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LOCAL COTTON bt R MIDDLING.. ..ov soov ice.... 120 PREVIOUS CLOSE.... ......1% Vol. 103. No. 79. Athens Woman’s Club to Sponsor Tag Day For Tallulah Falls School All State Clubs ToObserve 25th ‘ e | The Athens Woman's clu b.i ihrough a “Tag Day"” which they' will sponsor on April 20, will take 4 leading part in the state-wide commemoration of the silver anni versary of the founding of the rallulah Falls school by the Georgia Federation of Women's clubs un der the inspiration of the leader-' chip of a beloved Athenian, Mrs. | \[. A. Lipscomb. | Every club in the state has been 2<ked to sponsor a public enter ainment or benefit on that day as | . climax o a year's celebration ot} the establishment of an outstanding l | example of advanced _pedagogical, experiment in coordinated educa-l tion whieh united practical train-‘ ing with all kinds of traditional | “hook-learning.” ] ] | “Head and Hand and Heart TO-l cether” is the slogan of this school‘ which State Superintendent M. D.l Collins says is “not only the ‘Lightg % in the Mountaing’ but also a ]lghtg of educational example to thei schools of every other - part 01‘. Georgia,” ‘l True Vision : Speaking on the same program to the senior class of 1934, Chan cellor Philip Weltner said: ‘“When the school authorities of the state of Georgia twenty-five years ago iccepted from 'Georgia clubwomen vour little school house with its 21 students and one teacher but with its significant educational purpose,i that great schoolman, Jere Pound, said to those here ‘assembled: Twenty years from this time a school which teaches only what is in books will be considered wcn'sel than dead. “Tis was indeed @ prophetic ut-l terance and I cannot commend too highly the wisdom, foresight, and devotion to their state of Georgia club leaders who have contrlbuted‘ this great argument for: the al round development of every chlld.”‘ Georgia, clubs are planning wide compliance with the following pro-1 clamation in which Mrs. H. B. Litchie, president, Georgia Federa ton Wiomen's clubs declares April 20 as “Tallulah Falls School Day” for the Women's clubs of Georgia:‘ Issues Proclamation “Whereas, this year of 1935 is! the twenty-fifth anniversary of the‘ founding of Tallulah Falls school‘ by the Georgia Federation of Wom en’s clubs, and | Whereas, the years have shown‘ the depth of wisdom, the clear per ception of the needs of the state, and the great practical educational plan of these early leaders in our organization, and Whereas, it is shown by the min-‘ utes of the Federation for the year 1910 that the first participation in | the work for the school on the part of the cliibs of the state was the! result of a proclamation by Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb naming April 20, 1910 as the day on which all clubs should ! glve a barbecue for the benefit oti the school, and > ; Whereas, it seems particularlyi fitting that as a part of our Silver Jubilee celebration we should re-l beat these initial efforts for main tendnce of the school, | Therefore, by virtue of the powerl vested in me as president of Geor-' ¢la Federation of Women’s clubs, and in accord with the act of thel tXecutive bhoard of the Federation | and with that of the hoard of trus tees of the Tallulah Falls school, 1 'ln‘ -hou-hy declare rhat April 20, :f‘-’w shall be designated as Tallulah ; (flls School Day and s 6 celebrated ¥ the clubs of the state. , PI” lurther repetition of the pro v\'Lnnmmn made in 1910 by Mrs. ‘]; A. Lipscomb, founder of the “¢hool, T hereby request that all v-myhs celebrate this day by giving ’\: wfimoue (or some other obser ‘ance) for the benefit of the school. ml::i of this rededication to the o (f”‘.lhe pioneer club women = %€ laith and courage we desire ' Emulate, we shall gain much of Personal joy and aid- our school Substantiafly, ’le}jd:s} further urged that all pro- | 2415 I)‘f: sent to Mrs. J. K. Ottley,' ““r'm.d_(f«whtree Road, Atlanta, Ga.,' g lately thereafter in order . ¢omplete reports may be made ‘" the Valdosta meeting, May 7-10. | : President’'s Letter ' _\“” -"})lottt_"r to all club presidents, - Ritchie states: l e hope that every club in Géor thie ‘A'" observe in some manner “‘n:\'n; «.)mmomoration, thus proving} L ‘nr[‘;" to be possessors of a ten e 1. “{gmnt in repeating the plan Feqenn . men of early years of the ration, m\‘?h" iih[)r\:ld not %‘orget that Tal bhe l"Odflx'qlte: !‘fsmamlng symbol of eation ”4“:0 101]1 s great plan for edu bives ap idug] which there was loPment co eal of educational deve o sna n;'dmtbflsmg properly train- Rine n\fint‘hq eachers — a minimum o el school term, vocation s "ing and an equalization of o tional opportunities. No or :;:‘7:1”“"_1 can boast of a greater fur, ution. We are a unit lam hgnjr‘“of"esgflns to celebrate in W these pioneers on April ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Wallace Raps Critics of Cotton Plan Religious Welfare Conference to Be Held This Week Dr. Monroe E. Dodd Will! Speak Tuesday Morning , And Evening I el aa et | | AT WOODRUFF HALL i Eleventh Annual Event Is: Sponsored by University YMCA. - YWCA. ' Emphasizing the importance of | religion in the developmeni of an{ individual, the eleventh annual Re ligious Welfare conference will be held Tuesaay at the University of Georgia with Dr. Monroe E. Dodd, president of the Southern Baptist convention, as the principal Speak er. The Religious Welfare confer cnee, inaugurated eleven vears ago as the idea of George Foster Pea body, New, York financier and for mer trustee of the University and patron of the Y. M. C. A. has been held each year with outstanding leaders in religion as the speakers. Newton D, Baker was the first speaker at the conference of 1925. Among the group of distinguished Americans who have spoken at the conference are: Raymond D. Fos dick, Dr. 8. Parkes Cadman, Char les W. Gilkey, Charles R. Brown, George W. Truett, Bishop Francis J. McConnell and Dr. Daniel A. Pol- L ing. l Important Session Two important sessions of the conference will be held this year, each at Woodruff hall. The first meeting will begin at 11:45 o'clock Tuesday morning with Chancellor elect 8. V. Sanford presiding. Dr. Dodd’'s subject will be, “Christian ity’s Supreme Challenge.” At 1:30 o’clock the board of directors of the Voluntary Religious association will hold a meeting at Memorial hall. Dr. Sanford will give a luncheon at Memorial hall in honor of Dr. Dodd. Tuesday night's session, which will be held at Woodruff hall, will begin at 8 o’clock, with Claude B. Green, student president of the Voluntary Religious association presiding, Dr. Dodd’s subject will be, “Spiritual Recovery Through the Students of the World.” The purpose of the annual Reli gious Welfare conrerence is “to cultivate and broaden the religious life of the students. To enlist the active interest and cooperation of parents, which/is being done for the religious welfare of the students at (Continued On Page Six) Communique Issued In Berlin Saturday BERLIN .—(&)—Germany, in an official communique interpreted in diplomatic quarters as accusing jthe powers at Stresa of suspect ing mnon-fulfillment of obligations under the proposed non-agsres siop pact, said the desire to have the gun back of the pen was a “gels contradiction”. : . Setting forth Germaliy's vietws on negotiations still to come the communique said: “Rither one believes in under taken obligations or one does not. If one believes in them, then the necessity for military agreements is not apparent. “1f honest observance of non aggression obligations is doubted then the same doubt is equally justified as applying to supple mentary military ohligations.” STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press MACON-Miss Amy Cleckler of Calhoun has been named editor of the Wesleyan, student magazine at Wesleyan college. MOULTRIE—The first two car loads of cabbages from Moultrie and Coolidge have heen shipped. CORDELE—Crisp county, which owns its electric power plant, is extending its service to the com munity of Penia. There are about 25 miles of transmission lines un der construction by the power com= mission, to increase service to rural areas. | CARTERSVILLE — William W, Young, prominent druggist, has ‘been nominated president of Car tersville Rotary club. Full Associated Press Service ATHENIAN HONORED BY ENDEAVOR UNION VALDOSTA, Ga.—(®)—Geor gia Christian Endeavor union, now in session here, Saturday elected Clyde Underhill of Sa vannah as president to suc ceed J. L. Carman, jr., of At lanta. x Other officers elccted = in clude: Mary Muleay, Augusia, intermediate superintendent; W. L. Brunkhurst, Augusta, publicity; - Shep Clark, Augus ta, quiet hour; ~Mrs. Lamar Laßoon, Athens, efiiciency; Dick Wade, Augusta, music. Italy, France, and England Accomplish Much Dur ing 3-Day Parley BY RICHARD G. MASSOCK (Copyright, 1935, Associated Press) STRESA — (#) — Italy, France and England closed Saturday night their history-making conference, asserting they had reached full agreement on ways to save Europe from war, The tri-power parley was called after Adolf Hitler's .dramatic deci sion to rearm the Reich which France in an appeal to the League of Nations, declared perilous to peace, ¥or the first time since the Paris peace conference the heads of the three great western European pow ers—Benito Mussolini of Italy, Pier re-Etienne Flandin of France, Ram say MacDonald of England — met face-to-face to talk over :Europe's prospects for peace. g These were the authoritatively reported results: | .1 A German offer to enter an eastern non-aggression pact provid ed she is exempt from any mutual military assistance clause. 2. Decision to call Danubian na tions into eonference at Rome May 20 to discuss way of keeping Aus tria independent, ; 3. United support for France's appeal to CGeneva against Ger many’s treaty violation in rearm ing. 4. Approval of the principle of an air pact for immediate aerial assistance against an aggressor in western Europe, 5. '‘Approval of Austrian, Hun garian and Bulgarian rearmament to some degree yet unspecified. ‘The conferees also were report ed agreed, although official con firmation was lacking, on: 1. A general European confer ence after the Danubian parley. 2. A proposed eastern Mediter ranean pact linking Italy, Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia. France Compromises Furthermore, France agreed to soften her arraignment of Ger many at the League of Nations council session opening Monday, this in return for Britain’s tacit approval of the bi-lateral mutual assistance pact she feels should re-énforce any general security system. French and Italian delegates to the conference also found time to (Continued On Page Six) ATLANTA—SiXx months at Sun day School and church—that's the’ sentence a 16-year-old boy drew in police court Saturday because he used ungentlemanly words be fore a group of girls. Judge order ed the probation officer to see that the boy carried out the sSentence. S —————r——— ATLANTA .—Fifteen embroyonic members of the Georgia Tech chapter of Civil Crew were well pleased Friday when their initia tion task of rock-breaking in front of the city hall was abruptly ter minated by their arrest, They were equally dismayed Saturday when they appeared be fore Recorder John L. 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F) o e D two resident ¢ y ‘ .e of the So E. . with t sses at ti v o £ at the U . l'\."(’-flv' it | pt's th ann o oo Crivere . e vention igious WJ“J:a . by i > P e . orgia nes th e Y rake o connectio ’ ction Weltner Is Speaker At Closing Session Of G.E. A. Convention COMMISSIONE~3 TO MEET IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Ga.—(/)—The Association of ’ County Com- missioners of Georgia will meet here May 9, 10 and 11, with a legislative session scheduled for the opening day. George W, Tiedeman of Sa vannah is president of the as gociation, and . Tate Wright of Athens is executive secretary. it will be the 21st annual meeting. SEMVICES TODAY FOA ENNIS E. LEATHERS Prominent Young Busi ness Man Died Saturday; Services Today at Four Ennis E. Leathers, 29, promi nent among the younger business men of Athens, died at a« loecal hospital Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock after an illuess of one week . Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the First Bap tist church;, of which he was a kmemher, at 4 o'cloek, conducted {by the pastor, Dr. J. C. Wilkin son, with Rev. D. B. Nicholson, l'student pastor, assisting. Interment will be .in Oconee Hill cemetery by McDorman- Bridges, and pallbearers will be King Crawford, Robert Wingfield, Eugene Epting, C. B. Upchurch, Aubrey Wilder, Guill Hargrove, “Max Parr and George Parr. l Surviving Mr. Leathers are his widow, Mrs. Carolyn Hunter Leathers; daughter, Virginia ILeatherm: parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Leathers; sister, Mrs. M. 'S. Cooley, Atlanta, and three brothers, Fred B. Milton and (Continued On Page live) e e T e | ~ LOCAL WEATHER w‘ Fair and warmer Sunday and Monday. - : TEMPERATURE HUBHOBE. .s s wase . dine nes 060 TOWelt .. ¥ Ciss il hen ks 200 SR . i cane mehl Ui sk BB NOERBL ;. wienk uisigds ve. 00 .0 RAINFALL Thsces last 24 h0ur5........ 0.09 Total since April 1........ 6.15 Excess since April 1........ 4.47 Average April rainfall...... 3.5¢ Ercess since January 2.47 Excess since Januayr 1.... 2.47 —ESTABLISHED 1832— Athens, Ca., Suiday, April 14, 1935. Resolution |s Approved to Name Group to Study Governmental Needs By PERRY W. MULLEN Associated Press Staff Writer MACON, Ga.—(#)—The Georgia Education association adjourned its 70th wsession Saturday after adopting a resolution calling for establishment of a non-political “fact-finding” group of citizens to study the cost and needs of gov ernment in Georgia.” The resolution was ip line with a suggestion made by Chancellor Philip Weltner of the University System of Georgia, who said the proposed amendment (o the con stitution to limit ad valorem tax es to 15 mills in Georgia would cut school funds 50 per cent. Weltner, who has resigned as chancellor effective June 30, quoted Eugene Talmadge, who favored the amendment, as saying that he “stumbled on” the limitation pro posal. The proposed amendment (Continued On Page Six) PASTOR GALLS PROH LAW ‘PUBLIC FNEMY Atlanta Minister Favors Local Option; Temper ance Program ‘Advanced’ ATLANTA — () — Georgia’s prohibition debate continued Sat urday with Rev. H. E. Meßrayer, pastor of 'a ‘Lakewood Heights Methodist church here, describing the state prohibition law as “public enemy number one” and the Geor-' gia Temperance League announce ing its campaign for retention of | the law “far advanced.” l The league said that “from Georgia’s northernmost tip to the Florida line, outstanding citizens are overwhelming the office of the Georgia Temperance League with} voduntary pledges of support, and organization of the state is far ad vanced at the end of the first week for temperance.” The announce ment eame from Milton Fleetwood, Cartersville newspaper publisher, president of the Georgia Press as sociation and director of the tems= perance carapaign. Mcßrayer's statement, released through the Georgia Association for Local Option, said he had plan ned to remain silent during the campaign, but had decided to ex press himseil since other ministers had” done likewise. : “I am uncompromisingly in favor of repealing the state prohibition law and adopting local option,” he S —— . (Continued fcom page four) 1y Hopkins Says State Has Made No Arrangement To Furnish Share OTHERS SENT MONEY President Roosevelt Plans Permanent Board to Handle Relief Fund By W. B. RAGSDALE Associated Press Staff writer WASHINGTON,—(#)—~The crea tion of a ‘permaneni national planning agency to chart the course for a continuing Public Works program was reported au thoritatively Saturday to be en visaged by President Roosevelt in shaping his four billion dollar re lief work plan. This disclosure came while the unofficial house democratic steer ing committee was seeking a con ference with the President to ask that members of congress be al lowed some say about the projects to be undertaken ip their districts. Other developments of the day included: Georgia Gets None Allocation by Harry L, Hopkins, the relief administrator, ofr $113,- 661,384 for April relief. ¢Georgia was given no funds and Pennsyl vania only half a month’s supply, they being among the states which Hopkins has said had mot made arrangements to furnish their share of the cost, = - i Bureau of Public Roads officials said states were ready to go ahead with a grade crossing elimination program costing between $100,000,~ 000 and $200,000,000, Robert Fechner, director of the Civilian Conservation 'Corps, said 20,000 members of the corps would he sent to Kansas, Oklahoma, Tex as, New Mexico and Colorado to broaden the soil erosion preven tion program. 17,000 Completed Secretary Ickes reported that 17,000 of 19,000 Public Works pro jects under the old fund had been completed or were under construc tion and that employment at dif ferent times had been provided 2,- 000,000 persons. . In discussing the permanent planning agency, informed quar iters said many of the chief ad visors of the president were agreed‘ (Continued On Page Six) GEARCH FOR GHILD'S BODY UNSUCCESSHIL Reward |s Offered by Un cle: Search Will Be Re sumed Today | A fruitless search for the body of eleven-year-old John Thomas, jr., who was drowned in Ocanee river near the waterworks Friday afternoon, last nightled to the of fer of a $50.00 reward to anyone who succeeds in its recovery. Search for the body of the drown ed child ‘began immediately after his playmates reported that he fell from a large pipe which extends from the Sandy Creek reservoir ’across the Oconee to the water works plant. The little boy and his cempanions had been playing Haseball nearby and decided to cross the river by walking the pipe. They succeeded once and then John decided he would try it him self, He was about mid-way across the river when MHe turned around to speak to his companions and fell backward into the swiftly mov ing waters., His companions saw him grab hold of a willow tree. He (Continued On Page Four) TWO ARMY AVIATORS LAND BLAZING PLANE LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—(#)—Two army aviators flying a plane from Barksdale Field, Shreveport, La., escapad death or serious injury Saturday when they landed their blazing airplane at the Little Rock airport. The fliers, Lieut. P. Brewster and Private Tidwell, piloting the ship from Barksdale Feild to Bel leville, Tll., were several miles from Litte Rock when the plane caught fire. Lieut. Brewster piloted the ship to the airport here and with the aid of members of the 154th ob servation squadron extingulshed the flames without serious damage to the plane. | A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday Uncle Sam Bars : Pretty Ni | y | TR | s . 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By ROBERT GEIGER Associated Press Staff Writer. GUYMON, Okla.—-{}li’)—Embat-: tled wheat farmers of the Okln-‘i homa panhandle choked amid new | dust clouds Saturday, but few en~‘ tertained even a passing idea of joining some 100 families who | have left rented acreage for greener pastures. “In one season, perhaps even before fall, this land can stage a comebeak,” declared H. C. Hyer, Texas county rarm agent, *lt hasi not been seriously harmed by dust and wind. With a little mois ture, the panhandle still can pro duce a good harvest of raw crops.” Wit hthe dust still centered in this region of Oklahoma, there was little or none flying in the other sectors hit hardest in the serfes of storms—the Texas pan handle, southeastern Colorado, northeastegn New Mexico and western Kansas. Dust rolled westward in Ari zona Saturday, but reports from Los Angeles said Pacific cross winds stopped it 200 miles from the California border. At Topeka, Kas., Governor Alf M. Landon announced plans to make a tour of the Kansas area guffering from dust and drought. He will study anti-soil erosion projects and the spring and sum mer prospects, | The spirit of the siit-blown plains generally was reflected by County Agent Hyer. “The wheat, mostly, is gone,” he (Continued On Page Six) Knox Being Mentioned As G. O. P. Presidential Candidate In 1936 BY D. HAROLD OLIVER (Associated Press Staff Wpiter) WASHINGTON — (#) — An as sertion that Republican chances for the presidency in 1936 are improv ing, but varying views as to how they should be capitalized, Satur day emerged from brief and in formal political parleys here be tween Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, and Republican sena tors. . Put forward by some senators as a possible presidential candidate against Franklin D. Roosevelt next vear, Col. Knox first called on Senator Borah of Idaho, who wants the party reorganized with new principles and leaders. He then spent another ten minutes in the office of Senator Capper of Ka--1 sas. Tne econferences coincided but had no connection with a fresh as- j i t % / Reiterates Stand That AAA Plans Only for = Cood of Farmers =~ i TLANTA é SPEAKS IN A 2 . it Covernment Has Special Duty to See Farmers . | Cet “Fair Break” j i ATLANTA — () — Secretary of Agriculture Wallace Saturday lwnrned processors and handlers of Ifm'm ‘ecommodities that they might face ‘“Something more extreme” if I they succeed in destroying the agri cultural adjustment program. g ' Reiterating that the cotton pro- - | cessing tax would be continued, the \‘i ’sm:retary charged that “the effort of certain textile manufacturers to 'get rid of the processing tax is the spearhead of the movement,” against the votton program. 7 ' Bpeaks at Chuch ok Addressing farmers from Georgia and surrounding states in the Wes ley Memorial church auditorium here, he said: s “The current resistance to the ]pending amendments to the agri cultural adjustment in really an at ltuttk on the entire program. T‘he o | forces that have. been set in mo= tion could become so intense and s 0 powerful as to destroy the whole broad program of agricultural ad justment, “My own feeling 1s that the very i Broups who are fighting the agri | cultural adjustment act are shorte ‘sighted and perhaps unwittingly imight force upon this nation fan | tastic measures which would do | much injury anid accomplish ne | good, g “For the sake of temporary gain, the processors.and handlers of farm { commodities might find themselves | faced with something extreme if lthey succeeded in overthrowing the agricultural adjustment act. 2P il Sounds Warning ~ “I would sound a solemn warning to these groups and in the nation al interest appeal to them to take the longer view. While this na tion is deciding whether it will e the leadership in an effort t%‘ store an international economie or der, it is essential to permit % adjustments in this difficult per iod of transition. Vs “Farmers are poorly organized and it js difficult for tnem to % e e (Continued On Page Six) « . T — A U. S. Cotton Exports - To Japan Threatened = p—— T By GLENN BABB i;’: ~ Associated Press Foreign Staff .~ TOKYO — (#) — Japan hmfi( plainly Saturday that the United States’ reported efforts to deprive her of her Latin American mar= keéts might cost the American cot ton grower some of his big market in Japan. i A statement the foreign office handed to the Japanese press said United States commercial inter ests were agitating to exclude Jap anese products from Central and South America. 3 g If Nippon’s exports to those markets are restricted, the state ment added, *“it will affect our purchasing power, especially with reference to United States cotton, and will consequently react. uns favorably upon America’'s export trade to Japan.” & United States cotton sales to Japan average some $1,000,000,000 annually. : &5 sault on the administration by Senator Hastings, Republican, Del. He challenged what he said were Democratic claims that Roosevelt platform promises had been fulfill ed. He asserted the people were “aqwakening to this perfidy” and a year from next November would “account in their own way for the deception” practiced upon them. The spurt of Republican agtivi ty recalled recent reports that bert Hoover might be planning to play a prominent role in g «,' ing the G. O. P. for 1936. One Re publican senator asserted privately he understood the former president felt he could stage a comebacl as Grover Cleveland did under ____““"jji what similar economic circumstans ces in the nineties. fi‘ & Some leaders here saw signifi (Continued On Page Four)
