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ATHENS. GA.. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9. J9JS.
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§200,000 Cargo of Whiskey Is Captured;
Rum Runners Land Big Supply Of Liquor
DUTCH SCHOONER /S REST OF Y. M.C.H.
CAUGHT BY COAST
GUARD CUTTER
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK.—The Dutch schooner' Zeehond was
seized off Fire Island Saturday by the Coast Guard
Cutter Lexington and her captain and crew were held
for violation of the prohibition laws.
In the hold qf the captured vessel was found 2,500
cases of champagne and other liquors valued at more
than $200,000.
Dtidley F e e fs Certain
Those Not Yet Seen Will
Subscribe the Remaining
$2,513. Get Cards Mon
day.
The Zoehoad. fitted with a steel
hall Is the first vessel of her rex-
Istry to be taken ss a rum run
ner. She was a'gbted outside the
three mile limit by the cutter Sem
inole. which sent a radio messoge
to tho Lexington asking her to aid
In the chase. The Lexington com
plied and the Bitch boat was soon
raptured.
ATLANTIC CITY.—Coast guards
Siturdoy reported that during the
right rum runners from Atlantic
. Gty and the vicinity completed
one of the moot siwceosful landlpas
t~a th* —m fleet ever made
“nth of Highland*, hitherto me
renter of the sinucRlIng operation :.
A etoamhr and 1 tour saU'ng ves-
•ele believed to be a part of the
rum fleet of IS crafty reported
earlier during the week at anchor
off Highland! ere' oow at anchor
olt rhln retort.
Made desperate by shortage of
high grade liquor, local runners
W out at sundown Friday and
torked at itch speed during the
nlihtv
There wao notU'ng secret about
Ite departure of tho runners us
•hey crept out of the Inlet, they
»ere clearly obaerved by Const
Hoards at the Corson avenue ela
tion. gome of the runnere waved
farewell lo Ihe-goarde.
Two Sermons
Today By. Dr.
G. C. Morgan
Dr. o. Campbell Morgan will
nreaeh two sermons In Athens to
do>'. He will deliver both of them
the Central Presbyterian church,
preaches there St the 1 o’clock
morning hour and again for the
evening service.
Thta announcement win he of In-
terent to the church-going public
■ Athens end large crowds are ex-
"-"-'t to hssr him both morning
•ml evening. —
Three hundred, possibly more,
citizens whose names wege In pos
session of workers as prospective
subscribers to the Y. -M. C. A.
current expense fund when the
campaign closed Friday at noon
will bo seen this week. Jt w„s an
nounced yesterday by A. G. Dudley,
states that these 190 persons can
general chairman. Mr. Dudley
and no doubt will subscribe htr
13513 necessary to complete the
114,509 required by the budget for
ths year beginning November 1.
Many of thss people have sup
ported the Y. M. C. A. all along”
states Mr. Dudley. 'In fact SS of
them last year gavt nearly 91,000.
1 feel certain they wUI went to
aid In supporting the association’s
work this year .stteL-thty. .are
seen.’' Of thoee Already eeen 67
per cent subscribed.
The 300 persons referred to by
Mr. Dudley tie represented
cards that were returned to head
quarters or the ctmpelgn Friday
as those wh<Y workers were unable
to see for various reasons. The
ctmpelgn opened on a rainy day
a nd disagreeable season which did
not Improve until Friday morning.
The members of the twelve
| teems of business men volunteered
German housewives have money to meet again at the .aeaoc'atlon
to bum. Marks are so worthless, Monday evening at ( o'clock for r
the women uoe ’em to light kftch- raw minute, at which time the 300
en fires. Several m’lllon ' marks cardi will be distributed end the
being used by this woman to I workers will see the persons In
get breakfast hot.
i BALE AS GOVT.
OVER NOV:, 1922
However, All Births Not
Being Reported As Re
quired By Law. Six Tu
berculosis Deaths.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON — Cotton ginned
prior lo December 1 amounted lo
9.433, 117 running bales, Including
238,367 round bales counted as
hall hales. 15A33 hales of Ameri
can Egyph'an and 717 bales of 8en
Island, the census bureau announc- _
ed here Saturday. Georgia's *ln-|w.L. Erwin
1 their leisure tome time daring thl
week. Sapper will not he sewed
jss the meeting will only require
a few mlnutei.
The Y. M. C. A., must .have $14,-
500 to carry on lie work as effi
ciently *and completely next year
as the directors plan, Not only will
the work next year be hampered
'.f the total required la not retest'
hut the friar* work of the asso
ciation will be held In check. It Ir
pointed out. ,
nlngs totalled 583,621,
The report of team workera Frt- j
1gjr giving the complete results .
each team through Friday at din
nor follows:’
J. W. Barnett ...
W. Crook ....
A. W. Dozier ...
T. H. Dozier. Jr. .
677 111087.00
births In Athens sad Clarke
neinty In November were eight
fore thaw for the same month In
,,J 2. according to reportn In thr
KUce of Dr. J. P. Applewhite
ceunty health officer. Deatha re-
ported In November 1033 were :
«atnet 36 this year.
In November 1033 two people
diet With diphtheria. None died
in November thta year, tin Novrm-
l”r 1023 one died with tuberculo
us against six thta year. Ten tu-
h-r.-uloale cases were reported last
month.
**’• Applewhite atatea that *
*V«tem of checking births by »b-
Jaln'ng report* from schools ahowt
la** tt one school! families re-
PTaented had seven hlrtha In No
vember that were not reported tc
'■» health authorities. showing
'hat an the births to ths heslth
"aihorttlee, eowlnz that a
"lethn each month ore not report
'd- The Hoard of Health requires
/*** *H births b<* reported either
**>« physician or mid wife.
NEW YORK.—Cotton broLe 34
a bale in the local market Saturday
upon publication of the govern
meat's ginning report January f”H
to 33.78 and March to 34.15. new n . ■ rV-ivyrri n,
low levels for the present re-ac- NINE CAUGHT IN
tfonary movement Thin represents
a dccllife of 815 to 915 a bale fi-om
the season’s high point
NOBLE SUICIDES
(By Associated Praia.)
PHILADELPHIA. — Col. Tbeo
dore Noble of Scranton, Pa., a law
yer employed by the Hudson Coal
Company and 'said to * hare been
well known In railroad legal cir
cles wan found dead In a hotel here
Saturday with a bullet wound In
hla head and a pistol lying at bin
side. He le said to hare been a
former (resident of Albany, N. Y.
FARM DE8ERTI0N
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA.—The riq’ng tide of
(arm desertion Is threatening to
sweep 25000 Georgia farm families
before It within the next forty-
five days. F. H. Abbott .secretary,
told the Georgia Association
H. H .Gordon, Jr. ...103
T. F. Green 44
K ,R. Hodgson, (r. . 72
M. 8. Hodgson 76
At O. Nicholson ... 37
C .A. Rowland .... 71
Joel A. Wler ...... 31
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE’S MESSAGE
(Editorial)
Thursday of last week President Calvin Coolldge delivered his
first message to congress. This was really the first time the Presi
dent has spoken since he took the executive re’ns following the
dedbh of the lamented Harding. la’s message has been helled by
thd Republican prese of the country » being e well nigh perfect
utterance. In many Instances the Democratic papers have, on the
Impulse, shown more than cordial approval of the message.
We believe that as the measege sinks Into the minds of tho
people, as will as Into the prate, the attitude of the public will
change and the message be shown in Its tiue light that of a bid
for the Republican nomination and one addrewed more to the high
and mfghty of that party rather than to the people or America.
' The president has spoken but what did he advocate? Unlike
Wilson or .Harding Ibe outlined but little of a policy that construc
tive America demands. Hs took stands but only on questions that
are alrgady settled or determined so far an bis party It concerned.
! Let’s digest a bit of the salient points of hla message:
1 Ho favore the Mellon tax reduction scheme. Can you conceive
of him taking any other stand. The reduction of taxes has been one
or the greatest schemes of rote getting since the body politic
was evolved.
He lit- against the bonur. positively. His party la against tho
bonus. His predecessor vetoed tho measure after vote getting Iie-
publcans and Decomrats tad pacified their constituents by voting
fev ft, knowing tt would never get the president's O. K. If he
favored the bonus he woud hare repudiated hla party.
He Is for voluntary merging of tne railroads and freight re
visions. On this subject he was too Indefinite, especially In re
gard to freight ’’revision.'’ but at that he will lose no votes by ad
vocating something that has already been proposed and round fo
be favorable.
For the farmers he had sympathy, hut little else. He has no
aid for them from public funds nor price fixing and tails them to
''organize”—end plant less wheat.
. The only solution he has for the high price of coal (• proat- '
dontial control In emergencies, ic appears to us that this power
the president already enjoys, but It Is easier to pass tho buck in
such /nstsnces to an aspiring politician like Governor Plnchot .
He Is for continued restriction of Immigration, an idea that
Is already ycry popular In America. He would prohibit the Issuance
of tax free securities and er.tabli«k a minimum wage for women
where tho government has authority. He would also stop child
labor. All very vnnd vote -*«•*£ Ft*dw. especially the tan fttref-
erence to women wages since the 18th amendment.
Naturally** 11 ** ,hl R * pttbllc * n , “*V teriff-achsdule left alone.
He advocates a more atrlngent enforcement of the prohibition
,l,ouldn '< M They are on the statute books and
SHOULD be enforced.
.. th * def “ t of ,he whip subsidy bill he Is
satisfied to let our shipping alone "for the present” He would heln
Russia whan she merits It, would have better antl-lyncbing laws
J* the department bureau.. PtWi. mint be
reformed and tha Federal code of 1178 replaced.
More airplanes for army, more subs for the navy and better
h * W0 ? ld h * Y *' Federal prisons must
oe rerormed and radio interference lessened and domestic water*
Mu,cle 8h0 “* SrgSnSfS
tb?Sb!n!!t. d h * d *” nt 01 • du “ Uon •» liven a place In
S'l*.***?"' th ' cancellation of Allied debts and wants to try
the Wortl conn but Win hare nothing of the League of Nefons!
pbJwy '° “ P,U, lnd “ b ° r C0Uld »»'
* h,n We message! Not one line that Is cal-
w^ “■* - -
* "“Mcrplece. A masterpiece from a master noli-
shrlwuZ^ 1 /iff? 0 * *• den,ed and It le evident that one of*the
*I* r ."* <" “>• executive wet ofThe u.tlon
poIMJca ^adruSr^^wh'o^hiu ‘Z 7 th * l “ d “»• *l»
s-a-aftESB ■' “
HIram j2S^oTtL m W«M «*, cojrlet.lr squelched
we most admit, the elimination of lobSJH ut 22f nt tlm0, And *
accomplifebment or jonneon is a most commends turn
IPARENTS OF 199
LCHIl
Future Health of Off
springs Protected By
Parents When Told of
Child’s Ailment
One hundred and "/Ifty-nine
school children In Athens are in
better physical Condition than they
‘'ore in September, accor-llioT to
records In the office of Dr. J. U j
Applewhite, county heslth officer,
It was learned yesterday.
Parents <*f these chlldrn out oi
943 with physical dfects of one
kind or another have taken the ad
vice of the health officer and had
tlx* family |H>ic)r.n dentist oi
rye, ear and nose expert to cor
rect defects, thus warding off fu
ture physical Impairment or pos
sibly untimely death.
These records are complied from
Monluly reports of teachers In
each Reboot and Indicats that par
ents ore responding more general
ly now to the plan of cmrectlnx
defect* In children when ponded
out by the heslth officer, follow-
Irr hi* annuel Inspection of
children.
.
Revolutionists Are'
Routed By Federals
Says Jaurez Report
(By Associated Press)
EL PASO.—Federal forces yesterday routed
the revolutionists in the first battle of Vera Crui
at Maltrata, a station halfway between Mexico
City and Vera Cruz, according to information
rc-eived at Juarez Saturday night
The revolutionists were reported to be in re
treat. The report was unconfirmed, however/ in 1
official circles at Juarez.
■■ c . —- ■ ■ Twenty-eight thousand flBdsvsI
He’s Handsomest! uX ^,,3:5
tone. They Are under commawdof
General Joaquin Amaro, Juan An
drew Alamaxan, and FUesto Top-
etc.
President Obregon has issued a
manifesto lo the peoplo calling •* i
them for support against the mil
itary coup, branding It a con
spiracy against the common peo
ple on the part of reactionary con
servative*.
General Enrique Rstrade, chief
of military operation* In Jnlisco
who .ha* Joined- the revolt against
the central government, I* Mid to
have thousands of followers.
JITA1UEZ—Communication - firoru
Mexico having been taken Into con
trol by the factions of President
Obregon and General Cnlle*, Infnr.
motion a* to the progress of ths
elUon ngnlnrt the Obregon gov-
ment In Vera Crux and other
tc* wan lacking late SUturday.
IcportH from border cltlen, the
iclpnl outlet* of new* from the
a | southern republic, mild fighting
Dr. Applewhite completed In
spection of the city schools last
week and reported to the Board of
Health that of 148S children In
spected 943 were afflicted with
physical defect*. He began In
spection of the children In Rep.
timber and ss soon as he found de-
feet* in a child a report woe made
to the teacher nnd the child 1 * por-
*nu The purpose of tho Inspec
tions Is to have th# parent* cor
rect the defecta In order tnat thej
may not develop Into permanent o»
dnngerous ailments. ,
PLAN MEETS
BETTER RE&PON8E
The first year Dp. Applewhite
made hi* Inspections th respond
was not very Immediate. How
Y' r ' ,h * p, * n of '""Peeling
the chl’dren le meting with great
er euerree each jrfar la eeen In the
(act that 169 children hnve had
defect! corrected alnce September.
Jn each cane when the chlld’e de-
facte were corrected a report war
mad to Dr. Applewhite ehowina
what was done and which phxil.
clan administered. treatament le
tills way the county officer can
k9ep accurate check or the cor-
rectlon or defect, m the children
The plan has Increased ths atten
tion of parent* In the
Howard W. Hamilton, restai
tour, Is the beat looking man Ini
tho city of Cleveland. At least sol, .
think the judges ju „ cdr.-1 '""'"' r6 n 0r ' v
teet In male pulchritude. Several ro™nrct"nnd U ^,td"
civic clubs. Joined In the hunt for ,‘ h "'
the Fifth City', handsomest gent, ^'thnt ^ ^Z'ZIZY
Sl Han,,t0n had a ,ot of I^y.Srrabci *
I Wh«n the Mexican government
i announced that It
cruah the revolt of
In the state not
Guerrero. The
Crux,
there
1 occurrence either
post*
E
TO EXAMINE FOX
FOR HITT
palgn to
I Guarii-
hex. military conmsnder
Cnjf, was »>r«eAed£ne
lupe
In Ye
smoothly, General Panche:.
dared the movement of Adolfo d«
In Huerta presidential ricdldate,
which he was Miipporting. had th#
tacking of 22.000 men 230 machine
gun*, four liatterle* of nrtlllery
‘•nnd all warship* in the Gulf of
Mexico."
The governmsnt> announcement,
through General Francisco Herrin*
secretary of war, said that th*
concentration of troop* adjacent to
m Eiper-
Gnis was
the disturbed
and the city of V«
continuing.
I hMiih Liu In " wcners!
i“. ‘ h rhlldren and made them
rmllie the Importance „f
| , ,Tur " to Page Six)
ATLANTA.—A lunacy commls
slon of two attentats to examine
and report on tho 'mental condi
tion of Phil E. Fox. Ku Kltix Klnn
editor, who la to face trial Wednes
day for tho slaying of William S.
Cobum. klan lawyer, was named
by the state Saturday. •
This commission of two. to b<k
composed of Dr. James fi. Baird,
Sr., and Dr. W. C., Jamagtn, was
the second commLeelnn suggested " oran fe - -
by Solicitor Boykin and camee air* ° r wh ”' military honor elgnl-
a result of Judge O. II. Howard's n "’ h “” lurn,<l . egnlnet tho
refusal to sign an order creatin'-' f°.T e ” 7 th " unlon ' ,n< ' "" '»«"•
the first commteelon until . unions. President 0
In a telegram to G<
Serrano, minister (
BLAME LAID
ON MILITARIST8-
SAN ANTGNIIOt—Tho present
revolt In Mexico has been eaueed
by militarists, who, through tg-
Icrstand-
ferettce had been held between So
licitor Boykin and defense attor
ney*.
Solicitor Boykin declined to ccn-
ter with attorneys for Fox, ststtng
(Turn to Page Six)
RAID BY POLICE
SATURDAY NIGHT
Led by Chief Henry w. B-'
Captain Seagnret end Office re C.
E. Seagraves and Lester r-lded a
number ef houses on Water street
at Second and Hobson avenues last
nlaht and dlao-derly cases were
docketed against four women end
fire men.
Those taken and whose names
ppeared on the blotter were, J. R.
Smith, Ourmaa Smith, CherteeJ.
Smith. J. C. McDonald. Jack Oreen,
J. D. Powar, Lottie Evans .Susie
Harvey and John McCune. Six hr
the number made bond while the
others were being held In police
station.
RATHER INCONSIOERATE
AUOUSTA.—A man Identified
— a by letters In It’s pockets as C. A.
civic organization here Saturday, j Hattaway of Spartanburg. S. C,
The Association Issued n plea fol- j entered a local hardware store
lowing It's meeting urging farmt'rs l.nurnfcased a pinto), stuck It to his
to "st'ek to the farm.’ ' jbead and blew his brains out.
Millerand’s Double
Puzzles Detectives,
Report So Declares
. „tfy •Associated Prase.)
PARIB— the Identity of one
cf President AHIIe.-.ind', util-
qultous doubles, who have
given no little anxiety to the
plain clothaamen detailed to
protect the president ha* just
been discovered. The presi
dent's doubles were until very
recently seen at various tiroes
and places, until the general
public beams accustomed to
their existence end paid little
heed to then. < ANSI
TSe ee, (ret service mem
however, did not take their ex
istence with quite so much
equanimity. Whenever a new
one was discovered they were
obliged to trace him to hie do
micile. One of them appeared
the other day In Montnurtrie.
where statesmen seldom are
Been In the daylight: he wee
leisurely pacing the boulevard
stopping from time to time to
took Into shop windows. The
secret sendee men sighted him.
took up hie trail and followed
him through Montmartto, thru
Park hlonceau, down to the
Klyeera quarter, nnd was as
tounded when the shadowed
man walked boldly Into the
the presidential palace. Step
ping up tn a colleague on duty
(Turn to page els.)
before the president left Cetera for
the city of Mexico. A copy of
the telegram was received to San
Anronlo by La i'renzn, n
langdnre newspapcc.
Annual Football
Banquet Set For
Tuesday Night
The annual footUl! banquet at
,the Georgian hotel next Tuesday
night will be one of tbe most en
joyable occasions of fbe pre-holi
day season and many new features
tf'H prevail this year. The entire
rsrsUy and freshman squads that
fin'ihed the season Vt uniform will
.be tbe honor gurats along with
tho coaches and the managers.
Th* guests pill be seated at f:30
promptly and following the dinner
dancing will be enjoyed. The young
Jari'es ace to arrive after the ban
quet under the chaperonage of the
committee of ladies and from 10
until 12 this feature will obtain.
Special favors nnd music for bte
entire program are being arranged
for by the committee.
The banquet f .s n'ven by the
I buxine** and professional men of
the city and the committee, of
(Turn to peg* six.)
In spite of planting 25 per
rent less land to cotton this
yaar Wlntervlll* is producing
a 33 per rent greater irop. The
per acre yield of lint cotton is
on th* average equal to pre
boll weevil times. In propor
tion to the county as a whole
she ha* Increased her produc
tion of cotton 40 per r*nt. For
th* five year average from
1914-1921 was S3 per cent of
the county's crop this year it'
is 32 par cent: lart year it was
30 per cent; 88 per rent of the
cotton crop of the Wintervllle
community Is planted to Col
lege No, t Pedigreed seed. This
cotton lias been of such satis
factory staple and gad* that It
has aided materially In restor
ing the Athens market to its
former prestige.
Using for comparison the pro
portional production of cotton
by this community In pre-boll
weevil day* and tbe propor
tional production today a cnl-
rukftlon of the Increase In
value of tbe cototn crop Is
(Turn to page six,)
Frank Holden Is
Hopeful That His
Bill Yet Passes
At the beginning of the Extra
ordinary Herndon of the Legislature
Representative Frank A, Holden
Introduced a MU to give cities and
counties the right to exempt from
taxation for 7 years all cheese fac
tories nnd creameries and Repre
sentative A. J. Htovull of Elbert
county Introduced a similar bill as
to cotton factories. Tbe movall
bill was defeated but a motion was
made to reconsider It. The Holder
bil was amended so as to Include
cotton factories and was defeated
lost Wednesday by only 7 votes,
but a motion was made to recon
sider It and Representative Holden
is hopeful that when the motion
to reconsider is voted on that hi*
hill will pais.
Being a constitutional amend
ment It Is necessary to have IS!
votes to pa** It. Ther<» were only
(Turn to page six.)
[CO CITY—General Plq-
i tarco Call** ha* renounced- his
candidacy, for the presidency and
offered his service* to Presi
dent Obregon ngnlnat the Insur
gent force* In Vera Crux and
Jalisco.
The president has accepted the
offer and hnv named Genera)
Caller a* l «*nU of the federal oppo
sition to the De La Huertg-San-
chez rebeie.
l c 2 more
SWOPPING DAYS
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