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L. 96. NO. 172
Aaaodated Press Service. United Freaa Dispatches.
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY. JULY 31. 1928.
A- . 'Draper. Single Copies 2 Cents. 5 Cents Sunday.
White Retracts Gambling, Prostitution Charges Against Smith)
orgeous Dance Pageant To Be Staged Tuesday Night
SUMMER SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT
PROGRAM TO CLOSE TUESDAY
EVENING WITH PAGEANT
Miss Marsh’s Dance Class
to Offer Milton’s Coraus
At Amphitheatre; Pro
gram Begins At 8:30;
Free.
The pul.iic is Invited to attend
the. final entertainment of the
1923 m salon of the Summer school
Tueadaa evening when the depart
ment of phyikal education of the
Ittjtq College of Agriculture will
present “The Fountain of Light,”
dance drama of Milton’s Comus.
This will bo. the prettiest and
most fascinating entertainment of
entfro summer and one has
to read the synopsis of the
__na to realize how rsally beau
tiful it wiil be. For weeks now
i those who are to participate havs
been rehearsing th-ir parts and
I they have been mastered to per
fection. The natural aesnery of
|the amphitheatre has been aug
mented by props and lighting,ef*
Lects frhm . the opera programs,
isd.will b; superb. A full moon
Jill also add to the fascination o{
to sotting.' - ,
\Thero will he no admission
irge and the pageant begins a!
.0. Following is synopsis of the
inVrprctation:
Foreword.
noble Peer of great wisdom
I courage has been girpn the
rulejof a newly conquered dotnin-.
lion,I To attend him and 10 to hon-
newiy entrusted sceptre, he
bidden hla three fair off
's, Lucia and her two broth-
. omilius and Titus, But their
al lies through a drear wood, in
lilch Comus, the son of the wick-
‘ Circe and blithe Bacchus, holds
ay and excels even his evil
moth:r in the black arts. The gods.
however, watch over the pure in.
■ and Jove is quick to send his |
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Several Thousand
To Attend Dance
Program Tonight
KELLOGG WILL GO
TO PARIS TO
' SIGN PACT
PAiRIS - — (AP) — Secretary
Kellogg has lent word to foreign
Minister Briand that ho will come
to Paris to sign the multilateral
treaty renouncing war, sailing
from New York on the French lin
er lie pe France on August 18.
!! TO MEET KELLOGG.
I LONDON —(AP)-, Sir Ana-
) I ten Chamberlain, British Foicign
I Secretary, has accepttd an invita-
I tion from the French government
' I for the signinf of the Kellogg out
. j lawry of war pact
. i
Several theusand visitors
are expected at the presenta
tion of Milton's Comus at the
Amphitheatre Tuesday night,
beginning at 8:30, and for the
convenience of the public new
steps have been erected at all
the entrances to the theatre.
by the State College of Agri
culture and the crowd la re
quested to secure seats on the
tfrraces of the theatre.
Those attending ore also
advised to bring sofa pillows
or cushions as seats will not
be provided and the grass may
lie slightly damp. The drive
way leading from the main
building and . passing in rear
or the stage on hv Hardman
nail will be', closed but auc-
(luate parking space fur autos
may bo found around the main
huilding. on the driveway*
leading by Soule Hail and
Camp "Hiking Special traffic
offirera will be on hand to
direct the parking.
“ Dr. Soule stated Tuesday
morning that nothing like the
pageant has ever been at
tempted here before. “It will
be one of the finest things
ever staged In Athens; Ita'
beauty will be marvelous and,
with-the natural setting, ad
ditional acenery. moonlight and
fine weather promised it can-
not help but enthrall everyone
who new it. No one in Ath
ena should miss It," Is the
way he described the program.
EGEOBSI
ICIiLTUL
MACON, Ga. (AP)— Macon Is
prepared to sparkl; fourth in
her best raiment on Wednesday.
for the Georgia State Agricultual „ ....
Society, choosing the state’s most, heronts of Ben J. Davis,
ecntra'ly located city for its 82nd former national committee
annual meeting, convenes then ~
wkhen Judge Peter W. Meidrim,
ita president wields tho opening
gav.l at the Hotel Lanier.
Declared by Secretary-Treasur
er Albert E. Gibson to be the old
est agricultural organization in
existence in the South, the society
wi l hear a wide range of address
es from acknowledged leaders in
several walks of .life during the
I sessions Wednesday and Thurs
day, August 1-2. ' —— -.vw W h.i, ..... mi
Dcpartmental heads of the state I log a case, of acute asthma. The
mcuwciM of Georgia Include Eugene Tal- patient. Mrs. Adekne Selpp. waa
Sister Concutdon Acevedo Du Lu madgs, commi-ion. r „i a k’ ru V 1 - lua eil by the fire demubhent Hret
i. huld in a csllat police tun, and John N. Holder, commii-1 a i,l squad! WtoiteSSS**
eionur of highway. Both wilH ttn4bl# to loclI , , doctori he cal| .
ed tlio firemen, wlio worked near-
OF GEN. OBREBON
GRO AND WHITE'
REPUBLICANS TO
TRY TO PULL
DEMOCRATS
FIR. STATES;
ATLANTA, Ga.-(AP)—Repub
lican leaders of both factions
the state planned to name n tick-tl 1
of white presidential electors in \
order to give the democrats who
oppose Governor A1 Smith
caanee to vote the republican
ticket.
Flam regarding the selection of
the electors were learned after
dismissal in Fulton county super
ior court Tuesday of injunction
proceedings brought against ad-
J. Davis, negro,
committeeman, by
. Cofer, Albany negro, and
lieutenant of the factoin led by
Koscoe Pickett.
Both sides annoumed they would
Proceed to name electors and thnt
the electors would be white men.
Two separate tickets likely will he
chosen.
PULMOTOR FOR ASTHMA
Chicago. — a puimotor was
used successfully here In orercom-
PAST IS REVIEWED
Both
speak, according to plans.
Congressman Charles R. Crisp,
of th.* third district, uses “Farm
headquarters charged with having
induced Jose De Leon Toral to
commit murder.
Slatar Da Lu Lata who is about
32 years old and wears her hair
I’obbrd, is .Mother Superior of the concluding a JM
Convent in which Torsi iu alleged \ at 12:30 Thuradav afternoon.
Iby police to have conceivckl the I ThJ Georgia State College ■
idea of assassinating General Ob- 1 Agriculture wrlllisend four mem-
regon. Newspapers Tuesday quot-.there of ita faculty to iMaeon to
ed her'** having told reporters at I vivify the merits of various scien-
po’ite headquarters: 'Itific adjuncts of modern fanning.
“I hope aoon to be executed. I Dr. T. H. Mcllstton adll :mphu-
want to be punished.” i site the place for farm trucks on
Sister De La Lata did not admit 1 Georgia farms. . Profeiaora Paul
of the third district, uses "farm £ - . —re. eeipp
I..i:i-latien" at his topic in the rus pronmm-.d „„l dancer,
concluding address of the progam a . n * .J**. 1 * 11 was
1y four hours before Mrs. Selpp
tho firm Instanco in their experi
ence tbat u puimotor waa used In
treating critical asthma.
NEW YORK.—(UP)—
William Allen White, re
publican editor of Empo
ria. Kansas, Tuesday
withdrew his charges
against the legislative rec
ord of Governor Al Smith,
“insofar as they effect
his votes on gambling and
prostitution but not his
position as to the saloon "
“Governor Smith certainly la
entitled to fair treatment,’’ White
raid. "I always nave tried lu
tight fair.’’ - I .
The Kansfts editor’s statement
follows:
“Yesterday, talking to Waiter
Lippman, of The World, a friend
of .Governor Smith's and of mine
for many years, I loomed that
Governor Smith was deeply ag
grieved that I should charge him
with protecting gambling and
(Turn i. Paqa Ms)
that -he had Influenced Toral to
•lay the President-elect. She was
quoted as having added t
Tabor, J. G. Oliver and W. J.
Flror hare technical topics of
promised wide interest "
The Macon Chamber of Com
merce is reported to have arrang-
! ed a program of entertainment
consisting of a luncheon and a
tour of efttervatiou over the fertile
farming (action around the city.
Secretary-TAasuro Gibson de
clares the Georgia State Agricul
tural Society, selected Macon ha-
cause of its centra! location ami
—,, aniendld hospitality, and ht nntl-
Tl I V, elpatea one of the boat meetings
I 111 I ever held by that body.
I IlL I T), e Jlon. J. J. Pelley, president
of the Crntral of Georgia rail-
I road, ha* been invited to present
ROME, Italy.— (AP) —General the co-operative attitude of the
Umberto Nobilo and the surviving, transportation powers In connec-
membere of the ill-fated dirigible, tiqn with, the farmer’s problems
Italia came back to Italy Tuesday
to be greeted enthusiastically by
their countrymen, seeking to show
, tfPIC STADIUM, Amster-
nj t—(AP)—American hopes for
| chive Olympia victory received
ofher jarring set-tack Tuesday
dSatof idoyd, tho Wind. Womfft ran
in the classic SOtbmetre ’ ••JY jrt th .he lO^mctrMtit e
although the wearira of the ,n i "e
IVhile .mi nine shield were •»* Lillian Cone.mid Ilf EMWi.
White and Blue shield were
It to hold their own by winning
,i of the four finsl event* of
:]day.
I 800-metre crown went back
gland to the tune of tho fly-
set of Doug'aa Lowe, the de-
1, with Hahn not
, and wl'h other
> PiMla Hnmm
unbound confidence in them despite
criticism in man* parts of Europe.
Premier Mussolini symbolised
the feelings fo the Italian people
by being the firet to extend greet
ings to the returning men at the
which were for women athltjes, very threshold of the mother coun ;
the, United States atsn gained an
even break. A fast stepping Chi
cago lass, Eliiabeth Itvi.nscn, uf
*•— Mlinois Woman'* A. C„ ran
with the 100-metrea title
_ UUiaa
California, Ath'elic and Country
club, placed -ec-jnd to Hnllna K-m-
opacka, of Poland, in the disk
throw.
Hamm’s record breaking jump
waa 25 feat 4 and 3-4 inches.
Both Miss Robinson's 12 and 1-5
for the 1U0 metres and Miss Kono-
packaVc remarkable disk throw of
89.62 metres were announced u
new world’s record.
SENDS OUT CALL
AMSTERDAM STADIUM —
(UP)— The Unittd States called
on some of its premier'athletic
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try, pdrpoicly sent the prefect of
Bolzano to the Brenner Pats *o
welcome them.
GOVERNOR MOODY
PILING UP BIG
LEAD IN TEXAS
DALLAS, Texas. —(UP)—Gov
ernor Dan Moody’s majority in his
race for renomination continued
to grow Tuesday as additional
returns from Saturday’s demo
cratic state primary wire tabulat
ed by the Texas election bureau
At ten o’clock Tuesday, when
the bureau announced tabulations
from 347 of .the 3>3 countks, in
cluding 109 complete. Governor
Moody held e majority of 124,182
over his three opponents.
BETTED BUSINESS
BY RESERVE BANK
Russian Court Sentences Father Who
Slew Child, Hopeless Idiot, To Six
Months; Immediately Suspends Term
LENINGRAD, Rufcala.—<UP)—Rather than permit his three-
Ye*r-oId son to grow up • hepekss idirt. Vladimir’ Orlosky, an
aviator, killed tho child and then surrendered to the police.
After a comparatively brief trial, Orlosky was fou.pd “technically
ftuUty” and the coart sentenced him to ids month* impriVcnnient,
bat immediately suspended sentence, merely repninandiuic him
publicly.
The curious legal procedure douhtk>* was Dpired by fear that
other parents, especially among the more ignornnt of the popu*
lace, might take Orlosky'* action as a . precedent fee doing away
with childnti, - % . |
BE H SEWS fll
rii m ewES hue
SPECIAL MUSIC TO
FEATURE PROGRAM
Thursday a.m.
In the new Journalism Hall on
the campus, there is to bo given
a concert of unusual Interest on
Thuridny morning. Harp selec
tion will be rendered by Mrs.
Ware, of Memphis, who made such
a success with her harp playing
during the season of Grand Opera.
There will bo violin selections, by
Mr. Michaelis, and sonie of hie ar
tist pupils. Mr. Stables and two
of his pupils who participated in
the opera, win ■ini’. '
On this occation, Certificates ns
Professional Music Teachers will
Ibe granted to - six stuiknts, who
have completed the Summer
School course under Mr. Granber-
ry: Mrs. Rost, of Washington, D.
•C.; Miss Daniel, of Hendersonville,
N. C; Mrs. Llewellyn, of Coving
ton, Ky.; Miss Nease, of Young
Harris, Ga.; Miss Bruce, of Black-
! hear, Gu.; Mrs. .Stanton, of Still-
more, Ga.
Mr- and Mrs. Granberry will be
especially glad to have their Ath
ens friends attend this matinee
concert, which is to bo of such an
1intei*it ting character that they
feel sure i will bo enjoyed.
BARON HUENEFELD
SERIOUSLY ILL;
OPERATED ON
TO COME HEBE FOB
EXHIBITION; f UNO
GOES TO WAR VETS
BERLIN. Germany — (AP) —
Baron Von IfurnefeJd of the Ger
man trans-Atlantic airplane Brem-
said officially to be in
serious condition Tuesday after an
operation for appendicitis ut u lo
cal sanitarium.
ATLANTA—(AP)—mile sea
sonal declines in trade and ad
vene agricultural conditions ob-1
turned in the sixth district during
June and early. July, the monthly
review of th. Federal Retoyv.
b"nk of Atlanta Tuesday said
time deposits in member hanks
were greater than for any other
month on record. 1
Both retail and wholesale trade
waa affected by the summer slump
but departm:nt stare salt* for tb«
first half of 1923 were 2.10 per
cant greater than for the aama
period Inst year. As for wholesale
trade', it was at a lover level than
for any month in recant yuan.
NEW YORK — 4AP)— Gene ney declared definitely that the
Tunney, .heavyweight champion time had corns’to step out of the
boxor, announced his retirement
from ths ring Tureday at a lunch
eon given in honor of William
Muldoon, 82 year old member of
the New York State Athletic'Com
mission.
“I haw fought my last boot as
a professional boxer,* bio state
ment said. 7
Staging a “farewell party” to
the commissioner and more than
fifty newspapermen guests. Tun-
“Pealing still young enough to
make another start in new fields,”
Tunney declared himself uruti-fui
for the benefits conferred and anx
ious to leave tho game tatter than
Its found it.
“There ia no contender ut the
present time who appear* capable
of attracting real public interest,*
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LONDON —(UP)—’A new so
tempt at an international naval
agreement—a sequel to the pro
posals that failed In tho Geneva
.disarmament conference in Febru
ary—is under way now with
France and England already id ac
cord.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, the
Foreign B-cretary, in commons
Monday night, announced that
Great Britain hud reached a na
val agreement with France,
“I am about 1 .to tomaaMB
the compromise to the oth r main
naval - powers,” Chamberlain said.
“I am hoping-it may ta ncceptible
to them,” > • *
Sir 1 Austen would discuss the
matter nn further than to mas
this announcement. -
The entire conwreg^ sessions
had been 'devotedtxWrdiscusslon
of peace time moves with the For
eign Secretary expressing the Bri
tish Teaaona■for a reserve claus-
In Great Britain's aeefptvwce o!
the Kellogg anti-war pact. Britain
had reserved the right to net in
roet.in territories.
• “Does'anybody think the United
States, ih 'proposing the pact,
means to abolish or change the
policy of the Monroe Doctrine?
Clearly not: ■ In ovary nrbttration
treaty the United Sutra ham sign
ed, they hava expressly reserved
all questions relating to the
.Doctrine”
ers And AnxiliaiYNameNew Officers, End Sessions Here
annual eon-1 J:fferaonrille, was elected to uqL-'
a Rural Let-'coed Sen L. Camp at president ol
tion and. the I the organisation and Mrs. W. M
rtlon of the I Hays, Douglatville. waa elected to
tea* Auxiliary of the organi-1 succeed Mrs. W. E. Woods, Dew.
Ion, which opined session here son, as president of th. .Ladies’
nday morning, came to a eloae I Auxiliary, i 'Mrt. James H. Bat-
Tuesday afternoon. jcom.'Jcfferaonville, wan elected ti
Gainesville was voted on as the succeed Mrs. O. L. Floyd, Plain-
xt meeting place for the conws-^d Vttle, U secretary and treasurer of
n. I the Auxiliary and Mrs. Ben L
The election of officers Tuesday Camp. Whltedburg, was elected
rrnoon brought a c’ose to bothlviw president ■
ventions. James H. Falcon, I .Mr). W. M. Hays, newly elected
. 'resident, and Mrs. W. R. Woods,
former president, was selected to
ittand the nationfel convention of
the organization to bs held in Pe-
'Ha. I'Hnols at an early data.
Mrs. Wood will respend to the
address of welcome at the national
meeting.
Mr. W- D. Graham, DanieHvillr,
was named member of the execu
tive committee to succeed Mrs. T.
A. Dickinson, of Monroe.
Have Barbecue. 1
After tho close of the two con-
vunUons the delegates and visitor*
attended n barbecue at the Geor
gia SUte College of Agriculture,
followed by a motorcade over the
University campus and other
polntn of interest about the city.
The barbecue and motorcade were
sponsored by Dr. Andrew M. Soule
preeidznt of the College of Agri-
cu'ture.
The eeesion of. the Carrier*’ As
sociation waa called to order Tues
day morning by Ben I- Camp,
pit'-.iiiei.t and invocation pru-
nounced by J. T. Cole, carrier
from Dallas. Final reports of the
credential committee was given
first and Was followed by a report
of O. L. 'Floyd, eerretary and
treasurer. The report of tho ex
ecutive committee, waa given by
Horace Peacock. *
Hudson Speaks. * - '
,4f. H. Hudson, pout office in
spector. Macon delivered the ad
dress of the morning. Mr. Hudson
discussed some of the duties and
responsibilities of rural carrion.
At the meeting of the Auxiliary
•Tuesday morning the members
passed resolutions thanking L. W.
Nelson, manager of the Holman
Hotel, for the gracious treatment
thnt was shown them during the
convention. They aho passed res
olutions to thank Ihe city at large
for the kindness shown tnem while
here.
The carriers also passed rcsoiu-
.tinns thanking the Georgian Hotel,
of the Colonial. Theatre, for tho
kindness shown while here.
Other Officers. '
Other officers elected by the
camera warq, P. R. Lee, Lithonio,
ildent and Gray Meek,
and tr
rcaaurer.
vice presld
Nichols, M
EDSON DEAD
LONG BEACH, Calif. —(UP)
Job AdolphuJ Edson. 78. since
1906 prtsiJent of the Kansas City
iBoatnern Railroad, died 'me Mon- nr- u-' .l b>
BY OIAS. E. MARTIN
Thursday afternoon at
Epps Flying Field, just
off the I-exjngton road,
the biggest flying exhibi
tion ever staged in this
section of the state will be
put on for the benefit of
the Disabled American
Veterans, and taking ad
vantage of the half holi
day it is expected tfi
least 5,000 people
the city, augmented
many more thousai)
from nearby places,
be on hand to see
stunts and help out c
fund for the vets.’'
Admission will lx. 50 cents,
to appreciate the exhibition it '
will be necessary for ail the spec*
tutors to be on the field. }j
Mr. Pickerel/, who has been in
the city for several days, arrang-
*»tf the preliminary .detail*, h**
been joint d by Roy Gates, nation
al manager of the D. A. V. Fly
ing Unit. Both will remain in
Athens until after the meet.
According to Mr. Gates, n very
entertaining and instructive pro-
* is been arranged. “Wo
have two objectives in our meets,"
stated Mr. Gates, “the raising of
funds with which to carry on th«»
work which the £). A. V. is fil
ing for disabled men and the de
veloping and furthering of inter
est in sensible and dependable
flying. All of the stunts which
folks like to see will be executed,
including parachute jumping.
Doug Davis, national nice cham
pion, and the man who last week
in Atlanta, broke the world’s sphed
record for a three mile track, to
gether with Jack McKIven, will b-
among those participating in tie*
meet. ,
“McF.lv«»n will try for a record
altitude jump - and in other ways
convince those who see him per
form, that he is justly entitled to
the reputation which he bears for
l*elng one of the nerviest individ
uals in the country- Most every
one is familiar with the renown
of Doug Davis ns a flyer, who is
able to please the most critical."
U. T. Epps, who niaintains a
hangar and a couple of ships -t
the field, will cooperate with J-ho
outside fivers m making'the n*iet
e success. He is preparing tV*
field and In other ways, is going
to a great deal of trouble. He
will also fly.
“We hope verv much.” Mr.
Gates concluded, “that folks will
plan to spend ThursJav afternoon
at the field. The local chapter C
the D. A. V. is going to supply
sehts in a shady place and we n?e
sure that everyone will bo com
fortable.”
The meet will start nt 3:.’W>*nnl
will last until about
New Bus For G.-M.
Railroad Christened
A new bus tenting of:out HO pa*'
s ngers was christened to!on<lay on
tho Gainosnillc-Midland railroad,
and will run regularly now l**-
tween Athens and Gainesville and
Gainesville and Monroe. Tb--* hes
was built by Graham Brother* es
pecially for Ihe road. The n*-w
-equipment of the road also in
cludes a mw freight engine. Tho
tracks are being repaired also.
ONE THAT’S NOT AFRAID
. .LONDON —Miss H.
L'mith is one woman in
Rhe works in a place isfeided
•ttts -and Ifkes 'em. Sh**
iurse to f>00 Hits, brown and
Th*
i.lists
the city of Ath.nz and the owner* dap nifht after a bilef illneaz..
eats.