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ATHENS, CA., SUNDAY. JULY 8, 192S.
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Georgia Farmers Organize
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Summer School Enrolls Over 2,000
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ATHENS ELKS BEGIN
TOAGAIATTENDMIiGE TD BIG
Smith-Hughes Vocational
Course, At State College
Will Also Bring Large
Number to Athens.
MANY PROMINENT
WOMEN TO ATTEND
Summer School Course
For Club Women Only
$1 For Entire Week. En
rollment to Exceed 2,000.
Registration for the Woman's
(Hub iCouxse andi -Smith-Hughes
vocational short course this week
is expected to send the Unlvorslty
Df Georgia Summer School en
rollment skyward—beyond the
2,000 mark.
The University School Is already
the largest in tho South Atlantic
States.
TACONVENTI
Local I-odge to Send Band
and Delegation of Two
Hundred and Fifty
Members.
A number ol persona, prominent
In volitional t education will bo
hrre during 'the week'to lecture,
and to Join in the discussions con
cerning vocational plans. F. E.
Unci, state director of vocational
education in Georgia, will lecture
Tuesday at chapel on the Univer
sity campus. Later In tho day ho
lecture to tho agricultural
teachers and (the Homo economics
teachers at the State Agricultural
oliege.
Dr. C. II. Lane, of Washington,
D. C.. In chargo of Agricultural
training in tho United States, will
here all the week. R. B. Maltby,'
Federal agent for tho South Le.
gion, which Includes twelve states
is expected Monday. Mr. Maltby
wan formorly supervisor of Agri
cultural education In Georgia. State
Superintendent -N. H. Ballard, and
Supervisor E. Af Pound wll lalso
attend the convention.
Some of the state's leading worn-
en will be here for the course,
among them Mrs. Alonso Richard*
son. of Atlanta, Mrs. R. L. Berner.
Macon; (Mrs. J. E, Hays. Monte
zuma, state president; Mrs. Mc
Cord Roberts. Atlanta; Mrs. A. P.
Brantley, Blackshewr.
The course will run for one week,
opening Monday morning at 9:20
o’clock with Mrs. W. C. Kellog of
Atlanta, as chairman of the pro.
gram for that day.
On Monday lectures will be de-
Jlvered by 'Miss Susie Lee Crum
ley and Miss Charlotte Templeton
on the library. Miss Mary Cres-
*HI. of the State College of Ag
riculture an export home econom
ist. will lecture on "How the Club
May Help Intrpduce Home Econo
mics in the Schools of the Town
and (County."
(dodge.
The local lodge will carry a large
band over to take part In tho pa
rade. and Exalted Ruler P. S. John
son urges that all local Elks or
member of this lodge, take pn«rt in
the parade, if they are in Atlanta,
as It will help advertise Athens.
This is the largest delegation sent
More than two hundred and fifty
members of Athens Lodge No. 700
will represent this city at tho Na
tional Convention of Elks, which
opens in Atlanta -Monday.
Following tho final meeting of
tho local lodge beforo the conven.
tlon begins, which was held Friday
night, many members signed up for
tho convention, bringing tho num
ber to between two hundred and
fifty and two hundred and sixty-
five.
The uniforms which the local
Elks will wear In the monster ua-
rade during tho convention, in
which every lodge in the country
will be represented, have arrived.
Tho uniforms aro both striking and
unique—something out of tho or.
dlnary. It consists of a large straw
farmor’s hat, with a purple hat
hand with the letters and number
of tho local lodgo. White shoes
with purple laces, the colors of
the order. White shirt with purple
tio and a brilliant purple suit of
overalls. They will represent "Tho
Boll Weevil Boys."
The Friday night meeting was
attended by one of the largest
crowds of the year, as discussion
of final plans worn taken up and
instruction given tho members how
they could find tho headquarters,
a soven room house, when they
reach Atlanta.
Saturday afternoon, the Elks
entertained their wives at a big
barbecue at the Elks’ Country
Homo, and Saturday night the E.
B. C.'s gave a stag barbecue sup
Woman Murders
Another Who
Broke Up Home
Grabs Homewrecker By
Hair and Fires Twice.
Holds Crowd Off With
Revolver.
(By Associated Press)
CHICAG^p—Charging the other
woman with having stolen her hus
band, Mrs. Annie Bernntowlcz, thir
ty eight years old and a mother of
four children, shot and killed Mrs
Annio Andruxki on a crowded atreet
corner here Saturday.
Mm. Andrnskl was about tc
board a stret car near her home,
when the Irate woman, who had ap
pearuntly been waiting for her,
rushed upon her with drawn re
volver.
Screaming, "You thler. Yoi
hoinebreaker," Mrs. Berjiatowlc:
grasped the struggling woman by
the hall and before eye-witnesses
could Interfere or try to save th*
woman, shot her victim twice, kill
ing her almost Instantly. The body
slowly slipped to the ground a»*-1
the woman died an Instant later.
Then leveling her weapon at by
standers who sought to approach
her, the woman slayer held them
off, but was overpowered a few
minutes later when a police dis
order squad arrived and arrested
her.
Atlanta Flooded
As Elks Pour in
CTED SIT. ON
EOF
Walter Higginotham Is;
Convicted For Second
Degree Murder in Death
of Tabert.
Fleming Post "No. 20 of th<
American Legion I wish to ex-
tnd to th City and County Of
ficials'and the Chamber of Com
our heartiest thanks foi
?o-operatlon during th*
rontlon.
the many patriotic citizen:
rendered us service In mak-
•this the greatest of all Le-
Conventions by their un
co-operation wo owe t
of gratitude which we can
repay
HENRY H. WEST.
Commander.
FRANK O. MILLER.
Convention Chairman.
WILLIAM O. McADOO
'Friends Throw His
Hat Into the Ring
ByThousairds appeB, _
(By Associated Press.)
LAKE CITY Fla.—Thom,
as Walter Higginbotham
was late Saturday found
guilty of murder of Martin 1
Tabert of North Dakota in:
the second degree by a jury!
here. The verdict carries a
sentence of twenty years in
prison.
The jury was out one
hour and twenty minutes.
There was no demonstra
tion in the court room when
the verdict was reported.
Attorneys for the defend
ants immediately made a
motion for a new trial. Hig
ginbotham was in court
when the jury announced
the decision.
He was released on $10,-
000 bond pending hearing of
BANKERS OF SIXTH
RESERVE DISTRICT
MEET HERE FRIDAY
Dr. Soule Announces Im
portant Conference on
the Agricultural Devel
opment of South At Ag.
College.
Indications A.r e T h a t
More Than Fifty-Five
Thousand Elks Will At
tend Convention.
(By Associatod Press)
ATLANTA.—-With the vanguard
already rolling Into'thls city, Indi
cations aro that more than flfty-
(ivc thousand KIk., from all parts
per to tho single members of the of the nation will take part In the
Bankers from each state In the
Sixth Federal Roaerre District will
meet In Athens at the State col.
lege of Agriculture July 13 for a
conference important to agricul-
the smith. Dr. A. M. Soule,
■ it of the State College an.
-nouncod Saturday ‘
Charles B. Levis of Macon,
r,-airman of the agricultural com
mission or the American Bankers'
Association for the Sixth Federal
Reserve District, will preside.
LAKE ERIE
National Convention, which open* I T.ipiitPfiAntit
here Monday. '
The entire Grand Lodge officials
have already arrived In Atlanta,
and are busy mapping
program for the buslnesa sessions
of the convention.
J. Edgar Master, of Charleroi,
Pa., Grand Exalted Ruler of the
to the convention from any town ; order arrived here Friday and
of the same size any where over ; opened his offices at the Analey
the United States, and the local Hotel. With him were Charles H.
lodge Is anxious to make as good iGrakelow. Grand Esquire and Fred
an Impression as possible. i Robinson. Grand Secretary, who
Any Elk who wishes to find the j stated that everything waa In
location of the beadifuarters of : readiness for the convention open-
his lodge may do ho by Inquiring j Ing.
at the office where the delegates The convention opens Monday,
register an that office will be notl- I the 9th. and will run through Sat.
fled ao as to give correct dlrec- afrdayi 14th, wfth an entertaln-
tions. Iment program that has never been
Many Athenians who are not ' excelled, according to statements
Elks have signified their lnten_ j fnsued by the officials who have
tlon of going over on the day of .the convention in charge,
the big parade, for the South has | The huge parade, which will bo
never seen one surh as this will ,one of the features of the entire
be—fifty thousand Elks In all types convention, will probably be staged
of fancy costumes with more than j Thursday. Wore than flftv thou-
seventy-flve bands heading the pa.
rade.
'sand Elks are expected to take
part.
Roth and
Null Believed Lost After
Long Search. Were in
Balloon Race.
(By AMociatsd Press.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio—All
William Gibbs MeArfoo, native
Gcorobn, farmer Secretary of
the U. S. Treaeury and conform-
idoblo contender for tho prool-
doncy next yoor.
McADOO BOOM
LAUNCHED BY
Meeting, Will Be Held
At Chamber Commerce
Office At 11 O’clock
Success of Curb Market Inspires Producers to Make
Plans For Handling Anticipated Surplus Food
Crop in This Section Next Year.
Inspired by the reraarksblt success of the Athens
Curb Market, representatives from each of the Clarke
county communitied and counties in .Northeast Georgia
will meet here next Saturday to perfect an organization
for marketing surplus crops grown in this section.
The meeting will be held In ihr
Clumber of Commerce headquart-
TDK IRES HERE
HALT IN DECLINE
N V CDiCMno Report of Receiver J. H.
• I. FRIENDS I Dorsey Shows Loss From.
di JTTr , v a. i Hi & h Peak 1919 Is
Plans Will Be Made Later. Slowing Down.
Believe Him Strong "
Contender For Nomina- . T *“ bl »p ro pertyinciarke C oun.
tion in 1924.
(By Asaoeiatcd Pratt.)
NEW YORK—Detailed plana foi
launching a "William O. McAdor
president" boom has been
worked out at a dinner of a dozer
of bln most Intimate frlenda here
The Evening Pbst aald Saturday.
Although McAdoo has not form
ally announced hla candidacy, hie
supporters were declared
confident hla hat would be In the
ring.
.The. diner* meeting recently os
tensibly waa lo honor Samuel Ami*
don. national democratic commit
teeman from Kansas and picket'
Amldon to handle the McAdoo cam
paign, tho Evening Pont nays.
The diners discussed the relatlv*
I strength of fornyr Governor Cox a'
Soule stated In a letter. „ rnry Ford ^ nator underwood.
"Tho Banker-Farmer Conference
for the Sixth Federal Reserve DIb-
trict will begin at threo p. m., on
Friday, July 13th, In the auditorium
former Ambassador to Great Brit
ain John W. Davis, concluding that
McAdoo could enter the convention
with four hundred delegates and
fJSSJifttL —T« r«d7.o’mritch
they had regia*
Agriculture. This promises to be a‘ !o , 1|n| ^
gathering of considerable Impor- trrr(1 .. f; , vorU '; ^ n .V"n ol '™ '
tance and moment lo tbo wrlfari.
of our agriculture. It Is expected
that hanker representatives will be
In attendance from the various
states composing tho Sixth Federal
Reserve District. The meellog will
be presided over toy Hon. Cbarlea
B. Lewis of Macon. Georgia, who la
hope that Lieutenant L. J. chairman of tho Apricnltural Com.
Roth and his aide Lieuten- »'“'<«> of the American Bankers-
------ Association for the Sixth Federal
ant T. B. Null, pilots of the
muling navy balloon A6698, R “ erT * D "‘ rict
which left Indianapolis on
July 4 in the national elimi
nation air race, were living
was abandoned here Satur
day night.
The crew of the tug H.
Stanley, found the ill-fated
aviators, uniforms, leather
coat, log, records and
charts entangled in the
ty was returned at $18,366,120, ac
cording to the digest of Tax Re
ceiver J. H. Dorsey, It was learned
Saturday.
This la a decrease 0 f $948,635
over the rotnnrs of 1022 -which
amounted to tl9.314.856 and $2,-
674.601 loss over 1931 returns.
Tbo decrease, however, this year
was smaller than last year.
The city property was returned
at a value of $15,977,000. while tho
other districts returned property
as follows: 217th $466,COO; 218th
8213570; 219th $148,070; 2J0tb
8709.145 ; 241st $90,030: 1347 $178..
515; 1467 $100,235.
SEES IMPROVEMENT
IN RETURNS
ATLANTA, Ga.—Tax digests from
seventeen counties In Georgia to
Henry J. Fullbright. tax commix,
sloner. show decreases In taxable
property In each of them except
tires, but when all have been filed
the proportion of Increases and de
ers In the Hinton Securities build
ing and tho agricultural and'mar
keting committees of that organis
ation aa well aa othero Interest.’-
In agricultural development of 'till,
section will take part.
The Curb Market, It le pointed
out. baa shown farmers what they
can do with food crepe, If they
properly grade their products and
puck them attractively. Although
the local demand for moat fond
crops has not peen supplied many
farmers are encouraged and arc
planning to produce more vegeta
bles and other food cropa next y-.-r.
In order to make plans for ready
and profitable marketing of these
crops It was thought that a meet
ing should be held now -o perfect
marketing plans and not delay un
til next arason when It will be too
late.
total of 447 permits to sell
produce oh th Athons Curb Mar
ket has been Issued to farmers In
Clarke nnd adjoining counties nr
well as some on the outskirts of
this nnd (he ninth congreasfona
district.
A letter Im being sent
producer to whom a permit han
been Insued asking that a repre
sentative be named from*each com-
is CM
.100.1
(i.irh
creases la expected to be about
TREATY SATURDAY
French Chamber of Depu
IN DEBT PAYING'
Senate Still Uncertain.
(By Associated Press)
Community Wagon &Hs ^sm^oN.-w^thst to.
, .," --- ” . rrencii i namner or uepouee .nan
drifting part inflated bal- j $136 Worth of Produce ranged the naval llmltatlea treaty
extend an
invitation;
Mias Ross Woodbury, principal
the Roes. Woodbury School, will
lead a round table discussion on
lively topics. Dr. S. V. Sanford will
lecture on club Journalism.
A cordial Invitation Is Issued to
>11 womon and all organisations to
meet with those classes as they
are equally woll adapted to all
semens’ public activities. 'Mission
ary societies, members of tho U.
I) C„ the D. A. R.. the League of
Women Voters, the Auxiliary of the
America! Legion and nil other or
ganizations aro urged to Join with
the club In u most beneficial week
work and PtoX-
Registration will .bo made. In
-a body Hall en the University
campus Monday from 8:20 to 9:20.
The fee Is $1 (one dollar) and In
cludes all the lectures, all the en
tertainment^ given by the Sum-
tner School and two tickets to the
Strand or Palace thoatrea good any
afternoons of the week. Monday's
Program Is as follows:
CHANGE IN
program
A number of changes have been
trade In the Summer School enter
tainment program for the week
July 8.14th. Tho revised program
'* as follows: Sunday. Jnly 9th. at
formal School, Near East moving
(Turn »o F*l« Six)
THE TURNER COUNTY PLAN
A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and
Hog and Hen” Have Done for One Georgia County.
Tho Columbia, 8. C„ State has
reproduced la pamphlet form
remarkable series of articles by Its
Managing Editor on the Turner
County plan. A Georgia Associa
tion baa been formed to extend thle
plan to every county In Georgia
and similar efforts will be made In
South Carolina. Tho Banner-Her
ald through the courtesy of the
Columbia State, will publish a ae
ries of artlrles summarising the
Turner County plan. The Banner
Herald haa also secured a limited
number of reprlnte of the Stato'i
pamphlet and will be glad to hall
free to any one making a re
quest for same.,
(Third Article)
PROGRAM
IN BRIEF
Turner's program ns finally en
tered upon two years ago. differed
In particular from that of 1923
which appears with this artlhle
because two yean of test have In
dicated certain changes, but In
principle the program la unaltered
Crudely and briefly described. It
Involvee the ehlfting of the prin
cipal farm activity from eottor
growing to the production of dairy
producks, awlne and chickens.
This was accomplished through
dlacreet hut adequate advances by
the local banka to all farmers
good repute desiring them, with
which to buy a modest Initial ael
up of cows, hogs and chickens, at'
of good quality.
The formers engaged to handli
these faithfully, under guidance ol
the farm bureau and the county
agent. The bualneea community
and the extension forces undertook
to provide dependable marketinr
facilities for all that the farmer!
might produce under the new sys
tem. The farmers were to. grow
all their feed and to forbear from
any beyond absolutely necessary
purchases of equipment
NO PLUNGING
DONE
Nobody “plunged,* no costly
barns were built at the outset, few
alios were erected, few cement
floors laid. Even stanchion* for
the milking eheda were made bj
hand from scrap lumber. The Idea
was to build up good herd* and
flock* gradually. Some pure bred
bulla of the two better breeds
Guernseys nnd Jersey*. were
bought by Individuals and other:
by neighborhood blocs. Turner,
(Turn to Pago Two)
loon bag about twenty-two
miles south, southwest of
Port Stanley, Ont., about
noon Saturday.
On all aides, the crew of
the tug found mute evidence
of a heroic struggle in mid
air. Evidently overtaken by
terrific winds and an electri
cal storm Roth and Null
fought desperately to shift
tiieir ballast and rise above
the gale. . Somehow the bas
ket was ripped from the
buffetted bag .which was
found seared and water
logged by the crew of the
Stanley.
The log shows that the
air men had been sailing at
an average height of 800 to
900, feet before the storm
engulfed them. Then comes
the significant items: “threw
thirty pounds of ballast ov
erboard. Rose from 1200
to 2500 feet.”
. .Later nn just one word:
“broken.”
in One Day. Butterbeans
Sell Fast. ((bat lias reached Washington from
| abroad for many a day.
For many reaaona, not all
The .following facta ware gather
ed at the Curb Market yesterday-
One woman, by selling vegetable:
direct to tha consumer, haa been
enabled to pay for naceaaarlen o
life at her home and make pay- 1,1 wura or raury-
Ri.Kts on debt* contracted by th. po*ers la romplete than ap.
family last year. I pears to be little apprehension
A community wason of produce I among American orridato of a*,
from High Shoal* in Oconee “ ~ * “
which have been apparent, on the
surface of events, favorable action
by Pfttnce had been awaited with
unusual concern. Although the
French sonata still must give Its
accent before the cycle of ratify-
ty, directed by W. H. Burge**
*old In one day $1*6.00 worth am'
total of $260 worth In threo day*
last week, $20 of the $135 was de
rived from .the *ale of‘cream to th«
Agricultural College creamery. Thlr
same wagon, started last Novme
her, has never sold more than $*(
worth of cream and other produce
In n single day.
Three men sold thirty gallons of
huttrbeann In thirty minutes, am*
had scores of calls for "more."
C. E. Wiliams of Lyons. Oa.. at
tending the Summer School her**
told of it market similar to th*
Athens Curb Market organized by
business men In his home town
rlous composition or delay In that
quarter.
Foremost among the causes for
gratification here Is that French
acceptance of the treaty will nut
*ho can-nheaf on Uie most porUn-
tlotiM diplomatic undertaking of the
uarr'fn* administration br actual,
ly giving vitality to the Washing,
ton Conference Plan to end com
petitive building of small boats^
equal, according to the official.
Lanier, Echols and Warren are
the counties to date reporting In
creases In values, whllo Bartow,
Dade, Wilkinson, tMiller, Seminole,
Jones Lincoln. Randolph Pike
Union Taliaferro. Crawford, Heard
and Atkinson have recorded slight
decreases. ) *t
A total of $4,480,000 will be col
lected in ad valorem taxes, this
yqar, In the opinion of Mr. Full-
brlght. This figure compares with
approximately $$,000,000 collected
In the stateSs banner year, 11201
Approximately $200,000 la expect
ed from inheritance tax. The total
valuation probably will be $1J)00^
000,000.
munlty In Clark and each county
In thin section to attend th© meet
ing next Saturday.
The communities In Clarke win.
will Bond delegates arc. Fowlers,
Oconr* Heights, Bandy Creek.
Tuckston, Centerville, Whitehall
" d I tinfoil- Iti own. Wlntervllie
has already named H. E. Dunlap,
and Fowler*. O. L. Fleming. The
meeting will commence at 11
o'clock. The letters are being
mailed out but those who have been
issued permith to the Curb Market
are usked, upon reading this an
nouncement, to appoint their ro-
intatlve to the meeting and
send It to Mrs, Bessie Troutman
market maatcr.
In calling the meeting
states:
'It seems desirable that tomr
form of organization be perfected
for the purpose of carrying on th<
work started by the Athena Curb
Market.
"The Curb Market has been and
Is a success. However, it Is very.
J likely that problems will arise In
Bandits Again Hold Up
Train and Keep Prison
ers For Ransom. Police
Organized.
the near future and that these
problems can be met and solved
jbest through some form of organi
zation.
Furthermore it seems likely that
during the. coming season ther*
will be some surplus products In
this section, that Is a greater quan-
tl»y of fruits, or vegetables or
poultry than tho Curb Market will
bo able to handle.. Plans should
b laid for disposing of thes things
HONOKON'C!—Bandits Saturday
morning held up • train on the Cen
ton-Kowloon Railway, fifteen mllet
from Canton, killing one Chinese
military officsr and one soldier and
carylng off about ninety upper
class Chinese who are being held
for ransom.
The bandits also carried ofl
about $10,000 in booty.
No foreigners were among the
passengers kidnaped by the ban
dits, though there were several on
the train when it was held up and
robbed.
“Swaps” Two Daughters and Son
^ He also said his father sold $600
9 worth of dewberries from
of land. He planted the Lueretir
dewberry. Planted now they wll!
bear next summer, he said.
Oscar Osborn sold $27.60 worth
— ■| of butter and peaches yesterday
Mr. Jake Bernstein has Jtst re- Mr. Osborn bring* hi* butter on
turned from Baltimore and Grand j fee. Sales yesterday amounted
Rapids, where he spent some tlmrj /Jorind $1*00. Someone lost
Bernstein’s Buyer
Back From Markets!
In th Interest of the ‘firm of, umbrella with Initials on It “Jf. M
Bernstein Bros, one of tho large,’an<1 can set it by asking Mra
furniture houaee In this Motion oil Bessie Troutman, markrt master,
the country. Turj.iny li next market day.
for Horse, Cow and Calf—Jail
; <Bv Associated Press.)
CORTLAND—Alleged to have
traded his two daughters and one
son for a horse, cow and, a calf
Lark Thornlngfon of Truxton, was
convicted Friday night of impropet
guardianship before Judge Champ-
tin In Children's Court.
George flhaw. also of Truxton,
the man with whom Thoringtor
mad# the barter was released on
on one hundred thousand dollar:
ball on a charge of attacking the
younger daughter.
The younger daughter and son
will be committed to the County
Home, the court ordering that th«
father pay for their keep.
The elder of the two girls wax
found In the Bhaw home and wat
detained for mental examination
It cams to light in the •investiga
tion that the children had nevei
a railroad train until rscentl)
and had always been closely con
fined.
Old Georgia Boy Appoint
ed By Governor As Ad
jutant General of the
Empire State.
adjutant general of the state by
Governor Clifford M. Walker, K
waa officially announced at the
cxocutlvo offices Friday afternoon.
Tho announcement stated that, to
completing the organization of the
military department, the adjutant
generalship had been first offered
to Colonel E. E. Pomeroy, who.
r, was compelled, on ac
count of the demands of hla law
practice to decline the appoint
ment. Major cox will rank as brig
adier general.
John P. Haunson, state com
mander of the Spanlsh-Amorican
War Veterans, haa been appointed
(Tern to pago sis )
kite.
