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ATHENS, GA„ THURSDAY, JULY 2«, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cent* Sunday.
Athens Women Prepare Yard Stick For Office Seekers
ATHENS COTTON:
Middling 23yi
Previous Close ..Nominal
THE WEATHER:
Slightly cooler and cloudy
Thursday night.
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Warrants Issued For Prohi Officers
Charges Assault With
Intent To Murder In
Gun Battle Wednesday
ANDREWS DIES
LaGRANGE—Gordon Andrews, prohibition agent
who was shot Wednesday in a gun battle with Frank
Jones, Buck Hsunby and Roy Williams, died here
Thursday.
IS
Body Horribly Mangled
When Feet Becomes En
tangled in Plow Gear
and Mule Runs.
yssr.
Prim
HARTWELL, Ga.—Alvin, 12-
ir-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Holmes, who live just m* m,, L y
across the Hart county line in iJVglTS. 1 lit-JOIMJS
Gaines ' District, , Elbert county,
was horribly mangled and almost
Instantly killed when his feet be
came entangled in the plow gear
returning from the fields near the
near the home for dinner.
Young Holmes was riding tho
mule, It was said, when the ani
mal threw him, and started run
ning. Before he could extricate
himself the mule had darted quick
ly off and the young man’s brains
were literally beaten ont against
while returning from the fields
and terraces.
Numerous bones were broken
and the body mutilated in the hor
rible incident that shacked the.
whole of Elbert county and Hart.
While medical aid was summon
ed, nothing could be done for the
youth, death having been almost
instantaneous. When found, after
the mule had run for one-fourth
of a mile, he was still hanging to
the gear, with the top of his head
LaGRANGE—Warrants were issued here late Wed-
era] prohibition officers, Grady Cobb, of the Newnan of
fice and "Buck” Emory in the shooting which followed
the attempts of the officers to stop and search the car in
which Frank Jones, Roy Williams and “Buck” Hamby
were riding. The warrants charged assault with intent
to murder.
According to statamaata made by
the principals In the snooting af
fray, the offlcere, accompanied by
Andrews and Marlon Hogan, two
sawmill men who had been depu
ted by ths officers, went to a
point on the highway to aearch for
a still. Tba officers took a negro
prisoner with them In the hope of
. gaining Information from him about
the location of tbo.oUlL
It was stated that while the car
which contained the officers waa
parked on the aide of the road,
they saw another car approaching
from Chtpley.
SUGGESTED
HOLD-UP
One of the officers, It waa stated,
then suggested that the approach
ing car might' contain whiskey, and
proposod that they aearch l(. Ac
cordingly .they, stationed them-
selvea in formaUon serosa the road
to stop the approaching car, wav
ing their flashlights and guns.
The driver of the car, containing
the three youths, Prank Jones,
stated Wednesday that when ths
men stepped into the roadway
waving their gune, he thought that
they were bandits a.-<! were at
tempting to hold up Ills ear and
rob the occupants, when he recog
nised two. of them, Andrews and
Hogan,
"Knowing. 1 ’ he stated, “that their
reputations wer# somewhat shady,’’
and further knowing them a* saw
mill men, without the right to stop
a ear, he and his companions
draught that they were being held
up. donee speeded i p hie car and
ran past the men, going In the di
rection of Weet Point, at a high
rate of speed.
After he bad passed the men.
Jones said, and waa driving on Into
the darkness, shota were fired at
the car from the group of men
one of thy bullets striking Hamby
In the bead.
FIRES AT
PURSUERS ’" ! * r
Hiving pursuit, one of the cars
containing the officer* eoon over
took the fleeing cor and then ac
cording to Jones, he gave William*
hi* revolver and the tatter then
fired it at the driver of the pur
*uing car.
The man ehot waa Andrew*, whe
lo*t control of the machine, the
car careening to the tide of the
road. He waa later taken to r
LaO range hospital where it war
found that he had a bullet wound
through bla abdomen, one of hi*
lung*, breant and arm.
Prohibition Agent Cobb waa ahot
in the hand, the bullet ranging up
ward. He claims that he wae shot
*hen the oflcera firat attempted
to atop the efr, while Jones and
Williams claim that they did not
fire a ahot until they were over
taken two miles from the site of
the original attempt tn *tojf them,
and thought that thf men ‘were
bandits, whan they pursued the car
In which they were riding.
State Prohibition Director Fred
™*muke Immediately ordered an
investigation Into the shooting and
detailed federal prohibition agent
A. C. Sowell to take charge of th«
investigation. Sowell arrived here
Wednesday and announced that r
thorough Inquiry will be made.
Peeling against the officers 1*
pinning high In this section, opin
ion. being expressed that the offP
cer " Were not within their right*
«nd (hat tye methods they used
tended to give ths boys In the car
Jbey attempted to etop the Idea
ibat they were stopping them with
, *dea of robbery. Several prom
inent citizen* of this city
r *>mm*nted upon the fact
that the officers had no warrant
for the search of the youth's car
and that they had been sent out to
* earc b for a still, not *o stop pass*
fr *by on the publle highway.
What the next step in the c«*«
following the issuing of ths war-
? nt « Will be. has not yet been an-
y°uno#d.. Emory. one of the men
for whom the warrants’were Issued
romlahad |200 bond Wsdnesdaj
Wsht. . . . /»/.•*«
BE HOST TO BIB
The Eternal Triangle
MRS. B. EVARD KEPNER
will start habeas corpus proceed* |
lags Thursday morning. .
The grand jury's investigation, j
held behind cloned doors, with the |
testimony carefully guarded, fol-
lowed the verdict of a coroner's
Bake Best Bread of Any
Girls in .Eighth District.
Bread Put on Exhibi
tion. /' '
Clarke caaaty glrlz won first
place In bread making and third
in general average at the district
breadmaking contest In Monroe
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The girls who represented
Clarke, winners of the county con
test held list May, are Mias Jessie
August 9th Is Date Set
For Annual Barbecue.
Program Being Prepar
ed By Lodge There.
The Masons of the 8th congres
sional district will hold their an
nual meeting and barbecue at
Danielsvllle on August 9th and on
that day\ more than a thousand ol
the district members will assem
ble.
The program for the day Is be
ing worked out hy the lodge at
Danielsvllle. In conjunction with
district officers. E. C. Paine of
Athens Is Worshipful Master:
Robert Ashford of Wntklnsvllle Is
Senior Warden. Arthur Mosely.
Danielsvllle, Junior Warden. D. T.
Mosely, Danielsvllle, treasurer. W.
A. Capps, Athohs, secretary.
Grand Master of the state. J. P.
Bowdotn, will make the main ad
dress of the day and Past Grand
Master N. H. Ballard, who Is also
State School Superintendent will
also speak. . I Kepner was Immediately arrest- J ■laye r. ' ' «ver«Yf"nf Ihe^/iVnn'.r'. 4 vnrdfrt accompanied the girls to Monroe,’
AtheHTwin U, ^ < 'lnatte a ndince r Tt 0<i “1 iod,ed 3a ": YJWh Mn >- Kc < ,ncr '' «•»» found and led to the recall of the Feb- , n>ol>r«d. baked by Clarke county
the meeUng. The barlwclle Sm be ,,ey, h * ve » nnou,,cei1 th< ” r Wng across a bed In her hoom at ruary grand Jury Monday. whlch won fl™t place. Is on
served at 13:10.
FORMER ATHENS WOMAN
DIES IN ATLANTA WED.
B. EVARD KEPNER
FREDERICK, Md.—The grand j orjr 0 , inquest last week that Mrs. . , , w . ,. h . .. .
Jury, which for three days baa been Kenner, member of a prominent h * r tatl,er, h ® me - wlth • taU,t
Investigating the death June 18 ( am |/ y here. mc t her death ”at the wound through the head. After
of Mrs. Grace Simmons Kepner. nands of
BREAD CONTEST IN
CANDIDATES WILL
BE ASKED WHERE
TRET STAND WHEN
ELECTION IS HELD
Executive Board of Lea
gue of Voters Meets
Thursday to Compile
Quizz List.
Members of the Athens League
of Women Voters Thursday we
preparing a yard stick with whlc]
to measure candidates for mu
pal offices In the fall elections.
Thus far no one has announc
for either of tho five oldermanla
places or mayor.
The executive committee of the
League met at the Linger Longer
Lodge Thursday for luncheon nt
which time a questionnaire to he
presented to candidates wag tom- |
piled. The HfttfT* commit'" is
Hardeman of Wlntervllle; Miss composed of Mrs. L. L. Hemlreu. j
Etta Flanagan of Centerville; Miss ' president of the League; Mrs.
Dorothy Williams of Wlntervllle. 1 John Morris, Mrs. Harrlo Dows,
and Miss Elsie Todd of Tuckston jMra. n - S. Pond, Mrs. C. A. V. r-
were alternates. noy. Miss Mildred Melt. Mrs. Kl-
Tho newton county girls won W00<J Jackson, Mrs. B. F. Gentry,
first place In geneKl average Mrs. George Crabb, Mrs. S. S.
while Morgan, county's team won Smith, Mrs. John D. Moss. Miss
Entertains Rotes
The weekly luncheon of the Ro 1
tary club was held Wednesday at
the Linger Longer tea room near
the Normal School and an enjoy
able meeting was attended by
large number of Rotarians.
The main feature of the program
wan a series of rending* and .1 talk
on her work by Mr*. Katherine
Tift-Jones of Tlfton, Georgia. .
The next meeting of the club
will be Wednesday of next week
No Trace Found
Of Escaped Negro
Albert Bonner, the negro con
vict from the county farm who
escaped from St. Mary’s Hospital
early Monday morning by cutting
the chain‘that bound him to the
bed following an operation is still
"ilni
almost crushed off.
The remains were Interred at
Coldwater church, Elbert county,
following appropriate services,
conducted by Rev. Sprayberry. — of Vthena since "the
Besides his parents he is aurviv- the vicinity of Athens stneo tne
ed by three brothers, James, Dil- phjmicians him sUt.
lard and Limmie, and two sister,‘that he is in a weakened physical
Grace and Nettie. • condiUon.
free, no trace of him having be«n
picked up by the authorities.
He is believed to be In hiding in
THE TURNER COUNTY PLAN
A Series of Articles Showing What the “Cow and
Hog and Hen” Have Dope for One Georgia County.
ALICE TERRlf PEAKS
ADVENTl
“Where the Pavement
Ends,” a Rex Ingram
Production By John
Russell At Palace.
. By JOHN E. DREWRY
Adventure with a very large ’’A”
has fallen to the lot of’•John
Ruaae|l, author of the latest Rex
Ingram production for Metro,
’’Where the Pavement Enda,” now
at tho Palace Theatre. Mr. Hue-
eell 1a, primarily, an author. If
The Columbia. 8. C., State beds potatoes In January In beds
baa reproduced In pamphlet
form a remarkable series of
articles by Its Managing Editor
on ths Turner 1 County plan.
The Georgia Association hat
been formed to extend this
plan to every county ln-Geor-
gla and similar efforts will be
mads In South Carolina. The
Banner-Herald through, the
courtesy of the Columbia state
will publish a aeries of articles
summarising the Turner coun
ty Plan. The Banner-Herald
has also secured a limited
number of reprints of the
State’s pamphlet and will be
glad to mail one free to -»ny
one making a request for same.)
CASUAL COMMMENT ON
TURNER CO. ACTIVITIES
Early Swest Potatoes
Among a group of farmers from
Toombs county who came last
week to Ashburn, to see for them-
selves what Turner county had
have done with its cow. how and hen
program, was W. L. Duncan, liv
ing near Lyons, who moved to tno
Wire Grass region of Georgia five
years ago, from Elisabeth City in
eastern North-Caroling, and la *pe-
clausing In growing for market
early sweet potatoes. He has 38
acres already set to Big Stem
jerseys, sad wiU set five more
acres from draws and ten more In
vines, making 60 altogether thla
season for Ike early demand. He j
10x32 feet each and transplants
in the fields lata In March or early
In April, depending on whether
the season Is forward or late. He
has ridge poles running length
wise over his beds snd over these
In cold weather he draws sheets
made of four widths of 12-Inch
white homespun. In 10 2-3 yard
■trips, sewn together. Last year
be averaged 100 bushels to the acre
and got a bonanza price, because
his potatoes wen among the earl
iest tn come on the market.
FOUR CONSTRUCTIVE
FACTORS
Turner county, according' to H.
S. Mobley, dairy extension special
ist of the International Harvester
eompany. has fonr price factors
that account for the success of Its
•’permanent prosperity” program:
1. Financing, for the man who
has seen the light!
2. Markets fop all the products
of dlvertdfled agriculture.
3. Leadership.,
4. A citizenship to support such
program: Including, .happily, a
relatively large number of small
It, he la a moat excellent author
indeed, and bla book of South Sea
short stories has gone sailing Into
editions Innumerable.
His yarns of the Tropica are the
more remarkable because they are
entirely original In conception and
In atyle. He ban stolen from no one.
be baa quite evidently <gone forth
and seen for himself tho strange
corners of the world, and be bas
the great gift of making bla read-
era see them, too. He waa horn In
Iowa at Davenport, he went to
j school In Brooklyn and Chicago,
Eb|s college was Northwestern, and
from there ho wont framing the
world around, 'came back on the
’’New York Herald,’’ became a spe
cial correspondent In Central and
South America, and so on. so forth
until he became author of wbat
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says
“the best book of short tales by
any debutante since KlpUng’i
•Plain Tales.’ 1
Incidentally’ be accompanied
Rex Ingram and Ms company to
Florida, anpervised the screening
of his atory. built sets, scouted
toyn and county for characters of
T RECEIVER ABOLISH! LASH
co;
amvv, Mrs- Rebecca Wailes Hunnicutt,
..... • - __ beloved Allama woman, and widow
HERE IS PRAISED ST"
Roy Eiliston of Augusta,
Named By Judge Sibley
As Receiver For Bkrrett
& Company.
(By Assoclatsd Press.)
ATLANTA.—Roy Ellison of Au
gusta was Thursdiy named as re
ceiver for Barrett ai:d Company.
. died. Wednesday morning at
the residence of her son, W. L.
Hunnicutt, 38 Rockyford nvenuc.
Kirkwood, in her eighty-third
— — — Hunnicutt was descended
Endorses Action of the !from 0< „, th * ““‘X* *«■*
Board in Doing Away^ m M ,m Z n 'c£$%.^
With Corporal
menu Isitlon won her hundreds of
—— 'friends. Atlanta had been her
Abolishment or coifonl punish- I home since the death of her hua-
ment in the Athena public schools! hard in 19v04.
day^aa^e^oraed^Tburedav^'hv ^ aumiUnitt^KIvaS*ln°Athens^* wMuw
Mi. E. B* Hud.on. reGring'presI- j ri*ulture > * , at %
tho meeting and discussed the ob-
jectives of the state organization
In legislation. Miss Julia Flisch,
professor of history at tho Uni
versity Summer School, also was
a guest of tho League. Hugh H.
Gordon, Jr., and Alderman George
C. Armstrong were invited j
While it Is a bit early to pre-
, pars a questionnaire for
B. Hunnicutt, one of tho dates, since nono has announc
agricultural ex- J state members of tho League, It is
tho purpose of tho organization
to havo ono ready to present
offlco seekers when they do con
out for election.
Several civic organization
havo requested to send in a set
of questions on public matters and
from these thej^eague will compile
a questionnaire to be used as a
guago for measuring candidates.
you can take tba word of moat of largo cotton lectors ®f Augusta dent of (he council of p, rent . i G Mrs i a . Dr. Hunnicurt'was also
the literary editors of America for , T..ch.r,'AssodaUona bom. proprietor of the Southern Cultl-
Mr*. Hudson delared the action ‘ vator, one of the south s most fa-
, (Turn to page eight) mou* farming publications.
GRANBERRK RECITAL
the South Seaa, and ended up by
exproeslng himself entirely and
completely satiaHed with the ontlre
production. Few authore have done
aa much for a picture. J
“Where the Pavement Ends" was
adapted for the ecreen by Rex In
gram. Alice Terry baa the part of
a missionary's daughter, and Ra-
>“on Novarro. who waa Rupert of
Hentzau In ’The Prisoner of Zen
ds”, plays oppoalte red. The
powerful edet also Includes Harry
T. Morey and Edward Connelly,
Metro’s veteran character acton
The photography waa done by John
F. Salt*.'
ISSUES ORDER
fRv Associated Press.)
AUGUSTA.—Judge Franklin of
v,. . __ .the Superior Court permanently
white farmers living on their own enJolnid indlvWlw j interests
premises. - -
CAROLINIAN
IN ASHBURN
Arrirultoral tnatreetlun nh**
the Smlth-Hnghea act SFuwder tbe
(Turn to pigefomr) 11 •
Sibley, Immeu.nUly following tho
petition In bankruptcy, presented
by W. H. Fleming. The order will
be filed InAugustk sometime
Thursday.
The proceedings .were brought
before Judgo Sibley on account of
disqualification of Judge Barren
of Augusta, who is a relative ol
frank Barrett, prealdent ot thi
company.
STILLAflSCALP
OF AG.
Mil/edge Hall Is
Formally Dedicated
Grand Master Joe P. Bowdoin of Georgia Masons
Officiates, Installation Under Auspices of Mt.
Vernon Lodge. Building Is Clarke’s !
Gift to University.
"John Mllledge Hall." Clarke exercteea, and expressed hie con-
Rpsnllltion Passed in thel cou,lt)^ ' , 60 ’ 000 k 1 ** 10 lh ® unlver- fldence In the future growth and
IT11 _ I*'tr Georgia aa a memorial tri- .usefulness of the Unlverelty. He
bute to tho donor of the land upon • referred to lie early and continuous
which a large part'd! the campue struggle!—quoting from a lettei
la located, waa given official and I written by Preeldent Meigs to
public constructive progree* Wed-1 John Mllledge a century ago, In
House, Calls For Expen
ditures in Tick Eradica
tion Fight
(By Associated c r#s#.)
ATLANTA—A resolution b>
Wingate of Dnker uod dlllen ol
Oconee calHng upon the Secretary
of Htate to furnish legislators with
a complete list of the lobbyists now
reported operating In the 8tate
Capitol and a renewal of tha fight
on the Department of Agriculture
through u measure calling ‘for
detailed account of the funds spent
for tick eradication work, were
before the House Thursday.
Pnrrell of ftiewart introduced
bill to levy a specific occupation
tax in addition to gasoline and
oils, to be used for the payment of
Confederate Pennlons, while Elder*
of Tattnall Rubmitted a measure
for each of the years 1924 and
192G to match federal funds for
maternity hygiene.
Another bill to supply free school
}'ooks to th« Georgia Common
School pupils was introduced by
McCrory of Schley, who would
supply books to children of th«
first trades only.
An annual appropriation of sixty
from remnvlnfr cotton from the
Atlantic States Warehouse which
has been stored there. Louis
roke waa appointed receiver. IJej houeand dollara waa reqmwted to.
*6atntrnMr order’ mi soueht hyi this .purpose .In-, wa bilL. Tb# Mux-
Barrett and company In connec-,|Jtm»,reis>l«»tou.oalll»e foriinfamK
tlorr with it’s financial'' regwdJng dhe
——-My disclosed.' nu if j (fnra 1* p*ge eigitL), uj
nesday afternoon when fbe corner
•tone was laid.
Acting upon Invitation of the
board of trustees. Brand Master
Joe P. Bowdoin of the Georgia Ma
sons and officials of Mt. Vernon
Lodge of this city were present
and officiated, using the Imprcs-
rf/e and beautiful ceremony ot
that ancient end honorable order.
HARRY HODG80N
PRESIDENT
The exercises were In charge of
Harry Hodgaon. chairman of the
prudential committee or the board
of trust sea. who acted tor and In
the absence of (he preeldent of
the board. Judge R. B. Russell.
Mrs. Hodgeon delivered a brief but
beautiful tribute to John Mllledge
’’Georgia’s first greet philanthrop
ist." and on behalf of the board
tbanked the people of Clarke coun
ts for fhelr liberality and commen
dable spirit In making possible the
building ot the memorial.
Chancellor Barrow voiced his
•rmlefnl appreciation In behalf of
the college, the state and the youth
frf.ngporin. for tha gift. He thank-
Pd.|k<l grand master and local Ma
sons i (9X (heir participation In the
which Mr. Meigs spoke ot "his for'
lorn hope" becoming a reality and
with prophetic Ylafon said "a hun.
dreg years from now a thousand
young Georgians will ba. enjoying
He benefits." Dr. Barrow said that
laet year—a little more than the
"thousand"—1809—enjoyed them.
CORNERStONE
INSCRIPTION
The corneretone of the building
to hr erected beers tha following
Inscription: <
JOHN MILLEDGE HALL
Named tor the donor of the
lend on which the University
la located and erected by thf
liberality ot the cltlsena ot
Clarke county.
Thi, cornerstone was laid by
Joe P. Bowdoin, O. M., July
25, A. D., 1923, A. U. 5923. at
the request of the Trustees of
the University of Georgia.
The building will be erected by
mosey raised by a bond laane voted
by the people of the county, and la
the third gift of her dtlsene to
the listitutlon. Two iprerlona do
nations of t35,(XIO' each bad been ;
Chapel Crowded With
People Wednesday Night
When University Music
Department Renders
Program.
By FRED 8TEWART
TO INTERPRET
POPULAR 8TOR>
Cay McLaren, who scored the
hit of summer school enter
tainment series hero hist rea
son with her presentation of
tho play “Enter Madame.” will
present “Matron of tho Movies”
Thursday evening, at 8:15. In
tho University Octagon. The
public is invited to attend.
What is declared to linve hoc
the most brilliantly
tertalnment ever given by an "all
summer school cost” waa
Wednesday evening in tho Un
*!ty Chapel, when the
school music department, u
direction of George Folsor
berry of New York,
lections from Gounod's
“Faust,” The chapel was
to capacity, standing room
and hundred* stood around
craining their necks to get
at tho artiats through th«
UowH, and straining their e
catch the beautiful and ha
ou* tones which filled the
air.
The performance open'
eighteen pianists playing
semble upon nine pianos,
pils of the music departmei
charmed and amazed the i
by their wonderful rendition
“Lov© Song” from the
of tho Opora. Such a i
pianists playing togethe
er been seen her© and
their doubts concerning the e
which could be produced,
when they began playing i
on that point were dispelled,
effect was wonderful. It was as
any-handed wizard, a sin
gle master mind, controlled thi
key* instead of a dozen or more.
Ml«* Carolyn Cobh then gave a
reading from “Faust,” which wtu
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