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I laveitlflate Today) To Regular Subscriber* ThC BANNER-HEHALD J1.000 Accident Policy Free ATHENS COTTON* Middling - Holiday Previous Cloio 27c Dally and Sunday—10 Cento a Week. Eetabllehed 1832 Dally arid Sunday-10 Centf a Week. WEATHER: Cloudy with Probable light Showare VOL. 91, NO. 12J Aesoclated Press Service ATHENS, QA* WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Copies t Cants Dally. > Cent* Sunday. 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 (Turn to page eight) . 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 (Turn to page i 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,” (Turn to page eight) —