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ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1020.
Athens to Ask Special
SECorom/fW:scours plan
Hardwick Was Sacrificed In
Many Counties By Wat
son Followers.
NEW WATSON
CLUB^
Twelve-Twenty Club Orga
nized From Mountains
To Sea For Watson.
ROOSEVELT DENIES CHARGE OF HAYS
THAT THOSE WHO FAVOR A LEAGUE OF
NATIONS ARE BOLSHEVIKI; GOES HOME
Boys Will Form Strong Out
door, Organization In
Athens This Year.
Death Of Uncle Prevents
Nominee From Speaking
At Portland, Me/
t Point. J
... nit
joint mooting last nightpt tho Chris
tum Church of,Troops one anti two ot
the Athens 'fiiby Scout organization.
Rev. Stanley j R. Grubb, scoutmaster
of troop one, kind Mr. Monroe Butler.
scoutmaster it troop two. presided. -----
The scouts plan renewed activity i ' f elt. Democratic c*uaiu«« mr
in Athens this year on a larf/cr scale!president, replied here tonight to ....
than ever before. Around the nucleus j portions of Will H. Hays. Republican
of tho two troops organized with 19 National Chairman. In his Augusta.
U...... nnal, IS 1m Intnnrlml In Villi 1(1 MflinP. VDPPf'll mflflth.
East point, Maine, Sept. 10.—Frank-!
Iln D. Roosevelt, democratic vice pres
idential nominee left here tonight fori
bis homo at Hyde Park, N Y„ to at-j
tend the ftineral of his uncle, Warron'
Delano, kiled yesterday when hlsj
horse became frightoned at a train
and dashed in front of It.
THOSE WHO FAVOR LEAGUE
ARE NOT PEP^IOOSEVELT
Bangor,. Mlalne. September lO.-j-
CHargfng that tho Republicans were
trying to make It appear-that Demo
crats were not good -Americans and
preferred an International flag ta the
Stars and Stripes, Franklin D. Reese .
“ ~ " candidate for vlcej
Berlin. September 10.—An ex
traordinary declaration by for
mer Emperor WIHlam of Ger
many.; made bi£ the grounds of
Sjfis.fbildenco af'Doorn, Holland,
is reported by Vorwaerts In a'
story . purporting in emanate
from a Prussian junker who re
cently visited hj«b It Is stated
the former cmjaror wa chopj\
ping a treo wbd suddenly he'
exclaimed as hi struck • furious
blows with his 4* "In this way
will heads go to light and loft
when I-return tfcflermany."
■SI
members each It Is Intended to build
a strong organization of ■' oys. Inlor-
troop athletic contests and competi
tive tests of many kinds will keep In
Maine, speech last month. ,
Roforrlng-to- the toxt of Mr.'Hays'
address, which was entitled "Under;
Which Flag," Mr. Roosevelt said the
(Special to tho Banner).
Atlanta/ Ga., Sept. 10.—With ibo
election returns received here prsc-
flcially Complete it -is now as defin
itely qfssured as can be without
the final offlclal announcement that u
second /primary wll ho held-to decide
on the-governorship between Clifford
Walker and Thomas W. Hardwick. Ilvp tcgtg of many Kinds will keep in- Which Flag,” Mr. Roosevelt said the,
Best figure's available at If o'clock j t erest pitched high among youngs-j Republican clreirman had. "offered r, . '
today; give Hardwick a total county terg an j develop a spirit of friendly 1 deliberate insult to many millions. Republican Nominee Bud-
unit frote of 188 and Walker a total. r | va ] ry which will keep scout move probably tho majority of our citlsens !. ...... ni i A_J
of 1$4. Hardwick is, therefore, with ! mcnt booming here. Each troop will a ud he was guilty not only of bad , dies VV1U1 Blacks And
in six of the requisite number of unit, bave an a *hletlc director. taste but of poor political judgment." Makes Big Promises. -
votes to nominate him, and headquart- Troop number one Is organized In- The overwhelming majority of vet _____
ers of both tho high candidates have t() throo patrols headed by Dowse crg (,e said, are In every way toys' *
taken that as the ’•csult and gone to j trat j wo u, Ernest Leo Briggs, and nnd ^111 resent any attempt by om H. L. JOHNSON SPEAKS
work on preparing for the run-on. j Charles Hooper as patrol leaders. ?roup of leaders to take out an “ex :
Heaviest Ballot Cast. Troop number two has not-yet.se- c | ug | Vo patent" on. our flag. v , .
While the official figures on the i ec tcd Its patrol leaders but will do .. To c | a)m th at one party doctrine j Senate Slush lnvestlgaton
• ...i _ LoVA Tnl vof hof>n rc* . —A nt #lss» mAfltlnv tlPlt Frillsiv CVCIV t_ il. A aha Ig (q a • f J <1^1 » MJEFS
MORETHANTHIRTYOLD AND NEW
FOOTBALL STARS BEGIN CAVORTING ON
SANFORDFIELD UNDER COACH STEGEMAN
Twenty-Three^ Letter Men
Will Don Moleskins Be
fore Year Opens.
Athens followers ot the gridiron
game, were lust night frankly and eu
ibuslastlcally optimistic over pros
pects of the University tor world-
beating football eleven after having
witnessed the first work-out ot more
than tuirty hussies eu aauiord Field.
The bo/s showed great torm tor a
Vtst du}*s frolic with the pigskin at
ter nine months away from the game.
A As tan t Coach Jimmy DeHart
reached Athens yesterday morning
from "Pop" Warder’s
•STATE COLLEGES
J. H. Dorsey Of Athens Rep
resent State At Meeting
In Homer Monday.
Are Undecided As Where
To Meet Next.
ME AIMS
Rescuers In Southern
Italy Are Hurt-
(By Associated Press.)
son ticket. , . * hl> eldorS '
The charge Is being mado here to
day that Watson workors. finding in a
good many plsces tliey could "°t car
ry the local Watson ticket with Hard
wick on it. and stood to lose even
Watson In such counties if they Insist
ed. Immediately that this threatened
deflection showed began to sacrltleo
Hardwick in Watson's interest Spec
ulation, thiefore, Is now turning to
What effee/ this wil have on the see
ond primary tor tho'governorship.
8eer«rPolltlcal Organization.
It also has developed that a .secret
political organization has been 'prtt"
wel formed all over tho state, attrlb
uted to the Wn.tsonltes, known ns the
"12.20 club” whieh'ts designed to con
trol politics for a fixed slate and at
ways to blacklist any Catholic or
Catholic sympathizer no matter what
office one may offer lot-. The princi
pal work for Watson. It is said, was
performed through tho formation of
the "1*.20 club,” from the mountains
to tho coast, and their drilling into
clock-work action on election day.
That the intervening month, which
will ho devoted to campaigning for
the second race, will be a hard and
hitter one. already Is being made evi
dent. New alignments arc. being form
ed today. Plans are framing for the
conduct of the campaign and indlcn- • , ' . i *
tlons gl point to lines more tautly StnKC III Alabama
drawn than the state lias over •before ««•
■eon. This Is more acute In view of
the fact that baloting will be In the
first ‘run-off" or second primary that
Georgia has ever tiled, and In It th
new law will have a thorough try-out.
Neill Law Stops Hardwick.
In a good many quarters the Neill
law Is being justified today on the
face of tho results a's they stand on
the tabulation of the returns. -It >»
rhown that, under the convention sy
tem as heretofore conducted. Hard
wick would immediately go nto he
formation of such a convention that.
Although ho did not have a majo.lty
In tho primary, he would so eontroi
the convention as tft make his olwtbui
a certainty by convention manlpuia
tl0 Undcr tho provisions of tbo
law the two candidates will go in
second primary all over the state, J
as though no primary had h« en
held for these two. There b*s been
much Inquiry today as to * llcth " ? a
S/Bsss sufirstar & razz* =“«
A point attracting much attentton an d adventure without recourse to.i gaIn o gentleman it*, used with [and oratory,
here Is t*c number of counties which tnlechlof mak ng. cnorgv of Inaccurate, but dellbcrste careiewncs Harding praised tho negroes ant
went for Thomas E. Watson for son- it directs tho oxubornnt energy o ‘internationalism’ With evi- promised that the federal government
me that wsnt also for Cllford Wolker , youngster Into morally as well' M ,‘ n he has sought to convey "will not fail tho American negro."
for governor, although Hardwick was physically >' cl } ,thfl '' a v" y 'j,"o^nloyV the impression that people who believe The negroes made a particular plei
standing ns Watson's running mute, in g »In th7 “sg«o of Nation. sro 'Inter, for the suppression of lynching and
the .two virtually composing the Wat more thani any of those l nationalists' in tho sonso used by cor- tho segregation ot federal employed
nationalists' in tho sonso used by cor
i tuln radical groups who do not bollovc
In nations at all, or who seek a super-
j govftnrmcnt In place of trim inter
/national peace and International agre
ements and International justice Is
thereby an Internatlcnal ‘rojl/
"Tho whole falsity of-this position
Ih shown by asking the simple ques
tion of whether the thirty seven na
tlons who have already Joined the
" League of Nations have given op their
■ ■- — IsCagUO Ol Mttuonc
Four Dead In Landslide And!*^^* 'ZJTSZ
Switzer]ami, must Jealous of hidepetul
i enco and wary of alliances, has votel
unco ami nui/ —
by popular referendum to Join tne
licague.
Long before 1914. American stales
Rome, sopi 10.—The earthquake m ,. n a( | V oeated a Iaisgur of Nations
shocks cohtlnui, causing more victims s qTOa> Hko President Taft, favored one
among the rose lora owing tq fating thnt fn ipkly tailed Itself a league t-
mesonry today. There were shocks Entorco peace. Yet he was not called
as far south as Casino, near Naples. tr ,| tor or follower of international-
Apparontly there was no serious dam- (sm
ago nor victims but the shocks pro „ Wo ,, ad gcen th e failure of the
duccd great panic. Hague TribunaLlo prevent wars. We
. M had seen, indeed, an increase In wars
Genova, Sept. 10.-»A severe eartlT- a „,| j n the preparailons for wars. The
quake shook tho western- slope of the cf . natlons worn weir aware that the
Italian Alps yesterday from Montrose Amor(can | laR ,. : ,rrle.l a new message
to Bornlafass. causing an avalanchel that It represented a gro»t
from which four were kiled and many; , « n nn«rd to arrcresslon and wl»*
injured.
i«»» iiujiui »»»«»^ ■ , ,|
people opposed to aggression and w-
| ||ng to change .the evlstlng condition ■
!of mistrust and competitive arma-
! iuent."
Said Ineffective;
Anthracite Strike
Production in Birmingham District
Curtailed Fifteen Per Cent But
Big Strike Coming.
Olive Thomas Death
Gives Rise To Tales
Of Cocaine Orgies
tho segregation of federal employees
„D—LEAD COMING
In several private conferences Hard
ing also heard grievances of vurlout
negro leader! and assured them h'
would make a cureful study of tho sit
uatlom
The gathering took on a camp-meet
ing aspect and there were numorous
negro npeakers. Including Henry Lin
coin Johnson, national co nrnlttccmai
from Georgia. Two hundred thousam'
votes Irom negro women were prom
lsed Harding by one negfo womar.
speaker.
General Pershing was a guest a’
the Harding home today, and address
ed each crowd, ..raising the negri
soldier, but avoiding politics.
Widely divergent views of the con-
mlttoc members as to tho results o
the hearing were shown tonieht wile!
Senatpr Edge, republican, Issued i
formal statement asserting the Dcm
ocrats had failed Co substantial!
Cox'a charges, and Senator Reod-
domocrat, asserted that any expros
slon of opinion at this time “is in
decent.” \
Reed declared^ that the commit
tee’s business at present js to Investl
gate and report to the Senate.
SLUSH INVESTIGATORS TO
TAKE BP.IEF RECESS TODAY
Chicago, September 10,—Investlgn
tlon of the Republican campaign t<_
raise funds In Chicago will completi
tomorrcA- the Senate committee's In
qulry here to charges made by Oliver
nor Jam* M. Cox that the Rppuhllcan:
arc seeking to'corrupt the electorate
by soliciting $16,000,000/
Tho committee plans to moet again
September 22nd In ail'eastern city ti
be selected by Chairman Kenyon
" „ ~. ,, i...„ . Democratic members want to go tc
Paris, Sept. 10.—French police have, New y ork and pursu e an invcstlga
j t-egun thorough investigation Into of Cox charges theref Republl
! death of Olivo Thomas. American mo-, putsbu
(By Associated Press.) ! death of Olive Thomas. American mo-jf aYor going to Pittsburg to lool
Birmingham. Sept. 10—The figures t | on picture actress, who H “ c "‘ m ' , ^ l |nto reports 8 that the liquor Interest
compiled by railroads showing tb® “ c ‘ thb moralag to potaon. b /™ ,S '. re taking an active p„t in the D.
are taking an active psit in tho Di
mocratlc nomloee’s campaign.
WILL RING DOWN CURTAIN
ON FRONT TORCH COMEDY
Now York, Sept. 10.—Senator Hard
inis raurums -- . ;— -
tuai movcmer.t ,of cars from their! ta k,.. it was said, several days ago.
lines today imllAate that coal produc- p 0 llco also were Investigating sins
flon in Alabama is clghty-ttvc percent I ter rumors tfl cocaine orgies inter-
of normal. Union officials said they mlngledvWlth champagne dinners that
were well pleised at the progress and i aa t e d Into the early hqurs of "!Tni‘r‘-cei7o‘'no more'delcgatienr
that strikes will spread rapidly after roo rning. I Jjr® qU * |d ° t' g ,J h a i on* hTs front porch In Marlon after
the Blass meetings Sunday. . man named Scalding, said to be a S( , nten .i, er -Sth it was announced
PENNSYLVANIA MINERS 1 former Amerimm arm> captain who -P . . '. v- ow Y or k Sales-
p GOING ON VACATION.! wag sentenced recently to six months here today by the Now York sue
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 10—Within |„ jail for sellng cocaine. Police de- ">??? Harding and Loolldge League
. ,_ti it ...Ill .1... 4a niinutlnn la
eleven's training camp and tons cont
inue c-nuigo ot tho hackllcld men. In
the practice yesterday. II. J. Stegc-
man, coach ot all athetlcs at the Uni
versity, took the line prospects In
hand. No rough work figured In tbu
limbering up process out all the me.i
showed cvldenco of summers well
spent In keeping' In condition.
Of tile old Bulldog llnc-up on the
Mr. J." H. DdVsey, ClaTke county tax
fccelver. stated yesterday that the dlf-
Pittsburg ferences between tho office of State
Tax Commi'slcner Kiillhright and the
county officials ot Banka county over
the returns of the county In Its tar
digest, will be arbitrated at a meeting
in Horned,.tho county scat, Monday.
The arbitrators are Mr. J. H. Dor
sey/reprqsentlng the state, Mr. George
W. Wiley, representing Banks county
slid Mr. W, B. Lester, ot Commerce
tho third man selected- at a meeting
leld were the following letter men re-|in Commerce last* week by Messrs
turned from last year: Captain lgry, Dorsey and Wiley,
jf Douglas, former Captain Pew, of. The dispute between Banks county
Athens, Vandiver of, Rome, and Jack uad the state tax ccmmlsslaner's office
Frost, of West Virginia, ■j*:Claws,. of began when the Banks digest was for
iavunnab, Whelchel, of Douglas. An-! war ded to the slate office. Tax Com-
thony of Hlgl^ Shoal*. Beunelt, ol m iss!nner Fullbrlght refused to. accept
Waycroys, Oberdorfer, of Atlanta. | t and demanded that Jht.sssexsmcnts
Paul Andcrsqn, of Birmingham, East ; bp gn bstantlally raised. Banks offl
.-rbrook. of Pittsburg, Doc Harper .oii ( . ll| | g rc f ug „d to ratio Utel assessment.
Elbcrton, Hartley of Fort Valluy, Col |Aftcr considerable discussion It wiis
lugs of Atlanta. Owens of Atlanta,: URrced to arbitrate tho differences „„„ .
tcyr.olda of Atlanta, Blackmon ot Co-! and - t he first mooting to work toward | ,. na t 0 rorised and cut tho bills and
lumbus. w , . a settlement will be Monday In Hei g J nl them back to the house. In the
Letter own Who will return for du-:-^ I*
ty Momjay arc Buck Cbcevca of At, '
Chamber Of Commerce
Names Committee. .To
Wait on Governor Here ' j
•"■-A
‘JH
, - Y
AT FACULTY REQUEST^
To Show Governor That
Efficiency Is Impaired
By Lack Of Funds.
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey will bo
baked by the Athene Chamber of Com
merce to call a special session of the
tenoral assembly to pass appropria
tions bills for- additional maintenance
unds for the state Institutions. A com-
-nittee of the Chamber' of Commerce
was yesterday appointed to wait upon
the governor In response to a resolu
tion Introduced by Prof. A. Rhodes,
business manager of the -State Nor
mal School at tho request of members
ot the faculties of tho State Normal
3chool, the University ot Georgia and
the State Coltbge ol Agriculture..
Dills were presented and passed by
th«K house of representatives at Its last
session for additions! funds for main
tenance of all state Institutions. The
V
an la, Larchau ot Jacksonvllo, Frouj
Tanner ot Rabun Gup, E. W. High-!
unlth of Baxley. Jimmy Spicer ot 8a-l
vunnuh. About a dozen new mon Willi
drift In during the week, Coach Btegu.|
. ni:i said last night.
The promising rcarults who wor/
M moleskins, yesterday InrJujlcd Mui-i
nr. eu plain at d.'Mrfrmst year. ’Fayf
lor of Douglas. T. R. Day or Douglas,
rother of the Inimitable "Bum",]
Frank Willis. Tlfton A. & M. star, Dan
Post of Nownan. Bennett of Stone
Mountain, Garrett of Auburn, Ga.,
Christian College man of lust year:
tichardson, of Madison, Conyers, m
Cartersvillc. a brother of tho memor-
ible "Skippy.”, S-hclor of .Atlanta,
•nd Collins, of Atlanta.
With such a galaxy of meteoric
.footbal genius and beef from which
•o nick un eleven. Georgia supporters
ire/looking forward to a yearful of a
"Glory to Old Georgia” on the lime-
lined field.
HOLD
YOut
COTTON
mean tlmo the senate had killed the
Arnold Inheritance Tax bill, sent-up by
tho bouse, and .the friction thus en
gendered resulted. In <the tabling by
the. houaa ot all the additional main
tenancfl appropriations.
Additional Fund* Needed.
Whllu tho tamo amount that was
j need by thantate tastHutlons last year
"V {Will be available this year, Increased
■ ' ^enrollment and IncreaeML' costs eff
Will Not Follow Lead Of oroI 'f l,llnk mako raor « mfmey abso-
fOMCUH
Te xas Fanners And De
mand 48 Cent Price.
(Special to The Banner.)
Atlanta, September JO.—Georgia,
through its cotton organleatieo, will
net follow tho hreak-away Inaugurated
in Texas, hut wll! sllcki to »ho prlt-o
fixed hy the American Cotton Assort i-
tlon of 4.0 cents minimum for .Septem
ber cotton.
Information which has come hor>
from Texas Is to .the effect that, si
Gffmgh that stato was represented at
. -V, 4 Ilnl r>p the Montgomery meeting of (he Amcr-
L1KE DEATH HOLDS rlcan AB«oc/atlon. which paesed upon
' 1 price and lacfcagc, “
.__ipncn aim (aeieusv, Texas farmers.
TO A NIGGER-GANTTi sul ” ,o '' iiont ' to ,he MontK , omorr J T'
lv « IllU'lalV^JflllI A | ventloni hlvo held,* meeting and de-
them 46 cents to produce the crop
_ —. . . C-..4L I- this year, and they will refute to ebll
Crop I hrougnout OOUln IS under 4g cents, or a profit of two cents
Short And Price Will
Be Forced Up.
per pound over coat of product'on,
Jn eOorgla, according to Comm)'-
slon J. J Brown, tho producers will
be advised lo follow the lead of the
Mr. T. L. Gantt baa recently travel- organization, and stick to-Its rccom
'cd over seven Statci and hat spent mendatlona.
ionic time In each, flo has gone Out. Already J. H. Mills, president of the
into the country nml examine'd the'Farmers Union in the state, has bc-
olton cro| llo has also seen par- Kan to taut hGofgla for thd purpose
les who had travelled over Texas, Ar-i „f nolldly crgunlzlng a holding movo-
Uansas and Oklahoma. j raent and reports a well attended gatli-
Mr. Gantt says that fine crops are er | nB a t Covington, at which It .was
being ni^de in Oklahoma and West-J iiefinitely 1 agreed not a bale will be
ern Tennessee, ns also around Ath-j pa t 0 n tbo fiiarket In that county un-
ms. But in the rest of the cotton der the figures agreed to in Mont-
holt the stugle is almost a total fail-1 g 0mery .
are. and th crop will be one of the; At t ), e same meeting agitation wss
shortest made. In fact. Mr. Gantt g ( artc d for the bonding of the local
iay« n doiUjja If the yield will warehouses under the federal nyRteni
exceed I0.0007)00| bales. ; and that already has been successful
Tho wet spring and summer not, accord j nK t0 Mr. Mills,
only drowned out the plant but brcili g aturday commissioner Brown
-an enormous crop of boll ;speaks on this subject mattor at Men
the pest I* devouring everything j n ;Keo and ot her fasm gatherings are
sight as they go. They have cot only; , )e arranged ail over the state,
spread all over Georgia, but Uavo,
crossed the Savagnah “ ^ ^ ^
Scranton, I'a., nepi. iv.—in jau mi . - ----- —;
hree days very anthracite miner will' sire also to question Jack Pickford,
4 . I ns to wncuie. — he "on a vacation," occording to lead-! hushaud of Miss Thomas,
uch inquiry todsy as to * ‘ , “ h .. vacutlon movement." They
her polled a majority of the voraa. their an award „f. .. r . ..
New Girls At Normal
uncr pon™ » In those fitsal today to rb-open the award of j
on.o l ‘?u re m ! iiorlBy t fca 8 d dates will the anthracite comission which failed
■sea tho majorljy (canmuaie n worke rs and they predict
ot run agafc In that county- ThP „ af , h ' e hardest industrial Struggles
The law «ocs not so .provide. ni on j The 400 new students or the Stat
andidate who g^s the plttra y (forma! School and the members of
lie majority of a county's vote ge »
which Is affiliated with the Republi
can National Committee. The *n‘
nouncement did not make it clear as
to whether, Hording will take the
stump after that date.
MACSWINNEY IS ENTERING
DANGER STAGE IN FAST.
1111 w n-- , . n>,|u - ■ - twijl 111(8» DLUW| nuu llli-Hiirvi« —
lie majority of a / at „ tate thllg eliminating «i but the two] the faculty will be entertained by the
bat county's votes, but In the State state, t Y. W. C. A. of the ‘Normal School
s a whole the VO f* That vote falls on October 6th g and; with a reception. Miss Molua Ml-
tade by a majorlt/of the total vote ™ v ' |he gtatp MeC utlve chaal. Y. W. C. A. secreUry. Is In
[ ,‘ bo ? u ' e p (JJohTgwTiildldatis committee convenes the state conven- charge ot tho arrangements for the
^ tu a serend raw all over the ,.on In^Macon. I “"air.
(By Associated Press.)
London. Sept. 10.—Lori Mayfcr Mac-
Swlnney la entering the danger stage
of hfa fast, one of tho physlclana In
Guya horpitul. a recognized authority
on mdtabollsni. nail today. Any day
I may bring a col ague, be added.
on possession of the lower part of
South Carolina. ...
In many Mississippi and Alabama
counties, where they could easily
make a bale por acre, under ordinary
conditions, will not this year av
erage over ono or two hundred pounds
of seed cotton and many fields will
Back From Meeting Of
Merchants In Macon
Col. M. G. Michael, president of the
be oven picked over, as Ihe stalks are' Georgia f Mercbants Association, aod
stripped clean. . In the Mississippi, Jifr. A. A. Johnson, secretary of the
Delta, nt least one-third of the acre-. Athens Cluimber of \ Commerce, re-^
nge usual)’ devoted to cotton fs now- turned yesterday from Macon, where
thrown out, owing to a scarcity of la- they attended , the meeting of the
lior. thousands of negnfcs oxoduslng Georgia Merchants Association called,
to tho North. > \ by Mr Michael to plan extensive
Mr. Gantt says our.farmers should! state-wide organization of that body,
hold their cotton like grlny death toj The Association will he organized
a dead nigger, and they can demand! : with district and county units under
and lie paid any price they center onj jr, acorillng to plans adopted %t tho
tor their staple, as the wprld will need
at least live million more bales than
the old surplus and the -new crop.
Don't be stampeded by the bears,
but refuse to sacrifice your Ration
and you can get around fifty cents
for every pound .with the .-present
price of manufactured goods mills can
pay the farmer fifty cents for raw
cotton ami then make a handsome
profit on their goods.
Mr. Qantt says that while the boll
Macon meeting, and all will wdrk to
th common end for mutual business
benefit. _ !*Mlt
weevil will Injure and reduce the cot
ton yields in this Piedmont section,
he does not think the pest will ever
become so destructive as lower down
tho country. Our cold climate and
clay soil will not be so congenial ffs
the sandy land and.the hot suns furth
er South.
Intoly necessary and tho Athens Cham
ber of Comfuorce Is determined lo do
all It can to enable thd Institutions
to maintain their efficiency wbfch wll!
bo aerlously Impaired by failure of tbe
state to provide additional funds.
In accordance with tho resolution
adopted, President James W. Jarrell.
Jr„ appointed a commlttco composed
of Judge Thomas F. Green, former
Judge of the city court and former
niombor of the faculty of thb law
jtfboql, Harry Hodgson, chairman of
tne general campaign committeo for
the laliferslty of'Georgia MIUIon-DoF
lar War .Memorial ( Blanton Forts on,
Athens city attorney; C. D. Flanigan,
president of the Rotary club; John T,
Plttarff of Wfntervlllc, former Dresl.
dent of the Georgia Glnntr*. Associa
tion; Hugh II. Gordon, Jr., campaign
manager for Governor Dorsey In bis
recent race for the senate and member
of tbe athletic board of the Unlversttv,
Mayor Andrew C. Erwin. *
It Is planned that tho committed
shull wait on Governor Dorsey when j
he comes hero Tuesday to make' the j
opening stress ir. tbs Advertise Geor-1
gla Enterprise movement. He -will be.
taken through tho several Institutions
and shown the actual need for the ad
ditional funds for maintenance.
Among those present at tbe meeting -
cf Ihe Chamber of Commerce yester
day wt-te Dr. Andrew M. Soulo, inci
dent of the State College of Agricuf-
Prof J. Phil Campbell, head of
the extension department, which will .
be'bard bit If more funds are not pro-
vldod: Dr. Jcro M. Pound, president
of the State Normal ikchool; Prof, A. )
Rhodes, business manager; Chancellor
David C. Barrow ot tbe University,
and others. ■ *
“Advertise Georgia” Endorssd.
At Its meeting yesterday the Cham
ber of Commerce also heartily en
dorsed the Advertise' Georgia Enter-
price and planned to cooperate In
every loeslblo way with the packers
of the enterprise in getting more peo- •
pie to come to Georgia. < *
A commltteq composed of Harry
Hodgsou, A. C. Erwin, J. II. Griffith,
and Hugh H. Gordon, Jr.', was appoint
ed to represent the Chamber ot Com
merce in cooperation with tho general
committee appointed recently by Mr.
J. Warren Smith, vice president of the
Georgia Association, one of the spon
sors of the enterprise.
Governor Dorsey will speak at the
Coloala! theater at 12:39 o'clock Tues
day afternoon In opening a series ot
speeches lit each of-the twelve con.
gressiona: districts In the state. Vie
governor will outline tho plans and
metDbds proposed by the enterprise
In. detail. Other speakers may be
placed on the program.
The Advertise Georgia Enterprise
propose* to spend $399,000. Invested In
It by business men end others through
out tbe state, in an advertislpg cam
paign to be conducted throughout the
United State* over a peril
fears. It wlU be similar
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