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Established 1832 ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY AUGUST 2. 1923. VOL. 91 No. 146. Associated Press Service Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. On Trial pZ, V V ■M* -i, JL V T ■M* ■fr ,J, -| T r |, +—*1* •M' JL v *■ 1293 Summer School Term Ends With t i i Delivery of Diplomas Thursday Night ILDWI ADDRESS THURSDAY LARGEST CLASS IN THE HISTORY OF SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES LARKIN C. GARRETT (top) and his brother, iRobert O. Garrett, who are on trial at Cumberland Courthouse, Va., for the murder of Kev. E. C. Pierce. The rial has aroused such high interest that special police have been detailed from Petersburg and other sur-' rounding cities. AT ASHEVILLE MEETING Inter-Racial Commission Hits State Governments For Failure to Stamp Out Lynchings. (By Associated Press.) ASHEVILLE, N. C.—Resolu tions deploring what was termed the. failure of state governments to handle properly the lynching problem, were unanimously adopt- "jed Thursday by the commission on inter-racial co-operation in ses- , sion here. The resolutions drew no dis- • tinction between the various sec tions of the country and deplored Widow of Slain M a nlthe failure to stamp out lynching ,, .° W m 17 “ ilwhich was termed the “most con- Rnngs Tears to Eyes ol 8picuoos enemy to justice, nght- ^npptntnru At Murdei'lecusness and the most flagrant speciaiois At, muiuei vIol tion of thc constitution ot Trial. cur (treat nation." ON STAND BY WIFE By Summer School Artists Singing of Pupils of Sig nora De Fabritiis Is High Spot of Program Three Hundred and Forty Students to Remain in Athens For Complete Nine Week’s Term. DR. STEWART SAYS GOODBYE TO TEACHERS To the Students of the 1923 Summer School: We hope you have been well “nourished" and refreshed even as with the “dews of Mt. Her* You may go bnck to your work resolved to “give life more abundantly" to those In trusted to your* care. The Summer School, has en joyed having you and we trust you have been helped by thc Summer School. It Is great to “grow In Brace" that we may make our. little world better. J. H. STEWART, Director. IS POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST 8 IN ODD BY JUDGE BARRETT Gainesville - Midland Sus pension Hearing Will'Be Held Next Wednesday in Augusta. Hearing on the suspension ol passenger and freight service on the Gainesville Midland railroad from Athens to Belmont has been postponed by Judge Barrett from Saturday to Wednesday, August 8 The receivers of the road hn.vc asked for a discontinuance of this service with Athens. Jefferson and other places along the lice fighting the move. Red Flag Pulled Down and Burned , Closing exercises of the six week term of the University of Georgia Summer School, with delivery ol diplomas and certificates will be held in the University Octagon at elgth fifteen Thursday ovei This graduating class Is .he larg est In the history of the r-ummei school. One hundred and thirty- five ladies and 205 men, or 34C •students will remain at the sum ler school to attend the nine eeks course which lasts until 'August the 24th. The public b ordially Invited to attend the ex erclses Thursday evening, the pro grame of which Is as follows: CUMBERLAND COURTHOUSE Pfjtpo DellSfllted Va.—Mrs. Edward Sylvester P!e-ce I* ° told the story of the* death of her husband Wednesday. Taking the stand ana witness for the prosecu tion at the trial of Larkin C. Gar rett, who with his brother. Robert O. Garrett, is charged with having shot to death the Baptist minister at his homo on Juno 6, the frail, stooned woman stumbled and sob- through the tragic story that held the jammed little court room spell- ~ bound and brought tears to the. >Y6un6S(l&y. eyes of many. She told the version of bow her 63-year-old husband was beaten until he was bleeding j ^ n en ||yt. n ed meeting. Of the R«>- and dazed; of how- she, with their j |ary r | U t, through the contrlbu- two-months-old buhy In one arm * ‘ t | wn 0 f several selections by Klg- fought to rescue her husband; how norft p e Fubritll*, In charge of the three different times she was mug | C department of the unlver- ____ ..... „ — thrown aside by one of the Gar- H | {y 8U tmner school, and it bevy p rege ptlng thc Graduating Cloi how her husband, dazed and beautiful young ladles who arc p U et—for Soprano and Mezzc Song—Georgia Land. Invocation. Plano Ensemble: March, from the Ruins of Athens —Beethoven—Mrs. Geo. T. Rowe. Richmond, Va.; Mrs., J. H. Ander son. Augusta; Mrs. F. A. Brinson Millen; Miss Virginia Turnell Mad-' Ison; Miss Martha Wall, Augusta. Class song (By Miss Ethel Mos- teller). Address: Mr. L. F. Herring, re* bleeding, obtained a shotgun and. , mpl | H „f signora DeFabritll*, finally, how he was disarmed ami held Wednesday at the Georgian shot to death, without, she swore, hotel firing a single s»iot. _ « The youn(t ladles participating Two most tragic points of her recital came when J»he described the condition of her husband while he wan prone on the ground, beat- end down by blows from the fists of Larkin O.wrett. and again when she told of "begging them not to kill him,” even after the minister lay dead with his head on her lap. "It was horrible." she said. "There was the bldod on his head, and the blood over his heart, on his shirt." in the programme were. Misses Heusse. Ash, Adams. McNIel. Wall and Bussey. The singing of these young ladies accompanied and «JI rected by Signora DeFabritll* held the Rotarlans spellbound and the close of each number brought forth rounds of applause. Morton Hodgson, official "cheer lender," who has been absent for several weeks In tho mountains of North Carolina, was given a most cordial greeting by the members Twice she had to st9P entirely his return. Morton Hodgson Is th« and when, nt the end pf her direct testimony the defense stated they would not crosB examine her, she was near collapse and had to be assisted from the court room. OTHER DRAMATIC INCIDENTS life of any organization to which he belongs and his activities and services to the Rotary club, are ol much value. The guest of honor were Thom* ns N. Powell, of the Philippine Is lam!* and Col. E. Miles Underwood of Atlanta. Mr. Powell Is a promi nent attorney on the Island where . tjipwo his father was for a number of Of MrS. * * ...... iwni>rnl- Mr The appearance »I year, Judae-advocate i^nernl. Mr on the atand late In the afternoon ,, ](inlrom , WM f or n number el was the chief hut not the only Iramatlc Incident of the day. Other witnesses had 1 described In detail events ns they transpired nt the iMerce home on the day of the tragedy and while tho narratives essentially wehe tho same in most detail*. There was some flat con- tridictlons on what both state and defense const?ue ns tho most Im portant Issue ss to who fired the first shot * _ One pf, tljo witnesses testified they did not-see the minister fire at all, others that I#rWn Garrett \Turn to pas* alflht) nderwood years assistant attorney genera! of tho United States, under the Wilson administration. J. L. Sexton reported on the hoys' camp which was most Inter esting and showed tliat 34 hoy* at tended the camp from this city and that 35 attended from Winder. The camp was most successful and splendid work accomplished amonf the boys. President Phlnfzy appointed thf entertainment committee for gem. tern her*—Howard Benson, Jim Bui*' lock, Harvey Cahaniss, Phil Cffrapt bell and Charlfa Compton. Soprano. Whispering Hope—Hawthorne. Miss Elizabeth Bussey, Augusta. Mrs. II. II. Rothe, Moultrie. Address: Dean Charles M. Bnell* Ing. Plano Ensemble: Country Dances—Beetohven. Mrs. J. A. Anderson, Augusta. Miss Virginia Turnell, Mudison. Miss Mary Carr Cole, Madison. (Turn to page eight) Atlanta Woman Is Implicated in Man’s Death Salesman Found Dead in Chicago. Woman Com panion Denies She Killed Him. (Ry Associated Press.) - CHICAGO.—RimkII Canning, salesman, was shot and fatally wounded here early' Thursday morning after • quarrel with a woman known aa Mrs. Canning, formerly of Atlanta.' Powder bums on the dead man’s heda near thc wound nad a revol ver lying on the floor beside the body led police to believe that the man had committsed suicide. When questioned by the police. Mrs, Canning dcncid that ahe had killed (he snleamw,, saraiR, “tye JTft woman immediately hysterical. I Attorney John B. Gamble, repre sentlng the Seaboard railroad. th« Athens Terminal company and tin of bonds of the Athens Terminal of bonds of Vh Athena Termtna' compnny, will file n formal Inter vention before the Judge objecting to the discontinuance. , Mr. Gamble will be nt the hear ing Wednesday and will push th< Interests of his clients before Judgi j ______ The Gainesville Midland enters j Captain and Three Wo- STEGEMAN ON , VACATION Coach’ll. J.' Htegeman leave* Friday afternoon for San Fran cisco. California, traveling via the Canadian Pacific to' Lakt Louise, Vancouver, Seattle and Portland. Mrs. Htegenmn and the other members of the fam ily are already ,In California and Mr. Htegeman will Join them there. The conch will return here about September 3rd to resume •Is duties as head of athletics at the University of Georgia. Police allowed an I. W. W. red flag to. wave opposite the dock* at Hoboken, N. J. It remained there tow days, many citizens became indignant'because the Stars and Stripe* wars not flown alonfcide. Then a group of workingmen took affairs into their own hands. They pulled down the red flag,tore it to At a meeting held here two weeks shreds and burned it. Above, the Hag is being torn up. ,ago committees were named from jail of the points affected and the?'- committees were instructed to net i •ns a general committee to carry the I fight before Judge Barrett In ? Augusta, who will hear the case, i Action will very probably be* taken by the committee to place It in a position to argue the merits,; of the move before the, Judge. Ir j other words, nn Intervention will I probably be filed by tho commltteo, objecting to the discontinuance ot I Jhe service and giving tho commit-1 tee a hearing before the Judge In-•' stead of placing It In the position j of spectators and Informal object*! ors to the move. TO DON OVERALLS New York Senator Says Democrats Will Return to Power in Executive Office. ADDRESSESSTATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY m n nTrin*rni Adjusted Compensation . S. STEAMER For Naraed M Athens on the tracks of ^ht 8. A L. and this road and the Athene Terminal company are vitally In terested In the action That is taker in the case. Several members of the local committee will go to Augusta Wed nesday for the hearing. ONE IfiStLED AND TWO WOUNDED IN DANCE HALE ROW Memphis Man Killed and Two Proprietors of Dance Hall At Lakeview Wounded. (By Aoseoiated Press.) MEMPHIS.—One man was kilt ed and two wounded, one of them seriously, in a pistol battle which was staged at the dance hall at Lakeview, Miss., near here early Thursday morning. A. M. Mitchell of Memphis, a railroad employee, was shot to death, while John Kirkland, pro prietor of the dance hall is in * very < serious condition at a local hospital and Charles Auferoth, a part owner In the dance hall was also badly wounded. ‘ Kirkland, according to the p«- IhMi admitted kMing Mitchell. etaimIHir' that thfa latter came lb the iktaneoiballi'te/ “murder Auto- rath : and ’niystdfy and lfit« bin* the, lead.” One Issue Party Should Support. men of American Steam- ,h. CP Wounded in right Republican party has "miserably With Chinese. nml Ignomlnlously failed," and ex* ________ m rressing his confidence that the (By A««Delated IVen 3 1 Democratic party will main comi PEKINQ.-ln a fracas aboard tho " n *Z' "V* a Cop V American .learner Alice Dollar, * New York Iq/nn sstend- cau.ed when a crowd of Chlne.e ,d * d, ' r '** bttorw tfc. Owij, Q.n- Ropes Bootleggers DidnTGet His Car All auto ownera have their trouble., uy. Jewell Crowley, •on of E. T. Crowley of 390 H.ncock avenue. Jewell owned a handsome car, even If It wn. only n toy ho loved to ride in it and en joyed the pleasure just a. much a. the .peed demon, do when they race on Milled pc avenue. Jewell I. not ridini, theso day.. Someone, he doesn’t know who, took his car. He say. he hope, a bootlegger didn't steal It to haul whiskey. If he could get his’car back he would be happy once more. PRESIDENT RAPIDLY REGAIN! HEALTH Chief Executive Has Good Night. Seems Now to Be Out of Dan- soldiers boarded her at Ichang and demanded free transportation from the captain of the ship. In the fight which followed, the captain and throe women. Including the wlfo and tho daughter of the Dollar Lino agept, were seriously Injured, according to reports reaching customs officials here Thursday. A party of Amcrinn bluejackets from u gunboat r fl 8Pmhl“d to tho call for help and overpowered th? rioters, arresting fifteen f then^^i" ,,, Many shots were Bred before th*‘ ho1 fighting was ended. oral Assembly Thursday discussed _ some of the chief factors entering" into the problems. These he brought out, were transportation, and Rervntion of natural resources. Thc effect of these upon the farmer laboring man, war veterans, and country at large were ’specially "We are living In a remarkable period of the world's history/* ll»t n-nator declared In bin, opening remark. "No matter how complex how compelling, how disturbing iw heart breaking any other Hr.y nay have been, I doubt if the soun of hiis have ever been tried more •than they are at this time." DELIEVE8 IN A BONUS PLAY YOUR OWN GAME Men speak of business as a Ifftne. Your "(am;’’. Mr. Merch ant is to sell goods. Yon play your game with— not against—the publie. Playing the game for all there is in it mean* playing with the publie— And having plenty of public to oiay it with. Otherwise the game’s a fix? z?r—the score’s a joke—the net result is total disappoint ment. You can’t afford that kind of a game. Then your object to win a public—and to hold it. And—having won and held | j ln (*„«!>*. Into food ml- ■ T * Aq qll «M. J— will, '‘oi,, i J M f>rm . Tho KIW «howr ■ImtUw yqnr > j |h;l( „ ; .i.tytHn. and one hair rto,«i'.rt» to P»y » plM- (Twin to Pag. Eight) The farmer, Senator Copeland said, has suffered more than si the rest of society. He named agri culture as the fundamental in dustry of America, ss well as of many other countries, and assert ed that It takes sixty-thre# and there cannot be permanent pros perity for any nation." Commenting on what he pointed out to be the relatively low pur chasing power of present day farm products, he cited the letter of r V'cginlnH farmer which was re cently printed In a New York pa per In whfclv the farmer had taken J pAlns to translate the coW of labor, Ewrr-tle, persistent gdver- tisinK. •! i ' (By Associated Pre.,.1 PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUAR TERS, SAN KRANCISf O.—Pre.l dent Harding seemed well nn thi way to regaining his health Thur, day morning. Following a restful. night, the president nwoke about seven I’clcok seemingly greatly refreshed and much stronger thnn at any time since he ha. been III. During the day Wednesday, the president wee restless. The rest lessness of the day was due In part, it wan said by the physicians, to a sMght amf only temporary, at tack of Indigestion resulting from Inability to assimilate two sort boiled eggs eaten for hronkrast. I This unfavorable condttti.u was more than over balanced by the decline of the president's tempera ture to normal for the Drat time. Mention of both ot thdse elemente In the president's condition war made by the attending physicians in a bulletin Issued .at 4:69 o'clock Wednesday evenlug. The bulletin added that there was evidence of slight Improvement In the condi tion ot the lungs, where central patches of bronchi-pneumonia bad existed since Monday. The pi -l, according to the bulletin, bad varied during the day from 116 to 120 and the respiration from 36 to 40. , Every official statement from (Turn to Pago Eight) British Premier Joins Lord Curzon in Express ing Hopelessness of the Franco-Belgian Reply. (By Associated Press.) LONDON. — Premier Baldwin Thursday joined with Lord Cur- zon, thc Secretary of Forcitrn Af fairs, in informing parliament that thc replies of France and Belgium to the British reparations note seemed to hold out no pros pect of settlement of the Ruhr situation in the near future nor the opening of discussioh regard ing the reparations problem. Premier Baldwin began his statement by reviewing the Brit ish draft of the reply to Germany’s last note on tho reparations, lie then made the statement, which was practically identical with that made by Lord Curzon in the upper chamher, expressing - Tegret that ths governnfent could * not find enough material in the Franco- Bidgian responses ’to send a joint allied reply to the German note. Baldwin said that the British government had expressed the opinion that while nothing should he done which,would bo inconsist ent with the stipulations of the Versailles treaty. An * advantage could be derived if impartial ex perts, co-operating with the repar ations commission, should careful ly examine Germany’s capacity to pay her debts. The reply also pointed out, .Baldwin stated, that the economic value of such a step must large- depdnd upon factors not men- led in the German memeran- n, such as stabilizing the mark, anting the budget and that no guarantees could be effective un- . less a provision were made for J some form of international con trol over Germany and her finan cial administration. No word has yet come from Paris over the speeches made by Lord Curzon and Premier Bald win. State School Census Shows Big Increase Illiteracy in Georgia Is on Decline, According to Superintendent Ballard’s Report Tabulation of ths 1923 srhoo’ census of Georgia shows that there are exactly 900,352 children be tween the ages of C and 18 ln tide stnte, according to a detailed » nu nt made public by ! Intendent Ballard. Thin Is nn In crease of 59,491 over the of school children In Georgia 1918, when tho Inst previous t plcti* state-wide census was Of the total number of Ge children of school ago at th ent time, 624,35 are white and 217 are colored. Fulton leads of the counties, with a total 65,776 chilldren, of which her 53.069 nre in Atlanta, 1mm county comes Mom#4 194. Bibb with 19,489 is third and 'Richmond with 18,864 stand: fourth. The percentage of illiteracy the stnte Is declining. .The total number of Illiterates for 191S was .23,783, and In 923 the number haol been reduced to 15.432. Burke county has the greatest number of illiterates—619, of whom 603 art negroes; Jefferson county Is second, with 385, whom 352 nre negroes; Troup county is third, with 317 Illiterates of whom 300 are negroes. The number of defectives school age increased during | year period from 4,622 to 4,92 which 401 are blind, 020 dumb, 1,930 crippled and 1.971 feeble minded. DRINKS OWN TONIC; DIES A MARTYR Toklo, J.ipuij—Taking a dose ot hi* recently discovered medical ()reparation which ho belleveil to be n cure for hookworm, T.-ichu okumura, attached to the epidemte laboratory, sacrificed himself to science. Mr. Okumura, with others, had been working for some years In an effort to find a cure for the ills. >kW. Tt was believed he w ,, m ak* Jng U test on himself when thj fatal dodc was taken. Investigate Today! To Regular Subscribers THE BANNER-HERALD 61,000 Accident Policy Frcq Daily and Sunday—10 Cent* a Week. ATHENS COTTON: Minni.iNO 2J )■— PREVIOUS CLOSE — — 23 l-2e THE WEATHER: jCIor With I ,ittl<* Change in • Temperature.