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PAGE FOUR ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Published Ev Evening Hxcept Saturday and Sunda &nd oo Su:zl! Morning by Athens Pu{vu:hlng Co, y Esrl 8 Braswell ..., Publisher and @eneral Manager LNG R D UL L Bryan C, Lumpkin ...........-......Managing Edito! St e e ee S s Naticnal Advortlol?qq Representatives Chas H, Eddy Company, ew. York, Park. Lexington Bullding; Chicago, Wrigiey Bulldlng; Boston Old South Bulldh}f‘; J. B, Keough Rhodes-Haverty Building, At janta Members Of the Assoclated Press The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for regnblicatlon of all news dispatches credited to it or Bot otherwise credited In the paper, also to all local news | &nbushed therein, All rights 01l republication of special spatches also reserved i | <ill Leased Wire of the Associated Press with the w.l ing Features and Comics of the N. E. 4. I D G e e e e e et The Other Picture : BY BRUCE CATTON The chemist hag been getting a bad mname for hithself lately. It sometimes seems as if he never ge’tsAhis name in the paper except when he invents a new kind of poisonoug gas, Or deviges a new in dustrial process which will put more ‘men out of work. It is only fair, therefore, to remind ourselves that fhere is another side of the ledger. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Chemical So ciety at Cleveland, show how these scientists are working steadily to make the world a happier place. Tor example: Two University of Pennsylvania men report to the society that they have discovered & new substance in the bodies of men which seem to make human tissues resistant to cancer. 1t is suggested that it may be the presence of his sub stance in a healthy body which makes it free from cancer—and the absence of it which makes cancer develop. 0 .~ Not enough is known yet, to enable one to say what importance this discovery may eventually have. But there is just a chance that the great war ol @nder is appreciably nearer final victory because of it. : ' Another group of research specialists tell how they have developed a drug which dealg out death to gawmonia germs. This drug seemingly effective against all types of preumonia germs, is a aerivative of an earlier gm .compound which, while fatal to the germs, | was ‘also very destructive of Human tissue—and, therefore, too dangerous to use medically. 'l:he dangers seems to have been overcome; and, ‘s‘ige again, while it is too early to predict that th. long-sought specific for neumonia has been found, it is just possible that tlgis dreaded disease may be on the verge of being conquered, ' Still another chemist reports that the use ot copper _and iron salts will cure nutritional anemia in infats. Another tells of a new drug for the treatment of fat embolism, a deadly congestion ol t!)e Jungs which sometimes occurs after a major operaton. " All of these things—some of which may have the most profound influence on the effort to. reduce human suffering and misery—are simply part of the ordinary, day-to-day work that goes on in our re gearch laboratories, ‘We seldom hear of this work, The chemist goes hig way unsung, and most of us connect his name thiefly with death and destruction. It is only fair to remember that there is another side to it. The more one reads about the tragedy on the liner sugfigfiCasue, the more one is impressed by the ter rms:w eight of responsibility which can descend iyfiz warning, on the shoulderg of the man who ‘holds ' a command at sea. \:No other walk of life can bring responsibilities quite like the sea captain’s. In the twinkling of an eye he may be called on to make decisions that will mean life or death to hundreds of people—and he never gets a second guess. His decision, once made 18 irrevocable. His slightest error in judgment can be fraught with unspeakable consequences. .+ For this reason it behooves us landlubberg to move mg in condemning the man who had charge of the Morro Castle during the fire. It may be that he made wrong decisions. But we cannot judge Mfi'mirly unless we realize that the sea captain’s mistakes are made under a pressure that none of us who stay ashoreg will ever know. Rebulding dilapidated dwellings in slum areas is an exceedingly important job. But if it is to have the effect it should have, rents in the new dwellings must be within, the reach of the people who formerly __q;’g}{upiedu the slums, : . _JA case in point is coming to light in a mid-west ern industrial city, where the government is about ';‘o.ypend millions putting up new homes in ong of its worst slum areas. Approximately 400 families are being moved out of the buildings that are being torn down—and now it develops that most of them will continue to live in that neighbohood in other dilapidated buildings, or will move out of the neighborhood altogether. The new buildings will be too costly for them. AED R ~ HOLLYWOOD KEYHOLE 0y Gy o S———— e BY DAN THOMAS TN NEA Servce Staff Correspodent . HOLLYWOOD—One of the most interesting per ‘sén's to be found in the entire celluloid hamlet is a 88-year-old woman, Mrs. Lucia “Mother” Coulter, wWho bas charge of preparing all of the ‘‘character” . costumes at the huge Metro-Goldywn-Mayer swd?’. .+ Few persons outside the M-G-M know “Mother Coulter. But she knows more about the actresses _thére than any other individual. Because of hér ;'mpathetic nature and the fact that she never ‘talks, they pour out their troubles to her And she .Bgs.a way of always making them feel better. .. Forty-two years ago Mrs. Coulter'’s husband died, .deaving her with four babies who cried for food and ,mlng She knew nothing about earning a living. Portunately she had a lovely singing voice and a ! commddienne’s face. The combination won her a place with te Olympia Opera Company. Her adept (hess for sewing, however, drew her more and more O&?lmtume creation, so that after eight years on the stage she gave up acting altogether. . For the last 15 years “Mother” Coulter has had icharge of making all of the “character” clotheg at M-G-M. During that time 1,750,000 vards of fab :ric have been turned nto costumes under her direc tion. Smart, fashionable gowns don't interest her at all. Her genius is directed toward old and worn garments, . With her own hegids she made every film costume g Vérn by the late Marie Dressler. The character . clothes which have been worn by May Robson, Gar & bo, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies and Norma § Shearer have been fashioned under her guidance. ;'«’,M has spent eight weeks making one costume— -7};;%&48 turned out 12 overnight. £ At this same studio is & young red-headed actress "~ who has come out of obscurity to start her film i career all over. She is Audrey Ferris, who was . named as one of the Wampas Baby Starg in 1928. % \ %:mt time she was under contract to ‘Warner i Brot and was playing really important roles. i + Then the talkies came in and Audrey, along with .:a lot of others, went out. But she didn’t give up. ‘:. a job as a secretary in the district attorney’s fice, she spent her nights studying elocution and ~ dramatics. 5:5 ¢few weeks ago she persuaded a studio official %,f.f her a test. A contract followed and now . Audrey is on her way up the film ladder again. ,iwl',:“ Fields has a very comfortable basement . leunging room in his home. And it's there that he 48 reading his morning paper these days, the retire - dment to such seclusion being caused by Mary Brian. ; Mary are neighbors. Mary now ”u re -01 fer shoes aisturbing F & I CALLING OUT THE MILITIA For the protection of life and property, |Governor Talmadge has ordered out the jNational Guard to be stationed in the sev :eral sections of the state where the textile industry has bene paralyzed by striking loperatives in the mills. For several weeks, Governor Talmadge has exhorted these strikers to keep calm and peaceful and not to resort to arms or other mnieans of vio lence. “So long as you remain peaceful,” said the governor, “you.have a good friend lin the governor’s chair.”” However, this as surance did not satisfy the leaders in the striking districts, who inaugurated a fly ing squadron and resorted to arms and to the use of all kinds of missives, attacking mill workers who were willing and anxious to work under conditons as employed by the management of the various plants. Con ditions grew serious and fatal to a number of innocent persons who were anxious to‘ work and earn sustenance for themselves and their wives and children. After repeat-l ed calls from sheriffs, judges, mill opera tors and employes of the mills, Governor Talmadge ordered out the militia with in ,structions to suppress all uprisings and 'mob violence. ! ’ In speaking of his action in calling out! the National Guard, Governor Talmadge said in part: “When any citizen of Georgia wants to work, they have an inalienable right, guar anteed by the constitution, to do so. I want the flying squadron in Georgia to stop. I want all violence and intimidation, carry-l ing arms, big sticks and baseball bats toI stop. I do not want anyone in Georgia inter- | sering with those who want to work.” The textile strike is based upon a desire for a new code different from that of the provisions of the NRA and for.a 30-hour week with the same wage scale as at pres-l ent. The mills are working under the NRA, | and claim that the requirements of the act! as set up by congress are being compliedl with. They are paying the NRA wages and working the hours as required by this act. It is alleged that over 75 percent of the | mill operatives are perfectly satisfied with conditions and are anxious to return to work. Under the strikers’ enforced com mand these people are thwarted from re turning to the mills and in some localities the pickets have prevented them from en tering their place of work. Governor Tal madge proposes to protect those workers who desire employment and to protect the property of the mill owners in“order that the operatives may have a place to earn a | living. i kg e ¥ The action of Governor Talmadge is most commendable in that it will not only help settle the strike, but .it will enable those who desire to work to have employ ment and aid the mill operators to fill or ders for which they already have con tracts. It may be depended upon that the governor will restore peace and order in _Georgia. ' TRADE EXPANSION INCREASES } 1t is interesting to note, from commercial reports, the increase in wholesale and retail lines of business throughout the country. The weekly report of Dun and Bradstreet shows increased business over the same period of last year. In fact, economists and financiers find the whole setup of business in a much better condition than that of a yvear ago. While the strikes in the textile industry in the southern states have slowed down buying and selling in that line of bus iness, yet all other industrial and manufac turing lines show a marked improvement. Locally, the merchants are experiencing an unusually good trade. In fact, trading in Athens ldst Saturday was a reminder of the days prior to 1929. The stores were filled with shoppers, the greater number of buy ers being from out-of-town. Considerable cotton is being sold which enables the far mers to buy for their needs in larger quan tities than they bought a year ago. The report of Dun and Bradstreet for the week ending September 15, is encouraging. In part, it reads: “Industrial activity continued to reflect the depressing influence of labor difficul ties and the unsettled legislative situation, but retailers stocks generally are low, and with a continuance of the current strength of consumer buying, increased production icannot be far distant. “The unexpected increase in retail sales, which started at mid-August, has been lgaining momentum without interruption, carrying the total for the current week 10 to 15 percent above that of a year ago for the country as a whole. “There were some encouraging gains in the leading industrial indices over last week’s positions, but the lines generally still are short of reaching the 1933 scale. “While buying in some of the wholesale markets was interrupted by the observ ance of the religious holidays, buyers vis iting the leading centers were more num erous than during the previous week and the orders placed were sufficent to keep the volume above a year ago.” ' The number of unemployed has been greatly reduced in this section. The number ’of government relief projects has contrib uted a great deal towards reducing the un employed and enabling them to become self-supporting. With the present price of cotton and the enabling act for borrowing on cotton up to 12 cents the pound, the farmer will be in better financial position than at any time prior to the commence ment of the period of depression five years | ago. Egg consumption in this country is three fourths of an egg per capita each day; Canada’s consumption totals a full egg per capita daily. More than $700,000.000 in gold has been imported into this country since the government started its gold buying poliey. Snails sucecumb quickly to tainted wa ter, and for that reason are sometimes car ried in dry countries to test widely scat e £ s s v tered water holes before drinking from THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA A DAILY CARTOON I TS AR //9\ I L L ,;,~. I ‘i‘," I 3: ;:jjl‘g:‘f‘\ I,: AL o f%,,‘\\-f\sg’v/i‘{lf“im,*'{'(‘ }Ix;“ i ‘UR 5o “"T‘t\\. 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A O ) I TR 3% @ f‘ldfi 2 !lllht ISe’erlmn Tobaceo Compass NG Ihe world’s finest tobaccos are used in The cle”énnte pAVeS — Luckies—the “Cream of the Crop”—only the clean o A e he these ;égz est leaves center leaves—for the clean center leaves are the | \igy’fi‘g‘?gre mildest leaves—they cost more—they taste better- R . s . ’ o AUS COMBEIE popular on the air and are listen ed to by greater numbexjs than any other black face comedians. In the good old days of road shows, Amos 'n'" Andy were members of a min strel show that traveled over this section of the country. They were favoriteg with the patrons of the :legitimate theater, but after the coming of the motion and sound pictures, the road shows passed out and then came along the radio which is employing many of the best artists of the country. The‘, program last night was a “dream”, but it wasl disappointing in that we | expected an unusually good pro- ; gram from these very capable per- l formers, but it is possible that they | have not settled down and gained | their bearings from the two International Sports! months vacation they have just | ended. ¢ ‘I Carey Williams, associate ' editor of the Greensboro Her i ald-Journal, has earned a de | served place of national im | portance in journalism, . : He has succeeded in attracting ithe attention of the reading public ,to his editorial paragraphs which are being used by a number of the Ileadlng daily ' newspapers of the jcountry. Even the Literary Digest | has beén attracted to the value of | his paragraphs and during the last | few months, this very exclusive i periodical has used nearly two hun l.dred of his pithy paragraphs. | Newspaperst that are featuring his! lparagraphs on their editorial pages} which may be mentioned, the At- lanta Constitution, the St. Louis Post-Distpatch, the Chattanooga' News, the Birmingham News, the Merldian (Conn.) Record. the Co-l lumbia News, and many other pa- | perg of equal importance and rat-li ing. ’ Cary Williams is a son of Editor J. C. Williams, of ‘ Greensboro, the Herald-Jour nal, and the dean of the Geor ~ gia Press Association. /Mr. Williams grew up in a news paper shop and has learned every angle of the newspaper budiness, from writing news and feature sto ries, editorials and editoria] para graphs, to the make-up of a paper and operating a linotype machine. Not only in theory and practice, but endowed with native talents, his writings are published and read throughout the nation. He ig 33 vears old and one of the brightest dtarg in the newspaper firmamert in the southern states, { Golfer:“Hi caddie, isn't Ma jor Pepper out of that bunker yet? How many strokes has he had ?” | Caddie: “Seventeen ordinary, sir, ’and one apoplectic!” — Boston ‘ Transcript, l The Talmadge supportérs are looking forward to the state l convention which meets in Ma con on the morning of Octohsr 4th, at 11 o’clock, Eastern Standard time. ~ Delegates will be there from ev ery county in the state, rejoicing over the victory of Governor Tal madge in the election of September 12. It wil] be a great occasion and one in which the Democrats of the state will hold sway and celebrate in the ‘true style of Democracy. Governor Talmadge will be en dorsed and given another term of two vears, after which, well, we presume he will return to private life on his farm in Teifair county, unles# he decides to remain in pub lic life ,and that may be hisj inten ton, but we are not informed— purely surmise on our part. How ever, the 1936 campaign may turn out to be another hectic campaign. The. wild pea weed is knowh as the “devil’s shoestring,” and rote none, an insecticide formerly found only In tropical plants, can be ex tracted from its roots, \’/’;Tb“ ': TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1934 Y, SEPTEMBE “—— Wl What You Shoulq Know About the Consfitmi@n ——— This i 3 the first of & sepf of gix articles revim\'mg lh: history and contents g the 11 S. Constitution, ip Obsrvanea of “Constitution Weeg» anq the 147th a.nnivex'sary of the Constitution’s birth, Septembeap 17 -378% I The Constitution of the Unifeq [ States, which was 147 vears old ’ | September 17, is an outgrowy 00? | the failfie of the Articles of (qn | federation, by which (he origfrial 13 colonies fheld togethes during the Revolution, ; Under the Confedmminn, thera was no president to enforee the 'laws. Congress cousa ot rajge money directiy and the stateg Wera lax in furnishing funds, ’ Furthermore, congrese could nop regulate commerce among the states and with foreign countrieg and could not even brevent the states from issuing Paper money. ~ So congress calleq = lm?(‘ling.in }Philadelphia, “to revise {he Arti. cles of Confederation.” Ty, great. est men of the time took part ip ‘that convention. George Washing. ton lent dignity and solemnity g it. Benjamin Franklin, thepn 82, gave of his experience ang wisdom. - James Madison made g thorough study of previous conventions iy history and drew up the famoug “Virginia Plan,” which became the basis for the Constitution, But not before severa) com. promises had been effected, Three compramises are most important The first resulted in a two-house legislature, the senate having equa) state representation to appease the smaller states; the house of rep resentatives having propoptions representation to appease the jap. ger states. . A second compromise permitted 'counting slaves as three-fifths, for ‘both taxation and representation ’An'd the third agreement satisfied 'the north with the passage of nan. gation acts by a merority of con. gress, and the south with importa tion of slaves for the next 20 years at a tax of no more than §lO a head. And so the Constitution was signed September 17, 1789, and sub mitted to thé states for ratification by at least nine of the 13 New Hampshire became the ninth state on June 21, 1788, and the Constitu tion then bécame the fundamenta) law of the United States. NEXT—Leaislative provisions of the Constitution. The white race in this country is increasing at the rate of 1,630 per 100,000 of population as com pared to the black race’s ratio. of 1,275 per 100,000.
