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ATHENS COTTON:
SO MARKET—HOLIDAY.
VOL. M, NO. 28
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THF WEATHER:
Rofn Monday night and possibly
Tyrrday morning. Warmer Monday
night and Tuesday.
AmmUM Ftcm Service. United Preee Dbpetckee.
ATHENS. GA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1928.
tac. Peper. Single Copice * Cent*. * Cent* SumtaT.
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Lindbergh Heading Into Dangerous Flying Weather
OOKRIN RACE 'fOS G. 0.f.NOMnt on
he preservation of natural wealth
1 scientific ! ' research Dr. Cox
aid that when ho was a boy
hey burned com stalks. But ono
:y some fellow saw a pair of s«lk
stocking* in a corn flail:. The
M day a ymuiq woman was
faring ♦ hat pair of silk sotckJnKs,
unit from com stalk, It has Iren
salt that a sow's ear cannot be
trned Into fa silk purse, but
'rfence may?'yet do - that thing',
said. / *
The Statu of Georgia Stindiy
.Served tho 195th anniversary ot
founding. I. Exercises were held
the University Monday ami in
Other stato institution* hero ns
well as In tho city schools.
Dr. Cox spoko on Georgia’s re-
emrees and what tho fnturo may
(Tarn to page three.)
If S El 11111' YET UNDY 0N THE H0ME STRETCH
/
Com stalks are being
in.de into silk stockings,
's up to some Georgia
firl or boy to turn the
iroverbial sow’s ear into a
ilk purse, I)r. H. W. Cox,
iresident of Emory Uni-
ersity, told University of
Georgia students here
Monday in the annual
Georgia Day” address.
)nly six percent of the na
ms. FRASER a»
SOVEREIGN (Ml 1
VISIT 8181 imw
It was announced Monday by C. C. Thomas, assist
ant statenianager of the Woodmen of the World;
that Mrs. Fraser would accompany the Sovereign
Commander, W. A. Fraser, on the visit here Thurs
day when the head of the great fraternal organiza
tion visits Athens with the view of locating the na
tional headquarters here.
Exeeutlve Visitors
Expected also with the Sover
eign Commander arc the members
of the Executive Council, sever-
al of wbcm have already visited
Athens and are said to be favor-
„ Aft.r n 7,8C0-railo good-will tour from Washington to Mcxcio City,I „bly Impressed with this city
, . thence through Latin American countries and to Havana. Colonel headquarters site-
ions scientific research IS Charles Lindbergh has pointed the nose of his plane toward St. Louis „ . .
King done in the South. «»<< home. The heavy Hack Hr... show. hi. route going, the dotted Ad wr-B. W. Jew.
t’s time for us to get lmo rcprc,3cnt ' n '- t0 " ath hc Wl11 taku back - 1 '-
jusy, the educator said. I
In discussing what can bo done
or tho bonefit of ma-iMnd an-l
Ninety-One Persons
jCilled Over The
Week-End In Storms
MISS MARY JETT
FRANKLIN, ATHENS
ARTIST, DIES AT
HER HOME HERE
IF ELECTED. HE
WASHINGTON.-
After'a long and successful ca
reer as an Artist, Miss Mary Jett
Franklin died suddenly at her
home,625 noese street here Sun
day afternoon at 4 o’clock,
Miss' Franklin was eighty-six
years of age. She was a' native
of Athens, having lived here all
hut thirty years of tho elghty.slx,
the former being spent in Paris
wlireo sho studied and taught Art. (UP)—The campaign for
re!atives! m ' t ** u ““ ”° ,mmed:it< \ the republican presides
some of Miss Franklin’s work tial nomination was
is on exhibition at the Woman s r u, *u p nncvn
Building. State College of Agricul- OrOUgnt iniO Uie open
turo bore. Two portraits, done Mond&y by 111111011110611101
by her at the University Library, Op<. r irinrv nf Commerce
one of Chancellor Emeritus David oecreiary OI
C. Borrow and ono of George Pea- Herbert HOOVer that HC
body, the philanthropist and foun- w j|l * receptive CHIldi"
der of tho educational fund that _ *
. resulted In tho estab’Ishment of u&t6«
DAN SOWERS, Amoricnr.ization Peabody Collie, Nashville and
Officer of tho American Legion, numerous buildings, among' them
who speaks here Monday night.
W DIE REPORT RECEIVED
F PROGRESS OF HUB
IIIDRERGH’S PLANE; IS
FROM SARASOTA, Fit
Soveregin Banker—Hon. Morris
Sheppnrd. Texarkana, Tex. (Unit
ed States Senator).j
Sovei-.>' O-k — John, T.
Yates. Omaha. Neb.
Sovereign Escort—S. A. Ferrell,
Johnstown, Pa.
Sovereign Watchman — 8. L.
Caine, Co’umbus, Miss.
Sovereign Sentry—IL O. Plun
kett. Macon, Ga.
Sovereign Auditors—J. E. Fitz
gerald (Chairman). Omaha. Neb.
FJ'sba B. Lewis* Klnrion. N. C.,
T. E. Patterson, Chattannonu.
Tenu.; Ed. D. Campbell. i*t. Huron
OJich.; William Kuo*s. Cleveland.
Ohio; Rainey T. Wells. Murray,
Ky.; W. M. Crawf:r^ tj ' Birming-1 -75 ———
^Sovereign phyiicic i'r- a. d. Nash Reported As
LONDON. —(UP)— Ninety ono
person* were dead Monday in tho
wako of disasters whfch swept
Europe over the week-end.
Entmobed In a *< il nit a
hall, England, thirteen miners
wero given up as lost.
Twenty four fishermen wero re
ported killed after sotting out frem
Leningrad.
?n wo«t Norway heavy atorms
took a toll of twenty-ono more.
r nod to tho eleven known dead
Saturday, werp sif sal or* who
drowned »!n the River -Mersey when
their dredger foundered In the
sterm and four others who were
killed on land.
The announcement came
I1UII1CIWU3 uui.iiuinn, n|ll»i'a- ‘““m t 11 , « ,
the Education Building, University as a Cnalienfife tO OCnatOT
or Gocrgfa. Frank B. Willis, who has
Funeral services will be held , . . - , -
from St Joseph’s Catholic church SOURfnt tO D6 UnlO S IRVOT*
here Tii.»<iay aftenioon at 4 jjg son candidate and it
o’clock. Miss Frank tn was a mem- - «... - ...
ber of tho St. Joseph’s church. pr6S8fJ6(l 8 Dl~t6F
The services will bo conducted
bv Father King. Interment will
bo In Oconee cemetery, McDcr-
man-Brldges funeral homo In
(!*• * •« **' ■•© «h~e.)
MEXICAN
KILL TWELVE
REBELS
Clovd. M. D.. 0«*aha. Neb.
Tho locla program for «• tho
Woodmen visitors Irr'iides a pa
rade at two o’clock, fol’rwed by a |
cer<‘m"ni:il at tli- Colonial theatre. ,
conference with business and ,
Improved Monday;
Had A Good Night
10 GO ON TIL H
• i \ a conferenc
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—(UP)—Rain, fog and poor visi- prOfM«lonal ram of tho oily and a
hility wore predicted by .weather bureau and flying 0ro ~~ = h!Hcl j •John Brown Nash, young ciarko
field officials for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh’s ar-j ' „ , I ™ un Jj v “ a "'*«°.Xnt nt oS cl vva.h 7
. , ,, , Tickets On Sale an unknown assailant on wasu-
rival Monday atternoon. I Tickets for the banquet wero Igton street Saturday n*»hf s"*!
• If conditions do not moderate p’accd on sale at tho Chamber of sent to tho General Hospital wl*h
PARI IW OYKARH btfore noon It was ccnaldrtd pos- Commerce last Saturday and it serious injures was reported ..
CiAIvLi Ur UAr UAU Bible that red flares would be was announced that they would somewhat Improved Monday. Ho “J P°" tB ‘
touched off at Lambert Field, a remain on sale there until Tues- spent a good night, it wan stated, gj*?-***
pre-arranged signal for Lindbergh day morning when the sa’e would Mr. Nash suffered a fractured * 3 In nn ^ I l s . l - l ,,° A1 en
to land at Scott Field, Mellvillc, bo closed. Only 300 seats are skull. He woe ornsclous MondAy. «.
Ti!iMrti« * ovaiioMn frtt- <im hanmiaf hiif rto- Nftah and a comoanlon are said noau not. mr tno amnoi .
A largo number of Legionnair*
are expected in Athens M'nday
night to attend the Eighth district
meeting here, Joo Carr, depart- j t
ment adjutant, Romo, asd Dan MF v Tt~0 C T TY. —(AP>
Sowers, from National headquar- n";-.'«t Mondnv s**ld
t*>rj, v.!l tic the p’lno’pal speak- twelve rebels were slein and ♦h^e
ors. Major V. W. Whitner. execu- ;a»'tn > ml ard ererivtcd »n n battle
tlve comml teoman f'r tills dls- between'^«ral fore* 1 -: *nd rebels
trict, and \V. L. Erwin, local com- at T.nurel H ll. rin» south of
n^or will preside at the dinner j Eonl-mr”'*. rn tbn b''rfl n r
and tho woctlng that fo’low , ». ; th"' states of Colima and Michoa-
Mr. Sowers !s chairman of tho gao.
‘Americanisation commlttco of tho Fo-r hundred rebel* took part
Lfiion ami Iu» address hero will in the fi^htinfr which Js«t®d fr.rrr.
lio along-that'lino. . ; rmurs. reports *eid »h^v
This Is tl’ft fl’*»t district moo*- were under orders of a Catholic
!ng held In tho Eighth district In priest, FrniHsro DeRio. and
for delegates of that key
state.
Hoover wrote a letter to Col-
| one I Thad Brown of Columbus,
» authorizing entry of his name in
r TDf\f\DC the Ohio primary; cautioning
* ** IUIiJ against excessive campaign ex-
• penditures and pledgin': continun-
I tion of Coolidge policies if hc is
J selected party s'nndard bearer.
J The Hoover letter follows: f
“My Dear Colonel Brown:
’ “I have received, through
you and others, requests from
very many republicans of Ohio
thnt I permit my name to bo
entered in the presidential
primaries of that state. X do
tovernl months and it la expeetM
to croato a lot of intsr».st in th.
I nn\
rnSnj rb : oft?in. Fo’-min Gutierrez.
The rebels were dispersed.
“I shall be deeply honored
by whatever support the peo
ple of Ohio may decide to give
me at the republic*.n n«te!s«!
convention. I shall be glad
to serve the American people
through the republican party,
(Turn to page three.)
IS GRAVELY ILL;
WAS PREMIER
Illinois. * / available for the banquet but do- Nash and a companion are said . .
A low hanging fog mantled the sp'to the small number It was to have been walking on Wash- nteet.ng that Is to tcmorrow._ n
, field Monday morning, while rain reported Monday that but few of ington street when they passed
. LONDON (AP) The Earl threatened to moke a landing this number had been sold and two negroes on the sidewalk. Tuo
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—(UP)— n-<vWi uw*i dangerous. An attendant at the those who aro Interested in see. white pten brushed by them, at.d
AWdy convicted of one murder, Oxtorq aaa Jugutui, former liberal d cgcr ibed the* runway as ing Athens win out for .tho Wood- cne of the negroes picked t
dinner 13 set frr 7:15 an'i tho bun 1
nces session at 8 o’clock, both to
be hold at the H'lman hotel.
William Edward Hickman pre-'I ea der and British premier In the ‘' go ft” and the visibility as “very, men headquarters aro urged to brick and struck Na-h Just as ho '«|rv|| ADCD ATC OM
pared for another murder trial,)early days of tne \var, ts gravely, very poor/* > buy these tickets at once. got behind him. * ytILIj Uil
^hich will bring him and YVelby j]l. Weather officiaU, "mea'nwhile j 1 IAAUIP AIT
■ n -* - -—*-* * — - • - -j i™ j ----- MOVIE MAGNATE
MONDAY
Hunt, a former -pal." into court
for the murder of Ivy Thoms, a
faitgtrt. doa . ' ~ '
The motion for a now trial
[hich v.'oulil aet asido tho verdict
'inding Hickman sano when he
tilled Marian Parker, was to be
ruled on l,v Judtrc J. J. Trahucer
"uetday fli-n IP-kman onco more
(Turn to Pane Three)
The Earl, with Lloyd George, announced rain and cloudiness, the
was ono, of the leaden of the latter growing thicker as Lind-
liberal party for many yean but torch reaches western Tennessee,
■n recent years had given up bis might be expected throughout the
leadership because of the poor southern course of hia flight,
itate of his health. He and
.Ioyd George also differed sharp-
’y on the policies to be followed
by the liberal party.-' -
LEAVES HAVANA
HAVANA, Cuba.— (UP) —By
the light of a tropic moon. Colonel
RAYER BRINGS POWER, DR. HILL SAYS;
RECTION AND RESPONSIBILITY ARE gjSSl?&MuM
NECESSARY TO FULL LIFE—WILKINSON
Man Has a Soecial
Claim on God, Tipnptt
Declaros In Sunday Ser-
®on. Three Services Re
ported.
The man that allots prayer in Ills
11 fo develops a splrltua* power in
his character, ho continued.
It has been proved that prayer !a-
answered, declared Dr. Hill. Ono
It was Just. 2:25 a. m. when
Lindbergh took off from Colombia
Field for a non-stop flight of 1,300
miles to St. Louis. He expects to
bring * his Spirit, of St. IkiuIs to
it on' Lambert Field, St. Louis,
by dusk. »
Tho tak-off was utterly lacking
of the greatest pr:of* Is tho lift* j n ceremony ami was strongly
of Jesus Christ. When ho w'as reminiscent of that early morning
By B. L. Bryan
(Student in Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism)
“When God breathed the breath
lifo into man ho. also gave him
; living soul. That is what dlf- ,
‘crentiates man from the other
forms of animal Vfe. apes or what
declared Dr. E. L. HUI. paa-
* r‘ tin* Ftrxt Presbyterian
cntirph. Sunday morning.
Where there I* any f~rm of re
union there Is prayert said Dr. Hill
]*ho defined prayer as an attlludo,
relat’onship w’e sustain to
I.” The secret of the instinct
Dray is' the dependence of man
Ood, ho stated.
There arc two ways thit peo-
9 pray, the Jpienttfie and the
■chrJastlc, polnted # out Dr. IlIH.
He defined tho frlst mehtod as
f»kfng facts up to God; tho
*^cond way as putting God In the
individual's place and deciding
i*hat he would do. The flr^t
rr ‘ p thod Is the proper way to pray,
“If you wnat spiritual power let
he your light.’’ said Di*. Hill.
confronted by a difficulty lia.al
ways wit to God In prayer. His
prayers aro ono constant exam
ple of answered prayer, stated tho
pa «»or.
last May when he hopped off from
New York on his epochal flight to
Paris*
Only a handful of spectators was
present' when the young flyer
God,
Thoro has to be an atmosphere gtcppdd In hfs ship, waved a
fh!*h If «ne imurnri »m iffwi cheery ‘‘goodby’.’ and lifted his
piano from the ground on the final
leg of his goodwill tour of Latin<
of faltli If our prayers are sffec-
'God makes conditions,
when we meet these conditions* we
get results,” ho concluded.
DIRECTION AND RESPONSI
BILITY ARE WILKIN
SON’S THEME
By Frank Sams
(Student In Henry W. Grady
8chool of’ Journalism)
“Where did man com© froip?
What 1* his meaning? Where Is
he going?" asked Dr. J. C. IVH-
kinson at tho First Baptlat church
Sunday.
“To fully rcn>!ze our position we
must know the forces that made
us.” he asserted. “Our life Is on
a worthwhile basis onlF when un
der the direction of God, It mat
ters not how small we are; we
are from God.’’
Dr. Wilkinson stressed respon«1-
(Vum to Pea# Three)
AnynriofL
Lindbergh said before hc was
leaving; he expected to pass first
over Key West, about 90 miles
from here, and then cross to the
mainland, a'distance of 125 miles.
IIo planned to follow the west
coast of Florida to a point from
whi.-h he could make a straight
overland flight to St. Louis.
8TEWARDS TO MEET
Tho etowards and co-stewards
of the First Method.'st church will
bo served supper at tho meeting
scheduled for tho church‘Ttttlday
evening at 6:30. A short bnsine*s
sceslon will bo held after the sup
OLE HISS 18 ATHENS TOO
L' li GAME SERIES;
EMOUf
ROCHESTER, Minn. —(UP)—
Preparations wero made by Mayo
Brothers Hospital Monday for an
’mmediate operation upon Kdwin
Cnrewc, moving picture producer,
j wha was being rushed here from
Chicago where he bccan\o
oualy ill Sunday night.
BY JACK FROST
The University of Mississippi basketball quintet,
the only team that has defeated Auburn this season,
arrived in Athens Sunday afternoon ready to r.veet
the University of Georgia Bulldogs in a two game
scries. The first tilt of the series will take placo
Monday night while the second game will be played
on Tuesday night. Both games will begin promptly
at 8:15.
With tho arrival of Ole Miss
tho first thing that pops into tho
nytnds of Georgia supporters is tho
fact that Mississippi defeated Au
burn by tho slim margin of cno
point last week. Some *ay Uiat It
was an accident, others say that
It was not. At any rate Mississip
pi defeated tho Plainsmen by a
ucoro of 43 to 42 to give Auburn
tho only defeat of the year thus
far. But since that game Auburn
lias played Mississippi again and
as a resule OIo Mis* went down
•on the short end of a 53 to 28
score, quite a contrast to tho
sco're of the ohler game.
Put a close study of the. Mis.
The gamo with tho Aggfos took
place tn tho early part of tin*
season before Ole MUs had start
ed on her rampago and tho pres
ent strength of tho team can not
DojJetermlned by that series. Any
team that goan defeat Auburn sure
ly must be goc<L Even a one
point victory over Auburn Is en
ough to indicate that tho Red and {
Black team will bo In for. bard,
lights on JMonday and'Tuesday i
rights.
The ono point victor, over An- 1
burn ha. caused Olo M’m .to be
,fcked as ono ot tbs Dork Horen
EUGENICS IS NOT
FREE LOVE NOR IS
IT ANTI-RELIGION
SANDINO SAID NOT
TO BF. FLEEING,
AS IN REPORT
MANAGUA. N«:iragua.(AP)—
Advices available in Nlcsra'rua
Monday indicated thst. a report
received in the Un’ted States
*hat Augp*t*no Sandino, rebel
’©'•d^r, is fleeing to Honduras, is
unfounded.
FEAR IT THREE'
IED
mg
Sandino, who has been operat- Nantasket, Monday Indicated that
Neuvo Segovia, a northern th-ee men pert*h«»d when the navy
deoartnient of Nicaragua for the tug Mohvae piled upon Hard!»c*»
past six months, two weeks ago i. e t*e, off Point Allreton Sondij
slipped southeast from hi* former night.
*trrngh r Id of FI Chipote to Sun I
Rafael Del Norte. | The skiff was that v tn Which
He remained there a few days three members of the' Mohave’s
and appeared at several coffee crew, put out for shore shortly
plantations in the vicinity of the after the accident. No trace of the
city of Matagalpa. t * men was found.
- _ teams of tho conference touma-
•lsa’ppl record this season will mcnL j
show that Ole Misshas a goed I The visiting quintet is made up
record for the senson and that 1 of a number of outstanding play-
Thoso Involved are request- only three games have bee* lost ers. Three mighty good players
ed to call the secretary. Mia* this season. Ole Miss has lost 1 on the Mississippi mach'ne are
i Payne, and report whether they . two games to the Mississippi Ag-1 C. Phillips and 8elby, tho two
' will .attend or not. glee and or.e gamo to Auburn. (Tarn to page three.) |
Hugonlcs Is not "free love,*
•Ur ■ ’ If ' an’l-M*!!cli,n’’ ;t f.
thoueii through a tvpoj:rnphi-
rti error Dr. J M. Rftfdi’ «.f
tho Unlvnrgtty of Georgia was
quoted os saying !t is iu Sun
day’s Banner-Herald. Dr.
Reado, In a radio addross, wan
pointing out what. Eugenics is
not In order to disabuse hto
minds of many people who
havo obtained a false Impres
sion of that Interesting scien
tific movement
Below U roirt-cr’y quoted
Dr. Rearte’s assertion of tke
things Eugenics is not, but
thwmrh erwT the not was
omitted which gave an en
tirely different meaning to Dr.
Readt’s statement::
"Among the things that eu
genics is not, according to Dr.
Reads, art: ; ttm &*»«•** a
tlca campaign, public health,
phvslcnl cnltnre. prenatal cul
ture. free lovp. trial marrUr<»
government - mado marrlegc,
sr'e-tlftc 'ovp.maklrv a p'an
t.» br«'c<] human h^lnan ltko
antmnl*. a plan to produce
^(knln«0* to order. Sm»rt*tl *n-
fanticlde, and anti-religion."
BOYS’ LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
PRESENTED Y. M. C. A. LIBRARY BY
BANNER-HERALD; IT IS A CORKER
His birthday anniversary Sun
day stimulates Interest in Abra^
ham Lincoln and for thnt reason
Athen* boys will be del/ghted to
know that “Tho Boy’s Life of
Abraham Lincoln", by Helen Nloo-
lay Is off the press of tho Century
Company (Price, $1.75).
“As years go by, the nobility and
far-reaclifng influence of Abraham
Lincoln's character are being more
and moro widely recognized and
highly honored: and the story of
this great American’* life n>
work is cne for every young Am
erican citizen to read early and
d often. It I* one of the
twenfy-ffve books selected by tho
American Library Assoclationd
and tbo National Educational As
sociation as volumes that should
bo in every home In America
where there Is a young reader. It
carries tho wo'ght nf authority an<h
is full of charm. It is based upon
the standard life of Lincoln, writ.
recognized and highly honored;
and tho story of this great Arnett*
can’s life and work is one fer e¥«
cry young American citizen to
read early and re-read often. Atf
Miss Helen Nlcolay has written.►
tho story, it is a vivid u*
spiring narrative, with the w«f|tit
of authority—based upon the
standard life of Lincoln, written
by I/ncoln’s secretaries, John Q,
Nlcolay and John Hays.
Th1* Interesting and informative
book 1* wlthio the reach ot any
boy In Athens through the Y.
M. C. A. Boys’ Free Library. The
Banner-Herald Monday presented
the book to the Boys’ Library in
accordance w»!th an arrangement
by E. B. Braswell, publisher and
general manager of this newspa
per for the purpose of aiding in
building up the Boys’ Library.
Many interesting book* have been
presented the Boys’ Library as a
result of the activlt/es cf the Lt-
ten hy Lincoln’s secretaries, John f brary Committee of the Edngn.
G. Nlcolay and John Hay. Fully tlonal Department of |“he "T*
and attractively (Rostrated. I Ablt Nix is chairman of the 8enl
“While the title seem* to limit catlonn! Committwj and Bryan C.
the Interest of this welcome book Lii"»nVfn. chairman of thy library
to boy*, it Is a record for girls comnYttee. Any driven who >■*
as well. Fer, as year* go bv. rh«* a book to present the Boys’ td,
nobility and far-reaching influence brary should send It to MfXa Am
of Abraham Lincoln * character Foster at the "Y" or aodty Rh
are being more and more widely . Lumpkin,