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

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Newspaper Page TextInvMtlgat* Today! 1 Reguli * ular Subadrlbara the banner-herald |i,ooo .Acctaant poirey poo. Dally and Sunday—10 Canta a Week. Eatatlahed 1832. t Dally, and Sunday—10 Centa a Week. ATHENS COTTON: MIDDLING 25 3.4c PREVIOUS CLOSE 25 1.1c WEATHER: . Fan- ana Warmer. vot- 91, NO. 80 Associated Press Service ATHENS, GA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1923. A. B. C. Paper •Ingle Copies 2 Cents Dally. 5 Centa Sunday. SMALL BOY LOSES LIFE IN OCONEE DEATH: 1 flOY SAVED Small B,oy Boat Riding With Two Brothers Late Thursday. Body Not Yet Recovered. Dorkus Lee Shelton, nine- vcar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. r A. ShOlton of Oconee -trcet here lost his life about 7 o’clock Thursday' nighl when a boat in which he was riding swept over a dam on qconee river near the Athens Manufacture* company. and one BOV , WAS SAVp Willie Shelton, aged brother ofDorkux, was in the boat when it waa carried over the dam but was saved by the heroic ef forts of Weldon Damron, 19. who jumped Into the raging river. Hutched the lad by the hair and .warn to the bank and aafetv. An older brother, Charles Shel ton. aged 17, was lit the boat riding with the two* little fellows. The river was high and swift and the Pilot lost control, about fifty feet Irom the dam. which la fifteen or more feet high. Jumping out, Charles clutched the boat and. swimming behlnd.lt, tried to push It toward the bank. He failed to toward the dam and over. Dorkus was thrown Into the swirling waters and went down. It Is said his body never rose t the surface again. The body of the drowned boy had not been reTOvhratf at noon STiday A searching patty headed by bit father worked Aatll late TWura- Hay night aided by ft Urge flasll light loaned' for 'tbo occasion by Bernstein Brother*. The river tor several feet below the dam waa dragged’ but no trace of tho body was found. Friday morning the aearcberi re- BCwed their cfforte and plumbed (Turn to page tight) Hanner-Heraid Writer Gives Iiiteresting Story of How tyladison County Town Was Founded. By T. LARRY QANTT Colbert Is one of the now town i created with tha building of the HiMlHMtrd Air Line Railway. 1 knew ti»e locality of old. It la on a ridge In Madiiion county, about two rolla» Irom the Oglethorpo lino, between th# water* of ‘ Beaverdam and Bushy creek*, that Col. James M. Smith connect e<l his furm with thla railroad. Be fore thfe ‘building of a /allwaj through Madisbn county, that placr was known da "Five Fork*,” from the fact that five road* there met It wa* In nn uncleared wilderness no houiie being near. A number'of person* reafl«ed ' that this Wduld be a fine stand for country store or bar-room*. at tempted to buy enough land there for a building alto. But two old maiden ladle* ownfed a large tract of land, including and around Five *'ork», and no Inducement qould tnake them dispose of a single acre They refused what those day* war considered a very high price foi Property: But when the railway *a» surveyed through Flve.Eork* the property waa cut up and told town lot*. Among the fire! '•Risen* were Mr. Fletch Colbert. Wealthy planter of Mifdleon county MEN’S CLUB HELD Norbet Epting and John nie McCune, Alleged Op erators of Club, Bound Over Friday. Norbet Epting ami Johnnie Mc Cune, against whom warrants were sworn out a fow days ago charged with violating the pro hibition law In connection with op erating a place on Thomas street LEADER OF “ GANG” CONFIRMED Court, of Revision Con firms Sentence of Death Imposed By Courtmar- tial on Schlageter. AIR FLIVVER EXPERT WILL VIBiT AMERICA PARIS.—Georges Barbot, tha FYench aviator, who recenUy crossed and recrosaed tha Eng. Ilali channel In A 13-horso-pow- er airplane, pinna to visit tbo United States. Ha told Inter, viewers today that he hoped to glide from New York to Chicago in an "air’ flivver,” malting only one stop. LAW’S NET SLOWLY DIRECTORS’ PLAN RETRIAL DEMAND Head of Krupp Works and Directors’ Sentences Also Confirmed By Court Friday. (By Associated Press.) DUSSSELDORF.—Sentences Im- . . ,, , . posed by the recent French court- known at the Young Men s club. . Jnar( | a | U[10n Dr Krupp Von Boh- were given a preliminary hearing . | en an( | ot (, or Krupp directors, who Friday morning before Justice Mil- wcre recently trie d for instigating ton W. Thomas and were bound t6 „ preach at the over to the higher courts under R at the Ume . of th0 1109.00 bonds each. Ralph, “Crip", Johns, who is al leged to have yelled “lookopt” when police raided the place, wa\ not in court and Is said to have taken “French leave.” Tho place was operated in the name of Ept ing and McCune was an employee there In the capacity of cook it de veloped In the trial shooting on March 31. were con firmed Friday by the Court of Re vision. The convicted men will be transferred to prisons in France while their counsel will prepare for'an appeal. * The death sentence upon Albert Schageter, a former .Prussian of ficer convicted of espionage and sabottage and accused of being The place was raided twice last I what the french term the "G<* Saturday,, once in the afternoon and once later in the night am* the warrants were issued follow ing these raid*. License for the place has been revoked by city officials. This is the same place that was closed several weeks ago when it was operated in the name of Pato Johnson and known as “Johnson’s Place.” When it was closed then Mayor Thomas was chargen with contempt of court but tho hearing oo the charge never developed. The cases against Epting and pllah hi. purpov the JgCune *£•*£*>• 11p *■ driving waters pushed the boat, od the clt * court next week * FBI REST ON TREATMENT man Murder Gang," wa. al.o coif- tlrmed’ Friday by the Court of Re vision. The sentence of death pro nounced upon tho former officer, was the first death sentence to be imposed since the French oc cupied the Ruhr. Schlageter’. counsel will make an attempt to bring his case be fore the Court of Cassation. The court granted a retrial to Herr Miller, a member of the fac tory council of the Krupo works, who was convicted at the same time as the Krupp directors and sentenced to six months In jail. Tljo demand for retrial of Dr. Krupp Von Bohlen and the other Krupp directors was based on eleven counts, the principal one being an argument that the court at Worsen, which tried them, waa Incompetent as the occupation of tho Rohr wnsrttlegsl trader -rite- itstiflrtinrbeen *t a .Treaty, of Versailles. (By Associated Prase.) i NEW YORRK.—The treatment: of Japanese In this country In tho opinion of * MnsanSO Hanfharn'. Japanese Ambassador, Is the only thing that la apt to disrupt friend ly relation, exlstlmt between tho United Staten and Japan. Addressing the Japanese Society here Friday, tho Ambassador do. dared the “Happy reault of tho Washington Arms Conference was tho removal from our mutual In- TjVjJ,,,, 10 IP,,11 ternational relation the feeling of, I'riday, May 18. Mill BESSIE TIFT BEGINS EMENT DEATH OF STUDENT “College Widow” De clares Palmer Told of Mount Being Buried Un der Concrete Pier. CHICAGO—Mra. Robert O Bachmann late Thursday confront ed Charles “Chuck”) Palmer, cap tain of Northwestern university's 1922 football team and star athlete of his school, and reiterated hei story that Palmer told her in No vember, 1921 {bat Leighton'Mount's body was under the Evanston pier where hi* skeleton wa* found two weety ago. Mount disappeared when he en tered the university class rush of September. 1921, and was again seen alive. L ULTIMATI SENT OFFICIALS BY OF “Final Ultimatum” Says American and British Prisoners to Be Shot Tuesday. FINAL TIME LIMIT FIXED BY BANDITS Washington Sends Caus tic Note to Pekin. Chi- nesfe Trying, to Place the Blame on Foreigners. SEVENTY-ONE DIE AS SCHOOL BURNS 17 I..." IS Athens’ Third Curb Market Day Saturday ELKS TO INITIATE’ 25 MEMBERS EDI. (By Associated Press.) UHANtiHAI—American und Brit ish captive* of the Shuntung ban dit* will be shot next Tuesday un less the Chinese troops which have been pursuing , the brigands arc withdrawn, wa* the "final ultima tum” of the bandits, brought from the stronghold by Maruel Oliver Berube, a Frenchman, who wa* on« of the prisoners of the bandits, am’ who vruB released to bring the fJnu demand of tho bandit chief to tht authorities. Bandits attacked the town o' Tawenkow, Thursday flight. Taw- enjeow la situated some ninety mfler never O’ oni ’ Lincheng, The bandits at- The state hast tnci<0< Y *-he town in the early morn* investigated on the theory that thcl ln « h "urs and sel t ed a number o Ireehman wae eccldeotally Killed Icaptlvqa. according to reporte re in the hexing following tha fnrh Ic.lved here Friday. After tnkln, and that hla body was hidden- by “ number of prisoners, the bandit, terrified student*. I made off toward* the mountalt Palmer denied tl.0 story of Mra fastnesses* noar that town. Bachmann. who Js said to be an "old flame," but wa* held in cus tody pending a grilling by naslstant state attorneys, while Mra. Bach mann wa* taken to the state attor ney’s office to make a final state ment. “I believe we're < ," Prosecutor Sbarbaro declar ed. after hearing the story of Mra Bachmann. * The probe of Mont's myatei Lloyd Lehrbas. an Amerlcur newspaper man, who was on th« Shanghai-Pekin express, v(hic|i was wrecked and robbed by th« bandit* twelve day* ago, but es caped before the foreign captJver were taken Into the Shantung hills, ho* arlved In Shanghai from Tsachwung. with the predictioi that the captive* will be released In ton day* or two weeks, unlesr the right trail ,unfor*een Incident* occur. Thin Is ] Membership Drive to Close Thursday. Plate Supper Arranged.,To In itiate Mayor Thomas. With the membership drife end ing next Thursday, Athens Lodge 790 B. P. 0. Elks, will initiste in one class, twenty-five new mem bers at the regular meeting fri- dsy night, May 18. , This meeting should draw the Over $600 Worth of Veg etables and Fruits Sold Last Saturday by Farm ers. ATHENS WOMEN ARE TO ATTEND AGAIN Success of Market Assur ed. Women Find Shop- E iiig There Worth While, loney Is Saved. Atheaa' third Curb Market day will be held Saturday and the sue cess of the first two assures i large crowd of producers end con sumers for the third. Mrs. Bessie Troutman, market master, has been engagod ' this largest attendance of sny so week j„ noU f>in f the'women "of this year, due to tha large class of | Athena that several farmers will candidates which will be initiated and the special preparation for this Initiation. The regular business session will open the meeting, after which the new men will be conducted through the order. Many View ideas have been arranged by the degree team and those who wish to see the in itiation should be on time bring chickens and eggs as well •s fresh vegetables and fruits to the market Saturday. SOLD 38bO WORTH PRODUCE tires. Famous Girl’s School 1923 Commencement Begins suspicion which bad disturbed i Program Announced. them." ‘ WASHINGTON SAYS COL. 6ANTT POLICEMAN MARTIN RESIGNS POSITION Decides to Quit As Police man Rather Than Face Charge of Misappropria ting $10 Cash Bond. I FORSYTH, Oa.—Bessie Till | College commencement begins Friday, the 18th and will continue through the 22nd. Following Is ths program: Friday, May 18,1:90 p. m.—Sen. lor Play. Saturday, May 19. 9:00.11:00 a. m.—Art Exhibit. 10:30 a. m.—Alumnao Mooting. « J..G. Weatherford, formerly con nected with a loent garage, Thurs- . . „ ik„. day ntght was elected a member It waa at Colbert. of r , he p,,,^ forca by the civil * 1 Service Commission In special scs- ilon. Policeman Weatherford was as. signed to the motorcycle staff of the police department succeeding W. P. .Martin who resigned Tues day after being charged with mis appropriation of ten dollari paid him as cash bond by a man ar rested for violation of the traffic law. ' Mr. Maftin collected the money last. Sunday from a man going to wards Atlants. The man put up 310 cash bond for speeding. Hla com panion. a resident of Jefferson, ssked the policeman for the copy of charges Inlending to seek re imbursement of pert of the cash bond because the speeding was done to reach the sic|c child of the driver of the car. He reported to fbe chief of police who could,not And a record of the cage. ,, After. Investigating, according to ALL ROAD8 CONNECTED The general prediction was that .Colbert would at oncer be one of the L*nt trading places on the line of ■hr rnihrky.-'ss highways, radiating 'n -very’ direction und pene- (In, sections of Madison and -‘Sl-thorpe counties, connected ai *V Bat Mo one stopped tc bier that’Col Smith who owned ' MM-acres of land encircling 8:00 -p. m.—Grand Concert. 'Sander. May 30, 10:30 hg. m.— commencement Sermoh. by, Dr. w> L.’ M. Latimer, pastor First Bap tist church, Griffin. Gs. ,8:00 p. m.—Sunday School Teacher Training Awards, Dr. L. M. Latimer. ' Monday, May >1, 1:00 p. in.— Honor Society Banquet. 2:30 p. m.—Meeting of Board of Trustees. 8:00 p. m.—Inter-Society Night Tuesday, May >2, 10:00 a. m.— Baccalaureate Address, by Dr. Aqulla Chsmlee. Honor Society Awards, Mary Frances ohnson, Pres. Delivery of Diplomas, Dr. Aqulla Chamlee. Announcements, president Board pf Trustees. Mr. Morgan Oauldlng of <>g- the police. It was found that Mar- fothorpe. ‘ ’ ' ■’ - *■ * * J “ * k * **««»•*• man putting up tlm cash bond and wrote thereon Instead the name of another man who Inter showed sin for trial. Martin, unknown [to himself, was given until Tuesday to make good the |10 and dear un the records. Falling to do either Chief Beusse Informed him hf what had been found against him. otferin- the nollreman the right to trial before the Civil Service Commission; The nolleeman de rided to resign without faring trial. -,www vg itiitu .— n- . » wn'ou three afdeir. controlled He claimed the money Wes wsi i" >he trade Within and beyond land he made the false entry tern- territory. Bo tho only svenue porarily. returnlng to ,or bindoeae open to Colbert Mer-1 station Thursday to Inrorm, tn« thents was to the North and. foi I chief the mono* Iras found l„ tn» (Thin to page eight) lining of hie cost L k-j :00 p. m—Alumnae Banquet. 4:00 p. m.-Souk>r Class Day WORKING TO fexsVdses, ‘ DEVELOP THEORY Directors of the Southern Mutual Declare Dividend The directors of the Southern nesday. Then cams NorthWt*fhrn university’s offer of « $10,000 re ward for evidence that would clear up the mystery. Mrs. Bachmann volunteered her story Thursday, und was immediately taken to the Hhukenpenre avenue police station, where she repeated it in the pres ence of Palmer, who in tbs ih#i,U-'|-TALK8 PLAIN time had been arrested. Mrs. Bachmann, it Is said, wta belna "rushed" by the athlete tl the time of the 2921 class bst'* Two days after the fight, she. e^fd, ■he was strolling with him near tht cumpus and the disappearance o! Mount was mentioned. "Oh, Mount'* safe enough,' quoted Palmer aa saying. “We know where he la, and be'a alt right/' ' The aiatter wasn't mentioned again until November, according to Mra. Bachmann, at a time when the couple were strolling along lakeshore and passed the pier which hid Mount's bones. “Leighton Mount is dead and buried under that pier," the "col lege widow" said Palmer said. Acting en thla information, thi prosecutors are attempting to de< velop a theory'that Mount was Uk. en prisoner In the midnight clasf fighting and tied under the pier at a prank, aftef which his captors went home. Amuaed by the uproai oft he next day, It Is thought, the) may have left him a prisoner foi two days in his t breakwater cell. Then they may have returned te find him dead. and. terrified by thli discovery, have left his remains there to rot ’> Medical experts have been un able to agree whether some chemi cal waa poured on the freshman's body to hasten decomposition. Palmer waa locked up in the Shakespeare avenue police statior for the night, declaring: "If* a da mi) lie; I. neve? talked or Mount to hofr had I don't know anything ubout'ihlrn."', V H#H dthy (her* until aomeom get* him out through legal proceed ings." said Assistant State's At torney John Bcarbfro. • "We're In terested In finding out who comes to his rescue." * PaRmer, In Jt$L waa the room- Mutual Insurance company de- tbt> . fr f ah ' dared a dividend of 35 per cent on l?****!* 1 * h*" . $°A J e Jrn the Hnnllrate ending April 30, 1923, at their tip had e r® 8 ^ , fr ?^ name U flf^the meeting on Friday morning. ,Thl. I. . allthtlv l«r**r dlvl- (lend than that of laat year, and the buelaeia of the Meal year. ’* *e»tlfy In the Mount raae beforr an Inveatlantlnx grand Jury. Mill, Indlcatea that the company will gradually Increase IU dividend, each year If tha bnalaeM contlnaea normal. > 1 The auets of the ompany In. tnased about 3100,009 during the pant year, add now amount to |I,- 149.S84.I8. The 76th annual meeting of policy holder* will be held on June 5. when tha agents are In vited to attend, and the officera hgve arranged to celebrate tha diamond anniranary of the com pany by n banquet at the Geor gian, hotel on the ertolnE of Tnen- day. Jni)e 6th. RESUME8 SENTENCE (By Associated Press) EASTMAN.—At liberty for »er. eq yean. f. B. Hall, has resumed the nerving of a life sentence on the Dodge county chain gang for the murder of Dennis Hall of Tit- ton. In 1913. Hall escaped from the fang In J913 and was at liberty until recently when he wan rec- ognlied by the sheriff at BunhneU Following the initiation , of the new meraberi, the lodge will en tertain with a plate aupper, which win be different from the tuua| social sessions. The committee has been it work fotr several day* pre- p»ring for this supper, ana plates will be set for more than! a hun dred .members. The final plana for attending th. in direct contrast with the report' Nationa l Convention in Atlanta, brought In by the Frenchman. Hi- which will gather oeventy-flve rube, und the offirlnls lire at a low (thousand Elks from all parts of to know which Is the correct re- .the country, will' b« completed at wns re-1 the meeting Fridhy night. Athena bringing l lodge expects to carry more than three hundred membera to the con- k ever, nn Bn rube leased for the purpose or the ultimatum of the chief of the bandits to -the authorities the of ficial* are making all haste with plana for the release of the ca(p-| vcntkra which will aver held in the eoutl I) .fh* meeting will hi at -8t80 ditd Exalted Johnson asks that all Elks who Washington—china and the of xm yrtx wi|l b« foreign power* are rapidly ap-! pr w?"^_ C Thnm*. I. nn* preaching n crisi* because of the -.*Y or Gaorge < C. Thomas « one growing tension over the failure to u„ „« r „„„„ 10 ^ lnlti, ‘“ 1 obtain the rele,.,. of the Amert-\ a <™ „ th , „„ of , nllt . cans and foreigners held captive ' a - g ^ or jjyiday* by native hdndlts near Llneheng. , c Upw,n, R. M. Ooas, J. F State department officials (eel HhodeP , Co neh White. Msyor O. C that the Chinese government. ln ' Thoma ,, T . lottery, Dorsey Dn- the twelve days that hnye olupsed v| c , B HudKn . j.’ P . shehnne. since the hostages were selxed |TlU( . Wrl , ht . c . -H. Phlnlsy, A. B. hos had amp e umo to negotiate, llnylmn% n K. Calloway. B. 8. Ry- wlth tho bandits. There wore sev- , Mercm Brpsch. J. R. North- eral Indications that the patience cuttj Boley, W. H. Jarrell of the state department nhd Jhe' Jr j p Perdu., F. J. Mpndlmn. foreign diplomats at Pfhln Is utiiul chlirl „ P . Daugherty. Marion Con- cxbsusted. Two caustic documents were given out’ at the Hate department Thursday. The ftret Is the text of tbo mem nolfr. E. JH- Rhoades. Over 3600 worth of produce wa* sold at the curb Market laat Sat. urday and Indications point to a much larger sale on the third Market Day. Athena .women find: It great fun to go down to the Curb Market and select their vegetables and other produce. They, also find, that the fanners, for the moat part, tre grading tnd packing their pro ducts and display them very .at tractively. Last Saturday over thirty pro. ducers brought vegetables, chick ens and fruits to the curb Market and moat of them had sold out by noon. Mauy'of,tho wpmen of Ath ens have aranged “marketing j ar- tlaa” and: will go to market with a friend.. Tbofee with' automobiles have telephoned a fylcnd asking her to visit, the market while others will make ueo of the weekly psei is sued by the Athens — Electric company for ENJOYS MARKETING orsndum Just handed.to the licflnr , Chinese minister of foreign affair* by tha diplomatic corps, expressing j astonishment that the prlsoocri h\ve nat been freed und that .the negotiations have been Interrupt* While mqst of the people pat ronlslng the curb Market began going there to buy produce in or der to help the producer find a feady market and thus stimulate production they have discovered that the fresh, crispy, vegetables and delicious trults bought there art well worth tha trip In addition to tbs sating. “I enjoy going to the Curb Market," declared one .•f* | W' l .ra<U r tu% R llray jilye ago [although he has a garden has aak- I "h hla wife to bay her fresh veg etables from the Curb .Market. It la eapectad that the largest crowd of buyer* yet seen' ou the Curb Market will be on hand Saturday. • The market opens nt 7 o'clock on ■ Broad (Street betlicen College ave- fnuc and Lumpkin In front of th .University o* Georgia. POSITION IS* MADE CLEAR [State Boys’ Club Agent ■ Announces Two ‘Addi- .The «i:p!imatlc cor|>* at;u!n ein* J tional Prizes For Boy3. ph.islses the re.imnslbllty whloh ScholaruhlD Given devolves main th, Chinese xovsrn-j ocnowrsmp uiveii. ment fn this regard and watts wltf i _ “7 ', . Impatience for It to tuke without! further delay eff.cuctous mea.ure. | cmh ’.U:Tor (Turn to page eight) .the hors of the state who are en tered In th* work of the chibs. IKE PM. SPEECH More than 16 00# boys am enroll ed In the clubs that ire growing ing corn, pigs, cotton, dairy calves, beef calves, sheep sweet potatoes. Irish potatoes, wheat, peanuts, roultrr heed apd miscellaneous ag ricultural products, i A Iona list of prises has already .ijyK n; t«bil»bad S*f these twp are . - .. „ , -’additional and as follows: Chief Justice of Court Df Tte Polaad Chlna Broad Promo- Annoak Hau Rppn C,hoS'i , ' nH ' f ' 6 "* m,,tee '’” w ’' Yo °hg. art- Appeals nas neen L/tioa re(ary PaoriI auehor i„, u,k en As One of Commence-1 Offer of a free trip to the live Stock ment Orators. !»*nosttion at ct.ic.go t. the dub Harry C. Robert, of Co lumbus, Elected to Head Knights of PythiaS At Macon Meeting. the ■hov making the highest achre fn . . --—- , ,!Ju<teln~ Poland China hogs. Judge Nash R. Broylee, chief I Sn ., ft and Co- fertilizer menu. Juetlce of the Georgia totlrt ot up- f , c(urPn . Atlanta, G».. author!<•» penis has been selected to deliver , fhe n (( nr 0 f a scholarship to the the Phi Beta Kappa address on s^te Bov’s Short Course. the final graduating day of com- ] ' mcm-ement at the University oil Georgia, It is announced by Chan- I R. M. Wade Promoted “ norBarrov By Southern Bell Judge Broyles Ih u member ol the university clars of 1888 and Is well known throughout the state, having won for himself a high po. sitfon in bis professional and lit erary career. The Phi Beta Kappa nn’tlresa is „ bu.kusu always looked forward to as a‘his promotion in the Southern BeU .where Halt bis made hie heme and tlneeic fentare of the enmmepce-; Telephone Company, wns (rowing oranges. Whet tried, ment program end general deltc 1 J Mr. Wade wee Iocs H*ll wns found guilty and senten- The friends of .Mr. R. M. Wade, s former Athens boy and son of Dr. and’ Mrs. R. M. Wade who will he remembered by many older clt. iLcns, will be Interested to learn of meat program and general delir 1 ' Mr. Wade wee located In Mariet- has been expressed that Judge tn until a few weeks ago at irihch Broyles has been selected' toi de-1 time he wee transferred to the At- Uvcr this speech. ^ ■ jlanta office of the Southern BelL ELECT OFFICERS MACON. Ga — At the" closing session of the' Grand Lodge of Xnight* of Pythias, Harry ,C. Robert, of Columbns, formerly of Macon, was elected grand chancel lor end Miller S. Bell, of Mllledge- ville, was re-elected supreme rep resentative. G. R. Coffin, of Augusta, win elected grand ehmcellor; J: N- Lewis of Columbus! grand prelate William Leopold, of .Savniinah grand keener of records And seals R. C. Norman, of Washington, grand master of exchequer; W. G. -ibi/.hri.ki rf Moore, of Atlanta, grand maBterlff? rt . . - at arm*; Julius C. Sipple. ° { ««- i th* vsnnah, grand inner guard; B. H.}*”5* ,uUn * " r Jones, of Waynesboro, Gs., grand !'?“ d 7 n on ,h * ,ta K e outer guard. | school. Rome was selected ns the next meeting place. Many Entire Families, At tending Commencement Exercises, Wiped Out in South Carolina Fire. FLAMES STARTED BY OVERTURNED LAMP Oil Lamp Overturns While Comedy , Is in Progress. Stairway Collapses Cut ting Off Escape. - (By Auoctated Preat.) CAMDEN S. C.—Seventy one known dead and the condition of two others still doubtful is the terrible toll taken by fire which burned the Cleveland school house, eight miles from this city, Thursday night. The fire was one of the most horrible in the history of South Carolina. An entertainment incident to the closing of the school for the summer was in pro gress when the alarm was given, and immediately the audience ' became panic stricken. ntertainment was being The held on the second floor Lttildiaj; and '-with- the first rush of people from tho burning: *tnic- tflr-Aj the wooden stairway col lapsed causing the death of *uv- cral who wore crushed when it collapsed, j , * 1 • Others cut off from escap** by thin means were burned to death, W'ille some, crazed by tho shroiks of the terrorstrlckeu audience. Jumped from the window* ^tud were killed. * »- . * OIL LAMP OVERTURNS Tho fire wa* caused by the over turning: of nn oil lamp on the •tage while the commencement rrcise* were in progress, were witnessed by a crowd filled the room to It's capacity. The school bnfKItnpL ■ structure, burned rapidly and be fore outside aid could be sum moned, nothin? was left but the charred ruins which marked the scene of tho IiorribJo deaths fered by those who porlshed. The death Hat reads like a renter of the families of the community, who were attending the exercise* In which their children were tak ing part. Family after family were virtually wiped out by the fire. In practlcatly every instance whero the parents are listed aimm* the dead, the charred bodies of from one id four children, their children, ore being recovered from the smok ing ruin*. The Mudienee waa watching a lit - ■omed)\i»rcsented by the pu pil*, the parentb practically of whom were In the audience, when up oil lamp, suspended from the ceiling over the stage, fell with i. crash. AUOIENCE PANIC-STRICKEN. Almost -as If at audience became crazed i iwnic which followed, n* were overcome and I death in the fire which Those who succeeded ing. when they reached t! seemed to regairt control' selves, and turned at and help th on. Innlle flaming inferno. They f opportunities the only ' pe. not cut off, was by i down. With Itte flames, roaring t building beginning to mothers hurled their i babies in the outstretched a those below, and to' a perished in.the flame* The flight air was rent by t Neither car* wa* damaged to any U°n great extent No one was hurt. AUTOS COLLIDE; NONE HURT Two automobiles, one driven by Mr*. A. H. McCannon of near Ho and the other by James Jones. Ath ens boy, collided at ths comer of Dougherty and Jackson streets about 3 o'clock Friday afternoon had escaped, for then th- reuliza- As the flames the hopelesness of the those below tc rescue trapped In the bulding 1 parent and they coaid treat the doomed person* to Jump. Suddenly, with a crash, the en tire structure collapsed and it moan went up from, the survivor* who with it** full force of (Turn to page eight)