Georgia Historic Newspapers

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un's Delegates Walk
Out Ot League Meeting;
Troops March On Jehol
iman Hymans Ex
esses NO Regret as
panese Delegates
Jk From Hall
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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withdrawn from the Ileague.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 !
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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’
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W Ivestigation
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Of Kidnaping of
,
Beottcher Opened
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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
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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
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! 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. The
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‘want to be Kking,” said Palmer
Reed Long. So the 14-year-old son
iOf Senator Huéy Long was selectad
‘king of the New Orleang chil
dren’s carnival.
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
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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.
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- Senator Claude A. Swanson of
Virginia, is practically certain to
occupy the post of Secretary of
the Navy in the incoming Roose
velt administration. 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. .
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'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,