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Vol. 101. No. 139.
Clarke Fammers To Hold Acreage Reduction Meeting Here Monday:
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OUSTER CHARGE HEARING MONDAY
Government May Take Hand In Talmadge Fight To Oust Ca_rrjgheg
JELAY 1N FILLING
CIMPBELL POST I 3
CTRATERIC VCTORY
Government Pays Large
Share of Extension Ser
vicce Expense and Has
Voice in Naming Head
CAMPBELL CONTINUES
DIRECTOR OF SERVICE
Covernor Opposes Camp
bell- Despite Recommen
dation of Sanford
ATLANTA.—(#—Another battle l
with Governor Eugene Talmadge
as the chief gladiator, was pre
dictel in political circles Saturday
when the question of electing a di
rector of the state agricultural ex
tension services comes up at the]
next meeting of the Board of Re
gents of the University System. I
The Regents, at a one-day ses-i
sion Friday, failed to re-elect Dr.l
J. Phil Campbell, veteran director
of the extension service, and thlst
delay was attributed to Opposltionl
of Governor Talmadge. The Re
gents delayed the fray until their
next meeting, the date .for which
has not been set.
Governor Talmadge woud not
comment on reports that he was
out to oust Campbell. He did not
deny that he had opposed Camp
bell's re-election. “I econsider mat
ters of that type of an executive
nature, since the Board of Regents'
meetings are of an executive na
ture,” he sald. i
On what grounds the governor
opposed Campbell’'s re - election
could not be learned, but Mr.
Talmadge, as Commissioner of Ag
riculture, differed on a number of
occasions with Campbell.
Chairman Hughes Spalding of
the Board of Regents said Camp
bell will continue in charge until
he is re-elected or a successor
named.
Strategic Victory
In some circles, the belief was
expressed that those favorable to
the re-election of Campbell had
scored a strategic victory in gain
ing a delay in the filling of this
post. The delay, these observers
said, gave friends of Campbell \op
portunity to exert pressure on fed
eral officials at Washington for‘
the retention of Campbell. |
The federal government pays a
large share of the expense of
maintaining the agricultural ex
tension service, and has a voice in
the selection of the director.
The hoard announced that a 15'
per cent salary cut was ordered
for 01l extension division employes
Huoghes = Spalding, of Atlanta,
was “e-elected chairman of the
hoard. Cagon J. Callaway, of La-
Grange, was re-elected vice chair-!
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AR RE
Nineteen freight cars of a Sea
board _Airline train were derailed
lite Friday night near the Oconee
l'ver hetween 'Athens and Bogat.
No one was hurt in the accident.
Railroad officials are investiga
ting the cause of the accident. It
elieved that something dropped
out of one of the cars near the
fligine and threw the remaining
tars off of the track.
Early Saturday trains were
fouted over the Ceqptral of Georgia
line. Wreeking cx?ws were called
in, and the line clfared in time
for Saturday afternoon trains.
LOCAL WEATHER
e
Partly cloudy with local
thundershowers in interior
Sunday and Monday. |
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TEMFERATURE
Higheslic.; o v w9BO
Lowesf & ooite vasit s vi. . 40,0
Meain, .oy biar: wobe b poanßßio
Normal il ey o 104
RAINFALL
Inchew: s Foidi i 5 i ivers ~ 288
Total since June 1......... 1.02
Deficiency. since .‘une .. 2.08
Averuge June rainfall...... 4.10
Tot«l sinee January 1......18.506
I» ficiency sindgp January 1 Tof
THE BANNER-HERALD
FULL Assuciated Press Service,
.
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.
Il With Pneumonia;
In New York Hospital
s »
NEW YORK —(AP)—Doug
las Fairbanks, jr, motion pic
ture actor who retarned Fri
day from London, was taken
to a hospital Saurday :uffer
ing from pnermonia, it was
learned at the home of his
mothvr' Mrs. Jack Whiting.
HIGHWAY WORKERS
WAGES ARF RAISED
Wilhoit Says Economy
Program Makes Pay
Raises Possible July 1
ATLANTA —(AP)— Day labor
ers working for the State High
way department were given a
raise in pay Saturday, but other
wise there were no developments
in the highway feud which led
Governor Eugene Talmadge to
proclaim martial law and take
over jcontrol of the department.,
As Governor Talmadge himself
expresed it, “All's quiet on the
western sector.”
The pay raise will apply to neo
employees getting more than S6O
per month, and Jively will go into
effect July 1. The day laborers
‘the class designated by Governor
Talmadge on previous occasions
as members of the “overall brig
‘ade” will get the increase. Their
daily wage will be increased as
follows: men receiving 95 cents
per day will get $1,25; those re
ceiving $1.45 will be hiked to
$1.76: $1.65 to $1.90; $1.90 te
$2.25; and $2.15 to $2.25.
Jud P. Wilhoit, one-man High
way board who announced the in
crease after a conference with the
governor, said, “we have effected
sufficient savings through™ our
economy program to merit this in-
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Believers in cAthens and Its Future
= Honor M
Old and Successful Business Enterprises
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 their 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 101 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.... v .vvev....Roofing, Sheet Metal at Satisfactory Prices
1911 22 BERNSTEIN FUNERAL HOME...“lnstant and Careful Ambulance Service”
1911 22 BERNSTEIN FURNITURE CO....."“Better-Bilt Furniture”
1912 21 CRUCEDALE GREENHOUSES.. . “Athens Leading Florist”
1914 19 J. 8U5H...... ...... ..., vvv....."Reliable Jeweler"—Repair Work a Specialty
1917 16 E. & 8. 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
1027 6 DEADWYLER-BEACHAM C 0..... Real listate, Sales, lentals, Loans
1028 5 INDUSTRIAL LDY. &D. C. CO...Work and Frices that Satisfy—Trial Convinces
1028 5 WILLIAMS TRANSP'T'N. C 0..... Quick Delivery from Your Door to Customer’s
B} 1928 5 FINDLEY DRY CLEANERS.. .... “Not How Cheap—How Good” /
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“By their fruits ye shall
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know them -
KIDNAPER OF PEGGY
MMATH SENTENGED
10 SERVE 24 YEARS
Kidnaping and Extortion
Case Which Held Na
tional Attention Ends
With Sentencing
JURY FREES CYRIL
BUCK OF CHARGES
Handcuffs Snapped on
Prisoner As Soon as Sen
tence Is Passed
BARNSTABLE, Mass—(#)—Ken
neth Buck was sentenced Saturday
night to not less than 24 nor more
than 25 years in state’s prison for
the kidnaping of 10-year-old Mar
garet “Peggy” McMath and the
extortion of $60,000 ransom from
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nell C.
McMath of Warwichport and De
troit.
| The sentence was pronounced by
’Judge Edward F. Hanify a few
minutes after Kenneth had been
convicted and his brother, Cyril
Buck, acquitted of the kidnaping
and extortion charges.
! Kenneth, who shed tears during
Ithe trial, stood up and received the
| long sentence without flinching.
| His aged mother, Mrs. Bertha
“Buck, collapsed and was taken
from the courtroom. Other rela
tives cried openly, and Mrs. Al
bert Chase, a sister of Kenneth,
| left the room near collapse.
‘ Cyril, meanwhile, sat in the de
| fendants dock unmoved by the ver
| dict that acquitted him. His coun
| sel, Willard Carleton, rushed to his
!side and shook his hand. Cyril
smiled wanly.
‘- Immediately the jury's verdict
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Athens, Ga., Sunday, June 25, 1933.
Wife of Gangster Is
Following Footsteps
That Lead to Grave
NEW. YOR— (— (AP) —
Mrs. Vincent Coll, whose slain
gangster husband wa¢ acquit
ted on the Harlem baby Kkill
ing, was held in $35,000 bail
Saturday on a charge of pos
essing a revolver.
Self-composed, she tittered
when bail was fixed, a few
hours after the had stood
under ihe briliiant lights of
the police lineap firing back
answers to questions.
She was identified by sev
eral victims of Bronx store
holdup : who police said had
obéyed her commands of “Get
‘em up, you muggs.”
GRAIN AND GOTTON
REACH NEW LEVFLS
Buying Orders Decluge
Grain Pits While Cotton
Advances 30-60 Cents
CHICAGO —(AP)— Grain pits
of the Board of Trade were delug
ed with buying orders Saturday
and prices of most grain soared to
the season’s highest levels.
Bullish enthusiasm was evident
from the start. Buyers were sway -~
ed by reports that heat and the
drought had damaged grain crops
in the west and northwest even
more severely than had been esti
mated. ¢ ' :
All deliveries of wheat rose to
well above 80 cents a bushel mark
with the December touching 888
a minute before the finish. The
September delivery closed at 85
cents and the December at 88.
Corn was ‘pushed along by
strength m 1 wheat. The December
delivery touched 57% cents and
closed % lower at 57%. The July
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~—ESTABLISHED 1832
ROOSEVELT TAKES
HAND IN PROGRAM
TOHELP FARMERS
Six Community Meetings
Listed in Clarke for To
morrow to Explain Entire
Plan
DIRECTOR C. A. COBB
URGES COOPERATION
Roosevelt Points Out Suc
cess of Plan Up to Far
mers Themselves
Seven community meetings will
be held in Clarke county tomorrow
to give information to farmers
about the crop reduction program
of the federal government where
farmers are paid to reduce their
cotton acreage.
The meetings will be held at
Winterville, school grounds, 11-12
o'clock; Morton's community, T.
W. Morton’s farm, 6-7 p. m.;
Tuckston, Gaines school, 8-9 p. m.;
Holly Heights, school building,
11-12 o'clock a. m.; ' Oconee
Heights, Martin's store, 6-7 o'clock
p. m.; Hinton-Brown school, 8-9
o'clock p. m. '
All farmers in the county are
invited to attend one of these
meetings. »
{ A group of cotton farmers met
lat the county courthouse yester
day to discuss the program and
perféct plans for carrying out the
cotton acreage reduction in this
county.
Much enthusiasm was manifest
ed by all those attending the
meeting. It seemed to be the con
census of opinion of the entire
group that this is a sound move
toward preventing a further sur
plus of cotton, which urnder such
existing circumstances would be
sold at a price below cost of pro
duction.
This plan is designed to cover
the entire cotton belt and will
remove ten million or more acres
of cotton from production. The
move is purely a cooperative one
among the cotton farmers and
the responsibility .of putting it
over rests upon the farmers. It has
been estimated that by destroying
ten million acres of cotton it will
increase the price from 6 cents to
10. or 11 cents.
Sidney Boley, a big cotton
planter, says the cotton grower
will receive the following benefits
from destroying a portion of his
cotton:
Aésiming land will produce a
bale of cotton on three acres—
| (1) Mr. . destroys 3 acres of
his cotton, the government will
pay him SB.OO per acre or a total
‘of $24.00, plus an option on a bale
of cotton at 6 cents per pound. If
the destruction of this ten million
acres causes the price to go té6 12
cents per pound, Mr. A. will have
a profit of $30.00 in his bale of
cotton plus the $24.00 paid him by
the government to destroy the 3
acres, which will be a total of
$54.00. In addition he will have
the use of the 3 acres of land for
growing other crops.
(2) Mr. B. leaves his 3 acres of
cotton to mature and produces
éne bale. If the price of cotton
advances, to 12 cents per pound he
will receive $60.00 against 5%.00 for
{Mr. A. who plowed up his 3
acres. Mr. B.’is out the use of
his land for other crops and has
the expenses of working, harvest
ing and marketing his cotton, also
taking the risk of weather and in
sect hazard.
[ Committees have been appoint
ed to visit all farmers in the
l'county and give them an ~oppor
tunity to accept this plan.
i
COBB STATEMENT
By GLENN RAMSEY
Associated Press Staff Writer
ATLDANTA —(AP) — The na
tion’s cotton farmers Saturday
‘were challenged by C. A. Cobb,
chief of cotton production under
Secretary Wallace to ‘throw off
ithe shackles of cotton slavery”
and agree next week to reduce the
1933 crop by 3,000,000 bales.
Cobb, southern farm Journal
editor, was here Saturday in con
ference with Georgia and Ala
bama newspaper editors. The
meeting was executive but Cobb
said the nature of the conference
was to describe the national plan
for reduction of acreage and the
necessity for such action,
Beginning Monday, a week’s
campaign will be conducted
throughout the cotton belt, from
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THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
After looking over the tenth district political arena in
which a dozen or more worthies are battling for the
coveted congressional toga—after making this in
vestigation in search of some noteworthy feature to
write about, it appears that the most notable thing
is the fact that there is nothing notable. This refers
chiefly to issues, which-are about as scarce as “the
annointed one” has made process servers around the
state. capitol. :
True, one of the aspirants is rather exercised about
prohibition, a formidable factor in political serim
«mages of other days, but now a sadly disfigured and
deposed monarch; hence, little reaction in this con
nection. Another contender, maybe more—it’s diffi
cult to keep track of them when there is such a size
able litter—warns the artless and unsuspecting elec
torate that the diabolical power interest has covertly
wormed in a candidate, who, if elected, will do
naught but the bidding of his masters to the detri
ment of an already over-exploited public. This, too,
appears to have fallen on deaf ears as no one seems
agitated concerning the likelihood of such a calamity.
None of this should be regarded as a reflection on
any of the candidates; they are all, or mostly so,
good men and true—except, of course, the women,
and they're all right, too. But with a dearth of is
sues, or, rather the lack of interest on the part of the
public in questions that the several candidates have
endeavored to raise, it appears that when the voters
go to the polls on July sth, the candidates’ personal
popularity will very likely' exert a determining influ
ence on the outcome.
Possibly such an attitude on the part of the elec
torate accounts in a measure for the growing impres
gion that it is “the field against Paul Brown,” per
haps the most widely known man in the contest,
and admittedly one of the most popular.
"Had Richmond county been able to dlarify the
muddled situation there and settle on a single can
didate, instead of splitting that end of the district’s
vote, Brown’s position at this time would undeoubted
ly not appear quite so impregnable; and it is not
without the range of possibility that changes in the
line-up between now and election day may alter the
position Brown now occupies, but at the moment he
unquestionably holds the lead. .
The Banner-Herald has essayed no very active role
in the congressional campaign, but honesty compels
us to admit that we can conceive of many things that
would be more calamitous to the tenth district than
the election of Paul Brown to’ congress. Not only
able, resourceful and energetic, but a man with the
courage of honest convictions, and as such, we feel
that the district would be well represented in the
event of his election.
At the same time, there are others in the race who,
we are confident, are also generously equipped for
the exactions of congressional service, and, what has
been said of Brown, could truthfully be said of them.
We have in mind several from Richmond county,
whom we would place in this category, but under the
present line-up, they are placed at a disadvantage.
Whether either of them can succeed in overcoming
this obstacle, future events will determine; if not,
it looks like Paul Brown will be the late lamented
Charles H. Brand’s successor. In such an eventua
tion, we do not doubt that the district will be ably
represented,
WORLD PRICES [5
AMERICANS™ GOAL
Seek World Accord to
Raise Prices in Harmony
With U. S. Recovery
By CLAUDE A. JAGGER
Associated Press Staff Writer.
LONDON.—(AP)—A drive for
an international accord to raise
prices in harmony with the Am
erican recovery program was un
derway in the World Economic
conference Saturday night as Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull as
sailed the sources of suggestions
that internal and inter-govern
mental schemes of action were in
ronflict.
The! parley finished its first
fortnight with several leading
delegates expressing determination
to bring- it down to brass tacks
in order to discover which way
it is giong or can go.
As a result of this week's seri
ous rift over monetary stabiliza
tion and French charges that the
United States is blocking agree
ment here in order to help its own
domestic campaign against the
depression Secretary Hull again
defended his government's posi
tion in a declaration to. the press.
There is “no basis and no logic”
in the thought that America's do
‘mestic plans Ave incomparadle
with international efforts to halt
the crisis. Seeretary Hull declar
ed.
From the American viewpoint,
he said, there is only one way the
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A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday,
SOVIET RECOGNITION
15 NORRIS DEMAND
Nebraska Senator Ridi
cules U. S. Position in
Losing Trade Millions
WASHINGTON —(#)— Demands
for recognition of Russia came
from two different quarters today
as the capital speculated over the
possibility that renewed diplomatic
relations might follow indirectly
from the World Economic confer
ence.
Senator Norris (R., Neb.) in a
formal statement ridiculing Amer
ica’'s failure to recognize the So
viet government, said he was re
liably ipformed Russia wanted to
buy mlgllions of dollars worth of
American meat, cotton and ma
chinery would would give employ
ment to thousands of jobless.
At about the same time, the
United States Board of Trade
headed by Rudolph Speckels of
California, issued a statement re.
questing President Roosevelt to re«
store “full diplomatic relations
with the Soviet government.”
Recognition of the Soviet repub
lic is understood to be an open
question with President Roosevelt,
with informed quarters of the
opinion that no action will be
taken before the close of the Lon
don Economic cnference.
Norris, who heretofore has plav
ed. little part in Russian recogni
tion talk, said he had “just learned
on reliable authority that the Rus
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asiae ~},\;,;,,
Attorney Savage, Prose<
ecuting Charges for La<
bor Federation and Com+
" mission Is Ready .
CHARGES FAVORITISM
TO POWER COMPANY;
Governor Has Authority
To Suspend or Remove
~ Commission Members
| Wbt o B
| By BEN F. MEYER -
‘ ATLANTA, Ga—(AP)—The five o
members of the Georgia Public =
'Service commission, this state’s
[ugency for regulating railroad, mo= f%
’mr carrier, electric and °"h°'s.:;:
utility rates, will be called before -
Governor Eugene Talmadge Mon= =
day to give an accounting of
themselves and .to “show cause, if
‘.m_'.' they can,” why they Bhou!dgé
i'"'t be uosted from office. 4;%.
Charges of neglect of duty andg;_f-,!
'«)f aiding the Georgia Power com= rfi?
' pany in “obtaining and mainta.ln-'fl.'}gg
ing a monopoly” in Georgia wera"j"“:g
filed against the five commission~ =
ers early this month by Jack C.
Savage, Atlanta attorney and =
counsel for the Georgia Federationi
of Labor. The petition was filed
on behalf of the executive:.com- =
mittee of the federation. of e
“I am ready to go,’ Savage sali“‘jg
Saturday*and [ will have addi-~
tional charges to file when the
- begins.” He said he would
Ipresent evidence in an effort mg,,z%
substantiate the charges . in tha
petition, “and about three times
that many more charges.” T
Commission Ready
Chairman James A. Perry ot;vjj‘
the commission said that he would
“of course, be ready to proceed,”™
and other members of the com=
mission made similar statements.
Chairman Perry, Vice-Chalrman‘“_i;
Perry T. Knight of Valdosta, un\d;?;"
Commissioners Walter McDonald.
f Augusta, Jule Felton of Mon
tezuma and Albert Woodruff
Decatur compose the commissions =
Each member of the commissio i
is expected to file a separate ahs= =
wer, due to the varying lengths
of time they have served on ths %
commission. ik
| The adt creating the commis- 5
;slon gives the gdévernor the au- %
triority to suspend or remove any -
| commissioner from o ce. At the
| g 8
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- YOUTHS IN FORESTRY,
' CAMPS ARE “BUMS,”
SAYS GOV. TALMADCE
“BESWE &
ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—
verely ecriticizing ‘ the govern=:
ment policies with regg §
forest conservation AMDS,
Governor Talmadge in an i
erican Legion address here
referred to the enrolled p‘eg:-w
sonnel in the forest ca.mu.»i
“loafers and bums.” T ??fi‘
“They're sending these«f%;
lows out into the woods to
cut down bushes in the sum
mer and plant trees tnij?,%
winter,’ he remarked, : “ant
they're paying United St :r
soldiers in charge of fthe.
camps just half of what . they.
are paying these loafers an@®
bums. e
“They have cut the commo;fi
sation of disabled veterans and
vet they have approp;-i;jgfia
millions of dollars to let a 16t"
of young fellows run around .
in the woods."” ae « T
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MANY BOYS FROM THIS *
SECTION IN CAMPS - -=&
The governor was referring -
to the young men from Clarke
and other counties recently
enlisted in the conservation
camps. Part of the money
paid them is being returned
to their dependent p:
These young men — 53 from
Clarke county—were enlisted
in the forestry camps p
“vide them with employment
and to help keep their des
pendent parents from sgfl'”f
it is said. There are several
hundred from this section,”
many of them from the farms
where - they have not f;:‘“
able to make a living. One
camp is located between Com
merce and Jefferson,
