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DAILY AND SUNDAY.
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ATHENS COTTON
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Auoeleted Prtu Serriee. United Frew Dlepatebea.
ATHENS, CA„ MONDAY. JUNE 8, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper. Sind. Copin'2 Cento Dally. ( Cento Snndoy.
It’ll Rain Here Yet;
Hits' One a Mile;
Suggest a Fine
Judge; Fly Flags
On the Square
4-
MUD STAINED CARS
SEEN MERE MONDAY
Saturday night It rained to
the north of ua and Sunday af-
(eruoon it rained to* the fiouth.
ot us and Monday morning the
dcnti* looked a bit more rainy*
f*h r,o certainly the drought
will be broken here very,short
ly. Pitt Olover drove up . in
front at tbe postoffice Mon
day morning with mud splash
ed off over-h»s rar it at
tracted almost ar much at*
Untlori as some those cars r.
L. Allen and Lewis Johnson
escort there. “Doesn't that
look.goctl." pointing to the
splatches, passersby romarked.
DOWNS HIT ONE
ALMOST EVEN MILE
Joe Downs, who slatns some
of thf*TqrS?e«t hit golf balls
batted out on the local courses,
went after n record Sunday
in a match with Hugh Nunnal*
ly. University cf Georgia
champ. Thn two were out In
an elimination round in tho
Oovcrnor’w cup and going to
the third'hole, a 407 yard dis
tance. Joo carried on the drive,
flight to the Portion driveway
and was Itii than 25 yards
from the green wbtn tho ball
stepped rolling. He « took a
birdlo threo on the hole and
then woht 19 holes to win
from Hugh-
Depositors
Plan; Citizens And Southern Bank To Aid
i
pig A ,% i ,1,
T—A *
•Ja —*|« *J«- *1* .X "“'l*
Showers, With Falling Temperatures, Bring
Break In. Heat Wave Which Killed Over 300 ci" iii
1 DEPOSITORS IS
DEGREES IN 19
15 MACHINE GUN FIRE
GOING ON BETWEEN
CHINESE FACTIONS
HEAR JUDOE FORTSON
SUGGESTED AT BAR MEET
Several Athens lawyers re
turning from the meeting of
tho Bar-Association at Tybo«
last week say that they uoaril
last week say
the nnino of Judge Blanton
Fcrtson, Judge of the Western
circuit, superior court, men-
t'onert In connection with the
chancellorship of the Univer
sity., “And.” remarked ono
prominent local lawyer, “The
suggestion seemed to hit the
nail cn the head, so far as the
lawyers were concerned and la
ajknypr cne." Tho board
J^nstcA * *•-- *'■*—**“
■nr Jnl
igtcdn of tho Vglvertltjr has
R Jnhe 12th' tho day to
take/up* tho Chancellorship.
Jf American flags are to be
•used for decoration purposes,
ad* thoy are, partially at least,
Athens and olaewbcrc ther*
should be a committee or
someone designated to say
when they rhould be flown and
The Yunnaneco were still unde
feated, according to the report.
The authorities have been busy
hunting Russian agitators, a
number of whom took refuge un
der thc'Gcrman flag in the Tung-
ahan district. Four arriving at
the international settlement in
(Br Vailed Press.)
WASHINGTON.
—The heat wave has def-
linitely been broken but
only 'alter causing more
than , 300 deaths and
thousands of prostrations
over a period of seven
days.
Welcome relief in the form of, n auto „ j th(! Gorma „ e m-
wind and rain has come to most
cities In the heat zone, where blem were r ^ scda d miss ion.
people have lived on lemonade Fighting started botwcCn Yun-
and fire escapes since June 1. |t.aneao treops controlling Cariton
Extraordinary drops in tern*- , £ollo * ors G f tho late Dr. Sun
Thr n n,S r ; C V-H V»..se„, nuartereJ in the I.Und
thirty degrees in three hours at of Honan, when six small gunboat*
ljo3tpn. In New York* if fjre f i on the rloctrlc light station.
pod from-86'to 71 in fifteen raanajiSga Jvreift repr.Ttcd to
^Some cities betwe™ the Alle-I be light. Refegte. wsre crcdtef
Rhcnles and tho Mississippi are, eteemeni to Hon* ong.
(By United Press.) ■
IIONG KONG, China.—Machine gun fire between
Yunnanese troops, hclding the city of Canton, and the
Canton government forces, stations on Honen Island
nearby, continued, according to word from Canton
Monday.
FURNISHES
BEST CLUE
75 Year Old Bride
Of Six Weeks Just
Wouldn’t Stay Home
still suffer!wr bat cooler weather
Is forccnst for Monday night,
157 OIE SUNDAY
CHICAGO. — Relief in eastern
and mid-western ureas
In givc Instructions tho pub- I prospect Monday from .the almost
He coeds about the W nor nnd
dignity cf oitr flag. Thin Is H-
luftrated by tho incident In
Atlanta whom r policeman, a
veteran of the Spanish Afne
Iran wnr whn mad hi* * at
lean war who used b|s * gun
father than sco the flag dese
crated. fired after n fleeing
automobile vrtth tbe flag trail
ing in tho dust .after it had
been sralrhed from a stand-
ard, AR the flag* should bo
flown or nor.** at nil and th«
waetieo a few unscrupulous
merchants have cf putting
them out to attract attention'
to their' places of business
ehbuld be stepped. The Amer
ican flag to not allowed an a
part of commercial advertis
ing. Another thing h* becom
ing prevalent, someone wants
the flRgc out for overy meet
ing. no matur what It Is.
This to wrontf. Others don’t
know etfcftfh to take the flnga
at' sun-down. From r.un-up
n-down sro thn 'hours
* fly ; flaga and tbey‘ffro mp-
‘tiprrl to tw tak r n down After
these hours. Tho American
Log rn has more work do
nation-wide hoot wave, utilch has
taken a tell of 481 lives In nine
days. Death Sunday directly at
tribute! U (ho Lent numbered'167*
all but eight In cactren territory
The previous total was 324 deaths
from heat and storms.
Plilledalphla lead the casualty
Pst with 71 deaths, while 31 were
reported In Now York.
Rays of the sun focussed on n
barn by a new milk can af Cres-
ton. N. Y., set flro to the atrocturo.
The flames wiped out all buildings
on the farm...
The troops of General Ynpg
Hs-Min advanced tc moot General
Hsu Chung-Chl s Cantonese army,
approaching trim Skclung.
Tho state deportment ul Wash
ington received a delayed dispatch
under date of Juno &, stating
that the munipical building was
wrecked during rioting In tht
British contesHon at Chinklang.
Tho arrival of the United States
torpedo boat destreyor Paul Jones,
at Chinklang synchronized w»th
an nbatemont in rioting there. Tho
situation wn» reported qulot. al
though students were said to bo
working up a strike at Kulkiang.
(By United Press)
KANSAS CITY, Mo—Sev
enty-five year old Mrs. Mat-
th Fox is fend of gallivant
ing about, particularly at
night, according to her eighty
year old husband, Hiram, who
ha* filed suit for divorce.
“We were married ala
weeks ago,” Hiram said,
“*nd rhe hasn’t stayed home
a single night.’*’
Mrs. Fox denied the charge
"eying* “Hiram is tired of
me.”
EXPECT ARREST
(By United Press.)
BATON ROUGE, U s.—Sev-
eral arrests in connection with
the axe murder of Professor
Oscar Turner of the Louisiana
State University were expected
to be mede by police ' Monday
folic wing *the coroner’s jin-
que.t.
*’Wc will fcc ready .to act as
*npn as the coroner finishes
his investigation,’* a police of
ficial said.
Students taught by Professor
Turner were called by the cor
oner and questioned in an ef
fort to throw further light on
the murder—believed T commit
ted by a senior when discover
ed returning final examination
paper;; which, had. been stolen
the day previous. •
(By United Press.)
BATON ROUGE, La.—
SIGN PETITION AT
Y. M. C. A. AT ONCE
Petitions to be signed by de
positors of the Georgia Na
tional and American State
banks addressed to state and
naticnal bank officials and
questing there two tanka
liquidated other than by a re-
and according to plan
MORALE BETTER
PEKIN, China. — The delegation
appointed by the foreign legations
to investigate the rioting growing
out of the strikes In the Japanese
owned cotton mills at Shanghai,
Jef for that city Monday.
Appointment of the delegation
605 LIVES L08T.
NEW YORK. — A total it 60^
Uvea »er. lost during the’ tn’ost.
• disastrous hep* wave history j which consists of the secretaries
[whtoU ended Sunday n*8lu °!! , of *ho various lesationa. has cro-
after establishing a death liaf I atet j a good iqipresiion among tht
»move than h&U aa huge as that chtneso and is giving the autborl-
, which marked tc sinking of tne,tj C3 am j the conservative unoffjc
In .at*
twt‘l
, lb fly
along this line.
dr. Sanford is
HONORED AT MFRCER 1
Dr- Shelton P. Sanford,
gror.dfather of Hr .8. V. Han
ford rf Hie University, whn
was for years n member of the
faculty of'Merer r Unlvcrslfty,
ami the» aothor r.f Sanford’s
(Turn to page six.),
Lus'tauia,
i Tho victims who djed from
| heat lu storms yr by di owu.hr;
j while seeking relief, represented
• sixteen states, dur'ng the last
j thirty six hours that tld Sol com
J tinned to bake half the nation,
more than naif the total death oc-
J curred.
I Tmnpcmturea tumbled Monday
[and brti. : *t relief to most olf the'
I afP-cted tstrlcta »i‘h ci Minded
cool weather promised. In the few
cltlen wlicro tho mercury clung to
its high porch, tho »nd of the
heat wave was reported in sight,
and rcllof was forecast for Mon
day night- m
A refreshing rain foil in semi
parts rf Georgia, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Oklahoma. Michigan whs
the nation's hot rpot Monday. Af
ter faltering there Sunday the
heat wave r r turned with renewed
vigor Monday ohd the mercury be
gan its climb.
POLICE ARREST .450
lal eloment a basis upon which to
app r a! for moderation In the atti
tude of tho natives towards the
foreigners-
Morris Tnmkiri, at tho age of 102, is still studying. An inmate of
k, ef „ J the Jc%vish Home lor the Agod in Rochester, N. c., he do votes ail his
Handprints Of pvery (jo t[i a rt study of the Talmud, carrying^ out a vow he made when
,dcnt af ’ Louisiana Uni- wa » 70 ’ P, p nt -Y of outdoor cxerdar. he says, in sure to ;
' Ivorsity was to bo taken *.**"±1!* cvcry "° y -
''iMonday in' aft effort to FIROR ADVISES TESTS NOW
MEET TUESDAY ^
FIROR ADVISES TESTS NOW TO
•fessor Oscar D. Turner,' FIND OUT HOW MANY WEEVILS;
P A I I q whose mutilated body was; ARE IN CLARKE COTTON FIELDS
I H L L U found l ate Sunday in the
TALLULAH FALLS, GA.,—Club
women from all aecUona of the
State will gather here Tueaday,
June 9, to attend the first biennial
council of tbe Georgia Federation
of Woman’s Clubs, which will be
held through Friday. Mrs. Archi
bald P. Brantley is president of
tbe Federation:
One of the prlcipal addresses
during the session will be
of
Heronomy Building
the University. ,
On the handle of a small axe,
found near tho body, was an inv
County Agent J. W. Firor Monday issued a state
ment pointing out that it would be wise for farmers
, , , to make an examination of their cotton fields now to
CST’WSh fiLrtS chief; "Certain,how many boil weevils are infesting their
clu« to the murtbi. COttOIf fields.
Because Professor Turner was. Mr. Hrcr stated that cotton le
searching for n list of examlna- tiegtonn* to produce squares rnp-
tlon dueetlons that had becnpdly arj for that reason It l» »d.
stolen from his desk when he was vlraHo to make testa now tc tint
slain, police believe » student „., t tj,c. citont of woovil Infntsa-
may have committed the crime tion.
ii.cictl by Governor Clifford Walk.. The professor’s face, head nnd ii r p ror'« eatoment fellows:
er on Wednesday, June 10 which I chest, hnd been hacked to aucli an. Make Testa
Win ^ be. Observed as “Dedication |rite« that recognition was diffi-j e Th0 m0 „ advanced field, of
Day et the Tallulah Falls School, .cult. , , , eott«n ate bnetnnipc to produce
marking the close of the Greet, * The mnrJerer apparently had 0(1U are, rapld^: It I.'Important to
cr Tallulah Falls Compaign” which .’ruck first from behmd hte vlc- , , a , p gn examination St al°
(Tufn to Page Six)
the mnrJerer apparently had
mtiume, ,«.o «»«,».,» ♦ruck flrct frnm behind hio vir-
has been sponsored by Georgia dub tim and one blow had crushed
women for a period of amost three his tkull. Another cut through
ye?rx, and which has aready re- the mouth and several others laid
suted in the erection of seven new open the throat.
nniTinil n I I I A ■■ buildings at the institution, which . » V "4L Stracener, a r.tudent, said
BRITISH BALLOON
Since beginning of the campaign |( |d s i vo on n meagre •dtscrlp-
by the club women, the student of hlm
b«|c nt the Kheol ha, been more Ne „ the „ hlootly hand-
th»n doubled, it In enW. nnd the k „ Met TU f qu nd. This bore I
Council being held here at tho in- lbo laundry mark of “Allen” but
vitation of the board of trustees of ((lo on |y ^orient with that name;
the institution is looked upon as -in.; «!,.» «« nomni.i
the most important o'rasion in the
history of tho organization,
cording to leaders.
“Greater Georgia” will be'.the
BRUSSELS.—The, British bat- SCVIL'g
Icon Elsie, piloted by CtpUfn Walker and which, It Is raid, will
Johnson in the Gordon-Benhett f statewide
cup race, which sUrted from^pj
here Sunday, was wrecked neer.^elepmcnt program
Etetle, in the .lep.rtm.nt of P?n'*, h «L h L"2* &
dc Calais, Franre, Monday by ««*ion of toe Georgia leg
colliding with a train. The crew, >*!*ture.
was uninjured.
DP
(By United Prcu)
LONDON.*—Faur hundred, and
fifty persons suspected % of Com
munist activities ihre ’ arrested
by the Sofia police Sunday, ac
cording to an Exchange Tele
graph compapy message from
that city Monday.
The message said that the po
lice threw ft cordon about the
city, halted traffic and searched --- .
houses of Communists suspects, cause of mechanical trouble.
Many Speakers
Others who will address the del-
gates attending tbe Council will,
be Dean Charles M. Snelling, of
the University ot Georgia; Rev.
Robb White, Jr., Charles G. Adsit;
_ _ IL B. Pegrnm; Judge Joseph F.
RaTk Fvnm inn Cray; Mrs. John K. Ottley, Allan-
DatK rrom l np |Uf pmidant of ths board of trus-
- —■ ■ jteea of Tallulah Falls School, and
many others.
Greeting will klso be read from
;Los Angeles Is
Forced To Turn
■ United Press.)
offered III alibi Hint wus accept
bv the police. The student
SET FOB TUESDAY.
FDR GET POLITICS
outlined by the committees, are
at the Boys* Department of
the City Y. M. C. A., Lumpkin
and Broad streets, and every
deperitor of the two banka
urged to go there and sign
them at once. If ho or she has
net. already done so.
It Is necessary (hat Imme
diate action be taken* It is
necessary that every depositor
rign.
The committee urges you
act at once.
The depositors.- ^ho
were present at th ■/•pub
lic meeting held il tho
Octagon Monday 1 i'orninj>
unanimously voted to
adopt the pW) of liqui
dating the an&irs of the
Georgia National and
American State banks as
recommended by the com
mittee headed by Andrew
C. Erwin, general chair
man.
The members of the committees
of which Mr. Erwin was general
t hairman aro; >
ST.
E AT
L
Ul D< Hit. |»c#l|s v i klPi svu'ivti" |
said he thought Dr. Turner must
have picked up one 6f hfc iund-
ker-Vefs by mistake.
(By Associated Press)
PAUL, Minn. — Political
differences wore forgotten Monday
aa th*t pet ple of Minnesota and the
northwest Joined In honoring
President Cootidgo. their guoat fdr
Ike day.
Thoucando lining tho Union
Station cr arour«o ind streets
Georgia National Bank, J. K.
Patrick, chairman; F. C- Shackcl-;
ford, Dr. W. H. Cabaniss, G. A. F
Booth, J. W. Barnett.
American State Bank, T. W.
Baxter, chairman; Ilcnry Rtid.'L. ,
i). Benton.
Broad Street Bank, L. O. Price i
and B. I’. Joel. J
Stockholders committees: Gcor/
gia National, Mr. Erwin, IJiJJup/
Phinizy, W- C. Pitner; Americiy
State Bank, J. D. BfdaweQ, \V. I
Abney nnd L. K. Smith. /
Dr. S. H. Wasson, pastor/
the First Methodist church,
cd the meeting with
and api *
xvJjcn an 'automoiiiie in which "h* !0lh *t» swauert u n opp<-
wmi.rldlnn crash«l into a tele- &£.*iiS'SISJd^tVnl! l ?
nh> tu< i)!)|p • on Peachtree rnatl *h" pren dent** • M *,lr ! -:* At thi
Rr—kwoM .ftJitioii. will bo .-'ran .CeW'inW rule-
held ut ll -o’plock.Tuesday mom- Wf rronml. a,
inn ' trom the -midance of his BC » ,he 1 m .f* mcupllpn
nnele, Isline' Jowlove, 31 Penn M ™"“7 "W at Hie Mute uaDlml
p-nnif Rev • David Marx offi- President an<l Mrs. CooM*a
tiatinn! Interment will be in »UI loave frnr Washlnatun gtortftr
frestlnwr cemetery hefere midnight Monday — -
The 'following' wH! nctas-pall- r « ! "l '^ja which Is il.-
levers; Max Goldin, Louis Lcve- r ' v " “'
Jell, Nnthan Joel. Sanford Thomn- morn.iu
icn, Jtitoon Smith and Charlie
Thn honorary escort will in. Ben Epps Shows
elude: Hal Kirseh, Judge Stephen n. j /v * ,
■ mm ,F. Unrnn of AthcnJ; Prfoesaor R. Oteady Gain Ul
LAKEHtfRST, N. J. — With’"t'LuTf rate, which became effeo. It.. McWhorter, George C Wood- 3
two of her engine, crippled the Th? mSuSSn.- rjLw. ^ UYe C11 AF' 11 16 - »™ declining at ruff, Harry Mehre, Ralph Wil-
navy dirigible Loa Anglic limp- J h ' tto rale of more than IltdOO.OOO. Ilnmr, Colonel A. C. Woodward,!
ed into port at 2t«0 o’clock Mon-*5? I a year. It waa Indicated Monday In William Amowit,. Arthur Pew.l —
day after being forced to aban- 7oung HarrU and Kinehardt Col- , summary of the receipt, for May.. Sidney Goldlni 1 Joseph Bcpnett, The condition of Ben Epp*. in
don her trip to the Minnejota ,t k c *' Maty Willingham. Nacoo-, — — James Spicer, Spencer Geryaon, hired in an aintlane accident
Twin Cltlea where ahe waa tnjgS W" , C *P {"HJfJ**’ nANK or UNIOIW POINT ■ Charlie ^O’Brien. M. R. Bennett,-here 'niuredav afternoon, is re-
have participated in tbe Norae- 5“ i "X ille Collegiate Inetitute; i STOCK *5.(10 ABOVE PAR Dave Ctfrroll, Charlie WtlUami, oorted from the Athens General
American Cmitenntal MlebraUon. N < >‘>'Geortrta And«ltiiralC<dlege, UNION POINT, Ga.-Mr. R.land Harold Sheffield. hospital as improving. It was
% Eighth, and Ninth a Rhodes purchased five share* 1 He is survived by hi* parents,'stated at
/By Alter'sted Prtn)
WASHINGTON — Postal revc-
nncN InHtrnd ot being boosted a>
cratemplAtad In the Increaand
Fight For Life
The giant airship had reached.
the hoepital. Monday
Cleveland on her way wo«t wheni Strict Agricultural School*. 0 f the atock of the Bank of Mr. and , Mr?. Louis Jotcfove, ot morning that he spent a fairly,
for the first time in her career, According to officials of tbe or* J Union Point Tuesday at; public St Petersburg, Fla„ - and. two comfortable night, that his gen-
she was forced , to turn back be- 1 Sanitation, it is expected that more 'Rale in Greensboro. The stock brothers, Barney and Julian Jose-eral condition is good and that he!
* *“ to Page Si; * Up '* 1 *-
(Turn l
brought |105 the share.
love.
is steadily .Improving.
nnd appealing prayer, callind
only for Divine guidanc# - r f
working out the problciTS-iD I /
hand but calling alio uponfA< r
people interested and thoSjfiA*
the community tor a spirit o(
brotherly Jove and co-operation.
The meeting, .wns called to
hear the report Following the re
turn of Mr. Erwin from Atlanta,
Savannah and Washington When
lie has been in conference with ,
bunking officials from time t.
time for more than six weeks
now.
A. G. Dudley, chairman of the
deiKcitorB committees, called: tho**
bisecting to order nnd then turned ■
it ever to Mr. Erwin who went
into details ot the efforts of the
trying to Bave tho
roni being liquidated ’
receiverships.
Outlines Agreement
After discussing some of the rSJ
dtoadvantagei that the committee
had worked under, Mr. Erwin
outlined tho tentative ngrtfement
he had made with Mills B. Lane,
president of the Citizens atul
.Southern/ Bank, under which ho
(Mr. Lano) would come here and
open a bank and take over tho
affairs of the two local closed
iost itut ions.
Mr. Erwin outlined the tenta
tive agreement he had made with
Mr. Lane. The plan involves the
following features:
1. That the .stockholders
and depositors of the Georgia
National and American StaU
hanks of Athens and the peo
ple cf the community are de
sirous or having the Citizens
and Southern Hank open an
office in Athens.
2. That the Citizens and
Southern Hank is agreeable
to open Mich an office if it
i K ; assured tho community de
sires it and the conditions
are satisfactory.
3. That the Citizens and
(Turn to Pago, Six).