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Associated Prcaa Service.
ATHEN?, r,A.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1(33.
A. B. C. Paper.
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Most Colorful Game Of Season Here Saturday
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Holder Offers Aid In Improving Bankhead Highway
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Prayin’ Colonels’ Make
First Appearance Here
For Season’s Last Game
BY CHAS. E. MARTIN
The team that comes to Athens next Saturday to!
battle the peorgia Bulldogs is probably the most sen
national team in America. A few years ago Centre
Collette was unheard of as a strong contender among
the leading colleges of the country having inter
collegiate athletics.
“Praying Col
Then ilitfclchly Centre blossom
'd forth with * wonder taam
known then, a* tn<
on els.'" ’ / ‘ ;
It journeyed east and played
vard. It lost but next year
this team went cast again and
• home with the big end of the
frorc. People said tho team was
h In tho pan. a one. two or
three yeai 1 team but It is still
<>ng tho leaders and known
nt coast!to coast.
Bride-to-Be
FMtST
appearance
This' ll Centre’, flrat appuarunco
In Atiieua. The team that Moran
will briny here la jiht aa brilliant
were his teama In the days of
Du McMillan and Roberta.
And this team, playa here Sat-
unlny. This weak! The gome is
the last one of the season In the
youth.
ATHENS DOESN’T SEEM TO
REALIZE ALL THIS.
The people of Athena haven't
bnught tickets for thla game aa
they should. Are they going to
"quit" only because Georgia has
lest two games T
This isn't Athens’ spirit. A cou-
.• Jnn’♦ mulra ■ aaHIDfl.
pi" of games don't make a season,
Who knows but that thoae fighting
Bulldogs will be in there Saturday
playing Centro off hsr feet?
Tickets for this game are on
sale dally at Costa's Csfe and if
the people of the city foil to take
advantage of this opportunity to
ate the Centre team In action and
sec the 1923 Bulldogs play the
last game of the season then they
arc not the loyal bunch they have
the reputaton of being.
ATHENS TUESDAY
Offers Co-operation in
Improvement of High
way Between Athens and
Hart County Line.
COMMITTEES TO
CONFER AT ONCE
State Highway Depart
ment Will Have $900,000
in 1924 For Construction
Work.
Improvement of the Bankhead
■ highway from. Athene to tho Bait
county line Is assured Insofar as
tho State Highway Commission is
.concerned, It was indicated at tho
Cpantbcr of Commerce good roads
forum in the Georgian Holel Tues
day .Vgbt..
.u*j •* _ut. ,
I Cha.rman John N. Holder of
.tho -tit* highway board, address
'd representatives from coun
ties, tt.rAugTK which the highway
zone r.iul Athc-na citizens and de
clared that tile commission would
'appropriate two dollars for every
one ralttd by tho counties affect-
Spanish and Italian consulates (left to right) in Philadelphia were bombed a few days ago. Scv- *d for the Improvement of the
ariwtfa haul) tu*n mnila T?wsi1i n J. kfAita fl.H -L.s. ... . , .. * . .
eral arre.U have bent made. Emilio do Motu (left photo In citizens clothes) It Inspecting ruins In the'**! 1 '
Spanish consulate, of which he is head. Right shows exterior of Italian consulate. i ! A committee will be
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE SWEEPS
THROUGH DETROIT WEDNESDAY
by President Hugh W. White of
the Chamber of Commerce for the
purpose of conferring with repre
sentatives from the counties along
LANKFORD BILL PASSES
IN TUESDAY SESSION;
TAX RATE 5 PER CENT
ATLANTA, Ga.—By vote of 141 to 51—three
more than the requisite constitutional majority,—the
Georgia house of representatives on Tuesday after^W
noon, passed the Lankford bill providing for the levy
ing of an income tax for the support of the state of
Georgia.
A» the measure is a constitu
tional amendment, it wag neces
sary that the affirmative vote be
a two-thirds majority of the total
membership of the house, or 138
votes, two-thirds of the roll of 206
members. It will be necessary,
before the provisions of the bill
are finally adopted into the con
stitution of the state, that the ac
tion of the legislature be ratified
by the voters of the state at the
polls at the next general election,
in November, 1024.
As pussed by the house, the
Lankford bill was changed In sev
eral features from its form as
} passed by the senate. A number
' of amendments, recommended by
the house committee on amend-
| mints to the constitution, being
ludoptcfl before the bill came up
{for final passage,
j The bill as finally pusned pro
vides for a state income tax at a
irate not to exceed 5 per cent, on a
graduated scale, and also that tho
state ad valorem rat shall be re
duced from 5 mills to 3 mills as
soon as the income tax has been
tatlfied by the people and adopted
into tho laws of the state.
Representatives DuBose and
. . j , -« . . -j This’shows Bob Hasty, bail-1**.»j__ „«• r*i a rko both
local fundi. The resolution _
I appoint tho committee wa, made
by Sol J. Bolcy.
Recent photo of the future Em-
press of Japan, the Princes. No-
gako KunL who will marry the
Prince Regent.
Tech it .old out for the game
Thanksgiving in Atlanta.
Let’s sell out in Athens for the
itame Saturday, tho more colorful
Rattle by for of the two.
Examinations of four herds of
{cattle in th>« and adjoining coun
ties resulted in discovery of thir-
jty-cight animals afflicted with tu
berculosis, Harold Hodgson, chief
{sanitary Inspector announces.
Dr. Hodgson turned down a cow,
DETROIT,—-Fire starting from
an overheated stove In a watch
man's shanty early Wednesday
destroyed the Detroit and Wind
sor Perry Company dock, bowing
the United brates Immigration and
sixth story . Monger Building
whti.h was horned to tho gound and
then destroyed a four story ware
house and many small buildings on
woodward Are. and Bataa street.
When the fire was finally
brought Under control after call
Ing nn all tho fire fighting resour
cos f tho city, the low wae esU-
fisted at more than tlAOOJMO with
the chaoce that the damage will
, run higher ■ than that figure.
Three person were Injured and
lEi
a fine looking animal, at the ab- ., ‘.jT 1 ?” ” er * »” a
...» ... Tw.. i “ fnought that one of them Is
Additional Teams m ,, nmnrnS ine nnu ntuarcuiosis. a
For “Y" Campaign TAV D [[ fjggg
inn Ulhh I I1UUL.U owner of the cow, Inspected the en-
attoir early this month because
the animal had tuberculosis.
seriously, hurt.
W. B. Steadman, Hugh W.
White nnd M. P. Jamlgan were
a dded to tho team of Andrew C.
Erwin Wednesday for aiding In
raising Hie current expense fund
of the Y. M. C. A. The complete
tram of Captain Joel A. Wier,
which was net included in the
"rlginnl list follows: John White
Morton, Fleetwood Lanier, Dr. N.
0. Slaughter, D. C. Barrow, Will
Hopkins. W. H. Bocock, Ralph
IlcJgsdn.
Annual Fall Fair
At Julia Harris’
Colored School
Governor Telegraphs Uni
versity Professor, Say
ing Commission Is Com
pliment Through Action
of Legislature.
tire herd and found several more
afflicted wifh tuberculosis. Three
other men had their herds
spccted and tubercular cattle was
found in two of the three.
Dr. Hodgson states that an ef
fort will probably be made to have
the cattle in this section t inspected
annually. The strict regulations
governing slaughtering of animals
for food here at the abattoir kept
Notifying him that the |someone from eating the animal
cglsature has passed ** e ®j”’?. 1 ?*?" afflicted with tuberculosis.
slon’s Mil, defeating all substitute
measure*. Governor Clifford Welk
er Wednesday morning,telegraphed
Dr. J. H. T. McPherson of poll
ticai science
Uni verity of Georgia congratulat
ing him as a member of tax com
mission.
Dr. McPherson, it is knowf. was
a member of Governor Walker’s
spec'al tax commission, was the
expert of the body, drafted the
reromcndatlons of the commissi™,
and Is geheraly conceded to be cne
of the greatest expert* on taxes,
state government, and political
science genera! In the South.
The telegram to D. McPherson
from Governor Walker wh»c!i was
waiting for. Dr. McPherson when
Tho annuli fall fair at the Teach
' r Training and Industrial Institute
• ho colored school conducted on
•he Danielsville roan by Julia
Jackson Harris begins Thursday
Thanksgiving, and vfL'I continue
through the 30th.
This an annual affair at this
school and has become to be well
known event In the educational
’"'home of f.he eoutaty. Several
imminent speakers ure on the
i 1 '"gram'.
There will be premiums for ex-
nlbltx of corn. peas, potatoes,cot-
f '»n. wheat, oats, vegetables, can-
r *I products of all kinds, preser-
'*»• qullU. plVn sewing and fanpy
work.. :<L '-
White people are especially in-
'ked to see the displays.
h. reached hi. University eftice
Wednesday morning read:
"Atlanta. Oa.. November 37. 1133.
Dr. J. H. T. MoPfferion
Unlvmlty ot Ga.
Athena. Ga. i
legislature compliments, cou-
mfaslon on passing 1 '. Its WR,.
substitutes defeated coii|
ttoW ' ' Clifford Walljr
bill./ All
ngralutu
Just An Excuse to
“Dead-Head” in For
Some Choice Seats
ATLANTA, Ga.—Calling in
his entire fore* of officers. F.
D. Dismuke, federal prohibition
agent, announced Wednesday
that he was ntkatng plans to
coi*b»t lloune drinking at the
Thanksgiving Day football
game. .
"I have Instructed every
man in my department to be
In Atlanta Thursday,” said
Mr. Dismuke. “and we intend
to enforce the dry law. The
drinking, we understand, it not
among the student body, but
outsiders, who take advantage
of the occasion and spoil the
-pleasure of others who go to
the gams to see football and
not drankarda. We will watch ,
downtown hotel* for any row-1
dyism.” r>u ’ -
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK,—Barlow Diamond
ond bis brother, Joseph, have made
complete confessions of their part
In the robbery and murder of two
West Er.d Bank messengers sev
ers! days since In a Brookyln ele
vated station. Dlstrect Attorney
Dodd announced Wednesday after
several arrest ,had been mttie.
The men deld the actual shoot
■ Martin J. Abney presided over
{the meeting which was attended
by several enthusiastic bust
■ neat men who declared tho meet
ing was a big sncesss Inasmuch
lav tbs stats highway board hid
assured the counties pf old In bet-
___ tiring the highway.
Funeral services over the body! " —as shown .that Athens Is
greatly concerned with the dcvel
of Captain W. A. Clarke who died opment of six or ssrsn rosds.
nt his home here Monday night. Completion of the Atheni-Jeffer-
were conducted from the homo son road would greatly facilitate
Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock.'Hade. Federal funds have been
with Rev. J. J. Bennett, pastor of allotted for roads from Lexington
tho Prince Avenue Baptist church, to the Wilkes county line. Within
in charge. Interment followed in the next twelve months there may
Oconee cemetery be federal aid roads from Athens
The pallbearers were: Messrs, to 'the South Carolina line.
Georgs Storey, J. T. Byrd, R. L. f" 18 ® 4 .f r * c , on ‘ lr “F!°! , 13-77 -—
Miller. W. F. Dor.ey, W. T. Sul- wln P"*» bl J( •f*'* ft®” }*?’ WW seven
II n • re 1 tst'U ■ . _ . .....u . In nanl#livilie. GWIll- U „/
ictics whose name ha* been
tioneil in the alleged kidnaping
and flogging, of a man and .woman
near Marietta. C*. f ,
Bandits Make
$20,000 Haul
In Day Holdup
(By Aaiotiated Press.)
SEATTLE.—A daring and well
planned hold-up of two bank of
California messengers at a street
intersection in the heart of th*
In 1(24 a recon.tructlon outfit (business district late Tuesday,
JU1 . ..ill probably atart from Law.‘yk| dtd KVen bandits $20,000
llvan. C. L. Byrd. W.'b. Vsaxr and renceville to DantslsvUls. Gwln- worth of negotiable bonds.
C. H. Ifart!- V ” *m“re “nett,county I. going, to builds N„ trace of the robb.
the Order of Railway Conductors|P»vcd road 1 *■*«•" «•■«! *•"“ were, heivuy irrood have
acted as honorary e«ort. Cap- Lawrencsvnis to Atlanta, in fsnitd. Motorcycle policemen ae-
tafn Oarke was one of the best Oconee county federul aid is need-
known men In this pert of the ed.
state and had been connected with
the Southern railrotd thirty-nine
yean. IS PROBLEM
in addtion to his widow, Captain 1 ... . . ...
Clarks i, aurvived by Drr. W. A? Tbe
Clarke of Athens, Mrs.. Arthur section is Mid tabs the "*®»-
Fields of Greensboro, N. C. ;rtrufction ofths road from Djn-
<m , trlsvllle to the Fronklln county
It >n . rx line- It is estimated that it will
Urge That Dues «>*t no.ooo w build roads and
® I bridge, from Fronklln county to
Rp Pair} Af Oncft Danielsville. Fifty per cent of
De A tUU JAl v/nce hls _ ro j C; . t will ha built by the
'w—• ‘federal funds am! fc*a^
The members of the Allen R.!off«red by the state highway
Fleming Post of the American Iboard. When the rood it payed
Legion are urged to mail
companying the automobile con
taining ,the two measengere who
were enroute to the postofftce
sub-station wore'manacled to
machine.. ’ .
their
their I from Lawrsnceville to Atlanta the
1924 duet it once, before Friday highway board will center Its en-
ntorning, to Howard T. Abney.| er gy upon paving from Athena to:
, ..... r. 'tfinance officer. There dues nreItawrencevilie.
L/l. . th ^__ pro,eo V tor . lhe wanted now tc help th. depart- | t will probably be a number of
names of three gunmen, ot yet au
. prehended. Additional arrests
out, in the contest that is on. years before all the roads joining
,n * A long dlst«nce call from E. B.i| 0 connect Athens )vith Atlanta
Dunlap, commander,
payment of the dues.
urged
; eluded Anthony Platons, young
i Brooklyn salesman who is said to
• have furnished the imtuiUn with
linfomaPon concerning the niea-
j seogera ,
{ Tho I’ve men arrested In t4ie
japatmiyit rnndczous Of the ban-
JdU gang. The holdup, according
| to the confusions was planned at
1 a meeting attended by Barlow Dla-
I mond, Patano and two of the gun-
. men. .
I Pantano was said to have lost his
nerve an«l attempted to quit the
plot but remained' when.one of tho/gain his health. He was a nephew
gunmen threatened him with death, of Captain Arthur Cox of Athens.
Barlow Diamond It is said received
*V"'- "I t!-‘ ! -"t.
the w in be fixed proptriy.
I Mr. Holder said the Ug U* is
AU reh^c!- »a* h»s
been spent on maintaining road*.
Robert Hale Dies Sjfhw , y - D ,^rt m «t
In Phoenix, Anzonai^/n |m Ve jaoo.mjo In 1924 for road
" — comtruction, it la aald,
JJawz has reached relatives In
. of the death of Mr. Robert
Hale, age 28. n Phoenix, Arizona.
Tuesday night. He wi, the aolt of
Mrz. Robert Hale, formerly of
this city, and had been in the went
for zoveral year* zeekin- • to
TRIAL POSPONEO
(By Ataoctated Prczz)
OKLAHOMA CITY— 1 The ar-
ralozem.nl of J. c. Walton, do-
pooed Oovemor, on six Indtctmontz
charging doverilon of public fundi
■ nil Mm dlir.rsal of the meeting
RE-ARREST OF 11.
DEFENDANTS WED.
Announced At Office of
Solicitor Penny That
Those Who Forfeited
Bonds Will Be Arrested.
Wholesale arrest of p*'rs«>ns»
most of them liquor case* who
failed to appear for trial in city
court, have been ordered, it was
learned Wednesday at the offico
of Solicitor L. Dennis Penny.'
The Athens police have orders
to re-arrest nineteen defendants
following issuance of bench war
rants by Judge J. D. Bradwoll.
Bonds were forfeited in a total
of forty-five cases in th" court
and orders for re-arrest of tw**n-
»ued
n *e*-
of the
trial
f Athens will observe Thanksgiv
ing Day Thursday in Its usual . L . ,
quiet way. j There will be special >" «■“ chabtgang In
Thanksgiving services at many of charging violation of
the c|iurehra ’ while moat of the
buslnta* house* will enjoy
whole holiday.
In the afternoon the Athens
High School football team will
play the Lavonla High for the
championship of this section on
S»nf**nj Fwd Tha game will b«
called at I o'clock. *
Many, will spend the day in th*
Helds hunting while others will
play golf in the afternoon. Some
tre planning to visit Atlanta and
th# Georgia Tech-Auburn foot
ball game.
The schools will have holiday
and many . of tha students will
spend the day at home.
Turkey dinners ’ will be the
menu on mp*t tables while the day
wOl be "ne of thanks for the
of the legislature was continued • blessings of the past year in gen-
Wednesday ore until Monday. ^ral.
ty-seven defendants
as a result of non-appeari
court during the term now
sion. it was learned. Many
defendants appeared for
later.
Three or four of the defandants
against whom bench warrants
were issued have been re-arrested
and tried. One of these.
Porter, a white man, wag st min
ced to serve a total of six months
two cases
the prohibi
tion law. John Anthony, also a
white man, was fined $5 for con
tempt of court for failing to ap
pear. He plead guilty to having
a small amount of liquor in two
cases nnd was fined the costs in
one and $35 in the other.
Howard Harper, white,
tenced to one Month in —
and three months imprisonment in
another, both charging violation of
the prohibition law.
C. M. “Baldy" Lankford must
rve a sentence of six month* in
chaingang at the completion of a
thirty day’s jail sentence a* % re
sult of an order issued Tuesday
by Judge Bradwcll upon receiving
remittur from the higher <o U rts
affirming Lankford’s sentence
several months ago. Lankford
ppealed from the verdict of th#
court. .
