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Newspaper Page TextInvestigate Today! To Regular Subscribers The BAtoNER-HERALD $1,000 Accident Policy Free Dally sad Sunday—10 Cent* ■ Weak. Established 1832 Dally and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. WEATHER: Middling 27 Previous Close ... Zfl/t ATHENS COTTON; Light Showers and slightly cooler Wednesday night. VOL. 91, NO. 115 Associated Press Service ATHENS, QA* WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27. 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single.Copies I Cents Dally. S Cants Sunday. UNCLE SAM LEADING IN DEBT REDUCTION SAYS PRES, HARDING pgg ’jjjjy Tells Salt Lake Audience Of Government Success In Reducing T^xes and, .. t»«wi ON SIMILAR LINES DflQPl IT I l|/r piTV Executive Declares Cost H' UtllL Ulll Of State and Local Gov ernment Increases As Federal, Decreases. Jury Chosen Late Tues day in Trial.of Walter Higginbotham For Mur der of Tabert. SALT LAKE CITY.—President tfardibg outlined here what the fed eral government has accomplished in dr creaking taxes and the public debt and made a plea for action along similar lines by' 0be *tatng,, r , ng - 0 f the Putnam Lumber municipalities and counties. Company, who is charged with the The executive said the feder «l I murder of Martin Tabert, North government la “diligently seeking ‘ Dakota youth, was again featured to prove Itself a helpful example" Wednesday by more caustic verbal In removing what he characterized j clashes • between the two counsels is the menace of mounting taxes over the naming of the commission, md growing public Indebted^ <s. er to take the ae[ but added that this was not al ne a federal problem, that "the Im proved order must come Into the units of government into which the federal government never in trudes." Mr. Harding dM not take up In <0y Associated Prese.f LAKE CITY—The trial of Wai ter Higginbotham, convict "whip- er to take the deposition of J. Hendry, a witness for the defense In Atlanta, Ga. / . Higginbotham’s counsel charged that Assistant United. tales Attor ney Caldwell was "butting In" 01 the case aifd made a motion for continuance. This motion wai Effort to Abolish Lash in TWO SUPERVISORS Public Schools Here Fait his addre.. any ■ contemplated »d |»v<Truled fty tho court, ministration program for tax re- ' vision In the coming year. Ho did say. however, that the federal gov ernment wan working under s tno- aram which “Involve* exllngul.h- inp a half billion of tho ((while) debt each year” and aaaerteT that the payments which tho Britl.h rovemment will make under the Brltlah-Amerlean debt ae(tlen.ent correspondingly in American The jury In the case was com pitted late Tuesday. The trial of Higginbotham li .centring the interest of tile na tion here, several of the big daily newspaper:* of the country having sent their repreaentatives down t* cover the trial. It. is charged that Higginbotham . UIVH ,, flogged [Tabert so severely that the nTlStTie i young convict died as a result of the injuries received from th* burden upon American Uxpayera." j ,nJ “ The prealdent declared no other |w" | PP |n *. country In the world had been able, to mako anrh a record In public T0 TURN BACK debt reduction as had tho United Staloa. Pointing to a reduction of more than one half In federal taxes during the pant two FJare as compared with the war load euk In 1920.Aa declared thin wan the "record of business admlpls- . .. .. teat ion to-which the titffr’fn corded," ho declared that aaldo from justified in referring with no anmu measure of satisfaction. The British debt settlement, the executive went oil has been ' ac claimed all over the world as one ef the most notable and sttccessnil fiscal accomplishments ever re- . corded," he declartd thataklde from reducing the burden of American taxpayers, the settlement had been ohe of the “most reassuring event* slnco the armistice" coming as u did st a time of "wldeeptead uncer tainty and misgiving throughout the world ol buslnesss every- " To the budgit bureau Mr. Hard ing .attributed (mtioh of tho credit for getting' government expend*- tures back to something like nor mal. Under this plan, he declared, the admlnlafratlon his been able to "awaken a aplrit of economy^and efficiency in the aer in uieir own country; "We have Introduced ^* ,, "J5*' vi ous trials have bee* cai methods In government. “out side," it is said, ed. "and instead of opeiatingi xh 0 »e to be bold st, Herachel Is- blindly and to suit individual ae- | am j represent from a/ over the ptrtments which have never via*, wegtern Artie. Their capture and ualized the government as a wflioie, subsequent handing over to the po- nnd felt no c-.j|c«ni about the rais- |j ce at Herschel by th - Rpyal Cana- Ing of funds, we are scrutinizing. |iij 4n Mounted Police was commend- junifylng, coordinating. »nd ed. immediately to the state, according Co-efrffer. . Unlike the o4h- wwiagt bank—belonging CONVICT LABOR TALLAHASSEE — The West Florida Naval tores Company hat decided to turn back It’s convicts to a report made to Prlnson Head- quartern here, by B. H. Dickson County Supervision The company baa been operating camp nt Wcwnhllchka and it'# last report showed that twentj four prisoners were being worked eleven of whom were white men The camp Is to be. abolished anf the prisoners turned over to , th* road department. Justice of White Man to Be Taken To Arctic Circle One For Primary Meth ods and Another For Vocal Music Urged By Superintendent TOTAL ENROLLMENT FOR WHITES 2,322 Mqyor Pleads For Action To Equip High School Auditorium Or Install Radio For Parents. Two supervisors, one for primary methods and another for vocal mu sic was recommended for the pub lie schools by Superintendent o School O.'G. Bond at the Board of Education Tuesday afternoon. In addition Mr. Bond praised the wprk of the military department of the High School under direction of Major Hunter Jfarrle, the cooking- classes, sewing exhibits at the High School, sewing and hat mak ing exhibits at the Flanlgen Night School, vocational classes at Rest street School, the Eaat Athens Night School. The report showed a total en rollment of 4,lit children of both white and negro ranes with an in crease of 36S over last year. The meeting of the board wae one of the longest of the year last ing from 3: SO until 5:30 o’clock. Much business wag transacted. Mayor George C/Thomas made s plea foi* the Board of Education to Intervene In the matter of equip ping the Melt Auditorium at the t *High School which is nearing com pletlon. Movement Begun By M. G. Michael Brings on Lively Discussion. Only Four Whipped Here During Year. Bcacham Quotes King Solomon III Opposing the Move, and Im proves That Gentleman’s Advice. An attempt to'abolish punishment In th'. Athens Public Schools at the Board qf Education Tuesday afternoon ended In def ir* ring the matter until tbr next mi sion. The effort to abollek corpora 1 punishment waa launched by M. G. Michael who declared tho system la "barbarous and inhuman* and a relic of the dark ages." Mr. Michael waa supported by Mayor George Thomas who said the elate of Georgia had abolished the !as!i In the convict camps and he couKl not see why Athena school children could not he governed aa easily as convicts. '.A. W. Dozier, W. W. Beacham and A Rhodes spoke in opposition to the proposed abolishment of cor poral punishment "Allow tl. ♦ children to know that.their ill-he- havour will not bring on a whip ping and they are liable to take ad* vantage of the teacher," Mr. Doziei tid. . Mr. Rhodea told of an lnataocf where a little* child, hitherto un-. ^7 by be has been completely tamed being shown a "switch" and Ir a ? docile as a lamb. More than tl i* the little boy Is foolish about l teacher. Mr. Rhodea said. No would not be in fnvor ef abol Ing corporal punishment. Mr aebam quoted King Solomon in italnlng h's argument ‘against dishing corporal punishment and upshot of the matter was post i-ment of action until the nex eting of the Board. ** -fort to abolish corporal punish- nt was Brought on after Suoer •ndent G. G. Bond had read hb « luai report pointing out that onlj ir ch’ldren have been whipped school this, yea*. The law aayr t ' consent of patents must be ob I bed before the child is whipped 1 Is showing was regarded as won- ful, and, according to Mr. Ml id demonstrated that corporal nmishment le not needed, dr. Beactiatn Improved on King lomon’n dictum when .lie declare* " i King Solomon says’ beat the d 'U out*of them *nd save their eduls from hv'V" • -I More Than Million Dol lars Damage in Ontario By Storm Monday. Crops Ruined. DEATH LIST*IS STILL SWELLING Electrical Storm Kills Four in New York. Bert Savoy Dead. Kansas City Hit. (By Aneelated Press.) TORONTO—With broken com munications pertly restored the death list mounted to five Wednes day afternoon, as a result of the storm which swept over Westers Ontario Monday. While communications are helm restored, the work la progressing slowly and the chances are likelj that the ^st of the dead and the property damage will be much larg er. It la estimated that the prop erty damage, placed conservative- ly, will run over a million dollars and aa many outlying towns have been unable to send In reports thi death list win also likely awelL The storm was one of the most CARSWELL ELECTED f WEDNESDAY TO GA. SENATE PRESIDENCY TOEtTERTlIHJIT Cecil Neill is Again Bleat ed Speaker of the House With It. B. Russell, Jr., Pro-Tern. HOLDEN AND R. T. CD P P || [| f] I DUBOSE IN SEATS Ol U UII U U L Munday Withdraws From Senate Presidency Race Making Carswell’s Elec tion Unanimous. | sever, that ,v«f aw,pt OT.r thll Cracksman,' Aged “Miss Louie" Lane section to the country. Housei 11 Nabbed As He ^ Has School Named b ’ rll, '' iol * nce,whn *‘^‘‘“™ u '*‘ — — ™ 1 109 ULHWI MB111CU „ wU | b , w ,„ kl b , for # ||mt| |n( . Hides His “Loot” i For Her By Board h y"‘ r,a ,Bd w '" The mayor declared th* loin! building committee hu an equip ment fund but it look* u If the auditorium will not (*t It, -hare. Wo should not allow, the Hlsh EDMONTON—Headed by Judge Lucicn Dubuc, a Judicial party hu left numonton for Herachel Island, in the Artie, where eleven Eakimoa will be tried on charge of murder. Thi. is the first occasion on which Eskimos have been tried Her mur der in their own country; dljire- enlv linltinit monntlnx coat. *»»* making long itrtdes in reducing the cont of government activities. rorbepe/ the budget - would not nccompllih eo much for farina and upending division, •mailer than, the state, bn*. « res olute commitment to strike at ell extravagance end expetd public tends as one would for hlm.elf in hie personal and bualneae nffavni trill aceompllnh wonders. Figures furnlehe. - by him by botji the treasury and comm bureau the prealdent aUted. ''make It perfectly ’plain that where*, the cost ot federal government le •»- i"e steadily reduced, the co>t of •tale and local governments Is he- >ng just 'a, itcndlly Increued, year by year.” "Take the coats of aUte tovorn- Bienta, H ho said. "I »m Informed U.t the revenues of the itetea In 1»I3 aggregated ««8,l)««.««0. end lint in 1931 they hal Increaaed to D59,000,000; that to. they h»d In- creased 1*J ptr cent, *no mrery dollar of that Increue had to come *n son)e way cr other from the public..The- expenditures of the Hale. In this aggregated $383,000.- 000. and In 1921 they were *L00».- 01*0.000: an Increase of 183 per rent The Indebtedness nf the Mates In 1913 amounted to 3423.- noo.ooo and end In 1931 to $1,012,- 000.000, an Increase of 139 per cent. "Torn now to tho eoat of city government. The census bnrrau has compiled date on tho :)» ra- ntents of 297 of tho lari eat cttles (Turn to page six ) A number of the Eskimbs were brought in by dog teams for 1,000 miles or more along the bleak shores of the Areic. One constable charged with the delivery of n pri soner himeett Avery mgut one oth er to build snow iglooa and make camp. Detpite almost insurmoun table obstacles, the “mounties" won thiough and delivered his prison- Work Progresses On Hi Auditorium Work is progressing daily now on the auditorium of the High School and by the time the fall term opens this building will be ready for occupancy. The two new schools, the one ot Chase street and the other on Lumpkin will also be ready fur use this fall The chase street eehool Is xiesrinp completion now, • Stegeman Back From Chicago Coach If. J. (Stegeman. ha, re turned from Chldago’where he car ried member, of tho Orargta track team to participate In the Natlonh' meet there. While gone Mr ftlcgeman also visited hto old home in Michigan. II, la back for coaching school of the Summer School, which he dl- recta. American Legion Appeals For Rooms ■ The' Oeorgta l»p.rtmept of ^r**^**^? 'jS'J'fl biggest convention since Ita foundlnX. ln Rooms and cots aro Billed <VSPi:^ Taw. nm-Tf^whtAo be ^M, blth the Hon.Ing commute by »»“>* tlie coupoa elsewhere. er schools, it belongs to the en tire city: Everyone should he In terested In ita welfare and growth It is already the beet In the state,’ the mayor declared. "An attemnt * to decrease the •eating capacity to Isotne 700 seats wae staved off,” he said, ’’and we got 960 neats. Now the joint com mittee wants to half equip the au ditorium.” "Where will he'parents of these graduates sit," he Inquired. "Will we have to Install radiophones and let them alt at home and hear their children griuluateT I appeal to this board to see to It that the audi torium is equipped as It should be." A resolution was adopted by the Board requesting the joint commit tee to equip the auditorium ade quately at the close of the mayor's remarks and a discussion which fol- Jpsved. The resolution waa intro duced by A. Rhodes. EXCERPT PROM BOND’8 RERPORT An excerpt from Mr. Bond’s re port follows: Gentleman of the Board of Education: 'A cursory.inspection of the fore going table of statistics discloses the fact that the total enrollment In the white day schools fa 3,333, which Is an increase of 175 over ha total enrollment of lash year. Thlr Is just about though pupils make a good four grade school. 8trange to say, this Increase made by iwo schools: the Michael High School shows a gain of 117 pupils and the Oconee Street School a gain of tf. The other four schools show a small decrease. "Every one of the colored day schools, except one, shows an In crease. This school, the grammar department of Reese Street School, haa exactly the same enrollment It had last year, 170. The largest In crease, SB. la In the ‘West Athens School. The total gain m all col- Small Negro Boy Robs Savings Bank Belonging To Burton Chandler, Living on Boulevard. George Merlweathey, rn elev en-year-old negro boy, haa em barked on a career as a cracks man at a tender age. George Is in the city prison chargsd with robbing a bank- 13 6 1 O V 6 d Athenian Is well known Honored By Education Board. Oconee St. School To Bear Her Name. The negro boy was found un der his home on Lynddn ave nue where he had hidden the bank and hjs money after rif ling It of several dollars. Police were notified whefl the bank -;was missing from the Boulevard residence of the owner and Po licemen Curry and H1U located the youthful cracksman and his "loot." George claims he spent f!f*een cents and turned over $1.01 to the police. He went to deliver some clothes at the Chandler residence where he foiPid the bank, Idle stated. Pickpocket Keeps Up Onslaught On T. S c b 11 Holland Not Satisfied With Rob ing Athenian, New York Crook Charges Hotel Bill To Him At Astoria. “Mr. Dmvl«," th* , gentleman fromSavannah who robhwl Prof eanor T. Scott Holland of n ticket to Pranco and t.00 In ca.h and traveller, check, hut w,,k evidently waan’t sa’lafled .and decided to run up a hotel bill agalnet hto victim. ored ecboola I, til. “Th* total numtwr of puplto of both racM, enrolled In th, day flehool,. la 4,118, which I, Ml’more thin th, enrollment hut year. It to needle*, to uy that thla to far and awa? th* target ,nroIlm«nt we had. Going bock ton yaora, for the purpore of comparison, wr rind that the whit* anrollmont fctn 1110 and. tho colored, 1047, mikljt* a total of 3,017. Thla number taken from 4181 ,how* a gain of 1481 pupil. In th, toet decade, which la an Increaa* of nearly $4 p,r cent. * “One feature of thla report, thit . •trongly appeals to me, Is the fact! * ho claimed h, waa from Ba- that out of an arerog* dally atten- >•»»•*> and robbed the Ath- dance of tT77, In th* while day|. ,lU,n - school* there were only fouV case. After Professor Holland waa victimized by the pickpocket he went back to the McA'pin hotel and, upon advice pf de tectives, checked out and reg istered under an assumed name to await the return of the rick- pocket whom detectives figured would go back to the McAlpin. Instead of going back-to the McAlpin, however .the crook went to the Waldorf-Astoria and registered under the name of *T. Scott Holland." At least, Professor Holland la in ^receipt of a bill from that fa mous hostelry and he says he never stopped there at all while In New York preparing to em bark for Europe. Therefore, it must have been "Mr. Davie." Professor Holland believes the police will capture the pick pocket who le one of a famous gang and la well known In po- I , I Hiss Louie Lane, beloved Athenian, was honored by the Board pf Education Tuesday-. |when that body named the |Oconee street grammar school lllarly known, haa been a mem. bar of the city school staff for many years, ghn to principal of the Oconee a,rest night school which* all? 's-aa lnatru- mental in eatabllahlng. • Tho motion to nama tho • Ofconoo atreat school tor Mlaa Lane waa made by W. \V. Beacham from the FI rat Ward and aecondod by every member of the board almoe^ at the aarne time. Mayor Thomaa Jumped to tie feet fleet, how ever, and addraaalng tha chair . pralaed Mlaa 'Lane for bar nnaalflah aervlca In behalf ot tha youth ot thla city. Other members ot tha board pralaed Mlaa Lane and Chair man John D. Moll declared he would Ilka lo hive aeconded tha motion hlmeelf hut for tha parliamentary rulea forbidding such. At the same time It waa do- . elded to place (he nama of the various school buildings In a place where they con be easily seen from the street. . The following school build- Inga have bean named by the Board thla year: Oconee 8tree School, “Louie Lone School;" College Avenue to “O. O. Bond School;” Chase Street School to “C. D. Flanlgen School;" Lumpkin Street School to "D. C- Barrow 8cbot>I:“ Childs Street to “John D. Mali School:” High School to “M. O Michael School," and new audl. torium al High School “E. B. Mall Auditorium." ACTOR KILLED NEW YORK—Bart Savoy, w.ll known actor of Ih* stag- tram ol Brennan and Bavoy waa killed let* Tuesday night at. Long Beach. L. 1 In a terrific electrical norm which swept over th. Metropolitan dis trict with great Intensity' Jack Grossman another cele brated actor and comedian wai also killed during the atorm whlcl tor s*-versl hours unabat-t A woman In DrohRlyn and n mat In Yonkers also loet their lives a* a result of tho atorm which played over the city, starting n number ol fires, some of them which threaten ed to become serious until promp 1 work by fireman put them undo control. The loaa from the (Ire wae email, It wae elated Wednee day. •Tmr Program Thursday Even ing Will Be One of Treats of Session of Summer School. U la for people who like their opera a Is .carte—and ninety-five out ot every hundred muslc.lovers belong to this class—that the Attl ees Music Study Club’a program at tha Unlverelty chapel Thraday ironing to prepared. Relatively few people enjoy an enure opera; they go for tho oake or one or two famous artiste, a stirring chor- ua, or a brilliant place of orcbos- tratlon. And so aereral operas have yielded delectable morsels, so to apeak, for the feait -which tho Mualc Club will offer to tho Sum mar School and the people of Ath- Mr. end Mrs. Hugh Hodgson, tho directors, have n it, however, been content with hackveyed and dog eared salacUon* Scrotal of the (By A.aoclatad Pro*) ATLANTA—G.orpe H. Care- well of Irwlnton, was unani mously elected president of the State Senate at th* opening tee- •Ion of the legislature Wednes day. following withdrawal from the race by Senator William W. Mundy of Codartown. In the Houe* organisation - waa effected by election. Of Speaker Cecil No.ll and E. B. Moore as clerk. Mrs. Viola Napier of Bibb county, woo tho first woman to take her aoat In the General Aiaombly when •ho took tho oath, quickly fol- lowed by Miae Beetle Kompton of Fulton county. Th* woman wore welcomed in short apoooh. «. by Spoak.r Neill. Clarke representative, in the On eral Assembly that met for the fif- n “LP r ", , r b J. e '™ m o’clock on- nl.hllsh^s s-H -I.. h» „ ung thg nU * y PolK K. Toombs Du Hose and Frank A. any publlitar, and will from manuscript. The Tcmplo Scene from Alda, with Ita erie and solemn atmosphere; tho resound ing Gloria passago in the march from the same opera; tho (harm ing and haunting Humming C horus from Butterfly--these an* almost never heard except cm tbr op< Holden left Tuesday for Atlanta while Senator Doycc t icklen repre senting the Fiftieth district in the Senate, is also presert in the S n- atc chamber. . Reports coming from Atlanta in dicate that politics have been ram- tlco stage. They will all bo given ,P ant around the .y of the Kim* by the Club Thursday night. Ipnll house the past several day« Another number that will win KANSAS CITY—After suffer Inf In the grip of an intense heat wav< for several days, which waa cespon •Ible for the deaths of several pel eons, thla city went through i u of rain and lightning, whlc7 severely crippled the wire service to other towns. Following the terrific heat of th# A 11/211 past few days the rain and elcn AtlteniailS Will trlcal storm gave a alight relief nn til It begun td do real damage and starting fires which burned severa’ homes. Continue To Enroll For Summer School Enrollment Reaches 1400 Mark With Prospects For 2.QPQ Before Term Ends. Visits Town and Tells Banner-Herald Readers of Progress It Has Made. Registration at the Summer School contlnuas end It Is indicat ed this will be the most eicceaa- ful school ever held. The cleat work began Tuesday morning. Al ready all of the dormitories are filled and scores of studs# ts an living In privets residences. The enrollment la close Ao four teen hundred at present and wll* reach 3,000 or more, it Is believed. J. R. Stokes. Former University Student Teacher in Griffin the audience at oaco Is the peren- niall fresh waltz scene front Faust; nothing elso in the rsogo of opera haa such Htistained sprighllinMM and contagious, rhythm. Tho Bell Chorus from II P&gintcci, another n$)Uf»iiat number, flaunts a coy and alluring theme against a back- rronds of chiming bolls. Then there is the Cigarette Chorus from Carmen, a flueqt thing for -worn* fjL’a voices. Tho program will to completed with “List tho a/herubin Host" from Tho Holy City, which* was heard In Athens throe years ago; and a lovely lyric passago from Brahms' Requiem, the fourth movement of that work. This concert will bo given Thurs day evening at 8x30 in the Univer sity chapel. No admission will bo dfaarged, as tho concert Is ono of the Summer School aeries. Athena people as well as Summer School students are expected. Aa the seat ing capacity of tho chapel !a limit- tael lain nninneo va.lll #1 ea .8 — ■.!,.» and that everything was practical ly cut and dried before the tw< houses met. Governor Elect Clif ford Walker arrived in Atlanta tuetday afternoon .James H. Doz ier of Athens, one his cieee ad. viKorE nnd manager of his cam paign, is on the scene »f action and will h.ive m bip pert in shaping plans for the inauguration of Gov* erner Welker at noon Saturdav. ed, lato comers will find 'Ifflculty In securing scats. Attend Meeting To Aid Farming Dr. Andrew M. Souie is One of Speakers. To Elect Successor To Geo. T. Betts. Severs! Athenians < will attend the big farm meeting In Atlanta Thursday evening, called for th* purpose of "carrying on" the work which waa begun by the .late George T, Betts of the Georgiy As sociation. Dr. Andrew M. Soule, Dr. Mil- ton P. Jamigan, Secretary E W Carroll of the Chamber of Com m.erce and James W Morton, pros!- The fight for the .president o! the Senate narrowed Tuesday night to 1 George Carswell of vVilklnsen- aon county, W. W. Mundy of i’ork lioth have waged active campaigns and a close election was anticipated Cecil Neill will bo speaker ot the . Hou*e ami Richard li. Russell Jr. • of Barrow wa« unopposed f«r speaker-protem of the House. Re presentative Milner of Dodge and Arnold of Lumpkin both having withdrawn in favor of the young • Winder nttorfoy. Major D. F McClatehey was unopposed for the place of read ing clerk of the senate and E. ft. Moore got the same pl«ce In the Mouse without opposition. TAX MEASURE EARLY I88UE \ ATLANTA, GA-, — Representa tive Charleb E. Stewart of Atkir.- son County, announced Tuesday h!s intention to introduce a rexplption in the House immediately after it a organization Wednesday calru* lated to allay any misapprelwft8io£~ as to tho intention of tho ierig lath-n and the appropriation or the staters revenues. 'Ihis resolution, as proposed hjr r. .Stewart, will in aubstaawe pat the House i —* ’ *** % ■ By T. LARRY GANTT When the city of Athens gave the North Eastern Railway to .unl^ -tee Richmond A Charlottes Air,phi ifttil jLitje (now the Southern) It waa utittityp. of corporal punishment In other KlWATIlft MpAfe words, out of 300,431 chances for IUWOH15 if WTO corporal punishment, only four oc curred. and thla too In the free of the fact that corporal prfnWiment In our ecboola Is not officially for bidden." Friend^ ,in Athena of Jgmet R Itokfe, a , former student at thi of Georgia, and also # appa man at that In . . II n* Interested to knee lice circles. Professor Holland fwith an agreement that said road; that next, year he will be conect — - - Iwocld oatend this branch tou Mary- i • with the Griffin High School vflle, Tenn., and the understanding He will teach lienee there, It Is was that said extension should j stated. •tart nt Lula Junction and a eepa- 1 • rate road built from Athene to the, W. H. Sibley Ends I BIRTHS LEAD DEATHS lo—oForty-nlnn btrttti wore rogl.tere'l fflltaKrt* ttUhty linrlng tho montl* ^ttrf'lekrtloJ Tuosday. Twenty-iilno people died to that month in this county, " At Georgian The Klwante club meets at the Georgian hotel Thursday at- twe o'clock In the regular weekly luncheon. In addition to the report* from number 1 of sdveW vtkltors- nre expected and some new entertaining stunts will be Introduced. coal folds qf East Tenensnce. But in order to shorten distance and save money the company began Its branch linn at what Is now Cornelia necessitating two changes of cars for the Fail*, then the tennlbon of William H- Sibley a son of Judge the new line. Thi* caused loud;Samuel H. Sibley, who attended complaint In Atbons, but our dtl- the University of Georgia a few sens could not heln themselves, j y#nrs ago waa graduated by the Then the Ajr Lino broke its con- ‘ Harvard University Lew fcfchool t.-cL -ru”* building.a Hue,to Talr,{reports receiyed J» AUW»„rt0tet itteemon lulah Falln. and .returned .to >ClH|.|.,illr V! Sibley t wgfhv?m\K $}.***• city both the.iNorth Eastern zndyber of the etudes bpd^^u the Atb- the branch road to MNAgh Falla. en*jInstitutionfgnd : success Is ire- (Turn to Page 8tx) dieted for him as a lawyer. llie JIou.sc on record, and notityTth#. . people of Georgia, that, while there should and probsoly \»... be a re vision af the taxation and depart mental maintenance system provid ed for this Legislature, the tax payers may rest assured that there will be no ultra drastic legislation •e...*,. — K .v.. -‘£ crea f c8 *n appropritv.ns where' dent of the Georgia Farm Bureau I in "e is no corresponding and bal- Federatlon will attend the meet- jancing decrease in expenditurer t* Ing. Dr. Soule and Dr. Milton Jar- other departments anc’ branches rf nigan will be among the speakers ; ,5 government. Mr. Carroll Is a director of the *. « a,d Mr. otewart, ,“ig Georgia Association. jtnat. wn..** th* state must n*v» MUCH INTEREST i to^LSS**? ">«» N MEETING ® ee de(I, we sh.'lid and can raise jit by well-worked out system of ATLANTA—Other hand. hav. ‘ he ,, va „ rio , u ” ‘“‘>: •aught up the torch that Georg, r ‘^’tn “ U- . A ”? h < 0^^L‘3totTSe t tete Jetts carried high Setts carried high. The work tse begun for Georgia will be-car- tied on. The admiration for hit inseiflsb efforts has 'Crystallized al noat overnlzht int<? a d| tlon on the* part of tens to take up the task whsre h« •ft <****>■ Tcarry I. foewird th# furore and clamor for tax revision’ this Lcgislrture is not disported cither to tax the people to ueeth -a* many who have written and talked to me have expressed fear that it may—nor to heap upon them an unwarranted or burom* . Bl . _ . - - , J— eomo tax levy. We need a revision *ork Af ih. Georgia Aaaoeiatior of our taxation sy.tcm, porh.pT tadtofrt* Georgia from econornlt; bat no material increase in revenue) serfdom. □ Such Is the unmslakahleLl Ration of the immediate and over-[some system of tuxation'. That'em- , 9. iP r p 1 vided ,\t is wisely and economi- indi-jcally applic-'—certainly no burden- whelming response to a call for i | brace tho gist of the resolution I meeting In Atlanta Thursday eve- propose to introduce tomorrow, and I believe it wfl| meet the apoiovial elation, and responded to by tele gram and letter from evey section of the state, by business men, farm ers. officials, to perfect the organi sation to make It possible to earn on the work of George Bets and tin Gepgia Association. SUTLIVE TO PRESIDE ‘ Thg . .president gg , the Georgia Press Association W. O. Sutlivc oi (Turn to Pag*’Three) 1 of the House?’ mCet " PP " ,T ,“‘ Tho election of R B. Russell. Jr. as speaker protern was unantmotff as wns that of Neill and Moore, the first contest wae over the poet of Doorkeeper, won by U. G. McElroy. Walton county, who defeated W. T. Morris, who had held the post tor f years. After the election preal-• lent Carswell addressed the fep. ate and pleaded for a session fro# from factionalism. "I did not i (Tun. to Page lira)