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Vol. 101. No. 127,
Efforts To Adjoum Congress Saturday Night Are Met With Failuf
HGHWAY ROW IS BROUGHT NTO ATHENS COURT
Statesmen, Financial Experts Of Many Nations Converge On London
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PROGRAM OF F.D.A.
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Reorganization Proposals
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And Appropriations Bill
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‘Objections Brings Senate
Recess Over Week-end
BELIEVED CONGRESS
TO CLOSE NEXT WEEK
Several Administration
Bills Stand Chance of
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Passage During Week
By D. HAROLD OLIVER
Asscciated Press Staff Writer.
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Con
gress edged up almost to the point
of adjournment Saturday night
nd then found the difficulties
could not be surmeunted.
Faced by an uprising in the sen
ate against President Roosevelt's
reorganization proposal and ob
iections that blecked passage of
the appropriations measure carry
ing funds to start the economic
recovery program into full aetion,
genate leaders ~ ddjourned that
branch over thé week-end.
Before the plans for a sine die
adjournment were abandoned,
however, a long day and night of
work had brought virtual agree
ment on the two major disputes
that remained to be settled—the
veterans compensation cuts and
the industrial recovery bill. The
first was beng ironed out in con
ference after an administration
compromise had been accepted by
the house. The second lacked' only
senate acquiescence to a confer
ence agreement.
The break came suddenly and
dramatically, during a speech by
Senator Long (D.-La.).
As a note was passed to him, he
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Statewide Showers Brmg!
Heat Relief But Crops
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Benefit But Little ;
ATLANTA Ga.—(AP)—Thunder- 1
ftorn swept over Atlanta Sflllll‘-l
day, starting fires, overflowingl
Sewer and breaking a Six-d:l)’i
heat \wve.
, The weather _bureau reported |
140 inches of rain fell during the
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0 hit the downtown section all zlfi
Oce. Sewers could not carry nff“
the water as fast asg it fell and
Many streets were flooded. '
Firemen were called to thre¢
Vlazes started int the downwwnl
Vi lightning.
The temperature had reached a
Ximum of 82 before the rain
the first time in the last
t has not passed 90. o
Light showers fell over some
“etions of Georgia Friday night.‘l
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Rev. Lester Rumble |
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To Tour Europe, Easti
(Rev. Lester Rumble, pastor of;
First Methodist church here,
.. Mbanied by Rewv. G. Ray Jol"—!
: ' High! Peint, N. C., will sail“
e oS- S. Majestie, at midnight|
¢ 40 for points im Burope and
Ce Tear Hagt.
twer . cature of the trip.will be a
I"] ve-day motor tour of the Holy
Rev. Jordan recently con
. 42 serics of revival services
~ 1 chureh here,
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.‘,ILCC”' showers and thunder
“owers Sunday and Monday.
. TEMPERATURE
Lowest. el s e 18
o eaeeiignpaani RLBO .8
% RAINFALL
moeS st 24 hogls oL, 20
& irce, Jupalge oo .. 8¢
A Cleney s'nee Jgne 1.... 1.12
T age June rainfail...... 4.10
De since January 1......17.84
Liciency since January 1 6.00
THE BANNER-HERALD
More Escaped Kansas
Convicts Are Caught
Near Mexican Border
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+ SAN ANGELO, Texas.—(AP) |
—Billy Woods and Clifford
Dopson, who escaped with
nine other convicts from the
Kunsas penitentiary Memorial
day, were captured by two Ue
S. customs officers Saturday
while fleeing toward the Mexi
can border.
The fugitives were taken
prisoners near Junction, Texas,
150 miles from the Rio Grande.
Two women and a baby were
with the convicts,
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Convention Will Bring
300 Young Georgians to
Athens Next Week
Plans for the entertainment of
three hundred =~ boys in Athens
June 18-20 have been completed
by the Frank Hardeman chapter)
Order of DeMolay. The local
chapter is acting as host to vis
iting DeMolays from twelve Geor
gia cities at the annual state con
clave.
The convention here next week
makes Athens the -only city in
Georgia to twice -entertain the De-
Molay conclave. Approximately
300 youths between the ages of 16
and 21 attended the conclave here
in 1930, and an equally large gath
ering is expected next Sunday.
In addition to the delegates from
the DeMolay chapters there will
be many prominent Masons who
are active in the work of the fra
ternity at the Athens sessions. A
special invitation has Dbeen ex
tended to all Masons in northeast
Georgia to attend the public ses-
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% Believers in cAthens and Its Future é
EHonor Roll,
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/ oOld and Successful Business Enterprises %‘
j That Have Stood the Acid Test of Time
They have an enviable background of achievement and have weather
ed the storms of the past. Their individual success not only reflects
credit to thelr good name, but through their foresight and progres
siveness Athens continues to progress despite fires, tornadoes and de
pressions.
Date Years
Est. Old FIRM’S NAME CLASSIFICATION
1832 10% THE BANNER-HERALD..........Dedicated to Upbuilding Athens and Clarke Co.
1854 79 THE GAS CO. (Ga. Pub. Utilities).“You Can Always Depend on Gas”
1866 67 H. T. HUGGINS & 50N...........Wh01e5a1e Auto Farts—Supplies
1882 51 MICHAEL BROS. 1NC.............."The Store Good Goods Made Popular’ *
1882 51 WARREN J. SMITH & 8R0.......Wh01e5a1e and Retail Drugs, Sundries, Ete.
1888 45 McGREGOR CO. (Sta’ners-Prin'ts) “Dependable Goods at Reasonable Frices”
1891 42 GEORGIA POWER C0.............%A Citizen Wherever We Serve”
1891 42 WINGFIELD CASH GRO. CO......Fancy and Staple Grocers. Prompt Service
1902 31 JOHN K. DAVIS & 50N..........8ui1ding Contractor and Paint Supplies
1904 29 WESTERN MARKET.. ...... ....Western and Native Meats.
’1905 28 ATHENS MARBLE & GRAN. CO..“Memorials of Quality”
§ 1007 26 SMITH & BOLEY, Insurance Office General Insurance, Real Estate and Loans
1908 25 GEORGIAN HOTEL Coffee Shop. Athens Oldest and Most Popular Eating Place
1910 23 BRUNSON FURNITURE C0.......“We Save You Money”
1910 23 L. M. LEATHERS.... ............Roofing, Sheet Metal at Satisfactory Prices
1911 22 BERNSTEIN FUNERAL HOME.. . “Instant and Careful Ambulance Service”
1911 22 BERNSTEIN FURNITURE CO.....“Better-Bilt Furniture”
1912 21 CRUCEDALE GREENHOUSES...“Athens Leading Florist” N
1914 19 J. 8U5H...... ...... .... ......."Reliable Jeweler”"—Repair Work a Specialty
1917 16 E. &S. TIRE 5ERV1CE..........."Ke11y Tires ¢6-Times Fortified Against Wear”
1918 15 C. A. TRUSSELL MOTOR C0.....F0rd Cars—“ Athens Oldest Dealer”
1918 15 ATHENS BATTERY C0...........A Super-Service Station——A.A.A, Approved
1921 12 THE FLORENCE COMPANY......Pure ice and Quality Coal—A Home Industry
1923 10 H. L. COFER SEED C0............5pecia1i5ts in Farm, Garden and Flower Seed
1927 6 DEADWYLER-BEACHAM C 0..... Real Estate, Sales, Rentals, Loans
1028 5 INDUSTRIAL LDY. &D, C. CO...Work and Frices that Satisfy—Trial Convinces
1928 5 WILLIAMS TRANSP'T’N. C 0..... Quick Delivery from Your Doer to Customer’s Jf
M 02z 5 FINDLEY DRY CLEANERS...... “Not How Cheap—How Good” /
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a [ ABILIZATION OF
CURRENCY 15 GOAL
OF LONDON PARILEY
Central Bank Officials of
America, Great Britain
And France Confer on
Stabilization Methods
AIM IS TO PREVENT
MONEY FLUCTUATION
Fund to Buy and Sell Cur
" rencies of Three Nations
Is Discussed
LONDON —(AP)— Negotiations
between central bank officials of
the United States, Great\ Britain
and France on the stabilization of
the dollar, the pound and the frane
were under way = here Saturday
night as statesmen and financial
experts of many nations prepared
for lifting of the curtain Monday
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terest Here in
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Rules Governing
Government Loans
Athens and Clarke county offic
ials are awaiting announcement of
the regulations governing loang
under the public works provision
of the National Industry Recovery
Act before deciding whether or not
to apply for loans.
Under the provisions of the act
munieipalities, counties and states
may borrow from the government
regardless of constitutional limita
tions to their borrowing ecapacity.
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Athens, Ga., Sunday, June 11, 1933.
Negro Sentenced to
Die in Chair Friday
Still in Jail Here
George Cole, Athens Negro
who was sentenced to be elec
trocuted Friday, is still in the
Clarke county jail, awaiting a
decision of Judge Blanton
Fortson on his appeal for a
new trial.
Cole was sentenced to die for
the fatal stabbing of L. C.
Pittard, 16-year-old Negro boy,
at a dance on Atlanta avenue,
near Barber street, March 17.
SUMMER SCHODL T 0
BEGIN THIS WEEK
Students Already Arriving
For Session. Largest En
rollment Expected
Students began arriving yester
day for the University of Georgia
Summer School with indications
for the largesty enrollment in its
history.
Dr. J. S. Stewart, director of the
summer quarter, states that he has
ever recevied, the largest number
of inquiries from prospéctive stu
dentsy and a huge enrollment is ex
pected,
The summer quarter opens to
morrow with registration on Mon
day and Tuesday. The opening as
sembly will be held June 13 at &
o'clock at the University Chapel,
and in Pound auditorium the next
afternoon at the same hour., Dr. S.
V. Sanford, president of the Uni+
versity, will be the speaker at both
opening assemblies. |
Two operas will be presented
this year under the direction of
Professor Hugh Hodgson, director
of the department of music of the
University. They are “Martha” te
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~—ESTABLISHED 1882
WONAN CONGRESS
ISPIMNT PEAKS
70 NTHENS CAOWn
Mrs. Josephine McDonald
Brings Campaign to
Clarke. Congdon Discus
ses Harris_and Cartledge
BROWN IN LEAD, HIS
HEADQUARTERS SAY
Harris Reiterates Power
Charges; O’Kelley Urges
Russian Recognition
Athens took its first look at a
woman congressional candidate in
action last night when Mrs. Joseph
E. W. McDonald of Richmond
county delivered a campaign speech
from the platform of' the Shackel
ford building. :
Mrs. McDonald was introduced
by T. J. Shackelford. 2
Barlier in the day, William 'P.
Congdon, Augusta lawyer, issued a
statement here declaring that Roy
V. Harrig's “power issue has flop
ped”, especially in Augusta where
the people regard it as a ‘fake”,
as Representative J. L. Cartledge
dubbed it.
. Congdon was here to arrange a
!speaking date in Athens within the
' next few days. He also took a
lcrack at Cartledge, saying the
lßlohmond legislator s claiming he
is a supporter of Presideny Roose
velt’s. program but at the same
fi&&‘ advocating legislation in
conflict with the Roosevelt pro
gram. The fight in Richmond is
warming up with the possibility
of the npolitical factors centering
behind one candidate becoming
slighter every day. Observers de
clare that Richmond takes its pol-
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More Contributors
Are Announced For
Warm Springs Fund
D. G. Anderson announced yes
terday a list of additional contrib
utors to the Warm Springs Foun
dation fund. The new contributors
to the Clarke county quota of
$1,500 includes H. L. Seagraves,
Linton Elliott, Emmett Wier, Mrs.
George Deadwyler, Mrs. W. D.
Beacham.
. 'Mrs, T. P. Vincent, Michael’s,
|'A. E. Grifith, jr., Mrs. Eliza H.
McHatton, Barbara W. Jenkins,
|Mlss Luecy Linton, Miss Annie Lin
lton. Miss Otey Vincent, John F.
Tibbetts, jr., W. I. Abney, John
White Morton, E. D, Sledge, Paul
‘L.. Smith, Empire State Chemical
company, L. F. Rdwards, M. G.
| Nicholson, C. F. Crymes.
Mr. Anderson states the cam
paign will continue here until the
full quota of $1,500 is raised.
Georgia hall is being built with a
SIOO,OOO fund raised by popular
subsecription. The hall will be a
dormitory for crippled childr{Qd
sent to Warm Springs for treat
ment of infantile paralysis.
M. J. Hornsby Dies
Suddenly; Funeral
Today at Elberton
Marvin J. Hornsby, 39, agent
for the Seaboard Air Line railroad
here, died suddenly Friday night
at 7 o’clock. Funeral services will
be conducted from the First Bap
tist church at Elberton Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock by Dr. J. C.
Wailkinson, pastor of the Athens
First Baptist church, assisted by
Rev. H. T. Brookshire, Elberton,
and interment will be in Elmhurst
cemetery, Elberton. Bernstein Fu
neral Home is in charge of ar
rangements.
Pallbearers will be W. 0. Bol
ton, Vail Deadwyler, Judge Clark
BEdwards, J. G. Watterson, Jack
Fleming, Clois Brown, R. E. Hud
gens, Dr. R. W. Hartman. Hon
orary Dpallbearers will he A. B.
Crisp, J. H. Hill, Charles Comp
ton, commercial agent of the Sea
board; J. M. Wester, Winder
Wester, W. E. Monday.
Mr. Hornsby is survived by his
wife and two children, Jack Horns
by and Sadie Elizabeth Hornsby;
his mother, Mrs. J. A. Hornsby,
East Point; a sister, Mrs. R. D.
THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE
GCEORGIA STATE TEACHERS’ COLLEGE
In this column, a week ago, appeared a discussion of the recent
cweeping changes wrought in Georgia’s University system by di
voction of the Board of Regents. Theée point was raised that, in the
abcence of any expocition on the part of the Board of the motives
prompting the modification, consolidation or abolition of various
departmente, the public and taxpayers who support these institu
tions felt—and juctifiably so—that they were being ignored in a
trancaction in which they are vically concerned. ..
Attention was directed to the {act that meetings of the Board
of Regents at which, we presume, the significance of contemplated
change. are {ully discussed, are not open to the public and the
press; and, as has recently occurred, the entire University system
inay be completely overhauled and the bare recults announced with
no explanation of cause or anticipation of effect. The inequitability
of such a procedure was pointed out, and The Banner-Herald re
quested that the Board of Regents—in justification of its own posi
tion as well as in fairness to the public, cause to be published a
report embodying the reasons that prompted the changes recently
inaugurated-—the report referred to being that submitted to the
Board following the survey of the University system by a well
known Foundation, ac we had been led to believe that, in the main,
this document provided the pattern for the re-vamping that has
been effected.
So, it was gratifying to learn from Chancellor Snelling in a {
communication, published in the Banner-Herald on June Bth, that
the survey report is in process of being printed in pamphet form,
copies of which will be available at an early date. With eager in
terest, we shall await a copy of the report in the hope that it will
dissipate pronounced misgivings that we, in common with innum
erable other tax-payers, entertain regarding the wisdom of certain
dicta emanating from the Bcard, Not that we question the sin- |
cerity of this body; but the issues involved are of such coloksal
magnitude that a false or ill-adviced step may quite conceivably {
entail devastating effects. An educational system representing a
growth and development of over one hundred years and permeated
with certain ideals and objectives cannot be completely re.vamped
with one fell stroke unless, unfortunately, the perpetrators are af
flicterd with a ruthiessness that does not establish the proper bal
ance hetween cause and effect.
One of the principal issues, the explanation of which we anti
cipate in the survey report, concerns the institution originally
knawn as the State Normal School (under which unpretentious label
it functioned for nealy forty years), later as Teachers College, then
as the College of Education, and which, in future, will be called
the Coordinate Junior Woman’s College—this, we are advised, being
the most recent dictum.
Ac we see it—and we admit we are still largely in the dark—the
Board of Regents has completely disemboweled the State Teachers
College, leaving little more than a cadaverous shell, despite the
fact that on this campus are buildings that are valued at $494,000
and equipment representing an investment of $200,000. An insti
tuition that, from 1895 to 1933, had an enroliment of 25,000 girls
drawn mainly from small tewns and rural communities; a school
noted, not only for the scholastic attainments of its graduates,
but alse for the high ideals which it instilled in them, and for the
unswerving loyalty they bear their Alma Mater; a teachers' thain
ing laboratory that was established by the tax-payers of Georgia
to uarve a particular purpose (and served it well) and wag pro
vided with buildings and equipment from the proceeds of public
and private contributions; a school whose faculty was told one
year ago that the Board's plan was to develop it into one of the
finect Teachers’ Colleges in the South—such an institution has been
abolished. In the process of integration, this fine old, scheol that
hae so faithfully served Georgia girls of modest means sacrifices
i's identity and becomes the girls’ junior department of the Uni
verity of Georgia. The past achievements* of which it is justly
proud, together with its aspirations for the future are submerged
in the debacle called integration. At least that is the manner in
which it impresses us in the absence of specific information from
the Board.
However, it is not so much the sentimental loss entailed that |
engages us in our groping efforts to grasp the significance of the
changes wrought at the old Normal School. We would readily
brush aside sentiment if if constituted an obstacle to progress.
But when we cansider certain facts and figures that pertain alto
aether to the practical sidé of the situation, we cannot escape the
conviction that in this particular the Board of Regents has failed to
render a constructive serviec. We are altogether honest in that
conviction, which, perhaps, may be fostered by the meager infor
mation which we have; and in making the statement we do not ‘
wish to be construed as charging dereliction of duty to the Board.
On the contrary, we believe the Board of Regents is honeotly
corcerned in building an educational structure in Georgia that is
commensurate with our hopes and ambitions, but the members ar2 all
bucy men and dependent, perhaps, on.surveys and reporis and the |
like, for their guidance in matters of policy. - Wel cannot’ accolint, ‘
in any oiher way, for the gymnastics that has been employed Jn
connection with the Georgia State Teachers’ College. Were the
individual members of the Board as familiar with the incompara
ble service rendercd by this unique institution as we are, we hazard
the declaration that, instead of dispensing with the College, the
- would have recognized in it a nucleus upon which to erect a
structure that would rival any teachers’ training school in the
country,
Do th.foard members realize that prior to the 1932.33 term, it
cost a student at the Normal Schoo! only $165.00 per year for both
tuition and board, constituting, 've are told, the cheapest normal
training in the United States and offering to parents of modest
moans an opportunity to give their daughters exceptional educa
tional advantages? -
Do the Regents know- that a certificate from this institutfon,
carned at a minimum of expense, is reocgnized in any state in the
Union as adequate evidence of the necessary preparation to teach?
And also that graduates of this college are in great demand, not
only in Georgia, but in many other states as well where they have
acquitted themselves crditably?
Are thz Board members cognizant of the fact that the people
of Georgia are so thoroughly sold—anc¢ have been for years—on
the cystem of education developed at the old Normal School that
it would have been possible to double the enroliment, had the state
seen fit to provide the necessary buildings and equipment?
Hae it occurred to the members of the Board that fifteen of
the eighteen buildings on the Normal School campus were erected
with funds derived largely from public and private confributions,
the donors of which had reason to believe that they were contrib
uting toward the perpetuation es a type of educational training
that was serving a useful purpose and was not being duplicated
elsewhere? : oot “.'
Does not the Board of Regents feel—if they pause to analyze
the situation—that the steady growth in enrollment, spirit and
influence from 1917 to 1932 at the' Normal School, in spite of no
physical expansion, is a fair barometer by which to guage the use
fulness of this institution and the esteem in which it is held by
parents who have daughters to be educated? And if so, would not
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MWHORTER . BRINGS:
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ROW TO COURT HERE
Governor Reported €
sidering ‘Firing’ Chair
man Barnett and Vereen.
Denies Militia Plan ‘
McWHORTER SUING
FOR BACK SALAQ
Decision of Court to De
termine Whether Gov
ernor Has Fired Men
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Judge Blanton TFortson &,‘%
Western circuit yesterday f"
members of tne state highway
board to show ®ause here June &0
why they should not pay‘_thgi'%‘
salary of B. P. McWhorter, ¢ rief
enginegr of the department, ‘wh
has been ordered fired by Gov.
ernor Eugene Talmadge, bug’ “
has remained unpaid on tm
partment’s payre' since the gov
ernor’s order was issued. = P
The highway hoard has made &
requisition on the
more than $2,000,000 credited oit
in the state’treasury to pay' ‘the
salaries of MeWhorter and other
employes for April and May ;g
the governor has refused to p e
mit withdrawal of the funds umtil
McWhorter and four other e gi
neers are, discharged, accdrdifi'f?f,
his demand. The board refuses te
comply - with the governor’s %‘
demand contending that he
authority over’ perssonel of the
highway department. ‘
McWhorter's attorneys, Graham
Wright of Rome, James ’i‘* Co 1
Columbus and Arnold, Arnold and
Gambrell filed the petition institu=
ting mandamus proceedings i
Clarke superior court 'yestere ay
afternoon and Judge Fortson jis=
sued a rule nisi summon vmfl,,
members of the highway *;:;’3
Captain J., W. Barnett, ""ai--ap&%‘
W. C. Vereen and Jud P. "95’”;’7‘;'
to appear before him at 10 o’cloek
Tuesday, June 20, for a h;“‘-
Sues For Salary * v
McWhortey is suing for pa ment
of salary and expenses for April
and May, amounting to 310&_.‘
The petition set out that * the
highway board has nevep g*i
ed the petitioner, nor in any way
renounced its contract with the
i SRS
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Fourteen automobiles “‘-f‘
fifty or more Athenians will
the big motorcade advertising ithe
opening of U. S. Route 29 when
it reaches here on next Friday, it
was announced yesterday by Li ) f’
Nelson, general chairman “;m
Athens committee. ““""f{“
Mr. Nelson was in '
terday where final preparations
for the motorcade are heing mae “‘2
by Alex MecNeil, manager 4,‘
‘cade for the Atlanta _ Jou ‘%
chief sponsor. He said -A._'
will send a tremendous dele; x
on the trip which will ’fl’
the towns and cities on the re ute
between Atlanta and Spar _,&%i'
burg, S. C, Enthusiasm in Atlan
ta is rampant, Mr. Nelson said.
The Athenians who will make
the trip include Mr. and Mrs:
James Sartor, Wileta Sartor' and
Jim Sarton; Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Nel som, Mr. and Mrs, *fla{‘
and E. D. Newton; M. M. Bern
stein, Sidney Boley and party;
Julian Cox, Walter Wellmamn,
Frank Postero, W. P. White;
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Gunn an@
party; Mr. anda Mrs. C. K&
Trussell, Mr. and Mrs, 885
Dobbs; Mrs. Lamar . Rucker,
and guests; Mr. and Mrs, A G
Dudley, Charles E. Martin; Sate
‘Wright, R. G. Davis, John' MG
Griffith, H. K. Nicholson, Des &
‘M. Strahan, Mr. and Irs. 4
W. Hartley, W. W. Scott, T«
Shackelford; W. B. Rice, J. 8
Hartman; M. 8. Clinkscales, N
man T. McElroy, Joel A. Wie
party; D. Weaver Bridges,
Justice R. B. Russell, P
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