The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, October 11, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIniMttgiU Today! , , Jo Begular Subscriber* THE BANNER-HERALD (1,000. Accident Policy Fro* THE Dolly (ad Sunday—10 Cent* a Wetf. *- • -«4-1 ■*+> - > ji'rf 5 SrtabUaM UK Dally and Sunday—10 Cant* a WtaK- ATHENS COTTON: M middling ...... w 2S 1-4*1 ' PREVIOUS CLOSE 28o j THE WEATHER: fair an. I tomevrfbat winW ] Thursday. No change In temps- I ratura. I VOL. 91—NO. 206. 'Associated Press Service • ATHENS, GA„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1923 A. B. C. Paper Sinai. Copfaa I Caata Daily. ( Onto Snnday. YANKEES TAKE SECOND GAME OF SERIES, 4-2 «j—+ 4—* -| T ,| t ,|, J. ,f T -f- A A T—T i I T T *1* 1 *1* *1* *1* 'I* *1* ■ *1* ^ *1* *1* *J* Athens Women Ask $75,000 School Bond Issue *M* *1*-* •K *1* *1* 1 *1* *1* .t. .0. ili^A *f* — “4* SEVEN CHILDREN KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS BUS COUNCIL MEETS IN TWO WEEKS TO CALL ELECTION ON ISSUE Hero Says That About War When Decorated With Medal. Women, Representing P. T. A., Want Part of Money to Equip Play ground System. Bond Margin Is $164,000. City Council Wednotday night postponed notion In calling an .loo* tlon to approve a 1(0,000 bond in- eue (Or Improving Broad *tre«t from Lumpkin to Uilledgo avonu. alien a committee of the P. T. A. petitioned (or a 175,000 Bond ieeue (or school.. , Council wns told that the city ha, a margin of $104,000 within which to Irnu. bondn The woman ware naked If they could do on $50,000. They did not know and It wna finally agreed to call a epeclnl aesalon ot council for -October 22, MondnyuWtf-,- at*~whlch tlmo tha amount tor the two bond leaner will be decided. WANT SYSTEM OF PLAYGROUNDS The women want the bond iaeue tor Improving echool building* ea. peclally the Banter atreet . echool to relieve eongeatlon In other achoola. Part of the money will be uaad in providing a playground ayitem for the aohoola. A trained ■upervlaor will be furnlahed the city by the American Child Health Aanoclatlon which will conduct n clinlo her*. It waa auggeatad 'that other itreeta In the downtown oectlon be paved, .a bond leoue being voted tor tha purpotm, while the election la being called. A block on Han- cock, one on Clayton and Lump* kin atreat war. mentioned. Several councilman declared 11 would be beat to Include tl)o echool bond laaue In the cal Ifor the Broad etreet laaue It they tkpect to carry It. CITY SCHOOL 001 AKRON, Ohio.—War la the bunlti Take that In paraphraaed form from Lieutenant Dwite H. Schaff- ner here, who had the atuff in him from which heron are made. Recognizing that fact, k tardy government hot juat conferred upon the young fighter iti high- cat award. The congressional medal of hon or hung ftrom Schaffner’e braat {« intended ■■ compensation for his try, 77th Divition, be diatinguiah- ed himself under fin. ■'The pomp end glory of war ia [a fotal deluaion,” he aaya. “Seen I at eloae range, in the mud ot the tnnehea, iU hideous reality ahat- tcra the drama of tha aoldter who thlnka of tho battlefield a B a field of honor. • . "The same moos’. yHilch our sweethearts at homo' would look up to and-aak to ahino on their timet*cost thtTaoUncnTtheir Hra! “■Damn that moon,’ tho dough- boy would exclaim, os It* bright . - J l-I i. tho nnomu'l BRIGHT WEATHER LURES THRONG! TO GIANTS FIELD Oh, For the Days of King Tut! YANKEES 4, GIANTS 2 POLO GROUNDS.— Miller Huggins’ Yankees turned the tables here Thursday and defeated the .Giants 4-2 in. the sec ond game of the world's series before a great crowd of fans.- Batteries: Giants, Mc- Quillian, Bentley and Snyder; Yanks, Pennock and Schang. Score by innings: R., Z!v Yankees . 010 210 000-4 Giants . . 010 001 000-2* General McQnlgg decorating Lieutenant Schaftntr with the Congreealonal Medal of Honor. “A HOSS, A ’ER CIGARETTE, PLEASE” boy would exciaim, ** t ;beams exposed him to the epemya fire in No Msn's Land." Schaffner’e bride of a faw I week* witnessed her husband; ] decoration made a public event h °He is an attorney, and axprauei the opinion that all ax-servfca men are in favor of the League of Na tions or »ome other world asto- ciation which will guarantee last ing pence. Mra D. E. Ernest Wednesday night wag appointed a member ot th. Board of Education to aucceed Prcf A. Shod., woo moved trom the Fifth Ward and resigned hii place on tho echool board. City Council elected Mrs. ErnMt unanimously. ' ■ • Mrs. .Ernest Is th. second woman to be named on one of the city's Kovernment boards, Mrs. Thomas F Green having been elected a mem ber of the Board of Health a few months ago. PORTLAND. Ore.—Labor favors light wine, and beer. 1 After a lengthy discussion tht convention ratifying the former at titude of the federation for such modification of tho Voletand not nr "A boss, a hoes, mr king dom for a ’er, 'er-dgarsttel” Thus might declaim or pro claim dr acclaim Honorable WtlUam Gbenault Monday, of the University of Georgia, re cently elected to tho Thsllsn Dramatic olub. At least, Mor gan Blske. in writing to Mor ton Hodgson from Suite II, Georgian Terrace, with regard to the Yale-Oeorgla game thtnke the Honorable Bill might do something of the kind. Among other things Morgan or John J. Dubb writes: “Well, Mort, I see where Bill Hunday ban been elected to the Dramatic club at the Uni versity of Oeorgla. I am glad that Bill’s dramatic talents are to be given a chance of dis play, tat I wouldadviao the •'IS* -erreat-rs !? hr vary - careful about nailing down, and reinforcing the scenery of the lay*, became If not Bill wiit knock over all of the stage ' mountains and houaes that are erected. Ho 2aa always been very destructive of the scenery such ns typewriters and desks when he was working In the sporting department. If Bill Is billed'for any love scenes, Mort, you had tatter -warn Mm not lo step on th, heroine's corns as ft might •poll the effect Looking buck In my penonal record* rfind that during the four year* that I and Blit have worked to. gethar he has stepped on my feet 8,765,455 times." Giron More Time in Gas Franchise Plan City Attorney made'a ret day night 1.800 PER WEEK “Vigilance Committee” in Pennsylvania Town Or ders All Negroes to Leave Instantly, Report Says. ORDERED TO LEAVE PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Robert H. Braun, chief of Allegheny county detectives, and a atmad of operatives, war* patrolling Stowe township prepared to meet any emergency that plight arise in consequencaofthe action of a self-appoInted ’Mgl- lance committee to ordering negroes trom toe K. L. Vann, a negro attorney, protested to Chief. Braun agianat the action of the ‘‘vigi lance committoa" and was gij' en assurance that all law-tag- mg negroes .of -the district vould be protected. NEW YORK.—A crowd which threatened to exceed in numbers the 55,000 which’ saw the opening game of the world’s series here Wed nesday was headed to ward the • Polo Grounds all day Thursday to wit ness the second game be tween the New York Yankees and the New York Giants. The victory of the Giants Wed nesday, 6 to 4, made possible by tho homo run of Casey Stengel in the ninth ir.ning with two out and the score 4*4, was the eighth in succession gained by the Giants over their Metropolitan rivals in ilay, s world's series play, a streak in terrupted only by the tie game of 1922. The Giants won the last three games of the 1921 title struggle to gain a margin of five out of eight mmes, routed their opponents in Jour games last year and added another triumph Wednesday. So far, McGrow’s Is a record unpar alleled in diamond annals. CLEAN SLATE FOR SHOWN, CENSURE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 1LE FROM SCHOOL THEY WERE ATTENDING THUS. (By A.aoclated Pretw.) WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Seven persons were kill ed and a number injured when a passenger train on the Elmira division of the Pennsylvania Railroad struck the Williamsport bus at a crossing at Hep- burnvilfa near this city Thursday. Those killed were school children and the accident occurred about a mile from the school they attended at Rootstown. One man and three children were in jured seriously. It was a horse-drawn bus. Objects to Police Becoming Catchers Of Dogs in Athens Here’* a twentieth century contrast between the mode™ girl nnd her sister of 3,000 years ago as she looked when she dolled up In her. “ - ■ ■ - - “ tho hearts of ycaroing swains, Sundsy-go-to-fnwtlng duds to flay tho hearts of yearning swains Miss Julia Faye represonta the girl of today with Miss Llsio Schneb dor In tho role of the day before yesterday and then some. Now go find tho guy who said comparisons are odious. THIEVES MAKE 5125,000 HAUL OF FURS WITH WATCHMAN TIED IN ROOM THEY’RE OFF! 1 Bulldogs Take Train For New Haven, Conn., Thursday. Tells Police Thieves Cov ered Him With Pistols and Then Locked Him in Nearby Room. ATLANTA, Ga^-Georgia toes still are going to northern ■tates at tha rata of 1,500 a week, with no indication of a decrease to migration, according to an an nouncement from the Mate da- July, 1923. approximately 200,000 negroes left the state, it was raid. Agent, of the department hove been continuing their check on outgoing trains and it era* itotod that the estimate of 1,600 lewring a week wee ‘ very conservative. Lack of employment — ttorney Carl Crowley . . department at tb« port to council Wednet- ijv, - _JL on / or tha migration. iiauuR ot mo tow'*— —- — day nignt on progress of negotla- ( 1W1 arm k,i n » offered in •III hav. th. effect of giving to JgJ, the Attane Gas. thU itaUthe the peopt. beer and light wlnea “In -* FutI Co m p, n y with regard to the “““t. ‘"^riously dam Ileu of the flood of m-mnshlnetoat^t company jraptoK “".eityj J 1 ,££ultural situation. lieu of the flood of moonshine “* t |that company paying the city a now poison* those who are foolish I tax. Ha S*kcd *or more enoufb to consume It* (time in which to complete the ne- Th« declaration wraa made to fgotiatlons and was granted it. correct an impression sought to be j |je stated the pomwiny is very credited by the advocates of the (anxious to give good service ana Volstead art that former action of have been making preparations the federation wa* not a falrlgince assuming management » "*■•« *:*„ ■latcrmnt of tho attitude of affill- provide means.for giving the veryithe^strikers, hted organized labor bodies." jbest of the agricultural Recently, when the coal strike was threatened, hundreds of Geor gia negroes left for the mining sections. Officials of the depart ment said they believed the oper ators were planning to supplant itrikers, in case of a strike, many negroes as possible Columb.a Sentinel. ATLANTA—J. J. Brown's partment of agriculture and commissioner himself will cleared of any charges oh a crimi nal nature by the legislative com mittee making tht investigation. It It thought hers. * Action on the committee's lave# tigatlon was expected some time Thursday. A sub-committee was to meet Thursday and make report. It fa also known that the report will contain a clause strongly con* demnlng Individuals who have pub- liqy attacked the commlealonef atjd the department, making charg es of a eerlous nature, but whfl failed to come before the committee to testify as to these chargee* al though given every opportunity to do so. This condemnation will be eluded. It waa stated by members of the committee, and at the aaml time they'made It known *that the reprlm.tnd was directed chiefly at Charles K. Stewart, representative in the aseembly from " Atkinson county, and Orover <\ Eklmoadson. former managing editor Of Tha (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK—Bbt thieves ssrly Thursday trucked $126,000 worth They're off! of baled furs from a warehouse at Twenty-two Georgia’ Bulldogs, a Frederick Hath and company on manager, two coaches and Directoi west 36th stTMt. . B. ▼; ijanrord, ieit AS**** ria th?' a wstebmsa t** «« lha Seaboard Air fine Thursday after, loading platform of the warehouse no op bound forNsw^aren where at jq o'clock Wednesday night, bs told: the police when two man ap Objection to Athens' police man besoming d®r ^stehrn* resulted in opposition against adontion of a now ordinance governing ownership of ca- ‘ nines in Athens in city coun cil’s session Wednesday nighu Tho city attorney rend tho ordinance the first time, tno principal provision of which made it unlawful for clogs to appear on the streets without, being tied to a leash. Attention was directed to the fact that the erdinnneo only provided for a dog catch er three months each year, as it is now, and would not en force the law all the time. “It contemplates making police men arrest dogs- without leash.” said the mayor. “Or.,” exclaimed Alderman v R. T. Dottcry, the inquiring councilman, “It'll make po licemen dog catchers?” “I object to the ordinance," said Alderman Henry Culp, aris ing. The ordinance went over until the next meeting. • 62 ATHENS YOUTHS ATTEND UNIVERSITY Thirty-Eig'ht Boys and Twenty-Four Girls From Its Home City Are At State Institution. Saturday they met Ygt». The trip will to mad. tn dotlhlr Quick time, the boy. nturalnr Mon day. morning at.daybreak. Thoa. making the trip follow: Captain Jo. Bennett. Spencer Gray- ■on, “Little Buto“ Day. Ik* Joee love,- Has-, David Carroll, Tippln, Levi*. Jim Taylor, CarmfJhael. Oliver Thomason, Rlchardion, Moore, rhilpot, lluitcr Kilpatrick Jake- Butler, Melaon, Slmon«7U, Windham "Babe” Hertot. Welhre Manager FoapCrman and CoachM Stegeman and Woodruff. Two Thousand Die Drinking Poisoned Whiskey in 19$3 tr.T A-«oclate'l I’re««.) CHICAGO—Report, from many cltlM shoiv the total death toll of at lenftt 2,000 from poison liquor In the United States thus far this ym^ the heaUh ,cornmlsrloner. de- clareg In a statement. proached tlm with pistols. Then they lotked him in tht clerk’s office and threatsnsd him aagalnat any attempted outcry. From Ms imprisonment ho could hear tht' truck arriving and de parting Wth the loot Tho thieves made their selection ot furs from a stock which filled seven floors of the building. The robbery Is believed to hav# covered a period of four hours. the While one man stood watchman with a pistol, his com panions lelrurely went through several floors of the warehouse as. lectlng the choicest furs In tht stock snd lowering them to tht street entrance by an elevator. B00STER8 ADVERTI8E FAIR Of hundrctls of.i key analysed in Ike dtps health, th«* atutiMnent said, been found eUrht out of eve submitted were poisonous. 8PARTA, Go.—At a mooting of tho Hancock Boosters clube re cently, It was decided to begin a whirlwind advertising campaign for the Hancock county fair which begins soon*. The Boosters will travel over the country la automo biles vl&ltlng the schools and talk ilea of whis-. Iqg-to,-the pupils, their teachers Several northeast Georgia girls were awarded prizes In the contest of girls’ club work at the South eastern Fair tWn week. Gladys Lassiter of Newton coun^ ty was awarded n scholar*!:Ip to tho 8tate College of Agriculture girls’ and boys’ short course. Ruth George of Newton was awarded $5 In cash In the special tomato exhibit; Ruby Gaines of Rlbart countv was given $S cash for an exhibit In the special grapv exhibit. Irene Eddleman of New ton was awarded $2.60 for a third year sewing exhibit Ruby Gaines of Elbert was swarded a $30 schol arship to the State College. Miss Lois Dowdle cf the State College Is in charge ot the ex hibits. il tholr parents. The first day of the fair will bo children’s day and fifteen hundred children are ex-jD. Rockefell< j peeled to take part lu a parade. I times. A large crowd attended the aeries of cottage prayer meetings held by members of the First Baptist church Wednesday In preparation for the revival at that church which begins Sunday with Dr John E. White, of Anderson. 8. C, as the preacher. Dr Whito Is on* ot tho leaders In the Baptist church. He Is an convincing and attractive. He was for many years pastor of the Second Baptist church In Atlanta. He occupied the pulpit at the Euclid avenue Baptist church in Cleveland, John] Slxty-two' Athenians are In »t; tendance at i?io University of Georgia this y»ar. Of this number 38 are male students while 24 art co-cds. Those from Autheng at the uni versity are: Messrs. Carlton Moll, Harrises Jones, Georgo Morton, Harold Hancock, Henry Holliday, Hugh Stanley, David Snelling, John Knelling, I,amnr Snelling, Edward Hodgson, Walter Forbes, Folk Slaughter, Henry Fullilove, Homer Sanford, Charlie Hooper, Rayford Brown, Bertram Holey, Earnest Griggs, Roy Grayson, Alfred Par ham, Douglas Orr, Donald Orr, Fritz Orr, David Campbell, James Head, PUtil Richards, Harold Pat terson, Coke Talmadge, Martin Klpatrlck, Charles Bickerstaff, Ted Ryther, Dwight Ryther, Hamp ton Jarrell, Joseph Jarrell, Marcus Bryant, Dflly Burchmore, Palu Nickerson, Billy Moss. Misses Annie QuUlian. Annie Laura Wler, Dorothy Reed, Mil dred Boley, Evelyn Boley, Stella Flatau, Sarah Mathews. Blums Funkenstein, Amelia Dornblatl; Rose Bush, Esthh Bush, Tommy HaNey, Elizabeth Hauley, faille McWhorter, Loralne Jarrell, Helen McDorman, Mary Strahan, Kath leen Merry, Sarah Elder, Gussle Brooks, Willie Suo Harwell, Louise Shehee. The number of students attend ing tho university at present is much larger than ever before. Th* Increase being most noticeable *n tho Journalism and Commerce de- FAIR HERE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12 The Clarke county fair will be held during the week of November 12, It has been decided. Arrangements have been made to provide amusement features and the exhibits of commercial pro ducts made In Athens as well as farm products promise to be very attractive. A committee has been named to censor the shows nnd attractions to be brought here In order that nothing but the highest type of en tertainment available Is provided. Unpaid Water Bills Will Cut Off Water People who are behind with their water bills should not be surprised to find the water cut off sofne fine morning and they needn’t blame it on poor plumb ing. City council instructed the water works superintendent to cut aljoff water where the b ilia are not paid in the time limit.