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ATHENS
MIDDLING I,-...:
PREVI0U8 CL088’ -
THE WEA
Showara Sunday
night. Warmer Sun
day.
VOL. S3. NO. 29
Associat'd Press Service.
United Praia Diapatchaa.
ATHENS, CA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1925.
Sinaia Copiaa 2 Canta Dally. S
‘Woodruff Hall’Well
Placed Honor; Chief
McDorman Back‘Old
Grads’ BackFor The
Game; Big Crowd Out
RECOVER s) BODIES FROM Ml
IARRY WOODRUFF
IO.VORED
Harry'Woodruff, former fa-
moua Georgia athlete who
loat hfc Ufa aa a result of an
automobile accident while Ca
nute'to Athena for the Home
coming football game laat
fall, haa been honored by hav
ing the Indoor a porta building
that haa Just been completed
named for him. Dr. S. V.
Sanford chriatened the build
ing “Woodruff Hall’' Satur
day night between halvea of
the Georgia Tcch-Ucorgia
basketball game aaying that
it waa to the memory of one
■who lost/hla life in the aer-
vice of tdi alma mater and
who paaaad the burden of
"carrying on” to bin brother,
George Woodruff, head foot
ball coach at tho Univenlty.
Thla id a fine honor to ono of
Georgia’! moat beloved aona
—two of them in fact.
-UTIE" AND CHARLES
ANFIRD BACK FOR GAME
“Hebidr Reynold! and
Cherlci Sanford, aona of Dr.
and Mrs. S. V. Sanford, Geor
gia alumni, came over for tho
Georgia-Tech game. Homer
manager of tho Georgia teams
Past year and a great favor-
>to in Athena. He ia with
Inns and Howell, Insurance,
lend, etc., while Charles is
with one of the Atlanta banka,
loth made .reservations for
he Georgia-Tech baseball sc-
whiio Jiere.
B finRAM) VOTED
ST RAISE
ge Chas. H. Brand, con-
man from this district,
nc of those of tho lower
'to vote against the
ure which passed to in-
) the pay of congress-
■ from S7,r,00 to SIO.OOO.
lad Judge Brand voted for
tho .bill he might have been
criticized by aomc, but never-
thclesa the general public
should realize that S7.600 ia
hardly enough for a eon-
gresaman or aonator to iivo
ion in Washington. The raise
should meet the goneral ap
proval of tho country.
MIK OUT. GOLFERS!
ITTLE 1. JAMES” COMIN’
i Those golfers who are won-
■arinr where their money and
Switches are had better watch
-a/ _
>ut. “Little Jessie James,”
■o town Monday night, but he
Won’t perform at tho C
Hi
eont perform ot tho Country
lub. Hell bo at tho Colo-
il theatre in one of the
it musical comedies of the
union. 'Quite tho beat some
iiv. A Paul Whiteman band
ill be along also.
ETCH THOSE LADDERS
1 The hundreds of frlenas—
On fact moot'ill tho city—of
B'liicf George Me Dorman will
delighted ' to road In to-
■ay's Banner-Herald that
Chief McDormin ia bock on
in ,,!d Job ns chief again. H.
injured while fighting
jho fira""that destroyed the
upree building In Daeem-
Puprec bull . , „
per, 1923, whan he fell
through an
irough an elevator abaft. Ho
tv been chief of the local
department ever sines It wont
or a regular basil and he has
Sic of the belt records oa
Ia chief of any fire fighter In
tjie stata. Soma times lie Isn’t
Popular with those he deals
Vtith bat a fire isn’t a popu
lar thing Itself and fires and
fliv hazards and fire defense
•rr not Muted on popularity.
Efficiency is tha thing that
ce nts when they aro con
cerned. l ook out felt'-those
I ah.fts nnd ladders Chief, and
good luck for many years of
ged iqnrlccl
ANK DUNN IN
RE CITY
Tank’
Dunn, Savannah,
the* moat popular
Borgia leys of tho post aey-
aral clns-ca, came up for tho
Georgia-Tech game from
Savannah. He seldom ever
pij.-e- ail athletic or com;
. here and
t of friends in Ath-
RKAT CROWD AT
B. GAME
If waa a great crowd that
turned out for the basketball
gams laat night. It shows
that Athena Is a basketball
town ia well ns a baseball lov
ing center and with the big
new building available now the
interest hero will continue to
grow end the Northeast Geor
gia tournament will bring
hundreds of out of town fens
hero ne*t week, March 4-7.
•I* ‘I* -I- •!• -I-
■fe .1. - Y-
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— ifii
SIMMONS’
Win From
A . lt >, .9. J. J. J. -L -f- -V- -f-
1 J 1 I I 1 1 I * l C 1 i
CONDITION CRITICAL
•I* 4* 4*
MO »
CONGRESS TO HONOR
WORLD FLYERS BY
D. S. M. MEDAL
BY ERNEST CAMP, JIL
Launching an on
slaught of passing and
shooting that wrecked, a
desperate rally on the
part of their opponents,
Georgia’s Bulldogs last
night swept to victory
over the Yellow Jackets
of Georgia Tech by the
score of 34 to 24, in a
game marked by furious
action and many sensa
tional features.
The gumt rang down the cur*
tain on Georgia's 1925 cage season
In most drnmuMc fashion nnd was
The senate
Saturday approved without debate
the house bill awarding the dis
tinguished service medal to
army world flyers and advancing
them on the urray promote lists.
Council Fails
To Probe Civil
Service Board
witnessed by approximately 2,500
Although there was oot a dis
senting vote on Councilman Vin
cent Matthews* resolution to Inves
tigate the Civil 8crv!ce Comrrtls-
slon, addpted by City Council at
Ita laat meetln, eight Councllmen
failed to appear at (He city hall
Friday night for the probe.
Mayor O. 31. Arnold, Jr., and
people. Georgia's victory give*
her an ovon break In the two-game
fiQrlds this yeur ivltfr Tpch. which
m emitted tha resumption of *r
friendly athletic statu* between tho
two Institutions.
Get Early Lead
Opening the ccnteat with n swift
attack that piled up'll points
short order while they held Tech
scuiCMSS, the Bulldogs began ho*
til th's a* s terrific pace. At the
m'dwny point the Atheniuns were
leuding Tech 17 To 12. With the
opcnD.g of the final period.
Jackets unleashed a brilliant come
back Which sc on demolished the
lead of the Bulldogs and shovod
Tech to the fore on n count of 18
to 17. Then the Bulldogs
loose with an cffenalve whirl:
swept tho Jackets off their fjot.
scoring 17 points for the period,
while tho Atlantians tallied 12.
Richardson Star
Nolan Richardson wus the scor
(Turn to page six.)
IS. J.
HEADS LEAGUE OF
The t?eaguo of Women Votcis of
Athens mot Saturday evening and
Installed new officers, heard the
report from Dr. J. D. Applewhite
the'Work the Board of Health
hrw bone and'voted to send u let
ter to the Board of. Heatjh com
mending tho work that has been
accomplished In the laat year In
qll departments.
In b's report;. Dr. Applewhite
chow«*-l that the Board ..of Health
has Utgeiy gotten rid of small pox.
dlpther a. and lypliold epidemics
by vaccinating all susceptible peo
ple and In the case of dlptherla,
the v*cclnatIon Is free. Any par
ent may carry their child to the
City Hall and get this service
free. The board also Inspects all
(Turn to Pap# FI vs)
Councllmen Usury Culp and Ii
B. Hey wood reported for tho meet
ing which was supposed to open at
o'clock. Clerk James Borrow
and'Crty Attorney Lafoaf4- , ‘<J. T
Rucker wrtre also ready for duty.
The, three Commissioners, J. II.
Wptinir, J. H. Grlffeth, Jr., and
W. D. Bose ham, reported to
Council chamber.
At 1:20 o'clock Mayor Arnold
rapped for order and announced
that a quorum not being present
Council could not go into session.
Council voted at lie last meeting
to Investigate tho Commission upon
motion made by Councilman Math-
thewa and seconded by Councilman
Culp. Mr. Matthews declared that
rumors had been going about that
ono Commissioner afterwards re
ported aa Commissioner Grlffeth,
had told about town be could .not
trust his colleagues nor the chief
of police. Mr. Matthews contend-
that these rumors, should be
run down and asked that Council
request the Commlslsonerw to np-
pear beforo It for questioning.
When tho voto on the motion was
recorded not ono was cast against
It.
THOUGHT ROBBER,
MAN IS KILLED
BY HIS BROTHER
(By Aaaociated Preas.)
ST. LOUIS, Mo,—While looklnk
for a match in the kitchen of his
home, John Steele, 44, waa shot
HUE 1
PEFIP
RETURNED
George W. McDorman west back
to work yesterday as chief cf the
Athens fire depsrtmcut.
Chief McDorman will be In full
charge, according to J.1I. Bptlng
chairman of the Civil Service Com
mission. The chief asked to be
relieved of climbing laddera and
going on tep of buildings. By or
der of the Commission he was ex
empted from this duty.
W. J. Bolts, who haa been act
ing chief was elected assistant
chief and will answer nil calls,
Conunlsloner Eptlng stated. The
action of the Commission was tak
en Friday at a called meeting. The
voto to returtu€h,lrf McDorman ta
Wl
IN PLUNGE;
ONE MAN
S DEAD
HIS BIRTHDAY
duty wug ns follows; Commleion’
or Bptlng nnd W. II. Beacham In
favor of returning him to duty aqd.
Commissioner J., II.- Grlffeth
against. * - ’
Salaries Sams
Commissioner Bptlng stated As
sistant Chief Bolts' salary will be
the same hs has been receiving as
acting chief which Is 148.12 more
per month than ho received as
captain, and then be was required
MOORE DIED
(By Associated Pres*.)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Captain N.
A. Moore, of Hrnsten Texts
Supreme Recording Knight of
the Flaming Sword, injured
with Colonel W. J. Simmcns of
.Atlanta, in an automobile acci
dent wear Gainesville, (in., died
crrly ■ Sunday in a Gainesville
hospital, according to reports
received hero.
The condition of Colonel
Simmons, who is Supreme
Monarch of the Knlghta of the
Flaming Sword nnd was found-
cr: arid former Empercr of the
Knights cf the Ku Klux Klan.
Saturday night was regarded
qa critical, it was said.
:o bo on duty one-half the time. ;
ATLANTA, Ga.—Colo
nel W. J. Simmons of this
city, former Imperial
New hs Is required- to -be on duty
all tho time nnd answer every call.
Itefeirlng to the exemption from
climbing ladders granted Chief
McDorman Commissioner Eptlhg
stated the Commission baa always
contended that the chief did not
(Turn to Papa Fiva)
HAN HOTEL TO
BE OPENEO SOON
Wizard of the Ku Klux
FUNERAL DIRGE
(By Aaaociated Frees)
SULLIVAN, Ind.—The fuv
mI dirge will replaee the tg
ding marsh of two young women
who were tc have been wed
to miners who lost their lives
in the explosion In the City Coel
Company Mine, it wee learned'
Saturday-
Mrs. Dora Bradlsy wee
havs been msrrisd te Claude-
Sanders while Mi so Margaret
Bishop was engaged to Cecil
Carty, a former Purdua student
who left his studies te aarn
money with which te start louse
keeping.
f<VLLIVAN. Ind. — Mine rescue
workers, weary after more than
twenty four hours of labor, tolls;!
j on Lite Baturd-iy night to complete
the task of removing from the
mine of the City Coal Company the
bodies of fifty one men who were
killed by an explosion Friday.
Thirty bodies had been recovered
I lato Saturday before a. slate fall
j Impeded progress and made it
Ten Tubercular
Cattle Found;
Will Be Burned
Ten tubmaular cattle in ont
hard were reported to the Board
of health jreaterday. Dr. Harold B.
Hodgson, chief inspector stated.
The Stete Board of Health will he
notified and the cattle wil lbe con-
denied and - burned, Dr. Hodgson
stated.
Klan, and Norris Moore
of Houston, Texas, su
preme knight recorder of
the Knights of the Flam
ing Sword, which Sim
mons now heads, were
probably fatally injured
in an auto accident Fri
day night twenty miles
from Gainesville, Ga„ it
was learned Saturday.
The two men were taken to a
hospital nt Gainesville, where it
was reported that Colonel Sim.
monsmons had suffered a punc-
lured lung and that both collar
bones had been broken. Mr.
Moore’s neck was broken, the re-
^J. R. Rainer of Atlanta, who h
connected with the Knighta of
.... be - .dy for lu formal open-, j£y. FtoBto ‘ Sword c * c,p * d ^
Tho three men were cniuule to
Definite Announcement
As to Opening Date Will
Be Made Next Sunday.
Finishing touches on tbs Hol
man Hotel are now being rapidly
Citizens Endorse More
For Increasing Tourist
Travel Through Athens
likuly that aevoral hour* more
woultl b« required to bring all of
tho corpses to the surface. Oov*
unrnent mine experts and state
xnlno officials declared that beyond
n, doubt the twenty one men atlU
unnccuniedo for. had met death.
Thousands of persona f.sunder
ed through fields ankle deep In
mud Saturday to get a glimpse of
the mine.
A U.tlo band of relatives main
tained a faithful watch at the
mouth of the mine, apparently with
a despairing hope that «ome of
those undergrotjnd might be
brought up alive. Darkness dis-
I>cr8ed the crowd.
FAVORABLE REPORT
ORDERED SAT. ON
HAUGEN MEASURE
and killed Friday night by hla applied cad indication, are that
brother Joaeph when the latter, Athena’ new ntne-atory hostelry the Flaming
zl open
ing Ic. s very short lima, In feet,
Manager L. IV. Neleon elated Set-1 Colonel Simmona’ home In Nacoo-
unlay ihzt by neat Sunday It wmichce Vnliey In North Georgia on
bo poaatble for • definite an- (an organization trip and in trnv-
nouncenteut to be made «4th ret-1 tiling over the toad about 20
eronco to the opening Ante. j miles from Gainesville the
Parctlcally all of tho work on
Banner.Herald Reporter, Caught
With Goods, Admits Expounding
Radical Theory At Winterville
BY DAN MAGILL
Since complaint haa been made
that Dan Magill, staff correspon
dent of the Banner-Herald at the
Father end Son banqdet In Win-
terviUe Thursday night failed to
give a report of hi. addreas in
the story publizhed and alg ‘
him in Friday’s Banner-
Mr. ilagill yesterday admitted to
the Telegraph Editor that “having
been caught with the goods,
smoked out, as it were, I admit
making the apiendid addreas.! Mr.
Magill expounded e very rmlical
ngrieultutal theory at the banquet
i for that roason Hr. Firor
il others objected to hi. sup-
“Smoked Ont”
To The Telegraph Editor of The
w-Hi ■■ -
Banner-Herald: (Winterville pa-
^fc^Ltomy a«en.
aigned by tfon that I failed to give ail the
ler-Herald facta of the Win
and Son banouet ii
1 i-hej in Friday's Banner-Herald.
It haa been charged that I was
suppressing the news in not giv
ing a resume of my address. • I
admit the charge. I have ahvay,
contended that .when a person is
smoked out ce caught with the
(Tom to page lire.)
cr ca
l to' pi
the upper alorina has been com
pleted and htrnlehlnge installed.
Contractor! and decorators ar«
now engaged In pushing work an
tho ground floor.* The decorating
of tho walla and laying ot tile
flooring during tho peat week haa
attracted eonsldenble at-vniion,
and as this portion of tho build-
log la being worked lato shape,
romo Idea can bo obtained of tho
luxurious appearance that the
finished structure will present.
It la understood that tha open
ing ot the hotel trill ho ea elabor
ate affair, being featured by a
dinner dance, end hotel men from
all over the atate are expected to
be prerent for tho event.
Carries Victim
To Hospital And
Then Disappears
MIAMI, Fla.—After carrying
his victim into n hospital the as
sailant of M. G. McGalliard, cor-
Plans Arc Rapidly Devel
oping, Captain Barnett
States. Must Act At
Once, He Says.
lit-i for Athena ere rapidly <|eyal-
oping. Captain J. W. Barnett,
chairman of tho Klwcnla club
committee appointed Thursday
atatad yesterday.
The movement to further adver
tise Athena to northern tour-
late non In Florida and Indue.!
H. T. EVANS DIES
AT BRADENTOWN,
FLORIDA
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. — A favor
report was ordered Saturday by
the senate agriculture committee
upon the Haugen bill to create a
Federal Co-Operative Marketing
Board.
(By Associated Pres*.)
BRADENTOWN, Fla. — II. T.
Plans for going after more tour- Evans, 51, vice president of' the
C.I. U Railroad and 'wh
whose
horns* is in Chicago, died heie
Saturday at a local hotel.
“ cmba n kmen t ,n ^ to com. t«
Gown an emuankment. ham »» ih> mihpd *■>(*. tmmn ...1
EO HEBE
penter, who was beaten and shot
to death Friday told physicians
he would move Me cxr from the
driveway, hurried outal
Police
learchmg for
Four of the ' five federal pris
oners that have been hold In the
Clarke county jail ainco Decem
ber and who testified la the rase,;
In the Atlanta federal court that
resulted in tha conviction of for
mer Warilqn Sertalh and Laurence
BUM tor accepting end being ac
cessory to Utc receiving of bribes
from prisoners for “soft Jobs,"
were returned here Friday.
The four returned were Morris
Sweetwood, w. a Kessler. Chos-
ley C. Tutcn und George Bemus.
W. E. Shehce. local barber.
JozLjjefore he died Siturdzv
tho man gave detectives the name .
of Chaiirs Loose na having beat-'l-'vi
en and shot him.
Who went to Savannah as a spec
ial deputy to Sheriff Jack son
last week when two of the pris
oners wero taken there to testify,
ia In Atlanta with User.
George Remus, who waa sum
moned to appear before a grand
jury in Cleveland, Ohio, did not
to go as the proceeding.'.'
hero on the return trip homo next
spring wea launched at the Kl-
uuni.i club Thursday and tha)
backlog of all civic organizations
(Turn to Pago Pour)
House Refuses
■ To Report
Favorable
CONGRESS RAISES
OWN PAY; BILL TO i
C'OOLIDGE
(Hy A—related Press)
WASHINGTON. — The house
commerce committee Saturday.re
fused to favorably report e bill
authorizing elimination of the
Pullman ■ur<barge.
Rep. Cooper To
Clean Up The
Capital
(By United Prew.)
WASHINGTON — BooUscxar*
under tho dome of tho national
< h . v- Wi» Join* a thrtvlr.x
Luslm-ni*. llrpn-Mntatlve Coopor,
republican, Ohio, said Haturday af-
to had rnusdsl the arrest of otui
of the cnpltdl «loor men for vola-
tic a of the liquor Luws.
Ell G. Wright, >80. the doorman,
who s-iid he wan formerly eocrctary
to Chauncty D*pca* was arreoted
fo!i-»win.7 an Investigation asked hy
Cooper.
Co«'prr clalmwl to have smelled
liquor on WHght'g breath. *Tho
law won't bo made a mockory
In'the -'opttol if T ran pn*-
It,* Coopw said. “I am tired
bootlegger* peddling booze
around hero."
(By UnRtd Prow)
WASHINGTON — Without
■tulle Con
— | veto continued until next week. ,
—I —-
■ml!* Congress Saturday handed
President Cooltdge a measure it
pait«cd quicker thaq any other MW
hcsslona— lew to Increase
own salary 22,500 a year .to a to
tal of 810,000 for each members.
And tven'though Mr. Coolldge I*
y on Ink and eraser* at
White lit use because of economy
it I* believed ho will not refuse
to sign It becag** It I* Included in
u legislative appropriations btT
with a lot of other vital appropria*
tiona.
Congress raised U« pqy in five
days. The Posts J Salaries Im
have given
postal worker* an average rats* of
8300 per year la being torn apart
by conferences '-and has not yet
finally I’.i-x-tl even though it hs-i
7 mling nearly & year. ^ The
bill to incrtksc salarlea of U. S.
much favored and
probably will not be adopted this
“Mr. Bell’s” Friend Makes “Touching*'
Debut On First—And Probably Last—
Appearance On Local Golf Course
'WhMe the swatfest was out
on the links shooting for par
syndicate* and the players
who do not “contsst” were
trying for eagles and birdies,
and while the dubbers were
hoping for ■ score under 100,
a smooth talking and quick
working guy who failed to di«
vulge bn name overcome all
the bunkers and hazards sury
rounding the 19th hole at the
Cloverhurat Country club Fri
day afternoon and holed out
for a score of several watches
and enough change to jingle in
hla pockets for a few more
* round*.”
Strolling 'caaually
first te* tg crowded, tha
sti .inqer told Id, th# colored
grrenr. kee^o ,, head caddy
macter. that he waa awaking
for a “Mr. ■all'* to come for
a game. Ed tald him hg knew
of no Mr. Del! and th# strang
er replied that he was a new
member and was to meat him
there. The stranger bought a
towel and strolled Into the
locker room. “Mr. ■ell'* foiled
to ring In and whan "Hap”
Pendergraph and "CHiby** Olb-
son were playing the 1tth hate
they saw the stranger strolling
off In