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ATHENS COTTON
MIDDLING 1> 74o
PREVIOUS CLOSE 19 oenta
THE BANNER-HERALD
Daily Md Boday—U Cent* a Week,
imiinii 1513.
Daily and Bonday—13 Cents a Week,
Fair Sunday. Monday c oudy and
somewhat v/arnier. poaaible occa#' i
ionai ahowera.
VOL. 96, NO. 291.
Auodatod Prtu Service. Halted Prtaa Dispatcher
ATHENS, GA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1928.'
A. B. C. Paper. Slagle Copies 2 Cents. S Cents SumUj.
MORE DOCTORS JOIN FIGHT FOR KING’S LIFE
AGT!KG-i)ECEIVEf)
of mm or
JPOINTIINT
Ordinary R. C. Orr Sat
urday morning announc
ed the appointment of
Mrs. Ruby Hartman as
acting tax receiver of
Clarke county. Judge Orr
stated that the appoint
ment was effective for
the unexpired term of
Mr. J, H. Dorsey, deceas
ed, and until an election is
Hail-Mills/durder Case
Recalle#By Finding Of
Two Bodies, Stone Dead
But Element of Mystery MAN CONFESSES TO
Is Increased as Nobody
Is Able to Identify Well
Dressed Couple, Shot to
Death
FRANKLIN SQUARE, L. I.
KILLING WIFE
IN MEMPHIS
CCCJII Poor Are Forgotten In Rich Years, Volunteer Santas
UmLIV n«eAAnA»i Woll f*Anfvikllfnc I 03
IN FLU EPIDEMIC
SHREVEPORT, La- — <jP) -
Having: confessed to killing: his
wife in Memphis by beating her
over the head with a noker and
. . .. . ... then hiding the body in a trunk,
(UP)—A double murder, adding t Char i cg g. Taylor Saturday wait-
many characteristics similar to «d the arrival of Memphis offi-
tho still unsolved murder of tnc cers to return him to that city
Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. for court action.
Florence Mills, puzzled police of Shortly aith his arrest here
this little Long Island town Sat- Friday night, Taylor declared, he
urday night. had killed his wife, following a
The bodies of a man and iybm- lengthy quarrel- over financial
an were found Saturday* shot to matters twelve days ago.
death and os different tides of
little bungalow. Beth were
indication they ,
Mr. Dorsey is elected and , prised in * tryst, and. trying to
Power Company
Appeal Is Taken
To High Court
Improvement in the fty
situation in Athens has
been rapid within the past
day or two, fifteen out of
eighteen regular practic
ing physicians reported to
Dr. B. B. Bagby Satur
day. No specialists were
consulted. Two of the'
eighteen physicians said |
they thought the flu wasj
worse. w,hile one said the;
situation was practically I
Discover; Wall Street Contributes Least Of AD
.1 In those detail, this douilc I lO Hlffh tOUrt U " rha " ,r « J - |
Mrs. Hartman has been en- 1 murder compared with that af- *“5“ Two doctors agreed that Mon-
gnged »n work at the courthouse fair of several years ago when a ~ Tuesday and Wednesday of*
for the past, sixteen years. She minister and a choir stager were! . ATLANTA.—iPP)—The appeal the week Just passed saw th-* 1
worked fer eight years with the I found shot to death In DeRus- I of the Georsrm Power Company epidemic reach Its worst point,
county conimisrionois office ami Lane, near New Brunswick, “® m “ vo ? ent carfare now in Only twoh^ths have resulted
THAT KING’S HEART
OT; IB,
■BE TREATMENT'S
f prr«- ■ ,.i k
LONDON—(UP)—Ad- £
ditional specialists work- 0
ed over King George Sat-'
urday to save him from
death.
The King, wasted and
emaciated after 25 days
of painful and severe ill- v
ness, held on valiantly, hut L.
he was exhausted. It was ?.
I feared his over-taxed
heart would srive out.
^0 medial staff of olcht .....
attending
for the past eight years has acted
an ass.stant to Mr. Dorsey,
The appointment of Mrs. Hart
man was net surprising since,
through, the past eight years
work in tho receiver's office, she
has become familiar with the du
ties of the office and since -her
work tn that position has been
highly efficient.
Mm. Hartman is the .wife of
■Mr. w. M “Bill” Hartman, and Is
New Jersey.
vas shortly after eight bunal who had disqualified them- year.
Saturday morning that selves for this hearing. I Discussing
Stranghit climbed a sand | ' — 'said that tl
hoist to go to work and casualty
„„„ looked over towards a deserted
well-known throughout th’o coun. I V a womtnl ^
Uf . hCr eC ‘ Tk0 in th °|™ fho ground ° "
jmmihbwmmmp
^sr: U!
receiver in the election to l>«
vailed by Judge Orr to select n
successor to Mr. DorsoJ*.
i on pi
TO PAVE IDS
MACON, Ga.—UP)—Represen-
wore a blue coat . _
frock ami her underclothing wan
of silk.
Around her wore a number of
need cartridges.
The man started running for
*i d .?? d J lrent th< Lf on ?! r WASHINGTON. — UP) — The
of the house. On the Mat tide Department of Agriculture Sat-
hc stumMed acroaa.thc body of a urday leptiauttad the production
nun. The nun appeared te be o( pViiwlia! trope iby southern
some year. oWer than the worn- state, avTollows:
*" Around hit body a!»o we r "—
Corn (buihei*)—South Caro-
^Influenza. Dr. Bagby
Raid that the first symptoms of
tho disease is a "hot and cold’*
feeing and that at th's stage the
disease is moro contagious than
I any other.
The hea’th MfiCer said the
to bed when'lw feels the ffi
bjrapiomn nnd NOT to take n
or medicine unless U
scribed by a physician.
BiPMSit
By HORTENSE SAUNDERS I
NEA Service Writer |
NEW YORK.—This is the eea-
son when the Santa Claus of every
child’s imag,nation grows less j
real by becoming a person.
On the streets of New York, I
red-coated, white-iearded men j
representing the spirit of Christ-!
mas are about as common as blue
coated cops representing the spir
it of justice. |
_ Warm curtutnes, i rare whiskers and 8X60 a day—that’s alt these down-and-out,w* ask for Santa
, effect in the city of Decatur, was from kflnenza or pneumonia. Dr. I Claus John in the world’s biggest city. Ail day Ion,- they stand in biting winds to receive contributions
j Saturday taken before a supreme Bagby stated, adding that in each ior the poor. And gifts are small this year, they say. “there is too much prosperity.”
But the bodies of the Rev. Hail j court made up of five justices. esse the vict'm was more than ———
and Mr?. Mills were identified I Four super,or court judges, seventy years old.. Dr. Bagby
almost at once* Nobody yet has who have been called in by Gov- said that the two deaths aro only
been able to identify the two hod- ernor Hardman, sat in the places slightly, higher in percentage
ies found Saturday by neighbors, of regular jurists of the high tii- than is usual at this time of tho
It was —— ’ ’ d
o'clock Sa
Joseph Strang!
ol.pst. wh0 have
tho King was augmented .
Frank Bow'tt, a Harley
5*™*!!*® in rayphtiafy, Ih by
H PARTY TO
Dr. Robert Stanton Woods. . xyert
m eletrolysls and rndioloirv. it
w *f * b ® Urat time they had !>.*„
called into tho case.
The doctors announced that It
had been dec'ded to use raypher-
n treat,n fT the case.
There was unpreceffdntod nctlv,
j wtwaao. the phvaic’ans Satur
day and almost constant ‘comta r*
nnd goings at the palace.
The night bnl’etin vu '^nnl
after a consultation among tt'«*
five doctors who signed It. The
pWr**
BOILING
for. charity; have iittldvelsc than
outer 1 treppinjenMn, comdtaj: with
the traditional old saint. Thcit
faces nre-aeamed and old.-theit
eyes- disillusioned and thcirshoul-
ders .'sag-dejictedly. ■
They're Down-and-Onter*
If they '
IIII IS LEFT
I bulletin sa’d:
I ■t-»o p v.. Saturday—His
esty has liad a quiet duy
-i.m- sleep. Thonch Ihs pulse
“jmahis slpatfy sin] (be tn
cy 'were’not begging.for
man alto was well ggaomed. T, nne seee.
wearing • brown suit of good 44,000,
Both had ^een shot through the 0 llna** C 8°
h.«d with .46 and Ji8 caldne but- ^ridm
tucky, ’ H06JW0.000;
,000.
LA PAZ, Bolivia —
(AP)—The Bolivian army
1 h.-u; ciriirk hark nt fho ethers, they'might be doing it’for
AS RACE NEARS ParagruHyan forces which ways, or standing in^ bread lines.
— I on December 6, captured Far most of tlwm are down-and-
van-
- - - of-America. Cheered bv the
'iprsl***!, tb** t*xhPiist*on
filsts. It has been decided to «m*
ploy rnypheraty as part of Jkhe
ITenfment.
'Signed: Stanley Hewitt, A. S. .-sj
f Vw.ft- ■ Wood. Frank How'tt, Hugh nirlf
■' '■ c a °d Dawson of Penn.’* • < tyl
( BUENOS AIRES — The calling of Dr. Howltt was
/IT nt Us.ki.st Ilnavnr taken to ’ndlcate that an effort iv•
(U1 )—Herbert Hooter wou’d bo concentrated on main- Sir
prepared to turn north-1 tuning tho Kincv streneth in |
J5 „„ L- ™y treatment. Dr. Wood'*
ward on his goodwill tour I presence Ind'eated that eon.tant
of Latin America COUn-' wnlch would ho kept on the pro.
%
infection in
couple apparently were
tative delegate? from aR over ahot about 3:30 a. m. Saturday
Georgia mop here Saturday to aa Mrs. Alfied Avereli, who
formulate plans for crystaltzing lives some 200 yards diitant from
g-eJ revd* — nt.t»en». Ptsits were the cottage, said she heard ahoot-
d»awn up for presenting a good ing at that time. There was a
tu„ p.ogtatti a general distinct rattle of shooting. >ha
meeting here next month. taid, which lasted about two min-
Rceoluthins to te put Ftefore utes. Then there wae -ulet and
the next legislature asking that she <|id not ever hear a motor car
provisions be made for more after that time,
roads of permanent type in the) The woman’s face was hadiy
state, will be taken up at the disfigured. The men alio
Sweet potatoes (bushels).
Mrs. Ruby Ha.’tmnn was ap-
[ pointed acting-treasurer by
whole-, mi’iiy-
I Dpe Wood la a noted authority
on perlcard'tis with effusion. Bia-
Mimmonlng also apparently con
firmed the ifonernl fear* for tbo
strenortb of the pat'ent’B hoart.
Dr. Howltt is physician In chftfflp
of the physic-therapy and roas
E
January meeting.
ahot in tho head and the bullet
had traced almoet the entire
length of his torso.
OF KILLING WIFE HE
GUNS Jl SUICIDE
’ CANTON, Ohio. —<UP)— The
etate of Ohio suspects that Wil
bur Hetdman may hava killed hie
pretty young wife rather than
rurrende* tor to the law for mur
dering -her traducer.
On tha strength of that suspic
ion, ; Ualdman has been jailed. He
act in Ids cell here Saturday
night meditating .upon the
strenga fate which had overtak
en him and recounted far the re-
porters how his wife had confess*,
ed te the killing of Fernard Feam
a coal dealer, and later commit
ted euleide while .he waa taking
her to Ibe sheriff’s office in his
auto.
Held man's story was the same
police had accepted since Thurs
day night, when Heldmnn drove
on to the Jai! with hi* wife’s
bedy.
Saturday, however, discrepan
cies were discovered In the young
furnace salesman’s story. He was
ordered brought in for further
questioning and as he stepped in
to the sheriffs office, he was
arrested and charged with “sus
picion with the murder of Mrs.
Hcldntan".
After the cross-examination ho
was returned to jail. He was
looked as a coroner’s witness
and meanwhtle theb ody of h9| 21
year old wife was en route to
Dubois. P*,. for funeral services
an.l burial. ^. - , - •
Warrenton Man
Dies Saturday;
Not ID L>ng
AUGUSTA, Ga—UP)—Ur. Uo-
eeph Conway Jarnlgan, 74. lid
Warrenton, Ga., for many yean
a factor in Georgia pot'
here Saturday after an
two woeks.
During the past twsnty-fiva
yean he had served on the board
of trustees of the State Sanitari
um at MiUadgevitle.
MURDERER TAKEN
IN CUSTODY SAT.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.— UP) -
Mrs. Mattie Souder Saturday told
police that Lonnie. Taylor, 30
year old negro captured by ped
estrians after a cnaeo of several
blocks, was the man who enteral
her bedroom early - Saturday,
brandishing nn.axe and threaten
ing to kill her if sho made nn
z menu, was reported in a . w. ttn*t «nK*h.t .by j
lat- terse communique by the "sIRS?” I*t»ae broke Into • genial gr'n n! We<e* General Hospital at Tot-
ordinary Judge R C. On Sat- terse communique by the
made Sin"™" "‘•"wtcr of war
for the full term in the coming j Sfl»Hrn»V nifiTflt.
clccti C\. I H<« statement mails:
Announcement was also inadel .“New Paraguayan detachments. 1
of the candidacies of W. M. Bry- hftv'mr threatened our fort in
ant, income tax specialist, E. H. Chaco, a sanguinary clash occur- „| a ] n(K i
Dcrsov and S. W. Ussery, and red. Our forces, after pnnfshlng Booth, who organized tbeVoluh-
Mimnv Vifisl It. Flint hoforA the MXt one nnnnnanli nnnntila.F Pswt P* teem 1898 *
rumor had it that before the next our opponent#, occupied Fort Bo-
week was oyer several others queron. The army has done Its
would be In the race for the P<>-
who have made known their in-*
tenticn to enter the race are well
known in Athens and throughout
the countv.
Clarke County
Choir To Meet
At 2:30 Today
duly.
“Signed:
“I. 8UARRES,
“Minister of W»r,A f
THE BREAK,
. The formal aonouncemunzpram
La Paz wae (he first ’nt'matlon
tbat anything approaching studied
military operations was la pro.
grees. Relations between Para-
suajr and Bollv'a. strained for
yean, because of a boundary dis
pute, reached a crisis within tho
_. , I past week as a result of tho ss-
Cboir will j and capture of the BollvbiB'
.at the St w' Metho -! qTtalklng rnoUrni
u ..t e!rurt i li’ Sunday afternoon at i dt , r> “ It,™ especlaily import™ -—
annul, a ,’’^'eraf shtgers from nd' “t”ho’ , °rV^lT of the I ^>4” ^ A^ri^ enbaray S^riay?
* S 5 vS»*des. ^ f» n " an " r X: bl ' 0 o.r h i‘““ Conferenee% W.sh'ngton no f n * JTut fhat wort^fa th?
* iB Wall Strret district, where mil-
Ham'Iton Is
Claude Clarke, negroes,
electrocuted shortly after
o'clock fer the murder last May
of Will. Beck,.a Lake county far-
Bock’ 1 Was slain In the door of
his home when tho trio attempted
to rob him. _. ,
negro was advancing on
ber,;-»ollce enid Nsm Bowfc-' toM
— them, when the lights ,cf an auto
of (flashed through ,t|ie' window. As
the light' fell on him. the negro
fled through the whnlow.
Hatty Smith; a salesman who
was drivii “ ’ ‘ ’
coats' and fcrave white whisker*. 1 b ,alk ir?^f 11.skan
But the Santa Claus busineee 'be ovst'onsSsturdsy tanham.
isn’t so good this year. Contrftm- h “ r V"** “ rt
tidnt aye°yet cnmmg
nerve tho Pres'dent-elect of tbe
United States may have fell.
The Argentine v'sit of the'Hoo
ves party .was. one that Impressed
itself strongly on the minds of all.
state end formal occasions at
tendant upon tho presence of Mr.
Hoover, were handled with all
the grace and easy tact of the
have in other years. The,
is an aitonlihiiM paradox:
“Too much prosperity.’’ ex-
BalUngtda
Latin race.
Poor' Are Forgotten.
“So many people havo
money this year, in stocks and
Investments,” he declared, “that
they believe the whole country is
en the top of the wave. The
Christmas spirit of giving docs
not mean so much because, ac
cording to their standards, every
one has so much.
“Unless they keep A c’osc
touch with tho poor, those in tijn-
ouaincs- forget tho thousands who
are too olo to work, with no in
comes to deptyd on. They forget
day wae largely spent about tie I drctos cooslder l Saturday night'-*
whose daily wages. wrubMng gn . at city. Impressive delegatloaa ' tmlletla eatisfactory nnd no !n>-
.nes nave . — motion picture men, mediate cause for alarm, although
Imported from New a long struggle is necessary..
There was every IndlcMloa of a
friendly Interest which went to
the heart of everyone aa it point
ed towards a close comradely
feeling among the nat'ons of the
weetera liaU of tho world.
The final day, Saturday, before
the northward Journey, was
pehnrty treatment mentioned trill
he used as a new method of at
tack aea'nst tho general inreetlon
ns well as the local infection In
tho right lung. It can be used to
subject tho body to art'flclsl snn
light generated by electricity. Tha
rays lave the same ton'c effect as
the undiluted rnys of the sun nt >
high alltudes. This discovery of ,
tho medical value of the X-ray
and rad'um treatment rayphergty.
has made great strides In the des
etructlon of d'seased tissues, it
is sometimes used in the treat
ment in cancer and aa an acces-
lts healing powera are effective
to a considerable depth through
minute capillary glass or gold
tubes contaln'ng radium emaua-
happy, homo esperience. Formal t i on gUo by surgical needles. M
emortatgments were brief and tbe | r was said rel'uhly that palace
/
0|
the negro jump from the window
and gave chase. SsverslOPsdes- „„„ ,
trians sided hint in overc^ering. meeting „ a ® nl . and several tnd'.vhiusl chancel
Taylor, who was des<ril*d ns * ^,e cho " In^ FYed if lore, moved to eftert medtatlon.
Outside the wiodow, officers' secretary.
found a shogL hnndind eXn, .
Another Plane
Ihir ng the past several years
approximately two' seor- persons
have been killed hire by blows
from an axe tnhlder.
HOOVER TALKS TO
SEC. KELLOGG
OVER WIRE
Service to Be
Started April 1st
JOLIET III.—«P)—The electric
rhalr ae an instrument.of death
was used in Illinois for tho first
time Satnrdoy in a triple execu
tion. _
Dominick Bnuetti. a Chippo- Bi ...
Indian; John Brawn, aim root eommynicatloj^with Secro-
ANOTHER 1 .. r.» F'
ATLANTA, Ge—fAP>—Air pas
senger service, -between Atlanta
and Creensboijp. N. C.
■ WASHINGTON.—Presi
dent-elect HfOver, 1 - fitting ‘nt the
elbow of a telegraph operator in
Bneooe Aim. SetnnUy held rii-
tary Kelitgfg, standing beside the
operator In tho /State Depart-
lucntment’s telegraph room here,
Mr, Hooyer sent krord to Presi
dent' CnoKdgo . that throughout
nli Uttin-Amcriea he had ||
received with the most profi
evidrtwh of friendship.
... -. w’ll lie
started about April 1, It was’-an-
nounced here Saturday by J. O. J
BOULDER DAM BILL
SHOVED ASIDE
IN SENATE
WASHINGTON.— (AP) -Con-
Ray. operations mpuagor.of Ptt-| K ress .relaxed Saturday -like a
cairn Avlstlon, Ido... * tired man who . hag Just had a (fcl
The trl-motored 12 passenger j boal y. load* lifted from his shbal-
planes have been tSurctafeed by, dl>r g. . '/ '
the Pitearin company.f?* del‘v-1 Boulder.Dam.'for the time bo-
ery on March 1 ~ ’“ *’** ' “ “ * J
'nddpd 'service. Mr.
receiving smaller
I 9? 'kis theory. It b ^jfp. Hoover closed his visit to
Bnenos Aires by attending a bril-
j' llsnt performance at * the opera
, Saturday Bight. The eitabtlsk.
?? I ment oecup ea an entire block and
FOUR PERSONS DIE ,1:
Hone change hands every <
er districts.
Thousands of Appeals
That year the- Volunteer* re
ceived more applications for
Christmas relief in one wegk
than they did in three hut year.
The postman staggers in several
times a day with • thousands of irm-navaa
written anpgsta for diensra, and
toys for 7 ^or chHdren; ‘. De ' 1 ,or
“We used-to gat .lots ot live
a aeatlng
It k farnbbea in ^ .
and the decorations are -in red
plooh ’and sold*-
The PreeWent-elect p’ana to
leave here « 8:00 e. m. Sunday
on the Argentine cruiser Buenos
Vrf Aires for Montevideo. Arrival at
VI . .l.. tv™. M.iinl we■ nl>n.
the French style
CASHIER'S BODY IS
with several, taesons'. of service to
'lie credit. “This.year they ain’t
kickin' in hardly entail. Nickels
and pennies—tjrnl’a, what they
gives us nowadays.
v “One#,” >!•(
he -explained, ’’mother*
Jog. ha? been'dUposed ot by .the i used, to take their kidl to see the
senate which.adopted:the Swing-1 ,ights when thov went shoppy*.;
[The acheduio will ctdcfor dally Ijolutson’l:bill: for, the Coloradoi The kids would beg their mama-'The
operations between Atlanta and ! K | Ver project- and*the nest move 1 f, r dnsab to'put in our chimneys caah,«, jjcfn'J'I '' «...
Greensboro of two AT the new] ttMt 'contraver*y will be in the' ^»„T«iy,gJt it, too. < .. »nal Bnnk. of OMdlctowm »M
Rsy seta. Tho third].house, wh'eh,must smooth tjuLite I l “Todiv it’s nrobeblr t maid Ipund deed '^*td?<fty te.P/ ■
pUn*cW!ir.be held in.mWJ*^
.JLJmk
Vi.
:A 2a!.
j tn that*controversy will be i-«mLttey.got It, too i.. ■
l-houte, wh'ch must smooth out. it, IV' “Todev it’s probably 4 maid
[ A ..„<Tttn» to Ptgn Two) i cruni> i P*ie T*Pl
capital
m.. Sunday.
HAZARD. Ky, — UP) -
*; death heir Sat
the Hotel Combs
>ycd by fire. Doilies of
persons have been
FOUND IN CREEK
SATURDAY
of structures on
■■■■I of tl** city wi'
one of the centers of the
Kentucky coal fields, were
cned ty thd flames.
Two of tho belie were
it. .1 Mr. ami
Ed Pirtlo ami the other.-
named Wooster and
were in th.- h. ti l wi
fire'started. Cau-c of
»