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

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• 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
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Athens Women Ask $75,000 School Bond Issue
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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.