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About The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1933)
COTTON o e r No. 38. un's Delegates Walk Out Ot League Meeting; Troops March On Jehol iman Hymans Ex esses NO Regret as panese Delegates Jk From Hall RM 0 ARMIES FO EARHEAD JEHOL SP ojang Besieged §y 000 While 60,000 in afCh on 'ehOl | NEV A P The .'l:munesel lked out of the as : e League of Nations ' A ( he report con .‘ Tapanese policy in Man ,d urging continuation ot ‘ ~enition of the Japanese -1 stat )f Manchuquo. '_ tion announced th:n| - no longer cooperate with :;(1,_,;,,v of the F.lxn-.lzu)ul*lese' “w Matsuoka, head of thei n elezation, told the as-) iy, however, that Japan would| mte with the league as t'ax" rumstances permitted. , on the Japanese (h-lo,';'utionl ol out Paul Hymans, of Bel- | ¢ hai in, without an}'! «ion of regret, said the as-! v would reconvene at 5 ]).l miday e then dismissed it. hile t situation was left what confused, it was = clear for the present Japan has withdrawn from the Ileague. her did M. Matsuoka usserll Japan would withdraw from | e - | s final 1¢ ks to the :m-’ ) ¢ vd said i he Japanese government nmv{ s itself npelled to econclude | Japa nd other members Of! leagu entertain different | s on the manner lln \\‘hl('hi ¢in the far east is to bhe ach-| ( the Japanese ;:n\'m'n-‘; ht is obliged to feel that it] w reached the limit of itaj‘ pavors to cooperate with the{ ue nations in regard to; )-Japanese differenees. | he Japanese government \\'ill,i jever, make the utmost efforts| establishment of peace lin the ! east and for maintenance and | ngthening e? cordial x‘olationsi need hardly add that the| anese government persists Ini esire to contribute to human| e and will continue Its poliv,\'i cooperating in all sincerity in| work dedicated to wor]d[ 'B, { flien he had finished Dr. f\l.’lt'; ko and about twenty of his] It walked out Several s‘ul)-; iNaté members of the delega®| femained ! ————— | By The Associated Press | telr forces divided into two‘- ”I” 108, one aimed toward Je-| Gty ar the other !m\'ul'd? ("‘”‘-‘ Japanese and Manchur-! Wrces are pusning onward “1’ FARR | (Continued on Page Three) | . . ‘ W Ivestigation ! Of Kidnaping of , Beottcher Opened 2. e | ENVER—(P)—A new investigas is time hy a county grand IV, Was underway as the twelftlfl Passed since the kidnaping fur; W ramson of Charles Boets T, scion of g Colorado | lionairé family. ‘ 1 grang jury inves(igationj Tlered by Distriet Attorney | Wettengel after a conference ! Clange K Boettéhem multl "aire father of the mlSSinS‘" T“-’H the ¢loge of a day in\ 1 more clyes in the case ware fStigateq ind labelea worthless e elder Boetteher had issued F""H.,nu; % the kidnapers. l s o Statement through the ™ Boetteher gsaiq: “Return my Arme nd I guarantee to| y 60,000 nsom to you.” L ° Warned the abductors that “-¥ear-old broker was nOtl El= ho by midnight next : all previous offers would rawn and he would pro & Stich action as may \‘." Chiet Albert T C]a..rk‘ vitness summeoned ! ic;i""'\” Ty Thursday night .»“r‘: "“’”lvw,\' Earl Wetten ng, . O Uisclose. his fature Mdlcated other witness- | ber o"€ the kidnap wictim’s| "ould .be Summoned. ’ WF:*_B}Y ClviLizaTiON | s NTA—( A\P)—A civilization ,m‘.i.f‘ .M Geargla by the ‘:;,».“ >" Years before Ogile ‘,F_,E”"‘“‘ €d at Savannah, J. gmp . ANderson of that elity ”l-avi ‘l night at a Di-cen yor In; Ki'\'“n here by | L*l‘.’»’llmhl\.l‘f Key and C:eorge‘ :-..:n. * chairman of the Ful : Y Doard of commission- | FULL Associated Press Service. TODAY’S BEST HUMAN INTEREST STCRY Belle is going to die, unless Athenians contribute the $lO which will save hepr, Belle is the 2-year old Ger man Police dog which held off a mad dog when it entered a yard in which several children were playing while all but one child escaped. p Unless Belle receivesatrear mert by . Saturday, she will probably contract rabies. Earl Day, who owns Belle, is not asking for charity: he s:mply hasn't the $lO, and he does want to save her. That's why the Banner-Herald is printing this story. Belle is a real heroine_ if there ever was one; guided solely by her affection and loyalty for the children whom . she knew, she protected them at the risk of her own life. Only 2-year old Jessie Frank Amos, son of Mr. and Mrs. .. I. Amos, was bitten, out of a group of six or seven echn dren, and Jessie is receiving treatment and getting along ' all right. | If a human bheing had done ‘ what Belle did, he would be " honored and feted. She 1s “ going td die wunless somebody - contributes $lO to save her. ! If any Athenians feel that . death is not a suitable reward for heroism, Jthey may send their contribution to the Ban - ney-Herald, and rest assuread ~ that it will be given Mr. Day. MizalllG HOUE BILL RETURNED House Committee De cides No Member Had Hand in Disappearance ATLANTA—(#)—The missing bil to abolish the State Agriculturl department was returned Friday. The chairman of the committec considering the bill told the house that it /had been turned in to him Stonewall Dyer of Coweta, one of the authors of the measure which had disappeared Thursday night when the general judiciury committee undertook to act on it, asked the house to condemn ‘any such practice as is going on” in reference to the bill and added “if we can find out who took that bill they should be brought before the bar of the house and treated accordingly.” At the committee meeting Thuys fday night friends of the bill told {the committee the original had ldisappeared and that a copy which would make the bill inef ltectlve had been substituted. The { committee, however, voted tn re iport favorably a substitute bill abolishing the present Agricultural ’department set up and putting in |its place a board of ten membavs sand a Secretary of Agriculture. Strickland of Douglas, the coms mittee chairman, told the house the bill had been returned TFriday {morning by a member who sa:d he thad found the bill among some ‘!papers in his pocket. Strickland | satd this member of the house was 'above reproach. He said the meém iber had requested the bill in ordet to have some copies made and that later he had been unable to find ‘{the bill but did find the substi |tuted measure. : *I Strickland said the committee had decided that ne member of | the house had had anything to do {with the bill being lost. The measure as reported Friday | would provide for one member of the board from each congressional ldlstrict to be appointed by the governor and to operate the de {partment through the Secretary ot Agriculture. The original bill would transfer the functions of the department to the State Col lege of Agriculture and the De partment of Health. LOCAL WEATHER Partly cloudy, probably fol lowed by rain in northwest portion Friday night and in west and north portions Sat urday. Rising temperature in central and north portions Fri day night. TEMPERATURE Hishaat ... ... i o 988 RO i S i e MR o ..o e b 8 Bl . ke e RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .... ... C 0 Total since February 1 .... 6.21 Excess since February 1 .. 2.11 Aver,aage February rainfall . 5.13 Total’since January 1 .. .. 8.68 Deficiency since January i. .25 THE BANNER-HERAILD | SPEAKS AT BANQUET e R Y At R 3 - REREees. T Ris sy R e e ,i ; F By | REREEE A ; Ry | Paie R ‘f} SE: BB b e A e SRR e L SER N R ) PRNRARE o nEER P SRR e o B TR o 4 RN T R 3 -(:'-: ’._(s_,-_; ‘;::::;::<~\ ‘ v:\ n‘-‘.f-.,\i‘ .I:¢;s's‘“.\-:>‘_’_ % p a v e e o "’§‘° i R AR R 2 R -.;%z\ S . U AR o g S . T R e L B, 3 s P eB r | T E R Bt Di A RTIR O AR Ter ARR USRS S, ; - * Dr. W. L. Moss, dean of the University of Georgia Medical col lege at Augusta, who will be the prinsipal speaker at a banquet at the Georgian Friday night for members of the Georgia Academy of Science, in session at the Uni versity of Georgia. WICOW AND NEGRD HELD FOR SIAYING lNegro in Columbus Gro . . - | cer’s Killing is Taken to | Fulton Tower | LAI ! COLUMBUS, GA.—(P)—A Mus cogee county grand jury has indic ‘Led Mrs. Ruth Gamblé, 36-year old widow of J, . Gamble, and Andrew !Ilunt, a I\'(‘m'n' charges of murder [for the alleged slaying of Mrs. [Gamble’s husband, who was killed lus he left his grocery store here on the night of February 7. ] Mrs. Gamble was arrested late iThurcday and placed in the custo dy cf Jailor W. D. Layfield, who said she refused to discuss the charges. Officers of Fulton tower, Atlarta, sard Thursday night a Ne lgro listed as Andrew Hunt, of Col umbus, charged with murder had ben brought there Thursday nigh: Gamble was killed with a shot gun as he was leaving his store for his home, I Mrs. Gamble is the mother of two c-hildrcn, both boys about 6 and 8 years old. Layfield caid three Negroes had been arrested as suspects. School Teachers Agree To Cut In Salaries for ’33 Athens school teachers have agreed to a 10 per cent cut in their calaries beginning Feb 1. which will save taxpayvers $14,000 annually, it was learned at a meeting of the City Board of Education Thursday afternoon, 5 At the January meeting, ‘the board deciged to cut all employes: 10 per cent, Salary contracts for school teachers were signed up un til June, so a committee was ap pointed to ask the teachers to vol untarily take a reduction beginning Feb. 1 so that' the new budget might be balanced. All but three teachers agreed to take the reduction. The board de cided that all salaries would be re duced in accordance with the decis ion of the majority of the employ es. Supt. B. .M. Grier was authorized to appoint a committee from ‘the board to select persons to take the school census during the early pari of March, Census will be taken this vear as a basis for ‘the state’s bud get per capita for school children here, ; ‘A description of the work being done by the Athens Woman's club in aiding the Opportunity school here was given by Mrs; H. B. Rit chie, member of the Board of Edu cation and chairman of the Educa-+ cation yommittee of the Woman’s club. & j ‘ A home economics' department for girls and woeodwork department for boys have ben installed at the Opportunity school. The material turned out by the students are used by the students, Mrs. Ritchie said. : MISS MARTHA BERRY IS PRESENTED MEDAL NEW YORK,—«(#P)—Miss Martha Berry. founder and director of the Berry Schoois Mouni serry, Ga., has been awarded the Bieanor Van Rensselaer Fairfax gold medal sot eminent patriotic service. The award was made Thursday by the National Society of Colonial Dames at special exercises. Elihu Root and Evangeline Bootn also have been awarded the medal Following presentation of the medal to Miss *Bery a reception was g'ven in ner homor. \ Athens, Ca., Friday, February 24, 1933, HOUSE COMMITTEE INCREASES MONEY FOR INSTITUTIONS Appropriation for Univer sity System Increased $500,000 by Committee Revamping Bill WOULD MAKE TOTAL $1,500,000 ASKED Largest Appropriation Is Provided for Common Schools of State ATLANTA.—(#)—A house com mittee busied itself Friday in re vamping Governor Talmadge's ap propriation bill by adding $500,000 to the appropriation for the Board of Regents of the University Sys term of Georgia, raising the amount for common schools by $1,000,000 and cutting the . Department of Agriculture’s fund by .$150,000 an nually. The house appropriations com mittee, at a session lasting until early Friday morning, sent out with jts approval a bill carrying $10,121,000 for each of -the years 1934 and 1935, or an increase of about $1,630,000 annually gver the amount recommended by the bud get bureau, consisting of Governor Talmadge and Tom Wisdom, state auditor. i 3 The original appropriation foz, 1932 was $10,893,909, but due to a shrinkage in revenue, Covernor Russell was forced to cut the money actually received to $9,750,- 626. This represents payments of the general fund only, and dGoes not include special allocations, which were approximately $lB,- 000,000. | Appropriations also were hiked for several institufions under the Istne board of control, including a 15>250,000 raige, to $1,250,000, for the 'state hospital at Milledgeville. The Board of Regeilits wi'l re ceive $1,600,000 fgr operation of ithe state’s institutions of bhighe: learning if ‘the committee’s plans now being“drawn into a new bill for report to the house Monday, is accepted by the legisbature. This memberg said, would permft the board to operate all of its institu tions, except perhaps a few‘schools ldohg. only high school work which the board desires to discon ltinue. The largest appropriation, ex centing allocated funds, was the total of $4,500,000 given to the: common schools, $1,000,000 more than the budget bureau recom mended. Committee members es timated the gasoline tax should yield $2,000,000 for the common schools for each year, thus giving the schools a grand total of $6,- 500,000. The committee figures showed the schools actualiv re ceived $6,100,000 in 1932. The committee had slashed practically every item in the bud get bureau bill until jt reached tie Board of Control for Eleemosynary institutions, the Board of Regents for the University System, and the common schools. Increases to these boards and the schools 4accounted for the increase over the gover nor’s recommendation. The request jof the Board of Regents for $1,500,000 was granted by a 22 to 20 vote of the com mittee. Earle Cocke, secretary of the board, and Philip Weltne:r, of Atlanta, member from the state at large, appeared - before the com mittee several days ago and said $1,500,000 was absolutely necessary to carry on the work of 2il In stitutions under the Regents., It this appropriation is granted, ev ery institution wunder the board can continue to operate, The first item in the bill is the appropriation for the Depariment of Agriculture, nlaced at SIOO,OOO for each of the next two years a reduction of $150,000 from the Lureau recommendation and a re duction of $165,000 from the amount spent in 1932. The Veteri nary department was given $50,- 000, a reduction of $25,000 in the amount appropriated for last year. The Comptroller General g cut from the 3\150.000 recommended by the bureau to SIOO,OOO. That- of fice received $160,000 in 1932.. The Department of Entomology was raised:from the $40,000 recom mended by the bureau to $50.000. The department weceived $60,000 in 1932. ! The committee slashed the item of expenses for the governor's office from $25,000 to $20,000, and the item for the governor's emer gency fund from $150,000 to £106,- 000. The emergency fund in 1932 amounted to $133,000. No effort was made to divert any highway funds, the committee approving the provision of 97 per cent of the allocated funds to the department. A new provision in the bill gives three per cent of every allocated fund to the gen eral treasury to bear the cost of colloction, The Milledgeville state hospital, which last year received $1,062,000, was given an appropriation of sl,- 250,000, despite the bureau recom mendation of $1,000,000. The tu berculoeis sanatorium at Alto was given the amount suggested by the budget bureau, $225,000. 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MORTGAGE AELIEF GOML OF SOLONS South Carolina Legisla ture Well on Way to Bring Needed Relief . +GOLUMBIA, 8., K.,—#)—The {Mh Carolina legislature Friday was - definitely on the road te a stabilized plan for relief of mort gagors.. : ‘ The senate passed and sent to the ‘house a bill which would set up "state and county committees to me diate in forclosure proceedings and to recommend extensions in cases ‘where debtors were making effrr: to pay. : i 3 At the same time the house was considering, and passed on second reading, a ' measure authorizing courts to extend, up to three years, the time for judgement and sale in foreclosure proceedings. ; Another relief proposal for prop erty owners, already passed by the fsenate' was given second reading approval in the house, it would ex tend time for payment of 1932 property taxes until June 1. The taxes were due January 1, with in creasing penalties for each month which they are overdue. There was no debate in the house on the measure, and third reading was ex rected to prove a formality, The senate has not yet taken up the general appropriations bill sent to it by the house, but leaders said it . would do so Friday, The meas ure, covering a period of 18 months because of a change in the start of the state’s fiscal vear from Jan nary to July, totals approximately $9,200,00, as compared with the to tal of $9,500,000 passed last yearv for a 12-months period. Armed Patrol Cars Added to Roosevelt Protection Forces ~ ALBANY, N. Y.—(#)—President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and the national democratle chairman, James A, Farley, left heye at 10:30 a. m. Friday, for the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, where they will discuss federal patronage problems. The President-elect awoke Fri day in his old bedroom to find the famillar old New York executive mansion converted into an armed camp. Beneath his window a dozen po lice - tramped about the grounds. Nine “prowl cars” cruised about the block, shotgun muzzles show ing jn each car. Outstde the front gate were more police. <1 An overnight guest of Gm’ernm% Herbert H, Lehman, with whom he attended the legislative corre-’ spondents’ show Thursday night} Mr. Roosevelt was assignea the same room he used during his ruur! yeArs as governor. Q' DECLARE DIVIDEND SAVANNAH, GA., —(&#)— Divi dends’ of $7 a share on preferrel stock and $6 a share on common were declared at a meeting of the stockholders of the Savannah Sugar Refinery corporation in New York Thursday. In addition a divi dend*sof 91 cents a share on the common stock was added to the surplus. Dividends for the year to taled $403,740, : Tax Reduction Planls Submitted To Fire Of Debate Here Thursday CLARKE FARN! BOARD WOULD KEEP COUNTY AGRICCLTLRAL WORK Resolution, Introduced by J. T. Pittard, Points to Valuable Aid of Farm Specialist P A farming program for 1933 was ladopted at a meetnig here of the Clarke County Agricultural Board which at the same time adopted resolutions vpposing discontinu ance of the county agricultural agent as recommended in a recent report of the grand jury. The board takes the position | that if ever there was a time when the farmers need guidance it is lthe present, and pointed in sup port of its contention that the county agent gives valuable eco nomic service to the community, ’the fact that farmers who have been most successful in weather 'ing the depression are ' those who have adopted the farming progran outlined by the county agent and the agricultural board. . ‘ A further objection to discon-| tinuance of the county agent, the board believes, lies in the fact that the extension agents of the state make their home in Athens, spend their money here, and if Clarke county joins in, or encourages a Imovement to reduce federal ap propriations to agricultural promo tion, the economic effect will be | felt by this community. And, it is {pointed out, in view of the fact ‘thut federal funds are given only I“’ match state funds, whenever an ‘hgent is cut off, the federal fund fvfm'qh “fs*targely spent in Athens, is thereby reduced. ’ The Resolutions The farming program for 1933, together with the annual :'epot‘t.l of L. C. Watson, county agent, will | be.published on The Banner-Her iuld‘s farm page Sunday, but the board's resolution, introduced by e P Pittara, ftollow: i “The County Agricultural Board 'of Clarke County having received la.l its annual meeting the report jof Mr. L. S. Watson, the eounty iagricultural agent, deems it fit ’&hat the following resolutions i passed and brought to the attea |tion of the Clarke County Commis 'sioners, who have recently re lceived a communication from the Igrand jury concerning the discon ltinuation of the argricultural work within this county, a work which lwe consider to be of great value {and of vital necessity to the farm lers of our community. ! “1. Be it resolved, that it bve brought to the attention of the said County Commissioners of Clarke that through the activities of this boord and its agricultural county agent an intensive sta ple improvement campaign have been put on with cotton through the years of 1930, 1931 and 1932. Previous to that date no concerted action had been made to improve the quality of the staple of cot ton produced within the county. |We were successful in 1930 in ihuving 50 percent of the cotton i])l'oduced in said county to be of | Cokers No. 5, Cokers No. 887. In ll!):il this was raised to 70 percent land in 1932 to 85 percent. This {gotton brought a premium of at ’leust SI.OO per bale which aggre | gated an extra $3,500 in 1930, $4,- 'fluo in 1931, and $3,06¢ in 1932, this [being in no year less than twice jthe amount of money appropriated iby this board toward the support Ipt the agricultural county agent. | An investigation made in adjoining ‘counties showed that a very small i proportion of the farmers are |growing cotton bringing a prem lium on the markét. | “2, Be it further resolved, that lthe Board of Commissioners be in formed that through the meetings held by the county agent under our auspices there has been a large increase in the acreage of corn, ;outs. wheat, hay crops and vege ! tables no the farms of this county. {ln 1931, the corn acreage was in | ereased by 28 percent, the summer :hay ecrop 58 percent, the oat acre jage 42 percent, and that 36 per 'cent of the farmers planted five ;'acres of wheat per plow. In 1932, these rceommendations were again ‘made with the resuit that there was produced a surplus of corn, ‘oats, hay, pork, potatoes and truck crops for farm usage in Clarke (Continued on Page Five) PAY VETERANS ATLANTA —(®#)— S. M. Ayers, state commissioner of penstons has mailed to ordinaries checks total ing $117,390 to pay Confederate pensioners. A warrant for thal amount was signed Thursday by Governor Talmadge. A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday. NEW NAVY HEAD? eae R TRN e O S MR 0 e 17 ov i | R R R SRR R R TR ARt S R e R R N R RN BR " | SR RN ":v‘.j:,i{:{' B, L 3 SRRy ARSI ARE K 3 _‘ S DEEERE 3 32 : e RERRIL 2 X R R 3 R 5 . 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Swanson is a veteran legislator and close per gonal friend of the President elect., TAXPAYERS LEAGUE 1S ORGANIZED HERE Board of Directors Named And Will Elect Officers Later ; A Clarke County Taxpayers Lea gue was organized at the court house Thursday afternoon at the meeting of citizens which later de bated the recommendations of the committee to bring about tax sav ings. Thomas H. Hall, president of the Georgia Federation of Taxpay ers Leagues; Theo Volk and Ken more Burns, sr., all of Macon, at tended the mecting and assisted in organizaition. Mr. Hall presid ed. A board of directors was elect ed by the League which will elect its own odicers. The board in cludes, W. C. Flanigan, James W. Morton, Dr. John A. Hunnicutt, J. M. Fowler, H. J. Oldham, Herry Elder, T. J. Holbrook, R. L. Johnson, J. R. Dawson, George Deadwyler, Dean Amis, A. O. Flanigan, Harold Hulme, L. L. Lester, H. H. Hinton, Harris ‘Thurmond, B. P. Joel, J, P. Nunnally, Lee Morris, Jake Joel, jr, W. H. Benson, J. H, Patman, Dr. H. W. Birdsong, H. L. Sea graves, T. W. Morton, E. C. Jackson, M. M. Arnold. ' The Macon speakers declared that the Taxpayers Leagues 'n Georgia have brought about reduc tions in taxes, corrected evils of exorhitant expenditures by county and city governments, including duplication of salaries for certain officers in counties, specifically Bibb county. The power of such organizations is dependent upon the membership. Mr. Hall spoke on the advance of socialism, citing in support of his argument, the spread of free schools. If this keeps up, he said, the state will finally take over the bodies of children, and bring in Communism. Mr. Burns, president of the Macon Real Estate Board, declared the time has arrived for a. rebellion of property owners, to reduce governmental expenses, and for a revolt of real estate owneis against high taxes. . g o . . 'Lindbergh Extortionists ‘Are Released Under Bond ROANOKE, Va, — () — Three young defendants charged with ‘attempting to extort $50,000 from I'Colunel Charles A. Lindbergh. by threats to harm his second son lwere bound over to tne federas ggrand jury meeting on July 3 when |their cases were called F'riday‘ {morning before United States ! Commissioner Charles D. Fox. ‘ ! In continuing the cases Commis |sioner Fox allowed release of Joe% ißyant, 19. and Norman Harvey, 26, who have been held In jail {‘since their arrest after Bryant at tempted to cash a $17,000 “plane ied" check, under bond of SI,OOO each. Harvey's wife, Elsie, the |third defendant has been at liberty under $5,000 bond obtainea at = time the two men were unable ta secure the heavy bonds previously demanded for them. ¢ o = ‘HoME] CITIZENG AGREE 10 CEATAIN PAOPOGALS AND REJECT OTHERS Most Items Are Opposed. H e al t h Appropriation Cut Endorsed, But Hos pitals Survive A mass meeting of approximate= ly 250 citizens at the court house - Thursday af}ernoon debated for more than two hours the now celebrated recommendations of a citizens’ committee to abolish some county offices, withdraw appro-<" priations to or lease certain ins titutions, and curtail expenditures in various departments, in order to reduce county taxes three mills. sk At the close of the lengthy de bate, it was found that the meet~ ing had killed some of the recom mendations, endorsed or modified others and referred still others to final action by the people in a referendum. The recommendations that were endorsed follow: 1. Withdrawal of S9OO now paid by Clarke county toward the sal ary of the judge of the Superior court. This recommendation, how ever, may ultimately be left to a referendum, as the right of the commissioners to suspend the ap propriation without legislative aec tion is challenged. 2. Reduction of S9OO in Clarke county's $1,900 appropriation te ward the salary of the solicitor general of the Western, circuit: This recommendation grew out of a motion by Andrew C. Erwin, ’who declared the _ solicitor and judge should be dealt with on an equal basis. The committee had ' not made a recommendation as to the solicitor's salary, stating that if a proposed bill to enlarge the circuit is adopted, 'Clarke's pro rata share of the solicitor’s salary will be reduced. This reCommen=-. dation, too, may have to be left to a referendum as it was said by some that legislative action will be required. Left to Referendum = 3. Abolition of the City court., This recommendation, requiring. legislative action, will be nn_ally_ determined by a referendum vote. 4. Twenty percent reduction in maintenance of the county court~ house and jail. ; 5. Twenty-five percent reduc tion in road expenses. When this recommendation was opposed by Harry Hodgson because it would jeopardize highway contracts, and the plan whereby the sgtate pays the county for the labor of Clarke county convicts, George M. Abney, a member of the committee mak ing the report, sald it referred to maintenance. ; 6. Twenty percent reduction in salaries and expenses of the clerk of the county commissioners' de partment. . ! . 7. Twenty percent reduction in }salany of the county engineer.: - 8, Payment of tax equflww same basis as jurors. & ’ 9. Fifty percent reduction win ; appropriatien for department of health, amounting to $4,000. 10. Placing the sheriff’s office on a salary Dbasis, instead or a fee system, and payment of a mini mum seclary of S3OO per month to ‘the sheriff. The county will take ‘over feeding of prisoners. 'This proposal wlil go o a referendum ‘vote as it requires legislative ae= tion. i ' 11. Endorsement of the bills ow in the legislature to abolish the offices of tax collector and tax re ceiver and county treasurer, and creation of office of tax commis 'sioner to conduct affairs of both imx offices, and a county deposis tory. v | List of Rejections The recommendations of the committee tkat were rejected by the meeting follow: s 1. Closing of the General los pital under county operation by ‘not later than May 1. 2 i 2. Withdrawal of countly's ap ‘proptiation to Fairhaven tubercus losis hospital. - e 3. Abolition of the offices of county -agricultural agent and county home economics demonstra tion agent. Gt 4. Abolition of social welfare ‘worker and probation officer.. The effect of the rejection of the four above listed recommenda- . (Continued on Page Six). . TREASURY FIGURES WASHINGTON —(#)}— Treasury receipts for February 21 wer;&:s,. 281,635.65; wxpenaitures Si3,SEL -621.69; balance $288,710,699.84. Cus ‘toms duties for 21 days of Fe ru ary were $12,482,640.47, by Jii,
