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(1,000 Aceldant Policy Prat
To Regular 8ubacrlbora
THE BANNER-HERALD
Investigate Totfayl
MIDDLING
PREVIOUS CLOSE .. .. M
THE WEATHER
Cloudy Thursday with pr«
dtcline in temperature. C
Friday.
DaOy and Sander—II Cent* a Week
Aeaodated Press Service.
ATHENS, GA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER II, lilt.
ABSENCE! SOLi
Where Game Will ]
MIL FORCES
| IRSEIII HSTRI.it
HE!
lOniy Few Women Were
Present, None of Whom
Were Identified With!
Kamelia Organization.
(By Associated Press)
ATLANTA—Mrs. Margaret Wee
v*r, a trained nurse, has been in
I dieted as accessory before the fact
in the slaying of Captain W. 8. Co*
J burn, Klansman, by Philip C. Fox,
klan publicity director, it was an*
J nouncsd by Solicitor General Boy*
| kin just before Fox's trial started
I Wednesday.
Evidence has been obtained to
J warrant similar indictments against
I several other person* ho • said.
Mr* Weaver, who is not under
arrest and whsreabouts not pub
licly known, is allegsd to have
known Fox's intention to kill Co*
| burn and to havs been with him
a short time before he started on
His death mission. Preliminaries
• in the Fox trial were quickly die*
| posed of and selection of e jury
begun from 247 veniremen.
To Georgia FootballMen
DR. JOHN D JELL
RE ELECTED HEAD
Baseball Head Coach Is
Humdinger As Football
Sc out, Woodruff De-!
dares At Annual Ban-;
quet Given By Business
Men.
By MARCUS BRYANT .
Approximately one hundred and!
Athenian Becomes Presi- n,,r ** ,h,r,,d * rou "d the banquet’
dent of Georgia Baptist
Convention For Thir-
teenth Time in Macon lb* Athene bu.lnra, men for the
Tuesday flridaterg annually.
Fitting, In every sense of the
word, was the celebration and It
ATLANTA—Klan leaders from
mi over the country were said to
In* In the courtroom when the Fox
murder trial started Wednesday
morning. Members of the Impcrtet
forreg ware not present when the'
court convened, neither was Km*
prnr Simmons leader of the Insur
ant faction of which Coburn war
n member.
Only a few women were present
'•'Hi node identified ae leaders of
Kamelia. A large number
nuty sheriffs were
This shows the trolil piano in the White House where, according to
Hvkw f--m Wo-hington, a game of lolltsire will be playrd between
Ml*- Co°IiclK«.w.fe of the president, and Frank G. Hall of Sanborn
s' 1 *' ft ft i V !" n Pf'«,Wem Harding waa elected Hall predicted to
Mrs. Coolldge she would some day be the "first lady of the land."
She replied: “If I am. I’ll teach you how to play solitaire on the gold
piano of the White House.” Now she insists upon paying the forfeit.
Vassar Girls Say
Bare Knees Matter
r of Taste, Not Honor
CAUSES DEFEAT OF
EEEIS BILL AGAIN
House Votes Against In
come Tax Measure of
Tift Representative
'.Twice in One Week.
W. B. “Wild Bill” Donovan,
wora, wan tne celebration and It former manager of the NeW York
MACON, Oa.—Dr. John D. Moll woo proclaimed by all to iurp«a* Yankc-s. and manager of the
of Athen, again heads the Geer- ** l h *™ t0 1 £> r « b ^ QueU * N#w Hav »f c , onn -» baseball team.
. -"7.7* “ s*-?! Col. C. M. Knelling, dean of thelWM one of nine persona killed
Kla Baptist Convention having univmitv. »h. tAn.tm.ai.. fA.'whrn >u- n m
| wpaly nuerma were on huild to
I maintain order and Judge Howard
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| Georgia Plays
Alabama Turkey
Day Three Years
(By AssoeisS.d Prsts)
BIRMINGHAM.—An sireemsnt
ha, been resebed for the Georgia-
A'alwmo football game to bo plsy-
«l in Birmingham far tho next
three Thanksgiving days, accord-
ins to an announcement made
public here Wednesday. If proper
I rapport 1, given the game the ar
rangement will be made perman
ent. it waa also stated.
For the paat two year* this,
came ha. boon played In Mont- 1
romery the Saturday before
Thanksgiving, having been Irani-
i'crcd then from Atlanta.
According to announcement fro n
‘'retro college Georgia Is also 1
scheduled to play in Danville next
Thanksgiving but thla game win
very probably bo transferred to
the Saturday following Tbanks-
rivlng a, waa the can this year
when the two teama mat in Ath
ens.
Mac Slaughter Is
Injured in Fall
Mac Slaughter, son of Dr. 'and
Rni. W. M. Slaugbtar. fell from e
,r » Tuesday afternoon about 8:90
e-'d broke bin collarbone. Ho was
»t the home on Hill street when
tho accident occurred.
Voung Slaughter le a senior at
’he High School and hit friends
wish an early rocovory.
. STOP. THE SPREAD
One of the main feature* of
th# untl-tuberculoal* nurse In
Ctarke county la teaching those
with the disease how to protect
hemselve* nnd to prevent
rpreudlng the germ*. In fact,
this 1* the most important part
of the work atfthls time. With
S00 or more case* In the county,
no*t of whom know absolutely
lothlng about carina for them
selves or protecting others from
taking the diaeaae, it fa easy to
ace hew dangerous • the condi
tlons are. You don't know when
you are subjected to the disease.
You come in contact in soma
way with tubercular victims
nearly every day. Perhaps It is
, your cook who has the dlrease
or your laundry woman br a fel-
ow worker. * If they know how
to care for themselves they can
protect you. 'Don’t you think
the educational work helng car
ried on through the nurse em
ployed by the Anti-Tuberculosis
Association is worth a few pen
nies from you? You can buy a
few Christmas Seals evey day
at Michael'*, the postoffice or
Palace theatre, put them on
your letters or packages and
help carry on the fight.
Tuesday the womans , club
commltee with Mrs. W. W
Crews ns chairman sold 91?.Qb
worth of seals. Wednesday the
D. C. Barrow P. T. A was in
charge with Mrs. W. K. Broach
chairman nnd Thurrday the
First Presbyterian church com*
mltee with Mrs. A. L. McCoy
chairman will have ehnge. Do
your share toward fighting this
disease. It mny hit you.
TUBERCULOSIS IS CON*
TAOIOUS.
Splendid Vesper
J Service At L.C.I.
Next Sunday
At four o’clock Sunday after-
*°n. December the sixteenth, the
student body of Lucy Cobb Insti
tuts, will sing a vesper eervlc. of
traditions! Christman Carols
: Seney-8toval chapel. Chancellor
j David C. Barrow will glvd
i Christmas ulk during the service.
.The program I, as follows:
j Processional—God Rest ye Merry
Gentleman—Traditional English. ■
| In a Manger—Traditional Oer-
I Song of the Angela—Traditional
j English.
Friendly Beast* — Traditional
j English.
| Prayer by Chancellor David &
I Barrow.
! slumber Song of Infant Jesus—
; Traditional French '.
Silent Night—Traditional Gar-'
man.
The Infant Jesus (Modern)—Pi
etro. Yon—alee dub.
A Christmas Message by Chan
eellor David C. Barrow.
I saw Three Ships do Sailing* By
—Traditional English.
King «*--*—
'English.
The Three Kinge—Traditional
French.
Ancient Gloria In Excels!*.
Recessions!—The First Noel-
Traditional English.'
At State College
Begins Jan. 21st
. 7* „ * .—r ■ ’•■>'. M. Knelling, dean or theiwai one or nine persons kill*
gia Baptist Convention having university, was the toastmaster for when two sections of the Twen-
been re-elseted to this office at. the occasion. Hath Century Limited collided at
the opening aesalon of the eon- Dr. Robison, presiding elder of Forsyth. N. Y.
ventteq hero Tuelday afternoon, the Athena district asked
Dr. Mell enters Ms thirteenth year
ms president' of the association.
Dr. B. D. Ragsdale, of Mercer
university, was re-elected for tho
twenty-seventh time as secretary.
Rot. W. T. Grenade, of States,
boro, assistant secretary, and Dr.
a J. Forrester, of Sparta, treas
urer, also wgre re-elected.
OPTIMISM ~~
IN ADDRE88
Dr. William Rnssoll Owen, of
‘Macon; Roy, N. O. Christopher, ot
Wblgiham; Rer. J. D. ‘Rabun, of
Olennvllle, and Ror. John A. Davl-
son, of Columbus, were elected
vice president# to suctfecd J. R
Carmichael, of Jacksqp; c. P.
Graves, of DnbHa: John B. Ferns
of Blue Ridge, and Oovemor Cllf.
ford Walker.
Optimum was the keynote of Dr
Mali’s, address. He snged the con
vention delegates to look sanely
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at asxeo tne —_
blessing and waa followed by Opl. Hoymay. U7 1-
SnelUng. who baaed hie talk on. wtlllCao TTCvK
the motto of the Salvation Army,
"A man may be down but he’s
never out." exemplified by the
Georgia tram in Us great gnm<
against Centre on Dec. 1. ■
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president
of the sute College of Agriculture
In a short 4atk discussed the trut Th seventeenth annual Farmers
•tTeorgla spirit.’’- {tfeek jud Market Conference'will
be.hetjlat tho Mtau CoM of
NEW YORK—Vassar Col
lege has decided to differen
tiate between matters of honor
and matters of good taste.
It has (Uebtad 'hat e* f*ef«
honor or lack of it la not in
volved In dashing bare-knoed
across n campus, or wearing
knickers In the dining room.
Tho honor system ns devel
oped at Vassar put a girl on
■her honor not to cheat In ox-
nmlnatlons. Ho on her weekend
dim or sick excuses or smoke,
with a St Idea. Court for these
who did or didn’t.
But when all the email rules
for quiet hours and proper
dress for campus wc.ro made
matters of honor and contlu-
ed to be broken or Ignored,
somo students contended the
honor system wns a failure.
After recent debates, etc., h
was decided to let the honor
sjutem apply to matters of
honor and let public opinion
good taste and faculty admoni
tions. If necessary, take care
of tho other rules.
Tho concensus of tho student
body favors the proposed di
vision of the honor system ns ■—»-vui uu payments
SSttrSfiSKf - j HZfntZ 6 taX as -
Ttm Vassar .Miscellany News. ! sess /DentS and Vice Ver-
It was that the honor system I Sa, if they COUld not (in
Includes academic honesty. this he Appealed that
they immediately ad-
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA, Ga. — A
‘uir.al appeal” to -ths^
legislature to reach an
agreement on its differ
ences on tax reform
legislation was made by
Governor Walker in a
message delivered in
person to the two hous
es Wednesday.
He appealed to the
I house to recede from
its amendment to the
Lankford income tax
measure striking out
the word “net” and ask
ed the senate to recede
from its position insist
ing on crediting the ad
valorem tax payments
Weiiseclas — Traditional
GETS (189 FINE
Erneat Smith plead . guilty
violation of the prohibition lawa
before Judge Bradwell Wednesday
morning and was fined $150.01).
Interesting Program Ar
ranged-For Meeting
Which Begins At Eight
O’clock in Masonic Tem
ple.,
lOmore
SHOPPING. DAY6
BEFOOE
Xmas
,
Large Number of People Hear Miss White’s First
Lecture At Colonial Theatre.
The Banner-Keratd Cold Mc'dul Ilona. Some of the moat attractive
CRqMpR. school opened yesterday garnishes ware the Berkshire box,
afternoon at the Colonial Theatre I which was made by forming a box
iwUh a well filled houee. Jilts 0 ' <» e Nabisco Wafers and tying It _____
White won her aumenee. despite •»- «• ^.»*
Jlta site and tfca separation cauaed “'“**« “'“ aerred In thb box. | pactlpn dt offlperx for ensuing
I by footlights, from the lean feel-'™ c ™»n <>f eg» waa another ..Jfcsonlc year,
tng of formality. Question, were I ® ort «, t ! >r Quartat ,
faskeil from all parts of the house. '?*»*••**• "^hch was aerv- J Installation of offlcen.
land note books provided those ed •**'"* *V’ 1 * - ^J 1 * **’* d *•* j Social features.
I present were used almost cun- J’l***’ 1 ,l1 * ** n,ln * Pl**tar and -■ 1 mm
latently &s MBs White talked and|* h * Quartered w were dipped KIWANIS ENDORSES
'worked in the mode, kitchen Int..'",** l * 1 U "/“i JSTSSLSi.S? 22i51 !< A 5 DIN ? MEMORIAL
An IntefeiUng program has beep
arranged for the annual meeting
of ML Vernon Lodge of. Melons
here In tbe Masonic Temple Thurs
day night at 8 o'clock. Election
of officers will raa« "i.— .• ihi.
meeting.
The program prepared for the
meeting Includes . music, social
features, election of officers and
Installation ceremonies. This
month <e Masonic month tbrongh-
ont Georgia and the meeting la ex
pected to be one of the beat bald
by the ML Vernon lodge In some
Ume.
PROGRAM
FOLLOWS
MeeUng railed at I p. m. by
Worshipful Master. E. o. Klnne-
Lodge opening in Ml Due and
Ancient Form by the Master and
Officers of Mount Vernon Lodge.
Invocation by the Obaplaln, Rev.
George E. Stone.
Song—“BUr of*ihe Hash" by
Masonic Quartett.
Order of’bptlixaaa.
Reading of lodge mtnates.
Rtgnlar monthly business.
Song by qnartM.
JOE BENNETT
8AY8 “FAREWELL”
Then Joe Behnctt, captain of the
»U teem, peld e gloating tribute
to. tbs conches, the Freshmsn. end
expressed the team’s thanks for
everyone contributing to .make the
season Just past a successful ons.
Ms thanked the people of Athens
profusely for their support
Dr. g V. Sanford pronounced
the peat season good, discussed
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State Normal to
Send Delegates to
Volunteer Meeting
The Y. W.-C. A. at tie Sute
Normal School will lend represen
tatives to tbe student volunteer
convention which meets In Indian-1
spoils curing tbn holidays. Tha
representatives that have been
chosen to attend this convention
are as (Dllows: Lucy Once Parson,
of Homer, president of Y. W. C
A.; Mary Grace Kebrer. Norcroas.
•enlor class president; Marie Bon
ner. I.lncnlnton, leader of Volun
teer band; Louise Shackleford
Ahbovrile; Edith Rountree Swaras-
boro; Sarah Cartledge. Uncolnton.
Agriculture January 21 to 20. The
county and home demonstration
■gents will alto hold their annua]
“•f' 1 *• <W» time It was stated,
»nd it is expected thxt the two
conferences will draw one of the
largeet dolegitlcvu 0 f upreienta.
tire farmers end agricultural
Isadora ever held in the State.
Some or the foremost authori-
on maitotlng :boll weevil con.
trol and other phases of farm
problems In the United States will
«e present to address the confer-
«« «ld, end it b thought
that Me meeUng will be one of the
most Instructive ever arranged by
the college.
The program which i t being ar
ranged by Dr. Soule will be an
nounced in full within the next
few dayv.
signing up the truth; that Is.
week-end nllpH,* chapel, gmy- N
naslum, etc., uic of library, so-
roxuialions on,) smoking.
All llioae aro To L# enforces!' 1/
the stuilent’s council, with tho
co-operation of tho student
oody, ns at present.
In addlt’on It added tho
courtesy system, to Include:
All order nnd quiet In tho
hslls. chapel, library, care of
v the grounds nnd dross. The
latter banning boro knees on
the campus nnd knickers In
tha dining room, and to ha an.
forced hr public opinion u f. r
«» Possible nod any otheF
means found necessary to fit
the particular case—and proc
tors, If required.
Harmony Club
Now At Pinecrest
The Harmony Club has movd its
hend-.unitm from thetop Boor of
the Southern Mutual building to
the Pinecrest club house Uut has
lhe f riubToura t 'b a hand«m» hfra
vo t'nry structure with ell . ta * c h c«o t-erferal Re
FLOODS CHICReO
Say Journeying'
Georgia Negroes
Elected Lodge
Henry Lincoln Johnson tp ,,n * .. -
FitfhtB Decrease orSou-'rS,.° r ,hrei!mte
tnern Delegation to Re-1 by a number of
publican National Cob- JSttSJS.
venuon. I feared the bill.
joum.
in^Tss^ -Fcr~thr second llm .
In ic,.-, man a week th- Georgia
house of representatives on Tun.
dny night fulled to pax, the bill
introduced by Hepreeontutlve El-
i Tlt1, I>r0vlJln k (•>■• a statu-
'twice 001 "’ for lhe *“*"•
LOST
The bll bus been defeated twice
not bj- the vote, cast again.,
II ■>**< it iism of tho momhspg »h«
Hre absent from :hci,- swni*
house on Thursday lust. when
tbe MU wns first voted upon, the
result was It for to 77 ag-rlnst. As
offered Tuesday ft haU been
changed to provide for a 3 per
cent limit on the rate of Income
tax. This change won for the bill
many votes, but not sufficient to
Jimt before tnklnx lhe fi n «i
n.in e fo n, . , h flm0ndm “ nt *° * ,ubmIt thB
lice If* E,* 0 " 1 * nt ,h ' general
r ,n I ' ov ' mb ''''. of (Wed
I l!w_l le ?r e "* n, * t,ve m °°". <>f Ap-
* defeated bjr a
It was indicated*
Mpeii’hes made
membem explsin*
n final piumasre,
amendment de-
Nearly One Million in ..wabhinoton. - Henry un- 1 ,
Bum Ten Dollar Bills Re-j nembor of tho Republican* nation* I J ! I II J | C
ported in Circulation in '““mutee. (ought hard hero" I (.fill I n IVIHIIU
Windy Citv. n,gh ' “ pre, ' nt lhe com-
Ujr seiyr. ; ralttee from curtailing tho gouth-
(8y AssTrirtTd Preset j'ra rapr—nUtftm at the national
-^ 5 £isS£l-2riS s tf*Si” £ ‘ s = : K
i'ngcFreuU^TnChlca^o^co'rdtex ' ‘by TSTSiS
£7fTB 4 " ‘•SSJSwSX I ^ vo- bn'-tb 0 ' ZuT-ob,
chief of Me government service over until Wednesday but It Is thj
ordor of tho 1920 convention tbst
this action bo taken. Tho national
coramltteo will probably select
Cleveland as the next convenllon I
city leaving Chicago In the luren.
sswrYsnjf ass ss
and other outdoor sport nmrtc.i
are now under conatruriten on th* origin ,h *
land owned by the club. Orig.n of the fake bills. Senator Lodge of Massaohusetta
The space tormrrly occupied by . 'tV — »«• saved from defeat In his last
SfgMtt Elberton Man Now fSZ
verted into offices. | With Palm Garden!
SON IS SUICIDE
Kills Self After Shooting
Wife and Her Male
Friend in Fit of Jeal
ousy.
. 1U[TO . (By Associated Press) .
In opposLig tbe rt-npporlionment Ky.—John George,
of delegates the speakers declared I . * n8urance a *Pnt, shot and prob-
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts 1**1* fata,, y founded his wife, fa-
USd RntrPfl Irma ... . tallV WOllluiPfl Pi I ■’ll no 1. IT
VfcAdoo Raps
T. O. Loveru of Elberton has
strived to Athena to become eon.
/V i *ta I necte d w’th the Georgian Palm
Un Coolldge For °*^*"- Mr Lor.rn h.» been as-
_ , ® _ I ,* oc i!, t 1 ? d w,tt To *l Dnl * company
Stand on Bonus!" Elb * rtoa ,or »wrai ynam.
(Bv Associated Praia.) ,
LOS ANOBLES—Prerld.nt Cool-
Idgo’i message to congress was'
Norma) Closes
December 20th
Tne nnisneu saiaos were p—-- ■
through the audience for obser
vation and were then placed on a
table to-the lobby where they
made a mont attractive display.
maoe a mom suissu*.
Each salad was- ahown Jlrst how
to l»- purred In an o ven -lay man -
n.-r and then how It may bo nerved
tfdal eernb- es
,r more elaborate occas-
Of English Govt.
r-niea.ioi -just Claims for consideration”' Mlv \r« acta ted Press.) «"« at this Ihsl
Pros!-] In an address by William O. Me. | LONDON—The executive board •» fact a large
•a an-1 Adoo . before the Democratic j of the Labor party Isaued a com- neceealty denied
to re-|unchcon club aan the women’s[munlque saying that It had d.-,* cc °unt of lack of
-etlon* I democratic league. - I elded In the event of labor be'n.lNot only has'tha
labeled “counsel for dormancy” and j
hla opposition to the soldier's bonus
characterised re summary disposal I
of “Just claims for consideration '
On December 90th the sute
Normal School will close for the
Christmas holidays after one of
the ihost successful terms to the
lllllflrv e-iF th. .. . . •
tally wounded Eugene Coats, 17,
tho woman’s dancing partner and
killed himself at a dance in tbs
homo of his mother-in-law a few
minutes after midnight .here Tues
day.
Jealousy because his wi/e had
refused to dance with him and w*.i
dancing with Coats was advanced
as the theory. George in a son of
John George. Sr., of j\tlanta.
jLabor Will Not
DlVluG Allthnnfv Watory of tbe Initltntion. Hundreds 11 **»!«■ oi Dusinns
A/, M _ li, J r of gcri. from on parts of tho 8Ute met Monday night to raise %fai
J** Tt kt lbI * Umo 10 (he 11 (or the Y M. C. A. budget for
holidays with their home folks. 1 *»*xt yrnr have already paiMd
THE VANISHING POINT
Teams of business men who
worked In the model kitchen ‘nlo,. mardinG MEMORIAL
which tho theatre stage lias been J 1 '* 1 *; JJ]* **|* u ** JjJJjFsjnt held| ATLANTA. Oa—At the recent
transformed. • ; the eggs In an upright or crown i meeting of the Klwanla club* In-
, . . Position- j ter national council h.id In CMra
Tbe finished salads were passe-. I go, a memorial to ihg lata Pi
USS'b «ai are dent Warren (1. Harding w.i,
MAKE SALAD doraed and urged according to —.. ....
. ... •, ... . , - . I POft, rcarhlng here. . All sections I democratic Iragpe.
Another very interesting way nfj of the Vnllel state, and Canada 1
handling the salad .wg* by. mold- wer. i nnttasatol ‘si fhe meeting
Ml»- White „M “a frortfa reprerat.tlvra who sul Sdn r^lirondvI
placed on the plate with a Hurting of the eoNnrlljRch for reduced freight nn>L pa«r*|erhmrn) of the country without(ly no sicknevtK In the school dur
— * rI, - jU “ * **- ^ ‘ 1th any form j InX the pa at t***"* •» ** ****«« ~-.
not give
(Tur
finished Opp<‘
Pans Thr#«)
There Jus boon a full
ance at this Institution, this fall.
1? JS 1 . ,ar 5 e numb ^ r WOB of
admittance on
munique saying that it hs-I de- j Account of lack of dormitory 8 pac.*».
uwwLiauL- irug^r. - | elded In the event of labor be'ngfNoi only has'tho attendance been
> .annum ■ Mr Adoo dccrltd the president’*‘invited to form government thati^nurkable but the health record
meeting, proposal for a voluntary conaplida. t the parliamentary party should ac-|at the school has been exceedingly
'gin repre*ntatlve* who at-jtlon of railroads, as "reyeti >■••-(••* I cjppt full rfiponsihntiv nt •$,« Mu.lriwi Ui«m tmoim. *-—- — «
i*d the meeting of the roHnril j itch f«»r reduced freight anjl pas* | ernmVnt of th-
were Henry C. Heins, of Afbinto, (senger rate* with no n«i«unnre qf"compromising lt4e!^
„— ———^ raised
9257.00 working at leisure. Tue
, “vanishing point” Ik the goal of
he workers who have cards of
several hundred itlzens not
in i'• • 'upAlgn laMt week
of the bad weather, or
from place of business
when the workers called. The
tmount to be rul**-d now before
the vanishing point is reached
Is $2,101. *
School open** on January 5th.
