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ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 17,,1928.
A, i>Ter. Single Copies 2 Cents.
5 Cents Sunday.
IBB WARR
AMT TOO MUCH
FOR TIE
E’S
UNDON.—(AP)—An
offical bulletin isaued by
King George’s doctor, at
Bud$ngham Palace juat
noon Monday,
Prince in Dash to Father’s Bedside
befofe
aaidj
"Thfc King had n far night!
with some nntural sleep towards 1
morning. The slight improvement’
in the condition noted’ Sunday
contihues.”
Signed. Stanley Hewfctt, Hugh
r. guy, Dawson of I’cnn”. i
Shortly ’:efcre 3 p. m* Monday 5
it was officially announced that
the ‘ slight improvement in the j
King's condition continued. '
The mild m>timi*m which per
vaded the Palace after two bulle
tin Sunday inoicating that a)
slight improvement had taken
place, was dampened -by authori
tative advice that tco much stress
should pot be plpced on the im
provement
The ray treatments to improve
the condition of poisoned tissues
ff the lung were carried opt by
Dr. Robert Stanton Wood and Dr.
Frank D. Howitt, exnerts who
were called into consultation Sat
urday.
The King’s condition is conaid-
‘ cred far tio precarious to permit
the physicians to excite undue
optimism for his recovery.
The rest which the King was
able to get was after midnight.
Before miunighl he had not slept
and was restless.
BETTER NEWS
LONDON. —</P>— Now* from
Buckingham Palace ' concerning
the condition of King George con
tinued favorable Monday.
While it. lefcmbd too earlv .to
conclude that the King'definitely
glmUm ’
HOOVER BEGINS LAST
SHE OF JOURNEY
|T0 IATIR - AMERICA;
3110 URUGUAY
MONTEVIDEO, Uni-
guay. — (UP) Preii*
j dent-elect Herbert Hoo-
i ver began Monday the
last stage of hi. Latin-
American goodwill- tour.
The party, arrived here. Into
Sunday night on board the Argen
tine cruiser Buenos Aires frem
the Argentine capital across the
rher. The arrival In Montevideo
marked the first stop on the
trip northward.
The -second demonstration on
behalf of the Nicaraguan rebels,
was encountered Sunday nisht,
when a group variously cstlmaud
at from 30 to 100 in the crowd be
fore the government palace, 1
shouted. “Viva Sand I no."
• Uruguay officials who were
with Mr. Hoover ware greatly*
* rhngrinned by the demonstration.
Private police rode Into the crowd.
Several of the loaders were lei
away in handcuffs. The first
Sandino demonstration occurred
during the American statesman's
visit to Buenos Aires. Four men
J there carried banners in favor of
toe Nicaraguan rebel leader.
Honors For Two Famous “First Flyers”
E
Wheu the party arrived at the
pier, there were some attempts to
demonstrate for General SnndinO.
hut they were drowned out by the
cries
crowd
EMPLOYED BOYSMAIWITC D(|||| I)fD IQ KING AND QUEEN
BROTHERHOOD bnHm,L DliULULn OF AFGHANISTAN
TO BANQUET
,(NEA New York Bureau.)
Sun-tanned and healthy after a period of doty as a navy lieutenant
lit Bormuda/Prlnce Geoyge ot England ‘a shown above an bo boarded
11n*»!■* RnMnmftHn In New York on the last leg of a dash to tho
tCnoe George,
To this the period of .natural
sleep that the King bod in the
late hours of Sundays night,, was.
doubtless a valuable factor.
A statement from an authorita
tive quarter interpreted the bull
etin as mewing that his Majesty,
fer the first time since his ill
ness became serious, had pasted
21 hours without a sedative.
, Treatment with ultra-violet
rays began Sunday.
It was stated at the Palace at
3 o’clock Monday afternoon that
-the sl.ght improvement in the
King’s condition previously noted
continued'.
WASHINGTON. — <JP) — The
senate turned to prohibition Mon
day to enliven an otherwise dull
Monday.
Conferees of the house and
senate, in striking cut of the
Treasury *- Postofficjc appropria
tions hill an item of more than
$270,000,000 for dry law enforce
ment gave the senators their top
ic. A num'-cr of drya accusing
the government of laxity In car
rying out tfye mandates of the
eighteenth amendment and cali* “FLU” SITUATION
h.Eitl n bureau. tor n. nn j , s IMPR0VED HERE
SALE OF T. B. SEALS
SLOW; NEED
MONEY
Athens is falling oeh.nd in the
buying of the tuberculosis Christ
mas seals, Prcf- H. M. Heckman,
secretary of the Clarke County
Tuberculosis Association announ
ced Monday.
Prof. Heckman said that less
than 81,000 had. been received
from the sale cf the sea's this
year and urged that Athenians
send in their checks of money for
the Leals which were mailed out
to them.
The proceods of the sale of the
seals will go to the Fairhaven tu
berculosis sanitarium and unless
more money is forthcoming the
work at Fairhaven will be seri
ously hampered and may be
forced to come to i»n end.
Athens has always given liber
ally to movements of this kind
to fight off the dreaded advance
of tuberculosis * and to aid those
who have the malady and haven’t
the money to make a fight
against it and the city certainly
will not fall to respond this time.
It probably has sipped the minds
cf many to whom the seals were
mailed but as soon as they, read
this reminder the checks will be
forthcoming.
EVIDENCE IB
Jr he Employed P:ys Brother-
.. food will have its Annual D.nncr
Hoover by thd thc y. M. C. A. Tuesday night
_ .. . Dec. 18 at 7:15 o'clock. The din-
The Uruguayan* were eordialln wi| , b(1 Mrvci t , the Lather
e general aentlment toeards . JJf m an attractive pre-
Mr Hoover. The streets m»;K m has b£en p'nnncd by Swift
packed with cheering ■ throngs a ) 1 iaryig., Chairman of the Social
lie drove to/the government houw Committee. Each member is ask-
wlih President Camplstegni. After ; ® time and to be sure
Hie formal - exchange of greet'ngs [*“ t0 «
at tho gorornment house. Mrs. l*» d 'wing a gnu
Hoover and Senora-Campistegul £
wont together to tho Parkue llo-
tel. -
(’ampistGRul and Minister of "Wat*
I General Mondosany, Duran, drove
to the Parkue Hotel to,Join them.
The American ! President-elect
rad'oed 1 President 'Hlpolito Ir'uo-
yen from the Argentine cruiser
Buenos Aires. He said that he
carried away with hlfluthe high
est impression of the Argpnt'ne
and its people. Ho said Argentina
lias reached the height in nil
fields of human progress. Ho
pronounced tho reception accord
ed him “unforgetablo and indes
cribable” and said that it would
receive an echo of gratitude
among all Americans.
OF FIRST FLIGHT
II!
ATLANTA — </P)— Admitting
inability to definitely connect J.
M. Me Michael with the murder of
R. M. Brandon, At’anta mortician
who was slain by an unknown
person on the night of Decem
ber 3, police Monday renewed
their uearen for future clews.
McM.chael was arrested Sat
urday and after rigid ouestioning
officer* said they failed to devel
op sufficient evidencte to hold h.i
longer.
BODIES OF TWO
YOUNG GIRLS
DISCOVERED
S< oxter Bruce, democrat.
Mary :nd, a wet, has the prohi-
bitior item' inserted In the bill
last reek aparentiy while the
senat wai not watching things
very lately, advancing the argu-
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EXTREME
CAUTION
TAKEN TO GUARD
(HOOVER PARTY
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay—</P>
Pr sldent-elect Hoover was being
cloftsly guarded Monday by police
sqi ids who will maintain their
wa:h throughout his stay in
Mo tevidoo,
' te Uruguayan authorities, al-
tho g$ minimizing the import*
“ of f^veral minor demonstra-
Sunday night, nevertheless
d to take no chances with
visitor.
re were several meetings
ical groups here just before
Joover’k visit and Sunday
n^htfome groups In the streets
along Mr. Hoover’s rout*, shout
ed a4lamationa for Sandino, the
NicaiVuan rebel leodtr, and for
SaccoUnd Zanzetti.
Mr.Hoover was to b» received
by thi chamber of deputies dur
ing tblday. President Campiste-
guy wl g.ve a dinner in Mr.
Hr
honor Monday night. January.
w BALTIMORE. Md.— (\JP) —
Carefully placed within a few
feet of each other, at the side of
the Annapolij road, two young
girls vdere* found dead Monday,
their heads crushetl and their
dresses torn off.
The g*rls were identified as
Marin Stolbn, 16, and Thelma
Vlak, 15, who live in the sante
block. They have * been missing
for twelve hours.
Police believe they were the
victims either of a h.t and * run
driver or of a criminal attack. An
examination for evidence of the
latter was ordered by the coro-
The ‘flu’ situation in Athens,
where it is not worse than in oth
er places, seems decidedly better.
At the Georgia - State Teachers
Collge there is not a single pa
tient left in the infirmary' and
but twelve University students
were in the Crawford W. Long
Infirmary Monday. These will
be dismissed in a few* days, it
was stated. About ten are in
Soule Hall but most of .the cases
ore Very mild-
The denditien- 6f Mr. Stoihoff,
freshman football player, toras* re-
norted Monday as satisfactory.
He is at the General hospital and
has been seriously ill.
It was stated »‘:y the Board of
Health office Monday that it was
an erroneous idea that schools . . „
were closed on. account of the epi- 1 negroes are dead and two fatally
domic. The s.tuation that brought injured and Mr. and Mh. Frank
about the action became one of | Westmorland of Athens, were
efficiency, it was stated, rather
than medical as health official
Christmas Trees
Aglow All Over
The City Now
COT AMOUNT DOWN
WASHINGTON.—The sen-
ate agreed today to the
conference report on Treas
ury Department- appropria
tion bill ellnf,hating the
Bruce Amendment increasing
the fund* for dry law en-
forcenr.snt from thirteen mil
lion five hundred thouiaml to
more than , thro hundred and
seventy million dollars.
Liv.ng Christmas trees are
nglimmer in many yards In
. Athena nightly now and
many more will be lighted
this week and by Christmas
eve, next Monday, they wall
te bum.ng ail over tho city.
The trees lighted already
are beautiful, among them
being located as follows: O.
It. Dobbs'. Mrs. A. M. Scud-
dor, Mrs. J. M. Billing, W. J.
Russell, Hugh H. Gordon, R.
I. McWhorter, A. S. Pnrker.
W. C. Davis, J. K. Patrick,
C. A. Rowland. John White
Morton. Walter Jones, Mor
ton Hodgson, Chas. Costa,
Walter Marbut, Mr. Watson
and others.
EXPERIMENTS IN S. C.
GEORGETOWN, S- C—(UP).
Two demonstrations recently
made in this county proved eon- i„. <—«. — - - --
clusively that ammonia is assent-1 that'tho prohWt.on law could be
ial to the economical production j enforced and that It additional
of corn, and that Virginia bunch funds Were needed, they should
teanuts. if properly handled, may not be withheld. He declsred he
be used to supplement tobacco expeetd a number of other sena-
and corn as a cash crop. tors to join him.
WASHINGTON. —(AP)— Con
feree, on the Treasury-Postofflce
appropr.stions hill Monday struck
tut of the measure toe Bruce
amendment boosting to more than
8270,000,000 tho fund for proh.
v.'i.-.n uitorcement.
Tne L ill. as passed by the homo
provided only 813.500,000 for en
forcin' tho dry laws but the sen
ate added more than a quarter
of a billion dollars for this work
when it approved with few mem
bers reabxing the situation, an
amendment - offered by Senator
Bruce, democrat, Maryland..
Pposnects that the greater
figure may not bo taken out of
the bill as simply as .t went in
developed, however, when Sena
tor Harris, democrat, Georgia,
announced that he had opposed
elimination of the increase and
intended to carry his fight to the
denote floor.
Senator Harris said he thought
tho time had, come to demonstrate
KITTY HAWK, N- C—fUPj—
Into these rolling, aahdhllla ' sat-
urated with pi,cneermg history,
America’s greatest aviation- pii-
eximage winded, lta way. Monday
tft ppy homage-to The genius S!
two bicycle makers of Dayton,
Ohio, nt the exact spot whero 25
years no they , wore tho fintt to
-fly in a heavier than air machine.
One of • the men—Wl'bnr
Wright—haa been dpad for a»x-
’ teen years. The other, Orville
Wright, steed bareheaded on the
slopes of Kill Devil Hill while
hundreds of men, prominent in
the l.fo of America and many for
eign nations, honored the 1 ', two
who opened a new era in history.
It was the first time In seven
teen years that Orville Wtlaht
had returned to the scene of his
great conquest. He heard himself
and bis belbved brother laoded as
great Americans by Senator Bing,
bam ot Connecticut!.
A huge granite boulder monu.
ment was unveiled on tho spot
where the firat flight started.
(By United Press.)
Prospects increased
Monday for a pacific set
tlement of the Bolivian-
Paraguayan dispute in
(NBA Washington Bureau.) ' which nearly fiftv sol-
JOrvlUo Wr'iht. tho man who 25 years ago won achievement with tho first airplane fl'ght. was. one of .. v i 1-illoM In
the delegates-of 40 nations nt Ihe Washington .aero nautical conference who honored Colonel Charles A. Have been Killed in
Vadbergb for the first fl'glit to Paris. The Harm on trophy, shown here, was presented Lindbergh for dashes during: the past
hi* triumph. Left to right ore: William P. McCracken, Aaslstant Secretary of Commerce for Avlat'on; . , • .. i- „ . .
Pfrrrc Et'enne Flandln. vlre president of the chamber of deputies, who made the Presentation; Colonel. two weeks in tne-disput-
i>dhorgh; orviiic Wright. .led Chaco region.
} While Paraguay was inob Urliig
I her army, sho. also had accept'-d
two offers of . mediation, one by
' Argentina and ono by tho Pan-
! American arbitration and concilia,
j t'on conference at Wosh'ngotn.
I Tho situation In Bolivia, whl -li
was embroiled. after tho killing of
twenty.four Bolivian troops, at
Fort Vanguardla on December
has become more calm and It Is
possible that mediation may ho
accepted by that nat'on.,
It Is tho general concensus,
however, that it mediation Is not.
mutually accepted, war Is three-
ened at any minute. :
Friday Bolivia retaliated for the
__ __ — — — — Paraguayan attack on Fort Van-
FLEE INTO PORT p“ rd '* by ' elilnB the p »«»®7»n
’Alslsls SIX 1VA l \yi\l , forts ot Valios. Genera!
, .. . . • I Genes, Goma and MarisCal Go-
e gl . • : mez. . . -
NEW DELHI, India.— (AP) —I Six ParaRtiayana and a consiti-
Reporta from tho frontier state arable Humber of Bolivians are
that Kins Amanullab of Afehan- reported to have been killed.
iHtan anti Queen Souriya have oral on.each aide were wound*,!,
taken refuge in a fort, the army Paraguay has ordered mobiiiza-
having burned against them. fon. It la believed an open dec.
— laration of war . may bo mad*
momentarily.
MEAN BUSINESS
WASHINGTON. — (UP)-Gn
pressure from many quartei
exerted upon Bolivia and
gttay .Monday to compost*
ferenceB which, ov*r
'end, led to new border -
Tho Pope was reported
ttaing his influence to hai
two make peace. I’rimo l)e 1
of Spain was reported to be mnU
ing similar overtures, while th*
Inter^Amcrican. conciliation «<m-
ference here thought of call’ng
_ another aeasion of. Its special
into the final week before the Bolivian - Paraguayan committee.
holidays Monday and thi« week Cuban Ambassador Fcrrern, In «
unprecedented trading is expect- United Press interview, urged th«
cd ty local merchant*. Christ- American republic to force ix»acc.
mas eve is just a week off, next and warned that otherwise the
Monday, which meant that a full League of Nations might intf.-
wcek of shopning Is ahead.
PrcLChrUtmaz business swung
COMMUNITY TREE
TO BE LIGHTED
MON. NIGHT
Athens Family Is
Reported Injured
In Ala. Accident
ATLANTA.—A dispatch from
Florence. Ala., itates that two
are of the opinion that children
are better in school supervised
than otherwise.
VA. HAS BLIND BOY
STAUNTON. VA. — (UP) —
Walter D* Kallenbach. a student
of the Virginia School- for the
Bi nd, has enrolled aa a student
of the .University of Virginia and
will begin hit college studies in
injured in an automobile accident
near Decatur, Alabama Sunday
afternoon. The Westn relands’
are in the Dvcatur hos ital and
Will live.
Te dead negroes ar« ♦Kitten*
McKinney and small laughter,
“Nan” Malone. Athens bootblack
and another of J jKinncy’t
daughters are expected 4 die.
No Frank WestmorclaAd could
be found by the Banner-Herald as
an Athens resident and it is be-1
lieved he is from Athcnp, Ala. |
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
The Christmas Rush Is on. The Banner-Hereld Is striving dll'-
gently to serve lie advertisers, as well as Its readers, to tho best of
Us ab'llty.
However, it Is ralher difficult to accomplish this wtlhout tho
cooperation of the advertiser. On several occas'ons lately, the
paper has been late going to press because some regular advertiser
was late preparing his copy. For your advertising to reach Its
max'raum effectiveness, it Is most essential thst the paper be de
livered on time.
So, durinig this week we ask all advertiser, if they will not—
from a strictly Belf'sb standpo'nt, if for no other reason—prepare
their copy early in order that we may give you 100 pecent service.
Copy of large advertlsemeets should be In the office the day
preceding publ'eat'on. Smaller, ads may be handled as late as
noon on the day of publication; after that hour, wo will cheerfully
do the best we can, but will not guarantee insertion of copy that
curoes In after noon on the day of publication.
\Vo trust' all -adverts'ers will accept this edict In the spirit in
wh'ch It Is issued and cooperate with ue. The Banner-Herald, like
most other organisations, Is short of help due to the prevalence of
flu; thla with an Increaaed volume of buslnesa, doe to the holiday
season, is making it doubly hard for us to Issue the paper on time;
but In the Interest of all—adrertlser and reader alike—we feel we
mnst go to presa at the reanlar hour, even though ft may bo nec.
cssary to omit advertising that Is offend too late,to be liaudled.
With Christ raae oaly a
week and n day in the dis-.
tance, Athene will pot on her
Santa Claim .clothes Monday
night when the Mg community
Christman tree at the later-
section or Clayton afreet and
College awrnue it lighted.
The tree wae brought in
several daya ago and erected
and the work of draping the
tree with electric lighta was
completed Monday afternoon.
The many varied colored
lights lent a distinct Christ
mas spirit to the corner at
which it la (Rusted.
The erection of the Christ-
mss tree wan made Possible
by the contributions cf mer
chants, linkers and busi
nessmen on Clayton and Col
lege avenue.
A year or two ago a simi
lar tree was erected at the
same spot and evoked ranch
favorable criticism not only,
from Athenians but from
tourists passing through the
city-
The lights will be turned
on for the first time Monday
•debt and the tree will be
lighted every ' afternoon a*
nusk approaches until after
Santa Claus makes his an
nual visit to Athens.
MISS LOIS LORD
DIED SUNDAY A.M.
Miss Lois Lord, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lord of Jack-
son county, near Athens, died
Sunday. She was 21 years of age.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon at the grave
side by Rev. Mr. Lunsford.
Surviv.ng Miss Lord, are her
parents, two sisters, Mr*. Mildred
Thornton, Athens; Mis* Doris
Lord, eight brothers. Messrs Ter
rell. Ralph, paul, Wivis, Glenn,
Roy, Robert and Harold Lord and
grand mother, Mrs. Luke Multe-
nix. Bernstein Bros, Funeral
directors in charge.
Athens* stores have wonderful
Christman stocks to select from
this year and the buying hau al
ready been brisk and wdl con
tinue so through this week. The;
weather will have little effect on
the buying although the mer- hav'ng been mado.’’
chants wou'd welcome some fair/ Six charges arc contained In 11
weather. note Bamlm has- aant to iieisisit
Individuals and organisations with tho State Department Moo.
Juan Ramirer. rarnguayan
charge hero, asserted In a press
interview that, “Bolivia has opru-
i- et) war activities against ’ I'sra •
c guay and tho two nations arq at
n war wtlhout a declaration of war
Interested in Chrlstrnqji charity
are becoming active. The Red
Cross, Salvation Army, Elks and
various Sunday School classes
are making preparations to dis
pense Christmas boskets and
gifts. Mrs. tallle Hutchins will
not forgat the old slaves and will
ha glad to rece.ve contributions
for that pause. Any of the or
ganisations will bo pleased to re
ceive contributions and will see
that every gift reaches some wor
thy person or family. The flu has
caused sickness hi lota of homes
of the city thla ysar where
Christmas will not he as bright
a* it'would have been and those
dispensing charity w'.!l attempt to
take care of these homes.
There are plenty of avenue
through which —o make your
Christmas contributions and be
cause there is no special calls be
ing made through the paper do
not take it for granted that no
gift is nec .alary. You’ll fael
better if you make come ether por-
son, really deserving and needy
person, happier at Christmas!
ocllv-
GROVER WHALEN
NEW HEAD OF
GOTHAM COPS
' NEW YORK.—(AP)-Orover A.
Whalen accepted the position of
police commissioner Monday to
succeed Joeeph A. Warren, re
signed.
He will be eworn In Tuesday.
Warren resigned after wide criti
cism of-his department in connec
tion with the Investigation ot the
murder of Arnold Rothsteln, gam
bler and alleged finane'er of an
International narcotic ring.
MEMPHIS HIGH CHURCH
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — (UP) —
Memphis is to have the first
skyscraper church in the south The Foreign Office anthoi
under plans recently adopted at all legations to say that thal
a meeting of 1,000 members of had not been mobilised. If,
'■Bolivia lias opened war an
ties against Paraguay, attack! ig
tho letter's military position on
tho frontiers near tho Pllcomayn
River and dropping bombs from
airplanes in Bahia Negro, ft P 1 -
situated on tho hanks of tho Par
aguayan river close to'tho frrr..
tier of Braxll,” tho noto said. "A
small Paraguayan fort garrisoned
by about 30 men, was captured. In
view of tho aggression, great*-.
dcl'borato and unjustified, tho
government of Paraguay has had
to give way to tho overwhelming
necessity of taking tho most ur
gent measures for the defense of
Its territory.” * •
(Earlier Asuncion advices sa.d
the ciashet between 18 and 2S
had 'ieen called to mobilize.)
The legation communication
further charged Bolivia w.th the
responsibility for the week cml
clashes In the Grand Chaco.. The
legation had previously charged
Bolivia w.th being the aggressor
in the original frontier clash
some days ago.
Paraguayan; charges that tho
Bolivians wets: buying munitions
in Europe with American loan i
were denied -by Bolivian sources.
The Bolivian legation suggest
ed that Bolivia’s sortie on a hor.
der fort Saturday had g.ven her
the reparation* she had demanded
and that consequently she mi^ht
now he more 1 ready to consider
arbitration. Bat the tone of the
dispatches Ifrom : the south indi
cated event* mfeht bo heading
rapidly to a real state of war,
even though no (declaration of
hostilities h»ve -’•non made.
100 KILLED
LA PAZ. Bolivia.—(A10—Unof
ficial advice* Of the fighting in
the border district of Chaco staled
that more than 100' Paraguayan
soldiers have been killed The
Bolivian troops had I captured thir
ty wagons loaded with provision-
and munitions, a large tractor
is prisoner*. --‘-evA.v
army
the Central Baptist church here, added that the clas-ln - at the fort
The structure will be modeled af- In the Chaco region wore partnv.
ter one built bv Dr. John Roach paled In only by bord-i- garil.
Straton In Hew York, will ie 18 eons.
stories high, and will he erected! When.word of tho Bolivian vie
on the site occupied by the pres-ltory nt Fort Poqueron were re.
_ ent church. _ _ * £Tura to page fivej