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Inveitlsate Todayl To Regular 8ub.erlb.ra THE BANNER-HERALD 11,000 Acctstm coney rrea. THE Dally aad Suoday-ll Ceuta a .Weak. Established 1811 Defly oa Idiil-II EHH K 30** ATHENS COTTON! Middling Previous Close — WEATHER? 4l;k|- Fair and Cooler VOL. 81, NO. 84 Associated Prase Servloe PIi»SI' ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1923. N. E. ASeiMod ■tails Copies a Casts Dally, ■ Casta French And j‘Turkish. Troops Rushed Into Syrian Border Zone (By Associated Press.) PARIS—The dark gray of the war clouds which hung so Iqw in 1914 before the beginning of the great struggle were brought back to memory Monday, as the French government ordered two more divisions to take up positions along the northern border of Syria, thus bringing the total number of French soldiers concentrat ed there to forty-six thousand. This action wan taken by the inn of an agreement by the gov- government as a precaution against what was regarded in official cir cles as a threatening gesture by tin* Turks, in concentrating twenty thousand men along the same lines. The French government upon re* ,,‘vhy? this knowledge immediate ernment by which Admiral Chester and his associates are given the development concessions in Anato lia. will definitely put an end to protests from other naiotns who have been opposed to the conces sions being granted to Admiral Chester, as it would give the unit ed Stutes a strategical position In Turkey, of which the major nations are envious. IMMENSE CROWDS ATTEND SERVICES H decided to strengthen it's armed forces in this urea and placed the additional men at the disposal of (jencral Wgygand. who sails late/ tliis week to take over the duties: The agreement means that the „f French High Commissioner (nil Turkey of days gone by will goon Syria and also as Commander of. 1,0 a memory of the past and lost the Army In the Bast/ ,,n the mi " !,rn methods of civill- AGREMENT .*fttion which will take its place. IS SIGNED Th ® resource, of Turkey, which LONDON — Agreement under for centuries have been allowed to which Rear Admiral Chester, re tired. and his associates are grant ed the development concessions in Anatolia has been signed at the An gara Turkish Nationalist capital, states an Exchange-Telegraph dis patch from Constantinople, Mon day. * i NEW ERA FOR TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE^-The sign- remain idle will be develo|>ed and the Ottoman empire will be able to stand on it’s own feet in an economic way. It means that American money und business inothods, will take the place of the old time haphazard way In which the nation has run it’s natural resources, und a new Turkey will rise among the great nations of the world. Catcher of Hartwell Team Hurt Playing At Wat- kinsville, in Hospital in Athens. 'Tied" .Scott, catcher for th< l fun well High School team, re reived a broken leg In a baseball fcaine with WgtklnsvUte Saturday afternoon which the latter won 6-8. The Hartwell catcher lies ut the General Hospital where he wav brought after the uccident. He was reported resting nicely Mon- Young Mr. Bcott and Archie Meadows u Watkinsvllle player, collided causing th# fracturs of the former’s leg. it Is stated. Meadowa was running for home plate when the accident occurred. 10 HOLD INTER CITY III RTKENS PRESBYTERY MEET HERE TUESDAY Thirty-Five Churches Comprising Athens Pres- • tery Send Delegates to Athens For Meeting. More Than Ten Thousand People Enjoy Fine Ser mons At Local Religious Houses. BROUGHTON WILL PREACH TONIGHT Hours For Bible Confer ence This Week 9:30 and 11:00 A. M., 3:30 and 8:00 P.M. All Athens churches were* filled Sunday morning, afternoon and night. The record of Sunday one week ago when 10,000 people attended religious services was surpassed and every church in the city was filled to capacity, some overflow ing. ut the services. In addition to the regular ser vices held In some of the churches speakers at the Bible Conference delivered sermons ut the First Christian. First (Baptist, Jflrst Methodist and Control Presbyteri an in the morning. 8unday after noon Dr. P. C. Morgan spoke at the First Methodist church on "Home" and Dr. Len O. Brough ton spoke to a meeting of boys. Germany Now Ready For Peace; Tenders Reparation Scheme BERLIN.—Germany bids SO,000,000,000 gold marks for peace. The German cabinet, during a meeting Sun day, decided to offer that sum to the allies as war repara tions. ADDITIONAL AGENTS Sunday night thp First Metho dist church overflowed with a crowd bent on hearing Dr. Brough ton deliver his celebrated sermon "The Lund of No Tears” and n capacity audience heard Dr. O. Campbell Morgan apeak at the First Baptist church. The singing at the First Meth odist church was conducted 4>y Rev. Claude £. Goodwin, while at the First Baptist "Jimmy'* Bish op who joined the Baptist Denonv 1 nation Sunday morning lead th« singing. Interest In the Bible Conference has reached high pitch and the crowds for thd * rirtnatntng sesstoni Win be very large. AU future sea* sions will be held In the Firs! Methodise church. 3:80 and 11 is the morning. 3:30 and 8 In the af ternoon and night. The afternoon hour was changed I from 4:00 o'clock to 3:30 at re< Thirty five churches of the Ath ens Presbytery of Northeast Georgia from Winder back to the SuvantMih river will send delegates here Tuesday to a men’s mass meet ing to convene !" th. Iwt»em,nt of. of ^ Brou , Mon wh{ th. First churoh ut 2 o'clock, follow; ^, lure , at that t|m , each afwr . If* ,unc --*2 **r v *--F l»31«* I n ° OB <hlll Dr. Broughton "'axillary of the church. twill Hone hi. Mrvlct at 4:11 * tariK .expected. ,, M who wlth to at . r. George T. ,Rlce of Commerce lectur0 and th , ba . cblll) and Rev. J. A. Slmpeon of Con,-, gamt Sanford F1<|d Tu „ d .y *“ “ " and Wednesday can do so without Local Rotarians Will Be Hosts to Many Visiting Members Here on May 11th. •The Inter-city meet here of the llotnry clubs of Jthe state will be °ne of the most' Impdrtant events in Rotary of the state for the cur rent year. The lopal, club la plan ning for k big day and in addition t«* the club entertainment and buftiness featufcs wil be the base* bill game between Georgia and Au burn and probably n barbecue. Owor a hundred visitors are ex* peeled here for the day, frpm al* sections of thd state. Mob Storjns County Jail and Hangs Negro Who Was Identified As Girl’s Assaulter. 1 OLL-MBIA—Tt. leader, wijlch stormed the county Jail '■• re .Sunday, cut through steel '■•ra with acetylene torches * and hinged. James Scott from a bridge ar, ‘ kl,l, wn. according to the coun- ’>• iinmecuting attorney, who prom- ,n immediate Investigation by lhp grand Jury. Lime* Scott Is a negro who was l*-'*ltively Identified by the fourteen 5#:,r °W daughter of Dr. Hi F. Aim- bead of the German Depart- ot the UnlveMy of Missouri. ^ the man who attacked her. At least one non-resident . of Columbia-waa^e of the leaders of the mob which la said to have been ‘‘wnposed. for the most part, of the Uglier element of the city. merce will have prominent parts In the program while Captnln F. L. Siaymaker of Athens will tell of a tflan to utilise the laymen of the church in filling vacant pulpits, or* ganlzlng Sunday schools and doing hother worjj as is needed. Cup- tain Siaymaker Is chairman of the committee on Permanent Men’s Work. Dr. Hill. Dr. Curtledge and other Presbyterian ministers will be In attendance, It Cannot Happen Here Since die Abattoir Opened WASHINGTON, Oa.—A dead shout, dead from natural causes belonging to a white family re siding Just out of the city on the Augusta road, has gotten Bolton Willis, one of Wash ington's unbleached Americans, in the middle of more trouble than he can shake a stick at. One of several shoats In a pen. at the city’s near cltisens's residence, died last week. Yield ing to Bolton's importunities that the carcane be given to him to be.converted into soap' the owner did so. But Bolton didn't make any soap, it seems. On the con trary the carcass was barbe cued itfnd sold out umong the negroes living In his commun ity and many of the purchas ers were sick nearly unto v death from eating the meat: and the sheriffs office was notified. After an Investigation Bol ton was arrested for violation of the state law against sell ing diseased and Impure meat and placed In the county baij- tllc where he remained until he was able to make bond for his appearance to answer such criminal charges as may be brought against Him when the next Wilkes court has an op portunity to administer on hii estate. _________ - ATTENDING MEETING Dr. Linton Oerdine. Dr. H. M. Fullllove, Dr. M. F. Mathews. Dr. and Mrs. J. 8. Stewarf. Jr and Mrs. jbhh R. Northcutt will Ee among e from Athena attending the convention of the Georgia Medical Society that convenes In Savannah Tuesday. ( Dr. Mathawa Mt 8und«r whll. remainder of tlie party went Tuesday afternoon. losing any part of either. The Athletic Association at the Uni versity kindly placed the hour of la*st Friday’s gams at 6 o'clock In deference to the Conference and "we want to do as much for the Athletic Association” It was an* nounced. The offer of Germany also will suggests that u commission of ex perts. in accordance with the plan of Secretary of State Hughes, ex amine into Germany’s capacity to pay. If the commission decides that Germany should contribute more than 30.000.000,000 gold marks then the additional sum will be forthcoming, members of the gov ernment declnre. Although It is planned to make the new offer to the allies on Thurs day the party leaders and the pre miers of the federated German states have yet to grant their ap proval. Revival of the offer of Germany to guarantee France agulnat future attacks is also made in the latest offer. The evacuation of the Ruhr, which has brought business In Ger many to u standstill and cut the fatherland off from her Industrial area, is demanded the moment the Tl pIHes accept the new' offer. Tlie German government, in ad dition to advising the allies of the new reparations offer, will noti/.\ officials hi Washington. The action proves, In the opin ion of ..baervers, that Germany ir ■"fed up” on the French occupa tion of the Ruhr and is willing to make any sacrifice within reason to regain her-"lost province." it is considered significant thai tlie offer of the government Is 10.- OOO.OOQ.OOO gold marks in excess ol what the German government in a previous statement declared it win able to pay. , Although many officials believe the offer, as it stands now, will be inacceptable to the French, lead ers of the party of Chancellor Cunc profess to believe that it»will at ... ■ A . least, form a basis for discussion IngtOB, will conduct A moat VifOr- thnt may results in a settlement {<**• drive against the b°°rieggen Prohibition Agents in the New York District Will Be Moved to Washing ton Soon. HIGH LIFeTtHERE WILL BE STOPPED May Be Result of Mrs. Poindexter’s Articles on Official Life in Nation’s Capitol.' (By Auscl«t,d Prasi) NEW YORK.—New York’* molt effective prohibition agent* are to be transferred from thli city to Wuhington, D. C„ In an effort to curb the activities ot whlokey cell- ere In the notion'* capital, it was announced in the New York World Monday. . ^ The men who *ro to (O to Wash- pf the Ruhr affair. ATHENS WILL HAVE (NOTED PEOPLE TO ATTEND S. S. MEET i and the men higher up who aro ■ Hooding Washington's social and official life with whiskey. Two agents front this territory hsvc been In Washington for the past two- weeks working under cover anil It Is thought that some sensational revelations will be made In regard to the clean-up. Other agents, the Herald stateB are at work hero In an offort to de termine whether local prohibition operatives havo been extorting Some 01 Nation’s Fore- money from New Jersey and long most Sunday School ■£? £SS& Leaders on Program from arrests by the agents. Horn id 1 r in The announced plan for the Here May Id, ID, lb. cleuntng-up of Washington follows close on the heels of the series ot J , _ . i „ articles written by Mrs. Polndex- Invlte , friend or relative" ••• 7 eri wtr „ ot the ’ lormer senator, guest during the regional cbnven- who In them, charged that the of- tlon of the Georgia Sunday School flclal nnd social life of the nation’s Association which meets In Ath- capital was surcharged with whls- ern mnv H is M< e y parties, gambling and «her . , things which tire violations of the This Is the "tip” given to Ath- ) tw _ jjplnns bjf the comjntttr. la. charge WfieUier the ptorosed lnvestlga- or-arrangements here for she blgjtlon and work In Washington lx convention. This win be a fine *?® dlrect reantt of the publicity A Joint meeting of th. Kiwanla' “me to have your friend or rel- fi vcn “"J 111 ®"* In Washington by and Rotary clubs hat been arrang- at *v® visit you,” the. committei *2^222?^- or limply the lint Major Genera/ David Shanks, lCommanding Officer of the 4th Corps Area, Here Wednesday. A distinguished army offiear will be the gudat of the city Wed nesday when Major Qenenl David Shanks, commanding officer of the fourth corps area, comes hare a* the gueat of Major Hunter Harris, commandant at the Athens High School. Acompanying Major Shanks will be Colonel Falla also. ad for' the ettertajnment of the officers, while Mrs. Shapka, who will accompany the general, will also be entertained while here. General Shanks ii very much in terested in the R. O. T. C. units of the country and since the Uni versity of Georgia has one of tho largest in the south hie visit to Athens will he of especial interest. ! The 9:30 o’clock hour each morn. Ing thl. week will b. occupied bj Dr. O. Campbell Morgan who will take aa hia subject ’The Message [ of Haggat or Building amid Rulna.' I Dr. P. C. Morgan will apeak this week at 11 o'clock each morning on ••Evolutionary Hypotheses In the Light of Biblical Revealatlon.' ' Dr. Broughton's lectures at 3:34 each afternoon will be on “Th. Ministry of the Commonplace." Monday night at t o'clock Dr Len O. Broughton will preach at the First Methodist church. The song services lead by R*v says. The Genrght Sunday school con vention here will bring some of the country's leading men here for ad dresses. Among them are Willis A. Sutton, noted eduentor and aperin- tendent of the . Atlanta l'ublle Schoojs Dr.j Arlo Ayres Brown of Chnt- ■ "cn. W... ue o. espcciut .merest. I 1 .'" 00 "' .P™Menl of • Chsttnnoo. The meeting of the dubs will be 1?" ‘n "J? * d - - - - dress. Dr. Hugh 8. Magi!!, ge- eral secretary. International 3. S. Council of Religious Education, will ulso speak. * In auuillon to (he above nafoed .national speakers there will be dig- .cusslons and Inspirational addreaM €n by Georgia men nnd women und others In the nutlonnl field. at the Agricultural College cafe teria at two o^lock- . 2 ATHENIANS MAKE SENIOR ROUND TABLE Cartledge and Fant Hon ored At the University. Twelve Prominent Stu dents Get Distinction. Two Athens bbys attending tht University of Qsorglu were hon ored Monday as they were initiated Into the Senior Round Table, one of the higher honors that is con ferred on Juniors or Sophomores ^r' r krA, w h i . , L/b!, n yrh„" n ^ and the large crowds are entering into the singing with much en thutdasm. .* Athens Women Preparing For step In a a.rles of nation-wide Oil. MAY ATH Alleged Confederate of Chapman, Escaped Ban dit, Again Procure Con tinuance of Hearing. Indiana Man Writes of Courtesy Shown By the Mayor, Police Chief Und Chamber of Commerce, Praise for the tourist camp 14 Athens, the mayor, chief of po* Jllce and secretary of the Chambsf • of Commerce here la contained in ;n tetter E. F. Volkae,.of Valparaiso, • Ind.. wrote to hla home newspaper, !n cony of which he eent the Ban< ner-Herald. , Mr. Volkee recently peseet [through Athena and In writing of his trip aa a tourist highly praised this city for Ue welcome to tour ists und the above mentioned of> ficialM. TSe part of his letter re* terrtng to Athena follows; Federal Government Is To Investigate Florida Whipping vm. x TALLAHASSEE—The federal government has stepped ii\to Florida’s convict flogging affairs, it became! known'here Monday,.in conection with the recent al leged death frpm flogging of Tabert, the North Dakota boy here several weeks ago. When Fred Cubberly. United Staten district attorney, a nounced the'leasing of Ned Thompson, 15- year-old negro by J. R. Jones, de posed sheriff of Leon county to the Putnam Lumber company, a sub ject of a federal grand Jury investi gation/ An agent of the depart ment of Justice arrived here sev' ernl days ago pnd conducted an in quiry as to whether Thompson was held In peonage. He made a report to Mr. Cubberly who Is now laying plans to present the matter to the grand Jury, which convenes Jn Pen sacola during the first part of May. Thompson is now dead—dying, it is contended, in the Leon county Jail after having been leased out to the Putnam Lumber company and TALK OF SECRETARY returned by them because he was not physically fit to perform hard labor. Thompson's death, Leon authori ties assert, was from natural cauaea but federal officials are in posaca- aion of evidence .they declare tend ing to show that death was due to excessive flogging ho received at tho lease camp before being rejected. The aged negro camo In contact with the ounty convict lease sys tem through an alleged error them being no charge against him at tho time he was sent to the camp of the lumber company.' A peace warrant was taken out against him by a negro woman and as the result ho became mixed in with a shipment of prisoners from the Jail to the logging camp. Chamber of < Commerce Directors Hold Short Session. Next Meeting Monday At 11 A. -Mr? Dlsusslng the propoeltlon of a secretary consumed mopt of the. di rector's time at the Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday morn-! ad from the Pleasant Grove Baptist •’ Ins. E. W. Crroll, th. prerenl .«•- "!>««;' Tu»«»Y attern 00 " i.J i n'otnek with Rif Wllllaa Suva nl retary agreeing to perform the duties for the present. Mr. J. N. Wood, Who at tended Re-Union in New Orleans Died Sunday Night .« Mr. J. N. Wood, aged 81 died at his home near Athens on the Hull road Sunday night at 10 o’clock. Funeral services will be conduct- 'clock with Rev. Willie Says offi- elating. Interment will be in Pleas- iant Grove cemetery with Bernstein The directors appropriated f250 * Brothers, funeral directors, in towards tho entertainment of the Bundoy School convention that meets here fn May and appointed‘a commltte t o request council afaf the county commission era to give a like amount. charge. Mr. Wood was a member of the Cobb-Dejonoy camp .United federate Veterans and ha# t resident of Clarke county foi years. He was born in j cjbunty. ' Mnrvli Surviving Mr. Wood Stricklan , A. W. Rey- Thls money will be used *nolds,,MlM Ada Woods; four sons: J. Pm N. C„ B. T. nnd G. B. Woods. Authorisation for the borrowing j daughters. Mrs. W. A. of ftIM waa given the finance com- J Mr*, a. H. HmrrR Mrs. j mittee. This money will be used in paying outstanding Indebtedness of the Chamber. It was shown that over filOO In pledgee wag due by June first. The next meeting of the direc tors will be next Monday at 11 O'clock. Those In attendance Mon day were: J. W. Jarrell, H. W. White,. W. L. Krwin, H. H. Gordon, Jr.. M. J. Coats! * II A Mr. Wood attended the re-unnion ot Confederate Veterans In New Orleans a few days. ago. He was stricken a few days after his arri val home from the re-union. He was well known. W. D. Allen. Atlanta: Charles R. _ (Anderson, Macon; Harvey M. Clock- A..Augusta; Walter O. Cooper, Market upening!Atlanta; M. H. Griffin Doulas; PRAISES ATHEN8 "When we broke camp there we started up through Georgia Waycros# Macon and Athena a city if about 40,000. Talk about fine university dlatinc-1 who escaped 8t. Mnry’k hospital I treatment! We surely Were treat prominent in her * April 4 has again been post- (ed fine. They have a free aarap poned In New York. [ground right In their city hall Dldato and Sllversteln are un* I square. They gave us the use of der indictment by the federal itrand the city ball basement where they had Hhower baths, hot nnd cold water; and nil the conveniences of home. They also have a fine* Hearing or Dominick Dldato and are 8. A. Cartlede arid H. B. Fant*Abo Silverstein, alleged confede- In additon to thla two Athenians!” 11 ** ot Gerald Chapman, bandit, of about winning the high university dlstinc-' * ho escaped 8t. Mary's hospital I treatment! tlon, tne other men prominent in colloge affaire were initiated. They Jury hero but before they could be returned to Athena for trial they t wore given a hearing before U. 8. •Joseph M. Jones, Mnqon; E. p, J Commlsetonor Hitchcock in New r ®j.- l Unit Lawton. Savannah; John H. Me- ' T ’ i * Initial upening OI Jwar-|(; e hee, Talbotton; and William ket Will Be’ Held Satur-1 rurmont. j UMI ' M re t1 8en,or Round Table is the to day Morning, ror rrO-lAtlanu: M. H. Griffin, Douglas; ducer and Consumer. i‘» «° ta«b*nphip in tw> .body is prirna facia evidence that the ones selected have won distlnc* -tlon In university activities. AH ot the twelve men selected thla year are brilliant, known to the students for the splendid records that they have made. Mr. Lawton Is this y*ar a mem- .ber of the sophomore class, but next year he will he a senior. The others are all this ypar members Athens women are preparing to turn out" In full force when tbs Curb Market makes it initial open ing on Broail street (Saturday morning, it wa* announced Mon* day* Mrs-' Beasia Battey Troutman, curb market mastar; Mrs. Annie Mae Wood Bryant, county aconom- L . lea agent and J- William Firor.;of the Junior class, county agent and market superin-; • tendent, have aU been aaa 140,00° Canadian Boys piSg^ri^/arn ^ To Fight Forest Fires plies of fresh vegetables to the J market next Saturday- 1 _ _ • “We will ba there,’ declare tbal OTTAWA,—On. hundred and for- wOmen of th* rural communities. I tx tbouiand Canadian boya have So will we,” answer Athens | b«*n organised by tbo Forestry Aa- housewives. |aocUtlon Into a Young Canadian The Clurb Market la being uper-; Forest League, and will bo on tba a ted hero for the producer of food al«ri this year to prevent -foreet and the consumer. Housewives can go to th* market and bur trash veetables during market hours and the producer can sell his product* from the market without having to pay any license. fires In all parts of tb* Dominion. z; will act aa an,auxiliary force to the fire rangers when ccrnMoft cltcr s York. The men have been Identi fied bjr Miss Coralea Ramey. «tu- dent nurae at Kt. Mary-'n ns those wh> visited Athens the day Chap man escaped and conversed with her with reference to the bandit. The hearing this time has been eel for May 4 and Judge Hamuel 8. 8ll»ley ha* called a special eion of the Federal court here for July and the men will probably be tried at that time. Hart County Man Freed of Murder HARTWELL, Ga—Clate Ad dington, charged with the murder of A'. G. Means, was tried this week In Stephens superior court and acquitted. He was charged with killing Meant on .March 28th of this year- Addington admitted the killing and plead justification. Both were members of prominent Stephens conty families. . lue state «s* rnnres.ntM bv _ _ , - „ Solicitor General McMillan, Judge Badges and detailed Instructinga(>orye L. .Goode, and Dorrugh * - being supplied ami the enture - - ^ place for the ladies, with heat and light, and all free. The mayor, chief of police, and the aecretary of the Chamber of Commerce called on us and bid us welcome. They I surely aro n fine bunch , of gentle men. If you ever go that way ,bd sure to camp at Athens, Ga. "We also saw a relic of the civil war standing in one corner of the square. It is a double-barreled cannon, the only one ever made. 1 would Judga it would shoot about n three Inch bull. It was intended to shoot two balls at once, con nected by a chain, and mow down a whole company of soldiers st one shot, but It did not prove a suc- cews, for the reason both barrels did not go off at the same Instant. This caused the chain to cut up Kymc queer capers and come near kiting some of the bystanders,, so they never used It.” AUTHOR DIES (By Associated Press.) < CHICAGO—Emerson Hopgh, not* ed author, died at a hospital at Evanston Monday. He was sixty six years old and had been in the hospital'since last Thursday where he was taken-suffering from inteo- Dr. Broughton in An Address Here “Boosters” Club Owens of Toccoa- The defepdsner-tinal obstruction. An operation was was represented by Colonel Per-1 performed Saturday. Heart and mor Barrett and J. H* and Emmett I respiratory complications caused Skelton'of Hartwell* J death. i By E. W. QUICK "It Is our thinking that has |o do with ths making of our characi man's life is a product of his think ing.” said Dr. Len Broughton re noun evangelist, to Sunday’s Boost er Club meeting. "The first and greatest problem a man must solve is the problem of himself; when he has accomplished this task he Is ready for further developments.” r. Broughton’s lecture waa based on the phraqp, "As a mao thinkest. so Is he.” He made this unusually learer by several umui- ing Illustrations, taking them from psychological standpoint. That is the various forms of auto-sug gestion. is a man thinkest, so |s he,** continued Dr. Broughton. "If a man thinks vile thoughts, he will be a file man, and a clean thinking man wifi be a clean man. Men's lives reach ths altitudes of their thoughts.” Broughton expressed bis heartiest approval of ths Booster Club, saying that a boosted was one that had an optimistic outlook on life." .A booster Is one who lives for the future, and he will progress because he does not rely on the past. "The University of Georgia li progressing because'they are opt!; mlstlc and are not using the past for aid.” - rJRT i Rev. J. E. Seals, Pastor ot First MethQdist Church' in Waynesboro, Commits Suicide Monday. (By Associated Press.) WAYNESBORO. — Rev. J. B. Seals, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city, ended hla life shortly before ten o'clock Monday morning, by sending a bullet through Ills brain. The dead man left a note raying, t waa cither the asylum or :ath." He was said to have been In 111 health since hla wife died a year ago. Just at the hour In whl pastor took hla life, ho was uled to begin the morning services which he. has bean conducting at bis church. The /tote asked his slater In hlhcon be notified and left Instruc tions regarding hia four children. Rural Carrier Loses • One Day In 19 EAST 8AUOATUCK* absence from his mall nineteen years is the George Bush, the only nf this office. Mr. -Bush started carying here In 1504.. H« has covered proxlmateiy 131,080 miles, equiva lent to six circuits of the slobc. In Preparation For Registration Week For Women Voters’ League III preparation for Registration Week. May ?th to May 13th. ths following men have consented to talk In the five wards, on the sub ject. "The Power of The Vote"— embracing registration laws. The program Is as follows: 1st \V«rd—Piece Oconee Street School; Speaker, Judge Horae's Holden; time, Thursday, May 3rd, 4 o’clock, M Ward—Place; College Avo- nue School; Speaker Judge Thom as F. Green; Time, Friday, May 4ah, fi:15 o’clock. 3rd Ward—Place, Baxter Street house. School; Speaker, Dr. T. J. Woof- May 3rd. 4th Ward—Place. Childs Street School; 8peaker, Dr. J. H. T. Mc Pherson; Time—Friday, May 4th, 4 o’clock. Sth Ward—Place—Normal School Old Auditorium; Speaker, Dr. Tren ton Brooks; Time, Friday, May 4th 5;15 o’clock. 6tl. Ward—Place. Southern Mfg. Co., Community House, Judge Thomas F. Greet Thursday May 3rd. 4 j Register at City