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ATHEN8 GA„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1923
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Trade Month Opening Bargains
‘Dollar Day” Saturday
Opens Campaign; $2500
In Prizes Given Away
What Athens merchants (have to offer for the
buying public next Saturday, “Dollar Day,” will be
found in advertisements appearing in The Banner
Herald Thursday.
‘Dollar Day" opens the trade
month campaign In Athena which
Leicester. Mass., has been elected t*U0O [dies free to people who
national preeldent of the American 1 buy In Athens end cet coupons
Auxtl'— •*- *—
Legion Auxiliary for the coming
year.
2,400 BALES
RELEASED BY
SETTLEMENT
OF BARRETTS
with their purchases. Everyone
buying In Athens Is entitled
coupons. Thst Is.df they buy at the
stores and concerns participating
In the trade month campaign.
The settlement effected in Au
gusta In connection with the Ath
ens end of Barrett and Company
releases about 2.400 bales of cot
ton that have been tied up hero in
legal procedure since Barrett and
• ompany failed several month ago.
The number of JndlM'dual owners
totals 175.
By the agreement reached all of
the Athens cotton la to be released
If no bill of exception fa filed be
fore the expiration of ten days, the
time allowed, when the owners of
the cotton pay the advance* and
the amount of storage and other
casual warehouse charge!.
•The local trustees, J. J. WWklns
and II. F. Hardeman, will receive
the money and rolease the cot-
Athen.s citizens who were /natru*
mental In effectfng the aettlement
put up the ivMMKsary money to re-
The campaign begins November
S and end's December 3. People who
buy in Athens will get coupons
with their purchases entitling them
to chances at winning one of two
major prizes and several hundreds
of dollars |!n gold.
The two major priaes are Ford
sedans, four-door. One will be
given away Inside the city limits
i of Athens and the other outside
I the city limit*. In addition to the
two Ford aedana to be given
away at the close of the trade
month, twenty dollars |Yn gold will
be given away every Saturday for
four weeks. *
OTHER '
PRIZES
lease the cotton, 153,717.53. The
names of these citizens were not
d'scloied through the court pro
ceedings but were represented by
Charles H. Phlnlxy, now vice proal
ldent of the Georgia Railroad Bank
of Augusta and former Athens col*
ton factor. *
The Athens Manufacturing com
pany was one of tho largest own
ers of the tied up cotton. Other
manufacturers and many planters
were also Interested In the settle*
ment which has been reached and
which clears up the situation so
far as Athens Is concerned.
The twenty-dollar gold pieces
will not bo all the prizes to be
S ven away during the progress or
e campaign, however.
Two on. hundred dollar Mil*
will bo given away at tho ctoooof
tho campaign, one for Inalde the
city limits and one for out.We.
Four ftty dollar blUa will be given
away In general. Keren twenty dol
lar gold pieces will be given away
In general and one ten dollar gold
piece for tho general award.
"Dollar Day" bargains advertised
In Tho Banner-Herald Thurvday
are in many reapeetn the beat ever
offered la this city. Those who
want to buy good articles for $1
will benefit by attend!* the aalea
at vav'ous stores here Saturday.
ROUND ME OF
SCOUTS MEETS
• A. T.Levie Elected Pre-
siding Officer. Will Hold
Meeting Each Week, the
Members Decide.
The Scoutmaster.’ Round Table
of District No. 1 held an Import-
«», meeting Wednesday evening,
at which Plana for more ayaUEiAiiC
Scout work were carefully con-
•Itlerod and unanimously adopted.
A. T. Levle was chosen presWIug
officer for the meeting.
The following members of the
Round Table were present: Lee
llradherry. 8. Oft Troop No. J; W.
V. Rice. 8. H. Troop No. »; C. S.
Denny. 8. M. Troop No. 8; R. L
Keener. S SI. Troop No. J: L. c.
Zelgler. S. M. Troop No. 11; A- T.
Levte, 8. M. Troop No. IS; C.JO.
lturgeas aaalatant 8. M. Troon No.
13; Carl A. fowler. S. M. Troop
No. 14; P. R- Rletx. 8. M. tor nawly
proposed troop, anti Scout Execu
tive E. P. Clark, were all preaent.
. After the meeting had come ro
order and tho roll had been called.
Mr. Levlo extended a moat corn at
welcome to tho new Scout offic
ial! who were preaent His me»-
aage of warm welcome and sympa
thetic advice waa a timely one and
depply Impressed hi* hearers.
The Round Table decided to
hold weekly mtAtlnge for aeyeral
weeks, the first of such meetings
... be held Friday. November »,
* p. m.. at which programs of uni
form character will he arranged
fnr the wrikr trooo mBriois-
GA. CRACKER TOR
OCTOBER IS OUT
Hodgson Leadmg Arti
cles. Good Cartoons and
Much Humorous Matter.
The October" of “Georgia-Au
burn" Issue of the Georgia Crnck-
«r, University of Georgia humor
ous publication Is Ju«t off the press
and ha* been pul on ante at the
news stand, of the city.
The publication, so far aa eon-
tents and physical appearance i
concerned, .l*». UIU change from
Issues of previous reareTbe »«r
Jorlty .of the apace la devoted to
. . ..... mmrf htimnrmii mat-
jokes, cartoon#, and humoroua mat*
An arUcIO on *■•«••**
ry Hodgson is, p^apa *•>"*
rut article carried. In an
It Is explained that Uitsl* the Oral
(Tutu to Page Three)
HAT WRITE SLAIIE
Tl
(Bv Associated Pre**.)
BRUSSELS.—Discovery of a vast
white stave entsrprise. _ through
which more than five hundred girls
are reported to have been ship
ped to the United States, has led
... increased vigilance of the
FORI
FLY FAST AS SENATE
OF 00V. WALTON
First Photo of Recent Food Riots
lit
m
Announced |Lack 01 Contidence Of
People May Spell Doom
Of Movement; Socialist
' Demand Sent Stresemann
(By Associated Press.)
COBLENZ.—Unless there is'some indiaction soon
that efforts to establish an independent Rhineland
State have the support of the general population, the
j present Separatist movement may dissolve of itself
within a few weeks, it was stated Thursday in offi
cial circles, which arc closely in touch with all devel
opments, several proposals for compromise already ‘
having been advanced, it is understood.
There are many representative
British Golfer
Likes U. S-; To
Be Naturalized
(By Associated Press).
LOS ANGELES.—Willie I. Iiunt-
j er. former British amateur golf
on the
Koenigstrasse.
(By Associated Press.)
OKLAHOMA CITY—With the or.
ralgnmcnt of Governor Walton for
trial before a senate court of Im
peachment here for alleged malfe
nuance In office. Impending, brib
ery charges were made against
several members of the state sen
ate In connection with the trial.
Thrown Into an* uproar'Just be
fore adjournment late Thursday
by an article said to have been j
published Wednesday by The Mus.,
kogee Times Democrat charging J
that $10,000 bribes had been offer-j
ed memberi of the court for their 5
votes In the governor’s trial, (he*,
upper house Immediately ordered.
Xropt “."Vprert'Tore Z\ (By Associated Press.)
senate and explain the nllcgn-j
tlons. Tho editor also was direct-, . L -jx.l _jx. ISy„
Fd to bring the reporter responelbtr.A nospiIEI sue near osiv
for tho story. lermore, Calif., for which
b.”J STSSS'm aCrd *“v?: was paid $19,257 was
dence obtained by Its staff ropre
This photo”shows prisoners being taken by *Green police in Berlin, following riots of the unemployed
he 16th of October. Many were injured in the riots which broke out near Berlin city hall in
champion, has filed naturalization
papers here. He explained that he
liked this country and wanted
nothing more than to become a
citizen of it. Hunter's home was
formerly In England.
TO
citizens who favor an automony
but they will have nothing to do
vt'th the present on the grounds
that the leaders of the movement
are not representative officials or
(•u.Hines* men and lack the coatt-*
dence of the people.
Latest Expose In Investigation Of
Veterctns 3 Bureau c Bares Big Graft
In Selectio#: of Hospital Locations
ny Associates rress.^ —. . , . -
WASHINGTON.-Big Crowd to
Columbus Game
sentstlve hers through the ues of
a secret telephone device.
The nrwspaper men (ire to he
questioned by the senate a few
hours before the governor's trial
I, scheduled to open, •
With 52 charge* constituting the
bill of Impeachment ngnlnet him,
the executive Is expected first to
file his answer and then enter n
forms) plea to the chargee. Imme
diately afterward hie attorneys. It
le predicted, will lodge a demurrer
to the ’general Indictment and in
event Uile le denied, will apply fol
a brief continuance.
The taking of testimony 1* not
egpected to begin before Monday of
next week.
paid
sold to the government at
$105,000, it was" brought
out here late Wednesday
before the senate com'
mittee
Veteran’s Bureau. Lucius
B. Johnson was the owner
of the property that sold
at such a profit to the
government.
Other disclosures were:
Charles F. Cramer, former gen
I New Organization
I Signs Itself “Que
| Que Que”—Mystery
The largest number of students
ever to make the trip to Columbus
for a Georgia-Auburn game will
ko from Athene. Wednesday aft«r-
noon when the student tlrkete
were placed on sale every available
investigating the J ticket eent here for the Georgia
- students was rold end more had to
be Ordered.
The special train! out of Athene
will be crowded while dozens of
tho .bfcya will employ other means
of transportation, namely autos,
| sole leather and "side door pull-
mans'*.
j It* le predicted that more than
fra! counsel of the veterans’ lu- a thousand .people will bo In at-
reau, who committed suicide here’tendance from* Athens, counting
last* March after hi# resignation, the students,
had reported to Charles R. Forbes *
then*, director, that an option on;
the property at $150,090 had been
obtained and had strongly urged th*
purchase at that price.
of-
’wiiaW.
nesday night took at least three
resident, of Tsmpa to tho out
skirts of the city, whipped them
and left them wounded and bieca-
i'nx to make their way back to the
city, accorddlng to reports mado to
the chief of police Thursday morn
ing.
Leo Isaacs, restaurant proprie
tor (a under tho care of a doctor
as a result of the lsshlng lie re
celved. Enriaue Ross, head waiter
of the Spanish Cafe, and Andrei*
Williams. negro restaurant pro,
prietor were the other two victim*.
All three rcciVved warnings thst
were dried "Quo Que Que."
(By Asseeleted Preee.)
JACKSON. Mlse.—The plxnt of
tho Enochs Lumber Company, one
to an Increased v-gllance 01 iu. I ln this stfte. The
American Immigration oHIcfa . 1(f Ic# pUnt >n(1 . , c ore 0 f
whose repreaentaUvea in Antwerp, -J^rii hulIdln „ wore Hr,.
Belgian police •tated. h « ' nre of undetermined nri-
Belgian nr i nc i oi i (roved by nre of unoetem
lie proof of the attain A prmcrom | - , Thuredar
Im the plot, named Brown, nw a ..tim.ie,
The comptroller general'*
flee over She, protest of Frank T.
Hines, director of the bureau paid
$30,000 last October 9 to Mathew
O’Brlen, a San Francisco architect,
for altering plane for the Lfvermore
hospital, which never have
gsed. This increased total pay-,
tnents to O'Brien to approximately
$97,000.
The income tax returns road in-,
to the record was a Joint one ofj
I.J.I
START
WORK DEVELOP!
MUSCLE SHOALS TO
GREATER CAPACITY
Athens Klwanians will enjoy a
Halloween party at tho Hotel
Georgian Thursday njght, begin
ning at 8 o'clock.
iTlzos will be offered for th*"
best costume and already consid
erable interest In costumes has
been shown. (Iialrmun Walter
Hodgson's committee has. arranged
a program of entertainment that
will be thoroughly enjoyed.
As It is in celebration of Hal
loween tho spooky-ooky doings
w 11 be '11 evil,elite and the party
promises to be ono of the best
over given by the Klwanians. It
Is ladles night and all
lanesses will be present.
SEVEN
HOUR8 CAUCUS
BERLIN'.—Folloigrng aeven hours
well filled with fighting, of party 1
caucus, the United Socialist dele*
Ration of the Relscht&g Wednesday
night drafted a program of da*
munds upon the acceptance of
which depends Its further member
ship in the preaent coalition gov- v
ernment.
While an ultimatum of twenty-
four hours is suggested In the na
ture of the demands to Chancellor
Sln'Hpmann IaiiIsm KxilTaws (hat
Stresemann, leaden believe that
the tone of it* contents is wholly'
dictated by tho desire of the)*
party’s moderate leaden _
proase the radical element wl
has been trying to stampede
party into separating from
coalition.
The socialist ministers,
nmnn, Radbnuch and Bcbi
whose withdrawal from the
was under advisement at W<
day’s caucus. Informed thoir
rades that the government action
against Saxony had not been tefers *j
red to the cabinet, but Was dater-
mined and put Into execution by
the federal governments' military
commander i'n Dresden, Qenerel
Von Mueller, and the roleh com-
mlHsloner, Dr. Heinse.
The party’s moderate wing •*£-■
ceeded in winning over the radi
cal majority to support of the antl-
secession sentiment In view of the
general Internal relation and the
Klwan- fLrlher f * ct new
SEVENTY-FIVE ARE
I government reQulred aid 1
lln, which would not be forthcom
ing If the aoclalleta were out of the '
: government.
noon at 1 o’clock after an Illness
of nine months.
Mr. Suddeth is survived by h!s
widow, Mrs. Nancy Suddeth and
two aona. Mean*!. J. B. and A. D.
Fuddeth. He had lived near
Tuckston for the Uat twenty-four
own wirvev. 11 — v _
auctions from the groea profit of
Johnson and his wife on the opera
tions of their ranch near Livermore
out of which the hospital site haa
been carved. It showed theee de-
. J5,7!•.€*., •hjeb
salt to the government: Improve
ments, $26,674.52; selling expenses,
$$3,273.1$. ranch operating expens
es. $14,805.95, and depreciation,
$10,802.52, leaving a not profit of
$!$<£$.
Johnson testified that In October
112$, he bought 4$$ acres of land
near Livermore from the
Blanca Pine company for $35,000
nnd that one year later he gave
Thomas O'Day. a Ban Francisco
Mr. J. M. Suddeth. aged 72. died
WASHINGTON—Secretary . of
War Weeka Wednesday r
mended that the Director of
Budget approve an estimate fo- an
approplatlon of $2,000,000 for Mua*
eje Shoals, the money to ro to<
wards. Improving the property in
such a way that the capacity of the
dam In power units will be doup
led.
A small army of engineers have
already gone to work o\ the pre<
paring specifications for the eight
unit Inrtallation.
Army engineers believe that the
$2,000,000 appropriation
mended by Mr. Weeks, and which
Is supplemental to the approprta
tlons already provided by congress
at his home near Tuckston In f or the completion of the dam on a
Clarke county Wednesday • after- four power-unit plan, will be suf
“ion at 1 1
submitted to congrera the offer of
pnrrhae* .and lease of the Muacle
Shoals properties made by Henry
Ford, he recommended that regard
less of the action taken by con-
made on the 1 Funeral services were conducted J ores* on the Ford proposal, the
Ynurrdfiy mfimrmWi -t 2:25. WftW s?HAi»d *»• rtmvlmimd as
flclcnt to mret the toUl costa of
the additions!, four units.
At the time Secretary Week*
from th# WlnUrvillo Baptist church. was Intended when the war-time
of which Mr. Buddeth had been e development of water power and
member since young manhood. R$v. nitrate at Muacle Shoals was
W. M. -Colic, pastor of the church. - started.
preached thg funeral sermon. In-1 mm
ferment was Ih Wlntervllte ceme-' nijiu-. •
tery with Bernstein Brothers, fun-1 YOlinj? otnDUIiJ? lu
eral home In charge. Pallbearers. Vaw York tO Talk
were selected from the membership*
of Williams Lodge of Odd Fellows
Over Future Fights
£T5£ <3hr.«on w Girl. “Collect”
acres *t and Ut,r sxccnt-
ed another option under which ho
was to have received $77,iee net.
O’Day aouaht to sell to tho kov-
crnm.nl, but uniucccssful and
his option expired.
in roe P'“” ■ —, h . The loss was estlmnted
from Germany when the trarnc ^ |ljWiUW ,.
COTTON BETTER
THAN EXPECTED
LYONS. Oa.—Although smaller
than last year's crop, the cotton
crop of Toombs county will t>*
larger than first e*p*< ted. At
first It was thought that the corp
Mould !*••'*»» the BOO0 bale mark
ore ! hut'Indications now point llmt lhl»
J mark will l>. wi»»lly .orpnssed
(By Anoclatsd Prtta)
K—Tounc StrlbllOff,
ww NEW tork-Tou
ror ua. Dana o»nia !»>• PU cmst
• match with .hnmplon Mike Mc-
—— ilsuc *1 Columbus esusod such a
nA...« „r neeiir nirls are tuntlnn controrersy. esme to Now York
ihrelinlentsUnd clttien. of Athens Th.S5 In
Thursday or the benefit of the from to*nk O» 0 ™“*„
h«nd fluid. It I* customary 10 . *^5!!,.,5.omra^ by
ecn.I the Georotn band to Columbur . ™ ”
In n i av fa- ,h. dor and several hi. father. The youns boxer,
hundred dollar. I. needed for that whore youth brr* hlm^from a bout
purpo.e. The srlrln 'tore wnrklne lonqer than fl
hard for the prlxe. offeree nnd the hie
ulr ..|.e..e.: ulth pant*-,
hy the lein.l It.elf.
AH HIGH FACES!
El
BATTLI
• (By Associated Proas)
OHUNliu, W. V.i • - At ”i thin
seventy five pasreng*rs were In
jured, four o (them variously, when
a B. A O. local, running from
Clarksburg to IUrhmond derailed
near th!s«rity Thursday morning.
Two coaches crowded with pas
sengers Jumped the tracks and
rolled forty feet Into a field wherr
they came to a atop, upside down
The Injurod were brought to
hotel here and-an emergency hos
pital waa aet up there. Doctors
and nurses from nearby towns
were summoned and relief work
was immediately begun.
A number of the women suffer
ed broken bones and other Injuries
while one small boy was very se
riously hurt* # *
Practically every passenger Id
both coaches suffered some Injuries
MIAMI.—-Julian Brain, a promin
ent bond broker of Hartford - . Conn.,
w*a arrested and held here Wed
nesday, on a charge of connection
county jaT here and appeared
be reljevcd when Informed T
husband had been
also Is facing a charge of i
in connection with the <
and Eddie Brain, brothers of t
lian, are being held on chargM •
bfeng accessories before the 1
Lee was shot to death as he i
tered the roadhouse
to Investigate
which h(s brother! had 1
gaged with the Brain
I Julian Brain was not enj
county and is oeing neiu rouuu*-i th u
munlcado. His attorney! declined
to comment on the case.
Sheriff Louis A. Allen, who made
the an eat, declined to reveal where
Drain Is being held. Rrnln's wife
{• in the hospital ward <
with the murder of Raymond Lee
at Hillcrest Inn, a roadhouse near
this city.
He was placed In Jail In another
county and Is being held I’ncom*
A crippled Athens High elevta
will face a fast, accurate pa eat
team here Friday afternoon, wh
th** Elberton HJgh School arrives
for Its annual battle with the lo
cals.
The local team Is badly crtp£
several of the stars being on
casualty list and the game,
at first seemed to be almost marfc-^
ed up on the won aide of th# !
rooa ledger, is now in doubt anS \
to win, thelocals will be forced i
put forth every single trick In I
bag to be returned the wlnne
The Elbfrton team »!s comp
mainly of lightweights, but
are fast and can fling i
IIko it waa a baseball. Elberton dm
pends greatly on It's forward \_
ing game, and It Is through
agency that the visitors will i
victory.
The game will start
th’rty.
that
Sunday
disturbance
about
tered the room i
Raymond Lee entered.
Ing Raymond Lee 3
tack him Brain la
having fired a shotgun. ;
almost instantly.
