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LOCAL COTTON S " MIDDLING. ..cov seoe uits s « 18940 PREV. CLOSE.... «spo +...12%c Vol. 103. No. 25. Back Yonder - AND - NOW: < - Long before the parents of the celebrated Dionettes were ever heard ofs a cCOW belonging to Wm. . Pritchford of White county gave birth to three ‘calves—and they all lived. 2 The Southern Watchman, pub lished in Athens, January 20, 1809, gave notice of the birth of the triplet calves in the following naragrapht “We are credibly informed that Mr. Wm.. G. Pritchford of White county has a cow which recently brought him three calves at one birth, and they all lived and are doing well.” The Banner-Herald is a di cect lineal descendant of The watchman which subsesuent to 1859 became The Banner- Watchman. At the time the editor of The watchman, J. H. Christy, an nounced the birth of the triplets in a White county barnyard he was waging a terrific fight to Keep Georgia’s shirt on and stop thi: state’s march out of the Union. The Watchman supported the constitutional Union ticket, com prising John C. Bell and Edward Fverett, in 1860, in the hope that middle-of-the-road sentiment in both sections of the country might unite behind a national ticket and defeat Lincoln, thus averting dis union. There were several tickets in ihe field. The Northern wing of the Democratic party and part of the Southern wing—Alexander H. Stephens among the leaders—were qipporting Stephen A. Douglas; part of the Southern Democracy, led by Bob Toombs, T. R. R. and Howell Cobb were backing the Breckenridge ticket; Lineoln was the Republican nominee; Bell and Hverett the Constitutional Union team, and Sam Houston was running on his own. By the way, the Constitutional Union ticket won in Clarke county. To the editor of The Watchman, the future looked anything but bright, but in the midst of such heetic doings he toak time out to comment editorially on a quart, maybe more, of gin sent him by an admirer and a whole ecase of rve liquor, the gift of i"Phfi%%elé phia concern. The name and address of the Philadelphia donor was given in the editorial for the conveénience of any troubled readers who, per chance. should be impressed by the editor’s laudatory comment. (This May Be Continued.) Two New Committees Are Created Here by Chamber of Commerce A committee to act as a clear ing house for proposed federal re lief projects here has heen named by Tate Wright, president of the chamber of commerce. The com mittee will be comprised of M. N. Tutwiler, chairman; J. W. Jarrell and W. R. Bedgood, and Mr. Wright as ex-officio member. [t will be known us the federal agencies advisory committee. Another important committee is being added to the }ist for this year, it was learned yesterday. This committee will have charge of welcoming and entertaining distinguished visitors to the city, 4s well as various conventions. According to present plans, the committee will have a standing fund for the purpose of aiding in the entertainment of visitors here on special oceasions. The need for such a committee has been emphasized many times, Secretary Joel A. Wier says. T e e ——————o Should a Judge Sitin - A Case Involving His Partner in Set-Back Here was Police Judge Vin ;"nt Matthews” problem yester aay: Should a judge sit in a case in- Volving a set-back partner? A traffic case involving a man (Continued on page two.) California Youth Wants To Borrow Old Postage Stamps Old envelopes which may mean ltle to you may meam much to & ten-year olg boy who lives in Pacific Beach, cCalifornia, and Ilit tle squares of paper which you are “eeping for no good reason at all May make him one of the happiest boys in California. Tite Banner-Herald has just re teived a letter from Peter Isley Forester, who lives in the Califor lia city, asking that the abper as< sist ‘him jn assembiing a stamp tollection to be shown at the Inter lational Exposition in San Diego, California, in May. % His letter - follows (punctuation “nd spelling intact:) “If possible will you please give Me vour assistance. I am an Am frican boy, ten years old. There is 9 be a big international exposi tion in San Diego, Calif. in May. Lam trying very hard to assembly ¢ small stamp collection to 'be Shown then, 1 uuWMw ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Hauptmann Testimony Closed With Defense Of Two Dead Persons Famous Case Expected to Co to Jury by Tuesday At Mid-Afternoon SUMMATION MONDAY Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow Last Witness; Reilly Has No Rebuttal BY JOHN FERRIS (Associated Press Staff Writer) FLEMINGTON, N. J. — (# — The case against Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the Lindbergh baby murder was completed Saturday, five weeks and three days after it began. ‘With- Mrs, Dwight W. Morrow, the baby’'s grandmoener, as one of the witnesies, the case ended-—ex cept for the legal oratory which will last through Monday and part of Tuesday—on a note of sharp contradiction. The final day’s testimony con cerned itself not wlth Hauptmann, the Bronx carpenter accuseq of horrible crime, but with the mem ory of two persons dead—the little Isador Fisch and the Morrow haid servant, Violet Sharpe, who com mitted suicide, When it 'was not seeking to show that neither Fisch nor Miss Sharpe had any guilty knowledge of the kidnap murder of March 1, 1932 the state in its last day of rebuttal testimony, ripped at the “limber” evidence which the defense had presented, d Sits Quietly Hauptmann, never demonstrat ive, sat through the final day of the trial, which may mean his life, showing little emotion. In contrast with the defendant were Mrs. Morrow and her daugh ter, Mrs. Anne Lindbergh, who sat through both sessions Saturday displaying keen interest in all the proceedings. Mrs. Lindbergh, the baby’'s mother, was making her sec onq appearance in the old Hunter don- county - courtroom, She was one of “the first witnesses of the state. Colonel Lindbergh, on the other hand, has been a constant court attendant, sitting behind the state congel's. table in a position from which he could lopk almvust square ly at the witnesses as they parad ed, 141 of them, through 29 court days of testimeony. The presentation of evidence came to an abrupt close at 2:30 p. m., when the state announced it had finished its rebuttal evidence and the defense, headed by Edward J. Reilly of New York, announced it would offer no sur-rebuttal. Recess Until Monday Justice Thomas W, Trenchard called a recess until Monday when Anthony M. Hauck, jr., one of the assistants of Attorney General David Wilentz who is conducting the states’ case, will make the first dummation. Hauck outlined the points which the prosecution has made through the testimony of the 88 witnesses it called to the stand. Hauck does not expect to require more than an hour and a half. ‘Reilly, for the defense, will fol low. He is expected to require most of the rumainder of the day. Wilentz will speak- for the state Tuesday, ang the case should go to the jury of eight men and four women by mid-afternon at that day—Lincoln’s birthday. The charge te the jury by Justice Trenchard is not expected to require more than 45 minutes, Mrs. Morrow was the last wit ness, a tragie touch to a trial that' hss attracted attention around the world. She testified, however, not as the grandmother of a baby mur dereq but as the employer of an{ English servant girl whose name had been repeatedly drawn into the case as having possibly had guilty knowledge of the crime. ‘ Testifies as Employer | Mrs, Morrow, widow of a Mor gan partner who also was an American ambassador, testified that (Continued on Page Five) Americans and no Confederate stamps at all. I am very anxiouy to have a few at least. Do you know any of the older families that would perhaps send me a pacekt of old envelopes with the stamps at tached, of Confederate times pre ferably, or any of the old Ameri can issues? If you can not recall anyone will you please publish my letter? “I would want them to know the stamps would be treasured and that I would consider it a great honor to be entrusted with them. “My greatgrandfather fought and died in the Confederate army, Also two of his sons and I am sure among the readers of the Banner- I-lera.ld is someone who has a Dbox or two of old letters they would send me or maybe just an envelope or so, “Hoping you can come so the ex | i L (Continued on page two.) Huey’s Daughter Never Leaves Campus Alone BATON ROUGE, La.—(#)—Miss Rose Long, pretty 17-year old co ed at Louisiana State university, and daughter of Senator Huey P. Long never leaves the campus alone, it was disclosed here Sat urday. ; Despite the little or no interest she takes in her father's fire spitting political activities, Miss Long has felt cross-current effects of uneasiness arising at times when her paternal parent got a backlash from some of his spec tacular activities throughout the state. ' 7 House Leaders Attempt To Drive Repeal Issue to Early Vote By JACK BATES Associtaed Press Staff Writer ATLANTA — (#) — THe capitol adopted a watehful attitude on the prohibition question Saturday night as reports were' verified that a substitute to the controversial po lice patrol bill was reay for the house Monday. Speaker Ed Rivers said house leaders were trying to drive the repeal question to the floor as soon as possible “to clear the decks” for other legislation. “My object is not to let the pro hibition issue stay here as a threat to the general legislative program,” he said Despite his pleas last week for quick committee action. on two iwhisky bills, which carty refer renda and loeal option clauwses, the temperance committee Jagged after organizing. A sub - committee named by Temperance Chairman T. V. Williams to whip the bills into shape failed once to get 2 guorum. \ Leaders Saturday night, how ever, looked for something con crete to develop out of the public hearing set for Monday at 3 p. m. in the house chamber. Meanwhile Speaker Rivers said he learned that his special com mittee on Governor Talmadge'’s ipaiice patrol bill had gdten f (Continued on page two.) STATE MENACED BY FOREST FIRES Great Areas Covered With Burning Woods; High way Travel Hampered VALDOSTA — (# — Forest fires covered great areas of South Georgia with dense smoke Satur day, hampering highway travel, while damage from the seasonal woods burning mounted. B. M. Lufburrow, state forester, said in Atlanta that damage to tim berlands, present and future, was increasing, and that the fires were especially harmful this year be cause of the destruction of seedl ings of long leaf and slash pine trees. “Long leaf pines have a good seed crop only about every five to sev en years, and slash pines about every three years, and last fall was the good seed crop year in Geor gia,’ said Lufburrow. : . “These fires, now Killing tender voung seedlings, means that the natural reproduction of the timber supply will be delayed just that long.” He said he had not received any reports of unusual fires, the season of the year consfdered, but that Civilian Conservation Corps camps in various parts of the state have “all been fighting fires at various times recently.” i One CCC worker was fatally in jured in fighting a fire at Nahunta recently. Motorcycle patrolmen were called out in the vicinity of woods trash by turpentine opera tors, who burn leaves and trash at (Continued on Page Eight) Young Democrats to Sponsor Liquor Bill ATLANTA —(®)— Miss Caroline Noble Jones of Savannah said Sat urday that the legislative commit tee of the Young Democratic Clubs of Georgia had decided to sponsor a bill for Ilegalization, manufac ture and sale of spirituous lquprs under g local option plan. She said the bill would be of fere@ by Representatives Groves of Lincoln, Grayson of Chatham, and others, and under its provisions, an “election can be held in any county of the state upon presenta tion to the ordinary of the county of a petition signed by one-tenth of the registered voters.” j Athens, Ga., Sunday, February 10, 1935 When Jury Saw Hauptmanns Baby ! o o L IVY CON KRNI BTN BTR . 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This was the jury’s first glimpse.of the de -4 fendant’s child. : Son Of Britain’s King Runs Into Unscheduled Adventure On Ocean PARAGUAY TO HOLD BOLIVIAN OIL LAND _BUENOS AIRES. —(®)— A warning in the government-in- e spired Paraguayan press that Bolivia must sue for peace as soon as Paraguay’s foreces en ter Bolivian oil fields led ob servers here Saturday to be lieve the Asuncion government intends to hold the oil regions as hostages against any renew al of hostilities, LOGAL GLUB HONOR 3 PRESIDENT OF PILOTS Belle Bond, of Atlanta, International Head, Is Cuest Here Saturday Athens Pilot club members last night paid honor to Belle Bond, Atlanta, president of Pilot Club International, at a banquet and Valentine party held at the Y. W. C. A. home. - Accompanying the international president from Atlanta as guests of the. Ilocal club were Amy Mitchell, secretary of Pilot Inter national; Carey Singleton, treas urer of Pilot International; Mrs. Annie Lou Brigman, treasurer of the Atlanta Pilot club; Mrs. Ethel Cooper, Mrs, Louise Bond and Mr. H. H. Lycett., The affair marked the first official visit to the local club by Mrs. Bond since she as sumed leadership of Pilot Interna tional. : Vera Parker Murray was toast mistress at the banquet and the invocation was given by Lucille Crabtree. Louise Starr, president of the Athens Pilot club, deliver ed the welcome address and the (Continued on Page Four) THE NEws IN A NUTSHELL A dinner honoring women mem bers of the Georgia Press associa tion is planned in connection with the 1935 Georgia Press Institute to be held here at the University February 20-23. William Relaford, 55 year old Sanford, Ga. farmer, was shot and stabbed to death here Saturday by a Negro. A committee to act as a clear ing house for proposed federal re lief projects here has been named by Tate Wright, president of the Chamber of - Commerce. A total of $739.76 was cleared by the Roosevelt Ball held here Fri day night, it was announced in a financial statement. A legislative effort to -abolish South Carolina’s sole surviving state-wide tax on -property was announced Saturday. : That the United States plans to seek reciprocal agreements with Cruiser Australia Coes to Aid of The Seth Parker Off Tahiti Coast SAN FRANCISCO, — (#) — The Duke of Gloucester, third son of Britain’s King Geprge, was swept into an unscheduled' adventure Saturday when the Cruisér Aus tralia steamed for a spot 300 miles north of Tahiti, where the radio broadcast Schooner. Seth Parker was battling a -storm and appar ently riding it out. The eruiser—a unit of the Aus tralian navy with the duke as a passenger—turned off her course after Phillips Lord, entertainerand master of the widely publicized schooner, sent out a stream of messages saying ‘he believed his vessel was in danger because of heavy seas. The schooner, a four master, did not send out SOS calls, however. At 1:85 p. m, (Bastern stand ard time) the radio of the Seth Parker was heard to say “every thing O.K. now.” It added, how ever, that the “owner” didn’t thing so.- The sender expressed the belief “he (the .owner) should gq to sleep. mow. Has been up all night.” s ‘ An hour lé'tér,' the =&chooner’s wireless reported the stination was the same. iy The cruiser, taking the duke to Tahiti from Australia, was gbout 200 miles from the Seth Parker when she turnéd off her course to offer assistance. There was no mention of in jury to any ‘of ‘the' 13 persons aboard nor damage to the schoon er, except that the regular radio apparatus was-out of order. Repeated mention of fear of cap sizing when “solid walls of water” came over the. side.during “bad gqualls” - was . made in the mess ages. - &l The Seth Parker said the barom eter was dropping, and the Aus tralian warship mentioned a cy clonic depression in the Seth Parker’s vicinity. By Jack Braswell smuggling -of - liquor and other commodities - was revealéd Satur day by an administration bill. A" $40,000,000- . .national ' defense program, centered. in improving army and navy. strongholds in the Pacifie, was said to have been ap proved by the administration. A recommendation .that $2,087,- 362 be spent on army posts in Georgia as a part of nation-wide construction program was submit ted to congress Saturday by Gen eral Douglas McArthur, army chief of staff. ! A warrant authorizing withdraw al. from the high department of $2,000,000 for the payment to Con fedérate pensioners and common schools was signed Saturday by Governor Talmadge. . State Senator J. H. Milhollin of Broxton said Saturday that he wpuld urge the legislature to ap -~ (Continued on Page Eight) Epochal Administration Nears Half-Way Mark With New Deal Awaiting Approval Of Courts Decision on Cold Cases Will Not Be Made by Court on Monday SAME PROCEDURE Announcement |ls Aimed To Prevent Crowding Of Courtroom BY RICHARD L. TURNER (Associated Press Staff Writen) WASHINGTON — (®) — T h e supreme court’s awaited-for-weeks golq decision will not be announced on Monday. For a second time the high tri bunal Saturday night departed from its usual ecourse to let it be known that its next regular opinion day will pass without the announce ment of that tensely awaited ver dict. The nine austere members of the bench met for their customary Saturday concultation, For nearly five hours they were closeted in their closely guarded discussion room. Then while his colleagues climb ed into waiting automobiles, Chief Justice Hughes repaireq to his of fice and summoned the court's clerk, Charles E. Cropley. Their conference was brief, IReturns to Office Cropley returned to his own of fice, crowded with newspapermen. Sensing the suspense which grip ped the ‘group, he leisurely seated himself behind his desk, lolled back in his chair with easy wnformality, and, at last said: “There will be no statement, but I am authorizeq to say that no opinions will be announced on Mon day.” “That means no opinions of any kind?” a newsman asked, “That's’' ilt™ “How about Tuesday ?” “l 1 saig Monday.” Cropley went on to make it plain that he was speaking only of opin ions, that “orders” may be handed down, announcing whether - other cases will or will not be reviewed by the court. - : LCapital Keyed Just as W%as the case a week ago, the capital had become lkeyed up (Continued on Page Four) WHITE MAN SLAIN; NEGRD 1S ARRESTED William Relaford Shot and Stabbed to Death; Loyd Medley is Held William Relaford, well Xknown Clarke county farmer, was shot and stabbed to dedth 'yesterday after noon about 5 o’clock on the corner of Strickland and Water streets, reputedly by Lloyd Medley, a Ne gro. Medley is helq in the Clarke county jail for the crime, The slaying took place in front of Medley’s house, it is said. Mr. Relaford, who was 556 years of age, was shot in the right side and stabbed through the heart and in the left arm. He died instantly. His home is at Sanford, where he was well known and prominent, | A coroner’s jury began an inves tigation yesterday which will be resumed this morning at the court house at 10 o'clock. The jury is compriseq of Coroner J. F. Shep herd, Dr, J. C. Holiday, W. Mil ton Thomas, George T. Burpee, Bert Meusse, L. D. Hawkes, Aggie Hale and George Nash, bailiff. County Officers Claude Kidd and William McKinnon were called to the scene of the slaying and ar rested Medley. Funeral services for Mr. Rela ford will be held at Gordon’s Chapel, the date to be announced later. Rev., B, W. Hancock, the pastor, will officiate. The deceased was a member of the Gordon Chapel church, In terment will be in the Gordon Chapel cemetery, with McDorman- Bridges in charge. He is survied by his widow, Mrs. Mollie Relaford, onme son, J. M. Relaford, Sanford; and one bro ther, Aandrew Relaford, Sanford. Mr. Relaford was a native of Gwinnette county, - but for the past thirty years he had lived in Madison county. LOCAL WEATHER L e st ook bepeatin Partly cloudy and slightly colder Sunday; Monday fair. TEMPERATURE | Highest.iss sens sees eiu 98,8 LOWOSER:ss beis gese veses.4o.o Moan. W, suee aude sosesacshit . Normalis.. sash Fons sveoesdß 0 e e : RAINFALL Tota] last 24 h0ur5........ 0.03 Tota} since February 11.... s .oa| Deficlency since Feb. 1.... 1.67 Aerage, #eb. raimfa11....... 5.13 Total since Jamuary 1...... 3.14 A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday That’s Not His Name But—Call Him *“Ed”’ ATLANTA —(#)— His full name is Eurith Dickinsgn Riversy but they call the dynamic speaker of Georgia’s house of representatives “Rd” for short. The gpeaker himself, confesses he doesn’t know the whole history of his given name, ‘ “It’s a funny story,” he said to-! day. “From what I can gather— oh let’s drop it; I might lose my identity.” With a little prodding, Speaker Rivers disclosed this much: “When they started to name me after some member of the family, names of too many relatives pop ped up, so my mother worked out a combination of their initials that spelled ‘Eurith.” " The middle name was conferred upon the strapping new baby in the Rivers household by his father, Dr. James M. Rivers, after his favorite professor at medical school, MRS. GORRA HARRIG PASSES IN ATLANTA Noted Author Succumbs From Heart Trouble Sat urday; Was 65 Years Old ATLANTA — (#) — Mrs. Corra Harris, the novelist, died of a heart ailment in a hospital here Satur day -at the gge of 65. The writer, whose best known work, “A Circuit Rider's Wife,” attracted wide discussion through its interpretation in many quar iers as an attack on policies of the iMefthod{st Episcopal ¢ hur e h, South, had been ill since Janu 'ary 2T ’ 4 Suffering & heart attack at her mountain home, “In The Valley,” near Rydal, Ga., Mrs. Harris was brought to Emory University hos pital for treatment. Barlier this week her condition was reportedl slightly improved but she suttered| a relapse that proved fatal Born at Farm Hill, Ga., on St. Patrick’s dayin 1869, Mrs. Harris wag educated by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tinsley R. White, at home in the manner of the south of ante-bellum days. Later she attended Elberton Academy and old Salem school house in Banks county, Ga., where she met Lundy Howard Harris, a student for the ministry, to whom she became engaged at the age of 15. They were married two years later shortly after he received his (Continued on Page Four) Arkansas Does Not Want Huey to Speak LITTLE ROCK, Ark—(®)—Ap parently unimpressed by a hint that Senator Huey P. Long ot Louisiana might once more invade Arkansas politics in 1936, the state house of representatives Saturday emphasized by a roll call vote a previous viva voce rejection of a resolution to invite him to speak om his “share our wealth” plan here. The roll call rejection—by a rec ord vote of 58 to 13—came three hdurs after the first vocal vote against hearing the Louisiana die tator as Rep. Leo E. Nyberg ol Phillips county, youthful leader, declared he had learned Senator Long had stated in effect that “the Arkansas house is afraid to go on record.” In Washington, the Louisiana kingfish had declared that the re sult “might have been different” on a roll call | Dinner To Women Editors Is Press Institute Feature A dinner, honoring women members of the Georgia Press association will be one of the highlights of the 1935 Georgia Press Institute, to be held here February 20-23, The dinner will be tendered at the Georgian hotel Friday evening, February 22, and the entire pro gram will be directed by the news paper women. The event will be sponsored by tke Savannah Morn ing News and the Savannah Eve ning Press, and Herschel V. Jen kins, president of the two papers, will act as host. Miss Emily Woodward, former editor of the Vienna News, and founder of the Press Institute, will be chairman of the special program, details of which have been carefully kept a secret so that no one but the newspaper women know what is being plan ned for the ocecasion. i Last year the Savanpah papers it # e »‘,,,L‘m.“n"y?:fg,{&fi&%!‘i‘ i‘w}'a\ Mtla‘“fl Midway Point of Term Of Roosevelt Comes ' Tomorrow LABOR ON WAR PATH Next Presidential Term Begins on January 15 For First Time | BY RICHARD L. TURNER (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON — #) . The first half of an epochal administra tion neared a close today with vital elements of the New Deal pro gram awaiting supreme court san ction ang future policy caught in the churn of congressional contro versy. Almost two years ago, Franklin D. Poosevelt took office with a congress ready to rush his slightest wish to legislative furtiliment, labor friendly, a prostrate business world looking hopefully to him. ! At the midway point, which will be reached on Monday, he finds the national legislature, though more than ever heavily Democratic, in creasingly critical of White House proposals, increasingly ready to assert its intention to write the na~ tion’s law. T Labor, disappointed by a series of what it has labelled pro-employ~ er actions, is openly on the wai path. Business is complaining of too milich governmental interferen ce, too much spending, too little hudget-balancing. e SRR Support at Peak On the other side of the scales, the president finds his popular sup port apparently at or near its peak. as expressed in the tremendous endorsement given him in the elec tions of last November, ' ' Few will say that he has lost even a small portion of that back ing.” So strong, in fact, is his per sonal prestige that throughout the barrage of criticism directed at the New Deal the president personally has escaped virtuaily unscathed, His advisers, the brain trust, the cabinet members have borne the brunt of the onslaught. ek ‘Thus, congress, restless, centers its attack upon the pending $4,880,- 000,000 work relief bill and Secre tary Ickes ang Harry L. Hopkins, the relief administrator, and con centrates upon keeping them from administering the fund. =~ Labor attacks Donald Richberg, director of the national emergency council, and ace advisor on in trial problems, for the recent pr dential actions which have brought a break between it and the admin istration. : e The Norris lame duck amend ment, cause of S 0 many ¢ in the Washington calendar, i§ re sponsible for the fact that the half way post will be reached on Febru ary 11. SR Next Term January 15 The next presidential, term will begin on January 15, for the first ‘tlmo i nhistory. Mr. Roosevelt will | be the shortest full mnstit‘w ‘term since the beginning of the tion. : 0 Pending before the supreme ¢ourt are cases challenging the cw‘ tionality of essentigl steps’ Q& New Deal's monetary program and of the entire national industrial re covery act. Other important mea sures are working their way up vsard through the coufts, - « - In congress, a turbulent dimt@ has develpped over the president’'s future plans for turning the relief rolls into the payrolls of a vast pub lic works program. New banking legislation, only partially endorsed by the White House, has aroused crisp criticism. —— The senate a fortnight ago re jected the president’s plea that the United States become a member of the World Court, and debt negotia tions with Soviet Russia collapsed, followed by definite steps away from the attitude of close cooperas tion with the rest of the 'world (Continued on Page Five) . sponsored an “Evening -'With Georgia Authors,” which assem 'bled the state’s leading writers, and proved one of the most dis tinguished events in the history of the institute. This year's spec ial event promises to be egually sussessful. PRSI , Leading Women Included Although details of the women's program have been withheld, it is known that nearly a score of /Georgia’s leading newspaper Wo men will take part, In addition to Miss Woodward, those %* ipating will be Mrs. Virginia Pol hill Price, of Louisville, editor of the News and Farmer; Mrs. Ben Neal, assistant editor of the Mil ler News; Mrs. Elizabeth New, of the Pearson Tribune; Mrs, Jobn Hodges, of the Houston :m published in Pervy; Mrs. Loyd Harris, wife of the editor of the $ Sl s s g
