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Clarke Livestock Raisers Warned 6f Impending Invasion Of Screw Wory
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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. |
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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
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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
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| 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
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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
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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
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OF A HUMAY BODY
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' 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. |
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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. The New York and |
New Orleans exchanges remained
closed on Saturday in connection
with the Labor Day holiday.
Another influence making for
caution on the part of traders
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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!
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,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,
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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.
