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ATHENS. GA- WEDNESDAY. JULY 18. 1923.
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LATE FLASH
(By Assciated Press)
ATLANTA. The Stovall Tax Equaliza
tion Repeal Act Passed the House
wfe Wednesday by a vote of 121
to 72. The measure will
now go to the Senate. *
✓ ■ _______
ATLANTA—By on overwhelming vote, the House.
Wednesday, defeated the motion made by Representative
Stewart of Atkinson County to table the Stovall Tax
Equalization Repeal Bill and after deciding to delay vot
ing on the passage of the measure debate was re-opened.
The bill of Senator Munday to provide biennial ses
sion of the the General Assembly was passed by the Sen
ate by a vote of forty-one to five. The bill is in the form
of a constitutional amendment and would have to be
voted upon by the people before it became an act.
The bill by Clark and Nev( of
Laurent designed to abolish
State Port Commission was
versely reported by thr General
Agricultural Committee No. 1, b;
a vote pf , 16 to 1. Kve of Chat*
bani county and Calloway of Put
nam, with. Eld>ra of Tatnall, At*
kinson of, Chatham, Gbrdon Sanaa)
of Savanah appeared in opposition
to the hllL Mann of Glynn and
New of, Laurens appeared in favo
of the measure.
New asked that the bJJ) be plseed
on the calendar for the purpose ol
disagreeing with the committee re
port. '.*\Vf are going to. fight foi
the abolishment of the Commit
«Jon”-hf asserted..
The commission was created by
an act in 1921 and was to Investi
gate port facilities of the state arc
work for the development of them
Notice was also given the llyui
by Bussey of Crisp that lie would
move to disagree with the adverse
report by Judiciary Committee-No
2 on the bill to provide another as*
slstant attorney general for the.
state at a salary of four thousnn:
dollars annually. Burt of Dough
erty and Arnold of Lumpkin an
Joint authors of the bill with Bus
sey. The bill was placed on the
calendar for actiqn.
The senate also pasesd.a mea
sure of,Phillips of the Eighteenth
District providing fire protection
for school children. Among the
mass of bills presented to the
house was one sponsored by San
ford of Lowndes. Evans of Wer-
ren. Wimberly of Toombs. Fleming
of Columbia and Elders of Tattt-
nail, providing for free school text
books. The measure was referred
to ths appropriations committee.
FARM FIRE CUTS OFF
I* 2 CITIES WIRE8E
SPRIINGFIELD. Mass. — Direct
telephoto and press wires service
between Hartford, .Conn., and this
city was cut off today trhen fire
starting In a hay barn on the
farm of Louis J. Quagllaroll
BE SID AT CURB
©ttfcU
E BILL TO
Bill Increasing Number
Members of Committee
From Athens Reported
Favorably by Committee
TWO GOVERNMENTS FORM
SECRECY PACT ABOUT
BRITISH COMMUNICATION
Great Britain’s Draft of Reply to
German Reparations Proposals
Delayed. Expected to Reach
Paris Friday. British and
French Officials Refuse
to Divulge Terms.
(By Aesoelatod Press)
ATLANTA, On.—A measure In-
traduced Id the hound by Du Bore
and Holden ot Georgia board, of
trustees from tho city cf Athana
Tills hearing, conducted before a coroner’s jury by Magistrate J. Johnson at Frederick, Md.. resulted
In a former verdict of suicide dbcing changed to one of “slain by pdrsonr. unnowu" in the death of Mrs.
Grace Simmons Kepner. Inset is Mill Lula V. Ricketts, cashier In a lunch room, who we E called ao a wit-
neas. B. Evard Kepner, the slain woman'a husband, testified that Mrs. Kepner hsd prayed to die.
Grapes, Peaches, Home-1
III fMO
Appearance.
Wits the For la, -.vagon*. *iud
vehicles of all description. wbteb
come io the Athena Curb Market
line up along the Broad Street
curb Thursday morning, and the
bustle begins as buyers crowd
•round, a number »»f prod ii-is v.-!ll
appeal* on sale which have not
heretofore been seen at the market
Home cured bacon, sweet and
fresh from the farmers’ smoke
house, grapes, great bunches df
them all tempting and ready to
eat, and luscious Georgia peachea
glowing In all their pretty colors
—these things will all be seen in
addition to the usual vegetables.
Thursday Is expected to be a big
day for the market, even in com-
parioon with ltd many other big
days. A large sale was made
Tuesday and It .was especially
pleasing to see the great varle :
ty of vegetables offered. Quite a
numbef of chlckena and eggs were
sold.
Governor Walker Telia
Association That Admin
istration is With it “Body
And Soul.”
ATLANTA. ,0».—The far reach-
lug importance of the conserve-
The Day’s New. ||||||jj>,
SECURING CLINIC
FILIBUSTER
On Tax Law Planned.
Philippine Cabinet resigns, giv
ing cause «s interference in civic
matters by Governor General
Wood.
Repeal aupporters of Tax Equal-
ALBANY. N. Y. — Governor
Smith tody appointed Dr. 8imnn
Wlnson Lock* Conn., put out of ] Kleiner of the Rockefeller Institute
commission a cable carrying 276 of Medical Research, chairman- of
parla of wires. The press service the Public Health council. Dr.
wa» restored by rerouting over n Kleiner, who has been a member
long lotus. The fie extended to 1 of tho council, will succeed the late,
other farm buildings, doing (8.00 Dr. Hermann M. Biggs Is
damage.. < halrmao.
_ (By Associated Pram.)
PARIS—The French Foreign Office Wednesday in
dicated that it expected to receive Friday, the Hritisli
communication on the German reparations problem. ’
It has been arranged'by both the British and French
w w governments that the precise terms of the note shall be
was designed to provide for a 1 guarded with the utmost secrecy until the two govom-
prudontiai committee to nonsuit ments shall have ironed out any differences of opinion
nmi set with the rtmncriinr at nil and reached an agreement, or until they have become con-
.. ... v j ncet j tj, a j an agreement upon the terms of the note is
impossible.
’ ' If la not supposed hero In official
.circles, that the note will Im* of
such nature that it can bo accept
ed Just aa U la drafted without
'change* ma0e In It Neither w-tll
It be rejected aa a whole. It
I to be more of a general plan,
(drafted In auch a manner th-it the
{two governmenta can mak- <Uhuk-
ea In lt’a text, without materially
changing It.. £
Borne of the more Important
points In the note. It is hinted, w ill
be of such nature that tlicr- will
have t,o be further exchiiii of
The British note.'It Is mi’h-rst.wvi
here, la neither being sent an a
final note, nor Is It expected that
It will be received hero as such.
Dr. J. D. Applewhite and
Dr. W. L. Moss Return
From New York After
Conference.
Dr. J. D. Applewhite, county
helth officer, and Dr. D. L. Mohs
have returned from New York
where they went to conter with
. „ ... .. _ . authorities relatlvo to tho estab-
iS'Sz.SrSP!* Ls'iu.h.n, *»•
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TURNER COUNTY PLAN
A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and
Hog 1 and Hen” Have Done for One Georgia County.
MliL'
ASH BURN. Ga.—'Turtle, county Ing • prospects. too, In the steady
farmers: nowadays look on tho
chicken'with sudden new respect
Fotm«rty ( tike most people living
in thinly settled agricultural com
munities remote from cities, they
regarded poultry as a Source of
some eggs snd meat for the home
table apd bf a little Incatne for
the aril* and The gifts. Tho county
seat demmnd'wss small and capri
cious, there• was ho Incentive to
produce quality—eggs were eggs'!
and In the. laying seasons tho local
merchants got more eggs than they
could conveniently handjc, so thst
often they would take them only
“In trade” and ersn thus merely to
accommodate their country custo
mers. A faw years ago the Idea of
getting .40 to 42 cants the pound
and In cash for frying site chick
ens would 'hare seamed to these
Torner farmers preposterious.
General i Manager Bishop of the
Ashburn , Distributing company
hopes to enlarge hla assembling
snd feeding fscllitles. which now
have a. capacity of about 2.000
pounds as the volume ot produc
tion Increases in Turner and ad
jacent territory. Ho aces interest-
displacement of .acrup stock. Tho
farmer who onco .acquires a. pen
pf pure bred poultry, thereafter
looks coldly upon his plain' barn
yard fowls and Is not content un
til his flock Is puro bred and uni
form.
PREMIUM ON ;i
EARLY FRYERS
Lately the Turner farmers havo
seen a great light as to tho prem
ium that early fryers command
and next spring thev will go after
this extra profit with a will. Here
is where the great 10,400 egg ca
pacity Incubator which they own
co-operatively will be even more
than ordinarily valuable, becauae
from It they will he able to gat
day old chicks very early, long
before the natural hiddy thinks
about setting. These very early
chlckena will be abundantly and
snecUlly istloned and . wlR, reach
the title*;lntitin*A.)8&"d»tc«iW|y
stcOn*i:*etfr.:d»manfl.,(^ l JWWl
Conn tv mllkeMd^WfkrPF-
again .la a jme Utustrelkm of How
(Torn to page tight)
iiiK importance or me conserve- i neyeni supporters or isx r,q
lion of tho forest# of Georgia rind Motion Law planning filibuster
the Southeast was emphasised "'ll .** P«**od or end of sea-
here by the presence of represen- ,ion * rn?e *'
tatlres of a dozen of the State's
largest Industrial groups, at the
annual convention of the /eorgla
Korestry Association, all ot whom
pledged their support to tho move
meat to nave Osorgls's forests; and
pointed out how the prei.nt de
vastation of the forest resources
of the South Is threatening the
welfare of tbelr enterprises.
The startling. fact that the de
velopment or ibe South Atlantic
porte depends absolutely upon the
preservation of southe^itern for
ests was brought tut by Matthews
Hale, president of the South Atlan
tic Maritime Association, who de
clared that regular steamship sail
ings from South Atlantic ports to
foreign countries depended upon
the certainty of the nucleus of
some cargo Hint could be depend-
p^r.. e ?n c ^s"lS u ?J rJinVd‘ Philippine Cabinet Resigns;
turpentine, but with thep resent'
rate or the destruction of the for
ests. It is only a matter of a short
time until there will be no sucb
guranteo of cargo, tnd there can
therefore be no regular sailing
schedules from these porta. Un
der these conditions, he declared
that shippers from' the South end
Middle west could not he oxpected
to consign their shipments to local
ports, not knowing how tong they
would remain on the docks.
W. B. Hunter, pf the Georgia
mru tatt"* ^ °" PC ° , ‘|»“? d "> ,h * Sou,1 >'
— | Tho two phyoiciai
Drivo began to raise $160,000(very much encouraged over Ibe
to ai farmers by Georgia Associm-1 prospects of Athens securing this
tion. | clinic. They appeared before the
■ — (board that has charge of naming
Husband in alleged love tangle'the community and asaured Its
of Mrs. Bullard appears and tea-1 members of the cooperation that
tifies before Cobb county grand! would be given here -mJ also went
J“nr. [into deaile as to present condl-
Vr{m Mr-jnZtmW* ♦«^.««.i» t,0||B * 11 waB ot * tcd before the,f *
deft£y£b?Lre.jSfft Ctoftff? ”” TwMNj
SUS" r ° Undhou " • nd ctfnlc sndth.t thocom-
- [munltks had been reduced to
Body of Clayt Robson laid to,««» '» Georgia belag coa.ldered
final rest at home in Milledg«-;»nd to 23 In Ihe south where the
xille, Tuesday afternoon. clinic would bo located.
time. It was explained tonight,
since the board of trnstees was
crested many years ago. enough
members of the body Intve rea'ded
in Athens to constitute a pnidon-
Itnl committee. Judge A'ldrew
Cobb and Judge McWhorter, two
members, have resigned, however
and Mcreas McWhorter, another
member, has moved to Green*
county, leaving only Harry Ilodg.
son snd James Dozier aa members
in the city.
Under tbs measure proposed by
Mr. DuBoaa and Mr. Holden anolh-
fc memher of the board would bo
prided, to coipe, from Athens In
| «rrt»r that tlSsro'might be direo
frustres, In the nlfv 'io pet with
I -hnneellor. With odlv two mem
bers. aa at present. In -ase it tho
[absence of one or Ihe other delay
in ranching a derision or taking
action might r*su<t. ; lt was pointed
out.
ft Is not necssary to call a full
hoard meeting to decide many ot
Ibe ccslqton arising, according to
Mr. DuBose, and the govornpr and
other trustee* favor the row man
ure. The committee on tho i ri-
versify of Georgia and Ita Branches
ATTENDANCE FOR
COLLEGE EXPECTED
All Rooms in Two Dormi
tories Already Reserved.
Summer School Largest
In South.
Attendance at the UnlrersUy of
Gecrgtm for tbs coming fall term
Is expected to surpass all previous
records. Even at thia early dato
all rooms in Old College and Can
dice ball, two of tha largeat (.’or-
mltories. have beaen reserved and
has unanimously recommrnd’J the only a few rooma remain open for
measure out of the commit’** I reservation In New College,
for passage. | Dr w , D- Hooper states that
Mr. DuBo,. and Mr. Holdsn .1-
so are authors, of a measure to ap'
proprinle 124,000 as ilufldenqjf
fund for the. University.
Gives Interference By Governor
General Leonard Wood As Cause
hard Wood ..baa precipitated, the greatest political up'
heaval since American occupation of tho islands.
In accepting the resignation. General Wood raid hr
considered the action of the cabinet a challenge to the
authority of the governor-general and may be followed by
a declaration of martial law.
MANILA, P. I.—A new cabinet, composed entire
ly of army officers, will rule the Philippine Islands, Ma
jor General Leonard Wood announced Tuesday.
His statement followed resignation of the entire
cabinet, which gave as its reason Wood’s interference in
civic affairs. ,
... ... .... Resignation of the Philippine cabinet because of al-
Kruit Exchange, showed that fruit leged interference with civic matters by Gov.-Gcr. Leo'
growers are being penalised, fit- ' - — *
teen dollera a car fur fruit shipped
from this state because Georgia
lumber from which to make the
crate* is already depleted to rack
an extent that the crates ' must
bo Imported.
Governor Clifford Walker,
speaker at the morning session of
the convention declared that 'both
personally and otncially the pes-
mt administration is body md
soul with tho program of the
Georgia oreit Association. This
statement assumod especial sign
ificance In the Ugbt of the fact
that there Is at present before the
legislature a bill to tax the forest
prqdimts Industries of tha Bute an
amount sufficient to maintain a
fire >wkniM' oraaaisaUon In <h«
State wWeh will, lots soaad. mln-
Ipbik fdreat-nreit easily the^priu-
edorgla
[BILL
school records or credentials of
prospectlvs students, sro coming
In much fsstar than Is usual at
this time of tho year. This is not
considered conclusive
LONDON*—Owing to
completion of certain clauses In i
Dritlsh draft of reply to tho
man Reparations proposals ;ind the
explanatory note to accompany
the cabinet meeting which was
huvo been held Wednesday
postponed until Thuritdny mornh
most rigid sllenco Is be
observed by everyono
with the Foreign Office
tho nature and terms of tho I
response.
The task of Lord Curzo
rotary of Foreign Affairs, 1
posing tho document, which is
tended to contain at least i
ment which will bo pleasl
•Ides and Is admlttod to be on*» of
exceptional delicacy and comph xl-
ovldenco|ty and no Intention of tho content#
of tho communication has csc*p«
tho Ups of any government official
The note Is of extreme into
tlonal political Importance, •
ally since Premier Poincare
Li- MHft’li, In will.’h he said
that Franco would stand pat on the
execution of tho Versailles Treaty
that the attendance will be except
tlonlly Urge for It Is suggested
that itudeata-may be rending in
their credits earlier this year be-
cause they feer a ahortagn In dor
mitory epace. But with numeroua
applications coming In dsUy even
though nsarly all dormitory space
to already token, there eeeme to
be no doubt that September will
tee the torgeet registration tho
Unlyereltjr hat over hod for fall
term.
Chancellor Borrow states that,
Bill Would Divide West- two** *• '• »»* iw»< to rey
y-qiwMiif r,f c.,how many students sro expected, T. C. Sommer Trainim- Camp hav*
ern I-^IFCUIC OI ^oupcriorImsny students srs expre.ed, he been commendcl fur excrllenos
Court. Circuit Now Too
Large.
A bill to divide ths Wsstsrn elr-
cult of the Superior court will be
Introduced In the bouse of repreeen*
tatlves In a few daya by Represen*
iatlve Frank A. Holden, who has
prepared ths bill. The Western*th" South Atlantic BUtok
tratfon will ba exceptionally Urge
In September. .»
Ihe Dnivenlty gammer School
has registered tor Its 1222 term
which to now In progress, practic
ally two thousand active students
—the largest number ever record
ed by the summer school, making
It the largeat summer \acbool In
ipme IWV«V HIV* CBBII7 l
tSpil jtfeht' : tWpflhslhle
preednt ‘deitructlon of
Non-co-operation I. hinted by .ha
rolgnators who Include six score*
tiWles of departments President
Manuel Quezon of the Senate, and
Speaker Roxas of the House.
Reinstatement of a secret service
scent named Conley by Wood fol
lowing the former’s acquittal of s
bribery charge, was the Immediate
cause of the resignation.
Action of tho cabinet In “walk-
in*'out” is generally eonsldered
by political obeSfters hero to mesa
an ehd to hopes
dencc.
Manuel Quexon. lender «f th«* an-
tl-Woo«l fncllon In tho cabinet. Is
sued this statement:
"We decided to realgn. Undei
the clrcuinstanreH we ilo not be
lieve that any Filllplno belorglng
to the majority |wirty or any other
party will serve under the presen
administration in any rapacity. We
assume no responsibility of any
kind in connection with the admin
istration of public effslrs. We on
ly nssume responsibility for la'
circuit Is now presided over by
Judge Blanton Fortaon and la one
of the largest and most comber-
some of the state, embracing at
present the ‘ counties of . Clark#,
flwlnnett. Barrow. Jackson. Banks
C-conee and Wslton. *
The new circuit Is proposed sa
the Piedmont circuit and wit In
clude the countlee' of OwJnnett,
Barrow. Jackson and Banks, leav
ing In the old western circuit
Clarke, Oconee and Walton.
The hill to lie Introduced pro
vides thst the Judge and eoloclto
of the new circuit are to be named
by the Governor jy^ji the next
(.encrnl election amlthat salarter
shall be the same as thst provided
for other similar officials of the
state.
Tho term# of court In the new
circuit are to be/ Gwinnett* 1st
Monday’s In MajCh, June. Septem
ber snd Decootwr; Barrow, 4th
Monday In March, 2rd Monday In
June, 4th Monday In September
and 3rd Monday in
Jackson. 1st Monday
Due to the record attendance
at the summer school, the promise
of a record breaking fall term, and
with the rising hopes of more dor
mitory space and other facIlllTes
The University of Georgia staff
Athens Boy Wins ,
■Honor At Camp
The following cadets of the R. O.
displayed while acting n» tempor
ary company commanders. The ■
students and place of residence and |
college represented, are listde:
D. G. Graves, St. Petersburg,
Fin., Georgia Tech; W. C. Tippens,
Bollview. Ga., Emory Colelue; W.
R. Smith* Union, S. C-, Clemson
Colege; W. Byrd, Ocala, Fla., Uni
versity of Florida; IL T. Williams, I
MUlcdgcville, Ga^ Georgia Mih- ft
tary Cot!ego; R. M. Lynn. Clinto
S. C., Pres. College of S. C.;
R.-Gudgcr, Mooresille, N. C.; Dav
son College; C. F. Seyle, Savanah,
Ga., Georgia Tech.; P. S. Paul,
Dallas, Texas, Georgia Tech.; H. T. I
i no univcwiy mi '’“»»» lianas, iexns, i.oorgia in n.; n. i.
feels optomlstlc over present nd Patterson, Athens, Ga., University
future prospects.
of Georgia.
passed by Ihe legislature. We of- • and August. Banks, 3rd
ter no advice to Gov. - Wood re**In- March mad SepUmbei
appointments or other ode grand Juries*X>f ;1h» wttkMtA .]
stive affairs: nor shall, we be called In
for Island Indepen- be Interested 'In. the discharge* of term# only, uris* It shall ba d'
dptlcs os chief executive,” «d otherwise by the Judge.
\
Prominent Men Address Women
Voters Luncheons In Atlantc
The La.fue or Women voter*
of Athena eaUs'attentlon to tha fact
that three luncheon, are betas
Stves In Atlntn by tne l-enx»e
there durias the present re,.Ion
of the Lest.totare and that leg-
Illative questions the organisation
to Interested In are to be dlacuseed
at there Incheon, and prominent
spankers to be heard.
The first of these lucheoas taken
Wednesday, July 18th and
:eve ''are Dr/' J. IL T.
of Atbeni and Govern-
Clifford' Whlkcr.
T>e next licbetm trill he July
:eth when the subject "Tho Sn,
How tho Wheels O’ Bound"
he discussed by speaker r
Netll of the Honeo end ox-go.-ojj
or Hugh Dorsey. On August
tho subject “How Georgia Sav
the PiecesJ” will he discussed [
IDlf dt Kauffmnu and Dr. I’res-
ton of Augusts.
Attending these meetings
prcmfnont leglslatoia and men
affairs and Influence snd not
ly members of the Atlanta League
nre Invited but those from
re urged to attced
luncheons if possible.