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COTTON: WEATHER; T«V. Cloudy with possible showers. Da ily "uni BBflBay—10 "Ceuta ATHENS, GA. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1922. Singl* Copies 2 Cents Dally, f Ceuta Sunday. oi Offering Gunman $20,000 to Kill Husband Corliss, Palmer Quoted Milton Macon Girl. Recites . and Wins BrewSter. . Soule Gives Plan To Save Cotton Lonely Wives Young Rome Man Shotto Death in Front of His Sweetheart’s Home in Atlanta. N. D. WOODSHELD AS THEIR SLAYER Two Bullets Enter Wo man’s Abdomen. ATLANTA, Ga. — In an effort; to check- the detonation in the- quality of cotton raised in North Georgia, a campaign was launched here Thursday night at a meeting 1 of cotton men pud bankers.. Dr. A. M. Soule, president of the State College of Agriculture said - the detoriation is costing the farmers approximately $2,500,000 annually of the lower prices that prevail for the poorer grades of cotton'. J. R. Bachman,' president of the Atlanta commercial exchange was named to direct the campaign. Two committees will be appointed to carry out the plans. It is plan ned-to raise a fund of $25,000 to Ifintyice a campaign of edccation among north Georgia cotton plant- Twenty Witnesses Includ ing Former .Governor Bilbo Slated to Be Heard Friday. I SETTLEMENT OUT OF j COURT QUESTIONED ! Stenographer Seeks $100,- j 000 From Executive For i Alleged Seduction and $3,300 Is the - Total Being Asked .of Athens By Lo cal Women's Christian Body. SUCCESS SEEN IN RAISING TOTAL Inspirational Meeting Held Thursday Morning As a Prelude to Inten sive Campaign. Foui- Detectives Swear That She Gave Gunman Picture So He Could Identify Victim. SHE DECLARES IT ALL A FRAME-UP Plan, Was, Detectives Say, For Gunman to Get Hi? Fee When She Col lected Husband’s Estate. Thr66 Bullets Fired At Man 1 , Killing Him Instantly.; ; MACON, Ga.—With .relatives of Par Funderburk, of Rome, Ga„* enroute to this city eaVly Friday to take charge of his body, prepara, tions were being made to empanel a coroner’s jury to investigate the shooting which proved fatal |or the North Georgian and inflicting serious wounds on Miss Oleno Courson in front of the latter’s home here Thursday night, N'. D. Woods, a clerk in a local depart ment store, is now In jail awaiting actib^jy the coroner. With a bullet Wound in'her abdo •men and another in her left arm,' hospital, authorities said she had little chance•ecavery .Friday. Funderburk *was 'killed ^instantly, his hody falling across the steer ing wheel Qf his automobile in which he and Miss Courson. ar6 said to have beh tiding In. , J Woods who formerly resided in DevCaureax, Ga., is said to havo b^en engaged to Miss Courson for seven years. Police say that his only utterance, after- he was piac- ,ed in jail was that “she’s run-mo crazy.’’ The young man is : saja to have, called at the Courson liome early ThuljOgy ni^ht and Iea£nf£ that Miss Courson had not return ed from her work. He waited' for her, chatting on the front porch of the home with his roommate and a young woman. . .. * When Funderburk, who was. a traveling salesman, and Miss Cour son stopped in fipnt of - the- house they remained in the automobile engaged in conversation. Woods it is said allowed his jealousyMsrbe come uncontrollable... He went/lo his home; two doors away, obtain ed a pistol and returned jtiw&fc* the young jvoman was ’ stepping from the machine. He shotTMiss Courson twice, it is said while her back was towards him * and then, turned his pistol toward the .auto mobile,' firing three more times. Illegal Operation. .OXFORD, Miss. — With more Miss. j than a score of witnessfs includ- | ing Theo G. Bilbo, former govern- | or of Mississippi yet to be heard j from, the trial of the $i0Q,000 dam age suit against Lee M. Russell, governor of Mississippi by Miss Frances C. Birkhead, stenograph er, entered its third day here Fri day in the 17. S. District Court. The witnesses to. be, called are i— • • ._»•— ’-while additional .With the campaigners desplay- ing an unusual • amount of en thusiasm. the first day in the’ drive to raise> $3,300.00 for the Athens Y* *Y C.'A. was considered a splen did success After the reports were 1 i# Thursday afternoon. ;A total of $2,086.10 was subscrib ed; the first day and a considerable ambyjit of this was in cash. , Th<> first day’s success practical- ^ Palin ^imd ^gSe” V. Bter, iti^|^bi^i ; ‘,pubisher string of movie magazines. Macon, .(Ga.) cifcar says her life DETROIT Mrs. May Blenn Ford solicited the services of a gun- aan <■> kill her wealthy husband, Xev j. Ford. offered the gunman $.0,000 for the job and gave him a i-lotograph fo her husband to mike sure the right man was slain according to the: swontvstate*- n cuts of four detectives whose ii vestigailon resulted in Mrs. Ford’s detention Friday on a charge of attempting to commit The. blind author of “Paradise Lost’’ had something to do witn the sensational love tangle : of Cbr- of a The counter girl was influenced by the$e_ lines found in Brewster library:- book in ifor the defense’ ~ testimony in rebutal is expected to be presented by ^Iiaa^Blfkhead. - , Refiling its case by C9Unsel be fore . the plaintiff, ' a lengthy wrangle over the much discussed J “Mary” letter and an order by Judge E. R. Holmes, citing Mr. Bilbo for contempt of court were the important developments Thurs ' rag started Wed- ‘Beauty is nature’s coin; hoarded' ' „ “But must; be. current, and. the* good thereof . . . “Cons'fita in mutual and'ipartaken ', ■/ - . must the^ campaign but the workers went out on their rounds again Friday with renewed efforts and despite the weather the campaign* Is going forward with splendid success. WASHINGTON—President Hard ing in his annual message deliver ed Friday to Congress in person/ deals with nearly a score of sub jects, chief among them prohibit tidn, farm credits, the transporta tion problem, ehild labor and imml gratlon. „ \ • •;* , t The executive announces his pur pose to invite the governors of the state? and territories to an early conference with the Federal execu tive authority with a view to adopt ing policies of national and, state co-operation in administering the prohibition laws. He says the day is uplikely to come when the pro hibition amendment Iwlll be re pealed and that the nation should, adapt itsj course accordingly. THINKS PROHIBITION SHOULD BE ENFORCED ‘ 'Here'' are three of the beauties from the harem of the deposed Turk sultan, Mohammed IV. These beauties, with 147 other;wives of tbo sultan,, were tossed on. their, own resources when their-ex-hus-l band boarded a British warship.’ They are described by the new, rulers, who are puzzled by the ladies* predicament, as “beautiful, 1 religious, and affectionpte.’* m WAS INSPIRED THURSDAY A. M. day. The trial ... ne8day following two days of argu ment over a demurrer by the de fense, which was overruled. There ’ was no indication early Friday when the trial would be brought to’a close. I Governor Russell Vas called as j the first witness by the defense af- i ter opposing counsel had rested their case. He was on the stand.' under cross examination, when } court adjouriyd for the day. ( dramatic tone • TO HIS REPLY lying the charge, Mrs. Ford •«<t she was the victim of ■ante-up” tnat grew out of omestic difficulties. These Uiose included a suit for a filed last August in which •urged criielty, and a suit k $”5,000 damages of her es- <1 husband for alleged as- vass and the meeting was opened with .prayer and followed by an enthusiastic talk by’ Mrs. White, the president and another by Mrs. Hardeman, who told of* the budget for the year and just what the money asked for was to accom plish. Tea was served at 4 o’clock following the reports. The campaign continue-* thru Saturday and the entire amount will be subscribed is the belief of those interested. Mrs.- Darwin’s team led In the amourit subscribed Thursday and a. spirited race is on between sjll the teams for leadership. ^ t DUBLIN — (By the Associated Press),—Rory .O’Connor and Liam Mellowe? together with two other Irish rebels, were executed in Mount Joy prison Friday morning, it was officially announced. The two other men executed were named Jugeph McKelvey and Richard Barrett, both prominent Republicans. Roderick (Rody) O’Connor, and Liam Mellows were leaders of the band of Irish insurgents that held the four courts in Dublin in its stand against the Free State troops last June* Each was taken prison er when the bunding was captur- *ed after a three day siege. An official army report states that, the four men were executed as a reprisal for the' assasination of se£n Hales, the deputy who was shot Thursday , /anti as a solemn ATUANTA, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist* converence will be, brought to a close here Friday night after hearing reports frqm the laymen’s work of which . B. M. Thompson, of. Madlsoiv is ch&irtnan; and of the relief and annuity board; discus sions on the Southern Baptist theo logiral seminary, the education board of the Southern Baptist con vention and the Baptist bible in stitute of New Orleans. The convention late Thursday approved recommendations sub mitted by the holding commission pf Mercqr University and Bessie Tift College for the appointment of a larger committee to study questions of difference between'the commission and the £enerar educa tion t*oard of New York. I It was pointed out that the New York board objects to ro iking gifts to these institutions so long as the* trustees- do not cohtrol the holdings of the two schools. Ford was arrested Thurs- nighi when, it Is alleged, she ohr.ut to meet Edward Kunath tcctiive lieutenant, for a sec- *'inference on her reported s f'»r the slaying of\her hus- ’ Kunath. it vas said, posed •'< Kansas City Gunmap”, Wed- a.v night when the alleged plot first revealed by Mrs. Ford. la first meeting, according to (iotecives, took place in-an r, in<*m. especially rented for purpose. The three detectives 1,1 t« have overheard the con ation in which the woman is to have gone over the details ■ Kunath. ' ral plans for the killing ‘ presented by Mrs. Ford, the r > declared, the $20,000 was i’ ! ‘id the detectives declared ’°" n as Mrs. Ford should have 1 ip possession of her hus- Pres’dcnt Harding tells Congress that if the statutory provisions for prohibition enforcement are con trary to. deliberate public opinion, which he does hot believe, the vig orous and literal enforcement will, concentrate public attention on any requisite modification- \ “Such a course.’* he adds, “con- forms with the law and saves the humiliation of the Government and the humiliation pt our people be fore' the world and challenges the destructive forces engaged, in wide spread violation, ? of Heals corrup tion. and individual demoraliza tion.” With regard to the transporta tion problem Mr. Harding propos ed that the railroad labor board be abolished with the. substitution of a labor division’ in the interstate The executive in answer to %. question as to whether he had au thorized some of his friends to effect a settlement with Miss Birk head, replied with dramatic em phasis: “I never authonzed any one to pay her a dime,” adding as he looked where Miss Birkhead sat with her counsel. “It is a de liberate falsehood and she knows’ it.” Miss Birkhead had testified the Governor told her that he had authorized the Former Governor Bilbo of Mississippi and one or two other friends to make a .settlement with her. Miss ’Birkhead, under cross ex amination during most of the morn ing admitted that during the cam-* paign for the Governorship in 1919 she informed OsCar Johnson and Earl Brewer, a former Governor, both political opponents of the- (Turn to, Pace Six) WASHINGTON — Georges Cle- menceau, wartime premier of France will conclure h's visit to Washington Friday with the fifth “formal address of his American tour.” He already has spoken twCce here—nt the war college before officers who commanded troops overseas, and before the Southern society, but he regards the address to be delivered Friday afternodn before . the International Lyceum Dr.^ Grant Head Of 'Pipe Smokers The Coeds of the University of Georgia are planning to have a basketball team that would bring honors to any school. The gh-ls are practicing hard every night at the Octagon and by the time-the season opens will be ready for any team. A? many as 20 girls have been coming out for the pr^ctic^. ATLANTA, Ga. ■— Dr. "Horace Grant, of Atlanta was elected presi dent of the National order of Pipe Smokers, the initial meeting of the organization being held here Thurs day night. J Va* ; ‘ -Dr. Grant is the founder -Qf the organization which has .for its motto “tolerance—peace.” The or der, will be both fraternal' and secret. The president emphasized how: peculiarly and fittingly the principles of tolerance; and peace are/descriptive to. the pip€t|smok- er’a state of mind, and'howatlM, seductive influence of fcffV&ood • smoke’tends (o allay all the baser emdxlpris of man 1 . • rente with the doteef- rranged, police said, af- • rd Mrs. Ford was look- Minnian. . Leave Washington at 1:20 a. m. Saturday for Philadelphia, arriving at 5:05 o’clock and leaving the train about ten for his sixth for mal address, which* Is scheduled for eleven o’clock. Leave Philadelphia at 3:2.8 p. m. Saturday, - arriving about - midnight at Creason, Pa„ where he .will spend Sunday. ‘ • / Leave.Gresson at 6 p. m. Sunday, arriving'in Chicago at’ i' a.jm' t Mon day for. ah address scheduled for- eleven; o’clock. Leave..Chicago at 5:30 p. m. the same day, arriving in New York at* 6:28 p. m. ,Tuesday. He will ad dress the society for devastated France Tuesday evening, and then go to the Steamer Paris and sail for home at poon Wednesday.. LONDON By the Associated Press) —The IWsh Republicans, says a dispatch to ’ the Evening Standard from Dublin, have issued a manifesto describing Timothy ■ Healy, the- Governor'’General- as a lifelong enemy of the^Katlon^ The manifesto adds: J > “The fight will >go on as long as thereis a man in. Ireland. It is • war to the death/’ ' _ . • /•The prisoners were tried by a military court 1 martial during the night, found guilty and sentenced to death: * J * What’s Your Guess? / ' ,Kn actions of a man’s | I’dzzIc him—and the*ac- ls . the wife’s husband WHAT’S WRONG? . The. answer • iJ different in v *dif-^ ferent ’capes. ' *» Can you guess iwhat. has made ! Helen Duff lock *a certain door fn | the Duff home, land ke.ip Tom. [out of that i room ? f And can you ! guess why Tom I Duff slips out for a short time, f in the evening? ; j Watch the “Doings , of the I Duffs” every day in the Herald and make your ■Work has started on the in* x stallation of the white way for Athens .and in a very short timp now this .latest civic itn- provement will be ready to christen and then Athens will take her place along with other places of the country that boast of a real , white way and Will cease to be—-v “The largest town In the U. S. without a! whitf way.” Heretofore Athens has been conspicuous on account of the absence of a white way and one man, using it as The committee, headed' by Mike J. Costa, who, by the way has just bfien‘honored by be- Southern Ice Cream nianufac- Southern ce Cream manufac turers, met with many diffi culties in putting over the white way idea ih Athens this fall but all the members, “blap” Pendergraph, who has be.en tranferred ' to Montgom ery, Ala.,* Chas. E. Mart n and Joej A. Wier were tireless in’ IKeir efforts and now.their Jaborers will be rewarded with success. Many merchants and prop erty owners told them that now wasn’t the time to launch a white way movement and to wajt until *t£mes got better” but the Committee believed that by establishing a. white* way times WOULD get better so it pushed ahead and a white way on Clayton street and College avenue’ will soon be a reality. PLAN a big celebration; always been the case In other ■ cities it is expected ,tha^ it will not be long in spreading • to other sections, especially to hroad stroet and lower Clay ton. The installation of the white way means the removal of all the unsightly wooden poles now on the street and the un tangling of the myriad of wires that cross and criss. cress over, the streets and in to the stores. The poles for the whiteway are being installed now and the re-wiring will follow im mediately and soon the ap proximate date of the comple tion will be known and then Athens will begin preparing for the “opening” night and the “bright lights.” to death. . * 5 • The death sentence was carried out at 9:20 o’clbck Fridiy momlujj;. Tl\ree priests were present. The prisoners, blindfolded, were march ed to the place of. execution. O’Connor had to be assisted to the scaffold. Rifle Team Under Way At Georgia 'The ^fle team of the Unjyersity of Georgia is well under way to ward- a successful seasoh if prac tice will bring success. Practice is held every day. ' Several universities have chal lenged the team for matches to be held in the near.future. They are: University of Delaware. Emory University, j . . ; . Virginia Polytechnic Institution. University of Tennessee. I Northwestern University. Bostonian Refuses Alabama Offer It is the plan of the commit tee to have 'a big opening. n : ght when the project is com pleted and to invite our neigh- -bors and triends, manyj or • them have already had such a celebration in their home town, here for the event 1 . At present the lighted section will extend from Hull street on Clayton to Jackson and on Col lege avenue from the campus to Hancock avenue and as has BOSTON An offer to serve as football coach on the University of Alabama at a salary of $10,000 has been refused by 'Frank W, Cavanaugh, Boston college coach,, it was learned Friday. He is un der a term contract to Boston col lege- . . ... - - ... , flimsy excuse not to support the white way financialy when ^ would improve % his property, said he was opposed to it be. cause “Athens wag DIFFER ENT in not having one.*’ - - ■■■
