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Newspaper Page TextAthens Cotton: „ 28c ■ ^ll'rs ('lose'" iic u P \THER Increasing cloud- \\ inc-iv , nesg wUh ghow . s s m READ PUR WANT ADS VOL. S»0 No. 325 Associated Press Dispatches ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1923 Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday- >ANTI’S Column Iron Ore In Oconee Cold Storage Opens plan' what it city, but (llv T. Larry Gantt.) I storage plant , ct has been completed 1 ; -1 Monday was opened , ... The building of this ir was sure rapid-fire i we iliil not think it would . etc re spring. The man- t went to Atlanta Monday ice a schedule of prices for I was shown through the i.l it is certainly a great e lor Athens. I doubt if f our people as yet realize ans not only for our r farmers in neighbor- it i- up-to ' if the latest and most torage plants in the our.try. In a basement at pne end oV the building is installed the refrigerator plant and it works lit,. a charm. This is a miniature ice factory, connected by iron pipes in all the compartments and any temperature can be maintain ed. During my visit the tempera ture was 33 degrees and this is stout right. There are three sep arate compartments, like large ice chests. The first is for ice. Ice from the plant will be brought here for distribution over the city and which will be much more con venient. The second compartment which is unusually large is for general produce like eggs, vegi taWes, fruit, etc., and there is an ample room for The third compartment is for meats. Of course everything will be kept as neat and clean as pos sible. Dr. IV. IV..Brown Joins Athletic Staffs Of “Y” And High School SHOOTING THE RAPIDS AGAIN Popular Athenian Will Be Head Coach of Boys Athletics At High School. TO ASSISTJONES AT THE Y. M. C. A. Election To Important Posts Announced Tues day. Is Natural Leader Of Boys. T SCHOOL PUPILS First Time In School His tory Pupils Go From Grammar School This Time Of Year. Twenty-eipht Athens boyg and pirls graduated from the grammar school into the high school Tues day. This is the lirst time pupils have been sent up to the high school at this time of the year. The boy3 and girls graduating Dr. W.- W. Brown, well known Athens physician, has been elect ed head coach of athletics for boys at the High School .and assistant physical director at the Young Men’s Christian Association, it was learned Tuesday. Dr. Brown’s election to the High School and Y. M. C. A. posi tions was accomplished by the. , , , , Board of Education and Director-1 from the grammar school have the ate of the Y. M. C. A. According distinction of making two graded to the arrangement made he will * n one y ear * divide his time between the High! In addition to the twenty-eight School and Y. M. C. A., having Is aT1(1 b °y s Trom the grammar charge of all boys’ athletics at the 1 2c hool one pupil joined the High . nnrt thpr _ nn | former and assisting in the physi-j^ hoJl wb <> formerly lived in V.’vprv vSmmi l cal department of the latter under Royston. The enrollment at the nlrtment q i« wl c - W. Jones, physical director. High .School now is around 600 nnrtment. i. fori and twenty _ three teachers arc cm- BIG STEP ployed in instructing the children. FORWARD .Miss Louise Abney, formerly with „ , .. , _ _ . , . , the Grammar Schools has joined Selection of Dr. Brown to this the High School faculty . IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE dM storage plant I con- Thi- from work is considered one of the most forward steps ever taken for tire | “GRADUATING development of* the boy life injCLASS" sider one of the most important i Athens. He is a natural leader of . enterprises ever inaugurated ini boys and coupled with his experi-! Thosl ' graduating Athens, for it will make our city |once and knowledge of athletics is, Grammar Schools arc: the leading market in this entire a splendid character and his in- James Gordon, Childs; Henry section for all manner of perish- ] fluence in developing the young, jj c . u . SEe ’ College; Roy Weatherly, ablefarm products, and it will also,manhood of Athens in accordance,College; Roy Tucker, College; greatly encourage stock raising, with the highest principles has al-i*' aul slaughter, Childs; Gasper Farmers can now slaughter ani-: ready been felt. ' I, Ids; mals on the hottest sum-; Dr. Brown needs no introduction j Chuosj^ fcmvard^Hanurton, CMds; i."i- days anu preserve the meat to Athenians having lived here' until ready to sell. People from the Poultry Association Plans To Have 2,000 Of Pure Bred Chickens In Clarke By Fall mountains will use this plant for ytesrrving fruits and other pro lan* when the market,, is over- locked. While I' was going through the plant several parties lulling farmers were inquiring about s"rvicc. With our abattoir end the cold storage plant Athens takes the lead for a produce mar ket. GREENE IRON ORE fig since boyhood, graduating from the University of Georgia and tho MedicaL.College , at Augusta.- • At the University he attained first-- rank in athletics, making his lct-'Lcnora Stone, Childs; Clara Hand, ter in each of the three major j Oconee; Iverson Dews, Baxter; branches of the sport, basketball, Florence Cummings, Childs ;_Larie Bernard Upchurch; Fioris Hack «tt; Aldoris Williams, College; Elizabeth Ingram, Oconee. TFIITH M I^SSffFIKiiTO liWBi Athens Elks enjoyed a delight ful Qoose supper at the lodge ~*wls in the Holman building >y night. In addition to the per an entertainment program s carried out. WRECK THE TRAIN M. L. Denny, Oconee; F. Fitz* _ , "~~1 ’ Patrick; D. Deadlier, 'chiida; Fundamental Business I.pnnru Stone. Childs: Clara Hand. Condition in TWs DiS- football and baseball. ALL-SOUTHERN BASEBALL TEAMS He made AU-Southcm in baso- {ball several times, his . . ,. pitching j princuton. . _ , ; gaining for him recognition as| (ol. Sam Wilkes of the Georgia ; cnc o{ the best college 1 Hud, is very much interested * n j baseball players in the country. He my story of u deposit of magnet- was a basketball player of unusu- it iron being found near Union | al ability and with all of his natur- Punt, in Greene county. Mr. | B j learning and talent as an ath- Wilkes asked me all about this i j eb a he enjoyed the possession of ™ 1111: says he will report the | tb ose qualities of leadership which inter to_the management of his, in g pirc his f e i| ow athletes with the r-jad and if the iron deposit is as f desire to play the game fairly and represented steps will be taken to g q Uare l y and put everything they «« ” bad in their performances. He is n member of the First* Presbyter ian church and for ten years a di rector of the Y. M. C. A. One of his many athletic accomplishments was training of the Y. -W. C. A. basketball teams which won south ern championships for several years. Dr. Brown will assume his du ties in his new capacity within the next few days. Williams, Childs; Eva Evans, Childs; Nellie Caldwell, Childs. Louise Smith, J. H. Porterfield, Royston; Mildred Huff, Lucile Nelms, Evelyn Bryant, Annie Lois Kbcrhardt, Ruth Lee Couch. velop it. Manager Wickersham of the Georgia Railway, is doing a great work in the upbuilding and development of the country tra il liy his line, and can proli xly interest capitalists in this Greene county iron deposit. I rt member that Capt. H. Hf Carlt ii often spoke of the valu- *ble deposit of magnetic' iron in Greene county, and when making campaign for Congress refer red to this iron in every Speech he delivered in that county. I had for emen 4bout this until my friend Jim Hart told me of the mineral *ealth around Union Point. Will Impose Limit Fine On Autoists Without Rear Lights* Athenians arc urged to register m-ii automobiles with the polios Par,mint as soon as 1923 tugs are received. Chief Buesso mado he request Tuesday and also de ed Thursday the recorder will ii'iii-e imposing the limit of s "ii autoists who insist on , nir.g their cars without tail light.-. ''Ml DAY & MARTIN ;'RE QUITTING “l SIN ESS trict Pronounced Sound and Firm. to Court TO MARKET CROP The Athens Sweet Potato Asso ciation held a meeting In the of fices of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning which was at tended by a number of farmers of Clarke, Jackson, Madison and Oconee counties who have pota- toea for sale. It developed that there la a to tal of about 50,000 bushels of pota toes In these counties for the mar ket, with 20,000 of them in this county. An effort Is being made to dispose of them nt a price of 2 cents per pound or one dollar per bushel, f. o. b. Athens. It was pointed out at this meet ing that to sell these potatoes in Three Damage Filed In City Tuesday, Returnable To February Term. Two damage suits, aggregating $350, were filed against the City of Athens in the City Court Tues day. Three damage suits were filed one by Richard McRec, ask ing $150 damages from Floyd and Nancy Kenney whom ho chrges with theft of quilts and mattress belonging to him. One of the suits against the city was. filed by N. A. Clements who claims he was forced' to kill horse which was hurt when it slip ped on the streets in front of the post office January 17, 1922. The plaintiff claims the wooden blocks, since replaced with paving, wer worn slick and caused the horse to fall. G. T. Eppos of Madison county is suing the city for $200 damages claiming a horse owned by him was injured and.died from a fall through a bridge on Pearl street. ATLANTA—(By (bn Associated Press) — Improvement during De cember, with a steady Increase la confidence and faith In tho foturo at the beginning or tho now year in business conditions In tho states comprising tho sixth fedornl re serve district, Is reflected in the monthly business review issued by officials of the Federal Reserve Bank In Atlanta. , The report covers business and agricultural conditions In tho dis trict composed of the states of | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Loulsl q n : i.j-1 ana. Mississippi and Tennessee, oiuis Fundamental business conditions in the district are pronounced sound with no indication at pres ent of any tendencies which Would bring about adverse developments. Building and constructions pro grams Including highway projects have gone forward steadily and employment is Been sufficient to keep a large amount of labor Lusy for months, according to tho sum mary of conditions. !/ >"u pick up Dickens, you ' Polished with Day & Mar- v ,,^ ns *hov must be oacked blacking. Day & Martin was real < ration: ud\ert buying that they must be packed in crates and grade a certain grade, be clear and have a good appearance. Weekly meetings were decided .s selling out-Kioiumg upon by the A8S ociatlon, every | over ’ w h i( hi . m ” na *‘"R M < Tuesday at eleven o'clock. Claude whu pres ided. uhled lort ta h^yw.,^ p^dent °f the Aasocla-I The ’ £ ew directo „ are, Mrs. failed to keep up t , 0 „ and presided at the meeting[-j Frank Hardeman, Miss Mary Lyn- rumpany, famous for gen- selling out—quitting FOR THE Y. W. C. A. NEARER NORMAL CONDITIONS Conditions nearer normal than Branch of Rosemary Fun eral Directors to Be ^Opened in the Old -Marks j •HSTTST JSUK: Residence. General^ Weigand a n d - Minister Le Foucher Saved W h p n Engine Makes a Trick Stop. PARIS — (By tho Associated j Press) — The Trench foreign of fice declared Toeeday there wa, no truth In the report (printed Tuesday morning by a Paris news paper) that twenty Germans had been killed by a clash with French troops at Boppard near Bingen. There had been no sueh trouble at Boppard as reported It wae Committee Selects For mer State College Ex pert. Will Accept If Salary Arrangement Is Made. If the Clarke County Board „ Commissioners decides next Tues day to increase the appropriation for agricultural demonstration work slightly, the services of J. W. Firor, formerly expert with the State College of Agriculture, can be secured as cuonty agent suc ceeding Jones Purcell. A special committee from tho Chamber of Commerce, appointed by President Hugh W. White, has selected Mr. Firor for the position and he will accept provided the commissioners agree to the salary he desires, which is only $600 per year more than the present salary* WELL KNOWN IN ATHENS The Chamber of Commerce Com-1 mittec composed of Dr. J. Phil Will Borrow Money And Furnish Boys And Girls Settings Of Pure Bred Eggs. x* PROPOSE DISTRICT WIDE ASSOCIATION Plan Considered One Of Most Constructive Steps Taken To Develop Poul try Industry. Plans for having 2,000 or more pure bred chicksna on Clarke county farms by next fall were adopted Tuesday by the Clarke County Poultry Association. Adoption of this plan Is consid ered one of the most constructive steps toward promoting the poul try industry i nthis country. The plan was set forth by E. C. Paine, president of the association and unanimously adopted by the association. It is as follows: PLAN AS OUTLINED 1—The Association will borrow $500 from local banka and pur chase pure bred eggs. 2.—The county farm agent and home demonstration agent will se lect 260 boys and girls and give each a setting of fifteen eggs. The seller must guarantee at least nine chickens. 3—Next fall the boys and girls Campbell, James W. Norton and > SLltion^i ^ f . _A. ^e, select^ Mr. Firer £T‘remmi^ represent the as one of the outstanding men in the agricultural world. He was as sociated with the Agricultural Col lege for some years 03 horticul- turalist and is now connected with the A. B. and A. railroad where ho has had direct charge of develop ing the sweet potato industry along the route traversed by that railroad, Mr. Firor is well known in Ath ens where he made many friends while connected with tho Agricul tural College. Both the Rotary and Klwanis Clubs have written the Commis sioners urging that the appropria tin' ho-'made large- snsugh |u pio- -pro- cure the services of an outstand ing man as county agent. Mr. Firor Is a graduate of the State College of Agriculture and Is said to be one of, the best market and farm experts of the statq and If ho Is secured for tho position here he should meet with splendid success. Ho married an Athens girl, Miss Moss- and is already well known here. He Is highly recommended by the State College of Agriculture and It Is very prob able that his services will be secur ed and a definite announcement forthcoming In a few days of his Ion and a solectk acceptance. He has already been plnced on two com- I by the* Potato Orowere. ^ ; but there was no rioting. Many business changes, oin- .racing several new enterprises, will become effective hero Febru ary 1st and March 1st. One of tho largest oi Close U the opening of a branch nore cf the ltoscmury Directors, n large corporation with headquarters In GERMANS TO STAND UNITED BERLIN — (By the Associated Press) — Germans beyond the Ruhr Tuesday had the assurance of their hero Frits Thysson that their brothers in all but Isolated occupied zones do not Intend to Wilmington, Del., and dlstrlbu,.i!ii:: points in Atlanta and savannah j yield to French-Belgian pressure! for Georgia. This firm haH leas- j Instead, they constitute a "corn ed tho old Marks home at dia part unit In their det'ernilnatlon to western extremity of Washington resist French encroachments." ' street and it is now being put in j This statement made public at shape for their occupancy. The j the time when all attempts to coci- company expects to huve a lull j munloate with Essen were falling line of equipment here and the j declared that tho Ruhr was manl- parlors opened up by March first | nioua in supporting tho govern- slnce the outbreak of the world | accoi ding to M. G. Dcaring of Er- nient's policy. Herr Thyssen ques- war aro reported In retail and win and Compuny who is handling tinned whether the French could wholesale circles and merchants I the Athena end of the transac- i effect a customs ring that would MYSTERY IN AN AD LONDON — This advertisement appears in the "agony column" of a London newspaper: "Jane— Dements and pci revd, mny thnks; eld not -Arz-t ndr eremstnes tho lwya thnkng f u. ML m St.P 21st 5:30. Vry fvng wsh. Flfl." Figure it out for yourself. association an amount equal* to that used in buying the eggs or one of the best chickens <5 the flock. The latter will be sold at auction following exhibition at the proposed District Fair. In announcing his plan Mr. Paine declared the- farmers are looking for something to take the place or at -least supplement cot ton-as a cash crop. "Athens buys eggs from the packers," ho said, “by. the tens'of thousands. Clarke county folks should be getting this vast sum of money, now going to Chicago or Kansas City. Un doubtedly the eggs you hod flaw breikftnt tMr'morrtfng came ftttnr*^ California as that state send" millions of eggs weekly to - _thv south and east." COMMITTEE IS NAMED In addition to adoption of Mv. Puine's plan a committee on ways and means for promoting the in dUs try was named, E, O. Paine, Mid Wingfield, Howard Scott,-1,. D. Benton, George O'Kelly and James W. Morion.. It was decided to co-operate with the proposed Athens District Fair and make the association a Northeast Georgia organization vcntually. Another , meeting, will be held in. the-Chamber of Coin- merce rooms February 6. Prof, Wood- of the Agricultural Cbliegu was at the meeting anil djatussed the poultry industry. .', 1 RAINBOW BY MOONLIGHT CROYDON, Eyg. — John ChalUs says he suir a brilliant rainbow In the sky at midnight by moonlight. Yes, moonlight, not moonshine. “KID” WOODRUFF WARMLY WELCOMED AS HEAD COACH OF FOOTBALL AT BANQUET Six new directors were elected Tuesday for the Young Womcn’i Christian Association at a “derno- rratic” election held by the Asso- which Mrs. John R. -ing. " IN advertising that “made” Martin. Hut, like many '-‘inccrns, it thought, that. • 'lahliahed, it no longer in-ilci publicity. The public dice d new public is forever cora- 1 l he stage. This new public naturally has to be reached by ads, id not know of the adver- •'en when it knows, it quickly unless constantly j Committees named Tuesday ; Uran^Haroe^n, mjss mary igj- ««mo and E.W. 'ca! r °Official gradore, M. C. Gay and J. W. firor. Harding Agrees To Be Arbitrator """"did. Advertiser* should ke *P' HanMugH^mday acceded the n<1 th * la'* of Day ft Martin. extended by Chile and i —— i Peru to act a* arbitrator under the u '-,ur patrons need • remind- - Ta cn a-Arcta protocol, which re- ■ Phone 73 and a Banner-Herald I ,„]}<*) fro m the conference held In * ill call. ...... ‘wuSnston last year. A banquet was held last night and short addresses Vere delivered bv former presidents of the asso ciation, Mrs. Frank Lipscomb. Miss Millie Rutherford, Mrs. W. F. Watson, Mrs. James White, Sr., Mrs. T. J. Woofter and Mrs. John R. White. Miss Elbcrta Roelofs, the nation al town secretary of, the southern division, was present ,*nd gave an interesting tnlk. Miss Nora Fort- son and Miss Frances Forbes made delightful talks on the relationship of the Y. W. C. A. to girls. are maintaining a very optimistic view, It. Is pointed out. The transportation problem, which has been showing Improve ment Is said still not to have at tained satisfactory proportions. The lumber shipment situation Is improved while manufacturers re port a tendency in their line for slackening during the holidays, al though In comparison with the same period in 1221, the output shows an increase. Agricultural conditions through out the entire district are shown Improved with the farmers receiv ing larger nnanclal returns from their crops, this situation causing Improvement In the nnanclal stand Ing of the district. In summarizing the conditions the review shows the following: The volume of retail trade in the district was reported nearly five per cent greater for December 1922, Savannah being among the few cities showing a decrease. The aggregate sales of whole sale groceries firms during De rembrr was ten per cent greater than during the same month In 1921. Increases being shown In all reporting points. Jacksonville shows an Increase of 24.4 per cent for December 1922, over the figure for December 1921, the largest In crease of any city reporting. The Increase for tho district over De cember 1921 is 10.4. The largest increase In wholesale drygoods of any city was reported by Atlanta, where four firms claimed 77.7 per cent greater business, the average being 41.6 over December 1921. Conservative buying In Indicat ed In hardware. The district In crease over December 1*21, to *?.« per cent with Jacksonville a de crease of 4.5 pe rcent, three firm* reporting. serve their purpose and said that strangers could hardly hope to operate tho mines or railways auc- oesRfully. GERMAN8 REPORTED TO BE SLAIN PARIS — (By the Associated Press) — A report, unconfirmed during tho night, that twenty Ger mans had been killed In a collision with French troops at Goppard and the announcement that Gen eral Welgand and Minister of pub lic works Le Troucher bad gone to Brussels to discuss the Ruhr situation with the Belgian govern cent, were leading topics of pullc discussion here Tuesday morning. The Goppard Incident was re ported by the Echo De Paris which asserted that the firing resulted from a demonstration by Nation alists in protest against the arrest of the city’s burgomaster. General Welgand and M. Le- Troucher. who recently returned from a visit to Dusaeldorf. have gone to Brussels to arrange for concerted a(tlon with the Belgian government. It le said before tak ing a definite step as to the estab- actlon. OPENS NEW GROGERY LINE Another ■ new business that opens on Fefruary first is the W. I. and George M. Abney Gro cery company. Thto firm will be located on Broad street, occupy. Ing the stork formerly occupied by the Sol. J. Boley and comiwiny. Tne stock is r-w arriving tnd the Joois of the liu,-..|ies will !.e op*n- if on tin mor.l-K of I-ebiuary first. A lino of groceries and heavy feed stuffs for retail will be carried in stock OTHER PLACES OPEN SOON Miss Marla Price will scon open a tea room In the pi a (I- vacatfed several months ago by the cooper barber ihop on Clayton street. Repairs are now under way am this new enterprise should soon lie In operation . The Bradberry-Ower? company has leased the corner store for- i . imp, .1 U.-IL-IIJV--, rayior, Anaerson merly occupied by thi Peoples' j tne " u ^ anneare wlll’ Randoll > Bid»««son, Fletcher and Bank and will open a retain and) JjJl{ Tanner. Of these Ceilings and " Patrick's* 18 1'harm-icy .s pUn-1 than has been P anticipated. T oj Tanner are ineligible to play next nlng to move acr^. ie Street on make " reB,1 P elective It is be- y car which leaves only seven “G” Clayton to the oW Net ToriT^riS ,,eved the French wI11 ** obliged men as nucleus for 1923. stand and Ibis place Is being fix!l ,0 _t v,em !. tM . T "? e to . F™nkfort.l Coach Stcgeman followed the ed up for drug *tore pusposes ns the necessary personnel for Seventy-two athletes, members of the Atliletic Board and others interested in athletics at the Uni versity of Georgia welcomed George Woodruff upon his first visit to Atlhens since his election as foot ball coach at the University at a dinner at the Geor gian hotel last night. Following the dinner Dr. S. V. Sanford, who presided as toast master introduced the speakers and told briefly of some of. the plans under way for athletics at Georgia in the future. Dr. A. M. Soule was the first speaker and woa followed by T. S. Mel!, as the "lay" speaker, who in turn was followed by H. H. Gor don, Jr., E. H. Dorsey, XV. D. Hooper and W. O. Payne all made short talks, praising the Georgia teams and the spirit. PRESENTS SWEATERS Coach Stegeman was introduce" and he awarded the football “G" men new in college their sweaters and apologized that a delay had been occasioned in securing them Those to receive them in person were, Captain Joe Bennett, Col of a customs barrier in wuwh, v-oi- gram came Jome the nuhr. I ll”*! 8 .’ , do8a ! 0 . vc ' Taylor, Anderson might be made. to extend their line to Frankfort. 1 up ior area «iorc ousposcs i Th . e l 7 li,road an< l P° 8ta l services presentation with words of ap- On February first the Central are .!, a be taken over Immediate!?!preciation for the work done by • t Georgia wimmcrcialoHices will | oLratlngTliemta nof OT^he* snot’ *5 e p,a ^" and jested ‘hat be moved to the new place' on | roi nwlmnt o" offldSto, thc ?. « aIi ? e weaver they WMte^FilUn** station) , * * Pr ° mPtlr other buxines changes,,,k-elud- There is still talk of appointing Ing several nxw- enterprises, are i a high commissioner to direct the being planned for Athens apd I entire Ruhr operation, bat only th* many of them will bo made during I names of drtllans are now being the early spring, I mentioned in this connecUon, repre- nre looked, upon as being sentatives of “Georgia." Coach Stgeman followed th* presentation with words of appre ciation for the work done by the players and requested that they realise that wherever they are they are looked upon as being rep resentatives of “Georgia." COACH WOODRUFF MAKES ADDRESS Coach George Woodruff was then introduced and “Kid'*hiade a short but very interesting talk. H* told the players that determina tion and spirit were the main things needed in playing the game and said that every man who re ported for practice next fall would get, he hoped, personal considera tion from the staff that is being , formed to coach. He predicted the same impregniibie line as of old and said in addition to Coach Stegeman, White and himself it was hoped to have two other able assistants. No intimation was giv en cut as to who they would bs, although It was noised around the lobby before dinner that if a tele announcement Mr. Woodruff said it waa a sac rifice on his part to come here but that Georgia had called and he could not refuse to answer. He thanked the board and the alumni for the confidence placed in him. Spring practice will be held ln April he announced and the fall training will get under way on September 10th. He will be here until Friday and will attend a meeting of the I tary club, of which be is a mem ber, today and will be the guest of the KHranb club Thursday. Captain Joe Bennett made a stir ring speech to th* boys.

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The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, January 31, 1923, Image 1