About The Athens daily herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1912-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1923)
The Weather: Continued cloudy with a rising temperature. Daily and Sunday—10 Cent* a Week. She One Paper In Host Homes—The Only Paper In Many Homes. Dally asd Sunday—lo'Cents a Week. 1 Athens Cotton: MIDDLING 28 l-2e PREVIOUS CLOSE 28 l-2c VOL. 11. No. 112 Pun Associated Press Leased Wfre. Service. ATHENS, GA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 24, 1928. 'Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. COTTON TO 4—4- 4* 4* V 4» «p 4—4« 4*—4* 4-—4* Renewed German Figures in $6,000,000 Fraud Case V'alkout of -65,000 Thys- se n Workers Most Ef fective Counter Move Vet Recorded. COLLECTIONS ARE MADE SLOWLY Train Service in Occupied Reirion Very Poor. New Renorts Tell of German Military Movements. Whipped By A Masked Mob Grand Jury Investigates Double Flogging. CHESTOII CLOSE LATE IDE Attorney General Coco Made This Announce- FIM EVERYWHERE WITH WIRES OUT {Heavy Sleet and Snow Late Tuesday Results in ment Late Tuesday. Cav- i No Telegraph Nor Tele- airy Is Moved. )> phone Service. MANY FINE~TREES j HERE HARD HIT4 t )amage Done to Be Very i Great. 150 Phones Put! of Commission Here! ! ATTORNEY AND * STAFF GO TO N. O. ESSIt; — By the Associated -rest* t - a French official stato- n-nt issued Tuesday evening de- lares that a considerable move- j ■ tit „( German troops has taken i ilare in German unoccupied torriI orv. No ilotails are given. W. E. Stewart (left) and A1 F. ; ary 6 on charges of fraud in con- Parker (right) goes to trial in fed- !«•*» Testimony Will Be Pre sented to Grand Jury in New Orleans Within About Five Wedks. ) 100,000 acres of Texas land for eral court at Kansas City Febru- {amount totaling $6,000,000. DUSSELDORF — The strike Tuesday of tho Thyssen workmen to the number of 65,000 is the most effective blow yet struck by the Germans against Franco- lwipian occupation. In contrast { to the miners* strike, .which ap- 'pears ’to’ be v and the walkout of the railway; STRIPLIH AND NEAL iRESS TUESDAY NIGHTS SESSION The most elaborate meeting ever which was localized, the Thy <«en workers quit solidly to a man, they gathered in the streets of Hamborn and Muelheim singing patriotic songs in which the name of Fritz Thyssen, whose retention in custody by the French was the muse of the strike, was substitut 'd for the name of the kaiser and other former national heroes. The French continue tltoir re- pr'septive measures toward state officials refusing to obey their or ders. but appear to have aban doned the idea of placing the de linquents in jail, contenting them- «*lves with dismissal and expul- club isjming arranged for Thurs day night when the club’s eighth international birthday will be cele brated and “Ladies Night” observ Th“ emulsion of Count von Roedern from Cologne was car ried out Tuesday by the French, v'th tho authorization of the Brit i*h authorities, despite the strong I'.otest of Von Roedern, whose appeal for British protection fail- fOUFCTIONS PROCEED ed. The meeting will be held at the Georgian hotel and the festivities wi|l get under way at eight bells according to the program com- mittee^headed by Kiwanian Wal ter Hodgson. Captain James W. Barnett will preside at this meeting, which in itself insures an evening of good cheer, and a special program has been arranged. BY JOHN D. ALLEN Neal, editor .of- the Savan- nah MoFrilng 'News; and R. T«L Strlplin, secretary of the South* eastern Fair of Albania, were the Wednesday. BASTROP, La.—(By the Asso ciated Press)—It was officially announced Tuesday nigtit by At- ; tomey General A. V. Coco, who ; has personally . conducted the etate’s open hearing here into t masked band activities in More-* house parish, that the hearing I would be concluded Wednesday. The attorney general and "his staff of assistants made reserva tions for their return to New Orleans Wednesday afternoon. The detachment of ■ cavalry brought here several weeks ago to relieve infantry and machine gun troops who had been ©n duty since the middle of December are preparing to leave for Jennl: its home station. Wednesday temoon. Mr. Coco staled that there prob ably would be a delay of 3 to 5 The dearth - of telegraph news in The Herald this after noon was brought about bv the fact that the Associated Press Leased wire over which this news ,reaches The Herald was put out of committion by the heavy sleet and snow Tuesday afternoon and night., Linemen are reported work repairing these wires . and the same leased wire ser vice given readers in the past Is hoped will be resumed Thur- day. STOP RAISING OF, Prof. E. C. Westbrook in Address Tells How Cot ton Is to Be Chief Money. Crop. .‘ MANY EXPERTS ARE HEARD WEDNESDAY Hon. John N. Harper Pre-. sides At Morning Ses sion.. Market Methods Are Needed. principal speakers at the Tuesday j weeks before the tesJtmony ob night session of the Farmers* Con- I tained at the hearing would be ference and both delivered impor- | pr e 3 ented to the grand Jury. A tant and well received messages : new grand Jury will be sworn in to the large crowd assembled in I on the first of March. A grand Jury is probing - the Athens was cut off from the out! mysterious whipping by a masked de world Wednesday morning | tnob ■ at Gopse Creek. Texas, of M-B6gart and Colbert were thei Mr, R.H. <H»jrtsow-, **>dl\,' farthemost points where com- I R. A. Armand (right). The cou* mnnication was possible during 1 pie were kidnaped at night. eaken the morning. • I { to a lonely prairie and flogged so Not a wire, telegraph or tele- | eeverely both were confined to phone, was working in any direc- their beds for days. No reason tton beyond these points and i can be asigned for the flogging, hence the Herald Wednesday pre- I kUsisrSfcS,, i ,i;;s:PRCIT BIIQKfTBIIII — .... aSL?«Baara*:lilB □AbRLIbfiLL problem of the farmer, no condi tion that affects his welfare, that it is not the duty of the daily press to concern itself with.* “Here in Georgia we are one people. We have She same r©Pr«- I sentatives, the same senators, the The Kiwanians and their lady same governor, and we live under guests are to attend this occasion j ^h© same laws. And though there a la masquerade and for a week nre c tty folks and country folks. ium. j to New Orleans and briefed be- There is no problem that is i fore ig subm itted to the grand wholly a rural one," declared Mr. J j u ry. The attorney general would Neal. ‘‘Therefore, -Jhere is no nX) ^ state if he expected any wit nesses to be\ called before that body. now the minds of most of the mem bers have been busily engaged in planning costumes for the occasi on. Fancy dress and “tacky” at tire is the order of the night and those who are too modest to re gale themselves thusly will come in for, the ridicule of those who In the Rhineland, measures for th«* miipctton of the coal tax and taking over the state forests are proceedine slowly, in the face of tV resistnnre of German officials. The customs employees at the Mnyp»ire Central station declined ,0 work under French supervision jp<! quit this morning. Herr FMell-Below, the the reich cora- ipj' sarv of forests at Wiesbaden,* refused to turn over the re- '.° ris to the French, asserting J" a ‘ th«* Wiesbaden forests did not t»d.idi; to the state, but to the municipality, was dismissed from ofiice Tuesday and expelled. He ,s the third reich official at Wies baden to he expelled in the past do. five dav Th,. Governor Clifford Walker may be In attendance while a number of other honor guests will be on hand, including President and Mrs. Morton Hodgson of the Ro tary club. Orchestra music for the evening will be furnished by Morris’ or chestra and a number of special stunts and prizes have been ar ranged for. Gark Howell, Jr., Given High Post fundamentally we are all the same. There is work for all of us to do. t DAILY PRESS MUST SHOW INTEREST “But wh&3 affects o|e group affects us all. That is why the daily press has a right to, and must interest itself in the farmer, in what concerns him, Just as it interests itself in what affects the dweller ini the city.” Pointing out the position of the daily press in modern life, Mr. Neal stated that newspapers af ford the quickest and best means of communlcU <ion between Peo ples of different sect!one, and be- Income Tax Forms Are Now Ready outside of this immediate ty. Manager Jarrell, of the tele phone company hopes to establish communications with Atlanta and Elberton later in the day while the Western Union and Postal telegroph companies are endeavor ing to get their lines working. W. Wade, deputy revenue collector with offices in She post office building here, announces that all forms for making income tax returns for 1922, except from No. 1120 corporations returns can be secured either from H!s office at room 201 Federal building, Athens, or feom the internal Dev- enue Collector, Atlanta.* Form 1120, corporation return will be released later, acording to Mr. Wade. New Postmasters Are Announced ATLANTA, Ga. — Announce ment of the nomination of post masters for ten Georgia cities and towns were made Tuesday by L. H. Crawford, vice-chairman of the j Republican state central commit- MUCH DAMAGE SUSTAINED The sleet and Ice did much dam age here, especlallv to trees and telephone wires. It is estimated that 150 local telephones are out of commission and falling limbs have caused havoc to be brought with the* lines. Many fine trees on Prince, Mil- ledge and other streets were rent to pieces by the heavy load of ice and magnolias, elms and other brit tie varieties with heavy foliage have suffered most. The street car service, though somewhat tied up Tuesday night, was running almost on normal schedules Wednesday. This freeze* is really welcomed EOF Tonight at eight thirty In the Moss Auditorium Georgia’s Bull dog basketeers will battle the Wot ford agregatton ot Sooth Carolina This fracas is the Bulldogs' first home game engagement and will no doubt be witnessed by a large crowd. Last Saturday night Ip Spartanburg Georgia eased out over the Terriers, in a 24 to 22 tracas. Determined to get re venge for this defeat the Terriers will no doubt put up a hard game against the Bulldogs tonight Georgia Is In excellent shape for the game but whether they will be able to repeat with another Z victory over the Carolinians can Hon. J. N. Harper, chairman of the soil improvement committee of the Southern Fertilizer Associa tion, presiaed at the morning ses sion of the Farmers’ conference Wednesday and interesting speech es were made by Dr. John E. Fain, who talked on “Standards of Hay,” and Prof. E. C. Westbrook ~ who delivered an interesting speech on “Farming Plans for North Georgia.” Prof. Tabor, who was to speak on “Permanent Pastures,” was called away from the conference on account of a death in his family and this sub ject was omitted. * Mr. Westbrook gave an outline of crops for North Georgia that was of especial interest to farm ers in this section. For the past •' several months this expert has made a detailed study of “extra money" crops grown in the state end his remarks carried . with them deductions made from ac tual observations and statistics.' COTTON STILL MAIN CROP of-niPhe^ard -that-despitc " the boll weevil, cotton will con tinue to. be the backbone of l our crops and that-it will continue to* be grown in the Piedmont section with varying success, depending upon the care ahd attention of the farmers in the details of growing cotton these days. Mr. Westbrook stated that some of the farmers experienced diffi- culyt in marketing their extra crops and thereby lost money while others. realized as much is $400 per acre profit on the extra crops. Green beans proved a money maker, especially those grown for the late consumer.' Peanuts, according to Mr. West brook, led all the other-crops as a money maker. Irish potatoes, pimento peppers and English peas were also grown at a profit, but tobacco in this section was a dis appointment last year, he stated. MARKET METHODS ARE BADLY NEEDED Mr. Westbrook stated that mar ket methods and systematic, co operation and education in mar keting was needed more than anything else if the 1923 extra Over a hundred thousand dol- to be a success.' “In SINGS SUPS hail! witch men and trackwalk- at »Yi«‘ Meiderich and Ober- ! ° n yards, in the Belgian zone J occunation, also quit work Tues :u afternoon after damaging the ^ t'-h boxes. The train service th “ Ruhr is generally a little j nothing happens in mis wide ATLANTA. GA-Athens friends | world which ir of Interest to no- ot Major Clarke HoweU, Jr. w ^ Jg the business of the daily be interested in named newspaper to espouse the farm- been named. * * . cause of that fact make possible the speedly dissemination of knowledge that is vital to ihe welfare of all. “The last decade has taught te e> one tremendous lesson to the J The nomination for Moultrie, world,’ he said, “and that is that Waycross, Waynesboro, Madison ment that he hab 1 , ••'“*. P.OUCI Oil/ • . l0 "' normal, but has improved mice yeaterday. The Output of 1 coal mines is increasing hour- ' • acrorcHng to the French, and jH-rsonal investigation seemed " “"ar out the statement. 3.273 COPIES OF THE BANNER-HERALD *"<• circulated daily among , t'tizens and in the homes "[ '"lens. Mighty few Ath- ns homes are withoot the "(’""■’•Herald, taking either tu ,, annc r in the morning or . Herald in the afternoon. ANOTHER THING, a care- L u ‘ chwl < show, that only 174 names Athena take both the “?"ner an d the Herald, 'herefore the duplication in u* <ll >' circulation of the Knnner and the Herald is less >»un 6 per cent^ T° keach all. the homes •a Athens, Advertisers should use both the IIIOU«6V> u * -— — tion, according to announcement Tuesday by tfie board of directors of- tho paper. He succeeds E. Stow, who becomes auditor of the company, his duties heretofore having been confined largely to auditing and accounting. Mr. Stow also continues as secretary treasurer of the comparty. Major Howell is one of the bed) known young business men of Atlanta/ Graduating, from the university of Georgia in 1*15. be became connected with the Con stitution and remained with.lt un til tho ertSrance of the United States into the World He entered the officers* training Camp, received his commission and served with distinction over seas with the American expedl- tlonary forces. for evening A novel evening gown Is of Nile green satin, vailed with *> lack " < '‘ and girdled with a, wreath of gold foliage. work for better schools, better roads, better mar kets, betters fairs, and for the many other things that are vital to the permanent well-being of the farmer.” MR. STRIPLIN’S ADDRESS . tha and Bainbridge are among nominations. / Pleasant N. Little has .been nominated by Mr. Crawford for Madison po&tmastership. returning from their invasion of Mid°m‘hring““mnTio*ps"of'doiiara | Palmetto state the Red and' worth of amonia into the soil and A " * " there Is the bright side as well as the dark and cold side to it all. The coal people have had the first rush of the winter and go loshes have come into their own again while the school children en Joyed that age old game of mow- ball all day Wednesday. Nb werth er forecast is avaflable. . Commissioner Brown Sounds Note of Optimism In Interview With Gantt Wes Barrs' on 12-weeks person al appearance tour. Boston to Los Angeles. Then to star in “David Copperfield.” ^ . . IT m i n no in' session Miss Beatrice Williams of Three-fourths of the ™ in t the American Committee for De using motor Following Mr. Neal, Hon. R. M. Striplirt of Atlanta, secretary of the Southeastodn Fair, spoke on the ways in which* tfcaA organiza tion helps the farmer. Stating that the fair was or ganized to help the farmer and promote the welfare of Georgia and the other southeastern states, Mr. Strlplin said that he looked forward to the day when it will be even more of an educational, acid less of an entertaining; year-’ ly event “I urge the farmers and busi ness men of the Southeast to use the fair for trade and business purposes,' he went on to say, “and assure them that my strongest efforts will be lent towarda mak ing it even more suifable for that purpose.” ILLUSTRATED LECTURE As a special feature of the night By T. LARRY GANTT Among the prominent visitors to our city Tuesday in attendance on the Farmers’ Conference, wss Hon. J. J. Brown, State Commis sioner of Agriculture. Mr. Brown is from Goshen district in Libert county, and I knew him as a boy. In slavery days, Goshen was con sidered one of the poorest parts of Elbert county, being thin grey land, but lying beautifully, almost as level as a pairie. The large and wealthy slave-owners settled in that red-clay and broken section lying south of Elberton and the peninsula formally the confluence of Broad and Savannah rivers. But after the surrender and the Intro duction of commercial fertilizers, the upper districts like Goshen, Gaines and a part of Webbsboro began to forge to the front and on record breaking crops kinds were grown. Their land commanded the highest price Pf n er and the Herald. I trucks. this country are (Turn to Page Three) Farmers* Alliance and afterwards populists. Yon had well at tempt to turn over Stone Mountain with a. wooden toothpick as to change a Goshenite when he has his mind made up and set. But finer and better people never lived and they have been my loyal .friends since my boyhood dkys. This is the stock from which J. J. Brc wn sprang, an.l he inherits, that backbone and figlitihg spirit. DELRGHTED TO MEpT MR. BROWN Black have worked hard for this game and also for thh Auburn fracas which will be played Satur day night. Just what kind of a basketball team the Bulldogs really have will be seen tonight as the Terriers are .out for blood. All that local fans know of the Georgia bunch is what can be garnered from ac-, counts of their seven games play- • cates" ed. Of these seven the Bulldogs • have won five and lost two. The j POSTMASTER AND two defeats were not administer- I FORCE RUSHED v .. X These' two lars worth of War Savings Stamps which matured on Januahr first have been redeemed through the local post office and through the local, banks. Up to January 17th had redeemed more than $35,000.' 00 worth. This cash came to the people at an opportune time, Just following the holidays and during a time ’when ready cash could be used to an advantage by most of the holders of these stamps. Quite a large number of the holders rein vested the cash in other forms of Government securities, that is Treasury, four per cent certifi ed by college teams, games were dropped on the trip made' to South Georgia and Flori da on which the Bulldogs played games with three *‘Y" teams and another with the Infantry school at Columbus. Recently the Red and Black In vaded South Carolina for a trio of games with the colleges of the state. Clemson. Furman and Wof • 0 JP a H fell before the Stegeman ' During the'rush days when these stamps were being redeemed Post master Smith says the lobby of the postofflce resembled iu some ways a bank wben o'run 1b being made on it or Saturday Just before closing hours and a lot ot pay rolls awaiting. The ■Postmaster states -hat, un der the plans followed, these pay ments naturally came nder five .. . GH® Invasion. Although! different methods ot Iren., ent. . t T° close games they] First. The forwarding to the mppaead^m jteep their, slate clean [ Federal Reserve Bank from Nov ember 15 to January 1st, of the 1922 they worked on a hit and miss method, and usually missed,” he declared. Soy and mung beans both yield ed a fair return last year and can be grown with success in this section. Alfalfa, broom com, the latter not very highly recommend ed as a money corp, tomatoes, green beans all give fair returns and late green beans of last year were very successful, he stated. Mr. Westbrook went into his re search work in detail and a com plete report of it was carried in the Banner-Herald on January 14th. . GOVERNOR WALKER SPEAKS THURSDAY Governor-elect Clifford Walker is the main speaker on the pro gram Thursday and will address the conference at 12 o’clock. Dr. L. G. Hardeman, of Commerce, will preside at this session. This will be the governor’s first public appearance in Athens since his election and he Is expected to have a crowded house to hear him. It is known tha’ Mr. Walker has been giving considerable study to the farm situation in Gerogia since his election and he is ex pected to have a message Thurs day that will be of interest to farmers all over the state. rprnes a9 ™Hege teams are con- SYIS? 4 ; , T ^ ey wln straggle to- t0 keep Mid slate free hut they are up against a nifty quln- I was of course delight*"] to mset Mr. Brown and- we talfco' over old times. Ho was a lioy (bring Alliance days hut *:air< from good old Farmers’ Aliance stock.' He says that every demand made by these farmers and which were once held in ridicule and con tempt have been enacted Into a law, viz: The election-of II. S. {Senator bv direct vote of th©"peo any other section in,Elbert and]pie; rural free delivery; pmhihi- adjoining counties. These Gosh-! tion^- the Income tax? regulation en. farmers were always indooen-jof railroads; the snb treasury Mil. dent In thought and action. They t We have the Government loaning were iron-ribbed members of the* (Turn to Page Three) • P^Hminary has been ar nnged and will get under way at ■even, thirty. At this time the riiprgia Freshmen will lock np his is the Fteshtes” first game if the season. Coach 'Cnnm*> season. Coach 'Conovers 1 * da » re ffaring to go and in this Watkinsvilie crew they have a (earn that will give them' a great deal of trouble. A large number ef las(.year's nren stars will he found on the Freshman crew this year. It is probable that Athens fans will he able to see some, of (Turn to Page Five) larger amounts, for a check nr new certificates, which reached the owners in payment soon after January 1st. . This called for triplicate receipt forms, in addi tion to the owners form, all of vChich had to be carefully signed an& witnessed, and the Stamps then were listed and sent by regis terod mail. The certificates. thus * forwarded amounted to $29,416.00. A Second method was followed by' the office in handling those certificates paid by the Athens of fice in cash and exchange, end which were forwerded to the cred it of the Treasury Savings Ac count of the Post Office. These (Turn to Page Tnree) r ' /iSa.. Li * j , i • • > Last’s Week’s . CIRCULATION Combined of the BANNER-HERALD Was as follows Tuesday 5,051 Wednesday, 5,098 Thursday 6,107 Friday ... .*...-. 5,075 Sunday 430*1 No issue of the Banner b pub lished on Monday morning. No is sue of the Herald b prlntal on Sat urday evening. BANNER-HERALD ATHENS, GA. J