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{OATH GEORGIA 13
YEDULED TO BET
016 1.5. PROJKCT
University Regents Seek
To Interest Government
In Homesteading Plar
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AID 100 FAMILIES
piedmont Section of State
Would Be Scene of
Program Asked
By GLENN RAMSEY
Ascosiated Press Staff Writer.
ATLANTA, Ga— (AP) —Estab
lishment in. ‘North Georgia of a
16.000-acre cooperative back-to
the-farm Pproject. to support 100
families by utilizing approximately
$2500,000 of public works money,
hae heen proposed to the federal
sovernment by the Board of Re
gents of the University of Ge?r
gld .
The project, details of which
have been in the hands of Wash
ineton officials for some time, may
hecome the model for similar, farm
groups in the nation. The Georgia
project. would be liquidated within
30 iyears with: a maximum interest
rate of thrée and a half percent.
Under the $3,300,000,000 public
works act $25,000,000 was set aside
for subsistence homesteading. It
is from this fund that the regents
proposeé to get the money for the
creation of the Georgia project in
the Piedmont section of the state.
Decision Seen Soon
Definite word from Washington
is expected before November 1.
The regents, in submitting the
project, said plans are not perfect
and are subject to revision .for
adaptation to local coriditions and
climate after the area has been
selected. It is explained that the
proposal ~ eould be expanded to
32,000 aeres to care for 200 fam
ilies but plans are based on 100
families as the maximum.
The project centers around es
tablishment of maintenance units
of 50 acres for each family of
which 30 acres weuld be cultivat
able and the remainder would
he in marginal lands and forests.
The hubdred families' thus would
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15 NOW UNDERWAY
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Administration Is to Base
Program on Expectation
Of $500,000,000 Return
By MARK ETHRIDGE #
Associated Press Staff Writer.
(Cpyright by the Asscciated Press,
1933.)
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —With
an eye toward repeal that officials
believe imminent, the administra
tion is drafting its tax program
in the expectation of receiving a
minimum of $500,000,000 in taxes
from distilled liquors during the
first year of legal sale.
This gross income, however,
would be ‘offset by an automatic
reduction: ‘of $227,000,000 now col
lected through special taxes that
would end with prohibition.
To raise the amount the- pro
gram calls for would require a tax
on domestic liquor ranging be
tween $2.50 and $3 a gallon. The
domestie tax now stands at sl.lO a
gallon.
Representative Hill of Washing
ton, chairman of the Touse ways
and means sub-dommittee, which
beging a study Monday of revenue
legislation, = said Saturday that a
tax of $2.60 a gallon appeared to
be about as high as the committee
could go with safety to prevent
hootleggers and rum runners from
Hmiprse]]jng.
The import tax, now fixed at $5
@ gallon, pfus the domestic tax of
sl.lO is to be the subject of con
“iderable rurther study and will
be finally fived on the basis of
¢vidence to be presented in the
lull ways and means committee’s
sessions after December 1. In offi
tial quarters, hewever, it was be
lleved thé import tax probably
Would be reduced, rather than
taised. :
I working out the tax -program,
the administration estimated that
the consumption of distilled li
duors in- the first year after re;
beal would be approximately 150,-
100,000 gallons, The consumption
I the ‘last year before prohibition
Was approximately 165,000,000 gal
lons,
There -is available now in do
mestic liquor approximately 44,-
100,000 zallons which these officials
“slimated would he converted to
broduce apwroximately 100,000,000
#iallons, thus necessitating imports
of about 50,000,000 gallons to meet
the demand they anticipated.
The import tax was regarded as
"¢ hardest problem the committee
Yould have to solve. To prevent a
flwod of imported liquors of estab
lished and world-advertised brands
'om ¢oming in and pre-empting
the market, the government has
fefused to grant any more per
its for imports. Officials do not
“‘pect that ban to be raised un
| the situation is canvassed to
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
FULL Asscciated Press Service.
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Maxim Litvinoff, soviet forcign
affairs commissar, who is expected
to arrive in Washington ' within
two weeks as Russia’s official
representative in the negotiations
which will probably culminate in
the diplomatic recognition of the
U.S.S.R. by the United Statcs.
Jackson’s Laundry
Hearing Adjourned
Until October 31
i Hearing on the petition of Jack
son’s Laundry for an extension of
ltime with which to pay their cred
itors adjourned Friday afternoon
and will be resumed October 31.
Motion for dismissal\ of the case
made by representatives of the
Hoffman corporation was over
ruled;-‘lfy-»«-n. -8, Bankruptey Refes
ree W. G. Cornett. T. J, Shack
elford and W. T. Ray, represent
ing the petitioner, offered a peti
tion signed by a large number of
Mr. Jackson's creditors .ask'ing ‘for |
the extension. ‘ |8 &
Agecording 1o the res
cent law passed by the last Con
gress, an extension of time with
which to pay creditors may be
granted if a majority of thecred
itors, both as to number and
amount, so desire it, it was pointed
out,
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% Believers in cAthens and Its Future §
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// 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.
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Jate 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. Pubg 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, Etc.
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. C 0.... ..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”
1907 26 SMITH & BCLEY, Insurance Office General Insurance, Real Estate and L.oans
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.... vvevssse....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.....i ccceas aeie veri.s.“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”
98t 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
1928 5 INDUSTRIAL LDY. &D. C. CO...Work and Friges that Satisfy—Trial Convinces
1928 5 WILLIAMS TRANSP'T’N. C 0..... Quick Delivery from Your Door to Customer’s
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 .
WISHINGTON READY
10 DICUSS TERM
WITH RUSSIA SOON
Soviet Representative Is
Expected at Capitol
Within Two Weeks
RUSSIANS JUBILANT
Recognition Would Make
Chance for Cotton
Trade in Millions
WASHINGTON— (AP) — The
Washington government was dis
closed Saturday night to have
marshalled a bulging sheaf of Rus
so-American facts and figures,
including c¢laims running past the
half billion mark, in expectation of
opening recognition discussion
with Soviet Russia during the first
week in November,
Although definite word from
‘Moscow wag lacking at the state
department, there was an official
expectation thay Maxim Litvinoff,
the Soviet foreign affairs commis
sar, would reach Washington in
about two weeks.
I The prospecy of early reccgni
tion of the 16 year old Communist
‘states opening new trade possibil
ities and already nudging some
market prices upward, stirred acti
vity at the state, ocmmerce and
agriculture departments in round
ing up data previously prepared
for presentation to President
Roosevelt.
Export possibilities of more than
$100,000,000 in cctton and heavy
machinery, including rail equip
ment, already have been brought to
the fore. Since the buying power
of the Soviet rests solely with its
government, Mr. Roosevelt was
‘expected in some quarters to come
‘down to dollarg and cents in this
‘regard
i MOSCOW PREPARES
i MOSCOW —(AP)— This Rus
| sian _capital, busy normally with
| myriad details reaching into the
'everyday lives of the most remote
Sovie; peasant, found Saturday in
preparations for recognition nego
tiations with the United States
another reason for bustling acti
vity .
These considerations involved
who should go to Washington with
Floreign Commissar Maxim Litv
inoff to talk with President Roos
evelt, the Soviet platform in the
conversations, and a review of in
dustrial and financial details.
When M. Litvinoff will leave
and whom he will take with him
have not been anncunced, for the
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Believers in cAthens and Its Future
—ESTABLISHED 1832
Athens, Ga., Sunday, October 22, 1933.
[TALMADGE EXPECTS |
L OPPOSITION IN '34
MACON, Ga.— (AP) —Governor
Talmadge told a big crowd at the
Georgia State Exposition here Sat
urday that he will have opposition
in the next gubernatorial cam-
paign.
“My friends are saying, “Pal
madge won't have opposition,’ but
I'm afraid they are wrong” e
commented.
“I've been shaking up a few
things that’re bound to breed op
position,”. he declared. “My ®ene
mies are not coming out in . the
open and fighting me, bDut they
are going to use underh.and meth
ods. They're going to start tell
ing lies. Listen, my countrymen, 1
cov do not bhe deceived. In time of
peace prephre for war—every cow
needs its tail in fly time.” .
“JUBILEE WEEK
T 0 OPEN MONDAY
“Buy Now” Period Pro
claimed by Mayor in Ac
cordance With NRA
«Jubilee Week” starts in Athens
tomorrow, according to the proc
lamation issued tlie first part of
the month by Mayor A. G. Dud
ley. This week is in keeping with
the “Buy Now” campaign heing
conducted throughout the country
under the NRA. g o
Material for the decorations to
be arranged along College avenue
for the N. Y. U., football game
was secured Friday by Joel Wier,
seceretary of the Chamber of
‘Commerce. The goods is being
‘made into pennants by a local
‘manufacturing concern, and these
pennants, along with bunting, will
‘be strung along College avenue in
the business section of town. Cola
ors used will be red and black for
Georgia, and violet and gold feor
/N. Y. U. In addition to stfeet dec
orations, store windows through ut
the eity will be decorated foy%}}e
game. The work incident to tlfis
is being carried on with the afi
sistance of the Bis-Tad club at
lthe University, under the dimctgn
of Ned Hodgson of Athens. %
Letters from stamp_—Jall‘ectors
all over the country have been
received at the Chamber/ of Com
merce, according to = Secretary
Wier. These letters contain ad
dressed, stamped envelopes to be
smailed back to the sender by air
mail when the loecal airport is
dedicated. They come from states
in every section of the country,
including several from California,
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
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AUSTRIANG ARREST
NAZI PRINCESS AND
JME HEs HUSBAND
Both Held Cuilty of Nazi
Conspiracy Against
Covernment
DALADIER TOTTERS
French Premier Makes
Desperate Appeal to
Deputies
By WADE WERNER
Associated Pregs Staff Writer
VIENNA — (AP) — Austria’s
fighting five-foot Chancellor En
gelbert Dolifuss Jocked a Nazi
princess in her romantic C;.rini
thian castle Saturday night “for
an indefinite period” and threw
her princess husband mnto jail for
Six weeks.
Both of them, Prince Von Sach
sen-Meiningen and his wfe, Prin
cess Margot, were declared guilty
of a Nazi conspiracy against Aus
tria.
Police who arrested him in Car
inthia because his automobile car
ried a Hitlerite flag in the streets
of Klagenfurt revealed they con
fiscated many incriminating dotu
ments, including a letter to Dr.
Paul Joseph Goebbels, the German
propaganda minister, from them.
Contents of the letter were not
revealed immediately.
It was officially emphasized that
Princess Margot will be a prisoner
in her own castle and will not be
permitted to receive visitors or
otherwise communicate with the
outside world. s
“And” it was added pointedly,
“care will be taken to keep the
German consul away.
There was another startling de
velopment Saturday in the Nazi
troubled Austrian siituation. That
was the threshing of an Austrian
prince for his “fumbling Fascism.”
The Austrian prince, Ernsy Ru
diger Von Starhemberg, was bit
terly attacked by a former cabinet
‘minister as “a menace to Austria.”
e prinice Von Sachsen-Heinin
geén aroused suspicions at the po
lice station where he was taken
when he asked permission to tel
ephone his wife at his castle near
Pitzelstaetten, near Carinthiia.
‘Police said they overheard him
instrucy her to “destroy the docu
ments” and thereupon the author
ities notified cfficials in Pitzel.
Staetten.
DALADIER APPEALS
* PARIS — (AP) — Premier
Edouard Daladier, his back to the
wall and fighting for a budget
'balancing and anti-inflation pro
gram, against amost certain de
feat, will make a desperate last
minute appeal Surnday to the
ehamber of deputies.’ :
Phe radicals, whose 55 votes are
normally needed by the cabgnet,
decided definitely against Dala
dier's measureg and urged the for
mation for a concentration gov
ernment. 7
Socialists and radical socijalists
still sought a compromise, but the
situation was so confused for both
the finance committee and them
selves ' that the vital battle will
have to be fought on the floor of
the chamber beginning Sunday.
The government demands 5,424,-
000,000 franes in new taxes and
economieg — }n'cluding reductions
in the pay of civilyservants and in
veterans’ pensions—but the com
miittee accepted only 4,777/000,000
francs (more than $260,700,000).
DIRECTORS OF “Y”
~ TO MEET MONDAY
The directors of the Athens
Yeung Men’s Chritian Association
will hold the October meeting of
the board on Monday afternoon
October 23rd at the Y. M. C. A.
building at 8 o'clock.
In addition to this being the
regular October monthly meeting,
final arrangements must be made
to secure the balance of the money
needed to pay the semi-annual in
;terest installment due October 30.
{Those friends who contemplate
sending in their special gifts for
this interest fund in answer to the
letter appeal tha;y went out this
past week, are requested to get
them 'in before this meeting so as
'to save the directors as much of
their time as possible in calliy/
on those friends whom they feel
will ‘help out in this emergency
that has to be met.
A full attendance of the board of
direotors is expected for Monday
night the 23rd at 8 ¢'clock p. m
LOCAL WEATHER
Occasional rain Sunday and
possibly Monday; colder in the
north portion Monday.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 25 h0ur5....... 0.00
Total since October 1...... .95
Deficiency since October 1.. 1.13
Average October rainfall.... 2.91
Cotton Growers In
County Benetit By
Government Money
Plans For Boy Scout Drive
Near Finish; Starts Tuesday
Captains For Tw_e_n:ty_
i Teams Announced; Will
| Give Breakfast Tuesday
Plans for the Boy Scout drlve|
which will begin Tuesday morning
have been practically completed,
according to Boy Scout headquar
ters here. Contact with a large
portion of the team captains and
workers have already been made,
and it is expected that the drive
will be successfuls
Preston M. Almand, director of
the campaign, says that a fine
spirit and cooperation has been
shown thus far by Athenians, and
he predicts that the results of the
drive will be far in excess of ex
pectations. Hes bases his state
ment on the progress made by the
organization since the employment
of the present Scout Executive,
Hugh D. Maxwell, under whose
leadership the movement has
grown rapidly in the past six
months,
~ “Mr. Maxwell. is a splendid
jeader,” Mr. Almand said, - “and
under his leadership, I believe the
Boy Scouts in Athens will develop,
grow and achieve much more than
‘has already been accomplished.”
The campaign, under the chair
manship of Max Michael of the
finance committee of the Scout
executive board here, will begin
Tuesday morning with a breakfast
for the teams.
Team captains will be C, A.
Rowland, Dr, Howe Chandler,
Robert Wilson, Dr. R. W, Hart
man, Dr. 8. C. Moon, Dr. €. O,
Turner, Dr, B, L. Dowling, C. A.
Thurmond, Charles Joel, Lee Mor
ris, J. P. McCall, Hoyt Huff, Dr.
N. G. Slaughter, John L. Green,
J. T. Middlebrooks, Tom Flani
gan, Paul Moon, Norman Sands,
T. F. MeFarland, George Burpee,
Joel Boley, Milton Lesser and R.
l'B. Mcßee. Members of the teams
will be announced Monday.
TUTWILER HONORED
BY STATE KIWANIS
ATLANTA, Ga—(AP)—Kiwan
ians of Georgia Saturday named
Mark Smith, prominent educator
and civie leader of Thomaston, as
governor of the state Kiwanis dis
trict, and Columbus for the 1934
meeting place.
. 'Smith, who is superintendent of
schools at Thomaston, was elected
at the closing session of the con
yention to succeed Dave Parker
of Wayecross, who is an assistant
attorney general of Georgia.
Victor L. Hagood, general man
ager of the Lawrenceville News-
Herald, was named treasurer, but
selection of a secretary was de-
Merred.
The convention adopted a pro
gram that called for sponsorship
of economy in local and state
‘government, revision of the tax
system, and support -of the state’s
educational activities, for the next
year.
Lieutenant governors for the
eight districts of the state organ
jzation were chosen as follows:
Joseph Shaw, Atlanta, first; Dr.
Claude W. Harvey, Hogansxflle,
second;'J. G. Kirkland, Sylvester,
third: W. Glenn Thomas, Jesup,
fourth: Thomas H. Hall, 111, of
Macon, fifth; Ben Thompson of
Madison, sixth; M. N. Tutwiler,
Athens, seventh; and J. C. Mixon,
Savannah, eighth.
AIKEN STRIKE ENDS
AIKEN, S. €. —(AP) — Offi
cials of the Loring mills in Aiken
county announced Saturday that
two mills where textile operators
struck Friday would be opened for
operation Monday while across
the river iin 'Augusta, Ga, three
textile plants still were idle.
Counting Probable Tricks in the Hand
For No Trump Opening, Raise and Rebid
Editor’s Note: This iz the
fifth of a series of twenty spe-
cial a?tiéles written for The
Banner-Herald by Robert M.
Brannon, a distinguished au-
thor and lecturer on the com
mon sense of contract bridge.
That no trump play is more diffi
cult than suit play is frankly ad
mitted in the fact that only three
odd is required for game at No
Trump.
The reason sheuld be obvious.
In the absence of trump equation
the declarer operates under a tre
mendous handicap as follows:
1. He is entirely dependent
on high cards and the small
end cards of established long
suits to take tricks. No ruffing
tricks. -
2. He is entirely dependent
on high cards alone to act as
* entries and re-entries in his
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ATHENIANG HURT
IN CAR SMASHUP
Monroe - Boy Killed at
Commerce; Baby Dies in
Wreck Near Royston
ATLANTA, Ga— (AP) — Miss
Frances McNaught and Miss Mary
Morse, teachers at the Georgia
State College of Agriculture at
Athens, were severely injured Sat
urday when their automobile got
out of ccatrol and overturned into
a ditch near Tucker, on the Law
renceville highway.
The two women were admitted
to the Emory University‘ hospital.
Hospital attaches said neither Miss
McNaught mnor Miss Morse was
seriously hurt, though Miss
Morse’s condition was worse than
her companion’s. They were cut
and briuised and Miss McNaught
was knocked unconscious.
RUN OVER BY TRUCK
COMMERCE, Ga.—Edwin Smith,
18-year-old Monroe boy, was in
stantly killed at the Mose Gordon
Lumber compasy here Saturday at
8:30 a. m. when run over by a
truck.
Smith was attempting to swing
on the truck driven by W. W,
Ivey, his brother-in-law, when his
foot slipped and he fell under
neath the truck. Both the truck
and trailer, partly loaded with
lumher, ran over Smith’s neck.
Ivey and Smith were under con
tract to haul lumber for the Gor
don company. Smith is survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
G. Smith, Monroe; sisters, Mrs.
W. W\ Ivey, Mrs. J. P. Harvey
and Miss Ruth Smith, and two
brothers, Walter Smith, Monros
and J. W. bmith, Commerce.
Mose Gordon, of Athens, presi
dent of the company, arrived at
the mills a few minutes following
the apcldent.
BABY KILLED
A baby was Kkilled and two
women seriously injured when the
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. in the establishment of long
’ suits which produce the end
. card tricks. No trump entries
~ in the hands.
| 3. He is entrely dependent on
~ high cards to stop the run of
~ adverse long suits. No trump
stoppers in the hands.
Therefore, at No Trump bidding
we take into account only the high
cands of the two jhands, Suah
consideration appies with every
method of No Trump counting,
whether it be stated in terms of
Quick tricks or with one of the
“eeny, meeny, miny, mo’ numre
jcal counts. -Of the latter there are
several, pract .ally identical with
each other, in their final analysis,
and equally closely related to the
Quick trick count, as I will shertly
show you., - :
Also, I must frankly admit here
and now. that all No Trump count-
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FARMERS REALIZE
$175,000 AID BY
ACT!ON OF U. S. .
Cotton growers in Clarke connts
will profit approximately $175,000
in government money this year,
according to estimates by L. M
‘Watson, county agent, based
figures sent out by the Bureau of .
Crop Estimates at Washington. = =
The Bureau estimates that had
the government taken no
cotton . production, the United
States would have had a 17,000,000
bale crop this year. It also esti=
mates that, under these conditions,
the price of cotton would not have
been above five cents. R
Mr. Watson says that Clarke
county will produce about 5,009
bales this year. Since ‘
ducer. will receive five cents per
pound more for his cotton than he =
would have, had not the governs
ment controlled productfon.‘;;?;;}
means thai * the- Clarke county
farmers will get about $125,000
more for their cotton. L e
The farmers in this county are
receiving $30,000 for plowing up
cotton. Added to this sum will be
the money they make from the
924 bales they have on option at
Bix cents. On this latter deal they
will make. four cents a pound, or
a total of $18,840. e
Other counties in this district
will profit proportionately from
government money. It was an
nounced several days’' ago that
Georgia farmers will receive a 18
million dollar benefit. -Of this
amount counties in this' section
will receive about $1,000,000. i
One hundred and thirty more
checks were received Friday aft
ernoon for the farmers in this.
county who plowed up their cot
ton. The total amount of these
checks is $12,025. Previously 86
checks had been received, amount
ing to $9,505. i
Cotton checks are being handled
through the office of County Age it
Watson. A good many were is ued
to the owners Saturday, and the
others, will probably be called for
during the week. The remainder
of the checks for Clarke county,
which have yet to come in, amount
to nearly $9,000. =
Two of Athens’ cotton ware- °
houses are now offering to loan 10
cents per - pound on cotton which
is stored ~with them. - Miller &
Griffith, Inc, and the Moss Bond
ed Warehouse have made arrange
ments to make these loans. Their &
advertisements found elsewhere ;
this issue explain their offers.
FAR STRIKE CHIEF
ASKS LABOR'S HELP
F. D.-R., Assailed on Two
" Fronts Will Take Plea to
People Tonight
DES MOlNES—(#)—Milno Reno,
president of the National Farmers
Holiday association, Saturday night
carried his plea for support of &
national farm strike, which 'starced
at noon Saturday, to the doors of
industrial labor. s e
Announcing his | departurefi,,v
Chicago for a conference on Mon
day withh A, 'F. Whitney, off
Cleveland, president of the B \@
erhgod of Railway Trainmen, Reno
said that “every effort would be.
made to enlist the moral sup ¥
of all other groups of society.”
© To the cause of the nonbuying,
nonselling strike, the fiery holiday
leader summoned the nation’s 30,-
000,000 farm population from New
York to California <ld gulf te
Canada, 3 =
Meanwhile, President Roosevell
called for the “spirit g\f cwpegflé
tion” of colonial days oting
an honorary degree from W% :
ington. college at Chestertown,
Md. cognizant of the strike moye
ment, the president indicated he
might have an ‘dmportant state
ment.in an address Sunday night.
In what numbers farmers would
join in the holiday movement or
stick by the federal government’s
relief program, was not known
‘Saturday night. TR EE e
Appealing for support from mems=
bers and nonmembers of the hol=
iday | association (alike, Reno as
serted that the strike was a bat
tle to determine ‘““whether the
farmer shall become a peasant, the
‘metnal slaves of the usurpers Ame
the industrialists,” or retain the
lA-independence" inherited from ij g
Yathers” e
ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK
. WASHINGTON —(#)— Fis NRA
program assailed on one side by =
urban consumers proiestin *fi'*h
er prices dmd on the other by
L‘-::m"fs demanding more for their