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Athens Cotton:
MinnUNG .. — — ». 27 3-4c
I'KKVIOUS CLOSE .. 27 l-4c
_ . „ u rln Warmer with
WEATHER scattered show
ers \and clouds.
Daily and Sunday—10 Cants a Week.
TheriOME
NEWSPAPER
VOL. 11, No. 119 Full Associated Press Leased.Wire. Service.
ATHENS, GAi FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1923.
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 6 Cents Sunday.
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Record Is Broken as Four Are Executed in Arkansas Today
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CORDON IS TOTALLY EFFECTIVE
RAIL LINES Ml
1 MEN DIE IN
Trie, to "Mash Her;” Banished Cl MIME I ICIIT j!
ARKANSAS FRIDAY
Execution of Quartette
Early in the Morning
Marks Biggest Death
Toll For One Day.
ALL WENT TO i
DEATH CALMLY)
Murder, Cause of Their
Deaths. One Had to Be
Pit Back in Chair—
Wasn't Dead.
l.ITTI.K ROCK, Ark.—Four men
convicted of murder were electro
cuted at the Arkansas penitentiary
early Friday. All faced death calm
ly. The men went to -tbe-clectrio
chair in the follo*tqg Oilier: Dim-
fan Richardson. Ben Richardson,
F. 0. Fallen, all convictod of the
m;n!t r of Ira Culp, farmer near
Wilnmt. Ark, and Will Decord,
<orv:< of the murder of Mr.
and dr* w. M. Sllsby In Stone
c‘»'T.: A i Kansas.
I huh of the | murders for which
Hi*' men paid the death penalty,
"-re revoluting. Mr. and Mrs.
Silby were killed with a hatchet
nr an axe. Vliile Culp was killed
and his body afterward mutilated
and partly burned.
The execution of the four men
r ark* d the largest toll exacted by
justice on a single day in the his-
torv of Arkansas.
bnran Richard, 2D, stepped Into
ihe (hair at seven o’clock. De-
h'Td was executed at 8:02.
Ihinean Richards was brought
death chamber several
CRASH IN ATHENS
Crop Reporting
Topic For Session
J. C. Doply and Frank
Beavers Injured in
Wreck Which Occurred
Thursday Night.
TWO BOYS WERE
SENT TO HOSPITAL
Herman Jackson, Who
Figured in Accident Lent
Aid to Boys. Other Car
Is Found.
ATLANTA — Special problems
relating to crop estimating in the
South are to be discussed here
4uring the conrerence of agricul
tural statisticians or tne Federal
farm bureau of agricultural econo
mies, convening Friday for a two
day session.
These experts will devise-plans
for the 1923 crop reporting cam
paign and suggestion will be asked
from each statistician on improve
ments in the methods of crop re
porting.
Live stock reporting, price re
porting, co-operation, methods of
estimating acreage and losses, pars
'and normals, will be discussed.
Among those to address the
meeting are Dr. H. C. Taylor,
Chief of the Bureau of agricultural
economies, W. F. Chandler, N. C.
Murray, Chas. E. Gage, H. R. Trol
ley, J. A. Brecker, S. A. Jones,
members of the Federal crop re
porting board.
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
FEEL FRENCH FORCE
No Vamp
FRENCH UNMOVED
Bright lights were again blamed
•r a rather serious automobile
wreck here wnich resulted Thurs
day night In the injury of two
■ymmr hoyar Frank Beavers and
C. Dooley^ aged 17 and 1C who
.. Twining, 19, 1 shown here. The
Clayde Wyant was brought be-
tore a Chicago judge charged with | suspended, sentence
j Wyant would promise to leave Chi-
attempting to flirt wfefci Vjvian , cago in 24 hours and not return.
were struck by a car driven by
Herman Jackson as they were re
turning from a night school ses
sion at the Neighborhood house
in East Athens.
Both boys were rushed tto the
Athens General hospital for treat
ment and Friday mdrning Mr.
Beavers was reported still suffer
ing from the nervous shock and
to have sustained a severely brok
en arm. Mr. Dooley was notl bad
ly injured and expected to leave
the hospital during the day.
Military Cordon Flung
Around Ruhr Appears
to Be Checking Flow of
Coal Supply.
LATE MOVE NO
r ECONOMIC AID
“Traditional Ame r i c a ri
Honor and Appreciation
of. Fair Play” Sought'By
Labor Unions.
STEP TAKEN WITH
NO OFFICIAL O. K.
Union Heads in Seeking
U. S. Intervention Would
Avoid Unemployment
For Millions.
French-Belgian Troops in
Control of Main Rail
Centers. Important Sec
tion Held.
JOF
mmt
She says she does a’ll want to
play vamp parts because that en
velops the actress in
personality.”
PARIS — (By the Associated
Press) — The French government,
it was said at the foreign office
Friday, will be obliged to take
severe attitude toward the Ger-
lan government if it continues to
tolerate the molestation of the
French subjects such as occurred
at Koenigsburg the last two days.
The French consulate was the
object of the mob attack, the win
dows being smashed, while Ger
man civilians made demonstrations
against French officers attached
to tho inter-allied control commis
sions.
DUS8ELDORF — (By the Asso
ciated Press) — The blockade of
the Ruhr valley from within was
absolutely complete Friday. Not
;le. ton of coal or coke has,
"from the Rohr
TOURIST BUSINESS
DETAILS AFFECTING
minutes before the apparatus was
SHOWED NO
nervousness
!’«• displayed no nervousness.
wuik.Mi about the chair look-
in " at 't and started toward the
board where the execution
*‘ r was at work. The executioner
movi'd quickly away.
'ThMi’t he afraid of me” Richard
• not handcuffed, said.
ARE AGREED UPON
WASHINGTON—Agreement on
the last details of the plan for
funding Grea'J Britain's war time
fr, the United states was re*
* woulil as soon have you do It rled by officials as virtually State College of Agriculture Fri-
anyone." ' , oy oit _ ,, w j,en I day for the first meeting of the
ie apparatus was ready.. & American debt commission district association.
1 tho chair, voluntarily. _ !n w i t h sir Auklan.l
— 'ceddes. Tho Brk-en ambassador.
IT
It was first reported Thursday
night that the driver of the car
that hit the boys did no stop to
\ see what had happened or to pick
i the injured up. This was a mis-
j take. Mr. Jackson carried the in-
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OF P.T.A. FRIDAY 1 'SSffi&Z
Of Bad Weather
More than flfry women represent
ing the twenty-three P. T. A. or
ganizations in the Eighth congres
sional district assembled at the
State College of Agriculture Fri-
; a : pronounced dead In three aeSi „
„. . , „ . ! acting for his government In the
-.1. He paIe I concluding negptlations.
f - being”In* the chair ^/'^“xeaS'^rs^y,
~»a^? The'undertak- ~
appeared to be
'k slightly and refused to
1 l»odv. The bodv was re
placed in the chair and the
'(‘applied.
•bord was being strapped
hair he shouted angrily to
ndant: “Look out there.
mashing my hand.
‘m the men showed much
' nrt all were able to walk
i(*d to the chafr.
electrocuted for
WH ITE WOMAN’S DEATH
“UWIIUA, S. C.,—Thomas
»><n. a young negro who last
’ 1 was taken from the Olar
■ a crowd of men and later
, ’» r ncd over to the.'sheriff
’•r ucht Id Columbia for safe
, n,n " was electrocuted at the*
penitentiary here 'Friday for
-mi
in the crime.
. DEFEND TITLE
. nf y ^ ORK — Johnny Dundee,
ion vv v °rk was to defend his
Eii„ p0, ‘ n<1 championship against
/lores, nmpino in a 15
H f ,n’!V' ut at Madison Square Gar
Friday pight * •
derstood to have presented to tha
•Mrs. Bruce Carr .Tones, state
president, Macon, Mrs. Boyce Fick
len, district, president. Washington j
and Mrs. W. B. Hudson, president
of the Athens council, were all In
attendance. Mrs.-Jones n.ale *he
main sp6ech of the day nnd told of
the work that is being done by :ho
organization over the state, its
According to An Old Be
lief Cold and Disagree
ableness to Exist For
Six Weeks.
commission certain interpertative growth. aims and program, for the
"underdtsandlngs” of the^settlcment now year. 'fi
provisions, It was hoped ttie com
mission would bo In a position af
ter Friday’s meeting to submit to
President Harding Saturday i’.e
recommendations for action by
Congress . The. president thus
would be able to .place the settle
ment# before Congress for ratifica
tion 'probably early neat week.
Dress Parade of
Students/Friday
The . third dress parade by the
nlversitr cadets will he held off
nrilversity cadets will
Hgrty Field Friday afternoon and
the nubile Is Invited to come pver
mthe campus and seethe parade.
The entire regiment, from band
to cavalry will he in lh>e and as
"r5 r °i a wW( ® » oman "® ar 4interesting revitm is promised,
an. Bamberg County. JOhn-T* 0 ’:?*" 1 ??*. imn» wb«
"hiio seated in the death
denied that he had an ac-
The meeting began at 9:30 In the
auditorium of the State College
of Agriculture with .the address
of welcome being delivered by
Miss Mary Creswell. head of the
Home economics department of
the college. She was followed by
a response from Mrs. Gabriel
Toombs, of Washington.
Mrs. R. S. Pound, prominent
member of the Athens council,
was named secretary and treasur
er. the only officer named at the
meet. The visiting delegates and
officers made their reports, the
committees were named and then
Mrs. Jones delivered her address.
in the last 36 hours, the French
authorities announce, adding that
j the/ measures they put fcito force
at midnight Wednesday are total
ly effective.
The Germans show no disposi
tion to contradict the French as
to the general effectiveness of tho
assays?,— l ™ ~
—r —„ ~ rn* j train oi iony-six loaded coal cars,
farm lands is well under 1t JL h disregarding all signals ran the
this season of the year, although
excessive moisture lias held plow
ing in check throughout the region
according to the semi-monthly
crop report for the southeast, is
sued by Z. R. Pettete, agricul
turalist statistician-
Much of the North Georgia bot
tom land that could not be broken
last spring has already been put
in shape for this season and labor
seems sufficient to Tupply de
mands, the report shows.
In summarizing the condition of
the various- crops the following
facts are brought! out:
Much more interest is being
manifest in cotton than last year.
General acreage increases seem
certain In Florida and parts of
Georgia. , .
Wheat Is hot making the growth
expected except In North Caro
lina.
OATS, RYE AND BARLEY
IN GOOD CONDITION
blockage at Horde, near Dortmund,
BERLIN — (By the Associated
Press) — The tourist business Ip
Berlin is sadly demoralized. As a
result of the irregjilar railway ser
vice and the unsettled condition,
Thursday afternoon and escaped niost of the foreign visitors are
into interior Germany.
AT THE FRANCO-BELGIAN
CUSTOMS BORDER NEAR BRA-
CHEL—(By the Associated Press)
—The great railroad arteries, fed
from thp industrial heart of Ger
many, are feeling the first gruel
ling twists of the troop tourni
quet applied by France and Bel
gium.
Friday the military cordon flung
around the Ruhr appears to be 1
checking effectively the flow to
unoccupied Germany of coal, her
.“economic lifeblood,” but unlike
the surgical operation It resembles
this latest move of the allies is
nov aiding the life of the econo
mic bjdy on which it was applied.
One of the most important sec
tions of the military front is forty
kilometer barrier between LUne-
nin and Brachel. In a straight
line, across the country a cjetach-
Oats, rye and barley are in very ment 0 f so idiers Friday holas the
ategic points on the main rail-
good fcondition in North Carolin;
South Carolina, Tennessee anl ^ ay , incs leadlnK out or Dort .
Florida but not so good in Central mund toward suCh centers as
and Northern Georgia.
Irish potato acreage in Florida
is being reduced while a larg.
, - k COMMITTEES
That the-public may know when; are NAMEO
there la to be a parade an order
been issued by tho Adjutant,] The committees appointed were,
- b. L. Burch as follows: ]“Tfme and Place," ’Mrs. tc»*nel
enever the flag Is raised on {Toombs, Mrs. M. A. McDoaald tad
tb9'pole in front of Moore College Mrs. E. W. Roberts. “Resolutions,”
on the Campus on Friday It will j Mrs. Clifford Walker, Mrs. H. W.
mmn that a parade will be held jpavne and Mrs. C. C. Wills,
by the ROTO Unit Friday, Febru-1 There are twenty; three assocls-
ary 2, 1913- "
Th T uradS? U “ dh0g 8aW his shad , ow
Which means six more weeks of
snldi n?* U,er i,? fler 41118 temporary
8 m 1 04 8uns hlne and warmth.
Take the groundhog’s word for
It. for he knows. Every Feb. 2
he s, been coming out of his winter
dugout to learn about the weath-
B. I,. BURCH,
Adlntaat. ROTC. U. Ga.
tlons In this ^(strict and six of
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Vsterday f s
Combined
But If the da is cloudy, so he
can t see his shadow, the ground
hog stays out of winter quarters
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stock of sweet* potatos is on hand
in North Carolina,
Increased interest in truck crops
is being shown in the weevil in
fested territory of Georga and
North Carolina and South .Ca r °llna
and plans are well advanced. Flor
ida is preparing for large spr*ng
truck crops> especially watermel
ons.
The 1922-23 citrus crop will be
larger than first estimatda indicat
ed.
In middle Tennessee, the tobacco
crop Is beginning to move freely
and the bulk of ‘the crop has been
morkted in the Eastern part of
the state.
The condition of cattle .is Im
proving in Florida, fair to good
throughout other parts of the re
gion. Lambs are becoming plentl-
ftil in Tennessee. A decrca8e in
Orenburg,. 1 Bremen, Hanover,
t Haniburg, Halle, even Berlin
self. .
The correspondent motor car
dr?w up at a lone cross roads on
¥iis line almost within a stone’s
throw of BraChel. At the roadside
stood a groop of French officers,
pouring over a map of the district.
Lapping the sides of the highway
were the flooded waters of the
Emacher river which from this Jrww • ■ n • 1 ■
lK>int wanders down through Dort- £ tlllllC l 4 1T6HCI1 t O
leaving the capital while very fe^
are coming-in.
International sleeper service
has been suspended to Riga, War
saw, Paris and London, and the
only through trains are those to
Vienna. Passengers for Paris are
now compelled to go by way of
Basel and can take a German sleep
Ing car only as far as Frankfort.
Travelers to, London are going
through Holland.
The money famine continues.!
As a result the newspapers are
urging the government to print
100,000 mark notes in an effort to
relieve- the situation which has
reached such a stage that the
banks have begun to ration cash,
giving only so much to each custo
mer. The bankers assert that they
are unable to obtain from the gov
ernment the necessary supplies of
currency.
There has been such an exodus
since the'Ruhr occupation began
that the foreign office and the
municipal authorities are consider
ing a. reduction of the taxes on the
non German residents, as an in
ducement for foreigners, with the
exception of the French and Bel
gians, to make themselves com
fortable in Berlin.
Officials of tourist agencies esti
mate that there are still at least
8.000 AmqfHcans In Greater Berlin.
Beer is selling at less than one
cent a glass.
By taking rooms in private
houses foreigners In many in
stances get comfortable. quarters
for a dollar or so a‘ month. They
also avoid the eighty per cent pjty
tax imposed upon all hotel guests |
RUHR FOOD SUPPLY
ALARMINGLY LOW J.
T *
DUS SELDORF, (By the ASso- •
.elated Press.)—Many, Ruhr cities
(and towns are complaining to the
* French authorities that their fo^d
supplies are getting lower. The
Burgomaster of Resklinhausen has
■■□.formed headquarters that % •
people have only enough potatoes
to last 10 days. This, vegetable,
together with cabbage and other
garden products, form the chief
diet of the Ruhr workers, few of
whom have meat more than once
a day.
The directors of the four mines
in the Dortmund and Getznkirchen
district, who were ordered to re
sume coal deliveries to France
immediately have , been given 24 •
hours to obey. If they refuse
they will be arrested.
The French have made up their
minds to remain here until Berlin
surrenders, come what may.
The inter-Allied .railway sub
committee for the Cologne area
has reached an agreement with
the railway directorate in that dis
trict whereby the German railway
men will resume work as'soon as
the soldiers are - withdrawn. How
ever, no trains carrying repara
tions shipments will be operated.
Coal production continued to de-.
crease.
mund into the heart of the rich
industrial coal regions, ■ hurrying
past Essen to Join tne Rhine near
Hamburg.
The officers paqsed at the sound
Invade Ukraine
MOSCOW — (By the Associated
'of the motor and looked up to j Press) — Prpof that the French,
.give tho new member a discreet
greeting as he advanced toward
* ~ His ldentiGcatloni estab-
nIrZ m , b „ 6r .h‘Ln h0 SaJd aarUv ! rati,faction they
by^iarae’sa^o" “ ed to .. teBt ^.regarding
Soviet Launches
Fight on Fascism
MOSCOW, (By the Associated
Press.)—The ciommunist Interna
tionale and the Soviet unions have
proclaimed world wide war on
Fascism, and are asking Italian
emlgrqritb abroad to. take the lead
in every country In demonstrations
against the movement
their operation*
‘‘Just how does Anyone halt a
train determined to keep on go
ing?” they were &8ked.
Commandant) Bcfin, of the 26th
French Infantry and commanding
officer of this section of this front
laughed. Then he proceeded to
explain.
TELLS HOW TRAIN
MAY BE STOPPED
‘‘Well there are several ways
We order the station master to
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LONDON — Special dispatches
from Dusseldorf to the London
newspapers report that Dr. Guetz-
ner, president of Rhennlsh Prussia
has gone to Berlin for a consulta- !
tion with the government regard
ing the food situation which Is
causing much anxiety to the Ger
man Ruhr authorities.
The Times correspondent, how
ever, learns from official sources
that the food supplies are con
siderably more than js generally
believed and are laffee enough to
feed the population “on rations of
i sort” for at least three weeks.
It is said that about fifty per cent
of the people have In storage en
ough potatoes to last them nntQ
summer.
The question of surplus In the
Cologne area also is being in
vestigated. it is estimated that
these stores are sufficient for two
naonths or more unless. the disor
ganization of freight traffic in
creases. It is believed that floor,
canned milk, potatoes, fats and
sugars are on hand in ample quanti
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together with ■ General Simon
Petlura, the Ukranian leader and
the Rumanian army, still contem
plates military intervention In the,
Ukraine Is alleged to have been
unearthed in Odessa In the dis
covery by the state political police
of a new espionage organization.
An Odessa dispatch reports the
arrest of 40 nersons charged with
operating in that district in connec
tion with the French Intelligence
department, officers of General
Petulara and the Rumfinlana third
division. . Those taken Into ciisto-
dv are alleged to have furnished
their Superiors with information
regarding the Soviet Army, the
military defenses, and the railway
transport
CIRCULATION
Combined
of the
BANNER - HERALD
Was aa follows
Tuesday 6,043
Wednesday 5,055
Thursday 5,164
Friday : 5,184
Sunday 4,700
No issue of the Banner is pub.
lished on Monday morning. No is.
ane of the Herald is printed on Sat
urday evening.
• bannerIherald
ATHENS. GA.'
OF THE BANNER-HERALD WAS—*
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5,123
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