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VOL. JS, NO. 263
Associated Prtai Service.
I LISTS HUE
1ED FOR THREE
Citiiens of Clarke county who
net on the registration list
to not having paid their taxes
ix miol.fy for the two elections
be held in December by paying
taxes before Wednesday at 6
k. Thos who have paid all
doe since the registration
1 'ast spring have automati
cal)* become eligible.
The registration has teen open
ed up on account of the special
election for treasurer, the law pro
viding that when a special election
is Called the registration lists be
opened for five days after the cad
is sounded and tomorrow is the
last of those five days. Women
who have never qualified before
and who hanre.no property may
qualify by paying .the poll tax of
Three elections will be held on j
December 1/ln Clarke county. One.
wilt he to fill the unexpired term 1
of E. I. Smith, Sr., for county
treasurer. i Two candidates have
announced Tor the office, E. I.
Smith, Jr-, and \V. M. Bryant. An
other election will be ballffs over
the chanty. Three candidates
have announced In the Athens*
pmcindu, H. D. Huff and C. C.
Str'ckjhad. incumbents, and C. J.
Kinney. Two will be elected. Jus
tices; of the peace will also ice
elected and Carliile Cobb le the
only, announced candidate In the
fifth district Candidates have
until Nov. 16th to file their inten
tion to run With Ordinary Orr as
all names must he put on the tick -
et under the Australian ballot.
Voters may qualify at tho tax
IPPI
GEN. BOOTH HAD
RESTFUL NIGHT
MONDAY
r* —“7
LONDON—(AP)-r J Gencml Wil
liam 13 ram well Booth, head
(Salvation Arm/, whn Las Wen
un.forgoing treat m*n; f^r neryou*
prostration, pasud a fair night
M. nday.
_ HOOVER VICTORY
NEW YORK.—(|*P)—Governor
Alfred E. Smith Tuesday n'gbt in
a half hour rad'o address w'll
give' Us parting "message to the
American people.’’
The governor, upon hie arrival
heft from Albany, announced
that no advance copies of hie
talk would be given out nor would
ha int’mate lutt what would be
lie na-are. He will sneak from
the National Broadcasting 8tud!o
atJliOO o'eloek. LONDON. —(AP)— The Dally
^MdeV 1 . 1 vacation of Exp,„. «.d Tucjd.y thstihe vic-
several weeks “tomewbere In tha ; tory of Herbert Hoover had serve !
wrath.” He ea'd he d d not know I «a an incentive to prohibition no
where he wee going. vocates in England to prepare for
“I haven't eeen BUI Kenny I an energetic campaign against al-
yet,” he said. ”He le fixing cohol in connection with the gen-
tiara to page three.) oral elections next year.
PH
UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Support for the Clarke County
library Association in its mil
of a public library was voted hr
Athens bran :h •bo Amin-
ccn Association of University
Women at its. meeting Monday
f night.
Financial help was planned In
I the way of improving the new
quarters of the Loan Library by
, the addition of open booh shelve#
■ and an increased number of vol
umes. The Lf.racy is now housed
with the Chamber* of Commerce In
the City Hall Square; it comprises
800 volumes and is open on a
I loan basis to everybody paying a
d'V.lar membership fee.. Mrs*
(NBA Washington Bureau)
This pe.ite little Washington ESXJr'ff*; * *2”
suffragette !s one of the leaders
In the campaign to secure na- d Z J? ttonuMk
tional representation for the Die-
For two success've rears, the roe\va°ihln!rton -ill prohobly mecfatwtcea month,
women-, rifle __ team of George “ * •the work to be .closely ailed to
Likely
Visit University
Of Virginia
ASHINGTON. —VP)— Presl-
Coolldge .a considering ac-
ig an invitation to visit the
ivereity of Virginia on Thanks-
Ing; having luncheon with Prei-
Jt Alderman and later witness-
for'a fame, the football gam*
Virginia and North Caro-
President Coolidga will epand a
few days around Thanksgiving
Day at the 8wannanoa Country
< nb in the Bine R,dgo Mountains
« 80 miles from Charlottes-
whtre the Univenity is lo-
4
I HR’S JOURNEY
TO INCLUDE STOP
l JT MEXICO CITY
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[PLAN INTER-CONTINENTAL FUGHT
Washington Dnlversity has won "‘‘S ^ the productions of tho Athens The-1
the national intercollegiate “ f/ . . * nd .r.tre Guild. Miss Dorothy Fkr- 1
championship. Here is P'ctured ° nt *”?“*“** “• Totee “ ~ ‘ "
(ms of the reasons why. For • re,lden '“ of the district,
pretty Helen Taylor, by r'rtue of
bar skill with tho rifle, le captain
of the squid.
.‘-PALO ALTO. Calif.—(UP)— .
PyeetdeaUetoct Hoover 1 * Latin-
American good, will tour upon #
cb ho embarks next Monday 1
AT El; MIDWAY IS
NOW IN FUEL BLAST
FAIR PROGRAM .,
Wedne'day—'-Visiting Counties
^Thursday—"Farmers Day”.
Friday—“Athens Day”. .
Saturday—“Colored Poop es
Day”.
TIDAL WAVE HITS
MAURETANIA AND
HURTS
(NEA Washington Bureau)
ntre Guild. Misi Doratky Ww .vrlll Include calls in Mexico end
gason will announce further plans, i vvann, canters of . . * »,
Ten. minute talks on new the- oi'jipokS^l^feeling against , * fr ? m I l ew ..
cries in Education, followed by ^lSreKries «>e.e two South, ,
discussion, will form a regular • ,Sr«Srnl,;^. tenant Benjamin Mendes, —, — — — .. . i aaaress m
part of the meetings for the re-1 for a 1 Hie companion is Carlos Puyo Defogado, Bogota newspaperman. The, JfSTthe e
mainder of the yel. Ml,. Pm. I Ag*?Cmind^mn^ Curtl.-F.kon aeaplane pictured ebov. will be used in the Ut.mpt. j
ine Youn«* of the I Georgia State i■. ,, , __ .. 1
Teachers College will,have ehregoj fi™” «o “ &
iwnrd Journey back to tha
d States. There, in Mexl.
• capital c'ty. the presldetft-
wlll be the gneet of Ambae-
Dwight Morrow, wiwaa sac.
won high prates. Morrow has
been mentioned as', likely to be
named Secretary at State by
Hoover. \
.There, as la Nicaragua. Hoo
ver's slm would be da further ef-
forte recently made so settle dir.
ferences between tbe United
States- and these countries.
Whether the- Prealdenfaetect will
Red And' Black To Hold
First Scrimmage For
! L.S.y^On Tuesday
of the program.
An evening bridge.party for tbe
members ef th-
their guests wiU.be held Docem-
her first, under tne umcuou at
^kX^^Elfe^
land.
Mrs. Malcolm Bryan. Mr*. Ber
nard Carey and Mina Ema Proc-
Itor will rcoresent the Athens
PLYMOUTH. — (UP) — Tho Branch nt the state' meeting of
crack Cunard liner Mauretan'a (the American Association of Uni-
arrived Tuesday, battered by a : versity women in Atlanta on Sat-
terriflc storm at aea and with urday, November 17. The dele-
twenty passengers and members gates will be guests of the Afa
of her crow slightly injured. i lanta branch for luncheon. r —, .
The Mauretania reported she The next meeting of the Athens, v'elt Nicaragua haa not been de
wee struck by a tidal wave Sat- branch will be a supper on Docem- * elded finally. He also baa re
order afternoon. The water <ber 10. (Turn to Peso Five)
reached almost es high as her
funnels.
Those wl(0 were Injured rece'v.
ed bruises and minor hurts when
they were knocked about by tbe
staggering of tbe ship , under tbe
terrlfle Impact.
Older members of tho Maure a.
n'a's crew described tbe weather
aa tbe worst in 47 years of ex
perience. Oe'ee prevailed for two
day* and Saturday's storm woe
accompanied by waves which al
most towered over the ehlp'.
One ot the officers told the
press that the water came aboard
tha topmost deck of the big liner
wh<ch wee encrusted with see
salt.
The Mauretan'a, the speed'eet
greyhound of the Atlantic, raodo
u_ «.<„ | n K Hava {g mlnU'.OS
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Hi
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School Progress in
Clarke and adjniniig
counties during the last
few years is stressed in
exhibits at the Clarke
County Fair, on the
Mitchell’s bridge road,
which was officially
opened today with a pa
rade in which hundreds
of school children took
put /
After the parade through the
downtown section Dr. S. V. San-
■HH fi ni of the University of
. delivered an educational
at the Fair gr^unis. ar.J
i school children and other
went through the five
exhibkt tents of the Fair, where
thev saw not only the school ex
hibits but farm, home cctnnmicj,
automobile, livestock and commer
cial exhibits. ; ‘
The Fair will continue through
out this week. Tomorrow wi i be
“Visiting Counties Dey”. Thur*foy
will be “Fsr—rs Day"; Friday
“Athens' Day" and Saturday “Col
ored People's D
exhibits will f;e .
along with the
and livestock ex'
he trip In 5 days,
at spite tbe storm«
IS
PUT ON STAND IN
STEWART TRIAL
On Wednesday th
from the schools and
jc.ning counties will
Elbert county is one
tics with a large and
exhibit and the Nancy
solidated School in
has arranged for a
P T "Farmers Day", '
others death seemed probable as reports from thei iLfTSEtL* ‘i’V
rescue fleet off the Virginia Capes slowly pieced out the rouiiry,. w.ne and
OF REALTORS HERE THIS WEEK the story of the sinking of the liner Vestris Tuesday.j ^ ro . e r n ^ g J h ':;,, cx ,‘
—' v At neon, almost^ a full day ai«d /in 4 %vyv> progreea that is ieing
TAXATION WILL BE DISCUSSED
AT CONVENTION OF ASSOCIATION
, (By Aeeociated Press)
One man was known to be dead, a woman and
child were reported floating in the rolling wares and:
Program Is Announced
For Big Convention
Which Opens in Athens
Thursday. /
Taxation and other questions
affecting realty development in
Georg-a will i.e discussed at the
annual convention' of the Georgia
Real Estate Association which will
be held here this —-Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
The convention will be held nn-
dcr auspices of tbe Athens Real
tor Board which compriaea some
of the most energetic real estate
| dealers in the state. Several him- two teams will claah In LaGrango
’ Jmi) PuUam Aa _A- n.vt CWJJ.H
UTHFniC HIGH infill GEORGE S. CRANE,^
nlfluiu nlbn WILL the .^..jrerel into ^hog. ANNOUNCES FOR n
PLAY LAGRANGE
ELEVEN NEXT
lnltaly accounted for and moat of
| t,.v .ueuvau nad been picked np.
| One man taken from the water
j by the eteamer Berlin, told of aee-
,ng a woman with a child in-her
arms, floating near him. Search
TREASURER
livestock industry anil
farm methods.
Friday “Athens
merclal and ind
which occupy the entire
the main exhibit tent
utred alcng with the
Show and the exhibit teh.
by the State Department
George S; Crane, well
wns*begun U fur 'them ‘tnTknut was’ ctt: “ n > • nnmmc * 1 and FlehT'The' .
r«“ for other, who had found no Tueedarjor county treasurer to of which Mrs. Bsssla
room In the bats Jr who had oecn *• I. Smlth Sr, who died, rnnerintendent, bar n
washed from the rafts. I hold n, office for showing the vegetable i
mdead man. unidrmtlfUd In » ot Hr. Crane U rained in this ser
By M. * St. Johsu first reports, was found by the ha* a hoet of fr'onde over tho »h-_"*»v rrunl w'lth
Tho next foe for Athene High battlerhip Wyen.ing, lymg on the comity who win ho active In his container* for products
le the LaCrange grid team. The „f t whc „ j,, brd died of expos- behalf. He la a member of a fam.' ”
dred Kesltore are expected to at'
tend the convention.
The convention*! meetings will
be held at the Georgian Hotel
where heedquaretra will be mam-
talned.
The official Program follows;
Officers
Marshall J. Ellis, Mncon, prea-
ident; W. G. Morten, Columbus,
WASHINGTON. -(AP)- The 1
j. , BY VALCO LYLB
With six players injured, the Georgia Bulldogs
■were slated to go through the first scrimmage of
the week Tuesday afternoon in preparation for'the into the
final game of the season in Athens Saturday. L. S. .te Tuesday for s, H«rI. aiv^iT «i
U., undefeated in the Conference this year, will fur- s”«rt. chaftm'anVf th^hoJJd | (Tan. to pago h«.>
nish the poposition. The battle will begin at 3:00 of the standard on of Indiana, -
o’clock on Sanford Field, and an admission price of
$2,50 will be charged.
The Rod and Black team came
out to practice Monday in a rather I »M« to answer the call.
Incapacitated state, generally. Six I Only a Hght workout was in
, playere are listed aelnjured, while I *t®re for the Bulldogs Monday af-
‘ there are others who are bruised 1 E drab * , i n « “f • , '-
more or lore from tho effects of, P an t*>k. »•«( • other things
the Saturday battle. McCrary hurt “P the program. The —
his old injury over. Hill received'
next Friday.
Th* Maroons have much to fear
when tbety meut LsGrange ns it
is reported that the south Georgi
an! nave a strong team this year.
Coach Brown is giving the boye a
hard workont this week to fit the
occasion Friday.
With Barrett, Maxwell, and
. Roger* reporting to practice Mon-
Domingos, day, the local injured list has van-
Washington lshed. Barrett hasiCoen out be-
r; Arthur | cause of aa injured back which he
executive I received In a scrimmage last
(Turn to pago five.)
■ Deaait. no» a meiuucr ok a nn> ^ - ■
‘ ' P0 »x E Mb h ? U ,
s^ u ssZfSrJt‘Jai subscriptions to y. m. c. a
PICK UP, BUT AMOUNT STILL IS \
SHORT OF SAME PERIOD IN 1927
an injured foot, Fritbeo it out With
a bad arm. Maffett got his hip
hurt, and Smith received an in
jured knee. Stvlling is still out
with an Injured knee received in
practise a few Jayi ago.
The MKSr* i 'lut leaves Georgia
with thetr regular ends, regn'ar
fullback, and regular tackle out on
. aeount of the injury jinx that has
hovered over the Red and Black
camp so sodden in*the last two
days.. BUI, second-string half and
f ibly tha beat punter on the
, 1* sorely missed. What per-
ge of tht* list of cripples
get to ,nl*r Saturday is not
n, bat ft would be safe to sty
some of them will not be
alon we* short and the players got tlfled before
off the field much earl.er than
usual.
L. S. U. Strong.
Tbe Louisanlana are not bring
ing a weak team to Athens this
weekend to grapple with the Geor
gian*. In fact,' some claim that
the Red and Black will have to
extend themselves in order to f.ght
on equal terms with them.
The Tigers are yet to te un
ils.
It nincd on the •Up d as ita
firit major witness, Senator Walsh
of Montano, who mounded for
month at those who appeared be
fore the senate investigating com
mittee and the Montana scion
swore that the oil - man had tes-
Reee'pta of Y. M. C. A. Main,
ienanco Fund •ubaeriptiona yea.
*v'£i.™°t'h.t th he ‘knew*nothin-- tenUy equal'ed there recelred th.
i -JPgLKrK first day which were followed by
\ri.lch fi^d » decreire for two or th'reo days
b * on account of the national elec.
largely In th* care.
He said he had asked Stewart
whether he knew anything about
the bonds and that Stevart re
plied he had nothing to do with
the distribution of any bonds.
On cross-examination iy Fran';
J. Hogan, defense counsel, Wa'«h
which held the attention ot
I lie public.
However, the number of sub.
script'ons and the amount rab-
■crlbed thla year are less - than
for the same time last year. Last
year e total of 161 subscriptions
The Tigers are yet to te un* J. nogen, oetense counrei. >Va -n year a unai oi aer BUDecnguona
defeated by a southern conference could not recall testimony in th* for I6.3U.16 were received by
team. Saturday, with Brown, trial of Stewart last wring on the association dnr'ng tbe first
Reeve*. Stovall, and tbe other j contempt charges for refuting to
backs In rare form, they crumbled! answer questions by the senate
“Ole If hut." is to 6, in their annuel I committee. When h ,t alemory was
Homecoming game. Brown la said' refreshed by excerpts from his
to be on* of th* fastest backs in testimony, however, the Montana
the conference. Reeves specialises senator said he was willing to ac
ta the punting and passing game cept the transcript as valid.
th'rieen days ot tha Voluntary
Subscription Campaign. This -y*sr
a total of 126 subscriptions for
63,746.66 were received In that
length of t'mo. Tho total amount
raised this year it 62A60J0 for
tbs earns time last year.
Dry"
will
"ta'Treu
lunre
that
tl -.t
The rescue began before dawn, ano ns* soon connecieo not* in i ^ -„ h!bi ,
tho ships thathad turned from bna ness all Us llfo. rfCt , on j. DlmIs p f
their paths on thsir oirrnid of Tha olectlon Ukos place Doc. | of tho largest ever held
mercy being led to the lifeboats ember 1. Other announced can. .part ef tho state, uccnp
by flarea sent up by tlw chilled dldates are E. I. Smith, Jr, and i tnt lre exhibit tent Tha
persons who ml! n.ght long had w. M. Bryant. (Turn to pago five,)
tos*ed on angry waves loft from a, __________ ■
week-end gals.
Lifeboats after lifeboats was
sighted and aa the morning pass
ed, taken aboard with Its chilleJ
complement of man and women
The liner Berlin got some, the
tanker Myriara others and the bat
tleship Wyoming still more.
But at noon, more than 100 oth
ers were apparently still to be
accounted for, and there was a
growing fear that death would
claim many of there before they
could he saved. •
Snortly after noon the Nrvy De
partment ordered the diriy'ble Lus
Angeles to prepare to leave it*
Kenner at Lakehurst, New Jereey,
aKrix o'clock Tnosday night to
join ,the reocuo fl**t It could not
le*ve\sooner boenure it had been
undergoing a general overhauling
and was. not ready to take tho
Shortly afteJ noon tbe Radio
Coi-oratl-r got a report in
slightly diferent from which bail
i previously been p.cked un by *
I station at South Dartmouth, Meet.
The (ret that anbOcrlptlona yea.
terday were aa large at the first
day. and larger than the few
day* when tbe election drew ’.be
attention of the public away
from other matters, Ind'cmtes
that daring this week much bead,
way will bo made toward reach-
tog the 616,000 goal ret by the,
director* at tha association.
Tbe Voluntary Plan has been I —-—
w-doly praised, and. U.t ^ I «S^ by “he
m^ ^ mmrered the'r m^. | ,««-» -
acriptlons because they liked the ] TOmmn child drofiting near
sr?? him - «• K * dh w "“ n
A. have not yet rent In their
aabacripUou bnt It is bol'eved
that they win do an at one* end
tho* help raise the necessary
him. The Kedlo
was that he re!d he had seen n
woman' with two children and
that the Berlin had put about t;
look for them.
According to this later report,
(Torn to pago six).
Larger Navy Is Seen
For United States
In Next Session
WASHINGTON—(UP)—Preti
dent Coolldge'e \rnustic* Day ap
peal for a larger navy will bo an
swered ns s on as congress meets
rext month, senate leaders said
Tuesday.
A United Prees survey of thetr
sentiments indi.-ated that than
woo'd be little opposition to th*
6274,000,000 three year building
program passed last session by
the house end now on the senate
calendar.
The dwindling group ef mid-
western independents an th* only
cnee not whole-heartedly In em
pathy with the bill hot their op
position is f.iunded more on a gen
eral objection U> th* appropria-
i ' v "^gawyi
tlons fund for a heavy navy before
farm relief and power projects are
cared for, than upon any disinclin
ation to strengthen tho navy.
If any fight develops, it is ex
pected to eomo from a group
which favors a much larger navy
than tho LIU would authorise,
provides for only fifteen new
000 ton cruisers and one airi
carrier. Sfr. CocBdge un i Sc- ro
tary of the Navy Wilbur.
recommended seventy
shms at a cost of
——|_ k Jl five
The Ooolldw-Wi'bur 1
tlon provided, h<
twenty five crui: