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Georgia And Mercer Open Season Here On Saturday Way Is Cleared In Oklahoma For Special Ballot (By AModatid Press) OKLAHOMA CITY.- When the Oklahoma, su preme court late Thurs day reversed the action of the Oklahoma county dis trict court in granting an injunction restraining t 1 - state election board from proceeding with the plans for the referendum, the way was cleared for tV special state election call ed by Governor Walton for October 2. The (ate of five constitutional amendments. In eluding a $55,000,- 000 soldiers* bonus proposal, and an Initiated bill to legalise special MASS MEETING A general mass meeting of the studentss of the University of Georgia Is to be held In the chapel Friday night at eight o'clock at which time enthu siasm over the Georgia-Mercer game Saturday will be worked to a high pitch. It is a custom at the univer sity for the students to have mass meetings the nights be fore days on which games are to be played by the Georgia team and the one Friday will the first such this year. Attending this meeting be sides the student body will be the band, student leaders, coaches, and faculty members. Germany Orders Officials In Ruhr To Work Mo Danger Here Of Big ’Quake (By A,,«ci,t«d Pres,) BERLINS Chancellor Stresemann Friday morn ing notified the entente ministers of the German government’s decision to cease passive resistance the Ruhr and the Rhine land. One Reason They’re Going TOUGH FOE THIS YEAR IN BAPTISTS Both Teams to Present New Systems and the Game Promises 'to Be Highly Interesting. BEGINS PROMPTLY „ AT TOUR O’CLOCK nil I DUSSELDORP—„ — Says Dr. White ;atch received her, announce. that — I the German government nu Issued tt i -a Tt e _ » j ! orders to the offlcUl, In the Bohr University Professor Ad-j t0 re , ume worka nd ce».e passive dresses Kiwanis Club, (resistance. ! Seats Selling Now; Mer- Berlin di«- cer Spends. Friday Night in Madison; -Reaches Here Noon Saturday. Next Meeting At Win- BERLIN.—A state of emeigenc; terville, Friday noon 6:30. After- Athenians need have no foar for earthquakes of serious nature, ac- .= 0. V texture upon, White, p™- nil of a majority of n ember*. I« bound up In the proposed election. With only five day, remaining litfo'ro the date aet for the vote, come doubt oil,ted Thuraday night a, to whether the poll* would be No ballof yot bare h ... hut all other election material ha» been ordered, according to W. C. McAllister, aecretary of the elec tion board. Ballots oould be Print ed a nd distributed throughout the ■tato In life for an election Thun- day in the event the remaining 'Turn to page eight) hat been proclaimed By both the Stresemann government and the Bavarian government, presided over by Premier ron KnlUing. and for the moment the altuatlon In Germany la, a complicated and un certain one. No Indication I, manl- fesor of chemistry and geologist f(d around government quar- at the University of Georgia, who |" * uk , an ttn duly Thurwlay .poke to the Klwanl. 0 J the turn of affaire Ur. White wa, Invited to addrM, the Klwanl*#* on the cauare of japan- Law-* — ” Dr. Dr. White’assorted that his seJ- Ion of tho country .has irnssed ■ MURDER CASE GIVEN 10 * (By Associated Press) WHITE PLAINS—The W ““* r Ward murder trial went to the lury Friday shortly after noo n. The trial has been one of the most sensational In tho hlstory ol this .tale, due to th. mystery which surround, the case and tta proBh nence of the man Implicated In the cans. .. , , . Walter 8. Ward waa Indicted ana tried on a charge of firat degree murder, tor the killing of Clarence Peters many months ago. Ward r plea waa aelf defense, although no weapon of any descriptI6n war found on the body of the deaf man. Ward later charged that h* had been blackmailed and had pai l out more than forty thousand do!* Inra, but refused to give the details of the blackmail charge. Mrs. Ward was In attendance at the trial of her husband from the first and only broke down Just two IwV^ri-VnV I «">* bulMln,.. to cos. Slowly, the selecting of the Juror, | (n >(| jyjo.oe, and 1,00,- an a ween. through tho atago of earthquakes and volcano* which chiracterltes formation of new countries. Of a technical nature, hla ad- dress waa enjoyed by the Kiwan- Ian, and a rising vote of thank* for the visit and lecture of the ro : fostor was given by the rluh. ■ The club accepted an Invitation to hold Its next meeting at the Wintervllle Graded School and be' the guests of the domestic sclenou class at luncheon. This meeting will bo hold FTfday afternoon at 8:30 o'clock. The Invitation was extended by Klwanlan J. T. Plt- taru of Wlule.*vllle. Klwanlan J. C. Jeeter won the nttendance prlxe given by Klwan lan L. F. Edwards. The club mot at the V. M. C. A. wher enulcboon was served by the ladles auxiliary. O. L. Haytfen, of New York, a friend of Klwanlan H. M. Fulll- lovo, waa a guest of the club. GET* ARMY RANK SAVANNAH.—Carleton B. Gib son, superintendent of 8avannah'n public schools, ha, received a com mission as major In the United Stato Officers Reserve Corps. Mr Gibson aerved on the 'Ioovu com mission In Europe during the war and hl» commlsalon In the reserve corps comes In recognition of that work. BUILD ALASKA A. R. TERMINAL FAIRBANKS, Alaska—Construc tion of terminal facilities for the Alaska Railroad here Is progress Ing rapidly with a large force o! men at work. The improvement, Include passenger end freight de pots, engine end oil houses, water slons taking more than a week. What promises to be one of the most eventful and colorful foot ball seasons in the history of the gams will be opened on Sanford Field Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock wfcen the Mercer Baptist, and the Georgia Bulldog! trot put at the sound of the season’s Init ial whistle here. This game as an opener prom- . .. - ’ t j ulI1 an y la tragic view of the turn “"'"llsc^ittpre interest I created by the latest excise of J^ntaf buttle at amenities betwsen Berlin and yean. There la m Munich and the apolntment a* die- ^ this intrsest. mgr ■MU* \mmmM hi, days as premier of that elate,momemnue new ,m .- was tho especial bane of the Ber- plays; Mercer baa an unusual tin chancellor. strong-team, fulljrjlftj^per cent Although Herr Stresemann and hia assistants wer* visibly nettled at tho precipitate manner In which the Bavarian action waa carried out, the Berlin government heads Thursday night professed the be lief that they one* more have be come tho victims of Bavarian Idiosyncrasies and seemingly real ised their own ability correctly to I apfralse (Munich psychology do- spite their past experience with Bavarian diplomacy. stronger than in 1922 t fever crippled them so that it was hardly possible for a full team ot itayei well Vv- to tok* th*.field: Msrrsr also has a new aet of coaches. THE OPENING GAME THRILL SCOUT SECESSION TALK The talk of revolt and accession by Bavaria la scouted In official circles la Berlin, where the Im pression Is given that the two gov ernment. are In complete accorl with respect to cqmmon aim* and that ttelr proclamation* In no way collide. A. I. Almand Is “40-8” Delegate A. I. Almand, vocational student at the University and one 6f the moat latereeted end enthnelaetle Legionnaires in the entire state will go to the convention In San Francisco In October. Mr. Air wind goes ea n regular delegate from the '40 and S” and an alternate from the state to the legion proper ron* ventlon. He will travel with the Georgia delegation and will leave Athens on October 5th with F. O. Miller, dele gate to the convention from the atate and the local poet. Miss Moine Michael will Mao at tend as a delegate from this state. Then there is the thrill of the opening game. After ten long months the dull thud of the kicks, the rattling out of the signals, the fierce tackling of the forwards and backs, the sensation of the sweeping end runs, the tingling excitement oT the score will all add to the interest oi this first game. Mercer Is reported coming to Athens more determined than ever But this year they have a heavy, well developed team and if It la remembered the firat' minutes of last fall’s game came very » (Turn to page eight) NO VERDICT YET IN ALABAMA FACING POLITICAL REVOLT RESULT OF SQUELCHING INQUIRY CONVICT CONDITIONS IN MINES (By Associated Prese) MACON, Ga.—At 1 o’clock Fri day the Jury continued with the case of Dr. C. A. Yarbrough. Ma con dentist, charged with rioting In connection with tho whipping of W. O. Barnett The Jury has been deliberating {since Wednesday afternoon. Tbb I, the second time Yarbrough bat leged Ku Klux Klan activltie. here. He was acquitted the first trial. . mm MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BIRMINGHAM, Ala—Political ttSoQ.l revolution is In the making here. Iti area of agitation centers about tality and return of the lash sys tem to Alabama's prisons at brought to light during a rscent convict revolt in th* Banner coal mines at Jefferson county. During this Insurrection, pris oners dynamited thousands of dol lars worth of valuable machinery and held peace officer, at bay during s complete day of undis puted, ebsotutel control of, the mfttee end Solicitor James C. Davis alleged deplorable conditions existed among the convicts rented on lease. Charges have been, made that prisoners were forced to work be- yond the point of physical endur- nnce, that medical eupervlsion was lacking, that many were compelled to dig coel while elck end bare-footed, and that Warden J. D. Evane, an ex-saloonkeeper, was incompetent. The situation has Just corns to ■ crux due to Governor Brandon a , — refusal to permit riotous convicts tsfesssssli been farther aggravated in the face of an official writ is sued by Circuit Court Judge H. P. Heflin, ordering the immediate surrender of the prlioncre to ex amination of the jury probe. Although the eourt’e order brit tle, with “teeth," and by innuendo warns against interference, Gov ernor Brandon ha* reiterated his stand, that the convicts shall not teetlfy and even went to far a, to order th* quii halted. Feeling haa grown throughout the atate and open accusation, have been levied charging Gover nor Brandon with attempt to tub-, serve the civil authority of the! courts and t«ks upon himself the mantle of dictator with "a eat In tho hag to hide,” tantamount to martial rule in Oklahoma. will be spent in Athene for Saturday weak-und shopping and it is <aft to nay that a largs portion of thsM dollar* will bs guided by ths store - news and basins,, announce- ents that appear in > Th* Bsnn,r-K.'ra:o. With a circulation that an- tare over 6,000 home* r.rrf evening with ths day’s «sw* and at a time when every member ef the family haa tht time to reed and dleeusa both the day’s news and ths vari ous store messages of enter- prielng merchants. It Is na wonder th* Banner-Herald ado havs the’ Mbit of making SLEEPING CAR SWI INTO PLATTE RIVI BY RAGING TORREN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT Passengers Cling to Half Submerge Cars and Beg to Be Rescued. Cul vert Oyer Creek Gives Way, Causing Train to Plunge Into the Swollen Stream. esti- (By Associated Press.) CASPER, WYOMING.—The Burlington . S er train No. 30, bound for Denver, which plun ito Cole Creek late Thursday night, went into raging torrent, causing a Toss of life which was mated Friday morning at approximately forty to on: hundred. Three miles before the stream is reached, the roi of the waters, swelled to flood height, can be he; as it rushes over toe cars lying in the stream. m rr< m .1 What Is ordinarily • dry California has morn than climate to attract World War Vetcrar,^to- tne national cutivehlivh .In 3-It . FrairtUvw r.axt manth. Ruth AllcnL itnian type of California beauty, U one of the 1 •aid to be a perfect Cectllian type of California beauty, le one i bostaseee for the trig affqlr.. FOOD YIELD SHOWS 50PERGENTBOOST, IN CLARKE COUNB Production of food crop* in at a standstill! seemingly bocaust Northeast Georgia In the lusthiflx rufiicieni'prtKluciion v« whole tarn; to meet the present local, demand and Inability of moat during the summer, was suddenly swollen Into a raging torrent heavy rains Thursday a few htj before ths passenger train was i to reach the creok. At about nine o'clock the ver train swept around a curve ^hort distance from the aklng up time and not knov'lug hat the stream was even few seconds later p the water. Apparently the engine » ‘across the culvert before, ed by the flood waters, porta nave way ' — of tho tranl. elno got aerose, tho i train pit •wept one hundred ; the Platte river. VIC 1 RECORDS TtpwmMe ream. , It Is believed .that In this ear tho time rest old Ihn water hail i ored the car ■Ido. Thu Platte river at Is mors than n mile wide inly four of the i lost their 1 twenty to sleeping 'car nod from the top of which was partially In tho stream, fits rescue irela srrf .... min; to meet tne present local—i i - ' .cene of tho tragedy at ™ demand and Inability of nMiresuuamMm.mumSSa.nd Immediately It creased, fifty percent,-according to f armBra to produce cream for tlio^^^S^SS535525Srehe beet chance of repibrt of county agents.at & dls* local creamery profitably and the trict agricultural conference Fri* corn 6rt< j out* crops have been*, j / /strung from tho east day morning at the Agricultural .about the same as the last few Then were more ““hlTe report,, mad. during th. ! pfr'lJd^taT c^ty”'Wore Hfle fa 311(1 He3T the N 'L*™' *° conference held to qiap out a rarer not_ planted this season, according ile Faced Red Seal Rec < program for th* next year for thlr‘to Mr. Firor** report, district, also stated that in moni j Attending the meeting from communities renewed Interest in Clarke county were J. Warren cotton production has been revived Smith, banker; Ligdon O’Kelley, Claude Tuck, J. T. Pittard, banker* farmer; J. W. Scoggins, Mrs. j Walter Childs and E. W. Carroll, I (Turn to Page light) The discussions continued # t < ». t i cram wa* developed to sun me pc. Negi o Deputy ^>1 Concert and Operatic (Ffctow)| sleeper, all begging Ing <o 1m rescued. The ecene of the reck tourteen miles sast ot Ci sandy, rolling rhere the crpek flows fdatts rivsr. The river I, (Turn te Pag: country Eight.) gram was developed eullarltlee of the eoll In each coun ty of tho fifteen represented, ovet which T. L. Aebury of Augusta preride, 'm supervisor. According to County Agent ton production, poultry retelng an,' In the hurt e!x months, partly ne r result Of the Curb Mnrket. hue In creased production of fhilts ana vegetables fifty percent. The' ocretge planted to bur clov- eh In C(ark> haa Increased fifty few good Tow-land pas j Vain Attempt to IodIoin llutrumenl<J Escape From Law-partii HtEPUBLIC RUMORED (Wagner) & Nettro Who Was to Sellj^**} <w. ‘ . .Affidavit and Evidence' Against Mrs. Stoke ^ ocal Jo Escape. (By Assoeiatsd Press) rillCAGO—Kobcrt Lee, a negre Ttira* are being ettsbllshVd, with deputy and one of the prospect for a healthy In questioned by the state’s attorney In the investigation of charges by The acreage rf crimson clavrr I this county will Increase' .TOO i«;s cent with several farmers so win up to fee acres each w,th i attempted to"Jump‘from “the “vrt^ . dlir.n’-d dow ' h * h ‘ ,d b " n confronted by thsm regularly. ■»»w‘ shop tomorrow of Athens, shop first tonight* In The Banner-Hsrald. W. E. D. Stokes, that husband had conspired to defram* her reputation, at'emjied tj Jump from n window of Proeecufsr Whar- ten's office Friday morning. The negro was caught by a de tective sergeant and taken to Jail short time before the negro another negro who sold Lae and *^L h °“ e ‘ b ' ln * I • , "** f,h B™""**- 'he .11^ p.y outer purpo.es, off man now being sought, efTtred rninvivr AT hlm l,nd on sddltlonst lie A,n - T " day far ths time he epent In New ' I York If he would make an affidavit fn th "" d ! "“' r reiaing BUine liiu ncm.... Speak At Bejitist Church tin Sunday Captain Joe Bennett of the University of Georgia football team and Morgan Blake, sport ing editor of The Atlanta Jour nal will be the principal speak* era at th* M 8tudents Night" program at the First Baptist church Sunday. Captain Bennett Is one of the most popular men In college and la known throughout the state and south as one of Ita leading athletes. Morgan Bloke la known to every college boy la the sooth, or at > least In Gsorgta. - ‘ yi» 1 l- 1 J <IU0tudenta Night” rronUSea «#'’ t bs on* of the matt driWiffal ns of ths fair eenlestir. ’ Although No Confirma tion For Rumor Ye Thought to Be Virtual Ij Certain. * (By Associated Pre«.) PARIS—A Havas dispatch Vienna says that It Is rumored t a republic has been declare 1 Turkey, though there has been confirmation from direct comce. ■The flight last November, cf i [Sultan of Turkey has left »he litfcml status of that doubt. Tho Sultan did not i Jsnd hap since claimed that h still the rulfng head. ■ •‘• In < Kemaliar i » tho Sultain U tht packed with imyji and girM the two speaker* are favorite*.