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WHY
I AM FOR
AL SMITH
for
PRESIDENT
By CARLISLE COBB
I suppose It will do little
good to tulle about liberty (or
' It 8eem" to mo that It Is no
lo.-ger the (asbl'.n of *.*ie day.
Economy seems to bo tho
catchword of modern politics.
I know llttlo of political econ
omy and am constantly as-
) tousded at statements that 1
. read about It. It Is my belief
that very few people know
much about it and aro always
under the necessity of being
advised by exports. This Is
now the'tariffs grew. The ex
perts wero Interested only In
economy. Tho nations have
not departed from the basic
principle laid down by Adam
Smith long ago, and he de
clared this to be tbe selfish In.
ittnets and desires of mankind.
He. hlmfelf, knew there was a
better' system that approached
more nearly the truth and said
so. but be knew It did not
appeal td men. He was a con.
.temporary of Thomas Jeffer.
son whose views on liberty are
the starting point of all that'
Is good In reasonable Democ
racy. Jefferson did not over
look the necessity for scon- -
omr but be diddtnow that econ
omy and liberty are mortal
enlmlss. He knew that these
two. Economy and Liberty,
lead In opposite directions;
one to tyrahy. oppression, and
suffering for the masses; the
other to anarchy which Is as
bad." He knew that our people
' Could not exist In happiness
and prosperity without a due
regard'for both liberty and
I economy, but that economy. In
termx'or experts, deals with .
material wealth, and liberty Is
an abstract prlnclplo. , Hence'
his baying, ‘The price of I'b-
erty Is eternal vigilance”. Vou
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ATHENS, GA„ WEDNESDAY,. SEPTEMBER 12, 1928. A. B. C. Paper. Single Copies 2 t ents. 5 Cents Sunday.
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SMITH, -RESTED, IS
READYTOSTART
GETS STARTED WITH) F0R ™ WEST
Mllll IN LEAD
- points to .
liberty. Economy poll
profits and Immediately grips
I a man to (he temporary ex
clusion of all thought of lib
erty. But when liberty Is lost
wealth can vary easily bo
taken away by one who haB
more wealth.
It seems to mo that a man does
not need an expert 16 point these
th'ngs out to him. If ho will con
sider his own iumo life wllh his
family It will appear. Let him In
ject the most rigid economy Into
his homo, and the liberty of his
family will depart and with It alao
will go his family’s happiness. Ho
msy eavo money but It will bo at
cruel exponso to the members of
his family. Them must bo a con.
slant compromise to maintain tho
necessary degree of economy and
tho equally necessary degree of
liberty. It Is so with tho nation.
J'ow successful business mrn will
Insist upon tho same degreo of
economy In their homes as Is tbsir
businesses, for they maintain them
for different purposes. We must
not confuse our Government with
our business.
**Tho .Republican party has ac
cepted, I believe, and will continue
to cherish; a falsa Idea of the lm-
portaiico and purpose of wealth.
With Its continuous slogan of
"Prosperity” It leads men through
cupidity to think that with wealth
liberty can be botighL Tbe rich
may bay Immunity but that la a
sort of liberty that they neither
can nor wIB share with the poor.
It Is a kind of bribery offered to
the people' t'q sell their birthright
of liberty to concentrated capi
tal. r It olfers the right to share
«n the ownership of stocks and
bonds which in turn appears to
bear then! out In -heir arguments
for high tariffs to pay dividends.
It is a vicious circle that creeps
around and atlflea Ubarty and seta
tho whole nation to gambling In
stocka and bonds. There are mll-
Uona or”'automobiles and other
luxuries, all good IhlnfX In mod
eration, that are bought with h'*h
wages’ and 'dividends , but with
them feriW# now have them I be.
Hove there'are ftlatrwted minds
and breaking hearts w.th shrenk-
en raises of land and Ita products
and vanishing fields of endeavor
for Independent men. Merchant
mav soon here to give up their
“ustere?" because they cannot
compdtwIMtlF concentrated power.
Farmers Ok* soon become peas.
hare to leave: their farm,
for they cannot nme* lo "e* r c ”™-
nete with other walks of life that
are protected by, t*Ti{fe. * 1 **
redlculous for ffoorer and tho Re-
paMHram party to Ullth.f.rmcr
i that his hope la In dlslrlbnt on
of bis'Products. That cannot be.
There can he no economy In dis
tribution without first mass pre
diction. That would restrict the
farmer to She slate of a peasant
• anda peddtfr. All kind, of men
are feeling the pressure, traveling
salesmen, teal estate and Insur
ance men, all aorta of Professional
Jn |A11; must become members
oi one of, two dasse.-elther the
j, (Turn to page all). „
ROOSEVELT FIELD —(AP)—
Clifford McMilllan was the first
to take the air Wednesday In the
tvsna-conlloeotal non-step air
derby to Los Angeles.
He left the grounds at 10:37
eastern standard time.
MeMillin. accompanied by C. A.
Herrick was flying a Stimson mon
oplane with a Wright whirlwind
engine. MeMillin is from Syracuse
N. Y. and Herrick from Kemstead.
Nick Maner of Spokane waa the
second to leave. He took off at
12:15 p. m., In nil Buhel Scsqui
plane.
Maner wee to have been accom-
K nlcd by C. A. Paulsen of Spo-
ne but after a false start the
passenger had to be left behind
to lighten the ship.
Forced Down
R03SEVELT FIELD. N. Y. —
(AP(—A telephone message re
ceived here Wednesday afternoon
from Clifford MeMillin of Syara-
cuse first to take off In the trans
continental air race said that he
had been forced down on a moun-
ALBANY —(UP) — Ten days
rest and rescreation, interspersed
with a few houra daily In hla of
fice, have put Governor Alfred
E. Smith In excellent physical
condition for hii two weeks’ west- _
era campaign tour beginning ,jJ^ A 5 H1 ,S GT0N . — (^P)—Pr
Sunday night, which will be try-. 1 *;" 4 Coolldgc returned from his
Ing even for one in robust health. ‘Wisconsin vacation Wednesday
The Democratic candidate hat morning and within fifteen nun-
played golf nearly every day and «ftcr Hla train arrived he had
has been sleeping more then us- E®* 1 ® 40 wor k « 4 Hla desk, the first
ual. He itill has a few more daye business being a conference with
for relaxation, and wlli uso them Secretary Kellogg,
to store up needed strength for; Secretary Kellogg was
the long ride through thirteen the cabinet members who welcom-
•‘•tes. ., .... . Ie<l Mr. Coolldge back to the capi-
“I never eaip him In better shape tal. The president was anxious to
phytklally. nor In as good spirit” obtain from hla Secretary of State
Mayor Jimmy Walker of New *71 details as to the impression
York commented after • vlait this created in Europe by the anti-war
*®«k. ,. , . treaty and also to detain Mr. Kel-
Campaign speaking (a the herd- logg', idea regarding the much
it task the New York Governor discussed Franco-Britieh naval
does. He throws himself wholly agreement,
into the effort. He dogs pot have On reaching the white house Mr.
the strenuous platform antics of Coolldge left to Mrs. Coolldge the
a Billy Sunday, though he is a task of Inspecting their home and
mimic ad a. pantoralat but uses looking over the improvement*
just about as much energy as the made during their absence. Hardly
evangelist - pausing he proceeded to his office
The campaign will be a trying where he found papers staeked
ordeal, because he haa decided to high on his dssk. He glanced brief-
discard the usual formal manner !y through these before making
of presidential candidates and to a round of the office and greeting
, ms Today’s The Day!
that a ship with
•pare pa be lent at once.
w!" * ie p^ * P< ? k ** 4 ®"'P®'«»«®*jY- He will thoee member* of the exeeutire
IW m * k ® " ven speecH®* In » Nttlu ataff who did not accompany him
plane had not been damaged Jaut 0Ter two weeki.’^ 'to Wisconsin. .
JO "SoWtlOie REFUSES
PLEDGE,TOEPLJ
EiMT
The second monthly Chamber of
Commerce luncheon, which waa
heU at the Georgian Hotel Sep
tember 11th, waa turned’ over to
the informal committee from the
various organisation* in Athena
for a discussion as to the neces
sity of and plana for the forma,
latkm of some centralised body
whim would ealeti etch or the
member orgaalsetlone in outlining
their ifeue of activity, to avoid an
overlapping in tbe work.
Mr*. T. F. Green, President of,
(Turn to peg* «lx.)
YEGGS ROB P.0. AT
LA GRANGE OF
$20,000,00
LAGRANGE — (AP) — Robber*
obtained $20,000 in stamps and
$800 in cash from the L*Grange
postofflee Tuesday night. It was
the second time the office htd
been looted this year.
The sum of $25,000 in stem]
wee stolen by safe enckera in tl
first robbery which occurred last
February.
Doors to the vault ware cut
open with torches. Tools of tho
robbers wen left behind Including
crow bare, a large acetelyne gas
tank, a smaller tank end canvas
used to hide the light of the
torches. A cord ran from the eafe
to the money order window evi
dently to a confederate and to lie
used M an alarm.
The robbers were believed to
have hid in the post office before
the closing, hour Tuesday.
Paul Gunter, 15,
Dies in Madison
Co. Buried Wed.
HOOVER GIVES UP
FISHING TRIP TO i
FINISH SPEECH
WASHINGTON —(UP) — The
way Herbert Hoover,looks at It,
his chief worry of the pmidentlal
campaign la—too many speeches
to. make end not enough time In
which|to write them.
For a Week ho ha* been hacking
id sawing Mills labor address to
- B* delivered next Mender at New
ark and when ho went to the Un
ion'Station to greet Prea. Cool-
idge Wednesday morning he had
not yet flnlahed it
Tho delay haa broken up his
plans for a two-day fishing, trip
the end of the Week-
Writing speeches is something
w in lloover*i Ilf*. He has never
in apolitical camj
jpaign be
fore. Speeches he delivered in
many parts of the country up to
the time of hla nomination con
cerned subjects with -which be is
intimately familiar— radio, rail
road car. Hauling*, shipping, for
eign trad* end the-Ilk*. They were
written like the engineering re
port* ef hla earliar days.
The first printed draft of his
Newark speech was flnlahed lest
week. He has torn it apart since
then and now he does not believe
advance copies will be ready for
circulation before Thureday.
* r^rt
WASHINGTON — (AP)— Her
bert Hoover Wednesday frankly
told a delegation, from'the Wo
men’s Party that he wpold not
pledge himself to an equal rights
amendment to the Constitution un
til h* had completed an exauatlve
study of the effects of such
change in the fundamental law.
The Renubllcen presidential can
didate said ha was having an In
vestigation mad* and would mere-
filly consider,the results. He ad
ded that he wanted to be honeet
with the delegation and that he
did not know anything more se
rious than a candidate for office
or s public official to pledge him
self to work for * change in the
Constitution. He said that any plea
for equal opportunity had a strong
appeal for shim but that he hen
long age decided not to make final
conslnalons on paramount prfblle
quesltona without a very careful
study.
CRUSE BIG VOTE TO
BE ROLLED UP HERE
Fair weather and inter
est in the Governor’s,.
Commissioner of Agricul
ture and Legislative races
brought out a large vote
in Clarke county Wednes
day} and a steady stream
of voters began filtering
through the corridors o 4 ’
court house when the poll:,
opened at 7:30 and will
continue until they close
at 6:00 o’clock.
It is predicted that 200,000
Georgians will vote in the primary.
A total of 3373 names appoarul
on the county's registration lists
and all but 510 of these arc in tho
city precinct, which mcam that
the election battle in this coun*y
is really being fought out in th«
city of Athens. Wintervillo awl
Georgia factory, other incorporat
ed town districts, will /poll tho
next largest votes.
Workers Busy.
Workers for various candidate*
appeared nt the polls simultan
eously with tho managers and nro
remaining on duty all day. foi-
didates for the two places in tho
legislature, Henry Culn, R. T. Dti-
Bose, Jake Joel and Emory Wood,
wore all on hand canvassing the
voters in their own behalf. Many,
of their relatives and friends wentf
also at the polls working.
ATHENS HAS LIVELIEST DAY IN MONTHS
AS ELECTIONS, OPENING OF UNIVERSITY,
AND STARTING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ALL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 12TH
TODAY’S THE HAY!
the ncu-'term. Joe King. ...
in pictures. Of course, the
crossing the street*; there
- - -. thousand* olocal children are returning to school today for
n-va- II—■■ hill I gill Ilm story ’
J Scouts traffic cop3 were back on the Job to guard the tittle ont. -«
S vthe usual last-minute rush to buy school books; the school hue, resplea
dent In a new coat of paint, reiumed operations In the rural sections—and who,’among th? older folks,
can fsKet tho little red achoolhouae that stood on the hill?
iMuoMiisftar
■Paul Gunter, U.ye*r-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gunter of Mad.
lion county, died at the home of
hi* parents Tuesday morning, and
wiU be buried in Comer cemetery
at 2:10 Wednesday afternoon, af
ter services In- the Comer Meth
odist church which will be con.
ducted by the Rev. W. L. Jolly;
pastor. Bernstein Brothers tuner.
® horn* In charge of arrangments.
The boy bad resided In Madison
county ell hla life.
He la survived by bl* parents,
four sisters, 'Mr*. May Stewart,
and Mine* Bertha. Lola May. and
Lots Gunter, and four brothers, B.
W., C. W., C. O.. and Heard Oun.
ter. '
COTTON 8EED CRUSHED
WASHINGTON —(AP) —Cot
ton seed crushed during tho thir
ty period August 1 to August $1,
totalled 73,895 ton* compared
with 159.8B6 ton* for the tame pe
riod a year ago and cotton seed
on hand at mills August 81', totall-
el 117,484 tons' compared with
205,433 tons a year ago, the Cen
sus Bureau announced Wednesday.
By Guy Hamilton
Wednesday ha* proven to bo on*
of the most bustling days In
months, tor Athens. In the first
place; today la election day, a time
for the people of the city end
county to assemble at th* court
house and assist In tbs process of
putting some new men In the
rooms over at the Capitol end of
keeping some more men St their
desk* In the famous buCdlng.
Washington etreet was crowded
filled with group* of them, walking
hesitantly up the street with suit
eases In tlielr hands. The walk
la front of tho academic building
we* also alive with them, as they
passed tbe famous entrance arch
and were given direction* tor reg.
teteriog by Y. M. C. A. men.
On the steps before Registrar
Reed's office end extending back
Iqto tbe building, and on down the
corridor* to tbe office of the dean
of men, th* stream of boys stood,
VV Mttlusmil BMW* . . •••” * -w-w-.
w|:h parked automobiles, end elds-' moving slowl* up to the rcg'iter-
walks around the courthouse were Ing desk* The men were reg'r-
pecked with cltUbns on their way
tered at the dean’s office, amt
to and .from the polls, end with then went lo the registrar's to con.
other cltlzena who hid nothing tlnu* the prices. Physical examl.
special to do except debate the nation* for the freshmen mart lm-
merit* of the varlou* candidates, mediately, and tonight In tho chap,
and watt for something exciting lo « the first meet’ng of the new men
ana w.» ror som n* will be held. Member* of the fee.
.happen.
Within the courthouse more
people were crowded Into the
downstairs lobby, where voters
gev* their nemee to election of.
('rials, were examined to ISO It
they bed registered, and ware di
rected to voting booths upstairs.
From early In the morning until
dark th* etow moving stream of
voter* w® continue to flow, and
aher the dark will come tbe boor-,
ulty will apeak.
A third erent, which v'tally af
fect* the affaire of young Athen
ians more than anyone else, Is the
opening of the Athene public
aehoola. which occurs today. Clara
work starts In earnest, the regis
tration and examinations haring
been completed- The season of
baseball and swimming, ramps end
fishing la over, and th* old mat-
daring which the fatal count will. «,ra of school book*, leeeqo assign. muit the confidence of the
begin. Clark* county’s decision m(n u, recesses, etc. are again pre- League. It la our only hope of
GENEVA—(UP)—A conference
based on discussion of evacuation
of the Rhineland will be resumed
Thureday—with tbe leading pow
ers participating—end there were
Indications Wednesday that the en
tire matter of * vac nation would
be examined from e techuR
georgreplral and jurisdlcla! stand
point.
Aristide Briand, the French for.
icign m'fdator. bee delayed bit de
parture for Paris, so that he msy
attend th* Thursday conference.
The entire International situa
tion, which momentarily had be
come dellrata through Briand’* re
cent blnnt answer to Chancellor
Manlier on disarmament appear
ed Improved Wednesday and au
thoritative report* says that In
Tuesday's discussion, of evacuation
laid that Meulier had not pre
sented any concrete evacuation
proposal.
Chancellor Mealier Tuesday
n’ght gave a statement to news-
papermen. replying, to some of the
terms of Briand'* recent speech,
end Indicated that Franco-German
relations still were unruffled and
that the evacuation negotiations
were proceeding •atlefactorily.
•'f raised the question of die-
armament In tbe Assembly solely
for tbe purpose of hripjpg the
League to n solution of the prob
lem’’. bo raid.
‘.Meantime we bad tbe first con
ference today relative to evacua
tion. It waa only a preliminary
contact bat will be continued
IThtutsday. Tbe German viewpoint
the question already Is Arell
known. /
"I agree with’ Briand that we
muet have the confidence of th*
IS SHEDDING
WASHINGTON. —(CP)— Th*
government Issue* Us weekly We*,
ther cotton report Wednesday at
followe:
The condition of cotton Is spot
ted.
It was again too wet for cotton
le Atlantic Coast states and de
terioration w *s' reported from
many places within the last ten
In’ the edfUthem portion tUa
area, particularly Georgia reports.
Showed boll* retting, ueede eprontJ
4ng and plants shedding to an
unued! extent with tho staple of
open cotton damaged.
which, with that of other coun
ties, will determine the governor,
commissioner of agriculture, prison
commissioners, legislators and oth
er officers of Georgia for next
term. wlU be told to tho state dur
ing th* night hourt.
Over on tho University of Geor
gia campus, an equally busy event
was occurring, one of tbe biggest
events of life for some 650 fresh-
men that nre coming trr to reg-|
seating themselreu. The enroll- preventing future catastrophes,
went ic tfcd UifHt In the school but tho noocwplithwonts must be
h'story, end Is keeping th. superln- - * * -
Undent and teachers busy In solv.
ing it
89,000 MAJORITY
PORTLAND. Me. —(UP)— The
Republican majority In Mates'*
‘■barometric’’ state election
_ — * tho 85,000 mark as kiftfe 4 ’
later at tho University and to jfrom Monda y, balloting
spend four years in the shadows Wednesday.
« Its Mis. College avenue wan ~ -
bnaed on accomplishments and not
words. That Is why we criticised
the Leegse's disarmament meth
od*.
"The criticism wee not for prop,
nenada. Wo already bare accept
ed she principle of disarmament
by gradual stages.
‘•Meantime we had the first con.
ment ,1*. virtually complete.
■'Naturally, we have an Immense
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SMALL BALES OF
COTTONWILLBE
PENALIZED, RULE
The Atlantic. Cotton Associa
tion, an association covering the
state* of Alabama. North Caro-
lira. South Carolina. Virginia and
Florida, ha* Issued clrcuUrt noth
tying cotton dealers, farmers and
others that under e.rnllng that he*
been enacted by the Aesoclttlon,
$1 per bsi'e will be deducted on
all bales of cotton weighing be
tween 800 pounds end 400 pound*
and that bale* weighing 200
pound* or leas may be rejected,
but If accepted. 20 pound* per bale
must be deducted from the weight
cm account of bagging end tie*.
The AU»n* Cotton Exchange Is
adylslnx mercbtnta and farmer*
Olthe abovd**4b* Exchange has
been Informed that the *h° T ® «*•
ulatlone .will, be strictly enforced,
Rale* I of cotton weighing ap
proximately 600 pounds are ganor.
sty preferred by cotton merchant,
and manofectnrera.
Of POLITICS
WASHINGTON.—(UP)—Seen.
, tary of State Kellogg'* warning to
’Republicans and Democrat* not to
attempt to make a partisan Issue
out of tho recently signed anti-war
treaty caused speculation Wednes.
day regarding the Possibility that
the' non-partisan theory might bo
extended to olher treaties sched.
u]cd for senatorial considorat'on
this winter. .
More than thirty contentions and
treaties will come before the Sen.
ate foreign relatione committee
for report to tbe senate during
tb* abort' session. Nineteen of
these wen in committee or be
fore the senate, end adjournment
lest May. Among them 1* tb*
Genera protocol of 1125 for the
outlawry of gas and bectsriologl.
' (Turn to paga six).
FOR MARRIED WOMEN
CLEVELAND—Married joomen
have an equal chanra with their
unmarried, eisten for employment
by the City of Cleveland. "We
do not regard committing- matrl.
mony an otfeaea," eaye Mdjor Ells
worth Jeffrey, secretary of tho
Civil Service Commission. “A
married woman I* entitled to at
tag righto of life, liberty, anil the
pursuit of happiness without re.
gtrictloo.” laLU.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—(UP).
Candidates of both political pay.
tie* of Missouri were launched
Wednesday upon the national
campaign with platforms which
demand religions tolerance, prom,
■so farm relief end eldestep any
specific mention of. prohibition.
Tb* platform convention of tho
Republican and Democratic forces,
attended by alt the major candid-
ate* of both, adapted * set of prin
ciples here Tuesday night which
also gave blanket endorsement to.
the action of th* two national con.
ventlons. A feature of the two
gatherings was the refusal of ho
Democrats to adopt a plank of
fered by James A. Collat. defeat
ed wet candidate for tho United
States Senate, which would have
committed hla party to an endorse
ment of Governor Alfred E.
Smith's proposed modification of
prohibition,
ntcrcrl is that between
Talmadgc and G, C. Adams for
Commissioner of Agrirultnre.
Hardman and Talmadge are run
ning for an endorsement term.
Congressman Charles 11. Brand anil
Solicitor General llen-y II. We t,
j unopposed for their offices, arc al
so around the poll-.
It la predicted that around 2400
votes will bo polled in the county,
V’er 2,000 of those will be in tho
‘ it v.
The rural precincts close at 3
o’clock, while the polls at Atnens,
Wintcrville and Whitehall remain
open until 6.
At 2:30 a total of 1128 vote*
had boon polled in the city pre
cincts with a lijfht vote reported
in th© rural precincts.
The Banner-Herald will call the
returns from its office on ffancock
Avenue Wednesday night, and the
public is invited to hear them from
the street below. Returns will be
gin comr.ig in about 7 o’clock.
ST ATE-WIDE VOTE.
ATLANTA — (A P) — From
practically all parts of the stute
came reports that fair feather
was playing its part in bringing
out what was expected to bv ;t
heavy vote in the statep rimaty
election Wednesday.
In Atlanta—voting began brisk
ly with the opening of the polls
with indication that the good
weather would bring out a num
ber of voters. Brunswick and Mtl-
ledgeville both reported heavy
’•otes being polled as did Columbus
and Valdosta. Macon was some
thing of nn exception to a general
rule. ,tho vote iheir being compare
lively light. But in Albany the
voters came out in large number#,
their Interest in the primary was
whetted by a heated local cam-
paign.
JOHN D. WADE IS
VfflNG IN ATHENS
Prof. John D. Wade, formerly a
member or the University oftfeor.
gia faculty but who has been elect,
ed a member of the faculty of Van
derbilt University, is here on a
visit before going to Nw-hvtfle.
Prof. Wade had been doing"histori
cal research In Washington f«r
the past two years after he was
absent from Georgia a year on
He has many friends here.
COSTA’S NEW SIGN
Costa’s new neon gas and elec
tric sign was turned on Tuesday
night for the first time and cau4-
:l much comment amomr those
who were down town for the even
ing.
The main sign “Costa’s” is In
red with a blue border around tho
entire sign, aafcSl