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ATHENS. GA„ fclUDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1928.
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Football Season Will Get Started Saturday
Milwaukee To Hear Smith Speak On Prohibition
f. MOL GIVES SIS 010
Mil; rOOHIOlIi IS
lOOEUIESOOJECI
'POLICE PROBING
KNIFE ATTACK
I ON WOMAN
j * ATLANTA — (AP) — Police
j Fiiday were try.ng to learn a mo-
| uvo tor nn a-tack upon Mrs. Leah
II ilia, «8, wnose throat was slash-
cil Uj an unldentuied man Than-
day nijrht.
airs. riM was found in the hall
way ol her home ,--y her fourteen
year old daughter, Matilda, whn
returned utter an science of hall
an hour to tind .he, house locked. J
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - (UP)-'- Governor Alfred E. » W*US „ &&&2S
x ... ... 1 , x / * .. . cr.tiunce by thrusting her w«»n<i *' am Balioy Lamar, former Atncn-
Sniith W1II niOVO his caitipn’gn caravan Friday into through a Crack in the* door and lan and prominent Florida state
the LaFoHette stronghold in Wisconsin. I turning the key. I and national official, will be con-
ir_ „,;ak l* „ . .. , «■ . * I At tne hospital Mrt. Piha said a ducted from the Episcopal church
He carried With him a program Similar to that by whJ.c man enm her home, Slip, hero Saturday mom’ncr at 11
Which the elder LaFoHette retained his power in the )*<* U P behind her and drew :«* O’clock. Mr. Lamar d!ed In TJiom-
cf«io nnfil hie rio-rih and whinh cant Ulc ‘ 10,1,0 tcro> * herjhroat. Due to asrille. Ms winter home, c.irly
i* i l Sr f i wnicn sent his son, Young the nature of the wound* she was Thur«lay morning after an illness
Hob, to Washington to fill his place. The democratic aot abic % 9 « ive a ful1 account of, of several weeks.
cUndirlato in hin twa div a f ov ^he attack.! She <i«r.ied <futting her-« Judge Lamar was the brother of
no 1(1 die, 111 nis IWO day Stay in Wisconsin, Will self^and police said they found no Mr. JeHerson Lamar of -Athens and
make a bold bid for the LaFoHette support in the in,trumcnt * in the house which la also survived by' ono sister,
presidential race as a victory there would give him'i^MSS ?**»««?»
SEVERAL IMremAIT IEAMS
fib ncl 10 ML INTO AGMOR IN
■Hp SOUTH, EAST, SAT..:
V "; IIY II. C. LUMPKIN
A pood many of the big guns of the south and east
will open their 1928 football schedules Saturday.
One week later will find the football season under
full swing with all of the principal teams in the cam
paign.
iY 11!
LESS THAN $20 IS
• NEEDED NOW FOR
STORM QUOTA
f Four five uojiar subscription?
will put tne hurricane relief fund
i eing rai led by the Ked _ Cross
Htan over the tcp. Subscriptions
tc the fund annum ed to a total of
8978.88 Friday. A total of $108.22
was subscribed Fiiday. The goat
of $1,GOO will be reached within
'the next, few hours, it is believed.
The contributions* Friday follow:
1& electoral votes.
Smith may confer wit
young senator while in the
He Is Mieduled lo leave ...
.. Kr.rfay mouSDy artfi ar-
rive nt Milwaukee at 8:80 Friday
n'ght. Saturday, the democratic
cand'date will confer with politi
cal leaders thero. speaking at
night in the city auditorium,
The audience of between 13.000
and 15.000 persons \vli«ch packed
the cNy auditorium here was his
from the minute ho appeared on
the platform with’Ills brown derby
Thursday night. With n sWrep
the audience rose'to its feet from
every nook, and cranny In. the
huge hall. With one great shout
It acclaimed him, and wan quieted
with difficulty. Ilats-were 1 thrown
Into the air. Voices were strained
Great Oration
Smith. Inspired by tho outspok
en friendliness of tho crowd, with
his old characteristic campaigning
self, drew about after shout of
applause with uproarious laughter
as he employed ridicule. Sat're
and his New York buffoonory upon
Herbert Hoover. Dr. Hubert Work,
chairman of the republican no
tional committee, Secretary Jar-
dine an republicans In general.
He charged tho republican ad*
ministration of the last seven
years with lack of leadership and
told^the crowd to its amusement,
that he thought the President
ought to give tli*- people the ‘ low-
down on what transpires in Wash*
Ington’’. >
He attacked Herbert Hoover on
. farm rel’ef and inland waterways,
( hallciigcd him nr-a n to state his
position further on these Issues
and defended- his own position on
Immigration, drawing a thunder of
approval when be praised the
Germans and the Scnndanavians.
who make up a largo part of this
state’s population.
*‘H is not sufficient". In'my
opln'on, he said, **for the Pres!*
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.•Doctors said the woman proba
bly. would recover. ^ J
CHURCH THANKS
BANNER-HREALD
FOR PUBLICITY
JERUSALEM — (AP) - The
old question of holy places Friday
seemed likely to bo raised as a 're
sult of continued excitement and
demonstration among tho Jewish
masses over the Incident at tho
Wailing Wall, when Jews eele-
■ ra ing Vom Yippur. were Inter
fered with by the Jerusalem police.
Worship was stopped for an
hour Thuisday evening through
out the entire country by. order of
the Jewish Natlonsl Council. For
u time tho police officer who had
ilir«> od the interference with
worshippers at the Wall, appear
Cd to bo In grave danger. The
crowd, at a mass meeting, learn
ing that he had been ordered to
f.upervise the gathering, surround
ed and threatened him. Members
of the National Council interven
ed. and succeeded in quieting the
people,
King The Ban-
aid in giving
Resolutions thankin,
ner-Herald for ita
publicity to the revival at the
•Prince Avenue Baptist churcli
wore adopted as follows by the
congregation Thursday night: , „ J v . „
“in view of tho fact that «he' ®_£.f
Bannsr-Herald had carried an.< 5 ‘
slight at 9:10. Dr. A. G. Richards
will conduct the sgrrides Satur
day morning and the following will
;wt im pellbeurers: Mtasrrt. "HOVtr-
6ll*C. Erwin, Frank Lipscomb, La-
mar Ruckor, Carlisle Cobb. Hunter
Harris and Andrew C. Erwin.
Bernstein Bros. Funeral Home has
charge of the arrangements.
TWO PROMINENT MEN OF
FLORIDA TAKEN BY DEATH 1
TALLAHASSEE. Fla’.— (/p) —
Florida's officialdom Thursday
mourned the deaths of two of -the
state’s servants, one of them in*
uctve *n recent years, who died
Church Mfth.f nHnlL of ">• «uddeu death in Rapid City,
5Sll7 iy Sr” ieS^l 8 ' ot Sl *"> Johd 1 C.
therefore Drou 8 h,on ’ Luulng, word was received of tho
•Bo lt resolved hv th. PM»ing of Judge Wllllem Bailey
Avenue Bapt’st'church that we ”” '' m *' V
press to th* . paper oor sincere
thanks and grateful appreciation
for thoir courtesy. -
Great Event
SUB NEW MGR
I
Former Augusta
Man Assumes Charge of
Athens Hostelry 4 .
E. C. 8Bib, formerly of the
Hotel Gencsta and Stulb’s Restau
rant. Augusta, has been appoln*
ed manager of the Hotel Hotel ana
tabes Immed'&te charge.
Improvements will b*» made in
the Hotel that will put this de
lightful Hotel In the front rank
of crack Southern Hostelerles.
Mr. stuib is one of the best
known Hotel en in the Southeast,
and the people of this cRy and the
traveling public, too, can rent as
sured ’hut nothing will be left tin-
done to make the Holman Hotel
one of the most popular of Sou*
them Hotels. . j-yV-^v
Mr Stulfc haH been In Athens
for several Veeks and has been
given a most\ c ordial reception on
»*very hand, r * r^- 7_"\ vr:r '
TALLAHASSEE, Fit. —(AP)
—Declaring that Ihe recent hurri
cane “again emphasizes that le
vees must be provided around the
unprotected areas along the south
shore of Lake Okeechobee without
further political dickering and
wirepulling,” B. O. DahFrerg,
president of a large sugar com
pany at Clewlston. teTewraphed
Hntnl! Governor John Martin Friday that
Jlolel lie would be willing to advance the
r.eeeesry funds far the work.
Dahlberg, wh.i •elegraphod frov
Lake Forest. (Ilinois. said ‘he
necessary dykes would cost around
51,500.000 to S2.OCO,0OO.
Lamar, 75, congressman for three
terms and former state attorney
general. - . . - ' .
Strangely enough, both appar
ently were .victlma of a falling
hear:, although Judge Lamar hail
ns e ni if ' a ; been in serious condition at tits
snrme OUOW ncrc Un winter home, at ThomasviLc, Ga..
a , | ,, m n .for several weeks. He had forgono
Uctober J I o DC 1 hls usual cummer lit Washington,
I D. C„ because of the aliment.
I * Judge Lamar was bora near
Montlecllo and was graduated from
tho University of Georgia, enter
ing the practice of Ian- In his homo
Have you ever tried to plctqra ‘ town. Ho served tho state as at-
tho troubles of a poor produce, torney general for 14 years, and
trying to get together a musical frpm 1904 to 1912 served as a rep.
Show. If you lhaven’t. come tp resentatlve In the national cou-
tbe Colonial Theatre on Wednet-, frees.
day night of next week, October, He returned; to Atlanta, the
3rd, and yon wIU tee how It Is home of hit i(Jfe. who was Mrs.
done. . ...... .1 Ethel Toy Healey, to live tor aev-
There are about thirty pretty ’.Orel rente. While there he served
girls In the caet. only a part oft ** Wtod States commissioner to
which Is pictured above, who can the Pan-American exposition In
sing sparkling aongs, and dance, 8*“ FvanciKO. Since 1914 the
snappy dances. * I Lamars had made their home in
(n the couth a glance nt ‘ho
games carded shows Vanderbilt
warming up with Chattanooga,
wsndy should have little trouble
thfiro. Tennessee -is to play
.Maryville and .tin Vols ought to |
v. in under wraps. Tu.anc catches |
i.miisinmt Normal and uhouid win I
orr’sri fileyv■ Duke WtHbrsity 1
■ in a game that should be a good J
j.ne. Duke, however, is about due,
to breaks Into its first good year,;
and this, coupled with the loss to 1
Furman when Billy Laval went tr j
South Carolina, probably will he
the deciding factor.
Virginia plays Randolph-Macon
and should triumph without much
effort. The Mississippi Aggies
piobn.ly will n:nke mince-meut
of Ouachita and Maryland should
have little trouVe beating Wash
ington College.
The Unive.liity or Mississippi
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SIMPLE SERIES III
SPEAK OCTOBER 13
IN
Gash
S. II. Kress* & Co. .. •
Felix Phillip» .. — %.
Mrs. Simon Michael ..
M. G- Nicholson
1, r*. \V. I) Bowden • •
JI. L. aiul W. R Logan.
Doblitt’c
t'o'-Iege Avenue School
Tuck**'on Methodist church
W. Sbanrcn Elder
Tlrs. Jantes C. Bloomfield..
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hoda-
* on, Jr
Fypcntive '■ommiltee,
mon'f. Auxiliary.
Prt^hyteriar) vhurch
Cash , ...
fcasV •
1.00
25.00
2.00
5.00
5.00
1.0*)
2.00
1.00
11.22
10.00
Wo-
POSSIBILITY OF kft
BY FRANK GETTY
United Press Staff Correspondent, .
NEW YORK.—The pos
sibility of a postponement
of the world series, sched
uled to start next Thurs
day, arose Friday when
became apparent that
there was considerable
chance of the National
Leairue penunt i
The “Show Shop” Is presented
by the Oriental Band of Yaarab
Temple, and aponsored by the Ath
ens Shrine Club. The music is
to be furnished l>y Frank Silva and
his ‘ Southern Gentlemen Orchea.
tra.“
Immediately after the show, all
bands Including the girls ‘will go
over to the Georgian Hotel, where
dane'ng. also tinder auspices of
the Athens Shrine Club will be the
order from 11 to 1.
Next Wednesday. October 3rd is
the date, 8 p. m. Is the time,
the Colonial Theatre ie the place
and the “Show Shop" is the oc.
cation.
A good tlme‘W i ll be had by all.
| Lamars had made their 1
tm Washington and The’-..Title al
ternately. Besides Mrs. Lamar,
tho Jurist is .arrived by a brother.
Jefferson, of Athens. The funeral
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HOT MATCHES ARE STILL POPULAR
AS FAVORITES FIND TROUBLE WITH
“MEDIOCRES” IN CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY
Additional hot matches continue
to be played In the.championship
tournament at the Athens country
clab. Robert O. Arnold and Mur*
ray Soule had a hot game in the
second flight. Bob carrying Murray
to the 17th hole before he bowed
L‘ and 1.
Collins defaulted to SAunders
and Collier” beat Rucker one ftp.
Saunders and Collier then rushed
Into the second round and Cot*
Her won, 2 and 1.
In the upper flights some of the
late matches have been, Hodgson
versus Watterson. tho former win
ning ^ and 3; Griffith vwiis Mar
tin, won by GrifTItMlS and Myers
versus Nicholas;,won by Nicholas
4-2.
WEST PALM BEA.OH, Fla. —
(AP)—Plans were made here Fri
uay for a simple funeral .‘n-rvicc
to be held Sunday for Florida's
?,300 storm <wad.
The city’s ministerial urien met
Tburfdv, appointed light of its
body so conduct che service which
*fl b«» for white people and the
more than 700 storm victims bur
ied at Wood-awn Cemetery here.
Rites will bo corductcd for those
• uried there, for those buried else
where and for tho*s whom bodies
still lie undiscovered a!on*r the de
vastated shores of Lake Okeeeho-
he*.
Two services will be held. The
first will bo at 2:30 >. m- * n d
will be for* white people and the
other to be conducted latef and o/
nejrro clergymen, will be for ne
gro storm victims.
WASHINGTON—(UP)— Herbert
Hoover will speak at Madison
Square Garden In New York on
October 13, it was announced Fri
day. This change of dates was
made necessary because of the In
ability to obtain Caruegie Hall for
October 17, a* wsh originally plan
ned.
The Madison Square Garden
speech of Mr. Hoover will be un.
der the auspices of the Union
League Club, the Republican Na-
t'onal Committee, ihe National
Women's Republican Club, and the
New York State Republican com-
I mittee. Foreign relations will
probably form ihe basis of Hoo*
• ver's speech. *
'HOUGHTON HANDS
1 AMERICAN NOTE
TO BRITISH
LONDON -(A I*)— Ambassa
dor Houghton delivery! the Amer
ican note on the Anglo-French
val accord at th j Foreign Office
Friday.
it is understood thut < he note
disapproved of the proposed
agreement and sHs out nt consid
erable length %bj whole American
attitude on the problem of naval
armaments. '.•., \-,?' a.
ELECT ITHEIANS
iT ill MELT
Three Clarke county men were
elected officers «>f tin* Sarepta
Baptist Association nt the annual
meeting held this week nt Lexing
ton Baptist church of wh'ch Rev.
J. W. R. .Tenk'ns in pastor.
Dr. John D. Melt, whu ban been
Moderator of the Association for
several years, was re.eiecJed. ~
J. (’. Wilkinson, pastor of the
FIra(« Baptist church here wa
elected vice-moderator and Rev
W. M. Coile of Wlntervlllo wa
elected Clerk. • t
Dr. Moll preached the doctrinal
sermon and Rev. IX It. Nicholson
of Athens preached the ni'ssionary
sermon. I*ouie D. Newton, editor
of th Christian Index, official Bap
tist organ for Georgia, was one
of the speakers.
The delegates from Athens in
cluded. First Baptist: Rov. B. F.
Elliott, Rev. I). H. N'cholson. Rev.
C. If. Edwards, Otho Brown, A.
M. Dobbs, W. H. Kytle, T. S. Mali,
Mrs. J. H. Patman. Miss Minnie
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“AL SMFTri AND PROHIBITION” TO BE DR.
BROUGHTON’S SUBJECT SATURDAY
NIGHT; TO DEAL WITH THE
“WHISPERING CAMPAIGN”
IDEAL FURNITURE COMPANY HERE TO 1
ENLARGE PLANT AND INCREASE ITS
STAFF OF EMPLOYEES IN ATHENS
A contribution to the industrial development of
Athens is seen in the announcement by the Ideal
Furniture Company that enlargement of its plant is
underway for the purpose of turning out a general
line of goods.
The company hertofore has
manufactured * ki tchtn eabiqpts at
ita plan: on Dancer street and
Gecrgfa Railroad atregt* but in
the future it wjl* make chiffer-
obes» dressers and other articles
included in a bedroom set.
V. J. Moss, president of the
company, aLates'that the building
which is a two story structure,
will be enlarged by 60 feet, both
.-toiics fur the new product. New
and modern machSnerv has been
bought, and will ’ e shipped here
at an early date.
TTjc staff of employees will be
increased about 80. per. cent, with
ultimate doubling of the staff
contemplated. The staff will take
on rj'.aut twenty additional work
men, making the fjrce comprise
•bout sixty people as soon as the
plant- is completed ready tl
operate at full capacity.-
Associated with Mr. Moss in the
enlarged company is J. B. Brumby
formerly of Marietta, where he
was' connected with the Brumby
Chair factory. Mr. Brumby is now
a'resident of New York. He will
handle’ the sale3 end of the bysi-
ness.
The nnv plan* will add hcvcrat
thousand dollars per month .to the
local payrolL
DR. LKN g. BROUGHTON,
Will Speak On
-AL SMITH ft PROHIBITION
•T! <* Whispering Campaign!’
Service Begins At Eight O'clock
Dr. Broughton will speak to-
nfrht at the Prince Avenue Bap.
flat Church on -Spiritual Court-
i.p «u u lining Christ.’’ Thi.r
being Friday night, the younger
people. Including the school boys
and girls, are especially invited
to attend this H**r\ Ice, which will
be brief, and which will be the
last week night Her dee of the ae
ries, of this character.
Lost night Dr. Broughton spoke
on "Airship Religion”, basing hls
remarks upon Isaiah the 40tb
chapter and the 31st verse: “But
they that wait upon the Lord shall
renew tlie r strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not
faint**
' This text'*. Dr. Broughton said,
“la one of Isaiah's great exti, It
.Is one of the great texts of the
B'ble. The prophet Isaiah Is par*
Ccularly potetTlfor the use of fig
ures of speech, illustrations. Thero
4s perhaps# no frrltefMn <he Old
( Testament, .and . perhaps not one
; in the~ftew. that is so gifted as a
Writer In the use of f’gures and
illustrations as the prophet Isaiah.
“First, you will .-ee here stated
a great promise; and then we are
told In the same verse how this
renewed strength that comes from
waiting upon tho ..ord man'fests
Itself in one's life. It man ( fhau
Retirin' three ways. First, “they
shall mount up with wings as
eagles’’; second, "they Shalt run,
and not be weary**; third, “they
shall walk, and not faint".
‘‘Most of us would say u|x>n
reading this text that the prophet
Uti....
Jr
■tve Arrtter'
ship, and i
they lose all their remaining i
and the Athletics win Ihree
stralgnts.
In the Nationnl league, tho
Cardinals lead by one game and
have three more to play, the last
w'th the O'ants themselves at tho
Polo Grounds on Sunday. All the
reserve seats for this final gam*
have been sold and a record crowd
for the ball park by C*QOgan*a
Bluffs Is anticipated. ^ .
The Giants have two more
games to play with the Chicago
Cubs before they meet the Cardi
nals. who are playing the Boston
Braves Friday and Saturday.
The stand'ng is; _ .
Teuton— W. L. PCt.
St. Louis .... 93 53 ,616
New York 92 69 .609
It can be seen at a glance that
If the Giants do as well
;he Cubs as the Cards do with
Boston, both winning two
for example, the leaders wQj meet
on Sunday with 8t. Louis .jatn
leading by a single game. And if
the Giants win that Sunday game,
the sending will then be;
Teams— W. L. PCt.
St. I^juIs 95 St ‘ ,|1T
New York 96 fit 1 .«17
Under the rales they would en
gage in a “three game sert#s”r*
that Is—the “best two n*. ?*
three —to decide the champion
ship. \ vote of the Nat ona! Lea
gue d ( rectors, would decide the
conditions for such a series. But
it seems certain that the winner
would not he required to enter tW
world series immed'ately there
after.
CiLF MW-
IS BIG
Bernard Johnson Again
Shows Grand Champion
Heifer.
The Clarke County Calf.Club
Show this morntng brought out
between twenty and twetj^y.five
young aristocrats of the Jersey
breed, and were exhibited by thefr
youthful owners on the Y. M. C.
A. athletic field, while Dr. M'lton,
P. Jarnigan made the awards in
the various classes.
The Judging began with the
three year old heifers. rrint’t^flTr''
in prizes be’ng awarded ha fol
lows;
First, Helen Cahanis: Second,
is stating the results of renewed I Rutherford O’Kelley; Third, Je*4*
strength in reverse order, in a! S ummons; and Fourth. Guy Hart-
descending scale, because ho be- j cock.
gins in tho air. then secondly, run- | Two-Year-Olds were next, tluTo
ning, and thirdly, walk'ng; for the j being only two competing in this
order of life is first we walk, then J cIohh. George Johnson wluaiuh
we run, then we fly. But when we | first and Bernard Johnson cftcofctl
study carefully these words, and ' place.
compare these words w'th Christ- in the senior yearling class,-th#
lan experience, we observe at once I wua awarded tc jack
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