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i 11,000 AwidMit Psii«y rm To RhuIh 8ubwrlb*r* , THE BANNER-HERALD InvoatlgoU T«d«yt THE • •; ‘T. '• Daily and Sunday—13 CcnU a WaaK Eatabliahad 1832. Daily and Sunday—It Ontd a W«L ATHENS COTTON: Middling Hid Prevloua Clooe . — HVa THE WEATHER: Georgia and vicinity: Rain Sun day and colder Sunday afternoon or night. Monday and Tueeday fair. VOL. 81, NO. 266 Aaaodated Prtaa Serried. ATHENS, CA„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1923. Simla Caplaa 3 Casta Dally. I Casta Sanday. Dr. Soule Announces Increase Of $131,000,000 In Farm Products *-+ J. A v " *§* •I* *1* 4* 4 1 v “ . A A T V (J, New Split in Episcopal Circles Has Echo in All Denominations. CLUBHOUSE and lakf, GOLF COURSE, TENNIS 1 jLl-.. COURTS TO COMPARE WITH ANY IN SOUTH trftv Work tb Be Begun on Project in Early Spring. Ready For Play Following Year. To Be Located on Jefferson Road Near Lamkin Home. A new and modern country club, with golf links, lake and other recreational features 13 being planned for Athens and with the acquiring, of a large tract of land in and near the city the new club is practically assured. A temporary corimittee composed of James White, A. G. Dudley,. B. F. Hardeman, Joel A. Wier, Walter H. Jones, E. F. Porter, Chas. E. Martin, W. W. Crews, Murray Soule, H.'H. Gordon, Jr., M. S. Hodgson, A r- thur Griffith, J. Warren Smith, Chas. Eckford, with other business and professional men of thg city are working out the iliitial plans for the club. A tract ot land comprising 188 am, baa.Stan acQOlrad by nr- rhaso On thn Jefferson rood near the Oalmsvllle-lllilland crosatnf arros. t!ie rood from the Uunkln borne and It Is said that thta land lies Ideality for the con»tructl6n Of an eighteen bole golf cobae, Urge leke, tennie courts and the like. Thn land has an Idaal loca tion, fronting about one-half mllo on the Jeffenon road, north ot the 8. A. L. railroad. A natural stream f'-il from several clear water springe, will furnish water for an IS acre lake In which will be put several thousand,fleh and adjacent to Wiu be built a boot house and possibly A dancing parlllton. TO BUILD A REAL CLUB A large and roomy club house 1s Mng.plannod while the golf course bells is the proepect for prectl- catly all of the United States, end the famed .teaming mince pie will be eome what more warm to palat* for tho weather man eaya that thl, will be one of tho warrnoU Christina, day. in history. REBEL ARMIES IN CITY TB ATTACK GALVESTON—Rebel armies un der the command of General Cav azos have begun an advance on gfexlco City, according to an offi cial dispatch received here by A SENTENCED FRIDAY ATLANTA.—Attorneys for Philip E. ■ Fox, con victed of the murder of W. S. Cobum and senten ced to life imprisonment by the verdict of the jury, were preparing Saturday night, to seek a new trial for Fox. When Fox was ap proached by reporters as he sat in his cell in Fulton Tower, he said that he had no statement to make on Tho rebels hive , , city «f Puebla “for reasons of mill- j ’■*"* tnry expediency." It >" announced | ..j, m , man ... see my et- by them hendnusrter* here. They t0rn6) ., f don’t feel like talk- i.n.i i.aI.1 fins r'fv for Movornl ilav*. . ^ Hottest Christmas AHORNEYS FOR FOX 1 In History Is . j Prediction (By A:re:!s1;d -Pre**-) ' WASHINGTON — Chri«tnM» PREPARING TO SEEK had held tho city for several davg. ^j, e p r j SO ner said to reporter* The pesults of General Guadalpe h(J shortly after he arose t* 'conference with the other aiwl ’i K nVlnrlr. His cell motes Outlines Program For ‘Farmers Week’ Here January 21-27 An increase of $131,000,000 in farm products in Georgia since 1920 was announced Saturday by Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of the State College of Agriculture, in submitting a tentative program fer. the 1924 '“Farmers Week” here January 21-26. “Georgia is on the upgrade,’’ Dr. ENGINEER IS KILLED »111 be inch as to draw state and 1 (Turn to Page Two) YEIIZELOS IITED |Tii (By Associated Press.) ATHENS.-The Coun- yn * a . e Snnchee 'conference with the olncr ' around 8 o’clock. Hla cell mates rdtrotls List (Jr ” b ' 1 *"'* r *'* nt JJS 4 Uu Fox had .pent a re.tl<’»» night XUHVflJv vyy being kept ecerct hut General VIII- J ana the etching of hie-' atures — - real, one of the participants In thei yM ltt|1 no u CC able. conference. Is nunteff as saying . tkcleton motion for new trial that they were roll.factory In 1 ^ to |je ,, led during th da y. de ary respect, hnvln* served to dem- ord!nE t0 Attorney .Tank Hooper, onetrate that perfeet nccoril exists I , vho together with former among the Insurgent leaders. Th« I Gover nor Hugh M. Dorsey and’ At- .lleeuselona he added, showed ‘»aj a Allen and J. E. Bootleggers Seized By Police the generalr. were In agreement. w efr herry, represented Fox during ? both on political and military alma.} n j n e-day trial which ended at A correspondent with " * ry aims, i nine-day A correspondent with General:. o’clock Friday night with tho Jose Villanueva’* column report* flln£ pf tbe te rdict: OuUtJ. is... a.wo.o. onmmanrlef " r ..... that General Cavaios, commander of the government vanguard near Ban Marcos, ha* announced his conversion to the rebel cause. Several hundred revolutionary soldier*, both of the Infantry and (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON—Some more Joy whr. taken out of the Christ mas season Saturday by the public threat from the District attorney* office $*• prosecute those names who appear on a long and imposing list of cus tomer* which wn* seised Friday In a raid on what police de scribe a* a powerful syndicate name/ appeared' j *^C?"n"pV'aSM'SeTht » ligit when the Insurgent .rnopt ftuacKea tne regon garrison, which Is command- with recommendation for mercy. I Filing of a skeleton motion It themselves ( | l0 UHU al procedure In seeking a cavalry, have placed m under hla orders, .It is addedj new tr j a j an( j this move allows Fighting Is reported to haVe been j counse i the opportunity of amend- Jn progress »lne« '^Thursday J 1 ,; lng their petition later. The aten- Santa Luccrsttla, si< important rail way station In •ouMieffi Vera Crua. on the list seised when headquarters of the syndicate In a downtown office building were raided. A doaen arreata , were made. None of the name* on the list have keen made public but police have dropped many hints • to the prominence of those .’n-' volved. Some months ago a similar ' list was taken In a raid on another prominent boot»egger and Included name* of a num ber of army and naval officer* and official* of the civil depart ment* o the federal govern ment and was published In a Washington newspaper. Isqulsrdo Dr. J. L. Pendley Receives Honor oil of Ministers has decid- Kansas Governor ed to instruct Colonel Plastiras of the revolu-j tionary committee, to ask 1 former Premier Venize-I los without any conditions and with complete liberty of initiative, to return to Greece and take the polit ical situation in hand, j Colonel Plastiras has been appointed regent since the ’ departure of King George and the queen from the bountry. Twice before has Veni- zelos been called back to his country and each time he has accepted only to have the political powers run him away again. This time he has shown a hesi tancy about accepting the Shows Humane Spirit <Bv AeioeMted Preee) LANSING, Ken. — Twenty five convict., eerving term, at the Keneae Strte Penitentiary her« were at liberty Saturday on Chriitmee oarolea granted by Governor Jonathan Davie. They ere on their honor to re turn to the prieon at the expi ration of f’fte-n daye. William Latraeee, notorious t-am robber wfioee escaped., have kept him confined In the prisons of tho middle watt molt of tho time oineo 1911 woo on# of thoeo released for tho Holi days. He reid r.o ono would over find him agoing tho lew again. TWO ARE KILLED JOHNSVILLE, O—Mr. and Mre. Arthur Brumbouxh are dead and tholr homo near hero le a hoop of onllnterod timber, end hrlek, on .the trout- remit of the explosion of the call stating, howeverrthat he would return to Greece if it was the wholesale wish of his people. night Thn ngplnaton wa* hoard for five mil** nn<l It’s force *h*t- t*r*d window* In other nearby house*. Dr. J. L. Pendley. well known op- toraetrlet has been, appointed af- ■ociate director of Uu American Optometric Ae»oclttlon, for tho middle and south Atlantic region which Includes about eighteen states. Dr; Pendley. received notice of his appointment yesterday The as sociation formerly held one big na tional convention including the Ca nadian optometrist*' but it will told regional conventions In the future. ) BAR ASSOCIATION ographer’s record In tbe case will not bo ready for several weeks, ss the evidence Vt the Fox trial was probably tho most voluminous In th# history of Fulton superior court slope the celebrated Frank case. * While the Jurors In tbo case de clined to discuss how the ballot ing had run during the delibera tions, which lasted nearly twenty- hours, It was. stated unofficially at th court house that the severity of the punishment was the major fac tor whicji delayed the finding of a verdict, some holding out for th* extreme penalty and with otlter* contending for thQ life imprison ment. “We the Juty, find the defend ant guilty of 1 murder and recom mend’ him to the mei u ‘ court,” w#i; the verdict, crowded courtroom by Assistant Solicitor E. A. Stephen*, while Fox sat bowed at the defense table apd mumbled a barely audible ”no” when Judse O- H- Howard asked If he had any statement to make. Sentence was pronounced immedi ately, and Fox was escorted from the courtroom by a special detail (Turiv to Page Two) Top left 'to right—Bishop William T. Manning and Rev. Leithton Parks. Bottom—Hishop William Lxwrcdqc, Dr. Percy Stiekney Grant and Rev. Eee H. Heaton. dignitaries to net as spokesmen In By ALEXANDER HERMAN NEW YORK—Is religion on the eve of a second Protestant Reforro-»| Thei c Issue* have been smolder ing for a long time. Rut a sermon at ion? Or la the row rwtween the Mod ernlsts and Fundamentalist* of the Episcopal Church a tempest in a tea-pot. that raay soon be forgot- tept Million* Of church-goer* of all crerdn are wondering, for it has Mia nearly 400 gears elnce so clear-cut an Issue has cropped up In nn organized church. ’ \ When it dldi it led to* a» revolt that split the Catholic Church end gave birth to Protestantism. Whht wlll It bring about now? LIBERAL GROUP. Where' John Luther* and * John Calyln once, stopd as heads of the Modernist MovcVnent of t!(0 six teenth century, now.stands* group of liberal preachers headed by the Revf Dr*. Leighton Park*. . IHircy Stiekney Grant, William N, Guthre nnd jHjrttop Wftl(am Lawrence. . An'd foremost of the rundnmen- ta’|y'tf«, oppoRimr the Modi’rnlste, stands Bishop.William T, Manning of 'the Protestant Episcopal' Dio- cc.rd of N>w York. Ifptween them has arisen.a series, of issue* that, bear A marked re- semblancoto tbo. Issue*, that brought on the first Protestant Reformation* They Involve various Interpretation* of the* Bible, and thd’ tfrerogatlvea < of higher church defining these interpretations. ATLANTA—Engir>aer J, W. Brown, of 1021 Atlanta avenue, Deeatur, waa instantly killed and three members of the train •crew were injured Seturday morning at 7:05 o’clock when the southbound “Dixit Limited’* creek train of th* N. C. A 8t. L. railway, was wrscksd near Kennssaw, Ga. The injured, according to re ports from rvtarrfVtta, wn»r» they ware given medical atten- Young, 47 Firemen W H. Cherokes avenue, cuts and bruiaes. Brakeman J. M. Baldwin, of Atlanta, cuts and bruise*. J. H. Williamson, nagro por ter, of 53 South Jackson street, bruises No passengers were Injured, but several women bacam* hys terical from nerv-oue shock. Practically all the passengers on th* solid Pullman train were asfeeo and awakened by the crash mad« their escape in night r!«*h*« Local officers of the railroad characterized the wreck aa a derailment. They were unable to determine its cause. The engine turned over and the baggage car and two Pull mans left the pails. of tho Rev.' Lee W. Heaton, rector of a Port Worth, Tex., church and the action of.hla Bl*hop charging him with heresy, has kindled them Into n flame Uiat la spreading across the whole country. In hia preachment nn /‘What la Truth,*’ Mr. Heaton.ealdf **Th4re are those among u» who believe that Jesus was In all things both G6d and roan; th^Incarnation of God and the aon of Joseph. This I* my own opinion.” For expre**lng such view*.' charge* of heresy were brought against Rev. Heaton, and he T* now • awaiting trial before an ecclesiastic court. NOT FIRST TIME It u*nn not the first time the Virgin birth doctrine had been flouted. The Rev. Walter Ruasell Bowie, rector of Grace Church of New York, ha* t&kert practically tbe same vfrw a* the Rev. Heaton, And Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts ha* been called the center of th# Modernist group on account of hla views. ' j * '• ! The Rev. Dr. Percy Stiekney Grant denounced the view many _ timer In a sermon last January M An J a .. ho aald that Jeaus did not possess IVIOIlOaV UOXCS (Turn^to Pape Two) Engineer Brown was scalded to death being pinned inside of th* cab of the locomotive. Fire man Young leaped aa the en gine left the rails- Th* accident occurred about a nuarter of a mil# south of the* Kennesaw station. Th’e train, runninn on tim*. had *tow*d down for the station switches, and was running at an 18-mll*- an hour clip, it waa aaid. Fire man Younq to’d surgeons at thn N-ilan sanitarium at Ma rietta, while beina treated for his injuries, that the train sud denly seemed to come to th# end of the track. Jr and recom- m ^ mercy of th. Negotiations Oil Jlct. reoit to a _ ■■ ■ • Between^u.S. and England on Booze NEW YORK—The Canard liner, Berengarla wa# selected’ for the American Bar Association's voyage to England next summer because the Cunard officials changed It* sailing • date to oblige th# association after the United Btntes Shipping* Board officials had offered'^ no encouragement noi suggested that they were interested In th# effbrt to arrange passage on the Lcviathian, Alton B. Parker, chairman ot the commute* ar ranging the trip stated Saturday. He wa# answering the attacks mad# bf Jame* A. Farrell of the I ’nil' i! Line* rrltiolRlng ths attacks made by James A. Farrell ..f th- United State* Line* crlticl*. lng the lark of support of '.the American Merchant Marine by thf American people. litiore 'SUOPP1NGJD&V “'pSials (By Associated Pr#*s) WASHINGTON — Negotiations with Greet Britain for'a apecia’ liquor treaty have progrea#ed an* other stage with the tranvmlsaloi; to London of American suggestions in connection with a center draff of the original American proposal. It la expected IhAt an- agreement White Man Nabbed On Whiskey Charge Mjelvtt* IJndaey. a white man, was Soule said. “In 1920 our agricul tural crop* were worth around 1169,000,00. In 1922, they Increased in value to $211,000,000. Ini 1823, to $250,000,000- The turnover of our live stock and poultry Indue*- tries will aggregate not far frofn another $100,000,000. The new wealth created* In the past twelve month)* by th|ose opeijatring our running land* represents a gross therefore of $350,000 000. “Wo have learned a great deal al>out the boll weevlj during th* pant ytfar, and it ha* been demon strated that we can stilt ral*e due- half bale and upward of cotton per acre under wise and efficient management. To do this call* for the institution of new methoda>of farm practice, the dlniminatlon r of lunnainentai information, the “Util ization of a diversified farm pro gram into affect, the enlargement and improvement d? farm butjta- lng?. the development of klfell b*a (b/. - * wa the establishmeat Jof community, commodity enterfrt$e* on u inn basis and th* enlargement of co-operative marketing organi zation*. “Thl* In a wonderful program and ft will take unanimity of, ef fort to put it over, but It- can be The the “Fai Christmas Seals (By Associated Press.) COLUMBUS..— C o n- *11! be reached In the near future c l u ding Several months of investigation of two well known Columbus physi cians,. Dr, Jonathan For man and Dr. E. J. Gordon arrated Friday afternoon on Cl.v- . rf , V pjiIprl that ion street. by policemen l c. oBturday reveaiea mat ‘ they had unknowingly ad- Con$#H#bn and Hugh Moore. Lindsey had .In hla pgaaeaslon three plgte ,of liquor,. the . policemen state. He was'turned over to lb? STORM MOVES EAST (Bv Associated Press.) SAUNA, K ui—M*fe*gvs r*c*iv» ed here Falunlny tel! of *»“»vj» ntiow* sweeping w« stern K..nfa*. Hays, Oakley. Plainvllte and Colby were among the towns reporting snow failing heavily. The storm seems to be moving eastward. ministered poison to two women who died last Sep- one week and to a physi cian who recovered after having been dangerously ill for several days. All three w ere undergoing treatment for digestive disorders. Epting wl|l have charge of sales. The American Legion*Aux illary teem captained by Mrs. Jo- alah Billing reported gale# of $7 Friday although the weather waa bad. ThA Episcopal church team, captained by Mrs, Sam Nickerson -..M $ 12.7 .*• worth Friday. Re-Hab Arrested Here on Bigamy Charge Saturday Albert A. Adams, a Re-Hab at tho University of Georgia wa* ar rested by Bailiff Huff late Satur day night on a warrtn sworn out by R. A. Skelton of this city. Tbe warrant charge dthat Adams married Skelton’s daughter here on November 1, and that he had a Ife .and two. children, ( one age three and the other on** year old. lams was’’held on an $800 bond. warehouses. The bandits succeeded in stealing forty barrels of choice whiskey that is valued , at $60,000. It is thought that the men were inspired to the rob bery by the near of the Christmas holidays and the present shortage of whiskey". Four of the men were captured in one of the motor trucks but the oth ers of the gang succeeded in escaping just before net of the county and police and the Nai Guardsmen closed in, Farmers 1* very eotfpra- progma Week" tl «* ye hcnslve uml will bring to theatete college some of the natlonViaed- ‘•r. in grow In;:, grading and mar keting of farm products. Among those on the program are Governor < Jlffortf M. Walke^ Bu- gen« R. Black prominent AuiQta banker; O. H. J«*ne*s. dl.vla(jjtt of (Turn to Page Two>— * ( By Associated Press.) , BALTIMORE.—A Campaign Herej EC ° re of armed men ahd a (fleet of trucks late Friday .night swooped down ^on i«curt?<S2SiJ'SVSS oSSJ^ the Gwynbrook DistiUery iixht tiibcrenio,'-! by ,ak- of warehouses at Gwynbrook Sra^^Xi^ar owings Mills, shack- of women from the First Baptist (led tnree guards ana church captained by Mre. H. O. br()ke into tw0 of the three' whiskey stocked