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The sadness in these eyes tells anew the story of the Snyder-Gray case. At
he left is Mrs. Josephine Brown, mother of Ruth Snyder. At the right is Mrs.
Margaret Gray, mother of Judd Gray.
VlCnUS OF JACKSON ilNTT Slffl
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ATHENS COTTON:
J'gEVlOUSCf.O
THE
THE WEATHER.
Dali; tod Sunday—13 Centa a Week.
EatebUabed 183
Fair and slightly colder Monday
night. Tuesday fair.
Dally and Sttadajr—15 Centa a Week..
VOL. 99, NO, 229
Associated Presa Service. United Press Dispatch*,.
ATHENS, G.V, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1928.
A. B. C. Paper. Single Copies 2 Centa, 5 Centa Sunday.
1,148 MARINES SAIL FOR NICARAGUA
THEIR MOTHERS
Attor serving on ibe Athens
Fire department for fifty years
to the day Chief George, McDor-
man has been retired on a salary
of $1,800 for life. Tills action was
taken at a Joint meeting of tho
Civil scrvlco commission and
mayor and council. r
A successor to Chief McDorman
lias not been named. W. J. Potts,
who served as acting chief whllu
Chief .McDorman was in tho has.
p'tai a few years ago following a.i
injury, is again serving as head
of tho department.
Selection of a chief Is sched
uled to come up at a meeting of
tho Civil Service commission
Tuesday.
JEFFERSON, Ga.—The
bodies of R, L. McDougal,
Sr., and hi« son, R. L. Me
Dougal, Jr., who were
slain late Saturday after
noon by West Weir, Jack
son county farmer, were
interred in a double grave
here Monday at noon in
he Woodbine cemetery.
The body of the slayer,
"ho was killed early Sun
day after he had wounded
sis members of a posse of
citizens attempting to cap
ture him, will be interred
Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock in.the Mizpah cem
etery.
The younger McDougal. a youth
• 17, Wan killed by Weir at tho
'bDcJunion ot a rabbit hunting ox*
^dltlon. It Is thought* that Me-
Dongal sold the rabbits ho had
Wled to Wclr and in arranging
terms of tlui sale an nlterca-
ensued. It if thought that
«elr, who had formerly bco.n an
Inmate of tho insan.* asylum, kill-
1 (he boy in a (it of rage.
When night drow near and the
did not return home, tho fnth-
grew worried ami w. ,t Jo
"’Hi's homo to Inquire as to
where his son,was. A heated ar-
S'Jmont followed and once more
'Vclr’a shotgun took its d-aihly
f,J H- It was htatod that the e!d< r
McDoaga] had been shot several
’lines. , A neighbor of WoirV,
working nearby* widened tho
second slaying- and reported it to
authorities. •
. The body ot tho younger Me-
Dougal was found In a little clump
■ Woods ndar Wrir'a homo short-
atterward,. TO* top ot bt*
'"•nit had been blown eff l>y tbo
fhw*e. •
At once Sheriff Culberson or-
I . |..,„e and tin- --»rch for
murderer was undertaken. Tho
li. « -.1 nlw.tlf (if.
W'ty was composed ot about* ML
' cn men. all armed.
Just before daylight' Sunday tba
' ■ In mi rule,I Weir's bum'' i"" 1
w *hed for him t" urA 1 ' hi* a l’‘
France, not i.* .
They did not have to wait long
_jr Itt a few minutes tho door
°P«aed *and Weir walked out on
y>e porch. He stood there for
***ral minutes as if looking for
,tiv HO then went heal;
tho bouse and returned in a
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into
Removal Of Prejudices Urged By King
In Sunday Plea For Christian Harmony;
Chief' McDorman has a record
ns a fire fighter that has won him
recognition all oror tho country.
He was always a tireless as well
as fearless worker. Athena baa
had but few large tires ulnco ho
lias been chief. TEe fire that de
stroyed Michael Bros, and eovernl
other business places on Clayton
street several years ayo
checked under his direction when
It appeared as It tho coufiagra
tlon would wipe,out the business
center.
He was extremely exacting in
ruling tho department and otten
I his Impetuousness caused him to
have to Agend himself cither bo.
( tore council or liiO-Commm.iuu.
However, bis ability and efficiency
havo at all tlmos been recognized
and he closed a record that stauds
out as one oT unusuaTsurvice to
Courage Is World’s Need, Declares Hill — --
Embankments Are
Strengthened To
End Thames Flood
LONDON. — (UP) -Embank,
meats along tho Thames were
strengthened Monday In an at
tempt to prevent a repetition of
the: flood which . swept the city
Saturday and Sunday.
Barricades prevented serious
damgge Sunday although the river
‘waa imported higher than on Sat
urday when tremendous damage
was done and at least fifteen per
sons were killed.
No overflows had been report
ed Monday but along tho entiro
course of the river, residents were
wary. Thousands refused to re
turn to their homes until high
tido had receded Monday morn-
ing.
Importance of Confirma-
department aa a volunteer, before
It was pul on a paying basis ami
thon tor morn than 87 years waa a
. ipember of tho city organized do.
tion Explained By Rich* I partmont. ... .
ards. Sermons By Metb-I ln ? *7o“ *t&£& •*"*■+*"*
odist. Episcopal and by Fireman FUrr wero withdrawn
Presbyterian Pastors ^^^god^rurtng^tanlt'y 0
WASHINGTON.— (UP) —From the eastern and
western seaboard a force of 1,148 marines was em
barking Monday to re-enforce comrades in Nicara
gua in a determined drive to exterminate the forces
i of General Augustino Sandino, rebel leader.
Tg—gpj a.—rnn I "’ artlm0 •*•*»»« were ra-nnacted
|L LU I LI||J at, the porta ct departure. From
lu | LLI run' Char,est0a . s. a, two hundred and
fifty Davit Dogs wore bplng taken
aboard three cruisers, tho Trenton
SKIT OF m-
WEST FRANKFORT. III.—(JR—
Fear waa felt for the safety ot
tho Raleigh, and the Milwaukee,
despatched from tho Atlantic fleet
to carry tho Marino re-enforce,
meats south ward.
Another group was leaving from
Hampton Roads, Virginia, and a
third from Ban Diego, Califorulia.
With (ho Charleston group went
.Major General John A. Lejeune,
commandant of the Marines Corps
'vh'> Is polnK Jo Nicaragua on a
two weeks Inspection tour of tho
American forces there.
Knowing thnt six cf th-lr com
rades liavo died in recent bat-
With equally despairing hope,
eho awaited w'opd from her law
yers of some legal mriacle that
would stay the execution.
Edgar F. Hazleton, her chief
counsel, said he planned to appeal
to tho courts but his associate.
Joseph Lonardo anpnrently at
odds with his chief, talked n
move for a writ or error In tho
United s*-*"- Supreme Court.
The contrast between Mrs. Snyder
and her lover, who joined her In
93 coal miners in a section cf tin, ties with tho (intrenchedrebel'. !i?5i„ n ^I ir ? or of ll J r - hu " boft f re -
Iudualrbl Coal Company's Mine, forces lu thk mountainous Nuevo’ * “ 11 ha<1
No. 18, where nn np-.osion .occur- j Segsrta district of northern NIc I „ ‘‘"if* fejf 1 *!',
rod at 7)45 a v m. Monday. aragua. tho Marlnoa leaving Mon.
nnines a. ila I, .
IS FINAL 100
NEW YORK.—(UP)—Mrs. Ruth
Snyder began the last hundred
hours of her fight Monday.
In her death cell at Sing Sing
Prison, she grasped patheticaly at
the straws of hope. Tho rep
arations for her electrocution.
with Henry Judd Gray, wont for
ward In the death chamber, fifty
yards from her cell and there waa
little Idea among prison officials
that any last minute move to save
her would be successful. Yet. sho
asked for news from Governor
Smith, who, unless he announced
.Monday that he would not grant
clemency, was expected to let the
law tako its course by doing noth
ing.
More than bop men warenc uiXfitutkmied
work In tho mine. All made their *ng. Tearful farewells marked the
escape except tho 03 who were ,la y* but hearts vere hup
gunn disturbances are
ersl -Tohn A. I/e Jeune. U. S. M. C..
(above) and Brigadier ’General
Frank M. McCoy. U. S. A. Le-
LjiT a *—.cut off by amoks and -dust. A-
summened
r.\Ino rejouo team
from Benton..
Tlio cause orThd blast was not
determined. It octsjred la tho sec-
Jeune, chief of the dovil dogs, is' Uon known as the "first east
to inspect our field forces and north", COO feet below the surfaci
McCoy Js to supcrvlso tho 19281 Georgo Watkins, tho first man
J to make his way. to tho surface
I from tho blast nrec, reported so -
lrg sorcral men apparently dead
Digested.
at a recent tire.
TWO MURDERERS
GO TO DEATH IN
THE CHAIR MON.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — (UP)-
T~ s mari-r-ni paid for their
crimes vrltih their lives in the
electric chair h(re Monday.
Denying his guilt to the laat.
Raymond Winter wos electrocuted
for the mnrder of two children on
May 8, 1925.
William Meyers waa executed
for the slaying of n Philadelphia
policeman.
By Prank Sams
(Student in Hanry W. Grady
8chool of Journalism)
"Our main difficulty Is not In
knowing what was In Cbrlat'a
mind, hut In harmonising our own
minds with that of Christ,” de
clared Dr. W. P. King at the Sun.
day morning service at the First
Methodist church. Dr. King took . 1PM nmo Term _ MIP1—
his text from tho Pbllipplans. 2:5: “EMPIUS. Tcnn. ivri
wafai^Chrirt J. n su , .°" Wh,Cl ‘ Ti£f Gh»tm<S" ^
”To ila tSM..? h th? t m"S , if Christ !
^*1° £ U Sw 8 Uh 1 n W fw^tuS,P^
POLICE SATISFIED
ARREST IS NEAR
FOR WRITER OF
THREAT LETTER
Jlf FIS TO SET
UP PARTNERSHIP IN
After being cut four hours a
jury in Clarke Superior court Sat
urday night agreed to a verdict in
favor of the defendant In the suit
of C. M. Hcn*on versus Mrs. Mar-
tha Winn of the Winn Shirt Van.
ufacturing Company claiming a
ono-thlrd Interest ln th»t c°™’
liany. Mr. Henson claimed he
bought a ono-thlrd pertnerehlp in
December 1124 at the time $300
was eent Mx». Winn by him.
Mrs. Winn claimed they did dis
cuss the purrhaso of one-thtrd
partnership by Mr. Henaon but
that tho ISM waa a loan to be ap-
pliwt to tho pnrchaie price ahonld
they ogreo to a sa'e P rt >*- The
.■rse was begun Thursday bnt con.
linued Thursday afternoon nntil
Saturday, tho Jury taking the om
about five o'clock and rendering
verdict denying existence of a
,'tnprsbir » o'clock Saturday
is lu oo irew iruni isuuiauuu, mo ,
pastor said. ''Tho old saying 'a H®. 11 '„j|rt,H Mtmdav
HUle learning Is a dangorons, ““““r; . cv M ent .
5 asss
d.3‘35,5'3 SSrjJWrajSSS
mind of man wants a thrill, and to pruvi/he wrote tho threatening
if it doesn’t get tho thrill from $5,500 letter* . , .
the fulnesa of God's spirit, it will j The Frldav
get it from mere factlonallam.I Saun ders'througl^thcmailFriday
Some people have Just enough re-»njoraiJij. ths^aSd
liglon lo make them uiiCvmforts- p!*ce the raoney hnder^
ble,” said Dr. King.
In dl»cus,ing vartone forma bt
prejudices, tho pastor brought out
that "prejudice exist* In nil forms
in human life. 8ex prejudices has
been present since the creation ot
the world, bnt of lato year* It
has begun to decline." Social,
sectional, and racial prejudices
„„ said also to ho on tho do.
dine. "Racial prejudice aa well
aa other forma, were not present
tn Christ 'Jeaut and they have no
place In our hearti,” declared Dr.
King.
CONFIRMATION 18
RICHARD'S SUBJECT
By Martha W. Rogar*
(Student in Henry W. Gridy
School of Journalism)
“Confirmation ha* been univer.
sal throughout thr whole Christi-
an church for JWO ye«e without
a single exception, and It la only
through the alat 30J Tej™ th»J
five per cent ot • tbo Chriattan
churches have, put aside thia nrnc-
tlee." stated the R* T - A^O. Rich-
uii. pastor of the Emmanuel
Eplicopal church, tn his sermon
Sunday morning.
"Confirmation i. WjjM
by 1$ per cent of the Christian
churches," continued the Rev. Mr.
RlSarda. “end It* practlco ahonld
be conUnued for many reaaon*.
“Conftrthatlon. which f« bet(pved
to be one of thoee thing* taught
40 dart following HU
iinn" stated the Rev. Mr. Rlcli-
Irt*'. "ts taught, in doctrine and
nractice through the scriptures, as
... (be four foundation prin-
Of the Christian religion.
uisht.
„ one who believeu In th
can reject confirmation
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N. trestle near Stara-Roebucs
Friday: Saunders immediately
turned tho matter over to private
investigators and the police.
FISHING CRAFT IS
DAMAGED BY
HIGH WIND
WHANGED, Alaska. — (UP)—
Small fishing craft along tho
Alaskan const were destroyed and
damage was done to clocks and
warehouses when a ninety mile
gale lashed the coast Sunday.
Petersburg reported dtmage
and tho steamer Alemeda brought
reports of damage at Ketchikan.
Fall-Sindair Oil
Re-Trial Delayed
By Fall’s Illness
WASHINGTON. —Z»*— Retrlel
of tho Fall.Sinclair oil conspiracy
case was postponed Monday nn.
til April ! because ot tbo Illness
ot Albert D. Fall.
Fall's physicians said lit waa
NEW YORK.—API—Loaders In
tho anto industry, hero for the
28the annual auto show which
opened Saturday. Monday predict-
,cd the greatest year in history.
However, tho year to expected
to bo a bargain One by the general
public as a result of tho price war
between tho manufacturers ot the
nmuller automobiles. Spurred by
this Interest, tho crowds flocking
to tlio Grand 'Central Palace were
greater than over before. i
The show to marked by the
great number ot new makes with
different designs, new fender and
hood lines, narrower and deeper
radiators and bndlaa hang lower.
Mechanically the cars are also
radically different.
TAX REVISION BILL
i
ond oth rs struggling as if they
were injured.
RUSH RECUER8
SPRINGFIELD, III.—(fP)—A. D.
Lewis, director of tho Stato De
partment of Mines, on hiisineKs Ln
(’entrails, Monday morning order
prospect’, of
auTI days of barrack*
after
days of barrack*
• v o*' *11 the men leaving Mon.
«o> 'wju boo fiVufiii*, na
many will be assigned to training
the Nicaraguan Guard in Nationals,
The main bodv, however.
looked forward to it as a re
lief.
The state of Mrs. Snyder’s mind
was best indicated by the nettop
of prison official* in taking extra- ‘
fort and procecdod there by auto
him—If.
Neither Mr. Lcwla nor Prut,
dent Fithwlck ot the Jlltnols Mine
Workers had details of the ox.
plosion.
BOY SCOUTS WILL
DRIVE FOR BOYS
AS NEW MEMBERS
“absolutely out ot the question
for a man with lunge and heart
In the condition of those of bto
client, to return to Washington at
this season of the year. The phy
slcfan eald June wae preferable
for Fail's return
The attorney said Fall was zo
weak he could not walk. *■
WASHINGTON—(^—A predic
tion that the 1:90,000,000 tax re
vision hill would ho sidetracked
until after March 15. when first
tax returns ot the year are doe,
was muds Monday by Chairman
Smoot of tho senate finance com;
mtllcf.
Administration leaders have dr.
dared that after March 15, it will
be possible to ehow by figures the
condition of the treasury's flnan.
ces and determine Just how far
tax reduction should go. Tho
figure $390,000,000 fixed by the
bouse. Is bold by Secretary Mel
lon'to be too high.
MODEL INMATE
LIMA. Ohio.—(/R—George Re.
mus, acquitted by a Cincinnati
Jury of slaying hi* wife, Imogens,
and. committed to the state hot.
pltal for the insane hers, has en
tered Into life at the institution
as a model inmate and is proving
popular with other members of
his ward, according to Superin
tendent W. H. .Vordau. _ _
The local Boy Scout organization
announces a "New Scout” drive,
with two hundred additional Boy
Scouts and Boy Rangers as their
goal. There are already approxi-
HKitrly twn hundred Seouts in
Athens, with eight Boy Scoot
andewo,
lodges.
Invitation* are being aent out
to four hundred -boys in Athens
who are not member* of the Boy
Scouts or Boy Rangers, inviting
them to bo present at a meeting
to he held Thursday evening nt “
’clock.
Motion Victoria
Special Boy Scout motion pic
* *<i v_ . t — *11-_ ...Ml lu
turea will he ehown, talks will be
made by scoutmasters and thd
hoys will be iqvited to the various
Scoot meetings or Ranger meet
ings to be held Friday night, or
Monday afternoon. Boy Scouts
and Boy Rangers will b« organ
ised into teams of fyur, and will
call on the boy* who are proa-
pectivo new members.
The “New Scoot” driv* to «ie
beginning of a aerie* of special
effort* to give every boy,tn
Northeast Georgia the advantages
of Scout training. Training
courses for scoutmasters and pa
trol leaders, special demonstra
tions, additional camaping and
hiking facilttie* are included in
the 1928 program for Boy Scouts.
Chadwick Here
F, D. Chadwick. Regional Samt
Executive for Georgia, Florida,
North Carolina and South ace-
lint, will arrive in Athena Mop.
day. Mr. Chadwick will be In
Athena several day., meeting wRh
the local Boy Scout officials. The
executive committee of the Boy
Scouts of America will meet
Tuesday, the Scoutmasters Club
will have a special meeting, at
which time Mr. Chadwick will be
their guest.
This afternoon, a special meet-
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She wae moved to a new ell,
uut.e || w ■¥ • * r ° m t * le 0,10 k®**
movo against Sandino and his well !,?[ nco ho ** arr lval at 8ing Sing,
organized force, bolieved to num. He , r m,ttre ** , * a “ riPP'd apart
her more Ihnu one thousand. i and e ™ ry art cl ° ,n th « eI ~
Thd San Dleao and Charleston for ,on
groups were marked to Cortntn' ,„T ho n0 T ^ a " l / ° \ h
00 Urn i'aciflc crast. The llamp. d tt ,t r I ent ,ur - nl “ h “*• *“ d f yttt b * r
ton Hoads contingent will be lend. 1 c “ ud tollot artlclca "*«•
uti at Bltieflclds on tho Atlantic J c,,an £ et **
coast. With arrival of the re. | *—
enforcement 1 there will be a total I DOUBLE GUARD
Tn ™ iM ^l!, U .°Vg n e!! ncar8 a? Ua * OSSINING, N. Y. — (UP) —
In command bt the entire NIc-1 what may be the last week of;
will bo j iff c f or R u th Brown Snyder arid
Henry Judd Gray found the two
under double
ed mlno rescuo trams from Ben. araguan Marine forc«« ..... w .
ton and Herrin to West Frank- General__Fe|and who had charge •
of thd Marines (hero during tho I Ponv irted lovers
serious fluhtfug last year but was
w,im,n,w„ Si g^Si Ieau%f EUar<1 Mon<U ) r '
ers except Sandino agreed to
trace.
On arrival lu Nicaragua tho m
forco la to be organized Into t
The guard was
Sunday for three reasons—to pre
vent suicide attempts; to prevent
w .*g-u miv, lwu anybody from smuggling in any*
battailous under tbo direct coin. thin *t to t>K convicted slayrfs, of
maud of Col, R. H, Dunlap, who
sailed Monday from Hampton
Reads. In addition, the force will | P r i5. on '
Include one regimental headqunr- *"
Albert Snyder, and to prevent any
unccnsored notes from leaving tbo
.w 0 —v..v». „uni.ijuni t The two were scheduled to die
ters company of sixty-seven men. »’ n the electric chair at midnight
one regimental service company of I Thursday.
147 men and .a medical and hos- • *
plt*I corps.
SH0W8 COURAGE
MAaVAOUA. Nicaragua—(UP)—
^Courage displayed when bullets
were flying and death seemed
near. Monday brought citations to
twenty on* rffleers and anilsUd
men of tho United States Marines
Corps and Nicaraguan National
Guards,
Fighting against rebels lead by
General Augustino Sandino, the
twenty ono wero Inspired to deeds
of bravery that the Marine com
mand held "worthy of emulation."
Each citation told a tale of her.
oafm ln connection with tho ad
vance on Quilai of December 30,
1937. Brigade order 4 speaks of
tho battle as 'qn engagement bo-
tween a special combat expedi-
Uon out of Matamlra and armed
bandits near Qullair.
Bandits .or rebols, tho enemy
was fighting with machine guns.
Captain Richard Livingstone,
commanding tho expedition,
hfs men aii example of daring and
bravery. Although wounded ho
declined to retire ta a placo of
fcecnrlty.
His medical officer and his
second in command pleaded with
him to retire for treatment of his
wo*nds bnt Captain Ltvlngatono
nnUU all the wounded of his com
mand had been taken care of.
rison officials said that they
had learned that Mrs. Snyder and
her mother, Mrs. Josephine Brown,
had arranged a secret method of
communication. They said Mrs.
Snyder had managed to visit the
washroom in the cell block short
ly before her mother's arrival.
After Mrs. Brown had visited her
the washroom and
said in this manner she obtained
messages.
EYE-WITNESS TELLS
DETAILS OF HI
AWAITS ORDERS
CHARLESTON, S. C.— OP) —
Primed and ready to sail, tho
cruisers Trenton, Raleigh and Mil
waukee were anchored in Char-
lee top harbor Monday with their
cargo of 300 Nicaragua bound
Leath«rneck8 awaiting sailing ord-
Ivr't!
Th<’ marines arrived earh M >n-
day from Paris Island and other
southeastern pdlnts on a special
train.
Major General John A. LeJeune,
:omuianrI:y't of tho Marino Corps,
.CTwrw Xq P«as •!*! ,
BOSTON. Mass.—An eye*
witness account of the collision
off Province town ou December 17,
in which the destroyer Paulding,
rammed and sank the submarine
S-4 with the loss of forty lives,
was presented Monday at the nav-
nl court of Inquiry probing the
inquiry probing the disaster.
Showing signs of deepest emo
tion, IJeut. Commander John S.
Bayless, who commanded the Pau.
ding at the time, told of the sub
marine emerging suddenly from
the port bow of the destroyer as
it approached Provincetown har
bor.
The periscopes were first taken
for spars, fish stakes or marker*
for fish nets.
The wheel of the Paulding was)
thrown "bard right" and the ea*
gin«*s were ordered full speed
.stern but with the vessel moving
at 18 knots, it was not "humanly
possible" to avoid the cZMh, tM
wims wifc . - —x
m