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^ Athens High Wins First Game In Alabama Tourney ^
FRASER GREATLY IMPRESSED WITH ATHENS
AUBURN, Ala.—(Spec*
ial.)—With the brilliant
Goodman leading the of
fense, closely followed by
nil 0F EHIIOE MIDDLE
ISEMIII EH El
SIB OE DEPIIEi
LAFAYETTE, Ind.—(UP)—A man hunt, rival
ling the search for Marty Durkin, Chicago’s noto
rious "sheik” bandit, spread over the middle west
■Friday for two escaped convicts, sought” in conncc-
Barrett and Cauthern, the tiontion with the murders of two deputy sherfifs.
speedy quintet of Athens 1 Th© bodies of As offigai», Wai- ——
; \ • n > i laei McClure and John P. Grove
(Georgia) High school wsn f 0 .j„d Thursday near Covins-
won out over the cage ton. Indiana, covered with n lap
team of Chambers 9ountyjSmriSik b Ground 1 M«etart°wer
High of Dadeville, Alaba- usinjf in transprrinfr the two pris
ma, in the first round of statc ” formntory »'
the 1928 Cotton States! Tbrofficerelcft her: on Fcbru
Tourney here Thursday
afternoon. The score was ty ***M t0 °r i ' ive rendeiton
oa i A 11 r - .On.lho next day the prisonro
tia 10 14. were a?en in Danville, Illinois, am’
By virtue of its victory in the two days* later the automobile, it'
first round, the Athens High team windshield shattered bv hull'ts
will meet the strong Millport (Ala- wa» found nt Decatur, Illinois,
bajna) Illgh School quintet Friday Posses at one time numbering
afternoon. Millport won its Ini- 1000 m'n searched the region
tial game Thursday ever Jolla- aronnd LaFdvett" and’Danvillo for
poosa Ilijfh of Alabama by the ono several days after the four disnn.
sided score of 50 to 26. In al- neared, but found no trace the
most doubling the Tallapoosa dej^tfcs or prisoners,
the MUIprrt team stood out
os a menace to the rest of the titlo
chasing quintets.
■> Entering tbu tournament for the
irct limn A*fli
first time. Athena IVgli came t
Auburn with a great record. Hav
ing rolled up nearly 600 points
in games this season and bav’ng
been defoated only twice, the
Georgia team was forem en as con
siderable more than a "dark
horse",
MTtport alsoenterml the tour-
nament With asplendid record ana
lived up to it in her game Thurs.
dey with Tallapoosa. At no tlmo
was tho outcome of thlB gamo In
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GEORGIA ARMY
POST TO GET
$650,000 FUNDS
WASHINGTON. (UP) — A
bill, authorising $12,664,950 for
army housing In various parts of
the cotunry was introduced in the
house Friday by R.presentativo
James,’ republican, *- Michigan,
chairman of the real estate find
Tho bodies were found Ibjf Cbas.
*sdPl, a farmer, who was scroll*
SOfC 'or ■ lost cow when he diseiife
’.red tho; lap-rohe, partially com
in a fi< Id.
Covinirion noli**e wire notifl'd
; iio bodies amoved for a cor
oner’s examination.
British Airman.
Reaches Rangoon;
Australia Is Goal
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. —(UP)
—Governor Ed Jackson stood ac
quitted Friday on a charce of con
spiring to i-ribo former Governor
uarren T. McCray.
Juddn Charles McCabe upheld
late Thursday a defense motion
for a directed verdict of acquittal,
presented nft.r the stato had rest
ed Its case.
-Tho moljpn was based on tire d 1 .
for : V contention that tho state
fail d to prove ' Governor Jackson
atced to concsal tho alltRod crime
nd th' 1 refers, under tho statute of
limitations, li was not guilty.
Tho statute of limitations, which
tho court ruled applied in tho trial
RANGOON, Burma —(AP)—
Bert Hinkler. British avlatdr who
is on a flight to Australia, arrived
her; Friday at 3:15 P. M. He flew
from Calcutta, where he had ar
rived Thursday.
EARTH TREMORS
FELT IN MAINE
TOWN FRIDAY
MILO. Me. —(AP)— Earth t«-
cnairmun oi too rem esuou pou — —r - ----- - ... .
construction sub-cemmHteo of th! mors were felt here Fridhv for the
military affairs committee. fourth tim? in thww,cits. Adis-
This anpronriatio-i will nrovide tinct shock wss noticed at 12:29
housing for 470 offline, 595 non- A. M.. followed in a.-out a minute
commissioned officers. 6.508 on- by a faint .lor.
lilted men and 188 hospital pa-1 ««mi.n.ir.iA.m.s,
tients. This is in addition to S20- ADJOURNS MONDAY
297-OOp authorized last S-SpioB ci ! HAVIN'! Cnha Igh—The -nh.
which 313.308,000 has been appro- comm^os’of tho^nTlmen-can
oorwlJn’i w .t'' J'emainlnprJ8,- congress Friday pushed on with
";; V u^r' rtm 7‘ *?* «> c "- «"* <■> »"offort to clean up
pronriation bill which la ending in hoforo the congress adjourns on
' n Snff na f ' . , , , 1 Monday. The Argentine delegatee
Tb; new appropriation. Include: Vore ablmt frora the 5aHlloB
p 2 Ga -r ?50 i',“?V,„„ I wore several others.
Fort JlcPher on, Ga.—$3)0,000.1 ,
George E. Deadwyler Elected
President Of Athens Savings
Bank, Succeeding M. G. Michael
Mr. Michael Resigns on Dsadwytsr f» » »an or con.
Account of Inability to'X“h« iSS.eH .br™®"
Devote . Full Time ' to m<>dern business ways and acien-
Bank’s Affairs.
Directors Added.
New
At the directors meeting of tho
Athens Savings Bank Thursday
morning, M, o. Michael, resigned
as President. Mr. Michael was
compelled to take this action, be-
cattso of the demands of hfs basi
nets interests that prevent him de
voting the full maotint cf time to
tho affairs of tho bank.
The Board of Directors accepted
Mr, Michael's resignation with
tuany expressions of great regret,
and of appreciation for the service
he has given them.
Geo. E. Deadwyler was elected
President after Mr. Michael's res
ignation. Mr. Deadwyler has been
Known for many yeats as <>ne of
Athens’ outstanding and leading
business men. Hi* upright meth
ods ndQ ke«n Judgement are high- |
lv respected and esteemed through j
out this section of the state. While]
tlfic management.
It It-tttting that a man of Mr.
Dead wyler’s fine qualifications
Should be Preiident of this spleo-
dld and reputable old institution.
C^ncident with the election of
Mr. DeadWyle* es President, Du
pree Ilunnicutt was elected Vice.
President and Sidney Boley, sec
ond Vice-President. Messrs. T. H.
Dozier Jr.,, and C. ,G. Eckford was
elected as directors.
The officers and directors now
art; '*.«■*
G. E. Deadwyler, President.
. Dcupreo Hujinkutt. First Vice-
President.
Sidney Boley, Second Vlce-Pres-
i-I« nt
A. Mell, Cashier.,
E. I. Smith, Jr-^AsBiitant Coyh-
ler.
e. n.
R'dnty Polf
Dc4dWy)eit ’
A-.rrn
T. H. T>
zlcr. Jr.. C (J. Erkford. G. Mi
chael. Dcupreo Hunn’cuD J A
Hunuicut
IPPOIHTHEIIT
EM GIVEN GREAT
BE MIO HUES
win details nr
WASHINGTON — (AP)— Ap
pointment of Judge Ogden Per
sons of Forsythe, a democrat, to
succeed William J» Tilson as fed
eral judge for th? middle Geor
gia district, was urged upon At
torn y General Sargent Friday f.y
Ben Dnvis, republican national
committeeman from Georgia, and
Roscoo Pickett, chairman of the
republican -tatc committee.
BY CHAS. E. MARTIN
Athenians and members of the Woodmen of the
World of Northeast Georgia who heard Sovereign
lodge''the c^tomT^OTrt d nmi Commander W. A. Fraser speak here Thursday had
his nomination is expected to be the assurance, after the dinner at the Georgian Hotel,
wc"kT". i heV’eorqfa a enZrs V hs've t that Athens stands a fine chance to be made national
no obb-tir.n to his appointment to headquarters of that organization.
that nine .
Persons formerly was prrsident
of the Georgia state senate. Itiek*
ett served wi»h him end was the
only republican in th» body. He
b*ld n committee chairmanship
and place* on important commit
tees.
MOTHER ID HER
IHTER HELD
MSB
MISTRIAL RESULTS
IN MURDER CASE
OF HARRY HILL
(NEA, Seattle Bureau.)
Sa)!y Butter’s father dbposed of his interest in an insurance com-
. i «1 « f .Mil I . n ., nM 4 nM Dnf i h ,< mfllra
outlaws a erlmo more than two p nny the other day for a million and a quarter. But that didn't make
mn old unless it is proven th, .ne dlffer.'nrn tn the nrettv Knokano (Wash.) utrl who has gone to
defendant attempted eoncalment. workf’tn prove :li.. can du'semethinR worth while.” She is playin':
in a Spokane tlicatricnl pt:«lc show at one forty-thousandth of a mil
lion cfdlars a week.
FOUR KILLED AS
PETROLEUM CANS
EXPLODE ON SHIP
TOKIO, Japan. — (UP) — Tho
captain and thirteen members o!
Chuky were killed when the whips
Chucy were killed when the ship’s
cargo of 70,000 cans of petroleum
exploded, a telephone message
from Nrjima in Chfnba province,
sold Friday.
Fishermon saved twenty ono of
ficers and men.
VALUE UNKNOWN
NEW YORK —(/P)— The ChUo
S'.- M-'hln Coin puny. owm'»y of tin'
tanker Clxuky which exploded in
tbo Pacific with the loss of tho
captain and several of the crew,
Friday said tho vessel was ccm-
raanded by Captain C. Hermes and
was manuer by a crew of thirty-
five men. The company records
cuss passes mi
; seme for
IASI LEGISlATi
OTTOWA. III. The jury
which for four days’ deliberated
the fate of Harry Hill, charged
with killing his mother, was dis
charged Friday after it reported a
disagreement.
Twice beforei tho Juroi-fi had re
ported they were unab'e to agree
upon a verd'et but oach time
sent back by Judge J-
fer further deliberation. ,
Judge Davis himself called the *, lt
court to order as tho Jury
, Sovereign Commander iFrawr
whoso r i-ommenuuuon to the Ex
ecutive Council as to tne n.«d-
quuibcrs city wiu probao.y decide
tne location, gr«.auy •euvouva^ed
tiiose who mjatu n.m sp aK ior an
| iiuur inurauay mgnt and piauo
A.hens, tne i>outn and tma scctxua
oi me country, nu was mo last
o k ie a her on t„e program Thursday
vVvn.ng and his r.marK, “Athens
ii tne only cuy I nave viaivod or
will visit mat naa bi>.n visited l.y
ni« inDeiH oi tue executive coun
cil, ’ was .nthusiasacatsy cbs«9^d
by the more than AiUU men and Wo
rn. n garnered around (he
a! DaxU un d was. taken 8ignifu;amly,0^^©..,
mean that hu wa> pleased not OOly
at the r ce])* 1 — u - i-jrwa:.
but with th.
- cejition he received'
* u - lily.
LOUISVILLH, Go — (UP) — ' diet had been reached. .
The poisoning of nine mcnr.era of c0 | ve d a negative reply and al
th: lom Kelley family, causing, a noKa t'vo to the question nu
the den.’h of Mrs.. Kelley, had lead —j.««i
Friday to th? arrest of.a mother ^nt!
tho I
n.y . ...
and daughter, neighbors
Kellys, on murder charges.
Mrs. Ida Williford and her
daughter, Mrs. Liza Ann Davis,
vert* held following a coroner’s
« rdict. Sh riff D. C. Thomns said
that poison had been placed in the
well at the K:!!y farm and in the
rived
"All I can say is that I
•erry,” said Judgn Davis.
flour .bin.
Mrs. Willifon. and her daughter
denied the charg s and claimed
they were "true neighbors.” “W»
were alw^yj exchanging and bor
rowing like regular neighbors.”
Police said that several v.^«k* ihiMHoit ae-ents enrlv F-idnv rabl-
ngo Kelly gave police information ed the fashinneH Jungle Club in
‘^•>t Wd t 0 the arrest, of Mrs. Da- the theatre district,
vis’ h'»d ’and on a roljbery charge. | Business wqs not interrupt'd.
Kelly and oth?r members of his I
Day’s Program,
Tho Sok-creign Ct/iiuuander. Wbo
as accompanied by Mrs. h*ruez
id otuer vi oiximen officials^ put
y day in Athens. ,
re at 12:ju anti after, tm
iiuunnul i\cepnun at the Holman
hotel was the guest of honor at
a dinner at the State College^of
Agi lculture, whil. Mrs, FratSr
was entertained by a committ:o
of women at the Woman’s club.
From the Agricultural College ho
hurried back to the r-
■at f |Tn w% i in 8tan( l at the corn- r of Claj
111 LLuD IyAIU College avenue to review
rude in wK:h marched
vpnr vaou t- Woodmen, stud nts,
NEW YORK —(AP) Workl g H^hnnl n.inll. anri oltrtlt
qtdetly that th 1 gue»
pleased with the parade
particularly struck with
repr-ssnting Wondm. n
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PROHI AGENTS
WORK QUIETLY
family were reported recovering ‘
from the effects of the poison.
S1DDONS CANCELS
WASHINGTON.— (UP) — Congress reached the
halfway mark of its presidential year sessipn Friday,'CONTEMPT CHARGE
ready at last for action upon important legislation. I . _ . IM ~ verreru
Republican leaders have formulated a program AGAINST YWTSLfi
PLANS FOR STATE KIWANIS MEET v
nxo m.n. .... vuM.e.o, f° r both houses, which, the United Press learned, will
did”nota'how'the vaTuTor tiie^iiipIguarantee_action upon pending legislative issues ini
HERE BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE UPON
VISIT OF DISTRICT GOVERNOR HIKE
of Geonta
or cargo and tho homo town OMd-hg follOWinOT Ol’der;
CapUtn Hermea^waa not knoun.j vovcrlhcM'Znl. Mus.
Plaiw for the annual state convention
I Kiwanis Clubs bciran to take shape here Thttfafefty
Washington,—(jp)—criming upon the visit of District Governor O. A. Pound and
contempt charxes agnlnet C.
SINCLAIR-BURNS
DEFENSE RESTS
cle ifionlrf, farm relief, flood con
trol ^nd tax reduction.
The republican steering c:mnVt.
toe h/t.s decided upon this ^cqnonco
„ nrj , ^ and has Uie general approval of
FTC p AQp pJ?|||AY house leaders who have signified
lid trtOt riVlU/il j lheIp , ntemlon to CO nform to H as
— , . | far ax possible 1 .
WASHINGTON —(UPW lTie 1 AYeii property and Muicle
defense rested in th-* _ Sin‘'ialv^Bhtal : i will bt,* rlearo 1 away qulck-
Burns contempt, case Frid'— Sum- iy to get at the rael business of the
ming un arguments wer? started session under this arrangement A
The defense concluded Its tcst ’* final vote is expected in tho senate
mong without putting Harry I-,. Friday afternoon on tho.revised
Sinclair, multi-millionaire oefMi* house bill for settlement of war
dont on tho stand. ' \ claims between Germany and the
The contempt of court citation united States. Muscle* Shoa’s will
resulted from Sinclalri employ- come up M'nday .with Senator
ment of Bums detectives to shad- xorris, republican, Nebraska, au-
ow Fall-Slnclair-case jurors, tbor of the government operation
_ T ! bill, predicting brief consideration
Seaboard Creates New. an<1
HEUIPPEfI E!
T YEAH IT
Office; To Be At
Savannah
Thb MeNary farm prize Btablll-
zatinu bill then wl'l he taken up
in tho senate. Indications are that
it will pass, despite President Cocl.
1, urn *■ .( ’(* six.i
NORFOLK. Va. —(AP)- Cr:- Bf>ITinn<l T(1
otion of the office of operating as* upecu UClIlUtlS 1U
•iztant to the vice president, was
announced Friday at th- offices of
the Seaboard Air Line Railway.
E. C. Harwell was appoinVd to
fill the office and it was announced
that his hradanartera will bo nt
Savannah, "Geonria.
Officers who will r^nrt to tho
Make Trial Runs
At Daytona Beacb
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —
(UP)— Trial runs Friday of the
new operating assistant to tho vio.* two monster racing cars sacking
nr^ident. are; ito set a new world’s record, were
; General Superintendent of annonnot-d iy their drivers, Catv
sVin^rortatlon. Suoeri r r nH«»nt of tnin Malcolm Campb 11 and Frank
Sti^rinton-. Lockhart.
nri Transfer. I The rrt*>mat : onal S*«e- d Trials
of Yf»rd« end opened defini^e!\r Friday
1 r
of Pa
Sunday morning at the eleven
o’clock hour, tho Prince Avenue
Baptist church will have a sj; eia!
service. Dr. Tippett will preach »
.'-•pecial sermon to th.’ membership
of the church. This ii his first an
niversary as pastor of this church.
I)r. Tippett took up his work
with the church Frbruarv 15, 1927.
Sunday night at 8 o'clock he will
preach a special sermon to the
young people of the church.
Every menfrer of the church U
urg-d to att:nd these service!
ar.d the public Is Invited.
RESERVE OFFICERS
MEET MONDAY P. M.
Reserve and National Guard of
ficers school weeks at h I*. M.
Monday, February 20th, In New
Col leg*.
i ression will b** a war game,
inuatfon of thf» ?a*t
Lf*ut.-Col. Ji^H
Vuitach, BaHinoro manager of tho District SccretRfy \V. A. Dozier of Jackson, rfho
Burns Detective Agenc>’. wero were honor quests of tne Athens club, host td 1 the
dismissed Friday by JusYee Sir!- 1027 ronvontinn fT
dons in tho supreme court of the A-VnJ n'* , K 10
District of t’olumbla. Tentative dates. Occrtbor IS, 19, . , -J
Tho government opposed the nc- 30 wero "elected by tho executive !! ork
tlon but the. count held bis guilt board of the Athens Club and will
Lieutenant Governor ** m U.
hod not been ezubllrted •'beyoid be submitted by Governor Pound w",Th "J ZHOUF-BEtl!.
a renonabl. doubt” . I«e th, atafe rntuKve cmmltU, dS.^to ui dWrirt^tolSUS
for appreval and will then go to P | nl „ l0 vi ,| t th „ ma lL
TO CONNECT
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Am
erican airmail connections with the
J! 10 , Ill i tri !?t ,onal Committee for Secretary Do* ier reported hero
final adoption. Thursday that the sixty.foor Goor-
.orvW from Mexico City ar- ex- tbe ° f tho *»•'!»"• are fune^mlu*
•v oted to bo ready aa soon ax th; Athen. Club »er, given to Cover. aPlemlldly. Governor Pound rtat-
Mexicon aervico begins. nor Pound Thursday.as woll na
MEXICAN PROPOSAL TO OUTLAW WAR ?-
LOOMS AS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PAN-AMERICAN
CONGRESS; ENDORSED BY HUGHES
X.
HAVANA, Cuba x-(UP)— Th,
Mexican proposal for tbs outlawry
of aggresjive warfare, coupled
with the <?ndors*ment of
Charles Evans Hughes of the Unit
ed States Friday loom'd as one
of the outstanding developments
of the Pan-American Congress.
Tbs proposal originally was In
troduced before the public Inter
national law committee by Dr.
Gonzsl s Roa, with full consent of
the M*xfcan delegation, becauso
the Mexicans felt there had b-en
too frequ'nt referacs to warfare
In the Americas.
The proposal gained gr?at mo-!
"I wish to join with you in this
ffort to the full extent of nr
ability. If we cannot complete it
now, I t us prepare for a future
day when wc can accomplish our
purposes with full consideration
of all the question w'hich noc. -sa-
rily arise- I desire to show to you
th: sincere cooperation of the
United States, whi' h ia opr.o-cd to
ict of a»'irre*..ion: which, de-
,.-u- mentum when Haarhe*. former to see force eliminated from
and Secretary of of the Unit 'd j this hemisphere; which is s eking
practical working out of such a
proposal.
In pledging support to tho pro
posal again it aggression, Hughes
that tho convention program
ermrrittee 1m being organized and
it is believed that Athens wtll-be
i one of the moat fstfragt-
te conventions ever held by
Kiwanis.
Governor Pound discassed the
program in which Kiwanis la In
terested at present along with Its
otlmr arjtld’Mes. This program
has for lt u purpose the relatton of
individual Kiwanians to tbe ydnth
of the state upon a personal bfcto
in erder that the men of experi
ence may he’p the young people
with wlvom they come Into con
tact to find themselves.
The entertainment program
Thursday, arranged bv th? pro-
rommitee for February, of
which Prof. P. F. Brown is chair-
n, nre«epted a quart tte from
• University and three girts,
d nts at the University. The
in" women, Mis«es Miriam JUi-
>d, Fran- s Waller and Ad«lla
f*ves and the n"artette add»d
rh to the nycting with thetr
Intrp*
.State', in a brilliant speech, *n-
Two new member* were
iced Thuro**. E. B Newtotf*#f
e Holman Hotel and Dr. J. P.
thin«r but the good ord r. the in- j Hammett of Mammett’s Phar
Mell, T. S Mell. land Supervisor oi Rule*. *tl)at period.