The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, February 16, 1923, Image 1

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    ATHENS COTTON
• uincLlNG 28 3-4
PREVIOUS CLOSE 28 3-8
WEATHER
Fair and Cold
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ATHENS, GA„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923.
Single Copies 2 Cento Daily. S Cents Sunday.
farmers conference
HERE T0N0RR0W TO
BE VALUABLE SESSION
Leaning Farmers, Bank-,
, : imd Merchants to
Trv to Solve Problems
\uw At Hand.
PLACE court house,
time. TEN O’CLOCK
Ho'-. Farmers May Put
C\t~!) Into Their Pockets
Will He Told. Big Crowds
Expected.
SIB a MIBI
With preparations 'under way
,r a I. cord breaking crowd, the
irm uiiitercnce to bo held hero
atur.li>. February 17, at 10
(.],«k til the court bouse Is ex-
t<> lie the most valuable and
istruetive of Its kind within re-
ry farmer, every banker,
merchant interested In the
re of' Clarke county and
northeast Georgia has been urged
end and lend aid in helping
re Hie problems that (ace the
community and state.
I nf these problems were dis
ci at tho recent state confer-
of farmers held at the college
nf agriculture nnd if Clarke coun-
ulneas men and farmers, want
to learn bow Turner county peo-
ple began filling their pockets with
rash they can do so by attending
icetlng at the county corirt
house Saturday morning.
In addition to hearing Oeorgo
r. lletis. president of the Georgia
Uamiation, discuss ther program
of tlie organisation, “a cow, sow
ami lien” for every Georgia farm
owner wants to make more
motley, the meeting will be address
.d by oeperts In boil weevil cen
tral.
IS STATE WIDE
IN IT ft 8COPE
meetlLg Is one of a series
being conducted by tbe State Cal
lage of Agriculture, Mite tmpnft-
ment i.f Agriculture, railroad agri-
rtiltural departments and . the soil
Imiimvemsnt bureau, together with
the Georgia Association.
Turrer county has made a na
tional reputation In the lakt few
as a result of farmers and
business men there getting to
gether and deciding on s practl-
e»l program for agricultural and
hanm development Farmers who
>'»re in the ‘'rut" have emerged
thprofrom, paid off debts and are
In enviable financial condl-
The farmers didn't accom-
nllsh the results atone, howevur,
'he business men helped and have
thereby profltted. It is declared.
other speakers at tbe meeting
• III be Frank C. Ward, boll weevil
ert or the Agricultural Col
lege; David D. Long, soil special
no. j. C. Greer, Georgia Cotton
Growers Co-Operative ■' Assocla-
. A. D. Robertson, agricultural
department S. A. L- railroad.
$500,000 Is the Amount
New Orleans Beauty
Asks of Millionaire
Heart Breaker. \
ATLANTA, O.,—A suit against
Asa a. Cannier. Sr., will lie filed
here tomorrow on behalf of Mrs.
Oneslnm DeBnuchelle, his former fi
ancee, accord! k to a story appear
ing today In the Atlanta Journal.
The Journal gives as authority for
the story* dcxnatchos received from
New Orleans this morning, in which
it was state the suit would l»e
filed by Albert Howell, an Atlanta
attorney, who will represent Harry
(lambic, of New Orleans, personal
attorney for Mrs. DeBouchello.
Mrs. DeBourhclIe, who Is a rfsl-
dent of New Orleans, said In a state
ment some months ngo that Mr.
Candler broke off their #*i gmgemnt
to tie married.
DEATH OF CUM
Was Shot And Left
To Drown, He Says
Body of A. Brooks Was
F o u n d in Clump of
Woods—His Head Badly
Bruised.
Negro Believed Dead Returns and Tells How He Was
i Captured By Masked Men. Six Indictments
Against White Fanners Returned
At Jefferson.
HE MAY HAVE MET
WITH FOUL PLAY
DIES IN ELECTRIC
II
.(By Staff Correspondent) < 1 The personnel of the grand Jury
JEFFERSON, Ga. — Because he returning tbe Indictment is. H. V.
sued a white man to collect a debt j DcLaperriere, foreman; J. O. Mll-
Jones Maxey, middle-aged negro ler, J. E. Tribble, R. J. Hartley,
claims he was taken from bis homo J. O. Stapler, T. C. Garrison, Claud
Ira Harrison Pays For
His Part in Killing of J.
C. Amette of Columbia
Last May.
Coroner Says He Met|
Death By Unknown
Causes. Report of It Was
Delayed.
OUT ADI TODAY
Armour and Co. Blaze
Threatens Morris and
Co. $2,OQO,000 Damage
Already Done.
OF GREAT
IMPORTANCE
conjunction with Mr. Batta
outline of the Georgia Association
plan .the purpose of the .meeting
almas best methods of boll
II control, restoration of
North Georgia standard inch
Maple, adoption of « bettor crop-
plttc system and benefits derived
(mm co-operative marketing.
Another matter that'to expected
prove of great interest to the
farmer and business man will be
the discussion of plane for.flnanc-
Ing tit- farmer In the purchase of
cure tired cattle and poultry. In
"titer sections of Georgia, It. Is
pointed out, the bankers and bnal
ttess men havo co-operated fully
with the farmers of their com
munities in organising markeUng
associations and in helping to fl-
ram e their produce.
\ similar meeting with the earns
"F akers win be held at Wstktna-
v i!|o Saturday afternoon at 3:20
in tie county court house.'
Twelve Polish Troops
Were Wounded, and Sev-’
' ial Lithuanians Hurt.
N'ti Fatalities.
c.tw—clashes between Polish
unci Mthunlun regulars have
t .cl several places during oc-
• the neutral xone allotted
i *1 by the council of Ambas-
I'ollsh soldier* were wound-
che Mthunlans left aav-
rot.'il on the flid before they
retreat. No loaa pf
tied.
I cart of the .Southern
Important aectlpn of
no given' to Poland Is
ouler
t.tthunlans
nf the remainder of Ipe
OMAHA. Neb. — Fire which has
been burning In the Armour and
company packing plant at South
Omaha since t'arly Wednesday,
broke .out with renewed vigor ear
ly this morning and a changing
wind blowing from south to north
caused apprehension among (re
man. ' With the wind liPthqj'dlrtd®
Uon fear was expressed that fall
ing walls might allow the flames
to jump to tbe adjoining Morris
plant on which firemen are trans
ferring their attention to prevent
furtkdt' spreading of the blase.
Nothing remained of buildings
17. 18 and Jt except the walls, on
which clung thousands of Idles
while In the basement of tbe build
ings the flames still raged and
fanned by*the wind, threw thous
ands of specks and flaming embers
in all dlrscUons.
The Are, the most disastrous lo
tbe history-of the packing Indus
try.- already hss caused s lots
estimated at 33,000,000.
Despite the shifting wind, dro
mon later- expressed the opinion
that with additional Qr« apparatus
called to tbe scene, the blase
would be kept under control.
Officials of Armour * Company,
beaded by. A. Watson Armour ar
rived here yesterday and. stated
t>tons for rebuilding.of the plant
wbuld be storied immediately.
POWER RESOURCES
NEEDED IN ATI
CLAXTON, Qa.—Mystery sur-
round* the death of A. Brook*, well
known citizen of Claxton whose body
with hi* head badly bruised, was
found in the wood* near hi* coun
try home, five mile* from Claxton,
late yesterday.
officer* invefltlfatinv use divided
In opinion as to whether Ilrook* met
ith foul piny.
The coronor held ail lu<iue*t and
arrived at the vordlct that Mr.
Brook* came to ill* death from un
known cause*.
Mr. Brooks drove out to hi* place
\Vedne*dny morning and when he
failed to return for dinner hi* fam
ily became ularnied. They never.re
ported the matter to officer* until
yesterday. 'A imrty of searchers
found his body In a lonely stretch of
wood* nlwiut naif a mile from where
he had parked III* car.
at mid-night, carried by six hood
ed men to the Jefferson and Bar-
row county lines, shot twice and
left to drown in the waters of
Mulberry river.
Maxey, however, did not perish
In the river, as his assailants be
lieved. Although suffering with
bullet wounds nnd deep cuts from
having run Into a barbed wiro
fence, he managed to wado and
swim across the river to safety on
the Barrow county side, were
weak from loss of blood, hungry
and half-frozen he crouched in
the com fields of the river low
lands until next day when he told
his story to the authorities.
All this happened last fall. I.ate
Thursday, the Jackson county
grand Jury returned six indict-
bleats against white farmers, all
| charged with assault with Intent
to murder the negro Maxey.
Macon Postmaster
Takes Life Today
MACON, Ga. — Hillyer Rudislll,
i.NJacon postmaster for the last year
committed suicide this morning In
his office at the Federal building
by blowing out his brains with a
revolver.
COUNTRY RECOVERS
fl
Montgomery, J. E. Bradberry, R.
Swarlgan, Hollis Henderson. W.
S. Mnrphey, Claud Little. W. B.
Barnett, W. D. Duck. H. P. Hol
brook. E. A. McDonald. J. A. John
son, T. A. Evans. W. A. Carter,
D. H. Nix, M. C. Arthur and J. S
McDonald.
The kidnaping of Maxey occur
red on October lit. 1922. The man
whom he sued for collection of the
SIX WHITE MEN
ARE INDICTED
The Indicted men are, Lim Maul
din. Laster Porter, Homer Rich
ardson, Shade Storey. Arthur Mc-
Ree. nnd Mell Porter. None of
them has been arrested. Sheriff
Ben Collier stated here Friday that
the warrants will be served some- 1
time between now and the next j
term of court.
REPORTER READS
* DEATH WARRANT
Convicted Criminal Dies
Without Apparently
Ever Regaining Use of
His Mind.
5eht"*ta"f.«•»***Porter”*"*!* 1 <h» ! COLUMBIA. 8. C. Ira Harri- pat | on has bewildered Reckenhsu-
toen Indeed ,he ®° D W8 H eIec A I ? cut ? d *‘ the « t «‘« sen. Most of the Inhabitants wan-
■ n lndlcted ' Prison here today for his part In der about th8 ^ peering at tha
few twl. - *—■£
HI8 8TORY , in the death chair at 10:46 A. M„
(and four minutes later physicians
According to Msxey's story to pronounced him dead. Harrison
MORE ARRESTS AND
EXPULSIONS MADE
IN OCCUPIED AREA
FRENCH OCCUPATION
French Headquarters Are
Keeping Watchful Eye
.... Tni .,.y on Gelsenkirchen Where
BEWILDERS TOWN Fricti0 ” —■
Citizens Walk About the
Streets Peering At
Troops and Wondering
What Comes Next.
RECKLINHAUBHN (By the As
aoclated Press)—The French occu
the Grand Jury the hooded men
came to his houso on a Saturday
night. He first learned of their
bresence when he was v.vakoned
by the sound nf a volley of shots
over his bed. The men had
broken down the door of his home,
on the farm of Ben Wright four
miles from Jefferson, and stood
by his bed with pistols emptying I
apparently nnconsclous, was car
ried to the death chair by two
prison attendants.
Harrison remained In the state
of apparent unconsciousness which
has marked Ms csss, for most of
the last two months. He did not
show any signs of consciousness
nor utter a wqrd.
Tbe death warrant was read to
bullets Into the walls of the house. | Harrison as he toy on I cot in Ms
Olaxey was told to get up. put on ! cell by Lane Bonner, newspaper
his clothes and keep his mouth reporter. Vapt. Roberts of tbe
shut. With a sack over bis head nrlRon guard. #h(
(Turn to Papo Two)
MISSING IN PACIFIC
Frigid Wave Is Broken
Although ^Cold Weather
For Next Few Days Is
the Forecast,
Industrial Expansion of
This City Depends on
Power Facilities. Com'
mittees Begin Work.
CHICAGO — With the backbone
of the cold wave broken, the up
per Mississippi valley and the
northwest today made further pro-,
greas in recovering from the bllx-
xard which pa rallied transcontin
ental transportation, demolished
telephone and telsgroph lines and
cut off many factions from com
munication.
Continued cold weather waa pre
dieted today hot this was accom
panied by fair weather signals. A
slowly rising tapiparatare to ex
pected to follow during the next
few days. Train service In the
northwest rapidly was resuming
normal today. Through trains on
three transelntinsnUl lines arriv
ed here snd at wastern terminals
the first to resnme schedule since
the billiard caused almost com
plete annihilation of railroad ser
vice the first of the week.
Telegraph and telephone com
panies were busily at work today
repairing lines of communications.
Roadway i In rural sections made
Impassable by tbe htgn snow drifts
were being, cleared away.
Industrial expansion n» Athens to
impossible with existing power re
sources, C. D. Flaatgen, proldem ot
the Athens Railway and Electric
company told the Klwante club
Thursday.
Going further tbs ipeaker as
serted that extension pf power mak‘
log facilities hers would Involve
expenditure of one million dollars
and Insofar as Ms company |s con
cerned It- would bo .Impossible. uU;
leee a fairer return on investment
could be procured than now Bje-
a! a result of Mr, Flanigan's
declaration, concerted action, wilt
be token by Athens' Civic bodies
toward relieving existing conditions
If a suggestion of. President J. W.
Barnett of the K|wenis club |s car
ried out. •
Following tbe addreee of tho
Power Company head, Mr. Barnett
(Turn to Page Fivt)
British-French
Parley Is Ended
LONDON — (By the Associated
Press)—The conference In -Down
ing street between British cabinet
members snd a French mission
rgsardlng control of British gone in
the Rhineland ended this sftor-
The French mission hearted
Polllh adm(nistratlen-„ n^ht^ Scaecy'to <* ln f “*
"•fJSSfS ad in British offlctoLdrcla.
Ing tbe derision.
Two New Committees
To Serve in Chamber
Fate of Tuscon
Causes \Alarm.
? essels Met Disaster
here Yesterday. \
Special Grand Jury Re-
£ * ure ®* s grete‘ Mob Action" But
Not Enough Evidence
For Indictments.
prison guard, Oho usually performs
he was placed In the front car of, this ceremony, was suffering with
two automobiles. Seated with him J eye trouble this morning and Bon-
were four men. In the car was s {n»r was especially deputised,
big rope. In the rear was a slnjle-; Through the reading there was
, no sign from , Harrison that ha
[ heard or knew'what was going on,
• although Dr. R. T. 'Jennings, ths
j prison physician today again com
municated to Governor Thomas
! McLeod his belief that there was
[ no reason to change Ms opinion
that Harrison was malingering.
1 Rev. H. F. Schoeder, pastor of
• the church of the Good ijhepperd
-visited Harrison in tbe death cell
this morning He attempted to
RAGE
BRONSON. Fla. — The Investiga I
tlon by e special grand jury Into,
the resent racial clashes at Rose- ■
wood stands ended todpy, after a.
thorough fnvestlgatlon and the din-!
charge ot tbe body by Judge A.
V. Long yesterday without com-!
mont: The grand 'jury which has •
been in session since Monday wq*;
unable to find sufficient evidence !
on which to base Indictments accord,
Ing to tbelr report to judge Long, j
Mob action was deplored In the re-!
port. About 16 - witm
SEATTLE. Wash. —(By the
Associated ’ Press) — With" the
crews bt three vessels that yester
day met disaster In that dread re
gion of navigators In tpb Pacific
ocean west of Weshlngion and
south of Vancouver Island, wire
less operators along the coast tMs
morning were reaching into the air
for word , of the steamship Tuscan
Prince. No authentic news of the
Tuscan Prince had come since she
sent a message yesterday morning
her wireless apparently falling be
fore she could give her position.
The steamer Nika which burned j examlned during the sitting,
to the waters edge after she lost'
her rudder near Umtilta reef, was
a drifting hulk off Cape Flattery
while her crew was coming to
Seattle.
The Steamship Santo Rita which
went upon the rockt near Oar-
manali light bn tbe west aide of
Vancouver Island was believed to
be .still afloat through expected
to be a total Ipss.
Her crew with a few tents
camped on the coast In that viclnl
ty. Tbe tug Sea Monarch wgs ex
pected to pick them up today.
The Motor ship. Colcha with two
of her officers aboard was clinging,
to the rocks at Albert Heard, near
Victoria.
administer the last rites of the
nasi
church lo the condemned man, bnt
Harrison did not respond. .
iUBTTOlHO
IK MM
ring at tha
military and wondering what Is to
corns next. Tor more than a weal
ths French have been patrolling
the thoroughfares . The central
square is filled wi’-ih tanks,' while
armored apparatus of some sort or
other presents Its stern front to the
pedestrian at many a (treat corner.
If all started with the boycott
against the French when tbe stores
closed and tbe Schultspolia refused
t salute the. French officer*.
For a time dtlsens swarmed Into
the headquarters of the protection
police to tell their troubles to the
director, but this consolation went
by tbe boards when that official
was arrested by the French on va
rious charges. The civilians then
crowded into the Ratnaua, unbur
denlng themselves to' the Burgo
master and his assistants.* But
now the Bugomaster nns disappear
ed and with Mm have gone all
the other lcty offlcalls. The French
toy they do not know what has be
come of them.
FOOD PROBLEM
BECOMES ACUTE
Attacks on French Result
in Arrest of Prominent
Germans. Others Have
Been Expelled.
> i
ESSEN (By the Asaoclated Press
—Two Frsnth soldiers wers wounded
here lest night by German security
police who Interfenred in a cafe al-
tercartion. The teuton which al*
ready wen high hoe been Increased
by tbe shooting and today the French
moved tanks Into the city.,
ARRESTS or HIGH * '
OFFICIALS MADE.
DUsBelDORP (By fie Associat
ed - Press)—French headquarters
is keeping a watchful eye on- Gel
senkirchen, where there to evidence
of increasing friction between the
military and civilians, severe! ar-
twiafa kntra kaan ennltb tn Annan.
GEN. ALLEN LEAVES
America!! Commander on
Rhine Prepares to Re*
turn to U. S. Few Offi
cers to Remain. ,
OOBLEN^—(By the Associated
Press) — Major Oenqral Henry
T. Allen has practically completed
■ the winding up of his affair* and
City Engineer Is Named ®f pec . t ' ,a * ve *°, r Bremen with
^ . ° _ . . ' hi* Btafr hv annnlnl twain
Chairman and A, r Dud
ley, Vice Chair.
Committee.
The committee on. committees
named by the campaign executive
Six negroes an,l two white men, commlUee t0 , ct witb ^ Board
lost their llvos In the disturbances: of Directors' of the Chamber of
Which were the sequence of an al- j commerce in promoting tbe drive
lagad attack on a white girl by «ifor a rejuvenated chamber In Ath-
negro, the flret clash occurring on 6ng |,j a made selections for the
tbe night of January 4, tost.
The alleged attacker to still at
liberty.
Old Homestead”
chairman and vice chairman of
the entire campaign.
captain J. W. Barnett has
cepted the cbalrmaniMp and A.
G. Dudley will act as vice chair
man. This' announcement cam:
H ' _ Cnkiwlaii Friday morning after several con
ere oaiurciay ferencei wars held by committees
which Is composed of Morton 8.
Hodgson, chairman, J. W. Jarrell.
Ji*. Ablt Nix, B. R. Blood worth and
C. D. Flanigan. .
I
TUSCAN PRINCE'S
FATE UNKNOWN
Questioning thonghout last night
_ ... was concerned almost wholly with
Of Ontrfmerce Drive I the fate of the Tuscan Prince. This
UI ^ounnerce unve| 420 f<jot BritlA an ,i
‘ freight liner with her Captain and
Two additional committees have crew of 42, was the subject of con-
heen named to serve on the Cham- tradtetory rumors throughout yes-
ber of commerce drive. Tb*se | terday.
committees were announced Friday \ A report that she had been
morning at a mooting of the com-
'poslte general campaign commit
tee and the directors.
Captain J. W. Barnett, the new
ly named general chairman, pre
sided.
The committees named are. ? v >
Ic Evening committee, M. J. Cos
ta, chairman. Frank A. Holden, Col
D. W. Ryther, Mrs. Lamar C. Ruck
er and Mre- Julius Talmadge. This
committee will have charge ot the
big citizens' rgUy at tbe Colonial
i theatre Tuesday night) i
For « Cltltana' dinner commit
tee. the dinner to be served on the
night of the 2tth, Mrs. Lamar c.
Rucker. Mrs. JUllua Talmadge,
Mrs. K. R. Hodgson. Jr.. Mrs. H
B. Ritchie and Mrs. Clinton Bry
ant) were named. .
Killed in fine
Exclusive Home
LOS ANGELES. Cal. — Earl
Remington, avlutor and electrical
engineer, was shot to death short
ly before midnight Jn tl)e yart of
his home In one ot tbe moat, ex-
mlnf«ter of,«*b- %
lie works will leave-(or haws-to? ARgc(ea. ; , l Ci»fiun>»tM»«!.8Iirr«)))fld
proved mystifying ln*early i
of the police investigation today.
found and her crew- saved waa dis
covered to be based on heresay.
During the night's report that
a vessel had been seen afire near
Pachena Point, on the west side
of Vancouver Island, led to the be
lief that the Tuscan Prince. Uke
the Nika, might have fallen a prey
to flames..
But, early today the Canadian
salvage ship Algerine wMcb had;. character of Chi" ■
Picture Version of Fam
ous Old Classic At x
' Palace.
Pachena. reported that a thorough
search bad showed he sign of the
burning whip.
In search of the Tuscan Prince,
the coast guard cutter Algonquin
was bound today for tbe vicinity
south of Cape FlaMeiy. The Algon
quin was expected to reach this
scene this afternoon.
Clarke Fanners, Look
What This Man Did!
What J. T. Richardson ot Hart
county did with one-eighth acre
of land will be of Interest to
Clarke county and other farmers
In Northeast Georgia. Mr. Rich
ardson comes fohh with tbe an-
ouneement that on the one-
igh'fh aert he' fittoed turnips and
fiM (fold *B4‘ wrfrthi already aqd
:r lfa- i'"tttgtfilr|>gMliy - tor
sa|A Last year he sold 31*0 worth
on a quarter avre.
The following fiom ‘he New
York Timas ludlcnie* the manner
In'which this pi-Jauc::on was re
ceived in New York>
It is a pity Uhat oeuiiian Thoinii-
son Is not alive to e.e the Para
mount picture version of his class
ic, "The Old Homestead," which en
thralled the audiences at the Capi
tol fheatre tost night. It it one
of the best pictures from every
point of view that has been here
In a long time. The direction by-
James Cruse to splendid,' the act
ing of . tbe big all-star «hi4 Is su
perlative and the settings nr* per
feet. The old homestead set is one
of the most beautiful and convinc
ing ever shown, while the sjorni
scene fairly thrill:ri the spectators.
Theodore Roberts makes a wonder-
Josh
cast
Atlanta Police
Row Is Tied Up
ATLANTA* Oe.—Th* Atlanta po
lice shakeup so far w Chief of Po
lice Reaver* is concerned was defi
nitely tied up today it was declared
•today by tt+orge npence, counsel for
Beaver*. Mr. Spence said that It
will l>* July before the state courts
can hear h* petition by Chief Beav
er* against city council police com
mittee. .
Beaver* was served with a couti-
c;:man:r committee's notice of sus
pension early last night, ha being
rharwail ' tv» h IniulMnllnillMi. Ha
.bis staff by special train Monday
nlghL Colonel Harts and 29 men
Of will remain here for. the final clean
up. The Carman wives of four
teen enlisted men wtll leave on tha 1
asm* train as Genera! Allen's par
ty. The exact time of departure
has been kept secret to avoid a
possible demonstration by tbo Oar
man* wboiptan to axpraas their ap
preciation) of Ms four years ser
vice in the coblenx area.
“We are losing our bast friend,'
■aid one prominent German today
and Ma sentiment was echoed by
many.
General Alton's train will pro
ceed by way of the Ruhr. All of
the officers will wear- civilian
clothes, while the enlisted men
will be in .uniform but are forbid
den ‘to leave the train. ‘ ” <
Tbe transport George Washing
ton \to Hated to. sal! with Geheral
Allen on the morning of February
21. General Allen will report to
tbe commander In chief at Wash
ington. Ha Is due to retire from
the army on April 30 on Ms sixty-
fourth birthday, bnt may possibly
be retained In the government ser
vice. a report to currant here
that he to ala ted for a, high diplo
matic position hecanxe of Ms suc
cess in a difficult position on tha
Rhineland. -
charged 'wlh Insubordination,
rtused to recognise tbe legality
tbe oimmnnw action .and later on
rests have beep mad? in
quence of Jin attack upon French
officers. The' Burgomaster, Chief
of police, dfractor of tbe Relsch-
bank, and other cty officiate wore
already in-custody.
Five Germans, among whom aro
Burgomaster Ardastien and Vice
Lord Mayor Schaeffer of Essen,
art scheduled to go on trial at
Bredeneo today before a court mar
tial, charged wlgi variously ob
structing the occupation.
The protest strike at Essen
brought French infantry and ma
chine' guna to tbo city hall, which
was occupied. The boycott at that
city has resulted in an announce-
m.io that th. Bcl.1l.-- u.1 II
ment that tha soldiers will , be‘
mttted to appropriate
where such are withheld by
proprietors of the shops.
Railway Rates on I
Calcium Arsenate Are
Cut Fifty Per Cent
ATLANTA, Ga. — Fanners in
the cotton prpductng states will
be greately benefitted by (be de
cision of the railroads entering
preventing
tfcrfertng with him in discharge
hi* dutic*. ' n
Ma^li 3* was set as the date for
una i a hearing on the temoprary Injunc-
nr« i H'*»-
| Chief Beavers waa to be tried in
a i ihf police court tonight on various
The Old tfotnestend w.ll *»« J* 16 charges filed by the police commit-
Palace specinl utti'i»vUi'n rot- Sal* ter j n advance of the committee
urday one day only. hearing, he filed a petition
tlomrl
obtained a court restraining order
preventing th* committee from In- ****** ffolfht
rates on calcium arsenate fifty per
German Agents in • j— ... .
< London to See if Tom Kinney Laid
BrifinWiii Mediate' To Rest F r i d a y
LONDON (By tlie Associate.' | •
Press)—German asenis. The Tele | Funeral- servtcss for Mr. Tom
graph says, have been extraordl , Kinney, superintendent of the
naryily active in Lordon recen.Jj Princeton factory who waa alec-
in - their efforts t-> estimate th trocuted Wednesday night by ac-
possibility of British mediation in ) drienully touching a high tension
the Ruhr. SoumURae have heel [power wire, were conducted Fri-
made In various directions, the 1 day morning from the Baptist
newspaper oeserJ*. aCCPg taut the church at Bogart. Rev. George
reaulta obtained (ll win to a ,de [ Slone of Athens conducted the
maod that iQenwan) mpi#
magnates before a . suggest, on. of J and »»• one Of the fimat popular
mediation could be entertained. I employees of the Prtncdtoh mills.
cant, calcium arsenate to said by
agricultural experts to be tbe
FOOD PRICES ARE
SERIOUS CONCERN.
I ' * 'C-* PPPIPIBI
Food prices In the Ruhr are
coining a question of serious c„„
corn.. With'transportation out ot
gear the provision dealers find ■■
they can practically make their
own prices nnd consequently the-
charges for stab.ca have doubled
In the test week. 1 The German
newapapera have a campagn against
the apecutetoni and. urging the
government to act. The food sup
plies* for 10 days are available in
both Euiq and In this city.
Expulsions continue to oomo
thick and fast. Among the Gor
man officiate who have most re-
liapd of the occupation aro :i
Ithlueiand functionaries who are
to be sent Into Mn> ulterior
On the constructive aids of the
dccupation ledger th- French note ■
an incrsaM In th* number of coat
train? leaving the Ruhr for France
apd Belgium dally. These, they ,
Lit S.090 tOnu >..
» n ld, are carrying about 5,000 tons ■
while Rhine barges and steamers
are moving further shipments. T3tu
French point but that on Wudnsa-
day tour hundred and ten passen- I i
ger trains ware moved In the Ruhr,
divided almost cqunty between the
arrivals and departures.
Cat Scratch Kills
Hart County Woman
A cat’s scratch caused tha death,
of Mr*. Martha Fleming of Hart
It»*a learned hero Krl-
dajr: Mre. Fleming was ill for ono
weak and died from Mood poison-
“t- Among hor survivors are »tr«.
Lula Burden and John Hlpks ot
Elbert county qtotar and .brother.
Timely Tips to Athens
Merchants
As a matter ot fart, Mr.
Dreamer, opportunity kMrin
nt every merchant’s door
> nn.
principal weapon used In tha wai< with those manufacturers
upon the boll weevil In the aoatbj . adrert^tWr own goods to
The reduction to made Intentots
and Intrastate, thus enabling the
farmer to profit on the entire haul
from manufacturer to receiving
point
The announcement of halving
the rate to made by Georgia Pub
lie service commission this pro
posal being made by the railroads
following a ruling nlsal by the com
mission calling on the railroads to
show cans* why th* rates on Cal
cium' arsenate should not b* re
duced to a deals fifty per cant Mgh
ar than tha rate for (ertilixare.
•HADED EFFECTS
The use of chiffon In layer* to
a practice that to griding in popu
larity. ■! Sometimes fett a dozen
different tone# are usad to gat ths
Mind- afreet: Rose shading Into
delicate pink, or purple that blends
Into- lavender or orchid are much
liked.
every morning. It to the op
portunity for that day, to
sure. But it is at least
chance to start sbmethi
• And that day’s use |
opportunity .may affect _
whole course of Urn future.
Just to prove that there’ '
value in
er«V I
who
An investigator reports that
“when retail stores fail, it *
almost invariably foam!- th
th* bulk of their stock to
non-adyertised goods.”
"Sticker*,” for which there
to little demand because the
public knows little about them,
make ap the larger part of
tbao* “distress stocks."
In liquidating such stocks,
the advertised goads that hap
pen to b* included can be
turned ii
into cash at muck less
And when sales companies
that specialize in tbe handling
af these distress stocks take
hold. It is often necessary for
them to “sweeten" the medley
with advertised goods that
srs! , jTS.ir fe ”'
Think it overt
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