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VOL. 91, NO. 276
Aaaociated Press Service.
ATHENS, GA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1924.
Simla Copies 2 Cents Daily. S Cents
By Highway Chairman J. N. Holde
ii.vnmn mil imininnni Olino r " • “Howdy,Mr.President!” ! I 1 DDflRJIlCCC Tfl DAV PI»DI/r PnilHITV
California Candidate in
Opening Campaign Ad
dress Launches Bitter
Attack on Party Chiefs.
(By Associated Pr*A\
HAYSVILLE HI JOHNSON SUPS
POLICEMAN
IS KILLED BY
BURROUGHS
Ed Simms, chief of po
lice of the town of Mays-
viile, is dead and Rudez . . .. ,
Burroughs, another young ^^S^wSunnrtKu XTu-
white man. is in the CUS-jtee for It# action" In Increasing
4_j_. 4L ft | Qur vuith a southern delegate » representation
tOO> 01 tne law Wim a t0 the nrttiona, convention, a h'g
bullet wound in his body | gun. bomtfa.-droent against the ad-
no fho y-pchU nf a nUtol m,nl,tTfttlon for
fla tne re.SUlt OI a pistol l n ^ ammunition to the O®on
duel on the streets of that force* in Mexico and a thrown
town Thursday afternoon ££*“ £,‘iLXs. SflffiS
about 3:30 o’clock. I dersed President CooMgo for the
According ,Q.«# of
reaching Athens yn> Johnson. of California. In his cam-
.warrant, for an elder Burroughs, pa ,_ n f 0 . the presidential nomina
Acey. father of the boy w . fi. Ttlon here Thursday night f
the fatal- ahooting, and waslnthe f 8ena . or Johnson also made >
act of aorving It wheujlretf «P° n frol ,tn! attack on the foreign policy
by Rudez Burroughs. Fatherandson {of ^ hrtmlnlsrtrat i 0 n. reltera^d his
sad como to town together. TDO CJllc .; KU : .„ ceC h Insofar an It referr-
bullet penetrated Simms jugular ^ j 0 „ nQl ,alIfIoflly favoring a
vein and he died almost Instantly.,bonus, cautioned the peo-
llowevrr. in falling ho lovcledI bin J)1<k to Iook carefully Into the Mel-
pistol at bis assailant and f.red. J()|i laxat j on pj an , although advo-
H * '•*** ~ W caring a reduction In taxes In “
theTbullet hitting the mark hut in
flirting a wound that .is said-to
not serious. V 4
no
RADIO OFFICIAL
SPEAKS ON RADIO
INTERFERENCE
Major Van Nostraml, United
Str’.es Government Supervisor
of Radio, will deliver in ad
dress tonight at 7 o’clock at the
City Y. M. C. A. to all Athen- j
1 l*ri interested in radib, on the >
subject of ’’RADIO INTER- j
FERENCE". I
thority on radio and hie subject ’
thority on ratio end hie subject
tonight will be of decided Inter- .
est to all owners of radio me- !
chines and “lietsner* in,” mm he ,
will jo thoroughly Ir.to the, sub
ject of radio interfereno# by
both amateur and comm—rial
Operator*.
AH interested in radio, eith
er ee an owner od as a listen*
l or are urged to attond the
meeting which begins promptly
at seven o’clock as Major Van
Postand will have something to
mv of crest importance to the
radio fans of Athene.
PROMISES TO PAY CLARKE COUNTY
10.000 IE BOARO OWES IT.
FIX MADISON OOADS SOI,
TO 1 IN ATIANTA-CAROLINA ROAD
The letter the Clarke County Commisaione.
i wrote the State Highway Board complaining of neg
ligence of roads in this section and unfulfilled prom
ises to this county brought Chairman John N. Holder
and a corps of engineers to Athens Thursday night
for a conference with the Commissioners with the
following results:
Qualifies!
RELEASE OE SAILORS
terms, advocated. help
for the farmer* by the lowering of
freight rates and co-operative so
cieties and finished with a scath-t
OF FEUO, SAID | ini? arraignment of those who 1
iwouM Hive the country Join the
Thorn hna been ill feeling lH»- WO ri<! An»rt.>
tweeufflmms and tho Burroughs j ,.j hav ,. recently.obitrveil that
for some time it is reported. and , rartaln P< . 0 »»U\ including the dto*
tho affair Thursday afternoon was tin<tu i,,hed Detroit manuf’ivc.turer,
but. the culmination of thU badj have ^Vplored thAt.w* should have
feeling. It is said that Simms had on c j ec tion this year,’’- said Senn*
several warants for the two and (Turn to Pegs Eight)
wag determined to mtn them . —
'u v.’s j!t*tvd over long distance GcOI*$TUl N&tlOIUll
telephone 'from MoyavlHe Friday
morning that young Burroughs was
not In a serious condition nnd that
bis father lir.d not been arrested.
Tho Burroughs boy will bo charg
ed with Wiling the policeman.
Funeral services for Mr. Simms,
who was well known in Athens
were conducted Friday afternoon
sgd nttended by a large number ot
people from nil sections of the
county.
Nearly 4,000 persona shook hninds with President and Mrs. Ccolidge in the second Wnite House
Year’s reception within a decade.’ The long line wound through the grounds out to Pennsylvania
HANCOCK FARMERS
PLAN HOG KILLING
SPARTA, Ga.—The present cold
spell linn l»eon a help to the fiurra*
era of Hancock county. They plan
during tho reign of low tempera
ture. Tho continued warm weather
I,. Hi,- just having prevented their
killing the usual amount of hogs.
Bank’s Statement
Most Creditable
The Banner HeraUl publishes to
day the ’financial statement of the
Georgia National Bank as,called for
by the Comptroller of tne Currency
nt the close of business December.
SI. IMS.
This statement shows combined ce-
poslts of njlt.Mi.lf nnd'l* an In
crease over! the ram’e daid* ore year
ago M If•1.4*1.6f. The idagnlflcant
increase In buslnes .Indicates greatly
Improved conditions in Athena ana
L Athena territory.' jff. -t
to complete tho killing of their hogs Among Off leer*, 'OJreetnrv
during tho reign of low tempera- stockholders of the Georgia National
tatlves of the beet
iL and, other In-
Mm* .
Upshaw Flays Maryland Senator
For His Attack On State of Ga.
WASHINGTON.—Sitting In a
chair before the house and leaning
f(Award onJds crutch. Representa
tive Upshaw, of Georgia, In a dra
matic speech Thursday, answered
the charges made by Representa
tive Hill, of Maryland, avowed
”wet,” that Georg’a Is violating
tho fourteenth amendment by
”2.75 per cent suffrage."
Upshaw declared that every ne
gro who wants to vote In Georgia
can vota, and presented facts and
figures to show (hat the qualifi
cations for an elector are lower In
Georgia than in many northern
androstero^ states, . and that In
many Instances northern congre—-
v. n • lcrt.il on » smaller
total vote than were polled In many
district* in the south.
Ho iiIs,i look frequent shots at
Representative Hill for his advo
cacy of light wines and 2.75 per
cent beer, dubbing the Maryland
n s-ntalive a ”radiant and re-
aourceful republican from 'boozy
Baltimore.” HIU sat on the front
row before Up«haw, smiling broad •
ly throughout the lengthy applause
sdraettees clapping vigorously
.akme when Upshaw aimed a sally
athteik*.-,
The Georgia congressman had a
large audience, both In the house
and in tho galleries. He had been
ghm 45 minutes to speak. He ae-
. •::•*•«! unanimous < on- nt to speak
40 minutes longer after an objec-
tion from Kepr^cntativc I)ycr, or
!i< I.:*'!)<•' n dropped at the
request of Representative HTH who
Mint'd to gl\c Upshaw the
time he wente»l.*’ Upshaw was
i oniiM-lled to sit during his address
on account of his fractured hib,
which U still giving him much
trouble.
Upshaw devoted rottch ’ of b>*
speech to an attack on Hill and a
pica for upholding the Volstead,
act. In answen to Hill’s rceent ref
erence to the arrest of a booze
ring with headquarters at Savan*
nab, he said "all men know that
there are conscientious violator*
of the law—all law—In every
state.”
"But Is this Georgia rum ring,
operating In the largest seaport of
America, next to New York, any
different from the rum ring which
was recently unearthed In Boston,
another In New York and New
Jersey, and another with whole
sale defiance of the law In Phila
delphia, end even in Baltimoret”
Upshaw asked.
"VerUy. people who live in glass
houtes ahonld not throw atones.
If Mr. HOI is ‘deeply peexed’ over
violations of the Volstead law.
why did he ride on a white charg
er at the head oft that liquor pa
rade In Baltimore, followed by
thousands of foreigners of unpro
nounceable names demanding the
repeal of the Volstead law and the
18th amendment?*’
“As a final word on the OedrgV
situation. I remind the geptleman
from Maryland, and all otberaw bo
would nnlte In bit Indictment
against my state, that he failed to
briM tat the facta concerning that
very nxn violation In Savannah,
that Judge Barrett, a sterling dem
ocrat, who was appointed to the
federal b*n(h by the fair-minded
and lamented iPrerident Jlafiling,
iWin Pt
Imposed more than $11J
MEETS IN ATLANTA
18TI
KING TUT GETS—
ON THE FRONT
PAGE AGAIN
ATLANTA—Th. d.mocr.tlo
executive committee of Georgia
will meet In Atlanta on Janu
ary 10, It was announced
Thursday afternoon by Chair
man G E. Maddox, of Rome, for
the purpose of determining the
date of a presidential preferen
tial primary apd to fin the rule#
under which.such primary will
be conducted
Tho state committee. Chair
man Maddox stated will urge
county executive committees to
arrange to hold county prima
ries on tho same date as the
presidential primary, thua re
ducing expenses and assuring
the opening of ballot boxes in
practically si! counties. “I*
fact?* Chairman Maddox stated,
"the presidential primary de
pends upon this. It is no* a
mandate under .the . .
laws and the responsibility,
therefore, Is up to the countv
executive committees in 160
Georgia counties.”
The matter of financing the
primary is an Important mat
ter to be considerel by the com-
rrOtfee, Inasmuch as It would
involve an expenditure of ap
proximately $35,000, If not held
In ponnection with regular, pri
maries. It Is pointed out that
it la unreasonable to think that
two or even three or four, can
didates for the nomination
would be willing to meet alora
such an enormous entrance
fee as the'pro rata of this to
tal would amount to.
Ttill
THREATENED BY
(By Astodatcd Press)
. X.USOH, EgypL—T|ie .Scrocop-
httpia <5? PBitrflah Tn(*nkh«mmipi.
hfts been found In‘Unit monarch's
tomb In the Valley ot the Kin,*.
It was announced Friday.
The Ions aousht treasure ot an
tiquity lay within tho fourth caa-
ket. It la of white and red cranlte.
(By Associated Press)
_ .TTSBUROH. — Flood waters
of the Allegheny and the Mnnon-
gabel* river* pouring Into the
Ohio, retched lla crest Frida*
morning when * stage of 27.2 feel
was reported at Point Bridge by
the Weather.Bureau.
It was expected that the river
would remain ' stationary until
.. wb-n the stream would be
gin to Tall,
GOBEL3N TAPESTRY SOLD
I LONDON—Two panels of Oobc-
and more than 20 years of l)apris- lln tapestry, which formed port of
onment on those \4olitorti Thai th. set of four given to * Gi .nd
were captured In our Georgia dty/| nuke 'or 'Rossi* It* 17M »nd. 1T7I
Como on. Baltlmdre, nnd shtiw. aland came,from the collection ol
simitar wholesome record!" J Count Scheremtetjer.
Joel A. Wler was Inaucv.-ated as
president of the Klwanlo club at
tha regular Weekly luncheon
Thuraday; succeeding J. W. Bar
nett.-
Captain .Barnett in retiring gave
* resume of tho work of the club
for the past year and mnay things
that meant p.-ogreaa and advance
ment for the community received
the attention of, the club during
hla administration.
Among the thing* recounted **
being either eponeored or Indoreed
by the club were th. curb market
Jtho whllevmy. tb.e abstfolA the
child health clinic, tb* ea'.-rylng of
two bond issuer., entertainment of
■ number of conventions and vl*
Itora, Including'th lay commission,
the northern district of Klwanla
nnd many other nctlvltlae engaged
In during the year.
During Captain Barnett’s admln-
letration the local club enjoyed He
moat successful yeaf and th. re
tiring president wa. enured the
sppreclatlnn of Mi cluhmate. In
the eneeche. that were made at
tha Thursday meeting. Judge
Blanton Fnrtson, Pa.t ■ preildenb
delivered to Captain Barnett the
Immediate put president*. pin.
making an appropriate speech
while Chu. E. Martin, alec a put
preeldenb presented him with e
"loving cup" which, upon clou In*
epectlon, proved to be from Wool-
worth’* and engraved In the office
of one of the club's dentist* In
scribed on tho cop wu. "To Busy
Billy Barnett, President. He Inade
1,21 a Klwanla Year. Long Live
4. Willie.”
FATHER OE CRIME
nv.v|Wants Uncle Sam to Re
lease All British and Ca
nadian Members of Crew
of Tomaka.
- • k & ■'. JL-Itia*
(Gy Associated Proas..*
LONDON.—Great Britain has
asked the United States to release
from bn 1 nil of the British and
Canadian memborg of tho crow of
the British schooner Tomaka. al
leged rum runner which was selzod
last November beyond tho three-
mils limit off'New York.
The roquest of the release of the
crew to' being made through thf
British charged d’nrfalreg In' Wash
ington. at the Instance of the Ca
nadian government. It was stated
Friday morning.
Further Information is also be
SAVANNAH. — “Daddy dlt
.it; Daddy dit It. I’m not insane,
Daddy Is crazy, Daddy’s crazy”
are words said by Lee Roy . .
In 4.1.1 of I ing sought, according to advices b>
Tyson, witness In the trial nritlsh government respecting
Caesar Eugee, negro, for the j thQ circumstances Hiirround’ng th*
■ seisurc of the Tomaka beyond tho
• three mile limit.
• It was gtated' that no final agree
ment had boon, reached between
the United States and Great Britain
murder of Mrs. Agnes Mudie
and her young baby Novem
ber, to have been uttered by
Letter Mudie, *on of the rrur-
dered woman. Ths remarks are
•aid to have been made at the
home of Mrs. J. M. Byrum, a
neighbor of the Mudles, Just
after the discovery fo the
bodies by Mudie.and the boy.
Tyson said that the boy ap
peared excited and that he had
just rushed and and said
“mother and littlp sister have
been murdered.”
The trial will be concluded
Friday, it is believed, the ztata
having rested Its cdse, the de
fense completed Its testimony
and the rebuttal testimony ap
parently almost through.
Dr. Victor Bassett, city
health officer who analyzed
the blood found upon an ax,
which Eugee is said to have
borrowed the morning of the
murder, was unable to say
whether the blood smears were
humrrn blood, nor could he say
that strains on cloth>ig found
In the room were blood.
The defense strove to shift
the suspicion from the negro
and break down the circum
stantial evidence circling him
and led **ut to fasten suspicion
upon come other person.
V
Mr wwr.. UK new
m.i.l” vh' rt iiri'inn -I
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to the mysteries of the order, fol
lowing the regular business ses
sion, at which time Important busi
ness will he discussed. . , \
Following th Initiation of ths
new members.* nt which both the
first and second degrees will be
conferred on the candidate*, the,
members will honor the visit of the
District Deputy at a monster so
cial session. This social sessloi
will be the Larget held since the be
ginning of the membership drlvi
started last April. arralngementi
being made to take care of three*
hundred members.
ildent 1 ***** ^-- --7- - - • - - - A large attendance - Is expect
h andlM 1 ® 9*** t** <1*7* followed by •ho At meeting, the first one of the
n »cold snap that prevented tho river new year>
rising to 60 feet. ?
(PV Associated Presai
CINCINNATI. — An unexpected
cold wave which tent the merenry
do»n to approximately ten ilcxrvn*
above terq prevented a threatened
eerioos flood that might-have re
sulted In thousands of dollar* f
ages to this city, according to the
Weather Bureau.
Tho Ohio river at this place
earty Friday registered a flood
i stage of 62 feet and It was only
I the cessation o< the heavy relit*
piusrsu.. ra« rfavA followed he •&
attending tho proposed solzvre of
whiskey and nhlps out to the
twelve mile zone. •
The British ship was captured
by the United States outside tho
thro milee zone whllp negotiation)
respecting. tli’a latter agreement
l)*’twi. i’ til.* two countries was iv
I'l-oc linn*.
Goetchius to Be
Lee Speaker At
Ga. January 19
Henry R. Goetchius of Columbia
has been selected aa the Robert K
Lee Speaker at - the University of
Georgia and will deliver that address
thin* «n General’s birthday anni
versary. January 19.
.Special exercises . will be held in
the university chapel to which tb#
student, faculty, and pubUc will be
Invited. ,
Inspection Of
Local Elks To
Be Held Tonight
Official Inspection of Athens
Lodge No. 7*0 B. P. O. E by District
Grand Deputy Arthur Flatau will
take place at the lodge rooms of
the club In the Ilolman Building
Friday night at eight o’clock. nc>
cording to notice being sent out by
secretary of th« club to members.
crotary of Agriculture Wal
lace more than qualified for hto
job when he won a milking contest
from Magnus Johnson, senator
i Minnesota, famed aa u furnv
Note Secretary Wallace'
smile of triumph.
barrieFdemen
ATHENS LIVES AND
1. Chairman Holder assured J
the Commissioners Clarka caurv
ty would get tho I30J0O flat*
a«d claimed du« It’if Dr. C. H.
Strahsn, forrrpr chairman of
th* boarl and Engineer W. Ik
Neel agreed that the obligation
had never been disefcarglM.
(Tho promise was mad* during
Mr. 8tcahan’s administration
end, according S» SntftlMpr
Ned, had been fulfilled.)
2. Announcement was made
that th* State Highway Board
had appropriated $6JOO extra
funds for the purpose of work
ing on tho road in MaeUaon
county betwoon Royaton and
Danieleville, which has I
such bad condition.
3. Mr. Holder's
that ho would I
tention of tho '
the,e.fndfele» •#
Bogart road and ui*|
work b# dono
with the judgment
ginoer*.
4. Announ
eountieo along
furnleh tho
• Highway seert M
material for
build:**, a to n d.| tr fa. w |
AtiySa Miraufk AtHm
t. th. Qbrelin. lln. In Hart
Itatemont that tho main-
Leo fund in 1924 will bt
* than In 1923 and It Is tho
of tho Board to keep as
x . «e#p aia
,4nginoer on duty in Athono In
ekarigo of fhie eootor of th v do-
partmont’s roe Is and
thorn in goo I eondition.
Lives of Athens and
Clarke county citizens
each year are having a
growing barrier built be
tween them and two hated
diseases, typhoid fever
and smallpox.
While the state of Oooririu hnd
the ltlaheat death rate of t)|»hoM
(over In Its registration arm last
year Clarke county ranks with the
two lowrcit states. North Cstolpa
an<l Virginia, according to record*
In the office of Dr. J. D. Applewhite
county health commissioner under
the Ellis Health law.
The death rate per 100.000 po
ulation in Geogla last year w
‘83.5 per cent from typhoid feve;
In addlt’on to the Inspection, see-i or a total of C97 deaths. Virginia
■i Ma/tUata. w iii tv. in'und Nort li ji «‘H >i! nil had l he IoweHl
(loath rates from typhoid fever, the
first 11.4 and the latter 11.2 per
100.000. Clarke county's was 12
per 100.000 population. Nine states
are in the Ooorgla area.
Tho fight a?a!nst* typhoid fover
and smallpox in Clarke county
since Dr. Applewhite was sent
ht-re by tho State Health Board to
aimuinn duties as county health of
ficer has been remarkable. In 1920
the death rate was 52 per 100.000,
gnd In 1923.it was 12 per 100,000
population.
In 1920 ten deaths were reported
from typhoid fever during the Iasi
six months. No records were kept Ithwn rn;
for the first **x months. Dr. Ap-
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At I hr outset Mr. Holder
*b# r*lnrkr Commissioners who met
with thr highway official* in the
county court house, that the prom-
Ihc of 310,000 Mtnte aid to this
county was made during Dr. Btra-
Han's -‘idniinlntratlon and he knew
nothing of It until he t*end It in tho
newspapers. “However,” ho etty,.
• It Im my, purpose to fulfil) *Q ob
ligation* made by my predecessor
.lost as I would want my suceossor
t<» carry out my promises.”
In the discussion of th* state eld
fund It developed that Engineer
Noel told Mr. Holder Thweday
over long distance telephone that
th#> Clarke county Commissioners
hud been given federnl aid In cer
tain project* in lieu of thn 990,000
ntate aid promises. The Commle-
sloneri Thursday night declared
they did not agree to accept federal
aid in Hen of the state aid: that
• hey were given th fdral old but
considered they were entitled to
that became they more than
matched it with ertunty funds. Dr.
Strahan wne Invijed to attend the
meeting nnd stated he remembered
promising the xtntcd aid and men
tioned Clarke county’s kindness in
waiting at that time hecause of the
department’* financial condition,
hut would rather consult the rec
ords before making a statement In
of th#
Mr.
rd to’final dlsi
matter. Then It vras that
Holder told the onmmfsHinners If
they and Dr. Strnhan and M-*. Nee!
meet nnd xicn an agreement that
the board owed Clarke \ ctrnntjr,
$30,000 state aid It woul^.te paid.
Mr. Holder pointed out that the
state law passed In 10J1 which al
lots the vehicle tnx money to
countie* for road maintenance ac
cording to poet road mileage made
It very difficult to keep aj) .^.tho
roads In good condition. He point
ed out that the law compete thA
department to ollot the money ac
cording to mlteasre regerdlees of
the condition of the road. FYir In
stance. roads In Clarke need repair
because of much travel
ads in some other coun-
Ith the same number of
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