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ATHBN8. GA., SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1323
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SICE IT
SEES ON
TOWN DESTROYED BYE
ISHOP CANDLER TO
LARGEST
FLAMES; FIRE RAGES |
EL1VER SERMON AT
1 OPENER
ON CANADIAN BORDER [
DCY COBB SUNDAY
Six Hundred Do 11a rs. | )ro j, a j,jy fatal injuries to another and made two hundred
Worth of Produce Sold, ^ erEon? y homeleKB . J I A a a 6 ®?, y nvwi!
According to Conserya- Forty two buildings were burned to the ground and Cnapel At 11 U ClOCK
..... Estimate. it was believed the loss would be more than $500,000.
11 The flames started in the loft of a small stable near
] the residence of Mrs. A. A. Stephens and firemen said
Saturday night they believed children playing with
matches, caused the blaze.
CANAN, N. H.—Two thirds of this town was wiped i
out Saturday by fire which caused the dqath of one man, jJVIeUlodist Minister Will
TUESDAY IS NEXT
day for market
Dewberries and Beans
“Gobbled Up” By Hun
gry Athenians. Cherries
Much in Demand.
More Ilian two dozen new per*
mil. In sell produce .pn the Curb
Mar k,.l were lutted yeaterday.
pushing
irons **
the total number of pn-
to two hundred and aeventy-
yesterday"* aalea exceeded that
cl any day aince the Market open
ed on May 6. Clear weather re
ceives the credit for getting out
the hie crowd of buyers.
Ilringlng the total aalea to well
beyond 33,000 Saturday a amount of
eiies .van' placed at approximately
mo, nlthough several fanners bad
out and left the Market when
Besalo Troutman. Market
Master, made the estimate after
receiving reports from a large
Sber of the aellera on the Curb.
OPENS AT
; O’CLOCK
Tuesday’s market will open at 7
Tiro entire population is fight
ing the flames but are unable to
make any really effective resist*
ance as the heart from the fir" will
not permit the fire fighters to get
close enough to use effective mean
ures of bringing the flames under
control.
With- a strong wind fanning the
flames, which seem to leap ever
the cleared areas with little dif
ficulty. It seems that the little
town Is doomed and that Canada
is Ilely to see such a tragedy such
as she has never seen before from
a forest fire.
HELP 18 *
8ENT
CONCORD.—Aid has been sent
from here across the Canadian
border to aid *•« righting the forest
fire which is {orted to lie sweep
ing through tho village of Grace,
field.
At the Boston and Maine ’Rail
way offices here, it wrh stat"** that,
the Canaan station was on . id
several other buildings either de
stroyed or bndlv damaged.
later message from tho fir'’
stated that sixteen buildings had
been burned and others were be
ing blown no and dynamited In e
desperate effort to stop the flames
3 COMMENCEMENT
ORATORSCHOSEN
Austin F. Dean, F. O. Mc
Kenzie and E. M. Dun-
stan to Represent Aca
demic Department.
, a Mr. Troutman urgue none t!r»»d that h-iste lio made mu'
lurk and M«. Troutman ur* (hn( a „, pnn hBlM i n „ had
too farmers to bring plenty or
boot., beans, dewberries and cher-
JTas well n. peaches. Spinach
lUo finds a ready anle and the sup
plv Is always quickly exhausted.
Vecetablc and chleken dinners
por '*™° a ° n price I for . dn| ' "•y_ . nort l n i ^ a "i: baa been a repreautatlve In th.
MS arKerllsed by one concern^*
mty.olsht rents P<" boamb How_
FIRE FIGHTERS
The three speakers from th<
academic department of the Uni
versity of Georgia to represent it
commencement exercises
have been chosen and are Austin
F. Dean of Gainesville. Fred
McKenzie og Montezuma, ryid E.
M. Du ns tan of Brazil.
Each of thesfc three men
brilliant speakers and have dis
tinguished themselves In all lines
of university activities since they
have been enrolled In the institu
tion. Besides having done well in
a scholastic wny, they have won
any of the speaking honors offer*
ed by the Georgia state college.
It will he recalled that Freeman
C. McClue of LnFayette, the legis
lator student wns recently chosen
valedictorian. Mr. McClure is ,a
distinguished member "of the stli-
nrmv of flre(* ,ent nnd durln * the « ntlre
army or urn | , u _ h. h...
Prosecution Of Prohi Officers Seen In
Order For Post Mortem Examination
Emory’s Oldest ||
“Grad” Attends *
Commencement;
.hiK In Allaota.-tUe retail wal oil the Gatlnean River kbove
* —i*-L. h. one concern at t>le ( nwn (fracefleld. where the
fiamea are raging a* yet uncheek-
Atbenx market la con
;;,d one of the b“.t In tb-
country.
DEWBERRIES
in DEMAND
Meed tlmt those who brought i
brrrles In the one-qu»rt b«»k?ts
end attractively displayed them
...l.l out qulckgr and at a P«1» Per
-■nrt greater, than that recolvco
by those who brought berrleaJUBt
ii good but not packed In tbe bas
trt. which .howed them off to
better advantage. Tho aame la truo
of other products. .
Farmers are urg^d to get read*
to plant butterbeana for the £}}*
Market and for Ml® 7*?*
brinr *6 per bushel dried and or*
always In demand. It 1*» •* a *f*r*.
Mrs. R. E. Hardlgre® of Farm-
itiKtnn brought some handsome
Peacock feathera to the Curb Mar
ket yesterday. They can bo uaeu
In making very useful and beaut!
ful fans, it Is pointed out.
The absence of strawberries was
Mt on the Market yeaterday. Only
i few weeks ago nesr)y * y ery
nn had Its quota of atrawbernes.
They ripened rapidly anil/If It had
not been for the central place t®
*11 them tho crop would have pot
been Hold before it rotted. It la de
clared. n. M. Dudley of Lexing
ton. who has some fine strawber
ries it his home .will bring some to
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lilncv
PLANT FOR WILKES
Baldwin County Firm
Will Manufacture Staves
At Washington on W. &
I. Railroad, Is Report
„ Washington.""q*.—w i t h i n
"tt* week* Dovla and Kvaternlck.
*<■11 known Baldwin county firm of
>•>'« imnufacturcra. will move
'Wr plant from BaldwIU county
Install It on ino lino.of the
Ja.hin-ion * l.lncolnton railway,
•far th,. pope planing mill, on tne
"M'klrta of the dty, It wa* an-
■nun-,.,1 by the promoter* Monday
*>amin L Juat before their departure
;? r MHMgevllle after baying apent
“*? mya W11M S count? In-
—•tlgatln* location alte* and look-
r* ">’« hardwood timber proa-
P^ets, v #
n<- new enterprlae will furnlah
. 'T, 1 mplorment to (0 men and a
uavroll of more than It JW.
,!**"• Bavin and Kvaternlck aald
■<*i-lar morning. The new atara
ed.
Many anunre mllea of valuable
• Imber has been burned and tho
lose will run well Into the mflllona
of dollnra. Ma yet no eatlmate of
the loan of liven hna been made
nnd It will probably be severs’
days before an accurate check car
he idade.
• Penortn from the fire fighters
leaking Into th's town, while
meagre, stated that the situation
fa unchnneed nnd that efforts are
being redoubled to save tho lives
of the persons- trapped In the town
which la entirely aurrounded by
tb« flames.
While the fire fl»hte»s have sue.
eoeded In gnttlng tho flames under
eontrol In a restricted area, freak
fires have broken out In others
nnd vent little nrogress tins been
made so far. The Inhabitants o'
the town aro fighting tho progress
of the fire white the rescuers on
the outside of the elr-yel aro trying
to prevent It’s spread.
The weather continues dry. with
very lltt'e hone of nnv Immediate
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baa been a rcprcaotative
Georgia legislature from his horn.
county. ’ ; ;
Yale University Asks
For Information of
Lost Athens Graduate
Yale University, with over 38,000
living graduates and non-gra-
duates, possesses Information rel
ative to tho correct addresses of
all but a very small proportion of
•this number. In the Hat of whoso
lost” at present appears the name
of George L. Camm, ’08 L. whose
last address reported to the Uni
versity was Athens. Anyone bav.
log Information relative to the
present address, or. In case ol
This Morning.
ALUMNAE SOCIETY
MEETS MONDAY
Prominent Georgians Will
Speak. Pageant Will Be
Big Feature of the 1923
Commencement.
Bishop Warren Candler will de-
liver tho commencement sermon at | VPrB | tv |.| s 0 i apB being 1859. Mr
Lucy Cobb Institute at 11 o’clock I McBanlel and Dr. Connelly will
Sunday morning while the Bchool • j,| t together at the alumni lunctien
Is now In the midst of ene of ItajAinmnl Day.
memorable commencements. | Mr McDaniel la a veteran of the
Formal exercises of the com- confederate Army, having serve!
mencement opened Friday morning! throughout the war In the Army ol
when the Alary Ann Lipscomb El- I Northern Virginia In c-bb'i
ementary school held Its program,
participated In by nearly a hun
dred little girls, a majority of them
daughters of former Lucy Cobt
students living In Athena. -Miss
Carrie Walden Is head of this de-
partment.
Saturday night the dramatic
class under the direction of Miss
Annie Puryear Wright offered
TenhySon’s “Princess’* In the open
air theatre of the campus. Assist
ing Miss Wright’s departments
were those of Miss Louise Rostand
in voice and Miss Jean 8tewart In
phvslcal education.
Sunday morning the g!.*e club
will furnish special music for the
baccalaureate exerdseB and in the
evening the Elementary depart
ment will hold Its annual vesper
services when Bibles will be pre
sented tff the pupils making the
best study of the hook during the
year.
ALUMNAE MEET
NEXT MONDAY
On Monday at noon the alumnae
meeting will be held in the <U»aael
and this will be follwoed by a
luncheon In the dining hall. It it
expected tnat the society tHH taka
ELECTS OFFICERS
ATLANTA, Ga.—William Jeffer-
son .‘Daniel, of Dalton. Ga., old
est living graduate of Emory Uni
versity, will attend the University
Commencement Monday. June 4
Ernory°Col!ege "sf’yeara'ogo <1 |n Tl™ .’ President and Hubert,
class of 1866. He was born m; Secretary-Treasurer.
Henry County in 1833, and Is near-
E. A. Crane Is Named
I President, Abit Nix Vice
ly 90 yearn obi.
Dr, E, I,. ’ Connolly, of Atlanta.
In tho nlileat living graduate of th '
Muillcal Department of the Unl-
glcn of Cavolrv. lie is related le
tme, M.'Daulid. Sima. Baldwin
Wvatt nnd Terry fnmllles of Vir
ginia who have been prominent In
the’history of that State. At the
prevent time he In nn netlve direct
The Athens Building, Loan and
Investment Co., one of the old es-
tahllahed Institution In this city,
ban elected officers for the en
duing yeaar, tho reports for the
pant year showing a moat success
ful administration and conduct o'
Its affairs.
B. A. crane was elected presi
dent; Ablt Nig, vice president and
J. H. Hubert, secretary nnd treaty
tirer and tbe following hoard of dl,
rectors: 8. Bernstein. U. H. Dav
enport, DuPree Hunnlcutt, B. A
Crane and Ablt Nix.
The offices of the company will
bn at the Brand street office of
„ ..... ., the American State Bank hereafter
or of the .Town Cotton Mills nt nm , wm ^ ln charge of Mr. S
Dalton. While In Atlanta attending | pprnstein. who Is one of the meet
commencemcpt. be will be the; aoccensful flnnnclera In the conn-
«f h'" dauchter Mra. Flour | , rv , Ul knowledge of the h ank-
MrUanlel Pitta, of 1110 P -dmont , nB . hl , llnMa m , Wm a P | en dldlv
flvehuc. . .. .
SHERIFF STURDIVANT
TELLS HOW TWO MEN
METJHEIR DEATHS
TRftME-UP" FATHER VIVID DESCRIPTION
OF DEAD BOY TELLS OF CUN BATTLE ARID
GIVEN
JUNE IS BEST ISSUE
expected tnat tne aocioiy win mailed out In a J***? - -A* i{
definite actlod toward. Increaaing 1 one P nf^Un”-
thn endowment fund towards the this jntereeting bulletin or un
goal of $60,000. The mother* of tbe
students are Invited to the lunch
eon this year.
Monday Is also graduation day
Hen. Julian Harris, editor and
publisher of the, Colunibua Enqulr-
Kill ... IBV urw
"‘"*111 manufacture 10/100 staves
"ay when running at full ca.
™ >r aad already has closed a
Jr"?<3 through a Chicago agency
entlrn output to tbe
Southern Mutual To
Celebrate Seventy-
Fifth Anniversary
Diamond Anniversary of the Southern Mutual In
surance Company Will Be Celebrated Here
Tuesday. Agents, Directors and Officers
of Company Will Gather in
Athens For Meeting.
Ian and a pageant will he offered
In honor of the occaalon.
The pageant was written by a
former Lucy Cobb girl, now Mrs.
Adele Johnson of Atlanta and aev-
eral Atlanta children, daughters of
former etudenta and great grand
death, detail regarding date and children of General Cobb, will par-
tlclpate In tho pageant. Among
theso Atlanta children will be,
Jacqueline Moore,, daughter of Mr
end iMr*. Wllmer Moore; Sarah
PrvatL’dauehter of Judge add Mrs.
Sheppard Bryan. Callendar Welt-
per. dauxhter of Mr. and Mr*.
Philip Weltner and Lacy Orme,
daughter of Mr. and My*. Qullla
Orme.
Many Athena children will also
participate In the pageant, which
rololws the luncheon and vKll be
held out of doom.
PROMINENT
8PEAKER8
veraity news, met) and affairs-
Special articles in the Issue are
"Value of Language W?, rk . b *f
Prof. W. D. Hooper. “Historical
anil a special feature for this year 'couUcr.^^’ScVence^antl ^Edu- Pr ’ Sun wai In Athena Friday night
will be exercises honoring General b „ p r J. M. Reade. edl- nni1 Sutucday coming to the city
T. R. R. Cobb, the founder of tbe' l u b / Dr . Brooks, the editor ,or . ,' he ?«»'*•* Cracker, university
school. This Is tho one hundredth|" d newb publication, banquet which was a
anniversary of the birth of thlil* na Kenerai new j brilliant nfalr of Friday,
distinguished Oeorglan and Atben- AUDIT SHOWS | Whlle In the city Saturday Mr.
Bulletin of Univ e r s i t y
News Is Most Interest
ing of Series. Special
Articles Feature.
Publisher of
Obe Smith Thinks Killing
Was “Framed.” Nothing
to Say on Prosecution of
Officers.
A postmortem examina
tion of the bodies of J. R.
and J. B. Smith, slain in a
*nr nnsinosa ms mm spronoioiv ia.i
for thla Important position he has i ® U , n battle With pro
m-rented in directing the affairr I nibltion enforcement officers
Friday night was held late
yesterday afternoon by Ath
ens physicians upon request
of the younger man’s father,
Obe Smith.
Following the examination, which
according to Mr. Smith, ’’made
things look dark for tho officers,"
the former declined to rtate posi
tively whether he would cause
warrants to be sworn <ut against
the officers and prosecute them
for the death of the two men, hla
brother-in-law and aon.
of this company.
Secretary and Treasurer Hubert
Is n1*»o well known *a a MnVer
mand and In bis selection
for this Important oosltlon, the di
rector* acted wisely.
LAUDED 61f HARRIS
ColumWs Enquirer-Sun
Spends Saturday in Ath
ens; Visits University.
place, if the above fa asked to for
ward It to the Secretary's Office,
Yale University, Now Haven. Conn.
Mrs. Mamie and Amanda Perry
of Sylvester are the gueata on
Henderson avenue, of Mr. and Mrs.
Austin Bell for Lucy Cobb com.
mencement.
ENDOWMENT STATUS
I Harris was taken over the Uni
; verelty campus and Introduced to
Report of the auditor’s work on-«H member* of the faculty. He
the books of the million dollar cn- .expreeaed great Interest In th*
dowment fund is given and in part ’university.
ia as follows: I A aood part of Saturday morning
Tho audit covers all transactions j Mr. Harris spent with Dr. 8- V.
to May 1st, 1923. . Hanford and John E. Drewry of
“Total subscription! to date, the schpol of Journalism and dur-
fl.191,720.18. . ilng the course of his conversation
“The total cost to date including with them stated that school! of „„„„
expenses of tho campaign and all Journalism war* of groat benefit Ison LEFT
subsequent collection expense, has not only tho students In attan- HERE FRIDAY
G^ n .n^?tet?o l l;* 0r6 4Sf, * r , i?K anC i’, bU f ' h ? u * h . out ” When xaked If tha two .lain men
the subscriptions. - . th« state In that ths school assists
’ihe total cash collected to j them In solving many of thslr
• problems and in furnishing them
i f with capaWo young newspaper men
However, Mr. Smith declared ho
believed the "entire affair Was u
frame-up’ ’and that the two men
were not killed while they were
ln the automobile but as they w,ere
running from the officers.
"I went to ths sceno of tho
shooting this morning and made a
thorough examination.*’ stir. Smith
said. "I positively believe that my
boy a'hd hla uncle were killed by
the offlcere when they tried to run
away. Later, the officers shot holes
in ths automobile to make it ap
pear my boy and his uncle wen
killed ln It.
"The physicians making ths ex
amination,' Dr. H. M. Fuliilove and
Dr. J. P. Proctor found that my
boy was shot once through the
back with buckshot, and nine times
with a pistol," Mr. Smith said.
Jepp was shot aavorfcl tlmi
fact hfs body was riddled with
bullets.
Member of Officers Par
ty Gives. Eye-Witness
Description of Death
Fight Friday .Night-
Two bodies, that of a
youth in his teens, the other,
a man in middle life, lay in
a local undertaking morgue
Inst night—an ’ -uncle and
nephew, killed while trying
to successfully “run” the
blockade of prohibition en
forcement officers in Greene
county early Friday night.
Although at first uniden
tified, it was learned Sati
day the youth, J. B. Smi
and the older man, Jeff ]
Smith, lived in Athens,
younger man is a son of
and Mrs. Obe Smith.
From the time the I
here from Madison in mld-afti
noon yesterday until last night
Htrady stream of visitors ]
Into Dorsey’s Funeral I»arlo
view the remains, tho numb
ing estimated at something
two hundred.
The two men wero killed' ln
battle with federal and county
fleers Friday night about 7
o’clock about one mile from Car*. _
Station and Just inside the Green*
county lino where it borders with
Morgfcn. Tho older man was th
driver of a roadster automobile
nnd died at tho wheel while th
younger was killed while firing
tho group of officers which
prised tho .alleged liquor runners
en routo to Athens with flfty-s
; iII-.ih of whiskey, according
statements nyid© by tho officers.
, collected
date, $367.209.66.
"The auditors found M
bon copy had been retain**! of each | and women .
receipt issued for collections. To-1 -
bsd whiskey in the car Mr. Smith
said hs was told thsy
by ths undertsker at Madison who
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The diamond anqjv.r.ary of the
Southern Mutual Insurance Com
pany will he celebrated here next
Tuesday, June 6th when the ogdnts,
director, and officers of the com-
nany meet for tho annual meeting
of the year—and for the seventy-
fifth anniversary of the organisa
tion of the company.
The company l« probably the
moat successful of all the mutuol
fire Insurance companies of the
country and despite ‘"e tact that
U has bat thirty two agent# and op
erates only In tho state of Geor
gia It ia an Institution that mony
companies have beea model.d ttfter
and one that has always been a
great asset to the city of Athena.
The original charter of tho com-
nany was Issued by the legislature
•“’fhe xirof December 18« and
was signed by Andrew J. Miller,
president of tho Senate °°VF
nor George W. Towns. The origi
nator of the company was K«v.
James W. Parsona of Cuthbert. oa.,
«’T sr s£r5S
Bra*&JW&5
latter being the only Athenian
ag th* incorporator*.
find. .
... f "Every item paid out during the
Several prominent speakers wl 1} period has been properly vouched
*!ao take part In the exercises ,f or and the *6heck» eigned by the
chine[ they verified all rweipts ATHENS VOTERS LEAGUE TOLD
howto get good governmot
honoring the founder of tho ichonl
Pleasant A. Stovall of Savannah,
former minister to Rwltserland,
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SELL!
FIRST MEETING
IN MACON ,
The first meeting of the company
was held In Macon on Januaky 36
IS48, and the office of the company
waa placed at Griffin where It re
mained until December «, 1843 when
It was removed to Athena, fallow
ing the activities of a number of
Athena' business men, prominent
among them being Judge Young O.
L. Harris. *
When the company waa formally noon,
organised-and the charter accept
ed John O. HIU of Grlflfn was
named president, James Clark of
Lumpkin, vice president; Littleton
R Brewer of Griffin, treasurer, and
Rev. James U. Parsons of Cuth
bert, secretary.
When the company was moved
„J Athene It waa reorganised and
Aebury Hull wa* named president
and treasurer, J. O. HIU, vice pres
ident. James U. Parson* secretary;
William W. Clayton, Bllaur L. New
ton. John H. Newton, Albon Chase,
John I. Huggins. F. Bradford, W.
Letcher Itchell, WiUlam M. »f.
Morton, Dr, Henry 'Hull. Dr. EL lb
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Gulf Refining Halfbock
Avenue Station Visited
By 1,800 Customers Fol
lowing Ad in Banner-
Herald.
Ten thousand gallon* of gasolene
as fold at tha Gulf Refining Com
pany'* station on Hancock avenue
and Pulaski street Saturday fol
lowing a (pit page advertisement In
the Banner-Herald Friday after-
treasurer, and countersigned by
the chairman or vice-chairman of
lht» Board of Trust. All cancelled
checks were found systematically
filed in envelopes cont*ining the
approved supporting vouchers.
"The current atsets amounted on
May 1 to $117,433.32. This sum
consists of time certificates, liber
ty bonds, cash and notes receiva-
able. These were all verified.
“The auditors found that the
treasurer was under a $26,000
bond, which bond waa in the tends
of the chairman of the board.**
Jenkins Addresses
Meeting on Sunday
Professor John W. Jenkins of ths
University of Georgia will address
the 8unday afternoon meeting for
boys at the Young. Men’s Christian
Association which starts at three
o’clobk.
Professor Jenkins is an able
speaker and he will bring a mes-
ige to the boys of Athens which
Election Laws Must Be Changed to Prevent Under
hand Methods By Crooked Politicians, Women
Are Told By Atlanta Visitors.
According to conservative eetl- <■ full “f Interest and shows a deep
mate 1100 customers were served I Insight Into a boy's life,
at the elation during the day. Two j All boy. who desire to attend
thousand gallons of Supreme Auto | the meeting are urged to note that
oil was given away In accordance • the hour has been changed nnd the
with the advertisement statins that J meeting now starts at three o’clork
a gallon can would bo given with* -
each purchase of five gallon* gaso- LIP INFANT SON DIE8
| ene< Tonnltt, me iiifum non ol Mir. and
Mr*. Tonnle Jackaon of Strong
8. 8. Thomas la manager of th*
local Oulf Refining Company, and
D. W. Lanier, manager of tbe Han
cock avenue ataflon.
The advertisement announced
that the station hod Juat received
a remodelling In order *o give It*
patrons more efficient service than
street, died early Saturday morning.
The funeral and Interment will be
at Huff* cmetery In Ocon4e coun
ty today at 11 o’clock wfch Kev.
Chandler officiating. The little one
la survived by his parents.
Funeral Director* In
“Women are never Instructed how
man an Informed voter so she can
vote intelligently.
"Woman cannot confine her Ufe
to household labor* and expect her
children to. find protection- from
evil influence* on the outside.
“Klection law* must be changed
to prevent crooked politicians from
resorting to underhand methods.'
These, and other 1 Interesting state
ments, were made by Mrs. O. A.
Gibbs and Mrs. L H. Chamberlain-
Atlanta women, here Friday to ad
dress the Athens League of Women
Voters.
firing
The Atlanta women
Athens from Washington and spoke
to about fifty women at the Y.
W. C. A. Mrs. L. L. Hendron. pres
ident of the Athens Voters League,
presided at the meeting.
Mrs. Gibbs spoke first, uotlining
the purpose of the Voters League
to inform every woman of her
right to vote and nrge voting as
a duty she cannot shirk. Ths
League aims to get out seventy-
Tho number of shots taking
in tbo body of Jeff Smith
known but officers state t
of buckshot entered the
the youth, who continued
the officers after tho driver
into the Mat dead and
pilotless, ran Into a ditch
side of the road. The bod
two men were taken to
nnd placed In Ifemperley'
parlors. They had no iden
marks on them at
shooting took place
tifled' Saturt lay morning
tives, who brought them
Athens.
Both men received bullet
buckshot wounds.
8Ix officers were In the
which engaged in the battle
! •• fv- .. ■!<■ i.l nwn. (J.
federal prohibition enf»
fleer; Sheriff W. J.
CrawfordvlIIe. Go.; Coum
man I. J. Lovejoy, Gre*» n
Chief of Pojlce K. N. Brool
ty Sheriff E4 Howell,
ville; J. L. T. Darby, <
lice. White Plains, Go.
candidate. "However, as a general
thing We voted alike,” she said.
“Our purpose Is not only to vote
Intelligently but initiate needed re
form. We are not trying to turn
the world upside down; • we want
only to work on equal basis with
the men” she said.
LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM
Mrs. Chamberlain, president of
the Georgia League of Women
Voters, told o? the legislative pro- [Banner-HcraM reporter the
gram of the organisation which in-1 of the running gun fight with I
elude* passage in the Georgia leg-:two slain men, declaring in the 1
islature of a woman ln industry | ginning that the officers h
bill, a Child Labor bill and a law search warrants although the L
making counties pajf s&iariee to J does not require them to proci
Juvenile court jtldgcf. [a search warrant to stop a m
Mrs. Chamberlain declared the violating provisions of the prohil
Sheriff Sturdivant In Athcn
terday with Officer Gastley
woman In Industry hill ia needed
in Georgia. ,”We have a law but
It has been amended so many timer
until now any one can find a loop
hole if charged with violation,” she
id. "For Instance, the law says
_ woman cannot work, more than
sixty hours per week but can wcAk
and number of hours in a day. 1 other officers, who were
Consequently many factories work?down by the liquor car, had
their women employees twelve bled to their feet.
tjon law.
The older man, Jeff Smith, was
shot by Officer Gastley, after the
latter had been knocked from the
running board of the automobile
and fired upon several times, it
was stated. The youth was shot
from the rear of the car after th*
~ — hours per day five days in the
five per cent of the 20,000,00* Amer- week and shut down on Saturday.
lean women eligible to vote at the
next election.
Mrs. Glbbe told of the work of
the Atlanta Voters League is doing
to inform Its members and other
women Who can vote. In a recent
municipal election a committee ob
tained facta pertaining to (he
records of each candidate but left
It to the Individual to choose her
Other law* discriminating against
women are In existence, she said
One law, she said, which is in ex
istence allows a man to will away
his children.
"There are many things we can
do to assure-good government but I day morning the officer was
we cannot and do not expect to j that one of the cars had gone
completely revolutionize every-) tho neighborhood to get
she said. (Turn to Page Five)
The "tip" that the liquor car wae
going to pass that way waa re
ceived by Policeman Lovejoy who
was told that two automobiles of
the same make had beer* haling
whiskey toward Athens on each
Tuesday and Friday from the Ca<*
rejtfs Station neighborhood.