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Vol. 100.. No. 1
FBR MHS. PUWFHU
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oarding House Landlady
Under Life Sentence
For Macon Murder 1
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(ARL MANCHESTER
TO DIE IN CHAIR
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as Convicted for Part in
Insurance Killing of |
James W. Parks l
ATLANTA, : Gaives(AP) — ' The
worgin supreme court 'l‘uesday:
ffirmed the Bibb- county superior |
ourt in refuslag. a new trial for
rs. Sarah Powers, convicted and ‘
entenced to life imprisonment as
n accessory to the slaying of
James W. Parks.
Mrs. Powers’ an aged hoardiu.;‘
jouse keeper in Maecon, was indic- I
od with IBarl Manchester for the
qurder of Parks, who wmps slain in |
fay, 1929. Manchester was charg- |
d with the actwl slayving and
\Mrs. Powers as, an accessory be- I
ore the fact, |
She was convicted without rec
mmendation for murder, and was
entenced to - eleetrocution. She
filed 2 motion for a new trial, '
hich the triai judge overruled.
she annealed this deeision to the |
supreme court, which reversed |
he lower court and granted a new |
rial :
An Accessory |
At her second trial, Mrs. Pow- ]
rs was (‘Ull\'i(‘[t’d as an accessory I
ind was sentenced to life impris- |
nment. Her new trial motion was !
overrnled and she carried a new ]
appeal to the supreme court,
vhich Tuesaay upheld the lower |
court's action. |
The supreme court's (lucisiun‘
said:
“The evidence introduced by the
state authorized the jury to find
that Manchester was guilty of the
murder of Parks as principal in |
the first degree; and such evidence '
ikewise authorized- the jury to
find that Mrs, Powers was guilty |
of such murder as an accessory [
hefore the faet. ¥ l
“The motion for rew trial i!l
hased solely upon the general
grounds, and the only contention
rged by the movant in this court
being that the evidence introduc
ol by the state was not sufficient
to show either the guilt. of Man
chester, as principal in the first
degree, or that the gulit of the de- I
fendant as accessory before tho
fact, the trial judge did not err in !
overruling the motion for a new !
trial.”
The state contended at the trials
of Mrs. Powers and Manchester
that Mrs. Powers promised Mans |
chester SI,OOO for slaying Parks. |
and that the woman held a lifvi
insurance policy on Parks.
Manchester now is under an in
definite respite, asked of Governor
Russell by the ‘Prison commission
for study of his case.
Bl R
Ed Rivers, Former Candi
date for Governor, Is
Among Speakers
Ed Rivers, head consul of the
Georgia Woodmen of the World.
will speak at the annual meeting
of the local camp Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock in the camp hall. At
the same meeting, a large class of
new members will receive their de
gree. T. L. Bennett, state munagm‘.‘
will also be present. i
E. J. Wigley, who recently suc
teeded Weaver Bridges as consul|
commander of the loeal camp, Wi“‘
occupy the past consul command
er's chair. |
Mr. Rivers was a ecandidate for
governor, and is well known
throughout the state. He has visit-£
¢d in Athens many times and two
Years ago he was the guest of hon-i
or at the dedication of the locall
hali, where he was greeted by a
large crowd of Athenians. l
The meeting will be open to all;
members of the camp, Visiting
Woodmen as well’ as those in ar
'ears are invited to the services.
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that goes home; hence, the
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the “streamer”, its readers may
be certain thzt the news is of
more than ordinary importance.
We are not going to ery
“W‘?'f! Wolf!"” when there is no
wibk e,
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Full Associated Press Service
| Colbert City Officials '
| Are Elected by Council|
' COLBERT, Ga.—C. W. Ueuchum‘
lwas elected mayor pro-tem of (‘,ol-i
bert at the annual meeting of city
,council when C. C. Kincaid was}
{ sworn in as mayor. H. C. Hard-|
{ man was elected clerk; J. E. Grit- |
feth and J. L. Eberhart, bailding
and street committee; T. G. Ben
ton, chief of police; R. H. Gordon,
tcity attorney; and Dr. H. H. Hamp
lton, city physician. i
BOARD O CONTROL
HXES BUDGET FOR
NEXT THREE MONTHS
Total of $518,729.29 is
Set for Eight Institutions
Under its Supervisions
ATLANTA, Ga—(AP)—A three
month budget™ of $518,729.29 for
the eight institutions under super
vision of ' the Georgia Board of
Control has been worked out by
the board subject to the governor’s
approval. o
The board, created by the reor
ganization bill, met a tthe Capitol
vesterday in the office of Mrs.
Boyce Ficklen, jr., Its secretary
and treasurer, to develop the fi
nancial program. The . mzeting
was called by Chairman Shepard
Bryan.
Three month budget allotments
follow:
State hospital for the insane,
.illedgeville, $331,628.71.
Confederate soldiers’ home, At
lanta, $7,639.58.
Academy for the blind, Macon,
$10,950.
Tuberculosis sanitarium, Alto,
£70,365.95.
Department of public welfare,
$8,414.69.
School for mental defectives,
Gracewood, $20,580.
School for the deaf, Cave Spripg,
$25,407.80.
School for deaf (additional for
building), $19,000. :
Training school for boys, Mil
ledgeville, $11,805.65. '
Training school for girls, At
lanta, $13,036.91. ° sal
Members of the board said the
governor's approval of the appro
priations they recommended would
be a matter of form largely. ..-
The board also mamed commit.
tees, virturlly completing orgau
ization Monday. J. A. Mandeville
is chairman of the executive com
mittee which will have charge of
the institutions between board
meetings. Arthur Lueas, Governor
Russell and Judge Bryan were
named to serve with him.
Athenian is Made
R.O.T.C. Officer at
University of Georgia
William Stokely Pound, son of
Dr. Jere M. Pound of Athens,
has recently been appointed a
first lieutenant in the cavalry div
ision of the University of Georgia
R.. 0. T: C. Mr. Pound is also a
member of the varsity basketball
team at the University, and the
swimming tean \ |
Mr. Pound a‘tcided the Athens
High school, where he held the
rank of first lieutenant cadet. He
has two brothers who are mem
bers of the Reserve Officers Corps
—E. A. Pound is a second lieu.
tenant in the cavalry division, and
M. B. Pound is a first lieutenant in}
the infantry division. |
Mr Pound is a prominent junior
in the University School of Civil
Engineering. He is a member of
the Kapps Alpha social Iraternity,J‘
Tau Kappa Phi, Pelican club,’
Junior Cabinet, and the studemj
chapter of the American Society of
Civil Engineers. I
Upon graduation from the Uni
versity of Georgia, Mr. }’mmi{
will be commissioned a se(:ond‘
lieutenant in the cavalry brancn
of the Officers Reserve Corps. ,f
[MISS ADDIE LOU
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| POSS DIeS HERE
MONDAY AT 9 P.M.
Miss Addie Lou Poss, aged 44,
died at the home on North Jack
son street at 9:00 o'clock Mon
day night. She was ill several
days. Funeral services will be
conducted from the residence at !
14:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
|by Rev. W. H. Wrighton, Bap
l’tist minister, and professor of
Philosophy at the University of
Georgia. Interment will be in Oco—l
nee cemetery, Bernstein Brothers |
funeral home in charge. ¥
The pallbears will be Flo_vd!‘
Adams, Alex Saye, Guy Patton,
Will K. Hawkes, A. T. Maxie.
Miss Poss is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. J. L. Adams, Mrs.‘
J. P. Pope, Mrs. C. T. Lambert,
and a brother, Joseph . Poss.!
She was a native of Athens and a
! member of the Baptist church.
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‘LEADER DIES
GRIFFIN,, Ga. — (AP) sSeneca
Burr Sawtell, 67-year-old civic
,leader. died at his home here last
night after a long illness. He found
ed and for a number of years edit
ed the Griffin Call ‘which 'he later
sold and then entered the job: print
ing business. He :© was horn
Cuthbert, Ga., but came here 42
vears ago. |
Feeble Patriarch Of 83 Is
Sitting In Grim Shadow Of
The Electric Chair In N.C
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HE CLAIMS STYERS ! : ;
THREATENED HIM 1§ g
WITH A 28 2 4 ,
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Eighty-two years old, and so feeble he can scarcely walk, ’,John
Henry Hauser here is pictured at he appears at the Davie County,
N. C., jail while awaiting decision on his appeal from a death sen
tence.
COOLEEMEE, N, C.—A feeble
old man, white-bearded, mnearly
‘blind, sits calmly in the Davie
county jail and awaits the action
of the high court that must decide
.whether he is to go to the elec
tric chair, ’
'~ For John Henry .Hauser is a
murderer. The fact that he is 82
years . old, with. scarcely the
strength to move his rheumatic
‘begy- with- a cane, was no legal
. ~ern of the judge who senten
ced him after a jury last Septem
ber had pronounced him guilty.
Hauser, the murderer who looks
like a patriarch, knows well that
he has but a little while to live,
even if society decides not to ex
act its toll of a life for a life,
But he doesn't want to die that
way. After. all these years of
living and working within the law,
of making a home for his wife
(who had her 79th birthday recent.
ly), and of placidly watching the
IC{E)CRPm?)SRATRTI;g;I%TLL
Two Billior: Finance Cor
poration Plan Passes by
Vote of 63 to 8 \
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Over
whelming senate approval of the
Reconstruction corporation meas
ure signalled -Tuesday a general
advance. for the entire Presiden
tial program of economic legisla
tion . |
The two-billion dollar recon-|
struction unit passed the semue]
late Monday night, 63 to 8, withi
only a few amendments attached
to it. Already the house in thel
form of a compan.on bill, the pro-]
ject advanced there Tuesday with
a general debate, headed for a]
vote late Tuesday or Wednesday.
Without missing a' beat the sen-‘
ate turned to take up number two
in President Hoover)s list: lhe]
bill to increase the capital of
federal land.banks by $100,000,000.
It alrcady has passed the house.
Committees pushed forward
their hearings on the other eco-!
nomic bhills, among them .a new
one to set up a $150,000,000 cor-"‘
poration to release deposits in
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Georgia Pointer Wins First Day’s Heat
- From Florida Setter; Match Called Off
ALBANY, Gz, — (AP) — The
hunting contest between Bozo, a
Georgia pointer, and Jake, a small
English setter. was _ called . off
Tuesday after their owners failed
to reach an agreement on a pro
test by Sealy brothers, owner of
Jake, that Bozo had ' previously
hunted over the territory. '
Bozo won the first heat Monday,
pointing eight coveys to Jake’s
five. The trial was heralded as a
test to select the champioo nf the
southeast .
vALBANY, Ga~(AP) — Bozo, a
muassive Georgia pointer outsmart
jed thé keen little -English ‘setter,
Jake, Monday afterneon and won
‘the ffirst' round of their dog-to-dog
Athens, Ca., Tuesday, January 12, 1932
lowering twilight of life, he
doesn’'t want to cie like a vicious
gunman 3
Claims Self-Defense -
Hauser killed his own son-in
law. He admits that, but claims it
was in self-defense.
Since his daughter, Viola Hau
ser, married Fred $. Styers 12
years ago, the couple had made
their home with the Styers here in
Davie county. It was last May
that a bitter quarrel arose between
the old man and Styers, whn was
34. They argued about the advis
ability of plowing a strip of land.
Hauser was sitting on .the back
porch. He says he saw, with his
qwn .feeble eye, ‘his son-in-iaw ad
vancing on him with a stick. He
seized a shotgun and discharged
it at Styers at close range. Styers
fell, died instantly. They Iled
Hauser off to jail, charged with
murder. g ’
During the three-day trial, the
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' CENSUS BUREAU
| *
| ON COTTONSEED
] i e :
' Cottonseed Crushed in
| Past Five Months Shows
‘ Decrease Over 1930
{‘ WASHINGTON. —(AP)—Cotton
Iseed crushed during the five
| months period August 1 to Decem
{ ber 31, was reported by the Cen
?sus bureau Monday as having to
| tal’led 2,957,967 tons compared with
{ 3,135,430 tons the same period a
| vear ago and cotton geed on hand
| at mills December 31 totalled 1.
| 400,325 tons compared with 991,-
] 464 tons a year ago.
" Cottonseed products manunfactur
| ed_in the five-month period and on
hand December 31 was: |
1 Crude oil produced, 919,515,419
i pounds, compared with 944,531,884,
]and on hand 126,760,735 pounds,
compared with 114,498,245.
| " Refined oil produced, 735,182,191
| pounds, compared with 766,283,271,
‘and on hand, 489,866,209 pounds,
compared with 429,575,506, !
l ' Cake and meal produced, 1,324,
769 tons, compared with 1,414.535,{
and op hand, 202,496 tons, com. |
| pared with 299,034. [
{ Hulls produced, 829,665 tons,
{ compared with 869,339, and on‘
hand, 226,740:t0n5, compared with
1173498 . !
| covey duel but the heat may be
ldisregarded on coniention the set
| tér. took a handiecap.
| The Sealy brothers, of Panama
City, Fla., who own Jake, say rules
for the meet provide neither dog
would work over ground either had
{huntod previously and argued Bozo
-roamed over familiar territory
Il\londay. They threatened to call
(off the meet Tuesday unless the
it’irst day’s run was scratched off
the record. j
{ A compromise was sought. Win
y net of the three>day meet will be
Lacclaimed champion of the south
| east, Bozo pointed eight coveys
!Mo,nday to Jake's five. |
{ It was an example of a good big
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ESTABLISHED 1832—
PCLICEMAN POOLE
l OEMIES DRINKING
| CHARGE N WRECK
{ Two Atlanta Officers)in
| Valdosta Jail Pending
| Extent of Injuries
|
,BLOOD TRANSFUSION
| GIVEN ONE VICTIM
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{One of Five Injured in
‘ Auto Smash at Adel
~ln Serious Shape
VALDOSTA, Ga.-—(AP)—Police
}fma_n A. Douglas Poole of Atlanta,
"charged with assault with intent
«to murder as the resujt of an aun
:‘tomoblle accident in which five
i others were injured, was removed
! from the jail .to a hospital late
!t Monday night. Physicians said he
| might .be suffering from internal
{ injnries.. .
'" .Poole iz under guard at the
‘hospital and H.'D. Gaines, an
i other Atlanta policeman, who was
! riding with him to the scene of a
,hunting trip -in . south Georgia, is
in jail also, charged with assaunlt
[ with intent. to munder.
| The officers were, placed in jail
'az Adel, near whare ithe accident
lhuppened, Sumday, and officers
there said they were drunk. The
“two' later -were ‘remcved to the
peounty jail here.
|, Five young people, members. of
! prominent south Georgia families,
: were riding in_ another car which
. collided- with the one carrying the
! policemen . g
« "~ Might Recover
.~ Tuesday, one 'of the five, Joe
Pafford, of- Lakeland, was reported
in semi-conscicus condition. Phy
gicians said his condition oZ¥ered
some hope that he might recover.
The 'others hurt were E, D. Riv
ers, jr., son of former state Sen
ator Rivers, who swore out a. war
rant against the policemen: K Miss
Elizabeth Cannon, Glennville;
George Stewart of Douglas, and
Miss Winona Patterson of Alamo.
Young Rivers suffered a broken
{nose and other indjuries; Miss
' Patterson internal injuries and the
| others cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Fowler Dies
Suddenly Tuesday;
Funeral Wednesday
Bogart Woman Suffers
Heart Attack While En
route to Athens ‘
‘Mrs. Alice Fowler, 68, Bogart,
died suddenly at a local hospital
| Tuesday morning. Mrs. Fowler,
widow of the late Louis M. Fowler,
{ was apparently in the best of
| health, and was enroute to Athens
{to attend to some business, when
lshe suffered a heart .attack, and
ld!ad goon after arriving at an
Athens hospital.
’ Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Prospect Metho
dist church Wednesday afternoon
(at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. H. I. Bow
| den, assisted by Rev. Louie Huck
|aby, pastor ‘of the Prospect Meth
odist clmrch, will officiate. Inter
! ment will be in the Prospect cem
etery, with McDorman-Bridges in
i charge-.
Surviving Mrs. Powler are her
| step-daughters, Mrs. H. H. Mil
{ler, Atlanta; Mrs. W. P, Lester,
| Athens; Mrs. Bessie Wages,
Athens, and - Mrs. J. D. Wages,
| Bogart; step-sons, J. B. Fowler,
! Athens, and W, W. Fowler, Bo
{gart; sister, Mrs. Gardner, Win
i terville, N. C., and a number of
( grandchildren.
|
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INegro Janitor Killed
In Theater Bomb Blast
I KANSAS CITY — (AP) — An
explosion which arson experts at
tributed to a dynamite bomb Kkill
ed a Negro janitor and damaged
the lobby of the Midland theater.
one of the city’s largest motion
picture houses, after the final
show last night. '
The victim was Frank' Elexzm-]
der, 25. No one else was injured.
Several women who had tarried in
the building, however, were car
ried out by men the blast attract
ed. & i .
|| LOCAL WEATHER !
'| Furnished by the Government |
| Bureau =t the State Tea_hers '|
{ 1 College, E. 8. Sell, Nbserver, for |
the twenty-four hours ending at |
[ 8:00 A. m |
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; Rain tonight and Wednesday,
‘ warmer tonight; inecreasing
| southesat and south winds, be
! coming possibly strong. !
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i TEMPERATURE
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bR & el . L 0
ISN S T cove 508
10 TGRS, ... . L 0080
i RAINFALL !
‘ R. . e e camei sBN
i Total sinee January 1...... 2.63
‘ Excess since January 1...... .87
{ Average January rainfall.... 4.95
| Total since January 1...... 268}
| Excess since Junuary 1...... .87
Report Of Admiral Pratt =
On Honolulu Assaults Is
Branded “Unfair, Untrue™
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES GIVES
UP SERVICE ON SUPREME COURT;
HOOVER ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Oliver
Wendell Holmes, associate justice.
of the United States Supremei
court and son of the noted poet,
has resigned. . l
i'res.aent Hoover today accept.
ed the resignation. - 1
‘The Justice, in a letter to the‘
President dated January 12, statedt
the condition of his health made
the move necessary. '
Holmes told the President, “the
time has come and I bow to the!
inevitable.” |
Announcing receipt of the resig- |
nation, the rresident said, “l must .
of course accept it.” !
The veteran justice will be 91 on*
March 3. 0 /5 |
. The strength of Mr. Holmes has |
been markedly lessening in late
months. I
His step became somewhat im.!
peded at times and he has becomae
stooped. He frequently required
the help of court pages,or of his
tellow justices. . to .take his seat |
and rise after the session was |
over, at recent meeting of the
court. ] 3
It was noticeable on ‘yesterday
that Chief Justice Hughes held a
firm hand on the aged Justice
Helmes' arm as he took his seat.
Although his speech has at timcsl
been halting and a cough more
pronounced, Justice Holmes has
delivered his share of poinions in
the brief period of this term. He
delivered one only yesterday—his
last. l
Holmes' Jettér, submitting his|
resignation to the President said:
“In accordance with the provis.l
ion of the judicial code as amend.-:
ed Section 260—Title 28 Unnedl
States code 375, I tender my res.
ignation as Justice of the Supreme
court of the United States of
America. ! Ay i
In Poor Health -
“The condition of my health
makes it a duty to break off con
nections that I cannpt leave with
out deep regret after the affec
ticnate relatons of many years
and the absorbing interests that
have filled my life.
“But the time has come and 1
Jbow to the inevitable.
“I have nothing but kindness to
remember from you and from my
brethren.
“My last word should be one of
grateful thanks,
“With great respect, i
“Your obedient gervant,
“OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.”
In a letter addressed to the
aged Justice today, the President
said:
“I am inreceipt of your letter cf
January 12th tendering your res.
ignation from the Supreme court
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JUDGE GREEN WILL
DELIVER ADDRESS
AT CHAPEL 8 P.M.
Judge Thomas ¥F. Green, mem.
her of the board of regents of the
University of Georgia and former
member of the boarfl of trustees
which was superseded by the re
gents, wid speak at the University
chapel tonight at 8 o'clock,
Judge Green will discuss the
functions of the board of regents.
He will be introduced by Chancel
lor C. M. Snelling. The address
will be given under the auspices
of the Public Affairs Forum. The
public is dinvited to attend.
Old Dr. Pepper Pays Visit to Athens
In Person and Creates Quite a “Stir”
I Northeast Georgia these days is
being visited by a distinguished
'old gentleman known as Dr. Pep
per.
Dr. Pepper wears a top hat,
wing collar and glasses like Frank
L. Stanton used to wear, with a
Jong black ribbon that reaches to
the lapel of the coat. The genial,
looking old gentleman = created
quite a stir in Athens last week,
when he appeared here in a bright,
red Ford automobile.
. Dr. Pepper is an aristocratic ap
| pearing old codger, the kind you
‘would expect tq see habitually
‘seated In a large, leather arm
chair, looking out of the window
of an exclusive men’s club. So,
when he appeared on the street
Melivering a case of soft drinks,
tinashamed, but with a proud air,
the “passersby were startled into
consternation.
Investigation revealed that Dr.
Pepper was delivering the well
known beverage which bears his
own name. He plans to visit sev
eral towns in this section during
the next few weeks, including Toc.
coa, Gainesville, Commerce, Jef
ferson, Winder, Hartwell, Royston,
Elberton, Greensboro, Madison,
Watkinsville, and Washington.
W. L. Florence, owner of the
sales rights for Dr. Pepper in this
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FIGHT ON HOOVER
Senators Nye and Frazier
Of North Dakota Ask
Californian to Enter Lists
| WASHINGTON.— (AP) — The
chance to head the United States
lanti.Hoover forces within the Re
‘publican party lay with Senator
Hiram Johnson‘ of California
‘Tuesday through a formal invita
‘tion to offer himself for the Pres
’Jdentjnl nomination.
. From North Dakota, first state
‘to require filing, came the bid. It
was presented by her two Repub
lican senators, Nye amd Frazler,
‘and it was received with the same
silencé Johnson has ' maintained
whenever anything definite on the
subject has come up. But he must
-decide soon. The Dakota entries
must be made by January 22, ten
days off. The primary will be held
March 15. ;
Indications were Johnson, in
running, would draw the support
of the western - Republican inde
pendents and also the anti-Hoover
organization being built by Horace
Mann, Tennessee, who organized
southern forces for Mr. Hoover
last election.
A dlohnson campaign would be
undertaken under heavy odds. In
half -a, century no President seek
ing renomination has been re.
jected by his party.
If Johnson passes up the chance
a third party .movement is in
sight out of the west. The sena.
tor has twice sought the nomina
tion, in 1920 and in 1924.
section and who, It is rumored,
impersonates Dr. Pepper ,is proud
’ol the record made by the drink
in his territory.. Hé alse points to
the jump in sales every year since
1927. In 1927 the sales showed an |
increa®i™of 132 percent over 1523,
next -year the records showed:a 130
percent increase over the previous
year; hl 1929 the increase was 45
percent over the previous year and
last year the increase was about
50 per cent over 1930. |
’ The new automobile in which |
Dr. Pepper is making his visit:
}to nearby towns is one of the
swankiest things you ever saw. It
has everything that makes for|
convenience and class, including a |
radio to entertain old Dr. Pepper
while he is out riding.
Hoyt Bennett is office manag
of the Dr. Pepper Bottling com
pany here which serves the entirc
Athens territory.
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SURGECN DIES .
GREENVILLE, S. C.—(AP)—Dr
B. 'B. Steedley, 58, head of Chick
Springs sanitarium, Chick Springs
and one of .South Carolina’s most
widely known surgeons, died early
Tuesday morning, after a stroke of
apoplexy. He was a native of
Barnwell county,
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High Government Officer.
To Be Sent to Hawaii "
For Investigation . .
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HONOLULU —(AP) — Taking =
cognizance of publicity given ass.
sertions of Naval officers that two
score women had been criminally
assaulted in Honolulu in a year,
Griffith. Wight, deputy city 'and
county atttorney, sald their find«
ings were based on “hysterical ree .
ports.” i I
“A thorough investigation of the
- of all sex crimes reported «
in the emergency hoseital in Hon
olulu in 1031, he sald, revealed’:
vgeven cases involving violence
and sixty three not involving vio=®
lence, a total of seventy cases '
Wight said two American Wos'
men and two American girls were .
among those suffering crimes of
violence and that three Americans *
were listed in the other cases. = @
~ “phe cases cited' he stated.:
#gre those from which Naval au="+
thorities and newspapers have’
gleaned information leading to
,vustly inaccurate reporis of sex
lual crimes of violence in Honolulu
in 1931, . g
“It is a matter of extreme res .
gret’ that Admiral Pratt made &
statement based upon records of
these same hospital examinations,
in which the admiral states thera
have been 40 assaults similar ta
the Massie case during the year,
“Unfair, Untrue ” it
“This statement is not only uns
fair, but utterly untrue and Ut
!founded. v
“1t- is- regretted that Admiral
Pratt should have allowed himsalf
ito be led into untrue statements
|by incorrect -and untrue. state
‘ments forwarded to him by ‘the
local’ Naval personnel, whose {in«
| dignation -over tha Massie case led
them to make untrue reports.” o
. Eight hundred citizens of Hon
'olulu formed the “Honolulu Citi<’
zens’ organization for Good GOVa
ernment” at & mass meeting last
' night.
i The meeting voted down a mos .
tion called for dpproval of the pros
‘posed United States senate invess .
tigation of conditions in Hawall
| Major J. R. Mehaffey, = promls
inent member of the American Léw.
giom, led the opposition to the mo=
tion, declaring:
“We would be simply asking
outsiders to come in ,when we are
perfectly capable of carrying em
eur own works.” s
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Expect Over 120
At Banquet For
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| Georgia Gridmen:
‘Edgar Dunlap Will Be
Principal Speaker; 12
| Seniors to Speak Briefly »
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Approximately 120 people wilk
lattend the annual banquet for .
| Georgia football players given !‘;
|the Athens Rotary club Wednes.
day at the Georgian hotel. .+«
Over 50 of this number will be.
football players, including mems- .
bers of the Red Devil squad,
Twelve of those who will attend.
have finished their gridiron ofs
reers. R g
i Edgar Dunlap, Gainesville, past
' state commander of the American.
' Legion, and an outstanding candi.’
idate for national commander as:
the recent convention, will ba the
principal speaker. He was select~.
ed to fill the place of Governon*
‘Richard B. Russell, jr., who had!
to make a trip to Washmsh"y
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The achievements of the Geor.®
gia football team and what it
| has meant in the life of the Uni
versity and state, will be the
topic of Mr. Dunlap's address. °
The twelve players who have:
finished their football careers will®
'al give short talks. Their talks
and that of Mr. Dunlap will ba
proadcasted over station WTFL
. Weaver Bridges has chatge of
the arrangements for the %m-.
gram. S
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Turkey “Bunco” Man
Held in $2,500 Bail:
PreasE, ORI
. £¥
MACON —(AP)— The Christmasg.
appetite of turkey lovers and an ai=
leged scheme to promise fat fowis
and not deliver have brought John.
E. Vaughn of Milan into federad
court on a charge of using the mails
to defraud. %4
Vaughn, 29, yesterday, was held
to federal, court on the charge and
cent to jail in default of $2500 bond: