The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, June 03, 1923, Image 1

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WEATHERi Clear and Warmer ATHENS COTTON? Middling 27c |> r( Vll)tU> 1 THE BANNER-HERALD Investigate Today! 1 To Regular Subscriber* THE BANNER-HERALD $1»000 Accident Policy Fra* Dally tna Sunday—10 Cent* I Weak. Eitallthed ,1832. IWIJ) and tomay—10 Cent* ■ WNC, VOL. 91. H®- Aaaoclated Press Service ATHBN8. GA., SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1323 A. B. C. Paper •Ingle Coplea 2 Cents Dally. B Cento Sunday. 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 (Turn to Page FIvj^ 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 (Turn to Page Five) 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 (Turn to Pays Five) 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, (Turn to Page Flva.) 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 (Turn *o Page Five.) 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.