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ATHENS, GA, TUESDAY, JUNE S, 192J.
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AGAIHST; OFnCERiTN 1
OF
iRelatives of Slain Men Go
Tjo Scene of Shooting
[ with Attorney Austin
! Bell.
■big damage suit
1 is HINTED HERE
iGastley Tells How He
| “Battled For Life” on
Painning Board of Li
quor Car.
Curb Market Is
Allowed To Open
Three Week Days
Councilmen Praise Enter
prise and Allow Market
Days on Tuesday, Thurs-
' .day and Saturday. -
A PECULIAR
PROTEST
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK.—Abraham Beylin
son, secretary of the Society of
Independent Artists vas con
victed of exhibiting a picture
that outraged public decency .
His picture depleted dry
agents raiding Christ as he
turned water Into wine at the
wedding feast. The title of the
picture was “Father Forgive
Them."
He was given thirty days or
a fine of |100.
ENTERTAIN AGENTS
With every member present
I praising the curb Market “to the t
skies,” City Council Monday night j
adopted a resolution allowing the
Market to open on Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday. '
The ordinance originally allowed
Attorney Austin Bell, one of the
lawyers who have been employed
K, investigate the killing of J. B.
.nd J I), smith by Federal prohl- .
on enforcement officers ln I opening on one day. Saturday,
county Friday night, went 1 , 11 " *™wth ol the enterprise ma:lo
„Te scene of the fatal ahootlng 11 necessary to hold Market day
10111 — . —on Tuesday also. Permit to do this
was granted by Mayor Thomnt
pending council's regular meet!
J Tuesday morning to make an In
Instigation, to examine alleged wlt-
]mm(> who arrived, on the scene
Lbout the time the shooting took
|,lace and are reported to have a
| tendon of the affair quite dlffer-
i front the one glren out by the
■ officers
I Obe Smith, father of the eighteen
I rear old youth, J. B. Smith.' who
I „S in the car with hl» uncle who
lias driving the liquor car, has
I taken the lead In having the affair
| knstlgited and he stated Sat-
|,rfar night that he had cause to
| believe that there wt, a different
I ,tory to be told than the one given •
I out by the officers.
Reports coming here, and which
I ,ere to be Investigated by attor-
| neT Bell and those who have gone
1 to fireene county, allege that the
I whiskey car atopped when chal-
I Paged and that the ocoupanta wet*
I ibot down either as they were
I leaving the car or In an argument.
I Another story Is to the effect that
I the voting 8mith, the one not driv
ing the car, and who Is alleged to
I hive first opened tire, had a llgbt-
I el cigarette In his hand when the
wltn-sses to he questioned arrived.
A damage salt and criminal prose-
I cation la hinted. .,,. ,
I All of these reports are elrtie-
J tiling and have not been conffnn-
l'ed and It Is for the purpose of
I nnning them down that the ln-
fnrmal Investigation Is being made
If they are found to Ip true It Is
tilled that warrants will he taken
net and Indictments asked for the
officers on the charge of murder.
Banquet Tuesday Night
At Georgian Will Bring
D i a m o nd Anniversary
Celebration to Close.
All but fire of the thirty-two
agencies of the Southern Mutual
A letter from J. W. Flror. county j Insurance company are represent-
agent, anti Market Superintend;.it, ®d at the annual meeting and the
was read to the council in which 1 celebration of the seventy-fifth
It was stated the Curb Market hsis • anniversary of the company now
been very successful. “OIve thorn * n progress here. The annual busi-
six davs in the week,” was tTie ness meeting of the officers, di
general expression of Council. **!t actors and agents took place In
has been a great success and -no offices of the company Tuea-
of the finest things the city ever ?®y at eleven o'clock and follow-
WITH ELEVEN GIVEN
Diplomas Awarded Eleven
Graduates At Exercises
Monday Night. Chancel
lor Barrow Presents Di
plomas.
LOCAL GIRLS ARE
HONOR GRADUATES
Misses Helen McDorman
and Sara Elder of .Ath
ens Win First and Sec
ond Honors.
The pemlt for three days was
unanimously granted.
CASTLEY’8
STATEMENT
TO
Work in Co-operative
Marketing Cotracts
.Transferred From South
to Middle Georgia.
ALABANY. Ga—-The . campaign
to sign Geogia’* acreage to co
operative marketing contract* waa
transferred this week from South
Georgia, where a majority of the
acreage i* already under contract
to middle Georgia, where peanuts
are being planted aa a money crop
on a considerable scale for the first
time. While sufficient acreage to
permit permanent organisations
has already been. secured bv the
peanut association in South Geor-
sign-up work will continue by
n. a. ... the Peanut Association until ev-
ATLANTA. Oa —How be was possible acre Is under contract.
—' "*• ,he Jasper and Putnam countlea will
be the scene of the moat intensive
sign-up campaigns this week, while
organisation forces will visit Mor
gan, Green, Oglethorpe and other
I forced to battle for his life on the
rcnninc board of a a peeling auto
mobile which - had Just knocked
fawn two of hi* companions wa*
related here Monday , by Federal
I Prohlhlllon Agent A. H. Gaatley; counties north of Jasper, and Wilk-
I then he personally reported to j„»on. Pulaski. Bleckley and other
tng this points of Interest around
the city were visited and Tuesday
night the visitors will be tendered
a banquet at the Georgia hotel.
Routine business was attended
to at the business meeting. All the
old officers were renamed and the
personnel of the home office re.
mains unchanged.
John T. Norris of (Oerters vllle.
Owen A. Harris of Cuthbert, Frank
S. Pruden of Dalton, E. W. Cop*.
Ian of Greensboro, and Philip La
nier of West Point were the only
agents absent at the business les
ion. ,
Many telegrams from other com
panies over the country were re
ceived Tuesday morning and the
hannuet Tuesday night will ho one
of the most elaborate ever served
here. The place sards are hand
somely printed with a handpalnled
frontlce.pfece and carrying the
menu and toasts.
The officers of the company are,
RIIIuds Phtnlsy, president. A. E.
Griffith, secretary.
The program of the banquet Is
Eleven young ladles were award
ed diploma* or certificates at Lucy
Cobb Institute Monday night when
the graduation exercise, were held
and were followed by a very formal
reception In the parlors of the
main bnlldlng.
Chancllor Barrow, a member of
the Board of Trustees, awarded the
diplomas and Miss Mildred iMell,
President «f the school mad* a
short talk to the graduates and
spoke of the future of Lucy Cobb
and what It had meant to Its hun
dreds or graduates over the stats.
Two of the graduates, the win
ners of first and second honors,
delivered the valedictory and- sal
utatory addresses. Miss Sara Elder,
daughter of Mr.,and Mrs. Thomas
L. Elder of Athens, delivered tb*
salutatory and Miss Helen McDor.
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Geotge McDorman. delivered the
BEE TB SUPPLY
LOCAL DEMAND FOR
FI
Chicken?, Beets, Beans,
Squash, Spinach, Not
Produced in Quantities
Large Enough, Firor
Says.
URGES GRADUATED
PLAN FOR CROPS
“You Can Sell Something
on the Curb Any Day in
the Year,” Mrs. Trout
man Declares.
Athena' (Curb Market has proved
that particular food crops in Clarke
anfl adjoining counties are not be
ing produced In quantities suffi
cient lo supply the local demand.
J. w. Flror. county agent declared
Tuesday.
Mr. Flror's statement was made
on the Curb Market where, within
tyro hours thirty automobiles and
wagons, loaded with produce, sold
out the greater pari of their sup
plies.
Some articles went like "hot
cakes," particularly beets, chick
ens. selected eggs, spinach, beans,
carrots, dewberries, squash and
home cured meats.
, At the close ot the Market Tues
day Mr. Firor urged the farmers to
plant more of the prod gets shove
named and to plan gradnated crops.
THERE'S A STORY
IN THIS
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA.^Arriving at
her place of employment three
hours before the usual time.
Miss Laura Papl, a stenogra
pher. jumped from the eighth
floor of an office building Tues.
day. meeting Instant death.
An employee of the building
saw her arrive, write a few
words on her typewriter, ralsq
the window and Jump out
The words the wrote and left
^ln her typewriter were "Forgive
COUNCIL WILL OPPOSE
EFFORT TO CONTRACT
’ATHENS CITY UMITS
Many Local Girls Resolution Instructs May-
“UPPING BOSS”
Defense Asks Continu-
anse For Ninety Days
For Higginbotham,
Charged With Tabert
Murder.
(By 1 Associated Press.)
LAKE iCITY.—Counsel for the
state and the defense ware In a
heated argument her* Tuesday
over the motion made by the de.
fense for a continuance of sixty
On Honor List At!
L. C. L Institute
List of Merit and Dis
tinction Students For
Past Year Announced At
Exercises.
The list of dlsUnctlon and merit
stpdcnts was mad* public at the
graduation exercises of Lucy Cobb
Institute at the commencement ex
ercises Monday night aa follows:
MERIT IN ENGLISH
Sarah Bette, Mary Stephenson.
Frances Forbes. Montlne Ver Nooy,
Mary Hart, 8. Morris. Sue Fan
Barrow. IMargaret Foster. Evelyn
Zettler.
merit in science
Ssrsh Bqtts, Lucille Heywood,
Frances (Wane, Charlotte Dean,
Frances Forbes, Elisabeth Hall,
Montlne Ver Nooy.
HONORS IM FRENCH
Olatlnctfon: Helen McDonhin,
Sara Batts, Sarah Morris. Ldelle
to ninety days. In the trial of Wal. Oreen, Mary Murray, Mary Hart
ter Higginbotham, convict whip- _" , * rl,! I ?* r Y Btenhenson, Nor»
ping boss, charged with murder In
connection with the death ot Mar
tin Tabert of North Dakota.
Tabert died while In a convict
exmp operated by the Putnam
That Is. plant vegetables for on '-"mher company, of which Hlggln-
whIv Harden, and to have produce) "** * h ® whipping boss."
valedictory. MIm McDorman wa. maturing all the time. “You can sell ! The defen, « <■ *«WhK aeon,
first honor graduate and Miss something on the Curb Market all 1 ! lnuaDC * ™ tbe ground* that It has
the year 'round/' Mra. Bessie to obtain witnesses.
Troutman, market master, assarted. ™ d ’J 18 * „•**!“ of „ F,or1d *,
Georgia and North Carolina hav*
Elder second honor winner.
Seney.Stovall chapel was beau
tifully decorated for the exercises,
the stage being banked with *
wealth of greenery and garlanded
with roses with a maze of ferns
everywhere. Mrs. George (Mall su
pervised the decorating and with
the beautiful younr graduates as
a setting It waa a picture of charm
and allurement.
NOT PRODUCING
ENOUGH
as follows:
BANPUET
PROGRAM
President Billups
Prcd IMsmnke. State prohibition
director, details of the killing of
J-r.p and J. B. Smith, of Afhens,
I The t»n Smiths were sleln Friday
I sight when a posse attempt td to
eon the automobile which Is *1-
| kred to hive- contained whisker.
A rent Gautier displayed powder
Mm* on his faca which he said
vere received whan • nlatol w»f
fr-d in Ms face by oae of tho
’ellh. Four shots were fired *t
I Urn at close range, he seM.' and
I ne of them-Jolt missed the Anger
of the hand with which h* wgs
(Turn to Pag* Two)
south of Baldwin Jasper, Putnum
and Baldwin already nave county
organisations, and some contracts
orgunizuuuu.'ia aim nuiue tununcir
have been signed in Jasper and
Hurenm. A big rally will be held
at MUIedge Saturday afternoon to
launch the sign-up campaign which
starts in Baldwin county next
week.
It is the purpose of the co-oper
stive association to extend tho
new co-operative association to
every county that grows peanuts
with early plans for Butts. Spald
ing, Meriwether, Clarke.. Oconee.
Hancock and other Middle Georgia
counties.
Toastmaster
Phlnlxy.
Welcome to Agents—Secretary
Arthur E. Griffith.
Athens and the 8onthern (Ma-
,U I/— D,lw,or C* 18 "- **• Spelling.
Ijlrlt '“ ,t Agency-Howard
Pattlllo, Atlanta.
Tho 76th Anniversary—Louis H.
Andrews. Mllledgevllle.
The Small Agency—Thomas F.
Fleming, Sparta.
TJie Company at Home—R.
Toombs Du Bose, Athens.
Dhpresslons—Cbanctllor D. C.
Barrow.
Spectres Of e Ihe Past File By
Silently As “Miss Millie’s”
Story Of Lucy Cobb Unfolds
„ By FBE KAMEN8KY .gown of. black Uce with coraage
Out of the present Into the past, of pink carnations, and crowned
ham now to long ago was the ax-; with her sliver hair she seated
Frlence of the hundred or more. herself.
ri-ats of the Anniversary (Lunch-1 After little Jacqueline Lae enfer-
Athens DuBoao A Dubose; Al
bany, Ventulett ft Bates; Ameri
ca*. J. A. Davenport; Atlanta,
Pattlllo ft Upacomb; Auguste,.F.
Phlnlxy ft Co.” Baruesvllle, Cotter
* Coleman; Brunswick. James S.
Wright; Cariersvllle, John T, Nor
ris; Columbus. Charles M. Wool,
folk; Covington, R. P. Lester;
Cuthbert, Owen A. Harris; Dslton,
Frank 8. IPruden; Eatonton, Geo.
W. Adima; Forsyth, Persons *
Persons; Gainesville, Ussier ft
Doxler; Greensboro, E. W. Cope. I
Ian; Griffin. E. S. McDowqll; La-
Grange. L. H. Adams; Macon, W.
Griffith;; Madison, R. U.
Thomason ft Son; Marietta, James
K Groves; Mllledgevllle. L. H.
Andrews; Newnsn, H. C. Fisher ft
8ona; Oultmsn, Denmark Groover;
Rome Hamilton Yancey; Sanders-
ville, George D. Warthen; Savan
nah, W. p. Pearing ft Bon; Sparta,
Thomas F. Fleming; Thomasvtlle,
Merrill ft Moore; Valdosta, R. A.
Peeples ft Sons; Washington. Jos.
The young ladles who graduated
ere: Misses Mae Bostick. Louis
ville. O*.; Gladys Bunn. Fairfax;
Sara Elder, Athens; Mtry Sue
Hood. Athens; Helen McDorman.
Athens; Kathleen Merry, Athens;
Fanny Murrey, Athens; Sara)
Price, Athens; Lucy Robinson,
Covington; Frances Wade,
wanee, Tenn.' Evelyn Zettler,
Ounteravllle, Ala. '
At the bnalness meeting of tha
Alumna* Association Monday at
noon, Mrs- Frank Lipscomb, form
erly Miss Mae Hodgson, praised
■Mrs. Maggie Morton 8fantey who
suggested the plan of bolding
Founders Day." "Aa the thouht ol
celebrating thla day as Founders
Day was tbe happy Inspiration of
Only one crop has been produced
bqyond the local demand this year,
It) Is stated. This crop Is cabpage
and.the Curb Market has greatly
stimulated the demand for that
vygetabl*. causing
idles than would have been pos
slbl* otherwise. Arrangements are
now being made, however, to ship
tho surplus cabbage to other mar
kets.
been combed for them
success. •
The case was' to hire been tried
sometime ago at Croas City but
a change Of venue was granted
when the state Olalmtd that an Im
partial trial could not be obtained
In that city, as the Putnam Lumber
..... company owned a large portion of
much larger ,h e ■* nd ln Dfald county and paid
re been pos- '•"* »l*ty-ftve per cent of tho
taxes of that county. Tho order for
a change of venue was slgnsd and
the ease transferred.
The death of Tabert created a
nation-wide Interest and tbe state
of North Dakota, at a special ses
sion demanded _*n_ explanation
bad been on the Market Of courae,
many farmers were taking adven-l aV*
tag. 7 of the weather and cutting 7" p * y
their grain or doing other farm - *•«. committed ware removed
Portson, Louise Rainey, Carter
Jaudon. Sarah Hancock.
LATIN
Distinction: Sue Fan Barrow.
Merit: Helon McDorman. Anne
Morris. Luclle Green, Siren Morris,
and Fight Bill.
REPRESENTATIVES
ASKED TO “KILL IT”
Councilman Haywood In
troduces Re s o I u t'i q n.
Culp Suggests CoufuSil
Send Committee to Sup
port Civil Service Bill.
Any attempt to wrest from th«
city all or any part of the new
territory acqufrred In 1920 will be
fought by City Council, it waa In
dicated Monday night ln the pre
liminary June meeting of that
body.
A resolution, Introduced by Ald
erman II. B. Heywood, wa» adopt
ed opposing tho proposed contrac
tion of the city limits In order
exclude tho Southern Manufactur
ing company's plant In a bill <c b*
Introduced at the next session <f
the legislature.
Dorothy Dudley, Margaret Fortson.. representatives
mm — posed bill, which has been adver
Not only does tho resolution re.
quest that the senator from this
district and Clarke county's tw®
oppose
Investigators Brand Man
Who Was to Upset Grav
ity a Scientific Fake.
Rales It the Market Tuesday
amounted to around |400. Mora
produce could hav* been sold If It,:!™ J7. pl
h.,i hjM,n (h. nr I•»" •«« of Florid*.
The sheriff and a judge lo th*
work. However. Mrs. Troutman
urgsa that If tbe farmer is busy
send tha older children or the
"Mrs."
SEND "MRS."
TO MARKET
"Women ! wlll enjoy the trip to
the Curb Market." Mrs Troutman
declared. "If you are ht'ty your.
from office by the Florida legis
lature upon the recommendation of
the Governor of Florida.
OGLEHORPE COUNTY
our beloved peat-president. Mrs. Mr. Farmer send Mr*. Farm-
Maggie Morton Stanley," said Mra. 8h * wl " do J”" 4 “ ,, » 11
Upacomb. "let us pause,here to
pay tribute to her—many presi
dents have done worthily but she
excelled them all."
Urging the alumnae to continue
their efforts for s large endowment
fund for tho Lucy Cobb, Mra. Upa.-
comb said: "Sister alumnae, let 'is
at this time ra-dedlcate our llv4)
lo more earnest effort In behalf
of our school. She Is worthy. Ther.,
is no hotter school In all this
Southland." -
Lucy Cobbi Institute Monday talned the great lady by playing on Feeples ft ^ns; Washington. Jo*,
■ten they were conducted Into the > the harp "The Dance of the Duller- F- Dyson, West Point, Philip La
Dflen at the rear of the achool. fllea" charmingly executed. i'he nier. ■
SCOUTS HERE FOR
«as an old fashioned garden.
* Place softened by time where
o. pale afternoon spring sunlight
J , ' Md through rnJp-poEkqd fetfaS*
*W> a mellow ray. ^pated lnformr
011 garden, beqclps around t*
ol greenery,*, distinguish ml
“mpany of relative* and friend*
* R-n. Thomas IL R. Cobb »nd'
•ha Millie Rutherford, as well ss
“labors Of Lucy Oobb girls were
rttnerod to hear "Miss Millie's
" or >' the Pageant written by Mr*.
Binson Estes Bussey of Atl»nt«
J,,* termer Lucy Cobb student
M1 « Jacqueline Moore, daughter
^ Wllmer Moore, a great
Miss Millie" for a story.
Hveryone Is breathless with ex
pectancy for they know that no
one can tell so well a story of the
golden time* as she.
A* she relates the tale and the
characters ore Inlrbddeed they
pass by In silent array. Her mother
reading tho paner In which wa*
the letter by which she suggested
the need for a girl* school In Ath
ens. Mrs. Laura Cobb Paddock
grand-niece of General Cobb took
.. _ a. mifaa UII1lo , e H mnthi'f
the pdft of "Miss Millie's" mother
Mrs. I.aura Cohb Rutherford.
Next appeared Rutherford Ellis
of Atlanta, great grand nephew of
P Dd *Mld of Ounsral Cobb and the General, ns himself. Costumed
J* r mother who wa* 1 Cornelia, in Ike vmrh of the sixties be made.
WUU walk • torneiMiia «»rn *»» »«• — , .—
^-betore her marriage, are'* qyalnt rlgure. Sltll more Plctur-
Moth,
“red in a Mt of (Modem
er and daughter dialogue In
Ml. 7 umioRuc
““h the mother renrovee her
"'■“r too ultra child. She tells her
Jine expected, visit of “Mis* Mll-
jVarnlb* her to be on her beef
“kl!l.r«M Dnr * 11 * **>!» discourse
1 e»r own Miss Millie"
Insly called by all her
enters. Charmingly regal In
Km
esque were the three llttte dough.
who next enneared. Bern filed pan
talets and fluffy dresses of flower
ed silk with fichu of lace were
the dresses of these little maid*,
demnrelv tripping bv. Lucy. Ssllle^
—d Celtic • reaoectlvelv nortrav-f
byhMIss Cornelia Orme of Atlanta
daughter of Mr*. ra"'» Jackson
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Three Hundred Delegates
OFFICER IS KILLED
Tl
Policeman Who Trailed
Negro Into Building
Found. Dead on Steps.
Negro Also Dead.
Is Prize.
Athens Tuesday, was entertain
ing the Boy Scouts of America.
Fully three hundred members of
this famous organisation were ex
pected to register for th* semi
annual Field Day’ events before
the day dosed
ville, Carlton . and Princeton and
to (ah., '-art in 'hi* oaradc at
(Turn to P*g* Five.)
. By Associated Press.)
VALDOSTA.—(Police officers who
answered a call early Monday
morning from • building In the
negro secUon, found the body of
J. R. Graham, a policeman, on tha
stairway In th* building and on the
upper tending of tha steps found
tha body of Will Roberts, a negro
for . whom' Graham had been
searching.
Graham's head had bean almost
aeVared from his body by a load
of buckshot from a shotgun. !
Officers believed that Roberts, I
tether In law through th* arm and ,Fight Over Church
neck, and whan ha was found by
You." Several farmer* said they
would try this next time and viva
tha "real owner of the truck crop
an opportunity to coma to the Curb
Market, sell th* produce In about
two honra and go to shop after
wards or vlalLsn Ice erva-o pule*
or a movie.
In regard to the “gr,dusted" food
crops iMk. Flror will probably dis
cuss this In detail In bis Banaer-
He-sH deportment next week.
In tha meantime farmers are
urged to send more beats, squash,
beans, carrots, spinach, dewber f.-a
of blackberries, end chickens aa
—11 aa selected eggs tn the mar
ket
Farmers Will Use Poison,
in Some Form to Combat
the Boll Weevil, Says
Col. Gantt.
rr’8 GREAT
FUN," HE 8AYS
Two well known Clarke county
farmers Tuesday voiced their *P-
J, Adams, who lives on I,» ilogsrt
predation of the Curb Market J.
road sold |10 worth of English peas
slont In a few minutes. "There Is
nothing like the Curb Market," he
T. Holmes of Whitehall
sold |1S worth of heels, carrot*,
peaches and spinach In a lew min
utes. "It's creat fun",he said. "I
can’t annplv tbe demand for
spinach, beats sod beans and
poaches.
Ms. Troutman has I**"- a total
of. ItT permit* to sell produce on
the. Market.
The next Maket Day will ho held
on.Satudray.
By T. LARnY GANTT
I spent tbe waak-aad with my
good friend* down In Oglethorpo
county, as s guest at tha hospita
ble home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Shackleford, In Lexington. Their
kindness was unbounded and I
not only ayally treated but Mrs.
Bullard of Machln. their daughter,
and Mr. Shaeklsfqrd carried ms In
their cars over the county and ta
tbe towns I wished to vIsIL Thh-
gave me an opportunity not only
to meet merchants and farmers
from the different sections, but to
see what progress was being made
with crops.
AGREEABLE
8URPRI8E
Here For Semi-Annual » h ° «*nier m the night shot his
Field Day. Loving Cup
jWbite Woipen in
Graham, killed tbe officer, after
which he turned the gun on him
self. The gun was found under the
body of th* negro.
WILKINSON AND
. BISHOP RETURN
Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, pastor of
tbe First Baptist church, will oe-
nomaleted
. i ..MUltown.
ftp . With Jlmmi.e. Bishop ,of. Ath
ens as the song director: Jimmie
returned to Athens Monday.
. Two women. Mesdames Linda
Morgan, and Connie Chandler were
tried In Re-order’s court Tuesday
morning charged with disorderly
conduct In connection with a fight
at th* apartments on Chase street
The ease against Mrs. Chandler
was dismissed while a suspended
santen-n of tlir.16 WaaM Imposed
uson: tk-maa 'MolWto
ditWh I »h*> Wit* I (HA < WWrtttFhf.'
The iflght began: lit d 1 chbrch 'dis
cussion which waa greatly heated.
It Is stated.
coming days ’’before the war”
when kith and kin from far and
wide gathered at tbe old colonial
horns, was the anniversary lunch,
son at .Lucy Cobb Monday when
more thao a hundred guests were
entertained. It was a family gath.
ertng. many of those present be-
Ing relatives of- General Thomas
R. U Cobh, whoso oaa hundredth
anniversary they, were celebrating
. ... . . , or of nl»s* MltUtC the prevailing
,plrtt 01 Ule lwtUu, * ,or *°
:looked
It was an fcgtaaabl* surprise to
see how well advspced farmers
(refe with thslr work, and the
cleanliness of |h* fields. I did not
see a single grassy field and moat
Af the cotton had been chopped
out Farmer* say that cold weather
while retarding their work, ke„:
grass from , sprouting sad when
they could begin plowing they had
generally clean fields. I saw a i
Wr MJelds.oficorp .and It lo
'HMkl
cotton and obsttwn-d pirating corn
as they ran plant It this month
with' assurance of a good yield If
tli« seasons are favorable. Some
farmers complain of poor stands
of cotton but from observation
there Is plenty left for all leave
cotton toi thick.
Give It distance and tha staple
will be better, tbe holla larger and
more on stand* Col. Smith said
that you should give early cotton
plenty or dletence but leave lata
cotton thick In tho row. Some
ft enter*'said they had tc. plant over
There Is general complaint about
*n veriv aopoarance of the boll
weevil hut farmers will nearlv all
W*c hqtsoth'dn pome form. A large
"'(inter 1 ,At Maxbye told ,me .that In
bis leefftm sbme fanners would not
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PASADENA, Cel—The “odlc
ray” that was to usher In an era
of wingless, gas less flying ma
chines, stesi so light that it would
float and sura cures for cancer
I Used, hut /Instructs the Mhyor,
City Attorney or committee from
council to appear before tho legla
laturo In opposition to the bill.
One councilman lulled to vote
on the resolution, A. L. Howland,
superintendent of tho 8*uthers
Manur.icluring company, it was >.t
first requested that Council of
ficially sanction by a resolution
Mr. Howland’s non-psrtlclpatlon ill
the vote. Alderman J. H. Rucker,
from tho Third Ward strenuously
objected to such a course. “It
would he setting a precedent, gen.
tlomonl, to which 1 am nesrtlly op
posed. I think each member of
council should be willing to take
tho responsibilities of the offlc*.
However. I have no objection to
Mr. Howland not voting, If he so
chooses. I am opposed to council
and other ills has been pronounced officially allowing him to refrain
Dr. J. A. Anderson, of the Sliunt
Wilson Observatory, and R. W.
Sorenson, professor of electrical
engineering at the California In
stitute of Technology, hav* contra*
ldcted the claims or Edgar L- Hoi-
lingshead, alleged discoverer of
the “odlc r*y."
Hollingshesd had obtained wide
publicity for, his discovery. By
using It he wSs going to make the
apple fall the other way. keep
airships up and perform other
stunts, all through the “odlc” ray."
Furthermore, he claimed, pic
tures could ba made by tha ray
through elsven inches of lead.
Only a five-second exposure was
necessary, be said.
Holllngshcad persuaded a num
ber of physicians to provide funds
for his investigations. Drs. An-
derso'n and Sorenson investigated.
Dr. Anderson was taken to the
Hollingshead laboratories, where
he saw the discoverer take pictures
through lend. Then Dr. Anderson
asked to hav* plates he had brought
with him used.. Hollingshead con
sented. and the result, it Is alleged,
waa nil.
from voting. "Tho motion allowing
Alderman Howland not to vote was
not pressed and the vote on the
resolution proceeded. The former
not voting.
“DO NO GOOD,"
SAYS CULP
When the resolution was rend'
Aldcrmsn Henry Culp said he could
not see where It would do any
good to request the representatives
to oppose the pm n oaed bill.- "ft
will do no good. They do not pay
snv attention to council If the
pressure on. the outside is suffi
cient to turn Ilium the other way,"
lio f’Hld, Finally, nmttlnjr, bo tnir-
that council pan* a resoul-
tlon providing for active support
In tho lcRlfllnture for tho proposed
hill amondlnic the Civil 8#rvlc«
Commission, making tho mayor
chairman and dating ita member*
from council'* personnel.
The resolution adopted Monday
nl^ht follows:
WHEREAS, An Intention to aP’
ply for tho passage of a local biU
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Anniversary Luncheon At Lucy
Cobb Monday\ Like Old “Home
Coming” In Ante-Bellum Days
By FEE KAMENSKY
years.
The girls were all there, or at
least as many of them as could
come. Several generations of them,
mothers and daughters and daugh
ters' daughters.
Hung In the bine and white
Lucy Cobb colon and Ivy twined
the dining room was s beautiful
sight. The colors were carried out
on the tables on which vases of
bine larksmfr Intermingled with
Ascension miles and white carna
tions. The tables at which th* va
rious classes were seated were
grouped about a large round table
covered with a lace cloth and hav.
Ing a huge silver loving cap filled
with IllUes. tud larkspur for Ita
center-piece.
At this table presided over by
’Miss Millin'* s»*at**il the
speakers and many of the distipg-
ulshod gucHtH of the day mostly
relatives and close friends of Gen
eral Cobb and Miss HUUe Ruth or
ford.
The first speaker Introduced by
“Miss Millie'* waa Mr. Marton •
Jackson of Atlanta, who spoke of
the inspiration and inception of the
idea' of Lucy Cobb. Ho spoke of tbe
relationship between mother 1 and
♦laughter, the place held by womatf,
tbo foundation of the most sacred
of Institutions and the great row
r-porisIMIlty which rested them far
thr* human race. It Is Mr. Jackson's
belief that political and indnatrfal
problems will be settled there..
“Will the League of Nationa and
wars? Will the League of Na
tions bring peace r* asked Mr.-
Jackson. “When the mothers train
their sons and daughtes so that
politicians won’t mislead nine mil
lion more be maimed for life, then
on the battle fields, and thirty mil
lion more be maimed to Ufe. than
there will he no more wars.”
The speaker made some striking
contrastH In picturing two typed ot
women which prevail today, saytng
that one In every ten manages end
in the divorce court In Georgia.
NO SYMPATHY
FOR ADAM
"But,'* he went on to
hav*» no symrethy with
eorry attempt to put all the
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