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VOL. 9. NO. 216.
I AM FOR
AL SMITH
PRESE_;ENT
Why am I for Al Smith? To
agk the question is to answer
it. He is the head of my party
and the party of ali my ances
tors. o
The South has stood for
Democracy since the founda
tion of this Republic. Th's
government was founded by
Democrats. It grew great un
der Democratic control. Dem
ocrats have preserved tie free
institutions of the founders.
Democrats have fought for and
m{intained the Constitution
and the Declaration of Inde
pendence when these almost di
vine instruments were denom
inated by the fanatics of the
North as scraps of parchment,
and the Constitution itself de
nounced as a tovenant with
death and a league with hell.
lor four years the Demo
crats of the Soutl; under Lee
and Jackson fought for the
preservation of the Constitu
tion, the pakadium of all of
our liberties, and we won the
tight. We gave io the world
its greategt lesson. That no
gection, or people, could
trample upon the Constitution
with impunity. The principles
of Pemocracy have sustained
us in peace, and ‘n war we
fought for them and many
died for them. ;
Then let me agk you a ques
tion. Why should we desert
the party of our fathers, now?
To do so we must forget
who we are, and we must for
gey the glorious history of
Democracy.
To strike.down Democracy
ag she labors in ‘his fight to
again secure control of this
government and testore it to.
.the people under the Consti
tution, would be to inflict
upon the South a grevious
WO nd. to & '
ound A A PR S o
by her ememies !fi the Sixties.
The Republican party is, and
bas always been, a sectional
party. It came into existence
as a party born of hate, and
permeated by a foul fanatic
jsm, that Ben Hill said never
kept a pledge nor obeyed a
law.
I wish that I might indict
the Republican Party for its
high crimes and misdemean
ors, past and present, before
the bar of :‘America.
Jealous of the Democratic
statesmen, of the South, who
were in control of the Repub
(§c, it made unholy and uncon
stitutional war on the South,
it confiscated millions of our
property in slaves which the
North had sold us, it forced
upon a helpless neople recon
struction, a foul blot upon civ
ilization, a crime thdt should
condemn and damn it forever
as a party in the South, it fas
tened upon us the robber tar
iff that has forced the South
for sixty years as bondsmen
to pay tribute to New England,
it organized the Mmoney centers
while the South was crushed,
poor and helpless and through
this means controlled our very
life blood, by man'pulation and
criminal methods it has beat
down the price of our cotton,
and forced us to give it to
New Bngland below the cost
of production, its hatred of
the despised South kept cotton
from being recognized as a
national product, and by con
trolling the price of cotton
it kept the South poor, it has
published to the world that
the South cannot again be
trusted with the Presgidency,
that it would be dangerous;
itt has been maintained as a
party of organized wealth, of
special privilege, an opponent
of state rights and state sov
eroignty, a. foe to clean and
honest governm=nt, & friend
of the grafters, high and pow
erful in the party councils. [
call to an accounting Harding,
Daugherty, Dobheny, Fall, Sin.
clair and Jess Smith, against
whom the Statue has not yet
run,
In the name of the long guf
fering South, that it has de
spoiled, in_the pame of Am
erica, whose ideal of Democ
racy it would destroy, in the
name of honest men and
women everywhere, I indict
the Republican Party, and call
it to the bar of justice.
Ctan there be found a man
or woman, of the old South to
defend it? No—Not one.
Fvery follower of Lee and
Jackson is again in arms
against the Republican Party.
Here still stands the ten
thousand who refuse to bend
the knee to Baal.
But there is a siren voice
among the younger generation,
advising the Sou'&l to break
away from its apcient moor.
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HURRICANE TOLL IS OVER 2,000
GOVERNOR SWITH COMES OUT DEFINITELY
FOR MCNARY-HAUREN FARM RELIEF BUL
CROWD OF 10,000 15
oI IRRED To' CHEERS
K 5 SMITH REPEAT:
PROMIBITION STAND
OMAHA, Nebr. —(UP)
— Governor Alfred E.
Smith resumed his cam
paign through the western
farm belt Wednesday
after a rather sensational
start in his opening speech
here Tuesday night, in
which he not only gave
what farm leaders consirl
er an open endorsement of
the McNary-Haugen prin
ciple, but re-emphasized
his prohibition views in ar
vnscheduled discussion of
their subject, in this nor
mally dry state.
l The democratic candidate will
i leave here Wednesday at mine
thirty o’clock, headed for Oklaho
ma City, when be speaks Thurs
'li"ll S Aol
ney at Lineoln, Nebragka, for a
conference with Governor Adam
McMullen, a farm leader, and later
for frequent ®ppearances as he
passes through Kansas.
His opening speech Tuesday
night was typical of the Smith
New York knows and set the tone
of his campaign Jefinitely as a
brown derby campaign throughout.
He dropped the wmanner of the
usual presidential candidate, talk
«ed to the crowd of 10.000 in the
Omaha auditorium in his breezy,
theatrical, conversational way, and
then proved he ‘was the same
Smith for whom New York has
shown such a fondness by strik
ing boldly at a challenge issued
tqg bhim en his aentry linto this
state.
/ He concluded his speech on farm
‘relief, which, in itself, was a sur
prise, and then answered eight
| questions propounded to him in a
)’new:;paper advertisement which
stared him in the face in every
"newspaper he picked up here.
} Having answered them in his
own way, he then suggested play
fully. that Herbert Hoover be
asked the same questions.
The democratic presidential
candidate leaves here Wednesday
with state leadrs asserting more
srmnhatically than ever that he
will carry this state in Novem-
Aer because of the decided impetu
to sentiment for him here, given
by his personal appearance.
Copsiderable significance ‘s be
ing attached #to Smith's conference
int Lincoln Wednesday with Gov
ernor McMullen, who gave Hoover
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UNIVERSITY CONVENES 128TH SESSION;
DEAN H. N. EDMUNDS DELIVERS
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
New Pipe Organ in Chap
el is Played for First
- Time. Several New De
partments are opened.
With prospects of the largest
Jredistjation (n Jits history, the
Unlvergity of Georgia convened
its 128th session Wednegday morn
ing at 11 o’clock in the University
chapel.
Dean H. N. Edmans, who as
sumes his duties jthis term as
head of the Law School, delivered
the principal address at the open
ing. He spoke on “An Educated
Citizensghip”.
A feature of the opening ex
ercises was the organ prelude by
Hugh L. Hodgson, organist and
head of the Music Department of
the University. The new pipe or
gan was heard by 'the students for
the first time Wednesday.
Dr. S. R. Grubb, pastor of the
First Christian church, welcomed
the students for the Athens
churches. The invocation was de
livered by Dr. J. L. Allgodd, pre
sid'pg elder of the Athens District.
THE BANNER-HERALD
Tax Rate Remains Same;;‘
Health Board Fund Cut;
Mavy Close Tuberculosis
Hospital; General Is Cut
The County Commissioners fixed the tax levy at
the meeting Tuesday afterncon and the rate is the
same as the last, 13 mills, which added to the state
ra:;le of 5 mills totals 18 mills, or SIB.OO on the thous
and. ; .
IBY PRISON BOARD
IATLANTA., —(#)— The siaie
prison commission ' Wednesday
recommended commutation to life
imprigonment of the death sent
ence imposed upon KEula Thomp-
Lihel sopvicted:. of padirder in. cou
nect'on with the death of Coleman
Oshomne, Chattgworth merchant.
She is under sentence to die
Friday in the electri¢ chair at the
Milledgeville pgigson farm,
The recc.nmendatipn will be
sent to Governor Tlardman’ for k's
4 action. The executive is expected
to return to bhig office Thursday
from a short vacation.
In its findings the prison coms
mission said no evidence wag in
trodueced te show that Mrs. Thomp
son actually was present at the
| homicide of which her husband
| and a negro already have been
! convicted and executed.
With the death list in the
hurricane - . striken area still
mounting, thousands homeless
and destitute, and property
damage running into.the mil
lions, as Athens listened over
the radio for storm news; or
read the newspapers for lat
est information, the appeal
of the Red Cross for financial
aid for sufferers is receiving
a more generous response
than the tirst dav indicated.
From the number of contribu
tions made Tuesday by Athen
ians and Clarke county eiti
zens, it begins to look as if
this community wiil send a
check to the Red Crcss na
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North Georgia M. E. Conference:
The Art Department, Business
Regearch Buf®au, Music Depart
ment, are among the new depart
ments opéned at the University
thig session.
Dean Edmonds pointed out that
while statesmen and thinkers since
the human race learned its firgt
alphabet have exhalted the ideals
of government based upon the des
irability of an educated citizen
ship, it has remained for the pres
ent century to bring to life what
has in the past bheen only an am
bitious dream. ‘The balance of
power in politics'”, Dean dmonds
stated, “which has in the pagt been
in the hands of those under priv
ileged in educational opportuni
ties, making possible the demigog,
is rapidly pasging into the hands
of that class of citizeng who re.
quire arguments more substantial
than the demigog is able to pre
‘sent.
Dean Edmonds declared that
nature has endowed mankind with
inexhaustible potentialities of hap
piness it remains for educated
leaders to point the way leading
to much that has been undigeov
‘ored, ! ;
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1928
A committee of citizens was
ramed a week ago to co-operate
with the commissioners in balanc
ing the budget for the county and
meet during the week. The Com
missioners were faced with either
a 4 shortage of funds or a raise in
the tax rate, due in part, it was
stuted, to the® amounts paid the
Athens .General Hospital for char
ity patients, amounting to $8,400.-
00 annpally, maintenance of the
Tuberculosis hospital, amounting
to $9,600.00 annually, interest on
the bonds and the appropriation to
the Health board, amounting _to
$13,000, Before calling in a number
of citizens, from whom ihe com
niittee was named and composed
of H. H. Gordon, dr., who was sick
and.did ot atkene the copfer Q.
Elder, Sidney Boley and Abit Nix,
the Commissioners held similar
conference with tha trusiees. of
the two hospitals and mem’ers of
ine health board and went intc a
fuil discussions of the questions of
hevprne the hospitals in operation
tre kealth hoard maintained arnd
the tax quesionm, DN
Commissioners Act |
Following in part the recom
mendations of the committee the
Commissioners Tuesday decided on
the fo!lowing so far as the three
institutions under discussions are
concerned: |
1. To discontinue after January
1. next the appropriation of $400.-
09 to the General Hospital* and to
pay for the charity patients under
competitive bidding.
2. To close up the Tuberculosis
hospital on January first as a
county operated hospital and lease
it for that purpose if possible and
if not put it to use for other coun
ty purposes. The expression was
made that it could possibly be
leased to some cne who would
operate it and then the county
would care for its tubercular pa
tients there on a proper basis.
3. The appropriation to the
Health “oard was reduced from
$13,000 to SII,OOO or a reduction‘
of $2960. This is the amount ap
propriated last year. The commit-‘
tee recommended a reduction of |
$2,000. The appropriated amount
would give the board $22,080.00 as
the city appropriates the same
amount as does the county, |
Voted Bond Issue |
In 1924 the county voted $260,-
000 in bonds to take over the Gen
eval hospital. It had been built by
popular subscriptions and had an
indebtedness against it that was
secured by the endorsement of a
number of Clarkc county business
men. The county took over the hos
pital January first after the bonds
were voted and immediately crea
ted a board oi trustees to operate
it. When the bonds were “eing ad
vocated the statement was made
by those fostering them that the
hospital would be self sustaining
and the twustees now maintain
that it is and that the appropria
tions from the county are for
charity patients.
At the same time S§HO,OOO was
voted to build a tuberculosis hos
pital and a similar board of trus
tees was named to supervice the
building of the hosvital and to
operate it. When the bonds were
voted no funa was provided to
maintain the hospital and it was
evident that it would not e self
sustaining. The hospital has had
a varied number of patients and
it was pointed out Tuesday that
five Clarke county patients were
there now. Others are being treat
ed from other counties. All the
patients are supposed to pay
fees, those from other counties
paying more than those from this
county. The hospital is also spon
sored by the local Inti-Tuberculo
¢is association, which is expected
to hold a meeting immediately.
Statement
The report of the committee to
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Governor Al Smith waved a brown derby farewell to Albany and
went west—aftcr vot Here he is on the platform of William F.
Kenny's private r “St. Nicholas,’ hich the governor's party occu
nied. At the loft 1 Mrs., Smith, then the governor, then Mrs. John
A. Warncr, and finaly Mrs. Caroline O’D
Dr. Broughton to Preach on “The Wail of a
' " Broken Heart” at Prince Avenue
Baptist Wednesday Night
Dr. - Brough'on's sihject to
night at Prince Avenue Bap
tist church will be: “The Wa'l
{ Of A Broken Heart”. ¢
S e T
“yesday night ‘was arothe
great service at the Prince Avenue
Baptist Church where Dr. Len G
Broughion is preach'ng every day
at ten in the morning and at
eight in the even‘ng. These spec
ial services began last Sunday
morning and will continue through
next week. From the beg'nning
large crowds have attended the
services, the evening services be
ing especially marked in this re
spect.
Dr, Broug.ton is well known
in Athens. He has many friends
here who have followed him with
interest during his rcareer, inclugd
4ng his remarkable ministry in
Atlanta. These friends of the years
‘are happy, in having him back in
Athens and of having the privilege
of hearing him again,
At the present he is addressing
himself largely to church people.
Next Thursésy night, however,
there will be a break in this re
spect when he speaks to the
young people of Athens on
“Christ's Attitude to the Modern
Cake Eater and Flapper”, as the
world hag come generally to re
gard a certain type of yvoung life.
He particularly called attention to
this service Tuesday night, and
expressed the desitg that he be
given the privilege of speaking to
many young pople of the commun
ity, including the students in the
‘colleges and the university, He
said he was particularly anxious
‘oo speak to the studant body of
the city. It is expected that the
‘Garge auditorium of the Prince
Avenue Church will be erowded
to its limit to hear this message.
' Text From Luke.
The subject of Dr. Broughton's
Graphic Picture Of Conditions In
Hurricane Area In Florida Given
By Eye-Witness To Wind Disaster
By E. A. Shelnutt.
United Press Special
Correspondant
SEBRING, la.~—Conditions are
almost indescribable along thel
upper shores of Lake Okeechobee. )
Suffering and deaths are every-|
where, It is probable that sever- |
al hundred lives have heen lost
in the devastated communities
about the lake. Weeks will be!
needed to determ’me accurately
the .number of dead and injured, |
g 0 deep is the debris and wreck.
age.
. Because of scarcity of food,
shelter, clothing and medical sup
plies, suffering is intense,
Sanitary conditions are also,
alarming. The stench from hun-!
dreds of dead cattle, horses and |
other animals is unbearable. This
writer counted more than sixty |
guch bodies in a distance of two!
miles mear Moorehaven Tuesday |
night. .
Relief workers believed that
similar conditions exist through
sermon last night was, “The Bap
tism of the Spirit?. The n'ght
before he had spoken on the
“Lost Power of the Church”, and
in his message last ‘night he out-
Ipower cou'd be fregained.” His
text was taken from Luke, 24th
chapter and 49th verse: *‘Behold
I send the promise of my Father
upon you; but tarry ye in the city
of Jerusalem until ye be endued
with power from on high”. At
the outset he declared that there
is a distinct difference between
being saved, and being saved and
Spir:t baptized. He said that the
disciples weve saved before they
were baptized of the Spirit which‘
came upon them while they tar-:
ried in obedience to the command
of the text. '
“One of the greatest needs of
the church of today”, he contin
ued, “is the enduement of baptism
of the Spirit, which means noth.
ing more nor less than supernat
ural control of indiviqual and
¢hurch, The pity of it is sup-|
ernaturalism is being discounted
today by church leaders as neverl
before since Christianity got its
atagty The ‘emphasis ,/today .is'
placed upon reason rather lhani
supernatural power and leader
ship. Jesus was not willing to
turn His kingdom affairs over to
His disciples until they . were
Spirit baptized; and the Pentecost
as revealed in the second chap
ter of the Acts of the Apostles
is but tbe manifestation of Spirit’
leadersh'p, or the control of the
supemnatural. This manifestation
was largely Jewish, but the same
can he said of the Pentecost for
the Gentiles as it is revealed in
the 10th chapter of the Acts of the
Aposties. Peter was the spokes
mai on both occasions, and there
is the same type of Sp'rit manifes. |
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out the area,
Scores who escaped with their
liveg are being given first aid
treatment at Moorehaven and
pther towns near the lake, and
then brought here over cleared
roads, ;
At Okeechobee (ity, on the nor.
thern rim of the lake, at least
250 families are homeless and in
gerious pl'ght. Similar conditions
were found in practically every
set'lement,
D . R. MeNeil, pregident of the
Peoples Bank of Okeechobe :, is
sued an appeal throygh the United
Press for assigtance?®
“Clothing is needed, especially
for scores of children who have
hardly a rag to put on, We also
need food and medical aid,” he
said.
Without a single exception evéry
frame house at Okeechobee City
was either demolished or badly
damaged by the hurricane. |
Many three story huild'ngs
were flatteped, Brick buildlogs
ol )
Daily and Sunday—l 3 “2 3& Week.
A. B. C. Pa,
(BY ASSOCIATED PRES 3) :
The West Indian Hurricane which wreaked its
first fury on Porto Rico and upward through Florida,
causing deaths that may well total 2,000 and dam
age of approximately $100,000,000, was spending its
force on a final spurt up the Middle Atlantic states
Wednesday.
| The wind was no longer of hurricane velocity
(80 miles an hour) but full gale warning were posted
\ as far north as New England and the storm was still
| 4 serious menace to shipping.
R—— T ——————
COMMERCE Ga—The first class
in History - conducted by Dr. W.
H. Wrighton, newly elected mem
her of the bistory department. of
the Universily of Georgia, wag
ber 18th. o
This class, supervised by the
Extengion Départment of the Uni
versity of Georgia, includes a de
tailed study of Xnglish History
from the Roman invasion ito the
present time,
Threg hours University credit
ig given for the completion of
this course, The class meet once
a week for thirty-six weeks.
The class is to be attended by
many of the High school instruc
tors and mote advanced sthden'®
of the schools in the vicinity of
Commerce.
If sufficient interest is shown
in this clags the University plans
the addition of o‘her classes as
well as library service and lec
tures.
The next clasg is to be held
Tuesday night September 25th, at
7:30 in the library of the school
build’'ng. ‘
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Crop Cenditions
-
Given By Dept.
WASHNGTON.—(P)—The sum
mary of crop conditons for tne
week ended Tuesday as summar
ized by the epartment of Agricul
ture says cotton showed some im
provement in North Carol'na bn
rain was again damaging at the
cloge of the week,
The crop was at a standstill in
ithe .P_:edmmfl gection of South
Carolima and deteriorated else
where in ithat state. Coctton was
opening rapidly in Georgia and
ginnings progressed favorable but
many rotting bolls were evident
and shedding con‘inued.
tas a rule, withstood the wind.
Moorehaven and Clewiston es.
caped with only small damage. No
casualties were reported in éliher
c'ty. Only by some gtreak of good
luck was the death toll kept down
at Okeechobee. After the houses
cracked and collapsed like paste
board, the residents were caugh
in a serieg ‘ol tremendously high
waves, tossed up by the hurri
cane winds. These waves, de
scribed ag thirty feet high, swept
over the town and receded. They
were believed to have pulled in
their undertow many of thoge now
missing,
Stories of entire families swept
out into the lake as the waves
receded, were being told here
Wednesday. No trace of many of
these missing has been fouhd.,
’Because of fears that scores werg
drowned ‘and the'r bodies lost, 1,
‘lef workers revised upwards their
Cdonth - MAML Y 100 05t il e
. (Copyright 1928 By United Press,
THE WEATHER:
Rising temperature with fi‘m
chifting winds Thwsday, fah‘.ihi»
Single Copies 2 Cents. 5 Cents Sunday.
- - RE22
| In the districts of worst
suffering, first estimates
of 1,000 dead in Porto
Rico seemed justified by
later reports. The fig
ure of 660 in the: French
West Indies still stood
and the list of 250 known
dead in Florida was con
lstantly increasing.
| The plight of the tens of thous.
] ands of homeless was eritica®.
| The threat of disease and starvas
i.tion was general. il
de=ERR
o R S g R g io i
X 200 ARE BURIED
WEST PALM BEACH, m«:@
| Howard Selby, chairman of th
i Palm Beach county Red . OT
| ganization told relief Cfi:‘ifis
Wednesday morming that te date
bodies of 200 persons, victimg of
the hurricane, had been buried in
local cemetaries. ST
The bodies, half of them white
persons, came from the regiou
around Lake Okeechobee.g.s
said.
“Conditions in the siricken area
are growing worse every mhngx
Selby said. “About 8,000 persons.
the lake region, are in desperate
need of clothing, food and medical
aid.” i
' “The estimated damage of Palm
Beach county placed Tuesday at
$25,000,000, now is nearer 30,-
' 000,000.” o
’ “Sam’tary conditions in the lak
region are terrible, although
\ conditions along the coast )
fairly gocl. In the lake re@ion
two companies of natl(mal»fmr&
troops arrived Tuesday night and
are on duty. The sections arpund
i Rahokee and ecapal points,/ are
under military controt”, |
l FI::ST EXPEDITION
{ OKEECHOBEE CITY, Fla.—(™
i The first official relief expedition
to go into the sorely stricken dis
| tricts southeast of the: lake, left
! this city in boats Wednesday, fol
| lowing reports of heavy loss of life
{ around canal points, especially at
' Pahkoee.
| Major Roger Lyle, commanding
l national guard forces in the area,
' mccompan‘ed by Captain W. BEu
| gene Jones, Dr. B. L. Arms, of
| the state board of health, and Dr.
‘A. T. Eide, Haines City, Red Cross
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MACON, Ga. -—(AP) — Demo#
crats clearly have a right to vote
for Herbert Hoover in the: No<
vember eclection “because the
democratic candidate has repudi
ated the platform drawn at Hous=
ton,” William H. Fleming, of Aus
gusta, declared in the ‘keynote
speech at a statewide convention
of “anti-Smith democrats” ‘here
Wednesday. i o
The pseaker, a former congress«
mar, who was elected permanent
crairman of the convention, tol¢
kis audience’ that the e]ectiofim:%
Governor Al Smith, “would 'be
hailed from one tad of the watihtal
to another as a V@Ol‘!’!&h» nmg
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400 tr]él‘sons_ representing. man
counties ‘in 2 /
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