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VOL. 91. NO. 126
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ATHENS, GA* TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper
Single Coplea t Cant* Dally, I Cent* Sunday,
GAINESVILLE
MAY SUSPEND
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Chinese Train Bandits Killed By\Troopi
CHINESE SOLDIERS
KILL OVER TWENTY
Score of Bandits Who
Raided Train Near Can
ton Saturday Meet Death
Tuesday.
OTHERS ESCAPE
WITH PRISONERS
Main Body Escapes Car
rying Ninety Wealthy
Chinese to Mountains to
Demand Ransom.
Mr*. Lue!!a Mosley, of Kansas Cuy,
literally flew to the bedside of hec
three-yenr-old daughter, 111 In Den*
(By Aaaociated Preaa.)
HONGKONG.—Over twenty of
the bandits who held up the Hong-
iong-Kowloon train near Canton
lait Saturday were killed early
Tuesday morning in a battle with
Chinese troops.
While the battle was in progress
d £ sh um r * reed( ? m w hsther she was afraid of the air. I
the hill*, carrying with them thej J
ninety well-to-do Chinese who
were taken from the train by the
•I* ■ *1* •!■ •!•
Women Urged To Purify Politics
By Speakers At Club Course Here
TupcTv PETITION is filed by
i wuay RECEIVERS with U S.
JUDGE W. H. BARRETT
If Petition Is Granted Jefferson Will Be Without
Railroad. Passenger and Freight Trains In
cluded in Application to Discontinue
Service. Cannot Make Operating
Expenses, Is Claim. ;
NAME DELEGATES TO
Plans For Handling Sur
plus Food Crops Grown
in Northeast Georgia
Will Be Mapped Out.
vsr. She covered 650 miles by plant
In six hours. Her presence Is be*
lieved to have saved the little one*:
"i“ “ i - ''ATHENS HAS FINE
When i)ie trian wae raided Sat
urday mpmlng, one Chineee army
rf, i eer.wa..kiM^»2«!d,e,
More than
were taken from the train by the
brigand, in addition to the ninety
odd Chinese who were held for
ransom. No foreigner, were tak
en in the raid on the train, al
though it was stated there were
several foreigners on the tram
when the attack was made.
This Is th. second time that ban-
held up a train,
Northeast Georgia farmers who
have been Issued permits to sell
through the Athens Curb Market
are urged to appoint a representa
tive from each county to attend the
marketing meeting here next Sat
urday In the Chamber of Commerce
! rooms at 11 o'clock,
j Letters were .nailed to each pro
ducer who has been Issued a permit
j to sell on tbe.atamet Monday Iron
CLINIC IN SOUTH
mbb«*d a |t C and 0 then U hHd the l>as-|J. D. Applewhite and W.
nengera for ransom In the * L MOSS Leave Foi’ Ne\V
three months. The other
brigands .swooped down c
Pekln-Hhanghal Express, threw yitatiOD,
the truln Into n ditch and look
many of the passengers In the
mountaina of Shantung. Aftei
holding the prisoners for ransom,
several of whom were foreigner:
the bandits became frightened and
turned them nloose.
The Chinese government offerer
the bandit, the opportunity ot
Joining the national army and wip
ing clean the score ugnlnst them, It
they would turn the prisoner,
alooaa. Many of the bandlta took
advantage of the offer made by
the government and went Into the
army, though there were many oth.
era who would not accept the term,
of the government and escaped.
It Is thought, due to the similar
ity between the two hold upa that
the ring leaders In the latest out
rage were In the gang which held
up the Pekln-Shanahal Express.
the Chamber of Commerce bead,
quarters.
One representative from each
Clarke county community and one
from each county In northeast
Georgia will be appointed to at
tend the meeting. Plans for carry
ing on thu Curb Market work and
for marketing any surplus food
crops that may be grown next fall
or summer, will bo outlined.
LOVEMAN DIES
(By Associated Preen.)
ATLANTA. — Robert Love-
man, noted Georgia poet, whose
works have been read from one
end of the country to the other,
died early Tuesday morning at
Hot Springs, where he had gone
to regain his health, according
to a telegram received here by
hio brother.
Loveman was fifty-nine year*
old and was born in Cleveland.
Ohio. He had published several
volumes of verses and was a fro*
quent contributor to magaxines-
TD EFFECT REPEAL
OF STATE TAX LAW
Minority Report of Ways
and Means Committee
Gives Notice of Further
: Efforts.
Athens is again in danger of losing the service ren
dered by the Gainesville Midland railway,
j An application has been filed by the receivers'of the
.road, Gordon C. Carson and W. B. Veazey, for the dis-
■ft niir nnilfft ftiwni < *°* l u*' nua . nc r> ^ ^oth freight and passenger service from
AS SHE PRAYS, S^YS ^tr^^i t •,n. h „'s?»T n . br, ‘ nc *■ 10 4 ’ he “" d
* | The petition for dlacontlnuanco
.A.
Good Citizenship Discus
sion Occupies Attention
At Morning Session of
Summer School Course.
(By Associated Prsss.)
ATLANTA.—A minority report,
disagreeing t tth the majority ee. |
aorta of the V/ays and Means Com-1
1 mlUee, which Monday decided to t
| recommend id ree measures to re
peal the State . Tax Equalization
— | Law Tuesday was. filed with the
_ , _ » r> I Douse and notice glveo that a do.
Extra Source of Kevenue, | (crmln0d cnoro.witi 1,0 made to
Sho Savs Elbert and have the How > adopt the minority
Oconee^ounty Men AM*”" ”-
T^eir Testiotpny- 1 The UirM m****™* were HUM
I The three meaeu res were boa
■'ha conSimee Monday follolug ,
lot' the stormiest seesloos of
Mrs J. K- Lavender, of Jeffer- year. Tho opponents of the bill to |
_ It P n No 4 thinks the repeal the law based their stand on
son, «. F. D. No. 4, tniniu tne p ^ repeal would cn „ t
Athens Curb Market Is one of the| t)M) Btato from two to tbi-ee and a
finest things for the farmer »be. halr m .nion dollars yearly. I
has ever known. Mrs. LJvender I A n three nl the bills calling for 1
has mad* four trips to th# market, ;.tbo repeal of the law were voted ;
coming In a buggy and h«» -oh.!.‘be Ways^.nd y Means
over 130 worth of produce— just 2# u By heating the threo
county Agent J. W. Flror will |0 dd» and ends of vegetables and meallllreH the hills will go back to
mnke a canvas of the producers, thin - a which would hava been tho House with tho recommends- .
. .. - —■* 1 * for the. lion that they do not pass.* 1
RECEPTION
All the members of the Ath
ens Woman's Club and thoss
members out of the city who
am registered for the Woman's
Club course at the University
are invited to attend the recep
tion given by Dr. and Mrs. J.
S. Stewart at their home on thq
campus Wednesday evening at
6:30.
At 10:38 Weduca*T the Club
Institute ant* Athena League of
Voters will hold a .Joint aeaalon'
at which time women in Indua-
Irv M ill he discussed with Mre.
Paschal Strong of Savannah,
state chairman of the efficien
cy in government committee,
will speak. All members of tho
Athens Women Voters League
urged to aUend.
AND THERE'S THAT
(By A sioc is ted Press.)
BOSTON.— Lieutenant Wes
ley Hague. U. S. N., admitted
here Tuesday that he hud en
gaged in a scuffle with Rev.
George Lyman Paine, when the
clergyman admitted that he had
kissed, the lieutenant's bride.
“It was only fatherly affec
tion,” laid the reverend.
“I believed he needed a
thrashiag and I gave it to him,”
eald the lieutenant.
Paine was knocked through a
glass panel of the door.
STORE ROBBED
Thief Takes Cash From
Register of Washington-
Lumpkin Street Store
Early Tuesday.
Woman can better fulfill her ob
ligation to the home If ehe exer-
t I The bills under consideration 1 c | s(a the right to vote and therabf
for market. With this Informal! 'n |Curb Market, lays tun. t-a - wer0 house bills Nos. 1. 61 and 101 a | d |„ making better government
In hand a plan cat) then be worked i tier. Tueaday morning she said M d were almllar In Ihelr effect, Georgia club leaders were told berq
““o' York to Push Athens In-
. ..Ifofinn for market. With tlila Informatt u Curb Market, eaye mra.
Athena Is one of threo Georgia
communities btlng sfllouslr con
sidered as the location for a five.
out to arrange for marketing any
surplus produce raised.
In calling the meeting It Is pout,
ed out that plans for handling the
C/b Market In the winter will also
14 gsllons of blackberries on the! which mbs to repeal the tax equal-
market. illation law. No substitute means
H. D- Hunter of Jackson coun
ty likes the Curb Market.
of raising revenue was provldod by
“ft is!any of the three.
Tueaday by apeakers at the spaclal
course being conducted In the Uni
versity of Georgls Summer school,
Miss Julia Fllscb of Augusta,
out afresh In Goldfield Monday and ens who met m* 1 *
/lata in the adtarnoon -a. threat. Uvea of the win
enlng the, portion of the town re. week assured them that Athens will
training uSdestroyed by la.t Frl. aid In Mny war “*,Y,\i5 hcro
day’s fir®. a success If 1^ Is established here.
POLICE
ORGANIZED
PEKIN—Chinese government of*
flclala are rushing plana for an or*
ganlsatlon of Railway Police as »
measure to prevent *the furtnei
repetition of the hold upa by the
Suchow train bandit* and tn*
latest hold up on the Canton-Kow-
loon Hallway, which occurred Sat
urday morning.
,IT," fl tre rg iT.nm 0,, r.i nl uT h a^ r»nmT^Tb^d U^ferted and
been eliminated except Athens and that actloa ahould be taken now.
GOLDFIELR THREATENED
WITH TOTAL DESTRUCTION «. ~ — ... , ...
COLDFIELD. Nev.-Flre_ broke tire “untry. The citizens of Ath-
iw 0 others. Two representatives of
the Association anil the State
Board of Health met with a com
mittee of citizens hero last week
to go over with them Athens
claim for the clinic.
Encouraged by the reception of
tho Athens Invitation Dr. J. D. Ap
plewhite, county health commls
aloner anil Dr. W. L. Moss left
for New York Tuesday afternoon
to confer with representatives of
the Association and push the Ath
ens Invitation for the clinic.
Before leaving Dr. Applewhite
stated that ho has been very much
encouraged over tho way the com
mittee has considered the appli
cation of Athens nnd nothing will
be left undone to Impress the aa
soclatlon with the availability of
this community for the clinic.
The association will establish a
clinic somewhere In the southeast,
one of three of Ita kind In the en
Charge de Affaires
Shows Bad Judgment
Coughs Up Bullet Just In Time
For Evidence In Murder Trial
NEW YORK—Daniel Hea-
ley, a Yonkers druggist, re
lieved himself. District Attor
ney Rowland of Westchester
‘county and Capt. D. A. Cooper
of the Yonkers Detective Bu
reau yesterday by coughing op
n bullet that had been in bla
throat three monthe.
The bullet, badly needed ae
evidence In a mtfrder trial,
may hare e potent effect on
the fate of Peter Mcl^an.
charged with two murders and
the wounding of Healey. The
cougtr cant* juet In time, ba-
■ McLean went on trial
use !Mi
MtLfean was a porter In
Healeys drug etore. No. 61,
Main Street, Yonkers. It Is
charged be ran amuck and sbot
up the place, killing Mrs. Mary
Mailon of No. 3 Hawthorne
avenue and George Wnlsh of
No 38 Point street and wound
ing llealey. Healey lay crit
ically 111 a week In St. John's
Hospital, the bullet In his
neck. . . ..
The nuthoritles wanted the
bullet, but It was not deemed
advisable to operate. Yesterday
nature came to the rescue and
Healey coughed up. Detective
Scully and Cummings turned
the bullet over to Capt. Cooper.
The captain and yesterday it
came from a -13 calibre re
volver. and Mclxmn Is charged, i
with having used » weapon;!* ii
that description., - i>a*
■S ”| wish they'd nil cough *un f,
like this,” commented Capt
Cooper. ,
BRUSSELLS. — The German
t hurge de Affaires here wee ae.
nuulted In u street In this city
Monday nlgbt.
According to authorities, the ot.
flclikl Mas accompanied by some of
his fellow countrymen who were
talking rather loudly In Oeeman,
when a passerby sbouted, "Boches."
A crowd quickly gathered and
tho High official wae struck several
tlmea before tlyi police arrived.
Two former Belgian soldiers were
arersted and later released under
IN THE NEWSPAPER
No form of merchandise ad
vertising is equel to, or e sub.
stltute for, newspaper adver
tising.
This wee the message re,
Wr.oir.ight buehele of ported the -ve to irepea. the
beonX Mr. Vaughan wae «*com-, equ altaatlon law,:■■
the course which Is being attended
by some one hundred women from
iirhan waa weeum - 1«mu«**»**»i.*»'*» i w u»« „«««.»» * —-
ponied\y L* F. Whitehead who is)Albert; Daniel,^ol 1 Troup, and 0 j| p , rUl 0 f the state, the^first of
klso pleased with the market. Rutberfcrd. of Monroe.
‘‘This" f» my first trip,” Mr.! The .esslon was oneo { , ^" n ?. 0 "'
Vaughan said, "but I am comlng.atormy witnessed In a legislative
nonin" ■ tcommittee room for a long lime nnd
O-A. Chastain, although he live. It waa -vldent soon after the com
Its kind evar held In Georgia.
READ THE
NEWSPAPERS
Miss Fllsch spoke of the club
and its relation to American eltls.
t, A* C-naNWiin, »IVIWU|II *** « ,nnlnnll 1
on Bowman, route one, la another mittee met at 8.8° ocloc*
Curb Market enthusiast and has the entire question of thj .Utetax -mm ™
made hie third trip. "I find it equallsalon lew would be tbreahed e nshlp isilntlng out that women
pays even to ride that distance," I out before adjournment. ► imust wield their power by the^vott
he said. “The Curb Market has'motions to adjourn were lost and , wh|ch w)| , he better then trying
certainly helped me,” he observed. J at S o'clock tho laat one of the (n 1Tocure good government by In.
’ — | three bills had been voted. ' fluenen alone. "The greatest weep.
I Opponents of the repeal of tne o|] of wom „ n a g,| n ,t evil and cor-
I tax law consisted of two groups, ^-non Is the vote.” she declared,
end a few members ere opposed to B|)(< aald lh# beet way to learn
Its repeal at all. The majority, j r( . m| r |[|,enshln la to- read tb«
! however, based lie opposition | newspapers snd study civics,
the argnment that the lt» must not, pbatlrellor Barrow eeld there err
b« ronealed until some other means i (KO f0 r-os Insuring society, re
, of raising the revenue needed by : || Klon end education. He said worn-
| the State has been provided. Rep-1 <rn | nltC e«ted In the eel-
: reeentatlve Covington, of Colquitt, ia|lon 0| ,o r |etv because Ignorance
declared that to repeal this law )l( brutal end It Is to their advtn
C. OF C. El
, rn„!J r_ nll : P .;without crentlng some other tea , bare Intelligent clUzenshlu.
Directors Told of inquir-: iTltem ln Ua p)aref WO uid lower - -
. _ - _ . . , He sold the club women muet reel.
ie8 Beincr Made By In- the state's revenue from two to , , hP m ar b„ r I, a „ Importen'
Tme wee zne iran,«, r.- “7 “ B rl u.i,. three snd a half million dollars . , or |n c | t |renshlp.
eantly given to a gathering of dUStrifll Concerns. Make anni]B ||y and ha declared that It, >Mn Alonso Richardson, reesl-
soms 2JIOO public ssrvlce eor- '-g urve y 0 f Industries. ‘would be criminal 1o thus Ileave the Q . , b8 At)anta Womans' Club
poration officials by John F. J state and her wards to the danger , riVA ^ v#»rv interesting talk on
....... . — v- —«* of receiving practically no flnnoc.
Ini' support.
tteartv en-*orsement of the mar
keting meeting here next Satur
day, called by County Agent J. w -
Flror, wee given by the Athens
Chamber of Commerce, director, | Cornerstone
Wcedon, of Chicago. He went
on to toll vhy:
“Newspaper odvertlolng not
only helps sell tho goods but
Incidentally helps- build good,
will,
“Neivepeper specs should be
used continuously through the
year. Spasmodic advertising
activities produce only tpev
medic results.
“Keeping everlastingly at it
emphasizes a faith In your In- ^ tne mW | 11B urmcn wm w
■titutien. In your service and for thc purp oee of making plan,
... >- t„ handle surplus food crops that
in their - meeting Tuesday morn-
Ing. _
A resolution. Introduced by w
L. Erwin, chairman of the mar
keting committee, wae introduced
and unanimously adopted, endors
ing the meeting which will be held
In your goods that Is eventual
ly treneferrad to tho public
through the ineletonco and per.
sletence of your announce,
monte."
Good-will is built en the eat-
refaction end confidence of
those whom you have served
from day to”day- Your nows,
paper advertising gives you a
chance to eetableh theee by
providing customers to serve.
n Add It to your business rs-
At a meeting of the Prudential
Committee of tho University ot
Georgia. Tueeday morning. It waa
decided to bold the laying ot the
corner atone for the new Jobn Mll-
ledge Dormitory, Wednesday, July
concerning Athens ss^.n.svni.ble'ta^” c'hiT^'nl jhe l 'layln* of the
may be grown in this section next
Invite Mascns to
New Dormitory
'tibs In relation to eltls-
ensblp. The club occupies a strata.
He nln-e oreund which city gov.
errment and civics rsvolvss, she
said.
SHOULD VOTE
AS 3HE PRAYS
which w«r referred to the | corner stone will be tendered John
plants which were referred to tne | Mat(er of t[!0
AD PHONE 75
BANNER-HERALD
which James White Is cbalrmsn.
Secretary E. W. Carroll report
ed on the industrial eurvejr being
made by the Chamber and was _ _ ;
•ntlinriud tn ramnlato the iwork. Trtntot«'Of ui univprany* 1
The director* preaank i taera Dave T Tie ' Jdbn ' Mlllafgn ■ Dorailtojyj
Masons of Georgia, bv Judge Rich
ard B. Russell, of Winder. Chief
Justice of the 81 lie Supreme Court
‘ tho-Board
F. Paddock, Nta, Ja«- th« lat^ uddRIoh t^tbe Un.venUr
TO J ' - Jarr . CU and from
Women must be obedient to all
law,, she said. She muet do her
nurt efficiently end to realize elec-
t'-n time means eontelhlng to the
home and to the children. 8he
should vote no ehe prey*, eald Mra.
flrhsMaon. Women’s dobs ere not
exeitiBlvc. eald 'Mrs. fMchsrdson.
hut to stand lor the best In life
nen for democracy. The Important
thing for oil women Is to register
snd vote, she said. She advocated;
Police Tuesday were searching
for o burglar who early Tueaday
morning entered the E.-S. Sport
ing Goods store on the corner of
Washington end Lumpkin streets
end stole around 815 from the cash
register.
The burglary wee committed
after 5 o’clock, police state, be-
caues Night Captain Fred Sea-
graves inspected the door about
that time. When an etnplove
opened up at 6:30 a hole waa brok
en In the glass of the front door
through which the burglar stuck
hie hand to open the door-
A men waa aeen standing near
the place early Tuesday morning
by employ*** of the American
Railway Express company, the po
lice say.
Little Boy Dies
Here on Tuesday
of service baa been filed with Judge
\V. H. Barret of the Southern Dla.
trlct of the United States court
end he has set July 24th as the
date of the hearing. The hearing
will be In Augusta.
Tho reason glren for wishing to
discontinue the service on this part
of the line Is that tho receiver,
may bo enabled to make operating
oxpenses on tho remainder of the
line. The road rune from Gaines
ville to Belmont whoro It branches
off to Athene nnd Monroe, the
Monroe line running to Wlndon
where the Seaboard Is lapped. At
•Monroo the '.Georgia railroad Is
touched by the branch line from
Social Circle.
LEAVES JEEFFERSON
WITHOUT RAILROAD
If the service on the road ts dis
continued the action will leave Jef-
forsoa-an 1 tho points between here
nnd Bdlmont without railroad fact!
Hies n ils (ever nnd the Jackson
county metropolis will In all prob
ability fight the action to a finish.
This service on this rood has
been up for discussion for many
veara and on many occasions steps
have been taken In nn attempt to
incroaso tho patronago nnd freight
shipments over the rond In order
that tho service might be con-
tlnuor without n loss to the road.
At ono tlms tho scrapping of the
road was discussed but no action
was ever taken elnni- this line.
The road cotncs Into Athens i
the Seaboard tracks from i
Jitpotlon something like
from the depot.
s line,
hens over
Fowler's
n mile
OFFICIAL
NOTICE
The official notice ot the appli
cation for discontinuance of the
ssrvlco Is as follows:
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Henry O. Bradleo ot al
vs.
Funeral services for Jackson
Tneron. eighteen ntonlhs' old eon
of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Damron, of
Monroe, will be held Wednesday
aftarnoon at 5 octo’ek, and Inter,
msnt will follow in Oconee cemc-
trrv In this city.
Tbs child and Ita mother were
en a visit to Ita grandparent*. Mr.
snd Mr*. Joseph Wood at 280
Baldwin street, where Its Illness
and death occurred, early Tuesday
(pornlng.
Details of the funeral will be an
nounced by Rosemary funeral dl-
rectora who are In charge.
Gnlncsvllln Midland Railway^-.
Nidlv is hereby given that ap.
plication has been filed by the Re
ceivers of the Gainesville Midland
Railway to Ills Honor. W. H. Bar
rett. Judge of the United States
District rourt for the Southern Dt*.
trlct of Goorgln. to discontinue the
operation of both freight sad pas.
senger trains on the Gainesville
Midland R dlroad from Belmont to
Athens and this matter Is set down
to be beard by Judge Barrett ln
the United Slides Court room at
Augusta. Georgia, on July 81, 1823,
at 10:00 A. ST.
The reason for requesting leave
to discontinue tills branch of-the
railroad Is because of the con.
tJn'jBl heavy losses In the opera
tion of the rond nnd It hopes that
by discontinuing this part ot the
railroad the Receivers may be able
(Turn to Page Six)
THE TURNER COUNTY PLAN
A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and
Hog and Hen” Have Done for One Georgia County.
tenchlng the emulation In
srheols.
The Columbia, S. C., State has
reproduced in pamphlet form a re
markable aeries of articles by its
Managing Editor nn the Turner
County plan. Georgia Association
has been formed to extend this plan
to every county in Georgia and
similar efforts will be made in
South Carolina. The Banner-Her
ald through the courtesy of the
Columbia state, will publish a se
ries of articles summarizing the
Tamer County plan. The Banner-
licrald has also secured a limited
number of reprints of the State’s
pamphlet and will be giad to mail
one free to any one making a re
quest for same.
(Fifth Artiels.)
•Many prominent women of Ih. ^ST GROWING PR_E8TIGE^FOR
«instate are attending the coursed -TURNEr
among them Mrs- J. E. Hays, of ASH®™*
Montezuma, state president: Mrs..hum* and smoked bacon have »c-
aiomo Richardson of Atlanta; 'qulred In Georgia, and to some ex-
Mta* Rom Woodbury of Atlanta: tentelrewEjre, the preerifn ttetj storage are two cents the
Mrs. V. L. Hodges, ot Hartwell, the Smlthfteld ham las long held
In Virginia and the Carotins-. But
even more Interesting than the
commercial exploitation of these
products is the system that has
been worked out hero at the county
neat fhr the custom curing and
storing for the farmer of his own
meats. *
Ashhurn Distributing Company,
in connection with Its Ice end cold
storage tdant. maintains a large
special cold storage cellar with the
requisite complement of cutting
and curing rooms, and for moder.
ate foes cures the meat hroughi In
by its customers and then holds
it for them to be called for aa
needed. During the last two yearn
niore than 200.000 i>ound« h*»« ,
.TURNER.CURED HAMS ' jbeen thus handled with practlpglly ,,
On.—'tyfy^cuTCd nodosa nnd the cellars are neif.
Charges for plain curini
(Turn to Paga fix)