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average of 5O persor
0 haul such a number-
Y; ARCEST vessel afloafc equipped and appointed more
, I /luxuriously than any other craft to.the world, the
mighty steamship Leviathan, flying the house flag of
the United States Lines will sail from New York on July 4
for her first trip to Southampton, This initial trip of the,
Leviathan as a passenger vessel under the Stars and btripes
is a matter of national interest of two fold importance.
r .Wh«n vessels la New York Csn Carry «,*74 P,rs»n«
.harbor shriek a "Ood Speed’’ j B this connection It hu beta.
Shroughthelr sirens and thousands Hat tba Leviathan has a.
■on shore cheer tho Ixrvtathan on her , otl ) dutenser capacity of 3,398-
doparture on Independence Day, person* In bar tbrea cabins, groat’
the salutes will not only be' for the er man tba houalng accommoda-
liner herself but far the hundreds t | alM 0 f the world's largest hotel,
of Americans whose brains and t |,e Pennsylvania In Naw York,
craftsmanship have made her re- T(,e total number of aoula which
bulldrng possible. Their efforts and th , Levlsthsn can carry howavar,
results have- proved Incomparable including her crew of 1271, la 4.-
In the hlatory of thlp construction $74. The Steward's department of
aa Is evidenced by fhe new l*fla- me Leviathan will ha called upon
than, which as Sag ship of the feed, when the vessel hae herca-
llnltcd States Lines-Beet adds ma- parity of passengers aboard, mat
Uriel prestige to the American mer- num her of Individuals at leaet three
chant marlue. H mH B day, something no hotel
V In the world can do.
|gA*. ,h * overshadow" ins’ other To properly let the, table* for the
enough to equip ovary public struc
ture In such a town.
' The Leviathan, through wireless
apparatus constructed especially
will at aU times be In direct'com
munication with Now York. Tba
liner wlU be equipped with both
radio telegraph and telephone de
vice*. While the radio telegraph
will ha used for business, tba radio
phono will be mainly utlllted for
tone larger than the Best biggest portrait la oils of President Hard-
vessel.Aa the lay m her berth lag. ca which Howdrd Chandler
at the yard of her recondlUonera at .Christy la now working.
Newport News, Vs , the Laivlalhan'a Visitors to tba Uvlathan, whan
colossal alia dwarfed the-graceful eha reaches New York after, being
battleship Weet Virginia, tba latest drydtKked and painted at Boaton.
In warcrafl construction. will And the vessel brlsUInf with
points of Internet. Not the least
of these Is tbe third “smoke Buck,"
of the liner, which la not • emoke
stack at all. Tbla funnel. It baa
now been disclosed for the drat
time, not only provides the forced
draught for the ship's oil burning
engines, but conulns two gigantic
water unke. These tanka, each of
ten thousand tons capacity, hold
the water for tba staterooms, baths
and drinking wafer devices.
The piping through which IMa
water ftpwi In supplying the needs
of the passengers on the ship, the
electric wiring for lighting end tel
ephone conimunlcstlon purpoeea
would be sufficient, .so many hun
dreds of miles have bean used, tor
a large township on shorn.' The
ISO handsome docks on board tba
tfsvtiyuie would to n»n
Homlcntst a Feature
Everything about tha Leviathan
is In keeping with her also, her
atatus as the largest craft in the
world, the hope of tha American
merchant marine. Tha decorative
and furnishing scheme of tbe Levi*
athan. planned and executed by
masters of .the interior decorating
arts* is the last word In beauty
and “homieneaa.” Every state In
the Union contributed material of
some description to maka the huge
liner a thoroughly American craft—
an American institution! in fact—
and this in recognized by 41 sump,
t nous stained glass wlndfws ln*the
big first cabin library, which rep*
resent the various ftatM) It Is In
this library that will be bung a
II. R. WklkerTwAtlanta; B. E.
.iliott, Atlanta: L..C.J.Vaughn, At-
«nta; ft. G.1Pjtntiard, Atlanta; Mr.
Mrs. J. ; As Bankston, Atlanta;
-i. t hen A. Wilson, Savannah; C.
Ewing, Atlanta.
TUESDAY. JULY! 3,1192k.- 1 , i .
thong the Legionnaires
Visiting Athens )
TUB UAUlOtB-BBKALP^AVaWa - WMtgj«
A. Barbcr.^ttjit^a; K. D. Gunby, j Dowell, Mu cop; Miss Estelle New.
Atlanta; Sowell, Atlanta; !man, Macon.
Arthur* TuftH, Atlanta; Mrs.
Jeter 6 , -Decatur; Carl C
w hite. Atlanta; Mrs. Arthur WU
n, Savannft*..
nsaquard.,
Atlanta; E. 1
Parish, A1
ker, Savun-
ty, Atlanta; E.
I; J. O. ^hotnan,
ley,’ Atlanta; R.
W. Gillespie; Gainesville; C.
hindlefl Gainesville; Foster
,dford. GalnekvUle; E. II. Dean,
in*?ulllo;* George Haines. Hr.r-
v Ferris, \V. M. 'Robinson. Jr.,
gus»a; Roy Th-rasher, Tiftoh,
Jamen Ly&Littycs, Americuu.
Robert Seales, Gainesville; Rob
ert Williamson, Gainesville; Asa
W. Candler, Atlanta; Alex Disker.
Gainesville; W. C. Thomas, Gaines,
villo; W. M. McConnell, Gaines
xiUdJ
Mrs. Grant Fuller, Macon; Mrs.
Lewis Harper; 'Macon; M. D. Ains
worth. Mneoh; Mrs. Boyce Ficklln,
•lr., Washington., Mrs. <\ Ii. Orr,
Washington. Ga.; Washington. Ga.;
V. T. \Vinslett, Maeon; John F.
Battle, J./., Walter C. Martin, Al
bert G. Ingram, Augusta, Ga.
.Mrs. f>_ M. Robinson. U. S. Vet-
ans Hospital; Miss Emma Mc
Cormick. U. S. Veterans Hospital;
Wilson Parker. Atlanta: Robert M.
Knight. Cartersville, Ga.; W. S.
•e. J. W. Farmer. R. S. Farmer,
r - Haines. Phillips Abbott, S. L.
Perkins, J. W. White, Jr., W. F.
[>ry Louisville, Ga.
r> - H * Sntiith, Statesht
r<XV®«|lon. Ga.; James iW, Crawford. Cornelia,
>n. ifjeveland. Ga.; Rob- McMillan, (iarkesville
esboro, Ga.; G.
\ F. Curi
Davidson, jueveianu, Ga.; Kob- | McMillan. Clarkesville. Ga.
S. JohnswB.»tle.velaiul; J. G. C. Jan*’ Mrs. W. C. Campbell, Valdosta;
llordworth,-Jr. f ~Atlanta; D. Mey-| P. II. Jlrooka, Valdosta; J. J. West.
Albany, George B. Cowart, Albany.
rhardt. Atlanta-; Mrs. Alan Ma
i lor ions Fourth to
Be Hi^h^Spot 111 the cn •L<;,ioii. Mitts Carolyn Vanq-
Logionhairc Meeting 1 ;,n * ! l !* 11 w,st - ‘ %
T H 12. .“Oh poy!” Hr*, A. L. Me
(Continued Frorrf Pago One) 1* a West and J.' War-
Iron Smith, Jr. ■ ’
-—_ j 12. The Lost Battalion." H. il.
finn!|r>uiro will ho held .West, Garland 11tiltuo and J. War |
' !m. * jron Smith, Jr. •’
•The Veterans? >H. H. West
thb speaker said. General Pierce,
said that one of tho greatest re. i
sources of any nation is a largo [
number of healthy citizens. j
He pointed qtit tho large number '
of young Americans denied admit
tance to the army during tho last
war on account of physical defi-
ciences. A good percentage of this
number was later admitted after
undergoing proper physical train
ing. he said. He said when tho peo
pie began to decline physically ti e
nation was in danger. “So long .as
the idea prevailed tlwt, a ‘Greek
owed It to the itata W keep phy
sically' fit. the nation prospered,’*'
ho said, “however, when the gym
nasia got tpto the control of pro
fessionals and the mass of-the,peo
ple horamo Idle spectators of the
“In our own country modern in
dustrialism and living conditions
in crowded cities are «\hallenginfc
the physical Integrity of the rare.
During a conference on training
the Hill Mixture very popular, and
those Who tried it say it tfocs the
work. In my entire round I did not
see a grassy field of either co-n or
cotton, and the plants are now
large enough to cultivate with the
plow and the crop is safe- Near
Lavonia I saw one field of cotton
half leg high that had been riddled
by hail and every leaf stripped off
HIGH
EXPLOSIVES
Col. T. I, Gantt Tours Sixj^rpTSjwU?^
• Cmmt.ips and Is Surnris- all 1-lean and growing off nlc-cly.
1 a. is... niLj! | l'ou al»o lie large patches of awci-t
P(1 At rclVOlclblG Coildl- potatoes, cane and everything else
tioiis Found There.
. ito feed man and beast, in Ander-
; *gon county I saw a field of
j flowers for poultry feed.
BY T. LARRY OANTT
On Friday morning lastIny g<>ed L, I . nl , t . .. nnp
friend.and neighbor, Mr. HorseyIpRoMISING
samee, Greece began to degener- jJSftty'l'huve"/®! uiren° U ^\Ve Irft! murepwmWr®**™!* 1 and
Athens jit. G■:{!)' in tba mnmim? nml better prospects and they are not
exceptions, but are noticeable in
every county we traversed. And
Athens at Gi.'lO’ in tho morning and
it was 12 (/clock that night before
we reached home. We went through
Daniels ville, Koyston, Canon, Bow-
ersville. Lavonia. Across the Knox
bridge into Oconee county. S. C.,
and thence to Anderson, S- C. On
Blowing in fronim Orawforrt-
vlllo like a ton of T. N. T. in
a heavy barrage came Boh
Guu Monday afternoon for tho
big noises of the Legion con
vention. Bob is Committeeman
from the Tenth district and has
nurtured the cause of tho Le
gion in that section of the
state as possibly no other Le
gionnaire. Ho iB a graduate of
the University of Georgia and
says lie liaH hut two loves, that
is public loves, one the Amer
ican IsOglon and tho other
“Georgia." Boh has as many
friends everywhere as he has
acquaintances, which is some
several thousand.
better worked or more advanced I
than in Madison. Franklin and Han
counties. Our farmers are fully up i
return we came over the Ai-i 80 far agricultural methods or-
ford ktcel bridge to Hartwell and Sav-mn -,‘h ‘ r ntf ‘ Bhljor!!
by way of Ha?.This trip .....r..., Iaoross tho Savannah.
for citUenahlp a ml' Nat'lonai "de? us through six counties arid in two | h * Xri^c-"' <i y i ~"".* b ? ,lt
tense held In Washington last No. I states and gave me an opportunity!^ 1 ,^ ncB h ro( / 8 i ;. ho ‘ J " "
vetnber. It was set forth that the to see a vast extent, of country.|"ffiB a *5°, Z'niSr
qualities and characteristics in-
•olvad in good citizenship iro four,
namely, physique, skill, education,
and attitude.”
"General Pershing recently gave
as his opinion tba tevery educa
tional 'institution in the country
ought to provide a systematic
courSo of physical culture that
would include ail students; that
general improvement in the health
and stamina of or youth would re
sult In a corresponding improve
ment in intelligence and moral
tone that wqnld naturally elevnte
tho standards of patriotism and
citizenship upon which tho future
of the United States rests.”
And let me «dd that during our cS-' w"T
tire round we did nut have the least lIJ®!* 8 fa . rmcr . l ?H t '! t h° u g. l 't
car trouble, for Mr. Davis certain-1 “f, 1 t r ll e *g!Sf best thing for the
lv omler.t„nd.-, hnodlin- „n a„to. 1 80Ut ^. Miter Burton says that not
We found fairly good roads the } 8 “°" .i 188 M* ‘J 18 ^
ntire distance except we had to I ! 1 . " rh’/f*' 1 ?,
eflert at Barbenille to avoid tho fc 88 ,.
entire
dcfle
new work being done on the Dan-
ielsville road. The road from Dan-
ielsvillo to Koyston is hilly ant!
rough but travcJable. Then there is
about thr(*e miles of unfinished
road between Hartwell and Roys-
But sifter crossing into South
over 25 per cent of the negro popu
lalion has left the country around
as many
mont part of
South Carolina as this section for
the manufacturing plants furnish
work for all hand*. White men
and girls have gone to the field
to take the place of the negroes
and they are doing the work better
and more intelligently. I noticed
t the Huditoriu
ROGRAM ofQ!
ICTURES r
as
program for‘the j.'vi
Tuesday night Ih is
"I Heeding France,”
Hand Hulnv
Paschall.
1. An illustrated reading. “Bo-
ind the Guns,” Miss Ruth Con-
a. illustrated by II. 'H. West,
4S Holliday F. Q. Miller and A
McCoy. *
"Sentinels of Civilization” II
Christmas of till7, the "Grea-
s," Mrs. 'A. L. McCoy. Judgi
West, John J. Wilkins, Jr.
>nn*ct!on with this picture
Kinnehrcw’.. anoth^r^talcntcf'
is’ girl, will sing “Holy
k'ht”. 8
"Hose of No Mnn A s Land” Mlsr
in Holliday.
"The Canteen and ‘Y’.” Miss
;iiz;il»Olh Itnwland.
“Doughput Clrl" 'Lieutenant
"th#
Pledge, 1
o. “Victor;
j." MisB Carolyn
. He Kept
and A. G. Elder, onq of the World
War. tho othor of tfit Civil War.
If*. “The Doughboy # *Splrit," H
n. West.
1C. •Morel*, II. If. West, May
both Mitchell.
Yt. “Wo Shall Remember Them*
Miss .Mary Hall of Augusta.
18. "Decoration Day”, Mm. A.
L. McCoy, Maybefh Mitchell, with
another solo by Miss Kinnobrew.
1!». “My Best Girl,” Mrs. J. J
Wilkins.
20. Grand Finale. Hauifhey’s
orchestra will play.
Cheers Greet the
Report of Coh’cn
At Opening Session
(Contlnusd From Pans OrtsV
Carolina - we found splendid high- that t™ ,or, nud improved |o b o-
‘ways. and in thia rqspect the Pal- | 88V ' nB tools “ rc coming Into use
metto State is ahead of Georgia, anrt , you scc two horses hltchctl to
Wo halted at the different towns 1 8 .
to gathor notes and we were kind- , ani | " nta 8 .™ ,)cln S
iy wdromed by the qitizen,. | thrashed and fine yields are re-
found the Sanner-Htra|d exten-. . e ia rKcst acreage in
/herd mid evorv ? rU in gver known was seeded
Terry Hendricks of Vald03ta,
head of the post there, former
member of the Second division,
carrying four body wounds re
ceived in France and morenlnc-
nrations than any other Geor-
gjia soldier, is here. Terry Is
also a Georgia alumnus and a
prominent lawyer of Valdosta.
Terry says ho has seen every
kind of gun in tho world fired
except the double barrel can
non that graces tho city h%lt
lawn ihero and this ohl gun.
that has bean silent Rlnco tho
sweet days of Georgia victories
of Georgia Tech, may again
smoke with powder ere “Tor-
rihie Terry” leaves town.
tl “Forty and Eight” Right
on the Job With Dutch
Supper and Everything.
Meet Tuesday.
sively read eVcrywWre and every n ra, vfkit« " s * 'n
one had a word of praise for# the llf 1 * a £ every former will
minor . i h .a v e "heat and oats for market.
paper.
Thci large oat crop will enable
them to finish their crops without
buying com. This stubble land is
being planted in cow peas, which
Athletic Leader
Warns Against'
Physical Apathy
(Continued From P«0« One) *
lined way noW to have ddbpted a
federal law giving aid fo states de
siring to promote physical educa
tion A bill known ns the “Fess-
Capper” bill has a chance of pas
sage at the next congress, its sup
porters beliovo
Twenty-eight of the states have
provided some form of physical
fy’tietitlon of training and It Is
K*ii--ht'mr Her hoped good laws will be passod by
and il all of them In tho near future,
report Charles E. Martin of tho
Allen R. Fleming post introduce _ . ,
a resolution, inspired by Miss Ma-I Rut I shall mainly devote this ,meai ! s a ] ar £ e h .‘?y "°P an 'i »n-
ina Michael, to forward Woodrow story to the crops. It was certain* .P | f 0Vin F th ® so, b farmers aa y
Wilson a telegram of felicitations! ly a pleasant surprise to see how *, . ey u w,1 ‘ stop clearing land and
and when the name of the former clean.the fields were and the prom* ,let u 4 ? r ? w int ® .Dmber and im*
Commander in Chief was mention- lising crops. I did not expect to see ‘ r>rr " 7n r " r ‘ nno "
ed from the floor tho crowd went j so much cotton planted and it ap-
wlld and stood at the mention of P^ared that there were as many
acres in the staple as com. But
there is no question about there
being plenty of provisions raised
this year, and it will not be neces
sary for farmers to Import either
corn,' flour or forage, and most
farmrs are raising meat endugh to
do them. You see growing all
kinds of food crops, and fine gar
den* everywhere. Many stui>ble
fields have been planted * in cow
pens and plows ana tractors are at
work still planting. There arc fine
stands of peas. .
While cotton is late, It is looking
healthy and promising. The plants
to
his name.
The message forwarded to form
er President Woodrow Wllsou waa
ns follows:
, "Athens, Ga.,
"July 3rd, 1923
"Woodrow Wilson,
commander in Thief of the Amer*
lean v Army and Navy, 1917-184 1
Washington. D. C.
"The Georgia Department of the
American Legion In convention as
sembled **n Athens, Georgia,' senda
heartiest greetings and best wishes
to out Comrado In Arms and do
sire to tixpross'dar Idftlest dkter/ir, are growing off nicely, and cvei
constant appreciation for his glorl 1 * * ' *
°u« achievement on Inspiring hi* use poison. In many fields I saw' w hcro it will bo rcpalrod.
comrades In arms to a glorious women and girls at work with dtint-
vlctory.’* lor mops. Around .Lavonia I find
prove their open fields.
This trip was a most interesting
one and it will take a number of
articles to tell our readers about
the country and towns we visited.
I returned home greatly encourag
ed over the future; and all of the
sections I visited arc tributary to
Athens.
200 PAS8ENGERS
ON WRECKED 8HIP
TAKEN TO 8AFETY
VIGO, Spain—Two hundred pas
sengers of the British steamer
Highland Loch wero rescued wdth.
In-fifteen minutes after tho steam
er ntrock the Carrubedos rocks
Monday. Soon afterward, however
much trouble and towod here
Tho passengers will continue
their yoyngo on another steamer.
Georgo Woodruff ©t Colum
bus, known as “Kid" and new
Georgia football mentor is
shaking hands with tho “boys."
“Kid’s" name is being men
tioned prominently as the next
commander for tho depart
ments, along with Ed Dunlap’s
of Gainesville hut so far most
of tho political talk bns been
“under cover,” if there has
been any and it Is hard to got
a line of developments.
Tho Gainesville post was tho
first to blow in with a band
or bugle corps. The Paul E.
Bolling post outfit blew In
Monday night and proceeded to
enliven the town up a bit.
Monday at mid-night the drum
corps made a parade ground
out of Prince avenue and the
residents of that part of tho
city wero not only remlndod
that America fought a war re
cently hut that Athens has a
convention on. At midnight
taps wero sounded and at 8:30
Tuesday morning a bolated
reveille was heard in tho
Ninth district headquarters,
first floor of tho Georgia hotel.
Edgar I). Dunlap Is commander
of tho Galnosvillo post and Ed
is hero'with the gold braid on.
J. R. Fitzpatrick, alternata
National rommitteemnn -from
Georgia. Columbus. Is hero.
"Fltz” Is a booster from first
to last and with 89 Logton-,
nalrcs and tho big Fort Ben-
ntng band on hap
itig the opoprtun
Just watch that Coljimb
gang the next few days.
hanil he Is l»Fv-
unlty df/uls/Hfo'.
that Columbus
"Jake” Orr, Washington,
Wilkes, legislator, prominent
Kiv/anian and citizen of ids
homo town is hero with Mrs.
Orr. Tho Washington Post,
Jerome Wooten post*, number
24, has accomplished a feat
never equalled before In Geor
gia. It lias enlisted every ex-
Hcrvico man in Wilkes county
in flie post, tho total running
to 300. "Jake” Ih committee
man from the 8th district and
Washington is sending Its
entire post hero daily for the
convention.
Clown Division
Of Legion Here
For ‘Convention’
George C. Woodn
grand cheminot •
Tho Athens, officers are M. Tut
wller, chef de gare; A. T.
chef de train; W. D. Jascha!!, cor-
respondant; T. H. McHatton,
garde de porte; W. T. Ray, con-
ductcur; A. I. 'Almond, comn*
salre intendent.
ft.*
Clarke County Comn
sioners Meet Here Tues
day to Discusa Road and
Bridge Construction.
Memories of Australian Jam.
cooties, of aching stomachs and
ernmped bones were brought be
fore dozens of “buddies” gathered
here Tuesday when tho clown di
vision of the Amtrican Legion —
the famous “Forty and • be
gan to assemble for their pranks.
A reproduction of a French box
ear Is on the city hail square.
Tho “La Societe des 40 Hommes
et 8 Chexaux." to givo it a digni
fied appealation, is scheduled to
begin its business session at six
o'clock Tuesday on the second floor
parlor of tho Georgia Hotel.
After tho business meeting -the
society will enjoy a "Dutch Suppor"
with tho following program:
Toastmaster—Robert. D. Trout-
man (Atlanta).
Mile, from Armcnticres—R. 8.
Roddcnbpry, Jr. (Moultrie.)
PormenAdes In ‘France—Arthur
L. McCoy (Athens).
Tho Battle of Paris—Archie
Mitchell (Atlanta).
War Is Hell—Ed Dunlap (Gaines
ville).
Observations from a Box Ca*
Window—Chas. B Fbley (Colum
bus).
40 Hommes et 8 Chevaax-*J, G.
C. Bloodworth (Atlanta).
The present officers of 1m Bo-
dote des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux
are J. O. <C. Bloodworth, of At
lanta, grand chef de gare; Charles
B. Foley, of Columbus, grand chof
do train; David J. 'Meyerhardt. of
Atlanta, grand corrcspondant;
James A. Bankston, of Atlanta,
grand cotnmfssaire Intendant;
Charles WJ Cooke, 0 f Moultrio,
grand condncteur; J. it Fitzpat
rick, of Columbus, grand garde do
la porte; Robert 8. Roddenbory,
Jr., of Moultrie, national ehomlnot:
Evan p. Howell, of Atlanta, O. W.
The Clarke County Commission- '.*•
era met in the. Clarke County
house hero Tuesday morning and >>
plans were discussed con?erqtng;
road and bridge construction ,iq
Clarke.
Work will be continued on c6n.
expected to bo completed by Tuea-”
oreting tho Princton road which i«
day. The Jefferson road will be
worked on within the noxt
or two; It will be of concrete,
mile has been completed on
Danlclsvillc road and the work will; -
bo continued.
Although tbe Princeton road i
probably be finished Tuesday,
cannot bo used for about tb
weeks.
SEA BATTLE STAGED
BETWEEN U. S. CUTTER
AND RUM-RUNNER
ruriri-'
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—A
runner, carrying 100 case, of- Ii
quor, was captured near ben, afl
it had opened fire on a ppraul:
coast guard cutter. The cutter r
turned the fire and the rum ert.
surrendered. No one w»l injured.
Federal officers began a search at
Long Beach for several women'
bald to be implicated In a rum-run
ning plot. The officer, believe
rum-runner came from a Mcxl
port and waa attempted to
when sighted.
thx
ATKISSON DIES
MAXEYS.' Ga—Dr. Georgo _
her Atklsaon died Tuesday nfu
noon.at 2:10 at Maxcys. Ga.,,
the home of his daughter, Mrs. <
W. Hr sfn -d. Interment will ‘
held lu Oconee cemetery at A
ens Wednesday afternoon at
o’clock.
'. *
HERALD WANT ADS.
Too Late to Classify
LONOUBVILLB — A OEUGI!
home for paring guests, sltu_.
a quiet .treet, right In town,
convenient to buaineM center. Hlw
and spacious ground*. Call 360-J.
Leviathan made Wonder
The leviathan will carry
4674 persons. It would
S.S LEVIATHAN ^