The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, February 28, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textinvestigate Today| To Regular Subaoribara of THE BANNER-HERALD ji.ooo Accident Policy Free. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. BitaUished 1812. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. THE WEATHER; Cloudy with possible shower* ATHENS COTTON: Previous Close SOibe Middling 29?te VOL. "• No. 16 Fril Associated Press Leased Wire Service. ATHENS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1023 tlllSB Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. Famous Broadway Star iMGirves Himself to Christ Loosely Kept Diary, and Perumed Letters May Aid in Locating Guilty Person. HOLD WOMAN WITH WHOM HE LIVED Letters From a Flock of Women, Some Married, Found on Slain Wealthy X. Y. Man. NEW YORK — In the penciled (crawlings In Fred Stone, Noted Comedian, Buys a Bible, Is Re converted, and Will Give a Tenth of His Income to Church and Its Work Anti Greek War In Thrace Breaks OF HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK—Lured back to Christianity as he sal idle in a sleeping car suited in a snow storm in the Dakotas, Fred Stone, comedian, one of the gayest lights ever to illuminists Broadway, has dedicated the rest of his life ao Christ and a tenth of his large in come fo the church. Though not devotedly religious, Stone has al- way been regarded aa a man'de- voted to hia family and his re conversion—he was baptized many years ago—didn’t surprise the White light district. . . .. .... The strangeness of the incident 1 •» reported from Butte, Montana, a lodsely kept diary ■ lies m the manner of its occur- More Equipment, Library Fund, and a New Teacher Are Among the Recommendations. CHILDS ST. SCHOOL HIGHLY PRAISED >n ,l the contents of a number of] rcnce. Stone In a telegraphed i He and ‘ " " ” * w« — - ■ f % - i lit , a iricg __ daintliv perfumed envelopes, Dls-.; statement to the New York World I Settle. “I am now'determined to irtci Attorney oiennon, of the said: live a Christian life” Mr. Stone Bronx was searching Wednesday I “What you read in the But e I is quoted by Rev. Clifford aa tdl- lor a clue to the idsntlty of the | Miner is true. I am not looking I ing him. “I mean .to be true to murderer of Frederick^ Schneider for publicity. It is a simple and Uhls dccisiin to the end of the natural thing, much too sacred to trail.” be used as copy.” It seems that Stone acted on his resolve by dropping off his train at Billings, Montana, and buying a Bible. After reading It and praying, he was ready when Butte was reached, to go to the Rev. Cecil Cliff bid, drop on his knees, pray again and take spiritual ad vice. Tlie neat day—Sundry—he appeared in the pulpit and told his life’s story to an astonished con gregation. His income is estimated at $125,- 000 annually. He has Urge realty ’ holdings, including a 20 story. ^ , building here, and a large farm < More equipment, a library fund and Long Island countiy house, j add an addztii nai teache- for the his company now are in j commercial department w »v roo- ~ J-. t ■ *- amm#n( j ec i ror the hmti ocbool »t Committee to Dispose o: Natahala and Baxter Schools. Thrift Syst'm Is Discussed. uvultliv contractor. In his automo Mi,, mi a lonely Bros road Mon day. imiunced that a Jealous woman klllc.l Schneider, the District At torney was checking ovor the ac quaintances of the dead man. In tte meantime, Mrs. Anna Buzri, with whom Schneider had lived lor seven years, was held In the Bronx Jail under (26,000 bend, while the tangle was being unravel The pocket diary, in which Schneider scribbled notes of oc currences and names, addresses of iwlal and business acquaintances, and the letters which he received from women friends, some mar ried. were found in the apartment he i -copied with Mrs. Bussl. faisctlves continued checking mi of FOLLOW; HARK PLANNED the Board of Kducatlco rameeung Tuesday aflernon. The ’ recommendation was made by the visit.i a committee and \vaaa referred to a committee for nc tlon. The committee whlnb visited Childs street schol re :.an mended that coat c-louets .be built for the I uplls pointing out tnat now they piled their costs and wrap* almost anywhere. The work of the commercial de partment of the high school was j praised us well as other depart Last Year Saw Improve-11 Close Friends Are Spur- ment, Speaker Asserts 1 red to Steps by Moves In Message to District. Made by Other Would Officials. Be Candidates. WASHINGTON elated Press) (By the Asso- Convlnced that Tax values were better equaliz ed In Georgia last year than at any th. nercnil°itoHes“tbat haCTwi P™vlou. time. H. J. Pullbright. riven by persons ezsmiried by the f 1 * 18 *** commissioner declared halt a dozen aspirants already are authorities, among them Mrs. hBra Wednesday. 1 Buzzl. She pleade* complete Ig norance of the crime And Its cause and declared that she was not out nf her apartment daring the day of the murder. he ” .. , . , I making cautious overtures to test jrsnssrst ‘sss «- w-* >-• .orrtol nn—rinWnd.nU ot ih, ;a..U«l —IWHUm .<» 1M4, tom. Eighth District at the Clarke co in of the friends of President Hard- ty court honae. The meeting was ing have begun to work to assnre held for the purpose of equalising Um a re-renomtnsUon. the tax values in this c.litrict.. ... ... „„ w Forty-three delegates were at the i. ™ for . the movetten. on be- ilialf of the prealdent hns not teach Jewish Festival Will zneetmi. %n.wo yjrciiiuvui, Aiaa uut $$*»«,$$, Rffllle the commissioner said the* ed the proportions of a closely tsx receivers and assessors will | knit organization but it baa pro- have trouble If they perform their. greased to the point where it pro- ■luties as it should be done, he has ;mlaes to make itself felt In many found in his travels over the state | states before the coming summer that the people are'in a nfors opll- ;1» well begun, mlattc frame of mind than last I The attitude of Mr. Harding him Celebrated At the Syna gogue Friday and Sat urday. The feast of Purlm, a Jewish festival, which revolves around the romance ot Queen Esther, who m-ed her people from persecution, •ad extermination, will be cele brated in the Synagogue Thursday and Friday with appropriate cere monies. The festival of iPurim Is held In high esteem by the Jews of all countries. The Book of Esther, however, does not prescribe any special re ligious rites, it commands, only the celebration and rejoicing by feasting and pleasure and the al truistic act ot sending gifts, espe cially to the poor. '• The Book ot Esther narrates that iiamon, the arch-enemy of the jews In the ancient kingdom of Persia, plotted to have them ell killed on s certain day, and tolls bmv his plot was frustrated thru the courage of Queen Esther, the Jewish wife of Ahssnerns, the Uni of Persia, and Mordeoal, Esther’s cousin, and. Anally how He man *as hanged on the same .gallows he had erected for Mdrdccte. BHTIONOF l! MR. FULLBRIQHT EXPLAINS Mr.’ Fullbright explained that he Invited the slegtslatora and school and countv commissioners to at tend the district meetings in order that they .may have first band I self toward a second term remains unaccounted and It Is considered Improbable that he will make any public statement of his intentions* at least in the near future. WANf8 PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT There la quite general agree- knowledge of the workings of the ment among those on the Inner dr- tax eqhalliatlon law. In this con- nectlon be said It would paralyse the common school system If the equalisation law is repealed with out aomethlng aa good rr better subitttnted for It. At preaent the city counties par a surplus ot about fl,000.d00'ln taxes, he said. It che equalization, law is repealed the "country coun ties will be relieved ot spending this extra money and the school system will be crippled,” he de clared. / Repeal of the tax equalization tew would mean 60 per cent reduc (Turn to Page Two) "mis is" BINEHHV Proposal -That (U. S. Be Mrmber of Court Waits Until Next Term of Congress. "a s11inoTON—Formal eonatd- cru'iri Of President Harding's pn.i,..« .1 for American membership ' n " ■ International court eet up b) '*"• League of Natlona appar ent - ime to an end Wednesday ■ . -■ ft' ih session of congreck Pl-AV IN VOUR own backyard. Quit hanging around the ether »eiicv.-» houte—quit paying rent "'°nih after month to a landlord Who doesn't even appreciate your well enoguh te keep the •'"•s repaired. , Sir.he out for yourself and put rent money In your own oorvrt—and learn to knew the •f free. '•tigate today I Oat dew nto 1 tacka right new! begin » ■» the Want Ad JMWEI real eetatt men - »how you •»*y way to heme klMMMABan Phone 75 For Want Ade Popular Play v Appears Last Time Tonight Norma Talmadge Here Tomorrow. By popular demand,_ “The^ Dan- irous Age,” excellent photoytey who which was offend at the theatre Tuesday, te being held over today, and the last .showing will be tonight This fa undoubtedly one of the beat, strongest pictures shown in Athens in a great while and it is quite poaaible that some saw it Tuesday will sae it essoin "he picture includes __ _ Stone and »»»r oth * r »•**■ SSSt’&jIS’S in love with a girl of twenty, is about to divoret his wtte wben the girl surprises hint with the statement that he is old enough to bo her father, and then he races back boms to beat a special de livery letter to his wife in which he had asked for his freedom. He nacbes his home just in time to sttend tb# wedding of hi* daugh- ter, but his wife gets the tetter be had risked his life in a mad cjuse to km bar from getting, but in tha end, of course, all. worn out well and eles of Washington politics, how< .ever, that a. desire for public en dorsement ot.bis stewardship will impel him to stand for re-election. It la upon this presumption at any rate, that those who-want to see him remain in the White House (or (mother four years are proceeding. Included in the group of friends who have been in con ference aro some ot the men who led the successful pro-convention campaign of 1920, and some who came to the Harding ranks from other camgs after the convention waa over. Aa a result the ulti mate line up of the Harding jorces of 1024 te expected to reeembto only In part the organization that fought and triumphed in the nomi nation fight of three yean Ago. Attorney General Daugherty, who was tha pre-convention man ager for Mr. r Hardlng in 1920, te expected to ngt^n^take a urging the re-n atton. monta. The Cbilde street achnul work was also. commended. DISPOSTION OF 8CH00LS Disposition of the NantahaJa add Baxter street school building was referred to a committee. It waa suggested that the Nanta- haia building he moved’ to a lot to be purchased by tbe board In the Newtown district to take tbe place of the bulldingg now rented tor the negro school there.. M. Q. Michael declared tho building now used by Newtown woniq not hiake a good stable, let atoho a school. L. F. Polk, representing the Ed ucational Thrift Service, asked permission to establish Its system of thrift in Athens Schools. The matter was referred to Uw tews and committeo on finance. Mr. Polk declared Atlanta adopt ed the system recently and in tour weeks 85 per cent ot the total en rollment of the school were ce- posltors and had banked <18,000. He said his company has 520 sys tems and read a letter from Willis A. Sutton, Atlanta school super-. . intendent, praising the Work. A8KS BOARD FOR PERMISSION He requeated authority of the boqrd to Install his service in Ath ens schools stating it would eost the city absolutely nothing. He claims the system will require none of tbe teachers time. His company selects the depository tor the accounts. After the mlnqtes were, read Dr. A. C. Holiday asked that they be amended so as to state that Dr. W. W. Brown will resign as city bacteriologist in September since he has been elected os head coach of athletics* at the high school ana assistant physical director at the Y. M. C. A. Dr. Holliday painted out that it waa mode clear at the time of Dr. Brown's elec tion he would resign aa city bac teriologist. After a vote on the correction to the minutes they were changed. Harry-Stillwell Edwards to Speak .- In Athens Soon RKm Despatches Indicate That Luthanians Have Again , Attacked Pole Advance Guards. WARSAW — (By the Associated Press) — Reports from the Neu tral zone state that the LUhunians Tuesday broke the truce agreed upon by the Polish local authori ties and representatives ot tha Lithunlgn forces. Uthnnlan bends are reported to have resumed their attacks .against the Polish police, entering the territory assigned to Poland. A dispatch from Warsaw Febru ary 26 said representatives of tbe Polish and Uthnnlan governments had agreed upon a suspension of hostilities pendfnf discussion for tbs delimitation ot the Nantra) PARIS — A Warsaw dtepdteh to the Havas agency,.confirms reports Harry Stillwell Edwards, whose band In stories both about the old Georgia aoQ the new are popular through- ont the South and the Whole coun try, will be Is Athens on the even ing of March « to give a reading from his own works. Mr. Edwards comes under the ausptdes of, the Athens Community Cbnndl; the proceeds will be divided equally between the Athena Anti-tnbereu- loels Fund and tbe fond for the anp port of Mr. Edwards’ protege, a young girl who is being nursed back to health from tuberculosis In an Asheville sanitarium. Mr. Edwards’ work as a story- writer and novelist constitutes one of Georgia’s chief claims to liter ary Importance. For more then a generation. In a series of charm ing and aethenUc stories, Mr. Ed wards has been revealing both to us end to the world outste, those gradous end lovably qualities of tha Ufa ao familiar to an, these qualities which, in spite of much that is unlovable and graceless, make Georgia a dear name te Its dtfteas. Outside of the field Which be has taken aa especially his own, Mr. Edwards has gained distinc tion as the writer of Ingenious my story stories; he has also mads excursions into the romantic realm of sdence. No matter from which of hie resource* he may draw for his Athens evening, bis audience will be da Ugh ted; for he hr not only a writer, but accomplished and sympathetic reader, -ownspeople and students alike .BERNE — (By the Associated Press) — An anti-Greek Insurrec- 'tion In Thrace attended by sharp encounters near Xanthi, is report ed from Bulgarian sources. The organization ot Thracian national lets, is said to be starting a gen eral movement against Greece, While the entire population ot Wes Thrace now Is armed. CM EH BE mummii HUB CHI Fin Fins Fill Federal Reserve Report Shows Small Towns and Cities Have Profit ed Little. Nabbed Between Athens and Monroe, Calhoun Bates Sent to Monroi For Trial . Calhoun Bates* whom police de- clarc one of the most notorious burglars ever operating in this flection* was arrested between Ath- CUSTOMARY ALL YEAR RATE BLAMED Situatio nin Industrial Centers Where Redis count Rate is Regarded Is Different . WASHINGTON — Efforts to obtain cheaper credit for the far mers thus far have failed to pro duce an appreciable effect on the Interest rates charged by 'banks vtunil ciiich un*1 towns of _ . i an win** i • in icn u.i’i vvvvii n v* and Monroo Tucs ay a .agricultural sections of the west a white man about twon- “ lld "" uth " according to observa- ty-four years old, was sent back 'Iona of the Federal Rese.ve - Monroe where court is in aes- Board In its annunl report made n. He will bo tried there for public Wednesday. The board says jorglarixing a store in Monroe J that the interest rates of those Monday nigW. 'financial Institutions 'ore practical- Aftcr robb ng Monroe store dMp ite tbe lowering B **?! Afhcns nnd was redlKount rate , by the Re caught about fourteen miles Draw nrrvo Uanka , n t be past year and other movea designed to be of as hore by city and county police. The man saw the officers, accord ing to toe police, and hid behind a tree. They got out of the auto mobile and chazed him some dis tance. He wes loaded with ar ticles of merchandise, state the police. Bates is wanted in Athens on a warrant charging burglary. The police nave been on his trail sev-1 era! days. He was in Monroe sev eral days before the store was '■ ' and upon finding il bur- Tuesday morning the _ police at cnee suspected Bates and notified the Athens au thorities. ' According to Chief Buesser tea is the man who robbed rdemaq-Johnson’s store so many .several month ago. Tho also believes Bate* is the than who picked tho ldcks of a half dozen or more stores in the business dist^ct about eighteen months ago. Bates served six months on the county chningang lost summer after being convicted on a burglary charge. slstunce to the agricultural Indus try. Tho board notes that there is a much cdoser relationship between Interest charged by banks in industrial centers and the reserve rediscount rates. “It is note worthy” tbe report TWO HAT HAVE LOST THOR LIVES IN PLANE HISSING SEVERAL DAYS Prince von Lippe, Ger man Nationalist, Charg ed With Working Against Occupation. ESSEN — (By The Associated Press.)—Prince Frlederlch Wil helm Von Lippe, Oermun National ist agitator! was created here Wed nesday by the branch autthorltles. It Is charged, that he has been stirring up agitation agalnit the Franco-Belgian troops In the Kuhr. V The Prince was an active factor In the German campaign for the retention of Upper Silesia. Papers found in his room, the French de clare show he /W&a a member of the secret order of the Swastika and the notorious consul of the reactionary organisation. The Prince come to the Ruhr several days ago* on a special mis sion, v. urging the nationalists to a program of violence, the French declare. The Nationalists have been unusually iptive In the lost few days, holding 1 protest meetings, spreading propaganda 'among " tne strikers and urging the callng of other strikes.- The occupational authorities asert tbe nationalists have been doing their utmost In Search Was Continued Wednesday With Little Hope of Finding the Lost Machine. **.„.;* RADIO MESSAGES ARE FRUITLESS Delos Thomas and Theo dore Giggs Occupants of Seaplane Traveling Be tween Bahamas and Fla. suys “that the rates charged by tb |, WR y qqd many others to bin- banks in the small cities * nt -1 (l,r the corylng out of tbe Franco- 1 " Belgian plan tor re-organising the towns of agricultural ’districta ot the west, and south, are practical ly oil the same level as they were a year ago. This is doubtless due to the fact that in those sections it la the custom for banks to charge a given rate of interest, usually ranging from eight to ten ,per. cent .the year around, with oqt regard to interest rates oh- in liulustrlal sections or Ctermnn tt-oopi, are holding meet- Unt rates In effect nt the si .reserve banks. . LITTLE EFFECT IB NOTICED “Inasmuch ns the reduction ot the discount rate at the Federal reserve banks has not resulted in a corresponding decline in tho rates paid by farmers and other ’boron-ers who deal with banks lo cated in the email cities and towns V f the agricultural sections (Turn to pag^ two) Prominent Business Men and Women Aid in Chamber of Commerce Expansion. After working only three hours teams in t*te Chamber of Com- merco expansion program report ed 216 members at the luncheon Wednesday at 2 o’clock. Of the amount pledged 91,045 was in sh. Five teams did not report. About seventy five business and ofessional men of Athens start ed ont Wednesday morning on the canvas of the city for a greater chamber of commerce for this city. After receiving final instruc tions from the experts of the American CiVy Bureau th: differ ent team ergenizstions began Ike set mt team ergenizstions began the ict ial.pledge'campaign and nt two I’clocic gathered at the Georgian IMIS TO GO TO GAINESVILLE COMBAT MEETING8 OF NATONIAL8T8 The communists who oppose the presence of any troops In thq Kunr and who before the Invasion ob jected oven to the presence of Local Members to Assist t In Establishing Club in Sister City Thursday, This Week. * ing* to combat the ettorti ot the- Nationalists to cause trouble. Com munists meetings have been held lately In Dortmnd, Bochum and other towns. The communists claim the security police have been as sisting the Nationalists particular ly In tracing and giving Informa tion against Germans who have accepted the occupational regime. All the security police in Bochum have been disarmed. It Is reported from German sources that Karl Radek, chief of publicity for the Russian Soviet government has been prohibited by the Inter-Allied high commission at Coblens from entering the oc cupied area. The Ruhr Echo, tne communist organ, has been sus pended by order of the French. The Belgians have seized lfiO.-i 000.N0 marks at Dul amount they claim, was intended for use aa n strike found. The French made n like seizure of 2N,- 000.000 marks V KupfArdech. STUART, Fla. — Search con tinues Wednesday tor a missing seaplane with at least two persona aboard which Is believed to have been lost some where between the east coast of Florida and the Ba hamas. Though radio messages have been sent out every two hours In an effort to gain same in formation concerning the mts9<ng boat no word has been received yet. Delos Thomas, of Roanoke, Va., and Captain Theodore Gibbs left here Friday morning aboard tho Piano, reached Bimini ’and started on tbe return trip that afternoon ' according to information reaching here. Search instituted Saturday has so far revealed no trace ot the mjsslng flyers. Four hosts sent ont from hero are tiding In tho search and mes sages are continuing to be broad cast by radio from the Navy sta tion at Jupiter. u, sms mi Noted Negro Educator . Places Beginning Wien Cdih Slew Abel. Adjust ment Needed. CHICAGO —The roco problem at encountered In America as-be tween the white and black races first started when Cain slew Abel, according to Dr. R. R. Moton of tho Tuskfgee Normal and Industrial institute, speaking Wednesday lie- fora the Chicago Woman’s club. “The race problem I* tbe adjust ment of man's relation to his broth er” be aald. Many persons believe, Dr. (Moton ■aid, “that tbe negro wants to bo with white people becanao they are white.” There te no founda tion in fact for this, ha declared, adding that the negro enjoys tho companionship of bis race and nev er loses an opportunity to bo with Athens Rotartens will gfi to Gainesville Thursday afternoon where they wtU Install a Rotary club. The meeting of the cinb will be ucmmwEs tebara. which . "When a negro shows an Incllna tlon” to be with white people It is not because he wonts to bo with white people as much, but because be wants to get the beet tend, posi tion, education, comforts, conveni ences and protection” he said. •r. evening. It has atafO'.wo have had the chance to heair aa gifted » story teller as Mr. SSriutifi f ■“ toll one of his In person. ..The price of admit* slon will be fifty cents. Tho exact time and place will be announced. cry business of the hotel for reports and luncheon. Great interest his been worked up over the campaign nnd those who have kept in touch with I* feel confident that it will be a complete success. Daring the next few days ev- lineas and professional man city will be called upon to subscribe to the “Greater Athens Chamber of Commerce” fund. The individual membership* have been placed ut *20.00 per year over • period 6f three yearx while id is als(> hoped to raise a working cap ital Aunt by subscription* from business . houses over arid above the. memberships. Col. D. W Jtythcr is head of the canvassing teams and he has an organisation ,of- majors, captains, lieutenants and tei-u members to comb, tbe city thoroughly. held Thursday at 2 o’clock Instead of Wednesday, the regular day. I District Governor Porter will be tbe guest of the elnb and will ac company them to Gainesville for tbe installation ceremony in that city. The Athena cinb will leave for Gainesville at 6:20 o’clock Thors day aftornoon. Every member who 1s not imperatively detained here will be In the delegation to Gaines ville, declared President Morton Hodgson. Interest in East St Louis Races Shifts to Election in April After Tuesday Primary. HA8 NO SHARE IN LAW MAKING DOIT WAS HOME, The campaign will dose Friday with, a find luncheon at the Geor gian hotel. Two Athenians At Religious Session Two Athenians, C. A. Rowland and F. L. Slaymaker are attend ing the eighth biennial convention ot the Laymen’s Presbyterian Min- slonnry movement which opened nt Richmond, Va.. Wednesday. Mr. Rowland Is chztlrman of the southern . laymen.« misslnriiy work and Mr. Slaymaker cannot afford to miss Mr. Edwards', eatery. Among the speakers nt the convention will be Mctte Martin. Into Cento Free State, who spoke In ' hetu.'a tow day. agi); te- . Delegates from aU'part* dr'the Clobe. span. Korea, <Y>lna. > Aerfc* and South America orb ■ attending EAST ST. LOUIS. III. — Interest in the local political situation Wednesday turned to tbe munici pal election to be held in April folio wing the primary Tuesday In which three candidates alleged to have been supported by the Kn KIux Kten were nominated as city commissioner* and tiro others sup posed tb be'Kten candidate* were defeated. The Rev. William R. Ralph Cook and August If. maun, are .the three victori a candidates- who were aald tb bare been Indorsed by the Kten. They polled three of the tear largest votes fpr commissioner. ’The de- When Arrested For Hav-i*? 818 ? c * nd i4*t»s, who were d« ‘ ctored to have been Included In the ing Booze, Man Con- alleged “state” of oVe put out hy tends Vessel Domicile. Is . -put on Hia the kten were M.,IS Harris, fpr mayor, and S. F. porter for com missioner. Widespread Interest was foens- rtenteinl 8 * 0,1 11,8 r88,,lt the Primary VkteS u firing which three men were ar- owntoir cldT* IMMOW on ““f* 88 <* lUtribuUng mbtten nlrtnra nJSterir chInrIU i 8Btmo ^ moM P°Htlc*l circular*. Tuesday with failure to report! IjVfJ 1 LOS ANGELES — elrtV7aU0« Ofllq^r ^road to;!? 8 * 88 ’-W to bo Catholic, or L declared the craft waa hi* home and he was entitled to have llqzur In It. DcMIlle supported McNnry*s statement that tha Seaward was hie home and said the skipped had it stored abroad the Tatch afnec before tbe Boistead act went to have been supported by catho lic organisations. . Hie St Louis Post Dispatch printed an article stating that the alleged kten “elate” had pledfed , to appMnt protes- imen to public ot- , “It Is self-evtdsnt that tbo ne gro baa practically no share la Urn making or execution of tews. He knows that when he is segregated that underneath the segregation Is tbe idea that be it inferior ami unfit for association with decent people of, any other race. He knows that 4n hia section of the city the streets are not paved; that criminals of hia own and of ten of other races an allowod to run at large and prey upon tbo Innocent and tho ignorant - “I believe that unless democracy is a failure, and Christianity jk mockery,,lt Is entirely feasablo ami practicable for the black and white race* ot America to develop site by aide in peace, In harmony ami In mutant helpfulness, each ugM. ion to be Held There Last Week, But Called Off on Account of Du- Pree Death. The Rlwanls dab win meet it the Normal School Thursday night at 7 o’clock. Tho meeting wag to have been held test Friday night hot waa postponed on aeconnt of tho death of Dr. Dan Du Free and Mrs. coke O. Talmadge. Secretary Fleet Lanier declares Dr. Pound and tho Normal girls hay* prepared an excellent pro- "— and tbs K rram nnd tho Klwanltns the,tips of thcJpJ&El ' The meeting , wlli b* will have Winnie Da ivi$ hall and 1 his assistants are get ting ready to serve the a delicious dinner. . -