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ATHENS COTTON:
MIDDLING 17 I4fc
PREVIOUS CLOSE .. .. 17 M
THE WEATHER:
Fair Monday night and Turn day.
II CBNTS A WEEK
DAILY AND OUNDAY.
PAY THE CARRIER. J
1 . Daily and Sunday—IS Ceuta' i Week.
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1926.
United Preaa Dlspatchea.
Aaaoclated Preaa Service.
Single Coplea 2 Cents Dally. 5 Cents Sumtof.
Comes Down From
N.Gd.Mountains;
Off Por'Rounding
French Minister Stays Execution Of American jjy 001ES
TELEGRAPHS ORDER $40,000,000—in five months Pi§ DAUGHTER FLAMES jFAU. TO HIDE PARTY CANDIDATE
Wallace (Dell, who has come
down from the mountains of
White county where be has
extensive farming and land
developing interests, say B that
fine rains fell in that sec.
tion last week and everything
looks promising for a good
crop. Wallace has a large
apple orchard up there and is
a great booster for and be.
llevgr In the mountain aec.
tlon* of Georgia.
DES KOINES, Iowa.— (UP) -4
The Iowa farm vote Toesdnr had
apparently named Smith \\\,
Rrookhart as the republican muni.
nee for United Slides .senator.
Returns from more than one
half of the precincts of the state
Indicated that Brookhart, progrcB.
sive proponent of. agricultural re.
lief, had defeated the veteran sen
ator Albert B.‘ Cummins by more
than 30,000 plurality.
Cummins was regarded as thrf
administration candidate and
Brookhart as anll-administratlon.
Same politicians estimated that
Brookhart will pllo up a lead of
frbm CO,000 to 700.000 k votes over
Cummins, close friends of the ad
ministration.
The vote 'Tuesday showed—1
Brookhart 123.715, Cummins 85,*
654.
Other republican candidates
were running far in tho reur.
In tho democratic race Claude’
R. Porter had a good lead over
J. C. Murtagh with J. R. File*
running a good third. /
PARIS,</P)—Acting on Premier
Georgs Morton, traveling
with his sister Margaret, was
off Sunday, for a three months*
trip to Burope. George grad-
uated this year from the Uni
tor nomination os democratic*con? and her two small grandchildren
jb8*s.*sjs “«SoTScon K ESS*'* ,iM in
nirfci liryail.
VjeiMIr- 'eho nut i
awaiting Hits outcome.
Bryan \er Florida ^nd' 0 the' "great **• *' n ™ t "»* 'bought they
Comn'.on'er’a daughter in following ™,'n lh » «amea but an
his teachings' will-bo determined dl " cl0 *" 1 **»* the woman
Tuesday!/ bad bMn boaton lo death with a
One ! of the largest political c,ab and the girl atabbed repeat,
gatbrrinsa ever held ,ln .outh odly ia the nhdomen. The boy's
Florida tact Monday night to hear h:<ly we* too badly burned to per.
the execution of Gilbert Clare,
American member of the Foreign
legion. Clair is believed to he
Bennett Doty of .Memphis, Ten-
ncssee, and Biloxi, Mtsfl*zippl.
The step was unuerUkcn de-.
spite the fact that Paris has not
*" -•••••- ~r-
the War
, .s on the
css? beyond the information that
the 'American was charged with
attempting to desert.
A tfhe War Ministry, doubt was
expressed of the report that the
council of war had ordered the
under normal circumstances, could
have been advised of such an or
der.
verity,- having completed his
course In three years, and is
rounding out bis college,
couho with the trip to Europe.
He Will, return this fell in time
to Jead the Bulldogs In the
first game of the season
against Mercer here. They sell
from New York Wednesday
morning*
■ i®!' 1, « ! Y* ry age 4 and
confidently ««' two, worn found
burned In the cottage at the edgo-
, apell of ° r tbo Jataalca pay waahea Mon.
m nonuu mm the great d “J;- ** H ™ t »*> thought they
iter’, daughter in following “ ad the flamoa but an
things' will-bo determined ? a, 1 0 W dl ’ cl0,e ' 1 lb «t the woman
. ' pad boon boaton to doath with a
: of the largest political c,ab and tha girl atabbed repeat,
'over held .In aouth cdly ia tbo nhdomen. The boy'a
Monday night to henr hr-dy wan too badly burned to per.
... .rind up her campaign. C1 « definite conclusions.
It was an open air meeting flank- . ^ ——
tJ hy palm trees and overcast by Tmrefana |\d aa i
a typickl Florida star-strewn i rUSlLCS meet
It JIvor, with the aid of aueh Thursday And
surrpurulin,v». that .Mrs. Owen fol* ^ .
Now«i the teachings of her father \»/01llI116IlCC111Clll
muD:Wove-a spell as could her, » » 1
father hy her eloquence. 1 Get8 UndefWaV
been oficially informed or any or
der ot execute Clare,
Ministry having no Jo
- J. F. Tibbetts pulled a golf
•hot a, few days ago that lit.
e rally dated Pis partner aa
wall as Pis opponents. tPat Is
according to tho way Hugh
Harris ono df his opponents re.
latoslt. It seems that J. F. was
using a wooden masble to ne.
gotlate a aPot out of a aand
trap oa the 17th graen of the
Athens Country Club court*
and otaa being chided for hla.
aaieetton of a wooden club.
“You Just wait until I make
thia abot and then talk", re-
marked the One ahoottog and
you can imagine what manner
of remark* wera made When-
out of the trap enme the ball
which settled In' the cup on
the fly, spun :ttAuad a tew
times and, settled down for a
birdie two and the prise abot
of courae.
Participants in the annual State
High School Meet which opens
here Wednesday will begin ar
riving Tuesday nfght.
The first session of the High
School meet will be held Wednes
day night when contestants in the
recitation event will compete, for
statewide honors. Twelve districts
will be represented in each event
in llteraty and athletics.
All sessions of the meet will he
held in the University ehapol. Dr.
.1. S. Stewart, president of the
association, nnnounccs. Dr.
U H Whrn the Board of Trustees
II ULn III meet hero will Thursday at the
| University of Georgia’s 125th
I- rmnrn j commencement will be official!!/
I Mill IN! I’U d.i'Uuy., The closing exercise!
| LIIULU ' w i'l l-n held Wednesday wheu the
| senior class will graduate and
n-rnir/k that avering wlien the Senior Bali
I'llUiU will be fiiven in Woodruff Hall
II I IV III The Ivu calaurato address tills
u i II1.U year will be delivered-hy,Herbert
Hoover, Decretory of Commwve,-
— 1 and- for several year* prominently
_(lTr)_"Tliere w-mtiened for the presidency of
e eon do la the Dm: United States, Secretary
We ore not Hoover’s address -rill be delMred
r morn wild m-'. M> Woodruff Hall andtt la expect-
vugb." led that hundreds of visitors will
ctlvea Herman' b* hero to sec and hear the man
the mysterious i who was U. 8. Food Commissioner
iced the end of i Curing tho War and head of the
. Almee Semple Delnian war relief and who
An elaborate musical entertain
ment will lie given to all Master
Masons nnd their ladies by tho
Athens Shrino Club at the Masonic
Temple oil Wednesday night at 8
o'clock.
AU Master Masons- and their
Indies are urged to attend. Tho
program will start promptly at g
(Turn to Pago Eight)
J. A. WhlttenUurg and tha ana lent-pips to which he cllnot de
spite his fortuae of $40/100,000.
BY CHARLES M. HALL - |- And then limy-found oil In tl
Copyright.' 19!*, by. NEA Service, 1 Paakahdle.
AMARILLO, 'Texas,—For many |. Further they fonnd oll'.on—i
“Mtfa J. A. WhTMpiihun «ni n *— «»•%-»*. • •
BALTIMORE, 3ID.,~f^-Gov-
ernor Albert B* RiSchic of. Mary-
fcrad, who has already awed two
terms and is the only man In tho
state’s history to serve more than
or.ce, hq« filed his certificate of
CP**ijH«cy for rc-election.
Richie, who is a wet ancHs con-
i idcied a possible presidential
candidate, has cancelled all speak,
inir ewrnjrements for ten c$y* l>o*
cause of illness.
years J. A.. Whfttenburc wm o tinder—Whittcnbnrz’s barren acres
cattleman, In a modest.way. lief The cattle were shooed off to
owpbd a stretch of Umd in the tho stockyards. Fifty caunt dcr-
Panhandlc, bi« enouffb to pasture ricks were raised .whore they had
a sizeable herd of rattle, but worth grazed. Pipe lines crossed the
little for the simple reason that all rolling prairies. Quarters were
the land in the Panhandle was’nt hurriedly built to bouso workers/
so terribly valuable. Worth $40,000000.
Mr. Whlttenburs raised cattle | And now Whitteuburc has be.
with varying success, prospering tween $40,000,000 and $<o,000,000.
mildly in good years and skimping clear. His land, which five months
slightly in bad ones. (Turn to Page Two)
EIGHTEEN ARE
KILLED AT
LEMBERG 1
NEW FACULTY
MEMBERS AT I
ag. coLLEGE|5 eV en Men Are Killed
B r a z i I. Resumes
League Seat
Monday'
fa* In Philly for tha big
Shrinom maaUag. hM ions on
to Boaton to pay »la f«m»J
BERLIN.—(UP)—'Tho Doutehas
Allegemaiae Zaitung has received
un unconfirmed report that eight
een persons were killed tad right
wounded at Lemberg, Poland. In
clashes between Ukrainian stud-
enta and Polish troops.
By Premature Blast
In Sand Pit Mon.
WASHINGTON.—(UP)—Presi
dent Cooliilgi- was urged Tuesday
by J'.epnpentativd Brand,, demo
crat, Georgia, to hasten appoint-
mont of a judge for the new fed
eral judgeship district of Gsor-
A copy of. tbo Columbus Is
sue of the Industrial lasna baa
been receired. Thla ta Oaor-
gla’a fine trade publication
and the issue devotod to tho
magazine's home town ia tha
largest one ever published. 5«
pages. Thera are 6*0 engrej-
Ings In tho Issue end **♦ * d -
vortlsoments. Allen Woodall,
former Ualrtrslty student and
Athens newspnbor mnn who
msrrlad MUa Oortrudo Par
ham, an Athenn «»• » f
the proprietors, ot.the paper.
Tha lasna la a greet credit to
the Index, and In sddltioo *»
derotlng many hundreds of
colamna to Bsvsnnsh shows
the laduslrlal development of
other aactlonn of Gsorfia.
The woodchoppet's a* la
umading all over Athens these
days. Treat ibaf dlad at a
resalt of tha drenlb last snm-
mar are being felted and there
nre many dozens of them In all
sections of-the city. . For»*'ty
experts suto that atJ of Urae
dead trees should ha cut Im
mediately to prsront the
Sxead of wood insect, to
oSer. nrar them that are
nitre so If you have onS of
theso dead ones around youd
better get busywththeax.
some morning before preaa-
fast for Instauco.
(UP) —Brasil re-
itlon in the affairs'
of Nations council,
Mello Franco tcok|
place at the eoun-j
The couocil committor on mi
nority populations of which Mello'
Franco is the reporter, tact Tuea-1
GENEVA,
turned parti
of tho Lrag
Tuesday Wb
Argentine Plane
On Trip To
Trinidad
NO DECISION
WASHINGTON. — Rcitcrratlen
was made at the White House
Tuesday that tho President had
reached no final decision in the
matter of appointment of a Judge,
marshal nnd district attorney for
the now Middle District of Geor.
rIh, recently created by an act of
Congress.
Difficulty has been rncountsred
because of opposition to some of
tho suggested nominees on tha
part of tho Georgia delegation, ;
sr follows: M.rth. McAipine, BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va. — (UP) — Seven
fa *Lunday| , *aaaociate n prefer"?! men were killed and seven injured by a premature
r^woiSwani^lidjunct^'profos^or ex P ,osion in a sand P K ot tha Berkeley Springs Glass
poultry husbandry;' P Walton 1 r, ' n,n “ nv h “ , ' n
ge Clarke, poultry specialist;
W. Firor, state agent in mar-|
Company here.
Two of the Injured art not rx-1
keti'ag;*R.'"si.”soulo"*rditor; Mack' pected to lire. t
E. Brand, adjunct professor of soil| The explosion occurred Monday'
chemistry; Rnthaet Keith, Win- wheB thB (ourt(fn w ,„ pre .
tcrvillo practice school; Edith , . .. , . . I
Hanson, Childs Street Practice l ,ar!a * th * blast of, the day.
School. t Tons of stud engulfed them.
day«and - the iimzilian diplomat ( —w- .
presided. 'I LONDON.— (UP) —Lord Wil* FORT DB FRANCE.—(A>)—Mar.
Whether Franco’s retain to thq ling ton has been appointed gover- tialgue Bernardo Duggan, Argen-
council signified -n ebange in Bra- nov-gencral of Canada to sueceed tlnft airman, flying from New York
ill’s reported division* to with* Ixird Bvng of Vimv, who has held to Buenos Aires, left the Uland of
draw from the league sessions, is the post since 1921; it was off I- Martinique on the next leg of the
not J nown. I dally announced Tueiday. 1 trip which takes him to Trinidad.
aimee McPherson's disappearance adds to los angeles’ list o f mysteries
Chief Justic
Taft Rapidly
Improving
WASHINGTON. -(OPJ-CUeL
Justice William Howard laft, of
the United States supreme court
and former president of tho no
tion. Tuesday was improving after
a day's illness,' occasioned by
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former radio operator at station KFM,
operated In .connection with Ange lus Temple, discusses Mrs. Aimed
Ssmplt McPherson's dlsappearanc e with her mother. Mr*. Mlswtn
Kennedy.
Anpelus Temple, tho $1000,000 auditorium owned by Mre. McPha raon, where ahe addressed thou,
unde ot poraont weekly In her capacity aa an evanoaiiat- The tsmpit bsar, the algn, “The four*
Square Gospel." Htr big radio otatlon la on topraf tho temple.
ovangoliat. fa ska murdered, kid- .Taylor, movie director, shot down. There waa X BeltOli Kennedy,
piped or what; It to tha most in' his own home at night. Ftaur rich Chicago clubman, shot to
baffling af a long liat bf Loo An. yean of laroatlation have left this) death'In n mountain glen near (he
galea myilertM. mystery as dark iw it w*s the day, city. Madalynno Obenchaln, his
Kennedy. - *' ' :'■/.Z' ,
Durch werd Wed for his murder In an apartment huildlnx Inat aftaf
and acquitted. Since then no new delivering a Jewel to a' -n-Hmrlfl
light 1 has been ehed on tho case. know no more aboht^MI
There was Harry I. Katz, weal. • ■ .
thy diamond broker, allot to death _ (Turn to page vight.J