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VOL. 91. NO- 89
Associated Press Service
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, HAY 29, 1928.
A. B. C. Paper
Single Copies 2 Cents Dally. S Cents Sunday.
Outlook For Release
Of Prisoners Is Now
Great Deal Brighter
ATHENS SEES HIGH
WATER MIS SINCE
FLOODS O F 190812
(By Associated Press.) Moday Night Marks the
tieNSTIN.—Dispatches from Tsaochwang Tuesday! Heaviest Rainfall Dur-
‘Poppy Day’ In Athens SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Wednesday Honors Men
Who Died For Country
Strike Movement Is
WE ATHENIANS
strengthened the impression of an improved' atmosphere
in the negotiations for the release of the fourteen foreign
ers held by the Slichow train bandits from their strong-
bold on the top of Paotziiku mountain in the Shantung
hil Chinese officials evidently were making more sincere
efforts to bring about the release of the prisoners and to
locate the brigands. The bandits are aware of the
changed attitude of the Chinese government authorities
ing Month of May. Crest
Expected Tuesday.
OCONEE RIVER
HITS FLOOD STAGE
Pumping Station of Wa
terworks Inundated.
sm l seem pleased and willing to do their part in the con-1 Sandy Creek Road Cov-
nating of the agreements.
property
is pledged
parleys with the bandits,
I property was pledged by gentryias
J guarantee tbet the agreement
would be obeerved and that the
goeornment would not fall down on
it's promisee, t
Tie deputy bf the Oorernor of
Shantung Provftace sent In counter
proposals to the bandits Which re
ceived prompt attention and It wee
thought by some that these pro
posals wilt be accepted!
The Information given the ban-
! jus In the conference that fol-
ered. Washouts on S.A.L.
ERSTONE
HERE WEDNESDAY
I bared, which lasted for several Lodge Will Be Here For
hours, evidently was satisfactory — ° . >
since the biyidlts decided ,to re
mala overnight, leaving 'Monday
night to report back to their chiefs.
It Is thought by many that the
j bandits are tired of the worry and
nre of the captives and would be
more than glad to get rid of them.
Should one of the captives be klll-
ti or die an a result of exposure
or injury, the bandits know full
sell what their fate will be should
! they be caughL
BANDITS
TORTURED'
Grand Master Joe P. Bow-
doin of Georgia Masonic
Exercises.
Despite the fact that some of the
heaviest rains ever seen fall in
this section have fallen during the
month of May the heaviest of all
of them fell iMonUay night, a total
precipitation of 2.68 falling from
4 o’clock Monday afternoon until
10 o’clock Tuesday morning, most
of it falling within two hours Mon*
day night. „ ,
The Oconee river (s higher than
has been since tin* heavy rains
of 1912 and 1908. lull w*Uter beta#
welt up to all bridges in the city
limits excent the now -steel bridsro
at River street. The road at Sandy
creek Is covered with backwater J
“In Flanders Field the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row.”
And while the heroes of America’s bravest of the
brave sle’ep beneath the red cupped flowers of France
there are alsp those heroes of the Spanish-American War,
those who charged with Roosevelt up San Juan Hill, those
who. fought with Dewey at Manilla and those who rode the
perilous waves with Hobson as he bottled up the harbor
at Santiago.,
i Board of Education Hon-
j ors Two of Its Members
and City School Super
intendent Bond.
FIRST PEACHES OF
IVE
Farmers Continue to
Praise Curb Market.
May Ship Carload of
Cabbage From Athens.
and n number of automobiles had j
to bfc pulled out of there early
Tuesday morning.
The pumping station
Cornerstones to two of Athens | waterworks is under water and
new school buildings will be laid j Captain J. W. Barnett, city enrin-
with Masonic ceremonies Wednes-jeer, was called from the Klwanis
day morning. convention Tuesday morning on
Grand Master Joe P. Bowdoin of account of the sltuat!-' -
the Georgia Masonic Grand Lodge
will be In the city for the exer
cises attending laying of the cor
nerstone to the Mell auditorium
on the High School campus and
When a bandit la captured In
china, ho Is put .througlh torture
which is even more horrible than
the days of the old Spanish In
quisition. The government Is aware
jif this and take* the view that
the horrible death* which are. mi f-
fered l>y the bandits and the tor-, r * M _
turns which precede their deaths P>W** n *
Hill make the bandits, change thHr
method of llv#llhoo<f or else move
from the country.
Some of the bandits* when they
ire caught, are cut with sharp
Dives, not deep enough to kill but
are scratched In many places so
that the captive slowly bleeds to
death. Just before he dies the of
ficial headsman comes along and
David' C. Barrow School” building
In the Third Ward on Lumpkin
street.
The exercises will begin at the
High School at 11:00 o’clock, poth
exercises will be under aui
Beginning slightly after dark
Monday nignt the rain fell In tor
rents for several hours and old In
habitants say It was one of the
heaviest ever to fall hero. The
fields were already water-soaked
and as fast as the rain fell It ran
off. flooding every branch, creek
of Mt.- Vernon lodge Masons of'and waterway, large and small.
which Oscar KInnebrew Is wor-
shipful masten Mrs. Walter War*
»n. president pf. tho High S
B in chargo at i
8bort talks, will be made by
Mgyor Thomas, Dr. John B. iMell
Chancellor Barrow. Mr. G. G. Bond
and Mr. M. G. Michael.
The music will l>e furnished by
High School students.
The corner stone will he laid’ by
Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 22 F. A A.
M., Mr. Oscar Klnnebpew, Worship
ful Master. The public is cordially
the bandit is beheaded* In full view invited.
of the T>opulaee. I The exercises at “David Barrow
In view of these facts and be- School” will tako place immedi-
rausn the prisoners are becoming,ately following the exercises of the
burden on the bandits It is wide- Hlsh 8rthool auditorium
ly believed that the time of libera
tion of the foreigners is nqar.
SITED IN TEXAS
The following program will Ige
presented with Mrs. Duncan Bur
nett. prealdent of the Parent-
Teacher Association, presiding:
Invocation—Rev, A. O. Richards.
Short talks by Mrs. E. B. Hudson.
Rer. John D. Mell, Chancellor
Dsvld C. Barrow.
America—Children of David C.
Barrow School.
Laying of Comerstono, by Mr.
Vernon Lodge. Masons.
First
of Recent Fraud llfll I TrPT HI I
Cases Up For Trial in yy||_L ILUI ALL
Federal District Court
of Texas.
WEEVIL POISONS
Untold damage was done • to
arrowing crops, already delayed by
>ntinued*j3lna. Lspd was bad
ly wished as terraces broke and
hundreds of homes all over the city
were damaged by leaks.
More damage was done to the
Gloverhurst Country clnb golf links
than ever before, according to Dave
Anderson, club manager. All the
greens were flooded while the
creek that runs through th ecourse
changed its course at several
places and In addition swept away
practically every foot bridge on the
course.
At one place, near the thirteenth
hole, the bank of the stream was
Inundated for thirty feet and* the
sewer line also undermined.
TWo washouts were reported on
peaches made their first appear
ance on the Athens Curb Market
Tuesday, about two dozen baskets
being sold before the market
closed. All of the peaobee brought
were “gobbled up” within s few
minutes.
About thirty wagons were on the
Curb Market Tuesday morning and
'he heroes of these two wara
be honored Wednesday, May
, National Decoration Day,
the American flog and the
poppy will not only be placed on
the graves of the dead nerops of
thdze ware but the two will adorn
the buttonhole of every patriotic
American citizen.
Oconee cemetery
LIST OF TEACHERS
IS ANNOUNCED
High School Named For
Col. Michael, C o 1 Te g e
Avenue Named 1 For
Supt. Bond.
Still Spreading In
Area Of Occupation
(By Associated Press.)
ESSEN.—The strike movement is spreading through
out the Ruhr and fresh walkouts among the metal work
ers and miners are reported in nearby unoccupied terri
tory.
A general strike Vailed at Hamborn is affecting the
iron work there belonging to the Stinnes interests. Com
munist manifestants at Wanne became so threatening
that the French intervened for the first time as a result
of which the demonstration collapsed.
The communists In Bochmn ex-
RAINFALL FOR MUY
TEN INCHES ABOVE
THE 1 GOUT AVERAGE
Three school buildings were
given names of prominent Athen
ians by the Board of Education In
special meeting Monday after
noon.
The High School building waa
named the "M. O. Michael High
School." This building le located
... Flowers and tlaes j •>' Hugh J. Rowe park. The new
will be placed on the graves of the auditorium has been named fdrf/-i-„„„_._,
soldier dead, Dr. E- L. Hill will say 1 E. B. Mell, principal of the High Government Average * Or
a grayer, America will be sung, School.
Dr, S. V. Sanford- will deliver a The College avenue building wae
short epeech and taps will he I named the "O. O. Bond 8cbool,"
sounded. This simple but impres- : honoring the superintendent of the
slve ceremony will be Athens’ public schools here, who became
outward tribute to the eoldlera end connected with the ayatem two
-Xtlors of these two were. fyoara after Its organisation In 18811.
The genera! public is invited to The Chllda etreet building waa
ittend there exercises while the , named the "John D. Mell School-
Woman’. Auxiliary of the Amen- honoring tho president of the
can Legion wllh offer popples for Hoard of Education. Both Mr.
Ulimm'thit Lv.rv® 0 |» ‘Jtf® i Mlchae! and Mr. Mell have long
women that every person in Ath-: heon members of the board, the
ere and hSn eanw f on nf ,onner " erT,n * “ treasurer and
hSire woundid i^rvTre men £°J atter “ 1>n,,ldent ,or
irf three elM,l0B ot «•“*•» ,or
cabbage, if County Agent Flror | . , the poblle schools, the list being
approximately $400 worth of pro
duce wae sold. Plana are being ^ M vilMU1B ,
made now to ship a car load ofjjffooae wholoirtheViiWln'the !
cabbage, if County Agent Plror,^; .
finds enough surplus to make* a; The poppy, the international ! r a * d «y® r Incomplete from the
car. He Is hngaged In aecnring the flower of tie American Legion !?“* tl lL bo ? rd ’ J*™- E '
names of farmer, with largo quan. , n< j t h 0 jne used by all the Allied ”• GriKIm IMIee Eue Urn Keown
countries in decorating the graves J* 1 *" Harriett Mayne, Mlu Clyde
of those who lost their lives “On W' hunt. Mrs. .8 E. McCoy, Mrs.
Flandcr's Fields.” holds especial Florence Heldler ware named.
Month Is 3.42 Inches
While 13 Inches of Rain
Have Fallen Here.
titles of cabbage and waa given
several names Tuesday morning. .
Several crates of chickens weft
on the market Tuesday. Pour men,
J. H. Bishop, M. A. Osborn. O. E.
Trussoll and J. O. Osborn of Wet-
MnsriUe •' brought about alxty.flve
Chickens to the Market. Tho chick-
lens were raised by tho Co-opert-
tlvo I'nultry Association which re.
centlv had shipped Into the oounty
ten thousand small chicks.
FARMERS
LIKE MARKET
Praise for the market contluued
Tuesday. O. L. Fleming of Jack-
son county declared the 'Market Is
a splendid thing. “I like It,” ke said.
0. O. Corney of Jackson county
also praised the market. Tt Is
great.” he said. E, A. Segars, of
Jackson county and J. W. Porter,
field of Oconee also commended
the Curb Market and’ expreued the
belief that It would result :n mak
Ing Athena a marketing center.
Athena women contlnne to sup
port the Market. They notice that
sentiment to Atiiens.
»■
I Mlsa Louie Lane was re-elected
According, to available rec.
ords and the memory of old
Inhabitant! May la going to
break all records for rainfall.
Up uhtfl 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning a total of IS Inches
had fallen during the month
with nearly three days remain
ing In the 'month.
It has rained every day for
19 of 29 days passed in the
month and' on four occasions
the rainfall has been unusual
ly heavy.
According to the gauge oper
ated by Upaon Harper on the
roof of the Southern Mutual
Insurance building It rained
2.43 Inches from noon of the
Z . „ w, ' prln'lpal of the Oconee street 3rd t0 8:46 ot 1,16 °" thB
an Athena WomnitjMIs. „htK>| and MUsMamis Mfc »th « ni1 Utt 2.40 Inches fell
jgtf* had ‘hei» l \& NI” war re^elMtetf principal of the ™ d on lh0 lslh ,rom 1,80 P '
-Juu-d »*- Vr*1hli Nont-ihala night school. Miss Lur-I hi., until 4:80 of the same day
Mta arSto wu.Iac.ed teacher.
1.10 I
a beautiful anvjser to the immortal Breelyn Price was elected a
poem of Col. John McRae which domestic adenoo teacher. ,Tbe
will live forever along with the J'"' - . buildings are named for C.
original poem, calling . for aome n - Flanlgen and Chancellor Bar-
one to bear along the torch of roWi
freedom and not forget thofe who
aleep beneath, the poppy fields of
Flftfiders. '
the Seaboard mlli-oaf* "no between more producera are bringing graded
Lawrenceville and Atlanta near and well packed products to the
Lilburn and another In South Caro- Market. Thoae bringing their pro
linn near Sandy River. Both were
fill wadhouts and delayed traffic
■everal hoars Tuesday morning.
« (By Assoclattd Preaa.)
FORT WORTH.—^The first of the
Oil TOmotion trials, growing out , •
ot th.- recent government investi-1 Extension Department 01
Of Oil promotion, companies Co ]] e(?e 0 f Aericul-
oi 1 *-rating here, got under way In
the F-ilera) District Couri Monday
•hf-n :he defendants In the General
De development Interests' 'were
wil'd to trial.
Empanelling of n Jury and the
examination of veniremen waa
‘tarte.i when the court convened.
ture Will Try All Known
Methods.
bat
then the'prosecution asked' for
By JOHN D. ALLEN
.. fair trial will be given all
poisons and* methods designed to
until the afternoon so that
*»o other defendants might have
Ujue to arrive, court was adjourn-
HARNiSi HUMAN NATURg
Tr,ln Th,lr Wants ,o Work Foe
V °U. That', Adv,rtlstno*s Way.
Fa.pl, do what th,y want to.
Aiwayot Ivon when they think
,h *y don't.
Many a man hates to •htvt.
Why does ho do Itr
e.cauao ho wants to. H« want.'
>« Ihava more than h* want, to
minpi, with hit ftltsw.mon look,
•nq ilovenly.
Why dost a man wear tho tit
• »ifo gavt him, whtn ho dla-
lkt * i>? Ho woart It boeautt ho
, nts >«• Ha wants to. In ordtr
» .void domestic complication,.
The man who wlahaa ha could
»“y an auto, but puta hie ehll-
ihrouah achool Instead, hat
«eided that ho prof ore hla ehll.
, 1 welfare to tha Immtdlatt
of . machine.
Me buy, what h, really want,,
conildered.
" Fvrehare, a n m .d, on that
control the boll weevil, according
to Dr. J. Phil Campbell, director
of extension at tho State College
of Agriculture, who In an an
nouncement Tuesday'declared that
experiments will be conducted In'
every section of Georgia to aeter-
mlne the most efficient method of
combatting the Insect.
Altogether. 7 methods of control
will be tried out. the fallowing pol.
sons being used: Weevll-NIp. Hill's
Mixture. Boll-We.Go, Slaium.
Weevoi Calcium Arsenate dust, and
the Florida method of control.
Plans are to test these poisons In
60 couatieg of the state. In each
county 14 acres of cotton will be
set apart, and two acres side by
aide given over for the use of each
lioisou.
In making the testa, tho special
rjreparatlons are being given by the
— ~- — & - is. au#Iaw ILn4 tltnii*
itlgih water Waa also Interferring
with the work at the lower mill of
the Athens Manufacturing Com
pany. having reache the basement
late Monday night.
It was predicted Monday at noon
that the river would rise until in
the afternoon, reaching Its crest
about 2 o’clock and unless there'
waii further rain would begin to
, fall. The west Ocopee river is also
on a rampage but It la btileved that
no damage will be Ufctfe to bridgea
on that atream.
TRUSTEES OF STATE
ducts In neatly packed cartons or
packages find quicker demand than
others. The Curb Market la tsach.
fjig the value of gndins und pack
ing uniformly, as nothing ate
could.
The next market day la Satur
day.
NEW REPARATIONS
Col. McRae’s poem and Miss
Michael’s answer are aa follows
WE SHALL NOT BLEEP
‘‘In Flanders Fields the poppies
glow,
Between the crosses, row on row.
That mark our place, and in the
»ky ’
(Turn to Page tlx)
ATHENS BOYS ARE
Bickerataff and Jarrell
Win Course Jump and
High Jump. Troop “A”
Wins ,the Troop Drill,
FIRE DAMAGES 100
Small Boy Discovers Fire
irt Swift & Company’s
Office on Foundry
Srteet.
Meeting of Trustees Con
venes Tuesday Morning.
Faculty Personnel Is Se
lected.’
bit]
Wh tn
manufacturers In order that their
mixtures may be tried out, while
the calcium arnenate u*ed la do
nated by the American Cotton As
sociation. « . *
Director camnbell declared that
good results should be obtained
from the tests, and that tho farm,
or* of Georria will be given the
benefit of the data collected next
fall. He also announced that dem
'!'• Insursere ! ^rations In the use of nitrate
•as M a radio outfit, though , of ln q n |„ the cultivation of mi-
"2 i?"’’. "t j ton "will he earned mt <N t/Mfe
^“tiatagtion of Inauranco even y p , of the aUte. The material Is
re - • • < , wl . , — ,i.. Va,ii—n Mllnl,,
ill belnr riven hr th* Vhllren Nitrate
he banner.herald. - jcommltioe, of New York.
With President a 8. Miller, Co
lumbus. Mrs. W. W. Stark. Com
merce, Mrs. J. E. Hays, Montesuma.
t lhancellor Barrow, Athens, Mrs.
Julia Ashton Whi^jAthena, A. H.
Davison, Athens, R,JX,'Rowe. Ath
ens. Joa. W. Smith, Reldavllle, W.
V. Carter, Bainbridge 'Mrs. Howard
McCall, Atlanta, Mrs. Annie Free
man Johnson, Route, L. M. Brand.
I.awn<ncovllle, Mrs. Ire E. Lamar,
Thomsom V. L. Stanton, Waycross,
W. W. Larsen, Waycross, and O. A.
Mell, secretary. Athens, I nattend-
nnce the board of trustees of the
State Normal Sdhool convened
Tuesday mamlng and will remain
In session all day.'
One of the first things accom
plished was the re-election of the
entire officer and faculty personnel
for another year with pracUcally
no changes.
Fire escapes were ordered placed
on all the buildings and H waa te-
clded to, ask tha legislature for a
>t MW-Op tor maintenance
rvpa,'r*fcijja for iunchTnea.
d»y at J:30 the board will resume
Itsmccting In the afternoon. , ,
cavalry unit of the K. O. T. C. of
the University of Georgia was held
New Reparations PropGS-l^ng’toThT'rnclement’wrether'ft
als Would Be Based on
Wholesale Mortgage on
German Real Estate.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN.—Germany’s new
pantlon program as outlined will
literally be constructed from the
“gtqund np,” for It will neat pri
marily on natlon-wida real estate
npprt gages.
What promises to become the
greatest hypothecation of land In
the history of economics will even
tually encompass every aROare inch
Of German soil, which will be
made to pey tribute to Germany’s
farmer feci for'a period of Jthirty
years. , ,
The aatesamesta will . be hfsed,
on a percentage of fifty per lent
of fta present gold values. Five
hdndred million gold marks will
annually flow into the Reich’s re
parations melting pot from this
source during the first few years.
Raymond Jachson. thirteen-year-
old eon of Mr. and Mra. Ralph
Jachson on Foundry street late*
Vonday probably prevented t dee.
traction by fire of the building oc
cupied by three nrms In the whole,
sale district when he notified the
fire department of a blase In Swift
A Company’s branch warehouse
here.
The fire begun In the room on
the tint floor of the building,
which Is also occupied by Henson
Brothers A Fallbrigbt and Armour
A (Company. Tha fire waa confined
_ to the office of W. W. Steadman,
The annual prixe drill of tha, manager oF Swift A Company but
• ... “ - - - - damage estimated at more than
84000 waa Incurred.
Besides destruction.ot old flies
of tho company kapt on n shelf In
rear ot the office, one hundred
barrels of sugar waa damaged by
water. The fire.department did ex
cellent work In holding the fire'In
the building occupied’ by Swift A
Company aa the blaxe waa making
big headway when discovered by
the little boy, who wee sltltug on
(ho front noreh of Mil home when
The heaviest rainfall, how
ever, wee registered Monday
end Tuesday, when 2.68 Indies
fell. < .
Days on which rein hae been
recorded, the emalleat amount
falling on any one day bei-.g
.08 Inches, are aa follows:
May 3. 4. 6. 6. 7. 8, 9, 12, 13.
16. 16, 19, 20, 21, 26. 26, 27.
28, 19.
According to the gauge of
J. K. Davis, on the Whitehall
road, the rainfall for the month
to date has been 11.22.
The avenge rainfall for the
month of May, according to
the government census report,
Including last May, la 142 In
ches, showing that the lmoqnt
. falling during the present
‘month Is nearly ten Inches
ahead of the average with
more than two full days re
maining In the month.
The month h»e also probably
broken all recordk for temper
ature, there being L-l • few
days when a fire has not felt
comfortable.
tho city firemen and civilian vll-
tnnded their position Tuesday, but
lagers, wearing white arm bands,
atilt hold the firehouse. Thecom-
munlsta for the third time storm
ed this position at daylight Tues
day, tho flghUng lasting more than
an hour.
The shooting was heaviest since
the siege began, but only a few
casualties are reported.
OTHER ATTACKS /
ARE FEARED
Further attacks are expected to
night, and In the meantime the
Reds are In control of the wester*
part of tho town, tho factory dis
trict tho firemen holding the
business quarter, where the banks
and chief shops are located. Two
shopkeepers In tho working dis
trict wore taken as hostages, and
other shopkeepers will likely be
seized unless food prices are re-
doccil.
J rho communist efforts at Dues-
dorf to reduce prices were
Mocked by the report that security
police were proceeding to that
place, in consequence of which the
control commission disbanded,
f The atrikere at Dusseldorf will
i hold a meeting Tuesday night to
. endeavor to organize a general
strike in tho city, which has half
a million Inhabitants. The men now
on gttlke Includes ail gas employes,
many of tboso employed 1 In elec
trical plants, and some ot those
employed In electrical plants and
some of tho street car workers.
Five hundred communists and
strikers visited a factory ot Induce
the men to strike. The director of
_!ho works summoned the security
j police, who arrived' In a big auto-
’ mobile truck. A fight ensued and
one rioter was killed and four
were wounded. A child was tramp
led to death.
The security police report that
the communists are plotting to ob-
laln XT*"n uniforms and assign
certain followers clad' In these uni.
forms to attack French officers in
order to embroil the security police ,
with the French.
was impossible to have held this,
aa is tha custom, with the other
branches of the R. O. T. C. the
past Saturday and consequently the
cavalry had to split from the
other units in the prize drill.
Troop A, commanded by Captain
J. W. Davis won the troop drill,
C. H. liickcrskaff of Athens won
tha course jump and J. W. Jarrell
of Athena won the high Jump. I The 'fire
Handsome silver loving cups will o’clock,
be presented to the winners.
The crowd tbet witnessed the
exhibition saw a real treat In spite
of. tha fact that the ground was
wet. Some -of the best hurdle
jumping of'the year w-'x displayed
ot the competition and some splen
did horsemanship won shown.
SEE FATHER KILLED
High School to
Graduate Large
Class Tuesday
Exercises Will Be Held in
Octagon on Campus At
8:30 O’clock. Larges
Class.
Wife and Four Small
Children See Negro Kill
Father and Husband
Near Valdosta.
Ninety-seven Athens boys and
girls will ho graduated from tho
Athens High School at special
erclscs heid In the Octagon Tues
day nlgbt at 8:80 o’clock.
Tho 1923 commencement exer.
rises will close Wednesday night
when a reception will be given In
honor of the graduating class. The
reception will be held on the High
School campus end will ke an invi
tation nffalr.
Wednesday mornlnr at 10:30
o’clock tho corner stone will be
laid to Mell auditorium under aus
pices of the ML Vernon Lodge,
re-,—■ ,i
(By Atsoolated Preaa)
VALDOSTA.—Four small chit
Mason* of Athens.
The class to be graduated . ues-
day night la tho largest In the his.
j tory of the High School whose en
he noticed a glare In the building,
-pi.- occurred about 7:10
PARIS.—Reports from Italy and
Belgium of the proposals for n re
sumption of the Allied Supreme
Council In an endeavor to settle the
reparations problem are received In
Paris with considerable skepticism-
It was pointed out that the most
eeoentia condition ie that Germany
make each tan offer aa will ga ac
ceptable basis for idscusslon Is tha
fundamental requirement for the
sucrcss o( such a conference-
Arrested Twice in
Week For Selling
Whiskey in Athens
AtrenUd Sunday by the city po
lice John Booth, negro, la held Ir
the county jail under $800 bond
charged with violation of the pro
hibition law.
Booth’s arrest Sunday la the sec
ond for the Mine offenee in the laat
ten days. He waa out under $20f
bond at the time he Wan arrested
This la the third arrest in the last
few weeka.
Tha negro la aald to have> aoir
whiakey by the drink at a stand on
fland Cornel Jeon, werat he offl
i making the arrtat. * ♦
Will Ask Legislature For
$228,000 For Two Years.
Raise $3,000 For Teach
ers’ Home.
dren witnessed the killing ot their
father, C. A. Hunter Ji farmer or
Fargo, lata Monday afternoon, by
Sandy Armstrong, a negro.
•The white farmer was strolling
In the woods near their home ac
cording to the reports reaching
here, with the children, when the
negro made hie appearance and
began to fire. The fether sank tc
the ground fatally wounded and
died a few minutes later. After
the shooting the negro disappeared
end It wae reported that a 'icputti
ed posse wax close on his trail
Feeling la rnnnlng high orer the
killing and It la thought that should
the.negro be caught be would he
unsafe here.
By FREDERICK STEWART
No mealing recorded In the his
tory of the State Normal School
has been charged with more com
plete enthusiasm and determina
tion than that which characterised
when hundreds of alumnae, of the
Pie meeting held Tneeday morning.
Stale Normal School crowded the
'old auditorium'* at the annual
alumnae meeting.
A total' of 2223.000 dollars for
i# .street. Detectlvw Charll. two trends will ha naked as appfo-
and Policemen Meore nrUtltmi. for tho brLool at the next'
siiilon of the Georgia legislature;
(Turn to Page Five.)
Kiwanians Off For
Meet Despite Rain
•ollment Is Increasing each year.
The program for the exercises
'ollows:
GRADUATION
PROGRAM
Music—Hltlh School Band.
Invocation—Dr. S. E. Waaaon.
Oration: "Loyalty”—John Lin.
ton Green.
Commencement Song, Alfred
Murray—Senior Olrls chorus.
The Seliflsh Giant. Oscar Wilde
—Calllo McWhlrter. Incidental
music. Mary Ferguson.
Clarinet Solo. Le Secret,
tier—Charles E. Morris,
panlst.: JIargarethe Morris.
Address—Hon George C.
horn-
Despite the delnge of rain Mon
day night a large party ot local
Kiwanians left Tuesday mornln-l
via auto for the International con
ventlon In Atlanta wdille others
went by train. Wednesday will see
an additional number go onr tor
the Mg.meeL
, From, W| report* reaching thg
city contention la larger and more
iHnereetlSf than.hay yet hold and
Atlanta, jak .usual,.Is .doing hereclt
proud In entertaining her guests
from all the U. S. and Canada.
On* Grand Sweot Song, King-
Senior Cirla Chorus.
Delivery of Diplomas—Dr. John
D. MqlL
Announcements.
A. H. 8.—Audience.
“G” Club Banquet
On Monday Night
The “G’* Club of the University
of Georgia will hold fta annual ban
quet Monday evening.
The banquet if* to oe held at the
Pines, and at noon* Monday no def
inite program had been announced
although it was said by a member
of the Hub that it would be one of
the roost interesting and delightful
banquets ever held.
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