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The Weekly ~v ESTABLISHED 183k ATHENS, GA:, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1920. ESTABLISHED 1832 ATHENS MAY HELP HE WAS YOlfe 50 SUNG PAPERS II DEVELOPE PORTS OF SOUTHERN STATES ♦ PLAN TO ORGANIZE COX ♦ ♦ CLUB IN ATHENS ♦ e Col. Dorsey Davis, a well ♦ I ♦ known attorney of this city, lias ♦ | ♦ suggested to Tito Banue&the or- ♦ i e .. r\cnL !♦ sanitation of a "Cox Club" In ♦ bpeciAf Meeting Of Chamber ♦ this city. The 'suggestion is* Of Commerce Today For Discussion. Ed. C. Paine, Who Sold Pe pera With Cox In Midle- ton, Is In Athens. “A SPLENDID BOY” Is Old Friends’ Estimate Oi Man Who Will Be Next Ui S. President. DEMOCRAT NOMINEE MR. HALE WLL SPEAK X ‘REGULAR FELLOW’i Chamber Also Plans To En- FROM A TO IZZARD Govprnor Cox Spends Thurs day Near Boyhood Home With Reporters. tertain Arkansans And Summer School.. When a lad In knee pants, carrying n route fpr his hometown paper.) dream* of the White House played through the mind of James Middle- ton Cox. three-times governor ol Ohio and Democratic nominee for president, according to Mr. Ed ('. I'aine, a native of Middletown. ()., and boyhood chum of the nominee, who was In Athens yesterday. Mr. Paine Is a well known business man anil prominent In Masonic circles. The rise of Governor Cox to his present position of national proml- I„.i,ce anil his probable further rise to the highest office in the gift of the American people will be no result of . banco, but the fulfillment of an am bition fostered since childhood, ac cording to Ills boyhood chum. It was learned yesterday by a rep resentative of The Banner that Mr. Paine was front the home town of th Democratic nominee for the deucy and when “CAMPS OUT” FOR DAY noon oil a farm- his boyhood home thirty-six miles from Dayton. . Newspaper men who trailed the gov ernor found hitn with his coat off roasting potatoes and broiling lanth chops over a comp fire in a small ravine some distance from his odl homestead. His farm manager was with him. Taking the Intrusion of news writers pros!-) good naturedly, Govertior Cox Invited ailed upon anil ask- them to share the luncheon he was i-il to verify the report, Mr. Paine told preparing, hut, finding it would take of his boyhood days'and those of i more than he had, he sent to Middle- -Jimmie" Cox, as he was familiarly [ ton for mora . Luncheon finally was railed by his playmates and asso- ; seI . ve( | | a t e ,,, t |,p afternoon, elates even after ho had grown to j \y hj | e tlle potatoes wore roasting manhood. „ _ 'anil chops cooking, the governor uns In Middletown, O Jlnirme Cox rp( , many questions concerning Ills ami Eil Paine were chums The first boyhood whlch , le spent on the mg the® dX Signal? the leading farm and also discussed many phases mg mo .-I- 1 .. n of farming. suggestion, Athens’ part In the movement throughout the South Atlantic states to open their five principal ports to extensive foreign trade will be deter mined at the special meeting ef the Chamber of Commerce at 5 o’clock litis afternoon, called yesterday by j President J. \V. Jarrell, Jr , of the _ c • •- i I Chamber, at the request of Mr. llarry- Says He Will Give Early | Hodgson, one of Athens’ largest Answer To Question On j Mathew Hale, of 4he Prohibition Stand. ' Scuth Atlantic States Kxport Corpora j lion, will address the meeting and i outline the plans of his company In (By Associated Press.) developing the ports of Savannah. Dayton. Ohio, July 8.—Putting aside ( Brunswick, Jacksonville, Wilmington he cares of being a presidential nomi- and Charleston. Mr. Hale spoke to nee. Governor Cox spent this after- the directors of the Chamber at a ' meeting last month and secured their unqrulllied endorsement of *the pro ject. # Is Southern Organization. The corporation which Mr. Hale beads is being financed almost exclu slvely by large shippers from Oeor gla, Florida and North and South'Car olina. Shippers of Atlanta, Macon. Augusta. Brunswick, Savannah, and other cities, have invested largely in the company. Support is sought from inland cities with interest in export to Europe and South America. Tae corporation wjkulri divert al 4 timely and. no doubt, a member* 4 ♦, ship ot*several thousand narties ♦ ♦ could bo secured .readily. 4 ♦ While this city land county is 4 4 overwhelmingly Democratic, yet 4 4 the organisation of a club would ♦ ♦ create Interest' and enthusiasm 4 4 for the Democratic nominee for 4 4 tlie presidency. ♦ 4 It is understood that a mass 4 & meeting of the citizens will be 4 4 called early next week, at which < 4 time a club will be organized < 4 and the banner bf Democracy *;• 4 spread to the breezes to encour- < 4 age the greatest "victory the 4 4 country has ever known for ttye 4 4 Democratic party.. 4 SENATE AGREES TO A REFERENDUM ON CAPITAL REMOVAL Macon Bill Is Passed Yester- • day By Vote Of 26 \p 22 In Senate. THIRD PAR1Y MOVEMENT GETS KLT HOUSE ACTS TODAY *♦♦**♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ HEALTH BOARD HAS PLAN FOR FUTURE Dixon Resolution Provides For Vote Frqm People On September 8. TO MUTE. LEAK! OF P» ..i-wspaper of tbut place. ’‘Jimmie ami -Ed’’ sold papers together, they went to the same school, played, eat and slept together and were fast fi lend*, That friendship has lasted all through life and when It was an nounced that the Democrats! ol the nation had chosen ’’Jimmie" to lead Democracy to victory this fall, "Ed immediately telegraphed him congrat- ulationH. _ , ... •“Jimmie* Cox," Bald Mr. Palno. is cue of the finest fa ll ’ u t Y lUou; he was one of the best boys I ever knew end our relations were as close a*-brothers. Aftet I had grown up, 1 secured a portion In the postnffleo In Middletown, the postmaster being Mr John O. Baker, an uncle ot •Jimmie’*.’ I held the position for twelve ycurs and after that catn-i South. ."I remembor as well as if it was >ir,terday. cold and bleak morning-* would find ’Jimmie’* and inn on the streets of Middletown, selling th* Signal.' He was a splendid boy and , hard worker. He is a man qualified of farmin At the governor’s “Pasture Club" was formed consistln of the governor and the news writers with* Miss Marjorie Wilson, of Cleve land, the only woman reported pres : ent, as president. She was unanimous ly elected after being nominated by Governor Cox. Cox intimated tonight that he may make an early reply, to the telegram from Richmond Pearson Hobson Anti Saloon Loaguo header, requesting d States Kxport Corporation is organ definite statement as to his position on enforcement of prohibition, and or possible congressional action tc* modi fy the Volstead act as to alcoholh ontent. WORK IS BEGUN ON TEMPORARY BRIDGE OVER OCONEE RIVER in every Contractors Expect To Com- the best president it has ' Mrs. Snow Outlines Plans Of Husband To Cause Her Death pletc Bridge Before Last Week Of July. Work began yesterday on the tern- entry Mitchell’s Bridge over the rone'* river, it was Staten at the minty commissioners' office. Material | has bron secured In sufficient amount •0 Iroure steady progress after c'ou- | ^ruction started and the contractors . A-.e.i-ted Press.) . ! -xp-ct to fulfill the agreement to have <*y *** . . q . presenting ! the temporary-bridge ready for use Washington, Jul> • * tlmt j within two weeks after work begins. testimony to support hi r chare The old Mitchell's Bridge, whicl, her divorced husband . « ‘' | wa ,. t destroyed when the Oconee river ri.now, wealthy patent attorney j rosp wi(b umlRUa i rapidity last De- Washlngton, had instigated a plot ' nemlK-r. will (be permanently replaced eml her life, Mrs. Addis Hubsrt Snow j wf(1| a concre te - h " m ’ tn at a preliminary hearing today in fe< n i preliminary — cral police court outlined three n.eth ods she alleged he had coiisiilorcu. Mrs. Snow testified that Mrs. E n. P. Acker, private detective, who w Snow and Hugh M. Eongdcn a rhauf four, bail been arrested on the chnrg of being Implicated In th* alleged Rplracy. had confessed Shat one . waS to bring about her fall from » h g1 elllf. Another method discussed, . I Snow said, was to poison her. at' 1 other was to drug her during nn aut mobile rldo and make It appear tha alio had been killed by accident. Negro Whose Pistol Killed Parnell Boy Is Released On Bond structure built withstand anv possible water pres sure. The building of the permanent bridge, which will take 120 working days, lias not yet been begun, but ma terials are being gathered as rapidly as congested railway conditions and general shortage of material will permit. . The Foundation Company of New Yoik, w-.iich is finishing Its work now on th - Costa ice cream factory and has start,d construction on tho Athens General Hospital, will build botli the temporary and permanent Mitchell’s Bridge. The cost to the tax payers of Clarke county is cstl mated at $00,000. The opening of the temporary Mil chell's Bridge, probably on July 21st. will give easy access to Athens to hundreds of people on the west side of the Oconee liver who Im-c been comp* liv’d to make long detours to reach the city during the last months. six Harwell Lee. the negro "to P 1 , tol caused the death last week or little Wallace Purnell when It *» accidentally discharged, was reeast I yesterday afternoon front the t urs county Jail under a MOiilbomL Bond was assessed by Judge T. B. \ t.n a charge ot carrying a . ealed and without license, the fharg made In the warrant on negro was arrested after the The little Parnell boy was Infant Son of Capt. And Mrs. McGarrigle Dies Here Yeterday through the head and totally Injures! H ^ e " “ ".^“'"wT'trockffi which of Get tol, was thrown off a truck in the negro had been riding, and _the pistol exploded when Jt struck i ap on the street . sew accident o~- The Par The death of the Infant sop of Cap tain and Mrs. McGarrigle yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock will be a source of deep regret to the many friends j the rouble. Captain McGarrigle mmnndant at the University orgia last year. I services will be this morn ing at 10 o’clock at the residence on Oakland avenue Father Clark, of St. losenh’s Catholic Churclt officiating. shipments r-cm me South to Europe and South America that are now- routed railroad through New York City, and handle tjiein through the five South Atlantic ports. If univer sally followed*this plan would -not only save Southern shippers liugi; sums In ffeight charges for tfic sev eral hundred superfluous miles they are now sending their products, but would relieve* the railroads of an enormotiB amount of freight and help pravent freight coSkestion; such as they are now suffering. Southern manufacturers and shlp- pois cannot now route their products to foreign markets directly through the flvo Southern port3 because there Is no'export company organized to handle them. Tho South Atlantic ized to secure direct markets In for elgn lands for such products. Athena Is Interested. The direct Interest that Athens has 111 an organization such us the on to be considered by the Chamber or Commerce today was Illustrated at the previous meeting ut which Mr. Hall spoke, by Mr. Walter B. Hodgson, wh. Hated that tho company with which he was connected lmd been forced to give up trade with South America and Cuba because loss of. time and the expense' Incurred In shipping to Cuban and South American porti •hrough New York made It unprollt able. president Jamjll last night urged ill members of the Chamber of Com •nerce, ns well as all directors, to ut tend the meeting tills afternoon "Every big business man has a dlrec’ 'ntorest in the principal subject fo: lisbusaton," Ho said. OthedThings to Be Considered. Plan* for the reception of the party of Arkansas farmers and business men who will he In Athens on August 3d and for aiding in tiio entertain -lit of tliV Summer School students bfi discussed again at the meet Ingtoday. TBe Chamber has Commerce been active this spring and summei in doing things to advertise Athens favorably and the officers and di -ectors are determined to contlpui the work as vigorously as the sup port given by the city allows. Mem lers of the Chamber ure especially unions to make a success of tlie "Ar kansus travellers" reception and ol ho Summer School entertainment. The Arkansans v w-lio will corns hrough Athens to siutlv cotton, fer tllizer. the State College of Agrlcu’ ture anil the section Irt general, wjl be In a position to advertise Allien- with considerable s-ffect If a sufficient ly favorable Impression Is made upo - them to make them feel like doing it tceordlng to one member yesterday They Include other Southern cities it i heir tour and cover a great deal o terr|tor>- between Athens and |"hont- again. Young men and young women fror not only Georgia, but South Carolina Florida and Alabama, are In attend tnce at the University Summer Schoo and will not only want to return nex /ear themselves, hut bring others a: veil If they are made to feel the rlendstiip the city bears for them luring their slay here. The Chamber if Commerce 13 determined to exert Itsel fto glvo the students an en joyable time. , f SAROLYN COBB TO GIVE READINGS AT CHAPEL FOR SUMMER SCHOOL STUOENTS -Miss Carolyn Cobb, well known dramatic readet* and entertainer, will -rive a program of readings at the col lege chapel at 8:30 o’clock tonight. The entertainment Is part of the reg-, liar schedule of Summer School dl versions and Is open to the public, as well as students. _ Miss Irma Seydel, violinist, was the uri-e.1 nn t uniDkfti street. The Far , .HIM". - - . n-onee cem- I Miss Irma Seydel. violinist, was the .11 boy nved about four hours after Untcrment *111 follow in Oconoo cam j 4nt#rt?ta#r on Tuetday .T.ntng. Th. Board Authorizes Doubling Of Plant Of City Sani tary Department. START THIS MONTH Plan Needed Par Two Years Says Sanitary Officer.. As littered streets and dirty alley3 lo not coincide with Clastfic City deals, tho Athens Board of Health id uttlng through Improvement plans alcul&ted to make Athens one of tho leanest cities In the South. The board has authorized the ioubling of the capacity of the prea- nt city incinerator and the addition f five, trash-wagons to the present quipment of seven wagons. With th*‘ tew plant, It is expected thut Athe'n < an be kept spick and span and In ier "Sunday clothes ’ all the time. Capt. J. AV. Bijrn* city engineer, ns ordered live .it'ilf' mules and ilVc jew trash-wagons for the city sanl- ary department ami stated yesterday hat an order would be placed for a tecond incinerator of approximately en tons per day capacity, In add!- Ion to the one of the same size li ise now. The present Incinerating plant, a< orjling to Mr. James H. Booth, city unitary ’inspector, lias been over axed for several years past by th. rash product of Athens. It has been turning approximately twelve tons j lay, nearly 20 per cent in excess o! ts guaranteed cutacity. * With the add*Hen of five new rash wagons, the city sanitary de tartment expects to be able to work it least double Its present speed lost of the time of the wugons hat- teen consumed for the last year ii doanhig out t.ie business districts saving little time for work in. tb esidcnce sections It is expected tha nch home can be visited monthly, o »ven hi-weekly, with tho new equir ment. Captrin Barnett stated yesterda- hat tho new wagons would probabl; >e placed in use before the end o ‘uly. The installation of the propose* ddition to the incinerating plant wil irobably take longer. In line with the plans of the Boari >f Health for cleaner streets. Chle >f Police Henry Beusse yesterday I* med orders that the parking ordi ances should be strictly enforced 01 Iroad street between College am .umpkin, where automobiles hav« >een parking against the curb of tn >ark down the middle of the street inder the shade of trees, instead of a he sidewalk curb. Tho practice ha- >een keeping the park littered, th >oltce say. fudge Hodges Calls Off Oglethorpe Court - To Let Farmers Work Judge Walter L. Hodges,. of th> Northern Judicial Circuit, has called -ff the adjourned term of Oglethorpe Superior Court, which was to have convened otrtl"- third Monday in this nonth, and no court will he held un 11 the regular September term, wlifc 1 ’ vllt convene on the thirtl/Monday tn September. This action was taken by Judge Hodges at the request of the court ifflelals and attertvys of Oglethorpe -ounty. The request was made In deference to the agricultural Interest of the county. The farmers of the county are ex pected to bo extremely busy during the next few weeks In boosting the I progress of the crops, which have all been delayed by bad weather early In the season. ’• (Special to Tfie Banner.") Atlanta. Ga„ July 8.—Overcoming what were seemingly Insurmountable obstacles springing from the strong edl organised and commercial tullii ences In the state, tlie Georgia Capital Removal Association's effort to sub mlt to a vote of t-lie people* of tho state the question of the lutitrc ot the state’s property, both' location and condition, was passed in the state senate today by a vote of 21 to 21. The fight which hnAbesu made on the legislation by lit" Anti-Capital Ue- nicVal, Association, t 1 branch of tile Atlanta Chamber Ol Commerce, has been relentless.afid without stint ip Leennpss and cunning. Iti the. process of legislative uction yesterday and, today every eonceiv "able effort was made to lustra/ lilt Jfxou resolution, froth .talking It to ieath to that old effort of loading It town with amendments and fJoke*. Not one ot the effort* carried, nnd front the beginnluj; of tho voting.Ip the end the support ot the measure never wavered. Senator . Fermcr Barrett, who was leader of the fight against the right ,)f the people to v6te on the proposi tion. sought first tn dtave the chair rule (he matter obt of consideration, ;i»hich tho chair declined to do. Ther 'as a final stab at the movement. M Barrett sought to apply a house tul, io the senate procedure, and endeat nred to have tho chair rule that the Dixon I resolution required a twe thirds vottruf the senate, which, again the chair declined lo do. The Dixon resolution Is a simple referendum of the question fo the Democratic white primary In Septem ber. It is clearly and fairly worded, md was drawn with a view to arnica oly Ironing out every possible objec tion Atlanta or any citizen la the state could ralfe, and* In truth, It did go that length, but yet Atlanta wouft not' agree to it. or to any proposition that would ever permit the question to get to the ballot box. They tit stated repeatedly, and it was »o roll -rated on tho floor of the senate to President Olive rejected Senate Barrett’s point on rules .and hyld tha tho resolution would pass With a sini ale majority. Despite this, ‘however 'he measure carried all tlie wa; through on a straight constitution:; majority of the total membership o tho senate, and has been Immediate)', transmitted to the aenato, In ordet :o prevent further diltatoiy tectlc being practiced by the opponent*, - When Senator Fowler, father of th novement throughout the Whole o. he long fight, asked unanimous con tent for Immediate transmittal Sen -tor Barrett objected, but later with Irew his objection, and If took tha course, *, Ask House to Ac* Today. The measure Is in the house tc norrow mdhiing and will he refer re o a committee, whore ImmedleU.sc ion- is to be asked tor. - The proponents of the msaztire me ast night and selected hs a hous- steering committee composed ot A. F Anderson, of Jenkins, as floor leader f. 11. Miller, of Dodge: Lankford. -■ Toombs; Knight, ot Berrien, etn Pace, of Sumter. ’ This ip the sum irganlzatlon used' by the advocates It he last session of the assembly. In the senate tho light was ahl; ■onducted in behalf of tho fesuiutIn ly Senator Dixon, of MUlen; Sonato .antes J. Flynt, of Griffin, who mad he jnost powe -ful and telling spoecl n the government of people by pet ole; Senator Bowden, fit Wnycro- Jnnntne llurrlj flf f'rlult flflll ApflO Frank P. Walsh is being considered as a possible presidential nominee by IhA ^rnnamlttpu nt 4R ** which will hold' ttk national convention at Chi cago on Jtfly loth .with a view of put tine A third party in the fie(d.'* FEAR TROUBLE FROM Plans For Convention ^“Committee of 48’’ Being Perfected. ' INVITE ALL (LIBERALS Chairman Expects New Par ty To Gain Strength From Both Old Ones. (By Associated Press.) ’uly 8.*—Plans of Senator Dorris, of Crisp, and Senatu Dldur*. of Tattnall. The opposition was composed o Senators Glenn, Plitman, Nix, Steed Allen and Garrett, aided In confct -ncc by Attorney Bob Blackburn, . Dempsey Won’t Fight Carpentier Ill 192( French Champ's Contract Bsquire Title Bout Be Fought In Europe; Dempsey Won’t Go. next big feature Is the McEnten Players, who will present scenes from Shakespeare at the college Octagon next week. ^ (By Associated Press.) New York, July 8.—Chance of c championship bout between George- "arpentier, European heavywelgh ••Hamplon, and Jack Dempsey Is re warded as_ tmttkoly before next year If ever, Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s roan iger, said today after" a cdnferenc-- here with Carpentler’s manager. Kearns salj) that Carpentier is Ued up with a contract for the remainder of the year. The contract binding- Carpentier Is one signed with Charles Cochran, a London fight promoter, giving Coch ran an option o(*,(',urpentier's services all this year, and providing that when he fights for the title It must he In England or Franco under Cochran’r management. Kearns refused to 1 st Dempsey go to Europe to defend his title. Kearns said he Is preparing I a match between Dernpse/ ami | “Knockout" Brennan. The Time and place are as yet uuchosen. * Chicago. III., July 8.- group of liberal and radical organiza tions for jme united third party, with : candidates for president and vice-" presidents In the field, received a set back today when the Sipglc Tax party members announced that they would not support Senator LaFolleCte, of Wisconsin, who Is expected to be the choice sf other groups. 0 Plans for the 1 Committee of Forty- eight convention are going ahead and J. A- P- Hopkins, national committee man, who opened headquarters here today, predicted It would win strength from the Democrats"£s well bb ltepub- llcans.. “For the first time since the Civil War there will be a break In the Solid .Imttb." Arno* Ptucbot and George L. Re cord, of The Committee of Forty-eight, were In Madison, Wls„. todfiy con ferring with LAFollette, who received a majority of the mail straw voto of - (he party. The Committee, of Forty-eight and # ISIVPIA im lirvi/*llli Sinffie Tax party conventions open MIXED UP MEXICAN the L \ 1 ? r ^ Hie United States, another pros- PROVISION AI /70V'l pm-’rive member of a proposed third- rlVV V liJlUilAlj UU1 1 party combination, meets bore. i*W German Cabinet Meets And Many Irreconcilable Fac tions In Power. (By Associated Press.) the Northwest, i-par the Triple. Alliance of tl the National people ncsota, and the World War Veterans' National Public Ownership League have all been Invited to send fraternal •delegates to the conventions. Washington, July 8.—A conflict-of the Irreconclleable elements that -make ip the present regime In Mexico ir oertaln to break out In the near future gnaclo Bonillas, former Mexican. Am mssador to the United States, do . MAY rtUN PROHIBITION iBssauur in me uiiiwu oiuion, ui- -|, e prohibition National lared heni today ja’dluciwa;iiK_,Mexl Uocaunu both DomdbroU :an affairs and tbe rocept r'evolutlori Bonillas, who was a civilian candl’ late for 1 the presidency, was wltl President! Carranza during his fllghi rom Mexico City and 1 narrowly es -aped death himself after Corranzt mil been killed. He declared tluyt th- dexlcan people are tired ot rovolutloi nd military rule and that Genera Ibregon himself realized that, but )bregon Is not strong enough to hob sower during the protfacteO period o ♦construction. Plenty Of Coal On Tap, Says Director (By Associated Press.) I Washington. D. C., July 8.—Assur- uces of un adequate supply- of coal *br all domestic requirements during bo coming- months was given today ly George H. Cushing, managing dl- ectpr of th&- American Wholesale ’oal Association, who stated that re- iort8 of on impending coal Biortage ire unfounded. -• Cushing said "too much govern- uentul agitation of the danger of a amine” is the cause for the present lij^ll prices of coal. Lifting Embargo To Weaken Bolsheviki (Special to Tht Banner.) Wus^lngtcn, July 8.—IMiapprovai tho contritions of the Holshevik' hat trade omtiargoes had hamperei hom in the udml^tratlon and de elopment of tlie soviet government >f Russia is expected -by officials hen o result from the removal' today oi most of the restrictions on trude be ween the United Status am! Russlr. hat have been in force since the Bol ihevlk regime begun in 1912. Stay Quarantine On Plague-Ridden City Montgomery, July j.—Dr. S. W. Welch, state health officer of Alabama, wa satlvised this" afternoon by %ir geon Gt nenri Hugh Cummlag. of -the United States I’ubiic Health. Service that tho bubonic plague situation iti Pensaubla was Improving anil Gum ming requested a stay of action, look ing to a quarantine against Pensacola, for at least forty-eight hours. , A CORRECTION. • A story In yesterday’s Banner con cerning the collision between a po lice automobile anil a taxicab stated that the drlv.-r of tho taxi was a negro. That was a mistake. The driver wgs (Jay Cowden, a popular young Athens white man. Tho Ban ner regrets the mistake. CANDIDATE THIS YEAR. Chicago, July 8.—A prohibition tick et may be put In the field again this fall, according to annoudeement today by "Virgil G. Hinshaw chairman'of he Prohibition National Committee, i and -JlepuMk, i cans fulled to Indorse the eighteenth intendment. , - The question will 'be decided at the Prohibition National Convention In Lincoln, Nebrukd, July 21st. GERMANY WILL MAKE DECISION ON TREATY TODAY, SAY ALLIES German Cabinet eMets And Thinks Allies' Demands Over-do Treaty. . (By "Assoclstsd Press.) Spa. Belgium, July 8.—'TJ)# Joint al lied conference on the terms of tho peuce treaty reached another critical point today. The ,Germans have until noon to morrow to say whether they will ac cept the Foch-Wflson plan of*dlsar- mament. An alternative isasontalned In a specific threat that tho Elites will occupy ihe Ruhr district or other tori ritory If .Germany cannot gr dugs hot acc?pt. The German cabinet, of which seven ot the nine membdrs are here, held 1 meeting front 5:15 until 8 o'clock tonight, * No decision had been reaqh- •d when the council adjourned until tomorrow. The prevailing view among tho Germans was that the Allies had car- tied their demunds, particularly tho menace of occupying more German territory, much beyond and provision of the Versailles treaty and, alio, that the Allies are taking an aggressive (Asltlon not contemplated by any clause in the treaty. Two More Boys Join * Navy Frpm Section Around Athens Town • V M Applications for enlistment were received at the -Naval Recruiting Sta tion hero yesterday from Roy A. Gar rison of Jefferson, son ot Mr. James A. Garrison, prominent Jackson coun ty farmer, and Hubert Wllllamaqp, ot Logan, son if Mr. William B. wil- llamsoiJE well known Oconee county fartner. They will go tbl| week p> At lanta for final examination. Chief U. J1 Simmons, in charge of the local station, returned yesterday from Atlanta, where he attended a conference of all rdFrullingBa(Beers In th'e Atlanta district Mr. Simmons states that the number of enlistments hem have placed the naval station In the-“big five” of Georgia stations. In the samp class with Macon. At lanta. Augusta, Savannah and Co lumbus. ' f