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ATHENS C03T0WI
MIDDLING 19c
PREV. CLOSE .. . 19c
JPHH WEATHER)
Partly cloudy Tuesday ni^ht.
Wednesday cloudy and colder.
Dally and Sunday—13 Cent* a Week.
Daily and Sunday—13 CenU a Week.
Associated Press Service. United Press Dispatches
ATHENS, GA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1928.
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A. B. C. Paper. Single Copies 2 Cents. 5 Cents Sunday.
NAMED FOR KING
ew McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill Introduced
_ WASHINGTON
JK ITT*)—Hie old McNary-
rVHaugen farm relief bill
r f with th« equalization fee
[ L removed and a few pro
visions added, was intro
duced in the senate Tues
day by Senator McNary,
.t (republican; Oregon.
S' I it provides' for creation of a
[ /federal farm board with a revolv.
: ling fund of 3300,000,000 to finance
, ! furpius crop disposals and to pro-
taote orderly marketing of ngrirul-
1. i tural products.
The board Would be authorise..
. to loan money-to-stabilisation cor-
?^^^aiS&*wss-^£ss5
> i M®na and to’ereate advisory coun
ts for each: agricultural commod
ity handled by 4hq corporation.
The corporations, under ihis
plan, would boar any Iomcs in
marketing their surplus. Only the
expense of running the machinery
of the hid would be borne by the
federal government. Under the
old McXanr-tyiiugen bill, twice ve
toed by President Coolldge, the
government / agency itself would
< have handled the surplus in tlmea
of emergency and whore losses
were incurred, would have levied
i\ fee from the producers to reim
burse thp national treasury.
The now bill is based on the
(Turn to page five.)
BALDWIN’S REPLY
TO BRITTEN IS
READ TUESDAY
WASHINGTON'.— (AP) — The
reply of Premier Baldwin to the
proposal ot/Ghalrman Britten ot
the houso.Jiavat commute, for a
■ parliamentary discussion of naval
limitation,, was road to tho com
mittee Tueeday. by Britten, who
coupled It With a lengthy explan
ation of , hie pnrpoao In suggest,
teg tho,conference.
. Mr, Britten, who received tho
‘‘friendly’’ reply Monday, direct
from the Premier, told hie col-
league, that h> had not aaaumed
•any prerogative* of the executive
department and that h’a motive
won to "atop this oaorlastlng talk
of comparative Hava! atreneth. to
AS CRISIS ARRIVED IN KING GEORGE'S ILLNESS
“Briir.iE
10
TO SIGN PAPERS OFj
STATE; PRINCE OF
LESRUSHESH
vsts^mm brings
BAPTIST HEAD
IN GEORGIA
LONDON
Tensely h,tent, hopeful crowds lined the grilled fence enclosing Buckingham Palace during the ill
ness of England’s king. This photo, taken early in a rainy morning, shows some of the anxious cltf-
xens at one of the gates to the palace as they waited for the issuance of a bulletin on the ruler’s con
dition. / '
.1* the condition of King George
gc of England approached a
, his two physicians, . Sir
y flewett and Lord Dawson
in called a third doctor into
iltation. He, pictured- here,
ir Humphrey Rolleston.
!FIT POLICE 0N^iq!HS
TRAIL OF “IN IN
No trumpets blared on the palace grounds in England. No shouted commands came from offi
cera of the guard. For within the palace lay King George, seriously ill with pneumonia. Here you se
the silent guard mount. With colors cased, the men went to their posts without the usual escort' of
a band.
ATLANTA, Ga—(AP)—Hear-
tags of the Georg'a Public Service
Commission order citing the
Georgia Power Company to show ;
ause why its rates should not be
revised and made uniform, in-
voicing power and I'ght rates in
185 ommunities of the stale, and
. ( gas charges in Atluntn and subur-
may nothi#g of the- expenditures . k an c ‘Ccs ( wus resumed* by the
" uSlesT d ° " ^ b0th i«omml„.o , n here JTuesday.
PROGRAM OR THE
DAY IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTON.—(UP)—The
Senate meets to hear the Pres
ident's message, as does tho
Honse.
The naval affairs committee
meets to hear Prime Minister
Baldwin's reply to Represents-
five Britten on a proposed
limitations of army conference.
The appropriations sub-com-
m'ttee on war, state. Justice,
commerce and labor depart
ment bills meet.
Tho Interstate Commerco
Commission hearing on unifi
cation of railroads will bo
mken up. \
Vice President of
Mercer Dies In
Florida Tuesday
MACON, Qa.—(AP)—Word was
received hero Taesday of the
THOMASVSILLE, Gi.—(AP)—
A report favoring adequate finan
cial support tor Baptist educa
tional Institutions in the state
will lie submitted to the executive
committee of the Georgia Baptist
convention here Tuesday, It was
announced after a meeting ot a
spcr'nl committee which conslder-
(A p\ ___ 1 ed the matter of endowments for
, V • • the denomlnat'onal colleges.
King GeorifCS physicians Trustees Of Georgia Baptist
at 3:30 o’clock Way
afternoon issued this bul- hold meeting. Tuesday afternoon
lolin • I Prior to the opening of tho con.
<!»v‘ ,, • . .1 ventlou Tuesday night.
“His Majesty passed a convention officers «m be
quiet morninR though the “meSS?," %&££
temperature is now 100.2, that D r. John d. Men ot Athene,
the slight improvement in £
general condition noted in elected. jL
the last bulletin is main
tained.”
The medical bulletin it
Tuesday forenoon Indicated
K’ng had paaaed a quieter nk_
However, the King's doctors re.
, - TanS*
FORTH VARIED
BT
I'ng the
DROVE HIM OUT OF
town street. The car plunged
from the street and through a
«... w watt. flung Station- Tho msn, accord-
death in Panama City. Florida. 1 ing to witnesses, wore a gray suit
Monday of Dr. A. P. Montague, i and a brown slouch hst.
vice-president of Mercer Unlvor-] Brandon was shot twice, in the
■ity here and prominent southern I temple and In the right side. He
educator. He’was 74 years old. | (Tarn to page f»vs.)
ATLANTA. Ga.— (UP) —“The
man in gray" who Monday n'ght
shot and killed Robert M. Bran,
don, 41 years old, an undertaker,
following a struggle in the lat
ter’s automobile, was the object ot
a city-wide police search Tues-
©.Tatter ’Z 1 TcKTiroba'b*
BUCK UP AND STAND BY
o
By Florida C. Orr
DR. SHELDON GIVES
ORGAN RECITAL
AT CHAPEL
Dr. Charles H. Sheldon, city-
organist of Atlanta, will give an
organ recital at tho Univers'ty
chapel Tuesday night and the
public Is Invited to hear him.
There is no cunrge. Dr. Sheldon
is one ot the best known organ
has
IS OPENED
EDI
NORTHCUTT TELLS
OF MURDER OF
: ^!“~fSIAIb'lAll!ili:
ed to transact business, jn behalf
of Kina George.
The Premier mated that the
King In council Tanadar mornlna,
nominated Queen Mary, the Prince
of Wale., the Coke of York, the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
I.ord Chancellor and the Premier
to be cr.uhdllor. of state for the
summoning and holding ot privy
coancila and tho transection of
ether business on behalf of hie
majeety.
Queen Mary left the Bucking
ham Palace grounds In tho royal
motor car Tueaday fatornoon for
a short constlutlonal.
The cruiser Enterprise with the
1'rlnce ot Walee aobard, Is trav
elling ao speedily that the ex
pects to reach Sues Friday ni'ht.
To make such progress. It was
-^Federal proceedings
were begun against Ed
ward House of Morgan
ccun)y in .United States
district court here today
following introduction of
testimony in the trial of
the case against John L.
Holloway, charged with
violating the prohibition
law.
ft waa brought out It the. trial
WASHINGTON-
(UP) — President Cool-
idge’s annual message
raised as much consterna
tion in congress Tuesday
as if it had been a rhetori
cal bombshell.
The private comment v as morn
significant than the public state-
menta of senators and congress
men, but there was plenty of both
indicating the mesage would re
sult definitely in delaying farm
relief legislation until Mr. Cool-
idge retires on March 4, so the
next farm bill could be handled
by his successor in the White
House.
It* was considered significant
also that the President avoided any
reference to the historical reput*
lief of agriculture.
Some attributed his avoklailc*
of the subject to the presence of
PresUient-elc * 4 t Hoover in South.
America where the proposed agri
cultural tariff has been assailed
bitterly as an effort to place an
(Turn «• Rata Rival
PUNISHING PARTY
BOLTERS, HESAYS
There' aro two little girls 'n ner—steadily progressing and ex-
Athens,who love to hear talcs pawling.
about two myth'cal liUle Babbits The addition of camp and lake
who Jo marre.'oue things. The has been a wonderful help, giving
little Hoy Babtbt Is named Buck oor girls and young women a
and the girl Stand By. place for recreation during hot
When f saw in the Banner- j summer days nml til tilts. I
Herald about the number of dc. 1 New. the old Sloven Tllomas
voted c’ttiehs who are going out | borne tfy bhm reuovatqu and
made Into re
this week to get a maintenance
budget from, other devoted clti-
aens for oor Y. W. C. A.. I
. thought how- like the children’s
^ rabbits. Buck Upr and Stand By I
All the years since we have had
our Y. W. D. A. with us the
tame tine spirit has been mani
fested.
Now, at the clow of the year
1928 we find our V.W.C.A. firmly
- entrenched In the hearts ot Ath
ens citizens. We find n devoted
Ahand who hare "carried on”
Vh rough these stressful seven
Users and meluUlned the work In
Sn efficient and businesslike man-
and every .nctivli
C. A. (and they
be carried on In t
fill way. There li
tho value of this re,
Jet to cur school
girls. Youih must
slon. If It lias cl,
roundings and the
ship yonth will
clean, fine way ani
to the dtlxens whi
-carry on" to som|
Buck Up and St
W. C. A. ' It ts an'
be proud, of..
rooms
it thtf'Y. W.
ifuiiy) can
pt dellgh*.
computing
tlonal ceb-
business
,ve dlvor-
flne sur-
r leader.
stallse In.
ke a town
y the Y
BY C. J. DERRICK
(Student in Henry W. Grady School of Journalism)
A band of 72 women, presided over by Miss Bu-
tsts in tbe south and has been j lah Singleton, Athens, gathered together Monday at
m roc Zn u v‘re^ ncer ‘“ 1,1 At, ” B ' the Y. W. C. A., for a supper to launch the campaign
for the raising of the budget for 1929, amounting to)
*8,264.35. j
“Many campaigns have been on
;'n this city timing the past year
that have fallen short of their
goals, but this in one budget that
.should be obtained,’’ stated Harry
Uodgson, Athens, in his address
on “Why We Need Our Budget.”
“If we should see those beauti
ful young girls dressed in blue
and white taking the interest thev
do in the Y. W. C. A., no one could
help but respond to this budget t»
aid in the protection of girlhood,”
raid Mr. Hodgson. “In olden days
our girls did not have to work for
a living. However, today many
have to work and others work for
the novolty of It. These girls
take great interest in the Y..W.
C. A* and its camps.
The concert was arranged bv
Hugh Hodgson, musical director
of tho University of Georgia. Tim
program begins promptly at «:00
o’clock.
France Refuses
To Turn Blackmer
Over to America
1‘AIUS.—(AP)—France Tueaday
officially refuwd tbe reque.t of
the United States for extradition
ol’H. M. Blackmer. ml»'na. oil
cane witness. The extradition had
been asked on the strength of an
Indictment returned In Denrer.
which acehsM Mr Blackmer of
ipskfnc false income- taa returns
they have worked to buy.
should encourage these girls for
their prosperity by subscribing to
their budget,, causing it
over in great form."
Stewart Northcott led Ittroi
and Los Angeles county officers
on s sesrch for remains of vic
tims of his asserted "murder
farm" activities.
Nine young boys were slain on
tho chicken ranch in Rfcra'de
county, Northcott stated. Of that
number he personally did away
with five, he said. He admitted
slaying one in bis written con.
fesslon made Monday eight.
Tho other kUHnas,” Assistant
District Attorney Rcdwinc said.
Northcott remarked In making his
confession. "Well, let the others
make their own admissions."
■ I .Shortly after 8:00 o'clock Mon.
~| day night, Northcott was taken
We from the Riverside county lull
and into tbe desect near Victors-
WASHINGTON.-. (AP) —Son
ntor Harris of Georgia deeb
Tuesday that ho wan not In fa
tbit House!"“ono “of 'hoUowuU of dlscTlinlng democratic sona.
bondsmen, forced him to leive the “h* who bolted thB Smlth.Robln.
sTsto rfew yesrs ago arter lfoL , »'<*<* In tho recent election,
lowsy bad pa’ld him *$:to, snopos. i T* 10 Gcor * ,a »enator declared In
cdly for the purpose* ot eimhlSg '» formal aUtejMdt that Governor
HoJso to rottte tto esse. ' | J*““* — w
Two caaea warn
alimlnated h'maelf
-ssv-s ss.„ ’docketed 1 J™ 01 consideration as a candidate
Holloway with bond four >' cars (lom ,low a "V hat
amounting to 1200 In each cnan. f * I "*F l,au03 wouId 1,0 m,dc
In 1926 tho bonds were forfeited an “ f ft , thoi
and It wan between the time tho “Inatead of poUhltqc the dom-
bonds were forfeited and tbe next «™ta who hid dlttored w th Ute
term of court when Judgment tvas 1 ’'V,'„ h '’ 5 '
to bo taken that Holloway claims I rnonlxe^ their differences HO as to
he was forced to leave the state | Present a solid front four yearn
by House, who was liable for pay- ,r ™ n0 '”-
ment of his share of the bondT The two democratic sons ore
Holloway has been In North who moet prominently campal* :-
Catollna ’since House le said to led ad ” l * , »J n .
' were Heflin ot Alabama and Sjn«
mona of North Carolina.
“On another occasion,” Senatoj*
Harris paid, "when tho caucu*
attempted to Uiactpline one of tbe
senators; I opposed Jt and took
tho position that a senator was
responsible to the people of hia
utatc for his attitude on party or
public matters.’* ,
have driven h*m from\ Georgia,
u.id another bondsman, L. N.
lb ay of Athens, la eald to liave
spent around 1200 trying to locate
him. It was declared that House
told Bray that Holloway was
desd, and gave tbe same infor
mation to a federal officer. The
case against Hoilowgy was made
(Turn to page five.)
Tuberculosis Association to Give Prizes
To School Children Writing'Best Essays
Michael Speaks.
“The Y. W. C. A. is the great
est as well as the largest wo
man’s organisation in Athens,
and wo must show them that we
are behind them by helping put
ver their campaign,” declared
Max Michael, Athens. “Money is
hard to get from the people, and
the only way to succeed in gotting
it is to pat your,whole heart and
1 into the campaign going after
the desirad amount all the time.
We-all should put forth our great-
They own] sst effort to succeed for the Y. W.
ana iis camps, mey own jest etiow to sneeeeo lor t no
$50,040 worth of property -which (Tw» to page five.)
k Illi*,
GIRL EMPLOYEE IS
KILLED TUESDAY
6Y ELEVATOR
ATLANTA. Os.—CAP)—Blanche
Williams, 18. an employ,© of the
Lee Roy -Myers Company, cigar
factory, was killed here Tuesday
when her head was caught he-
tween the lift and the floor above
aa.ahe leaned out of a freight
.levs(or to look below. Her ,1am-
Uy Urea at Garfield, Ga.
committee
In order to familiarise
school children of Athena with
the purpoae sad work
Clarke County Tubercnloala Asso
ciation. prises will be offered lor
essays by children In the white
and colored schools, .It v
nounced.
Tbe subject of the essay. Is,
"Why I Am For the, Tuberculosis
Association," and they must not
exceed five hundred words. A
prise of »2A0 in cash will be
given to the writer of the beet
essay in tbe Athens Hlsh 8chool
and In the Athena High and In.
dustrtal School. A prise of 8U0
wUI be offered tor the best essay
in the white and oolorad sixth
and seventh grades and a prise of .
31.00 will b- awan td In tha packages of seals
.grades from first tp fifth In both sent to individuals
school*v ' '_g_. '_,>V nejf hou^s, ,,
The
hands
Thwaday,
cloning of the schools
will be awar&d after
•The banners will 1
ed this ykar to tho
white and colored,
beat reoord selling t
Christmas Seale. Tho
dren .Wfll not scU the
the colored children liar
■ i selling tha Seal,
Pof- their own rt
e children will hby
last wests baton Chrfstma-
Tho Christmas Seal u
(ferway bare now under
of the Tnhtrenlontf
Cl vi
also award
: ' h.-olf.
;■ (kins
buy
m
rac**.
hav