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ATHENS COTTON: MIDDLING 26 ! ,!r K \ lOl'S CLOSE 26 l-2c Daily and Sunday—10 Cents a Week. The One Paper In Most Homes—The Only Paper In Many Homes. Daily and~SuncUj^—10 CcnETii Week.' -THE WEATHER: " General clearing up throughout this section with a falling temper ature. Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service. ATHENS. GA^ WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3. 1923. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. •!- 4* 4—-4* -T- -V- r i *1* A A T V A A • a •fr—I* •M* A__A a__A V V *■ T •M 1 jfb 1922 Council Turns City Government Over to 1923 Body Today r. 4. 4-—4" 4"—4" 4* 4* 4*—4* 4-4 1 4* 4* 4-—4- 4 1 —4* .1. uTa a^s V V V T EIGHT NEAR DEATH AFTER SCHOOL TROOPS ARE TO SCENE Ambassador- Harvey to Bri tain, who is now at the White House in conference with Pres ident Harding and Secretary of State Hughes. No Explanation Given in Connection With Dis patch of Cavalry Unit to Bastrop. MISSING MAN NOT YET FOUND Meager Bits of Informa tion Say He Has Escap ed Captors and Is Hid ing. Trial to Begin. liAUSTUOP, La. — The move men! of additional state troops to Pal'strop t«> join the four com panies already stationed here and ;,t Mer ltougc. the efforts to lo cate Harold TeGKerstrom, carbon ' plant tinio-keeporrVhOete'niyStetti- ous il'.sjppeanuice has furnished HUSBAND WHILE THEY ARE RIDING Mrs. Paul L. Eberle De clares She Took the Life of Her Wealthy Mate in Defense. SHE FIRED FOUR Old Council Dies Hilt Nov Begins Its Work Every Member Present As Old Body Ends Its Rule. Reports Are Read Then. New Council Hears May or Thomas’ Address. R. T. Dottery Elected May or Pro Tern. The 1922 city government died at 11:35 Wednesday morning and QHHTQ AT xilTVf i noon the new administration OnUlo A1 ililTl came into being. But two chang- | cm in the personnel of the coun- Their Adopted Son Was cilmaplc body became effective, in the Car With Them. T T ““ Pistol Found on Dead Man’s Body. DES -MOINES, IA. — Contending Wallace Bell succeeded J. L. Me Leroy from the Fifth ward and J. H. Rucker succeeded Paul H. Con- ollyj from the Third, neither of which stood for re-election in the fall primary. When the clerk called tho roll of the old members every seat was that she fired in self defense and { occupied and the body immediately .jsntion in tne investiga tion by the state and federal agents into masked band opera tions. and the beginning Friday of an open hearing by thfc State At torney mode up Tuesday's develop ments in the .Morehouse Parish. The cavalry detachment. 40 men with full horse equipment of the second squadron eighteenth vegi- niont ia uisiana National guard armed lure early Wednesday aboard a special train from Jen- nir.ps. Military officials declared they knew nothing of the reasons f<-r sending additional troops. One suggestion however, was that the cavalry might be used to aid civil auth cities in making* predicted- arrosts. Kains of the last week have put some of the roads in the l’arish in such bad condition in some sections it is practically im- ver them in auto- HARVEY IS GUEST - OF THE PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE biles. cannot find HISSING MAN The whereabouts of Teegor- s trom still is said to be unknown b» the corps of investigators who have been searching for a clue of his movements after he is alleged (Turn to Page Five) | that of her adopted boy of 2 years Mrs. Paul L. Eberle, was under arrest Wednesday charged with hiving shot and killed her husband a widely known stock broker. The killing occurred Jo an automobile on the road near Oskaloosa. •Yfis. Ebcrerle was released on began its last session at 10 o'clock promptly and the routine business was gone into. * A few special committees were heard and then the reports fbr trfft' past year were read. The- only special committee of note report ing was the street cofnmittce. which acted favorably on the peti- $25,000 bond. She was removed | tion to change the name of Tal- latfr to a hospital In a state of’ lulah avenue to West View Drive. collapse. Eberle was at the wheel and his I matie pistol four shots taking ef- WASHINGTON ( — Ambassador, in his head and neck • Harvey was the guest of President | Mrs. Eberle then went to a farm the modern woman *he is a business wo- 'IAN. SHE MAKES 80 \EM OF ALL PURCHASE T'-'BE IN RETAIL STORES. •'IK IS AN ASTUTE, CLEVER]?’®,," buyer. SHE RUNS HER * HOUSEHOLD STRICTLY ON AI HI SINESS BASIS. . ; .,„ S,| K IS CONSTANTLY INI *1 <'H WITH THE STORES! •' N ,!> THEIR OFFERINGS.! THUoi ch THE ADVERTISE-: INK SHF, KNOWS THE LOW- • Harding at the White House Wed nesday on his first visit to Wash ington since going to his London post. \ Since his arrival Monday night from New York vhen he vis taken directly to the White House, col. Harvey had made no r.tjilem-.'.t in the purposes connected with his visit. Broadly however,-he comes to lay before the president ami his advisors in personal conference the result of his close obesrvatlon of the economic ami ocher problems of Europe from the advantageous l»iint of his London post. His visit, perhaps significantly coinrides with the adjourned meet ing of the Allied premiers now be ing held in Paris after the Lon don' conference in an effort to reach an accord on tile vexing •problem of Germany reprntion. Colonel Harvey’s presence here at this time, it is suggested, affords direct means of putting adminis tration officials in It.'I nate touch with all the background of dflvul- nnn.Wllfl aU UOLaf,M/m™ ^ . I opments as they take shape at the Paris confenjpen to wntcli they are known to be giving closest at- house and told of her act. Mrs Eberle last • night declared a moment before the tragedy her husband had turned and said “You and the baby will never reach Oskaloosa.” She further stated her husbanl had repeatedly threatened her life When examined at the hospital Eberle was found to have a revol- Another “Union” For Sportdom Captain Barnett, as city engin eer. made his annual report which was full and complete and showed great activity in street paving, sewer improvements and splendid work by the water works during the past year. Election of R. T. Dottery- as mayor-protem. for 1923 and strong endorsement of the police department in Mayor Thomas’ an nual address featured the first qaeeting of the new city council at * ion Wednesday. “Athens has a splendid police rce. I know of no city with one \y better,” the mayor declared. !he recorder also has demon strated his eagerness to serve the <fty by standing behind the mayor and council.” The chief of police and recorder together with Investigation of Fire At Lanett, Ala., School Late Tuesday Is Now Under Way. Premier Poincaire of France who will ask that the confer ence on debt adjustment come to an immediate end if the French proposals are not ac cepted. YOUNGSTERS BREAK RANKS AND RUN Broken Spines, Crushed Bones Result of Small Tots Not Stayihg in Or derly Fire Line. NEW YORK—Dr. Miller of-VersailWsV The British delegates to the Al- LANETT, Ala.—Three children were at death’s door, doctors said end five more were In a serious personnel of the police force were condition when' school authorities heartfly Poised by the executive, started their investigation Wed- iif«'.the sew,, year much better | , . , „ °! morally than it was one year ago. l Ilre " hicn completely destroyed He referred to closing four places! the Lanett school here Tuesday at- where whiskey was sold and of ternoon resulting In a general deporting, nineteen undesirable stampede among the students, characters during the last year. | _ Ma J>’ Hamrick, Essie May We’- In praising the police force he I llon ’ 6 anci , kate Pearly Peppeis, 12 cited Die fact that no arrests for 'V ere bfdly trampled upon in drunkenness were made last fall Sj® ™ 811 * or the ex |ts wher on a day when thousands of peo-, *'‘® " r ® alarm wa f I 1161 ' Die were here for a bie circus and recover y was graVely in dobt it rte county fair and again on h.M?,^ ^ Christmas day. “It appears pro-!?** , intpmni ' hruisu Wbition has been a success despite 8ld U e J** their Mmes on the ilst the charges it has failed, the; Leonard Weldon, 9; Gordon mayor said. j Thomas, .19; Lewis Stillwell, 6; Councilman Dottery of the First Loren Dennis, 9 are also suffering Ward was unanimously elected, from the effects of the crush that mayor pro-tern. He has served j occurred near the main entranc? aB a member of council for several • 0 f the school building. Doctors - r report for the year and stated! years and his unanimous election «ay they will recover, but on their “ ake a thorough tryout of his {freely forecast. Doubt was, * ex- that It was the best ever made i is recognition of his faithful serv-j bodies today were bad bruises, tho theory that the volite ray appa-j pressed that the statesmen would during his six years of service on ice and the hicrh reerard in which result nf hein* .mdn. ratus may be made an effective ■*»— j—*--■-■ the board. He thanked council profusely for the cooperation giv en the board during the year and Dr. J. C. Mc*c?nney. chairman of the Board of health, made the EDISON ENGINEER WILL FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL IN SOUTH FRENCH WOULD END SESSION IF THEIR PLAN IS REFUSED Differences B e tween France and Britain So Great That Immediate Termination Forecast. tion Forecast. 1 TO HEAR FRENCH PROGRAM THIS P. M. British Delegates 'Willing to Consider French Pro posals If Courtesy la. Re ciprocated. PARIS.—(By the Associated Press.)—The Cabinet Council of French Ministers Wednesday morning instructed Premier Poin- , came to move in the conference Wednesday afternoon the adoption S. • ^ renc ^ reparations plan as the minimum acceptable to France. • In the event the meeting does not accept that plan, Premier Ppin- caire was directed to ask the, con ference to register formally the * ack of agreement among the Allies. The council whfeji met un- der the chairmanship of President MiJIerand decided unanimously that the,British reparations plan aUhe treaty. Hutchinson, for man years chief, Hfj, an . informat engineer of the Thomas A. Edison 'T® t !" es , da > r morning prac- laboratories has been selected to v decided to ^accept the lead a new crusade against, the reparations plan as a basis boll weevil in the citl'.m fields of p. discussion provided Premier the south. The post was tendered _, a ^reed to discuss the Dr. Hutchinson by the American cotton association which in con nection with an Atlanta Ga., organ- nation has undertaken to raise $2,500,000 to fight the weevil Dr. Hmchinson says the ammu nition to l*e uk«*i this year would chiefly calcaeium arsenate British plan. In this way Prime Minister Bonar Law would seek to place the burden of responsi bility for a break up of the con ference on the.shoulders of Pre mier Poincaire. The atmosphere of gloom at the foreign office Wednesday .mom- spiayed on the cotton bio3soma fn ing was as ,Ieep if not deeper than time to sterliz-i the eggs and kill j Tuesday night, and an abrupt end the wee..»s He eipects also to| 0 f the dremiers* conference wn« (Turn to Page Five) ice and the high regard in which, result of being caught under the he is held by his colleagues. jfeet of their classmates. Five new councilmen were | sworn in following opening of the j WERE ON SECOND (Turn to Page Five) !FLOOR.OF SCHOOL x NEW YORK—Another “Union" hr.s>.appeared in the ranks of sport dura.: It is known as the “Asso ciation of . Automobile Aces” and j its members are among the great est automobile drivers in the world. A charter has been ap plied for and officers will be elect ed at the first meeting of the or ganization to be held at the Motor show in Madison Square Garden next week. ARTIST HELD IN JEWELRY THEFT; Athens Colleges Opened Wed’sday J The University of Georgia-, the KST HtlCES. THE BEST QUAL-! State Normal School . ami Ujcy ITliis ANI) THE NEWEST! Institute all b^gan their KOMMODITIES. LONG BEFORE! «P r lnB serais AVedneaday mommf’. _ SHE 1 F WFS tuij nniTRF cnal class room work being taken . j . . • ' SHOH»ING^ E mp^ E SHE!w» are “ wns dr0 PP? d *?>? , U is ‘, he pl& ?.°/ the a83 ? ct ? tlon iuv t. v 25S* Christmas holidays. to appoint a high eommlsaloner No exercises marked tho open- for automobile racing with power ing of the terms. to.settle..-iU disputes. A novel angle of the n-?w asso ciation is that it is the first or ganization to be formed by mall.. Acceptances to join the associa tion have been received from Tom my Milton speed king of the last three years; Jimmy Murphy, win ner of the French Grand Prfx; J\alph De Palma, former Champion and record holder; Ira Vail of Bi^oklyn, and a dozen others. KNOWS EXACTLY wilAT iSS Christmas holidays. '' AXTK, WHERE TO GET IT 'Ml HOW MUCH TO PAY. MIE BUYS MERCHANDISE O* ESTABLISHED REPUTA- '°M IF IT’S CLOTHING, SHE I'MlWs HOW WELL . IT. i'HOLLD WEAR AND WHAT I ik STYLE SHOULD . KB.(IF • IS A MIISICai. tvqtditmvvt A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, KHi^hNOWS WHAT TO EX-' Bandit Queen Caught Because All Her Gang But the “Sheik” Had Cold Feet I’Kkt IN TONE AND WORK- ’> dlt queen, one who ruled the band V'SHU'. IF IT’S A'VACUUMland directed the “work” for tho SHE KN OWS WHATj,„f nerfect techinque ' X1) OF SERVICE IT SHOULD CHICAGO—A .dew kipd’’ of ban* Ea«I to'steer him! But that -Tommy - guest was yellow. One uiglit wj er^ writing to pull a stickup and faclalniitlon ot p®^®' techlnaun LIVE. n SHOULU I rather than for gain, was intro- ASK HER AND SHP Will !duco-I to the public Wednesday by TELL YOU IT MYR TO RPAB th3 P° llce of Evanston. T1 !-? -- '"KK SAVE YOUR < TiMRi w ” u,d y °" r ' ' hS aB - ’ HELP V EFFORT - IT WILL Eat wtiTBn. A\h ??.TI ER ’ SLEEP BETTER AAD LIVE BETTER, ■ ■ > She'is Eliz#hoth Sullivci:. bob bed haired and -2t. whose mother operates a con.eetionfiry. “My gang didnt have the nerve tlwf was the troubl'T,*" **ho saiuj sheik, C-len, wf& O.K.. ^ut’1*and ;Koy.'Green. ho got cold feet. 1 stuck my gun at his head ard said: “i'll blow your hrains out If you try tc quit nrw. That brought hi in across nlrt,fct. “Glen started me on thla stuff. I’d r* out with him and wait x in the cur w!dl<* ho pell id stickups nut i»e didn’t kn w how to work tfccni sal too'-' chin,** Then we sriiexed the rest of «h« gang and fiii fiver Sipmc ifwliiobl") • , fP*oj$s theatres. and. a . ondx, 0 «i;Ji*°nuis holdups w-r^ Mfigk tb T c m-lice say. •icing Gleii^Kenley, Connie Wohl POLICE HUNT TWO All 'o{ the children injured and ratus may be made an agency for exterminating tho pest. MERGENCY CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL ATLANTA, Ga--Emergency ac tion against the boll weevil to save as large a portion of the 1923 crop i those participating in the stampede • as possible by uniting cotton pro : were assigned to classrooms lo-iducers and manufacturers, Feder- I rated on the second floor of the i al and State agricultural hereaus COLUMBUS MAN NEW YORK — Despite the statement of Mrs.'Irene Schoel- kopf. wife of S. Hugo Schoelkopf, Buffalo manufacturer who was held up and robbed of jewelry said to be valued at $500,000 ear ly Monday morning as she le’t a New Year’s eve party that she eld not want Frank Barret Carman, artist host at the watch jiarty ar rested, Carman still was Doing held by the police early Wednesday: Carman was arrested Tnoaday night on a charge of “acting in concert with two men fn ro bine’’ Mrs. Schoelkorf. According to police Mrs. Schoel kopf said a man grabbed he.' In the haUway if. the floor beneath Carman's fifth floor apartment in number 64 West 52nd street as she was leaving a party In bis apartment Aided by anothor man sho was bound and thrown on a bed in the fourth floor apartment and stripped of her jewelry, she she. said. Recovering after the •men fled, she ran upstairs and re ported the rohhory to Carman. Pol' 0 ®. *®Id the apartment Into which Mrs. Schoelkopf was drag ged and robbed was sub-let to two m-;n by Carman and he has fur nished their names. Thev say the rohle.rIy was planned carefuUy In COLUMBUS, ita—Police wore searching here Wednesday for two unidentified masked bandits who Tuesday night held"up T. H. Ever ett bookkeeper for the Key & Townsend Grocery Company, while he was at work In the company’s office, locked him In a vault anil escaped w'th approximately $1200 partly In cash. Everett was almost suffocated building. When the fire alarm -t I and rooms on the lower floors m&rcLed ' jwere rang the children In t'e -in order out of the building. The {teachers in charge of those stairs experienced greates diffi culties. I Their charges ranged from 6 to 12 years of age. The teachers lined tho children up iu their rooms but when they opened the doors and the children sighted the smoke pouring up from th- floor bolow* they broke ranks and even decide to hold another confer ence. The British plan' for the solu tion of the reparations problem is regarded by the other conferees as impossible and it is thought it cannot serve as the basis for the discussions. ' Premier Poincaire it • was un derstood has ■ decided to break. np leading scientists of;the conference at once if the America in a concerted campaign j British insist that the conserva- against the insect pest which is tions focus on their proposals thvuotanlmr tho nrlutono.) nf tho threatening the existence of the cottc.n industry was announced j SPAN BETWEEN FRENCH | AND BRITISH GREATER Wednesday by the aui*» lean Cot ton Association, through ii§ see- \ retary. Harvie Iordan. The conferees as Ma*;« ^ The boll weevil campaign which» ma rks in shnurlnv -fkfj 6 involves the immediate raising ofl^IS S ±* i "?„ t I l ' e _ lr J hands i-olves the immediate raising of at ii" j fund o, $2,500,000 will have its a iuna oi *z,ouu.uuu win nave us nrw< pj on ; „j ’ : 7 ~r—~ headquarters in Atlanta and will, P (Turn'to Page^FIve)' * >rev " be national in its scope. From of fices in this city will be directed j there was a wild rush for the stairs ■ a movement of tremendous impor- vhen ho was release J from the vault by a locksmith. Hq said that ide holdup occurred during !hr> «arly part of the night an^I ho hammered on ths doors of the vault :or more Umu two Mous h^- The teachers failed in their ef- ’ tance not only to the^ South but to forts to. check them. At the foot : all of the extensive industrial, com of the steps the children became [ mercial and .financial interests clogged in a mass. They fough: (throughout the world that are of- and trampled Upon each other un- | fected by the ‘production of the til they finally reached the open i world’s leading staple . air * ! Tfc«* vital, certain*y be rescued. Twn men pasVnc by the grocery estaMi'tiiment beard faint han»r c'tnris;'noises and • tiled po- Police WedUes* morning, ^etv continuing their investigation jii- lo the robbery of the Key & Townsend grocery, company cash box. which 'wad looted Tuesday night by .insetted bandits about te,i o’clock and 260 in cash taken. vital v certainly of a woild The teachers and older students! cotton famine within _ - rushed into the burning structure J which would upset the American year and dragged the badly injured to a place of safetly. A few minutes later the entire bnilding was con sumed in flames. School officials announced Wed nesday there was 1200 students at tending school Tuesday. They say a complete check of the student body had J> e <?h made and no child had -bera*- reported missing v The drigin' of the fire is still undetermined. ’ U! balance of trade and cause wide cpread suffering in tho cottcn bolt and manufacturing centers .has, made It vitally important that the' largest possible crop be produced iu the south in 192?» Mr. Jordan stated' For that reason the cam paign li r^?3 f » ih« ne'tssarv funds will be st*vt»M at once and the work of education - and research will he gotten under way at the earliest possible t date; , HAVE YOU LOST ANYTHING TODAY? Then let the Ban ner-Herald find it for you tomorrow. There a r e c omparatively few hdmes in any sec-' tion of Athens that do? hot take either the Banner or the Her? aid, ; Romance Begun At Atlantic City Ends When Paralytic Weds . NEJW YORK—Henry Clay ?on- ailvanee and was ooa of ilio dev- noil, 36, a paraltic for life iold eresj r,n record. • Miss Normal King, 21 last summer ■Boll, Mr. Scboekt-:' who Is 62 at Atlantic City, where he was at- and Ws wife 20 years yo n„- ,r. told i tending the Elks convention, if lie police they considered Carman In- were a regular m-\a lie v'niid run noeent. , I away with her. • Mr. Fchoelkopf sai.l he and his* Miss King replied he would,not had known Carman f-r -2|n.’ed lo do that—he was ’ iegulav ... n l. osH ’ Cilolnil In Wlf. yoars end that the artist a young man” enough for. her. Seated in m.i:. of 30 accompanied them to this wheel chair Tuesday * night Pans last year na dancing part- j Fennell was married-to Miss ICiug ner ci Mrs. Sr. ,-sltv : | at the Madison Square Hotel. Interesting Facts Revealed In Report Made to Final Session of Council Some interesting facta are' to bo gleaned from the reporta made to Mayor and council by different city officiate at the l&at meeting of the 1922 administration. That of City. Engineer Barnett, follows: Building permits for the city during the past year reached the total of 3823,145.00 and according to Wards was as follows, new huildlngrand additions: First ward $43,670,00; Second ward, l86.670.Qij; 1 T«5d t wars, $155,105.00; Fourth ward, $24,795.00 and Fifth ward, $13,175.00. The new construction ot this amount was $270,075.00 -«d the additions amounted to $53,070.- 00. In addition to the permits the report showed a great amount of paving, sewer and waterworks im provements; and taken as. a whole the report was one of the ; most in teresting ever rendered -in coun> ■cil. . .vL.ih...-ip- . It was showed by the report of (Turn to Page Five) | y BANNER-HER- j ALD WAN T A D ■ comes pretty near to reaching every pair of eyes in the whole city of Athens. Put all these eyes to help ing you in the hunt for any article you may lose and, the chances are that you will find it. TRY A WANT AD IN THE BANNER-HERALD • AND YOU’LL GET RESULTS. . ", . tlnSiA, La 1 frill
