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ATF.ENS COTTON:
MIDDLING tt 1-1<3
ntEVIOCS CLOSE 33c
THE WEATHER:
Georgia: Fair Sunday and Mon
day. Warmer.
ATHENS. GA„ SUNDAY, NOVEMBEB IS. "21.
A. B. C. Paper.
Single Copica 2 Cantu Daily. I Centa Sunday.
Ten Thousand People Throng Athens Sat For (( Unvversity
Home Coming” Festivities And Merchants Trade Campaign
A Comedown
EX-GROWN PRINCE 60ES BACK TO GERMANV
; ALLIED COUNCIL SENDS NOTE
PROTESTING ID Ml HIS EXPULSION
Says
France and Italy
Have Made “Waste Pa
per of Treaty of Ver
sailles.”
Great Britain
Still Hopeful
(By Aeeciatcd Pre»«.)
AMSTERDAM.—The Dutch fov-•
ernmem offlc'ally announced Sat- jflf/ KeachinP KaSlS
urudy that former Crown Prince. 5
Frederick William of Germany
t OENi VON^LUDENDORFF
(icneral Von Ludendorffp one of
the chief cogs in the machinery
'waith Which the former Kaiser
tried to "civiHxe" the world. Lu-
.lendorff -was arretted Friday for
taking part ,in the new revolution
in Germany. Me promised to be
1 was freed.
For Reparations
Conference.
jrojd in the future and
OF
SENT AMERICA’S AID
TO EUROPE. CAPTAI
“The spirit of freedom
led America to send her
croased the German frontier early!
Saturday morning en route to Oels..
Upper Silesia. It waa said that the
ex-prince Intends to go to his es
tate there which he recently ex
pressed a detf're to retire.
An account of the departure of j
Wfllam In t£e Exchange Tele-j
graph said that he left the Island ,
of Wlerlngen at 4:30 o’clock Sat-1
urday morning .Two big motor,,
cars awaited him In the village of
Ewijckslul*. on the mainland. j
The former Crown Prince en
tered the first car, accompanied
by the Burgomaster of Wlc-.fngen.j
while lib lu-KJgc was loaded Into
the second. Both cars drove off at J
just about davureaW.
Before leaving W*icriu;en, Fred- {
o f c* Alillam nadrexcerl i loiter
. to the population expresalng his
regret at bWng unable to say good- ■
I bye to them -and expresalng his j
'gratitude to friends he .has made
since he was exiled from Oennany j
It is considered here that the Britain's bill for hsr war davan-
Dutcli government had no- right to era to France ia foraaarn by polit-
detain him In Holland, that hit leal observers aa one of the prob-
hquit.mlegal and .But'able results of the collapse of the
• Holland in any plan to examine
parity to pay.
(By Aaooclated press.)
BRUS8EL8.— The apparent
failure of the allied negotia
tions for a reparations con
ference le regarded In oppo
sition quarters as certain to
•pell doom of the Theunis
cabinet before the ordinary
sessions of ths Chamber of
Deputies which opans next
Tuesday ie adjourned. Grave
dlstesalona, }n the cabinet are
reported, tome of the ministers
favoring open adoption of the
British view point and con
tinuing their efforts to obtain
conceasiora from France that
will maka the conference
possible.
"W
May Judge Holland Un
safe As Retreat For Ex-
Kaiser and Remove For
mer War Lord.
First Award
Prizes Made
WASHINGTON — V oodrow Wil
son, addressing the American peo- 1
pie directly Saturday night for the *?• m , r* i
drat time since ho left the white f* IV© 1 WCIlty Dol"
lar Gold Pieces
Given Away
house declared America’s attitude
after the world war waa "deeply
Ignoble, cowardly and dishonora
ble."
FTance and Italy, Mr. Wilson
also declared, in a discussion of
world affairs, have made ’Vast'
paper of the treaty of Versailles."
The former president sr«'d the
only way In which the United m „„ th
Siite. could .how It, true appro-; "l"*
dufinn nt I The nxnrding of
Acclaimed Most Eventful
Day In Athens in Years;
Crowd Enjoys Program
He’s Boss Now
Another successful buslnee* day
wa* recorded by Athens merchants
yesterday as u result of the trade
nwnrdtng of five 4 twenty J
dollar gold pieces at noon in front
clitlon of the ulgnlflcance of Arm.
nltl'co Day wa, by resolving to
mutate an act Upon the tlghe’,1 '
'deni. of international policy " , tcla ' b “ n, ”‘
Mr. Wilson spoke exactly five (rtl
minutes into a radio Instrument
at his home here and his me*
sige was broadcast to every see- SALES
t'oa of the country
brought hundreds to the city and
announced by
lerchant* filled the stores
early morning until night.
LARGE
armies to France.
“I deny the oft-repeat
ed charge that self-inter
est or selfishness was the
moving spirit in America’s
actions. If some base and
sordid motive prompted
our government to de
clare war on Germany
and hpr' hasociates, then
every volunteer in the
millitary and naval forces
of our country and every
mother who offered her
son to the cause, were the
objects of the greatest
fraud ever perpetuated in
the history of nations.”
PARIS
U will not Involve
diplomatic conflict.
Germahy’a
Captain W. S. Coburn (above)
who was attorney for the Sim
mons faction of the Klan, and
who was killed in Atlanta. Ar
tist’s sketch at the bottom shows
Phil Fox, editor bf the Klan
“Nighthawk.” who fire<V-the fatal
shots. ■ ' , “
RAISE OVER SSOO
V Merchant* report large role* and
the remit* were acclaimed t(ery
satisfactory.
ConnitH rable Interest w«« shown
In the awarding of the fist In
gold, two to person* holding
lucky coupon* within the city lim
it* and three without.
|, A large crowd asrembled at the
WAS GRANTED
PERMISSION
Later In the dny. It waa official
ly stated that both the Dutch and
German governments had granted
Frederick William permission to
return to Germany.
In the meantime. It wa* rrpo.i-
<mI thatthe entente nllle* will In
slat vfioroualy that Berlin expel!
the foi mer crow price from Ger
man territory. France nnd Ger
many have exchanged vlwea dur
ing the past few daya on this
subject and It la stated that the
two countries ave In entire ac
cord regarding it.
uwuy at the mim r pot'next Hatur-
Athens Refloonds to Ap- y nnrt the** holding coupon* *rc
Thu* spoke Captain Robert L
Troutmaa, a soldier In the world
war, at the' public obsarVance of
Armistice Day here yesterday
noon. Captain Trnutmap. a Unl-
' orally alumnus, is a son of the
Rev. and Mra. M. L. Troutman, the
former now dead and the latter a
rcHldnnt of Athens. He la a brother
of Mrs. R. ter Wilson of Athens,
captain Troutman delivered
CALLS IN POLICE TO
STOP 10TLEC6INC’
The Reparations Commission,
which will meet next Tuesday,
now will have to decide the ques
tion as to whether Germany shall
be hcatd. according to her request,
on her ability to pay the repara
tions.
The French Superior Council of
National Defense, which includes
Marshall Foch and nlf the other
high military authorities met Sat*
uiday afternoon at the Palace of
the Elysees, under the presidency
of President Millerand.
A report from T.ondon says that
although press reports from Wash
ington regarding the prospect of
reparation inquiry, conducted
within « limited scope of the
French proposal ore by no means
sanguine. British official circles
do not consider that the time has
yet arrived to abandon hope* of
a.-i Allied Conference which will
include America.
SPECIAL SERVICE
Special Armistice Day Ser
vice* will be conducted at the
FI rat Rnptlat church tonight.
Dr. J.' i*. Wilkinson will apeak
and an Attractive music pro-
gram under the direction of
Hugh L. Hodgson ha* been *r-
unged. Meat,* will be reserved
for ex-service men, *nd the
American Legion Auxiliary.
peal By Buying $522.88
Wi ie - -
r orth of Forget-Me-
Nots Yesterday.
urged to be here and l»e given the
importunity to share In the nwnrd
TOTAL PRIZES
i A total of 92800' in prise* will he
_ ’ ~ < given away during the campaign
Hale of forget-me-not* In : with two Ford four-door sedans as
Athene • yei terday resulted lni| h * major prise*. one to someone
raising a fund of 1*10.88 for the j Hying in Athens and the other out-
old of the disabled veteran* of the f H 'rte the city limit*.
The .trade month campaign will
continue through December 8, ai*d
coupore received on the first day
will be good all the way through
The city was filled' with visitor*,
probably 10,000 In all. Some were
hero for fun-maklug, others went
here bent on taking advantage of
tho remarkable bargnfn* at Ath
ens’ shops, while hundreds wers
here for both. There was something
doing nearly every hour and along
about noon lots of things happen
ed at tho same time.
Eight team* of women and girls
sold' ths .flowrrs under leadership
of Mrs. A. 8. Parker, general
man.
The tennis and amount
follow: ‘ Mrs. Horace Holdin
Founding on Ctaytorv street a
person could see crowds gathered
at half a doxen different places.
At the city hall a group of manly
young Americans, wearing the
khaki scarf and uniform of the
Boy Scouts wan taking part In a
field-day program, three hundred
of them from various northeast ’
Georg'-a counties. On the side
walks in front of Costa’s and the
Palm Garden danced happy-heart
ed sub-debs, some selling forget-
me-nots. other clinging to the arms
v>. ii«iwn, t4icui.ci.uiu uvvemui | of dapper undergraduates. Many
Martin Edward Trapp ia piloting, an "old grad,” not too old to flirt
Pending outcome of impeach
ment charges against Governor J.
WM Walton, I4«utanant Governor
I air-
!»ed
Man Arrested On
I I..... I Home. Holrt.n 1 .
Liquor Law Lnarge ln , m ,,,.47; m™. n. o. i-wi.i.v,
Howard Harper, a whit, nian,jt Mm , ussi Mia. W. \v. rmt'
waa arrr-dMl ytaterday afternoon I "am, ,74 47. Mr. W. H. Adlforil'i
by Policemen Wood and Cornell-' (Mm |14.,7: Mr«. Sol. J. Rotay'i
•on on College avenue and la
char,,d with viola tin* tha prahlbl.
lion law. Pour pint, of whlikey
tho ship of itttc for Oklahoma.
And If Walton I* dismissed Trapp
will succeed him.
wtr, round
Inied.
hla person. It Is
iicrt ad if roan from the platform of
We fihaikleford-Hodcson building .
(Dy Associated I’rcaa.
WASHINGTON- — Washlnitton;
police were aikrd by the TrensuiTr
Dcpartmert to break up the gain-
irln* of bootleuiters in the *ov-
emment bulldin* on Pennsylvania
Avenue, one block from tho office
of Secretary Mellon and
blocks from the White
two I
House,
- , Police officials were told by the
•he comnr of Cleyton * rw'1 Treasury Departme.it that an all
m.1 Cnllpte-avouue . night lunch room wan beln* used as!
It waa America s duty to send ^ndeavous for numerous btaA-
Her armies to fnreSan lands to The building is leased to
moke Ite world safe for democ-. bv the Treaaury.
racy. Por these principles we w mt, a „ er ted that the bool
•o »ar. left upon the Moody field" |,. ce rs made free use of the tclf-
nf Handera thuosands of Amcr- l ohonM |„ the esublishment to
Han boys and brought home thou- orders and that they had a
.anda of others helpless and j,uvery system worked out which
(Turn to Page Faur)
hld bSom. efficient to the high
est degree. The restaurant '«
leased to private operators,
1, after
Socn afterward, police
(Bir Associated Press.)
BERLIN.—In n note to the Al
lied Council of Ambassadors Sat
urday, Germany requested the al
lies to postpone the resumption
and extension of military control
by a commission of allied offlcere.
While declining to guarantee
the safety of the commission un
der the present circumstances, the
German government aasurea the
council that Germany doss• not in
>n the bootlegging
estaDiisnmeme, the retail dealers
receiving the major »tt» n t' on -
By four o'rlnck Saturday after
noon the raiders had arrested 71
rsons and confiscated several
team
and maks the possessor Higible to
*hur»* In th» prise award.
Those awardfd 920 gold pltcrs
their addresses, and the stors where
the tlck*t was given follow:
, Mi** Kdlth Rrlghtwell. 210 Un!-
vmlty Drive.' Michael'".
Watson, Wlntervill* Road
ARMISTICE DAY MESSAGE
Kara, 887.98: J. L. Sexton _
8113.89: Lucy Cobb team. 912.80; I Patrick'* Pharmacy.
Bute Normal tenm, IM S,. To.j Mr.) II. L Callaway. Lexington
tal -lit,.11. j oa.. Mlchnil'e.
Clifford McLeroy bought ' )he Miss Mildred Howell. Athens,
large bouquet of forget-me-not* Michael'*.
st tho public observance of Armls. | Mr., r. V. Malcom. Bogarl. Of.
Hardy Hardware Company.
• BY JOHN R. QUINN
National Commander, American Legion *
Written Especially for Banner-Herald and NBA Semite.
F IVE year* ago the war ended—officially. However, it baa not
really ended, nor can It end until the principles for which pur
soldiers fought have been fulfilled to the utmost.
It ie fitting that on this day we should rededlcato ourselves to
'•carrying on" by solemn declaration within our own consciences.
To do your part today In thla re-pledging to prin
ciple, pause for a moment and-recall the princi
ples for -which our men went willing to the chance
of death—many to die.
You remember the phriee on tbelr lipe and in
Ml ... ...
thalr hearu: •‘a war to end war.” Yet wan are
daughter, .a-d the-tons and d:
brothers ndxht be spared a like 1
come. Yet today there ia no g
Hundred gallons of whiskey. Thrte
fights were reported during the'
raiding process.
Failure of Big
Cotton Firm Is i
Announced Sat.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS—The failure
of the important spot cotton finn
of W. J. Davis and Company,
which maintains offices here and
simply
Exchange floor.
not ended. They went beyond the eeae Into a hell
of death and destruction, that their eons and
and daughters of their
horror in time to
today there ia no guaranty, ho cer-
,_inty that another war will not be forced upon
this nation, or anv nrtion. at aonre future time.
The American Legion pledged itself at its lait
annual convention to strive unceasingly for peace.
This does not mean that we have Joined the ranks
•of this so-railed pacifists of war-time memory.
Ter from it. As long as cor.ditfons may make
war necessary tc protect our aation from sggre,-
■ior, wi „.,)>■ .a.*„r., a.- stand ready, nay, snsiaas, t*. •»!*»—«1
to arms. But we strive toward an era when our nation and all na
tions may live end fulfill their destinies without injustice, oppres
sion or the necessity to protect themselves from ouch by force,
jhe Amen-an Legion pledged itself to no one plan to end war.
QUINN
Neither does it ask that you do so. It is a question upon which
opinions differ; each must act according to his belieL
But we do ask that you, upon this / rmistice. Day, take soDmn
resolve that you will leave no act undone or word unsaid that may
advance, even in the smallest degree, the era of perpetual peace.
You may not have the opportunity of apeaking from a platform,
but this docs not excuse you. If you have one neighbor, one friend,
whom you can convert to the cause of peace and fail to do so, then
you have not kept faith with those who -sleep in Planders Fields."
There is an organisation, international, of fighting man of the
allied armies. Thia organisation has declared that, once brothers
in arms, they are today brothers in pence. Nearly every nation
which stood elds by aide in the World War ia represented Here is
a nucleus. But the nucleus is not sufficient in Iteelf. '.t requires
the active help of world opinion. When the demand for perpetual
peace is made THE business, THE Aost urgent demand of every
man, woman and child, than will lasting peace come.
I ask NOW that you solemnly enlist in thla greatest cause of all
time, the ending of war. Thus, and thus only, can you keep faith
with those who kept faith with you in .he time of your greatest
need.
lice Ddy here yeslerduy. Mr. Mr-
Ktroy'e bid was 110 (nr the bou-
ou«t and the hiaheat bidder sot,ear if wg if l
the flower. The money will go [ W611 ildnClICu
with the remainder raised by eat.
but too much married. looked
askance at the young and tbelr ap
parently silly manueverin*.
of forget-me-nots for the dlenhled
veteran* of ihe world war.
And Orderly,
COUNTY FAIR TO
Tuesday Will Be “School
Day.” Miller Shows Will
Arrive Sunday Night
Proceeds to Orphans.
The Clarke county fair and odd
Fellow* Festival op*h* Monday
mornlna at It o'clock at the same
;’ace the fair wit* held last year
•A hand concert and parade will
feature opening of the fair, it Is
announced. The exhlbltr* will be
held In the Dntler bulklln:; where
they, were held last year. The ex
hibits will include- product* of the
various community clubs, hoys'
and girl*’ pi« ami corn clubs and
commercial exhibits.
Tuesday will be "School Day” at
the fair and nil of the whowN in
tho county will bo closed for th*
xfrclse* to take place at the fair 1
ATLANTA—Prosecuting offlcl-
;als at a conference Saturday rot
• December 12 as the date for the
trial of Philip K. Fox.i Ku Klux
Klan publicity chief who shot and
W _ _ PuavgivJ k| l ,e d We- 8. qohurn. Klan attor
CL 5 VlOWa ney in the letter’s office last Mon
day.
Fox war Indicted the following
day for murder and will face (rial
for hla Ilf* on Deccmlnr 12. Fox
was back In his cell In Fulton
tower Saturday night after a visit
to the Jail hospital where he was
pronounced “too nervous to be ex
amined a* to his mental condition."
Mr*. Fox, who has handled her
husband's case thus faf was re
ported III at her home after coun
cil to defend Fqx was arranged.
Defenre counsel Include Former
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey and
Frank A. Hooper, Hr* both mem
bers of tyro prominent law firms
here.
and a parade. It is announced.
The .Miller Brother* show* will
arrive Sunday Rfaht and be ready
for the public to vbw their at
traction* Monday. The / idiow*
ere said to be better th4u ever
and will be on* of the feature* »t
the fair and carnival.
The proceeds from the f-ativnl
after fair exp«R*e* are paid will
be sent to the Odd Fellow* Or
phans home- In Griffin.
COVELL CONVICTED
J OQUIKLLK. Ore—Irthur C’o-
VtU, crippled astrologer woe
fo«tn gn*lty by • Jnry In the. cir
cuit court here Saturday night of
murder In tfce first degree.
The crowd that atfended
the Uporgta-Vfrglnia football
gam** here Saturday was one
ot the most orderly nnd well
hardiest ever assembled In Ath
ens. There was scarcely any
evidence of drinking and prac
tically tin drunks. -The big
crowd wa* well In the seats
before the game began and the
tudent manager* handled It
like veterans
The police department coop-
’ cruftd with nearly Its entire
force, dlreetfd the-parking of
cars, the running of traffic and
imt rolled the park. The field
wa* kept entirely free of spec
tators nnd not even a friendly
fixht marred the day.
Hundreds of old Georgtfr
arad* were back while doten*
Ilf I h re nirewUfe ref the “»?**
club nccupled seat* In a special
section.’ The weather was ideal
und the rivalry between the
two mrtingent* wa* keen but
entirely void of anything that
rniiu-ked of unsportsmanship.
It wa* a revelation to Geor
gia supporters to see the Red
and Black executing the shift
play that played havoc with
rh- visitors’ defense and this
game certainly disputes any
‘•*ea that Georgia teams lack
the punrh in the plnrhes to put'
over the winning touchdown.
G«orgis hit her stride In ths
last half and wa* untoppable.
Virginia dropped her guatd
when she juggled a punt and
when she failed to kick on thv
fourth down and on each occa
sion the Red and Black rushed
the advantage to score* and
since it was homecoming the
game ended as It should—
13 to e for the home ttaig
which was Georgia,
Speakers For
Patriotism Day
In front of the Hodgson-Shack
leford bidding stood a lsrga and
respectful group of men sod wo
men. boys and girls, llsteig'ng to a
dashing ex-soldler ,a former cap-
ta’n. as he told or the spirit that
moved America in the days of ths
war end appealed to his hearers to
forever raver the memory of throw
who died to free the world from
autocracy.
Further down College avenue
stood another group, most of them
clinging to a handful of coupons
as stubs bearing similar numbers
to those held by the crowd wore
drawn from a box. Several t/meo
the hand of the drawer went Into
the box and five times he held a
number similar to ihgt held br
someone In the crowd, giving each
of the five a sparkling twenty dol-
Itr gold piece—the first of the
92500 prizes to bo given away cur
ing Athena’ Trade Month ubteh
ends December 4.
Yesterday was a day made e*-
peu'ally for what was to happen la
Ali en*. Not a cloud hung In tha
skim to mar the plrasmu of the
visiting throng. The a*r. * bit
nipplsh. was full of wine, even
though hip pockets were Dlsmuke-
awed. The program began really
Friday night with the dance. *tu-
(Turn to Pag* F-our)
BY DAN MAGILL
Yesterday wa sonc of Athens’ most eventful days
and perhaps the most successful of the University’s
"Homecoming” celebrations.
Like being at a three-ring circus, it was impossi
ble to watch everything happening on the program.
The "Homo Coming" festivetiea
would have enlivened tho citr
i noufih but added to that program
was th»* public observance Of
Armistice Day. special sales by
merchants and awarding of fivy
twenty dollar gold plecea to lucky
holders of coupons, parade of the
University R. O. T. C.. "O" club
meeting, buffet luncheon at Don-
i mark hall for visitors and legis-
J lators. Scout field day, foOtbkll
game. Lasses White's minstrels
omf then a dance.
All iitan* In regard t«» tin- |i*trfotli
Day Monday tie be ubirrvpt by the
Am whim Legion In 'the school*
Clarki Pnuntv and tlir rity «f Athens t
-4 *nvn ro* t*nur and the *ima^w«|
announced., A list of school* and the
**l*ctlvc Mprsker*:
College Svenne. \V. L Krwio.
(,’hiid Mint. Dr. Jo*. 8. Stewart.
Chaw Street W. K. Meadow.
Oconee Street Carl Crowley
narrow School, H. II. West.
Wfr.tcrvillc Hrhosl Fleetwood Lanlet
Tucket on School. F. O. Miller.
Edwards Mschool. A. T. Lavle.
Belmont Pchool. Charlie Dyar.
CeMewitte Hritnol A. I Almand.
Whitehall School A. O Lunaway.
Princeton School J. H. Chafln.
Hinton-Brown School. R, L. Keener
Fowler’s Octgol. Ms). Burch.
Lampkln School. T. M Fowler
Barbervilte Hchcol. Jake Joel
Ctronea Hclgttw, II. JL HarrlngU
Ttw exercises will be held In
rity school* at on* o'clock and la
rural school sc eleven o'clv- k.
LAWYER SHOT. LEFT 1
TO DIE BY MIDNIGHT
Decoyed
from his home by a telephone call
from an unidentified person, Paul
J. McCarthy, prominent local at
torney and a veteran of the world
war. was shot here late Saturday
night and left to die in his mov-
-i ;Ti|e-.
The lawyer was attacked a* be
approjwhed the meeting place Git
* residential section where ke
I been summoned hy i
it a few minutes before.
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