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ATHENS. GA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1928.
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Democratic Speakers Stir Big Crowd At Colonial
Y.: M. C. A. Volunta, ry Subscription Campaign Begins
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Smith’s Religion Made An Issue By Three Local Ministers
HULL, Ga. —(Special)
—Three prominent Moth
odist ministers of Athens,
delivered addresses here
Friday night in behalf of
the candidacy of Herbert
Hoover for the presides
cy.
The Rev. C. B. Harbour, Uni
versity nf Georgia student pastor,
was the first speaker on the pro-
jrrant. Iff was followed bv the
Rev. \V. A. Millican, pastor of tho
Oconee street ■ Methodist church.
The concluding speaker was the
“ev. J. A. Partridge of the Young
arris .Methodist church.
Mr. Harbour opened "
1th » defense" of
iws,i uiicfiHtfST? ...
Smith’s • program for the control
of the liquor traffic “is nothing
more than a return of tho saloon
under a different name.” “Gov
ernor Smith," he said, “is working ■■ ,,
.to-break .down the immlcration. JJL*'
| laws in order that the Catholics of |
I Southern Epropr can Invade Am-’ h
I olnmen”" ^e^ahMhat the mea ' who «53«n sJ'ot“:
I ?«■ •» to *i*»«lon -Friday, waa reported
i o7V“pTe p tH^t , LX.; u t^v^t y ..ru b p: ln * mnch b * uw * nd
rv °* *“*' 1 Bishop and Mr*. Candler are here
nttending the North Mississippi
Conference of tho Methodist
Church.
I put in twenty-one month*
•‘Over There.” There are Am-,
crlcan boye under the Popple*
Fields of every denomination of
our Protestant religion*, and
the Catholic religion, but not
one of the Quaker or Friend*
religion. d|
I know, all the American sol
diers know, and the people of
America know, that the “Un
known Soldier" in his Tomb in
Arlington' Cemetery, may bo a
Protestant, he may be & Cath
olic, but I know and all the
American soldier* know, - and
tho people of America know,
that he is not a "Quaker”;.and
Herbert Hoover'knows ir, too.
Serious. Illness
( T nrn ts Pago Four)
MB FOR
the polls open In Clarke, county,
Athens, Wlntervllle and .'Whitehall,
nt 7:18 a- in., city time, Tuesday
and close at S:J0, same time, nn.1
open In the other precincts nt 8:00
and clss* at 1:00, regular election
hours. (
Three boxes will be open In the
court house for the convenience of
the city voters and tba registration
list will ba divided alphabetically
ns heretofore. The election In con
ducted by the various Justices un
der the supervision of the ordinary.
Following ora the managers:
Wlntervllle, stoth district: T. I.
(Turn to Pegs Four)
PREFER SMITH FI
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
MRS. WIlITfc ON Y. M. C. A.
I have conic in contact with tf
number of ‘boys who belong 14
the Y. M. C. A., and have been
much impressed with their way
of looking at life. They all
seem to feel personal responsi
bility toward the better things
Their ideals are high, and I
think that iny organisation
which can bring about such re*
suits and which works in har
mony with tho churches i« fine
and deserves the support of the
community.
(Signed) Mi's Julia A. White
(Mrs. James White .Sr.)
nun inn m “ ““
IlH
Couple Arrested
Saturday Trying
Bad Check Game
NEW YORK—(AP)— Facing the last audience G McAd( ^ as to how he
COLE BLE1SE FliVS
REPUBLICANS WHILE
PICKED THEATRE
ROARS OUT APPROVAL
A crowd of Athenians
-Thomas J.’ Hamilton, 1 which filled all down- «
editor of the Augusta — “
Chronicle, telegraphed W.
AUGUSTA, Ga.—(AP)
A couple giving: their names ns I
W. M. Fields und Mrs. W. P.j
WoctI* were arrc/fwl Saturday af-
| ternoon 'by Ath^rs officers after’
attempting to pass a number ofj
fako checks on local merchants
The checks were on a man named
Cunningham# living in Lexington,
Ga. The woman, who was work
ing the check frame with Fields
claimed that she was being forced
to try to pass the checks. Chief
of his campaign, , Alfred E. Smith Saturday night
summed up in one speech ail the charges he has hurl
ed at republicanism between Massachusetts and
Montana an ddeclared, that ; in his opinion, the time
was at hand when the American people wanted a
change in the adiiuiistration at Washington.
The democratic nominee, in hi*j
only' speech delivered before an |
audience in his native New, York
Athenians this week* will receive city, said he was confident that a l
subscription car ts t* fill for the
Young Men’s Christian Associa-
ndlcr .Shows : 'qgfcjyjpMraMjjiji fanfift ‘
Improvement After ‘ '*
The association -last year held
Its first Voluntary Subscription
Campaign with (.'ratifying results
and the Director? have decided to
conduct a similar campaign this
year, believing tho people of the
city will respond to the effort to
do away with the “drive” method
of raising funds for'local institu
tions that are serving the com
munity.
The goal this year is 213,030,
all tut throe thousand for mainte
nance and the remainder for the
(Turn to I’agc Two)
sentiment of the
• III be reflected
cat demn- I
DR. CARTLEDGE OPPOSES SMITH’S
CANDIDACY ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS
AS WELL AS PROHIBITION, HE SAYS
B- 8. J. CARTLEDGE .
Pastor Central Prembyterlsn
Chureh
For some time I hare been feel
ing very strongly that somebody
on our aide ought to aay some
thing on tha subject of religious
intolerance. Much haa bean aaid
on the other side. Senator Rob
inson started the ball rolling at
the Houston convention. Governor
Smith gave it a vigorous push at
Oklahoma City, and tinea that
time hit followers and imltatora,
big and little, in the preaa and
on tha platform, have taken up tho
cry and are hounding down all
who dare to i differ with the cry
of "prejudice, intolerance and
bigotry,” and nut content with
such opprobrious epithets, they
have dared t<r hurl at ua the much
uglier word, “hypocrisy,’’ declar
ing that our openly exnreaaed on-
pdiltlon to Governor Smith the
(inti-prohibitionist la merely a
cloak to cover up our opposition
to Governor Smith the Roman
Catholic.
In regard to this latter accnsa
Women student* of the Univer
sity of Georgia prefer Alfred B,
Smith for the presidency of the
United State* over Herbert Hoo
ver, the republican nominee-
voting In a mock election PH.
day, the co-ed* cast 61 vote* for
8milh *nd 54 for Hoove*. The elec.
refusing to look at the other
side. And whit la intolerance?
Unreasonable <opposit)on to the
opinions of otnbrs opposing an
other without good reason* In
the light of these definitions, are
the opponents of Governor Smith
prejudiced? Have we reached a
verdict before the evidence wasi
S resented? Are we blind in ourj
evotion to the principles of the]
Protestant Reformation? Are we!
unreasonable in opposing a system]
that kept the world in the dark-1
ness of ignorance and superstition
for a thousand years?
Let it be distinctly understood
that we do not oppose Govenior
Smith because he . believes in
purgatory, or transubstantiation
or the efficacy of extreme unction
or the invocation of- the saints.
The Constitution gives him this
right: a Constitution framed and
adopted by a Protestant people;
a right he never would have had
in any Roman Catholic country,
the right to believe hs he pleased,
nnd to worship God accordingly.
But the ground of our opposition
He accused the republican'organ-J
izntlon of accepting support' from
the Anti-Saloon League, Which or
ganisation, he charged with set
ting at “naught” all the gtoat dec
larations of polllttal faith and
with the sweeping aside of “alt
men and measure* not in sympa
thy nnd in step with their narrow,
bigoted ideas.”
Further, he declared, It would be
difficult to speak of the Anti-
Saloon League without saying
Homething about “Its twin brother
for the destruction of American
principles and American ideals, the
Ku Klux Klan.”
The republican party has made
feeble attempts, he continued, “to
disclaim responsibility for some of
tho activities of the Klan.” He
added this had been “laid bar* be
fore tho eyes of the American peo
ple when Senator Moses, the east,
ern manager of the Hoover cam
paign, mailed scurrilous literature i
to be published in the state of
(Turn to Png, Four),
I1IRT
; THOMSON
MEN ARE ARRESTED
will stand in the next
Tuesday and Saturday
made public the following
reply:
•Thomas J. Hamilton,
‘‘Augusta Chronicle. a V
‘‘Replying to your telegram, l am
absolutely opposed to Governor
{Smith’s position on prohibition and
the eighteenth amendment, but I
shall preserve'my party allegiance.
'Ant making same reply to similar
Inquiry froru gtflvall-
.. /'W.-P. -Mc-Al>00.”_ ,
Mr. Hamilton was the pre-con
vention manager for Mr. McAdoo
in Georgia In 1934 when he car
ried the state In the democratic
presidential preference 1 primary
.over former Senator Oscar W.
| Underwood by 50,000 majority.
■— I Georgit voted 100 times for Me-
Grave Youns and Mat Huston Adoo In the Madison Square Gar.
of Thomson wore arrested for den convention,
drunkenness and rcck’cM drivinc Mr. McAdoo. tatatrun referred
last night after tho automobile <» similar' inquiry
stairs seats in the Col
onial Theatre, and over-’
flowed into the balcony
and onto the stage, heard
Senator Cole Blease,
South Carolina, speak
behalf of Governor
fred E. Smith for
dent last night. On the
1 program with Senat
Blease, were a mi
(Athenians, inehidii
CHICAGO, in. —(>iPi— A'l *ixl ln¥ gg m an C H ■
nusengec. sad (lie two pilots of « l»™ 8sn,an V- “•
West Coast Air Transport pas-fine CTOWU Was for I
,tmger. |dnne-were-injured, two shoWed itS
seriously, when 1nc craft crashed • . ,,
in the heavily timbered mountain- Dy FCpCRtGuiy •]_ _
ous country near lie S*iJla^20 am ] cheering at time.
“The Democratic party to pass*
!Tj
E FALLS
NEAR DE SABLA. CAL.!
Youngwas drTvW collided with A. Stovall, editor of tho Sav
two other automobiles on Lumpkin Ftess und former niinlac
day night.
The plane
Francisco fro
C. II. Put
st of here late Fri-
was flying to San
id, and
ing through the greatest crisis in
its history, w .Senator Blease star-
—* “If they lose now they»'au*
B. Silver of Son Francisco! the! pol“*r on tb-’rocka. The onl|(fM>jr
most seriously injured passengers, I >» wh ’ ch the election can bo won
were rushed to n hospital here. 1 f° r Smith is to break off',
"• Mildred Devitt of Seattle. C.f‘* —
street, Injuring Mine* Electee An
derran nnd Mnrkeener Wield-
brandt, occupants of one of the
cars hit, which was driven by Alex
Bridges.
Messrs. Young and Boston were
(Turn to page four.)
Bwltssrland. Doth the editor;
have Jteen worm supporters of Mr.
McAdoo In the past. .
Beth were delegates at large to
the 1824 national convention.
Mr. McAdoo and Governor Smith
(Turn to Page Four)
t0 R. Adams
A REPLY TO DR. CARTLEDGE
U KICKING SOT:
By Dan Magill
In his frank assertion that Gov.
ernor Smith’s religion makes him
unfit for the presidency, Dr. 8. J. ollc Hierarchy tuny thlrik today
VOTE FOR A 1
Carl ledge declares, tha) It Is not
because of the particular theologl-
cal beliefs of the Roman Cathollo
’Church, but because Governor
’Smith Is a "loysl subject o# a
I great worldwide polities! ecclesias
tical organisation that studs op
posed In principle nnd practice to
the genius and spirit of our Ararr.
Iran Institutions.”
nm sura that Dr. Cortlodge
Church' and State. Historically,
Dr. Cartlfdge Is correct. But’ re-
gordieeo of what tho Roman Cnlh-
nbout tho principle of separation
of Chureh nnd State, If,what Dr.
Jefforaon. one of tha ; foremost
Christian Ministers In ‘tho Mad.
says Is correct, there are millions
of Catholics In tble couhtry who
wholeheartedly eupport’the princl.
pie of separation of , Church nnd
State.
Dr. Cartledge uses tho word
“their” In speaking of .tha Roman
I Id
Noel N.
were less seriously Inj
The names of the two other
passengers were not available.
KLANSMEN CALLED
TO SPECIAL MEET!
flout For r— part, I have never is in the fact that he is a loyal
•ought to conceal the fact that
my oppoilon to the New York
Governor was based partly on the
fact of his membership in the Ro
man Cathode organization. In ev
ery utterance of mine, both public
and private, I have made thla
plain. Ir. this campaign, there Are
two paramount issues. The politi
cians mow not Fee' thepi but the
people are not so blind. Either,
tlon was held under auspice, of one alon, U sufficiont to deter
the. University League of Women
Veters.
The voting took place nt IVn-
body Hall and at Soule's Hall,) on
the Agricultural College grounds.
The results show ’thar the glr)s
who voted at Petthody Hall, were
overwhelmingly in faver of F
the final'tbgtnt being J* ts *.
vo!e at Soule Hall was somi
rldeer, to to 25, in favor of Srol
The election waa conducted/ by
the University Lraguj* of W<
otere, recently organised* The\pOf.
po«o of ihn new organization,
snld, is to offer an opportunll
the girls to study govern
methods of voting, and poll
science,
subiect of a great world wide po-
Iitieo-ecclcsidstical organisation
that stands opposed in principle
and practice to the genius and
spirit of our American Institutions
institutions that have made ue
what we are today; institutions
that were purchased with martyr
blood, and that are dearer to every
true American than life itself.
“A rather strong statement,*
do you say? Let us tee if the
truth of it can be vindicated. And
in what I shall say. I want it
clearly understood that I am
speaking of the system, and not
of the individual. Some of my
good friends are Roman Catholics.
I respect their piety and their pa
triotism. The system, the organ-
ization to which they belong, «i
the subject of my remarks.
In pursuance of my purpose, I
might speak of tha Roman Catbo-
fntoleranee" you say.«lie view of marriage, and of their
’rtjudice!* Well, let’s j attitude toward the Bible, and
is prejudice? Judging I toward the public school; but T
for! beforehand. Reaching * verdict i confine myself to the three ques-
t.j before the evidence is in. What | tions, separation of Church and
'* is Mgotrv? Llind attachment | State; representative government;
mine my vote.. if Govenior Smith,
or Mr. Hoover, were as good a
Presbyterian as I am, and yet
openly and avowedly opposed In
principle and practice to the
eighteenth amendment. I’d fight
him to the last ditch. On the
other hand, if he were as dry as
I am, I’d still oppose him if he
were -a Roman Catholic. There’s
certainy no canumfage or hypo-
a principle, or cause, while! (Tuii to Page Four)
would be the last to charge the Catholic conception.'of t Church and
member of an organization with State. Doee he moan to Include
responsibility for the opinions of those friends of hla whose patriot-
MIAMI. Fla.—(AP)—-The Miami the president of the organization. Ism he* respects, or Is |e speaking
Daily News «wid Saturday that the Dr. Cartledge la Pastor of an Im- of the Roman Hierarchy*? The opm-
munity. Ions of the Roman Catholic Pope
and hla Cardinals la rtot that, of
mtlllona of American Catholics, any
more than the opinion* of Bishop
Cannon is that of hundreds of
thous&nds'of Methodists. ,
Dr. Cartltds* assets • that
Catholicism bslisvso that' “Tht
% state must bs subordinate and
subservient to the churcht de-
upon one prominent, Miami mem- lie !s a man whoee opinions are
ber to stand trial be'rore the order worthy of respect, yet he wouM be
and that several others hfcd “drawn the tost to urgo that a member of
its fire" :or. ihelr activities his church be punished for any
support of the campaign of Gov-{opinion that he might hold,
ernor Al Smith, democratic presl-1 Everyone knows that the Catho-
dent la! nominee. lie Pope Is fond of issuing whfcYhe
Copies of what purported to be [calls Encyclicals, which have' no
correspondence exchanged by the more effect on the actions of Indi-
former sheriff of Dade count)’,
were made public. Tills showed
‘he “solemn summons of the Fiery
Cross*' to Mr. Allen to stand trial
for a “major o:fense N nnd the let
ter's rcpl yrenouncing hts mem
bership.
charged with “openly
and notoriously championing the
candidacy of the one man above
all others who in hostile to every
principle of the Klan" and “that
i-orklng for and aiding the
Weather.
Dr. Cartledge refers to “our In
stitutions” “that were purchased
with martyr blood, and that are
dearer to every true American than
life itself.” Yet, he did not men
tion that some oft his “martyr
blood” was Cathollo blood.
Dr. Cartledge declares that he Is
speaking of the Catholic “system”
and. not ”of individuals.*’ He even
goes so far as to declare that
“some of my good friends are Ro-
election of Alfred E. Smith as man Catholics. I respect their
President of the United States, he piety and their PATRIOTISM.” In-
ha* forfeited every right that ho
has to be a Ktansmon.”
In his reply Mr. Allen was quot
ed as having declared lie. was
forced to the conclusion that
membership in your organisation
controverts <the essence of Amer
ican citizenship,” signing himself
«mi “Non-Klan American.”
Other members listed as having
drawn the Klan*s’ disapproval of
their activities in behalf of Gover
nor Smith were Robert R- Taylor,
county solicitor; Rost William*,
an attorney, and E. B. Lettheman,
circuit court clerk.
deed. In this respect he appears to
nctee with Dr. Charles E. Jeffer
son. the beloved pastor of Broad
way Tabernacle In New York City,
whp says.
“Thsre art millions,of Romtn
Catholics under our flsg who
lo%w their country ’as dearly,
and who are at loyal to It in
THOUGHT and FEELING as
any of the descendants of tho
Protestant Foundsrs of New
England.**
fending the church, aiyl sup
porting the church, and' yet
dominated and controlled by
the church.” I should like to
know of any more perfect ex
ample of the theory which Dr,
Cartledge attribtues to Cath-.
dice exclusively, than the
epectsele of the Methodist
Board of Tsmperance, Prohibi
tion and Publics Morals and the
Anti-8aloon ,Lesgue with head
quarters in Washington, admit
tedly for the purpose of domi
nating and controlling the stats
and making the state, and offi
cers of the state, subservient to
the pelitieal power of the
Church!
Dr. Cartledge says that Protest
ants have seen the Catholic Church
Republican votes,' But <
if Portend, imsst-ngerH. [whatever the outcome may bf.
Goldsmith, pilot nndjl** ‘t *>• that the South Wttif.y
assistant pilot,voting as a whole.”
The Democratic party
for white suprema^yt
Blease stated. He declared
the Quaker denomination of 1
Hoover was a member had :
to do its duty during the Woi
War, really because of ths'jM
urtlhe of its members, while 1
Catholic population responded
eagerly to the nation's cull. ' .•
Mr. Blease challenged any w*
puldiean voter in the audienos to
make any statement against
Smith’s character, and stated that
in his long series of speeches he
had never heard a charge made
against the Democratic nomfaie*.
The senator began his speech Ift
raying that he had never b«*ii a
prohibjtionist, but that he does
not favor the repeal of the eight-
tenth amendment or the Volstead
act. He spoke favorably of the
I Catholic population of the nation,
raying that they composed ftom
, 65 to 75 per cent of the Demo- j
| cratic party's votes north of
; Potomac.
» The practices of Senator Vare
of Pennsylvania. Mayor Thomp
son of Chicago, Governor McCray,
(Turn to page six).
Victory Is Assured, II
Southern Women
Stands By ]Party,
C. Erwin Is Informed'
Kb 1
called for Monday night at the
Ku Klux Hall on Clayton street.
The notice for the meeting,
which follows, is signed by J. V.
Haralson, Kliyn pp:
KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX
KLAN, ATHENS GA.
NOV. 1, 1928.
SPECIAL CALL MEETING
Dear. Klansmen;
>•'* There will be a special call
meeting liext .Monde., night,
Nov. 6th, 1928. At our Flail
on Clayton Street, Athens.
Come big times.
Yours truly,
J, V. HARALSON,
KLIGRAPP NO. S.
Athenians will be given tho first
news of the presidential, state and
county elections by tin* Athens
Banner-Herald Tuesday night.
The returns will ho flashed on
the Shackelford building on Clay
ton street from the hotel across
portrayed by John of Patmos. I-the sttes| and will start just nft
paw that over, I know of no one dark. The, returns will continue
qualified to Interpret John of . until late J into the night or until
Patmos’ Revelations 'except John the final result can be given,
of Patmos himself. All other in-j The Bonner-Herald is having a
terprotations are purely personal [special telegraph wire, battery of
Opinion. jtypeyritors, telephones and
Dr. Cartledge asserts that the necessary accessories
Catholic Church damns Protest- the hotel room to tak«
Dr." Cartledge asserts that “Ro- ants as “harstfes*' and , 1afldsls. ,# ]m.«nv d-f iii- the «-i.---ti.m final
man Cathollctam” “repudiates" tha * know of Protestants who, because [which th.- largest vote aver record-]
principle of the separation of! (Tham to Pag* Pear) stsL - - ^
A telegram received yesterday
by Andrew C. Erwin from Demo*
cratic National lleadq'isrterz Us*
dares that political experts con
cede an amazing Smith drift Into*
ly and asserts that if Souther*
Democratic women are loygl to
their party and the Democratic
Nominee will win next Tuesday
The ‘.eVgrafr, la from the Southern
Women’s Democratic organization
cf New York.
The text of the telegram id’
l0 * S ’ New York. N. Y.. j'
Nov. 2/ 1928- •
Andrew Erwin:
The Athens Banner, Athens, Gs.^
Southern Women’s Demooratld
organization of New York Itontg
you to know political experkf con
cede amazing Jmith drift
Our candidate can be electa
j cry Democratic woman will
installed in sup**erne personal effort
care of the I now and election day- ^
election In j final drive. The rojid Stnti
over record- elect Govenior Smith, dy
EVELYN C’.AY EOT* 1
jif ev*
f make *
[tween
is ogr
h wfll
ETT.