The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, April 18, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 Investigate' Today! ~!tl To Regular Subaerlbtrw THE banner-herald *1,000 Aecioant Fancy Free. THE Daily and Sunday—U Cant* a Weak. KatabUabad 1832, Daily ul BiMay-ll OMf R WteL " ATHENS COTTQN! Middling ... 28)4 Pravloua Cloee - 3S)j WEATHER: Clear and Warmer. VOL. 9), NO. 56 Associated Praia 8arvlea ATHEN8, QAh WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1923. N. K. A Service I FI COLLEGES ^Morehouse Parish Again In Spotlight In Hooded Murders Uncle Copies 1 Caste Dally. I Conte Sunday. IT TEACHERS MEET Former State School Sup erintendent Pleads For More Financial Support For Institutions. POINTS OUT NEEDS OF STATE SCHOOLS Chancellor D. C. Barrow Stresses Need For Com- prehensiye Study of In dividual Problems. ATLANTA. Ga. — Georgia’s common school teachers and offi cials were urged to help the col- loges and univeralties In the state to provide adequate buildings and equipment by Dr. M. L. Brittain, former slato school superintendent and president of Georgia Tech, and onr of the principal speakers at the Georgia Educational Asaocii - lion convention here Tuesday night The sessions of the convention will continue through this week, the parent-teacher’s Association convention ending Thursday. Dr. Brittain, Chancellor Barrow and M. M. Parka, state school su perintendent Were the main speak ers Tuesday and Tuesday night. ASK AID FOR COLLEGES In referring to the forward steps the common school system haa taken in recent years Dr. Brit tain then appealed for aid to the state higher institutions of leam- District Attorney and District Judge to File Bills of Information At Bastrop. EXPECT ARRESTS ON THURSDAY Arrest of Many Expected in Connection With the Hooded Band Activities and Murders. (By. Associated Press.) MON HOE — District Attorney Garrett and District Judge Odom left here at four o’clock Wednes day morning, for Bastrop Louisans wnere tney will take new steps in the Morehouse Parish murders. The District and Judge will file against citizens of Morehouse Par ish. in connection with the Hooded Band activities in the Parish, last year. j « It was announced that the war* J Peanut Fanners Strongly Oppose Tariff Agitation Declare Reopening of Oil Schedule Will Stop 100,000 Plows. WASHINGTON.—A demand that the tariff commission dismiss the application to reopen the vegeta ble nil schedule was made Tuesday by W. F. Webb, of Hahlra. Oa.. president of the Oeorgla Peanut Growers’ Association, and L. B. Jackson, director of the Georgia state bureau of markets, who filed with President Harding and Chairman Marvin , of the United States tariff commission, a protest on behalf of 100.000 peanut farm ers of the south ngalnst any fur ther tariff agitation. ••If the tariff commission dockets i the application for reducing the ""the'aheriff^t that “du. .. ” or the .heriff at that place not la-., h „ v , hllnrtr .. ter tnan Thursday noon, andthat! ",’ < ' y w !" *‘ op a hu ? d " d ‘"'TT’ action would be Immediately taken , p 0 *" a . l 1 ho „ peanut , ?,!, d 1 ‘ °J ,h !! The aherilf stated that he would,"' lth , ln ,‘V n * xt ..^ ,r,)r day £ immediately make the arrests and ‘J' ,,r " teat dM ' a ” d ' accepted tnat not than the Fordney-McCumber measure ing. 1 ask for your *id an daupport in helping college*, to have an equal opportunity for wtso legis lation and proper support. tnat not less than tiftcun persons, alleged to nave been connected or I"” “ covenant between the govern possessing information ubout the ,ment and ,h ' termera guarantee- murders, would bo rounded up and ,ne u * four •*"•* l» r Pound pro placed in jail by Thursday night. 1 * IS FREED BY JURY After 17 Hours Delibera tion Jury Returned Ac quittal Verdict At 11:15 Wednesday Morning. ENGINEER AS TRAINS ■IIP Clarke County Highways Rescuers Forced to Watch Engineer Die in Flames As Alcohol Cars Catch Afire. TRIAL CONSUMED MONDAY AND TUES. Indicted By Grand Jury For April Term. Shot Paul Smith on Decem ber 31st. „.. ...» r „_. Help „ to secure the chance for good buiidinga through bonding just ns is now the right of every toyrn and county. Co-operate with ua to se cure a detinite per cent of the state’s income as ia the case with the public schools, and so aaye us - - - tk. moniUpantt 1 ittituca he- from the. mendicant*’ »tUtuua be fore each succeeding legislature- We are all engeged in the. **me work, each being equally inipor- unt to Georgia •nd.” Dr. Brittain concluded* “distention between Us is as disastrous to all concerned ss the fight between the stomach and the members in the argument of the old Roman senator. * The Morehouse Parish affair, in which two men were killed by hor-. rible means and -other atrocities, 1 drew the attention of the nation while the trials were in progress. The men killed were said to have been tied on thqir backs in the mid dle of a road and a tractor, such ta is used to puU roau niacuinery run over their bodies. Thegrand jury of tho Parish failed to indict anyone in the mur der* giving as it’s reason that there was not sufficient evidence. This action brought a great amount of criticism upon the officers and the state a* a wnole- Not since the outrages at Hrrln, Illinois, haa the tection on peanuts, and we have started in aood faith to plant ovet n million ucres of poanuts this sea son.” ‘The filing of the application to reopen the vegetable oil schedule haa frightened muny farmers, and if it -is docketed for a hearing it will. stop the planting of peanuts for tills season, for every farmer knows that he can not raiss pea nuts without a protective tariff and If our protection is In doubt then we must abandon the crop.” Chairman Marvin assured Mr. Jackson and Mr. Webb that he would give the peanut growers a further and more complete hearim before a final decision was reached country been *o stirred over* Jaw- hf .the commission on whether the Icssncsa as it was during the re-| c »»e would be docketed. cane investigation.. COUNTY PROBLEMS Chancellor David C- Barrow, of the' University of Georgia, who shared honora with Dr. Brittain a» the principal speaker of the even ing, stressed the need for more comprehensive study of indiviuel problems concerning vnrious coun ties of the state- Each county has is■ «e..su ’ ..J Jletlnnl InnlvIH. its separate’ end distinct Individ uallty. he etatedyand could not pat tern after othari. Emphasising the importance of county achool officials and the part they take in all communiaiee, Chan cellor Barrow quoted figures show ing that approximately 85 per cans of the people of'.the state are more or lose dependent upon county of ficials for their educalfr.i *id bus iness Increase to 22,000 Mem bers Reported By Co-op erative Directors’ Meet. Lavanoa Man President. Two New York Men, Al leged to Have Aided Chapman, Placed Under Bond. ATIANTA, G*—Re-election of officers and director* marked the annual session of the Georgia Cot ton Growers’ Co-operative associa tion at the Kimball ho Developments In the Gerald Chapman escape case are awalttnlf tho arival here of Abe Sllversteln and Dominick Dldato from New .... jouie Tuesday | York following their indictment It was reported by Claude Eubanks here by the federal grand jury last secretary, that more than 8,000 cot- week. ton growers had affiliated with the' The two aro reported out under organization since February 1.1 bonds of $1,600.00 each In New Hnrvey Seagravea. on trial in the superior court for the murder of Paul Smith, was found not guilty by the Jury, which returned verdict Wednesday morning at 11:15 after having deliberated on from 7 o’clock Tuesday evening. Seagraves shot and 'killed Smith at tho Heaboard depot on the night of December 31st. He was ^found not guilty at the coroner’s Inquest. was bound over at a preliminary!! - , .. trial before three justice* of the^ff®l* h * which was standing on a peace, had a no bill returned. *«Rng. .. . . . against him by the January term Th * * r '' c ’G «»l d to be one of of grand Jurora but waa indicted too mo.t horrible In the hl.torv of by the jury sitting at thia term of ‘ ld \ court and given an immediate FIREMAN AND BRAKEMAN HURT Many Freight Cars Burn When Fast Freight Crashes Into Another. Rescue Party Helpless. (By Associated Press.) Grand Jury Recommends Traffic Policemen For Dr. Morgan Will Deliver Lectures Daily At Meeting Eminent Bible Teacher Slated For Ten Lectures During the Athens Bible Conference. Urge Placing of Danger Signs At Crossing and Curves. Adjourned At Noon Wednesday. Dr. O. Campbell Morgan, one of the greatest. If npt the greatest Bible teacher of tho protend gen- oration, will deliver daily lectures NEW ORLEANS.—Hindered by! at . .’S® **?,!“ B ‘ w ® Conference the blue flame, ofSurnln, alcohol nMt Sunday • nd and tho terrific heat of the tire. All of Dr. Morgan'* lecture* will, Jf CUrke county gryd jury rescuers were forced to stand by be delivered in the Octagon on ths 1 ^P rtI .“J™ . ot end ere Engineer Helen, of th. i o"«k widn^T^V* Illinois central Railroad, burned j jectureBev.ry afterooonat tour ! ila Presentment* bo the court DR. CABANISS TO SUCCEED DUPREE Condemns Practice of Pe titioning Court to Modi fy Sentences on Persons Convicted of Crime. Practice of petitioning the courts to modify sentences on pereonn convicted of crime wai condemned to death near Htimmond. Louisiana, ■ o'clock. Tho second week he wlU Wednesday morning. tincture at the 9:30 o’clock hour. The engineer was piloting a fast j The subject of Dr. Morgan's ale- northbound freight which earthed' j hires the finB week are as follow*: into the rear end of another (“An Old Story Reconsidered.” Monday—Tho Par Country. Tuesday— Feeding Swine. Wednesday—Returning ran- trial which reaulted in bis acquit tal. The trial consumed all of'Mon day ufternoon and Tuesday until 7 o’clock when’ Jodge Fortaoi charged the Jury and It retired to deliberate until Wednesday morn Ing. Much Interest centered In the trial and the court room waa full of spectators all day Monday and Tuesday and whan the Jury’s var diet waa announced many of Sea- graves’ friends ruehed to congrat ulate him. Many witnesses were Introduced, and the defense baaed its case on 1 •elf defense and alleged repeated threats on the part of 8mlth. Trouble between the two had been brewing for several weeka prior to the ratal shooting and was said to have grown mainly out of a race made In the United States court where Smith wee Involved In con nection with ’ various thefts of cigarettes and other goods from the railroad here. Seagraves waa nlghtwa’tchman at the S. A. I.. depot while Smith waa yardmaster. The attorneys In the qaae were, fire and though rescuers worked at top speed, they could not check the flames which spread rapidly. Throe solid care of alcohol be came Ignited, the tire spreading to eleven other cam and the two en gines, all of which were reduced to charred frameworks before the fire had burned Itself out Fireman Tom Rogers waa fatally Injured and the brakeman on his train severely hurt In the wreck, and It la thought that poaslhly sov- oral others will be included In the list or the Injured and dead before the authorities have flntahed checking up. Three cars of vegetables and Thuraday—Tha Wtleoma Home. Friday—Tha Complttlon of the Story. The second week Dr. Morgan will lecture on "Tha Message* of Iloggal or Building Amid Ruins.” Mcndajr—Introductory, Date* and Schema*. Tueaday— Fundamental Re- . aponailllty. Wednesday—-Tha Peril* of the Backward Look. Thuraday—Tha .. Perlla of impatienca. Frldgy-eTha . .Final Aaeur- anca. No lectures or other meetings are :schedul*d' for Satnnday at tha flro cat* of coffee were burned Conference. ... completely up. In addlUlon to the | In.nddlllon to a dally lecture Dr. ethers mentioned above. Morgan will dtllvar a sermon at The damage from the creek will evening, alternating with Pr. Lon rim Into large figures, onowf the lO. BaoogMuw-aad Dr. P. XX-Mor* officials stated Wednesday, ln th* gan. meantime, workers are striving to tho grand Jury alio pointed out the danger ot traffic on th* county highways and made the following recommendation! to safeguard IMS: 1. Election of two traffle officer* to be placed on the prinelpal roads of the county. 2. Placing of danger eigne at curvea and crossings. 3. Signs designating tha name of the roade n at all road crotsinga in the county. A That memers of the legis lature from Clarke support suitable state laws providing for the regulation, control and operation of automobile* and trucks on th* public highways. MRS. TROUTMAN IS CITY CURB MARKET: — - Will Have Charge of Mar- ; ket Where Producer May Sell Direct to the Con sumer. , ROME NEWSPAPERS f STRONG IN PRAISE , Former Athenian to Also Be Assembling Agent ad Will Help Market : Surplus Produce. With tho clecUon of Mrs. Basel* ’ ’ Baitty Troutman of Rome aa Mar ket Master and Assembling Agent, plane for opening of Athene’ first curb market on Broad street May v 8, aro rapidly materialising. It | was announced Wedneadar. Mrs. Troutman’s election by a i committee of business men repre- seating tho various organisations pushing tfie Curb Market, was unanimous. ARRIVES HERE THUR8DAY RECOMMEND AN AUDITOR Mrs. Troutman, will arrive In Athens Thursday for tho purpose of making preparaUonn for |the opening of tho market which will bo a big event ln the civic Ilf* of Athens. The organizer anil Market Mas ter for throe successful markets at Rome, Dalton and Cartersvllle. Mrs. Troutknan has come to be J recognized throughout the states I as tho genuine «# nanrwi* I* clear up the wreckage and are looking for more bodies ’ blackened ruins. , for the defense John B. Gemblr and George C. Thomas, for the state. Solicitor Dean. W. M. Smith and Austin BelL Beloved Athenian 'Laid to Final Resting Place in Oconee Cemetery Here Wednesday. bringing the total membership ol the organisation to 22,000. , Another important plan > that materialised at the meeting was the signing up of more than 400,- 000 bales of cotton for the 1923 crop. Much was accomplished In 1922 with the co-operativce market ing plan, even though it was the In itial effort ot the organization, its officers stated. Officers of the organization were re-elected ns follows. J. E. Con- well, Lnvonia, president; W. A. Reeves, LaGrange, vice president; W. T. McArthur, McGregor, vice- president; Claude Eubanks, East man, see.; J. E. Conwell, W. A. Reeves. W. T. McArthur. A. M. Wilkina, of Comer, and E. H. Blount, of Sylvania, ihembers of the executive committee. Director* elected to represent the 20 districts of the state in the order named were: J. L. Leslie Rockmart; C. R.. Ware, Lawrcnce- Punerel services for Mr*. E. A. Crawford, who died Monday alter- noon went, conducted Wednesday afternoon at four o’clock from the heme. 660 Hill street Mr*. Crawford was one of Ath- p ■X? gSrttt Offer- taKH for the funenl testified. jjMJf riin* rt w A ’ She was loved by the old Smvm’ sing, In fact by all who know her. P Klouni f Svivinfa? w’ IB ChlMren nt tha rnnfertpracv . B ‘°imt, toyivama. W. York city.,the commissioner there refusing .to make Che bond, great- Offlclals here etat* that It is planned to return them here time for trial on April 23rd, next Monday. A search has been on foe sev oral days now for s colored taxi' rah driver who Is said to have left the city on Wi* day after Chapman escaped from'tha hospital. The of ficers are also working other clues they have In their possession. Mr. S. L. Mooney Buried Wednesday young. __ .... The Children ot tha Confederacy organization waa among her cber- shed Interests and the members of the local chapter were among tno8e attending her funeral Ip ssd- ncRH and sorrow. Ur. K. L. Hill conducted the ser- vIcch and the interment followed jn Oconee cemetery. The following gentlemen acted a * Pallbearers: ’ Billups PhJnlsy, Charles If; Phin- i*>\ Barrett Phinizy, Howell C. W. H. Bocock. John W. Welch, Hnrvey Stovall. Bolling BqBose John White Morton, Syl- v *JJs Morris. The^honorary^ pall bearers: Dr. T. McArthur. McGregor; Claude Eubnnkn. Eastman; W. J. Oliver, Shellman; Fred Hodges, Statesbro; W. A. Shiver, Carlo and Bert Ba. ker, Ellington. J. E. Conwell was elected a di rector to represent the state bo* Mr. Samuel Lumpkin Moonsy, aged 53. died Monday afternoon at 6:30 o'clock after an illness of five months at the residence on Wil kinson street. Funeral services were conducted from the Ocones Street Methodist church Wednesday afternoon at 3j o’clock. Rev. Fred Horton, assist ed by Rev. J. T. Quillian, offlclnt- interment was In Oconee cemetery with Bernstein Brothers, funeral directors, in charge. Pall bearers were, Messrs. O. C. Bridges, J. C. Garrison. Jim Rev* ers, Tom Kellum. I; C. Orr, 1L P. Fambro. Mr. Mooney Is survived by his wife and four daughters, Mrs John Fuller, Mrs. ’ Vltice Potter, Miss Nellie Mooney, Miss Lucitc Mooney, all of Alliens, and two WILL HIVE LANDS TO TRIBES OE INDIANS Witnesses in Fire Insur ance Suit State Sprink lers in Warehouse Were Working During Fire. PROMINEIYT OCONEE Mi DIES TUESDAY FORMER Judge B. E. Thrasher Died Tuesday At Home Near Bishop. Funeral Held Wednesday. The Jury also recommended that the County Commissioners employ a certified auditor for the purpose ot making a thorough audit of all books and records ot Connty Of ficers and that tho auditor have We report ready for tho next grand Jury. ”Wa understand that no audit has been made by a certified audit or fur ten yearn or more," Lae jury statod. - i - . Harold Tuck was recommended for appointment! for Notary Public ?o nd rto.*3lXdXrtri. ° £ ‘ he ATHENIAN Dr. W. H. Cabanfea was recom mended for election ns a member the County Health Board tp succeed the late Dr. D. H. DuPree. After .inspecting the various county departments the Jury ren dered a report stating that the record* were all correct and ef ficiently epL In commenting on’the practice ot urging Idle courts to modify sen tenced persons convicted ot crime th* Jury stated: Gist of the testimony ,100.000 Madison fire insurance suit now bing tried In federal court Wednesday was that the sprinkler* in the Pc nick warehouse where 1100 bale* of cotton are said to Indians in Utah Will Be torned in-lWl were operet- Given Parcels of Public "^“wl^Bugg of Madiaon, w. Land and School. Is!P,:_ t i^!!LJ?f. Maaieon > th ? lattcr Judge B. E. Thrasher, on* ot the most prominent dtltena ot I Oconee connty. died at hit home near Bishop Tueaday afternoon following a stroke ot paralysis, in the frorh which he bad baan suffering * ' since last Saturday, rendering him apeechless and helpless. Judge Thrasher waa about 7i years old and his erclro life had been devoted to th* Intonate of Oconee connty and this section of the state. He bad held many of fices of public treat and for more than Iwelvo yean before hie death icity Inspectors, .were on the stand, had been ordinary of the couddr. | Wednesday. Inspector Cnbln tee- H e bed eetred In the legislature. Report. . . ....■■ > [tiffed he turned off the vaives to represented his district In the (By Associated Press.) |the snrlnklors during the fir*. The senate, hail sen judge of tho WASHINGTON.—As a step to-,sprinklers were working during tho c0unty court * D d always Intarasted ward preventing recurrences of lira* It was Mated »nd the "}*»*} |„ tbe civic affaire of hie commn- 'friend of Georgia housewives and farmers.’ Her success at the Rome Carl Market is already widely known. This market grew from a small affair occupying a narrow strip of street to a big business with tfcreo hundred or more wagons bringing produce to the city three times each week and the staple grocery sales showing decided Increases on market days by formers purchasing staplo Kroc«>ri<>M with money de- rlv.ul from sale of green groceries to lh*‘ I’onsuruor direct. CONDEMN PETITION* Mrs. Troifkman is a former Aih- . enlan and is woll known here sa ? the widow of Dr. M. L. Troutman, j Methodist minister. In commenting editorially on her remarkable work thero tho Rome newspapers state: ‘ "Without any thought of reflec tion upon tho capabilities of any other woman in Rome, we feel that Mrs. Troutman is the outstanding figure of tho times In Rome ln those phases of women’s activities that bring them in contact with tho broad activities of public af fairs. Not the least of her man. excellent qualifications is ber dip MIT-wIn- nnnfMtenrere In «hre .Milt. « fi nIUB and her ability to of our coujte^to^dlapcnao*Justice ’attainment*nf‘!> So?* “i* to bSth ateto and deteXUL W, %'e ? “ ‘ PUb “ C ”** the grand Jnry of the Snperior m addition to Replug in toa._ with tho producer and the house- wlfo and seeing that the house- wife is on hand to buy the produce, Mrs. Troirinan will also have charge of marketing and surplus produco brought to the market outbreaks by IndlaM in Utah, Sec- water pipe broken by tell of mSTwSl wSUff /sraed.'the rooU was pointed out orders aUoting public lands ?n San R. T. Ray, assista;H to Mr. Pen- Juan county to bands of Utes, ick. was summoned by botn tne Pliftee and Navajos, which have plaintiff and defense andI wa* to heaa ravine the nahHa domain .take the stand early Wednesday near Blending. iafternoon* The bandlled by Old Posey. *J • nRIPPIvr well aa that led by Polk, which did > WAS DRIPPING not participate In tbe uprisings WITH n AThK will he given parcels ot land to- reau of markets on the board and eon*. George O. and Lewis Mooney James W. Morton to represent the!of Atlanta, also hie mother, one State College of Agriculture. J. J. Brown Commissioner of Agri culture wan voted the privilege of naming another irector at a later date. Pol. Educators Attend ' Mwuurmry paiiDcaroro; ur., __ # Atlanta Meeting 'Jhite, Charles M. Strahan. John Jlorrla. John J. WlIMne, Hal Ua- c. Dpeon. K.i'upBon, E. K Lam-' “»• YtonK A. Lipscomb. EL R cohen/James White, A. L Smith, D. Planlgen. Many Athena’ educators are in attendance at the Georgia doca- ttonaf Association meeting in At- School are Ptesidttit Jete M Pbund Dean H. B. Richie., E. S. SeH, Miss Bess Me Baird and Miss Hannah Hansen. sister and two brothers. Mr. Mooney had been a resident of Athens for nine years, eotnins here from Oconee county. He war a member of the Methodis't church, taking a great d V i of Interest in its activities. Try White Man On Auto Theft Charge Scott Allen, a young white man was being tried in Clarke Snperiof eourtr,Wednesday on charge of steal ing an automobile. < - i, The defendant Is charged with having stolen tho automobile be longing to J. EL Cobb of Oconee county while the car was iu Athens cated on Allen Canyon and along Montezuma Cree. The land given each Indian will be fenced and tha government will, give eld In erecting homes. Sheep and other livestock will ho fur- ... i„ nlshed by the Indian Bureau, which fif" rKc jP ta for cotton atored in same bcdywIMateo open achool* the *«•*«*•■. M >' ?t»tcd.he for the Indiana. and a large number of warehous ,i„o ..a .a erection oomca. oarep fad othe™ livestock wiS he tuJ 1 ‘ftfruopn. TheJ.ter ateWIttoy nlty. He Is survived y hi* widow, three sons, B. E., Jr., of America,, Grady of Athens. Roy of Blalhop and one daughter. Mrs. Parham ot Florida. Tho funeral ceremony wa* con- ducted Wednesday afternoon from a IW the Methodist church at Watlna- ! u - Anqereon, H. A. Huggins, vine end the Interment followed In the Watkins villa cemetery. Couio ot Clarke connty desire ‘to Ingexpresa this confidence by con demning the practice of petition ing the court to modify sentences after they have been fixed by the court. "These petitions signed by tbe people only cause personal tmbsr- raaimem and we feel that out courts should be'apared this UU’ necessary annoyance.” The grand Jnry was aa follows; M. J. Abney. A. m. '.’tenor. A, E. Davison, Rev. Slier, A. O. Flana gan. W. W] Scott, O. C. Armstrong, O. M. Caskey. C. F. Bailey, M. J. Maynard. W. C. Jordan. W. J. Gardner, 8eUg Bernstein, C. a McPhtIL M. & Hodgson, L N. Bat ter. J. Warren Smith, Joel A. WIer, H. V. Head, T. F. Comer, D. C. M. Furlow, J. B. Byrd, em- —- .at ^Mm-thf^ckT^eho^ Government Asks Rail Information (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON.-—A* a part ot saw Mr. Pen ick emerge from the R’» Inquiry Into the effldeney and warehouse dripping with water economy of railroad management*, with his hooka end account, after I VW .Interetat* Commerce |Oom- the fire had ntartc.l to prove that | mlselon Wednesday ordered flfty- the .sprinklers were working- : J • one of th* largest railroads to HURRAH FOR MOP TIME! Tahp Advantaa. of th. Orest . Famlnlne Instinct'In the Spring. GUANO FACTORY Col. Gantt Tells of First Fertilizer Plant Being Operated in Oglethorpe County After War. (BY T. LARRY GANTT) A writer from Maxeys, after Frlvnd The Csmac.n Insurance Com; whi«*h !» bein^ sued for 6100.000 . fire loss damage from the destruct- •tion of'fino Fenick warehbUA^. In FIRE RAZES FACTORY lulent atatements as to the number ■■ | of balei of cotton burned wa* w , . . _ . ' made and that the automatic Peach Crate F 8 C t 0 r y sprinklers wore not working be- Ruraq tn Rmnnil 33H 000‘ cau ‘* th ' , valve controlling the wa- purns to urouna. ... . , ff th Loss. Peach Suffer Loss. Growers (By Asaoelated Press.) COLEMAN.—Tbo Crete Factory of Rogers and Findlay waa des- Hmis* cleaning tlmal "Or.r.r.r.r«r.rl” says Husband. But the lady in tha chlppar and hustling. ■van with all th* madern ,ap. pllancts to make domestic .man. agomant more offlelont from day to day, no true houaewlf* lo likely t* P* satisfied without furnish, under oath, res ponses to! questionnaires covering labor con- , dltlona In - maintenance Depart- J aomt kind of a Spring dtarlng menu and general situation Is re gard to tho fitness of their equip ment. The companies were given until May 35. In which to reply. fire.' The case, which started Monday, will prohablv consume the remain der of the week. SCINTIFIC SOCIETY A meeting of the Scientific So- _ troyed here early Wednesday eiety has been announced for morning by fire which left the Thursday evening at LeConte hall buUdlngs In complete ratals. ; on tbe Univeraity of Georgia cam- Tho damage from *10 fire will pn,. Dr. W. F Weteoa will deliver ran higher than twcnty-flro that- an mUtne on rFsdbtema.in Re- ■sad dollars and Til nTlirt lilHMM ||T t.:r. rial lot bat,' peach growers of Fart ,Valter add t» TWrdteatfHg , is cnlietl ,1-for 8 Montezuma heavily a*.they depend olcMck and after the lecture of- greatly upon this factory for their fieere for the new year will be shipping crates. leceteil. Special Program B.Y.P.U. Planned The Wilkinson Union of the First Baptist B. Y. P. U. ia plan ning to offer a special program at the regular meeting Sunday even ing April 22nd, at 7:830 o’clock. The subject for this mooting W "How Can I Know I am a Chris- tain” and among those on pro gram are W. G Cooper, John R. Roberts, H. C. Eberhardt, and oth er, who are capable of rendering a good talk- Tbe special program has been arranged by Group lit which will be in charge, and. it will coniist of a solo bv Mia* Ada Wackey with Mis* Harriett Min- dtr playing. To tho family, it op To tho merchant, it opollo op portunity. House cteanlno Involves many wants. Now domestle equipment. Now rtiBs- Now honolnfr. Now furni ture. Faint. Roper. Varnish. Manufacturers are advocating apaclil store displays of furol* ture polishes, enamels, stains and points ot this Mason, with local retail advertising to link up with national publicity. Every merchant whose goods link In any way with thla Spring period of housqhold, .mfprtT and ki*.*eyjgrtt*ig3tto < h * areat feminine Instinct of th* oeaton.; You can resch them through— - • , ***-••- -'*•*>j eaa avr copying my little paragraph baout Mr. Sam Bailey raising 63 bushels of wheat per acre and being tha pioneer in tho strawberry busines.% adds that the first fertilizer factory started In Georgia, after the Wap Between the States, was at Maxeys. and by Messrs. W. B. and A. T. Brightwel). This is unquestionably true. Mr. Sam Bailey was its man* ager.‘ The factory continued opera tion for a year or ho after I estab lished the Echo* but was finally discontinued. Before that the only commercial fertilizers used by fj mers was pure Peruvian guano, was a very strong manure but t pensive, and caused the cotton run too much to. weed. The Messrs. Brigfcfcwett conceived the idea that by mixing other ingredients with guano and forming a blend, th*«f could make a cheaper fertilizer it would bo of greater val cotton growers. PROVED CORRECT And this prove Maxeys fertilizer waa 'a I. product. Besides guano,« ■hief ingredients were jones. The factory - .THE BANNER-HERALD. a'inlU-lo 7 were collected all over thc\ mostly by negroes and children, a [traded at the storea, who resold 1 the Maxeys factory. But tha i ‘ (Tum to Pas* Six)