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ATENS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 4, 1922.
BLANTON SAYS HE’S
“STABBED IN BACK”
Tribute Paid Retiring Of
ficial as “Honest and
Clean Man.”
WASHINGTON.—A vigorous ut- j
ti.ck was made Friday la the Houhg ,
by Representative William*. Re
publican, Illinois, who declared
that the retiring, cabinet officer. ;
"had been thi one disappointment
of the first year of the Republican
administration.”
“Today marks the close of the j,
career of Mr. Will Hays as a mem- 1
her of the cabinet," asserted Mr. I
Williams. "To'millions of Repuh- |
licans It is a day of thanksgiving •
and rejoicing. - „ ■ ,
Asserting that when the Deitl- |
ocrnts came in 1913 "Every Repub- |
Edgar C. Frady, president and
treasurer of a Chicago motor sales
company, and his wife whom he
shot . in a quarrel three times, at
Miami, Fla, then slashed his own
throat with a rasor. Mrs. Frady
died, and her husband Is being held
under charges of murder. .He Is
still In the hospital suffering from
silf-infllcted wounds. ,
1 per thing to do”. Now, he de
clared "it is almost impossible to
get a Democrat out of the office
he holds simply because ho Is u
Democrat.”
The Republicans "feel under ev
erlasting Obligations" to the mov
ing plcturo Industry for taking
Hays, Williams declared.
I Representative . Blanton, D*mo-
crut. of Texas, anfd Representative
Fairfield, Republican, bf, Indiana,
cams to the defense of the retir
ing postmaster general and lauded
Ids services as a cabinet official.
, Mr. Blanton declared Mr. Hays
was being "stabbed In the back
by members of his own party who
should congratulate themselves on
1 having had him at the hend of the
' postoffice department.’
Mr. Fairfield, paying tribute to
Mr ICays as a-man,"honest and
, clean in hie methods." contended
, that both as a private citizen and
as a public official, he had shown
himself to be of the highest cal
ibre.
MRS. IRENE P HOTIADBS
Head The Banner-Harald
Before Shopping |n
Athens
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LARRY GANTT’S
OAILY COLUMN
Sketch of Oconee
Baptist Church
I , indebted to Rev. W. H.
i Winder, for very great
,i , by furnishing me with
1 ,, for my sketches, both of
niriViii'.rpe and Jackson counties.
• i, i t has charge of the Bap-
eh at Winder, and Is one
, • , ailing and most popular
ministers of Northeast
lie Is a native of Ogle-
inty and his father and
. t l,, r nre my old and personal
- The Fausts belong to one
i innccr and leading families
t , ,'irpc and have, for goner-
I inn large and progressive
They are very fine peo-
, in- mo'her la a daughter of
,. ,.i.i friend the late Tom J,
j, ,, ,i and a cousin of ex-Con-
W. M. Howard.
T ■ Howard was one of tho
.... „ , in this section to adopt
, , farming methods. While
nwnrd a large body pf land, he
,... i some small fields around
r.’-idoncc which he brought up
, ,in highest stnte of productive-
)t J.: ami on these patches made
irrenl-breaking crops.
Mr Howard told ms that hs
i„'.,..i ;m old lame negro man.
l.usiness It was to take »
im i,. -iecr and cart and haul
.., and litter from tho woods
iaia i.i- lots, and when cut up by
u . hoofs of mules and cattle, to
,.ntt«r It over the fields,
ih -ays by this means he built
„ id.- land and. that darky, steer
Mid cart were worth more to him
ii,,,, ail the commercial fertilisers
could buy. It would be a good
idea for farmers these days to
practice Ills idea.
Start Great “Own Your Home” Campaign Here
IULL. Ul B ■
TO TAKE j ^ aS M° re Interested In
Athens Poster Advertis
ing Co. Begins Cam
paign For Greater Ath
ens.
The following Is an entertaining
.i., tch of one of the oldest church-
„ in Jackson county and will
road with interest not only. In
jackson hut elsewhere,
HISTORY OF
OCONEE CHURCH
lust out from Jefferson In Jack-
-„ii county, on tho Jeffsrson-
Mnvsviiie Highway. I# one of- we
idileet Baptist churchss In this
section. Oconee church is sltuat-
In one of the best agricultural
sections In Georgia; has a fine
membership, composed of We lead
ing farmers of tho county. Among
the active members of this pro
gressive cjiurch are the Cartletts,
Heads. Wilsons, White* Oatrisonj
Mitchells, Evans, Elrods, Tonya,
Bennetts, Nunns. Thunnonds. et
„l. Rev. W1 H. Faust, of Winder.
IS the present pastor, and_C. M.
Mitchell Is We efficient clerk.
CENTENNIAL
OBSERVED T • .
The centennial anniversary, on-
orve.i a number of jrtars .ago,
11,mght out some interesting facts
relative to this fine organisation,
and the minutes show some very
interesting foots. '
on July 18, »W. a brother was
i d In conference for < fighting—
charged with striking a brother
"ho was attempting to blto an-
other brother ■ ear Oft. »-UPOD
trot hers confession ana manliw-
i.tlon of ft degree of repentance, he
wum reprimanded, excuMd and re
tained as a conslstant motnocr o*
the church. * - ^
On October 17. 1819, a brother
mis brought beforo the conference
1,11,1 charged , with quarrelling.
,healing, lying and tolling corn
bcegum. The conference
with ii bcegum. rne .
mad.* a thorough investigation and
*\hom»rated the brother
whom the chargee wet* »•£*. j*
is interesting because In tnoee day*
mills used a toU dlah which +*B
mull and accurate, and the bro
il..t was charged with
i . Kutn for the purpose, which was
manifi-stly wrong. . •*,'
on February 15, lilts
th. following item on th* minute*.
••UrcMved by experience into tho
mfinbiTship of the church Brother
♦’luster, a colored men jCywW
1,1 Samuel Y. Patton.^' In WOO*
ii,ye ii was customary for .we
White churchea to reoelve mMnbcrs
from i he colored race, and tno
Chrlsllun people among WO wnttco
■ill everything In their power to
el|> forward WO religious lnter-
■ of the blocks. . ...
in March 20, MM, »PP**"
in. Brother — I'M"*"?™
■ 1 In ing drunken. Ho
Brother Haggard. After discussing
eport of comralttea at lengttn
me r.-pori oi gunuutvn~
n<m-fellowship wae dedared by the
■ hurch.” 8o U appear* that al-
omst a century ago chuchea ac-
Pior. d drunkenneea In their mem-
h-rship and excluded pwp w-trom
th ir fellowship. Seldom,if«ve{’*
in those days, are c*U*e of church
M.*. ipline heard'of. ' . .
.... August 26. liii. ls foundtws
ium on Wo minutes: A Wsrge
lilt in by one blsck sister. 8«Wj
again,, herself, for dUhonMUr and
„„truth, she being a servsnt ot
Mrs. Busbesof." After »me do-
.. . ration she was sxoludod frdtn
i church. Wo seldom reed of
-lid, actions and confessions W
tho ronfcrcnce preceding* or an>
.mr modern churches. . , ’
• e 27. 1835, a charge wae
against Brother »>»“*
liking a pledge ho made to We
for arl
WTLL BF, DIRECTED
IN BANNER-HERALD
Builders, Material Men
And Housefurnishings
Stores Co-operate.
One of the most extensive cam
paigns for the building of a
Greater Athens ever undertaken
has been Inaugurated by J. C. Wil
liams of the Athena roster Adver
tising company of this city for
“Own Your Home."
Realising the great need of more
homes In Wts city and the splen
did possibilities of many of our
citlkehs owning Weir homey. Mr.
Williams ho* inaugurated this
movement which will mean much
to tho growth of Athens and to
the accumulation of many homoB
by citizens of moderate circum
stances. ' ■* mi
The Athens Poster Advertising
company owns 1 the billboard plant
of this city. This concern has
purchased thousands of sheets of
attractive posters Illustrating tho
“Own Your Homo" campaign and
every billboard In Athens will car
ry these announcements. Besides,
a miniature-house, 8x12 feet has
been built on a large truck which
will be shown on the streets of
Athens every day during the
Month which the campaign Is car
ried on. This house IS built, of We
,
Co.; Moss Manufacturing Co.; the
electrical work Is furnished by We
well-known electrical contractors,
the Taylor Electric Co.; tho grass
mats by We well-«nown home fur
nishers, Bernstein Brothers; the
flowers by Crucedale and the fer
tilisers for the flowers from the
Rmioro mate Chemical company.
PUBLICITY
CAMPAIGN
Bosldes We billboard advertising
several Wousand Inches of aclvor-
tlslng spaco has been purchased by
HAIfS ATTACKED BY
C0NGRE8SMAN AS HE
LEAVESP.O.DEPT.
Victim of Her
Husband’s Pistol
End of Service Said to Be
“Day of Rejoicing to Re
publicans.”
Monster Wildcat
Spreads Terror
But Is Killed
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The career
of a maurading wildcat,, the
terror of livestock and poultry
on a half dozen farms in the
Savannah river valley below
Augusta, wua brought tb a vio
lent clo.A just before daylight
Friday when flvo husky dogs
grappled ih a deathly battle
with the big swamp feline.
The cat, weighing 17 poundsj
was figuratively torn to shreds
by the dogs.
The chase began Just after
midnight nnd extended over
an area of 7 miles. A. B.
Rogers, a miller, and Jim
Wiggins, a farmer, followed
the dogs along the trail. The
canines surrounded the cat In
a canebreak, ■ and after a short
battle the cut scampered up a
tree. The hunters then reached
the scene ’and opened fire. The
cat fell to fhc earth wounded,
but for several minutes fought
desperately with the dogs.
Mr. Williams which grill be used
in The Banner and The Herald
during We campaign. Page ad
vertisements and other large ad
vertisement! In these newspapers
will be carried every day during
the campaign. In Addition to thin
publicity. *everol thousand inches
have been contracted for by lo
cal concerns Interested in this
campaign through Wo columns of
The Banner and Herald W
the movement Inaugurated by the
Athens Poster Adverttolng com
pany. will commence a new er, n
•ha ffpflwth and proirress of tnls
the growth and progress
city and will odd now llfo to ev
ery business project In the city.
*'Hundred* of street streamer,
and largo banners will be posted
on buildings and stretched zeroes
many of the main business thor-
-- -u* -ity\i
lughl
tthei
'fares of the cltyVglvlng
Athens a holiday attire of the
vertlstng t
muchInterebt
M w!ueh interest nas been manl-
an opportunity of securing the
house which will be onexhlbttlon
during the campaign. An offer ns*
been made by tUe Athens Poster
Advertising Co.,^tOi give to the
child who write* the best^yon
the subject of “Own \our Home.
The house will be given away on
We night of Wo cl0 *^* n ^ y ® f J£!
SXSFXr chTm^nTnt™ Werot
ST Woutd be restricted
iddlTA. tow. Athens
Wc“seldom” rid •£2ur er Home" department,
and confessions in . ^ Banner and Herald will
irinking too much,
onth th# Wlnutes
adnSun^ "mple?c list of name.
Sfwn merehWU. material dealer.
Md o<h5« tnterosted In the cam-
nslsn Watch The Banner and
F*S*r. for further an-
. h and for
<■ following month -- - „_, hn
>«• that "the church took up Wo
. of BroWer Blank and agreed
not along with him.
<■ ;>,amber 28, 1828. J**™****
,w me following;
nan from the BlwK* “Jttx
requesting to senfr-W W
■ity existing betweenbreth-
think the
,ly able to
iifftoulty existing
i; A’s Creek* church amP'f^*^
were politicians and_#o •}*“*
tic that Wey srould npt lnter
i. where WW WOOlWt it-s.
» l acing We rights of oW»r»-
i-ing
HOME-CI
S |" T j E ^5gnSil wastor anum-
of yjawSStor oFtys chmch.
Ir Bennett Is at presentsem'ing
-iek*on Hitt Baptist church in
A i m,a- was ond frf .Upbeat
Wed Missfon Secretaries theGeor^
S Haptiar fifiir« n ’'' < ' V, T
l U held in high esteem l>y all
iCenUnued en Ps,e Two.)
Herald dally
nouncement*.
MR8.FL 0 RA o PATAT
Emory »
be*^nnounwd later. Sho d* sur-
W^ h^hurt-nd nnd a els-
ter, Mrs. Emms Ayers.
ATHENS, Greece. — The most
beautiful and bleverest woman in
Athens. That is the title given to
Mrs. Irene Photlades by lenders In
the various suceedlng regimes in.
Greek politics.
Vonlzellsta found her n most as
tute, politically: minded person;,
Royalists look upon her with equal
admiration. >.
And she goes her very diplomatic
wny between sens of political In
trigue.
18 PROGRESSIVE
AND CULTURED
Mrs. Photlades Is one of the most
progressive women in Greece.
‘Greece, the oldest democracy,
Wat convenient philanthropy/alone
iB-not advancing the cause,of mod
ern Greece. j "
"Bolshevism • has shown, us .the
results of the classes not' helping
the masses."
Like all cultured Athenians, Mrs.
Photlades speakes English;perfect
ly, as well as French. When hef
beauty was referred to,' she dis
missed the subject In,■ embarass-
meat.
TAKES INTEREST
IN POLITICS . *
"I am much more. interested In
brains than beauty." she said,
though I wouldn’t be a true Qreek
TO BE PRESENTED
IEI
ATTENDS LAST
CABINET MEETING
WASHINGTON. —
Postmaster
if I disparaged the latter. i \vor»ir~of Pueblo, Cold. Who serv-
ldenl Is to see tho aristocrat wo
has a lot to learn about real de- > men of Greece take deep Interest
mocracy when It comes to women I In our politics. Greece need. Intel-
having the vote," she said. "Today; llgence of BoW sexes in Us devel-
the tendency Is for We aristocrat, opment" '/
to stand aloof from the working Mrs. Photlades by fight of title,
woman. Tho arlitrocrats repre
sent the quality; the working wo
man the quantity. We must have
a better understanding.
“There is a sort of snobbishness
for philanthropy in Athens, but the
more advanced women are learning
If titles were admitted In Greece
today, would bear that of princess
—she was Princess Irene Souzza,
descendsnt of We family famed in
the seventeenth fentury when the
Fhanariotee fought so valiantly tor
Greece.
Mess of Pottage
Story Has Modem University Glee
Parallel In This
SHREVEPORT, la.—The sale of
a birthright for a mess of pottage
in biblical days finds a parallel
Friday in the report that Lillie
Taylor, 25 year old negress, who
was declared by tha Louisiana su
preme court to be the legal heir of
an oil estate valued from $10,000,-
OOO to $20,000,000 had sometime
ago eold one half of her royalty
to oil concerns for $5,000 and gave
the other half to her attorneys who
conducted the suit.
Lillie’s parents woned a farm in
the Hills of Homer, Louisiana, on
which a number of gushers began
. - -- - ), er
to spout its liquitf gold. When
parents died We property came in
to We'possession of George West
and it was to recover the land that
LilHe instituted suit. The court
held she was capable of inheriting
We acreage and denied Wait’s
claim to ownership.
The negress is a resident of Dal
las, Tex., where she has been en-
Waycross Books
Club In April
- The University of Georgia Glee
Club will fill an engagement., in
Waycross in April under We aus
pices of the Ware county post of
the American Legion, it was an
nounced from that city Friday.
Action of the Ware county post
taken Tuesday night approved the
of gtoim
We Glee
proposition of giving
Club an engagement in Waycross
during its annual tour of the state.
Harvey Church
Chicago Youth
Hanged In Chair
ged in washing and house clean-
a ged in wasniug anu
X f9r white people.
Raffles To Do Big Stunt
For Banner-Herald Readers
Raffle*. We Mystery Man, l»
coming to town Monday and wltt
entertain We readers of The Ban-
rer-Herald with one otJ.ht^aa>et
deaW-defying stunu yet eeen
Wla city. Monday between z.zo
£3 J;so p- m. i? ‘Si
pended from We roof
Georgian' Hotel, head ,
The Banner-Herald bak made
«pec 1*1 arrangement with We Pal
ace theatre management where
Raffle* Will be seen next week for
him to do this »tunt for We ben
efit or The Banner-Herald readers
presented free, from the
rucane tron
nrd lime
and \ roof of We Georgian Hotel Mon-
rec- I day afternoon between 2:80 and 8
.A .
CHICAGO.,— Harvey Church,
nlayer of two automobile sales
men. was hanged hero Friday af
ternoon, retaining apparently an
unconscious mein to the end and
refusing to make a statemen, was
hanged stropped to chair in which
ho was carried to gallows. Even
We farewell visit of his moWer
Friday failed to make him respond
and she collapsed crying for him
to speak.
Goethals To Have
Charge At Muscle
Shoals Big Plant
WASHINGTON. — George W.
Goethals, former major general of
the army and builder of We Pana
ma Canal, will taka personal
charge of development at Muscle
tthoala If Frederick Engstrum’s of
fer Is accepted, Former-Senator
Butler of North Carolina Friday
told We House military committee.
He Said Goethals had accepted the
- ' as -Ampleto Wilson Dam and
' “ trpm
™ as first assistant pe»t(na*ter
general under Mr. Hays, and whose
l(ONDON.—Recognition by Great
Britain of the Independence of
Egypt and genuine self govern
ment for India aro'planks of the
policy of tho British. Labor, party
as ‘just defined In an address de
livered by Arthur Henderson, sec
retary of that^ party and members
of Parliament.
erenerni mm., e... —- , .Mr. Henderson’s statement Is
nomination as postmaster general i regarded as Important because of
was confirmed Thursday by the tliu'KrowIng strength, of the Labor
Senate ‘ | Party and the plans to hold a
Dr. Work was busy Friday with ; general election next spring or
the affairs of his department pre- j summer. ...
nnratory to liking ovor his new i Mr. Henderson declared that Ia-
duttes Saturday. He wlU.be sworn j bor was out for a new internatlon-
in at 11 o’clock Saturday at the | ul policy founded on the principles
postolfice department. , ’ - n " 1 ™ d
Senior Round
Table Banquet
Friday Night
j of Justice, co-operation and good
|" The chief objects of tho Labor
! Party’s foreign policy were, he
Uaid, international peace, the build
! Mg up of stable economic and
| political conditions In Europo and
• the re-establishment of friendship
; and confidence between nations.
1 j/tbor also stood In favor of a
comprehensive League of Nations,
a drastic and progressive reduction
In armaments, prohibition of * the
txp-Jrt of ln*truments’ of war by
private manufacturers and against
.iiicrct treaties and the economic
A delightful occasion of Friday
evening wae Wo Senior Round
Table banquet held at the ». W.
C. A. cafeteria, beginning jtt 8 -ind
adjourning at 11.
After a delicious dinner had
been served an interesting and In- , y (l tap unemployment question,
structive program was disposed or. | b|) lhut the policy of leaving
localities to bear the burden of
Among the speakers of the c\i
nlng were Mr. Tom
trot of Wo Uhiverstty ofOrorgla.
who has recently bden elected .to
an honorary member of We J>f-
ganlsation, and Professor Made of
the 'iTnlVenlty °n’nhlp inuuwnw Ul omnu ii«M|»rc—
ment, an old Senior Kound 3 am i ho tI)c f ru uj 0 t a disastrous
unemployment was Indefensible be
cause it converted a national duty
Into u local responsibility.
A" labor government would not
toli riite- the scml-etarvatton of M
thmisuiids of British people—Which,
man. who Is now acting h tne
capacity of advisor to the club. .
The Senior BopnB_Teble.;s_ tbe
local chapter of Wo L
honorary literary fraternltj. J^eh
year 12 men are taken into tne
club from Wo ranks of the Juntor
class *)f .the Unlvaralty-
men are always men who hare di»
tlngulshrd themselves In «om® 111
entry capacity and In public speak-
inn- nu well a* acholarahlp*
ln Th“ member, of the cljbat
Pr L*R EKmmark, B. H.' Dixon, T.
J. Brightwell, W. D- DuVUsn.. O. 8.
Morton. D. M. Halting*. C. x-
Slack. R. C. Pittman, P. C. Up*
Lv M. A. McRalney, J. . B-
StoiTra, W- P- CoKf 'Araoclatc
. International policy, aggravated by
the failure Of private enterprise —
but would endeavur by legitimate
means to break down all forms of
monopoly and put an end to ex-
planation and profiteering.
Labor would sec that the land
wad put to Socially productive uses
and confer on the people We pow
er to control We licensing system
in their respective localities.
The party would also, by consti
tutional means, secure for We com
rounlty a larger share of the fruits
of national production much of
which. Mr. Henderson said, went
to nourish We wasters, idlers and
parasitical elements In society of
today.
member.: R. E. Parks. D. U. Bar-
tow. W. O. Payne.
Lloyd George Has
Suspended Threat
t To Resign Is Said
CONDON,—(By We Aeseei-
ated Prase—Prims Minister
Lloyd George's throat to re-,
sign was suspsndtKl at ths ur-
K nt solieitstion of His Union-
collssguss in the esblnet,
according to an suWoritstive
statement Friday niflht but no
juetification for its withdrawal
•aid to »*i«t *• yet.
Sister of Athens
Man Is Dead In
Atlanta Friday
Mrs. Land of Cordele,
State Regent,' Will Ten
der Money to Chancellor
Barrow.
ATHENS’ CHAPTER
CONTRIBUTED HALF
Special Exercises At the
Chapel Wednesday Mor
ning 9 O’clock.
Five thousand dollars in the form
of a scholarship fund will be pre
sented to the University of Georgia
next Wednesday by Mrs. Max Land
of Cordele, state regent of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution of Georgia. The fund has
been raised by the various chap
ters over We state and will be used
in educating those who want to at
tend the University, but are finan
cially unable.
A special assembly of the stu
dents and facujty of the Univer
sity will be held In the historic
chapel at 9 o’clock at which time
the presentation will be made.
Chuncellor Dayld C. Barrow of the
University will accept on behalf
bf the University, according to the
tentative plans announced Friday.
Others who will have a part In
the chapel will be Dr. Charles M.
Snolllng, dean of the University;
Mra. Howard McCall and Mrs.
George Hope of Atlanta, prominent
D. A. R.’s; Mrs, George Hodgson,
regent of Elijah Clarko chapter of
D. A. It., and Mrs. Julius Talmadge,
also of Athens.
The fund of $6,000, which is to
be given to the Unlverolty, has
boen raised through the chapters of
the Daughters of Wc American
Revolution scattered over Georgia,
and will represent a gift from We
women of the atate at large- Half
the amount. $2,600. was raised by
members of We Elijah, Clarke
chapter of We organisation located
in Athens.
According to Information
talned at We University Friday, the
fund Is to be placed In trust, and
the interest from it will be used
in educating students st Wo Uni
versity.
GETS H SHE
Provisions Limits Navy
Fuel For Next Four
Mouths to $6,300,000.
HELIUM IS FOUND
BE TOO EXPENSIVE
No Provision Made in Bill
to Take Care of Manu
facturing Gas.
WASHINGTON. — The House
Friday passed and gent to tho
Senate a bill appropriating $108,-
500.000 to meet deficiencies In var
ious departmciy*. The largest
Item wan $94,000,000 for the Vet
erans Bureau. A provision limit*
ting the navy to $6,300,000 for fuel
In the next four months was in
i’ll; ile'l In tho bill.
An amendment to make $150,000
available for development of helium
for filling dirigible* was rejected
by a two to one vote. Chairman
Anthony of the sub-commlttoo
studying helium opposed tho pass-,
ago saying It Is Impossible produce
large quantltleg of helium without
an excensive, impracticable _ _ ex
penditure.
He declared it would have cogt
$1,200,(100 to flU the Roma but Rep
resentative Lnnhnm, of Texas, as
serted It would not have cost more
than $216,000. The Fort Worth
helium plant has been closed five
months, I.anham snid, on account
ol lack of funds. r-. ■
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Union Prayer
Service
A vision of the posslbllitjes of
prayer for our own town afid 'coun
try seemed given at the Union
Prayer meeting for Missions Fri-
dnv nftomoer.
day uftemoor.
Women spoke out of their
hearts, their deep longing for tho
enrichment of the heart life of our f,
people, young and old, and there j
was instant response to ,the sug
gestion that we meet- each week ■
and urjte In prayer for this great
gift.
In spite bf We gray weather
this meeting was large and many
more will want to come next Tues
day at 4 y. m. to tho CHristlan
church. This will bo Wo week
preceding the Bible Conference
and this will be uppermost In the ■
hearts so that all women are In
vited.
N. Y. Bandits Get
$14,000 And Kill
A Man On Friday
NEW YORK.—$14,000 stolen, one
man shot and two others \
knocked down by pistol butte
two daylight hold-ups Friday.
i'o daylight hold-ups i’Tlu*y v; . -
A masked bandit shot P. W. Eng-
land m tho back, and’ stoic $9.000.,
end four nrmed men held up.,as
plumbing company paymaster and
hi* guard and obtained $6,000. r -
13 Killed In Train '
•Wrecked At Cleveland
ilo^-Thlr-
CLEVELAND, Ohio—Thlr-
teen portons were killed and
approximately twelve injured,
four persons fatally, whsn the
New York Central exprose No.
<00 eestbound crashed into a
but late Friday night at the St.
Claire St. eroseing in Pains
villa.
Only five of the deed . hadi
been identified at a lata hour, d
All ere believed to have been »
residents of Peineville and
Fsirport, between which towna
e but (
the but operated.
The Banner-Herald Invites
You To See Raffles, Hang
In Air From Georgian
Hotel Roof To Escape
Strait-Jacket
Raffles is coming to town and E. W. Horpuug never con- ■
lived a i ‘ ‘ “
Mrs. Martha Ann Thomas, the
eister of Mr. B. 0. Williams, of
Athens, and the mother of Mr. W.
M, Thomas, of Homer, Ga-. died at
her home in Atlanta Thursday
night. *‘
Mrs. Thomas was eighty-eight
years of age. Funeral services wT
be held in Commerce Saturday.
Iceived a character with more baffling ability to overcome locks
and safeguards than the Raffles who is going to entertain AW- -.
ens Monday afternoon for the Banner Herald.
Between 2:30 and 3 o’clock Monday afternoon Raffles will be T
suspended head-down from the roof of The_ Georgian Hotel. He I
will be encased in a strait-jacket of the kind in actual and prac-.
tical use.
While so suspended. Raffles will free himself from the straiten
jacket. Not only will he escape, but be will do it in record time.
There arc those who can escape from strait-jackets, but to do it
suspended from the roof of a building is something else again.
The Banner-Herald haa made special arrangement with
management of The Palace Thoatre where Raffles will app
next week, for him to do the trick for We benefit of its read.
While he is here Raffles agrees to be lo«k$d In any safe m
Athens and make his escape unaided.
The exhibition from the roof of the Georgian hotel is
all and all are invited. It will take place between 2:30
o'clock Monday afternoon. Don't forget the time.
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