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Invaattgata Todayf To Ragutar Subscribers THE BANNER-HERALD $1,000 Aecldank Policy Fm, THE i Daily and Sunday—10 Cants a Weak. Established 1832. Daily and Sunday—10 Cenli a WmE, ATHENS COTTON: middling 30 i-8c PREVIOUS CLOSK 29 5-8c THE WEATHER: Clear Tuesday Night and Wed- j nesdav. No Change in Mn '~ Temperature; VOL. 91, NO. 216 Aaaociated Press Serriee. ATHENS, C.A.. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1023. A. B. C. Paper. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. BROAD STREET BOND ELECTION AUTHORIZED New Commander Trade Campaign Begins November 3 Athens citizens will have ' r 6 ° CHANCE TO BALLOT ON PROPOSED $50,000 FOR MERCHANTS AGREE TO GIVE AWAY $2500 IN PRIZES IN NOVEMBER People who trade in Athens in November will be given opportunity to share in distribution of $2,500 worth of prizes, it was decided Tuesday at an enthus iastic meeting of business men in the city hall Appointment o! committees ' Owsley of Texas. HORRIBLE DEATH BY EASTVILLE IIS FUMES UNITE HER CLOTHES MASONS MEET All Masons at the Unltcralty and the State College of Agri culture here been requested U> meet Wednesday at two p. m. in front of the University chapel to hare a special picture made, uoconTng to John,. D. Allen, president of the Square and Compass Club, Thefplcture wjll bo used In tbe rotogravure aecUon of one of tbe Atlanta papers, anil It Is hoped that every Mason will be present. T “IT CU BE DONE” CLUB ORGANIZED JOHN R. QUINN, California, worn oat the detail, of the big Named Commander of the Are-!*** «*?»»«lan...wMoh will be erican Legion to succeed Alvin *au"Ch»d herew<tt,nthenextfew r — days and daclsion as to what prises shall be given away were the out standing features of the meeting Tuesday. With Arthur Booth us general chairman, J. Warren Smith, treas urer and E. W. Carroll, secretary, the following committees will get down to business Tuesday and get the trade boom machinery Into op era') on: finance, M. O. Nicholson, E. H. Dorsey, Jr., and L. O. Price; price committee, H. J. Reid .Ben Epps ind W. A. Sams; publicity, T. H. Doxlcr, Jr., Frank J. Lwalcr M. J. ‘Maynard, B. A. Juhan. and Sol J. Boley; rules, W. H ■ Benson, J. K. Patrick and M. J. j Costa, D. F. Paddock. . j OVER fOO \ _ SUBSCRIBE Mrs. Margaret Gunter,] . . . . . . . , Q- One hundred and seventeen busl- hister of Dormer Athen-; neil men representing all lines of inn, Found Dead With business i Athes have subscribed Plnthinn. nn Pltvn I to the fund to promote the big Clothing on Dire. {campaign. All norts of advrefslng .. , ,, , , |methods will be employed in order With her clothing in to put the bl* campaign before the flames 'and her body cov-j bu »"^ u m b » t c M , Urt#d out ered AVlth severe butns, Tureday eariraaataf the city In Mrs Mapfrarpt Gunter I order to give every hualnesa con rS ’™. ilarg ? rel J j TT "corn opportunity to got in on the age 73, was found dead by; benefits of the campaign as other hpr pnlnrpfl nurqp in front-dUaa that have conducted aheb ner COlOiea nuise in IrOIlt campl | rnl nave reaped rich har vest!. The campaign will begin Novem ber 3rd and end on December 3rd. Twenty newspapers In this terri tory will bo used to advertise the details. A total of $4,000 his been raised to promote the campslan and the goal It 33.006. A commltteo . “h^r/hnutT^'ci^k ■ romPMWof Frank J. Lawler, Ed Tui'idav^morninaf th? nurse ma Dorsey, Jr., and J. W. Jarrell. Jr., awaketad^n bright glare f lnThe! wnl con,er with warehuoae men In renm'ISd fi!»d“& h ‘b5&" f Ath.n. In regard Jo taking P«t In Gunter in front of the fireplace, !•■>• campaign. Buslneie men In the her clothing bi flamee and* life I campaign may not buy IMS than |51 ,| de |, » picture of the city extinct. It ta not known whether worth of coopona. ' and an announcement calling at- sho wm stricken suddenly and feU |tentlon to the big meeting there, into the fire, or whether she was BEGINS ON :On the other aide it a picture of burned to death; A rocker in! NOVEMBER 3 )the Athena Curb ‘Market, now a which aha had been rating at the < Anyone doing business hero may [ famous example of "what can be fireside before retiring had been partlq'pste'n the campaign and In done” through community co-op- moved from Its former position,, order to benefit in tho early sd-l er utlon. The “It Can Be Done’ and the poker was lying on the: vertlalng must come in by Thun-1 club motto and creed la printed be- hesrth, as though ahe bad at-1 day and none may enter after No-1 low the picture of the Curb Mar- . -u. ci— tr— ■— • •- ' get as follows: “IT CAN BE DONE” CLUB Of Athene, Gaorgla (Affiliated with chamber of commerce.) ’ MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE Havln, confidence Ik futon of Athena and recog nising fis at "My Home, Sweet Home,” I pledge myaelf tldpate In the benefits. The head quarters will be at the Chamber ol Commerce. of the fireplace in her room at the country home near Eastville early Tues day morning. Although enfeebled for some time, thu condition of Mrs. Gun ter’s health Monday night Son of Wizard France Places World War Cripples At 10,745,000 Affiliated With Chamber of Commerce. Anybody Who Is Good Citizen Eli gible to Membership. Athens har«n’ ,; it CM Bo Done” club. On tho eve of tho bis trade cam paign meeting scheduled for Tuea- day mornings Secretary E. W. Car- ~ , roll of the chamber of Commerce, ice. Money, Unguarded, mailed over Vtht hundred copleaj Rcma j ng UntOUtlhed. . Charles A. Edison, son of Thomas A. Edison, substituted for hla father at the 13th Annual Electrical and Industrial Exposition in New York. He threw the twitch that lighted innumerable lights and started countless devices on display by 60 manufacturers. j Unguarded Box of , Money On Campusj students At University] funeral Services * sKSir ”C£I Held For Mr. A. H. Georgia Canteen Serv-| Fleming Tuesday Tho French government os- t'matcs thst the number of cripples where were victims of the World war and still sur vive Is sometk’ng more than 10,060,000. This total Is esti mated on the number of vic tim! of the war Bring In Tuk- key,. Bulgaria, the Baltic States Portugal. Hungaiy and Japan, calculated to be ovsr 3.000000 and the 7,746,000 pensioned cs'pplee officially announced from other states are follows: Germany, 1,637,000; Austra lia, 766,000; Austria, 165,000; Belgium, 60,000; Canada, 46.- 000; United Stated. 167.000 Finland, 10,000: France, 1,- 500.000; Groat Britain, 1,170,- 000; Italy. 800.000; Poland, 320.000; Humanla, 100,000; Kingdom of the Serbs, Creates anil Slovens, 164,000; Russia, 776000; Czechoslovakia, 236,- 000; Now Zealand, 20,000. DELAY ACTION ON L PAVING ON DECEMBER Special Called Meeting of City Council Author. Bond Election For Paving of Broad Street Monday Night. City Now Carrying $848,000.00 Bonds Outstanding. Tho printed on a large card. On one llall tempted to »tlr up the fire. JIow- vember 1. Coupon! will be glved ever, the nurae is reported to have on automobiles ten for every $100 heard no outcry from her, nor did 0 n purchase and the usual one per she heat* the body fall to the floor.' cent on parts. Plans for the groc- Mrs. Gunter is survived by two erymen and bankers will be work- brothers, Mr. J. C. Whitehead and ou t by the rules committee. Two Mr. Richard P. Whitehead of ^pm! prises will be given one Eastville. She wa« a.sister of^the ^g'de ^e corporate limits of Ath ens, tbe other outside. No member of a firm may pair late B^r. Wr J. Whitehead of-Atb- Funeral aervicea will bt held from Rays Church Tuesday at 4 p. m., and interment will follow in the churchyard. WON’T BETRAY ANY TO J (By Aaaeclaled Prow) DENVER.—Summoned to appear before the grand Jury with oil hooka and paper* Worn hi* office which DlSht throw lirht on the causes of women In hj* cam. Judge Ben Lindsey of Juvenile court will refuse to give any con fidence* given him by women and glrie, he announced/here Tueadny. The lodge atated that he hud every respect for the grend Jury In summoning him to testify on to what he knew of illegal operation*, of which he betfavea >here we»* more than on* thonaand In Denver laat year, hot that he would re- fuat to betray the confidence* of ihe;r Bra to him. LEGION MEETING WARRENTON, Gac-Th* Tenth District Convention of the Ameri can Legion will be held hereby- ember 3. Member* ofthe Ree»e- liyman Poat arc completing prep arations for tho meeting. The Warren-Glaicock fair will b* un derway nnd the program will in clude a visit to it by the mem- here. mWWagmemTMM Mr. Charles E. Jackson Dies of tho flrat edition of the "Athena j 2™a,tano?!£ '•H^n n ^ n, D0«“! All day nnd all night . box of club to which every one who !a a; “gjjf o^the'Mnimii'of the'uX jood cltlxe I. Invited to th^ranpu.Mth^UU^ ‘ dares touch that money because issues CIVIC [Georgia students are truited. BULLETIN I Evlne’n# the honesty of the atu- ■ dents In attendance at the Unlrer- ■civic Bulletin” .la amalL alty »a the successful operaUon on the campus of the Georgia Can teen Service, a service which has been In operation there only n few day, but which during this time has proved altogether successful. The eeni’ce donslsta qply In a table located in tbe lobby of the Academic Building which ta load ed down with candles, applea, chewing gum, fruits, and confec tionary. On the table la a box con taining money In all denomina tions. There la no cover to the bax nor la It guarded. Students who make purchase, from tha table put the right amount In the box or If they do not have the right change make their own change. The service has been In opens- tlon several daya and it Is said that nothing hks been lost In that length of time. It f!a modeled arte, similar aervicea at Washington and Lee university and tbe Univer sity of Georgia. The student* who are In charge of the Georgia Cantetn Service are H. D. Shattuck of LaFayette, Geor gia football player, and D. Donald- •on, of 8tateaBoro. JEFFERSON, O*.—Mre. Chnrlea E. Jackson died at hie home Sun day morning after an IBneaa of. three weeks. Tho funeral aervicea 1 were conducted Monday morning from the Flrat Bapk’at chorch by hla uaau,-. Rev. A. J. Jch".<v\ iBev. J. T. Eaks of the Methodlat church. Mr. Jackson was In the prime of life, being forty-eix year of age, and wa* among the foremost clt- liens in business and Industry. His Influence fxt matters for the Im provement of hi* home town was always for things pure and noble. He wns a deacon In the Baptist church here and for «be past twen ty years was active In church work. In the planning nnd erecting of (he new Baptist church here he waa chairman of the building commit tee nnd true untlg'ng In hie efforts to accomplish .Hits great and noble undertaking. Surviving him are hla widow, who. before her marriage, some ten years ago was Ms Is Kate Ran dolph. daughter of Mr. and Mre. Hill Randolph, a non, Mr. Charlea Jackson of Michigan, nnd a daugh ter, Mlsa Yen Jackson, of Atlanta. have Faith In my Fellow Ctt- tsens—Hope In the certainly of Athens' Oreatnesa and Charity toward all l/iatltut!ona. I further pledge to contri bute my time, thought and ac tive effort toward all worthy enterprises which will result In a Bigger, Better. Greater, Athena. That I will not condemn my CBy or any of Ita Inatltutlona bo they civic, social or com- morcial. without due Investiga tion, but inatead wIB aid my City with Constructive Criti- etam Only. Purthar rccocnls- lng that much la needed to complete Athena, greatness, and realising that, that wN'ch we will, we can do, let ns make our motto— “IT CAN BE DONE”—AND DO IT | On each edltton of “The civic BulleYn” will contain facta about Athens of Importance ind worth remembering. $15,000 Is Damage As Blaze Sweeps Maysville Stores MAYSV1LLE. Os.—Lq» from fire which early Monday destroyed ons building sod damaker four others was estimated at 116.000 by owners of tha structure*. Black well's drug store was rased by the flames, which were discovered In the build Inc. Other building- dam aged before tho fire was brought under control are; J, E. Hitchcock HEADS UP. LONDON—A new cork hat a* a . „ _ rival of the old bowler, has been Grocery company 1* M. Ferguson Introduced by a Wert End London dealer. It la guaranteed to be light, waterproof and warm. The proposed 176,000 school bond lasua which Includes a system of playgrounds for the public, schools, tvas placed In tha bands of a committee of the Board of Education Monday afternoon. This action was taken by the board when members of the P. T. A. presented n request for that body to send representatives to City Council asking It to call sri election to vote on laepanco o! 176.000 bonds to Improve certain .school buildings and build play grounds. LONDON. — The Separatist movement In the Homeland le ex tending etaadlly with almost nr bloodshed, lays a Berlin dispatch to the Exchange-Telegraph Tues day afternoon. The green nnd white flag of the seceslonlsta now flies over Wiesbaden, Erkelenn and Bernsberg, wlt'le the capture of Benn Is expected momentarily. The correspondent nay* that an at tempt to extend the movement to Treves felled. Bands of Communists made n concerted attack on the police sta tions at Hamburg. The Communists led all except three statfpns store, postoffice ; and the aerial - - , parage. Loss Is partially covered {which at the time of the dispatch fav Insurance. ! Wore still holding out. The body of Mr. Allen H. Flem ing, who-died Sunday morning sud denly, was taken fo Laurens, S. C„ Tuesday morning for Interment. Funeral services were conducted at Bernstein's chapel at nine o'clock and the hot!'/ left on the morning trg'n. Dr. J. C. Wllklnson'offlclatcil. Death came to Mr. Fleming un expectedly and hla hundred* of friends wero chocked to leam Sun day morning that bo had bocomo The board voted to pot the en- a victims of a violent heart ah tire matter Into the hand* of a tack during the night. The funeral; committee who will ascertain Just waa attended by a large crowd, of w h*t repairs or Improvements are his friends from cotton row as well needed and report ttTcoundl at Ita a* from all sections of the city. He I nox t rogular meeting, December 7. wa* * man liked by Ml who knew However, It will b« too late to cMl "‘“k , _ that election for tho same date the Acting as pallbearers were T. A. Broad streets Isaue has been net Anderson, C. W. Crook, 8. J. Moss, ] P P. JFtler. F. L. Robinson, a A. I The comng’tte* to consider the Crane, L. C. Rocker and J. M. 675,000 Issue ta composed of Dr. Rogers. John D. Mali, chairman of the » ‘board A. W. Dosler, M'. O. Nich- HINES GOES BEF0RE,~f “ ‘ornoou will Uko tho place of the | regular meeting which was to have been held Tuesday afternoon. Mre. , D. L. Earnest, member of the hoard : from tho Fifth Ward, waa at her J“ desk for the flirt time alnce elec- BOND FACTS OF THE CITY The dty la allowed under law to Issue lx- .ds to the extent of 7 per cent of Ita taxable property. The taxable property of Athena js q^qqq* 15,000,000 nn d .ho bonded Indebtedness maximum la At present bonds to the amount of $818,000 are outstanding, !«•»>”! « margin of 3202,000, but It la Mated there Is a floating Indebtedness M the city of $30,000, which really brings the margin down to $152,000. ... jiJ° ut „.H’ 000 of band* are retired annually and in 1929 JJl-MO "‘tlhc retired. In 1933 $14,000 will be retired and In IMS $160,000 will be retired, according City Treasurer James Barron. • Each year the city appropriates $61,000 to the Bond Commis- alon for a sinking fund and interest. > it so. ISO.OOO liaue authorized at council Monday night will add $3,392 annually to th« sinking fund. Those who faror the bonds state that more than enough will be realized through the increased valuation in property along K ™ ,d ‘ lrt<t to care for the Increase in the sinking fund and to retire them. Athens WiU Be Center of State On Nov. 10th Athens will cither approve or disapprove a $60,000 bond issue for widening, grading and paving Broad atr*et from Lumpkin Street to Milledge avenue on December 5, as a result of action by city Northeast Georgians to in 8pecU1 8e “ s,on Mu "'‘“ y Crowd City Along With Others From Over the State. Northeast Georgian, w/ll find Athena the center of amusement attractions on Novomber 10. tho Cay Ulvoralty of Georgia nlumnl will obicrvo os "Home Coming Dty” when the football team meets Virginia In tho annual gridiron clash of, these two Inatltufona. Beginning Friday night with pre sentation of the Booth Tarklgton play, "Seventeen,” by the TOallaui until the laat mlnuto of what It expected to be one of the season's moat exciting football games, pen every minute. A Pan-HeBenlc dance will follow something Interesting will hap- “Seventeen.” and on Saturday the Alumni meeting, luncheon, paradn In tho forenoon, fraternity recep tions and tho game and dance that afternoon and night will feature what promisee to be the moat de lightfully apent "Home Coming Day" friends of the Unlverg'ty ever enjoyed) "Home Coming Day” holdi wel come to all Georgian,, when they can rally around their Unlverritya football team In the annual game with Virginia. Director Veteran’s Bu reau Lays Evidence Be fore Investigating Com mittee. Unused Plans Cost $24,00Q. WASHINGTON. — The special senate comni'ttee Investigating the Veteran'- t-.Mu w-- umi by Di rector Hlnca Tuesday that on one occaalon the Bureau paid $24,000 tor architect, plans tor a hospital at Livermore. California, and then found that the drawings eulimlt- ted were unsuitable. Director Wnee stated that this happened before he took offlco and when Matthew O'Brien, the recipient, filed a claim for $13,000 more, which ho disal lowed. , John F. O'Ryan, counsel tor the committee said that hla Informa tion had been that OWen had levee previously prepared plans 'or any targe building bat merely “one moving picture houses In San tVandaco.. General Hines said that at one ‘-Into 47$ employee, of the govern ment were drawing vocational compensation hat that the prac tice had been diacontluned a* he regarded It aa contrary to th* law and Intent of Congress. ■ Replying to further questions ho said that there was evidence that the Bureau In the putt had been handicapped by political pre-lure, especially from members of Con^ great. tlon reesntiy. Mrs. EarntM In the second woman to become a member of a city administrative body, lira Thomas F. Green being tbs other, a member of the Board of Health. NEWlifllNST LIQUOR WOULD GOST 20 MILLION, SAID Plans Calling For Aug mented Coast Guard Alone Would Cost Twen- ty.Million Dollars. (By Associated Prat.) WASHINGTON.—Plans art being laid by the treasury to check the ■upply of liquor reaching In* fl- l.clt trade., both at th'e Seaboard and it possible doe*tic source*. A reinforced coast guard fleet to combat amutiling and n system of close tnapeellon of breweries and dlsttllerias has been suggested an the rroposed means. The ptann will require atf-i'tlonal appropriation*, however, the officials atated, and there waa no Indication of when It might be put Into effect. Th* plan ror an augmented coast Guard alone would rennlro an ad ditional appropriation uy Congress of approximately 120,000,000. ’T. BALL State School Superintend ent Brings Note of Cheer About Georgia Educa tional Growth, By ROBERT DONALDSON Bg'nglng the cheerful not of op tlmiam that a new day In the edu cational life of Georgia la near at hand, State School Superintendent N. H. Ballard delivered an addreea In the chapel of tho University of Georgia Tuesday morning. Attend- tnrtty- ndftr—■ —- the sembere of - tho student body and the fac ulty. 6fr. Ballard called attention to the fact that Oeorgla possesses the oldest state university In America and that at one time the education al standard of this state waa much higher than It la today. But It la tha belief of Ut'a school official that the day Is near at hand when Oeorgla will make great leaps In tf/i direction of a more effective educational system than has ever before existed In this common wealth. During the coarse of Ms remarks Mr. Ballard Informed hie hearer* of the fact that Oeorgla Is a state that Is constantly being built up. This point he emphasised by a description of the building-up pro cues that ta going on fr> a physical way. He bellevea that In a similar manner the educational facllltlel of tho state are being likewise Im- hy Tho election was called council for tho same date Kcneral election for election of municipal officers will take place. Thjs wns done to eliminate as much extra expense as possible. The meeting .Monday ni^ht was held for the purpose of taking action upon the Broad street bond I iti.tl ihr request for a $75,000 bend issue made by the P. T. A. The latter organizations however, earlier in the dny had requested the Board of Education to go be fore council with the proposition. Tho board appointed a committee to consider the matter and con front council on December 7, the next regular meeting date. The $50,000 Broad street bonds will bear interest at five per cent pay*able semi-annually, January 1 and July 1. The entire council fa vored tho proposition, not a dis senting vote being recorded. Every member of council except one was present. ' Dr. White Preaches Personal Allegiance ,to .Jisus and Power That CHAPEL SPEARED Com “ Tterc,ro 7 , It la only by coming into Hose It was fasq’nallng the manner tn which the speaker pictured the early settlement of the state and the efforts that were made by the early inhabitants of G»*orgfa to (Turn to Page Eight.) touch with tho personality of Ie.«us Christ that men's lives aro changed for tho better. Dr. John E. White decarcd |'n a sermon at the First Baptist church Tuesday morning. Dr. White preached a personal al'.egianco to Christ, pointing out that men get power to overcome obstacles and accomplish grent things through association with Christ. It hnr, always been so, tho preacher aald. It always wfll be so. The worlds searching for authori ty: for aom*»o .o to take the leader-M ship, to point out tho. right road that will lead to the solution oMIls that ride the backs of Individuals •mm Staawfw, •»** mw. Cui«H, MMn only Christ, can point out tho way, he declared: The great apostle Paul was not converted by an argument favor ing Cbg'st. Paul was never im pressed by the argument favoring Christ: Paul was stricken with the powerful personality oT Christ and It was then that the course of his life was changed, Aho preacher said. Dr. White preachea Tuesula'* night at 8 o'clock on “The Un pardonable Sin.' These services. .*>t 11 in the raongug and 8 at night., a e gripping the hearts of those who attend. It Is possible that the last ser vice of tho series wll lbe held Thursday night. NEGRESS ARRESTED ON WHISKEY CHARGE HERE Rosa Craddock, negress was ar rested In her homo In Warsaw alley Monday and Is being held for vio lation of the state proh'bltlon law PoVcernen who raided the place paid' pho possessed three quarts 'he raiding party consisted of Charley Sea graven. Policemen A. Hill, Woods, Nelms, Curry.