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Investigate Today! To Regular Subscribers THE BANNER.HERALD I1.9P0 Accident Policy Freo -VOL. SI, NO. ltt Associated Press Service Suicide Verdict Changed to Murder Dally and Sunday—10 Coats a Week. Established 1832 Dally and Sunday 1 —» Cents a Week. ATHENS COTTON: Middling 26',4o Previous Close , 2b'/2c THE WEATHER: Clfar with little change in tem perature. ATHENS. GA- WEDNESDAY. JULY 18. 1923. •Ingle Copies 8 Cent* Dally. I Cents Sunday -T. -1* .1. els 4 * ~*T 4 'V 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, *»• m 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.