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Investigate Today I 'o Regular Subscriber! THE BANNER-HERALD $1,000 Accident Policy. Free THE BANNER-HERALD Dally and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. Established 1833 Dally and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. : ATHENS COTTON; Middling 2b.60 Per Cent 24% THE WEATHER Cloudy and Cooler, VOL. 91—NO. 160 Associated Press Serrica ATHENS, GA* 8UNDAY, AUGUST, 26, 1023 A. B. C. Paper Slagle Copies 3 Cents Daily. S Ceuta Sunday. TURKISH SOLDIERS FIRE ON U. S. FLAG NOVEMBER 7, IS DATE EXTRA SESSION OF Formal Call For Extra ordinary Assembly Is Is sued By Governor Clif ford M. Walker. TWO SUBJECTS ONLY TO BE CONSIDERED Tax Reform and Free School Books For Com mon Schools Constitute Problems. Session May End Nov. 29. (Special to Banner*Herald) ATLANTA—November 7 is the date for the meeting of the extra ordinary session of the Georgia Legislature as fixed by Governoi Walker In a formul call for that session. Only two measures are to be con sidered at this special session, It Is indicated. They are, 1. Tho tax Three Athens Colleges Open In Septenber State Normal School First to Begin Work on Septem ber 4. Lucy Cobb Starts September 12, and University of Georgia, Last to Commence on Wednesday, September 19. Next month will see the open ing of ail of Athens' colleges anf schools. The Stato Normal School will he the first of the higher educa tional institutions to begin the new term. The opening date Ir September 4th and preparation's are being mado for a full attend ance. Last year 624 students werr registered In the regular courses 501 in the Summer session and 272 in the Training and School. One hundred and twenty coun* tics were represented In the regu lar normal courses. There ran be no more rtudents accommodated this year than last because there has not been any more dormitory space added. Only two changes Jn the faculty have been announced thus far. The two members are: Miss Ksthei Waller and Miss Ruthr Kelist: Mon* new year will take place day afternoon Fept. 2. Wednesday. Scptmeber 12th. Ii the opening date for Lucy Cobl' Institute and Miss Mildred Moll president of the school, antici pates one of the largest attendance! the school has had in several years A large number of the students who were in attendance last year and didn't finish will be back to graduate and pursue their studler Ruraf* nnd many new students have ap ( plled for entrance. Several changes have been mad< In the faculty personnel, which wil be up to the usual high standard. reform' and 2. Free text book* , b°»h of these ladles will teach in for the common schools of the j the Household Art Department state. There were many requests made on tho governor to bring up additional aubjectfe at tho extra session, but he declined all. The governor cannot fix the lim it of tho session, but ho intimate*? that he would like for it to com plete its work by November 2f which would aliow tho lawmaker* 20 days In which to adopt u satis factory tax law. ***** EXTRA SESSION WA8 FORECAST AUG. 15. The governor on August If made It known that he would call the extraordinary session, and since that time hns been giving attention to his message which it- 08 follows: '^Whereas, futuro progress Georgia along all industrial lines depends upon the establishment of a stabilized system of taxation and, “Whereas, experience has clearly demonstrated that there can be civic peace or harmony among th< people of the state, and that tax ation can not and will not he stab' llized under the present so called Tax Equalization Law in the pruc tlcal operation of which tax ex perts ostlmato that from one-third to ono-half of the people and third to one half of the taxable property are being all the burden* of taxation, while many of cltlgena ot the state moat able pay taxes, having large annual in comes from salaries and other re sources, are entirely escaping tax* ation, and, “Whereas, unrest nnd bltternest increasing among the people The State Normnl School is of fering this yenr for the first time In nddltion to tho two-year pro fessional course above a four-yeai high school, a four teacher’s col lege course which will lead elthei to an A. B. or B. S. In Educa tion. The length of the class period will cl so be changed this year frorr forty-five minutes in length to ooi hour. The first faculty meeting of thf PACE REPEAL BILL IS EXPLAINED BY TAX COMMISSIONED Bill Introduced By Sena tor J. C. Davis Was Rec ommended Favorably By Senate Committee. ADMINISTRATION OPPOSED IT Convict Steps Into K K K $250 a Month , n * n * Position Fullbright Says Bill Repeals Present Law M„ c S'“e But Does Not Leave the State With No Machin ery. , COLUMBUR—Butler R. Rtorke, 31. convicted Toledo forger, donnei civilian elotnes preparatory „tc stepping out of the Ohio peniten tiary Into a position paying 3250 a month. He was sentenced to serve twe years, but after twenty one month* was given n conditional pardon the condition being thnt he follow work instituted among his fellow prisoners among whom more than 1,800 are now Interested. Ktorke. a college graduate ori ginated a correspondence schoo for the education of convicts. Ills position will be to try to Instnl' , some plan among other inftltu- DaVlS tions. the movement being finance* Napoleon Hill, a New Yorl editor. E IS E OF BIOT IN 111 Air Night Flight Sets Record; Pilot Finds Father AUve Five Hundred Persons Block Way of Marchers, Traveling in Autos and on Foot ONE ROBED PERSON DIES AFTER FIGHT On Wednesday. September 19th the 1023-23 session of the Univer sity of Georgia will open with what promises now to be the largest in itial attendance of any term In the University’s history. I-Mt yeai 1500 students/took the regular collegiate courses nnd the applica tions for entrance this year are o' such numbers as to indicate an increase over last year's atten* dance. Prior to the opening of schoo' the football players will report foi practice on September 10th and put In ten days before they tnko up their books. This date Is set by the 8. I. C. and no teams In thf conference can begin practice be fore that date. business is growing more unsettled and tho large Industrial plant* leaving the North nnd being legat ed In other Southern Slates be cause of the unstnbllized condition of taxntlon In Georgia, and ‘'Whereas, the continuance nt this unfair, unjust nnd unsettled condition of affairs will work Ir reparable loss and damage to th« people of the state .and INCOME NOT. SUFFICIENT "Whereas, the income of thf state Is not sufficient to pay th« existing obligations to the old Con federate Veterans, equip and main tain the common schools, the nor mal schools, the colleges, the ele mosynary and other Institutions o the state to the point of efflclenc) which will hold Georgia in Mn* with the progressive states of the Union, and, “Whereas, the recent session ol (Turn to Page Four) EDUCATIONAL MEET State Education Board Inaugurates Plan to Bring About Equal Edu cational Advantages. ATLANTA—A campaign to bring about equal educational opportun ity as nearly as this idea can. b< accomplished In Georgia was to be Inaugurated by the fttate De partment of Education Saturday. Aa a first step in the equaliza tion plan. Superintendent o' Schools Ballard will hold regiona’ conferences throughout the siate Such a conference will be held In Athena September 24 .and In At »r I cue September 12, Way cross Feptember 20, and Tifton, Septem ber 21. 3 KLAIYSMEN PLEAD SUMMER SESSION GUILTY IN OKLAHOMA CLOSES AFTER A FLOCK CLEAN-UPr SUCCESSFUL RUN (By Associated Press) ATLANTA, Ga.—An explanation of tho measure. to repeal the tax equalization law nnd set up a new system of ad vnlorem taxation. In troduced in the Georgia senate this summer ns a substitute for the Pare repeal bill by Senator J. C Davis, was given Saturday night by Henry J. Fullbright. state tax commissioner. The Davis bill was recommendet' favorably by tho senate finance committee, but was oppose ! *y the administration forces on the grouqd it ro-enacted the tax equalization law with stronger “teeth.” The house passed the Sotvall bill j ro- vldlng for the straight-out repeal of tho law, but the senate com mittee acted on it. Th* Pace Ml’ was similar to the house measure, except that It provided for ;he re enactment of the tax laws In ef fect before tho equalization sinti-tf became effective. “Tho Davis substitute repeals the present law 'hr toto," safit-tMr Fullbright, “but does not leave th state and coeijtlea without vpschiii' Shots Arc Fired and Po lice Rush to Scene From I Pittsburg and Allegheny p in Autos. i (By Associated Press.) E j PITTSBURG.—A force of deputy sheriffs was rushed to Carnegie, a su- „ ,.,i TT~. , ..... Iburb, late Saturday night Man Who Designed Bilt-: when a crowd of about more VanderbUt .®' s * ;ate '|500 persons blockaded a to Address Athenians on street and stopped a pa- Monday. |rade of Ku Klux Klans- . 'men. The parade was led Warren II. Manning, dealgner of * - - BUCHANAN, Mich. — Jock Knight, veteran airman, flying through the night won a race against his unse«n competitor, death, when he landed here Sat urday morning after what h be lleved to be the longest single ghv flight in aviation history. Racing from Cheyenne, Wyoming nearly a thousand miles awa» Knight reacC*- d here In time to find his aged father alive. Knight had been participating In air mall teats. Upon his arriv al In Cheyenne Friday night he was handed a telegram aaylng that his father was not expected to live. Air mail officials gave him permission to use the plane, h< hopped off Immediately for Buch anan, making only two atope ea route. The flight consumed proxlmately ten hours. .‘.f. MAN KILLED AND WOMAN HURT IN ATTACKED VESSEL country entato In North Carolina. Klansmefl on foot Were will deliver an address under nus- \ rpnnrlpH tn ovtonrl hnnlr Jdcen of tho Chamber of rommerre li t d ,0rlea extend DSCK »'* v * o u«u LUUiiiiiil »I ' Ulllllivrcf 1 ft ,« Monday night on city planning nd!*Or IDOFe than B ITllIC. parks. I Mr. Manning In here on a visit ONE KOBE!) to Dr. John M. Rcade, professor of . FIGURE SHOT n'.’any and director of biological ’ After a momentary pause the laboratories ot tho University of Traders broke through the crowd Georgia. land continued to the town singing The mcetiQg, nt which time Mr /'Onward Christian Soldiers.” A Manning will speak, with he hold,'“'“‘'"of short* were fired and In the Georgian hotel aaat mbl)-1 ? n< ! . m * n “ ri ‘ **• n r °ke Attorneys Their For Mercy, Claiming They Were “Dupes” of Klan Officials. Plead More Than 2,100 Students Were in Attendance. Every County and 17 Other States Represent ed Thefe. t TULSA, Okla.—Three pelf-con fessed members of the Ku Klux Klan face prison terms here as the first definite result of Gov. J. C. Walton's drive to uproot mob violence In Tulsa county. The men are Bon F. Sikes and Grover C. Sikes, brothers, and Earl Sack, all of flroken Arrow. Confessing tholr participation In the flogging of Pen Wagner, a farmer living near Broken Arrow, the klanamen pleaded guilty to charges of -riot and. threw them selves on the mercy of tho court. The minimum sentence—two > cars' Imprisonment—was pro nounced by District Judge W. B. Williams after n plea for leniency hnd been made by Assistant Attor ney General King and Ed Ctoss- land. defense counsel. Admitting that his clients had (Turn to Pago Four) The nine weeks course of the 1023 summer school, of the Uni versity ot Georgia, closed Friday, the general opinion being that It hnd been the most successful In the history of the University. Over 2100 officially registered for courses, and Included in thl* number were representatives from all but four counties in Georgia Seventeen other states were repre sented In the student body. Over 100 teachers undertook the work, which embraced that work included in the curriculum ot the Normal School, The Agricuturnl College and the University, nil three Institutions nnd their entire plants being combined under one management during the aummet Kohooi. Nine hundred studenta pur sued regular college ocurses while the others were engaged In (Turn to p«ga four) cry for administering the adviloe cm system of taxntlon, but on the contrary .makes provision new method of assessing equalizing values. “Instead of the present plan ol county commissioners selecting the three men and naming them foi terms of six years, under the new lnw, the grand jurifs will select these board members for terms of two years each. "Under the proposed law. these boards may meet at any time for the purpose of inquiring Into whether property subject to taxa tion Is escaping, and Is given the Inquisitorial powers of coutr to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence, for\the purpose of deter mining the ownership of property as well as its value to the end that all property may be taxed." “These local boards are also re* qulred to meet and review all re turns made by the taxpayers, and to equalize values as between the several taxpayers of the county. “When arbitration Is demanded they have the right to request the county commlaalonera to have the county attorney attend the hear* Ing and represent thf state and county before the board of arbl' (ration. LOCAL BOARD WOULD APPLY IT ‘When an increase Is ordered by tho state tax . commissioner, (Turn to Pago Four) PROTEST VISCOUNTS ATTACK ON WILSON Would Prevent His Speak ing Further, or Else Would Warn Him What Not to Say. NEW YORK—Characterizing re ference* to Woodrow Wilson made by Viscount Brikenhead, formal Lord Chancellor of England, in an address at Wllllamstown Institute of Politics Friday night as Impu dent, Henry Breckenrldge, aaalatant secretary ot war under Wilson'* administration, Saturday protested In a letter to John W. Day*, presi dent of the American Bar Associa tion, against the Vlacount being permitted to apeak to the Associa tion’s Annuel convention. Breckenrldge urged that if II proved necessary that tho Viscount be allowed to make the address, that it be Intimated to him that expressions of opinions concerning great American ntnteamen ere die* tasteful, Intolerable tb a self re- apencting American audience room nt H*2ft nVlnrk Mr" Mnn- k h°WI1 to htVO been killed. _ Dins planned lo m AthTns^fe-I#* 0,,lc<! - ' hot lerday for Cbap.1 1IIII. N. C..: J"* 1 - ... . wbera he •!» working out plan. for wh|ch beautifying tho campus al tho nl- .progm* more than an hour sfter veraity of North Carolina. Ho wot the f ir>t out bre»k. The force of _______ urgod. however, to remain here .deputy sheriff, was reinforced bylaw cl . and give an address oo city plan-i a || available Pittsburg policemen:Man OmUl On nlng to Athenians Inasmuch as n' n nd Allegheny county detectives movement Is now underway Iwr*(who were given the right of way to establish park ad playrrounr* on city streets as they aped in au- systom. tomobjles to Carnegie, tlx miles Chamber of Coinmerco niombcrn I away, and other citizens nnd visitors are I • urged to attend tho mooting Martin Institute It la probablo that Mr. Manning i will moot wjth tho committee I working out plans for the nark | and playgrounds some time Mon- j Opens Sept 3rd day. JEFFERSON, Ga—The fall term i r.t the public ichoola of Martin Institute will open Monday, Sep* I tember 3. H la expected that a | largo enrollment will be entered on the day of opening. Anti-Saloon League Head Here Sunday; following: ^ His Front Porch Launch Sailing Under U. S. Flag and Be?ring Refugees Is Target of Bold Attack. NEW MONARCHY IN GERMANY SEEN Former Sec. of War Bak er to Go to Democratic Convention and Support League of Nations. . . -1 ATHENS.—A telegram from the Island of Imbros reports that the Naptha launch flying the Ameri can flag carrying ten refugees war fired upon by Turkish soldiers M Gallipoli. Oio man was killed and one womi\n wftg.badly wounded. * NEW MONARCHY FOR GERMANY FORECAST WASHINGTON—Restoration ol a monarchy In Germany within a year Is predicted by Representative A swell. Democrat, Louislanna, whn presented President Coolidgo Sat urday with some observations Rain ed on a recent trip to Europe The situation In Germany, nnd for that matter In all Europo is men acing, he declared. NEW YORK 1 —Newton D. Raker secretary of war under President Wilson, announced before sailluc for Europe where he will place hb daiiRhier in school, thnt he would ro before the next Democratic Na tional convention an ndvocate of the Longue of Nations nnd the World Court, two measures denr to tho heart of tho former chief. When askod If he would throw his hat In tho presidential rlnx. he replied crisply that he had no hat Ho declared that he would go be* fore tho convention with or with out Its consent. 2 Dead, Many Hurt In Flood Region Dr. C. O. Jones, Superintendent , c - ™ O'Hear, general .uperin of the Oeorgln Antl-S*!oon Le.gut | J* n |* enl l J*”- R-Osnlj»n, n til preach nt the Flret Methodlat i J lJ achuol; 'Ml«» Ermor Hancock, church Sunday morning at 11:15 | high school: Mrs. J. C. Bennett, The subject, of Dr. Jnne.’ addrrui. seventh grads; Mrs. M. L. Mobley. Ib Prohibition and Lnw Enforce-1 Jr., sixth grade; Mils Mary Irwtn ment. , Smith, fifth grads; Mias Nell Me On Septrmbrr 2. If and J« hr. K trants, fourth grade; Mias Irene N. Parker, Dean of tho Thcologl-1 ttankln, third (isda; Mias Ernaa- cal School nt Emory ttnlvcrnlty ; tine Dadlsman, second grade; Mias will fill the pulpit nt tlio Klrsi j nianrh Jarrett, first grade; O. C Methodist church. I Adnrhold, vocational agriculture. Both of three men urr eloquent I The faculty Is comptote except speakers and are preaching here fr' onn hlrh school teacher who will tho absence of Dr. Wolion who I, ■ , MC |, prenrh. away on hla vacation. | Crop Conditions Reported In This Section Much Better Than 1923 Brother of Ty Cobb Wounded ATLANTA—.!- P. Cobb, *rd bro- thf-re of Ty Cobb is in a local hos pital with bullet wounds In htn rhrst and left »*m. He is eald to . have been cleaning a pistol when j it dlecharged. He had taken I; JEFFERSON, Ga. —Indlca- tioaa are that crops will ho very good in this section. Thu cotton has suffered no lo«, by the drought or bolt weevil am’ a splendid yield wilt be had considering tho bad stand end small stalk. Early corn Is already mado and I, very good, but the corn planted late has suffered badly from the recent drought. It in the general opinion of all that the farmer baa a chance at making a good Income from the present crops. \ THIRTY PERCENT INCREASE HERE MAYSV1LLE, Oa—A« com pared tb la»t year, the cotton acreage has been decreased twenty per cent and the quan tity of fertllliera used deoreax- ed ten per cent. Ntnety-ftve per cent of the farmer, have used poison nnn ninety per cent are attll using poison. Twenty per cent of the farm ers are still plowing cot ton. The cotton plant has not been materially damaged by the weevil. If the present fav orable condition, should con tinue through the season the cotton production In this vi cinity will likely be thirty per cent in excess of last year. The acreage In corn haa been decreased ten per cent. Com In law land, la one hundred per cent normal, while that on upland, la net over thirty per cent of an average. The early upland corn has goffered bad ly for rain. FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL RAISE MORE LAVON1A. Op.—The fanners of thl, section are continuing the fight on the weevil nnd with every reusing day they are luat one day nearer suc cess In thl, crucial year. Information from various sources indicates that there there arc no more weevils In this section now than, there were a week ago. Some fann ers have more ond some have fewer. Three-fourths of the cotton growers have the situa tion thoroughly In hand and have suffered practically no loss from weevil Infestation. Poisoning continues steadily and regularly and successfully. Also ploughing continues. From present indications, con siderably more cotton will be grown In this section than last year. "FINEST IN STATE” AROUND WINDER WINDER, Ga.—Crops within s radios of fifty mile, around winder are the finest In the state. Cotton is good and If the boll weevil can be success fully combatted for three wegka longer Barrow and ad jacent counties will make a good crop of the fleecy staple. Our farmers have worked man fully this yoar, they have fought tho boll weevil with de termination, and they have wr.n so far. Juki a few week, more and the final victory will be wtm. Other crops aro good throughout this section and Barrow county ought to bo pet ting on her feet again. The cron of cotton bid, fair to bring a good price nnd things will begin to look up In Barrow this fall. We hope opr farmers will bow a good acreage in wheat nnd oats this fall and with another determined fight against the boll weevil next year as we have waged this year, we will begin to see prosperity com ing back to this section. I from hie wife who was cleaning | it for him. Savannah Red Cross Does Good SAVANNAH. Oa.—The report of the Savannah chapter. American Red rrnsa. for the month of July, which haa juat been mads public, stiowa that 203 war veterans ware aided during the month. Ot that number. JtO were white and 33 entered. Allotments, lost discharge papers, locating men or relatives, arrears of t»y. 'uneral claims, headstones, victor; medals. Insur ance, vocational training, nnd vo cational tnlnlm dependency claim, were a mo# the matters hondled for the ex-aerricr man. COLUMBUS HAS 65,175 INHABITANTS COLUMBUS, Ga.—According to the new cltv directory, advance copies of which art now being de livered to subscribers, the popula tion of Colombo*, exclusive of Fort Bennlng, Is 65,V7G, . MOBILE, Ala.—Stephens Loss- Ins. 66, wealthy wholesale oyster krocer, was shot and killed whllt he sat on the porch of hla horns Friday. Tom W. Cleveland, II, It held charged with murder. Hla “‘ h ";J" hn °; «“"«> EL PASO.—The person, were rammlra onsr of Mobile county and klllBdt , e „ n , 0Vere Iy Injured and held In connection with the affray *J l n urt , '* Tha killing la said to hava result- " h,cb ***, . ll *“**" t *d from a fight with a grandson Ihojowhtnd^of the Jua of Lowing. “ 1 rex aerosit tho Rio Grande here rrldny night. At Request of Govembr of Pennsylvania Every Effort Be Made to Keep Mines Open This Week. ATLANTIC CITT.—Miners union officials and mlna operators ac cepted Saturday the request of tha governor of Pennsylvania for i cooferetym at Harrisburg on Mon day In an endeavor to axhauat every meane of preventing n sua pension of mining next week, chlnevy was steadily at work upon At tha same time the union ma lls object of miking the ehut-dowt effective and John L. Lewis, presi dent of the United Mine Workers, took occasion to repeat In em phatic wards th* nnlon ultimatum, that no arbitration offers now would nerve to avert the conse quences of a failure of the om- pioyon In the Industry to grant wage Increases and other demands 2.000.000 TONS IN COAL BINS fBy auKtiUd Pcs.) NEW YORK—Thirty-two i lion tana of hard coal in domestic slasa will be In tha hlna of con Burners or storage awaiting dlatrl button by September 1, tho data of the threatened euepenalon of min ing, the Antitrade Bureau of In formation estimated Saturday. Mail Flyers Drop Letters From Sky; Tests Are Success CHICAGO—One of the most se vere aircraft tests In the history of aviation was completed Saturday when mall planes dropped out of the sky at New York ond Son Francisco and delivered their burdens of letters after a cross country test flight. Pinchot Takes Step To Prevent Coal Strike September 1 HARRISBURG.—Invitation to meet him at Harrisburg next Mon day have been gent by Governor pinchot to four reprHseutatives of the anthracite miners and four members of tho operators policy commltteo who have been taking part at recent negotiations.. As a first step the governor will attempt to adjust differenees be tween factions so as to avert a suspension of work fn tho mines September 1. Sues Publisher of Magazine Carrying Her Nude Likeness NEW YORK.—Mrs. Tbereaa Lind, youthful art student, who re- cnntly engaged counsel to bring suit of $200,000 against her former Instructor, A. Stirling Cal- der, sculptor, because of the al leged exhibition of a nude figure having a cemposito likeness to her head, after her husband had l«-ft her, has begun suit In the supreme court for $50,000 against tin* pub lisher of Vogue, fashion magazine. Publication fn February of photo graphs of the sculptured figure, the plaintiff declared, was a contribut ing caus* of her husband’s separa tion and held bed up to ridicule and humiliation. Last Trial Mail Flight Finished HEMPSTEAD, N. Y.~The last easthound flight of the present transcontinental relay mail test was completed when Pilot Ames arrived from Cleveland. The en tire' distance from San Francisco vrOM covered la 26 hours, 17 min utes, or three minutes behind tho record established Friday. __