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11,000 Accident Policy Fro# To Regular 8ubicrlbara || THE BANNER-HERALD Invaatlgato Today! Dally and Sunday—IS Centa a Weak Established 1832. ATHENS, GA„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER SO. 1923. VOL, 91. NO. 271 THE BANNER-HERALD' ATHENS COTTON: middling PREVIOUS CLOSE 35V|« THE WEATHER: Georgia: Increasing cloudirv Da!!/ and Sunday—IS Cents a WeeS. followed by rain Sunday afternoon ' A. B. C. Paper. Simla Coploa 1 Ceuta Dally. I Casta Boday. »j«- -»Ja \ »|«—»J« *•—+ Wednesday Paving Of Cemetery Driveways H One Of New Year’s, Real Needs TIKE IIP DUTIES The city administra tion will change next Wednesday at noon when the councilmen and mayor named in the election in December take- their seats and thi retiring members pass from the governing body. Mayor O- H. Arnold, Jr., will succeed Judge George C. Thomas as the city’s chief execu tive while three new members of council will be seated. Henry T. Culp. retains his seat ‘rrtrn the first; Dr. H. B. Hey wood Holds over from the second and B. R. Bloodworth will take the seat now occupied by George C. Arm- strong from the third ward Having been named- unopposed. W. R. Tindall, also named without opposition, will II had been suggested that the driveways in Oconee cemetery he included in the paving b.vlget of the city for 1924 and this Is a suggestion that should certainly meet with the approval of No money has over been spent on paving the streets of the “city of the dead" and the cost of the proposed 1 improvement is so negligible that no serious opposition can be raised on that account. Th driveway of .the cemetery runs from the underpass at the railroad track to the bridge across the cWer, the driveway forking into.a pqcond avenue and then merging again near the bridge. The length of t» e- two is approximately 2000 lineal feet or about 4000 square yards of paving- It is estimated by Captain BS’/nett, city engineer, that the cost will bo about $2 per square yard, or This driveway is used extensively and the present gravel surface is. very nnestisfaetcry In the winter and during rainy season* , tf my people drivd through the cemetery almost , e ,^^ day while practically everyone ' *ho has a friend or relative buried LuctT would like to 'see some attention given the driveways. The cemetery Is under the management of the Oconee Ceme tery Association but Mt is hardly probable that enough money will ver bo accumulated by the arsociat’on to take care of any per- i nfni iha Htv will have to take charge ci manent improvements and the city will have to take charge this work and see that it is done. The administration that 1s about to assume control of the citv government could find *no f«ner piece of work to lay its tatim to than paving the cemetery driveways. T he P*°P’® nf t a f wMit It done', this much is assured and the Improvement Is one prompted by actual need rather than sentiment. • r , The small sum of $8,000 could not bo spent -tola bet»or ad vantage and/or a more popular purpoae than thia. . Lost Dirigible l i-i- Complete Program Of “iFarmers Week” Here Announced Saturday UNCLE 31 TO SELL 1 MRPHES AND RIFLES TO (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON.—T h e Washington government. has agreed to sell a quan tity of war material to Seme of the nation’s foremost agricultural leaders . , will be here January 21-26 attending the annual the Obregon government | “Farmers Week” conference at the State College of i in Mexico. ! Agriculture, program for which was completed and I The decision was reach- announced yesterday by Dr. AndrcwM. Soule. i The conference next month will . —»■■ 'deal with agricultural problems of 'all kind* and an effrvt will be made to map out a program which will increase the state's revenue from agriculture many millions of .dollars. cd after a request for Experts In producing, grading ‘and marketing and financing * of nops will be hc..e to take part In the discussions. Governor Walker, jj. J. Brown, state commissioner of agriculture ; J. E. Con well, pres ident Georgia Cotton Grower Co operative. Eugene R. Black. Atlan ta bankec; L. G. Hardman. Com merce; P. T. Anderson, governor , C'jorgia Klwanls d/jtrict; T. J. Hamilton, and J. B. Nevin, nows Dawes And Young Off To Solve Reparations The above photograph i the largest. ol its tyne i ill-fated inveiHgfctfon trip o.,— . . . . ended in tragedy. Fifty lives wero lost, it is thought, when tne ship plunged into the Sea. The body of the commander was found in the- cbMPLETE water by fishermen. PROCRAM J such action had been re ceived from the Obregon government and it is*un derstood to have been prompted by a desire to STAGE BEBELLIONi^^r^r led uprising. Although details of the trans- IAL SCHOOL (By Associated Press) action are still pending before DELAWARE, O.—Disorders Secretary Weeks the material in- among the Inmate, of the Girl’s v .°,l vcd is to include military rifles now stored at Ft. Sam Hon*. army depots near military air- Former Budget Director and General Electric Ex pert Sail Saturday. Dawes Has Not Yet Learned to Say “Hell and Maria in French.” Romance Is. no respecter of places wherein to get married, and the Banner-Herald news (By Associated Press.) j NEW YORK.—Brigadier General Charles G. j Dawes, former director of the United States Budget, i #na tiw wi . , and Owen D. Young, ohairman of the board of the; for co i. mad. succeed Carlton 1 horn- , E , ectr j e Company and Radio Corporation of; nomanco and Love have led ton from the fourth two of the { hree Americans invited by the | thea yi C tim. to g,t m.rt.d while-Vincent Matthew* i Inter .Allied Reparations Commissions to sit as mem- will succeed A. L. How- ^ of - tg comm i t tee to consider means of balancing land, who did not offer German budget, sailed Saturday for Europe. for re-clecton, from the General Dawes, smoking his “ fifth ward. * j pipe, the bowl of which always, Other councilmen whose terms so ems upside down, was in one of anner-Hcraid News Force Peeved; Wedding Occurs In Business Office While An Unromatic Reporter Sleep< to not exp're until the e ta, e of i pKU jj, r m oods and refused to complete the body | P „ fina ™ 1924' who will a „. n T lottery "from the first talk of European finance. ‘, K ’» jiiii from the second, He paced the deck* of th Am j^Jteaker fromthe third. C. F. erica before sailmg time, attempt- J. H. R-<.ker *. . .. d Wal- ing to elude newfcapermen nnd ^"nii/iSnm'tho fifth uttering numerous of his lemouJ. Semberawill go into "Hull and Meries" every time they j office at noon, when n Joint meet-jehot a queetton »t it- It w«» Well Known Clarke Cotin- t 'ZXT^o 3f brhTthe? he had «n^ top*. “tot'ho i ty Woman Succumbs to Iw 2™ Mayor ceorge r. T- om.s would be able to determine whet Attack of Pneumonia. S» vav ^ W ° y 0< j Funeral Services Sunday when*th^new"body‘hs* 0 recognUed AStem001 '- (Turn to Peg. Six) VENSIOS LEAVES 'there with the impertieiitV of ut- ter ignorance,” he said, “but 1 have hopes that we will accomo plish something." General Dawes was asked, “Have you ever tried to tranalate ‘Hell and Maria’ into French, Gen eral; so it would he useful in I P “‘ilYll and Maria no. I never 'thought of it," he replied, assum ing an expression ol perplexity Yesterday mornlnk »t 9 o’clock at her home near the city, Mrs. Wilt,am H. Dean passed away after a brief lllnese with pneu monia. 8he fend been In falling health for a number of years and succumbed quickly to the ravagea of pneumonia. TOT death of, Mr*. Dean will corry sorrow to the hearts of thousands who knew mud loved her. Former Premier Begins Return Trip to Native Land With Misgivings As to Outcome. fTnrn to page *l»ht.) PARIS—Former Premier Ven! «lo» of Greece left Paris tor Atn* Saturday . He evaded newspapermen by on •" uncln* t^at his departure ••cen postponed. Thi*#»tttloi» wa* 'xnhined by bis friend* •« due to the hitter animosities In Greece axainat him that hav not been AP* i»;»iM»d. He feels that thre Is * u ' mi.lable minority if not on oe» b»al majority against him In at the present moment. and twirling hla^pipc in hU ‘“‘h-.gj,——- m qf , he Vwt known women In this section of the atkte and was prominently identifed with the beat and moat enduring work of the church. Mrs. Dean was, prior to her mar- . ,'age, Miss Fannie Ornham. daugh ter of Mr. Abner Ornham nnd bis wife, Martha Thompson Graham, and granddaughter of Mr. John WOMAN TO DEATH AS'; SHE LIES IN HER BED (By Associated Prest.) WSLSbK (OWN. inn.—Hats gnewing at the dtfentelMS body of Mro. Margorot Taylor, 79 end a paralytic wort r» •ponsibl. for her death it she lay in bed at her home here several day. ago. . C. B. Crumpaeker, epronsr of St. Joooph County mode the William Mayne. She was born Not. 2S, 185! at the old borne now known at the Ornham place wblcb baa been In tte family since the original grant by the mate. On Dec. 21. 1875 the waa mar ried to Mr. William H. Dean, who waa one of the beat known plant- era In thla section of the Mate and a man of the hlgheat character. Hl ff frlands arc skeptical of aay( SL ^ Wltta* action he may undertake, re the cm** of !n A.u to I- nut that the woman's death. Haw* ■* ceremonies in airplanes travel ing tliro/gh the mists but never bt^ore in all human his tory has a wedding been pe-r- foimcd in & newspaper office until last night The wedding ceremorfy was performed In the business of fice of The tanner-Herald whilo an unsuspecting reporter (married however) slept peacefully upstairs over a New York World ntory of an .\mer- Ican girl’a engagement to a Danish prince, heir to the th^ne of Denmark! Think of it. Romance hap pening right In a newspaper of-' flee’ at tfrat. drab, colorless, deapisedly efficient and smooth working department wherein §elf-re8pecting report ers, managing editors and tele graph editors fear to tread, even on Monday’s (we get paid on Monday’s). The shock is ono the news force will never withstand nnu as fof the So ciety Editor who had laid aside •her labors for the day, we • know she’ll never get over f$. But, we had better get Into the real story, and' that is the fact that In the Banner-Herald office Mls a Groce Waters of Athens last night was married to Mr. Leonard Frierson, mem ber of the University cavalry unit. Rev. Oliver Prather, well knou*n minuter, performed the ceremony and the chief witness was >!•*. Roy Wilson, foreman of The Banner-Herald coni!»oslng room. The battery of linotypes, presided over by iMessrs. Thomas Paschall. P- Mathews. W. A. Mathews. FIGHT “T.B.” Citizens Increase Support in Effort to Control Tu berculosis in Clarke Co, Each Year. That clarko’ county people ,are phasing .support of anti- I’jborculosis work In the county each year Is seen In !he,report‘rf Mrs. A. B. Parkftr, chairap*ti nt lYo S mnuign to raise funds to carry the,work In 1924. Mr*. Phrker stated yesterday that report from sale of Clpifctmas Seals shows that $2634 was raised. The county schools and two col ored school* have not yet report ed. The Christmas Seals were sold by committees of women repre senting the churches ■and other or ganizations. A. committee of bu?I- nsse men sold about $1400 wotth of Seals tie women selling the re mainder of the $2634* Last year around" $1200 was raised by the sal® of Christmas Seals and the year before that .considerably smaller mount wak sold. The Increare each year Ind'.- Ovcr five .lum.Ted people arc ex- -attend the-conferences. The mograrn In full*follows: • MONDAY, JANUARY 21 Alternoon 8esslon, 3 O’Cclock Dr. Andrew M. Soule, preriding, invocation—Dr. J. C. WUUnson, pistor First BaptUf church, Ath- >ens, Ga. Address of Welcome—Dr. L. G. Hardman, chsirman of the execu tive committee of tho board of trustees of th® Georgia State Col lege of Agriculture. Address—Hon. Clifford Walker, Go vet nor of Georgia. Address — “The Co-operat'.ve Movement," Hon. Eugne R. Black. Evening 8esslon, 8 O’clock Dr. T. H. McHatton, preaiding. Moving pictureu under d'rectlon of Prcf. George A. Crabb. Address—“Blueberries In West ern Florida," Dr. Carl B. James. Horticulturist, L. * N. Railroad. ‘Montgomery, Ala. Address—Hon. A. J. Evans, Ft. Valley. Os. Tuesday, January 22, 9 O'Clock Prof. M. C. Gay, presiding. Address—“Cooperative Market ing,” Pi of. O. B. Jesness, Division of Market), University of Ken tucky. Lexington, Ky. AthWefc* — “Marketing Poultry' Prodv»ets," Prof. Roy C. Potts, Bu reau of Markets, U. 6. Department of Agriculture. Washington, D. C. Address—Hon. s. B. Talley, (Tarn to page tlx.) [ »'<r 'ho pr,«nc. o( Bh,rl« Hnrto, j of about $750,000 for the material. | Decision of the Washington ad- nnd a force of deputies. The girls nifty attempteil wv(iWlull wreck and break windows although ministrorion to make the sale came the main force of the outbreak .somewhat as a surprise inasmuch was spent Friday nlxht, the out- as President Harding on April 23, break continued throuxhout the last, made a statement of policy night nnd into Saturday often for the War and Navy Department noon - which opposed the «ale of any sur- Srhool official got In touch wlth'plus military equipment to foreign Director Harper »of the State W>1* 'powers, fare Department who happened to be at Athens. Ohio. A dozen or mor# of the girls who fled from the institution Friday, night at liberty late Saturday. COLLEGE OPENS FOR Normal School Also Be gins Thursday. Lucy Cobb and City Schools Start on January 7. WASHINGTON—The gnrrtson of the port of Tucxam in the state of Vera Cruz under the command of Colonel Rueda Saturday Joined the revolutionary movement, according i" :> nu’MMiiLe filed at Vera Crux St 2:30 p. m. by the acting secretary of foreign affairs for the revolu* tionary organization to friends In Washington.' Tho message described the de« velopraent as important “not only because of the number of troops If gives us for field service but be cause it gives the revolutionary movment absolute control of tho entire oil region of which Tuxam la the port." Commissioner Must “Pul Up or Shut Up” Says Rep. Newton Tho Unlvortlty of 'Ooor,:. otu- d.nl, will return to collexo thin week. " The- opening date for the eprlns term le Thursday) the third but the rcrlstration duties must „„ he completed WedhewUy and elaM.. (hln ,^ „ ronah0 ,j c w h ; J*** d “ r ' eapltol of Jalisco, while helm ^ m !L. 8Ch0 ?'„ * ,M state of Conhulla soldiers begins again Thursday fallowing \ the Christmas holldayk. * . Lucy Cobb, will pot re-open until th# 7th nn«t on the ..ns. j.i .TUAREG— Federal forces Satur day were hemming in the revolu- daiajaro. /ftw An-oclated Press) WA sir I NOTION- Efflbrts were renewed Saturday by Representa tive New loir. Republican from Minnesota, to obtain information the District of Columbia po- cate* that the people of the city , j| C# as to the disappearance of the and county arp realising more anu ; io ns n«t of liquor purchases which more tho danger to the community was seized In the recent raid, in played Mendelsfohn’n wedding march as the Printer** Devil inarch as danced with glee and the re- portt?. slept. “Dudo” William maue-up man, playcfl the part of mediator -and phoned the groom’s mother. The Banner-Herald wishes for the couple a long and happy life—oven if they did start out wrong by getting married in a nffl.a tho hllltnBII newspaper office—the business office. rtwiihl Wnlxelor nil^ixWe i 1 '!intaln*.c. of the Royollxt re- e 'm. Which he la known to favor ^ will antaeonlxe th. mint vio- eltmentx of tho country. Mr*. Dean had hoot), durlox the greater port of her life, a conal«- ent member of tho Mothodltt church and deeply devoted to al. „rvx (of Ita work. She waa for« nmnher wound ranching fram har right of year, dlatrict aecretary of the . Untie Coaat Lin. and th. *ar to th. point of th. jaw wav j Woman's Mlialcnmy rill, and N.ahvllle rnllro caurad by aom. human a»iail ’ HKAR arguments (By Associated Prow) WASHINGTON’—Arguments ov- er the proposed lease of the Caro* number j Una and Ohio railroad to the At- Louts- ‘ of agriculture; J. E. Con well, pres- tlcn and not doing anything to control the spread of the diaenae. The money raised Mis month as sures a nurse for the county next year and the work of fighting the disease will go on. STORK LEADS Nearly twice as many births as deaths were recorded In Clarke county for 1923, accord ing to records f» the office of letter to Commissioner,of police Oyster. Mr. Newton, declared the com* mindone'' had failed to -give him the information requested regard ing the raid and subsequent *cvol- opmenta. “The evidence Involving *he al- •-Aged prominent and Influential men Is lost, said Mr. Newton. No body knows anything about It. The preemption 1s obvious." the 7th and ‘on the same date the high School and city system will •tart again. Examinations will begin at the High School Immediately after the term opens. suing a rebel band that looted the town of Allende about fifty miles south of riedraznegras, according to border reports. «' . ’-A It was stated that tho fall of Guadalajara was momentarily ex pected. Federal troops, nfter cap turing the towns of Zacoalco, Yur* netinro nnd Ciudad Guzman, are closing in on three sides. President Obregon has moved big headquarters from Irapuata to Yurecuarau, following the evacua tion of that town by the rebels. ^ k l J *±iJ!rTraI.t: i Armored Cruiser Ordered to Waters records ire complete through Friday night. A total of V birth* havs been reported Mr. Barrow's office against total of 376 deaths. Around Honduras FIND BOOY j (Bv A*,ori,ted Prat,' . (B» Ao.ociatrd Prew) ATLANTA—Th, boily o( P-1**'* WASHINGTON—Tho nrmorad John H. JMckl, of Compony H.'riuincr Rooh.st.r, flocihlp of tho !2nd Infantry stotlonril it Port i i. n | tMl g( M ,. >pM ui write McPh.r.on, wax found ’yln.x b»*ii!o muodron In Control .ml South tl-o. tracko of the Atlanta er-4 Wrat [ tmt-’r.n water, ha, bran tent to Point railroad twnr Cat!*' Fork,th. port of Amapaln. Hondura. and Battrday,’ He wa. fro-t Nnt.ro,s. will remain In that vicinity until (By Ateoclated Pro.) . PARIS—A auddan oxploaion waa >u*x..trd Saturday a, tho probable cauae of tho disappearance ,of the dirigible Dlxmude. Advice* from Home' .aid 'that nothing had bten found among th. effects of Liau- tenant Granadan, commander of th. dirigible, whoa* body waa re covered by fisherman off Sicily to ahow that he frit th. .hip wa. In Immediate danger. In addition to fining .(he body the fishermen told of seeing flasher at sea. Indiana Governor Farrs New Charge* * By the Grand Jury (By Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS—The Morion county grand Jury which investi gated the financial affairs of Gov* ernor Warren T. McCray and re turned eight indictments agaJnst him charging forgery, embezzle ment UJld I ’ ■ V s . tunlay return ed seven additional Indictments charging specific instances of these The Indictments made new t sationg against the governor. railroads were n«„ and apparently had either fall- th * r >m»nt disturbances in Hon* the Interstate . ah t,nm n train m* been run over ■ n>i qa-.ilsm. tr■ _I• a t. n j. I that church. Her husband, during heard Saturday^ by the Int*rsU # te?en from a train or been run ov$r duraa and Southern Mexico haVc 1 (Turn to page six.) {Commerce Commission. .by one. 1 qulted. CATTELL ELECTED (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI—Dr. X. McKen Cattell of New York Citv wav elected president of the American Association for the advancement ol Science here Saturday He suc ceeds Professor C. W. Wsicott, aecretary o fthe Smithsonian In stitute of Washington i RELEASE WOMAN (Bv Associated Press.) ATLANTA — Mrs. Margaret Weaver, under Indictment ai accessory before the fact in the the killing of W. S. Coburn, for which Philip E Fox was i tenced to life Imprisonment re cently wa# released on a bond, of $1,000 late Friday night.