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NEW AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM FOR GEORGIA PLANNED HERE Fill PITS MEET IN ATHENS FRIDAY TO OUTLINE WORK Series of District Meet ings Arranged, to Put Over Program Adopted At Big Session Hpre. A now agricultural program, one that will hoop the farmers of Geor gia on the right road to prosperi ty, was being worked out here Friday by county and district agents at the State College of Ag riculture. The agents were In consultation with Dr. Andrew M. Soule, presi dent of the college, J. Phil Camp bell. director of eitenslon work, and heads of the various dlvtrlons st the college. The sessions start- eo at 10 o'clock and were espected to take up the greater part of the day. PLAN SERIE8 OF MEETINGS Upon completion of the program the agents will retun to their homes and a serlea of district- wide meetings will he held for tho purpose of “putting over" the pro grain outlined here Friday. Director Campbell In comment ing on the plan said, “We have thoniht It wise this year on ac count of the severe boll weevil &snait&&£2££ fol cotton crop in North Georgia to make up the programs early, instead of waiting until January as heretofore.” The district meetings have been scheduled according to soli types and possible opportunities for regional developments on specified agrlcultnrnl lines. The meetings are .tentatively s-hcdrlcd ns follows: SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS Squad 1: Homo. Gs„ September 24th. Atlanta. On., September 25th. Crlffln. Ga.. September filth. Mncon. Ga., September 27th. Athens, Ga., September 29th. Cornelia, Oa., September 29th. Sound II: Augusta. Oa., September 24th. Savannah, Oa., September 29th. Wnycross, On., September 26|h, Tirton. Oa.. September 27th. Albany. Oa.. September 29th. Columbus. Oa., September 29th. BRIDGES TESTIFIES (Bv Associated PiV'sa.) ATLANTA.—Fred T. Bridges, employee of the department of ag- rlcnttnrw wader Investigation by a legislative committee, testified at the hearing Friday that he went t« teurena county during the cam paign period of 1922 to correct false reports which had been cir culated’ against Commissioner Brow.i and for the business of the department. BOV NEAR DEATH |By Associated Press.) ATLAJFTA.—William Ogle. Jr- s young man of this city is In the hospital In a critical condition with a bullet thruogh his stomach which was received when two p» llcemen fired on him. Ogle and three other youths ahandonedthelr automobile and ran when policemen started to search the car. It Ig alleged, for a bottle of whiskey.. When they started running the policemen Bred on Ogle. , > IANY THOUSANDS >F DOLLARS will he spent in Athens for Saturday week-end ahooplsg and it la safe to any that a lar.ee nurtlon «f thee* dollars wHI' be guided by the store ne#e and bnalness announce- eientfc that appear in The Brewer-Herald. With a circulation that en ters over .i.QOO hopes every evening with 'h edav's news and at a flaw when every r ef the family has the Meet Gov. Walton Governor Walton ia the man who put the entire state ot Okla homa under martial, law in his fight against mob violence. * i FAIR INQUIRY FOR AG. DEPT. PROMISED WALTONWILL FIGHT KLAN TO FINISH HE TELLS PEOPLE FRIDAY “I Have Crossed the Ru bicon,” Says Oklahoma Governor. Sensational Testimony Brought Out. (By Associated Pres#.) OKLAHOMA CITY.—The few dls*ntorested citizens of this state Friday aettled back An their seats and prepared to waten tho “fight to the finish" between Governor Walton of this .state and the Ku Ktux Klan. Declaring that like tho Caesar of olden days* he also hod crossed 1 the Rubicon, Governor Walton sta ted that he was determined to fight invisible empire” to the fin ish. After this statement, the gov ernor made public some sensation al testimony exposing the alleged Inner working of the Klan designed to show that the secret organisa tion had directed mob violence tn this state, as an opening gun In the ••finish fight." The testimony wan taken by the military court Bitting here, and was given out by the governor •fthat the, people may know the pnrposes't-of (he klan. Aa a preface to the statement. Governor Walton declared the bur den or the fight against the klan had fallen upon himself nnd upon a UwIaIi ntabo Mg miinaAlnr. mnk- Says That Only One Mor ning Paper Printed News Giving Truth About His Impending Trial. (By Associated Praia.) WAWAR8INO, N. Y—William P Anderson. State Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League Friday morning accused several New York dally newspapers of suppress ing news that would give the pub lic the whole iruili concerning, hlr Impending trial for the alleged ml* use of the funds of the league. Only one morning paper, he ds- dared, published the damntngly explosive fact that the application of the dry enforcement representa tives of MOO Protestant churcher through a protectant attorney, for merly Governor of the st'nte, tot the inspection of the grand Jury minutes, was denied by the Judge who granted similar requests to six other defendants whose names with those of their attorneys con stitute a significant? non-Protestan* roster. The • trial of Anderson, which Is now pending, lies aroused it crest deal of Interest, due to the fact that he Is accused of misusing funds which were to have gone to* wardg the fight against whiskey, j Veterans Buried At Government Expense . T .. _ | In, It n«MMirr for him to appeal Chairman Langford Re- tor mandat eta. “ nts ^..“Handpicked” | Z«* “ C.harrrp Will Jin T)„t v I rr!pp "' JS A"” 1 . "ho died aftrr dl«fhargo, or rralitn- cnarge. win uo uuty, |r!im iot continue to fight.- the gov-^ {rom „ rvlce anU who He Says of Committee. *har «■<>• ■ . , . , "t call upon Iho peonlo who lio- Ifeve In a representative form of government Immediately to assist vs financially and to make all re- •ttnnce to Mrs. Aldrich Rlnke. Ok lahoma Pity. Oklft. Aldrich Blake, himself. Is absent from the city at this time and probably will be for some days." (By Associated Press) ATLANTA—Members of tha special legislative commltte Inves tigating the state department of ag riculture arc determined to conduct a “thorough and fair Inquiry, “ ac cording to statements by 8onator George W. Lankford, chairman, and his associates. “Since this commltte was ap pointed, much has been said about It being •handpicked’ and already having made up, Its decision," said the senator. “I want to say right now that each member of the com mittee Is sworn to do his duty and I believe we will submit a report which will apeak the truth. If there Is anything wrong with th< department, we are going to le» the people know about It. . On thr other hand, If the department Is being conduced In nn efficient man ner, we are going to state Just that In our report." Representative Carl Guess de clared that* since the Investigation ATLANTA, Go.—The proceedur* necessary to be followed In secur ing federal aid for the burial veterans of certain wars who die indigent Is outlined In a circuit^ leter sont out by M. Bryson, dj* trict manager of th* United Stater "Congress enacted at the last session" the circular reads, “a law providing that a veteran of any war “Bo far ns I om concerned," Gov ernor Walton declared, “I have crossed the Rubicon and It In a fight to the finish.** “Jewett (N. O. Jewett, grand dragon of the Oklahoma realm of the klan) and hla crowd have turned the fight over to the klan newspapers and the klan member* of the legislature. "Jewett and hla 'Invisible em pire" shall not paaa In this state. •‘If nr castary I shall arm every man In thJ* state who la opposed to hit empire.” has been ordered he la In favor of, >The iec tion of the military cour* «oln« to lhe "hettom of J"record made public ,u the teatl- •• . Of Dr. A. A. iMaupIn. a don •flat, who stated that he joined the •onal allusion, he eantlrasd. < W11U lira him “hoyond “11 d-ubt Hint ^ (n Apr) , In Edition, a TL'E-m i? the.tnte portion of Iho teatlmony of throo “If ther. la anyone In the >tnl» , „ .rfi.i.i. waa “If there la anyone that know, anythin* Impropet (Turn to Page Fiva) Funeral For Man Killed By Sheriff Arranged Friday (By Aaaoclated Preaa) TOCCOA, Oa.—Funeral aenrloee for Frank Andrewe of Mlae. neat here, killed by Sheriff Mo«e of Franklin rounty We.lne.day nl*ht, were beln* arranged Friday. Andrew,, alleged liquor ™"" Pr ' and bootlegger, wn* ehot and k.defl by tho officer when he attempted 7 - ..we m the nin- tury to Inveetlgate the charge thgt Governor Walton Illegally had used atate employee# to check namna on an lldtadve petition, the klan a year ago laat May. He tcatlfled that he . waa Initiated In raid he never had attended a meet ■ Inc or paid due, and had not con- aidered hlmaelf a member of the organliatlon for yearly a year. to knock tho ehertff from the run 1 nine board of the automobile he writ drlvlnr. auapected of hauling whla- key. It la «“M- Andrew, la ml; to have drawn hla pl.lol, ’he aherlff proving the quicker on the trigger lime to read and dtaenaa both the dav'a orwa gad the rarl- — t tore menagea of enter- arlalog merchanta. I h fonder Ihet nenoer-Hcrald >de here the hahit ef making Mi-lnc. for I hoar who oae hem ,rgul. r, y- rts^notiTT'-" tojhi simr* >f Alhen.. ahon fira* tonight o The Banner Herald. REAPPOINTED (By Aaaoe’atad Preen.) WASHINGTON.—Dr. George O. Smith, who relieved a« director of the geological survey lo aerve on the cool commlaalon waa re-ep- poinlcd Friday hy Preaideul Cuol- Idge, effective neat Monday. ON THEIR WAV (By Aeeoe’ettd Preen.) MIAMI.—Lieutenant, Roger, and Palmer, Marine Corpe evletora fly ing from Bag Domlneo to Bt Loola. arrived hen •kortlj af.tr aaaa ftfday »Bd reanmad-their flight Borth-ard la tho lato oreo- in*. Oklahoma county off let ala waa given ouL Dlatrtrt Judre George W. Clark who aummoned. a apeclal grand nol on |y elect Uielr legdera for tbp . a. I lha ahana that __te .... . .. i.au ELECTROCUTED NEW ORLEANS.—Foreat Mc- Oraw aged 2* of New Orleana cap tain ot the Tolane Unlveralty foot ball team la 19 and prominent here both In bualneas end aoclnl cir cle, waa dectrocolted at Dlaqne- mlne. La., when he came In con tact with a heavily charged wire. WHAT A CHANGE (By i ST. LOUIS.—'The exact amount of whlikcy atolen from local bond ed warehouse* and the Jack Dan iel Dlatlllery amounted to 992 bar rel. and waa over two million dol- lara In value. ACTOR DIES (By Aaaoclated Praia.) NEW YORK—Harry Brabant 72. an amor, aaaoclated with Tony H. veara ago. died iTbortday I* InVentty atlon from service, and who served In the military or naval forces of tho United States during- any period of the Mex(can War, Civil War, Uia Spanish-Amrtfcan War, tha Indian Wars, the Philippine Insurrection the Boxer Expedition, Cuban Paci fication, Nicaraguan Cnmpalfn Vera Crux Expedition or tha Pun!- tlvfe Expedition to Mexico, and the World War, would be entitled to burial at the expense of the govern mint. “The Intent of the law enacted by Congress Is to provide burial ex penses and transportation to play of burial for deceased veterans up to 9100, provided that no provision la made either by the state, city or couply, or by the deceased's rela tive# or by any other means /or hi* burial .nnd before this office can authorise the burial, this informa tion must be available. Sophomores Roam Streets But Fail To Discover Prey Several hundred members of the sophoinoru class of tho University, after a meeting In the chapel Thursday night, roamed! tho streets In the down-town section hungry for the sight of freshmen. But outaldo of one or two stragglers who came out of the movies unaware of the re ception awaiting them the red caps were not to be found. It had been noised around town that both classes were to hold meetings and would Hen try out each others' prowess but the freshies were evidently content to await the coming Saturday night when they would rule In old time fashion and then dare tho sec ond year men to show their faces In public. Yes, there wore no scraps Thursday night, and the curi ous crowds that came -down town were disappointed*. Dr. Jacobs Asks Permission From Makes Plea For Preserva tion of Constitution of United States in Stirring Speech Thursday. An address by Judge T F. Groan on t{ie “ComitituUon of tha United States" featured the weekly lunch eon of the Kiwinta club at ■ the State Normal School Thursday Practically the entire membership of the Rotary club were guests ot the Klwanians while the goYernoi and members of the tax commlaalon were also present. Judge GrqexV speech was oae that demanded -tho' attention ot thoue present for every second of tho thirty mlnutva ha consumed. He plead for the preserving of our groat Bill of Rights, born one hun dred and thlrty-aix years ago laat British to Hunt to brink about tho drat real ST PEOPLE IRE TJX SAYS Tax Commission Chair man Says If Majority Prevails That S; Will Be Incorporated ii Bill. ATHENS ENDORSES INCOME TAX PL A Meeting Here Votes Income Tax. Hugh ( don Favors Inc Poll Tax. Again Asks Government For Permission to Exca vate For Remains Gen. Oglethoipe. Mayor. O. A. Cargill of Okla-. unday 10 tha data. iwma City, the atorm ranter of the He related that It required a Cl.lt [fight agalnat mob rule In Okie- nr tn brink about the firat real.home. Mayor Canrlll’a life roadi amendment, to the lnatrument and I like an Alger book. Hu wea for- after theae came the 19th and l»tbIraerly a traffic policeman, studied amendment, and added. “. . .. and law at night and became county ra 11 raven know# that woman wuf-| prosecutor, then mnyor. Oljfrngr nnd prohibition ar# equal tc |a civil war.** (By Assoclatad Press.) LONDON—Dr. Thornwell Ja- oba, president of Oglsthorp* Uni versity at Atlanta, Ua„ is a*-aln seeking permlssldn to search for the boc)y of General James H Oglethorpe, .founder of the state of Georgia, In a church at Or#.- ham, Essex, with a view of trans porting It to the United States, ur* the Dally Mall, Thursday. Dr. Jacobs, tno newspaper tint## , U ruK believes that he ha* more nccu Governor Clifford Walker's posi tion In refusing to attempt domi nation of the legislative branch o! the state government, especially In- the matter of tax reform In Geor gia, was defended by Judge Green Judge Green was tho principal speaker St the excrctotk In com memoration of the Constitution, the the national observance of "Con* rately determined the rite of the; .y*?!,.? 0 5 h f„ K,w * n f* grave than when permission for i rl, ' h " of *** the acareh for the general', Irndy , n T !r. ^ r^be'tllowed U| ,U undennke *"xra- hr, ’"'' h "raking to dominate ,tb» to bo allowed to undertake exca , irclnlntlvw and referring apeclflcal- vat,on * • ’ * 4 !ly to Governor' Walker, declare** ! that the chief executive of this 'state Is right In refusing to dc more than sugegst or consult with t»*» Wlalatlve branch until a bill Is passed. “It will he tinge enougt then for the executive to exprtsr 1 hla opinion of the laws by hla ac tions In signing or disapproving the ^•nct," ho stated. EVIDENCE DESPITE eonon BRANDON Jefferson County Grand Jury Continues Investi gation in Face of Orders From Governor to Solic- Redcaps Preparing For | itor; Big Night Saturday . r> •" r ' vQ) I (By Associated Preaa.) Election of offlrara fo, th. frenhan data at the Unlreralty of I. t he conrlct mut- nlgkt of thU week, ^cordlng to ,^, 10, from A. L. Boyd. Ihe.1- atatementa that were given on the <JBt o( |h , Iloard convict Su- campus Thursday. Saturday night for years gone in the history of the unlvreslty haa boon knowi\ as “freshman night" and on this occasion the freshmen college year,,blit hold complete! sway on the campus and through out tho city of Athens. It Is an old saying that no sophomore is neen on the streets of Athena after dark nn Saturday night, lest he be the object of revefcge by the all pow erful freshmen. pervlsors, who ordered th.» alleged leaders of the mutiny whlpuel. to|- lowlng n personal Investigation ot the trouble. No detalla concerning the testi mony were available and h# de clined to discuss the trial with newspaper men. No word was received from Montgomery indicative of anj plans by the Governor, who Wed nesday night told Solicitor Davb that he would not tolerate a grand Jury Inquiry Into the case. > .(udffc Green declared that Wood- row Wilnon'a domination of con gress was one of the worst mis taken of history. Although one of the greatest of American presi dents. Mr .Wilson went beyond the bounds of executive prerogative, thr apenker said. Calling attention to lawlessness everywhere the univer sal tendency to mske the Constl tuMon “fit the popular demands of the hour,” the speaker urged hie hearers to uphold the great doeu ment. "the basis of our liberties and national happiness." Following Judge Green's address Governor Walker made a i Speech, In which he plead for thr harking of the people of putting over some kind of a tax reform (Turn to Page Five) League Council Takes No Action An Income tax,will be I as the chief method ot ralsl state's revenue If (ho slon of the general November heeds the advice majority of citizens where L Walker's tax commission gone. Senator T. S. Mason of Ha well, chairman of tha flid said here Thursday. Senator Mason declared commission has had hearings wherever It has i tho large crowds of (tearing before it Indicates plo are depending out a sqne and praci system to supplant the In uee. On Italian Act Council of League of Na tions Takes No Definitt Action on Italy’s Recen Stand. . ■> ' | (By Aakociate Press)' GENEVA— 1 The Council f<* thr League of Rations failed tf take definite action Thursday ifn the question of Italy's repudiation of the Leakhe'e-comtistency to Inter vene tn the Italo-Oreek situation. It was decided to discuss the In- terpretat >%i of the League's coven ant wl'h the assistance ot an ex perienced Jurist In a meeting be hind closed doom. It waa learned Thursday that th* Council privately waa determined to avoid the, dangers of open de bate on Italy's refusal to recognise the Li ague’s competency to handle th* dispute. Child %alth Body Uonv ivenes in Mich. STIGALL TAKES - STAND IN FIGHT Underwood Turns Against The League Of Nations (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO.—Senator Oscar Underwood, senior senstor from the state of Alabama and avowed can didate for the Democratic nomination in the 1924 race, is no longer a strong advocate for the League of, Nations, according to on interview credited to him in savs Mexico needs schools the Chicago Tribune. nran UIC I irr Child Health Officiate.” Tommu- » nid LilF El nttv Program, for Child Health.' Atlanta Policeman Who Killed Hames Goes on Stand. Pleads Self De fense. (By Associated Proas) ATLANTA.—EL C. 8tlfall, At lanta policeman, Friday took tho •land In hla own bthslf In hla trial nn thn charge of murdering W. H. Humes, a private detective. Stlgnll said that ho shot to prj tect hit* own life when Hames sad two other m«n advanced on hint thtpstcnlngly. Ho did not know wbat 1*1*0 to do. ho raid. 0». the aland*, hn stated that there had been III feeling between Hames and hlmnelf and the other two men, growing out of their work. The Interview stated that Sena tor Underwood said that hla orig inal view* on the League of Na tions were well nown hut that on hit recent trip abroad, he has soon tb*v Learte it work. i*Lea«*« it work. ) i "Developments then and aubtp- stated. feutir'Uh*'«**■*< »r •••*- t -J*"* v Th. failure of the League to function In the dlaputa between Hair nnd Oroera had mnch to do with tha change In the atutade of Senator Underwood, lb* iRtorriaw ‘■led. . „ .ifi unoounl^ il Senator. Undtrwood MEXICO CITT.—The future of \fexlro ||ea In tba eitabllahment of 74)00 prlmaiy acboola through- out. the republic according to En rique Co-ona. ot tba d.partmefet ot public In,traction. Ha declared that, of tha UJMMO InhaMtanta at Mexico. 9.000000 am llllteraieq and that 4.oq«looo of tbera llUter- (Sy AMMlctfc) Prate) NEW YORK.—Many, phaaci of child health work will be dlecuaaed by natloual autborltloa when tho American Child Health Aaaoclallon holda Ita annual meeting at pe trol! IS to 17. With Herbert lloo.ar. prealdent of tha Aaaoctatton. at their head, tha de Iran tea will atrire to make •ran more effective the effoita ex pended Ince the organliatlon cam Into being laat wlnted, according lo Courtenay Dinwiddle, tta gener al executive. The aaaodatlon waa formed by the merging of the American Child Hygiene Aaaorla- tlon and the Child Health Organi sation of America. most favor 1 majority i vity half it which I lloh favoring tno Ii adopted by a largo crowd of on» hundred present, The commission closed tl Ing st six o’clock In tim«* members to catch tho train lanta. • - The resolution was Chancellor Lsvld C. received the verbal of eight or ten prominent men and fanners who fore thn commission, body of sbout one hundred men end women, four recorded against the ii Among those who the Income tax was Harvey secretary of tba Budwlns (T soft drink manufacturers ^ ed that his sxpsrlvnca government had taught (lev* the Income tax harmful. Out him t i city wh Following addrezsos by Walker Md other members commission, exploit posstAi; Its visit to cuafio^ qf tax method* wan the first, speaker belnv " Gordon. Jr., president ' merclal Bank of this vacated. In a paper filed commlaalon and termed dual membsra of that t pm mojt Illuminating an Income Uz and a poll tax of not less than la re. Mr. Oordon asserted tlmt A . . w *ke present poll tax >■( on.* dniiar Among tba subjects to be Ukeni| a - an absurd return for my adult n are Problem* of Stato and City) (Turn to Page Five) body < and "Tho Workers In Health Edu cation; What Thny Should Do.’ The efforts of the doctor, tho teacher, the nutritionist and the nurse will be discussed by the Haders In these respective profes sions. Nurses Class to Graduate Sept. 28 Graduation ex.rci.et of tho data of 1999 at 8L Mary’a hoepttal will he held Sent.ber 29 at 9 o'clock In the firat BapUet church.. At thla time atudent nuraee completing the *e will be glren diploma*. CITY BETTERMENT PARLEY TO BE HELD IN ATLANTA ATLANTA.—A atudy of the en gineering sapecta of the water power protects at TiRalah Jhlls, Oa.. near thla rlty, la exnected to he made by vtalton to th* annual convention of th* American So ciety for Mnnldpel Improvement, to ho hold bore Ni IS. Tho fella, one of Interest in Trial Now Hangincr on Pistols Given Ward By Police ■ chief. • • (By ^(aral Jled Preis) WHITE PLAINS.—The trial nf Walter B. Word, mini n.iim bakcr'a aon, whj la charged with killing clarence Fetera, contlpued to center around two pistols, one of which la hla own. the other n gun which Ward aaya Petcrit tried to kill him with. Frank Cody, New Rochelle rhlef of .Police, (ratified bo r>\" both pl.tola to Word aa * preeent when the latter waa a police rnmmle- aloner. Ward rcaignetf after kill ing Peters.