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Investigate Today! s Today! Subscriber) the banner-herald $1,000 Accident Policy. Free THE -HERALD Daily and Sunday—10 Centa,a Week. Established 1832 Daily and Sunday—10 Cehta a Week. THE WEATHER Probable Showers sad Slightly Cooler. COTTON MIDDLING — — 2S'/rf PREVIOUS CLOSE 29Vj« VOL. 01, NO. 188 Associated Press Service ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1928. A. B. C. Psper Single Copies 2 Cents Dsily. ( Centa Sunday. SPECIAL TAX COMMISSION HOLDS MEETING HERE FRMCEAND BELGIUM WIN IN RUHR Dr. T. A. dagger, volcano expert of the United States 'Weather Bu reau, who haa gone to the center of volcanic disturbances in the east to investigate the recent earthquakes. He will work with Dr. Omori, director of the Japan ese Earthquake Commission. Mrsi Yow Entertains the Members At Regular Meeting With New Se lections. Several Visitors Present. ADMITS DEFEAT IN BUT TACTICS Proposals By Germans Do Not Demand With drawal of Troops. Will ing to Pay Reparations. Freshs Get Bold And Mix It With Sophs in Advance BERLIN.—By the presentation of proposals for a virtual aurren- der to France In the matter of pas sive resistance," Germany has practically admitted defeat at the hands of the FrencU. The mode which Germany Insti tuted months ago of fighting the French and,Belgian occupation In the Ruhr, passive resistance has at last been broken, according to re ports from reliablo sources and" It Is said that reparations proposals have been presented by the Ger man government to the Belgians. These proposals,* made known by sources clo?o to Chancellor Stres- emann, follow: 1.—Germany Is prepared to cease passive resistance Immediately on condition that expelled Germans be allowed to return to the occu- | pied area and that Germans ar- The members of the Rotary Clul | rested by the occupying forces be vjvre delightfully entertained at released, their weekly meeting Wednesday | 2.—Germany Is also ready by the singing of Mrs. Morris Yow , consider paying a reparations fig- Mrs. Yow introduced a number ol new selections and led the singing of a number of Rotary songs in- trod uc«k| by the members. Her wonderful vole# and musical attain ments proved one of the best en-jh am i s 0 f the'reparations commls- tert/ilnment* the club has enjoyed in /nany months. ston, although they may only bo J 1 many months. , . issued with 1 Gerany’s consent.- Sho Representative Freeman McCi> 111 . r ui ? i .„ »n„f French Industrial-j rmrr university boy and secre* iata )to participate In German in-I former . tary of the tax commission which Ih meotlng here today, gttv# a most interesting talk on taxation and .. . .. L... III. flint, tnvlteil the member, of tho club to attend tho mooting and *<v0 to the oommlMlon the benefit of any Huaae.tlon. they might h.Vo bn on tho subject of taxation. A number of vl.ltpre- were proa* ent, among them Hon. Walter Me* I’.lroath, who delivered on oddrea, at the opening of the unlverolty. hit suWeot hilns the -eaastiiaftea the United Statoo.” He la on au» tho-lty on thl. aubject and one ol the nbleat lawyera In tho otate Other, preoent were W. C. Wood- all. editor and publl.her of tho In- dumrlal Index, Columbu.; Hon. H . It. Ooetehluo. of Columbu,; Majot T. J. Ptrlekler, of New Tork and Major D. It. Burch, of the Unlver- fllty of aoorgla. . , gold above 30.000,000,000 mark,. 3.—Germany offer, to place do- j "it • A young "war” broke out down on tho corner of College avuuuu and Broad .treat Wed nesday night when about firty freshmen took time by the forelock and Instead of waiting uiitll Saturday night for the usual parade aeeemblcd «fnd after marching lip and down the etrect eoveral time,, ac- coeted a numbor of eoiihe at the aforementioned placo and then the fan wig on. . It waen-t Just exactly clear whether tho sopha were In vited, Incelglod or Invaded. Anyway lu about two minutes fists were flying In a merry fashion and after the |ewor in numbers representing tho class of -26 decided they had enough tho freshleo pulled out again and headed In the direction of Lucy Cobb. A two hundred and ten foot- ball aspirant was leading them and a, a bye-bye to tho oophs they were admonished to make themselves ecaree on the streets at night the remainder of tho week—an admonition that waa hardly nccoesary. Judging by tho Initiative al ready shown by the red caps. No one wae hart Wednesday GEORGIA MFD. CO. , DEFENDANT HERE Mother of Boy Alleged Injured By Explosion of Dynamite Cap Files Two Suits. blood. .Pilled a_nd a tew even pulled the cap out of his bentures (as outlined In the recent J Strceemann mortgage plan) In tho | dispositions ruffled but outside of this the Incident was casual of other froehmen and' soph mlxupa. THE DAY’S NEWS Llayd Strickland,, minor son of Mrs. Lula Strickland, widow, stuck a nail in a dynamite cap he found near a well In Whitehall in September, 1021, and the explosion which followed incapacitated him to the extent, his mother claims, ahe ig suing the Georgia, Manufac turing Company for a total of $30,000 damages. The suits are returnable to Oc tober term of superior court. Lloyd was visiting Mrs. Charles Sheddcn of Whitehall when the txnlosion occurred, the petitions, two of them, the' plaintiff filed set3 out. The'Georgia Manufac turing company's employees dug a well between the home of Mrs. Shcdden and the mill. Dynamite caps were used to blast the rocks, the petition asserts. , < Two days after the well waa dug Lloyd passed the well onroute to the mill. Espying a dynamite nliht A few shirt's were tom cap he picked it up and put itrinto Into shreds and a few drops of his pocket. A few days lattf he pcftffJtpatf L— dustry, if Germany la pormlttaefl. to participate! In French buclness. Special TaX COIMmSSlO The offer l» tantamount lo eur- * " render. Germany la willing to meet tho French term, by quitting re- slstancc* ahe abandon* * her- prev ious axirnum reparations figure of 30,000,000.000 payment. Which was unacceptable to France? inff she Escaped Negro Convict Caught Albert Bonner, negro cqpvict onr the Clarke county gan^ who % ca- raped from a sick ward in 8t. Mary's hospital several weeks ago Is again on the «^ng, serving a . scntenco of #ix years for burglary. Ponner was arrested In Colum bus nnd brought hack to Athens bv County Officer Roland 8aye this week. He waa aont to Clarke from Muscogee county, sentenced from threo to six years for burglary. Ho must serve the full sentence now. offers guarantees. Franco has demanded 60,000,- 000.000 gold marks. Ocrmany prev iously has declared this impossible. But with Germany facing a grim winter, and a settlement bocomlng Increasingly Imperative, the Stres* emadn cabinet met to devise some means of peacp, deapito the heavy concesalons involved. Chancellor Strekomann’s Iasi proposal, the project of a mort gage on German Industry,, bad broke" against the adamantine wall of French.policy. Poincare re iterated Runday that ‘.‘subterfuge and ‘Ovaslbn Is useless; the sur render of passive resistance Is the essential preliminary to necotin- I tfons of any aort” Visits Athens. Germans Admit Defeat. Special tax Commission, ap pointed by Governor Walkur. ar rives In Athena for apodal moet- Tng Governor Walker addreeae. Vlwnnl* clUb. i Germany admit# defeat of “P*®" sIverMlstance'* policy tnnew pro- nosals to Belgian government. Ir willing to pay larger reparation,. one hundred and nlty-flTe th°u; ■and anthracite miner, back al work In Penneylvanla. inning S. Pratt win* democratic nomination for congree. In-Elev enth New York dlatrlct. . Republican orgaoUatlon candi date, 1 ^ for city and county offices SL- l vlctorieo In Penn- wln' sweeping victories aylvanla primariea. United Stale, dUtrict attorney warn. West Virginia newspapers thev must print no more Dempsey- or any prl.e light pictures; | indictment cd Mg* «USl “T Club Girls Will Meet Saturday Members of tho Clarke county girl,’ clubs will meet In the lab oratory of Mra. Annie. Mae Wood Bryant In tho court house Satur day afternoon at 3 d’clock. Plana for tho fall fair will be discussed. MANY THOUSANDS > OF DOLLARS will be spent in Athens for Sattirdiv week-end ahonping and It Is safe to say that a la^^e portion of thes* dollars will be guided by the store new* and business announce ments that appear in The Banner-IIerald. With a circulation that en ters over .1.000 homes every evening with th edav’s newa and at a time when every member of the family has the time to read and discuss both the day’s news and the vari ous store messages of enter prising merchant*, it i» nj wonder that Banner-Herald ads have the habit of making husincss for those who use them* regularly. ' Take ».ur tin—Before you shop tomorrow ?„ f Migrators From Sunny South Face Serious House Shortage As Win ter Snows Close in. (By Associated Preee.) CHICAGO.—Migration from the Southern atatea haa (more than trebled tho negro population in tho last thirteen yearn, according to a newa story In the Chicago Tribune Thureday. ■ Negroes, who In 1919 numbered 44,000 in 1920 hod Increased to 109,488 and It Is now estimated that there are 160,00 nogroe. In, this city. The gyest Increase ol the negro population haa made .tho houeln* problem for ou« one, especially with the com )ng winter endVa cloeq at hand. . This city now baa a lareer. ul „,_ ^ negro population than either Bal-; johnstowni. tlmoro or New Orleans. as_ the negroes have been pouring In from all section, of tho aouth all sum mer, the majority of them without first finding work or n place to live. It 1a reported thh tho negroee are having a rather hard time finding work now, ae the great in flux during the eummer bee prac tically absorbed all open johe. Ilona win be avoided federal Octal, declare. Methodist, Bishop Blake, — - reaching New Yofk Declare* that Rosalan society U at this time one uf tho most l>?"« rta European government, and mus. bo reckoned with. Death at Cloncester. Maas., of Jacob L. loioae, Kansan City, Mo., chairman of the board of directors of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit com- pany. 7 Mayor Caufflel. Johnatown. Pa., -licks to .Ms ultimatum that neg roes of less than seven year, ren- tdence In that city must got out, mayor replies to Governor Ptn- chot’s request * or esplanatlon of his order, a Governor Plnchot tells National Association for Advancement of Colored People that power of Pennsylvania ■ will bo need to maintain cpnatltutlonal rights at Read Herald i"rS | Want Ad*. Prince of Wales calU for plenty of wheat eakea and enjoys wholo- some "hock to nature" life of Al berta ranch. General Wcyler, chief of Span- Irb general staff, considers with military directorate on Moroccan situation and decree against aep* sratlon movement I* approved. Italian princease, Mafalda and Giovanni are m no Immediate danger, physicians tell queer, mother. j jF and with the natural child curi osity, the petition etatea, began picking at it with a nail. The cap 1^.0^ jiotftioncr ‘says'. ON THE MORNING Lloyd s right hand and arm rendered useless. Two aulf filed against the company, $10,000 damage b; y Mrs. Stri L'klnnd i iour ami rigged out In the trig as mothtr of Lloyd and tht other[ffotd uniforms of pale blue silk A Modern Columbus Following the course set for him by Columbus over 400 year, ago, Alain Gcrhadlt, French tennis star and yachtsman, crossed the At lantic nlune in the 30-foot sloop Flrocrest For 142 day, ha battled storms and starvation to finally make a landing on the shores on Long Island, N. Y. Inset shows the Firecrest. O Boys Look! Zizggy’s Zouaves Advance On Harvard; Too Bad “Georgia’s” Top Far Removed NEW YORK.—-Marshaled' for an ‘scouts rei>ort they are particularly advance on said old Boston town tho “Zingfold Zouazes” havo de parted “LIP OP N' York” to'give tho Harvard froshlcs a treat. Upon tho departure of Zouazes Flo ZioRfdd remarked: Two years ago those glrla were raw recruits. Look at them now. tJscd to any amount of exposure.” OF DEPARTURE The girls were up In half an by his inuincr 'uest friesd- tho child, f Students . At University Get Down to Real Grind As Class. Room Work Starts. Glass room Work at the .Unlver- ■tty of Georgia got under way •iravejling rtreinmen. Irinmiwtl wHu real Val, lace, blue sating marching •slippers .with heavy shcor hose to match, and campajgn hats of ’lnco with a slnglo bird of Paradise., Tho usual pearls and diamonds, pres cribed In Army Regulations So. 134. were* Vvorn. Rich trooper car ried' n heavy vanity pack and k Thursday morning after three day* which have been devoted exclu sively to the registration of stu dents. During thesa first tiirec dAyu of the week a thousand stu dents were enrolled by the univer sity, which Is slightly above th» registration of the first three dayr last year. [ According to officials of tho uni versity, registration will continue for tho remainder of the week nnd during the last threw days of Ui*. week. It Is thought probably five hundred more young men and women will become affiliated with the Georgia- Institution thus bring ing the total enrollment to 1,600 oi above which would be more than were hero last yenr. The schedule for class recita tions at the university, for the 1923-1024 session is little changed from former yenrh. The first clnsi comes at 3:25 o’clock and In fol lowed by the morning chapel excr else, after which classes continue throughout tho day with an Inter mission for lunch. The majority of the laboratory classes come if the afternoon, although there are a few for the .morning hours. plentiful supply of iiowdcr. In the general's car was Gen. Pear Eaton, her pretty blonde curls bobbing concentratedly over m man nf thn IVarvnrd nmnne “We shall concentrate our at tack on Harvard during tho Ronton engagement," sho announced briskly. Gen. Faton took four or five pins from her mouth and stuck them In the mao at strategic points. "Pve pretty well decided upon the campaign. Wo shnll tack le tho Harvard freoh, first. My untrained this year. ADVANCE IN “COLUMN SQUABS" “We shall advance upon the campus In column of squabs. “My girls are trained. They've been drilling on Broadway two years. They know our slogan: 'Fear Flo and keep your powder dry.’- “The talk that our troops won’t be able to stand the frigidity of the Boston climate la enemy prop aganda. nothing more. However, to ward amifMt pffssIblo 111. effocts IrOifi fufiriss m» ciituwiv, t «VS rich o! m* Kiris equipped alt* a pair of horn-rimmed ulassoe. and hnvn required them to ICarn ltnlph Wnldo Kmnreon'e essay on •Per spicacity.’ Oilr fiirls can hold tholr, own In Boston, never fear." Forty war co-respondent# ea* ported tho brigade to tho Grand Central. There wa* also a mother for each girl. 6mat fun was had at tho ex pense of Miss Jesse Reed. Owing tn a mlntflkn flV Ulfl BurASU fflf SurplyHg Mothers, two mothers showed up for Miss Reed. ■ “I shall take both the dears nloag.” ,«ho said, "one can be my grandmother.'’ Miss Sonia Ivanoff was soen off bv her tT?ree sisters, the Misses Mary, Irene' and Kitty Flanagan of Schaghtlcoke. FAMILY GARDEN OF OCONEE PEOPLE BRINGS IN $2138.90 26-STORY BUILDING, RADIO IN EVERY ROOM CHICAGO—Detroit will have the first skyscraper equipped throughout with radio. If-recoin- nendatlons of Jia National As sociation of Building Owners and Managers planning the ser vice are adopted, the assoclatior announced. The n*w 26-story Buhl build ing there, It waa proposed, would have a single receiving station which would receive stock and market reports which would be conveyed by wire to each of the offices. MINING INQUIRY Davis Ignores Letter From Gov. Brandon Or dering Investigation to Cease; Proceeds. BIRMINGHAM—Despite a letter from Governor Brandon of this state In which he was told to de sist from hjs Investigation of the treatment of convicts In the Bnnner Mines, Solicitor Davis Thursday announced that the Investigation would proceed. . The Governor’s letter to Solici tor Davis stated that tho Inquiry would not be tolerated os tho iolc authority in the investigation rested with the Governor and that the Inquiry ‘begun by fhe Solicitor was a usarptlon of power on the part of the solicitor. In the face of this message from tho governor, the solicitor went right ahead with his Investigation Thursday and issued summons for newspaper men who Interviewed the convicts at tho mines, follow ing the outbreak on September 10. ljio solicitor (Ueihef called for nowspaper stories of. the mutiny SateerktetUieVn h,,i *u,i ih.n tholr tasks werci Impossible since th'-y stated tho men had *• id that their tasks were Impossible since they, were poorly fed and that they were alro forcetl to work even when they wore* 111. The solicitor 1 also stated that the warden and othor officials at the mine will be called In tho Inquiry. FORTUNE COSTS MISSION IKS OVER TAX PLAN IN 1 Governor and Party Are Guests of Kiwanis Club At Weekly Luncheon. Lo- ,cal Citizens on Commis sion. With Governor Clifford Walker a member of the party, the special tax commission named by him to study the question of taxation and recommend legislation to be presented at the special session of the legislature this fall, arrived in Athens from Augusta at noon Thurs day. Immediately upon ar- rivaj the party began a series of conferences with individuals here who are interested in the tax ques tion and at 2 o’clock were the guests of the Kiwanis club at its weekly lunch eon at the State Normal School. The members of the Athens Rotary club were also guests of the Kiwanians at this meet ing. AT CITY HALL of the A special meeting miltee with Athenians has been Called by the local committee, posed of .1. W. Barnett, II. H. (Jordon, .Jr., and J. If. Dozier, for 3:30 and at that meeting the tax luestions will be thoroughly dis cussed and a plan that appeals most to Athenians will be evolved and presented to the i very probably, l Several <havo been working on the question But It’s German Paper Money. “Sorry to Charge for several days now anti Home- thing tangible will btr offered. Dr. J. H. T. McPherson, James W. Morton and Freeman MeClurd nre members .of the commission. The first two named are citizens of this county while Mr. McClure is a recent graduate of the Uni versity, a member of the faculty now and also chairman of ths ,7^. *>. ^ now ami him» mi ho MUCH" Hanker writes ItglilaUv* University of Georgia Hugh Gordon. Expenditures By Agriculture Dept. Called Excessive ATLANTA.—Gaz Vason, witness before the legislative investigating committee Inquiring into the af fairs of the department of agri culture. testified Wednesday that the records of ,the department would show excessive expenditures which however were within the law.x . Replying to questions hy Sam Olive connsle for the department, a witness who resides here said he 4 considered Commissioner Brown nh hnnhst man and L. B. Jackson director of the burean.of markets a gentleman. Ho admitted that most of bis Information waa based on matter piblishedLln.the former Fifty Oconeo county people, through two community trucks have f.«»ld $2138-90 worth of produce here from family gar dens since January 1. r One of tho trucks started op erating August 1, and by mak ing weekly trlpa to the Athens Curb Market *** sold $720.00 worth of produce, an average weekly lucome of about $6 00 for tboso who sold through the truck. The other truck has been op erating since January 1. but has made weekly trips to tho Curb Market Blnco Its estab lishment May S. the sales since the Curb Market ppeoed amounting hither than before. The two truck* nre the High Shoals community truck, man aged by W. H. Burgess and the Oconee-Trussell truck, opera t’d bv T. W. Osborne. The High RhoaU truck has sold 6U18.JM) worth of "reduce. Thirty-efeht people through It Among the women who have aold more than 1100 worth of eggs, butter and veg etables. the latter from n*d|n- ary gardens, are Mrs. W. H. Rureess. oo, wnrtb: Mrs. T. W. Williams. m3.5.n: Mr«. «. A. RnorK «U5.00: Mrs. J. D. Lovern, $110.60 worth. sell Those who have sold through the Oconco-Trussell truck are, J Mrs. M. A. Gordon, Mrs. T. W. Osborne. Mra. J. C. McRf*. Mrs. Doc Hardigree, Mrs. Hen- Hardigree, Mrs. /Wlllio Watson pubMffttJQn Tho«A who hav* sold nro- Anr-n tbrot>~H fha rh Fhnsls tm^fc em. Mr*. T. W Wfll»«m«, •abMra.'! fk* At ,t. r ?.•«- rnflrum, O. E. Landrum, Mrs. IT. Ilinsley, Mra. Fannie Lovern, . Mrs. W. U. Burgess, Mra. 8. A. Elder, Mrs. J. W. Hattsway. Mrs. F. C. Green, ‘Mrs. A. E. Horn, Mrs. W. W. Ruark, Mrs. j. M. Carey, Mrs. Lady Lee, Mra. L. W. Stono, Mrs. J. W. Jliiitou, Mrs. J. W. Griffith, Mm. N. A. Duncan, Mi*. <Otto Lowry, Mrs. Suslo Haynle, Mrs. Goorge Nunn, Mm. J. C. Strouso, WalUe Dickon, j Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Paul 8cott, Mrs. Wes Jenkins; Mra. Bob Rice, Mn. Stovall, Mra. Cain. Mrs. J. D. Lovern, Mrs. Ed mund Thrasher, Mra. A. B: ’Minccn. Mrs. J. W. Smith. iMTS. W. P. Price. Mra. W. W. Thom as. Mrs. Hollis. J. C. Lovern. Annfo Mingo. 1 German marks, fifty cents a mil Hon. „ That's ths rale HUkh ,fI. Cordbn Jr., pregMimi [ofjjtjM pHnhU Rank haa 6<fuidLl tinklftalC «l Hon. Tbs sams smouAfr-Of pots# would have goat *llp,oo0|bkfbrs the.war rv Harmgree, aare. <»»»•« Hayes. Mr*. Ida .Famprtmgh, Mrs. Maude Veal, Arthur War wick. J. O. Chandler, Herichel Harris. Most of thAo had never sob? produce before ths curb market on med. The community plan of sell ing produce at tho curb market has worked out very satisfac torily for those who hare co operated. The only time re quired l« for preparing the product for market, the truck being operated by one or two persons. He Is given a amall commission for handling the produce for the producer who stay* at home and attends to othcr*$ftifrik- a-x * Think of It! Mr: Gordon has'Jus received a letter fromh Is friend. Hllafy W. Luke, ssslstant vice president of the Great National City Bank of New York, who pur chased the half million marks foi the Athenian. Tthe letter, excepting some per sonal references, follows: * “Mr. Hugh H. Gordon. Jr., / Commercial Bank of Athens, Athsns. Ga. “Dear Mr. Gordon: “As requested by you In your letter of September 12th wo have been glad to frarchase for you five one hundred thous- sand mark German notes at five <wnts apiece. “The rate which wo were obliged to pay may seem high In comparison, with the rate quoted (n tho newspapers for drafts on Germany during the post few days,, but „ German paper currency in tbty. country baa commanded, quite, a premi um over the current exchange ra^es. even though the notes which tirere purchased for you today would have cost about $120,000.00 before the world war. Yours very truly, Signed, HILARY W. LUCRE Asst. Vice Pres." legit mu .w VI firmtiriftiiy r:* The committee is composed of 1 the following Georgians, all of whom are serving without pay and paying their expenses in a tour of the* state: 11. D. Brantley of lilac.i- shenr, W. U. Anderson of Macon, Sam Tate of Tate, Dr. J. H. T. McPherson of Athens, T. S. Mason of Hartwell, J. IL Phillips of Lod- isville, It. C. Ellis of Tifton, J. I>. Haddock of Damascus, "Freeman McClure of LnFayette, J. S. Pe ters of Manchester, James VV. Mortbn of Athens and Judge U. V. Wliipple of Cordelc. AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO ' BORROW PAVING MONEY AUGUSTA.—IB order to com plete paving projects now on foot and carry on the paving program, the city council has passed a rea- "1uiF«>!1 autlinrizimr Mayor Julian M. Smith nnd the finance commlt- too of th» city council to borrow $340,000. The riuney will be bor-« rowed from twd local banks. Hebrews Observe Yom Kippur Here Athens Hebrews began We«im*9- day night observance of the Day of I Atonement or Yom Kippur with services at ths Synagogus o’clock, Itabbl Shinedling of l’aier- soh, N. 3* In charge. Rabbi Shiimd- ling also conducted services ThuiN- day : morning at 11 o’clock at the Synagogue. * . - * ir I RIVAL SOCIETIES WAGING ACTIVE WAR FOR MEMBERS — Tho two literary societies at tho University o! Georgia, tho Demos- thonlan and Fill Kappa, Just at this season ol tho year aro mak ing active efforts lo Incrcaao their respective memberships. Doth so cieties aro soliciting members of tho freshman class ami both are getting many now member*. . - Following an old ' ' **“ 1 University, both societies will a kind of sociable meeting at Initial meeting w-hleh comer Wednesday evening..Tho Inltlntlpq lew* members also cornea ; first meeting. MH