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1 AM FOR
AL SMITH
PRE_S?}EENT
PROF. E. M. COULTER
I am for Al Smith because
1 am for honesty, efficiency,
and for clear thinking and
fearless expression. Through
out Smith’s whole public ca
reer, no one has accused him
of dishonesty either in act or
purpose. This is something
to remark at, in an age when
publie corruption has held so
dominant a sway. No one can
doubt that he has given New
York as efficient an adminis
tration as the state has ever
had throughout its history.
He has forced his political
antagonists to support his
measures. His thinking is
clear, unclouded, and distinet
ly to the point. One of his
worst enemies at present, not
long ago said that Smith had
a mind unmatched 1 , punlic
life today. :
1 am for Smith hecause I
am against hypoerisy in all
shapes and forms; 1 am for
Smith because I am against
all political trickery and ho
kus pocus. Whether a person
agrees with Smith’s policies
or not, no one can doubt in
the slightest ‘what Smith
stands for. I know Candidate
Hoover is not clear (and I be
lieve persuasively s 0) on the
subject of prohibition—else
why is he being played up by
the New York wet Republi
cans as standing for modifi
cation of the Volstead act?
As for prohibition, no intelli
gent American citizen can
possibly doubt that whisky is
plentiful, is widely drunk,
and of the worst kind—if the
Volstead Act is not heing nul
lified by the present Republi
can el;%rtyifwhy is it ng; en
fore f it cannot be en
memus
cape the logic of modification.
There is more transparent
cant on the subject of prohi
bition today than on any oth
er subject I know of,
I am for Smith because I
am for religious tolerance,
and I know that many people
who are against Smith are
not for religious tolerance, de
spite the fact that they try to
hide behind prohibition, which
is non-existent.
I am for Smith because I
am tired of hearing people
talk glibly about the evils of
Tammany Hall, and forget
ting to mention that New
York is one of the best gov
erned cities in America to
day—and also forgetting to
mention that Chicago (under
a ‘Republican regime) is a
blot on the honor of the Unit
ed States and a disgrace to
democracy.
I am for Smith because I am
for the Democratic Party. If
now when for the first ‘time
in a century the leadership of
the, Democratic Party rests in
New York the South refuses
g) play the game, then the
Democratic Party as a nat
ional institution has number
ed its days.
Often one of the best reg
ommendations a person can
have is the enemies he makes;
'Srrlnith is no exception to this
rule.
NEW YORK snms,‘
NEW YORK —(AP)— The size
of the vote, especially that of the
women, was the chief point of in
terest for political leaders of hoth
parties in the state-wide primary
clections Tuesday.
The size of the vote, it was hop
ed, would give some indication as
to how the state will go in the
presidential eleetion .this fall.
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3 HEAVY VOTE
. BOSTON —(AP)—An unusual
ly heavy vote was expected at the
polls Tuesday as members of both
major parties re-acted to the most
active primary campaign Massa
chusetts has seen in years.
- Practically every important
nomination within the gifts of
either party was tre subject of
snirited contests with one excep
tion, U. S, Senator David 1. Walsh
being unopposed for renomination
un the democratie ticket.
R ——
STREAM BAPTISM
LONDON—-The first baptismal
~ service in a mill stream near Sit
. tingbourne since the days of. the
Canterbury Pilgrims took place
regently. Thirty persons, mostly
wémen, were immersed in a
stream fed by what is known as
. Thomas Becket’s spring.
THE BANNER<HERALD
Daily and Sunday—l 3 Cents a Week.
Associated Press Service.
Senator Robinson Urges Rel?ef qu Floridq
STORI DEATH TOLL RSESTO [0
Wires To éeorgia Coast Townsßlo}vnDann By Stoim
DR. BROUGHTON PREACHES ON LOST
POWER OF CHURCH; POSTPONES SERMON
TO YOUNG PEOPLE ON “CAKE EATERS”
Monday night at Prince Avenue |
Baptist church, Dr. Len G.
Broughton, who is now cenducting
a series of evangelistic services
with that church, changed the
subject .of his evening sermon,
which had been announced as
“Jesus’ Attitude *to the Modern
Cake Eater and Flapper.”
He stated as reason for the
change the reception given at the
First Baptist church to the stu
dents now in the various colleges
of Athens. Dr. Broughton stated
that he knew nothing of the re
ception when he made the prev
ious announcement, and since he
is very anxious to reach the young
people of Athens, ™ students and
others, he was postponing the
discussion of this subject until
Thursday night of this week, at
which time he hopes that there
will be nothing in the way and
that he may have a chance to
address the young people of Ath
ens. |
After making the announce
ment with regard to the postpone
ment of the special young peo
ple’s service, Dr. Broughton. pxo
(By United Press)
Upwards of 1,000 persons have been killed by the
tropical hurricance since it started up from below
Guadaloupe last week, according to the latest United
Press reports from the stricken region Tuesday.
The Island of Guadaloupe and
Porto Rico appear to have been
‘hardest hit. Following are the
death totals:
Gyadaloupe 510. ;
Porto Rico 200. X
Monserrat 25.
Florida 27.
Nevins Island 13.
Virgin Islands 6.
Accurate estimates of the dead
i;L Porto Rico and Guadaloupe are
immpossible spending re-establish
ment of full communication fa
cilities in those islands,
The total dead in Florida may
exceel 27, as the fatalities thus far
reported are scattered from the
Everglades to the north-central
citrus region.
Tuesday—the second anniver
sary of the disastrous hurrricane
which struck Florida in 1926—
found that state slowly digging it
self out of the ruins of the pres
ent storm which apparently had
claimed 27 lives and jammed all
kospitals with the injured.
Back across the islands of the
Caritbean Sea, there lies a 100-
mile path of death and destruc
tion, part of which a courageous
people are rising to re-build their
homes and re-coup their fortunes.
To the north, Georgia and Ala
bama and the upper section of
the Florida peninsula waited with
fear Tuesday for the hurricane to
strike that section. Reports from
Atanta said the gale had veered
towards Jacksonville, where a ter
rified citizenry waited behind bar
red windows.
The tiny islands of Guadaloupe,
a French possession, apparentiy
bore the brunt of the hurricane.
French officials still were trying
to estimate the number of injured
persons after they had officially
placed the death toll at 510 per
gons,
~ Fairly complete reports from all
‘sections involved in the disturb
‘ance indicated that the total fatal
ities would e somewhere between
700 and 800, After Guadaloupe,
United Press Dispatches.
| ceeded to speak 'on “The I.ostl
Pewer of the Church,” taking his
text from Judges 16th chapter
and 20th verse: “And he wist not
that the Lord was departed from
him.” In discussing this text D:.
Broughton said: ‘
“The first thing that we desire
to do at the present time is to getl
a proper understanding of what is
meant by power, as it is one of the
most misunderstood words in ail
our language. Tln dealing with it
in this connection we do not, mean
that there has been any loss of
numbers in the church; numbers‘
do not furnish power. There never
wos a time when there were as
many people holding membership
in churches as today, and there
never has been a time when there’
was as little spiritual power man
ifested in the church as today.
“We do not mean to be under
stood as referring to the loss of
wealth. Wealth is not power. The
| majority of the world thinks it is,
and hence there is a mighty grap
ple for wealth, running all sorts
of risks and .e,ngagi:;g,'m all sorts
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Porto Rico was the chief sufferer
with 200 dead. Reports were still
lacking from several points in the
interior of the island.
BRING RELIEF
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — (AP)
—With thirty-eight known dead,
nmore than 150 injured, several
thousand homeless &and property
losses estimated into the millions,
the hurricane-stricken sectors of
Fiorida Tuesday endeavored to
ascertain the full extent of the
low,
While reliei measures got under
fuller sway in the Palm Beach
sector, expeditions were enter
ing the Lake Okeechobee region,
where varying accounts’of loss of
life and property damage have
been given by persons who came
out of the territory seeking aid
for those behind. T'ifteen were
known to be dead in Okeechobee
City area while the relief commit
tee at West Palm Beach counted
14 deadsand the police at Del Ray
reporteéd three lives were lost
there.
IFive of the deaths reported by
the relief committee were at Pa
hekee and were accounted for in a
iarge measure when Lak Okee
chobee overflowed its banks and
flooded the countryside. Hun
dreds of homeless families were
*eing cared for at refugee homes
in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach,
Lake Worth, Boynton and Delßay.
Hotels, apartment houses, schools,
churches and court houses were
thrown open for this purpose.
Howard W. Selbv, chairman of
the Red Cross chapter in West
Palm Beach estimated the dam
age to that area at $20,000,000, of
which he said $10,000,000 was for
the Palm Beaches.
The hurricane Tuesday plunged
onward towards Georgia _and
South Carolina, its furity greatly
abated.
Radio, for the most part, told
the story, a fragmentary one, of
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[ Established 1832,
{ 'ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1928.
PROMPT AGTION NEGESOARY,
SENATOR WIRES-—DAMAGE
WILL BE GREATER THAK
IN 1976 RURRIGANE
WASHINGTON.—(AP)—At least twenty nurses
and money to carry on rehabilitation work is ur
gently needed in the Florida hurricane, said a mes
sage received by the Red Cross Tuesday from Sena
tor Robinson, democratic vice presidential nominee,
who has just come through the storm section.
“Storm area appears to extend
from Fort Lauderdale to Titus
ville, about 145 les in width ’;q.
curred in the storm of 1926. Cas
ualties are not fully known and
cannot be ascertained for some
time,
“Something like 200 have re
ceive’(‘i treatment in hospi.als
which have been greatly damaged.
Local organizations are without
funds. - |
“I am convinced that immedi
ate action by your body is neces
sary if adequate relief is to be
effected. A part of the territory
is totally without organization
and at least twenty additional
nurses to those which ‘can be pro
vided here are required and about
an equal number of social work
ers.
“Medical assistance believed to
be adequate. Rehabilitation work
on large secale will be necessary
and funds are required for imme
diate use.” ‘
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ROBINSON DELAYED ‘
ALBANY, Ga. —(A Pj)— The
Atlantie Coastline Railway report
ed to the Albany Herald Tuesday
‘that Senator Joe Robinson, demo
cratic vice presidential eandidate,
will not be able to reach Atlanta
to fill a speaking engagement
Tuesday evening, .
The railway ‘'stated that the
Robinson 'special was held behind
a wasiout on the Atlantie Coast
line between Jacksonville and
Folkston, Ga., and it would be
necessary to re-route the train.
Application blanks for football
tickets were mai’ed out to Univer.
sitv of Georgia alumni Monday and
orders will be filled in the order
they are received. it was stated
in the notice that practically the
same seats as heretofore had been
allotted to Georgia for the Tech
game.
Friends of the Univergity in Ath
ens and this vicinity have always
enjoyed the priviloge of placing
their orders for tickets through the
Athletic asgociation and thoge who
take advantage of that privilege
and are mot on the mailing list are
advised to forward “heir orders at
an early date to Chas. K. Martin,
Box 533, Athens, Ga.
The scale of priceg this year is
as follows: For the non.conference
games, Mercer and Furman, $2.00
for all the Conference games, with
the exception of Tech, $2.50. Tick.
ets for the Tech game are $3.00.
Registration and handling fee of
26 cents must be added to each
order, :
HODVER MAKES BD
FOR LABOR'S VOTE
N NEWARK SPEECH
NEWARK, N. J.—(UP)—Her
bert Hoover laid down his pro
gram for helping labor in a speech
delivered here Monday night open
ing his campaign for the doubt
ful east.
Continued prospeirty under a
republican protective tariff, sta
bilizatien of employment by sea
sonal distribution of construction
on public works, and restrictions
against excessive injunctions were
promised by the republican presi
dential candidate.
Hoover also urged continuance
of restricted immigration with
only such modifications as are
necessary to relieve hardships
against families; freedom in col
lective bargaining; and measures
for increasing efficiency to bring
about more perfect living condi
tions.
“We can build towards perfect
tion only on a foundation of
pro:gderity.” the candidate said.
“Kducation, prohibition, inven
tion, scientific discovery, increase
‘n skill in managers and employees
have contributed to magnificent
progress.”
“But now the immediate prob
lem is furnishing a job for every
man who wants to work,” ne add
ed. He denied that there is any
widespread uneimployment. -He
admitted there era depressions in
the textile and bituminous coal in
dustries which must be relieved
with all the energy the govern
ment can afford. During the last
two months, however, he said,
there has been a higher record of
production and consumption of
goods than during corresponding
months of any previous year.
LOS ANGELES —(AP)— Leo
Pzt Kellpey, convicted of the mur
der of Mrs. Myrtle L. Mellus, his
gcciety woman sweetheart, Tues
day, was sentenced to be hanged
at San Juentin prison on Novem
ber 28, next. |
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CAR WRECKED
A North Carolina tourist skid
ded on the Danielsville road Tues
day morning when he attempted
to pass another car near a parked
truck and completely wrecked the
body of the sedan he was driving.
He crashed into the parked truck.
Fortunately the impact was back
of the front seat in which he and
his wife were riding, and neither
was hurt, with the exception of a‘
few cuts. " bt
The car was driven into Athens
for repairs. , o
Daily and Snndny——l..“’(""? o B Week.
VR, NAT 0. ARNOLE
DIED I ATLANTA
EARLY TUESDAY
Mr. Nat D. Arnold of Lexing
ton, Ga., died at a private- sani
tarium in Atlanta at 3:00 o’clock
Tuesday merning. He had gone
there for vest and treatment
about ten days ago and death
came suddenly from heart attack.
Mr. Arnold was born in Ogle
thorpe county in 1859 and had
made his home there all his life.
He was educated at Martin Insti
tute, Jefferson, and at North
Georgia Agricultural College at
Dahlonega. For many years he
lived on his plantation in the
northern part of the county, about
six miles from Crawford. He was
successful with his farming oper
ations and agspmulated vast hold
ings of land.™ Latér he moved to
Lexington and had lived there for
twenty-five: years, N e rel
nent men "ih”tfiatwgécfion xm#
state.
' Mr. Arnold was the son of O.‘
H. Arnold, Sr., and E]izn'bet’nl
Johnson Arnold, prominent citi
zens of OglethorSe county for
many years. -
Mr. Arnold represented Ogle
thorpe county in the legislature
for twenty years. During one
term of his service, his brother,
0. H. Arnold, Jr., represented
Clarke county, and another broth
er, the late Dr. R. J. Arnold of
Hampton, Ga., represented Henry
county. His father, 0. H. Arnold,
Sr., also represented Oglethorpe
county at one time.
} Mr. Arnold is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Hugh H. Hardin
)of Forsyth; three grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs, L. F. Edwards of
Athens; one brother, O. H. Ar
nold, Jr., of Athens; by two neph
ews, Robert O. Arnold of Athens
and David J. Arnold of Hampton;
the following nieces, Mrs. Jennie
iArnold Dorsey and Miss Eugenia
' Arnold of Athens; Mrs. Paul“
Brown of Elberton, and Mrs. D.
Timon Bowden of Wilmington,'
N;
The funeral will be held at
Lexington Wednesday at 11:00
o'clock, and the following will‘
serve as pallbearers: Messrs.
Paul Brown, Willis Lindsey, E. H'
Dorsey, Jr., Thomas Comer, David
J. Arnold, Robert O. Arnold, John
Knox and Ernest Stokeley. Bern
stein Brothers Funeral Home is
making funeral arrangements. ‘
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SEVEN DOLLARS 50
Contributions to the hurri.
cane relief fund of the Ameri
can Red Crogs which are being
received through the Athens
Chapter of the organization are
slow here, An appeal for con
tributions for the relief of suf.
ferers in the hurricane-strick
en sections was made by the
American Red Cross Monday
and transmitted to Athen‘ans
by A. E. Davison, chairman of
the Athens Chapter. Three
Atheniang have responded.
'\ The names of those contribut.
ing and the amounts contrib
uted will be published daily by
The Banner-Herald, The fund
to date stands:
Madame Lustrat ...... SI.OO
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DR. KING UNDERGOES
MINOR OPERATION
Dr. W. P. King underwent a‘
minor operation at Wesley Me
moria! hosiptal in Atlanta Mon
day morning. His many friends
are delighted that he is getting
along nicely and expects to return
home in a few days.
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A.B.C. Ps_r. Single Copies 2 Cents. 5 Cents Sunday-
SAVANNAH EXPERIENCES G 0
MILE WIND; BRONSWIGK 13
GUT OFF: MAGON DAMAGED
MIAMI, Fla.—(AP)—A death list of 149 persons from the area
smitten by the tropical hurricane in southern Florida Sunday was
reported Tuesday to the Miami News. Of this number 18 were
identified. The identified list follows: -
John Anderson Blalock, West Branch; Bob Fink, negro, Julpiu,i'a |
Ella Jones, negro, Delßay; Will Jones, negro, Delßay; Infant
Nelms, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nelms, Kelsey City; Mrs. Arthur
Van Neumhauser, Kelsey City; daughter of Mrs., Neumhauser;
Mrs. Smith, Pahokee; Wallace (no initials), Jupiter, negro: West
brooks, negro youth, near Deerfield; Mr.s Julia White, 78, Delßay.
The unidentified dead were two negroes at Jupiter, four negroes
at Delßay Beach: twentj at Belle Glade; ten whites and fifty
negroes at Pahokee; twenty negroes at South Bay; fifteen in Okee
chopee City area; seventeen in Palm Beaches area. e
ATLANTA, Ga.—(UP)-—Telephone and telegraph
companies reported at 6:00 a. m. Monday that all
wires were down to points on the Georgia coast.
The last word from the United Press correspond
ent at Savannah came shortly after midnight. He
said a sixty mile gale was blowing On account of
mountainous seas pounding on Tybee Island, all resi
dents there had moved into the city.
N. C. SHERIFF IS
CERTAN THAT HE
SAW C. S. CARNES
BREVARD, N. C. —(AP)— V.
B. McGahz, former. sheriff of
Transylvania county, i 3 sure that
h» saw Clinton 8. Carnes, missing
treasurer of the Southern Baptist
Home Missions Board, for whom
a nation-wide search is being con
ducted, on the highway about five
mi'es from here Sunday afternoon.
Carnes was headed towards
Greenville, McGaha said.
Carnes asked the sheriff, the
latter said, some questions about
the highway directions and the
former officer engaged him in
conversation. Becoming suspicious
he asked the man his name and
was told “I lost my name some
time ago.”
The former sheriff hurried into
Brevard to get another look at
Carnes’ picture and was convinced
he had been talking with Carnes.
He drove back out the highway,
wut ‘was unable to locate the man.
OMAHA GIVES AL SMITH Bl
OVATION ON* ARRIVAL FOR
WESTERN CAMPAIGN
OMAHA, Neb.-—(UP)—Governor Alfred E. Smith
took off his brown derby and waved the west a New
York welcome here Tuesday. et
Omaha, in the heart of the farm country to which
Smith will appeal, waved back and gave the demo«
cratic candidate a characteristic “Howdy, stranger.”
~ Throngs greeted him at the sta
tion. A crowd curious and eager
to see this man who rose from the
East Bide of New York.
Smith has seen this city before
but never like he saw it Tuesday.
Farnam Street, the main street,
was thronged with countless per
sons who cheered wildly as the
Governor and his party drove hy.
Ag his train came to a stop a
band at Union Station started play.
ing “The Sidetvalks of New York"
and a great cheer went up. It
.was ten minutes before the Gov
ernor and his party could emerge
through the pack of humanity.
The democratic candidate will
THE WEATHER: i
Probable fair Tuesday night and
Wednesday. Cocler Wednesday.
Diminishing northwest winds. |
Brunswick reported a stiff wind
at tmidmght.. Then the lines went
out. g
C. F. Von Herrmann, weather
bureau forecaster, said the inten
sity of ithe storm as it hit Georgia
wag congiderably less than when
it swept down on the Florida east
coast.
All wires from Atlanta to Char
leston, South Carolina, went down
Monday, 2 :
SIGNS DOWN 5
MACON, Ga.—(UP)—Signs Were
beaten, down and corn n.x‘ ar
cane reported damaged by a
wind and beating rain that struck
Macon early Monday, %
It was believed the city was om
the western rim of the hurricane.
The weather bufeau predicted
heavy damage in the ,tmhi
raing continued, R A
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RUSH FOOD @i
FORT PIERCE, Mla.—(UP)-=All
available doetors and nurses fire
were sent to West Palm Beach
with medical supplies and food
stuffs. \ ove el
The Red Cross unit here had a
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head a parade through the ¢ity and
later will visit thie stockyards.
Mrs, Smith and her diaughter, Mrs.
John A. Warner, logefhar with
other women in the party, will be
guests at a luncheoyr) tendered by
Omaha democratic yvomen. Govs
ernor Smith is expescted to say a
few words at this affair.
The special campaign train pass«
ed Monday night -fi!rlqug‘h lm
the state of Herbert . Hoover's
birthplace and the d emocratic can
didate recelved an enthuglasric
welcome at Clinton ‘shortly before,
night from a erowd which had
waited a long timey. o = iy