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ATHENS, QA* WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1923.
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4TH
FIVE DEAD
Dl WRECK
ON SANTE
FE ROAD
iBy Associated Press.)
DOMINGO. N. M—At
least five persona are be.
lieved to have been killed or
injured fatally and several
others hurt more or less se
riously when the Santo Te
passenger U;ain from Chica
go to Cos Angeles went into
a ditch about five mijes
from here shortly after mid
night. |
Report* received here ear
ly Wednesday morning were
that V..C, Robertson, mem
ber of one of the double-
header engine drew* war
been burned under one of
dead and hi* fireman miss
ing. He Is believed to have
the locomotives. Two other
enginemen were so badly
scalded- their recovery it
doubtful. reports said. It
was also reported that one
passenger whose identity it
not established was killed.
FRiKLI
IAS GOOD TOWNS
Col. Gantt Sees Will of
Billy Patterson and Tells
Of Famous Saying
In It. •
By T. LARRRY GANT^
Franklin la one of the oldest
counties In, Georgia being created
about the tithe of Wllkea. While
in Tsavonla last week Editor Bur*
inn ■ allowed 'me n map where he
hud marked out the original dl-
mansions of Franklin before it hAd
been carved up to make new coun-
ties, it .embraced the territory
Elbert, a part of Oglethorpe, j
Madison*. Banka, Jnckaon, Hart,
Habersham and a allce acroaa the
Tugulo and Havannah rivera, now
n part of Oconee and ' Anderson
counties, 8. C. Fpi* some yearn af*
ter Franklin county was establish
ed It hud no fixed court house, bur
the neut of government was shifted
from place to. place, und court held
in some settler’s crfbln. But Carnet
ville was finally selected ss a coun
ty seat and named for Judge Pe
ter Carnes, an eminent jurist of
his day.
THE FLAG
“Are you for me dr against mie?”
Asked the Flag as it went by,
•“We are for you! We are for you!’
Said the people in reply.
We will follow where you lead us,
We are ready when you need us,
We have pledged our hearts’ devotion,'
Said the people in reply.
“Are you for me or against me?’’
Carney the question from the Stars.
“By the war clouds dark above us,
By our old wounds and our scars,
We are for you now and ever,
Bonds of love n o'foe can sever
Hold us fast and bind us to you,” •
Said the people to the Stars.
“Are you for us or against us?’’
Called the White Stripes and the Red.
“By the great ‘hearts of our heroes,
By the blood that, they have'sHed,
We are for you,, doubt it never;
We are for you now and ever,
And our gold and strength and service,
Are yours,” the people said.
L’ENVOI.
“I shall take your hearts’ desire,
And your wealth of gold and land;
I shall take your soul’s amition,
And your work of head and hand;
I shall take away your nearest,
Your best-loved and dearest.
Are you for me or .against me?”
Asked the flag as it went by.
“God be with us, we are for you!”
Said the people in reply.
—By Fay Foster, in Bostoh Post.
Editor Barton hag In hi* offlc«
the record book In which te copied
the original wlir of BHIy Patterson,
the hero of that well Known In
quiry. Thte will te a lengthy docu
ment and would require twenty
column* of the Banner-Herald to
print It. There te nothing In the
will offering a reward for the man
who struck Ita author, but It re-
f‘*r» to the, dtepoultlon of his land*
in that county, said Patterson own
ing vast tracta covering enough
territory to create a large county
This Billy Patterson was a wealthy
merchant of Baltimore, Md.. and
father of the fair Betty who be
came the wife of Jerome Bonaparte
Mother of Napoleon. It te *ald
that during a personal encounter.
Patterson was really struck o
blow by soms unknown party and
h-lnr a fighter himself vainly
nought to discover hte unknown as
sailant.
Mr. Rush Burton has In hte of
fice the book containing this will
as also othsr interesting old docu
ments borrowed from the county
r*cords, that he will show the edi
tors when they meet In hte town-
BURNED TO DEATH
Two Suffer Horrible
Death When Gasoline
Tank Explodes. Three
Others Injured.
(By Audited Press.)
FREDERICK. — Two member*
ol an Automobile touring party
were burned to death here Tuea-
day and three other* acriouily in
jured when the gasoline tank of
their car exploded ai It was being
refilled.
The dead are Mrs. Andrew Mill
er and her daughter, aged rive.
Mrs. •Miner’s husband and att.
NAMED BT COHEN
Men Running Convention
Made Public By Depart
ment Commander Tues
day Night.
Commander Rodnty Cohsr
named hte convention dtltgatsi
Tuesday night and the personnel
other little girl and boy were per-
of the various committees 1s a*
follows:
Rules and Crsdentlals: James A.
Fort, Americas; J. R. Fitzpatrick
Columbus, W. E. O’Connor, 6a van-
nah, H. C. Uosch, Gainesville, John
M. Hlatnn, Atlanta.
Resolutions: R. A. Henson, 8yl-
baps fatally burned when the ex
plosion occurred, as Mr. Miller waa
filling the tank from an emergency
gasoline container.
Mrs. Kidd’s Burial
WHITE
COUNTY
•anklln 1* one of our lorgeit
most populous white countler
he* more white voter* than
or three large countle* In tin
k belt, it I* one of our be*l
»(ng section*, being located In
very hMtrt of the Piedmont
H la well watered with Hrei*
"th.r atreama, on all of which
■ broad slrlpa of alluvial bottom
I. Ita farther*, hare alwayt
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. n 1 . y ep i j. J. West. Albany. Dr. J. M. Tootn.
At Bushins today ey. Washington, M.D. Ainsworth,
Fuheral services for Mrs. Nellie
Kidd, aged 45, who died at the
residence In Oglethorpe county,
near Wlntervllle. Tuesday. July 3.
at 5 i>. m.J after an Illness of six
weeks, wtfre held at Beaverdam
Baptist church Wednesday at 2
p. m.. conducted by Rev. W. M.
Colie. Interment followed at Bus
hin cemetery. Bernstein Bros.,
funeral home, In charge.
Mrs. Kidd was a native ofMadl-
fester: M. 8. Eddy, Columbus; C.
I). Orr, Washington, E. B. Dunlap,
Gainesville, George Halna, Augusta
Legislative! Alexander Fawsett,
Savannah. Terry Hendrlr)c4 Val-
dosts, H. Hi West Athsns; U. T.
Wlnalett Macon; E. P. «Howell At
lanta.
Finance: Dr. P. L. Nott Atlanta.
Macon.
American Legion: Paul Farr
Toccoa, Robert W. Knight. Carters
ville.* Roy W. Harris. Ijoutevllle;
Larry Pedrlck, •Waycross, Roy
Thrasher. Tlfton.
Publicity: B. P. Osmbreel, Atlan
ta; Dr. Paul McGee. Waycrose:
W. L. Sullivan. Waynesboro; J. L
Story, Rome; Harry W. Moore.
Americanism: J. L. Newbem
Valdosta: Dr. V. D. Little Milledge
ville; B. W. Hanson. Dawson. VII
DEMPSEY AND GIBBONS
George Pleads For
Legion To Stand
READY TO ENTER RING ForU S Govt
Everything in Readiness For World
Heavyweight Title Bout. Dempsey
And Gibbons Both Confident.
Dempsey is Ruling
Favojrite.
American System Worth
Preserving Says U. S.
Senator To Legion Men
Here Tuesday.
A plea for members of the Amer
ican Legion to see to It tha^ consti
tutional government in America li
maintained was made here Tuesday
afternoon by Senator Walter F
George of Vienna who was one ol
th>? principal convention speakers.
After pointing out that the Amer
ican system provides for represen
tative government, personal Im
munities, distribution of poweri
and a 'judicial guaranty of persona'
mu n! ties the speaker deolared
By CHAS. M. DAVISON
SHELBY, Mont.—Just exactly four hours remain
before two humans will walk into the big nine howl here
and begin to throw the thinnest of gloves at each other— _
and in the balance hangs th$ heavyweight championship j that government not founded upor
of the world. j these principles Is not worthy ol
Dempsey, the champioiFof the world in his divisioi j th |’ n 'SiSuHaV nue'gienre to *nc
will step through the ropes to defend his title againsl j nerving under the flag the senatoi
Tommy Gibbons, the challenger for the title and the man told the Legionnaires that they
who has set himself up as pretender to the throne of Jack
Dempsey.
Even now, as for several hours
since, the gates to the arena where
the combat will take place have been
faced by a small sea of enthusiasts
some of whom have travelled thous
ands of miles to see the battle.
Gibbons, the under-dog. seem's
supremely confident that before the
sun sinks down and the emil rises
over the dezert to meet it, he will
be reclaimed the champion of the
world and his' name flashed over
the wires to the far ends of the
earth. Gibbons has everything to
win and nothing to lose. He will
not get a barrel of money from the
fight but then he does not deserve
He is not the logical man to
Hinting that he te not an alarmist twsen nations which, will In the
somehow one gets the idea that he
j» not the came min who toppled
WUlinrd at Toledo. It is an in
describable something that the
champion seems to have lost. But
Whip Gibbons. ** g °° d W10U?h to, |the senator pointed out that there futu [ e make war impossible, tha
Iiia short whHe the prelimina- ls a ,ar *« *roup of people in ^thlr * U . •o« t| onajlsm_hatred
ries will start. The crowd, p.o* j country who would supplant the
sibly 14.000 to 16.000 strong will American system of constitutional
take notice of the first. Yawn at government with a government by
the second. From then on alternate bureaus and departments.
thing forjhe chance he is gettlni
Should he win tha title by a luck
Wow. and ft be wins, it wW be by
that same method, he will more
than repay himsslf for his trouble.
Dempsey will get $310,000 for his
part in the mill. Not only his mon
ey is safe but his title also.
At his camp at Great Falls. Tues
day, Demsey was reticent. He is
working himself up to the stago
to which he always does before
a big fight Dempsey Is scowling.
He is churlish. That is put on,
however. He wanted to get in a.
bad humor with everybody, espec
ially Gibbons. The only statement
he would make was, ‘ r Yes, 1 will
win.’
When Dempsey walks into the
ring he will take his place on his
side and scowl at Gibbon*^ That is
what Is called his fighting face.
Gibbons will notice that scowl as
were fighting for the principles of
government which that flag repr*
rents. “Loyalty to the flag 1s loy
alty to the American principle o<
government,** he said.
Governor Walker Is
Principal Speaker;
Given Big Ovation
Governor Introduced ByjAthens Enjoys Most Col-
Miss Moina Michael of* orful Fourth of July in
Athens. Praises Wood- Her History With Hun-
row Wilson jn Address.
PLEADS FOR END
OF ALL WARS
Crowd of More than Two
Thousand Greets Geor
gia’s Chief Magistrate.
Praises Convederate
Veterans.
Speaking to an aiudience estf
mated at two thousand, Governor
dreds of Visitors Here.
CONVENTION TO
CLOSE THURSDAY
Living Pictures Shown
Monday Night Drew
Great Throng to Down
town Section to Witness
Scene. > aft&f
With banner* (lying, the Amer
ican flag In evidence ererywh**re.
Clifford Walker at the University .the roll of druma sounding martial
Octagon, Wednesday Ynornlng,! music and tkouaands of visitors
pleaded for recognition of the (thronging the street! Athena la'ob*
World War heroes, the veterans of | serving Wednesday . probably the
all past wars, a combination be-»mpst colorful July. Fourth in her
jeers with derisive ’ cheers for one
or the other fighter, all the while
keeping an eye on the gate for*
the principals to enter.
Gibbons will enter first. A ch9m
II, ae IB BUI UW lUfcltui MMU W , - - — 7 .
fight Demsey for the title and he jjon seldom if ever steps through
should be willing to sacrifice some- the ropes first. He wUl get a big
the m»n who hope*, is
in th« best condition of his ring
career. He Is drawn to wire edge
and la ready to put forth bia host.
It is a great pity that Gibbona
could not fight somebody else other
than Dempsey, for tod.y, he could
whip any man in the world txcept
two—th* champion and Big Jess
Will lard, Joke though m*ny consid
er him. After this fight. Gibbons
will be through. His heart will be
broken ae will hi* spirit and pos
sibly his bodv.
Dempsey, the king of the squar
• iJvinpsejr, uic King oi me ■ijuur
ed circle, doe* not seem to us to
be in the best condition of his ca
reer. He is hardened. He seems
to have improved in boxing, i but
ovation for the crowd is always
With.tha little msn. Dempsey wUl
climb through a few- 1 minutes later
Then the roo. will rife. The crowd
will forget sil about the little man
for “her* comes the champion."
The announcer will do "his stuff”
The referee will give his instruc
tions. The fighters will shake
hands. The bell will clang and—
the fight is on.
Dempsey is the ruling favorite
in the fight The bets which have
been placed are not a« to who will
win, in most cares, but as to what
round it will end ini At the ring-
aide. the odds will change again,
a* the crowd gets a glimpse of the
two men.
Shelby, little Shelby the oil town
with 1,700 souls in it is proud of
itself. It has put the fight over.
If Demosey wins—orood. If Gib
bons wins—good- The maht thing
is that the town did not fail in it’s
undertaking.
In a few minutes we shall be
going inU t)v> arena, in plain sight
from where this ia being written*.
We must sit through the prelinms.j
in order to be there when the big
Referring to th* effort
group in the United States senate
and outside who would changs thr
Supreme Court so as to allow con
gress to override Its decisions oi
u<* away with tbs four-to-fhr© do-
clsions, the senator asserted tha'.
this would be a blow to the system
Of government as conceived by Ite
founders. • * - ^
This group would make It nso-
canary for seven of the Judges te
cause ft law to be declared con
stitutional and IP this way If thrs#
of the nine judges thought other
wise the law would be declared un
constitutional thus placing In
three men the power to pass up
on the constutlonallty of the lawi
of the land.
Senator George's address wai
one of the moat powerful ever de
livered in Athens and created a
very favorable impression on Le
gionnaires and visitors from the
city who heard It
Senator George was Introduced
by E. Earle Cocke of Dawson, na
tion" I vice commander, who prais
ed the remarkable progress of the
ileorgla Department.
affair'ttnrts.
Hero are th© latest weight? and
measurements of the two men who
Will batt)e for the title, so *ar
as ■ a conscientious effort o:i
our part could assure them. They
may be announced different—they
may cnant;©. but hor« they are to
the best of n»»r efforts. We hnve
made one antal! wager— Dempaoy—
within the first five rounds—unless
something goes wrong- Let your
conscieoce be your guide.
‘RIDS OF PARTY’
Alabaman Returns From
Extended Tour of Eu
rope. Will Issue State
ment at ljjarly Date.
WA8H1NOTON.—Senator Oscar
Underwood of Alabama, prospect
ive candidate for the democratic
greij'dential nomination hna re
turned ‘to Washington after a four
months’ tour of Europe.
After a consultation with his ad-
vlsera. he will Issue a utatement to
the public In response to the re
quest of the Alabama legislature
and the state democratic sxtcutlve
committee that he permit his
friends to regard him ss t candi
date.
Mrs Kidd WS8 a native OI JMUUI- vine; tl. W. nmintna.
son county, but had resided In,.|a Adams, Buford; C. C. Stubb
Oglethorpe for twenty Jear*^ She, Augusta. ,
was the wife rt-Mr._Joh^lUgd^;j £ PWc. Convention: Hot;
prominent farmer, nirt hod Crawfordvllle, B_A O.r
Ukea a *2* t n ^“L 0 L^‘£SnLd. I re«, ortfrin; A. W. wnk uson
church work. Betides “*f I n.ribrtdg.; Leroy Cowart. States-
she la survived by * sister, Mr *’j u>r0 . j_ p. wuholt, Vfrnrrtntbn.
Susie Bullock. 1
While the senator declined to
discuss any angle of the situation.
It Is known that be will assume
the attitude oi one entirely In the
bands of his party. This will be
I tantamount, It Is pointed out, to s
statement of his willingness to
run. . i
Prom Information, It I* known
that the Senator, in W* wtntament.
Mil Sire MtUe consolation to tke
"wets” of Uin Smltb.I
or those Inspired newspaper
igt eight)
ON BIG COMMITTEES
Clarke county’n legislators were
named members of the three moit
important committeees in the
House of Representative by Speak
er Cecil Neill Tuesday.
Representative Toombs DuBo*e
was appointed a member of both
the appropriations and ways and
means committees. There two com
mittces were , consolidated lost
year and Dupose * was chairman.
However, it is known that be re
quested that-he b* releived of any
chairmanship* this ye*r on ac
count of* desiring to devote much
of hte time to the tax question.
Representative Frank A. Holden
was honored by appointment to the
Important committee on ways and
means also. This is u signal rec
ognition of Mr. HoWon's ability as
this te one of the throe most im
portant committees in the house
If not the mdst important.
Commander Cohen
Taken A Prisoner;
and (finally for the blendlnr of. of.
forti of the people of Georgia for
a greater and better Georgia.
Oorsrpor Walker at the begin,
nla, of his speech paid tribute to
Woodrpm Wilson In glowing turtns
and--then pleaded that all clflsens,
organisation* nnd creeds not only
b* given a square deal .but that
they IlkawlM (Ire a square deal
to others.
Roughly Handled
Yanked Fro>n Rostrum of
Octagon and Shoved into
Prison Cage as i Awe
Stricken Crowd.Wonders
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not the mdst important. -
Representative lioldcn was also
appointed to membeship on the
University of Georgia and hronChe".
committee of which Freeman D
McClure, graduate with the class
of WSS ia chairman. Mr[ DuBose
#111, represent the Eighth District
on the rules committee of winch
*4ypo, the speaker is chairman. This.com
• car- mittcc is nerhsp* tbs most pow
erful of *IL
Cohen was rudely haled from
the rostrum of the Octagon
Wednesday morning shortly
before noon and taken a pris
oner of war, made to don that
uniform that was ao familiar
all over France where inelgnla
on the back carrying thalet-
tera “P. C-"
The awe stricken crowd
that had gathered in th*
Octagon to near the speech
of Governor Walker was dum-
founded until it. was learned
that the High official of tho
Legion in Georgia was only be-.
ing initiated into the -Forty
and Eight” the boys who are
wearing' those little dinky blue
caps and who have memories
of those little box dare in
France carrying forty men or
eight hones.
Commander Cohen was
roughly shoved into the vol-
ture headquarters of th* AI-
led R. Fleming poet and was
wheeled alt over town, peer
ing through tha openings and
wearing a grin that would put
the most anxious of the want
ed to be captured squareheads
to shame.
Following the public initia
tion of several candidates, in
cluding along with Commander
Cohen, Bill Adair and John
Taylor of. Buford, Jo* Bean
of Atlanta. C. V. Calloway and
Chat. S. Cox of Marietta and
A. S. Thomas of Athena, were
given the final touche* of th*
secrets of the order at 6:30
Wednesday. Tuesday th* mer
ry members of the Voltur* of
the state celebrated at a
dutch supper at th* Georgian
Hotel and elected officers for
the new year, naming Dr. R.
C. Eve of Atlanta. Chef de
Care and . remaining all the
other officers for another term
Here the governor stressed
need of giving to the heroes of
former ware ths recognition they
were entitled to an<L In too many
cues had failed to receive. The
apeaker then .took up slackers of
the past wars and snowed how In
several cases they hsd not only
profited by the wars but had been
given tb* recognition which right
fully belonged to the men wbo
served. He demanded that proper
recognition be given In the future
to the men who wore willing to
give up their llvu to protect
tbelr’e and the homes of others.
In connection with this Governor
Walker cold, “A nation which delta
not honor It's heroes of the past
will not have heroes In the future.”
Governor Walker pleaded for
some sort of combination between
nation*, not necessarily the League
of Nations or any other one spec
ial agency, but some one thing
whloh would forever put an end to
war.,
He paid glowing tribute to tho
Confederate Veteran* and again
urged that war and bloodshed be
stopped. "We have s trust given
us by our hero dead to put a final
end to war and we have not yet
fulfilled that trust,’’ he said.
W* spoke of the terrible toll
of war from tho standpoint
of Uvea lost and then took up the
ooet of war from an economic view
point. showing that by far the
greatest part of every dollar token
In In taxes by the federal xovarn.
mant. went for war-and war pre
parations, while only three rente
out of every dollar was devoted to
educatlos and ths uplift
country.
history.
Augment'd by the thousands of
vlsltote who have come here for
tho convention of the American l.o-
glon the townspeople have turned
out onmssse fur tho events of tho
day and not sines tho memorial
day on Noromber 11th, 1918 whoa
the nows was flashed to all the
world that tho groat war had end.
ed has patriotism run so rife and
earefreo and n spirit of abandon
possessed the city with her hun
dreds and hundreds of visitors—
visitors who then were wearing tho
khaki bpt whoso thoughts were to
turn back to Ihonie and loved ones
rather than towards an objective
or tero hour where hnte and strife
and blood: stalked.
Since Monday night the Amer
ican Legion has owned Athens, and
the Leglonnalras have bean run
ning it and this will be the case
through Thursday when the larg
est convention in the history of
tho organization In the state comes
to on end with tho oloctlon of of
ficers and the selection of the con
vention city for 1924.
GREAT THRONG8
SEE PICTURES
of
Turning then from the topic of
war, ths governor urged that th«
south teach her sons andfcdaughters
to forget any hatred which might
remain toward any other part of
ths country and pay th# proper de
votion to th^ flag of the country
He urged that the south and thr
north forget that they had one*
been separated and divided by war
and work hand in hand, as on th*
battle fields of France for the up
life of oor country united natloq
and fbr a)!'section* of tie country
to concentrate thefr efforts* toward
making the world a place bf peace
and happiness instead
and bloodsheds
| Governor Walker closed
speech by pleading for a greater
•and better Georgia. He predicted
that the state, after emerging from
the stfngencles of war and econom
Ic strain would soon be on the road
to progress and prosperity and
that the Empire State of the Union
would stand second to none and be
a pride to all,
Dy. Evs succeed* J. O. C. Blood- I
wvrth at Atlanta. . |
Before Governor Walken- begoj;
his address, Rodney (XheitJ
lllrlng Commander'0P th* > Oenrgl*
department of Amsrleaw Legion Ini
(reduced Mias Moina Michael, writ
(Tam to page eight)
Tuoaday night tho largest throng
ever gathered downtown for an
Open air performance witnessed the
pageant given under the auspice*
of the Allen R. Fleming post by a
committee headed by Miss Ma Nlta
Bullock for the entertainment of
the visitors. Presented by the pag
eant were living pictures of char-
ueters familiar during the war that
the country participated In so gal.
lantly and out of which was born
the great organization now In con
vention here. An each picture was
flooded with light, echoes of cheer
and applause rent’the atmosphere
of the clear night and when the
imgeant .closed It was pronounced
n great success.
Following the living pictures was
the Grst dance at the auditorium
which was attended by more than
n thousand Legionnaires and visit
ors. Including dozens of visiting
girls end many members of the
Auxiliary.
As colorful as Tuesday was Wed -
nesday Is being attended hv a
spirit of greater enthusiasm while
patriotic demonstrations, speeches
nnd music are making the day o n e
of real celebration on the anni
versary of the birth of the coun.
try.-
Governor Clifford Walker was
riven a great ovation by an Im
mense crowd as he rose to address
tho convention In tho Octagon
Wednesday morning at eleven
o’clock.’ Thousands are on San
ford Field watching the hnseball
gamo and daylight fireworks. In
terspersed with stunts nn»! shows
offered by different cities that have
big delegations (hero.
Another demonstration that will
attract thousands to the down
town section Wednesday night Is
the torchlight parade scheduled for
8:30 and which will move from the
court house lawn through the prin
cipal business streets of the city.
Over 600 Legionnaires will be In
tha parade, beaded by Legion ban
ners, and several bands. Following
the parade, will be another dance
In the auditorium and then. Thura-
day tho convention will settle down
to strictly business when officer,
for the next year will be selected
and the convention city for 1934
named.
tl Oce.ot tie big features of the
day Tor Wednesday and Thursday
is Dm.moving nfeturo the legion
is showing at the Strand theatre,
the “Men Without A Countiy,”
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