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WEST BRANCH TO Rules and
PUT ON A GREAT
-CELEBRATION
V
fWKST BRANCH, Iowa.—(UP).
Iff citizens of West Branch, who
•rated 12 to 1 fj.*r Herbert Hoover,
(heir home town boy,‘for President
mrme enr-y Wednesday, donned
their Sunday clothes and pre-,
for a celebration of cele^H
ions Governing The
Municipal Primary for Aldermen For The
City of Athens, 1928
Conditions in- Porto Rico Critical;
Half Million Uncler Red Cross Care
•The usua’ lif^boac on o<
„ liners rnny, some day, be replaced
by 1 matressos of kapok, a floating
Coes res^nvHinjj cotton, obtained
from tropical trees.
No Need to Diet
at Any Age
LKNTY of people
I >ast “three-score-
and-ten” eat what
they please with
out penalty. They
don’t have heart
burn, or flatulence,
or any distress due
to • excessive acid.
But they do take
care of their stom*
-with ‘•Pape** Diapepsm.’ Thtil
their digestive organs are soothed,
healed and strengthened in a wonder*
•fnl way, and normal healthy digestion
^K!2;
nso it Is so quick, so safe and
sure in ending digestive troubles,
illions recommend ^Pape’s Diapep-
.— .... • —puaiai
“Pape's Diapepsln” is unequallm
11 an indigestion remedy and food
corrective, yet it cost* only fiO cent*
ft package at all druggists.
* li your Btomacn ever torments you
“Pape’s Dispepsiu” at once and
’ re the pleasure of care-free,
» digestion. You may have felt
nothing can help yo ~ ~fjgjs—
lar difficulty, but so hav<
whom this remedy proved a pleasant
JESTER
INSURANCE
—A regular communication of
Mount Vernon Lodge No.
F. & A. M. will be held in M»*
sonic Templo Thursday even-
„iug, November 8th, at eight
o'clock. Those prepared for ex-
. uni nation* will please present
promptly*
of,
K: Meadow; Tff. M.
Jno. G. Quinn, Secty.
The following rules and regu
lotion* have been adopted by the
Democratic Executive* Committee
of the City of Athens, Clarke
County, Georgia, for a white dem
ocratic primary for the nomination
of an alderman from each of the
words in the city of Athens to
be held on the 27th day of No
vember, 1028.
RULE 1. Eoen candidate for
alderman is required to deposit m
assessment fee of ^25X)0 to ot ^.or^m ic momns, m wit*
z tTou'fir'-he ztzzrz ??•>">■ k
number of each* ticket or ballot
cast by each voter; and raid man
agers shall keep not. less than
three ta'ly ahee:? showing the re
sult of the votes so cast in said
election.
There shall be three managers
in each ward for said election,
and such number of clerks as the
Chairman may designate.
RULE 7. No person ahall be
permitted to vote in said election
who has not resided in the. State
of Georgia 12 months, in the
before November 17, at 6 o’clock
p. in.
RULE 2. The chairman of the
executive committee shall furnish
the managers 01 each ward a suf-
ficent number 01 said tickets to
be used in said election. No voter
will be permitted to use any other
ticket than the one furnished by
the - managers and the same shall
be presented to said voter in the
presence of the other managers
and prepared by said voter. The
manugers of each ward shall in
the presence of each other pre
pare all ballots for voters who
capnot read and write; and in no
instance shall voter who cannot
read and write prepare his ticket
without presenting it to all of the
managers of naid ward for in
spection before the sams is depos
ited in the ballot box.
RULE 3. The managers of the
election shall in the presence of
each othtr deliver to each voter
an open ticket, duly numbered in
accordance with the provisions of
the Australian ballot law.
RULE 4. The polls in each of
the five wards of said city shall
be open at 9 o’clock a, m., Athens
city time, and shall bs kept open
RULE 9. Sai l primary shall be
conducted according to the laws
0! Georgia governing such elec
tions, and accei-iing to the Aus
tralian Ballot System; and all
candidates shak be and they are
hereby required to furnish to the
Chairman of the Democratic Exe •
cutive Committee before the re
sult of said election is declared, an
affidavit properly sworn to and
subscribed setting forth the Items
of expense incurred by said candi
date or candidates prior to and in-
-u ■«->' ^1’V u,,c. 27ti; da y/ ,f November,
until 4 o’clock p m„ Athens city
help your pSrucu- time, when said managers shall
so have others to c i 0 sc the ballot boxes and proceed
Athens « months prior to the 27th
dny of November, 1928, and no
person shall be permitted to vote
in any other ward than the one
in which he has resided, nt ’east
ten days before said primary.
No person shall be permitted
to vote in said primary who has
failed to regiat^i with the City
Registrar of th* City of Athens,
on or before November 12th, 1928
at 6 o’clock. -
RULE 8. N> tax defaulter nor
person who is not qualified to
vote at the time the City Regis
trar closes the registration books
shall have his or her name placed 1
on the official baKot as a candid
ate.
Lasting Roof'
PROTECTION
«y mwImMsof w-maftlwaM
cn|,»K« complin
«*%(*• •dlftNfcMM
Rex Funtkotb
Strip Shingles
will cmoinlj effral u yon.
FlINTKOTff NoftaNtWraukcf
over a earner century of develop,
•nentlh* Mm •id-
ad vests of KfviM. Wsoft glad?
CARTER - MOSS
Lumber Co.
to count the ballots and a, soon at
,aid counting Is completed for laid
election said mnnagers shall pro
ceed publicly to count the votes
cast in each of anid wards.
RULE S. Said managers, hr
fen the opening of the polls, shall
open every ballot box to be used
In aaid election, and shall exhibit
the aamo publicly to show there
are no ballots in «aid boxes, and
shall then cloae and seal up said
boxes, except the opening to re
ceive the ballots and shall not
again open the same until the
close', of the election. In case anv
voters* right to vote Is challenged,
the managers shsll before receiv
ing the ballot administer to such
challenged voter an oath to the
effect that he is duly quallfed to
vote.according to the rules of the
said primary. At the close of said
clcotion managers shall publicly
count the ballots, seal the tally
sheets, their oatha and all other
documents connected with ,said
election and certify to the same,
and at least two of said managers
shall present the same to the
Chairman or Vice-Chairman of tho
Democratic Executive Committee
at the City Hall in the City of
Athena at 5:30 o’clock p. m.,
Athens City time, on November
27th, 1923, for the purpose of de
claring the result of said election.
RULE 8. The managers for
each of aaid wards for said elec
tion shall before entering upon
said duties subscribe and take the
following oath:
“GEORGIA. COUNTY OF
CLARKE: We. the undersigned
managers for the ward of
the Citv of Athens for the nri-
mary to bo held on the 27th day
of November, 1928, do solemnly
swear that we will faithfully, im
partially and honestly conduct the
sahi primary for said word for
the election of Aldermen for said
City of Athens, hcconUng to the
rules and regulations - adopted by
the Democratic Executive Com-
mlttcc for aaid City, and according
to the provisions of the laws
of Georgia, providing how primary
elections shall be held in this
state, and in accordance with the
laws of this state, governing the
regular election for the officers
of thla state, and according to the
Australian ballot syitem.”
The managers of aaid wards for
said elections shall and they are
hereby required to keep not lea,
than two lists of all voters voting
in said election with consecutive
numbers corresponding to the
all expenditures Sy said candidate
of every particular.
RULE 10. No candidate
candidates, or person or persons
shall be permitted to use public
or private carriages, buggies, ■
hides, automobile.-., street cars,
any other means cf transportation
in conveying voters to said voting
precincts.
No candidate or candidates, per
son or persons, shall be permitted
to furnish to any voter or voters
his private or public vehicles or
means of transportation or furnish
any money with which to procure
said means of conveyance for the
purpose of going to said voting
precincts and returning.
RULE 11. No candidate or can
didates, person or persons, shall
be permitted to pay the taxe3 cf
•my person or persons in order -j
enable him to register and vote in
said election.
RULE 12. No candidate
candidates, person or persons,
shall be permitted to use wine,
ales, beers, whiskey or any intox
icant, or any neat-bver or substi
tutes for the above, for the pur
pose of infuencing, procuring o:
seeking to procure any-Vote or
votes for any "arson or persons
In said primary election
RULE 13. The nominees fo
Alderman shall receive a plural
Itv of the votes cast in their re
spective wards.
RULE 14. The Chairman of
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Clarke Countv shall ap
point all managers for said elec
tion. .
Each candidate^ will be permit
ted to aubmit to said Chairman
the name of one manager in each
of said wards; and the said Chair
man if he seea fit to do so shall
select from said list so presented
by said candidates, the managers
for said election.
RULE 15. Said election shall
be conducted according to what is
known as the Australian Ballot
System law.
RULE 18. When the result of
said election is declared, the bal
lot boxes containing the ballots
and all other papers connected
with said eieetion, after being
du’y sealed, shall be delivered to
the Chairman and shall 'ae held by
him for a period of three days, at
the end of which time the Chair
man and Vice-Chairman shall de
stroy said ballots and papers con
nected .with said election. If,
however, notice of contest has
been duly aerved, all of aaid elec
tion papers shall bo held by the
Chairman until any auch contest
has been finally disposed of.
November 6, 1928.
II. a CRANE,
Chairman.
E. I. SMITH, JR., IS
NAMED TREASURER
FOR THE COUNTY
Ordinary R. C. Orr hat appoint
ed E. L Smith, Jr., as treasurer
of Clarke county to succeed Mr.
Smith’s father who died Monday.
Mr. Smith has been doing the
work required by the office for
some **me while his father has
been ill. He has tig* been tak
ing care of the private business
of his father’s. The new treasurer
Is former’v a banker of the citv
and b well known here as a busi
ness man. Judge Orr will’call an
election for the office at an early
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER, 7,1928
FUNERAL NOTICE
working night
Croc, work robm, making aurgtcal
dressing, and garmants for ths homeless, Lowtr
right—Emergency hospitals dot tho hurricane stricken saction. This shows « patient arriving at ont of ths
Red Cross hospitals. Upper right—All that is loft of thousands of bonus offer tho hurricane.
w
ITH si! communication tell ot roving bandd up la the
lines completely destroyed
and many sections sepa
rated by mountains and other
natural barriers, tbs world is
only how beginning to realise the
extent of destruction and the piti
ful plight ot a hr.lt million suffer
era in hurricane stricken Porto
Rico.
Red Cross workers, traversing
the Island'by-automobile and In
'■ome .laces on foot, are bringing
back stories of condltiono among
On pooplo such as tho United
Mutes has never known—not oven
following disasters.
With their huts gtvtl their ba
nana trees stripped, coffee trees
destroyed, and sugar caae lying flat
in tha fields, the people are literally
destitute and dependent on the Red
Cross for the bare nccesaUMs, fit
life.
Stories told In official reports by
workers used to disaster conditions
mountains during the early stages
of relief, going from place to piece
In search of food. Living on trop
ical fruita blown down by tha hur
ricane: sleeping on the ground
with neither bedding nor shelter:
drinking water wherever it was
found, some of it pure, lome pol
luted; end for medical aid for their
sick and injured depending on a
kindly*Providence; are some ot tho
conditions the relief organisation
has had to combat.
The disaster is so big and suffer
ing so Intense that transportation
and other facilities of the Island
have been taxed to capacity In
rushnlg to tho interior only those
things considered essential to life
end health. |Tons ot food, thou
sands of. tents, cots and blankets,
truck loads ot medical supplies,
and caravans ot clothing are mov
ing dally from San Juan and other
points to
control.
keep the situation undar
With upwards ot a hundred thou
sand families, comprising nearly a
halt million persons, dependent on
it for their subsistence, the Red
Cross is facing one ot the largest .
tasks It has ever undertaken. Tho
appreciation ot Porto Rico for the
prompt answer from the States to
her call for help Is evident every
where.
Contributions to the Red Cross
(5,000,000 disaster relief fond ell
went direct to the disaster suffer
ers In Porto Rico, the Virgin.
Islands and Florida, but officials ot
the organisation explain that the
Red Cross, in order to maintain tho
organisation in a position to act as
the great national disaster rellel
agency, dependa entirely upon
membership dues paid once a year
at the time ot the annual Roll Coll.
This year tho Red Cross Is seeking
five million members. *
PORTERFIELD—Died at his rest,
dence in Madison county, Novem-
tier Gth, jit 2:30 p. in., Mr. Q»
XL Porterfield. In his 54th year.
He la survived by his widow,
Mrs. Fnnnye Brown Porterfield;
two daughters, Misses Ida Loo
and Mayola Porterfield; and four
eons, Messrs. -Hotllr, Everett-,
Calvin and Doyle Porterfield;
one brother. Mr.. William Porter,
field, and one sister. Mrs. G. T.
Duffle. The funeral was today;
The new tunnel through Iho Py-*
tenees marks the conquest of tnc
last great mountain barrier in
There are nearly 1Q09 agricul
tural laborers emplhyed in Lon-
APPETITE
IMPROVED
November' 7th, at 10 o’clock
from the residence in Madison
county. Revs. Grey and Speer*
man officiated, with Interment' In
Cedar Grove cemetery Bernstein
Brothers funeral home*
Thev relieve (he
an. which dull (he
-Jsrthnjw * doctor**
prescription and can he taken by the entire
EADES.—The friends and relatives
of Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Eades of the Monroe Road; Mr.
and Min. Georgo G. Ernies, Mr*
Allen K. Eades, Mr John T.
Eades. Mr. _ Andrew D. Eades,
Mr. Samuel *G. .Eades and Mr.
David J-\ An gland are Invited to
attend tho funeral of Mrs-'George
W. (Early Mell) . Eades tomor
row, November 8th. at 2 p- m.
from the Prospect church. Rev-
Tedwell will officiate with Inter,
ment In Prospect cemetery.
Bernstein Brothers funeral home.
DrouMtZSc*
CARTER’S EUPILLS
SOCIAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Cook, Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Martin and Mrs.
M. E. Eps** of Atlanta, were in
the city Sunday i/isiting ' MV*.
Nannie Cook and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Curtis Christian.
A. Sour
Stomach
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Johnson
announce the birth of a daughter,
Ruth Marguerite, on November 4.
Mrs. S. V. Sanford left today
ith Captain and Mrs. J. V. H.
Rucker for Dublin and Savannah.
In tha same time it takes a
dose ot soda to bring a little tem
porary relief of gas and sour
stomach, Phillips MF.k of Magno
lia has aciditv completely check
ed, and the digestive organs all
tranqulllsed- Once you have tried
this form of relief you will cease
to worry about your diet and ex-
•rience a new freedom In eat-
FnT
PINKHAM’S
PHENRIN
all effectually brenk up
cold in it.*- early stages
Contains no Narcotics
. Will not affect the heart-
Thla pleasant preparation U
just as good for children, too. Use
it whenever coated tongue or fetid
breath signals need of a sweetner.
Physicians will tel) you that ev
ery spoonful of Phillips Milk of
Magnesia neutralizes many times
its volume in acid. Get the gen
uine, tho name Phillips is impor-
tant. Imitations do not act tho
same! )
for Colds, Headacfie
and Neuralj/ic Pain
PHILLIPS
r Miik.
of Magnesia
—(Advertisement.)
In Chapel
While the Y. M. C. A.’.
Stunt night, held under the aus
pices of the Georgia Glee and IUt
i.trumental club, will bo held Wed
nesday night at the chapel at it
o’clock. The public is invitee?.
Following is the program:
1. Organ Selections of College
gongs. Annual Voluntary Subscription
2. Opening Chorus—Glee Club.- Icnmimlan only entered lt» third
3. Chalk Talk-Jack Parr. : day Tuesday, tho receipts tire
4. Verdi, Wagner, and Liszt- " r “ ,ter T - Forbes, Jr.,
Will Tharpe, Ralph Wardlaw and director of tho campaign, states.
GD.. Rowe. » | Athenians arc urged to tilt out
5. Instrumental Tangle—R. E. their subscription cards
FOUR ARRESTED
FOR HIGHWAY
ROBBERY HERE
Four negroes, Blsh Ford, WUHo
|Winfrey, Johnny Barnes and Hoi.
sey Calloway, ure In the Cla:kc
county Jail charged with highway
robbery. Tho negroes are said to
I have beaten and robbed Walter
Second Brny. 43. a white man who lives In
Ruth street.
It Is said that Mr. Bray lmd
asked Ford to drivd-hls car Mon
day night and Ford refused. Ford
then left and returned a short time
Inter and insisted that! Bray allow
early him Co net us chauffeur. Bray
Flovd and D. A. Jardine. W possible In order that the ro- agreed, and Ford drove out the
«; ■ Fancy Manual—The Prltch-, suits of tho voluntary plan rnny be DnnMsvIllo roail and_ turnedI Into
nrrf Trio I correctly Judged. The directors of the Nowhere road where he stopped
7. Mindy met. her Son in law--'the association desire to thank tho car. It Is -«- *-- •-> <“-r
said that the other
Hairy'Cariwel and Berry Floyd, those who responded so heartily to negroes Jumped out of hushes by
& tumbling Act-—John oSIi the voluntary plan Inst ysar and ths roadside, surrounded tho car
Fred Hodgson who huvo ulreudy helped the pres- and dragged Mr. Bray out. Then
l reu noogoon. , _ - . ent cam|M1 , Bn .ucceed by returning they administered a severe- beating
their subscription cards promptly. V° Mr. Bray and robbed him, no.
The work the Y. M. C..A. baa ™rdlng to information given by
done for the community has been c lurko officers,
praised too often for, tho peoplo of The negroes were arrested by
-hi. cnmmnnttv not to realize tha# Officers Hull ttnd Hall.
9. Song, Jeannine—Sam Gore-
wits.
10. Syncopated Blues t- Hariffd
Williams.
11. Ford Song—Louis Cawley.,
12. The Great Nebbo—Lindsay
Hopkins and Conrad Smith.
13. Closing Chorus—Glee Club.
Announcement of Prize Winner.
Officers of Glee Club—Armand
Eylor. President; Prince H-
Preston, Jr. leader; Jimmy Har
ris, business manager.
Ushera — Shearhouse, Eylcr,
Medlin, Wardlaw, Preston, ard
Gilieland.
AIR LECTURE HERE
THURSDAY NIGHT,
Major I. A. Rader of the Army
air corps, will deliver a lecture be
fore the Reserve officers at the
court house Thursday Right at 8
o’clock and anyone interested h
*nvited to attend.
date.
SENATOR ROBINSON
GOES HUNTING DAY
AFTER VOTING
IN MEMORIAM
John F. Barnett, Colored*
John Barnett was born !h
Greensboro, in 1888. He came to
Athens in 1812, and for ten Year*
worked as a Janitor in the 8ou$-
em Mutual, -Building. He Is wojl
remembered# for his«faithful sdr-
new treasurer v,ce »
In 1922 he moved to Florlda*ito
continue his work os a preacher.
He served charges in Tampa,
Clearwater and St. Petersburg, -m
which city he ’ died October 27<li.
At the time of his death he held
the positidn of Presiding Eldfcr.
Ills remains were brought hackjto
Athens, where among old friend*,
and nt his old church, funeral ser
vices were held November 6th.
John Barnett was a man of Gbd
—faithful to all ( >the duties and
obligations of Hie. “Having faith
fully served his day and genera.
tlOn, according to the Will of God,
he fell on sleep.” He is survived
by his widow and one child.
—A FRIEND*
LITTLE ROCK, Ark— (UP) —
Senator Joe Itolnson, defeated for
i.*ie vice presidency, planned to go
duck hunting Wednesday.
Calm as unfavorable returns
come In. Senator Robinson refused
to comment.
With relatives and a few close
friends, he got the news Tuesday
night by wire and radio. As he
read bulletins from u private wire,
from New York, Mrs. Robinson
twirled the-dials of4he family radio
set to pick up from outlying dis*j rector
tricts<
invented by Caj *
Expedition j
the community not to realise tha#
it is an institulton that the com-,
munity could not well do without, | - is said that at least two per
It Is pointed out by those who have pe ”". °\ human bemgs associate a
kepr in close touch with Its actlv- particular color with each sound
Hire. The summer Y. M. C. A. they hear and sometimes this ex-
camp for boys and girls 1* recog- . •*hds to the names of days of the
nixed as one ’ of the best - instltu- . Week,
tlons of Its kind In the country. I — ,
The program of the camp Is de-1 Trained rat-catchers who work
signed to bring the boys und girls ^ on |*hips in the London docks mutt
to their fullest possibilities of estimate the number of rats in a
growth and development, nnd its j 8 *“P before beginning their work
success has been often referred to. j extermination.
The physical department of th*» | . . ■
M- C. A. has always been ot
Value In the community In devel*
oping toys and young men ns well
as keeping older men fit to sue*
cessfully compete with the varied
obstacles to advancement Jn a
highly complex civilisation.
•And while the directors have no
doubt that the 818,80b budget will
be raised, they hope that friends
and supporters of the association
will help make the voluntary plan
a success, und thus do away com.
pletely with tho annual “driv'es.”
“Wings” Showing At
Palace Last Time
Wednesday Night
“Winga** will be shown for the
last time at the Palace tonight.
This is one of the greatest pic-
shown Tuesday night again be
fore an audience that taxed the
capacity of the house. Many peo
ple were unab’e to gel seats again
Tuesday night and will bee the
show today while other record
.breaking crowds are expected
Wednesday night.
At the show that begins at 6:12
it ia announced that seats will be
available and at many as can arc
requested to attend that perform
ing.
Phone
77
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THE KLEIN & MARTIN CO.
Established in 1885
—Wo believe nearly every owner of an automobile
in this section of the state knowa of The Klein *
Martin Co.; we having been continuously in busi
ness here in Athens, for the past 43 yearn « But
probably you do not know where our business is
located just now and the many different kinds of
repairs we are prepared to do on your car. So it
give* us great pleasure to tell you of the many
things wc are prepaerd to do in the different de
partments.
Painting Department I
—We tlisplay the DuPont Dueo, authorized refin
ishers sign, which-means we use only the genuine
Duco on all reflniahln* work we do. There is only
I one Dueo—DuPont Duco.
Trimming Department
—New tops on all kinds of touring cars. New
curtains and other repairs on top. New celluloid
lights in curtains; repairs on cushions and up
holstering; re-covering closed-ear topa; sealing up
leaks in closed car top and windows; seat covers
for eny make of ear; vacuum cleaning closed car
upholstering, new carpets and rubber matting; new
running boards and rubber covering on same.
Steam and Chemical Cleaning
Department
—Cleaning clogged radiators with ' steam and
chemicals, cleaning engines and other greasy parts
with steam and chemicals.
Fender and Body Department
—Repairing and refinishing damaged fendi
fenders;
removing dents and otraightening metal body, pan
els; repairing broken or decayed wood in closed
cars; replacing broken wind shields and window
fflaks.
C
We Make a Specialty of Following
Work:
—Repairing, rebuilding and refinishing, ba<Py
wrecked and damaged .cars of any style or make.
—Wc arc prepared, with the latest Improved
methods, for doing any of the above mentionel.
work.
—When in need of anything in our line of wztri^
write or call on us, at comer of Broad nnd Tlufl*
Streets, Athens, Ga.
THE KLEIN & MARTIN CO.
Horace EiJfartin, General Manager
■ . . AaeJl