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Fair Monday Nifcht. Tuesday
Probable Shower*.
ATHENS COTTON J
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ATHENS. GA.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1928.
| JURY HEARS ARGUMENTS MONDAY IN I
| “LOVE POTION” TRIALS FOR MURDER j
DON MILLER SAYS SOUTHERNERS HAVE FINEST BACKFIELD STARS IN COUNTRY
ST. LOUIS, Mo—(UP)
—The fourth same of the
world series was postpon
ed Monday on account of
rain and wet grounds.
Under the original plan
it will lie played here on
the next available date,
when tickets for the
fourth game will be hon
ored.
Tin* Now York Yankees hold rt
throe lead over !?»♦» Cards
In the Merlon and nootl hut one
inure victory to w!n the champion
ship. The Yankees won the first
two games In New York, 4 n l
and 0 to :t, and also won the
first gamo In St. Louis. 7‘to 3.
Waite Hoyt was scheduled *'
pitch for New York In the fourth
l?amo and was to have been op-
jiOhcd b> Wee Wil’le Hherdel In
the Ikix for the Cardlnaln. .
The layoff favored, the Yanfcv,
r.s It will jftve the crtppW raVin-
h'rrs of the team aa extra! day to
round into shape.
WOMEN INVlfED
T^omen :are especially in*
vited to attend the tally at the
Colonial (theatre Tuesday
night, it Was announced Mon
day. Mrs.! Edgar Alexander,
national committee woman for
Georgia; Mrs. Prank A. Den
nis, memba-i of the state ad
visory hoaaii for women from
the EighthjDistrict; and other
women leaders of the party,
will be prelent.
—I
Voters imm all 6vtr the
Eighth District will gather here
Tuesday night to liear the issues
of the nntianal campaign dis
cussed by ddnocratlc leaders of
the state, v**n a rally will be
held at tho (Colonial theatre.
Hon. Rcubi ■ Arnold, one of the
best known wyers and public
speakers of the stab", ’will de
liver the pri wlpal address. . H*i
will be intr< luccd by Hon.'An
drew C. Erwin of this county.
Mr. Erwin sill in turn;b* Intro-
wSs sa“i§p6^
peer on tRe program for few
minutes . talks will be Mrs, Alex
ander. Mrs. Hennia and John It.
Slater, camp iign chairman for
the state, iharlca E. Martin,
district cot roitteeman of the 1
state nrgnniz ttlon, will preside. ,
Both gallc ieo -have been re-’
eervod for white people and it
large crowd 1 k expected to be on
hand for thojmeetlng. There will
be music <11 Her by the FoOTj
The couple pictured above ia Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Preslar, now on
trial at Charlotte, North Carolina, charged with murder in connection
with the “love potion" death of L. M. Lockamy. former husband of
Mrs. Preslar.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.—(UP)- The three are the first of six
Arguments began Monday before PWI0M to face', trial .'after an In-
a &£ -ligation into Daniels’ activities
BY QRANTLAND RICE
ST. LOUIS. Mo.— (Special.) —
The big blast went off aga'H.
You cun Still hear the dehrix
falling around this blighted city.
You cun Htlll hoar tho moans of
unguisli aa they dig tho sufferers
from the ruins. Pompeii had Its
fVeseviUH hut St. iwouis has its
Kuth and Gehrig.
Juat a* 40.000 wes’.ern fans had
become comfortably, settled under
a steamy sun left over from a
vanished summer, rooting with the
deep.throated bark of the home
town fan for Jess Ha'nes *.o win
and check the avalanche Kuth and
Gehrig lit the fuse once more and
as a result of this heavy detona
tion with Gehr<g In the feature
role, the Yankees bea>* the Ciml-
Inals, 7 to 3, in the third gfttnc
'of the Meries and threw the'r
bodies within one lone gamo ot
another four-wtraight victory over
the National league,
Ruth Geta Seventh Hit.
Ruth got his seventh hit today
and Gehrig hit. his third home ruu
In two days to show what heavy
uu(liliu artillery can do against machine
of Fulton f» un f,rp - In crushing the badly
•ed a par-i demorallied Cardinal* three
lames’ re-’ H t ra te ht * the Yankee* also ran
in his ac-! 11 p a wor ld'a record pf‘ oeven
he South- co,,8 ccutive world serlese victories
jn Donnl dI*pIac!nK the old Cub mark of
attempt* s!x * lra |? llt W» r »
’ his pri-- °B° as ,hl ‘ i rm or nnv ,n ‘" r fei >-
P (Turn Page Mxi
Declaring that the
Prince Avenue Baptist
church is "not in politics,*'
but “the sworn enemy of
the liquor business,” Dr.
T. W. Tippett, its' pastor,
asserted Sunday night in
Above: Notre Dame’* famous "Four Horsemen” backfield of 1921, reading left, to right, Miller, Lay-
den, Crowley and Stuhldreher. Below: Georgia’* 1928 “Four Horsimen.” Jthn n In i .ru*. round. Mc
Crary directly behind him, Dudley at left and Hook* at right. Don Miller, who now conches the Georgia
Tech backfield, say* the Georgia backfifld, coached by Jimmy Crowley, Is tho b»*t backfield in the
country this y*ar. *
Conference Standing
By Tho Associated Praia
Tha illuming of’ Southern
Conference laothal! teami,
band on Inlrg-ronference
unmee played follow,:
TEAM— ■. W. I* T.
Georgia Tech .... -,,..1 0 0
Alabama .... ........ 10 0
NorllF Carol’na 1 0 0
South Carolina ...... 1 o 0
Tulane i 0 0
t„ r ton £ Leo ..100
Clcmoon ...... 1 0 0
North Carolina State .010
j Maryland 0 10
WASHINGTON. — UP) — Faith
healing would be given the of
ficial atamp.of approval of the
Proteetant Episcopal church under
a resolution prepared by a special I
comm’etas on that subject which
will bo anbmlMed to tho general
convention of the church at its
opening meeting Wednesday.
Theological schools, the resolu
tion ss prepared, saye. should lie
Mies. A. A M. ....... 0
U. of M’ge.0
Virginia 0
V. M. 1 0
Auburn , ..... 0
Sewanee 0
Vanderbilt ,.. 0
Tennessee .... ...... 0
Kentucky ...... 0
Florida 0
LoiValana State 0
Georgia 0
Vlr-tela l’oly Inst’tute 0
(Jers were injured, som >
pud authorities bcliev- i
lltional bodies might be-
In flic destrovod build-
jstnrtcd suddenly about I
;k in the dvrmjtory
asked to “tsko notice of this wide,
spread belief In the efficacy or
prayer as an expraaalon of a liv
ing rather than a formal ralth.
Tho popular attitude towards mis.
fortune In ill Its forms as being
a. visitation by Ood for punish
ment for sin. Is no longer a uni
versal belief.
LARRY SEM0N,
MOVIE STAR,
DIES MONDAY
prisoners were sleep-
lino chance to eacopo.
great confusion. Thric
mors managed to c.v
iolimbing over a otpek-
ST. LOUIS WILL
BE HAPPY NEVER;
ado. \
Eight/
and arc
others ’
hosnitrt
tore burned seriously
I hospitals, while nine
VICTORVILLE, Ctl.—yp)—Lnr.
ry gemon, motion picture comed
ian, died here Monday.
The comedian had been waging
a losing battle against death since
last Friday when he was stricken
with double pneumonia. He sank
rapidly and hta life was feared for
Saturday.
His wife, DUrothy Dwan, screen
actress, and 'her mother, Mrs.
Nancy Smith attended him during
bln Illness. .
re taken to tho prison
t Columbus. Fifty more
light burns.'
BABE RUTH AND
LOU GEHRIG AGAIN
SEN. ROBINSON
DENIES ATTACK
MADE ON SMITH
MILWAUKEE. Wis.—<AP>—
Expressing belief that his pr>-
gressivc republican opponent,
Senator Hubert M. LaFoUette, “is
just ns much in favor of the legis
lative program for which Gover
nor Smith stands, “as I am,”
it! k. Reilly, the demoernti-*
nominee, Monday announced hv
withdrawal from tho race.
Reilly, former congressman,
who was nominated at th* Sep
tember primary without opposi
tion, will ask that his mime bo
stricken from (he November elec
tion balot. That would leave
Senator LaVollettee without op
position from the democrats who
ore openly seeking the support
of the progressive republicans
for their presidential and gnber-
natoriul candidates, Alfred Smith
and A1 Srhmedenan.
Tie withdrawal of the demo
cratic candidate left the race for
the senate srat between Senator
LaFollctte, seeking a second
term, anil State Senator Mark
ham. who is hacked by the anti*
progressive element of the re.
publican party in Wisconsin, . .
twenty times as much os his sal
ary for the entire period of his
ST. ,LUt« Mo,—(UP)—If the
St. Louis Cardinals never eee Babe
Ruth and Lon Oehr'g again that
w'll bn much too soon,
t Staggering under ttree straight
denials. the Cardinals Monday at.
tempted a devise a defease In
stop the Yankees* two nuuilng
msstadons and wht themselves a
world series ball same tf possl.
Me.
Bsbo Ri»:h and Gehrig have put
on a two ring baseball c'rCue at
the espenee of the Cardinals In
the first three games. Aside from
the clever pitching of Watte Hoyt,
Oeorge iPtpgraa and Tom Zachary,
the 1838 serle, haa been all Rath
aad Gehng.
Under she Ijnpetne furnished by
Babe Ruth g%l Liu, the Yanks
gore lowered the colors or three
of the National League’s foremost
hoxmen, Sherdel, Alexander and
halnes, the same pitchers who
canned the Cards to he quoted 7
to E favorites before the saris,
opened.' ,. ’
Professor G. H. Firor haa ueen
elected secretary and treasurer of
1,200 MEN GUT
ON STRIKE IN
ILLINOIS MINE
(UP)»— Senator Joe Robinson,
democrat!)* nominee for the vice
preeidency, always hat been on
ardent admirer of Governor Al
Smith, hit running male, he de
clared in denying reports that he
nnc* hid attacked Smith and
Tammany.
Roblnson’e remarks w e r •
brought forth by an editorial In a
Roswell. New Mexico phpor. fa
-this editorial Robinson was asked
why, Instead of always mentioning
alleged attache of republican son.
atom against Herbcr Hoover, ho
did not sometime* mention Ms
own attacks on Bmtth.
Robinson expressed belief that
she editor of the newspaper bad
confused him with Senator Ar
thur Robinson of Indiana, and de
manded fn a.wire that a correc-
L0S ANGELES IS
EN ROUTE TO
SAN ANTONIO
WASHINGTON. —(UP)— The
.condition o( the cotton crop de.
dined during September from
r«i to 84.4 tier cent of normal,
bringing the forecasted prodnet'on
on October 1. to 18.E33.000 bale,,
or 44S.OOO bales below the fore
cast of September 1, the Agri
culture Department announced
Monday.
Upon tho 44,>1S.0<M scree for
harvest, it waa forecast there
would be a yield of 1484 pounds
of lint cotton per acre compared
with 154.3 pounds In 1887.
* Census' reports made public *4
the earns time, showed 4,841,038
running. • counted as half-bales,
tinner from the crop of 1888 prior
(Mm to page six).
BENTON, III. —(UP)— Twelve
hundred men working at Orient
Mine No. 2 here were Idle Mon.
day, refoelug to go <nto the pi s
when eighty landers were Hold
they were hot needed.
410. Texas.—(AP)
>f legislation' pro-
hivrraal draft In' HOUSTON. Teg. —(UP)— The
henld be the Drat, nary dirigible Lot Angela! pasead
icnan Legion, Ed-' over this etty early Monday en
or! retiring ns- ronte from Lnkshunr, New Jer-
iei told tha tenth hey, to Saa Antonio,
iolof the world, The great a'nhlp was flying low
nrianization here and stow. It was sighted over
> . ' Beaumont about two hours before
o' traft,” he said., paesino. over Iteaston.
rc .'or peace out The Los Anghles will take part
—Enactn
viding fi-
Ume oft
aim of tl
sranl E.
OPTIMISTIC
ABOARD CURTIS SPECIAL, EN
tOUTE TO DEVIL'S LAKE. K.
C.—(UP)—Optimistic reports <m
tho repuhl'can outlook *n the
farming northwest were made ■ o
Senator Charles Curtis, the party's
vice presidential nominee, as he
open bis campa l gn
prepared to
here Monday