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VOL. 91. NO. 108
Aaaoclated Preea Service
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1923.
Single Coplea 8 Centa Dally. I Centa Sunday.
FIFTY THOUSAND ARE
MADE HOMELESS AS
eruption continues
S 1.000 CASES
Pour From Mount Etna.
Terrible Destruction. •
eruption is
u N_AB ATED
Volcano Continues to
Emit Stones and Cinders
As Natives Leave Homes
For Safety
(By Associated Press.)
ROME.—A wave of lava from a
violent eruption of Mount Ftps is
steadily advancing Monday on I.in-
l uaglossa. news dispatches from
Catania state. ,
The lava sea is flowing across
the railway tracks and has reach-
Judge B r a d w e 11 Has
Cleared Docket of 1,677
Cases; Court Begins Ses
sion Monday.
Judge J. D. BradweM who has
served as judge of the illy court lr
this county for three yearn oov.
almost to the date, and who re-
•••- — - , - . , sumes the sessions of the present
id a point now only a few hundred lerm M 0m ] a y, ha;! dhpq.wl of a
yards from the town. Castiglione | ar g C amount of business io this
GRADUATION AT 10:15
Graduation exercises will be
gin at 10:45 Wednesday morn
ing at the University chapel.
Judge Samuel B. Adams of Sav
annah will deliver the bacca
laureate address-
1ST. LOUIS GREETS MCE
ELECT OFFICERS IT
DISPOSED OF HERE BUSINESS SESSION
IN THE CITY COURT
Col. A. R. Lawton of Sav
annah, President. Hugh
Gordon Elected Second
Vice President.
Colonel Alexander R. Lawton, Sa
vannah, member of the dais of
1877, member of Pbl Beta Kappa,
vice president of the Central of
Georgia Railroad, colonel In the
Georgia Vpluntecrs, president of
the Georgia Historical Society and
former president of the Georgia
Bar Association, has been named
president of the University of
Georgia Alumni Society, winning in
the election that has Just closed
is also menaced by the sea oi i court ^ an rtcor ^ a show.
“' e £nrtaTf the crisi. in which Jud * 0 Bradwcll was appointed In „ nd , uccee aihg Murphey Candler of
f&wnsare vj.rom«-»»»»••W!"*** 0 1De ““' r ’ who „ ®‘*“ d f °T
as F. Green, who resigned. reflection. Col Lawtod delivered
While he has been on the bench . the Alumni Day oration Tuesday
he has disposed of 660 criminal „oon.
cases, over 300 per year and In all other alumni voted on lull nom-
of these has been one appeal and ( „ a ( ed by the committee were
he was sustained In his decision, william D. Anderson of Mateo and
On the civil docket 1027 cases, or Qpeene p. Johnson of MonMcello.
moro than 300 per year, have been
the two towns are now wero men
gro but stated that the eruption is
increasing in violence.
PAY II OR GIVE
UP YOUR DOG
“Tour money or your dog.”
With this slogan Dr. W. H.
Bruce started out on the annual
“dog catching" tour of Atkana
Tuesday.
Thoae desiring licenses for
their dog or dogs can get them
from tho City Marshal, Ed
O’Farrell or from Dr. Bruce.
Pay gl or your dog will be am.
Poundcd.
Delegates From All Parts Seizure of Transportation
of World to Attend An-. Facilities in Occupied
nual • International Ro- Zone Gives France Real,
tary Convention.
ATHENIANS ARE
ATTENDING MEET
President Billups Phinizy
and Morton Hodgson of
Local Club Delegates to
Convention.
(By Associated Press)
. LOUIS—Delegates represent-
ISONS
“Whip Hand.’*
IN DISTRICT MEET
BOTH SIDES REFUSE
TO DISCUSS OUTCOME!
^fd l “ , E eSr»S;HFRE ON TUESDAY
Before the Storm.” Paris • \
Silent. (Delegated From Eleven
I Cities Here For Exer-
DORTMUND. — The Ruhr la • a. in rjVlnplr At
— , quiet Alondiy following the seizure CISeS At lu U CIOCK Al
tag 1,450 club* located In 26 coun- *of one 1 hundred ahd seventy loco-1 MaSOniC Temple.
tries of the world, with member,
ships totaling approximately 80,-
000, have gathered here to attend
(he opening of the fourteenth an
nual convention of International
Rotary.
motives and more than two thous* ■
and freight can, which are used;
Two senlons
the
for the transportation of food in lod((e of Roya , Afch m,,,,™ wen
’ by held Id Athens Tuesday. Rcprc.cn-
„„„ tatives from cloven cities, Inclod,
lie RuhTtathi same 4rto?dSdl“ Elb * rt<m ’ ’ Maxeya,
LAWTON POINTS OUT
WAYS TO AID NEGRO
IN ALUMNI ADDRESS
PHI ITIPAI IIMDCCT Prominent Savannah
rUUMunL U ll it LU I Alumnus of University
Chaos Heightened in
China By Forming of
New Coalition. May
Move Capital.
(By Associated Press.)
SHANGHAI—Further chaos in
the Chinese political situation was
indicated Monday by reports of a
coalition of leaders headed by Li
Yuan Hung, president of the Re
public, who recently fled from the
capital at Pekin, to his home in the
disposed of. Fpur of these cases
only have been appealed and he
has been reversed in bn* one An
stance.
Judge Brul well Is a graduate of
the Tnlvcrnlty. class of 1897 and
his class reunion was - V Md last
year.
A new jury haa been called for
next week and beginning Monday
morning tjic criminal • ocket will
be taken up, the civil cams having
been disposed of during the two
weeks session closing last week.
Athens High and
Industrial School
Does Fine Work
CATANIA.—Mount Etn* Mon
day is in full eruption and shows
no signs of abating. The violence
of the eruption la increasing and it
seems possible that one of the
greatest tragedies in the history of
the world is about to be enacted as
the steady stream of smoking lav*
is making its way toward the two
towns of Castiglione and Lingua-
glossa, with the streams increasing
in size and speed.
One of the streams of lava is
now threatening Giarre, a city o(
about twenty thousand inhabitants
at the base of the volcano. Tho
terror stricken populace is making
hasty preparations to leave their
homes and property in the path of
the lava stream and flee for their
lives.
More than fifty thousand have
been made homeless, while lit has
been Impossible to far to form a
death list, in the area surrounding
Mount Ltha. " ' ' ;
Ashes, cinders and stonea emit
ted by the volcano are so thick
Monday as to darken the sun and
the eruption of the volcano phows
no signs of abating.
American tourists at the famous
resort of Taormina, ou the eastern
slopes of tho mountain, were terri
fied witnesses of tho castrophe.
At 6:3p a. m.. Sunday, a tremen
dous explosion, followed by a rain
of email stonea, volcanic mud and
ashes, awakened the population of
nearby towns;
A thick cloud of black smoko
obscured tho summit of tho vol
cano.
Terror-stricken people rushed
Into tho streets, clad In night
clntheo, and rushed to churches
praying for aid. About their heads
a gust of wind swept the smoko
plume from tho mountain top, dis
closing that the volcanic mouths
tad opened on tho«* feasor Minis, who calls atteu.
cone, vomiting <“»"£» uin to a statement to this effect
that raced towards the villages of. w|| made Ia>t fall ^ the Ath .
Lineuaclossa and Castiglione. iciwanl* club whet? It had
Throughout the morning th ®I '""ch^st the school. The head of
rano belched fire, hurling thous- ^ Bctaaol expresses great appre- j
More Buildings and
Equipment Needed.
Prof. Harris Rejects Big
Offers to Remain Here.
Another Savannah <— Oavls
Freeman, of the class of 1883, was
named vice president. The two oth
ers nominated In this race were
Manning J. Yeomans of Dawson.
•91 and Walter Cothran. ’97. Rom.
H. H. GORDON, JR..
2ND. V-PRE8IOENT.
H. H. Cordon. Jr). ’04. of Athena,
was named second vice president,
winning over Harold Hlrsch. ’01.
Atlanta nnd Frank H. Barrett. ’02.
Augusta. Frank Foley, old Georgia
athletic star, was named third vleo
president. Others nominated wero
Dan <Rodfcnj, ’09. Albany and Pope
F. Brock, ’ll, Macon. Dr. Svlvanus
was renamed secretary of the So
ciety. He la bf the class of 1874 and
Prof. W. O .Payne,’00, waa re-elect'
ed treasurer.
dealer, a mining operator, n march- ■”, ril r a . lls ,. ed ' h „' ith ’ l.'renei Jordan of Athena, past grand high tutlonaliata" and Lu Yung Haiang,
ant tailor and aft attorney. They “ oLflKTOte&Jlt is « "!«•»: I» Cox. Mongol C. E.;mUitary governor of the Chekiang
called the chib "Rotary" became , though each aida waa walt j n( v (or Sutton. Washington; Harry J.jProvince.
the members met In rotation at tthe other to mono the next move Horn. High Shoals; Clandt Mayne, I* was reported that the plan of
their nlaces of business. I... Winder: w. A. Nsll. Etbertoa: O. (the allied leaders was to shift the
>« of business. . J ao t |.. t one might put his trump. 'binder: W. A. Nall. Elherton; O.}»oere J™ “"J"* “®
not until 1908 thgt the card on It. & Kelley, Lawrencevllle and Lin- SiriWrfJ'M'mf™!" P®* 11 "
—,a—— Vi..!, anu fnm.it I Pr.nM -1 nvn.l -n- nf bn. l-nb-.f to*. CPnllllf. ithfnfl. "—Ug " t_, MOW 1H OtUfr tO get IWiy
their places of business.
It was
second Rotary Club wan formed
In San Francisco. Then the move
ment began to spread until there
were It cluba In the Unltad States
In 1910. when the flret convention
waa held In Chicago.
Since 1913 the organisation haa
grown even more rapidly than dur-
Undcr the direction of Prof. Sam
Harris, one of tho foremost colored
Dr. S. Benjamin. Yow, of Lavonls.
’94 and Wallace MUIar, ’04. Macon
tied for the vacancy of the Board
of Managers out of over 500 votes
polled. George A. Sanckcn of Au
gusta waa nominated as the third
man In this race. Hatton Lovejoy.
SSM.^ta-afirtCr'H. »»» named also on
Athens High nnd Industrial School j th. Bmrrt of M.nMSr. to aucceed
has been making remarkabta pro- (»t_J. WWlman.^ ^ ^
ore3’municipal school lu tho stall j ‘S' ‘S •jjjf"**!!'*
of Ceorgln which, Is on the II nl-! ** O'® alumni voting was concern-1 an q the governor Is an Internn-
versity of Georgia’s accredited high ® d *" 1 J^ 0 “to"‘• 1 ®® t ? d *™* ,, |®»* tlons! officer and the accredited
school list tho most prominent Georgia men .vopressntatlve of the Intornatlona’
st this time, however the «* 1 .J hoard of clubs.
France played one ot her highest, toe Oerdlne, Athena,
cards Sunday,in the seizure of the. The day’s program began In the
transportation facilities in the Masonic Temple at 10 o’clock with
Ruhr, and the Frehch are no» a recess for dinner at 12:30 o'clock,
awaiting Germany’s plan of ac- The afternoon session began nt 2
tion. o'clock, closing lata In lha rfter-
If the French proceed with their noon with conferring of the Royal
plan of seizure the inhabitants of »rch degree, by High Priest Linton
ton the first seven rearn All oulh ttlc occupied zone will be faced by Orr-'lno of Athens.
tho greater number of chtba ure In I^ accede K, . rhn officer, of tha Fifth dla-
the United State*, ard the British “ * nd the other — tr.ct are W. A. Capps, high prieat.
Isles and-. Ctnada—there are now , “ I £®'iT-fiei.rn w. Alhcna; C. H. Ore, king. Waahlng-
Por"/Irn U *M.vino lElZTSSt l«~t -» *®^M5SbT*5S*5? JR! % £££'Ml Z.'
lie of Panama, Uruguay. Argentine 'fikewUc reticent authorltle3 wer * High Shoais; W. 8. Robinson, prin-
Republlc, Chin. Norway Brittah Paria waa aIio silent on th , oul . ^HM aoJournbr. Monroe; P B.
IntHa, Spain, FYance, Denmark, , onl . . Trsdwlck royal arch captain, Com-
Amtrnllab New Zealand. Hawn" , * loerce; J. T. Noell, mastor third
Philippine islands,- Peru. South
Africa, Japiu. Holland and Brazil
Each' Rotary club It a complete
working nnlt In Itaetf, entirely In
dependent of every other club, ant
Is supposed to make itself a |«rt
of the community in which It Is
established and to adapt Itself to
tl e peculiar problems of that con.
m mity. During the last few years
a model constitution has been pro-
vlt ed that all new clnbt are re
quired to adopt.
A system of arbitrary grouping
of clubs In what are called districts
has been adopted. There are 41
Rotary districts In the world nt
the ..resent time. Each dlatrict has
a governor who Is elected by the
anneal convention from nomlna-
Ilona made by cluba of the dlatrict
Delivers Alumni Day-
Oration Here.
NEGRO PROBLEM
SUBJECT OF SPEECH
Says “Solution of Prob
lem Rests on White Race.
Progress Depends on
White Initiative.”
Col. Alexander R. Lawton. Sa
vannah, prominent University el
Georgia Alumnus, delivered the
Alumni oration before the Alumni
noddy Tuesday afternoon, speok-
‘ng on tho subject, "The Negro to
■ -te nnd Elsewhere.”
Col. Lawton Is a member of Phi
Betta Kappa, Is vlca president of
the Central of Georgia railroad,
during the Spanish American war
ho was colonel of the First Geor
gia volunteers. He has Berved an
president of the Georgia Historical
Society and of tho Georgia Bai*
Association.
Tho Alumni of Georgia elected
Colonel Lawton president. In the
election that has Just closed and be
will make an Ideal leader for the
Georgia University graduates and
veil, comer; C. W. Johnson J mas-
* nt r ms. .. teT »«COnd Vtll, ElheitOtt 7 C. N.
ELBERTOD.-Thc German rail- Roberts, matter -first veil. Social
road officials In the Elberfleld dls- circle
trict. which la Just on tho edge of;
the occupied area nnd through I J st t n
which most of the food trains for .JIIClRe 1 .asll Jt\»
tho Ruhr and the Rhineland have
been i.using, announced Monday!
that the French had Imposed a tax !
of Ig per cent on all fnjd ship'-1
ments destined for tho Ruhr and
the Rhineland.
Broyles Praises
Justice Marshall
schdol. Is facto* great need to tho
way ot more buildings and other
Industrial equipment, according to
Billups Phinizy. president of the
At the business session of the
Alumni Society at 11 o’clock Toss, '^nd' uforto^Hodison,
(Turn to Pag* Five.) , pa *t president of th* local club.
— | n •“
nndB of toM of lava Into the nky
(mm the main crater aa the five
minor cones continued their flow
of moltert flaming atone.
Thundering like massed gun» the
hot sla? poured down thp mountain
slope ilka the ovaHlow of blast.
furnace cauldrons. They towered. pROF HARR | 8 0E ts
"^d‘ b ho«^ ,W ^to«’HIGH OFFERS
SMITHS' ATTORNEY
MIES STATEMENT
Furthermore, .hey added, the, Atlantan Deliver8 Phi
had received notification that they i Beta Kappa Society Ad-
chargra 'tor dl ' e8S Here Monday Aft-
on the militarized lines of the oc- CITIOOH At Chapel.
ennfed area. The Gcrmons asserted i , .
totontlon "f com-1 John Marshall, tha "apostle of
«. E? •.* V 1 "! 8 . 'J™®" 11 * as this nationalism" was tha subject of
IE. „ " vl °totlon of the Oer- the annual Phi Bsta Kappa address
resls. delivered here st 8 o’clock Monday
"ce °™cr. evening by Judge Naah R. Broyles. Incident to th* Inauguration »r.d
Tha French nnnnuni-ed 'not week 01 ,h e Georgia Court of Appeals. moving my fsmlly to Atlanta nuk* SUPERIORITY CARRIES
that all merchandise . ntnlrg oc- . ■ , “? eo “L®., 01 th® state’. , H Impossible to accept,
president or tha local elob. cuplad territory rror- unorcuoleit I , !* dln t )nrliU, andl member of | "I need only »a, tha. ....uux ...
attending tha International. Germany would bo taxed 25 P per * l ‘h® University. tbs worthy Institutions of tbs state
Hang-Chow in order to “get away 1 V™
from the influence of tho Chlnfi matriculates,
party,” which Is considered entire-
ly unfavorable to the causo of the " IS
leaders. INTERESTING
Chins is a turbulent sea of polit-! „ . .
leal discord at present and it may ! Col. Lawton has made a study
turn out that the newly formed of tho negro problem for several
alliance will be successful i„ fur. years now and his speech on the
thcring the ambitions of the men subject Tuesday was one ot au-
who arc behind the alliance. thority and Interest. ,
The addresH In part is here glv.
on, with a connecting report of the
portions which lack of space for
bids printing:
“In this day of perplexing world
problems I speak of one nearer ue
—tho relations between the domi
nating white race and the domin
ated negro, I bring it to you be
cause it demands the attention of
those who should be and are the
, loaders of onllghtened public cpln-
Wires Board of Trustees I l 0 Zt
Regretting ( Inability to •»»..* man watt, w*™ ^
Attend Sessions. Arrives, u,ta problem may carry with It the
in City Tuesday. I minimum of friction, Injustice and
' | Its disclaimed any Intention ot
Gorernor-elect Clllfonl Walker, viqlatlnc tho nroprtetles by even
'Mrs. Walker and Orrin Roberta, of remotely touching upon politics.
Jlonroo arrived in Athens Tuesday nnd declared that hla race Instinct
morning for tho Alumni oxcrclscs. forever mnkes Impossible the sug.
Mr. Walker was Invited last week gcstlon of amalgamation. He look*
to attend tho sessions of tho trus- ! of "rnco Instinct" and of “race
tecs but declined with regrets c : prejudice and drew the contraal
tho following telegram: between the qualities Implied In
"I cordially appreciate tho cour- I the two terms. He waived the.
tesy of tho Board of Trustees to nuestlon of tho responsibility for;
Inviting mo to sit with tho board the existence of tho problem, and.
nnd deeply regret that the pressure (said:
RESPONSIBILITY
Convention aa deltgatas from th*|
But It Is the responslhtnty Of
ly, and the_ wbitq
am.
cant, hut at the time It we. ... of Georgia from which Institution tha old Mother University lyts the th" white race only, and the w
Athena club. Mr. 'Hodgson waz’Plainsd food would b* admitted h ® * r * du ® t ® d ’ w “, ttl ® Principal first place In my heart at evidenced men has the higher duty. We
mfOHiplnled mi tbs trip by Mf** Irtt. U uu RUmillCU ■».!.«■ ms tka mnatln* e# tha O*. I W ...■■ ■«.■«! cl ■ I ■ tan ttm Bseanilaneir anil tlfl Uln
Hodgson. P V |
speaker at the moetlng of tho So-1 by an unbroken record of personal to tho ascendency nnd no solution
clety which has for ono of Its Ini- attendance nt commencement for nr amelioration can progress ex-
thpm. . ^
In hissipg angry floods, the lava
poured alpng ; the dry beds of
rivprs, throwing off Jets of smokg
and steam.
U became known here rnesdav
that because of his great Interest
In the school which he has aeon
grow from Its Infancy to the hr i*
orable position that It holds too.iy
professor larrls has turned do'rn
fJ-JW Bn 0 ffer become president of
INCREASES 1 ||)o Georgia State Industrial col*
' 3L ■’ liege In Savannah, an offer to head
The flow Increased. Vlaeyards,, hoo) , „ tnle 0 f Yir-tola.
Orange and lemon groves and firms i and anot j, er orfor to be mlu tor
wore dcstroyed'as the lava streams I a |arae co i ore d church. -
elation to the oeople of Athena for,
the cn. opera Von that -has been i
given the luntllutlop to the past ■
and asko that this same and more >
cooperation he given to.the »«-| Austjn Be „ g ayB J udRe
Sibley Did Not Say Offi
cers Could Not Be Con
victed.
rasaMW'**’
_ T . , I ® wta ®“ "nns that "practice
GOV. J. A. (J. Breus and what the, preach” to the trade are
The following announcement in
regard to Judge Samuel H. Sib
ley's statement in .hearing of the
federal and state officers charged
with murder of. Jepp and J, U.
Smith sevreal days tgo was made
itin Bell ~
by Attorney Ansil
Tuesday:
Oscar Hallam Running
Neck and Neck For Re
publican Nomination.
(By Associated Pros.)
the ones tbit Invariably succeed—
and ala'ayg deserve to. There are
man, variations of the aid adage
about "the cobbler's shoes boiug
worn out," running all the way
' the "carpenter's leaky roof”
'tool
--- . .... - ST - PAUL, Minn.—Gov. J. A. O. to tha "barber needing a shave,'
Press report* from Atlanta re- Preus nnd Oscar Hallam, former lit none of these can apply to the
gprdmg the trUI o^J. H.^ssUey, state aupreme court justice, were .progressive firm 0 f McGregor
Company of this city.
, — . ... » . .. e— —t Judge Samuel H. Sib-1 senatorial nomination In csrly re-
xalnea Impetus. / .1 During tho college^ re*r__»u2 ley quoted Judge SIblsy as sUtlng turn* Monday night from tha spa-
at al. on n petition for hnbesa cor- in a close reee for the republican
pus before °* 1 u n ‘ k - 1 ■ ••
til tending-aver a 1.000-foot front 1 2J tlierB * were MB students enroll-
nil moving MO feat an hoar, a wall t cd to thB A ih Bn a, High aqd Indus-
>f sulphurous fire- and °>® u ® n | trial school and courses were of-
»t.1no overwhelmed the . railroad fRred , n acal j em | c wt - Industrial
I station at Castiglione, and flat
tened out the famona pipe grove
st Gloss, as st scythe mows down
wheat Flaming nnd roartn. th*
torrent swept on across the
nation canal* of the lemon grove*
to tho Village of LlnguagtogsA prop,
er. /. - ‘ i 4 " 1
With the. torrent slowly embed,
ding the fire-charred depot at Caa.
'igllone, tho populace fled. GaJly
painted two-wheeled Sicilian
taunting care led tho refugee hordo
'hat milled through blinding smoke
'"wards the ’ sea. At midnight r
shattering earthquake shock swept
the foothills an a crater month
opened at Monte Nero, from which
a new flow spread.
Bishop Aelreale arrived at I.ln-
ruaglossa shortly after midnight,
'nmfortlnt the refugees ps they
The towns of 'Plcdolo, PsIUmel
lata, and Ferro were destroyed.
Lite Monday the stream movlnt
Ugnaxlnssn Split Into several
branches less then a mile fr.,i:t H ••
town. It was honed that thus thq
•toed tnlrht spill over hill ,lopes
and xoare tho populace.
Military motor trucks and pr|.
rate automobiles were command-1
brick mason, plastering, carpenter-
inn. nurse training, dress making
and home economic*.
There wero S7 graduates from
<bo nur> training department the
year before the fin epidemic and
these nurses were used by bori
white snd blacks and rendered a
great sorvlco.
More than 6u Jwomen whs cook
hnvo taken work In the extension
bopartment’s alx weeks’ course.
Those who took tho -brick mason
and plastering work are making
good In both sooth snd north,
Music Is a specialty at the Instltu.
tlon and tho co.ored quartette has
been wired to tour Ctnada. rhe
gradual es o the school re
ported to be making the Wgheit
grades In northern nnfveraltles.
Prominent white cttlten* of Ath
ena I* referring to th* Athena High
and Industrial School and it* head
prof. 8am Harris, express high
praise for It*.
^‘r^.comnw.^.,'
also «v much credit Is due,
Harris for his*assiduous labors
untiring effort* In making the In
stltntion the best It can be with
the limited buildings and eqnpl-
mpnl that he baj.
that he did not think there wssnmr dal xtste wMe primary in Minne-
'possibility of tlu defendanta in tlre I0 w Monday. Preus had a slight
oaaos charging homlside* of Jett, lead in the first 100 precincts to
Smith and J. B. Smith being con-inMrt '
victod.’ J Returns from 63 of the state’s
"I have obtained Judge Sibley's .3.620 precincts gives Preus 1,743;
permission to mske the following; Hallam 1,310; Anderson 407; Burn-
*tatenrep»: I quilt 229; Power 169; SchaU 418;
"Judge Sibjqy dld not use the Lnndeen 88; Martin 14; Stcener*
broad language ascribed to him, son 57.
but did state, in substance, ds fot-' For the farmer-labor nomination
Iowa: In *11 much n» it is uncer- Dr. L. A. Fritsche and Magnus
tain when the grand jury will meet Johnson were in n neck *nd neck
in Greene county and for the far. race with Fritaehe holding at least
ther reason that I do not think a momentary lead in the flrat 58 of
there la any Msslblllty of these (he state’s 3^20 precincu. These
detondsnta beta* cfivlctedI of precincts gave Fritsche 023; John-
MURDER, I believe that they son 80S, and Lindbergh 312. The
should be allowed to give a rea-, democratic nomination, early re
soluble bond payable to the gover- .turns showed, went to State Sen-
nor of Georgia to be present nndittor James A. Curley by n dccis-
abide whatever decision the grand :fve margin.
Jury of Greene county may make The three winners in Monday’s
In this matter upon an tovestign-. primary will contest in the July 16
Gab; . I final election tor the unexpired
*1 make thi* correction because term of the late Knnte Nelaon. the
a great many people, from having,senior United States senator from
read the newipeper reports, think, Minnesota, whose term oxnirei
that Fudge Sibley exprensed the,March 4, 1926. A six-year term
opinion that thtae jnen were not (senator to succeed Nelson will be
■ i Hp did not [ sleeted In the 1924 fall election
„ J FIRST BLOOM EXBTBITED
be : convicted of ABBEVILLLE, Gs^-The first
°t murder. (cotton bloom of the season, grown
Ticrr bv Al,dy Nca ' ° n tI,e farm °* °’
AUSTIN BLLL, _ (F. Faxon, was exhibited here to-
“Altorney At Law, for Smith (day. Crops are backward here be-
bamily.” j cause of the heavy rains.
Hates this year. George Foster
Peabody. New York philanthropist
and educator and member of the
University board of trustees for
life.
The Jurist spoks of th* first
Chief Justins of tb* U. 8. Supreme
Court is one of thn "grant mister
builders of tbs ntllon." A man
cast In heroic mold, and on Intel
lectual giant nt whom posterity
will never csss* to marvel.
PRAISES THE
CHIEF JUSTICE
Chief Justice Marshall was also
praised for Ms faith In George
Washington and hlr fidelity to the
"father ot oar country" when, utter
the signing of the toy Treaty e
storm of calumny aga'Mat Washing
ton broke out over the country nnd
the president was denounced ns n
thief, murderer, miser nnd opprea-
(Tum to Pago Five.)
Ono of (heir special lines I* of-
*lce furniture and fixtures* includ-
In* al Ithe lateit devices for put*
ting one’s bunlnesa on an effi
cient basis, for labor-saving and
accurate methods in handling the
details of every office, store and
factory. They not only deal In these
devices snd Items of equipment,
bnt they nse tbem ln Ibe conduct
of their own business—everything
loo “ ol ® a, lPlans For Convention
Will Be Outlined TueB-
Legion Meeting
At Georgian to
Begin At 8:30
thirty-two years. I will co-operate
with* the board personally and of.
fldaJly one hundred par cent In tha
development e* tha University.
"CLIFFORD WALKER”
Believe Chicken
Ate Three Pearls
Worth a Fortune
Mrs. Corey’s Chauffeur
Confesses Taking Neck
lace, According to the
Police.
PARIS.—Ambling nbout the plac
id barnyard bf a quht French cha
teau is r harmless, ordinary,
feathered biped of a chicken on
whom the master minds of tb*
Paris police force have tael tha he said, "the
And they go k step further-
thejr are always on tho alert u
adopt any equipment, whether they
i sell It or not, that will make for
efficiency In handling their grow-
Ins trade. They rave recently In-
stallef* one of the largest and mosf
complete types of cash registers of
a well-known make, the machine
facilitating the handling of every
snle ami keeping a complete record
of it Every salesman of the firm
has a separate department In tho
register and every customer gets
a slip showing hla purchase and
the salesman who waited upon him.
I It Is a credit purchase he Is given
a duplicate of the charge, and If
It is a caph transaction- be U given
aesh discount when |25 worth of
Purchases has been made. This
feature will doubtless prove at
tractive tb Vje large clientele of
firm.
gravest suspicions.
The chicken is believed to have
eaten three pearls, belonging to
Mrs. William Corey, wife of the
steel magnate, and worth a king's
f ransom.
The myrte/y of the mleslng
Corey pearls waa cleared up Mon
day morning by the arrest and con.
feaslon of Auguste Bouell. French
chauffeur of Mrs. Corey.
On her return from London be
ccpt on our Initiative. While
need tho sympathetic co-operation
of the nevro. we can make toms
progress without him: he can mpke
none without 11s. Moreover the
white race has always claimed re^
clal superiority. Who makes tHf
claim mull never forget tbaC«i£
perlorlty carries proportionate ob*
ligation.”
He cited the census figures IndL*
eating the percentage and the dis
tribution of negro population: leei
than 10 p»r cent, of the population
of the United States being negro,
and nearly 48 per cent, of the pop
ulation In Georgia negro, and de
clared that "we can expect nelthaf
tho dlsapnoarance nor the dlmlmi'
tfnn of thn numbers to a negl!rf«
gle figure” He said that four,
fifths of the negroes are in tha
South; that race Instinct and prob-
a!»lv race prejudice seems strong*
e.st in the Kngiish speaking peoples,
the Southern white people helpfe
mostly of British stock "Thesa
facts alone sufficiently explain”
more conapicloua
day N i Kh t. Savannah
After 1924 Meeting.
Plvnn for th. hto Amortr.n h «d smilingly confronted her with
"tana tor th* big American Legjoeven ol (he pearls missing attar
ion Convention here July 3, 4, 5 |,er $100,000 necklace bad been re
will be outlined at n general ses
sion of the Allen R. Fleming, Jr.,
Post at the Georgian Hotel Tues
day night
The meeting will begin nt 8:30 - „
o’clock. Frank O. Miller, adjutant, <»* picked up the pearls near hla
announces. | garage, later, under the third de-
Accordinit to a telegram to The wee, ha broke down end told how
uiner-Herald Tuesday thn Sevan- he had stolen the pearl* ns a pros,
nah delegation will come to ' ’
covered t week xgo-
’Look what I found In the gnu,”
uld.
At first he told a story of has-
convention next! month with
a»-Invitation'for 1 the organization
. .Up entlOlng hlb to receive , % hrid'tts 1924'conJcntlSn ta th.^
Srsn illgfYinnt tor. .u_
i important business will be don*
sidered at the meeting of the Leg
ion Tuesady night and all members
arc urged to attend*
hla wife, and when she
lly refused th^i stolen gift
ttered them 1c the grass
yiM.
The police, searching the grass
near the garage, found another
pearl. It Is believed, however, that
the chicken ate the missing pearl* ,
manifestation of race Instinct fh
tho south," though "race instinct 1
may not ho Justly classed an either
scctlOa.’itl or historical." but that
“it will manifest itsplf on rcaacm*
able provocation wherever num.
bora are sufficient to bring frequent
contact or economic pressura” * *_.*
H" of the laws which
have endeavored to deal, positive
ly or negatively with the race
question, and then reviewed at
length tho report of the Chlc%igp
race riot. Ho regretted that tl^a
report did not Indicate the treat*
mont of r;?gro«3 by whites of Brli*
Ish stock. Ho .reviewed the fifty*
nine recommendations of the coip*
mission, selecting seven, selecting
three which seemed practical: Pro
viding as good schools and teach*
for the negroes as for tha
whites: placing inspectors with
authority on street car linen pa$«
ronlzed hv many negroes; and tha
appointment of a nermanent
nrlttee on race relations to <
to study, and recommand
He then gave some "fundamai
tal data!”
"N'o individual, no
o organisation, can