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VOL. 01, NO. 188
Associated Press Service
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1928.
A. B. C. Psper
Single Copies 2 Cents Dsily. ( Centa Sunday.
SPECIAL TAX COMMISSION HOLDS MEETING HERE
FRMCEAND BELGIUM WIN IN RUHR
Dr. T. A. dagger, volcano expert
of the United States 'Weather Bu
reau, who haa gone to the center
of volcanic disturbances in the
east to investigate the recent
earthquakes. He will work with
Dr. Omori, director of the Japan
ese Earthquake Commission.
Mrsi Yow Entertains the
Members At Regular
Meeting With New Se
lections. Several Visitors
Present.
ADMITS DEFEAT IN
BUT TACTICS
Proposals By Germans
Do Not Demand With
drawal of Troops. Will
ing to Pay Reparations.
Freshs Get Bold
And Mix It With
Sophs in Advance
BERLIN.—By the presentation
of proposals for a virtual aurren-
der to France In the matter of pas
sive resistance," Germany has
practically admitted defeat at the
hands of the FrencU.
The mode which Germany Insti
tuted months ago of fighting the
French and,Belgian occupation In
the Ruhr, passive resistance has at
last been broken, according to re
ports from reliablo sources and" It
Is said that reparations proposals
have been presented by the Ger
man government to the Belgians.
These proposals,* made known by
sources clo?o to Chancellor Stres-
emann, follow:
1.—Germany Is prepared to cease
passive resistance Immediately on
condition that expelled Germans
be allowed to return to the occu-
| pied area and that Germans ar-
The members of the Rotary Clul | rested by the occupying forces be
vjvre delightfully entertained at released,
their weekly meeting Wednesday | 2.—Germany Is also ready
by the singing of Mrs. Morris Yow , consider paying a reparations fig-
Mrs. Yow introduced a number ol
new selections and led the singing
of a number of Rotary songs in-
trod uc«k| by the members. Her
wonderful vole# and musical attain
ments proved one of the best en-jh am i s 0 f the'reparations commls-
tert/ilnment* the club has enjoyed
in /nany months.
ston, although they may only bo J
1 many months. , . issued with 1 Gerany’s consent.- Sho
Representative Freeman McCi> 111 . r ui ? i .„ »n„f French Industrial-j
rmrr university boy and secre* iata )to participate In German in-I
former .
tary of the tax commission which
Ih meotlng here today, gttv# a most
interesting talk on taxation and
.. . .. L... III. flint,
tnvlteil the member, of tho club
to attend tho mooting and *<v0 to
the oommlMlon the benefit of any
Huaae.tlon. they might h.Vo bn
on tho subject of taxation.
A number of vl.ltpre- were proa*
ent, among them Hon. Walter Me*
I’.lroath, who delivered on oddrea,
at the opening of the unlverolty. hit
suWeot hilns the -eaastiiaftea
the United Statoo.” He la on au»
tho-lty on thl. aubject and one ol
the nbleat lawyera In tho otate
Other, preoent were W. C. Wood-
all. editor and publl.her of tho In-
dumrlal Index, Columbu.; Hon. H
. It. Ooetehluo. of Columbu,; Majot
T. J. Ptrlekler, of New Tork and
Major D. It. Burch, of the Unlver-
fllty of aoorgla. . ,
gold
above 30.000,000,000
mark,.
3.—Germany offer, to place do- j
"it •
A young "war” broke out
down on tho corner of College
avuuuu and Broad .treat Wed
nesday night when about firty
freshmen took time by the
forelock and Instead of waiting
uiitll Saturday night for the
usual parade aeeemblcd «fnd
after marching lip and down
the etrect eoveral time,, ac-
coeted a numbor of eoiihe at
the aforementioned placo and
then the fan wig on. .
It waen-t Just exactly clear
whether tho sopha were In
vited, Incelglod or Invaded.
Anyway lu about two minutes
fists were flying In a merry
fashion and after the |ewor in
numbers representing tho class
of -26 decided they had enough
tho freshleo pulled out again
and headed In the direction of
Lucy Cobb.
A two hundred and ten foot-
ball aspirant was leading them
and a, a bye-bye to tho oophs
they were admonished to make
themselves ecaree on the
streets at night the remainder
of tho week—an admonition
that waa hardly nccoesary.
Judging by tho Initiative al
ready shown by the red caps.
No one wae hart Wednesday
GEORGIA MFD. CO.
, DEFENDANT HERE
Mother of Boy Alleged
Injured By Explosion of
Dynamite Cap Files Two
Suits.
blood. .Pilled a_nd a tew even pulled the cap out of his
bentures (as outlined In the recent J
Strceemann mortgage plan) In tho |
dispositions ruffled but outside
of this the Incident was casual
of other froehmen and' soph
mlxupa.
THE DAY’S
NEWS
Llayd Strickland,, minor son of
Mrs. Lula Strickland, widow,
stuck a nail in a dynamite cap he
found near a well In Whitehall in
September, 1021, and the explosion
which followed incapacitated him
to the extent, his mother claims,
ahe ig suing the Georgia, Manufac
turing Company for a total of
$30,000 damages.
The suits are returnable to Oc
tober term of superior court.
Lloyd was visiting Mrs. Charles
Sheddcn of Whitehall when the
txnlosion occurred, the petitions,
two of them, the' plaintiff filed
set3 out. The'Georgia Manufac
turing company's employees dug a
well between the home of Mrs.
Shcdden and the mill. Dynamite
caps were used to blast the rocks,
the petition asserts. , <
Two days after the well waa
dug Lloyd passed the well onroute
to the mill. Espying a dynamite
nliht A few shirt's were tom cap he picked it up and put itrinto
Into shreds and a few drops of his pocket. A few days lattf he
pcftffJtpatf L—
dustry, if Germany la pormlttaefl.
to participate! In French buclness. Special TaX COIMmSSlO
The offer l» tantamount lo eur- * "
render. Germany la willing to meet
tho French term, by quitting re-
slstancc* ahe abandon* * her- prev
ious axirnum reparations figure of
30,000,000.000 payment. Which was
unacceptable to France? inff she
Escaped Negro
Convict Caught
Albert Bonner, negro cqpvict onr
the Clarke county gan^ who % ca-
raped from a sick ward in 8t.
Mary's hospital several weeks ago
Is again on the «^ng, serving a
. scntenco of #ix years for burglary.
Ponner was arrested In Colum
bus nnd brought hack to Athens bv
County Officer Roland 8aye this
week. He waa aont to Clarke from
Muscogee county, sentenced from
threo to six years for burglary. Ho
must serve the full sentence now.
offers guarantees.
Franco has demanded 60,000,-
000.000 gold marks. Ocrmany prev
iously has declared this impossible.
But with Germany facing a grim
winter, and a settlement bocomlng
Increasingly Imperative, the Stres*
emadn cabinet met to devise some
means of peacp, deapito the heavy
concesalons involved.
Chancellor Strekomann’s Iasi
proposal, the project of a mort
gage on German Industry,, bad
broke" against the adamantine
wall of French.policy. Poincare re
iterated Runday that ‘.‘subterfuge
and ‘Ovaslbn Is useless; the sur
render of passive resistance Is the
essential preliminary to necotin-
I tfons of any aort”
Visits Athens.
Germans Admit Defeat.
Special tax Commission, ap
pointed by Governor Walkur. ar
rives In Athena for apodal moet-
Tng Governor Walker addreeae.
Vlwnnl* clUb. i
Germany admit# defeat of “P*®"
sIverMlstance'* policy tnnew pro-
nosals to Belgian government. Ir
willing to pay larger reparation,.
one hundred and nlty-flTe th°u;
■and anthracite miner, back al
work In Penneylvanla.
inning S. Pratt win* democratic
nomination for congree. In-Elev
enth New York dlatrlct. .
Republican orgaoUatlon candi
date, 1 ^ for city and county offices
SL- l vlctorieo In Penn-
wln' sweeping victories
aylvanla primariea.
United Stale, dUtrict attorney
warn. West Virginia newspapers
thev must print no more Dempsey-
or any prl.e light pictures;
| indictment cd Mg* «USl “T
Club Girls Will
Meet Saturday
Members of tho Clarke county
girl,’ clubs will meet In the lab
oratory of Mra. Annie. Mae Wood
Bryant In tho court house Satur
day afternoon at 3 d’clock. Plana
for tho fall fair will be discussed.
MANY THOUSANDS
> OF DOLLARS
will be spent in Athens for
Sattirdiv week-end ahonping
and It Is safe to say that a
la^^e portion of thes* dollars
will be guided by the store
new* and business announce
ments that appear in The
Banner-IIerald.
With a circulation that en
ters over .1.000 homes every
evening with th edav’s newa
and at a time when every
member of the family has the
time to read and discuss both
the day’s news and the vari
ous store messages of enter
prising merchant*, it i» nj
wonder that Banner-Herald
ads have the habit of making
husincss for those who use
them* regularly. '
Take ».ur tin—Before you
shop tomorrow
?„ f
Migrators From Sunny
South Face Serious
House Shortage As Win
ter Snows Close in.
(By Associated Preee.)
CHICAGO.—Migration from the
Southern atatea haa (more than
trebled tho negro population in
tho last thirteen yearn, according
to a newa story In the Chicago
Tribune Thureday. ■
Negroes, who In 1919 numbered
44,000 in 1920 hod Increased to
109,488 and It Is now estimated
that there are 160,00 nogroe. In,
this city. The gyest Increase ol the
negro population haa made .tho
houeln* problem for
ou« one, especially with the com
)ng winter endVa cloeq at hand.
. This city now baa a lareer. ul „,_ ^
negro population than either Bal-; johnstowni.
tlmoro or New Orleans. as_ the
negroes have been pouring In from
all section, of tho aouth all sum
mer, the majority of them without
first finding work or n place to
live.
It 1a reported thh tho negroee
are having a rather hard time
finding work now, ae the great in
flux during the eummer bee prac
tically absorbed all open johe.
Ilona win be avoided federal
Octal, declare.
Methodist,
Bishop Blake, — -
reaching New Yofk
Declare* that Rosalan society U at
this time one uf tho most l>?"« rta
European government, and mus.
bo reckoned with.
Death at Cloncester. Maas., of
Jacob L. loioae, Kansan City, Mo.,
chairman of the board of directors
of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit com-
pany. 7
Mayor Caufflel. Johnatown. Pa.,
-licks to .Ms ultimatum that neg
roes of less than seven year, ren-
tdence In that city must got out,
mayor replies to Governor Ptn-
chot’s request * or esplanatlon of
his order, a
Governor Plnchot tells National
Association for Advancement of
Colored People that power of
Pennsylvania ■ will bo need to
maintain cpnatltutlonal rights at
Read Herald
i"rS | Want Ad*.
Prince of Wales calU for plenty
of wheat eakea and enjoys wholo-
some "hock to nature" life of Al
berta ranch.
General Wcyler, chief of Span-
Irb general staff, considers with
military directorate on Moroccan
situation and decree against aep*
sratlon movement I* approved.
Italian princease, Mafalda and
Giovanni are m no Immediate
danger, physicians tell queer,
mother. j jF
and with the natural child curi
osity, the petition etatea, began
picking at it with a nail. The cap
1^.0^ jiotftioncr ‘says'. ON THE MORNING
Lloyd s right hand and arm
rendered useless. Two aulf
filed against the company,
$10,000 damage b; y Mrs. Stri L'klnnd i iour ami rigged out In the trig
as mothtr of Lloyd and tht other[ffotd uniforms of pale blue silk
A Modern Columbus
Following the course set for him by Columbus over 400 year, ago,
Alain Gcrhadlt, French tennis star and yachtsman, crossed the At
lantic nlune in the 30-foot sloop Flrocrest For 142 day, ha battled
storms and starvation to finally make a landing on the shores on Long
Island, N. Y. Inset shows the Firecrest.
O Boys Look! Zizggy’s Zouaves
Advance On Harvard; Too Bad
“Georgia’s” Top Far Removed
NEW YORK.—-Marshaled' for an ‘scouts rei>ort they are particularly
advance on said old Boston town
tho “Zingfold Zouazes” havo de
parted “LIP OP N' York” to'give
tho Harvard froshlcs a treat.
Upon tho departure of Zouazes
Flo ZioRfdd remarked:
Two years ago those glrla were
raw recruits. Look at them now.
tJscd to any amount of exposure.”
OF DEPARTURE
The girls were up In half an
by his inuincr 'uest friesd-
tho child, f
Students . At University
Get Down to Real Grind
As Class. Room Work
Starts.
Glass room Work at the .Unlver-
■tty of Georgia got under way
•iravejling rtreinmen. Irinmiwtl wHu
real Val, lace, blue sating marching
•slippers .with heavy shcor hose to
match, and campajgn hats of ’lnco
with a slnglo bird of Paradise., Tho
usual pearls and diamonds, pres
cribed In Army Regulations So.
134. were* Vvorn. Rich trooper car
ried' n heavy vanity pack and k
Thursday morning after three day*
which have been devoted exclu
sively to the registration of stu
dents. During thesa first tiirec
dAyu of the week a thousand stu
dents were enrolled by the univer
sity, which Is slightly above th»
registration of the first three dayr
last year. [
According to officials of tho uni
versity, registration will continue
for tho remainder of the week nnd
during the last threw days of Ui*.
week. It Is thought probably five
hundred more young men and
women will become affiliated with
the Georgia- Institution thus bring
ing the total enrollment to 1,600 oi
above which would be more than
were hero last yenr.
The schedule for class recita
tions at the university, for the
1923-1024 session is little changed
from former yenrh. The first clnsi
comes at 3:25 o’clock and In fol
lowed by the morning chapel excr
else, after which classes continue
throughout tho day with an Inter
mission for lunch. The majority
of the laboratory classes come if
the afternoon, although there are
a few for the .morning hours.
plentiful supply of iiowdcr.
In the general's car was Gen.
Pear Eaton, her pretty blonde
curls bobbing concentratedly over
m man nf thn IVarvnrd nmnne
“We shall concentrate our at
tack on Harvard during tho Ronton
engagement," sho announced
briskly. Gen. Faton took four or
five pins from her mouth and stuck
them In the mao at strategic
points. "Pve pretty well decided
upon the campaign. Wo shnll tack
le tho Harvard freoh, first. My
untrained this year.
ADVANCE IN
“COLUMN SQUABS"
“We shall advance upon the
campus In column of squabs.
“My girls are trained. They've
been drilling on Broadway two
years. They know our slogan: 'Fear
Flo and keep your powder dry.’-
“The talk that our troops won’t
be able to stand the frigidity of
the Boston climate la enemy prop
aganda. nothing more. However, to
ward amifMt pffssIblo 111. effocts
IrOifi fufiriss m» ciituwiv, t «VS
rich o! m* Kiris equipped alt* a
pair of horn-rimmed ulassoe. and
hnvn required them to ICarn ltnlph
Wnldo Kmnreon'e essay on •Per
spicacity.’ Oilr fiirls can hold tholr,
own In Boston, never fear."
Forty war co-respondent# ea*
ported tho brigade to tho Grand
Central.
There wa* also a mother for each
girl. 6mat fun was had at tho ex
pense of Miss Jesse Reed. Owing
tn a mlntflkn flV Ulfl BurASU fflf
SurplyHg Mothers, two mothers
showed up for Miss Reed. ■
“I shall take both the dears
nloag.” ,«ho said, "one can be my
grandmother.'’
Miss Sonia Ivanoff was soen off
bv her tT?ree sisters, the Misses
Mary, Irene' and Kitty Flanagan of
Schaghtlcoke.
FAMILY GARDEN OF OCONEE
PEOPLE BRINGS IN $2138.90
26-STORY BUILDING,
RADIO IN EVERY ROOM
CHICAGO—Detroit will have
the first skyscraper equipped
throughout with radio. If-recoin-
nendatlons of Jia National As
sociation of Building Owners
and Managers planning the ser
vice are adopted, the assoclatior
announced.
The n*w 26-story Buhl build
ing there, It waa proposed, would
have a single receiving station
which would receive stock and
market reports which would be
conveyed by wire to each of the
offices.
MINING INQUIRY
Davis Ignores Letter
From Gov. Brandon Or
dering Investigation to
Cease; Proceeds.
BIRMINGHAM—Despite a letter
from Governor Brandon of this
state In which he was told to de
sist from hjs Investigation of the
treatment of convicts In the Bnnner
Mines, Solicitor Davis Thursday
announced that the Investigation
would proceed. .
The Governor’s letter to Solici
tor Davis stated that tho Inquiry
would not be tolerated os tho iolc
authority in the investigation rested
with the Governor and that the
Inquiry ‘begun by fhe Solicitor was
a usarptlon of power on the part
of the solicitor.
In the face of this message from
tho governor, the solicitor went
right ahead with his Investigation
Thursday and issued summons for
newspaper men who Interviewed
the convicts at tho mines, follow
ing the outbreak on September 10.
ljio solicitor (Ueihef called for
nowspaper stories of. the mutiny
SateerktetUieVn h,,i *u,i ih.n
tholr tasks werci Impossible since
th'-y stated tho men had *• id that
their tasks were Impossible since
they, were poorly fed and that they
were alro forcetl to work even when
they wore* 111. The solicitor 1 also
stated that the warden and othor
officials at the mine will be called
In tho Inquiry.
FORTUNE COSTS
MISSION IKS
OVER TAX PLAN IN
1
Governor and Party Are
Guests of Kiwanis Club
At Weekly Luncheon. Lo-
,cal Citizens on Commis
sion.
With Governor Clifford
Walker a member of the
party, the special tax
commission named by him
to study the question of
taxation and recommend
legislation to be presented
at the special session of
the legislature this fall,
arrived in Athens from
Augusta at noon Thurs
day.
Immediately upon ar-
rivaj the party began a
series of conferences with
individuals here who are
interested in the tax ques
tion and at 2 o’clock were
the guests of the Kiwanis
club at its weekly lunch
eon at the State Normal
School. The members of
the Athens Rotary club
were also guests of the
Kiwanians at this meet
ing.
AT CITY HALL
of the
A special meeting
miltee with Athenians has been
Called by the local committee,
posed of .1. W. Barnett, II. H.
(Jordon, .Jr., and J. If. Dozier, for
3:30 and at that meeting the tax
luestions will be thoroughly dis
cussed and a plan that appeals
most to Athenians will be evolved
and presented to the
i very probably, l Several
<havo been working on the question
But It’s German Paper
Money. “Sorry to Charge
for several days now anti Home-
thing tangible will btr offered.
Dr. J. H. T. McPherson, James
W. Morton and Freeman MeClurd
nre members .of the commission.
The first two named are citizens
of this county while Mr. McClure
is a recent graduate of the Uni
versity, a member of the faculty
now and also chairman of ths
,7^. *>. ^ now ami him» mi
ho MUCH" Hanker writes ItglilaUv* University of Georgia
Hugh Gordon.
Expenditures By
Agriculture Dept.
Called Excessive
ATLANTA.—Gaz Vason, witness
before the legislative investigating
committee Inquiring into the af
fairs of the department of agri
culture. testified Wednesday that
the records of ,the department
would show excessive expenditures
which however were within the
law.x .
Replying to questions hy Sam
Olive connsle for the department,
a witness who resides here said he 4
considered Commissioner Brown
nh hnnhst man and L. B. Jackson
director of the burean.of markets
a gentleman. Ho admitted that
most of bis Information waa based
on matter piblishedLln.the former
Fifty Oconeo county people,
through two community trucks
have f.«»ld $2138-90 worth of
produce here from family gar
dens since January 1. r
One of tho trucks started op
erating August 1, and by mak
ing weekly trlpa to the Athens
Curb Market *** sold $720.00
worth of produce, an average
weekly lucome of about $6 00
for tboso who sold through the
truck.
The other truck has been op
erating since January 1. but
has made weekly trips to tho
Curb Market Blnco Its estab
lishment May S. the sales since
the Curb Market ppeoed
amounting hither than before.
The two truck* nre the High
Shoals community truck, man
aged by W. H. Burgess and the
Oconee-Trussell truck, opera
t’d bv T. W. Osborne. The
High RhoaU truck has sold
6U18.JM) worth of "reduce.
Thirty-efeht people
through It Among the women
who have aold more than 1100
worth of eggs, butter and veg
etables. the latter from n*d|n-
ary gardens, are Mrs. W. H.
Rureess. oo, wnrtb: Mrs.
T. W. Williams. m3.5.n: Mr«.
«. A. RnorK «U5.00: Mrs. J.
D. Lovern, $110.60 worth.
sell
Those who have sold through
the Oconco-Trussell truck are,
J Mrs. M. A. Gordon, Mrs. T.
W. Osborne. Mra. J. C. McRf*.
Mrs. Doc Hardigree, Mrs. Hen-
Hardigree, Mrs. /Wlllio
Watson pubMffttJQn
Tho«A who hav* sold nro-
Anr-n tbrot>~H fha rh Fhnsls
tm^fc em. Mr*. T. W Wfll»«m«,
•abMra.'! fk* At ,t. r ?.•«-
rnflrum, O. E. Landrum, Mrs. IT.
Ilinsley, Mra. Fannie Lovern,
. Mrs. W. U. Burgess, Mra. 8. A.
Elder, Mrs. J. W. Hattsway.
Mrs. F. C. Green, ‘Mrs. A. E.
Horn, Mrs. W. W. Ruark, Mrs.
j. M. Carey, Mrs. Lady Lee,
Mra. L. W. Stono, Mrs. J. W.
Jliiitou, Mrs. J. W. Griffith,
Mm. N. A. Duncan, Mi*. <Otto
Lowry, Mrs. Suslo Haynle,
Mrs. Goorge Nunn, Mm. J. C.
Strouso, WalUe Dickon, j Mrs.
Mathews, Mrs. Paul 8cott, Mrs.
Wes Jenkins; Mra. Bob Rice,
Mn. Stovall, Mra. Cain.
Mrs. J. D. Lovern, Mrs. Ed
mund Thrasher, Mra. A. B:
’Minccn. Mrs. J. W. Smith. iMTS.
W. P. Price. Mra. W. W. Thom
as. Mrs. Hollis. J. C. Lovern.
Annfo Mingo. 1
German marks, fifty cents a mil
Hon. „
That's ths rale HUkh ,fI. Cordbn
Jr., pregMimi [ofjjtjM pHnhU
Rank haa 6<fuidLl tinklftalC «l
Hon.
Tbs sams smouAfr-Of pots# would
have goat *llp,oo0|bkfbrs the.war
rv Harmgree, aare. <»»»•«
Hayes. Mr*. Ida .Famprtmgh,
Mrs. Maude Veal, Arthur War
wick. J. O. Chandler, Herichel
Harris. Most of thAo had
never sob? produce before ths
curb market on med.
The community plan of sell
ing produce at tho curb market
has worked out very satisfac
torily for those who hare co
operated. The only time re
quired l« for preparing the
product for market, the truck
being operated by one or two
persons. He Is given a amall
commission for handling the
produce for the producer who
stay* at home and attends to
othcr*$ftifrik- a-x *
Think of It! Mr: Gordon has'Jus
received a letter fromh Is friend.
Hllafy W. Luke, ssslstant vice
president of the Great National
City Bank of New York, who pur
chased the half million marks foi
the Athenian.
Tthe letter, excepting some per
sonal references, follows: *
“Mr. Hugh H. Gordon. Jr., /
Commercial Bank of Athens,
Athsns. Ga.
“Dear Mr. Gordon:
“As requested by you In your
letter of September 12th wo
have been glad to frarchase for
you five one hundred thous-
sand mark German notes at
five <wnts apiece.
“The rate which wo were
obliged to pay may seem high
In comparison, with the rate
quoted (n tho newspapers for
drafts on Germany during the
post few days,, but „ German
paper currency in tbty. country
baa commanded, quite, a premi
um over the current exchange
ra^es. even though the notes
which tirere purchased for you
today would have cost about
$120,000.00 before the world
war.
Yours very truly,
Signed, HILARY W. LUCRE
Asst. Vice Pres."
legit mu .w VI
firmtiriftiiy r:*
The committee is composed of
1 the following Georgians, all of
whom are serving without pay and
paying their expenses in a tour of
the* state: 11. D. Brantley of lilac.i-
shenr, W. U. Anderson of Macon,
Sam Tate of Tate, Dr. J. H. T.
McPherson of Athens, T. S. Mason
of Hartwell, J. IL Phillips of Lod-
isville, It. C. Ellis of Tifton, J. I>.
Haddock of Damascus, "Freeman
McClure of LnFayette, J. S. Pe
ters of Manchester, James VV.
Mortbn of Athens and Judge U.
V. Wliipple of Cordelc.
AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO '
BORROW PAVING MONEY
AUGUSTA.—IB order to com
plete paving projects now on foot
and carry on the paving program,
the city council has passed a rea-
"1uiF«>!1 autlinrizimr Mayor Julian
M. Smith nnd the finance commlt-
too of th» city council to borrow
$340,000. The riuney will be bor-«
rowed from twd local banks.
Hebrews Observe
Yom Kippur Here
Athens Hebrews began We«im*9-
day night observance of the Day of I
Atonement or Yom Kippur with
services at ths Synagogus
o’clock, Itabbl Shinedling of l’aier-
soh, N. 3* In charge. Rabbi Shiimd-
ling also conducted services ThuiN-
day : morning at 11 o’clock at the
Synagogue. * . - * ir I
RIVAL SOCIETIES
WAGING ACTIVE
WAR FOR MEMBERS
—
Tho two literary societies at tho
University o! Georgia, tho Demos-
thonlan and Fill Kappa, Just at
this season ol tho year aro mak
ing active efforts lo Incrcaao their
respective memberships. Doth so
cieties aro soliciting members of
tho freshman class ami both are
getting many now member*. . -
Following an old ' ' **“ 1
University, both societies will
a kind of sociable meeting at
Initial meeting w-hleh comer
Wednesday evening..Tho Inltlntlpq
lew* members also cornea ;
first meeting.
MH