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VOL. NO. 145
Associated Pres* Service
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. S Cents Sunday.
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Doctors Think
Of Danger
President Out
Recovering
NIGHT
HARDING HAS
OF RESTFUL SLEEP;
CRISIS NOW PASSED
And in July, Too!
Six
O’Clock Bulletin Wednesday Morning Says
President Spent Best Night Since He Was
Taken Bl. Crisis Now Thought to
Have Passed. Danger Prac
tically Over.
(By Associated Press)
PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS, SAN
FRANCISCO.—President Harding awoke shortly
after six o’clock Wednesday morning after having
had an almost normal amount of sleep. His rest was
described as the most nearly natural of any during
his illness in the bulletin which was issued at seven i
o’clock, The president went to sleep at eleven o’clock j
Tuesday night. He seemed to be in a much improved 1
condition as a result of his night’s rest and talked
with Mrs. Harding about the newspaper stories of
his illness,
The president has ptinned the crl-
; i.and in on the road to recovery,
according to a -statement mad*
late Tuesday night to the Associat
ed Press by Dr. Charles tt. Saw
yer. the president's personal physl-
BIBLE INSTITUTE I
cla
Dr. Sawyer said:
“Since we have/our toxin well
under control, I feel safe In say
ing that wo hnve passed the peak
load of trouble I don’t want to be
too emphatic about It, because we
always face complications, but 1
Del that the crisis Is over and that
the pn sldent Is well on the road to
NEW INTERVENTION£/6erf Takes Steps to
;Under Ruling of Judge,
' Farmers Can Get Stored
Cotton. Hot Fight
Staged.
ling all afternoon on
I filed by attorneys W
,f Aii.MUtn ahd Hteph
of Athens, In behali
10. ( ireelver la bunk
Barrett and Company
a dismissal of the In*
; for cotton held In
' Athens and a transfer of all cour
• proceedings to I he bankrupt court
J Judge Blanton Fort sen late Tuen
jd.iy denied the plea and issued or
»ders reh awing the cotton held h
, the Independent Warehouses, In
• eorp»>rnlcd, here on which there ori
*"no loans.
The henring Tuesday was for th
if Issuing i( |the releasb
rtert .'fier’lhi receivers had-*}' K,*f
t th claims but :i dccldetfly 1 new tun
j was occasioned when Mr. Upsor
I presented the petition of the reoelv
Become ‘Alfalfa County’
Join the Ranks of Communities Bent on Doing
Something Agriculturally. Break All Prev- j
ious Records in Attendance At
County Day Held At State
College Tuesday.
Enjoy Visit
Here.
DIRECTORS DECIDE
TD
N.E.
Seek To Employ Program
in Re-estalishing Cotton
Production and Supply
ing Home Markets With
Food.
MARKETING EXPERT
IS POVIDED FOR
Firor Tells Board Athens
Consumes $500,000 Poul
try Products , Annually
And Clarke Produces
$30,000.
These three prelty school teachers are indulging, in- July snow;
lathing in Paradise Valley, Kanier National Park, Washington.
cry.’
Dr. Sawyer said It wai Impos
sible to state at present how hint,
it would be before the president
would bo well and strong enough t«
return to Washington.
“I can’t say now .when it will lu
possible to feed him solid food,"
he said, “hut I do feel that he is
now entirely out of danger. I don’t
know It. but I feel it.”
He added that Mrs. Harding was
well, despite the strain.
HA3 RESTFUL
NIGHT
General Charles E. Sawyer, In
an informal statement Issued at
I': 10 said his patient was
flolng well and had Just had the
best and most natural sleep since
his illness set In.
General Hnwyer's statement was
given newspaper men who met him
In the corridor as ho started out
for a walk, his first moment ol
recreation since Sunday when tht
president wns brought to Han
Francisco, now admittedly a very
ill man.
"I am taking: my first vacation,”
said he and Mrs. Sawyer, both
nulling, sturted for the elevator
The general’s demeanor was n
marked contrast when he met
newspaper men 12 hours before
Prior to the.day's first consulta
tion of physlcluns.
Athens Bible Institute,
Conducted By Rev. P. C.
Morgan Opens At Prince
Avenue Church.
Improvement had been shown In
thn president’s pulse, temperature
and respiration, and also In hie
•llmlnatlve faculties. The latter
the general said, was a highly fa
vorable symptom.
The president’s temperature at
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IN CHAPMAN ESCAPE
(By Auoclat.d Press.)
NEW YORK—Dominick Di-
dato and Abo 8i'ver*tein of
Now York, indictod on ehorjo*
of aiding Darald Chapman to
neaps from 8(. Mary’s Hoapi
tsl in Alhono. Do., after Cham-
man had cooped from th# At
lanta Fsdarsl Priion, WodnC-
day filad habeas corpse pro
ceeding* In th# Untied State*
Supnrme Court, asking thoir
release from th* custody of
th# United States Marshall of
Now York, who is holding thorn
for extradition to Georgia.
The first lecture of the Athoir
Rible Institute will be given by Dr
1*. C. Morgan at the I’rlnce Avenue
Baptist church Wednesday night
:it 7:20 promptly.'
, The evening's subject will be
first of the series on “The Funda v
mentals of Biblical Christianity."
All members of the Institute nrc
urged to he present, on time and
to bring their Bibles with them.
In response to a number of re
quests It has been decided to open
each seslon of the Institute to
members of the general public up
on payment of an admission fee
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the background may be scon Mt. Kanier. Left to right, the young
women arc: Frances Robertson, Seattle; Juliette Palmer and Inez
Micki, Tacoma. , I
By OAN MAGILL The visit of the Elbertonlans
Elbert county uas Joined the Tuesday will prove to be one of
ranks of thoao communities who the milestones on the road to ng
have started out to “do something” j rlculturnl progress in Georgia,
agriculturally. And Elbert is he-1 Those people are determined
ginning at the beginning. That is. set somewhere with their program.
Elbert has an idea she wants 10 I Three hundred men and women do
bstuine a live stock center and In- not got up before daybreak, travel
etead of trying to build such an all tba way to Athena, spend tha
Industry on forelgn-bonght food- morning Impeding experiment
siutis the cttlxens have set out to farms, listen for hour* to speeches,
put un acre of alfalfa on evety of cours* they were all good, and
farm in the county and become the then ride back home to a bunch ot
"alfalfa county of the south.” chorea, perhaps, jut for fun. They
Dr. M. P. Jarnlgan declares that mean business,
ulfulfa will make more pounds of LED BY
milk and' flesh and carry more '.COUNTY AGENT
strength to the soil than any other I _. . . ... . . ,,,
'nnehtuu' *mt!*r? county counl f “gaut of that county.
Hun to’ raLT Whll^cnri* hlna^ho I ldonl of the 8ule Col "’*« of Ag-
plan to raise. ‘AVhlle enriching tho ■ ,, n |i rth ,,. n
I f” d St “ soclatoe'dltor of Th'^Atlanta Con-
iuda.l-ort.on ruled thnt th. downright "pore" "land." the Eiber- /“a ", ' J" o?",^
nswer would he Instnnter and Ro'i lMUna w „, Ko thm tinnmt and J- H* Wood, of tho
COTTON CARRYOVER IS
SMALLEST IN HISTORY
OF SOUTH, REPORT SAYS
I be instant.r and .0 | ton| , n , wl „ b , „ UIng f|neit Jaru.gau ana J. a. vvw»u, or ..... „ counlJr nn
time for the hearlnx foo( | for their cattle. If they ex- 8t *!" Kt the same time supply the
3:30
When court convened at that bout
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‘ mond Stapleton, one of the pro-
fn, or Tafrytng they mud meet.m '”
their own foodstuffs, the experts , ,on ’ Pf* ,lded over ,ho meeting,
declare. Thq delegation waa told that
CITIZENS JOIN. they represented the first county
IN MOVE so far as la known that has set out
I to achieve distinction as an atfal-
Tho first Step In the agrlcul- fa raising county and a stock rols-
tural ro-habllltatlon of Elbert Ing center. ’’Because.” ,aa Dr. Jar-
county was made aorae weeka agoihlgan pointed out, -produdlon of
when the business men and farm- foodafuff for life stock Is 90 per
ers alike awoke to the need of co-1 cent of the battle In making live
Watches, Diamond Ring operation In aolvlng the problemi atock production profitable.’’
The next step wan
Government Issues Report Placing
Condition at 67.2 and Indicated
Yield 11,516,000 Bales. October
Advances One Hundred
Points Wednesday.
(By Associated Prcse.)
ATLANTA—Charges that mem
ber* Ot the State Public Service
Commission are “loafing on the
job” and that the full membership
of five are unnecessary os ' the
work I. now being transacted
Commissioner Perry aw«»™*
ti.s* House Railroad Commit
October eotto'ri advanede one hundred and five
points Wednesday morning over the close Tuesday.
It Closed Tuesday at 21.18, opened at 21.25 and at
I the close quoted at 22.41 an advance over the previous
close of 123 points and 116 over the opening.
E . The government condition report as of July 25
received at noon over the F. J. Linnell and company
wire was placed at 67.2 and the indicated yield at
11,516,000 bales.
forv th. Hou« Rallron
tee In .upport of n meauur.' ne-
.tuned to reduce the Commission
to three members. '
Ivor asserted that some of th
work now being done by subordi
nate. of the Commission should re
ceive the personal attention of th
Commissioners themselves. Other
members of the Commission are ex
peeled to reply to hi.
1 ... /* ™m ox* mupti Lite
when the Committee meet.
Wednesday afternoon. . .
V general tax act amended so
o. to brio in on estimated amount
of one hundred thousand
additional revenue to
dollar?
^ statf
over last* year, wax Introduced In
the House by chairman Dennis ot
the Ways and Means Committee.
The not of 1UM raised Hiree mil
lion nine hundred and thlrty-foui
thousand, one hundred and ninety
seven dollars. Amoprth, Change,
mad?
creasipg
gxu
thS.' ltkTepse'-t.Iol*' to’Vx-
,d to add at lermf 'fhlrty thout-
pound.
pected to odd
and dollars to the revtnue.
And Money Stolen From ■ [^^..day to tb* aut. cm
Mlddlerooks, Holder itnd lego of Agriculture where the vla-
Nicholson Homes. ' |tor "’ orer '*°* n,an * nd women "
City detertlvos \\
tfnued thoir search f
burKlarlzPd threo Ho
day night.
i here Mon-
nd ring, thr<*e wntrhei* shap^.
and a!n>ut $60.00 in rash m«;m*y
win thr loot. Tho hnm<-* filtered
wrro tho*** «»f Captnla J. I?. M, ml-
non on Cobb street; T. I! Middle
hVnokft, llemUrson avenue am. B
T. Holder on College avenue.
A diamond ring and watrn and
some small chango was strdeit from
aptitln Nlcliohwil,
.In becoming a poultry raising
center Elbert county In creating nn
extra source of revenue which, f
| fostered sensibly and economically
i front Elbertton, Bowman and tha I and made aelt-gustalning. will
county, met. visited tho various dl- yield a golden harvest, said Mr.
visions of tho college and heard ex-1 Wood, of the poultry husbandry
pert talks on how to pdt the Ideas I division of the college,
they picked up Into' workable | Mr. Wood pointed out that 31,-
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mjvr
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133 "0 :
rash from thr Mlddlehrooks home.
a wa!f!i rind tnonf-v Irom Mr
4lo|dtr'fl rtpldcnce, ' ‘
Entrance to the homes wis madt *
through the window. Tho tlioft D (
all throft rasofl wns not discovem
until Tuesday Morning.
CARRYOVER
SMALLEST
(By Associated Press)
NEW ORLEANS.—The smallest carryover cot
ton into the new cotton year since the south became
an important producer of the staple was. announced
in the annual report of August 1, issued Wednesday
by the New Orleans cotton exchange through Secre
tary Hester.
The worlds carryover
Hearing Thursday.
On Civil Service
i Public hearing on the proposed
bill to amend the Civil Service law
ft ere increasing personnel of th«
Commission from three . to flvr
member* will be held In Atlanta
Thursday morning nt 8:30 o’clock
Advocates and opponents of the
hill here will have representative. 1
at the hearing. »
’ If you have a»ything to well ,
during thn next 3A day*. Ban-
■ i»e«**lferald* > advertising • wIR,
' belp yos. iHftfe't doing It for
others, v
of A meri
can cotton ’dras placed at LV r >7JJ)0Q
bales as against 4,879,000 bales of
a year ai?o, the report Billed. Con
sumption of American cotton dur
ing the year endin$r Tuesday was
placed at 12,031,000 bales 08
against 12,829,000 during the pre
ceding year.
The total carryover in the cot
in belt was put at 947.000 bale*
compared with, 1.906,000. The to
tal quantity held on plantationi
and uncounted in towns
Mrs. R. C. Orr Is
Made Officer In
Forestry Asso.
Athenian Named Member
Of Executive Commit
tee. James W. Morton is
Third Vice-President
aouth waa estimated at 184,000
against 964,000.
Mrs. R. C Orr of Athens, one
of the most anient workers in the
gtmte for its forests, Tuesday was
appointed a member of the newly
created executive committee of the
Georgia Forestry Axsocation.
Mrs. V/. W. Stark of Commerce
was recently elected a vice nresi-
d**nt of the association and James
W. Morton of Athens another vice
president. t
Mesdames Orr and Stark and
Mr. Morton have been very deeply
interested in the movement to con*
.serve the timlterlands of state. Mr*
the Orr having written nianv strong
« VVAHHlNGTONi D C.—The pro-
dd&Wrthi* fat- forerasted at
eleven o'clock W*»f»«ulay by the
GqvernrnV'nt i*Apkrts H 11.516-00
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articles* for Tne Baner-Herald in
sunport of the program and point-
out the need for action by V®
state to protect the trevs which
are now being cut down in large
numbers. .. . -
Bornell H. Stine is president of
the Forestry AuotVation.
Public School Music Will
Give Demonstraiton At
University Chapel Wed
nesday Evening.
A demonstration of public school
music teaching end singing will be
given by th# Public School Music
department of the summer school,
directed by John Lalng dlbb. Wed*
nerfday evening at eight o'clock.
Iij the University Chapel.
Although the program on this oc
casion promises to be exceedingly
Interesting and entertaining. It I*
primarily a "demonetratlon.” ol
the work which ha* been done 1»*
the summer school under Mr
Gibb’s d|rectIon, and will there
fore bo ' of particular interest to
ihose who are connected with' mu
sic teaching In the public schools
•It Is believed thst there Is no
teacher attending the Mitnocr
Ni’hrui who cannot derive . .real
benefit and Inspiration by attend
ing this performance Wednesday
< vening. Many others will find !♦
.very entertaining.
Two and three part songs will be
sung by pupils of the deportment,
while other pupilsifWOg the ftlck.”
It w’UI therefore not .
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“Dan's” Pungent
Humor is With Him
By “DAN" BICKERS
"Changes in the old town?"
That’* what they ask me—
the second question after ask
ing me pertinent and Imper
tinent—in a way—questions of
n. purely "persona! and local
nature.
Changes are right—some
of them, at least. Thera are
changes and then—for the
sake of the change—more
changes. Rubber tire* and the
motive of them are powerful
changing force*. You stroll
down the afreet and hunt for
the Firet Baptist church, for
example, the church famous
over the land for the ’ghost of
the bride that used to be seen
In the outer vestibule—and
in the place of the place of
worship where no one ever 1
tired, there’* a sort of retir
ing station where instead of
taking the Inflsmmabfe spirit
out of folk they re-fill the
tanks with gas. In plar* of
the Confederate monument and..
the double-barreled cannon
there Is parking place for
sntomobileo; In place of the
old time sparking place*, in
deed, there is additional park
ing apace. Looking for the hia-
toric doctor's office of tho old
en time—where they cut out
appendices, you find th# sup
ply place Vert they add a new
An agricultural program with two
alms, re-cntabllshment of eottor
production und making the section
sflf-MUEtnlnlng from, a standpoint
of food, was adopted Tuesday night
by directors of the Athens Cham
ber of Commerce. . , : 9
The program will be used kinder
as a “prop” for the farmer yblit
he is getting back to cotton pro
duction on more like a pre-boll
weevil basis arid at tho same time
serve the other purpose of provid
ing the homo market with certain
food crops which Is not now being
dune.
, A third provision includes em
ployment of u marketing expert to
sell surplus food crops grown in
this section.
Work will begin Immediately on
the program which will bo broad
cast over the section embracing
nil the counties’ now weeding the
Athens Curb Market.
ATHENS CAN USE
$£00,000 WORTH
County Agent J. \V. Firor point-
,ed out; In outlining the program,
(hat Athens consumes $.',110,000
worth of poultry'products anmi.’il
ly $30,000 of which Clarke supplies
If Olnrjco can supply the home
market it will mean that much and
market with food It means Jpr
ity, was the way ft waa put t.» the
director*. However, if Clarko sup
plies the Athens market and the
counties surrounding Clarke, which
nnturnlly look to Athens for a innr-
ket. raise large quantities of food
crops, some means of mark-ting
them must b® provided. To meet
such nn eventuality the directors
adopted a resolution which provides
for pnssnge of a bill In tho present
legislature giving any county In
Georgia tho right to employ a mar-
ketlng expert. If the bill jnsses
an«l the time comes when such n
man will he needed tho way to get
him will have been*paved, It was
pointed but. The bill will be Intro
duced either Wednesday or Thurs
day In the legislature.
ENDORSE OCONEE
8TAND ON MARKETS
un
Of
The meeting was railed nt the in
stance of Will L. Erwin, chnlrnmr
of the agricultural committee of
the Chamber of Commerce,
present were Hugh \v Whii
Still—J u s t Listen ?- rM,d - n " J - c - wnkta -*
&& W e h / r ' th '*
now" skit part* for
the wohle car. Even the farm
er*' iparket 1* occupied by—
truck*
Nnx, Lon Dudley, Jam. - White
Ktnx M.n.'nut Will Erwin, Sc-
retAry E. W. Carroll, J. w. Firor
A resolution prnlainu Oconee coun
ty’s work In behalf of agrlcultur.-
u. ndonted.
.Mr. Erwin stated thnt the suc
cess of the Curb Market makes I,
Imperative that strps ho token In
provide for nny surplus food crop,
"rnytt In this section above wluit
1 ho Purl, can handle.
The nroaram. outlined by Mr
Firor follows:
’"The effect of the World 3Vnr
on relative, values; nnd tha Advrn*
of th. Boll Weevil, hav OJr
cotton production from
nhle certainty t 0 a hazardous ,
dertaktna. Now practice.- ,
oesary to re-establish cotton
ductlop on a reasonable
ta a hazardous undertaking,
practice, nre necaaary to r -
m h a2 £?'° ,n nroduc, *°n 00 n pr„-
veio dn^rtL.™’ Pi* """ ' , "
Is f, ‘ ! pores so ;il
land Vo that the 1_
duotlon under bon'rweTvn'
•Ions win be S50 pounds of ii„,
ton per acre. To do this ]
necessary to farm a smaller i
"a. per unit of lahor. which
l u ™ *h>t supple,,,. „t,
*rop* must be developed
"apply fertility to the so’l
b«r throughout th* year,
present Ume It seems nx
strenous efforts should be n. ,,j.. 1
develop® the poultry and .1 ifrv
•rtility o:
dnstrles of this county for i
el van below;
LOCAL
MARKET
Poultry—There Is a l„o„| ,„irkc,
for large qnantltiaa of poultry and
poultry products. Athens __
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