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■T.HI RATES ; 2 Cents a Word ■ Minimum chare* of 40 cent*. Three times for the price of 2 Vi insertions. Seven times for the price of five insertion*; All discontinuances MUST ! b* made in person at. Th* Banner-Herald Office or - by letter. Telephone discon tinuances are NOT valid. 76 WANT AD PHONE 75 BANNER-HERALD WANT ADS GET RESULTS The, Weather Attention Sir Knights A caiM conclave of Godfrey Bouillon Commandery pfo. H. If. . . will be held In Maannlc Temple nils (Friday) evening February llt-i. :.t el*ht o’c. .k. The order* if -lied crow and Malta will be conUt-rsc. All 8lr Knights are courteously ic - queated to be' present. JNO. O. QUINN. Recorder. I E C.SF41NS:. e. o. j Wss Shot *iu| Left t cj To Drown, He Says Continued f?cm page one) miEffiHE BY BILLY EVANS branch of seated car with twp men. Wl’liu n further sound they ‘ began " their Journey t6 the Mulberry river, ;c- cordlng to Maxey’s story.' Not a word was spoken cnrotitc to the river. The route taken v.~s through Jefferson In the di - ilon of Winder. Arriving at the river bottoms the cars stoppi'd. Two of GEORGIA: Part cloudy and con toe men walked tack a few naies timed cotd'tonight probably frees I to examine a tree. They relprrcd lag temperature'and heavy frost I directly. IMaxey was toid ij step _ to the coast tonight; Saturday |p“ the running board of tho car. 'making good. Supermen In any sport are mighty rare. Many seek greatness in tho world of sport,' but oply few achieve It. Every year the major leaguess cull the ranks of the minors, scml- pros and collet,.'s for likely ma terial. ' 1 \ The scouts .no Instructed not to overlook any player who has abili ty. regardless of how croon or in experienced bo may bo. Every spring, random is fed up on the possibilities of the recruits. Scores aro touted as curtain to de liver, pet it is a rarity to dig up a youngster capable of stepping right Into a major league berth and Georgia Battles Mercer in Macon Tonight and Saturday in Cage Tilt The Bulldogs Arrived in the Central City Friday Morning and Are Primed N For Action. clqudy, probably rain in .extreme South Carolina: Fair and con tinued \cdfd tonight, heavy frost .and freezing temperature to the ,-JCoast tonight Saturday increas ing cloudiness. Alabama: Cloudy to part cloudy probably rain In extremo south late tonight or Saturday; continued . cold. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight; probably frost In north tonight; {condition. While being questioned Saturday cloudy probably local Maxey managed to work the sack rains, continued cold. ' upward. slightly end tho captors, I by this time having discarded their * mNaira ha Ik. We’re not going to kill him here , Players like Cobb. Wagner, SIs- are we?" asked one of tho men,'ll ler. Mathcwson and other outstand Is claimed. “No," answered unoth I lug stars of the diamond, happen er. “we’ll let him get on the Just every so often. Many a recruit ground.” j | s touted as a second Cobb or Wag Alighting Maxey was placed in Iner only to fade out when put to tho circle of men, and pistols the real test, leveled at hie body. For several. I The big thrill in baseball Is (he minutes they talked with him. | unexpected. The flashy playcru like They asked him If he wasn’t suing , Cobb provide the thrill. No ono Easter Porter. They did not of- , will deny that Cobbs In baseball fectp let him gp. however, on any are few and far between. Only roeentlv. In commenting <jn the great players of the game. John McOraw, famous manager of Wanted WANTED—TO BUY PAIR OF mules, weighing about 1000 > pounds' each, 6 to 8 years of ege, also good wagon. R. F. Christian, Grocer, Broad street, Athene, Ga. t-M-e WANTED—Good gentle hors* or mulo for farm work. W. L Ab ney, phone 1006 or 501-J. 2-16-C ’ WAITED-AN INSTANTANEOUS gas heater. W. T. Collins. Phone 1170. M9-c Lost And Found LOST — TWO POINTER DOGS, ono dark brown, the other white and brown spotted. Finder return to J. C. Campbell, 223 Miller street .Reward. f-10-p LOST —' HANDSOME BROWN , fur neck piece, last Wednes-' day-night. Finder call 1553 and . receive reward. t-lt-p 'masks, he recognised them. 8AID "GOODBYE” IN REALITY Satisfied, apparently, with the outcome of their quit toe meil told Maxey to prepare to die. “What do you want us to tell yourwlfa." they asked. "Tell her good-bye." said Maxey aa he dashed through the crowd. He had run about one hundred yards up the road when a round of shota wa* fired, one of the Mtets striking him In the back. He turned to tha left fer the river, and wsa hit In the Knee by a bullet He dashed through a barbed. wire fence, scrambled through briars and bushes to the river_ranir and Jumped In. . Pour of tha men Indicted are related. Ifell and Laster Porter are father and son. Shade Story Is a brother-in-law of the younger Porter and Arthur McRee Is, fath er-in-law of story and Porter. Since the attempt to kill him Maxey *has been on the farm of R. J. White, a wealthy Jackson For. SnV ■-— - — FOR SALE—1920 DODGE TOUR- 5°. y ,a ™ , * r re,ld1 ' 1 * “ear Jef 1 INQ car In good shape. Price I S, r *°5’ . Th ®. , n Z tro ’* un * bl ® >0 >8960.00. Address Dodge, care Ban- vcry hard labor as a result of ner-Herald. f-18-c > his wounds. It is said. L«FT TO DIE FOR SALE — FORD COUPE. | IN RIVUR used one year, call 552, between i Maxey'a capton pursued him to 2' and 3 p. m., or after 6 p. m. I ir? _*i M 2L wh * r * he Jumped Into the 8276.00 cash. t-18-p tho New York Giants, paid Cobb a real compliment by saying: "Cobb Is one of tho greatest players ,the game has ever pro duced. The secret of his success Is in doing the unexpected. Ho Is al ways on the offensive, doing (kings that will test the mental of other players.” Cobb for years has enjoyed the honor of being the most versatile player in baseball—n player cap able of doing everylhing as near perfect ns it Is possible for a mi man being to perform. When Father Time began to make Inroads on Cobb, there flash ed or the horizon another brilliant star—George Sisler. Slsler came direct-to tho Amor lean League from the University of Michigan. In a few months he had proved that he was a great southpaw pitcher. Incidentally, he JuAqQN.^. Ga. —The Georgia 'Bulldog*”, arrived In the Central City Frlcfay morning and aie{ ready for the’ first game of the two gamer-series against the Mercer Baptist tonight and Saturday nlglit. i Thea^, cage games are the clas sics of The season In Macon anil will draw record crowds. Dope on the two teams prob ably gives Mercer the sjlght ad vantage but tile / Stngemanltcn have been edming at a fast clip Imre of late and the local five will, fcnv) no cinch. Ceorgla sprung tho surprise of Hie season by defeating the At lanta Athletic Club Saturday night In Atlanta by a 2 point margin. Morc&r lost to the A. A. C. a couple of weeks ago by ono point, so. according to tho score card, Georgia is three points bettor than the locals. However, the At lanta sport writers hinted cf un fair referee decisions in favor of the Atlanta team, so it remains to bo seen Friday' and Saturday night just which is best. Now, it scorns a mere flip of tho coin. Georgia was slow In' getting started oft this year. Its usual good basketball quint did not come up to the standards of old, and sup porters of the Stegeman crow find that Georgia bad "conquired the former cage champs of the south. DOPE IS UPSET BY GEORGIA Intoxicated by this victory, they aro claiming that'Georgia has at last found herself and prophesy ing that the odds are 'about even that tho state institution will cop tho championship of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Associa tion. which may or may not be true. Probably, not Auburn, It will be remembered, defeated Georgia recently to the tune of 45 to 1C. Then Auburn lost to Tech 35 to 37; following that, Tech lost to A. A. C. by 10 points. Now Georgia defeats tho A. A. C., so there you arej Georgia either Improved wonderfully dur ing the past month or th* A t A. C. quint has deteriorated remark ably. Anyway, be, that as it may, it will all come opt In the waab, and there’s going to he some scrubbing done Fricjay and Satur day. who,Is the high point scorer in* thtjvAtlanta Prep League, Showed up-true to big reputation aa a neat baske.lball player by (cor ing seventeen of hls-teanYa points and . doing some spectacular shoot ing from alt angle* ct the court OIDywer of. Boys High also played a nice game, while Gibbs, a Boys High guard succeeded In caging the longest, field gOiil of tho eve ning. Line up*: Stepbeps, cap.) (14) .... Harris U2) 1 Center O’Dywe (*) Botlof (12) Left Forward Rankin Richardson* Hit) Right Forward ’r, Jamieson (3) .,.l..j Hitchcock Left-Gusad/ . .. Gibbs (»), Tlppin Right Guard . Substitutions. Boys High Mar ten for Rankin for Slbphens. ■ Oeorgla none. - , - 1 Stegeman referee. eigktW&ii ANNUAL CLASSIC BE OFFERED, Tho Mercer-Unlveraity of Geor gia game Is always looked forward throughout the south experienced to ydarly a* the basketball classic a most pleasant surprise and thrill of toe Baptirt schedule, and a rec- when they awoke Sunday morning ord breaking attendance is expept- to gaxe upon the sport Bheets to od at both games this year. •' Foe Rent—Rooms FOR RENT—Two furnished room apartment'. Location close in. Apply W. B. Mason at Bernstein Bros. f-28-o FOR RENT—SIX ROOM HOUSE. Oakland avenue; six room house Meigs street J. • T., Andorson phone 840. * f-u-p Miscellaneous PAINTING, INTERIOR DBCORAT 1NO. paper Hanging. No Job too targe or too smalL Estimates cheerfully furnished. H. H. Winn, Phone 1819-W. . fi8 P COMMUTATION ROAD. TAXES for 1923 now dne, and payable at Commissioners’ Office In Clarke Connty Court House. M-9-c THE SALVATION ARMY TRUCK. for collection of old newspapers, “ 1 *3 a , 1 J n es, clothing and waste ma terial, vMf II be In Athens Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, the 18th, 20th, and 2lst If you can help work of helping others* phono 1481 and the truck will calL f-20-c RAILROAD SCHEDULES ' SEABOARD JIB UNB BY. SoribboanJ SwrtMwnrf 9:55 a Attanta-Honroe I’c’i 0:15 p 2:40 P._AU.-Birm.-Mem. 3:20 n liver. There, .apparently bellevlnr hie wound* were ao sertoua he rouM not save h-mself from the HVer’e depths, the; left him to die. After !e»v|nx the com field where he spent the night. Matey went to a farm house where Sheriff Collier found him nearly doad. the next day. He .uked to be »ep: In the jail and remained therq about- tBree weeks until his wounds lidproved. _ Maxey begad working for Laslor Porter about two' years ago. Tie frst year ho was In the white man's employ the latter borrowed ISO from the negro to save his property Horn suit. He asked for ISO but the ne gro. having 6106 In cash. ofTetvd .to loon him ten dollars more. Maxey worked, for Porter another yomr ind • i-c cay whni he asked for a settle ment Porter had him nr.-meJ. chare ng him with drawing a shot gun and rock on hla landlord. Tnc negro. Wat In Jail two weeks c n the chare.-, which resulted In a mistrial. WIH.c in the fall on Porter * charge agairs, him. another white men svent Maxey 4 bond. Leaving ths Jail ha bogau work with hla bonds-iun. Tu collect the <40 loan and get hla a hero of the crop which he helper make on Porter’s farm the negro was ad- vlsad to sue hla former landlord. He did eo. A»d. two weoka before the Justice court convened, the crime ce- cuyed Which caused me Indictment t-« the six white men Thursday showed that he could hit and that he was one of the fastest men In the game. , Was It a waste of power to merely use Slsler as a •' pitcher every fourth (lay? It was’decided In the affirmative and Staler.was made over into a first baaethan. Today he Is conceded by all ex peris to be the premier at that position. He Is a wonder im the field, at the bat. and ono tho basei. Staler Is the logical successor *to Ty Cobb whed. the Georgian de cides to give up active play. Now. just as Staler reaches the height of fame, another marvel steps Into the picture—Frankie Frisch of the New York Giants. Like Slsler, Frisch es one of .the few major league players to make good without any minor league experience. Frisch, a collegian, came to tho Giants from Ford- ham. , Frisch has the speed and eye of Cobb and Staler and can do-all things well. Frisch is / the greatest young player to break into the majors since the days of Cobb.” That Is tho way Hughey Jennings sites him up.. , Who will be the next diamond phenoni to vie with Slsler, Cobb T '«> and Frisch for baseball honors’ Lynch Prepares For Contenders p 3:20 p Wholewheat Bread Your Grocer Hu It 'cl' 7:30 a 2:40 p Norfolk-Rlch.-N. . 7:65 p Atl.-Abbcvllls IV |J2i P Atl.-Birmingham 5:29 a ?}« 9 Nortolk-Wgsh. 5JP g 11:24 p Wilmington-N. Y 5i28,» GEORGIA RAILROAD - ~r TTive Depart. 7:20 pm 8:20 am ♦' 12:10 pm f;25 CENTRAL OP GEORGIA RY. Central of Georgia Station , .Depart for Macon 7,:30 a. m, ’ 4:45 jl m. Arrive from Macon 12:10 p, m_ „ 9:SC .P- “»• . For further informr.Uon phone Bruce, C. A., phone 040. «. O. Briton, Agent, phone IB-11. GAINESVILLE MIDLAND RAILWAY Schedules 7:45 A. H.’ Athel “ *5:20 A P?M* , SOUTHERN RAILWAY No. 0 leaves Athens 8:00 a. m., I arrives Lola 9:40 a. m. No. 8 leaves Athens 4:15 p. m„ glrires Lula 6:45 p. m. -No. 7 leaves Lula 6:55 p. m., ; strives Athens 8:80 p. m. No. 60 leaves Lula 10:05 a. im, arrive* Athens 11:40 a. m. G. B; Miller. C. A., Athens, Ga., ^Telephone §1, . TzZZ For,tc0rtom|c|I Trans- '-CHEVROLET wS’ca 2 AfHENS BUSINESS COLLEGE Bookkeeping, Shorthand and. Typewriting Save 50% of expense* by at tending this schooL The grad uates of tha Athens Business Critago always get th* best po sition. Every Graduate am- ployed. Write for information Box 148, Athena, Ga. SBt TUSH ( By HAL JACKSON) Ti nlgh) at the high school gym at eight o'clock Athens High's two quintets hook up with the In vading Washington High fives. Two fine battles are expected. The Red and White Iass:es .-c up with their opponents first an<! *4)l hr followed by the boys fracas. Ao there Is no other cago battle billed for tonight a bumper crowd Is ex pected to witness the proceedings. Coach Martha Nicholson reports that her proteges are In fine shape for the battle and are determin’d to again defeat Washington High. Some pbsnomlptil wanton the pair os some of the reserves has caused a change tWbe made In the line up. Fans will see a fighting crew of lassies tonight as the homellngs have uttered several defeats re cently and want/to change th* tide. WASHINGTON HAS 8TRONG TEAM. The boys aggregation is In tip- tip condition an'l shoqjd show some great form against the' In- ritdqfi tonight. The heme crew Is Atil! undefeated and have yet Uo meet a team better than they are. j *t Still they have some Job on their of hands tonight: as these \7ash';rgton I th * game ended the Freshmen lads ore good at the' cage game. I * rere ln too le “d by 20 points, thy Only a narrow margin of three final score being 25 to 45, ,F VICTORS IN BATTLE Beautiful Trophies to Re Given By Y. M. C. A. and Banner-Herald Arrive To Be Qreat Event. (By M. 8. COOK) Although they wer* held down close ln Oie first half by tho Boy* High five, the Georgia Freshmen eager* uncovered a great attack in the (losing, minutes of the gums, last night winning by tho score >.t 45 to 26. Boys High scored first when Capt) B.Dphens, ■ th* star, -centtr, dropped in a beautiful shot Into the basket. The Freshman machine did aot begin to function well until ths middle of the first half wnen -rap id goal shooting oy Richardson, Satlof, sad-Harris put'tire Fresh- men into the lead. The frst bait ended with the quintet from Boys High trailing behind AS Freshmen by. four points, the score being 18 to 20. At the. beginning of the first ben it seemed as if Boys High', would again take the lead Wher, several f.ul goak wera shet uy c.-)pnoni which put the visitor* Just one point behind the Freshmen. The. Freshmen however w* re ha- daunted and fought harder than -ever. They began to bit lOtsir us ual -stride-iri the last tew minutes if the game! and when the smoke battle had cleared, away 'and Tho aamsiwas holly coni and indoed closer then the indicates. points separated these twj quin tets when they tied up in Washing ton recently. . T , Coach .Wtehrs sent his lade thru SI^AH^aTan a very light woVkout yesterday and 1 “ „. U .T lays at no time in the season have they been in better condition. The lads fully realise tjhe Job that Is at hand and have wonted hard to bs ready for these Invaders. A slight change In, the lineup will be made for. the game :on;snt. The tw» Washington aggrega* ons arrived ln the city .(his mo-n- Ing and according to looks should' give the home crows all they ore looking for. The girls team is far from satisfied over the result of : their last game with Aliens High" ord aro determined: «j neiter to-i right. Going by looks this Washington beys crew is a mighty good Jjas- getbitll qulnlet. They ore long and rspgy anil are confident that they' can turr, the tables on the Wiehr- men tonight. [tested score The inability of Nolan Richard son, former Tech High star to mis* the basket Was,largely Jh« cause of Georgia winning by so goodly a margin. Rich whs In the best of form last night and he shot goals front every part of the court. Satlof played a great game last right, shooting els goals three of which wer) shot from a considerable distance. "Hose” Harris played hla usual Che game, shooting some hard’goals and do-! ing some excellent guarding. Hitchcock, who played his first whole gems for th* Freshmen last night, showed'up remarkably well In the guarding position, while Tlppin algo did splendid work in :Jie same poatUoQ. Vld.TORS’ CAPTAIN, LEADS SCORING. Capt. Stephens of Roys High, COMMERCE - JEFFERSOK- ATHENS Auto Service f • / Beginning Saturday; February 17th, 1923 Double Daily Schedule Except Sunday JOE LYNCH ON- HIS TRUSTY STEED, "PEE WEE" KAISER. Bhfdow* of Carl Tremaine urd Johnny Curtin art haunting Cham pion Bantamweight Joe Lynch. Lynch shortly will be called up on to meet the winner of the Tr*- malne-Curtin bout Tremaine be- l*™ Comment 7:30 a. m„ AiOO p. m., for Jefferson. -^Athens 6 ™ 0 " *' m ’’ 1T* 6 p ' m *’ tor Commerce and Leave Commerce 8:49 a: m„ ttM p, m., for Athens. Arrive Athens 9:40 a. in., 3:00 p, m. Leave Athens 11:00 a. in., 5:80 p. m., for.Commerce. FARES ' ' _ ... One. Way Round Trip Commerce to Jefferson $ A0 I .78 Commtree to Athens .. .. 1.00 1.80 Nicholson to Athens .. .60 1.00 Center to Athens ,.' 40 .75 ' All other points fares based on Sc’per mile. Terminal Points . Central Hotel Harrison Hotel m&susLi Commerce, Ga. Jeffcrscn, Ga. ■ Athens, G^. ... The annuel Northeast Georgia basketball tournament which will b* staged In Athens March 1-4 bldg fair to be the largest jjlgh school SportiSg event ever staged in this section. To date elthteen entries have been received end many more are expected before the en.Ty list closes Friday. Enthusiasm throughout th: on Ere section' la running high and when to Jousts storied the largest crowd that ever attended a high school athletic even Is expected be on hand. The battles will take place at the Y. M. C. A. Auditori um but It Is possible that, aome of tlhe last games will take place where there is a larger seating ca pacity. The entry list to date includes: Lawrencevllle, Greensboro. Winder. Bogart, Eatonton. Baldwin, Mayo- vine, Jefferson Watklnsvillo. Bras- eLton Commerce. Lavonla, Colbert. Cbrnelta. Wlnterville, I la. Arnolds- Ville. Statham. Indication*. at pdesent are that over twenty quin tets win be entered by Friday. Competition will be very keen in the game* this-year due moetly to tho phenomenal advance of some of tho teams— entered. Quin jot* that felt by the wayside early In the campaign Jast.faU are expected to put In clatme ror the cup IdUi year, several of the teama enter ed are a* yet undefeated tht* sea son. 'To pick svnai jl possible win- Uhr would-be impossible So dose-, ly are most Of them matched. Th* beautiful bronze mounted plaque eiven by the Y. M. C. A. to the winrSng quintet has arrived and is now on display there. It Is a beautiful emblem and 4* worthy of some f.'reoe struggles. The gold basketball offered’ by the Banner- Herald 4> the teat individual per former has also arrived. Last fall Uje plucky Uttle Greensboro quin tet carried off the plaque whllo Robinson of Winder capped the in- (hvldusl honor*. Who will 11 be this year? Tournament drawing* will be b«ld at tho Y. M. c. A. in a.’ few “ * in addition plans will bo Due to the enormous J of teams entered two brackets *1/1 bg r w We have no intention of alarm ing you, or of dictating to you abotit making your purchases on clothes now. We will say will last but a short while long er, and that it will be greatly to your advantage to buy now. The saving by so doing will be no small amount. Etery SUIT and OVERCOAT 'including. KUPPENHEIMER’S , H ^ Former Prices This includes Boys’ Suits Also. At A complete line of JOHN B. STETSON and MALLORY HATS FLORSHEIM AND DOUGLAS SHOES . FiirnishmgS of Every Kind LELMORRIS “The Daylight Corner” Stead The Banner-tkerald Want Ads. Now Open and Ready fur Business L; We are npw„ of Athens and- 9«nR.OiI4^ of the public. ■r* . — the motorists a tana -mvita. owners Gas- trade Our Service Department will include Vulcanizing and Tire Service, “Doping” of Cars and Trucks, and we are equipped with modern appliances to render every accom modation to our patrons. ■ 'Every Article We Sell Is of Standard Make.and Grade. MOTOR TIRE & SUPPLY COMPANY Corner College Avenue and Broad Street tn, | (Under Jewel Hotel)