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. Banner ESTABLISHED 183k ATHENS, QA., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1920. Leader Of Mine Unions Orders Strike Stopped Oh President Wilson’s Appeal President Appeals To Min ers To Fulfill Contract For Own Sake. ARREST PROFITEERS E HARDWICK-WATSON ON AUTO. TAG FUND BE Judge Cobb Orders Post ponement From Today To September 18. Tennessee Miners May Strike Because Owners Pay Too High Wages (By Atioclated Press.) Indianapolis,. July 30.—In compli ance with the wishes of President Wilson, President Lewis of the United Mine Workers will issue a mandatory order Ipstnjetlng all striking ntlnern ol Illinois and Indiana ,to return to work, it was announced here tonight. WILSON APPEAL8 TO SELF- * RESPECT OF STRIKERS Washington, D. C., July 30.—Presi dent Wilson, through the United Mine Workers of America, tonight appeal- Atlanta Legion Post Ap points Committee To Or ganiZe Opposition. (Special to The Banner.) Atlanta, Ga., July 30.—At a meet ing held here yesterday evening At lanta Post No. 1. American Legion, appointed a special campaign com mittee to Immediately arrange for an active ‘opposition over the entire state against the Candidacies of Thomas E. Watson for the United States Senate and Thomas W. Hard wick for the governorship. The Atlanta organization of ex- service men will nlso make a direct to striking mine laborers In nil- appeal to every similar organization nols and Indiana to return to work. Inequalities in the existing wage' '««»« canoiuates operated to seal* held by strike leaders to be that great work for which the the cause of the walkout which has < losed most of the bituminous mines in these states, may exist, the presi dent said. He adde.d that he would not reconi- In Georgia, on the ground that both these candidates operated to block men offered their lives, and that their po litical war-time records should be pre sented in clear manner to, the voting jipople of the state. “it is not so much a question of l^O ANSWER FILED Fight Is Between Small Counties And State High way System PJan. Hearing on the petition of ButtH. Haralson. Berrien and other South Georgia countiea. for mandamus to force the State Highway Commission to apportion the automobilb tag tax fugd among the counties of the state Madison County Tax Returns Show Value Has Nearly Doubled Old Free State Is Cominq Into Its Own With More Than $5,000,000 Realty Valuation. No Jury Business In City Court Of Athens Until September 13 No jury trials will be held l n **"' i lly Court of Athens until the third Monday in September, It was decided yesterday at a meeting of the Athens liar and Judge J. D. Bratrlwell. The kii cunt terra calendar until that time will consist only of minor cases which can be heard by the Judge * itliout a Jury. The first three days of tho week l eginning with the Becond Monday in -' ptf-mher wil be devoted to the trla of criminal cases requiring a Jury and the remainder of the week will he used to dispose of all Important civil business which Is ready for trial »t the time. Motions will be heard UHrtay, September 10th. The appearance docket will be called Tuesday, August 17th. (Special to The Banner.) Danlelsvllle, Gn., July 30—The tax digest for Madison county has been made up and returned to the tax col- 'ector here, and It shows that there Is on the tax digest for this county taxable property to the amount of $5,019,334. w The digest shows for last year tax able property to the amount ol ?2.872 002, making an Increase in the •usable property for this county • his year of $2,147,332, nearly doub ling. The tax collector last year collected taxes o nprnpert.v not on digest to the amount of $79,000. The old Froe State Is coming up on Its taxes, and this showing is a good one. - Mexican Rebels Get Yankee Doughboys To Handle Machine Guns mend correction of any Inequalities' £° IIt,c * . wlt * 1 *! ays ’Trammell until tho Rtriknrs returned but thflt *’Cott, who beids the committee, ns when t^ydMhe'woummvltea Join. I !?'* * I Wh ,"‘’ scale committee of operators and] llie American Legion miners to meet Snd adjust such In-I 1vr,re tflPr In 1 ranee to in p.ist j stop tho Germans these two candl ' president Wilson issued his appialj ^ home doing everything ■4 Vf rn'lfceuTof32 coal situation by Secretary of Labo., ^ ^ wor( , flKht)ns for Wilson. rnnnrts which our met) were being killed. We The l‘ r fVat , r mme lLorer» par '> r <’ pUrtKod to uphold the Constltn- « Bt | k mi mi. hn l ho™ received' llon of the United States, and in this iAilarly In Illinois had hcen recelvjd Blt , |at|on W(1 arp , to work to that by him “With a feeling of regret and (ml ^ tho on( , that t £,, 0 men not go sorrow. ,| . j not Into public ofiice on the records which j; time to mine coni In accordance with the terms of thel existing contract would result in buffering during the coming winter, hut also because It was In “violation of tho terms of /our solemn obligation; impairs your good name, destroys confidence which Is tlie basis of all mutual agreements and threatens thfe very foundation of fair Industrial relations.” TO PROSECUTE PROFITEERS; UNIONS THREATEN STRIKE BECAUSE WAGES TOO HIGH Knoxville, enn., July 30.—Service of warrants against fifteen coal oper ators and brokers of Knoxville, charged with violating the Lever Act by profiteering, will begin Sat urday, It was sajd today. At a meeting 'of officials of tho United Mine Workers today It was said that unless, certain mines quit paying above the union sale, the union wilt call a strike In them. It Is claimed the large mines are losing workers to small mines and new mines which, without contracts, can sell coal at top, price and afford to pay miners higher wages. MINER PRESIDENT UNAFFECTED BY WIL80N’S APPEAL Springfield. III.. July 30.—President Farrington, of the Illinois Miners Union, had little to say tonight about President Wilson’s appeal. “I don’t think mneh of It,” was his comment. He recently said the mill ers were “about fed up on appeals from the president. *«»«-• tr. CHRISTENSEN ASSAILS LEAGUE' AND APPROVES SUFFRAGE Mew York, July 30— Parley P Christensen, Farmer Labor party can dldate for president, In discussing in ternational affairs here today, declar ed that tho League of Nations is "nothing more than an attempt to es tablish an International bankers Soviet.” , _ Referring to the attempts of Cox and Harding to persuade the Ton nrsscc legislature to adopt the fed eral suffrage amendment. Christen sen said, ’ll Cox and Harding cant get ratification, I’ll g° down and try the rebels myself." (By Associated Press.) Calexico, Calif.. July 30.—Scvera’ American ex-service men have gone into Lower California to man twenty one machine guns for Governor Can lus forces, according to reports fron across the border. REBEL GOVERNOR RECRUITS w YAQUA MAVO INDIANS Aguaprleta, Sonora. Mex.. July 30.— It was reported hero today that Gov ernor Cantu's scouts are attempting lo recruit Yaqua Mayo Indians. Open Shop Defended By Commerce Chamber Of The United States /• • By Associated Press.) Washington. D. C.. July 30.—By an overwhelming referendum vote, the membership of the chamber of com merce of the United States has adopt id a platform on Industrial relation/ whlch, among other things, declares for the right of open shop operations In Industry and for making labor or ganizatlons the same as organization- of employers. legally responsible for Iheir conduct and that of their agent.^ FLORIOA CATTLE DIPPING LAW IS HELD CONSTITUTION At rBy Assoelatsd Press.) Tallahassee. Fla.. July 30.—Revers Ing the circuit court of Escamhlr county, Florida, the supremo noon today upheld the validity of the stab compulsory cattle dipping law. on the basis of post road mileage, was yesterday postponed py Judge Andrew J. Cobb until September 14th. The hearing was originally set for to day. The petition for mandamus arose out of the IIel,t that has been waged in the legislature during Its present session to secure distribution of the fund and to break the power of the State Highway Commission, headed by Dr. Clinrles M. Strahan, of tho University of Georgia. After the opponents of the commis sion had won the first pitched battle In the lower house this week, whpn the Knight resolution, directing dis tribution of the fund, was passed, the counsel representing the counties who petitioned in the Clarke Superior Court for a judicial order to the same effect as that they are trying to em body In a legislative order, they agreed to postponement of the hear* Ing of the petition untfl after the legislature has adjourned and Qnal disposition has been made of the pending legislation. Although, on tho original court or der, an answer to the petition for mandamus should.have been filed by attorneys for the Highway Commis sion on July 28th, the answer has not .vet been received 111 tho Clarke 8u perlor Court. Both sides In the controversy are row resting on their oars and letting the fight run Its course In the legis lature before taking it up actively In tho courts. It the Senate should pass the Knight bill, as Is consid ered probable, and Governor Dorsey *-hould sign it. as Is considered less probable, the action In the Clarke Su lierlor Court would probably be drop ped by the attorneys for the' peti Honing South Georgia counties. If, however, the bill Is stopped r'ltfier In the Senate or In tho gov- ernrtr’s ofiice. Its proponents will prob ably make an aggressive fight In the courts for an order requiring the treasurer of the slate to distribute the funds nmoag the counties. The line-up on the question Is the small counties, off the main arteries of highway travel, against the large counties and those on the main ar teries The/plans of the State Highway Commission are to establish a system of state highways that will servo the etate as a whole to best advantage and from a backbone for the general highway system. The state highways would, of course, not run through ovory county, but only between the most Important points—at least such would ho the case for -several years until the Income from automobile tag • ax becamo large enough to provide s tate highways to reach every county. Tho representatives of the counties that would be left off the main high ways oppose the entire state high way system and the plans of the Highway Commission and demand that the fund of nearly two million dollars, large enough to do effective work, If concentrated, be split up Into 156 little driblets of money to be spent by the county boards of com- uissloners on all the roads of all the ountles Vn the state. Advocates of the Knight hill hold that the state highway system Is un 'air because, since the auto tag tax fund has Aims from all the counties •he money should be spent Imme dlately In all of them. ’ Tts opponents say that the tax was •evled for the purpose of establish ing a system of state highways under i state highway commission, and that to apportion It among the counties would simply destroy the whole plan md leave Georgia’s highway problem •n as bad a fix as It was before the additional taxes were levied. They mint also to the fact that Georgia will lose the Federal aid for high ways if the Highway Commission Is made powerless. Cox Confident fl(JJ0 COMMITTEE He Will Win * Election .Tells HomcfolM So At Big Demonstration to Cele brate Nomination, WHIRLWIND RACE Harding Demands That Cox Take Explicit Stand On Nations League. Chairman Denny States 54 Are Needed; Thirty- Eight Promised. Athens Chamber . Of Commerce Is For Auto Plant NEEDED ALL MORNING (By Associated Press.! Dayton, Ohio, July 30.—Belief that he will be elected president was ex pressed by Governor Cox li> an ad dress at "Tho Homecoming C'elebra tlon" here today over his nomination for president by the Democrats, After ho hid stood two hours undet a burning sun reviewing tine parade of civic, fraternal. Industrial and other organizations, variously estimated from eight to twelve thousand, in num her, the crowds stormed the reviewing stand an-1 Insisted on a brief address. The governor bad not Intended tq speak but made two brief talks, pre dieting his election and jocularly In vltlng the crowd to visit him In Wash Ir.gton. The parade was the crowning event of a non-polltlcal demonstration In honor of the first Daytonian ever nominated for president and a half holiday was declared. “Hello, Jimmie!” was shouted by hundreds of paraders. “Three cheers for Jimmie" and “HI, Jimmie: I'll see you I nthe White House" were other greetings. The governor, waving a soggy handkerchief, applaiidlng each group, ponded in kind. V"Hellq, Buck" Will Take Tourists From Georgian Hotel Through Farming Section. World Fire Chiefs To Meet In Atlanta Atlanta, Ga., July 30.—Information -as come to Atlanta from the annua) ■invention of the International Asao- iation of Fire Chiefs, In session at "oronto. that Frank Reynolds, of Au usta, has been elected first vice pres -lent and the 1921 convention will be -eld In Atlanta. The attendance at hese conventions Is always upward •f 1,000 bends of municipal fire do lartmentt. and "Hello there, P;t»" were among the greetings Cox yfrnuted bock to his fellow-townsmen . ' . .- —— *• vT TO WAGE AGGRESSIVE FIGHT FOR COX AND ROOSEVELT Washington, D. C.. July 30.—Sens tor Hai-rison, of Mississippi, chnirman of the Speakers' Bureau of the Dem ocratlc National Committee .announc ed tonight that the "most aggressive campaign In the history of American politics" will be conducted In behalf of Cox and Roosevelt He said that not a town or hamlet In the disputed states would be overlooked. HARDING ASKS COX TO EXPLAIN LEAGUE POSITION Marlon. O., July 30.—Senator War ren G. Harding prefaced his "front- porch campaign" tonight with a state ment asking Gov. Janies M.. Cox for specifications of the Democratic stand on the League of Nations and charging that "certain powerful Inter national Interests “are concerned In President Wilson's foreign policy and Is preparing to finance liberally the Democratic campaign." JIM HAM LEWIS WILI. RUN FOR GOV. ILLINOIS Springfield, III., Julyl 30.—Forme! United States Senator James Hamlltor Lewis was drafted at a caucus ul Democrats from every county In th> state here today as their candidate foi governor. New Subscriptions To Be Accepted At Old Rate Until Monday After Monday All Subscriptions Will Be $6.00 And Unpaid Subscrip tions Be Dropped. The few subscribers to The Athens Banner who have not yet paid up their past-due subscriptions and paid In advance for their paper will be •zlvon today and Monday 111 which to get things straight at the old rate of $5 per year. After Monday all re newals will bo at the new rate of 16. The Banner cordially appreciates the way In which the large majorni of Its subscribers have hastened to settle their back accounts and pav in advance. Other affairs have prob •ibly prevented the few who are still In arrears from settling up and The tenner wants to give all its old friends as ample opportunity an pos rible to take advantage of the old If rate. After Monday the circulation list will be revised as rapidly as possible nd those who have not paid will be Topped. This course Is necessary because the unprecedented cost of white paper and Its extreme scarcity an tie market make It Impossible for The Banner to carry over until ■ later date any subscriptions not paid up. The Banner's representatives have called on as many of the subscribers a they could, hut have been unable •o see them all. so the circulation department requests all who have not 'teen seen personaly, cither to call at • he office or make remittances by mall. Remittances matled'up to Mon day night will be accepted on the $5- a-year bails. After Monday night all ubscriptlbns will be ft a year, and strictly on a cash In-advance basis. The announcement yesterday from the Little Rock, Ark.. Chamber of Commerce that the Profitable Farm ing tour-will bring to Athens next Tuesday 151 men Instead of tho 115 original!y planned, led to Immediate expansion In the plans of M r. W. C. Denny, chairman of the automobile committee of the Athenj Chamber of Commoirce. It had been originally planned to secure forty-three auto mobiles in which the visitors would bo apportioned three to each car with a local driver and one local “conductor.” The larger party will call for at least ten ctjrs more than at first thought necessary. Mr. Denny has assigned six cars as thfe quota of each member of his com mittee and himself has secured twelve. Reports -were made last "lehl on tho success met by the com mitteemen in raising their quotas. Thirty-eight cars had been secured at the time Mr. Denny made his re- ort to the Chamber of Commerce at its meeting yesterday ,afternoon. Mr. Denny stated yesterday that the Chamber of Commerce would ex pect each promised car to be at the Georgian Hotel at 8 o’clock, promptly. Tuesday morning, full of gas, oil and water and ready for an Immediate start. The citizens who furnish their cars wifi also be expected to drive them or to supply n driver, as the Chamber of Co-tmieree will be-unable to secure special drivers for so large a number of cars. The trip through tho agricultural section around Athens is expocted to bo over by 2 o’clock and all cars whose owners need them will be re leased after tho return to the Geor gian Hotel. Some'cars will he re tained to take tho visitors to the State College of Agriculture in the afternoon and, to take them back to their Pullmans in the ovenlng, after tho preptram at the Octagon. The cars secured yesterday by Mr. Denny’s committee are as follow* Chairman W. C. Denny: Athens Overland Company. Overland five passenger; Standard Motor Company, five-passenger Essex; Denny Motor Company, four-passenger Cole Eight; Fowler, four-passenger Cole Eight; A. G. Dudley, five-passenger Franklin; Miller & Co., flve-passetiger Paige; Grlffeth Implement Co., five- passenger Velio! Bell-White Motor .Co., five passenger Franklin; Athens Buick Co., five-passenger Bulck; Mo ( lor Sales Company, flvopassenger Ford; J. W. Jarrell, Jr., ftvo-passen ger Columbia; H. D. Jarrell, five-pas- sergor Bulck; Frank O. Miller, five- passenger Paige. * J. O. M. Smith: M. W. H. Collins, five-passenger Allen; J. O, M. Smith, seven,passenger Bulck. Jones Yow: Golden Knight, seven- passenger Packard; I. P. Ingram, five- rassenger Dodge; H. O. Epting, five- passenger Dodge; Jones Yow, seven passenger Packard. M. J. Abney: W. W. Scott, five- passenger car; H. P. Lawrence, five- passenger Bulck; M. J. Abney, seven- passenger Nash. ’ J. H. Downs; T. W. Morton, five- passenger* Oldsmoblle; Martin Brotl) era, five-passenger Chalmers; Lawler Motor Company, five passenger Stude baker; Athens Truck Company, gve passenger Dodge and Ford. Harry Hodgson; Garnett Daniel, five-passenger car; Mr. Crimes, five passenger car; Luther Tolbert, five passenger car; Mr. Harper, flre-paa senger car. B. F. Puckett: City Garage, five- passenger Allen. Jonas Purcell; State College ol Agriculture, seven-passenger Buick; Kcely Grier, seven-passenger Cadil lac; T. R. Crawford, seven-passenger Cadillac; M. T. Plttard seven-passen ger Cole: Earl Broach, five-passenger Nash. James W. Morton: No report. E Special Auto Plant Commit tee Makes Favorable Re- * port; Is Adopted. ESTABLISHED ,B3> I. G C. Asserts Tie Ups In Atlanta Freight Yards Hurt Situation. , (Special to The Banner.) START WORK AUG. 31. Flanigan Says Committee Thinks Plan Feasable And Great Benefit. The Athens Chamber of Commerce yesterday endorsed by unanimous vot,> ' Une project of the Red Diamond of the Interstate Commerce Coinmla slon which has charge mt the car situation for all the railroads has mad--, complaints that consignees In Georgia, particularly in- and around the city of Atlanta, are largely re sponsibly for the car shortage. The complaint Is made that large numbers of cars are tied up In the yards nt the principal points In Georgia, standing unloaded for days, when Immediate nttentlon should be given to the relief of those cars, In order that they have disposition as empties for tho movement of other freight. In respect to the condition In tho Atlanta yards, the I. C. C. has notified 'he terminal comn^ttco In Atlanta *hat there la being held at this point at least a thousand loaded . freight cars, with a record average of nine Jays’ demurrage agalnat-them, or ap- -roxlmately a total of 10,000 car days of idle time. Particular attention la directed to he laxity In respect to gondolas and ill open freight cats. On account of the delay In unloading such cars as will be available for movement or coal, says the commission, there may he trouble In placing supplies before the winter-demta-ia bswda.r-'- The commission directs that all loaded freight cars should be releas rd within forty-eight hours after ar rival at destination, and gives diroe lion that the carriers and all rail road authorities operate to that end. Locally, the statement Is made that one of the greatest offenders In the state Is the city of Atlanta Itself, which has standing on the tracks, with accrued demurrage, earn enough '0 aggregate n total of 294 car days. 't la understood that the commission will now decline to order empties ■ent to Atlanta fqy movement of man ufactured goods at this point, until he yard condltlofc hero hero been re lieved. It should not bn taken, however, • hat this Is n condition wholly pecu liar to Atlanta, since the complaint applied generally to tho principal -hipping point* In tho state, except •hat it is more pronounced in At lanta. Williams Defends. Putting Brakes On Credit Of Business Motors, Incorporated, to establish plant In Athens for the manufacture ot automobiles. Tha endorsement fol lowed the rending by 'Mv.’C. D. Flani gan of the report of the special com mittee appointed at the last meeting of the Chamber to Investigate the plan* presented by Captain W. H. Sea- brooks and Hr. Frank J. Hyland. Work on the plant will begin August 31st It the plans are put through. Mr. Flanigan, who was chairman ot tha committee composed of himself, Mr. John J. Wilkins, Captain J. W. Burnett, Mr. J. M. Roberts and Mr. A. E. Davison, reported that the com . mittee had investigated the project thoroughly and found that It seemed reusable and that If put through, it I would mesa virtually the entire chang- InZ of the character of the city of Atle ens. "Athens has always been,” said Mr. Flanigan, “mainly an educational cen ter. Opr business has been based mainly on agriculture with cotton mills and fertilizer plants as tho prill qlple other industries. This plant would mean that the city would be come In addition a real Industrial cen ter.. It would mean a great'deal of ■njitey vrfha eny. ~ ') “Th* proposed automobile plant,” continued Mr. Flanigan In his report to tho Chamber, ‘‘would bring $o Ath ens largo additions to bar population 9>:d would brlhg a rhus ot skilled me chanics, well paid and nble to demand the bottor things In life, who would be an acceptable addition to our citi zenship. "The committee recommends that the automobile plant project be en dorsed by the Chamber of Commerce,’' concluded Mr. Flanigan. After a brief statement from both Mr. Hyland and Captain Seabrooke, Judge J. J. Strickland moved that tho Chamber of Commerce accept the re port of the committee. The Vote to accept was |inanlmous. A further motion was carried that ITosldent J. W. Jarrell, Jr., appoint a committee to launch drive ta so cure the subscription in Athens to the amount of stock the city must sub- lifrihn in nrrlor tn »a» th. u. Negro Assailant Of White Woman Caught And Was Identified 'Sy Associated Preu.) Miami, Fla., July 30.—A negro giv ing bin nfime as Herbert or Henry Brooks. 24 years old. who was ar rested today, charged with an attack on a 55-year-old white woman, wa* Identified tonight by the victim as her assailant. "I’m positive this is the man.” she oaid when he was brought before her. “but I don’t want to say so when I realize wbat tho consequence* will be.” Brooks was held In the connty jail (By Associated Preu.) Washington* D. C., July 30.—Assert ing that while the application by the Federal Reserve Banks of brakes on credit had a "jarring effect on some nervous systems," Comptroller of Currency Williams announced to night that general business conditions throughout tho country afford abun dant reairons for "confidence and en bnragement In the future." Fire Threatens New Orleans Warehouse (By Associated Preu.) New Orleans.. La., July 30.—Fire discovered. In the Appalachian Ware house, covering a city block here, called all tho fire apparatus tonight. ’Clamt-s appeared, spreading In two directions. The warehouse was filled with Mexican hemp, dynamite, oil and ether Inflammable material and If de stroyed the loss would be around $1,000,000. Two hours after tho fire started firemen appeared to be muking but little progress. Small Negro Killed By Heavy Auto Truck Fatally Injured when struck by* an H. H. Hlntoh truck, as he stepped off of a wagon on Hancock avenue, near the Hull street crossing, a small negro boy died a few minutes after he reached the hospital, where he wcyi rushed after the accident. While testimony ot eyewitnesses Is conflict >ng It se<-ms that his death was due to the boy’s own negligence In not avoiding the truck, which he appar- -ntly did not see as he climbed 'off the wagon. ngribo in order to get the plant. Mr. Jarrell stated that he would appoint i be committee after some consldera- jtlon. Tho people ot Athens are to sub scribe $1,000,000 worth of stock In a 15,000,000 corporation. According to conditions specified in'the report of Mr. Flanigan’s committee and adopted hy the Chamber of Commerce, the en dorsement carries with It the agree ment that the majority ot the board of directors shall lie Athens men and that the plant shall be built In Athena. A contract form to be used In tbe campaign for the 11,000,000 worth of stock, drawn bv Attorney H. Ablt Nix cud presented at the meeting yester day, specifies that the contract shall not be binding unless the general offi ces and plant of the Red Diamond - Motors, Inc., arc located tn Athens and actual construction on*the plant absll have begun on or .before August 31, 1920. “A committee of men in whom we have th«y utmost confidence has looked into thill proposition and found It all right," declared a member of the Chamber of Commerce as the meeting was breaking up after adjournment. “What we have got now is a chance tD put across something for Athens bigger than anything we ever thought about before. But It la still only a banco end It la going to take aonm hard' work to do it, and that mighty quick." Railroad Rate Raise Reqdest Be Decided Next Week, Promised Washington, D. C„ July 30.—De cision Is expected early next week by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the applications of the railroads for a general Increase, in freight and nassfenger rates. UNIONS POSTPONE ACTION ON WAGE RAISE AWARD Cleveland. O., July 30.—Although •be heads ot four big railroads broth-" erhoods today dlscusaod several as pects of the recent wage award to which they object; formal postponed until another fortnight hence. i