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ivy. a» ATHENS COTTONS Imibbling ., ...... ./ 20 l-gc PREVIOUS CLOSE ...... 20e BANNER- \D»nj and Sunday—13 Cent! a Week. ■atabUsked 1MI V0I„ 93, Na 2S1 Associated Preai Settle*. United Pten Diipatehee, 17 POUNDS AT BIRTH" A ENS, GA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1827. DtOr tad Boday—II Cents a Week. TEE LEATHER! .j Generally Fair Tuesday Night and Wednesday. I A & C Paper. Sir,]* Coplea 1 Cent# Daily. I C*ats Sunday. Two Women Flyers May Perils Of Atlantic Ocean Alone NEGLEY WINNER IN INDIANAPOLIS MAYORALTY ROW INDIANAPOLIS, Ind—(UP)- Temporarily frea from .the moat bitter factional warfare it haa seen in yearn, Indianapolis Tues day feared another serious politi cal upheaval. The appr;henaion fallowed set tlement of the controversy which centered around tho mayor's office and kept the city virtually with- , out a legal city executive for al most a week. This fight waa halted when superior, court Judge Joseph MIL nee upheld the claims of Claude F„ Negleyi one of the four claim ants to the mayor’s office, and Neglsy took charge of the city as Mrs. Eva Bliss of Cleveland the cither day became the mother of a , m “' “, r ri ™" t , cm ', • . , lli-liound baby girl. The infant, l|Orii apparently lifet.ss, breatiled I •'““** Milner a decision perma- Iafter physiciana mid spent the'entire night woikinv to give the child incntly restrained lia M. Holmes. The father, Frank Ruas, says the blnc-eyrd. girl wilt be named lanothcr claimant from interfering | Catherine. . with Negiey’s duties and inan- Intueh as the other two seekers of jtbj office have indicated they would await court decisions on I their claims, it is thought Negley 'will be allowed to rule unmolested. I Negley will hold office until Noventber 8, when the council will appoint a permanent mayor. Thomas Resigns Post As Goes With W. 0. W\ LEAST IS FAIR : . . I TO BULLDOGS | Failure of Chamber of Commerce to Raise Suf ficient Budget Given As Reason For Resignation. c. c. Thomas, who has been I wrr'ary.managor of the Athens Chamber or Sommerce for the last J I an years Tuesday resigned- I - iiV -because tha .Chdmbw I r-imneree has faned to provide n I infill lent budget for Its operation I fur the new year." .■■■'■ I Mr. Thomas Was appointed As. | Mutant State Manager of the PA BIS. — (UP) — Ruth Elder nd .Captain George Haldeman i»avc reiused consider, sugges tion r,f Flatter to American trans- Atlautip fiightr. this season. Ml?s Elder has rejected the of fer that she fly to America as the passenger of a French aviator. At the same time Captain Halde* nian tufr.d down a proposition that he nhould fly to the United States, with a French girl as a passenger. (•itV too late to fly the ocean now this season. Moreover if I c|er try It again I hope it will l»e # Ruth Eld:r.” Haldeman said. vThc* co-pilots of the plane Amer- fcln (inI were t; visit th? Chateau at Versailles Tuesday and to dine with Morris Boknnowsky, minister Of commerce and aviation. Chancellor Charles M. SnelUng Chancellor Charles M„- Snelling who has teen confined at the W-ss- it Emory, FAILS B-Asisusaias „ p I, - n i n r nr !K SSiSNMKiSSfS S8ICI0E OF 08wwsrafins'aSSHfJHS? U U I U t M L Ul liu rnn hcs {rom naattnt th(! eleveI1 day in his office at the Unlvtr- “ *—"-Us?. 'JaiEijUttA mnA.n^t. rn» —•'Ittrtradin -of''Agriculture's! cpftoir WALTER HAGEN IS LEADING PROS IN TOURNEY DALLAS, Texas —(UP)—Wal- ter Hagen, four times American professional golf champion, ’foes. da T let a field of 88 golfers as match play in the ' Professional Golfers Association tournament. Hagen scored Ul to lead the field in the qualifying rount Monday and his albliity at match play made him a strong favorite to win the, title again, THREE GEORGIANS WILL RECEIVE CARNEGIE MEDAL PITTBURQH. Pa. — Iff)— Car. ncgle Hero Fund Commission medals for bravery hare been awarded for the acta of three Georgians, two of whom died In attempting to 'pars lives of oth. us one fit for national honors. Tho record of the Bulldogs - (UP) - l .t,JSt' t !flJ"™W^a* , ?h?l.*^ Friend, Of. tho Chancellor are MEMPHS3, Tenn. - (UP) - 'third string men piny tho major J.™?’ ““ MHiant maie manager oi me ^Fhe Columbia Savings Bank, with part of minor Rimes, ones they ii u.-j *? t u «%!!!,# a ?it ar ® if? Woodmen of the World on Monday faep^dts of $MT,,000 and Christmas W erc on ice. As a remit, here is iome the m cfif U nf hT. dfectlv© Tuesday. November 1. Strings accounta of about 130,000 t he Georgia record nows figment W fc f hl / on * fjii9r* iMt foliowTng'the opcratTon','which l" ver '“‘liate of about 7.- ■ - ---Ha *-*-•’-was net ofj having been entirely compiled from data gath- Mr. Thomas stated TuastUfy that tie local Wo-dmen of the World r »mp will undertake to make tho k’adquuriora of tho Assistant Hutto Manager In Athens. He will to to Waycroas Tuesday to ad- Irets the Camp in that city Wed nesday morning, returning here Thursday. Mr. Thomas declared that he Mlaves the National headquart ers of the Woodmen of the World *11! bo/located in Athena and will ronttnue hie efforts to that end. The, letter of resignation was addressed to Ablt Nix. acting rrea. Meat of the Chamber of Com- A copy of Mr. Thomoa’ letter follow*: Mr. Ablt NIs, Acting Pres.. Athens Chamber of Commerce. Athens, Georgia. My dear Sir; ■ I beg herewith to haltd you my resignation as geeretary-Manager nf the Athena Chamber of Com- merce to become effective today. November lit. 1927. This resignhtlon la made neces. >>ry by reason of the fact that the rhambor of Commerce has laded to provide a sufficient bud. net for Its operation for the new year. Very truly yottra. C. C. T@OI Secretary-!' SAFE IS LOOTED IN AMERICAN POST AT NANKING won closed Tuesday bvt State Bank Examiners, following the suicide late Monda v of Charlis L. Tucker 49, president. Petition for a volntary receiv ership will be filed later in th-’ day. Georgia 32; Virginia 0. , Georgia 14; Yale 10. Georgia 32; Furman 0. Georgia 33; Auburn 3. Georgia 31; Tulane 0. Anyone who saw either the Tu lane or Auburn games knew that The Columbia Mortgage Com- )f McCrary and the Bulldog’s othr pany, parrot organisation or the „ choice backa had bfen allowed '»vjng» bank, with liabilities ot t 0 r0 mp any appreciable time. 1900,000, represented In the Is- .cores heaping up shore 50 ar.d suance of uncertified debenture 60 would have resulted, bonds, also suspended bualneaa Woodruff atatted the aeaaon v ?l“n‘*ry Petition In bankruptcy gloomy. Georgia had no back- will be filed later In the day. field men available. The line waa The presidency of the twin in- miroraile. Tho old punch was stitutlons fired a bulled through lacking. hi. brain at hi. home late Monday. B „ t the Mmt , o{ Dad)eyi Hooka, Nash, McCrary, Shiver are today heard throughout the South an those of probable All- Southern choices. There is nc doubt the Georgia elavon surpria ed ltael(. Versatile, aggressive, pounding In attack and fighting on defense, it appears to be the ■ftroneest in the South todar. This, despite thtTYale game. Yale fumbles, mlsplaya and use of second -.ring men rrevented the Ella froliT winning, tho south hears. Dixie counters with a re minder or the^ourth quarter when the Vale eleven pounded through to the shadow of Georgia's goal Tho nonrd of Directors of the posts but couldn't get over, rang Women's Christian As.wcl. -.... footh .„ «___ i,, , h„. mmf Ihn ,l.tn nf Iholr . “ 1O0 ' n “" tlgUrBS 116 S ■PEKIN, China.—t/Pi—The far-.- 'ho American conauiate at Nan- , "a has bean opened and its con- '" n, » *V>leu, according to official l r '‘Porta through forelfii sources li.rs from Nuking.- The contents Intruded colonial sliver heirlooms Mongtng to John j. Davis, consul rod bound voluaei ot the consul. correspondence which are be. ■ hawked on th* streets.of Nanking for e fow'cents. Tho consulate haa been unoceu- i"r<l since March 24. hut bae been hinder guard of national trtopa. SEABOARD WANTS ANOTHER ROAD IN GEORGIA , WASHlNQTON.^W>>—Pcrmls. I'lon u> lnatn|4Ua|a milas cf the south Georgia Bhllway, running wont Adel. On., to Hampton s Crlngs, Fla., was sought from 'he Interstate Commerco Commln- >lon Tuesday by Hip Seaboard Air. Bae. The-Seaboard proponed to P a >’ ‘1 annual rental of $33,280 lor a teriod ot 90 years. In addition, ft ">nld acquire an .option to pur- fcte the enllro Hne for $78$A*» Young etlon hove set' the date of their annul maintenance campaign for November 7tb to 10th, The goal will bo 1930.09. Mrs. A. 8. Parker, president of the Association, will be the sen- oral chairman for the campaign. She will be assisted by an execn. live committee composed of some of the leading men and women of Athens who believe that the Y. AV. C. A. is an orgdnlaatlon of strong civic value and one that this city cannot afford to be with, out. Miss Martha . Sparta, a member of the staff of the, Fi nance Department of the National Board of the Y. W. C- A.. Is in Athhrts to aajilt In organising and dlrebtlng the campaign- Campaign headquarters have been established In the basement of the Y. W. C. A. building at Hancock and Pulaski streets. Tel. ephoae 978. ‘ _ Little Boy Run Over By Auto; Is In Hospital Richard Aerotfi, agedI K, vat run over by an automobile Monday driven by G. D. Brooks of Amolds- ville. Th; little bov was at St Mary’s Tuesday where he was re ported resting all right. He jf- fered a cut on his heod nnd a broken rib. Ho is a son trf Mh and Mrs. Henry Aaron of Oak street. M / ' RE-ELECT KEMAL ANGORA, Turkey —W)—Mua- tauha Ksmal Pashg. dominant figure in Turkey’s life since th< World War. Tuesday was unt- montly re-elected president of th» Turkiah what’i the use of playing the game”, one sporting editor replied to tho gen eral Inclination to consider the Georgta-Taie game—at least In the east—one of 1ho» oddities of nature. Georgia hat a hard road ahead. If the la to take the place of Ala bama decisively and wlthont ar. gument, every gam* remaining on the schedule, mutt be won. The Bulldogs play Florida Sat. urday—probably an easy win. Ciemaon will he next, then Mer cer, followed by Alabama. The season will be rounded with the Georgia Tech game on December 3rd. ^ SAYS DR. JOHN 1 ROACH STRATON “LIKE ACUCKOO” NEW YORK -in— Th Rev- .rend Dr. John Roach Straton’s recently Inaugurated “Hoi, Ghost Healing Services’’ have earned thirty resignations or promises of resignation from hit congrega tion in Calvary Baptlat • chnrch, Stephen A. Radford, former dea con, said Tuesday. “I myself am going to resign In tho very near fture," said Mr. Radford, adding that Dr. Stratou Is “like a cuckoo” In that he “laya the eggs of strange doctrines In what is. supposedly a Baptist or ganization.”. - -.v- —... Most of the dissenters have Iteen welcomed into the Central Baptist church in wbal the,, call an "escape’’ from "holy rollers." j I! SI. LOI ST.. LOUIS, Mo.—(UP)—Agri cultural loaders from nearly a score ot southern and middle western states met here Tuesday In a hitherto unannounced meet. In* to demand creator recogni tion of the farmers' economic plight. Cotton ' planters and wheat growers joined at the call of for- mer Governor George Honaghey of Arkansas 1 In a virtually unanimous appeal for enactment of the gen eral principles of the vetoed Me- Nary-Haugen relief bill. “Our main purpose’*, Donaghey told the United Press, “is to weld farm sentiment of the west and south into a common demand for recognition at Washington.” “We feel that agriculture has the same right to preferential treatment in America as our in- [ dustrles of the east have had.** URGES ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON.—(UP)—Secre tary of Agriculture Jardine Tues. day urged all growers of major farm crop# to organize stabiliza tion corporations to assist placing agriculture on a prosper! par with other Industries.' He said the government would aid such farmers and guide them in their problems. FLORIDA INVITES C00LIDGE TO VISIT orod nmlor governmental nnnerrl- ttion" Secretary Jardine, in statement said Tuesday. i There haa Iteen considerable controversy over the estimate made pnbtlc’ on September IS, which waa followed by a drop In tho prlco of cotton. Secretary Hester of tho New Orleans Stork Exchange claimed the carry over wax M0,000 bale* too high. Later Representative Aswell of Loulsf. ana and Secretary Hester renuest- ed that tha government estimate bo withdrawn. Secretary Jardine has stood by the figures compiled by his de. rartment and hla reply explain! the source of the statistics used. The statement followed a con. ferance between the Secretary and an official of the Now Orleans Cotton Exchange. "With reference to tho use of a cotton carryover figure of about 7.800,000 bales in a report leaned bv the Department- on September IS. it should be noted that this f'-'mlfttlnn was mada In part from figures furnished by the United States Census Burtsu snd in part from private agencies, foreign and domestic, in the cotton Itasca." tho statement said. i medal for saving another man “Of 'the figures used, 3,363.000 ] (pom suffocation. Th* citation bales or about 47 per cent of the ; reads: "Eaher, aged twenty.four, total, were the official figures of j laborer, saved Joseph M. Black, The awards, announced today, I to: Hugh E. Wright, decreas 'd Cavlngton. Qa.; William A. Mc Allister Jr., decessed. Fort Gaines, end Sidney Faker of Vllla- now, Ga. Mrs. Wrlgh| <• *® recelre the hronio medal awarded the act of her husband. The citation In Mt. Wright'# case reads: "Wright, aged forty-two, merchant, died at tempting to sarc M. Loalse Trot- tl. aged ten, from drowning, St. Simon Island, Ga.. July 23, 1930. Whtto wading In the Atlantic ocean. Louise last her footing and was carriqd by a current Into deep water. Wright,: who was a poor swimmer, swam eighty feet to ward Loalse. He waa struck by a breaker, .became helplesa, and drifted-fartIter-frnm shore. Two V'l-t who had entered the water with the Intention of going tq-lhe aid of Louise.an, upon Wrlsht and swam with him two hundred and fifty feqt to shore. Wright could not be revived. Louise later was rescued by men In a boat.' Tho father of Mr. McAllister, William A. McAllister. Sr., le to recefvo tho brims* medal for hie son'e bravery. The citation reada: “McAllister, aged twenty-four, aaslstgnt manager (stpye), died attempting to sire, Harry p. Mills, Jr., aged eleven, from drowning, Fort Gaines, Ga., Juno 11, 1030. I While wading In the Chatlaboo. cboe river, Harry got Into deep water forty toot from the bank, where there was a current of two miles an hour. A man swam to Harry and tried to swim with him but war unable to make progress, toward tho hank. McAllister swam fifty feet to them; and putting Harry on hla own back, he tried to swim toward shore. He made no progress bat waa carried by the current toward midstream. They drifted three hundred and fifty feet, and then Harry, tank. McAllister drifted a hundred feet farther and dleappeared. Both pot 11 mu II MIR WINNIPEG. Man.—(UP)—What promises to bo ono of Cansda'e moat spectacular murder trials opened here Tuesday when Earl Nelson, the "gorilla man," faced charges ot murdering Mrs. Emily Patterson. : Nelson fa believed to be the "strangler” who is responsible for <he deaths of twenty or mhrh women In various cities of the United States. Since his arrest he has main tained silence and before the trial opened Tuosday there pet no In. dlcation ns to what defense would ho offered, The criipe with which Nelson la charged wao one of the most brutal In Manitoba's history. Mrs, Patterson was found strangled to death and badly beaten. Nelson also facea murder chargee In- connection with tho offering to act na Mrs. Gray death of Lola iCowan. a young girl co-pilot. At that timo dissent Ion found dead under clrcumsmnce, among the crew, eunlsilng of similar to those surrounding tho, -Mr*. Grayson, Brice Qoldsborouga Patterson crime. ' ' HENS BEGIN RACE FOR EGG HONORS HERE TUESDAY NEW YORK— (AP)— Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson’s amphibian plane, The Dawn, may yet fly the Atlantic this year, and Mrs. Grayson’s co pilot may be another wo man, Thea Raschc, of Germanv. An alternate possibly that C'ar- enco Chamberlain may sit at the controls, was strengthened Tuns, day when The Dawn was groom ed for a test flight by Chamber- lain Tuesday afternoon. Then Basche made public a telegram sho sent Mrs. Grayson and William Stultz had catmed Indefinite postponement ot 'ho lllght aficr three starts bad been made. , "Would" you consider”, the ' c !- (-grant read, -'letting me Hv your amphibian pinna to Europe e-Ph you. .'Am ready to mart rts'it I-lenso advise. Sigued. Basclt”. away. A,, h*. v - - v. j -deep - entries in the second nat ional egg'laying contest -at the State Cojlega of Agriculture ware off Tuesday la an effort to win the various prizes offered.for tho high layers for the next fifty-ona weeks.. 1 One .‘thousand fancy hens are entered In the contest In one hun dred j pent of ten each. The first contest closed last week and waa one of tho moat auc- cesiful of all those in tha entire country. Tho conteat la conduct ed by the poultry department of the college and la sponsored by the Atlanta Journal and ssveral other business concerns and Indi vidual! of the etate, souWgeorgia POLICE HUNT HIT AND RUN AUTO DRLVER THOMA8V1LLB Oa.—(IP)—Lon. nle Gandy. 14, of Pave, waa killed Monday night wh$n - a hit and the Bureau of !be Census and tha remaining bales are about 63 per cent, were taken from private sources. It will therefore be aeon that the flenra of 7,800,000 bales waa not official In the sens* of having been entirely compiled from data gathered under gov. crnmental supervision". WASHINGTON. of, Florida cities that Coolidge will Hopes President will visit them If he de cides to go to Cuba in January were presented to the President Tuesday by Senator Fletcher, of Florida. The senator outlined ■ route which would have the President’s party atop at Jacksonville and -Mi ami on their way south to Key West where a boat would be boarded for Hanna and tor a re. turn satllng into Tampa Bay, with stop* at Tampa, St Peters burg and Orlando on the way back to Washington. Mr. Coolidge was represented bv Senator Fletcher as being pleased but undecided about this ran driver ran Into a car parked were* drowned '"^The"*other ^nan OB the roadside. The youth waa i ^(!, n n n -,m» .nlvant and , standing 1» front of the csq-whlle J? •wiSthtaTu.?"' 1 s-g* Mr. Baker i. to receive s bronz. 1uUm „. A .brother. Charles Gandy, waa braised- The driver was net known but officers are hunting for him. STRIKING COAL MINERS STOP PICKETING DENVER, Coio. —VP)— Strik ing coal miners in Colorado Tues- —. v. -a. day heeded the ultimatum oi « Governor Aden., that pickatin. aged thlrtv.flre. farmer, from euf. rotation, Ringgold. Ga., Beptcnu her 11. 1925. Following a dyna. • mite blast In a wall filly feet deep. B'ack was overcome by fumes while wording at the bottom of the well. Faker, whole log! were badly crippled, descended on a windlass rope. Removing the rope front himself, be fasted It aronnd Block; and Black wag drawn out of the well. The rope NEW ORLBAN8 UP)—Police announced Tuesday that Henry Molty had confessed that he aiono killed hi,' wife and sister in law and then packed their bodies in a trank after beheading the two women and amputating' their arm* and legs. Previously Malty had Insisted that his wife and Mrs. Joseph Molly, his slater In law," wore murdered by a red haired sailor. CARS COLLIDE; ONE 18 HURT FROM GLASS CUT8 Two automobiles, one driven by R. A. Save, Jr., and the other by Hal Herd, e negro, collided on Lumpkin street Tuesday moraine. Both are charged with reckless driving bytho police. Miss Estelle Hancock, who makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Save, Sr., and who was In. Mr. Sayo'e car was tt»rt, suffering lacerations on tilt- face caused by the windshield! glass. he put It around himself and was drawn out He waa eomewhet dazed but aeon revived. Black waa nnconscolua for almost an hour but waa revived.” ALABAMA POLICE SEARCH FOR YOUTH FLOMATON, Ala. - (UP) - . Searching for un unidentified I youth believed to be reaponafbta for the crime, connU author!tiea were Tuesday pushing their ef forts to deer. “P, nuwtery surrounding the shooting of 14- vear old Bruce Cole, of Ponce d# Leon, Fla., slain here Saturday. Bruce’s identity waa not Watab- fished until Monday, when M» brother. John Cole, of Mobil*, came here and Identified the body as that of his bbothta. Young" Coie came'to Flomaton Fridiv nigt with'a bov comrade from Pensacola, Florida. Satur day afternoon Cole’s NxIt w*‘ found in a foundry janl. e bullet wound 'through the cheat and a pistol,Arith one empty chamber, lying fifteen fest away. Lark of powder burns and the range nf the bullet holds, pre,-'i;d>(l tile tVnry of suicide, according to official.* must atop. In two countries where pickets hare been active since the strike waa called by the I. W. W., two weeks ago, not a picket was on duty Tuesday. Coal mlnrs in Jhe two eonnlies were oners tins? with a slight Increase in the number of men who reported for work, but th* forces still were far below normal. Grecian Minister Urges Legislation Against Communists ATHENS, Greece.—(UP)—The Minister of Justice Tuesdsy be. fin drifting intl-Communlst laws w • result of Sundsy’s attempted assassination of President Paul Condonritis by an alleged Com- Zlla understood that several government ministers are urging that Communist organizations be made illegal by legislation.' AUTHOR PIES PHILADELPHIA. —(/PI— John Luth Long, author of “’Madame Butterfly” and other stories and plays, died' In a hospital at Clfl- ton Spring*. New Yoi according her*. WASHINGTON —(A 3 )— Infor. motion pointing to a possible mistrial in the Teapot Dome oil conspiracy case was taken under advisement by Justice Siddona Tuesday after he had been in se cret conference for three-quartera of an hour with tho attorneys and tho defendants. The conference was invoked by government counsel who told the court they had something to pre sent which gave the prosecution “grave concern.’* They did not disclose tho exact nature of this information tmt indicated that it involved ono or more of the Ju- rors. me case waa adjourned until Wednesday without Justice Sid* dons announcing what action ‘ h« would take on the charges made by government counsel. Both Harry F. Sinclair and Al bert B. Fall were present at the meeting of judge and counsel in the court’s private chambers. Meantime the jury, which has not been locked up during the trial, was put under guard In a nearby room when the justice’s conference broke ujl, however, and court ad journed for lunch. Justice Siddons ordered the jurors be permitted to go free os usual until the af ternoon session which later was canceled. During the intermission .counsel and defendants were under orders from tho judge not to disclose the nature of the new evidr-ec^ which had caused the x sudden in terruption of the trial. Just after court recessed, how ever, it became known that the government already had taken steps to bring to the attention of a grand jury charges it had pre sented to Justice Siddons. It was indicated that several affidavits have been put before the judge and that they related to .state ments attributed to one of the ju rors, and two to the alleged activ ities of certain private detectives In Washington since tho trial be- * The affidavits, it was Indicated, would form the basis of the case which already Is in process of being presented to the grand jury. While the grand jury was in ssion a number of federal „,ents prepared to make arrtsts- of any persons who might be nam ed in indictments. Nearly • score of witnesses were hoard and officials said there also was some i documentary evidence to br sub*' mitted. -rnment counsel remained* events progressed, bn%- itimatod that they i tioaal