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THE BANNER-BEBALD, ATHBjSt^gOBCM^
WEDNESDAY.
NERAL NOTICES
September 11 at
i parents in Madi-
_l p. m., Paul Gun.
ar old son of Mr.
,'C. Gunter. Besides
ho is survived by
. Mrs. May Gtewart,
a, Lo'a May and Lois
rr brothers, B. W„ C.
and Heard Cuntcr.
al was today at 3:30
., from the Colbert Jlctho-
ehurch. Rev. W. L. Holly
Officiated, with Bernstein Broth
ers in charge; interment was in
Co! ert ( emotery.
WILLIAMS—The rela^^^aS
friends of Mr. and Mrs. George
E. Williams, Hull; Mrs. Susie
Spratlin. Mrs. Nellie Bulloch,
Hull; Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Wil
liams, Hull; Mr. Clarence Wil-
hams. Hall; Mr. and Sirs. W. W.
Matthews,'Woodville, Fla.; Mr.
and Mrs. John Hix, Commerce,
Gn.; Mr. and Mrs. T. S, Bur-
C ; roughs. Colbert, Ga.; Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. Burroughs, Colbert;
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Morris, Col-
Ixrt; Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Thomp
son and Mr. D. A. V. Thompson,
of Colbert, Ga., are invited to
attend tho funeral of Mrs. G. E.
DOLLAR DAY IS
SUGGESTED FOR
MISSION BOARD
CHATTANOOGA.—<*■)—A sug-
B istion thst the 8outhorn Bspt'st
ome Mission Board designate a
Sunday soon as "southwide Baptist
honor dollar day" at which every
church lit the Convention would
be oxpacted’to raise $1 for each
active member as a means of
making up the mllloa dollar short
age charged to the Boerd'a miss
ing treasurer. Clinton 8. Carnes,
has been made here hr Dr. John
Inter, pastor of of Flrat Baptist
church.
Deacons of tho church were said
to havo approved the minister’s
plan and recommended it to tho
Homo Mission Board headquarters
In Atlanta.
Tbs Bandar for tnch eontribu-
t'ons would he sot aside by the
Board under Dr. Inter's ides as
noon as It It able to give a dofl.
nlto figure or Carnot' alleged
shortage. Such an offering, he
maintained would wipe out the
enter debt of the Home Mlaslon
Iloa.rd.
PAST IS REVEALED
ATLANTA —(UP)— The put
Raving
San Joan Hill Blockhouse and President Machado
of Clinton S. Carnes now
W*t). Williams tomorrow, bie^'wuUd In*mtT ttl"itartiing
^huTMl.-u, afternoon at 3:301 details, tho diuppearanee case
Services Wednesday became an authentic
hunt for a man wanted on a seri
ous embankment charge, Involv.
o'clock at Hull,
will be eon
Chandler, •,
Ga.
I by Rev. Frank
ilcDorman-Bridgcs.
WORLD'S'BIGGEST 8HIP
LONDON.—Tho world's largest
passenger ship is now under eon.
utructlon at Belfast. It It being
built r 0 r tho White Star Lino.
When completed it will bo about
J.oon foot long with a.tonnage of
ae.oon. The largest vessel now In
commission Is the Majestic, own.
bd by tho same company.
Spinach, Turnip Salad
and Real Tender String
Beans.
Young Tender Corn.
Fine Baking Apples.
ARNQL1) & ABNEY
Chocolate Cookies at
12c the dozen.
Sugar Cookies at 16c
the dozen.
Fruit Cookies at 15c the
dozen. ■ , ! t
Raisin Pound Ca k c at
23c
ARNOLD & ABNEY
JESTER
INSURANCE
tng perhaps $1,500,000 that the
Southern Baptist Homs ’Minions
Board says It It short.
The Fulton county grand jury
returned an indictment against the
miulng board treasurer and At
lanta ’business man Tueday after
evidence of one 065.000 item of
tho miming fund wu laid before
It.
While members of tho Miulon
Board would not go Into details,
icy admitted Wednesday that
perhaps.$100,000 to $500,000 more
than the uUmatad $1,000,000
shortage exists. The now alleged
peculation Involves money In the
building fund of the Board.
Sole hone of Immediate arrest
of tho tall, thln-faced men who
disappeared on August 15, rested
according to police. In a search of
the West Coast. There Is a possi
bility, Detective Chief A. Lamai
Poole uld, that Carnes has gone
to Loo Angeles, when two girls
seeking film careers, and who ho
financially had aided, art living.
Solicitor John A. Boykin, of
Fulton county, said that further
indictments against Carnes will bs
asked as documentary evidence,
continued to be gathered.
Boykin laid Baptist executives
told him possibly $800,000 of the
shortage was In form of notes
Boated by Carnes In the name of
the Mission Board, while $150,000
more came from (ale of stocks and
bonds. Other funds. It is claimed,
were directly placed In Carnes'
private account.
DR. BURS0N, COMMANDER OF GEORGIA
SPANISH WAR VETERANS, LEAVES WITH
ATHENS CITIZENS FOR HAVANA RALLY
Dr. W. M. Burson of Athens,; Among the Atlantans who will
state commander of the United I arc Judge Marcus W. Beck, of
Spanish War Veterans, will leave State Supreme Court, Congress-
early next month with ajout a I man William Schley Howard, Sam
dosen other Athenians to attend ‘ Smell, Atlanta Constitution writer,
the greatest rally of Spanish-Am- I John S. Cohen, editor of the Atlan-
crican war soldiers ever held. The Its Journal, and James B. Nevin,
re-union will ake place in Havana.. editor of the Atlanta Georgian.
About 25,000_peoplo will flood the I Stopping over in Savannah, on
ilah
historic old Spanish city, and 15,-
000 of those will be veterans. The
convention will be October 8-12.
Local people who are going to
attend tho re-union are .Dr. and
Mrs. W. M. Burson, Capt. J. H.
Beusse, Major and Mrs. Hunter
Harris, Mrs. Mildred Rhodes,
Mrs. Carl Saye, Mrs. J. C. Wil
liams, Mrs. Vanderleith, Sims Col
bert and W. W. Whitehead, of
Watkinsville.
One of tho features of the en
campment will be a Georgia ban
qoet at the Royal Palm Hotel, at
which time the Georgia atatc flag
will be presented to the city pf
Havana. Cotton oplls, pecans, and
other souvenirs of Georgia will be
given to thoso In attendance. Sev
eral hundred state delegates will
attend. The train on which the
Athenians will begin their journey
will leave Atlanta on tho morning
of October 3, and will go td Sa
vannah by way of Macon. It will
tarry a number of delegates from
the Ohio and surrounding region:
Atlanta and Macon delegates will
board the train on Its trip to Sa
vannah, and there will bo many
from Augusta and the Carolines.
The Atlanta polled band will go,
*nd there will ’be many of tho mu
sicians who played in the army
bands in tho cloys Just before San
Juan hill had become famous.
mvaiiusiii
mtes will
Our Store Will Be Closed Saturday on Account of Holiday!
Thursday and Friday
We Offer Special Values and it Will Pay You to Come to
These Sales!
NEW FRENCH JERSEY DRESSES
C A OC —These are Clever, One and Two-Piece Models; Black,
^^■^®Navy, Red, Brown, and Tan. New Dresses worth much
more, but for this sale we offer you choice of 50 Dress- CA QC
cs, Sizes 14 to 42, at • • ^$ , *a«w
DRESSES WORTH $25.00 FOR $14.95
—Here is a Marvelous Value, Satins, Canton Crepe, Georgettes,
Velvets; some are combined with Transparent Velvet. By far
the 1 Prettiest Dresses we have ever offered at this price, but wo
want to do Three Days' Business in Two Days—Hence this
Great Offer!
NEW FALL FELTS ON SALE AT $1.95
-Seventy-five New 'Hats, with and without Brim, Chic Hats for
the Miss or Matron. Each Hat a lined one, and worth. $2.95 and
$3.50. Be sure to get several hats on this sale at $1.95.
, TWO SPECIAL RAINCOAT VALUES
—Leatherette Coats, that sell regular for $6.50 will be $4.95
Heavy fleeced Lined Raincoats of Heavy Leatherette;, Some-
Solid; some Plaid 'Lined, j Regular $10.00 Value,
Fbr --
$6.50
—Just Two More Days for Summer Prices on New Fall Coats—'
A Small Deposit will hold any coat until wanted, and you get the
benefit of the Reduced Prices!
,,—THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT LESSER'S—
LESSER'S APPAREL SHOP ;
s 278 Clayton Street
3 "Where Your Dollar Has More Cents”
October 4. the delei
entertained for a day
Worth Bagley ca.np, Spanish War
Veterans, who live at the .Chatham
county city. From Savannah they
will go to Key West and will take
boat on the night of October 5,
arriving in the Cufran capital the
next morning. About 25 of the
best hotels in the city will be
thrown open to the crowds, but
barracks and military encamp
ments will have to fee pressed in*
to service. Here the ex*soldiers
will live under canva$ as they did
in the days of TJ®. Even the pic-
tuhesque old Morro castle will be
temporary hotel.
A veritable army will descend
upon Havana. Ships from Bos*
ton, New York, San Francisco,
Galveston and New Orleans will
steam in with veterans. The Unit
ed States battleship Texas will
glide down the Atlantic coast
bringing National Commander
John Garrity of Chicago, Charles
K. Bobbins, assistant Secretary of
War, high officer.! of the army
end navy, and congressmen,
the spot whero the Maine was
blown up, is reached, the giant
guns of the Texas will roar a sa
lute to the memory of thq famous
American ship.
Sessions of the convention will
be he’d in the Cuban “National
Theater.” The visitors will be
received with elaborate military
ceremonies fey the Cuban govern*
ment, and the Cuban president will
be escorted under an arch of 600
American flags.
Special trips to Santiago,^San
Juan hill and other points of in
terest will be made.
League To Resume Con
ferences on Evacuation
Why I Am for AI Smith
For President
(Continued from page one.)
owners of vast wealth or their ser
vants, for nothing can stop legls.
will go lation toward the amassing and
:, of the concentration of wealth !f econ
omy be the watchword and liberty
be forgotten. Where are the pro
ceeds of this economy going? Who
finances the sales of four and five
million shares of stock a day
What community In. the whole
land is not being drained dry in
the mad gamble? Are the people
made happier and better by this
by-product or high tariffs? Is not
wealth becoming more and moye
the soBe ambition with Its own
by-product of rottenness of char,
ecter?
Ouij own party has through the
pressure of necessity, more appar
ent than real, begun to slip away
from the sound reasoning of Jef
ferson. though It has within Its
bosom, I hope, the precious, if
dormant, love of liberty which to
the people’s only guaranty of free
dom. Only oqco in a great while
does a great man appear who da
firmly embued with these prin
ciples and who with the wisdom
of long thought and experience can
fan the fading spark Into a living
and beautiful game. Such a man
we sorely need or'eur government
wTl surely change In fact If not
in name, to first an obllgarchy of.
a few rich and then to an em
pire.
- Such a man 1 believe Smith to
be. and believing It what do I care
Kvhat his rollg.on is, for I also bo-
Veve, with our fortfathors. in re
ligious liberty for Smith as wtfl aa
for myself.
BALLOUGH LEADS
YUMA, Arix. —(AP) — E. E.
Bnllough, of Chicago, with a new
motor in his Laird plane led the
field of fifteen Class B. trans
continental recars out of Yuma
Wednesday for San Diego where
the last leg of the national air
racing c’aasic to Los Angeles will
atari later Wednesday.
(Conthmea tr—i page one.T
population, Which rapidly is In.
creasing. We cannot prevent that
nor likewise the wish that if limit,
od troops are allowed us they con.
stitute tho framework for officers 'rage,
for the army.
•'The same tendency exists !n
all counties where military service
to being reduced”.
Organizations To 'Decide
Plan for Welfare Fund.
i NOTICE TO GASOLINE
DEALERS •
■Sealed proposals will he receiv
ed bv the Mayor and Council of
the fClty of Athens. Georgia, until
noon, city time, October 10, for
gasoline and oil to be furnished
♦heuCi'v of Athens for one year,
from October 16, 1928.
Tho oil company receiving the
bid must furnish the tank for sto-
(Continued from page one.)
the Athens Womans Club, in a
brief talk, outlined the feeling
among the organisations and the
necessity tor such a body, Mrs.
It. 8. Pond also spoke briefly on
different phaes of this work.
L/'scussion then became general,
each representative speaking ror
hia. organisation.
Upon Motion of R. O. Arnold, it
was decided to call together the
presidents of these various associ
ations. to formulate some definite
plan by which the desired work
can be carried out. This meeting
wUl be held the early part of next
week and a final report made at
tho next monthly luncheon.
Kellogg Insists on Keep
ing Pact Out of Politics.
(CoaUuueg rrae, Paxa Om)
The rirht'ia reserved to rojcct
any or all bids.
JAS. BARROW, CJerk.
sl2-19-28-03c
cal warfare. Another relates to
the suppression of traffic In ob
scene publications.
There will be others ouch a. the
axmmont and convention arising
from last winter’s Pan-American
Conference at Havana, Commercial
treaties with Australia and Nor
way and the arbitration and con
ciliation treaties.
Kellogg's personal attention will
jibe devoted largely to the Son.
ate progress pt the anti-war tre.
ety. He brought back from Parts.
Whether or not he attempts to
divert partisanship from the other
documents, It general! yaccepted
he wtB be quick to reply through,
out the campaign 'to either Re.
publican or ’Democratic attempts
to dismiss the treaty as a parti,
son Issue,
SUGAR FOR COURAGE
LONDON.—Courage U due to
sugar, end a variation of a fair
! hundredths,of one per cent In the
giuecote of the blood may make
the difference between cowardice J 8:15 nmx— z—6:00 nm
and courage. That', the opinion I ejeept Suadff, ’ "
SEABOARD
Arrival and Departure of Trains
Athena, Ga.
To and From South and Went
ARRIVE DEPART
10:00 am Atlanta <:S0 am
AtUnta-Btiam
2:45 pm Memphis 2:45 pm
0:10 pm Atlanta 6:25 pm
11:24 pm Atlanta-B’ham 4:55 am
To and From North and Bait
ARRIVE DEPART
New York-Wash. .
4:65 am Rich.-NorfoIk 2:45 pm
New York-Wesh.
2:45 pm Rich.-Norfolk 11:24 pm
0:25 pm Monroe-Hamlet 10:00 am
GAINE8VILI.B MIDLAND BY.
Schedules Effective Jan. 2, 1927
l—No. 2 leave* Athena for Gain
esville, 8:10 a. m.
g—No. 12 leaves Athens for Gate'
csvilic, 11:16 a. m.
x—No. 11 arrives Athena from
G'aineevUle, 10:32 a. m.
■—No. 1 arrives Athens from
Gainesville, 6:60 p. m.
»—Daily.
x—Daily except Sunday.
Schedules Nos. 1 and 2 covered
jy Motor Car No. 400.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
TRAINS
Depart for Macon 8:00 a. m.,
and 4:45 p. m.
Arrive from Macon ll:45 a. m.
and 9:10 Pe in#
OEO. BEELAND, C. A .Phone 040
W. O. BOLTON, Agt* Phone 1661
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Lala-North-Seath
DEPART ARRIVE
7:80 am 10:45 am
4:80 pm / 9:05 pm
OEO. 6. MILLER. Corn! Agent
Telephone 81
GEORGIA RAILROAD
SCHEDULES
ARRIVE DEPART
7:10 am 8:30 am
I2:« pm 1;50 pm
2:30 pm—z - x—4:45 pm
Opening a Men's and Boys
DEPARTMENT
H ere you will find many hems at prices
YOU NEVERDREAMED OF. SEE OUR CLAY
TON STREET WINDOW DISPLAY!
—These suits are four-piece, one
pair long pants, one pair knickers,
coat and vest.
$4-95 $0.75 $0.25
Work Gloves L 15c and 25c
—Good quality Shirts in. pretty
patterns, with »Jjllari attached,
or collar-band style. |
-BOY'S SHIRTS—
75c and $1.00,
-MEN'S SHIRTS—
$1.25 and $1.50 '•
—These prices are much lower
than you pay ; elsewhere for the
same quality. $
Men's lies „..35c and 75c
Boy's All-Wool Lumberjacks „ ,.$2.25
Leather Belts 50c and $1.00
HEAVY QUALITY OVERALLS
Men's........ $1.00 Boys’.... 65c
You'll say these
OVERCOATS
are the lowest price you
ever saw
—Everyone well made and good quality, in
a variety of colors and patterns.
—MEN’S OVERCOATS—
$9.98 — $11.98 — $12.98 - $14.98
—BOY’S OVERCOATS-
$3.50—to—$8.25
Boy's Woolen Knickers
... 98c and $1.39
Pajamas L. $1.0Q, $1.25 $1.75 and $2.00
Men's Khaki Woolen Shirts
........$1.25
Men’s Athletic Union Suits.... .
....69c and $1.00
Three Pairs Men's Fancy Sox
Khaki OveraU Jumper Suits
.... $1.95
Davison-Nichoison Co. Inc.
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