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ATHENS. GA, FRIDAY, JUNE 19. 1923.
JL B. C. Paper.
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i 11 Ceuta Daily. ( Carta Saaday.
Gets Try At Navy
As Officer; Epps
Improving; Takes
In $50 For Essay;
Farm Lands Good
Billy Bps*, »on of Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Epps and brother of
Ben and Carl Eppa. a gradu-
ate of the Athens High School
of the teat class. haa gone to
Anna polls to tnke the entrance
examinations to the Nnval
Academy. He received an ap
pointment some t'me ago and
hlfe friends believe he will pass
successfully, fie made a splen
did record at the High School
JVi, Epps who was injured In
un airplane accident more than
jMJireek ago Is doing splendidly
stj'lh*- Athena General hospltnl
arid will be pleased to have hie
friends call to see him. He la
out around the hospital In a
rolling cha r and hopes to be
able to go heme ¥Uturday. His
host of friend* are pleased to
beqr this good news.
MERCHANTS APPROVE PLAN TO CLOSE MONDAY
Tn BAN K MEETING AT
1 u WOODRUFF HALL
Reach Pole; MacMillan Party Going On success £
isl
HUi
RETURN TO OSLO;
before leaving for a trip lo
8t, Paul for the Ktwanls con
vention where he goes at a
deiegnte and to tnke a vacation
c*a the aide. Dan H. MagMI of
thi Banner-Herald news staff,
took all the lead pencils out of
A's pocket, stripped said pock
ets of all note paper and said
goodbye for ten days to all
opening and closing of the mar-
< kefs, police court happenings,
rodWftll. meetings, committees
telephones. "I don’t even
wSni to see n newspaper," he
. cpl'ned upon leaving but we’ll
be! a pi line that the first th!ng
he did upon, arriving Ja At
lanta. even, was lo say, "Hey
boy, bring nw that extra, what’e
It all about n
• (By United Press)
COPENHAGEN.
—Dissatisfied with the
results of his aerial at
tempt to reach the pole,
Captain Roald Amundsen
is determined to try
again, according to the
newspaper Social Demo-
kraten Friday.
Members of the psrty, the Social
Demokraten sayd, intimated that
Amundsen will hasten to beat oth
er artic expeditions now on route
or preparing to take off for the
northland.
WhoWillFill irULIIlUflL DTOUrji SaysHeWill
His Place? j Jg m j Try Again
STATE BESTS CISE
OF DEATH OF
UIFOLLETTE
MURDER TRIAL FRI.
Athens merchants have fallen right into line with
Mayor Arnold’s proclamation to close their places of
business next Monday from 10:30 until 4:30 and co
operate with the meeting at Woodruff Hall to clear
up the banking tangle caused here by the closing dt
the Georgia National and American State banks.
(By Unite) Press)
WASHINGTON..,— An impor
tant realignment in politics was
foreseen Friday as a result pi the
passing of Senator Robert /.)!*
LaFollette. ;* '- ,
His subordinates in the Inde
pendent-Progressive party .pro
claimed their intention of perpet
uating the third prfrty he foufegad
but none would hazard, a- gnats, as
to whom might be found to take
Senator Robert
Wisconsin, w
ton Thursday
Independent-Progressive
party in the United St.— —— :, , , ,.
his death leaves a gap to be Jffigj
filled. The mantle of leadership ^they^think^jl
may bo bestowed on any one of ‘"f ,UM ‘
workers, mk.
States and by sheer dominance
Lincoln Elleiworth, American • ^m?nently U m«rtioncd to take up LaFollette
By United Prate)
CRIMINAL COURT, CHICAGO—
The sta;e rested Its case In the'
Shepherd germ murder trial short-
ly after noon' Friday , w.'th **’Dr."
Charles Fainwn, head of a bacteri
ological school as the last witness.
hw.'mnn stubbornly herd to his
story that William D. Shepherd
promised him 9100.000 In return fer
typhoid fever germs wh'ch the
su e charges the prisoner gave tc
his ward, -Billie; Mcvtintock.
State’s (Attorney Robert E. Crowe
Roald Amunoacn. Norwegian hls completed alt.
explorer who upon landing »dv»*:hg the court ho hsd foiir cth-
'Pitxbergen Thitriday after a « wltne.ua bpt he decided not to
F!i jMffWrSSfintt r* *? r u " -
y open tention ot again trying to find r° uch fo r them.
Mican the pole before any other oxplor-
reaches it. The American ex-
Wil’lam Scott KteWart, ch.’ef
colleague of Amundser on the)the falling reins
flight was deeply affected by news Button K. Wheeler
of his father's death two weeks
ago In Italy. He announced that
henceforth he will devote hls for-r
tune to exploration.
MJ«s Ifapelo Treancr, attache
of "the Dean's office at the Uni
versity, was awarded 950. In
gold at .the meeting of n num
ber Georgians Jn Atlanlai
Thursday night Interested In
education. Miss Treanor won
the. cash frr the heat essay on
‘•What a College Graduate Can
do for Misstate."
CHEER UPI LISTEN
TO THIS, WILL YOU.
Did you say farms lands
\ around Athens had gone to the
bow-wows. Well, If fou have
you s'mply didn’t know what
you ware talking about. One
tract ot about 100 acres was
for sale by a loan company In
Ortobsr, 1924 for what the com-
papy had In It' In December
the company agreed to take 975
per more for the land, a sub
stantial Increase and In June
of this year the price had gone
up to' 9100.90 per acre, "And
we are la no big hurry to dis
pose of the property." the com
pany wrots a local real estate
agent 'nqufring about It. n,
don’t oe tod much of a pessim
ist. All the valuable land In the
country !■ not In Florida.
Going On
(By United Press)
WISCASSSET. .MAINE,— With
the safe return of Roald Amund
sen, the MacMillan polar expedi
tion Friday prepared to concentrate
on its original purpose, the dis
covery and exploration of an artic
continent if such land exists.
The Bowdoin, Lieut. Commander
Donald B. MacMillan's flagship and
the Peary, carrying nine naval air
men and three planes will sail
northward Saturday.
and Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., h ad prtv»tely
(on and Olde.af hi. father In
1W4. presidential-race. ' JflAOTsflrwarp
IesIHelO^
Senator P*rty he organ!
Montana eampaljBF »hot ...
' , t0
that they
forward the banner.
FUNERAL MONDAY
that the plorer, MacMillan, hae
the laet set nail for tha pole,
‘^continue. He . ■'
El
alreedy C ® UI »“' 1 Shepherd et once cell
ed ^he defenee. wilneM, Mia. K„
Peterson/ u atcnocrepher In Shep-
herd*a law offle%!^^^^B^^^ B
J
ATHENS FRIDAY A. M
Mr. Jamaa D. Powell, aged 70
yean, a prominent eitiien of Ogle-
i thorpe county, died unexpectedly in
^ OTSV, f S.r VOy ' U- rridey «r PoweUw*. I £
_ [ting e share in s local barbenhop
National Hero | and when the barber had nearly fin-
OSLO, NORWAY,-Oalo WM lahed he complained of not feeling
decorated with flags Friday whllo'erell and aak to ha railed in the
* ‘ • tasted “ *
erwds in the street
Raold
Amundsen and his Norwegian pilot
HJalmar Iris-Larsen as national
heroes.
As deteilei of Amundsen's ex
ploit in flying to within about 200
miles of northpoie bcjr*n to reach
the public- the feast was rcceiped
as a national triump.
The Norwegian parllment paid
chair and a doctor summoned. This
was-done but before the first aid
administered by the physicians-
who were ruched to the shop, could
have any effect he succumbed to
an apparent heart attack.
He died reclining in one of the
Ales etlATI TwVA rtf til*
chairs of the shop. Two of his
daughters, who wtre
were summoned and rushed to his
WASHINGTON. — A
will bear tbs body of
Robert M. LaFollette, Independent
leader in the senate, who die-*
Thursday from .this ctyto’bl* home
town of Madison. Wisconsin.
Leaving Washington at three
o’clock Friday afternoon the funeral
train, running As a apodal section
cf the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
r.v.d’s Capltcl Limited, will trams-
fer to the tracks of the Chicago and
WORK TO SETTLE
0
! Mh« Tetereon Immediately scored
* "M^stnt Xur ehepherdV case by do-
clar.ng she hSd never seen John
•• f T. eMarrbiml.-iih employee In i-’al-
mah’e school. -.
(By -Associated Fress.)
PEKIN. — The foreign powers
Mm re hand had. (did-on the stand
that he called at Shepherd’* off c*
In response to a letter and talked
to Shepherd, regarding a course h
Following Mrss Paterson the de-
I Frio!wing Mk-* ro'fii*on the do-
fens# placed anolr^r stenographer
on the stnrtd. She ccr.vboratea Miss
Petarson's testimony.
(Uut few inerciiMts have .been
. found who have kicked at closing
but It seems to be not xeneraMr^v...
understood that everybody has 4* •*_
:;ii;n «.\*r ,-itrain after «!gulng the - r ^
petitions of nearly two weekg-agSb *
The s'gnatures at that time Wpre
requesting authority from the Slate
and national hanking officials for
authority to proceed with the plan j
and the meeting next Monday U te •"
put the plan Into- etfecg~__
the agreements with the CJttsen* '
nnd Authern bank and therefore
the commltteo in cliurRe urges not
only every one to attend that meet
ing but to Impress on all interest
ed the lmpor(aiice of being there.
The meeting will begin at 11 o'clock
nnd overy detail In being worked
out to facllltoio the handling of
the crowd and securing th# signa
tures.
Situation To Date
The situation from the date the
banks doted to the present time It
br'efly as follows: .
The Georgia National and Amer
ican State Banks closed their doors
on April 14th and were Immediate
ly taken In the chargo by the State
and National Banking Department*-
A number of Athens buetitesa
men dee'red to *ee th'J affair* «*f
the two banks liquidated other than
by receivership* and worked out a
plan u> «vr t this procedure.
■DeLiy* of appointing permanent
re-rlvcr* were secured- *
•'IM.'i II. Line Of the ritisens and
Southern hank wa* Interested In
Hi- Munition.
A plan wa# worked out and ten-
, out ai
ijcrbrrt f. Hoover. Jr.. ZT
thei secretary of commerce, and 1 V" , ^
MIh M»r,:«rct Watson of Son,
Francisco will bo merried June 23 f' r “ r "" en, * 1 "? ro .
nt J Momorlnl 'Church. Stanford ', h0 , blnl1 " “*««
University. Tho wedding U the h * T!^ rr . lnform '‘"""
outfcrowth. of 11 COIICKC romence. " > ,h ut <he pl»n Into effect. Thi,
Secretory. »mf Mr*. Hoover will|we, (rented otter It had
attend thq "edding.
North*..,„„ et Chicago B .-ur,.,y Comer Mail DlCS
morning nnd will reach M.dtwm
Hoturday afternoon, n.goUationa to arttla both tho FridaV: HoM
At Madlini {he body w*!l lie mlqusstlons arising from recent ' u
state at thi capital Sunday a»d disturbances la Shanghai and FlUlCr&l Ssit
the funeral <
In that building-
8UGQESTS WIDOW
Monday will b« held a | M to discuss the brosd aspect
of conditions In China generally.
Strike Spreads
EORn OFFICE IN
•Mr. Walter H. Hill, ace «.
died e* the reiidnece et Comer. I
°.V , Fr . ld .V morning at 4:301
oclock, following an Hlnesa of
HONG KONG, China. — Thu two montha.
ippmg • trike apread to this; Mr. tun v?.j bom In Mad lion I
city Friday. *> county and had been a resident
Chinese studints here alio o» Comer for three jeaka. ” '
IERI
E ON IE]/
DEBT
tribute to Amundsen and adopted eide.
a resolution to forward eougratu- | Mr. Powell lived near Smithonla
latlona to tho eaplorer. I and waa a mertber of Cloud’a Creek
Advice, here describe Amundsen, Baptist church, in which he took •
Ellsworth and tha four other mem-1 great deal of intereat- He was n
ben of the party aa greatly fatl- member of the Knigbta of Pythiai
gued and with bloodshot eyes as and a Mason and is survived by a
F. A. Lipscomb
Writes Letter On
Bank Situation
Athene, fir.. June 19, 1923.
Mr. Andrew C. Erwin,
Grassal Chairman Centra)
Committee, Georgia National
and American State Ranks.
D* • r Andrew*—
Personally, as well tx an of-
Iicer of Commercial Hank. I
have been very much Interacted
In the work your committee is
doing to .rolrc .the bank trou-
Mr, nnd I want to offer my
congratulations and thanks for
tho ru>d work you have done
pnd the ruccw* of .your efforts.
The community is beck of
y* u and I preHic! a mo? t gen-
ere us co-eperation on the part
of the citizens in every possi
ble way. Va *.
The Commercial Rank is in
the rough sympathy with your
gfod ^(rk and 1 want you to
feel that our bank has not only
none all thrt it ectfld to help,
but Is baek of you to the fin
ish.
Feeling confideot that your
r*r t unselfish effert* in behalf
-jf a dirt/efsed people will be
owned wkh
I nm fiincvrcly.
FRANK A. LIPSCOMB.
Vicv -aesldem, InmmercisI
lUnk.
they arrived at King's Bay on the
fishing boat Sjoeliv.
This craft picked up the party
I the northernmost tip of 8pita-
r-en, where they had landed in
a single plane with only a few
gallons of gasoline left aa they
were winging their way home.
A rumor haa also reached here
that the planes .N-2J and (N-2S)
became separated at one time dur
ing the northward journey. During
the separation, according to thla ru
mor, Liet Deltrivsaon, pilot and
nvchanican Oscar Ombvbl. were
nwchaniean Oscar Oinlbsbl. were
nearly droamed. They were reached
by Lincoln Ellsworth Is b ‘
.eland.
Week-End Shopping
Growing In Athens
ANb AS U8UAL—THERE'S
A REASON.
Undoubtedly one of the
reasons for the' growth of
week-end shopping in Athens
hr* been the Thursday and
Friday business announce
ments In the Banner-Herald.
These week-end business mes
sages, going Into many hun
dred* of Athena homes, as
well m many hundreds of
other homes within a radius
of fifteen or twenty miles of
Athens, naturally and inevita-
k'v hrs built un week-end
shopping in Athtui ...
Before you shoo tomorrow
. in the store* of Athens, shop
first tonight In
large family and a great number of
relatives and friends.
Surviving are, his widow, Mrs.
Final Cotton
Payments Are
Made Thursday
MADISON, WIs. — A movement
lo place Mrs. Robert M. LaFollette
w fe of the dead'Progressive chief
tain In th? seat in the United
States senate, made vacant by hio - . - , . . , ^ #
death, we. sterKd In the l.il.lature etudirte hen »*»o H * u .
here Frid.y. etruek and decided'to tend ( com- JUrrived^ by hie widow, oho aon,| BRO.S -r.1.8 B»l,lum. — The Del
Petition, were circulated by *l*t»e to Canton in. connection, ?*» b ™ l “ r * * nd fj»e eUtm, ,i„ .mbairadcr to the. United
fr end of the LaPott.lt.'. to obtain *“>» tha premwed genera strike *«/ ™n«, Mra. Colie, Ur*. Btetc. Bejon d. March .nn., was
- --- W-.—. «.U» elanarure. n«.npwy to pMe. movement rfframahlp raUioBto Phvbam. Mro- Sim. end Mi»
daughtera, who.wtra here with him Mri Lep 0 | let |,.» name on the bat- Canton ^ and Mecao have been
British volunterrs wars warned
of the possibility of their early
mobilisation ip view of tho emer-
Ctncy.
The Chinasa crews of tho Brit-
bh coastwise steamer Sui-Tai.
quit Work Friday. The strike bi
spreading to other British cots- v* 1 • «
ui .timer.. Belgian Named
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at 11 o’clock at the
Pialo Church in Madbon county,
Kev. West of tha Eiberton Pres
byterian church conducting. Inter
ment will follow in Pialo cemej
tery, Bernstein Bros. Funeral
Home in charge.
ATLANTA. — Final w*nvn?«
Mildred Powell, three daughters, 1 aaxrsgn’ing 92,159.900 were ro*»<
Mrs. W. G. Cook and Mrs. T. E.: Thursday afternoon to the msm-
Loftb, Comer; Mrs. R. M- Rowe, j ber* of tbs’Georgia Cotton Crow-
Colbert; Mr. C. M. Powell of Grif-; ers' Oocperet've association by
fin and Mr. W. II. Powell, Comer.; headquarters of the organisation
sons- Two brothers, Messrs. Bob here. This sum marks the hut pay-
and C. W. of Comer and two sis- inept due members on 1924 cotton
tcr». Mrs. Mollle Bray of Athena crop contracts,
and Mrs. Nettie Dean of Arnold- Total, payments made to the
ville. j member* during tha peat year. In-
Funeral arrangements will ba ar- eluding the final payment, reached
Winner Of
Race
Report Disorders
WASHINGTON —Increased dis
orders in Chung King vrere re
ported to the State Departnun* . ... -
Friday tar Vice Coneul B. L. | <*F. Aw* 1 **** Pft g>
Smyth., In n i»»»ri sent on
JuM It ; club Eridey aevu.it T the BelxUn.
It utd of the (even beetlng “• V«n.tra, winner ot in. :"wit
received by three foreigner,, e - Orrern-BMinett Cup .banoot:
ranged Inter. Bertutein Bros. Fun-:*IMee.D«e on the WM«S beleo of Brituh ritixen, > Swede, nnd n,e»d de.Moylor. Betilum. oeeoni.
erel Home . in charge ef the de- cottcn delivered by the members,|Poll«h national, but gnve tio de-. The American W. T- Van Orman
tall,. | according to official.. |tails.
|wa« disqualified!
Every Depositor And Stockholder Of Two Banks Must
+-4 M 1 1—1 e—»■ «—♦
Sign Again Regardless Of Having Signed Suce
summoned hr'tbs foreiga minister
Imipedately upon hls arrival *ws
Friday for a discussion of th# pay
ment of Belgium’s war debt to the
been elgned by several
dcpoiltors nt and following a big
mas* meeting in the Octagon.
Agreement* Ready
The agreements to put ths plan
Inlo opeintlon are now ready and
the meeting called for naxt Monday
’ordruff hall In ter tho purpose
securing the signatures of all
the depositors end stockholders to
the agreement. „ J
j li makes no difference how many
petitions or , whatnot have 'been
signed heretefore this agreement
must bo s’gnsd In person on by
oomo person authoriz'd with to sign
with (fewer of attorney and every
depositor and stockholder must t
tsi
bsstedor saM th# United States ds-
sired conversations to start as soon
as possible 1 fer a sstttemsnt of
d4b:s * Which has been postponed
longer tb*P.b necessary.’
"The ’time baa corns," hs said, "to
setSs Belgium’s debt to the United
8 ates with loyalty and dignity. Bel
gium Is resolute in her dotertnlna-
t on to do this and her attitude Has
produced beat success In Wssh
lngi«n *s well os In ftnpticlal nr
ckd In Nsw ;rtrk.’'
lend the meeting Monday or sign
at some later date, and this will
delay the «arly opening of the Cit
izens and Soutbsrn bank In Athens
VALDOSTA WINS
1926 CONVENTION
STATE SHERIFFS
CORDELB, Ga. — Georgia sher
iff* and peace officers adjourned
this afternoon. J. A. Beard, of
Columbus, was reelected president
of the body; C. O. Noble, Cord**!*,
vice president; H. G- Bradley, At
lanta, secretary treasurer.
Valdosta Was selected as next
year's, meeting place. • mT«
There seems to he a mixun
derstanding relative to the
purpose of the-bank meeting
at the Octagon next Monday,
Saany people having the idea
that If they sined the peti
tions addressed to the State
and National banking depart
ments two weeks ago they do
net have to sign any more.
q-Tlb
.
tO .AGHEK-
rst tonight in Ay »uin Atiitc-r.-
TUB BANNER-UEUAI.D, 1 MEXTS WITH JTBB ClT|v
ZENS AND SOUTHERN
BANK.
It is for this purpose the
meeting fr called next Mon
day and a hold isy declared.
Those signatures secured at
the Octagon and later have
nothing, to* do with these
sought MoDday. They were
to
UffT a pat (he plan into . operation.
51TOR , IIAS ? : iThoee *ought new are ler the
/ purpose of-putting the plan
^ into operation and every de-
i
and
potiUr and stockholder ef
th/ Georgia National
American State banks |rat
r.ign again regardless of
whether htey signed before
or no(.
The meeting Monday is to
.effect an agreement with the
Citizenm and Southern P-xnk
t x» hereby that ‘institution
.agrees to pnysZS and 39 per
cent cash on deposit* of the
.,-twn hanks. 25 per 'cent for
thp Georgia National and 30
per cent for the American
State, and given debentures
fer the remainder of the de
posits, agreeing at the sslme
time to take care of other de
tail* of liquidation.
The point to this: EVERY
The point Is this: EVERY
DEPOSITOR AND STOCK-
•HOLDER MUST 8IGN
AGAIN AND IF EVERY
ONE SIGNS NEXT MOT-
DAY THE SOONER WILL
THE RANK OPEN HERE
AND .SITUATION
OLEABMRttV * ™ -
Sidney Bailey And Roger Hunter,
Darktown “Wallingford*,” Present
Forged Check And Land In Bastile
hv*. ' gutpiefioue and else
•pentent mo *“' 4 »h# bmok
Roger Hunter .end S*dn*y
Bs'lty, two young would-bs
“Walllnflteeds’ , Friday morning
ware cooling the'r heels in the
city jafl after attempt,'rVg to
pais a forged check at th*
Commercial Bank.’
It sesms that Sidney Ballsy
on# who thought of tho
scheme. Bane/ Huntsr that
"Bill’ White, coach at th# Un*'-
verf.ty hsd eom# money In the
Comemrcial Bank and that he,
Sidney, would write the chsek
and that if Roger would pre-
rent it, ho would got 92S.
The check was wKtten and
presented but th# bank em
ploys* became suspicious when
h# looked at the signature
which was **W. P. wWts." Th#
"W" was capitalized and ths
"P" also but the "W" of the
last ns mo was not. Rogsr wax
stalled aff while a call was sept
into polios station- .
rspontent j
employes that h# wOuta
ths truth if h# would lot H<rt»
go. Ho had •* ^iret said that
tho check, which was mad# out
to John Robinson, had boon
given by Coach White to Rob*
insert who ,h# said Was /Ms
father, for work-dsns on hi#
lot.
Then Roger told anothor
story. Ho "epitlod tho boano"
and said that Sidney Ballsy,
who worked at Marbut'a Store
on Lumpkin street had dsvissd
ths scheme and written tha
check.
Then a little trio was mads
out to Msrbut's store by Po-
Kcoman Poes isd Roger where
Sidney was taken in too, and
both were th## |«4p*d •'# tha
city jail to think it over, J/KM
.The check was for |2a,
i
( k
jM