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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON e’ MIDDLING. ... <.eo casesess 1240 pREV. CL05E...... «...u...1214e | 103. No. 183. LA L-I-F-E SLICKERED NVEW YORK — Richard Adami, .ed @ ride by three men in an omobile, was held up by them [r.:} point of a gun, It wa dark. Adami quickly jpped his money into his shoe, pe robers, finding his pockets apty threw him out. He saved 60 cents. IT ISN'T A GAG (HARLESTON, 8. C.—The births ¢ pete and Repeat Jones, Negro vins, have been duly recorded ere VICE VERSA SHARPEVILLE, Pa—Steve Eph am, 15, didn’t run away from bme to join & carnival. He ran way to get away from the Carni il his parents own, and to see the orld. Police found him two miles - EARLY BIRDS LINCOLN, Neb. — Lincoln’s oungsters apparently go for slog hs in a big way. *“Only 134 days Il Christmas’’—yet the post office ere vesterday received two letters sdressed to Santa Claus, WINDY CITY ALSO THIRSTY (HICAGO—The largest number liguor licenses in the city’s his vy 8,402, was sold for the last alf of 1935. The city collected $5,- 01000 in license fees. The prev us peak vear before prohibition as 1905, when 8,097 licenses were bld in the first six months. embers of Western Bar Association to Meet Here Thursday The Western Bar association will eet at the Legion Log <Cabin hursday afternodon at 6 o'clock, was announced yesterday after ooh by W. T. Ray, secretary of 1e ‘association. The regular business gession will held, preceeded by a delightful rbecue to be served in the gar pn at the east end of the cabin. The Western Bar -association is mpared of attorneys in Clarke, alton - and Oconee counties which mpose the Western™ judicial cir it.. Thomas 8. Mell of Athens is esident of. the group. : - thenians Attend Chandler Reunion Descendants of .-the Thomas C. handler family. held. their annual union at the .Clarence Chandler me, north of Commerce, Sunday, ith over 400 attending. Basket lunch was served, and 'éryone had an enjoyable time. Mr. Chandler is one of the best 10Wn men in Banks county, hav g served for many years in the ate legislature, and also being unty school commissioner for a Imber of years. Among those attending there on were Mr. and Mrs. W. T. 2y, R. C. Ray and S. G. Ray and mily of Athens. egion to Meet Here Friday Night at 8:00 A called meeting of the Allen R. leming Post No. 20 of the Amer bin Legion, will be held Friday izht at 8 o’clock’ at the Legion 0g Cabin, located on Lumpkin 'eet, it was announced today by arold B, Hodgson, commander, id Mayo C. Buckley, adjutant. Many things of interest to all €gionnaires will be discussed at 1€ meeting, and all members are ged to be present. The Legion vention, and plans for the Sep ber meeting, when new officers I be installed, will be discussed. . . 32,356.17 in Retain Title Contracts Are Recorded During Week Forty-five retain title contracts Ere re led at the courthouse I'ng the past week, ranging all © way from a $15,000 conditional OCX sale agreement to a s2l con- Total amount of .45 contracts “S $32356.17, of which the great 4ority represented automobile Fichases. Forty of the 45 econ ‘lS recorded werk for automo- S, though the $17,356.17 listed - 4Ulos, represents in most cases, "V the down payments, leaving Usands of dollars to be paid in ‘1 addition to the stock sale listed were one con ¢ each for a cedar chest, a 410, hed room furniture, and 't for itomobile tires. i | ortgage and Deed Transfers Recorded Last Week $10,502 “fal estate motgage and deed recorded at the court iring ‘the last week total:d SMounting to $10,502, with two . 13 carrying no amount. 3. ,ce of the Peace court rec ' Isled one dispossessory war mortgage foreclosure fi. © 'O $47.25. one account of S2O. 'ii""‘—)l"!‘as‘ and judgments iisted o‘“'- ¢l nine for a total of $604.73 Ros thery = iaxes, i ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Roosevelt Trying to “Bluff” States, Talmadge Says INCOME TAX ON “LITTLE FELLOW” REMOVED BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF GROUP QUDDENLY REVERSE AGTION ON MEASHRE Tax Experts Say Roughly Bill in Present Form .to Raise $250,000,000 READY FOR DEBATE Measure More in Line With F. R.’s Wishes Offered to Senate By D. HAROLD OLIVER Associated Press Staff Writer. WASHINGTON.— (&) —Hastily plucking out of the new tax bill all vestiges of new and higher in come ‘taxes on the ‘“little fellow,” the senate finance committee of fered to the senate today a meas ure more in line with President Rcosevelt’s wishes. In brief, the oft-rewritten bill row provides: higher income sur taxes on incomes over $1,000,000, leaving all other income rates un ‘touched; higher taxes on gifts and estates; corporation income taxes applied on a graduated scale wider than one approved -by the house but not so wide as describ ed by President Roosevelt; a tax on dividends received by one cor poration from another; and an in crease in the existing capital stock levy. Tax experts said that, roughly, the bill would raise about $250,- 000,000, approximately the same figure mentioned for a widely dif ferent bill passed by the house. The- bill as originally drafted by the senate finance committee last week had been estimated so raise $450,000,000. Debate Tomorrow Democratic leaders, moving to begin debate in the senate tomor row, said prospects for quick ad journment now. were better—and Senator Robinson ©f Arkansas, Democratic leader, even asserted that it might be possible to quit next week. Some other legislators mentioned September 1. The senate committee suddenly reversed itself yesterday after lis tening to a bi-partisan storm of criticism, voiced among others by Senator Borah (R.-Idaho), and Senator Harrison (D.-Miss.), chairman of the committee. In the house, where all seats will be at stake in next year's election, members were particularly upset by the finance committee’s action Saturday in approving the LaFol lette ‘scl‘l)iule to bring 1,500,000 new income taxpayers into the treasury fold by reducing exempt ions to SBOO for single persons and $2,000 for married people. Vote Is Close The committee vote to elimi nate the LaFollette plan was nar row, 8 to 7. In brief, the senate committee bill provides: Individual income surtaxes: a (Continued on Page Three) Sir William Watson, English Poet, Passes BRIGHTON, England.—(®)—Sir William Watson, eminent English poet, died today in Ditchling, Sus sex, after a fortnight’s illness. He was 77. Sir William Watson was born August 2, 1858, in Burley-in- Wharfedale, Yorkshire. His first’ work, ‘“The Princes Quest,” appeared when he was 22, but he did not win recognitien un til 1890, when his “Wordsworth’s Grave” appeared. STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press ‘ SAVANNAH — Representatives of the Junior order of United American Mechanics and the Daughters of American assembled '(here today for their state conven tions. ! The junior order was headed by tVV. C. Munch of Macon as state! councillor while Miss Annie | lHughes of Atlanta headed the Daughters of America in the same capacity. WILMINGTON, N. C. — Four Georgia youths who represented the state Rotary clubs on a visit {to England arrived here yester day aboard the American «Freigh ter Shickshinny. { The boys were listed in the ’ship’s log as Edward Cole, jr., of lnome of the child placed under sy - SReatieedia. &t dbiil - i _ pany, Ruveri . 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Cummings (top right) of Donaldsonville, one of the out standing cattle men in the United States, and S. L. Thornton (low er right) of Hartwell, one of the leaders in developing a system of soil building and erosion control. (Assocated Press Photos.) Three Prominent Georgia Farmers To Be Honored by University Here HOPSON CHALLENGES 1(1BBY BODY'S PROBE Utility Head Thinks Per sonal Income Should ‘‘Be Private Affair” By CLARENCE M. WRIGHT WASHINGTON.— (&) — House lobby investigators were told to day by H. C. Hopson, boss of the Associated Gas and Electric sys tem, that he thought it improper for “these committees to go pry ing into private affairs” like his personal income, After a lengthy, detailed story of how Hopson became one of the ruling heads. of the Associated system, Chairman O’Connor of the rules committee asked from what source he derived his income. From management fees, Hopson replied. “What was your income for the past two years, or ~for ‘the last year, for example?” O'Connor asked. “I can’'t tell you,” the witness (Continued On Page Three) nah and William Lee Wood, jr., of Macon. . ! The Shickshinny, listing Sa { vanah as its home port, sailed ‘from Antwerp July 27. MACON — A case of infantilel paralysis has been reported to | health authorities here and the home of the cild placed under | efrict quarantine. Auwuthorities said §the case was mild and the first | one noted here in two years. A »I'playmate of the child also was plac i,ed under a close observation. | VILLA RICA — Ovrcome by gas | while at work in .a well _about eight miles from here, Ed Black, .| farmer, died in a hospital yester | day. Osie Cook ’ot’mn’qﬂ)‘ig-;, - ¥ — ot 5 | (Continued cn Page Seven) oy T S R g S S T TIR U T T A —ESTABLISHED 18388 Athens, Ga., Tuesday, August 13, 1935. Each of Men Excels in a Different Phase of Farming Activity Names of three men who will receive certificates in recognition of their service to agricultural de velopment of the state were an nounced today by Dean Paul W. Chapman of the College of Agri culture. Recipients of the recognition awards, which will be made Thurs day at special exercises as a fea ture of Farm and Home week, will be John J. Cummings of Don aldsonville; S. L. Thornton of Hartwell, and@d J. B. Wight of Cairo. - Each of the three men selected has excelled in a different phase of farming endeavor, Dean Chap man pointed out. Cummings is one of the “outstanding cattle men of the United States”; Thornton “is recognized as one of the leaders in developing a system of soil build ing and erosion control which au thorities say is the soundest ever advanced for ithis section of the state”; and Wight “perhaps more than any other one man has con tributed to Georgia’s leadership in development of the pecan in dustry,” Dean Chapran said. “Cummings own 750 head of (Continued on Page Two) LOCAL WEATHER e bt S A 4( ) ..’:/ Probably local thundershowers § g tonight and Wed-§ ‘ nesday, not much ; change in tem-§ - perature. ¢ 7P Ni 1 4 Ay HOWERS TEMPERATURE Piaheat.... ..o vNi .v5:.95.0 TRt .. Lol o i 129 BEolh ... . ooi s e 3.0 MR, . T AR RAINFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 Total since August 1....5... .09 Deficit since August 1...... 1.87 Average August rainfall.... 4.86 Total since January }......31.99 Deficit since January 1.... 1.44 WHEELER MMILLEN SPEAS HEXE TODY T 0 1500 FIRMERS Noted New ‘ork Editor Advocates ‘‘Trading Among. Ourselves’ KEEP MONEY AT HOME Country Home Editor Is Featured Speaker at Farm, Home Session Wheeler McMillen. editor of the Country Home, - sald here today that if the millions who live on the soil have prosperity “no one needs to worry about prosperity for all the people of our country.” In a Farm and Home week ad dress to 1,500 persons at the Uni versity of Georgia, rthe New York editor also said: “Let’s grow on the farms of the United States every raw material We ean that our factories require. Let’s grow on the farms of the United States every , single pro duct needed by the American peo ple that our soils will produce.” “The dollars we send abroad are helpful—to foreign countries. The dollars we keep at home will cir culate many times, creating pur chasing power on the farms, em ployment for labor, and business for everybody. “Let’s insist that science be per mitted to exert her extraordinary powers in behalf of releasing ag ﬂcgture for full employment of all the energies, human and na'tu ral, that are latent upon the land. “We shall then have prosperity for agriculture.” Most Difficult Period There are none to deny that the last 16 years have been most dif ficult of our agricultural lives, Mc- Millen said, adding that “We have been the victims of much 'that in many instances has been far be yond our individual powers of control.” “Some of the changes that have made 'these years difficult,” the speaker said, “could have been foreseen but were not. Some of them were foreseen but we did not listen. Some of the changes were recognized but we failed to accommodalte ourselves to them in good time. ! “There is one change going on in the world today that makes it all the more important ‘for ‘the future of farming that we join the energies of agriculture, of indus try, and of seience, and 'that we make full use of our scientific attainments for protecting our in terests in ‘the future. Tide of Nationalism “I refer to the rising tide of nat (Continued on Page Two) FINAL RITES TODAY FOR FRANK GAINES Well Known Athens Auto Salesman Killed in Elber ton Crash Monday Services were to be held this afternoon at 5:00 o'clock at First Baptist church for Frank Gaines, well known A'thens automobile salesman, who died yesterday aft ernoon of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Elberton. The services were to be coduct ed by Rev. Pope A. Duncan, pas tor of the Prince Avenue Baptist church, assisted. by Rev. D, B. Nicholson. h Pallbearers were B. L. Brooks, W. J. Haynes, J. R. White, Nor man Keller, George Champion, Jack Reeves, Joe Shepherd and M. L. Waggoner. An honorary escort consisted .of J. H. Brunson, C. Grady Henson, Monroe Butler, Dr. Chester O. Middlebrooks, Darwin Vaughtt 8. W. Phmaon, L. L. Moss, 8. E. Patat and members of the Forum class of First Bap tist church. Interment will b in Oconee HIlIl cemetery, McDorman- Bridges in charge. Surviving Mr. Gaines are his wife, Mrs. Nannie Lee Fulton Gaines; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gaines, Winterville; sisters, Mrs. Harold <Chambers, Winter ville; Misses Mary Lizzie and George Gaines. both of Winter ville; brothers, J. P., C. A. and E. 8. Gaines, all of Winterville, and B. W. Gaines of Atlanta. One nephew and several aunts and un cles also survive. Mr. Gaines was a native of Ell i e (Continued on Paga Three) Huey Long Definitely Decides to Make Race For Presidentin 1936 Louisiana Kingfish Tells Other Senators of Plans To Oppose F. D. R. (Associated Press Staff Writer) (Copyright, 1935, Associated Press) WASHINGTON — Senator Huey Long, Democrat, Louisiana, has told colleagues in the senate that he has decided definitely to run for the Democratic . presidential nomi nation in 1936. j He told them, furthermore, that if President Roosevelt was renomi nated, he would run as an indepen dent, unless the Republicans nomi mated someone he could support. Long’s plans were reported to; the Associated Press today by sev eral senators with whom he talked. The Louisianan, however, refused to discuss them, saying he had no comment. He did say, though, that if he ran, it would not be to “beat Roosevelt,”” but to elect himself, Republican senators in whom Long confined were elated. They felt his decision was a *“big break”™ for the G.O.P, and might swing the election their way. For a long time many Republicang have felt they could win if Long would run to take “radical” votes away from the De-‘ mocrats. | One western Republican senator, whose state has gone Democratic in the past two elections, said there was no doube 1t would go Re publican today, if Long should run He said the Louisianan would easi ly take enough votes frora the De mocrats to deliver the state's elec toral ballotg to the Republicans, as LaFollette did in 1924. ? Long told his senatorial collea gues that he would enter many of the state primarieg and give Presi dent Roosevelt as much of a battle at the convention as possible. He said if the president was renomi nated he would then decide whether to run independently or join forces with the Republicns. If the president should be op posed by former President Hoover, or someone of the type, Long said Italy Not Likely to Compromise At Forthcoming Tri-Power Meet Mussolini Drives on For Force of Million Men By September ETHIOPIAN SITUATION AT A GLANCE ROME — Informed circles report Mussolini's policy to be ‘“no compromise” at tri-power conference on Ethiopian eri sis. LONDON — Lord Robert Cecil urges Britain to show Italy it will uphold League of Nations by force if necessary. PARIS — Hope for settle ment seen in persuasiveness of premeir Laval. ADDIS ABABA—Women take over jobs of men recruited to army. By CHARLES H. GUPTILL Associated Press Foreign Staff ROME —(AP) — Informed cir cles described Italy’s policy today in the forthcoming Tri-Power conference on the Ethiopian sit uation as one of “no compromise.” These sources said Premier Mussolini outlined this policy yes-l terday in discussions with aides and officials who will attend the Paris conversations, beginning Thursday, with representatives of Great Britain and France. It was said that Italy will neither abase her demands for a definite (Continued on Page Two) EXPLOSION SHAKES CITY OF VALDOSTA VALDOSTA, Ga. — #) — The explosion of a heavy cache of dyna mite, apparently as the result of the impact of a bullet fired in tar get practice, injured two young men and shook virtually the entire city, breaking the windows of near by homes yesterday. The injured were listed as Fred Davis and Roy Newham, who told hospital attendents they had set up a target near the pit where the dynamite was cached close to a Ne gro cemetery in the northern sec tion of the city and were firing at it with a rifle when the blast oc cured, Attendants said the condition of the two was serious. No other cas ualties were repcrted as a result of the explosion. It was said that the explosion shook windows in houses at Quit man, °9 miles away. i A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday S BSI o Y B oA 3 -%l’*} e R 3 J ke B sRv 3 s St PREE 4 R i . ¢ A i s : B ) s B 8 e i SRR R 5 . e e sSR Baar e RS R i iBR e g B S i i SRR I . SRR B S B e S : i¥ S S v, R B D R s i s RN Dl S K.+ V 7 " i Reß 8 i A gy o e o e e 00 ; ko R iy : RIRRT" RR R % TR | HTEHS: SRR T " AR PO R B TR AR S i RTRIRE L IST SRR SC -YA B . ) Lo £ %3 ’ o “~. '-vt"‘t.:‘g.j'/f«' e SRR R R R R R R R R A R R e T RS I R7e R i S e & SeROR . SENATOR HUEY LONG he would run independently. Hei predicted he would take such stateg as Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida away from the Democrats. But Long added, his colleagues said, that if the Republicans should nominate Borah or some one of that kind, he would jump party lines and throw his support to the| liberal Republican candidate. ' Though Long's plans excited Re-l publicans to high hopeg for 1936, they were no. counting chickens ahead of time. They realized it was possible for him to change his mind. And some wondered whe ther his strategy was not entirely designed to influence the Republi can nomination. | Some Democrats feel that Long’s candidacy might not prove danger ous. They contend that if Senator LaFollette, Progressive, Wisconsin, (Continued On Page Five) METHODISTS MEET TOCEMENT BREACH Unity of Three Branches Sought After 100-Year- Old Split in Ranks CHICAGO.~—(#)—A church mer ger even larger in scope than a United Methodism, their primary goal, confronted three groups of Methodists who met today to find a path to unity afer 100 years of separation. A Methodist union with Presby terianism will be the next step if the conferees realize their hope of‘ cementing the century old three way split in their own denomina tion. The Methodist - Presbyterian combine has been ' considered for several years, said Dean James A. James, of Northwestern univer sity, a member of the Methodist unity commission for 17 years. A conference was held on the subject, and ft was agreed both denominations should heal breaches opened in their own (Continued on Page Two) ForeicN News ON THUMBNAIL By The Associated Press LONDON—Great Britain is ex pected to seek a solution of the Italo-Ethiopian crisis along econo mic rather than political lines in the fortheoming tri-power con ference at Paris. BERLIN—The Nazi storm troop ers are returning to power as ‘“‘de fense units” against German “state enemies.” . ROME—ltaly was regarded as opposed to compromise on the eve of the tri-power conversations in Paris, COPENHAGEN — Countess Bar bara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow escaped injury in a slight motor accident as she ‘and her husband started a journey to Paria ; : HOoME RECENT ~ ASSERTION BY F.D.R BRINGS GOVERNOR'S CHARGE Talmadge Writes Letter to Deen Denying Charges Of President “FOLLOWS PLATFORM” Relief Money for Schools Not Diverted, Ceorgia Executive Declares ATLANTA — (#) — President Roosevelt’'s recent assertion that Georgia diverted common school funds to pay state debts drew from Governor Eugene Talmadge a den ial and a charge that the federal administiation was using school relics money to “induce or bluff states into raising their taxes.” Answering a written protest by Representative Braswell Deen,:De mocrat, Georgia, that Georgia was being discriminated against in re lief for schools, the president wrote back that ahalf milllon dollars in revenues intended for the state’s schools was used .to “pay back debts.” 4 Talmadge, answering the presi dent's statement, wrote Deen that this was ‘“incorrect.” He also branded as “incorrect” a state ment by the president that Geor ‘gia’s chief executive had never nade official application for a special grant for teacher relief dur= ing the 1934-35 term. ; The governor’s letter follows: My Dear Mr. Congressman: A news item appeared-inthe presy of the state Sunday, making public a letter from President Roosevelt to you, dated August 6, 1935, In that letter, in paragraph one, President Roosevelt makes this statement: § “It ig reported that when the federal government stepped in and paid the teachers’ salaries in this amount, approximately half a mil lion, dollars of state revenues which should have gone to the support of the schools were diverted and used to pay off back debts of the state.” This statement is incorrect. There hag never been any atversion of any of the school funds of the state of Georgla since I have been governor of Georgia. : Roosevelt Statement President Roosevelt in paragraph 5 makeg’ the followlpg statement: “Governor Talmadge has never make an official application for a special grant for teacher relief.for the school year 1931-35.” . This statement of Presigﬁt Roosevelt is also incorrect. Lo An application wag presented to me by M., D. Collins, superintends« ent of schools of the state of Geors gia for §52,562,869.75, on February 8, 1935. This application I signed, on that date. iy The reason I signed the applicas tion wag that I knew that the peos ple of Georgia would pay their pros portionate part of tax money t¢ (Continued on Page Five) American Clipper Ready to Hop Off HONOLULU.—(®)—Facing weas= ‘ther reported “not good but hrei unfavorable,”” the Pan-American Airways Clipper was ready today for its second flight to Midway Island. ; S Captain R. O. D. Sullivan, Clip= per commander, announced the take-off for 6 a. m. 11:30 a. 'm. Eastern Standard time), and estis mated the 1,323-mile trip woul® require nine hours. ; sole m TOKYO—The war departmen§ named Lieut. Col. Saburo Aizawg as the assassin of Lieut. Gen. Tete suzan Nagata, director general of military affairs, who was slain ia his office yesterday. BERLIN—The Zionist newspaper, “Juedische Rundschau,” appeared again after several weeks suspens . sion, advocating that Palestine be prepared to receive 200,000 Germas Jew emigres in the near future. BERNE—Switzerland will have no amateur diplomats debaiing the Italo-Ethiopian dispute on her a The federal council forbade the “International congress against the Italo-Ethiopian war” from meel o sot TR eSR