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LARGEST SHIPS
i K All
FIT FOR TESTS
A Rush For “White Gold”
LONDON,—(UP)—The two (lar
gest airships In the world are near-
InR completion in England. !AX .
Howden, Yorkshire, the R-100 has
progressed far ‘enough tor parlia- .
mentarlana and vlaitihg dignitaries
Id make Inapeotions and take tea
on her spacious promenade deck,
Test flights nre scheduled thla
month. The Jl-101, a similar type
of ship, la rapidly beln* completed
it Cardlngton, Bedfordshire.
The ships are of $5,000,000 cubic
feet capacity. They will accommo
date 100 pasengers and a crew of
forty. Those who journey In the
air linens will have all the conveni
ences of modern ocean travel. In
order that they' may get a good
view of the terri'orjr- over which
the' ships pass, the promenades will
be enclosed with transparent mate,
rial.
.Two-berth cabins, a large lounge
and dining room, an electric kit
chen, a bar, fn fact everything ex
cept n swimming pool will be pro.
vided for air travel. The lounge
will measure 3$ by 64 feet and the
dinning room Will accommodate 59
passengers. Th* lounge may be
used for dancing.
Not For Atlantto
Lieut' Col. V. C. Richmond, chief
Cardlngton. has snld that both
ships are planned for the Inaian,
ffbuth African, and Australian
routes, and not for the Atlantic
crossing- “The ships could easily
make the non-stop flight of $.500
to 4,00 miles across the Atlantic, 1
he explained, “but they could not
carry a sufficient paying load.
They will probably go on the In.
dlsn route first where stopping
places will be* about 3,500 miles
apart.”
Lieut. Col. Richmond
some of the new features
R-I01 as follows:
Heavy oil will be used for fuet
Instead of petrol, which has been
blamed for all airships fires.
The length of the ship Is only
five and one half times the girth, as
against the former ratio of eight or
ten to one. This will greatly re
duce air resistance.
The ship's metal parts are bolted
together Instead of being rivetted,
giving increased 4 Strength UtaT
making replacement of pgrtn ©as-
Father and son, members of a
family of lawmakers who have
been represented in the Georgia
legislature for a number of years
will setk seats in that body -in the
primary of September 12, each
asking to represent a different
county.
F. D/* Gillen, of Watkinsvillje,
the fathsr^ and his son, “Pat” Gil
len, Macota attorney, are seeking
election fran Oconee and Bibb
counties, respectively. Neither of
the two'has ever before served in
the legislature, 'but th? immediate
family has carried the name into
each session for the last three
terms.
F. A. Gillen brother of the
Macon man, represented Ocone?
county in the legislature for the
four years, beginning in 1922, and
another brother, R. L. Gillen .rep
resented Stewart county during
Ihg a life-line at least 160 yards the 1928 session, dying before hit
In any desired direction. term was completed.
Such is the text of a Parliament The father is being opposed in
act approved by the Board of* his present race by three men for
Trade. I the one seat allowed in Oconee
• * [county, and the son is being op-
Never place a sponge in the sun I posed by six candidates. Three
to dry/as this will cause Jt to rot. I seats are allowed Bibb county.
ENGLAND ORDERS SHIPS
TO GET LIFE-LINE GUNS
LONDON, England. — (AP) —
British ships after the first ot
next year will be obliged to carry
a line-throwing device similar to
a harpoon gun, capable of throw-
at fa$ ‘
offices, |11,264,900, of which the
under the direction of the Post
master-General. to experiment free
delivery In rural communities
'other than towns and villages.”
Mr. Watson: Mr. Chairman, the
paragraph under consideration pro
vides for the expenditure of $11,-
264.943 for free delivery service—
an'd simply directs that the Post-
master-General shall, apply 110,000
of the appropriation to experl,
mental free delivery in rural com
munities.
Mr. Loud: That Is already pro
vided for; the gentlemen will ac
complish nothing by this amend
ment. •
Mr. Watson: It Is not provided T
for In rural districts other than
towns rfh£ villages.
Mr. Buchnaan of New Jersey:
The experiment Is now going on.
Mr. Loud: And has been for
two years. Nothing can be gained
by the gentlemen's amendment.
Mr. Watson: There is n» exper
imental services in rural commun
ities other than villages and towns.
Mr. Buchanan* You mean .“truly j
rural.”
Mr. Tvatson. Yes, sir; the real
'country. I
Mr. Henderson of North Caro- j
1’na. There is no law on the »»b- j
Ject proven* for rural or experi
ments in that direction. There Is I
a law which provides for experl-1
ments In. sma’l towns and villages,
and forty e*gbt of these now have )
free delivery. That condlt'on la j
MEMPHIS BOY
AT LAST FREE
TO ENJOY LIFE
MEMPHIS, TENN., J— (UP)i-
Woodrow Wilson, 11, experienced
more thrills in one afternoon than
moat people do In a year.
For the first time in his life he
ent swimming, saw a circus, vis
ited a park and the zoo, and saw
his first snake, elephant, a deer, a
bear and other animals* All In one
glorious afternoon.
Woodrow is a healthy, robust
youngster for his age, and has the
mentality of the average boy of If
He Is normal in every way and al
ways has been.
Yet since he was a baby he has
watched other children play from
the window of.his home where he
was held captive by his father, J.
H. Wilson, 74 years old.
His mother died when he was a
baby and his aged rather had kept
him dosed up in their home, except
for school hours, and he was es«
corteft to and from school directly*
He was never alowed to go out and
play With other boys and girls.
Recently he broke a rule of his
father's by going out into the yard
to play. Neighbors complained to
police that Wilson beat the child
with his fists.
Woodrow was brought Into Juv-
nlle court and taken from the
custody of his father*- Now almost
every civic organisation in Mem.
phis is vying for the opportunity to
‘show him the town."
The Optimist Club won the first
opportunity, and his unbound#
boyish dVltght gav*- testimony
an afternoon packed with
'•You’re not going to taV
homer he pleaded' when tl
was over. “Let's go again
•NOTHER JOHNSON ',1
IRATE MAN: Your boy threy
a .tone at me. r
PROUD MOTH JR: Did be Sl»
you? ri
M.: No.
M.: Then be didn't d>
He never missel.—Pages Gales,
Yverdon. .; .
BEEN PEEKING
EARNEST YOUTH (1898) Mr..
Filbert, don’t you -:blnk high hefl»
uro bad for your daughter? •
MR. FILBERT. Ilow do yoU
know she wears ’em?—Judge. <
Here’e where the Mokclumn, river, in California, is being dammed to insure a million people against
, , The P hoto ,** the lower right shows how a freshet was pouring over the site of the
dafll onlv last winter: Idwap left, hour a errant pnnm-rta -I. — .! At • .
dam only last winter: lower left, how a great concrete structure has risen since then.. At the upper
right is Dr. George C. Pardee, directing head of the work.
Two Gillens Seek
Assembly Places
In Coining Primary
STATESBORO, Gat —(AP)^
A full week's program covering
every phase of editorial activity
with a three-day business session
in Statesboro and a similar reere-
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LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE
- r Senator Thomas E, Wat$oo, kRe
ation’period at Xakemont, ha» j ‘a Senator from Georgia, *hf
ORIGIN OF RURAL
WALTER BROWN,
Thomson, Ua.
i August 1st. 1928.
To The Banner-Herald:
In your editorial column Wed
nesday cel-Ain statements
r.'i'de with reference to the origin
6f rural free delivery of malls
which are mis-leadlng.
‘ to
been announced for the annual
convention of the Georgia Press
Association on August 13 by Miss
Emily Woodward, of Vienna, pres
ident. The program was made
public Saturday loy Hal M. Stanley
secretary of the association.
The business meetings, which
begin Monday evening, August 13
in the auditorium of the Georgia
Normal School, in Statesboro, will
continue through Wednesday, and
will include addresses by United
States Senator Walter F. George,
State Auditor Sam J* Slkte, and
State Tax Commissione C. E. Nor
man.
In Atlanta.
Among the Bocial features are
a number of entertainments by
civic and patriotic organizations
of Statesboro; a dinner at the At
lanta Athletic club roof garden
given iby John K. Ottley,
dent of the Fourth National
a barbecue at Pre«s Haven, the
summer camp of the association
at Lakemont, tendered by the
Georgia Power company; and a
trip by motor, to Asheville, N. C„
as guests of the citisens of Clay
ton, Ga.
Miss Woodward will call the
convention to order in Statesboro
Monday evening at 8:46 o’clock,
the first woman ever to preside
over an official session of the
Georgia Press Association. Wel
comes by Mayor J. B, Everett, and
other citizens of Statesboro, will
be responded to by Mrs. Johu Rog
ers, associata editor of the Hous
ton Home Journal.
Prominent Women.
Miss Woodward has drafted
. many prominent women of Geor-
: rrtn ♦ a atalat (up with tlia nPArvP,Wv
Lucile-tyaris Presents
<DIANE
$fc00
to
$2.95
A marvelous complement to the
Ivory silks and soft woolens now
bo popular with both day and
^evening wear. Particularly at
tractive aleo as a delicate cream
■hade when worn with white. An
exquisite creation by Lucile, man-
tar colorist of Paris.
Obtainable only in
Holeproof Hosiery
^Michael tyros.
v
gia to assist her with the program,
including Mrs. Mildred Seydell,
of the Georgian-American; Mrs.
Nora Lawrence Smith, editor of
the Wiregrass Farmer; Mrs. Lou
ise Morris, of Hartwell, wife of
the association’s vice president;
Miss Rhoda Kaufman, of the state
department of Public Welfare;
and Mrs, Virginia Polbill Price,
who will direct the neorology hour
on Wednesday.
Election of officers and selre
tion of the 1929 meeting place will
come Wedensday afternoon. That
evening the editors will be enter
tained at a banquet, and immedi
ately afterward will leave for At-
lant, where they will spend
originator of rural free del 4 very
op-J he should bo given f
for his efforts and accomplish
ments.
On-June 1, 1SJ2, during the fist
session of the 1 flfty-»jfa n* Cf-n.
gross Mr. Watson offered the fol
lowing amendment to the poR of.
appropriation ojll:
For free delivery'servfco f t<V
445.000. of which $100,000 shall be
used in experimental free delivery
la the country as distinct* from
e'tfcs and towns-
This did not pass, but on Feb
ruary 17. 1893, and not 1896 as
you state. Mr. Watson did succeed
in putting an amendment through
Congress which directed that $10,-
000 be Used for “truly rural” fres
delivery as Is sbow n on pages
1769 and 1760, volume 24, pari 2,
of the Congressional Record. Part
of which follows:
The Clerk read as follows:
For free delivery service, In
cluding exfstfng free-delivery of
fices, $11,264,943. Mr. Watson: I
have on amendment which I send
to the clerk'8 desk.
The clerk read as follows:
Amend the paragraph so’as to
read as follows:
"For free-delivery service. In-
eluding experimental free-delivery
preserved in tbo bill. But no
I provision is made for rural free
1 delivery.
* Mr. Loud: Are you satisfied *n
your mind 'that th’s Is not* sub
stantially the present law.
Mr. Henderson- Oh. I am per
fectly satisfied that there Is no
law In regard to experimental de
livery In rural districts.
A vote was taken and on a dlv's-
lon the ayes were 49 and the noet
60. 'Mr. Watson suggested “no
quorum” and whl’eMhe tellers w<
obtaining a quorum he made
speech In favor of the amendment
In which he se’d:
"This $10,000 *s for experimental
free del'yery-ln absolutely rural
communities, that is to say. In the
^country pure and simple, amonsrst
the farmers. In those neighbor-
hoods where-ahey do not get tbelr
mall more than once In two weeks,
and where these deserving
have settled In commun’lles 100
years old and do not receive
newspaper that la not two
behind thf times.
. The. dwirmaa .agqlA.put the
amendi*''”’ communities of
ihe* wholo house and It passed by
*79 to 41.
Mr. Wannamaker who was
Postmaster-General agreed with
Mr. Watson’s Idea and immediate
ly put the system Into operation
after the Watson amendment was
written Into law.
Then Mr. Watso n stood on the
floor of Congress and advocated
that malls should be distributed <to
the country people he was laughed
at but through his determination
to serve te rural people he ob
tained the first provision ever nrr-»
vided for rural free-delivery of
mails. * '
The results of . this system nave
been so wide and so great that new
crops of “fathers of rural free de
livery’ 1 have sprung up year after
year since Mr. Wqtatm was In cqp-
gress but If one will take the
time <o refer to the Congress'onal
Record he will become fully In
formed that the author and the
originator of the system was none
other than Tom Watson of Geor
gia.
I true: that you will publish
thla lettar.
Your* truly,
FREE DELIVERY.
Editor, The Wateonian.
Coolidge Honors Civil War Hero
Thumlay <n route to Preia
MOVES TO iATHBNS
ELBERTON — Mr. Hugh Ca-
rithcra, who recently came to Ath
ens and is taking n students train
ing-course with the plsnt depart
ment of the Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company,
■pint the week-end with hi, par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cnrith-
ers, of Eiberton. Mr. Carithers
graduated thi, year from the Ei
berton public echool, and ia a
young man of high character. He
will be a splendid ncquieition to
the citisenshlp of Athens.
BV REQUEST, TOO
“Were yon presented at Conrt
England f
for drlrfng on the wrong
the etreet."—Judge,
This photo wae taken at Cannon Falla, Minn., where Preeident Cool
idge dedicated a statue to Colonel William Coivill, Minnesota's hero
of the battle of Gettysburg, end appealed for n cessation of sec
tional animosities. In the picture are the Preeident and Mrs. Cool
idge, who ia shown holding ths flag Mat draped the atatue. and Gov
ernor Christianson of Minnesota,
ON THE NEW
tm FASHIONS
-—5uSs^«Xuo®-
li
lt’s a science as well. as a gift to know
what’s new, and to promote it while it’s
still a mere hint—to forecast the value
of a mode, and whether it will go up or
down as the season advances. That is
why one sees the smartest women shop
ping at Michael’s. Because they know
that Michael’s keeps a daily checkup on
the rapidly developing mode,.and will
present only the most authentic of the
fall fashions. , i
mm
An interesting variety in the
dress mode for fall prom
ises to make shopping a de
light. For every type finds a
fashion that is suitable and
flattering to it. The new
manner of placing tiers, the
deft manipulation of flares,
the interesting arrangements
possible with the scarf col- ’
lars contribute to a becom
ing mode.
fursT^ 5,
Scar*
Coats offer a great scope for '
individuality. The straight-
line holds its usual place ot .
unassailable chic. But one _
may also choose a flaring^^
silhouette, a tiered skirt, or
pleats set after the manner
of a flare. Coats are flatter- 5.
ingly furred In both the long
and short haired pelts. An<l
animal scarf collars are very
new. *- .
&CBS9RlEfe
Fall accessories are unusual-
versatile in their ability
to enliven the wardrobe.
Parisian couturier! hare de
signed many of them eo that
we have necklaces to har
monize with a Chanel gown,
perfumes that supplement n
Patou frock, and hags that
nro in sympathy with Vion-
net’a architectural concep-