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ATHENS COTTON: MI‘I)DL[NG 2e 99 se 0 18 3‘Bo PREVIOUS CLOSE .. .. 18 3-8 VOL. 96, NO. 253 ; : ‘ o e we . B 2 ' ' e - Ircu‘ ars ra ce ’:I " 0 en ose A‘(‘%% b : : . mj%g WASHINGTON. (UP) — Senator Georg H. Moses of New Hamp shire, eastern republican director, - was - charged directly Thursday by Chairman Raskob of th demoecratic national com mittee, with introducing ~irculation in North Car clina of “one of the mos vicious and anti-Catholi articles that has eve been penned for publica tion.” in letters to Herbert Hoover and Chajrman Work of the national republican cémmittee, Raskob en cloged ~the pheipstatic cepy of a letter he said Mopses bhad written directing cireulation of such ma ter'al and three affidavits charg ing republican off'cials with hav ing circulated anti-Catholic 1 aganda in Kansas, Miss:Bßippi and Kentucky. Raskob also made the general charge ‘n his letter that “many «f thiose associated with the repub lican party and the republican ns tional committee all through this Jearipaign "have been engag-d in the despicable practice of i 1 - citing religious higotry -in ot fgountry through promoting ithe preparation and c’rculation of scurrilous and scandalous litera ture and false and misleading statements about the Catholic re ligion, because it happens to be the faith that Alfred E. Smith was taught at his mother's Knees and to which he is still devoted.” The ‘Moses letter, of which Ras kob said he has the original, was written to Zeb Vance Walser, Lex ington, Ky,, according to the dem ocrat'd¢ chairman, who quoted it as follows: “Dear Zeb Vance: “F am sending you an articie for newspaper publication which is written by a native in South Car olina who is now engaged in edi torial work in New York cicy. It is red hot stuff and I wish vou could get it into some North Carolina papers.”’ “Will you nat do so, and if y:m‘ can do so, will you not send me some copies?” 1 “Yours ever'. 1 NO DENIAL NEW YORK. —(UP)— Senator George H. Moses, eastern advisor of the republican party, replied vigorously Thursday to John J. Raskob’s charges that he had at tempted to insert in North Caro lina papers an anti. Catholic ar ticlé that he deemed “hot stutf’. “Who is this Jobn J. Raskob that seems to be so agitaied be cause a southern democrat has written sciwething which i thought to be “hot stuft”? Moses asked in o statement, 3 “He is the cha‘rman of 'the dem. ocratic nationp! committee whose st. Louis headquarte.s huve been busy for weeis in floowing certain sections of the country with vie ious attacks upon Mr, Hoover's re. ligious faith. These attacks have been sent out officially under the seal and signed manual of Ras kob’s committee,” ‘ Observe Birth Of Wesley’s Methodism LONDON.—~(#)--The 150th an niversary of the establishment of Jobhn Wesley’'s Chapel, in City Road-—"“The cathedral of Metho dism''~~was celebrated Thursday at special services held in the mansion house with the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Kynaston Studd, pres‘ding, Premier Stanley Baldwin and the Rev. J. R. Lightley, president of the western conference, were among the speakers, Daily and Sunday—l 3 Cents a Week. Associated Press Service, United Press Dispatches, Great Team Of Athens . High Plays Decatur - = On Sanford Field Fri. . Facts About the Athens-Decatur Game: ] WHAT: Football. ‘ , WHO: Athens High vs. Decatur High. | WHEN: Friday afternoon, 3:15 o’clock, | WHERE: Sanford Field. ADMISSION: 50 cents. ! RESULT: Doubtful. ; e The Red and White clad football team of Athens High School will play its first game on home soil Friday afternoon when they battle the strong Deca tur High School team, one of the best Prep teams in the state, on Sanford Field at 3:15 o’clock. The locals were scheduled to have their final preparations for the game today. After this l'ght practice of punting, passing, and running signals, they will be in the best of shape and awaiting the starting whistle. Athens is undefeated so far this year and is determined to remain so. The Ma.: roons-have a powerful line and have proven it since no team th‘s! i};ear has been able to cope with [it,. There arve plenty QCW & ‘ field men, also, for the '] 0('/8187:1 Those backfield men are not lack- I ing in line plunging either. ' Decatur’s backfeld is the best in the prep schools in At'anta. Their I'ne is excellent. Decatur | trounced the strong Fulton High | team 26-13, and could have piled up a much larcer score had they not sent in their reserves in the latter half. A big battle conta‘n ing many thrills is due when they meet the Athens bunch. Th's game Friday is the local squad’s first appearance in Athens and a very large crowd ‘is ex.| nected to be present., Decatur High was planning to have a hol-l iday to let all of the students ac company their team. It has not been learned whether or not they | will carry out this plan, Ath letic tickets were issued Wednes day morning to the students of Athens High and the entire stn dent body will probably be pres ent. The Athens High School band will play at this game. Thisl will be the first time this season (Turn to Page Eight) = = Bulldogs Hold Their Final " Scrimmage Before Auburn Battle BY VALCO LYLE Another scrimmage for Thursday was the order of Coach Harry Mehre at the close of the practice ses sion Wednesday, in which the Bulldogs were en gaged in the first hard work of the week in pren aration for the annual game in Columbus Saturdav with the Auburn Tigers. Rain prevented the Red and Black from doing anything but light indoor work Tuesday, but they were back on the iob Wed nesday afternoon, and going through the routine of the prac tice sesion in a satisfactory way. A special train will be run b= *he eSaboard and the Central of the Seaboard and the Central of the game Saturday. The train will leave the Sealoard station at 10 o’clock Fridav nighi and arrive in Columbus at 5:30 a. m. Sat urday. Returning home, the train wi'l leave Columbus at 1:00 a. m., Sunday and arrive in Athens at 7:30 ~ m, The time given is bas ed on eastern standard time. Beland Back. Ike Boland, regular Bulldog cen ter, who received an injured knee in the game with Furman, was back -t work Wednesday for the first time since ho was hurt. He wes in gym clothes and did not take me~* in the hard work., It 'will be several days before he will be able to take part in any of the scrimmages. It is expected that he wi'l be readv for the game with Florida in Savannah on No vember 10. Rothstein is still suffering with minor ruises and was mot at practice westerday. He will be THE BAN\NER-HERALQ Yo LA PgS Y e ! The Winierville Hi~h school is all astir today preparing for their | community fair which wiii be he'd i tomorrow on the school grounds. . The results from the projects of the bcys taking vocation agricul ture will be demonstrated in the form of zamples of the “est grown on these school projects. In the depariment of vocational home ec onomics, various demonstrations will be given in nutrition. prepar- | ¢ ing schoo’ lunch, dyeing and oth | er fratures illustrated by maoving pictures which will prove helpful. The Wintervillé community has some verv fine flocks of pure bred 'pouhrv. and a =plendid showing ofl these birds wil! be on hand. At 1 o’clock, the ladies of the | commurity club wil lserve a l)ala-l taisle barbecue to those attending the school fair. At 8 o’clock in the evening the members of the lSidne,v Lanier and Millie Ruther ford Titerary societies will ~ut on (Turn to Page Eight) aright for the Auburn battle, how- | ever, it is announced. MeCrary | was back in his usual place Wed nesday, hut he is not exactly in first class shape yet due to the injury to his leg received in ‘the fieht with the Hurricane two weeks aoo, A few new faces may be in-! c'uded in, the Bulldog lineup at the start of the game Saturdav. Johnie Hill, Fred Nixon and “Fat tv” Brvant will pobably be in cluded in the starting eleven, Hill’ is playing his last year on the team and he lives in Co'umbus, so for that raason Coach Mehre may | give him a chanee to perform hHe- | fore his homefolks. ~Bryant and Nixon live close to the scene of | battle too, and they may get 16! start for the same reason. : ‘As a general rule, the Geurg'ia-f Auburn games are always havrd played and the scores are close. | Segeral tie games between the two schools are found on the rec- | ords which show the results of% the games sinece they started play- ! ing each other. Inthe majority of the games plaved there has never been aver: 7 points difference in| the score. On many occasions the results avould read: 7to&, 8 to o,‘ - '(Turn to Page Eight) l ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1928. I I AM FOR ‘ AL SfMITH ek i Governor Smith’s honesty; frankness, sincerity and hu- ° man appeal are jualities that should attract women every where to support him for pres ident of the United States, I bel'eve women pave been keen to sense hypocrisy in politics { and thereiore have found in : (}ovemor Smith a leader who l is neither a demagogue nor a = camouflager but a man who, ! instead of hiding beb'nd a i smoke screen of sham and empty promises, comes out in the open brave'y and announ y Ceshs views and recommend ations on the issues tha! con front this country today. Governor Smith skould ap peal to the women of America on account of the many sceial é and weléa(pg reforms he has e R R ‘? w‘%}t)al&r ‘in the = ;He has I likewise sponsored legislat'on - for education that revo'ution { ized the school 'system of New ¢ York Bstate. : | lam not very we!l acquaint- - ! ed with the various plans for ¢ farm relief but Ido know from personal experiences, net very pleasant ones either as a farm | owner, that something should be done to aid the farming interests of the coantry, espec ially the man who actually grows and first markets the farm products. ¥arm property now is not earn‘ng enough to pay for the up-keep and it s‘ands to reason that if indus try is to have the protecting arm of the tariff thgewn around it then certainly agri cultue, the basis of all indus try, ‘s due. seme considera- - tion and Governnr Smith has at least promised a sympa thetic attitude on this great question—and relief if possi ble. I believe Govarnor Smith will enforce the prohibition law much better than it has been enforced by the Republi cans. He pledges that he will uphold the Constitut‘on and enforce the laws of the land and I do not helieve his per ~_sonal views on prohibition will prevent him carrying out this prom'se. He is evidently hon ost beyvond question in his views for a betterment of the prohibition question through a modfication of the law but . whether that change, or any other for that matter, comes it is for congress to say and not the president. ‘After all our laws are no stronger than the - will of the people, I am of the South Southern and the Democratic party has ever heen our friend and I ¢an not desert it 10w, certainly not to chase off after empty and indefinite promises and policies of the Republicans and their candidate, Governor Smith's record as governor of New York is a revelation of honesty and prm:rejss as com pared to the shameful and dis (Turn to Page Eight) o bol . - Wintry Winds Sweep - = Out Of The Rockies KANSAS CITY —(AP)— Win try winds bringing lower tempera tures, snow and rain swept No vember into the middle west Thursday a 3 the second 'Rocky' Mountain blizzard oi the season whipped out over the central prai ries. Strong shifting winds prevailed and the outlook was for snow over the upper Mississippi region, in ‘(l)lklahoma and the Texas Panhan-‘ Ile. , Rain and falling temperatures were general over this area Wed-/ nesdav ) Heavy snow which banketed the Rocky Mountain recions has hlltf{ ed wir mail traffic, made high wavs near impassable and threat ened rail transportation here. Hatablished IBEE, GRAF ZEPPELIN 15 BERTHED N HANGHR T FAEDRCHSHAFEN THORSTAY 1T 6.4 | ' FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, | |Germany.— (UP) —Ger {many’s greatest air liner | came back to the Father-| /land after an epochal trip | thhat took it over two con ‘iuinents and an ocean. ! The Graf Zeppelin settied to the i ground here at 7:50 a. m., and was - greeted by a throng of sleepy-eyed :sermans, who waited all night at (the hangar to we.come Dr. Hugo | Eckner #nd his triumphant crew. | 'the trip from Lakehurst took ;71 hours and. i 1 minutes. - it was a good natured crowd ‘that tumbled out of the few beds in this town when the Graf Zep 'pelin was reported sighted. Those iwho were unable to get beds slept ot the ground. Shouts went up as | 'the whirring of the Zeppelin's mo- | ;1,9513 were heard, and the ground! | O "r}‘; hered at.the aizport in %**J o fi'xg huge 'bag. to eatth | But a long wait was ahead o | ithe crowd, for Eckener decided to , eruise above Lake Constance unti'’ 'the ground fog lifted and dawn i gave him a better chance to bring | the Graf Zeppelin down in saiecy. | ! Off the Zeppelin headed, riding | easily above the lake, occasionally the long shape of the ship being mirrored in the water as a patch of moonlight illuminated the scene. The crowd sensed that it had been privleged to stand by while history was being made and shouts fioated up through the night to the passengers and crew of the airship. Chairs were at a premium as the crowd waited im-| (Turn to Page Eight) ’ DMIRAL GRATFIELD HEAD OF BAITISH ATLANTIC FLEET LONDON. -—(P)—Vice Admiral Sir Alfred Ernle Chatfield has been appointed commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet in succession to Vice {Admiral Sir Hubert Brand. Vice Admiral Chatfield has heen the third sea lord and comptroller of the navy since 1925. He is 55 vears of age and entered the serv ice at the age of 13 vyears, Sir Hubert Brand has been com mander of the Atlantic fleet flag ship H. M. 8. Revenge since Aug ust, 1927. Georgia Reserves Will Play Dahlonega Eleven Here Saturday At 3:00 BY VALCO LYLE The Red Devils were slated to scrimmage Thurs day afternoon against the first string varsity in the final heavy workout before they trot out on Sanford Field Saturday afternoon to battle the Dahlonega College eleven in the first game of the season for the Georgia Reserves. ’ The game will begin at 3:00 o’clock and an admisison price of SI.OO will be charged. Ldezl fans who do not wish to moke the trip t 5 Columbus with the Bulldogs will have an oppor tunity to s2e the Red Devils in action in a regular game for the first time Saturday. The red jersied lads have been showing up pretty good since they were oi--{ arized & few weeks ago. Wed nesday aftermoon of last week they scored seven touchdowns on the varsity, mest of them by for ward passes of the type Billy Banker WM Armstrong were Diglly and Sunday—lß Cents 8 Week. Smith Promises Labor Fullj Dinner Pail In New Jersey Address; Is Hailedßy Crona WRITERS ON HOOVER PAPERS GIVE SMITH VICTORY ON TUESDAY NEW YORK.—Ray Tucker, political writer on the New York Telegram, and Leo R. Sack, Washington correspondent for the Cleveland Pr:ss, hoth supporting Herbert Hoover, as part of the Scripps-Howard chain of newspapers, predict Governor Smith’s election next Tuesday. Tucker gives Smith 269 electoral votes, and Hoover 262. Sack gives Hoover 189, and Smith 285. Sack states 57 votes are still doubtful. However, if all the 57 went to Hoover that wouldn't change the result. A total of 266 elec toral votes are necessary for eliction, and Smith would be elected by the predictions of both these Hoover paper writers. Wall Street admits Smith is gaining and has roduced its betting odds from 5-1 on Hoover to 2-1. NEWARK, N. J.—(UP)—Blasting out the first of his last three salves in his “whirlwind battle of the Atlantic seaboard,” Governor Alfred E. Smith promised labor a full dinner pail, increased prosper ity and protection in an address delivered before 12,000 persons in the Sussex Avenue Armory Wed nesday night. ERWIN ENDORSES VLAY PLA OF ATHES Heéarty endorsemsnt of the ef forts of the ‘Athens Y. M. C., A. to dispense with the “drive” meth od of raising main‘enance funds Andrew C, Erwin, secretary of the Southern Mutual 'nsurance Com pany today gave out a statement point'ng out that <itizens will co operate hy sending in their sub scriptions to the “Y” next week the aim of the association will be real’zed: “I heartily endorse the plan of the Athens Y. M. C. A. - (Turn to Page Eight) HALLOWEEN TAKES UNUSUAL TOLL - IN CHICAGO CHlCAGO.—~(P)—Hallowe’en ob servers in Chicago is neither as safe nor as sane as a Fouth of July celebration, police announced Thursday after checking up the damage, Two shootings, two stabbings, one fatal, a near:riot when the police clashed with merrymakers and several hundred arrests, be gides thousands of dollars in dam. age to property, all were altrib. uted to the celebration Wednesday night.* throwing against the Bulldogs ' Saturday In Dickens, half, and Jackson, fullback, the Reserves have two good ball carriers. There are two or three more on the squad that can step to, and the North Georgia Aggies will have some trouble before the game is over Saturday trying to hold them ’ in check. The record of the Aggies this ‘season is not bad at all, since they | have won the bigger portion of the games played. They boast a husltyfiib;ncha of players and ';; m that never gives up when de- | gsl Lr i Sl it Osl T T SR e e Tl S T G R i A. B. C. Pape‘hii—‘Sinzle Copies 2 Cents. 5 Cents His appeal to labor was made in the heart of the largest indus trial center of New Jersov, ordi. Far Ty ey Jane, ardls Smith prom’sed to end the ahnse of the power of injunction in lahor disputes and said he would main tain the protective tariff. Ile re. newed his assertion of allegiance to the McNary-Haugen bill and proposed the enactment of meas ures to end unemployment. The democratic' nominee’s ar rival was a triumphant one and he was generously applauded in the packed armory, As he pro gressed in his speech, however, the crowd lost some of its enthus iasm when t was admonished for oboing Charles Evans Hughes. Makiing up Hughes' cha¥enge on the water power question,, Smith said that he was for public ownership,, construction and op eration of power bouses on pub lic s'tes but not of power trans mission lines, In an effort to modify the eight een amendment and the Volstead Aet, Governor Swmith said that what he proposed was:“to accept the leaersbip of the American peo ple’. in an effort to consummate h's proYiibition plans. Safety of the tariff in his hands, Smith said, might be seen in his announcement that 90 per cent of the democratic members of and candidates for congress were with him in his pledge to attempt no general revision of the present tariff. Probe Started Into »' Deaths Of Children MACON, Ga. —(AP)—A coro ner’s jury “egan an investigation Thursday into the deaths of three children while their mother, Mrs. Mattie T. Young, 36, a widow and E. W. Parks, a boarder in Mrs. Young’s home, were held in the Bibb county iail. The <¢hildren died within the past six days. ] The first child to die was Thel ma, 10 years old. Her death oc curred at the Young home last Saturday. Woodrow Wilson Young 12, died last Tuesday and his brother, J. T. Young, 7, died Wed nesday. | A '~uantity of wmedicines found at the Young home were held by officials for examination. Hospi tal attaches where the two boys died, said blood tests made ‘on one of them, disclosed enough malaria to cause death. (CUT OUT AND MAIL) £ To THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION Clayton Street, Athens, Ga. = 1 will vote for Alfred E. Smith and Joseph T.. Robinson on November 6th. e NAME « Uierboihptan e dhon o oSS SEEE ADDRESS ... ‘Gt sl .um oSR funn e *%%% :‘. ¢ An exprassioi Soisink sAiRER A g TL T TT R N L S T 4 THE WEATHER Cloudy with pfls&ib&\,/" Thursday and Friday’.@ T¥ B v g Lok 110 WILL - (TRODUGE: 1 e ut ’ . R Congressman Charleg H. Brand will introduce 2 Senator Cole Blease oé« South Carolina to the au dience here Saturday night when the well known South Carolina fighter comes here to de liver a speech at the Col cnial theatre in behalf of the democratic eandi dates in the election on November 6th. iy e ~ Senator Blease ‘was’ Inv'ted to deliver several speeches in norti. - east Georgia bu! was unable so iappear in this section but once and thersfore selected Athens as the place since it is the largesi }-ezw, 5 diurfllfi?:e;:fl%j it ::ifia’;.,,:.iflfig I 8 expected that many %fiofi’*@fifi e here from adjoining counties. John B. Gamble, prominent Ath ens altorney and former solie tor gencral of the Western circuit, will preside at the meeting and ntroduce Judge Brand. T. S. Mel another prominent attorney, will ~also be on the program and will speak for a few minutes Mr. Gamble and Thomas F. Green, Jr., chairman of the campa’gn in Clarke county, are compleling the program. v The meeting is set for 8 o'clock eastern time, and spec’al music will be a feature of the meeting. Senator Blease has been deliv ering speeches in behalf of the democratic candidates for the past several weeks and has been greeted by tremendous crowds wherever he has spoken He gives first hand information and facts, gathered as United States sena (Turn to Page Eight) eI e LAKE BLUFF, Il —(UP)— Three suspected degenerates will be questioned Thursdav in connee tion with the burning of Miss El-! friedia Knaak, nretty Deerfield; Il'inois, Sunday. School teacher, who was found burned and almost dead in the basement of the Lake Bluff police station. i “he is a lake Forest hosgital in a critical condition. Physicians said she had wnly a slight chance to live. ‘me suspect, Detective Ed Hargreave aid, were named by Charles W. Hiteheoek, handsome village policeman who had been teaching Miss Knaak salésman ship and elocution, One of them, Hitcheock told Hargreaves. is a Cornell graduate who recently was released from an insane asvium. . ‘ Another of the susrects is & gardener who has molested wom%g along the north shore hetween Lake Bluff and Waukeegan, Hayg;, greaves said. o The third is a hichly respected married man of Lake Bluff, gg%ig erally known to have wmoleste children ip that village. the rletm;-‘ tive said Hitchcock told him. &