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COTTON MARKET MIDDLIRE 02 aiid e WBYAs PREV. CLOBE. ... .... .....12c¢ Vol. 101, No. 144. THE Washington Lowdown il s Rodney Dutcher + Rivalry Flares H Heat Spot O ‘ Q@Give 'Em a Break ; Banner-Herald Washington { g Corcespondent - WASHINGTON-—The brain power of the Brain Trust still goes un measured. ~ Secretary Wallace has been heard to suggest that Dr. Rex Tugwell “hasn’t any more brains than some of the other fellows who run AAA —though he credits the young man with the warmegt, most sympathe tic heart. More light on that point might now shine if the senators who took Tugwell over the jumps be fore the Agriculture committee, prior to his approval as under gecretary of agriculture, had been competent to match wits with the handsome, smooth professor from Columbia. “Cotton Ed” Smith of South Carolina, Byrd of Virginia, and Bailey of North Carolina led the agsault. They flounaered about in a maze of Tugwellian quotations and the doctor's verbal answers on the spot, tried vainly to put words in his mouth, made heated stump speecheg in sheer desperation, and spent so much time bickering and getting all mixed up that Tugwel d'dn’'t have to be brilliant — not even once. He needed ta be only cool, pa tient, polite, and helpful. He might as well have left his brains at home. The whole silly show was terri bly unfair because the brighter committee members—Norris of Ne bragka, Bone of Washington, and Wheeler of Montana — were on Tugwell’s side and had fun shoot ing barbg into the exposed hides of his critics. Painful sensations of the latter tegan when “Cotton Ed"” learned to his surprige that Tugwell's “dirt farming,” experience compared fa vorablyw ith his own. Bailey said at one point that he ‘couldn’t see much difference between a scientist and a politic fan.” But others could. Quite a few people who think Tugwell is too mocksure, too ivory tower, too supercilious—or worse-— were badly disappointed. ’ Behind Smiti's attempt to block Tugwell's confirmation {s his riv alry with South Carolina’s other senator, Jimmy Byrnes. Smith, gruff, rugged, walrus-mustached and on the verge of 70, has been in Washington 25 years—sharing, with Fletcher of Florida, the longest service record as a Democratic senator. Byrnes, an ex - representative, fast on his feet, still in life’s prime, was elected to the Senate only three yearg ago. But when Roose velt took office Jimmy Byrnes turned out to be the administra tion’s fair-haired boy in the Sen ate, a liajson man with the White House, Jimmy got the best patronage plums, too. So when the Tugwell nomination came up, dearest to Roosevelt’s heart, why shouldn’t Ed show them he was chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and-an important gent? Smith and Byrnes never were chummy. Smith is loved and ad mired by the firmers of his state. Jimmy's strength is in urban and manufacturing centers. One of the witnesses sure to be summoned by the Senate commit tee investigating the munitions racket is Chairman Myron W. Tay lor of U. 8. Steel Corporation. Peace societies have circulated a report that Taylor has suggested war with Japan as the best hope for resumption of businessactivity. The committee will check that report. ; U. S. Steel leads all the rest in a list recently submitted to the Committee showing corporation peak wartime net earnings over 1914—the figure was $247.006,000. But it's anly tenth on another list Purporting to show percentage in- Crease in profitg for the war peak year over 1911. While U, §. Steel showed =& mere 300 per cent increase, cer tain rifle makers, metal and oil Producers went into the black from 2700 to 4,600 per cent and the du Pont and Bethlehem Steel ran neck and neck at 1,200 per cent. One of the favorite yarns in the Present whispering campaig n &22inst the New Deal is that Jim Farley is filling all the postoffices With Irishmen, Just for fun, I ran through a 'lst of the last 235 postmasters aPpointed and found 86 Irishmemn and Irishwomen—about equally di vide d‘a”“mm‘ I can tell an Irish mame when I see one. Conside!‘lna‘ all the normally Republican gtates where local pemocratl are mostly Irish, that jen°t enough., And my name isn’t McGillicuddy, either. C(,pyrlght. 1934, NEA Service, Inc. DUELIST DIES THOMASVILLE, Ga. — (® — Claude Gafford, 44 of Monticello, Fla, died at Archbold Memorial hospital here early Wednesday Shortly after his arrival from Mon - ticellor where he was' wounded in “ pistol duel last night, _ ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service LUMPKIN WIDENING SEEN AS CERTAINTY, HIGHWAY FIFTEEN PLANS GAIN MOMENTUM Langer, Convicted Of Felony, Leadsin North Dakota Race Covernor Very Likely to Be Successful in Race For “Vindication"” HOLDS GOOD LEAD Must Appear Tomorrow * Before Federal Judge For Sentencing FARGO, N. D,—(#) —The cam paign of “‘vindication” of William Langer, North Dakota's convicted governor, bore frult today when returns from Wednesday’s primary showed his apparent renomina tion. Facing probable court actions challenging his right to hold of fice or to have his name placed on the ballot in the November general election, the state’s chief executive had what appeared to be a decisive lead over T. H. Thore sen, candidate of the anti-Langer faction of the non-partisian league and State Senator James P. Cain, for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Returns from 430 precincts of 2,- 242 in the state in yesterday’s state primary, gave, for the Republican nomination for governor: James P. Cain, 12,415, Williamn Langer, 20,910. T. H, H. ‘Thoreson, 13,221. Governor Langer must appeat before Judge Andrew Miller in federal court Iriday for sentence ‘on his conviction tor misusing fed ergl relief funds., The maXimum penalty is two years imprisonment a fine of SIO,OOO or both. United States Senator Lynn J, Frazier, candidate for the Repub lican renomination with the in dorsement of both the Langer and anti-Langer factions of the league, held an overwhelming lead over his two opponents, C. S. Buck and Nelson Mason. The incumbents: J. H. Sinclair and William Lemke, held early leads for the Republican congres sional nominations. Thomas Moodie Williston editor and indorsee of the Democratic party, had an early lead over R, A, Johnson of Minot, “individual” gubernatorial candidate. Lieutenant Governor Ole H. Ol son, who claims the governorship on the ground that Langer's con viction disqualifies him from hold ing office, has stated he will start court action as soon as sentence is imposed on the govermor. ENTRIES CLOSE TODAY AT NOON Seven Athenians Qualify For Local Senate and House Races Seven Athenians had qualified today when the entries closed at noon for state senate and state house of representative contests, John L. Green, secretary-treasurer of the Clarke County Democratic Exccutive Committee, announced. Those qualified are Lamar C. Rucker, Preston M. Almand and Dorsey Davis for the senate, and Jacob Brandt Joel, Carlisle Cobb, Ted Middlebrooks and Eugene Epting in the representatives race. None of the first three named has ever served in the senate and only one, Mr. Epting, of the last four named, have served in the house. 1 The primary will be held Sep temper 12, and there are a total of 2,934 remistered voters in Clarke county, eligible to cast their bal lots in the primary. Citizens who wish to vote and who will be out of the eity or county on primary date, can se: cure absentee voters ballots from Arthur Oldham, chairman of the board of resgistrars. LOCAL WEATHER e Generally fair tonight and Friday. TEMPERATURE HigheSt. ... -.eo cves eDO LOWeSt. -o3 cuse sose e nss iBO MaAf. . ¢ Jois v e niN Normal. -co covs cosee e - RAINFALL . Inches last 24 hours... ..« 0.00 Total since June 1.......-. 5.70 Excess since June 1....... 1.84 Average June rainfall...... 4.10 Total since January 152 MOB Excess -since Japuary 1.... 2.34 ILLNESS OF MARIE DRESSLER CRITICAL SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— (AP)—Marie: Dressler’'s pro lomged illness had reached a critical stage today and ‘a nurse was in constant attend ance on the 60-year-old ac tress, The actress, who came to an estate here for a rest a few promptly qualified his state ment by adding: “It is not an ticipated that she will pass on immediately.” The actres® who came to an estate here for a rest a few weeks ago, is suffering from complications including ail ments afflicting the Kidneys and heart, . NORMEMILLEN T 3 GOWICTED TODAY Daughter of Former Min ister Will Not Be Sen " tenced Until Fall By ANDREW J, CLARKE DEDHAM, Mass. —(#)— Norma Millen, daughter of a former min ister and mate of a machine gun ner, was convicted today of being an accessory after the fact of rob bery and murder. Her trial, which lasted six days, ended shortly after midnight with convieticn on three indictments— a clean sweep for the gtate in its prosecution of one of the most au dacious crimeg in its history, - Norman's husband, Murton Mil len, leader of the trio, his brother Irving, and Abraham Faber, all were convicted recently of murder. Their convictions arose from the robbery of the Needham Trust. company in which two policemen fell mortaly wounded in the snow on a February day. The jury deliberated more than seven hours. Judge Nelson P. Brown was summoned and Norma brought from the jail. - The dimly lit courtipom was crowded. Outside more than 3,000 persons strained at ropes as Nor ma came on the arm of a deputy. Her pretty face, often stained with tears during her trial, was dry, resolute. The jury filed in; then the judge The clerk arose: 4 “What do you say Mr. Fore man? is the defendant ‘guilty’, or ‘not guilty'” ! “Guilty”. Groans swept across ths court house. Interspersed were com ments of approval. Norma, standing erect, stared straight ahead. Her brother, who sat with her father, sobbed. Her mother, di vorced from her father, gasped. No sentence wasg pronounced and court wag adjourned swiftly. She (Continued on Pagg Five) Organi Lab rganizer of Labor - " Union Says He Will . Return to Harriman HARRIMAN, Tenn.— (#)—Fred G, Held, labor wunion organizer, ejected from Harriman with the warning that he will be killed if he ewer returned, today had an nounced his intention to come back here as soon as possible. “I shall return to Harriman as soon as possible, not because 1 want to dare somebody but mere ly to demonstrate that organizers of the ‘American Federation of La bor will not be terrorized by lynch law methods,” Held said last night in a telephone conversation with Emil Rieve, of Puiladelphia, presi dent of the Hosiery Workers fed eration. The abduction and subsequent release of Held, who is vice presi dent of the Hosiery Workers feder ation, came yesterday after a meet ing of people thrown out of work when the Harriman Hosiery mills closed down because of loss of the Blue Xagle. - Immeediately the labor organiza tion heads William Green, presi \'dent of the American Federation 'of Labor, and Rieve telegraphed Governor Hill McAlister demand ing the apprehension of “those guilty of Kidnaping” held and also calling for martial law. Howewer, the Tennessee officials named by McAlister to consider the abduc tion of Held agreed that the situa tion at present is one for local authorities to handve. = % Athens, Ga., Thursday, June 28, 1934. New and Retiring Presidents R R P B R PR SR R N B G Bo T T RO R fat B gty B S EY N R ey S '.)_ P Y ARt g SRR, WD o 5 - SRR R R R S R R R o -G A e SR B RN R N Py «k,f{ pot | e R Pt i B o R P e o e S R R 35 RN o P 4 6 RO 23 ‘r‘a. e M - i Athens Lions Install New Officers At Meeting Today ROOSEVELT SPEAKS TO NATION TONIGHT WASHINGTON —(#)—Presi dent Roosevelt will make one of his periodic “reports to the nation” over the radio at 9:30 o'clock, eastern standard time, tonight. It is expected to deal with events of the last six months and prospects for the future. The president still hopes to get away Saturday to start his Hawalian ecruise, but if there is too much work he will delay until Monday. . PITTVAN, TALMADGE MEET AT EXERCISES Candidates for Governor Agree on One Thing: ‘Pretty Warm Weather' CEDARTOWN, Ga.—(P)—Gover nor Eugene Talmadge and Judgg Claude C. Pittman, opponents in the race for Georgia’s gubernator ial chair for the next two years, are agreed upon one thing—it's “pretty warm weather.” The governor and one of the men who are opposing his re election met yesterday at the un veiling of a memorial to the late Senator William J. Harris. “Hello, Judge, how's everything,” said Governor Talmadge, walking up to a group around Judge Pitt man. “Pretty well, thank you,” Judge Pittman answered., The two shook hands. “Pretty warm weather,” Tal madge said, mopping perspiration from his forehead. “Yes,” said Judge Pittman, 1 agree with you on that.” The men separated after a few other words. Patrolman Grady Davis of Car tersville, furnished Judge Pitt man as a bodyguarq after the candidate’'s near fight with Char les E. Stewart in Atlanta Monday night, was not in uniform and was not distinguished. _i_n the crowd, although it was reported he had accompanied the judge. Frank Elmore Escapes Again From Hall County Chaingang This Week GAINESVILLE, G&.—(M—Frank‘ ‘Elmore, former aviator convicted of bank robbery in Laurens county and robbery of the United St&tes| arsenal at the University Oti Georgia, has escaped a second time from a chaingang. l He made his latest break from the Hall county gang, wearing heavy shackles. Hall county offl-! cers are conducting a search for him. Officers said his first Break was made June 7 and that he was recaptured a week later in South Carolina. He got away again Tuesday. - Elmore was sentenced to ten years on the bank ronbery charge in November, 1933. He was given a five year term in federal court at Athens in June, after pleading 'guilty to charges of robbing the University asenal. The federal sentence stipulated that he must gserve all of the term if he did not complete the term given on the bank robbing charge, R CO—— DEATH BY SHOOTING MOSCOW—(#)—Death by shoot ing was the sentence imposed by the Moscow city court Wednesday on iwo men convicted of the theft of SIOO,OOO worth of iron from a subway warehouse, - o ~ESTABLISHED 1832— B B AT SR e RS e B i e SRR e B R a 3 e SRR \ KRR B e R o TR 2 ISR ALo e R R ks R T R R 1 B "§'s ASR Bo e L Ri I B DR A N S R B R B SR B B B e ] BT % B BRI R N B S Ee T TSR Bel el o ,:_;;;.fi:x;\.;fii- & R SR, RSNORCRR R R SRR g RS TR R R R R A S Bt R e G&:i:j\'(_f;f:},;,-:- SRR 8 e B e s T S e Pl e b e e T "\&‘s‘@ R RS - B R S R R e S 2 O O B .~'-:-':T:7:3:?:2JV?:3‘ R e A T R A -',.‘-:;:'.;:-_‘-:; e BL R 8 iS S 5.’~....\:»: e 8 b R S % S | < O e _«f (5 R R v 5 : ) L '-§ ’- R S, SRRt TR 8 BR R | Fifteen Committees Are Named for. New Year; ~ Moon Is President Dr, 8. C. Moon, prominent drug gist was installed as president of the Athens Lions club today at the regular weekly luncheon at the ‘Holmdn. hotel succepding Rev. '»‘Stanley R. Grubb. Dr. Moon will serve for .the 1934-35 term. / f Dr. Moon has been a member of the Lions. club here for several years, and has been one of th 2 ‘mest active membens .of .the club, ‘He was elected presidént of the i'omb without opposition, and his term_ay head of the club promises to be one of the most successful ths locdl’ ‘organization ' has ever enjoyed. Other offfcers for the club dur ing the next year will hlso be in stalled at -the luntheon today. They Are W. A. Abercrombie, first vice president, N. G. Slaughter,” second vice president; Harry Heins, trea surer; ~Arthur Oldham, Tion tam er; Henry Rosenthal, tall twister, and Captain Elmer Noble, secre tary. ; 50 Captain Noble is the only offi cer surviving in the same office as during the past term, Besides the officers listed above two new. members of the board of directors were alse tnstalled. They are J. H. Hubert, and W. G. Corn ett. They will serve on the board with Dr. H, W. Birdsong and B. P. Joel, who have not completed their terms. Select Committees At a meeting of the officers of the club Thursday night the com= mittees for the coming year were selected, and were announced at the meeting today. These com mittees will begin their new duties July 1, as will the new officers. Fifteen committees were named for the year, and the members be ing selected according to their ability to fill each part. Reliable and active workers weré named as chairman of the wvarious commit-« tees, and with ‘these members of the club working together as they (Gontinued on Page Five) Trolley Service s Further Interrupnted In Milwaukee Today MILWAUKEE — (&) — Rioting which broke out on four fronts interrupting ~ street car se;‘-vlce. gave a more serious aspect today to the walkout of employes of the Milwaukee Flectric Railway and Light company. ' Some thirty thousand persons— pickets, sympathizers, strikers and hordes of curious — taxed the strength of one-half of Milwau kee’s 1,000 police- officers last night in renewed disorders in the city’s troubled utility situation. Fifty eight persons, five of them women, were arrested for partak ing in violence to the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light com pany’s property. Twelve policemen and 12 others were taken to hos pitals with injuries received from flying bricks and glass, tear gasg clubbing, and trampling in the surging masses. Street car and bus service was suspended for a time by the com pany, where members of three Ameridan Federation of Laborx unions walked cat on strike early Tuesday. But shortly before 5 a. m. Today street cars moved out of barns as pickets peacefully paraded at company property where eight hourgs before wild fighting and rioting occurred. Policemen stood on guard for anv outbreaks today. MORE THAN- SIXTY CITIZENS EXPECTED TOATTEND MEETING Enthusiasm s High as Many Plan to Meet Here Friday TO HAVE BARBECUE People Are Detemined to Have Route 15 Made Federal Highway Movement to make Route I§, extending from Rabun couaty to the Florida line, a federal high way has gained so rapidly in mo mentum that the enthusiasm and determination of citizens along the route, who will be represented at a mee¢ting here tomorrow, is more than likely to achieve success for the movement within a short time,’ it was seen here today. - About sixty citizens from the elghtéen counties on the route will meet at the Athens Country club tomorrow at I.o'clock for a barbecue, at which time plans for a larger meeting will be discussed and a place selected for the event. It is the purpose of the directors of the Association Georgia l}oute 15, to make the second and larger meeting, which will probably .be held in late July, or early August, one of the greatest road meetings ever held in Georgia, to which will be invited the governor, United States senators, and con gressmen, as well as other offi cials and private citizens. i The = barbecue here tomorrow will be given by the Athens Chamber of Commerce.. Invitations directors of the association i the (Continued on Page Five) LATE SENATOR o PAID HIGH TRIBUTE Bronze Tablet Unveiled At Cedartown; Promi nent Men Speak CEDARTOWN, Ga. — () — A bronze tablet stands today in a little sunken garden here in memory of r 3 late Senator Wil liam J. Hairis. It was unveiled with tributes to the former sena tor from numerous prominent Georglans as 2,000 persons looked on. 33 ~ Clark Howell, editor and presi dent of the Atlanta Constitution, presented the tablet on behalf of the Cedar Valley Garden club and it was aeccepted by Professor James C. Harris of Cave Springs, a brother of the late senator. Miss Julia Harris, the senator’s dnu{h ter, unveiled the plaque, which marks the spot where Mr. Harris’ funeral was held two years ago. President Roosevelt, in a letter brought by the senator’'s succes sor, Senator Richard B. Russell, jr., said he was glad to join in the tribute. The President wrote, “his fine patriotism and disinterested service to his fellowmen are wide ly known as is the splendid ser vice he gave the government and the nation.” Mr. Howell said, “The world judges a man by the way he does the little things in life. We all know how well Senator Harris did the little things as well as the big things.” Senator Walter F. George, Sen ator Russell and Governor Tal madge were among other speak ers. President Considers Planting Trees From Canada Line to Texas WASHINGTON —(#)— President Roosevelt is considering a proposal to plant a “shelter belt” of trees 100 miles wide and stretching from Canada to tne Texas pan handle, - This gigantic program, which would require 10 to 12 years to complete, would aim to minimize drought and help prevent winds from stripping farmlands of their choice soil. The plan was announced today by the American Tree association. F. A. Silcox, chief forester of the United States forest service, ack nowledged it was under considera tion. ! The president may make his de cision before he leaves Saturday for Hawaii. The plan is being studied by the budget bureau, At torney General Cummings and other officials. - The planting in the 100-mile wide area would be in strips, run ning north and south. s A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday JOHN DILLINGER 1S NOW REPORTED DEAD BY ALBERT REILLY ST. PAUL —(®#— John Dil linger, long hunted outlaw, is dead, Albert “Pat” Reilly, held on charges of harboring the fugitive here this spring, told federal investigators today. Reilly told questioners that Tommy Carroll, during a con versation in Minneapolis be fore Carroll was lain at Water loo, Towa, June 7, had confided to him cthe degperado was dead. ~ The statement regarding Dil linger's death came during the relentiess questioning of Reilly which began immediately after his capture in a Minneapolis mpartment and continued una- bated today. 4 While Reilly was making this statement, Chicago de tectives heard Dillinger at tended - a ball game between the Chicago Cubg and Brook lyn Dodgers in the Illinois city two days ago. Pressed for information about the whereabouts of the elusive outlaw, Reilly is reported to have said: “Tommy told me that John is dead.” PLANG ARE MADE T 0 ESTABLISH BUREALS Craduates of State Schools To Get Help in Finding Employment Plans® for the locating of place ment bureaus in schools and col leges throughout the state, with assistance from the Federal gov ernment, were discussed at a meeting held 'at the ' University yesterday, with J. T. Wheeler, of the vocational education depart ment, presiding. This meeting was attended by educational and professional lead érs from ~throughout the state, in cluding Lincoln McConnell, state head of the National Re-employ ment bureau, with which: - it is hoped to have the proposed bu reau connected. An executive commitiee, con sisting of H. H.\ Bixler, director of guildance in the public schools of Atlanta; Lincoln McConnell, Macon; ©O-. A, Thaxton, of the Placement Bureau at Milledge ville; J. T. Wheeler; A. S. Ed wards, of the University Psychol ogy department; and M. D. Mob ley, of the State Department of Education, Atlanta. This commit tee is to draft demonstration guidance projects for city, town and rural areas, and will meet July 10 to present their plans. Others attending the meeting besides those named above were M. D. Collins, state superintend ent of schools, Atlanta; H. B. Ritchie, of the University school of education; H. Reid Hunter, as sistant superintendent of schools in Atlanta; R. J. Theisen, of Georgia Tech; Walter Downs, di rector of teacher training at the South Gevrgia Teacher's college, Collegeboro; 1,. M. Sheffer, state supervisor of agricultural educa tion; Peyton Jacob, president of Southwestern Georgia college, Americus; and I. S. Inmgram, president of West Georgia col lege, Carrollton. The following resolutions were drawn wup and adopted by the group: “Whereas, the importance and need for definite study and work (Continued on Page Five) Adamowicz Brothers Leave This Morning On Flight to Poland BROOKLYN, N. Y. —(#)— The Adamowicz brothers, Benjamin and Joseph, silent partners in bus iness and in flying, took off at 5:40 (eastern standard #ime) to day on a flight to Warsaw, Po land, their ancestral home. Promised fine flying weather for the next 45 hours, they headed for Harbor Grace, Newfoundland; there to re-fuel and turn out across the Atlantic to their native land. They were accompanied in theif red, white and blue monoplane “Warsaw” by Holger Hoirlis, who flew to Copenhagen in 1931 in the same plane—then ‘“Miss Liberty”. Hoiriss was to leave the brothers at Harbor Grace. Their great ship rumbled down 3,000 feet of the 4,100 foot run way before finally lifting heavily into the air. After rising to only about 50 feet, it “mushed” down, but then gathered aititude and rose safely to disappear in the early morning haze to the mnorth. Only about 100 persons were at the Floyd Bennett airport when the brothers, prompt in their air appointments as they are in busi ness, arrived from their home at ‘.m;t 5 o’clock, eastern standard | @, codoatie ben APRRE VR UB D HoME| DEPARTMENT WILL PAVE TD HILTOP (1 K HLLIUY . ' Favorable Reception Is ‘ Given Delegation of e | Athens Citizens .~ ! [ — 1 \«' | OTHER WORK SLATED | o O : .l lLumpkln Street Pointed Out as Main Link in ‘~ Athens-Macon Rcad ' Lumpkin street irom BmagA;Qfl‘\ | Lumpkin hill will soon be .widmg'fiu 4 and paved by the stats highway ‘department, it was predicted today by reliable authority. e ' While the state highway koard, . in session in Atlanta yesterday, after hearing petition of a com- Imittee ofl Athenians that Lumpe kin be widened and paved, and Baldwin street to Jackson and twe other streets on the University % '('umpus be hard-surfaced did not 'decide at once to grant the com= ‘mittee’s request, the reception giv= f: en the Athens delegation was most favorable. »;f' The Athens delegation at first asked the highway board not only & to widen and lay a smooth-surface = pavement over Lumpkin street, but ?;zz also urged that Baldwin street from Lumpkin to Jackson be im= proved and that the shor: street extending from Baldwin by Wood= ruff hall to the Stadium, and cirgls ing Memoria] hall also be improved with state or federal funds, After returning to Athens, it was de cided to modify the request to im~ clude only the Lumpkin and Bald= win street projects. Cat Athens Delegation The Athens delegation attending ‘the board meeting ineluded: J. M, Griffeth, chairman of the board of :(‘ommlssloners of Clarke county; Mayor A. G. Dudley, Tate Wright, . Joel A. Wier, R. H. Driftmier, H: J. Powe, Chares B, Martin, J. K. Davis, H K. Nicholsonn, Charles S, Martin, C. F. Crymes, J. G. Beach~ g am, I. D. Reid, Joseph Costs, jr, W. W. Scott, J. 4. Brunson, B. 8, | Dobbs, W. T. Sullivan. Mr. Wright acted as chief spokesman and presented Mayor Dudley, Mr. Gris- : feth and Mr. Scott who urged that the petition b 2 granted on the ground that Lumpkin street is an important part of one of the state's , chief highways — the Athens-Ma can route. The latter route will b paved by fall and plans are being developed now to held a motorcade from Macon to a 4 South Caroling point to advertise the opening. According to the estimate of the city and county engineers and Athens and Clarke county, the Lumpkin street project will cost about $17,86850, 'The Baldwims street improvement will be relaties vely inexpensive. That street My Wright pointed out to the boardy —Wv % § (Continued on Page Five)* ™ BANNER - HERALD Accepts Position After Resigning Editorship' of Athens Times ; Dan H. Magill, who‘ resigned hig position as -editor of the Athens Times last week, has accepted & position with the jßanmner-Herald. Mr. Magill was connected with the Banner-Herald for a number of years prior to last September, when he organized a weekly news paper called the Georgia Democrag that later merged with the Athens Times. Mr. Magill has many admirers among Banner-Herald readers who will doubtless be pleased to know that the product of his facile pen will again appear in this news paper. T Unestimated Damage Is Done by Atlanta Fire ~Bt 51 TST ATLANTA —(P— A spectacular two-alarm fire that could be séen from practically all sections of At lanta, destroyed the city’s asphalt plant and the combination ma chine and blacksmith shop of the city garage last night. The damage was not estimated pending a check today. S Frequent explosions of chemiecals and gasoline in tanks on several trucks added to.the exclitement of the fire. (Starting in the asphalt plant, the blaze was discovered by J. R. Todd, a night watchman. He called J. R. Merritt, a night mé chanic, and they tried to stop the blaze with water. Then an ex plosion occurred and the fire spread to the entire m;g%; f,;{i*‘
