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Investigate Today! To Regular Subscribert THE BANNER-HERALD' $1,000 Accident Policy Free Dally and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. Established 1IS2 Dally and Sunday—10 cants ■ Week. ATHENS COTTON : Middling 2«'4c Previous Close W/fec THE WEATHER: Probable showers Thursday VOL.' 91. NO. 134. Associated Press 8ervlce ATHENS, GA-, THURSDAY. JULY 19, 1923. A. B. c. Paper •Ingle Copies I Cants Dally, I Cents Sunday, City Council Alters Stand On Police And Fire Board •M' *1*" *1* *!' ■ •I* &. M. Schools Bill Introduced in House Would Divert Appro priation! to High Schools For Ag. Instruction. INVOLVES~$250,000 APPROPRIATION State Will Be Without Machinery For Tax Col lection If Senate Passes StoVall Bill, Is Claim. LATE NEWS (By Adaoclated Preaa.) ATLANTA. — McMichaers amended resolution for Inves tigation of Highway Depart' ment passes house by vote of 140 to 40. Bell of Burke introduces bill to create new county of Comer with Ssrdie as county scsL Senate adopts Carswell res olution celling on house to "get busy" and enact craer- gcncy'" revenue measure to pay sums due Confederate pensioners. Overhead Street Cars as Parking Stations With the adoption of overhead street cars In large cities .as shown here, problem might be eolved. The torpedo-ehaped car is the invention of Private De Los Angeles. It has been approved by that city’s poles department and Cali . . Mil Detective Fletcher E. Felts qf . r , ---- —. —. —-—, - — —. California railroad companies have asked that the esles rights be withheld until thoir engineers can study the plans of the proposed 01 LIFE; TO LIVE F0I1, HE SAYS may be without. ANV TAX 8Y6TEM ATLANTA—If the eenate passes .the house bill repealing the tax equalisation law and tha aovernor signs the measure, op ponents of the repeal Thursday expressed the opinion the .state would bo without the machinery for tax collection, taking the po sition ' the propoeed law would ■,iot re-enact statutes In effect before the present system wss adopted as claimed by the re peal proponents. ATLANTA—A bill to abolish ail twelve of the district Agricultural schools In the elate Was Intro-. duced In the house Thursday by t and went Into his room. Representative Harris of Jefferson Uo go to sleep, she thought, but ibrfiing. pic Thursday Had Brooded Over Slay ing of Daughter’s Hus band. Mr. W. H- Bnree, aged <4$ night watchman at tho Virginia-Carolina .Chemical company plant and city I dog catcher, killed himself at hie homo on River Ktveet Thursday ! morning about 9:30, shooting hlm- Isoir through the temple with ;caliber pistol ho carried as a city offlcor. Acocrding to Mrs, Bruce, his came home from tho fer- plant about hlye o’clock, usual. • offlcor. j Acocrd! I wife, he ( -ftilixer pit and Wlmberley of Toombs. They proposed to Introduce ler Islatlon to use the funds amount ing to 1 approximately $250,000 per year appropriated for these schools to meet the 8mIth*Hughes'federal vocational education fund for th« purpose of placing an instructor of agriculture In every qualified high school In the state. HAVE SERVED THEIR PURPOSE Agricultural schools, they stat ed, In discussing the measure were established at a time when there wab Insufficient number oi high schools 1 nthe state. "They have Sehved their purpose, declaret the representatives, and are not r^nderlnr service commensurate with ihe appropriations they arc getting/* few minutes ho .came out with the pistol l| bin hand and she cautioned “him < about having It and tdld lilm to put It upv He went back in ms room, at 37$ River street, an' 'he followed him to the,door and <ie went over to a dresser and she thought he was going to put tho gun down when she. saw him raise It to his temple and before she could do' anything he had pttlled the trigger and he fell to tho floor in a crumpler con dition and the gun dropped out of BROODING SINCE SMITH KILLING Mr. Brnca.wa* the father-ln-lav’ of J. R. Smith, who was killed In Greene county several weeks dgo (Turn to psge eight) TfflS TURNER COUNTY PLAN A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and Hog and Hen” Have Done for One Georgia County, she go At Minnie Jordan was being sen tenced by Judge Thornton In Ihe late session qf police, court Wednesday. "I aenlence you to payment of a 330 fine nr alxty days In the city atockade,’ be gan the judge. “Wait a mlnutv, Judge,’ ’cried .Minnie who was eyeing Lula Sanford, a witness In the case against her ebony- hned sister. "Walt a minute. Ice. L thinks this sentence Is ig .tp-.-ho more -flisn-eluty days,’ ’aa she made a lunge for her detainer. The police finally separated then). "I lenience you.” Megan Judge Thornton, after all was quiet again 'o the court room, "to olnuty dtys to tbe‘ Blockade,” and Minnie seemed to be satisfied. ! ; Council Faces About; jFHMICE LIKELY Fire Chief Gets Trip TO ACCEPT BRITISH NOTE PARIS STATES THIS UP ANOT! PLAN TO GET h\ “We Acted Cheap,” Says Alderman Hill, “In Scratch ing Expense Money Out of Budget. Chief Has Served Too Well to Be Denied Trip.” Culp Seconds Motion. Ftrs Chief George W. McDormnn money for the trip to the conven- v. Ill vet his trip to the Chiefs Con- tlon laat year, city counoll voting ventton next fall after all. down the proposal that It appro- City council voted Wednesday prlate an amount necesaary to pay night to appropriate $100 for the for the trip. A eum of money nec- purpose of aending' the veteran canary to pay the expense of tht flr6 chief to the convention aftor trip wai raised by. private sub* voting One month ago not to In- scrlptlon, however, nnd the chief elude a elmilar amount In the bud- attended- the meeting, flfrt for the fire department for Alderman Hill voted in June to (hat purpose. strike from the budget the ap- Council took a ‘change of hear propriatiop money for Chief Me aner Several member* agroed It Dorman. Thursday he explained waa acting chenp.” said one mem- his change of attitude by aaylng her In explaining the reversal of that Council could not afford tc posltofn. be “cheap” in dealing with a man The motion waa made by Alder- who has served the oity as faith Kent Hill of the Second Ward and given a second by Aldermnn Henry Culp of the First Ward. Al derman Culp made the motion In previous session of council to strike out the fire department bud get $100 designated as expense money for Ihe chief on the con vention trip. •REFUSED TRIP LAST YEAR The chief wss refused expense a,, -rs re *t e tne wnitenaii uouu, jusi < Attorney For Family of „ f win M»«e.th.,iiret Slain Men Says Indict- * *» rl **° f ,w| ' nmln * » pd a, »’ Returned Against Offi cers. Austin Bell, .ttorrt.y retained by the Smith family to prosecute Jt 71. Ohaetley and other officers In Greene .County charged with the murder of J. B. and Jet Smith in June of this year, stated Thursda) that this matter will be taken up by the Grand Jury In Greene county on next Monday, the 23rd, He atated thpt it will be showr | to the Oi;and Jury tn&t the homl- jcltde occurred at a point In a pub Uc road of Greene county where an Claim Germany Working to Include Clauses That Have Been Bone of Con tention. TROOP WITHDRAWAL IS MAIN ISSUE 1? Votes Wednesday Night to Increase Personnel of Board From Three to Five Members. TWO MEMBERS WILL BE FROM COUNCIL Proposed Amendment to Bill Changing Law Said to Be Nearer' Meeting Approval of Clarke Rep resentatives. City Council Wednesday night, altered Its position on changing .at tttf.t | the Civil Service Commission in ance if Troops Withe .order to get representation on thfl drawn and Exiles Allow- b0,rd b,r T0,,n « *° lncrfaH " ed to Return. fully and efficiently as Chief Mc- Dormnn. “It got under my skin.** said Alderman Hill and I made ui my mind to Introduce a motion riving the chief his vacation Council was acting cheap in de nying him the trip and other mem bers of council agreed with me.** The appropriation waa unanlmouil) ndppted, mond. Va. in' October. CONTESTS AT LAKE DIXIE Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock Lake Dixie, Atnens* new swim- mine and amusement park on the Whitehall Road, just out PARIS-—Germany, through coming British note to the French government, her willingness to cease passive resistance In the Ruhr, subject to certain concession! on the part of France. This information has reached the ! Fren The "convention meet, to RJch -|it»rted « unquexUoiuible but membST official! authority. Three concea-‘.V". elone. It was declared here, wouldI hu i h " * , h tin be unacceptable to France becauer ,„ Tb ' ‘JlJJ?' ,‘ h , ’ they ire unaccompanied by a dtfl-j pr0, l"" r,,r “ nlte assurance or guarantees that L' 'jSUJoll ih/T, , Mnnsalldna wnllM . ClCCteU frOO! COUDClI, tRO list 111” torto»mtoV joludlna ,h. mayor who was ho- Th» British Csblnst bead pro- “"J* 'fcursdsv morn- 1 Advocates of the bill Insisted personnel of the commission t Instead of three members, two of whom shall be from Council. The law cannot be changed, how ever, except by passage of a bill In the legislature, which will Un sought at tho present session. Tho resolution changing coun cil** stand on the bill was unani mously adopted. / The bill, adver tised several weeks ago, provid ed for amending the Civil Bervire Jlaw so ns to provide for election ot __ . . . Jthe three members from council in- ...m. h„. .,„J■ t « d ”f ‘he clty-at-large. council It now standi? T VISIT THREE CITIES i automphlle/ could easily have betn started wllWut tl* use of fir. arms, aa tha roads were very nar- gins Journey oouwiwaru. }now Bnd hJld hlgh pppkajon #nhei To Stop At Three More •«#-. thnnt-wiii t» shown further A P _ i that tha automobile waa fired upon Alaskan Towns. (By Associated Preaa.) SEWARD. Alaake—The ' from tt)r tear and that there sr- numerous holes In the back nl aama; that the younger Smith, wham Ohaatley claims fired upon Naval him, died with a cigarette In his The Columbia, 8. C. Stato baa reproduced In pamphlet form a remarkable series of articled by Its Managing Editor on the Turner County plaU. The Georgia Associa tion bat been formed to extend tbla pits to every county In Geor gia and similar efforts will be mode In Soeth Carolina. The Ban ner-Herald; through the courtesy of the Columbia 8tate. will publish a aeries of articles summarising the Turner County plan. The Ban ner-Herald boa also secured a lim ited cumber ot reprints of the Statute pamphlet and will be glad to metl one free to any one making e request for same. TURNER CREAMERY DEVELOPS VOLUME Kay Factor In Permanent Pros perity Program. , BuvJng t Cream , Oclyr-Huiwlrad i Merer MbeeHFifty; HB*4teV if Each to Install Initial jMeehgnlx cal Outfit. Continuing the report begun lost week from Aahburn, *Ga., regard ing the “Turner county program for permanent prosperity." thle ar ticle deals parUcabtoy with the creamery' at Aahbura and ,eomo typical farmers among those who supply Ita creom requirements. One hundred business men put up 350. each to buy tho mechanical equipment needed to start op- the urn! remanding that were (be creamery a commercial success, they would be reimbursed to mon right hand. The bullet riddled clothing of the two dead men wUl be exhibited to the Orand Jury showing bullet holes to' the real from lust above the trouser knee, clear up the back. A number of other etreumatanoee will be disclosed to the Grand Jury stranger than those out lined. he said. Attorney Bell stated that. In hla opinion. Indictment.? wtould bj promptly returned. He called al teration to the fact that under tbr, law of Georgia, a committing offt- bind a defendant over where he haa reasonable grounds to suspect the guilt of the defend, tne party is to o« w.en ou, we , of th . charged: and to the automobUs T 0 * 1 * .connecting th . conMtlon h« noin ted nut that Transport Henderson, with Presi dent and. Mrs. Harding and their party aboard, was |o. leave here early Thuriday morning, steaming out of Resurrection Bay through the recently chrlstlned Harding Gateway and'for the Oral time Ir two weeks turning her prow aouth- ward. Although lha President ant" hla party will visit three mor< Alaskan cities, Valdes, Cordova and Silks, be la en route toward the States" for tha first time since he left Tacoma, Washington on July 5. The Henderson la due to arvlvt at Vuldex sometime Thursday and the party Is th ba taken out ove, Vuldex with the Rldhardaon High way, Alaska’s North, and South main road. Hare the travelers will get their first view or tho majestic Keystone Canyon. Another Athens tend tho contests Friday, free of rhargs. There will be four main events to be divided Into the following! One event for ladles: one for men; one for girls tinder fourteen years of age nnd one for boys under'four teen. Prises will be given the winners In each event. Many local mermaids and fish (no pun intended) have already signed up to take part In the contests, which will* start at five o'clock on the dot. The Day’s News Senate to,Follow Suit ON TAXREPEAL ,Monte Blue and Marie.— j Prevost Have Feature'^! Roles in Picturization ofnej ! Famous Novel. Comedy ! Also. ! Th said, Fran wltb< troop Ala flclal from Marriage as practised nowaday! hy' the .cynical end careless gate ■n awful blow tn "Brass,” a pow erful Warner Brotbert classic, ot tho screen.from tbe novel of'sdml Charles O. Norris, which la being, vies offered at tbe Palace theatre | wh,n Thursday and Friday. Marie Pro vost and Monte Blue are to the feature rolea. In tddlUon to tills main attracUon n Lorry Semon comedy, "The Counter Jumper.” la also offered. Not only tbe ollllnesa of people going Into marriage without know- 'hursdoy morn- tbe proposed its formed th< discussion. Up. 'hursday ufter- ln whether the > forwarded to ent, Including 'huraday night which, U b I*"" ,'?’ Immediately after announcementX 1 of Council’s acUon was inn,In up- ; position to tho proposed i hai o? oermsn wl« a - The Rotary Club nrlrn expelled ! a r< ' Mlu ' 1 "' 1 ■cturn to thel. jg wto *. th e. «?“"«» r< '“ l,p ring of local: nil civic no change in the civil service i were contemplated in th* \ posed change or would be attempt ,ert. The only difference in opera lion of tho law would be in ♦•lec tion of tho commissioners from council’s membership Instead of the body of citizens It was said. OPPOSE j ACTION i begun. Former EmprcsG Dying ,n * each other well, but • their readiness In exiting and bee-lining for tbe divorce court la shown, to Opinion* expressed that Senate , way unforgettable Indeed it will follow tha House In pissing is any sober preachment In tho tbe Stovall Equalisation Tax He-' must not be supposed that there peel Bill. picture: far from tt. "Brass’’ tells — !a corking good story, a story that Mexico, Insane alnce 1837, re- moves every minute of the time Mexico. I usance alnce 1*67. re- „ |, projected on tbs aereen. and' LAVONIA, Gae-Waycrore gets ported dying at Brussel*. Is Maxi- that delighted the b>( audience I ‘I 1 " 1»»4 convenUon of the Oeor- mill**', widow. I that beheld If. Abeorblng «* few IJJ* Pr 7".A UovUt £ n ' clly I picture, can be. with e plot cram- onr w **‘ Polnt *•’ ; county to vots against it. iro"jaiiuarv"li';Individuals also actively ,ra January 11 j It is understood that tho bill, as lit now’stands, comes nearer, meet ing the favor of the Clarke repre sentatives than originally. Alder* man Henry Culp, who Is understood to have n copy of the bill ns now proposed, was reported in Atlanta [Thursday, presumably In the inter est of the mcasuro which is sup posed to be Introduced at this slon of the legislature. The two members from council will servo during their term ns p n Press Association Will Hold 1924 Convention in Waycross. Lavonia Meet ing Big Success. Orergl. editor. ...set Weycree. 'SSi'» f« 1124 Prca. Aacoclatlon Conven- ^ , Mn ^ , Ter ybody In need of lion, at close of Lavonia aeoslon. gem,!,,, enJoymanL Nearly everybody know* the ■tory. from the popularity It *." Philip this conectlon, he pointed out that Judge Sibley in assuming to sit ns a committal poprt. came to th« conclusion that there was reason able ground to suspect the guilt of ' the defendants of ftn offense under jthe .laws of the Stateand hence, .bound them over to the state court . I Attorney Bell atated further, that D A . r Wine I4nnni*! ln case there is an Indictment the Doy wins nonorwni. f ihan protewiity, beset u\ - **I, j»fi .. j " ’ • ^ ‘V'itowii tor hdal nexl The /ollowtnf Bv O. T, C^C^deU have meen commended tor uu- usual excellence displayed while ey or service; If not, they would #c j| n _ M temporary company com forget it , Ash burn creamery, operated as a department of A*hbum Distrib uting company, a corporation has for Its superintendent an expert commercial buttermaker, H. V. Larson. It buys cream, sweet or sour, exclusively, on butterfat test* operations were begun October 1, 1921. the milk coming from about 100 shippers, all of them amal! pro dpcera. NowJtsJW of a^l^Ahlo’ an<J*$te SSSBBaBBB moutb oggregst*. *30,009lb'331#P30 tho month. Tbo.obJeUre ** ‘ h « en<1 (Tara lo pxge eight) mauders: O. E. Davenport, Belton. B. C.. clemaon college; J. H. Welker, At lanta, Ga.. Emory Unlreralty: C. C. Garrett, Lauren,, S. C- Clem- B on College; H. O. Hairston, Chi- core, Miss., Miss. A end a* College; c. J. comer, Macon, Oo.. Bran ham and Hughes Military Acade my; E. L. Griffin. Plnewood, S. C., Wofford college; J- L Allmen, ill, oe., Oeorglm Tech.; W. estbrook, McComb.v • Silas., S'-’Yeih.; M. 1 K. Hay; Pu- Tfti'.; CBtYer*lly[ of; Ten-, name; D. M. Dornblnlt. Athens, Ga., Unlreralty of Georgia. For Georgia Giiis (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C.—Tbe life Ibiurence rating schedule for glos In Georgia, Virginia, South Caro lina, North Carolina, Florida. Ala bama and Louisians, carries an added charte of twenty-fire cents per 3100 for those not grounded by effecUve wiring, tbe United Slate* department of agriculture has an nounced In 'urging 'the proper wiring ot gins. Ccorgi*, Arkansas. North Carolina, Oklahoma , and Texas nimpraMfy suffer the great est Iona through the burning of cotton gins, It wax stated. City Connell to emend bill changing Civil Service Commla- slon. Two members from council la plan. Lieut. Maughan starts on sec ond attempt of “dawn to dusk’ flight between New York end-San Francisco. Local men go tn Atlanta to guard Interests to move to place ban on poolrooms In stato. use. cl(. commits suicide In fit ot despon dency. , climaxes that surprise' and fascl Harding party tuma southward nP^tllklf '• -»£. ‘ ■ ■. ’ . l first leg of trip homeward. MonU Bme never acted better Reaches Waihisgton August 29. Insurance Rates o.if Tovmamont gets underwsV at Macon. Local golfers entered. Married 7 Times: But Not Bigamist (By Associated Pres*.) COLUMBUS. O*.—Seven time* married, yet not a bigamist This Is tha record of N. J! homing, 83 years ol,|. who recently moved here from Fiord county, where ha wss born and reared. Six of Mr, Lemlng’s wive* died. HI* seventh le- now living with him here., Mr. Lealag be* seventeen non* nnd three daughter*. Joyed ea s "best seller." Philip and Marjorie Baldwin, young nnd mar ried. suddenly wake up to find themselves utter strangers, motber-to-law partially account* for tbelr distance, but eapecially does Marjorie’s weakness for cab aret* and good times. Attee a qaar rel she Mvea him forever, and Philip picks out the scattered threads of bis life as best he can. Two women como Into his life, tbs whlln Marjorie divorces him end renurrles. The ending Is led np to Innposterlr fashion. ,vlth thrilling than he did here, giving a superb Interpretation of the likable pns- tled-Philip. Praise Is alto due the able supporting caat which In clude* .Marie Prevost, Harry * Rich. Helen Pergu- K-cnan. Edward Job- . ct Scddon. Cyril Chad- Pat O’Malley. The eplen- 'direction Is by Sidney Fnnk- lln, and the producUon was mode by Harry Rapf. Miss Ginsberg Off For Eastern Markets Mlu Annie Cltuberg* leaves Thursday for Baltimore, New York qpd other points In the east to buy new f*U, goods for Ginsberg P$y, Goods Store, on -Broad street. wWch caiylas s splendid line of goods. _• Ing Wednesday. Officers wars sleeted ae follows: C. D. Rountree, of the Wrightsvllli Headlight. president, succeeding W. O. Sutllve, of Savannah; Er nest Camp, of Monroe, first and Mist Emily Woodward, of Vienna, aecond vice president; H. M. .Stan ley. corresponding and C. E. Bennr of Butler, recording secretaries: Jl J. Howell, of Cuthbert, treasurer The retiring president was voted haerty thanki for Ha admlnlstra tlon and a (Iftydollnr remem brance; (be Incoming president made a happy Inaugural address. voted to hold n mld-wlo meeting, the. time and place to be flged, by the Incoming executive committee. Invitation from the Southeastern fair to attend an press day, October 13. was referred to the new administration. John T. Rolfeulllet wss elected an honorary member of the eapo* elation. In the afternoon cession pr. A M. Soule presented the need of trained farm leadership, and 17. T Anderson, of the Macon Telegraph propoeed a plan which was endors ed for the newspapers to arrange for offering as prizes for boys and girls to the atat* scholarships *1 tht State College ot Agriculture. CITY OP WAYCROS8 PLANS CREMATORY WAYCROSS, Ga.—The dty of Waycross is preparing to erect e crematory on s thirteen-acre tract jnst outside of the city limits, according to en announce ment by Commissioner C. V. Stan ton. 1 The ileal for the land was consummated last week, and work on tho new crematory is, expected to begin at once. member of Council, th© propon©?) ohhngo provides. The Civil Service Commission hns control of the Fire and Polk^e department*. The members af present are W. D. lleacham, chair man nnd Commissioners J If. Ep IIiik and .1. H. Grlffeth, . Introduce Bill Designed to End Exodus of Labor (By Associated Prose.) ATLANTA—Representative !>©- I La Pierre of .Jackson county and T-Oran of Ranks submit ted a Mil j Thursday In tho house whtrh make it a felony for any person i concern to solicit labor In Georgti for other states. Tho term of im prisonment from three to years. “Passage of tho bill,” DeLaPlerre | said, “will result In checking exodus of negroes and nth© labor In Georgia to It does not allow et labor agents to operate state. The present labor r In Georgia demands drastic Tation nnd this measure is one I which we think best to provide re- 1 Uef.** , Representatives Stanford and 1 Copeland of Lowndes Introduced a bill calling for a deficiency appro priation Of J!0.000 for the Oe. State Woman’s College at Va The sub-committee of the constitutional amendments com* j mlttee took up for ronsldtanition L of the Dekalb dele* I gatlon which would plane county f Officials on a salary basis Instead ] of a few system. I The measure was referred to the^ sub-committee, comprised Steele, Guess and Barret*, amended hjr the full sommittee, , amended the Mil wM permit i (VKinty t* adopt the :salary if desired. Originally It was til ited to counties having 4 2, WO population.