PROBE OF HTH
TO LOS ANGELES
Rotarians Meet
Today At 2 P.M.
Th“ Rotary club will hold anoth
er interesting meeting today at
the Georgian hotel at 2 o’clock.
Besides the regular program
Neil O'Brien And his celebrated
quartette will be the guest of the
club and so will Hon. J. J. Brown,
Commissioner of Agriculture, who
is here in attendance at the Farm
ers’ conference. .
President Morton Hodgson
urges that the ur.ual full attend
ance be on hand today.
I
Y. M. G. A. Campaign Nearing Its
Goal As Workers Comb Athens;
Over $7,000 Now Subscribed
Team
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4 .
No. 5
No. 6
No. 7
No. 8
No. 9 '
No. 10
No. 11
No. 12
TUESDAY’S REPORT
Sub,
22
11
5
34
22
9
15
23
Amt.
$395.00
160.00
85.00
454.50
403.00
92.00
142J
351.1
445.50
the'workers Monday night brings
the total to date to $7,703.00, or
within $3,297 of the goal of $11,-
000.
MRS. McWHORTER’S
TEAM LED TUESDAY
.-i Of all the teams reporting Tues
day, Mrs. Robert L. McWhorter’s
team led the field with $504.00
but she did not report Monday
night. Captain H.'H. Gordon, Jr.,
432.50 of team number 4 is leading the
305.00
604.00
Total 218 $3,769.50
The “Y. M.” team workers were
not discouraged by the inclement
weather Tuesday and splendid re
ports were made at the daily
luncheon at two o’clock at the Y.
M. C. A. building where the eleven
teams reported a total of 218 sub-
field both in number of subscrib
ers and amount secured aa pledges.
His team baa secured 43 subscrip
tions for a total of $1,130.50, near
ly one-seventh of the total amount
subscribed. John J. Wilkins’ team
is second in amount secured, with
29 subscriptions for a total of
$892.50.
The campaign will continue un
til the total amount needed ia se
cured- and it U hoped, to finish the
subscribed: bf drive today.os
SAN DIEGO, Cal—Investiga
tion of the death of Fritz! Mann,
dancer, had veered Tuesday to
Los Angeles where local detec
tives followed a clue whose un
raveling they hoped.would throw
light on the manner In which the
girl died on the night of -January
14, at a nearby beach. Detectives
■were reported visiting the film
colony in the hope that they
would find a man reported to
have taken the pretty young wo
man to dances at a resort near
Los Angeles. 1 •
Dr. Louis L. Jacobs, Camp
Kearney hospital physician, held
for a time in connection -with
Miss Mann’s death, was-released
from custody Monday,
Order Early And
Protect Animals
Requests Mayor
Mayor George C. Thomas re
quests that the houskeepers give
their orders for groceries and oth
er articles early in the day in or
der that the merchants may be
artisan Politics So Far
s Farmer Is . .Concern
Have Ended, He Says. *~rmi.ze
■Alt is now* declared
Praises Work Of State
College of Agriculture
And Co-operative Mar
keting.
“I pledge you, Doctor Soule,
my best efforts toward get
ting' the state legislature of
Georgia to provide sufficient
money for her state Agricul-'
tural ’ College. Furthermore,
I am here to offer you my
heart and hand in token of
full co-operation with your
institution.” **
These were the words of
Hon.- J. 'I. Brown, Georgia
State Commissioner of Agri
culture, in an address deliver
ed before an audience of more
than 800 farmers and busi-
nss men at the noon session
of State Agricultural Confer
ence here Tuesday.
“Partisan politics, so far as
they concern the fanner, are
deaid.” continued the speaker.
“The great business interests,
not only of Georgia but of the
nation are aroused as never
before, and partisan cliques
and affiliations, I believe,
have made up their minds
that every institution which
receives money from the
hands of the public must get
together in a spirit of full co
operation .for the benefit of
the farmer and laboring man.”
“Possibly at no time in history
has so much depended on the
able to deliver purchases with one i state College of Agriculture," con-
delivery and thereby not be forced
to keep their live stock, on the
streets without shelter during the
cold .weather.
To work live stock in this kind
of weather b nothing short of
cruelty to animcls, declares the
mayor in a card published in The
Banner elsewhere today.
tinued Mr. Brown In praising the
work of that institution. “Geor
gia’s interests in agriculture are
paramount. The State College of
Agriculture realizes those inter
ests, and it ia doing a great work
in promoting them.
REPORT THREE KILLED
BELFAST — The Dundalk cor
respondent of the Exchange tele
graph reporta that) three men real
defits were executed Monday. Offi
clal confirmation ia lacking. The
The dispatch said that the men
were captured In county Mona
ghan three weeks ago after tho
deSSruction of a bridge.
REMEMBER THE
DUMB ANIMALS
The Humane Society h»« call
ed attention to the treatment
of the dumb animals during the
present cold weather and urge
that horses and mules used for
drayage add the like be not left
out in the sleet and snow un
covered.
There’s an ordinance against
inhumane treatment of such
animals anddbey will be watch
ed now.
PRAISES THE
AG. COLLEGE
“The Agricultural College is
not teaching the p of!e to rafw
two blades where one i.tew before;
it is teaching them to raise ten
blades where one formerly grew.
You people,” he said, addressing
Doctor Soule directly, “have added
millions and millions to the wealth
of the state by teaching intensive
cultivation and production.” -
Turning, to the marketing pro
gram of the fagmerb cotton co-op-
lerative association, Mr. Brown
I pledged the support of the State
| Agricultural Department in help
ing to organize commodity mar-
Iketing organizations for all the
leading products of Georgia. -
“The secret of success,” he de
clared, “depends on the marketing
of those extra blades so as to de
clare a dividend on their capital
and labor for those who grow
them.”
Mr. Brown praised in glowing
words the women’s canning clubs.
“These," be stated," along with
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LONDON — ,(By the Associated
Press) — The British government
has instructed Its military repre
sentatives on the Rhino not to in
terfere with the arrests and ex-
pv'slon of German officials being
carried out . by fbe French. At the
timo the British are. instructing
not tq qo-operate with the French
in such operations or allow them
selves to become involved lu any
Incidents of this nature,
i The possibility that the league
of nations will endeavor to end the
strained situation' in the Ruhr is
again discussed by'a section of the
press Tuesday, although, rather
he hope ""
with the 1
than with the
that Hjal-
inar Bruntlng, the Swedish' repre
sentative on the league council,
will certainly raise the question of
the Ruhr at the meeting of that
body In Paris on January 29, but
the feqr Is expressed that develop
ments in the meantime - may pot
the matter beyond the reach otomy
influence that the league might
exert.
GERMANY 80UND8
A PROTEST
BERLIN — (By the Associated
Press) — The German govern
ment baa Instructed Its diplo
matic representatives at Parts,
London, and Brussels to protest
the recent decrees of the Inter-Al-
Hed Rhineland enmmlsalon regard
Ing tho dlatrlbntlon of coal and
customs duties. .The note declares
that the distribution -ooree Is
FORGET WEEVIL, IS
ADVICE OF EXPERT
AT AG CONFERENCE
CONSERVE THE GAS
Athenians are requested to
conserve gas, while the Gas
Company is making repairs.
The capacity of the plant has
been curtailed twenty-five per
cent as a result of the collapse
of one of the gas machines. The
cold weather has caused cus
tomers to use more gas than
ordinarily and the supply will
be exausted -before the broken
machinery can be repaired if
it is not conserved.
E
OF
BECOMES INTENSE
Reports That French Are
Extehding Their Activi
ties to Cologne Alarms
English Press.
LONDON — (By the Associated
Press) — The anxiety so wide
spread here regarding the danger
ous situation In the Ruhr, Is em
phasized by reports (hat the
French- are extending their activi
ties to the Cologne area. News ol
the French order for the expulsion
of German ofllclala In the British
zone reached London too late for
much comment in the morning
newspapers but In the few crftl-
sms appearing there wan-anpar-
,3b a diaqntetnde over the pros
pect that British forces in the
Cologne area might be dritwn into
fresh conflict with the Ger
ming.
The call for. withdrawal of . Brit
ish troops, which was raised in
some 'quarters when the ’ French
State And National Ex
perts Are Strong In Rec
ommendations Of Cal
cium Arsenate As
Poison. .
Soule And Conwell Prais
ed For . Work In Behalf
Of The Farmer In Geor
gia.
(By J. D. Allen.)
With interest centering mainly
around certain syrup mixtures,
discussion became heated as to
the value of these and other prep
arations In fighting the boll weevil
during the afternoon gathering of
the farmer’s conference here yes
terday.
“We do not recommend the use
of syrup mixtures or any other
preparation as being better than
plain calcium arsenate dust in
fighting the boll weevil" declared.
Honorable Ira W. Williams, head <
of the setate bureau of entomology
at the meeting yesterday after
noon of the State Farmerta Con
ference. •
first, went -into the RuJuCinmtfa wee«ilroonditioae^-"These. are,” ho
rnmBR Infn nmminnnrn ‘“*TimqrIfiv -i._i.-j « . m i: 'li.l
comes into prominence—rttosday.
Withdrawal Is seriously discussed
as among the steps which Great
Britain may be forced to fake in
order to avoid becomin- involved
in a menacing \ situation wwi
the i
situation which,
majority of opinion hsre In
sists, this nation must keep out
of.
The comment thus far has. been
emphasised In asserting that Great
Britain must maintain in the neu
trality of the Cologne, district.
A report that die French had
ordered the explosion of German
finance officers In Cologne reach
ed London In an Essen dispatch to
the TJmea.
8EE-8AW HALTS
TEMPORARILY
DUESSELDORF — (By the
kaeoctated Press) — Tho Ruhr
confiscation of the coal tax and see-saw halted momentarily'Tues
day While Germans and Frei
awaited^ for _newt from Mgyei
•ieslgnod solely - to extend to the where Frit* Thysscn and six other
Rhineland the competence and the
activities of the new (pter-allied
commission at Essen,' while ihe
other decrees seek to divert Ger
man revenues from legitimate
creditors to Allied powers.
Clarke Poultry
Club To Meet
Plans for a.big poultry exhibit
rbich i
at the district, fair which ia
discussed’ for Atheni next fa!!,
will be worked out at a meeting of
the Clarke County Poultry Asso
ciation in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms riej$ Tuesday, it was
announced yesterday.
The Poultry Association was or
ganized las’ year with bright
prospects for developing that in
dustry in Clarke cdunty. The of
ficers are E. C. Paine, president
and L. D. Benton, secretary and
treasure:.
LADIES AID SOCIETY ,
TO GIVE OYSTER SUPPER
The. Ladies Aid Society of the
Christian Church will (give one of
their Oyster Suppers on Thursday
evening from 6:00 to 8:00 ih the
basement of tha Christian Church,
the proceeds pt which will go for
the benefit of the Missionary So
ciety. The public is cordially in
vited.
POSTPONE MEETING OF .
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Woman’i Missionary society
of the Prince Avenue Baptist
church, which is duq to meet this
afteronon at 3:80 o’clock, has
postponed its meeting until next
Wednesday at 3:30 p. m., on. fie
count of the inclement’weather.
MINISTER AS BURGLAR
BERLIN.—Gets Bchr, Hungar
ian minister . of education in the
Bolshevist cabinet of Bela Kan,
has been sentenede to a year in
his convic-
prison - here.following his c<
tion on a burglary charge. /
Industrialists were on. trial before
a French court martial charged
with refusing to obey the orders
of the control commission.
French general headquarters be-
Dved that convijtioh and Imprison
ment of the magnates might moan
the calling of a general-strike
throughput the Ruhr. Workers in
the Thvsson plants nt Esaen and
Mnehlehelm. who recently declar
ed that they would strike Wf tbelr
employer was not released hold up
their actloo until the results of
the trial sbonld become xnown.
The French are ready to reply
to a geheral (trike with the com
plete Isolation of the Ruhr and
the Rhineland from the rest' of
Germany.- The control comm! ;»lon
It was said, will bend every ef
fort toward getting coal ont of the
basin and shipping ' it to France,
vhere it Is already needed, leav
ing the Germans to operate the
railroads bad feed the miners and
the population. /
SAYS IT IS UP
TO BERLIN
'"If Berlin wants the Ruhr,to
starve,,it's her own business” one
official of the French headquarters
told* the newspaper correspon
dents last evening. . "If any one
sterna In the Ruhr It will not be
the French. The Germans have
chosen their battlefield. We will
light them to the finish.”
General Deavlgnes expressed
the onlnlon that the Ruhr valley
was the scene of the last battle of
the war.
"If we win this” be said, "we
'hese mixtures, if applied be
fore the squares form, will kill tha
weevil. So will calcium arsenate
as dust. After the squares arc
formed,- probably the dost is bet
ter?”
Under a law proposed by tha
bureau and backed by the leading
farmers of the state, any mixture
advertised and sold as a boll wee
vil remedy .will. be required tc
bear a printed analysis of its con- 1
-rents, which must not fall below a
certain percentage in calcium ar
senate or other poisonous chemi
cals. _ - u , ,-i ,
POINTS OUT
ESSENTIALS
Four, essentials were pointed out.
by- Mr. Williams in Georgia’s bat
tle to grow cotton in face of boll
stated, “good farming, -which
means fanning adapted to tho
particular section, -and .the nature
of the soil; use of sufficient nitro
gen in fertilisation; pedigreed
cotton seed,.adapted to the locali
ty; arid the intelligent use. of
poisons.” 1
Speaking along the same lines.
Honorable George A. Maloney, of
the national department of Agri
culture. asserted that hard work
good fertilise?, fjjod cultivation,
and good seed are the things that
will bring' success in the light
against toe weevil.
“We want to forget the boll
weevi) just aa much as we can,"
he continued, "arid grow cotton
just aa if there were no such post.
It can be done. It was done la3t
year in other states, in states that
used far lest calcium arsenatu
than was used in Georgia.
“There la not nearly - enough
calcium arsenate to go around if
the anticipated demand develops.
But cotton can be relied without
1L Where.lt can be obtained, of
course tha use of arsenate la ad
vised in heavily infested
h
regions,
but the on must be intelligent.
Probably 25 per cent or more of
the poison used last year in this
state was wasted.
■The use of awbet or liquid
poisons ia not endorsed by the
federal government,” continued
Mr. Maloney, explaining that they
in no instances gave better results
than plain calcium dust “The de
partment'of agriculture has made
many tests, and we have been un
able to prove that syrup mixtures
attract the weevil."
■Pointing out that,the weevil is
largely a weather problem, Mr.
Maloney stated local conditions
moat be taken into consideration
in making the fight He advised
the cutting of stalks early in the
fall to prevent hibernation of the
insect.
I
PROG
DS „
Honorable H, E. Savely, exten
sion field agent of the U. 8. de
partment of agriculture.
mended very highly toe program
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■hall have peace for' fifty or 100
year*. If we lose, all our sacri
fices of men and money during the
war will have gone for naught”
The commentate and the organlx
»d nationalist syndicates are find
ing little' In common, and around
Rocbmnnd toe former ere gradual
ly turning to toe French. They
have twice asked. French protec
tion agnlnat the Nationalists.
The French have seized anrroxl
mataly 200.000 tons of coal In the
Rohr and declare that an exten
sion of toe miners’ strike would
not prevent one fourth of the
baalim’ normal output from going
to France. -. o- .-
Last’s Week’s
CIRCULATION
Copibined
BANNER-‘HERALD
' Was as follows
Tuesday ... 6,051
Wednesday 5,098
Thursday 5.107
Priday 5,075
Sunday W)
No lima of the Banner b pub
lished on Monday morning., No is
sue of the Herald b printed on Sat
urday evening.
BANNER-HERALD
ATHENS, GA.
Yesterday’s
.—Combined
1CULAH0N OF THE BANNER-HERALD
5,043
