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. , . . y 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 ^