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m Daily and Sunday-10 Cant* a Week. •Inala Capita t Canta Dally. I Canta Sunday, HREftlNED y-T-. , » V A T a *1* *1* *J* *J* •I* j. a T T Rumor of Civil War Hovers Ov rmany GOVERNMENT DENIES TRUTH OF RUMOR; IS PREPARED FOR WAR French Say Resistance in Ruhr Has Steadily Decreased. No Cases of Sabotage in Past Six Days. More Trains Running. Paris Pleased Over British Attitude. BRITISH REP LUO GERMANY READY TO BE SENT TO FRANCE Filipino Movie Star Communication By Great Britain Probably to Stand As Already Draft ed. Dispatched Friday. (By Attaclatad Praia.) LONDON.—Additional alteration* wore made Friday morning In the text ot the Britlah reply to Oer- nianq'a reparation memorandum by the Britlah Cabinet, which met In the premier's room In the ilouae lor Commons. Unless It should seem expedient to make some eleventh hour changes In the document. It will probably be dispatched to tho Allied and American governments Friday night. It Is understood that the lug. (By Associated Press.) BERLIN—The German government, according to a semi-official statement issued Friday morning, does not believe that there is any foundation for the recent news- „ ..... paper references to the possibility of civil war in Ger-1 gosted reply contains about tour- many, inasmuch as an overwhelming majority of the peo- teen hundred word* and is up to pie will not allow themselves to be led into such “criminal foolishness.” However, should attempts be made on any side to revolt against the will of the majority, the government will ruthlessly use all means at its disposal to overcome such an attack against the existence and constiution of the Reich and it was added, the government has the means to do this. ft*"--Sr .-, The statement was apparently made In reply to the recent Na tionalist and Communist nawapa- per allegations, that each side was preparing for the revolt and parti cularly to a letter which a Nutlsn- allat member of the Reichstag wrote to Chancellor Cuno, alleging that the Prussian Minister of the Interior was favoring elvll war lo be Initiated from the lotL RESISTANCE LESSENING DUBSEXDORF—French head quarters here expressed the con viction Friday that German resist ance In th# Ruhr was weakening. No sabotage Incidents have been reported for the past six days Thursday five hundred and seven* ty-fwo trains were operated tn the region or something more than double the amount running up un til three days ago. French military patrols ere watching closely the plane of the Communist demonstration an nounced In varloue parte of Ger many for July St. General De- Uoutte, French Commander In Chief will forbid such demonstra tions In the Ruhr, It Is thought. PARIS PLEASED COIUIMITEE MEETS. HERE SATURDAY Report of Canvass of Cropping Plans For Food Will Be Heard At 11:00 O’Clock. the standard at cogency and force- fulness usually characterising doc uments prepared by Lord Curxon, British foreign secretary, and that it is marked throughout by n most moderate and amicable tone. There Is still some doubt wheth er the much discussed supplemen- mwrnrr-t"- n ' nature will be seot with the draft.. CONCERT FRIDAY PRESIDENFS TR IP ESTIMATE SUM $1,000,000 THROUGH ALASKA IS Harding Views Twin Gla ciers on His Homeward Bound Journey Friday Morning. (By Associated Pre'ee.) ABOARD S. S. HENDERSON WlHH HARDING.—A visit to Cor- duva, the oqean terminus of one of LARGE COTTON FACTORS ARE FACING BIG FAILURE; Augusta and Athens ’Banks 0 Are Not Seriously Affected. Firm Purchased Hardeman and Phinizy Com pany in 1920. Seat on Wall Street Cotton Exchange * Has Been Given Up. , AUGUSTA, Ga.—(Special Dispatch)—Rumors of the financial embarrassment of Barrett and Co., local cot ton factors, and regarded at one of tho largest and strong est firms in the south, came to a head Friday morning, two railroads nlerclng Alaska's . « nno ““ c * m «nt was made on the New York and New Ulterior, was one of the features 1 ® r l e “ nl . c °1 t °[ 1 exchange* of the resignation of the firm of Friday’s program for the prest- |® u ® *° to meet its obligations. Locally tho dent who is nearing the end ol j news was confirmed in an interview with Frank H. Bar- | hia visit, the first ever made by rett and Co., who also stated that a conference was be- a president of the United States) Ing held by the principal creditors with a view to pre- oxpect^Tlak.'^The P Coppe e r nt RTvS ° f ‘ he “ nd f ° r the »> rotec ‘ io " ° f and Northwestern railway for a l. , run out to the Miles and; Child's ! _ *“ e statement is made that the principal creditors of Olaciera. j Barrett and Co., are large financial institutions in New BANKS SAFE bridge. The place Is said to be the |Vangementa were made with out-stde banking institutions, only spot In the entire world, where ,,,,, , sets. ,~ AUGUSTA I <V<p one glacier can be reached | train and the president .expressed j a desire to see them. According to reports, the trip | bf the efitef "executive hoe boon I one of extreme Interest and plea* | ure to him and everywhere he has etnpned, ho has been received with SjWItL ASK scon W. "ALLEN III DISCUSS great enthusiasm. Noted Soprano .to Give Miss Elena Jurado, first Filipino movie star, “broke in'* when all San Francisco was combed for someone to fill n special pert She was such a success she now has her cwn company. She is a college grad uate and Will make pictures from her own scenarios, using scenes in her native land for a background. PARIS—Delay In the preparation of the British note la causing a faoraMa Impression In the French Foreign Office, for the reason that It Indicates the care and thought with which the document Js being framed. This la regarded as warranting the hope that the note will mark a .step towards tht solution of the reparation problem. Premier Poincare’s reply will be considered with equal care and tt may therefore take seeral daye to prepare It after the Brltleh c munlcatlon la received. NO NEBD TO PUZZLE YOUR BRAIN OVER THAT SUNDAY DINNER ■ Athens grocers and butchers have anticipated your needs, and on (he back pags of to day's Banner-Herald wiU be found their adrertlsementn of fering a variety of the sea son's choicest edibles. Learn what is available by reading the advertisement!, then make your selections. And when a grocer or botcher think* enough of his wares to tell, you about them, you may be sure he known the quality and- the price are right. It will pay you to patronize Another meeting of the Produc tion Committee appointed luat week at a meeting In the Chamber of Commerce will be held Saturday 'chick fur the .purpose of enlarging plana for planting bigg** food crops in northeast Georgia next fall. The committee last week In structed the county chairman to make a canvas* of their communi ties and find out Just what is go ing to be planted for sale on thi Curb Market and outside market ing. A report from these county chairmen will be heard Saturday A list of corps which will find ready sale on the Curb Murket If Issued by' the production commit tee also. The committee Is com posed of J. William Flrur, chair- F. C. Chandler, Winterville OCHE RRBil/FS ! MARKETING PLAN CONCERT TONIGHT Mary crsl* PIsueTon, soprano will give s concert at the Pound Auditorium Friday evening at 8:16. There will be room for about 600 Athsnlsns. We cord! ally Invite lovers of music to attend. J. B. STEWART, Director Summer School. Tho development of appreciation of an art la as essentlsl ns the study pf the art Itself, and In bringing to the students of the University of Georgia Summer School, the varied and artistic group of concert artists embraced by the series given this summer, the music department of the Uni versity under the able direction of Mr. Oeorge Folsom Cranberry New York, is creating an times- Athens Business Concerns Help Boost Better Farm-' ing Program Launched in Neighboring County. 8peial To Banner-Herald G;M. HEARING IS Kiwanis Club to Invite Atlantian Here. Prof. E. A. Pound and Miss Vance Club’s Guests Thursday. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Clarke county's better ngricul- E. J. Bondurant Suc- :t “ r *‘P ro ‘E? m *** «? v , en impetus T „ . at the Kiwanis Club meeting CUmbs After Illness of,Thursday when a resolution was Two Years :adopted Inviting Scott \\. Allen, (general manager of Uic L. W. Judge Barrett, of Augus- th r.’«„^rchK M^’.^Vra' 1 ™^"^ ^kSPeS ta, Postpones Hearing to j K . j. uonduranL dildatii^Jf. *£ Be Held Saturday For m'dn.,ht .t .he hotn. of har prat- femer°Commence y news- Two'Weeks. |Xm£W,2£! * wHh ,he Roge ? Tho deceased had a wide circle I The resolution inviting Messrs, of friends not only among the'Allen and Hsrber to Athene was Hearing on the petition filed hy vice Chairman: H. E. Dunlap. Ed «•* , norecia- Johnson. i:«K. Bldson. W. W. Bur- Phero of "*“e art X muaiC geas. O. dr Carney, Roy Holmes, tlon for the supreme art of music. • ewe, u. . ... ! If_ Dlfftiapnn nfl IntrodUC- T. A. Henry, Mm. Annie Mae Wood Brjant. Vice-chairmen for each coUnty were appointed. 8. D Truitt will be vice-chufrman o: Oconee and will name hia commit tee; W. R. Eskew, vice-chairman of Madison; J. T., Pittman, vlo*- chairnmn of Barrow; C, I* Veatch vice-chairman of Jackson; Hoyl 'Harris, vice-chairman of Ogle thorpe. , » Seeks Abolishment Of Oil Inspectors'“ ,hfera >ople SPLENDID. ATLANTA—With the subml sion to the house of a favorable report by general agricultural committee number one on the Mann bill providing for distilla tion test for gasoline instead of the gravity test as at present, Representative New, when the measure was brought to the floor for consideration announced he would seek to amend It so as to abolish the offices of oil inspector in various Georgia cities and pro vide for only three state officers to perform these duties. perform tnese arnica. Representative New Is author of a aimflar measure with the excep tion hi. measure provide. - for abolishment of numerous pH and fertiliser Inspectors and reduetttn of the fertiliser tag tax from thir ty to ten cents a ten. Mre. Plgueron needs no Introduc lion to tha Athenians who were fortunate In hearing her recital WATKINSVILLB, Oa. — Plane |the receivers of the °* in *** lu * younger set with whom she as- llntroduced by Dr. Jere M. Poi for a If,590.00 marketing oraanlsa. .Midland railway company for „ oc 'atod hut manv nr the older I president pf the State Nor A Btatemcnt wna issued by Augpfta clearing house assof.Ht composed of nil the bunks in gusta, to tho effect that th#* nouncement of the failure of I mt and Co., .Friday morning in New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges Involved no local banks t,lf Principal creditors of this represented by New concern _ _ . York, Chicago and Ne nanclal institutions. Local bank-J Ing arrangements only took care or tho minor operations of this corncern, ns tho ningnltudc of its business was such that it had to ••cure financial arrange Inrger centers. FRANK BARRETT’S STATEMENT . President of garret, and Co. when Interviewed hy a reporter of tho lierahl In II" ,"; >“» resignation from thi v , — - /mm the re.-hi.lf"’* nn<1 ? ' CW ° r,M n" notion -x nnngoH, confirmed the fact of such resignation, and state,I that hlJ IO h,M ,nabnit V »•* meet hja obligations nt the present time. Mr. Barrett stated further that the principal creditors of Barrett end conference with g out some plan tho preservation Barrett and Co., Co., a view to >f llQuidatli tlon for th. purpore of kindling (discontinuance of service on the |B*l3r iC Alien, rerantly"con-1 credit"* "** pr ‘"'"' u food crops raised In Ocones coun* (Turn to Page Five) specially - during her Hines, and,ducted an axtensive advertising. Vo , become endeared to har. admiring I campaign for the Rogers store, , , 1 »>“ 1 .at • Pointing out tho crons fJcnrtrls I : «*«ouni invt THE TURNER COUNTY PLAN A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and Hog and Hen” Have Done for One Georgia County. > ijua-uiuu enuuartui 10 nor* manuring ^. — her tn the connga and cheer with Pojfting out tha crop* Georgia , I which ahe bore her llineaa. cah raiae to advantage which re- one of , Forced lo leave High Behool at g lwJ . .tonfm^ble attentltm .yd^ tho vfr.y time when most girls ,»re «?*?„**” Just beginning to enjoy life, *she f *xUIUSrfliV ^MthL KA was stricken with theNllness that * -hlan^nrMidttf^ K * rrsnltf.fl In hf*r .Insth snat h.A .ho l^*”!*”** Ivrd In the ssl-jb a- jaw-: arnssr^ S8£ ASH BURN. Ga.—On Mrs. W. D Fountain's place, one mile east of last summer. Her read gift of song, t . dslrvman S» joined to a peraonallty at once >"■>>*. «■ W. Bell, dairyman. 20 charming, vivid and magnetic cow. Just in from erasing were be- makes the memory of her singing Inr milked and It a lasting one. Not all perbapa real - lie that Mrs. I-lgueron Is a south erner. a native of the Empire State, and In has- voice, personality and musical ability, she shows, lo the world the alfti that lie In the heart, mind ond throat-of the TRACER;! : Trained under the beat of mas ters. Mr. Hubert Wetherapoon of New York, for year? himself a noted baaso connected with the Metropolitan Opera and teacher of many noted singers. Mrs. Pigeron has had a phenomlnal success both on the concert pint- form and In opera. She comes to her Athens public fresh from new triumphs In New York, where she was the'soloist at al* of the con- s - «... M.w. Vnelr Pltw In certs given by New York City In was eloquent testimony to the richness of the pasturage that although feed was In the trough, not one of the beads In the long row of stanchion* was lowered to the mixture, but every cow was chewing her cud tn con tent and placid repletion. On this, firm great pains are taken with Athens High School this year. * 1 Surviving her, besides her moth- frnrn Uhlrh bring in a yearly aver- rr and fsther, are . two sisters. n Ke of li.ooo. Under and between Kllrabeth and Birdie end one the trees carpet grass and leaped- brother, John continued well ahe would bnv. Mis. Carolyn Vince and graduated with the class of the Prof. E. A. Pound, brother to Dr. J. M. Pound and state school sup- the permanent pasturage and allinm milking right ega provide luxuriant pasturage for the /Cows ar.d hogs. Joe Hobby, a young farmer, un der 30 in nppennince who bus earn ed from his farm every dollar th<i» went Into Its purchase, now pds- seses in fee simple his little place having under cultivation 35 acres He began of his own hard sense, five yenr*« ago t to put in better cows. He grows all of his feed. “I The funeral services will be con ducted Saturday afternoon from the home at <«o’clock and the In terment will follow In Oconee cem etery. just fothr the soil and fed back to it through her first the cows, pigs and poultry. Thick celebration of Its Jubilee. We are of the dairy, barn Is a farge field that ta Just how mid-thigh diep in lush oats and.vetch. Not far away, one mile cast of Sycamore, la it smaller 'but corn- pletely self-sustained and ..tost homelike unit, the Holly Poultry farm, which swept the board for ribbons on Barred Plymouth Itockf at the last Macon fair. This farm last year made the unusual recorf of taking In $800 on 100 hens. Ten cows are milked and there aye four brood sow*—one to the plow— which litter in March and Septem- proud to welcome this southern song bird again to the, Athenian public and Jn lust pride, for she Jtelongs to th*, south. .^despite <1 devssta- Able for a. fine If (Turn to Pan* Flva) ber. 8. V. Brown's ptaco. two miter below.Aahburn. la a cow. Hok and two ranch, npsrated on the Tumre 'program, but' , otherwtee roimrk- avove'-of a tbrivh.c little family and we don't stint ourselves the leant bit on milk «r butter, otherwise my check would be larger. I've got some nice chirked*, too, ami some good pigs. I’m not complaining al all." George Owens of the Clements (By Associated Press.I ATLANTA—Thomas E. Watson, Into United State* Senator from ervlsor. were guests. Miss Vance delighted the club with soveral readings and Professor Pound gave an interesting talk. STOP KNOCKING HE ADVISES . Asserting that Georgia has DO 6-10 of Its white children of school age In school Professor Pound declared that there is no reason why Georg)one should continue to knock' th*. sjata for its shortcom ings. He said that the progress made by educators should be given It* dua praise whtcl as encouragement to them In their work. In discussing the progress cf education In Gfqrgia professor Pound touched on farming and the need fur education along tin lines of grading and standardis ing products for marketing and advertising them to the world. The success of California in this f Barrett ° largest cotton firms In ry. the business was magnitude and estimates of larg< vary from tsoo.ooo to ii.ooit.iiiio amount Involved. SAYS SITUATION IS “SERIOUS” (By Associated Press.) AUGUSTA, Ga.—“The situation is serious”, said George Harrett member of counsel for Barrett and Company, prior to meeting of cred itors. He would not commit‘him self further but nnnounet.i Jat.-r that a full statement would ho in- sued by counsel. Creditors in the two Carolines. Louisiana, O^ortfia and New York were gathering hero today. nsorgia Friday was paid a tribute Mg* waa pointed out as an ekem- In memorial exercises at a Joint Pl e * that section said: “I have always'session of the house and senate. | 'Captain Ba” 1 ®** tnised my feeds ar.d milked ainu ! Governor Clifford M. Walker, tT. ™ Chamber of Commerce 11 en- cows, if l hadn’t I’d never have. fC Senator W. J. Harris. Secretary |thusiostically •uPP^rtlng j the pTO- owned a home. Of course I have I of Htate McLendon, Mrs. William | done a lot letter since the cream-}Felton, who was appointed to suo-itne Curb fl eeed Senator Watson* Senator I to put thil f I hadn't I’d never have.8. Senator W. J. Harris, Secretary inusiasiic-iiy i wu : home. Of course I have < of Htate McLendon, Mrs. William .Ifroni to enlarge tne activities oi ot better since the cream-1 Felton, who was appointed to sue- jthe Curb Market. We are going ery and the bureau started. All of us at my house are areal hands to drink rich milk and e*t butter, but e ven so»« and thoufrH J am milking orly four uowU'W^rw* rnt. i my :-orsa»nery :'-eh*dwtf| W Hurt ,fauwwittftthrf 1 $5#-.a -month. 1 Have w'two horse IS year uld pecan treea, the trot* farm, with 2S In ’Cti!Uy*Uon. M i program over and In a Captain Barnett, also a George, elected to succeed Watson i big way, 1 . nod other officials were on, the director of the Chamber of Corn- program* jmerce, reported. ”' , 'Benat0i i Watson hsd, more) The attendance prize, A hug? frienitt’In’OedhrYi Who wrould alfbox of candy, was won by Cap-, WH rtwA’ hdlbw him thbh any pub*, tain Barnett, who promptly pre T He 'mint ! Within 8 my time," Senator sented it to the dub's guest, Miss ll4rr!s > skid. ‘ , Vance. RUSH THREE MILLION8 TO, AUGUSTA BANKS . ; (By * Associated o reta ) AUGU6TA. Oa.—Shipment ot 1 three and a half million dollars in currency wan received here Friday through the postofflco fr&m At lanta Federal Reservo bank to “prepare for any eventuality,*' Post master McAuliffe declared. FAILURE SURPRISES WALL STREET (Ry Associated I*ress.) NEW YORK.-—Frank II. Bar- rett, cotton broker of Augusta, » Ga., has notified tho New York Cotton Exchange that he is unable j to meet his obligations and re quested that his seat on the ex change J>e sold. The announcement canto as complete surprise in cotton circli His failur**, it was said, would a (Turn to Paga Flva.)