Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

■InveaMgato Today! To Regular Subscribers the banner-herald H,ob« Accioant roncy rnt. THE baQy and Sunday—1C Canta a Waat -HERALD — Eatabllahed 1811 Dally, nl Sunday—1» Caul* a .Waat 1 ATHENS COTTON: Good Middling _ 28'/ 2 e Previous Close t 28} 4 c WEATHER:. Sunday fair and cooler. Monday fail VOL. 91. NO. 62. Associated Prase 8arvlea ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1921 N. E. A Sarvlea Single Copied 1 Canta Dally, I Canta Sunday. GOVERNMENT WIDENS SUGAR PRICE PROBE Officers Arranging Get- Together Meeting of Its Agentij Here on June 3th. splenwFprogram being prepared Many Men Refuse To Pay Poll'Tax For Wives Here Athens League of Voters CaJJ For Clarke Women to Become Eligible For Voting. Many Clarke county men are de clining to pay the poll tax of their f wives when they make their annual visit to the tax collector’s Company Occupies Lead- „ *;,# • T aaita»u«i visit IU Ulf LUX COIlfL’IOr S ing Position in insurance office, it is learned by the Athens World As Result of Effi- WJSE ... cient Management. At the same time the League is sued a call to the women of the city and county to see if their poll tax has been paid up-to-date in order that they may vote in the coming city election when five aldermen and a mayor will be ctascn by the voters. Those who did not pay poll tax in 1022 .may do so by calling at the office of the tax collector. The The Southern Mutual, one' of the oldest and most successful of the mutual fire insurance companies of the entire, country, will cele brate its 75th anniversary at the next annual meeting of the policy holders here on June 5th. The officers of the company are arranging a get-together meeting. enuer iur payment ui taxes anu- atrents „1 the aganta J J ntere . st L n K »'il! L remain open for six weeks. , ''Saturday the inquiry was briad- Inquiry Carried on Quiet- i ly and Known Only to j Firms Involved and Cus-j tomers. ■ ; (By As&ocitaed Press.) i NEW Y 0 R K.—The govern-'! ment’s investigation of the high; price of sugar which had been | centered upon the transaction of | the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchanges during February was widened Saturday to include all transactions in sugar in. the per* iod between January 1 and April 1, 1923. For the past two weeks, it was learned Saturday, agents of the Department of Justice have been examining the' February transac tions oi several of the largest brokers and dealers in sugar pay ing particular attention to the names and addrosses of buyers of large sugar contracts. The inquiry has been carried on quietly and was known only to the firms concerned and their custom ers whose permission was asked program will, be worked out be tween now npd the time of the meeting. , . The company is one or the old est of its kind in the country, be ing chartered by the Georgia legislature in 1847. It started business in 1848, with headquar ters in Griffin-lor the first year. The incorporators were; J. G. Hill, William Kreeihan, A. A. Robinson, H. K. McKay, James U. Parsons and William M. Morton, and their associates and auccesaors. Mr. .Morton was the only cltiien of Athens among the incorporators and he was also the first agent In Athens and one of the first local directors; ' The company was moved to Athens* in 184* and a new set of oiiicers was elected as follows Asbury Hull, president and treas urcr; James U. Parsons, secretary; William W* Clayton, E. L. New ton, Jojmt H- Newton, Albon Chase, John I. Huggins. A. Brad- ford. W. Letcher How many times do we have to register? When was the law passed allow ing women to vote? From Judge Horace M. Hojden and the tax receiver the League has obtained the following infor mation regarding those questions: ,„ lu , . Mitchell, Wil liam M, Morton, Dr. Henry Hull and Dr.- E. H. Wsre. directors for Athens, and fifteen non-reiident directors. 1 ■ . - Billups Phinixy' is president of the comvanw and has been since 1904 when (he succeeded W. W. Thomas. He has been a director since 1890. A. E. Griffith is the oldest man in point of service connected with the company in Athens and when the 7Sth Anniversary is observed he will celebrate his fiftieth anni versary with the company. He became associated with the com pany in 1873 and in 1894 was made secretary- So effjicently has the business of this company been managed that it occupies an envihble posi tion in the insurance world and wherever It baa agents this com pany* is always sought eut as the one favoted. The present direc tors of the company ere: Arthur E. Griffith. Billups Phinisy, Ham- ilton McWhorter, Charles H. Phinisy, John W. Morton, Charles M. Snclling, Andrew C. Erwin, Robert Pv White, Edward R- Hodgson, Jr., David C. Barrow, all C W « nZ , » J i in most Ca8CS bcf0r6 their nameS ember for piyment of taies ami - losed ,u thc *°v.mment rill remain open for six weeks. . asked hi >t w?me^* a SiJ ! h ha ,!„ «!!!!" i cne d to include all transactions in asked by women such questions 8ugar j„ the first quarter of 1923 r.» and the entire list of brokers of I (he Now York Coffee and Sugar * Exchanges received letters from David A. L’Lspcrance, special as sistant to Attorney General Daugherty requesting detailed in formation of all transactions dur ing that time as promptly as pos isslm , IfITEDJO N. 0. Received Invitation to Ad dress Veterans of ’61-’6o But She Was Unable to Attend. Miss Mildred Rutherfdrd was- in* vlted to New Orleans last week to address the convention of Confed erate Veterans In session there but she was'unable to attend and wtred her regrets with her appreciation for the Invitation. In speaking of the invitation one of the New Orleans papers said: “Assistant Adjt. 0«n. A. U. Booth of New Orleans, declaring that he would resign his position rather thun see uny attempt to “gag’* her If she were to come here and speak the trutliH of Southern history, of fered a resolution Inviting Mist Mildred L. Rutherford of Athens. On., historian general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, to | address the reunion, and, providing | that the Invltution be telegraphed. The resolution was adopted unu- vote and Women may vote in city, state, county ana national, elections. They must pay fl poll tax at the regular time, in order to be eligible to vote, Payment of the $1 poll tax each year after having once registered automatically keeps the name on the books. The law requiring women to pay poll tax was passed by the legislature in 1921 and went into affect in 1922. Women do not have to pay poll tax unless they wish to vote but their taxes must be paid in full before they can vote. According to information're ceived by the League of Voters in many instances when men get rekdy to pay their own taxes they decline to pay the poll tax for their wife stating that "she does not want to vote.” Chattering Is Sickness Now; Woman Has It _ • CtJLUMBUS, O.—Physicians nt the Sawyer Sanitarium at Worfilngton, near here, arc puszled over the strange malady of Mrs. Yfilllam Montgomery, twenty-two of Logan. Ohio, ad* mitted to the wanltarlum after an attack of "‘talking sickness" following Influenza. Mrs. Montgomery has talked almost Incessantly for ten days. She has a high temperature and Is extremely restless. (J. S. COMPTROLLER! WOMAN’S STORY SAID TO HA VE LED 'LAYS 001’LI TO 1 ™ INDICTMENT OF MYSTERIOUS SECIETADY UMPTRANGERS IN CHAPMAN ESCAPE TO HELP ’SELVES Will Pay Occupation Ex penses From Money%id Goods Seized in Ruhr, Is Stated. » (By Associated Press.) PARIS.—The French and Bel gian gopemments decided Satur day, at a conference of their mfn- ! Tells Naval Head That i Even Cabinet Officers- Must Bow Before His Authority. DISPUTE OVER PAYING SAILOR Comptroller General Says He Intends to Make All; Departments Comply; With Ruling. • I Lost Children, Hunted 44 Hours, Found Locked In Deserted Stall YOUNGSTOWN, O.,—Locked In a deserted market stall for forty- four hours, while thousands of residents of Warern. O., sought them, three little children were discovered and returned to their pros trated mothers. The rescued children are Margaret ,wnilama, five; her brother, Johhny, three, and Theresa Sandford, three. Almost exhausted through hunger snd fear, tear-slalned and begrimed, they were found by two searchers, who followed a "hunch” that the missing children accidentally might have been locked up lu tbe market house. The Warren police, all the Boy Scouts and several thousand cltlxens had practically abandoned all their business since Tuesday, am) devoted themselves,So a search for the three babies | The rivers had been dragged and every clue Investigated. When they were found, the children had almost worn through thc toes of their booths by frantic kicking at the doors of the market stall. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON.—J. M. McCarl, of Nebraska, who two yearH ago, quietly took up the duties of the nc»:y created office or comptroller General of Jhe U. 8.. Saturday laid down the law to Secretary Dcnby lu eupport ot ills claim that even cabinet officers must bow beforo the authority of his office in fiscal affairs. j At the same time Secretary Den-1 Is’tcrs~here7 to . reimburse them-1V pn>i;n/oo to take to .the attorney selves for the Ruhr occupation’out k™era for an opinion on the ques- and monev! Hon of how far the authority of I — tho c omptroller general legally cx-. Wilson Is Opposed to'Har- 1 Austin Stack, Former tnn.tu into the administration. -- ~ * — — - - - — - - — * - seized froln Germans., The two allies again emphasized tends .their determination to evacuate jthe Ruhr only as the Germans come forward with the payments due,. Any balance left over after the military fend the engineering ex penses arc paid will be turned In to the reparation fund for the benefit of all the allies. Merchandise seized will first be applied on orders already placed with Germany under reparations schedule for the German payment in kind, the French and Belgians filling their own orders by com pulsion should that method be come necessary. Once these individual repara tions are filled, the seised mer chandise will be sold under Joint Franco-Belgian control and the roceeds will be used with con Marriage All Right After i .'nlmounly by a standing That, Asserts Instructor j “"T,” lnvllll(1 „ n ..„ t mi,. in Matrimony At Uni-1 Rutherford: versity of California. New Orleans. La.. | April 1, 1922. ! '‘Miss ‘ Mildred Rutherford, j Th« Villa, Athena, Oa. “Be it resolved the greetings ol the United Confederate Veterans an, Columbus; Robert rlacon; M. A. O’Byrne, words advises students ‘to refrain ta• from matrimony until the prospec- Guaby JoV<t*n (Tnliimhiiit? “SLS; tlve husband has at least 12.600. J. Tuytyry Savannah. HAS AN OLD UlARTBU CLAUSE Under tbe charter tbe company waa authorized to “insure against loss by f|re and water, lives of slaves agiinst death, and lives of . * hite persons,” and for many years the officers undertook to conduct those different depart ments, but 'discovered that only the fire insurance department was profitable, r and eliminated the others. The company enjoyed unprece ■looted success—bfter it adopted thc cash prehtium and annual div idend plan In 1865—and returned dividends to its members running from 10_per cent to 82 per cent, (Turn to Pag* Six) Census Bureau Says Con sumption During March Greatest in History of the Industry. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON.— New records in cottoh manufacturing were es tablished daring March when more cotton wss consumed than <•■ any other month during the his tory of the Industry. The total consumption Was six hundred add twenty three thous and one hundred and five bales of lint,’or more than one hundred thousand bales larger than the consumption in March a year .ago, the census bureau reported. New reebrd .excedi the prev ious rpcord made in 1917 by al most eight thousand bales. BERKELEY, Cdl.—"Advice to Hie Lovelorn,” by Baldwin Woods, dean of the University of Califor nia summer school in cold, cruel i words adviseq students ‘to refrain MJi> Lewis Rutherford. historian general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy that the United Confederated Veteran! earnestly and cordially Invite hei to addreaa them In convention at New Orleans that the Adjutant Gen eral of thtf U. C. V. shall at once ^end these resolutions to Mlsa Mil ‘This j dvice muy sound unronmn tic,, byt Jove’s own sweet dream can flourish more readily when th< proper financial goal la reached.” declared the educutor. who has won the title of “Instructor In Mutri- rnony/ "The youfflr man who finds him* self with nothing more than a cul* lege diploma and a ‘promise' of r Job should not plunge headlong in matrimony,” he says. “The aver age man twenty-tWo years old can command a salary of 9159 a month "If the girl Is worth while and has real Interest In her prospective husband, she will not hesitate 'to wait for him. And if the man it worth while he will not wish hit bride to be deprived of anythina tb which she has beeif accustomed for the privilege of marry him. 'A mun earning 9150 a month can and should save 960. That is of course if he continues his frugal college habits and does not have hit fling at expensive clothes and amusements. ‘At twenty-six this roan should have saved 92,600; Theh he mar ries. His wife is in accord with his ambitions—and I think om the bleslngs of co-educution that it lesds to marriage between couples of the same training—they will go on saving.' VETERANSCLOSE ANNUAL REUNION WITH BIG PARADE (By Aeeedattd Prom.) NEW ORLEANS.—Trulnm deput ing througboua Saturday, many of them running In (event section, emptied New Orleans of the great throngs of grny-clnd veterans and visitors who nttended the thirty- third annual reunion here ot the United Confederate Veterans, which closed yesterday with the vetenns’ pande. Mony of tbe old soldiers declared the reunion, and especially the pande, one of the greatest In tbe history of Its or- ganfuvcfoa. u dred Rutherford, Athena, Ca., and report to this convention ut the earliest moment unanimously adopt- LEE DELEGATION FI Athenians Will Leave on Tuesday Morning For National Good Roads Show. Practically half of the fifty Athenians appointed to attend the National Good Roads Conven tion in Greenville, S. C„ will at tend. according to announcement from the Chamber of Commerce Saturday. President Hugh W. White, ap pointed fifty men and women to attend the convention which opens Monday and will be follow ed by the annual session of the Bankhead Highway Commission. Chairman J. II. Griffeth and County Commissioners J. M- Hodgson and Hugh W- White, to gether with Couhty Clerk Tate Wright and Homer Nicholson, county engineer, will leave Mon day for the convention. A motorcade will leave Athena Tuesday morning early to attend the convention one day. The party will leave from in front of the Georgian hotel at 6 o’clock and those who have not engaged a way to attend are requested to notify (Turn to Page Two) pi , ., fiscated money, cash obtained from fines and other receipts to pay expenses of thn. occupying forces as prior claims, only the surplus going to the reparations commis sion. PLOT ON LONDON 0 Raids Made By Scotland Yard Turn Up Docu ments Revealing Plot In volving Destruction. (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA.—F o r ir orkings of the navy department. -, diflgfs SchCH16 FOP Con* Many navy officers and enlisted; ditional Adhesion Recent men have complained navy depart- » T ol...,. ment officials said thati.Mr. McCarl j Letter onOWS. •md In effect overruled formal naval orders. Mr. M^Carl’s action, constituting n warning to all government president Wilson is opposed to the ■i.-tu.rtments ‘ hat e "-. plan of President Hnrding for “conditional” American adhesion enmo through a letter he address- to a permanent court of Interna- ed to the navy secretary In whlih tional Justice eatabllahed at The he asserted that so long ns he Hague, under the auspices of' the ruled on matter* mtii.ti Ms juris- 0 r Nations diction Ills authority under the law * - could be questioned by no official * , re Jl Drt ,ent , JJ* ” y . tae or the executive branch of govern- Philadelphia Public Ledger in a Kent. copyrighted dispatch from Wash- The controversy over Mr. Mc-,ington. Carl's authority came to a head. The dispatch states that Wll- through a protest of Secretary son's first ’ formal expreaalon on Donby against the comptrollers international affalri, since the ad- tullng In minor case Involving an! ministration submitted its plan to overpaying ot an enlisted man. {the senate- waa embodied in a Mr. McCarl Instructed the navy de- letter from the former praildent partment disbursing officer to gel | to Arthur Roue# of Kentucky, the money back. Secretary Denby chairman of the Democratic Con- oppoaed the aolon as 'Interfer- gressional ^Committee in reply to ence” with his deiiartment. “ — (By Associated Prete.) LONDON —Documents which re vealed plots involving the distrac tion of life and property tn Lon don are reported to have fallen, Into the handa of Scotland Yard an d result of raids Friday night on residences and resorts of Irish wo men suepected of eing Republican supporters, It was learned Satur day. Among plana said to have been brought to light were plots to at tack London's lighting power sources, underground power sta tions and other (lots to release Irish prisoners, from London pris ons and projected attempts on the lives of high police officials. M is stated that the plots bed huge ramifications In Great Brit ain, particularly In London and had reached such a stage that the delay of one more week by tbe po lice officials might have resulted in tbe scheme being put In opera tion. Among plana waa found one for the attucklng and killing of police officers in their own homes. A iromlnenu cabinet minister ot ATHENS UN TO ATTEND PJ.A. MEET Large Delegation Will Go to Atlanta Convention. Teachers Will Attend Educational Meet. an inquiry from Rouse,. Lawrie Scores In Appearance . At the Palace Singer Makes Hit in Song Selections At Mov ing Picture Theatre Last Night Cabinet Minister of Irish Republicans Captured in Mountain Fastness. (By Associated Press.) LONDON—Irish Fred State troop* Saturday captured Austin Stack, former Republican Minltaer of Home Affairs, according to a dis patch which was later confirmed by officials at Dubllq. ^ The Free State headquarters State that It la Impossible us yet to deny or confirm the report of the capture and arrest of the Count esa Market vies, another of the Re* publican leaders, who with Dan Breen and others are said tv be hiding in tbe mountains near Tip perary. ’Eamrnr'de Valera, tbe ehief ot the Republicans* hM been In hiding for several days in the deaolate mountain faaineaa near Tipperary and the Free 8tate troops have made a very extensive and exhaus tive search for him, which has so far proved In vain. Time and again De Valera has b4en thought to be In danger'of Certain capture, with the hands of the law almost touching 'him. only Identity of Woman Must’ Remain a Mystery Until Trial of Two Men Takes Place. .|j MEN SAID TO HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS Chapman Is Said to Have P1 a n n e d to Sail For Paris on Easter Sun day. Did Gerald Chapman, the bandit that escaped from St. Mary's hos pital after being captured In Mad ison county where he waa shot twice before taken, expect by thin time to be in gay "Faree"? From information that has leak ed out in conectlon with the in vestigation It seems that he did.^He is alleged not to have convened very freely with anyone while con fined at the hospital but it seem* that there were quiet momenta when he '‘loosened** up in his con versation and when in one of these talkative moods one day he is al leged to have divulged soms of hi 1 plans, among them being partial details of his escape from the At lanta penitentiary and hie plans tb catch a boat from New York on Raster Sunday for Europe, hit* destination being Paris. ' Certainly his plans were tempor arily knocked Into a cocked ha-: but it may be that since lie made his second escape he has reached a boat and Is now soraowheru on the briny deep headed for other fehores. . .a Following the indictment here ny the Federal grand Jury lato Thurs day afternoon two men, Abe Sil- verstein and Dominick Didato, were arrested in New York charg ing them with being implicated in the escape of Gerald Chapman, "Millionaire mall bandit” from St. Mary’s Hospital somethlme during the night of April 4tb. Sllversteln and Didato are the men who aro alleged to have been in Athens bn that day and (planned and pfobably executed the escape of chapman from the building. TWENTY-THREE WITNESSES CALLED For the leafing Before -tlio grand Jury Thursday twenty-three wit nesses were called to testify before that body but only a small Dum ber of tbemo were actually beard by tho jurymen. Both hten are said to by some means or other to esesp# I criminal records, one of them and muke his way to freedom and' »*o»t of <Iio federal penitentiary In Atlanta only a few month, where be was sent/ on a narcotic charge. They roggsterted, at the (Turn to page two) The annual state convcntoins of ^rgST^aW-AaScUtoS: I rnb.ra.d.lpp-r.neeofM.Ju,. will take place in Atlanta next )J n l^arle, former MetropbUtan week. A large number of dele-|°J* r “ "*?* er * n< ? blg^lme vaude* gates representing both of these vl11 headliner, who rendered zey- organizations arc expected to go —' * h«. from Athens. Tuesday will be the opening day for the P«rent-Teacher Asso- ciatlov This meeting will last until Thursday. Friday, the Geor gia {Educational Association will meet. Those expected to go from Ath ens as representatives of thc eight Parent-Teachers Associa* tions ait*: Mrs. K. B. Hudson, President; Mrs. W. P. Warren. Mrs. Preston Broks, Mrs- J.. Phil Campbell, Mrs. E. R-, Hodgson, Mrs. E. C. Weston. Mrs,. A. C, Hancock. Mrs. R. S. Pond, Miss Nell Shockley, Mrs.. F. G.. Birch- more, Mrs., Paul Smith. Mrs. G. A. Booth, Mrs. Hanrie W. Dews. Included among those who will attend the Georgia Educational former’regime la also declared to Association are Chancellor* David have been marked for attack and C. Barrow and Prof. J,. S,. Stew- j lo |< n „ his name found on the ‘ death art. era! selec|ions and charmed his audience with his magnificent voice. Mr. Lawrie, as Is generally known, is in charge of the singing at the revival meeting at the First Methodist church, and there being no services set for Saturday night, consented to appear at the Palace— n<d In u professional capacity, at he explained, but merely in an ef fort to entertain and, as he added l>arentheti<?tlly. In the hope that "If you like my singing, perhap* you will come over to the church during the meeting and be bene fited by Dr. GoodeH'e sermons.” Hit." j Chancellor Barrow will deliver Knowledge of some ot these plots an address at this convention, Fri- was gained several weeks ago. Idav- but th e authorities decided to wait j Jn order that every teacher in until further evidenof rfecould be Athens may have the opportunity gathered before acting. Proposes to Partner During Dance Contest, And She Accepts Him of attending the Educational Con- iference the public schools of Ath- v « •ens will close Friday. And. It also will be interestlqg movie tmtrons und music lovert that Mr. Lawrie will ap- alleging pear a;<ain at the Palace next Sat- with tne there to harasa the Free Staters from a mate distance. De Valera was known to be cor Tiered with his companions in the mountains, and al ithe exits, by which it was possible for him to escape were cloudy watched, as thc troops began the hun£ for theii "‘man." But once more De Val< ,era proven too smart for his ene mien and his hiding place remain* a mystery, though tbe troops have not given up the search or the hope of catching him. Austin Stack was captured whlti hidipg In a deep ditch In the moun tains near Clonmel, which Is in th« distHct where Liam Lynch, now .dead was captured. Woman* 65, Asks $25,000 For Love BALTIMORE.—Partners lor for ty hour* In the non-atep dancing contest now In* progress «,■ the Garden theater ballroom, E. Olas- snr and Mlsa Myrtle Smith de cided to-become partner* tor life. They ere to be married. This much Olaaaer admitted Saturday, smiling through a two-day growth of beard which had sprouted while the dane has been In prog re... And Mias Smith, smiling up at) Olaaaer, says abe Is willing to take him and dance with him for yean Instead of hours—beard and all. Olasser proposed to Miss Smith after they had been dancing to gether for several hours. This pair, with twelve other couple*, are trying to break the record of 92 hours and 19 minute, net at Cleveland this week. ITALY STUDY! DEBT TO AMERICA ROME —The Julian government according to an official statement issued, i.H studying the question of the war debt to the United States and even has gone, to the extent 'of exchanging views with other debtors of America, especially France, although no general agreement between such debtor nations and the United States is anticipated. A special commission on the subject may he appointed later, it Is said, hut there are no plans at present for the formation of such a body, ' . _ ... Texan Divorcee Says That Aged Lover Has Broken His Promise to Marry Her. DETROIT.—Declaring that she gave him all her companionship during the three yean since he defrayed her divorce expense, and he refuied to go through .... marriage which he him- •<’lf is said to have proposed, Mrs- Miry Elizabeth Base, <6, filed a 925,000 breech of promise suit against S.'Vincent Burbank, 84. In her bill Mrs- Bale charge* whlh h» handle, hi, theme,. Man- that Burbank spent the days in Vuhg with u seat and | her company at a furnished flat which he rented for her, but that he always returned to his own home for the night. She baked pastries for him and prepared other good things td eat, 'she alleges, and she lived in the DEFENDANT WINNED OF DAMAGE SUIT Superior Court Will Re sume Session Monday, Taking Up the Criminal Docket For Trial. lay night. His 1m a rich baritone »lce ot extraordinary volume and ire tonal quality, thm beauty ol hlch Im eccentua**! hX the rmth and the artistic manner in Igrir and won much > applause while hi* treatment ot “Mother Ma- cree," sung with rare tenderness nn<t Mweetnesa, denoted the in terpretative ability of the artist which he is. .Mr. Liiwrlc, in the courw of hi, ho P« that >omt day she might be come his bride. Burbank proposed marriage to her March 1. 1922, Mrs. Base al leges, but later steadily refused to carry out hia promise. Her cha grin can be soothed by not less than 925-000, she says. Mrs. Base says Burbank de frayed the costs of , her divorce suit, in Texas, three yean ago- He then induced her to come to De troit, she says, and placed a fur nished flat at her disposal- He introduced her to hu friends as his wife, she charges, altbouglL no marriage , ceremony had tgicen place, Mrs. Bax,’, first husband was William M. Baza, whom aha mar. riad March 28, 1919, in her home town in Texas. explanation of his spi*earance, tho Palace stage (he quit stage aa a profesison In January and lieeame engaged In churelt work) stmkfl reminiscently of dlf. ference In the quality of theatrical entcrtalnihent today and twenty years ago when he first began his professional career, and comptt mentel Athens In that It haa in the Palace a beautiful place clean amusement where the entire ramfiy may go for dlverelon with' out the slightest apprehension of anything being presented that is the lesst hit offensive or dietaate- ful- an endoraom,-t which, he said, could not be truthfully voiced of the places of amusement fifteen or twenty yeare ago. W. J. Barrett, who Uvea on No- catcheo creek In Sandy Creek dis trict can contlndo to dam up tho r„.„ |4N__ _£ Oyi creek wkhout having to pay bln rrom iVl&ll or 04 uncle, T. H. Barrett damage ttaero- ■ Sfor. - * • • This le tho result of the 91000 damage suit In Superior Court which ended lu a verdict for tbs defendant. Doth plaintiff and defendant residents of Sandy Creek district. Their farms are located on No- cnfchoe creek on the Nowherei mad. W. J. Barrett Uvea above T, H. Barrett. He has a mill aod has erected a dam across the creek. Occasionally thc dam fill, up and It becomes necessary far tho owner (o open the flood gates to 1«V1 the sand out According to T. H. Barrett the sand from “W. J.V* dam has filled up the run of . creek In hi, place erasing the bot toms to become soggy nnd wet unfit for cultivation. He brought suit for damages again it his nephew for 91,000. Superior court will re-conv..u<4 Monday morning at 9 o'clock wt Judge Fortran presiding. Tho grai Jury will also re-convene nnd w probably make its presentments aa the only business before it whei It took recess Thursday was tb semi-annual Inspection of tha county department*. *r* MAY TRY • r r'j SEAGRAVES The criminal docket will he tak-. J on up Monday with Che probabin trial of Harvey Seagrapes. indicted for murder of Paul Smith; and Je; Graham, who la'under fndfetmt for assault and battery growing < of charges y Miss Ora KeHt that Graham knocked down, when she went to collect'll debt of several hundred J " 1 ' owing her. Tho traverse Jury list for J (Turn to Pag* Six) v ‘j