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Investigate Today1 o Regular Subscriber! TRH BANNER-HERALD $1,IXH) Accident Polky. Free THE MNNER-HERALD ATHENS COTTON' | MIDDLING — .. 28 1- PREVIOUS CLOSE .. ..28 I- Dally end Sunday—10 Cent* i Week. bUUUed 1832 Dally end Sunday—10 Cent! a W teK> THE WEATHER: Frobable Shower* Tr-sday Night;. Clear Thursday. - ■ _ Single Copiee 1 Cent* Dally. I Cent* Snnday. VOL. 91, NO. 198 fftMIMi Anaociated Preen Scrrica ATHENS, OA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1923. A. B. C. Paper ELECTION IS ON IN OKLAKW •I* *1* /I* NO DISTURBANCES MARK OPENING OF POLLS IN OKLAHOMA CITY VOTING Sheriff Sanford Directs Force of Fif* teen Hundred Armed Deputies and Three Hundred Others At Coun ty Courthouse to Prevent In-, terference With Special Election Being Held. ' j (By Associated Press.) OKLAHOMA CITY.—No disturbances or disor ders marked the opening of the polls here at six o’clock Tuesday morning for voting in the special statewide election, which is to decide the question as to whether or not the Legislature of the state has the right to convene itself, for an investigation into the official conduct of certain state officials. light through Oklahoma’s Military Court of Inquiry This la Governor Walton’s martial law agency of investigation into activities of the Ku Klux Klan in the atate. During ita four weelca of exiatance the court haa examined more than COO witnesses and taken some 6,000 pages of testimony. FIFTEEN HUNDRED WITH ARMS GUARDDK TULSA POLLS TUESDA1 Balloting Runs flight in Early Hours of Opening of Special Election. Depu ties Held in Readiness to Quell Any Interference With Voting. , Opened At Six O’clock. The. rating ran the early boors hot began to show life ee the morning wore on. Hundreds of deputies were held In readiness to quell any rioting or to prevent any effort to stop the voting. CALLS ANOTHER ELECTION OKLAHOMA CITY.-Ooyernor J. C. Waltqn Issued a call for a spec ial election on-December 6, next on We- Initiative propoial which would, emppwer the state laglala- tun. U» convene ’tself th eonsld-r impeachment, cbergut, against. ttw. cxccutlcc. **lf (bo majority of the people want to amend their coniUtuUon ,o 11 to anablo Ku Klux Klan mwBb».a •>* the legUlaturo to Im peach their governor and thereby remove all legal restraint on tho lawlesaneeo of the klan. then I submit I don't want to.be governor and will advise that wo acknowl edge the eovorelgoty of tho em- peror of tho Invlilble empire, Oovernor Walton declared In a for- mal ejatement made public simul taneously with the cell. In hie proclamation Oovernor Wilton declared the eopreme Issue In Oklahoma la "whether the in visible empire, commonly known as the Ku Klux Klan, or the eov- erelgn power ol the state of Okla homa eball aurvlvo.” Voters Tuesday ex|»ctod that their action would be challenged in the courts.-as Governor Walton baa maintained that the election wa illegal as the questions upon the vote la being taken have not been properly published. Tho state law provides that an Initiative meaeuro le effective Im mediately after It Is officially de termined that a majority of votes have been caet In It's favor. Reports to headquarters stated that memhers of tho legislature who hare headed tho opposition to n —Uf.ltnn Inrllrntf'fl thct'ar I1UED OCCUPATION AUTHORITIES KICK OUT GERMAN SECURITY POLICE TODAY TULSA.—Voting began in Tulsa county at se o’clock Tuesday morning under a guard of moi j than 1,500 armed deputies who were commanded Sheriff Sanford. Upwards of 300 armed deputies were assembl at the county courthouse to rout any interferes that might be attempted to stop the balloting. A statement BY TIME SET . (ay ArawiaUd Pries.) CONSTANTINOPLE.—The allied occupation of Constantinople for mally ended at noon Tuceday. . For weeks -.ranaporta hive been evacuating troops and material and the work has been rnshed to com pletion that the auppltes end tho troops themeelree could bo when from the city before the appointed time was up. While tho work of removing tho euppllea has boon going on, the warehlpo, which hare stood In the harbor for many months slipped quietly away, one by one. tbue making the ceremony of the ovac- nation only a brief one. Barrett Hearing On Extradition Set For Mondaj’ Governor Walton Indicated that ar effort will be made to insure some rotes being cast in every county In tbo tato. J. F. Gardner. repreeentaUve from Johnson county eald that an airplane carrying ^supplies for hie (ountr would arrive soon. Tho bal lots would bo east In churns end wash tubs, he eald. SUCCESS OP ADVERTISING RESX8 ON HONEST GOODS There’s just one kind of a man or inititutkm that cannot afford to advertise—tho ode that dose not hare honest goods go together. Neither Is godoe go together. Neither is of value without the other. Without adertlalng tbs best good* will not, as • nil*, r**«» the public. And without hon est goods, advertising wlU bring.no permanent euctc** nor Mill any other operation, nut together they make an unbeatable team. DON’T BLOCK THE TRAFFIC When some one stops adrtr- tiring, Someone atop* taylnr. When someone stops baying. Someone stop* “ 1Un *-.. When someone elope felling. Someone stops mehlng. When someone stopo making, Someone stops earning. When everyone stopa earning, Everyone atops buying. Then the bread line. Moral—Keen going. banner-herald Phone 73. ATLANTA.—Hearing on requlal- tlon papers from tho governor of South Caroline, asking extradition of three members of the firm of Barrett A Co* Inc., of Augusta, of . a recoirar. ' waa Gevorg- or Walker Monday. Frenk Barrett, Julian Bgrrett announced at the Mice of Gore and Thoms. Barrett. Jr., the rouuh eltlon etetad, are wanted Jn Wken county. B. C, on a zhaiM filed by c. R. Lybread, accusing them of obtaining property jnndor feteo pretense. It Is aet bb cotton factor*, induced Lybrand to ihlp to tbetr warehouae In An- Kuit 13.000 bale* of lint cotton, upon representation that their'A*® WBi the ‘larteat and stromeat cot* s.. f.otnn in the south.” when in ton factor* In the south, reality, the Indictment declare*, they knew tbla statement to be felae and misleading. BARRETT CREDITORS’ BAB MEETING AWOUBNEr AUGUSTA.—A meeting of me creditors of Barrett A Company, local defunct cotton factors, wee held Monday at tho United States court room herb. The meeting adjourned fire min utes after It had been convened by Judge Joseph Oenehl. nterMlo bankruptcy, as none of the cred itor. or their attwmeya tad W questions to ask Frank H. Barrett, president of the benkrupt com- pony,, at the time be took the stand. Thl. phase of the hank- rnptcy proceeding* Is all closed The faQure of tho compeny some time ago Involved approxi mately three million dollars. The meeting Monday waeth.«e<> ond held. At the time the first was called Mr. Barret was 111 at a local hoapltal. THALIAN TRY-OUT The first try-oat for mate students for parts In the Thallan club, the University of Georgia's dramatic stmtranfe'itfnn. will be held In Pea- IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT MAURER RUN GET IN LINE Oglethorpe with the “Stormy Petrtla," la coming to Athena Saturdays The team that led Tech it the end of the second quarter last Saturday will battle the Georgia Bulldogs on Sanford Field. ^ , wind of SouthcYnTootb.il, will Incidentally he will . If, the Mercer game wee a hart one for Georgia this ,<fcl.tho*e < crew will bo harder. The' game starts at 3:30 promptly; in- order to allow the Meltons to catch a train back Tho prices will be, grand stand $1.90; bleachers, $1.00. will sell Friday efler- (By Associated Press.) DUSSELDORF.—The Security Police Force of this city, which 'has been formally charged with the entire responsibility for last Sunday’s rioting in' which almost a score of people were killed and more than four hundred' others were injured, has been decreed out of existence by the occupation authori ties, it was announced here Tuesday. The French troop» will continue to police the city until anew. German polije force hp been organized It is. believed that .the Security Police Will either be expelled from the region or imprisoned, though no definite action in this direction has beer, taken. Immediately, after-the rioting quieted, the French authorities placed the blame for the trouble on the police. The riot occurred when the police fired into and broke up a meeting here Sunday at which hun dreds of Separatist sympathizers were gathered. i MAY SIGN , I'LKDliri (By Associated Press.) TACOMA, Wash.—A sneak thief who stoic a suitcase from an automdbUe parked on a downtown street Tuesday morning, probably got the eur- of hit life, according to priee . . . _ police, when he opened the bag and found a Gila Monster to be its only occupant. CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER TERM SUPERIOR COURT ANNOUNCED; COURT OPENS, NEXT MONDAY WASHINGTON,—The cotton crop la larger by a million and one-quarter bales than last year's forecast by the depart ment of agriculture which placed the production Tuesday at 11.016,000 tales. Georgia's estimated yield September 28 was 700.000 tales; condition 31 per cent ot Cotton ginned prior to that date was 3,211417 tales, In- chiding 111,033 pounds tales, compared with 3,3004'lf tales Including 70,$61 pounds tacit seme date lest year. Georgia's ginning was 186,570 tales. Civil Docket Will Be First . Crimirtal Docket Will Be Taken Up Octo ber 15thj Judge. States. Calenaar for tho October term of Clarke Superior Court waa arrang ed Saturday amt annoeaoed by Clerk of [Court* /. Cr Crawford. Tbo court will l»o converted Mon- day. October It, by Judge Blanton Fortaon. Judge Fortaon yesterday made the following statement In connec tion with the Issuance of the cal- A large delegation of Athens Masons went to Atlanta Tuesday afternoon to witness the degree Vi *» 'Muonic Lodge Tuesday night The Capitol View Lodge pdts on the X. M. degree in highly dra matic style and renders ■ new interpretation of the Ceremonial. Those making the trip were: W, orx&nlzation. will be held body Hill Tuesday evening. Those making the trip were: W. F. Dorsey, E. O. Kinnebrew. P. B. Ilollidey, W. A. Cajmg, AMt Nix, W. K. Meadow. J. ft. Jarrell, W. C. Thornton, R. E. Pattillo, H. Kinnebrew. H. N. Tutwller, T. L. Elder, A. L. Howland. A. J. Pal mer, J. E. Skelton, Dink Martin, Tom Forrester, John Prater, H. II. Elder. H. C. Kytle. J. P. Knowles. L. D. Benton, Ellison H. Stone, JSrnest Eidam, C. R. Huff. COTTON TAKES BIG IN CHARGING • JURY ATLANTA.—Deploring what ho characterised as "this* the tnoet lawless period In the world’s his tory." Judge Samuol H. Slbloy, presiding over the federal conn for the Northern District of Geor gia, delivered a charge to tho grand Jerrof tho October term of court Mtadijs morning. In which be called upon the Jnrora to do- ' U- S tv.,lm nwnww glff/irt tO mnlllC vote their every effort to coping with tbo situation, and to come to the resent of the law-abiding . portion of \He public. - - ' • Judge 8lbley cautioned the Ju- - . • i row • ogalnat taking anything ex- Over $4.00 a Bale Above • <*pt true and sworn evidence aa a — basts for returning Indictment*. (By Associated Press.) EUREKA, Cal.—Alex A. Kcls, wealthy and heavily insured Lodi, OnU i to have been flu* "Victim or a i tlonal murder near Lodi on Sep tembor 12, is In jnil hero. The man fnis arrested Wal- | A statement issued by Stevens, head of Governor ton’s civilian forces in this ty, declared that the special cl tion had already been won by tl Klan. ‘‘Wo concede that ' before the ‘election We have received several repoi that the ballot boxes have stuffed. As tho boxes a chargo of the sheriff’s prurmv we have not been able to invesi gute the reports.” Jolin I*. Logan, who at tho p ent time Is in Hot Springs for health, and who was the foi chairman of the State Elect Board, and was deposed by ernor Walton, Tuesday deelan that the governor’s action in considering the board' was only attempt to muddy the waters, gnn stated that the election c< fct_- thorlty of the p action of the governor In fi % n new one. Ho said that nsldered’ the executlvo order raiiroad yards hero nlondny nightiUlegal ~~i that he while ho was in the act of holding j ^ ” ct ,n c«.«rclty of clml the muzzlo of hie rifle mouth and attempting to discharge it by pressing tho trigger with his toe. Kelt) was believed to have lost htt lifs in burning his haystack. ons attracted to the fire by the blazo reported that they saw an automobile rapidly being driven away from the scene of the fire, Later they discovered another au tomobile and a man* believed to have been Kcls burned to death in he flames. i z ’Stockton oiithomiea arc’recking o Icurn the identity of the man who was found dead and Tuesday night, discovered that A. Zung, Lodi rancher, kis not been seen sinco before the fire. ■The foregoing Calendar for Civ- II Business, for the October Term! 1133, Clarke Superior Court. te| hereby approred. The Criminal: docket will be taken up Monday, OeL 16th. "The rule heretofore followed os to continuances will be adhered to. . The motion docket will called as occasion may permit. 'The appearance docket wilt be called on Wednesday of the Sec ond'week, Oeteber 17th; or at a later data to be fixed at that time. "All contested divorce cam will be taken up la their order on the doekqL Any undisposed of cam on the civil docket will he taken up In their order, at' the heel of the criminal docket: during the Sec; ond.week., • ,... . 'Immediately; the appearance- rers end pises should be lenn.'wtl|i , ,/• Btanjf ceui ready to Ague ■ n Pleas when catted, they will be set for some special date, before the January term. 1336, that me. Close Monday. Witftin 80 hut lnslated that they nee ercry Points of Season’s Hijrh' means of the lew In bringing In- * e n i re... n ... ire leaf rsertmlnnltt U'hprfl Level. Judge R. C. W. O. Civil (First Wssk) Monday, Octebsr 8, 1823 —All uncontsitsd divorce catsei . Williams ct al. ta. CroWl.y,) YORK.—Unexpected ly smell glnnjng figures were reported Hu- rted by the Census men Tuesday morning, cou pled with ■ strong Liverpool cabin, caused a Jump of from 31 to 68 points In cotton price* at the opening Tuesday. This wss quickly followed by farther upturns that car ried October contracts to 2945 end December to 29.1* or over 11.00 a tale Shore Monday’s close and within 80 points of the aeason'a high lercl. dleUnenta aga‘n»t criminals where : the facts justified each action. ■ He took occasion to refer to the ! Oklahoma situation as one aus- ; talnlng his belief that the time bed I come whoa the public mutt choose the duly authorised laws and courts of the country aa agelnet forces that srould seek to Interfere I with such duly delegated agencies, i judge Sibley', charge fonsumed almost a fall hour, and won heard by nn audience that crowded the 'largest court room In the Federal S.S. CONVENTION AT OCONEE HEIGHTS of thr* board. Ah tho roport* bocan to fllto from other sections of tho It developed thnt bnllotm* Is proxraas *11 over the stato in four counties and part of t In Bryan, Harpor, <’lmarron J/ihriHon, nil places for voting 1 closed, while In Jeffei only h!x out of twenty olxht open. From every point It dicated that *ho election w caadlng quietly and’ Jt)hnso ty appeared to he the only pla Tvherc the »overnor’s threat thwnrt the election by forca wouk be carried out. In thnt county one hundred cd police 'held pohhohnIi election supplies. Authorities other counties not voting had compiled with the govei orders or else had received- election suppll half < AIH MONSTER OFF ON RETURN TRIP aaruwsvfa term of court, and the Indict* mfcnta returned by the grand Jury S.VX'Sl.rtafSSWYT vision ot the court le called th January. After Brief Stay At St. Louis, ZR-I Begins Be gins Return- Trip to Ha- zelhurst Home. Proponnder, Wilt tf F. H. lmi ital Jones vs. Harper. Link va. Brewer Jt' A^ckaon. Reagravea v*. .Her ong. Dnrnblatt v,. O'er- n.mire. (Turn to page two) ikitl Ordinary’s Court Held on Monday United Statea' giant dirigible ai- rived here ahortly beiore uawn Tuesday and after rnil*lr*r shoot the city until daylight heeded- - north tnwar.I- the 8L I-niil* flying, property, of her daughter, Samb field ot Bridgeton, near here. t B. Ortffln. Ordinary's ■ court eras conducted Monday by Judge R. C. Orr at which time Dr. J. L. Pendley was granted discharge as guardian ot the property of Clyde K Pendley. Georgia National Bank was die- charged as executor of the wilt of WII Henry Harper; 8. W. Smith wss granted leave to sell lend* In the estate of Mrs. L. L. Smith; Luther Brock sue appointed ad ministrator of the state of Cullle Nichole and Ellen Griffin Rhodes we* appointed guardian, of the All Denominations Will Meet There October 14, For Annual County S. S, Convention. The Oconee Heights church haf Invited the annual county Sunday School Convention for alt denoml nations to meet with them or Sunday, October 16th, according to an announcement mnile by the-of ficers of the Clarke county Sunday School Association. The hospitality of these people la well known and doubtless the Run- day School people from .very sec tfbn ot the county will attend Ir targe numbers. The convention will be an ell day affair, It la uns derstood. and dinner will be served on the groohds at the noon hour In plenla style. The State Sunday School Asso ciation la offering two banners One to the School with the largest number of delegates present in proportion to .the .distance trav eled; -and another# to the school having the largest number of its officers and teachers present in proportion to the distance travel ed, provided 75 per cent of them are In attendance. This will, no doubt, be a big Incentive for most of the churches to work up a large attendance. . L The Sunday school auperlntond-j which the .. enta and prstors are asked.to take , ome Um9 fcfforo note of this and see that a fme| dea( |, attendance Is worked up from theiri Mn ,‘ j 0hr «| 0n , hss *n schools. i Mrs. Webb was murdered. OHOVB.—Mop on lending fit I** arrenlod by ihc deputy sheriff an county Jailer for conducting eh’t lion here. 'Flu* officer* *1ato# that they had’ received Instn lions from the governor and chali man of tin* hoard of election* atqp tho voting. WILL INIIESTIGA1 DEATH OF WEALTI District Attorney to* Probe Death of Charles Webb. Murde( Is Suspected. (By Associated Press) WHITE PLAIN’S.—District to,rney Rowland’ Tuesday questlo e<l Dr. William J. .Meyer, ing tho mysterious clrcuni surrounding the death o Ohar’es Webb, a wealthy Ne York and Philadelphia society i I>r. Meyer, who a Hem dead woman, refused to ill! . ••rtifj. at**. The district attorney also fa teniTed to question Mr*. Robert I Johnstone, a life-long friends Mrs. Webb, who kept a diary ntn frle III