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j j if " Investigate Today I ■ To Regolar Subscribers THE BANNER-HERALD $1,000 Accident Policy Free THE BANNER-HERALD Dally and Sunday—10 Centa a Week. Established 1832 ' ~ DaDy and Sunday—10 Centa ■ Week. t ATHENS COTTON: MIDDLING .. .. 1 2*y,e PREVIOUS CLOSE 23 JJe THE WEATHER: Partly Cloudy With Possible Showers. Slightly Cooler.,, VOL. 91 NO. 154. Associated Press Service ATHENS. GA., 80N0AV, AUGUST 12, 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Coplea 2 Centa Daily. 5 Centa Sunday, Northeast Georgia Farmers Make Last Stand Against Weevil 4-4- 4*'I* 4- ~ 4* *M l -M 1 -M* *5*—i* +-4 +—+ d—I* •£.—4- 4^4. 4^4. 4. 4. 4. General Tax Act is Passed by Legislature Saturday HOUSE WHICH PASSES BILL WILL BRING INCREASED REVENUE Approximate Increase in Annual Revenue Will Reach Two and a Half Million Dollars According to Estimates. Act Ordered Transmitted Immediately to Senate. MORE SERIOUS AS RIOTS START AFRESH Reported That Four Com munists Were Killed and Forty Injured in Rati- bor Riots. CUNO REGIME IS EXPECTED TO FALL cepted. May Re Forced to Quit. (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA, Ga.—The General Tax Act, which would increase the state’s revenue approximately two I chancellor Tenders Res million six hundred thousand dollars annually, ac- 1 i gna tion But Is Not Ac cording to the estimates of several legislators, was - -- - - • passed by the House and ordered transmitted imme diately to the Senate, Saturday. Last year the tax act brought into the treasury about five and a half million dollars. A Hill to create a bureau to ns-1 siHt forme* service men of the World Wft.* and the Spanish Amerl- ■ was passed by the House ordered sent to the Sen- action. Hatcher of Burke ounty. author of the bill, explained the measure would i under the direction Tidal appointed by the governof three men recommended by the state Executive Committee o' the American Legion ivould assist In 1 The director Veterans In the counties In* which the Legion wnt unable to render aid. The tax Imposed on Gypsies and .raveling horse traders was In- ireased from five dollars In each county to two hundred and fifty dollars. The tax on motion picture the* atres, operating in towns of lesr five thousand population, was decreased from four dollars a. onth to two dollars per month I Instead of paying a tax of ten dob j In each county In which they operate, monument dealers would I taxed twenty-five dollars a year* the state at large under the j visions of an amendment adopt-, INVESTIGATION ORDERED ATLANTA.—A state nvestlga- tion oi the report'd tloggl u; :»l Macon Thursday night of four men by a maqRcd bant.' has been ordered by Governor Walker, it was stated here late Saturday. The governor also stated that he was expecting developments in the inquiry being made at Milledftevtlle, where a hand of men visited the Georgia Train ing School for Boys at night with the expressed intention of whipping two negro attendants there. 1, (B* Associated Pfesa.) LONDON—It was stated here te Saturday that Chancellor uno of Germany handed his j resignation to President Ebert but 1 that Ebert refused to accept It. The report was credited to n Cen* tral News Dispatch. i Advices coming In from Ilatibor via Berlin reported that the Com munists were demonstrating In I strong forces and were plunder- . lag the shops of gunsmiths In a search for weapons, f The Communists opened fir", on ) l police patrols and the Litter re taliated causing many causalities The critical food situation perlnducad by the shortage of r.up- MAKE 8,000 POUNDS OF KRAUT AFTER SELLING BIG CROP OF CABBAGE HAJRlTWELL.—I. J. Phillips and If. E. Stephens, who raised a large quantity of cabbage re cently for market, have made from the surplus produce 8,000 pounds of kraut. During the early part of the season a large qunntity of cab bage was sold locally- from the patch, which was on the Phillips farm, east of Hartwell. The kraut was put up ac cording to the latest methods and probohly be marketed here and In nearby cities by these gentlemen. Gives Camp To State Club Members FOR EXTRA SESSION: President Calvin Coolidge Returns to Washington John J. Wilkins Makes Possible Permanent Camp At State College of Agriculture For 23,500 Boys and Girl Club Members. OFFICIALS OF TIE The 23,500 boys and girls of Georgia who are Saturday Morning From members of the corn and canning and similar clubs, Marion Funeral Servi-Jas well as those who are to become members of these 01 ganizations, have a real treat in store for them. They are to have a permanent camp built fijtr their PLUNGES INTO TASKS AHEAD pleasure, instruction and education on the campus f kn Dnllnmn A nu!n..b..un A 1.. 1 -fi WILL NOT GIVE UP, FULLY !TK Dr. Soule Issues State ment Pointing Out Ways to Fight Weevil During the Next Few Weeks.. CRUCIAL TIME ' ' HAS ARRIVED Farmers Found Last Year That Constant Fighting Will Rout En emy to Cotton Crop. . Clarke county rirmen, and tbosn In adjoining conntlee. deterininril of the State College of Agriculture, to be used every summer for three months by the boys and £irls who want to come to Athens fpr a week or more of spec- Immediately Beseiged By ial b °y 8 ’ and girls’ work and recreation. Advocates P’or Extra This camp has been made possible -through the m ___ ^ Session of Congress Up- generosity of a prominent Athens business man and I 1 "* thelr ground and --going* attar on Ofiicial Return. j the efforts of Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of the !£* wllh ,he " uenUon or n,Ml - Agvicultural College, who announced Saturday that |. Tho next few weetu w m b, I'IAS n ®’.P re A ideI ) t of the.Georgia National Bank to make a good cotton crop, are getting ready to make the last stand against the invaalon of the tsoil weevil. / Although the rain of the last tow days has made fighting the weevil very difficult the farmers not discouraged but are stand - (By Assrolated Pre,s.) r' ) 'of Athens, the American State Bank, the Guaranty sauinhy! *’™ 3 *'Company and director in a number of local en- hank* in The capital Block of the Htnto would be tax***! on an at’ j alorem basin tin«ler an amendment • by Bussey of Crisp County, which j vas passed by the House. Relative to the passage of the Ml’ assist war veterans, it war ted that the amendment provider the Bureau Director to report the Federal Government the nes of persons receiving com pensation but not entitled to It There Is a large number of graft err elvlng compensation from the eminent, It was stated during the debate. sjld that the Direct 1822 BY RAILROADS Public Service Commis sion Urges Assembly to Enact Safety Legislaiion to Prevent Toll. ATLANTA, Ga.—Calling atten- m to the fact that 02 persons were plies and by prices^Tiich fire be yond the reach of workers who arc being paid in worthless paper marks, together with the Internal economic! and financial situation that Is regarded ns highly favorabK to the effective spread of Bolshe vik propaganda, may ba said to be the immediate causes of the iin|*en<ljng resignation of Chan cellor Cuno and the retirement of his ministry. Reichstag circles Saturday ac cept the fall of the present gov ernment as an accomplished fact. Ithough Ebert was reported as not accepting Cuno’s resignation. Should Herr Cuno be forced to resign, It is expected that Dr Gustav Stressmnn, lender of the German People’s Party will be summoned by President Ebert to organize a coalition that would In clude the United Socialists. The United Socialists Saturday In caucus adopted a resolution withdrawing confidence |n the Cu cant judicial circuit. The new circuit was created by act of the present legislature. It Is composed of the counties el arrow, Jnckson, Gwinnett and Banks and was cut off from the western circuit now presided over by Judge Blanton Fortson of Ath ens. Both the new officials are well known lawyers of northeast Geor gia. Over 3,000 Bags college O. A. Nix of Lawrence- ville Named Judge and Pemberton Cooley . .. ... fc - Jefferson solicitor Gen-returned t« Washington, from hi» i terprises, had given to the college funds sufficient to eral. t.*ni» i« Marion, where he went a.-,;erect a camp on the campus to accommodate several ttend 6 *he‘buriai "of“tU" I hundred of the club members every summer. ATLANTA. Governor • Clifford h|" lil , r f. n j e !! ni 'J h, i’“,|o <l i ayR fi "‘ •"■•■nr? taTmeriran^edu- M. Walker announced Saturday thrf g A.,thI train a^tiT n thL imJ™ 1 ''’" 31 . hi,,or >’ th “‘ »«ch - appointment of A. O. Nix of Law-*il (1 „’ s capital, the presided went ^ maintainel tcnccvilln Judge and. Pemberf®^lraight to his temporary office# Cooley of Jefferson, solicitor gen- in the New Willard hotel to tuke|”'y p " 1 "t l ™" m * end. of the newly created fled- up the reign, of office. -We Mea „„„ Preaident Coolidge’, return to *»* ® .T the executlc offlcea Saturday from}!?". ',g„ 1> wh ? f“ ,0 *: Marion wai accompanied by a rc-1 ‘ h „ c , ° f club newnl of pressure on him for an ij?, ®T'f J H"* 8 ! h ® member, extia session of congress. »* ched l ho ■*•* . Several of those who want the , l prop ? rtlon \ of . " e,1 f T y extra session of congress have '"ft-' 1 !'* thousand and to in- placed their views before the I Soule ob- president and those who oppose ””“' , . h “'*'' a *® r , h« members the idea alio have been heard hut | j'® 1 : ,„ me *° tb * ®°ll®«» °? to none, so far, ns can he learned, ('f’VleeTi, ' Vefy , J‘. mr VJ r * ni1 has he indicated what his decision ‘t eV , W '™. f0r ‘ h « «*" will be. |reation and entertainment fca- Advocatcs for immediate nction | f l,res 0 ^ erw * a l ,< * .T* 111 , * ***** have bated their pleas on the|J*f® f ‘t «^rued therefrom not necessity for quickly enactingi®"}/ individual boy* and _ __ _ legislation to help the farmers in i K'rl* the state aa well. I pa VP Markpt marketing their crops ami to *»«*t- ,,c looked down from his of- LiCdVC iflal IVCl ..„ om r, nn »u.fnro th»'*>ce Over three thousand packages left the Curb i.Morket yesterday if the sale of paper bags at the off go\ rnment, and Immediately of Mrs. Bessie Troutman, market- twenty- j killed anti 1.180 injured In steam ............ ally and j railroad accidents In Georgia dur* a malntalnencc fund of twenty-sir j ing 1988 the Georgia Public 8er- hundred dollars. The Bureau would} vice Commission, In Its fiftfe'h an nual re|iort, again urges the Geor gia General Assembly to enact -Mich legislation as will tend to reduce grade crossing accidents to a niin- Imar “Under the law,” says ti e renor, which has Just been submitted t* the state legislature, "It Is made thf duty of the Commission to reeom- | mend from time to time, such leg- S (station ns they mrty derm advis able. We hnve recommended sev eral times, without results, that some law should be passed. lo»»k- Jng to the elimination of the dan gerous grade crossings In this state, and consider It ns such vi tal Importance that we again urge place thw fiOft Pa V o o nr l Hirk At thp «n° n ,hp Legislature to place th> out; uoys ana uiris ai ine power ln th ^ hani!s of lh!s com State Agricultural Col- mission, to designate such cross* lece Are 1 Mixing Play ,n “ , n o " ?h" e «^nL w 'oi With Woric. * I such work ns it deems Just, be- • j tween the railroad nnd County, or | city affected nr Highway Depart- / * ment. Homethlng should he done Tho COO young boys and girls who to deon , aw , the heavy toll of life are here from all sections, of the. ca UM d almost dally on them state attending (lie special course uellin traps." at tho State College of Agrluiltitre were entertained by the members j A measure designed to meet In- of the Athens notary club Friday. to law the recommend-1Iona oifer evening. j by the Public Service Commis Ice cream, cake and popslckles *”* *" ,hA notified the Chancellor of Its tlon, with the advice that he was expected to withdraw- Saturdn) night for the final time. It was stated hero on unofficial advices that four Communists had been killed nnd more than forty wounded, some thought fatally, ln Rntlhor. Upper Hllifsla, while the police were attempting to disperse the gatherings. Legion Post to Meet Tuesday A meeting of the Allen R. Flem ing, Jr., post of the American le gion will he held Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock, F. O. Miller, adjutant, announces. Tho meeting will be held In the Georgian Hotel and all members of the post are urged to attend. master. Is an Indication. Twenty-seven hundred bags wwre sold by Mrs. Troutman to produc ers on the market. In addition to these packages hundreds of cluck ens, cartons of eggs and othet things were sold. The market was the best ever conducted, thinks Mrs. Troutman. D. A. V.’s to Hold Smoker Wedn’day A smoker will be given by the members of the D. A. V. organisa tion at the City V. M. C. A. Wed nesday night at 8:30. There will be ono or more speakers on the pro gram it is announced and all the disabled veterans here who are members are invited to the smoker. tin the coal quextinn before the'"'® oil the row. of tenta houa- winter approach". j inB now over 300 hoy, who are Thoxe no tln favor of the Idea «* College for a week and believe nothing can be- gained »w the amiling, earne.t faced from the extra aesnion nt thin.*'®!® ®orne and go about the de- t j me partments, eager to grasp the The return of the president to I training thut would help them it) his desk was regarded as mark-1 make better home* for Georgians, ing the actual beginning of hie! He had the idea from thie—an task of formulating the policies, idea that is certain to spread all which are to govern his conduct over the country and to bring to while In office. Athens unniully literally thoua- Durlng the interim since he took lands of tho boys and girla of tho, the oath of office one week ago, .state who are to be the men and I he hae been nlmost constantly en-|women of tomorrow. | tor, tnd nearly all have put in »nm# rot ton acreage. Those with fewer acren to the plow will not find It ns difficult to handle tho weevil as those who have planted large acreages, ft is pointed out. Fanners in this section found last year that constant fighting helped control the boll weevil and despite adverse weather conditions they will be found the next tew weeks battling against the enemy of the cotton crop. DR. 80ULE'8 8TATEMENT At tho request of the Banner- Herald, Dr. Andrew M. Soul, pres ident of tho State College of Ag riculture. has written the follow ing rules for fighting tho weevil which will be of value to tho farm- POLICE CAPTAIN J. J. Wilkins FOR NEGLIGENCE "Where will I get the money?” _ That waa the question facing Dr. | «* Soule. He dared not wait for ap propriations. Delay meant too Patrolman Claude Craft gaged With the .funeral ceremo nies for his predecessor and ho made it a rule to take no decisive action bn any public question un til tho last rites were said. Ono of the frist concerns or tho new preaident will be. to select a successor to George Christian, secretary to the former chief executive* who . resigned Fridrv afternoon. t . | Few other changes are expect 1 ed in the personnel of the admin- i Istration as it now stands and it is | thought that the present cabinet will rctniin intact* at le tit for the J present! much to these boys and girls so he decided to take immediate ac- tioo. He went to his banker friend (Turn to page two) WRONG MAN 18 KILLED EBERHACII—Grover Cleve land Rergdoll., American Draft Evader, shot and killed one man and wounded another late Frl* •lay night when ine men who w>th concealed In his hotel apartment* selxod him and at® umpted to kidnap him. It wat alleged. The Day’s News General Tax Bill Passed. Succeeds Officer Reduc ed to Ranks By Civil Service Commission. GOES TO SENATE. ALUMNI ASKED TO AID MEMORIAL TO CONFEDERATES galore wero served by the Rota- rfans and the boys and girls were Riven g most delightful evening. Saturday afternoon. President Flanlgen, of the Athens Railway & Electric Co., treated the boys and girls with a ride over tho street car system. There were six introduced In tho Senate during the present sess*on of the General Assembly, but It hu not yet been passed. In addition to the number of steam railroad accidents, the report also call* attention to the number of street railway accidents during 1922, when fifteen were killed and cars turned over to them for their J 1,573 Injured. P 'S*»” » nd •* ‘ h X.H2t"S « '■ o* mrereat to onto In the through the kustnea, district ot report on ,„ nm railroad accident. th» city giving cheere and ringing L that of the 92 perron, kill- songs It created much attention. I ^ on |y ^j ve wer# passengers nnd The exercises held every morn- 2 , were employes and 64 were list ing at a quarter of nine are very I an n n, er persons. Non of those Interesting and the public will find W ||«d In street railway accident; the entertainments worth while to I wa- either passengers or an era- attend. # Jploye, according to the report. — ■ ■■ Georgia alumni are receiving let ters from Thomas W. Connolly, chairman of contributions from the University of Georgia alumni the Stone Mountain Memorian fund, calling upon the “Rons Georgia" to make contributions to the fund. As pointed out by Mr. Connally many Illustrious Georgia nlumn' were among the Confederate heroer to lie honored by the memorial. At the last commencement the Alum* nl Society passed a resolution In* dorsing the memorial plan. 8MALL8ET MACHINE GUN DEMONSTRATED IN ROME ROME—A machine gun weighing only eight kilograms, aald to be the lightest ever built, was demonstrat- ed here recnetly at a local arm* manufactory. It Area 250 shots pei minute arid Is designed to take Italian cartridges. The gun was Invented by a Dane named Madsen. The demonstration was witnessed by numerous Italian naval and military officials, anf the minister and consul of Den mark. The experiments proved a I claims made for the Invention. Mrs. Harding Returne to White House to Make Arrangements for Leaving National Capital C3y Associated Press.) I and thanked each Indl- WASIIfNGTON.—On the samo vldually tor remaining with her train which bore the dead body of her husband across the continent from San Francisco to Washington, ‘•until the end." Mrs. Harding appeared to be bearing up under the terrible ■t-ain with the same fortitude there to rest for a few brief hours | w R C h has marked her fight to keep while the nation paid a last of- her composure from the moment flcial tribute, then on to the ltUIol B h e first realized that the man she Withdraws From City Solicitor Race Here Sat. town of Marion where hie body war committed forever to eternal reat. Mm. Warren O. Harding re turned to the acenn of b>T hua- band'rjylumphs In life, Waahlngtnn and the White Honae, and prepared to pack her personal belonging, nml to arrange for her fine' de parture from the catftaL A, the train which will have a place In history, by virtue of momenta. Journey, approached the capital of the aatloa, the widow of the late preaident called to hv state room, every/member of tha party who bad made the pilgrim age to Alaska with Mr. an dMre. loved waa no more. Bowed in grter she Is, but ther< Is no very apparent outward rlgi. of a nearing urcak-down. True It Is that there aro lines which show that the limit of her erduranee ha- almost been reached hul I*. Is like ly that she arlll keen her sorrow until she Is back In the little town of Marion. She waa driven dlreyiy to the White House where It was said only a few dnya will bo required for her finally to close out her nffxlra here ond take leave of the r-nn - •Ion whlrh baa been her kom-i 1921. Mr. Robert McWhorter has with drawn his name from consldera • tlon by the governor as an appli cant for the office of solicitor of the city court. Vr. McWhorter Is engaged In the practice of law and recently he was elected as a member of the law faculty of the University of Georgia law school. His duties In the law school and practice occu nvln his time, he has addressed the following communication to the public. "To the Public: "I desire to announce that I have withdrawn my application for the Appointment to the position of so licitor of-the city court. "In this connection I wish to thank my good friends who were active In supportin me for this of fice, nnd also the hundreds of friends wre were kind enough to pe tition the governor In my behalf. "1 will always cherish this sub stantial evidence of their friend ship. Cuno Resigns. The House Saturday parsed the General Tax Act anil thle blit was ordered to Iho Senate Immediately. Chancellor Cuno of Germany ten dered his resignation to President Ebert but Jt was refused. May he farced to quit. Four Communista killed and for ty Injured In food riota at Katlbor, Upper Siberia. Police captain T. A. Hart lari night wns reduced to the porltlon »t pntroimun by the civil Service fnmmlrrlon following trial of the c"|cor who w*3 charged with n, - llgenco of duty. -Phtrolmin Claude E. Craft, a member of the force for thirteen yearn, waa elected caiitnin to suc ceed Mr. Hart. ; , The charge against -Captain' Hart grow out of failure to raid a houre ,in Waters street, occupied by a negro, Wsrren Shaw, which war raid to have had liquor In ft. Captain Hart admitted the charge. Patrolmen Weatherford and Kidd end Chief of Detective, E. Soagravcs were called In us witnesses in the case. .AJ FAILED TO MAKE RAID John J. Wilkin, makes possible camp for 23,000 Georgia Roys and girla. Governor Walker orders probe Into whippings nt .Macon and at tack on State Training School at Mllledgevllle. Ninety-two killed and 1.4*0 In Jured by railroads In Georgia In 1H2. retort of Public Service Com mission shows. Mrs. Harding reaches Washing ton to pack persons! belongings be fore making final departure from White House. O. A. Nick of Lawrencevilln ap pointed Judge ’ of newly created Piedmont circuit of superior court. Judo Pemberton Cooley of Jeffer- ROBERT McWHORTER.” son named Solicitor General. The case which figured In th" trial ocenrred last Monday when I. M. Brer called tan police cQke tlon asking that patrolmen be -nt to arrest a negro tn his employ who wat said to have been drunk. The patrolmen were ordered by captain Hart to go after the negro. They went to the place where he was supposed to be but he was not there. They then went to Mr. Hray and he went with them to Shaw's homo .where the negro waa aup- l»sod to bo. Arriving at Shaw's home '.Mr. Rray got ont of the automoMIe and went In, making a search of sev eral minutes and then returning. He told the patrolmen he saw some whiskey In the house. They return- to the police station, reported lo Captain Hart and awaited a search warrant and order* for him to make the raid, It was stated. Captain Hart failed to get the warrant. He told the Commlsslo he tried to get In touch wllh Jus tice Milton Thomas but failed thunderatonn then broke over the city and he said ho did not want (Turn to Page Six)