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11,000 Asaldant Polio, Prat Ta Regular OubMrlktn THE BANNER'HERALD | Ihvsstigats Today! Daily and Sunday—13 Cent! a .Weak Established 1832. Daily and Sunday—IS Cants a Weak. s» ATHENS COTTON: | Middling .... 34% Previous Close 34‘/a THE WEATHER: Fair and Colder. VOI.. 9f, NO. 267 Aaaoclated Praia Scrrice, ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923, to B. & Paper. Bin (la Capita I Cento Dally, t Canto Banday. Boys’ Good Cheer Com mittee^ of Y. M. C. A. Will Distribute Presents to Cheerless Homes. BY JOHN D. ALLEN children of Et leant eight needy families will bn gladdened by the Christmas spirit tomorrow, as the result of a splendid work of char ity carried, ont by the Christmas dued Cheer Committee of the City V. M. C. A. . During the past eleven years, member! of .tho boya’ department of the Y. have organized them selves each Christmas to relieve indigent families ’ and to bring something: of the season’s cheer into homes Where otherwise it would bo wanting. This yesr eight teams have picked eight families, sumo of them in circumstances truly shocking. A widowed moth er with two boys and three girts to support: parent# with five small children and an invalid crandmotRtr to look after, and not even able to provide shops for the young ones; a mother earing as best she ban for her four chil dren but 'forced to keep them from adsodl because of lack of clothing;<. so .runs the Jale of mis fortune. But thanks to the Good Cheer Committees, there will be food and clothes tomorrow and, not least to he considered, bright toys for the children who perhaps have Jacob Butler, Well Known Athens Boy, Ill in Hospital Jake Butler, popular Athena boy. member of the University of Georgia football and basketball teams, waa operated on for appen- dlcltla at Ht. Mar/a hospital Sun day. Monday Jr.ae waa reported doing nicely. )wa many friends will be glad to heir. FEDERAL FORCES TAKE PUEBLA IN FIERCE FIGHTING (By Associated Press.) MEXICO CIT.Y—(Via Laredo)— Federal troops entered Puebla at 1 o'clock Sunday nftrrnoon after ar tillery bombardment of Loreto and; Guadalupe forts lasting seven hour* * according to reports from Santa! Ana Chlautcmpa, state of Tlaxcala ( Yaqul troops, under General Jorcj VERA CRUZ—Cunernavaca, cap ital of the state of Morelos, forty miles south of Mexico City hae been captured by the rebel troops under General Figueroa, according to a statement Issued by revolu tionary headquarters here. WASHINGTON TALKS WASHINGTON—Continued . suo- not.Bo much as hoped for that ^8-. ceta 0 f the force fl of President Ob. sential of a child's Christmas. ’ regod in dealing with the revolution According to W. Forbes, j n Mexico were claimed today. In general secretary of the Y. M. C. u itu tement leaued herq by the A., the work, jn addition to its re*! Mexican embassy. v»~..., . . V • jacxicun chiv.i.-b}. lief value, has an important bear-,, , The Mexican embassy ha* Ins on the boys’ training Pro*renJ W TTPW ..r-al.n, V 1 hn aims hO states. 1 _i . . ortho Y. The.aims, ho states, arc: First, and bring a dk oi ujuv-wr t i s htli. K . th. gnvn.m.nt into hom08 "l} erc ., ....intnrrtl tlm citv of I'll aims. n«city," the stat^nt . said, bit o7 ch«r hap®' Saturday af noon, a/t.r rev-r. II-,.,.].- pmess into homes recaptur ed the city of Puebla, the prevails; 'aocond, to g >u the bo>o . rabolo- atronehold In prevent, PMM. W n >- —iSl, reactionary rebel.’ atronehold In ■hrirtlanitv-^MnL to* develop in- th. central plateau, wh«r« they UiLrtto ind lcadcrihip among the had .hr main body members of the department. A. outlined by the secretary, the plans for committee organization and service are left very largely to tile boys themselves. Team captains are selected, and after- wards the .captains divide all the members! ol the department into teams of twenty or more members each. Each team then picks tha | all directions neediest family it c»n find, getting: pursue. body of their forces to withstand thi advance of the federal troops, Gen cral Martinet, commander of the victorious troops. In announcing the recapture of Puebla, reported that up to that time more than 1,000 prisoners fully armed and equipped, hatrbeen taken and that the rest of the rabels disbanded In are blng actively tion, or service committees various churches. After i to the * the t*m cnpUi advi^. ^i'hi.worker. .n*«o-| ions, clothing,; fruit, money. to}*.n I etc, make up/tho gifts, which are- assembled at /the Y. and distrib uted Chraitmaa morning. • In the eleven years sines the Good Cheer Committees in augurated, it is , esUmst^ that more than 1,800 boys, relieving over 700 persons, have engaged in this annual work of charity. Their contributions are conservatively valued at $4,000. Tho teams this year number 180 boya, rangbtr in years from 10 to 18; and the families for which they will care total 62 members, of which num ber 46 are children, all under 16 years of ago. ' Team captains for 1923 *”' King Crawford, James Harris, Harvey Head, John iiodgson, Wal- n r Sams, Robert Wingfield, Frank Dudley, and Thomas Gerdine. For mer captains who are now attend ing the University of Georgia are &8SB?w8m s£ak.aar.wa jatgrraeffi Ut the Employed Boya Christian brotherhood, ita membere ,«»«*. ..red for a t fnrotljr^ dtsrin* th® Christmas :s«ason of the last two years, ■ ' I 3SPERIAL EXERCISES Mt Vernon Lodge Has Program For Celebra tion of St. John the Evangelist Thursday. Members of Mt. Vernon Lodg# of Masons here will observe the cele- bratfon of St. John the Evangelist Thursday at t o'clock In the Ma sonic Temple. <1 Secretary John O. Quinn of the lodge announces a very Interesting program for the occasion which follows: __ _ H*£* Government Cost $5.34 For Each Georgian (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON—The department of commerce announces that the costs of government for the state of Georgia for tho fiscal year end ed December II*, 923, amounted to 115,864,279, which was a per capita * rnmt nf U 11 Tn'lllf n.. «a.l«. Christmas Carols To Be Sung Tuesday At Mell Auditorium Here cost of |4,t4. In'1917 the per capita cost waa $2.69, and in 1914, 12.22, the total* for these years being ; $7,579,017 and 96,330,346. respective ly. The per capita costa for. 1922 consleted of expenses of general departments, $4.00; payments for In tereet. .$.99; and for outlays, $1.26, over 3,500,000 being spent highway Improvements. The net Indebtedness (funded and floating debt leas sinking fund nssets) of Georgia was $1.81 per capita for 1922, $2.14 for 1917, and $2.39 for 1914, For 1922 the assessed valuation of property subject to ad valorem taxation was $1,190,515,726! j amount of taxes lovled was $5,952,- and tho per capita levy $2.00. USE GIRLS AS RLIND THREE ARE CAUGHT PROGRAM FOR CHRISTMAS SINGING L The True Spirit of Christmas—Mr. Morton 8. Hodgson. 2. Carol—Hark the Herald Angels Sing. 3. Prayer—Chancellor Barrow. 4. Male Chorus. 6. The Christmas story in tinted pictures (re ft The Christmas story in tintde pictures (re production's of foremost 'art galleries of Europe.) Interpreted in story by Miss M. Rutherford, and Mrs. John Morris in music. 7. Solo—Miss Lucille Kinnebrew. 8. Carol—Holy Night. , 9. Carol—Joy to the World. 10. Benediction by Rev. S. J. Cartledge. The public is invited. - Extra Trucks Help Speed Up Delivery Christmas Parcels Extra trucks ware called Into service Sunday by the post office department and by nightfall all Chriatmaa packages ware dallvO'red to residences. Tha fores worksd all day Sunday arranging Chriat maa malls and Postmastsr Paul Smith reports the rapid movement of parcels and Christmaa cards and letters. WINTER. ROARK DENIZEN OF THE UNEXPLORED NORTH. DELAYS ITS ANNUAL VISIT SOOTH THIS YEAR ATLANTA, Ga.—Three pretty young girls, claiming Atlanta ai their home, C5 gallons of moon shine whiskey and a new coup* constituted tno rntcli of Sheriff Baggett, of Douglas county. Sun day morning. Tile girls ga v e their names a: Helen Miller, Edith Morgan an< Ettie Whitworth. They were re ! lAU-Uijng.to Atlanjg, they, said, after |if IFlJi. JMb.f Bamn where the whiskey cured, riy*'.' ' Two men in an automobile trail* ihg th* young women, and who are thought by Sheriff Baggett to have been owners of the whiskey, were not taken into custody be cause no actual proof of thei connection with the transportation or possession of the whiskey could be established. The young women were detained in the county jail at Douglasville until late Sunday afternoon when they each. were released on $200 bonds Worshipful Master. Wm. win, presiding. - Lodse opened In due and undent form by tho officers of Mount Vernon Lodae. Invocation by tho Chaplain, Bov. Gao. E. Stone. Sons by Masonic Quartette. • Readfns minutes of past meet- ' Examinations aud ballotln*. Bon* by Quurtott a. - Installation ceremonies. presentation' of Pant Master, Jewel to raet Master. E. O. Kinne brew by Part Master, E. C. Paine. Sons. ''America" by the Lodae. Address by Part Master, M. O. Michael ' ‘ ' J . ’ Rone by Quartette. Addree, by Dr. W. 8. Roberson. Sana by. Quartett e. Bona—God bo w|th you 'till at meet asaln, by the Lodae. Closlnc exercise.. American State Bank Has Christmas Tree For Club Depositors tor th ' ot “• Down cm- Broad street. »t tbe American State Dank, are greeted with ti»* light °* tt base Chr!*tma, tree brlfbUy Usbt- ^“tV.r.re^r^ attractinc Knights Templars to I Observe Christmas Prsetdsnt Bsrnstsln of this banxi , , , wa itht* originator of the Christ- \* Christmas oboorv- «naa Havings Clubs In this city nnd ftnc ® will be held by Godfrey De **ach year Urge sum* are paid to Bouillon Commandery No. 14, K. ti -p.jsitors from thle baok. The T..iTpefda)r ? ,p^ceip|>er t 25th. at. 12 ,M «»k* of this Imnk are now open o’clock All Sir . KnighU t» ’-next are courteously reQuextcd be for the nSw\ 4 • !ii 1-tm:i* y arrnunt p t , m-x. vr.tr U ., g*H,d !.. II. WILLIAMS, E. tomnk,. ' 'JNO. G. QUINN,, R-f nlct., Preliminary trial of Albert - A. Adams. rehabilitation student, charged with bigamy will take place before Judge Milton Thomas at S o’clock Monday afternoon Adams w<v» arrested Saturday on a warrant Issued by R. E. Shelton charging .that the young man mar ried Mr. Shelton's daughter her* last November when he already had a wife and two children. (By Associated Press) Winter the hoary denizen of the’, great unexplnml North, had delayed Hi# trip South this year longer than usual-and ex cept for, a fevr days wjten his chilling breath was blown In a Southern-direction thq weather had been as mild ns a spring day. ' Old Jupiter Tluvlus on tho con* trarydias not been so gentle In his decrees and the skies havo been overcast with'a dull gray masr Of clouds .continually drenching the earth with lin gering rains -For the past few weeks a amass of low hanrir* clouds have hovered over head and a drizzling rain has kept up *a continual dripping from the -eaves of roefa filling the minds of the populace with a vision of Santa bearing his bur den of Christmas, joy wearing Tho whiskey and coupe arc possession of Sheriff Baggett. Names of the young women do hot appear in either the city di rectory or telephone directory 01 Atlanta. A touring car and more than a waterproof coat and muil >100 quarts of Irish whlritcy were * - confiscated by Patrolmen Nance and Hightower early Sunday night * “ ' ” ' * Ms Reports from all-over th* country as far north as Maine and New Hampshire report extremely mild weather and record.high temperatures for Uccebemr. In the West there h.trt Wn some cold weather together with bluizzards and a heavy snowfall, however th.* East-along with the South ha* had little of this and New York reported Its first snowfall only I n' short time ago. many week* behind the time It has occurred In former years. -* * Weather men and prophets of all kinds have offered no solu tion to the perplexing ques- tlon and Old Man Wlntrr re- mains .'ss much a -mystery as ever as far as.his whereabouts Is concerned. One 'radio sta- .. (Turn to Page Eight) at the intersection of Marietta and Bellwood streets. Two white men, James Parker, 26, and W. A. Beattie, 51, of Miami, Fla., were trrOitsI with th* car of whiskey and Jodged in jail on charges of violating the state prohibition law. Officers Nance and Hightower wore riding out &I*ri*tta street on a street ear .and at the intersec* tion of Bellwood street noticed the car and were attraetdo by tho rather suspicious actions of the two occupants. Alighting from the street car at th* next comer the ofifeers returned to the car. The men evidently were -not disturbed over-possibility of ar rest, officers «aid, as no efforts Athens will observe Christmas Day Tuesday along with the rest of the civilized world. One of the features of the day's observance will be the public singing of Christmas Carols at Mell Audi torium Tuesday afternoon from 5:30 until 6:30 o’clock when the story of Christmas will be pre sented in song and picture. The observance c day as a holiday more general as ILL JUJU, PROVEN SUCCESSFUL (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON—Airplane. at tack* on the boll weevil, most de structive enemy of the cotton crop, have proved succeraful and cal cium arsenate du*t ha* been found the moat effective poison for II nnd other cotton Insects, Christmas is becoming indicated by recent orders issued by the post- office department doing away with the delivery of mail on rural routes on this date. For th* fii*t time in the history of the service rural carriers will have a chance to remain home Christine- day. A "Christmas dinner at hom* M orders provides that all city car- return to th* postofnee by ’clock on Christmas da/ whether their routes have been covered or not. Windows at the local office will be open from 10 until 12 o’clock. The Christmas rush was on tue weevil and other cotton Insects, -w.sunn the department of agriculture an- M° nd *y “ well ft*’ nounced after extensive exprlments. More testa are needed to develop better designs of planes apd equipment and to improve methods and experimental work is being continued da available funds permit Though - calcium arsenate Is de clared by the department to be the beet poison known at the present time for the weevil, other poisons also arc being tested. B. If. Coad, of the bureau ’ of entomology; Jn charge of the cotton insect investigations at the govern ment station at Tallulah. La., dur ing tho last few years, has made extensive test* of poisons and ways » fapplylng them. It has been shown that dusting with calcium arsenate will make possible a pro fitable Increase In yield of seed cotton except where the land Is of low productivity. Field* dusted with calcium arsenate by alrplano this year showed on increase of 740 pound* p*T acre of see,| rot ton over those on adjacent plantation! that were not poisoned. Although in the Athens stores. People who. could not reach the city last week due to bad weather arrived Satur day and Monday and the usual last-minute-nun for toys and other Christmas necessities begad Monday about noon. uTimcvTu . — u ' There has been a general exo-. dus from th* local schools and colleges for th* holidays, sta* dents lrom Lucy Cobb, State mal and the University havhag left for their homes last weak. All of them wer* away by tStt- urday. . The Christmas spirit was in the air everywhere in Athens Mon* day and from all indications thfe. was not unlike other Chriatmaa seasons. Naturally one wishes to know whore this annual celebra* tion originated. Looking it up h* finds that nothing definite i« known about Christmaa observ ances or who first celebrated iL .Most of the Christmas obeerv-. ances arc of pagan origin and ad buthday celebrations wer»* conaid- the cost of dusting with airplanes, had been made to conceal the I which were supplied and manned booze. Bottles were carelessly j hy the air service of the nrmy. H a—d heathenish by early Chria- piled_up in the rear scat and on|not definitely known. It U |3S. about 340 A. D be- icr *' {fore an investigation was made • tegarding Christs birthday and (December 25 was decided upou. the floor. I mated to be about $5 per acre. "PINT PINCHING” WONT CURE BOOTLEGGING, SAYS UNCLE SAM‘S LADY NEMESIS OF RUM-RUNNERS When Iszy EinsCeln'g safe in bed, and "Lone Wolf*” Asher snore*. The bootleg auto, full of gin. ground the corner roars. And while the revenooers snatch a bit of food and drink, The smugglers land a cargo that’ll make the dollars clink! But troubled dsys are coming for the man who peddles boose. He'd better take a tip and atart to selling ahoesl And keep his money out of bank, and calm his strident shout About his stock* and bonds and such—or some day without doubt Unde Sam’II grab his cash account ■H. and* all his worldly wealth And put his where his only cam will about bln hi allli •gh he’ll never In* In danger of snfferi'-.g from gout. Missis Will, brandt will \; t hO By HARRY B. HUNT WASHINGTON. — The bootleg- _ srs’s Nemesis »« not Hzy Ein stein. Botham’s demon prohibition sleutfc. Nor it Is "Lone Wolf Asher, whose nose for synthetic gin has located the la’*r of countless rum cached • It Is not even Roy Haynes, cru sading prohibition commissioner, nor la It any of hit staff. Instead, It'a a brown-haired, brown-eyed little woman of S4 U who admits, her age, possesaea a firm chin and abundant energy and,has ahead fbll of-Ideas and the keen intelligence with which f*ff< pply them effectively. Her tax lawa. TiJra. WJUebrandt would be the first to disclaim the-title of boot legger's Nemesis. * She’d* tefl. you. Instead, ‘that the prohibition law Is NOT being enforced; that there ia,a steady mad torrential now of liquor into the United States; that a vast quantitty of alcoholic bev erages Is being produced commer cially within tho country; that bootlegging has come to be one of Ute Mg business of the nation, with ■ turnover of hundreds of millions annually. she qualifies for the title of the AMPLY QUALIFIED « AS NEMESIS And right there, because she recognises the futility of present effects to enforce the laws, and instead of maintaining that en forcement I* progressing finely has Mt to work to develop mstb- ods for less spectacular but more »nf«n-n>-nf i- • T general of the United r Wllle-1 Stales. In charge of the legal eyd can s of i assist- of enforcing the prohibition and a time. rum-runner’s Nemesis. For Nemesis, as you know, was the Greek personification of retri butive Justice. And Mrs. Wille- Jrrandt not only proposes more severe prison sentences for th* ringlesden In prohibition viola tion. but would Mile for Uncle Sam millions or dollars from es tates built up by profits from II Welt 1 llqcor sales. "We can never enforce • prohi bition by ’ninchlng the pints’,' declares. "Enforcement has got to start back of the retail distribu tion. The f’jrst problem Is to stop the sources of supply, aud these are. chiefly, two. "L The smuggler. "2. The man who, under cloak of apparent legality, withdraws alco hol on permit* for Industrial or other legs! uses and diverts It into l»ootlogg'nc channels. Prohibition officers now waste their tlmo milling around on llttl mercia! organizations, flooding tho trade with liquor, operato com paratively undisturbed. "In dealing with smuggling, the government should look to although dates ranging from Jan uary 6 to .May 20 nave beca cele brated. Pagans used to consider mistle toe as being sacred because it grew on oak trees, which wens supposed to bo the symbol of their god, Thor. The custom of decorating with greenery at Christmas time was observed by the pagans who clung to the habit after becoming Christians. Tha ing agencies—the coast guard, the I Druidic bonfires marked the ori- —----- - • *—> of th* yule log in pint or a few quarts atjbai [eanwhlta the big com-*!" revenue service and the customs service. , "The Job can’t be done by any one branch.of the government. There must be co-ordination not now effective. There must bo an tatartgeking exchange of informa tion and assistance. A definite ob jective meat be set up. with a definite method of attack; not the scattered, disorganized effort now applied. ‘When the police and the prohi bition agents have railed, a tax in vestigation is one of the best methods of attack against the big violator," Mrs* Wlllebhindt says. In these we uncover all the man’s bank deposits, his Investments in stocks, bonds, mortgages and* oth- rltlee. In many nlllfo gin of the ! England. Christmas cheer basket* will be distributed Tuesday by tbs Elk* club and all of the churches In the city. * t Arrangements have been com pleted to take care of all needy families In the city and nothing ha* been left undone to provide foe all and make Christmas D*7 * h*P- py one. If anyone through oversight fs overlooked he is urged to notify fhto Community Exchange In the Iteg Crons rooms adn provision will made. JUDGE BRAND HOME Congiesman C. H. Bread ha rived home to spond the Chrlfti holidays. Congress will *vconv after the holidaye.