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ATHENS COTTON:
MIDDLING ' .. s% 2S lie
PREVIOUS CLOSE .. 23 3-4c
THiS WEATHER: .
GtneraDy fair Wrdneaday " and
Wednesday uijht. Thursday .un
settled. ; "• *
SUPPLY TOUR WANTS
By readinc Banner-BeraM Hwl
lied (Man. tt.i» dost find it,
tdnrUu nr It.
Flowers Came As
Redpients Slept;
To Boost APaved
Athenians who found a
pretty basket of flowers on
tUelr front porch Monday
morning bright and early and
which carried a card hearing
greetings -from the children of
Alhcna win bo pleased to know
that thb baskets were decorat
ed by members of the Girls
Ilescreo of-the Y. W. - C. A-
They” were delivered during
the early hours oC the morn
ing wMie' -most Athenians
fast asleep and members of
tbe May Day committee ar
ranging thorn were Mrs. Jo
Jilting: chairman; Miss Na
talie liocuck. Miss Otey 'Vin
cent, JIM ‘Margaret Morton.
Mlss Sarah, Lamar, lira. W. W.
Oeee. itn.T. H. McIIattco.
and M.S. liurlcr Harris. This
committee was assisted in de
livering them by tbe foUawtng'
young Indies: Misses Annlo
Smith, Itothe- McEihannoc.
Grace Hancock, Louie and
Ten Johutth, Fancy Bell,
Jsunlta Clerk. Fred la Bryant.
Catherine Krumrine, Sarah
Satterfield, Elizabeth Henna.
Betty Btadbeny, Mary Den
nett. Katherine, IBiahop, Hazel
Hiller. and MUIa Mamble.
(By United PreaaJ
ATLANTA, Ga. -r Six
firemen were killed arid
four injured in a fire -
which destroyed a cotton,
warehouse here early..
Wednesday. -rfej;
: The six dead were tra$M<
d inside the burning
[ding and hadi-'ho’
IN THE DAY’S NEWS
To Wed InVentor
arguments BEGIN
EATONTON, Ga.—The state
closed It* rebuttal testimony at
2j 18 o’clock Wednesday after
noon'and after a brief reces*
the arguments of the attorneys
The deed are:
Captain C. O. Bone,. Lieutenant
3. 3. Bennard, F. F. Wilson, L.
M. Smith, C. C. Xing and B* S-.*■
Konkle.
The roof and wallsafthe.ware-.
house collapsed, snuffing out the
lives of the six fire fighters.
Four other Bremen ware extri
cated from the smoking ruins'and
taken to Grady hospital. \ _Theit
condition is serious* . *;
The fire started Irom sfi nhi
known cause about 4 o’clock Wed
nesday. Smoke and' flames pour
ed from the building when tin
men arrived. ;;" -.•»;
Four firemen In command of.
Captain Bone went to the roof
With': the announce;
mtpujof the umpires who
wi^liaye charge of , the
GeeVgia-T e c h baseball
games here Friday and
Saturday afternoon the
last/; details for the re-
suiubtioh of athletic rela
tions between the two
schools on the diamond,
Were completed lath Tues
day night
It was'announced that the'two
umpire^ will be Seth DeklC and
Clark- Dekle haa umpired aU -of
gan. Doyle Campbell* former
teitbr 'general, opened for
Mbtate and he will be follow-
'by Joe B. pottlefor the de-
...U. I- udl Ln‘ dnl.
TO BOOST ;
HIGHWAY.
Beestors for an improved i.
. highway between Augusta and *
Atlanta, via Athens, will be**
ru'sts at the Kiwnnis club
meeting at U» Holman .HUel
LMs week, Thursday M two 5
o'clock. Delegates from Winder •
and LawrenceviUe. wero hero .
lost week and this week others
from Washington TfiojnsDrfnnd
01 her places aiong.iA* Way will
bo Jver<>. A ftpxdaurftce road is
the-Him ortttoso who-arc In
terested In the propel*
SHOULD VOTE
It hchjbf.ves every register
ed voter lh Clarke bounty to
cast » vbte Friday in the elcc-
Uon f-T U« rolleutt/r. Tho bal
lot la tho public's weapon in -
politics and those *2u> do net
exercise It are more Or lesa-
• slackers. Th? office cf tax ,col-
elctcr is an important on®
ifnd every voter In tho county
should feel a perfonal Inter-
*est in selecting the man who
!» to fill this position. The
first ot the Georgia- and Tech,
baseball giunc** will be played
here that day and” moot of
.those who will vote in the
city will ho interested also in
the halt game and nnleaa they
vote betoro going to the game
they xtil not vote. As tho
League of Wbmon Voters
soya, ’’Vote for who you
Please, hut .VOTE."
fanso who in turn «ll be' fol-
lowed by WllllaiwWScliley How
ard, also of the defense.- So
licitor J. B. Duke will close for
tho state, and. then after Judge
J. B. Park charges the jury it
will Retire for the-verdict. Eacl
side haa two hours for the ar T
gumente and the case js,expect
ed to go to the Ju«Y.-Wed»ies-
When Judge. C. - A' Williams
told Mrs; Belle Spencer, promi
nent Chicago lawyer, to ^sib- down
she told him'A few-things. So the
judge fined her 850 for contempt
of court. .When Mrs. Spencer did
Coraeshall and- F. W. irotshoiir -op/to pajrtbe fine-a- COUNClU TO MB6T
-WeCnlbihd' flPk-''’the-gout.r.«toM.V- W je>Won - her. •' Tiayop aim C.Tiacil : ..WIU meet
- She was., taken-to jail -where she Wodnwday night" far the regular
stand in tnelr-;Own de- says she will remain nntil. the monthly meeting. Nothing ot an
f pr) qo here Wednesdav .fine "has been worked out at tho unusual nature is stated to'coiie
Shortly before noon in thel^’ 1 -' 50 ^ __j,p to,
trial for their lives. Thei State’s Attorneys Office Prepares'
Charge Of Murder AgainstWife Of
Prof. w. c. Wright near Shepherd For McClintocks’ Deaths
the public highway on —_ ,. : j——'
March 4th. related their Coroner’s. Jury Returns
Verdict That Julia Shep
herd Was Accessory to
Husband in Murder.
the Yellow. Jackets. Each man
has. given -.splendid service’ aftd‘
his work, ha 8 been highly satis
factory- Dekle formerly pitched
for Georgia and was on the'team
four years;, thus gaining experi
ence which has helped hijn ma
terially- _ in' hif - umpiring,' while
Clark is an old professional um
pire aiid 1 ball player.; Needles^ to
•ay, there need be litte apprehen
sion that the' officiating/end of
the game 8 will - be taken care of in
jafn up .style. ‘
Decorate Stores
' Tech and Georgia are meeting >
again on the diamond after a;
lapse of six yean, relations being
severed in 1919, and Athens is
making plans to mako a big suc
cess of the-occasion. Stores are
to be decorated in the colors of
the two schools, the' Red and
The building' waft (known as
Jadd's Warehouse, • where cotton
was baled and prepared for;ship
ment.
1 All of tha victims bad been In
the fire department more than
etlfbt years-and their deaths caa: •
|a pall of gloom over tiro head-
quarters. • :-
anitp Regjne Flory, one of the mosi beautiful of the French stage
stars, has insured her jewels for 2,000,000 ffancs. In the photo
she is wearing ier tiara, in itself worth, more than the. total insur-
anco as it is encrusted With diaxn onds, aild''other preoiOua stonee.
Eight Persons KUled When Trapped
By Fire Following Explosion Which
Wreck Three Buildings At Pittsburgh
Fourteen Others Badly Report Of Fire
Injured By Blast: PoBce a ■ j p_i;__ r.
Think Explosion Caused A™ Police IS
By Bomb. / Heard
It was the moat disastrous'tire
from the standpoint of -human
loss in the history of Atlanta*.^•
cording' to Fire Chief COdy. * Onv
was-killed In a firo in .1914 .' and
two in .1889, ho said. . • •"
| The dead men we.o connected
with f.re departments Nos. 1 4 and
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Fifty, Stores /To
Close Doors
For Tdch
marie climax to the de
fense that is being made
by their attorneys to save
them. ... CHICAGO. — Charges cf morikH
Coggeshall took the stand first in connecthm with the death ot
and realted their activities from Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock and
_ her son William, were prepared
the time the three left Tampa un- her son William, were prepared
til they were lodged in the FuN Wednesday against Mrs. Julia
ton Tow<>r on tbe afternoon <of Shepherd by tho states aattomey's
March 5. He stated he and McClel- office.
land and Scarborough left Macon The chaises will be placed bo-
abcat March 2 and went to At- fore the grand jury In accordance
lanta v*a the Dixie Highway, ,vith the findings of a coroner's
traveling via Barncsville, Griffin jury Tuesday n’ght.
and Jonesbcro and that frem At- The Jury retrnned a verdict,
lanta they traveled the Atlanta, charging that Mrs. Shepherd was
Stone Mountain, Grayson, Athens an accessory of her husband in the
hill's except at the conclusion he alleged murders of the mother and
vlUe on tbe mcrhlng of Ma^cb 5. sen. William D. Shepherd 1ft al-
He recounted spending the night ready awaiting trial cn a charge
near Jonoeboro and at ColeinonV of murdering William McClintock.
camp near Athens*. He denied hav- but the jury also accused him erf
ter at the next towd they passed, poisoning Mrs. McClintock.
anything to. do the Wright The Jury held that Mrs. fMfcClin-
murder. took came to her death by mecuri-
McClelland's statement was al pds'CHihg and that William's'
along the same lines as Cogges- death was caused by the innocu-
(Turn-to r»ags Four) lation of t>-pbolG germs- .
— i J Black of Georgia mingles with.
* (the Gold.and White of Tech, to-
The petition which ha« been'gethec with signs of welcoming]
“ the invading rteam. I
PITtM 1 - EV*'*’ persoar ^
1 aro believed to have been killed TU®sday mgta and received a re
in an explosion which destroyed 1 Pprt fr^pi the chief of police and
. three bui’dings at Swissdale early j the' fird; ' department The total
•Wednesday. . {number <it cases docketed in the
1 Fourteen persons including four last month was 188 and the total
children were injured In the ^x-j fines was $1294 20. Collections
: ctuuice oi bcl- Ph :-i:n and scenes of wjljl d.o- from last month and fines worked
unes, since it is order that followed. Three of the on the streets brought the to
at— w€re taken to hospitals ,jp to $1818.15.
wliero their condition were roportr
ed serious. - x , ^ Abcut 20«^kms of whiskey wa«
I Polico sa’d it appeared that)a poured oat"6n the street by the
• Fire order of the Cmmission. Some one
* ■ ’ t~ “ti) to the
flcnriniUfluor and there waft quite
a bonfire. ' .
BACKING UP ALL
OVER COUNTRY
A. A. Granger of Cham
paign, ULv where the Uni
versity pf Illinois Is located
; drove into Athens Tuesday
' morning backward—ges, be
actually did. He com© In with
circulated through the atoreo and the tovadingrteam. . .!j
business bouses rt Athens. asUn« ‘hoSL^rthe^ity !
that they close Friday afternoon at signed: a petition urging all places
3:45 o’clock until 6 o’clock So of business to close tneir door3.|
that the employees might attend hf^weenthe hours of 3:45 and 6
the Georgia-Tech baseball game. S^ eI £ifc Tctoee of Se°
resulted in the fifty undersigned ing one of the games, since it is —-- —- w U » «n w bh^w
businesses agreeing to close. The impossible for them to , see the' injured were taken to hospitals tal up to $1818.15.
pn'tion and signers-fellow: Saturday game. These fifty have 4 “ “ * ^
' . . : . . signified their intention of clos-.
IVe tbe undersigned merchants ing and it is thought that others, - - -
of Athens agree to dose our places to whom’ the petition has not had I bemb caused tho explosion. . u .
of business at the hour of 3:45 to .time to be taken, will also sign, j followed the blast which shock tc*aok©d a lighted match to the
6 o’clock on tbe afternoon of May (Some of the business houses will,} tho ett're district and chattered
8th for the Georgia-Tech baseball j supply their employees with ! windovts in . houses for blocks
game: (tickets to the game, a mighty around. The persons killed werfl The-renort from the flra depart
Patrick’s Pharmacy, Costas, Hi commendable spirit and one which trapped in their beds. A score of m cnt showed 2 calls to business
R. Palmer & Royal Phann- » auIe ‘ 3 * d <* to the 3ucceis °* leaw4 W>m <riml«rs to houM . g cals to residences. *
acy. Prince Avenue Pharmacy, *“ ^ Arrives Thursday = ’ rely as the n !g »P re » d - false alarms. 2 nnneceasarr alarms
‘Bread Street Btarmacy.Cttlzena T he Tech team will arrive in JSft®
Pharmacy, Hammett's Pharmacy Athena Thursday evening and be ON TRIP for Ore SrWntlgfc. and 7 stsoke
Reid Drug Co.. E. H. Dorsey. W. ready when the umpires call vr,oir, N - r ™ v airiAi.!. CU ” gere
T. Collins. Inc.. Fashion Stop. W. “Play Ball.” Tech has a great ^^AaH^NQTON’-TO. dirismie T .
J. Smith i Broe., The McGregor team this year, no doubt about ° tf 1™™ th ® J GET $50,000 -• '
Company, c. A. Scudder, Ficket it, and the Jackets have swept I///;//” , J
Jewelry Co.. Stewart-Paddock. through -the opposition, mighty anchcr “ t Mayoqucz, Portojueo at BROOKLYN. N. Y—Four men
Maynard Shoe Co. Johnson Shoe few'games and no series. They i en oeierk Wednesday held up » score- cr employees in
ci.. Athens Shoe Cc., MOClelldn are 1 coming to- Athens with the’ f “ r a erulsc* the Virgin Islands, thd workrooms of I. T- Rosow.
Stores Co:, ■ Manufacturers Clothes intention of keeping that record I accordirs to a wive,ess dlspatchto manufacturing jeweler, shortly af-
Shop, Johnson & .Smith, F. -,W clear and to. wipe, out the-Uttl*l -' ,av> Ojjjrtmyt .here. The terieleven o’clock ahd escaped with
Wocivorth * Co Tony’s Shon blatter of four straight victories j ,h, P 15 evpoctedat MayanUez about 150,000 worth of ,-diamonds. The
Levy’s Toggery and Boyh Shop, s! for the Bulldogs in 1919. Tech | aeverl ■' r,ock Wednesday night. , batidlts escaped In an auto:.
H. Kress & Co., Gardners Book
Store, Askin’*.' Hardy Hardware
a Fcxd truck at tbbt and is
advertising Sarasota, Florida,
Ringing Bros,;, and a few
other mUUonairea’ boom town
down in the sunsulne state. He
rigged up his truck so it
Would appear as i( running
backwards and then began his
trip fron? ^arasota to his
fc-orae town. He |» boosting
Sartf&ota, and a number of
firms there. In a few minutes
stop here hundreds <rf specta
tors vlowed his unique truck,
lie ie carrying, credentials
signed hr-W. B. i*owell, sec
retary of .tije SarasoU Cham
ber of Otimnerce.
theatre of the Anfarftunfe! "-Coi-
Jege. Oconee «nd LumpUit. street
schools-tied in the contest for
the cup to bo awarded sto the
school attaining the most point*
in health, improvement of physi
cal conditions, a amtary condition
of school and grounds mt the
highest record in phyxkaT effi
ciency. Representatives from the
two schoplg drew straws to see
which should 'have- the- cop the
first month and. Oconee won~ At
tho end of the • month Lumpkin
will hold the cup for thirty- days
and so on from month to= month.
. The cop was donated by- the
around. The .persons killed were
trapped in their beds. A score of
rj-liors leaped from Wfntfxws to
safety as the fire spread.
ATHENIANS IN PRESS PARTY
HAVE - GREAT - nME^QH/ING
OCEANAND N?Y>ONCEOVER”
of Athens. The May:Day cede-
bration is beginning to bC TCtog-
nizde, as a means of - remedying
physical defects in .tha school
children, of Athens. In tho’past
the day has been a time. at t gw
eral festivities but the health
element makes it possible* •>£«
cording to the physical director
of-the Athens elementary 'school
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sodation. who attended the mid- tifully and com
winte^ meeting of the association and manned by
in New Ycrk have' returned, to thought is for t!
their homes* after one of. tffeimoSf joywit of the;
succcftsful ind; most enjoyable’oe- make the news
Practically 200 persons-OBade up companied .the
the party that' sailed from Savan- Mr. U A. Down
nah Saturday, April 25th, as guests Mrs. Downs; Mi
of the Ocean Steamship Company, ney, assistant t
who placed the steamship M City and Mrs.. McCi
of Chattanooga** at their disposal, vine, ot the pas:
and after spending two days and Mr. Cook, cf ft
a.half In New York, landed in Sa- ment. and othei
vannah cm the return last evinced tho gre
Sunday morning. Thcs£ from Ath- th© comfort ant
ens who were members of this their guests, tin
party were Dr. .and Mrs. J. S. teem and admli
Stewart, Mr. Charley Summerour, gia editors and
Mr. and -Mrs. E, B. Braswell. party.,.
Never sieve.the organization of - ' ; Delight
the Georgia {Frees have-lts mem-, To .many, the
bers bee* so elaborately and so elation, as th?y
; royally entertained as i 6n this ed that coast*
trip. To begin with, the “City of (Turn to
! Seaplanes May Be Called In To !
ilt Assist Coast .Guard In Cleaning !
I i Out Rum Row; Twelve Planes Off j
I I • ~ ' i
Twelve more ships are sched
uled to sail Wednesday to Aug
ment the dry flotilla which Js
lined up on the jx»rt side of liquor
lines • while . twenty-seven 'other
vessels, all aVmed with machine
guns and some equipped with \me
pounders, are held in reserve
here.-.
. Coast guard officials said Wed
nesday, that they, believed^ ruin
row would be able, .to withstand
itfce seige only a short time be
es use. the liquor laden vessels al-
jways had’ communicated with
• shore points at frequent intervals
• to renew food and water supplies.
given in honor. of the visiting j CLIFTON, N. Y.—Three planes
team and the alumni who will Smay assist the dry navy in its
attend these first games since J campaign „to exterminate rum
relations were renewed. The row by a. “starvation” program,
dances will bo held at Woodruff J This- became known Wednesday
Hall. - ; when a rquadron of twelve planes
Also on th© schedule for the headed nut to sea from the Nan-
week-end will be a monster bar-1 rows. Another seaplane hopped i
ibecue put on by the local Elks at | off frero Rpckaway Point
the dub home at the lower end) Government officials were reti- :
of Washington street, to which j cent concerning thi a phase of the :
all .Elks, local and visiting, arc rum iow operations but they, in- •
^uvited and'urged_to attend- Plans ..Cmated it was‘thought possible ’
ESCAPED SLAYERS HUNTED
NEVADA CITY, Cal.—Two men
believed to bo Joo Tanko and
Floyd Hall, 'escaped murderers
from San* Quentin prison, today
held up the United States ma.il
stage between North Blooinfislu
and Granitevllle. They drove the
automobile wt high speed through
the mountains, passed through
Nevada City ar. dGrasa Valley
then abandoned the ear.
GCT OUTAHoVcfft
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