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• V ■.tM Investigate Today! To Regular Subscribers of THE BANNER-HERALD j1,000 Accident Policy Free. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. Established 1832. Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. ATHENS COTTON Middling 29e Previous Close ......^r- 29)jc i v WEATHER: w v r: Fair and Coder \ VOL. 91 Associated Press 8ervice IIVfVT Athens, ga., Monday, march 26,1923. N. E- A Service Single Copies X Certs Daily. I Cents Snttday. " Death Hovers Near Famous Actress As Vitality Weakens Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Shadow of Death As Condition Grows Weak er Daily. still making SUPREME FIGHT Appears to Be Only a Question of a Short Time Before Death. Physi cally Prostrated. Saunders Ready To Meet ‘Shorts’ In Piggly Wiggly President of “Piggly Wig- ly” Stores Notifies “Shorts” That He Will Accept Delivery Tues day. BANG BEHIND DEATH L Girl Mother Deserts Month OldBabyHere Broadway Combed For Men Who Are Alleged to Have Implicated Myste rious “Mr. Marshall.” PARIS—Mme. Bernhardt’s life appears to be fast closing. Phy- ally prostrate but alert in mind a ,i,| at times conscious of the mo mentous struggle which she is waging. France’s greatest actress fought throughout the night against the darkness which is fast dosing in about her. What her friends called a heroic play ex- MEMPHIS—Clarence Saunders president of the Plggiy Wiggly Stores, Inc., Monday notified "shorts,” caught in last week’s jam which resulted in the New York stock exchange stopping trail ing in Piggly Wiggly class “A” stock, that he will accept delivery from them Tuesday, at the hour fixed by the special rule of the STOTESBURY STILL HAS CONFIDENCE Arrives in Athens With Male Companion and Regis ters At Georgian Hotel. Manager Cannon \ Discovers Infant Abandoned By Mother Few Hours Later. F OR SAFEGUARDING OF THE HOME LIFE Peace Conference Resumed Early In April It Is Stated Somewhere in this land, perhaps | oil the man if I10 Were going and in Georgia,—maybe in Athens— I received a negative answer. Philadelphia Millionaire Scouts Stories Told About Man. Leaves Flor ida For Pennsylvania. there sobbed all Sunday night mere slip of a girl—a mother. Somewhere also there was a roan who felt that he had done some thing, was responsible for some thing that cowed him, that made him not want to look Into the eyes of. a single person living—a coward, a quitter, a hearJrealier—a desert- (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK—Police have spread their net over Broadway in search for the person or persons woh are believed to ha/e attempt- ed to blackmail John Kcarsiey Mitchell, the mysterious "Mr. Mai shall” in the ltorothy Keenan stock exchange, of any. number of, Has , who arc thoU ght to have shares they may have to cover £“£,* red the model because she refused to oarticlpate in the plot shares they may their contracts but that his accep tance is to be made with certain tending over four score years is; reservations, aimroaching the denouement. j Mr. Saunders wilhdrey his tele- miam,j,-—iS£J'.ff8S& Bernhardt s friends, all agree, p Urc h a8€( i f rom him and in “over 1 -111 n « in ..ml 1 «S 1 rloe. I . a - . ft 1 1 t niMnn tin.. that against him- Although Assistant District At torncy Ferdinand Pecora has sau that he has a “very definite idea as to who the blackmailer is, an, declared that he is convinced tha . „ . , , * puiviwovu ...... - --- (ieclurea mat ne ib her conditon is well mgh aes- * the counter” trading since the, r thv was mU rdered ns the re l . L..t tLn 11nilfinil figyon ’ 1 . j 1 11,„ nvohnntrr «■ « I _a nr perate but the “Divine Sarah” j jtJck was ruled from'the exchange alone apparently considers this; would not be accepted in delivery 0 „ly another of numerous false j by exits and farewell appearances in real life, to which she is so well accustomed on the stage. The warm spring sunshine to day permitted the windows of the sick room td be kept open. Sud denly without ' warning a funeral procession turned the comer of a nearby street and passed the lit- “P^^t **^4 tie mansion on the boulevard Pe- TO ire. The plodding horses in slow rythmic cadence drawing; a black tuarse and coaches boaring a few mourners filed by. Pale and drawn Irani her two night’ivisil, Mme. Normapd, tlje secretary WSh®T to the windows and closed them, That the great artist might nit hear thi mournful sounds. “It is not my funeral yet, Bernhardt said—“Not yet. I will live many years.” The present illness of Mme Bernhardt is described by ^ the specialists as “failure of the kid neys to function” causing an ura emic conditon in most pronounced form. . , , “It is r humiliating ’ admission for medicine, which claimed to have reached such heights, when it must acknowledge it is unable to assist one of the ordinary func tions of the body,” one of the re nowned specialists in attendance announced to the Associated Press correspondent after a conference of the physicians today. "But there is still some hope that the ‘miraclo woman’ will pul! through, and once more aa she her self has many times expressed the wish to ‘have the opportunity to die in the harness.’ ” the exchange, was against the ac cepted practices of the New York stock exchange. In his telegram to all broker age . houses representing “shorts’’ a copy of which he also sent to the New York stock exchange, Mr Saunders declared that .he woulc accept delivery Tuesday on the • nssumntion that the stock ‘has _ and within *thV proper time limit for the proper delievery of stock due on my contract as may be de termined by court decision.” NW GROWING BETTER suit of an alleged plot, no arrest: were made Sunday. It was indi cated that while they may hav: their suspect under surveillance the authorities arc searching f01 others who may also have been implicated in the plot to obtain a large sum of mor>-~ from th< wealthy Philadelphia clubman whose wife is the youngest daugh- ter of Edward T. Stotesbury, a partner in the firm of J* P* Mor gan & Co. . ,. , Mr. Pecora reiterated his be lief that Mr. Mitchell had no part in the crime other than that ol the intended victim of the black piailers. He said he believed tir story told by both Mr. Mitchell am Mr. Jackson, who was the 'Mr Wilsoh^described as a bodyguard tor tne foT*d*f, Slid who rtrit"New York attorney. DEFENDS HIS SON-IN-LAW. Sunday afternoon the Seaboard vestibule came Into Athens several minutes late and from it stepped a jliort skirted, wan faced girl, 17 or 18 years old; In her arms was a tiny bit of humanity wrapped in blue and white cloak of woolen, at her side was a man, called thatl for the Intent of the story anyway. The twfl walked to the street curb ing where the man haled a taxi, he put the girl and her light bur den. which evidently weighed so heavily on the conscience of the lwo. Into the auto, the driver osk- DROVE TO GEORGIAN Evangelist Delivers Stir- “I « 1 1U X.” rW»*» ring S e r m 0 n on the uone “Home At Prince Ave. Baptist Church. Him Wrong; Is In The Big Jail Now “Wlftre to?” he Inquired of the girl. The Georgian.” she nervously Replied. Arriving at the hotel the girl paid too fare, registered and was assigned to room 206 by the clerk on duty. A- W. Hartley. - Ti.nYa i-/«q nnthincr uni There was nothing unusual about his. Women, especially with ,_bios in their arias, frequently ravel alofie nnd nc especial al- _ ntic.r. was given this hotel guest Tile bell boy carried tlio bnggage, n cheap pastoboird suit case, up •r he rhom an i was given a call for 9. o’clock Sunday night. , When tho call was delivered nt the office' It was remarked upon U3 being unusual but no Invostign- (Turn to Page Three) BEGINS SERIES OF MEETINGE|“In Went His Hand and Out Came the Dice—in Modern Sex Novel Has Taken Place of Bible. Lounge Lizard Is Scored By Speaker. Retail Dry Goods Dealers Get New Tax Exemption An appeal to safeguard the American Home was made Sundaj night by Dr. P. C. Morgan, be ginning a series of services at the Prince Avenue' Baptist church. The evening service was a ‘'Home service” Special music was ren dered by the choir under the di rection of Prof. Collisson, assist ed by Dr. Morgan at the piano. Dr. Morgan preached on “The Home," using as his -‘e.:t Isam.i 3S‘„ verse 11. 1‘What have they seen in thy house?” He said in I part. I “If. America is to be preserved j from Godless m .terialism and ram I pant animalism we mu it safeguard our home lift. No nation tver Irises to greater heights than the standards which are set in its I homes.” He declared that • the J five things which make home arc Love, Marriage, Parenthood, Child By Ruling of Bureau. Tax Levy on Profits De- csribed As “Unrealized jq ew Million and a Half I hood and Godliness. Incomes” Is Abolished Hognital will Be Erect-j CAUSE Qp ed By Government For > break-up- Soldiers. i He then showed that the lack of o ivf „j 15, se, thirfea is responsible! tor BATTLE CREEK, ® 1 the break-up of the'home life of pounds of blueprints in the safe j today _ h c sa j d that today instead of the chamber of commerce here. D f the Bible in the home, ivc hav< ten the story of the plan of the; the modern seX-n^vel; instead of Fcdera, government to start early WASHINGTON—Thousands of retail drygoods dealers will be re lieved of paying income tax op portions of their book profits da* •scribed as “unrealized income, through a new regulation an nounced Sunday by Commissioner Blair, of the internal revenue bu reau. The change in the bureau code, it was said, may lead even. Federal government Construction of' a million dollar hospital for former service mep ° r rhe S ^>!t-ing .ftp* nervous andjnenta. diseases. of -bookkeping- among the dry- goods merchants in order,to com ply with the bureau requirements and obtain advantage of the tax exemption resulting from the rul- Candidates Determined to “Hold Their Own” and Balloting Will Become Heavier Daily. PALM BEACH, Fla—E. T. Stotesbury. of Philadelphia, fath er-in-law of J. Kearsle Mitchell identified ns the mysterious “Mr Marshall” in the Dorothy Beene- imurdcr case at New Yorq ■ told the Associated Press his confidence in Mr. Mitchell was unshaken ni the result of developments. With Intense ranging high and the race for first prize growing hotter dally tho Popularity Contest entered tho homeward stretch Mon day. Big votes were cast, last week and this week will see the ballot ing growing heavier as the candi dates who occupy tho leading places are determined not to bo nedgod out of their posltloas.' The money accompanying votes (Turn to Page Ih.-ce) I’ve Arrived in Town With A Summons ThRt means that every man, woman and child who reads this paper is instructed to • heed my i counsel. my As director general of the Official Com munity Sale, for mal announcement of wfaich will be made in a forth coming issue, of this paper, I will say that your mer chants* have co-opr 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. OO0 f U ' The Official Community Cop. ‘n-iliinA *$'> ' 1 • - ==' . — ■ ■ ■— The bureau decision culminates a long effort made by te hNatlon- al Retail Dry Goods assoeation to have the regulations changed on the ground that certain of _ the book profits did not constitute gain or income in the meaning jof the revenue laws. With this stand Mr. Blair has agreed, saying that the amount of the book profits should not be included as income from the operation of the busi ness in the future tax returns. Mr. Blair's instructions to in ternal revenue collectors, however made it clear that accurate records 'must be kept by the retailers if , they are to have advantage of thf decision’s tax exemption provi- ■ sions. It stated further that the tax payer should keep separate „ jo 1 -1 riUJl I rax payer snouia Keep separata ScOUtS and School Lnll-' recordB on actual and book prof rirpn Working Hard For its and that riders attached to oreil vv . x-.. m ! the income tax return should show ca-tro-tne.apy, eleciro-lcardia- Prizes unerea in Drive• f u u y the difcrence in the amount graph, autopsy and dental rooms On- the open spaces west of heri where Camp Custer sprang into - B ieat tauwnment, the hospital, with its t.oirty buildings, will sread over ouu acres.' It is one oi'j five for which Congress appropriat | ou »iB,vvO,uou. 'me nospttui build- ing program is under the direction ot tne veteran’s tsureau. I Two mites cast of the govern-1 ment huspital sue is located the American region ftaosevclt hospi tal ror tne erne of tubercular for mer service men, witn a capacity ot 4lA) patients. The Veterans’ bureau ..ocpitai will have facili ties lor the treatment of 500 pa tients- The government hospital unit will lie built around wnat me blueprints call uie "main build ing”—a commodious two-story buucturc, w,i.,.ieu with genera, wards on one side and wards tor “distuibed” patients on the other- Directors o-uces, rooms for va rious officers, operating rooms. electro-lcarditt- Wednesday. Bridge Clift; instead of the sympathetic strength of fatherhood wo have the leading citizen of the community;\insteaa of the simple trustful love of childhood wc have lounge lizards (Turn to Page Three) DR. SOULE IS BUCK Mil II.tV Came the Law.” Some folks just naturally can’t help getting into trou ble, especially those of a dusky hue, with those little cubes so endearingly known to chas ers of “lady luck” by such names as dice, galloping domi noes, Mississippi marbles and the like, all of them made fa mous in negro lore oT the South. Usually its when the “bulls” rush a game and tako ill tow the participants but Saturday afternoon Bas Payne, a youth ful colored boy, went this method of courting trouble one better when he was pinch ed in Kress’ for swiping a set of the spotted cubes. Yessir, Bas simply, couldn’t resist the temptation to ftash a bright set of glistening bones for that game he evi dently had in mind for Satur- da night and when t\e saw the ' idols of his heart in a show case at the ten cent store he simply couldn’t keep his eyes —and hands—off ’em. In went his hand into the showcase and out came the dice, in came a policeman and then out went Bas and into the city lockup and for fear he would contaminate the inmates there with gambling habits he way transfered Monday morn ing to tho “Big jail” in the custody of the hjgh sheriff while the “bones” aro still reposing in Kress’, show case, allurements to the hands and eyes of other' members of the . ..Qrd^.o^'.ljufM Arise.” Meeting to Be Held At Constantinople on April Twelfth According to Reports; * UNITED STATES * REPRESENTED Rear Admiral Bristol Acts As Observer For This Country. England and France in. (By Associated Press.) PARIS—A peac.r conference, aimed nt bringing about peace 1 with Turkey will be resumed at ' Constantinople sometime around the twelfth of April, according to information avhilable in diplomatic quarters. - '*81 Lord Curzon will not Uko part d^thi^renewal o fthe Lausanne meeting. .Great Britain w.U be represented by Lieut. General Sir Charles Har rington, commander of the Alliied forces at Constantinople" and by Sir Horace Rumbold, British High Commissioner to -France will be I represented by General Pelle, ■French'High Commissioner, while I the 1 United tSates will be repre sented by Admiral Bristol, as an observer. It is thought in official circles, though no open statement would be made, that this conference taight be mote successful than the lirevious one and that peace may really be arrived‘at by the representatives of the nations I taking part in the parley. President of Agricultural College Delivers Strong Message At Big Exposi tion. on Trash. I and on which the tax exemption is are in tms -aiming, as well oa Athens school children are cut to win tlio prizes offered In the “Clean-Up Campaign” which Is In progress here. Boy Scouts, who have tppor- t.unlty^to win three prizes, are working hard to cop tbe Palace theatre tickets. Boy Scout knife and belt whtch lope) concerns will award tbe Scout who reports the largest number of lots which ere cleaned by April 4, when tho erm- palgn ends. The Woman’s club committee and City Sanitary Departments - urges all citizens to. Join In the work and-help rid the city <JI in sect-breeding places, trash and rnbblsh heaps which breed germs ami mar the beauty of the city. Throwing empty paper bags, and other trash on the streets is pro- hibttted by law and the Health de- Ipartment urges citizens to hoed their warning against these viola tions. claimed. PATIEKITEEDUF ON METAL AS F Inmate of Kansas Hospit al Attempts to Swallow Watch., Not Allowed to Touch Silverware. DESTROY ALL BREEDING PLACE In addition to beautifying the city citizens may prevent a yellow fever epidemic by deatroytng cans water where .the yellow fever moa- qqito breeds.' Mayor Thomaa la offering a set of Charles Dlckena novels to tho PARSONS Kans. .. John A. Malgrene, patient at the state hoe pltal for epileptics, continued his manta for metal food today and at tempted to swallow a watch. Day and night a guard stands watching over thfe patient Every loose piece ot metal on the bed has been removed and tbe patient; Is not permitted to touch an ar ticle ot silverware during his meals. Malgrene has a ravenous appe tite and while hels eating bis de sire for silverware appears to vanish. When be Is told he can’t quarters for specmlistic treatmen amt minor surgery. At the weft end of the hospital group will be located the cottagi for tubercular patients ,equipped with sleeping porches and the most modern methods of treating this disease. The recreation building will con- tain an auditorium- to scat 400 persons, wth a stage and projec non roam for motion pictures,.Cari and billiard rooms will ■ open off the main lobby. Capitol Jokes and cisterns filled with stagnant have more food he invariably be gins reaching for tbe silverware According to Dr. Naramore, It may not be necessary }o operate on -Malgrene for the remoral of a school whose district Is cleaned j key which he swallowed yester- the best and the Kiwnnls clnb la offering and international Wed- .(Turn to Page Three) Burglar Fails to Enter Dorsey’s At attemn’t to burglarize the strte of E. H. Dorsey, clothier, on Clayton street either late Satur day or, Sunday day, for 'aome time. "He lived several month* with twenty-seven spoons In bit stomach,” the physi cian said, “and I don’t think a small door key will cause ntm any trouble, at least until be'is strong enough to nndergo another opera tion.” ATTEMPTS TO STEAL’ ~ FROM CHI PSI'HOUSE Police/ were Informed Sunday shat an attempt wae made to, urg- ir*- - -* “ teasMajSsfS Dr- Andrew M. Soule has re turned from Wilson, North Caro lina where he addressed the East ern Carolina exposition in that city Saturday. Those hearing the address by Dr. Soule said that it was one of the most valuable treatments of the boll weevil question and the FRANCE DISLIKES DISARMAMENT. PARIS—!f France, ratifies the Washington naval disarmament treaties it wll only' bo becapso sho is forced into it' by her posi tion In foreign affairs. • -S|MWUh« attitude expressed m the French press Sunday as rumqrs were broadcast that Pre mier Poincare was preparing re servations to tho treaties before submitting them to the chamber .of deputies foreign relations com- « ■ mittee. “If wo must University Songsters and Music Makers Score Pro nounced Hits Twice in Atlanta. Reports direct from Atlanta ant' 'criticisms carried in Sunday papers tsay that the Universit yof Georgia ’Glee and Instrumental Club scored 'decided hits at the two perform ances it gave in "that city Satur day afterpoon and night. The club is to give a perform ance Monday evening in Griffin and following it, the members of the organization will be entertain ed at o dance at the Griffin Coun try Club. •* From Griffin the organization control of the animal that has ye!. been delievred. In this address S3STta toe southern part of the state. A performance will also „ ratify, then we 9 must, was the consensus of opin ion. •- M. Bainville, writing in La Lib- prte, advised against undue haste in tnkng acton. Enthusiasm in such a situation would bo ridicu lous he pointed out. "In ratifying the treaties as a necessity, it is important that we do not bind ourselvca for more than ton years.” ho said, adding that the 5-5-3-1.76 permanent ra tion was an attempt of England and America to make France a vic tim of inferiority-. • — Franco, Bainville stated, Is fore- od to submit because she is in debted to both Anglo-Saxon na tions and would not be able to construct a powerful fleet nnyway within the next ton years. the president of the Georgia Ag ricultural college gave the public the benefits of toe findings of the Southern committee, which rec ommended the calcium artenatc dusting method and the Florida plan. It is contained in reports reach ing Athens that to have been se- to deliver the addreas in!/v n, 11. Wiison, N. C-, was quite a dis-,teOrge StalllDfifS Unction on Dr. Soule’s personality ; , “ and an honor to the institution atGlffiCtfig III AtllGnS be given in Jacksonville, Fla.—the first offering out of the state of Georgia that tho club has ever •(pvGn* The performance in Athens wil 1 J? . a £k! 7 » t . the Colonial theatre *nd will conclude the season. MANY TOURISTS whose head he stands. By SIDNEY C. ROACH U. S. Representative From Mia- souri. Eighth District WO negroes were dickering ( over a mule Tl a mule , was tied to a tree. Dat’a a very l.ln >’ ■ oc?an nj ' Athens’ friends of George .Stalling.’ the “mirccle man” of 2,“* b . a11 ' *«*.ted Wm here 'Monday morning when he arrived with the I Rochester team. Mr. Stallings managed the Boston Braves when they won the world championship in four straight start. n„.i * in spirited mule,’ said the owner “Meybe he is” said the pros pective buyer, "but he don’t look like it to me. He lookf kinds dopey to me.” “He’s so spir ited,” insisted the .other, “dat I has to keep him tied or all the time.” Farmers of Jackson Coun tv Planning Great Year For Intensive Farming. Plan to. Diversify. JEFFERSON—Never in the his- tory have tbe farmers of this sec tion made such preparation for in tensive farming. Large quantitief of fertilizers and almost a full supply of calcium arsenate are already on ther farm*. More usual atentlon has been given to tjic selection of well pedegreec “Will, untie -him and lessee j seeds. With the cultivation' al- how fpuited hs is.” ready made and that which will “Fa afejvd to untie dat mule” said the seller. “He’s too spirit ed." After much argument the mole was untied. Hc straightened np, cocked an eye about him. shook himself, and then ran madly across toe field, colliding, head-on, with another tree. * , 'yet be m&de it la thought a fair acreage will be planted. The onlj reason that greater acreage wll! not be put In it due to the immi gration of a large number of the colored population. Farmers will diversify contidr erably this year. It is thought four straight starts and there fore the “miracle” stuff. He has brought several teams to Athens to train in past years and alwas like tho place, regarding Sanford field one of the most advantageous trainnig ields of toe entire, south for early spring rtaining. His teams of fate years Macon. He is Rochester’s ager. LH POULTRY RAI8ERS TO MEET TONGHT Clarke county will hold lui f| r « car-load poultry aale If It I. found that aufflct.nt chicken, have been reined for aurh an enterprise when the Poultry Association meet* at the court hou«o Monday night at o’clock. , All poultry reisers 'are urged to attend aa tha meeting la on. of the nto«t Important from a' standpoint of aid to the farmer held In several month* County Agent J. W. FI ror Several counties adjoining Clarke have already held car-lot poultry sake which have molted in gnat benefit te the fanners ftnanctattrJ Han county Bold over H.»*S worth of recently. and Madison have alao held profile hla aale. - * Col, Gantt Mingles With Travellers Who Pitch Tents For Short Stay in Athens. By T. LARRY GANTT. Many tourists are now passing through Athens, returning home from n trip to Florida; Sunday night eight different cars camped on the Cfty Hall lot and Monday morning I mingled among and talked with tbeae people. I found care there from Michigan, Ohio, Indiai.B, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts. Most of them had pitched tents '(Turn to Page Three) ■ . .v . , 2173 READERS •«l / OF THE - BANNER-HERALD Are protected Ey the Banner-Herald’s Free Travel Accident Insur ance Policies. Have yoii gotten your Free Insurance Policy yet? * Better investigate this offer. It costs you nothing. 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