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RPO MEETS SOUtA AMERICAN WILL GET; CHANCE OF CAREER WHEN HE MEETS CHAMP Tex Rickard, Promoter of Ifight, An- nouhces Battle For Polo Grounds. Firt o Trains At Atlantic Ci ty; Demp sey Selects Saratoga Sprirtgs. Prices From Three to Twenty-fi\ e Dollars. NE the Pan weight fights ( Polo Git)i (By Associated Pro,..) , -V YORK—Luis Angel Firpo, the “ iViltl Bull of | •* tno, ‘ !l tt,rrl(il * pas” will have his chance to becoi le the heavy- hampion of the world on Scptemb :r 14, when he lhampjon Jack Dempsey for the ti le here at the unds, in a fifteen rountl decision 1 attle, it was announi ed Saturday by Tex Rickard. Ri( kard is promoting the fight, the pi ices for which will rai ge from three to twenty five doll irs. The New Boxing Law does not allow s< ats at a prize be sold for more than twenty-five i lollars. In the New Jersey, the top price is twent r dollars. The the lowest lhat have ever been charged for a York S at> tight to state of prices ! re heavyw *ight championship fight, are only mlf as high as was chj i ged for the Dempsey-Carpentier fi ;ht. I Ihn around Hi. Firpo rny. u at Sam II two fhiht vice* nut Im* ns Inrc for ,lhe bn I). mpaey shape ntendy trn fight, and plon me I tlon and hi* llf>. Firpo Is tour and a Htatomcn Smith, two rounds Firpo Inti August !> City to !>' ary is sit Fa ra toga ong years of rain bow rinsing, II tie Johnny Dundee, the “Scotch Wi p” has at last seen the realization >f his dream of be coming the ft atherwelght cham pion of the w< rid. A few nlghtf since, he took the crown away w om Eugene Criqul, the “Fighting •'renrhman” In fif teen rounds. Fi winning the title, Dundee punls! -d Crlqui severely and left no <l« uht whatsoever to which of tin two men were titled to be ci lied champion. little Crlqui. While the rea ization of Dundee's dream Is might f nice for the little Italian. It must jbo a bitter pill for ttlo devil that he lacing from Dun- more In pi iportlon than Ills comrade Carpen ler did against Pemptoy, and s 111 was trying to fight when the jell ended It. Crlqui, he of I 10 shattered jaw, a gift from a He man gun at Ver dun. once left foi dead on the bat tlefield, rose tr the heights by pushing Johnny KJlbane from hi* tlirons. stands ringside to train at Atlantic the champion will train Springs. New York, fiinde known what thr wai get fm^thelr Her sum will probably not ns Dempsey was paid tie with Carpentler. d after the that he was in fine hat he had kept In ’e the CJibbom ould step into the rlnf tire. The cham- to he In Ily fit for tho battle a barnstorming < del not fie reached for Firpo knoeked lolfier heavyweight nights ngo. ids ending hi* tour 1 going to Atlantic «i rigid training. Demp* to make the trip to ah ut August 10. LOCAL 1 :AM SPLITS II: BILL HERE 192.1 seems be the year for the uncrown ng of champions and ffrlqui will g back to his nn- France, the Franco he love* and fought for. s orn of his short lived honors. It !i hard on the 1 tie Frenchman. I would seem though he deservi 1 to receive the great ovation ho would hav el^ed had ho la pled in France 1th the title tuc ed away vifely In his trunk. Crlqui first mad his appearance In the prize ring here when ho came over with “0 >orgous Georgo” just before the "JBt ttlo of tho Cen ttiry.” He was a spurring partner of Car pent lor. Dundee cc-rtalnlyldesorved to win the title, hut ono somehow help but feel sorrj —no, that' word—adml ttlon, mingled with a feeling of pfy, for tho game little Polliu Y SEPT. 14 CLARKE CROPS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN A! (Continued fro n page one.) wettest on rei ferrlng greatly corn and the cultfv: Poor stands adverse weal the 26 of May the Improved greatly ds have not but the growth ot ijecn under favoral 1< ditlons. The ffov of May 25 ln< thereby Inter the planting ot ition of cotton. I ed from these ditlons. Since cotton crop has Of course thf een Improved ( the plants ha? venther con* vlnt report catefl a cotton condition In Clark • county of 47 cent of norma!, ondltlon had iner ased to CO pef of normal, report ns of July and until it is issued condition of the c$op known. COTTON FIELD IN GOOD SHAPE “One phase of condition seems to that Is. that at thl i 2Gth, most of the cultivated and prnc vll damage Is helm done at pres* Johnny Dundee, ■ battle at the having floored hla nine in the first champion, who cat the declsior Seven ” 'imes Char ip v featherweight champion of the i orld. Is show n in this night pi dure of Polo Grounds New York, with Eu ene CCriqui, French title hob er, Just after to the Jaw | ut Criqule down* corner as the referte counted up feebly b< fore the hell rung an I managed tc stay the 15 round f tr the count of ver the fuller though losing What a pity It il that they both can't bo cham pin , for each of J thorn would bo a i >lendld’ ono. rrlqul certainly would have an- i other shot at tho title. Ho can’t wWp Dundee. Ho hasn’t got n chntW to beat t o new champ. as Pund o won tho tlth fronoSR ho shoul give Crlqui nt least a cVtck at It- -and thnt’s Just what will happen, And so the lltt > fighter, with ™ n'X jlck ■ mvn country, and t to worldmovc of the Pampas w|ho will fight Jack, ^ om1 w ,„ «nnnTforget, Just an Dsmpssy at the F »l< York City for th weight Title World’s Heavy (eptember 14. Thurmond Game F ir Locals and - Loses, i o Greensboro Saturday lit the first header, boys of tho 8 •cofo of 4-2. The fentunu the playing of Hurls No-Hit BASEBALL RESULTS Ground*, N.w! nn ‘ “ ni1 wlM £ . - - - - though it hud n rer heard of (*rl«i iuG. who boat the American champion, and In I im was beaten by a little Italian ghter. who has more American fig ting spirit than tho American chai iplon ever had, for ho is no longe the champion. .i Louis 7; Phi adclphla 2. game nf a double- Greeifeboro defeated th« I uthern Mill by. tho 1 iPittshtirg a I tin ton 1. AMERICAN Phlengo 3; New Huston 10; Clev land 5. SOUTHERN Mobile 6; Nashv Memphis. 2; Atlapti Hirminuhiun New Orleans-Ch ttunooga. rain of this game were ho Greensboro key- j stono comblnat on and tho work of 1 Hodgson nt si jrtstop for tho lo- ! cals. Kirk of t e local team gavo a nice exhlbltl tn of catching, as > did R. Butler <f Greensboro. The outHtnnd ng feature of this i game was tho turling dished out j by both twirlen especially that of j Thurmond for I te locals. The big » bay was right. II> pitched about the ! smoothest artlcl » of ball ever do- j llvered on tho I raj-diamond. The WOMEN’S 'ATTIRE brand ot^ball p rbt*l by this boyj can be seen by tho fact that ho j pitched a no-hit game. Faulty *up- { ATHENS—Fashlonifeli port costing bin a gamrf that he 1 Athens, and foreign should have oas y won. J follow the modern t Cochran led I i tho stick work ! nro being terrorized SALLY LEAGUE Columbia 8; Spartanburg 6. 'Augusta 2; CharliUc 3. Macon 7; OrtenvAe 4. with 2 safe blot s, out of .1 trips , to tho plats, oiy* of them going *“** *“ for extra bases. Score by InninJa R. H. E. Greensboro ..1CM1300 ooo—4 .1 8. M. C 000 no 000—2 Batteries: E. Bt th r and It. BBut- ler. Thurino.td an I Kirk. nd In dress, iy the violent trgnnizntlon 8ECONC > In the second f line of the dou- hleheadi r thS lot* 1 lads wore vic torious by the sc re of 3 to 2. This game was featured by the pitching and lilt ing of Hodgson for the locals. A L/iough Hodgson pitchetf n good gai »e, allowing only 2 scratch hits, Vis pitching was easily overshndo' ed by that of Thuhnond In the first game. One of his 2 hits went for extra bases. Kirk for the local; slammed one to the ryo patch whl h was good far three bases. For the visitors the work of Eskow at short stjxxi’ out, (hough both teaim put up a splen did article of hall Score by fnningi : R. II. K. S. M. C 10: 000 x—3 7 3 Greensboro ...02 000 0—2 2 4 Batteries: Ho<!| ton and Kirk; Toplpy and R. Bui er, GAME AUTO CCI LIS1CN Two automobile were badly damaged when they collided on th? 4Y«wford road yest< May. The cars • occupied bjr a Mr. Looney ot I oca hlrh terms itself “'fhe Zealots of t?hrlHt. The memtiers of tV [s association hav. taken u vow thtcompel mod «.«ty Ir. women’s dre^ by force. Women wearing low pecked gownt or going about with twre arms are often nuighly handled.! and tho ex* posed parts of their tpersons smeared with tar. In several cases ireently ale escorts of wntnfn thus at tacked have given the toughs some very severe heatings, jbut never theless the systematic lampnlgn ol molestation goes on. - The next champh iship affair wll be the little nr gun nt that will hr held In New Tori City or Jersex City, between Jac Dempsey and Luis Angel Firpo, le South Ameri can Wampus, or something that. If the fight wot staged a yont from’ now. Firpo would be choice. However, fighting two months a^tcr the fight Willard, and takli it up most those two months, picking money harnstorinl ig. Firpo less en« hi* chances of winning. ' Firpo should ha\ > at least a noth er year of season ng before tuck ling the champion but he will not listen to the wise counsel of Jim my DeForrcxt ’nmf *o the fight Is 14. it. PAGEANT AT CENTI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A pageant, ‘The Dooij of Oppor tunity" will he presented at th* evening service of tli? Central Prcebyterhin church toAight at. o'clock by the Christlar^ Endeavor Society. Those taking part In tie pageant will he, “Mis* Opportunity,’' Mis* Oogsle Rice: I Ut sines* l Woman Miss Annie Mac Tenlandl Agricul- tuml Student, B. Keener; Dress maker. Miss Eva Long ^(achanlc Wood. wmg by Misses Annie Lnhe Cart ledge, and Ida Grimes and! *o|n by little | Mi*s Elizabeth O'Kefy. Miss Mary Font, president, will - - The fight will a fifteen roun.* decision affair an will bo staged nt the I*o!o Orou ds, and will be pulled off on Fr lay, September Dempsey will bf In condition foi the fight, for th< champ realize* that Firpo Is mulfng n dargerou? hhl for the title. Hnless Finn) caicels some of hit barnstorming ei gagements and gets down to wor , he will regret Firpo should b4 giving nil hid time to learning i >nie of the fine; points nf fighting, luf ne will nee^ them when he me t* Dempsey. Dempsey Is not only n fighter lie Is a splendid ing general and his brainy to good advan tnge. In picking Dembsey to win th fight, we do so, b cause of several reasons. One of l lem Is the fact that Dempsey is tl e hardest hitting Firpo has cv r met nnd whllr Firpo took Jess ^ rWard's hardest he will havo to t ke some harder from Demjm* r. Dempsey is the ! istost man Firpo has ever met. II is much faster than Flri>o and sh uld he choose t< f!«ht a defensive fight, he could tire tho South A jerlcan out nnd then bring out the knockout punch Dempsey Is the braincst fighter Firpo has ever m t. In ring gen trulship the char plon makes the Challenger look II ie n pre-lim fighter. The only odds in Firpo's favor to be his st ;iposed ability take punishment his powerfu physique ^nd his advantage (By Associt :ei CLEVELAND, Saturday won th teur chumplonshi time by defeating ner of Buffalo, 6 at the Layficld make hla eighth eat member of m v waded through a ing the national Ewectsor, who better than par ner moat of the IVempsey as beln p the harder hlt- of the two not yet been pro i!n. Tex Rickard whip Dempsey, ltolty stuff and some, but you making any beti ping the “Manna sa Mauler.' nd that last ha? •s that Firpo wll' rhat's good pub- 11! go well with m’t hear of Tej on Firpo whip many heated argume its will arise and It Ig very probi Bank of Charleston, heavily involved in ifcans to Bar rett and company aryl which was not represented at th< urtiay. will have here. Barrett and Corlpany, or the receivers of that company, will also In all probability be repre-- sented. James E. Friel, secretary and treasurer of the I Indeitendent Warehouses, Incorporated, was here for the hearirs Saturday. Robert Ould and A. Bt. Nicholson are agents for that coicern in Ath ens. It leases tho Alliens Bonded warehouse and most pf the cotton that Barrett and Company handled here was stored In (hit warehouse. providing for the personnel of the vice commission members. The bill reduction of the (tate Public Ser- om five to three rovides that the two members wh >se terms nevt expire under exist ng statue shall automatically be d ‘opped from tho public service boa This provision Would, terrninato the official tenure trs Price and Boifi u RECEIVER ELLISON TAKES CHARGE d Press.) Cf,—Chick Evans Festcrn Ama- for tho eighth Hamilton Gnrd- and 4 to play ountry club. To Ictory the great- golf classic ho Ine field' includ- champions, Jess ished Evans to as did Gord- AUGUSTA, Ga.—R<jy Ellison, lo cal cotton man Satu-flay prepared to take charge of ths» offalrs Ut Barrett & Company, dUton factors, with connections n! over the southeast. Ellison aivn bond ot 150.000 before lUnltecl States Com missioner C. J. Sklrlner, Jr., late Thursday, his appointment having come about througn bankrt'iptcy proceedings brought iy three smalt creditors, whose aggregate Invol vements are said to ymount to less than $6,000. Tho Barrett house! whoso trou Lies became known! several days ago, Is understood ti have liabili ties approximating $1,000,000. Spokesmen for creditors who con ferred here last week with a view to continuing tho hoisc as a going oncern expressed confidence that the assets would anjount to $100,. 000 above this amount. WILL AFECT BILL (Continued From Pago Ono) Service Act for At tens and ask your co-operation ing its passage, the present act necessary and in in prevent- Tfe change in wholly un- our opinion calculated to throW the police and fire departments back into politics. “Executive Commi of Women Voters ELBERT FARMERS TO VISIT (Continued Fr im Pace One) attorneys concen ed, that the own ers of such col on could secure possession of sa ne If they mado application to th receivers, proved to them that the receipts have not been hypothecat *f, secure from the receivers a Ratement to this effect and then t ic cou«t would ls- Bue an order re easing the staple: Judge Fortson set Next Tuesday the day to icar the facts In the cases and If the owners of tt Is cotton have ea- tablished the t, cts he will issue gives the owner* Tuesday to rnrf^- with the receivers and establish HEARING SATURDAY pon> of the been It la t unla i he finds then that mencumbered. the hearing post- yeslerday on the status ton Os which !oan» have Sliced will come up and 4 that at this sitting ——— Tuesday's developments were generally unexpectm. Last week Frank II. Barrett, president of the firm, nmdo known! publicly his plight when he gavfc up his seats on the New York land New Or leans cotton exchanges because he was “unable to mdet hla obliga tions.” Simultaneously with tlRs announcement it bicame known that largo’ creditors were already on hand and conferring with a view to saving tile firm from bankruptcy. After eonferencet ex tending over several days It was announced that a| committee ot three was to take (over the com pany's affairs. Beyond the sUt 1 Fleming, local attorney, who ap neared |>efore Federal Judge 81b- ley In Atlanta Tbureday and peti tioned that the comtoanyjje declar ed in involuntary Bankruptcy that the action wag prompted In an ef fort to save and lot destroy the long standing cotton house, no light was thrown on the] turn of events. Continued From been the very t (in fact no small negligible) of the fm4ni ever visited the coll *ge. The people of th* county have pledge* carry the sign a pledge that nnd that they woul I time nt the college. going to take Miss Lula Peek, th« Htmtlon »i»KenL ho* t along and take charge ent ot W. H.' *%£■?. BILL WOULD PROTECT COTTON IN 8TORAGE ATLANTA.—Desifned to protect owners of cotton Atored in ware houses. a bill wai introduced in the .House by I Representative Evans, of Warren! county, Friday morning, making ft “unlawful for any individual, factor, firm or cor poration to accept [cotton for stor age without immediately insuring the same against tire and bonding same against theft, embezzlement and defalcation of [officers" of the concern receiving fee cotton. Vlol- latlon of the proifesed act would be punishable as a [misdemeanor. Representative J Wimberly, of Toombs, has prepared a bill for In troduction in the j House, Friday, tee, League ing a net los$ on this range of sm In this range Dougherty aho WH / gain of 644. fe study of the cau«,.' ils county exception [nllghtening. po sii>Iy f Dougherty county themselves t 0 ball by June 25 thl? cotton crop 1 e apparent and ritlng.. July fields are well loally no wee- tfjer of the last nfavornble to This does not The dry veeks has been ..--.tl development. I mean that the Cotto i farmer of th* county is out of th woods ns the cotton crop fl nd boll weevil* go. At this time boll, nor square which, could not b( the weevils If they enough during the which make al might bo the citizens havo adjust weevil condi The heavy loss In thr Heyd lumb!a range Is proba&.y du tho boll weevi My superficial study causes to think that Uhe migration largely due to the weevil. It however, that edrtain counties have sustained heavier losses than oth- ibably that local and it is conditions hnv< irfluence. had* considerable Going back to the comparison ii 1918—Total whit of school age ..] 1913—Total whltj of school age Increase in white e census of 1913 as follows; children 471.754 children 428,365 children 43,389 1918—Total coloi of school age 1913—Total colorci of school ago ■o<j childn .366,207 here is not the county destroyed by develop, fast xt few weeks "This Is very ur likely, but It indicates that the yet come. “Cotton has set during the last fev prospects for a good from the viewpoint Infinitely better thar see # regardless of on Mny 25th of th fortunately, the pool ( evil fight may hot be overcome an|i will affect fruit rapidly weeks and crop, judging of today, anyone could optimism, year. Un stands is production commensurate of stand that obtain/ nil thls # there couldj better time to sugg< generally throughout .... that the next three fr four weekr are crucial weeks fnl* the cotton crop. Contlnune ci watch for the boll degree t le percentage In view of hardly be a to farmers county ici r gefct v.atch for the boll v eevll should he a dally duty nnd boll weevil appears numbers to puncture of the squares start calcium arsenate, four days until the fveevil Is un tier control. STANDS ARE RATHER POOR n soon as thf in sufficient 10 per cent dusting with ■Beating every “The STATE percentage to he almost ho have towns in thr over fifty oWd. The farm- going have bei n required tc hey would gc spend The farmer* lunches, and home demon agreed to go of the lunch- pic; ic dinner. arrives at the ’clock, they various alfalfa a! plats, nnd nnd explained college faculty rty will go to late spring and wet landr during April i\nd Mar interferred seriously with the planting of thf corn is beginning to suffer for moi- layed until very Into] Consequent ly the corn prospects] at this tlmi are far from favor4hie. Yount corn I* beglnnlg to suffer for moi sture. while early planted corn must have rain In tlf next few .lay. to mnko „ full rrtip. Th. corn production of the cointy will de- venther dur* pend greatly Ing the next few wc “The weather con March, April nnd Mi ceedingly favorable nnd alfalfa fields, ornblr for corn nnd ers who Imd alfalfa were proflttinB by condition during tho* reverne In t rU o nlfnlfn are at n ntn dry weather that 1 I In nil. up to 'Btlons during wero ex- for pasture* iVhlle unfav- cotton farm- and pastures the wenthet months. The past urea and dstlll due tr prevailed Tnklnir the ae-iaon, ... „ thl. time. If hnn no7 been a crnu’lm, T * . one Urn. thoSlT I And »° Peculiar I. c^the mw « When the party college, about 9:$0 will be taken to the fields and oxperimi nta these will hi* showi by Dr. aln, of the At 12 o’clock the the college for dlnni Immediately after] the noon hour, nil will meet In Hnrdmnn hall where Dr. Houle, president of the cpllege. will talk on live stock nnd dairying, and then professor Wood will talk-on i>oultryi After these talks Jthe party will eight counties, m a range J* ■“ rn u over ^he I farm proper J*™ 8 the 8tate jfrom Floyd to the dairy barn, the creamery, thei Hart » six ’show giina In colored poultry plant, and father places of childreniamountln*} to 622, and two ■i"” * amojmtln, to 4«, Increase In colored children 2.900 Comparing the results of the census of 1923 wife those of the census of 1918 and fling per cents: In 1929 the gain! In white chil dren was a little mfe'd than eleven per cent. In 1918 the gain'In white chil dren during a five year period was a little less tha ntet per cc it. In 1918 the gain la colored* chil dren during a five yiar period wai a little less than twd per cent. Ill 1918 the gain colored chil dren during a five yebr period wai less than one per ednt. From the conaidefetion of the ranges, given above, ^Athens l s in the territory where fee migration movement is greatest] The gain in Athehs was 478, whilo the loss outaidh of A liens was 393, showing a nit gain of 85 In Clarke county. If some one who hkd time and; knew something abobt statistic? t would make a study of this consul the results might be useful. I have not the material will enable me to cantpare range* for the period from $813 to 1818 with tho^e fhom 1818 'to 1823. (By AMociitad Press.' WASHINGTON.—There Is very peculiar siory vjonnerted with the naming o» peoiiiar. Missouri —which is also a peculiar name for a town. The federal goYenhnent does not name towns and hamlet* when they are born or feeljlbe irge tor a cog nomen, but that post [office depart ment Ooea regllate ! them to the oxtett of pronfbitiig duplicating 1 of names within,/. So When a newly-1 in Missouri sq name for Us depfetment Informel V were cho*-| | submitted,| their statej al other nkn he residents i , Krays the aamei result. Final* I exasperated dfficlal of tbs ■ Bent, in refusing the latest I f wrote the (city fathers | among \other things'“that it w»jl g* ! ' airighly’ pecqtiar thiy could' n«| toil find a good name tot their tows. J Whereupon he recelvfd the follow| Ing reply: “Acting on?your sugge^P tlon wo select the name Pecullsr. only one rule in th«| nf, day. There naming of new townf, and that that there ahall be bht one of W same name in a state. But tn» doe. not prohibit othir states fro- boasting towns of the same namt. For instance, there hre 45 used more than 20 times e8Cb designate towns and cities. BenJ • min FrankUn is remembered a* w Inspiration more th*n any « person, and FrankBn as at Itcrsua, auu p -- - ,, ■ name take, the priBe. occutrlnj 1 time* In 31 tUM. Tbe otb«* ‘ | nl ot popalarUsf run: Clinton 0 time.; Cheater. 2»: 9; Waahlntton, Ml Troy, 27; im, *7; Madison, *7; 'Mstion, 21. iton, 26; 8ECTION SHOWS NET GAIN Interest. The party will lea+e for Elborton S*-S» °' cir,rk In Jthe afternoon. ” h » dr| v to Athene will require dbout two hour*. MANILA LIKES PERFUMES Manila—Tiie people of the Philippines have sjlenr 14,273,322 pesos for luxuries since the first of January. Of this amount au- tomibiles took/the major parL but diamonds and other precious stone* perfumery and cosmetics show up largely In the custom* recods, show losses leaving a net galnfot 220. Of eleven connfleii. In n range ncro,» the stale frjmt Heard to Co- lumbla, nine »how' Ice, amount ing to *,989, t*o show gain, amounting to B60 leaving a net ]o„ In Ihla range of. 21439. -The city of Crlffln canaea a gain of 308 In Spalding county tf tht, range. In a range of tfen coantle, rnn- nlng ncroaa the alate from CUy to Liberty, alx countie, ,hOw lo,,e, amounting to 1689. Pour ahow gain, amounting to lem, ... , Manchester, 27; j t '* a,r ^ n Olenwood, port, 26; Ashland, 26; «">' 36; Cleveland, 26;: Aubure Dover, 34; Hlllabo) 24; Monroe, 24; Of. , Buffalo. »• EureL LJberty/32; Milford. 22; 22; Burlington, tf. Utau 0 " 1 L: 1 Portland, 20; Le ,lng, °"'. Jameatown. 201, l)ud»n, Danville 30. 24; Union, 24; OreOnvIlb ■on. 23; Belmont, ft; B Canton, 22; Dayton. 22 Read Banner-Herald Want Ads.,