: ^V JANUARY. 8, 192k.
-
Berlin says that French l^-mt encc of Jackson county Wi4t (ac-
for movement in the Ruhr are ac- cepted for the air service and will
*— - t 'BeusseWort be sent to Kelly Fleld,~Tes»»j\for
!».- /WiMMI ■ • '.‘V
i Several' hundred more men are
ills Oklahoma neci i ea tor tllc Hawaiian Islands,jin
m .capital fq. ! motorized field artillery, coast ar-
gift ot Uov- I tlllery, infantry and tho engineers,
j and Applicants who wish a,trip:o£
several thousand miles on their
, Glavirgai first enlistment should not miss
• Vxlc&l I&C this opportunity to get in on the
A I ground floor, stated Sergeant Ryan,
r m Vjin Charge of army recruiting here.
3 • |"We also have vacancies in the
' dUi: cavalry, infantry, field artillery. e;n-
county oWigineers. yetertaary corps, air ser-
the past week I v i ce an d the medical department
building. Ath- with station In San Antonio. T^x-
i, H. L. BarneS 1 as," he sata.' “AU expenses are paid
I Athens, were | after the applicant reaches the
iuny was Introduced at
sst to show that Knox eev
:s had threatened to com-
iclde. Nevertheless the
Pronounced his death a
Then came a lull, ending
* aensattop that shook
-tL.C-t—the ar-
.
tate, according to the
of all the people.
British' home secretary promis
es to ctonsldeT postponement * of >
execution- of Miss Edjth Thomp
son-that pus on program for Tues
day. ,, . ^ .
A dance In the corridors at the
state capital is the e-cnt Of the
night. While the “four hui/dred”
is perfectly free at attend, the new”
Governor has made It plain that
the inaugural hull is not for them
but fdr the^-“people.” There will
be exponents ct dances of every
generation and many* cf the old
fiddlers of -the state have tuned
up to show the sleek youths of the
jazz orchestras how danco music
really ou^ht to bemlayed.
French Take Military
! Move Calmly. Huns
Protest
j LENINEIS ILL
i Dr. Henry Van Dyke
murder.
with the mg
Texas and 'the southwest-
rest of Mrs. Knox,
The state, according uj me
prosecutor, will introduce letters
said to have been written to Mrs.
Knox by a Texan with whom it
will attempt to prbve Mrs. Knox
was friendly. v
But Mrs. Knox laughs at the ac
cusations. . / /
“Malice and envy are behind
this prosecution,” she says. *1
,*m innocent; This Is a conspire -
Forty Naval and mining..engin
eers have left Paris for Duessel-
dorf. there to be instructed as to
what Ruhr mines they shall 'pos
sess.
Despite the heavy depredations
of the boll weevil in this section, j
Athens continues to hold its high j
rank of fifth among s<
inland cotton markets.
Quits Princeton For
Young Man.
U* Tex.—Is Mrs. LI1-
widow cf Hiram Knox*
lumberman, a femin-
pnr' of the famous Dt*-,
Mr IP de of fiction?
of two persona litisfei
ip toward humanitarian
dime of thousands, -in'
ieu t of her community.
,fts to charity, ; which"
r the title of “Lady
according
to S.W. Ussery, cotton agent I
Approximately 24.000 bales of j
cotton are now stored in the local j
vfou^ehouses and compresses, of
which 10,4)00 bales are warehouse
stock available for the market.
Conservatively - estimated, the
value of this cotton is well above
$2,800,000 at present, prices.
Commenting on the vast amount
of Insurance needed to protect thi.-
staple, Mr. Ussery pointed ou*
that the present method of Insur
ing eliminates much of the detail
necessary under the system for
merly in vogue. Instead of indivi
dual lot policies, blanket insurance
s automatically granted on the to- f
tal number of bales shown in a ! Russians threaten Lausanne
daily report to the federal reserve i conference with refusal to agree
bank. Eeacli lot, it is explained, J to ar.y settlement of the Dardan-
is thus as fully protected as if it ! e!les problem unless "delegates re-
were individually insured. , serve attitude toward Soviet re-
“Most of the cotton tnat comes 1 Presentatives. _
to Athens.” Mr. tJssery stated, “is I
drawn from counties to the south.! Great demonstration vtf un e m-
The crop in this immediate sec- [ ployed takes place in London with
tiofj was very short.” i 200 like mppiimvo t)i«nmvhniit Pn.,
The Clarke county crop, accord
ing to those faimiliar with the
situation, was less than one fourth
of what it would bp, under normal
conditions.
Trains in France ar e filled with I rnree mo \ e
ith high j officers and men of the Rhine ar-i were accepted durini
clals and I my, hastily^ returning to theic.' at 202 Shackelford
tor in- J posts. ' " ens, Ga. W. H. Smit
j Premier Poincalre.AVi
I French government hffic
Lai-my chiefs lays plans ... . «.
evasion of Ruhr industrial district.! 7-:
; v - .* —j Five soldiers convicted of de-
• ; French troops under command sertion from the Irish National
I of Majcr Alien in American area farmy are executed in Dublin by
1 at Coblenz are kept in barracks to
; present clashes ..with Germans. *
j American Soldiers on the Rhine
1 depressed ?t possibility of leav
ing* Germany, dying up annual in
comes 0 f about “ •***
Athens station. \ I
For further Information call*’ or
write the army recruiting officer,
will be sent to Honolulu, Hawaiian
Islands, for station. B: M. McDani«l.
T. F. Williamson, A. D. Northcutt,
G.' C. Blankenship and T. J. Flor-
202 Shackelford building, Athens,
Georgia.-
By FEE RAMENSKY ,
Many live wire activities are be
ing set in motion by the Athens Y.
W. C. A.
Beginning next Sunday, a series
of character building talks will be
| given by prominent and well known
I people. Heading .the list in the first
of these talks is Miss (Millie Ruth
erford, distinguished and beloved
Athens woman. She will deliver
her address at 3:30 Sunday after
noon in the club rooms of the Y. W.
This meeting will be conducted 1
by Miss Gallfe McWhorter and the
devotionals will be led by Miss
Myrtice Strong. The Sunday after
noon meetings will be open to all
yonng women and it is thought
will be very popular with the Girl
Reserves as well as all others.
These meetings will be of a sim
ilar character to those held by the
Y. M. C. A. Sundays.-Various meet
ings of interest and of a pr^gtical
and beneficial nature will be held
In the near future. Mrs. T. R. Ev
erett the secretary of the associa
tion states that she has a number
of plans for contemplated work,
some of which have not yet been
fully developed.
e other—the evil—per-
•ow her downward to
against hOr husband’s"
1,ally to firing the shot
,1 his death as he lay
SMASH! GO ALL PRICES
On Suits, Overcoats, Sli^rts arid Hats Here
You men of Athens have placed before you in this sale the most
Siie Mrs. Knox, to the astonlsh-
-,nt ill those she has benefited
“J hpr lavish Kitts, is behind the
Mrs of tie Hemphill Jail charged
the murder of her husband.
Shot t® dc-dh November 2G.
her strange
CAREER
litre ,« the Story of Mrs. Knox’s
•emarkabiP ca*eer as it will be
told la -court of Mrs - Knox is
brought- lrlal on a murder
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.r-“Th e
biggest feast” was ready Tuesday
for. the multitude that came to
the capital to acclaim a new execu
tive of Oklahoma—J. C. (Jack)
Walton, called the "people’s Gov
ernor.”
Over tho glowing coals of a mile
of trenches o(i the capital grounds
Tuesday* Jnorning meat by the ton
was being., browned to a turn,
bread in seeming endless quanti
ty was being sliced,'while thous-
ands-of gallons of coffee were be
ing heated to be served to the
Dependable Merchandise at the very lowest possible cash prices.
; Men’s Suits and Overcoats
All $18.50 and $20.00 Suits and C4 O Cft
Overcoats *** “
All $25.00 and $27.50 Suits and C-f Q Eft
a? ' Overcoats
All $30.00 and $35.00 Suits and MS Eft
Overcoats.
A small lot of Boys’Suits with two pair cl
Trousers, .all $12.50 sellers,
now ..
Men’s Hats Gut Deep
M ?3 - 00 and $3 - 50 Hats » ■ JP 25
\All $4.00 and $4.50 Hats, C9 (!()
‘ / j now
All $5.00 and $6.00 Hats, *7g
KjVnSp now ?
Men’s Fine Shirts Greatly
P 'J Reduced
FI All $1.25 Shifts,.. ' 51 00
fA All $1.50 and $1.75 Shirts, Cl 1E
■'MHN now .. : I .Tf fflP
All $2.00 Shirts. Cl OC
\ I now ... .... ....
AH $2.50 Shirts, Cl CE
kiWMBSmypZjiI All $3.00' Shirts," . CO Qfl
now..
;* Z?™ sms \. ,.$2.50
flf All $4.00 Shirts, ‘ CO QQ
» now..
MP: All $5.00 and $6.00 Shirts, - 52 511
vl »a.iA now .V .... T .. x® 0 .V
We are giving you every cent of profit and in some case^ morej
but it is necessary we sell. *
Mrs. Maud Gonne M-cBrode,'
Sienn Fein leader is released from
Dublin prison and repeats pro
test against what she says is ill
treatment of republican prirfhi-
ers.' *•
Four train loads of French and
Colonial troops from Mnyence pass
ed through Coblenz on way to con
centration camp in Environs of
D jSseldcrf. where # it is reported.
•'- n 00 troops have already assem
bled.
Mrs. Kn »x, known before her
mnrrlnco Lillian Marshall, wa«
the five. Shortly after,
her birth, her mother died. Her
father jdoved to Houston while
phe was still a young girl;
There the f?irl met Knox head
of a vast lumbering concern and
heir of a-fortune estimated at be
tween H.ooo.ooo and * tlb.ooo.ooo.
Cardinal Bonzano at Rome, for
mer apostolic delegate, in Wash
ington, praises influence of Cath>
lie'bishops and priests ih United
lUIUHTW* «U|
ink neated
clamoHng crowd.
Promptly at" oni o’clock after
Governor Walton is publicly inau
gurated «t the state fair grounds,
serving" of. the barbecue will be
gin frotn 13 cook houses. Nobody
will go hungry for 1 the barbecue
committee has preoared to feed at
least 200,000 persons all they can
eat. There is meat for every
taste—reindeer from the snowy
stretches of the artic countrV,
Buffalo which once • ranged the
plains of Oklahoma and the Indian
territory, bear, antelope, beef, pork,
mutton, chicken, geese, ducks,
O’possum, Coyn, Rabbits,’ and squir
rel. The" barbecued meat will be
sandwiched between one hundred
thousand loaves of bread and
another hundred thousand buns.
20,000 GALLONS OF
surrounded the site COFFEE THERE
ills here. She sthrt* ‘ As t«Kcoffee to top off the feast
fairyland in a lum- | there will be plenty. - Tho im-
’ mense coffee urns, each with a ca
ork was to plan the !*Pacity of 10,000 gallons, have been
EVERETT TRUE
By Condo
■UezA i? sir.:
i Yoot t-tr-rreG Puri(.<SHt=r>
•R5D/1V IM Tl+e KieWpAPCSRS IN i-JWlCM You 351 s-
CUS3&-D StvER/Si- IMPoRr*^ M/sYtis«S
f=U(3l_.C CONC’^RU. "You(Z QjmniAilC^TlON >-»AS
Fill&o i^th cha«miwg FiGoiies op 3r*e«setY
AND VIVID fcASHeS OT= i-vlT. IT N-AD<S
Vc=i2.Y Goo© RiSxjoiMCi..
; > Yours 't'R^-teRivinu.Y/ -
^ iisg / gi/steii -rieocs.
Monday afternoon the Girls’ High
Reserves will meet with Mrs. Mil-
ton Jarnigan to lead them in a New
Year’s ^resolution program. iMrs.
Jarnigan* has an interesting talk
prepared and some resolutions
w’hich she made at the agehf thir
teen. These will be highly interest
ing to present-day girls.
On Thursday nights the Y. W.
will entertain for business girls.
The particular party to be given
this Thursday is for the Kress girls
who are looking forward to the
event with a great deal of oxp^ aa-
tion, ' k '
Friday night the Student indus
trial community service will meet.
AtKittempt is being made to help
the Industrial girl workers to a bet
ter understanding of legislative
conditions affecting them.
Then she turned her* efforts to- life the Oklahoma that was—and
ward improving the railroad con- not a great number of years ago
nectinK Hemphill with Brons.ohi^tJS'■^r'Waidh^tho.plainsmen was always'
miles away. As the result of hfr welcomed with a feas^.
endeavors, the road was changed Painted, blanketed and bonnlted
from a narjow-gauge to a ston- Indians are here in^numbers from
dard-gauge line. reservations, cowboys and former
She brough*. at her own expert* range riderst have dressed up for
theatrical troupes from distant the Occasion and many of the pic-
places to offer them artistry free turesque characters of the pioneer
of charge to lumber ct.mp employ- days have borne to town tc- join
«*» and their families. . with, the farmers, industrial labpr
She built a mansion in which ers and business men of the state
the entertainments she gave made in tne celebration. While teams
her famous throughout the south- cf oxen are driven through the
west. She purchased old masters streets and possibly .a few roae
and further embellished her art into the city* astride horses, many
collection by importations from ot the painted Indians and former
^ uro Pe. cowboys rolled ir-to the capital In
Each Christmas aaw the expendj costly motoT cars, some driven by
ri *3: ,Kl OP<=N C-exT<SR.S.
TCTHG puQCiC, However, H/hKS TH6M ,
•RCSALi_Y OP6M Hi ^DON’T t-UDtS tMP0fc.-2QWT
F^CTS Ct-cEV/tSR. SMOKCS Sef^<S<SMS l!f 1
Tn<= Amount of Tt^OTH *VH/ur roo
THt? TIM e> U/AS about ONe OF OltfCS !
P&KZ. CGNT Ul * --r-n ■ ■
It Is felt that some labor legis-
greatly needed amonj
lation is i
these girls.
Studenta Interested in this work
are the following: Marguerite
Beall, Nell Upshaw, Edith Howe,
Nell Gillam and others.,
February la
_ _ very important
meeting has been arranged the
plans of which are still in an unde
veloped state. This is a vocational
conference. Tentative plans are for
an information bureau where young
women desiring information re
garding all branches of business
and work for women may obtain it
at best advantage. Mrs. Everett
states that some form of follow-up
work w*H ho conducted in connec
tion with this work. In this way
conditions affecting work and busi
ness for women may be studied
very advantageously.
H. J. REID & COMPANY
“THE SHOP OF QU ALITY”!
Fall River, Mass., Cotton manu
facturers refuse request of mill
workers for wage’ advance which
operatives say is Justified by re
cent wave of stock dividends.
Governor Walton was formally
inaugurated Monday at a joint
session of the legislature but Tues
day he was to go through the cere
mony again in front of the grand
stand of the fair grounds. The
new chief executive will make a
brief speech to ’ the assembled
thousands through an electrical
amplifyer. He will hold public re-
Workraen at Coblenz circulate
report that mines will be flooded
when French traops enter the Ruhr
and that general strikes will bo
declared, protesting against the
French occupation.
‘Quincy Adams Sawyer” Quaint Characteristics
will hold the
Wednesday Morning
largest remnant sale ever held in this s
Remnants from every stock in the h<
Silks. White Goccis, Linens, Domestics
niLLV
fftAKlEV
Curtain Nets, Gretons, Laces
Lengths From 1% to 5 Yards
Ihajkv
'Obauiam
\
*MaRK, AMb HEAft-mc
Patriotic c
Davison - Nicholson Company
kina of'i, ^ dams Sawyer" U the | aMii ar-very• <J«ar war b
-lack u “ t wlu take you is a down “IJsbtnins"
hood, u child- production.
vl vidly back I This picture Is a novel
Ua a1most for X ot - joyed in two hpars It I
ractirr that will be thought' as well as pattAs; it had
acting as well as beauty In set
ting. It has an unsurpassed cast
and will appeal to the public in
Koneral. It is at the Palace Thura
—as—
