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Investigate Today! To Regular Subscribe re THE BANNER-HERALD $1,000 Accident Policy Free THE BANNER- Dally and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. —— e '"'IT — EeUbllthed 1832 Dally aiid Sunday—10 Cents 1 Week, ATHENS COTTON: Middling 26'/« Previous Close '/<.. .. 26 ji THE WEATHER: Clear and slightly cooler. YPL. 91. NO- 127 Associated Press Servlet ATHENS, GA* WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Copies 2 Cents Dally. I Cants Sunday. Athens Workman Falls 30 Feel? Near Death -M 1 4H 1 -*• j J. T A' } T i •I* *!* •£• JEFFERSON CITIZENS FIGHT GAINESVILLE MIDLAND SUSPENSION Committees From Jeffer son, Pendergrass and Talmo Confer With Re ceivers of Railroad Wed nesday. Abandon Hope (8paelal To Bannor-Horald) .JKFFERBON, da.—Business mer of Jefferson* PendergraM, Tal mo, who will be affected by the proposed suspension of the Gaines* vllIe Midland railroad from Bel* j mont to Athens, Wednesday were making a strong plea to have the receivers for the railroad, withdraw their petition with the U. 8. Dis trict Court. Stirred to action by publication of the suspension story In the Athens Banner-Herald of Tuesday afternoon, committees from Jeffer son, Pendergrass and Talmo went to Gainesville Wednesday to confei with W. B. Veasy. one of the re celvers, and urge him not to seel discontinuance of the line from Belmont to Athens. The committee from Jeffersoi was composed of M. M. Bryan John C. Turner and Homer Han* cock. They will ask that the en tire line be retained and if thlt falls will seek to hold that par which runs from Belmont to Jef ferson, making Jeffsraon the ter minus. The towns affected arc looking to Athens for support t? their #ght to retain the service of the Gainesville Midland. The reaaon given for wishing t< discontinue the service on this pari of the line is that the receivers may be enabled to make operating ex* penses on the remainder of the line. The road runs from Gaines* vllle to Belmont where It branche# off to Athena and Monroe, the Monroe line running to Wlndef where the Seaboard Is tapped. At Monroe the Georgia railroad !r touched by the branch line from Social Circle Lieutenant Telford B. Null, aid to Both. Little hope is held foi him, although he is believed tc have put on a life preserver lie- fore having the balloon which wa found In Lake^Brie. HEAT JtNO LIGHTNING SWELL DEATH LISTS IN CHICAGO TUESDAY Statements Made By Party Leaders Proves Interesting Chairman New York State Republican Committee END! REVISION AT STATE Twelve Die of Heat Pros trations. Five More Names Added Following Electric Storm, (By Associated Press.) Refuses Answer to Anti-Saloon League. National Committeeman to Fight Ford Boom. Liquor Not Be National Issue. CLUB COURSE HERE (By Associated Press.) • Peril (or president by either the NEW YORK — Politicians Wei- ' Republican or Democratic parties nesday sre reflecting on three •»- if^’T.o the enV* nouncements by party leaden here. Herbwt p eU , chairman' of the which have a direct bearing ou next year’s national campalgna. George Morris, chairman of tho CHICAGO.—Plunging from one Republican State Committee, extreme of weather, searing heat to atated that be would not reply to -noline nine, which were followed the recent menage from tho by terrific lightning storms this 'Anti-Saloon League of America, city jumped tram tne frying pan which aaked, “Doee the RepoblW into something just as bad Tuerdoy can leade „ hlp ot New y ork , n _ nl » iv. vi v v done President Harding without u-.n t „ delineation or does It continue to'cance was attached to the state- Mrs, Robert Berner of Macon, State Chairman Of Legislation, is Princi pal Speaker on Legisla tion. Qeorgla club women wen urged Loses Life Democratic State Committee, said that he believed that prohibition wonld not bo one of the Issues of the next national campaign, ex- cept possibly to tho extent of Its l® push proposed legislation which enforcement as exemplified by the i« being supported by the Stats Interference by the government In Federation at the Wednesday mor- | the every day attain of the peo- ,»l«* session here of the special j pie of this country. 'course at tha University Bummer I (Particular interest and algnlfl- Schoot , vjK' ISjl! < . * . 4UBIUIMIUUU u* uucb h LuuuuuD w canoe w33 attached to the state-' Mrs. Robert (Berner of Macon,!_ tr^from P New°York Into l5ie 0 fllr of harmony with there- ’,ment by chairman Poll in view of chairman of theJegialaUve^commlt- j Navy fcjjioon which was wrecked .. . «~* v. - — ■ ■ - - " - ' * **“ “ “** - waa found Boon. Lieutenant Louis J. Both, • Lakehurat, N. J., pilot of the U. 8 DuBose Denies I ewpifprino- citizens here * And thei York ’ announced that he .had called for ,the — ... 5n torrents of It ” “Ah 8ta rted * n active campaign to prohibition statute, to run for the Board of Public Welfare. Women m " ... hlnrtr tho nomination of Uanrt ' ‘‘ *- He Helped Frame that , ”bettor,”thy'L'ame’cltixenssld; block * ta nomination of Henry .presidency, at np mjt Then came the ironic part ot it New I ax Measure A terribletbundei*tom begjn. itieing up traffic hi the city for j hours, and doing a great deal of Says Tax Bill on Giga- ?„T!LS t'LlS 3SSTJtt Remains of Navy Balloon (.CAVES JEFFERSON WITHOUT RAILROAD If the service on the *oad Is dis continued the action will leave Jef* ferson and the points between here and Belmont without railroad facil ities whatever. rettes Would Array gan to swell again. This time, not V from the heat but from lightning. | ti J^very interest Against j?j ve npmes have been added to the University. I those dead eince Tuesday and it * , is thought that many more were in jured with tha probability that ' many ceriou* fires ae. a result of Representative Toombs DuBose, tbe i nte nse lightning will further In a telegram to The Banner.Uer-, -dd'to the-damai aid Wednesday denies that ho was thor of the co-author of tbe bill to tax cigar ettes and email cigars for the pur pose of raising revenue for the University, State College and Tech. The Bannef-Herald was informed that Mr. DuBose was one of the authors of the bill but he denies this, stating that-he la opposed to the bill. His telegram follows: “Banner-Herald: “Athens, Ga. “Your Monday’s edition credits me as being one of the authors of bill to tax cigarettes nnd other or. tides, the proceeds of same to be divided between three colleges. I declined to sign this bill. I think It would be grave error and would array every Interest against the University. “TOOMBS DuBOSE.” Chicago Paper Gives Methods Of Rum Running Would Make Counties Support School System! Superintendent Ballard Favors Revision of Geor gia School System. Chief Support Now on State. ATLANTA, Os.—A complete re- vision of Georgia's public school system, designed to place the fi nancial support of schools upon the county in which they* are lo cated, is the program of N. B. Bal lard. state superintendent of schools, and as a first step in that direction he is asking the General Assembly to provide for n thor ough survey ox the system by edu* cational experts. This survey wdlild be conducted “its provided by the Athens Business Men To Attend “Y M Camp Tues. Rotarians and Kiwanians Will Enjoy Day. in Inldustry, for the etate to bur hooks at (he least pries possible to school children, attending the public schools In the stats, appro, I'tintlon for the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectivea. Appropriation for the Oeorgla Training School for Olrle, Juvenile court Law. Kindergarten bill. Mar. rlage Regulation bill. Inoreaaed ap- pioi.rtition for the etate llbrarjr commission, motor light law, Smith-Lever appropriation, Smllb- IlUKlies fund, Shephcrd-Townor priatlon, appropriation for re. (or Wiunln Davis dormitory et State Normal School, censor. VC ehlp of motion pictures, hill'for ** ctnlp ® d **f ,1 A good roads, veteran’s pension bill, th? hoaultidlt^ytha “ nd study of constitution In schools, j th# *P*l>tt*Hty of the campers. forestry bill. | Some of those attending from Athena will go by rail but mua CARLTON LIES AT GENERAL HOSPITAL Overcome By Heat While Laying Beams on Top of Auditorium Being Built At High School. CAME HERE FROM CARLTON, GEORGIA Fell From Highest Point Of Structure. Condition Thought Very Serious at Hospital. A large number of Athens Ro* tarlana and ■ Kiwanians will go tc the. T. M. C. A. boy# end girls camp near Tallulah Falla Thurs 1 day and spWKf-the-day- wtttr *lhf First photo of the crew of the tug Frank NEED REEVI8ION OF TAX 8Y8TEM In her addrese Mrs. Berner stressed the need for revised tog system in Oeorgla. “All Georgians sre united on thie one thing,* eh# •aid. “I believe It le possible to reduce the tax burdens and make taxation an Investment Instead of t harden.” Mrs. Berner also nrgsd more aid to the state educaUonal inatitn-j tlons, pointing oat that other sooth- era states are glrlng more for higher education than Georgia. I Mrs. W. F. Milton, of Atlanta, state chairman of lltsratura, waa . another speakrr. She urged that ! clubs give more attention to their I lifersrv programs giving aogfss- I tlons vs to how this can be accom- I nllshed. At the general session In hauling |>,<io University chapel, Mrs. 1. E. of them will go up in autos. Among those going from the Ro tary club will be President Blllupi Phlnlay, Tom Nelbllng, M. J. Cos ta, 11. V. Hardeman, C. D. Flani gan, J. R Bullock, T. II. Doslcr, Jr. Julian 8. Ooetchlus, H. H. Gordon M. O. Nicholson. B. It. Blood worth, J. W. Jarrell, Jr. II. A. Nta O. A. Booth. John J. Wilkins, Har ris Dews and J. Warern Smith. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO—Rum running ha< developed Into ouch a flourishing business, almost over-nlaht, that some of the Florida auto dealer, ■re selling cars which are special' ly built to traneport - liquor, ■ by specialists provided by United States Bureau of Edi Large Delegation wJ&TO&i Athens Churches Will to pay their expenses While they Attend Conference j n were »t work. These Tignall Thurs.,and Fri. _ ^ _ _ Stanley p ___ aboard This gas bag of tha U. 8. Navy balloon which went down ir j Hares, of Montezuma, state preal< Lake Erie. The body of Lleutenan t Louis J. Roth, of Lukeliurst N ! dent. Introduced several promt. J., was found later In tbe derelict basket of the balloon near Pori tnent club women, among them Stanley, Oot., Lieutenant Telford B Null, his aid. Is still missing. J Chicago Daily News declared Wed* Methodists from all over the Ath- nesdsy morning In the second o! a series .of copyrighted article! describing rum running on the At* lantlo Seaboard. The dealers selling the special!: built cars also go a step furthei and furnish negro chauffeurs with them, thus aiding In the deceptlor of revenue officers, the article fur ther stated. To cap the whole scheme, safe delivery Is also, guar* anteed. The writer of the articles, nrho with a bootteggtr named Terry investigated rum running along th* Florida coast declared that he har* ***n approached by one of these dealers, who believed the newopapei man to be a bootlegger and des* crlbed the methods of transporta tion and particularly the hegre driver. Hodgson Reports TEN 0CL0CK 473 Inspections At City Abattoir ena district will meet In Tignal Thursday and Friday for the regu ^ ^ lar conference. Dr. O. F. Venable Ekm!*" would bt "pi of Athena, presiding elder, will pre* Kn - K side. About fifty members of the Meth odist churches in Athens will at tend the two day’s session. Among those going from here are liever* ands 8. E. Wasson, J. A. Quillian M. 8. Williams, J. V M Morris, H A. Bowden, George E. Stone ant' the following laymen: ,Georgr ine zoiiowing mjiufu. - ,uwrn Deadwyler, Dr. N. O. Slaughter, J M.- Pound, E.* 8. Kirk,* Vf R Tindall E. D. Sledge. !er, Mrs. George Mell, Mrs. D. 1 Earnest. Mrs. George T. Hodgson:’ R. J: Hancock, C. W. Crook, D. F Miller. J. P. Butler, H. 'O. Calla han. Elva Dunaway. OPENS AT The business session will open a* 10 o’clock Thursday morning. Aftei devotional exercises Mayor F. 8 Fortson of Tignall, will deliver the welcome address. Rev. L. P. Glass pastor of the Tignall Baptist church u . .. i, . , , ... I Will welcome the vi.ltor. on behall Not * single animal carried to of Ua congregation while 8. A t * * b * ttoir during June w*‘I wooten, a member of the |pde turned down In the knte-mortem ndent church w m welcome th. ineoectloo held by Inspector Hodg- vUUor< on beha | f o{ , h e Metho- ftT'j. 1 T n “ d * r . , ° •b* diets of the city. Board of Health it it* *e*slon. | following committees will several o»rte of h “f» be appointed by th. prealdlng el- sheep were condemned In the| dw during the conference:; Spiritual State or the Churchr [ B. P. Read, J. A. Mow. A. P. o<-,j . r m lt .wl.u I P Ilnula .Rpoi' PotLmortem inspection. , Inspector Hodgson inspected 822 heed of cattle. 122 hogi, 17 aheep and tmtiwuiiigla ii U J. ' Several, animals have Jeen turn- ed down at the Inspections Held at the Abattoir since its cstablirhment thus preventing marketing of im- " thi« city. Pure meats ter. . Huguiey. J F, Dayhyjfieoij i-td A. fl. Winter..mdjl* T - *-y activities. —' M. round. Ml W. Benson, Miss Ula Tuck. (Turn to page eight) •*i‘- iS. * r A»d| d. W W. O | ■ espert*, he continued, would work in co-oper-' ation with the legislative commit- tie on education and his depart-1 ment, their report! being prepared, for the next session of the assem-J "tinder the superintendent's pro-, posal. the chief support of thel schools would bo placed upon thel ^ Co | Um bis, The 1 pweent’funds* derived for Oni I reproduced in pamph.et fora, . re. supportof th* public school sy»-1 markable sort** of krtJc!** by It* tern, would be ^nverted into *it Managing Editor on tho Turner County Plan. A Georgia associa- THE TURNER COUNTY PLAN A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and Hog and Hen” Have Done for One Georgia County. i obnver.— equalisation appropriation to ba used to assist weaker counties In bringing their school* up to a fixed standard ot a nine months term. BASIS TAX W. I. Abney, B. L. Jackson, A educational purpqee* in each coun- A. Fambro; I. M Butler, W. A. Fow- ty officials of tM county collecting is tax would be levied for in each coun ty officials 01 IP» couni/ the funds and devoting It to pub lic school purposes- In c ® un *)“~ chiefly the smaller one*—whej- this basis tax failed to rob# suf flcient funds to support the a**®®} 1 nine months, tho lute would ren der assistance ftom its sqnellsg- tion appropriation. i At p.™« n ‘v‘ h « the public school evetam i» u|>< the statev some (if the counth list a a result voting taxes to asalet- » • (Turn to psge sight) Gasoline Drops One Cent Gallon On Athens Market The price of gasoline went down a cent P«r gallon In Ath ena Wedneaday morning audits now retailing for M cents. No maim trnr - ascribed for the drop. thw whotawl<w* having re. oMved Word Tnoeday ot the drop. •’■*'■ 4 bag been formed to extend this plan to every county In Oeor. gla and simitar efforts will bi made In South Carolina. The Banner-Herald through the sour' teiy of the Columbia State, will publish a series of articles sum marising the Turner County PUn. The Banner-Herald has alto secur ed a limited number of reprint* of the State’s pamphlet and will be glad to mail one free to any on* making a request (or some. (Sljth Article.) 'ASHBURN, Oa.-Georgtans mud Sooth CsroUntaiu who have been reading tbla aeries of articles on tbe Turner county program for permanent prosperity may bare discounted somewhat the state, menu therein of accomplishment* and prospects. Perhaps they would prefer to have the word of a country hank er. horn and reared In Turner, who knows, if any man does, what con dition! here have been and what they are; who daily^nita hi* judg ment to practical test and who risks on his conclusions not his stockholders’ and depositors’ mon ey only, hot his nersonal fortune and repute aa well, m Let suoh Doubting Thomases then! ponder the considered lan- ousgo of George T. Betts, son of gin Association: A splendid Amer ican, torwnrd looking, enterprising, courageous, but with that reasoned and tempered courage that reapon nihility develops. TURNER PROVES iT8 PROGRAM “I wish to emphasise the fact,'' says Mr. Betts, “that the return ing prosperity of Tamer county le to be attributed solely"—solely!— “to the county-wide adoption of the ila'ry cow, the hog and tbe hen on the forms In the county. And the wonderful change In the spirit of the farmers of the county Is duo to thelr hnrlng proved to them, eelve* that farming with the dalrr hog and Jien la a profitable Mrs. Prank Harrold of Americas, state nresident of tha Daugbtara «f [ the Confederacy. S Tbiirsdev’e nrorram: THE CLUB IN RELATIONN TO PUBI.IIC WELFARE j Mr*. Ira Farmer, Thomson, chairman. I ».*» A. M—Ths Club and Pub lie Health. Dr. Moses. ‘ 9:M> A. M.—-80*1*1 and Industrial Condition*—Burr Blackmon. 10:** A. M.—Soriai Hygiene— Dr. Dalsv M. n. Robinson, U. B. public Health Rervlee. 11:9(1 A. M.—General Assembly of Bummer School. ' 11:40 A. M.—Child Welfare— Dr Stewrrt Roberta. 1*:1* P. M—Club Round Table. The club and Community Naeda*^ • Win. .*. K Hays. <1:40 P M.—WWet la Clnh News -Mrs. McCord Roberta. Atlanta. A ftemoon—Recreational. Evening—Mrs. Ootthelmeps Re cital. From the Klwanls club will be L. F. Edwards W.-T. Forbes. J. W Barnett. T. W . jBaxter, Jlmml Bruce, Dr. W.-A.' Clarke, .. .. Crook, Prof. V. H Davenport. W L. Erwin. Bankers Offer Prizes For Pig . Clubs In State W. M. Thornton, a carpenter who waa working for the W. r Hinton company, contractors , l> lying ac the Athens General Huh Pltal badly injured and in a pre carious condition as a result of n fall from tho top of the hew audi torium building on the High Sehoo nmpus that the Hinton company is constructing. Mr. Thornton was laying beam* at the highest point of the struc* ture with a fellow ■worker abou 1 1,: ?° B I* believed by tho »u perlntendent, S. S. Kent, that he uecamo overheated, lost his bal ance and fell to the ground below a. distance of over thirty feet striking: In his fall several . beams, causing- a broken lejf. eral fracthred ribs, a bad bruise on. ■ bis neck and Jaw and other lucer- atlons. ———— He wa4 rushed to the Athen General Hospital and had not re xalned consciousness at two o'clock His condition is reportsd fr hospital as being serious. CAME HERE FROM CARLTON Mr. Thornton came hare from Carlton a month axo and started working on the auditorium atrm ture. lie Is about forty-four yeari or ago and has a wife and chlldron, two daughters and son. Ho resides at the corner Jfl A ftnt * ® ou *berty street. A workman on the building, and when he fell says, that no Injured man had Just passed him a beam and ho turned *u p"“ it on the scantlings when he hoard and upon turning «•(» Mr. Thornton tumbling to tbr ground striking several cross bar, which broke the force of the fall ?" ‘! 10 * r °und but which caused the breaks and lacertatlons that rendered him unconscious. An ambulance was called and the my rushed to the hospital for Immediate medical attention The Oeorgla Bankers’ Associa tion. Heyne. McFsdden, secretary. Atlanta, hna appropriated (100 to be utilised as prizes In boys’ club work In Georgia, Ike prises to be distributed (his fall to ehort term conreee at the State College of Agriculture. Satrr l “Yt trrprlse. . “You are Interested to bow ranch rapid progress has been made? Simple enough: By realis ing the truth of tbe statement that the farmers of a community rise no higher thin the business men of Mat community who servo thel* wants. the founder of Ashhum. banker, stances director in a number of enter. prises and president of the Gcor- PRODUCTIVE VS. CONSUMPTIVE ’It is of transcending Impor tance that country bankers learn tha advantages of productive cred it over consumptive credit, from tha standpoint of both banker and “I will give one concrete lllue-1 (ration occurring in the bank which I am connected; it could hr multiplied by numerous slmllaii Humphrey by ■n to page eight) I’Hvr £ tme, The banker* throughout the Mate are taking a big Internet In corn, p| f , oblcken, peanut, oat and other activities of this nature and many pritea have been offered In dividually by * counties. Fine Programs At University Summer School Approximately 1900 Reg istered For Straight Course in School. Enter tainment Program Pleas ing Students. — banks In various POLICE DUMP BIO PAY THE PIPER GREAT FALLS, Mont.—Tbr First 8»att Bank of Bhslby which. Jim Johnson, one of tb» barker* of the Drmpsey OIbbon' hout. Ii president, dosed Itr doom Tuesday, according to r statement made here hr staff Bank Examiner L Q. Skelton who le here to take charge of the Rtnnten Trust and Having' hmk which went Into voluntarv liquidation Monday noon. ANOTHER BANK * GOE8 UNDER GREAT FALLS, Mont.—Thru a resolution of the directors of the Stanton Bank and Trail company, which dosed Tuesday a eking for voluntary llqulda* tlon. George H. Stanton, presi dent of the Institution , and one ol the baCfcsn of the Dempsey* Gibbons bout at Shelby, pledger' his entire private fortune to the settlement of the affairs of tlu bank If liquidation were allowed The number of actual students fregfBterecI at the University of Georgia, Including only those per sona who have registered and i»ld fee* In approximately nlneteeen hundred. This number Includes those who arc now actually attend-* tag claHHes and no others. About twvnty-flve peraona have withdrawn elnco opening of school Dr. RohlnHon, of Washington D. C. will contniue her lectures on Science of Life’’ at the University Chapel. vr * Af buiiig shown in con. Over One Hundred Half ncctlon With her lectucea are sold to bo the most remarkable of their kind ever seer, here by (hose who Pints, Captured in Raids, Ordered Poured Out By Civil Service Commis sion. attended Monday Night. Tha picture* will be shown at the Nor mal School Thurnday night. « ~ ibl- On Wednemlay night the Jn„ lee singers of the Colored Metho dist tChnrch, of Athena, led by W. A. Fontaine, will sing at tho University CChapel. The singing will bo followed by talks by lead ing women attending the Women* mm ,JCl*b week at the Summer school and on the person of people arrest-(IncludingMrs. Haynea, president of Ons hundred and twelve half pints of whiskey was poured out by po- liremen Tue.day night u£on irder of the Civil Service Commission. r The whiskey was captured in raids.? and on the person of people arrest-1 11 ed for drunkenness. . jtho Gerogln Federation, m. „ , . I 'Mrs. Bcula McN’emar gave n ,r cldci1 at ita.monodramatlc recital at the Normal whi.ke'v i, n L n< i- ?n > 0 ^i," ny J n0 i B I Mond *>' n| 3 ht ° n "M«- Wiggs Of ouart»F* h ™.t. n oil* ft head-.the Cabbage patch’’. A large and ^fed wliwinn^,. eon-1 appreciative audience attended, nceted with county or state case,. Dr RoMn80n w| „ dur)nf th# afternoons of this week, have con ference on health snbjeeta at will be sent along with the pri Application for llccna^ of two oV! Y - w - °- Au of the Rummer Schoet iree taxi drivers was held up uri-| ln,llvlll “* 11 y or In groups. three „ til another meeting by'the Com-htar any queztlomi on h«al mission in order that further In- J****". Roud table vestigation of the character of thei with will be held applicants can be made. throughout the week.