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Georgia Disabled Veterans Meet Here Friday
ilKEfllLL BElj '
WILL WELCOME VETERANS HERE
THURSDAY
AT
Between one hundred
and fifty and two hundred
Disabled Veterans of the
World War will convene
Athens Friday morn-
inn at 10 o’clock at the
City Y. M. C. A. for the
annual convention of the
state organization.
Thursday night a smoker will
be h id at the Holman hotel, head-
barters for the convention, thts
ir, luiirin nt nVIftnlr
Investigate Presidential Campaign Funds
meet in" to beffin at 8 f HI) o’clock.
tommantler Howard II. Glenn
I will preside over the atasion* of
the convention. The meeting will
be opened with invocation by
Chaplain 0. Glenn Ray, after
which the addreaies of welcome
will be delivered by astral prom
inent Athenians.
Governor L. G. Hardman will be
here lor the eonM.’ntioivand along
with Chancellor Snelling, Chan-.}
celior Emeritus Barrow and Aim
Warren Candler, stato commander
U tin American Legion and Mrs-
Horace Holden, vico preskUnt of
tl Woman’s Auxiliary, will deliv-
g reelings. ^
ial f.
COUNCIL MOVES TO END ABUSES OF
SOLDIERS’ LICENSE EXEMPTION LAW;
ORDER RETURN OF CITY PLAN FUND
LONDON—(/p)—Foreign fleifft f
tary Chamberlain RneAklji* in the
house of commons Thursday, con-
’ ccming the Kellogg outlawry. of
- war, proposals, said* that the Brit-
lah government not only waAnlyT
welcomed (he Initiative of llftr
United States but was- hopeful
that It would be successfully con.
eluded and would make a real
contribution to .world peace.
Ills statement followed remarks
by ftamsay MacDonnld. the labor
leder. who supported the Kellogg
proposals.
“Our attitudo towards this .note
Is going to ftav> a very consid
erable influence 1 l n Ang!o-Amort *
iran , relations.*' ‘.Mr. MicDon&l«l
said. '‘Nobody who has bbtn Id
America recently or has followed
the American‘press wilt deny ihui
those relations are; not ntflte so
gcod ns they ought.to.t»".
JUHADO IS IN LEAD
A special feature of the meeting
City Attorney Says That
“Bums” Take Advantage
of Law Giving Free ;Li-
eenSe. to Disabled War
'Veterans. "
Ckf council Wednesday' ’ sight
adopted a resolution designed to
*iU be the appearance here 'bt th« put an end to further
only drum and bugle cor;% of the abuses” of the law granting busi-
vMeraas, a part of tile "Trench ness license ex mption to wap vet-
11?'!" of Atlanta. The Bugle corps erans. City Attorney Lamar C.
•Ill be here Friday and Saturday i Kuck-r reported that ne knew of
Bill Will make thpmselvea very | aeverai instance* where tho law
much in evidence whllo In the city, has b en “grossly abr.-cd” be-
Tb } "Trench Ilats” will hold n I cause it does not state what per-
meeting Friday night, from mid. j tentage of disability an individual
night on. This ia an organisation. must have Itwurr-d before n II-
ct merit ot the D. A. V's. nnd l» tense exemption is granted.
All that is necessary uruhr the
yatv! is for the individual to cer
tify to the ordinary of a county
that he it disabled and pay a feo
of one dollar nnd the ordinary
must certify him to the city mar
shall who is compelled to grant
the exemption. Mr. Rucker sold
that several "bums” have been
TO THY TO SECURE
ICIENTO
RJ. STEWART
the playground of the vet*. It la
hoped to organize a dugout here.
a:i Confederate veterans are In-
tited to attend the meeting* of the
organizations, including the ban-
quet Friday night
Officers of the state body are*
Howard II. Glenns Commandeh At
lanta; Thomas A. Furlong, senior to obUin free business II-
vlce commander. Savannah; C. It cens » here when they wera no
McCullougher, flrat junior vice mo re disabled than any other
commander, Mllledgevillo; Walter man. Councilman Henry Culp
Kmory, junior vice commander. La pointed out that ho knows of an
Grange; Ralph Hair, adjutant, At- instance where one man, pLTfectJy
lanta; I'rrd stokes, treasurer, At- ablc to work, conducted a business
knta; o. Glenn Ray, chaplain, under a fr^o license granted to n
* »dialled veteran.
Tho resolution adopted by coun-
• (Turn to page »ev,en.)
The University of Goorgid -Mon
key Drill Team will give an ex
hibition o n Herty Field Friday at
«’n neriy r»ciu rTiuuy .-..-.anmnt n» « « V
Jive o’clock for tho Veteran.. The MISSISSIPPI WILL
University of Georgia Band will WlliWUDIllI ” W* "
furnislt music. Following the ex- SUPPORT PAT
hibitlon the Disabled veterans will
'Uit ib ? Univeraty of Georgia,
Stat<» Teachers College*, Lucy Cobb
and other interesting points In G» c
city.
Twenty cars ar® needed for the
automobile ride over the city Frl-
•hy afternoon. People who will
furnish a car from five to seven
Friday afternoon will please com
municate with Mrs. Horace Holden
telephone t»5S.
Merchants are requested to fly
the fia RS again Friday and Satur-
The convention program, Anclud-
tttf? the follows:
Thursday, May 10th.
* M P. M.-Smoker at Holman
Hotel for all delegates and vlsl.
tors to tiip state Convention.
Friday, May 11th.
MA. m.—Opening of the
•nvention in y. M. C. A. audlto-
pum. State Commander Howard
H. Ohuo, presiding.
Invocation by State Chaplain O.
oVon n :i v
Music.
A-tdrc-s r,( tVelcsme by Hon- A.
(Turn to pace three.)
Weather Forecast j
JUfe
Fair and
Warmer
Thursday
Night.
Continued
Moderate
Ndrth Wind*.
Friday Fair.
**naer
HARRISON
JACKSON Miss.—(UP)—Indica
tions of strong “dry” sentiment
and of decision to support Senator
Pat Harrison as a favorite son.
Thursday appeared as the most
significant results cf Wednesday’s
82 county democratic conventions.
Delegates to the state conven
tion, to be held on June 6* were
selected.
WASHINGTON —(UP)— Sen
at. Teapot Dome lmt'-stigators
Thursday praised John D. Rockc-
fe ter, Jr., for his attempt to oust
Robert W. Stewart as head of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
ns United State, Attorney Ii o
Rover prepared to ask a Brand
Jury here Thursday for a perjury
indictment against the oil man.
Rover, acting upon senate orders
ik suiting from the same circnrn-
etsnceg which caused Rockefeller
to set in this houic-cleaning al-
beforothc
lay before
’» conflict
ing testimony before the Teapot
Dome inquiry. Senators Thomas
J. Walsh of Montana, and Gerald
P, Nye, of 'North Dakota, the di-
NEGRESS IS KILLED
WHEN SHOTGUN
IS DISCHARGED
SANDWICH, England.
(XJP) — With aU the
Bcfore this committco of five United States senator*,, candidates for'president were
(HEA, ,Washingto„ d Burean.) AmcrIcan leadera J osc
asCAUrC lino lUllllHmi-U Ul Atsv LIIHVVM avnaiuic, IIHIUIUHIVJ — Iivu uruo _ - . , ,
* explain thei* contributians ond disbursements. Left to right arc Senators Alben W. Barkley, Ken- Jurado, 01 Argentina, letl
tucky; Porter <!-, Dale, Vermont; Frederick Steiwer, chairman, Oregon; Sam.G. Bratton, Now Mexico, fj.t.i ,1,,. enrond
and W. H. Mcwaater, South Dakota. , “ t • . 1110 “ el “ “ ,nC he ,T.
* 1 round of the open Kolt
B mil AID HUM;
L OPENER
BY JACK FROST * Jg J” ! r
i-oantter Damr c n. mgtMfcjjying The Petrels of. Oglethorpe University wiil-arriye
GEORGIA TENNIS .
! SHARKS WIN IN
' FIRST “ROUND
championship Thursday
with an aggregate score
of 145.
Walter Hagen and Gene
Sarazen, of the American
■ * I team, were tied for sec-
. NEW ORLEANS. —<JP)— Sialon • on J n l„ r „ w ul 140
Courts, tlnlyersity <t Georgia, sin., on “ P ,acc ' vlln
glea champion, Thursday won his Wild Bill Mclhorn, who led the
first match In tho Southern Con- field with n 71 Wednesday could
fercnca tennis tournament defeat- j do no better than 78 Thursday.
Ing Welirnnin of Tuiane, 6-t, 9-7. | He was out in 87 an" ana on™,
in what proved the feature event j in 41 for nn nggreg
,V- J— Which put him four
on tho Tallahassee road, was in,
■ttantly killed Wednesday when at
shot-gun she wn* picking up dis
charged.
She with her small son and two
friends, Jim Johnson and wdfe,
were seated on a log, the gun leon
ine on th log by her aide, When
here Friday morning and will play the first of a two
game series with the University of Georgia Bulldogs
on Sanford Field Friday afternon. A second game
will be played between the two teams Saturday aft
ernoon.
Although the Ogl'thorpo team
leaving, she took the gun by the j, not a conference member it is an
mutxie, and was in the act of drag
ging it toward her when the ham-
mcr caught on a stiff piecy ot
bark on the log, causing the gun
to i/e di 'charged- The load took
effect In her right aide, producing
instantaneous death. She is surviv
ed by 8 children, 15, 13 and 11
years of ag?.
CAROL IS GIVEN
UNTIL MONDAY
TO CLEAR OUT
LONDON. —(JP)— Sir William
Jonyaon'Hicks, home secretary,
announced in the house of com-
rector, of fhe. investigation, ap-, W0B , Thursday that he hoped
piauded Rwrlc.foJler a action ex- pri CaroI wl || have left the coun-
nr ssing their belief that In it lay . “ h „ , r . n ,i. v
a fulfillment of hone for a general {ry by 5ronrt * > '
drive to clean np business.
BOTH HOPEFUL
DAYTONA BEACH. Fla.-(DP).
Republicans of Florida met here
Thursday with Hoover and lxiw-
den supporters hopeful of receiv
ing a n Instructed delegation to the
Kansas City convention.
ANTI-SMITH GROUP
WINS EASILY IN
ALA. ELECTION
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — (UP)
Returns from 300 prcelwt*
Thursday showed -a state-wide
avalanche of votes for an antt-
Smith dsiegation
convention was the result
insult of Tuesday democratic pri-
ra! Bnt two important office' re
mained in doubt For fourth dc'c-
gate at large. Mayor W. A. Gan-
. »_ _# Unwtwninpn'. an anti-
ter. Jr-, of Monteomriy, an anti-
Heflin itc and a Sn.ith man. was
leading by several thous.ndvo.c'
over T. S. Faulk and John D.
W’akley. , 3
In the signifirant race for dem
ocratic national committeemlB.
Walter Moore, meumftent and Witft
Bream, the 1 anti-Smith
5 it. slnimitln* 1'Wl
Were both Claiming victory.
. PERJURED SELF
WASHINGTON. —</p)— Seeking
indictment ot Robert W. Stewart
chairman ot the board of the Stan,
dacd Oil Company of fndiann, Jtir
trict Attorney Rover Thnrida;
submitted to tbe federal grand Jur;
the transcript ef the oil man's .tes
timony before too senate -Teapo
Heme Committee ort Feliraary i
.lo.l 8 and o" April 2t.
When Stewart appeared first,be
fore the committee he said be hat’
not profited personally one cen'
through the Continental Tradinf
Company’, oil profit Liberty Bonds
and'had.no knowledge' ot-the
bonds. -At bis April' appearance
before the committee, tbe oil man
testified that he had received
5759,500 in bond, fruit tho CenC-
nentat deal, which were given him
by H. S. Osier. - president of the
company. •-*
“HO COMMENT”
CHICAGO. —(JP)— ’’Nothing to
say. no comment”, was the word
sent waltidtc newspapermen from
Colonel Robert W. Steaart’s office
after he arrived hers |hur,day
from New York.
The chairman of me board of
the Standard Oil Company ot In.
dlana who has been asked to re
sign by oJhn D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
left hie train"' at Englewood. In
stead ot continuing to the down
town station. He went directly
to his o'flcea and announced there
would be no statement Issued,
at least until later In-the day.
Colonel Stewart was iuformod
that a transcript ot bis’testimony
before - the - Teapot Dome probers
of the senate,' had been put before
the grand jury at Washington
Thtraday but he atilt refused to
talk for publication!
HAS CHILL8
OODSTONE, England.—(Ah—It
was announced that the home of
M. Joneses, where former Crown
Prince Ca'0l of Rouman't. Is the
■niskt, tht Carol wan confined to
’(• bed Thursday with chilli and
'ever. -His temperature was said
o be high.
VOMAN, ALIVE, IS
BURIED BY MAN;
POLICE BUSY
LOS AN0ELE8, Cal.— (UP) -
outstanding college team and ac
cording to reports the Petrels will
com!" to Athens det-rmlncd to
bring about a Jump in Oglethorpe
diamond stock by defeating the
Red and Black team.
Ooach Anderson will probably
send Lindsey Vaughn to the mound
in the opening game Friday after
noon, while-Howard Lawson .will
likely be assigned to hurling du
ties in the final game. 1« is prob
able that Asa WsU, the giant Pet
rel outfielder, will be called in to
•fe service on the mound if b, is
needad. Wall is a player thsb can
be used at moat any position with
■Ucceu. Ho has pitched in a num
ber of the Oglethorps games after
one of his fellow hurl-ra had fail
ed with tho work.
Tho Petrels had defeated Mercer
in two serifs this season. They
hare also defeated tbe University
of Tennessee in a couple of games
and put np a good fight in two
games with the Yellow Jackets of
U.orgia Tech.
• Unfavorable weather condition!
during tho early part of the week,
tho game with Auburn on Tuesday
afternoon and the Bullpup game
Wednesday afternoon prov d to be
a draw-back to the Bulldogs in
their preparatory work for the
seri-'s.wt’.h the Petrels.
Coach Whits will probably as
sign Jack Waller to the mound in
the opening garni; while Lefty
Stewart will be called on take care
of the hurling in Saturday's game
Pat Keating will do the catching
in both games.
The games will begin promptly
at four o’clock and the regular ad-
of tbo day.
Courts, who wen the tingles
championship in the Memphis
tournament last year, nnd who
is ono ot tho seeded players this
l*oar, was rrralic? at tinuut but mi
ll-c! at tho opportune mluulo to
clincli tho. match. He served
f*rfll rioiiblt < and rxprrlfncod cjn*
sldcrablo difficulty at times In re
turning WYlirmnnn’it i;r rvo.
Collps cf'So» r aneo was an easy
victim .for Jteplet of tho University
of Georgia, 6-1, 6-0.'
WOULD CORRECT
CONDITIONS IN
VINAMEE STATES
WASHINGTON*. A bill
nlnjjng to correct conditions In
market trading was Introduced
Tuesday-by Senator Smith,'demo,
crti; South Carolina, On tho banls
t' .. . i . * j bf Ion* Inquiry conductyd by tho
NEW YORK —«(UP)— Tho Alt «ensto Into the break fa tho cotton
Smith-for-Prosident Club h:ro has martlet last fall.
_ strokes
hind Jurado.
Tommy Armour was lirst to
pass out of tho tournament, un-
dvr the ru e tm*t those fifteen
strokes or more behind ih leader
at thv; end o£ the second round
wero eliminated.
Jkiugliw Grant, Anglo-American
amateur, v/ith a score of 81 ancf
an aggregate of 101, also uhi
eliminated#
Jint Barnes, of the America*
team, came l»ack Thursday alter j
Lad round Wednesday, and shot 3
splendid .73. IBs aggregate now
is 154, . j tfJd
Though badly handicapped by
the cold and wind\to which ho wai
not accustomed, Jurado went
collected $103,301 and ii pent $92,-
Smith’s campaign manager, told
flftrtVS tlunnro' R Vnn I
090.28, George R. Van Name.;-,
tho aenate campaign investigating age placrt;
committee Thursday. * contract in
Van Namot’s dotniled statement notice by tl
was aubmitfad aft-r Governor
Smith hod put -aside his big cigar
for a qnlet naif hour on the stand
In the hotel parlor where the hear
ing was held.
Smith told tho committee that
hr was working as governor of
New Yorkotat-: that ho had prom
ised the people hero he would han
dle fbetr bustnaa, only; that he did
ncr know anything about th; cam
paign; that ho had spent no money
nnd knew of flo money being spot.
Mrs. Marie Billings, 38. aided po- mission prlo. of 75 cents will be
lice Thursday in search for a man ; charged,
who attacked her, wrapped her In
Tbe woman’s story, describing SOUTH’S HEROES]
one of the strangest crimes ever
reported in southern California,
waa told to police after Mrs. Bil
lings had regained consciousness
In a roadside grave^pod straggled
to freedom.
She gave police a detailed de
scription ot her assailant.
The man attacked Mrs. Billings
J B her home. Gagged and beaten
unconscious, she was wrapped In a
blanket and taken In an automobile
to Turnbuif Canyon, near Fhlttler,
MAY MEET WITH
THE G. A. R.
.LITTLE ROCK. Ark. —(JP)— At.
ter tabling it without decision, the
United Confederate Veterans, at
their reunion here Thursday, voted
137 to (X to re-conslder a resolu
tion providing for appointment of
she said. There ahe waa thrown.! a committee to confer with Grand
battered and bleeding, Into a helo i Army of the Republican official*
and covered with dirt. | and perfect plana for holding their
Later, when aho became eonscl.; reunions jointly in the future,
ons, she freed herself from the; D. M. Pattle, ot Richmond. Va-
rude grave and crawled' down a j made the motion to reconsider and
canyon road until ahe found help, j supporters bf .the Joint reunion
"• I prppossl saw In thc volo, an In-
BO/D DIES dicatlon that either this or a e'mi-
Thad Boyd. _ well kribjs'n aged |ar resolution will be adopted on a
Athena negro, died Wednesday, t final vote. Tho resolution was to
following an j lilacs* of several bar odttsMkred later la the da;.
months. Tho funeral aervleci will
be held Friday afternoon at,throe
o'clock. For years the dseeaaw
ran a blacksmith shop acroe* the
street from tho Honner-Hcrsld.
Generaf* wn L. WUkersm,
WtsMtgttir. H. C» e»M he wot ld
mako 'a strennons effort to hare
the veterans go on record tn favor
meeting jointly with tho G. A. IJ.
AWAlHi GOOD
WEATHER FOB TRIP
■ The bill prorldea that cotton de
livered on each'contrct must be do.
llvercd In Ha entirety l B one stor-
oge placrt; that tbe Iravi.r of Iho
‘ ' 'meat be glveu ten daya
tlic teller of Intention to
deliver and mn,t state at tho rame
tlmo Unit notice IS given the grade
and Staple ot the crAtt, to be de
livered. The blit provides for son.
them delivery.
SCHOOL CHECKS
ARE MAILED
OUT THURSDAY
(Copyright 1928 fay Associated
Press)
KING'S BAY, Spitsbergen —
Genera! Umberto Nobile watched
weathtr conditions closely Thurs
day to determine If he ihnnld start
Friday in the dirigible Italia on a
flight to the North Pole.
The present plan is to start Fri
day or .Saturday, General Nobile
telling the core spondent bf the
Associated Press that weather con
ditions Thursday and Friday
morning were the determining fac
tors.
VADSOE BASE
VADSOE. Norway — (AP) —
Genera! Nobile 4 planning to use
Vadsoe as an auxiliary base in tbe
ever.: that he should be fenced
south on one of his expeditions
across the arctic region.
INCREASE IN COST OF '
LIVING SHOWN HIGH
PARIS—Taking 100 as tberl923
figure. Let -Echo*- estimates-tbe
cost ot living as of December, 1927
a*:. Frances 107, Belgium 117,
Italy HO. United State* and Ger
many 153, England 1G2.
ATLANTA — (AP) — Checks
totalling about 3600,000 and rep
resenting 16 per cent, of the total
-ehooi appropriation for 1928 will
be mailed to ail counties and inde
pendent school system over the
state Friday by th; State Depart
ment of Education it was announc
ed Thursday by 51. L. Dugan,
State School Superintendent.
OUT—114 653 511—38 - :
IN —IJJ -143 244—83—71 .
Saraa. n, last ot the Arncrtoan
big guns to finish, shot n 76. His
card waa:
OUT—lit 644 634—37
IN .—144 475 344—39—76'
liis aggregate is 148.
Waiter Hagen, iron man of the
American t-am, woo out in 36 and
came homo in 37 for a round of 73
and an aggregate of 148. -4
Hag.n's card was; ! ■ "t
GUI'—1744 353 534—36
IN —444 '551 254—37—73
Mchlhom’a card was: '
OUT—533 63b MB—37
IN —455 655 J34—41—78
Ills aggregate score Is 149.
Jurado'-. sensational homeward,
score, following a comparatively
bad start, provided the big thrill
of the tournament.
Varying wind,! blew against him
during part of tho round. Sudden
ly they moderated, and with his
powerful, flashing drive, several of
his second shots passed the greens.
As he finished it was b-coming
comfortably worm and th|o sun
was shining brightly.
Jurado’a wonderful play at tbs
(Turn to page three.) ■ ■’
FLORIDA G.O.P. IS
HAVING TROUBLE;
PARTY IS SPLIT
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla—
(UP)—Gsorge W. Bean, national
committeeman, and his followers
bolted the - Florida state rpenbli-
can convention here Thursday
Shortly after it had organised by
electing an “anti-Beart” delegate
as temporary-chairman, appointed
a full credentials committee op
posed to the national committee
man and ejected a strong Bean
supporter when he laid claim to
the chair.
The Bean faction .gathered at a lot to ah agmtdtnni statd af
hotel, where, after conferences section, prior to the Indiana
with organisation lenders, it
announced that it would hold a
convention of its asm; starting at
3 p.m. Meantime the regular con
vention continued in session.
LITTLE CHANGE IN
WATSON VICTORY
OVER HOOVER
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. —(UFt
—The margin of Senator James E.
Watson’s victory over S cretary
of Commerce Hoover in tho Indie
una primary remained vlrtuaiy un
changed Thursday and interest
turned towards an anlysis of tho
voting.
Supporters of Senator Watson,
favorito eon candidate for tbs re
publican presidential nomination,
claimed that the most significant
result of tho election waa Indi
ana’s decision on tho farm relief
issue. Hoover’s failurty to win the
state’s 33 delegates to tho nation
al convcnton they contended, was
the first positive indicati on of the
cabinet number’s weakness in the
agricultural middle west.
Hoover’s name had not boon en
tered on any primary election ha!-
ihis
. PEASANTS MAKE FIND
PERUGIA, Italy—Apparent re-
mains of -arly Christion catacombs
have 'bc»'n unearthed by peasants ■ Watson 190,315 votes and Hoover
digging in the fields. . . 1174,915. .. .
tion. Although his rao: against
Watson was fairly elote, the farm
vote was overwhelmingly against
him. The rural, sections. In facL
saved the Indiana senator, for
Hoover enrrisd tho cities and in
dustrial areas of the state.
I' 'urr-- from ai! hut 327 of the
3.610 precincts. Thtuvdnv gave