The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, February 13, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextJhSbi ditttintifiiHiil ATHENS COTTON ; MIDDLING •• - - - - 28 MC i'kKVIOIS CLOSE Me WEATHER Cloudy With Rain. TodayI ~”fi Subscribara of w 1ER-HERALD •1.000 Accident Policy Free. =3= Daily and Sunday—10 Centa a Week. Eitahllahed 1812. Daily and Sunday—10 Centa a Weak. Ol.. 91. No. 2 F?I1 Associated Preea Leaned Wire Service. ATHENS, GA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1923. MOVE FOR GREATER NORMAL SCHOOL MAY BEGIN SOON Single Copies 3 Cento Dally. 5 Centa Sunday. J.fl — 1 . Exercises Celebrating Ga. Pay May Be First Step in Program to Expand Institution. BRILLIANT 3ANQUET MONDAY NIGHT Excerpts From Dr. Sell’s History Used. Past, Pres ent, and Future of School Shown. Movement f°r a Greater Normal ,| is certain no result from the •tirorcla l»y" exerClaea held there M.nJ.'v niuht when the aenlor cl,.s lellKhtod toe targe student faculty and guests with a Ii.l program depleting the h »f the tamoua institution its inception thirty odd years r-rc.nnlng at « o'clock with a ban<iuc t served iroder direction of IT,,f A. Ithodea the program con- llnunl urail well after ten o'clock • uh' iit a single tiresome moment to mar the pleasure of the eve- Stmlenls who look port In the l-rncram entered Into it With en thusiasm. It has been the custom to give a pageant at the “Qeor- j. Day" exercises but last night the Itittlory of the Normal, peat, present and future, waa pictured In song and word, tho prophecy of the • Normal of Tomorrow' by Mias srlma shadbum of Buford, firing th* guyats, student bady anti fa culty with new determination to g,-t needed funds f° r the ins'jitu- TOOK PRETTY NUN FROM con In Address At Normal School Banquet, He Flays “Pin-Headed, Pig- my-Minded.” know the reason why. "The deml-tod is more destruc tive than the boll waevll. lege stop fighting the bolt weevil and make war on the pin-headed, pigmy-mind* ed popinjay politicians who are keeping back our state." Thus spoke Co. T. 8. Mell. who, alona with other Athenians, pledg ed their whole-hearted support to the 8tate Normal School and ita expansion program at the "Georgia Day" exercises last night "The elate canfiot afford to lose dhe services of the hundreds of young women turned away here every year from lack of acooma- dation facilities. The tin.o haa {come when we muat demand for our Institutions what they need and If we don't get it. put men In the legislature who will do what's right." Col Mell continued. Referring to Miaa Shad burn's dream of Ihe "N-trmal of Tomor row," Col Mell declared why not put a foundation under it and make It a viiloix Sister Cecilia, Music In structor At Notre Dame, Escapes After She Was Kidnaped. $5,000 Gift For Ga. Law School SUFFERING FROM ROUGH TREATMENT Taxi Driver Is Held As Investigation of Horrible Crime Proceeds. She Is Pretty and 31. HOLDEN PROMI8E8 HIS SUPPORT. interspersed WITH HISTORY. The program of ihe evening waa inters i H'rged with excerpts from the history of the Normal School trine written by Dr. E. S. 8eU. member of the faculty. A letter from Col. Lawton B. Evans' of Augusta, read by Mias I/mnle Knleht of Shell man. pictured the f»rt> history, of the Narmol, even tiefr ro Its "adoption'’ by the State, since when It has been floated al most like a hed-headed step child. Col. Kvans. the flrat president, save nrf Interesting account of the early struggle of what later be- eami- the nursery of Georgia edu- ta i-n." as Mayor Thomas called it lost night. Tha Colonel gave a picture of blmselt young. Inex perienced and a "severe discipli narian." who Issued an order re- iiDing any student permission to leave the campus Without special srant from the president, not- wi.hatandlng the tact that many "I promised to help the Normal School", declared Frank Holden, representative-elect. "1 am going to do It If I can. You young wo men can get what) The Norma) nfeeds If you put the right men in the legislature, setter still, go yourseU!" "I am never too tored to spehk ter the Normal School”, said Mias Mildred Rutherford who confessed her talk last night was the fifth of the day' in so many meetings. “f stole away from home to FREDERICK. Md. — (By the Associated Press) — Policemen In this city and Baltimore wero searching Tuesday for d mysteri ous man and woman who are be lieved to have kidnapped Sister Cecilia, a music teacher at the Notre Dame academy here Monday afternoon and took her to Balti more where she escaped from a bouse there, after being held cap tive for several hours and return ed to the InaUtnUen In a dated condition. , Stewart Cathart, a taxi driver of Baltimore who brought Sister Cecilia to Frederick in his machine Monday night was locked np In the jail at the request of Father Kane. While not believing Cath art to be Implicated la tho kid napping the priest stated that Cathart gave evasive answers to many of bla questions. According to Slater Cecilia's story aa recited to Father William J. Kane, overseer of Notre Dame convent she was struck over the head with a blunt Instrument by the man, and drugged. She fa still in bed suffering from fright as a result of her adventure. She was able to give Father Kane bat a meager discretion of the strangers and could not name the house to which she was taken In Baltimore. IK MS TO II 1 The prudential committee of the University at a meeting Tuesday accepted a gift of 35,000 as a scholarship fund for the Lumpkin Law School. The donation was made by ' Mrs.' Nettie E. Phillips, widow of Benjamin Z. Phillips, graduate of the University and former law partment in the firm AtlanU? n, T he* n scholarship Pt \a liP in Stresses Re ; memory of Mr. Phillips. The in come is to ue loaned to law stu dents selected by the law faculty. The original fund is to be kept in tact and the beneficiaries are to repay principal and interest on the amount loaned. The money donated b at present invested in the stock of the Ful ton Bag and Cotton Company and pays seven per cent interest which gives a scholarship of 3350 an nually. TURK ATTITUDE TO ALLIES jS BETTER GERMAN TOWN FINED HEAVILY FOR CLASH THERE YESTERDAY; FEELING IN Rim IS WORSE lations With France and Seizures to Make Gerv many Pay. THIS PARLIAMENT VERY IMPORTANT Many Exacting Tasks on State and Labor Element Are to Be Dealt With At This Time. Pasha, on Return, Is Ex pected to Clarify Cloud ed Atmosphere. New Ne gotiations. »y the Associated Proas-)—Ismet Pasha's report of the Lausanne confer ence is expected to clarify the po litical atmosphere here especially the Dave." “i always enjoy coming hero. It pula such a good feeling in mo." "The Normal School ii the our. scry of Georgia education." de clared Mayor Thomas, who enjoy ed himself to the fullest at tha dinner seated betwen two beautiful young "Nomaittae." "I am traitor tonight," said Miss Mildred Mell. preeldent of Luck Cobb. "1 have forgotten my girl- juat this once and am tor The Normal alone tonight 1 ROOM SHOWED SIGNS OF STRUGGLE Father Kane said that the room at the convent from which the nun had been taken showed signs of «r fierce itrusgla. The eister'i girdle Rosary lay broken on the floor, furniture wag’misplaced, a -Ml believed to contain chloroform was found, together with a doth believed to hare'wen saturated (Turn to Page Seven) others who expressed their I ,h, teach- Pleasure at being at the Georgia I the students then wtrs leacn- n ~ - “ «■** rffs&ttsrsz Lunar Rucktr. president Woman's Club, Dr. J. B. 8thwart. :Dean C. M. Bnelllrur, Dr. T. J. Woofter. Mrs. James White, Sr, H. J. Rowe. Frank A. Lipscomb. much M fitly years exiN-rlenqe. The -Normal of Today" wee pic- to.a I by Miss Helen McAuler of Kt> nolds, Ga. She told of a great irst nation of 70S students, forced to turn away aa many students Vich year aa it register*, without facilities to train tha Urge number of young women clamoring for en trance and using every inch of •puce without enough spare room, over* to store waste paper await- tin.’ carting away by the Salvation Army. Respite al' these handicaps -tie school has aeqt out 11,191 trained teacher* emce- establish- tnrnt. MISS DANIEL GIVES WELCOME. Miss N -rene Dan(e| of Franklin, <;.i or. sided over the exercise*, delivering the welcome address. Thr.ao taking part in the program •inch was directed by Mia* Caro line \'.mce, Mila Either Benson (Turn to Page Seven) HQLLOMI FLAYS TIMELY TIPS TO ATHENS MERCHANTS LESSONS OF A LIFE "hit John Wanamaker Taught •Ire World About Success- fut Merchandising. Ttic late John Wanamaker «■<< one of the great merchants the world—a notable winner , »'public friendship. - - — The modem era of merehan- mring began with him. So ■ in-ilv entrenched today is .the .' r - • price to all” policy that it 1 hard for us to realise that "hm John Wanamaker made it. tho basis of his business it was ttru-ted w jth cries of "Impoeef- ' et so sound was the idea that ■ spread steadily from the t'ana maker store-till it coverdd h'- continent. Hot this idea and others of the r> mn maker policies couldn’t won their way within n " n!e man's lifetime were it for the still greater idea of ‘i-'ttising. John Wanamaker • the public into his confi- '' about the one-price-plan, ■t-- took it into his confidence “""•J all the facto of hie store | n,i goods. Late in his won- '" ; |-.I career he declared that Political C orrespondent and Tax Expert Also Scores Tax System in This State. Mil OH!! MIHKlLiVE Mine Blast in Dawson, N. M., Resulted in Death to 120 It Has Been Defi nitely Shown. By M. S. COOK A stirring denunciation of the present policy of isolation.aa sup ported by the present administra tion and an attack upon the pres ent system of State taxation were the outstanding feature* of an ad dress delivered by Jama* A. Hollo- mon, Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution before an audleno* composed of student body and faculty of the University of Georgia and the public In the chapel Tuesday -morning. -v The United States, often Inter fering in European affairs nan throwing her force*. Into the-Euro DAWSON. N. M.—But two of th* m mintr* who were In Dearson mine No. 1 whan a terrific explo sion occurred there Thursday af ternoon survived. Thli was defi nitely established Monday night, when th* Phelpe-Dodge corporation owners of the mine, announced It had been completely explored end all possibility of any of the en tombed men etltt being alive bad vanished. 80m* of the mlsalng bodies are believed to be under the wreckage In die mine and excavation haa been stand to recover them. Th* work of recovering all of th* tour teen may take aevatal weeka, com pany officials declared. Th* cause of the blast still la a mystery, according to P. O. Beck otL-General Manager of the com pany- When mining in number on* (a resumed Is uncertain but com pany officials estimate the time from three to six months. aa regards the Smyrna situation. The Turkish foreign minister, whose return from Switzerland has been delayed by the weather, will explain, it is believed that the peace negotiations made at Lau sanne has been postponed rather than abandoned and that adjust' ments are possible. -Mustapha Kcmal Pasha and some of the ministers of the An- S bra government have gone to myrna for the meeting of an economic congress. Turkeys attitude toward the allies, both at Smyrna and else where appear to have changed for the better and the'Ottoman gov ernment at the “closed port" is re ported as more conciliatory to ward the naval commanders. PREPARETOCHOOSE JURY TO M KM. LONDON.—(By the Associated Press.)—The Ruhr question was stressed by King George today in his address from th: throne, open ing the second session of the fourth parliament of his reign. He declared that although the Brit ish government was unable to concur or participate in the Ruhr operation, it was acting in such a way as not to add to the difficul- tm of Great Britain's allies. The king disposed of the Amer ican debt question in one sentence, saying he welcomed the settle ment “which reflects the determi nation of onr people to meet their obligations." The remainder of the speech was devoted largely to an expres sion of the hope tnat the Turkish Lodge Assures Harding Senate Will Soon 0. K. Debt Settlement WASHINGTON.—Definite assurance that- the debt funding bill will be |*sied with a minimum of delay waa given to President Harding Tuesday by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the republi can leader, and-Senator Watson, republican, Indiana. Mr. Lodge waa bf the opinion, he said, after the conference that the opposi tion to the debt funding measure would be unimportant and that it would soon be out of the way whereupon every effort would be made to enact the shipping legislation. IN SYRACUSE FIRE Father Loses Life As He Misses Net in a Six Floor Jump. $1,500,000 Damage. uraim cm m snn SYRACUSE, N. Y. — One known dead, two probably lost in th* (lames, a score Injured, and |1 600,000 In property loss stood the question might yet be settled. The sovereign also touened upon do mestic problems, particularly un employment ’IMPORTANT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT The session of parliament which opened today promises to be of exceptional importance and inter- is generally conceded (Turn to Page Seven) that m wins .URDU! toll Tuesday as Syracuse checked Sensation Sprung Late Preliminary Step in Choosing Grand Jury For Trial of Accused in Bastrop, La. BASTROP, La. — Preliminary steps toward selection or the a rant Jury which will be asked to loves- ligate alleged operations of the Ku Klux Klan of Morehouse Par iah was scheduled for Tuesday here. The jury commlslon will se lect the names of zo cttlaenv of the Parish and these wflf be place d In a box r.nd given to district udiio Fre-l M. Odom, on March S, when the term of the present era rid jury expire*. Judge Odom will select from the to names one to be foreman of the Jury and from the box will be drawn the names ot 11 men to com plete organisation of the body. Attorney General Coco is ex pected to appear berore the Jury Immediately after March Monday Afternoon When Husband Attacks Will of Wife. up the coat of the Are which Mon day night destroyed the six-story Beatable block, the Belvedere ho tel and damaged several other buildings. The dead man was John Shea. The mlsalng men are Otto Schewenn and Edward P. Lull. The latter two were known to have been In the building short ly before the tint alarm was sounded. Shea, , father of two (null child ren was trapped on the sixth floor. He jumped tor the life net and mimed. Some othen who jumped were injured bat are expected to recover. Several firemen were hurt Ip their efforts to rescue th* occupants of th* building. On* made repeated trips In the eleva tor through th* smoke filled shaft, bringing many to safety. HI* last trip up he found himself penned Total of $760 Raised By Clarke Citizens to Honor Illustrious Son of Ath ens. Two hundred add fifty dollars more It necessary to complete Clarke county* quota for the plac tog of the statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long, Illustrious Athenian, in the Hall of Fame. iMrs. Julius Talmadge, chairman for Clarke county, makea the fol lowing report: Previously acknowleged 3670.10. New eubscriptlont: Mrs. R. P. White IS; C. E. Martin $1; Miss Lucy Linton (10; Mist Annie-Lin ton tlO; Palmer’s 10; E. I. Rmitb II; Jos. W, Morton $1; E. H. Dor sey $1; T. L. Elder 60c; Athens 8boe Co. fl; Davison-Nicholson Co. |5; Head-McMahan )1; George Thornton 11; W. O. Payne $1; I. L. Dunaway 11; Bernstein Bros. $1; H. a West $1; H. C. Park $1; L. H. Tucker 50c; EiR. Hudson $1; O A. and T. H. Dozier 35; 8. W. Wilkins $ .50; Pope Holliday 31; Jl L. Pendley »1; W. L. Erwin 36) C. C. Ashworth fl; W. K. Meadow It; H. M. and F. A. Holden It; Georgia National Bank 38; Julian rv— s»H».(afc3te Several. Arrests Made in Connection With Trou ble in Whidh 1 Died, 2 Were Hurt . FRENCH SEIZE 2 RHINE PORTS; German Soldier Slain After He Had Held Up Car Carrying French, Also Wounded. on the top floor by flames. HejoMtchius 31.. making a total of leaped from tha sixth story wia-||nojo. dow Into the Ufe net. hfM by Ms Contributions may ha cent to companions. Ha Is in the hospital I Mrs. Talmadge or to th* Bonner badly Injured. [Herald. DUSSELDORF — (By the dated. Press) — Th* town of Gel senkirchen hns haw fined 100,000,-: ~ marks to be paid Wedneaday In consequence of the trouble then Monday between German police and French gendarmes. The Borgemaatar, tha chief of poitoe, and the policemen believed to be guilty of Involvement In tha affair hara been arrested. A German pdtteaaua waa kip*6 end two French gendarmes were wounded in Mondays affair at Gelsetchtrken at the Rohr, oars th* French official version of the Incident obtained Tuesday. The foreign office in giving ont the details says the Gendarmes warn on the way to the Mayor’s office In Gelsescblrken with a let ter when their car was stopped by. a 'German policemen who threaten ed them with n revolver. The Gen darnife fired on the policeman who fell.. Thereupon six policemen from a nearby poet hurried np and fired op the Gfadarmee. wounding one la the arm and the other in the liver. ALLIES CONTROL’ TWO RHINE PORTS ' A. sensation was eprung at tha hearing of the Bernstein will cose | here late Monday afternoon when ^ Sells Bernstein, well known Ath ens banker and husband of the late Mrs. Hannah Bernstein, de clared the paper known as her will was a forgery. The trial wl)l not end probably before late Tuesday afternoon. All testimony waa completed by noon today and evidence tamed In to the court Argument of attorneys was expected to begin this after noon at 3 o'clock. ciMmno BMW ADJOURN AGAIN Dr. M. Wlneberg. Ram Elaeman, Mr*. M. Rosenberg and Mrs. Wine berg were placed on tbe'etond this morning. These witnesses were questioned by attorney Howell Er win, one of the lawyers for tha caveator and Judge T. F. Greene, 'and \ representing the defendants. Enthusiastic. Luncheon At Georgian Where Ameri can Gitv Bureau Ex perts Talk. Athens rallied to tha sup| .pori i COED WAVE HERDED TOWARD THE SOUTH The occupation of the towns of Emmerich and Wise!, set for Tnes day ’gives (he Alllea control of two Rhine ports. Both pieces ore locat *4 on the .right bapk of the -Rhine, north of tMs.dty. Emmerich has a.customs house as well.as Iron casting plants and .allahops. According to German sourcee, Monday collision between French soldiers and -German police at Gelsenkirchen has aggravated tho feeling between the French and tho civilian- population. Reports that French officers are nelng their rid j log whip* apod German functlon- : arias aa a means of enforcing or ders. add fuel to the smonlderinf flames of dlOontent. Rocky Mountain Region Is Gripped in Blast With Temperature Far Below Zero. Mass Meeting on Posted Threats CHICAGO — While the lake re ft* Clumber of Commerce al on Igion, th* great central volleys, the enthusiastic luncheon-meeting -In the Georgian Hotel today at napn. More then fifty cltifens, men Shd woolen, gathered at tha luncheon and heard addreaae* by members of the American City Bureau here to conduct the’“civic revival" of Order That Rad Stock Be Repaired NEW ORLEANS—Am order jraed by Federal Judge Rufus E. feat of German r end as a result the da- i Foster Monday, requiring J- L. Lan- tor four year*, hoe wUhdtowd her < ceirara of She Texas end. Pacific of in as tat* ...ted 4 FLAY* POLICY OF GOVERNMENT of peace, iij/C 'J /Jp ;i “Indifference and .the lack of umns. hearty co-operation end co-ordi nation on the pert of the United States in European affairs has, cost America heavily both to’®?®* mercial looses and 'In prestige abroad,” he said. The present system of taxation now belngcantal oat to Oconto is both Inadequate sad uncertain. And should be reconstructed — V ^rntog°M* b, **n»rks to things „» local Interest he Mid “Every paper advertising was the >|fioot of- Athene RfWtoU} 2E2J ■sscntial for eoauaerciaf. 'fifi'la beet, beat of th* nation.” the University of Oeor- (Tum to Pag* Sevan) "-peritjr. ,l >* worthy of not* that :i < Lcally all of hi* advertise “ at done in newspaper col- proper Impaction and repair of each locomotive la thalr posses place before It evidence developed, ... - . . „ <t the open hew mg here last similar to thht made by J. H. Hu month. Into floggings, deportations )b*rt, and Mrs. Laerene Bray, both and the kidnapping and slaying of j *® r * * n >Pl°r®* of the Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard. * Mr. Benutoln’a declaration was j the Chamber directed by It* direct ■*“ or*, a; d president Hub W. White. M HSU BE Celebrated Inventor and Noted American to Come South Soon and Athens to Invite Him. Hudson Maxim, celebrated Inven tor and noted American, may be Invited'to visit Athens a< an early date. He is to be in the South within the next few weeks end a movement was started at the meet- ,erved «?-7!;T,h\“„7^r.rs.. tie receivers Tutsday. The order from the Federal court Association of the Army of the followed a month's Investigation I? Into the condition of locomotive j M .i and de- -sss s«“wr “jk ! ^ The matter will be taken People's Bank, of which Mr. Bern stein was president and declared the signature on checks given by Mrs. Bernstein were so unlike that on the will they believed the lat ter was not here. Both iMr. Hubert and Mfs. Bray said they had seen so many of Mn. Bernstein’* checks they were convinced the clcnnUre on the will was not genuine though nttor neys tor the defense maintain’d it was made while the late Mrs Bernstein was III. CA8E LONG DRAWN OUT The hearing before Ordinary R- C. Orr, consumed all of Monday, adjourning at t o'clock until this morning. Three witnesses were Introduced Monday afternoon. Dr. M. Wlneberg waa the first witness Monday morning. He waa with Mrs. Bernstein throughout her III* in Baltimore and Boston where she Is sold to have signed the will to qnesttoo. The estate to question Is worth approximately $100,000. part of evMnnrTwaa nrrsanted to the court' w,th the RoUr >' »nd Klwanls clubs which goes to Mrs. M. Rosenberg hv cHorasnertil astlrtaM I » n<1 oU >* r c,vU: organizations here, of Atlanta, mother of A. Hyman. S «"d it the InviUUon I. extended paper box manufacturer of that - j.,., rtf tha kinit hmuvht ! the clt> as * whole. This noted American has long the first case of the kind brought, under the locomotive Inapeqfton ; act of February 17 1*11. ant ®* ; ^ * . .— .k, rtm. i no* *o much of a militaristic n*- fa renrd . | ture but for our defense, on the to*Z55*a^ta P"* of th * United State* and baa proper In.pecHo^oT locomotive*. ^ wr) , Mn m numb#r , f bookn on lhr ISSUES CHALLENGE \ ^^Tw^ tafora w"b^ LONDON. .(By to* AaeocUted embroiled, being weU known. Paeea)Gg*et,,Pritajn..Aa* cabled a peto InAH EqreWta c*m- Colonel Rather of the. program S MM ol, toe Asaectattas was eMhoatarato ghtwn tog last* ) gad-win ..taka -the he*or*i the-itw* otahs Ws Sees ley and Thursday. Mr. Bernitein. husband of the. teatmtor, waa left a life estate of }!0.000. one of his daughters. 15.00* and‘the remainder to sis ters. brothers and other relative* of Mrs. Bernstein. Mr. Bernstein declared Monday he knew nothing of the will which Mrs. Bernstein Is supimsed to hive made on her sick bed In Boston. Mast., until after her funeral to Athens. It was shown him 'ey Seat • Etoeoag. brother. i at Mi*. Bernstein, said Mr.: Bernstein. The Utter aatg. he . would not redd. It then but ne It “The' modem Chamber of Good Cltisenablp Is not a church, politi cal organization or a social dab.” dectared James E. Coed, educa tional director for the American City Bureau to defining the Cham ber of Commerce’. “It U not an organization to advance the sel fish Interest of any group of citi zens In the community—whether that group he capitalistic or Ubor, retail or professional, political or church.” , "The Chamber of Commerce doze nut and cannot catar to any group or any clou, but muat serve all. It muat combine tho dvlc with the commercial Interest It most be en organisation whoso activities ihsll offer pqtul ser vice to all end special pririlogss to none. It Is a community-wide, non-sectarian, non-poUtical and fairly democratic. The Clumber of Commerce la built os the foundation of unsel fish service to the community. II has no religions, political or so cial teats for membership. It is the Insurance policy for Athene. The questions before yon now ore —do you want a finer Athensf Will you contribute your share of unselfish service to that end? Is there any on* thing that yon believe onght to bo done for too benefit of Athena? If so. tha mem bership of the Clumber of Com merce 6M strong, with a allgt purpose to mind, will do for Atb ena what Athena cannot do f» herself. The modern Chamber of Commerce seeks to eliminate tho destructive knocker sad transform him Into a constructive clttten." ..iBsside* Mr. Coad, Daniei4icm*> land. lYeetdknFTikWdtakFtylfiknl’) hevfof Atkaju -wcWsdte' *0U to behalf of tool*- ™™ ai of toe chamber. plain* states, and the west Golf states Tuesday still enjoyed marked rise in temperature that cam# aa an odvanoa to almost general precipitation. Hu north am rocky mountain region was In th* grip of a cold wave that regts tored from 4 to IS degrees below gero to Wyoming and Montana. On th* heels of this report came a forecast of another cold wave costing from the Canadian North west and moving southward. A cold wave of marked Intensity was forecast for eastern Colorado and Northwestern Now Mexico. Tho weather bureau reports In dicate that Wednesday night ranch colder weather would overspread tha lower lakeTeglon and the Ohio end lower iMlsslaslppl valleys. Havre and Helena Mont, war* two cold spots In tha country lost night the former reporting IS be low sere os 7 P. M. and the latter It below at the some hour. Snow and much colder weather Is pre dicted tor all states in th* reeky mountain region except Montana (Or today. nw -i. (Special to Bannsr-Hera/d) LEXINGTON, Oa.—A mast meet ing was bald here last weak to dls- - cut* the situation that arose in th* county ever.ooMce* toot have been posted ordering eU the ne gro** to leave by March 1st Sev ere) hundred members of both races were in attendance. "speeches were mods by Judge jCIbad, Hamp McWhorter and oth er leading white Citizen* who ate' cured toe negroes that toeso no tices did not! emanate from tho white people of toe county antt that toe colored race would b* protect ed from any attempt to force them to (leave. Rev. Henry Smith, colored preacher of Crawford, olio spoke end mad* a splendid epeoch. It it believed here, following too meeting, tool no farther fears will ha felt by toe negroes over any elmllar notices and toot th* exodus will be stopped. 4 YEAR OLD PREACHER GREENVILLE. Tex.Mayo Cleve land. eight years old, so far os Is known hare, is tha world's' young* e»1 licensed preacher. Mayo (hi ll rerod bis first sermon to a large congregation at the Kingston brd* tlzt church Sunday. Baptized about ,1 weeks ago, he expressed toe desire to become a duly or. dalned minister. His request ajis granted- , ijfllSi) Likes Consolidated Paper , Athens, Ga., Feii. 12,1928. •1m Athens Pun. Co., ,* / L • City. Yotjofi I'.’-e-ivi ., J I”-: Milfi i - - , r .;j Gentlemen: , ; . I have just' finished looking at the afternoon edition of your paper, and want to congratulate you on this issue. - v \ The front page looks like a city paper, the whole paper is attra&ive, and is one that the people will read. If this is a sample of the kina of paper you will put out from the consolidation, it wgs certainly'a wise move, for a paper like today’s issue is as good as, if not better than, hny paper published in a Athens anywhere. laid *»ed at dil !RT]E. DAVISON.