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WEATHER; p rc tjb!e Showsre Tuesday Night. ATHENS COTTON: I MIDDLING .. • ,■ •• *7 t-2c I PREVIOUS CLOSI _ . ■ »* .. .a 27c Investigate Today! To Regular Subscriber* Dally and Sunday—10 Cants ■ Weak. the banner-herald ♦1(000 Accident Policy Fred Dali* I and Bdnday-10 Cent* i WkH, VOIr• 91. NO. 94 Associated Press Service ATHENS, GA, TUESDAY, JUNE S, 192J. A. B. c. Paper •Ingle Copies 2 Cents Dally. | cent* Sunday. Iexpect legal action 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 (Turn to Page Two) 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 (Turn to Fags Six) 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 (Turn to paga two) 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 (Torn to pat* two)