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Investigate Todiyl To Regular Subscribers THE BANNER-HERALD |l,oo« Accident folic? Fret THE BANNER-HERALD DiRy tod Smbr—U Cmtt a Week, ■O-UOM mi “Tn Dally and Sunday—1t Cants a W silt ATHENS COTTON i HV,o\ -- 27fie I MIDDLING I’REVIOUS CLOSE THE WEATHER: Clear Tuesday Night and Wednes day. No Change in Temperature. I VOL. 01, NO. 201 Associated Press Berries ATHENS, GA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1923. A. B. C. Paper Single Copies 1 Canto Dally. ( Cents Sunday. LABOR HITS AT COMMUNISM IN UNION RANK EXTRADITION REFUSED BY GOV. WALKER ATLANTA.—Governor^ Clifford Walker late Monday afternoon, ut ter a hearing which occupied the better part of the day, refused to grant extraditlon'papera on the re quest of Governor .McLeod of South Carolina, asking (or the re turn to that state of Prank Barrett, Julian Barrett and Thomas Bar rett of Barrett and Company on charges preferred by a resident of Aiken. S. C. The refusal of the governor to grant the papers was based on the ground that the evidence present ed plainly showed that the firm wa« solvent and In good condition at the tlmo of the transaction com plafnod o( an<r that them was no representation as was charged. In announcing his decision Gov ernor Walker pointed out that the t rm of Barrett A Co., Inc., had had dealings with the family of J. W. Lybran.t, shown to be tho chief ao- cuscr In the case, for many years, doing a business totalling many millions of dollars, and that there had been no hint of charges of misdealing until after the firm wei)t Into bankruptcy. Foot Miles a Minute, Their Speed |JV0 OPPOSITION rolCOUNTION VOTES BROAD ST. BOND ISSUE IN COUNCIL TO REVOKE OF MED A bullet would have a hard time catching up with any of these four Williams made their world "records. _ __ _ _ Sl^JL^hl^whfch.hat^i 1 ^ wrem ?? Lieutenant Sanderson of the marines used to teat Lieutenant Maug- new speed ships, wnicn shattered several wrold records in a row* and ntwuri r<u>Awi tm,. iv . Wrtrtif • . ., made a sensational showing at the St. Louis air meet. The first two han * 'J 6 ?, ^ °“ 1<r rac€r WM piloted by Lieu- are Curtiia racers, In which Lieutenant Harold Brow and Ensign A. J. tenant Steve Callaway. i City council will vote in favor of the bond elec- I tion for paving Broad street from Lumpkin to Mil- Th. third .is the Wright t-3 !*£?* ?. vcnue at. its regular meeting Wednesday World Series Starts Wednesday at Yankee Stadium at 2 O f clock 'council not to DEFINE SCOPE OF NEW YORK.—At a few mlnatea, Yanks have won tho rag in tho before two o'clock Wednesday alt-1 American League and for tho samo ernoon, something Ilka fifty thou- number McOraw and hla team haa sand baseball fana will momentary won In the National League. For ly bo transformed Into tho same. tho past two yoara. when the two number of raving maniacs as the Giants and Yankee, trot oat on tho diamond at Yankee Stadium for tho opening game of what'wilt ba tha third World Series that these two have faced each other In. The lfriea will end only when one team has scored four victories {Ell WILL ATTEND MET over the other, even It It has to go to the entire seven game*. In the opening gsmo tha choice of tho Yankees for the box will 'probably rest between Waite Hoyt ' or Sam Jones, while the hnrllng duties for the Giants will likely rest upon the shoulders of Nohf. For throe successive years now Miller Huggins and bis high priced Georgia Tuberculosis As sociation Convenes in At lanta Thursday'and'Fri day of This Week. Athens 1a azpacted to bo repre sented at the meeting of the Geor gia Tuberculosis Association which convene# In Atlanta Thursday and Friday, October 11 and II. A untquo program has "been out- lined for tho meeting of the As- aoclatlon. Aalde from tho business sessions and discussion of the tin nnclnl problems It Is tho purpose of those making arrangements for tho gathering to show n model tu berculosis organisation at work. With thla in view, the delegates . A ..laltM. ...Ill ho fnlrnn In tlm teams playod tor the world cham pionship, John McOraw emerged the victor. This year ho has a much artier fight on hla hand. In the drat place, the Yankees are a bettor hall clab this year than they ever have been. The team la playing together splendid ly and them are no men on the team at preseat who see mlncllned to look upon the wlao when It Is red—a different atato of affairs than Into, season. There also arises tha problpm of Bate Rath. Last year, John kc- Graw made a sucker out of Ruth In tho series bat the Ruth of last year and the -Ruth of the present time aro two different men. CURB MARKET HERE Oity council will not bo required to deflna tbo scope of tbo Athens Curb Market, W. L. Erwin, repre senting a committee In charge o( the market’a operation, stated Monday night at council's prelim inary meeting. A committee anil confer with merchants who have complained that fanners ar selling some ar ticles that they shouldn't and seek to adjust matters, Mr. Erwin said. Ha stated that It la probable those complaining will bo satisfied. POLICE SEARCHING night, it was indicated at the preliminary session Monday night. OUT DETAILS FOR FAIR HERE Mrs. S. A. Smith Aged 102, Died Monday Night iiri, gsf-ah Ann Smith (Had at her home- In Oglethorpe county Monday night at the age of 101, after an lllnese of long duration. and visitors wHI bo taken to tho olflcea and tho eliiricn of the At lanta Tuberculosis Association at 13 Eaat. Cain street, and with Miss Mary Dickinson as hostess will te shown the plant in opera Hon. Thla demonstration will bo given nt 1:30 P. M. Thursday. Following tho visit to tho local association, the delegates will be taken to tbd Southeastern Fair In can of friends of the organlsaUon, and there In addition to tho other attractions of tho fair Will have an (Tara to page eight) Funeral services were conducted from tha home near Arnoldsvllli Tuesday afternoon with Rev. C N. Hayes of High Bhcals In charge. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Methodist church. Interment wos In the family cametery with Dor sey's, fuaenl directors, In charge. Tha pallbearers were Measn. C. D. Huff J. L. Moore, J. W. Hans- ford, H. O. Shackleford, M. N. Shackleford, E. W. Cotle. iMn. Smith fa survive by a large number of nephowa and nieces among them C- R- and Erwin Eld A Joint committee representing i City Council, the boys and girls f farm clubs In Clarke, the P. T. A. I Odd Follows and Chamber of ' otn- mercc, was mooting Tuesday fnt the purpose of outlining plans fo- a small fair here this fall. Council .Monday night ygnml to old In defraying tha espenso of a premium list by exempting the li cense It the commltteo can got n suitable amusement stwacllen. The exhibits of protects c( the girls' and boys' farm date will be the bails for the fair here but, Blackhand Threats fa Bootleg Feud Play Parts amusement features must be pro* Captain J. W. Barnett, city en gineer, who last month woa in structed to get the right of way for the improvement on Broad srteet, reported that he finds a spirit of co-operation on that latreet and the city will encounter [no difficulty in getting the street ( widened. Following Captain Barnett's re port H. J. Rowe, representing a joint committee from the Rotary club, Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis club, requested the coun cil to issue a call for an election tc approve a $60,000 bond issue for the project. Mayor Thomas asked council if anyone objected to taking such action Wednesday night and no objections were made. It is prob able that council will call the clecticn Wednesday night. ON TO COLUMBUS Charlie Compton, Commer cial Agent of the Seaboard Air Line railroad, Tuesday morn* Ing announced that hla road would run special throuflh a ser* vice to Columbus for the Qeor- flia-Auburn football game on November the third and that* the railroad fare would be a one way price, $6.82 from Ath ens and return. The rate has been aproved by, the authorities making the rates and will obtain also on other roada out of Athens. SET TENEMENT FIRE in Fire Which Cost-Life of Man. (By Associxtia Press.) With lh« m.mbsr of dll cum on tho dockot already de-. kerosene overbsnglng tho smoking crMSInuh Superior court Monday [ ruins of four frame tenements In granted first and second verdicts < Brooklyn, led police Tuesday-to In several more. teorround the neighborhood 1n 1 search of Incendartes suspected of Five poraona wvre *‘” n 1 setting tha Ore In which Charles plate divorce while flrat T#r f* ct », camaratta died In a vain attempt ,- to save tho lv»s of hla three chll were granted .In seven other son and Cbarlea B. dimming ol Oglethorpe, Mrs. B. H. Griffith and Thomas Griffith, tho latter of Win tervllle. Mrs. Smith was a resident ot Oglethore county all her Hfe.^ WIFE IS FREE IN (By Associated Pratt.) OKLAHOMA CITY.—A prelim inary hearing for N. C. Jewett, Grand Dragon of the Ku Kfux Klan of Oklahoma, charged with riot, which was sot for Tuesday was postponed upon agreement with counsel until Wednesday. A similar delay of one day waa announced In (ho hearing of the Injunction brought by Oovernor Walton to pnvent the state elec tion hoard from certifying the re Man Who Once Tried Sui cide in Macon Succeeds in Attempt in Illinois. OAK PARK, ni.—Mre. Murrary May Canning, win/.* hummiui, K... sell M. Canning, waa found dying of a bullet wound In the head In their home tn Oak Park after a family quarrel, waa exonerated at tha coroner’s Inqusat. Th. Jury, after listening to th. widow’s dramatic story, told with an agony of grief that hurt avary on. who heard It. took nootlr oni minute to reach Its decision. That was long enough for six man to aay: -She didn’t do It. Ht killed himself." The remainder o' Mrs. Beasts M. Holmes granted total divorce from . J. W. Holme., Julius Oscar Durham, was granted the final verdict In dl- vorce action against Sally Crow Mrs. Glynton Mack Corn was granted final deem, tn divorce suit against J. Corn. Laura Denny Hooper Brookbank woo granted tint decree In suit against A. J Brookbank: Mrs. Sarah Walter, was granted final vcrdlce In suit against W. O, Walters; Mrs, Han. nah Bernstein wae granted fins’ decree In suit against Jaks Bern stein. ' ' The following first verdicts wore granted: Ctso McClain Kay ver sus Truman Kay; J. 8. Campbell, versus Mary Campbell: Joha H. Grtffeth. Mrs. Carrie K Flanagan Grlrtath. Mrs Carrie E. Flanagen versus J. M. Flanagan; Mrs. Pris cilla Paine McLean versus Etlhu S. JdcLean; E. L Sellers was granted permission to marry again dran. Camaratta carried hla wife In hla arms through the flames to tho street. She Is In a hosptal un aware of tho fate of tho rest of tha family. Reports of blackhand threats and bootleg feuds were brought to tbo police by many ol the five hundred people made bomelesa by tho fire. vld-d to raise money for the pri mlum list. A committee composed ot Jim Arnold, Sake Joel and E. W. Car roll, aocretury ot the chamber ol CuiUBsrcs appeared before council Mayor Thomas annointed H. B. Haywood, Hanry Culp and Kent Hill a committee to represent coun cil with power to act at the meet ing Tuesday to work out details for tho proposed fair. Seven true Mils were returned by the grand jury ot Clarke superloi court In Its first setjqlon Monday. Arthur Partee wn» Indicted for larceny from the house with O. G Boqd ns prosecutor; Homer Wll. Items wns Indicted for iilrSI, 1 ly poipti’>i; wenpop nt another Credentials of W. Dunne Revoked on Ac count of Alleged Com munistic Tendencies. Branded “Traitor.” (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND.—William F. Dunne, a delegate from the Butte, Mont., central labor council Monday ap peared before the conven tion of the American Federation of Labor, session here, and after a spirited session, in which he was characterized by speakers as being “a trai tor to organized labor,” had his credentials revok- ATLANTA—n C. Brown Athens. former representative from Clarke county and also rtter member of the state Monday testified in tho probe which is being conducted into State Agricultural Department, Sam Olive, nttorney for Commissioner addressed the mer Holon an “Coui-in Luclndy" and the Commissioner a* "Cousin John,” | The testimony given [■AtTieninn wan to the effect that the ftordeir. V * ; it>*p*-< f'„n «.f oil In Clarke county Georgw Thra«her. nlias J. C ‘had been lax. in that at one tlnn Johnson wai indicted for bigamy;, tho Inrpector had allowed th’ *cd on account of his re ported leanings and activ ities as a communist. The vote was announced as j being 27,838 “yes” votes c 'and 130 “noes.” The demand wa# made by Mat thew Woil, a vice president of the federation, after reading to th# ventlon a report of attack* made Monday night by Dunne at a mail etln pteeentatloa U intent""' Foil's declaration Dunns followed report which severely the Federated Press dlssemlnatlMs < (Torn to page eight) Clothes Gathered Tuesday For Jap ^Sufferers By S. A. Thu Salvation Army.la gatherinj clothe* for tha earthquake suffer, er* of Japan Tuesday and the Athens Elk* dr# furnishing the auto* to gather the bumUe*. Tho Salvation Army points out that America has been geperoim in its oubscriptlons through Red Cross and other similar or ganisations but that th# sufferdrs indicted for bur' glory with J. B. Wler a* progenitor find on the game charge with T, J Scott as prosecutor. firstly Ray wai indicted for for** e-y with W II. Burgess as prose cutor. Victim of Macon Flogging Is Held On Lunacy Writ Ben Green Placed in Jail. Said to Have Lost Mind As Result of Whipping Recently. turns of last Tuesday's spcclsll lhe len m | n ul.. th.y were out w« election to tho secretary of state. i MlMn up In writing out their ver- The postponement tn this case I dlct was made necessary by a murder The-widow, a al.ndor little wo- trial In progress before District l man w ltH a weak voice and a pale. Judge chamber.. | • , n.aa brought on by sickness and worry previous to the tragedy, was MANY SWIM IN ATLANTA POOLS ATLANTA.—More than 116,100 persona swam In the various pools maintained by thb city during the season Just ended, according to figures complied sad made public by L. L. Wallis, general manager of parks here. The'number does not Include those who awam Id Private pools. More Pay to Manila 'teachers MANILA.—More than 70 Am eriean and Filipino teachers have been promoted and their total pay inercased by ft0,000 a year. The increase Is in line with the gov ernment’s plan to increase the salaries -,f the entire teaching staff of the Lurenn nf education. powerfully convincing In the wit- nea. chair. Sh. cat with her hands held tightly together, and In a voice that Indicated the greet effort It was for her to speak she told of many threats her husband had mad* to kill them both. She described a former effort he made to kill himself toy taking poison. That wae In Macon, Qa. He a note then that said, he ,was going to make hJ* peace with rgja. But she got Into a car ti fri**nJ« nnd hunted him.and >n ehe found him saved Jil* llf< by quick medical nld. “Little Church Around Comer” In Celebration (By Associated Press.) PROVIDENCE, R. I—F I r a breaking out nenr the waterfront here Tuesday had destroyed more than half a dozen buildings at 3 o’clock and was rapidly spreading. The buildings destroyed includ ed a aix story brick structure, the Lewis building, occupied by John D. Peck, Inc., hay ana grain dtaW; a wooden store house occupied by the same company. Tha plant of tha Providence Coal Company was also consnmad by the flames, ‘ncluding its big pocket of coal, as well as the plants of the Eastern Coal Com pany and several other Urge buildings. b nro In ImmedUte need of come thing to treat-. hundreds and thousands of them having lost nil their clothing. As goon clothing given fo assembled it will ba rushed to tho Orient for 'dis tribution. Those people of Athens having old clothre that they will glva may phone 1411 and th. packag. will be called for. PETERS DIES (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK.—Ralph Peters, president of the .Long Iiland Rail road died suddenly at hla home at Carden City Tuesday. He had been president of the road for 11 years and waa seventy NEW YORK.—Tho diamond Ju- hlloo of tho Church of tho Trans figuration, known everywhere as "Tho Littlo church Around the Corner." began Sunday In the quaint littlo edifice, In , Twenty- ninth street, just east of Fifth avenue. It Is planned to continue tho 'celebration throughout tho year. One of the guests of honor was Mrs. Randall Hall ot 374 Wads- worth avenue, who Is one of eleven ctjtdren of the counlo first to bo married there. Mrs. Hall's father was George Chance Edglamf, and her. mother was Serena Margaretta Keeler. Tllo wedding took place Oct. S, 1S50. Both were of New York City and the ceremony was performed by tho Key. Dr. George Hendrick Houghton, founder ami first rector of tho church. A call has been sent out for "a home-coming of a million friends," AceonYng to the church secro. tary, between CO,000 and 60,000 persons have been married there, 18000 have been burled from the church, aml-20,00000 to 25.000 have been baptised. She nahl that is she ever had time between weddings she would count up the exact num ber, as ail are on record In the church office. The church pridv, Itself that few marrfnd there have I he Ih , - Veen divorced. (society since Its organization, (By Associated Prats.) BERLIN.— Virtually accusing Chancellor Streaemann of having MACON.—Ban Green of Cotnm- bus road, a carpenter, was commit ted to Jail hare Monday on a writ of lunacy sworn out by Ms wife. It It thought that the loss of the man's mind was brought on by a flogging given him by a band of masked men last summer. According to relatlvos. Green Imagtned' last Friday morning that he was bu ng attacked by someone while on his way to work and. re turning d-omo that night, ha dis charged a shotgun through tha floor of hla dwelling. Today he waa stopped by a man while going to work. Tho man naked him where ho waa employed and Green, who waa with his littlo daughter, waa badly frightened. , Todr.v Crpan immMiite W Sl av He and two daughters, went to tbo sheriff's office, one of ihe girls carried a shotgun with her. Green exhibited signs of fear while talk Ing with deputy sheriffs and Mrs. Green, on advice of th# ahoriff, took out tho writ of lunacy. Mrs. Green told the ahrtltf the to titandard Oil Company sample, of oil from its tank oar; Itself and issHy sent them to the Inspector to bo examined. The commissioner, when he took the stand, admitted that depart, ment had been active politically, as was charged by L. C. Brown. The commissioner further stated that his department had been tlve politically not only for tho In terest of the department but of tho state that L. C. Brown be de feated tn bis campaign for re. election. In his. examination L. C. Brown admitted that he made eerlous charges against the commissioner after a matter of appointments had come up. Mr. Brown was the only man placed on the stand Monday, CLUB MEMBERS' Rotary-Meets on Wednesday At Georgian Hotel More than 22,000 farmer boys* and girls are enrolled In clubs In Georgia this year, according to the annual report of Dr J. Phil Pamn* bell, director of extension at the .State College of Agriculture. The state mado a gain of about iw**nty.flve per cent In club onroll- ment this year. It Is thought no southern state will equal this rec ord. Reports are still lacking *f*n severa counties and it Is expected that when the full returns are in the 25,000 mark will be approach ed. The Rotary club holds its regu lar weekly luncheon at the Qeor glan hotel 1Vednend;iy at S o’clock nnd another Interesting meeting ii anticipated. The program commit tee of the club Is fuactlonlcg 10( per cent perfect and almost • full attendance Is on hand nt ever) meeting. The member*'are urged to bo on the minute for Wednesday’s meet ing. ; All of the boys’ and girls’ dem* I onstrations are carried on at theli homo under tho supervision of the county' ahd home demonstration agents with the aid' of the special ists of the college of agriculture. The boys are enrolled In pig, corn, poultry, calf, potato and peanut clubs, while the girls are members of canning clubs mainly. The purpose of enrolling boys H*id girls In demonstration clubs is to give them experience, and the profits, and that the community at largo may got a demonstration ot what even youngsters nmy do by taking up new ways. cribbed the cardinal features cf j family moved n few days after the his M more production program,’’ flogging, but received an unsigned and contemptoualy dissipating the letter sta'/ng they bad not moved legend that he fa seeking the cits- far enough. Since then the family tatorahlp of Germany, Hugo Stln- has moved three times, net, has buckled on hla journalistic! iMVs. Green aaya her husband* armor to the extent ot utilicing health has steadily declined since year* old. He was a native of At- tw0 eoimmjg of his personal organ. he waa flogged. lanta. Ga* and a graduate of the the Deutsche Allgemelne Zeltung! »» University of Georgia. to reveal'the Incidents which pre- ly Ti l l donated the government crisis illlQUCSt 1161(1 T Or last week nnd the pkrt he played * T * ••• therein. Negro Woman Who ATLANTA BOY ELECTED HARVARD EDITOR ATLANTIA.—Harmon W. Cald well of th!* dty, has been elected to the editorial staff of the ’’Law Review.” the official organ of the Harvard university law school, ac cording to Information received here by his mother, Mrs. Lillie D Caldwell. GEORGIA POET8 TO MEET SAVANNAH, Ga.—The annual meeting of tho Poetry Bodety of Georgia, scheduled for October 16, ill ibold its meeting this month. It was announced here, though-prob ably not on October 15. The meet* He expressed doubt as to whe*j « vx l ther the resureected streseinanni Woe Found Dead coalition government poeseosea j —— sufficient mandator, abillt, to ef-. , fact tbo rapid and docislre reforms ! Luta Harris, s colored woman and belfeves Gut a non-partisan Hvlm off Henderson avenue, win esblnet chose/- on ■ basis of their /found dead In an Site, near her actual ucocmplishmenu In finance one room house 'Dtesdn, morning, and commerce and unfettered b, i® 1 * Osd been sick wjtb pleurts,- ptrllamentary Intervention would; pnermonla for several dare It was have held out a promise of tsngl-i«tated »t »n Inquest bold sod dted ble achievement. ' “Hr I" the morning while another t jwbo was attending her left the FLIES INVADE ENGLAND ,'room to tend for another woman Fashion Show Is Decided Success . BISHOP REESE TO SPEAK SAVANNAH. On Tho WM Roverend Dtxhop F. F. Roes*-, blah Tho Fashion Show at the Pataca theatre Monds, was a decided success and waa largely attended at both the matinee and night per formances. The dress models were exquisite and were turcCUhed by the "Fashion Shop," an excluaive ladles read-to-wear home that waa opened np here recently by Messrs. & M. Funkonstcln and Milton Les sor. Tho milliner, was from the I shun aO 11m T ■■ 1 a ti A (.t. op of the Diocese of Georgia, is scheduled to speak at Ihe Hexxlons of synod of Scwanee. of the Kpls copnl church to beheld In Chat'-' lanooga, Tonn., October 22 to 26, ADVERTISING AS THE BASIS OF CREDIT DEAL. England—Lesion, of flier land when she arrived Ihe Harris .. JVC been Invading the const, com- woman was found dead outside In Ing probably will be hell later In mg ncrom the channel from Eu- the alley where she evidently wan- the month. It waa said. This will I rope. Long, dirk patche* of thcmjdrred while alone. I annual meeting of thnjean In- r.en fin King above the; The coroner'* vqrdlct was that channel. died from natural shop of Mrs. Lula I). Smith. Wearing the models were pretty Athens debutanttes who displayed them to a deo’ded advantage. The entertainment waa under the ausplcta of the local chapter ol United Daughters ot the con federacy amt their effort to raise tnelr quota for tho 8toae Mountain Memorial. The Show waa immensely enjoy ed by the audlencea and as each model waa displayed K and tho wearer were greeted with applause. The picture was a new Anita Stew- art production. GIRL’S LAP SANCTUARY BALLATER. England—Grouse hunters near here are considerate They frightened a hare out of lr. retreat, and their dog* chased It until It jumped Into the lap of th* 1 imekepppr’s daughter. There It malned until after tho hunt. What you can borrow at the bank depends on what the banker tihnks of your business prospects. Mighty little sentiment] Am little guess-work as possible! Facts are what Friend Banker wants when he’s dis cussing commercial loans, and the franker you are with him the better. So when bankers begin to gauge the amounts they will advance to merchants partly by their attitude toward ad vertising—more liberal loans to those who take advantage of it—that means something. Stanley Resor, of the J. Walter Thompson Company, reports that just this is hap pening in some sections. Hankers ask the jobber if he is pushing advertised articles, ’‘and on the answer to that question depend* to some ex tent the amount of credit he receives.” Today advertising is recog nized as a modern improve ment that no business can afford to do without ■ same