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The Weather: Continued falling weather with 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. nTMM 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 (Turn to Page Two) 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 (Torn to Page Two) ■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