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Investigate Today! To Regular Subscriber* THE BANNER-HERALD gi,000 Accident Policy Fro* Dally and Sunday—10 Cent* • Waok. CaUbllahed 1832 Dally and Sunday—10 Cants If Weeb. ATHENS COTTON: ' Middling .......i*Y t Previous Close .... *. ....28y t THE WEATHER: Clear with little change fit temperature. VOL. 91. NO. 126 Associated Press Service ATHENS, GA* TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Coplea t Cant* Dally, I Cent* Sunday, GAINESVILLE MAY SUSPEND +—4* 4—4* •I* *1* 4* 4* 4—5* 4« 4» A tYt 4-t- 4-4- 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)