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a-iV.J.Jc*.'/-T-. j FOUR m hanker-hjpuld. Athens, cboecia SUNDAY,JULY, 22, 1923. MARKETS NEWSPAPER ^URNS MEIGS, On.—'The plant of thc|| Meigs 'Herald formerly “The IJrick* 1 i .bat”, was destroyed by fire Satiir-j j day morning. Ah "Th* Brickbat," | j the paper figured sensationally ns a reputed organ «*f the Ku Klux J ATHENS COTTON Klan, under the editorship of Rev | The local cotton market Rov Ifcivis. The origin of the fire ' Saturday ut the same level which burned the plant, which was Friday close, 20 cents, located i nthe old city hall. Is un* t *J. R. Smith was riddled with but- to all cotton being held jn lets fired by the officers from the warehouse and those rear, it was brought out at the " hearing. Fifty-six gallons of whig Ikey were found in the car. J The officers "laid” for the two men and the liquor car after being J told It had gone down the road to got a load of bootleg whiskey. The shooting occurred about 9:3C o'clock at night. known. WE ARE OFFERING for Monday some attractive hats at $ 1.1)8; rnd $2.98. Mrs. Arthur Burch, * 304 Holman Bldg. CHICAGO QUOTATIONS j The following were the ruli-ig prices in the exchange Saturday: Open-High Low Close WHEAT*— 6 he artistru of faultiest seroice is „ more than. g/A result, fv of thorouqn.’ «studu a. rid. J Iff professional W*. ’training • • IV.lt must aisoiiSS nauethe M VCeg-note of Mi persondlitu 100% 98% 99% j Dec. . . 101% 102% CORN— July . . 84% 84% Sept. . . 76% Dec. ... 03% | OATS- 'July . . 40% ' Sept. . . 35 Dec. . . 30% 99% 100% 98 65% 84 84% 75% 70% 03% 65% 41% 35% 37% 40% 34% 36% 41% 35% 37% NOTICE CADILLAC 0 wners The Cadillac was the first elec trically equipped car built. And*it was an EXIDE BATTERY that was uacd—and tho Cadillac Motor Company has ALWAYS used EXIDE batteries. EXIDE SERVICE Is tho host in every country in tho world. ATHENS BATTERY COMPANY NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS. — Covering of the short interest put the price of the most active months 7 to : 11 points higher soon after the ! opening of the cotton market i Saturday, but values lamost im- | mediately sagged in a moderate i {way under private reports of 4 scattered showers in drouth areas I of Texas. October first traded up | to 22.83 and then fell off to 22.63 5 ( cents a pound. July was alto- | ■ gether inactive. \ ' Business in the spot department, the quiet reported in week-end re views of trade in general, further accounts of curtailment in both New England and Southern mill centers and cabled reports of slow trade in the Manchester cloth market a# combined to further depress the price. Late in the session October was off to 22.52 with the new crop positions 18 to 27 points under the final preies of Friday. July traded at 24.25 or fifty points under Friday’s close. The close was 18 to 46 points net lower on the day with July at 24 29 to 21.35 and October at 22.62 to 22.55. Spots were quoted dull and 75 points lower which reduced middling to 25.00 cents a pound. The following were the ruling prices in the exchange Saturday: Tone; steady; middling, 25c; steady. Prev. Open High Low Close Jan. 22.59 22.59 22.46 22.42 22.64 Mar. 22.65 22.67 22.44 22.44 22.71 May 22.65 22.55 22.42 22.33 22.60 July 24.25 24.32 24.25 24.20 24.75 A./ do no oo BQ 09 r.n 99T.9 99 7fi (Speclal)- * GREENSBORO Oa. 99% Judge R. B. Park will convene 02$ Greene r.’onnty Superior Court here '"Monday radrnlng at 10 o'clock and the ' grand Jury in expected to launch immediately into an Inves tigation of the killing of Jett and J. R. Smith, alleged liquor runneri In this county last June. The grand jurors drawn for the term of court follow: , J. C. Williams. Pope Collins, G H. Tuggle, J. L. Durham. 8r., E L Leach. J D. Cook. James L Frown, J. C. Durham. H. D. Good* win E. If. Armor, J. L. Wilson >\ M Fanning, W If. Gentry. W. J. Thurmond. R. B. Well, F.- j Fuller, G. If. Eley. A. 8 Moseley, II I Moore, W. R. Nash. H. Spinks, R. n. Roswell. 8 r ., J. « Carey. R F. Taylor. W. B. Anbury J 6 Bowles. J W. Evans, W. j|. Lewis, W. M. Reynolds, Thomas. the economic vcensure will bring many cal (paper pulp mills south. *• Is a bankers that all loans here to roomy country and a fine climate Barrett & Company are fully se-l—juU waiting for development, cured, means that Athens will suf-1 ~ fer practically no direct 1 >hsc*s * Mr. Thomas Gamble, who edits a from the reverses of the big cot | paper devoted to the naval stores ton concern. j interests, gave a rapid summary ol ^ three hundred letters bo had re Miss Bondurant s Funeral Saturday ceived from owners of forests and men and corporations engaged In naval stores and forest products production. With one voice these people Funeral services for Miss Mary| gan( j. we must have state fire Bondurant, 17 year old_ daughter protection, state machinery for BARRETT & CO WITH A COMMITTEE Oct. 22.72 22 83 22.53 22.7,2 22.76 Dec. 22.52 22.74 22.45 22.46 22.63 LIBERTY BONDS NEW Y O R K.—Government bonds closed! ...... Liberty 3 J-2s ?f00.10 First 4 l-4s .. .. -- .. .. 98.11 Second 4 l-4s — .. . • • • 98.12 Third 4 l-4s 98.29 Fourth 4 l-'4s 98.12 U. S. Govt. 4 l-4s 99.26 (Continued From Pnq. On.) man," the petition sets out, was one of the important grounds on which the court was asked to is sue u temporary restraining order. The order also restrains all claim ants from commencing or prose cuting any suits or any other legal proceedings against the warehouse company. (Continued From Pape One) every bale is here c -, H - Phiniiy, manager of the local office of Barrett & Company, Augusta cotton brok ers, stated to a representative of the Banner-Herald Saturday morning that every bale of tho 5,600 stored in Athens through Barrett & Company and for which receipts have been issued is here In the bonded ware house, “I do not ask any person to take my word for this but in vite an investigation, personal ly, on the part of the owners of cotton stored here,” stated Mr. Phiniiy. That the cotton la here, and safe, was also verified by a statement from Robert Ouid, representative of the Independ ent Warehouse Company, a concern backed by tho Guaran ty Trust Company , of New York, which operates the local bonded warehouse. ‘ S. W. Ussery has also verified the cotton check for the Athens banks and reporta the cotton here. Tho owners of the cotton stored here may feel assured that it is here. FRUSTRATE CREDITORS bo Obo J. Smith of Athens, fathel of J. II. Smith; Ralph Smith «T Athens, brother of Jett Smith, X. C. Grlffoth, a young Oroeno coun ty man and Undertaker Hemperl, of Madison. CREATED BIO STIR Tho slaying of tho two Smiths, which occurred on tho Greene* Morgan county line early In June (treated a sonsatlon throughout tho Mate becaimo of tho Issues In volved. on© being whether a fed eral officer ban ft right to senroh ©top an automobile suspected ol . „ ... , MM „ M ^ lut . IBW|| carrying whlekoy without a war* and A. R. Nicholson, representing j who wantonly *iet flro to forests. tho Independent Warehouse Com- Don’t c | ea r any more land. Plant Creditors of Barrett St Company, especially the Bank of Charleston, S. C., were frustrated in an ef fort to secure possession of sev eral thousand bales of cotton stored in the local bonded ware house, through Barrett St Com- .... „ ... pony, Friday when Robert Quid vent fires, Punish people for arson of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bondurant, .were conducted from the home Saturday afternoon. Rev. S. E. Wasson of the First Methodist church, was in charge, and the in terment followed in Oconee cemc- tery. A large number of friends of the young lady, and of . the family, attended the service and a wealth of flowers covered the casket as it was borne to the cemetery, attest ing In a partial way the great es teem and popularity of the de ceased, who succumbed Friday after a lingering illness of two years. The pallbearers, selected from among her friends, were: Messrs. Carlton Mell, Fenley Ryther, Dwight Ryther, Walter Forbes, Carlton Jester, Jr., Moss McCoy, Sam Cartledge and Lamar Sledge, Mrs J. R. Brantley Dies Here Friday An extremely sad death was that of Mrs. Fay Satterfield Brantley wife of J. R. Brantley, well known young Athens business man, at n local hospital Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, following an llln*-* only a few days’ duration. Mrs. Brantley came here just ven months ago the bride Mr. Brantley, and had made many friends during her short reside here. Before her marriage she ' Miss Fay Sntterfleid of Atlanta and surviving her, besides' her husband, are her father, V. E. Sat* terfield, Mrs. Clure Fitzgerald, Mrs. Alma Feagan and Misses 'An* and Emily Satterfield, all ol Atlanta. Mr*. Mattie Webb, Mrs Effie O’Nsal and Miss Florence Sataterfield. and Mr. E. E. Satter field of Hartwell. On Mr. Brantley's side are the following survivals: Mrs. J. R Brantley, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brantley, Miss Dora Brantley Macon, Mfs. H. S. Cole, Ranger Tokens., Mrs. C. D. Galloway, At lanta, Mfs J. P. Hunt Hastings, Fla. ' - The funeral will be conducted Sunday afternoon and the Inter* ment folloWcs In Oconen cemetery RICH LIGHTS forcing-our present laws. We are WiHfng^to be taxed to create the necessary funds for this purpose. (All of these Interests were cordial in their praise of the Georgia For estry Association.) Would-you expect a rtllroad man to make a statement like this?: "Sentiment does everything that Is ever done.* ’(Mr. Roland Tut- ner. Agriculture* division of the Southern R. R. system said that) (What, reader, is your sentiment about helping Forestry for Geor gla?) col. Joseph Hyde Pratt of N. C., was. with us again-bringing the astonishing news that In his st»te the county commissioners were swinging into line, co-operating with a state forestry program, al ready he said, twenty-five counties wero co-operating. (No wonder North’Carolina Is forging ahead! But then, Jos. Hyde Pratt lives there!) Roads Take Long I Term Lease Sat. WASHINGTON.— The Atlantic Coast Line and the Louisville and Nashville Railroads made formal application Saturday morning to the Interstate Commerce Xom- mission for authority to take over an doperate the Carolina-Clinch- field and/Ohio Railroad system. The Louisville and Nashville company which is owned by the Coast Line proposes to operate; the Ciinchfields three hundred! miles of* road under a .line hun* j dred and ninety-.nino year lease. No Need of Walking These Hot Summer Da' Buy one of t reconditioned. ir Pedigreed Used Cars. They have Our terms will suit your pDckefbook. New Star Touring 7 Past enger c 0 j. Ford Sedan Dodge r r „^ 5 Passenger Buick II 1919 Chevrolet Touria CONOLLY'MOTOR COMPANY DISTRIBUTOR BUICK MOTOR CARS Railroad Man Is Badly Injured! Mr. H. L. Kay ton of Savannah, representing the Carson Naval Stores 4>ore the unlquo request from various wood products Indus tries that "we be taxed to help pay for forest fire protection In Geor gia.” Mr. Kayton bears the dls tlnctlon of having raised the most money of any member of Georgia Forestry Association help keep clerical tn.l office fc going. Mr. Kayton said. If the lit tie that he had raised was the "most" then he did not see how tho financial side of the work had been handled at all. (I think It was done because the faith, courage, patience, per. servftnce, and executive ability of the officers of the Georgia Forestry Association, Messrs, Bonnell Stone C. B. Harman, W. P. Lemmon, H. G. Spahr and Mrs. W- W. Stark, who with their co-workers wero willing to undertake a patriotic work for Georgia. . Governor Walker was there, but not Mrs. Walker or the boys. The governor said the boys having been raised in tho wbods had becomo homescick for tho trees and had dragged their mother back to Monroe for a visit to their home. (Continued From Pago Ono) paper read by Mr. N. L. Willot of Augusta at tho annual meeting of tho Georgia ^Forestry Association In Atlanta Monday, July 16th. Mr. Willet Is chairman for tho Georgia Forestry Association in tho tenth district. No Is peculiarly well fitted for this position as he Is a correspondent for tho Augusta pa pers and weeklies in h|s district. He Is bringing the subject of tho needs of forestry for Georgia to tho attention of tho people. Ho told of tho hundreds of saw mills work ing In Georgia today, who as he expressed It, are "lawn mowing tbt forests" and who with the assist ance of the landowners are work ing with this slogan, "Get it today. Damn the future." Mr. Willett advice to help In the solution of a future timber sup ply: Nolther sell nor use any troes less than fourteen inches. Have state flro wardens. Pre- rnnt. The state supreme court ... .. .— _ __ —. j uuu t ciear any more tana, riant rulo. that thl. Cannot ho lawfully pony of New York, bucket, by the | treo ,. Ptant ,,„ h It make , done without a warrant. Officer Oaatley, said to have been’ direct* Ing the raid,"admitted nf the hear ing before Judge Sibley that he did not possess n warrant while Po liceman Lovejoy produced a state search warrant while on tho wit* Yo^r^ro^nioinjr'juW Sta.h ^ine l. Hodges of thc Northera C^: «fet c «S d .SLP?L-=: cult, superior court, from deliver-' 7' Dt0 ,* he “"‘f- <™«e «rc 1«0» - - - -- start pine eeed lo the pound.) ing any of the cotton held. The restraining order waa li nes* stand nt the hearing which .once ho said ho had-unknown to Onst- ley when they wont to atop tho liquor car In “case Gastloy failed to not one.” Tho body of tho younger man, •uod by Judge Hodges in the ab of Judge Blanton Forteon and was in tho specific interest of the Athene Manufacturing Com pany, George J. end W. T. Cun ningham and T. E, Watkins. ORDERED ALL COTTON HELD MAKING IT CLEAR —THAT A BUSINESS MAN OR CONCERN WANTS THE BEST PRINTING—AND WANTS WHAT HE WANTS WHEN 1IE WANTS IT. We are turning out high grade work in nil lines rf commercial printing—and your Job In always reedy when "the erder U given and we promise delivery.^, The.petition stated that the Athens Manufacturing Company has 17230 bales of cotton stored in the warehouse, that George J. Cunningham has 353, W. T. Cun ningham 275 nnd T. E, Wetkine 60 bales. The order also tied up all the cotton held in the ware house and asked that in view of the fact that Barrett A Company was reported insolvent that the court appoint temporary receivers for the cotton and set a date for • a hearing. John J. Wilkin, nnd B. F. Hard eman were named temporary re ceivers and July 28th waa let as the Bate for the hearing on the receivership. Early Friday morning a repre- sentative of * Charleston, S. C., bank, mid to have advanced loans to Barrett A Company, arrived here to take over cotton—or at (llcnst he was believed to have come 11 for that purpose—held in i ' ■- V- Lame »kvnit(vlt ' While Atlanta has visions of be coming a great inland exporting city la her dream a thing of mist becauMe:—well, because says |5|sthew Hale, president nt the Southeastern Martime Corp., Washington, D. C., what keeps ships running' from Savanmh and Brunswick Is the steady little shipments of neval stores. Elimin ate them a'tad your Georgia porta lose their shipping for ships must have enough freight to make their sailing profitable. Also these south ern forts are discriminated against by the gnat trunk railroad lines. This discrimination began during tlie civil war and evontinues to’ this day. As a northern mnh, Mat thew Hale said he was "sorry and ashamed” of the wall between the south and the middle west, foster ed and maintained by the great trank lines of the north who will not agree to any national atti tude. Mrs. Alber Thornton's tribute to (Mrs. Lollle Belle Wylie was beau tlful. The whole association stood with bowed heads while a loving thought was given to* our beloved Mrs. Wylie who recently "passed over and rests under tho shade of tho trees. Tho beech tree which Inspired Mrs. Wylie's exquisite poem is still growing on Mrs Thornton’s lawn. A beech tree will bo planted on tho capltol grounds this fall in memory of Mrs. Wylie. High Lights! I thought I might pick a few here and thero nnd so mako my story conform to n reas onable space, but it is almost !m possible—because the wholo of that remarkable meeting was high light.) Thero was “Uncle Davo” with one of his essays call ed "The Saw Mill,” which for flavor and quaintness reminded one of Charles Lamb. "Uncle Dave's' closing remark was so character istic "I feel like I had been lyinK on a bed of pine needles and Just talking to you all about tre n s, Between Austin Cary and E. F. McCarthy there lies many thou sands of acres of cut over lands, for Mr. McCarthy Is the U. S. gov ernment man at the North Georgia Experiment Station, and Mr. ^ >ivi- w ware-* Car y 1* engineer for hotaeh hire ”through Barrett AI ‘he U. S. Forest Service, stationed Company but tho injunction U- in 8outh Georgia. It In amoving, j l ‘v-- A— UaJ... MMVanfAit I npAfole'g iitniiHkllllv In Bi>nn> ,Im — Sued by 'Judge Hodge, prevented 1 Georgia's edeptlbility to grow tint The folks a.sembtad nil felt like they had stepped through n dark cool foreet with acres of lovely wild flowers and the music water failing over rocks when our Dr. M. L. Brittain gavo ua hi* talk on "Treee as Friends.” He told a good story too about the old lady, who. when the road from At lanta to Roswell waa being survey ed, hold up everybody with n shot gun who tried to remove one o( her big oak treee which was “In tho way". The tree Is still standing) Mrs. M. E. Judd of Dalton who Is called' by those who know her thd hardest worker in Georgia along patriotic and constructive Tines, thinks Georgia la in her present plight about her foresls, because the people ”do not know.” She advocates short courses In forestry for the teachers of the state. She also advocates town nnd county conservation'* plats. Intel ligently forested, snd kept ns n revenue maker for the communi ty. She gave facta about work of this kind from many towns in the state of Massachusetts. - (To Be Continued.) This story will be followed in Monday's Banner-Herald wjth tho report of the work of Mrs. W. W. Starks in the Ilnth district NOT GUILTY JOHNSON PRINTING CO. Phone 926 North Lumpkin St. Athens, Ga. the removal of the staple and places it in a position of security for the real owners. It was stated here Saturday ! (quick action waa anticipated in moving the cotton but of Athens, snd Georgia, and that aitrty box cars had been despatched here to take care of the shipment. This action, coupled with the statement by Mr. Phiniiy relative ber—first given a chnneo. From the northern portion of the state listen to McCarthy: The climate Is Ideal The soli U deep. The rainfall most abundant In the TV S. The land Is in the cen ter of Its markets. From South GeoriTa, Austin Cary declares: because Sonth Georgia can frowpino trees so quicker that (By Associated Press.) AIKEN—Verdict* of not guilty were returned in the cases* of Ir vin Williams, Joe Williams and Bud Englctt and Dan Williams, negro, of Augusta, charged with the murder of Heedy Booth and Eugene Feaster. realroad guards, Inst August. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty after twenty eight minutes deliberation: , (Bv Asoriated Press.) ATLANTA.—B. I). Bonner, en-' glneer was badly injured Satur day in tho derailment of a freight train on the Southern Railway at Oakdale, nine mllei from here. The train was running from Chattanooga to Atlanta. The cause of tho accident was not determine- The Southern offices here stated tfyat* the Northbound, track would be^cleared as good as possible and that arrangements were being made to transfer the passengers held up on the train* at the scene of the wreck and bring them to Atlanta. Plenty of Money to Lend on Real Estate Commission 3 per cent over {1,600;' 10 per cent op to 11,000. HUBERT M. RYLEE ' Law offices Phone 1576. 406 Holman Bldg. Athens, Q eor] PEASANTS FLOCK TO PRAY BEFORE MYSTICAL SHRINE BUDAPEST,—A* - grcat\vavc* of relig ious feeling 1* today sweeping over the pe&nntry of Hungary hecaune of the alleged appearance of a picture of the Holy Virgin In tho branches of a walnut tree In a little village In'th* rnntfy of kcmplen. Thousands of Peasants come dally from all parts of the country to kneel piously before the spot where the tree stood. For within the past three we4ks. since the picture la said first have appeared, the tree has been cut up'and carried away by the pil grims. Peasants are now digging deep into the ground to prifuicss themselves of the last vestiges of the roots. FLAN FAILS (By Associated Press.) MEXICO (CITY.—President Ob- regon’s plan to accord full mili tary honors to the funeral of Francisco Villa, former rebel chieftain who was killed Friday, wjll not (mk carried out because Villa’s name is not carried upon official military rolls of the government. •Sewer Pipe— ^ All Sizes Your requirements in sewer pipe can be met from stock, delay,*if you call tis. We have a very lfirgc supply iof-sewer pipe in all sizes on hand at all times. When you need sewer pipe, you hn-c only to phone the size and the amount to us; we’ll do the rest! CARTER-MOSS LUMBER COMPJUf E8CAPE8 ASYLUM PHILADELPHIA.—Erwin Wilson of Brooklyn, Mass., who was par doned by President Wilson for proventing a jail delivery at Fort Leavenworth, whore he *was im prisoned, escaped early Saturday from the State Jlospltal for tho criminal insane at Fairvlcw, Pa. WE ARE OFFERING for Monday me attractive beta at *138 and *238. Mr.. Arthur Burch, 301 Holman Bldg. ONLY ONE MORE WEEK . in which to buy these great bargains We will vacate after this week and tKe sale will then be over, better see us at once for we can save you lots of money an suits. All $45.00 and $40.00 Suits, now .... All $35.00 Suits now *. . . . Some Others as Low as $10.00 and $12.50 Take advantage of this sale the last week H. J. REID CO. Clayton Street Athens, Georgia