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i -V. - \ ATHENS COTTON MIDDLING .. 28 5-8c PREVIOUS CLOSE 28c WEATHER Continded Cold and cloudy READ OUR m a P 1 VOL. 90. No. 330 Associated Press Dispatches ATHENS, GA-, WEDNESDAY, MORNING FEBRUARY 7, 1923 Single Copies, 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday- 9 \ANTI’S Column Property Values Here; Madison Ships Hogs; Our Brass Bands (By T. LARRY GANTi) ^be othep day I met on the street Mr. Whitworth, who is now serv ing his second term as represen tative in the Legislature from Madison county. Mr. Whitworth golf his agricultural training un der the late Col. James M. Smith He owns a fine farm on the Dan- lelsvtlle road. He was in town to collect for hay he hail shipped to South Georgia and had more for sale. He received $23 per ton for peavlne hay f. o. b. at Hull. Mr. Whitworth says he finds a ready sale for hay and It is a paying crop. By sowing down your stub ble land In cow peas ycu not) only Improve the soil and largely in crease the crop yield, but hay pays better than nny crop a farmer can. grow with so little labor. Some farmers make as much as three and four tons of peavine hay to the acr& Mr. Whitworth bolls roo that ho pever knew small grain to look (better, and a large acreage has been planted in hi* county. When bravested the land will be put in cowpeas and cane* end thus two Crops are made in one year on the same fields. In ye olden time in stead of shipping hay, Madison, farmers imported dried grass by the train-ipad from the west. Mr. Whitworth sayi he will this year plant not exceeding five acres of cotton to tho plow nad put the rest! of his land In food crops. This will be the rule of most of his neighboring farmers. Last Star. Mr. Whitmorth did not us» poteen on his cotton and made about a bale to tho plow. But this year he say’s himself and all other farmers he has seen will use mi- son on every hill of cottbn they plant POLICE AGAIN MAKE WAR ON BRIGHT LIGHTS Will Place Traffic Cops In Strategic Places In Residential S e c t ijo n s. Police Board Decides. Chief of Police Beusse was giv en renewed and emphatic instruc tions Tuesday night by Chairman Beacham of the civil service com- ! mission to have his department rigidly enforce the ordinance against the burning of bright or glaring lights, on automobiles and j motor vehicles running on tho! streets of the ciyt. | The chairman’s instruction to . the chief followed the unanimous i decision by the commission that a . renewal of effort by the polico ' was necessary, following their re- ccpt activity against the practice of motorists using their bright lights, as the practice is again on the increase, and the chief was in structed to order the police to make cases against all motorists running with bright or glaring lights on their cars in the city af ter Thursday at nightfall. LIGHTS THAT ARE BANNED The commission’s order covers all head lights except the “dim mer lights” with which most cars are equipped, or lamps equipped with frosted globes ami corrugated lenses. There is no distinction in the commission’s meaning of a “bright light” or a “glaring light,” if it lie ono that would “blind” or confuse a pedestrian or M r." Whitworth "sa ya' farm- the driver of a car or vehicle pas- CLARKE A POETRY CENTER Poultry Association Will Help Clarke Farmers Put Pure Bred Chickens On Their Farms. At least two hundred settings of pure bred eggs have been con tracted for by the Clarke County Poultry Association, it was an nounced at its meeting Tuesday. The Association expects to have mum SfCOUISH 1928 Fruit Crop Still Safe Despite Cold* Weather According to Ag. Ex perts. SMALL GRAIN CROP IS IN SOME DANGER Horticulturists See More Danger In Warm Spell Following With Later' Drop. BOARD WILL NOT AMEND ABATTOIR LAW m Would Nullify Every- " thing Done Recently To ward Health Protection, .. It Is Declared. by j. d. Allen , . . .... Predictions of serious damage to one hundr d mem ers within the j Qca | f rorT1 the cold wave* - _ - next few weeks and its big objoc- now i in the s th are , arge . before the Health Board and urg- tivc is to make Clarke county self- , unwarranted, according to ex- cd that the ordinance be changed, ....... n. nr,nH»-t, - • giving them permission to sUugh- Attempt to amend the abattoir ordinance giving persons permis sion to slaughter animals for food at their homes, failed at the Board of Health meeting Tuesday, A delegation of men appeared ter their meats at home instead of ■ the abattoir. When it was pointed out that , such action would “nullify everm ore in Madison h»ve K<>ne to work in the di ' determined to do Oielr best to make a crop this year; They are very much interested in the im provements be ,tnnde on the Barberville hills. rection. This is not a new ruling or a new order to the police, but calls for more rigid enforcement of the ordinance following the campaign of “education” as to its require ments that the department has been attempting to carry eut as well as trying to enforce its pro visions, and both the commission . VALUE OF .. ATHENS .LAMP- *t . i . * . visions, ana coin me commission f with Cob WcSJ Holman, we passed and police feci that the motoring the Moss lumber plant, col. Hol- npril remarked to me that John Hampton once tried to sell hint all of that land, Seme 35 or 40 acros public have been forewarned suf ficiently to heed it, and as the practice has increased since- fewer arrests were made, the warning is qt HO per acre. IU is now cov. tfven that it will no longer be ered with manufacturing plants P°£“ y ’ ou use your car and residences and sells by the front foot. Mr. Holman says when he first came to Athens the square on Prince avenue and Hill str e et, now the High School, was known ns the "Burned Lot” and the owner tried to sell the entire square for *1,600, but could find no buyer. It was afterwards bought by the tounty as u site for the court house when the county Site was moved from Wtaklnsville to Athens. The Lilly land of loo acres, on Lumpr kin street and extending to the in tersection of Milledge avenue, was bought by a company for U00 per acre. The University Drive now >08868 through parti of this prop erty and it is one of our finest residence sections. Another tract of land on the outskirts of the city sold for 34,000 and afterwards hroughti $45,000. And In the next few years you are going to see just as great advances take place In Athens real estate. The future of our city was never brighter or more promising than today. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS The boys in attendance In our High School rave organized a brass band of tome sixteen instruments and are well trained. This band Is quite an addition to Athens. Tho military companies have made great advances in their drills, with the maneuvers of regular soldiers. Tiils school is a grand Institution and Is doing great work in n»t only educating youths of our city, but is making of them ac complished and splendid specimens ! of manhood. The same applies to - the girls who attend this schcol. ' Athens has now thrte of as fine brass bands as a«V city In the ■ state. Besides the High School . band the boys working in the Southern Manufacturing Company ; , and the Whitehall Mill have or- . ganlzed bands that are a credit to our city. Nothing so enlivens n place as. good music ftrrnlshe.I by well trained bands. Athens is • certainly forging to the front’. after nightfall'Thursday on the streets of Athens, be sure your “bright or glaring” lights are not burn ing. TRAFFIC POLICE ON OAK STREET The commission ordered the chief to assign a member of his traffic squad or some other of ficer to a station to be establish ed near the school on Oak Street during , the hours of 8 to 0 a. m., and 1 to 2 p. m., during tho week on school days only, for tho regu lation of traffic and protection of the school children there. This be comes effective at once. It was also ordered that a mem ber of the traffic squad or some other officer be stationed at the intersection of Prince -Avenue, Dougherty and Puldski street on Sundays during the hours from 10 to 12 a. m., effective Sunday, Feb ruary 11. ROUTINE MATTERS DISPOSED OF The commission passed on a number of departmental matters of regular routine nature, receiv ed reports from the heads of tho fire and police departments cov ering the months of January and adjourned. TO BE REM TO SIGN ALLIED TREATY Latest Report Is That-If He Can Discuss Eco nomic Clause, Pasha May Yield. LONDON — (By the Asso ciated Press) — France has notified Great Britain that the Ottoman delegation at Lau sanne naa agreed to sign all the peace term*. PARIS, (By the Associated Press)—Advices received at Paris from Lausanne stute that the Near East conference has not been term inated officially and that Ismet Pasha is ready to accept the Al lied treaty If Ihe Turkish dele gates are permitted to discuss the economic causes. Resumption of the conference In another month, after Ismet has re turned from. Angora ,J* also said l« have been suggested by the head of the Nationalist delegation, M. Bompard; the French represen tative declared: “It is not rupture. The confer ence Is interrupteu." In a conversation with Ismet Pasha before leaving Lausanne. M. Bompnrd is said to have learn ed that tho Turkish leaders stands ready to accept the capitulation clauses which proved one of the stumbling blocks at the Sunday session. TREATY MAY BE SIGNED AT ONCE. No Ruling Yet On Farrar Divorce LONDON — Ruetor's Lausanne correspondent was Informed early Tuesday afternoon thta M. Bom bard, head of tho French delega tion had Intimated that there was , postblllty of the Near East treaty ieing signed almost Immediately. INANCIAL CLAUSE OT AGREED UPON. ies to Rec-sir Robinson Reques. ■rr J.-RW YORK Supreme court WASHINGTON — Th® F- Justice Cohnlan w>s indisposed; foreign relations committee Tues- • Tuesday and could not rule on j day decided to .refer to 8Mretary « iietiler referee hearings in tho | Hughes the requ ™ t I ”“ d A '’ y divorce suit brought by Geraldine Senator Robinson, democrat. Ar e^rrar against her actor husband | kansas. author of a resolution for I'Tellegan should he open to 1 appointment of offlclal Arrterican Liitoblic. Therefore Tuesday's! representatives on the reparations LAUSANNE, (By the Associated as.)—Rlza Nur Bey of the urkish delegation to the Near St conference said Tuesday that irkey and the powers had reacti on accord on the Jurlsdicial pitulatlons but that there were, ill important financial matters which an agreement had not |een affected. The Turks announced that they ould leave for Angora at six clock Wednesday morning. They id that offers had been made to 'llminate from the treaty tho 'economic Clauses to which they had objected, leaving such ques tions to further negotiations. Rlza Nur said Turkey believed the objectionable clauses could be eliminated or revised. The indi cations arc that the Turks by fur ther procrastination, seek her con cessions from the Allies and that the ultimate fate of the Lausanne treaty rests not here but In the hands of the governments In Lon don, Paris and Rome. Arrest Made in Dipping Vat War .VALDOSTA, Ga. —Floyd Carter, oho of Mann Carter's sons. Is held under a Fdernl bond of *2,000 Tues day'for his appearance. In the! United States court here on charg] es of conspiracy and interference : in connection with tick predication < work in Echols couaty. He was L arrested -Monday night on 1 a r oral warrant sworn out Horn. sustaining insofar as poultry and Jo,! eggs ore concerned. f A few days ago the Association , p rac tj c ally n0 damage has been adopted a plan to furmsh boys , d ao fa / in thili im * ed j at( . see, and girls in the county with set- j . .. tat d lv con _ tinga of pure bred eggs with the Igidcrable^irop in the temperature i thing done in recent months to- undcrstanding that the money paidbelow the level yet reached could! ward giving Athenians better pro- for the eggs by the Association | have any gretft effect qn tho trees tection against impure , Meats would be refunded in the fali of; jn their present condition. suggestion was made that the tr.e year by the applicant. lathis; Strang £ as it may ap p ear> w h a t health officer inspect the carcasses ( way, it is hoped, next year .will the horticulturists at the college just as he does at the abattoir, find many hundreds of pure *>red !fcar . g # griat rigc in temperature! This would bo impractical, it was ‘mixtxSrn the c unty ' ] permitting the buds Uf round out j pointed out, because (.he health of- luniri B»in followed by another ,. severe coldjficor could not bo everywhere an V- .. . ., , ! spell such as the present wave, mal is slaughtered nor couU the I The Association decided T"es*; Th to, they say( might cntajl heavy city afford enough inspectors to day to lend tts co-operation to the, j t fruitgrowers, cutting the supervise slaughtering of all the j district fair association and aid in, cr considerably short. .animals in this territory. The everyway toward holding a district WJ j EAT MAY SUFFER , Board, therefore, declined to fair here in 1923. It was also de- By . ujjuSUAL COLD hr.imal is slaughtered nor could the iPided to join the American poul-1 g u ratn3 principally wheat,!amend the ordinance. take advant- may be damaged somewhat by the!DEFER i ? nf U unusual cold, though losses, if nny ACTION * lage cf the offer.^ of the Associa-i^ cxpecUd to be-slight. This I An ordinance was adopted re- ition and secure a setting of <ppre statt , mcn t should relieve theiquiring meat venders to so con- bred eggs under its P 1 ®" a™ ™" farmers of Clarke county, many | struct their wagons that the meat q^re*^v k LntaS P Mre whom havc expressed concern would not be impaired by peddling, through Secretary Benton. Mre.| ag ^ the cffect 0 f what is said to j Those, offering meats for sale.will rtnuic Jlac W^d Bryant, county. severest weather this sec-:also be required to.keep it in a demonstration agent, will. • , «— RPV er n l cool nlace. .0 experienced severe. Icool^ac,^ DOING FULL T!MF^'** tl ”**^ n ^"*^ ,nPre * id * dat ™ * h F n r *TLeader of Great -Thysson y ‘ j Industries Says Occupa- Deputy Marshall Stevens who 4.j on Q f R u hr Valiev to rved the warrant stateil that he \ , ' _ \ . 1 •> Accomplish Nothing. served the warrant stated that ho was unable to And Mann and Floyd, father and am against whom earlier warrants were Issu ed. LONDON—A ’report that the French have advanced 25 miles he- Warrants were issued against! yond tho frontier, occupying God- tho three Carters for an alleged . dtlonu. In Hesse, reached London assault In January on Uepier Counts an Inspector, In the tick eradication service. today In an Essen despatch to the Times. The correspondent adds that the Germans momentarily ex pect tho occupation of Mannehlom. 65,000 WORKERS ARE NOT AFEECTED. ION OF Harry Hodgson, who. headed the Georgia Ajumnl drive two years ago for n million dollars for the University and who is chairman of the budding committee for the Alumni organization, stated before the meeting of the County Com missioners Tuesday morning that it was expected that the award of the contract for tho completion of the Alumni Memorial Hall would be awarded on February 24th. Mr. Hodgson declared that al though the University, under the supervision of Prof. Griggs, would undertake to supervise and build the John Milledge. dormitory the contract for the Memorial Hall would be let out on bids. BFHsrinii HI CM HE farmers and fruit growers may tion at. the abattoir in January i YelKve themsBlves of nnjtiety' <S'tt»,tan ! rej* l ete<.- (the -repot* shoe damage from the unusual.cold. *that 349.animals were given post* mortem inspection and 345 passed; IN APARTMENT ATLANTA — A drop of only a few degrees below freezing was dieted for Goorgia for Tuesday by C. F. Von Jlcrrman, weather fore caster here. A temperature of 28 degrees was expected. Tho severe weather expected to y. wjoHITA. Kans. — With three HAiMBORN. Germany — (By the j bring sleety and ® n ®w__to, Atlanta (un (()entlfied ’ bodies recovered, fire Associated Press) the college that budding of the,read, but action was deferred tm- trccs has not advanced sufficient-! til another meeting. ’ ■ iy to injure them seriously as yet. Report of Chief Health Officer With weather prophecies indicat- Hodgeqn showed that 362 animals ing gradually rising temperatures, [were 'given ^ante-mortem inspec- — Sixty-six I was warded off apparently by a ' mnn at dayhreak Tuesday resumed " their search of the ruins of the Getto npertinent building here, which was destroyed by lire early Monday morning. Eight persons were rescued most of them suffer WILL BE MOST IMPOSING Mr. Hodgson further stated that this building would be one ot the handsomest and most imposing in the fcity would, when completed, cost *200,000 and would . be the center of social activities on the campus, meaning that the dormi tories would be' grouped around it nnd with the University proper on the north and the Agricultural College on the south would be tha axis between the two. The building will profit by the first funds collected front the memorial fund and it is hoped to have it completed and ready for dedication by November 11th, Armistice Day, this year. Work will begin on the strtic- ture soon after the contract is awarded,, it was stated. POTATO GROWER8 POSTPONE MEETING thousand workmen employed • in storm to the Sooth, Mr. Von Herr tho various Thysson plants ntjman thinks. Such a Hamhorn. Muelheim. Dulsberg and er soutoorn rfHaa are exporienc DlnsIakVh are working full time— Ing , m !? ht tuiiV. the three elfcht hour shifts a day—,the farmers bjT killing th and itaue not been affected either !>>'> . w, ' uvi £. !n ‘5?l^ h „„ c I n «Avs L theVallroad strike or lack of [nuartors. The weather mBn says, hy the railroad strike or men oi | ()u( (ho progent temperature can- Locomotlves are busy shunting jdeal a: death Mow cars in the immesze railroad yard c0 ^ lnll ^ S , pe n ^f cold, weather of the plants. They would be tho grostest hope for the around seven pitheads , ani1 | fnrm e r under boll weevil condl- thus. provided eapb day with suffl- Lions, since the whiter generally dent coal to supply the entirely been vc mlld m , far works with motive power. j. The ( . 0 ld wave which has blasted "The French occupation lias not [the north nnd practically all of yet Interfered with us” Is the ,| 1(1 southern states extending Its Opinion expressed at the Thysson j ma „tle of snow, sleet and Ice far plants. “As a matter of fact has helped us. Wo were having a lot of trouble with the Com munist element among our work- ? rs, but the French occupation and ho arrest of Frit* Thyssen lined them up solid behind us.” .Many Industries In the Ruhr are In a similar situation, mining their coal within a few hundred yards of tho works. The railroad men have remained faithful to their jobs and the plants are well stock ed with row material. WILL GET NOTHING FROM OCCUPATION The French may he able to occupy the Ruhr militarily hut they will never get anything worth while out of it” said one of tho Thyssen ’ directors. “Ouf work men are satised. We raised their salaries ninety per cent on.Febru ary 1, and they now draw 1,250 marks an hour, or 10.000 marks 'for an eight hour day. We shall raise their wages again should the cost of living Increase. "We are doing everything we can to provide food as cheaply as possible. DEBT MESSAGE TO A Ing from dangerous hnrng. Chief Al Brnwnwnll said .4s work WASHINGTON —President Hard ing decided Tuesday tf> postiujnt until Wednesday at least, his mes sage tv Congress asking for modifi cation <|f the debt funding law to permit-final approval of tile fund ing settlement recently negotiated Fire j with Great Britain. It was said at the White House was resumed, <hat he did pot he-1 that no definite time had been Hove that more than four ot posstb I fixed for transmission of the lv five persons had been killed, j president’s rccommendatU nH which Officials Monday nlght'sald that | grnernlly had been expected to gu 27 persons were missing but a re- j forward 'Til esdny It wits indlcat- eheck Tuesday showed most of, however flint the message would these accounted for. . • ;,be sent to the Capital as s°on na Into the southeast nnd the Atlan tic seaboard, is believed to have spent Its force nnd milder weather ‘ is promised in the worst affected areas. The building, a four-story struc tore, was completely demolished. The upper three floors were occu pled as apartments, and the low er houses retail stores) 14,000 HEAD OF CATTLE FREEZE TO DEATH. DALLAS. Tex.—Cold weather that sW3pt Texas fog the past three dav» had tost Considerable intensity Tuesday, reports tndlcat- Forbes Named a Y.M.C.A. Delegate •further conferences with leaders In the senate n iM house hnd.es.- tabllshed what form of amendment of the law would ho least likely to meet with serlnns opposition. Travelers Will Initiate Class MACON. Ga. — The annual re ligious program known ns the re ; j hei“si^"*CommeTctal treat which follows the annual; WT commercial The Classic City Council tium- Travelers. vi v - v„™ night. The new mem hero taken in ?r" Pd 2tr £° nd rj * >lll number 25 and following,the , ed. nslty Tuesday, reports mdicai- cnmo tQ a c , oge Tuesday after- j ovster gunner wll, be although early glances at the nonn , IJnmattonM oyrter sapper win M thermometer showed the state still more or less near the freezing point. In Jefferson county, near the prulf. between 10,000 and 14»000 head of cattle were estimated by n number of ranchers to have froz en to death. The panhandle end the cotton country accepted the weather change nawruinely. The boll weev il was caucht unawares, cotton growers agreed. Only slight dam age to early fruits nod vegetables wns reported. FREEZE FAILS TO REACH FLORIDA. D °Seven delegates .were elected 68 he,d —I. »i._ in mo a. r. nan. . ■ The local council is one of the livest In the south and has a mem -. hershlp of over 200 traveling men and salesmen who make Athens represent Georgia at the constitu tional convention to he held in October at Cleveland, Ohio. They wore: Hr. Rufus W. Weaver, Ma con; J. M. Hall, Augusta; C. L. Bass, Fairburn; Thomas Jeffer- thelr headquarters. All members of the council and T n onm»n W - T TWtoiE* invited to attend the ?orbe Q s Athei? a”d George S.' Saturday night function. Jones and O. Maple, Macon, alternates. There arc now eighty J TAMPA. FIs.,—Freezing temper- Memel Situation Is Said Adjusted Due to the inability of president Tuck to be present the meeting of the Potato Association was post poned Tuesday morning until the same time and date next week carloads Df foodstuff from the In- atures predicted for North and tcrior of Germany at tho Obor-1 Central sections ot the state failed lkiusca yards. The shipment has ] to arrive Tuesday morning. Tre been delayed on account of the temperature did not go below 65 strike but we are bringing It here 1 last night nnd stood at seventy In i.orrles to distribute among the workmen at cost. “Our workers have received pledges of food from Holland and America which will be forthcom ing should a famine occur.” •luring the early part of the day. rioudy skies with an occasional ! '. rrlte LONDON — Provisional com promise has been reached between the I.lthunlaa government and the entente minister at Kovno for tho regulation of che situation In Memel pending derision of that shower was expected to continue Tuesday with little change In tem. perature according to the weather bureau officials. cry’s future either hy tno nm- dor’ bassador’s conference or by tho league of nations, says the diplo matic correspondent of the tr-lc- 'niesday. . graph Extension of Rail * Line Is Allowed WASHINGTON—In the final ac tion Tuesday on the application df tho Tennessee, Alabama, and Geor gia railroad for permlslon to con- istruct a 36 mile extension of Its filne from Gadsden, Ala., to Oden- Villa’, Ala., tho Interstate commerce Commission reversed recommanda- tions made by examiner* who con ducted a preliminary inquiry and gave the corporation the desired authority to proceed Immediately with the construction. m m mmmmm «#■>