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VOL. 01, NO. 211
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ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1?, JIM, 1
A. B. C. Paper
Single Copies a peats Dally. % Ceuta Sunday.
SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE FIGHT DUEL TO DEATH
ATHENS BOYS IRE
GIVEN HIGH PLACE
. 0. T. C.
Fourteen Local Boys Ap
pointed Officers in Stu
dent Military Corps At
Georgia. — • 1
four Are named
Fpp CAPTAINCY
Thomas E:'Merritt Is Ap
pointed Colonel and
AdolpHj E. Drexel Is
Lieutenant Colonel.
rtyv
Fourteen Athens boys have been
appointed' senior and subordinate
officers In the K. O. T. C. of the
University of Georgia, according to
anounceraent. made Wednesday by
Col. J. C. Wars, commandant
Thomas E. Merritt wa« appoint
ed colonel, Adolph E. Drexel, lieu
tenant-colonel. IxjuIs N. Betta, ol
Athens wkas appointed captain
ami regimental adjutant; 8amuel
A. Cartledge, Handy B. Fant, Har
old T. Patterson, captains.
Among the other Athens boys ap*
pointed officers were: Dwight W
Ryther and.O. F. Slaughter, first
sergeants; B. M. Dornblatt, J. H.
Hancock, first lieutenants; Harnp-
Jarrell, second lieutenant and
R. T. Scoggins. C. H. Blckefstaff,
E. L. Griggs* L. C. Sledge, cor*
pornle, junior officer.
The appointments follow;
To bo colonel, Thomas E. Mer*
CHICAGO—“I wouldn't take a
million dollars for my experience,
and 1 wouldn’t give a nicklc for any
more."
It Isn't a war wrecked veteran
.who expresses that sentiment this
time, but Mrs. Josephine K. Onus**
by, the “world’* champion mother."
The Siamese twins 20 years ago
were no more famous to frequent -
of aldo shows than Mrs. Orms-
by. In seven years she gave birth
to 14 children, Including two pair*
TOP ROW SHOWS THE FA
MOUS ORMSBY QUADS At
THEY LOOKED TWO YEARS
AFTER THEY WERE BORN,
to M cnnaren, tncmo.n* two po.r. gECOND ROW READING PROM
of twins* a set of triplets and a Lpprj, TQ RIGHT AS THEY ARE
of the
rltt.
be Lieutenant Colonel, Adolph
!-l Drexel.
b? captains, Louis N. Betts
Regimental Adjutant. William M.
bapkr. Perronel Adjutant; Blade
II. Kxlcy, Supply Officer; John W.
ii-piico^on, JnttlUsfiluio. offtcer,,
Tn W Master Sergsantsr J*mW
Seay, Regimental Sergeant Ma-
; Fred M. Oorfaln, Regimental
Supply Sergeant; Wesley E. Bass
Rrgimcnctal Color Sergeant. Troy
E. Evltt, Regimental Color Ser*
The quadruplets, born September
, 1901, of course clinched
TODAY; EDITH, WILLIAM,
JOHN AND THEODORE. BELOW
MRS. JOSEPHINE K. ORM8BY,
THE MOTHER
by, a gray and wrinkled woman of
55, turning through the family al
bum.*
The following appointments and
Hgnmcnts In the Infantry Unit
verve Officers' Training Corps
nivr>rslty of Georgia, are s
ou need, effective *from October 1 (
MILELR 18
MADE MAJOR
To i»e Major: ChArles O. Miller.
To be 1st Lieutenants: Carl T
hltehend Battalion, Adjutant.
To be captains: William L. Ful
;bum. Commanding Company “A 0 ;
Samuel A. Cartledge, Commanding
" »nt»any "B"; Handy B. Fant
mmandlng Coropar./ "C".
1o be let Lieutenants: Robert E
(Turn to Pagb’ Eight)
HOMECOMING DAV”
1ITTEES BEGIN
FUNCTION EARLY
Him
The committees that have the
Home Coming" day program and
Stalls in charge are caiyng upon
he people; of the city to lend
every effort towards making the
da y the, greatest.'c? it* kind ft
history of Athena.
The Virglnla-Georgia game Is
always a colorful one and thl*
year’s will bo in a aense a play-off
of the one last year, wh/ch result
ed in a 7*7 tie.
E. H. Dorsey, who Is chairman of
Iho decoration committee, la, es
pecially anxtous to bare all the
business houses, the Q'ty hall and
other places decorated in Georgia
and Virginia> colors. Many of the
merchants have the decorat'on*
from last yesr. and others are
urged to buy now for the occa
sion, including Virginia pennants.
The various committees named
are as folllowa:
Decoration committee, E. H.
Dorsey, chairman'; A. G. Dudley,
Mike Costa, D. F Paddock and J
Barnett. t _
Publicity committee; Charles E.
Martin, chairman; D. H. Magill,
Hugh H. Gordon, Jr., and E. E.
Lamkln.
Alumni luncheon committee;
John W. Jenkins, chairman; Col.
- M. Snellfpg.
Dance committee: W. O. Payne,
balrman; Joe Benneee,
Parade committee: Col. James
-■ Ware, Major A. L. Burch and
-aptain Stanley O. Bachman.
Special R ,R committee, Charlea
Compton, chairman.
* ’ bum.
family’s place.In r history. .Thfly w W tp^-ied 1M4.--I would
3 ' rare the' attraction which thous- not marry like I did If I had It to
nds paid their .dime* to behold ^nd do over again. Mr. Ormaby and 1
won the title of champion .'for the { didn’t get along happily, and he
mother. PhyWclans aa'd they oould left me just before the 'quads'
not live, but the ontiro quartet is came. I havo tyid lotv of chances
here today. # I to marry alnce I hehrd ho was dead,
Mrs. Ormsby with two daughter! I but I never considered any of them
and two small grandchildren lives j "The year after wo were married
In a cottage on the far outskirts of t the first baby came, a boy. The
Chicago, hidden away as quietly as next year we had twins, Joseph and
If it were not the home of a natioh- j Josephine. The next year It was n
al celebrity. They have a flock of - girl. Then came Daisy Elisabeth
goats, chickens, geese, turkeys and and Mary Alice. Dairy died last
a garden. f year, and these ara her babies liv
"It made life pretty hard'to take |ng with me now.
care of all the children, but j they j "After then came the triplets
were rent , from Ood and they are George Dewey, Carter Harrison and
a comfort to me," says Mrs Orms- Helen Gould. Next wae a boy, and
then In 1901 came the 'quad*,'
Edith iVola, John Studebaker,
Theodore Roosevelt and William
Hearst. George, Helen and the
‘quads’ are all I have left."
"The paper told the other day,
Ma, about a man offering to aeD
his baby for $5,000," Interrupt*
Edith.
Anti-IdlimCrusadeOn Fight Waged
_ Block From
BEUSSE IS OUTCpurt House
War Fraud Cases [More Folks Reading
Are Held Up 1 BibK Titan Ever In
By Federal
Judge
History, Report Says
(By Aasociated Press.)
I WASHINGTON—-A tcore or more
of government prosecutions in war
fraud cases Involving construction
of army cantonments probably will
be halted in view of a declaoln
Tuesday by federal Judge Sater of
Ohio In,a test care relating
Camp Sherman.
How seriously the decision will
ultlmetely affect ward frauds pro
secution programs Is yet to be de*
termined but It became known that
action would be suspended at leaet
until the counsel of war contract*
section of the department of jus'
tlce have gone into the question at
lepgth and conferred with Attorney
General Daugherty.
.The Camp Sherman case and oth-
erij already filed imfolve nearly
$10,000,000. and six more 'bringing
the total up to. around 9100,000,000
have -been prepared.
GEORGE IS ILL
Doctor Orders Former
Premier to Bed
and Rest.
“Well, I wouldn't take ,5.000 for
any of mine, or for uny of these
grand babies," says Mrs. Ormsby.
"But I don't think it’s a good Ides
to have such big families end J
wouldn’t choose it If I had my Ilfs j day night at the
to live over. But they’re not going > am pi theatre at the stock yards,
to take any of mine away from I Owlngfto a continuance of a
me." 'temperature Lloyd George's doc-
The Ormsby family bad been In tors have ordered him to remain In
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO.—Davfd Lloyd George,
former premier of* Ore41 Britain,
has cancelled’ all his engagements
for Wednesday but hopes to keep
bis speaking engagement Wednes-
Intornaitonal
modest circumstances before
father left In the early summer of
1901. His departure • left thenf
destitute. The quadruplets over
night brought fame and fortune
Mr*. Ormsby had a four-passenge:
baby carriage built and promenad
ed In atate. Finally it .appeased
that everyone Interested had paid
to aee the 'quads' -and poverty -ov
ertook the family.
The children were’ placed In an
orphanage, in aplte of the mother’s
protests, until about seven years
ago. Then they returned home. The
four quadruplets show more vari
ation In appearance than Is com*
among twins, and Edith, the
smallest, la less than five feet tall
Soldier-Prisoners in Irish
Prisons Refuse Food.
(By AmocI.UcI Prett)
BELUA8T.—Tragic retain or
elae * notable victory may bo the
outcrowth of a hunger atrlke be
gun by aoldler prisonera In Mount
lor Jail In DuWn a few diyi ago.
according to a republican man!-
festo.
There are approximately 1$,000
prisoners in the jails, the mani
festo says and continues to spread
to other camps and prisons the
people may be prepared to be shak
en from their apathy by a tragedy
CONVICT’S DASH FOR
FREEDOM ENDS WHEN
BODY FAILS COURAGE
bed and rest the greater part of
Wednesday. Ho has ft cold aggra
vated by fatigue, his secretary
said. ,
C. S. DENNEY IS
NEWSCOUTiSTED
(Dy Associated Preu.)
L 0 N D 0 N.—People are
reading tho. Bible more today
than ever before, aays the
Daily Telegraph, which quotes
figures of the British and
Foreign Bible Society to sup-
port its aaaertion.
There was an fncreaae In
the number of Blblea pubiah-
ed in the English and Welah
language, during the war,
followed by a decrease after
the eloae of hostilities. The
year 1922 again showed an
increase, however, whlcn
points to a “revival of Bible
reading in the homeland.”
Significant of the world
wide influence of the Bible
are the society’s figures of
their issues in all languages
for the .past century and a
quarter. Tnc figures arc sum
maries of totals at intervals
of 25 years, and include Bibles,
Testaments, and portions of
the Scriptures:
1808 81,157
1883 538,841
1868 1,602,187 .
1883 .2,061,636
1008 5,688381
1922-23 8,679384
Take, too, the teat of trans
lation, Homer haa been ren
dered Into more then a (core
of foreign languages, and
Shakespeare into nearly forty.
Both together fall far .hort
of the translations of the
Bible, for tho Gospel has been
actually printed in more than
700 different forms of human
speech, and tho Bible Society,
bn their share of this work,
has helped to spread tho mes
sage In 55S languages and
dinlccts.
Sheriff Indicted For
Killing Frank Cullars
en from their apathy toy a trageuy
or victory unparalleled In the his
tory of the natiou.
Travels !n Auto
Costing $14,000
IT
Judge Sentences Grant
Johnson to Gallows,
John J. Doherty of Milford, Conn.,
startled Athenians Tuesday when
he rolled Ynto the city in an auto
mobile bouse.
Mr. Doherty Is on his way to
Miami, Fla., to spend the winter.
His car was built to order In Flor-.
Ida last winter, costing $14,000. It
is equipped Just like a house, with
every convenience that can fee
found <n a* modern home. Mr.
Doherty's car Is one ot three In
the United States.
In speaking of the highways Mr.
Doherty declared the route to Flor
ida via Athens Is better than any
other route. He has traveled them
all, he says.
COLUMBUS GET8 CONVENTION
COLUMBUS, Ga.—The 1924 con
vention of the Associated Evange
listic Clubs of America will be held
in Columbus wss decided at
ths dosing of the 112$ session in
Columbia, 8. C. Other delegation*
extending invitations for the con
vention were Richmond, Va., and
Spartanburg, S. C. The ope ring
date of the convention, which will
lost-three days'wll(he on October
Gran* Johnson, colored* who was
found guilty of murder Monday,
was sentenced by Judge Fortson to
die on the gallows on Friday, Nov.
23rd, late Tuesday, after the dbora-
cd man had teatlfied in the case ot
V,\ii76n Shaw a!** believed Im
plicated in the shooting.
Shaw* came clear on the charge,
however, 'and was freed Tuesday.
No appeal ibas yet been filed In
Johnson's behalf, but one is ex
pected. Judge George C. Thomas Is
Iq'h attorney.
Hopier Smith, tried Tuesday *on
the charge of pointing a pistol at
another negro, was also freed.
Homer Williams, charged with
assaut and battery, waa turned
loose.
The grand Jury haa receased un
til Thursday wh©n the present
ments are expected.
^ t (By Associated Press)
BALTIMORE—In Union ata-
tlori Tuesday night with •
ticket in hie hand and the an
nouncer calling hit train, the
body of Frederick Ramon, 21,
failed to equal hla courage and
the daring break for freedo
from the state penitentiary
failed.
According to Ramon’s own
story he scaled the walla of the
penitentiary Tuesday night At
the. top a guard taw him and
fired and he fell outside with a
brdkan leg.
Ramon then crawled tome
distance and hailed a passing
automobile. He told the driver
he was struck by a taxicab
but must get to a traln'for New
York. At the Union station he
managed to buy a ticket and
reqeh a teat. In the concourse
but when his train waa called
he - could not move.
Railway officials noting hie
predicament tent him to a hos*
' pital when he was identified
and returned to the peniten
tiary.
Another 8cout troOp has
been reorganised. Troop No.
formerly conducted by H. H. Fits-
Patrick, has been placed under new
leadership, with C. 8. Denny.
Scoutmaster, and C. C. Bridges, re
sistant scoutmaster.
The Troop Committee Is compos
ed of J. A. Qullllan. E. L. Jackvon
and C. A. Lester.
At a meeting called by the Scout
Executive for Tuesday evening
October If, the work of reorgani
sation was completed.
LINCOLNTON, Ga.—The grand
jury investigating the killing
Frank and Wayne Cullers, brothers,
near Llncolnton, last July 4, re
turned an indictment late Tuesday
afternoon against Sheriff W. 8.
Harrison charging murder In con'
nectlon with the death of Frank
Cullafr. A "no .bill 1 * was returned
.In conection with the death o
• Wayne CuJIefa.
Just | The grand jury has not taken so
tlon In the cate of R. L. Burgess,
deputy sheriff, who waa with Her'
rlson when the fatal shooting oc
currcd. .
8TONE MOUNUTAIN
HA8 UNIQUE FLOWER
8TONE MOUNTAIN. Ga.—Dur
ing the early fall of every year*
there is a flower which blooms In
profuiion on stone mountain which
grows no where else in the world.]
The flower "gymnolomla Porter!" is
The following is a list of the! named for T.. Porter who first die*I (By Associated Press.)
boy« who paid their registration covered It about seventy years ago I PARIS—Herr Von Hoesch, Oer*
feea, aenimed the Scout Oath, and It resembles a eun flower but lei man Charge d’Affairos. conferred
TO RIO CITY
Of CORNER
Chief of Police Henry W.
Beusse has launched a campaign
to rid Athene of street corner loaf-
era.
In a drive started a few days
ago the police have picked up
fleven persohs, four of them wo
men, wfio are charged with loaf
ing- •
Those arrested are, John Leach- |°ther a half block from the court
an, (Mattie Johnson, Nannto house and without a word started
Gholston, Lamar Frierson, Fred • shooting. Both were killed.
Flournoy, Asa Hammond, ■ W. "*
(By Associated Press.)
JEFFERSON, Texas.—
The Sheriff and consta
ble of Marion county en
gaged in a pistol duel
Tuesday night and as a
result the county is shock
ed at the loss of two of
its most prominent peace
officers, both past fifty
years of age.
B. B. Rogers, sheriff, and W. B.
Proctor, constable, sighted each
Ingram, Bessie Bell, A. G. DaWson,
Clifford Guest and'Harvey Carlth-
era.
Chief Beusso declare* ho Is out
to either put tho loafers
According to the police the
trouble arose possibly through
chalngang or else make, them gojcourt papers given the constable
to work. by the sheriff not being served
Several of the persons arrested {and a fine being imposed on the
have forfeited bond already. sheriff subsequently.
Pollco say seme of tho persons
arrested for loafing havo develop
ed a ibablt of standing around tho
corners of the downtown section
all the I’me with no apparent
means of support.
‘They’ve got to II,ve," the pollco
y. "What we are after is making
them show how they llvo or elso
risk serving a few days o the city
stockade gang."
When they met the constable
shoved the sheriff against a water
hydrant. The sheriff stumbled.
But while the sheriff momentar
ily lost control of his legs, he
rhipped out his gun and fired.
He hit Proctor in the hip and
heart. Shots from his pistol cross
ed with those of Rogers and al*
most instantaneously. The consta
ble shot the sheriff through the
head while the latter was stumb
ling. Another flash from his
weapon went wild. Both men had
families.
AUGUSTA, Ga.—A voluntary pe
tition In bankruptcy was filed In
United States district court by the
Hill’s Mixture Corporation, HiowIn«
liabilities $110,000 In excess of as
sets. The petition gavo tho llablll
ties as 1569,749, and the nkaets as
*458.61!). William M. Nixon was
named ng president and Sydney ’C.
Jonea as secretary.
The petition stated that the Hill'
Although Inclement weather
threatened, Georgia's grid cadi-
date* were carried through a long
practice Tuesday afternoon the
work being of a light nature.
Drill In signals, and a dummy
scrimmage against Tennessee for-
Mixture Corporation desired to roatlons, was the head-liner in the
make n proposltoln to tho creditors. Tuesday practice,
of setlement on'a basis equal to tho’ Charlie Welhrs and J. D. Thoma
market value of the property. |» on were "ilsiing from tho prac
Action By Poincare
Seen in Conference
nrollwj u m.mbori ot tho troop:* much .mailer and haa aavara) with Framin’ Poincare'more than
Harold Bates, Eugene Barrett, De- {blooms on a sihgle plant, the blooms
Witt Cook. Thomas Dooley. Wood!*
Gann. Allen Hansford, James
Hansford, D. H. Moreman, Charley
fAtit. Albon Wood, and William
Wright - ~ -IV
Fcoutrrfaster Denny and Rev. J. A j the floral on Stone Mountain.
QuilUan both mads enrouragln# j
talka to’ the boys. Mr. Bridges was _ _
al» praxant to .how hi. Intaroat In Death Rate 6f MotherS Is
being at.the nda of the several
atema. Thia strange plant which
grows to n height of from two to
three feet Is on!/ one of the many
Interesting things In the study of
thirty minutes Wednesday morning
The conference la believed li
some quarters to forecast an im
portant step In regard to repara
tions. After the conference tht
premier would not disclose the na-
tur ot the meeting.
the work.
‘fhs regular weekly meeting oi
the troop will be held st Oconee
Street church Friday evening, at
7:20 o'clock.
The troop Is sponsored by Ocone*
Street church and will be atronglj
supported by the troop committee
representing the church.
On Increase, Chiid Health
Speakers Say in Meeting
tlce, due to Injuries received In the
Yale game. When they will return
to practice la not kqown, but
Thomason Is expected out in a day
or two. Welhrs’ Injury In expected
to keep him out all this week.
Only two more practices will be
held before the team goea to
Knoxville, for the annual classic
with Tennessee. The squad will
leave here Friday morning, and
have a-workout In Knoxville Fri
day afternoon.
The Georgia squad V< rounding
into good condition for the Tennes
see game, and they expect a close
and hard-fought battle. Georgia
returned v/ctor in tho engage
ment last year, an<| Tennessee will
seek revenge In the game Satur
day.
Of glad news to supporters of
WOMEN TO RID FEDERATION
OF “POLITICS” BY ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION IN CONVENTION
ROitE, Ot.—If » • re«otutlon,
planned for Introduction to the
convention Wedneadajr. la adopted,
members of the Georgia Federation
of Womens Clubs who aspire to
hfgh office cannot “politic” for
their election.
the club who set out to be elected
to high poets In the Federation.
This poftlcal manuevering, It la
said, ihas caused the Federation to
lose prestige. It the resolution la
adopted It will be unlawful for any
member to ask or In any waj In-
l|]cir yiCvLtUll. .,i-„ > moiuuni w va i(t •
Thl* resolution,. It Is said, will fluencc vote* for herself, or even
be proposed oq, account qf recent announce her candidacy.
Cediiio Brothers in Mex
ico Start Uprising.
MEXICO CITY—Bloody develop-
mentd srs feared In the state of
Saniulspoto*! In view of Itn uprising
by the Csdlllo. brothers who are
said to be marching on the state
capitol in support of Aurello Man-
rlque for the governorship.
The Cetfiilo’s according to a me*-
sage from th% president of the fed
eral congress and head of, the rival
faction In Sanlulspotosl, are depos
ing the municipal authorities of
several towns snd destroying rail,
telephone and telegraph facilities.
BURNED TRESTLE
HALTS TRAINS
COLUMBUS, Oa.~The Contra! of
Georgia trestle over Holland creek
aboQt two miles west of Colum
bus. was damaged by fire recetly
and train* were held up eight
hours. The origin of the fire is not
known.
(By Associated Press.) where he cannot make a living and
DETROIT. — Education of the * profit Educate Ut» ptibtiu to p»y
general public so that it will de
mand expert medical service for
mother* before, during and after
the birth of children and for soch
ministration will bo willing to
pay a surgical fee was advocated
Wednesday by Dr. Edward Lyman
Cornell, Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons, Chicago/ in
an address before the annual
meeting of the American Child
Health Association, now .in session
in this city.’
Dr. Cornell’s subject ws* "How
to Reduce tho Mortality in Early
Infancy," and in it he discussed
the inadequate number of special*
ists in obstetric*—there are
146 in tho United States—on aver
age of only one; to each 17,000
births. More than two-thirds of
these obstetricians are east of the
Mississippi river, he said.
"Lack of preparation by the
medics! profession snd by mid
wives is a factor in tho rote of
infant mortality," he declared.
"Just how much this has entered
into the subject is hard to esti
mate.
'No merchant twill continue to
sell an article on which there ia
no profit snd no demand. No
laborer will work long on a job
aurg'cal feea for obstetrics and to
demand expert service." ,
One suggestion made by
Corpall wss beard with interest by
the more than 600 delegates at
tending the American Child Health
Association's conference.
8UG3ESTS
CAMPAIGN
"Why not start a campaign like
that waged against tuberculosa
and now waging against cancer
snd venereal ryseaset" he asked.
"Why not lnuo a small booklet
with etch marriage license? Issue
Instructions to both prospective
husband and wife relative to the
Importance of the care needed In
obstetrical cases."
DETROIT.—In spUe of national
legislation and other organized ef
fort to reduce maternal and In rant
deatfe rates, medical and' n'ihlic
health workers today are having
to face the fact that the present
high mortality among mothers is
on the Increase In this country,
was the declaration made by Miss
Mary Laird, director of the public
health nursing association of Eo-
(Tum to page eight)
the Red and Black Is the fact that
John Fletcher, Teanny Randall,
Shad Frier, cleckley, and Mark
Anthony will be in shape for tho
Saturday game. Another fact If In
terest is. that may of the back-
agfc -si rrhfy
tho trip to Yale, showed up splen
didly, and a strong combination *s
sure to fact the Tennesseans.
Scrimmaging Is expected to play
tho important role in the workout
today and Thu.-sday.
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foundation of good will.
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more than our contract calls
for.
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