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VOL. 90, NO. Gtj a ‘Idll Associated Preas Service. United Press Dispatches.
ATHENS. GA-, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1928.
A. B. C. Paper- Single Copies 2 Centa. 5 Centa Snndj
SEK WALSH RETIRES FROM RAC
WOULD 10W HIS
CLOSES SERIES OE
SERVICES; HARRIS
TO
EDITOR'S NOTE.—The fol-
lowing reports on revival ser-
vic:a were written by, thee®
students in the Henry W.
(irady School of Journalism:
C. A. Aspirtwall, Firat Baptist!
C. K. Beale, Oconee Metho
dist; Martha W. Rogers, Prince
Avenue Baptist; Sam J. Slate,
Jr., Firat Christian; and Miri
am Battle, Firat Methodist.
While some of the
churches in the Simultan
eous Revival Campaign
here have ended their
series of services and
ethers will close Friday
night, the campaign will
not be closed until Sunday
night at a majority of the
churches. ) ,
Prchchinf: his last strmon at
the first Baptist church Thursday
night, Dr. tlcnry Allred I’ortcr
took as his text, “thou arc, not far
trom the kingdom of God,’’
"Christ well illustrated what
lie considered eloseneas to God,”
eccording to Dr.jPorter, "when on
n journey the people blasphemed
Him, and stopped llim en route to
propound Him firat with legal
questions and,then with theologi
cal ones. Jesus parritd them with
such answers-that they began to
admire him.
“A renowned lawyer who w»s
in the group gathered about
Christ asked Him what the great
est commandment waa, and Jleaua
replied by atnting the first and
second. And the lawyer summaris
ed the two commandments ami
said loving.Ood With a) H)te heart
and one’s fellow ai hlmieif.’ The
Saviour noticing ths discreetness
with which ilka lawyer answered,
The above is a photo of Ben Sankey, regarded by experts as the
heat shortstop in southern college baseball. Sankey has had any
number of offers from big league clubs. He is playing his last year
with'the.'Tigers/and fa s slugger, holding the home Tun record of his
team. He is also a splendid golfer, winning the college championship.
Sankey. plays hero Monday and Tuosday with "Slick" Moulton's
Plainsmen'. '
many ns. forty of their soldiers
have been killed in fighting there
while Chinese dispatches to Shang
hai give the' Chinese dead from
- .... .— —. Japanese machine gun tiro at 100,
all the heart and one a fellow as with a largo number of wounded,
himself. A man who only talo-11 In tokio the situation is regard,
the jiamc of God in blasptemey is | ed os most serious and four war-
tar jfrom the kingdom and needs ships have been dispatched to
lle M I Talng Tao, tho coast terminus of
Jlie minister said that Mfanesa me railroad to Tsinan. Other
to Sod may be brought about a nd warships have been sent to Yang-
manifested In a four-fold way: tie ports and other China ports
■'■oral Integrity, intellectual rs- nationals live, to
sponse, emotional response, andr fcroteet'tbem there in the event the
[near the Kingdom of God, ono , icoublo las repereuisions
“ presented with an Immediate c i, e where.
The trouble at Tainan la said In
ollfivlnr
Anti-Foreign Outbreaks
Are Assuming Serious
Proportions In China
i (By Associated Press.)
Anti-foreign outbreaks at Tsinan-Fu, Shantung
province, which may have surpassed in seriousness
those at Nanking, more than a year ago, have re
sulted in heavy casualties .among Chinese and Japah-
ese troops, dispatches from China and Japan indi
cated Friday.
The United States submarine depot ship Beaver
and six submarines arrived at Tsing Tab Friday.
Tokio dispatches said that as '
BALDWIN COVNIY
MILLEDOEVItLE. Oa—(UP)—
Three men, one cf them a member
of the county democratic commit,
to*, were accused Friday of rug
ging Jim Engles, <5, with leather
thorn, through’ which tacks had
been driven, ,
En'gies,. bis beak a mass of lac.
critical condl.
BY JACfl FROST
Fresh from four games’in Atlanta, two with Ogle-
thorpe and a like number with the Yellow Jackets of «ati°n«, was in a e
Georgia Bulldogs on Sanford Field Friday afternoon He a »woro out*warrant?hJwov/i!
players arrived here Friday morning arid will play '° r «*♦ 5 r ' * w. Habbard.
the first'of a two game series with the University of Haro°y™nd l tTs'mUh! 1 Au“t n hree
Georgia Bulldogs onSanford Field Friday afternoon, denied connection with 'the nog. j
The two teams will meet for a second encounter Sat*- rfijfcn h „ be(1 EnglM described
urday afternoon. 1 the Hogging. He sold he was
While on their trip in the Caro- i . aroused' frodi sleep Wednesday
Unas, the Bulldogs lost their first I • I night and Went to the door to find
conference battle when the. Red : SCHOOL FOR DFAF lour men there,
and Blnck team lost the final boat i JLIlWL aUA USMT ,) "They told . me they want d
of a tw a .game affair.. The Hull- I ' PI ACCC, DITPIf 6 I aomo whisky. I tnid themJIdidn t
finfru ifwiir n.« ricut .aniA f M ro f 1 vLl/uLus * Ul lLtJ ! have rione," Engles snide Tho men
ARE CURED. BY !
told him he vras not far from the
kingdom.”
lilt Porter-slated that tho heart
el religion was loving God with
all t:ho hn."Pt nnii nn.ru follnur tl«
dogs ,took the first . gome from '
North Carolina by a largo margin l,
hut file final game saw'the sllua-'h
tton reversed.
On their return, frojn North Caro,
till a the Red and'Black players del
to *-;rk .with the next conterynjto
games In mind and since that Urn.
tliey-Ijsve been herd ul work oi
Sanford Field making props: rtlous
for the two games to bo played
with Toanessee. Coach White sent
hla luys through a hard workout
Thursday afternoon ns ,* final
preparation tor the coming series
and It la believed that the ‘But!
dogs are rn fine shape for. the bat-
tlea. “ ,,
Tile Bulldogs wUI entpr the aam4
Friday afternottuUt on winning
both games and in that way enrich
their cinference record by two
Victories. When Lefty Stewart,
Georgia's senior southpaw hurler
walks out on the mound and
hurts the first bstt of the game
tho Bulldogs wilt start in on a
series that thay are more than de-
termlnde to win. Pat Keating wilt
be on the receiving end In both
games while Bill Parka, la sched
uled to do mound work In the final
game Saturday afternoon.
Both Stewart and Parka are
good pitchers. Stewart, a senior
EVANGELIST
ROCHELLE, IU.—. CUP) -*
- - —*— -.----- civs T-ho Rf Phollp -8bhw| for lJ.i>
Field.making p-. rwretiorr. i,. ; ,r i,,,,, h„—I I.. <•
■ ' six of its seven pnplis snddcuiy
Wero'endowed wtih powers of
'hearing at an evangelistic
meeting, it was said hero Fri
day.
The six children were born
deaf.' Miss Gertrude Blring,
their teacher, said. Their sense
of hearing was regenerated at
a revival meeting conducted
by the Rev. F. F. Uosworth, at
Paul Rader’s Chicago Oospsl
Tabernacle.
WIFE KILLS MATE;
CLAIMS HE HAD
BEATEN HER
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —(UP)-
A victim of a shot fired by his
into th: yard .in , hla. nightclothes.
One of th;m told him, “You need-
I n’t bother about .dressing. The
next t(rac you"! need clothes will
whin the und rtnker dreafea
you.". ",
He was later fouhd unconsciou,.
Engles said he knew of no reason
why he should have been flogged.
FAMILY TIES ENTER
MURDER CASEIN
PONTOTOC, Miss. -[UP)— A
artltng array of family tics in
the Stegaif-Blayloek-Wood sensa
tion Friday throttled all otbw an
gles of this city’s most colorful
murder casts.
Mrs. touise Stegall-BIaylock is
charged with poisoning her first
has a^goodrecSrdns a pitcher BE.Kvl**J.
TennSli? mS , Spas AV si insurancc ’ ,n8d °
Mowing Tennessee rTiaay < (Shoemaker was shot Thifriday Bor*
1FOLLOWI
.. , 'Shoemaker was shot Thursday
afternoon. Bin ««■** LJaliiur hm night at his home near Crumly’a
omora and la therefore PUriWU* chapel> a d iffi cu | t y in which
first year under Rcd ind B a wa3 acrtons'.y injured. -- ■ ——- — —
standards bat thatdossn t mean she f t ^ hospital and m>y not £ SohmonSt*gaU, Parents of
that bo I* not food be- live “ dead man, Thur.vlay trkd to w
Custody of h:r nino year old
daughter, Lavada, is in tho hands
of Judge C. P. Long. Mr. and Mrs.
m A A A causo in the opening game j According" to a. statement bl
COLLISION WITHS£3@S$%I
CREEK STEAMER
Posjcssinw tnornlj inttgrity,
w-ieh includes honor, purity, and
the other attribtttea, dots not nec
essarily mean 'that ono ta in the
kingdom but it is a Rreat’ factor
"I His favor, Jho preacher said.
If on.. iHWIiecfuaily gives his
assent to the truth that is in
• hriBt, than h? cannot be far bo
ra use unless lie Is near he cannot
Possess this attribute,’' stated Dr.
I ortcr.
"Emotional response is typified
Hy a feeling of warmth one.ex
periences: when ho ht-rs the word
Jf Christ or recalls Ms mother’s
iilb’c.
“The will is the nian 2nd noth’-
-;ig (an happen tmkss ytm anrren-
dtr the will. A nerson should no*
' c content with ,'»ing near unhw
n? wo"la forever r*m»t, on*«M«.”
Dr. Porter concluded by saying,
' Life's supreme tragedtea ate to
He within sight of the goal and
miss it by
fense after he had struck her with
on iron pipe and a plank.
Iiavo started following lesser nntl-
Japanese troops attempted to dll--
arm the Chinese.
The Tokio dispatches also state
that there have been reports ot
massacres or Japanese other
foreigners outside ijio city
Tslnut-Fu.
Reports from Tien Tain «»ld
-'that' Japanese armored trains
laden with morn troops, have left
Tsing-Tao for Tsinan-Fn.
Marshal Chang Tsa Un, chief
of the northern forces. Is reported
to have expressed hfs regret nt
the clash between the Japanese
and the nationalists at Tsinan and
to have offered to assist the Jap-
anese with arms and ammunitions.
Thia offer, the Jupanese declin
ed with the explanation that they
Intended to suppress tho puiragea
without hplp from other purties.
THOMSON MAN IS
yniF.n BY FAST
RAILWAY TRAIN
THOMSON, Go. —(API—
B. Demedlcis, 74, waa killed in-
stanthr here Friday morning when
irtruck by th* Pkayixne, • Georgia
Rai’road train. The accident oe*
curred n<ar the^epot-
$225,000 DAMAGE .
ATLANTA -(AP)- Approxi
mately *225JW) damage was
done by recent rainv and floods
rd to havo ““ ■""*->> Georgia ■ bridges and
on hfi peon’«rWe should R
people as Moses iudged hU, tho staTO/high^deiiartmcnt, K
If you jiulg in th Fc
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J.V^e only* wrra 1
K indnesS—ALLGOOD.
We had better bo reueful -t
iH.w we fudge others at we will be
judged alio some day,” d«€larfd
icv. J. I„ Allgood, at the Oconee
nethpdirt church, Thursday even-
“If we judge those who do
■vrong with a feeling of love and
kindness it is th? wav that God
"cold have us judge. When Moses
(»me down from The mountain and,
saw the great sin into which Ms
wonle had fallen he recognized it
“a Sin., und his righteous wrath
“ad--him cait down the piece, of
and ask the lord to havo
LONDON — (AP)— Lloyd's dis-
•unk by the British warship Bac
chus‘at noun Friday.
The ship, which was of 1,998
tons net r gister, had a crew of
22, which is reported to have £>eea
picked up by th» Bacchus. The
MUSTER VOTE TO
-OVERRIDE VETO
ttelhry _
pitched a good game againat Mer.
cor aoTeral weeks ago.
raWntror“«n to ~;HOUSE FAILS TO
Atlanta tb« Yota had bard luck but
thoy-proved .to the world that they
are good players , In the final |
game with Tech, when ; the- game j
would have reaulfeaTn a 4 to 41
patches from Ct. Catherine’s Point, draw had It not been for Parham I ..
Isle of Wight, state that ths Greek Playing a Merrlw.il in tho ft* rolUf bUl sum
steamer lonanii FaHaHos was <n jl. n ,f who wtli^huriTn’the game. failed <= uccuro tha t*Sl
ro y {he Tirup“hm°rE h .n n y r raU d I I eriUbWnro
nlavers wiU ! *n th. mevure.
Tho. vote on pasiage ot the
The gentleman pictured above
Is “Jelly’.',Akin, stellar Icftfielder
of.the Auburn Tigers, who play
hero Monday and Tuesday. Akin
waa tho outstanding etar on tho
1028 basketball team, being high
point scoter. He was tho 1928
winner of the Porter Athle ic
Award, which goes to tho man se
lected as the best athlete m the
school >?ach year.
JURY SELECTED TD
TRY BISHDP. ON
.ft
SMITH; JIM REED IS
IN IE RACE TO STAY
QUITS RACE
WASHINGTON — (AP) -
Senator Walsh of Montana.
Friday formally withdrew hie
candidacy for the democratic
presidential nomination, writ
ing to ono of his chief sup
porters, W. W. McDowell, th.*
senator said the r * ults of the
printa 1 *** in CaTfomia, "quite
clearly indicate that the demo-'
erats desire Governor Sm ; th as
their candidate." II asked that
no fur*her effort b mad® to
promote his nomination.
BY PAUL IL MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON.—
Senator Walsh of Mon
tana may soon retire from
the democratic presiden
tial race in favor of Gov
ernor Alfred E. Smith.
Senator James A. Reed
of Missouri is in the fight
to stay and will not re
lease his Missouri dele
gates. gm.
Senator IMHn'n repeated solo
attacku on Smith in the senate
hav e gained the open support ot
Senator Simmon* of North, Caras*
litm, ami will continued.
These are the news items Friday
In the democrat fc camp as Smltji
continues to amass delegates to
the democratic national convex*
tlop, obviously discouraging tho
opposition and apparently getting
ready for nomination of th© sec
ond ballot.
Walsh’s friends save counselled
lilm to * remove himself frdm
Smith’s path. He himself will
make no public statement of hiM
intentions, but says he will have
a statement within a few dkik.
Ills defeat by both Smith and Reed
In tho California primaries, occtipl©
witli the delicate democratic situ
ation in his home state, may Jar
duco him to make a public atatf-
ment of his retirement, i
From the first, Walsh's friends
have felt his candidacy was mis
understood. It had been said Ay
his opponents that he was making
himself a cat’s paw for WMlim
G. McAdco, old foe of Smith. Brute
Kremer, democratic political leader
m Montana und national commit-
teen
patn
number ol outttandlng player, will
be fonad righting with the Bull-
sinking occurred ubout 100 mile, | « founa rmnung w»a
south and west of th* Isle of «?^ffaf l VS2 , i2S
t^FcdlVd |w« Friday by Chair- nth,
Six) lV man Holder of the highway board., reseh
Wight.
WARSHIP SINKING
PLYSIOUTH, England —(AP)
The British wanhtp .Bacchus
which sank the Griek steamer
Ionioanis Fnlfalios off the Iale of
Wight, Js herself reported to be
sinking in the channel.
The Bacchus has been abandon
ed by her crew and ths survivors
picked up from the Greek ahip.
WATCHES SINKING.
LONDON — (AP)— A Lloyd’s
wireless from Niton, Isis of Wight
radio station said:
“Following received from steam
er ’Baron Mgchlay—’H- <M. S. Bac
chus wonts assistance. Am near.
Can see: him sinking by the head
slowly.” *
GOING TO AID
LONDON —(AP)— The adml-
rality announced Friday that two
salvage tugs had gone from
Portland to th. nid of the Bac-
chus and that II. M- S. Tiger Is
in the Yiccinity and .should soon
the distressed warship,
son. short Is good.
with Tech be proved to be a good
player and his work will be watch
ed with Interest here this week.
Harton. catcher is also *«».
Baxter, who plays around first ta
a bandy player and hts wrok ta
alio expected to be outstanding.
The games will be played at four
o’clock and the regular admission
price of seventy-rive cents will
lie charged.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
TOLD OF DEATH
0FHILLK0USE
Washington”—(AP)— ,Jh*
Navy Department was notified
Friday of the death by drowning
Thursday of Lietttcnant Frank B.
Hillhouse at Kahaia Beech, Hono
lulu. He was attached to the Pearl
Harbor naval district a, moral*
officer. '
His next of kin la Rated as ha
father, J. II. Hillhouse, of Sylvos-
measure Tinrsday ’ night, 204 U
In the’lames 1 J21 - Indicates very clearly that the
,n (no s-mis- i.
lions, conld not pass the measure
over a veto. Two-third? in each
body Is required for passage over
n vn*o. The senate farm bloc mar.
sholled the two thirds when it ap
proved the hill n few weeks ago.
TWO ATTEMPTS TO
SET ENDUANCE
RECORDS FAIL
Two daring war trained pilots,
havo failed In their Individual at
tempts to establish new sustained
flight records in widely separated
parts of the country
Lieutenant Royal V. Thomas,
formerly of the Canadian Flying
Force, descended at 11:50 o’clock
Thursday night. He had been In
the air alone about 35 bourn, over
Roscevett Field, Long Wand. Me.
chanical tremble was given as the
pause for tho landing.
At Cbickaxba, Okie., Joe Hart,
former pilot in the American
army, remained In th. air only
Georgia. Th body has not t from morning until noon, when do.
bail, recovered. j f«ds Parts caused mat io •Jqscend.
iplata nnmbtr of aevlu The
pastor would like to have every
member of the church nreaent for
the morning hour. ’ Recognition
will bo given to tho several offi
cers-of the church.
No celebration would mafca ua
happier than to have fifty addi
tions to the church. Wo hope there
shall be many to decide to protrea
Christ end unite with us. Wo hops
there will be many other* who
will more their letter with u* on
that day.
May we oak that every member
work to this end that the begin
ning of this eighth year S» made
a day for victory for ths church
and the Kingdom of God. Bring
your friends and family to thia
aervice.
doubt baa arisen in the Kremer
rainp whether Walsh should g%t
Ilia home etato delegation. M • 'S
‘ - To (ini'll this statement Walsh
- wrote a letter to Montana* luslal**
KANSAS CITY, Mo.i—(UP)— 1"K that he was in the race for
A jury of scvcnUcn churchmen liitnaelf lu response to requests,of
was e'lccted hero Friday to try his friends who believed hts wort:
I tho case of Bishop AAton Bast,' In tho Toapct Dome lnvesUgatiaa
1 Copenhagen, on charge? of “mis- merited reward,
application of church funds und Reed’s situation is different. He
lips MIssonrt's 30 delegates In hla
pocket. His nationwide eampolkn
tour In behalf of the party, prompt*
*» *nthu«*astlo receptions every
where. His supporters still are
-*r“-z '~r him srd egaln*t 8»lth.
so bo will not retire. R«ed made
known his intention to stay in a
'oleeram Thursday to Josephus
Daniels, former Secretary ol Navy.
Heflin Is undismayed hr tW
prospect of Smith’s nomination^or
• b- f.tjnefj-n of what he hftnseif
will do politically it Smith is nom.
Inatod. After the result of tile
California primary, he Thursday
renewed his attack upon Smith
nnd gained tho open support ol
Senator Simmons.
Simmons is understood to have
been displeased at the swln* of
some North Carolina precinct lead
ers to Smith, following: smith’k
recent vacation visit to that state.
These were published reports that
tho Smith group Intended to dbuK
lcngo Simmons’ leadership in th«
state.' ■
Heflin, for .a long time, has look
ed to Simmons for counsel, in «t-
talks upon the Smith candidacy
and for tho future they are expect
ed ta work together more okweiy.
largest airship in japan
CRASHES IN' TRIAL FLIGHTY
TOKIO, Japan — (AP) r-.J*«
pan's largest passenger airship* •
Suilt by the Communication's De
partment, crashed during a triA
flight Friday and billed seVM|
persons.
Mo.-t of the dead i
ca «;a the jhiy, ^
tho child from her mother through
habeas corpus proceedings, charg
ing she was "unfit to cars for her
daughter.'*
FIRST BAPTIST
PASTORATE HAS
7TH BIRTHDAY improdmt 1 conduct.’
• II* umn**/ra* | Chairmen of stundtng commit
—:—; . ’ . .'tees of th; Jlethodist Cpi-icopal
Next Sunday is the birthday of General Conference mads the tfc
the present pastorate. This is the [ cc tion at their morning session.
-* 1 — -* *- " Presentation of arguments and
videhce U expecttd lalo.Friday-
CANDIDATES FOR
THE PRESIDENCY
ARE TO TESTIFY
WASHINGTON —(AP)—Pres-
idratial candidates who have been
asked to appear before the senate
campaign' Toads inVesiigating
committ:o began filing, their ac-
centances Friday.
Senator Cuptis from Kansas and
Cbff, of West Virginia, republi-
cans: Representativo Hull, Ten
nessee, democrat, and Senators
Retd, of. Missouri, and George, of
Georgia,, alto democrats, notified
Chairman Steiwer that they would
be glad to appear when called on
to doso-
Somo - cf tho other candidates
have replied to the invitation, but
Chairman Steiwer declined to
make these replies public until he
could present them to the com
mittee at a meeting t> bo, hold
later.
Among others invited are,Gov
ernors Smith of New York and
Ritchi? of ^Maryland, former Pen*
ator Gilbert M. Hichcovic of Ne
braska, former Senator Afire
Ponvtrene, of Ohio. Senator Walsh,
of Montana, Senator Watson of In
diana. former Governor Lowden,
of Illinois; Senator Norris of Ne-
raska and Secretary IJcovyr.