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VOL. 81, NO. 84
Associated Prase Servloe
PIi»SI'
ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1923.
N. E. ASeiMod
■tails Copies a Casts Dally, ■ Casta
French And j‘Turkish.
Troops Rushed Into
Syrian Border Zone
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS—The dark gray of the war clouds which
hung so Iqw in 1914 before the beginning of the great
struggle were brought back to memory Monday, as the
French government ordered two more divisions to take
up positions along the northern border of Syria, thus
bringing the total number of French soldiers concentrat
ed there to forty-six thousand.
This action wan taken by the inn of an agreement by the gov-
government as a precaution against
what was regarded in official cir
cles as a threatening gesture by
tin* Turks, in concentrating twenty
thousand men along the same
lines.
The French government upon re*
,,‘vhy? this knowledge immediate
ernment by which Admiral Chester
and his associates are given the
development concessions in Anato
lia. will definitely put an end to
protests from other naiotns who
have been opposed to the conces
sions being granted to Admiral
Chester, as it would give the unit
ed Stutes a strategical position In
Turkey, of which the major nations
are envious.
IMMENSE CROWDS
ATTEND SERVICES
H
decided to strengthen it's armed
forces in this urea and placed the
additional men at the disposal of
(jencral Wgygand. who sails late/
tliis week to take over the duties: The agreement means that the
„f French High Commissioner (nil Turkey of days gone by will goon
Syria and also as Commander of. 1,0 a memory of the past and lost
the Army In the Bast/ ,,n the mi " !,rn methods of civill-
AGREMENT .*fttion which will take its place.
IS SIGNED Th ® resource, of Turkey, which
LONDON — Agreement under for centuries have been allowed to
which Rear Admiral Chester, re
tired. and his associates are grant
ed the development concessions in
Anatolia has been signed at the An
gara Turkish Nationalist capital,
states an Exchange-Telegraph dis
patch from Constantinople, Mon
day. * i
NEW ERA FOR
TURKEY
CONSTANTINOPLE^-The sign-
remain idle will be develo|>ed and
the Ottoman empire will be able
to stand on it’s own feet in an
economic way.
It means that American money
und business inothods, will take
the place of the old time haphazard
way In which the nation has run
it’s natural resources, und a new
Turkey will rise among the great
nations of the world.
Catcher of Hartwell Team
Hurt Playing At Wat-
kinsville, in Hospital in
Athens.
'Tied" .Scott, catcher for th<
l fun well High School team, re
reived a broken leg In a baseball
fcaine with WgtklnsvUte Saturday
afternoon which the latter won 6-8.
The Hartwell catcher lies ut the
General Hospital where he wav
brought after the uccident. He
was reported resting nicely Mon-
Young Mr. Bcott and Archie
Meadows u Watkinsvllle player,
collided causing th# fracturs of the
former’s leg. it Is stated. Meadowa
was running for home plate when
the accident occurred.
10 HOLD INTER CITY
III
RTKENS PRESBYTERY
MEET HERE TUESDAY
Thirty-Five Churches
Comprising Athens Pres-
• tery Send Delegates to
Athens For Meeting.
More Than Ten Thousand
People Enjoy Fine Ser
mons At Local Religious
Houses.
BROUGHTON WILL
PREACH TONIGHT
Hours For Bible Confer
ence This Week 9:30 and
11:00 A. M., 3:30 and 8:00
P.M.
All Athens churches were* filled
Sunday morning, afternoon and
night.
The record of Sunday one week
ago when 10,000 people attended
religious services was surpassed
and every church in the city was
filled to capacity, some overflow
ing. ut the services.
In addition to the regular ser
vices held In some of the churches
speakers at the Bible Conference
delivered sermons ut the First
Christian. First (Baptist, Jflrst
Methodist and Control Presbyteri
an in the morning. 8unday after
noon Dr. P. C. Morgan spoke at
the First Methodist church on
"Home" and Dr. Len O. Brough
ton spoke to a meeting of boys.
Germany Now Ready
For Peace; Tenders
Reparation Scheme
BERLIN.—Germany bids SO,000,000,000 gold marks
for peace. The German cabinet, during a meeting Sun
day, decided to offer that sum to the allies as war repara
tions.
ADDITIONAL AGENTS
Sunday night thp First Metho
dist church overflowed with a
crowd bent on hearing Dr. Brough
ton deliver his celebrated sermon
"The Lund of No Tears” and n
capacity audience heard Dr. O.
Campbell Morgan apeak at the
First Baptist church.
The singing at the First Meth
odist church was conducted 4>y
Rev. Claude £. Goodwin, while at
the First Baptist "Jimmy'* Bish
op who joined the Baptist Denonv
1 nation Sunday morning lead th«
singing.
Interest In the Bible Conference
has reached high pitch and the
crowds for thd * rirtnatntng sesstoni
Win be very large. AU future sea*
sions will be held In the Firs!
Methodise church. 3:80 and 11 is
the morning. 3:30 and 8 In the af
ternoon and night.
The afternoon hour was changed
I from 4:00 o'clock to 3:30 at re<
Thirty five churches of the Ath
ens Presbytery of Northeast
Georgia from Winder back to the
SuvantMih river will send delegates
here Tuesday to a men’s mass meet
ing to convene !" th. Iwt»em,nt of. of ^ Brou , Mon wh{
th. First churoh ut 2 o'clock, follow; ^, lure , at that t|m , each afwr .
If* ,unc --*2 **r v *--F l»31«* I n ° OB <hlll Dr. Broughton
"'axillary of the church. twill Hone hi. Mrvlct at 4:11
* tariK .expected. ,, M who wlth to at .
r. George T. ,Rlce of Commerce lectur0 and th , ba . cblll)
and Rev. J. A. Slmpeon of Con,-, gamt Sanford F1<|d Tu „ d .y
*“ “ " and Wednesday can do so without
Local Rotarians Will Be
Hosts to Many Visiting
Members Here on May
11th.
•The Inter-city meet here of the
llotnry clubs of Jthe state will be
°ne of the most' Impdrtant events
in Rotary of the state for the cur
rent year. The lopal, club la plan
ning for k big day and in addition
t«* the club entertainment and
buftiness featufcs wil be the base*
bill game between Georgia and Au
burn and probably n barbecue.
Owor a hundred visitors are ex*
peeled here for the day, frpm al*
sections of thd state.
Mob Storjns County Jail
and Hangs Negro Who
Was Identified As Girl’s
Assaulter.
1 OLL-MBIA—Tt. leader,
wijlch stormed the county Jail
'■• re .Sunday, cut through steel
'■•ra with acetylene torches * and
hinged. James Scott from a bridge
ar, ‘ kl,l, wn. according to the coun-
’>• iinmecuting attorney, who prom-
,n immediate Investigation by
lhp grand Jury.
Lime* Scott Is a negro who was
l*-'*ltively Identified by the fourteen
5#:,r °W daughter of Dr. Hi F. Aim-
bead of the German Depart-
ot the UnlveMy of Missouri.
^ the man who attacked her.
At least one non-resident . of
Columbia-waa^e of the leaders of
the mob which la said to have been
‘‘wnposed. for the most part, of the
Uglier element of the city.
merce will have prominent parts In
the program while Captnln F. L.
Siaymaker of Athens will tell of a
tflan to utilise the laymen of the
church in filling vacant pulpits, or*
ganlzlng Sunday schools and doing
hother worjj as is needed. Cup-
tain Siaymaker Is chairman of the
committee on Permanent Men’s
Work.
Dr. Hill. Dr. Curtledge and other
Presbyterian ministers will be In
attendance,
It Cannot Happen
Here Since die
Abattoir
Opened
WASHINGTON, Oa.—A dead
shout, dead from natural causes
belonging to a white family re
siding Just out of the city on
the Augusta road, has gotten
Bolton Willis, one of Wash
ington's unbleached Americans,
in the middle of more trouble
than he can shake a stick at.
One of several shoats In a
pen. at the city’s near cltisens's
residence, died last week. Yield
ing to Bolton's importunities
that the carcane be given to
him to be.converted into soap'
the owner did so.
But Bolton didn't make any
soap, it seems. On the con
trary the carcass was barbe
cued itfnd sold out umong the
negroes living In his commun
ity and many of the purchas
ers were sick nearly unto v
death from eating the meat:
and the sheriffs office was
notified.
After an Investigation Bol
ton was arrested for violation
of the state law against sell
ing diseased and Impure meat
and placed In the county baij-
tllc where he remained until
he was able to make bond for
his appearance to answer such
criminal charges as may be
brought against Him when the
next Wilkes court has an op
portunity to administer on hii
estate. _________
- ATTENDING MEETING
Dr. Linton Oerdine. Dr. H. M.
Fullllove, Dr. M. F. Mathews. Dr.
and Mrs. J. 8. Stewarf. Jr and Mrs.
jbhh R. Northcutt will Ee among
e from Athena attending the
convention of the Georgia Medical
Society that convenes In Savannah
Tuesday.
( Dr. Mathawa Mt 8und«r whll.
remainder of tlie party went
Tuesday afternoon.
losing any part of either. The
Athletic Association at the Uni
versity kindly placed the hour of
la*st Friday’s gams at 6 o'clock In
deference to the Conference and
"we want to do as much for the
Athletic Association” It was an*
nounced.
The offer of Germany also will
suggests that u commission of ex
perts. in accordance with the plan
of Secretary of State Hughes, ex
amine into Germany’s capacity to
pay. If the commission decides
that Germany should contribute
more than 30.000.000,000 gold marks
then the additional sum will be
forthcoming, members of the gov
ernment declnre.
Although It is planned to make
the new offer to the allies on Thurs
day the party leaders and the pre
miers of the federated German
states have yet to grant their ap
proval.
Revival of the offer of Germany
to guarantee France agulnat future
attacks is also made in the latest
offer.
The evacuation of the Ruhr,
which has brought business In Ger
many to u standstill and cut the
fatherland off from her Industrial
area, is demanded the moment the
Tl
pIHes accept the new' offer.
Tlie German government, in ad
dition to advising the allies of the
new reparations offer, will noti/.\
officials hi Washington.
The action proves, In the opin
ion of ..baervers, that Germany ir
■"fed up” on the French occupa
tion of the Ruhr and is willing to
make any sacrifice within reason
to regain her-"lost province."
it is considered significant thai
tlie offer of the government Is 10.-
OOO.OOQ.OOO gold marks in excess ol
what the German government in a
previous statement declared it win
able to pay. ,
Although many officials believe
the offer, as it stands now, will
be inacceptable to the French, lead
ers of the party of Chancellor Cunc
profess to believe that it»will at ... ■ A .
least, form a basis for discussion IngtOB, will conduct A moat VifOr-
thnt may results in a settlement {<**• drive against the b°°rieggen
Prohibition Agents in the
New York District Will
Be Moved to Washing
ton Soon.
HIGH LIFeTtHERE
WILL BE STOPPED
May Be Result of Mrs.
Poindexter’s Articles on
Official Life in Nation’s
Capitol.'
(By Auscl«t,d Prasi)
NEW YORK.—New York’* molt
effective prohibition agent* are to
be transferred from thli city to
Wuhington, D. C„ In an effort to
curb the activities ot whlokey cell-
ere In the notion'* capital, it was
announced in the New York World
Monday. . ^
The men who *ro to (O to Wash-
pf the Ruhr affair.
ATHENS WILL HAVE (NOTED PEOPLE TO
ATTEND S. S. MEET
i and the men higher up who aro
■ Hooding Washington's social and
official life with whiskey.
Two agents front this territory
hsvc been In Washington for the
past two- weeks working under
cover anil It Is thought that some
sensational revelations will be
made In regard to the clean-up.
Other agents, the Herald stateB
are at work hero In an offort to de
termine whether local prohibition
operatives havo been extorting
Some 01 Nation’s Fore- money from New Jersey and long
most Sunday School ■£? £SS&
Leaders on Program from arrests by the agents.
Horn id 1 r in The announced plan for the
Here May Id, ID, lb. cleuntng-up of Washington follows
close on the heels of the series ot
J , _ . i „ articles written by Mrs. Polndex-
Invlte , friend or relative" ••• 7 eri wtr „ ot the ’ lormer senator,
guest during the regional cbnven- who In them, charged that the of-
tlon of the Georgia Sunday School flclal nnd social life of the nation’s
Association which meets In Ath- capital was surcharged with whls-
ern mnv H is M< e y parties, gambling and «her
. , things which tire violations of the
This Is the "tip” given to Ath- ) tw _
jjplnns bjf the comjntttr. la. charge WfieUier the ptorosed lnvestlga-
or-arrangements here for she blgjtlon and work In Washington lx
convention. This win be a fine *?® dlrect reantt of the publicity
A Joint meeting of th. Kiwanla' “me to have your friend or rel- fi vcn “"J 111 ®"* In Washington by
and Rotary clubs hat been arrang- at *v® visit you,” the. committei *2^222?^- or limply the lint
Major Genera/ David
Shanks, lCommanding
Officer of the 4th Corps
Area, Here Wednesday.
A distinguished army offiear
will be the gudat of the city Wed
nesday when Major Qenenl David
Shanks, commanding officer of the
fourth corps area, comes hare a*
the gueat of Major Hunter Harris,
commandant at the Athens High
School. Acompanying Major
Shanks will be Colonel Falla also.
ad for' the ettertajnment of the
officers, while Mrs. Shapka, who
will accompany the general, will
also be entertained while here.
General Shanks ii very much in
terested in the R. O. T. C. units
of the country and since the Uni
versity of Georgia has one of tho
largest in the south hie visit to
Athens will he of especial interest.
! The 9:30 o’clock hour each morn.
Ing thl. week will b. occupied bj
Dr. O. Campbell Morgan who will
take aa hia subject ’The Message
[ of Haggat or Building amid Rulna.'
I Dr. P. C. Morgan will apeak this
week at 11 o'clock each morning on
••Evolutionary Hypotheses In the
Light of Biblical Revealatlon.' '
Dr. Broughton's lectures at 3:34
each afternoon will be on “Th.
Ministry of the Commonplace."
Monday night at t o'clock Dr
Len O. Broughton will preach at
the First Methodist church.
The song services lead by R*v
says.
The Genrght Sunday school con
vention here will bring some of the
country's leading men here for ad
dresses. Among them are Willis A.
Sutton, noted eduentor and aperin-
tendent of the . Atlanta l'ublle
Schoojs
Dr.j Arlo Ayres Brown of Chnt-
■ "cn. W... ue o. espcciut .merest. I 1 .'" 00 "' .P™Menl of • Chsttnnoo.
The meeting of the dubs will be 1?" ‘n "J? * d
- - - - dress. Dr. Hugh 8. Magi!!, ge-
eral secretary. International 3. S.
Council of Religious Education,
will ulso speak. *
In auuillon to (he above nafoed
.national speakers there will be dig-
.cusslons and Inspirational addreaM
€n by Georgia men nnd women und
others In the nutlonnl field.
at the Agricultural College cafe
teria at two o^lock- .
2 ATHENIANS MAKE
SENIOR ROUND TABLE
Cartledge and Fant Hon
ored At the University.
Twelve Prominent Stu
dents Get Distinction.
Two Athens bbys attending tht
University of Qsorglu were hon
ored Monday as they were initiated
Into the Senior Round Table, one
of the higher honors that is con
ferred on Juniors or Sophomores
^r' r krA, w h i . , L/b!, n yrh„" n ^
and the large crowds are entering
into the singing with much en
thutdasm. .*
Athens Women
Preparing For
step In a a.rles of nation-wide
Oil. MAY ATH
Alleged Confederate of
Chapman, Escaped Ban
dit, Again Procure Con
tinuance of Hearing.
Indiana Man Writes of
Courtesy Shown By the
Mayor, Police Chief Und
Chamber of Commerce,
Praise for the tourist camp 14
Athens, the mayor, chief of po*
Jllce and secretary of the Chambsf
• of Commerce here la contained in
;n tetter E. F. Volkae,.of Valparaiso,
• Ind.. wrote to hla home newspaper,
!n cony of which he eent the Ban<
ner-Herald.
, Mr. Volkee recently peseet
[through Athena and In writing of
his trip aa a tourist highly praised
this city for Ue welcome to tour
ists und the above mentioned of>
ficialM. TSe part of his letter re*
terrtng to Athena follows;
Federal Government
Is To Investigate
Florida Whipping
vm. x
TALLAHASSEE—The federal government has
stepped ii\to Florida’s convict flogging affairs, it became!
known'here Monday,.in conection with the recent al
leged death frpm flogging of Tabert, the North Dakota
boy here several weeks ago.
When Fred Cubberly. United
Staten district attorney, a nounced
the'leasing of Ned Thompson, 15-
year-old negro by J. R. Jones, de
posed sheriff of Leon county to the
Putnam Lumber company, a sub
ject of a federal grand Jury investi
gation/ An agent of the depart
ment of Justice arrived here sev'
ernl days ago pnd conducted an in
quiry as to whether Thompson was
held In peonage. He made a report
to Mr. Cubberly who Is now laying
plans to present the matter to the
grand Jury, which convenes Jn Pen
sacola during the first part of May.
Thompson is now dead—dying, it
is contended, in the Leon county
Jail after having been leased out to
the Putnam Lumber company and
TALK OF SECRETARY
returned by them because he was
not physically fit to perform hard
labor.
Thompson's death, Leon authori
ties assert, was from natural cauaea
but federal officials are in posaca-
aion of evidence .they declare tend
ing to show that death was due to
excessive flogging ho received at tho
lease camp before being rejected.
The aged negro camo In contact
with the ounty convict lease sys
tem through an alleged error them
being no charge against him at tho
time he was sent to the camp of the
lumber company.' A peace warrant
was taken out against him by a
negro woman and as the result ho
became mixed in with a shipment
of prisoners from the Jail to the
logging camp.
Chamber of < Commerce
Directors Hold Short
Session. Next Meeting
Monday At 11 A. -Mr?
Dlsusslng the propoeltlon of a
secretary consumed mopt of the. di
rector's time at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting Monday morn-! ad from the Pleasant Grove Baptist •’
Ins. E. W. Crroll, th. prerenl .«•- "!>««;' Tu»«»Y attern 00 " i.J
i n'otnek with Rif Wllllaa Suva nl
retary agreeing to perform the
duties for the present.
Mr. J. N. Wood, Who at
tended Re-Union in New
Orleans Died Sunday
Night .«
Mr. J. N. Wood, aged 81 died at
his home near Athens on the Hull
road Sunday night at 10 o’clock.
Funeral services will be conduct-
'clock with Rev. Willie Says offi-
elating. Interment will be in Pleas-
iant Grove cemetery with Bernstein
The directors appropriated f250 * Brothers, funeral directors, in
towards tho entertainment of the
Bundoy School convention that
meets here fn May and appointed‘a
commltte t o request council afaf
the county commission era to give a
like amount.
charge.
Mr. Wood was a member of the
Cobb-Dejonoy camp .United
federate Veterans and ha# t
resident of Clarke county foi
years. He was born in
j cjbunty.
' Mnrvli
Surviving Mr. Wood
Stricklan
, A. W. Rey-
Thls money will be used *nolds,,MlM Ada Woods; four sons:
J. Pm N. C„ B. T. nnd G. B. Woods.
Authorisation for the borrowing j daughters. Mrs. W. A.
of ftIM waa given the finance com- J Mr*, a. H. HmrrR Mrs. j
mittee. This money will be used
in paying outstanding Indebtedness
of the Chamber. It was shown that
over filOO In pledgee wag due by
June first.
The next meeting of the direc
tors will be next Monday at 11
O'clock. Those In attendance Mon
day were: J. W. Jarrell, H. W.
White,. W. L. Krwin, H. H. Gordon,
Jr.. M. J. Coats! *
II A
Mr. Wood attended the re-unnion
ot Confederate Veterans In New
Orleans a few days. ago. He was
stricken a few days after his arri
val home from the re-union. He
was well known.
W. D. Allen. Atlanta: Charles R.
_ (Anderson, Macon; Harvey M. Clock-
A..Augusta; Walter O. Cooper,
Market upening!Atlanta; M. H. Griffin Doulas;
PRAISES
ATHEN8
"When we broke camp there we
started up through Georgia
Waycros# Macon and Athena a city
if about 40,000. Talk about fine
university dlatinc-1 who escaped 8t. Mnry’k hospital I treatment! We surely Were treat
prominent in her * April 4 has again been post- (ed fine. They have a free aarap
poned In New York. [ground right In their city hall
Dldato and Sllversteln are un* I square. They gave us the use of
der indictment by the federal itrand the city ball basement where they
had Hhower baths, hot nnd cold
water; and nil the conveniences of
home. They also have a fine*
Hearing or Dominick Dldato and
are 8. A. Cartlede arid H. B. Fant*Abo Silverstein, alleged confede-
In additon to thla two Athenians!” 11 ** ot Gerald Chapman, bandit, of about
winning the high university dlstinc-' * ho escaped 8t. Mary's hospital I treatment!
tlon, tne other men prominent in
colloge affaire were initiated. They
Jury hero but before they could be
returned to Athena for trial they
t wore given a hearing before U. 8.
•Joseph M. Jones, Mnqon; E. p, J Commlsetonor Hitchcock in New
r ®j.- l Unit Lawton. Savannah; John H. Me- ' T ’ i *
Initial upening OI Jwar-|(; e hee, Talbotton; and William
ket Will Be’ Held Satur-1 rurmont.
j UMI ' M re t1 8en,or Round Table is the to
day Morning, ror rrO-lAtlanu: M. H. Griffin, Douglas;
ducer and Consumer. i‘» «° ta«b*nphip in tw>
.body is prirna facia evidence that
the ones selected have won distlnc*
-tlon In university activities. AH
ot the twelve men selected thla
year are brilliant, known to the
students for the splendid records
that they have made.
Mr. Lawton Is this y*ar a mem-
.ber of the sophomore class, but
next year he will he a senior. The
others are all this ypar members
Athens women are preparing to
turn out" In full force when tbs
Curb Market makes it initial open
ing on Broail street (Saturday
morning, it wa* announced Mon*
day*
Mrs-' Beasia Battey Troutman,
curb market mastar; Mrs. Annie
Mae Wood Bryant, county aconom- L .
lea agent and J- William Firor.;of the Junior class,
county agent and market superin-; •
tendent, have aU been aaa 140,00° Canadian Boys
piSg^ri^/arn ^ To Fight Forest Fires
plies of fresh vegetables to the J
market next Saturday- 1 _ _ •
“We will ba there,’ declare tbal OTTAWA,—On. hundred and for-
wOmen of th* rural communities. I tx tbouiand Canadian boya have
So will we,” answer Athens | b«*n organised by tbo Forestry Aa-
housewives. |aocUtlon Into a Young Canadian
The Clurb Market la being uper-; Forest League, and will bo on tba
a ted hero for the producer of food al«ri this year to prevent -foreet
and the consumer. Housewives can
go to th* market and bur trash
veetables during market hours and
the producer can sell his product*
from the market without having
to pay any license.
fires In all parts of tb* Dominion.
z; will act aa an,auxiliary force
to the fire rangers when ccrnMoft
cltcr s
York. The men have been Identi
fied bjr Miss Coralea Ramey. «tu-
dent nurae at Kt. Mary-'n ns those
wh> visited Athens the day Chap
man escaped and conversed with
her with reference to the bandit.
The hearing this time has been
eel for May 4 and Judge Hamuel
8. 8ll»ley ha* called a special
eion of the Federal court here for
July and the men will probably be
tried at that time.
Hart County Man
Freed of Murder
HARTWELL, Ga—Clate Ad
dington, charged with the murder
of A'. G. Means, was tried this
week In Stephens superior court
and acquitted. He was charged
with killing Meant on .March 28th
of this year- Addington admitted
the killing and plead justification.
Both were members of prominent
Stephens conty families.
. lue state «s* rnnres.ntM bv
_ _ , - „ Solicitor General McMillan, Judge
Badges and detailed Instructinga(>orye L. .Goode, and Dorrugh *
- being supplied ami the enture - - ^
place for the ladies, with heat and
light, and all free. The mayor,
chief of police, and the aecretary
of the Chamber of Commerce called
on us and bid us welcome. They
I surely aro n fine bunch , of gentle
men. If you ever go that way ,bd
sure to camp at Athens, Ga.
"We also saw a relic of the civil
war standing in one corner of the
square. It is a double-barreled
cannon, the only one ever made. 1
would Judga it would shoot about n
three Inch bull. It was intended
to shoot two balls at once, con
nected by a chain, and mow down
a whole company of soldiers st one
shot, but It did not prove a suc-
cews, for the reason both barrels
did not go off at the same Instant.
This caused the chain to cut up
Kymc queer capers and come near
kiting some of the bystanders,, so
they never used It.”
AUTHOR DIES
(By Associated Press.) <
CHICAGO—Emerson Hopgh, not*
ed author, died at a hospital at
Evanston Monday. He was sixty
six years old and had been in the
hospital'since last Thursday where
he was taken-suffering from inteo-
Dr. Broughton in
An Address Here
“Boosters” Club
Owens of Toccoa- The defepdsner-tinal obstruction. An operation was
was represented by Colonel Per-1 performed Saturday. Heart and
mor Barrett and J. H* and Emmett I respiratory complications caused
Skelton'of Hartwell* J death. i
By E. W. QUICK
"It Is our thinking that has |o do
with ths making of our characi
man's life is a product of his think
ing.” said Dr. Len Broughton re
noun evangelist, to Sunday’s Boost
er Club meeting. "The first and
greatest problem a man must solve
is the problem of himself; when he
has accomplished this task he Is
ready for further developments.”
r. Broughton’s lecture waa
based on the phraqp, "As a mao
thinkest. so Is he.” He made this
unusually learer by several umui-
ing Illustrations, taking them from
psychological standpoint. That
is the various forms of auto-sug
gestion.
is a man thinkest, so |s he,**
continued Dr. Broughton. "If a man
thinks vile thoughts, he will be a
file man, and a clean thinking man
wifi be a clean man. Men's lives
reach ths altitudes of their
thoughts.”
Broughton expressed bis
heartiest approval of ths Booster
Club, saying that a boosted was
one that had an optimistic outlook
on life." .A booster Is one who lives
for the future, and he will progress
because he does not rely on the
past. "The University of Georgia li
progressing because'they are opt!;
mlstlc and are not using the past
for aid.”
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Rev. J. E. Seals, Pastor ot
First MethQdist Church'
in Waynesboro, Commits
Suicide Monday.
(By Associated Press.)
WAYNESBORO. — Rev. J. B.
Seals, pastor of the First Methodist
church of this city, ended hla life
shortly before ten o'clock Monday
morning, by sending a bullet
through Ills brain.
The dead man left a note raying,
t waa cither the asylum or
:ath." He was said to have been
In 111 health since hla wife died a
year ago.
Just at the hour In whl
pastor took hla life, ho was
uled to begin the morning services
which he. has bean conducting at
bis church.
The /tote asked his slater In
hlhcon be notified and left Instruc
tions regarding hia four children.
Rural Carrier Loses
• One Day In 19
EAST 8AUOATUCK*
absence from his mall
nineteen years is the
George Bush, the only
nf this office.
Mr. -Bush started carying
here In 1504.. H« has covered
proxlmateiy 131,080 miles, equiva
lent to six circuits of the slobc.
In Preparation For Registration
Week For Women Voters’ League
III preparation for Registration
Week. May ?th to May 13th. ths
following men have consented to
talk In the five wards, on the sub
ject. "The Power of The Vote"—
embracing registration laws. The
program Is as follows:
1st \V«rd—Piece Oconee Street
School; Speaker, Judge Horae's
Holden; time, Thursday, May 3rd,
4 o’clock,
M Ward—Place; College Avo-
nue School; Speaker Judge Thom
as F. Green; Time, Friday, May
4ah, fi:15 o’clock.
3rd Ward—Place, Baxter Street house.
School; Speaker, Dr. T. J. Woof-
May 3rd.
4th Ward—Place. Childs Street
School; 8peaker, Dr. J. H. T. Mc
Pherson; Time—Friday, May 4th,
4 o’clock.
Sth Ward—Place—Normal School
Old Auditorium; Speaker, Dr. Tren
ton Brooks; Time, Friday, May 4th
5;15 o’clock.
6tl. Ward—Place. Southern Mfg.
Co., Community House,
Judge Thomas F. Greet
Thursday May 3rd. 4 j
Register at City