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VYOL. 96. NO. 260,
GEORGIA FACES TEST IN FLORIDA GAME
OSE TORAL GIVEN
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BMEXICO CITY, Mex.— |
PWP)—The mad young
aftsman who assissnat-
President-elect Obre
n of Mexico, must face
firing squad; and a nun I
the Roman Catholic
' urch, accused of bemg{
. “intellectual author-!
hip” of the plet, must |
pend 20 vesrs in prison. |
A jury Thursday night found
ose De Leon Toral guilty of kill- !
g Ofregon and he was sentenced
death before the firing squad.
he same jury found Mother Su
erior Concepcion guilty of being
he intellectual awuthor of the
trime and sentencel her to 20
rears in prison—the most extreme l
benalty that can e given a wom
in in Mexico. !
# Both were prepared for the sen- |
lence. ‘
Toral, just’ before the verdiet !
vas read, looked over the smal‘.l
rowd of newspapermen in thoe
ourtroom and said: ‘
“I expect nothing but death but
hope that when [ am dead the |
eople will forget their hatred”.t
# He rode away from the presi-
Pentinl office in San Angel in a‘
notor car, his arm draped around
he driver of the car, towards the
brison, 'A smile lighted his rathes
pran face. Once he sighted a
tandyHe Ay e ereertullyy T
The 'nun, riding inm a motor ear
n the rear, was wistful. She look
bd downward, just. as she had
when the verdict was retut‘ned.l
hnd paid little attention to the
ktaring eves of the crowd whic‘x‘
Bined the streets |
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ALBANY, N. Y.—(UP)—Gov
anor Al Smith was back at his
i6ificial home in the gubernatorial
‘Bnansion Friday, convinced that!
jis friends at Albany had not de-
B rted him. !
Proof of ' this friendship came |
B hursday night when the Gover
or—deteated in his attempt :ol
B tain the presidency of the Unit-
B States—returned to Albany
Eftom New York city, Hundreds
| athered at the station as the
i in bearing hiz private car, pull-’
e in.
i mbs exploded, red lights flar-
B, train whistles and sirens'
hricked. |
i When the Governor appeared
ere were joyous shouts from the |
owd. Many shouted regrets
ver his defeat for the presidency. |
e crowd formed so close about |
he train that thé™govétnor had |
o have a special escort. |
The party entered the officiall
otor car and stagted for the|
Bmansion. Many other cars form
i in a parade behind him. '
Smith was quiet. His face did|
bt break into its customary grin,!
is ‘lips gripped his cigar tightly. l
bed lights lighted the way of the!
ptire parade ard occasionally the
Bovernor would wave his brown
orby but that was the only notice
gave the crowd.
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& Formal announcement of E. T./
B Bmith, Jr., for Treasurer of Clarke
‘Feounty to suceced his father, the
‘Bate Mr. E. 1. Smith, 8r.,, appears
iin The Banner-Herald today.
F " Mr. Smith is one of the bhest
‘} Bnown men in the county and has
‘P lad ccveral years experience ir'“
$ e’ duties of the office, having
FMscited his father while the latter
& in his last illness,
r b ‘ (:E-; ;fib‘;?."] ‘s;ot'g sek.
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Batablis . | y-18 Cents
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13 Cents & Week.
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Associated Press Service, United Press Dispatches.
CATANIA, Sicily—(UP)—The
devastating eruption of Mt. Etna
continued wunabated at the source
Friday and millicns of lire dam
ages have been cone In the peace
ful valleys which lie at the slopes
of the mountainside, l
The full realization of the wrath
of the greater crater became
known when Professor Gaetanul
Ponte, director of the ohservatory
for the volcano, flew over tho’
crater. He watched the three
flows of lava spew from their
pits and start hurtling down the
mountainside. 4
There is no abatement of the
force of the decstruction, he re-[
ported. The speed at the start|
sometimes reached 100 kilometers '
an hour. Fortunately, as thermolt- |
en lava streaks down the moun
tainside, its power decreases and
at some of the bases the speed is
now estimated at no more than
five kilometers an hour. V
BANKERS TRUST CO.
COMVICTIONS ARE
UPHELD BY GOURT
ATLANTA, Ga, —(AP-— The|
U.. S. Disrict Attorney’s office!
‘F}‘lday announced receint of ad-|
vices from New Orleans sayim:‘
that the United States circuit!
court of appeals there had af
firmed prison sentences for Lorne
R. Adams and John D. Russell in
dicted withh W. D. Manlpy and|
others on mail fraud -charges|
x:rqwix&out of failures of more
mgia . banks m»../Eloxida..,..andflt
Adams and Russell were tried
jointly with Joseph A. Sasser aad
Pavl J. Baker, ohter officials of
th: Bankers Trust Company and
were convicted on March 23, 1927.
Sasser has since died and Baker
accepted a prison sentence of five
years and a fine of SI.OOO. Clem
ency was recommended for Rus
scll and he received a sentence of |
two years in ‘Atlanta federal pris-|
on and SI,OOO fine. Adams was
sentenced to five years and a fine
together with Baker and Sasser.
W. D. Manley, the fifth official
of the (Bankers Trust Company!
indicted in September, 1926, short-|
ly after the collapse of what was/
known) as the *Witham Bank,"|
received a continuance of his case
when called to trial with the|
other four defendants. Physi
¢ians said trial at that time would
place his life in jeopardy.
‘Y CAMPAIGN
GETS TTENTIN
OF TS FRIENDS
Response of Athenians to the
Y. M. C. A. Second Annual Vol
rntary Su scription, Campaign in
dicates that this plan of raising
funds for institations serving the
community has met the favor of
scores of citizens. The mamnten
ance fund for the Y. M. C. A.
this year is SIO,OOO with $3.000 for
interest payment on the bonds and
the sinking fund.
The Directors of the Associa
tion urge all friends and sup
porters of the Association who can
possibly do so to fill out their
subsecriptions now and send them
to the Y. M. C. A. Ir this way
they will help test the value of
the Voluntary Plan which the Di
-lectors and General Secretary
Forbes * adopted last year. {
*Now that the eleetion is over
and the attention of the public is
drawn from ‘that engrossing event,
it is beliewed that hundreds of
“Y” friends will make out their
subseription cards and return
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HOUGHTON TO GO
BACK TO FORMER
POST IN ENGLAND
WASHINGTON.—(UP)—AfIter
a lengthy White House conference
Friday Alanson Houghton of New
York, who was defeated Tuesday
in his senatorial race, announced
hé would sail for Englanh Wed
nesday at the suggestion of Presi
dent -Coolidge. ;
Houghton retently = resigned as
ambassador to England to run for
the senate. He declined to say
whether or not he had withdrawn
hig resignation.
EIGHTEEN PERSONS
DIE N EXPLOSIDN
AND FIRE THURGDAY
AT LYNN FACTORY
. LYNN, Mass. —(UP)
—A twisted mass of ce
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ment and steel, the char
red ruins of a 2 t‘uneralß
pyre that blasted, tore
and burned to death 18
perdons and injured,
scores was searched by
firemen ‘¥riday For bod
ies as this New England
city mourned for the vie
tims of its worst disaster
in its history. ]
Sudden and terrific, a chemical
cellulose explosion Thursday shat
tered the one und a half story,
{factory building of the Preble Box: ;
Toe Company's ;lant and threw a |
flame into neighboring tenemens |
houses. + !
Mrs. Harry Bfaney and five
children were burned to death
when the flame from the explosi
¢n enveloped their home. Blaney
was reported dyineg from burns
and two other Blaney children
were badly burned.
Eleven workmen were Kkilled.
Two of them «vither had been
hurled to the street by force of
the exlosion or had bene run
cut, their clothinx on fire, <crearn
irg for help. They were found
dead on the street.
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The date for the Salvation Army
appeal for funds has been set for
Tuesday November 20th, by the
Advisory Board of the local corps.
Lee Morris chairman of the Ad
visory Board called the meeting
to order yesterday morning at the
office of George/ C. Deadwyler,
who is Secretary and Treasurer
of the Home Servive appeal. Ma
jor F. W. Whitaey was the unani
mous choice for' campaign chair
man of the drive and got busy
right after the meeting to line up
his “Colonels”.
A pre-solicitation committee
was also appointed in charge of
C. D. Flanigan who will gasher in
the advance gifts. The budget for
the coming fiscal year was pre
sented and approved by the board
based on the actual expenditures
of the passed ivwelve months. It
was found that $4,000 was needed
for this <year. Therefore thav
amount was set as the drive quota.
Major Whitney ig planning te
have six “Colonels” and seven
ty workers in the line up. - The
Major contends that the $4.000 can
be raised in two hours on Tues
day, Nov, 20th. ‘Members of the
advisory board rregent yesterday
morning at the aleeting were of
the opinion that Y%he“(uota wouli
be reached in the specified time.
Drive headquarters were opener!
this morning at the building for
mally used by the electrie licht
fice. Major Whitney will be glad
to meet those men and women who
will give two hours of their time
for this worthy cause at the cam
paign headquarters.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—(AP)—
A raging fire which started when
a gas well at the Sante Fe Springs,
California, oil field brew in Fri
day morning. was reported to have
jumped to four nearby oil storage
tanks and a dozen drilling rigs,
making an inferno of the western
part of the petroleum district.
The well is on the property of
the Bell View Oil Company in an
area of many oil wel's located
close together. All available men
and fighting apparatus in the
area were gathered to fight the
‘blaze. ‘
The oil field is near Whittier,
California, about 15 miles from
downtown Los Angeles, and is the
scene of a recent pas well fire
which burned fiercely for foYty
days before heing extinguished.
ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1928.
DAUGHTER OF W, G.
McADOO TO
WASHINGTON. — (AP) —The
Washington Post Friday said that
Miss" Sarah L. McAdoo, damghter
of W. G. McAdoo, former Secre:
tary of the Treasury, w'll marry
Brice Glaglett, a law partner of
Mr, McAdoo's, in a ceremony 1o
take place Friday. ;
Giaglett, a former Washington
newspaper man, became: associat
ed with Mr, McAdoo when he be
came railroad ‘administrator.. "He
has been a law partner in charge
of Mr. McAdoo’s Washington ef
fice since the latter retired from
public life.
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ATLANTA, Ga. —(AP)— Eu~
gene Talmadge, Georgia’s Com-i
missioner of Agriculture has an-{
nounced that because of his recent
action in questionng the accuracy|
of the government’s estimate of
the Georgia cotton crop, the crop
r-porting bureau of ithe United,
States Department of Agriculture,.
has discontinued co-operation withl
the state agricultural board.
Mr. Talmadge’s statement fol-!
lowed issuance Thursday by the'
fedsral government of a formal
a 1 curcement that effective N’o-l_
vember .1, the co-operatiye ar-
SRR Renis Dol PR Ryt
no explanation. 4
The Georgia commissioner said
the federal bureau’s latest esti
mate of the state’s cetton ‘crop
was A 5,000 Jower tha nits estimate
one month /ago, which was 1,060,-
000. At that time Mr. Talmadee,
made an ‘independent survey in
which he’ gathered 1,450 reprots.’
On these he based an estimate of
841,000 bales or 219,000 bales less
than the federal report. , -
In his statement Commissioner’
Talmadge said he went to Wash-'
ington to confer with Secretary,
Jardine concerning his indepén
dent investigation and was in-|
formed by officials that he would;
have to accept the bureau’s fig:~'
ures. He declined ‘to ‘do this, he
said, adding that his first notice
thet the government department
had ceased to co-operate with the
stat? agency.was in the form of
a notice sent. out by the former
to its agents throughout he state.
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A Japanese legend has it that
music was devised by the gods to
lure thes un-goddess from a cave
where she had retired.
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Good horsemen usually make !
good air pilots, but expert racing !
motorists do mnot excel as airmen.'
Georgia-Florida And
T'ech-Vandy Battles
Are Features Sat
ATLANTA, Ga.—(UP)—The big games of the
South Saturday will be in Georgia. : |
Vanerbilt and Georgia Tech, each undefeated in
and out of the Conference, play at Grant Field, Atlan
ta. Unless a tie results, like last year, either one or
the other will be eliminated from the close champion
ship race. _ 4 ; /
It ‘should be "a gripping gamc
with ‘the greatest group of oppos
ing backs to meet on the gridiron
this, year, Armistead, - Schwartz
and McGaughey for the Commo
dores, ‘and Thomason, Randolph
Mizell and Lumnkin for the Golden
Tornado. *
Georgia, undefeated in two Con
ference starts, meets Florida ab
Savannah. The Gators have won
all their ~ames while Georgia lost
only to 'Yale. Florida' has the
greatest scoring team in the Con
ference, ‘but has yet to face a
team of Georgia’s appavent cali
bre. . Both teams claim an injured
list, Florida having two or three
out. hecause of a flu epicemic. -
The other clean slated title
contenders in tie Conference, Ten
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'KYOTO, Japan.—(#)—The city
of Kyoto Friday night wore a
fertive aspect in preparation for
Saturday’s enthronement cere
ionies of Hirohito, the 124th Em
ieror.
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~Late Friday afternoon the sur
iiwrged from heawy clouds which
ge overhung the aé\cient capital
the past three ‘days, promis
’ ‘Mw%v@ SMrwßonc Fa
Priday night the streets and
chops were brilliantlv lit and the
streets - thronged with- holiday
crowds, The buildings throughonut
the city wera dacorated with bunt
ing and flowers, the chief flowers
leing the large volden chrysanthe
un~ the imnerial flower.
The foreign diplomatic contin
gent which will actend Saturday’s
functions, totalled 97, including 33
women. The Americans who wiil
attend ave Ambassador Charles
MacVeagh -and Mss. MacVeagh,
Consul-General Edwin L. Neville
and Mrs. Neville and military at
tache Lieut. Colonel Charles Bur
nett and Mrs. Burnett.
Commissioners
Ask ‘Abclition
Of Treas. Office
Announcement was made today
that the Clarke County Board of
Commisgioners has adonted a res
clution favoring the abolition of
the office of County Treasurer of
Clarke. The Commission alse re
quested the Representatives from
Clarke coynty to introduce a bill
in the 'n;t legislature designed
to abolish the office.
nessee, V. P. I.iand L. 8. U vlay!
Conference ' games. The Vols
meet' the weak 'Sewanee team at
Knoxville and * should roll up a
convincing u?xre‘. with Hackman
and ‘McEver a 8 the attacking wea
pons. V. P. I, faces Virginia. |
Anything may happen.in this one.
1.. 8. U. faces a rejuvenated Ole |
Misge éleven, fresh' from smother
ing the Clemson Tigers, 5
In other games North Caro
lina_ vlays ‘South Carolina and it
may'be a long time between touch- !
downs, . Alabama @ goes against
Kentucky that gave Vandy a scare |
last week. Tulene and Auburn)
meet, V. M. I. and Clemson also |
battle. } ¢
All im all it will be a hig dav}
for Southern Conference football.
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WASHINGTON:—Herbert - Hoo~
ver’s victory in the presidential’
election brought with it 287 re
publican seats in the Tlst congress
out of a total of 468 at issue, a
net gain of 89 seéats. This gives
the republicans working, majori
ties in both houses. |
The republicans won seven dem- |
ocratic seats and suecessfully de
iended the seais of thirteen in'
the senate. Deinocrats recaptured‘
the ofher thirteem seats at is
sue,
In the house, the republicans:
rdid took 30 democratic seats, ona
farm labor and one sociglist and
the democrats in couvnter-raids
took 3 seats now held by republi
cans. Final official returns irn a
few districts and possible recounts
and corrections may change the
house membership slightly.
The senate line-tlp when the
new congress meets for the ex
pected special farm relief session
on March 4 or shortly thereafter
will be:
Republicans, 54.
Democrats, 167.
Farm labor, 1.
Vacant, I (Vare contest still un
decided). A
The house iine-up . apparent
ly will be:
Republicans, 267. ' i
Democrats, 167. : 3
Farm labor, 1.
Republicans gains are as fol
lows:
Senators from Missouri, ' Rhode
Island, New Jersey, West Virginia,
Wisconsin 1; Minnesota 1. Total
32. "
The Wisconsin gain results from
the defeat of Victor Berger, Soci
alist, Milwaukee, and the Minne
sota gain from the defeat of W.
F. Carrs, farm labor.
Democrats urnseated cne repub
lican representative each in Rhode
Island, Indiana ind West Virginia.
PARIS. — (AP) —M. Poincare,’
after consult‘ng with his friends
¥riday, agreed in principle t& try
to form a new cab net. ‘
He sent a long letter to Presi
dent Loumergue in which he set
forth certian conditions of his
acceptance.
It is understood that M. Dou
mergue must consult the leaders
of the various groups to ascer
tain whether M. Poincare’s cond'-
tions are acceptable to them. In
the meantime, Poincare went into
conference again with his own
followers. ‘
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EFFORTS FAIL
- BUCHAREST, Roumania,—(AP)
~—Nicholas Tituleson, former min
ister who has been seeking to
form a cab'net in succession to
that -in Vintilla Bratiamu, Friday
fa'led in his efforts to form & na
tional union government and re- |
turned . his -mandates to the re.
gency.
A. B. C. Paper. Single Copies 2 Cents. 5 Cents Sunday-
POLICE OFFICERS
ARE KIDNAPPED |
BY THIEVES |
COFFEYVILLE Ga.—(#)—Earl
H. Ackney, chief of police and
W. H. McMurty, policemen, were
kidnapped Friday by séveral men
when they answered a call to the
sou?éern té)axrt of the city to arrest
chidken thieves. ey
The officers answered the call
of a woman who reported she had
seen the men hiding nalf a dozen
chief and his companion appeared,
the yoman reported the men eov
‘ered%geir guns, forced them into a
Jaotor car and drove away.
\Police at once started a search
for the missine officers.
May Bring 14 i
Passenger Ford
Plane to Athens
A 14-passenger Ford tri-motor
airplane may be brought to Athens
within the next few days if ef
forts of C. A. Trussell succeed, it
was le%rmd today. I
Mr. Trussell states that the lo
cal ay,ation field is not quite large
enough now but the County Com-'
missioners have agreed to make
it large enough sot the type plane
he hopes to bring here. !
Much interest has Zeen aroused
wherever the Ford tri-motred
nlanes have been demonstrated
and if the efforts of Mr. Trussell
are successful many people are|
expected to #ome here to see it.'
07H. - ANSIVERSARY
OF LOCAL CHURCR.
10 BE DBSERVED
The fortieth anniversary of the
Fast Athens Baptist Church wiil
be otserved in special services
Sunday, it was announced Friday
by Rev. N. A, Hemrick, pastor of
the church. =ln addition the day
wil be a sort of “homecoming
day” for memiers of the church
and a cordial invitation has been
issued to 21l others who care to
attend. ¢ jd
_The Clarke County Choir of
which Rev. Hemrick is president,
has been invited to attend the
services and help with the music.
In addition to the anniversary
exercises the new Sunday School
‘yoom will be dedicated.
- The B. Y./ P. U. meeting will
be held Sundav evening at 6:30
and ‘the night service will-be con-
Tducted by the pastor at 7:30
o’clock. ' Prayer meeting is held
every Wednesday evenino at the
church. The morning service is
at eleven o'cloek..
It was announced that the W. M
8. will meet on Thursda— the
15th with Mrs. Eberhart on Pop
lar street. ‘At this meeting will
be packed the box of fruits and
preserves to be sent to the hospit
al, Mrs. N. A. Hemrick, announced.
In Munich, Germany, a police
man who sees a pedestrian throw
paper or fruit-skin on the pave
ment fines him a set amount on
the spot—and gives him a receipt
for it
THE WEATHER: .
Far and continued cold Friday
night. Saturday fair and slightly
warmer. s
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MEET AT TRAIN
SAVANNAH, Ga. — () —
Greeted by hundreds of Savan
nahians' and the Central of
Georgia Rialway band, the
Georgia Bulldogs arrived here
Friday morning from Athens
in tip-top ferm to meet the
Florida Gators Saturday after
noon.
The Bulldugs pitched camp
at the DeSota Hotel while their
grid foes established headquar- I
ters at Hotel Savannah. Autos
and special trains were bring
ing thousands here for the
game,
BY VALCO LYLE
| The Georgia Bulldogs,
32 strong, rolled away
from the Central of Geor
| gia station in a special
train chartered for them
Thursday night bound
| for Savannah where they
battle the mighty Florida
eleven Saturday after
-
noon to determine which
of the two teams will re
! main in the running for
| Conference honors.
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*mhéewflgd;; i0%;ifl%:%% «"r
iday .Bt & it
¥Friaay aiternoon at four o'cleck
they will go through a light punt
.ing and signal drill on the Sa
| vannah Basgel:all Field where the
j game will be played Saturday.
| Another Specialytrain will leave
| Athers Friday night at 9 o'clock
[carryin‘f the Georgia Band and a
'large eleration of students and
{ fans to the scene of battle. It
" will arrive at its destination at
|8 a. m. Saturday. e W
' Boland Ready.
{: Ike Boland, star center Qfl,{;&
Red and Black team, was in the
scrimmage Thutsday for the first
| time since he was injured-in the
game with the Furman Hurricane.
- several weeks ago. His knee
'seems to be O. K. for he was play
ing as of old yesterday. He will
more than likely get a !% at
' the Gators, and his return should
| strengthen the Bulldog cause con
| giderably. el %
| It is expected that 41l the Tirst
i string men will be ready for the
j call - Saturday, although some of
| them may not be in thqbbg%oaf
. cond:tion. The regular backfield
will be intact with Johnson, Dud
|ley, Hooks, and Me¢Creary ready
'to go. Rothstein is not in the best
of shape but may be able to. %z;
Stelling is out with a bad
and he will not make the trip,™ -
The final scrimmage for the
Bulldogs was held Thursday after
noon with the freshies on one &ids
of the line and the varsity on'th
other. The first-year men seore
another touchdown on the: warsity
by % thef orward pass ‘method.
Hooks, Dudley, and the _bthers
‘were in rare form in advancing
the ball, scoring many times dur
’ing the session. The line was
performing good, too. It ‘seems
that the Red and Black will ‘be
in fine shape for the crucial game
Saturday. s «
Those making the trip are Maf
fett, Smith, Martin, Palmer, Brad
iey. and Nixon, ends; Lautzenhiser
Frisbee, Bryant, Buchanan and
Thompson, tackles; Jacohson, Ha
le. Huff, Herrdon, Ringel and
Hill, guards; Boland, Lanford and
Morris, centers; Johnson, Paris,
and Butler, quarterback; Hooks,
Hill, Waugh, Davidson and Cook
Lalves; and MeCrary, Rothstein,
’and Cox, fullbacks. Vi
~ For the benefit of those who do
‘not go to see tha game, the game,
the battle will e eiven play by
play over leavesd wire at the Co
lonial Theatre, The admission
nrice will be 50 cents—2s cents for
students.
FLORIDA READY
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA,
Gainesville, Fla. — The greatest
exodus \of foothall fans from th
state of Florida since the davs
of the Florida-Georgia Tech games-.
in Atlanta took nlace this week
end when the “Fighting Gators”
left to tangle with the Georm‘n
Bulldogs in one of the outstanding
football battles of the south this
year. . : g
The Seaboard snd A. C. I, Rail
ways aré operating snecial trains
from Je~veonvilie whila © speefal
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