Newspaper Page Text
"I Ih.
» air.
■'Wag.
futfo.
®P»o.
't ’tb ■
cUrcl
the WEATHER:
night and
Crntnllr f *ir
jjlrtfon. gentle shifting'winds.
OaDjr and Bandar—II Cante a Weak.
Eatabliakad 1132.
Dallj and Sundaj-Ij Cento a Week.
ATHENS COTTON:
PREVIOUS CLOSE .. .. 23 5-Se
JIIUDL1NG .. ..21 3-tc
I VOL. 95, NO. 308
Associated Press Sersicc.
United Press Dispatches.
ATHENS, GA„ MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1927
A. a C. Paper. Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 8 Cents Sunday.
■ewe
tense
i mi rim mi rnwimr wnmim—
♦-* +-+
egro Man Held In Garrison Slaying Here
BROCK ID SCHLEE
ICNORE ATTEMPTS
MLO BROCK, ALIAS
JOHN BILL RAMEY, IS
HELD IN JAIL ON
CHARGE OF MURDER
E
Carlo Brock, fflas John Bill Ramey, colored, about
'years old, is in Clarke county jail charged with the
Iraurder of F. W. Garrison, Southern railroad em
ploye who was found fatally wounded on the No-'Monday''sTier'thm months7.™
[where road the night of July 16th. Mr. Garrison J*®"'" «"> Bl * lk »'»*» president
lj!.j - r—. I. f*„_ U_ .-I, 1L. r> 1 CnoHdgc enconnlered n series <>f
HOME TO FACE BIG
ISSUES.
INCLUDRI TAX CUT
By Paul R- Mallsn
WASHINGTON. -(UP)- Buck
ot his Usks In the While Honso
■died a few hours after he was taken to the General
■Hospital, having made the statement that he was
■shot by a negro who robbed him.
Tha arrest of Brock followed a
Ion; investigation made of the
murder by all the police and at'
ruin; officers of the county and
|uU leading to the arrest wars
might out mainly by county of-
Ifltrrs Scott Jackson, -Captain Es-
V. Sheriff Jackson and city off!-
rrr- Charlie Seagravea and Hugh
Already in Gang
Brock was arrested several
mks ago for carrying concealed
r jpons whin he wa< arrested by
Officer Nelms of the police de-
urtmet when he saw a .38 caliber
idol drop from his pocket on a
trect corner. When ho was taken
I the county stockade Ofticer
sknon accompanied,Captain Es-
. — in charge of Brock _ _
remarked- to .him formal
i pistol was liable to get'
, [ruble.
the negro had been on the
r _ jveral days hr wrote Mr.
(Jickjon that ho could give him
[[formation who killed Mr. Garri
es and could tell him where his
nidi was anil where $800 worth
If ’•■lien iewrlry was being hid In
I safe. He requested Mr. Jack-
« come and talk tb Mm, hoping
r would pay Ilia fine, which he
■rationed. Tile jewelry story
|proved a myth. ‘
I Brock told several conflicting
litories about hia movements the
■sight of the mnrdcr, implcintijig
lwrnl others in the crime, and
: that the watch was pawned
CITY SCHOOLS ID
LUCY COBB OPEN
IS WEEK '
pressing problem*—the propo
■pedal session or the senate. 1 aiV
nointment of an ambassador in
Mexico and a governor general of
the Phllllpplnea. the new naval
hnlldlng program and tax reduc
tion.
' Moreover, he found hlmielf stid-
denlr vast In a swirl of politics
ovar Ilia statement that lie does
not choose to be a randidato for
the re-election In 1928. Potential
< undldatcs and a rrnup of leadora
are seeking to ascertain what ho
meant by the word, ‘‘choose*.
Without more classification, many
hesitate to get the re.nomination j
campalsn underway.
REFUSE8 AID
LONDON- — (,UP) The
Westminster Goxette Monday
announced it had discontinued
Its financial support of the
projected Trans-Atlantic flight- 1
Ing which Captain Prank T.
Courtney wan to pilot tho
Dornlor Whalo fj^lng boat.
"The flight may therefore be
couulderqd abandoned”. . tho
newspaper says-
Captain Courtney Monday-
wasju Coruna. Spain, where o'
was in Coruna. 8paln. whero he
Ing from England to the Axoros
on the first jump of the trans
oceanic flight to New York.
DR.
[ALLECEO MATRICIDE
[PUT THROUGH THIRD
DEGREE AT SCENE
Here Are Indiana’s Most
Recently Indicted Officials
STREATOR, III.—(UP)
—Harry Hill was taken
early Monday to the grave
in thefe basement of his
home where the body of
his murdered mother was
found and was forced to
go though actions he
in might have followed if ha
n had committed the crime.
11 HUI arrived In Ottawa early
Mouday morning after a barrow,
v , trip across the continent by
Following the resignation of|^ r •* ,l -nr ! ■utomoblle- Shortly be.
Dr. Kufus W. Weaver as preal- for# daylight.-ho was taken from
dent of Mcfcer University, who is the/Jail. It w« learned.
Several thouaand Athena' school!. T* 1 * ,n,e " d ''' lo **® k
children will begin the trek back j °" D ^ c d ,Tm
to ochool Wedneaday. Life around lr * ®" W ®™ »
the achool buildings breams active I ">" Mt » lth ? c °" lor , Cur ?;
Monday morning when teachers publican floor leader to ascertain
repotted and pupils reported who* definitely If Curtis agrees that a
had to adjust their- classes, Thai sueelal donate aes-lon Is deslrablo
ftormal opening of all the city | to get . the Vars-Smtth electrlons
schools will take place Wctfnisdayr contents out Of the wkv heforo-thr
and Prof. Bond, superintendent | reanlar December session,
is expecting a record attendance. I f> n wants to discuss with party
An unusually Urge number of. leaden the new appolnlmanla t"
new teachers replace thoac who In. m .o n .„q t„ wanta to aee all
resigned, mainly on account of ,, rt | nn . involved In (lie naval
ta •& 1 - •« "!~
W^Lu^pen,!
Tueaday, while members of the ™ , «"'* . ".bln-t meeting T “""‘
Frrehman class at. the Unlvrrslty! ' , " r - ,nr fim ’ r „ ln ,h * c,pl -
of Georgia report Wednesday and «al over his •ehoo’b” alaleroenl.
will spend a'Week in preliminary j ha In esrectod to keen hia own :
worit prior to the formal opening nranael. Nollro had been reeelred hLBd * the Mucon Institution.
. -.tteraey Hassell O. Hanaou chief
Southern Baptist Convention, the of polftte Robb and other officers,
trustees of Mercer will meet in They went to the Urge house on
^ , Hn^.^r S ' Pt ' mb ' r Z>rd to n * m * OBO ot lhe Principal residential
a anceesaor. streets of Streator which had
the First Baptist 1 churrlThero, a i'°T\ *!?!** » ln ee ihe body was
graduate of JiercCr and oda of , monb v **"' o
the outstanding alumni of ^hat j® w ** led down the dark cel.
institution in the atete, U btina '*r stairs to the place In the cor.
prominently mentioned to succeed , ° r *be basement where the
Dr. Weaves. He. is a member of , " ,| W' m ""t hsil been removed, apd
the educational committco named the -body of bla moiber burled,
by the trustees and has always Ho looked at the shallow hols
taken a great deal of interest-in In the earth allentty. Then’a dep
ths affairs of hia Alma Mater,
ik-fkt) coming to Athena he wae
doctor of Kio First Baptist church
df Milledgiviile and has been
he-e about five year*.
Abit Nix, prominent Athene
attorney and Bautlet, la a member
of the - Mercer trustee board and
will me
cot with that body in Macon
op the 28rd to name the new
ding .
with J. Bush, local jeweler.
Find Wslrh
_ Upon lavagtigatlen officers
Ifwmi the watch in question at the
I Bosh store; bnt left there for re-
■ Pairs and not In pawn. Tho walch
Isis taken to Pountain Inn, 8. C.,
I'here Garrison's family lived and
Ins identified by Garrison's
liiuehter. It was also Identified
|t>y s record on file at the South-
I'm depot, It h stated. An am-
Irloye of the Bosh jewelry company
|'> uid to have Identified Brock
|u having left the watch to ha ra-
Officers have cheeked ■. on
Ijbwk's stories told and are con-
I f'dent that they are truly only In
|Mrt and that he either killed
I berriaon nr knows something defl-
Imle about the killing. A war
I nut cbarging Wnt wiOl ftp mur*
I'kr wae taken out Monday.
| Baptist Student
Union To Aid
In Registration
on September 21.
The Georgia- State Teachers Col
lege opened last weak and la al
ready down to regular class work.
The High School has two add!
tlonal teachers this year, bringing
the faculty number to 88:
In Tiapld Cltr last weak that re-
nnbllean Isadora would Ilka lo
“smoke him out" on Ihe outn.
lion of whether ho can ho drafted.
Unless they are more successful
III ,ii In \ oraviona . efforts to
"smoke out" Mr. Conlidgo on any
Mr. E. B. Moll, principal; Miss ° 0 U „ whlchhadM no,
amis Turnbull, lad, nHiielnali
Sl L. close to th. president ho.
thews, and Mr». fiwlpht RvtherJ ll,r ® ll ® '* hl1
English department; Nia, Bonnie “*®» “ ™®l r *» » ot «■
Brock, Miasi Ellio .Bradbury. Mr.lP** »• S? 0 ”! •£
u rue iv, rubs / riiiit onmourj, sir,, ... . . _ _ . ,. , , . «
W. K. Carswell, m— Mattie J. I P |lc U denial of hia Intention to be
Kimbrough, and Miss Gertrude » candidate which might be need
Stith, mathematics.
Mias Annie May Conner, Miss
Martha Comer, Miss Mary Pit-
lard; Latin; Miss Mamie Turnball,
Mias Natalie Bocdrk, Mrs. R. C.
Robecn, •Hiatory; Mr. Baaaett Ms-
Ruin', Miss Mary Elisabeth Till-
.1 ut.. I
niann and Miss Mininc Under-
wood, Science.
Mrs. H. E. Taylor, French; Miss
Dolores Artau, Spanish; Miss 8tel-
U SpOriu, Mrs. W. C. Darts and
(Turn Page 8lx)
The Baptist StmU-iii gajau at
Ike University of Georgia bae an.
'"lanced liluus l-i aid. In Ibi, re-
rcpiion ,aud registration of ciu-
dcau catering Iks butttullon this
'•’I- All trains will bn mat by
represantaUrag'ob ho organlaatlon
*"b satomobltaa. add at the rag.
''tratlon ofTIces a group of mem-
ken will he present to. glee to-
lurmatfotj. and aamalanca.
Rev. D. B. NUhelaon. Raptlst
’"riant accretary and pastor.
hulna ..1.1..1 e_ ‘ _.t,t„~ eilatld
kelng sided bTuuMag- pU»s__by
'ke following students: A- J- He-
"""•Id. PItegarsldf 'Harry •Cara.
*•11, Athena, 1 and "O. C.. Joiner,
ptljon. < '
An effort will he made
*kc new students to affiliate *”H
the churches of thalr preference
•" anon as that reach Athena.
Freedman will be expected to
r e*eh Athena Wedneaday. 8«P-
ternder 14. for raglelraUon that
Ary. Dean 8. V. Sanford has an-
"""need, though ud^er eU» , °*® 1 ’*
will not raglator until Saptrmbar
19-21- Td<- Irr-hmcn. •’> ""
at ide university, have "> /*
*rek earlier for orientation, u™
»ork marking the formal openln*
■Mfcc 1*7.1. annual
i ; *iiv of n«*orRia " *
oo September 21.
GIBL”
WILL FLY TO
■M
TAMPA, Fla. — (UP) — The
Stinsoa-Detrolter dlonoplan-, "The
Ameriein Girl," with Miss Ruth
Elder, fair Florida avistrlx about),
was winging its way Monday to
ward .Whesling, W. Va., on > non-
stop flight. • ' '
The pilot, George Haldcman; bald
i aa possible after arriving
cling, the plane would hep
r Roosevelt Field, N. Y„
la Wheel!]
off for
“and then for Paris."
Mias Elder said before climbing
into the cockpit that the hoped the
actual trans-Atlantic flight would
start before Saturday. She said
she had no Intention of abandoning
the attempt because ef recent dis-
;■> prevent him from being drafted
It the partr deal red to draft him-
Mr. Coolldge. motored lo the
renovated Whltq, House Sunday
arrived at 10 p. m.
Mayor, Duvall
Scheduled For
Trial Monday
INDIANA POLI8.—(DP)—May.
or Jchn DuvaU of Indianapolis,
one of (he principal targeta of the
flossier political forces alleging
widespread corruption in the
xtat^, waa to rto on trial Monday
for violation of the corrupt prac
tices act
DnvaU is charged with failure to
report a campaign contribution of
914^00. Under the state law. all
uty handed him a shovel. was
pushed forward and, to "dig In
there".
Hill, turned a shovelful of earth
reluctantly then put tho shovel
down. r\
"Is that the way you did It",
Stnto'H Attorney Hanson asked
him, according to members of the
partr.
"I told you I wouldn’t s»* aov.
thing until the time camo". Hill
barked at his accuser.
More "prodding" by the officer/
failed to bring the confession, tbty
had hoped might result from the
nocturnal visit.
Finally tho youth was lakon
twenty miles back to the county
Jail at Ottawa.
Utmost secrecy wae used by ;o.
lire to guard H\U*S movement.
When be was taken from the ‘all
and when he entered, a man
dressed simlVrly would proceed
him and go in another direction.
Authorities f- ;ir-d ni"'. ’• i-•»'
or possible abduction by friendly
kidnappers.
TO DISSUADE THEM
TOKIO.— (UP) —Wil
liam S. Brock and Edward
F. Schlec will leave Omura
Flyinjf Field Tuesday, it
was announced Monday,
enroute to thjs city. The
pair was forced .down at
Omura in the monoplane
Pride of Detroit, in which
they were enroute to
Past the half-way mark in thetr
flight around the world, Brock n’kd
Schleo have encountered fog and
storms threatening failure to thfli®
attempt at cifcum-navlgatlng t!i«
globe in record time.
After leaving Shanghai at
a. m. Sunday, the aviators crossed
the Yellow Sen on srhedu'e time.
Then they encountered heavy *og
and lost their direction- They re
turned up at tlio Omura Field, five
hundred twenty miles from Shang
hai and six hundred, ten miles
from Toklo nt 3:30 p. m. Sunday.
When they arrive hero they will
find Americans ready to give them
a reception—and prayerful advice.
Cablegrama have poured In
upon the United States Fmbassy*
all urging the filers to abandon
the plan to cross tho Pacific In
whleh tho piano which took them
leafely across tho Atlantic and
into the Orient.
^Thus far Crock and fichtoe bav*
Indicated they will follow thell •
original plans but friends am
hoping that recent traus-ocsanlQ
disasters and the bad weather the
aviators have met In the past two
days will encourage a change of
mind.
If they deride to go the rest of
the way by Igilt they will bo un
able to beat the existing record
for globe circling of 2R 1-2 days.
Brock and Bchlee left Hnrtwf
Grace, N. F. IB days ago and aomn
10.600 miles remained to be tra
versed. .i }
JOHN L. DUVALL
ED JACKSON
Three of the hjen pictured above, including Governor Ed Jackaon,
oT Indiana,_ have b?cn indicted on a charge of having tried to buy
Iprhft Governor Warren T. McCray. Mayor John L.
haa been indicted charging violation of the
Robcit I. Marah, Indianapolis klan attorney
patronage! fro
Duvall of Ind innapoli
corrupt practices act.
and Georg* V. Coffin, Republican county ehairman, were named
the Indictment charging Governor. Jackson. The Indictments were
the outgrowth of revelation by D. C. Stephenson, former klan dragon,
Lunacy Board
Says Mrs. Snyder
Is Not Insane
new serving a sentence for murder.
bight Immediately after bis train monies donated for political cam-
(Turn to Page Thrss)
FORMER ATHENIAN FI^DS
AUTO TRAFFIC GOING TO
FLORIDA VIA DIXIE ROUTE
According to Dudley II. Taylor,
former member of the v Banner.
1 am going to buy my -now
clothes in Pari*—and that In a
week.” she smiled.
The Stlnxon-Detroiter monoplane
was flown here last week from
Detroit'4n a non-stop flight ever
eleven hours. 4 left th® municipal
flying field at ri a. m. Saturday,
but a handful witnessed the de
parture.
inrmer uicmucr m mu imuuci-
Herald staff and gradual, of tbs
floury W. Grady School of Journ-
altsm now editor of tho Hopkins.
Title (KM New.Era. a north to
south tourist routs Is being com.
plated from the middle wait to
Florida, through Kentucky, Ten.
ih sad Georgia.
■Mr. Taylor Is in A then* on a
visit and drove down tn bla car.
He Hid he had fine going nntll he
reached the Georgia line sooth of
Chattanooga andthat It then took
him about twice u long to make
similar mileage as It did In Ken-
tacky and Tennessee.
Wbat Mr. Taylor lays about
Ibis' north-sonth rente, known ae
the Dixie highway, shows Ihe Im.
portance of Improving the high,
ways that come into Atom from
the north and east, tha Bankhead
and the Calhoun and the local
branch of tbs Scenic If lonrlam
travel le t> be maintained this
war.
His statement follows:
Tha routs from Chattanooga via
Romav Atlanta la now under
construction for som* distance
apd parts of the road, which le
being advertised In toe north as
toe great norlh-slde tourist travel,
la being poshed to eompletlSn.
■ Acrese Country
From toe Canadian border down
through Michigan. Indiana. Ken-
tucky and Tennessee runs a rout.
that In the next five years Is el.
pected to-he the one treked by a
majority of toe tourtita to and
from Florida: Thla Touto;' accord,
ing to the automobile clubs of Ihe
big cities' of bolt a dozen stain
t-oiith of Michigan, la tho logical
outlet forone of the mokt congest-
ed - population j centers of United
States to tho mecca of ha tourist.
Florida. ,
At a recant meeting at Pine,
hunt. North Carolina, thousands
of good, roads enthusiast, members
of various automobile clubs of the
eastern half of the United 8tatea
and government officials discuss
ed the marking; of various trann-
continental and north-soutb
routes- After a bitter tight. It waa
derided that U. ft- 4t should be
designated as the all toe year
round tourist rente from Canada
through Michigan. Indiana and
Kentucky. Tennessee to Atlanta
and on snotfi to Florida.
An organisation has bnu form
ed To promote the construction of
links In that Tourist routs through
various southern states. Whan
two or ton* projects la Kan r |
-"A 'wo in Tennessee are u.
Pie ted and Georgia finishes be.
program In the northwestern part
of the state, there will he opened
the flood gates of a tourist h-.
through the state of Georgia
(Turn to Page dig)
REVIEWING
-COLLEGE..
VACATION
ATLANTA, Ga.— (UP! —Two
b«llooii3 were flying high over
Georgia at ndd-moming. apoareht-
I" leaders In the Gordpn-Bennett
cun race.
Efforts to Identify th- craft at
that time were unsuccessful.
A large white bag. seen parsin',
over towns in central Georgia,
appear to b- leading tho way.
South of Atlanta, moving ttr-ard
th- Gulf of Mexico, three hundred
lira awav. wns mother balloon.
The- number of entrien remain,
ing In the air remained uncertain
as tho second day since the shirt
In Detroit went. on.
Four are known down In the
Carolines, and the mountains of
Tennoscc and North Otorgin
may have |„ea toe resting flare of
> of them.
SEEN PASSING OVER
LAWRKXIEVILLE
Frank Holder of JarttHn counlv
ss In Athens Monday and stated
that the balloofls wen eeen at
Lawrcncevlllo also and created
quite a stir.
By Olive Roberta Berlin
Now’s the time to snmmar-
iav tha college boys vacation.
An editorial writer nys, “In
FIVE KILLED
I 8UMMJ.T, Mo. *=dUP)- Five
aemhers of one family ware killed
ear hero when a Missouri Pacific
trala crashed Into their motor cor.
Another waa seriously Injured.
The- train waa traveling at a.
high rata of spaed when It struck
toe car at a grade crossing. 1
through tha summer
tn pay for thalr coUega tuition
and thought nothing of it.
That seems out, of fashion to-
day.”
I thought It wns the other
way. I suppose most af us
judge things by our own cxr
perience. As tha editor Is
evidently bulging by his, m
may I perhaps t» permitted to
judge by mitia. uni to psu my
opinio nalong.
The college.- boyg" I knew
tw enty-odd, yean ago came
home in the summer, wore
peg-top 'trousers and bull-dog
abase, smoked pines, hired
rubber-w heeled runabouts from
the liveries to take their glrb
driving/ plunked mandolins,
and occasionally collected in
humhes and yelled to an ad
miring world horrible war-
■' ics called college-yells.
These war-cries are now kept
on ico for the football season.
Neither has tha avayaga eal-
b.ge boy time for mandolins
cr sporty poses. Ha has more
to do than idle the summer
away!
Dances7 Carat Girls? With
every concession to your side
of the argument, that, if the
college boy works, ha works
for spending money, I shall
add that whatavar tha Incen
tive may be. ton revolt Is that
he fa not only learning to
ing vacation. And all of his
money Is not going into park-
(Turn to page sU-2 .
U'itH tiie goal set n[ five hun
dred members the Woodmen of
ton World Membership committee
will start another campaign Tues
day In an effort to makn tho Atft.
ens camp the largest camp in ex
istence. .
The Athens camp needs only
flro hundred and eighty two mem-
tn equal any camp and five
hundred to mak? It the larreM.
The announcement of Secretary
C. C. Thomax of the Chamber of
Commerce in regard to the mem
bership drive is as foliowa:
"CpI. M. (i Michael, chairman
of tlio general committee of the
Woodmen of the World drive. In
pursuanco to resolution adopted
at a mass meeting of cltfzuis oil
last Monday night, SeptemDer 5,
has arranged for a general mem
beruhip drive, to bi?gin at two
o’clock Tueiiday. Soptember 13.
three-day Inncheon beginning at
two o’clock Tueaday, September
13, has been arranged at the Y.
M. C. A. building, where a gener
al committee of 125 members havo
been Invited to meet for tho pur-
of starting tho drive. Tt Is
pointed out that with the addition
al 500 ntw member* th* local
Woodmen of tho World camp will
become*the largest camp, not only
tn Georgia,' but In th* United
States. It.is the ambition of the
committee to obUin this number
before the arrival of Sovereign
Commander F)ras*r and the Exec- i
utlva Committee the latter part |
of ctober It Is planned to In- |
L {Turn io fit sU-i,
OSSINING. N. Y. —fTTP)— Tb*
State Lunacy Commission has e*.'
amlned and pronounced sane, lira.
Ruth Snyder and Henry Jedd
Gray, nnder sentence to die *»r
the murder of Mrs. Snyder'* has*
band. Albert.
Prison attaches reroaled fht£ .
although Gray was mentally weHJl
.aam—a kfa If9re
wan saddened because his Ilf*
long friend, Hadodn Gray, of Syrt,
ruse, had failed to visit him In tb*
death house.
Hadijon Gray testified at the
trial In which the corset salesman
was convicted. The latter bad
sought Haddon’s help in tbe fdr*
mstlon of an alibi which wa*
pierced by police.
Madison County
Boy Dies In
Gastonia
tiMiktti
Vaughn Faulkner, age 18. died
iddenly at the home of hW
mother In Gastonia. N. C, Sunday;
f-rnlnx nt five o’clock.
Mr Faulkner was born In Mad- 1
Ison county and lived ther® until
months ago when ke moved
to {JaYtnnla-
Funeral services will be con,
I ducted from the Colbert fcaptlst
rhf eh. of which the deceased
was a 'member. Tdcsday after,
noon at thre* o’clock with Rev.-
Brown. rastor of the church offli
r'otl" 0 ’. Interment will bo tn
the Colbert cemetery- Bernstein
Brothers funeral home In charge.
Resides Ms mother. Mrs. Myrtl*
Faulkner, the young man Is sur
vived by threo sisters. Mlises Ma
Winnie and Mearlenc Faulk
ner of Gastonia: seven brothers,
PVo Faulkner. Charlotte. N C..
Faulkner. Greenville. S. C-
Oulllsn- Homer. Woodrow, LeRojr
and Ruddle Faulkner, all of Ga*-.
tonla: grand parents. 'Mr. s**«f
W. M. Threat of DanlelsvGl#
and Mrs. Nancy Faulkner of Col-
Fnulkner’s minv friend*
wl’l r*»Kr»t to learn of his suddedt.
H'*ith. He was a good cbriatluf
Jt..i .. I.
\
^