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VOL. 93, NO. 278
ATHENE GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1925.
’ ■' > '*1* Copies 2 Cent. Daily. I Cant* Sesaflay. -
Coolidge’s ‘26 Points' Mainly Acceptable;
Gigantic Tax Bill Engages Lower House
MILK OUNCE
IS iOPTED; DO.
6EIDINE URGED
' FOR HEW BOARD
Seeks Fund
ANTI-AIR' CRAFT IS Aviation Takes Toll
Of 63 Lives in Past
Year; Services Lose
39, Statistics Shows
HIND ITS INNING
IN MITCHELL ML;
Eating Dinner 4,500 Feet Up
tints'
Adoption of Athens’ first com-,
prehensive milk ordinance feat
ured the final session of the City:
Beard of Health Tuesday after-;
boon. Dr. Linton Gerdine pre- ;
sided.
The milk ordinance adapted by
the Board was recommended by
Dr. Gerdine and is the standard
modeled after that of the U. S.
Publis ' Health Service toward
which the City Board has been
working since May 1924. The
Board members present voted un-«
animously for the ordinanqe. -
Those present were Mrs. T. F.
Green, Mrs. Fred C. Orr, Dr. A. 1
M. Soule, T. R. Crawford, Dr. H. j
B. Heywood. I
At the same time the Beard I
adopted a resolution comi '^'
Uent W »nd unfed thafaty Coun- tral Pershing and other officials Unless unfo.-seen incidents nriso
cil elect him as the male member as the outstanding American hero the persecution hopes to finish its
TRIAL
close But One Fatality.,
SS5WK!S£':ftlB DDT MflHEf
Lives.
SITTER REMARKS
WASHINGTON—(UP) — An
other attempt by the .Var Dcpart-
{. nrnniriwl L..t ,1’ 1,, | ship Shct.UndCall
sM? Ur,, .hr nn^ni ■„ r were klll<! ' 1 in alr P lnne diaaaters.
th. »h. .it Of. these 19. 28 were army ~
; i , the relations of the air service nnV v men. Supporters of Geim. .. ...
I with the general service and al- > e..,ni nm v,. nn i n , to th'a on tni fWNMb
I This is the latest photo of Ser- leged costly disputes among high; h „ avv to p a3 evidence of the truth 1 ?' 1 *J >roMcukio °
geant Alvin York, named by Gen- officers. of Mitchell's argument that our Thornaa C. Hart, submarine
officials . Unless unforseen Incidents nriso ' mniUkfy aviators are forced to risk W4* U- S. Nw who is asserted
thofr lives in dangerous equipment. j* J a j, °e„*
LOON WITH FAVOR
ON MAN POINTS OF
E PROGRAM
WASHINGTON,-(UP)— Anti-
Aircraft artillery came in for its
i inning in the Mitchell t.'urtmar-
;ti.l Wednesday when the prose- Washington. -r s.
cution called numeroja artillery , lVea have batn ]0 J ln the Aft .
experts and observers to v the velopraent of America's military
stand to refute the statements of and commercial aviation during
Col. William Mitchell concerning tb \ year 1926.
the uselessness of such arms- - v chock up of all accident, since
(the flrat day of January reveal*
An effort is being made to have 1 ‘ h ' B “ | be Mil
Major General Maaon Patrick,I paying for its ventures In the
Stand ° Wedn?rfay iCe patT?ck has ,, .'“inTh 'crash* ->t 3 the ! °na*y aTr- m * nl P ro3CCUtlon * l the Mitchell of "eating d”
been out of town several day, hut, “g ‘ fc-M"*** '" ^“J Colonel too, with a - -- - . _
bunt 1 ?;' H ta G™.“ umioXta^ to give President
Supoortera of Colonel hear testimony purporting to bear , ’ _ICnolldgC Ms way on the
IN CONGRESS
WEDNESDAY
(By United Press.) 7
SENATE—Not !r. seosloa.
Organization of commit tee*#
HOUSE—Expects to hear
bcdgft message read. R#**tme#
ernsideration of tax redaction
bill.
Six Petroiteu are shown above enjoying the
dinner 4,600 feet above the ground—and i
_chef and head wai ter’fom the “
it in Mtvi. i WASHINGTON—
c hotei s ‘to I (UP)—Congress is 'lrt-
to the new Department of Health of the World War. _
which will be created January 1, tour the country shortly in an ef- case over to the court of gen-
combining the city and county fc-rt to raise a $2,<j00.u00 endow- j erals.
hehlth work. The resolution, In- ment fund for the newly-estab- -
tfoduced by Mr. Crawford and sec- lished York Agricultural College,!^ 1 M a «
onded by- Dr. H. B. Heywocd who near Pall Mall, Tenn. The pro- OU11C11 ITlCCCS
yointed out that it is customary ject is sponsored by the American W J j
for the Board to recommend re- £*gh
appointment of its members was
adopted. The vote was as follows
Yes, Dr. Heywood, Mrs. Green,
Mrs. Orr. Mr. Onward presid
ed. Dr. Soule il ! d not vote.
I)r. Hex* food*-*aid a majority
of the Clarke* County Medical So
ciety has signed o petition re
questing Council to elect Dr. Ger-
dine to the new boord instead of
Commend Gerdine
The resolution follows;
“W IT RESOLVED by the
Board cf Health of the City
of Athens; —
“That Dr. Linton Gerdine
his discharged his duties as
President of said Board in a
most efficient, faithful and
fearless manner; that at all
(Tw^n »n n*r» witrM.)
‘Baby’ Insurgents
Causing Worry
To G. O. P.
WASHINGTON. —(UP)-»- The
republican majority in the senate
| is deadlocked on what should be
! done with tho ‘Baby insurgents'
in their ranks, Senator Robert
LaFollette and Gerald P. Nyo.
Unable to reach a decision, the
Republican committee on com
mittees will delay further meet
ing untir Monday in hopes that
s:me compromise will be reached
on whether LaFollette should .re
ceive the favor of Republican com
mittee appointments. The legal
ity of Nye’s appointment is also
being investigated.
vveunesuay . lgiyiit, -mum u»im- wm mmi* *■* *•**-■*•
a l awf.li wi l .'lives, with other fatalities laid to
And Will L 1 e C tl flteM* by men Who had not suffi-
_ _ _ % iciently mastered the science of
Health Members: or ’is ** t out 1” "* uU3
' ' ' I OS8 rtftllss rttlhru
wns an sir perfo«n*r at conntv
City Council holds ita regular! «■»»•-. HI.
December meeting at 8 o’clock,
Wednesday night,
their lives In dangerous , 1Q ,„ „.. .
The airmail. w*th thousands of two delivered In 1919 which It
miles of daily flight to Its credit, j jTuni to page eight )
In jfler, has lost but one man—Ptle* . . '
Charles Ames, who died In a crwU IniDl*0V6inent Of
Oct. 2. neac Beilefonte, Pa. I ww va,k
Twenty-three of tho year’s «vfa;
Cherokees Win War Of
Wits Against Federal
Imoft important of the ZS
I points he stressed in the
With Allotment of ® ov : OD, JOHN D, MELL
This is the last regular meet- j ,orl
ing for the year and at this " ep '
time the Council must elect three
members for the Department
I . I | m| | |
has begun. Ttfs embank
. . „ . . ment will be cut down seven feet
pureohtHo tailed to , u |„ .Uled. and the dirt hau’eS
.... • therk Into tho depronton thno Im.
Among tho military (ntslltloa, all! proving the nropertv cnnotderaMy
The Ag. College
Property Begun crnment Ljrnds> Tribal
Stoic on cu^Taway th. high i Customs of Past Years
ent oi the Agricultural, I^ikely to Come Back Into
niprrty tadog tnmrtrin, Ugc Farmere p car Com .
1 petition.
hi3 message Tuesday. The
^ i -k __ general reaction, although
Government Once More critic 4 ®? * o,ne features,
gave indications that a
HECTFDDEAO
CHEROKEE, N. C.-The nn.
tax reduction measure a&
ccptable to him would bt
adopted; that the sehita
would ratify the eourt
proposal and that hia
crate air defense im]
OF GA.
is mod*
n provo-
I be ac-
Lumpkin street.
mcniuers lor tnc iicportiiicnv oi ., _ h i v __ Ahmiata
Health of riarke countv created " ve * reftent’y wnen an oosoiaie
Tann.vv 1 and ia • ' 'honeymoon express” plane came j ■ !___ f tn ,-rnmnllih hv forr-n »'-T'"-* « :i_r_ MW «Mcr IWIIIB m cuai lesunuon
co'Don J ““hJ city'and «un* i Jg» (1 * ra - Chief RepOrtS 84 S'arms almo«tcmtury^ggo'Tg P C?n‘Stm 0, in% JoTth "^osS ^SUmSSST ta«r.*bta
I American .oil, h»ve scored ngniii. i SAVANNAH, Gs.—Rsr. Dr.
What the United States govern- John D. Mell of Athens, wee. re- tho
.—A II—I s. .rfr.cme.tlak hu fnw-n .I.A.J 1J ' a. il. ft.
On two Issues, however, there
wns nn underlying dlseatiifactloe
that lioepoke a bttte’ fight; the Is.
•uea or a co-operttlye marketing
aid bill and enlo of tho government
Shoals n'trate plant. Upon
issues of coal legislation
Famous Chaplain
' Of World War To
WITH WITNESSES; Speakln Athens
Lt. Co). Thomas J. Dickson,
ty health work. | Two deaths In Hawaii ......
I,,,™, yri„ ( rf fa S! QttsH by a collision ot planaa In
hers, two of these snail tic wo-, mM . a | r . !t mtg |, t h * noted that
men. The mayor nominates the ; rrnD , nt „„ of parachntea • saved
members and Council must con- j , h „ „ f ., w0 anny ole „ )a a .
firm the nomination. Mayor Ar* iaimBar crash in Texas !**t Vnring
An airp’ane In Alaska #snt as. |^ Wt
nold has nominated Dr.
Soule, Mrs. A. Rhodes and Mrs.
R. S. Pond. r
5 MORE INDICTED
IN LANGSTON CASE
Traffic Cases
Last Month
Violation, of the Boulevard Stop ,^1,1 allotment
tray In a snow storm and came ta"''.taS ,U whfn'In'tMlnlJ “ bl * chlef, " of th ? Ch.rokM na- held slnVe 1896: Rev. E. J. For- Wednesday to gtae “expedited
down with Its three ecennants. al' .treet.from.pt. .treet/ enntlnue 4| on know well that they have rester. D. D., of Sparta, trca.nr- tenUon to tho hu^o J226.M
Of Whom were killed. A navy piano he re but the numlw la decn-atag bl « ked U 1 * •««*» ,* t turning erj Vico pmldents W. H. H'tieh- tax rednctlon bill,
fell Into the Potomac River ihS According to rinort of Chtaf of ,hese India "* lnto » hl ‘ e m f n -. tan, Atlen.n; Rev. Popo A. Dnn-f - While orators lauded the mesa-
killed Its pilot—« trogedv apparent- police H W. beu.se to the Civil Sl> lon * 11 lbe 7 eonitituted the >,«, BowmanVRcv. T. Adams, urer’e provisions and defend-d tt
Iv due to unfavorab’e weather con- aerrlii Commission Tneeday night Cherokee notion and Uved upon a Jlnntuuma and A. M. McClure, against altac'-« In the horse, plena
dltiona rather than to onv defeat In the riolatlona last month numbered reiervntion their tribal cuatoma Atlanta. ! were completed Icr hauling It to
an, hit P, seventeen. could be checked, and were. For , -fhp First Baptist churrh here,senate. .
Ihlo flying : ,f.t‘**s a-aort showed a years t,he rites and dances of tho w t,t->, .t.p mm-ettilnn is b-Inc At a confcretteo between Sena*
s& i -s.'SsaFU'Hi af^gassar
now being undertaken peaceably— ahnual session here Wednesday consideration was nromlsed b»
dispersal ot the eaatern Cherokee Dr. Mell Tina held the position leader! 3
rtsrrvation in the Blue Ridge a |nee 1 912. His «Iec.lOit was : ___
mountains, unanieyms. !biq TAX BILL
And as the vast area la parceled 1 Other officer! elected sere.the CETS UNDER STEAM
off to individuals of the tribe by Rev. B, D. Ragsdale, of Macon, ■ WASHINGTON.—The admlnlt-
tha secretary, an offl-e which he ha. tratlon machinery grnuad swiftly
2228,000,00#,
the machine. ,
tmek In landing at an Ohio flying
field and two men were killed.
.Probably the' beat teitlmony
(Turn tn nace eight.)
, _ . _ _ FAYETTEVILLE, Oa.—UP)—In.
PLAINS, N. X— (/PI— raid to have been th, moat dla- dlctmenta agalnat five more men
Tho Wehteheater county grand tlniruished chnplain in the World for the murder of James C. Lang-
jury Wednesday was directed to War, will arrive in Athena Thurs- J aton, rural mail carrier who was
conduct nn investigation into the day and deliver several addresses. alula ln October, Utt, were re.
alleged attempt to tamper with here over Thursday and Friday, i turned Tuesday by the Fayette
tho jury which heard Leonard He will he the honor guest at i county grand Jury.’
Kip Rhinelander’s annulment suit the dinner of the Army Officers, Three men hare been convinced
against his mulatto wife, Alice assocaticn at the, Georgian hotel I of the cidme and are “erring life „. ......
Beatrice Jones. at 6 o’clock Thursday and will go sentences. Tuesday’, Indictments notations committee of the Cham-
Frederick C. Sanford, a Juror in from there to the annual meeting,ware returned after 8"lWtor Gen- bar of Commerce wl’l he held
the trial, told Justice Mort-ksuser 0 f Mt. Vernon IMce of Masons. !oral E. M. Owens, o*laid, Thursday afternoon nt 8 o’clock
: he had been approgchoJ by a I Friday he will deliver an ad-! h«tore tbfjpmi.tmrjtotmu ,
•- -'Ij-.. W.r. Ibe student body In described as the comp’.te contea- j
■Itm of Melrla Windham. I Th* Publicity Committee of th.
WIndham e alleged contaeslon ; chamber ot Commerce of which
men. tno tnreo \ a. r. Davison is chairman will
Committees Of
C. Of C. To
Meet Thursday
Another meeting of the Rural
then were twenty for no rear away srith. Only the harvest dMiv. mittce and Rcpre«cri a tive Cr.ea.
Pght eleven for bright lights a'nd dance, waa allosred. and this was repuh'lc.'.n, Iowa, chnirmsn of thw
twelve "'parking ta the wrong Invariably follosred by tho more b J. Thl*Mhtartmf b ' n,< ' vr! ' r ' ! commtttte.
p’ace. The chief reported that a American custom of baseball Owen’^addJesa^waa'‘Tto’u- It waa decided th.~t th-«<uvUo c i.
certain Yonkcra
broached thu subject cf the Rhmc.
lander caoe. ■ ,
"I gathered frun hia talk he
favored Rhinelander and was op
posed to lru-':'-ia.-,r.i marriages,"
Sanford told .'usilca Morathamier,
who presided at the trlai. Han
ford said he had been approached
by other residents of Yonkers
during the trial of the case but
he was onty able to give the name
of one man definitely.
"Thia so- t of thing strikes at
the foundation of Justice,’’ said
Judge Morschauser. “Iiifluanee
of outsiders brought to hogr upon
n jurj is harmfuL It mutt stop.
I want Juries left alone whilo
they are hearing a case.”
lie Is invited to this meeting.
While in Athens CoL ^i-kson
will be the guest ot - Col.
E. Ware, commandant of the Uni
versity of Georgia R. O. T. C.
Speaking of Col. Dickson the
San Antonio Expreas laid:
“Dickson is tho man who rods
down No Man’s Land on July 18,
when the tide of battle turned in
the Second Battle cf the Marne,
in the fare of the German machine
guns, in order to give aid tt
wounded soldiers. Tt is now re
vealed that ho is the men whose
bravery In refusing to stop bury-
ing tho American dead was flash
ed al! over the world when the
censorship prohibited the mention
ing of names. The man that was
shelled .and bombed and his fun.
oral partjes fired rn by machine
guns stood his groiyu! ovd render
ed over honor to the dead soldiers.
implicates aeven men. tno tnreo I A . E. Davison Is cha'nnan will,
already convicted of the crime—, retot at „ 0Vl0( . k Thursday nlxht
Oscar Dutton. Ora Whittle and) Th , stat8 college of Agriculture
John Waller. Those Indicted committee of which C. D. Flanigan
Tuesday are Rainey Canphen. Mel ;,, chTTrman meets at 11 o’c’oek
vln Brown. Arthur Alexander and | Friday and th. Form fb-ttlemen!
Windham. j committee, j. d. Bradwell chair.
man meets at 4 p. m. Friday.
“Flower Chaplain” been uie^of hi! ILegion Will Name
before
msim
Kiwanis Elect i
SSb2sJ«™m
At the weekly meetlnr ot the
Klwanla Clab Thursday at two
o'clock at tho‘Holman Hotel, sev
eral mattera of Importance will be
discussed. All members are urted
to attend as the annual election of
ofHcere will be held.
1 FUTURE IRS
total of U1 caaeawer* docketed. !• Superstitions hare been frown-
Ch!is( of the fire department O. ed on, too. But eompromiaea had
W. McDorman reported hia depart- to be effactad by wh
moot answered-- fUtesn {Ire alarms dians went to church,
last month. .ward enjoyed a tribal pow.wow.
COMMERCE BID
TO PUBLISH i
of custom* and traditions is look
ed for. Mrs. Samson Owl
mtttee would open hearings <
missed Master." In it he called fcll i on j 3fl ,,, rv » immediately an>
hv Which th. In »ttonUm to the fact that a great r hollrlay recesa.
■ ch hut tritcr- ."tany .of. th* churches and mem--i
ben. Including the paotors, hove
t_ - ,1,.. i so conducted themselves, during
have cherished t he past year or two that “Go-i
has gene ont of year hearts nnd
a-n'a.” 1 |
Following the recognition of
denominations! reprasentativt*.
Dr. Mell gave hit anmuil message
and Rev. Arch C. ~
HOUSE ORGAN
Directors of the Chamheo ot
Commerce Wbdneeday approved
the publication of a hohic organ
which ashall keep the memberehlp
Informed ot tno activities of the
nrsralnratfon. The pnhlleetlen Is
to be known tn the “Athons Argue"
end will bo pnbPsbed monthly. II
will be leaned provided It le made
self-auetalntnc. the Directors pro
vided.
The Board created a new com
mittee to he known a* the Com
mittee on Public Scltools and pro-
. Cwe, O. D,
of the convcn-
«f the- yoar’a
Vldot that, the mambershlp la.to Iced language. There is more or
be fifty percent women. leu fear among white fanners of
Committee* of the Chamber at competition from tocii a people.
tlon gave a review
rf work. In his review Dr. Cree
Mr«. Ocanecchco Boa* have not ltntf a 4 ] that th« vpar ended with
S e 7n h t7. t ;- I t m!u,. 0 dJore-V dcf.cit of 22L00Q, _
tiona of tha old days.
Whet is more, white sentiment mivrnp dun To
in the Blue Ridge ia not portico. !«J2iri1IUS VvlUU IU
lariy antagonistic. On the
it is sympathetic. The culture of
the Cherokees. which is the great
est of any Indian tribe, hu been
recoenixed to some extent, ac-
and even’ respected by
Their farms produce the
finest foodstuffs. They art win
ners of prises at the fairs. They
have their own written language—
n fact not generally known—nnd
ft is a complete and well organ
ME QUIDS IE
USED TO PROTECT
N. T. GAMBLERS
ELKS’ SECRETARY
ILL AT GENERAL
Th*» many friends of George M.
Waskey, secretary for the naxt
fonr-years of the local Elks Club,
will regret to learn that he ittf*
fered a sudden attack of lllnesa
oerlv Wednesday morning and-it
at the General Hr spit*!. Hospital
attendant* stated that ha, will
ni-obablv be aMe to receive caller* Congressman Brand were ordered
Thursday, if he continue* to’ im-- 1 written* calling upon them to tup
France Wednesday reached an ac-
nffieove Tn Ian ' conl concerning Btudy of the prob-
V>irleers in Jan. Inm of mutaal assistance in war
- - - (time in connection with the prep-
The Alien R. Fleming of the aratlon for the Internationa! die.
American Legion
election of
.n,, Commerce are meeting every day
BnQ ..J * M muMw.lv enraPeH in VArk.
the
nlxht
until the January meeting. A dla-
ciiRsion waa entered Into Tuesday
night cf the proposed legislation
affecting veterans before congress
proposed by the American Legion,
the DIflab’ed Veterans and the
Veterans of Foreign war*.
Mid letter* to Georgia senators and
port .the bills.
armament conference.
After e secret meeting cf the
League of Na tiona connctl, M. Paul
Boncour of France announced that
Foreign Minister B.nes of Cz-cho-
S'ovakia. had hern appointed to
and are actively engaged la work
Tho Aericulturnl Ccmmlttce oi
which Dr. W. H. Cabanlu la chair,
man met Tueeday afternoob and
approved th. report at the commit
tee named to prepare a farm pro
gram. Th« report of tbb agrtauV
torsi development committee waa
also approved and the committee
(Tern tn png* eight.)
He explained that the stody or
mutual assistant would be more
flexible than origlnali.’
by Frycc^jhus Intonating ^hat ■
Bat the whites also see that,
since harvest festivals bring
thousands cf visitor*, other festi
vals, if stnecd in traditional man.
ncr, would become matters of ns.
tiona! attention and would prove
ot eommorciai value. Nor am th*
Indians ignorant ot this. Not as
long as they have sodi n leader
as Chief Samson Owl, who*.
LOST —Banner-Herald
route book No. 10.
Finder please return.to ^w'Uuh W
virtnh of industry end rlevernus.
Then" are ?«*> Cherokees.; The
land wfll.be aliotad according to
CTW «• P»*e
NEW YORK. —«■)— A»U»d
_ guards to protect their p'ac“« rrom
Meet Wednesday
home* here, police official. s"ld
Ithdy learned Wednesday. taUon lag
The Athena Shrine club will th» aimt of anca n gung.
">«' Wethmmtoynlghtntthu Ma- f^S'revo’rara taa?ta hi", freest.
confessed that he waa a "prate*
tfetatano' duiree a^full^IucndL t ,,on m * n ” ,nf a K ambl,n * eatablleh-
Palmisano attires a full *Uena neir Square.
Sherman explained he wa* pr^
tecting cadblers from poesible hi
jackers.
Police snld Sherman’s itoW
showed that gamblers feared ht-
Jacv.rs more than they did the
Plans for acme kind of Christ
mas entertainment will b* dis-
MasonsToName
Officers Thurs.
aVa im f Citv Officials Are
At Annual Meet, Hdd0 S charges
Officers for next war will ba
by th* ntembtra of Mt
Lodge of Mason, at the
meeting Thursday night
Banner-Herald Office
'on Hancock Avenue or
phone 75 for reward.
.. . ,V 4 thg temple, corner Lumpkin ana
toil In wealth from, tilt! a-nuaent ckyton rtrMta . The targeat »t-
ten,lance of th* year ia expected
to ba on hand for tha meeting.
- ‘ llday ia
53T
Wwahipfd
Hrlliday ia the
■ Mas Ur of the
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—MV-Te*»
Lowell official, including th*
mayor an,I former mayor, were
arraigned In «p«rier rmrt ter*
Wednesday nn secret ind'etmenta
charging conanlracy and fraud to
tho maVinc of rontracta and‘p*fi
chas* of fmprl’>«. larenry auA Ut#
altering of public racordi.
'M