The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, July 01, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWITH BANNERS AND fLAgs flying cm AWAITS ITS GUESTS stag ens Legion Post Held on Eve of Big State Con vention. SDER WILL AftRIVE SUNDAY Spicy Program Arranged For. Delegates. Great Crowd Will Attend Ses sions Beginning Tues. tvhh American flags Hying and bunting and decorations giving the city a martial appearance Athene ia ready (or the meeting of the Georgia ' Department of Jpegion* naires in their threq days’ con vention here Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. * ’ ' By Tuesday morning half a. do*- Body of Former Athenian in U. S. (By Associated Press.) GALVESTON—The Shipping Board vessel Brave Coeur, with the bodies of Captain J. N. Neilson, Supercargo J. J. Per ry and wireless operator A Glalser, arrived in quarantlm Saturday. The men were killed by second officer S; Settos, who later committed suicide. Mr. Glasler is a former Ath ens boy and related to Leo Got- thelmer of this city. Athenians Will Take Part in Program For Legion- aires on Georgian Ter race Opening Night. Night. Miss Ma Nita Bulloch, talented Athens girl and her commltee, com posed of Miss Moina Michael, F. O. Miller. A. T. Levle, H. H. West ly Tuesday morning half a. dor- and M| „. Annle May ’ Holliday, I, n ba»d«. a«»eral drum corpa and • ataff)n a beautiful pageant of llv- nany ht« delegation, trim the .larg ,„ g plcturt8 llB a t of the enter . ■r .cities of the state will hs mak- talnment for „ ing things ‘‘hum" on the streets while the boys who chased the kaiser out of his castle In Berlin to a place of seclusion In 'Holland Com. Bodnsy Cohen and his aides the days pf 17-18 and 19. Commander Rodney and his aides arrive Sunday afternoon from Au- 1 gusta and will be here ready to welcome the delegates end visitors along with the members of the lo cal post when they begin gather ing Monday. Headquarters have been opened at the Georgian hotel and the delegates and visitors wll register there. , One of the biggest meetings ever held by the Allen R. Fleming post was held Friday night when final details of the meet were discussed and the committee heads reported Everything wa# announced in readiness for the “xero hour'*. The large automobile committee was announced at this meeting The members of this committee meet all trains bringing dele gates and drive them to the Geor gian where they will be assigned to a room. eltfaeMd th« hotels or in private, homes. / 8PICYr PROGRAM EVERY DAY Spicy programs have been ar ranged for every day of th? con vention and no tiresome long wind- nuun son. ■ Mi sessions will be held. The J H \yest e M.tn Km alin.f nttrf fi#!(V- .. talnment for the American Legior convention that convenes Tuesday. These Living Pictures will b< seen Tuesday night, the Initial night if the meeting, at 8:45 from the terrace of the Georgian hotel the “screen” having’ already beer put In place. Twenty presentation: will be made ns follows: 1. “Bleeding France,” Mlse Carolyn Vance. , 2. ‘Call to Arms,” H. H. ' West Garland Huime, K. ,C Heslop, IV D. Paschall. 3. An illustrated reading, "Be hind the Guns," Miss Ruth Con- i yers, illustrated by IT. 'H. West, Miss Holliday, F. O. Miller and' A L. McCoy. 4. “8entlnels of Civilization" H H. West. Christmas of 1917. the “Greai Givers" Mrs. A. L. McCmr, Judge H .8. West, John J. Wilkins, Jr. In connection with this picture Miss Klnnebrew, another talented Athens* girl, wllj sing “Holy Night". «. “Rose of No Man's Land” Miss Martha Holliday. 7. "The- Canteen -and ffyi.WM Elizabeth Rowland. 8. “Doughnut Olrl" Lieutenant May Morris of 'the Salvation Ar my. 9. “The Armistice," He Kept the Pledge, H. *H. West. ' 10., “Victory! Hhightlng Her Son." Miss Carolyn Vance and H. MELLON TELLS LONDON NOT TO EXPECT LET-UP IN LIQUOR WAR Treasury Secretary Says U. S. Will Continue to Confiscate Whiskey But Not to Harm Captains. (By Associated Press.) LONDON. — Andrew Mellon American Secretary of the Treas ury, who arrived In London Fri day night on the Majestic, told newspapermen here Saturday the United States government had no intention of relaxing its attitude regarding the confiscation of liquor a board incoming liners. . He saw no solution: of the prob lem until Congress met, he said. Secretary Mellon reiterated his statement that the United States government had never contemplat ed seeziing foreign liquor carrying ships or detaining their captains. Ho said he expected to see the British government officials, but informally rather than officially. He added he had no Intention of discussing the debt problem or rep arations. HKH peeches will b* abort and d.Hv- red by Kim of the lending men nd women of the elate and ration Imminent amonir them being Qov- rnor Clifford Walker, Senator falter F. George, General Frnt t Hlnee, head of the Veterana’ Bu- sau. Dr. Barrett, head of the No onal Auxiliary, and othera,; prom- lent In etate and local Legior Irclee, , In addition to the .peaking pro rams the Legion haa arrange* mny feature" that th ubllc will be Interested In. e Fourth of July another Pro- ■ betb Mitchell, •am will be itarted on Sanford ) 17 „w e shall Remember Them’ leld. At 4 o’clock the Unlverelty Mnry Hall of Augusta. — —i— *a. mine, of - - '’Decoration Day’’, Mr*. A. ... "His Guardian’’—the Ameri can Legion, Ml"* Carolyn Vanq? and H. H. West. 12. "Oh Boy!" Mr*. A. L. Mc Coy, Judge H 8 Weat and J. War ren Smith, Jr. It. ’The Lost Battalion," H. l H -Weat, Garland Hulme and J. War ren Smith, Jr. ‘The Veteran".’’ H. H. West and A. O. Elder, one of the World | .f-,00. Woe tha other of the Civil War. ’ ,J|„ Twenty-Five .Hundred Whipping Parties in Oklahoma Stirs Gover nor to Action. ' (By Associated Press.) OKLAHOMA CITY Okla.—Ex planation of why'Governor Walton Is determined to put on end to mob outrages In Oklahoma and Is ready to use military force if .nec essary, was made Saturday by the executive secretary, Aldridge Blake who declared “whipping parties" throughout the state during the past year have numbered at least CANNIBALS SETTLE LOVE RIVALRY BY SHARING GIRL - AT DINNER HONOLULU, Hawaii.—As a sweetheart sbe wasn't much. She was too expensive. i But she was nice and plump and (endor. So they ate her. And it all happened In the year 1923. Sombre drumbs of the FIJts rumble down through the savage centuries in the story of blood brought here by I). A. Curl, of Pasadena, Cal., who spent ten months on scattered South Sea isles. The cannibals are fn jail at Suva ft waiting trial and the girl’! head is evidence against them, “This is the tale as it was told to me,” said curl. “Two ypung FIJI men who had been keeping company with a girl got together and talked the situation over. One had snont 20 shillings on her Md the other 40. They thought she was hardly worth it. ' ’ v "So they decided to end the matter by killing and eating her. They had beard the old men talk of cannibalism. They bound her to a tree and built a fire. “ ‘Cut off the piece of flesh You like best, said one. The other started to do so, but backed but Well,-I'll do ft/ said the other and cut off her head. Then they roasted the body and feasted upon It fn the manner of their ancestors. “One of the young men talked In his sleep and soon the whole village knew of the affair. Later the head was found, “And the old men nod theij* heads as they discuss tlio case, recalling the old days when whole tribes wcoe wiped out and the bodies of the slain smoked In earth ovens for the victors' feasts. " ‘Nobody went to Jail then/ " say the old men. “ ‘They old days are gone. Aoowalf They come no more/ GOVERNOR CLIFFORD WALKER TARES UP GOVERNMENT REINS; SOUNDS KEY NOTES ON POLICY IS PUT OFF War, th. other of the Civil W—. "The Doughboy Spirit," H H. H. West, May am, playing under the colors of then,, will meet the strong team Dm Elberton and the game will followed by daylight flreworka Me feature te to be even m r ‘ .Wilkins, sclnating and attractive than It [ 20. Grand. Finale, ia last year when the public was orche ,tra will play. pleased -with’ the dteplay. Manyl — 1, "stunts" have b"en eecured fot Is year and this put of tha pro- (Tarn to pigs eight) Blake said the estimate' of the total whipping wa« baeed upon report" received by the governor, eome from hie official representa tives and other, from victim, #f tnobe. Since the governor opened hie is. "Decoration miy , " drive on mob violence last’ Tee* * L. McCoy, Maybeth Mitchell, with ; dliy by pacing Ocmulgee undei another nolo bv Ml"" Klnnebrew. ; ,-Mnl in,,,, letters telling of mot genera H Weit. r> " 18. "Mere! heth Mitchell. Committee Appointed to Investigate Plan Decides to Wait Until Next Year to Seek Change, Consolidation of the Athene and Clarke county health -boards and. placing that work under one man aging head will not be attempted this year, it waa announced Sat urday. , A committee, appointed by a geo. oral meeting Friday night met Saturday afternoon and, atter con- sfderlng the matter, decided there is not time now to edveHise the proposed bill and have It passed by the legislature. ThiB committee waa composed Dr. 3. C. McKinney, chairman of Athens Board of Health, Of* ‘ ~ AppIewWS, county health co: sloncr, iMayor George C. Thomas, Alderman J. H. Rucker,( J. H. Orlffeth, - chairman of the county commission, Tate Wright, county | attorney. The committee waa appointed by a meeting held Friday night over which J. T. Pittard, of WlntervlUe presided. -Speakers at this meeting voloed approval of the plan to unite the two board! for the purpose of making It poeslble tor the health work to be uniformly conducted In Athens. and other Incorporated towna In Clarke and the rural dis tricts. Dr. McKinney explained a bill which would have provided for a board of ifx members, a chief health officer, assistant, bacterio logist and secretary. The bill would place the sanitary coots under su pervision of city council. . The city and county would save money at well as obtain better health regulation, by combining tbe work. It wa, pointed out L. McCoy, Maynotn auicneii, wim ; dtty by facing ucmulgee unaei another solo by Mies Klnnebrew. ) nU irtJal law, letters tilling of mot IS. "My Best Girl," Mrs. J. J ; activities haw. been muring in OxTIItrlna. in., tho ovooiiHws Rtiku said. Ir. J. W. Webb Buried Saturday Phe funeral of Mr. John W. ebb who died in Chicago Thura- y was -held from the Central Mbyterian church Saturday af- noon at .6:10 o’clock. The ser ies were conducted by Rev. Dr. r ^artledge. Interment waa Oeons# cemetery with Dorsey’, serai directors In charge, rhe following named apted, at llbesgera: * Active J. M. Wodgaon. Dr. J, V und, .Prod. H. B. Ritchie. JudaV Ron Thomae, Walter Child, and of A. Rhodes. Honorary: H-- B. irdy; ,J. T. Dudley. O. A. Mell. of. Peter Brown, Guy Carlton . D, L. Earnest. I. C. Rucker, J. Hart, Bud Wier. George H. Fir* Burial Spartanburg he body of L. C. McMillan. Lo- apperlntendent of- International (cultural Corporation Plant e, who died here Friday morn from wounds* self-inflicted 1 sent to Spartanburg, S. C.. ly Saturday morning for ln- nent. , n inquest wse held over the y and tha Jury returned the llct that death resulted from a let wound self Inflicted. IcMillan besides hta widow • If rived by four children one t y four mdnthe old. They are e. His mother lives In Spar ,urg. Dorsey’s was In charge hipping the body. ttvillee hawpbesn wrarli . ,i,it the executive, Blake said. Haughey s 1 Disclaiming any Intention to 'leave the lmpretslpn that cases ol molf violence In the state have '.been the work of "any one organ - | izatoln" the governor's secretary j added that while the outrages : could not be traced directly to on< organisation he believed moet of them could be traced indirectly. Tulsa county has averaged onr whlplpng a day, while Oklahomo county hoe had aboiit one a week, reports Indicated, the secretary said. ' _ Aged Athenian In Accident CONVENE ON MONDAY Traverse Jurors For Spe cial Term Drawn. Civil Cases Monday. Chapman Aides May Be Tried. Federal court will convene herrj Monday morning at ,10 o’clock The many (rlend> 0 f Mrs. M with Judge amuel H. Sibley pro- I oillelam. of Athena who fell and elding. .fractured her hip early Friday The civil docket will bo taken up ; morn | nB w'll be glnd to learn that for trial first, according to Deputy. . , reported getlng along ulce- U. S. Clerk Walter G. Cornett. , Trial of Dominick Dtdato an.’! Mr , oilleland started out of Abe Stlversteln, alleged aides 0, | ber yard early Friday morning ah* Gerald Chapman, •’millionaire han* * f(jll ()n tbe . b ew"!k and this cause dlt’’ will probably take place "‘Hf'f J [be f rIlctur e. she was soon taken time during the week, Judge Cor* k gt ary .. Hospital. Mrs. Gills* nett stated. [ land eighty-two years old. The traverse Jurors drawn foi w■ dU George K^AtaeTeiTith-|First Cotton Bloom ard e. Haii. Arnoideviiie; winiam • of the Season Comes 9* Skelton, .cagneartiie. Thomas^ Beacham’s Farm Man Transported 145 Gal lons of Whiskey to Mad ison County, 'Found in Crib, Says Agent. 'Armed with a warrant charginj elation of t the national prohibi- law win General Palmer Pierce to Speak Here Tomorrow !■■■ . 1 ■ . President of National Col legiate Athletic Associa tion to Address Students and Citizens Monday. General Palmer B. Pierce, XT. 8. A., president of the National Col legiate Athletic Association, now stationed In New York City, will address tbe students of tile Uni- ! v.-rr.Lty Summer School and the citizens of Athens, at Hba Uni versity Chapel, Monday night, at 8:15. and again oh Tuesday morn, ling, at the same place, at eleven (o'clock. His subjects will be “Ideals in Athletics” and tbe "Need of Physical Training In Our Scboois,” General Pierce organised the Na- Itlonal Collegiate Athletic Associa tion twehty years ago, and has '.been the president without Inter ruption ever.since. Even while lie was In* France,. rendering heroic services for his country, he still remained its' creltdeot. Few men In the United: States have done more to build up 'hifher Ideals In ath letics than General Pierce. He Is Nearly 1,700 At Summer School; More Expected Entertainment Program Is Fine, Two Thousand At Friday Night’s Pro gram. Uferer 2,000 people, most of whom were Summer School students, crowded the' University Octagon FVday night when a general as sembly of the University Summei School was held. The "Y” hut en tertained Saturday night. Monday night General Pierce will speak at the University and Signora De Fabrftis and Mrs, Oran berry will chra a Joint -rcrt'.tal at the Normal School. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hodg son of Athens will give a recital Tuesday night at the University chapel. Nearly 1700 regular stu dents had registered up to Sat urday morning. Registration con tinues. At the entrrtalnment Friday night 60 gallons of ice cream were served after the program of speeches and music which was as follows: America, Georgia. a” rlpo scholar and a man of hlgh Barrow ’ t,DlversHy oI character. V . • Hf?S a! HEADS BIG ORGANIZATION The National Collegiate Athletic Aasociatlon 1» th© most powerful Strap Used By Whipping Boss Weighed Pound “Black Auntie” Was Name of Flogging Strap. Witnesses Testify in Ta- bert Case Saturday. (By Associated Prate.) LAKE CITY. FI*.—"Black Auntie,” the strap used by Thomas W. Higginbotham in whipping Mar. tin Tabert, weighed only one pound •nd eleven ounces, B. W. Duffll, former employee of the Putnam Lumber company testified la the Higginbotham trial Saturday. He sold be did not.know where the •trap came from before It we* weighed. in law federal officers yester- Anaorinuon is roe mo» pswiw were • searching for Charlie , ltbleUc body 1n this country. It ' M!d | 0 hav * caried 145 *ai •fa the rTganjxxtion that makes the of ^lsloey to the home of J mire for all sports, football, bea- le Benton In Madison count} Iketball, track, etc., and Is an^ or- s aanization composed of more-than jrnlng and. according tt Q hundred and fifty of the lead- >nt Officer L. M. John- institutions In Amertca—Har- -noted rum hauler. jvard. Yale, Princeton, Virginia, Iskc-y waa confiscated in Georgia, Chicago, MHanezota, Iowa rib at the home of Ben- ( California Otc. • ^^e 4l v „ . . ‘1 An urgent inv&tatlon Is extended thVee miles beyond HulJ itbo clUxena of Athens to come to on Monday distinguished and forty.three tin cana and twe! apeaxer on a euoject tliat should tht , | bn of vital fntereafc to’ all’dttecna. JugB held the whiskey which iya« iG*» nQra i TierpO la making this trip hidden beneath a idle of corr \ from New Y ork to make these ad- shucks. dresses. * Benton was bound over to t i General - Pierce wftll he the guest federal grand Jury under ».««' « “• a^twol bond. He Is under 12,000 bond a fact Quaere! p, eroe l8 com lng to present for other alleged violation: I Athens to make these talks on the of the prohibition law, it w#i! invitation of (Professor Senford. ...... who Is a member of the Executive , ..... . ... ki- Committee of the National Col in addition to the big haul in assoclation Madison caanty thirty-one gallon, 'V Executive Committee of the of whiskey was found by Athen,( goutJlern Interco |i es tate Confer- police In. the loft of a building oc flnce be p re>en t on this oc. cupled by shlmmle Marbta a n «-j ra . lon . Th,, commlttoo consists of gro. He was no tound CT.ef o , - V.'^fttoford. president M. Soule, Agricultural College, 5. Pres. Jere M. Found. Normal School. 6. •Rounds, led by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Cranberry 6. Miss Cob|s—Readings from La nier 6. Signora do Frabrttis, Vocol Solo. Dean Strolling: 6. Mr. and Mrs. Granbegry—Plano Duet. Reception and refreshments on Campus. lAF (3y Associated Prate.) ATLAf — “Rev.” Roy Davis Said to Have Lived Dual Life in Georgia and Texas. (By Aisoclatad Pratt.) MACON, Oa.—Reverend Roy E. reform* highway department In Davis, president of tho Georgia iyettigatlon, and cstabliHhment of Farmers Union, was removed from state port, office at a meeting of the execu- tlvo committee of that organlza- ! 8hortiy after the Introductiop c tlon here late Saturday. • , bills on these iesucs the house ad | In connection with the removal Journed until 11:30 o’clock Mond.i NTA—Clifford M. Walker, of Monroe in as*j| suming the office of. chief 3 ? executiv of Georgia Saturda;. pledged his administratior “to the betterment of living n/t conditions, physical anc f' ' moral; to the cordial co-op t i ration with any commissioi >, tx other organization in tht J Berious study if these prob : lems” and “in finding the so » lution therefor." In his inaugural addresg Governor Walker declarec that he recognized that tht enactment of a fair and stab ilized tax system was th, first problem confronted bj • his administration, anc j urged the co-operation o: i the people in solving the eco | nomic problems of the state j On the question of law enforce rnenf, he uttered a plea that thi ] people of the state respect laws and bring their grievancq 1 before tho legislature through 1 their representatives for correc tlon. Governor Walker declared tha*/. , majority of the people have et | >ssed opposition to the tX3 r jaJJzatlon law and that ty of the legislature ts to ' _ mve. “Tbe Ishfatelttf urse thsn promptl^'^ifti >n to the enactment .0 a more satisfactory substitute t" fore it completes the labors of year," ho added. ATLANTA—Hitting Cylinders tho Georgia legislatin' 3 was set lntf* swift motion Saturda f by the inaupuigtion of Clifford Walker as governor and Introdu tlon of bills bringing to Ike fort] front the anticipated fights will, V<1U nn.'i ». » ’ UUUIWU, (.rtoiuvu., in UUUUCUUOU WIUI IIIO IGlIHJVai |4 r „"*’ **, n " l ':Dr. J. B. ’Crenshaw, ot Georgia it waa announced by tho executive rooming after nn attempt t„ a.j Moore, u . commlttee thnt , t ha4 been found [ journ over tho fourth of Jul| that Dayla hart been leading a dual (ailed. Committees will bo - alj ‘ ‘ in 'fexaa and Georgia. nounoed In both the House Senate Monday. rnrnli'i.on and U ‘john M< Curry '"mart. Schno1 of Technology; Prof. C L. remmlUeo" thatTt hart bean found I J°>yn «*•' too fourth f ma<U |Haroof Auburn; Prof. D.H. Honry of Ciemson, and prof. W. D. Dough, mid. by omcer Sson Sherlfl.^y Ol Unlverelty of Tennessee. Hall of Madison county, Elmer Mc- Canon and officers Williams Kidd, Detectives Sengraves an<* Bailiff Huff of Clarke county. According to Officer Johnson Nix brought the whiskey through Athens Friday morning early, hio it in Benton's corn crib and left for Cleveland, Ga., for nnothei load. Officers waited for him t< return until early Saturday morn ing and were on the lookout foj him all day yesterday. Another Killed I n Moonshine NINE BELGIANS ARE The exeuuUvo committee an nounced that It had been found by , otJ Ita Investigators that Davis had ABOLISH been ronrioted. of the charge, ol P0RT COMMISSION cheating and swindling In Wise I .t'. ’ . . J5V hcounty. Texas. In 1917: that hai . Amoy thgdood of hills came to Georgia and took the name tb . m p of “Profesaor Lon Davis,” singer, the abolishment of the lorts a j&lr Ac^r a P /.‘toat 0f he ^ra/’or r .Time Bomb Used By Ger- rater, and that he had deserted • Savannah. . I mans As Reply to Stiff- w * ,e aod fQUT c ^ drep - : | a bin providing for an lnconj ening Regulations, It Is Believed. DUSSELDORP. — Nina Belgian Ilf „ • in soldiers ware killed Saturday by an W Sir 111 DHITlct explosion of a time bomb in a pat Negro Killed 'By Liquor,Ruhr. leave home from the A. Skelton, Athens, Vincent Mat thews, Athens; James H. Lowe, Bishop; James H. Burton, »*/ 'nta; William F. Dorsey, Athens; Earl P. Burt, Crawford: Thomas L. Elder, Athens; George A. Shirley, I’nw. entitle; Edward J. Crowley. Wat- klnsvlUe; Albtn M. Center, Ath ens: J. Henry Lyle. Winder; John' T. Baker. Danlelsvllle; George L. A. Almond. Eiberton; Charles R Chandler, Athena: George W. Join, er, Athens; J. F. Whitaker. Ath ena; Sol Boley, Athens; Win. A. Crdne, Athens: Edgar Uty. Ath ens; Thomas L Mitchell, Athens, Albert L.. Rowland, Athens: Albert tour months oia. tney era Aioen. ^- m. CalTlt!.. William and Myra L. Harjer, Athens; Win. H. Paul, .... .a cn»_ * _,-• w ParlrAP Carlton. Apalachee: W. Parker Carlton. Union Point: Jesse n. Bice, Com- tTurn to page alght) The Ilrst cotton bloseom of the 1923 crop in Clarke countjr was brought to tha Banner-Herald of fice Friday. It was a perfect ly formed and healthy appearing blossom that cam* from the cot ton acreage of Mr. W. D. Beach am’s farm. Mr. Beachsm. it said has used Hill’s Mixture exclusively thl, year as a poisoning with which to control the boll weevil, and that he has been unusually sueessful is indicated by the fact that tha first cotton blossom of the season exhibited In town earns from his acreage. The bloseom waa on a perfect square and showed no signs of any weevil damage. cers Information. Cre-i The rxptoiion ia regarded in mill ate* Rio* Spnaation l tary c,rclta htp# the o« rman **- ares Dig sensation. lpJy t0 ■ t atlttenlng ot occupattor “ • j regulation* j In tha Belgian gone lgnBq . MOBILE ALA—Another mn r-!« l "™ toe killing of two Belgian / T. Hendrt and Samuel Ux- der In South Alabama, alleged to ,,,1 f 1 ' r * ** M *f'. J*''”™ 1 d Inrston testified they would not have grown out of moonshine acti- “ nd * l *“ thought It was “fried out Sd?ev? J M Tyson a rtite wit- ViUes, Is now being probed, by state ^ ‘ho same organization that m- M„ on oath law enforcement officers, in ad- rang.d an ewloslpn that kilkal twe ne™, on win. rfltinn tn thnse in Chactaw countv. German# In the waiting orom ot tlim'nlThe wa» •ccording to information secur^ the Wel.haden Nation thl. week uonv «aw ne wa. wcveo wna b . Saturday. It l« announced penalties are tc J'* 1 ?, The scene of the latest crime. I Germane In the waiting room of which the officer* believe to have: occupaUon for the outrage. W. P. Chevous. the been earned by giving of informa- 1 ‘rm"™ irvMts/an 6 ?Wmllar t ' on whlch re,ulu “ l1 in a raid on a rtpAlL rinimg Mp Tyson was arrested on a tfmilar u jn COH nty. where DcaUl ViailTlS IVir. cbtrfe along with Doc Wynn.i_ nee i» 0 Duffic Walker, was called: nv yv m* .■ y another atiite wltnesy, after they;^ home beaten, and shot* ^V« HL W6£iUlCl*lv •were served with summons to ap- , nd , eft on the roa dside. f pear here as witnesses. Both were, Operation of the state officers *. „ T , _ . convicted and tiwlr release oh- and the Baldwin authorities re-iWell KtlOWH Business talned by a habeas corpus, so they iu |ted in the arrest of four white- M nn Poaona A wav F.orlv could testify here. men who were given preliminary , *•BSSeS Away fbariy States attorney* declare they hearing at Bey. Minette Friday nf-: Sunday Morning; Fun- will Investigate the arrest and con , ternoon and released on bond of vlction of these witnesses. j$U)00 each. : eral lOuay. • The men who are charged with! „ -——• , RUSSIAN "EVACUATION” 'second degree murder in connection! Mr- W- H. Weatherly, well BEGUN BY AMERICANS with the death of the negro, are Known Athena man. died at hi. —— 1*11 well known, end the af/elr is i home on Dougherty street early MOSCOW—Am.rtchti ".vacua* 'said to have created a sensation Sunday morning. He had bran 111 tlon” of Russia began Friday with | in the adjoining county, The men (or several month* . He la gur* tho departure of the first torg» !•» Earnest McMillan. Morton Tay- 'vtved by bl> widow, who was group of American Relief Admin- lor/ George Feuler, and Feuler.Mlsa Alice Qraer. one son Ben, Istrttlon workerb for America, even of them, one with a Russia bride, left Saturday afternoon on a special car which travgli by wa< of Warsaw. Five othera left bv Riga. , • - Ask Citizens to (tax not to exceed five 'waa Introduced by Krepreeen’.atiiJ v-.;., Wlmberty of Toombs county My Service Mags Tyinn ot Hc r n t,„h county. other bill* were to repeal Citizens of Athens are requested I tax equalization law: for re-dii by th. Auxiliary to the American \ trlbutlon of .highway funds c Legion to hang out the service 11)0sI, of road mileage In each c flag (or the Legion convention; ty. RepreaemutJvc McMtct here Ibis week. "Honor your | Morion county Introduced home and your town by the display | Utlon f or investigation of the i again of the token of rour de-1 highway department and tender of liberty who went away I reference of It to a commit! to war" urges ona citizen. . j th , whole hou»e tor a report J The following poem waa contri buted by a loyal Athenian on the service flag: Dear little star at the window there. Ron ot old Glory, born' ot a tear; Placed away sacredly, will Joy ot a sigh, Your slory of service for the sweet by and by. Come back to the window and tel] us again That the service you rendered wat not In vain. GERMAN T08ACCO THREATENS TO SPOIL JAPAN’8 MONOPOLY TOKIO.-*-AUhougb protected by a customs duty of 355 per cent *d- valortm. rhe Japanese tobacco mo. nopoly held by the government had g scare thrown into It last month when the rettens of imports show, ed that German cigarettes were being dumped here and being sold at a price below that charged by the monopoly. A cry Immediately arose-for a further increase In the import duty or. alternately that the govern ment should purchase the Ger man cigarette! or tobacco and re Stewart. /and hi* wife. According to the officers, the I Meagre details could not killing is believed to have result-, learned of the funeral Sunday .tall them through the usual sources, ed from the giving of information (morning but It was announced that J Imported cigars and cigarettes are by the negro which lead to the dls- lit would be conducted Bundty hf- Isold In Japan at almost prohibitive true tlon of a still in Baldwin county [ternoon at 4 o’clock from the horn*.'prices. 0. Governor Walker's address Iowa: In response to the call sovereign people of " pearing to take the high office of Covemor. preci "Uggeata that I sound the ke of the incoming administrati Conditions in our state today : such that many of our people weighted with the spirit of p< niism. I come to you slive high courage, convinced that day of a greater Georgia Is hand to plead with you that j come out from the shadows of i spondcncy and lead our peo], with the power of a confide tread. Many interests in seem hopelessly disheartened people are depressed by flat conditions, the aftermath ■ world’s war. The ravages o: cotton boll weevil, the stat* exodus of negro laborers ga embarrassment incident b empty state’s treasury, wj> a system known to be placing an l duo burden upon those lasst i to bear it. but add to the gio Georgia has stood bv while in I (Turn to Pas* Six)