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Page eight iThos. Meighan in l‘The Ne’er Do Well’ lAt Palace Theatre Favorite Male Screen Star Here in Excellent Pic ture; Aliss Funkenstein Thursday Night. (Continued page i till util did not fire at all. tlmt both fired. One witness. Glenn Pierce, son of the plain man, said the pistol in his father's hand was accidentally discharged info the ground when It. O. Garrett Jerked the shotgun from hfs hands, while Judge William M. Smith, the coun ty comn\onwealth's attorney end regarded as p.-'vbuhly *hr most in • portant wltnea* next to Mrs. Pierre, declared that Pierce fired .the first shot. On cross-examina tion, however. he said the first two shots were almost simultaneous. Aftc*r his testimony Mr. Smith brought to the court the two re volvers which ho said the Garretts had used and which he said had been in his safe since the day of the shooting. The weapons had’ not been broken and when unloaded j by special deputy sheriff James Tf. | Talbot one was found to contain five empty and one loaded shells, while the other held two empty and four loaded shells. Jtoth weap ons apparently were new and’ of the latest make and of similar de sign. The shotxnn which was Identified by Willard PfPrco, an other son of the dead man. as the one R. O. Garrett had taken from his father, also was introduced In evidence later. It contained two loaded shells. SCHOOL GRADUATES (Continued From Page One) By JOHN E. OREWRY Thomas M -urban, tavorit ■ nial screen star, playing the leading role in "The Ne'er-Do-Well,- is at the (Palace theatre for perform ances Thursday and Friday. Ills loading lady is Lila Lee and the Rent JIB BXITlTKH-BWaXP. ATIIEHII. ueoyUA Around Athens With Col. T. Larry Gantt J. S. ELJ'i.i committed biniseir. ij. v. er and tin said to huv. Mr. Elder m f union to ij.; several fin. couuty. The Dvea in Ain this section. in Hancock county, icide by shooting » a prominent farm- iilure in crops are a used the rash act. i u from near Jef- < ock and he owns arms In Jackson .•cased has rtlu- - and all throUgii jjsns WORLD NEEDS TO DON OVERALLS i connection with the perform- n Thursday evening at nine | o'clock Miss lilunm Funkenstein, I direct from a studio in New York j City, will give a dancing act. Miss ‘ Funkenstein is an Athenian and her talents and ability ns a dancer nre well known here. "The .Wer-Do-Weir i H n plc- turization of Hex Reach's well knowr^/ novel of the same title. Kirk Anthony, played by Thom as Meighan. Is the ne'er-do-well son of a wealthy man. As the re sult of a prank he finds himself on board a steamship hound for Panama without a cent in his pock ets. He arrives, and the fun be- ette Ashe, Athe Miss ‘Henri** Afar Perrin. An MacNtll. An *s. II. II. Itothe, Moultrie, s. W. L Scott, Augusta, sing Remarks—Dr. J. S. Stev Song: Alma Mater. irtlnndt, Market Gossip Received Over F. J. Linnell & Company’s Private Wire NEW ORLEANS, I,a. — I.ivcr- pool was due 11 to 15 up by New Orleans, 9 to JO higher by New York. Southern spots Wednesday were 25 to 125 up; Dallas 120 higher; middling there 21.65. Sales at Dallas 560; all told 9,606 vs 8,594 Tuesday. Looks like another bull season ahead, perhaps more bullish than last season, unless cron improves, &a following prospective supply •hows: American cotton this sea- ion vs last season. Carry-over August 1st, 2,573,000 vs 4,873,000. Crop actual growth estimated 12,- 216,000 vs 10,424,000. Total 14,- 789,000 vs 15.303.000. World’s carry-over 2,572,000. Season’s simply estimate 14,789,000 vs 15,- 203j000; less burnt, etc., 100,000. World consumption 12,631,000. Actual growth includes allow ance foj* linters. Nevertheless, present indicated supply for this season is 414,000 less than fast season. Since July 25th, crop has prpbably deteriorated further, es pecially in Texas. However, may he cooler with showers in north Texas and Oklahoma. Pavor buying on depressions un til Texas and Oklahoma is favor ed with a good general rain. Sen timent apparenlty more bullish than otherwise now. Luckily, he meets Mrs. ( a woman of means, who obtains for him a position on the railroad as a conductor. While thus em ployed he encounters and falls In love with a charming Spanish girl. Their love romance is prolific of many Interesting developments which combine to mako "The Ne’er- Do-Well" one of the most enter taining picture shows here this Lila Lee plays opposite Mr. Meighan with signal effect. The cast generally, including Gertrude AHtor, John Miltern. Gus Wein berg and Laiiranee Wheat, acquit ted themselves artistically. Prohi Agents to Continue to Stop Cars Fro Whiskey gov ATLANTA, Gn.—Federal Prohi [bition Director Fred Dlsmuke nounowl here that Ills agents be instructed not to fire on tomobilcs, except in defense of their lives, btit that they will continue tf search cars suspected of transport lng liquor without the necessity oi n search warrant. Ho also announced that eminent prosecution would he dertaken against the three West Point hoys who killed one prohi httton ngent several days ago when their car was halted. Agent Gradj Cobb, w’ho wns wounded by the hoys, him been recommended for suspension, he stated. Mr. Dlsmuke stated that agents would he directed not to block roads in combating liquor running. He said his Investigation convinced him the West Point eurrenee was a “mistake on both Many I)ic Without Medical Attention MARKETS ATHENS COTTON The local cotton market showed a drop at the close Thursday. The previous close was 23 1-2 cents, while the market closed Thursday at 23 1-4 cents. NEW YORK COTTON Open High Low Close P.C. Jan. 22.30 22.60 21.93 21.99 22.15 Oct 22.50 22.86 22.17. 22.25 22.41 Dec. 22.64 22.80 22.11 22.12 22.33 11 A. M. Bids: January 21.96; October 22.33; December 22.17. NEW ORLEANS COTTON Open High Low Close P.C. Jan. 22.02 22.30 21,64 21.64 21.87 Oct 22.15 22.33 21.62 21 62 21.89 Dec. 22.15 22.38 21,66 21.60“ 21.98 11 A. M, Bids: January 21.60; October 21.05; December 21.08. LIBERTY RONDS Open r. c. SI-2* . 100.4 100.1 Flint 1 Hi .. . tlS.4 98.4 Second 4 l-4s .. . 98.4 98.5 Third 4 1-4* .. . . 88.22 98 22 Fourth ‘4 I-4» .. . 08.4 98.5 Victory . 99.20 UU.20 CHICAGO GRAIN Open P. C., WIIEAT- s*pt 98 98%' net - ... 101 ini'4 JCORN— 77% 105% 77% Dec 03% 63% July 05% OATS— Sept 35% Dtc 37% July 40 M The Georgia bureau of vital sta tistics has compiled figures which w that 4,301 persons died rgla last year without medical attention. Of this number, • duo to accidents^ suicides homicides. The other'deaths w due to disease, some of which w contagious. Hn far ns the records nr© com plete they Indicate that the deaths were distributed Recording to race ns follows: 924 whites 3.331 ne groes. , The bulletin of the bureau show* thnt there is In Georgia one phy- nlctn^i to every 850 ttersnn* whereas In the country nt large the ratio of physicians to population is one to every 750 persons. In th© cltler of more tbnn 10.000 population there In one physician to every 425 persons, while In the smaller tow._„ and rural districts the ratio Is one physician to each 1,108. LOCAL OFFICERS RETURN TO CITY Captain Fleetwood Lanier, Lieu tenant., E. C. We,(brook and W. P. Pnschall of the Organiicd Reserve Corps. U. S. Army, have returned from Ft. Bnigg, N. C., where they have spent two week, nt the government field artillery training school. These nffireni are among those from Athens attending the sum mer training camps. Others have gone to the other branch schools, especially to the Infantry school nt Camp McClelland, Alabama. fie following oro the members In* 1922 class who arc camil 's for thn Summer School di ploma: Ammons, A. J.; Adams. Del Rey; Barnwell, Kthel; Blount. Mrs. Nan nie R.; Britt, William C.; Brown, Bertha; Brown, Vera Mate; Bryan, Elizabeth; Burdette, J. (’.; Camp, Opal; Ohambloss, Mary Lynn; Claxfon, Mrs. Ruby; Colbert, Lou ise; .( ulpepper, Vara; Dewberry. Mrs. R. P.; Dumas, Mary L.; Dur den, Inez; Fain. Kminulu; oftney, J. L.; Gaines, WRiln Geo; Gardner, Oseo Belle; Grant, 'Mrs. Jessie; Groover. Lnula Leona; Grubbs, Katherine; Hamlin. AcTell; Ham mond, Sarah E.; Heath, Verdin; Herring, L. F.; Hicks, Vivian; Hutchcribn. Leila; Jones, Evelyn; Jones. Lula; Kelley, Mrs. Ethel; Lancaster, (lari E.; Lancaster, O. Landrum, Mrs. Dorothy; Liles, Margaret E.; Linder. Dorothy*. Mansfield. Ethel; Mathews. Mrs. Jane Nall* Mixon, Susie; Moncrlef, Wilbur; Mosteller, Ethel AUeen: MrtKinnon! Ollle; Nelson, Daisy; Nelson, Mary E.; Odum, Annls; Pilklnton, Gertrude; Powell, Mrs. Addle; Rehberg, • Rebel; Rowan Florence K.; Russell, Mary O.; Sanders, Emma; Sanders, I*ea; Shlflet, Harvey H.; Sims, Alice; Smalley, KIHe; Smith, Addle Rach ael; Smith, Lillie Mae; Spelr. Bes- slo E.; Spence, Mrs. W. C.; Staton, Willie; Stevens, Sarah; [Turner, Mary E.; Wade. Mary Alico': Ward Ida A.; Ware, Evelyn; Wells. Ber tha; Wells, Carrie Minnie; Wil liams. J. C.: Wright, Sarah Anne. • MR. ROBERTS, a farmer near Bogart, in Ocou.-e county, says he Alin year planted twelve acres of fcotton to the plow and has a most promising crop. His cotton has been pract. ally free of boll weevllg and during the entire year he only found five weevils in his cotton. He us< .i poison and continue to do so. (Continued from page one.) JOE HANDRI I* who has a fan ear Darberville, >. t ys hlmaolf and other farmers in his neighborhood have fine cotton crops and ar keeping the Weevils down by poi son. News from all over ITiis p c tion is that farmers expect to make as much cotton per acre as be for the pest appeared. The stnte examination for teach* s will ho held on August 3 and ns follows: Friday For Friday morning from 8:30 to 1:00 o’clock: Primary—Spelling, Manual cf Methods, Beading, Arithmetic. nernl Elementary—Spelling, Manual of Methods, Arithmetic, Agriculture pnd Nature Study. High School and Supervisory— English, History, Manual of Meth* ods. Reading Course— Primary and General Elementary Manual of Methods, I.lncoln’t Ev eryday Pedagogy, Grant’s Asqulr* ng Skill in Teaching. , High School and Supervisory— Manual of Methods, Stark’s Every Teacher's Problems, Parker's Methods of Teaching Nn High Schools. History and Geography of Geor gia. For rldny afternoon from 2 to 30 o’clock: * Primary—Geography?, Language Lessons, Literature and Stories for ’rlmary Grades. General Elementary—Geography English Grammar, U. S. History and Civics, Physiology and Hy* HON. P. W. DAVIS, of Lexlng ton, was in the city Tuesday Judge Davis owns a large farm on Indian creek In Oglethorpe county and says he lias not planted a seed of cotton. Ilf* has inclosed his en tire farm with a woven wire fenc and Is raising Holstein cattle sheep and goats. With a tractor and labor-saving farm machinery he says with two hands he can cul tivate 150 acres of land In grain and liny crops, pur fanners, to meet the labor shortage, must sow down more of their lands nnd use improved machinery. RUFUS MOBS, of Athens, nnd the Georgia Power Co., havo do nated - to the Georgia Press As socintion a lot nt Tallulah Falls nnd a committee has been named hy the president to Inspect and ac cept tho gift. The association will probably establish a summer camp for the use of members, it was n handsome act on tho part of the donors. ON TUESDAY we talked with prominent farmers from tho dif ferent sections of^Elbort county, who were with tho committee to visit the Agricultural College and farm. They say they are keeping down the boll weovll and will make good crops of cotton—about ps much per aero as before tho ad vent of tho weevn. Early corn was badly hurt by the worm but with rains they will make late corn. Several of these gontlemen said they read tho Banner-Herald every day nnd by canvassing we can largely extend our circulation in that county, ag good highways have drawn Athens and Elbert very near together. terer for one half day, an acr*\ '■ pay a bricklayer for one day: 23. '•> pound chickens to pay a palri't- for one days work in New Nork' 42 pounds of butter the o '(put fourteen cows fed and n\llKe<! f*»‘ one day—to pay a plumber $14 day; a 175 pound hog representing 8 months’ feeding and care to P'O a carpenter for one day’s work Adjusted compensation for via- veterans and particular care »f a I who suffer mentally or physlcall.t as a result of the war was also ex pressed as a Democratic part 5 principle by the senator. Referrlnc i<> Immigration he declared the party should formulate an immlgr.i tlon act founded on -selection, ex nminntlon mad eabroad by Ameri can officials in administration to d" away with cruelties of the present iu some respects'to .iHtfoote effl clency and so that there may be the same smooth runping condition that exists at the white house in Washington. The formal day bulletin spoke of the president as being ‘‘fairly com fortable” after the night’s sleep I which was the bt.t lie has obtained I sine he. was taken ill. of less la- j ,)0re d breathing, only a slight ' <:ou *»h, regular and satisfactory } j elimination, and a lung condition [ ;t hout the same as Tuesday when ! i it was said there were evidences I I of subsidence of the central patch- j i es of broncho-pneumonia. It-gave j his temperature as '99 degrees, pulse .114, and respiration 30. *rr ,;august »„ fussing to (he subject of forelgt relation Senator Copeland asser ted that the present trouble of th> world is not war or the fear of war but discontent born of idleness ’What the world needs Is work” h said, "Nothing makes for content ment of mind Uke pleasing occupa tion with a fair share of the prof its, nnd the certainty of unfailing incomes.” Dr. Lynch to Lead Services Here For t Prayer Meetings t* f The pulpit supply committee of the First Presbyterian church wishes to announce* that they have "cured the services of Dr. J. W. Lynch, former pastor of the First Baptist church here and professor "f Bible at Wakeforest College, for the morning services on August the 5th and the 12th, and for the prayer meetings on August the sth and the 15th. Former Madison County Man Dies "Have you seen the IDEIUT REGAINS HEALTH (Continued From Peat Ona) the attending physicians contained [fences of improvement and ry report from the sick room told of the steady progress. The result is that the cautious physic ians are almost ready to announce that nil danger is passed. They rec ognize, however* as they said In a bulletin Issued shortly after 10 o'clock, that “every care Is neces sary to assure freedom from fur ther complications.” With his situation existing, there was a settling down during thn day to tho task of bringing about n complete recovery—a task that will require an Indefinite number of days, most of which will be spent here In San Francisco. The head quarters hurriedly established here last Sunday morning, were altered Mr. C. T. Bulloch, formerly of Madison county and Winterville, icd in Asheville, N. C., Wednes- ( ay after an illness of several | ears’ duration. He was sixty . ears old and had lived in Ashe ville for three years. Surviving Mr. Bulloch are his wife, Mrs. Cienie Bulloch, one brother and two nieces. The re mains will arrive from Asheville Thursday night over the Southern railway at 8:30 o’clock and the. funeral will be conducted from the Winterville Baptist church Friday at 4 p. m.. Rev. W. M. Code officiating. Interment will be at Winterville. Bernstein Bros, funeral home is in charge. Read Banner-Herald Wants EXCURSION $7.00 Round Trip to Ty bee August 4th. Good for four, days. Where ocean breezes blow. Central of Georgia Ry. the! HERALD WANT ADS. Too Lata to . Classify LOST—ON CLAYTON STREET near Martin Shoe Store, white and yellow gold filigree bar pin with small diamond in center.) Liberal reward for return. Phone a5p LOST— WATERMAN S Fountain n. J. W. Caskey, Phone 728. WILL BUY, SELL OR REPAIR cash registers. Call L- N. Rob erts, Phone 1680. . oJt gin©. High School—Mathematics (Arif metlc, Algebra, Geometry.) Saturday Op 8atunlay morning, 8:30 to 1 there will he questions on tho fol lowing: liluh School—Languages (Latin, Spanish, French) tnk© any on Science—(Agriculture, Biology. Physics,) take any two. The questions In the Trlmarj nnd Genernl Elementnry Rending Courses are for those teacher? .wishing to renew Primary or Gen eral Elementary License of th* First Grade, expiring In 1923. am these will he given Friday morn Ing, August S. MR. ED RAY. a large land-ouner near Watson Spring, was in Ath ens this week, and says he does not think twenty-five acres have been planted in cotton In whole of Upper Greene courty. Nearly all of the negroes nave left and many plantations remain un- tilled. 300 CORSETS On Sale At $1.98 Values up to Tomorrow we will offer 300 Corsets at unusual prices, all fresh and clean mer chandise. All sizes, all styles in flesh and white— W. B. AND (STYLISH STOUTS) Low and medium bust. These are numbers that we are discontinuing, is the reason for tins big reduction. Stout women will read this as good news as the stylish (STOUT MODELS) are in this sale. W, T. Collins Inc, MR. HARD1GREE, of Pconon county tills work received a letter from one of bin darkey* who had joined the exoduatera, asking that Mr. Hardlitrco nave his houae for him aa he was coming back just as soon aa ho could save enough monoy to pay railroad fare. He wound up his letter saying that he wan home nick and there was no place like Oconee county and old Georgia. FALLING FROM A TREK, HE CLUTCHES LIVE WIRE PONTIAC, Mich.—Emerson G. Brown, a tree surgeon, was trim ming a tree near Silver Lake when hin foot slipped. To avoid falling to tho ground Brown grab bed a wire that ran close to the tree. It was u high-tension wire ami Brown was so severely hum id that he may not recover. His home in in Birmingham. NEW YORK STOCKS Open ir.M. 77 77 ' 33% 33% 87% mi Coca Cola . Ken. Copper U. 8. Steel . Locw’s Inc. . Sou. Ry. ... U. S. Sugar P.CJ 70% 1 33% 87% 15 32 32 58% LAST DAY ^Tuesday was last return day foi thr iwiwt t«rrh «»f ihe oily. couri total.of 4lvft coses were placed on the docket ff«* Uir|M/Mitu.i) at this session o Judge Brndwrll’a court. The court will convene on th* third Monday in August. A called communication of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 22, F. & A. M., will be held in Masonic Temple this (Thursday) even ing August 2nd, at eight o’clock. The M. M. degree will be con ferred. By order of. E. O. KJNNEBREW, W. M. JNO. G. QUINN, Secretary. Remodeling on , Woolworth Bldg. Is Begun Wed. Work ha* been started on re modeling the building that is to be occupied here by Woolworth’s ten cent store this fall. William J. Miller, local contractor and builder, has charge of the work nnd he is under contract to have the place ready for occupancy by September'23rd. The location of the store will be the two places formerly occu pied by the H. J. Reid Company and the E. I. Smith Shoe Com pany on Clayton street. The prop erty is oned by Sidney and Sol Boley and the two stores will be Iq intp one large one Iqf this mn |ine« s while the H. J. Reid Gloth- ing Company haa moved up Clay ton atreet to th. Talmage build ing, near the Strand theatre. THE MASONIC ANNIVERSARY and barbecue, to be held* at Dan- ielsvllle on August 9th, will be strictly a Masonic affair and con fined to members of tho order. Preparations are being made for u grqpt occasion and a fine bar becue dinner will be served. Among tho speakers will bo Grand Master J. P. Bowdoln and Past Grand Master N. E. Ballard', state super intendent of education. Tho com- mltteo to arrange tho program la Robert Ashford, of Watkinsville; Arthur Mosley, of Danlelsville, and K. C. Pnyne and' A. W. Capps of Athens. Last year the 8th district barbecue was held at Watkfna- villa. A large delegation of Mason* from Athens will attend. FRANK SHACKLEFORD return ed Monday from a business trip to Hancock county. Ho says crops are fine down there amf he saw cotton with 23 grown bolls and 56 squares. The boll weevil almost paralysed farming in Hancock, bat by the uso of poison farmers are mastering the pest. The same good news reaches us from Morgan and other counties below Athens. T- prediction is that when he exo dusting negroes learn that cotton can bo raised In Georgia, by next winter they will be coming back faster than they loft. M. G. BEARING. Milledge ave nue has a yarn „t jersey Giant Black chickens, thn only fowls of that breed in this section, except a few at the Agricultural Collier. They are not only the largest chicken known, tho cockerels weighing 13 and h-ns 10 pound* hut they are said to be the hard- test ami faniawmgst^ mogt diUive ftWVpUMibk' of fmvlaVA test pen of five hens for a period of five winter weekk yielded 108