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Newspaper Page Text[ coTTON MARKET L | | WIDDLING o= oozt ¢ iPRE\«fOLrS CLOSE .. :.- yb ]:;ﬁc e 4c VOI- 102, No. ]5. Freezing Gales Add To Terror Of Numerous Fires As New Cold Wave Sweeps Down From Northwest oILE WAL ATTEND pTIL GATHERING 0 ECOVERY HEADS Georgia Director of NRA and AAA Says Worknls ’ “People’s Program. Ll B TURNS SATURDAY RE NS Citizens Expected to Re port Violations; Not to Use Inspectors. Dr. Andrew M. Soule, director of the national economic couneil for Georgia, left early this after noon for Washington, D, C., where pe will attend the coniere&ce of all state directors of the uncil, elled by Ernest C. Walker, head of the national economic council. The meeting will convene ‘Wed nesday morning *at 9 o'clock and will continue through Saturday. The first two days will be given over to discussions of NRA activi ties, while the latter two are re served for affairs dealinfg with the national economic council. ‘ Dr. Soule will get to Washing- . ton one day early, he says, in or der to arrange some special con-‘: ferences regarding the NRA worki in Goergia. 1t 1s understood that presilent Roosevelt will_be pres- | ent at several of the sessions of the conference to aid in instruct-J ing the state directors. General Hugh S. Johnson will be in charge of the NRA meetings, while Mr. Walker will direct the discussions at the economic coun- Cil. Before leaving Athens, Dr, ' Soule announced that pnew offices for the council i Atlanta would be in the Citizens and Southern National bank building. He' ex pects to move from the present location” in the old postoffice building abqut Kebruary 6. | In my contact with the .Ol‘san-f ization,” the state director declar ed, I am gratified with the re-l sponse of the peoplé and the good will shown toward the NRA. In the 300 cases of code violation which have come up for settle ment, 1 have noticed only one man who showed an indifferent attitude.” He added that the ma jority of the cases came about beq cause of a difference of opinion or misinterpretation of the code. For the benefit of those persons Wwho do not yet understand the workings of the code, Dr. Soule asks that it be made clear that it is the privilege and duty of all Cllizens to report code violations to his office in Atlanta. “We do not use inspectors in this work,” he said, “and it is Very necessary that the people tooperate with us.” Anyone wish gto reprot a code violation should secure a blank from the ’?t‘“‘!‘»\‘l U. S. postoffice and to fill it out as directed. Any person may make a 4 report on another in “I“\”iw' of business. tome of \" . hl!‘ed. oo g:OOd e jome of simuly_complaining, but E v OOoperation and aetive sup ;ghf.‘“.“:,”l,;’]” far toward righting We ‘”' .’”b that are being done. st e interested in the fair and Man gg ent to Wik SN HAHS added, €ll as the big one,” he We have founa that large and (Continued On Page Two) ! Ouly Survivor of Family Whose 10 Sons Fought in War of ’6o’s Is Visiting Here The only surviving member, ex °®Pling grandchlidven and great sfandchildren, of @ family - @ Vhich ten song served in the War Setween the States, is visiting in Athens now. She. i -Mrs. William "¢ of Atlanta, whese husband : [ the sons. Sl E. Bone and Mrs. ored Bone, fiving near Boggs’ ar?l at that timer e theanbee dren, sixteen of whom %24 to manhoog and womanhood o osons and six daughters. All (€ 80Ns served in the Confederate o) and only one was wounded, o ÜBh another : died of sinkile "% during the way, : Bar. 2Fticle publighed in ' the Cour T Herald (then the Clarke e Y Banner) on May: 10, 1895, motha. . Ctter received by the v from General Lee, a letter Ve T Was destroyed by fire. on A, one wioth [eneenl 1o R . 1863, asking that one ! ‘s be given a furlough ang " that he might come home “ '€ a 4 crop. General Lee re- A 8 followgs v duarters, Army of Northern . EMia, April 18th, 1863, Gap Milired Bone, Athens, the ~. ¢ Madameé: Four letter of r..‘L;MY‘mn I;~l§[:int‘ lsking‘ the dis wis, . irlough for one of your » hag been received. You have ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Tried for Dry Era Slaying S G g SR PR sty -3 R R S R Y i o AAR - B Bl e = QR i R B s i \v:(». . & _ R R R % T A g X R T L e SR G G R R R e e BB R R S e R I R s SR B A e .- g?’ s %§ s R e RS B A R B e R e RR L R 2 TR R g G LR GEmER o g S R P SR R, SRR, g S B S B R R St Emmys £ NEA 5 o 3 B, % S SR A tragic echo of the prohibition era resounds through federal court in Denver in the trial of Henry Dierks, above, former fed eral dry agent, charged with slaying Melford Smith, 19, in a scuffle over four ounces of wine in a 1931 raid. The state charged murder against Dierks, who is defended by U. S. at torneys. COMMITTEE NAMED 10 GET R.E.C. LOAN Seek Charter for Corpora - tion to Liquidate Athens Securities Companies. A committee to secure a charter and devise plang for the formation of* a mortgage loan corporation te borrow R. F. C. funds for the li quidation of the Georgia Securities company and the American Secu rities company here, was named at a meeting€ held Saturday in the offices of Edgar Dunlap, state counsel for the government agency. The committeg was selected at a meeting attended by holders of approximately $300,000 in deben tureg of the twg Athens institus tions, Named on the committee were 'C, C. Kimsey, president of the Bank of Corneira, Tate Wright, E. R. Hodgson, Frank.C. Shackel ford, vice president of the Georgia Securities company and attorney for both companies, J. A Alton Hosch, Gainesville, R. S. Parker, Atlanta attorney for the Georgia Power company and H. W. Cald well, dean of the University of Georgia Law school. After a charter hag been Secured a president, board of directors and other officers will be selected. As sets of the two securities compan jes will be appraised by officials of the Reconstruction Ffnance corpo ration and upon this appraisal the amount of money to be loaned the securities companies will.be based.f The securities companies grew out of the failure of the old Geor: gia Natonal and American State banks here in April 14, 1925 ahd it is hop*a to secure enough funds from the RF.C. to pay from 20 te 25 per cent on the debentures out standing, W. I 'Abney, president of the Geogrgia Securities company, said. Dr. N. G. Slaughter is pre sident of the American Secutities ocmpany and Mrs, Alvie Hill is se cretary and treasurer of hoth con cerns. set a noble example in devoting your ten sons to the service of the country and in encouraging them to defend their homes. We need every good soldier we have in the arms‘. If we allowed all to return who are needed at home we should soon have no .country and no homes. I sympathize with you in your anxities and privations, but I trust your kind neighbors in the patriotic state of Ueorgia will not permit you to want while your brave sons are doing their duty manfully against the enemy. I am, very respectfully, youry obedient servant, “R. E. LEE, General.” Mrs. William Bone was the former Miss Martha Sailers and is visiting Mrs. O’Kelley on Lumpkin street at present. Other Clarke county families which sent large numbers of sol diers to the war and which are mentioned in the Banner article include the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Thornton, who had ten sons in the war also, three in the army of Norfthern Virginia and seven in the army of the ‘West; the Elder family, Who sent twelve members—eight of whom were brothers and served with the Clarke Rifles—two of these ~ (Continued on Page Three) Message From Roosevelt Brings House’s Approval On Senate-Revised Bill Monetary Measures to Gc to White House for Signature Tuesday. CONGRESS RELAXES House to Take Up Navy ‘Bill; Senate Has St. Lawrence Treaty. WASHINGTON. -—(#)— A tele phone mesgage from President Roosevelt sufficed Monday to have the house unanimously accept the senate-revised dollar devaluation bill, + o Inasmuch as the recess of the senate for the day made it impos sible for Vice President Garner to sign ghe document, however, it can't go to the White House for the Roosevelt signature into law until Tuesday. ~ The president had speaker Rai ney on the wire just bpefore the house met, told him the senate three-year time limitation on the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund and his dollar revaluation powers was all right with him, and the speak er straightaway had the house ac cept the senate bill by unanimous consent. Meanwhile, the administration poised itself for use of'the stabili zation fund in foreign exchange idealings. Lacking any agreement ‘with Great Britain, some responsi ble officials pondered the need to be prepared in event of exchange hostilities between the British pound and American dollar, ~ Their part virtually over for the present, members of house and senate meanwhile had a cut-and dried day for relaxeq handling of lesser affairs after a succession of major moments last week. With the senate Monday taking the holiday the other branch took Saturday, the house calendar com prised the committee recommenda tion against seating either Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp or J. Y. Sand ers, jr., from Louisiana. h‘hat out of the way, the repre sentatives look forwardto passing the Vinson treaty Navy bill Tues day. The senate reassembles then too, with the St, Lawrence water way treaty with Canada still wait ing debate and action. While biting winds swirled around the capitol, the majority of the legislators spent much of their time in the warmth of ther offices working on mail and like necessi ties. Hearings on an omnibus bridge bill began, one of those bills that carries authorization for bridges in spots all over the country. A senate committee heard from Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans affairs, that 486,926 veter (Continrued- on Page Two) One-Third of Wrightsville Beach Lies in Ashes After Fire. . WILMINGTON, N. C. —(&#)— A third of Wrightsville Beach lay in ashes Monday, destroyed by a fire which roared through the island summer resort 10 miles from here on the wings of a southwestern gale. S Even before the community had taken full stock of its loss, esti mated variously at from $500,000 to $1,000,000, plans were underway for rebuilding. One hundred and three buildings, including the 162- room Oceanic hotel, were destroy ed by the fire Sunday. ' While the ashes still smoked, Mayor J. H. Taylor called a meeting of the board of aldermen for Monday to discuss pl;ms for rebuilding. He said he was con sidering asking the state civil works administration for workmen to clear away the debris. Mayor Taylor's estimate of the loss was $500,000. An official of the Tidewater Power company which owned the Oceanic hotel and ,a nmumber of other buildings estimated, however, that it was in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. The fire began from an unde termined cause abeut 12:30 p. m. in the Kitty cottage, a summer boarding house, spread to the Oceanic hotel and under the im petus of the wind roared up the north end of the island. It burn ed tw, hours and a half. Most of the buildings were frame cottages occupied only dur ing the summer. From Kitty cottage mnorthward only about 20 buildings were left standing. The spread of flames southward was checked. The tire was the most digastrous in the @ history .of Wrightsville Reach and the worst in this sec tion since that which devasted Wilmington in 1853. Athens, Ca., Monday' January 29, 1934, Austrian Home Guard Launches Finish Fight - Against Nazi Attacks VIENNA —(#)— The armed Fascist Heimwehr lined up with the government of Chan cellor Engelbert Dollfuss Mon day in an announced ‘finish fight” against the Nazis. Rallled to the cause ,by Prince IBrnst Von Starhemberg, leader of the Heimwehr, or heme guard, members were én joined: “Every leader down to the last man must hencsforth im mediately avenge every Nazi attack. If legal authorities fair tc mete out iusiice take the law into your own hands.” There was little t; indicate that Heimwehrmen need fear authorities would mot “mete out justice,” for Vice-Chancel lor Emil Fey was quick to ap prove the prince’s order. DILLINGERS DEFIANT FACING EXTRADITION Small Army of Midwest ern Officers in Tucson te “Get Their Man.” § TUCSON, Ariz—(AP)—Defiant even behind jail bars. the. “Dan gerous Dillingers” of Indiana Mon day confronted a small army of midwestern pecae officers who had moved into this city over the week-end intent on ‘“getting their man.’.’ Backed by Governor B. B. Mouer’s promise that they can have John Diilinger, gangster chieftain, and his henchman, Indi ana authorities expedited extradi tion papers to the governor in Phoenix and looked over the jail ed men they have accused of a series of robberies and slayings. Three Indiana officers and Rob ert Wilgus, an eye witness of an Bast Chicago, Ind., bank robbery, in which a police officer was Kkill ed, headed the parade of authori ties who have claimed the out laws. 1 Clarence Houston, Prima county, Arizona, attorney, said extradition may be slow, as he expected Dil linger to throw every possible ob stacle into the way. Conflicting claims of Indiana and Ohio may have béen ironed out, he said, and this may help speed proceedings. Another Indiana officer, Matt Leach, state police chief, agreed to allow Lima, Ohio, to have three members of the gang, Harry Pier pont, Russell Clark and Charles Makley, on charges of slaying Sheriff Jess Sarber last Ocotber. Sarber was shot during an attack on a jail wh’h' resulted in Dil linger’s release. Leach said he will also demand Miss Mary Kinder for aiding in the prison delivery of 10 of Dil linger’'s henchmen at Michigan City, Ind. September 26. Two other women arrested with Dillinger and his men—Opal Long and Ann Martin—Leach said will be turned over to whoever claims them. An attorney for the‘ gangster promised to fight to prevent re moval of the desperadoes hefore court actions have settled dis posal of nearly $40,000 in cash taken from the men. Surety com panies have filed attachments against the money in behalf of robbed banks. Negro Woman Shot Four Times Sunday By Her Son-in-Law James Smith, colored, who shot his mother-in-law, Lizzie Goss, four times Sunday afternoon was arrested in Atlanta this morning, and was to be returned to Athens this afternoon. The woman was rushed t, the General hospital where she was treated for the shots—one on the right side of her face, one on the right side of her head, one on her left arm and one “on her left shoulder. After receiving treat ment, she left the hospital. When Plainclothes men Wood and Nelms reached the scene of the shooting, Smith had fied. Smith was cook for the Seaboard Airline bridge gang. Word was received here today. by Chief of Police Seagraves that the Atlanta police have found the car which was stolen from Cloves Crow over the week-end. Mr. Crow sent a Negro boy with the car to a sérvice station to have it repaired, and the boy took it home » iem———. (Continued. On Page Two) —ESTABLISHEDG 1832— DELADIER ATTEMPTS TOLIE UP CABIET I FRENCH SHAKELP Public Confidence Shaken By Financial Scandal; Chautemps Quits. HERRIOT. OFFENDED gl ¢ Premiership Offered tc Three Others, But All Decline Honor. : PARIS, —(#)—Edquard Daladier was entrusted Monday with the task of forming a sort of ‘“pub lic safety” cabinet for a vigorous house-cleaning «of financial scan dalg and restoration of shaken pub lic confidence in the government, The new cabinet will suppant that of Camille Chautemps which resigned Saturday. - Dbaladier, mihister of war in the ;Chautemps government and for mer- premier, was summoned to Elysee palace by President Lebrun early Monday after three others had -declined to accept the pre miership. Seventy-one-yesr old Doumer gue, former president, decined to acedg to the president’s request Sunday. Hg said he was too eld. Then Lebrun turned to Jules Jeannery, but he refused to at tempt to form a government which eould restore political tran-quili ty—as asked by the pres.dent—be cause of ill health. ~ Ferdnand Emile Bouisson iater was approached, but he declined alse. Lebrun had hoped 9 bring In ~some big non-political figure ‘whose personality -and prestige might allay the nationwide agita tion*as a result.cf ihe ccllapse of the $40,000,000 bayonne bank scandal and resultant charges of officiat implication. In connection with Daladier’'s selection instead of the veteran champion of * war . debts fame, ‘HBdouard Herriot, mentioned pre viouSly, it was pointed out that the former is stronger than Herriot in the center, Daladier is referred to by his admirerg as a ‘“strong, silent” man. He hag been strong for frontier fortifications and wants to extend France's so-called “iron ring"” along the Belgian border. Daladier frequently has pleaded for more funds with which to strengthen the defenses. Daladier will have to turn to the center in the chamber of deputies for support, because of hig recent sharp break with the socalists. It has been said frequently that a center coalition government sooner (Continued on Page Three) William E. Hoover Dies in Jacksonville; Funeral to Be Here William Edward (Biil) Hoover, 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Hoover, former Atheni ans, died at his home in Jackson ville; Florida, Sunday afternoon at 12:36 o'clock after a brief illness. He is survived by hig parents, both well known in_Ath&s where they lived for many years; grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, Savannah and an aunt, Mrs. Rufe Turner, Athens: » | Services will be conducted Tues: 'day afternoon at one o'clock at the graveside in Oconee Hill cem ietery by Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, pas’ tor of the First Baptist church. ' Pallbearers will be Guy Firor, Paul Hartley, Roy Cooper, Charles Hadaway, Hugh Davis and Charles ißerryv close friends of the de ceased. Bernstein Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Pall ‘bearers will meet Tuesday at the Central of Georgia depot at 12:35 o'clock when the body will arrive. Mr. Hoover lived in Athens un til eight years ago when his par ents moved to Florida. Since mov ing to Florida, he had visited his aunt, Mrs. Turner several ti}ues and du.ing these visits and renew ed and strengthened the friend ships he had in Athens and by his attractive personality had enlarged that circle of friends. He was ga leader in his school work and activities in Jacksonville, being a member and president of the senior class of the Jackson ville High school, president of his school fraternity and a member of the football team. . The many friends in Athens of Mr. Hoover's parents who are well known and popular here, will deeply sympathize with them ip the loss of their beloved son. In his own circle of friends, his death will leave a keenly felt void by those who knew and admired him. 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The wreckage of the tri-motored Italian airplane was. sighted at about 7a. m. by Beart Saurs, pilot of the American Airliner. He was unable to land the air liner, -filled with passengers and mail bound for the United Sjates, but circled low ahove the spot of the disaster. g He reported by radic that he gaw three men standing beside the smashed trans-Atlantic ship. His message indicated there had been no - fire, ' Quickly he wrote a note: “Help coming.” e He tied it to a weight and drop ped it beside the beached men. They waved back. ! Burnett Boyd, manager of the local Pan-American airways port, immediately ovganized rescue par ties to start to the scene by motor launch and overland by foot. The Italian plane was attempt ing to = carry the air mail from Rome to Buenos Aires in three days in an ambitious test run. The airmen had crossed the Atlantic from Dakar, French West Africa, only to lose their position and wander aimlessly along the coast in the darkness seeking a landing place. The plane, which left Rome early Saturday, had been due in Buenos Aires Monday. It left Dakar early Sunday, and reached the Brazilian (Continued on Page Two) LOCAL WEATHER- Fair and colder tonight, cold wave on the coast and in ex treme south portion with low est temperature 16 to 20 de grees in south portion tonight; Tuesday fair, slowly rising temperature in west portion. TEMPERATURE Highest ...y v iorsiyiitivasclo:o LOWEBE: civiy' wsthi= avonßuy <OO MORE .. v ik chaaiviin RS WOrmiAl ', i b csacifanid vy 8D RAINFALL . Inches last 24 hours ...... .00 Total since January 1 .... 2.73 Deficiency since January 1. 1.96¢ Average January rainfall . 483 A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday Two Photographs of the President Received By Dance Chairman. NATION CELEBRATES Athens Exbected to Aid Fund for Warm Springs Foundation. Two photographs of President Roosevelt, autographed by him, have been received from Wash ington by Cuyler Trussell, city wide chairman of the Birthday Ball to be neld here Tuesday night in Woodruff hall at 9 o'clock. These photographs were to be framed and displayed in a promi nent place in the city sometime today, so that everyone might see them. A drawing will be held at the ball and the winners will re ceive the pictures. All proceeds of the celebration will be sent the Warm Springs Foundation. With the ball tomorrow night, citizens from every walk of life are anxiously coming forward and declaring their intention of aiding in the worthy work, represented by the affair. The names of all those buying tickets will be sent to the President, and inscribed in the boko at Warm Springs which contains names of those contrib uting to the Foundation. * Over 5,000 balls are being given throughout the country Tuesday night with a double purpose—that of | celebrating the President’s ‘birthday and contributing to the aid of those unfortunates who are afflicted, as he once was afflicted, with infantile paralysis. The money received from all these af fairs ‘will be sent to Warm Springs and used to care for patients who are unable to pay for their treat ‘ment or who can afford to pay for only part of it. It is hoped that enough will be secured through the Birthday Balls to set up a real charity ward at Warm Springs, where anyone suffering from the dread disease may go for help regardo} less of their financial condition. If this is done, not only will Warm Springs be the mecca fori thousands of people—but it will begin tovrival the famous spas of Europe, authorities say. | “It is up to Athens,” said Mrs. S. V. Sanford, co-chairman of the women's committee with Mrs. T. H. McHatton and '‘Mrs. W. F. Bradshaw, “to see that our quota is filled. In other parts of the country cities are giving these | balls and sending all the proceeds‘ (Continued on Page Twe® Twe Are Held in Slaying Aged Man In Madison County DANIELSVILLE, Ga. — Howard Armour, 50 year old white man, and Lloyd Dean, 21, white, were in Madison county jail here today pending investigation by a coro ner’'s jury into the fatal shooting Sunday night about nine o'clock of J. R. (Bert) Nash, a 60 ~ year old boarder in the Armour home Armour and Dean have made no statements conecerning the death of Nash and, according to reports, there were no witnesses. Nash was shot once with a shot gun, the charge killing him in stantly, The shooting took place in the Armour home about seven milpgs north of this city where both Dean and Nash were staying. An in- (Continued On Page Two) Woman Physician Ordered to Trial For Alleged Murder With Poisoned Highball GREENWOOD, Miss. —(#)—The bizarre case of Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean, 33-year-old child specialist, who the state says killed Dr. John Preston Kennedy by giving him a poison whisky highball, was order ed put to trial here Monday. A bhattle every ‘step of the way in eircuit court before Judge S. F. Davis was indicated in pre trial statements of opposing coun sel. District Attorney Arthur Jordan announced the state will demand a verdict of guilty and Defense At torney A. F. Gardner said the “state will have to prove it.” Dr. Dean, slender and olive complexioned, has been at liberty under bond since before her in dictment on ‘the murder charge. She was ready for trial, but she has remained in seclusion attended by a trained nurse. “She has been laboring under a terrible strain” said Gardner. . Speculation over the evidence to HOoME| TEMPERRTURE HERE EACHES NEW LW OPS 47 DERDEE Joint Dangers of Cold and Fire Take Heavy Prop erty Toll. ' The temperature in Athens . " dropped forty - seven degrees . Sunday night reaching a ‘new low mark for this winter, The sudden change from the balmy . weather of the past week found ' Athenians unprepaved for tho} | bitter cold which was accom | panied by high winds. i E. 8. Sell, United States | - weather bureau official here . reported the lowest tempera . ture between the hours of } eight o’clock Sunday morning and the same hour Monday morning wasg 23 - degrees, a tumble of 47 degrees from the high mark Sunday of 70 de . grees. ; Little damage was reported ‘ in Athens from the intense cold and gales which swept | many parts of the nation. The | lowest temperature = recorded | previously this wintéer was 26 degrees on December 17, » l By The Asociated Press | Unexpected and unheralded | winter came back to the South Monday on the wings of frigid blastg which had their origin in fur away Alaska and Northwestemn Canada., The tumble of the mercury was ‘as much “as 53 degrees in some | Southern areas following a Sun day of spring-like weather and temperature -up in the 60's and 70's. Icy gales struck suddenly in many other parts of the naton also Monday in widely seperated places, ‘the cotd wins fanned numerous fires and three persons- were burned to death. Many were ‘in- Jured. Damage estimates ranto seven Igures, The extreme cold, felt throughout, the North, hamp ered fire-fighters. : At Troy, N. Y,, the club house of the Veterans of Foreign Wars burned down, killing twqo sleeping men, sériously burning a third, %‘hree—year-om Mary Logoviana lost her life when flames consumed the cottaga of her parentg at Ham monten,, N: .J.,, her mother was burned as she vescued two other children, Row after row of frame struc tures fed gale-fanned flames along the waterfront at Canarsie, on Jamaica Bay, in Brooklyn, N. Y. seven firemen wery injured. A sec tion stretching for half mile was destroyed. The bitter cold wind whipped icy spray from the water of the hoses back into the faces of the fire fighters. > ] At Anderson, Ind, fire that started in a six-story bank build ing spread over a half block of the downtown district and' raged for six hourg before firemen could bring it under control. The tele~ phone office was destroyed and the city ‘was without communica tion, Several firemen and police men were injured, ‘others suffered exposure, The four-story mill at Fall Riv er, Mass.,, unoccupied but formerly a cotton textile factory, blazed rapidly in the face of the wind and help had Ito be summoned from neighboring towns to prevent spread of the flames to nearby properties. Wrightsville beach. a summer- (Continued on Page Two) be offered in the strange case has set the citizenry of this fashion able delta city on its toes. = Especially has this been' pro nounced since Attorney Gardner hinted of a romance in his public statements. “Ruth loved Preston, not wisely, but too well,” Gardner said. At the time of Dr. Kennedy's death he was reported to bhe plan ning to “2-wed his former wife— they were divorced—who is here for the trial. The former wife, Mrs., Bessie Barry Kennedy, made a hurried air trip from Panama to Jacksoß, Miss., at the time of the illness of Dr. Kennedy, but arrived several hours after he died. S e 4 The prosecuting attorney said that it had not been decided whe ther she would be summoned as a witness. Y S The state charges that poison {Continued on Page Two)