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XT bvMtliat* Today! I To Regular Subscriber! * THB BANNER-HERALD 11.000 Accident Policy Fret THE BANftR-HERAED DaQy sad SBudsy-W feats s West, |«ii'!T?,’rr Eatabllakad «a Dally and Sunday—10 Cents a W eefc *f*S ATHENS COTTON: MIDDLING 27 l-2e I PREVIOUS CLOSE 27 5-8e THE WEATHER: Clear Monday Night and Slightly ] Warmer. VOL. «, NO. 203 Aaeoelated Press Berries ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Copies i Cents Daily. I Cents Sunday. WOMAN KILLS PRIEST RFRONT OF ALTAR SUNDAY ■■■■■■■■■■■■MHMHHact of Felled to Ground With Blow and Skull .Then Crushed By Seventy Pound Stone. (By Associated Press.) PITTSBURG—Lorenzo Savage, negro butler, confessed early Mon day morning, according to police,! that ho killed Ml** Elsie Barthel, a trained nurse, whose body was! found near an abandoned mansion! in the East End district Sunday, with the head crushed by a seten-1 ty pound stone, i The negro was arrested at his. home after Miss Barthel’* mother | told the police that her daughter had an engagement with the negro to have her fortune told. The body of the young nurse was found beside one of the pillars ^of the covered carriage entrance at one side of the house. . Beside the body was the stone that killed •I* *1* ^ •!« *1* <• *1* •I" *-* *-* *-* *f—f* Clarke Superior Court Convenes Mrs. R. S. Johnstone, life-long . .. . friend of Mrs. Charles Webb, New wea P°n and there arc fewer mur- York woman who died under mys- ders In the whole of England each tcrious circumstances, has test!- year than occurred in the western fled before the grand jury to "all clrcuit before it was divided.” nouy w«. &. V * W th “ In the opinion of Judge Fort Ml» Barthel. Police -t.t«d ‘h»t n °t revealed. , son thore wou|d b,. itmt mur(ior the young woman ,lr ;™InmOnill OMITT ITTm «“«• <» Georglu if people would twice, once on the ride of the ULHUIIU IIIIIL I HLILII uuit carrying concealed weapon!. jurist stated that tho condi- In Clarke county In regard to 'law enforcement wore such that ho did not think It necessary tn II I ■ imi■.elircct tho attention of the grand ILl IliUjjur.v to any particular law in his charge. Can Decrease Murder Cases By Obeying Law Against Pistol Toting Fewer murders^ and shooting affrays would occur in Georgia if citizens in this state would more gen erally obey the law against pistol toting, Judge Blan ton Foptson asserted Monday morning in his charge to the grand jury for the October term of" Clarke Superior Court. “In England,” the jurist stated, j “it Is » felony to carry n concealed I the elde of head by the stone, which had evi dently been thrown the first time, and then dropped on her head, crushing the skull, after she had fallen to the ground. Tho houso at which the murder took place le known aa the old Iluesy Manieon and for aometlmo had been used -aa an automobile wrecking establishment. The bod> was discovered when an automo. bile owner drovo in to look over a oar ho had previously sent there IIo Immediately notified tha police and shortly afterwards a late! ilrKrr was taken Into custody and j held for questlonlpg. A deck of cards lod to Savage’s nrrc»t. When Mis* Barthol’s body was (Uncovered tho pollco found two envelopes tightly clutched in one band and the other Under her heud. One of tho envelopes contained tho ace. deueo and trey of diamonds and the £ve •&*£•** and all were spattered with blood., The oU»e»‘ ! I» saM to bars contained three 1 han- drod dollars and was empty. . At the negroes honie, police found a, deck ,.of eards with these four cards mlpslng. Savage’s wife and Walter Hauley, a taxi-cab driver, were arrested and'are being held ns material jrltnesses. PRISON QUIET AFTER,!:# 0 CONVICTS SATURDAY ^ Determination can afford to be gootj natured. Business success is earned; it doesn't “happen.” • Every ad yon print is.a chapter of your business •tory. , Study Friend Customer as closely «s you do Friend Com petitor. The public has. a right to 100 per cent of what your «d* vertiaing promises. Prices and qualities are both relative. It’s quality-at-the- price that wins. Blodcrn buyers depend, on advertising as modern motor ists depend on route signs. A Surprise Coming to Him. The merchant who doesn’t advertise assumes that con sumers are. more ’interested in . his business than he is him self. * Business in general is get ting Better and Better. Your business is what you make it. (By Associated Prase) EDDYVILLE, Ky.,—Two graves In tho cemetery of tho littlo West 1 orn Kentucky p.-nlt. ptb.ry over which the earth was freshly heaped and tho bullet-scarred mesr hall in the center of the prison area were imitS'andiidldittdl.B'lSe- minders J^nday jot Uie lest des. perr.to stand or a trip of' 'convict murriferdM ‘vtho killed three guards' wgro besieged for eighty-one hour* in the mess nan, xnu found dead from bullet wound# whert a storm ing party, entered the ; barricaded building late Saturday afternoon. Members of the storming party entered the me** hall after it had been filled with ammonia fumes prepared to meet three despernts gunmen, and found Monte Walters Lawrence Griffith and Harry Per- land stiff in the rigor of death. alL dead 38 HOUR8 All of the gunmen had been dead tor at least thirty-six hours and in the ease* of Griffith and Ferland, whose wounds j Indicated death from suicide, opinion was expressed that the end might lmv# come forty-eight hours before the siege was raised. Walters, be lieved to have been the last to di« wap shot through the head and had been struck by a rifle grenade | Walters nnd Ferland were buried her#, nrirrifh’a iimw h.M . ■ 'Conditions arc very good in this county and I hope they will stated Jsdg* TmU 80 4. The grand jury was organized with W. P. Brooks, Sr., as fore man and the following members:, Thomas R. Crawford, R. P. Brooks, W. A. Phillips, R. T. Yar- * oiigh, K? L. Bramblett, Roy C. inipbell,‘Jdlion* S. Goetchius, D. PREPARES TO FIGHT M. F. FICKETT IS M OFF TO MARKETS M. F. Fickett, of the Flckett Jewelry Company, left Saturday for New York and other eaitern markets for the pun»w of buying a general stock and holiday mer- chindiee. This concern carries one of the largest lines of silver ware. jewelry pf all kinds and diamonds. The stock this year y.!i! he one of the largest the firm has ever earned and the people oi this section will have the oppor tunity of making their selection from a most varied stock. . Bandits Stage Waring Hold-Up In Lobby of Ritz-Carlton; Get $5,000 In Jewels and Escape (By Associated Press.) NEWu YORK.—Three armed men early Monday morning held up tho night manager and several other employees of the fashiona ble Ritz-Carlton Hotel and robbed the jewelry store, just off the lobby, of $5,000 worth of gems. The robbery occurred at three o’clock but the police were not no tified until five houro later, after the hotel employee* had tried to trail the robbers and had failed. Charlie Chaplin, famous raoyiu actor, entering the hotel 15 min utes after the robbers fled, was the first outsider to learn of the hold-up. - . Just before the hour at wmc»i the robbery occurred, a large au-jjewel* tomobile drove up to the entrance of the hotel and the three ban dits, well dressed and giving al! appearance of being Dona fide guests stepped out and walked in to the lobby, chatting animatedly all the while. As they reached the desk they whipped out pistols and ordered the manager to throw up his hands. The porter, bellman and elevator operator were herded in to the elevator cage and kept prisoners by two of the invaders, while the third smashed the win dow of tho shop and scooped out the jewels When ’ the hotel po liceman appeared, the bandit* fled, leaving $45,000 worth of the xh.-.J ELBERTON. G*.—The biggest Christian Endeavor District Con vention ever held in the southern State* came to a clpae Sunday eve. ning, after a three days* meeting In the “Granite City” of Georgia. • Never before has Elberton had ihe prlvlledge of entertaining such a lively, f|ne bunch of young Christians and every home In the town threw open wide their doors to entertain something like 100 out of town delegates. The doting service was held In the. Methodist church, wlhen Dr. Chai. P. Evans, Southern Secre tary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor. Boston, Mass., conducted the closing service, e- lng a message to the young people on the value of surrendering them selves to Christ for full time ser. vice, aa well aa volunteer work, With every head In the house bowed and In prayer a -number of yuuu* ycoyit- uown (By Associated Press) V OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma’i political civil war was lulled fiun day by a calm enveloping both gubernatorial and legislative head quarter# on the evo of an extraor. dinary session of tho state assembly called tor noxt Thursday by Gov ernor J. cjiWalLon. 4 - Walton apparently has entrenched himself In his residence, from which all executive effairs of the fltate have been conducted for more than a month. The governor said he did not care to.see press representatives nnd that his regu lar Sqnday conference wMh th?m had been'cancelled. , J' • • Legislative headquarter* were' of the house several days before PPPHSW the executive’s call, returned ti bbs, Thomas L. the capfto! today, otbvr mwi” w.„n...u. leaders were not ai'the heiSqmr ter* in a downtown hotel. •Til he there,” was McEee’s only comment on the governor’s call for n special legislative session, effec. tlve a week before the special house call issued by McGee as n result of Tuesday’s election at which a constitutional amendment was adopted, Governor Walton*# call demanded Investigation of the Kii Klux Klan in Oklahoma on the basts of tes timony given before various mili tary courts since August 18, last. Impeachment proceedings begun by the house nnd laid before the senate a* a Jury, may be legally instituted ut any time. It is gener ally believed. The Walton call therefore apparently" brings Jnve*. Bsajlon ot hi, ow, office on, week Three Hundred Worship pers See Woman Walk Down Aisle At Confes sional and Kill Priest. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO.— The Rev. Basil Stetsuk, Greek Catholic priest, was shot and killed by Mrs. Emily Strutynsky, of Remey, Pa., as she knelt before him, ostensibly to make a confession, at the nine o’clock mass at St. Mich ael’s Greek Catholic church here Sunday. Mrs. Strutynsky declared to tho police that the Rev. Stetsuk had accused her husband, himself n Greek Catholic priest at Remey, of misappropriating church funds, while he was minister to a Chi cago congregation. She declared the alleged charge# verc false nnd said she came to .’hicago from Ramey, nine days ago. for the express purpose of slaiivng the priest to avenge what she believed the wrong to her hus band. She went to the church last Sunday, she said, but the oppor- ' ‘ kill the priest ■ait until Sunday. All New York turned out to welecmo Darid Lloy.l Georur to America, when he arrived with hi* wife and daughter. Photo shows Newton U, n. Usr, I "me sem tary of v.ar (left) and Roy W. Howard of the Scripps-Howard newspapers (right.) The pictu-u was taken at a luncheon given the famous states- by the United Press, attended by many noted niwcpspermen. a„ u u, ... Wealhedyi , jf t divorce cases waa be gun immediately upon organiza tion of the court which consumed but a few minutes, tha judge, charge being vrey brief. G. E. CONVENTION COMES TO CLOSE I Clarke Citizens to Help in Big Boll ;!' WeevR'Cawipaigti Dr. Andrei'Soul#/ Claude, Tuck and James W. Morton | have been appointed by Govern j nor Clifford Walker delegates to the national conferences one the boll weevil mqnace In New Orleans October *4, 25, 1«. Dr. Soule and Mr . Morton represent the state at large and Mr. Tuck, Clarke county. Among the other northeast ‘ Georgians to attend are, L. L. McMullen. Hartwell; M. J. Griffith., Winder; Harry E.-. Hawke*. Elbertonj J. .Gi RWb>- hrdaon, Hartwell. Dan Upshaw. Covington; G. ( W. Adams, Eat- Brother of Dr. Ijj.'.P. Proctor Is Dead in Va. 1RT WILL BE SENT thl, .land for Christ and Hleltor. Kingdom. Not eoon will tho audlonce for get the exprMrioft that came on the face of "Oorry" Johnson, when Southern Secretary Chai. F. Evan, had him Hand to hie feet and after a goM pencil and nfter a response sented the Dletrict Preeldent, who haa served for tho paat year, with a gold pncil, and afttr a response of appreciation win called to atana again and thle time presented with a brief case by tho Endeavor ere of Northeast Georgia. ViELf' £• J ^«*or returned from I ? und V where he wa» mil? lut . w « lt on account of tha illne.. and death of his brother, w£tJ h S m “ A . - *£“‘<>7. who died Wednaday at Drake.* Branch, K y~ the old Proctor home. . “J- *^wtor had visited his hfother here eeveral times and waa known h*rm *}*c ““ ifnends and relatives of Dr. Proe- Husband, Wife and Young Baby Missing. Car Found Near River Bank Sunday. J 1 (By Atsonlated Prcza) KANSAS CITY—Police were In vestlgating the mysterious disap pearance of Georgs J. Schletelhcln, his wife, Rebecca and their S3 Hugh Gordon Is Boosters’ Speaker Hugh H. Gordon, Jr„ president of the Commercial Bank of Athena, and oni of the leading citizens of the community, was the principal speaker at a meeting of the Boost ers* Club of the University Georgia held Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gordon le a person who le always Interested in the university, its students, and their activities, and is a man who is liked by the student body. His address interesting and beneficial. Robt. J. Smith Dies in Calif. The friends and acquaintances of Robert J. Smith and E. J. Smith will be sorry to learn of Uie degth of the former at his home in Santa Barbara, California, last Saturday morning. Returning from a business trip Jn his usual good health, he waa Stricken with paralyses last Sunday morning a week ago and passed kway the following Saturday 8:30 o'clock. Jle is survived by his wife and, six children, who were all with' him at the time of bis death, and by his only brother, E. I. Smith. Mr. Smith was bom in Athens, May, 1862, married Misa Belle Hutcheson, youngest daughter of Judge P. W. Hutcheson. Caose railroading aa his Ufa work, achieving a commendable auxess in this line of work, and he had been with the Southern Pacific interest for more than thirty years occupying a position of im-> portance and responsibility with; that system. J Month* old, baby. Their, automobile was found Bundaf night on the hank of a rivet here.. Along the.hank near,the cat was .discovered several articles of clothing ^belonging to the wife and baby. ’ ,, ’ .. ' A note written,in a feminine hand •and ,n5(lrcH*eil to the hutbonft fend, yWf ft waited., until seven Olcloek for .you and you did not cdrjie. f We ended it,all In the Hyer I love you so much that my heart iches. I hope your mother Is sat isfied” Police are working on the theory that the )vomah drowned herself In the river and that the husband upon finding the note also commit. (By Associated Press) ted suicide. ATLANTA—Major Lee H. Coart,j mm, will be a^nt to the State Farm at^ MOVE LAW OFFICES Milledgeville to’serve hia life sen. I Thomas J. Shackelford aril tenee for the ktll’n* of A. B Mr-[Frank C, Shackelford have moved Niece, Superintendent of Tabot [their law nf*!/•«■ *»•"-- the county schools, unle* the prison is on-Shackelford building to , the commission give* other Inetruc- j eighth floor of the Holman buifd- in*** Secretary TssceV com- intr. These two well knovin law- mosalon stated. lyem will be pleased to have their Warden Owru of Taibot courJ^J friend* and client* call at their chaingang. anprhrrd ' before the; hew offices to see them. Bcoreury with the request* of elev. -— 1ury that con- PREPARE'FOR EDITORS victed Coart and official# and cltl- J ATLANTA — Commissioner of xi^ns of Talbot county asking that; Commerce and Labor Hal 8tanlpy Coart be allowed to serve hi# sen-J who also in corresponding secre. tenco In that county askings that‘ t*fy of the Georgia Pres* Associa- Coart be allowed to serve his *ert.'4t|on, Is qompletfng preparation^ tehee' in .that county. - i for the entertainment of the edi* ftpr* when' they, visit the Boutl^ I ehstera Pair negt weey. The newr piiper men will arrive I nthe city . Thursday f night and meet at the ;fdir ground# the 'next moriting , ridny has beep designated as “Gov . ernor’s and Praia Day.- Salvation Army Asks Clothing i; For Sufferers The Salvation Army Is urgent j In Its uuueai for clothli Jhpaiifs^ anfferers’- and next Tuesday has been act as the day for gathering the clothing here. Tho Athens lodge of Elk# ha# consented to furnish cars to collect the goods given nnd those who wish to contribute may telephone the Salvation Army headquarters, phone 1481 and a car'will call for the pack age. * Here is a list of those ar. tides needed mostly: For men: Suits, overcoats, 'underwear, rltlrt*, socks, shoe#, dtps arid soft felt Hath. *■ For women: Dresses, under; 'garments,' Htockings, shoes, *' ‘Cloaks, or mats. f For children: Any and all children’s' garments, shoe#, f Miscellaneous: ' Blankets, sheeting*, face towels, shawl*. :wraps, cloth, soap and dress-', making supplier. • About 300 worshippers sat in the pewa of the church as Mrs. Strutynsky, heavily veiled* — down tho middle aisle, to the •!-) I far, and then to the confessional box, at the right. There, out of sight of the congregation, she knelt as though to offer confesv cion, hut instead drew a pistol from the fold*, of her dress and fired five shots at the priest,, standing before hor. through hi* head. Exclaiming,. “Oh, God help me,” the Rev. Stet suk staggered to tht main aisle rfnd the steps of the church where he collapsed. He died in an am bulance on the way to a hospital. mirn DEAD AT GAINESVILLE MR. JOHN E. GORDON DIED Mr. John E. Gordon, aged 71 years, well known Madison couAy citizen, died at his home In Datr. Colonel Howard Thompson, prominent citizen nnd attorney of G-ilnenvMle and well known In Ath. on*, died Monday morning at 2 o’clock following a week’# illness. Mr. Thompson was well known all over Georgia nnd ha# been prominent In the poltical life of the state for a number of year# j He had served as U. 8. Marshal at Gainesville, solicitor of the Su perior court circuit there, mayor of tho city nnd until the recent ap pointments were made was on tho Board of trustees of tho Fnlver* fity of Georgia. He graduateed at the University with the close of 1877 nnd was a first cousin of Mr*. E. H. Dorsey, A number of Athens people, friends and relatives, will attend the funeral services which wIH-k*- -Id HI STILL. AT . it (By Areoclst.d Press.) LOS ANGELES.—Irma Gladys Blue, who charged her husband. Monte Blue, motion picture' ac tor with desertion was granted a divorce here Saturday. She said they had been happy until he left hla job In Chicago aa a ■hipping clerk to Become an actor. II. P. Gerko. who chargod hla wife, Marie Prevoet. i-.treaa, with desertion was granted a divorce also. They were mar ried in 1916. lelavlU. Sundav mjAW-Mp —reatyn o'clock. He' waa III rix ronths. f afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Gordon Is survived by his 1 , widow ami eight children, E. C PDlIRlnil 11P| HnMnn (Ih.ns. Jnhw I I III I III I II HflLI Ed Gpnion. jianlolsvllle. JameslUUUIIUIL IVILI Gordop of- Elherton: Mrs., o. E Klewart and Mrs. B. J. Smith. At-1 n . n ■ ■ Funeral aerylhet were held from) U 1 t* le Oanlelsvlllo Preebyterlan' - church at 2:30 O^lock’Mdnday af-j , ' “—“ ternoon. Rev, A. d. Eprayberry, j , Oty council hold: ' church of jbary mcctioE ‘ ' ■ prelimi- which’.. Mr.’ Oonlon' vAffa member! I Monday- night at-8 o’clock’ The offictatsd. j regular meeting will take place Interment was In the DanleisvIU* Wednesday night. ‘ i Abney to Attend Fair For Kiwanis Martin J. Abney will repreaent the Athens Kiwanis club st the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta Tuesday when the Kiwaniana of the atate will have charge of thinga there, the day being act aside as -Kiwanis day.” ' Mr. Abney will go over Tues- dtv morning nnd act as the offi- rial representative from the local results, in some' dub lions, from ili-di cemetery,With Dorseys, funeral dir- fetors, in charge. SAYS NAPPING MINDS SfAKE US SUBNORMAL NEW YORK.—Detailed photo- graphic atudiea of the motions of human beings, made possible through tha invention of an appa ratus called the scale cage, have led to the conclusion that absent minded persons temporarily in dulge in motions similar to the motion behavior of imbeciles, ac cording to the Engineering, Foun dation of this city. The founds says a.iso that great wash ual. occiipa* ntolion. Among the. matters brought to the attention of coun cil arc the Broad.street paving, definition of the scope of the curb market and election of a member of the board of education from the fifth ward. HOLDS UP A JAIL MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma — A masked bandit held up the county Jail at Jay, the county seat of Delaware county, late Sunday night and released Ed Lockhart, a notorlou« bandit, acdrdlng to a upeclal dispatch to the TImea-Democrat from Grove, Monday morning. arfo'»■■■■' — ..-IS. MS . — a-■ . , ,1, ■ ■ ,j I ’ ■ ri^aii^.S.VVi^hAll . - .■ .1 u a '.I