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Associated Pitas Barrie a. United Praia Dispatches.
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1925.
Dally and Sunday—13 Cent a a Week.
ATHENS COTTON-
MIDDI.ING 23 I-2a
PREVIOUS CI.OSE .. .. 23 1-4*
THE WEATHER:
Fair Wednesday night and Tkurs-
. day. Continued warm.
A. B. C. Paper. Single Coplea 2 Centa Dally* * Cento Sunday.
Southern Mutual
Is Real Asset To
Athens; Dr. Soule
To Speak; Martin
J’s Fish Bigger
The 8outhefn Mutual Insur
ance Company la a concern all
Athens should feel proud of.
It dUU nelly an Athena con-
retn in the main and Its success
Is due largely to Athena bust-
ness men. This company has
just declared a 25 percent divi
dend and the policy holders of
. the company get the benefit of
thin. The Southern Mutual Is
?' years old and is stronger to
ddy f than ever before,
pipbpbly the most economically
operated big concern In Ameri
ca, thanks to Its sensible execu
tives. This company la a real
f t to Athens, an asset that
y a city aouUl like to have
Athens should not forget
thkt the following Athens men
are now making this company
W$at. la Its, Billups Phlnizy,
president; Arthur Griffith, sec
retary; John White Morton.
Charles M* 8nelllng, Andrew
.-ST. Erwin, Robert P. White,
Edward R. Hodgson, Jr.. Dn-
vid ,©. Barrow, Howell C. Er
win and Blanton Fortson, *••-
DR* 80ULE TO SPEAK
IN MACON FRIDAY
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, presi
dent of the State College of
Agriculture, will address the
meeting of the Qeorgiu Associ
ation in Macon Friday. This
meeting will be somewhat simi
lar to the dusting barbecue held
here last summer. 'A badhecuo
trill be given, n plane dusting
demonstration will he held, n
meeting of (he secretaries of,
'"'Ss Vnrhv* *
» Various Chambers or Com-
imree or the state will be held
*rCJ the Association will hold
a .session. Dr. Soule i* one of
the. principal speakers on the
program.
HAS HUMILIATED
MARTIN ABNEY
i Gun Dosier say.i the perpe-
r trator of this column has for^
i ever humiliated Martin Abney
‘ and othera who were members
of that fishing party to Houth
Georgia who Jiave told about
the famous catch M. J. made
ind referring to the prise nn
■j A nine pounder. "Why/* re
marks Gus. “it had all been
agreed that was to he a th rty
poynd fish back home and I
y cannot see where you got the
Idea that It weighed only nine
pounds. You know they would
have believed Jim on one thal
small. Pm afraid the reputa
tion of nil of qa la ruined.**
Martin pnfyed safe, however,
and hod a picture made of the
fish gad la now exhibiting it
na p^of positive, adding
"Camerai dont lie do they?"
BOB DAVIS IS
HAND 8HAKIN0
Bob Davis, who hqs for all
these years been a popular
figure here, la finding put what
: >«b It la to shake a lot of
Boh knows nearly ev-
!n Clarks county and
sr yet missed an oppor-
l»y to greet n friend hat a
r days ago hlr friends dec id-
wd lie would make a good suc
cessor to Hugh W. White on
the Board of County Comml*-
stoners and put h m In the race
P and since that time, he has
been working hia right hand
. overtime, and of course hr
holds that smile right on nnd
has tags 'of people pulling for
PRIVATE PROPPRTY
INVADKI) HV SWIMMERS
One person narrowly escap
ed dr unin $ in the lake at
the now country club off the
Jefferson road Tuesday after
noon and this incident has
. i ’ ■-.! i• . ■ i’i11.i-I.i : ,
dozens of swimmers daily in-
L w*kade private lakes around
t .\Hm :: - :m<l not only tfea-
'tuus on private property but
have no protection against
swimming damages. The lake
9w the new country club, on
’well .v West Lake, Is private
. mspotpand .» it was stated
Wednesday that reflations
v ould l"‘ adopted at onee
El govenrin* swimming there.
of these is open to
ated.
public, it is stati
,YBE TIMf CLOCK
XT INNOVATION
TIM operator Of that Illicit
iKJillciy captured Tuesday by
•j. rui officials who had
iiuipMd hU ..uvr I wftli n wlils-
l. I tut *:i« pri/lmLIy 1 uin l< l
in
(Turn to Fags 6«x)
RIOTING IN
I IS ON INCREASE
4"—4- 4—+
Naval Graduates Hear Plea For World Peace
ANNAPOLIS SPEECH
(II, United Press.)
NAVAL ACADEMY,
ANNAPOLIS, Mel.—'The
American Navy can only,
fulfill its highest func
tions if it exists as “an|
instrument 6f righteous
ness,” protecting the'
proper security of this'
country while serving to
maintain world peace,
President Coolidge de
clared Wednesday in de
livering the commence
ment address to the grad
uating class of the Naval
Academy.
“I do not ballsvo tho American I
Navy can npccgiuL if It .tri»resen(s
mar*'naked fore#.'* said the firesl-
d-nt. “I want to see It represent
much more than that. We must
make it an Instniment of righteous-
nesa. If we are to promote pence
on earth, we must have n great
(Turn to page eight.)
Jefferson Davis, Only
Confederate President,
' But It Solved the Mys-
Honored At Exercises oi
Just a Snapshot
Of a Baby
Service Crosses Delivered
Descendants of Confed
erate Veterans Who
Served in World War.
; LITTLE IMMEDIATE
BELIEF FROM HEAT
! IS PROMISED FOB
Jefferson Davis" birthday
observed here Wednesday
special exercises at the Univer
sity of Georgia chapel, featured
by an address by Miss Mildred
Rutherford, noted southern histor
ian,’} and delivery of service
croisen to descehdnats of Confed
erate' veterans who served in the
world war. !
Crosses, delivered by Miss
Moina Michael, were awarded to: (By United Press)
laputin r.verant dluck.sne-i* oi WASHINGTON — Thirty nine
n “ w •‘•‘‘““J '? dM.h. and hundred, of pro.ira.
»'< ^«rT’T.a«£» **hn5v Tltatan ' l0n " l, " Vr or ''" rr ''' during the tael
rS.®? % IndlroM ri'.ult of iho relentles.
antss Howell Burnett Cobb diod Inr reienueas
Floronco Kano (left), beautiful Dronklyn (N. Yi) girl ieh;*e mutii-')„ ttnUe; Thomas Clyde Cortez, h , mt . w ” r * Wedneedny coll
ated body was found In a vacant lot neor hef home. She was slain, I Charles B. Daniel, Alva Crawford ’ •'vnui-M- hovee over a l ime
detectives have, dei (ilcil, by a. degenerate who attacked her as she Downs, Harry Jolmitan Krwln, or ,1 " ,lon
AMERICAN MARINES
ABE ASSISTING
(By United Preee.)
SHANGHAI, China.—
Mad rioting by students
and strikers here was on
the increase 1 . Wednesday.
Several new outbreaks
in which lives were lost
have occurred and the
local authorities finding
the situation rapidly get
ting out of hand have not
only issued orders to
kill but have begged for
eigners to assist in main
taining order.
With American Marines iruard-
ing the reservoir, other Ameri
cana and foreign residents were
Wednesday pouring into head
quarters to volunteer ssslstance
r.gainst the rioters, who it is
I claimed are urged on by the Bol-
Ishgvik. Volunteers were given
'arms.
-
4
arms.
Terror reigns* The markets are
CBMUf'*
ANNUAL MEETING
Dividend of .4 r > Per Cent
Is Declared; Surplus
MHMi HRPPPH9I „„ ....— HPRH .... y „ PORTLAND, Maine.—it was an 1 P | Ok _j r0 L lvJ _*r rnniu , rn
wa, on her way home lata at night from a theatre party with other James'c. Hutchins, Edward Mor- d0 ^7" £.^Tv‘w IHH* " n *P ,hot P h °‘°' » blt - food iupply S .lnce the rioter.
III., Frank Oliver Miller, Giles viwrnf Me*tH«i MtoWl* . fltsn t P^T^wjsejpa *he reported Wednesday afternoon
Parson, killed in action; Murphy |,r< \ u ,* hl tempjrary relief to some j gjJ"Fgj IK with wvwal other. wW-
^ HHrtlnn}i served only m augment hjckgrouml was an arrangement TnT?)
Iho casualty list m many rases, iof tree* that had no exact dupH- •« »n clashes between rioters and
It Is rmemlly reported that there !«•}• in * iat f ure * An ‘* 1 ollce In- police.
‘‘Harids” Went To Work By Whistle On
Still; 8,000 Gallons Of Beer, 300
Gallons Of Whiskey Is Captured
By Federal And City Officers
Federal officers, assisted by county policemen, con
ducted two raids in Greene and Putnam counties
Monday resulting in confiscation of a large quantity
of whiskey, beer and mash and destruction of two
large distilleries, one operated by a boiler engine.
No arrests were made.
datactlva *tor£ For In the reported Wednesday afternoon
fgQH bilUil In anttoen Uneithtf J' ■'■Rin »»"i|iwimji ' Tliri let . mill)* I* “* *** -*• -t'-_ ti« « -• -■ .
Pound.
Dr. J. J. Bennett, pastor of the ,h J‘
here!^opened" 11 the“^torciscs^wUh "f ^ -K”Z ^8^ kjmw this,
arjSFJH Sr J? 1 nv.-^ ^^r'ooo ^
.tonality of President Davis. At ;>'•• •>" ««*urwd, «*. the rcault ®fSL? £?*C: those Involved
the close of Mbs Rutherford’s «*• heat.
address ITof. Roosevelt P. Wal- Pour Killed I he sought
kcr sang a solo accompanied by' l»«'raona were killed and ‘ Harrv A * Kirhv whuoe husband "Down with the Imperialists.
Mrs. Hunter Barnett Hubbard. M « h “‘ i bh/lda’t A^Uf^ the mur- Down with the British and Jap-
Official Hcldiay , - 00 - 00# »< Mad1 ! der of Miss Aida Hayward at «nese. H
"Down With British**
PEKIN, China.—More than 10,-
UPPVMPmiEQRIIIMIMRIi^M students — sympathizers oi
ho would then know tho neigh- those Involved in Shanghai riot-
borbood In which lived a woman ing—paraded tho city Wednesday
he sought. Thst woman was Mrs. carrying banners with the device:
Miss Rutherford stated thst
Jefferson Davis* birthday is now-
observed as an official holiday n* Duller Pennsvlvanlu
throughout the south. The Athens The hwit killed two In Pittsburg
damage
N,hra.ka. Uah'n'n, After ehoutintr protazt atreiut
«1<.ith, at Mlnncapoti. and ono Mfl Kirby had separated from acUon of offktob In- firing on
I Kirby and her whereabouts were striker* at Shamthai, they visited
known. The little snapshot. Tuan Chi Jui, chief executive of
BT CITY OFFICIALS
Acording to T. L. Allen. U. S.
Deputy Marchgl for this district
distillery operated by a boiler en
gine was the only one of its kind
in the county. It was equipped
Mounts to Over Million wi ‘ h * t f» ra *** nat ‘ ve#
D.wlln w.. I told hinw blew regularly three
UOliars. | t | raeg tach day, morning, noon and
^ —r* . . | night, operating evidently on shifts
The Southern Mutual Insurance; like a saw mill or cotton manufact-
Company held its 77th annual. ur jng plant
ranting In the offices in its A t the place where the “stiH" i
building here Tuesday. Tht com- w# , operated by a boiler engine
pany. which I. one of the out.! th , g,ooo gallons of bear,
standing lire insurance companies ojMO gallons of mash, one !«> (By Associated Prat,)
of the eountnr. enjoyed a suecess-| g ,||on still and 70 gallons of AUGUSTA, Oa.-I. W. Mewvy.
*?“ ,hown bsr the "'I whiskey. In addition 7 sacks of tu- » e'Jy employee to dead and Imae
A dividenu of 36 nor tent was *f r ’ *,.***'“ m *n* **j * Thomas Is la cusiody, charged with
deetored to the JSLTSTpSw £27 ">• •»'»"« wtold. look ptara her.
wsL 1 *. tlTTf"! 1 Th * distillery waa equipped ^!t!i <eHy Wedneeday, while Nevhrwea
JmiOT dStor. This is the ttort lLaznsr* 0f c driving one of ,h. ei.y eagha. la
time the surplus has risen to ^ ’ fron * of ,he hous# of Thom:l *-
this amount. I i* Thomas I# said to hnv* admit-
Losr.cs sublained by fire during ted kllle.1 Newby, tolling officer-
ddTffi *• • W « -- —«
The assets were reported n. be- the house they found 4,000 gallons him after he had hen. Informed
Ing $1^07^76.67* The increase in °* .* t * r » J!®®® f*U°«a of whiskey from tho same source that Newby
insurance during the year “Jw a lWgaHon copper “still *n« payln* attentions to Ms wife.
\ffssf t r»!TS:n?s»«tira;-»'■»«•
conflagrations wera suffered by P"«n‘. Depnty Allen stating that « •» 'tel'ered to he ut unsouad
the company during the year. [evidently they hod been "tipped" mind, but the aollclior’a offfc, an-
Two new dlreetora came on tho to the approach of raldera nenneed that the prisoner would be
board since Inst year. These were No one was arrested. trlid on n charge of morder.
Blanton Ftrlson. Athens, who The raiding party comprised Dc- •
succeeded C. H. Phlnisy. who puty Mnrchat T. L. Allen, Ath- D. n I* FrtmnwiM’AA
nnd Henry, ens, Deputy Bheriff Krad Kam- '-Ommlttee
ceisor to M.lhrough of Oconee county; Officers
A. O. Byrne, Savannah. | (Tarn to pipe right)
CAL.,—
China tell of
. 8h, „“H ‘ h * t ^ "I, net“"" overeom. "fu'r aM wh^'rioittaf ha . 'SeS'in paras’
most maligned by j VirglnUn Wn.hloamn wb.r. the <»•"'» .queeUonlng neighbor, the detec- since lut -Saturday an of the land-
who misrepresented President four hour maximum ws. 1M ds- fcun 3 onu who ngaJM , in g of armed guards at Canton
Duels and it renudned for ■ Has- «»e»*. ’woman' taking the eintun. -*■- *—■
sachusetta man to most truly Hurto Cotton i woman taking the pkturw.
represent tho great southern lead
er. referring to Sharp’s "Life ami
The from foreign warship, as a precau-
Thc tionary move after studrnto and
~" r * *■"■'!MshM. where “"Hr.;"'Kirby
President And Federal
Judges Exempted From
. Income Tax . By Court
Head In Capital
For Conference
«Tarw (• Dirt tirhi.l
DuBose, Re-Elected President Of
Dahlonega College, Tenders His
Resignation To'Board Of Trustees
. »»» pathy with Shanghai demonstra-
iwith her father. tion.
I Through her the officers gained The disorders at Shrnghai attri-
ck ff ln ( t up „? , MriM huted by oflciols of the foreign
Divergence on Policy of
School in Military Work
Given As Reason For.
Resignation of > Athens'
Man.
of robberies credited to Kirby.
settlement to Russian and Chinese
t Comwtmists resulted from the pro-
11 Mention of strikers in Japanese
IS,
DAHLONEGA, Ga.— <8l#»claD—
After having been unanimously re-
eleeied as lYealdent of the North
Georgia Agricultural College here
Vueaday b)r (’it trus.ces of the col-
else and notified of hia re-elect I .at,
Marion D. Du Bore of Ath*n«. f-w*
merly at the University cf Oeor-
gla and. for the pan three years
WITH KANE MURDER
(By Associated Proas)
NEW YOKK—Wll.’iatn Ornfafleld
head of the college here, fend*red ncitro janitor, waa Identified Wed
his rent nation an president, U nfMlay aa tht man seen lust Kri
take effect ns aoon na hia surces-, day morning near the vacant lol
■or had keen mice ted. |ln Brooklyn where the batl^H
The rerlgnatlon of President Du- body of Mle* Florence Kane waa
(By United Press.)
BOSTON. Mass.—'The eondlt or
of Secretary of War John W.
>Veekv la “not en favorable thle
morning.’* a bulletin leaued nt nine
ten o'clock Wrdneaday raid.
"lie had a restltan night and
has had Nome vomiting," the bul
let’..* added.
The Kecretnry’* temperature wai
reported aa 100 and hia jnilae as
' (By United Press.)
WASHINGTON.—President Coolidge has been
exempted from paying income tax on his $75,000 a ?"- Apfi y > “*' l , — „ ,
year salary. . - - -
Congress overstepped its rnn
Inserting
clause a in the 19IH-1P2I and 1224
revenue tows, specifyini: that
Judges sf fedsral courts nnd the
pn-shlcnt of Urn United State*
u«t pav federal Income taxes.
The. White Houte has been
tifie.1 that.» decision by th* so-
pp-me court Monday, ruling the
pn.vibi.fn of the laws invalid In
so far as they- affect federal
Judges, also applies to the presi
dent's salary.
Mr. Coolidge |s entitled to n
refund Vf taxes oS his salary In
the latter half of 1221 and for
1924 if h* has already paid IL I
The saving t„ (he rre.ldent Is i
*7,600 and *8.000 n >««.
Foilewina a meetiae (a Atlanta
Mmtdr.y, i.f member j of Ihe local
committed, Andrew C. Erwin, gen
• ral chairman, went to Savannah
nnd from there to Washington D.
C.; for ii c«»nference with curreney
«»fflc’nfa relative to a re-organiza
tion of the Georgia National and
the American State bonk Intcreata.
two local hanks that c)on(m1 thrlr
from Mr. Erwin that he waa
pleated with the reaulta of the th-
vnnnah conference with, the of ft-
Hila of the Cltldkba and Southern
Hank nnd that lie wwa learing for
Wuhlnglw, .
The committee that has the ve
in hand is hopeful that
definite and
'%9 1
, J *
tound half un hour later.
Identification waa made
Riwklyn Jiollco headquarlwta by
Ml** Irene Coyne, who panted tl>«
murdrr let In nn auto alMMit the
time Mia.t Kane was killed.
Immediately eftrr tha Ident.'fire
tlcn G rose field was arralined In
homlrlde court and held without
hall for examination on charrea of
ruaplclon cf morder.
The auapect wwa jxlntor
row of houaea in Brooklyn. Police
aald he rerved nine yean* in
pr een for burglary and for a
criminal attack os the wife of a
that ht* resignation be arcep ej. • t Manhattan school principal la 111?.
Tha petlt'on rrpated a aensatlonl
at the time, and the eenfor class |TWO ALARMS BUT
waa threatened with having their* SMALL FIRES FOUND
diplomas withheld, and all signers
of the p
Bose comet an tho davit cf frlc*
.•tlon > wftliM Hhe cnllege and from
antagon'iun of D/ihlcnegn clilzcnr
to the pcllry of discipline followed
at the college, whch came t.» n
head cn May 2* In <t round robin
petition signed by JU of the 109
student* of the college, ’n which
a change in presidency and nn -in*
vaetlgatlon Into the Institution was
requested.
Oicaentlen Point
President PuBcse stairs In hin
lelte** of resignation that he Is not
In favor of a strict military cn|.
lege as I* desired of him, and asks
. reported as too and hia pulse as
* i 104 against a normal temperature
and pulse of 15 Tuesday nljrht
pet-'tion faced expulsion. If
the; petition war ho* withdrawn In
an edict (saved by President Du-
__ - Boa*.
shaped up In a few*days' Howerer. the matter wh Irtf*
lag the return of Mr. Er- iporarily adjuated In that the. ex^
(Tara to page eight.)
The fire department*
out Tuesday afternoon and Wed
nesday morning to extinjptUh
email firen were practically no
dainagtwad dona. An exploded oil
stove eauset
I the alarm Toaaay af*
t nere were no disorders at Can
ton but the population was de
clared to be nlarmcd nnd advices
to tM State Department at Wash-
(Turn to Page Six)
Bobby Jones b m
Nearly Out Of
Golf Tourney
(By Associated Press)
WORCHESTER, Maei.—Dobbf
Jone*«. national amateur champion,
was all but out of the tannin?
with tho first II boles of th.* Na-
ricnal Open Golf Tournament com-,
pleted Wednesday. Ida scot* wua
*T. nIx above par, Walter Ifoiren.
Brrtlsh Open and National Pro
fession*! Champion went around
In 72 which placed him among t’.c
Important Evidence In
Shepherd Murder Case
Is Secured By Crowe
ip
(By U*itrd Prna.) Y" HR
CHICAGO.—New and- important evidence con
cerning the death of William McCIintock, has been
uncovered by State’s Attorney Robert Crowe and
his aides, it was learned Wednesday.
Physicians who attend*] Ile-f
CUntock before he
typhoid fovtr funds had Crow*
with tbs B*w evidence.') NoiOtar
Crow* nor tho physicians would
divulge tho nature of Um infonna-
lion.
It is important , evfal.
Crown admitted, "but I sm nod cr<
prepared to announce its chantc-
He intlicatcd, however, that it
reflected on William D. Shep
herd, who is on trial charged /
tiering M.- lmtock by-
l him with typbsid
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