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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.*’ -
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