The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, September 18, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text# THE WEATHER * *?< _ CLOUDY. -* rr»TTON ATHENS COTTON .. 28 3-4c PREVIOUS CLOSE ., .. 28 l*2c Single Capita 2 Cents Daily. S Cents Sunday. .J—!• University of Georgia To Open Wednesday; i ' - ' ^ - ** c LordRenfrew PLUtS'JEW Speak On If. Even though he called him self “Lord Renfrew" and was dressed pretty much ns any English traveler, the Prince of Wales was readily recognized when he arrived at Quebec on ■ the Emnraaa of France. |L EXE! WEDNESDAY A. M. AT ilTY CHAPEL On Shaky Throne Hon. Walter McElreath of Atlanta Ga., Will Be Speaker of the Occas ion. PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND WED. Usual, Academic Proces sion Will Be Seen At Of ficial Opening Exercises of University. 887 REGISTER A total of 387 students hid registered at the University of (Irargla up until noon Tuesday. s This Is In excess ot last years flgurds. Dy Tuesday night fully COO will have matriculated while through the second, day last yoar 432 registered. 1 BerkelyFire Loss Seven FIRST STEPS MADE FORTAX REFORM BYTHE COMMISSION QUEEN VICTORIA KING ALFONSO CATALONIA, or the "Catalan provinces," have been referred to frequently as Spain’* Ireland. in what grow* out of this, rather than because of any sentimental wish for a separate national life, is to be found the reason for the Catalan Separation^ movement Being the great producing section if the country; Catalonia pays the bulk of the thxes—-but Madrid Lli »Ki.i,i in fnrt. in the Catalans* opinion, Madrid throw® them BERKELY, Calif.—Beds of flam ing embers and 1 crimson coals marked the ruins of 60 square block of dwelling houses destroyed by fire, Monday night. The toll ot the fire is placed at four lives and about $7,000,000. More than 600 dwellings were destroyed. Streets are strewn promiscuous" ly with stray chakra, grand pianos, bed springs, vases, bird cages and other odds and ends of household furnishings. Only chlmneyi remain standing in ih ©district sw*-;t by the flstr.es. Few of those whose horaen were burned were able to save anything from the fire. Many were hard pressed to escape alive. Miners Return to Work Wednesday BY BOV. WALKER Formsl exercises marking tne ctogrepbiennr in_th* BstHro^of-.S Jump completely across «mlnkoMb*lSM annual session SMn, inTrality wn* quitenslurml, Bilbos being ttw-ceutbr of the S” University ot Georgia wilt nfuonsl fuel Indratry.jost ns Barcelonala ‘ n l d h “* tr ‘*‘ c ™ t " U ch .. ... •—ra/«i»in* in the ^ country. Bllboa, like Barcelona, has long been the scene oi muen labor restlessness. UIII*ci«v — - ... held Wednesday morning In the Iveralty chapel nt 11:30 o clock, u public general Is being Invited attend these exerotses. Hon. Walter McElresth ot At- ata. a well known member of the lanto bar. so outhor, no auihorl- oa Constitutional questions, wtu the main spssker ot the occss- o. In addition to bis address, the lancellor ot the University, Dr. tvld C. Harrow, will speak to the u,lento and It t, Hknly that the an of the nnlverslty and s few the other officials will have a w brief words to say. The address by Mr. McElreath 111 be In connection with the ob- rvance of Constitution week, hlch Is bring held throngho it the uited States and In which the diversity * of Georgia Is taking a irL Through tho American Bar i.oclatlon, the Lnmpktn Law :hool has arranged s program at begins Wednesday and con- tues throughout the week with i address In the chapel each day which tho public la invited. Rebels reported killed in fight on Brasllian-Uruguayan frontier. Town of Zuarahy taken by robots. University of Georgia nnnoun- css formal opening for Wednoday css formal opening for Wedntfuaj morning in tne chapel on Univer sity campus. orts irom urns cate new offensive in Morocco j be ing planned by Rivera. stroys fifty biociti, with estimat ed lo*a of 87,000,000, ERCI8E8 E FORMAL Oklahoma taking niartial law calmly. Only noticeable in larger cities. t the format opening exercises ilnesday morning, the usual •lemfc procession which. Is In ue of each commencement and h beginning of the university I again be seen. The members or facnltv headed "by Chancellor row and wearing the robes and .no. Will proceed to the chapel h the lolling of the chapel bell, a exercise In the chapel will be official opening of the unlver- 14V REGISTER !H DAY islstfttloil nt the University h otarled' Monday wns-Jn full ■g Tuesday with prncUoally the re faculty engaged In the hpol- I ot getting the students en large freshman class Is ns- 1 by the, very large number o« icailono far entrance tnirlrart Ivcd and by ‘the eshmen who have already,pr I in Afhens and registered. . regards the co-eds nt the erslty this year, there will be i of them. In fact, It Is the Ictlon than the number of 130 llful girls ot those In attendance. EN JEFFERSON ROAD TUESDAY A. M. riio Jefferson ro.nl, width i just been paved as far as Gainesville Midland sur- o crossing beyond the Lam- hom©, was opened to *raf- Tuesday morning.. 'his gives Athens another tMididlv paved spends them. In away. They icv, in the Catalan*’ opinion, Madrid throw® them to supporting the rest of Spain, frntent fnmr B—tlonift ffr*i sf sil to- Bllboa, ly in' the Wttfre of^h jump fiohlpletely across . The Day*? News Another quake reported) from (alts. Many buildings destroyed. Latest reports from fc Spa!n indi- offal Fire in Berkely, Cs]if or nls._de- ‘ “ on, 1 — — - STATE COLLEGE OF With more than three hundred students registered far courses In agriculture and home economics ■ SCRANTON, Pa. — Anthracite miners. leprtacntlng union workers .throughout Ike Pennsylvania hard coal fields, Tuesday ratified the; new two-year wage agreement. drafted by thblr officers and opera-1 torn’ representatives. In Harris-1 hnrg, September 8. They voted to turn to work Wednesday .and plans I . tt„ij • were made at once for the signing*! First Session HOICi ill At- of the new contract on the same I lanta Monday Afternoon. James A. Gorman, secretary of! T. S. Mason Elected the joint conference which n»gotl- Chairman OI Body, e.teil the agreement, announced to-1 .*■ night the operators* and mlnera* FREEMAN McCLURE representative* woud go to Oov- MAm , aCPDFTAI?V ernor Plnchot's home at Milford,’ MALlEi AK-I Pa., for the .signing. Tbl* I# ache- ’ ■ ■ 1 ' duled for one postponement Wed-j Athens I Will Be Host 10 GornrnjgR'ot) Thursday httwever.^wiir npt'sifsct uip re-. At Rotary-Kiwanis Club sumption of operators Wednesday Meeting, morning. | . R O M E.—Appointment of an Italian military governor in Fiume docs not in any way signify an nexation by this country, it was authoritatively stated, and any moves mode by Italy up to the present have been for the purpose of bringing Jugo-SIavla to see the need for a satisfactory * arrange ment concerning the disposition of tbe free city. * It is held that Premier Musso lini did everything in his power to avoid the situation as it is Tuesday, when he asked the Joint Italo- Jugo-Stav commission considering the Fiume question fo fibish its work August 31, snd begged the Belgrade government to make a definite statement on the com mission’s report by September 1®. agriculture and home economics j u _ 0 . S | mv |g,^iowever, let the date and In Oklahoma City. No excite- tho flat day. prospects am very | without ro mlng to any agree- ment or disturbance has occurred bright tor n large enrollment in j^ entl , n( j this, it is contended. bright tor n large enrollment j[J; entJi an p this, it is contended, tho College of Agriculture tor the I thr#w the entire responsibility for coming year. Officials of'the Col-| Flume on j u i yi which for five lege were very busy In registration had besn maintaining the work Monday, snd it is thought ; city , t her own expanse, that more than five hundred will* be enrolled for classes at the open ing on Wednesday. It is esUmnted that about nine hundred will regis ter for agricultural snd home eco nomics coqrtes during the week. UNIVERSITY TO PROBE PSYCHIC MBS MSB IITEHI MEEIMB i (By Associated Press.) OKLAHOMA C I T Y.—A flash between members of the State legislature and Governor Wilton over martial law U Imminent Despite the exeeu- ttrs’s warning that he will jail any ' legislaors that at- tempt to convene themselves , In extraordinary aeaaion, the movement for a test of the executive authority took defi nite form Tuesday. OKLAHOMA GITY.—-Martial law I® actively visiible only in Tulsa | ATLANTA, Go.—-The first step •toward reforming Georgia’s tax system ;wqs-jnad{. here Monday ; afternoon wEsn tlw initial moot ing of the special commission named by Governor CJfiford Wal ker was held tc perfect organiza tion plans. .R: w • i This commission, after visiting • strategic points In tbn state, in- I vestlgsting conditions, receiving aug.jestions, inspecting otsto In- •stltMtlors, will formulate » ton crate plan of taxation for Georgia and suggest its adoption by thff legislature. A ten-year budget for the maintenance of state In stitutions will alio be prepaJed bv the commission. TO SETTLE J General Aizpuru’Will Be Sent to Morocco With Orders to Settle WHple Problem. EXPEDITION WILL, i SET OUT IN WEEK Armed Force of 15,000 Is Expected to Leave Moor Fronts Within One Week Says Madrid. LONDON.—It fg ,reported from Madrid that the great offensive In Morrocco which was nuggested earlier by Primo Rivera, president of tho military directorate of Spain will begin within ono week with a body of 160,000 troops. It is further stated that General Aizpurn will bo sent to Morrocco with order® to settle the whole problem there. Ho will bo ordered to respect treaties with Raisull but will make no treaty with Abi- EiKrim and will launch a new of- fensivb in the AiillUa zone In ac cordance with the plans of the general staff. River?, dis Maimed any Intentiol governing without parliament saying that no would form another, truly representative of Spanish opinion which would create a new constitution for tho country T. Hi Shen Here oi! All the Way FromJ China For Course BTANFORD UNIVERSITY. Palo. Alto. Calif.—The dead will be giv en a chance to communicate with tho living and Sir Oliver Lodges e,pried theories will be given a good opnortunlty to he proved or disproved.^ $600000 {rom t. W. Stanford, brother of the founder ot this university, left when the for mer died In Australia has just been brought to will make farther research In phy- chlc phenomena possible. Professor I. B. Coorer of the de partment of physical research, Trithln tho department of P-*^' 0 '* ogy, will have charge of turthor investigations In the little-known "Tho department of psychtcel ro llon than the number or mo The pepanmo... last year may he even don- search was ron "?.* d of ,t ,S}Si his yoar. Many of the moot 1112. when a gift of I50.0W irom Georgia »re Thomas Welton StanfordI ac rooted Stanford, then a lradtnx spiritualist In Australia, offered 8100.040 but P«rt of the money was diverted Into other chnnnels. HAS investigated THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE For Instance, he says 7he ones- tion of a human being being fable :f to give off -ecioplOButsllM '♦ Hurouean sdentiats sSsettfTs poja ’ •Ible. Is first a proper study, for do u. CP' is HIUMH— Used Capitol For Klan Initiation Game Warden’s Room Used By Wood and Dun ning on Night Legisla ture Quit ATLANTA, Ga.—Former fish and game Warden, J. Frank and game warden, J. rranx Rhodes, stated here Monday that he had no knowledge of an initia tion of a number of candidates into the order of the Ku Klux Klan in the game warden office ■t the cepitol op the night the Iraislature adjourned. Louie P. Merquardt of Solicitor Boykin's office, testified of the initiation, stating that Represen tative J. O. Wood, xtonsman, and M. O. Dunning, chief of staff for the klan In Georgia, officiated nt the ceremonial. MORE 8HQCK8 MALTA. — Severe earth shocks of several seconds du ration occurred here Tuesday motwin*. Many bulldlnun wcre badly shaken.. Churches.wore were filled i with worshipper* -ifch* atah4r■ In there cities. At these places, howerer. mili tary courts Of Inquiry were In ses sion and proceeding with Invest!- cations ordered by Governor J. C. Walton, Into alleged masked dep redations snd regulstlono were In I effect clearing the streets of traf fic an?pedeetriehs -between mtd- I night hhd Be. * Armed guards paced tho entrances to the state caplinlf vie, permuting only those to nssU|who hat! official business Early Monday night word was received from Coslgate that Judge J. H. Llnebauxh hid ad loomed the them until next Monday, MORTON IS NAM'D ' I., iu first msetlng Senator T. S. Msscn of Hartwell wee elected chairman; Jamei C. Peters of Manchester, vice chairman, and Freeman C. McClure, of LsFey- 0t Governor*Wiirlkar Monday darned Jams, W. Morton of Clarke coun ty and Judge U. V. Whipple of Cordele to take the place of J. E. Gonwcll ia.il W. B. Baber who were unable! to serve. Tho commission went to Rome Tnw.Hsv where it will hold on open hearing going from that city to Augusta for a hearing Wednes day snd returning to Athens for Thursday. .... .. W. R. Jones, of Meriwether county,, who is chairman of tho house committee on constitutional J. H. IJnebauxh ban nmournea tnr amend men ts,toId of the work regular session of dlrirlct court that had been done by^that com (Turn to Page Six) IN REBEL FIGHTING MONTEVIDEO.—A telegram re ceived St the foreign office from the Uruguayan consul In Zuarahy near the Brazilian Uroguawa fron tier says the town his, been taken by force by 1800 Brmsllltn rebels. Sharp fighting occurred In tho streets In which seven men wero killed* and 27 injurod. APPLEWHITE GOES TO NEW YORK FOR CONFERENCE TUES. Dr. J. D. Applewhite, county health commissioner, left for New York City Tuesday where ha will be In conference with the commit tee of the American Child Health Association which has (hargo of the health clinic to be established here at an early date. Dr. Applewhite was called New York to consult with the committee with reference to the work here which the clinic will ■et out to ancompllsh. Acri'icultural College Gets Many Students From the Orient; Take Course in Cotton. * T. H. Shen, the Gover Louie D. Newton, Chris tian Index Editor, One| of-the Speakers, Passes* Through Here Tuesday. A large number ot Athena Bap tists went to Salem church In Oglethorpe coanty Tuesday for the pnrpose of attending the conven tion ot the Sareptn Bapttat Aeoo- clatlon which will be held there Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition to the Athenians Louie D. Newton, editor of The Christian Indez. D. S. Roller, su- nerintendont of field work and George W, Andrews, Bonder School secretary, paered > through tho city Tuesday morning to at tend the convention.: Mr. Newton will be Onq of the principal apeak ora at the convention. Mr. Newton, who baa been editor of The Christian Index foe two yean, has put new Ufa Into that publlcaUon, malting Its cohtmna Interesting to young and old Bap tists alike. He wfll probably epesb to the Sareptn Association dele gates concerning the recent Bap tist World Alliance in Stockholm which he attended. Among the Athenians attending the convention ore. Dr. J. J. Ben nett. i«s!or of the Prince Avenue llaptlst cturn'll. Dr. J. C. Wilkin- ,. pastor of First Baptist church, John n. Melt, moderator or tho wi.i.-rfiittah ‘5*-**'"■"■fagatr* from Crop Reports From Southern States Issued By Co-Operative Bureau S£j |". ■. I, of the "aptlrt churches In th" Tbs following crop report i covering the states of North Carolina. South Carolina. Ten nessee, Alabama, Florida and Georgia for the period from September 16. wan leened Monday afternoon by the Georgia co-operative Crop Re porting Services ...Corn j ' fata corn’continued to im prove In'inest secUons, bat Is In critical shape In Alabama. Corn weevils ace reported ac tive In the early corn In South Carolina. Fodder pulling has progressed rapidly, and Is nearing completion In the southern part of the belt Grain le better than the avenge In North Carolina, but below In most of the other territory. Harvesting la In progress-In Florida and 8outh Georgia. Small Grain Preparation tor planting small grain la late In North , Carolina, on acconnt ot the dry summer. There will prob- , ably be an Increase In acre- fit— tn North Carolina and Cotton Extremely heavy weevil damage Is reported from nil tho territory. In North Caro lina the greatest destruction has occurred In the past few weeks that the state haa ex perienced. There la no late crop. The boll weevil haa been attacking the crown boll, and, tor this muon, the outcome of the crop is still problema- tlcnl. In the northern part of the belt. Cotton picking hu progressed rapidly In the southern pprtltm, and It Is now pnsslhje to approximately es timate the amount of cotton produced. The crop la very near In the southern section, being utmost e comolete failure In many counties. The put ten days have been favorable for picking. Much caterpillar dam age is reported In Alabama and .northwest Oeoigta, bat this will not seriously affect the size of the crop, owing to ap proaching maturity. SouUtr ; Carolina reports rust. > riba 32151 Hoy and Pasture Georgia. Harvesting la In pro gnsa over the entire terri tory under favorable condi tions. Titore la considerable complaint ot cateripllar dam age in South Georgia to cow- peu and velvet henna, end In north Georgia to soy henna. The condition ot pasture hu deteriorated in 8oulh Georgia, and In the upper part ot the . bell, where It la now very dry. Pasture Is exceptionally fine In Tenneuee. - Peanuts The commercial crop Is practic ally all hat vested In South Caro tins, with aatlefactory yields. The Georgia crop la very poor, with considerable complaint of too much rain and sprouting In the south. Tobacco The tobacco crop la good, except tn the eastern wet area of North Carolina, and portions ot Tennes see. Housing fs progressing rapid ly In North Carolina, but was dc layed by rain In Tennessee .Mar* cling Is well.tmdor way in these stated. Tbe - Georgia t***son > has comnleted. graduate ot ..... wu.c.iiiHuu, Agricultural College of Peking, ( hgis, and n prominent figure in agricul tural affairs in his native country, has arrived in the city to pursue a course in cot. ton Industry at the College of • Agriculture for the next two year*. Mr. Shen has been an instruc tor in ono of the leading edu cational institutions ot Peking, nnd only recently was ap pointed director of the govern ment agricultural experiment station at that city. Inas much a* cotton is being grown widely in China now, the Chi nese government is continu ously sending men 1 to the United States to study the. culture ot *I»U crop, variably tho College of Agri culture of Georgia is selected as the institution to which these men have been directed. * Mr. Shen states that tne Chinese students who proceed ed him here are scattered throughout tho empire of China now and doing much good work in the promotion of the vuriuus phuaea agricultural industry. Gloria Gould to Be Married Tuesday NEW YORK.—Miss Gloria Qould. daughter of the late Mrs. Edith Kingdon Gould, and the late Geo Jay Gould wiil be married/ *“ Tuesday to Henry A. Bishop. ... Owing to the recent death of tho bride’s father, the wedding will be few intimate friends, attended only by relatives and a FARMERS ATTENTION ! ‘The significant statement Is authoritatively made that : Georgia farms produce only ’ 2?t per‘cent of the state’s to tal pork consumption. 75 per cent of the pork we eat must bo imported annually from the middle west. In dollars and cents this means that along with the money w« send out of the state each year for pork, our total food hill, for butter and eggs, poultry end beef amounts to a Billion Dettori a year for farm products that Georgia farms can and ought to pro duce if we adopted mixed farming. ! What’s a 100 million or 15Q million dollar cotton crop to Georgia against a 1000