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VO!.. 'Jl. No. 7 Fell Associated Press Leased Wire Service.
ATHENS. GA, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1923.
Slnrh Copies 2 Cents Dally. 5 Cents Sunday.
USE
AGAINST CANDLER
Mrs. De Bouchel, Noted
New Orleans Beauty,
I .ate Saturday Filed Suit
in Atlanta.
CANDLER’SANSWER
TO BE IN MARCH
Charges Made By Wom
an Similar to- Those Giv
en in Newspaper Inter
views Last Fall.
ATLANTA, On.—Mrs. Oneglina
[V Bouckel, of New Orleans late
Saturday file 1 suit Intho United
States court here 'galjst Asa <1.
Candler, Atlanta capitalist for
»;,oo,ooo ttlleiflng breach of promise
tn mnrry and aggravated damages.
SATURDAY IN
WASHINGTON
John H. Bartlett, assistant post
master general, was said to bo un
der consideration tor appointment
as postmaster general.
House action on the senate's
amendments to the British debt
settlement bill went over until next
week.
RepresentaUves Wingo, of Ark.,
and Jones, of Texas, nearly camo
to blows in the Hou|e when de
bate was begun on the Farm cred
its legislation.
Debate on the administration
shipping bill was resumed in the
senate with the leaders outlining
a program for day and night ses
sions next week.
A senate committee completed a
preliminary Inquiry into affairs of
the veteran’s bureau and it was
Indicated a more sweeping in
vestigation would be authorised
after the recess of Congress.
Oovorriding a request by Fuel
Distributor Wadlelgh, the Inter
state Commerce Commission refus
cd to order that coal shipments to
the Northeast be given priority, first and most important step to be
but asked the roads to expedlt such taken by farmers in their cam-
shipments voluntarily. palgn against the Insect, Frank C.
Secretaries Hoover and Wall tee Ward.- bolt weevil control I expert
mnrrr . uc ussrsvaiv.. uuipskvs. appeared before the House appro- |of the State College of Agriculture.
The nnswor of Mr Candler is priatlonH committee to urge appro told Clarko county farmers Satur-
mritlo retornrriito to the, March term prlatlon of fund, tor an Inquiry! day.
„t ,-ourt end the case Is expected to Into the possibilities of t rowing J Mr. Ward and David Long, rep-
m> for trial In September. I rubbor and other products :n the j resenting the Soli Improvement
The petition in general recites' Phlllplnes and other American Bureau were speakers at the farm
(let,.Hr of the charges made by tyrs .overseas territories. i meeting held In the county court
He Hoitchol during her visit to. At.
DESTROY WEEVILS
BEFORE THEY UY.
SAYS EXPERT HERE
Frank C. Ward, State Col
lege Cotton Expert, Ad
dresses Farmers’ Session
Saturday.
LONG < SAYS COTTON
IS MONEY CROP
Geo. T. Betts Arrived Too
Late to Speak. Gather
ing Valuable to Those
Attending.
Desructton of old weevils before
they bavo time to lay eggs is the
l.inta last fall, at which time, she
declared Mr. Candler broke their
engagement because he had heard
reports reflecting on her. which re-
porta she declared were false. Mrs.
fie Ifourhel at that time said that
Mr. Candler had refused repeated
requests to disclose the authors', of
the alleged reports."
THEY MET IN ATLANTA
AT REUNION IN 1918
The petition set forth that Mrs.
PeRnuchel and Mr. Candler met
during the Confederate reunion In
Atlanta In' 1919, at which time she
ms the recipient of many favors
ami attentions from Mr. Candler,
petition assertod.
Their acquaintance ripened into
friendship. an Intimate correspon-
ilnnro ensued, and ultimately In
his letters to the plaintiff, after ac-
.mnlntlng Her tolly with'many clr
I house. Speakers supposed to rep-
Man Who Left N.Y.
“To Avoid a Family
Scandal” May Be Here
Ell Stolper, who is said to have
left bis home In New York in 1921
to “avoid a family scandal" is be
lieved by his 16-year-old orothor
to be living in Athens.
The younger man, Murray Stol
per, has written The Banner-Her
ald requesting this newspaper .to
ask Eli Stopter to write his broth
er if he is in Athens. Murray
Stopfer's address Is 134 West lit
Street, N. Y. City. .
“Dear Editor:" writes the younrf
mnn'T am sixteen years of ago tod
hare completed high school ord
am about to enter college. If 1
could locate my brother I would
enter the University of Georgia
and thus be near him.” The elder
Is said to have left New York with
the intention of coming to Athens.
ITIQlliELS
FOUND IN TOMB
mm POSTAL
F01I
IN OFFICE
Levi C. Chance Who Has
Been Missing Since Wed
nesday Located, Cold in
Death.
BULLET ENTERED
HIS RIGHT SIDE
He Was Sitting Upright
in His Chair. Discovery
Made By Asst. Postmas
ter At Savannah.
Photographs Record Ev
ery Move As Valuables ih
Pharaoh’s Tomb Are Re
moved.
Active German Resistance Begins
as Hotel is Bombed, Canal Boat
Sunk, and Political Parties Meet
L
SON WAS KILLED
Senate May Soon Investi
gate Forced Retirement
of Officer and Slaying
of His Son.
WASHINGTON—(By The Aeeo-
HOKET BOOSTED
SAVANNAH, Gn., — Levi C.
Chance, postoffice .inspector with
headquarters In S.ivnnnah, was
found Saturday night shot to death
In bis office in the postoffice build
Ing. He had not been seen since .
Wednesday night and a inarch for i dated Press.) — Major General
him waa instituted at the request I Adelbert Cronkhlte, whose recent
of his family. (enf ued retirement trim active
The body was found upright in service coming after the myeteri-
|an office chair, the right log ovor I oua hilling tour years ago of hie
| the corner of a desk. A bullet : 80 ”. Major Alexander P. Cronkhlte
LUXOR. (By the Associated Pre.M j fr °ni a forty-five calibre automatic has de . T .® , °?® d i"‘° “ ° f
-Pending the formal opening of \ revolver had entered tho right aide
Pharoah Tutcnkhnmum's toma. the i and penetrated to within a short
i resent the Georgia Cotton Grow- ; experts were busily engaged Satur- distance of the heart,
j ere Co-operative Association did examining the marvel* of anil- j The revolver wqs found on the
not arrive. George T. feetti ofiyjJJJ r h «I^l,mln^ U Xir , TO , 7a^ i draw ' leaf - of the desk w,th °ne
Afihbum. president of the Georgia [ of h t ^ e hitherto ’anrevcalsd lnn#r !»hell in the barrel, the cylinder
Association, stressing the “cow,; chamber. Albert M. Lythgoe, cun- '• lying noarby. Discovery of the
sow and hen” orogram for farms j tor of Egyptian art of the Metropol- j body was made by Assistant Post
in this state, did not arrive In time tun meuaeum. New York, and H. E.' master A. L. Saunders who enter-
k vt mctlvc e “* led the office in search of the mls-
Rome Banker Writes
Athens Merchant Outlin
ing Situation As Exist
ing in That City.
to address tho meeting.
REGIN P0I80NING
EARLY
Mr. Ward advised the tarmenl
to poison the weexii as he emerges
from winter quarters and before
the squares are large enough to
puncture. This, he said, would
... cut down the summer fight on the
Tho proposed curb market for Ath- ingeRt pe it He , Ig0 reC ommend-
rXS&X m'? > r 0 r’h t .n 8 ? tU fe?or:,t" ed dusting only when the weevil.
In the project received a letter from'are at work puncturing squares.
Wilson M. Hardy, president of the j "Dust only whon the weevil is at
Cltlxens Bank of Rome, In which ho i work. Stop when he does," be'ad-
outlined how an effective curb mar-. v | ged Tho no | gon would thus be
*•« l-a.
• The WomanV Auxiliary' ot the! sltY'dr covering the eatjre pUnt
ms»sn«Mr.«f:Wr^-, .
the virfuaitrdj* of hit Rome Chamberof Commerce concclv- | with dust. Tho weevil is not at-
reer. the defAniiant cninmsntea > Ml u, # , de|l about two year* ago of • traded to Calcium Arsenate or any
unon tho lonliness of his home • ctabllshlng a curb market here, and j other pojgon, j,e asserted. The
life pr a widower andurjed the theirpreJect^va^^tcdbyMn. p|ant mugt ^ so the Insect
plnfetiff tn become his bride. ^°utman who «as vreMtnt^t^he | drtnJ|i , h „ po| , on th8 dow
Mrs. DeRoucholS JjL Thvmtman's splendid tact and energy. ( When he becomes thirsty,
that Mr. Candler, so conducted ^ mar got was started In May of
Mmsolf both preceding and dur
ing tho term of courtship "as to
win tho resnect ' and esteem of
petitioner: that his protestations
of affectations were so earnest
and his attentions so thoughtful
and so promising of future car*
and protection, that she was in
spired with nn honest affection
for him. Plaintiff, thereupon In
rood faith accented defendants
offer of marriage.”
HER HIGH CHARACTER
IS ESTABLISHED
Mrs. DeBouchel In her petition
said certain members of the Cand
ler family visited New Orleans to
investigate her and that Mr.
randier in Informing her of this
said "that the thorough investiga
tion whlrh had been made bad
merely served to confirm his own
highest estimate . of plaintiffs
character.”
Tho petition declared that it was
at the Insistence of Mr. Candler
that Mrs. DeBouchel set the wed
ding date for September 20. 1122,
the ceremony to take place at her
resldenee In Reno, Nev.
Announcement cards had been
printed and plans completed tor
a reception after the weaning *t
Mr. Candler's home, the petition
continued the wedding intelnarr
manned out. a clergyman engaged
wedding bouquets ordered, and an
elaborate trousseau made ready
and iMrs. DeBouchel had invited
some of her Intimate friends for
the ceremony.
"in the mesnUme,” the petition
asserted, “defendant had nnnonne-
“d to members of hie fsmlty that
the date tor'the wedding had been
definitely fixed and that the wed
ding would take place upon the
date assigned. Thereupon, said
members of the defendant’s family,
actuated by their own personal
motives renewed and desperately
redoubled their ruthless and de
termined efforts to Interfere with
a"d prevent the expressed purpose
of t' e sold Asa O. Candler to mar
ry plaintiff.
5 Year Old Girl
Burns to Death
19J1 on a two day per week schedule.
It proved successful from the very
start and shortly afterward was ex
panded to a three day schedule.
The Idea was new to our towns
people as well as the fnrmera, and
without the careful nursing of Mrs|
Troutman, the market most likely
would have died ot the close of the
Mr. Long outlined a farm pro
gram pointing out that cotton will
remain tho main money crop. He
advised Intense cultivation so as
to get large yields from few acres.
tireless ^" her * attention^ to It and Fewer acres cultivated properly,
proved wonderfully *uccei**ful in con- will enable the farmer to effective
trolling difference* that naturally oc
cur between buyer and seller.
COTTON REMAINS
THE MONEY CROP
W'rterck. In chanp
vat Ini: ot the musjum In Egypt, wettf - .
among those who examined the I**®? 1
treasures, which in addition to those; Mr. Chance was a veteran post-
Inspected Friday include two trays . offlco Inspector of Fort Scott, j
Georgia Girl Will
Not Press Charges
Against Consul Vidal
NEW Y O K.—Whether -Love
found a way to heal the breach'.’ as
Magistrate Oberwager had predicted,
or some other power interposed was
not revealed Saturday In Jefferson
Market Court when tylss Luclle
Whitehurst of Georgia, recanted her
charges against Mariano Vidal,
Spanish vice consul, whom she had
accused of knocking her down and
forcibly tearing from her finger a
diamond engagement ring which she
said he had given her.
Miss Whitehurst, who claims to be
a niece of a Georgia senator said «he
no longer would press ths charges
against Vidal.
CITIZiSlCKINO
IVL
army history. He personally pre
sented his story Saturday of tho
two cases to senators Resd, repub
lican. Pennsylvania and Glass,
democrat. Virginia. j
General Cronkhlte spent more I
than two hours in conference with I
Senators Reed and Glass, who with |
several other senators; are conlsld-
eriuc the advisability of a public
Inquiry by a senate committee.
Later tho General conferred with
Jennings S. Wise who with
Passive Resistance to
French Occupation Fails,
So Open Defiance Is Put
Under Way.
FRENCH PREPARED
?0 MEET SITUATION
Town That Refused to
Pay For Clash There Re
occupied. Grave Trouble
Is Anticipated.
Much Interest Shown By
Athenians in Expansion
Program. Big Meeting
Tuesday.
containing royal seals. i Kansas, and was formerly attach- : other former officers of the elgh-
Tho shrine also contains two «u»- ! cd to the New York division. tleth division, of which the Gener-
kets. the second with frontal doors | Inspector In charge of the At- ' *1 was the war commander, have
i Innta office. Joe P. Johnston, said “rged that something be done In
coflffdentfy r^kraed^ill bt fouadj?® *»■> J**? ‘Ting forjwo days . behalLof their former Snpertor of- j
lying the mummy of Tutenkhamun,
to reach Chanco. and then caus- j Beer.
wrapped from head to foot In sheets! ed the investigation which led to
on thin gold with crossed hands, the discovery of the body,
one shut and the other open, sym
bolic of upper and lower Egypt, over
which he ruled.
Every stage o fthe proceeding of
opening the tomb and Inspecting the
treasures is being photographed nnd
jeoorded. '*
^
HKElEir
W» f«*l that the market Is now an
•stabllshed Institution that the Coun
ty would not under any circumstances
part with. There are eplendld poll-
blllties for a market movement in
Athene—possibilities much greater
than Rome luw realised, for the rea
son that we have never employed any
Rev. J. D. Smith of Macon
Who Chained Girls Who
Broke Rules Relieved By
Moultrie Man.
ly battle against the weevil, he i MACON, Ga. Rov-^J. D. Smith,
superintendent of the Methodiat
Orphans' home of the South Geor
gia conference will bo relieved ot
his duller, on April 1, it became
, l ' nown hero Saturday. It is an-
cowsand' foodcrop"" on" practicable ' n ? u ? ced ,,, * t « will be tucceed-
scale, will have something to do. Jjj Daugherty, secretary t>f
every day In the year. Mr. Long l'*- •••V.LA.
said. In this way the farm would '
said. Farmers mnst build their
agricultural operations around cot
ton, he said. Supporting crops to
cotton wore strongly urged. The
farmer, If he raises hogs, chickens,
SWLETHW VISITS
IH! IN JAIL
MILI.EDOEVn.LE. Ga. — Willie
M.i» Adams, E. daughter of L*on-
M Adams, employe at the state
fa rm. was bunted'to death Friday
uixht when her dress caught on
while she was standing in
?r.>nt of an open grate.
RECOVER 8TOLEN SUM
' 'vhnnati. O. — Recovery of
■ ■"> non worth of bonds, part of
,, ' r ' wo stolen In a hold-up by
''•"■diis from the county-hank. In
"’"’nut Hills, this dty, last fien-
’■ 171 her. and ftiut.ew In nnnsad Fed-
" r "i Reserve bank Qsrftacy stolen
to the hold no ot the Denver Mint.
*'"* revealed todav by Federal
officers and private detectives.
The trust* s of the Drphanscc
be self-sustaining and the cotton ' rflc ® nt i jr „ Investigated charges
crop would brloe In the surplus . BWinit Suf^rnitomiont Snufh to
one to" work for the produce end of I revenue. 1 effect that he had chained
the business: , The meeting here Saturday waa ! K‘ rI * of tne institution together.
I believe that In the course of a, on „ of gerieg conducted i aa punishment tor violations of
.ZTtTZ tomlra 1 al»®d agricultural agencies In the rules of the Institution. The
„ supply ill JSti de- Georgia following up the recent truitees reprimanded the super-
ke^M well ms supply an | Market|nR conferences held here Inlendent at the time.
We have made no attempt to house (by the State College of Agrlcul-
the market and do not deem that by ^ ure#
any ineana essential. On the con
trary iny own Judgment Is that an
ope* air market Is better for our
local needs, provided only the loca
tion Is close In and convenient. This
Is an absolute sin qua non. I also
think It extremely Important that
no charge of any kind be assessed
the producer ,at least for ths first
year or so.
You need ask for no new ordi
nances. The co-operation of your
police department and a market man
ager, such as Mrs. Troutman, who
has tact, will be able to handle the
situation without friction either with
the prctJuccr or the merchant. -
MORGAN BLAKE TO
SPEAK HERE TODAY
Note<i Sport Writer Who
Was Recently Converted
Will Deliver Address At
City Y. M. C. A.
Moreau BlaX. .prtliu *Oitor «' •**» At
lanta Journal, will oddrw th. nor. or
AUm at th. Y. M. C. A. tod«r at o
0 M 0C Blak. will ipwk on th. "Dignity of
8.lf S-Set." HU addrw. wUl b. a,-
HrrrtdunJ« r awple- ®f Saaday ttou
ObSlf toTr. M. C. A. Whll. attendance
at th. Sundny meeting, of thb eemixa-
S« b wmk.th.hM-. Win
wTdmM W fUbd AdnX-
Ifnrean Blak.'. eoawntn thrilled hun-
i- .11 over th. wmlhl.nd. HI.
itbir Wltor had mm*
kbTwril knwn la .athw* athbtb elrele
j _k. B he walked down the alste at
Tabernacle Baptist church la Ac
2ta eed^nelly bman llt^ » h. pat.
ItUi. bmrta of hradrwb nf hb man
and adnilrm wtn mad. glad.
’Slam hb cMrrwriM.Hr-Bbk.ha.a~
nmtlnrn Hb rMara to AUwna whan n,
ha. m.nr warm penoeal frkn*. wo M
wtleoewd. ...'
TIMELY TIPS TO ATHENS
MERCHANTS
V
TO MAKE PEACE
Pasha Told He May Still
Enter Pact, to Which He
Replies He Will Work
For Peace.
CONSTANTINOPLE. — (By t-.e
Associated Pres*.)—Neville Hender
son, acting British High Commis
sioner. saw Ismet Pasha, the Na
tionalist foreign minister Saturday
on board the steamer Oul BJcmal.
whldh brought Ismet here on his
way from Lausanne to Angora.
Mr. Henderson communlcatod to
Inmdt a message from Lord Curson,
the foreign secretary, saying the
British were still willing to sign ths i
peace treaty as submitted to the
Turks at Lausanne and urging the
Turks to accept the offer before it
was too late.
Ismet replied, giving a friendly
message for Lord Cureon and declar
ing he would work at Angora in the
interest of peace.
Ga. Students In
Macon Auto Crash
MACON, Ga.—An automobile
containing three University of
Georgia basketball players and a
young society woman turned over
on the Forsyth rued, while return
ing from, the Idle Hour country
ctuo shortly after midnight Satur
day.
The players in the car war* Ed
Gurr. Jce Bennett and Pokey Wil
liams. .They are not badly hurt, it
When your store dawdles for
lack of customers, the clock is
eating up your investmenL
The Cash Register remarks:
“I tell the boss he’d be soro
if I slipped a cog whenever I
took the notion, and I have a
right to be sore when he skips
a chance to advertise.”
“Part Time Worker*”
There are in this country, de-.
dares an expert, hundreds of
thousands or retail salespeople
working, on ui average, only
IS to 18 per cent of their busi
ness hours.
They’re on duty, yes!
But not working with cus
tomers. ,
Why?
Because there aren’t custom
ers for them to work with
some of the time.
And the rest of the time
there are too many for them,
to handle well.
Not their fault!
The fault is higher up—
with the management that
doesn’t bring customers in.
* The trouble is not, of
course, one that can be wholly
corrected.
But, insofar as correction is
possible, advertising plays a
prominent part.
Special inducements to draw
customers in the hours that
are ordinarily idle fnrnisb one
widely used method.
No doubt the estimate of
idle time by safesfolk is high
er than is true of your store,
Hr. Merchant. '
But it might pay you to .
make a study of ths situation
and sse just how much cor.
rcction it needs,
Girl to Be Used in Prose
cution of Lover Who
Shot Her and Killed Her
Companion.
MACON, Ga.—Miss Olene Cour-
orcMix Ga., who Solicitor Charios
ereaux, Ga.. who soincltor Charles
H. Garrett says he will call as one
ot the principal witnesses tor the
state in the prosecution of M. D.
Wood, charged with the murder of
Paul Funderburk, when that casn
comes to trial Monday, visited
Wood at the county Jail late Satur
day afternoon. She was accom
panied by iMIss Fay Greer, the
young woman who wrenched the
pistol from Wood’s hands n'tor be
had fired two bullets into Miss
Courson’s body, on December 7,
after Funderburk fell dead.
Miss Courson was Wood’s sweet
heart from childhood. Two of her
sisters married brothers ot Wood.
The solicitor stated that the < islt
ot Miss* Courson to tho Jail veil'd
not change his determination to
place the young woman nn the
stand.
Neither Senator Reed nor Sena'
tor Glass made any announcement'
as to their probable future action j
after their conferences. Both have
been studying fjor several days!
the pnpers in the matter of Gen- I
eral Crokblte’s Involuntary retire
ment by Presidential order. Sena
tor Reed's interest arises, frpm his |
overseas service; as well a* .be
cause tho headquarters of the I
eightieth division association is tn
Pittsburg and t large proportion
of the National army troops Gen
eral Cronkhlte commanded came
from westeni Pennsylvania.
Senator Reed said the confer
ence with General Cronkhlte had
served to enlighten him on many
points in connection with the kill
ing of Major cronkhlte at Camp
Luwls Washington and tho retire
ment of General Cronkhlte.' The
Senator asserted that he expected
to bo able to complete his study
of the two matters by Monday and
then to announce whether he
would present a resolution looking
toward an Investigation.
BERNSTEIN WILL
I
,S.
Judge R. C. Orr, Ordi-
Days. Appealed.
MUCH INTERE8T IN
TUESDAY'S MEETING
Public interest is the “Civic
Conference” in connection with
the Chamber of Commerce ex
pansion campaign which will be
held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
at the. Colonial theatre Is such
as to cause the leaders In the
movement to expect a record
breaking attendance. Men ot
Influence In all walks of busi
ness and professional life, as
hundreds of dub-women and
others interested in civic wel
fare. will bo in attendance.
Dr. Frank E. Jaynes of Chlca
go, will make the only address
ot length. The rest ot the pro
gram will be made up of several
live minute talks by local men,
community singing led by the.
Whitehall band, and local num
bers. The band concert will
start at 7:46 and last until
8:15 o'clock.
ESSEN — (By the Associated
Press) — The French military au
thorities in the Ruhr believe that
the passlvo resistance of tho Ger
mans Is at an end and that the
work of obstruction is entering sn
activo phase.
■They reached this conviction as
■ result of bargee In Uin UtilRj p
[Heme canal, and the activity of
tho nationalists, communities, and
other political parties during last
[few days, • S
The French'intelligence service
has information to the effect that |
the populist partv held a Isree se
cret meeting in Essen on Wednes
day, the gathering being address
ed by numerous speakers who
urged active opposition to the
French and Belgian measure. The
speakers are said to have admlt-S
tort that tho policy of passive re-
slstanco Inaugurated at the in
stigation of the Berlin government
I! had failed.
[center party I
HOLDS MEETING
The center party held a meeting I
at Muenster Friday night at which,
according to tho French Intelli
gence agents, it was admitted that
passlvo resistance had been nnsne-
cessful'nnd that the time tor
active resistance bad como. HOH
I One of the speakers is said to
have been a well known agitator
from Upper Silesia.
The secret visit to the Ruhr of
Herr Stingi, German minister of I
Ports and Tolcgrapbs, in defiance |
of the French order against the
entry of cabinet members has had
a bracing effect on the strikers
throughout tho district, particular
ly thoso under his ministry.
captain J. w. Ramett who was The French say they are ready
named ns chairman of the Cham- for any emergency that may arise
her of Commerco expansion cam
paign, and A. 0. Dudley, who was
named vice chairman believe that
the dtlrcnn of Athens are ready
to get back of the movement for
a modern Chamber of Commerce
100 per cent strong. The cam
paign committee nf twentr-elght,
which hnn been meeting dally with'
n record-breaking attendance, ha*.
from the changed attitude of th* ;
Germans.
TOWN REOCCUPIED FOR
FAILURE TO PAY DEBT
GELSENKIRCHEN — (By the I
Associated Press)—Gelsenkirchen
was reoccupled by the FreaeSS
Saturday and the population waa
work of making the
ferenre” next Tuesday night at
the Colonist theatre’ the greatest
public meeting of the kind In the
history of Athena.
Tho main address will be de
livered by Dr. Frank E. Jaynes, ot
Chicago. Wdrd from Charleston,
- ~ . tt n,.i, . R C.. where Dr. Jaynes was call-
nary, Sets Up Will After ed-to make an address tn the cham
a Trial That Lasted 8“,FSETt
the most populsr speakers that
has ever visited Charleston. He
pledged these men their toll sup-«advised through public mllltorv
P°rt; ’ . Proclamations that it would remain
The committee hss taken up the j g0 until the fine rif 100,000,000
“ fc riv, <' «»»- marks *;<>* PcH ns indemnity
Jadre R. C. Orr of the ordinary's’ court
Saturday morn inir handed down a decision
in the Bernstein will case that consumed
three days' trial last week. He overruled
the caveat and sat up the will.
Attorneys far the cavestor. Bella Bern- i
•trin.hmb.nd of th« late Mn. tunns «MOST GRATIFYING"
the recent wounding of French \
gnondc.nurh i n:i cinch with Cer-1
man police.
Mnrttnl low conditions prevail
ed thrnnghont tho city Saturday
night nnrt tho situation was preg
nant with posBlWIItlra of disorder. J
oapoelally elnco the local police
hod barricaded themcelvca to rre- :
vent being disarmed by the French
Strong torero of troopa hoge.n or
riving Saturday morning from |
iRcckllnehanaen. Bnchutn end Rs-I
was asked to prolong his stay as Wen, apparently as, the result of
those who flrst heard him desired
that the people of the entire com
munity have an opportunity to hear
his message.
Frost As Far South As
the Middle of Florida.
Cold .Season Extended
Few Days.
WASHINGTON — Without re- ; Tb. CSM wa, th, hirdat fought mr
taxing apparently its grip on the I to con. briar* an ordiauv'. court us tnii
east and the middle west, the cold'
■dap reached out Saturday night
and took within its grasp the south
ernmost tip of tho continental
United States.
Frost' as far south as extreme
■outhern Florida .waa forecast
Brrmtein who nwb th. will, unoum, ' o g o111 TO AI DPI nv
Immediately nftcr th. dccblon that «nj Ht8uul8
■ppcsl to th. superior court would M [ . ... ■ • ..
filed at one* Green and Michael wen the ] "Most gratifying” is the Way the
attorney! foe th. propounder. Attorney, campaign Is described by the
for th. csvntnr were. Itrwln. Erwin and | American City bureau representa-
Nix. Henry C. Tuck and Austin Hell. t Ivex. D. H. McFarland and Junes
E. Coad. The leadership of the
community ie rallying lo the sup
port of the campaign much more
ranld|y than they ueually. find tn
•o come ocsorv an onuiwry . court in uuc A ,u M ... „ ...
county .con.tunics oil f Monday. Timer 1 ®tker cities, and they can nee noth
and Wednesday of thic w»ek. ’ ling but pronounced success for
Not a point is the will or i»ns.ii)si! the forward movement. The epon
evidence whs veriuoked sad every pm- tanetty ot the support has been a
rrsph of the document was sue* one with surprise to local leader* in
th! mStbTr? tbT Mt°wu!! th ® ““Yemen 1 who expected slow
•UI4U.UIU riui.u. ... iisnt .pceehw tret delivered by attorney. ,progresi to be made In getting
Saturday by the weather bureau. ,B AU >ene wee. heard in the usually re-1 general community support. Every
In the middle Atlantic states the." 1 ”. “"■* °?1. 1 fl®"?® 01 “* «?• community. Indus-
present cold weather will continue j ST ThoST £T M?dJ£ 1* 0 ® ? 1 ’ f * U - 11 ? nd , * ho1 ®'
over Sunday except In scattered Henry a Tuck sad Auuiu Bdi. • ehi*
patches I women* tne various school
Snow Is expected on the Atlsn- S 0 ” 8 *®”" fidllUes. and spimrently all oth-
Ue seaboard sa far south as Vlr-I 0F TUE m «ased interest, *», beertllr In their
ginia. Ererywhere else east of j Me* Bernstein WI>. before her mnnes. “nf 8 fh? 4 Sl!»«SLetoie
th# Oflssisslppl. fair weather is in to Mr. Sells Bcrwtrin, who hud also been L Meetings of the manufacturing
prospect
b. {Interests
Federal Action
In Ga. Slaying
WASHINGTON — Firm and
prompt federal action against the
persons who killed Max Lochrtdge.; ‘T”"*.’ . „ .
an employee of the United States t d {,{, ,^1^. usula. then the mumrei
Department of Agri.'ultnre enssr- ,1 ne.MAMto nTwrin end mJS!
ed In cattle tick eradication work except Her Id l.wne. sad Percy leesuuk
in Echols county. Georgia and who “To mi eietacw outright, the .cm at
was shot to death February 2*.uwm
j*** 8 sgygj***; (
has been iikn bv Secretary Wil*^ pssri nstssu the ■— ot ti oo# oo *«d u
lace of the Department of Agricul- ;j«ck Piccaan, sad Athar
Miss Iscmsa. Bbs had no children oy
either marriage. She died October SOth*
1921 and ths will to executed on Aa-
gust 29th of ths line jrcmr lo Bstoa* Mass,
where Mrs. Bernstein had gone for her
health.
After ths usual preamble to th* dec*
meat ths will provided that:
1^2.7— ta ^!*DS ,l du5!ni" , iS!! COAD SPEAKS AT
Imc fern StS.H0.0t during hi. IlfM H|<JH 6CH00L
are scheduled for 3
■t the campaign
headquarters, and the hanking In
Inga are for educational purposes
only and are Intended to give the
various Interests ' a full under
standing of the expansion plans.
■conference held here' Friday
night, between Generals DcGoutto |
and Fournier.
The most Important points ...
the city wore occupied first. AT-I
most immediately the postal, tofe-|
|graph and railway services eeaaMfl
r According to G-rman qnnrtcrs. f
the contents of tho cash tills In {
the railway station, were contiscat 1
ed. likewise forty million marks, I
found in the coffers of tbe railway!
hotel. ,
The moment the first of the
cnpational troops appeared, the j
proprietors of all tho banks, stores
and hotels dosed their doon
Street car traffic also ceased, un
der orders from tbe French ac
carding to the Germans who at-,
tribute to them ateo, the closing!
of all motion picture house*, ban j
and public places of amusement.,
Street traffio has been forbidden
| between 7 P. M. and 7AM..
Anna Q. Nilsson
■ Weds Shoe Man:
LOB ANGELES, CsL—Anna •_
Nilsson motion picture actress nndi
John M. Cunnenon, shoe deafer, |
tcrests at 4 o’clock. These meet-l^ «
i.w. to. Jl.. a ™ ™ wer ® married.
here Friday night at tbe home of |
the bridegroom, tbe Lo* Angela
Examiner said Saturday.
Brazil Denies Rumor
Hut 500,000 Japs
Are to Be Imported j
James E- coad. educational di
rector. has spoken to the high
school students on dvtc responsi
bilities. This is a part of tbe cam
palgn to carry the message of
civic obligation* to the men, wo
men, and children of tb* communl
l w wa wupwe »««vi w - • | rie^ai Mil Mill Hr • ivl.au. SVs.g CKO . **'-*l| • LllA CUUUICU UJ IIIO LUUlillU UI
ture In a letter to Attorney Gen- Iimmi. To d. m. a. wrinbna. ewe Mo-lty. Mr. cos'd found ths high
eral Daugherty,
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WASHINGTON—The Braxltlwi en.
hsasy after communicating with In
government announced SAtuto.y
'here was no truth In neenlly pub
lished reports that Braxll and Jaren
had reached an agreement tor th.
migration ct ICO,too Japanese to Bra-
