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lol' 102. No. 14.
ISenate Approves Roosevelt Monetary Bill
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TR BRISBANE,
710 JOURNALT,
ationally Known_erter
To Attend Institute
In February
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UNUSUAL PROGRAM
ssociated Press One of‘
Three Groups to Hold
Meetings Here l
srthur Brisbane, noted editoriall
e and outstanding person
-1o in American journalism, willl
diver the Washington Day ad- |
ress at the University ©of Geox'gia’
;i,g-;y:x-\ 22 and will participate in
4o Georgia Press Institute which |
ill then be in session here at the
onry W, Grady School of Jour
‘a_i.}ym}:i'z.dmp- is auther of the,
olumn ,“Today”, one of the most
idely read features of the Hearst
ewspaper chain.
Other national figures who will|
ppear on the Press Institute DI‘O'I
am include Drew Pearson, co=-
uthor of the widely syndicateGl
Daily Merry - Go - Round,” and
farlen E. Pew, editor and pub-l
isher,
Mr. Brisbane will deliver the!
/ashington Day address in the
Iniversity of Georgia chapel, Im- )
ediately afterward, he will b(—‘P
uest of honor at a luncheon ten
ered by Herbery [(Porter, general
nanager of the Georgian-Ameri-
The noted editorial writer is 69
jears old and is a veteran of fifty |
ears in the newspaper husinngs,’
e hegan as a reporter on flwl
taff of the New York Sun Decem- |
er 12, 1883. Later he served as |
ondon correspondent for ghe Sun, |
ind as editor of the Evening Sun. l
From the Sun he went to the‘l
New York World, serving as man
ging editor of different editinns{
for seven vears. From 1897 to 1921, |
e edited the New York Ew\ning‘
urnal. In June, 1917, he nurch-‘
sed the Washington Times, and |
he following year he acquired the |
fivening Wisconsin, in Milwaukee. |
Villlam Randolph Hearst bought‘
oth papers from him in 1919, ‘
The Georgia Press Institute on
‘ebruary 21 will open a four-day
rogram to he devoted to practical
roblems confronting editors of the |
slate. The opening sessfon will h«‘
h the form of a reception, which |
" I'3 be held in War Memorial Hall.
R \-':;Ww? managing editor of
Hit Atlanta Journal and chairman
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Warm Springs Foundation
Confident Of Public's Aid
President's Birthday Ball
Will Enable Thousands
To Take Treatment
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WARM SPRINGS. Ga., —(AP)—
The Warm Springs #oundation
hopes an endowment fund to en
@ble it to aj more infantile para
¥Sis vietims wil result from the
5.000-odd ha)ls planned in honor
Ol President Roosevelt's hirthday
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Although the foundation was
Blarted iy 1924 by Mr. Rogsevelt
Bd 2 group of associates as a
TON- profit making centre for the
Study ang after-treatment of
Poliomyelitis, the medical term of
infantie Daralysis, it has never
had Provisions for non-paying or
art-paying patients.
tis tg raige such a fund that
the birthday balls are planned.
Nong Will estimate the anticipated
804 l but foun lation officials hope
4 really substantia] sum will be
dccumulateq sp the institution
May expand Its work of caring
for anq lredting those who have
44 the digense
Warm Springs with its constant
€pid 11, I crystal clear water,
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New Chevrolet, Now-on Display Here,
Points Out Trend in Auto Manufacture
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ARTHUR BRISBANE
POLITICAL WAR IN
LOUISIANA FLARES
Fight Between Long and
Walmsley GCets Off to
Roaring Start Saturday
NEW ORLEANS.— (AP) —The
sworn “War of ~Externfination”
between the embattled political
machines of Senator Huey P.
Long and Mayor T. Semmes
Walmsley was off to a thunder
ous start Saturday in counter-in
vestigations in which each hoped
to ‘“‘show up” the other. :
Both turned to the eriminal dis
trict courts, where the city hall
proposes to investigate the state
agencies domiciled in New Or
leans and Senator Long proposes
to investigate the city hall in
turn.
District Attorney KEugene Stan
ley, re-elected with Walmsley's old
regulars in a sweeping victory
over the Long forces in last Tues
day’s primary, fired the first shot.
Enjoined by Governor O. K. Al
len from touching the records of
the state agencies which the gov
ernor placed in the hands of the
national guard, Stanley went to
the banks and there, through
court ‘order, secured the financial
statements of the state offices
with which he expects to show
(Continued on page seven.)
Only 2 Days Left
~ To Sign C t
gn Centracts
In Cotton Program
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Clarke county farmers have only
two more days in which to sign
up for the cotton acreage reduc
tion plan, Luke Watson, county
agent, announced this morning.
A total, of 335 contracts have al
ready been approved, with 17 un
finished contracts to be approved
The number of acteg already rent
ed to the government is 4507, and
the number of acres ‘representea
in the unfinished" contracts is 168
making a total of 4675. Approxi
mately $9 per acre is being given
in rental by the government mak
ing a total of about- $40,000 to be
given out in Clarke county. The
first checks are expected to arrive
in April.
Mr. Watson estimated that the
contracts thus far represente 95
per cent of the cotton acreage i_n
Clarke county.
Forty-six contracts have been
signed since the Jlast report, and
planters have been coming to the
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more quiet than its predecessor.
The engine ig placed several inch
es farther forward in the chassis
and seating has been rearranged.
The additional length is .disposed
so as to provide more space for
the front seat occupants, and con
siderably more room for the rear
seat passengers.
The increased power delivered
by the new. ‘ißlue Streak” engine
insures extremely fast, safe, econ
omical. and quiet operation.
Front wheel suspension, igde
pendent of the axle, permits the
use of a front spring very similar
gt
(Continued On Page Two)
RUNOR OF FAILURE
IN COTTON PROGRAM
OFFICIALLY DENIED
Voluntary Reduction Plan
- Has Full. Support,
Farm Chiefs Say
e e e
Little Difficulty Has Been
Met Despite Com
pulsion Talk
WASHINGTON —(#)— although
compulsory control of cotton pro
duction may be necessary ~ in a
long-time program, farm adminis
tration officials said Saturday the
1934 voluntary .program was not
endangered by the talk of govern
ment supervision. )
Cully "A. Cobb; chief of Ithe
cotton section, said the present
sign-up eampaign for _ voluntary
acreage reduction was as good as
compieted and that within a week
most of the 16,75,000 acres of cot
ton land called for by the 40 per
cent crop reduction program wouldi
be under contract to he govern
ment. : 1
Little difficulty has been experi
| enced il obtaining signatures to
‘contracts, he said, and reports
from field workers indicate prac
ltica] completion of: work by Janu
ary 31, the deadline set.
| © Texas has been the only state
’lwhere some resistance has heen
[r‘nnde particularly in connection
lwith the tenant problem, but the
Idi‘fficu]fios are being adjusted and
iCobb predicted T.one Star State
cotten producers would not be far}
behind in lining up. {
The cotton chief said the talk of |
compulsory plans for controlling |
cotton production wasaimed chief- |
ly at a few farmers in each county |
who have refused t, cooperate in |
the program and have indicated |
their intentions of increasing pro- |
duction. |
“My personal attitude is that
for the long-timre program we will
have t, have some measure of
contrcl,” he said. “I think the wvol
i untary method is sufficient to take
care of the present reduction.” Hel
added that bhetween licensing cot- |
ton ging with quotas established |
for each farmer and a prnhihitivo‘
Ita.x on cotton over a fixed amount |
he favored the latter plan. |
Cobb challenged statements that
Ithe 1933, cotton plow-up campaign
thad failedq °~ with the declaration
| that cotton prices had been in-’
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’% ‘Believers in cAthens and Its Future %
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= Honor M Z
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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 thelr good name, but through their foresight and progres
siveness Athens continues to progress despite fires, tornadoes and de
pressions.
Jate Years
Est. Oid ° 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....... Wholesale 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. CO......Fancy and Staple Grocers, Prompt Service
1902 31 JOHN K. DAVIS & 50N..........8ui1ding Contractor and Paint Supplies
1905 28 ATHENS MARBLE & GRAN. CO..“Memorials of Quality”
12907 26 SMITH & BCLEY, Insurance Office General Insurance, Real Estate and Loans
1910 23 . BRUNSON FURNITURE C0.......“We Save You Money”
1910 23 L. M. LEATHERS.... ........,...Roofing, Sheet Metal at Satisfactory Priceg
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...... ...... «tav ey......"Reliable Jeweler’—Repalir 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”
1921 12 THE FLORENCE COMPANY..... Pure Ice and Quality Coal—A Home Industry
1523 10 H. L. COFER SEED C 0........... Specialists in Farm, Garden and Flower Seed
1928 5 INDUSTRIAL LDY. &D. C. C 0... Work and Frices that Satisfy—Trial Convinces
1528 5 WILLIAMS TRANSP'T’'N. C 0..... Quick Delivery from Your Door to Customer’s
1927 6 DEADWYLER-BEACHAM Cd..... Real Estate, Sales, Rentals, Loans
N 1928 5 FINDLEY DRY CLEANERS......“Not How Cheap—How Good” /
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Athens, Ca., Sunday, January 28, 1934
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W. L. “BILLY” WALKER
DAVIS {5 WINNER
IN ELECTON HERE
J]. K. Davis Elected Com
missioner Saturday Over
McLeroy, 817 to 275
John K. Davis, prominent con
tractor and business man, Saturday
was elected a member of Clarke
county board of commissioners, in
a special election to fill the unex-:
pired term of his brother, the late
R. G. Davis. Mr. Davis was op
posed by James L. McLeroy, busi
ness man, farmer, and a former
member of the commission, and
the total wvote showed My, Davis
the winner, 817 to 275.
Total vote in the county was
1,092, including eight ballots in
the city: box at the courthouse,
which were voided.
Of the ballots ecast in the city,
Mr. Davis got 699 to 192 for Mr.“
McLeroy. .
By districts, Mr. Davis carried'
Athens, Puryear’s, Winterville and
Princeton, while Mr, McLeroy
won out in Whitehall, Sandy
Creek, Bradberry’s and Kenney's,
While the two candidates dividedi
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~ESTABLISHED 1832—
BILLY" WALKER 13
ACQUITTED [N TEXAS
OF MURDER CHARGE
Former Athenian Saved
By Plea of Insanity at
Time of Shooting
NO MOTIVE FOUND
Victim Was Defendant’s
Friend; Release Asked
On Assault Charge
GALVESTON, TRexas.—(AP)—W.
L. “Billy” Walker of Beaumont, a
former resident of Athens, Ga.,
was acquitted Saturday of the
slaying of Hubert B. Oxford, also
of Beaumont, on the grounds of
insanity.
Walker's attorneys immediately
made preparations to have him
released under $2,000 bail on two
assault to murder charges, grow
ing out of the wounding of Mrs.
Seawillow Keith, Beaumont wid
ow, and Earl Blue, Negro ser
vant, at the Keith vacation cot
tage on the coast. {
Oxford was Walker's benefactor
and friend for many years.
The state asked for the death
penalty and the defense pleaded
for acquittal on the ground that
Walker was insane when' he fi}-ed
five shots into the body of Oxford,
a Beaumont lumberman and club
man.
The jury was out about 13 hours.
having received the case late’ Fri
day. ;
The defense contended there was
no motive for the slaying and
that Walker therefore must have
been insane. L.. M. Kenyon, one
of the defense attorneys, in his
arguments to the jury said that at
the time Walker killed Oxford he
also wounded Mrs. Keith, promi
nent Beaumont society woman,
and a close friend of the Walker
family for many years, and also
shot Blue, a Negro boy who had
wirked for him for some time and
who had dene him no harm. Ken
von said Walker had brooded
over business reverses for so long
that his mind finally “snapped.”
When the court clerk read the
verdict, Walker for a moment did
not seem to realize its meaning,
L. M. Gernsbacher, one '6f -his
attorneys, jumped to his feet to
shake hands with him. Walker
then put his arms around his wife,
who has been here with her hus
band, and pulled her close to him.
Gernsbacher thanked the jury and
(Continued on Paze Two)
Despite charges that it.was conceived to cover up al
leged failure to function on the part of PWA, and re
gardless of the fallacious claim that it threatened a dis
ruption of landlord-tenant relations on southern farms,
the trend of events has proved beyond cavil that the
CWA effort represents the most all-embracing en
deavor of humanitarian conception that the ‘civilized
world has yet known.
We care not whether it be the creature of the mere
or less bandied brain trust, or whether it is the pro
duct of the compassionate heart and the incomparable
mental faculties of the inspired man in the White House
whose ready grasp of a tedious situation, coupled with
his ability to formulate and execute a speedy and an
effective remedy, has challenged the admiration of the
entire universe—we care not where it originated, we
regard the accomplishments of the Civil Works Ad
ministration. as the most potent force that has been em
ployed in Franklin D." Roosevelt’s far-flung campaign
against the economic disaster in which millions of men
and women were hopelessly submerged when this stu
pendous effort was initiated.
The vreceding administration, woefully incompetent
in diagnosing and prescribing for our economic ills,
songht to effect a cure by applying a powerful top
dressing (lavishing money on the railroads, insurance
companies and other large corporations, who immedi
ately put it in cold storage) whereas it was the root
system that needed attention. Injecting a yvirile stimu
lant into the top-branches of a diseased tree avails but
little, but when it is applied to the roots, the invigorat
ing effects filter through to the remotest twig and the
entire tree is restored to health and beauty.
That, metaphorically speaking, is what CWA is do
ing for the rehabilitation of the %conomic structure of
this countrv—applying the remedy at the point where
the corréding effects of the canker are most pro
nounced. Money, released at the bottom, quickly swells
the flow of the business stream, not only providing ne
cessities for those in dire distress, but inflating the
empty coficrs of legitimate business that, otherwise,
might be forced to seek relief in bankruptey.
But, thanks to the breadth of vision and the altruistie
impulses of President Roosevelt, such a calamity has
been averted—at least in teng of thousands of cases, for
the records reveal conclusively that, but for the millions
of dollars released to the channels of trade through the
unstrumentality of CWA, the first of the year would
have witnessed a colossal collapse of the economic
structure of the eountry.
However, there is another angle to the mammoth
CWA undertakirg that, to us, is more completely intrig
uing than its cold-blooded business aspects. We refer
to the wonderful process of rehabilitation of the morale
of millions of unemployed men and women that has
been set in motion. Immersced in abject poverty, these
objects of coid charity were the pathetle vietims not
only of physical suffering, but also of that type of
mental anguish that leads ultimately to despair; bereft
of all hope of relief, their morale had reached the
breaking point when the CWA effort was inaugurated.
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But with 4,000,000 such unfortunates now employed
by a beneficent government, engaged in honorabhle
labor, thus enabled to buy and pay for food and shelter
for their loved ones, and no longer dependent upon a
grudging hand-out, there are unmistakable signs of a
regenerated morale. With an opportunity to work-and
earn their daily bread, hope has been re-kindled, self
respect is re-asserting itself—in thousands of instances,
a self-respect that had been sacrificed by resort to petty
thievery to circumver§ starvation; indeed there is now
in progress in these United States of America the most
gigantie rehabilitation of human derelicts that the
world has ever witnessed. Former unemployed. persons
are manifesting a renewed interest in life, one of the
most striking examples of which is the recent forma
tion of a Civil Works club at Dalton, Ga., where CWA
workers have a recreation hall for relaxation and enter
tainment. There is no surer sign of a restored morale
than when men exhibit an interest in recrgation.
Moreover, we are personally familiar with instances
in which CWA has reclaimed men from a life of crime.
It has provided them a means of honest living, an op
portunity for their better instincts to triumph over
baser impulses, and they have been restored to a life of
usefulness and self-respect.
Just when the government will terminate this work
of human rehabilitation, we do not know—certain dates
have been tentatively set, but it is our own belief that
the millions of men and women who have been given a
new lease on life will not be ruthlessly cast adrift. The
endeavor will unquestionably be continued until such
time as, through the restoration of general economic
stability, private interests shall have absorbed every
vestige of surplus labor throughout the country..
The President’s recovery efforts, from a strictly econ
omic standpoint, are proving abundantly fruitful, but
the rehabilitation of men that is under way, to our mind,
represents the most noble effort on the part of gov
ernment that has ever been launched, and, gratified, as
he surely is, with the results attained thus far, it is very
unlikely that he will relax his efforts until the job is
finished, and unemployment is only a memory.
President Asks 950 Million
For Emergency Reliet Work
-
'ls Million Dollars Over!
What He Had Indicated
' He Would Request
WASHINGTON —(AP) Presi- |
ld&nt Roosevelt asked congress .\'ut-‘
j urday for $950,000,000 to continue |
;‘the emergency relief program. i
| That was $100,000,000 more than |
| the $500,000,000 for direct relief
and $350,000,000 for civil works
ltho president originally contempla_ b
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
REHABILITATING MEN
lted asking. His terse message to
Speaker Rainey did not specify
what dvision was contemplated.
Speculation as to whether the
iincreased figure was Mr. Roose
'velt's answer to the nationwide
!cry against demobilization of the
leivil works army by May 1 at the
(latest brought a repetition at the
| White House of the President's
’statement that he still wants civil
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VE
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PRESIDENT GRANTED
POWER T 0 REDUCE
VMUE OF DOLLAR
Wavering Democrats Are
Swept Into Line; Glass
/Is Only Objector -
TAKES EFFECT SOON
’Adminfstration Backers
Beat Off Challenge of
& Siiver Group
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Ap
proved by both house and senate,
President Roosevelt’s monetary
bill Saturday nights lacked only.
the brief final formalities of en-.
actment before it could give the
Chief Executive power: to de-
value the dollar and put $2,000,-
000,000 to the task of protecting
the foreign value of the nation’s
currency . ; . 4
On Monday it will be - brought
up in the house for consideration
and probably quick acceptance of
amendments attached by the sen
ate limiting the effectiveness of
the measure to three years, and
making several minor changes.
Then it will be sent to the White
House for Mr. Roosevelt's signa
ture-—and action. .
Passage by the senate came
after administration forces had
beaten -back a determined chai
lenge from the exponents of re
monetized silver by .the breath
taking margin of two votes. The
vote was 45 to 43., {
Wavering Democrats were
swept into line just before the
roll-call by a statemént from
their floor leader, Robinson of
Arkansas, that the pending amend
ment—to direct government purs
chase of $750,000,000 worth of sil
ver and the issuance of currency
against it—was “in conflict” with
the plans of President Roosevelt.
A little later, without adminis
tration opposition an amendment
by Senator Pittman (D.-Nev.)
was accepted authorizing the Pres:
ident to lissue, in his discretion,
currency against silver bought
from domestic miners, held in the
tireasury.
The only other amendment of
any importance was that limiting
the measure's life to three years,
and that was put into the bill
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RIOT AVERTED AT
NEW YORK PRISON
LaGuardia Commissioner
- Fires Welfare = Island
Warden, Medical Officer
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NEW YORK.—(AP)—Conimis~
sioner Austin H. MacCormick by
a sharp command put dowh &
threatened revolt of a grolp &
Welfare Island prisoners Sa.turd;ay
and then suspended Warden ' Jos
eph A. McCann and Dr. Abraham
Norman, medical’ officer. e v
The warden had held only; zou- -
tine authority since MacCormiek's -
sensational raid on the islanad
Wednesday,” whaen quantities ,of
drugs and weapons were confis-«
cated. ESRERN
He charged MecCann with “in
competency, ineffigiency, and neg-.
lect of duty in that he failed to«
exercise proper supervision 'af(?!'
direction over his subordinates
and the property. and food in the
institution.’ 'Acting Deputy War
den Lazarus Levy was appointed
acting warden.
Dr. Norman, who was asked to
leave his quarters at once, also
was charged with incompetency,
inefficiency, and negleet of duty.
Comntissionerr MacCormick was
inspecting a cell block when 12
inmates lingered in the exercise
vard after a general call came for
prisoners to return to their cells.
The group assumed defiant pos
tures when guards told them to
hurry along. They said they ins
tended to stay where they were.
MacCormick, overhearing the
argument, shouted to the prison
ers: 2
“You-will go back to your places
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LOCAL WEATHER
Fair Sunday and Monday,
colder Monday; much colder in
north portion. G% -
TEMPERATURE
Highest .. icis odss ssidiß
LOWEBE ..o aaedivice S w
MORN .4 ssce anin sons VS
Nortdl ii. sai sy weuRE
RAINFALL :
Inches last 24 hours .. .... .00
Total since January 1 .... 473
Deficiency since January 1. 1.80
Average January rainfal .. 483
