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ATHENS COTTON
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ATHENS. ft A*
Shgb Copies 1 Cents Daily., S Onto .Sunday.
Note ln Bottle Purported T& Be From Num
®lftlSiiSukid8-J’oll ; Reflects Bad Year At Monte
Flood Quota For
Athens Is Still
$272.95 Short
NKA Service Correspondent.
PARIS — The fashionable sea
son at Monte Carlo has wan#cJ,
with considerable evidence of
of the worst seasons since the war
There* have becto bad brdnta£
around.
The frawfng twins have wejned
nlcn£ like fscfarUs through a peri
od of economic strelis. And o^cr
in,t^ie valley from the Casino there
is h little, isolated plot of ground
that tell* a. grim story of bad jjpk
for the Casino’s customers. HW
the suicide’s cemetery. . m*
Censorship. > *
Monaco manages ltd affairs in
its‘own way, and is particoSrly
jealous of its reputation for jjbn,
»rutic nnu sutiahL.'i. ,Ahy Mhsnt
that reflects on this reputation; fs
subjected to the strictest cenior-:
ship. Suicide* -arc immediately
hushed up and all evidence of, tMm!
quickly removed, so only through
gossip and tales of eye-witnossesus'
it possible to get any idea of thej
unhappier side of Ilfs there. ..if
Recently, according to reports,
II..W .U T * ’
r^.jQi By H. J. c.ppi
From ill over* the country cornea
Wr news of new area* inundated In
T r f',4 flip groat- flood district, and men.
women and children hating to he
SgS-.'i roscood from the ravageo of the
E f Ai/jj restlej. Mississippi,
fc *f The heert of the 'nation has
Wr^-. ■’ been leuehe4. br' tht distress of
the people llting in the .river basin
Hu and the spirit of giving help -to
thesd unfortdnatcs, continues.
TTtTM The Solvation Army Is doing n
wmgl groat work.along with the noil
■*«9H cress- The lotjsl Army In recelv.-
. j. tng donations.. of Slothing and
ly. . household lands of any hind, and
~jri~_ has boon Alvea .the store on Jtch-
•a -«d" son street Jart.hneh of the Nation.
TE f' si Bauk.es.a.receiving station. If
If ' j you have any donation to mahe
’ : to the Satvatlonj Army end cannot
" sy . - ' deliver the goods, some number of
■'•’Jnv. the orgsntsatlon will gladly call 'it
a truck, donated by the Trussed
i- - .~y Motor Co. for this purpose. It you
call 1481.
•JfiESy The. fund asked for by the Red
m^hi 31 Cross have been a little slow oom.
Ing In, but the generosity of tho
Athens peoplF Is well known, nnd
those who have Interested them-
em, these, selves- enoutfi to handle thle fund
ivr addition. feel sure that Athens will go. over
(S bnl’ding tbs' top In the amount naked of
tyl Tfcoy'her before Utn week. Is over. 1
it students Donations art received at the
Strickland Elected
ATLANTA—(APY—Robert Strickland, Jr., vice prouidci
the Fourth Nstlonal Bank or Atlanta, was el/drd presiil 'r.t o
Georgia Bankers Association nnd S.-nnnn.-h .S.p-i as the
convention city at.the concluding scs-i.-n Wednesday of the
elation a 36th annual convention.
Georgia bankers Wednesday visited the Stai
College of Agrlcutturc here for thr. purpose of lean
ing at first hand what that institution has been cioin
and plans to do to make the farms of the state mot
profitable. , .»» 3
Coasl guards
found a float-
conttinlmr a
iThe bankers, altoitt
haw» tome from Captain
Chaffcs Nmgesaer, miss*
ing French airman.
Tbp tnessag* Mid Nnngesspr
had boded .'*> miles oft the Irish
coast because of engine trouble,
(joastfutrd officials were uncer.
tain retard Inc the authenticity of
the meaaace. but immediately
teleamphcd their tnformation io
, the French embassy at London.
hundred
repreaeoltn* all sections of the
state. arrived lit Athens about mid
afternoon and were kuo.us of tho
College and the Citizens of Athi
cns. They were met at tho train
by citizens of Athens and carries
to the Collego where a prrtrflC
of entertainment hnd been pro*
, pared for them, including s psffJC
ant depicting agricultural progregf
and aims.
Following ihe lour of the fco»
lego campus and visit to the Tar||;
<ms divisions of the Jnstitutk^
* her a th^ work of
plained, the banhera wore guest#
;*of the College and civic cluba
supper at Camp Wilkins. £ ,
Dr. Andrew M. Soulo, presided
of the College, stated that tb£
hankers are deeply Interested*,m.'
tho farmer and of plan* to l*flT
prove farming enterprises in
gin, making the statu inoro pfi^.'
Uuctlvo economlenly and the trflf‘
to the Col lego Wednesday ny
designed to the md that the bMP
rs may glvo the farmer lntellItlVi£
well-informed and expertly direchjj
ly directed aid. ' ^
The bankeiit assembled In 4n*
Junta Wednesday morning for *9$*
Hip to Athens, following the deifr
ing or the convention of the BiMBr
Hankers Association*
The “Suicide*' Cemetery" at Monte Carlin sketched by Marcel Benoit
Pastor’s Parents Have
Had No Information Of
Missing Man For Weeks
FMBAMY NOTIFIED
A)NF,0a. — (I-PI-- The Secre-
y of the Pt.L -h embassy here
lotmced Wednesa-: that ho hul
wived h message-trota t v . Fal-
I.EltANNON. Vn—(UP)—Henry
Gtifdlh. self-confessed triple slay,
or, must serve a total of thirty
tour years In tho Virginia peni
tentiary for klllfn, hi. wife and
•Mr. sud Mr.t. Halt l-awson on
the uient of March 20.
After two and n half hour, de
liberation, fhe Jury found Orirfltn
guilty of shooting his ' wlftf to
death and fixed tho penalty nt
twenty years. His attorneys Ira.
mediately conferred with the
state’s attorneys and It was agro-d
that he should plead guilty In
each of the other two charges, re.
ceivlng a senteneo of seven years
mysterious cemetery, which
ated- near tho border bttv
Condamiat and BaatlaolciL
Carefully Hidden.
A high wall aunounds tl
and entrance la galnbd th:
1 <nn : l doorway, which U
Thu following subscriptions
wrro received Tuusdcy; .
The Loyal, Woman's Class.
First rhrlstlan Church ..8 8.00
Mrs. M. V. O’Callaghan .... 3.00
Miss Aonlo T. Comer 800
F. Balford 6.00
1st A. M. E Church (Colored) 6.03
Mrs, Rufus L. »o*s ........ U4
Havel Pools ,'... 6-00
Albert 'A.-tliyle, Jr. 6.00
Mary Ann Upacoub Element.
try School of LncV Cobh . .10.00
Total .... ..... .... ..mIOB
Previously acknowledged $1686.61
.Total to dart .... **
Amount yet needed
I IH.U1I4UU I Wfl clorrd to tlweo visitors who nmn-
lIDEATi
‘ dues not fxwt. Officially It dee*
not. Its Brim secret is well guard-
LOS ANGELES, Cal -tl'Pt— eo. It It n pine; of dew’atlon .
With two tlwories befor? them, The ’atgo nun<|;r of snieldM
(dice Wednesday attempted to this veer is expalnetfhy the fact
i solve ihe mystery ‘surrounding the that many wore caught hjr the
‘deaths of George E. Powell. Jr, movement of the exchange nnd
banker,, nnu his lieantiful young tried to repair thrtg fortnaee with
stenographer. Mis* Margto Pike, a desperato tling at tits table*. This
, The pair was found dmJ Tact- failing there was nothing lift to
day In an automobile In front of do.
Misp Pike's homo. A bottle of gin — — * ■■ .
SK? lh * runnin * b “ 1 ' 1 thc SAM- BERNARD
SfflttBtrlnfc ACTOR, DIES AT
dcr" the remit, they ant-1 of ua- ~~21 V
r T» th. pm, however, SEA TUESDAY
ddvanMtl a different theory dc- , ■ - -
daring that threota had been
made against the Uvea of both. (new YORK. ^ (UP) — TO
» •Unih nf dam Rurnird. famous SC.
INJIllllllliJ —v ■-*, —
the bottle may have been a hoax.
In each. %
On March 20 Griffith shot and
killed his wifo ami her two coin,
pnnlons. as she was leaving him,
ho rhilniH. and throw their ltudloi
Into ihe Clinch river, where th-y
wero later discovered by a lino.
The narente, Mr. and Mrs.
frank Perteh-v. *ald ,W-:-i>it«dav
they had received no word from
the minister for several weeks.
The parents are Inclined to
doubt retort* fropt Lawrr-e' t
Kansas, indicating their run had
boon aeon there. Lawrence police
are tracing, reports that tho min-
later spent ssveral days there and
that ho shitted a trunk from 1
then on Mar 11. .
Renorta from Lawrence Wed-
nerday added little ta Ihe facts 1
tamed un Tuesday 'y pellet. It
was believed iHrnehey stayed at
,a LaBrence. hotel several days
and that he received rar.il at tor '
Lawrence postoffl.r.
HOLD CONFERENCE
NEW VORK—ICP)—Uoyd Bjr
tarnl anil Chnrlcs Levine, with
their respective associates, went
into conference Wednesday to at.
tempt settlement of tho contro.
versv which tbreatem.it to «i.
rupt tho flight of tho Bellanca
raonoplaue to Paris.
In the meantlmo the Byrd o*j
nanlsatlon prepared for fins',
weight lest*, despite weather con.
■litIons, which might mah" alien
test* (migactloablc and Chartra
l.tndhergii. thn popular Idol of the
flight, went to lunch at' Bagsmore
Hill, the old home of TOodOra
SHANGHAI MUP)-. YanU;
River traffic tdvand froth Shan-
ghai was Mocked Wednesday by
a battle -betvnen thn rortVm
gunboats Halchi and the Wooaiitig
later spent several dart there and
HnJchl’a fin.
A Japan:*; naval office.- watt
wounded aboard tin
.1272.3.-,
DE PINEDO IS
OFF ON TRANS
OCEAN FLIGHT
LACK OF RAIN
HOLDING BACK
COTTON CROP
... to 11-1-
ktnr, when the vessel natstd be.
tween ,northern' -and joothern
‘voops rngrvwl In battle acrosi
th- rlvej nt Charkiang.
Tho Jayane.; eOawp! eenevul
wna aboard the Momo. The dc-
storycr retatmed thn northe.-n firt
with hor main armament gad
with machine gun*.
A -Japanese - naval officer trial,
ted thn moderate naiiNaiist com*
mlacinnnr of foregia affairs at
! Nanking Wcdmaday and demand,
.ad protection for Japanese prop-
• arty during Ihe n-evnce of tho
WASHINGTON —W)— Con
tinued Inck of good ruins and cuol
night In Atlantic Coast' states,
has caused alow growth of early
cotton and retarded tho germina
tion of late planted seed, tho
weekly report of the Department
of Agriculture, issued Wednesday
In Georgia, it indicated much
replanting was r?»K>rted as nae*
JMafy and stands were irregular.
Tho core crop -iu reportad «a
Tw". . -F-
Roofcrelt with Tli^odore Honsn<
veil. Jr.
Dortaud in»‘ated Iteforo the con.
forsnee beaan * that everything
<ould be settled quickly if Levin?
would foreno a clause In hlu coni
tract pledrlng hl» xervlce* to 1^
vino for one year If the flight
wero Mnocessful.
| held at the Young Men’s Chrisl
| Association Friday afternoon
this week. May 20th at 1
| o’clock la to bo a most Import
I one, Tho Boy’s Camp regia
tlou Ip going ahead at a greet r
and the indication* ore that
j largest boy's ramp tn the hlat
' fo the Athens Y. M. C. A* is sch
j uled for the eight weeks l
, r.mmncr July 1st through A
: it.Hi.
j * Tho Girl’8 Camp though Is
i ore that nerd« immediate ait
i tlon from the parents and-
j girls of Athena. yoV some li
> plainablo reason parents are n
». «Ter an decided about what t
arc k 'tng io let their girls
ss tbelr^yf., and gonrally v
I the new Epworth League year
will ce Hi Id Xuraday evening, May
19, at 8:00 o’clock, in the main
audltorirm of the First Metho
dic. cUttrib. At this meeting the
newly elected officer* win have
tbhrke.' Mias Zola Marshall,* thc
new president will preside.
The Young Harris Chapter,
which was recent! awarded the
District .Efficiency Banner, wM
, present the- Worship Program,
and also a Social Program which
vdll be given In - the Beginners
Department, of the Church immt*
JI...U —i .
MANILA. P. .1.—(UP)—fntvun.
rherado, Mlfjtfrtd "vmperor of
the natron", wan en ro -t« to Ms.
Win Wodandny to ho Bucn to an
lasano asylum CM- obaarrsllon.
Governor-Goncrnl Loonard Wood
DAUGHTER OF
CALLES NOW
A BRIDE
MANAGUA,
Whon. Captain Richard Balt Bartl-
aftan and Private .Martin Jackson
of tht D»!(rd stptes ?sarlnn wan
killed In a chub with Ubrrnl*.
thaW platoon was outnumbered
tenlto oae, FMrtaen liberals wer.»
ktUdd. Dutnlla of Monday's rlaah
urnro received Wednesday.
TO mtrtao ernmn In thn vlcln.
By of Ln PnaTentro. near Loon,
was nmnted about one o'clock
LANSING, Mich —W—Trtcn-
. -- tb-lr , and x. nrallv wall
until tho hut O-uite to make thett
decision*. In tho r*et when Of
Girl’s comp has te.r^red - oukc
Boy's Camp, being held In ^etprtj
there wa< plenty of time tn rrse—
this decision, but now since It wadd
necessary to move the elrt's Campl
np to thu first two weeks, holdtn( :
It June 16th through Jnne 29th. j
there it no more time In whbdi.
to be undecided. ‘
Scores of itlrls have stated that'
they wore Xotng. Tho time has I
now come for their parents to]
sign tho applications on tho dol-j
ted Use. nnd the porno,e of the!
GIrl’j part ot tbo Camp rally FTt j
day afternoon, ts to let tbh rtj
clearly known. There Is much tS
ba done ta- mnklTix poe.lbJe wj
' .YEW ORLEANS. -ICP)— TK4
romantic nnd colorfnl Inwar Ml<-
slaslrpl Valley country Wednesday
was gripped In the *rant flood
maw.
The little colony of Lebeea. lx.
l eWted solely bjl tnttlatoos, now
Is decried n« ten fadt of .water
rnurues over the slrutu. Tbe old
fort eetabllshed by Jena Laftue
prolwbly will be overrun by flood
water* -within a week. Quiet Ar
cadian vliTages. doited with pie.
to resell, frame houses, havo been
destroyed by th. foil brunt of
angry water,.
But as the Arcadian conntry
was whipped down by Hood
water*, th. greet nlantn-lons have
I been saved, government and iU»
engineers believe. Tha. tide ot
was destroyed about tan o'clock
by a Mart, presumably caused by
tHntnmlta. "
Tbo bodies were mostly those
of children.
State police wero searching for
Andrew Keyhole, a farmer urlnir
in the vicinty, wno, witneseu sold
wna seen near the school Wednes
day morning.
Eonry report* wero that ba waa
soon to drove the vicinity add of.
fleam wero proceeding on the the-
ory that bn might have, been a
victim of the axoloatoa State
police found four sticks of dyne-
baartfutmaa qf that city. ’
They. ware married Tuesday
night across the International line
tn NOfmiee, Sonora, In a civil car.
among which win without oaten-
tatioc. yet colorrtL
sounded and a platoon In oom-
mud at C,plain nhchtnan nnd
UmL C. J. Chnppot loft romp tp
loves'.gale-
'aflats began to flv thick and
fk . When the marfnee entered
Lr Flu Centro they enoonntarod
MO liberals, who wart breakln.
Into bpuaes nnd atona. Tha small
government garrison had Had.
tn tht. bailie which etened Cap.
tola. Buchanan; while trying to
emu a street, was flred on hr
throe man In a doorway, receiving
two wonado me ta the chest nad
ono la ta orta. .
Brig. Genaro! Logan Poland
PRISONERS AT
SING SING
REVOLT
Airplanes Hunt
ForWreckage
Of White Bird
OSSINING, R. Yi -0^- Con-
famn,. nnd Mr. Forbes I* i
Itur Hist at this time, the
and the girls make their d
It will take a minimum .
girls to make this camp p
nnd Athens vIH- rpcuMJ,-.*
proportion of that nntnhi
..... reveal-
od that he bad recently lost hi*
farm when a mortgairo on th;
property waa forecloaad.
j?e£5 T wVdiMd*rto“MMCh"on w^f'Slro ‘sSiithf^rtmaste?^
th* Maasarhuntta oout tor a g at ), an j Nelaon MeFarren. Both
^V®*]*** JjJ* were paising the school hou*. at
»W* ,*» 01 “• the tlmo of tho explosion. Me Far-
White Bird. In which Cxptxlna „„ was killed instantly and
onartaa Nongeaaer and Francois Smith died in a Langsing hosni-
Coll attempted a non-stop Inna. tal. Both legs wpre severed by
A tines Its* flubs rone A fallal - 4b. a»I..U.
ONE KILLED
MCRFBKESBOItO. Tenn
Bobert J. McSweeney. 4J.
man and former president'
Nashville bssehaU club, si
dun broken ribs ud bit , _
Mr*. Sarah O’Connor McSwroney'. numbered ten to'one. bas'i
wrap killed outright near her* on tho reputation of tho !
the Dlale Highway Wednesday. Coup*. Captain Buchanan a
It was thought that McSweean'* dstschm.nt showed,bravery
car skidded and turned over. blgtest order.” »
ably has brouahl relief to tho rich
.plantation area.. It was believed-
A break of Ihe Atebafalayi near
Metvltle. a break which already
I has widened 1.000 feet, has lessen-
led the hesard nt the levees torn-
ling Cnrfber so nth. It ts believed
the territory from too mites
wlwth of Batoa Rouge on down to
mb- Wednesday for serosa!
boon for striking after bring
served half-baked banns.
Warden Ltw» E. Lowes admit,
ted tho prisoner* had a just rouse
of conipblnt but said he objected
to their manner of protestation.
After their release he declared,
"The matter is now a closed in-
ddent.” ' - ’ . 7
‘ PLAYER OIES V
ST. PAU\ Minn. -*1
Meade, promising young-h
pitcher of the Hl Paul. An
Assoele|ton.
hotel room :