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Investigate Today! Te Regular Subscribers THE BANNER-HERALD (IMO Accident Policy Free Dally and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. .• - i Established 1832 Dally and Sunday—10 Cants a Weak. ATHENS COTTON; MIDDLING I PREVIOUS CLOSE M/lS | WEATHER: Probable Showers Friday Night] Cooler. VOL. 91, NO. 123 Associated Press 8grvlce ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1923. A. B. c. Paper Single Copies 2 Cents Dally, I Cants Sunday, FRENCH CLOSE KRUPP BRANCH PLANTS ■M 1 4* 4, ^ 4 1 tH 1 4^-4 4-4 4 4 4—4* 4-4 4—4 •J* V 1 “ V V 4 i V T V V V V Chapman Aides Win Another Legal Delay COURT ADJOURNS President Will Ride on U. S. Railway MEN BEING TRIED Money and Legal Brains' Again Successful in De-! laying Bringing Men to; Trial tri Athens. NEW YORK FIGHT COSTING $25,000 Assistant District Attor ney Goree Predicts ‘Fire works’ Wh^n Men Are Filially Brought Here. Mopey, coupled with acme SsjaaSSSlfllDB TUANS BACK Didato and Abe Silverstem, alleged aides of Gerald Chapman, mail bandit who escaped from federal au thorities here and in Atlan ta twice last April. United States District court called In special session by Judge Samuel H. Sibley, adjourned here Thursday afternoon without trying Up In Seward, Alaeka, folks gather at the sovemment railroad's tiny station to see the evening trait come In. Every once In awhile some high official arrives. But this summer President Herding, himself, will come. He end hie party of cabinet officers, congressmen sod friends and newspapermen will entrain then for an extensive tour of the Interior. . , tTc™n ^h*u* d .«C. V * he ‘ £: Praise'Meeting: hnrand Walks on Decks. Chapman What la more, these two mer are not likely to be brought to trial here until the fall term of the court SEVENTH DELAY For the seventh or eighth time nine* April 14, when the two men were arrested In New York, theli trial here has been delayed. Tbli time, apparently, because of an ap peal to the United States Circuit Court of APP*als from an ordei handed down by U. 8. Justice j TO NORMAL DUTIES American Legion Conven tion Over, Citizens Back to Work-a-Day Tasks. Athens, especially the Legion naires, cased off of a strain mused by the fact that this city and the American Legion were ho“*s to the sTgte convention, Thursday nfter- noon and Friday morning the city settled back Into Its dnily routine after three strenuous and enjoyable days. The coavention that has just closed was pronounced by tho** who have attended all of the Amer. lean Legion conventions of the De* Hand dismissing a writ of habeas Partm.nl of Georgia a> the great- rorvus filed by attorneys for the men. When 'the men were arrested It New York Miss Cora Lea Ramey studeot nurse at St. Mury's hospl tai here, was ordered to New York to Identify them as the men with whom she conferred on the da] Chapman escaped. They wen brought before a U. 8. Commission er who, after being satisfied tha they were the men named In the in. dlctments returned by a federa grand Jury. In Athens, hfeld then for trial here under $7,000. Th« men refused to make bond becaus> that would have caused them tt be brought back Immediately. In ntead, they sued out a writ of ha bess corpus which was dismissed They followed this up with an'ap peal to the Clrctiit Court, appar ently, and obtained tholr release under bond awaiting the decislor of the Court of Appeals. U. 8. Assistant District Attor ney C. P. Goree of Atlanta, wh» went 4o Hew York in the case said here during the special term of court this week that the "fire works will # be started" when Di dato and Sllversteln are tried here Mr. Goree Intimated that the trla' will bring about "revealations" oi a startling nature. » • The attorney declared thousands of dollars are being spent by thr men back of Didato and Sllver steln to prevent their return t* Athens for trial. "Not less than $25,006 .will be spent In their New York fight to prevent removal here* says the attorney. The men have employed two .o' the beat lawyers In New York^lly etates Mr. Goree. RESTRICT* AUTO UQHT8 TRBNTON ,H. J.—State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Dill order ed today that all automobltists Ir the state must start at once to us< one of twenty-six types of head light lenses approved by the com mission. Thsse headlights were adopter by Matrie, Massachusetts, Mary land. New Hampshire, New York Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Jersey at a meeting of the Com missioners approved the guide ray and the Mlrotilt types of head lights. The monogram lens I* to be used only on motorcycles. Use of frost ed electric light bulbs and paints* lenses will no longer be permitted according to the new order. Adam and Eve to Grace Rockefeller “Garden of Eden” (By Associated Press) NEW YORK—A gigantic sculptured group of Adam and Eve, each figure about twenty- five feet high and weighing one hundred and twenty.five tons, * designed and hewn from pure . white Carrara Garble by George Grey Barnard his been purchased by John D. Rocke- feller and will*be erected In the "Garden of Eden" on the Rockefeller estate at Pocantico Illlls, New York, it was learn ed Friday. The group is so posed that Eve seems to be rising out of the rib of Adam and will be placed in nvcoble arched back, ground now being completed by Italian sculptors on the Rock efeller estate when Barnard returns from a months' vaca tion In Canada. POINCARE REPLY TO BRITISH NOTE WILL POLICE ARREST IN WHO ROBBED PROF. t. scon THOUSANDS THROWN OUT OF WORK BY NEW RUHR ORDERS Athenian Is Called to New York to Identify n Man Held As Pickpocket Sus pect. President and Alaskan Party Take to Sea and Enjoy Comfortable Cab- (By Ailoci.t.d Prill), ON BOARD US .8. S. HENDER SON WITH IIARDINO.—Pr.ild.Dt Harding was beyond the American, boundaries Friday , enjoying the life at sea In comfortable cablna and on decks of the marine trans port Henderson. Ife left Tacoma Thursday, ac companied by Mrs. Harding and members of hie Alaakan party, amid the aalutee of Naval craft In Tacoma- and Seattle waters. Eacortlng the Hendoraon are two .at ever held in Georgia. Larger | Amerlcan destroyers. Hull and erewtla, more entertainment and| ( , n(Ty eqll | pped w | th depth fmdera the amoolheat working prograrr rommand( , d by officer, whorecent- made the meet .tend out over , de chartg the P , c |f| c .hora conventions heretofore and mem- - •* tiers of the Legion in Athens orr already the recipients of man) congratulations, not only from the home folks but from dozens whr were here from out of town. Annin the Fourth of July wn* mails a day of real celebration li* honir of the country's birthday «nA It is now an established eus. tom with the LegioH here to make day an annual event of thl nature. The Legion convention was on* of the few conventions held her* that practically paid Its own way Hniall donations were given by th< . (Turn to Pago Three) i wntor depths. Attendance of the destroyer* l» due merely to extraordinary pre cautions of naval authorities to ■unround the president with event possible safety during the voyage, i • mm ELK UNIPORM8 % Exalted Ruler P. 8. Johnsot of Athens Lodge No. 790 B. P. O Elks announces that the uni forms which local Elks wil wear in the big parade at the National Convention In Atlan ta next week, have arrived an<* requests that local Elks gol. them Immediately. The uni forms are at J. Bush's store, 333 Ftroad street. BE SETTLED FRIDAY BE iD[ SATURDAY,”- I'rof. Scott Holland, Unlreralty faculty member who waa robbed In New York last week of aereral l.lindr-. 'tiara In caah and travel er's cbecka and hla ticket to Eur ope by a clever crook claiming to be a Georgian, w. n called back to | Now York Tuesday by the detec tive force bead there In a — that atated the man who commit ted 'he pickpocket act had been caught. Mr. Holland, who cancelled hie trip to Europe upon the Iona of hla fundi and returned to Athena, left Immediately for New York to identify the mnn held. Representatives Of An- Belgium Anxiously thracite Operators and I Awaits Agreement Be- Mmers to Work Out New: twcen Great Britain and Contract At Conference. France, Destring~tir De Friends With Both. (By Aaaodated Preaa.) ATLANTIC CITY.—Negotiation) that probably wil Itake the better part of two months began here Friday between the anthracite op erators and miners to work out a new contract if possible to replace the wage agreement which expires August thirty-first, 1 More than one hundred men rep resenting either miners or coal companies and affecting ono hun dred and fifty thousand workers In the anthracite fields of ?ennsyl- vanfa have gathered for a .Vint conference. (By Associated Press.) LONDON.—There is expectation in some quarters that Premier Poincare will give a written reply to the British questionnaire Satur day or by Monday at the latest bit If la doubted whether this an swer will go beyond Count uo St. Aulalres* oral statements. It Is hoped, however, that Its n> TALKS TO ASSEMBLY THE TURNER COUNTY PLAN A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and Hog and Hen” Have Done for One Georgia County, 8. C„ The Columbia, reproduced In pamphlet remarkable series of articles by itf Managing Edltbr on the Turner County plan.' A GtJrgla Associa tion has been formed to extend thir plan to every county In Georgia and similar efforts will be made in South Carolina. The Ilanner-Her- uld through the courtesy of th< Columbia 8tnte, will publish a se ries of articles summarizing tin Turner County plan. The Herald has also «eet)nd &,ymlted numbei of reprints of the State's pamphlet and will be glad to mail one free to nny oae making a request for same. * State has j usable wisdom In It nil for other form n Southern communities? But nil or that, useful and nec COW, HOO AND HEN wnny in and Poultry Permanent Prosper- •y Program. ASH BURN, Go.—What, really If this "Turner County Plan?" Thi» "program for permanent prosper ity," conceived and carried out In essary though It might me. wai not getting down to bed rock. Th« South Carolinians bel|pve that they best fulfilled their mission when they traveled the county by auto mobile, visiting the farms, talking face to face tp the farmers them selves, seeing at first hand their homes, their stock and crops, their barns and other equipment; Inter viewing, too their wives, sons‘and dropping In unan Bill Introduced to Estab lish Electrocution in Ga. Governor Gilchrist Talks on Taxation. (By Associated Press.) ' ATLANTA.—An address by for. I mer Governor Gilchrist of Florlt ion the subject of a classifies! tax and the Introduction of a bill to establish electrocution ss < method of putting death to critn Inals sentenced to die In Oeorgia, were the chief features of the Fri day session of the General As sembly. For the first time In the hlstorj of Georgia, a woman presided over tb » hoftse, when Mrs. Viola Napier of P*bb county, acted as chairman during the consideration of a reso lution providing for the approprla. tifrn of a small, amount of money for the employment of a steno grapher for the appropriation! committee. The resolution war passed. Perkins of Muscogee county Ir the author of the bill to estihllst electric chair In this state, ar substitute for the noosf. A similar bill was Introduced last year and was defeated. Accord* raipt will enable Premier Baldwin j way to Buffalo, to make some (TeclarRtlon ••( tho ‘ British policy In the House of r nir- mons. Referring to the reported renewal of exchanges .»f views be tween Paris and Brussels, the Dally Telegraph's diplomatic correspon dent suggests that Belgium is an xiously working for an Anglo- French agreement being eager to maintain the,closest and friendliest relations with both countries. MONROE. Oa.—News has reach ed here that Robert L. Cox. wh<> Mth hla charming daughters, Misses Lillian and Helen, Is on a trip to prominent points north and east, had his pockets picked In Now York. Fortunately the pick pocket d!4 not get Into the pocket In which Mr. Cox had hts monay. He obtained $500 In travelers > becks, oL fifty dollar denomina tions. ten In number and made his r scape. Mr. Cox Immedlktely wired the hank of Moivrqe, asking them to send description of checks. In or. dor that he could ston payment. 'Mr. Cox'Yrlred his son, Col, Cleonls car. that he had gone to the bank end that his money had been re funded and that he waa oh bit Factories of Krupp Company Forced to Close Down As Result of Action Taken By French. Factories Closed As Bombing Penalty. (By Aeaoelated Preaa) DUSSELDORF—Two branch factories of the Krupp Works pear Witten have been compelled to close down be cause of lack of raw materials and as a result of" QtRCTJ restrictions ordered by the French as a penalty for the Duisburg train bombing. Several thousand men have been thrown out of work., Nearly one third of the stores in Dortmund and a lesser , proportion in other cities are also closed because the blockade has cut off incoming shipments of goods. , Ger-' man authorities say the food supplies are diminishing and 1 ho eggs and butter are available while meat is scarce. M Elks Hold Last Meeting Before Big Convention Final Plans For Atlanta Convention to Be Dis cussed. Initiation and So cial Session. THE DAY’S) NEWS D. A. V. Holds Regular Meeting Chapter Nq.2, D. A. V., of World war waa held laat evening nt the t.TRipkln Law Building Retiring report) from tha National Conven tion ware made hr the various del. ogatea aent from the loeal chapter. Intereatlng and neceaaary legisla tion waa paaaed on and an exceed. Ingly bright year ahead under the new lenderahtp of an old Oeorgia ^ boy la looked forward to by tho chapter. J. A. McFarland, of Dal it., .t:.... Need For ,on - •* B<1 former Unlvaralty Hardiit( Streaaea N«ed ror 1(0y WM unanlmogilr m , de Ni . Complete Americanization uonal commander of the organlta. , Hon. He la the founder of the local, ruoicTI A M ■ PNIIPWOR. chapter and we feel highly compll- CHRlSTIAN ENDE.WOK- me nted that tbla honor waa con- ER5. fenced upon him. It la announced by the Athletic Committee that a _ * ti.eehall game between nn! versify Plead for Stronger Support nf oeorgia, and Center Will. At- of Prohi Lawa. lento, will be played on Sanford Field July 2Xat. , Preeldent Harding emphasizes p. • « 7 \ ,, j need lor complete Amerlcunlaa- L/GrClC tO AttCtld tlon of American people In address at Portland, Ore. With the National Convention of Elka getting under way In Atlanta next Monday, Athena Lodge No. 790 will hold It'a final meeting be fore the lodge leavei for tho con vention Friday night The National Convention will draw more than fifty thouaand Elka to Atlanta. The cellmate la made by the reglatratlona already made id tho number will probably ran aa high aa alxty thouaand. This la the largest convention Atlanta or the aouth haa ever had. The local lodge Is planning'to •end a delegation numbering two hundred and fifty to represent Athena In the convention. The membership drive, which ended re cently added more than one hun dred and fifty members to the roll of this lodge. During the regular busineaa ae:i- The regular semi-monthly mi'«t-|sfon Friday night, final plana will leg of tha Joo Brown Connelly be dlscuased and Instructions con- 1. earning headquarters for Athona Elka'will bo given. Tha local lodge waa fortunate enough to secure nn One of Most Unique and Original Characters Ever Produced in Geor-' gia, Says Col. Gantt. By T. LARRY GANTT Old man Bill/ Bowers was one of \ tho most unique and original acters Georgia over produced. He/'l waa a man of Indomitable energy, f# with a head Blocked with hard«K common aonco, and ho was brim- f full of public spirited enterprise Had ho been a man of eductah and lived In somo groat melropo-l IIh like Now York, he might have 1 been a second Vanderbilt or Mor-Y gan. While "Undo Billy," as ovei ono called him, was a conservatl and liberal minded republican and! I nn old live. Iron-ribbed democrat,! wo would spar at each other I through our papers, Isit were i>ev-| uonal friends, and ever entertain-1 ed for him respect and admiration.! I onco code with "Uncle Bill “ from Tnccoa to Elborton, and fgf him an encyclopedia of In _____ on all mutters of hifltory, publld men or politics. Ho was a typh old-time Georgia countryman ai gloried In this characteristic. female members of his famll wear corsets and had them don * old-time "cracker” bonnets, I their pioneer grandmothers, took no stocky In modern Innov tlons. ‘ilnum'l'u, ori# ~of "thelr * periodica 1 |"* f *« »h« bill Introduced, heart to haart experience meeting. f w ° uld b * •» *» " l « l< and hearing on easy give an( * j panltrntlary at Mllledgevllle. take for three hours that was en countjr ir.tro- grossing and Inaplrlng. ! duc * d • bill seeking to lower the WOR." IN TANDEM Turner bounty, Down '"Gsorpis j TURNERPLAN |j* M ven per cent. Wir, Gras.. Pulls Clear I-nm WORKING | M „. AIlc . of Thon ,»n Slough of Doopond on JT. 0 , urn . d th . corner!' -J 3 - accorded tho privilege of th. Turner hoe the goods! Other com.| n ?° r of the boaso and waa wort- munitlea, with other condition.,; r d i 0 . ,h ® chalr.where aho w»« In may require modifications of the program, to adapt It to their spocla* circumstances; but It Is bellevei that Turner county, for Its own problems, has found the way out. Is coihing back strong, has already made fine progress And Is safely pant risk of sUp^h^nack. USmlSa CtTlstlan Endeavors at Des Moines appeal for stronger sup port of thi; prohibition laws. Eddie Hearne, Los Angles, av eraging 105.75 miles an hour wins tho 250-mile championship auto mobile tace at Kansas City. Tammany Hall, at Fourth of i July celebration, cheers Gov. Smith as next president and denounces Volstead act. _ small south Oeorgia county, deep In the Wire Grass region? Just how, and how far, has this community. proetrat.d by deflate- tlon and the boll wmvII. pulled It- self as-by Its own boot straps from the Plough of Dcpond? And, finally what la there o.' Secretary'of Labor Davis, who legal rate of Interest to five pet j to America 42 years ago, r. (cent per annum. The present rate»r-oor Immigrant lad. Is proud as he siIIr from New York on the 1^- vlathlan In a suite once saved to tho Kaiser. Lady Astc-r at dinner of the American society of London, says England and United States can not flsht over Ifauor but must save their fights for principles, rot [appetites. | troduced. It was announced that Mrs. Na pier of Bibb, had been elected at secretary of the House Judiciary Committee Number One. i 1 The senate was In session only* inutes. several — .takahly tMret It AitfoMr th«aa> paov pie ap Ujj^aqd^oondng .plrlt.^t avW Civilian Camp Seth Dakle. lieutenant In tha U. 8. Reserve Corps will leave July 14 for Anniston, Ala., when ho wil' attend the Civilian Military En campment ARE YOU ~ READING— The series of articles on Tumor County Plan." now nlns In the Banner*Herald? The story of what ons Oeorgia county has done in e small but In. creaoingiy prosperous way with the "Cow, H«? and Hon," haa be come famous throughout the United States. entire house, twcnty-flvo mlnutws /I from the heart of AtUnU ua It'a '» -« to W0 » w ‘ ,orn,lt headquarters and so will not be forced to sleep to the rallman city which will be built. Following tbe regular business meeting, eight candidates who were unabln to attend $he last (nesting, will be Initiated. The de gree team has planned several new "stunts" for the delight <jnd "in struction" of the neophytes. After the business meeting and the Initiation of the new men. tbe club will honor tye new members at what will bn the best social session of the vear. Plans, have been made to take care of ot least two hundred Elks, and Exalted Ruler P. S. Johnson Issues a cor dial Invitation to all visiting Elks lo lllr"f» the social session. As this Is the last mating before the convention a large attendance Is expected. CAN RECOVER WRAP Some fair viator to one of tbe Legion dances left a light cape in an automobile that was irarked Ir front of the auditorium and the owner can recover the cope by tele/ phoning the LAwler Motor com pany, lo whose care the cape was left. • "Uncle" Billy Bowers was only man In Georgia who \ for Abraham Lincoln for Presld in I860. And ho was not a man cast any secret ballot, but walked > up to tho polls and before th» as- ) somhlcd populace, openly voted tha J full republican eloctorial ticket, appreciate tho courage it re< to thus nntagonlze his neighb and the sentiment of every Geo glttb. one must understand tho terness that then existed in the [ south nrninst Lincoln and h!» party and which culminated In the warf between the states. All manner of* abuse was heaned upon him and I even hi* lifo threatened. A mob f formed to punish him. and In re citing the danger, "Uncle” Billy ■ said when tho men approached he did not run away hut h* walked j rather fast. But he had kindred j (Turn to Pags Five) League of Women Voters To Hold Interesting Meeting Tues. The League of Women Voters . Britain Wj Iavql^nlavBi* * t,h (Torn to Page Three) < London ddylces declare. efforts to makt ths Tumor County Plan Stato-wlde— Nation wldo art undor way. Whsthor farmer or eity man— business mss or profsstlsnal man—you'll find ths srtlclss on "Ths Turnsr Coun ty Plsn" sxtrsmsly intsrsstlng. If you tfsslrs s pamphlet of, th* sntlrs ssrlss of srtle!s»-4hsy ars free for tho asking. Address- BANNER-HERALD Athens, Ga. Tuvsday afternoon. Mrs. Strong will present facts concerning the conditions under which women are working In Georgia nt the present time, will show- iho results of the existing conditions and will dta- cusa the proposed measures for remedying these results. The Leaeun wishes to arouse all wo men fo tho necessity of looking Into such things and of forming a well thought out opinion. Tho public Is cordially invited to this meeting,,and the League wist, rs extend a special Invitation to tho Summer School students and to will hold Its next meeting In Ft* body Hall at 4: SO P. M.. Tuesday. July 10th. At this time the discus sion will bo led by Mrs. Paschal Strong of Savannah, who la on* of the (late officers. The meeting la In the hands of tbe Committee on Women In Industry. . This anmmv one of the vital lames before the legislature la the bill dealing with, the condition ot our Georgia women In the Indus trial world. OpA of, tl|e. objects of the League of Women Voters to to encourage the Inquiring mind In regard to all questions relating to the Club Women here to attend the public welfare. At the meeting short course given for them.