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THE WEATHER:
Fair Sunday. Slightly Warmer.
BANNER
Dally aad Sttaday-ll Ceuta a Week.
Established 1832.
Dafly and Sunday—U Centa a Week.
ATHENS COTTON:
No JIarkct—Holiday^ 5
VOL. 91,‘ NO. 301
Associated Press Service.
United Preaa Dispatch*,.
ATHENS, GA, 8UNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1927.
A. B. C. Paper. Single Coplea 2 Centa Dally. E Ceuta Sunday.
Baseball Outcast Bares New Scandal Sat.
Of The City
4-—4-
Are Enviable
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4-4- 4—4- 4*-4* M f 4-
Tide Ties Stanford's Cardinals
BOWL, PASADENA, Calif.- (UP) -The
il football championship of America still was
decided Saturday night.
hrilling the largest audience that ever witnessed
fomia’s East-West classic in the Rose Bowl. m v<w I „
rd and Alabama fought to a 7-7 tie game here, appointed hbt'Vwasnot
the most powerful gridiron battle in the his - -
Hundreds of Athenians
journeyed to the Epps
Flying Field Friday and
Saturday afternoon in the
anticipation of seeing the
famous daredevils of the
Cody Flying Circus per
form their thrilling stunts
in the air. They were dis-
1
iRlre for three
111 OF
ions, 1 Jority of ft-.cs, cw^were ‘‘import-
_ especially on Saturday,od," that i* oatftnte brought in
Tide came back in the. final ^tsmoon, were such as to othc* counties for treatment.
scored a touchdown and goal
r Everybody Has A
Welcome For
New Year
, But two of thes# patient* eiod. In
make ordinary, flying, 1921 hen! we „ ll2 „,** with is
much less performing death* which shows how roarveL
stunts, absolutely danger- .^.Wh^S, 5S
ous.
The Cody Circus is in Atlanta
and the weather conditions or.
both Friday and Satm^ay made
the chief pilot decide that to put
on the stunt'-, which bad been nd-
A8HINQTON. HA*)— Hiving
another milestone in the
march of time citizen* of the
vertised would be suicidal. There* single caue be Rig recorded hare,
fore the "circus d!<t not show up. [ In 1922 thena were 14 cases. In
Ben Epps, proprietor of tho lo-11923 there were 5 cases, in 1924
cal flying field. staUd to the Ban*
ner-Hcrald Saturday night that
al cepilol, led by president i ho had tad a conversatloiv over
ted Saturday to ertetnd 1 long-distance telephone with Dour
volcomo to tlia birth ot ' D »™- J ni '» t “? »* ih ? dr '
- . | cus. and that Mr. Davl* had prom*
’ ised that he and his flyers would
noise accompanin? tho | be on hand Sunday afternoon if it
i29 efjll ringing In their were possible for the nlanes to
t ilw populace was at | battle their way from Atlanta to
nfntl o(tabor'
Mr, Earn ststpd that after two of small pox here while In 1911
memorable on, I «hort flights Saturday afternoon,. the city end county
already pasted .he woe forced to!call his plane to caUy free from the dlseoec.
book the'ground hi the wind wn* blow- About 5,000 people of
' „ ling inch a gain al to make flying'county hart been vaccinated since
custom, Prcat-> ^ally dannerous a-d lanriinn In 1 the flnt cast was reported. Of
*****> t *_y the cross current wind, extremely i this number 2,148 hkv» been vee-
ramalnlnt harardons. jclMted In.the.offIce of tho health
The Cody flyen were ready to officer. Dr. Bogby states that
crura to Page Fleet I (Turn to Page Fives
rom The
List Of Dangerous
Diseases Reported
With the exception of an increase in the number of j interna "
ma>rsn omoiinnY ovof fho nrovimm veflr. Athens and! tional situation
TELE
WASHINGTON.-
(AP) — The dawiiing of
1927 finds the United
cases of smallpox over the previous year, Athens andjttonal situation more mud-
Clarke county enjoyed a health record in 1926 that, died perhaps than any
places them among the leadingxities and counUes of sinceAhe worldfc
the country from a health standpomt. , 0 t tho Nicaraguan and m
According to figure* made pnh- ■ questions' do not appear bright
“ ‘nM^rarag*gai*sM^w^ 'and President Coolidge I*--*
11HISTORT OF THE GAME
Urairt ofr«« *J?& *Tm Flames Damage i P*wt. tho press „t the
neaitn onwer, Mere v ,**. . , , -ito chow “an American attitude”
cases of typhoid fever In the . I _ _ 1. Fnnyinla ;.:vl .Stand Ix-htnd the od(pmLstra-
' - J ' r .-V * * *9 '•wMMVIV.lO. , - rfforw t„ uphold'existing
Shot By Guard Tin; 1-ivil strife ill Nicaragua
where American naval forces lmvo
■ ■ .been landed to protect American
BRUNSWICK, OA„ -MB- Tire ’ SS^lS^X^ew 'jlertS^'
Olrdn county jail woe damaged by , n j land* law»,.whl?h took effect
firo thtuvduy and fvur prisoners |nst midnight, remain, ia status
wore accldentaly shot by a court nt. ,| 1IC . p, f cr as thi countrv * pol.i-y
toehe, who was guarding Ultra while is concerned. Bur both question,
tho tire was being brought under are developing new turns with re.
oontrot. ‘ gard to tho individual party'i
When the (be started official, at concerned,
the county quickly assembled and Adolfo Dj,l. conservative Pres,
arming themselves, went to escort idem of Nicaragua, who has been
the prisoners to safety. rcrognised by the United State s.
Over twenty men were being I, marshalling his forces to, slay
held In the Jail. Single file ihcy were tho advance of the liberal army,
marobod to anetber section ot the h-nded by Juan Sacasa. former
building and gathered In a (Ire proof vice president, who is recognised
room. ,bv Mexico, after having denied
H. F. Jenkins, clerk ot court, w*e charges that ha was receiving aid
armed, a with a repeating rifle. It from American bankers and re.
accidentally discharged and the fused a meditation offer by his
bullet* hit the cement Cbor, clcnc. neighbor, Costa Rica.
t»Ui* and striking the (our man. _ A policy of watchful waiting
All are expected to recover.
lags t he figures were littlo chant
ed from the past year with but
one death.
No Diphtheria.
Athene was absolutely free
from diphtheria last year, not a
CHICAGO. — (UP) —• Charles Risberg, outlawed
< from organized baseball in 1920, for his part in the
. settlement j baseball st andal of 1919, when the Chicago White
nn« exitan Sox threw a world series to Cincinnati, appeared be
fore Commissioner K. M. Landis Saturday night and
made fresh charges of a scandal.
Risberg told Landis that in 1917 the Detroit dak
“threw” four games to the White Sox—two double,
headers, the last played between the two teams that
year.
there were 2 cases and in 1925
there was one case. '
There wero 41 msec of small
pox treated hero in 1926, mainly
during th > past two month,. This
mild epidemic, both In extent and
seriousness, was brought here
through a circus crowd, it hat
been stated and none of the 41
patients treated was over vaccin
ated. In 1924 then won 72 caret
practl
long;
New
Rouse
Dean S. V. Sanford Is
Defender Of College
Football Against
Chicago Dean
Dean 8. V. Sanford of the University of Georgia
turday returned from New York, where he at*
i the annual*convention of the National Colle-
Athietic Association which was held at the
Astor.
iford took a prominent
a of tho con-
. the leading
>nae of the college
it la played to-
nothlng but clast teams compet
ing with similar elks* trains from
other colleges;
5.'Two raralty team* for-mrory
institution to prevent* Mg game,
and big gatherings. Dean. Wilkins
would have YnVe i and Harvard
each possess two flams so that the
same day there was a game
> one al
ha, been adopted with regard to
the new Mexican oil laws which
w-nt Into effect while American
c'l operators owning extensive in
terests there were adopting a tacit
agreement to refuse to apply for
I the reouired confirmatory conces
■’ i The;
jw ___
the privilege of renewal In lieu of
According to Inlormatton gath-1 WhUe'^operstors ’ who failed to
•ted b7 Dr. R. R. Moton, proei- confirm their titles will -renounce
dent of Tnskegee to.tltute, there, theli- rightTunder the law." they
wen 29 persons lynched In the 3^ not have their property con-
Voltad States ta 1924. The fig- flsrated recording to tho Mexican
urea gathered by thle colored edn. embassy. In other word* the
29 Persons Were
Lynched In 1926,
•’a* v ^ » *nw gniuiicu tuutitiiiiivuiy '■«*!
ting. In (iPftrms *l«n under which they would
l/ne Ml ueurgia , (lw 50 and 80 year leases wjth
cator are as follows:
baity says, thug will lose their
EARTHQUAKE DOE
DAMAGE SAT.
Now li.ircn there would
Cambridge, to the end mas '
Students would stay at home. j i Of the
The following report of the.de. there were
bate on intercollegiate football dc-1 (Turn
gaasffiBJisBgBI
and writS hr Petw Vlschar:
-IntcrrolIegiaU football Is on
trial today,” said Dean Wilkins,
speaking carncatly to intent list
eners. "As the game is at pres
ent constructed, it interferes se
riously with the education of 98
per cent of tho general mass of
undergraduate students.
“The overexcitement about foot-
ihaikHncrrcses as the sea-on ad-
(Tursi to Cage Five)
■
“There were 29 peftohe lynched “privileged position. 1
In 1929. This Is It more than the —
number 1« for 19U, It more than
the number 19 for: 1914. lose then
thd number 3l (or 19», and 19
leea than the namher 67 for 19t2.
The court* had acquitted one of
th, victim*, n of the persons
lynched were taken from tho
handA of th* law, I from jail* and
It from otflcert ot the low outside
of Jails, t fit tha persons lynched
war# trbmen.
-Thec. wero I) Instances in
which officer* of »», lew prevont-
htart&ra^Silra anVW*1n W Smh“ CALEXICM. Cal. -W>--E*rth.
sarJEtfShr a:
guards augmented or other pre. Valley at at alwut two
caution* taken. In 9 other In. s U 2S?i
tir ran?' ccr •»> MexUall, adjacent border cit-
STSJtad ie«. cau.br daaaagewhkhit taes-
^ thnstw. will WPrirtSE
ed. Of the J4 persons thus before, q-wj, Irtu , m tha -Amert
In* from
ABJECT FEAR BE
TIE MASK. SHS
In payment for the throw*
Ramos. Risber* sau\ the White
Sox plavers each put $46 into a
pool and turned the money over
to Bill James, a Detroit pitcher,
I for distribution. Fuither remun*
orations to Detroit were made in
! 1919. Ruberpr added,
White Sox M 8luffed” two games
to Detroi'
' The money collection was tak«»
up in New York after the White
Sox had gone east to finish the
| season, Risberg said.
‘Clnrenco Rowland, then mana«
k<t of the White Sox, proposed
the idea,” Risberir said. ‘‘Chick
Gandil took up the collection. I
paid Si5 cash and so did most of
.. th(> othcr i, except Red Faber, who
ATLANTA tWV* The ordi* gnv’c a chc r k to cover his own do-
naiy processes of law have been nations rnd the ones for two or
rendered “totally inadequate” to j three others.”
meet the situation brought about „ Chick and , went to p h , Ud((I .
by a series of recent acts 6f Mo- phin the r.cxt day-we hsd no
tance attributed to bands of mask- „„„ of our own l to meet j, m „.
ed men in Toombs county where a W c found him at his hot.l in a
tenbrized populace has been rok „ UMtair5 with thpM or
overawed by small mmoritiee, four other players. Chick hand.
Solicitor General A. S. Bradley,
of the Tocmba circuit, declared in
a written report Saturday to Gov
ernor Walker.
The report, which dealth with
the flog^fag on Christmas Eve of
Wimberly E. Brown, prominent
attorney near Lyons, stated that
tho latest outrage had cast a pall
over the town and added that it
was “next to impossible to obtain]
even the most meagre iuforma-
ed him the money, saying ‘Here’s
a litt’e donation’.”
“All right, I’ll take care of the
fellows, James replied.” according
to Risberg.
“It’s al! set, Rowland remarked to
S mes were to be thrown just
re the ttart of the last series.
Risberg was to return to his
me near our dugoui, just before
the game started,” Risberg told
; tlon” ns to tho identity of tho .Judge Landis.
P hooded assailants because t "ma- j "When Detroit came
tho penitentiary; S for terms rang. , OT „ rdary !ine BI)d MexlcaU. on the
| M W from 4 to 29 year, and 1 for McTff^skH *fi£?»dta,»«r
the end that thei IN*- ‘ £■■ ' '
(Turn to page alx.)
Succumbs At
Richmond
..frack to
play us in 1919.” Risberg said,
“the hoys thought we owed thpm
D a „ f\ somethin:.* for the 1917 series so
I*vV a vOnu vil vt tl.ifw tliem a two game s«-
. r
• Asked how* these games wera
I thrown, Risberg said: \ }
“Probably in both the fielding
and pitching. I don’t re mem b®*
'.v'no v,-.js v,itching for us, but },
. RICHMOND. VAra— (/P)— .The f or on «, playe-l out of position at
Kt. Bev. Denis-J. O'Conneil. termer ,hortston and let some of the balls
bishop of Richmond and titular g t » hy me that I oth-rwiso might
brad ot the Jlohian CaiBollc dleo- have gotten." ,
ceso.of Mlramo, Syria, idled here home late Saturday nioht
Saiurday.. , • t home late Sathrday nigiit but
1 promised to apoear before Judge
Landis again Wednesday morn-
fng at which time the Judge ssii.
he would 'mil in some of thf* WhiW*
Sox plavers mentioned by Risbafc*
in his dis» , lo*"re8. mZ'?t
Absolved Wood
N1TW HAVEN. Conn—(L'P)—Jc*
I Wood, coach of the Yale basebaJ|
LOS . ANGELES, CAL., —(/F)— team, wll he absolved of all wrong-*
Mrs. Ruth F»ttr pni4»m«» doing In rnuggnil w* h th* recanA-
•of Kenneth Onnl»;on,'-f lft i,| >a H ocandei In an official ■♦»te*c
Mrs. McPherson
Must Go Before
Bar, Keyes .Says
, MArtKrei.
THE NEW h** ^ ^
At tho FtrsTSTtbodtat church | ttc al^mUnri
isi-JMf.B.r.ir. P. KWHEWMEFtaSS. to S a-alttng th,
Pastor will preach a sermon .t^ HlW but several persons'l arr now candui
ropriato to tho Now '-“r. jU^r n ali.-htlv hurt when struck'
explanation will be made o'*^-- - -
lost misunderstood passagi
the Bible.
All uro welcome.
Three Men Lose
indicated Hatur- — * * V*«
Lives In Fare
Saturday Ni|