The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, September 19, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextInvestigate Today! To Regular Subscriber, THB BANNER-HERALD ft,000 Accident Folic/ Free THE BANNER-HERALD Dally and Sunday—10 Centa a Week. Eatabliahed 1832 Dally and Sunday—10 Centa a Week. TKE WEATHER * S.Tla Cloudy XiiAlIS COTTON ~ Middling 2V/zc Previous Close 288%c VOL. 01, NO. 187 Associated Frees Serrice ATHENS, GA„ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. ( Centa Sunday. GREECE FORMALLY BOWS TO ITALY WEDNESDAY 4- -4* 4H 1 +-+ 4*—4* 4—4* 4 , --4* 4—-4* 4* 4« 4 > —4* 4^-4* 4*-4* 4 1 —4> 4*—4* 4*—4* “ Z . ~ *—- Registration Nears 1,000As University Opens 1.000,EXPECTED IT Record Attendance Ex pected i For New Term. Official Opening Was Held Wednesday. JUDGE COBB WILL SPEAK ON THURSDAY Cobb To Speak on Con stitution. Subject; Dr. Speaks Fn'dav. McPherson Saturday. 703 REGISTER Up until 1 o'clock n total of 703 students lied registered et the University Wednesday. Registration wasslo wcdhrdlu Registration eras slowed up somewhat during the murnln7 by the exorcises In tho chapel, nt which tlmo chancellor Bar- row and Dr. Soulo spoke alpnl with other speakers. Marking tho official opening ol the 123rd annual ««lon of «e University of Georgia, exerclset wero hold in the chapel Wednesday morning at 11:30 o'clock sttenac. by a aluddrtt body, tha faculty. and the Kcneral public. Hon. McEIrcath of Atlanta *aa ttir prln- dual speaker. . * i.. The address by Mr. Mcisireatn not only marked the.official open ing ot tho new evasion of iho Dub vetslty. hut was tho first of a se ries of addresses In connection wilb the observance ol Co " rt !J“i lion Week throughout the United States. His subject was the TJnit ,d State. Constitution" and In an eloquent maqner ho ‘“''n'd the nt tentlon of his audlenee to that doe- ument which forma the our government. He recalled that it one time, It. too. was regarded as too idealistic for practical ap- plication. JUDGE COBB TO SPEAK Thuradey morning Judge Andrea J. Cobb 1. to epeak on a IConatj- tuttonnl aubject: Friday. Dn. W venus Morris, dean of the Lumpln Daw School; and Saturday, Dr. J H. T. McPherson, profaaaor of his tory and political science and a member of the Governor 1 * special tnx commfsaloo. Registration' at the University continues hoavy and by the end of Wednesday over a thocoand stu dents are expected to te an tW hooks. The 1922-1924 seslon In itr entirety will have more than 1.S0C In attendance, or moro than f as* year, officials fore<yf\ Claes rqom will be Cn full ewlni hy Thursday and by Monday o' next week, students from all ove - Georgia i n -»re*-*nce at the slat' university will be down to harf work. Gas Company Is Made Defcndant In , $10,000 Damage Suit Mrs. Clyde Foster, 380 Nortb Jackson strcst, through hsr attor ney, Austin Bell, la suing tho Ath ens Gas Light i'FuM Company foi 310.000 damages because of Injuria, she claims to have received In ex plosion of m«i stove In tho home laet May. Tho plaintiff of the suit whlc) was filed Tuesday returnable to the October term of Clarko superioi court, oaerts that 4he explosion ol her gas etove was the .result o; poor regulation of the gae supply KNOCKED ACROSS the kitchen Mrs. Foster claims she wai knocked ten fet across the kitchen end'on to a table when the atovc exploded. Injuring her to such ex tent that she Is now an Invalid The plaintiff asserts she was forcer tn spend some tlmo In a ho,pita' after tho explosion occurred. Cousin of King George Tends Bar! THE PUBLIC URGED TO ATTEND TAX COMMISSION MEET HERE THURSDAY Here’s A New Way To Keep Youthful THEIR LONDON—A real honest-to-toodness prince la chief coojt,* bottle washer, and boas of the kltcheat In London’* newest country club. Together with hla wife, who It just a* royal as be. Prince Andrew of Russia Is out to make money. '•Even a prince can't get aloni without It,** h e says. So he's reaping it even fester than he ever spent it fn the hey-day of royalty during the regime hi the exar. And English society folk are helping him. For Prince Andrew I* In a different status from the lr- dinary Russian princes. The latter are thick as files in June-time. They swarm all over Europe. To be a prince'in-Rumle ordinarily meant merely belonging to an old ramily. But Prince Andrew is related o royalty. The princess is good MUSS *nd *>f noble Italian birth. prlncq Andrew is, much taller than hi* Uncle, the latoOczar, put the fam’.ly resemblance is very striking. PUCE FOR DENTISTS Thp 8th district Dental Society will hold a meeting hero on Sep- Tuesday and an Interesting program hoa'heen out lined at follows: 11:00 a. m. Meeting called to or der' by President, Dr. E. B. Hud- 11:03 a. m. Prayer by Dr. J. C Wilklnaon, of the First Baptist Church, 11:10 a m. Roll Call and Minute, of laat meeting by Secretary 11:30 a. m. Paper on Credit by A A. Johnson, Secretary Merchant. Protective Association. . 13:00 M. Paper on Credit and Minimum Fees, Dr. Vf. A. Clarks Jr. 12:30 p. m. DUcualon opened by Dr. R. E. Cunlngham 1:00 p. m. DlMuielon hy whol. Society. 2:00 p. m. Luncheon. 2:00 p m. Dtecuslaon of Matter! Pertaining to the Georgia Ststr Meeting, November 1, I and 0th bj Dr. N. O. Slaughter. 4:00 p. m. Unfinished Business 4:30 p.m. New Business. 5:00 p. m. Adjournment. DIAL ELECTS PRE8IDNT DUBLIN..—William T. Coigav* waa re-elected president ot the Dial upon the convening ot that body Wedneaduy for the first as sembly since the recent elections. POINCARE AND BALDWIN CONFER ON REPARATIONS PARIS—Premier Poincare and Prime Minister Baldwin of Great Britain conferred Wednesday morning presumably regarding the reparations nnestlon. Following the conference Baldwin went to aoe President Mlllorand. THE DATE'S ALL MADE FOR YOU When yon have a definite appointment with a man to i Whom you hope to sell some thing, u big part of the btttle Is orer. Erery reader of The Ban ner-Herald has given you a definite appointment with him—an appointment to tel! him whatever part of yoor business story wBl Intercat Mm. He buvs the paner because he Intend* to give It Ms atten tion. He has dnne his part. With an appointment reedv- ma«fe for you, wouldn't It he foolish not to do your part? Keep the date, prepared to To Pay Part of ( Prince Paving Paving Done Before Fifth Ward Was Created. The City’s Part Amounted to About $1,200. Differences between property owners along tho route of the re cent Fifth Ward paving and the county of Clarks were settled Wednesday night when city coun cil. In special session, agreed to join in paying part of the paving costs which the county had charged againat several citizens. The paring waa-done before the Fifth Word waa created. Accord ing to an agreement between the county and'property owners tho latter were to p»y $2 per square yard Tor their part of the project. This would be moro than the us ual 18th charged property owncre by the. city. No such custom, however, ..existed in-the county. Tho property owners, alter be ing made a part of the city, re- S tested that they.be allowed to larc in the ebstora of paying only 1-8 as other property owners of the city have paid. Andrew C. Erwin, then mayor, went before the commissioner ,pnd requested such action. The commissioners agreed to bill the city for the' dif ference. * . . Council Tuesday night, after the matter baa been discussed- in two or three meetingk, agreed to pay tho difference between 1-8 and 32 per aqoqro yard, about $1,200. BANDITS TAKE $4,000 , _ ____ __ _ GALESBURG, III.—Five bandits | It to the best advantage. blow a safe ortho Farmers Bank, at Joy nod reraped with about Ad Phone .75. Ad rhone 7 *. H THE DANNER-ITER Atfl’, • After consultation with the members of the Special Tax Com- mission, appointed by Governor Walker, the committee in charge of arrangements for the public hearing to be held In Athens. Thursday, Scptotmbcr 20th, deairea to make the following state ment: This hearing will be held in the auditorium of the City Hall In Athens at 3:30 p. m., Thursday, September 20th, and at the special instance of Governor Walker, wc wish to invite, and urge I to he present nt this meeting, not only all citisens of Athens and ithc surrounding territory, who are interested in this tax problem, but especially tho county officers of this and the surrounding counties, the city officiala of Athens, the members of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, tho Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs, the League of Women Voters, the Parent-Teacher Associations, the American Legion, the Woman’s Cldb, tho officers and members of the facul ties of the various educational institutions locsted In Athens. Governor Walker is especially anxious that members of the Legis lature, from this and surrounding counties, attend this meeting. Ho is also very anxious that the tax collectors and tax receivers ot thsi and the surrounding coantics attend this meeting. The Governor is' very anxious that each ens of the organizations in this community has ■ representative present to speak for them sod to express to this.commission their views on this tax matter. The Governor is conscientiously endeavoring to arrive ot * the opinion of the state on this big problem of taxation, and we can not too strongly urge that our people take this meeting to heart and attend it. Wc have endeavored to enumerate the organizations that are known to us, but if there arc others we have inadvertently over looked, they are Included and invited to this meeting. This invi tation is intended to be as general ns possible, and the meeting will be entirely Informal. Tha gentlemen composing this commission are leaving their : personal businesses and making this tour ot the state through a sense of patriotic duty and at their own expense, and we cannot too, strongly urge tho people of this community to appreciate the great work theso gentlemen are endeavoring to do ami come to this meeting prepared to give this commission tho benefit of their opinions on this tax question. We arc advised that the meeting nt Rome wns a rousing suc cess. Practically every civic organization and business interest in that community Imd a representative present, and eack represen tative had important suggoations and recommendations for the commission. We know that Athens will evidence tho snmc splendid spirit of interest nnd co-operation for this movement that has always . marked her attitude on every state question. i (Signed) - «• J. W. BARNETT, :=jgiP5Ps!g=S JAS. II. DOZIER, . If. H. GORDON, JR, c . Coimn.'tco., FOB IIME JUX HAVE ENOUGH CREAMERIES AND CHEESE FACTORIES SAY ROME, Ga.—Northwest Geor gians tayor a «tato Income tax, It would seem from the statements of those wno appeared before Gov ernor Walker’s tax commission here Tuesday, ■ ; Of the doten or more speaker* Who appeared representing various Interests, a majority openly advo cated an Income tax as the moat equitable of all forms of taxation. It waa not made plain in most coses, however, whether the speak ers Would have the Indome tax take tho placo of ? all other forms of taxation or whether they want this simply os nn additional tax reve nue. ! ;. . Thero was a Web larger crowd present at tho tax commission’s session than had been expected. The commissioner’s assembly room In the city hall was well filled Quite a number of those’present AUBURN, N. Y.—Alligators and monkeys, horses and snakes, sea monsters and beauties, are all growing along the roadside near here< . Some of them are.on trees; others sprout from fence posts and pump handles. # George E. Carr created these totem.poles. . Ko*s a farmer at Barber's Corner, 18 miles south of Auburn. "A little Imagination and artis tic sense,” he says, converted hlsi Isolated farm into a place oi distinction that has attracted thousands of visitors during the past few years. “And the imagination,” he adds, Vhas been developed by Gf years of married life,” ." r "Creating ’em keeps me young" says Carr, who is 80. AG. COLLEGE SPECIALISTS Market For Dairy Prod ucts Not Supplied Be cause Milk Production Insufficient. Need More Gows. , By DAN MAQILL Nortbeait Georgia dooei-'l need anymore chefse factories nor creameries, according to oxperta at the State College ot Agriculture. Although supplying the Athens territory with home-made che- uo sumes hundreds of thousands dol lar worth ol' butter each year. Wo are not supplying tho iocai demand for either. It can’t bo done until northeast Georgia produces more dairy cattle. WOULD FALL FAR 8HORT v Although, on tho surfaco, each county in this section Is supplying tho local demand for milk, a study of the conmis of 1920 brlngB out the startlinr fict that If Clarke, Madi son, Wilkes or Oconee counties wero to attempt to supply each INCIDENT AT JANINA THREATENING PEACE NOW HISTORY ONLY Greek Ships Rendered Salute of 21 Guns to Al lied Flags Gathered in Phaleron Harbor. JANINA DEAD ARE REMOVED TO ITALY Memorial Services Held .In Cathedral At Athena As Bodies Embark For Burial in Italy. ATHENS, Greece.— Greece Wednesday dis charged the measures of apology as prescribed by the Allies for the Janina murders. The incident which for a time threaten ed peace in the Balkans is regarded as closed. The allied squadron led by an Italian worship steamed into Phaleron harbor where waiting Greek ships rendered a salute of 21 guns to each flag. At the same time a memorial service was cel ebrated in the cathedral at Athens in the presence of the Greek Cabinet and allied diplomats, while at Frevesa the bodies of the murdered itallanB“-uHrd barked for Italy with mili tary, naval, and civil hon ors. KIWANIMEET THURSDAY: TO HIVE ami keeping at homo ton or twolve, pereon living therein with 43 gal- thousand dollars weekly cent to | ions ol milk annually (tho avorago Wisconsin or Now York la worth, per capita consumption over tho "shoqtlDgyit." it will bo some tlmo | United States) they would “ botoro the bulla' fijo will be hit.,| ehnrt Tho Stato College experts en-1 Clarko county In 1920 had 1491 nrt ijij A T> u>v The Statu Collsgo experts en- t^iSTico county in nan usii Floyd county In fact° nlmosl°evAy courage establishment ot chewe > milk cowe, furnishing annually rioyuconnty.jn tact, almost every, rictor)e> >nd orMmerlc , ! where 430.393 gallons ot milk and, nceord- they can be supported, but ad- tnx to (ho average coneumnllon por vises againat building any more ot capita throughout tho country, bop county In tho ebvontb district wai represented. Everyone Rushing Or Being “Rushed” Here This Week Berbery and fraternity m-.pi- bera are doing a "rushing” business this week. The har bors are reaping a harveat of haircuts as a result ot tho time-old custom of ,cpliomorcs making those red cans fit mt.ru closely Pn tbo frost's heeda by depriving the latter ot all their treasured locks. Members of the virlore col-, lege fraternities, male gnd fe male. are "rushing' 'the new hoys and ftrla whom they ~n»M like to taka lu a- fret brothers and sisters and |n some instances, in fact In ntdst Instances, except In tho .,»•« ol the eo-eda, the o'.'n't tf ono "rush’’ Is also tho objec- tireof .the. other. . Ulfypt Saturday morning a ■ ■■ (Turn tn pa*, two) C«xi i ijll.oi nltiT} GUM FOREST FIRES STILL RAGE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Central California continued Wednesday to be ringed by foreat and brush fires a number ot which were beyond control. Two towns were detroyed asnd others were threatened by the flames that forest rangers nnd vol unteer firemen were fighting. The summer playground of Bm Francisco, the Russian river district was the cented of the fire are* nn«t Boycs Springs, n town of consid erable else, was burned. Everj building, including tHe’hotel and approximately fifty cottages, \. w destroyed. Thousands of men arc trying tn extinguish tHe flames In tho Fonomn valley. LAKE COUNTY FIRE CONTROLLED The federal forest service re ported 4b* fire In the Californio national forest In Lake county had been controlled after burning voet 15,000 acres. The fire Is still burn !«g south .of this forest. . Two menftre thought to have lost their lives and'8100.000 In property of (be Sugar Pine Lumber company has been destroyed In Madera coun ty bv a fire than was all but under epfrol.. Fevrit hundred men nr* n the fire line. either In tfcis section for two very good reasons: plying cnly 11,311 people with milk, less than Athens* population., Oconee county In that year had 2,176 milk cows, furnishing 693,898 gallons of milk. Wilkes county had 4.322 cow« and Madison 2,901. Thes- figures «pply to milk cows only Of course, since that time: most of these counties have In creased the number of milk cows 1. This section doesn’t protfuco near enough milk or sour cream to support the creamery at the State College to its full capacity. *, 2. Cheese making In this section but not to such an extent that the may not be as profitable as In the | proportions above would greatly mountains whore it la cooler, and | vary. If may be best to' wait and see how J the Lexington and Covington fnc-{HAVE ENOUGH lories turn out. j MARKETS 'Right here it may be proper to| slate, however, that the College j. The fact that the College of Ag- bellevea Oglethorpe county can * rtcultere Is trying to drive home fa eupply the Lexington factory with*that there Is no need to talk of milk nnd there is no doubt but ninre markets for dniry products. that a cheese factory properly run will pay provided it can get enough m r |k to opytte »t full caoadtv. Tho market for the product, such oi that put out by tbo Lexington factory fa assured' already. NOT ENOUGH milk » The big question facing the profitable operation of creamer’ ts and cheese factories Is the supply of milk nr sour cream. The demand la greater by fsr than the supply. The only wav to remedy It <s to boost production of milk and the only way to do that I* buy or raise more enws. f The Athens trade territory nor- »Hy uses about 2000 cakes of jeheeso each week. Athens con- meet the local supply of milk alone if every person consumed the aver- ngo per capita amount for. the United States. In addition to that we have the State Collage creamery, the Costa Ice. iCream factory, a big milk con HAIG HOT FIGHT L Impeachment Proceedings Considered Certain if Sufficient Number. of Legislators Come To gether. OKLAHOMA CITY.-In spite ol Uio fact that Covarnor Walton has attempted to hold a special session attempted to hnod a apodal session of tho legislature would he sent to •all. legislator, .hero lsl-1 plant Tuesday to cinveno a special ses alon In deflap :o to Governor Wal ton to consider hla official acta. Impoachment proceedings aro considered certain it a; sufficient number of the leglalators can bo rallied to tbo cause. A coll for on extraordinary session was com pletcd Tuesday night, and is ready to bo filed with the secretary "f What We need It to produce the raw product. Think of III This sec^ state as aoon as a majority of tho tlon not producing enough milk to mombera of the house heve signed a petition to convene the'aeaahm. On the other hand. Governor Wallen la feu. !** Ida .lalemj.n—.'on to (tva hla enemies In th cloglsla- ture no chantfe to “Interfere" with hla declared Intention to ‘‘wrest the elvll government from aumer. and the Lexington and Cor- domination of tbo Invisible empire fngton choose factories to supply, and mako tho visible government Tha'Macon creamery la buying,»3atn supreme." sour cream In tbs lower part of the district This article Is no! written to dls- enurago tho operators of the two cheese factories already establish ed nor atare off establishment ot other, where tho community, nfter n survey, finds that It can BUpply the demand for milk to that cheese (Turn to Page Three) | '. ANOTHER FIRE . SANTA ItOSA, Cat—The fawn of Trinity Community, of between 30 end 40 houses was wiped out nnd a strip of frimi iwo to five miles wide between tho towns of K-nwvod and -KJyerann wns in id waste to*Jf«ttfl$|‘ Z ?gJlfjl u(lree Wednesday. MANY GUESTS All Will Entertain Rotariaris And Members of Tax Commission At Meeting: At Normal School. Tho mo^tinK of the Kiwanis club nt tho Stab.* Normal Schopl Thura* «lny at 2 o’clock gives promisa ol lif inK ono of the heat meetings this club baa heirf tfi(h yedr, according to Fleetwood Lanier, secretary. * - Tho meeting will be in the Bfti- * ture of an observance of “Conati- tutfori Week,” nnd Judge Thom** F. Green will deliver a short lec ture on the great American instru ment nnd in nddttion to a record breaking attendance of KlwanlanS the members of the Rotary club will be guestH of the Ktwanians, also the members of the tax com mission npointed by Governor ' Walker will be here and attend the mooting. Governor Walker will accompany, the commission to Athens and will nlfo, address tho joint meeting. The tax commission meeting will fol^ ., low the m^etln* at the State Nor mal School and the two will not be merKet 1 , *Jius assuring the usual hour’s meeting of the Kiwanis club. Autos wilt pass in front of the Southern Mutual Building at 1:46 and ail those of the two clubs de siring to catch a ride out arc re quested to be at that place at that hour. ■ . - ' Victim of Stigall Worked on Case Here W. H. Hames, tho private de tective who was killed in Atlanta hy E. C. Stigall, whose trial begaif thero Tuesday, was known in Ath ens. Hames came here 'u August of last year as a detective for tho Ku KIux Kian and caused' the ar rest of a rehabilitation student name David Kirkland, charging him with writing a .hre-tevuia* note and signing It ”K. K. K.” Kirkland was bound over in.ft’ trial before the ustfee of the peace but the case was settled without going to a higher court. Hamea ’ worked up the evidence in. «*•" : ca.*e for the klan. - 3