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Investigate Today! T<> Regular Subscribers T 11K BANNER-HERALD s ! IWO Accident Policy Free THE Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. Established 1832 Daily and Sunday—W Cents a Week. ATHENS COTTON: LOCAL COTTON — NOMINAL j THE WEATHER: Uttle Change In Temperature. Possible Showers. VOL. 91, NO. 138 Associated Press Service ATHENS, GA- TUESDAY. JULY 24. 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. APPLEWHITE WARNS AGAINST DIPHTHERIA SEIG r* *-+ *—!• 4*—4* *M* •M* 4* ^*“"*i* *1* *1* •I* *1* 4*" *1* *1* 4* ■■ 4*" *1* Greene County Grand Jury Refuses fo Indict Six Prohibition Agents Today i/4 a H* 4*—4 -M* t-4 4* <*—4* ausanne Peace Treaty — —- I t |TH OFFICE RjASK INVESTIGATION OlltlS TO MIN HOUSE FOR STATE 11 DEATH RATE AGRICULTURE DEPT. Jinety-Four Were Strick- Seventy-Five Sign Reso- and Fourteen, Mostly Children, Died From Disease Last Year. HIS IS SEASON FOR THE DISEASE loculation of Child With ;oxin-Antitoxin Will Vevent Disease From lecoming Seated. Pointing to the high death front diphtheria disease . last, summer when it „ the live* of fourteen >ple, mostly children, Dr. D. Applewhite, Clarke inty health officer, Tuea- r warned citizens against ecurrence of such a siege year. ■ officers stated that this is Hcunon when the disease .s and urged co-operation In anting Its seread. nety-four persons were strlck- ith dlptherJa about this time year, fourteen of that num- Kuccumbing to the disease. Dr. hito said. Without seeking the populace the health nlflsloner warned against such . prevented, principal means of prevent- the disease—with toxln-an- mobile .. , w<r „ - , said Dr. Applewhite. Ho gasoline tax. Of this aniount the |odlMi WB8 ou t of danger Mon- that parents have their chll- highway fund would ‘ da y night, according to doctors at inoculated so as to prsvent and the rural rou*e fund the re- * slok* maindcr. urrance of last year'i and deaths. .Y ONE E IN JULY ily one cssc of diphtheria been ‘ reported this month to Board of Health but this Is wwon for the disease to make l headway. Applewhite's statement fol- lution Demanding Inves tigation of Department At Request of Commis sioner. TOWN TERRORFIED (By Associated Press.) CHESTER, Ill.—Twenty three out of forty ouo prisoners es caped from the Illinois State Hospital for the Criminal In sane hero Sunday bad been re captured lale Tuesday, seven teen of the maniacs still re maining at large. One of the Inmates was kill ed Monday, while posses of cit izens and guards, heavily arm-- cd and with bloodhounds were trailing him. In the meantime, the homes in this town are ter ror stricken with the Insane murderers still free. Nations Breathe Sigh of, I Relief As Treaty Is Con-i sumated At Lausanne Tuesday. Ituesdaynight (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA —As the House took up for consideration, tho General j Appropriations Bill, Elders of Tat- nall announced that in seeking toj amend the measure so as to in? crease the allowance for the com mon schools from four and a quar-. ——- ter million dollars to four and a[Cloverhurst Will Be the helf million annually, hb will not GppVip of SwiniminJT Par* attempt to .trike out the proviso &ceneMi&wmimmg rar that the' schools also shell receive [ ty, B<U!beCUe~£na-i/Bliee At 6 O’clock. ouo hall of all revenue, above eight and a half million dollars. Sinned by Stewart of Atkinson^ Tho members of the Cloverhurtf county and approximately seventy- Country ei u j, w m enjoy one of the five other legislators, a resolution IpKcst parties ever given by the demanding an Investigation of the ■ c | ab Tuesday afternoon and night State Department of Agriculture ( ^ hen tt swimming party, barbecue was Introduced In tho House. as Introduced in the House. j an ,| fl anc0 will bo given by the The resolution states that tho c j u b. Commissioner of Agriculture has j T ho affair will begin at #1* requested the Investigation nnd ■ n ’ c l 0 ck with the swimming provides for n committee of ten „arty and at 7:JO tho ba.becuf will members of the House and five ' bo BCrve d. At nlnn dinning will membors from the Senate be ap- begin and last un.ll m:d.Ught. pointed to acts as tho investigat 4*—4" 4*—4* Tuesday When Safety Last’s the Slogan BY SIGNING TREATY ARMENIAN PROBLEM IS STILL UNSOLVED Greatest Movement of Humans in History of World to Result From Treaty. LAUSANNE. — The Laniann*' * Peace Treaty, formally .establish-1 (ng peace between the European I powers anj, Turkey was signed Tuesday morning. By the terms of the treaty, Tur key regains Thrnce nnd becomes - bridge between 'tbe east and FIGHT BETWEEN PROHI’S AND ANTI’S IN GRAND JURY DECURES ATTORNEY BELL Vote of Jury Was 12 to 11. “Never Con sidered Facts in Case,” Intimates - - Bell. Prohibition Issue, He Says. (Special to The Banner-Herald) GREENSBORO, Ga.—After wrestling for twenty- four hours, during which time arguments on the prohi bition question are said to hare waxed hot, the Greene county grand jury Tueiday at noon returned a “no bill” at the conclunion of its investigation into the slayings last month of Jett and J. B. Smith, by six prohibition officers conducting a rum raid. Tho prosecution sought indictments against all six of the officers in the raid. Tho grand jury returned a no bill covering the cose which frees them all. Hie vote was 12 to 11. Ing committee. The house voted 94 to 89 to consider the New-McMichael^high- way bill as a committee ' *' mssioner warweu way uni „ - , -- , pldoraic and told how this whole and report not later than . * Tula. *11 nn tho Kill. July 31 on the bill. The measure would create diphtheria 1. by Inoculating hlghwnj[ t tad of ren—who are more 'suspeptl- nualiy west and Joins the League of Na tions on a footing of equality with the other nations which are mem bers of tbe League. Constantinople goes definitely to Turkey nnd nil foreign troops will be withdrawn, according to the trenty. The treaty also makes peace between Turkey nnd Greece. Tbe treat) launches one of the most stupendous and in aome ways one of the moat cruel human move- . ments in history by it's compul- WH ° T recovering * ory e * ch *n« e ot fopuUtlons. the; L '« "!f C , 0V 5 RI , r Greeka In Turkey returning toi ATLANTA.—Mrs. Viola Taylor. _ >nd tba Turku in Greece The wreckage above was onco an auto. Two parsons, one of them Mrs. Harry McAfee, prominent interior decorator, ware kilted when a Los Angeles suburban double-header electric struck their machine Ths train derailed and caught fire, Injuring 22 SPLENDID MUSICAL PROGRAM AT CHAPEL WEDNESDAY NIGHT "PROHIBITION FIGHT," SAYS begin and last tin 11 ;.v:d.tight. Ovor two hundred members o. tho club end their iady friend will bo in attendance, MRS. VIOLA VAYLOR measure wuu.u - Aiutnia.-i.m-. Greece nnd the Turku In Greece y fund of 33,500,000 an- proltJr 19 year 0 ld divorcee. who back t0 their naUve tends, through the present auto- Molld „ y morning attempted to end * * . .. t0 aoI>0 the Armenian license fee and a two cent, J a „ fe ^taking a quantity « . in. Of this aniount, the . xinn. Problem. . . . . . THE TURNER COUNTY PLAN i Htudylng our recorde for it in found that we had re el In Athens und Clarke coun* 1 canes of diphtheria and 14 in. Diphtheria Is one of the that wo know can be pre- p'l and tha board of health ■ overy parent to consider ires that will protect their (Tom to pngs nix ) A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and Hog and Hen” Have Done for One Georgia County. REWARD OF MERIT ibnut the hardest thing for max who thinks there’s ■cthing “magical” about ad- tiring, is to realise that it t a substitute for honest »rt in other parts of his ( pula pep into all the r factors, yes! But it *n’t take the place of any them. urea, comes only as • re* d of merit. In rasrchsndio- i it is baaed on our goods our service oer publicity our reputation access cannot be won by (ing any of these items. dveMistngi is not a sub tle for reliable goods, any e than reliable goods *ro tbititato for services, or Ration a substitute for prices. II five factors, taken to. UANNEIM1ERALD Fhone 75. The Columbia, S. C. f State has reproduced in pamphlet form a remarkable aeries of articles by its Managing Edi tor on the Turner County plan. Tile Georgia Associa tion has been formed to ex tend this plan to every county in Georgia and similar efforts will be made in South Caro lina. The Bsnncr-Herald through tho courtesy of the Columbia State, will publish a series of articles summarising tho Turner County plan. The Banner-Herald has also secur ed a limited number of the State’s pamphlet and will be glad to mail one free to any one making a request for same. AN EXPERT’S SURVEY C. G. Cushman, district dairy husbandman of the extension forces, with headquarters in Spartanburg, who has recently in vestigated on the ground, in com pany with McDavid Horton, man aging editor of The State, the “Turner County Program for Per manent Prosperity,” has writen for The State the summary below of the findings and conclusions re garding the achievements and prospects of a Georgia county, "way down in the Wire Grass, which is now attracting »««*- tion of farmers throughout tha Southeast. versification in a famous speech, in which he said. "When every farmer in the South shall cat bread from his own fields and meat from his own pactures, and, disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved by no debt, shall sit amid his teeming gar dens and orchards and vineyards and dairies and barnyards, pitch ing his crops in hi. own wisdom and growing them in Independ ence, making cotton bis clean sur plus and selling it in hi* own time and in hU chosen not at a master's bidding—getting his I pay in cash and not in a r»* ceipted mortgage that his-debt but does not restore hi. freedom—then shall be the break ing of the fullness of our day. Fifteen years ago, Joa law- rence, editor of tho Wire Grass Farmer. - published in Artlburn, Ga., Turner county, .»**•" ** preach the wisdom of diversifica tion through the column, of hte writer 'in*' his* off ice Monday. cycdJ C to^'tiu' CV d!ctionary*t. *ind what I mgnnt.” turner was PROSTRATE Then came the boll q. h . ROBERTSON, ONCE tempt, "g on'the hoi. of ATLANTAN. PRO. making one more mammoth cot ATL4NT.—O. H. Bobe ton crop to ciear up . formerly connected with the rial grievances—It ery aDd Tnut c^psny. of Turngr^county. wta ^oatrnto. A» AUul . ku pron iotod to the By C. G. Cushman, District Dairy cmnty*”ngCTL Atlanta, has bain promoted to the vr -i-dm.n. - ^ iE&.^F^ri oneTM ’broS' position of, cashier of th. Canton >rfo Henry ™ di'po^dcnt, bS- Bank sad Trust company, at Can- 1 South- rTne.farnier Wfa,<te«Rono h . , , on . OUo-i , Mr , Rob ertion Is 39 County Bread Contest Winners WILL OBSERVE IIS 1 Con, p ete Tues - ‘it was a fight between prohibi tion and anti-prohibition forces in tho grand jury, declared Austin ill'll of Athens, one of tho prosecu tion attorneys wbon they Jury’s decision was announced. “All the morning.” asserted Attorney Bell," tho Jurors made speeches defend ing or condemning prohibition. I That was tho only Issue. Tho facto T>_ » ip I In the csss wero not adjudged. It Prof. George F. Granber-j WM a proh | b | tlon and om i. proh , b i. ry Presents Unusual £n-:tion squabble,” hn said, ho would tertainment Music Tak-;^°‘ (i ‘ ll ‘ en «* futuro “>• en From “Faust.” The men holdlng tho raid, four I ■ of whom wero hold to tho grand Hnmp Economics Atrent* 'Under the direction of Prof. ] nr y 0 f fh| a county on charges of Home Ibconomics Agent, ^ Folsom Oranberry, one of ! mur d e r by Federal Judge Samuel From Clarke Takes Lo-; the moat unuaaal of high ctoaa j H. Sibley at a preliminary hearing, cal Winners to Monroe, mu,lc * 1 programs will he rendered were J. H. Gastloy, federal pro- For District Meet. i UnlTeraUy^Chapeb Wj'lnoa- hlbltlon enforcement officer; University Chapsl. W-lnoa day evening at 8:13 o’clock. Music lovers will have the Mrs. Annie Maa Wood, Bryant, cbanc e of bearing a program that the Clarke County Home Damon- „ IHnm if .nr riven in a 1 /1„1- Mrs. Annie Mat wood, uryant, cbanc e 0 f hearing a program that !Home Coming and Cele- the Clarke County Home Damon- ,, M |dom If ever given in a city I hrntinn of EoundinST of i *«**•»" Agent has uktn the club . thl T he vocal eolon as well y la reduced in 1 br&tion of Founding of j Agent has taken toe club ot th |, ,| M . The vocal aoioa a« well tha traaty by tbo ^o^o, P» f byterian C'h U.■ «1 h fa5 tho detached mandated Syria and Mesopotamia and Paiea- tine. With one simple stroke ot tho pen, Turkey is treod of judicial capitulations, such at China vainly sought to accomplish (or Itself at rreSDyrcnail uaun » contest to Monreo whara tney will grom OonmM Will Take_Place Sunday.j-^SShSTaSS ***»• &£££ ILA. Ga.—Forty year. »«<>• July jm.rt"c't* < S.nU.7'win’lS'te! JMtaS'SX «ntert.lnmint being ot an- 29. 1883. the Mount Herraon Pres- ® Octobfr , Q eompete in the usual talent and ability. byterten church wm c -ganiivd un-1 s(at< w|d( ud th , wj n .| iprof. Oranberry will have the ai der a brush arbor, bv Rev. R. w. nrrK n( At | lnU wilt ro to Chicago alatenco ot tho following artiste in Washington and which Japan • Milner, EvnngeNet for Atnens la[tT to comp « t , i n t ha national giving tbo program: Mrs. Mary achieved only after two decades presbytery. There were twenty- eonleat. Craig Pigneron, Signora do Fab- two charter member*, five of wnim oantcet have been held In the jitili, jug, Margarethe Morris and ^communities of Clarke county Uav 1 it Michael. Prof. Oran ot atruggUng. In only one way In Tjirkel treat ed differently from tho otber uountries, foreign legal advleere being empowered to-recelve com plaints relating to tbe arrests and imprisonment of foreigners. The Oreeco-Tnrk war produced tbe great eoidter lemet Paaha. who In the negotiations here, baa shown himself to be one ot tho greateit statesmen of all Europe. Iamet Pasha worsted the cele brated Lord Canon. British For eign Secretary In the tint stage atiU live. 1 - — „.... - Tbo home-coming and colobra- (rom which tha contstente ware b<rry open the program with lion of the fortieth annlvoranry will .elected tor the county wide com- ulk 0B the opera . kjiifidsv July 29th. Two petition. Tho winners In Clarks. bo held Sunday juiy svu eoumy are Mies JeeeJe 3l.rd.man service, have •**". „ of of WlnWrvllle ML. Etta Flanagan J*' commemorate these torty y f Centerv m B community. Miss, EN8EMBL history and service ««ndblessings f|| W |,„ amt of Wln ot God which the church has en- _ hlbltlon enforenment officer; Sheriff W. J. Sturdivant of Talia ferro county; Ed Howell, Talia- fero count; Policeman Ivoraon Lavejoy. Greene countp; Polleoe. man El W. Brooks of Union Point; and J. T. Darby of Whlto Plains. Tho last two wore reieasod In tha hearing before Judge Slbier. . , Tho prosecution lead iy Solici tor Doyle Campbell and assisted by Austin Bell nnd Dorsey Davis of Athens and W. H. Fiiher of Greensboro, sought to prove that tho Smiths wore Bhot by the of ficers from behind and displayed tho uutomobllo they occupied Jo tho Jury, which waa full of holes. ^°The* morning service. 11:30 east- ern time, to contain tho roll-call, history of the church, by Mrs. Flora Rice Westbrook; our place* of worship by Mr. J. H. Henley. elgn secretary in mo urn .iaau worship !>y air. J. »>• of the Lausanne Conference and, Special music; end a sermon by since that Ume has been held In , R ev. J. A. Simpson, ot Commerce, the highest respect by the other Tbe afternoon awvlco. 3 o’clock, conferring diplomats. The Turkish I , h ere will be a parer on "Our leader played two cards against y-ormcr Ministry" by h. H. Free- the entire deck at the conference, mlB; , D open period for members Europe's ambition to restore iieacc and vlsllora to speak a brief word in the Near East at almost any I fr,. Iho occasion, especially relating price nnd the euggerated Impor- to our fbrmer membt-rahlp: spec tance ot Turkey at possessed of (,) m uslc; and a sermon by Re\ .a aw W 1 -W . W. UTattrin. world power through her geograph leal poaltloa. With the signing qf the treayt. which hat been bunging tire for some time, the war clouds which have been floating low over Eur- ope for many months'’ have lifted and It seems now that Europe will enjoy the serenity of peace for some time to come. (Robertson, Low ”stand- ton; Ohio.' Mr. Robertson Is 38 ’ one years of age and has many Mends ' in Atlanta. Thomas D. Cartledge of Weatrtn stcr. 8. c. The ehurrh earnestly desires all who were-ever members of this congregation who can pos sibly do so. to attend and Join with us tn Thanksgiving *o God for His favor and mercy and love. Beginning Sunday night. July 29th, Rev. Thomvi D. Cartledge. of Westminster, 8. C.. will assist the pastor. Rev. Hal R. Boswell, in the exangellstlc campaign, to con- tlnno through August Stb. COLUMBUS HARDWARE STORE IS BANKRUPT COUMBUS, Cm —An involun tary petition In bankruptcy was filed tn the local divteion 'of ■ the XL S. supreme court here MmidMi morning against the Bush Hard ware company, one of the oldest firms of its character in th* city. Miss. EN8EMBLE Dorothy Williams of Wlntarvllta I • ... principals and Mlsa Elsie Toddd ol One of the moet unusual tea- Tuckston community ee alternate 1 turce ot the entertainment will be .This team of three girls end ons (be ensemble of eighteen pianists, -i-i- The community prist composed from the following ——“—* ladles: Mrs. George Rowe. Rich- INVOLVED RIGHT OF SEARCH club girls. were given ‘h- the sducetional committee of the Athens’ Woman's club nnd tha county prisse by tht Clarke county Home Demonstra tion Council ESCAPED CONVICT NOT YET CAUGHT Negro on Clarke Gang Escapes From Hospital Ward Here. Thought to Be Seriously Ill. Albert Bonner, negro convict who escaped from SL Mary’s hos pital early Monday morning, ni still at targe at noon Tuesday. Bonner was confined to th# hos. pital following an operation on July 17th and by filing the chain that bound him to the bed poet escaped about two o'clock Monday morning and no trace baa been found of him since. He was serving a sentence on the Clarke county gang for larceny from Muscogee county. mo n d. Va.; Mrs. J. A. Anderson and Miss Martha Wall. Augusta; Mrs. A. B. Bergen, Savannah. Miss Martha Blanton, Griffin; Mrs. F. A. Brinson. Milton; Mtes Doric Brown. Whrthen; Miss .Worths Brown. Carrollton; Miss Mary Cantrell, rant, too oiucers nia not mtj s Union Point; Mm. M. J. Chauncey, I federal search warrtnt but one ef — •- —— —— o.— coi» tb e state officers aaid he had “ The defense claimed that one of the Smiths was firing on them, re futed to halt their automoblle’nnd.- It was thought, had killed Of ficer Gsstley. Fifty-six gallonr-of whiskey was caught In the raid, which was staged near the bound ary lines of Green and Morgan counties. Tho shooting attracted state-. wldo attention. Involving among other things the right ot halting an automobile without n search war-' rant The officers did not have a Valdosta; Mias Mary CarrjCole, ... M , r —. 'Madison; Miss Clto Coley. Macon; Miss Louise Hicks, Porterdale; Miss Leila Julian. Tlfton; Mm. T. C. 'Ueyellyn. Maysvtlle; Mlsa Hunt Perry. Ivon City; Mlsa V r- gtnte Turnell, Madison; Miss Theresa Turner, Pelham; Allas Alice Beall, Eatonton; Miss Annie Laurie Holliman. Macon; Mrs. Raymond Smith, Washington; Mlaa Ruth Waldron. Hepsibeh; Miss Myrtle Powell. Colquitt; Mm. Y. A. Scruggs, Mian Marjorie Upshaw. Dongtesville; Mtes Marion Wil- Uams, Bteaksbear; Mlaa VDginta Moore, Btackshear; Min Annie Laurie Hdntor. Union Spring!. Ala- Miss Virginia Neal. Colom bo*; Mm. Irma Beal. Cairo; Min Grace Field of Hampton. Following todies from, toe ttnafe department will,sing Ijj.'^e <»P- AUn Jeanette Ash of 'Athens, (Tarn to page six ) state search warrant, although Un known <o Gastloy, leader ot the raiding party. Tho grand Jury waa organised with J. C. Williams, editor of the Greensboro Herald-Journal, as foreman and the following Jurors: Popo Collins, O. B. Tuggle. H. L. I. cach, James L. Brown. J. C. Dur ham, H. D. Goodwin, IP. H. Armor. J. L. Wilson. W. M. Fanning. W. J. Thurmond. It- B. Wtoi, F. J. Butler. O. H. Eley, A. S. Moseley. H. D. Moore, H. M. Spinks, J. L. Carey. W. B. Ashury, J. H. Boles J. W. Evans, W. M. Reynolds and A. L. Copeland. PAVO HIT BY FIRE MOULTRIE. ; Ga,—Four brick buildings in the outskirts of Ps- vo, near here, were destroyed by' fire yesterday, the loss resulting,' it is estimated at from 315,000 tq 320,000.