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ATHENS COTTON: I Centrally fair ard slightly cm 's, Mt sdar nisi’, and Tucidiy. MARKETS—HOLIDAY. K Bally n< Sunday—IS Ceata a Wee*. A. B. C. Taper. Single Coplea 2 Cents. i Canto Bandar, Aaaodated Frraa Service. United Preaa Dispatches. ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1928. NEWEST PICTURES OF ROCKFORD FLYERS HERE’S THE SECRET, FOLKS— It’s “Sax Appeal" That John Coolidge Has! •London., —.(upi— Attar win- nine acclaim from the British fighting crowd aa the former heavyweight champion and from I'terary clrolea aa a student. Gene Tunney Monde left for Paris, He ■w/1 Yoln Thomtort Wilder, fha airl.or in the French capital and together they will make a f've reeks walking tour through parta of Franco, Italy! and Swltierland. Before leaving Tunney took Vo. lent exception to e re pored In. tervlew In the New York Dally Newt In wb'ch Mlsa Polly Lauder, bis f anco. had xald their wedding would he postponed Until at the glamor over Tunney had aub- AL/SMITH /JjtkRNAW IfR^DENT CL ADD MAHAFFEY 1 nni a Democrat because 1 believe through conviction In the.tribe fundamental princi ples of Jeffersonian Democ racy. "j I believe'in this democracy with a clear and untrameied eonscionte, and I assert my suffregnlrlghts by supporting the democratic nominee. 1 em in duty abound to support any nnd all ftominccs of the dem ocratic'party. I liaVe always supported and will. continue to support the democratic nominees, so • long as they hold to the true f principlca, regardless of their ' religious or whiskey views when it comes to a presiden tial .nominee of the United . States: > The greatest president of these United States, the an* , thor of the Declaration of. Independence, Thomas Jeffer son, who claimed to ba an in fidel, wrote . that averlaating monumental language, "Con gress shall make no' law re- si<ctlng ita establishment of religion, oje prohibiting the exercise thereof," and thnt law' will never be changed un til a two-thirds majority of our United States Congress nf firms. The President of the United (Torn to page six). The recent clearer definition of issues, and a measurable reveal, meat of the peraonal qualities of the candidates, have not quieted the raging cross-currents of con troversy. Each presidential nomi- ness continues to lose the allegi ance of members of his own party circle, and to gain recruits from the opposition. Conflicting re ports, puzzling rumora of good nnd evil import, and real political snrnWsce follow one another in constant procession. Candidates and their managers arc tom among many schools of advice. I Manifestly, even the ampler • campaign funds proposed for J92S, cannot 'at spread out efficiently, y: over the whole country. By one method or another, those in charge of party destinies must hit upon ■ a plan of action that will concen trate their efforts at the points i of greates promise. Similarly, the! candidates themselves must sort out the states into which they wllli - ■ party to lend the help of hi3 pres ence in state usually marked off as hopeless by one side or the otli- -^ or at the outset of the campaign. P’ m, » hut It is probable lhat within anoth' c>. week, Mr. Hoover nnd Gover nor Smith, each wi'l have disclos ed in what sector ho proposes to strike. Both now are deep in con sultation with their followers, and Labor Day' Authorities »t noon tddny had not yet found Will Hava, negro, | who escaped from the city stock ade this morning, ran through ..‘-tHjbi strieta nnd disappeared. | Hays was serving- a sentence for operating a,dance hall, without a ■iicahse. An Athens woman was , driving down Hancock avenue this morning, and when about op posite the houso. of Policeman William McKinnon,' saw the ne- j gri,. —— “as holding up his | chains and running ranidly. She ■ cnllcd out. and McKinnon, who . was sitting on the porch, jumped . ~ —1 ran alter the ,! unable to catch || s( runs,-,.- / . - - ,‘e 1 A few minutes later when, the -re name woman had driven into Reese street she again encounter- Mt ATWibW IJ.TWW* DANCE; *4**>«^ While President Coolidge longs foz his son John to settle down to some such pursuit as international banking or railroading, - John keeps himself amused by attending pajama parties, singing and dancing nnd conducting hlmscH altogether liko any other young col lege man of his vears would.* John toots a mean saxaphone, at which tlte president looks askance, and also plays the plane and sing3 popular songs during dance intermissions. The young man is oaid to have received an offer from a Broadway musical comedy producer that ran into five figures'. Meantime a special secret service man is alwiiysat JbtmVwklAta sec-that Ms “pax appeal” doesn’t carry him City Merchants Remain At,Work During Labt'Day the season : hould sec iiiese prepnrntions l,c- gin. to *‘.nar definite results. it goes without aayTmf that- whatever other decisions they piny make, both Smith’ nnd Hoover will C ^Bsrve n considerable part of Ir stump-speaking for the East. No plan nf campaign' has been brought forward in either party which does not contemplate a ham mering offensive along the North ern Atlantic Seaboard, where elec toral votes grew thickest and wharg both parties profess to see encouraging signs. The East will he stumped early and late by both Democrats and Republicans, and TRAIN VICTIM TO BE BURIED TUES AT COLBERT, G lx,.'Hi hnqkji^nd 1 fl jer shops clor-ed fur If doorh i r.ui* hjsrurr- of Labor's ufflcla J,|lTlla'.v.' Mi- Athens merchants vrcniained at work, *nd Cowl blued! bus’ness. No official celebration nisrkcd the day. in Athens, altboughef public Labor j Day barbecue was hold at the Moss j warehouse on Broad street Tor She benefit or the East Athena Bap. tlst church. Otis Peeler, city fireman, re. cclved a broken arm yesterday whon ho Jumped from a lire truck Shat was answering an alarm at Costa's. The big olectrlc n'gn- | - board which has recently been in- day night or car!.v Sunday morn, ■tailed over the doorway there, caught fire In some unknown way. and the flames spread “■ *■ *■— ejitlre Inner space of hlazo was first disc i BY tVi6)i.as‘ T. I VlHcd J -1: ' .1 . WASHINGTON- found' thy r djmotrati NEW YORK.—'‘Whom the gods would deetroy politically they tfrst make stupid. This applies to the leadership of the Republican Party In the State of New York. Noth. Ing has done more to make Oov- ernor Smith a national figure than the senseless opposition of the Raj publican bosses to hie progressive Policies’’, according to the Demo cratic National Committee. "The selection of. H. Edmund i.Machold as Chairman of the New York Republican Stato Committee is a case In point. "Muchold has been the political brains of ths water power crowd wh'ch hie fought Oovernor Smith's policies in the interest of the per- j COPENHAGEN—(UP)—Mysie. Pie. ' ' ■ r'ous flree seen on Edge Wend off "Machold was the brains behind Spitsbergen a fortnight ago. were the attempt to wreet the lest believed by isoterologlats Monday water power resource* from the to tell the loot itory of either the I people, but this effort was blocked seaplane of Roalf Amundsen, or I by Governor Smith. I the envelope of the d'rlg'bie Ralls. "Manhold has been opposed to A hunting vessel reported seeing I the introduction of the business- •ome fire and officials were de. like executive budget system ad- vlded as to whether the fires were vocated by Oovernor Smith In New censed by the burning of the dir'. York State end approved by the glide or the Lethem seaplane. j people. Already parts of the seaplane In "MaahoCd la the personification wblch'AmUndsen and the five com. of Bourbonlam and the reactionary pinions started on the resc'ue mis- point of view In pol'tlcs. |. ■Ion to the Italia have been found “If Coolidge had the offrontery, and taken hack to Tromsoe. Then to appoint Roy O. West, the coun- Sundajr the captain or ths vessel ael of Samuel InsnU, the arch man. | H'ssoe arrived at Tromsoe and tpulatar of public utilities regnla. t reported another hunting vessel, tions for the privileged tew **' saw a fire off Edge island A fort. Secretary of Interior, why ahonid t night ego. The crew also saw the not the Republican organisation fire. Efrorta were mede lo reach select Machold Chairmen of tbo I the Island but tee prevented. There New York State Commission, were no other hunting vessels In A few of Hoover's young lead-) the vicinity and these men he. era bad some difficulty In swill., Ilered wlthut doubt that the fire low'ng this bitter pill, but the wee from the envelope of the steam roller worked. The narpTny Italia, which carried six men away of death prevailed, after the big dlr’gllx'o crashed May » 30th. Meterollglsta In Tromsoe, how- P ** E *® B " ’ _ ever, believed that the fire might NEW YORK.—An Italian sn**. Have been from Amundsen's plane, away from her native land but They pointed out that the Latham three months, way terribly put out plane could have been In the vl. when she mailed a letter to her c'nlty of the :,Und when it wae relative*. She made the mistake forced down. Other meterologtsts or trying to mall It In a t're hot —believed Monday that the myi- When the epperatas arrived and terloui firm afford an indication an interpreter told her What ah* of the possible presence of Edge had'done, the apologised quit* i Islands of survivor* either of the profusely. Police end firemen seaplane of Amnndaen or the so. MCked It over end decided to let ; called gas bag party of the d'rlgl- her go homo, after (nailing the let- 1 bio Italia. , ... ter In a green box. 1 • ml iK-vn-ns: ini.'"I "l *i „ nnd recreation to prepare him for the campaign grind which will begin scon niter the middle of this month. The governor did not take this occasion to make a formal cam paign nddress on labor issues, as nave. many democratic candidates in the post, but a host of party speakers were deployed Monday ail through eastern territory, where democrats will carry the battle. Smith will hive his children and grandchildren and some of his close* friends about him Monday. Weather permitting ho plans to play golf in the afternoon with OPEN HOUSE AT Y. Me C. A. NEXT FRIDAY, 8 P. M. I “Nerves” Cause Of Stampede In The New* York Subway halls tomorrow, school officials say. One of largest enrollments Jn the history of the institution Is expected. All dormitory apace wlU be crowded to the utmost, end some trouble it expected In boua- Inr ell the new arrivals. The first of she students have already begun to move Into their rooms, and dormitories have be gun to take on a lively aspect. I This will only be a sample of what tomorrow’s appearance wilt be. Ofriclal registration starts In the (Turn to page six). FRANKFORT, Ky. — (AP) —if Pleading guilty to misdemeanor.) charges eight of twenty-three men indicted recently by Frankilrdl county grand jury for violaticnfU of the state anti-lobbying lxh.ii were fined $250 and costs each by Judge Ben G. Williams in circui. t court here Monday. Those fined Monday were Mor- . rls Galvin, Robert E. Crowe, Wi',- . liam Ituffey, Charles Arnett, if.' 1 ’ Muir, Joe Johnson, H. Smith fcijU C. J. Neocamp. 1 The eight pleaded guilty after G original felony charges againntfk them which carried $1,000 to.| $."),000 or one to five years, im-H prlsonment had been modified oqjg motion by Wade Hampton Whitei lc" commonwealth attorney. , Crowe was an unsuccessful can'- ‘ didate for the demcxmatic nmr.i-., nation for governor in 1927; Csh',a vin is n member of the republican,, state centra! committee; SmtijLjy' r-cretarv of the State Bantu^ri^ NEW YORK. —fUP)— Nerves, developed (red reading reports from recent Midway crashes were developed from, reading reports that developed Sunday when the blimed Monday for ho Inquiry third accident on tbo Interhomugh Rapid-Transit linn within ten days occurred. A train on the cast sido linen short circuited ip .the dark tube under the East river. Womon screamed, men end women tramp led over each other trying' to reach the doors which were held shat- Windows were broken. When the final check-up was made Monday ‘t was found thn: 111 pereon* had been treated for suffocation and inf injuries. Many of those Injured hsd been tramp led aa the narve* of ths hundreds The beard of directors of the Athens Young Men’s Christian Axaociation are planning to have! an "Open House” on Friday even- ing of this weak, September 7th, at 8:00 o’clock In the association building, the occasion being plan ned to introduce the two new em ploye**—Dr. Glenn Gentry, phytl- cal director, and Roy Grayson, bees’ eecretsrv. The board ia specially anxious that the entire membership of tbs association be present, both men and boya, together with their parent*. Also the mothers and fathers of hoys who are not mem- ben, so that the”, too, msv get put out tho blaze with a. hand ex- tinsu'shed. . The algn wpa Ptactl. | cully unlnJurod. Peeler wxa taken., a_ CVS tl.mt." hnanltil fnr trout. two wekr, for relaxation, but also will attend to much pending Missing Treasurer state business, and complete plana for his campaign trip. ICU naa 'vi — ~ of pMeenKtr** I**® *** general Tu»h ‘.for tho exit was o arted. No ono wxa ki'led. MISS POWERS TO BE SECRETARY OF Y. W. C. A. HERE A. G. Turk Will [ Leave Athens Resume Old Post WASHINGTON— (AP)-The Weather Bureau’* general fore- ccst Monday *aya: , A. G. Turk, Educational Direct^ tor of th« Prince Avenue Baptist^ church for the thirteen months, has resigned, hi* resignat'on tak-, .'nK effect September 15. Mr. Turk has been called baok to.^ Alexandria. La., where \\o wai W cated before he came to Avenue church. He was with the Emn.a- tlst church before be can cn». hut *oes back an e<U director of ‘-he Cglvary. church. Mr. Turk wj»* w Emmanuel church and h's fam'ly hive rrb*nds wh’le tftey tiret s*. Athens who rt»Kr<’t kn® I are leaving. ~JLl f * - girls of Athens, having directed miles ne For nine peers, C. S. Carnes, the Y. W. C. A. summer enmna of model ■hove, was a respected Atlanta, nnd having been a member of the intensity Ga„ business man and treasurer; Lucy Cobb faculty for the past ' of the Southern Baptist Homo; session. She comet to the eaao- 800 1 Mission Board. When he disap-! elation well prepared for thio po- SEQDI reared white on a business trip, sition, since she ha* had exten- hundred fnvsatigation brought a etatemant. sire experience with girts’ club known t from Bertlllion experts that work to Louisiana and MUslexippii Hoods it Carnot had served two peniten- and ha* had special training tn| The Gov. tlary terms for using the mails to physical education. Miss Power*, ported I defraud. Members of the board; it a graduate at Louisian State house* » began an audit of the treeiorer’il University, where ahe took an, torrent boUkt. j active part In college scUvities.J through rtate tick.* to win, but tne i tion of how big n majority cl Tolled up, interests them mo