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Teachers College And Lucy
Cobb Com’ncement Sermon
will Be Given Here Today
pr. G. I. Hiller Will De
peliver Luey Cobb Ad
dress at Emmanuei
(hurch Today.
. pr. G. 1. Hiller, rector of Em.
mantel Episcopal‘ church here,
will deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon to the graduating class of
the Lucy Cobb Institute Sunday
morning at 11 o’'clock at Emman
yel church.
commencement exercises have
yeen underway for several days.
Yesterday’s program was featured
jy the meeting of the, alumnae
it the Institute, and last night the
annual senior play was presented.
The closing exercises will be held
Monday night at 8:15 o’clock when
pr. L. L. Hendren, head of the
niversity of Georgia physics de
partment, delivers the ‘baccalau
reate address.
The annual vespers service of
the Elementary School will be
peld at 5:30 o'clock Sunday eve
ning, and “Little Commencement”
4ill be held at 10 o'clock Monday
morning.
pr. Hiller, who recently came
{o Athens as rector of Emmanuel
church, succeeding Dr. A. G. Rich-
aids who resigned to accept the
deanship of a school operated by
e Episcopal church, was pastor
of All Saints Episcopal church at
Lakeland, Fla., for nine years be
tore coming here. He is a gradu
ate of Wesleyan University, Mid
detown, Conn., and of the Berke.-
ley Divinity School, also at Mid
dletown. Dr, Hiller Is a native of
pennsylvania.
Give Reception
The 1930 commencement at
Lucy Cobb will be closed Monday
pight with the annual reception
gven by President and Mrs.
James Brooks.
PUBLIC INVITED TO
ATTEND EXERCISES
President James Brooks yester
doy made the following announce
ment in regard to the commence
ment exercises:
We wish urgently to call the at.
teation of all public-gpirited citi.
#ns to the two major events of
the Lucy Cobb commencement
season and solicit your attendance
and cordial support.
The Episcopal church and teach
ers and students cordially invite
jon to be present at the baccalau
reate service Sunday a. m, at 11
velock, May 25th, to be held at
the Emmanuel Episcopal church.
Rev. G. R. Hiller, the newly
appointed rector, will deliver the
address.
Monday evening, May 26th, at
815 o'clock, the graduating
dasses of the Junior College and
Acagemy classes will hold their
commencement = exercises in Lucy
Cohb chapel. Dr. Linville L. Hen
dren, professor of physics and
astronmy of the University, will
be the speaker of the occasion.
The occasion promiges to be one
of the most interesting in many
years, and is particularly signifi
cant in view of the intense inter
est aroused *in the new plan and
policy of Lucy Cobb.
It is anticipated that every seat
will he taken. Every ' interested
titizen is earnestly requested to
he present and support the admin
istration and their co-workers.
Exercises will begin at 8:15 sharp.
Come early’ and secure a good
seat .
_¢liday evening a very success
ful annual concert was held, a
Program of wunusual excellence
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'oel
‘oel Announces
Hi idac
s Candid
F s zture
or Legisl
Jake B. Joel, attorney, vesterday
“Wnounceq HWis candidacy for Re-
ITesentative in the General As
*mbly from Clarke county in the
bemocratie primary September 10
Mo Joel's announcement is the
Hst for the long term of two vears.
A nutive Athenian, and alumnus
o the Athens High School and
University of Georgia, Mr. Joel has
heen interested in civic and frater
nal as airs. He is Past N]?ble Grand
o Athens Odd Fellows Lodge, and
Bt present Divisional Grand Mas
r o the 14th Diyision, I. O. O. F.
“mprising several counties in this
“Clion of the tate, He is also an
”?.?'i“-r in the Mount Vernon Lodge
" Masons and former Commander
" the Allen R. Fleming, Jr. Post
* the American Legion.
_-\lr Joel is a son of Abe Joel,
Ploneer Athens ecitizen whose de
“lopment enterprises in recent
Years have resulted in construction
' three large apartment houses.
! numher of residences and a
: Didly crowing incasirial concern.
e Joel Manufacturing Company-
MroJoel stateq yesterday that if
treted he will devote his time and
Mierzies to fulfilling the duties of
e office and win undefftake to
“rve the state as well.as the in-
Westts of Athens and Clarke
iy and the University of
Au-m:gin, Georgfi, State College of
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Dr. John McSween, pecsident
of Presbyterian College, Clinton,
S. C., will deliver the Commence
ment Sermon at the Georgia
State Teachers College this morn
ing, at 11:15 o’clock. He will
speak at Pound audito-ium.
The annual meeting of the
Young Women’s Christian Assoc
iation will be the rext event on
the Commencement prog-am and
will be held at the Poud auditori
um at 8 o’clock tonight. Governor
L. G. Hardman will deliver the
address.
The first annual corcert of th-
Senio> class will be held at Pouhd
auditorium Monday night at &
o’clock, preceded earlier in the
day by the Academy graduating
exercises at Pound auditorium at
11 o’clock, with Dr." Lester Rum
ble, pasto: of the First Methodist
church the prircipal speaker.
The graduating exercises of the
College will be held at Pound au
ditorium next Wednesday . morn
ing at 10 o’clock with Judge
Harry D. Reed of Columbia, S.
C., a formér Georgian and Gover
nor of the Kiwanis Ciubs of this
state, as the speaker.
The programs for the sermon
this morning, Y. W. C. A. meet
ing tonight and tomorrow’s ex
e-cises follow:
Commencement Sermon
Processional — M arch Aux
Flambeaux, Clark—College OCrch
estra,
Hymn—“ Still, Still With -Thee”.
Invocation.
Solo — “0O Divine Redeemer”
Gounod-—Mabel Manning Wedge
Seripture Reading.
“If ‘With All Your Hearts'
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Davis Formally
Announces For
Attorney General
[ Formal announcement of his
leandidacy or the Democratic
nomination for Attorney General
of Georgia in the DbPrimary next
September was made Saturday by
Dorsey Davis, Athens attorney.
Mr. Davis states that he does not
find it necessary to go into a
lengthy diseussion of the duties
the office but makes the simple
declaration that, if elected, he will
do his duty.
- Mr. Davis is Grand Master ol the
CGeorgia Independent: Ovrder of
oOdd TFellows, and well known
throughout the state in fraternal
and legal circles. He is a graduate
of AMercer University and a native
of ilanks county.- Before coming
to Athens to practice law Mr.
iDavis was a well known Franklin
ir‘ounly attorney.
The formal announcement of Mr.
Davis follows:
“To _ The Citizens ol Georgia!
“] am a candidate for Attorney
I(}eneml of Georgia, subject to the
irules and regulations of the demo
!(-rativ primary to bße held on
{September 10th.
' “1 deem it unnecessary to go into
ia lengthy discussion of the duties
‘of the office. The Code of Georgia
precribes the duties of the Attor
]no.\‘ General. ¢
| “If elected to this office I promise
‘.\'nu that I will do my duty- T will
give my entire time to the work of
[this important ofiice and to the
igservice of the State. I have been
#engazed in the general practice of
ithe law in the State for twenty
!,\'pm-s. and 1 confidently refer the
voters of the State, to the Bar and
to those who know me, as to my
[ability and -my qualificatons.
| “I will appreciate the vote and
support of every citizen of the
|Sl:\te~
1 Respectifully,
| Dorsey Davis.”
Enthusiastic Meeting Of Lucy
Cobb Alumnae Held Yesterday
By FLORIDA C. ORR
The Executive Board of the‘
Lucy Cobb Alumnae Association |
met at ten o'clock Saturday |
me ning on the front porch of!
the chapel. It is the duty of the
Alumnae Executive Board to rec
ommend special measures for
consideration by the Alumnae As-|
sembly at the annual meeting. |
The Executive board has had!
three meetnigs since school open- |
ed last September. Ore of the
most ingpizing members of the
board. Miss Rosa Woodberry of
Atlanta was present Saturday ;
morning, having come OVer for
Alomnae dav.
The board -ecommended that
for the ensuing year the scholar
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Governor L. G, Hardman, who
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the Y. W. C. A.. meeting at
Pound Auditorium, State Teach
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“Bride” Disappears;
“Husband” Jailed;
_Says Story’s False
PITTSBURGH, Pa. —(#)— Po.
lice Saturday night announced
the arrest of G. C. Kirk., who had
told them he wos from Ca-na
tion, Wash., as a suspicious per
son after he is alleged to have
admitted that his story of
disappearance of his purported
bride of five weeks was false.
The young man admitted, po
lice said, that he is in reality a
resident of Niagara Falls, N. Y,
that he had left Erie, Pa., with
out paying room rent due theve,
and had passed bad checks. He
was held for further investiga
tion.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — (AP) —
Search for a young woman, report.
ed missing by a young man who
told a plausible story of her dis
appearance after they had enhcoun
tered misfortune on their honey
moon trip,” proved fruitless Satur.
day.
The young man said he was G.
C. /Kirk, of Carnation, Wash. He
asserted his bride of five weeks
and his automobile disappeared
after he had left the ,young wo
man in the machine along the Lin
coln Highway near here while he
gsought some one to repair the
car. He said his wife could not
have driven the automobile away,
gince it could not have left the
place under its ownh power.
County authorities were believed
preparing to question him, since
Chief of Detectives George Mur
ren advised him to obtain counsel
Kirk, who is 24, said he and his
wife had been students ‘at the
University of Washington, but
Seattle dispatches quoted Univer
gity authorities as stating no stu
dent named G. C. Kirk had been
enrolled there in recent years.
Athenian Elected
Officer of U. T. C.
Of Two States
MACON. Ga.—(AP)—Election of
. F. Barrett, Gainesville, Ga., as
grand counselor and selection of
Orlando, Fla., for the next con
vention Saturday conciuded the
two-day session here of the United
Commercial Travelers of Georgia
and Florida,
Other officers elected were J.
Hugh Yon, Orlando, past counsel
or: A. Warfield Barnes, Tampa,
grand junior counselor, W. B. De-
Laport4s Orlando, grand conduc
tor: L. E. Floyd, Columbus, Ga.
grand page; and G. T. Mangle
burg, Athens, Ga., sentinel.
The executive committee in
cludes S. L. McCreary, Augusta:
J. Carson Baldwin, Atlanta; G.
H. Schunnenson, Savannah, and
F. T. Roosevelt, Tampa.
Will G. Moore, Atlanta, and J.
Tom Watson, Tampa, are grand
attorneys; J. E. Homer Kerr, St
Petersbhurg, is grand secretary, and
H. E. Terrell, Gainesville, Ga.,
egrangd ftreasurer.
Alumnae Association be deferred
for the term 1930 and 31. The
interest on the alumnae endow
ment fund, a part of which had
previously paid for these schol
arships, will be devoted to other
purposes for the ensuing vear.
The general alumnae meeting
was called to ozder at eleven
o’clock by the president, Mrs. Or
rin Roberts of Mornroe who pre
sided in a most gracious and
graceful way.
The secretarv of ' the associa
tion, Mrs. Lucia Starnes Monroe
has certainly been husy since her
electior last May. There are over
two thousand members of the
Luey Cobb Alumhbae Association.
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UNORTHODDXY AND
DIVORCE PROBLEMS
BEFORE SOUTHERW
PRESBYTERIAN MEET
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va—
Unothodox beliefs and the di
vorce problem were thrust before
the Southern Presbyte:ian gen:
eral assembly Saturday as it con
sidered questions of church gov
ernment. L
The assembly refused to take
over jurisdiction in a charge of
modernistich e 1 i e f s brought
against the Rev. Hay Watson
Smith, of little Rock, Ark., and
remanded the case to the synod
of Arkansas. The Rev. J. E. Mc.
Junkin, of Forest City, Ark., had
asked the assembly to over ride
a report exorerating Mr Smith
that was filed by a commission
crdered to investigate rumors as
to the “soundness in the fai‘k”
¢f the Little Rock ministe -
Ruling on a petition fromn the
Mobile, Ala., presbytery the as
sembly refused to issue a specitic
order for purishment of church
members who a‘e divorced and
remarried without meeting the
requirem:ents of tie church. The
assembly set forth that the vavi
ous church cou:ts must be the
judges of discipline in ecach case,
the action of courts to be depend
ent upon the particular circum
stances.
The ruline said that in their
teachings and practice ministers
and membes «¢f the chureh
should “uphold the secriptural
standards |, respecting marriage,
divorce ané remar ‘tage.”
Morring and night services will
be held tomorrow with Dr. Thom
as W, Cur:ie. moderator, of Aus
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Capone Charges
Conspiracy To
Cox and Others
MIAMI, Fla.—(AP)—Scarface Al
Capone struck back through coun
sel- Saturday at sponsors of
Miami’s campaign to drive him
from the community as he secured
warrants charging four prominent
Miamians with conspiracy to
cause his arrest.
The men named in the warrants
are Mayor C. 1. Reeder, City
Commissioner .John C. Knight,
Director of Public Safety S. D.
McCreary, and James M. Cox, for
mer governor of Ohio, and owner
of the Miami Daily News.
Technical charge in the war
rants which were secure on affi.
davit of Vincent C. Giblin, one of
Capone’s attorneys, was conspir
acy to charge Capone falsely with
violation of a city ordinance. Mc
‘Creary also was named in a war
rant charging false arrest.
Earlier in the day Capone out.
witted a city detective seeking to
arrest him as the Chicago gang
lord sat in® the offices of Giblin
and J. F. Gordon, his attorneys.
Orders mnot to arrest Capone at
that time were given by McCreary
when he was informed that the
gangster had come to Miami from
his island residence at Miami
Beach for a business conference
with his counsel.
A short time afterward Giblin
swore to affidavits for the war
rants against the Miami men in
the justice of the peace court of
Warren L. Newcomb. Hearing
was set for Tuesday. Former Gov
ernor Cox left here Tuesday for
his Dayton, Ohio, residence.
Commissioner Knight and Direc
tor McCreary appeared at Jutsice
Newcomb’s court late in the.day
and made SI,OOO bond each on the
case. Absentee bond in a similar
amount was arranged for Mayor
Reeder.
Storm Stops Air Race
WASHINGTON. —(AP)—Heavy
rain, riding behind a 45-mile gale,
drove naval aviators from the
skies Saturday and forced post
ponement until Saturday of the
eleventh annual Curtiss - Marine
Trophy race.
One hndred and forty planes
their salute to the city in massed
from the aircraft carriers, roaring
formation, broke for the landing
field and descended in record time
with but one mishap.
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| LOCAL WEATHER |
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Total since May 1........ 4.33
Excess since May 1...... 150
Average May rainfall..... 3.66
~ Total since »Su'&; pry 1... .15.87
. Daftsiana B Y 1" 530
—ESTABLISHED 1832—
ATHENS, GA.,, SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1930.
Taylor Found Guilty On One Count;
Alleged “Pay Off Man” Of Atlanta =
Graft Ring Faces Sentence Monday
ATHENS 13 GELECTED
FOR 1331 MEETING
OF GEORGIA ELKS
Athens will be host to the 1931
convention of the Georgia Asso
ciation of Elks, it was*announced
here yesterday upon return of the
Athens delegation to the meeting
at Milledgeville. The convention
wili meet here in May and, ac
cording to Arthur Flatau, past dis
triect deputy grand exalted ruler,
between two and three thousand
vigitors will come here for the
convention.
About twelve hundred people at.
tended the convention at Milledge
ville, and the program was praised
by members of the Athens, dele
gation which included Mr. Flataw,
Joseph H. Lumpkin, J. Bush,
Kent 1. Hill, F. X. Hines, Earl
Thomas and A. Brooks. Among
the distnignished visitors to the
convention here next year will be
Water P, Andrews, present head
of the Elks of the United States:
Robert Barrett, Alexandria, Va.;
E. M. Wharton, Greenville, S. C,,
and David Sholtz, Daytona Beach,
Fla., all grand lodge officers.
Plans will be made between
now and next ‘May to hold Ithe
best convention Georgia Elks have
ever held, and a large delegation
of visiting Elks will be prepared
for, it is stated.
EHRLICH ELECTED
HEAD OF ELKS
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga—(AP)~
1. G. Ehrlich, member of the Al
bany lodge, was named president
of the Georgia Association of Ilks
at thé final husiness session of
the two-day convention here Fri
day.
Other officers named were:
Vice-presidents, J. Gordon Hardy,
Atlanta; Charles S. Smith, Ma
con; F. F. Preston, Douglas; T.
0. Tabor, Elberton, and O. C.
Johnson, Americus. A. B. King,
Columbus, again was elected sec
retary and treasurer.
The principal event of Friday's
program was the address of Wal
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Rainstorm Fails
Te Stop Hoover
From Fishing
CULPEPPER, Va. — (AP) —
President Hoover braved a mouin
tain rainstorm Saturday to wade
in the Rapidan and cast for trout.
Clad in an oilskin slicker that
reached below the tops of his high
fishing boots, the President and
several other members of his
party were well rewarded for
their venture in the chill waters.
Many of the guests, however,
lost their enthusiasm for fishing
in the face of the cold rain that
swept down upon the mountain
camp almost at the time the Pres
idential party arrived, and ~only
the most venturesome joined Mr.
Hoover in his plunge.
As the storm settled down, how
ever, they gave up their fishing
and returned earlier than usual to
the headquarters camp to a cheer.
fl log fire. :
Seventeen guests, she largest
party that had yet gone to the
camp, made up the group that
gathered about the fire. Among
them were four sénators, three
representatives and two Republi
can national committeemen.
The chief executive is consider
ing a trip Sunday to the school for
mountain children which he es
tablished near his own camp.
Two Are Held on
Charges of Drunk
And Disorderly
Pat Dillard and Bud Hunter
voung Athens white men, were
locked in ecity prison early Sat
urday Jight on charges of drunk
eness and disorderly conduct fol
lowing a scrap between the two
at a house on Strong street. '
Dillard received two bruises on
his head from being struck by
rocks thrown at him by Hunter,
according to police. He was car
ried to the General hospital
where he was treated.
No motive for the fight was
given. Hunter’s divorced wife
lives at the house. and Dillc~d
was calline on another woman at
the same house, police stated.
The blows from the rocks stun
ned Dillard, Hunter ran, but was
arrested later when he came back
to the house. Dillard was caught
after he was released from the
el Prlloss S 8 A%
Medlln made tnhe arresis,
Bishop Candler Reminds Church
Its Chief Business Is To Save
Individual Souls As New Fight
On Bishop Cannon [s Indicated
Athens Man Heard
Cannen Testimony;
Slaughter Returns
MEMPHIS, Tenn, —(#)— The
possibility of furthe: efforts te
require a church trial of Bishop
James Cannon, Jr., head of the
board of temperance and social
service of the Methodist Episco
pal Chu:ch, South, was suggest.
ed here Saturday by G. T. Fitz
hugh, one of the leaders of a
fight acainst the bishop at the
recent church conference in Dal
las, Texas,
Fitz*--» said .in a _ writter
statement that Bishop Gannon
had not heen acquitted of charges
of stock gambling by the confer
erce committee on Episcopacv.
This committee Fitzhugh K said.
was Not empowe.ed to acquit or
conviet. but only to retcommend
action by a church trial body.
SAYS SAVE SOULS
DALLAS, Texgs. — (#) — The
twenty first Quadrennial General
conference of tha Methodist Epis
copal Church, South. adjourned
Saturday after sessions lasting
seventeen and one half days.
Warren Aiken Cardler, of At
lanta. senior bithnp, 72 years »a
and bishop for 82 yeavs, presided
at the closing devotional. He re.
minded the delegates that thei:
chief purpose was the salvation
of individual souls and other
activities should be secondary.
The victories of Bishop James
Cannon, Jr.. of Washington. D.
C.. opponent of Gov. Alfred E.
Smith in the presidential elec:
tion, who had been eriticized for
his volitical activities and stock
ma-ket ‘transactons, were the
highlights of the conference.
‘Bishon Cannon was cleared of un
becoming political activity, he
was exollerated in connection
with his securities transactions,
ard he was re-elected chairman
of the imnortant board of temp
e-ance and social service.
SLAUGHTER RETURNS
Dr. N. G. Slaughter of Athers
who attended the Methodist Gen
eral Conference at Dallas, which
closed yesterday, se:ved as " a
member of the Episcopacy com
mittee that passed on the char
acter of bishops, and also heard
all ‘the testimony in the fight on
Bishop James Cannon for stock
gambling.
Dr. Slaughter returned Friday
night from Dallas, declaring the
Conference was a progressive
meeting, and did many -things in
dicative of progressiveness in the
church, among them election of
th-ee new bishops around forty
vears of age.
Dr. Slaughter served .on the
episco~acy committee with Dr.. W.
A. Shélton of Emory, who were
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J. 1. Brown Seeks
Farm Post Again;
Parker Candidate
| 'ATLANTA, Ga. —(AP) — The
entrance of J. J. Brown as a can
didate for the office of commission
ey of agriculture and of Adjutant
General Homer C. Parker for the
office of Combpiroller General be
came known here Saturday when
the two paid their entrance fees.
Mr. Brown, a resident of Bex
ley, Ga., is a former commissioner
of agriculture, He was defeated by
the incumbent, Eugent Talmadge,
in 1926. General Parker has been
adjutant general during Governor
Hardman's two terms of office.
B.- H. Bullard, of Atlanta, who
announced some time ago that he
would be a candidate for the of
fice of Comptroller General also
paid his entrance fee today. At the
same time Mr. Bullard issueq a
statement, in which he declares
that he was a candidate for that
office in the 1928 etection, “and
received 65,000 votes in the Dem
ocratic primary, although my op
ponent, General Wright, haq held
this oifice for over fifty years.”
He also states that if elected he
will give “ a business administra
tion,” and “eXercise a potent influ
ence for remedial tax legislation.’
Payment of fees by Mr. Bullard
and General Parker introduced
three active candidates for the of
fice of Comptroller General, Will
iam B. Harrison, appointed to that
post after General Wright's death
last year having paid his fees
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Chicago building contractors were
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Agree onFinal -
Draft Flexible
Tariff Provision
By D, HAROLD OLIVER
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —While
Republican leaders were laying
plans Saturday to combat opposi
tion effort to return the tariff hill
to conference when it comes up in
the senate next Tuesday, the con
ferees on the measur finished
their report by agreeing on a final
draft of the new flexible provis
ion. ”
The text of thé compromise,
about 2,000 words long, made one
important and several ~minor
changes in the draft agreed upGn
Friday, It was approved by the
conferees after a preliminary con
ference bhetween Walter H. New
ton, executive secretary. to Preési
dent Hoover, and Chairmen: Smoot
and Hawley of the, senate and
house committees. ~
. While- Republican leaders were
praising the measure finally ap
proved in conference, they were
fearful of threats 'to return the
bill to .conference. Democrats are
prepared to make points of order
against rates on cherries, cheese,
rayon, and watches on the ground
that the conferees exceed their
‘authority in ~ determining these
duties.
Short Debate on
. Naval Treaty Is
Now Predicted
By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
WASHINGTON— (AP) —Weary
congressional leaders looked for
ward Saturday night to an ad
journment by the middle of June,
but whether the senate was going
to dispose of the London naval
treaty before that time or wait
for the President to call a special
session was unsettled Saturday
night.
Advocates of the pact claimed
Saturday the agréemeént would. be
ratified after a week of debate.
Senate leaders were divided on the
feasibility of taking it up immedi
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Athens Has 100 Per Cent Air
Minded Family, Youngest Pilot
By VALCO LYLE
America has her 100 per cent
aviator, Colonel Charles A. Lird
bergh. and now she has a 100 per
cent aviation family.
Athens claims the honor of
! rearing the first 100 per cent avi
lation family in this country, the
lyoungest. aviator in America, and
the youngest Georgia girl to take
flying lessons.
Ben T. Epps, who was the first
Georgian to fly a plane in the
state, and who is one of the na
tion’s pioneer aviators, has seven
children, five boys and two girls
and each of them is learning to
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LOCAL WEATHER |
GEORGIA—Fair Sunday and {
Mconday; slightly warmer in 4%
North portion Monday, f?
Single Copies, 2 Cents—s Cents Sunday
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ATLANTA, Ga—(AP)-;-wmi;fié
C. Taylor, Atlanta city clepk, wai;z
convicted Saturday in Fulton sup
erior court of accepting a bribe
of SSOO. Sentence was dt};gq
until Monday morning. Unzer?.,
bribery statute the maximum sen
tence possible would be 12 months
on the chain gang, 6 months in
jail and SI,OOO fine. The court
might elect to impose any part of
the possible sentence or all of ity
Sentence was deferred because
Reuben Arnold, chief of g% a
counsel, was not “in courfi,\fgf?fgg
the verdict was returned, 28 hq §
after the jury was given the
case et e
The jury acguitted the;*{vé&é
city clerk who has been in the
city’s service 19 years, on tem
other bribery counts on wmh' ~,
state insisted. The prosecutiol
abandoned 14 counts of an indicta
ment containing 26.
in the count on which ;,f
was convicted he was charged witht
accepting SSOO from M. P. Roane
on March 18, 1927, as a reward
for getting certain sidewalk laid
on West Peachtree street. ‘The
count alleged that Taylor secured
passage of the ordinance by. ¢o
cil and certified it to the mayor.
New Trial Appeal =
The defense announced that;rm}fiifg
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Mrs. Talmadge Will | |
: o e
Memorial Programi
— A
ATLANTA —(AP) — Goven @;5
Hardmgn Saturday appointeq. the
Georgia committee which *r
work with committees represents =
ing ether states in formation
program for the George f{
ton . bi-centennial celebration. = =
Members of the committee ard =
Mrs. Bun Wylje, Atlanta regent of
the D. A. R, Mrs. H. M. Frankling
Tennille, Ga, Mrs. Jalus %
madge, Athens, Mrs. J. W, Danie g
Savannah, William Francis, Ats
lanta, president of the S‘fi’n&" ;’
America Revolution, Senawg’g‘
ter F. George, Vienna, &z%fik
man, W. W. Larsen, Dublin, Dre
Thornwell Jacobs, Dpresident of =
Oglethorpe University ' and. Jud f;”
James Maddox, of Rome.’ ‘tf‘;fi
Masons of North ¢\
Georgia Gather
‘Here Wed lesaay
£ Egs e f;
Hugh W. Taylor, state” grand
master of Georgia Masons, will
attend a meeting of the Athens
Mt. Vernon Ledge of Ma ’{’
Wednesday night at which. time
third degree work will be confer
red on eight candidates, three
from the Frank Hardemam.ehap.
ter, Order of DeMolay. -2t
The date of the meeting ¥as
changed from Thursday night to
Wednesday night in order that the
state grand master might attend.
Fhe program will begin.at.Boo
o’clock. e
The degrees will be conferred
by the folowing Past Masterss
Abit Nix (W. M.), W. K. Meadoy b
(S. W), W. L. Erwin [JIWE =
E. O. Kinnebrew (8. D.), L. K& =
patrick (J. D.), P. B. .:»
(S. 5.),. and .Dr. L, N,“k;'
(3. 89 i
Masons within a radius of fllf‘?i
miles are being invited to atwfig{i?
the meeting. -All local mgnm
are urged to attend, Worshipful
Master ~Charles (T. Hardy stated
Saturday. Lo
phfdical ‘strength to manage &
plane. ol
Ben T. Epps, Jr, 13, oldest boy.
cos the family, is believed to b&
the youngest pilot in America, He
took his solo flight ”h‘fii“‘-""“ S
ago, and now takes regulay flights
over the city and to nearby to: %‘g
He weighs about a !‘hundred
pounds, and is very popular with
his young schoolmate “fridng ‘?
who eweard him as a voung geni
us, but always a friendly com=
rade. Duaring after school hours,
when he is not with his father in
the latter’s shops or at the avig=
tion field. Ben may be seen ridir
hout town with' eioht o E