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Vol. 100. Ne. 2
JUOGE GAEEN 3tt3
fGHER EDUCATION
FTERING NEW ERA
Athenian Says Board of
Regents Will Aim to
Coordinate System
LIBERAL POLICY IS
TO BE MAINTAINED
Member Explains Scope ot
Board Awuthority in
Address Here
A new cra for higher education
in Georgia, an era in which things
done will be from the standpoint
of the welfare of the whole state,
and not for a particular institution
was predicted here Tuesday night
bv Judge Thomas F. Creén, Ath
ens, in an address before the Pub
lic Affairs Forum at the University
of Georgia.
Jjudge Green, a member of the
new Board of Regents, spoke on the
origin and purpoge of the board,
which came into existence with ithe
reoroanization bill pass>d last,
Angust by the state legislataz2, He
v introduced by Chancellor Chas,
M. Snelling.
The attitude of the new board
will be one of tolerance, iiberality,
and one which will give a great
latitude of freedom to the various
branches of the Universiiy, he ex
pizined. However, he said, there is
2 limit to all freedom and its lim
irs mus* not be encroac'i2d upch
TLe board will not meddie but act
it 1+ supervisory Cl;)ac'uy unle:s
cenditions warrant its acting other
wite.
“Action by the board will be for
the good of the state as a whole and
not for particular institutions,”
Judge Green said. Quoting from the
preamble of the new board, adopted
in Atlanta January 1, he said the
only compettion desired between
the twenty-six different branches
would be in preeminence of schol
arship. %53
“The board will not launch inco
its work in too great a hurry,” he
- said. “We realize we have a great
many limitations. For instance, w&
have no authority to abolish any
of the University’s branches. That
rests with the state legislature. The
only thing we could do would be
to recommend that such action be
taken,”
An intensive and thorough survey
of the state’s educational needs
will be made hetween now and the
time the legislature meets in 1933
Indee Green” explained. What will
be the recommendations the board
will make is, of course, not known
at this time.
He expressed the opinion that the
University of Georgia, the leading
branch of the University system,
would always remai. the mother
institution and that it is facing a
new era in whieh it would come
“into its own,” ;.
Judge Green was’ one of the first
selected for the Board of Regents
by Governor Righard B. Russell,
| ir, who is an ex-officio member.
~ He is the grandson of the late
Chancellor Edward 'A. Lipscomb.
Before heing elected to the 'ngw
hoard Judge Green was a member
of the University hoard of trustees
and had served for several years.
The hoard is not dead but merged
into the Board of Regents, he ex
plained. -
" The purpose of the Public Affairs
Forum was explained in introduc
tory remarks hy Eugene Hoppen
stein, one of the students instru
mental in its organization last Oc
tober. He introduced Chancellor
Snelling who in turn presented
Judge Green. <
VALDOSTA CHILD
KILLED; WAS OUT
‘RABBIT’ HUNTING
——
VALDOSTA, Ga—(AP)—Joanna
Walters, 8-year-old daughten of
Mr. ana Mrs. J. Robert Walters,
formerly of Atlanta, was killed
accidentally by a playmate's rifle
bullet yvesterday.
She was one of a party of chil
dren that had gone rabbit hunt
nz. Her playmates said someone
shouted, “there’s a rabbit.” A shot
Was fired and the child fell to
the ground.
E. J. Zipperéer of Twin Lakes,
the first to reach the scene, said
she was ‘shot through the heart
nd lived but a few minutes.
| LOCAL WEATHER !
| Furnished hy the Government |
' Bureau at the State Teachers ;
! College, E. S. Sell, Nbscrver, for {
the twenty-four hours ending at |
8:00 A. M. ‘
Mostly cloudy with.co_ntmu:g
ild temperature tonight a
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TENITRRTURE. .-
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The Athens Banner-Herald
Holmes Continues A Fighter
Until Forced Into Retirement
Many Mentioned
As Successor to
U.S. Court Justice
Newton D. Baker Among
Possibilities to Succeed
Holmes
Saer 1
By JOHN F. CHESTER [
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Presi- |
dent Hoover today set out upon a%
major man hunt, seeking to round !
out a list of 10 diplomats, financi
ers and men of legal mind to fill'!
‘lB many existing and probable |
vacancies. i
Faced \Wth a suddenly swelling |
number ot high posts already un- |
tenanted or about to become va-]
cant the President has dozeng Ofl
names before him. -Others today \
were placed upon his desk. Their
gifting wil: require weeks and per- i
haps months. |
Talk centered principally in the ]
capital upon a successor to Juss |
tice Oliver Wendell Holmes of tho l
Supreme court who resigned yes.
terday. Speculation ranged ovgri
half 4 dozen names. A
Within the White House there
was much discussion of a suc
cessor to Ambassador Dawes in
London and at the Geneva arms
“conference; of someone to take
Ambassador Forbes' © place in
Tokyo; of a follower for Gover
nor Theodore Roosevelt in Porto
Rico; of a new member of the
Radio commission.
There was search, too, for men
to fill at least four prospective di
rectorships in the proposed $2,000,-
000,000 reconstruction corporation.
The President hopes to have them
chosen by the time congress ap
proves the plan.
New Names
New names constantly entered
the talk today of a successor to
Justice Holmes. One was that of
Federal Judge ‘Curtis Dwight Wil
bur, former Secretary of thle Navy,
brother of Secretary Wilbur of the
Interior department, and now
unon the circuit bench in Califor
nia. s
There was equally prominent
gpeculation upon Attorney General
Mitchell, the Democratic member
of the President’'s cabinet; New
ton D. Baker, of ' Ohio, possible
Democratic Presidential candidate;
Chief Justice Benjamin N, Cardozo
of the New York atate court of
appeals, and TFederal Judge Wil
liam S.. Kenyon, of Towa, a mem
ber of the Wickersham commis
sion.
In senate cloakroom conversa
tion the names of Senators Walsh
of Montana, and Bratton of New
Mexico, both Democrats, recurred.
The 7President is known to be
geriously considering Bernard M.
Baruch, New York financier and
an old friend, as a director of
the proposed Reconstruction cor
poration. Under the bill which
passed the senate he would name
three others in addition to Secre
tary Mellon, Governor Meyer of
the Federal Reserve board ‘and =
Farm l.oan commissioner. The
house bill would have the commis
sioner replaced by Secretary Hyde.
Arkansas Woman
_ls First Elected
T U. S. Senate
‘l/\N-IdOW of Late Senator
” Thaddeus Caraway De
feats Opponents Easily
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.,._,(/PF— A
mother whose life largety was con
cerned with domestic affairs until
two. months ago will serve as the
first woman ever elected to ine
United States Senate.
~ Mrs, Hattie W, Caraway, widow
of Arkansas’ junior senators,
‘'Thaddeus H. Caraway, yesterday
‘overwvhelmed two .“independenti
!candidates in a special election to
lachieve the distinction and fulfill
the fondest hopes of those fight
knig suffrageties who a little, more
than a decade ago picketed tne
White House for “equal rights”.
[ She will fill out her husband s
unexpired term. .
l Returas from more than twe
thirds of the counties gave her
14,121 against 436 for Sam D, Car
son, self styled “dirt farmer,”
And 925 for Rex R. Floyd, son of
a former congressman.
Mrs. Cara‘yay made no cam
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Explain Change in
Hour of Address of
Poet Here Thursday
Explanation of the change in
the hour for the address of
Edward Davison, poet, who
speaks at the chapel tomor
row was made today. The hour
was changed from 10:20 to
12:40 due to the condition of
the roads from here to Gaings
ville, making it necessary to
take an indirect route to that
city where Mr. Davison will be
met. Announcement of the
poet’s address wil' be sou-d
eisewhere in The Banner-Her
ald. :
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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is shown at the right in one of his
favorite photographs, while at the left he appaers his most recent pic
ture, taken as he left the supreme court chambers at the capitol.
HERE ARE SOME OF FAMOUS DISSENTING
OPINIONS THAT HAVE STAMPED SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE AS GREATEST OF MODERN
LIBERALS - - - - - i
By RODNEY DUTCHER
WASHINGTON.—Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, who resigned
from the Supreme court Tuesday
in his 91st year remained a fighter
until his retirement, and is from
many standpoints the most dis
tinguished figure in American life,
his liberal views still undimmed
by age.
Through the efforts of countless
feature writers, she personality of
Justice Holmes and anecdotes
about nim have become familiar.
Not so familiar are many ringing
passages from his dissenting opin
jons from the high court’s conser.
vative majority, although they are
often fondly quoted by liberal
thinkers as the brightest gems of
modern - jurisprudence, Here are
a few of them:
“Freedom for Those We Hate”
Most popular and frequently
quoted in his dissenting opinjon in
the case of Mrs. Rosika Schwim
mer, in which the court majority
barred her from citizenship be-
M. E. LAYMEN TO
HOLD MEETING
HERE THURSDAY
Members of the Methodist chur:h
in the Athens-Elberton district of
the North Georgia Conference will
‘hold a “Kingdom Extension” meet
ing at the First Methodist church
,here Thursday at 10 o’clock.
+ Rev. J. W. Veatch, presiding el
lder, will preside at the meeting.
| Dr. N. G. Slaughtor, lay leader for
i+ye district said Wednesday that
| the speakers will include G. L.
lMorelock, general secretary of the
laymen’s board of Nashville anad
'Dr. Wallace Rogers, president of
{the bhoard of missions of the
lNorth Georgia Conference, = At-!
lanta; Louie Morris, Hartwell edi
"itor; Judge C. E. Sutton, Wash
‘ington. ;
The meeting “will last most of
the day. .
— e e
1S EXECUTED
BELFAST, Northern Iseland.—
(AP)—Eddie Cullens, young natu
ralized American, was hanged to
!day for the slaying of Achmet
!Musa. a Turk who was engaged
in promotion work for the aged
iZaro Agha, who claimed to be one
lof the oldest men in the world.
Part of Brick Building Collapses on
(Clayton Street Here Early Wednesday
! More than half of the roof and
{ front walls of the brick -building
inccupied by the Athens Rent-A-
Car company on West Clayton
!street collapsed about 5:30 o'clock
,this morning. No one was in ths
lbuildlng’ at the time. 4
! Six or seven automobiles storsd
in the building were damaged by
the debris. A portion of the front
walls fell into thes sidewalk and
streei. The rear part of -the build
ing did not ‘collapse. e
No estimate of the damage done
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, January 13, 1932
cause she would not, promise (9
bear arms in defense of the Con
stitution. Justice Holmes said:
| “Surely it cannot show lack of
attachment to the principles of the
‘Constitution that she thinks it
can he improved. 1 suppose that
most intelligent people think that
it ‘might be. ~ . Only a judge mad
with partisanship would exclud:
hecause the applicant thought that
the 18th amendment should be re
pealed. . . . If there is any prin
ciple of the Constitution thatvmore
imperatively calls for attachment
than any other it is the principle
of free thought—not free thought
for those who agree with us but
freedom for those we hate. I think
we should adhere to that principle
with regard to admission into, as
well 4s'life within, this country.
And recurring to the opinion that
bars this applicant's way, I would
suggest that the Quakers have
done their share to make the coun
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WOODMEN INITIATE
LARGE NUMBER AT
MEETING IN ATHENS
With the largest crowd, in several
véars present, ten-men - were initi
ated into the. Woodmen of the
World at a meeting here Tuesday
night in the new headquarters, in
tersection of Clayton street and
College avenue.
d Rivers, .icrmer state senato?
and_ state consul commander of the
Woodmen, who was to deliver the
principal address, was unable to be
present due teo the condition of his
son who was injured in an auto
mobife accident.
The Dantelsville and Alhens
camps conferred the degrees. Wea
ver Bridges, former consul comman
der of the Athens camp, gave the
talk in the absence of Mr. Rivers.
“Fellowship and Insurance,” was
the subject. Mr. Bridges stressed
the benefit of keeping up the insur
ance during the present time.
Mr. Bridges acted as ‘chancellor
commander for the initiation; Dr.
H. V. Percells was advisor lieuten
ant, and Charlie Bridges was in
charge of the degree team.
:to the automobiles and other
iequlpment was made by J. Louis
Smith, proprietor of the company.
!He stated that he had no insur
ance on the automobiles or other
thing's in the building. %
The building is owned by Mrs
! George Scott, ;
! A large crowd of persons view=-
ed the debris today as telephone
tand. power company workers
sought to entanglé a mass of wires
|disconnected as the result of the
fall. : ot T
—ESTABLISHED 1832—
HONDLULL'S CRIME
PROBLEN LIKELY 10
GORUENE ASSEMBLY
Business Leaders Likely
To Ask Washington
For ‘‘Relief”
DEMAND TO CLEAN
UP CITY IS MADE
Grand Jury to Consider
Latest Slaying Case
Upon Convening
| HONOLULII. —(AP)—A threat
‘of business #iders to “go past lo
cal authorities and ask Washing-
Iton for relief” was before Gover
nor Lawrence ~M. Judd teday as
' he asesmbled-for-Secretary Wilbur
of the-Interior department a re
- port on island crime conditions
[climax’ed ¥riday by the “honor”
‘slaying of an Hawaiian. ;
~ The directorate of the chamber
©f commerce presented its “clean
up” demands as attorneys prepared
ltor the murder trial of four Amer.
jcans ‘accused -of lynching Joseph
Kahdahawai, one of five- youths
charged . with assault upon Mrs.
{Thomas H. Massie. ?
Governor Judd sald he had not
been asked to submit_ a report,
but had informed Serretary Wil
bur he would send, one.
. Next Move
The next move in ~the case
against the four defendants, Mes,
Granville Fortescue of Washing
ton and New York, mother of tbe
agsault vietim, her son-in-law,
Thomas H. Massie, a Naval llen.
tenant, and Albert, 0., Jones #nd
E. J. Lord, Navy enlisted men, is
due Friday. The grand jury con
venes at that time. ¥
Pending action of the grand jury
the four defendants will remain in
naval custody at Pearl harbor.
A chamber of commerce eom
mittee was to formally present to
Governcr Judd today a request
for changes in the Ilonolulu police
gepartmer: and the city and coun
ty attorney’s office. A special ses
sion of the legislature was urged
since this can be done only by lez
islative action changing the city
charter.
Atlanta Banking
- Houses Showing
Greater Deposits
Three Largest Banks Elect
Officers and Report In
creases in Deposits
ATLANTA ,—{P)—lncreased de.
posits were shown in annual re
ports of Atlanta's three larges!
banks. x
~ The reports, issued late yester
day, show a voluntary satary re
reduction by officers and some em
ployes and addition to the boards,
. The First National panx reported
election of Scott Hudson and Ar
thur [Lucas, Atlanta business men,
to its board, The election of Bax
ter Maddox as assistant trust of
ficer of the Trus: »fficer of tie
Trust company of Georgia also was
reported. <
“Ths -Citizens and Southern Na.
tonal bhank - reported selection of
Smith Witham 1s assistant vice
president. Mr. Witham has been as
sSociated with banks here since
1902. The annual meeting of the
‘Bank's stockholders was held in
Savannah,
The directors, meeting In Savan
nah, elected Mills B, Lane as chair
man and Willlam Murray as pre
sident,
The Fuiton National Dank here
showed an increase of 5 1-2 per
cent in deposits during the year.
Each bank reelected its officers and
directors. The only change was in
the directorate of the First Na
tional Bank.
ROOSEVELT’'S NAME
ENTERED IN OREGON
PORTLAND, Ore—~(AP)— Ore
gon Democrats have formally
launched the presidential candida
ey of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
George F. Alexander, president
of the Roosevelt for President lea
gue of Oregon, yesterday filed
with the secretary of state at
Salem, a petition to place the New
York governor's name on the Dem
ocratic preferential primary bal
lot.
- More than 11,000 signatures were
affirmed. When informed at Al
bany, N. Y. his name had been
placed in the primary, Governor
Roosevelt declined to comment.
SALARIES ARE CUT
IN WILSON’S OFFICE
ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—John B.
Wilson, Secretary of State, said
today that a . re.arrangement of
his office had resulted in salary
reductions averaging 10 percent.
He said he had not yet been
able to determine accurately the
requirements of the operations of
the examining boards division
which the rearganizaticn bill
placed in his charge. He said,
however, that it appeared to be
getting off to a good start.
Tornado In Alabama
Takes Eleven Lives,
Does Much Damage
“BE YE TRANSFORMED,” TAKEN AS *
KEYNOTE FORB. Y. P. U. MEETING
ATLANTA. —~—(AP)— Transfor
mation of lives, says J. E. Lamb
din of Nashville, Tenn., secretary
of the Southern Baptist Young
People’s Union, and not conforma
tion to ways of the world are the
needs of the hour for American
youth,
Mr. Lambdin told the B. Y. P.
U. convention here last night that
youth must be transformed.
Through transformation of youth,
he said, the church will be trans
formed and the entire world can
be changed.
His admonition of “Be Ye
Transformed” was selected as the
keynote of the convention which
has brought more than 3,000 dele
gates from 18 Southern states
to Atlanta. A
An address by Charles Howard
on “B. Y, P. U, a factor in devel
oping the rural church,” will fea
ture today’'s sessions.
Mrs. J. E. Lanbdin will eonduct
a sword drill today as anothcr
high light of the convention. Theso
drills are unique features of B, Y.
P. U. conventions. The “sword”
is the scripture and the contes:-
ants are drilied on their knowledgo
of the Bll)le. Many of the young
people answer hundreds of ques
tions on the scripture and rivalry
is keen.
Former Athenian,
Ncted Doctor, is
Dead in Carolina
Dr. Benjamin B. Steedly,
~ Head of Chick Springs
Sanitarium, Dies ;
ATLANTA, -— (AP) — Friends
here were notified Wadnesday of
the death yesterday at Chick
Springs, 8. C., of Dr. Benjamin
8.. Steedly, 58, first director of
the Steiner Cancer clinic at Gra
dy hospital.
Dr. Steedly directed the clinic
for a year, leaving here in 1925 to
enter private practice in South
Carolina. Later he became head of
the Chick Springs sanitarium.
He was born in South Carolina
but spent his youth in Athens, Ga.,
where his father, Dr. -O. B.
Steedly, practiced for many years.
Survivors include the widow,
formerly Miss Florence Pittman
of Thomasville, and a son and
daughter, all living in South Car
olina.
Power of Mayor of
Of Augusta is Slashed
AUGUSTA, Ga~—(AP)~The city
council has deprived Mayor W.
D. Jennings of the powers of ape
pointment.
Counciimen vote? nine to five
for the action last night. Mayor
Jennings expressed disapproval of
the action but wished the major
ity group well in its plan to con
duct the affairs of the city. v
Russell to Decide
On Special Session
ATLANTA. —(AP)— Governor
Richard B. Russell, jr, says e
will decide within the next week
whether to call a special session
of the legislature on curtailment
of cotton production.
The governor made the an
nouncement yesterday during a
conference with legislators named
to draw up a bill to control cot
ton planting in Georgia. Earller
in the day the committee, named
by the speaker of the house and
President of the senate, had de
cided not to recommend specific
cotton legislation.
TODAY’S BEST
H J;'tan In t;;st
STORY
BRISBANE, Australia—(®)—
The unemployed women of
Brisbane have threateneg that
unless the State Minister of
Labor and Industry agrees to
discuss their problems with
them they will march through
the streets of the city nude.
State police have been in
structed to take every precau
tion, but the number of job
less women is so great that
authorities doubt whether
they would be able to arrest
all of them if they carried out
their threat. These women al
ready have participated In
some extraordinary demon.
strations. . .
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday.
' The winning union is awarded
a prize, one of the most coveted
honors of the meeting. Each statle
is represented in the drill but a
team selected at state meetings,
Committees and groups met ot
the First Baptist church today and
heard lectures and discussed prob
lems of their sections and organi.
zations, The unjons are democratle
mita of laenl eburches and cone
ducted wholly by young people.
They thrash out their own prob
lems and map programs {or their
churches, religious education and
young people's work.
' Dr. Ellis Fuller will speak to
day on “Church Loyalty” and Dr,
Fred Brown will speak on ““The
Baptist Message to the Modern
World"”
A mixup. in which the auditori
um was reserved for the same
night by the B. Y. P. U, and the
promoter of a syrestling match
was straightened out by Judge Ed
gar E. Pomeroy of Fulton superior
court. He awarded use of the au
ditorium to the B. Y. P. U. con
ference,
The conflict in reservations was
blade on the building committee
of clty council. A restraining or
der obtained by the B. Y. P, U.
was made effective by Judge
Pomeroy during the remainder of
the conference sesalons.
Three Sentenced,
Two Others Face
Trial Here Today
Two Serve Cang Terms on
Forgery and Assault
Charges .
’ Verdict in three criminal cases
‘were retugned by Superior court
‘yesterday afternoon and today and
‘decisions in two more were ex
pected during the afternoon ses
sion.
Hill Chappell, Negro, charged
with assault with intent to mur.
der in connection with the injury
of Nesbit Griffeth, Negro, was
found guilty and sentenced to
serve from 2 to six years in the
chaingang.
According to witnesses, Camp
peill, crippied, hit Griffeth over
the head with a crutch, casing a
big gash in the front part of the
head. Griffeth testified he was
asleep at the time.
Henry Stevens, Negro, was
found giulty of passing a worthless
check of the amount of $4.50 on
W. R. Cooper’s market under an
assumed name of “R, L. Moss.”
He was sentenced to serve from
four to ten years. He was found
not guilty on a charge of passing
a worthless check of the amount
of $3.560 on H. Rosenberk’s store,
under an assumed name of “H. P.
Williams.""
Roy Nelms, charged with aban
donment of twe minor children,
was séntenced to pay all costs in
the case and serve a 12 months
suspended sentence.
The jury was out early tkis after
noon in the case of Plumer Elder
and Willie Davenport, Negroes,
charged with the theft of $25.80
from Jesse Clotfélter’s store here,
The court began trial of Walter
Cook, young Negro this afternoon
on a charge of thievery from the
Quick Tire company. Cook claims
He was born in South Carolina
J. E. BUTLER, OF
EASTVILLE DIES;
BURIAL THURSDAY
Jossie K. Butler, aged 54, died .
at his home in KEastville, at 7:30
o’clock Wednesday mornnig. He
‘was ill one month. ;
_ Funeral services will be con
‘ducted from' the Union church in
Oconee. county = Thursday at 37
o'clock by Rev. D. M. Joiner,
Christian minister. Interment will
be “in’ Union' cemetery, Bernstein
Brothers funeral home in charge.
The. pallhearers will be: C. C.
Parsons, J. C. McCree, L. A. Byrd,
H. H. Harris, J. M. Brow, J. H.
Joiner, A, W. Jenes ¢hd T. ¥,
Dickens, |
Mr. Butler was a native of Oco
‘nee county. He was a member of
the Christian church. The sur
vivors are: Mrs. Butler; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Sidney Johnson; three
sons, Arthur, Durham and James
Butler.
Bondsmen Surrender
Man Held in Murder
LAURENS, S. C.. —(AP)— The
bondsmen of Eugene Crisp, one of
six men under charges in the
slaying of W. C. Rasor, formet
Cross Hill banker, have surren.
dered himself to Shorifi Coiumbus
Owens; . 3. I |
MOUNDSYILLE SCENE:
0F GAEATEST TOlls
HAE KILED THERE
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Torrential Rains and High'
Winds Are Recorded .
.. By Observers &
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —(AP)— &°
tornado that dipped into fiva
counties in west central Alabama,
and central Mississippi last night.
brought death to eleven persons,
ten of them Negroes, injured mere .
than 150 others 'and wrought Whs,
sstimated property damage, %3
The greatest loss of life was res.
ported at Moundsville, Ala., whera
nine persons were killed, all Ne=
groes. . More than a score of oths.
ers were hurt and more W;&;
homes razed by the wind which
it times reached a veloclty‘o@;{,;ig %
miles an hour. iy A
Mrs. Frank Simmons was killed
when the storm demolished her
home at New Hamilton, Miss. Her
12 year old daughter Helen was,
‘taken to an Aberdeen, Miss, hoSs
pital where attaches said she had
small chance to live. More than
125 persons were hurt h‘w
storm. Forty five of these were
taken to the Abeideen hospital.
. One Negro was killed m’gfiifi‘
‘hurt at Faunsdale, Ala., where
many bulldings wero destroyed. .
Torrential ralns accompanied the
‘high winds. Pensacola, Florida,
had a clondburst recorded by mha.
‘United States Weather bureau at
'8 inches. Vicksburg, Miss, res
‘ported 2.36 inches and Montgoms.
‘ery, Ala., recorded 1.76 inches. The
fall_ at Louisville, Ky, was 112
linchefl and at Atlanta, 1.00 inches.
NEGROES KILLED
MOUNDSVILLE, Ala, — (AP}~
Nine Negroes were killed, miore
than a score, including a flM
!or white persons, were injum&s
between 30 and 40 homes were
’destroyed by a tornado” whith
struck in the vicinity of Mounds=:
ville last night. Y e
The dead: Julla Bevans, _Jop
Odom and his wife; two grands
children of Odom; Baxter Bealls
and his wife; two unidentified
‘Negro women. e
Willie Rene Griffin, daughter of
1. M. Griffin, farmer, suffered &
broken leg. The other injured
‘were among farmers whose homes
were levelled by the wind b
reached an estimated velocity of
60 to 70 ‘miles an ‘hour, . . =
More than 30 farm homes %
destroyed. ‘ - 3@,
§ Chsa oy
ATHENIAN WILL = 7
ATTEND PERSONAL -
| FINANCE MEETING
‘ TR A
. H. A. Wood, manager .
Franklin Plan of Georgla will at.
itend the eleventh annual ¢o
‘tion of the Georgia Assoc 0L
Personal Finance companies
will be held in Atlanta TI ;
The spoeakers will includé, -
‘ert R. Lanham, president of:the
‘Southland Loan and Investment
company, Atlanta; W. F‘rank%
sons, vice-president American As
tsnriatit)n of Personal - Finance
companies, Washington; B, ¥,
Moore, New York; Hugh' Howell,
Atlanta. i
| IMr. Wood said today that “the
'members of the association . ars
lx‘nnd(-riug a unique financial ser
vice to a deserving class of .in«
'dividuals who lack banking credit.
‘The clientele is mainly from.the
great American middle class whigh
forms the backbonesof the popus
lation. The only qualification re
quired is that an applicant. bewof
good character and established im
lhomes. s
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Two Plead Guilty in
Murder of Druggist
MIAMI, Fla. — (AP) -» PW
guilty to charges of murder sos
their part in the holdup and &-
ing of Frank D. Palmer, . Miami
druggist, Frank Moulton mw
James today were ready to tes
for the state in the trial of their
alleged pals, Clarence D, Cason and
Jimmy Milligan. ik A
Within an hour after their indict
ment along with Cason and Milli
gan for the druggist’s death .on
New Year's eve, Moulton and %
| appeared before Circuit Judge
'F. Atkinson to plead guilty. Tes~
timony against them will be heard
by Judge Atkinson after trial 0f
(ason and Milligan, set for Thyss
day. DR
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A LA CRYE o iia
NEW YORK— The latest thing
for the farm "is a “A La Carte” fer
tilizer which comes in small grey
pills and is planted with drills, s
non-caking and dustless, -and cone
tains four times as much food as
crdinary fertilizers, ek e e
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