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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 8, 1934.
NEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA
R. A. Pate, 66, former banker, died
suddenly late Friday at is farm near
Hawkinsville .
Charles A. Mims, 84, prominent
Cordele citizen, ar.d native of Hous
ton county, died Sunday night.
The sentence of Ralph Capone,
Chicago gangster convicted of failure
to pay income taxes, expires Feb. 27.
Five white prisoners in the Cai
rol county jail at Carrollton sawed
their way to liberty Saturday niglit.
Thirty-five thousand dollars has
been granted to Lavonia for construc
tion of an airport, the cost borne by
the government CWA.
Game and Fish Commissioner Zacl;
Cravey is planning a war against
Tennesseeans who cross Georgia lines
to hunt without licenses. 1
Charles P. Graddick, a native Geor
gian and former Barnesville postmas-
Fingerprint records from Scotland
YarO, London, and several places in
the Eastern part of the United States
reveal that Ekypenyong Essien, alias
James E. Davis, alias Thomas Lewis
negro being held in the Chatham
county jail at Savannah, for deporta
tion, has a long criminal record in
two countries.
Unemployment relief from public
funds was being extended by the gov
ernment to 273,665 persons, compris
ing 68,841 families in Georgia last
O -tober when a special census was
taken throughout the nation on this
subject, according to statistics made
public by the Federal Emergency Ke-
nel Administration Sunday.
Funeral at rvices were held at Co
lumbus Monday or Hubert F. Pollard
2o, wnose decapitated body was lound
Saturday at the 38th Street crossing
ui the Ler.tral of Georgia Railway
tracks. Police said witnesses told
tiiem Pollard stumbled between two
box cars of an incoming freight tiain
from Cedartown and Atlanta.
W. C. Barrett, of Dawson, received
an appointment Monday lrom the De
partment ol Justice in Washington
DEPUTIES NAB PAIR
OF MEN OPENING
SAFE AT MACON
Macon, Ga., Feb. 3.—Believed to
have been “pulling their first job” as
safe crackers, two young men were
surprised early Saturday morning as
the worked over the strong box in uie
Fasten and Denson store in Macon,
and were arrested without resistance'.
Warrants charging the two with
burglary were issued, naming J. V\’.
Denson, one of the owners of the
store as prosecutor. The young men
gave their names as David Morris, 1!)
a el R. A. Burns, 23, and both saie!
hey have no homes.
When apprehended, the pair had
sawed a bar from a window in the
rear of the store, had removed the
knob from the safe and probably
would have opened the box within
five minutes if the officers had not
walked in. Mr. Denson declined to
give the amount of money in the
safe, but said it was not large.
ter, was Thursday made suf.erinten- V? .“ P 08 * 10 " **«■«"«*{; P™*"*
dent of the U. S. air mail service, j d ‘ visi ° n that d ? pa t r “
j structions to report at once. Mr. Bar-
A banded dove was shot last week rett is the son of the Rev. and Mrs
near l avo by Alfred Bailey. It had W. H. Barrett, the former being pas
been banded in Canada, the token be- j tor of the Dawson Baptist church,
ing inched: '33, Kingsville, Ontario, I Mrs . Sarah Tickett Anthony, 79,
j member of a distinguished west Ten-
Mrs. L. H. Webb, of Columbus, is nessee family and cousin of General
said to have lost a handsome diamond Pickett, of Confederate fame, died at
ring in a Savannah taxicab while Macon Thursday last. She was se-
going from her hotel to the Central, verely burned Monday night when
railroad station. ‘ i her ciotning caught lire at an open
, I grate at the home of a son, Dr. R. E.
John R. Craig, employe of a Way- i Anthony, professor of classical litera-
cross furniture store, died Tuesday ture at Mercer University,
from gunshot wounds self inflicted.
Worry over financial troubles was
blamed for the fact.
Mr. John W. Harrell, 64, a native
of Valdosta, who gained note as an
educator and author, died in a hos-
Talk is being heard throughout the
First Congressional district as the
possible candidates for congressman.
Among those mentioned being three
Savam.ahians, Charles B. Euwards,
I son of the late Congressman C. G.
pital at Dallas, Tex., Saturday night Edwards; J. G. Kennedy and A. L.
after a year’s illness.
Russell Hargrave, son of W. D.
Hargrave, business manager of the
Thomasville Times Enterprise, has
been named editor of the Red and
Black, University of Georgia campi 3
weekly.
Mrs. Sam Wynn went on trial at
Dublin for the second time Tuesday-
charged with slaying Mrs. J. E.
Burns, of Dexter, Ga., last October.
The first court hearing ended in a
mistrial.
R. E. Brown, warden of Thomas
county, died suddenly Monday. After
a brief visit to the highway offices at
'mo., asville Mr. Brown complained of
feeling badly. He received medical
attention but died soon thereafter.
Cobb, all prominent members of the
Savannah bar. Congressman Homer
C. Parker of Statesboro, will, ot
course, be a candidate to succeed him
self.
W. C. Roberts, vice president of the
Citizens & Southern National bank
Atlanta, will leave the bank Feb. 15
to become supervising examiner of
the Federal Deposit Insurance ' Cor
poration for the Sijcth Federal Re
serve district. In this position Mr.
Roberts will have supervision over
576 banks now members of the FDIC
in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis
sissippi, Southern Louisiana and
Eastern Tennessee.
Representative Vinson, of the Sixth
district, introduced a bill in the House
I at Washington to establish a national
W. D. Bullock, carrier on Route 5 l park in Bibb county to be known us
fro.., uue:.a vista has been retired |the Ocmulgee national park. The-
effective Jan. 15. He has served 28 | measure proposed the government
years and his retirement was granted acquire approximately 2 000 acres of
account ol ill health. B. M. M ore, , land in and about Maco-i, commonly
subsdiute, is serving the loute tem-
porardy.
known as the old Ocmulgen fields
and upon which Indian mounds >f his-
troical importance are l< rated. Vin
son stipulated th it the government
would pay not more than $25 an acre
The annual Georgia products din-
nci ...jo..so.ed by tne American Le
gion of the state will be held Monday I , 1 i„_j
at 6:30 p. m., ut the Ansley hotel, At-
la ta. Not only will the menu feature Governor Talmadge, it is learned,
products grown in the state, but other I received a‘ teligram Tuesday from
G- .;;ia products will be on exhibi- Harry Hopkins, federal C_WA adminis
trator, advising him that another
million dollars has been allocated to
Georgia for unemployment relief. He
said "that he did not know the exact
allocation of the money, but that it
would be administered by the new set
’ los ', up for CWA funds in this state, di-
n“ ve rented by Miss Gay B. Shepperson.
Miss Shepperson Tuesday said that
the money was the normal allocation
of relief funds for Georgia for the
month of February.
tiion.
Dr. M. L. Duggan, former state
superintendent of schools, and Col.
John T. Boifeuillet, secretary of the
state senate, are reported to be in
seri.ors condition at separate
E itals in Atlanta where they
ee’ under treatment during several
weeks.
Fire early Saturday afternoon de
stroyed the main building of the
Norman Junior College,-a Baptist in
stitution at Norman Park. Fire fight
ing equipment was sent to the scene
from Tifton and Moultrie and pre
vented spread of the flames to other
buildings.
Two men were instantly killed and
ten others were seriously injured
some days ago when a truck belong
ing to the Estey Construction Com
pany ran off a bridge enroute from
Savannah to Quitman where a pav-
vig contract is in operation by that
company.
Evidently burned to death when his
clothing ignited from’ a camp fire he
had built beside the road, Mr. Walter
Bryant, 55, well known resident of
Stone Mountain community, was
fou. d dead Friday morning about 50 Savannuh, Ga., Feb. 6.—Mayor
feet from the Memorial Highway, near Thomas Gamble has been advised by
Governor Talmadge ordered Mon
day that all telephones be removed
fnom state property in the cities serv
ed by eight independent companies
which obtained a federal injunction
Saturday against the rate redutions
recently put into effect by the Geor
gia Public Service Commission. The
principal community affected by the
governor’^ order is Douglas, where
several telephones are maintained ny
the state in the junior college there.
Other towns affected are Thomas ton,
Chatsworth, Dalton and several
smaller communities.
FARLEY TO ACCEPT
SAVANNAH INVITATION
Stone Mountain.
Credit for the nationwid
Presidential birthday balls which
clicked off a million or so dollars for
the Warm Springs Foundation ap
pears to go jointly to Henry L.
Doherty, utility magnate, anil Cason
Callaway, a Georgian long inteiested
in the Foundation.
Four freight cars were totally de
stroyed and 10 others damaged and
several hundred dollars worth of mer
chandise damaged Wednesday of last
week when an A. B. & C. freight
train and a G. S. W. & G. switch
train collided at the western side of
the Cordele compress at Cordele.
Joseph A. McClain, Jr., 31, pro
fessor of law at Lumpkin Law school
Vni-.esity of Georgia, was chosen
Monday as dean of the law school and
professor of law at the University
of Louisville. Louisville, Kv., succeed
ing Neville Miller, who resigned when
elected mayor of Louisville.
Appearance last week of three U.
S. Department of Justice agents at
the offices of the State Highway au
ditors created a mild sensation when
they demanded books and records.
Although observers tried to hi'* an
ulterior motive, investigation dis
closed facts that regular examination
of books of agencies handling federal
.funds is routine and not unusual.
and chairman of the Democratic Na-
. I James A. Farley, postmaster general
series ol I.,,,,..I n.— i i... ,..,n
tional committee, that he will come
to Savannah l'cb. 22 as a guest of the
city. The postmaster general was in
vited to the city through the action
of city council.
ATLANTA EXECUTIVE DROPS
DEAD WHILE DOWNTOWN
Ike Lipstein, former manager of the
Carlton Shoe & Clothing Company and
a leading Atlanta clothier for many
years, dropped dead Tuesday after
noon in the lobby of an Atlanta hotel.
In his pockets was found a note to H.
M. Patterson & Co., undertakers, by
whom his body was taken charge. Mr.
Lipstein was about 60, it was said.
HOUSE PASSES 950-MILLION
WORKS BILL, 382 TO ONE
Washington, Feb. 5.—The house
Monday passed the bill appropriating
950 million dollars for the extension
of civil works and federal relief ad-
ministraton.
Invoking drastic “gag rules,” house
democratic leaders jammed the meas
ure through to passage in 40 minutes.
Brought up under suspension of rules
the right of amendment was denied.
The vote was 382 to 1. The lone
vote against the bill was cast bv
• Representative Terrell (Dem., Tex.).
JEWELRY STOLEN FROM MISS
MYRICK, OF MACON, IS FOUND
IN ATLANTA PAWN SHOP
Macon, Feb. 6.—A $750 diamond
ring stolen from Miss Susan Myrick,
Macon newspaper feature writer, ha;-
been recovered by City Detectives E.
L. Foster and G. C. Britt, it was
learnej in Macon Monday.
The ring was recovered with the
aid of Atlanta detectives, after it had
been traced through an Atlanta pawn
shop where it had been “hocked" by
Clarence Thomas, young white man
who admitted burglarizing the apart
ment on Dec. 28, and Jordan Lumpkin
another Macon man implicated in the
disnosal of a quantity of jewelry
stolen from Miss Myrick’s apartment.
Only the ring, the watch and a few-
small articles stolen from Miss My-
rick’s anartment have been recovered
but detectives still are working on the
case.
METHODIST ORPHANAGE
AT MACON IS TO SHARE
IN DR. McINTOSH’S WILL
Macon, Feb. 7.—The Methodist
Orphans home of Macon will share in
large measure in the estate of the late
Dr. Thomas M. McIntosh, Thomasville
physician, it was revealed Tuesday
when the will of Dr. McIntosh was
probated before Judge R. S. Burch,
of the Thomas county court of ordi
nary.
Provisions were made in the wili
for use by the Macon home of the in
come from some of the deceased phy
sician’s real estate holdings.
It will take about a year, it is said,
for the entire estate to be put in or
der. It is estimated that after all de
tails had been taken care sir, the es
tate would bring to the orphans
home at Macon an annual income of
$7,000 or $8,000.
STATE COURT OF APPEALS
RENDERS TWO IMPORTANT
DECISIONS MONDAY
Atlanta, Feb. 5.—The Georgia
Court of Appeals Monday ruled that |
the state cannot levy assessments
against the capital stock held in Na
tional banks and also tax the divi
dends received from such stock under
the income tax law.
In another decision, the court re
versed the Sumter superior court de
cision by finding that Paul Hiller Jen
kins, prominent Americus, Ga., stu
dent in the University of Georgia,
committed suicide, and ruled that a
$2,000 insurance policy on the stu
dent’s life was invalid.
FORMER SENATOR HITCHCOCK
DIES OF HEART DISEASE
Wasington, Feb. 3.—Gilbert M.
Hitchcock, Omaha newspaper publish
er, who represented Nebraska for
nearly two decades in the U. S. sen- j
ate and house died Saturday from j
heart disease. He was 74. ;
Educated for a legal career, Hitch
cock forsook that profession after
four years to become a newspaper
publisher, and later attained national
prominence in democratic politics.
He served a total of 18 years in
h-ith horses -c congress and twice,
1920 and 1928, -was put forward bv
the iin-cr-rats of Nebraska as their
candidate for the presidential nomi
nation.
B. H. FULFORD, SHELLMAN, i
DIES FRIDAY FROM BURNS
Friday morning while trying to save
his house, near Shellman from burn
ing, Mr. B. H. Fulford was so serious
ly burned himself that he died Fri
day night. It seems that Mr. Fulford’s
kitchen caught fire. There was a
passage way connecting the kitchen
with the dwelling, and it is said that
he was on the roof of this, in his
night clothes, trying to keep the fire
fnom reaching the dwelling, when his
clothes caught fire. Only he and his
wife were atNhome at the time.
Funeral services and interment were
at New Prospect church Saturday. He
was about 33 years of age.—Cuthbert
Leader.
MOVIN GVAN FIRED
BY BLAZE IN STOVE
Lumpkin, Ga., Feb. 3.—The kitchen
stove, loaded on a moving van before
the embers of a breakfast fire had
been extinguished, set fire to a bed,
melted the ice in the ice box and dam
aged other furniture before the cargo
could be moved off to save the truck,
it was revealed at Lumpkin Saturday,
W. F. Garrett, Lumpkin resident,
who was moving to Columbus, was tiie
loser in the household goods fire. The
breeze created by the moving truck
fanned the embers irto a blaze, he
said truckmen told him.
SUPREME COURT ORDERS
111!L, 1 llM I llUHl I IIIMlAlllUA
Atlanta, i-eb. o.—x-eueral autnori-
ties .uonuay estimaieu mai nppmx.-
maieiy 4uu casts in Georgia s inree
leueiai uistnct luurts viuuiU be ai-
tecteu by me supreme couit ruling in
Vtasuibgiuii mai ail casts peu-mg
agaiMSt imiiuuuuls Giuigcu Wim Vlu-
■....ng me national prou.oiiion law be
dropped.
More than 300 cases are pending in
me no liner n uistnct ot Geoigia, 8i in
the midule uistnct, and 6u in me
souther district.
As so.-jii us prohibition was re
pealed and belore the 21st umend-
iiie.ii, was Ioiniany lUlii.ed, teueial
authorities in the northern district
of Georgia began basing liquor casts
on the revenue laws instead of the
Volstead act, so as to prosecute for
non pajment ot the liquor taxes.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The persons
charged with violating the tcderal
promoition law and not yet tried, or
who has been convicted and has an
appeal pending in a higher court, will
go free.
The supreme court so ruled Mon
day in an unanimous decision handtd
down by Chief Justice Hughes.
Justice department officials said it
affected upward of 9,0(A) cases in
volving 13,000 .or more persons.
Under the decision, cases pending
against persons charged with violat
ing federal prohibition will be quash
ed. Those who have been convicted
and have appeals pending will be set
free. The ruling, of course, does not
affect persons convicted of violating
state prohibition laws.
Nor, the court explained, will it af
fect those convicted before repeal of
the federal prohibition amendment
who are now serving sentences. At
torney General Cummings declined tc
comment on this phase of the decision
until he had had time to read it.
At the justice department, it was
explained, however, that the policy
no far had been to give more favor
able consideration to applications for
pardons from those who had good
records aside from their prohibition
violations than to those’ from racket
eers and gangsters.
Monday’s opinion was given in
passing on two cases from North
Carolina where Federal Judge Hayes
ordered the discharge ' of Claude
Chambers and Byrum Gibson. The
judge took the position that he was
without jurisdiction to proceed with
the trial because the 18th amendment
has been repealed. This was in the
face of a plea of guilty by one of the
men. The government i appealed to
test the question and determine the
status of the other thousands of
pending cases.
Pointing out that the 21st amend
ment was ratified on Dec. 5, 1933, the
court said that “upon the ratification
of the 21st amendment, the 18th
nme-'ilment at once became inopera
tive.’’
GEORGIA DELEGATION
SUPPORT SEED LOANS
IN NATIONAL CONGRESS
Washington, D. C., Feb. 3.—Geor
gia members of the house voted
unanimously in caucus Saturday to
support the Smith bill to provide seed
loans for farmers this year.
Representative Tarver said the
Georgia delegation was gratified by
the growth of the movement behind
the Smith bill to procure the addi
tional loans.
The representative predicted that
the bill would be enacted into law
immediately.
Members of the Georgia delegation
pointed out that farmers of their
stab who borrowed ficm the crop
production loan office in 1933 already
have repaid 97 per cent 1 of their
loans.
Information from Georgia, Tarver
said, indicated thousands of farmers
in the state cannot cultivate crops
this year unless the seed loan legisla
tion is enacted.
The Georgians, at their caucus,
also insisted that in administration of
the appropriation recording fees shall
be paid to the clerks of the superior
courts by the government, instead of
being required from the borrowers.
ENTIRE BUSINESS AREA
OF TOWN IN ALABAMA
DESTROYED BY BLAZE
Vincent, Ala., Feb. 1.—Fire swept
the business district at Vincent vir
tually bare early Thursday, destroy
ing a score of buildings and halting
only after a steady rain came to the
rescue of those fighting it.
Damage was estimated at more
than $K)(J,000. Buildings burned in
cluded virtually all of the stores, the
bank, post office and an automobile
agency.
Hurried calls for help were sent to
fire departments at Leeds, Pell City
and Birmingham. None of the fire de
partments asked came, h-owever,
when they learned Vincent was with
out water facilities.
Officials Thursday were investigat
ing a rumor that the fire was started
by robbers in one of the stores burned
They declined to discuss evidence
leading in this direction. 1
WESLEYAN STUDENS
REFUSE TO RESTORE
SELF-GOVERNMENT
Macon, Ga., Feb. 3.—Students of
Wesleyan College have refused to
consider a faculty proposal for the
restoration of student government at
the institution, the Evehing News
said Saturday, but it adds that the
students at a meeting Friday night
agreed to appoint a committee to con
fer with a faculty committee to work
out a plan of reorganization.
Meanwhile the faculty has con
gratulated the students for following
regulations that were In force while
the governing body existed.
l T -der the proposed plan a new
constitution is to be adopted which
will fix the authority.
No. 2
From
Page 1
her sister and ran from the apart
ment wfien she "saw Harold pointing
a pistol at Jockey.” Her sister c,or-
roooruled her testimony in most every
instance.
Shaw, who didn’t want to “give
the names ’ of persons he said were
in the bootlegging business, testified
that he had been accused of paying
someone to kill Elder.
The widow of the slain man, when
asked to identify some clothing, beg
ged the coroner: “Don’t make me
look at them” and cried loudly until
led from the room.
Mrs. Elders said her husband had
made Atlanta his home for the past
. i onths ol wnich she
had been with him. She said he left
, cimu, .-via., because he did not have
a job.
ihe widow also testified that "Jock,
ey quit the liquor business just for
me.”
ahe said that he had promised her
he would get into some honorable
business and had sold his interest to
Shaw. Shaw testified that he paid Ed-
der $600 or his interest in the partner
ship. Officers founj a bank book in
Elder’s clothing showing a deposit of
$500 ,on the day he was killed. Mrs.
Elder said he had “about $100 in cash
in his pocket,” but officers who
searched him said the-y found only
25c.
Mrs. Elder also testified that her
husband told her that “they told me
they were going to do it” if he went
back into business.
Questiomd by Coroner Donehoo
Mrs. Elder said her husband meant
that he had been threatened by other
bootlggers.
Roy Holland, who gave his address
•is Snanii-h Court apartments, was de
tained after the inquest by officers,
who said they were holding him pend
ing further investigation.
Fulcher Indicted
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 7.—A murder
indictment against three persons, for
the slaying of H. C. Elder, in his
Piedmont Avenue apartment January
30, as an alleged climax to a boot
leggers’ feud, was returned late Tues
day by the Fulton grand jury.
Those indicted are Harold Fulcher,
alias P. P. Clay: -Baron Shaw and
Charles Leahy, all of them held with
out bond. According to the detectives,
Elder, a former Canadian jockey, was
shot be-ause he attempted to “muscle
in” on the bootleg business after be
ing bought out recently for $6f-0.
Testimony at the inquest indicated
Fulcher fired the shot, after the
money had been paid Elder by Shaw.
It was established, the detectives
said, that all the defendants had
been in Elder’s apartment earlier on
the evening he was slain.
No. 3
From
Page One
leport states.
A special course in astronomy is
cotueiiipiaied by Sgt. Hill. During
the past few days he has been
studying the various streaks in the
sky and on land and has been able to
distinguish between the red streak
found in the east, designating the
approach of dawn, and a blue streak
Amen designates a rapid departure
from the theatre or hen roost in Rey
nolds.
* * *
Just what the female voice said
over the phone about Guy Char-
michael is the question uppciuiost in
the minds of the men at Camp. Nu
merous reports have been rumored
but only Guy knows the truth and the
whole truth. “Oh baby,’ what a
voice!
* * *
“A girl in every port and port for
every night,” said our only ex-sailor
in tne company, First Sgt. French.
However, the sea has been getting
rough of late and many ports have
been destroyed.
* * *
The aftermath of the alleged bas
ketball game between the officers and
the cooks was a female voice crying
out in the wilderness. It wasn’t much
of a game but it was worth the quar
ter to see Shappley’s shins.
* * *
Company Clerk Spear has taken
up a special course in telegraphy—
DOTS and dashes. It is also reported
that he will purchase a new Ford.
* * *
The news that Lieut. Rhyne would
be transferred back to Company 1433
was received in Camp with joy and
thanksgiving. Lieut. Rhyne arrive i
today and he seemed to be as joyful
as the men in Camp. “After all, ’ said
Lieut. Rhyne, “you can not beat old
1430 no matter where you go. I am
most happy to be back and hope I
will remain.”
» * *
This column is pleased to make a
correction concerning a statement
made several weeks ago. It was stat
ed that Kirby J. Fairchild wouid run
FOR Sheriff in Taylor county. This
was a typographical error. The word
“FOR” should have read “FROM.’
* * *
The ruler of China, or it the King
or Emperor, recently ruled that no
more permanent waves would be per
mitted in China. Following a
thorough check on birth records, it
was fourd that “Cocoanut” Bennett
is not a Chinaman.
* * *
Information is desired that will re
sult in the arrest,, capture or appre
hension of the Forestry Foreman who
did, deliberately and without cause,
with all the premeditation in tne
world, bring "Cowbov” and Marlar to
Camp on one moonlight night, both
of whom were . accompanied by tneir
“dates,” and then leave the two
young men at the Camp entranca and
f’iranpe»r in the rnvs o' the mnon-
fio-Ul- wi*h hoi-h “date'- ” A'v i-f
*-’- n -l-n.-i.! cn-t t n
“Cowboy” Fancher and Cook Marlar.
SPALDING QUITS
BOARD REGENTS
GIVES NO REASON FOR SUDDFV
WITHDRAWAL AS MEMBER
AND CHAIRMAN; SURPRISE To
TALMADGE
Atlanta Feb. I^Hughes Spalding,
Atlanta attorney, resigned Saturduv
I 88 111 ember and chairman of the
j Boaid of Regents of the Georgia uni
I versity system.
I Governor Talmadge made public the
'letter of resignation’ without com
, ment. It was made effective Saturdav'
! Spalding in his brief letter to the
I Governor did not assign the reason
I for his decision to quit. *
The letter, addressed to the Gov er
| nor, said:
! "I have served as a member of the
i board of regents for more than two
i years and as chairman thereof i 0 r
| more than 18 months. i
I “It has been the most interesting
I and useful work that I have ever un-
j dertnken and I hold each member of
the board and all the personnel in the
] university system as personal friends
I Needless to say I am devoted to this
j great educational work.
- “However, after mature delibera
tion I have determined to hand you
I my resignation, effective now as the
i members ,of the regents of the uni-
i versity of Georgia from the Ffth con
gressional district. I take this ; step
I with sincere regretj but it is mipos-
i siuie lor me to continue longer.
1 "It is a remarkable tact tnat dur
ing the 25 months that the board of
regents has been in office all of the
mumpers nave worked Harmoniously
anu iaitfitully without any misunder
standing or division ol opinion on any
question ot importance.
“This letter would not be complete
withoui an expression ot the appiecia-
tion Wiiicn i personally teei lor your
unflagging interest and fielptul sup
port in every matter affecting tne
university system.”
The governor said he had not had
time to give the question iol appoint
ment oi a successor any consiuer-
ation.
“I just got this a few minutes ago”
the governor said as he showed the
letter to newspaper men.
Asked if he would make an ap
pointment immediately, the governor
said he did not know. The appoint
ment must be made from the Filth
Congressional district.
The regents elect their own chair
man. In the interim before an elec
tion Cason Callaway, vice chairman,
will serve as head of the board.
The resignation of Spalding was a
complete surprise in capitol circles.
Spalding at is office, said “I have
nothing to say about it except what
I said in my letter to the governor.-
Appointment of Spalding’s succes
sor will put four of Governor Tal-
madge’s appointees on the board,
which numbers 13. The Talmadge ap
pointees are Col. Sandy Beaver ot
Gainesville; S. H. Borgan, of Guyton;
and Paul Burson, of Walton county.
In addition, the governor himself is a
member of the board.
Brisbane Will Address
Georgia Press Institute
Athens, Ga.—Arthur Brisbane, not
ed editorial writer and an outstanding
personality in American journalism,
will deliver the Washington Day ad
dress at the University of Georgia,
Feb. 22, ar.d will participate in the
Georgia Press Institute which will
then be in session in Athens.
The widely known journalist has
accepted an- invitation to delivner the
Washington Day address and also to
discuss problems of the modern press
with Georgia editors.
Other national figures who will ap
pear in the Press Institute program
include Drew Pearson, coauthor of the
widely syndicaed “Daily Merry-Go
Round.” and M. E. Pew, editor and
publisher.
Mr. Brisbane will deliver the Wash
ington Day address in the University
of Georgia chapel. Immediately af
terward, he will be a guest of honor
at a luncheon tendered by Herbert
Porter, general manager of the
Georgian-American.
The noted editorial writer is 60
years old, and is a veteran of 50 years
in the newsnaper business. He began
as a reporter on the staff of the New
Mork Sun, Dec. 12, 1883. Later 3c
'* ns 7 or den cmresnondmt foi
the Sun, and as editor of the Evening
Sun.
From the Sun lie went to the New
York World, serving as managing
editor of different editions for seven
years. From 1897 to 1921, he edited
v 0 ,.i P.-omnir .Tonr-al. In
June 1917, he purchased the Washing,
ton Timer .m3 thr following vear he
nrnpired the Evening Wisconsin, in
Milwaukee. Wm. R. Hearst bought
both paimrs from him in 1919.
The Georgia Press Institute on
Feb. 21. will open a four day program
to lie devoted to practical problems
confronting editors of the state. The
opening session will be in the form of
a reception, which will be held at War
Momorial Hall.
A rew feature of the annual in
stitute program will be “an evening
with Geora-ia authors ” The Savannah
Morning News and Press will give a
dinner ir honor of the state’s Fading
authors. Miss Jane Judge, literary
editor will represent the hosts.
| AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
! CUT IS RESTORED TUESDAY
I ,
Washington, Feb. 6.—President
Roosevelt Tuesday restored the 25
per cent reduction imposed last year
on educational and experimental ope
rations of the Agricultural Depart
ment. The order revived opera’i’’ 11 *
n-u-msll- -net: „ about three milli° n
dollars annually.