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ATHENS, GA„
THORSDAV, MAV 17, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper
Single Coplea 2 Cent* Dally. S Conte Sunday.
“WHIPPING BOSS” ON
TRIAL FOR LIFE IN
CROSS CITY THURSDAY
Walter Higginbotham,
Former Whipping Boss’
Facing Murd6r Charge
in Cross City Thursday.
CHANGE OF VENUE
LIKELY REQUESTED
State Likely to Ask For
Change of Venue on the
Grounds of Partiality in
Cross City.
Plans are fast shaping: up now
for the big state legion convention
to be held in Athens on July 3, 4,.
of this {rear. Following the J
Vi VI Lilia fUUUWIIIg LIIV
visit of State Commander Rodney
S. Cohen, here a few weeks ago
the program is shaping up well
and one of the biggest conventions
Athens ever had is now arsured.
A bl;; souvenir program id being
prepared for the occasion and so
licitors are now working on this
feature of the program. This
program will not only serve to give
information relative to the conven
tion events but will be an adver
tisement for the city.
Another bi|- Fourth of July pro
gram is
(By Associated Press.)
ruoss CITY—The trill of Wal
ter Higginbotham alleged "whipping
Loss'* Of the Putnam Lumber camp,
on a charge of murder growln goul
Ol the death of Martin Tabert. w**.*
temporarily halted Thursday until a
new I Sine! of veniremen could be
drawn, after the court had sustain
ed a motion by the state toaequaab
the present panel, on the grounds
that It Was improperly drawn.
Jmlse Horn who is presiding over
he hourt Instructed the sheriff tt
have the new panel on hand at twr
O'clock Thursday afternoon, aftei
which he recessed the court until
that hour.
The trial of Hlggttibotham Is ex
rlllnB a great deal of Interest due
to the wide-spread publicity giver
the death of Tabert who was o
convict leased to the Putnam Lum
per Company.
Tabert wan fromgNorth Dakota
and that state demanded an lnvest-
igatlon by |t* legislature Into th<
alleged brutal . treatment accorded
Tabert.
When the caa* I® taken up Thura-1
day tafternoon. It la expected that r
motion will be made for a change
ol venue on the ground! that r
lair and Impartial trial cannot be
obtained here.
The state Is prepared to presen *
nn affidavit signed by more, than
filly citizens residing In Cross City
and the vicinity.
It Is understood that the defenst
will present similar affidavits and
will attempt to show that a fall
°* n b * obu,n ‘ Athenians Attend
Legion Planning -
For State Meet'
Here July 3, 4, 5
Plans Being Completed to
Entertain Big State Con
vention of Legionnaires
Here in July.
LITTLE PROGRE8S
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO—The machinery of
justice which has ben revolving
rapidly In the investigation ot
the death of Leightin Mount,
the student who was killed in
a hazing episode, was -slowed
down Friday greatly, because of
the lack of promising clues.
TO CALL OFF TROOPS
arranged by the
Frenchman, Released By
Bandits on Parole, Asks
That Troops Be Imme
diately Recalled.
Over One Hundred South
Carolinians Visit Athens
Thursday Morn i n g.
Leave For Madison.
GIVEN BREAKFAST
AT AG. COLLEGE
.Tour Conducted For Pur
pose of Bringing Other
Cities Into Closer Rela
tionship With Own.
Bearing th® olive branch of good
fellowship, over one hundred Green-
vill, 8. C., buslnes men, traveling
on a special train, were greeted In
Athens Thursday morning by re
presentatives of the Chamber
(By Attoolated Preu.)
PEKIN—V. Barube, a French
man who Was among the number oi
persons captured by the Suchow
bandits in the raid on the Pekin
express ti n in, has been released on
lKirole and has reached Tsaoch- Commerce, who “got acquainted*
wang with further demands by thc| w|th the vlaItoPg>
bandis for the immediate removal j . th .
of the troops who are pursuing th* i After three hours in Athene tn«
brigands. It is expected that Ba-1 tourist® left at 10:65 o'clock vig
rube will return to the stronghold | the Central of Georgia railroad foi
special committee for that day. A of the bandits sometime Thursday i M «dieon where they were met by
baseball game will be played be- accordance with the promise he ! th * Jttnlor chamber of commerce
tween two good teams, daylight made when he was reeased. 'and Kiwnnla club members and ten.
fireworks will »e offered again and jdered a barbecue. Governor-eled
terSUS® fe#tUre th * Pt0Ktam , (Clifford Welker of Georgia end
that night. ... LITTLE PROGRESS iGovernor-McLeod of South CaPo-
IN NEGOTIATIONS ! Ilna were to meet the “Get At-
j qunlnted" tourists In Madison.
Many high legion officials are
expected here for the meet and
tome nationally known man or wo
man will come here for the main
Fourth of July address.
The Allen It. Fleming Poet ’•'ill
be host to the occasion.
GASOLINE DROPS
ONE CENT GALLON
Gasoline went down one
cent a gallon in Athens Tues
day and is now selling for
24 cents.
Several weeks ago gas went
from 21 to *5 cents within a
few weeks end at that time it
was predicted that it would*go
higher before summer, t
OF l E. 61
Visits Hull First and
Writes of Progressive
Citizens in Madison Co.
Town—Colbert Next.
By T. LARRY GANTT
The management of the Banner-
llerald haa deputised me to visit
and write up the different town,
surrounding end tributary to Ath
ens. nil desired to show an ap
preciation by our paper for the
eenerous patronage accorded It by
tbe business men and cltlsens of
tbese places, and also thst our
readers may become better ac
quainted .with their neighbor 1 *—
may know about the history and
irowth of the towns, their business
mm. manufacturing enterprises,
Public utilities, educational faclll-
><es end tributary country,
bait Tneaday I made my first
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ioi
VISITS COMMERCE
University Students Will
Make Survey of Schools
in Jackson Co. Town.
Visit High School.
by p. '
{fPJrtmtat of psychology at th*
University of GeorgU and three
r students.
Ruth Has
wi.t 'of"w**o>g£ "re
PJi'ihulogicl tests among stall*
Gr ace Allen, Miss Ruth
EL“ r '.7'.?r Austin,, wl» is
* tests.
«t,',j Ve . w * n t *o k-ow more about
£™?„ n V Dr. Edwards .aid ea
*0 that we may 1 better
;«; k \em.„dV.birTo Xpt
hi? “ orl< to the child. If we know
nil '' nt *!. 4 S* am esn put the pu-
nL work where h- will get the
5S * nd do the mo,t * f «-
certain '.t? u P° n fti student- to do
CuvY h whlch wl “ *?*•*•
dsvnifn " im P!» t**ts the mental
«ent?f >men t has reached or hi*
•popif l? which would best suit tbs
tore' 3?3L.» UI Pom
tati »-‘-? n tfet h o™ anJ 0ther ‘ n “'
Convention of Ga.
Furniture Dealers
W. F. Dorsey and* B. Dunaway or
Athena are attending the Georgia
Furniture Dealers Association coni
vontlon In Augusta Wednesday
and Thursday,
Mr. Dorsey la an officer of the
association, vice president. Welter
J. Wood of Atlanta -Is president
The convention Is thd third annual
session held by the association.
SHANGHAI — Leon Friedman,
who Is being held a captive by the , BY
bandits In the mountains strong.! ATHENIANS
hold of Pnotsuku, Thursday man-1
wed to Ret a mesauge out to Mr j Met at the B A> depot Thurs
brother, Max Friedman In this city . <j ay momin^ ahortly after 7 o’clock
which stated that b*®_5 e, * a “ I where they had arrived In a special
“ train from Atlanta, the Greenville
DECLARE SUNDAY
SCH60L SESSIONS
HERE BI6 SUCCESS
Final Conference Held
Wednesday Night At
tended By Hundreds of
Students,
TOTAL OF 660
DELEGATES HERE
New Day in Religious Ed
ucation in Georgia Ex
pected to Follow Sunday
School Convention.
By F. R. STEWART
new day in religious educa-
in Georgia Is expected to fol
low the State Sunday School Con
vention which closed here Wednes
day night, after an unusuuily sue-
cental aortes ot vesslonB.
Considerable Intercut was showr
In the convention and the dele
gates attending the daily session!
will return to their homes deter
mined to put Into use some of the
practical ideas given by the noted
8umlay .School experts and relUloui
educators who spoke at .the con
vention.
Another Important phase of the
convention'll activities yrnu the die-
cushion of Sunduy School Parent-
Teacher asnociatlons. The success
of the I*. T. A.’a in the scculai
schools han attracted the atention
of Sumiuy school leaders who
KING TUt AGAIN
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON—Samples of
the wood taken from the tomb
of Tutankhamen, which was dis
covered by Lord Car no van and
Howard Carter, have bean asked
by the Forestry Sendee for use
by It's forest products labora
tory at Madison, Wisconsin.
HICH SCHOOL’S NEW
City Board of Education
Thursday Votes to Name
New Building “E. B.
Mell Auditorium.”
ROTARIANS OPPOSED
TO CHANGING CIVIL
SERVICE BOARD HERE
Noted Publicist
Facing Charge
Of Inciting Riot
Reading of Constitution’s
Preamble Gets Upton
Sinclair Into Trouble.
LOS ANGELES.—The constitu.
tlon of the United States is all
right in Its place, but much de
pends on how It Is used.
This Is the attitude of Chief
of Police Oaks, of Los Angeles,*
who caused the arrest ot Upton
Sinclair, noted socialist author agd
publicist, when Sinclair stood on
the top of Liberty Hill and read
a few words ot the constitution's
the prisoners is not expected foi
several weeks a* the negotiation,
were ' progressing so slowly
be most distressing. The message
farther stated that the sender 1 !
health wna good.
Mr. A.H. Von der Leith
Dies in Augusta Wed
nesday Night. Many Rel
atives Here.
KE
State Officials Attempt
Entrance to House of
David, in Conducting
Personal Probe.
(By Aasoclatetf Press.) *
• ST. J08BPH.—The first en
trance qf ,*the state authorities
within the portals of the House of
Delhi* colony, the subject of a
grand Jury Investigation, was at
tempted Thursday morning when
physicians of the state department
went to the colony to determlnle
whether Etldorphhs Smith Is In a
condition to testify at a hearinlgt.
The state officers were accom
panied by the sheriff and other
representatives ot his office. The
efforts to bring girls before the
grand jury was halted* temporarily
when the colony physician for.
warded a certificate that they were
not In a condition to attend the
trial. Testimony of the girl’s room
mate! hqwever, caused the au
thorities to determine upon a per
sonal Investigation.
News was received* in Athens
tste Wednesday night of the death
of Mr. A. Von der Lleth, of Au
gusta. He was a native Athenian
and lived hqre until hla young
manhood: For a number of yean
I he was connected with nn Autos
ta Sastnlgs bank.
''Qna”,Von der Lleth as he was
known to hts friends and assocl-
|ates was a most loveable man. and
enjoyed the friendship ot a targe
circle of friends both here and In
Augusta, his adopted home.. He
was In his 71st year and had been
111 for several months. Surviving,
him are his wife and three daugh
ter!; a brother and three sisters,
Mr. C. A. Von der Lleth, Mlse Rosa
Von der Ueth and Mrs. Emma
Davis and Mrs. U J. Grant, ol
Jacksonville, Fla., and three
nieces, Mrs. Clqorge Crane, Mrs.
Mildred Rhodes and Mrs. J. C. Wil
liams, all Of whom left Wednesday
night for Augusta tq attend toe
funeral which will be held In that
place Thursday afternoon.
’"rivRIi!,
ARREST DENTIST
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO—Dr. Felix H
dentist and arUst of New Yor^'ral
Chicago was arrested Thursday, ;a»
he Hepped from his train when It
pulled Into the Dearborn Station.
He la charged by tha government* of Athena and Edith Mouse,
Winder.
-■sunt i . w . -1. , with possessing plates for er.grsv-
e&Ung^wRh and m “ kln,f C ° Unterr ‘"
MORE PRESSURE
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN—France is declaring by
the correspondent of the Togeblatt
In the occupied area to be report
ing to more Intense pressure In*the
Ruhr because of her failure to ac
complish economic nim* of occu
pation which threaten 10 become
more evident than ever, in the near
future.
NEW SENATOR
DENVER—Alva B. Adams of
Pueblo Is Colorado's new seqatOT.
He was appointed Thursday by tne
governor, which was a direct re
futation of the inert
mer President Wllsdi
William J. Brysn.
chosen by for
•n, MoAdoo dnd
FOUR ATHENS GIRLS
AT 8A.
Co-Eds Thursday Were
Taken Into Zodiac Club.
Dn Park S p e a k s At
Their Banquet *
JjLPy- ESTHER'BUSH
.'our co-eds of tbe.flve Initiated
into ths-Zodlaq club, women’* hon
orary literary club of the ynlver-
Fears, Amelia Dornblatt, Mary
Strafe*t* and Alice Winn Peoples,
Membership (n Zodiac club Is
based on literary ability, hl*b
scholarship and personality. Thurs
day morning was the day in which
the neophyte made their public
apeparance. Adorned with bright
gold atars, with a blue '*Z'* in the
center, and suspended with blue
and gold ribbon down the back.
The five Initiates» caused much
wonder and comment, and the deep
silence In which they promenaded
about the campus, added to thlr
currioelty.
The club will hold a banquet
Thursdey evening at the Clover-
leaf. Dt*. R. E. Park, faculty mem
ber, ‘will ’be honor guest Toasts
will be given by, Edith Hous*
Rooemair^ Whitak. r, 'Evelyn
Powell, Edith Buflh and others. "
were taken in automobile# Of
Athene men for a ehort ride ovei
the city and thence to the State
College of Agriculture where a de
lightful breakfast was served by
the Domestic Science Claes.
At the breakfast Mayor Georgr
C. Thomas of Athens welcomed the
visitors to Athens and assured
them pf the high regard In which
their own city la held by Qeorgianr
everywhere and extended tq thefct
the best wishes of Athenians. In
responding Mayor H. C. Harvely of
Greenville told the Athenians pres
ent that the tour la not conducted
to “boost Greenville and
eourcee” but* to get acquainted with
men In the cUlee Included in thelt
intlnerary which takes in porta ol
Tennessee, North . Carolina and
Georgia and to know them better
This Is the third "Get Acquainted”
tour conducted by the Chamber o1
Commerce of Greenville. Ablt Nix
acted aa toastmaster.
Shortly after breakfast the party
of Greenville men was taken for e
rlA« over the city when the educa
tional Institutions and roanufoctur-
Ing enterprises as well as other
places’ ot Interest were pointed out
This tour differs from the usual
jaunts made by dvlo leaders, In
that* It' Is not particularly to boost
Greenville but la more of an edua-
tlonal expedition. The party f»
learning from other cKIes thing#
that wm help solve Greenville*#
own peqblemff and aid in Its future
progress arid development.
Dalton^ Romp] Atlanta, Madison
and Augusta are the Georgia cities
betides Athena -that ora being vis*
ltod by th« Greenville special. The
tour is taking a total of five days
It Is usJer auspices of the Chamber
of Commerce of Greenville.
The reception for the Greenville
men wot arranged by the- Chambev
of Commerce. Mike Costa war
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee and Van Noy Wler, the re
ception committee.
C. P. PEYTON. NAME
OF MAN KILLED
Identify Person of Aged
Man Struck Wednesday
C. P. Peyton la th* name of the
Elberton by the southbound
Seaboard .train. It was leaned here
Thursday. The man was identified
this morning and his body shipped
back to Elberton, his home. He
was atrnck by the Seaboard train
ahortly after It left Elberton for
Athens’late yesterday and brought
here. He died en route to this
anximift tlmt the S. 8. P. T. A. b«
given a chance. The succoss ol
those already organized is Indica
tion that horc is on# wiiy the Sun
day School can be ns»de more vital
forces in the life of the children
of this state.
LAST SESSION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A fitting climax to the series o
inttpirlqg meetings of the Georgia
Sunday School Association war
readied Wednesday night at the
finul session of the conventio.n held
at the Methodist church, where th<
largest crowd assembled during th«
conferences gathered to hear
Hugh 8. Maglll of Chicago.and
H. E. Tmlle of New York, twfe
the loading npeakers of the con yen ■
tlon.
Hundreds of students from, th«
Normal. School, University, Luc>
Cobh, and'Athens High School nit>
tended this final “College^ Night'
meeting, In athlltion’to the MO Sun
day school' workers*' rejfdeaentlng
28 counties and many members ol
young peoples religious organza-
tlons who regularly attended th«
meeting*.
total of 680 persons actual!)
The new High School auditorium
will bear the name of E. B. Mell,
-principal of the Institution.
Thle wa, decided Thursday morn-1 p ro ‘(mble’ioVfew'triendV.'
Ins by the Board of Education n 0,),, c)a | ml th „ Rotated th.
ban on public meeting, during the
I. W. W. waterfront strike At San
name the auditorium for Mr. Mell
wna made by the High School Par
ent-Teacher Aeaoctaton through i
commltee composed ot Mrs. Julius
Talmadge, Mr*. , Walter Warren.
Mlee Mamie Turnbull and Mrs. B.
B. Smith.
The Board of Education, with Dr
David C. Barrow in the chair,
unanimously adopted the request of
the P. T. A. and ordered the audi
torium named for the High School
principal,
Pedro, and Sinclair and his three
companions will be charged with
Inlcttlng a riot and "unlawful as
sembly.” * ,
The famous author of "The .'nn-
sle, who time and again has been
In Jail and the limelight In hts
fights tor free speech and the
"rights ot the workers.” declared
from the city jail here, where he
was brought late Wednesday, that
Mr. Mell has been at the heqd bf &•*>•<* ■“ r ‘*d » test case "In s
the High School alnce It* creation.' flfht f or American principles which
The enrollment has now reached I would be carried through to the
Clarke County Represen
tatives Will Be Asked to
Vote Against Proposed
Bill in Legislature.
ROTES TO HOLD
BIG MINSTREL
Committee Appointed to
Seek Health Demonstra
tion Here By National
Child Health Ass’n.
Clarke county's representatives
in the legislature will be asked te
oppose the proposed bill to change
the Civil Service Commission hei
as a result of action tqken We*
nesday by the Athens “
Club.
The resolution was adopted by
the Kotary Club after Koturian
Hugh H. Gordon, Jrpointed out
that city council had voted to re-
r t a change in the election-of
commission by the legislature
at Its next session end urged that
the ltotary club take action aguinst
such a step. A Rotary committee
will inform the legislator! of its
action.
Mr. Gordon declared that there
is danger of politics entering* the
police and ffre department if the
the 600 mark and it Is expected that! bitter end.'
close to two hundred students vtl’J Sinclair sold he had
enter its doors next fall. The ! arouaed by police order to arrest
School under Mr. Mell’* supervl
slon has come to be recognised Cj
one ot the most efficient In thv
south, instructing the students not
only in ncademlo but In manual
training and domestic science.
The cornerstone to the Si ill Au
ditorium tylll be laid during the
commencement week with Masonic
ceremony. The auditorium Is nos
being constructed and will be one
of the most handsome buildings in
the city. It was provided fdr In
the 8826,000 school bond Issut last
yeaf.
all strlkera, and tfee subsequent
herding of <00 of them Into the
jail at San Psdto, where Oaks
didn't 'send Slntlalr because, the
chief said, "It Was too onsanltary
and crowded."
Edridge, Clarke
Appear Last Time
By FRANK H. FULLER
Wednesday’s gams With' Mercer
mnrked the passing of paptaln
“Father” George Clark and “Old
Timer” Eldrldge In their last ' ap
pearance before the home fan* on
Sanford Field. They play their
last games In a Georgia uniform
Friday and Saturday when the Bull-
— ... dogs take on the Mercer Baptiste
registered for the convention and i^n Macon for two games,
of the speakers who were sche- J Georg# Clark haa been one of the
duled for tho conference not one mainstays on the Georgia team for
failed to iihojv up nt the appointed t four years and besides his regular
time; officials of the aeeoclatlon ‘ poeltlon In the outfield, ho
declared the Athens aeslon one of pitcher wtlh a great deal of gblt-
the most successful ^ver held. I tty. George always figures in the
R D. Webb, General Buperintent; leaders of tbs clubs batting topping
dent of .the Georgia Sunday School i the, tfetge hundred mark for all bis
Association was highly praised b;
Dr. Trails and others for his egccl
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I0R1TAL1D6E
y«ara and ta tha brat center fielder
in the South. It mlaht be said
here that Oeorg. la also a student
nnd the type athlete tha the col
leges need. He has mad. many
honors In colI.se and hoe three bas
ketball letters in addition to v hle
hamball O. H. la from Way«ro«,
amt la n member of the Sigma Chl
fraternity.
ci. ti. Eldrlce, known far and
wide to his frlanda aa "Old Timar”
has mad. Georgia a good man and
his "two hassock” hits havs pushed
many a' Georgia man across the
, , . . plate. Eldrldge le an engineering
Laurci8 in Within the etudent end haa made a fine echol-
netle record In Ihe University. We
Movie Favorite Wins New
Students in Five States
Taking Work By Mail
o™ ynus^tl land, ja.i outlined hero
of tbe University of OeorJfJoj JWlThunuiay by W. li. Maftoon of the
growing In popularity fa shown by — - — 0 9 - —
the number of states represented.
Students are registered from five
states, Georgia, Tennessee, Weal
Virginia, Alabama, and Florida.
Twenty-five per cent of the stu
dents registered for correenonflence
courses are women, representing
Georgia* West Virginia, and Tenn-
These facts show that though
th* correspondence department 1s
barely In Its Infancy having been
started only a few months ago it
promises to be a greet success,
Mitny courses of study are pnen
In this way to 1 people f wfeq wfoul
commission is changed. City coi
cil voted to havo tho law amem
so’as to elect the members 6f
commission from council’s person
nel nnd make the mayor tCmir-
The civil service rules will be
maintained, it was set out in the
. (Turn to page four)
GAN BE CONSERVE!
U. S. Forest Expert Her
Can Make Money Grow
ing Timber on Unused
Land, He Says.
laim ■
'Taking Work By Mail - j Tjngtfl Lr , .
From University.* Wo-J^^m^r G “^'»ld Un »t
men Greatest Number. ‘ “ ‘ ^
tho same time prevent exhuuation
, of timbci;.resources jintL a plan for
Utilizing the ihpu.saijd.i qf acres of
U. S. Forest Spr w
Mr. Mattoon is working in con
junction with the State College of
Agriculture to preserve timber re
sources and point out the value of
planting trees on broken and hill
side land ' from which a revenue
bo derived in n few years.. Ho
made a tour of Clarke county ac
companied by County Agent J. W.
Fjror.
WILL PLANT *
ONE-ACRE PLATS
Next fall Mr. Mattoon will plant
several one-acre plats of timber in
otherwise not fee able to avail thein iGrebnc nnd adjoining counties,
selves of the collcgA courses, huv- demonstrating how to utilize land
not now cultivated.
Ing for one reason or another
main at home.
About one third
work may be taken ■— Jjtrjumm
At least a year's residence bein« I * I ! cn '” s
required, in working Tor a degree, •
.. ‘The time huti come when timber
ril of "<J» 'ccbes** fa •.Payipe farm crop. On hill-
tken In thle wny. am. broken land, -me timber
t.i s.„i IffTOwa ranidlv and without nnv
piilly ami without any
f attention, except to keep
*■ ■*♦ "** *!•>«— With pur la-
need for
labor
out fires at ull times
tbor problem f and |
.checking jsoil wastage all
Law,” Palace Thursday
and Friday.
, BY JOHN E. DREWRY
With the presentation of “With
in the Law," at the Palace theatre
Thursday for the first time in a
two-day run, Norma Talmadge i
position of leadership aa a dra
matic star was made even more
secure.
A classic of tlys American stags,
In which Jane Cowl made her big
gest hit. this Baysrd VelUe- play
Is now a classic of the silent dra
ma, with Norma Tatntadga i win
sew In last Sunday's paper that
he Is shout to enter the ranks of
the Benedicts and ws wish him sue-
’ Just before the feme yeeterday
Capt. Clark and Coach BUI Whit*
were both presented with lovlns
cupe hy the team. Prof. Sanford
made the presentation and made r
fitting tribute to each. Coach
Whit* has coached bis team to two
successive championships
many y.are.
Commencement
and* thtills combine to make it as At Winterville Will
By S. A. L. Passenger jMdyteg ahd.a.,exciting es li re J7
Train Near Elberton. “n£)«?tw2w£. In'the role of’ —W Y
Maty Turner, a department store I ——
girl railroaded to nrijon for e theft | WINTERVILLE, Ga.—CTDmmence-
she did not commit.* is; a heart*'moot begins at tha_ Winterville
late Wednesday stirring flgur*. On the'completion
of her prison term' 1 shd rows to
“got square’’ with the store owner
who was responsible for this mis
carriage of juitice. but determines
to stay always “within the law."
Jack Mulhatl gives a fine per
formance as Dick Gelder and Lew
Cody makes en admirable Joe Oar-
son. Eileen Percy hes s strong
city. Mr. Perton was about sixty- part as Aggie Lynch, a blackmailer
five year* old. |bofrir.idcd liv Marv in prison. Dr-
According to Infoimathm given
out in Athens Thursday Mr. Pey
ton, whose mind is troubled, left
the home of hla daughter in Elber
ton Wednesday afternoon and wan*
dsred toward the railroad track
The whiatla of theirain hiew saw-
times when the mgincer saw
where it remained overnight.
witt Jennings distinguishes himself
as Insncctor Burke. Others who
contribute their histrionic talents
to this unusual production are
Joseph Kilgour, Arthur S. Hull.
Helen Ferguson, Lincoln Plummer.
Thomas Rl-ketts. Wardc Crane and
Catherine Murphy. . ’''I!.,,
'. “WltSfa the' Law," h Fierii Na.-
tionnl picture*. Will remain at the
Plriaea theatre ' through' Triday
school Friday night whan tbs play,
^Forget Your Troubles." will be
given at the auditorium. This Is
an especially pleasing production
and all those attending are as
sured an evening of real enjoy
ment.
A small admission charge wll
be asheasel to go towards defray
ing expenses.
The public Is mvtted.
TO LOSE FRANCHISE
(By Asseclated Press.)
CHARLESTON—Units the base-
hall fans of this city raise four
thousapd dollars cash by Thursday
night, whety the meeting for the
purpose of reaching a decision It
held, toe city will lose Its franchise
Si BqJtp; Atlantic, League. Ms.
■ On,, Ig considered ns thq most
likely bidder for tho franchise.
Bernstein Attends , , . cm :king soil wastage all over
Embalmers Meeting G S ia ,’,‘ b h c r Bro *i n g ot
Xf llnrnol nln Ttftwnafnln Cr °P S °* l )in C timber make* a
M. M. Bemtein, or uernatein atrong appeal, particularly because
Brothers, fu.eral directors, u ui | t mikes land work that Otherwise
Greenville. S. C., attending n meet- Iwould be worse than Idle. Pino
Ing of the South Carolina Assorts- forests may be started by sowing
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Anitjrifan' Golfers Victor
ious in First Round
Matches in British Pro
fessional Golf Tourney.
(By Associated Press.)
LEEDS.—-Walter O. Hagen, holder
of tho British Open Golf Champion
ship, won his match In the first
round of tho Professional Golf
ment hero Thursday, when,
he. defeated. T. Barber of Alderly
Edge at the twenty-third hole.
Gone Sarazen, American Oqmi
and American Professional Cham
pion defeated Mark Seymour, of
Rochester. England, fivo up natf
throe to play, while Joe Kirkwood,
former AuntraHan Champion, woo
{being eliminated’ by H. C. Kffech of
i Wood cole Park three up and twer
i to play.