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VOL. 91, NO. la*
' Aasociated Press tJerrlee
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAK, BRI'lEMBER 16, 1923.
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Governor Walker Promises Active Support To
Tax Commission Before Legislature
SHE DANCES
DIVINELY
Believes Legislature Will
Accept Suggestions
Made By Body of Citi
zens “Working UnSelf
ishly For State.”
SESSION TO"BE IN
ATHENS THURSDAY
t Determined to Carry Out
Promise For Tax Re
form, Chief Executive
Asserts in Statement Is
sued Saturday.
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA. — With the first
meeting of his special commission
.'••jpointed to .«tudy Georgia’s tax
problem scheduled Monday lor or-
punizntmn purposes, Governor
Clifford Wallcer Saturday night
issued a statement in which he as
serted the body will not' preparo
bills,, or. otherwise '‘improperly, at
tempt to invade the provinco” of
the rrep$rnl assembly.
Instead, members of the com
mission, "as patriotic citizens of
the state,” will undertake to gath
er information and make such sug
gestions os may be of value to the
legislature in its deliberatibns dur
ing the extraordinary session in
November, according to the chief
executive.
WILL ENDORSE
ITS FINDINGS
“It is hoped and believed that
while members of the commis
sion msy differ somewhat In their
views, they will in • patriotic
snirit of concession and adjust
ment necessary- to constructive
legislation agree on * plan which
ran and will have the active en
dorsement of the administration
and tho approval of the progres
sive minds of the, state,” said the
governor.
“I was Olscted goverhor on well;
defined principles,” he continued.
“I am just old-fashioned enough
to consider these obligations sa
cred. fbe most important of tho
pledges to t|ic people was a busi
ness typo study of taxation
through a committee representing
the farming, manufacturing, bank
ing and other general business in
terests, It is contemplated a sys
tematic survey of the needs of
the state institutions and depart
ments, a budget for a period of
years, for these needs and sug
gestions to the legislature of fair
and equitable tax mens urea to
raise the necessary funds, distrib-
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New Pest Attacks
* Cotton Fields in
State of Florida
lEKSRRSONVILLE—A new pest
has attacked the cotton fields
Is reported that caterpillars
great numbers have appeared In
TwIggs county and are eating the
leavef of cotton and other vege
tation^ The caterpillar# are said
to come Into a field of cotton and
clean it of all leaves within a few
hours’ time. Farmer# declare the
damage to the cotton will not b<
«o great, as the cotton I# already
developed, but they fear other crop*
may suffer heavy.
YOUTHFUL EYES TURN TOWARD? 1 ^™*
ATHENS AS UNIVERSITY OPENS Lk to -, kA
~ ,Likes to Play Like Anj
Sat,
Luisita Arnold, celebrated Span-
ish beauty of Los Angeles, whose
dancing featured the Mexican col-
onjr’a celebration of American roc-
tractive ogn [tj on 0 f tj,e Obregou govern
ment and the 113th anniversary of
Mexican independence, at a lavish
feto held In Los Angeles.
DAYTON. Ohio.—Major E. U
Napier, and Flight Surgeon Mc-
Coolt Field, were instantly killed
Saturday .morning, when the FV)k-
ker-pian? timr w.re ridlnx (ell to
earth. Tho fatal fall was witrio.se,!
by a number o( persons at the field,
- bo agreed that tho richt wing of
the plane had crumpled In air.
DR. SOULE SEES BI6
YEAR FOR GEORGIA
STATE AG. COLLEGE
With all Indication! pointing to
a record enrollmunt, final arrange
ments for tho opuntog of mo Agri
cultural Cullage Wednesday have
boon completed, according to a
statement by President Andrew M.
Soule Saturday- Housing facilities
for the largo number of students
who cannot be accommodated In
the dormitories has been the great
est problem lacing college officials,
but with the generous offers c!
rooms In private homes, It ta
thought that every student can be
cared for, ho said. •
DR. SOULE
COMMENTS
**A marked* ineatgso ta expected
fn the courses in homo economics
Judging by tho largo number of ap-,
plications. A good increase in tho
courses in Agriculture is looked
for also, and wo hoileva that tho
total enrollment will exceed tho
high mark of 1476 sot -tout year,”
continued Dr. Sonic. “There Is a
grant,opportunity for men.and wo*
men with an sarlcultnral edoca-
'Ion to servo the state at thta
time. Oar educational program has
been revised and a now typo of
leedevshtn is In.demand." }
LARGE GLASS
LAST YEAR
Pointing to the recced ot the
graduating class ot sixty young
men and womtn of tho past ses
sion, Dr. 8oule stated that every,
ono waa employed Immediately at
salaries averaging two thousand
dollars, (bis bflng remarkable
ovidonce of the demand tor grad*
uatos of the' College of Agricul
ture, With tho Agricultural out
look improving and the placing of
tho farming industry on a firm
basis. Georgia will need 10.000
trained leaden in the next few
yean, he said.
Studenti from China. Bnstl and PV n py> ( y<> nrt7 Rnarl
Other foreign countries are num- A-'IIiergeilCy IxOaO
bered among the flr#t registrant*
for courses fn the collate.
Yarbrough | RECORD ATTENDANCE
Set Free PREDICTED FDD TIE
By Jury
MACON. O#.—Dr. C. A. Yar
brough, prominent Macon dent-
let. Saturday afternoon waa Ac
quitted of complicity In Macon
flogging ntrocltcs by tho Jury
after a deliberation of more
than two hour*.
The verdict delivered before a
court room Jammed with apec-
tatora, seemed to bring no sur
prise.
The dentist, who was Identi
fied by three victims of the
lash ns a participant In their
abduction and flogging, mere
ly, amllcdand Intimated tluWNt
was no more than Jjo expected.
Prior to dosing his case late
Friday. .T«h*» P. Rots, chief
counsel fdr the defense. took the
stand to answer to a charge of
one of the st&te’g witnesses that
Ross hqd told her W, O. Bar
nett, « victim ot the flogging
gang, waa a good case for the
Ku Klux Klan. The attorney
In abswcHng the charge said
that he did tell the witness "he
knew of no members of the
klan and that the matter should
he bandied legally, but that if
there ever weui a case for the
Ku Klux Klan this was one."
Other Child.
With a total enrollment of more
than fifteen hundred students for
iho retire college year predicted,
tho KSra annual session i
University of Georgia will begin
nest Wcti’nesdpy. Registration wit
begin Monday, and os early as
Funday afternoon n larso number
nf tho students will begin arriving
in Athena.
EXPECTED TO MAKE
Was in Conference With
Advisers Saturday and!
Extension of, Martial
Law Expected.
GOVERNOR-REFUSES
TO MAKE COMMENT
Reports From Reliable
Sources Indicate Military
Rule For the Entire
State.
OKLAHOMA CITY—M.rti.l law
for the entire state of Oklahoma
threatened early Saturday night
tho next step In Govonor J. C.
Walton's war on tho Ku Klux Klan
rid mob floggipgs.
The executive was in eon/srapee
with advisers at his homtf and a
martial law order was expect.
ad to be issued before the night
was understood that the gov
ernor contemplated placing all the
state under the rule of the mili
tary, occupied with troops such
counties as ha considers hostile to
his actions. Muscogee and Okla
homa City, it was believed, would
be the first to fall under martial
Tho r-ovemor himself, refused te
. m • » .t a • 1 comment on the nature of the an-
lish alphabets. ITrojan war. and tho Amcrioan , lc , p „ td procl .„„ tlon , bu , r>p<>ri .
Ho adds fractions "in his head.” Civil War. fronl ^ founded „ urc „ t h,t ho
Ho rends Italian poetry in tho These are only a few of tho ac-j wol|ld d , e |, r . military rut. for tho
original and translates the story complishmenis of six-year-old [whole ,tato.
into English. Charles Stratford Morse, son of I m>
Ho quotes page after page of Dr. and Mra. C. S. Morse of this
“Hiawatha,” which lie likes be- city. 1 NEGRO HELD FOR ’’
ctttUD.fco sayadt, is musical. I The boy has never been to pub- viat iiriDN AP TUF
lie recounts' the stcry of the lie school a day in his life. 1 VU/uAlJON Or TH r,
i PROHIBITION LAW
WASHINGTON'—Proposed
strictlons in the transit privileges
on cotton and cotton llnters at
Atlanta, Athens, Elberton end Win.
der hav been found Unjustified by
the intsrstate commerce eommts-
slon.
The nnnonneecsen' "f 'be com
missions decision added that- aens-
dutes proposing to Invoke restric
tions had been ordered cancelled.
When ecked If he wsa a
member of the Ku Klux Klan
Attorney Ross answered, "Tee
1 Joined the klen July 4, IMS.”
The tcetlmopy of the defense
prior to closing Its case wee
centered on an attempt to prove
that W, O, Barnett, one of the
chief witnesses for the etole,
was an Immoral and undepend
able character. Many of the
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Fund WiO Be
Asked of Board
Athens Delegation Will
Urge Appropriation For
Repair of the Bankhead
Highway to Hartwell.
TILDEN RETAIN8 TITLE
AS TENNIS CHAMPION
DEFEAT8 JOHN80N
PHILADELPHIA — Little BUI
Johnson lost again in his long
time feud with Big BUI Tllden
here Saturday afternoon when the
two recognised best tennle play
ers of the world mot In the finals . — — —
of U* American ch.Tnpionrtltf. ! „ epreienUltt „, 0( tha Athens!;?. bo “ '\' he * C " or ” 1
Thanks Those Who
Contributed, and
The Banner-Herald
I want*to thank In behalf of
the local chapter of the Red
Croes tho people of Athens who
contributed so generously to the
Japanese r*Hef fund. The peo
ple of Athens not only sub
scribed the quota but gave an
tmount in its access.
I also want to thank the
Banner-Herald for the splendid
co-operation It gave in giving
publicity to the call and urging
the public to respond. Without
this aid the amount would have
been raised with a great deal
more effort. /
C. W, CROOK,
‘ Chairman.
D. S. AGENTS AFTER
FIRPD-DEMPSEY
T FIU! '
... . CANTON, Ohio.—He recites the founding of Rome, tho history of law.
} , 8ome . o! I* 0 ™"-!! d£,.t£Ul Gr2ck » French, Italian and Eng- Joan of Arc, the causes of the j
i;rar“reU in AtVe^'m;;-’ «“ —
i ,n|rUP". -y-nr these K it e the
olhlctos, fott'jail stare, and those
who r-c trying out for nine”, mi
tho Bulldog loam coder tho goH-
nnco Of Cni-H Klit, Woodruff.
It was In tho np'nlon of the rca,
Istmr T. W. Rood, or tho univer
sity. Ibbt at the end of tbo woek
the onrollmoot fot tho 1923-1924
session of tho univoraltv will bo
well un to that of IriM year and ho
vontures the statement that It Is
possible that It may go oven be
yond. tt will ho reoal-.d that last
year thore were I.M0 students In
attendance nt thi stain university
In Athens.
MANY COEDS
ARE COMING
Reports received from all parts •
of Georgia seem to Indicate that j
there wlU bo a largo number of
female students In attendance j
ht tho university during tho
now year. Ever since co-odn-l
cation was InsuKurnteil at tho
university some yoara ago, each
succoedlng registration has seen a
larger mimbsr of the girls ot Door
gin and other states socking high
or learning within the walls of the
oldest state university In the world.
Last year there wore 130 co-ed, at
Georgia, nail If tcrecaata carry any
weight, It is to bo believed that
thin number msy he even doubted
for tho new session.
.Professor W. D. Hooper who it
tn charge of the entrance apllca-
tions says that be Is inclined tt
think that the freshman class this
year will be larger than any pre
vious j ears, Ho bates this state
ment on the very large number ot
applications for entrance that have
been pouring Into bin office from
high school graduates througbtut
thesnmmer. In fact, this past sum
mer wt, a remarkable one In this
respect in that from the very Prat
of tho cummer tho large number
of applications for entrance began
Tllden won three etrelght sets.
Stream of Money For
Those Who Diversify
PRICE FOR BIO CROP
Georgia farmers beat California
growers several weeks In the
production of a rcoord lima
been crop, and are reaping a
splendid reward for their work,
officiate of the state bureau of
markets declared Wednesday.
Several Georgia growera have
realised eleven cento per pound
faf their lima beans, and the
ftvtrajts production Is runnln*
from 1,200 to 1,600 pound* per
aC orriclnla Of the bureau found
that the California growera had
cioeed a contract early in the
summer for future dellverlss of
lima beans st eixht *nd a qusr-
cents per pound making the
crop very profitable.
The Market Bulletin this
week urges Georgia farmers to
%
market their llroa beans at
once. *# the prevailing price Is
now ten and elgvsn cept# per
pound, but It probably will
drop when thg California crop
is delivered, beginning October
16. -./■ * •
SHIP PIMENT0R8
JACKSON, Os—Several mh
, of pimento peppers fifcs i
shlped by Butt# county farmers
to the Continents! Packing
Corporation in Macon, and the
. shipments will increase from
now on during the season.
Daily shipments will be ston
ed within a few days, Afcou; a
doxen cars have bepn shipped
to date.
The pepper Is »r an unusual
ly high gfefe.Ihte gaairnh 1W.
crop having been favored by
weather conditions. It Is estt-
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*• 1 ; AS
Kmi
chamber of Commerce will appear
before the Georgia Highway Board
In session at East Point and re
quest an emergency appropriation
for . repair ot the Bankhead high
way in Mbdlson, FVankUti. and
Hart counties.
The highway committee of the
chamber of Commerce composed of
CaptahvJ. W. Barnett. Dr. C. M.
Straban, Homer Nicholson, Charles
E. Martin and M. J. Abney will ap
pear before tho hoard.
The highway board annually ap
propriates $69,000 tor emergency
read.work, none of which the Ath
ena division has ever procured.
Representatives from the other
counties on the route will also go
before the board, urging an emer
gency fund for repair of the high
way which. It la stated. In some
places Is detrimental to the popu
larity of the Bankhead highway
over which 700 automobiles pass
dally between here and Hartwell.
In August 700 cars went over
• ra-n 4,11* an s-ainst 800 daily
In August 1922 and the mslntet-
snee fund for that division Is not
caHidcnt, tsjsces It in th« »-®s
it should be kept in. tt to slated,
•ei-tlv-e from the Alliens
Ivision will also bo present.
••V •
(thing, It fs mid. for theeo not tc
CHICAGO.—Agents of ths de
partment ot Justice tfro understood
to he watching at the Chicago avi
ation fields In expectation ot mo
tion pictures of the Dempsay-Flrpo
(Jsht being brought here for exhi
bition In violation nf the federal
statute acalnat their Interstate
Bryan Looks ’Em
Over With ’Damon’
And Ring Lardner
Tom Mix and Companion
Prove As Interesting to
Athenian' As Gladiators
—Almost.
Bv BRYAN C. LUMPKIN
RINGSIDE, Polo Grounds.—
■VW1I, lu’iv wo are looklm; ’em
over with Damon Runyon. J
and a host ot tho big boys and
around u* In tli* 1 stands art*
some 85,000 fans from tho four
corn.-rs of thf* world.
Wo arrived at the ringside
about two hours before tho
mnln fight began. Already
there were soma twenty-five
or thirty thousand pr-nplo there.
Sixteen ftlgentle so/irch lights
on top' Of the stands with the
batteries of forty high power
ed lights directly over the are
na transformed night into day.
A blind near the ring wan
playing and song boosters were
holding forth.
Her- comes the first prelimi
nary. The moving picture
cameras begin work nB Bright
of England faces nrown of Aus
tralia and the bell rings. In
exactly fifty-eight seconds
Brown is a huddled mass on
the floor of tbe ring. A quick
knockout. Tom Mix passes
dressed In while with n large
white sombrero, op his head
and a small beautiful woman
Jeff Smith, a negro living on this
Eppes bridge road, was lodged i«
the county jail yesterday after
county officer* found n quantity of
whiskey on his premises. Ho |g
charged with violating the state
prohibition law.
Officers U. A. 8aye, Sr., and K,
A- Snye, Jr. nnd Bailiffs Kd John
son and J C. Brown made the mid.
Thirty-one gallons and three pints
of whiskey were found In the cot*
ton field In the rear of Smith’s
home, the officers state One quart
was found In the house occuisjgn
r>y Mary Lou Tatenenr Smiting
house. ' ,
The negro told the officers "som4
white men put the whiskey In hi#
field,” but forgot whom It was.
SHOULD HT SHIFT
TO CONSUMER Si
como !'.. until the latter part of, transportation,
th. summer. Government agents falleff to
DORMITORIE8 (seise the films of the Dempsey-
ARE FILLED , Gibbon* f/ght at Shelby until re-
Dormltory rooms for 1*23-1924. ccnl| J r * ,ter * h * Pictures had been
*111 alt hn filled. In fact, the ma-! here snrreptlousljr and ac-
Jcrity have long a'neo been token,! m «UbltIon. When the
(Turn fa Pare 4lx) I UI,n * w °re soiled the federal euth.
- oritlog learned they haS been re-
T produced and they were without
I sutbority to seise duplicates.
CONGO CHIEF WOULD QUIT
i his i
The braxlllan consul is being
paged from the nfrena. Won
der what. a Brazilian Consul
looks like.
More thousand* pour fn. Tho
moon t* more that* a quarter
fyll but here, iuv .two sporta In
silk hats. that. put*the moon,
to shame.' Somebody must have
given it to them for the law*
says you 4 can't- buy It. What
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MADISON Wls.—Oovcmor Rlalnt
i a letter to Governor Plnchot
of Pennsylvania Saturday de
clared that not one cent wage ln-
creaM, granted to miners, should
be passed to the consumer. Un
til the federal government effect*
Ively denis with the coal mines and
their operation, state efforts wMI
effect only small relief if any »q
the consumer.
' s
FOB'S STORE
m CLEVEWD SAT.
WITH ALL HIS 100 WIVES
CLEVELAND.—J
at $20,000 and
•tolen by two armi
Though Aged 100, He Re
fuses to Give 50 to His
j Heir, As Jungle Custom
Decrees.
retry valued
tn caah, wai NEW YORK.—Mtuamhai-Klvula.
bandit* In * chief of the nuluh* ti
holdup of the Ftilborg Jewelry upper- Kaftl Blver dlitrict of the
company Saturday. I The bandito Belgian Congo, ha, aent In his
‘ compelled Freni \Fralberg the resignation, and tie .whole Congo
president, to open tie lafe and I, up In arm*, wondering what the
iope(£un Jen-elry\ln a strong ioo-ye*r-old leader of the tribe to
g tkmm -hamai !. .«•».-j and in. going to do with hly 100 wlvra.
brother and bookkeoier and car- According to the unwritten lgw
to the rear Lf the room, of the jiingte, uauamha Kavgla
The bandits escaped. \ | } i
8.
Muvikovo Alnmhao. heir to tho
throno, should bo entitled to his
selection ot fifty—It being under-
stood that the chief should keep
tho other half—but. the chief is
not Inclined to dispose of bis ha
rem.
This Is the gossip aa told by
In the the Rev. A. Hoyt Miller, a Preaby-
•nary on his way back
glstrict, where ho has
rs In the service of
•Was accompanied
d their nlneteen-
Knvilla Miller. The MIHe
sailed on the Beeland.
His letter was In reply to ong
■by Governor Pinchot requesting
state executives to act to prevent
coal price gouging. Ac the same
time Governor Illalno directed the
Wisconsin authorities to act with
in their powers in an effort to pro*
vent any unjustified price in*
crease in anthracite coal.
ACQUITTED BY JURY
LONDON.—Madame Mareueritd
Fahmy, tried on the charge of hav*
Ing murdered her husband. All Ka
mel Fahmy Bey, wealthy Egyptian,
was acquitted by a Jury in Old
Bailey Saturday. Madame Fabmyy
who sometimes is erroneously al
luded io as a princess testifli
that she had attempted tQ fright
him with a pistol believed un'