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VOL 91
Aiaociated Praaa Service
ATHEN8 GA., FRIDAY, MARCH.23, 1023
N. K. A Service
Simla Copies S Cents Dally. S Casts Sunday.
Outlook Pessimistic
As Plan Of Passive
Resistance Continues
Million t
^WoSlilESiEii
Bv Berlin to Carry Out
Plan.
FRENCH GLOOMY
OVER OUTLOOK
Belgian Soldiers Imprison
Sixty Having “Banned”
Papers in Occupied Sec
tion of Ruhr.
{By Associate* Preee.)
USbK.V—A credit of four bun-
million marks baa been grant-
,,1 commit coal syndicate by the
Doilin Kiivernment us an aid in the
conilnundce of the program of
piMitr resistance in the Ruhr ac-
conllm: 1“ un announcement made
Friday. Additional credits running
Inin the hundred billions has ltka-
vino liern arranged by the Central
government for Ruhr Industrallsts
It was generally asserted.
putv persons were reported to
have been arreeted and Imprisoned
at Gladbsoh and Bottroh by Bel
gian patrols on charges of having
In their possession copies of news
papers published In unoccupied
Germany, the appearance in the oc
cupied area of which
I,)' the authorities.
FRENCH ARB
PESSIMISTIC.
Every step reported as having
l,ten made hy the Germane or on
behalf of Germany loou.i..: tr.vard
negotiations for a settlement of the
reparation! queetlon is regarded In
French official circles ns a ma-
noeuver with a view of strengthen-
lug Ihe German hand. It was said
at ihe French foreign office today.
At ihe same time it was again of
ficially denied that any negotiations
sere In progress on behalf of the
French government
A high official reiterated that
llcrlln must talk directly, plainly
and officially with Paris before any
German suggestions are taken into
consideration by Premier Poincare.
The french government,'it wae
■aid. has'received n». Information
whatsoever tending- to show that
the Germans were ready to talk In
a way offering prospects for a set
tlement. There le, on the contrury.
a feeling that the Berlin govern
ment intends to exhaust every pos-
■Ible means of resistance before
giving in, and that when It doee get
rendy to consider a surrender. It
will Uu so only after Bounding every
possible ground for intervention by
neutrals.
ALLIES ARE
CRITICIZED.
There Is In evidence now a well
defined state of pcaalmlsm In tge
discussion of the Ruhr eltuatlon
in purllamentary circles, white It la
said things are not going so well
SS they ought to; that the quantity
of coal and coke thus far obtained
hy the alllee la ridiculously small.
Offering no proapect that tho Ruhr
occupation will nevsr become sub
stantially productive. The nllles are
crltlclied for Ihe Inadequate meant
(Turn to Pag* Fits)
SCHNEIDER MURDER
Mrs. Buzzi, Former
Housekeeper of Slain
Man, Is Again Taken
Into Custody.
(■y Associated Prats.)
NEW YORK-Mn. Anna But 1.
housekeeper for Frederick Schnei
der, a wealthy Bronx contractor,
who was (bund dead on February
36, was arrested Thursday after
noon, one charge of homicide.
Mrs. Butil was connected with
the case at the very start sad was
questioned by the police List af
ter the slain man wda t ■ "id. She
waa released shortly afterwards,
after being held ai a material
witness.
15 COUNTY HAS
THREE THOUSAND
TIX DEFAULTERS
Of Seven Thousand Who
Returned Taxes Last
Year Nearly Half Have
“Forgotten” to Pay.
COLLECTORMALLORY
ISSUES A STATEMENT
Four Thousand Taxpay
ers Have Paid 84 Per
Cent of the Total Assess
ments For Last Year.
There are three thousand tax de
faulters In Clarke raunty. That ia
BREAKS RECORD
Harris Jones, crack, young
Athens’ golfer and UWvetJrit
of Georgia student, broke the
coarse record, on the Clover-
hurst Country dub golf Onto
Thursday afternoon' by shoot
ing a 66.
This is one under par end
several strokes better than any
player has ever done on the
course before. All through
Young Jones played bril
liantly and the only “bad"
hole waa the second where he
got a 6, one above par. Be
did the pheiWaal stunt of
shooting a one on the tenth
hols which la a par k. His op-
'lonent was Marshall Pollock.
Jones score Waa as follows:
Out: S-6-4-3-3-4-3-4-4—IS.
-In: l-S-4-3-3-3-3-3-4—31—«S
Jones goto a number of hit
and golf clubs by becoming ■
member of “Hole in one club.”
there are thla many lax payer* who
gave in taxes In 1922 and have not
pnld the icaieaaments. Thin la three-
aeventh of the total number of taxea
given In for Ii-.bI year.
According to Tax Collector Mal
lory there were 7000 taxes for the
yeur 1022 mid up- to March 10th
but 4000 of theae hud paid up for
the year. This seems.like a high
percentage In numbers, and it Is.
but taking the amount of money
collected and the amount .vet un
paid it small .percentage la shotvyt
.. . . . uncollected compare-! to- ilia total
Detectives, who arrested Mrs | number, of defaulter., Only 1? per
Buxsi Thursday, slated that they’ cent of the taxes in money liuj j
had uncovered new Evidence which .toiled to be*collected,
forbidden w|u connect her wlUl th , | The tax .Uuutlon
Schneider waa shot to death, * n
bl^™ ^n.w e Slo 0 nx h ^ Ut0m0 ' I “m^ra
“^Citne^^or^in. ~
woman leave the scene of the mur J
der but neither was able to post- 1
Nvoly Identify her. 1
The theory of jealous love was
advanced by detectives who sought,
to fatten the crime upon Mrs.
Bussi, but with the lack of evi
dence this wae impossible,
C.~-
Pagt Five)
Georgia Pr.7efe.ra
Go On Fishing Trip
ATHENS MEN RETURN
FROM ATLANTA MEET
Local Men Back From
Prison Conference in
Atlanta to Evolve Lash
A party of University factulty
members left Friday for Burton
lake for eeveral days fishing during 1
the Easter holidays. The party left Substitute. K
In two cars, cnVrylwr flahlror-taohle suiwumw;. \
In 'the party are R. P. Brooks. W.
. Payne. Ous Stephens, • E. M.
Coulter. O. W. Johnson and Scdtt
Holland. Prof. Payne ia u veteran
with the hook, line and caster and
la heading the party nnd expects
to land some big "ones" while
away.
NO SALARY FOR TOLBERT
WASHINGTON — The reel
appointment given by Pnaident
Harding attar adjoarnment of Con
gress to Joseph W. Tolert as Unit
ed States Marshal for tbs Western
South Carolina district, will carry
no salary with it unless >Mr. Tol
bert's nomination Is confirmed by
the next senate.
A ruling to that effect by the .u.-wt. -u...
Department of Justice has been ISa
given Mr. Tolbert, who Is RepnbU-
3. H. Oriffeth and J. M. Hodg
son. of tho board of county com
missioners, county engineer H. K.
Nicholson and warden R. L. Estes
have returned from Atlanta, where
they went to attend the confer
ence Thursday caltsd by, tho State
Prison Commission to evolve some
system to enforce work from con
victs since Governor 1 Hardwick has
abolished the lath In Georgia.
Over three hundred wardens
and commissioners were in atten
dance at the meeting end a system
wag adopted whleh is believed will
result in effective work from the
convicts.
Briefly the plan Is as follows:
Withdraw priritegs of receiving
mall and visitors from prisoner,
who disobey rules. Give the war-
Former “Pupils”
Give Miss Sarah
Moss Big Party
Time When Elmet 1 ,'Craw
ford Hid Bell Clamper Is
Recalled and Causes
Much Glee. *
By DAN MAGILL
i' The time when “Elmer”
Crawford hid the bell clapper
and canted the pupils to stay
away from school that day was
recalled and brought faith
much merriment Thursday, ,
night when former “scholars”
of Miss Jul\ Moss surprised
her with » party on the occa
sion of her birthday.
“Gerald” Greene, who, al
ways liked to “speak pieces”
and had lawyer inclination*,
did the talking and on behalf
DIRECTORS OF NEW
ED
MILLION DOLLAR BOOZE PLOT
UNCOVERED BY PROHIBITION M
- AGENTS IN NEW YORK STATE
'a w i U CAPITALIZES STOCK BI6 VOTING “SNOWS
pj" Elect ,T0 MILLION DOLLARS
SEVEN OF 1922 » .
} BOARD RE-NAMED Empire
Many Suggestions For
Program of Work Are
Made and Being Tabu
lated. Total Vote 277.
r ,__ State Chemical
Company Increases Stock
Half Million; Is City's
Largest Concern.
The Empire State Chemical com-
,-any. one of the largest fertiliser
minJfacturlng dpmppiiles In .the
■even member, of the board [entire country, la neklng for a re-
Which recently resigned and four newal of Its charter and Increase
... .... 1 ... , . tf its capital stock to one million
*■**'* organisation were elect- || |Ur „ wh|ch wll | mag. It „ the
directors, of, the Chamber of | arK est commercial corporation of
imcrce In the balloting which ' the country, surpassing the South
'd Thuraduv nlahL ! ein Manufacturing company by one
|a -tniAi .till tutfinin hundred thousand, now the largest
A total cf 277.ballots were cast. - f , h „ country .
-two of which were thrown! Th , present capital atock of the
oqt for various reison.. {u>ii-puy- Empire State Chemical company la
.of duea. mil voting In the j |r,00.000 and the charter expires on
:rod envelopee, yotlng fori April Ilth. .1S24. The new stock
than fourten member.. Tiic will bo either common or preferred
Irt* which ended Thursday night or both us the stockholders see fit
stored higher than the primary to issaue.
Which time 240 votes were cast.' The jiew charter la for twenty
of the requirements f jr vot- years with the privilege of renewal,
was payment of dues (Or one-1E. R. Hodgson. Jr, Is president of
nrcmiiTTEE
of the former pupils piasent
ed the beloved Miss Julia with
a beautiful silver flower vase.
When the roll was called
each of the pupils answered as
he did when in the little school.
“Brushed my teeth and studied
at home.” Ned and Harry
Hodgson came in all “diked
ouf r in abort trousers and
sock*.
Eighteen of the boys who
daily made their way to Miss
Mots' little school at the Moss
home place (the house is
rter-
following members were
J. W. Burnett. M. J. Coats.
O. Dudley, H. If. Gordon. Jr.. W.
Erwin. Hurry Hodgson. J.
jaricli. Jr., Frank A. Holden. Ablt
II. Nix. Janie* White. Jr.. Hugh W.
White, David F. Paddock, Andrew
M. Houle. J. C. Wllklneqn.
The •ommlttcc which, had churjrc
of the b.isiotlntf. composed cf D. W.
Hyther and W. Milton Thomas call-"
pdKa mcet'ng of the new board of
diris-tors to elect offlcora nnd Presi
dent White has announced Monday
after no* n at 4 c .’clock as the date
and hour.
’ The following members of the
iboard are elected fw two years:
J. W. Danielt. *1. J. Costa. A. O.
Dudlyy, H- II. Gordon, Jr.. Abit
Nix. James White, Jr., Hugh W.
White. Tl\p following for one year:
W. JL I'rwdn. Harry Hodgson. J.
the company and Erwin. Erwin and
Nix are the petitioning attorneys.
. The petition Is found on the legal
advertInement page of Fdlday's Ban-
ner-llerald.
nome puce (the home is -J* t-rwiii. narry Hodgson, J
F- ’ radd£k! nl, Andraw
FIREMEI 1
[Red and Black Perform
ers Will Open Trip With
Show At Elberton Fri
day Night.
Interest Becomes Intense
in White Way Populari
ty Contest Only li More
Days.
Heavy voting In the White Way
Popularity Contest Friday com
pletely “snowed node:" tn, com
mittee In charge which waa engag
ed more than two hour, eiunting
the votes. - '
Interest In the contest li at fev
er heat and with only 11 more days
after Friday in whleh to vote the
Forged Permits Were
Being Used 16 Withdraw
Big Amounts of Bonded
Whfskey.
WAREHOUSE MEN
HELD BY AGENTS
Charges Plan to - With
draw Ten Million Dol
lar?. Worth of Liquor
From Storage.
(By Aiioclatrd Praaa.)
NEW YORK.—A bootleg whis
key plot running higher than om'
million dollars, upon liquor with
drawn from warehouses upon
[forged permits, was uncovered
Friday when authorities seized
X’jKrrurr'flus, 1 !- r ,h r'
I | tion s bonded storage.
The forged permits bore tho
count.
The handsome prises. Ford
coupe. .3100 In gold, 369 In gold
and- $30 In gold are worth going
after and the variops sponsors of
the candidates pro out to win the
dlstinottop for thelr nominee.
The bonus, offer of three to one
vote* closes Friday at midnight
This will be the. largest bonne of
fer to be offered by the committee.
WILL HILP
PLAYGROUND
name <Sf E. C. Yellow ey, acting
Federal Prohibition Director for
New York state. , ftVr
Ralph and Charles Sabbattmo,
brother-owners of the warehouse
were arrested by Acting Prohi
bition Director John A. Murphy
turned over to the police and held
without bftUe
Bonded liquor valued at 310,000,-
000 had been stored in the ware
house by the department of in
ternal revenue and the withdraw-
The votes cost only one penny ale today, of fity barrels in two
y will | trucks were to be the first in n
each and the surplus money
be nsed in providing s playground
system for Athene. Supplementing
other fundi already raised. Ath
ens aea4e a playground system and
in addition fe helping along the
youhg lady of tbclr chotco votes
will be helping raise money for
a place where little children may
plav without danger. .
The contest closes April 4 when
the White Way -will bo formally
opened with a big celebration
(Turn to Page Five)
The aeorgiit Glee club opens In
. Elberton Friday night with the In-
M. mat road aerfntfaanoajrtLjhe year., JL.
presenting- ihe 'Mtna apleadkt at- .4| u
traction that pleased so highly hero 1111 I
IIUS I'M KMMMEOI.
Save Ooe Thousand
Prisoners in Allegheny
County Workhouse Fire
By Firemen’s Work.
can National Committeeman for
South Carolina and arhote nomina
tion Jwlco failed o( confirmation.
I’ve Arrived in Town
With A Summons!
That means that every man, woman and
child who reads this paper is instructed to
heed my counsel.
As director general
of the Official Com
munity Sale, for
mal announcement
of wftich will be
made in a forth
coming issue of
this paper, I will
say that your mer
chants have co-op
erated with me -
most whole-heart
edly in forcing
prices to new low
marks.
While values are extreme, quality remains at
the same high standard—as always. Look thru
this paper tomorrow and in following issues—,
if economy means anything to you.
t illlvr <¥ii/nA*l<! 9lt+/yi|6 Official Community Cop.
xbn eta etsrO aaeiitA i .anlaiiiio ) xaliualmoa adl elm V/
ha.; aUW eift 10] a aham iteis.a* nl ir«
= 11 ’ ■■■■t=== . ■: —:
handcuff prisoner*’ hand* and
feet for purpose of confinement,
fasten their hand* above hetd
while they are compelled to etand
noright or each two of other mode*
of punishment as shall suggeit It-
self to wardens.
No difficulty la said to have
been experienced wl/h prisoners in
this county to date aa a result of
the ban put on tho laih but when
• prisoner refuses to work gome
method must bo enforetd to make
him work or convict labor will
have to be dlepenied with on the
public roedi and free tabor em
ployed so the authoriNes state..
Several Instance* have already
been reported to tho State prison
commlidon of convicts refusing to
PITTSBURGH.—Fire which broke
out In u brush factory at the Al
legheny County workhoute at Ho
boken. a small town miles
from here Thurdny waa brought
under corftrol after a hard Aght by
the firemen. if
The flames started in "one of
the main buildings, in which more'
thap one thousand prisoners are
confined, nnd rapidly spread to oth-
ALCOHOL VICTIM IS
Foft Benning Soldier,
Member of Quartet
Which Drank Wood Al
cohol, Is Better.
(■y AsaoclaWd Praia.)
FORT BENNINO — Post Head
quarters Thursday night gave out
the Information that Private Car-
roll. who lost his eyesight because
of drinking wood alcohol, which
proved fatal to two of four men
who partook of the potion, ban
been partially restored the use. of
bis eyes.
Hospital attaches announced
that Carroll was abta to see to
some extent. Ho could see faintly
objects held near hi, eye* bat
could not-distinguish objects across
the room from him. The medical
authorities were hopeful for bis
recovery.
FYcts in She affair wilt nbt be
known until Private Ltewllyn Hern
donly. another member of the quar
tet who took the poison drink, but
I woe not seriouslv affected, la able
to appear heron the Army Investi-
gfttion Board.
..aAs.aoott.aa Iferndonly to able to
isfipeae-gp ,U>vee*lsMJoq . will j be
bema>40)fi»<l oubiwheii* and from
whom the goldlen got the alcohol.
The prisoners were marched out
in orderly fashion as the fire be
gan and .were helping the firemen
when the building collapsed.
Of the many prisoners, both In
the- main building which ia one pt
the largest of Its kind In the etale.
and In the other buildings not a
single death haa been reported, due
to Ihe prompt work of the attend
ants.
The damage wrought by the fire
will run up into tho thoiuandg.
8.01 Ml#
HEVFillEI
Party Managers Are Ex
pecting to Reap Practi
cal Advantages in Next
National Election.
WASHINGTON.—Republican par
ly managers are expecting to reap
practical advantage
presidential cs
comeback 'whirl
making, i
Only two .days'* fttVj the disltlu
slon ment 4fi (hrilMcibn last No
vember. oifel .ufUtaei nationally
known republican advisers of
Harding naked about the outlook
for 1924. predicted the president*,
re-nomnlntion and added:
“Everyhthing points to a period
of prosperity and If we give good
times, we’ll carry the election all
right."
That Is why reports showing that
the farmers are getting on their
feet are so eagerly sought by re
publican managers here. Their, ef
forts confirm In a general way the
result, of the aurey Jurt concluded
by the United News There ia a gen-
eral feeling of confidants in almeat
every agricultural state. Illinois
farmers, for Instance, ware aa(d .to
havo received 3lM.tM.0M more foe
thei* Inst crops than for thorn of
the year prefous.
WUkiaiofi.
Suggestion, for a program of, ,„ lu>lul> .
woik of the new Chamber of Com-1Tuesday plght when
MMS WN,ngglMLm« arc being, henraul performance was given for
tabulated. | , lh0 pleasure of the Georgia faculty.
Following the Elberton perform
ance tho club bows .to an Atlanta
audience Saturday night and will
Sinn also for the Atlunta . Journal
radio while there.
Fourteen performances will
llivon in the two weeks the club
will be an tour. The following cities
will be played:
Mar. 2Jrd. EnArton: Mar. 24th,
AtiuAta: Mar. 24th. Oriffln; Mar.
Eigiii Athens gnd Clarke 25.
County Boys Accepted .dosta: Mar. 3tm. Jacksonville. Fla.!
For Armv in Past Fpw A|>r - Snd * Brunswick: Apr. 3rd. Sa-
xut CXI my rn rttsi rew vannab . Apr . 4thi Augusta: Apr.
UayS. 9th. Winder; Arp. Oth. Gainesville;
* Apr. 7th. Athena.
Eight -more Athena and Clarke Sundays will be spent In Atlanta
County boys ware accepted recent- , und Jacksonville, This ia th* first
ly at the local army recruiting eta ,,ln * ,n 0 numb * r of * h ® cl “b
Don. and forwarded to the main htt " ,vto,ted th ® Florida metropolis,
station. Fort McPbenon, Oa.. fori 1 * 01 ’ Jone * u lMd * r ' Teany Randall
enlistment. O. W. Shaw, H O l ,oud * lh • orc heatra. *DJck" Harper
Smith and T. L. Jackson, of Ath-i‘" bu » ln *“ manager nnd Uoyd
ena. were accepted for tafant“. mck " n I" Publicity manner.
They will be stationed at Fort
McPbenon. Oa. W. J. Young and
F. c. Elliott, were accepted for the
coast artillery forpe, and will lake
itatlon at Fort Barrancas, Fla.
O. A. Parson. L. L. Fl.kgerald and
T. D. Parr also, of Athena,, were
accepted for air service. Aviation
Section, anil will take station at
Maxwell Field. Alabama.
Tho armv la over six thousand
men short of Its authorized
strength at this time, stated ser
geant William Ryan. In ebarga of
the local army recruiting itatlon.
and overy effort la being made by
all recruiting officers to cut thla
largo percentage down to a mini
mum In the next thirty day*.
All branches of tbe aqgvlce are
open for enlistment and w > Mao
1 need Musicians for the eighth U.
A Infantry band at Fort Screven,
Savannah. Georgia. Men are want
ad who can play band Inairumoata.
One trap drum, and one piano play
er la naeded also. ,
For' further Information rail or
write the Army Reernltlna officer
I Athens. Oa.
HART PREPARES TO
FIGHT WEEVIL
ca|icvuii| iu rra|i
mntaae in the next
catapatatr. from) |the
hlch the' farmers' are
0ft HIT
HP
itirm
Health Board Chairman
Cites City Ordinance.
Prizes Offered Scouts
and School Children.
Athena can be spared much sick
ness If citlsena aid In the “Clean-
Up Campaign'' now under way
here. It was declared Friday by the
commute in charge.
At the same time Dr. J. C. Me
Kinney, chairman of the Board of
Health, urged all citlsena to aid In
the campaign by not throwing trash
and paper on the streets “We ap
peal to the civic pride bf the people
not to do this but If necessary We
shall rely on the city law," he said.
Prizes ore offered Bey Scouts
and school children who nre In the
campaign. The Boy Scouts are lo
cating the owners of vacant lots
and notifying * the mayor and at
the name time asking the owner to
clean up the property if it is lit
tered with' paper and rubbish.
The Sanitary Department will
aend wagons anywhere til the city
to haul off trash provided it la
previously placed In a container.
School children and Boy 8couts
are working hard for lha prises
to be given In the campaign. Not
only will a set of Chorals Dickens
novels be given the school whose
dlktrict deans up the bast but
prises will be given individual
school children and Boy Scouts,
The prises to be given the Bey
8couta are aa follows: One dozen
Palace theatre tickets given by
Manager E. O. Oidley; a Boy
Scout knife given' by the Athene
Hardware company and a Bo-
Reed
scheme to remove 31,000,000 worth
Yallowley skid.
OFFICERS TRICK
PLOTTERS, v ggjaj
The conspirators ware thwarted
and th* plot uncovered, prohibi
tion authorities explained, through
the.nrentended connivance of Johi
A. Murphy and Lester A. Reeve,,
/resistant prc0)ibiton directors,
each of whom accepted 310,OCO in
the office of Director Yejlowlev
for liauor permits on which the
forgeries were made. ' The monej
waa accepted with Yellowley'n
approval whllo he was out of the
city, in an endeavor to trap tho
man “higher up” it was stated.
\ On the forged permits were
written tho name of a prominent
wholesale drug company, officials
of which were unaware of the use
of th* firm’* name, pinhibition
authorities said. 7 ?
r, «s,
\
Lawrenceville Attorney- „
Says He Was Special on her laurels of last
Prohibition Officer At "* ,B ' ‘ h “ '
Hearing in Atlanta.
ATLANTA, Ga~That R. B.
Fortune, Lawrenceville attorney
on trial charged with blackmail,
represented as n special govern
ment prohibition a-ent, was test)
money offered in Fulton superior
court Thursday afternoon by
Jndra George L. Bell.
This testimony came .ag q der
nouement In the trial .whiab-had
occupied a! 1 of Thursday morning
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About Fifty Thousand
Dollars Worth of Cal
cium Arsenate Is Bought
.By Fanners.
HARTWELL, Ga. — Encouraged
by what waa, without a doubt, a
decisive victory in the hardest
fight H«rt county formers •v•^^*‘ !0 “ , belt given by H. «I
made to make a crop of cotton laat |Clothing company,
year, thoy an making preparations |
aa never before .to not only eus-
taln tbe county'* gin record of
some 13,040 bales In IMS but go
over It
If bard work, early prtparaUons,
♦••• ■••• n* proper f'.rtihsere, the
planting of pure aoad. ’Me use of
•-iron and tba Indomitable spirit
of-the best aggregation cf farmers
that ever turned a clod of dlrt<—If
these count. Hart county I* going
fb 'mxhe ■ showing on her cotton
c^-'e 1*33.
I* perhaps a better feeling
'airidhfi all tbe people of Hart now
*hri ever before—a closer feeling,
co-operative feeling,” that be-
■peak* only success.
Hart county to no! laying back
year, but
merely using tbe good cotton crop
an Incentive to work harder
-ml go beyond it, If poeaiblo, by
the use of poison and every other
method known to auccetsfnlly com
ba* the weevil.
Some $60,000 worth of calcium
arxenate will be oaed In the county
inns upon tons of high-grade gu
ano. and hnndrada of bushels of
pure bred lead especially recom
mended for Hart county have .al
ready been bought and aro/nowito
readiness for -the -Hrat'- ahe^bf
P.T.A.
IIT HIGH SCHOOL
Principal E. B. Mell Elect-,
ed Temporary Chairman,
Bond Praises Work of
Associations in Athens.
In response to an Invitation from
tbe priadpel. E. B. Mell.
a large gathering of the patrons ot
the Athens High School met In
that building Thursday afternoon
for the purpose of organizing
Parent-Teacbar Association.
Mr. Mell waa elected temporary
chairman and appointed the fol
lowing nominating committee: Mr*.
J. Phil Campbell. Mr*. Harris
Dewa, Mr. O. A. crabb. Mrs. A. C
Hancock. Mr*. S. A Smith.
OUTLINES
HISTORY - —-
•qo3 v.liiiuimnoj Iui-jiHO Ptaaanraa
While the nomloatlng committee
Hart's to* iff thtf tm*nr*rf[Mf. waa In session Mr. Melt made a
Weevil. ± (Turn to Pag* Three)
310.000.000 VALUE
OF WAREHOUSE.
Additional permits were 'said tn
havo been delivered to the con-
spirators today for 320,000, for
which they were to have been
privileged to withdraw 100 bar
rel*. in the name of another drug
company. Prohibiten pflficaW
declared the conspirators oft*n
talked of withdrawing the entiri
310,000,000 worth If the first at
tempt proved successful...-— •-
Tho barrels contained whiskey
six anil seven years old, valued
at $2,000 a barrel, it waa Bald.
The bonded liquor was owned
partly by tho Sabbatino brothers
and the balance was the property
of various companies and indivi-
duals.
Tho Sabbatino brothers, who
wv,e vnarged with conspiracv
and bribery, were alleged by Di-
rector Yellowley to be the chief
movers in the plot. -
MSBEM
to nresn
Col. Gantt Outlines ’Pro
gram For Elks Spring
Festival Which Opens
April 9th Here, a,™
_ :l*y T. LARRY GANTT
.There it not a society of or
ganization In the country that haa
oxorelMd greater charity ami
helpfulness to the poor, or haa
done more to make happy the Ilt-
tlo ones than the Elks. Wherever
you find a lodge of Elks. you may
I know tba* tbe poor gad fieedy are
looked after)and their wants re-
lleved. and-, on Christmas dav
every poor child ta made, happy
by .some little gift. In my travels
over different states and visit* to
cities, I have noted that whenever
a movement Is organized to pro-
more any public enterprise or
charity work Is to be done, that
the Elks Lodge always leans the
van. Thla waa ahown In Athens
during tho recent bond election.
And another fact about thla so
ciety, to becomo a member of
the Elks one must be a thorough
bred and a gentleman.
Bus the Elks also believe in look
Ing on tho bright side of life and
blend uplifting and unquestioned
pleasures with duty. The Elk* be
Here In enjoying -the- good things
of llfo and to have their friends
nnd fellow townsmen partake of
Uiose pleasures with thton. in
Alliens there are now 225 tfibmbera
of the Elks lodge, and trflen the
canvax for members now on Is com
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