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r lnVcatlgsle TodxyT W To Regular Subecriber* j thb banner-herald II.iKIO Accident Poller Fret ' Dali? and Sundsy-lO Grata b Week. T 'THE WEATHER ^ Cloudy, Local Thund«nthow«rd. COTTON luSsilL Marked* Closed, VOL. 91, J<6. 173 Aaiociated Preaa Serrlce ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1923. A. & C. Paper 100,000 DIE IN 4. -ft T T Single Coplea 2 Ceuta Dailr. 3 Crate Sunday. m i .*.—^ ^ 4 •—•- • r -• - - - ■ - -• r -*—*- -1—r 1 r ^ .a a-ri Quake, Fire, Tidal Wave, Famine and Thirst Do Great Damage • -T. J. A A A A A A A A A A A A ala A A A A. A A-A 4*—4* 4*—4* 4^-4* 4>—4» A 4> " in»- a.. P +-4* 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4, 4-4 4—4 4—4 4-4 4—4 4—4 } 4-4 - ,te+ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—4 4-4 4—4 4—4 4"4 4 4 4—4 4- -4 LABOR DAY FINDS U. S. LEADING COUNTRY II. S. ECONOMlCjC/wre/i Not a Failure But Could Be Better BETTER OTHER COUNTRIES In Many Foreign Coun tries There Is Much Idle ness and Wages Are Low or Nothing. DAV*fc IS SPEAKER IN BIRMINGHAM Secretary of Labor Sounds Optimistic Note For This Country. Just Back From Europe. (By. Associated Press.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Both: work man and employer are bette; off In America than anywhere In the world today and While everywhere .ppmad to be fix- elee there is political and ecobomlc J J® u j UTnato success an assured fact, but history Is one long list Dr. Price Tells Conference That the Church Has Not Broken Down, But He Implores a Closer Adhesion to the Teachings of Jesus Christ. (By Associated Press.) LAKE JONALVSKA.—Dr. Thurs ton B. Price, evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in a sermon p'«.pared for delivery before the Bible and Evangelistic Conference at the Southern Moth odist Slimmer Assembly here, de clared that the church Is not failure, but that If tho members of the church would study more close ly tho teachings and life of Jesus Christ they could make it much more successful. He shall not fall.” the word's of prohpm-y spoken by Isninh, was the evangelist's text. Tho text ro- fern to Jesu4 Christ. “If this statement of my text,” he began, “had been spoken about any othtt man that GTtr w ®tked on the face, of tho earth, It would have been proved false long ago. Men have lived. It Is true, whose »hat employer and workman are moving steadily forward under the banner of industrial peace and prosperity. James J. Davis, secre tary of laooi\ declared Monday In a Labor Day address hero. Abroad unemployment Is the rule he said, and Wages are low, many I workers being paid a mere aub*l slstence wage* while In America! wages generally nre as high as 1 they have ever been and every I workman who Is willing and able to work has the opportunity 10 Cm a Job, The secretary, who recent* | ly returned from a trip to Europe j asserted he Is more and more con- I vinced “of the wisdom of the con* 1 vletion of our late President War- J O. Harding, In his belief that hnna nt 4b. wnrllt If OR III thiit ' of final failures In many ways." Christ, ho said. Is tho only man who never failed, whose life was The church, having Its founda tion In Clirfst and bis teachings Is not a failure, he reasoned. When honest and thoughtful men arc en- clined to say that the church is a failure U Is not because of the church as a whole, but because of individual members of the church and their errors, the evangelist!* declared. "We need 1 not fall,” he continued, "If we should only learn from a few outstanding facts In His every day llfo why it was that He was such a perfect success in His life and contact with men As well as In His great plan, laid In so short a time, for the salvation of the rest of tho world. “Christ did great and might* things, but he never grew proud ITALY WILL SPURN LEAGUE DECISION. DECLARES MINISTER PRINCE HIROHITO, Japan ese heir apparent, who, accord ing to Associated Press dis patches, is safe, after the ter rible disagter „ in Japan in which 100,000 perished and much damage was done. It is said that Premier Yamomoto had a narrow escape. {JAPANESE DISASTER SEEN AS SIGN OF 'EYSJMifl Rome Will Refuse to Rec ognize Decision of Inter national Peace Bpdy, It Is Said. WORLD LEADERS SILENT ON CRISIS Italians Have Occupied Two More Greek Islands. Greeks Stage Anti-Rome Demonstration. over’ them.-eeld the eveuxellet. “When a man grow, proud and ii.lr'enme for" that*'man to* "»to" nepoew mat tne urenn camnet h “"„ that ven' l h * d *»<K«»d an unfounded. For- off. and he uaually doea Ten> I Prtmjer Zlimll h „ definitely Let na keep each a real ^ the leader,hip of the re- . Ip A ATHENS.-rThe Italian govern ment has reported through Signor Montagna. Italian mlniater,' thut It will refuse to roeognlae the d*-'- ciikm.. of the Loagne of Nation? in the preaent controversy be tween Italy and Greece. Reports that the Greek cabinet thing. "■ -"V„:-V,J.,'-7. accepted the leaderehip hleta.k just ah '* d * h f conciliation party. The elections will never have time toi growJtroud wm ^ he|(1 October 28. Terrific Earthquake, Tid al Wave, and Immense Loss of Life Fulfills Scripture, He Says. ATLANTA PREACHER THINKS END NEAR Portion of Bible Forecast ing End of Time Quoted. Conditios Seem to Sus tain, It. i Death List Mounts; Bodies of Victims Remain in Streets Thousands Die As Skyscrapers Topple Into Terror Stricken Mob Selow. Death and Destruction S pread - ! Over 50-Mile Circle. SAN FRANCISCO.—Death and destruction have spread over Tokio, Yokohama and neighboring cities, as the result of the ’quake and fire which have de stroyed thousands of buildings. The casualty list has exceeded 100,000. VISITATLANTA crowned with everlasting success, already done.” and gloat over'what little we have LounuT- of ,he wor,d *“* Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam PARAMOUNT PROGRESS 18 FORECA8T “Roth through the pay envelope and through various systems of profit sharing," Mr. Davis said “many Industries nre reaching that condition of nn equitable division of the proceeds of production be tween the men who manager labot nnd the men whose labor maker Industry possible. On this basir nlone can we Injure permanent progress and growing prosperity.” This Labor Day, the secretary said, finds the working men an' women of America at the close ol twelve months of steady progress of neare and prosperity, but mark ed by one great loss,—the death ol Wn»ten O. Harding. Mr. Hardin:? *nld the secretary, was a great friend of America's tollers ‘•During the more than two year? of his service, labor in America made greater strides in stead* consistent, material and mtffa* pongress than it had during any rimllnr period in the history of out country Under hfs calm guidance without besting of drums nr sound ing of trumpets, the American workman was led from the verge of economic chaos to stalle em ployment, record wages, nfld Im oroved conditions. Not since the foundations of the Republic has American .labor, organised'and un organised been In better condltoln than It Is on this Labor Day.” The memory of Harding, said Mr. Davis will ever live In hearts of American labor. He declared Resident Hardin* was the first president of this country with the courage and vision to nnprtivr agreement among manufactors to this country, thus protecting th»‘ American worker from worelgn, low-wage competition. ”Bv this measure," Mr. Davit dee?nred. **«nd by his wise economic policies which he followed, he poon brought the country out of the trough nt Indiistrinl eollane* ond out again on the plain straight road of Industrial jtabMty. ^Jt was through his untiring In dustry ond devotion to the fdeab of American labor that this Day finds that archaic Instlruuon i—y ***” I the 12-hoiir workday nnd the sfv- refuge* (Turn to Pea* SI«) J m.in>. Cutler Is Now Associated With Noted Chicago Physician. Dr. Cutler. Son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Sam Cutler, well known Athenisns. in now making hin home In Chicago, being annoclnted with a noted Chicago nurgeon, Dr. Alfred Strnua,. Dr. Cutler in well remembered in A then, by. a large number of friendn. Ho graduated at the Athens High School and the Uni versity of Georgia here and then I LL maJIooI Aairrttn nf the received hin medical degree at the Johnn Hopkinn Medical School in 1922. He was appointed renident houne nurgeon on the ntnff of tho Johnn Hopkinn Hospital where he remained until hin lant nnnocu- tion with Dr. Strnunn. Newn of tho eminent nucccsn of thin young Athens man is reueiv. ed here with connidernble Interest an Dr. Cutler w»n very popular here during hln nchool dnyn. Smallest Precinct in U. S. Has Four Voters ST. LOUIS.—A voting precinct In St. Louln County, with four perennial renldentn. In believed to have the nmallent population of known 1 * qualified votern of any precinct in the United Staten. The precinct In nt Wnnhington Univernity, just went of St. Louln City, nnd the fane renldentn urn wondering how they can diitrib- nte themaelvea nt elections to pro vide the necennnry nix precinct officials. The comfort members of the faculty stay nt the dormitories when the university In in session, and some of these may bo qualified voters in St. Louln county. quartet, however, taken t in the fact that some ITALIANS OCCUPY CEPHALONI AND SAINOS ATHENS—The inlands of Ce- phaloni nnd Salnos have been oc cupied by tho Italians, according to unconfirmed reports In circula tion here. Capital City and New Or leans Unite, in Effort to Get Famous Englishman to the South. REPORT DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST ITALIANS ATLANTA, Ga.—David Ltoyd George, former prime minister of Great Britain, may visit Atlanta in October. The Chambers of Com* ROME.—The Stefani agency, 1 mere©* of Atlanta and New Or- the semi-official news ageney, j leans are combining in their ef- says demonstrations against Ital-lforts to brine pressnre t ) 1-car on ians have occurred on the island, "the little Welsh wliard” to have of Crete, It is alleged that the these southern c‘M»s included in populace insulted the Italian flag his itinerary, and that tho personnel of the Italian consulate was endangered. ATHENS.—Greece has address- promise. ..... that-he would do ail in his power to have the man who directed the affairs of the Briti h empire dur- ing the stormy day* of the great _ __ war come to tne south mid see the ed an ensrgetic " protest to the al- marvelous development that h*j lies against the bombardment by taken place here ;ince the days ». -_ Uniwtw . the Italians of Corfu and the re- the civil war. Mr. Lloyd Georje -Jeriis In the streets of Moscow and sultant killing of refugee*. li* wiling during, October. «d. ATLANTA, Qs.—The terrific earthquake and tidal wave in Ja pan with Its tremendous loss of life nnd property are proof of,tfcc unerring accuracy and fulfillment 1 of Bible prophecy, according- to Elder Booth of the Church of Sev*. enth Day Adventists. “Conditions throughout thel world point to tbs end of time and I tho iK-eond coming of Christ," hej •nhl In his sermon Sunday night. ! # *We have Jesus’ own words for. It. Asked hy his discinlss: 'What. shall ho the sign of Thy coming 1 and of the end of the world.* Jesui j answered: Ye shall hear of warf| nrd rumors of wars. . . for nation, shall rise against nation and king* I dom against kingdom; and there | shall he famines and pestilences PROCEEDING DI8ASTER3 A list of the most dsstructlvc earthquake disasters in the Psi East, fycorded In history fol lows: .Place No. KIIH1 Date Tosa, Japan Inestimable 684 Mutsu, Japan « 869 Koytl. Japan “ 1361 Tokaldo, Japan *0.000- i4t»ft Tokio. Japan 200,000 170J Pekin, Ch.na Hlxen. Japan Canton, China Shlnano, Japan .. Tokio, Japan Yunnan. China . North Central Hondo. Japan. Ssurlku. Japan . Knn-Sun, Chins . 100.000 1731 16,000 1702 0.000 1I3C 12,000 1844 1.200 1155 4.200 1181 10.000 1801 27.000 1896 2,000 1020 roughly The stricken area I comprised of a circle with a ra dius of about 50 miles reaching out from Tokio. How extensive casu alties and the material damage outside of that zone Is, hse not been determined. Its all communi cations with Japan are still inter rupted except for brief connections and earthquakes in divers places And there shall be signs In the asn nnd In the moon and In thx* stare .and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity; tbs sea nnd waves roaring, men*» !«;» fallln r them for fear and for look ing after those things which arc coming on the earth, for the pow ers of heaven shall be shaken And then shall they see the Son of Man coming In a cloud with power and great gtory." It in Armagaddon that Is com Ing “The battle of the Lord, say the Seventh Day Adventists. "The nations nre In tqrmoll. Men are blaspheming Ood. Those who di rect the destinies of-110 million of people are publicly burnlifg effi gies of Clod the Father. Mosee and S. S. TEACHERS .MONDAY NIGHT ruptod except for brief conr by radio wit.i Tomioku an im r<-!.11 dUp ttrhvH from Japan to Shanghai. With railroad lines, telephonl wires nnd all other means of com- i To* municatlon and travel bei klo nnd the remainder of Japan and the outsido world cut off. To kio and the other cities oa the central eastern seaooast on the Is land of Hondo are Isolated In their desolation. The cities of Tokio and Yoho- ...»ma were described by one As- COURSE OPENS ' oc i*^ d - J,r '* , - ln - fon ? 4nt ’ ,h0 “FROM LABOR THERE SHALL COME FORTH REST”—Longfellow Dresden Hoards Rich Relics; Will Not Sell on Mark Basis DRESDEN.—Art deal.in 'artd antiquarians here have few valu able object* of art left in their ahopa. Since the mark began Its wild downward course and the distrust in money became so acute, Germans have been putting all their aavings Into articles which they believe to have a stable value in a world market. Old mas terpieces, old furniture, old silver, old tapeatries and old ruga have been eagerly snapped up If they had beauty and bore evidenee of th fn 'many cases the dealers themselves withdrew the articles from the market if they were their own propertj’. Show, now devoid of choice p ece«, keep up - or tit s gathered from th< rafuiM. ••rhich baa C vteaotoTbP- VIHEH W6 REACH IftiS Point l ALWAV5 Take A CWV OFF — _ We’Ll, resumc- our jouRNeVoa The morrow. Rev. Homer Thompson, superin tendent of Sundsy School work for the Norths Ueorgis Conference of the Methodist church, arrived In ‘Athens Sunday with Mrs. Thompson for the purpott gtf. tak ing part In tho teachers training coon# which opens at the First Methodist church Monday night. The course will be held for the Athena district- and will continue through Saturday. The course is given under au thorisation, and with the co-opera- tton of the Teacher Training Di- xlaion of the Sunday School Board of the Methodist church. Those who complete any one of the'courses will be given a cortifi Horporatlon, as "like hell" Building* wero falling; fire vu npreadlng everywhere; dead and dying were on all aide*; lb#r« were explosions nnd cries • and fear by the panlc-i bopulae#. cat. of credit, looking 10 ultimate graduation. Credita will not be allowed If a student ia absent more ban two of the twelve lesson periods. (Each count reqalrea two per iods daily). 1. Primary Organisation— Miaa Corrin© Little- 2. Junior ahspll—Mrs. E. R. Michaux. 3. Intermediate Senior Psychol-! ogy— Dr. E. Hightower. 4. Pupil Study—Miss May Zeig- ler.. 6. Principles of Teacning—Prof. D. L Earnests 6. Organization and Administra tion of Sunday School—Rev. Ho mer Thompson, What quako and fire did no4~< ■troy on. land tidal waves are re ported to hnvo crushed or sunk a* *ca. The fate of the ships In Yoko hama harbor and what ships wers there, still remain to bs determin ed. Tho best available report* re ceived today said hardly a struc ture was left standing U the Ya- manote district, which includes th# Tokio ward* .of Honjo, Pukagawa. Akusaka, Hhitaya, Nlhonbushl and Kanda. Thousands are' without | food and water and no men getting any at present. Two lesson periods each day will b# held from 7t30 to 0:30 p. with • brief iutennif between, except the last on urday, which will be in the fore- The board of managers follows; R. P. Stephens, chairman; F. G. Birchmore, W. R. Tindall, D, D. Quillian, IL G. Callahan, G. F. Venable, J. M. Pound, Mra. C. N. Hhaya, T. N. Gaines, W. C. Thompson, B. P. Road, T. P. Woot en, M. A. Pharr, P. F. Merritt, Miss Kate Downs, J. W. Morton, Miss Eudorr. Noel!, A. O. Dunna- way, Mrs. S. E, Watson, Mbs Maud Jonejt, Mrs. W. T. Brj-ant. A cordial invitation # to enroll for this coarse ,s extended to all those who desire to fit themselves for efficient teaching in the church, without regard to church l uh affiliation. Ten* of thousands of guests at resorts In the Hakone district near Yokohama In tho mountains were driven from 4 .he!r quarters by quakes and fires. They were panic stricken. Tho number of casual ties is undetermined. In Yokohama the fire started Is the bund, or foreign xectfon spreading rapidly to the business district, which was wiped oMt. Tho town of AMma was demol ished, six or seven thousand per son* being killed. At Ito, on the Idzu peninsula, more than 800 houses were wash ed away by tidal wav-w. Fix hun dred persons nre reported .to have "crlehed when a railway tunnel at Ssvsko collapsed. Tho city of Nagoya Is virtually deeti< yed. The Japanese maval station near Yokohama was en gulfed by a tidal wave and tho Im perial palace at Tokio is endan gered by fire. Nogoya ha* a popu lation of 620,000. It I* about 40 miles east of Eaaka sr.d ajrml 7« miles west of Tokio. Pw-^hSH SHANGHAI, China—One hun. dred thou: and persons hare psr- I**hed in Tokio and YgkpbogUt a.-cording to bu!!-At/u* U‘ (Turn to Pog* •«*) ! '