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ITALY’S SCORN OF'
LEAGUE SADDENING
FIELD OF
TITf-IO OTHER
THEIST
TelegTaip Announcing
Athens’ Good Fortune
Sent to Local Committee
Wednesday Night By
Association.
FIVE-YEAR CLINIC
TO BE HELD HERE
Committee Issues State
ment Explaining Pur
pose of Demonstration.
Have $250,000 Fund For
Won:
Athena has teen selected a*
the site tor the fire-year
clinic to be established in the
southeast by the American
Child Health Association
threugh the Commonwealth
Fund.
This city wort the dink confpet-
ing with n field of thirty-two
other cities a ml counties In the
southeast, including some of the
largest in this part of the country.
COMMITTEE
WORKS HARD
For streral weeks a committee
headed ';y Dr. J. D. Applewhite,
county health commissioner, and
Dr. W. L. Moss, has been earn
estly at work setting, forth Ath
ens' claim for the clinic and a
telegraph message to Dr. Moss
Wednesday night told him that
their labors had been rewarded.
Athens entered the list* of tho
cities and counties competing for
tho eilnic when several other
Georgia eltics wore included and
stuck throughout The last, three
cities considered by the associa
tion were Athens, Danville and
Charlottesville, Va.
Last Friday Dr. Walter Brown,
representing the association, vlsl
ited- Athens to make a final ap
praisal of this city’s claim and
was assured of the co-operation of
all civic, educational, social and
health organisations in both city
and county. When ho left he
seemed most favorably impressed
with Athens and all but said that
he chose Athena out of tho other
three. However, the decision was
not made until Wednesday when
the committee charged with se
lecting the Bita chose Athens.
FUND OF
3250,000
It i s understood the Common
wealth Fund for the southeastern _
(TUrn to Pag* Six)
Uphpld Election
Yokohama in Flames
i
Prunt of Shock Borne, By
Yokohama, Now Called
“Charnal House.” Dead
Unburied.
This piciitrc s'nchva jbi'fire which destroyed 11,000 homes in Yokohama several years ago, making
26,000 homdoai. The'scyfe must multiply this fcecne many times to achieve..p picture of the present
havoc wrought by fire, quake and’tidal wave in Yokohama ant! Tokio.
IWAKI—The Japanese home
office took first steps toward
attempting to clear up the con
fusion ana speculation regard
ing the actual number of dead
Injured by the earthquake and
f-VtUat Tokfo Wh’en It announc
ed 300,000 dead and 100,000 in
jured and 350,COO homeless*
Work of reconstruction has be
gun. it is estimated that ten
years will bo required.
FOB BETTER
1510 JOKE”
SAYS HE1Y GULP
Italian
Alderman From First
Ward Declares “This
Council Means Business”
and Spurs Committee
Onward.
REPORT PROMISED
BODY IN OCTOBER
City Engineer Empower
ed With Authority to
Obtain Right of Way
For Broad Street Work.
Hope For Success of Lea
gue Falls As First Test
Threatens Its Destruc
tion.
PEACE OF EUROPE
IS THREATENED
Danger Seen in Break
Between Members of
League Over Present
Balkan Situation.
- 'GENEVA.—Tho iMussolinl gov
ernment still 1/i.stisi‘j that tho lea-
• cue Is not competent to handle tho
I Grecc-Itallan situation saying that
{tho matter should ho settled by
< trial by a council of ambassadors.
Danger to tho pcaco of Europe Is
feared, by some.
i
RENEWED;
YET AGREED UPON
Athens Asked to
Raise $500.00 For
Japanese Relief
Details of Discussions
Not Yet Reported. Kown
That Settlement Is Not
Reached.
Chairman C. W. Crook of
Red Cross Calls Meeting
of Board to Make Plea
For Quota.
Athens will bo asked to raise
$500 as its quota r.f >the JG.OOOM
japaneso relief fund being sub
scribed through the American Red
Miners and operators hava begun t‘«roas.
their parlies in efforts to come to I c. W. Crook, chairman of the
an agreement over tfbe -Pinchot | Rctf Cross. Thlwsdayi re-
plana hove not yet MWWJto ffef; f,, . tcU , irara fr0 m Atlanta
inlte terms. It is understood tnat; .t . . , . .■
some concessions have been made! heafl5fflitter« atltl "* * hla eommim-
i. , ... i li,r In onh'jnrllio 1R1U) nt Min 19A AM *
Several Other Visitors
Present; - Col. Ryther
Given R o u s i n g Wel
come,
but details are withheld.
Charlie Compton Introduced n
real musician to the Rotary clul
i.t tho Junction- Wednesday when
W./8.' Terrell of Atlanta was pre
sented. Mr. Terroll nut only Is con-
I Ity to subscribe 9500 of tho 130,000 ******* w . lth $&**&&* railway In
; quota assigned to Georgia.
HARRISBURG, Pa.-Represen-
tatives of anthracite minors,* op
erators and officer^ of the miners
union today agreed Jn conference
with Governor Hnchos of Penn
sylvania material changes in
positions which the * have hither;
to held, and which *i va resultec
in »usi»enslon of ml».t. I;. Te em
ployers* group tentatively abandon
ed its demand for arbih’atlon
which the union has unyieldingly
opposed. ,
ma
Mr. Crook/v ill hold a meeting of
the board,of directors’of the Ath-
ons Chapter Friday morning at 10
o'clock in the county court house
for the pappose of issuing a for
mal plea for the |600i
!g the meantime those desiring
to subscribe to this fund may send
their checks to Mr. Crook, Miss
Nina Phillips, executive secretary
or John White Morton, treasurer.
ifrRIGLEY HOLDS ADVERTIS
ING IS MOTIVE POWER
OF BUSINESS
Onions seek
wage RAISE
Though the employers agreed to
drop, for the time being, the de-
Of Paul Seabrook mand ,or arb,lra,,on ' aml t0 m “ k '
8AVANNAH, Oa.-(8peci»U—
Election of Paul E. Seabrook a.
mayor of Savannah was declared
legal by the supreme court ot
fleorgla In decisiops banded down
Wednesday on two appeals taken
by .Murray Stewart foreos which
met defeat In the January 9 elec
tion. J . .
Murray Stewart had defeated
Judge Seabrook for nomination In
the democratic primary and Judge
Seabrook entered again as a eamn-
date In the general election. Two
official ballot! prepared by the
city clerk of Savannah under the
Stewart administration bort wire
the name of Stewart. Judge Sea-
brook'* candidacy was lgpnred m
preparing tho ballot on the groan"
that an insufficient number i «*?*
tera' names had been signed in the
petition to aulborlre hi* candid" *
as an ta«apend«L At the poll*
Seabrook supporters Benin
Mayor Stewart’s name and
In tho name of SpahroQk fn sun
plent numbers to elect him. (
year contract covering wagci
and working condition*, they were
Haiti to be entirely unwilling to
grant more than a ten per cent
w%ge increase.
Almshouse Has Its
First Barbecue
COLUMBUS.—In order to give
tho hernia of a number af civic In-
atitutinns an opportunity to look
ovt.f bbo plant which comprises
the Muscogee county almshouse,
the superintendent and board of
commissioners In charge of the
almshouse gave a barbecue-thc
first ever given at the Institution.
It was pointed out that MUscogocs’
Brat aim,house was established
more thau flity yea” ago. Tb"
present. almshouse to tharouekl
madam and Is affM to ow-ret
lower co*t per capita
nllur Institution, In tit
great chewing* gum magnate
are eagerly read by live busi
ness men, and this one, from
the Lumber Co-Operator la one
of the best:
While riding on a train re
cently William Wrigley was
approached by a man, who ad
dressed him:
“Pardon me, Mr. Wrigley,
but do you know you’re wast
ing a lot-of money?”
Mr.'WdAiey. always anxious
,thing about his
asked in return.
ruit'*r f
“Why, in advertlsingr the
man replied. “Yonr product
is so well known now you
don’t need to advertise.”
“My good man,” Mr. Wrig
ley answered him, “do you
know what would happen If
we were to cat the engine off
from this train?-;
“the train would coast along
for a while and then atop, I
BUPDOSC.”
“Exactly.” replied Mr. Wrig-
Jey. “and that's exactlv what
ipy wouW do ff I cut
off advertising. Advertising i*
flu* tngine that furnishes the
mot ire pow er for my busi-
Atianta but,4* ieadtjr, ppe of that
city'* leading orchestra*. Accom
panied by Hugh Hodg »on at. the
piano Mr, Terrell gays, several s«s-
lection* on the violin that wer«
genuinely enjoyed by everyone ore-
sent.
_^In the absence cf Prcstdenf Bil
lups PKln'.jy Abit Nix presided am
after Introducing several vUitora
Including Rot* rians John. Blodge
and Hugh Morgan nf Galn**viUe
W. 8. Terrell of Atlanta, Judge
Blanton Forteon and Cl as. E. Mar
tin of the Kiwanis club presented
Judge J, B. IJradwell who
charge of the program. Judge
Bradwell named the program com
mittee for the montF as follow*:
T. H. and Brantlfy Dozlc *, M. J
Costa,’ Charlie Eckfo-d and A. a
Dudley.
One of the features of tho month
will be n ladies' ni£M entertain •
meat while the next metting will
be a story to.ling session when
real ntere*tipg strlie* will ho told
by several men\bm of the club
Col. D. W. Ryther was welcomed
dedicatd to his fishing ability.
Th singing of M»e day was
usually good ant the mating was
pronounced one of the moot enjoy*
able of jhr summer
OSAKA—All tho money fn
tho Bank of Japan vaulta was
caved from destruction in the
fire v/hlch followed the earth-
uaWc and tidal wave., RCcfipl-
utation of the earthquake and
ire area >tcday showed that
Yokohama was the center of a
clrcK* extending north about
100 miles and 140 miles east
and west from that city.
This area included 33 coun
ties and fivy large cities In
habited by 7,000,000 people.
It Is estimated that 70 per
cent of the cities and towns
within the strickens area were
destroyed.
Yokohama according to re
ports here was totally destroy
ed and onW about pne fourth
of Tokio remains.
C .Iy CbDBcil la nor u }o)iing” in
Its fight for "cheaper am! better
gas,": nfcudrfrfhg to Aldernan Henry
Culp.
In asking foe* a report from tho
commit ton to investigate the pos
sibility ot obtaining “better anti
cheaper gas" and making the com
pany pay a franchise tax, Aldcr-
mgu * Culp Wednesday nlgl t do
..1>W Sfl **hr,v.ilnfn.n I f twi.l 1
Here is a typical Italian soldier
—the kind being held in readineg*
asa of war with Greece.
et\ “heretofore it has * been
poriXof A loke when coupcll itart-
M ahei?*4ht Gas K^tnpanj' "It’s
no joke>41)is time. We mean busi-
nesHl’
L EXERCISES
1L
Centrally, though reluctantly, ad-
miticd that the League lutH utter
unuhle to withstand the first groat
toot of its pritcicul us* a« niuchin-
tiy for itKuIuing difficulties be-
tweeu nation*, *lnce one of It* lead-
SALANDRA OPPOSES
| LEAGUE ACTION
^school
Attorney Carl Croskley, wfio with
City Engineer J. W. Barnett, was
named Monday night to Investi
gate the matter stated that he has
learned from Investigation since
Monday night that the G«s Com
pany at one' time paitf a frr.n-
ehlso tax but It was discontinued.
H? premised a report next montbl
Alderman W«llaco Bell of the
TOKIO—It la natlmalsd that th, I Fiftli Wart ,l ! vor
Janonene qi.tion ho* been set back I (Turn to Page Six)
Epworth League to
Meet in Ideal Friday*
iMOULTRIE, Ot—The Valdosta
District Epworth League confer
ence will meet In Alel Friday,
September 7, for a three days' ees-
sionmecording to L. Roy McTiler,
■"‘trief preHftlent It is expected
n»*nd ilrlugates to
a deende, that It will t ike at leas!
ten years to rebulliT and reorgen-
fro the vast and comrHeated ma
chinery of Japon's civilisation to
such a point n* it war at the oc
currence of the reee.it disaster,
now recognised as the greatest in
history.
Shipyards, foundries, millB, hnvo
gone. Bonks and .•‘xchonges are
ruined, stocks, howls, deeds, wills
amt records art. destroyed.
Already the work of reconstruc
tion has begun. In Tpklo i.tree1
lamp* nro begTnning: to shino again
in spots. Broken water main& are
being repaired.
Yokohama Is a charnel house,
the canal* aad waterfront aye fill
ed with dead and the stench from
decomposing bodies is unbearorble,
according to refugees errivlna!
from th* Btrieve ncitv today. It Is
estimated that, more than 200 for
eigners lost their lives there.
Most of the dead and Injured
Oconee Baracas
Class Barbecue
Friday cvunlng at 7:30 thi
rues r.'as* r.f tho Oconeo Street
Mdlhrdlst Snndny School will have
u harlx cue at tho church to which
■I - .•Mirth membership hao been
Invited. "-i*'»*■
The Oconee Street Banco clast
la U.C of tho largest amf most ac
tive In the schools of the.city. Ha
r 'eatdkat Is Roy Wilson, and Oeo
R. Stone Is class teacher. Kvjiy
member of the etas* la vttally In
terested In Sunday school end
church work, and their influence
for good Is being felt both tn
church, circlet and fn outside
renlms
The barbecue I* being elaborate
ly planned, dm! the entertainment
ntlre nrgtt-
the qlH’Ntf’JMH
jiHSMs.sinatlon Oi
the Italian mission should b« mr\-
(tied by the council of ambus*..•
Chancellor Gives Recipe I S.rr
1 appointed tk*
ie frontier betweo M
Albania i
icipcu
For Becoming “Favorite'body, which
Is Indicated Thursday.
Formal exercises marked the op
ening of the State Jionm! Kchoo?
Thuraday morning when tho niin-
is'erti cf the city extended an In-
vllstion to the student* to ntlend
th* churches and ChancellorTkr*
row and other* made talk*. \ *le
The assembly was at 10:30 Ini general of th*
Pound auditorium and Rev. Mr. j the proceedlr
Williams, pastor of the Young Hur- ‘ ambassadors. »
rl* Memorial church, opened th* J The first obiervatl m
exercise* with a lesion from tl/ * each member of the cour
Bible and a prayer. Following Mi , bawador* when It m*»t ’
Wllllanm’ talk Chancellor p. C.!l° consider tho Crerp-Ii
Barrow spoke to the student* and »Puta was to say that he
gave them a recipe for being -f a -* *tructions from his
PARIS— 1 Tl»o council of amhasaa.
dor* will meet again Friday, fn
the meantime tho secretary wug dl‘'
inform the decretory*
of nations ol
he council pi
vorits pupils’* along with som
hound advice, flOckti her: ami
there with hie pungent hutrvr. Dr
J, J. Dennett, poitor of the Prince
Avenue Baptlet church, mn.’e thr
formal invltntlon sporch In behall
of all the chur.he, and ntocr dt.
iacne of the city, representing the
civic clubs, w.-re Introduced,
OR. POUND TALK8
TO STU0ENT8
splendid scale.
among tho Yokohama forclaners fealurra are^ being vlorkad out or thinga expected or them an-l assu,
were those who were caught hv j Mr. E. P. Stone i. superintendent | lni lh6m , hi< Z™, *..:
Dr. Jerre 11. Pound chwed thf
exercises with a alralghttorivard
heart lo heart talk to tha .tudents
explaining to them some
were those Wim were caugnt nv air. k. r. Btone is aupennumu.'m j ng tl)6 , h f ,. ,
the earthquake and fire while! of, tho O.oneo Street Sunday! w * rJr c ' 0 „ n m,
shopping in the downtown dis
trict Thousands of tho terror-
stricken natives drowned in the
canals when Reeking safety from
(Turn to Page Six)
Funeral Conducted
For Mrs. M.F. Costa
A large concourse cf friends r-
tanded the furijral services for
Mrs. Mike Frank Costa at
Joseph’s Catholic church Thursday
morning. Father Clark conducted
the services and the Interment fol
lowed In Oconeo cemetery.
Mrs. Costa wasthe wife of Mr.
Mike Frank Coata, a well known
Athens business man. She died
Tuesday afternoon ef»**e *n Illness
of over two year* and had n ■
friends And roiauvea hero and
over tho state who either by thefr*
anco ol flr.ral offerings paid
last tributes to her Thursday
morning.
sctir.nl; RcvQuIlllan. pastor, wbllo »«», the. school
tho class barboens committee ■- 11 any “paclty.
composed of Roy Wilson, A. A.
Famhro, W. A. Kent, Homer
MItchen. C. C. Bridges and H. H.
Pltspatrlck.
Tax Rate Fixed
At 121-2 Mills in
Sumter County
AMERICUS, Gg.—The board of
c mnty commissioners of Sumter
county havo just fixed the tax rate
at'a total of 12 1-2 mills for coun
ty purposes. Of this totgl 9 mills
goes into the genial fund, with
3 1-2 mills, or a little more than
one third of the county-s total
revenue put into the road fund
Last year, there was a total of 10
milla levied ,for general purpose*,
an?r 3 ,mj)Ik for tqiid purposid) thcr^
being 4 reduction In the nel
tfiig year of ha'f a mill.
any capacity.
A* nn illustration of how'nnxioui
glria are to enter the school he un
it was agreed tharthlH being
the council for th.* preiuml yiU
(Turn to Paje Six)
SEPTEMBER 19TH
Unprcccclontcd Attend
ance Expected. Most of
Dormitory Rooms Al-
: reaqly Engaged. Every
County Represented.
Registration of students for the
bounced that ho would g/ve rh< ' now BCBa,on °f (bo University of
“overflow girls” an audience just Georgia brgins Monday. Septcm-
after the exercises, exprilnlr* that
they had come to the , seUntH j st
ri»k and-aftl€|«Sfii r
vised that they probably nu» K aln
'(p
ber 17, and i
gets underway Wednesday, Sep-
teinber 19. The registra-r announced
VWiJuesday that tho enrollment
twill be moro than it was last year
entrapee, .-but. your |w , w «„ Cfl
ha. proimbly galncj yo i mlmlreton ’ l an1 ^ “if‘afly a majcrliy ot
he emted, “became wa are-going r00rns 1,1 ike three dormitories U
to try and iqeeze nil at you
somewhere ' There am about 23 ot
there overflow students.
PROMISING
year ahead
The school has opened “under
meet promising rireumetancee thh
year, ao /ar *a • ,,tendance and
work BO. Every nlhllahle rooiii h
occupied and al llhe classes at.
crowded. Pew m.ji* p„ Tr
mnd* fn Ihe ’H'cully and 'the worl
will pregjtrtJ from the ,i„, t yedi
(Turn to page eight) ,
filled.
Tho State College of Agrlcul*
turo, a dopartment of tho Univer
sity 8y8tom located in Athens, be
gins its registration and class
room work at tho same time that
tho university docs, and registra
tion will bo in the same building—
tho academic, on the mala uni
versity campus.
GRIGGS IN CHARGE
OF RENOVATING
Paipting of tho interior of the
academic hufldhig will !>.* finish
ed the latter part of this week -nd
ivill be drv by the time the stu-
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