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About Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1933)
PAGE TWO = I{OMNIBUS | |l A FREE RIDE FOR | il EVeryBODY || The End Of Some Sort of Saga " Athenians — particularly those Hving up and down Milledge avenue will remember the man who came to their doors asking ful'} ‘food clothing and money with| ‘which to help his five sick children | and his ill wife. He went to prac- | tically every house on that street, | aind finally every one began tu% t&de that he was a -fraud. ,}l(Asidvst fiboso activities he was also sus ‘pected of burglary, but he could ' never be caught, Those Athens | ipersons who remember him will be | interested in learning how it all! game out, One day a woman ap- | peared at the Red Cross office in | the court house, asking for a li(‘k-? et to Gainesville where she was to | meet her ill husband. The spcr(--? tary noticed that her name was the same as that given by the mun} the authorities wanted. After talk ing to the woman she became con- ‘ vinced that something was wrong | and called the police, unknown to | the applicant, and told {hem s()., The police came and thought the woman seemed sincere—she cer-I tainly knew the streets of Gaines vile well. The Red Cross secretary told her that she'd have to bring the letter from her husband be fore she could be given help. The; woman left. The police decided maybe they’d better follow her. | They did. Up Washington Street, down Clayton again-+in fact they street, down Thomas street, up Broad street, up Jackson street, down Clayten again—infact fthey followed her all over town until finally ended up at her home about two bloecks away from the court | house, “Looks like she thought | she'd be followed,” one of the of-’ ficers observed so they finished their trailing job by going into the| house. The man they wanted was sleeping very soundly—-pertectly’ healthy even though he was the ( woman’s “‘sick” husband. The | couple was politely asked to leave | town. Which they did. l Szlvation Army Campaign Drive I Supervised By Newlyweds Quite a few Athenians have metl and been charmed by Mrs. John-i son, wife of Adjutant Charles'! Johnson, who isswell known here, | having been ‘located in this sec- | tion as supervisor of Salvation[ Army special effoxjts for some | time. Not so many know that Ad jutant and Mrs. Johnson haven't ecelebrated the seven-month’s anni versary of their wedding yet. Mrs. | Johnson was raised in a Salvation | Army family, she said, having! traveled all over the world with her parents in the work. Thus,‘ when she became old enough she joined the Army. She' was head of the work in one of Florida’s cities when a special drive, simi dar to the one so successfully con cluded by Salvation Army. Ad- Jjutant Johnson arrvied to. super vise the campaign. He found time for other things, it seems, and when he left he left his bachelor dom, too. Mrs. Johnson returned to Georgia with him. ' Women Lead Bible ‘ Class Attendances ; : Three women's Bible elasses had Jarger attendances than the men's | clagses, one of them tied, and two came within six members of hav- | ing as many present as the men. The Young Harris Methodist wo men’s class had 50 present with 34 nen in the other group; the Uen-, tral Presbyterian women’s class had 26 "present with 18 men in‘ that class; and the East A\hens% Baptist ehureh had 38 women to | 23 men. ‘‘The First Christian church had 32 men and 32 women present. Other figures are as fol lows: First ~ Methodist, men 66, women 62; First Baptist, men 77, women 71; Prince Avenue Bapust.‘ men 79, women 43; Oconee Street Méthodist, men 28, women 18; West End Baptist, men 24. Sunday Schools Have l Large Attendance Despite the football games which took a -lot of Athenians out of town over the week-end, the Sunday school. attendance. was mighty large. ‘The First. Methodist church led . off with. 576 .present, with the First Baptist running them a close second with 512 pres- ‘ ent. The Prince .Avenue . Baptist had 438 total attendance. Other figures are as follows: Young Har rig Methodiste hurch, 193; Oconee reet. Methodist, 143; First Chris wchumh. 190; Central Presbhy térian, 137; East Athens Baptist, 138; and West End Baptist.church, 125, e iy Ho?g,'g Jhis For . : Thinking In A Hurry? . : An elderly lady walked Into a store here and asked for five, cents worth of tomato seed. The clerk informed her that he couldn't weigh that small an ‘dmount of seed. “Well”, asked ‘the lady in a kindly ¢tone, “ean ou weigh ten cents worth?” e clerk t houg ht he could jand did. “Is that ten dents rth*?, the lady asked. “¥es'm”. ~ "The last line reads, “Well, just di ~ wvide that in half and let me have R the nickel's worth.” % L s ok %‘Mam Meet At ~ Presbyterian Church ' . The Kiwanis club will hold their - regular weekly meeting Tuesday at gxm at the First Presbyte ~ rian church. Dean Stuckey of the é&o of Agriculture will be _ guest speaker at this meeting. The :m date was changed two meetings ago from Thursday to ] ) "FAHMEHS 10 MEET ‘ [ BARROW BUUNTY' 'Emphasis to Be Placed on| ' Explanations of Agricul . tural Adjustment Act | WINDER — Barrow county has ! secured the services of three of its’ |native sons who will conduci {l’;.:'::)44's meetings in various parts 'of the county on timely agricul< tural topics. Considérable empha sis will be placed later on explan- | ations of the Agricultural Adjust-| ment Act. The three men who will|, conduct the meetings are Ww. C’.' Arnold, who will be stationed at| Statham; Rufus Willingham, at Bethlehem: and James Delay, at County Line, In addition to regular night meet ing continuation classes will be held. Those boys who have mot com-| pleted their high school or gram mer school training and who have not bheen affiliated with some school for some time are being urged to join these classes, The groups will study various problems and facts of citizenship, health, ty pical agricultural subjects, various vocations and means of qualifying for them, and other subjects that! tend to make rural lif¢ more at tractive. - OGLETHORPE COUNTY AP- : PLIES FOR FEDERAL FUNDS LEXINGTON-— Applications - for funds from the federal unemploy ment relief appropriation ‘tto aid Oglethorpe county scheols’ ihas been made, according to an an nouncement from the office of J.l A . Stevens, county s‘uperintendem_' of schools. Approval of thig ‘ap plication by the state department and the state federal relief com mission will be necessary to oob tain these funds and to date {nol reply has been received. MORGAN COUNTY TO PAR TICIPATE IN NRA PARADE MADISON. —An enthusiastic meeting was held Wednesday in Madison to arrange for a Morgan county display in the mammoth NRA parade planned for Macon October 26. A delegation of six Macon citizens attended the meet ing and plans were nade for ade quate represelfiation in the cele bration from organ county, HART COUNTY FARMERS RECEIVE CHECKS HARTWELL—Five sets of gov ernment checks to reimburs/e Hart county farmers for plowed-up cot ton have been recaived and are be ing dist'ibuted by County Agent ‘Westhrook. Five hundred sixty one checks, amounting. to nearly $40,000 have been received to date. About 1,630 farmers in the county will recelve payment when all checks are received and the total paid will' amount to ‘sllo,ooo for 'IO,OOO acres plowed under, : i R s O NTLTT L& ¥ N JEFFERSON YOUTH WINS AWARD AT YALE UNIVERSITY - JEFFERSON-—Richard Ayers of ‘Jefferson has been selected as one 'of eight students to receive iuw:nrds from the Annie G. K. l(‘}arlund Fund for the current gcholastic year at Yale university! Under the terms of the gift “the recipients of such scholarships shall be chosen primarily for their ability, their charactr, the meri torous quality of the work done by them, and their promise of fu ture usefulness.” | EFFORT BEING MADE TO | SAVE E. & E. RAILROAD WASHINGTON.—A ° meeting to create interest in the saving of the | Blberton and Reastern railroad zw:\s held recently at the Chamber of Commerce in Elbenton. A com | mittee to take action toward sav ing the road. which connects El berton and Washington, was ap pointed with instructions to hirc attorneys to present the ‘case ‘of the towns served by the B. & E. The committee consists of Z. W. | Copeland of = Elberton, W. L. Johnson of Washington and Claude anlton of Tignall SCHOOL CLINIC OFFERS FREE SERVICE TO COMMERCE CHILDREN . ‘ COMMERCE—Through the coop ! eration ‘of the Commerce Kiwafis ‘g-lub. which provided the serum fol Pthe innoculations, pre-school ag¢ children here have been given an | opportunity to - secure frée’ vacei: | Inations against' smallpéx and te ‘ro(rei\'e diptheria toxin-antitoxin. | The clinic was under the directior . lof Dr. A. A. Rogers, city health -!offlce‘r.' : . -IWASHINGTQN LIKELY : -‘TO GET AIRPORT ) WAb:HINGTON—— A .representa , ltive of an airway transportation company was in Washington thig week to” mdke “arrangemeénts "to place the city .on an airplane from Atlanta ‘to Columbia, S. €., «with a station ‘here. ~ It is understood 1| that final agreements are practi x | cally completed, with the assurance < | that this ‘will e dne of the stop t | ping places between the two state - !capitals. B! e e e 1 4 'OFFICERS ELECTED 21 WATKINSVILLE, Ga.—S.a.r a Webb Hardigree has been eleoted " (president -of the ninth grade of ;l\\'ntkinsville High sehool. Other officers selected were Miss Cather ‘ine Chandler, viece-president; Miss { Alberta Marshall, secretary, and ; Charles Gordon, treasurer. : 1 Old folks, young folks — thou - | Sands of them say they prefer *| . Thedford's | ’ BLACK-DRAUGHT > {when they need a laxative. >| It does its work so well. - . Omar P. Smith Dies l . In Greensboro, Ga.; | ' Funeral There Tues. ‘ fe o ! [ Omar P. Smith, whd was von-! lnm-tod with the §rank Bowden | '(h'u('ery company here for many yvears, dled early Monday morning at the home of his mother in Greensboro, Ga., after an i]lnoss; 'uf several months. i . Mr. Smith, whose residence is at 490 South Lampkin street was a member of the First Methpdist | chureh of this eity. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Misses Frances, Lnuisel and Helen Smith; one son, ()mm'] S ’ o ;.,.;,;‘_‘..:"::':_;':'..:v:,:;.;:-:_.;.';:~,;:;:_.;.-:- .} fi‘ “‘ e g J JAIRe o WP y N sl 2 S ' £ -/ AR T Tamet B Y Yy o Y W 0 W e ' é m «&@w G | Bid 4 & &l |44 s Iy ‘s==& =& . P ’ B e i TR s e e R b omeases R b e e B : et B o il \ v » ' o yo ! v Lo, B T y / N e T T q< 5 : o F ¥V j 4 i O S L LT o ; RS N ] e B o e . 0 : : A ‘ ;eAR e e : ] : R T & R A R eS e e o > » o ; i = e o “% b, e ;i B e & i P e & o Ve e B R S s t ‘ s . . AN T Sy b Q‘, Youth dwells most fittingly in the midst of radiant L U . e G\ L cleanliness. Spotless surroundings are demanded by the B e \& Bt o, L “ modern woman who is young and staying young, the R O ée L g L \ woman who can smile at the years as they go by. Cleanli i i b §5 e : ness, she knows, is an unbreakable law laid down by s, §, ;& e A i ‘ loveliness. Y Yo % i The pots and pans in your kitchen, for example, may Yy A ey £ be all shiny and bright, but at what cost? Do they cry out, & e . T / every time you use them, for endless scrubbing, to do F ’ i B £ away with grime? Do you steep your hands in scalding b ot e / . wager and biting soaps to banish the black deposits of an b e s R - ) N old-fashioned cook-stove? B2> Wremie. S SR : E. : | e NN E”’“ = Pots and pans, roasters and kettles, frying pans and % "’fi,¢ -u& e O b | boilers—any utensils at all—never get black and sooty Qg .%’ i /,,,.WWWM s when used on an electric range. You can take your dain- B L Lot wmeii e tiest handkerchief, rub it on the bottom of a pan that’s fi%g"“ e Y \% L A just been used, and not soil the immaculate linen in the ;}3 i % %, Sl ‘% : g i least. There simply isn’t any dirt! Electric cookery is as Foudh g «i«,{ . P e e Jusdß L i, clean as electric light. so Fowd g G iwl 0/) f o v : ! : s ol @fig‘;{; i 4 E Y it Where an electric range does the cooking, the air is , g%%&m}& LY 4 ; P ; “ clean and pure. The kitchen can be as gay and pleasant G B 8 R . e 1 5 .5 # : . . 3 -F ? flg‘;%««% ¥ vn. /‘ g as any room in the house, for there is neither smoke nor eRN % A “g soot to .soil the walls and draperies. You can adorn the Rl e g PO e B 2 i # 7 A . : g e \Xv?%g@ Pel / i A kitchen as fetchingly as you please. 'N‘" ; A"W‘fi\ E ,: . s ""N"‘-"{k‘:‘}?\, B G ‘et 2 ." i S M o § . .ik ; : i : f;fgfg e el Cleanliness, of course, is just one of electric cookery's = .3;:%* e e e e 0 many outstanding advantages. Let one of our store staff . %Q‘:fg% § ¢ . T show you the full line of Universal and Hotpoint ranges f e = ) G . . : : : T ) AN . o inour disphy rooms and tell you still more interesting -Lk oo j S . facts about them. Ask questlons-—sausfy yourself as to w* -TR S = ;f" i\ . their respective merits—choose the model that suits your A £oy T Foammiaas |AT e ; 5 . . A el gtg;_.‘v» = o 8 & 2 needs— and buy now, while speclal prices and terms are oo k;% Wl \*;M 5 \t‘\ E. o : in force. e R e PR £ N RS b S 3 oS e s £ T ’, g ” OWY T AR TR ¥ pecial Sale Prices ; : % g 1.0 b\ ‘ : : .||vil\ .\ B W The striking Hotpoint “Chicagoan” n'model (I!lustrated Afd , ‘ — oY IBE N \B ) at upper right) has the convenient table tép; cooking space A %OM S e* 17 N\ | 2 at left, working space at right. It has an automatic oven, A\ D =™ big and roomy, with smokeless broiler pan and extension 33&teN.go A . - . o For gentle caresses , ... eloguent-little gestures . e i sliding s_h.eives,.warmmg compartmesst; three Hl-Speefl Cal .. ..« €xquisite feminine hands have a language all B NG rod cooking coils and thrift cooker; drawer for utensxl_s. Its their own. Wise women -are kind to them.... . porcelain enamel finish is available in two-tone cameo Ivory ,g'llnhard their :;:tax:;‘y wlt?r:aszfifis;ez:;ct;?; SC:re. e and Colonial buff, or white with pearl grey trim. Cash price, ey never em stray .- ; E oint Yoi: they Enow they ‘b Seagie el s sneribes $194.95, less $15.00 old-stove allowance. Other Hotp. the loveliness of their hands, even on the altar models as low as $l2B, less old-stove allowance. of thorough cleanliness. 7 D h 5% Down---24 Months ‘ \’ Your dressing table, that corner-hard-to-light, that com- , g' « sortable haven in bed where you like to do your read- = " G =BB | ing—all of them, and many places more, will welcome GEORGI A PO ‘;‘ ; E ;IQ = | the simplicity and convenience of the new Pin-It-Up A : (2 {% lamp. You simply pin it up where you want it. With w 750 oo mar " TAI B | 60-watt bulb, 8-foot cord and 10-inch shade, $1.49. COW AN ! L gsisl Ask any Georgia Power Company employe about it. . | WIIITH 2 L. 2L T RIC S B ARV E LR LAY UUA'Y oy N S CAME a9y TH' THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA Smith; his mother, Mrs. Kitto Smith, Greensboro; a sister, Miss Carrie Smith, Greenshoro;, and a brother, B. C. Smith of Atlanta. Funeral services will be con ducted from the home of Mrs. Kitto Smith, in Greensboro, Tues day morning at 11:00 o’clock, and interment will follow in the Greenshoro cemetery. Rev. R. I Etheridge will officiate| Mr. Smith was well known in Atheéns, having made many friends while in business here. GATORS UP NOR'I;H ROCK ISLAND, 11l L.— (AP) — 'They're finding alligtaors in the Rock river. The second one sight ed was killed by Charleg Hotch kiss, operator of an inn near Mo | line, 111. il ‘Bullet’sls Designed for 90-Mile Speed Rail ‘Bullets Is Designed for 90-Mile Spee ¥ : T e W, /P oßeyo eoy egs goy R )TRST TN §gS R G gy B g KL E N P B / Col NNV R R ey AR SR 4 T »wfig‘fl”aw”@;wfi?’ L T e T eT e R Beo Rs e A S A sy SSy o . O S . sSR RSRRSO Sy "’ R ’*‘ g e LTy e '}“%‘z L e g @ Koo s o LRGN ee T e e et ————————. _——_______.__——-—-—-;‘_—-___—— Fifty passeéngers can be accommodated, riding at a speed of 90 miles an hour, in the “Railplane,” radically streamlined railroad coach, according to statement of its designer, William B. Stout. The bullet=shaped car, which receives its power from two automotive type engines, one driving the front axle and the other the rear axle, has been tested at the Dearborn, Mich., track. It was built for the Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corporation MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1033 L R WS VO, i THREE YEARS STRAIgH, DAVIDSON, N. C""’“’)\F ’the third straight year, j)i,wdso ;(lefeated Virginia Military [‘q\?. jtute here Saturday, thanjs i “imm-(-mnod Pass which _,‘.\fh' : }\\'ildmxts a 6 to 0 margj; s | closely-contested game. | “u { Lexington, N. €., "poi, | Hutchens, who brought defeat . [the team from Lexington v, !thrv a crowd. of 2500, e i | ARMY RUNS wiLp i WEST POINT, N, Y (P, {Army Light Cavalry, d“l“".\'ingi lthe same formation that vy , }:uminst Illinois at Clevelang n“i Saturday, Saturday rdde to a g, victory over . the Universi v ~0 Delaware .in the bhest ariy the lhuve mustered this foothy) o son.
