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THE WEATHER:
Cntinued rain Wednesday. Clear
Thursday.
I VOL. 91, NO. 231
Aaaoeiated Presa Service.
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper.
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. ( Cents Send ay.
ERY SLIGHT VOTE POLLED WEDNESDAY
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igh Enthusiasm Feature Y. M. C. A. Campaign
Like A Dream
VIED RAINS
(“Athens Will Respond
With Characteristic
promptness” Chairman
Dudley Says. Workers
Meet 6 P. M. Wednesday.
Rain, which haa pourea at Inter-
InL since Tueiday morning, has
Itapened everything but the spirit
|of the buelneee men who are out
n («« 114.600 In subecrlptlons to
I the V. M. C. A. current expense
I fund. It wee evident Wedneadey.
I Following a report ot workers at
lb,tiding Taeaday at 2 o'clock at
I the luncheon at the assoetatton
I.hid, time It was announced (hat
I $0037.00 had been subscribed, the
I member* ot the twelve canvaaelng
I team?. determined to raise the
Inn,rant sought before IVIday, the
I closing day. began work again.
I The near report of workers will
Ibo made ‘ Wedneeday night at 6i
I O'clock at the aeaodatlon bolding
I when the canvassers will meet for
I rapper, served by the Ladles Aua-
I Illary. ■ i ■ . ...
A. c. Dudley, chairman of the
Irimpalgn. declared Tueedey he
DR. APPLEWHITE DISCOVERS
MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH
PHYSICAL DEFECTS, REPORTS
HEALTH OFFICER
EXAMINED'1
Pres. Conlidge,
LaFollette and
McAdoo IVin
JT
(By Associated* Press.)
PIERRE S. D.—President Calvin
Coolldge, William O. MaAdoo and
Senator LaFollette were'endoried.
as,presidential standard ; bearers
for the Republican, Democratic
and Firm-Labor rsrties jrespect-
At the age of 83 Mrs. W. G,
Mahone has the chance of becom
ing probably the richest woman ami
in the world, accordlng to reports. ( the , ute propoisl^neeUng
She is a native of Atlanta and la _ 4 gM .
said to be the rightful heir to
$200,000,000 in New York City real
estate.
Prlta winner* at the c/oae of th«
Athens Trade Month
Al - . . TueBday afternoon
rarapaigue uctwisu * — -
Knows Athen* people will respond endcd Tuesday
to the need’s of the Y. M .C: A. t ^ e award of two Ford sedsmv
in that wholehearted apVrt which * d „ avera i hundred dollais In
has characterized rfvlng to the
moclation. "Athens relalze* the
Important part the 3'. af. C. A.
Of ita
I pan In tlio upbuilding
I roans manhood,’ Mr. Dudley sold.
| -I feel certain that everybody ap-
I preached wUl, if postlble, snb-
I «C, bo to the current expense fund
in order that the efHcelncy of the
a**nciatloif may not be Impaired
The Athena Y. M. C. A. la per
hap* one of the heat equipped! and
mo,t e xpertly managed In the en-
Wo i ountay. It baa functioned In
the religious, physical and social
life of the community «o long that
It has become en institution which
cannot be allowed to suffer, bust
nr-- titen point out.
An Indication of the way Athens
hualneas men feel, toward the aa-
xoq'atton Is found in the feet that
one hundred have left business. for
the 114,500 fand, It la pointed out,
The report, by team. Tuead.y
follow:
J. W; Barnett. 10 aube, *3*0.
('. W. (.'rook, 14. *460.
A. W. Doxter; II. 3686.
T. H. Doricr, Jr.,' 0. 8t0!.
tv. ,L Erwin,- H, H»
Hugh H. Gordon. Jr.. 37. $1,330.
T P. Green. 28. 8480.80.
E. R. Hodgson. Jr.. 31. 813)30 50.
M. s. Hodgson, >1. 8388.
St. 0. iO'cbolson. 14. *307.
<. A. Rowland', 20. 8432.
Joel A. Wler.'It. *820.
Totnl suhscriptions 242
amount *6059.00.
Total
10 ICE CREAM MEN
Athenian Delivers Annual
Address At Convention
Of Southern Association
Which He Heads.
(By Associated PriM.) *
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Between
200 and 400 tee cream manufacture
'th from all over the south were
h-re today for the opaaing of a
•hree day session of the eleventh
A*sodafS£ of Ice Cream anufac-
annual conven|'on of the Southern
t'irers, according to local member*
‘‘hare* of arrangements.
Registration f' began Tu®»d*r
^o'nlng and tha mayor, Ben D.
Uric khouss waa to deliver,the wel
come address, which waa to be
respond** to by Ben JC. Brown of
New Orleans. M. J. Costa, of Ath-
*•"«. Oa. t president of the associa-
•l«n, waa scheduled to deliver hit
annual address Tueiday afternoon.
Other scheduled epeakers et the
afternoon, session Tuesday were
W. Campbell. Shreveport. La.:
"'Ill Terry. Uttla Rock. Ark.; L.
N. learned, Memphis; George A
were as follows. ..
5«rS: J WiS 1 ^
Ml.. Mamie McRee. Wetlnsvllle,
1 w“ P 0 ,< rl'tman. Madison'county,
*ioo' ii'ii.
The selections In turn were
made over Senator Hiram Johnson
and Henry Ford, who was put for
ward by both the Democrats and
the Farm-Laborites.
r cAdoo beat Font 89.018 to *.-
and tafolletta defeated him in
the FermerLeborlte vote by 31,-
991 to 7,247.
Of 1463 children exam
ined since school opened
943 have physical defects
of one kind or another, in
cluding teeth ,throat or
gland trouble, Dr. J. D.
‘'- r «•» «*>*»*»‘ Cool-
Officer Tuesday to the tufce to deliver bis flret annuel
McAdoo waa nominated by State
Chairman W. W. Howes .of Wol-
sey. who made a stirring appeal
for the Indorsement of e "progrro-
slve and enlightened democrat
with an unchallenged record for
constructive performance for the
public welfare.”
. Ford was nominated by Junes F.
Houi'ltair of Watertown, en officer
of the South Dakota *—
President club. . ,.
fected with defective heart, Fit- r-emnmend to .lt abandonrocnV-ot
Ford-for-
Seventeen out of. Come 200 dele
gates cast their votes for Ford,
who received acattefed votee from
eleven out of slxty-llve ocuntles.
Codington county, from which
Houlihan Is e proposal men and
Spink county, tho only two coun
ties which voted solidly for Ford,
cast a combined vote of 2.098.
J. W. Porterfield, Statham, 8100
W C. H. Childers. Athene 400-
Miss Neua Wilhite. Athens, «19-.
Miss Vera Johnson. Athens. 320.
Mrs. A. U. Stetson. Athens. *50.
Miss Elite Bradbc-rry, Athena,
820.
W W. Hayes. Watklnsvllle, *20.
Whltey Davis, Athens. *20. '
Mrs. Ban Thornton. Athens. *20.
W i. Kr.ex, !-yl-*ton. *20/
Mrs Grover r. Moon, Athenoitne nwjoniy prer-r—***■
... I republican presidential primary by
Awarding of the pH sea Tue.day'lthe South Dakota republican pro-
*- ... — • Httsnded bv jpoaal convention,,^ wlunnlg, CTer
thousand people despite Senator Minus' -f K..
tad w2“her ciored the bl* Iron,'., by a vote of 80479 to 27.-
trade campa'dtn which resulted In!340. Later, on*a rising ^ ol ®»^J 1 ®
over $500,000 In business befng; Indorsement waa made unanimous,
ronducted durlng November. iCoolldg. and Johnwn were
President Coolldge waa given
the majority preference for tha
BEQUEST FOR
| only names before the convention.
' Senator Arthur Capper, of Kan
WESLEY MEMORIAL isaa, waa nnsnlmously Indorsed for
ATLANTA. Oa.—Ten thousaud ‘vice president,
dollars In the will of James N.
Rent-roe, was left to the Wesely
Memorial hospital In honor of his
mother Mr|. |S«rah B. Renfroc.
Mr. Renttpe was a prominent At
lantan fog a number of years re
ceding his death. The hequett to
the hospital which Is to be l: own
as tho “Sarah E. Renfro" * ;•
ment Fund" was a small tart ot
the Renfroe estate, valued at over
Sanford Goes
To Washington
A tumult of applauee and pro
longed cheering greeted the an
nouncement of tho vote on the
presidential poll.
Senator Robert M. La Follette.
ot Wisconsin, was given tha farm
er-labor presidential endrosenient
by a vote of 21.999 igainst 7.287
for Henry Ford. Tom Ayres, chair
man of the state centra tcommlttee
won the senatorial place by a
large majority over Mark Bates,
farmer leader Is the non-partisan
league.
Dr. S. V. Banfnrd. professor ot
journalism and English at
University of neorgla also faculty
director of athletics leaves Athena
Wedneeday night for Washington.
t„ tc bo In attendanco ot the
I A A convention of which he
la the president Mueh Impo-ta't
business Is to come befor. tho body
at thia session. Dr 8anford states.
Kiwanis Elects
Officers Dec. 13
Officers of the Kiwanis club for
1924 will be elected at the meet
ing of the club Thursday. Decem
ber 13. Fleetwood Lanier, secre
tary. announces.
There will be no nominations,
the voting being done dircctlv by
each member. The officers of the
club for 1923 follow: J. W. Bar
nett, prealdent; E. E. Lamlcjn, Wee
president; Charles E. Martin, im-
r _ •* . a. —a-Uo-4. TValtae R
mediate paat president; Walter B.
Hodgson, trustee; Harvey Stovall,
treasurer; Fleetwood Lanier, sec
retary; Van Now Wler, associate
secretary. 'Board of Jiiwtoa:
FIRE CHIEF HERE
WASHINGTON—Plans were oa
foot here eariy Wednesday for the
organising of the sixty-eighth con
gress following the statement that
an agreement had born reached
Tuesday night by teadsre tn tht
Republican Insurgent and *' 4 reg
ular organizations <n the house.
Under the agreemenL Olllet, ot
Massachusetts, whose re-election
as speaer baa been blocked for
two daye by the Insurgents, Is to
be returned to ofl'ce. This would
Board of Health.
message oa Thursday.
Dr. Applewhite reported that/
616 have defective feeth; 261 de
fective throat; 70 defsetiva heart.
A total of 1453 defects were found
by the health officer in his exam
ination.
stated this is the largest number
with a disease of the heart that
he has found since assuming his
duties as county health officer
four years ago. He will begin ex
amination of county school child
ren immediately.
In each instance whefe a' child
has been found with a defect the
hedlth officer hhs notified both the
teacher and the child's parent For
instance where A child is afflicted
with a defective heart tl(e teacher
and parent are told as'well as the
child In order that the maxlmhm
of care may be taken to prevent
the child from taking violent ex
ercise which would prove harmful.
REPORT BY
SCHOOLS
The Lumpkin Street School
port follows: '
Number examined 243; number
with defects 135; teeth 93; throat
30; heart 10; underweight 85; to-
<HJ, HC"Ib IVi Ull
tal defects 202.
Chase Street School:
examined 240; physical
Factions Agree
On Gillett A?
Speaker
Announcement ot the agreement
Powers in the House
! Entire Democratic Ticket
Voted In. Broad Street
Project Project Killed by
Apathy of Voters
Weather, It Appears.
Between them these two men just about will run things in the
present eession of tho Houso of R cpresentatives Left shows Speaker
Republican floor f ( £ 1 n ( £5j M,m ' ln Nlc b ^fworth of Ohio, Just chosen
came late Tueiday night after • ;p|ju>yf Cnlnn Tn
conference between Representative EdDCrt OOIOI1 10
Longworth, of Ohio, the organise- J I ]rrra Tav Pvnmnl
Mon leader, and RepresentaMve '-' r g e * ax CiXeiDpt
Nelson, of VfsconMn; Woodruff,
of Michigan, Laguardia. of New
York. Mr. Nelson and his colles-
gues said they could not speak for
the progressive Woe. but would
the fight on Olllett.
The way for tho conference wae
pared by a statement Issued late
Tuesday by Mr. Longworth after
the house bad tad another four
rounds of futile balloting. Mr.
Longworth announced that after
due time and within a,month the
house would be given full oppor-
portunlty to adopt such rulea gov
erning Its procedure" as the ma
jority may desire.” The Insurgente
from the first of the k’Sht tad
stated that ail they wanted was
this opportunity for the huoee to
* C R'here sill remained • dlffer-
between the two groupa. bou
nties committee Could consider
vaHous changes from the members
^ n amendments by the house be-
j the adoption of any rules.
This difference waa Ironed out In
more than an hour or dlcausston.
Mr. LongwortB agreeing that the
trgenta would have freedom of
on in offering amendments to
and all of the rules as pro-
Law For Industry
Frank A. Holden of
Clarke "Has- Bill' to Ex
empt Cheese Factories
and Creameries.
BUY SEALS
Buy Christmas Seals and help
fight Tobtrculosis in Clarke
county. Three booths Tuesday
sold over $70. worth ot Se&li.
Hava you bought yours yet
encabKweentna iwofrou^uuv- tfa|l WM carrlod# The measure,
*j r l “*n. therefore, again waa placed on the
deUy In acUon uni*, arte. Kvufviar.tatirs Hsldan.
(Ily Associated I'reaa.)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Representative
Stovall, of Elbert, will attempt to
get eariy action in the Georgia
house on his metunre to exempt
from taxation for a period of sev
en years all nsw industrial enter
prises, including creameries and
chesse plants, ha stated today.
When Introduced originally, the
Stovall l>U| killed by the house, but
the following day tho author mov
ed for 10 consideration and his mo
tion was carried. The measure,
calendar. Kvpfmar.tstire Holden,
ox Clareo, also had a bill to ex
empt cheese factories and cream-
MSI teeth U0; throat 38; heart POeed by the rir.ro comns ttee.
15; total defsA. 289. jjl —»—
&e?u "lo'jFive Diphtheria
j .hrort A;! Cases Last Month
Childs Street; Number
ed 321; with physical ‘
teeth 139; Throat 67.
total number defects, 302.
College Avenue: Number exam
ined 328; with phyaicnl dafets 206; j^ ve ca ,„ of diphtheria ware re-
teth 166; throat 57; hart 13; un- to the Board of Health
derweight 111. Total- number de-l ltt Athen , |„ November. Three
fecta 324. icasro of scarlet favor were report-
Ocone. StreetiNumber exa»h.-i«4 f°or eaata ?f S
ed 247: with physical defects, 169;! forty-four esses of measles, ru
teeth 101; throat 55; heart 13;
underweight 128; total number de
fects 284.
Dr. AnpleVrhlto vaccinated 615
against smallpox and 76 against
diphtheria.
Assistant Chief Takes
McDorman’s Place Tem
porarily. Montgomery
Assistant Chief Now.
D. D. Newsome, assistant chief
of the Athena fir* department
Tuesday night was appointed act
ing chief by the Civil Service
Commission. Mr. Newsome will
McDorman, injured in line ot duty
McDorman, injured in line fo duty
at the Dupre* fire last Sunday.
Captain W. P. Montgomery eras
appointed acting assistant chief.
The fire chief reported the' follow
ing alarms were answered last
month: Four to business bouses; 6
.residences; 1 motor car; 1 grass
director*;,firs and 1 unnecessary.
9anken,’Augusta.'Oa.; Kart W I Joel A. Wler. chairman: H. J.I Chief of Police Henry W. BeusM
’•“lies. Little Rock, and L. A. istegemon. T. W. Baxter, Wm. L.J reported 87 tnfffie cases, 27 of
Corning, HamM N. C. Erwin. Dr. Jere M. Pound, An- which were for speeding. The po.
Tuesday night the -'Dixie Fly-(drew J. Cobb. A 'lice department imported $1,863.16
(Turn to Pass Five) ! J' 1 * business during the montn.
Board of Health announces (hat
diphtheria antl-tosla may bese-
cured at tha city hall office or from
county Health Office J-ttMpk-
white and Dr. Linton Gerdine nt
any time.
U. S. BIRTH CONTROL LEAGUE STATES 900
WOMEN UNDER OBSERVATION IS FRENCH
SENATOR PLEADS FOR MODE CHILDREN
ment with the Elbert county law
maker to Include the provisions in
the tatters MU.
The Stovall bill is designed to
encourage industrial enterprises
to locate in Georgia. The execu
tive council of the Country Bank
ers Association of Georgia has
endorsed it. Governor Walker re
cently received a letter from a
large manufacturing concern stat
ing that it would locate in the
State in the event the Stovall bill
were finaUy ratified.
The principal sections are as
follows:
"Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Georgis, and
it is hereby enacted by authority
of same, that Article Seven (7),
Section Two (2), Paragraph Two
(2) of tha Constitution of the
State of Georgia, be, and the same
COOLIDGE SIGNS
WARRANT FREEING
(By Associated Peril)
WASHINGTON.—A formal war
rant, remitting the jail sentence of
Comptroller Craig of New York
city for contempt ot court was
signed by President Coolldge and
will Be Brinw-i to Mr. Craig Sr
rnii'l aometime Wednesday.
No detailed statement either
from the White House' or the De
partment ot JuaUce will udeompany
the warrant nor will the Comp
troller be given a copy ot the opin
ion In tho case, recently made
public by Attorney General Daugh
erty.
POINCARE CONFERS
(By Associated Press)
PARIS.—At a conference be
tween Premier Poincare and Louis
Barthou. president of the Repara
tions commission a revised text,
deFnlnc tha powers of the expert
committees to Investigate Ger
many’s condition was agreed upon
here late Monday.
is hereby amended by adding at
paragraph V <!• known as “Para,
the end of said paragraph another
Atw nerson natural* or *“ * OI, J*' L " u " w panicipnuns “*
S,hi .frerJannsrl 1 iwl'lsutro ultimately feel that it can-
who may _ after January l, 19Z4, . . in »h.
Only 259 votes had been cast
In the general municipal and
Broad street bond elections
Tuesday at 3:30 oclock. The
polls closed at 4 o'clock but
inasmuch as it required 1120
favorable votes to carry the
bond election it waa lost.
Tho vote by wards at 3:30
stood. First 42; 8econd 41;
Third 90; Fourth 51; Fifth 35.
Total 259.
Tho election for municipal can
didates resulted In the entire
democratic ticket going through
without oppoultten: O. H .Arnold.
Jr., for mayor; H. T, Culp, First
ward for alderman; Dr. H. B. Hay
wood. Second ward; B. R. Wood-
worth. Third ward; W. R. Tindall
Fourth ward, and Vincent Mat
thews; Fifth ward.
The municipal election, as usual
wok a mere formality, the Demo
cratic nominees election being
conceded ns a matter of course.
The faU‘ ot the bond election hung
on the weather aud the orgr.r.lza-
tlf-t of supporters, and there ap
peared to be none of the latter.
The
much In evidence and if there had
been a disposition on enongh vot
ers to carry the election they
would have been prevented from
going to the polls by the* rain.
Whether an effort will be made
to put the Broad street bond issue
before the pubfc again la not
known. Tho Droad street Improve
ment project has been talked and
discussed In Athens for the last
thirty years and a month ago it
appeared very popular. However,
during the last few weeks there
has been very little effort made to
push tho matter and Its defeat was
admitted Tuesday hv some of Us
most ardent sponsors. . x /,
ABATTOIR OSaKS-J
Tho Athens Abattoir broko all
records in November for slaugh
tering animals, a total of 815 bo-
Ing Inspected by Dr. Harold Hodg
son. chief Inspector. In tho ante
mortem Inspection 13 cows were
condemned. Tho inspection of
animals, at the abattoir lead to
ii'seovery of 41 cows with tubercu
losis last month.
Tho discovery of the tubercular
cattle was reported Tuesday to tlio
BoaAl of Health and that body
voted to have persons who sell
milk or, butter in Athens or any
other products to have their ani
mals inspected for tuberculosis m
ninety days. When permits are re
quested again in March tho - '
Tfi4» change waa mmda In thejc*nnot produce certificates show-
bope that It wUl overcome Amer
ica's objection to participating in
not take aa official part In tie in
quiry, steps will be taken here to
(iip^ide for ^aoDfcIal American
representation.
bnild, equip, establish or enlarge "
plant for the manufacture or pro-
cecslng of cotton, wool, lindn,
silk, rubber, wood, metal, metal ic
or non-metaiic minerals, creamer
ies or cheese plants or combina
tion of same; or for the produc
tion or development of electrfcitjr,
of cooking amp are at-
CANE GRINDINGS
IN FULL SWING
DAWSON, Oa.—The alluring
PARI S.—Senator Maaiabau,
concerned et the deficient Frewh
birth ret* haa Introduced a bill
providing that no man can be
elected to office unless he be* at
least three children, bia own
adopted.
The effect of the proposed law
would be to make such men a.
Premier Poincare, Aristide Briand,
Rene Vivani and Louis Barthou
ineligible for public service even
as selectmen in the smallest town-
WHILE IN AMERICA
IT IS DIFFERENT *
NEW YORK. — Announcement
— S&SS fWSi “
* ^ '-"Si?? -L-sr«
. operating .uccrosfully 0. "LT ttedmS STWi- 35=JE
h Avenu. .Inc last J.nu.ry Log of tho building J^-Jg cnjoyln. ,o tt. bSh^di^ ffi"
The LegWaror. tamtitT em- "i***"* »f Although
be made at an annual lunch-
n Wednesday of the American
|rth Control League, Mrs. Mar
ket Sanger haa admitted,
in eleven months of its exiat-
ce, Mrs. Sanger said, the grad-
te physician of the clinic h»s
S 900 women under observetion
chre and haa aupplied then*
with birth control information and
advice.
malts provisions for
of thia paragraph
powered to make
the operation
by appropriate legislation.”
“Section *2. Be it further en
acted, that when this amendment
shall be agreed to by a vote of
two-thirds of the members electad
to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, qnd the s*me
baa been entered on their Jour
nals with the nyro and haya token
(Turnfo Pegs Five)
the season was not one of tho
best for cane In this section It Is
reported that quite a large amount
baa been made and that the aver
age farmer wUl make enough
syrup for home consumption and
some tor the market. Sugar cane
grinding 1* always one of the moot
Pleasant events ot the harvest sea
son In South Georgia and the sea
son of festivity Is now in full
swing. j
tag their auloala have been in
spected for this disease mill be 1c-
nied permit.-*.
lOmoie
SHOPPING, DAV51
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