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Investigate Today! To Rogular 8ub«crlb«ra '• $1,000 Accident Policy Frao s/ THE BANNER- Dally and Sunday—10 Conta a Weak. ■ Established 1032 Dally and Sunday—10 CanU a Weak. ATHENS COTTON* MIDDLING .. Nominal PREVIOUS CLOSE WEATHER: Probably Clear and Slightly Cooler I VOL. 91, NO. 120 Ataoclated Praaa Service ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY. JULY 3, 1923. A. B. C. Paper •Ingle Copies S Cants Pally. I Cento Sunday. HINES AND GEORGE ADDRESS LEGIONNAIRE, GLORIOUS fourth to BE [HIGH SPOT IN THE LEGIONNAIRE MEETING Governor Clifford M. Walker Will Deliver the First Address Since His Inauguration At 11 A. M. BA! ALL AND THE WORKS LATER National Commander Living Pictures Will Be Shown on Georgian Ter race Garden Tuesday Nipt ight By Committee. With an address by Gov. ernor Clifford Walker, £ baseball game between_the University of Georgia ^and Elberton teams, daylighl fireworks, a torch light pa rade and a big dance on the program for July 4th Ath ens will celebrate Indepen dence Day In a manner that is highly fitting again thii year. Augmented by the spirit created here by the hun dreds of Legionnaires whe are here for the biggest con vention ever held in the state by the ex-veteran of the World War, Athens wil' close up all places of busi ness Wednesday at noon and join in celebrating the event of the - country's indepen dence. The convention of the American Legion opened Tuesday mbmlng but the features of the week tl GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS J. H. Ennis of Baldwin County Heads House Ways and Means Com mittee, Neill Announces. IMPORTANT TAX BILL INTRODUCED Hartwell Man From Thir tieth Senatorial District Heads Senate Commit tee on Finance. Associated Press) Alvin Owsley, National Commander of the American Legion. SPIRIT OF WEST President Pays Homage to Memory of Sturdy Pioneers Who Founded Oregon and Northwest. are yet on the program. Tuesday nlrbt tb« "Living turn*". will bn presented by the committee beaded by Mil* Ma Nits Bulloch from the terrace of the Oeorglan hotel niul thin dis play will be one of the moat In- *u resting features of the entire convention. A special "screen'*has been con structed. debated by, William J. Mlllor, and these living models, tailing the story of many of the activities of tho war, especially thoaa 'of a sentiment creating na ture, will be presented In a beau tiful tableau. K-.-mbly Completed tho organisation for the 1923 session wltn the ap pointment of committees, hero Tuesday morning. J. H. Emils of Baldwin is to bead the House Ways and 'Means com mittee w-ltb T. 8. Mason of the 13th district heading the Senate Finance Committee, which are considered the two most Important assign ments as all measures relating will be referred to them. One of the most Important pf 49 new bills introduced In the bouse Monday was one by Elders, of Tatnall. and Wimberly, of Toombs, which provides for a constitutional amendment calling for the codec-, tar ls '* ,0 * , . *" 1 tlon of a state Income fax. This bill; OT ' rc “ at - A * "•*' would also repeal the tax equallta- *" d “ e d *** rt . d “ n * I J " t, ™w oj WM tlon law and Is pa'ternsd closely ">» *»” r "“to wilt come sliding after tho North Carolina tax law ? ut of ll t i h ?i P } fun will begin. Aa this ta belli* * written three tenors, a lead and .1 bottle of bonded atuff are tryini Dempsey And Gibbons CHEERS GREET ^ATHENS FLOODED AS Waiting For The Bell REPORT OFCOHEN AT OPEN! SESSION Champion and Challenger Resting As Hour of Big „ Fight Draws Nearer. Both Fighters Confi dent. Odds on Dempsey 12 to 5. Majority Favors Round Three For Knockout. By CHAS. M. DAVISON SHELBY—Shelby is all set. From one end to the other the little oil town crammed with visitors who have come from all sections of the country to see'Jack Dempsey defend his title Wednes day afternoon against Tommy Gibbons. They arrived here on special trains, in automobiles, on horseback, in wagons, via the blind baggage and some of them on foot. Their mode of travel meant nothing to them for they have reached their goal and now comes the wait for the big pine bowl to open and let them pour in.' Many Mid that Shelby • couldn't do it, but ahe did, despite many unfavorable setbacks and at last the fight Is only one more day off With the sun boiling down and the heat terrific, the special train* began sliding into the Utile' station here Tuesday morning, each them vomiting It's human load out Into the glaring aun light. Monday night Shelby resembled the days when "pay dlrt f struck in aome out of the -way plact and the men—and women—both hunting the yellow stuff, raced to the site and started a boom town In the cabarets, hotels and na. loons the crowd lg trying to forget the heat .with various kinds of drinks, moat of them soft ones 'InsItU TO DIVKRT STREET CARS Mr. Flanlfen of the Athens Rail way and Electric company has con sented to divert the cars of 'his rotnpAny down Hancock avdnue to Jackson during the time the plc- tiHrea are being shown and no cars will run on College, In front of the poetbfflce, and on Washington, In front of the Georgian hotel, dur ing the. program. The same ar rangement has-been made for Wed. nesdny nlgjit while the torchlight narat)a la occupying that part of the fty*. Following the picture presenta tion Tuesday night wHI be Hie first ,of two dances given at the auditorium. Theae dances are un der the auspices of the Legion and AuxlUnry and will be among the brllUnnt events of the season, as sembling several hundred couples for the main social feature of the convention. The Georgia Masqueraders of At lanta; will furnish the music for the daaoea and Haughey’a wll Ifur- nish the accompaniment for the pictures Tnasdty night. 'MiEACHAM, Oregon.—President Harding stopped hure Tuesday on his wostom trip to pay homage to the'memory of the sturdy pion eers who founded Oregon and saved to the nation the great northwest. 8peah!! % *t et exercises commem orating the eightieth anniversary of the biasing of the Oregon Trail, the executive declared tho Amer ican i»eoplo owe to those pioneers a debt of gratitude which they never can repay. Their victory, he asserted, proclaimed the strength of resolute purpose to do for them selves, not asking the government to do, but for government only to sanction or permit. - "We may reasonably do mo^e to day," Jhe said, "than rejoice In possession of the Imperial domain which they revealed, and the life they made pcMlble to the ve^Hc, asp!<rlng anil confident Northwest. I find new assurances in recalling the heroism, the resolution, tl)e will to conquer of these pioneers. I wish I might more effectively The following is the list of com mittee chairmanships named Tues day: 8enate Agriculture—Smith, 45th district. Appropriations—Lankford, Banka county. Hanking—Grantham. Constitutional Amendments — Smith, 35th district Education and Public Schools— Reauchamp. HighwaysHToates. Pensions—Loftin. Public Property—Latimer. Manufactures—Passmore. House Constitutional Amend- fnents—W. R. Jones, Meriwether. Appropriations—Culpepper. Hanks and Banking—DeLaplefre. Conservation—Ellis. , Education—Elders. General Agriculture. Number One—Haddock, Decatur. Numbor two—McMIchael. General Judiciary- Number One—Guess. Number Two—Parks. Insurance—Smith of Lamar. Invalid Pensions and Soldier { Bonus—Jtraddy. Manufactures and Military Ar- falrs—iBurt. % to liven the late afternoon wltn the strains of ' “Sweet Adeline.' Business Is picking up. But back to the fight. The turn fighters were rating The taco fighters were rep'lng Monday and Tuesday having''put the finishing touches on and %re now awaiting the time when th»y will le/ive for the arena. Oibbcns training quartern are In night ol the big wooden enrlonure and each night an he gets ready to crawl 1111 der tho cover he can look right out of h!s window and see the light Dr the big bowl an the wot* n being rushed. Physically, Gibbons seems Ir perfect trim. His skin has that tanned, smooth look, with th< muscles rippling under 'll like panther's when he moves his arms He was never In better shape That's n safe bet and Tommy wll! certainly need everything he'a go: Wednesday. Gibbons will scale probably from 173 to 175 when he weighs in. No' an ounce over the latter figure. That's another,safe bet. Hut that In hurdehed manhood and might make trouble for Dempsey though we doubt It. Dempsey likewise is In condition the rut bver tils eye having heale«' He has gone through the long training grind without mishap his hnndn, the bane of every prize fighter during the training period The champion will push thf scales up to at and prob- (Tarn to page In) Report of Department Commander Greeted By Wave of Applause and Cheers Tuesday. GEORGIA LEADING IN NEW MEMBERS Reccommends State Leg islation. Telegram of Fe licitations Sent Former President Wilson. TO CUVE DETAILS A* the prize -fight for the Heavyweight Chambionshlp of the World between Jock Demp sey and Tommy Clbbons, held at Shelby, Montana. Wednesday will not be concluded until after the regular edition of the Sen- ner-Herald hae been delivered, the Banner-Herald will leeue e special edition which will ap pear on the et recta Immediately et the end of the fight, which will give the result In detail of the championship bout and alee of the preliminaries. Arrangements have been made with the Associated Prate for extraordinary service, which le an aeeuran-e that the people of Athens will get the details ef the fight almost at the lest blew le struck and that thete detail, will' be accurate In every par ticular. ’ EARS ATLANTA.—Averting that the nupremu court of the United State* yleuallze them. Not verylong .10 ".he WUcw.ln c«e tad plsced I mw thn covered ''“ K ™' n,l '. 0 tho construction upon the trani. moving p |ctu ^ pprletlon sot-of 1930 giving the There wan more than t J®. 1 Interstate Commerce Commission quo. more than sorrow -end dtacour. I comp i et8 , uthority over "the en- agement. more than appealing,^ Bubjpct of transportation ta chometers and enthralling harelip (du( , |nE , hl . ri(hta to pr0 , cri be In. There was more than t 5°.f e . v ® l * t ‘“ n Itra.state ratea, tho hoqae of repro of the Irresolute, who , J‘*® d J” 1 sentatlves passed a Joint resolution MANY FEATURES FOR THE FOURTH ness to survtve. mote , than tragedy nnd comedy In their inseparable blend. There was%iore than the senate who surpassed our fancies, more than uati're's relentless bar. Hera revealed. Everywhere, aflame was tho soul of unalterable pur pose nnd tho commanding sturdi ness of elemental greatness. Still more, there was determination to do themaelvoa, not asking the gov. ernment to do, but for government only to sanction or permit." asking thn aaiembly to call upon congress to amend tho act ao aa to give tho -state unqueatloned right to preacrlbe Intra-atata ratea. Wednesday. July 4. will he the hi# day of the convention so far as entertainment features are can- corned. First there will bo the ad- dress of Qovernor Waller In the forenoon at the Colonial theatre knd thla will be followed by the baseball game on Sanford Field be. tween the University Sommer School team. “Georgia’' end Elber ton, the game to be called et 4 o’clock. Following the game will daylight fireworks on Sanford find t Field'end tbit night the Legion! nalree.wlll parade down-town In e torchlight formation. A reviewing stand will be ar ranged for on Ibo portico of the fhaeklefnfd boHdlpg end Com mander Cohen, the Governor. Gen eral .Gordon. Auxiliary members and'pther celebrities here will re view the Deride from there. The parade will form at the coart house and move out Washington street to College, down College tc. th» campus, thence back op coltega to Cleyton to Jackson end back tor The public le gaked not to perk sutoMdUke *hd take position any where that will Interfere ertth the prnereaa of the parade. L Wednesday night, following the „ (Turn to Page Five) SIPS TEA WHILE HE DISCUSSES use Athletic Leader Warns Against Physical Apathy General Palmer Pierpe Warns Against Profes sionalism in Athletics in Address Delivered ^ere Monday. Ancient Greece warn held up as J: P. Phillips of Lexington Road First to Bring jn Jerome Wooten post at Waihlng Early Com Which Is «on, for Instance, has Increase- Much applause greeted the re port made by Rodndy Cohen, De. partment Commander, On the con vention floor Tuesday morning, fol lowing the responses to the ad dresses of welcome. A storm of applause broke ,forth hen he touched on our "foreign i>ollcy” In connecUon with the French and thalr occupation of tho Ruhr. His remarks along thla line were as follows: "The Department commends most strongly the foreign policy of the American Legion In com menting upon the occupation by the French of 4he Volley of tho Ruhr, end In the present objective of the allies to collect from the Ro> public of Germany thq compensa Hon allowed by tbs Treaty of Ver sailles. for the wilful and wautoo destruction of the physical prop el ties of the Republic of France in which practically I-I6U1 of the en]--.re area of that country waa devasted.—I voice the sentiments of the National iConimandar In re iterating that In the policy of 00. cu nation by the Allies to collect the allowance made In the Treaty of Peace, that the heart and hand Of 99 per cent of the people of these United States, le with tho Republic of France! They were our allies then, nnd they ere our allies today," -, He wee also loudly cheered when be reported the growth of the Le- gloh In the state. Since the con vention In Columbus lest year, when there were 4213 Letlonoalras in the state, the number has In creased to over 94)00, placing the department of Georgia at the top of all the departments of the coun try In Increase percentages. The WAR VETERANS POUR IN FOR CONVENTION Stirring days of the World War ore being recalled !n Ath ens as the hosts of tho Ameri can Legion gather here for tho Fourth convention of the De partment of Georgia. Echoes of the roll drums, the old familiar songs of the doughboys and the piercing notes of bugles reach evc«*y section of the city and Monday night all Athens went to bed at the sound of taps and arose Tuesday morning at the call of reveille. The largest numbers ever ta attend a Legion convention in * tho state are here and hundreds will arrive every day during the three days’ session by automo. biles and train from the section Immediate to Atheus. Practically every post of the state has a delegation here while many of them have sent scores, especially Atlanta, Co lumbus, Gainesville, Washing ton, Savannah and Augusta. Bands are here galore and the entire city Is possessed of the Legion Rpirit, carefree and of a holiday frame of mind, bub bling with enthusiasm and stir ring with patriotism and mem ories of the days of ’17, '18 *19. State Commander RODNfcY S. COHfcN, of Augusta, who has brought the Department of Georgia to the head of all the states in the Union In Legion membership, this state holding f Hanford McNider trophy. icept resolutions adopted that be offered to the-convention (tlve to afTaira within the i Monday night the first meeting j tlon. of the Legion was held when the Executive committee at the Oeor glan hotel and oiled up the ma chinery of the convention. Noth ing waa done at the meeting ex- HINES SEEKS AID OF LEGION IN IT Tuesday morning the first ■Ion waa held at the Ct Theatre, the meeting being to order by Commander .R S. Cohen of , Augusta. WELCOME The Colonial theatre wag < ed when the convention npi the stage wan bedecked with American flag* on ono aide Legion pout Imnncra on while tho entire house rated with the national colors. Commander Cohen first dneed Mayor George O. Tho Athena who welcomed; tho I nalrea here In behalf of the turning over tho keys to the and stating that whatever wanted .waa theirs. Mayor", ho With Organization in £ ~ w “ JSWf Director to Succeed For bes Wants to Co-operate over 600 per cent “Gobbled Up.” ' .'recommends Early corn found Its way on the LEGISLATION Curb Market Tuesday morning,» f when J. p. Phillip, who Ryes , ber^? d Wrt.°Tn t ?h. , *JS?S.: ^ Islington road brought nearly one eras Mr. Cohen recommended some TRIED TUESDAY hundred down "roamin' ears,"<seil Ing out rapidly. Mr. Phillips will brfng more Thursday and Satur- day and they will probably be sold quickly an those Tuesday. One of the countys 'youngest producers was on the Market Tues day, Dwight GqolHhy, *q« of W. M. Goolsby -of Arnolds villa. Dwight waa all smllefw In. Jew than two hours he sold $10 worth of pro duct all by hlnigelf. He says the Curb tyarkei.ta a great thing. Mrs.; H. H. robb of Wtatklns- vllle Is another of Northeast Geor gia women who have found the Curb Market a profitable Institu tion. She brings produce In a bug. w- I.- ' Gtkdka ,,OD * 8,10 brtn *" Produce In a bug. Micnigaa Man bues rori by each Market day and sold $23.00 $6,000 From Monroe Man -of" 1 '»»' wcek As Result of An Acci dent in Atlanta. Two cases, that of Harry M. Ar nold va. W .14. Branne and that of.Thonipaon A Mqaety va The Jackson CoSinty . Drafneg. Com- relation ware being Irtcd In Fed eral Court Athena, Tueadiy \ W. tf. Branne of . Flint, Micbl gad ctalme'thai'M' h. wen crow ing PeachtVce attest In Atlanta about two yraca ago, he was run The next Market Day le Thurs day. Early tomatoes hive not ar- rived on the Market mud when they 0o there will be a scramble. Some! pc.'intents. •tale legislation. In part aa foi* Iowa: "With the iota legislation Id Georgia to date with reference to tho Service men. an Act to permit service men of the World War to secure a Area huckster's license I! he takes the pauper's oath, I rec- inmiend to your earnest coneldera* tlon. the pafiago ot the following Mote legislation. J 1 - A •»* »»Wn» Armistice Day a logal holiday In Oeorgla, end s day on which no bualneei of any sort shall be transacted, and on which no process of any character might be served. "2. Appropriate legislation pro. iFlIttF Ole Telle. A,-- ' ^ Helping Disabled Vets. The American Legion will al ways find him willing to enjoy their confidence end counsel in carrying out the program for re habilitation and hospitalisation of disabled veterans, General Frank T. Hines, director of the U. S. Vet erans Bureau, declared in an ad dress Tuesday to the Georgia (acting the Legion emblem State etatute. ," 3 - A taw firing ex-service men of the World War preference la State. County and Otunldpil De fine chickens were on the Market Tuesday. 'an exempts to the United States ovsr by Mr. Arnold who was driv- M.llnn fiitonl- nf f » « warning against profseslonel- l"g up Psnchtrese In an automobile Secretary Mellon Guest of British Premier Baldwin and Talks Over Ship Li quor Problem. (ay Associated Press.) LONDON.,— Andrew ' Mellon American secretary of the treae- ury, Is keeping aloof from Europ ean political turmoil during his visit here but Is quietly watching the progress of the i' pa rations ne gotiations through newspaiiera. Secretary Mellon expects to meet Premier Stanley Baldwin and other members of the cabinet Informally during the week Md Is likely, to take occasion to disease the prob lems In wWcb the two countries are especially Interested IndwHnl the Irritating' liquor qUsaHoii. ■ s Tuesday afternoon Secretary Mellon will talk over a cup of tea at Number 10 Downing Mreet with Premier and Mra. Baldwin. Ism la athletics made Monday 1 His left lek Is said to have bwn night by Gonefnl Palmer*lerce of broken. Branne Is suing Arnold foi Chicago, preaidant National Cot-j94,oee. Arnold Is from Munto*. (is ''Genera? «. A rT231SUd mem- M ^ '~;“" $X,l°and h cltto« 7t"th. B X«T w^T nlr Prnd.r.raM .dd^eli lo »- '« '• 'Ulmed, which th.y w.tr T , ninmlnr at It o'clock t*° d0 according to certain snc'lflcs- .T"n„ d V. lions which were In the clerks of flee of Jackson county. While In the city aeneral Pierce Is the guest of Mr. 8. V. Sanford, member of the executlce commit tee of the National Association and president of the Southern Associa tion The defendant claims that Thompson end Moaely did not do the work according to contrac' and refused to pay the balance of some ten thousand dollars claimed In addition the defendant Is claim ing right to recover from contifuv Lers money to carry out dredgltir mirecl General Pierce, pRer pointing according to contract, opt the dangeg oj professionalism In athletics pad, warning against apathy of tho country la regard to physical, training of Ita young, told the audience that a movement la (Turn to Page Five.) Anderaon.- Rountree land' Cren shaw of Atlanta HtMSri of Athetn Plaintiff. J. 8. yen of Jefferson end Strickland of Attwhs for -de fendant. ALIENS SWARM INTO "LAND OF PROMISE” Influx of Immigrants Never Before Causing 4. I recommend the creation of tho position of a state Service Of. fleer, along the lines adopted by the states of Tennessee and Ar kansas by which a State Be rales Officer Will be paid 34.000 a year put of a fund appropriated by the legislature of th» state, the service Officer combining with this duty,- the duUes of Department Adju tant of The American Legion. L/igionnaires In'convention here- General Hines succeeded Direc tor. Forbes who differed with the national American Legion organ ization in the policy for conducting the Veterans’ Bureau. I would want no better assist ant than the counoel of the’Amer ican Legion,” declared- General Hines. ‘4 am not one of |Hoae who believes that anything the Legion does |s not for the bm tercets ot the country." general Hines was scheduled to ■peek at 11:30 but did not begin until 12:30 on account of lata ar rival ta the city. He waa Intro duced by Joe Sparks, chairmen of the national Legion committee on rehabilitation work. The speaker declared he does not expect to economise in the conduct of hie department to the injury of the disabled men but will take the shortest route to perform the work of tke Bureau and carry on a busi- adminiatration. He declared - resident Herding is deeply con cerned in the Bureau’s work and watches the cqnduet e(-the office DEE0ATE8 of 1 creeling, as he Mid, "from his heart/' Mrs. R H. Johnson followed with a welcome from Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Joh was given a prolonged round plause when she concluded Henry If Went, commander of Allen Fleming Post welcomed visitor* In behalf of the In clunnolres. Mrs. W. F. link Savannah, president Georcla partment of the American Auxiliary responded to the wet address. , The meeting was opened prayer rendered by Edward chaplain of the Washington with interest. RahabilltaUon of disabled men; making them fit for service to their Country, is one of the Bureau’s S. I submit to yonr serious con. most important dpt{a*|he said. He •Mention the passage by the Leg- said the best hokpltultatlon is that Islatnro of this Stato of aa ex emption for Service men from state taxation for'-a commensurate Clogs EUis .Island A? ^'of'^Wtr^y^ nary, between tba date of tbr Jpc. Office to Face Shut- !’! r » , ( on « d «■« "niog -• ino Armistice, down. fBv Wssoelet'-d Pres,.) NEW YORK.—With the Immi gration quota of seven nations fill ed and four 'thousand additional aliens expected to arrive on Users station Is eloxgod as never before Tuesday. Fills Island immigration In Its history. It Is Indicated If relief to ex- pedito the parsing on Appealed cases Is not received from Wash. Ington and If the unprecedented flow of Immigrants continues the illation feces a temporary' Phot down. Four thousand tgere Furop- i game Monday on twelve At the conclusion of Mr. Cohen's (Turn te Page Five.) Rail Freight* Car Equipment Better fltr Associated Preea-S WASHINGTON.—Thb condition of railroad freight car equipment is better than kt hay Mm- -nee January 1921, according to a state ment issned Tuesday ire the car service division of the American Railway 'Association showing only two hundred thousand or eight and alae tenths per cent ot tba total In Bead of repair June ! which puts a men on-his feet. . He say* hie ambition is .to make the hospitals of the Vetera,,*’ Bureau the beet In the -world. ‘ He solicited the aid of tha Am erican Lagion in the work of the Veteran*’ Bureau and declared he would go more then "half way to meet the Legion in solving the problems of the Bureau today.” He agreed with Mr. Spars that the hospitals ihould be open to ell uiaabled veterans regardless ot the war in which they served or the time since they served. ■ INMEI PROGRAM TUESI Students Cont Register. P. T.. This Week. St dent Arrives Fo the Clothiers Will CIoseAt, 1 P. M. All Athene clothing ..store* will A*ap. i»i V’. t""a. nig does Wednesday (July I) *t ,1 Mi at the University o'clock. Those who desire,to get -■(—t---”~a - - Parent .- Teachers workers continued nrri- University of Geori School Tuesday morn the short course ir which le offered by School, this week. Mr Carherry, Mrs. Bnicc and other prominent 1 T. A. work have arrive' . tlon of delegates began morning. ■ Total regiatration at th< School waa on the wa Monday. Many entertainments ranged for this P. T. the Summer School. 1 Palmer Pierce General. the University and by Mrs. Folsom Grant, Signora De Febrltis was the State Nermal. On night community singing , slty chop held at the Univcrsil Mr. Charli-s Lane, hi leetjuw. at-the, State. Nor acgppuvl w night -