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ATHENS, GA„ FRIDAY, JUNE II, 192*.
Col. C. M. Snefling
Chancellor; Dr. S. V.
Is Still the Champion
Paul Berlcnbtch of Long Island Thursday night
Stribling of Georgia in the Yankee Stadium, New York .
world’a light-h«*vywelght championship with 51,000 fans looking on.
Bcrjenbach had no trouble defeating the Georgia boy, wh^ won only
one roimd of the fiftean anil broke even in two others. It vaa Strib-
ling’a greatest chance and.his showing was a great disappointment to
the southland. He bad been , the favorite at 8 to D two days before
the light but entered the ring with the':odda even.
i ■ 1 •’
Prizes Awarded State
High School Champions
As Meet Closes Friday
Berlanbach Retains His
Title, Easily Defeating
Young Stribling In N. Y.
Fifth District
Wins School Meet
And Dr. Stewart
Again President
Fifth District Friday was
awarded the first prize in the
nineteenth, annual Georgia Slate
High School Meet which dosed at
the University of Getrgin with
announcement of the winners.
The Fifth District schools won
the athletic meet also, and with
tho points scored In literal y events
copped tho cup. Va* Tenth Dis
trict won in the literal? events, j
LITERARY EVENTS
Recitation *
Marjtrie Harris, Wrens,
Tenth-District.
2. Josephine Proriar, Swainsbo-
ro, Twelfth District.
3. Virginia Hardy, Thomastan,
Sixth District.
Music
Billie Reid, Albany, .Second
District.
2. Mary Brfengtr, Coidele,
Third District.
3. Mike McDowell, Madison,
Eighth District.
Declamation
1. Wyche Fowler, Warrenton,
Tenth District..
2. Edward. Wilkinson, Newnan.
Fourth District.
3. Hoyt Scrgogina, Thomaston,
Sixth District
Speding . .
Cantno, 97.311, Ninth Dia-
*!lb' East Point, .89.43, Fifth Dl»-
tricte 1 * ' **■ I
3. ; Reynolds, 87.22, Third Dll-
triet.
Home Economics
1. ‘ Evelyn Pilcher, Warrenton*
(Tam to page eight.):
EXPENSES IS PEI
Showing; Made By Geor
gia Schoolboy Is Dis
tinct Disappointment to
54,000 Fans At Yankee
Stadium Thursday
Night. 1 Trained Too
Fine.
NEW YORK.—Young Stribling
cf Georgia 1 tamo to tho Yankee
stadium Thursday night to take
the title of world light-heavy,
weight champion nwny from pnut
ller.enbnch of Long Island: Strip
ling Friday morning wan, still the
"Georgia schoolboy's—bit that
11 FALL
nr
dent Cool Id ge la confronted.
tl»® danger that either hta home
or., hla c hurch .will fall on hla
head.
For aomo time the White JIoiia*
WASHINGTO..,— (UP)—Evi
dence accumulated by the senate
primary probing committee Fri
day showed that partial expen
ditures in the Pennay’vanin To-
I hblican rennlorinl primary amout-
cd to about three quarters of a
r'llllon dollars;
This witnesses who submitted
tho figures said. It only a frac
tion of the tout.
Senator Georg* Pepper’s tier-
nepat campaign er.penica (not
rcenected with the Pgpnor-Fisher
ticket expenses) were 1125,000.
W. 1. Mellon, nephew of the
Fifth District
Runs Away With
Athletic Prize At
High School Meet
The Fifth District, with Tech
High carrying away most of the
honors, won the State High track
meot horo Thursday afternoon. :
Fifth district wop four first
places and one entire event lo
pf.e up u total of 28 1.2 points and
emerge victorious.
Fonr district trailed In second
place; 12 points' below the total
of the leaders while the seventh
district was third .with 11 points.
Three state high school records,
wero bettered In the onslaugh t
the high school athletes. Enban|ft
of Rome high, ran the low hurdles
In 14.1 while Coker, of Canton
high, took the high Jump pt 5.11.
1-2. Tech High's relay tend
formed a strong combination ;m*
running for the fifth dlstric|
lowered 1 he record to 1.82 1-4
making the rounds. ..
Officials were White,- Kingeqf
Morton and Found-
The Results.
1. Charles Bard well. Tech High
Atlanta-~8th District.
• 2. Stewart MCCrary. Roystonr-
8th District. / .
3. Marlon Barron. Newnan—4th
District. >
Shot Put. » ,
1. Bell, ^’arroilton—4th ‘DIs.
triet.. V , ’
District. 1 v 1
Marion Dickeoa. pcllla—Uth I
n. Martin. Millea— 1st DIs.;
triet. SL .t " ' ' ' " |
: 220 Varda.
I. V. W. Cook. Tech High,'At. 1 ;
lanta—4th Diatrlrt. ' 1
1 Andrews, Hpbertn—Mb Ms.
trici. ‘ .
3. Nlxrn. Newnan—4lh Dla.
triet.
High Jump.
1. Coker. Canton—*th Dlatrlct.
2. Eubank*, i Rome—7th Dfa.
triet.
3. Leo William*. Register—l«t
Dlatrlct. -i > !
120 Yard Hurdles.
1. Enbanks. Rome—7tb Dlatrlet
2. Harry IBattle, Tech High, At.
lanta—Sth District.
3. Water*, Summit—12th W*.
triet.
440 Varda.
I. F. TberrelL Tech High At-
lanta—6th Dlatrlct.
(Turn to page, eight.)
Dr. S. V. Sanfrod, who wa*
rlcrt.'d President of Franklin Col
lege and Dean of the University
oi Georgia, by the Board of
Trubtccn in the session Friday
MCralag. Dean Rnnfcrd Is also
h-od or the School of Journalism,
thalrhian of athletic* far the Uni
ts rsty end lor years has oecu-
'pled a prominent place in athletics
in the south, at (he present nerv
ing as president for the fourth
Colonel Charles M. Snclling, who ei-asxrntlve term of the Southern
Friday was unanimously elected Intercollegiate Conference. He is a
.Chancellor of the Unirrr.ily of graduate cf Mcccer University in
Georgia, succeeding Dr David C. Macrn and has been at the Uai-
Uarrow. vcrel'y, rinee 1908.
A. B. C. Piper. Single Copiea 2 Cents Daily. 8 Cents Sunday. ,
HUeglejd
New Dean
HE* MIDI CHOSEN
I OPPOSITION: DR.
Bii
Colonel Charles M. Snclling Friday was unani
mously elected Chancellor of the University of Geor
gia succeeding Dr. David C. Barrow, who has be
come Chancellor Emeritus. At the same time the
Board of Trustees elected Dr. S. V. Sanford Resi
dent of Franklin College and Dean of the Univer
sity.
Colonel Snclling has been Acting Chancellor of tke
University since last year when Dr. Barrow resigned
lo become Chancellor Emeritus. Dr. Snelling’s
name was the only nomination for the office rtf
Chancellor.
Acting Dean R. P. Stephens was also nominated
for the position of President of Franklin College and
Dean of the University. The vote was reported aa
being 21 to 5: JT
upper atbry and 'v(*tern ■ pari of the *ta(e
* r-DDft if 308,000.
IV. S.
What You Will
On The
Radio
Iff
1928.
FRIDAY .
WEAF—New-York—49* me.
trie—BS30 p. m. EDT—WEAF
“A Home Night”, featuring
the talented staff.
KOA—Denver—222 metres—
8:19 p. m. MST—Program
celebrating Cotorada’t (0th
anniversary. ■/. ,
CNRT—Toronto—357 metres
—10 p: m. EDT—Alfred Hea
ther tenor. In eon* recital.
KFAB—Lincoln—341 metrea
—8:30 p. m. CST—Bohemian
KGW—■Portland-*492* metre*
—10:30 )>.• m. J FC8T—Hoot
Owl*. I - . I "1
SATURDAY
ttlentlc C 11!
WPG—Allentlc C I t y—300
metre*—WIP—Philadelphia—
606, metres—8:30 p. m. EDT
—Gala Opening of the Atlan
tic tity Summer Concert Sea*
ton/ Creatcre’s Bend.
WOO—Davenport—484 me.
tre*—9 p. m. CST—Daven.
port Moose Bind-
WSB—Atlanta—438 metres
-M0:45 p. m. C8T—The Red
Head Club.
WLW-^CIncinnatl—422 me-
tr#*— 8 p. m. CDT—St
Mary’s Choir. •, ‘ -■ •
WOR—Npw«rk—405 metre*
—10:15 p. m. EDT—Organ
SMsk/E*’ * , . • . Ai-*
: United States
Loses Point in Disarma
ment Conference When
French Thesis Is
' Chosen.
.GENEVA,—(UP)—The Untied
States thesis that naval arma
ments should be dUcneeed sep
arately from eertal ned military
arguaanta was rejected Friday by
the eub.commleaion at tha League
of Nations preliminary disarma
ment conference.
The sab-commUalon adopted
the French* thesis tha) the three
arms am Inseparable and mnat be'
considered toa»ther^^^
Great Britain
Sends Note of Protest to
Moscow For Interfer
ence in General <
Strike.
LONDON—(UP)—Great Britlan
Friday sent a note to Xoeeow
rrotesting the sabsldlring with
Russia funds of the BritUk. Trad#
Union* Cornell during’the gen
eral atrike in May.
for
was all. T^ul was still the {roof has been considered unsafo • »*• —-■
champion by a big majority. JnW! Wednesday steps were taken Secretory of the Treasury hfd
8tribUng srrnt most of bia time | to ajtpfcpMato $370i»MH) tfbr re. »pem»es In thirty counces In the
in the‘ ring either hanging on or j mrdclinn of the upper s
elso running awny from the “As-1 the roof.
/ ‘I And now hie church, the First
Congregational, has been declared
unsafe and hnllding Inspectorn
have ordered all further osaem-
-- - rrn b.iea*Jn thV edifice discontinued.
rlAfly tin 1 tie 11 devolop* some plaster felfon n
_ parlsboner fitting only a short
difthnee from the President’s pow
recently.
IS APPROVED BY
LEAGUE COUNCIL
\mWl ELECTION ISSUE
Member of Senate Inves
tigation Committee
Hints That Fight Mayj
Start to Unseat Varc!
As Newberry Was Ban-'
ished From Senate.
Varc. successful admitted
private expenses «f 371,000 In a
statement submitted to the lommlt.
tee although he had not ipLen the
itand. r
P. & Stahlncricer,- eecr.lary of
Governor Gifford Pfarhct sold
8 if5,000 had been spent 'n aU fot
Pmchot.
Thl* made the total already re-
v shied of 8697,000.
Senator Truman Newberry,
Siichigan, wx» forced ha retire
from the senate after he <hnd: nd-
r-.ilted expenditures . of about
3190,000 In a orimnry •amphlgn
ervernl rears ago.
Joseph R. Crondy. wa*1 known
republican lander,' t»I4 o f eftortj
lie had made to aoothe the diffi-
cultie* in renublican nrimarv.
He refused to eny whethor he wa»
fetorable to V*re.
“I'm afraid III be necuied. of
trying to get on the hand-wsgo-t
if I say I was farorab’e io Vare",
iinlE
DROWNED NEAR
CANTON. CHINA
WASHINGTON. .—(OP)- . Erl-
ilence cf qampslgn e<peiu1itnre a In
the Pennsylvania primary may bi
ased by democrats in :in effort to
unseat William S. Varc, wet re,
publican.
A member at Hip senalo com
mlltee eondnrtlng the Inuuiry
which lias resulted In odmiiuivns
that mere than Imir n rn'KIon dot.
lam were spent hy tbo time
senatorial candidate* in a pert of
the etatn, to'il tho United I’ress
F-'dajr that tho senate' wmrtit net.
Declining (» ecmnient 'ottlelaliy
| because he Is sitting as a Judr.o !n
■ lb- rase, ho aafd:
I “Wo bare .tho power to nay w!-o
Is fit tn- sit In tho stnalo. If
Renatdr TrUmnu 11. Newberry of
1 Michlgad van chased out at that
— | body because His force* spoil'
GENEVA.—<lfP)-The Le*ru»| stM.tHW. t do not eeo why Vare
of Nations council ha* apprvoed a .hmiti) be orertooked.''*
project for an International loan- -We will wa'l uatK wo hear
of $l&000j000 for the permanent a)l . T |de n ee arid then. If our
settlement of 120JMO refugee* ini bnt the fact that ad-
Bulgaria. . I missteps nlroadr bare been made
Disputes between Greeeo and th ,- ( motT )h ., n half a tuiRlon dot.
Buhrari* over territsrlal questions | #rI . .I-ended in a part of
in Macedonia and Thrace have | r ert-iinlv wPl denulnd
resulted In movement* acroi*. tne lh# at t, n tlon of the senate."
border of large groups of both
natlom.
Pence treaties after the world]
war divided the Ulspnted territorr
so that persons of Crook descent
were under the Bulgrainn flag
and theee of Bulgar descent under |
the Greek flag. Radnl feeling i
has resulted In man? dispute* and LegoW cf Nations Non-
maay border incJde_aU. _ p £ B rmnncnt Member-
Elks Barbecue
To Be Given , By Local
Lodge At Washington
St. Home Saturday.
ship. Sendt; Note to
Council.
RIO DE JANEIRO.— (UP) —
Drasil has determined to m!gn
from the League if Nations, it
was revealed Friday in a cable
Anneaneemeni wax made Friday sent hy the government to Hello
that all members, both local and Franeo. Drasllian counsel et
out of town and all visiting Elks | Geneva.
are tnvlted to attend the barbe. After stating that thn Brasilian
cue to be gtven by Athene Lodge |, q, delfver-d to the League
No. 110 B. P. O. Elks at the club Thursday definitely resigned Bra.
home on Washington street Bat. • nil’s non-permanent membership,
urday. the gorernment cable added that
The barbecue will atari nt -with. |„ accordance with the
_ “ - - “ —’* (Inal part cf the League cove-
Crowd To Desert
Historic C h dp e l
ButNoToombsTo
Lure It: Holder
Expected To Run;
<c Battycakers) Eat
Itirn that has bung
on si tbo University of Geor.
8E &
- WASHINGTON^—f UP)— With
Brazil wflhdrawffyr from tlie
League cf Nations and the Tacnn-
Ariru 1 tevi itorial dispute oetwedb
Child -and Peru drifting raj,idly to
:* crisis, officials here are seeking
tew basis for Pan American re
lationships.
I Kfforto will be made to develop
• he Pan.American Union into n
league of Nations of the Ameri
cas to aupplemcnt the aettvittee of
the Geneves organization which
is regarded aa tho becoming es-
; sentllly a European Lcsuue, it.
wa* learned Friday.
I Meanwhile Pan-American har
mony i* threatened by the Tnc-
ra-Aric-v lemur, known ns the
Alsnee.Umine of South Amrrl-
twimi
SNELLING’S RECORD
Col. SnelUnf? came lo the l7nL
vanity in I«88 and was Tom-
nmndant of tho Military CorpH for
several years. He Is a graduate
of Virginia Military Institute with
the degree of Sc.D. For many
years he was heml of the Mathe-
niHtlcK Department, proflident of
Fr.inklln College and Dean ol tha
University.
He is a member of the SJfULft
.N’u Fraternity. . He a Deacon
in the Athene first Baptist church
a director In the National B*»k
‘•f Athens. Bom hern Mutual ' i«t- i
uurnnee Company and preeldenf
of the AthenH Bond Commiislon
which body has handled the bond*
ed lndebtcdniHH of Athene In eo
epiciidld.a manner that Athena
liondn are always in demand at a
premium.
Colonel Snelltng waa proefdent
of the Athens Klwaule Club lait
year and ha.i been active i n 411
civic, rellgfouH and «omiuerclal
enterprlseK in the city during hie
residence hore.
"WIio'h Who" in America etatee
that Col. SnelUng graduated at
V. ,M. I. In 1884. He wa« a «tu-
dent of MnlUcmatlca at the 'tfnl-
veralty of Cottlnen and HerHn *n
189.1.4. Ho hold K thl* degree of A.
SI. from tho UntverKity of Georgia
from tils University of
Jbttshurgh. Ho wns u member of
tho faculty of Virginia Military
Institute before coming
LONDON —0P)— The, Hung
Kong corraaroadent cf the Dally
Express reports that more then
100 Borer ns hire been drowned
and 84.000.e00- in property destroy,
ed'hy floods et Caaton. "
The raflway* In that region nre
nt t standstill.
will atari
seven o’clock and will centlnne
until Ikcrtly after nine o'clock.
OCONEE COUNTY BANK
CLOSES ITS DOORS
WATKIN8V1ULE, GA., —The
Oconee County Bank cloned' It*
doers Thursday and a notice
wieted on the doom-of the hank
by action of the director* for the
but in tenets of tbo*e concerned. Thursday)
neat's, first article. Brasil will no
tify the leigur of Nations secre.
lariat at her Teso'utJon to Mr.
cine the hotwr which she always
bn* appreciated of taking pert in
the Lengnc. thereby completing
with rectitude and. regret her net
of today t meaning the note which
was delivered to the League
pans. that, are largely at.
lenil-il, will be he!d thin year
In . Woodruff, lull - Instead of
In tlie hkitcric chapel, the
beats of graduations ever
alnce long before the day's of
Bob Toombe.- Henry Grad?.,
Alex Stephens and others.'In
crease* t» the number of
graduates and larger crowds
hare forced tb* change and' it'
la safe lo ageert that th-ro
are ouny, eapeclal.y on thd
cam: us. who regret to eeo tha
Mil chapel supplanted by any
other hall:
a hen hten the case for
several year* now that -thds#
who nuuaged .10 gm- In' the
chapel t"V the final -exercises
went there fully an- hour be.
fore starting lime and then
rtnnod and evented for .an-
othc- two heurs. ■ Progress la
no respcctor. ganern’.ly speak-
(pt;. ft . fradftfons und the
growth of the .Upivenlty has
made . commencement day
more rt mfortable for those
who rrme hefe to see their
sou* and daughters get their
diploma*. And WDodnirf hall
.ha* shew that It can outrank,
th- Octagon, because- an nt.
torn:; wn* 'made' before the
ercre’se* transferred end the
Octagon ’ v wdr to have been
(he- near.piece bat the time
wns’t ripe then.
Admiring friends In Jeffer.
son. hU bam* town, 1 -have*.
,npl4 the entrance ' fee of
Chairmen Jobn.N. Holder, for
governor and it Is expected’
Jhat be .will become n candl-
d lie to encceed Governor
Walker. Attention has boon
centered on Mr. Holder nine#
the defeat of road bonds nt
the special section of the leg-
Mature. The leadership, of
the sntMumf taction poems
lo have fallen on hla sboul-
. den and tccordlnf to lit*
friend* he wltl mad* an an-
’ (Torn to Pax* Eight)
Thc.decijien of General William
MPI , Lassiter, American neutral chair-
uiu for nil these many yearn . ;nian of the rdeblseltory cammlsa-
hn.i iiecn broken. Commence, i iovt at-Aricn that a plculscltnry I University. Ho was a member of
inept exercises, that I* those i solution as provided bv the 1 ,b » faculty In the Georgia Mltl-
' ‘" " j Coolidge award,-. is Impracticable I Academy and South -Georgia
- intensified ftreretarv Kellogg’s to - t cllcge. He wns professor of matbo
; find n diplomatic solution of tho ">atlca nud commandant -*
dicoute- through the direct nego-
t-Uion* with the Chilean and Per
uvian ambassadors.
Democratic
! Executive Committee to
! Meet At Court House
j Monday At Noon.
at ‘ the
University from 1888 to 1906; pro-
fensor of mathematics and deaa of
Franklin CoHoro from 1906
1909 and has been profeaaor
mathematics, dean of the Univer
sity'and president of Franklin
Collcgo since 1909. He waa made
Art In* Chancellor of the Univer
sity at a meeting of the Board
of Trustees in Atlanta last year.
Mtrcer Graduate. -» |
Of Dr. Sanford "Who's Who* 4
sayn: Ho was graduated from
Mercer University at *.Muron lu
1890: wan a student tn the Unl-
• * • iiv t f Berlin 1912-13: Ogford
J'nlveralty, Knglnnd. He hold* the
(Democratic Executive Committee
jhan been called for next Monday. „ m „
June 14th, at 12 o'clock Athens , degrer of ’ii tU) . from the Uni-
!*'*“- 11 WM dnnonneed JYfdey by | Ter *Ity of Georgia. Hb was presf.
| -*Ifl**- T .t ‘ 1 dent of Marietta Male Acadeegy
meeting fallows that cf the Iron: |S90 to 1892; principal of
.... _ ,„nat__
State Executive commute
rules sad ngutaflous rotrm'n*
tho primary la thl* ceenty will be
adopted. Closing daleO will '
fixed and assessments decided
uiaa. The meeting will be held
In th*- superior court room at the
ccnri house.
Tha-State Executive committee
nt Ike Atlanta meeting Wedne*.
day set June 3rd a* the closing
date. -The primary, comes ot
September Silt and th* convex
tlcn will be held in -Macon, or
Oct. 8th lf.no eeeond primary Is
Mrs. Owen Loses
W. J. Sears of Kissimee
Indicated As Victor
Over Commoner's
Daughter.
Jacksonville: m—<upi.
With only on* precinct still nn.
heard from Mr. J. Sears from
Klssimme apparently htn defeat,
ed Mr*. Ruth Bryan Owen, dnngh.
ter ot the later WIRUm Jennings
Bryan In the congressional race
tor Up 4th Florida dlatrlct.
Marietta High Schodl from 1893 .to
1S97; supt., of schools In Marietta
from 1897 to 1903 anil became..*
member of tbe 1 Unlverefty of
Georgia faculty In 1903. He ha*
l-ccn profeesor of English I-ang-
uage at the Unlrerslty line* 1913.
Ho la a veteran of the Spaalah-
Amerlean War and was on tb.
staff of the following Cover a ore:
Brown. Slaton and Harris,
a member of Kappa
fraternity, Odd Fellows.-
I', and ■ Is author nn<l co-au-
thbr of several textbooks on gram,
mar. In 1913 he wa* a m. Bibel
ot tho State Council of Defense.
Ho Is n member of the KlwanH
Club. nr. Sahford Is a hroth»r-iu. .
law of D. F. JlcCtatchey veleei
clerk of the Georgia J
Ho lias been faculty director I
Athletics at tho University
several years and Is Dean or
UnWerelty School of Journal!*
for Henry TV- Urady. f
famous southern journalist | n
statesman. 4 He Is president
the Southern Uonlerenre sod
formerly president of the S. f
A. He Is recognized as one
til- ij.-a-l'-rs In -th- a
for the advancement of
athletics,
