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Our Way" and othera, dalnly In
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VOL. 93, NO. 91
Associated Praia Service.
Unhad Praaa Dlapatthaa.
ATHENS,yCA, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1925.
A. B. C. Paper.
Siagla Coplea 2 Cent, Daily, t Centa Saaday.
'Clean Up’ Yes And
Include Those Gays
Who Litter Up Cars
With Trash; Money
Mad; On To Dalton
It will soon be 'clean tip
week' In Athens and the unuul
proclamation will bo Issued
culling upon > tho people to ob
serve the week. Down In New
Orleans the campaign boa al
ready started and here ore
eleven rule# asked to be <*>-
served.
1. Don’t let your porter
sweep trash Tfem your eatab-
liohment into tho street.
2. Den’ let trash, empty
crates, dirt end duet accumu
late In back allays. olooot%
and unfreauented places about
your oatabllehmont.
I. Don’t obstruct the side
walk* with mere hand!*#, dis
play* and dobno—oueh pratieaa
do not advertise your place fa
vorably.
4. Don't put unsightly, crude
eigne of elofth or paper on tho
front of your building—thoy
constitute a fire menses, leak
sheep and set dirty In a few
hours-
5. Keep a can of paint al
ways an hand te use in touch
ing up ' unsightly spots about
tho plaoa-
0. Bum all destructible re
fuse.
7. Instruct delivery men end
boys to he careful in dispos
ing of wrappers, eta* and
poet notices to ell employee*
asking help in keeping the
pises clean
•; Do ell you can to kaoo
the sidewalks and Street in
front of your establishment at
tractive and clean-
9 6ec to it that all garbage
and refute for city carte io put
cut earl/ in the morning in
closed containers.
10. Don't use tho hendbill
method of advertising.
11- Don't throw advertising
matter Into parked automo*
stead of customers. Owner*
don't like to find their ears full
of paper end usually It goes
from the ear to litter the at root.
SPEAKING OP
RULE ELEVEN
ltul«* eleven la one th.it has
been legislated into the city or-
tlliiancen of Athena but like
many others It Is a joke and
.not onferetd. Advertising mat
ter thrown Into automobile*
' causes counUean niece* of loose
paper to be thrown on the
street*. THERE 18 A CITY
ORDINANCE HERE PIIOHXD-
ITINO IT BUT NO ONE
l HKEMS TO KVOW it. Thcwo
who use this method of adver-
Uelng do not help their buui-
ness either. A representative
eltlxen was beard to remark
the other day aa he was get
ting Into hla car, after throw
ing away a batch of dodger*
"The only rreecn I look at
three things la to see who puts
them out. I wouldn't trade
with n firm that litters au»a
with this trairb If It area the
only place In loam.” Moat
everybody who n*s a car and a
desire to keep rt clean feel*
tho name way and this law'
should l>o enforced. On« or
two nrrests would stop the Ut
tering of both autos and tho
street*.
PC'NVILLK 9AY8 THIB
FROM FLORIDA
Fonvillo McWhorter, briber
of Prof. Rdbert L. Mr Wiener
of the University faculty, well
known In Athena, formerly rfee
president of tho Central Park
nnd Trust Co.. Atlanta but now
In Miami. Fla., told tho Ex-
t ’hange dub of the latter city
something about money mad-
lies* tliv other day. tile la
quoted by the ’T’. P." a a fol
lows.
"Warnings ngafoot growing
"money mad" was sounded here
by Pimvllle McWhorter, vice-
president of the Commercial
Bank and Trust mmpany. to
member* of the Exchange club.
"There is danger In growlhg
“mono)' mad" declared Me-
Whotrer. Make nv>ney If you
ran. but krow where and how
you get h. Don’t get puUed
away, from tho thing that you
have spetjl years In prepara
tion for." he cautioned them.
"McWhorter la \ native of
Atlanta and before making hi*
home in Miami was prominent
In civic activities there. He
headeil an American legion
Post and was a director of tho
U'anla Chamber of Commerre.
8HRINER8 GO TO
DALTON THIS YEAR
Lora! Shriners. wh« etu«r-
tair.ed the Tanrab ceremonial
here list year-flf further evl-
lb-nee I* nfsfod rail on Pope
Holliday. Charlie Martin. Red
Ray. Marlon Caskey and oth
ers—will go to Dalton In May
for the 1025 out-of-Atlanta
4 eremoni.ll and froUv. The date
has not been announced yet
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Preliminary Trial Of Alvin Graham On Murder
Charge To Be Held At Danielsville Wednesday
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Dr. Morgan Arrives For Bible Conference
OPENS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AT FIRST
What promieee to be the great-
eat Bible Conference ever compet
ed In Athene will open *t the Flrt
Methodist church Wednesday nig*;
at 8 o'clock.
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, who
haa been oeupylag the pulpit, at
tha Fifth Avymie Presbyterian
church la New York City sefrefa'
month* arrived home here
Tuesday afternoon over tho boa-
hoard railroad, and will be ready
for tha opening eervice. ,
Rev. Mel Trotter of Graod Rap.
Ida, Mich., wilt arrive here Jin time
to conduct a meeting urfth Dr.
Mama at tha First Methodist
chnrch Saturday night at R o'clock.
ThJa meeting will be held especial-
ly for etudent* In tho city Includ
ing the High School. Lucy Cohb.
State Normal, University and
State College of Agriculture;
Maas Meetlag
BULLDOGS TO LF»VE
OR TRIP AFTER
Fill GAME
PAIS !Y 00 ON
TRIAL SHORTLY
+ + +-+
TO PLAY TWO GAMES IN ATHENS
STEP-FATHER OF OUT
BOY, STICKS TO HIS
DENIAL OF CRIAAE
Arrives Home
For 1925 Bible
Conference
BY MARCUS BRYANT
Two hard games on thi.s
year's program for tha
Georgia Bulldog;; will he
played Wednesday and
Thursday here with Dart-
games wiH be m; CA>ll .„_ L Morgan
called at 3l30, and the Hu-i Recently voted one of 25 moat
irmftfdnn will ho seventV-' in, . lut ‘ nl ‘ nl minister, of tho Goa-
mission Win UL bOVLUiv | pcI in Amcricat 21,000 clergymen
•live cents. looting in the referendum. Dr.
mouth opened tncir south- Morgan arrived hero Tuesday
against Virginia Inst Sat- from New York where he has
n Monday the "Big Green" been preaching from the pulpit
Oglethorpe in the tenth a* Fifth Avenue Preibyteriz
4 to 3, and the Bulldogs **
veil be assured of two hard
tho Bulldogs
, „ s uot. /v fnmtrf T
iof the players on last year’s Hire
again arc on the team, stars a i
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Wood, Penniless,
j Back Home After
! His Wanderings
ITTEES MEET
DRIVES-
F
HI 0 I E D UIEHIfj DANIELSVILLE, Ga.
AUTHORITY M^iSSasS
, _ 'trial here Wednesday
IrPTlIRP UFR C morning at 10 o’clock for
L L u I U II L IT L IT L the murder of his step
son, Guy, 7, who died
from gunshot wounds in
this county March 16. Tho
trial will be conducted be-
Dr. Carl Van Doren, fore Justice Tom Ghols-
literary editor of The ton -
Century Magazine and ^'SSKTSSS
professor of English lit- boy following decoration by Blco
prntnr* nt rnlumhin ITni- nnd Ann Graham. *
eraiurt ai voiumoia uni and ,, rMpacll veiy that Ouy wa*
versity, New York City, mum i>y m« at«p-fath#r with a
will deliver an address to ,hot .«l!1 » n<1 . lh “ »«'«*??■»*
j a j * two rhiidren who were In the house
tne faculty and students nt the time tho cmid wo* oiain to
of the University of Geor- n,ir “ m “ **« “J
, • • 0 . „ «*von went so far aa tt aaoonoa
gia Wednesday morning the negro.
at 11:40 o’clock, I „ c*" d "" h.iu
The addree* of Dr. V« Boren hr T.'l* r ch JL a /‘5.* h< ’ t
■ will be given at the Chapel and .
* n ,the Unlverelty Invltea It# friend* ;
'in the dly to hear the dletinguieh- ln co, ' n ^ lkn wllh ,h * Hrtro *'
ed man of lettare.
At 2 o’clock Dr. Van Doren will
b« the honor guest at tha Rotary
club luncheon. ^
W wrmww Wi c z > nn MIMnt Harm lout
** tha following ktorie# of tha shoot*
Monday, after tl»e arreit of Alvin
(irnham they changed their
aln, reverting to tha i
of ‘he affair,^
8lm J. SMrborounh, In J.UI here , " Court Judge, jury,
for the murder of Prof. w. c. lawyers, witnesses and spectators
Wrteht of Putman county, end hte ru * h dingy, stuffy
companion T. L. Ooenshall nnd c ?l lrt ' ; J? to ,r ^- ,u "'
, “«t B breatiTof°fr«Hk>m. Ulr To W | , unch—to
fu It’Si Two 1 hitu-r.!“(-!«. -ha- away. In camlee.
fall to carry their plana for
1 {But Chapman—down into a cell
1 moro *tuffy th&.i tho courtroom
,l |ho quit*. Sunlight—only a stray
Defense In Trial Of Gerald Chapman
Tuesday Attempts To Discredit The
(t. Fta.
had been duped and that h« knew
nothin? of iho New Britain rob
bery finally wilted and l.xHroctly
acknowledged that lu* was an ac
complice with riupiuan in th*
robbery.
He bald. ' I niadr up my mind I
• -r uld g»-t nil
robbery "
311 Id
of thoj
«*f the state
peal on tha change of venue
tion overruled by Judge J. it.
Bark.
William (Schley Howard, chief
couneel for Coggeahall and Me-
Lolland who filed the motion for
chaoge of venue end later carried
It to tho Court of Appeals where
W «V :ctr. Damaging Testimony Of Witnesses!
of appeal to the Supreme Court,
stated Monday night they may not
rtury the cam* m the Supreme
Court. He said attorney* have not
derided what they win do.
A bill hit* been filed which pro
tect* the c.me for a period of 20
days, and in the meantime it in
betng studied carefully, tt wa* an
nounced. There ar*» many phaece
which need attention and these arc
heln#r ln\W*tiga:e«i thoroughly
while the matter of the change of
venue 1* pending.
flf attorneys* doclde to drop the
change of venue fight,
may be called at a *peelal term of
oourt. which will convene In April,
but In the event the petition for a
change of venue is pushed and
granted. It may be delayed several
months. .
EARLY TRIAL
SEEN AT EATONTON
KATONTON. Ga. — While
lawynre for the three men accused
of the murder of ITcfeeaor W.
C. Wright, county echooj euper-
tntendent have even notice of
their Intention to appeat to the
supreme court on the motion to'r
change of venue, it wae Indicated
here tonight th.it that motion will
not be filed.
Preparation* are lielttg made i»y
the Mate for trial of the caec* .it
a special term In April. Dowle
Campbell, former solicitor, and
Roy Stubbs and M. S. Adame
have b«*n retained to assist Soli
citor Joe Duke 1:: proeecutlng the
. case.
; IaocoI cltixens have pU-dgeil pro-
Itectlon for the accused men If they
fare brought lo the jail here. Sher-
I Iff Walton, however, say* he doe*
fiiot want the boy* brought here
'.until the trial Is held. because
j there have been A number of Jail
J deliverle*.
I Crggeehall Is fioni Claytbn. III.:
|W. O. McClellan from Brockton,
and Scarborough frotn Tam-
(B) L'nited I'ress.) . .
TAMPA, Fin. — The freighter the Legion Endowment fund.
West Chctac arrived rff Tampa W. T. Barbrc, legion supervisor
bar early Tuesday, bringing tv» with headquarters in Atlanta spoke
home shores Lieutenant Osborne to representatives of tho twenty
Wood, son of the governor of the organizations called to meet and
Philippines. explained in detail and in a com*
Yeung Wood left Cadiz, Spain, prehmsive manner the purpose of
aboard the Chetac three weeks the iund.jiudge Horace M. Holden
w w . ago, virtually penniless.
Thoughts of a ilnngling noose—oflost a fortune nt various Euro
iron bais stretching out into in- P«*n resorts. The fortune
finity. Thoughts, perhaps, of J made by long distance tradin'
hat might have tccn.| Wall Street while Wood wa* stn- ore will cover the assigned terri
tioned with his father in the U- tory.
i 'I ho date of tho drice Is the an-
ite».‘ The Century Magazine, of
whose editorial board he is a mem
ber, la one of the country’s lead
ing liberal publications. Dr. Van
Doren is ssid to have a message i
of sspocial importance and inUrest
to students. He was scheduled lo
.lecture bore stveral weeks ago but
A skeleton organization was per- attack of influenza prevented
footed Tuesday for the drive here «*» coming,
xt Monday to raise 13,000 for
sunbeam reflected through the
little window that lights hi* cell.
Freedom—iron bar* whose tested
strength ho may not overcome.
Spotchcd and dirty walls sur
round him. Waiting. Waiting.
Only hi« thoughts for company.
Finance Committee
Considers Rids For
New Aerial Truck
The finance committee of .City
Council met Monday night to con-
race M. Holden elder bide for purchase of tho. new
having preaided. The various organizations aerial truck authorlbed for the fire
ill appoint committees to serve ; department by ; a recent bund issue
tho drive, tho city will be di*
TO PASS CN SANITY
The finance committee compceed
of A. B. Davison, chairman. Vin
cent Matthew*. C. F. Crymee and
Chairman A. L. Howland of tht
Civil Service Committee received
the bids. They will repert to ooun-
clal at 11# next meeting.
(By United Preas.)
HARTFORD. Conn. — Walter
Shewn, the Rtate’n *tar wHneee
ngain«t Gerald Clvipinan turJcr-
went cron* exnm:nation nt Turn-
day'* M*slon of tho (Thapmcut trial.
Ho had toMlflod at .Monday's
M-Mdon and ^IranMtbMlly nanud
Chapman aa the man mho wa* hi*
companion the night he robbed a
department re h* New Britain.
* In the robbery that Chap-
alleged to have killed IV-
I Iceman tfkelly of that city
Juet before court convened l’.
S. Marehal J.iC4»h (’. Waller of
New Haven nerved a garnishment
on the money Chapman had Iti hi*
|v «ew«lon m hen hr wa* arrested in
M uncle. Indiana. The money
.imounted to about (5.000 and i*
now In th«* hands of the [Mittal au
thorities In Washington.
rthean oai«i nn*w Chapman
• H Waldo Ailller and was lntr.>-
«luced to him by <Je4jrgo Brown.
Attorney Oroehl naked Hh**an if
ko knew Brown wa# a "prterman"
or a aafeblower.
'eTtean Mild "No."
Upon being asked If lie knew
Brown IVid btvn fn Atlanta prison
Shean Mid hn «Ild. When asked If
h- knew any other man mm-d
Brown. Hhean said "No."
"You mean to *ay you didn't
know* a po*t»ff><>‘ Inepctyor
turned Brown.
“Ye#,'' naid Shean.
"Why dl*l yt>u lust deny that"
soked Grohel.
"I forgot."
Shean admitteit Inpector Brewn
*iW him In the Hartford Jail af|<r
Skelly was kll!e*l nnd that he told
Browp. "I was watching Chapman
a.id wa* going tw turn him over t<»
! .e )M>|i«e."
Standing oath one foot on the
foor and tha other In a chair
r, wehl *hot queatfon after quo**
tlm after question at the witness.
Sbttxx who Monday claimed he
IICI
GERALD CHAPMAN
4- 4—¥ +—+ ' 4—f +—}
AND HIS CAREER
A negro did tt, going oo
a to Identify Henry Wood!*
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UNITED STATES TO
(It, AwecUted Pma.)
WASHINGTON.—Another »rm»
conference . iponeored bjr the
United State, will be held "be
fore next winter," Senator Klnr,
Democrat, Utah, predicted Tne«.
day after confelenc- with Pr-el-
dent Coolidf— and Secretary
Kellogg.
He laid the conference ehoutd
ecek.te curtail land aa wall aa
naval armanunta.
Tha Utah icnator aald ha alia
diacuawd the world court with
Mr. Coolidge.
FIGHT TO
Ing aewlo
Ire of questions by Rrochl.
Bringing out Shean’* coni;
ilth Joseph Mar-ball, the to:
(Hi United Press.)
I SAN FRANCISCO. - Selection
y attached -'hem. J of jury lo determine whether
of being « robber Dorothy Ellingxon. 16 yenr obi
matricide, id snne, started in ;<up
crio;‘ court here Tuesday.
It marked the turn in the case
taken when Dorothy wax pro
nounced -"medically ininne" |»y
experts Monday.
Tic insanity trial wot* ininte-
diately ordered to detennin?
whether her "medical insanity ’
which was culled "phychosis,” it
also legal insanity.
If Dorothy’s lawyer* win—that
I* if thev prove their client guilt;,
of insanity-the best thev edit
hope for is a term in an asylum
for tho insane.
If they fail to prove the girl
unbalanced, then .she mu.*t ga
through another trial
He had been
had the (100.000 in bond*. Groehl
brought that Shenn swindled
throuali Marshall a maid ln a hotel
out of (350.
who charge of murder—tWb trials
Itio
i f the
Itiic-H who Lite Mftiday t-wtlfied
was Chapman who f:r.*.t the
,iot* that killed Pohceroan Skelly
r Now Britain.
While Ihe master bandit faced
I* .nni»tri with Mazing eyes,
[irlngfleld** "had boy" hesitantly
daUd th*> dramatic tale that lead
» the |h>!iceman** d<*s»th and
orke«l op to n *ma*hing eliniax
hy putting full htame on his er*t-
hlle friend.
Previously thr«H* ether man Iden
tified Chspm.m a* i man they aaw
»ni the scene of tlm crime.
Shean told of first meeting the
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stead of one.
THREE RILLED IS,
AUTO CRHS
INTO TREE
TUESDAY
Chapman
CHICAGO. — Th- fight lo free
William D. Shepherd, pending hie
trial on charge, of killing hi* foo
ter ion, V. N. MeClintoek wtth
tphoid germs wae resumed Tueeday
at tho ro-hjaring of hla attornefa'
motion for relenao on baU.
State's attorneys were prepared
to reeiat the announced Intention
of Shepherd'* counsel to “blow tbk
elate'., caae eky high." This effort
wa, expected to center around Mrs.
Mr,. Luelln Rheudell, former no.
eiatant to Charles C. Fainvut Joint
ly indicted with 8b*pherd after hn
said Shepherd had proml«nl
2100,000 for typhoid germs and In
farction on administering them,
Mrs. Rheudell claims Fkimaa .
never had live germ culture* at/
jhi.'Khool, defense attorneys hava
A report that thb bod lea of Dr.
Oscar Olaon and Mr*. Emma JIc
HOW "THE PRINCE OF
BANDITS” BECAME
A SOCIAL OUTCAST
(By tailed l*re*».)
NKWARK, N. J.—Three per
son* were killed and three other-
probably fatalIv hurt early Tuet-.
when the automobile in j oi.mething luippenvd that took
which they were riding ern-dhcdihim from aehool.
into a tree in Bmncbbrook I'atk- There i> no record of what this
but whatever it may have been CUntock^exhttmad for
it was the signal for the fates to
begin moulding the crime career
that tinea has been written in
xuch •rmational chapters.
Out upon the Htreets of New
York wrnt the sallow-faced, neu<
evidence that heart disease wan
the poMible cam* of death, wa,
made Monday by Dr. J. T. Sim
mon., who atendad the autepaiea as
, . Shepherd's raprenentative.
something wae, though it is to ha The coroner', chembt who U <
pmunt'-d that hanl time, bad r
led mat naru umea nad amining the bodies has mad* a prn-
hiw hardworking parents; Preliminary report to-the tame a*
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