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Investigate Today! To Regular Subacribei THE BANNER-HERALD gl,000 Accident Folicy Free ATHENS COTTON: Middling 23!/Jc Previous Close 22J/&C Daily and Sunday—10 Cent* a Week. EeUbliahed 1832 Daily and Sunday—Id Cent* a Weeli. THE WEATHER: WEATHER we* Clear and Cooia Wednesday ni VOL. NO. 145 Associated Pres* Service ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1, 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. S Cents Sunday. FARM PROGRAM ADOPTED RY AMNS TRADE BOARD 4—4* ■M 1 \ +-+ J, J, T V *1* ^ ^ J. j. i T 4*—4* 4—4* *—* Ja T tr 4* ”4* 4*—4* 4*—4* 4*-4* 4^-4* 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 (Turn to Pac# Eflght) 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 * (Turn to PsC* Eight) 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 (Turn to page eight) ‘ 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 $60.00 in rash m«;m*y win thr loot. Tho hnm<-* filtered wrro tho*** «»f Captnla J. I?. M, ml- non on Cobb street; T. I! Middle hVnokft, llemUrson avenue am. B T. Holder on College avenue. A diamond ring and watrn and some small chango was strdeit from aptitln Nlcliohwil, .In becoming a poultry raising center Elbert county In creating nn extra source of revenue which, f | fostered sensibly and economically i front Elbertton, Bowman and tha I and made aelt-gustalning. will county, met. visited tho various dl- yield a golden harvest, said Mr. visions of tho college and heard ex-1 Wood, of the poultry husbandry pert talks on how to pdt the Ideas I division of the college, they picked up Into' workable | Mr. Wood pointed out that 31,- i Turn to oago eight! mjvr al. h i 133 "0 : rash from thr Mlddlehrooks home. a wa!f!i rind tnonf-v Irom Mr 4lo|dtr'fl rtpldcnce, ' ‘ Entrance to the homes wis madt * through the window. Tho tlioft D ( all throft rasofl wns not discovem until Tuesday Morning. CARRYOVER SMALLEST (By Associated Press) NEW ORLEANS.—The smallest carryover cot ton into the new cotton year since the south became an important producer of the staple was. announced in the annual report of August 1, issued Wednesday by the New Orleans cotton exchange through Secre tary Hester. The worlds carryover Hearing Thursday. On Civil Service i Public hearing on the proposed bill to amend the Civil Service law ft ere increasing personnel of th« Commission from three . to flvr member* will be held In Atlanta Thursday morning nt 8:30 o’clock Advocates and opponents of the hill here will have representative. 1 at the hearing. » ’ If you have a»ything to well , during thn next 3A day*. Ban- ■ i»e«**lferald* > advertising • wIR, ' belp yos. iHftfe't doing It for others, v of A meri can cotton ’dras placed at LV r >7JJ)0Q bales as against 4,879,000 bales of a year ai?o, the report Billed. Con sumption of American cotton dur ing the year endin$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 (Turn to Page Eight) 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 . ffnra to page eight) “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 __ (Turn to pay. eight) 3 A — -v,