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( gr; Inveetlgate Today! . I To Regular Subecrlben THE BANNER-HERALD 11,040 Accident Folic,. Free THE BANNER-HERALD Daily and Sunder—14 Cent* a Week. Eatebliahed 1831 —7 THE WEATHER GEORGIA—Fair 8unday and ] probably Monday. COTTON GOOD MIDDLING .. .. 26 3-4e I PREVIOUS CLOSE .. — 26 l-2c VOL. 91, NO. la* ' Aasociated Press tJerrlee ATHENS, GA., SUNDAK, BRI'lEMBER 16, 1923. V"1-: . . a. o. €. F»pw Si-;!e C??*" * Cent. Daily. f Centa Sunder. MILITARY MAY GOVERN ALL OKLAHOMA •I* •’I* - *1* *I--*I* t T t t T. V T A |f. »T. i ’i* V V V r •|i ii oJ« »I«. »J« J. A 'A 1 A 1 •M* W* *^-4 •M' Governor Walker Promises Active Support To Tax Commission Before Legislature SHE DANCES DIVINELY Believes Legislature Will Accept Suggestions Made By Body of Citi zens “Working UnSelf ishly For State.” SESSION TO"BE IN ATHENS THURSDAY t Determined to Carry Out Promise For Tax Re form, Chief Executive Asserts in Statement Is sued Saturday. (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA. — With the first meeting of his special commission .'••jpointed to .«tudy Georgia’s tax problem scheduled Monday lor or- punizntmn purposes, Governor Clifford Wallcer Saturday night issued a statement in which he as serted the body will not' preparo bills,, or. otherwise '‘improperly, at tempt to invade the provinco” of the rrep$rnl assembly. Instead, members of the com mission, "as patriotic citizens of the state,” will undertake to gath er information and make such sug gestions os may be of value to the legislature in its deliberatibns dur ing the extraordinary session in November, according to the chief executive. WILL ENDORSE ITS FINDINGS “It is hoped and believed that while members of the commis sion msy differ somewhat In their views, they will in • patriotic snirit of concession and adjust ment necessary- to constructive legislation agree on * plan which ran and will have the active en dorsement of the administration and tho approval of the progres sive minds of the, state,” said the governor. “I was Olscted goverhor on well; defined principles,” he continued. “I am just old-fashioned enough to consider these obligations sa cred. fbe most important of tho pledges to t|ic people was a busi ness typo study of taxation through a committee representing the farming, manufacturing, bank ing and other general business in terests, It is contemplated a sys tematic survey of the needs of the state institutions and depart ments, a budget for a period of years, for these needs and sug gestions to the legislature of fair and equitable tax mens urea to raise the necessary funds, distrib- (Turn to Pago 8ix) New Pest Attacks * Cotton Fields in State of Florida lEKSRRSONVILLE—A new pest has attacked the cotton fields Is reported that caterpillars great numbers have appeared In TwIggs county and are eating the leavef of cotton and other vege tation^ The caterpillar# are said to come Into a field of cotton and clean it of all leaves within a few hours’ time. Farmer# declare the damage to the cotton will not b< «o great, as the cotton I# already developed, but they fear other crop* may suffer heavy. YOUTHFUL EYES TURN TOWARD? 1 ^™* ATHENS AS UNIVERSITY OPENS Lk to -, kA ~ ,Likes to Play Like Anj Sat, Luisita Arnold, celebrated Span- ish beauty of Los Angeles, whose dancing featured the Mexican col- onjr’a celebration of American roc- tractive ogn [tj on 0 f tj,e Obregou govern ment and the 113th anniversary of Mexican independence, at a lavish feto held In Los Angeles. DAYTON. Ohio.—Major E. U Napier, and Flight Surgeon Mc- Coolt Field, were instantly killed Saturday .morning, when the FV)k- ker-pian? timr w.re ridlnx (ell to earth. Tho fatal fall was witrio.se,! by a number o( persons at the field, - bo agreed that tho richt wing of the plane had crumpled In air. DR. SOULE SEES BI6 YEAR FOR GEORGIA STATE AG. COLLEGE With all Indication! pointing to a record enrollmunt, final arrange ments for tho opuntog of mo Agri cultural Cullage Wednesday have boon completed, according to a statement by President Andrew M. Soule Saturday- Housing facilities for the largo number of students who cannot be accommodated In the dormitories has been the great est problem lacing college officials, but with the generous offers c! rooms In private homes, It ta thought that every student can be cared for, ho said. • DR. SOULE COMMENTS **A marked* ineatgso ta expected fn the courses in homo economics Judging by tho largo number of ap-, plications. A good increase in tho courses in Agriculture is looked for also, and wo hoileva that tho total enrollment will exceed tho high mark of 1476 sot -tout year,” continued Dr. Sonic. “There Is a grant,opportunity for men.and wo* men with an sarlcultnral edoca- 'Ion to servo the state at thta time. Oar educational program has been revised and a now typo of leedevshtn is In.demand." } LARGE GLASS LAST YEAR Pointing to the recced ot the graduating class ot sixty young men and womtn of tho past ses sion, Dr. 8oule stated that every, ono waa employed Immediately at salaries averaging two thousand dollars, (bis bflng remarkable ovidonce of the demand tor grad* uatos of the' College of Agricul ture, With tho Agricultural out look improving and the placing of tho farming industry on a firm basis. Georgia will need 10.000 trained leaden in the next few yean, he said. Studenti from China. Bnstl and PV n py> ( y<> nrt7 Rnarl Other foreign countries are num- A-'IIiergeilCy IxOaO bered among the flr#t registrant* for courses fn the collate. Yarbrough | RECORD ATTENDANCE Set Free PREDICTED FDD TIE By Jury MACON. O#.—Dr. C. A. Yar brough, prominent Macon dent- let. Saturday afternoon waa Ac quitted of complicity In Macon flogging ntrocltcs by tho Jury after a deliberation of more than two hour*. The verdict delivered before a court room Jammed with apec- tatora, seemed to bring no sur prise. The dentist, who was Identi fied by three victims of the lash ns a participant In their abduction and flogging, mere ly, amllcdand Intimated tluWNt was no more than Jjo expected. Prior to dosing his case late Friday. .T«h*» P. Rots, chief counsel fdr the defense. took the stand to answer to a charge of one of the st&te’g witnesses that Ross hqd told her W, O. Bar nett, « victim ot the flogging gang, waa a good case for the Ku Klux Klan. The attorney In abswcHng the charge said that he did tell the witness "he knew of no members of the klan and that the matter should he bandied legally, but that if there ever weui a case for the Ku Klux Klan this was one." Other Child. With a total enrollment of more than fifteen hundred students for iho retire college year predicted, tho KSra annual session i University of Georgia will begin nest Wcti’nesdpy. Registration wit begin Monday, and os early as Funday afternoon n larso number nf tho students will begin arriving in Athena. EXPECTED TO MAKE Was in Conference With Advisers Saturday and! Extension of, Martial Law Expected. GOVERNOR-REFUSES TO MAKE COMMENT Reports From Reliable Sources Indicate Military Rule For the Entire State. OKLAHOMA CITY—M.rti.l law for the entire state of Oklahoma threatened early Saturday night tho next step In Govonor J. C. Walton's war on tho Ku Klux Klan rid mob floggipgs. The executive was in eon/srapee with advisers at his homtf and a martial law order was expect. ad to be issued before the night was understood that the gov ernor contemplated placing all the state under the rule of the mili tary, occupied with troops such counties as ha considers hostile to his actions. Muscogee and Okla homa City, it was believed, would be the first to fall under martial Tho r-ovemor himself, refused te . m • » .t a • 1 comment on the nature of the an- lish alphabets. ITrojan war. and tho Amcrioan , lc , p „ td procl .„„ tlon , bu , r>p<>ri . Ho adds fractions "in his head.” Civil War. fronl ^ founded „ urc „ t h,t ho Ho rends Italian poetry in tho These are only a few of tho ac-j wol|ld d , e |, r . military rut. for tho original and translates the story complishmenis of six-year-old [whole ,tato. into English. Charles Stratford Morse, son of I m> Ho quotes page after page of Dr. and Mra. C. S. Morse of this “Hiawatha,” which lie likes be- city. 1 NEGRO HELD FOR ’’ ctttUD.fco sayadt, is musical. I The boy has never been to pub- viat iiriDN AP TUF lie recounts' the stcry of the lie school a day in his life. 1 VU/uAlJON Or TH r, i PROHIBITION LAW WASHINGTON'—Proposed strictlons in the transit privileges on cotton and cotton llnters at Atlanta, Athens, Elberton end Win. der hav been found Unjustified by the intsrstate commerce eommts- slon. The nnnonneecsen' "f 'be com missions decision added that- aens- dutes proposing to Invoke restric tions had been ordered cancelled. When ecked If he wsa a member of the Ku Klux Klan Attorney Ross answered, "Tee 1 Joined the klen July 4, IMS.” The tcetlmopy of the defense prior to closing Its case wee centered on an attempt to prove that W, O, Barnett, one of the chief witnesses for the etole, was an Immoral and undepend able character. Many of the (Turn to Pope 81k) Fund WiO Be Asked of Board Athens Delegation Will Urge Appropriation For Repair of the Bankhead Highway to Hartwell. TILDEN RETAIN8 TITLE AS TENNIS CHAMPION DEFEAT8 JOHN80N PHILADELPHIA — Little BUI Johnson lost again in his long time feud with Big BUI Tllden here Saturday afternoon when the two recognised best tennle play ers of the world mot In the finals . — — — of U* American ch.Tnpionrtltf. ! „ epreienUltt „, 0( tha Athens!;?. bo “ '\' he * C " or ” 1 Thanks Those Who Contributed, and The Banner-Herald I want*to thank In behalf of the local chapter of the Red Croes tho people of Athens who contributed so generously to the Japanese r*Hef fund. The peo ple of Athens not only sub scribed the quota but gave an tmount in its access. I also want to thank the Banner-Herald for the splendid co-operation It gave in giving publicity to the call and urging the public to respond. Without this aid the amount would have been raised with a great deal more effort. / C. W, CROOK, ‘ Chairman. D. S. AGENTS AFTER FIRPD-DEMPSEY T FIU! ' ... . CANTON, Ohio.—He recites the founding of Rome, tho history of law. } , 8ome . o! I* 0 ™"-!! d£,.t£Ul Gr2ck » French, Italian and Eng- Joan of Arc, the causes of the j i;rar“reU in AtVe^'m;;-’ «“ — i ,n|rUP". -y-nr these K it e the olhlctos, fott'jail stare, and those who r-c trying out for nine”, mi tho Bulldog loam coder tho goH- nnco Of Cni-H Klit, Woodruff. It was In tho np'nlon of the rca, Istmr T. W. Rood, or tho univer sity. Ibbt at the end of tbo woek the onrollmoot fot tho 1923-1924 session of tho univoraltv will bo well un to that of IriM year and ho vontures the statement that It Is possible that It may go oven be yond. tt will ho reoal-.d that last year thore were I.M0 students In attendance nt thi stain university In Athens. MANY COEDS ARE COMING Reports received from all parts • of Georgia seem to Indicate that j there wlU bo a largo number of female students In attendance j ht tho university during tho now year. Ever since co-odn-l cation was InsuKurnteil at tho university some yoara ago, each succoedlng registration has seen a larger mimbsr of the girls ot Door gin and other states socking high or learning within the walls of the oldest state university In the world. Last year there wore 130 co-ed, at Georgia, nail If tcrecaata carry any weight, It is to bo believed that thin number msy he even doubted for tho new session. .Professor W. D. Hooper who it tn charge of the entrance apllca- tions says that be Is inclined tt think that the freshman class this year will be larger than any pre vious j ears, Ho bates this state ment on the very large number ot applications for entrance that have been pouring Into bin office from high school graduates througbtut thesnmmer. In fact, this past sum mer wt, a remarkable one In this respect in that from the very Prat of tho cummer tho large number of applications for entrance began Tllden won three etrelght sets. Stream of Money For Those Who Diversify PRICE FOR BIO CROP Georgia farmers beat California growers several weeks In the production of a rcoord lima been crop, and are reaping a splendid reward for their work, officiate of the state bureau of markets declared Wednesday. Several Georgia growera have realised eleven cento per pound faf their lima beans, and the ftvtrajts production Is runnln* from 1,200 to 1,600 pound* per aC orriclnla Of the bureau found that the California growera had cioeed a contract early in the summer for future dellverlss of lima beans st eixht *nd a qusr- cents per pound making the crop very profitable. The Market Bulletin this week urges Georgia farmers to % market their llroa beans at once. *# the prevailing price Is now ten and elgvsn cept# per pound, but It probably will drop when thg California crop is delivered, beginning October 16. -./■ * • SHIP PIMENT0R8 JACKSON, Os—Several mh , of pimento peppers fifcs i shlped by Butt# county farmers to the Continents! Packing Corporation in Macon, and the . shipments will increase from now on during the season. Daily shipments will be ston ed within a few days, Afcou; a doxen cars have bepn shipped to date. The pepper Is »r an unusual ly high gfefe.Ihte gaairnh 1W. crop having been favored by weather conditions. It Is estt- (Turn to Page Six) *• 1 ; AS Kmi chamber of Commerce will appear before the Georgia Highway Board In session at East Point and re quest an emergency appropriation for . repair ot the Bankhead high way in Mbdlson, FVankUti. and Hart counties. The highway committee of the chamber of Commerce composed of CaptahvJ. W. Barnett. Dr. C. M. Straban, Homer Nicholson, Charles E. Martin and M. J. Abney will ap pear before tho hoard. The highway board annually ap propriates $69,000 tor emergency read.work, none of which the Ath ena division has ever procured. Representatives from the other counties on the route will also go before the board, urging an emer gency fund for repair of the high way which. It la stated. In some places Is detrimental to the popu larity of the Bankhead highway over which 700 automobiles pass dally between here and Hartwell. In August 700 cars went over • ra-n 4,11* an s-ainst 800 daily In August 1922 and the mslntet- snee fund for that division Is not caHidcnt, tsjsces It in th« »-®s it should be kept in. tt to slated, •ei-tlv-e from the Alliens Ivision will also bo present. ••V • (thing, It fs mid. for theeo not tc CHICAGO.—Agents of ths de partment ot Justice tfro understood to he watching at the Chicago avi ation fields In expectation ot mo tion pictures of the Dempsay-Flrpo (Jsht being brought here for exhi bition In violation nf the federal statute acalnat their Interstate Bryan Looks ’Em Over With ’Damon’ And Ring Lardner Tom Mix and Companion Prove As Interesting to Athenian' As Gladiators —Almost. Bv BRYAN C. LUMPKIN RINGSIDE, Polo Grounds.— ■VW1I, lu’iv wo are looklm; ’em over with Damon Runyon. J and a host ot tho big boys and around u* In tli* 1 stands art* some 85,000 fans from tho four corn.-rs of thf* world. Wo arrived at the ringside about two hours before tho mnln fight began. Already there were soma twenty-five or thirty thousand pr-nplo there. Sixteen ftlgentle so/irch lights on top' Of the stands with the batteries of forty high power ed lights directly over the are na transformed night into day. A blind near the ring wan playing and song boosters were holding forth. Her- comes the first prelimi nary. The moving picture cameras begin work nB Bright of England faces nrown of Aus tralia and the bell rings. In exactly fifty-eight seconds Brown is a huddled mass on the floor of tbe ring. A quick knockout. Tom Mix passes dressed In while with n large white sombrero, op his head and a small beautiful woman Jeff Smith, a negro living on this Eppes bridge road, was lodged i« the county jail yesterday after county officer* found n quantity of whiskey on his premises. Ho |g charged with violating the state prohibition law. Officers U. A. 8aye, Sr., and K, A- Snye, Jr. nnd Bailiffs Kd John son and J C. Brown made the mid. Thirty-one gallons and three pints of whiskey were found In the cot* ton field In the rear of Smith’s home, the officers state One quart was found In the house occuisjgn r>y Mary Lou Tatenenr Smiting house. ' , The negro told the officers "som4 white men put the whiskey In hi# field,” but forgot whom It was. SHOULD HT SHIFT TO CONSUMER Si como !'.. until the latter part of, transportation, th. summer. Government agents falleff to DORMITORIE8 (seise the films of the Dempsey- ARE FILLED , Gibbon* f/ght at Shelby until re- Dormltory rooms for 1*23-1924. ccnl| J r * ,ter * h * Pictures had been *111 alt hn filled. In fact, the ma-! here snrreptlousljr and ac- Jcrity have long a'neo been token,! m «UbltIon. When the (Turn fa Pare 4lx) I UI,n * w °re soiled the federal euth. - oritlog learned they haS been re- T produced and they were without I sutbority to seise duplicates. CONGO CHIEF WOULD QUIT i his i The braxlllan consul is being paged from the nfrena. Won der what. a Brazilian Consul looks like. More thousand* pour fn. Tho moon t* more that* a quarter fyll but here, iuv .two sporta In silk hats. that. put*the moon, to shame.' Somebody must have given it to them for the law* says you 4 can't- buy It. What (Turn to P*fle Six) MADISON Wls.—Oovcmor Rlalnt i a letter to Governor Plnchot of Pennsylvania Saturday de clared that not one cent wage ln- creaM, granted to miners, should be passed to the consumer. Un til the federal government effect* Ively denis with the coal mines and their operation, state efforts wMI effect only small relief if any »q the consumer. ' s FOB'S STORE m CLEVEWD SAT. WITH ALL HIS 100 WIVES CLEVELAND.—J at $20,000 and •tolen by two armi Though Aged 100, He Re fuses to Give 50 to His j Heir, As Jungle Custom Decrees. retry valued tn caah, wai NEW YORK.—Mtuamhai-Klvula. bandit* In * chief of the nuluh* ti holdup of the Ftilborg Jewelry upper- Kaftl Blver dlitrict of the company Saturday. I The bandito Belgian Congo, ha, aent In his ‘ compelled Freni \Fralberg the resignation, and tie .whole Congo president, to open tie lafe and I, up In arm*, wondering what the iope(£un Jen-elry\ln a strong ioo-ye*r-old leader of the tribe to g tkmm -hamai !. .«•».-j and in. going to do with hly 100 wlvra. brother and bookkeoier and car- According to the unwritten lgw to the rear Lf the room, of the jiingte, uauamha Kavgla The bandits escaped. \ | } i 8. Muvikovo Alnmhao. heir to tho throno, should bo entitled to his selection ot fifty—It being under- stood that the chief should keep tho other half—but. the chief is not Inclined to dispose of bis ha rem. This Is the gossip aa told by In the the Rev. A. Hoyt Miller, a Preaby- •nary on his way back glstrict, where ho has rs In the service of •Was accompanied d their nlneteen- Knvilla Miller. The MIHe sailed on the Beeland. His letter was In reply to ong ■by Governor Pinchot requesting state executives to act to prevent coal price gouging. Ac the same time Governor Illalno directed the Wisconsin authorities to act with in their powers in an effort to pro* vent any unjustified price in* crease in anthracite coal. ACQUITTED BY JURY LONDON.—Madame Mareueritd Fahmy, tried on the charge of hav* Ing murdered her husband. All Ka mel Fahmy Bey, wealthy Egyptian, was acquitted by a Jury in Old Bailey Saturday. Madame Fabmyy who sometimes is erroneously al luded io as a princess testifli that she had attempted tQ fright him with a pistol believed un'