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rm BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER GEORGIA, JANUARY 18, 1934.
MEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA
The Third District Dental associa
tion will hold its mid-winter meeting
at the Windsor lwtol, at 1 Americus
today.
Farmers were advised Monday by J
F. Greer, director of the Stnte Bureau
of Markets, to grow more hay. Mr.
Greer pointed out that the present
demanded for hay far exceeded the
supply and thp.t hay could almost al
ways be marketed at a profit.
Regional B. Y. P. U.
Conference to Meet
In Albany Jan. 21
JUSTICE HILL
DIES SATURDAY
No. 1
From
Page One
A Scott who were t ansferred to the
station hospital, at Fort Bcnning for
' a broken windpipe and a fractured
MEMBER OF GEORGIA SUPREME 1 vertabrae, respectively.
COURT PASSES AFTER BRIL
LIANT JUDICIAL CAREER.
W? n an y According to announcement made by HAN'T JUDICIAL CAREER. Sfft-R- E - F . rcach bcbt ? r t k , T,own . . .
elected major of Bior.vood, has an- . . p rk __ nrPH : ri( , nt * t u„ the “old married man is the night
nounced his candidacy for represen- ; ' ^ ]wj onu i u y P U. ,,, hawk of 1430 since the quarantine
Bids on an estimated $i 50,000 live from Terrell county in the state' i^rfeeted to hold i Atlanta, Jan. 18.—Justice Hiram W. j on .
worth of highway projects, to be legislature. H. A. Wilkinson, Jr., ' is I • ' r „ nce at ,L First li uitist chu-ch ' Hill, whose service of more than
opened Feb. 1, were asked Monday by the present representative. He has ? ... s d 1 ‘ i„., ' 2 l |score of years on the Georgia su-1
the state highway board. j not announced for selection. I the A ^ 0 J am beginningprom^tly at I R™“ e 1 S.^ b ^J° U of C hIa U, «^d: tetoov and’Tcl
Playing the role of good Samaritan A new 300 gallon still, 150 gallons | 2:16 C. S. T. fatheAhe later Hiram Wurner died
to a hitch-hiker cost M. M. Callen, of hard liquor and 12,000 gallons of. Several hundred young people I ^ atbe . d bbe latei Huam Warner,
Albany salesman, his car and cash beer were destroyed Monday, near' from 17 associations of this division, _ »•
that
STATE ELECTION
IS SET FOR YEAR
GEORGIA VOTERS WILL CHOOSE
A GOVERNOR, OTHER STATE
HOUSE OFFICERS, LEG1SLA.
TORS, (CONGRESSMEN.
near Eastman yesterday.
I Washington, Gn., ir the initial
' of the vrnr. led by SherilT G. M.
Dr. W. F. Hinslcy, pastor of the ^ on 0 f \yju cos county. Six
Central hBaptict church ia Waycross
has accepted a call to the Cherokee
Heights Baptist chu cli ill Macon.
W. T. Harper, 23, died at a hospital
at Moultrie Monday from blood
poisoning which developed a short
time after he had a tooth extracted.
raid
Wal-
egroes
were captured on the premises.
Tom Parham, 53, whose son Marlon
Parham, was nhot and fatally wound
ed 2 w' eks ago by a Chattooga coon-
ty sheriff, was lodged in jail at Rome,
Monday, following the slaying of
Carl Williams, a special deputy who
Wm. M. Mayo, chief deputy sheriff ! was with officers when the younger
of Fulton county and a former chief j arham was saot *
of police of Atlanta, died Sunday at | A p]ea of j n3an j ty wag filed at tho
his country residence on Campbollton | n no"ini>- the trial at Valdosta Mon.
road ' j day of Allen Wrsbberry, and a jury
Dr. F. R. Wallace, 80, for over 50 i” a! \ rlect d to determine if the de-
I’cars a nracticimr nhvsician in Cor- ferKiant, charged with murder
years a practicing physician in Cor.
dele died Monday in a private sani-
m con
nection with the killing of W. H,
tarium at Milledgeville, after an ex- j J^wnintr and his wife more 1 than
tended illness. | three years npr °’ 13 mo,ltn, 'y deranged.
George S. Gaillard, freight claim
agent for
way was
claim agent. He will have heaiiquar
ters in Savannah.
Rev. Frank Cochran, pastor of tho ! ed a survey of the city for the pur-
Baptist church at Eatonton, was 1 nose of compiling a new city direc-
elected president of the Middle Geor
gia Baptist Ministers’ conference at a
meeting Monday in Macon.
which
chionie | count
Glady
will a mour for this service. Mr.j Tw ° operations, through
Parker is emphasizing the fact that I surgeons hoped to relieve a
this is the first of a series of rallies | disorder, followed a break lust June in
that will be held throughout tne Ij ur >st s health, and lie uied in a
year and that this is a most excellent i private hospital where physicians for
source from whence B. Y. P. U. work- ! several (lays had considered his con-
ers may receive valuable information. j dition grave.
For those who did not attend the | Justice Hill was 75 years old, and
southwide conference at Nashville a , lik ,c his grandfather, v.as considered
detailed report will be made; Miss u leader in his profession, business,
Reva Durrec, regional junior-inter- politics and an influential fighter for
mediate leader will use as her subject j U‘e advancement of education m tne
theme for the month, “Christ Must state and southeast.
ones especially around mess time.
Atlanta, Ga., Jun. 10.—Georgians
this year will elect a governor, ail oth
er state house officers, members of
the Georgia legislature, ten mem
bers of congress and numerous lesser
• * • j officials to serve for the ensuing two
With so many cedur trees in Taylor y ®“ rs> . .
we are wondering why Mi3s The democratic primary will be held
Crum has to get them from in September, probably on the 6th. At
J that time the democrats will select
■ their nominee for governor and other
,, , „ . , ... . , I officers, and this in Georgia, is equiva
Mr. K. J. Fairchild seems to be ,_ nt ^’,-etion. M
Reynolds.
Reign in Our Training Program,"
while Edwin S. Preston, state secre
tary will deliver the address.
FINE ON POOLE
REDUCED BY JUDGE
Camilla, Ga., Jan. 15.—The fine of
$500 imposed by Judge B. C. Gardner
of the Albany circuit court on Doug-
o U ai, m , u v.c.... Columbus now has a population of „„„„
the Central’of Georgia rail- 1 and the number of People in i p 00 le, former MU'-nta policeman,
yesterday named general! ,v ,re Columbus is 84.000, were h as been reduced to $300, Judge Card-
. * i - l the estirrmtes nf Alnnrf T4ollnnH ' i d.. .. i
the estimates of Albert Holland, ' Co
lumbus manager of the Polk Dire / '-
j tory company, who has just complet-
B. H. Clarke, 45, of Columbus, who
The trial of G. C. Conley, former
vice president of the closed Bankers
Ravings and Loan c.omnanv, of At-
was knocked down by an automobile j lanta, charged with larceny after
Sunday night a3 he stooped to pick i trust and violation of the state cor-
up a glove dropped by a woman, died I porato Recur’ties act started Monday
FuHov. sunorior court. Conley has
been in fail since his arrest last Au
gust in Houston, Texas.
Anrour,cement has been made that
one of the nroteets of the CV/A in
Mobley count'' is a new auditorium ’nr
the eountv high school at Ellaville,
The auditorium will he laige enough
to aceommoHeto several hu-dred p"o..
nle and will lw built di-ectly in the
rear of the school building connect-
•ng with it uutrn-i-c to be as it is at
the present ti me . '
The Athens Banner Herald has be
gun its 103rd year of publication, cele.
brating its 102nd birthday last Satur
ate deib- naper which is now
i known as the Banner Herald, was be-
Advertiscr at I gun as a woeklv newspaper Jav. 12
| 1832. Earl B. Braswell is publisher
„ _ , . , . . I and general manager of the Panuor
When a fire Tuesday night of an Herald . H . J. Rowe is editor and B. C.
undetermined origin destroyed the T.-mukin is managing editor.
at the Columbus hospital Tuesday.
Wm. A. Cummings, state CWA air
port adviser, Monday said that tne
atate of Georgia now had a total of
41 air fields, nine other under con
struction, and orders sent out for 18
more.
A coroner’s jury a Rome has decid
ed that Thomas M. Little, aged 15,
whose nude body was found in a corn
field nine miles from Rome in Floyd
county, came to his death as a result
of exposure.
A unique record of 23 years of
service to her community and to the
str.to lias just been completed by Mrs.
B. H. Howard, editor and publisher of
the Dawson County
Dnwsonville.
bam of William Studstill, a retired
rural rmiil carrier, in Lowndes county,
forty-eight bales of cotton were de
stroyed with no insurance
Mrs. lva Lee McCauley, Blackshear
From Washington comes the 1 an
nouncement that Lawrence S. Camp,
of Fo’rhurn. had already been nomi
nated by President Roosevelt to be U.
S. Attorney for the northern district
school teacher, has announced her 0 f Georgia. Clint Hager, who served
candidacy for tax commissioner of the district for more than 12 years
Pierc: county. An election is to be (unde r Republican administration, has
held Feb. 8, to select a successor to ' unsigned effective Jr.n. 15, or at such
W. W Peacock, who recently re- ' time as his successor taken over the
signed. office. r|tel
AUa-ta nnd Fulton county officers l From the state capitol comes the
were asked Monday to assist in ef- ; report that Wm. S. Howard is defi-
forts to lo'nte Miss Alctha Gaither, nitely in the race for governor, al-
15. of Lanctt, .Ma., who disnhppeared though he has made no public an-
officc-s sai l er '-“-"r advised them, nouncement. To him in the past lew
from her home Friday. • dnys have rallied the forces behind J,
Judge Vivian L. Stanley, member J J ’ Maugham, former highway ehair-
of the Georgia prison .commission this J nan ’ tbe =oborta Veterinarian Sut-
week died v suit for $100.000 dam- tan; the em ‘ 8sar ! e f, of the Barnett-
age against producers and exhibitors 1 Vf. T anH J hc representatives
of the sensational motion picture, “I a *J he 0U8ted P ubhc servlce commls -
Am a Fugitive from a Chaingang.” .
Chairman Jud P. Wilh^ .< .ha
Georgia public service[J™™'™ 0 *' 1 widely known in fraternal circles,
has announced rate reductions of | die( , unexp6ctedly M|0nda at his resi :
about 11 to 35 per cent for telephone dencc the H Gr J y hote l, At-
users >n Thomaston mid^ Upson^coun- lant after an illness of about a
ty. served by the Thomaston telephone week He wa8 past hif?h priest of the
company. | fifth district of Royal Arcli Masons.
Judge S. Lee Drawdy, 68, former j Mr. Taylor had made a number of
represetative of Clinch county, in the | visits to the Butler Masonic ; Lodge
state legislature, died at his Homer-1 rite membership of which regardod
ville home early Tuesday. He was i him highly and will regret exceeding,
judge of the Clinch county court, I ly to learn of his death.
1913 to 1916. and solicitor of the A recommendation that Lawrence
court, l»3l- 33. Camp he appointed U. S. Attorney
Safety deposit boxes opened at, ^ l0r Northern. District of Georgia
Miami, Fla., yesterday, belonging to ' vas Rent to White House Monday
W. D. Davis, now dead, a former i b V tbe department of justice. Prompt
Georgia negro recluse, yielded an ad- nomination of M- r.-r.in is expected
ditional $8,302, bringing the total -esident Roosevelt. Mr. Camn
amount of v a luahlas belonging to the tvas recommended to the attorney
negro to $82,175. general by Senator Russell, with the
| concurrence of Senator George. The
Hours and pav on CWA jobs in , ef Oli-t Hager as United
rural district of Georgia will be out l States attorney has been presented
in half and the number of jobs eor- and accepted, and Mr. , Hager will
respondinHy in" re a sod in the week , 1 - ve office whi-n his successor quali-
beginirg Jan. 26. Miss Gav B. Shep- fies.
person state civil works dictator, an-1 Oovernor and Mrs . Eufcene Tal .
nounced yesterday. | madge left Atlanta yesterday to at-
A. B. Allen, clerk of Pierce county I tend a reception given by President
superior court, has been released from j Roosevelt at the White House in
a hospital at Waycross where lie was ; Washington tonight, it was announc-
confinod with injuries resulting from ed at the state executive department
an automobile crash near Pitlersor. a | today. Before receiving the invitation
week ago in which K. O. Morgan, of , from President and Mrs. Roosevelt the
Screven, was killed. ' governor ha,i accepted an invitation
g |te sneak at Quitman Friday at exer-
' cises commemorating tho birthday of
ner announced recently. Poole was
convicted on involuntary manslaught
er charged in connection with the
death of Miss Winona Patterson in
an automobile accident.
He was born July 18, 1858, near
Grenville, Ga., and attended tho
Greenville Masonic Institute and
Emory 'College. His legal education j duce shoe material for them.
very fond of guard duty as he is
every other night. And he can’t un
derstand why he has to play “hide and
go seek” with the company trucks so
much in streets of Butler.
The general election takes place on
the first Tuesday in November, which
will be the 6th of that month.
Gov. Talmadge is serving his first
term in office and will be a candidate
in the September primary. So far no
Miss Isabel an d Chnmblce are badly announced opposition has appeared to
in need of footwear as they don’t him, although numerous men who
grows big enough in Georgia to pr,o-
ROOSEVELT ARRANGES
TO PROLONG CCC WORK
Washington, Jan. 16.—President
Roosevelt arranged in a 1 conference
Tuesday with Robert Fechner, di.e.'-
tor of the civilian conservation corps,
for continuation of the corps for a
second year, beginning in April.
Fechner said tho corps would be
maintained at its full strength of
3(1(1 000 mer for another year, adding
this would involve an appropriation of
$300,000,000.
BASKET BALL TEAM
HAS CLOSE SHAVE
Cordele, Ga., Jan. 13.—A teacher
was injured slightly and members of
the Unadilla basket ball team were
shaken up Friday night when a school
bus in which they were traveling ov
erturned. The team was en route to
Pitts, Gn., for a double header basket
ball game.
The teacher, Miss O’Kelley, was
treated for cuts at the Cordele hos
pital and removed to her home. The
accident took place between Cordele
and Vienna.
SOLDIER TRIES SUICIDE
(DAY AFTER MARRIAGE
Columbus, Jan. 12.—Complete re
covery has been made by Homer Ro
land. 22,- soldier at Ft. Benning, who
swallowed poison a few dayB ago, be
cause he could not support his wife
of a -day on the salary that lie was
making. Roland was married Monday
and was paid onlv $16.35 a month
by the government.
That he wanted his wife to he happy
and that by killing himself he thought
both of them .could he happy. Roland
told uolice after explaining that he
could not support* his wife, whose
maiden name he did not reveal.
AUTO CRASH KILLS
ADMIRAL PABY ON
GEORGIA HIGHWAY
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 15.—Rear Ad
miral J. J. Rahy was killed in an
automobile accident 31 miles south of
Savannah on the Coastal Highway
Monday .
Admiral Raby was accompanied by
Lieut. E. P. Abernathy, his aide, and
Mrs. Abernathy. Lieut. Abernathy
was driving the car.
In an attempt to pass another car,
the automobile with the naval ofiicers
turned over. Mrs. Abernathy was
brought to a Savannah hospital, se
verely injured.
In a primary last Saturday J.
Douglas was reelected mayor of Tal
botton for 1934, and the following I fi u ( l„
•councilmen were nominated: E. lJ he wtm,d fi ” the Q ultman
Pardwell, Frank Freeman, R. E.
Robert R. I ee. The governor said that
engage
ment. eve” if it became necessary to
THREE MACON WOMEN
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
WHEN TRAIN HITS CAR
Macon, Ga., Jan. 13.—Three promi.
nent Macno women narrowly
escaped death Saturday p. m., when
the Flamingo, Atlanta bound Central
of Georgia passenger train, struck the
rear end of a car in which they were
riding at Wesleyan station on the At
lanta highway.
Mrs. Henry Birnett, driver of the
car, who suffered a possible fracture
of the left arm.
Mrs. George Hatched, who suffered
minor bruises and shock.
Mrs. Mark O’Danicl, a laceration
across the nose and bruises.
Mrs. O’Daniel was taken to the
Macon hospital by passing motorists
and admitted for treatment. Mrs.
Birnett and Mrs. Hatclier were ad
mitted to the Oglethorpe private in
firmary.
was completed at tho Harvard Uni
versity law school, and lie wus ad
mitted to the bar at LaGrange, Ga., in
1881. He practiced in Greenville until
the latter part of 1911 when he be
came an associate justice of the su
preme court.
For three years Justice Hill was
mayor of Greenville and from 1886 to
1893 he represented Meriwether
county in the legislature. For seven
years, ending in ’911, he was a mem
ber of the state railroad commission.
The ability of the justice as a fin
ancier also was recognized and for
many years he served tho Peoplo’s
Bank of Greenville as its president.
His progressive views on educational
matters won his appointment as trus
tee of Emory College and alumni
trustee of Emory University, and
trustee of Wesleyan College.
Politically he was known through
out the southeast. He was a member
of the democratic executive commit
tee of Georgia and chairman of the
iemocratic committee of Meriwether
county during his career. >
Justice Hill took an active part in
religious an d fraternal work serving
St. Mark’s M. E. church as stewan
and teacher of the church’s Bible
class. He was a delegate to the gen
eral conference of the M. E. church,
-South, at Dallas, Texas, in 1902.
His desire for advancement of fra
ternal organizations was shown by his
memberships, which included the
Masons, Shrine, Elks, Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias an d the Kappa
Alpha national college fraternity. For
one year he was grand high priest of
the R. A. M. of Georgia.
SCHNEIDER GYM TO BE
DEDICATED FRIDAY NIGH’l
Americus, Ga., Jan. 16.—The main
building of the old Scimeider Marble
Works located in Americus has. been
leased free of charge by Messrs E. E.
and Harry Schneider to the Americus
high school, and is now almost ready
for use as a basket ball court. Aided
by Prof. C. M Hale and with con
tributions secured by Prof. J. E.
Mathis and others, members of the
athletic council of the high school
have had the interior of he building
remodeled to meet the requirements
of a regulation basket ball stadium,
and the opening program is planned
for Friday night, Jail. 19.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce,
of Americus, volunteered sponsorship
for the opening contests, and the
members of that organization will ar
range for a contest between local
players to be the first game on the
program for tho entertainment of the
spectators. The headliner of the eve
ning will -be a game between the
Americus high boys basket ball team,
coached by W. L. Loving, and a quin
tet of boys from Commercial high,
Atla-ta, coached by Rufus Godwin, an
Americus boy.
The girls team of the Americus
high school, coached by Miss Lucy
Poole, will also play that night.
GEORGIANS URGE
HOSPITAL GRANT
Washington, Jan. 16. — Georgia
members' of the house caucused Tues
day and decided to call in a body
Thursday upon Secretary Ickes to
urge approval of a $2,000,000 allot
ment for additional buildings at the
Milledgeville state hospital.
Representative Vinson, dean ,of the
Georgia delegation who called the
caucus, said the Milledgeville project
would be oushe d forward to open the
way for similar allotments to state
MISS MAY CAMPBELL
IS DANGEROUSLY
ILL
have been prominent in the political
life of the state have been mentioned.
The legislature which will be elect
ed this year will meet in January,
1935. The Georgia legislature is elect
ed biennially. The 10 members of
I congress from this state will also
Macon, Ga., Jan. 16.—Miss May come up for rcelection this year. One
Campbell, superintendent of nurses at feature of tile congressional race is
Oglethorpe Private hospital, is criti-, the forecast that in nt least eight dis-
cally ill, Miss Campbell fell several triets there will be women candi-
days ago fracturing an arm. Her dates.
condition was described ns critical. I This information was first brought
A native of Scotland, Miss Camp- to public notice by tho statement of
bell came to Macon, a young girl. She Mrs. Lamar Rutherford Lipscomb, of
is one of the few surviving charter . Habersham -ountv. a prominent club-
members of the Georgia Association ' woman of the stnte. who has been a
of nurses. j lecturer for the National League of
I Women Voters. She predicted, that
DR A M SOULE TO DIRECT I women would seek Hie nominations for
STATE COMPLIANCE in A several ^ the G ?. orfria
distr'-ts. Arunru- those men+iowpa
are: Mrs. Julius Talmadge. of Athens
fur the tent 1 ' district, and Mrs. T.
Healer, of Atlanta, for toe fifth dis
trict. Thp teeth distri-t is now rep
resented hv Paid Brown, .of Flherton
an-i the fifth by Robert Ramspeck, of
Decatur.
SSTw- xSSkOT -
and Brooks Culpepper.
_ ... „ , . t> , Four Americus men are included In
* a 5 ™ 6 '?! list of 19 state committees for
of the Fifth District, was installed as - 934 of thg djslri ,, t of Gcorgia Ki .
president of the Georgia State Society | wanig Inter national, as announced
of Washington at a ball Riven tar the ; Tuesday by Mark Smith, of Thomas-
society at the Shoreham Hotel,, ton digtrict ravmnr ’ Americus
in Washington Tuesday night. He
will serve during 1934.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion yesterday authorized seven rail
roads to abandon a total of 83 miles
of their lines. The abandonment in
cluded: The Elberton & Eastern rail
road rompany to abandon its entire
line from Tignall, Ga., to Washington
Ga.
I ton, district governor. Americus
men named on the committees are as
follows: J. L. Merritt, chairman of
Achievement committee; T. O. Mar
shall, chairman of laws and regula
tions committee; Evans Mathis, inter
.club relations committee; and Dr.
Thad Wise, under-privileged child
committee. All four are past’ presi
dents of the Americus club and Mr.
Marshall is a past district governor.
Armed with machine guns, five
white bandits vesterdav kidnaped the
town watchman and held him captive
while the’’ broke into the hark of
Summreville and bored into its vault
with en acetylene torch, failing, how
ever, to gain entrance to the money
box.
Monday night at his home near
Elberton Orr Stribbltoe, S8 years old
and a nartial paral' tie. shot his 28
vear old wife nnfi then stood at toe
head of her body, reloaded the single
harrel riwin-un v- wt<- -sing, and shot
himself through toe h-'-’d. his body
falling across that of his wife.
Washington, Jan. 14.—Dr. A. M.
Soule, former president of the Geor
gia College of Agriculture, Saturday
accepted appointment as Georgia di
rector of the National Emergency
council to coordinate all recovery work
in the state.
In Washington working a bill by
Representative Brown (D., Georgia)
providing for establishment of grow
ers’ cooperative commodity markets,
Dr. Soule gave the administration as
surance of “an earnest desire to co
operate.” |
The new state emergency council
director announced he wouir establish
offices in the new post ocice building
i:i Atlanta.
His appointment, Dr. Soule said,
was entirely a surprise. He told news
paper men he was grateful to the
President and to his friends who rec
ommended him for the post.
“I shall devote all my time and
energy to the work,” he said, “with
tlie sole purpose of helping the Pres
ident consummate the great program
he has in mind for -furthering the
welfare of the United States as a
whole.
TWO BROTHERS DEAD IN
GUN DUEL OVER LAND
Abbeville, Ga., Jan. 15.—Two broth
ers, who officers said argued over dis
position of land in their mother’s will
lay dead Monday with shotgun
charges in their hearts.
The two, W. B. McCall, 50, and C.
H. McCall, 48, met at the home of
the latter rear Pitts late Sunday. C.
H. McCall was shot twice and one
charge struck his brother. Death was
instantenous. The body of C. H. Mc
Call was found on the porch of his
home and that of W. B., a short dis
tance away in the yard.
Sheriff O.L. Smith, of Wilcox coun
ty, said he understood the two had
been in disagreement for a long time
over terms of their mother’s will. W.
B. McCall resided about a mile and a
quarter from the home of his brother.
Both men are survived by their
wives and several children. 1 Their
father, J. M. McCall, also survives.
The body of W. B. was taken to
Cordele for funeral services Monday.
Services were held for his brother at
his home near Pitts.
YOUTH INJURED
BY FALLING LOG
Ellaville, Ga., Jan. 15.—Billie
Snyder, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
W Snyder, is recovering from - in
juries which he received one day last
week, when a log fell on him, crush
ing his feet. Billie was at first
thought to be seriously injured, but
x-ray pictures showed that no bones
were broken, and he is now oiv the
road to recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Sny-
eleemosynary institutions, including, r , oad . , r< . ., IT
the Mt Alto tuberculosis hospital deI ; reBlde m the Hopewell community
and are among Schley county’s most
highly respecte d citizens.
COWS LICK SILL $30 TURN UP
Statesboro, Ga., Jan. 9.—Because
cows continued to lick a certain sill on
a barn near Statesboro, 30 silver dol
lars, minted 33 or more years ago,
have been discovered.
The coins were found in an old barn
on the farm of Inman Foy at Ada-
bell. Tenants saw something shining
the Mt. Alto tuberculosis hospital,
the Cave Springs deaf and dumb
school, the Academy of the Blind at
Macon, the Atlanta Training school
and Gracewoo d hospital for mental
deficients at Augusta.
CAMP OUTLINES A
FOUR-POINT PROGRAM
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 16.-—A four-
point legislative program to benefit
war veterans was urged by Sidney
Camp, Newnan, state American Le
gion commander, in an address to
Legionnaires of the 'Eighth district
at Waycross Sunday.
He urge d Legionnaires to contact
their congressmen and Senators and
seek support of the following pro
gram:
1- Restoration of the *100 base for
service connected disabilities.
2. Restoration of presumptive serv
ice disabilities after proper investiga
tion.
3. Hosnitnlization of needy vet
erans whp” v -->~ are a vailah1e at ex
ist 1- c hosDitals.
4. Pensions for widows of veterans.
Cotton, Stocks Rise
Sharply On Gold News
New York, Jan. 15.—Securities and
commodities nose buoyantly Monday
as important monetary decisions were
disclosed, at Washington .
Stocks soared $1 to more than $6 a
share; wheat closed with gains of
around 4c a bushel; cotton jumped
approximately $2.50 a bale, and
bonds, including U. S. Government
securities, rallied strongly.
Meanwhile, foreign exchanges turn,
ed sharply upward in response to
iresiue. i Roosevelt’s recommenda
tions to congress on mone
tary policy.
Trading in all markets was active
throughout the day, but especially
duri. g the afternoon after it had
been announced that the 1 treasury \i
gold price was to be increased to
$34.45 an ounce, from $34.06, and
closing prices were at or around the
highs.
The stock exchange had its busiest
day since last summer’s tumultuous
sessions, sales approaching the 4.-
000,000 share mark. Successive waves
of buying, especially in the afternoon,
swept over the market, swamping th»
ticker, which fell several minutes be-
hirm floor transactions. Industrials
and rails featured the rise, hut de
mand on the whole was the broadest
in some time.
Cotton closed with net gains of
$1.90 to $2.30 a bale. A feature of
the day in that market was the De
cember position’s push above 12c.
At 3 o’clock, French francs were
quoted at 6.37 cents, up .22 3-4 cent,
giving the dollar an indicated gold
value of 61.54 per cent of parity.
Sterling was up 6 1-4 cents at $5.16,
and all the European gold monies
showed sharp gains.
MRS. BLEASE DEAD;
WAS INSPIRATION IN
COLE’S CAMPAIGNS
Columbia, S. C„ Jan. 15.—Mrs. Cole
L. Blease, wife of the former senator
and former governor and his inspira
tion in many a hard fought political
campaign, is dead.
Long in failing health and seriously
ill for several months, Mrs. Blease
died at the Blease home in Columbia,
Sunday.
Throughout her husband’s political
career, she was his counselor and in
his battles on the hustings he used
to refer to her as “the prettiest red
headed woman in South Carolina."
The funeral services were held at
the homeMonday, followed by com
mittal services at Rosemont ceme
tery, Newberry.
REQUIREMENTS FOR
ENLISTMENT IN MARINE
CORPS ARE ANNOUNCED
Macon, Ga., Jan. 15.—Lieut. Col. H.
W. Stone, in charge of the U. S.
Marine Corps district recruiting head
quarters, located in the Municipal au-
between the sills on one side of the I ditorium, at Macon, states that the
barn. The coins ha d been brightened
up by the licking of the cattle. On
the farm, they told a story of an aged
negro, now dead, who reputedly hid
his money in the bam.
RUSSELL TO HEAD BOARD
January quota of 33 high school
graduates between 18 and 25 years of
age is now being accepted, and in
cludes four buglers between 17 and 18
years of age, who have 1 completed
grammar school.
A onlicauts shoul d first communicate
with district headquarters at Macon,
and be prepared to present their high
Washington, Jan. 15. — Senator school diplomas, or a certificate ° n
Glass, chairman of the senate appro- the regular printed form giving date
priations committee Monday appointed of graduation, signed by the principal
Senator Russell (D., Ga.), as chair- together with parents’ consent if un_
mar of a subcommittee to handle ap- d«nr 2tl years of age. and tWo letters
pronriations for the agricultural de- of recomme"dr* ! nn ’ from orominent
partment. citizens of their community.