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V.
II (ENTS A WEEK
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
DAY THE CARRIER.
THE BANNER-HERALD
Dtllj and Sondij—IJ CcnU a Weak.
EiUMIbIkI 1832.
Dally and Sonday—Is Cent, a Week.
ATHENS COTTON I
MIDDLING : 2* l-2e I
ITvEVI'M’S CLOSE He
THE WEATHER: j
tencrally fc*r F*4*y night and ]
Saturday. I
VOL. 93. NO. 118
i Venice.
United Preaa Dispatcher
ATHENS, GA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1923.
A. D. C. Paper.
8lngl, Copies' 2 Cent, Dally. 8 Cent, Sunday.
Nurses Flew But
Lose Interest In
iovelty; Pulling
: or Ben Epps; Its
ToughToLose’Eni
Wednesday afternoon two
.nurse* at the Athens General
hosptul were taking u flight
over Athens In an neroplane
and Thursday night, 24
hours ,later, these same two
nurses were working fruntlcal-
ly to Have the life of the man
who piloted them the day be
fore and who had fallen us he
was landing with another pas
senger. “Gee, but It makes me
rtrvbvs to think how close we
came to- that fatal rJde". said
•»lfe of the nurses between
bandages and .ether, "I thlnlc
T nnt through with air riding.”
sided the other.
Fen Epps In a pioneer in
seroplanlng In the South. He
was, one of .the first to take
up flying In the state and was
not content with becoming an
hv’ntor but became a builder
of his own planes and has con
structed several that flew suc
cessfully. His latest attempt
Is n midget plane that filet
under the power of a motor-
eyrie motor that he was per
fecting at the time of the ac
cident. Fen has hundreds of
friend* not only In Athens^but
throughout north Georgia “\vho
arc pulling for his. recovery-'
and his sticking to automobile*
and boosting Athens, like he
did on the sirring tour of south
f Tv nr pin and Florida In ihs fu
ton?-
They are always predicting
, the umisuql hnd the Impossible
about W|Hlam J* Bryan. The
- •idtest'laMtmt his speech 4h«
Tennessee evolution >40* will
l»e his last. What are they
expecting, that he be struck
dumb nr w’ll eeane to measure
the wbrth of publicity and ad
vertising?
At a discussion here the oth
er day. one that the **Kvolu-
tlorist,'* the’“Scientist,” tho
•’Fnmlamcnfal/st,” the “Mod
ernist” and tho other ‘■Isis''
would huve pronounced low
brow' and disgusting, tho asser
tion was ventured that 1 lot of
men •‘evoluted” from nome sort
nf primal but that unfortunate
ly the im'mals had gotten
. mixed, that it was very prob
ably the hog instead of tl*S
monkey.
Ned Hodgson rarrled John
Grlffoth twenty holes at the
riovsrhurst club Thursday nf-
ternoon before he finally sit
hi* opponent down to a one up
win In the Governor*' cup
tournament. FliurUc EckfoTu
hud a tough time winping by
a one hole margin over J. Mor
ris and “Old Man” Ed Horsey
showed ho is as young as he
talks .by -turning back Fill
Crews two up.
Shoppers’ News In
Today’s Ad Columns
LEE MORRIS. — Kuppcn-
hclmcr Hunimcr sail*. Shoes,
hot*, shirts and furnishings
for men and boys.
A a K I N 8’—Substantial
reduction? on ensembles,
dresses; etc* for women, and
suits and top reals for men.
BARGAIN SHOE STORE-
'Stw prices announced on
well-known brands of men’*
and women’s shoe*. Sale Is
to rbntinae with more bar
gains. '4
COSTA’S - Special -cash
end carry” offer on lea cream
for. Sunday. __
E. II. DORSEY — Sumlnter
suit* cf quality for the man’s
wardrobe.
FOR SUNDAY DINNER—
Offerings by Athens grocer*
and butchers and bakers of an
excellent refection of food
nr< ducts will be foand on the
bark page. Read the ada of
I!« jers. Wingfield Cash Gro
cery Cr.« Fr mbro Feed Co.,
i’lggly-Wiggly, Cody’s Mar-
bet, Jamn Market, Orango
Grcrr. Arnold*Abney & Co,,
and Walter Marlmt Grocery.
Before shopping in the
stores tomorrow, shop first in
the advrrti-ing column- «l
the Banner-Herald.
■Killed And
Epps Plane Plun
4>—>
No Relief Promised From Heat w ave
For Twenty Four Hours; Toll Rises
KOMIilir FOB "
ATHENS IS TOES.;
Hi HIT 98,
[QWEST Mi! 83
While the- rest of the
country was sweltering
under the terrific heat
wave which has swept (
the nation, causing scores;
of deaths and hundreds
of prostrations, Athens
was getting her share of
the sun’s rays.
According to the government
tbemometer at the home of Mr.
J. K. Davis on.the Whitehall Rond
filch was inspected by Mr- V««n-
Ilcrrmann of Atlanta Thursday,
the government bureau man for
Georgia and pronounced to be in
perfect shape, the hottest day this
week was Tuesday, when the mer
cury rse t 08.
This thcometer is a specially'
constructed one in which the
cciry stayed at the highest or low-
jest (mints reached throughout the
'day or night, with out dropping,
[until Mrs. Davis releases it.
Thursday "Cool”
i Little as one might think Thurs
day showed (he coolest record since
the heat wave began. A maximum
temperature of 9:i wus recorded
next with {15, Monday third with
9rt and Sunday came on with 97
degrees.
Friday morning at ten o’clock
the little silvern! column ad mount
ed to 87.10, though Mrs. Davis sat
ed that it might be expected to rise
(Turn topoge eight.)
RELIEF - SHIPS OFF
(By United I’rese.)
ERIN, China.—The for
eign powers in a second note
to (he Chinese Foreign Office*.
Friday strongly protested
against Shanghai disorder*
and urged measure* to pro
tect renewed outbreaks and *
demanded the release of all.
Chinese captive*. /
Jn an earlier note the pow
ers protested against the
rioting. China replied with a
netc piecing responsibility for
the Shanghai situation main
ly on the activities of the
foreign police.
> 1 Uy S350CMICU
Above is, a picture of. mg 'SHANGIUr .CiUNA n —Foreign
telle Gehling', npfRe, r.n hripor- forces patroling the streets here
t::nt witness Sbr the prsoeculicij Friday were confronted with post*
the ShepherjC murder trial nt cra roa( ]ing “Assassmate rotugft
Chicago, who was reported miss- Police" and "Asaisanate Foreigner*
in* «». ' v « ' Vhll f» nn * Connected With Low Courts”,
other witness. This report was j Among the documents seized by
untrue as MIm Gnhllng c-alltd thc| „ co in rtti( | 8on .shnnghgf UnWjsr-
office of States Attorney Robert a ^ y waa a j et ^. r from. aChinnmaJ
Crowc^Fnday morning to correct |ft Bcr , in to vrotvS80r 0 f the col
lege saying, "It has been decided
TO
TRIAL,
IS NOT “MISSING
(By United PKaa)
CHICAGO. — Miss Estelle Grill
ing. "missing” state's w.tness in
thn trial of William D. Shepherd
that student* of threo countries,
China, Germany and Russia, will
start an organization which will
unite the nation’* oi tho world in
the cause of tho revolutionary par
ty”.
♦ The letter revealed efforts of
Chinese in other countries to make
the Kounmigtung, the Chinese
I** party which is charged with re
sponsibility for inciting the pre
sent rapidity Friday. The entire
ganization with branches in Ger
many, Russia and France. -
la Spreading
(By Associated Preaa)
SHANGHAI, CHINA,—Mean-j
for tho murder of William Media- now being used by Chinese to car* |
lock Friday was in cttifcrencc wlth,ry on their anti-foreign campaign 1
SHERIFF HILLED AND
BEN EPPS HURT IN
AIRPLANE CRASH
EPPS’ CONDITION
The new. from Den T. Epps at the Athena General Hospital
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock waa that hla general condition is
favorable tut thrt tho syaiptm:; arc that he has a fracture at the
base cf the brain. Just how. serieua this fa cannot yet be determ
ine J. He ha j talked inti rmittently, in a broken manner, from
time to time hut i.-- not amnre cf what happened to him. 'Once,
he sever, he inquired about the plane, if ft was wrecked. lie 'has
a lacerated leg, a broken wrlnt and a badly cut and bruisedffaee
in addition to the shcek he received. He is bleeding from 'one
car, also. ‘
c.
took fTUlay was in ccnieronce w.ui,ry on ineir anu-ioreign campaign ■ _ .. A ia.I eg*
assistant State's Attorney John 8 .. continuedI to spread with mcrcas-1 JjOUDV JODCS LiC£lClSn£ J UP At 14 th l TO
Scarharn and declared that she j Ing rapidity !• riday. The entfro ® *
(Ly United I’r.
WORCESTER COUNTRY rlA’Ii; Ma s.—Bobby Jcww at Iho
end cf the find eleven ht!e* i.i the afternoon r<.und of the play-
tff fer the NaUrna! Of.u tirlf ( hrmpion’bip wat, tc -ding Wilbo
MaeFarlnne three up- Jones' total fer the 99 holes so far
played, with 7 left to g , was 101, whi'c MaeFarlaae had 401.
(By United PreM)
OAIA). Norway. — The Amend-
f-en l»a»u ships Farm and Hobby
intended, to start their cruise
along the fringe of the urtlc lee
fields Friday It) th# hope of find
ing some (race rf Roald .Vniund-
sen. Lfncoin Ellsworth and the
ethers of the party.
The captain of the Farm wired
that his steel built craft was not
nda*»tcd for entering the ice park
itaelf and also warned that send
ing aeroplanes over the .pack
would be attended by grave dan
ger.
The Norwegian Aero Club Is
discussing plans for sending an
other vessel lute the ice floes
above Snltzbergen from which
point the bolder explorers bopp'd
off two weeks ago.
Left Orders
NEW YORK,—The two weeks
grace which Roald Amundsen al
lowed before search should begin
for him and hia polar party are
over and preparation for patrol
ling the edge of the nrtic ice pack
are rapidly being brought to com
pletion.
Tha Norwegian explorers direct
ed that sharp lookouts should be
established along the Ice if he and
hia six eomrodeR who left Spitx-
bergen for the north pole in two
airoplaneg on May 21, did not re
turn with, a fortnight. He also left
ealed instruction* to be opened in
that time, dispatches from Oslo,
the Norwigian capital, but the na
ture of the orders U not divulged
Holes Of Play For Open Title;
Both Turn In Card Of 75
WORCESTER. Mass.—After IS holes of bitter
battling and under a blazing sun, Bobby Jones and
Willie MacFarlane were ail square with scores of 75 * hu ' h '* ,
at the end or 18 holes cl their play-off for the open
golf championship Friday.
was ready to testify- I Chinese police forte will be out
Rerorts reached the stale nt-1 Saturday,
tomey’ji office Thurrday that Mi«S| One eighth of the force has a)>
Grilling had fled because she was re ady quit. Shop* in the French
"disgusted with ti e whole bus!- j concession hitherto unaffected by
ness." She voluntarily called State s. Saturday- were closing Fridny.
Attorney Rcb*rt Crowe’s off.ee to!
correct the rumor. | American* Help nil ■ A l AJV r* a
in.enrp beat Washington,—several Amer- Bobby Jones And Willie MacFarlane
Krlday ami the long pro.. 1( ,.„ mUlonary institution. . in „ . . „ ,
enr. oi jury .elecllon dlactAiroged Chin h4ve , ided , vjth th£ , tudent 3tlU Tied At End Cf Ext?3l 18
thrill MUin from attantiling. ! revolt and again«t U. S. diplomatic ,,tu n U
# — _ _ _ 1 olficiaU and foreign police, it won ’
(.ainp^vil E Man Is le » rn «i here authoriUtlvcly Friday
UaiHCSVIUC tviaii aa , fhc Alnerk . an Iwti0B ut Pekin.
Ininvfifl In A ufft much embarased by the miaslon-
injurea m nuw 8ries i motlontt h®* i P rotc*ted to
A A e %•! them on the ground that their atti*
/\CClU6Ill /AS war tude is gravely inexpedient at this
Hits Detour Block;" Fortuities of some American ami
_ |Union misionary institutions have
O. W. Burn., a Galne.vtUe ,«e !P“hli»hed »latenient. reflecting on
elianie .ho wo. mailing here actions -tf foreign^ jjolit'e In firing
early Thursday night to repair the
Gainesville Midland motorbos fhat
had bre-keu down between hero
in an automobile accident that waa
and Jefferson, was badly injured
attributed to a badly blockaded
road near Redstone- In company
with two other men Mr. Boros wa#
riding in the rear seat and when
the car overturned he waa caught
beneath seme part of It and his
right arm crushed Just above the
wrist.
Hla companions stated that they
were driving In the direction of t
Athens about 25 mlks per hour
and suddenly a large log ows seen
across the highway Indicating o
detour but the car waa too osar
to miss It- Striking the log at an
angle the car overturned as Indi
cated above. The driver and front
seat companions escaped Injuries.
In the rear seat with Mr. Burn*
waa an automobile battery and it
was believed that the acid frem
the battery reached hla Injured
arm and caused additional pa n
The fracture was a compound one.
The accident happened In Jackson
county.
Ben T. Epps, veteran Athens airplane enthusiast,
inventor and garage man, is at the Athens General
Hospital seriously injured, and Otis Camp, Jr., of
'Winder, is dead as the result of a fatal crash of
' Epps’ flying machine at the Clarke county landing
field about 7:30 Thursday night.
Mr. Epp* was trying to land af-
Ur having taken young Camp up
for u ride and just as he had idled
ilie motor and was nearing tho
field from tho direction of the city
when about 76 or 100 feet In
air h!s ship dipped into a toll
spin and crashed into the embank
ment nf the roadway lead*n,; from
the Athens-LexJOgton highway to
the flying field.
Buried Beneath Debris
Convict* from the county farm
nearby ns well as a number of
University of Georgia students and
companion* of young Camp who
wertr on the field, rushed to the
wrecked plane and extricated Che
two- Epps wa« driving from the
M . ,onr " eat while hla companion
Andrew C. Erwin, gen- ««« seated in fwnt where h« r *-
ioVial rhnirmnn nf fho rom- cc}vw * the hrunt ° e ***• shock.
icrai cnairman oi me com rhe ^ tnnk plM in on hlm from
mittees tnat nave necn the forward portion while the
iwnrkfmr nilf a nlan to pI/in * part " him from tho
j wonung out a pian i renr cru , hIng hlm ai lf In a vlgft>
save the Georgia National s,» pinned t n wa* c*mp that h*
and American State i£''!Sv53E
■ - i • «• . • ocr side, Epps waa atruck across
I hanks from being liqui- th, mco with a .^tion at th« .hip
'dated through receivers, "';' ch . c “' h .' ra - , M ’
. if ^ «ir„ u:—.. : v./rnt leg waa badly Injured and It
returned trow wasntng - was feared upon first examination
ton, D. C., Friday after- that he had also suffered a frac-
a* IT * j a — tnre of the spine at tho base of
nocn. Mr. jDrWin went to the nkull, Both were rushed to tho
Washington frorti Savan i ‘lf l » *?* r -
nail for a conference with ,u,<i m, »kuii r «n. 5 U fr!ictur, n ,!'.'
the Comptroller of the Ur - “-*• mk.n 10 th, (,> n -
Ciirrcncy after a scries of "“l.Ho'r*. «u. hivTn,
conferences with Mills B. : ""' t ,i *«« m»ht vaon-
Une, president of the ^ ZJfiJg S'jXtXZr
Citizens and Southern What causey the accldont may
j never l»o knawn._ Cari^Epps, bro-
Upotf hie utrlvuf here Mr. Erwlr
stated that he waa thoroughly sat
isfied with the results of hi* trip
and that a p.’an is ready to In’ »uh-
(Turn to Page Three)
nilttcd to the stockholders and de
positor* of the two bni
meeting- that Wfll lie railed either
for Monday or Tuesday, the exa»
date to be announced In Sunday 1
Banncr-Hemid-
Mr. Erwin is optlrolxtir over th
outlook of the Mltuntlon and forts
ct-rtain (lint tbr plsrt outlined
on and killing Shfnghai demon- .
strstor and sympathising with tha 11 % “* 4 “ ,if l c*-linir »: ^ ~
latter’s demand of abolition of re- ,nK * ki!l u ' diaptayrd by Ma-Far-1 t n *
sented prlviliges enjoyed by for-i hG!d * r t in (.heck, f r itme|“«
eigntrs.
brill N
TO IMPROVE
. BULLETIN FRITS
at Icai
of Jone*.
With, the of rinim.bt. ill
(l*ht us h knot- :ift« r ebtb’e- i
.!«■-le* Fr'dk.v. they had pfoyJrt u
total of 90 lio'e* without th»- efto'c**
of a strike between iJir.j.,
Fs'h ttie Cak Itfdce 'profert-lonal
mill the youthful Atimita s*:»“ did-
praynJ rare courage in tjghf place*.
MacFarlane especially m* the h one
which wa* halved n 4's- Wil
ts* t>ehJnd the brow of th»
' bt|! 9-ofnv *tn to -the IAih
green but he laid his tuauhle **ivt
to n ’thfn eight f*-*r of the pin. ,
Jones having outdriven MacFar- ,
Bobby h-ived the day for himself
and h h admirers who were In the
majority In the bJrenbl* gallery
which followed the players through
a h«t inot ring 'when be chipped
Into the rup from *he r'?u»h or
H'h hole fer a bird « 3. Just when
it ;«fnwd he was beaten. At thl
*t:»Ke- MacFarlane was a strnki
rthe-.d and Bobby had l>een twice
in the rough on the hole.
That brilliant chip shot. w
h"I T *'l straight into the hole, made
th*ni at: equate.
MacFarlane picked u*.» a stroke
at tluf tKth when Bobby tva* too
during with bis mushie but the
vouraster got It hack with n
w _____ __ birdie fi;jr on tho 17th after WIIU*
tion performed several days* ago been the champion, hut he-missed j h-td booked li * drive into some ap-
V tte-l with 2M each after 72
Wednesday and Thursday and
Friday with good rounds of
MINES HE TO
(By United Press.) ,
BOSTON,—Continued improve- 1 W1 * h‘ r,, '*> *-h»rt w!
ment is reported in the Friday ntnehte and needed »wn
bulletin on SecreUry of War MaV-Fnrrin*. could he h-»v.
Wrtk*’ condition from an opera- , * mt *l«ht foot putt woul
for the removal of gall stone*, ibytlache* and tt.wa* h tie hoi.
At 8:45 o’clock Friday, Dr.* 4 < ‘ n « * a,, d MacFarlane will play
Daniel Flake Jonea and Dr. F. G. another tn h*»!e* Friday nftem^ir
Brigham issued the following tn an effort to jKtde.the (ham-
bulletin: •. • iHonsh p.
nd overshot tha green
I with hi* see-.nd, taking a five.
The cards, Jr—
•MacFarlane. . . .345 443 454-33-75
EH HOME
(By Ohilad Pr^aa)
WASHINGTON — President
CooKdgo Uaa >'’called cut the tna'
rinea" to assure privacy at his va
cation 'headquarters at' Swamp-
acott, Mas*., where he will spend
the summer.
Fer the first time in history the
summer White House will bo
guarded by a 'military detachment-
All arrangements have been nmdp
for a picked, squad of "IVvP
Dogs** to pitch their tents oil the
lawn and spend their time shooing
445 3^5 654—37-76curious vlaito?* away.
Judge Orr Sets June 26t.h
As Date of Election;
Australian Ballot in
Force. *■ '
H. (\ Orr, Ordinary, has net
Friday. June 21th a* the date for
the election In Clarke county for
fcucceniior to Hugh W. ‘White,
re six tied a* a member of the Board
of the County Commission^-
Mr. White resigned the orflco
effective on June flrit ant upon
ageing notified by the Governor
that a vacancy existed. Judge Orf
called the election for a euceo^or.
The election will be.held under the
Australian ballot system .Just aa
thn special election for Tax collec
tor was conducted several weeks
a *°- A \ !
l{. G. Davie I* the only r.i«dt-
date announced for tho offl«?e to
date.
It Was announced by the Board
of registrars that tho reriwatlon
Jld close on June 10th, next
Wednesday. Official notice ot the
ilrction l* found liuthe legal col
umns of Friday’s Banuer-Herald'*
