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VOL. 9), NO. 56
Associated Praia 8arvlea
ATHEN8, QAh WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1923.
N. K. A Service
I FI COLLEGES ^Morehouse Parish
Again In Spotlight
In Hooded Murders
Uncle Copies 1 Caste Dally. I Conte Sunday.
IT TEACHERS MEET
Former State School Sup
erintendent Pleads For
More Financial Support
For Institutions.
POINTS OUT NEEDS
OF STATE SCHOOLS
Chancellor D. C. Barrow
Stresses Need For Com-
prehensiye Study of In
dividual Problems.
ATLANTA. Ga. — Georgia’s
common school teachers and offi
cials were urged to help the col-
loges and univeralties In the state
to provide adequate buildings and
equipment by Dr. M. L. Brittain,
former slato school superintendent
and president of Georgia Tech, and
onr of the principal speakers at
the Georgia Educational Asaocii -
lion convention here Tuesday night
The sessions of the convention
will continue through this week,
the parent-teacher’s Association
convention ending Thursday.
Dr. Brittain, Chancellor Barrow
and M. M. Parka, state school su
perintendent Were the main speak
ers Tuesday and Tuesday night.
ASK AID FOR
COLLEGES
In referring to the forward
steps the common school system
haa taken in recent years Dr. Brit
tain then appealed for aid to the
state higher institutions of leam-
District Attorney and
District Judge to File
Bills of Information At
Bastrop.
EXPECT ARRESTS
ON THURSDAY
Arrest of Many Expected
in Connection With the
Hooded Band Activities
and Murders.
(By. Associated Press.)
MON HOE — District Attorney
Garrett and District Judge Odom
left here at four o’clock Wednes
day morning, for Bastrop Louisans
wnere tney will take new steps
in the Morehouse Parish murders.
The District and Judge will file
against citizens of Morehouse Par
ish. in connection with the Hooded
Band activities in the Parish, last
year. j «
It was announced that the war* J
Peanut Fanners
Strongly Oppose
Tariff Agitation
Declare Reopening of Oil
Schedule Will Stop
100,000 Plows.
WASHINGTON.—A demand that
the tariff commission dismiss the
application to reopen the vegeta
ble nil schedule was made Tuesday
by W. F. Webb, of Hahlra. Oa..
president of the Oeorgla Peanut
Growers’ Association, and L. B.
Jackson, director of the Georgia
state bureau of markets, who filed
with President Harding and
Chairman Marvin , of the United
States tariff commission, a protest
on behalf of 100.000 peanut farm
ers of the south ngalnst any fur
ther tariff agitation.
••If the tariff commission dockets
i the application for reducing the
""the'aheriff^t that “du. .. ”
or the .heriff at that place not la-., h „ v , hllnrtr ..
ter tnan Thursday noon, andthat! ",’ < ' y w !" *‘ op a hu ? d " d ‘"'TT’
action would be Immediately taken , p 0 *" a . l 1 ho „ peanut , ?,!, d 1 ‘ °J ,h !!
The aherilf stated that he would,"' lth , ln ,‘V n * xt ..^ ,r,)r day £
immediately make the arrests and ‘J' ,,r " teat dM ' a ” d ' accepted
tnat not than the Fordney-McCumber measure
ing.
1 ask for your *id an daupport
in helping college*, to have an
equal opportunity for wtso legis
lation and proper support.
tnat not less than tiftcun persons,
alleged to nave been connected or I"” “ covenant between the govern
possessing information ubout the ,ment and ,h ' termera guarantee-
murders, would bo rounded up and ,ne u * four •*"•* l» r Pound pro
placed in jail by Thursday night. 1 *
IS FREED BY JURY
After 17 Hours Delibera
tion Jury Returned Ac
quittal Verdict At 11:15
Wednesday Morning.
ENGINEER AS TRAINS
■IIP Clarke County Highways
Rescuers Forced to Watch
Engineer Die in Flames
As Alcohol Cars Catch
Afire.
TRIAL CONSUMED
MONDAY AND TUES.
Indicted By Grand Jury
For April Term. Shot
Paul Smith on Decem
ber 31st.
„.. ...» r „_. Help
„ to secure the chance for good
buiidinga through bonding just ns
is now the right of every toyrn and
county. Co-operate with ua to se
cure a detinite per cent of the
state’s income as ia the case with
the public schools, and so aaye us
- - - tk. moniUpantt 1 ittituca he-
from the. mendicant*’ »tUtuua be
fore each succeeding legislature-
We are all engeged in the. **me
work, each being equally inipor-
unt to Georgia •nd.” Dr. Brittain
concluded* “distention between Us
is as disastrous to all concerned
ss the fight between the stomach
and the members in the argument
of the old Roman senator. *
The Morehouse Parish affair, in
which two men were killed by hor-.
rible means and -other atrocities, 1
drew the attention of the nation
while the trials were in progress.
The men killed were said to have
been tied on thqir backs in the mid
dle of a road and a tractor, such
ta is used to puU roau niacuinery
run over their bodies.
Thegrand jury of tho Parish
failed to indict anyone in the mur
der* giving as it’s reason that
there was not sufficient evidence.
This action brought a great amount
of criticism upon the officers and
the state a* a wnole- Not since the
outrages at Hrrln, Illinois, haa the
tection on peanuts, and we have
started in aood faith to plant ovet
n million ucres of poanuts this sea
son.”
‘The filing of the application to
reopen the vegetable oil schedule
haa frightened muny farmers, and
if it -is docketed for a hearing it
will. stop the planting of peanuts
for tills season, for every farmer
knows that he can not raiss pea
nuts without a protective tariff
and If our protection is In doubt
then we must abandon the crop.”
Chairman Marvin assured Mr.
Jackson and Mr. Webb that he
would give the peanut growers a
further and more complete hearim
before a final decision was reached
country been *o stirred over* Jaw- hf .the commission on whether the
Icssncsa as it was during the re-| c »»e would be docketed.
cane investigation..
COUNTY
PROBLEMS
Chancellor David C- Barrow, of
the' University of Georgia, who
shared honora with Dr. Brittain a»
the principal speaker of the even
ing, stressed the need for more
comprehensive study of indiviuel
problems concerning vnrious coun
ties of the state- Each county has
is■ «e..su ’ ..J Jletlnnl InnlvIH.
its separate’ end distinct Individ
uallty. he etatedyand could not pat
tern after othari.
Emphasising the importance of
county achool officials and the part
they take in all communiaiee, Chan
cellor Barrow quoted figures show
ing that approximately 85 per cans
of the people of'.the state are more
or lose dependent upon county of
ficials for their educalfr.i *id bus
iness
Increase to 22,000 Mem
bers Reported By Co-op
erative Directors’ Meet.
Lavanoa Man President.
Two New York Men, Al
leged to Have Aided
Chapman, Placed Under
Bond.
ATIANTA, G*—Re-election of
officers and director* marked the
annual session of the Georgia Cot
ton Growers’ Co-operative associa
tion at the Kimball ho
Developments In the Gerald
Chapman escape case are awalttnlf
tho arival here of Abe Sllversteln
and Dominick Dldato from New
.... jouie Tuesday | York following their indictment
It was reported by Claude Eubanks here by the federal grand jury last
secretary, that more than 8,000 cot- week.
ton growers had affiliated with the' The two aro reported out under
organization since February 1.1 bonds of $1,600.00 each In New
Hnrvey Seagravea. on trial in
the superior court for the murder
of Paul Smith, was found not
guilty by the Jury, which returned
verdict Wednesday morning at
11:15 after having deliberated on
from 7 o’clock Tuesday
evening.
Seagraves shot and 'killed Smith
at tho Heaboard depot on the night
of December 31st. He was ^found
not guilty at the coroner’s Inquest.
was bound over at a preliminary!! - , ..
trial before three justice* of the^ff®l* h * which was standing on a
peace, had a no bill returned. *«Rng. .. . . .
against him by the January term Th * * r '' c ’G «»l d to be one of
of grand Jurora but waa indicted too mo.t horrible In the hl.torv of
by the jury sitting at thia term of ‘ ld \
court and given an immediate
FIREMAN AND
BRAKEMAN HURT
Many Freight Cars Burn
When Fast Freight
Crashes Into Another.
Rescue Party Helpless.
(By Associated Press.)
Grand Jury Recommends
Traffic Policemen For
Dr. Morgan Will
Deliver Lectures
Daily At Meeting
Eminent Bible Teacher
Slated For Ten Lectures
During the Athens Bible
Conference.
Urge Placing of Danger
Signs At Crossing and
Curves. Adjourned At
Noon Wednesday.
Dr. O. Campbell Morgan, one of
the greatest. If npt the greatest
Bible teacher of tho protend gen-
oration, will deliver daily lectures
NEW ORLEANS.—Hindered by! at . .’S® **?,!“ B ‘ w ® Conference
the blue flame, ofSurnln, alcohol nMt Sunday • nd
and tho terrific heat of the tire. All of Dr. Morgan'* lecture* will, Jf CUrke county gryd jury
rescuers were forced to stand by be delivered in the Octagon on ths 1 ^P rtI .“J™ . ot
end ere Engineer Helen, of th. i o"«k widn^T^V*
Illinois central Railroad, burned j jectureBev.ry afterooonat tour ! ila Presentment* bo the court
DR. CABANISS TO
SUCCEED DUPREE
Condemns Practice of Pe
titioning Court to Modi
fy Sentences on Persons
Convicted of Crime.
Practice of petitioning the courts
to modify sentences on pereonn
convicted of crime wai condemned
to death near Htimmond. Louisiana, ■ o'clock. Tho second week he wlU
Wednesday morning. tincture at the 9:30 o’clock hour.
The engineer was piloting a fast j The subject of Dr. Morgan's ale-
northbound freight which earthed' j hires the finB week are as follow*:
into the rear end of another (“An Old Story Reconsidered.”
Monday—Tho Par Country.
Tuesday— Feeding Swine.
Wednesday—Returning ran-
trial which reaulted in bis acquit
tal.
The trial consumed all of'Mon
day ufternoon and Tuesday until 7
o’clock when’ Jodge Fortaoi
charged the Jury and It retired to
deliberate until Wednesday morn
Ing.
Much Interest centered In the
trial and the court room waa full
of spectators all day Monday and
Tuesday and whan the Jury’s var
diet waa announced many of Sea-
graves’ friends ruehed to congrat
ulate him.
Many witnesses were Introduced,
and the defense baaed its case on 1
•elf defense and alleged repeated
threats on the part of 8mlth.
Trouble between the two had been
brewing for several weeka prior to
the ratal shooting and was said to
have grown mainly out of a race
made In the United States court
where Smith wee Involved In con
nection with ’ various thefts of
cigarettes and other goods from
the railroad here.
Seagraves waa nlghtwa’tchman
at the S. A. I.. depot while Smith
waa yardmaster.
The attorneys In the qaae were,
fire and though rescuers worked at
top speed, they could not check the
flames which spread rapidly.
Throe solid care of alcohol be
came Ignited, the tire spreading to
eleven other cam and the two en
gines, all of which were reduced
to charred frameworks before the
fire had burned Itself out
Fireman Tom Rogers waa fatally
Injured and the brakeman on his
train severely hurt In the wreck,
and It la thought that poaslhly sov-
oral others will be included In the
list or the Injured and dead before
the authorities have flntahed
checking up.
Three cars of vegetables and
Thuraday—Tha Wtleoma
Home.
Friday—Tha Complttlon of
the Story.
The second week Dr. Morgan
will lecture on "Tha Message* of
Iloggal or Building Amid Ruins.”
Mcndajr—Introductory, Date*
and Schema*.
Tueaday— Fundamental Re-
. aponailllty.
Wednesday—-Tha Peril* of
the Backward Look.
Thuraday—Tha .. Perlla of
impatienca.
Frldgy-eTha . .Final Aaeur-
anca.
No lectures or other meetings
are :schedul*d' for Satnnday at tha
flro cat* of coffee were burned Conference. ...
completely up. In addlUlon to the | In.nddlllon to a dally lecture Dr.
ethers mentioned above. Morgan will dtllvar a sermon at
The damage from the creek will evening, alternating with Pr. Lon
rim Into large figures, onowf the lO. BaoogMuw-aad Dr. P. XX-Mor*
officials stated Wednesday, ln th* gan.
meantime, workers are striving to
tho grand Jury alio pointed out
the danger ot traffic on th* county
highways and made the following
recommendation! to safeguard IMS:
1. Election of two traffle
officer* to be placed on the
prinelpal roads of the county.
2. Placing of danger eigne at
curvea and crossings.
3. Signs designating tha
name of the roade n at all
road crotsinga in the county.
A That memers of the legis
lature from Clarke support
suitable state laws providing
for the regulation, control and
operation of automobile* and
trucks on th* public highways.
MRS. TROUTMAN IS
CITY CURB MARKET:
— -
Will Have Charge of Mar- ;
ket Where Producer May
Sell Direct to the Con
sumer. ,
ROME NEWSPAPERS f
STRONG IN PRAISE ,
Former Athenian to Also
Be Assembling Agent
ad Will Help Market :
Surplus Produce.
With tho clecUon of Mrs. Basel* ’ ’
Baitty Troutman of Rome aa Mar
ket Master and Assembling Agent,
plane for opening of Athene’ first
curb market on Broad street May
v 8, aro rapidly materialising. It |
was announced Wedneadar.
Mrs. Troutman’s election by a i
committee of business men repre-
seating tho various organisations
pushing tfie Curb Market, was
unanimous.
ARRIVES HERE
THUR8DAY
RECOMMEND
AN AUDITOR
Mrs. Troutman, will arrive In
Athens Thursday for tho purpose
of making preparaUonn for |the
opening of tho market which will
bo a big event ln the civic Ilf*
of Athens.
The organizer anil Market Mas
ter for throe successful markets
at Rome, Dalton and Cartersvllle.
Mrs. Troutknan has come to be
J recognized throughout the states
I as tho genuine «# nanrwi*
I*
clear up the wreckage and are
looking for more bodies ’
blackened ruins. ,
for the defense John B. Gemblr
and George C. Thomas, for the
state. Solicitor Dean. W. M.
Smith and Austin BelL
Beloved Athenian 'Laid
to Final Resting Place
in Oconee Cemetery
Here Wednesday.
bringing the total membership ol
the organisation to 22,000. ,
Another important plan > that
materialised at the meeting was
the signing up of more than 400,-
000 bales of cotton for the 1923
crop. Much was accomplished In
1922 with the co-operativce market
ing plan, even though it was the In
itial effort ot the organization, its
officers stated.
Officers of the organization were
re-elected ns follows. J. E. Con-
well, Lnvonia, president; W. A.
Reeves, LaGrange, vice president;
W. T. McArthur, McGregor, vice-
president; Claude Eubanks, East
man, see.; J. E. Conwell, W. A.
Reeves. W. T. McArthur. A. M.
Wilkina, of Comer, and E. H.
Blount, of Sylvania, ihembers of
the executive committee.
Director* elected to represent
the 20 districts of the state in the
order named were: J. L. Leslie
Rockmart; C. R.. Ware, Lawrcnce-
Punerel services for Mr*. E. A.
Crawford, who died Monday alter-
noon went, conducted Wednesday
afternoon at four o’clock from the
heme. 660 Hill street
Mr*. Crawford was one of Ath-
p ■X? gSrttt Offer-
taKH for the funenl testified. jjMJf riin* rt w A ’
She was loved by the old Smvm’
sing, In fact by all who know her. P Klouni f Svivinfa? w’
IB ChlMren nt tha rnnfertpracv . B ‘°imt, toyivama. W.
York city.,the commissioner there
refusing .to make Che bond, great-
Offlclals here etat* that It is
planned to return them here
time for trial on April 23rd, next
Monday.
A search has been on foe sev
oral days now for s colored taxi'
rah driver who Is said to have left
the city on Wi* day after Chapman
escaped from'tha hospital. The of
ficers are also working other clues
they have In their possession.
Mr. S. L. Mooney
Buried Wednesday
young. __ ....
The Children ot tha Confederacy
organization waa among her cber-
shed Interests and the members of
the local chapter were among
tno8e attending her funeral Ip ssd-
ncRH and sorrow.
Ur. K. L. Hill conducted the ser-
vIcch and the interment followed
jn Oconee cemetery.
The following gentlemen acted
a * Pallbearers: ’
Billups PhJnlsy, Charles If; Phin-
i*>\ Barrett Phinizy, Howell C.
W. H. Bocock. John W.
Welch, Hnrvey Stovall. Bolling
BqBose John White Morton, Syl-
v *JJs Morris.
The^honorary^ pall bearers: Dr.
T. McArthur. McGregor; Claude
Eubnnkn. Eastman; W. J. Oliver,
Shellman; Fred Hodges, Statesbro;
W. A. Shiver, Carlo and Bert Ba.
ker, Ellington.
J. E. Conwell was elected a di
rector to represent the state bo*
Mr. Samuel Lumpkin Moonsy,
aged 53. died Monday afternoon at
6:30 o'clock after an illness of five
months at the residence on Wil
kinson street.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Ocones Street Methodist
church Wednesday afternoon at 3j
o’clock. Rev. Fred Horton, assist
ed by Rev. J. T. Quillian, offlclnt-
interment was In Oconee
cemetery with Bernstein Brothers,
funeral directors, in charge. Pall
bearers were, Messrs. O. C.
Bridges, J. C. Garrison. Jim Rev*
ers, Tom Kellum. I; C. Orr, 1L P.
Fambro.
Mr. Mooney Is survived by his
wife and four daughters, Mrs
John Fuller, Mrs. ’ Vltice Potter,
Miss Nellie Mooney, Miss Lucitc
Mooney, all of Alliens, and two
WILL HIVE LANDS TO
TRIBES OE INDIANS
Witnesses in Fire Insur
ance Suit State Sprink
lers in Warehouse Were
Working During Fire.
PROMINEIYT OCONEE
Mi DIES TUESDAY
FORMER
Judge B. E. Thrasher
Died Tuesday At Home
Near Bishop. Funeral
Held Wednesday.
The Jury also recommended that
the County Commissioners employ
a certified auditor for the purpose
ot making a thorough audit of all
books and records ot Connty Of
ficers and that tho auditor have
We report ready for tho next grand
Jury.
”Wa understand that no audit
has been made by a certified audit
or fur ten yearn or more," Lae jury
statod. - i - .
Harold Tuck was recommended
for appointment! for Notary Public
?o nd rto.*3lXdXrtri. ° £ ‘ he ATHENIAN
Dr. W. H. Cabanfea was recom
mended for election ns a member
the County Health Board tp
succeed the late Dr. D. H. DuPree.
After .inspecting the various
county departments the Jury ren
dered a report stating that the
record* were all correct and ef
ficiently epL
In commenting on’the practice ot
urging Idle courts to modify sen
tenced persons convicted ot crime
th* Jury stated:
Gist of the testimony
,100.000 Madison fire insurance
suit now bing tried In federal court
Wednesday was that the sprinkler*
in the Pc nick warehouse where
1100 bale* of cotton are said to
Indians in Utah Will Be torned in-lWl were operet-
Given Parcels of Public "^“wl^Bugg of Madiaon, w.
Land and School. Is!P,:_ t i^!!LJ?f. Maaieon > th ? lattcr
Judge B. E. Thrasher, on* ot
the most prominent dtltena ot
I Oconee connty. died at hit home
near Bishop Tueaday afternoon
following a stroke ot paralysis,
in the frorh which he bad baan suffering
* ' since last Saturday, rendering him
apeechless and helpless.
Judge Thrasher waa about 7i
years old and his erclro life had
been devoted to th* Intonate of
Oconee connty and this section of
the state. He bad held many of
fices of public treat and for more
than Iwelvo yean before hie death
icity Inspectors, .were on the stand, had been ordinary of the couddr.
| Wednesday. Inspector Cnbln tee- H e bed eetred In the legislature.
Report. . .
....■■ > [tiffed he turned off the vaives to represented his district In the
(By Associated Press.) |the snrlnklors during the fir*. The senate, hail sen judge of tho
WASHINGTON.—As a step to-,sprinklers were working during tho c0unty court * D d always Intarasted
ward preventing recurrences of lira* It was Mated »nd the "}*»*} |„ tbe civic affaire of hie commn-
'friend of Georgia
housewives and farmers.’
Her success at the Rome Carl
Market is already widely known.
This market grew from a small
affair occupying a narrow strip of
street to a big business with tfcreo
hundred or more wagons bringing
produce to the city three times
each week and the staple grocery
sales showing decided Increases on
market days by formers purchasing
staplo Kroc«>ri<>M with money de-
rlv.ul from sale of green groceries
to lh*‘ I’onsuruor direct.
CONDEMN
PETITION*
Mrs. Troifkman is a former Aih- .
enlan and is woll known here sa ?
the widow of Dr. M. L. Troutman, j
Methodist minister. In commenting
editorially on her remarkable work
thero tho Rome newspapers state: ‘
"Without any thought of reflec
tion upon tho capabilities of any
other woman in Rome, we feel that
Mrs. Troutman is the outstanding
figure of tho times In Rome ln
those phases of women’s activities
that bring them in contact with
tho broad activities of public af
fairs. Not the least of her man.
excellent qualifications is ber dip
MIT-wIn- nnnfMtenrere In «hre .Milt. « fi nIUB and her ability to
of our coujte^to^dlapcnao*Justice ’attainment*nf‘!> So?* “i*
to bSth ateto and deteXUL W, %'e ? “ ‘ PUb “ C ”**
the grand Jnry of the Snperior m addition to Replug in toa._
with tho producer and the house-
wlfo and seeing that the house-
wife is on hand to buy the produce,
Mrs. Troirinan will also have
charge of marketing and surplus
produco brought to the market
outbreaks by IndlaM in Utah, Sec- water pipe broken by tell of
mSTwSl wSUff /sraed.'the rooU was pointed out
orders aUoting public lands ?n San R. T. Ray, assista;H to Mr. Pen-
Juan county to bands of Utes, ick. was summoned by botn tne
Pliftee and Navajos, which have plaintiff and defense andI wa* to
heaa ravine the nahHa domain .take the stand early Wednesday
near Blending. iafternoon*
The bandlled by Old Posey. *J • nRIPPIvr
well aa that led by Polk, which did > WAS DRIPPING
not participate In tbe uprisings WITH n AThK
will he given parcels ot land to-
reau of markets on the board and eon*. George O. and Lewis Mooney
James W. Morton to represent the!of Atlanta, also hie mother, one
State College of Agriculture. J.
J. Brown Commissioner of Agri
culture wan voted the privilege of
naming another irector at a later
date.
Pol.
Educators Attend
' Mwuurmry paiiDcaroro; ur., __ #
Atlanta Meeting
'Jhite, Charles M. Strahan. John
Jlorrla. John J. WlIMne, Hal Ua-
c. Dpeon. K.i'upBon, E. K Lam-'
“»• YtonK A. Lipscomb. EL R
cohen/James White, A. L Smith,
D. Planlgen.
Many Athena’ educators are in
attendance at the Georgia doca-
ttonaf Association meeting in At-
School are Ptesidttit Jete M Pbund
Dean H. B. Richie., E. S. SeH, Miss
Bess Me Baird and Miss Hannah
Hansen.
sister and two brothers.
Mr. Mooney had been a resident
of Athens for nine years, eotnins
here from Oconee county. He war
a member of the Methodis't church,
taking a great d V i of Interest in
its activities.
Try White Man On
Auto Theft Charge
Scott Allen, a young white man
was being tried in Clarke Snperiof
eourtr,Wednesday on charge of steal
ing an automobile. < - i,
The defendant Is charged with
having stolen tho automobile be
longing to J. EL Cobb of Oconee
county while the car was iu Athens
cated on Allen Canyon and along
Montezuma Cree.
The land given each Indian will
be fenced and tha government will,
give eld In erecting homes. Sheep
and other livestock will ho fur- ... i„
nlshed by the Indian Bureau, which fif" rKc jP ta for cotton atored in
same bcdywIMateo open achool* the *«•*«*•■. M >' ?t»tcd.he
for the Indiana.
and a large number of warehous
,i„o ..a .a erection oomca. oarep
fad othe™ livestock wiS he tuJ 1 ‘ftfruopn. TheJ.ter ateWIttoy
nlty.
He Is survived y hi* widow, three
sons, B. E., Jr., of America,, Grady
of Athens. Roy of Blalhop and one
daughter. Mrs. Parham ot Florida.
Tho funeral ceremony wa* con-
ducted Wednesday afternoon from a IW
the Methodist church at Watlna- ! u - Anqereon, H. A. Huggins,
vine end the Interment followed
In the Watkins villa cemetery.
Couio ot Clarke connty desire ‘to
Ingexpresa this confidence by con
demning the practice of petition
ing the court to modify sentences
after they have been fixed by the
court.
"These petitions signed by tbe
people only cause personal tmbsr-
raaimem and we feel that out
courts should be'apared this UU’
necessary annoyance.”
The grand Jnry was aa follows;
M. J. Abney. A. m. '.’tenor. A, E.
Davison, Rev. Slier, A. O. Flana
gan. W. W] Scott, O. C. Armstrong,
O. M. Caskey. C. F. Bailey, M. J.
Maynard. W. C. Jordan. W. J.
Gardner, 8eUg Bernstein, C. a
McPhtIL M. & Hodgson, L N. Bat
ter. J. Warren Smith, Joel A.
WIer, H. V. Head, T. F. Comer, D.
C. M. Furlow, J. B. Byrd, em- —- .at
^Mm-thf^ckT^eho^ Government Asks
Rail Information
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON.-—A* a part ot
saw Mr. Pen ick emerge from the R’» Inquiry Into the effldeney and
warehouse dripping with water economy of railroad management*,
with his hooka end account, after I VW .Interetat* Commerce |Oom-
the fire had ntartc.l to prove that | mlselon Wednesday ordered flfty-
the .sprinklers were working- : J • one of th* largest railroads to
HURRAH FOR MOP TIME!
Tahp Advantaa. of th. Orest
. Famlnlne Instinct'In the
Spring.
GUANO FACTORY
Col. Gantt Tells of First
Fertilizer Plant Being
Operated in Oglethorpe
County After War.
(BY T. LARRY GANTT)
A writer from Maxeys, after
Frlvnd
The Csmac.n Insurance Com;
whi«*h !» bein^ sued for 6100.000
. fire loss damage from the destruct-
•tion of'fino Fenick warehbUA^. In
FIRE RAZES FACTORY
lulent atatements as to the number
■■ | of balei of cotton burned wa*
w , . . _ . ' made and that the automatic
Peach Crate F 8 C t 0 r y sprinklers wore not working be-
Ruraq tn Rmnnil 33H 000‘ cau ‘* th ' , valve controlling the wa-
purns to urouna. ... . , ff th
Loss. Peach
Suffer Loss.
Growers
(By Asaoelated Press.)
COLEMAN.—Tbo Crete Factory
of Rogers and Findlay waa des-
Hmis* cleaning tlmal
"Or.r.r.r.r«r.rl” says
Husband.
But the lady in tha
chlppar and hustling.
■van with all th* madern ,ap.
pllancts to make domestic .man.
agomant more offlelont from day
to day, no true houaewlf* lo
likely t* P* satisfied without
furnish, under oath, res ponses to!
questionnaires covering labor con- ,
dltlona In - maintenance Depart- J aomt kind of a Spring dtarlng
menu and general situation Is re
gard to tho fitness of their equip
ment. The companies were given
until May 35. In which to reply.
fire.'
The case, which started Monday,
will prohablv consume the remain
der of the week.
SCINTIFIC SOCIETY
A meeting of the Scientific So-
_
troyed here early Wednesday eiety has been announced for
morning by fire which left the Thursday evening at LeConte hall
buUdlngs In complete ratals. ; on tbe Univeraity of Georgia cam-
Tho damage from *10 fire will pn,. Dr. W. F Weteoa will deliver
ran higher than twcnty-flro that- an mUtne on rFsdbtema.in Re-
■sad dollars and Til nTlirt lilHMM ||T t.:r. rial lot bat,'
peach growers of Fart ,Valter add t» TWrdteatfHg , is cnlietl ,1-for 8
Montezuma heavily a*.they depend olcMck and after the lecture of-
greatly upon this factory for their fieere for the new year will be
shipping crates. leceteil.
Special Program
B.Y.P.U. Planned
The Wilkinson Union of the
First Baptist B. Y. P. U. ia plan
ning to offer a special program at
the regular meeting Sunday even
ing April 22nd, at 7:830 o’clock.
The subject for this mooting W
"How Can I Know I am a Chris-
tain” and among those on pro
gram are W. G Cooper, John R.
Roberts, H. C. Eberhardt, and oth
er, who are capable of rendering
a good talk- Tbe special program
has been arranged by Group lit
which will be in charge, and. it will
coniist of a solo bv Mia* Ada
Wackey with Mis* Harriett Min-
dtr playing.
To tho family, it op
To tho merchant, it opollo op
portunity.
House cteanlno Involves many
wants.
Now domestle equipment. Now
rtiBs- Now honolnfr. Now furni
ture. Faint. Roper. Varnish.
Manufacturers are advocating
apaclil store displays of furol*
ture polishes, enamels, stains
and points ot this Mason, with
local retail advertising to link up
with national publicity.
Every merchant whose goods
link In any way with thla Spring
period of housqhold, .mfprtT
and ki*.*eyjgrtt*ig3tto < h * areat
feminine Instinct of th* oeaton.;
You can resch them through—
- • , ***-••- -'*•*>j eaa avr
copying my little paragraph baout
Mr. Sam Bailey raising 63 bushels
of wheat per acre and being tha
pioneer in tho strawberry busines.%
adds that the first fertilizer factory
started In Georgia, after the Wap
Between the States, was at Maxeys.
and by Messrs. W. B. and A. T.
Brightwel). This is unquestionably
true. Mr. Sam Bailey was its man*
ager.‘ The factory continued opera
tion for a year or ho after I estab
lished the Echo* but was finally
discontinued. Before that the only
commercial fertilizers used by fj
mers was pure Peruvian guano,
was a very strong manure but t
pensive, and caused the cotton
run too much to. weed. The Messrs.
Brigfcfcwett conceived the idea that
by mixing other ingredients with
guano and forming a blend, th*«f
could make a cheaper fertilizer
it would bo of greater val
cotton growers.
PROVED
CORRECT
And this prove
Maxeys fertilizer waa 'a I.
product. Besides guano,«
■hief ingredients were
jones. The factory
- .THE BANNER-HERALD.
a'inlU-lo 7
were collected all over thc\
mostly by negroes and children, a
[traded at the storea, who resold 1
the Maxeys factory. But tha i
‘ (Tum to Pas* Six)