The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, August 10, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 I BUT IT XT BOIOI Ami Mp A then become a Greater eai More Fresperona City. Bap* pert tfcto* who eopport roar terra. BUT VS AT BOMB. THE BANNER-HERALD OaOp and Sunday—II Ceate a JTeefc DeJly ani Saadey—U CeaU a Weal, l it er ATHENS COTTONS. , middling 2fe PREVIOUS CLOSE **• THE WEATHER Local thunders howere Sunder- • Cooler in north portion of ptato. -Monday partly cloudy. VOL. 92. NO. 154 Anode ted Fran Service. United Fran Die patched. ATHENS. GA-. SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1924. X B. a Paper. Stogl* Ceptae I Cant* Dally, a Canto Sunday. YEStERDAY TODAY TOMORROW Lightning Played haToc with a giant oak trpe on the front United States To Take Official Part In Proposed Paris Reparations Meet lawn of -Nod Hodgson's home Friday shortly after I o’clock when a cloud with lotu ol electricity and but little ral» hovered near the city. The belt took the bark off the tree from the ground up to the first fork, about twepty feet, end eplit the Blooming Of Cotton POSSES COMBING t-4 +-+ +~+ *-* * *-* Tp5- Recommend Athens For Air Attack On Weevil direction but tne real irons in , 0 - the stroke wet that In *om a manner the current came in contact pith a water pipe several feet away and under ground end Beamed to go In two direction* along the pipe, emerging at a cutoff in one piece aad bursting tbe pipe thirty yards distant im another. The tree was a pitied one and will have to come oowu. Neighbors were shocked by the stroke but no one wuu at home at the Ned Hodgson'* Congressman Charles H. Brand an seances that tbo 1923 edition of tha Year Book of the Department of Agricul ture la now ready fur distri bution and that be will be pleased to seed a copy to any one upon ertpieat until his al lotment Is exhausted. This book terries lots of valuable information nnd is eagerly sought after each year*. "peace loving" eitixsns who are raising such a hullabaloo over "Defense Day” Hava any locke on their doors, bsrs on thrlr windows or allow fire arms be kept In their honKa? Certainly they wouldn't make a “show" ol strength aud “preparedness" ugainst burg lars, night prowlers, crooks and the like! k The 1924 session of the Geor gia lugielrtare'ende next Wed nesday midnlghts.'riiM k night according to the 1 and Senate clocks, which are usually turned back. The fact that this suasion passed the bl-ennlal bill will stamp It as a woithwhtle meet II nothing else le found to Its cnedlL And there ere other bills also that the general public will approve ol. especially that .part of the public that frequent Pullmans; that Is If the House agrees with the Senate and takeu ott that GO per sent surcharge. Representative DuBote wee an innocent, but perhaps In terested spectator ot a near fight m the lobby ol the capl- toi Friday between J. J. Brown, coiumliaiener of agriculture, asst Representative Mann, of Glynn. A discussion over oil in spectors in the state brought on ins heated argument Frjends Interceded before the two came to blows. Representative Herman Mil ner. of Dodge county, bee In troduced a bill in tha legisla- utre, which is expected to be-. come 1 a law, that wig exempt ell disabled veterans of the World war from poll, street road end ell other forma of special taxation In this state. The state fair will be held in Savannah In 1924. end ten years thereafter, according to actions taken by the Georgia Agricultural Society at tha meeting in Griffin last week. Macon baa been' tha aits of the fair previously. General .peter W. Meldrim of Savannah,' alumnus deluxe of the University ol Georgia, has been named president of tbo Georgia Agriculture! Society. Prof. Thomas H. McHatton, Athena, has been selected as president ot the Georgia Hor ticultural Society. H. W. Har vey. ol Athena, la secretary ot the Horticultural Society. Tlvtse selections were made hut week'at the anatgl meet ing In Griffin.- Columbtu, Oa., la to spend 110,000 lor a "City Planning" survey, according to tha fol lowing news story: "A com plete planning survey ot Co lumbus will be started the last of this month by John Nolen, n noted expert of Cambridge. Mesa- who oa Thursday night was employed by the City Plann.ng Board following n conference with mambore ot the board. City Commissioner*. C)ty Manager and City Engin eer. "Nolen will do the work for a fee of (9,000 and expenses not to exceed 91,000,- making a to tal cost to the city of $10,000.* Athene la «e get a plan lor 5,000, which wee thought high by many of our dtlreaa. One of tbs foremost experts of the country It to do the work bore, too. Rainfall Art Features Of 7he Week On Farms Of Clarke County LEOPOLD THIS OB. WVfcJES 1 FEAR OF DEATH BY EDWARD C. DERR, United Press Staff Correspondent CRIMINAL COURT* ROOM, CHICAGO, illl.— The unfortunate union of the personalities of Na than Leopold and Richard Loeb was the only cause from the psychiatric standpoint for the murder of Robert Franks, Dr. H, S. Hulbert, defense alien ist* testified before Judge Caveriy Saturday. tWAn weak personal!t!ea—-had not come together the present crime would never been perpetrated.” Dr. HuU bert declared.” ’Although neighborhood! friends as children, they never came close together until about four years ago until each had been In need of a complementing factor. Neither was.covenant unto himself. Neither could have committed the murder •Ingle handed.” Dr. Hulburt went Into great de* tall In a description of young Leo’ pold’s physical neurological and psychiatric condition. As a result of his examination ot Leopold, Dr. Hulburt said he had corns fo the conclusion tlist Leo. pold was suffering from a “din- eased discrepancy” between the In. (ellect and emotion. The urgyo to be a perfect slave drove Leopold to every crime brought out at the hearing Includ. Ing the murder, the witness said. •This fantasy made Leopold wh&t he Is,” Dr. Hulburt said. Touching on Leopold s criminalis tic life, he said that the slayer started off with stealing stamps from members of th e family, steal ing fruit, sending In fire alarms. Stealing automobiles and robbing s frat house at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Leopold gained no pleasure from hts Crimea committing them only because his associate, Loeb. sug. gested them. While Leopold was Intellectually aware of the conbe< This Time Last Firor Reports. Year, Heavy and continuous bloom!:** of cotton and the rainfall last Saturday and Sunday are consider ed features in the progress of »f. rlculture In Clarks county In the laat eight days# J. W. Firor, coun ty agent, reported yesterday. Although the rainfall wss not equitably distributed over the county, ft was of great benefit generally, Mr. Firor states, Mr. Flrpr’s report points KIllEfi IN ALA* (By* United Press) BIRMINGHAM. AJx.—lute* 0» e lynching If he Is caught, ftv hundred men were, combing the woods near Newcastle, 20 miiax from here Saturday, for an caped negro onvtct, who Friduy fatally wounded the two yeer old daughter of Mrs. Baney Collin, end seriously injured the mother. The baby dN early Satruday from a blow on the heed with an axe. The mother, suffering frem concussion .recovered consdous- {ness for the first time Saturday _ r out afternoon and told the story of thr that the boll weevil, are Mill very rttack. , h ., spotted and only doing damag. In | •joryiievtelted that i he heavily In*'ated spot*, the dry ”*F°iSreml udanla and* whLn nnd hot weather helping in the J?* ”1^."}“L Mil control. This time laet year th.i- ,h » resisted him, started to kill weevil was spread over th* entire county and multiplying with great rapidity, Pilot Of Plane, Here On Inspection Trip, Says He Favors This Locality With ths view of keeping the pest under control Clarke fann ers are being urged not to let up In their offensive wherever the weevil has appears* at all. I her and her four children. After striking down Mrs. Collins and the baby he was frighten*) sway by a white man. Jumping on a workhorse the negro made hi* getaway. Mrs. Ritchie Hurt In Auto Accident Mr Firor', rport follows: KitSTp»' "There hav. bren two ountxnd. clubi r , cr ,„.j laarn Ing feature, to th. crop eltuatloii In this county since writing of !h« report that appeared In th., Ban- n.r-Htrald last Sunday. "The showers that fell Inst Sun day and tha Saturday before, re- (Tarn to page font.) building burned (By Ansoelnted Preen) WILMINGTON, Del. -> Fire of undetermined origin which eteried nl Plant No. 1 of the DuPont com- panw at Camay's Point, N. J- do- stroyed elx building.. Including two magailnea where powder V»* stored according to reports. Three Die (By Associated Press) MANSFIELD, Ohio. — Two wo men Perished in the fitmes and n third committed suicide when tire destroyed the county Infirmary here Saturday. MORE PROTESTS (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. — An emphatic atuod against all wars, a protest egatust Defense Day,'’ concentra tion Pina and equality among thr rrcee won the attitude resumed by the Young People# Evngeilcal League in Its quadrant!lei confer- ounce* he had no fear of punish. cnC e here Saturday which adopted ment. |_ resolution embodying ’* ••The end of life Is the end of all" principles. that she was hurt In Atlanta Friday night when she was struck by a large truck. According to The Con stitution Mrs. Ritchie was struck and suffered a broken foot while crosdng to havo turned Into Pryor street usd 1 denly. He was arrested for reckless driving. *Dr. and Mrs. Ritchie sad- son. H. B. Jr., left Athens Friday for Dent- orest and were visiting a brother of Mrs. Ritchie, Mr. Alonso Adams while In Atlanta. Athens will be recommended for the demSTistra- tion in dusting cotton by airplane with calcium arse* nate, it was learned * here yesterday following the visit of G. B. Post of the Huff-Daland Corporation, who was loaned to jthe government to make experi ments controlling the weevil with the plane. Mr. Post, it Is understood, will American Flyers Will Push On, Unmindful Of Any Perils fBy United Prats) REYKJAVIK, Iceland—What •vet the obstacle or peril, ths American flysra are going on, probably late next week. If the Ice paek along the bestern Greenland repels a landing, the airmen will come down and rtfuel in the open -only IWo Shment of tha'flight. “No confeHmce was edited to consider calling off *hs flight,** Rear Admiral Msgrtidsr told tho United Press. “The flight has reached the first serious obstae*; encount ered. That is «IP*. * Lieutenant Lowell. Smith, Is determined that th e obstacle •hall be overcomb. Indefinite- postponement le impractical because th« ic # will grew mere ferbiddlng as ths year wanes. Commercial Club, City Manager And Commerce Chamber With Two Bands Welcome “Jawn” Back to Clarksburg lESTIOHr TO J. W. DAVIS he told me and said further that he bad no fsar whatever of death' said Dr. Hulburt. FAIRBORN DANKER ON FEDERAL-CHARGE HERRICK LEAVES (By Aewmtatod Press) PARIS — Myron T. Herrick, American ambusador to Franca, entrained for Havre Saturday for a vacation trip to the United States. He wen scompanM by bit .on Parmety nnd the letter's wife end ion. (By Ai.ocl.ttd Press) QUINCY, Mats. — The airplane Beaton II. bound ter Nora Scotia ae a relist plane to enable Lieu tenant Wade to take pert la the lent part ot tha American worid . (light left the Sqnantum Naval Air (By Associated Press) j Station hero Saturday. Ueateannt ATLANTA — H. W. Cook, prdm-1 MacDonald, the Pilot, planned to inent banker and city councilman: fly to Bar Harbor, > Maine end ol Fa.rbuni, On., wan arreted at ; thence to Pietou, Norn Scotia. The hie home Saturday on n federal. weather w»« fine. warrant chargiig violation ot the Mann Act. bronght here and held $1,000 bond after waiving prellmin try hearing belora the United mate. CommiHioner. Tito chargee grew out of n com- HEAVY LOSSES (By AaMclited Preen) BUENOS AIRES. — The Santo, corre.pondent ot Im Nadon nays It I. reported there that the Bra zilian federal forren punning the plaint by A. F. Purmont. one of San Paulo rebels have nattered Coek’s tenant tarmern that the beaker bed kidnapped hi, •cv«n- t«en yeer eld daughter Agnes Pur- mqnt nnd taken her on a western trip. Cook would make no state ment, praeorrinf the silence he has maintained since hie return to hlo homo in Fairborn several weeks ago after an absence of three is during which time Purmont (Tum to Pap, Two) reevy loom uut It I* aawrtAd that two train load, ot wounded have arrived at 8ao Paulo, (By 700 DROWN ', TOKIO. — Terrific floods hare swept the laland of Formosa, drowning mom than seven hundred PHgons according to reporta Sat urday. (By Associated Pres,) ATLANTIC CITY—Corrsspon- dsnes which passed between John W. Davlg; democratic presidential nominee, and Samuel Gomperk Democratic Nominee Ar rives in Home Town Saturday. By FRASER EDWARDS United Press Staff Correspondent CLARKSBURG, W. Vs.—A mighty chorus went up ss John W. Davis came bask to his native Main Street Saturday the demo, cratle candidate for president. There wer # silver haired men In the crowd about the depot, who had gon«. swimming In ths creek with yawn.* And thera wsr* grand mothers who had admired him •pelllng bees. They were proud, of him but he wss Ju*t .“Jawn” to __ .a . a aw a a n . them. They welcomed him back Prreld.nt of tho American Fed.ra. bonl , with lhat recommend that tbe demonitrntlon bo held Is this locaity- Ho we, hero Friday and Saturday con ferring with Proaldent Joel A. win of tho Chamber of Commerce end diecuised the plan with Dr. An- drew M. Soule, prealdent ot the State College of Agriculture county Agent J. W. hirer took Mr. Poit into several sections ol tin county looking over farm, where u demonstration can be given that can ho witnessed by the large crowd expected to be on hnnu where It is put on. Tho plan to attack the weevil from the air. (. uo Impracticable dra’vn, it is pointed out. Tbo gov eminent lias experimented dusting cotton, by airplane nnd list ye.r dusted C000 acres by plane with too ref cent success. While the sys tem has its ■ drawbacks there Is every reason io kelievo that It can be put into general use. It be, blah’ proved that better GntrtbuUen' In obtailned by air plane dusting than by baud. An airplane duster can cover COO •er.'w an hour. Tho piano make, a swath 400 font wtdo and enn operate fifteen feet from tho plant The doit com** out of the hopper under the airplane at n rate of 300 miles per hour and perfect distribution ta obtained be. causa ot the tine dust. Airplane dusting can alia ho done In day time Eocenes of the fine dost ■ticking to the plant whereas It la ueceerery to dust at night now (Turn to Pegs Four) "Vive Herriot” Shouts Crowd As Premier Returns “ELEVENTH ODOR” BILLS PASSED; TO HDD REVENUE ID •iSTATE TREASURY tlon of Labor, was made public late Saturday by Gompers aftlr Davis bad publicly announced la Nsw York that the union leader waa at liberty to do so. v Ths gist of tho correspondence dlalosed that Davis had sought an Interview with Gompers and tha! conflicting engagements made such meeting Impossible and that Gompers later decided (o submit to Davis a list of Questions in which labor la chiefly interested." Recorder Breaks Record In Giving Stockade Sentences A record vu broken In Record, re’, court in July wh,n Judge J. 41. Lumpkin sentenced prisoner, lo n total of Ills day. In th* city stockade. Chief H. W. Ben re. stated yretardey. Chief Brare.'. report show, a total oT 114 cares docketed including.it traffic cease tine, wax worked out on the »tock- ade- Ten person. w,r, givun me- p.nded .mtencM. Ed Eaco wne one of there, having hem neatenced thi, time, and rent to the xtockede the tare time where he ta to serve elx monlhe. that goes to a popular neighborhood boy A reception committee and two bands blared out. Qtal Club had been to li that • presidential candidate should be mot in tho approved fashion. Davis was greeted by a receptlor committee of one hundred and one, headed by J. H. Davis. ' former postmaster and democratic county chairman. Conspicuous on tilts commltte was Virgil Highland, re. publican national committeeman. While Davis proceeded down Main Btreet with Mrs. Davis sit ting proudly at his stfa tb r com mittee followed afoot. Arriving at the DavUvhome, Samuel Bentley, chairman of the commute and pres, idenl of tbe Chamber of Commerce delivered a formal address of wel come to which pavls responded In his happiest vein. A reception followed. - ”1 have corn# back home for strength, for sympathy, *qcourag% ment and support,” said Davis "By your face, my friends aad neighbors, I know that I did not corns In vain.** Fines totalling were The' democratic candidate talk. Impored., A total of $(*$.** In as of hi, boyhood, tho famllar Th. Commer. ,„| A.rembly Mon, th, houw scenes and the friendly faces about hlnf. Davis was formally welcomed bj Otis, city manager who said “no honor can come to you like the wholehearted love from the friends who call yoa ”Jawn.*» (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA. Ga.—Working away n tha remainder nf its slate with By WEBB MILLER United Prees Staff Correspondent PARIS—Amid shout# of “Vive Heryiott/* tha French premier waa earried on the' •houlifors of friende from^ hts train to a Cap upon hie'*>riv*l hers Saturday night from ths London conference 8o enthusiastic was the we. come that cabinet ministers had difffculty in getting turn tha crush to graet Herriot, who returned from the Inter-allied Conference at London to con sult with them. Apparently In a moat optl. mletlc vein the Premier said: “The conference at London has reached the threshold of European peace, ushering in a new’ order of world affairs which deserve welcome every where.” Hetviot hurried to the Ely- tee where tlhe cabinet Immedi. ately Convened. The dubjeet of its discussion was endorse ment of an asreement to French and Belgian military evacua tion of the Ruhr. * Herriot freed strenuous op. position to the proposal and Marshal Foeh. among others, vase expected to be called upon to decade upon this n\ovw. CITIES EFF1T FOB SETTLEMENT! THE LONDON PlIY Arrests Looked For In $4,500.00 Payroll Theft . (By United Press.) WASHINGTON.— Secretary Hughes will continue his efforts to bring about a final Euro pean settlement (through the aid of the United States upon his return next week, it was under stood Saturday. Aasutiling a complete and final agreement Is reached at the London conference on the program of ’ launching the Dawes report the first Important question to face Hugh-s will be the proposed oon- fercnce In Paris on allocation ol German reparations pay menu. • The announcement from Praof- dent Coolldge that the United States will be represented official, ly l.i regarded as significant hare —Indicating how closely this ooun- try now 1« linked with the Dawos iilaa-amd • that-Washington now has thrown over the nttitud e maintain ed at the start of tbe Dawea In. •miry that the United Statestpra^in tcrested only unofficially In the experts program. This conference will be of greAt importance to tho United 8tates as It In to discuss distribution Of Gar* man reparation* payment ... fflt A«»wlal«d Ureas.) MIAMI, Fla.—Arrests were ox* peeled Saturday nisht In tho $4,- 600 payroll robbery which occur red Friday in the office of George Tho money was stolen from a •teel ciblnet In the office in a downtown building:. The discov ery of the theft was made by Jann, who said ho had to enter the office late Friday night. Judge Regrets He Can’t Put Worse Sentence On Man PETITIONS FILED i URGING FORD US REP. CHUTE (Bv Awoclat.d Pr«M) CHICAGq—Th. maximum ren tals scion of the Georgia Gen- Its fast dying of tbo revo* uns aimed nue of the state. One of tab measures mi an amendment to tho present tobacco tax law, Introduced by Milner of Dodge, at tho request of Governor Walker and the state revenue commireloner. The amendment elarifle, the tobacco tax lew, constitutionality of which win upheld recently by the state supreme court. In da- fetus of the retail and wholesale tobacco dealers it require* re tailers to stamp tobacco products when they receive thera from wholesalers. Another measure adopted waa by Davie of Floyd, requiring tag collectors to keep reconle of ec- cunation.1 texts collected by then. A third measure which anwnde and clarifies the general tax act and also Intended to augment the •tale treexury was then taken up for consideration- the present law tbe Fulton grand Jury hae construed the wholesale a ha. construed me wnotresw r In tobacco to ho one who .ells e box of cigars" and added that hlx bill defines Ute wholesale j tenet of one year tn Jail and a fine of 11.000 waa Imposed on Aaron Dcck.lmnn, taxi driver for utriktng Mrs. Frank R. Doyle, ■ fare and healing her husband with a Jack handle. Judge Nauret In court here Sat urday expressed regret /that th* sentence waa th* meet that could be legally Imposed. Mrs, Doyle said th* drivet knock :d her down twlc, after ehe hod Informed her husband of an Inaullln remark by the driver ipad* when she told him to etop at a certain point. Pedestrians were taking up the fight for Mre. Doyle when the po. lice arrived. WHAT YOU WILL HEAR ON YOUR RADIO LANSING Mich.—IietltidnaTiom- 1 naiing H'nry Ford for — 1 ptf K l'- candidate for the Untied St&Lra senate against Senator Jaa. Couzens, his former business as sociate were filed here Sotaifday by Peter Fngen, secretary of "the Michigan Public Utilities Coqjpfs- sions. Petitions were filed tor • hath the short and long terms, Cou'ftns having ben appointed by Govern or Grosbeck to serve only until tlm eb*< tjon.~ Fagen remained uncommunica tive.' us to th*) source of the boom for Ford and of the funds Wlflch paid solicitors of signatures. Efforts to get In touch with Ford or hla representative proved futile. FORME« RESULT OF EMH (By Associated Press.) . •» : MOSCOW—Forty on, person, sr. ead and three thousand house* are dettroyed ns a remit of xo- vere earthquake in th* province of Ferghana, accordlns to the Roet. agency, the official Bol.h.Tllrn.wa organisation. Twelve hundred hou.ee were al. so damaged by landslides la the Ferghana mountalna. In the vll. Inge of Pokrovsknltl which wee,the center of the catastrophe, only four SUNDAY'S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES CopyrighL 1024, By United Press. WEAF—New Yota, 492 metres: WCAP-Wexhington, 459 metre,, end WJAR—Providence, 3C0 me tre,, 0:20 p. m., EST. Municipal Program from Capitol Theatre, New York. Masik!^IS4~metreif *6:ta* r p n ° U m!’ c * nt,r of ‘ho catastrophe, only EST. Musical'Program from the hundred houw. remain Intact. Strand Theatre. New York. WJZ—New York, 455 metres, end WGY—Schenectady, 380 me- tree, 7:30 p. m., EST. Musical Program, WOS—Jefferson City, 440.9 metres, 7:30 p. in., CST. Union Open Air Services with Music by State Prison Band. WOAW—Omaha, 626 metres, 9 dealer a4 on* who -Mils for re- p. m., CST. Musical Chapel Serv- siile and the retailer as one wbojlce with Orchestra and Double sells direct to the consumer.* Quartette, HIT8 OPEN SWITCH* (By Associated Press) *"* *. ATLANTA—A southern Railway * passenger train, southbound from Atlanta to Jacksonville, ran Into an open switch about thirty miles south of Macon. Saturday according to information rec«fTfd here. No on* was killed or seriously injured, according to th« tha ra" port. • j

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The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, August 10, 1924, Image 1