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THE WEATHER:
Fair Monday night and Tu«
Little ehango In trmperaeur.
IDDLING .
DEVIOUS CLOSE
ATHENS, GA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER-12, 1923,
Single Copies 2 Cents. S Cents Sunday.
SHOWERING RUIN AND DEATH
Three hundred or more
Georgia realtors will
meet in Athens this week
for the\ eighth annual'
Tomorrow is “School Day” and official ope
day for tKfc Clarke County Agricultural p.nd In
trial Fair, which has stretched its five big exhibi
tents on the Shackelford property just outside
city limits on the Mitchell’s bridge highway wh
too, Shesley’s Shows will begin playing toni
u/finn ihn miilnMiw will hn ,' n .All..
convention of the Georgia
Real Estate Association,
which ccr.yenes Thursday
j and will rtiri through Sat-
I urday. f
Headquarter* for the Conven
tion will be at the .Georgian Hotel
| where* the meetings will be held.
The Athens Re*1 Estate Beard ii
host to. the convention.
The convention program lists
some of the st&te’a outicandinq
citizen^' for addresses inc'uding
R. C. Norman, state tax commis
sioner. Wart* Wight, pieVdent At
lanta Real Eatate Board, James B.
Neviri. editor Atlanta Georgian;
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president
State College cf > Agriculture;
Chip j Rebel t», industrial engineer.!
Thu full program for the con
tention will be published tomor-
1 The entertainment program in*
eludes the Georgia-L. S. IT. fcot-
bail game Sa.li’uay afternoon at 3
o’clock. Athens members of the
Georgia Ileal Eatate Association
1 ave been preparing for the con
vention for son.e lime anil it is
expected to ice one of the best
exer held in the stale. Marshall
Luis of Mpcon is president of the
association and V7. T. Ray of At li
ens Is a director. ,
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WASHINGTON.—(UP)—Speak
ing i,t ceremonies held by the
American Legion here Sunday
night In obcerrancee ot the tenth
•nnlferufy of ihv Armistice,
President Coolldstc deplored the
.lack ot mutual underattnd'ng ha.
'tween the United States and En
robe and atreaaed the need ot
addl|kmal - cruisers to strengthen
tha Am»p|pan naval trtmn
all competlt'on. world' standards other com
of delensd require us lo lmve eluding a
{ more cruisers.’’ the President -* ■’
said. - f ■ ■ /’ii t>-j - J
lAgaln. aficr pointing out tbo
Inadequacy of tho regular army.
! and calling attont'on to America'a
long coastline, outlying posses
sions and foreign commerce and
. Investments, Mr. Coolldgo said:
"Haying few fueling stations,
wo reqtl're ships ot largo tonnage,
and baring acareely any ' mer-
It Is Peace, Not Victory
That Must Be Conserved,
Dr. Coulter Declares
This striking picture of a vejeano eruption shows Ml. Vesuvius.
ML Etna's firry neighbor. In act!an. Deep, rumbling explosions me-
compsay, the flow of lava from the smoking crater. The lower pic
ture shows a wall of moving lava, pushing irresistibly onward at a
speed of about fire miles an hour any burying everything in its
WEST SAYS LEAf
OF OIL FIELD
' IS INVALID
ULRni\L, 10 ULHli
Mr. I!. L. Br.imblett, aged HO, warships than a nation having
ell known Clarke county citizen *hcso advantages.
cd at his home on tho Princeton . ... ...
~d Sunday morning at 2:20 a. ,,. In 1 5°^ u n dmR „ rfXic which
alter a short 11 ness. Washington conference, which
. , . , reached an agreemen; for .capital
Funeral services were conducted J rp i f .m carriers, to-
,„.uuy auariu.cn nt 2 o’c.ocK „ r* v , ith ^ maximum unit
»“ u,u *“•*•* h0 “» of J ** Mwr * icnncge, and maximum calibre cf
-a dilutes, ikw. Utotgt htone, 'j cruisers, the President c, . er 7P' w>d !?*,W
Aiiwau; minister, conaucUu urn •*«.». of oil would ( t sttpnjd at
interment was ux rrm.u-r ai<u Mpnday, November 10. .
i cemetery, v tib tuu loiiowing 1 “It no doubt haa some agnifl- 7n a dee^icn rimUr to tbar
libearers; Messra. dames Alien, ct.net that foreign governments which ho le ontly held Jnvanp
iliiam Aden, Joseph Ai.en, Ar- made agraomenta limiting that, rontnrt held ey the Harry..
At Duncan, Dove Dramoltet and clasr of combat veasela in which! £ nelalr frtereits from royalty
arlie bramblctt, nil nepnews. we were superior, but refuaed In tha 8alt Creek field. Attorn
intLers oi the Woodmen of the limitations in tho clast in which General Sargent declared the C.
)rld, Odd Feiicwa, Knights of they were supehot. We made, a!- Creek agreement waa ttlagaf fc
thias and Ku Klux Klan acted together the heaviest sacrifice in cauae it Containedl a clause prjvii
honorary paikearen.. He was rcrapping work which was already the Lewlstvwn Oil and Ref inn
member of all theae Order. in existence. That should forever Company *n option cf renewar p
dr. Bramblett waa Cleri; of the remain yet only a satisfaction to provided for in the advertiseme
>odmen of the World at die time ourselves, but n demonstration to for bids,
hit death. He was one cf the others of our «ood faith in ad* Secretary West had asked f
it known citizens of the county, vocating the principles of limita- the option after Mr. Sargent bi
rinif fwon in hiinlr.no may Ath. Ham* 1 fTam to DIK9 five.J
MT. ETNA—A TERROR FOR 25 CENTURIES
Sic&an Volcano, Again Active, Has Spewed Forth
Death and Destruction Since Before the Days of
Christ—Built Island It Now Devastates.
Historian Points Out in[ JUROR TELLS OF
oSwl c v A T d r d / a c il 8 h“, offer made IN
Outlawry Treaty Has ctcd/adt r A cc
Yet to Run Gauntlet of OltWAKl lAot
Senate.
i WASHINGTON. -(UP)— The
Declaring tbxt the recent proxpectiv. Juror called to
"Treaty to Oufaw War haa rot th ® box Monday at Uie opening)
to run the gauntlet of the Amor. 0i tii “ lr ** 1 oi nuoorl W.'*u»o.i. •
lean Seoa o," Dr. E. M. Coulter. Slamlard Oil iu_«nure, on a c.iargv I
professor of hlstcry In the fTnl- P w ‘J-ry, aaiaruoil Monony uv 1
vorsity of Georgia, In the Armle. w ** »- D P r “ ched Sun <lMf tar a
t’co Day address at the Unlver- *)*“¥? *“?, »““<* “*“» 11 hv i
Blty Chape’ today at noon point- , iSLSv ’ o »• i .
ed out mat In calling «r largar ]
armaments yesterday. President XK,i„V!!!? n himaelf as
reJec: * ,h ' ,p,rit jtSlico Bailey elicited the Infer- ;
0, rn- h »■. fl.iHre.. wM«h ‘tat the myitenous quet- 1
S 11/ . li#ner w *» • bout 21 year, old, >
S'™ rTpMa L , f„ , !* ? r n,p,eidoncd ’ ,nd worenc •
(By NEA Service)
RbME.—Mount Etna, the erfa-
tor and the destroyer of the . Is
land * of 8ic^y. is aubsidlng after
another of its periodical ram<a-
page*. The old, familiar story
of destruat on and death, rolling
forth from its fIre-itainlu mouth,
la getting another rt.(#l^nx.
For nearly 25 centuries Etna
fcas taken a more or Wd| gegwlT
to’l of ihe lives and property of
the peop’e who Uve near it. The ;
poet Pindar, wr'Ung nearly 500
years before the Christian era,
•poke/ of the violence and des- ,
tfuctivenefls.of its eruptions; and 1
since then the story has been re- I
Mated more timea than anyone
SicJJy have never been tree from
tho menace of the towering moun
tain. *
In the yean 122 A. D. t for In
stance, the Roman empire remit,
ted SicRy's taxes for a decade
because of damage caused by an
eruption.
Again, In J169 a flood of lava
destroyed the cathedral at Cata
nia, chief city of Sicily, killing
hundreds of worshipers and the
bishop who was ofllc'ating there.
Five hundred years later a tre
mendous wall of lava came down
on the city like a moving moun
tain, destroying a large part ot
the cl|y asd ruining the harbor.
' (Turn to page five.)
for peace made by Woodrow WH-
* son sopn after the World War.
I Dr. Coulter spoke after the
Military Review on Herty f'eld In
which Ihe Cavalry and Infantry
R. O. T. C. at the University
took part.
j In the chapel. Dr. E. L. HIU,
• pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, delivered the invocst'on
and the benediction. Selections
by MI»s Lucy McDermed on the
’University’s pipe'organ contribu
ted to the program. After the
* National '{Anthem, Taps was
sounded r by Prof. R. T. Dottery.
Dr. Coulter was introduced by
L. D. Penny, commander of the
Allen R, Fleming Post of the
American Legion.
A resumo of Dr. Coulter's re-
marks foBows;
‘ Ten years ago the greatest
war In all the history of the
world came to an end. A little
more than eleven years ago the
United States entered that war.
It Is not by accident—It Is ndt
without significance that .it fs the
former event which we celebrate.
We celebrate this day because It
means peace. We pay tribute to
those who gave up their lives, we
place a wreath to the!r memory.
We also dedicate our country to
Yet 'll Etna turns parts of
Blc'Jlr, now and then. Into
acorfched, lava-buried desolations.
Etna perhaps has the right; for
It was Etna, that built Sicily iu
the first place.
Vaeano Built Island
Red Cross Opens Drive
Here; Announce List
Of Local Workers
Tickets For Last
Game Are Selling
Vaeane Built laland
hong, lour ago, probably be
fore men appeared on tbe earth
at’all, there wax no land where
B'cilp now i». The aen rolled
then unbroken.
FUr beneath the bottom of thU
aea,.aubterraneen flrex were gen
erating a long eerlee of expltw-
lone.' They foread the ,#ea floor
np.'and little hE Utile tbruit a
cone-shaped, rocky ixlet above tbe
irarface—the commit of Mount
Etna.
This new ieletvwaa ea active a
volcano aa the world had seen.
Ue eruptions were violent end
frequent. Each one poured forth
a new stream of molten lava,
bul'ding the cone higher and
higher, end each time adding a
little to tho -black beach that be
gun to take form at its base. .
* in the bourse of thousand* of
Ticketa -for tho final football
game of the year on Sanford Field
went on sale Monday at Coxta'e
cafe. The game will be playeu
here Saturday between Georgia
and L. S. U., and will begin i.t
3:00 o’clock. The ticketa are
(2.60 each.
Thix will be final appearance
here of a number of Georgia
players. Including Dudley. Me.
entry, Johneoh* Hooke, Lautxeu.
User, Jacobson and a number o! (
c:bera. i
The Bed Croxu asks Athena for
$8,000. The are! age citizen who
contributes, wants to know what
goes with hia money, and this is
Pifty cents nut ot every mem-
berxhii.—whether «ueh member-
shi- ii $1 or $100—la sent to the
National organisation for use
wherever it.may he needed in em-
ST0CK EXCHANGE
AGAIN BUSY AS
ISSUES GAIN
W.M. BRYANT IS IN
RACE FOR CO.
TREASURER
NEW YORK.—<AP)—The pub
lie’s mad scramble for xiockt
again overwhelmed the facilities
of the New York Stock Eachange
Monday, more than 30 issues to
record n-w high. More than JO
issues prices on gains from a few
cents to $13.25 a share.
The advance was by no mcan» J
uniform, Montgomery Ward, a re
cent favorite, dropping $13 a)
share while nearly a score of oth
ers fell back from $2 to $7 a share '
Orders poured into the market in .. — . —.
such volume tint tbe ticker ha! commission. *
fallen nearly a hour behind thei Mr. Bryant’s entry Is th
market early Monday afternoon ond made for the olace,
with sales averaging around 1,-, Smith, Jr„ having announcer
000,000 eharea an hour. [candidacy several days ago.
hut assigned no cause. The boat’?
position wna given as latitude
37,35 north and longitude 71.03
west.
The freight steamer Newton, ut
latitude 38.25 mirth and longitude
73.31 west, wirelessed to the Radio
Marine Corporation that it had re
ceived the SOB and was ready t'.
go to the ship’s assistance.
' A radio message from Cantain
Cary raid the Beatrix had listed 30
degrees and was standing on its
beam end, unable to make any
progress. Cary raid the sea was
moderately rough.
At 11:12 u. nu the following
radio message was received from
Captain Cary:
“We will have to taka to life
boat! «4 any minute."
ergency calls.
Tha balance Is aped in Athens.
Many local distress calls came
to the attention of individual citt-
> sens with requests for aid, in the
form of money, or food, or cloth
ing. Many of such appeals come
from individual* or families un
known to the person who is being
naked for help. Many of them
represent real distress and deserve
help. Some arc fraudulent.
The Red Cross headquarters at
som t,ran berry passcu away ceuay
foUowtng operation. the principles of."?"? ® nd
___ eousnesa for which they fougnt
The above brief dispatch will and died, Otherwiae we break
br.ng r.orrow to hundreds of Ath-, faith w’th them,
eniitns who have become ao attach-1 ‘‘America tried to reman Bett
ed ta Mr. and Mrs. Cranberry' tral to tbe gigantic upheaval, we
during their connection with the hoped lo act as peace-maker and
Summer School here the {that sev-. savo the world from aelt-deatnic.
end years. I (Turn to pa*e fire.)
the Court House keeps Index file
reconJi of every needy cute of
charity that is brought to its at
tention—not only local cases, but
tho “traTeUmg 1 ’ variety also, that
impose on the generosity of th*
charitably inclined in other States