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ATHENS, GA„ TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1923,
/AITING FOR
fHEMANWHO
WON’T RETURN
Athenians Will Seek to
Prevent Discontinuance
of Line Between Bel
mont and Athens.
S. A. L.TOOPPOSE
MOVE OF ROAD
Cities on Route Affected
By Suspension Will Also
Send Representatives to
Hearing.
FIFTY ARE KILLED
IN BATTLE
(By Associated Press.)
MANILLA.—Fifty Moro s were
killed and many more were
wounded. In a battle near Lake
Iaanao on the Island of Minda
nao late Monday, with members
of the Constabulary Force.
In the fighting three of the
members of the Constabulary
wore wounded, one of thers
thought fatally. It was state L
the report of the battle which
was given In at the Governor-
General’s office, which gave
few details of the fighting.
FIVE ARE DEM Hi
Harding’s Home Church
Irhe most famous dog in
]the world, “Laddie Boy,”
i sits at the door of the
/trite House watching
(Members of the loeni committee _ ~., . * • M
to appear u,.iore j U d S e w. ii. liar- Two Others Among Injur-
rett in protest against disrominu- I
once of service on the Gainesville-
Midland railroad from Athens to
Belmont will go to Augusta in time
for the hearing Wednesday morn
ing.
The managers of the road,, tin
der the bankrupt' receivers have
asked for the discontinuance on
thin branch of the road and Ath
ens, Jefferson and other points „ ,
along the line are fighting the I morning when a freight train hit
move. Such action on the part of an automobile in which the victims
the road would leave Jefferson en- w cr e riding at a crossing
tfrely without *railroad frJ*ilitieB j RIfryi. .Toilet and Eastern Rpil-
und there are located there many road tracks.
Physicians of Eighth
eressional D i s t r i c t to
Hold Annual ' Meeting
Here on Wednesday.
HOLD BARBECUE
AT EAST LAKE
Mayor Thomas and Dr.
Reynolds to Make Wel
come Addresses. Large
Attendance Expected.
A delicious Georgia barbecue will
feature the meeting of the 8th dis
trict physicians when the Associa
tion moets hero Wednesday for
th<* annual district convention. The
place of the session Is East Lake
I and between the morning and aft
ernoon business meetings will be
I the barbecue/ served In the open
! w *Di the trimmings that make
tfaptlSl. theso affairs especially palatable
church * (** Georgia.
two more will die, as a result of I f d.u p urnciVIpnl’ It is thonplit that tho final ’Vayor George C. Thomas and Dr.
a collision here early Tuesday 01 ™ e ** ** UiOUgllL trial- IDG Iinai || arf> M I. Reynold* will extend
services for President Harding, which will take place welcome to the visitors on behalf
if
ed May Die. A a Result off
Crash'With Freight!
Train. j
(By Associated Press.) I
HUNTINGTON.—Five persons)
were killed and four injured, of
which number it is likely that
again.
business concerns whose life would
be placed in jeopardy. It is clalra-
waiting to greet his | ed, if such action Is taken.
:e^ema S t«r,whoseL^X^X , - , ^S
i he Will never hear day. John U. Gamble, representing
j the Seaboard Airline, the Athens
Terndnal company and other in
terests will also oppose the move.
■ The committees named from the
I vnrfous stations along the line will
i probably have attorneys to file a
formal Intervention in the case and
will go before Judge Barrett as
actual parties In the hearing and
V»t merely on-lookers.
SUICIDE SUPPOSED
TO BE CASHIER OF
BUNK
PERSONNEL
OF COMMITTEE
Tho composite committee Is
composed of, from Athens, John
E. ,Talmadge, Horry Hodgson, E.
M. Howell. E. J. Rondtwant. A. O.
Dudley nod W. F. Dorsey; Gaines
ville, J. II. Hoseh. W. J. Healor
and J. II. Mershohn. renderprass,
J. A. rrooks. .1. G. ttlchsrdson. P. J.
Roberts; Jefferson. M. M. Bryan,
J. C Turner, Homer lfaneoek, J.
E. ind J. 8. Ayers ns attorney.
Talmo. A. J. Murphy, Dr. W. C.
Kennedy and J. W. Davts.
Signatures of several business
houses have been affixed to a pe
tition agreeing to consign a cer-
tain amount of frelpht to thq G-M
orts of Policeman William J. nf thc „ nP ls ,„, t discontinued,
tovldson to prevent him. Tho of- Thla was circulated by tho
who was about half o block ,-|, nm Dt-r of iTommeree, and will
be one of thc fcatnroa of tho hear
ing. 1
iRills Self Near Washing
ton Monument in Spite
of Efforts of Policeman
to Prevent.
(By Atcociated Press.)
WASHINGTON/ D. C.—A man
(supposed to be L. II. Adams of La
llrange, Ga„ killed himself near tho
(Washington Monument here Mon-
play afternoon, In splto of the cf-
plcer
way saw him tako out his gun
nd stnrted on the run toward him,
■but It waa too late. ,Thc man
I? hot two bnllets Into his abdomen,
sank In a dying condition as
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SUM “KILLS” 500
It was stated that the automo
bile attempted to cross the tracks
l>efore the freight train ami failed
to get across in time to escape
.the following crash. .
Market Bureau Wins'
In Committee Fight
ATLANTA, Ga.—Tho senate ag
ricultural committee late Monday
decided to recommend that a bill
previously favorably reported to
destroy the Bureau of ‘Markets be
not passed. This action was taken
after a prolonged and heated ses
sion.
An effort was made to kill the
$100,000 appropriation for tho Mar
ket Bureau but it failed. It was
charged that the Bureau does not
need that amount to conduct Its
business.
in Marion, will be conducted from this church.
IIS
Awhit Action on Bill Cre
ating Nttv Judicial Cir
cuit. Grand Jury Will
Report Next Week.
JEFFEIISON, Ga.—The An purl
term of superior court for Jacksoi
county opened Monday morning,
but before organizing ndjournel
over until next Monday.
The iHistponomont of the court
for a week was due to the great!
(Turn to Pago 8ix)
The Day’s News
Funeral Tram Late
• FIFTY~KILLED
Washington Waits
I of the cUty and the local assocla
tion and following these speeches
ill be subjects discussed by vari
ous physicians and surgeons.
Tho officers of the association
are. f>. W. E. McCurry, of Hart
well. president; Dr. H. M.-Fulll
love of Athens, councillor; Dr. W.
If. c.r hlness of Athens, vice presf-
The Harding funeral train was
Train Making Slow Progress Through
Crowded Communities to‘Give Op
portunity For Citizens to Pay Last
Tribute. Enters Pennsylvania
on Last Leg of Trans
continental Trip.
LATE FLASH 4
(By Associated Press.)
BALTIMORE.—The funeral train carrying
the body of President Harding will not reach
Washington before midnight, at the present rate
of progress, in thc opinion of operating officials
of thc Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at the offi
ces here.
The train entered thc state of Pennsylvania
at Morgantown at 10:20 o’clock, Eatern time,
and started on its last lap, a two hundred mile
trip, which will end at Garret, on the Maryland-^ •
state line. . ' , .
WASHINGTON.—The city of mourning awaited
fr-^uaxuw today to pay a supreme tribute at the bier of
seeretaty and treasurer.
The pro pram followa:
THF. COMPLETE
Ohio
reported eight hours late
ing Yoyngstown, Ohio.
leav-l PROGRAM
WOMAN ASTROLOGIST FORETOLD DEATH
AND NOMINATION OF PRESIDENT HARDING
ing before the body is taken to lie forever in ,
soil among the kin folks and neighbors that he loved
and who loved him, not so much for the greatness of
his place in life but for the generous heart so sud
denly stilled in death. Hours before the long spec
ial train with its load of sadness was due, the folks
of Washington, high and low, had begun to gather
along the way to the White House.
The report of the train’s delay had not altered the
plans of thousands here to be in their pla
waiting patiently through the summer heat, .
a glimpse of the casket as it rolled by behini
tering cavalry, escort.
Storm Causes
Slight Damage
: In This Section
Fifty Mores killed in a *W. ! ^ beforeYhelong
with Constabulary, says report to; Executive Session 11 a. m.
Governor-General's Office at Ma-. Invocation—Dr. J. C. Wilkinson,
nila. Address of Welcome.—Hon. Geo.
. , JP. Thomas, Mayor of Athens; Dr.
House Committee on Apuro-1H. I. Reynolds,
priations refuses to report Free' Response to Addresses of Wel-
School Book bill favorably. j come—Dr. J. Harold Nicholson,
| M*'»»*on.
Washington awaits arrival of Reading Minutes of 1922 Meet-
(Turn to Pago Six) I (Turn to Pag* Six.)
As the hour o
rival drew near,
the government t
and the great „
part men is grew l
rain’s ar-
iery of
move
;inur
>ew Works Incessantly
to Put System Into Nor
mal Condition. Manager
Regrets Occurrence.
Reports from the Southern Bell
■Telephone and Telegraph Com-
Ipany here indicate heavy damage
I to »}s plant, there bdlhg 500 tele-
I phones out of service.
I The heavy electric and rain
Istorm coupled with considerable
[wind Monday between 2tf0 and
14 p. m., caused great damage to
[the telephone plant. Cables run-
[nlng in alldirections are badly
|nffected on account of lightning
| burning wires inside the lead ca-
[b'cs and in many places punctur-
I ing the lead sheathing that holds
the cable wires allowing water
Governor Loses Fight to
Provide Text Books
Gratis to ' First Grade
•School' Children.
ATLANTA—There will be
free school bonds In Georgia next
year, aa a mult of actldn tako
Monday afternoon tho appropria
tion, committee qf the house of
representallvcB In voting to report
adversely tho bill providing for a
$60,000 fund for, purchases of freo
text books for first grades of the
By HARRY B. HUNT
WASHINGTON.—Fate ran truo
to pnjphcy In Hid life and death
of Warren G. Harding.
iDrobably no more atriklng in
stance of the Influence of the stars
on human affairs, as preached by
oconltlsts and osteologists, ever
was kno.wn than that la which,
months before nis nomination,
Harding waa picked aa the
president by a Washington aatrolo-
gist, Madam Marcia, who at the
time predtted that he would live
out only a little more than half hla
term.
“The end." ahe Bald In making
the prediction in February, 1120.
“when It cornea will bo audden,
after an lllnesa of abort durath-n.'
I went to aee thta aitrologlst
with whose former predictions 1
w,s familiar, on Tundny, July 31.
when President Harding lay III In
San Francisco. Tho bulletins from
thc bedside, at the time 1 called,
announced the patient was Improv
ing. ’ He waa on the highway to
recovery, the attending physicians
agreed.
Rut Madam Marcia, who had
spent thn morning poring over the
l.oroscopb of thn 111 man, shook
her head. .
common schools.
Governor Clifford Walker -and
School Superintendent N. H. Bal- It is the end, ahe said. He
lanl ureed a favorable report of; will never recover. The crisis will
the 1,11) | come Thursday ulghL Ho will be
During thc hearing preceding the. dead by Friday."
vote of the committee. State Ip the face af the doctors’ hullo-
School Superiotendent Ballard ar- [ titfb, I smiled at her. But ahe was
gued the necessity of thn measure' immovable, steadfast in her tragic
. . - nnd pointed out that returns from i forecast. "He can not recover."
Dorn the rams tr enter the eaMe ^ pen ,| l(U n‘ In providing free ,he persisted. “Jle -will be dead by
which also put out a lm«n- b.S,, for children of the first Friday."
her of telephones. A number of _ coul ,| nn | he summed tip Inj Believers In fate will find In
dollars and cents. He delved Into, Madam .Marcia’s readings of what
MADAM MARCIA
of Summer Broke Over
Athens Monday After
noon. Considerable Rain.
A heavy rain and wind storm
poiea on Peter srtcet were blown
down.
fhe long distance lines In al
most oil directions were In trou
ble hut many of these were clear
ed lath ’ Monday afternoon, haw-,
ever, ' ’’ Burs-'' 11 townrde Madison,
Gainesville. Wlttervilte, Lexing
ton and Elbcrton are gtill In trou
ble.
The entire plant forces
Tho charts were drawn and ma- , told hor. In the course of the read-
dam proceeded to study of what lng, “will he thn noxt president of
they foretold. Half way thrrugh tho the United States. Ile.t be will not
rnadlng she painted to Mrs Hard- life- out hla term. Ho will die a
details and made a strong and
forceful appeal' for favorable ac
lion. ■ I
Tho principal argument aealnsl
the textbook hill was that th« ansa,
asked for would necessarily,tome
from the general school fatal and
the experiment Involved would be
at the sacrifice o( the' school ays
life held for Harding seeming proof
to sustain their faith la the gov
erning power of the stars. . ,
.k nack In Pebeuary,lU»i fohr
women, all pnkhown to thaostrolo-
gfill called' on,iM.idem. Marcia,
“Woiwaat our horoscopes re
they said. ■ “We want to • know
which of ra in to' ho the i
Ing and said:
“If any of you ladies are to be
the first lany. this Is the one.”
Some' time later tho woman who
hiiif been aeloeted aa the futon
firxt lady, w hooe Identity wtt silk
again.' •
*• Iwant you to read this horoa-c
cope," tho said, giving a birth data
of Nov. 2, 1865. at 3 a. m.
sudden If not violent death. 1
In order to Identify this horos
cope. It waa marked with tho In
itials, "P. K. It.” given by the still
unknown caller.
1 denllnl possibility with Initials F.
K. 11. I can not understand It."
{ “I didn’t say those wera tbs
■ Initials of the person whose horos.
. cope that la,” Mrs. Harding re-
■ idled. "They are my Initials." She
then disclosed her identity.
"I have come to you for advice,’
she continued. "Mr. Harding I,
under tremendous pressure from
the highest party leaders to with
draw aa a candidate. What ehould
he do?”
"He must click,” Madam Marcia
aald. “Ho will not be nominated
until after noon on Saturday of the
convention. But he will be nomin
ated."
BLOCKS HARDING’S
WITHDRAWAL
At 10 mlnutea of 12 on Saturday,
during the convention at Chicago,
the nomination aeemed deadlocked.
Harding sent n note to Mrs. Hard
ing. who warn seated In the audi
torium with Me». Harry C. Wood
wool. wife of the congressman
from West Virginia. >
"Florence" tho note rend, "why
do you not want me to withdraw
when you do not wgpt me to have
itr
"Slav until after 12 o’clock and
t'U tell you." Mrs. Harding wrote
back. T
On the next ballot the deadlock
broke. At 10 mlnutea after 12
IVnrccn G. Harding bad been nom-
oiated.
Mrs. Woodward, who was with
Mrs. Harding at the convention,
was the woman who first took
her to visit Madam Meeds. The
other two of the party ot four:
wrm' Mrs. Poindexter and Mrs. | purpose of erecting terminal fadll
Sutherland, both wives of senator- j tide, warehouses and cold storage
Thuusanda of government work
ers trooped out to- join the other
citjzcqs In the sorrowful throng.
Sharpest Electrical Storm'n*d iVflm^thTbrie?'^^
nt thc station and amin
Whit.* If■ nink
at the White House. „
The funeral train bearir
body of tho late President
ing arrived nt Youngstown, Oh
at D:25 thix morning und ,v
swept over Sandy t reek and Pur- ' bfJS"
year’s district Monday afternoon,
doing considerable damage to eight h^ra lata I^v L y * bout
growing crops nnd uprooting a M ” Iate Icavl "K Younga-
Dn May 20. 1920. this..
number of trees.
Tho sharpest electrical stopm of
the summer broke over Athena at
two oc’lock Monday afternoon and
this waa followed by gain that con
tinued most all afternoon. Tho
cloud that caused the damage In
the districts.' on the eastern sec
tion of the county followed thia
(Turn to Pago Six.)
STATE FOR PORI
House Committee on Con
stitutional Amendments
Votes to Recemmcnd Bill
Providing For Election.
ATLANTA. Ga.—(Spelal.l—The
constitutional amendments commit
tee of the house Monday night
voted unanimously to report fav
orably upon the hill which pro
pose* to bond the state of Oeorgfa
In the sum of $16,000,000 for the
who had presidential aspirations
The visit, made In Jest after a foa-
filled afternoon at their wblat club,
following Hanllng’s nomination
and election became a mighty oe-
an I floua mMNr'to them.
uidtnbwnPto Mariam Marelat>«alMi called aentn on Madam Marcia:! For It raised a aaar, question
The madam could not longer re- j whether ntMT Is or tt not after all
BUraln her cariosity. a thing of destiny/ no Instrument
can not figure It oat.” she. In the bands of fate, simply play-
"Tbla person will ho the next, Ing Mx pert tn a role cast for I ’
plants 'at some point In Oeorgto.;
The measure was Introduced tn
the present session of the legisla
ture by Representative Dixon, of
Jenkins, and the Chatham county
delegation, and I* commonly refer
red to ae the "state port bill." If
the measure fa passed by the
present house It wilt b» submit
ted for ratification to the totem
of Georgia In the f
The president will not be buried
beside his mother and sister in
Marion. After thc funeral serv
ices there Friday, tho body will be
placed in n receiving vault at the
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WIIY REFUSE THE
BUSINESS THAT MIGHT
BE YOURS?
110 YOU DO TH.—‘ ■'
Ever see a youn„_.
.*» plate of Ice cream
day?
Did he have enough?
Ever sei* an ambitious
who**© record to i
him?
The biggest store in
World is constantly f i
not merely to hold It
fmt to Increase it.
i It’s fhe f.iw of the
that what Isn’t going
tending down.
(tunning on a dead level
taking chances with thc
tore.
The business which is out
fo grow is the one that wins
the approval of the public—if
only the trying is done in the
right way.
Consider it. Is your bust-
ne*s big enough?
You wouldn’t refuse more
if it came to you.
Then why not invite it to
come?
Unless you do this, you'i
in the position of refu
business.
Invite as many as y
reach, and show then
they want to accept.
Advertising in
