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About Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1934)
PAGE TWO B e e e A Clarke Livestock Raisers Warned 6f Impending Invasion Of Screw Wory i it i Dr. W. F. McLendon De scribes Worm and Tells| Raisers How to Combat Iti Livestock raisers of Clarke and£ adjoining coonties were warned (in an impending invasion of the serew worm, dreaded enemy (-f! livestock, in a statement issued | todey by iDr. W. F, McLendon,i local veterinarian. Cases have | been reported from Oconee, Mor- | gan, and other counties and will | undoubtedly make its appearan(-e! in Clarke county shortly, he said. [ The screw worm long an enemy ! of livestock in the southwest, was | reported in south Georgia last year, Dr. McLendon said, having invaded that territory from Flor ida. Barly this summer the rav ages of the insect were reported| in the middle part of the state and | it has gradualy worked its way' northward. While cattle brought' in from the drought areas havel been affected by the screw W()rm,, they are not responsible for its| presence, it was stated. | “The screw worm, so called, be~ cause of the manner in which itl penetrates tissue,” said Dr. Mce- Lendon, “is caused by the la.ying‘ of eggs in open wounds or tresh’ cuts on animals by the screw | worm fly. Livestock so aft‘ectedl' quickly lose their appetites, be~ come emaciated, and death UHufl]-‘ ly folows. Cows, hogs, hurses.l mules, goats and sheep are suh-] Jject to attack of the pest.” | Destroy Carcases | The principal way of ('ontrullingi the serew worm is through the de struction of the carcasses of deadl animals, Dr. McLendno stated. If every animal were buried f.der two feet of earth or burned imme-‘ diately following death the breed ing of the flies would be stopped, he declared, and there would. be little damage from the. insect. However, where living gnimals are found to be infected, the best method of control yet found isl through the use of benzol, applied | to the wound. This is said to kill the worms without injuring the | tissue. Commercial 90 percem‘ is the grade of benzol recommended.‘ If an animal is freshly wounded, the opening should be covered | with a solution of pine tar, Dr-‘ McLendon said, and this will act | as a repellant. However, if there | is a bloody discharge from tllel tissues this is an indication that ! the screw worm fly has already[ started to laying eggs, and theni the application of benzol should | be made. ’ Worm Described A study of the habits of the screw worm by the United States! Department of Agrictilture has | shown that it is most abundant in the summer and fall months, and i{s only checked by heavy frosts and cold weather. It is consider ably larger than the house fly, of a dark Dbluish green color, with three distinct black stripes on the | back. It is sometimes called “red-| head” by experienced stockmen of the southwest on account of the‘ reddish coloring of the face. D An adult fly will lay an average about 1,000 egs which hatch ini about four hours under usual con ditions. In a fresh wond, however | where surroundings are very fav orable, hatching wilx take place in one to two hours. In view of this it is very essential tnat close ob gervation of the herd be main tained in order to keep down in festation, it was pointed out. ‘ Dr. McLendon urged every live stock owner in’ ‘this ‘section to watch his herd clo,selyunow for ap pearances of the screw worm and to take preventive measures promptly when an animal becomes wounded, and emphasized the burial or burning of carcasses of dead animals regardless of what may have caused death. There will be no cause for undue alarm if rigid precautionary measures are taken, he declared. College of Agriculture officlas in discussing the situation, re quested that cases of serew worm damage be reported to the county agent promptly in order that con- | trol measures may be taken 1m- | mediately. | i CONGRESSMAN WOOD - SPEAKS AT ATTICA] Clarke county friends of Congress LClarke county friends of Congress- I man John Wood of tne 9th district will be interested to know that he | will {deliver a campaign address at Attica tonight a; 8:30 (,',-h,(.k,‘ Mr. Wooq is asking re-election on September 12, Attica is in Jackson county abouy seven miles out of Athens on the Jeffeeson road. # HAS OLD BOOK Arthur Johnson, Negro, of 170 Paris street, read the article in yesterday’s Banner-Herald telling of an old newspaper printed in 1799. This morning he brought a small Scholar’s Handbook on the international lessons of the New Testament to the newspaper. The book, printed in 1882 was written by Rev. Edwin W. Rice, Johnson said he attended Sunday School wegularly. At present he 18 oup of %ob and is looking for work of FUNERAL NOTICES e ————et i S SKELLIE.—Miss Mamie Elizabeth Skellie died at her home in Bir mingham, Ala, Friday afternoon at 3:00 p. m. after a short ill ness. She was in her 66th year and had spent the past 35 years in Birmingham. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. W. L. Ross of Atlanta, Ga. and Mrs. J. H. Mapp of Athens, Ga.; also sev eral nieces and nephews. The funeral was today, Monday morning at 10:30 a. m. from Bernstein’s Chapel. The follow= ing gentlemen served as pall bearers: Mr. L. W. Cooper,‘Mr. R. C. Campbell, Mr. W. R. Bedgood, Mr. Eugene Lumpkin, Dr. J. L. Pendley, My, J. K. Davis and Mr. W, C. Wingfield. The Rev. J. C. Wilkinson ‘of the First Baptist church offi ciated with interment in Oconece Hill cemetery. * Bernstein Fun eral Home. - MORE PLANG MADE - FOR NURSES MEET | i b \ | ) ‘ l | i * | State Convention Here to i Elect Successor to Miss | Van De Vrede. l One of the most important ac }tions to be taken by the Georgia lvStates Nurses association at its l:n:nuul convention to be held in | Athens early in November, will be | the election of a state secretary !to succeed Miss Jané Van De ; Vrede, resigned. | This announcement was made lhy Mrs. H. B, Franklin, president | of the Clarke County Nurses as ‘su('iiltiun, who returned from a meeting of the executive board of | the state association held in At ’lun\a, Saturday. Mrs. Warren [ Thurmond; general c¢hairman on ;;u-rdngw-mvnl for the convention to be held here, said that plans for ‘thc- annual meeting were discussed at the Atlanta gathering. [ Miss Van De Vrede resigned to | hpecameé head of women's relief | work in Georgia, it was said. She is First Vice President of the Am |erican Nurses association and will attend the Athens conventlon. The firsy meeting of the conven | tion will be held in the First Metn | odist church and the general pub fli(:. is invited to attend this session. iCnnventinn headquarters will bé ‘m-(»up in the Georgian hotel and I'the convention will last three days, {Nn\'mnbm‘ h, 6, and 7. i In addition to Miss Van De ! Vreds Mrs. Dorothy H. Treakle, Savannah, president of the state association, will also attend the | sessions as will Mrs. Mabel Brown ‘}Ma(‘un president of the state orga ‘i nization of public health nursing ine Georgia, and Miss Florenc ll»’und. Augusta, nominee for vice { chairman of the private duty sec | tion of the American Nurses as ’ sociation® \ Talmade and Pittman Address Big Crowds At Macon, Rome Today (Continued From Page One) what had been saved here was saved proportionately to the peo ple in every other county. Talmade said that conditions were improved at the state asylum in Milledgeville by the reduction of “useless” employes, reduction of salarvies and the erection of new buildings to house unfortunates who previously were confined in jails. He said he had carried out his promise to the people made two vears ago that he would not “trade” them out and that $2,000,- 000 was in the Highway depart ment treasury awaiting the action of the legislature to pay both school teachers and the Confeder ate veteran pensioners. Talmadge reiterated his declara tion that he was the “best friend”’ of labor ever to sit in the Georgia governor's chair. He read a letter from Augusta, which promised a heavy textile vote for him. PITTMAN AT ROME ROME, Ga.—(#)—Judge Claude Pittman of Cartersville today promised that if elected governor he would “fire” the Talmadge Highway board. Condemning what he termed Goversor Talmadge's “military rule of the Highway department,” Pittman said he would replace Chairman Eugene Wilburn, Max L. Mcßae and John Heck with “men of integrity, who have sin cerity of purpose and ability to give the state a dollar’s worth of service Jor every dollar spent.” Addressing a Labor Day audi ence, Judge Pittman said Governor Talmadge has promised to build]\ 2,300 miles of roads and that state‘ employes had been sent into cer tain sections with Thstructions to “promise anything under th@i ‘heavens that would get votes.” ( “I promise the people of Geor- | gia,” Judge Pittman said, “that{ when 1 am governor, John Whit-' ley. Gene Wilburn, Max Mcßae ang Johnny Heck will go out of tne Hignway department. They will not be there to seek to carry out any promises they have made‘ in an effort to stave off the cer: tain defeat of the house so Tal- Large Numbers Attend Sunday School and Ser vices Here Yesterday. Sunday school attendances at local churches yesterday were very good, with all of the churches reporting large numbers present. First Methodist had the largest number present, with 376 attend ing. Sixty-three men and 60 wo men were present in the Bible classes. Prnice Avenue Baptist re ported the second highest attend ance, with 356 present, including 79 amen and 61 women in the Bible classes. First Baptist was close behind the Prince Avenue church with 355 attending the services. One hundred and two men and 69 wo men were present in the two Bible classes at the church. East Athens Baptist church re ported 180 total attendance, with 39 men and 48 women present in the Bible classes. West End Bap tist had 107 present, including 19 men. and 10 women in the two Bible classes. No reports were available from three churches, namely, -.Central Presbyterian, Christian and_ Oco nee Street Methodist. ? Labor Day Dawns Upon What May Be Greatest Strike in U. 5. History (Contlnueda From Page One) ! Consolidated Textile Corporatlon! and the Lafayette cotton mills. Op-§ eratorg said no effort would be| made to reopen until employes re quested them to do so. | LaGrange—Clubs were cut from‘ thickets by strikers who formed picket lines at eight mills. There were no disorders and watchmen went about their duyles. } Monroe—The Monroe Cotton mill, President Charleg Walker” said, will be closed indefinitely, He announ ced some 3UO workers voted to join the strike. ‘ Dalton — Reported 1,200 workers at four mills voted to strike, 600 from Crown Mill No. 1 and Crown Mill No. 2 and 600 from American Thread company. Athens—Banner-Herald reported check in the Athens vicinity show ed all quiet. ; Augusta—Herald says J. T. Lott, business manager of local union, announced the local approved the strike call. Abouy 30 pickets placed by union leaders before Riverside mills. Picketg unarmed and quiet. Newnan—Petition, signed by 95 per cent of workers at mill No. 1 of the Newnan mills, was present ed to the President R. H. Freeman saying workeryg agreed to remain on job. Winder—Activity reported nor mal. Union City—Strike effective but number affected not determined. Maecon — Police ready to keep down disorder. Valdosta—No disorder expected. Greensboro — Abdout 200 workers voted to join strike. PARADE IN MACON MACON, Ga.—(®)-—-Severa] hun dred Macon textile gsfrikers pa raded through the down town sec tion at 11 o’clock today to Central City park where they were to he addressed by J. Ralph Gay and others. Gay ig an organizer. "’ madge. . . . 1 promise a new crowd and a new deal for the Highway department.” | “Scouts OQut” He said ‘‘scouts” for the gover nor reported the territory around Albany was supporting Pittman and that state employes ‘‘were rushed into that section.” “One of the promises they made was to grade and pave a one ;hundred mile stretch of road, and they tried to lead many farmers in | that territory to believe that the road is coming right by their house,” the jurist said. “They learned that Glynn coun ty and surrounding territory was ' going for me by an overwhelming 'majority . Talmadge himselt Iruuhed there and made an un ' scheduled speech, and secretly promised them that the state would take over and pay for the cause-way from Brunswick to St. Simons llsland. | ~ “They learned that the territory'\ around Augusta was ow’erwhelm-} ingly for me, and they rushed to Lincoln county, and promised a paved road to the South Carolina line and a bridge across the Sav annah river. . . . These are ex amples of hundreds of such prom ises that have been made. It has been estimated it will require $75,- 000,000 to carry out the promises | they have made up to the presemi time. . . . The house of Talmadgel is a house of a thousand secret promises, none of which it expectsl to carry out, and none of which' will be carried out by that crowd.” | Answered Call . i Judge Pittman said he became ay candidate in response to. a call’ from “those who desired to re»‘ turn to a government of laws rather than a government of ma-l chine politicians. “The eall came from the friends of - Franklin I'. Roosevelt, whose heads were hung in shame because the governor of this state, when our national life was at stake, thrown every obstacle in the way of the advance to the New Deal and a new day under the leader ship of Rooseveit. The call came from the school teachers and | e 1 ! i l ¥ ‘ | | OF A HUMAY BODY | ’ | ! i i b ‘ ' Several Possibilities to Be | Investigated; Murder | Theory Considered. | l Poice today were checking up | on a gruesome find wrought to | them yesterday by a resident of ! Rutherford street. It was a jaw- | bone which, doctors and dentists | agree, came from a human body | and was found lying in the yard | of the man’s home. i Several possible theories were ! lbeing investigated by police this! ' morning. i | There was the possibility that as | murder had been committed andl lthe vietim’s body either dismem- | bered or buried in a shallow gravel [from which the jawbone could easily have been dug by somel ’anima]. i Poice also were checking up on a report that an aged Negro man j; Iwho used to live near where the | bone was found had not been seen lin some time. The man was re- | ported as being very old and very ! feeble and there was the possi bility that the man had been ! stricken in some nearby section |and died without attracting any- | !body's attention and that later a | dog or other animal had carried ! !t.he bone -to the INace where it‘ | was found. l ! The bone was gent Dr.- N.. G. iSlaughter to determine whether 01"} {not it was part of a human skele itun. Dr. Slaughter made an ex‘t ;amination and reported it was | from a human body. ' g Examination showed that about! | eight teeth were missing from | | the jawbone and “Captain Claude | lCraft pointed out that the bonel { had not been lying out in the l\vonther very long as it was not[ bleached or dried out by the sun. ! Captain Craft and Plainclothes-l I men Wood and Nelms were 'wurk-t ing on the case and were (‘heck-| ting all possibiities. Negro fun- | | eral parlors will be checked to seei |if they have any record of the] !deuth of the aged Negro mention- | | ed above. l { The hone appears to have been | [frnm a person of at least middlo| age as several of the teeth are| !hadl_\' decayed, and from its size | !it seems that the person had an; lunusuully large head. I | .Dr. W. W. Brown, city and [(‘l:nrke county health officer, suid' { that not being a dentist he t:nuld, not be suve ‘but .it had all ‘thel !uppparancés of being a human. ! | br. Harold Hodgson sald | he| { felt sure the bone did not comei !frnm an animal. ! ] .Only fourteen arrests were | | made by thé police over the week- | | end. a decrease of about fifteen ofi 'tho total made last week. It was | the lightest week-end in months‘g ‘:s.r'cording te the reports each;‘ i Monday. ,‘ | [ Hive' °cases were made _for | | drunkenness, one for - wdrrant, ( fthre(- for driving with ene light, l four for disorderly conduct, and’ jono for sepeding. ’ ; Last week, exactly’ the same | number of arrests were made for’i drunks, as*was made over this | I'entire week-end. i Curb Stecks Work Slightly Lower in Trading Last Week By G. A. PHILLIPS Ascociated Press Financial Writer NEW YORK —(#®)— Curb stocks worked slightly lower in dull trad ing last week and the improvement ] registered in' the previous week was virtually cancelled. 1 A few gpecialties were resistant | but the majority of shares, includ ing representative oils, utilities and metals were easier. The lower trend got under way on Friday. Irregular movements followed and fluctuations were narrow at all times. Puget Sound preferred issues moved up sharply at mid-week but encountered profit taking later. Both Swift and company and Swift International established new highs for the vear and closed around their best levels. Gold shares were a bit firmer on Wednesday, Lake Shore advancing 2 3-8 points. Hiram Walker moved moderately ahead as did Distillers Corporation-Seagrams, Other dis tillery issues ruled steady. In the power group, moderate losses were suffered by American Gas and 'Electric, Commonweath Edison. Columbia Gas and Electri¢ preferred and Electric Bond and ! Share. : ; JOY CLASS MEETS { The Joy Class of the Prince ! Avenue Baptist church will meeQ} tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of | Mrs. A. L, Downs on the Princeton | road. All members are urgeqd to hel present. ’ , gchool children of Georgia who had been deprived of necessary funds to keep our educational system functioning. . . . The call came from labor that is being victim ized by chiseling contractors: it came from farmers who recogniz ed in the present leadership insin cérity of purpose and lack of real sympathy and appreciation for their problems and their welfare,” THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA COTTON FUTURES | - STAY IRREGULAR, Past Week Close 4 to 20| Points Lower After’ Changeable Sessions. | ; —_— | By BERNARD 8. O'HARA I{ Associated Press Financial Writer | NEW YORK.—(#)—The ('mtont futures market has a succession of irregular price swings last week and ended the period with con tracts 4 to 20 points below the‘ levels of August 25. Traders appeared to have as| their primary objective the scal ing down of commitments pend ing fresh developments in the textile labor crisis and in world monttary affairs. This involved’ the sale of a fair amount of long cotton, although a sharp dip on Thursday the market met suffi cient support to rally moderately on Friday. 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Staff men and women are stationed in all parts of the globe, in many varietics b of environment, engaged in reporting happenings of every descrip | Wilia7iy | tion Q These reporters and their tasks may be as different from cach el . . 3 . 48 Ss 5.. ,4 other as are their surroundings, but they are alike in one respect— -Isoczatea Y ])) e all were selected because of their ability to carry on the traditions of the organization. @ Foremost of these is ACCURACY — (0 convey to the millions who read member. newspapers a clear, unbiased word picture of - S ’ important happenings.: Their unfailing perseverance in maintaining this paramount ideal ' * ’ has won public confidence in the reliability of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. @ A he ® e i e AR it a oe o BTR B ONLY ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN THE ATHENS AREA ‘was the somewhat confused opin ion as to the likely showing of the next government crop estimate, which will be released on Septem ber 8. There were. further showers over most of the belt early in the week, and in the case of the east ern section the additional moisture was not considered desirabe for crop development. In western sec tions the rains of the past fort night have been described as bene ficial but sorme quarters in the trade continued to question whether the plant in this area could put on new bolls and ma ture before®the usual frost date. The officigl forecast to appear next Saurday will compare with an August estimate of 9,195,000 bales. Improved moisture condi tions in Texas and Oklahoma have led some cotton authorities to revise earlier opinions that the indicated production would show considerable reduction, and at the close of the week the consensus, as reported by trade observers, was that the September estimate would be only narrowly changed from the previous figure. Cloth business was quieter in spite of the impending strike in cotton and other textile mills. It; was estimated that sales fell short ’the trend in ‘recent weeks. Cloth of current otitput, in contrast to ’buyors werg mnaturally concerned over the thvreat of a widespread stoppage of / manufacturing opera itions. but apparently it was their Judgment thiat no heavy accumu lations should be contracted for until clearer ideas could be gained ‘with respect to the number of imills likelJ to be affected. ~ Cloth priices were unchanged to ‘slightly higher, and mill activity was steppted up in some instance with the expiration of the NRA curtailment order. On the other hand, a considerable number of spinners wcontinued to operate on highly restricted schedules. Mill deamand for the spot staple was generally iight, and there again the unsettled labor situation was -the major influence. The in terior basis held firm as growers and otherfirst hands continued to offer in very small volume. Advices, from foreign spinning centers slaid that markets had shown no signs of emerging from thé dullness which has c¢hardcter ized them for the last, few months. In Europe, with the exception of Germany and Scandinavian coun tries, it was said, the manufac turers found business slow and“ insufficient to absorb their re- MONDAY, SEPTEMBey 3 1934! e TR ,duvm] output of yarng gp4 M i Bxports of AMericyy from the Uniteq States 1y \"“‘ totaled 78,000 bai againg 1’;; in the corréspondine -\‘.“‘;._m;' year, and 164,000 {y, Vi 2 Forwardings of Americay 'H:f; to world mills agpp zateq H]& | bales against 296,049 , Vear a. The world visibi, Dply of Ay lerican at the end of {he \\>'ka“- 5,113,000 bales agains 6,235,00¢ year earlier. The indicated woy|q supply Indian cotton for the cuppop e son is approimate Iy 9,452 000 ba' of 400 pounds each. according an estimate by the New Y, Cotton Exchange service, compares with a supply of 874 000 bales ast season] 7,490 two seasons ago, and gy w‘-’»‘r'a of 8,423,000 in the five cotton g gons from 1924-25 through 1y 29, — e FIRE IS HARMLESS TOKYO —(P)—A small firg theé Kitchen of the palace of peror Pu-Yi of Manchukukyo extinguished today with little | it was stated by a Reng (Ja 'nese news agency dispatch fy Hsinking.
