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ATHENS COTTON:
MIDDLING 18 I-8e
PREVIOUS CLOSE .. ., 17 3-4c
T1H WEATHER:
ATHENS, GA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918.
2 Cent*. i Cent! Sunday.
ROCKEFELLER FACES SENATE OIL COMMITTEE
Final preparations are being made by the commit-.
tee for the visit of Sovereign Commander W. A. Fra
ser of the Woodmen of the World to Athens Thurs
day when this city’s advantages and opportunities
for location of the national headquraters will be pre
sented to the head of the organization. Mrs. Fraser
will accompany the commander on his visit and it is
expected that a majority of the members of the Exe
cutive Council will also be in the party.
The banquet ct the Georgian ho-1 —
t:l 'Inursdav night at eight oclock PH
otl
rromisCi to be one ot the largest
antnoed of any similar event ever
fnren hew and lulry 300 citizens
and prominent Woodmen irom
.Northeast l.corgia wi:l bo in ai-
tenoanve. 'licKe.s for tho banquet
| an o-tag sold at toe of
commerce and i-y special comrait-
| tecs named.
■ At two o'clock's pared* will be
■taged in which the K. 0. T. C.
unit* of the city, Woodmen, utu-
denta and citiicaa will participate.
Commander Fraser will review the
parade from
WISH TIE
ANG APRIL 27
“fir UPS HEAVILf II Win OS HE
HEARS SOUK OF OHIO FOil MS CRIME
nm
WOMAN ON TRIAL
FOR AXE MURDER
OF HER FATHER
^ ~rvxcc, Washington Bureau.;
This is the way John D. Rockefeller, Jr., looked to the Senate Committee on Public Lands at Wash-
gSt* Major F “w f£ht 7t The
rnSg-tentepnpeurMmljro^Uyln
cd manheil toi the day and wilt wiot^for faZL&dpirf
lead the pnradv. i ‘I?.” f?r.»nvaatigation of public
, State Ceremonial U tI' w 2 U! fS_. • •
. FolI,u„,g th. parade a coromon-1.<*■"**«
halwlU be J.ud on at tho Colonial T? .—■* ,°* . l K* tl . lla *»
Tb.atro and several candidates for Wnleh of Montana,
s't,. hi " in th " or,u:r wm
Tho vlaKori will b# taken for a Geomto, author of an amendment.'
lH» dUtBd the eitv wh<a the eol- m ~! wg „ dafenae.
hge. and school will be visited. I“f amendment pro-
The banquet will be ,.t eight ' ’ that the TnveatigaUon ehall
O’clock and those who plan to at-, be conducted • by the commission
tend and who -hare not oouxbt tio- raUln ‘ than by a senate commit-
keta are urged to aocuro them at ***** Proposed ln the Walah reso-
ono?w . lutlon.
Athena’ chance for securing thrf.i G*”** “"“"t 1 * th « commission
WA8HINOTO N.—(UP)—
Prominent members of tho demo
cratic party will be summoned by
the Teapot Dome committee to
when h . c f * ccd ttlcm .‘ u “ Witness in the committee’s investigation of the Tcapo't Dome oil leases. deficit”waVre-
Whiie expressing every confidence in Colonel Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Indiana , , ,r nT. '!
Standard Oil, he said he toally disagreed with the position the colonel took in refusing to answer *^ ucc ^ $400,000 by 19-4, Chairman
questions put to him by the committeemen. Nye of tho committee, said Tue*-
i L * ' | day.
! Nyo said there had been no
public record of the source of the
$400,000.
| He recalled that in 1923 Harry
F. Sinclair, oil millionaire, testi
fied he had contributed in 1922 to
the campaign funds of both par-
ties.
"We wgnt to learn whether
Sinclair gave the democrats any
Liberty Bonds, profits of the myp-
tcrlous Continental Trading Com
pany deal of 1921}* he said. "We
have evidence that he gave auch
. bonds to the republicans and we
plan, to stibfioena ;democratic
leaders ns well.”
I Subpoenas for official of Potter j
Company, New York brokers, I
WED’S FRIENDS
SAYS WILLIS IS
IT
INQUIRY POINTS
TO SPY SYSTEM
MUZZLING U. S.
NEW YORK.—The existence of I
a country-wide system of espion
age which is semi-military in l
character and, invoked in the
name of Americanism and patriot
ism, apparently aims at censorship^
and th«* suppression of freedom
of speech, is indicated in evidence
obtained by The New York World
in an investigation conducted by
that newspaper.
Just as intelligence officers in
DEFENSE BY JUDGE
COURT APPEAL LEFT
I.OS ANGELES, CM.—
(AP) — William Edward
Hickman Tuesday was
sentenced to death for the
TO SECTY.
FOR PRESIDENT
WENTWORTH, N. C.—(UP)-
A fire chlef’d wife who write? poe
try and a country evangelist,
known as "Thunderbolt Tom"
P&rdue, were tho principals to
court drama which started hero
Tuesday
The woman, Mrs. Alma Potty
Gnt'in, 20, of ReldsvlUe, N. 2 a
stands accused of tho ax murder
of her father. Smith P. Petty, a
cotton mill foreman
Principal wltn>«ea of tho pr
rtui'on was exp <r*-d to b * R. ,
Then*. f. p.thiv «-.ia b ouvi.’[kidnapping and slaying of
al,.ui Iho urraci nt .Mr-. G-.'im \Tarian p 1r kpr
c r, the murdor charge rarlver.
Per. Parduo no it to pallet r«*t j The CXCClltlOIl WHS SCl
September with a sicry of a de- for Friday, April 27th.
tailed# confession of the murder . , T ,
ho claimed was made to him "In •rUdge J. J. TrabllCCQ pTO-
religions crstacy" by Mrs. Gatlin nounccd the Sentence. •
ono night following a revival meet- | Hickman was ordered to -to
in»f. She denied tho alleged con- turned ov: r to the sherif at onc«
fessfon and Monday when arraign- for transfer to San Quentin pric
ed, pleaded not guilty. ;on. The prisoner, who had stood
Court proceedings Tuesday In- erect to hear his sentence pto-
eluded examination of talesmen, nounccd, dropped hoavil* into hia
Two hundred men composed the ' a* after the Inst word fell from
venire appearing ln country ct urt Judge Trnbuocs’s lips. .
at nine o’clock. The examtna- I)r - A. F. Wagner, s'* 1 ® ®UtopSj
tlon was expcctod to tako nearly
all of Tuesday.
SPEED DEMONS TO
WASHINGTON. -(UP)- Tho tho array ore designate by C2, so , CLEVELAND, Ohk>.- (DP) - Z,,n ZZ'l Vnm. of
Hoover oppo.liion set out on tho th. l.sdera os- Morris H. Msschko, republican si'riair dona,.,! To tho repalSn
' P.! 0 ®**® ■?? 8ald 10 known as na tonal commirt»»"nian from Ohio, national committee, wore Issued .
1 “?.1 0 J U '! Ced ,T UMd .“i r ..P" t ..'. 10 „'Too day by the committee.
“ These officials will be the only
witnesses when tho commltteo re
sumes Its hearings Thursday, Nye
said. .
Dmcocratlc and republican pol
iticians to be called will not bo
subpoenaed until later, he added.
the FrcwxMtiv,. -T , 7” rton#>rnl FWtrl/v r nmnn „„ arraugcu tor a meeting or ino sen- ‘v 4 ""***"7 “ 1,1 ua > 3 < r commerce Hoover ior me rn-
*bout the citv uitt^i wanta this orobe 1 carrimTon ftte committee Tuesday ®J A. Mitchell Palmer, except the publican presidential nomination.
g£i&%xr%is ffTJtxmzt sry^raiasrt sr^r^iurs;
“.™ AjSUaa—si. srmzxxsizsS! ar.s: i
plan to mako states pay a por- charge of the Bureau of Inves-
tion ct flood protection costs. I tigatlon under Mr. Palmer, and
Hoovcria friends claim this la n now operating a pnvate detective
deliberate attompt to .embarass agency which has boon active in
roaferwee. Soma of the memSersI haa no power under existing law
or the cootudl Turn, alrwfdy visited to carry on an investigation of
Atham and are reported to be fa-
vorably impressed with the city’s
•dvantages as a headquarters city,
' New Citisens.
,2* woodmen’s headquarters
tote, m composed of several hun-
(Turn to nare eight.)
hope abandoned
FOR EARL OF
OXFORD
SUTTON, England. — (UP)—
1 "kto" at tha bedside of Eari
“(word itjl Aaqulth Tuesday
•bmdoMd hop, for hia recovery.
It is only a question of time,”
^ ' Wjftn-CcrUr, Lord
jjwj’h son-in-law, said. “Al-
18 no “Range, we
nsv« given up hope,”
GASOLINE IS HIKED At tho same time, the United authority.”
IN PRICE HERE
THREE CENTS
With few exceptlona tha price guarantee Lowdon tho North Da-
of gaa was hiked here thro, cent, kota delcfation at tho republican
per gallon Monday, retailing now . national convention.
*5 f? 1 *R? “5 1 * tompany’’ filling I ■ Work was started,at tho same
stations for 22 cents p«r gallon. ! time among th, three senatorial
Tho hike hero followed a similar candidates, William Curtis and
one In Atlanta and other centers | Watson, for an alliance which
In tho state. would hold out to tho last against
iTi™*IU r '#5? ***? I th® Hoover movement.
" ^ “* MeanUmrv official information
Press was informed by North Da-’ While these agencies' active in
kotta congrcsaioual sources, that work which leads to attempts to
another H*orer opponent, former suppress Breakers and lecturers
Governor Lowdeu of Illinois, has deny ahat they disseminate 4 black-
mode conclusive arrangementa lista” against these speakers and
with state republican leaders to lecturers, the fact remains that
— - - lists of names nr* collected and
distributed and thnt thesn lists
station on Oak atrMt, near Carr’s
hlU, remained the same, IS cents.
This ia the dealer that has stead
ily mantalncd a lower price than
moat stations In Atlanta for the
past few yeari and who opened
here several weeks ago. /
wnrn;«fp
ST, LOUIS, Mo.—(UP)—^Colonel Charles A. Lind-
s plans for the future include a homecoming
ught over St. Louis Tuesday, a flight over his old
«*M, r °u te to Chicago next week, and little more.
1 really haven t .... ■ ■ - — — ..
came from the Treasury Depart
ment that Secretary Mellon,
pnniican leader of Pennsylvania, is
still or an uninstructed delegation
there. This Information was
elicited in answer to questions as
to whether the Secretary had
changed hia mind following Hoo
ver's announcement of hia can.
dldacy.
STAND TESTIFY Tfl
MAJOR SEAGRAVESI
D. C. STEPENSBN IS
TO BE ALLOWED TO
operate as blacklists.
Some blacklists went to the ex
tremity of describing Jane Ad-
dams as among "tho moat dan
gerous women in America." It i - . . ^ , . . . __
became clear from a brief scrut-j post of the American Legion M to-
Department adjutant Joe Carr,
Rome, and State Service officer,
; J. O. C. Blood worth, Atlanta, were
guests of the Allen R. Fleming
testified to his examhm.
tion of the mutilated body of-the
Parker child and Herman yuae*
chief of d tectjves, repeatedUp
toNM'mony of Hickman h sanity
trio 1 concerting the youth's tQHr
f.-^ion in full. , -7rJ.
Before passing sentence Jadfljfe
Trnh"rca overruled the (WWwe
motion for a new trial and aha
ov' rmbd a' motion alleging thl
^ont jurt'iHrtio* "ti
'«rmpnt. The eonrl
rr^de an nhf'vtlrv) by tlyfJ'A*
to the admission of aiti» af{
to fix the degree of the
crir*v».
Hickman was pallid and he *p-
! reared trrave as he was led from
» the courtroom. Hov%®»er, ten mto-
DAYTONA BEAC, Fla. -(UP) .‘ft
Stock car race, will fcatur; the ja „ n , y h , „ tnn)rt to ^ tor
opening Wednesday of the Inter-. newn cnme.am*n in the contrtoom.
national Spc e d trials. | Hickman will b* handed tmleta
Two events are schedul d for attorneys are successful to an
the day, a race for cars selling ®PP®aI to the state supreme court
for $1,000 or less and for cars] •
selling from $1,000 to $2,000.
Attempts to break the existing
automobile speed record, made last
year 'here by Major II. O. D. Sea-
graves, will Mart Friday.
Three cars are entered, ono of
them the English »';uilt ‘Bluebird/'
of Captain Malcolm Campbell.
J. M. White, of Philadelphia will
drive a 36-cyinder, 4-ton car, and
ths other American driver, Frank
INDIANAPOLIS, tod.— <UP) —
D, C, Stephenson, former Grand :
MAN 103 YEARS 0R-
AGE DIES MONDAY
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—YAP)
-—"Uncle Frank” Hughes, - aged
jn;t years, died at his homa tear
Trails End on the Cumh#hwd
Mountain near Foddy, MOintyi J
Lockhart, is entered in a specially afternoon. The old man retainod
built 16-cylinder car, The Black h)«* activity up to the very day ef
Hawk. I his death. He was especially-
The present world's xtraighta-' tor e«*e/t *» **’■ -
CTurn to page eight.)
WASHINGTON. -(DP)-
NEW OWNERS TAKE
OVER COACH LINE
ENTERING ATHENS
The Athens . Monroe - Atlanta
coach line which was operated by
tho McGuire Bus Lino and Geor
gia Coaches has passed Into the
hands cf now owners—Tho Dixlo
Safety Coach Lines, Inc., and tlicir
busses will be operated over this
route and for the present on tho
same schedules.
Tu " terminxl is located
at 187 Clayton street, convenient
to hotels and tho shopping district.
A representative of the Dixie
Safety Coach Lines. Inc., was In
tho city today, and Is speaking of
tho service said:
. Dixie Safety Coach Lines will
nerve the public with adoquato
flower garth, aii
| .. hich were attracUft
membership meetings that aro be- Klati, may tell the tnslde slroy graves is 203.79 miles per hoar. 1 piece; in his section of the eonfi-
ing held. Dan Sowers, Legion of his relations with Governor Ed Tho trials beginning Friday will ty. The burial took place Toes-
head,,tarter, officer, who was to last ovrr^pericd.of^wcck. day, --*4-
iny of these various incidents' day night at another of the special „ - raK i n ' of liana K« Klnx way .pied record, made by Sea- I "Piary,
that there was an organized ef- *—*-■ “— •*— — - - • •• 1
fort to Interfere with the activi-
period of a week. day,
mV* Tuesday In Jackson r
. „ ... . m r*^ Tiipsday in JacKson a trial
deliver an address, was unable to on charge , of „ rlberJr , ud coa .
attend on account of being call* B piracy.
ed to the west on business. Tho • 8 *v , '*H;Iona nf the defense,
district meeting was postponed 01. Judge McCabo permitted Stephen,
account of tho extremely bad we i- son~brcught here from the stato
(her that prevailed all during the prison to testify—to answer
day.
Tho meeting was attending by a
largo number ot local Leghnnatres
and In addition to hearing Mr.
Woodworth's talk on claim* and
compensation Mr. Carr add re nod
the meeting from a Department alleged conspiracy. It was an out-
and convention viewpoint. It was standing victory for tho state,
reported that the membership 1
question which opened the way for
the whole stfrv of Klan influence
In Indiana politics. . , |
Tho Tiling defeated a defenso
attempt to apply the statute of
limitations to exclude Stephen. |
eon’s testimony as it related to tho j
^>1, — |'*tau.i, - vvu -! „ . , — .... -
r!I5 •mbtawulor said frankly, mod- { certain extent. It Is to perfect tecUve. for honesty and Integrity,
' ffiPitu’ltiir (via ' mnditlnn nnd li.n« minv tnnM ftv"_
United State, senator, testified service and most modern equlp-
tn the 8lncIair-Burns contempt pt tho iowe*t possible rate.
Transportation by metor coach
haa become a recognized and per-
trlal Tueeday that the reputation
p_.i eum liOIIU/, IBW- wkwsaia, IL n IJf JIL***'-'
linn. r° on i ,,t,>rv icw following his condition and haa many more fly-
wrriag return hero after a 1.250; tog hour* to It.”
H. no f.^ l0 P fI, 8ht from Havana. | The trip from Havana to 8t.
J* J® continue In an advisory’ Louis, Lindbergh was "without
Pan* 1 / wllh ,,1 ‘‘ OugKonhem tocldent” except for rough weather
J a / or *he promotion of avia- most ot the way. Frequently he
2?* “® and ^ultimately" will was unable to see the ground, oc-
Sp,rlt of Lculs to the caslonally flying "just over tho
d^i i n * au I,utI tute. He was In- tree tops” and on other occasions
llstfmt a * >oa * w hen he would re. flying "perhaps at 6.500 feet". Th«-
QUlsh charge of hie lntemation. plane functioned perfectly, Hnd-
,f famous plane however. ing him here at 5 p. m., fifteen
t ” ka« flown 481 hours since hours and thirty-five minutes after
• «'Ing San Diego”, he said, "and he left Havana.
woa "good 1
The senators, James E. Watson,
Indiana, republican presidential
candidate; George H. Mote, rc-
pubMcan, New Hampshire; Presi
dent Pro Tempore of the a*nate
and Samuel Shortbrldge. republf
monont factor Tn the nation’s alJ-
yoar around transportation serv
ice.
The Dixlo Safety Coach Lines
will strive to give tho kind cf ser
vice and the character of *ervlce
have long desired. We will also
furnish the most modem equip-
can, California, said they were • nient, most suitable schedule* and
ptrohal friends of Hums. ! best service that Is poatible.
Senators Royal Copeland and ' Patronage plays a vital part ln
Robert Wagner, demccrats. New transportation service and wo
York. later testified they knew h"pe that It will merit the best
Burns and that hta reputation for I character of service in the
Intcrgrity was ‘■good.” 8outh.'* . _
i ■* ~~~ s ♦
tho post had increased one hun
dred per cent since tho drive be-
yan the first of tho month n.id all
indications pointed to a largo en-
ro'lment before the convention
dates arrive.
A special conference was held
with the adjutant by R. O. Arnold,
who has been named convention
chairman of the local post, and W.
L. Erwin, local ccmmandcr, and
with the information secured
committees and plans will be
launched at once and an effort
made to secure the annual meet
ing here in July, one of the larg
est nnd most successful yet held
by the Georgia Legionnaires.
Major F. W. Whitney, district
executive committeeman, is plan
ning to call another district meet
ing at an early date when plans
will he made to secure the ro-op-
cratlon and support of all the r t
posts in the district for the con-1 Of the fifty-one miners entomb-
vention. The meoting Monday! c fter fire broke out Friday
ght woa hold at the Holman morning, twelve were rescued
Hotel. _ I alive.
E DEATH TOLL
0UNT5 TD 25,
LITTLE HOPE
TIMMINS. Gnt—- (UP) — Tito
dnth toll in the HolUngcr Consol
idated Gold Mine disaster stood at
tw.nty-fivo Monday.
Durin:; tho night sixtera hod ire
wore recovered in .ddition to
sown already found. Fourteen
men still were trapped on the 650
foot .level nnd hope thnt they
might be aliv. was .11 but .ban
ROMAN FORUM SUCCESSFUL IN;
CAMPAIGN TO OBTAIN DEATH OF
BISHOP VALENTINE, GUILTY O lF
MARRYING YOUTH AGAINST LAW
BY DAN MAGILL
According to investigations
made >-.y a committee of which I
am chairman, comprising equal
parts of the Lion, Kiwanis, Ro
tary and Woodmen of the World
Comm .rcial clubs, St. Valentine''a
I)uy began several rears ago one
day in Rome.
It seems thero were two lovers,
ono named Mike and tho other
named Isaac. Mike told Pat that
he was against the 18th amend-
m nt and then the row started.
The argument went on and on
until finally little Jack reached thx>
top of the beanstalk, stopped his
car, went insid , where he found
two people.arguing over Compan
ionate Marriage. The whole mat
ter was referred to the committee
on immigration which proceeded
to kill it
Other Versions.
Of course, there is another st«-ry
that ha'* com? down to us about
St- Valentine’s Day which, al
though it agrees with the above
revelation in the essentials, varies
KMqwhrt' from 4 la cegard to
i the details. According to tk® Vty*
sion the Irish, who did not tafro
an 18th amendment, or any ftlftfr
kind of Amendment, kept teotaflf
a lot of snakes. The mattar wot
brought to the attention of Bona*
tor Heflin, of Alabama, and ha
got light in behind the snakes and
drove them all out of Ireland. * *'
There are various other versions
of St. Patrick’s Day—I mean 8t
Valentine’s Day, ft>ut it nroboMy
•n’t matter. The question for
to decide is not whether 8fc»
Valentine did or did not do so-afed-
<>o or thus-and-thus. I look at 8t
Valentine’s Day just like I look at
Ground Hog Day. Many people
ridicule Ground Hog Day. They
claim it’s out of dab*. They con-
ti*"d that the world has proCTeon
cd to the point where we ought to
do a wav with Ground Hot? Dh3f.
^•vh radicals should |S e locked ttp-
They would forever be advocathtjt
hnnee end the destruction of-oh*
-r^at idoal without anvthtaf. toi
>ut in its place. Evon ff wf toS
has f»*r actually observed m
a nw aoAM,. .j-..