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VOL. 98, NO. 259
Associated Press Service.
United Preaa Dispatches.
ATHENS, GA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1925.
A. B. C. Paper.
Elude U/ Q CenU Dally. 5 Cente Sunday.
COURT EJECTS MRS. LANSDOWNES ATTORNEY
CHRIST IS ONLY PILOT WHO CMiFM COUNTIES
GUIDE HUMAN LIFE SAFELY THRU,IN IS SECTION
DECLARES NO TED EVANGELIST^ m B j LES
"“iSSS) BHINEIIDEO WILL BEHIND LAST fEI
PUT WITH
IT. GYPSY SMITH
TELLS YOOWG PEOPLE
With an audience Mon
day night, largely of
young people and stu
dents, Gypsy Smith stated
that he was not there to
tickle the fancy of his
hearers but that he might ;
lead them to accept Christ;
as their. Saviour. The'
fathers and mothers of,
Athens are not accepting:
His message and so the!
young people hang back,!
he said. He asked the
fathers and mothers to
take the step for the sake
of their children.
Mon of all classes and races .. ...
have since the dawn of history, ..Her famous husband was not
asked themselves three questions awaiting her. at the pier When
asked themselves three questions P lcr . ™” CI ?
-Where did r/fcm* term?* Why*Mr#.-'Rudolph /Valentin retdmd;
am I here and **,here am I going?” norae from Europe. Yea, that**
he said. Every" young man who,the 110,000 dog shea holding,
expects to make the most out of
llfo should carefully consider these
questions Gypsy Smith said. Man
comes from an unknown yesterday
and travels along tho pathway of
tbla life for a few Jays and then
tomorrow, what? "When the
breath hac left your body,/ the
casket and the trench are not the
end. there is scmoth’ng beyond,”
according to the speaker.
Full of Wrecks.
Life is full of sunken wrecks
and cross bars. Stronger men
and women than many in his nu.
dlence were wrecked on the
shores of time because they wish
ed to direct their life rather than
let God direct it, Gypsy declared
BE PUT THHOUGH
GROSS EIRE AT
TUESDAY SESSION
WHITE PLAIN'S, N. Y.—(UP)—
Leonard Kip Rhinelander, last of
an old Hugenot line .came Into
supreme court * Tuesday to face
further tortuous cross examination
by Le e Parsons Darid. counsel for
his bride.
Not since the trial of his an.
nulment suit against the former
Alice Jones began, has such
drama been unfolded In the 100
minutes the aristocratic youth al
ready has been questioned by
David.
He revealed that he bad ob
jected to his attorneys regardin';
1 their clans to reveal to the Jury
and a sensation-craving world, the
ill-formed fervid love letters which
Alice, daughter of a negro taxi
driver, wrote to him before their
marriage.
athehTbe
E5ENTED AT
HIGHWAY MEET
GET S7S.000.000
Tl
Secretary C. C. Thomas of tha
Athens Chamber of Commsrca
leaves' Wednesday for Dublin
where he will attend a meeting of
the Wilson Memorial Highway
Board/
Tim Wilson Memorial Highway
oxtends from Hartwell to the
Florida line and it is stated It is
the shortest route to Florida.
Fifteen counties In this sectlpn
are 12,948 bales of cottbn.behind
in production this yea# compared
to last, according to" tho Govern
ment report Of November 1st. lu
the counties of Banks.' Barrow,
Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greeny.
Hart, Jackson, Madison. Newum.
Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, WhI-
ton and Wilkes a total of 91,004
bales had been ginned .to the above
date this year while up-to" the
same time last year .103,952 bales
had been gihned.
An excess for- this- year over
last prevailed In Banks, Greene,
Newton, -Oconee, Oglethorpe, Pub
nam and Wilkes. Madison and
Walton counties show big ^ slumps
in the number of bales ginned this
year compared to last. Up to No*
vember first last year Madison had
ginned 10,167 bales compared to
6,639 for tbis year. Walton gin*
ned 12,355 last year and 9,387 this
year. Hart also dropped aboat
4.000 bales.
As a whole, however, the yield
is not as low for this year a* would; 1
expected when the drouth wj
taken into consideration.
Barrow
Elbert
Franklin
Greene
Hart ....
Jackson ... *..
Madison ......
Newtcn ..?...
Oconee
Oglethorpe ....
Putnam
Walton
Wilkes ......
Total 7... ]
1925
1124
4,329
3,424
. 6,360
6.639
. 3,364
4,854
. 6.568
9,999
. 9,998
12,606
. 4,493
2,617
. 7,069
11,003
. 10,279
11.818
. 6,639
10,187
. 5,600
3.908
. 3.090
2,913
. 6,711
5.639
. 1,837
720
; 9,387
11.355
'. 7,269
6,498
91,004 103,952
stand that she claimed approaches had been made to her to hold back some of her testimony.
Colonel Mitchell Turns Guns On
Navy Department As Trial Opens
After Three Day Recess Tuesday
Rural School
Supervisors
Will Gather
Information - was received In
He then offered the Son of God
as pilot who knows all the cross
currents and quick sands of life _
and declared the*, all who put their, Treasury Department Tuesday,
trust In H'm would reach the
harbour safe and sound. "If you
wish to bring the greatest bless
ing to your neighborhood and
community In which you live,
young men and women, you can
not do it unaided. You must ac
cept the Son of God as a pilot.”
At any. port where there are reefs.
rocks and sunken derelicts
ships use pilots.
In the story of Pant and the
HALIFAX, N. S.-(UP)—Their
small boat seized by a squall and
overturned, eight men of the
——- | United States coast guard cutter
WASHINGTON.—! UP)—A con-; Mon ill arc known to have per*
ference of rural school supervisors ished in the harbor hero during
1 The meeting at Dublin Is for of southeastern states was called the night Monday.
.the Purpose of arranging with the Tuesday by U. S. Commission of j The sole survivor. 19 year-old Athens Tuesday t___ ... .. .
WASHINGTON. —(UP)— Col- Stmts Highway Department the Education Tlgert to be held wt Charles Taylor, engineman of the « ra * or th ® Gainesville-Midland
lection of back taxes flora dodgers' Improvement of the stretches of Nashvi'le, Tennessee, December 14 cutter, fought his way back to railroad will next Monday ask tfas
and delinquent tax payers will net highway In the various counties an( j 15th. 1 shore in tne calc and he told 0 f J*ff®ra°n Chamber of Commerce
the government about $75,000,000 looking toward Its opening for! Ten states will bVrepresented the tragedy bf what started out for that Mf* consent to diecon-
and problem* of developing the, ai an #X pedition of mercy. J[ nue the Athens-Jefferson link of
county schools of the 8outh are j st’U another victim may be tpe road. Athens will protest the
due (or diicuMlon with a view li.tcd, Taylor thought, but he wa« action. ... ... . . .
of applying modem educational „ot certain in hie exhausted con- The . Oalntiville-Mjd and notl-
mathoda. dltion. tlei Jrttnon Chamber of
— HU .tory pictured men clinging C on ™« r « several day, ago that,
—.'desperately to tha cold and dark
. I to an overturned aallboat plucked J'ffereon branch because Athena
Tickets Selling' For I j o« by « »■“ made “eve",? 7 month?:
Georgia-AIa. Game I 'their aleuder greap. : ago' to rotitp freight, over, tbe|
WASHINGTON.—
—(UP)—In one of the
most turbulent sessions
ever seen in Washington!,
Mrs. Margaret Ross Lans-
duwne went on the wit
ness stand before the
Shenandoah court of in
quiry here Tuesday to
testify concerning an al
leged attempt on the part
of Captain Paul Foley to
“fix” her testimony at a
previous the
Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne, wife of the commander of the ill-fated. Shenandoah, appeara before tho board.
Mitche|l courtmartlal trial in Washington, D. CL It was while Mr*. Lansdowne w«i on the witneu Mrs. Lansdowne's coun,et Jog-
oph Davies, Washington attorney,
was forcibly ejected from the
courtroom before she took the
stand amid a great uproar.
Following this sensation, Mr*.
Lansdownq twice declined to test!-
fy at all, but ignoring her refusal.
Major Henry Leonard, new Judge
advocate, put questions to hqr^
n*?d received answers .which sho
pliably gave.
After refusing to testify becaus*
her attorney had been exluded by
“ **—*—, guard, she reversed her
and said that what she
had charged was that Captain
Foley, formerly judge advocate
sought fo have her "twist tha
facts.” / ■ - Va_r
Hor lawyer had been ejected
after tho court had overruled bia
plea that oven though she occupied
no status in the court except that
of a witness, the window of tho
commander of the Shenandoah
waa entitled to counsel.
Guardsmen Are
Called Out To
Protect Slayer
Eight Members United: 'jATTHIBUTES LOSS §£
—» — ■
Old Youth, Tells Graphic
Story of Men Battling to
Hang On to Boat As
Storm Rages.
ENSTI
RONTII
G.ilA. 0,0,
TO FAULTY
this year, it was learned at the {direct travel this winter.
Two thousand sleuths of tho p^mmiffpp P 11 f a
ernal Revenue Bureau rounded I U l O
Tax On Near
Internal Revenue Bureau rounded
up 350,000 persona during first
nine months of tho year and from
theso evaders the Treasupf cofj
■fers were enriched nearly $50,-
000,000. ,.
Driving on to a whirlwind fin
ish the probers expect to add the
remainder of the amount set for a
goal before January 1. About 60,-
Beer Drinks
tho figure mounted bo high is du
ring the past weeks when the
tickets were mailed out,” stated
Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith alto announced Tues
day that the post office has es
tablished' what is known as Sta
tion Number 2 of the locgf office
at 1656 S. Lumpkin street, Pal*
mer’s Drug. Store. Station Num
ber 1 is in Lawrenee’s store at the
Normal School.
A. J. Palmer has been named as
Clerk in charge, and the new sta
tion will be n great convenience
to the citizens of that section of
ihe city.
This station will not receive
mails for delivery, but will have'
facilities for the transaction of
money order, registry and parcel
post business, and the sale of
postal supplies.
~ . Mail left there for -dispatch
At the ftita, of 12. Nathalie' wil1 be collected several time*
Crane had two , books 1 of V an ^
poetry published. And. bow Ed- the main office for routing with
ward '.Markham, honorary. prtai-!(h® other mail. ■
dent of fhc .Poetry Society of The permission of the depart-
Araerica,; «a*a .that-.he doubts if meat to establish this station. Us
the ‘ poetry waa written by her, direct recognition of the irrowtn
^kat it appetrrs to be too mature, of the city. _ - _ .
WASHINOTON.—(UP)—A fed
eral tax on one tenth of ona cent
a cation on all near beer and
other cereal beverages was voted
Tuesday by the home ways and
means committee drafting the new
revenue bill.
The tax wax voted merely
live federal agents power to tn-
spect breweries
ECONOMY ljUBT
WASHINGTON.—(UP)—Over
the protests of the army air
'service that “economy was be
, lag practised at the cost of lives
and property” .the , air, depart
ment, recently disapproved rec
ommendations for .establish-
;ment of a new .meterologTcal
*+»+lon *t Muscogee, Okla
homa.
, Lient. Donald G. Ouke, chief
of the army airways told .the
MltchelJ courtmartlal Tues
day that tho proposal was
vetoed because It would require
the placing of a detail of en
listed men on a "commutation
of rations status.”
HAZARD, Ky.—(UP)—Company
H, 190th Infantry, Kentucky Na
tional Guard, was mobilizing hero
Tuesday preparatory to marching
on Hyden, county seat of Leslie
county. ,
An armed mob was reported
beseigning a Hyden bank where
the alleged slayer of Joe Morgan
had fortified himself.
Morgan was shot and kil$ed by
David Steele, a political opponent,
during an election brawl, accord
ing to advices, received here. *
Poetry Disputed Regijlry Record U
Broken Here; NewBloodworth And
Station h Opened, j oneJ R( .f u5c d
Life Appeal
According to Postmaster Paul
h£Lt h „ ATLANTA —(CP)— Sentenced
broken for the local office b> tho | n|n , tlmM for ttt m nnler of
Athletic Association of the Uni-(Howard Underwood In December
versity of Georgia in sendinrjmt 1923. Willie Jonas and Oervls
the tickets for the Georgia-Tech Bloodvorth lost another appeal In
game. ."Never in the history of the state anprem, court Tuesday
tho office, even at Christmas, has when their conviction and death
aentance was affirmed.
The youth confessed murdering
Underwood to yob him but claimed
they had been drinking heavily.
Tickets for tho Georgia-
Alabama game for Athena
people are on sale at Coats's
cafe and thoae who expact to
attend this game aril advised
to make their purchasu at
once. Tickets to tbis game
are reported to he exhausted
In Birmingham and the ones
sent here will be on sale for
a few days only.
This is the final gams of
the year for both teami and
the championship of the S. I.
C. is again at stake. If Geor
gia beats Alabama her claim
wilt be apolled and Georgia's
standing given n big booet.
A railroad rate of 18-88 has
been put on between Athens
and Birmingham and a sebad-
nle favorable to the game will •
bo arranged, though ft baa not
boon announced whether a
special will be operated or
not.
road and. help It. to bp sdf-lus- WASHINGTON.— (UP) —Col.
.. , . , , ' ,onel William Mitchell today made
The Athens Chamber of ,Com* ready to turn his attack against
Reported To Be *« ti» y j°frer»on rou rt ^f, 1 D A«?v«»d Ifte r h a
u ” “ bopy and.a committee wnn r.. «. three day recess with most of Ms
Rmffgj. Hougson, Jr., as chairman, waa material allegations aeslnst th
OCllCI t Tur " 40 p *»- 6l,) War Department and the general
staff held by h'a counsel to have
' ived In the initial week of
Mrs. Gilmore Is
Slightly
Both Win
new york.—cup)—Last re- Mr. C. B. Daniel
ports to come from the bedside of ^ u
Mrs. James A. Gilmore, sister of Here UR VlSlt
Guy Waggoner, millionaire Texas
oil king, indicated that the strick
en woman !a slightly Improved.
Chamber Commerce
Meeting Postponed
British Submarine Sinks With Crew of 68
been proved in the Initial week on
the trial, the Flying Colonel wMp-,
ped.into shape hit case against
,, _ . the sea seivlce and its sdminifl-
Mr. C. B. DanteU, of Beaumont, tfatlon of aeronautica for proaen-l
Tex., a native of Clarke County wti<m ln the d , y , t0 come. ,
but since early manhood , -as.- Befo „ Uunch i„g on th!. .ub-|
dont of the west, has been in Jec . howtvtr , Mitchell expects to
Athena the past few days, mew- few p, rt i n g ,hots at his
lug acquaintances of the long target, the high command
Mr. Daniel! baa received a cor- , of tho ,™., f or alleged failure
The Chamber of Commerce gen- dial welcome from bis friends, who t0 provide adequate weather
oral membership meeting which i wore ,Ud token him,.but regretted fo —^,ts for amy Dyers and for
was to have been held Tuesday | to..learn of tho sad mission 'hat “misleading” teatimony be
night of this week vtlir not be held brought film to .Athena.'Which waa (or ^ congressional committees,
until December 1. The meeting to accompany .the remains of bia j(e attributes considerable loss
waa called oft on account of the brother. Eugfno Fletcher Dantell 0 £. u/ e to faulty weather forecast
conflict with the Gypsy Smith reli-.frbm Shreveport, La...to. Athens tacilittea and intends to heap up-
gtous servtcee. for burial,'.,,,,,- cn the heads of the general staff
responsibility to follow recommen-
datuns of Major General Patrick,
chief of the army air service,
which would have taken much of
tha haiatd out of mountain fly
ing In the aaat.
Syrian Rebels
Reported On
Way To Beirut
LONDON.—(UP)—Syrian Insur-
genu are reported nearing Beirut
manifestly Intending to lay selge
to the city. ,
To answer th's threat, accord
Ini to the Evening News corn
•pondent, tho French have hurried - ... , _ , .
several thousand troops Into tho Like father, like son. Charleo
S£»d have commandeered all Brenner, above, has been justw
aptoa forthclr^trensport from tha of the peace m Brooklyn Ohio
SSoc. - , ,for 82 years. This fall
Th. BritWt .uterine monitor, M-l, sunk off the Isl orf Wight, Engtend- wlth Its ent're ^ «f «8 offlem «d ^n abg^BfmM Half, dtepatches^ft ptjp- >» ' lec " d ' H *
of the great depth of water where tha submarine foundered the sub craw | items destined for the eonw- fate that orertqok. tho Amenaan watte, are being made_to
submarine S-61.
care and his son William F. Brtnnerv
tor Americans" lit eTont of a siege, ibelow, ran and both ware slanted,