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m r.OM Accident Polio/ Fraa To Regular Subnribora THE BANNER-HERALD THE BANNER- InvaoUgoto Today! Doily and Sunday—IS Cento a .Weak Established 1832. Daily and Bondar—II Cents ■ Week, ATHENS COTTON: MIDDLING 35 l-8e PBEVIOUS CLOSE 35c THE WEATHER: Cluudy Monday Nislit and Colder Tuesday. VOL. 91, NO. 272 Associated Press Berries. ATHENS. C.A.. MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1923. A. B. C. Paptr. Sinaia Copies S Cento'Daily. ( Canto Sunday. 1923 GOOD TO ATHENS ■fr—-fr i •!■—4- 4*—+ 4», 4 4* 4* g*g gig •Je- —»Ja *1* *1* *!•“ 1 *1* J, GainesvilleMidland To Be Sold Here Tuesday Jan. 1 Entire Road To Be Ottered For Sale; Valued At Almost ;,A Million Dollars, Reported El CAPTUREO SAT. 8Y The Mayfield Family REPORTED SALE OF The Gainesville Midland Railroad will be offered for sale in Athens Tuesday morning. It will be put up by W. H. W. Schley, Master Commissioner, be tween the legal hours of sale and if sold the transac tion will be for cash. Tho road has been operated by receivers In bankruptcy fbr a num ber of years and many different ap* peals have been made for creased patronage while fevers! efforts havo been made to discon tinue service on certain portion of the lines. Spurts of Increased patronage Have been, experienced from time to time but all efforts heretofore to discontinue service have met with failure. The latest effort along this'line was made earlier this year when it was. pro posed, to discontinue freight and passenger sendee from Athena to Belmoqt, a Junction point north of Jefferson. At, the hearing before Judge Barrett on this move actlor war. postponed until the first of 1924 and now an order has beet cured authorizing tho sale of parts or all Of the line. The rend to rielmoi'\ Ather going ^ Monroe via Winder. The road enters Athens over the tracks of the Seaboard r but owna a right of way Ihto the city. In addition to the properties of the road, such as tracks, rights of way rolling stock and the Ilk* It owna equity in 125 iharee of the Athens terminal company. The sale of the road will be of fered In several divisions and as " total proposition. Five percent of the price bid and accepted must be deposited Tuesday. No intimation has been given In advance aa to the anticipated die* poeal of the line. It la expected that all the roads entering Athens, the S. A. L, the Southern, ths Georgia and the Central, will be more or Jera Interested In the line and It Is believd that aom of these will make bids' Local railroad men state that th eroad la valued at about fSOO.OOO. dr 11,000,000. G. O. P. Head (By Associated Press.* PEKIN.—Followers of the noto rious bandit leader Lao Yao Jen, captured one American missionary, Mrs. Julian Kilpn and wounded two others, it wa* reported here lato Sunday. Professor Bernard Hoff and Mrs. Hoff were the two mission aries wounded by the . bandits in their .raid on the town of Tsao yang in the northern Hupeh Prov ince, near the order town of, Siang Yang Fu. The American legation has tak en active steps to bring about the capture of the brigands and the liberation of Mra. Kilen. The. Chi' nose government has offered i bounty for the capture, dead or alive of the bandit leader. The three missionaries arc the representatives of the Chuith of Lutheran Brethren of the United I States and were conducting a mis sion at Tsa Yang when tho towns wero raided. ED Bf STRIDES FORWARD MADE BY CITY DURING PAST YEAR IN BOTH CIVIC AND BUSINESS LIFE of Details „ the contemplated sale of surplus army war materials to the Mexi can government occupied war de- Ipartment officials Monday and it I was indicated orders to depot com-^ manders from which the rifles andl other equipment are to bo taken 1 will go forward within a day orj ; two. • Final decision to grant the re quest of the Obregon government land make the sale direct by tho Washington government was not 'reached until Saturday, although (the request is understood to have been before administration offi- 'cial* practically all of last week. 'Although there has been no indi- jeatin that the proposal wras the subject of extended discussion at the cabinet meetings last Tuesday and Friday, it is unlikely Presi dent Cooliage reached the decision to depart from the policy of tho Harding ling administration in relation Copyright. HarnsAJSwlng 'Hero is the latest photo of John Here are photoa of Earfa B, MdyfieM, aenatoc.frora Texaft. and his to the sale of surplus arms with in family? Above, Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield. Inaetjeft, Horace: Mayfield, * out laying the matter before his |Sl and right,Earle, Jr., • “ |(J ate is to be contested. coming to T. ihm other Republican National Committee. via Jefferson and the other Republics!! National Comm He will havo his hands full be tween now and June 10, seeing that everything is run off ship shape for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. SISTER OF HIRER His Escape With three Others From Federal Penitentiary Tuesday Ushers In New Year Tusday Is January 1, 1924 and a holfday in the banks and the post- offlce. * , Only one mall delivery will be made In the city and none In the rural district as New Year's Day is a holiday for rural carriers. The general delivery and stamp windows at- the postofflce will be open from 12 o'clock until 1. AI1 banks In the city will be closed in order to give the employees a holi day. this being the custom for many years. Past Year Was One dt Prosperity For Majority Of U. S. Statement' By Secretary Wallace Shows Improve ments Oyer Three Year Depression. 1924 Is Very Promising. (By Aaaoclaled Prt»«.) Washington—“Th- industry, courage and faith avldenced by th* farmers of the nation during th, "» v * mat three yaara ar» alowly bring ing their reward. Improvement In agricultural conditions continues— not an rapidly «n'desired or tend ed, nor at rapidly as dtnerwd, but nevertheteaa It continues. Th. ITomlae of th. yaar has been ful filled. Thin atatement wan made Mon day by Secretftry of Agriculture Wallace. * "We come to the end of the third year of post-war depression with a feeling of greater confi dence born of better time* already realised and with Justified hope of •till tfurher Improvement In lift” he continued. “In general! the crop# of (Turn to Page 8i») Weather Man Says To Get Out The Long Ones Now Dead "Woman Was Search ing Son’s House With Possessory Warrant. Two Officers Witness Killing. c.' , son* of tlie senator. Mayfield’s ssat in the Sen- |advlrore. Photon taken in Washington, D. C. jq CONCEAL nouns used George Anderson, Sent ■ Up For Part in $1,000,000 Mai! Rpbbery Thought to Have Planned Most Sensational Escape in History pf Prison. Still At Large. ATLANTA, Ga.—In what was the most sensa- Hughe^M^ar^oid^wis s'hit to!tional escape in the history of the Atlanta Federal death Sunday afternoon by her daughter-in-law,- Mr*. Frank Hughes, in the home of her son, on Eagan avenue, East Point, while she was searching a trunk for goods which she claimed had been taken from her. She had come to the residence armed with a possessory warrant which was in the handg of Chief E. J. W^nne, of the -Hspeville police depart, ment, and Officer L. P. Honea. Mrs. Hughe* was bending over the trunk and Chief Wynne find “ standing near- ’iht Of fleer Jlonea were i Prison, not excepting that of Gerald Chapman, noto rious “Million Dollar Bandit” from the prison last April, was the escape of four convicts here Sunday, made possible by means of a fifty foot tunnel dug *,y can rafoly transport vms from the courtyard of the prison, under the big con- “ d th * m S“^^ r ^T nt *S& crete wall surrounding it and to outside wall. In keeping with the Pri-iumnbly no. publicity will bo gvven by the Washington govern ment to tho time or place when any of tho supplies are to be turn ed over to Mexican forces. Rea sons of military prudence would require the Mexican officials to conceal the routo by which the arms rae to bo taken into Mexico, so far- aa that la possible. The deliveries, ■ however, will be made front the depot of the eighth army corps area. Difficulties of the Obregon gov ernment in transporting mllitnty supplies to the active front be tween Vera Cru* and Mexico City gre increased by the fact that the rebel stronghold at Vera Cruz closes to the federal forces the sea route of delivery. There have been no Urge outbreaks of roxolu. tiohery activity in northern Mexi co, however, and presumably offi cials at Mexico City are satisfied BY CHAS. E. MARTIN ;; History is destined to repeat itself so far as new year’s weather is concerned. Just a year ago 1923 was ushered in as the clock sounded 12 p. m. on a wet bed rabbled night and unless there is a change in con ditions before that hour Monday night the new year will begin under weather conditions not different^ from its predecessor. Athens will await th© cotnjrig of tho year In Its usual quiet manner. In some Instances, services will be held at churches while parties will hold sway In many homes and clubs, and as the dying hour of 1923 Is succeeded by the dashing youth of *24 a bit of steam and a few stray shots will pop off. The year passing has been a generous one for Athens an£ brought to us much of prosperity and pros structlon Confesses? Frank Benner, 26. New York City, is in custody of the polic who allege he confessed to the murder of Miss Estelle Phillip: salcswooman found strangled to death last October. Since Ben ner's arrest police of other cities have reopened investigations in mystery deaths of women. Chapman this last thought to have been planned and engineered by George Anderson, a partner of Chapman who was by v suj^rintendlng the search.j Mn teneed at the same tima aa th# when the tonghtor-ta-tow •ntowd.l form „ y ^ Ukinc part in th. 11.1 law*, aide and altar taking dellb- arate aim sent a bullet eraahlng through her head. Frank Hughea, the aon. waa an ting in an automobUa, which waa standing in front of the houae. The only witnoaaea to the .hooting ware the two officer!, who took Mra Hughea and her husband In charge, later placing them in the Fulton County Tower, where Mra. Hughea la being held on a charge of murder and her huaband on a charge of acccaaory to murder, and of larceny. ' While Hughea waa willing enough to diacuaa the caac after the ahooting, hia wife refuted to (By Aaaoclated Preaa) WA8HHINGTON—A great cold .... — .. r-am Aia.ita Uondar had ov- r.iak- any comment, other than from Aiasxa aionaay nou M iHa,. until an attorney — . . . iihe waa waiting until an attorney erapread the-Rocky Mountain »“d i couM ^ gammoned to advise ^er. M^tkaan PlniMit rririons. tho Plain in,, lit,ahmi<1 itM>l>»(l that th The husband declared that' the tragedy had upset him to sucH an extent that he wa» unable to say what he intended to do, but stated that his love for his wife had not ceased and that ha was “driven to it." • Northern Plateau regions, the plain states of Missouri and ths Interior of ths west coast gulf states with zero temperatures aa far south as the Texas panhandle. . It was twenty degrees below se- ro st many points In, ths north* west and at Yellowstone Park, ths temperature dropped to 24 degrees below. Snow was predicted during the next forty eight hours for nearly all of the east and parts of the southeast. Polder wav© warnings j department at Vera Crus have been Issued for western'that General Andora «- JOIN WITH REBEL8 (By Associated Press.) BROWNSVILLE. Texas—Dis patches sent out Monday morning by the Huerta, foreign relations claim nave oeen uiucu but "»*«* •• | — Hernandez Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tsnnea- and Lieutenant Colonel Trinidad see. Alabama. Mississippi, South Del Rio. operating In the stats of Carolina, northwest Florida, and j Puebla .have Joined the rebel forces western Virginia. I with l*00p men. years ,000,000 mail bbery In New York City which Chapman was sent up. The escape took place about four o'clock Sunday as near as tbs time can b« fixed. Anderson Is thought to have left the other three men who escaped with him and la thought to making his wsy towards New York City. Police wlthfn a radius two hundred miles were warned ol the escape before .midnight Sunday and the local authorities were combing the city for all possible traces of the men. Acting on Information furnished by Warded Albert E. Sartaln's of* flee to the effect that three men had been' seen to board the train hre. Macon officers awaltad the ar* rival of the Royal Palm In that city. It© first stop, and reported early Monday morning that throe white men leaped from the train before it reached the Macon Term inal station. After a chase of sev eral blocks by two officers and a civilian, a dispatch stated, the trio disappeared. Prison officials here are Inclined TWO WOMEN DIE IN LESS CRIME IN MBIT HOUSE FIRES IN DENVER houze.^ in the capital. ly with epidi stroying to business revt Surely tho touched man; building an<T touched us but light- mien and such de- « an fires, floods and als. II FOR II ATLANTA—Thera waa conUder ably laaa crime In Georala during 1IZ1 (ban In tha preceding year. Judging by the record of lb* com- mltment pf fblona to tho Georgia #Rw p„„, atat* penitentiary. The commlt- „ * l d Pr ***' ment. totaled III thla year, com- DENVER—On. woman win kill- d „ U4 . duM „, j,j,. ml end two oth.ra aerlou.ly and Compl |, Uon , of .utlatlc* for th* ! *""“•> report of th, Georgia prl- teapod from th# third floor of a commlralon haa not been com burning apartment houae hen bu , potation of th early Monday. penitentiary will be materially re* The other occupants of the burn- duced_at the close of the year. In Ing building were rescued by mem- lh# opinion of Captain O. H. Yan* bers of the fire department as the ctjr# secretary of the commission, structurs went up In flames, being Dismissals have Increased, under totally consumed. the Indeterminate sentence lay, and A second woman was burned to there have been a groat many re death and three niore persons lessee on pardons and paroles. Lest were Injured In a second apart- year the total number of releases ment house fire which broke out a waft 1.251, short time , after the firrt building There wer* 2.154 convicts in cus- burned. tody of the commission on Decern- Both fires, according to author!- ber 21, 1922. Thla was the greatest ties apparently were caused by number in the history of the prison, overheated furnaces, due to the The lowest mark In the past ten cold wave which swept over Den- year was reached on December 21 (By Associated Press) '• VIDALIA—Two men are dead and two others are fugitives Vtom Justice aa a result of two killings Sunday in Treutlln county. - The dead men are Gordon Phil lips ag© 20 and Robert Holton, also 20 years old. Sam Wilkes Is being sought foe tr# killing of Holton and Lewis Phillips la wanted for the slaying of Gordon Phillips. Fueds long standing are said to be rponslble for both affairs. ver and the west 8unday night. JEWELER KILLED .1912, when there wero only 2,222 prisoners. Ths prison population Increased 112 In 1919, 122 In 1220, 471 jn 1921, and 107 In 1922. Al though the releases apparently ex* (By Associated Press) to be'lfev© that Anderson will at* | NEW YORK—Bernard Brown, n ceeded the commitments In 1922, tempt to make hie way to * New i jeweler In the Bronx was shot and escapes ant Included in ths total York, and that If these three men I killed early Monday when- he re* releases and 202. of ths sscaps^ were members of the escaping I fused to open his safe where dia- men were recaptured and recom (Tarn to p*fe six.) I monds and other gems were stored, mltted. s IN'S SUPPORT finger of death of our most beloved and honored citizens, removing probably more than la wont to be tho quota of one nlngle twelve month period hut every year has this cup of sadness from which some of us must drink. OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Many outHtnnding events marlf 23 ns nn epochal year for Atn- ami f’Inrke county. Standing it prominently in the achieve- ents of the dying year Is the landing of the five year child health clinic for this county. This surpasses any other one f the entire year. Next c erection of two hand- )o! buildings and an audi torium and a general remodeling of the city school house system. Then out the progress Memorial building on the Georgia rumpus, erected aa a lasting monument to the Univer sity boys whb gave their services nnd their lives in tho World war. Along side this is the John Mll- ledge dormitory on the campus, nearing hlch Is < omplcCon. Many homes have been erected In all sections of tho city * while progress haa shown Itself in . the magnificent stretches of pavement city nnd countywide in if»» scope, that have been put down, The Bankhead highway out of Athens (Turn to page six.) Two Are Killed When Dynamite * Explodes Mon. EMPORIUM Pa.—Two men were killed and two others wero injured / Monday when the dynamite pack* lng houso of the Hercules Powder company, two miles from this city was destroyed by an explosion. The dead men are Orlle Walker nnd Charles Mansfield, both of Emporium. . atla: (By Associated Press.) LaANTA—The , buestlon whether the presidential preferen tial primary will be held In Geor gia In 1924 will be decided at a meeting of the State Democratic executive Commltte In January, former state senator James H. Boy kin, of Llncolnton, a member of the committee stated Monday. The state chairman. Ed Maddas of Rome, probably will announce the date and place of the commit tee meeting at an early date, he In the tvent the primary is held Senator Reed of Missouri will probably be In the race. Bojkln stated. Senator Underwood of Alabama Is already conducting his own campaign. You Folks With The “Real Old Stuff Had Better Take Another Look At It Nirw YORK—Maritime ehlncra who manufacture “Imported- liquor aboard ships on rum row, dilute whiskey half and half and seal the bottles with cou labels and lead reals aro * overtime off Sandy Hook re the New Year’s eve liquor according to a copyrighted appearing In tha Newark Eagle Monday. Tho twelfth holiday deith »rom poison liquor waa recorded Monday and ,wlth the New Year events to come. Indications were that all re- la would be broken for the holi day season. moon- their their their then forfeit o*fclng dy for trade, story Star Banner-Herald Wishes You A Happy New Year