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VOL-
No. 324 Associated Press Dispatches
army officers organize
ASSOCIATION IN ATHENS;
COL. W. L. MOSS IS PRESIDENT
LARRY GANTT'S
DAILY COLUMN
Farm Conference
Highly Praised
i|t, T. Larry Gantt.)
1 have" talked with a number of
attended the Farm-
onfereticc, including farm-
Eighteen Active And
Former Officers Enroll i
As Members Of Sector.
COL. D. W. RYTHER
CHAIRMAN OF MEET
Is Branch Of Association
of Army Officers Of
United States.
opim
portal
Starting with a roster of eigh
teen members the Athens Sector
. nn.ncr ...rm- tke Association of the ATOV Of
merchants and pro- the United States, was organized
1 t finlv nf Athens butl at a in the faculty
"'“I ' i!" noi^hhnrimr towns 1 room 9* the academic builaing on
funth^T and throughout Geor- j ° f Ge ° rKi “ CampUS
‘"V'I'Vwm the 1 most im-l The association is composed of
m that it crnttiprino*' of the regular army^na-
i nur C eitv if m>t in the 1 tional 8W* rd and reserve corps,
ever held *n ou j, i-iJend associate members comprised
date and that it will accomplish f ex _ officers cf the army an P d na .
a vast amount ot good. Icnmrd
A number of [’ e ™° n j ! The meeting wns presided over
tended to attend y ,. ib* Oof. n W. Richer, commandant
ing. i> ;lt ' 1 ro ™‘", e . ‘I*®* a 1 at the University, and among the
week «»d »» declared it was time' , fJccri< (V ,„
veil spi nt. I met farmers not only tion meetin(r waa Lt . C oI. j. D>
from every county m this section, ;W!ltSun gf fhf , th Army CorpSi
but from distant and remote P®*® I stationed in Atlanta,
if GeorgM 1 believe every man (
Who heard the nddresses returned MF.MRFRSHII’ OF
fonie encouraged and with determ
ination to go to work on his crop
with rene wed hope and determina-
EIGHTEEN ENROLLED
Among the officers present who
enrolled were: (
iiisiT'SS ALL . Co1 ' D - w - Ryther, Lt., W. L.
SUBJECTS Moss, Captain Thos. H. Cooley.
Addresses were delivered on,Captain H. K. Raker, 1st Lt. E.
n .. r y subject pertaining to the Westbrook. 2nd Henry H. Drewry.j
.oil and kindred matters like 2nd. Lt. B. Pasehall, 2nd. Lt.,
■took raising, etc., and a vast |0. J. Tolnas, 2nd Lt. L. M. Davis,:
store of information imparted I 2nd Lt. J. L. Talley, 2nd Lt. IVm.
w ish that every address delivered j B. Almnnd, 1st. Lt. .1. N. Miller,
wtu published in pamphlet and a 2nd. Lt H. N. Ford, (X N Wilder,
copy placed in the hands of each Thos. H. McHatton, H H. West, |
farmer in Georgia. It would be the Alex Scudder, R. R. Childs,
best missionary work that can be OFFICERS ARE
done. , . I ELECTED
But aside from this the facts.
were, impressed on every one who | The following were chosen as
attended the farmer's conference j offers of . the Athens Sector:
that our fanners arc not alone de-1 President, Lt. Coi. (Dr.) W. L.
pendent on cotton for prosperity [ Moss; vice president, Lt. Wm. B.
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday-
ATHENS FIRE DEPT.
Party Pays City Visit
And Are Given Demon
station By Modem Fire
Figtiters.
PLAN TO BUILD
UP FIRE DEFENSE
McDorman And Epting
Act Hosts On Tour of
Stations And Give Want
ed Figures.
LEAGUE MAY TAKE
UP RUHR MATTER
Sees Big Future
In Georgia For
Lumber Industry
Should Begin Now and
Re-Forest Unused and
Useless Lands and Reap
Benefits.
By J. H. CHAFFIN
That Georgia fa destined to bo
the greatest timber state in the
South, provided her people wake
up to the opportunities In this field,
is the opinion of W. R. Mattoon
Extension specialist of the U. S.
Forest Service, Washington. D. C.
who attended the Farmer’s and
Mayor George Thompson. 0 fl Market Conference at the Stato
Winder and a large delegation of Agricultural College last week,
officials and citizens from his' A O ^?",‘ ie ™ bl8 . ac f oag , e of „£ < ‘ 0 V
town were in the city Monday for S™ Mr mXJ
the purpose of inspecting Athens
tire fighting equipment, investi
gating the department’s methods
of fire-fighting, seeking informa
tion on insurance ratingas as af
fected by Athens modern apparat-
Railroad Strike Along
Rhineland Is Still Effec
tive and End Not in
Sight. -
Workers Will Not Resume
Jobs While French For
ces Are Present, They
Declare.
PARI8 — Whether the occupa
tion of the Ruhr would be men
tioned at the meeting of the conn
ell of the League ftf Nation* was
land can be advantageously used SgLfi ■££“*£*£238
If re-forested with the many I , u L d * D r ., < ?*
ir re-rorested with the many j i#
species of timber adapted to the de S "Uonn^ment ?y Premier
Brnnting, of Sweden, that ha
Georgia climate and topography.
Much of north and middle Georgia
land especially along the creek
us, and getting acquainted with bottoms, is particularly adapted to
other details of Chief McDorman's, growing hard wood, while in .youth
department with a view of obtain- Georgia and In the Coastal plilns
mg like equipment and adopting | region the yellow pines flourish,
some of his methods in their own In these sections large stretches
town's fire department. jnlready do-forested, or now being
Winder’s city government has cut . over > are not valuable for
recently changed . hands and tpa agricultural purposes. ■ They are
present mayor and council were 2| tk ®r rough, too rocky. P r u 00
„ _ money crop for wc can grow
numbers of other crops and
ia which there is a* much,.]
as in the fleecy Maple. To hear
these addresses' oHgQMUlRl^
Uoritia is indeed t.Jie .Empire
Slate of the South and wc can
flow rich and indepsndeiit if cut
nt :'-v all 'cmmu.’tcation with
the outside world.
But the fact wns impressed up-
Paschal!; secretary and treasurer,
H. K. Bacon; judge advocate, Lt.
CM-,Tolnas; executive committee,; __
,ureh, chairnjfln; Captain!
Clarke Poultry
Association To
Meet Tuesday
hronks. Entertainment committee:
Potato Growers of This
Section Are Aiso Plan-
" Forv
liooih ------
M.i a » ol That Athens women are keep-
MkHnHnn PriL» iinir abreast with the times is be-1 _
McHatton, H. H. West. Program, inR demonstrated in the elections' 1116 c ! arke County Poultry As-
committre Co’. R- -hairmatr; I of ' the Y . w< c . A. which are'be. soclatioq will hold a meeting
Lt. Paschal!, Lt Almond. jj n g con d U cted along strictly con-I Tue8da y afternoon at 4:30 o’clock
in the Chamber
Commerce
. Sector meetings wm oo held on Utitutional lines —
ry farmer that cotton is our the rccond Monday evening in | Ei cctions wi )i be by bal i ot A rooms. and enter into some im-
umey crop, for its produc- each month, at a place to be desig- |Iist of twe]ve namea hn . bB e n 'nre- P ortant discussions relative to the
o South has a monopoly. The, noted by the entertainment com-i pareU fr0 m which six members) ind “* tr y *»' this section.
test money
l,hi depends upon our 'short \ mil tee. A feature of each meeting waTbc “hosen for the board’"? j of
napli f,.r iraiment, for nothing | will ho a dinner preceding the bus- 'association
Las c-.cr been found to take its i incss session.
Ami the best result of that con
ference is that farmers returned
home convinced that they can
pow cotton in defiance of the pest
and have learned how to system-
e:«:ly ar.d successfully fight the
weevil. Heretofore only an occas
ional farmer in each neighborhood
tied poison or made any effort to
comoat the weevil. But this year
you arc going to sec every cotton- j Sheriff
power in Georgia band together
to fight the weevil and tho belief
i> that the pest can be kept down
or perhaps in time exterminated.
ORGANIZE
NEIGHBORS
I talked with farmers from
TWO ARE KILLED
ETI
many counties and they' tell me
that on their return home they
*ill organize all of their neighbors
in g eolid phalanx to wage relent-
leas and unceasing war on the boll
weevil. Any farmer who refuses
to join in this work and persists
in raising boll weevils for his
neighbors will be looked upon and
trotcii us a public enemy. The
trouble in the past has been that
while a few farmers in a settle
ment usnl calcium arsenate ami
Among Those
Wounded in Early Morn
ing Affray Between Ne
groes and Whites.
BLANFORD. Ind.—An Investtga
tlon Into a report of an outbreak
the members cf th<
directors. 'association attended the sessions
The list of candidates is com-15,^ V e *' armc *' 3 ’ , and Marketing
posed of prominent and well- Conference at the Agricultural
known women in tho city. The ■ College J a st wreek and gained
complete list is as follows: I® 0 !”? va luab:e ideas not only on
'laced right at the beginning of
I their term with the obligation of
(improving that city's fire-defense,
(the need of which was stressed
| very forcibly right at the begin-
i ning of the new administration by
(a disastrous fire which destroyed
1 the Woodruff Hardware Co’s
: store and stock, and during which
| tho Winder department did won-
derful work in aaving adjoining
I buildings with limited equipment.
CHIEF GIVES
{DEMONSTRATION
Chief McDorman assisted by
Cominissicner J. H. Epting, of tho
Athens department conducted the
I 'party through the. stations, show-
i >cd them the big trucks and pumps,
LAUSANNE — (By the Asso- us belonging to this city and later ■= mo m
dated Press) — The situations gave a demonstration with one 0 f! creaa ®u Interest of our-people, In
that have surrounded tho Near the big 750-gallon pumps, which
Eaat conference since soon after i s 0 f th Q latest tvna vnntnri**! t,0,? of forests. Much has been
E.Tsrsr'V’s tras lyU-TSf ffl-
A new crisis arose over tho weak ^ _Calimgton, F. C.
end through the Insistence of Is- J•'■ddiek, J. B. Lav. T. C. Full-
met Tashn and Rlnza Nur Bey “.r-lJot and Vasco Scgars, i-ire
that the stor»- failure of the con- bb'ei C. NL Forgujyon, Mr. W. A.
foronce depended on whether the 1 Rradh’.v.^and Editor J. B. Parham,
Allies would recognize the com-i 1,1 the Winder News, and Mr. J.L.
plete Sovereignty of Turkey. Plummer, representing tho Aineri
marshy to he cultivated; hut they
will grow trees.
SHOULD REFOREST
LARGE ACREAGE
If Geor.da sets to work now,
declared Mr. Mattoon, and scienti
fically re-forests her now uuused
and otherwise useless >anda, at
the end of fifteen years she will
be deriving a large Income from
this source. Especially attractive
are the possibilities in the pine
fields of South Geotgla. A high
gfado pine, the Slash species, can
be grown In that section, yielding
a large quantity of high grade tur
pentine and a large yield of the
finest yellow pine lumber proiiuc-
ed In America.
The great economic evolution
In Georgia,-Recording to
would not bring the question tip.
ns be sntd he would do If be found
the discussion disagreeable to any
nf those Interested countries, waa
.akep to mean that Franee did
not consider that her reparation
dispute with Germany should be
discussed by the League. Premi
er Brantlng made thla statement
after a talk with Premier Poin
care.
However lt was thought that
tho question might be brought up
by some member with a view to
making It known that although
the council could not' go Into the
question without helng asked to
do so by the powers Interested. It
was ready to take active steps
whenever those nations said the
'word. ,
The Mosul oil disrate between
Great Britain and Turkey ■ which
has thb cause of so many differ
ences at Lausanne, will come he-.
fore the council at tomorrow’s
session, apd the Earl of Balfour
will m»ke an address sotting forth
the situation "niyl asking: the‘conn
ell to accept the task ot solving
the difficulties. *
ture alono but Is felt also In the !
EXTEND control,
liJUtHse .
■Mrs Alice Adams Miss Annie"raising poultry and poultry pro- abolishing the capitulations and {run LaFrance Fire Engine
av Brn Mi-.rina Coopor. Mrs iduct, but also in marketing these . a 5r e l n J.. u ^ n .. an ^ , d^ h 'r. t '! l! '-, P""*. wc.e in the party.
Coin-
May Bell, Mi.-s Ina Cooper, Mrs., . .
Lon Dudley, Mrs. Frank Harda-JP^ducts^
mfp, Miss Mary Lyndon, Miss
Tee Kamensky. Mrs. Julie Hodg
son McNeil, Mrs. G. M. MacNi-
dcr, Mrs. Robert McWhorter,
Mrs. J. Warren Smith, Miss Fran
ces Talmadge.
Mrs. Frank Hardaman as chair
man of the finaqce comini i -c, it
E. C. Pninc is president of th
association and will preside at the
mooting. Poultry growing of
this section whether members of
the association or nbt, are invit
ed to attend the meeting.
lk POTATO GROWERS
will be remembered, conducted 1 A ^0 HOLD MEET
two successful campaigns and has
put the local association on a debt
free footing.
Another well known member of
the board is Miss Mary Lyndon,
of. the race trouble* Mjatjug here who ha , gerveil aB aecretary of ^
board of directors.
Tuesday the annual elections
will be held and members eligible
to vote may cast their ballots
from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m.
Eligibility consiats in being
resulted , In riot Monday during
which two unidentified men were
shot to death and Sheriff Harry
Newland and an unidentified man
were wounded.
Acting on a report that persons
had fired on two negroes, propriet Eligibility consiats in being a
ors of a store, Sheriff Newland 'church member, above sixteen
gathered a large force of deputies; years of age and T. W. member-
and visited the section near the! ship.
store. The officials entered a; An Interesting event of the year j
dance hall near-by where .i cele- 1 is the dinner to be held Tuesday
all they could to keep down the b ratton was In progress by a crowd night at the Y. W. club rooms.
I* 5 '. " farmer in an adjoining-of people, mostly foreigners, and T be program opens with “The I
field did nothing whatever and the celebrators set upon them. (Hymn of the Lights,” the asaoci'a-1
In the fight that followed the shoot t j on 8onKi sung ensemble. Rev.!
ing became general. Jwoof the| Mr Hi „ of tbo p res byterlan
dance hall patrons wtTro nhot to ■ church win B8k the blessing. Then
death by the depuUesandsuoth-three min ute addresses by former
er wounded. Sheriff Newland presidents of board who are, Mrs.
celved a bullet wound In tbo | ^ Mnlr i.i naPombf Miss Millie
Mrs. Wdtson.
The sweet potato growers will
also meet Tuesday. This meeting
is scheduled for the morning at II
o’clock in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms and will assemble
those of the county who gr w
sweet pqtatoes. last year and v bo
are interest in the marketing .if
the preduct. Claud Tuck is head
of the sweet potato growers.
reined millions of weevils to in-
.hst tho settlement. This has been
the trouble in the past, but hereaf-
hr farmers in every settlement
rill see that if a farmer plants
ntton he must join in the band
"f weevil fighters and do his part
»"d duty.
There is a general belief among
rerir.irs who attended the confer-
fl -e that by pursuing this policy
of all fighting the pest that in
t'liie they can exterminate the
“oo-vc-vii or nullify its ravagei.
Anyway every farmer with whom
1 have talked seems greatly en-
murage,| and believes he can grow
“-Go" in defiance of the pest. And
-ante hopeful feeling in
™’ 1 - 'torn Greene, Morgan
■ "tii r counties that seemed to
IV| ‘ ti'eii up all hope of raising
I fin-1
2J, 1I1K WAY TO
ikOSl’KIHTv
An!
unfen
;i| tiier good work that
‘‘ accomplished: Farmer*
real:2 that they must not thil
: 5r ’-'er-crop themselves on cot-
J n ! ' five or six acres to the
, '■ " much as can be success-
’’ ated of the staple and
‘•o "evil kept down. Of the man;
1 talked with I met
..J,' 11 o "«m who thought he
Ill:t be more than eight or
, in cotton to the plow,'
rf . "'’uM first get hi* (apply
tori’”'," " n 'l pitch hls crop nc-
f,| mi I 1 ’' f;v 'f was made plain to
“ets that they must keep the
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hiilL according to the deputies Sfe
ATHENS WOMEN TO
MAKE PAJAMAS FOR
VETS
tributntlon of the Ottoman debt
ARMENIANS
ACCEPT 1 OFFEH
WILL llUII.D NEW
I (TTY HALL
done to create and to develop an
educated public sentiment along
this line. Yet, there remains much
to be done.
Approximately 12,000.000 acres
of land In Georgia are unimproved.
Estimating conservatively, fully
70 per cent of thlh acreage Is more
adapted to foreatry than to agrcul
ture. At the lowest figures, and
after the trees have attained ma
turity, at least two and one-half
billion board feet of timber would
be yielded by this now unused
, land. The present yield Is in the
■ neighborhood of one and one half
’ hilllnn I inn pi 1 ten it i.n* r>nnii«
peared. to be Intoxicated.
ATTACKED
WHITE GIRL
Iter, Mrs. John R. White.
Misa Elbert* Roelofs, the na-
A sweeping Investigation Into
the shooting Is expected to result,
a call for help has been sent to
officials of neighboring towns.
Prosecuting attorney W. A. Saet-
leo was expected to arrivo hero
Monday morning from Cliqton )n
Mme for tHa coroners Instiga
tion Into tbe deaths of the two
men and probably will take charge
H^ T wbf^'fired up- * p "
tional town secretary of the south
ern division of the Y. W. C. A.,
will give a short Ulk. Miss Roe
lofs has but lately taken up her
residence in Atlanta where the
southern headquarters are located.
Miss Nora Fortaon Will give a
talk, ‘‘Our Camp,” and Miss
Frances Forbes a talk, “What the
Y. W. C. A. Means to Us Girls. 1
Mrs. John R. White, the presi
dent of the board, will preside.
trouble which is said to have'election will
been a result of an attack on a of the dinner.
voung*whlle girl hv a negro. The!
“Follow the Gleam” will be the
white reaidenu "informed the ne-fdosing song.
Ero<! 3 they most either produce | Great interest is being shown
the negro guiltv of the attack or; jn thc Tuesday evening’s program.
Wednesday. When the timelimit- A large num ber are expected to
be put out of town bY, no ?“ of „ be present at the dinner, about a
- — •»» hundred places have been reserved.
Those desiring to vote may get
the membership blanks st the club
rooms and should have, -y sign-
ed up in time to be
expired practically ajl of the ne-
rm popnlat on had Red, only a few
of°tbabarterctasa remaining end
lit wa* thought that the latter
would* be 1 " permitted to stay la
town. m
^ftln government ctolms to
copies of placards with
rmjclamctlon of Rttueland repub
lic for February L .
SUPREME COURT RECESS
WASHINGTON — The auprema
enrt recessed Monday until Fek.
are annexed.
There were
used for medicinal purposes.
“TREE BUTCHERY”
PRACTICED
.billion hoard foot per annum.
Member* of the party Mtuted to I These figures are striking. They
If the week enil brought another reporters that besides purchasing take no account of the other
serious situation. It also saw the modern apparatus for the fire de | source of revenue which the lum-
Armenlnn acceptance of Russia’s partmeat, the Winder of/iciaU | her Industry offers, such as tur-
offer of asylujn. thus removing werg planning to build a city hall, j Pentlno, rosins, wood alcohol,
the troublesome Item. The. propos police stathn and fire department l nndumerous^ raw products
al of Moscow government Is re- on the new lot recently purchased "" 1
gnrded here as a shrewd piece of on Athens street near the Barrow
diplomacy, by giving some 250.-: county court house.
000 Armenians homes -in the Don Hgwever, It was made plain that
and Kubnn valleys of Southwea-! the city authorities Intended first
tern Russia, in return the Armen- - to provide better and more up-to-
inns become Russian subjects and ,i a ._ mr -„. „# »u„
‘^^rown^TanS ProPertTofVcitKreS f%
on which they settle for It belongs budding plans would be
to the State: neither will they bo S ,i. vpn o TnppT o
permitted to have an autonomous **Ci» ci/tismU
government. AND W11I1E WAY
Besides being the county seat of
LAUSANNE — (By the Aaso->nc of . Georgia’s new counties,
elated Press) — A draft of tho pro Winder Is one of the most pro
posed tresty of peace which Is to grossive little cities in the state,
he submitted to tho Turks on Wed. She has tbe streets in a large sec-
neadflv wss distributed snd semi- tion of the central business and
officially to all delegations Mon- residence districts paved, and one
day. The document contains 180 0 f the most up-to-date and attrac-
srtlcles to which the conventions tive electric white ways in the
Tree butchery has been prac
ticed by the land owners and the
saw mill operators of Georgia,
stated Mr. Mattoon. The Bureau
of Forestry waa created to remedy
this situation and prevent further
waste and loss to Georgia as well
as to other states by the Indif
ference of owners. It hns done n
great work, assisted by tbe splen
did co-operstlon of the extension
services working under the State
Agricultural College, a work which
has constated largely of arousing
the Interest of Georgia’s citizens
In her , forest resources. This
work will be continued In tbe fu
ture even on a larger scale than It
DUESRFT.nORF — Tho Rubf
.occupation 'officials turned' their'
attention Monday to extending
their cBHfret,T>f*tlm nrtjwity” lines.
This operation Is being- hampered
by the refusal of the German
workmen to take orders from the
French.
The, rail strike Is completely ef-'
tectlvc In Cobtenz.'but two bat
talions of French engineers have
taken ever the lines snd placed
heavy guards at Important points.
The worker* hnve served notice
that they will not resume their
Job* while French force* ara pro*
ent. There 1* no communication
between this city and Dulsberg
and Essen while Sunday only on*
train waa operated to Mayenc*.
ABLE TO f
RUN TRAINS
COBLENZ — As a result of de
monstrations In Rhineland cities
Sunday evening, the restaurant*
were ordered closed nt ter. o’elrek.
The railroad strike In this srea
Is still effective nnd there In no
Indication when It will pnd. The
French are able to run a few tmlns
with the aid ot the troops.
Well Known Oconee .
County Woman Dies
Mrs. Margie Letltla Kelley died
Monday morning at 4 o'clock,:At
her home at, Watklrsvllle, follow
ing an illness of several weeks.
She wae 74 years old and a native
of Washington. Ga.
Funeral services will be cop-
I’lvurd Tuesday afternoon at t
O'clock from - the Watklusvllle
Baptist church with Rev. J. W.
McWhorter officiating. She was
h.. . . . a member of the Baptist' church
i and waa a well known woman
. . , . South, and is assured of a steady iSecrease of (imw . a "d * a « a well known woman of
11 tha't* tho P Turks ”"d continued (^cwthV a . 'rich ‘ manTfo/hlg^de* mXr and ' will he In •ha^^ur«*l.| 1 no.ai| , » e jn?r5
Monday to show that the Turk, out-lvine'"^^!^" “'and ! SMJ? *'* h lumber, and' will be In the Watkln.vl . ceme-
were more favorably disposed to- P" 1 lyin ® r ..,.“" itor y . hjthe high prices paid for thla com- ' —
ward signing.
• , v“» , rr w i . “.me nign prices paid ror tnis com- terv
1 !P. l X e _. P °u PU . 1 L t i 0 J.. P. f c. P ™? rc ” iV u e ! a 5 d . "°l°?d • a r?«'y he- | ^The pallbearer, will be
Woodruff WiU
Be Honor Guest
Coach George Woodruff will be.
honor guest at a banquet of the
the Georgian j
Tho women of . the Athens chap
ter of tho Red Cross are to make
a nbmber of pals mas and sweaters
for disabled soldiers of tbe World
war who are In Veterans’ hospitals
over the country. Mrs. Victor M.
Cluls. director of the Volunteer
service of tbe Red Cross, bas writ footbalf team at
ten Mrs. J. Lustrat. chairman of hotel tonight. j
production of the IocaI chapter. The new football mentor is
‘1 Me a rJ ,c,eB b ® jeoming to Athens to look the situ-1
materisl tat wni ation over and make aome definife
that tho articles are badly need-) p ' a . n *ics in''ecnenc'with
ed to replace or supplement the' and J alk athletics in genein with
lighter ones furnished by the Gov- |F a< j l ’ ! r . < ’ 1 I? ,rn ! an A D f - ® an ', . ,
eminent. jford and Coach H. J. 8t8f6WHD|j CHICAGO—Fred Lundin, former
Mrs. TiiiFtrnt rennrt* that Mr* coa chinff head of athletics at Geoi*- congressman and known •• the
6 cre e t^V?he"few who did and secretary will be read and T.. P. Stanley, rtrtman of t”e! ria. t | silent power behind the political
on . Vnwn last week after the; the report of the result of thc kn'ttlng committee, has consent-I Following the dinner tonight he . machine of Mayor William Hale
not leava town^. si ^ uM (n hnvP -„wtinn will be given at the end ed to gladly see thst tbe swesters' wi'l be tne guest of the Rotary
aye knitted while Mrs. Ned Hodg- club Wednesday at the regular
son. Mr*. J M. Pound. Mr*. John'weekly luncheon and then l'hurs-
Booth. Miss I^lla May Hull. Miss day will be the honor guest of thc
Fhrum have willingly agreed tOjKIwanis club,
help with the work.
Athen* women _. w _
cheerfully responded for any . - - _
of this nature and the articles re-1 Athens Elks Tonight
quested will be made and forward-
titizc ns headed by safe, sane pub- j cause the Bute College of Agricui j M ^Ree H U McBaeVrtBATnl
-IH*. I<~ “ ’jSJSSnuS »
women have ^wa^ Goose Supper For
I Athens Elks will enjoy a goose
(supper at the'lodge rooms in the
m.i i :i jt —
Thompson and 23 other* were
named In a blanket Indictment re
turned In court Monday by the
special grand jury which Is In
vestigating school board affair*.
Virtus Rohn, T.udln’s nephew,
s Iso wss strong the Indicted men
which Included a number of whom
were Indicted previously by the
same grand jury in connection
with tbe administration of achool
funds and property.
During the eight years of the
ROB 8AFE j Holman bulMlng't&ilght. Plans; administration of Mayor Thomp-
' 8AVANNAH. Ha. — The safe < * r “ ,0 V.|“3 wh .s w>t“>«nced that
Sltvera five and ten cent store was l wny for several day* and Exalted. ho would. not he a candidate for
mhhed Snndav night It Is report (Ruler Roas Grcekmote anpounees j re-electWh. Ldfltn baa been taown
Cd to ihe police that MJWO wa* everything is rentjy for the men* M the “alleiit Boea” for the Thomp
taken. No arrests have been made.]hers to have a fine tine. ’»»» poIIUcal organization.
who. back In their home counties,
are determined to make the now
Idle lands In the state productive.
DR TO mu
KHKSHS PtPEI
Surviving her are four daugh
ter*. Mr*. A. B. McRee, Mrs. W.
H. Aiken. Mr*. E. D. Bugg, ot
Watkinsvllte, Mrs. I. S. Moas. of
Atlanta 2* grand children and *
great grand- children.
Bernstein Bro*. In charge.
.HIT PROSPERITY
'TRAIL V!A THE
B.*N\F,R HFRAI.D ROUTE
This year is YOUR year, If yon
seize It, Mr. Merchant.
Plan your advertising pro-
gramme.
Plan to numhep among ypar
profit-hringera the S.000 buyers of
T h « . Banner-Herald—and their
families.
Th* column* of The Banner-
Herald are the sure road to favor
Vl - - - - — --— with these 5,000*—snd their fnnt"
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LONDON — (By tho Associatad
Press) — Whnt is described by
(he Evening News as an attempt to
assault King George waa made Mon
day by a crippled ex-snldler when
ed at St. Pancras station from ; ar e a
*WISBjrLgffi“---t. "U to Th. R.nn.r.n.raU
fllOi*a arAulk Ik.S. - >4 A*
ward the Royal couple waving Ms | l ik HTT lf .! 0D ., h,T
crotch threateningly nnd eot with- r”V \ ^®rth their attention
tn a few yards of the King when kaT *_ .
Stopped by the police. _ Wlthent the trade of
other accounts t\y pews agencies
described the Incident 'merely ss
an attempt nr s soldier tp attract
tbe King’s attention and the soldi
er himself placed this construction
on the affair.
_ ... , . — — . Banner-
Herald readers, whatever uarvwtt
yon hare is at beat only part of
what -yon could do.
Phone 75 for onr Ad-Man.
He ha* an idea for year 1923
selling campaign.