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A. A. THOMAS
Approximately 300 representa
hves of Odd Fellow lodges in the
4tn division and visitors from
ther sections of Georgia, are ex
octed to attend the annual meet
e of the division to be held with
| M. Kinney Lodge at ‘Whitehall
aturday, September 7.
he 14th division comprises six
ounties in this section, Clarke,
fadison, Jackson, Oglethorpe, Oco
ee and Bagrow.
Hich officails from the Grand
ndee of Georgia will be present
t the meeting, including A. A.
homas, Savannah, Grand Master
¢ the Grand Lodge of Georgia.
Grand Master Thomas will make
. address during the session, and
« talk will be the feature of the
eoting, Officers of the division
| not be elected, their terms of
x| ne ext vear,
The meeting will open at one
lock. and will be held" in the
hool Ise at Whitehall. The
ilding will be decorated in the
( «cheme of the lodge, blue and
thite
The Initiatory Degree will be
nferred on six candidates at 7:30
I with the Harmony Grove
dze No. 30, Commerce, degree
a 1 charge. A-. A, . Crowe is
aptain of the degree team.
J. W. Reese; of Commerce is
\ivision deputy, and L. W. Bailey,
Iso of Commerce, is Divigion sec-
At 3:30 in the afternoon, dele
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otary Club Hears
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3 Georgia Students
At Regular Meeti
t Regular iVieeting
By SAM WOODS
Three University of Georgia stu
nts were featured speakers at the
gular weekly luncheon meeting
the Athens Rotary elub, held at
e Georgian hotel yesterday. They
ere. Harry Davis, a sophomore,
aul Brown, a junior, and William
ichanan, a recent honor graduate
the university.
D. Weaver Bridges, community
rvice program chairman, had
arge of the program, and intro-
Iced the speakers.
Davis was the first speaker,
g s subject “The Trend of
hought of Modern Youth.” Mr.
) poke on “The Problem
“ wces” and Mr. Buchanan
'Youth Today and Tomor-
X ‘, ere TLouis Trousdale
1 Mr. Bridges; Harry Wheeler,
! Pa.,, guest of W, A.
_"' ind Neal Printup, Atlanta,
g H. Fatrick. .
e IS el of the Coca-Cola in
f be shown by Walter and
'ms at the meeting next
~, :'. nembers are looking for-
B visit of four English
. .o Will ‘stay here -several
, ‘lter leaving Athenms, the
b, O Atlanta and Rome, and
here 1, 1 'O. Savannah, < from
g will sail for home,
ditor,mS_eated In Car In Center
0f Cedar Key Storm, Tells Story
Editor's Note: The follow
€ graphic eyewitness de
n of the tropical storm
« I lashed the island ecity of
3 Key was written for the
o ociated Press Byt W. M.
e ir, editor of the Gain-
Fla, Sun while sgitting
I " automobile on Main
.t during the height of the
ince),
By W. M. PEPPER, JR
i PUAR KEY, Fla.—(#)—Stead
¢ Mg tide coming owver Main
Ll Dlowing itself into spray
20 atomizer . . : the town's
{ theater is a shambles.” This
oughest moment of the
: ™ thus far—there, to the left,
. % Toof. The car is swaying
.V Now streets are deserted.
' staward it is blinding. A
" Passes in an automobile, He
"% and shouts that the eity of
s and all records are destroyed.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Secretary Wallace Expects Larger Income From Lint Cotton
STORMDEATH TOLL MAY REACH 1,000
Hurricane Does Heavy Crop Damage In South Georgia
TORRENTIALR ATNS,
HIGH WINDS SWEEP
OVER STATE TODAY
Pecan, Cane, Peanut and
Cotton Crops Reported
Severely Damaged
WINDS DIMINISHING
Storm Center |s Placed
Between Macon and
Savannah Today
Athens felt some results
from the terrific hurricane
that hit Florida, last night,
when high winds swept the
cftty and a sma'l amount of
rain fell. Dark clouds hovered |
in the sky last night, but
brought no rain.
Barometer readings this
morning, according to E. 8.
Sell, local weather observer,
had dropped two-tenths of an
inch since last njight. The
reading this morning was
29.60 inches.
The instruments recorded
52 inches of rain in the past
24 hours, ending at 8 o'clock
this morning.
(By the Associated Press)
Leaving a trail of damaged crops
and some minor property damage,
the tropical disturbance that lash
ed the Florida peninsula moved
northeastward over, south Georgia
today toward the Atlantic Ocean.
The storm was reported central
between Macon and Savannah at
9:30 a. m. E.S.T., and it had lost
all its hurricane force.
The Atlantic coast from Savan
nah northward to the Virginia
Capes braced for southeast gales
tonight.
Barometers at Savannah and
Macon stood at 29.50 at the time
the 9:30 advisory was issued.
Cotton Damaged
» Reports of severe damage to the
cotton crop came from south Geor
gia. Excessive rains were said to
have lowered the grade and injured
the staple to such an extent that
a large pertion of the crop would
be ineligible for government loans.
Pecan and peanuts wyere damag
ed., Cane and corn were flattened
by high winds that prevailed last
night. ’
Many cities in w=outh Georgia
were plunged into darkness last
night when high winds crippled
power lines. .
At Quitman, a store cgiught fire
when a high voltage wire fell on
‘the roof. The fire was extinguish
ed with little damage. Streets
there were strewn with fallen trees
and many cars were driven into the
ditches.
Fields of south Georgia sugar
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Revival Services at
Greensboro to Start
Sunday Morning at 11
GREENSBORO—RevivaI g@rvire.‘sl
will start at the West End chapel
at Greensborp, Ga. Sunday morn
ing at 11 o’clock, it was annoul
ced today. The revival will con
tinue through the following week.
Rev. T. L. Christian, of Craw
ford, Ga. will conduct services.
The. public is cordially invited to
attend,
How about the flimsy houses
over about the fiber factory? No
answer . The factory employs
about 125 of Cedar Key's people—
but it was not built to withstand
storms like this.
3:15 p. m.—Two boys leave to
reconnoiter. It seems to be get
| ting harder.
. 3:22 p. m.—Boys are back to re
port the sponge dock has just
gone down. That was a source of
considerable income for these de
pression ridden fisher-flop. It's
hitting vital spots. ‘What gusts!
3:25 p. m.—Reéport comes that
not only the sponge dock but all
boats anchored there have gone
down. I'm watching the water rise
but it blows away as fast as it
comes in
|“'3:3o p. m.—There it goes! The
tmtm front and the roof of a de
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Law Regulating Dentistry Here|
Is Enacted By Council; Is
Patterned After Oregon Statute
Prohibifs Advertising By
Dentists and Practice
Without License:
BABY BOND INTEREST
Replacement of Policeman
At Normal Town Urged
By Resolution
An ordinance designed to regu
late the practicee of dentistry in
Athens was adopted last night by
city council, upon petition of 15
members of that profession in this
community.
Enactment of the ordinance ‘was
by unanimous vote.
A committee of dentists attend
ed the meeting of council’ to urge
passage of the ordinance, but it
was not necessary for them to
speak, inasmuch as it was prompt
ly passed following a reading by
the clerk.
The ordinance is similar to
those adopted by several Georgia
cities, with Macon leading, and 20
states. Oregen was the first state
to adopt such a law. Its provis
jons have been upheld by the
United States Supreme court. It
“prohibits the practice of dentis
try within the city limits of Ath
ens, by any person, firm, associa
tion, and, or agents of the same
without first having obtained a
license therefor” from the state
board of dental examiners. In ad
dition, the law strictly regulates
the practice of dentistry in other
ways, including a prohibiton of
advertising. 3
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The caption pof the ordinance
follows:
“An ordinance of the city of
Athens to prohibit the practice of
dentistry within the city limits
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HIGHWAY MONEY 15
RELEASED TOSTATE
Controversy Between the
State and Federal Gov
ernment Finally Ended
ATLANTA — (#) — The Geor
gia highway board, at last in ac
cord with Washington on require
ments for release of itg $19,000,-
000 share of work-relief road funds,
will submit its first federal pro
jects to contractors September 21
in a $2,000,000 letting.
Chairman W. K. Wilburn an
nounced the highway board’'s con
currence on federal stipulations
last night in making public a letter
from Acting Secretary of Agricul
ture Rexford G. Tugwell.
The note paved the way for end
ing Georgia’'s strained relations
with the federal government and
releasing the road money. The
September 21 letting under the
federal program will be the largest
in the history of the state.
Georgia's share of the federal
road money was impounded some
time ago when Secretary Wallace
announced the State Highway de
partment. would have to meet Cer
tain specifications including “com
petency and efficiency” in its en
gieering forceg before further fed
eral-aid projects would be approv
ed.
“State’s Rights” {
The highway board and Governor
Talmadge charged an attempt was
being made to upset “state’s rights”
and that the real reason or im
pounding the Georgia funds was
the state department’s refusal to
initiate the Ball's Ferry bridge pro
ject which the Federal Roads Bur
eau had desired. This project was
not mentioned in the letter that
brought settlement of he contro
versy.
Governor Talmadge, just return=
ed from a Labor Day speech fur
ther criticizing the federal admin
istration at Sioux Falls, 8. D., said
he was “immensely pleased” with
the settlement.
Now that the matter has been
concluded “satisfactorily for Geor
gia and apparently satisfactorily
for the Federal Bureau of Public
Roads and to Secretary Tugwell,”
Talmadge said, the state of Geor
gia ‘“is going to see more roads
pbuilt than ever before, He added
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New Superintendent
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| J. F. Carr, assistant postmas
ter here, was named superintend
ent ‘of the Prince Avenue Baptist
Sunday school at a meeting held
last night after regular prayer
services. Mr. Carr succeeds L. P.
Green, who has been in office since
October of last year. ‘
Under the . supervision of Mr.
Green, the Sunday school at
Prince Avenue Baptist has had a
very suecessful year. 1
Mr. Carr has been one of the
most active and influential work
ers in the church for the past six
or seven years, and already holds
several offices. He will take over
the superintendent’s office on
October 1.
He is past president of the Men's
Bible class, and is chairmen of
the finance committee of the
church at present. He is also a
‘deacon in the church.
Mr. Carr, with - a committee
from the Sunday school to be
named later, will sleect teachers
and other officers. This - will be
done at an early date.
A successful year is looked for
ward to by all members of the
Sunday school under Mr. Carr's
guidance. :
Hopkins Is Silent on
Criticism of Failure
To Move War Veterans
WASHINGTON.— (&) —Harry
1.. Hopkins, FERA director, de
clined' to reply immediately today
to criticism of the Relief Admin
sistration for failing to remove
veterans from camps in the path
of the Florida hurricane.
Members of his staff indicated,
however, that failure to remove
the veterans to a place so safety
was due to information that the
storm was unlikely to strike the
camp sites. . None would be
quoted.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
| WALESKA-—Boys attending
! Rhinehart Junior college today were
enjoying a new dorminotry.
The school’'s new $20,000 build
ing wag dedicated yesterday as
officials reported one of the largest
registrations of students in years.
’ W. S. Elliott, chairman of the
building committee; on behalf. of
that body presented the dormitory
to Presidént W. M. Bratton of the
' college.
’ S. C. Dobbs, chairman of the
i board' of trustees, wag the princi
| pal speaker. The Rev. J. W. King
of the Waleska Methodist church,
and the Rev. Paul A. Turner of
the First Methodist church of Can
ton, also were on the program. :
Exercises were held in the col
lege auditorium which was filled
to capacity with supporters of the
institution.
Serving with Elliott on the build
—ESTABLISHED 1838
Athens, Ga., Thursday, September 5, 1935.
ATHENG 13 GRANTED
$42750 TOON FO
NEW WATER STATION
Application Made Several
Weeks Ago Wins OK
Of President
SEEK STREET FUND
City Will Furnish Fifty-
Five Percent of Cost
Of Waterworks
President Roosevelt today ap
proved Athens' application for
042,750 with which to .compiete
the new waterworks plant, there
by making that amount available
for immediate use.
The Associated Press reported
from Washington that the Athens
grant is one of three Georgia ap
‘plications approved today, and
represents 45 percent of the total
cost of the waterworks.
The city applied for the grant
several weeks ago and it was for
warded to Washington with the
approval of the state PWA offices.
) The Banner-Herald announced
two weeks ago that the city offi
cials were expecting approval of
the application and - that it had
atready reached Washington with
the state PWA's endorsement.
The state PWA has also for
| warded to Washington, with its
lapproval«. a request by the city of
| Athens for aid in a street paving
program here costing about SBO,-
000.
The waterworks appropriation
is an outright grant, the city fur
nishing 55 percent of the cost of
construction, which is provided for
by sale of $75,000 worth of city
bonds, authorized some time ago
| in an election for that porpose.
{ The Associated Press dispatch
Ifrom Washington to the Banner-
IHerald said the $42,750 grant is
{ for.construction of super-structure
for new water filtration plant and
‘pumping station of 3,000,000 gal
lons daily capacity with connect
ing pipe lines to new water supply
and distribution system and river
| pumping station. The total cost is
lestima.ted at 8959200 and con-
Istmction will require six months.
The city has already built the
‘coasnlumt and clear water
.basma. whick required consider
able excavating. Many tons of
rock were blasted out of the hill
side where the plant is being c.n-
Structed.
* When it is completed the new
lwaterworks building will overlook
the Oconee river from a hillside
in a pine grove. The location of
the new plant is regarded as ad;
mirable by waterworks engineers.
The grant by the federal gov
ernment makes it possible for the
city to build a plant which will be
suitable for future growth of che
city and to equip it with machin
ery which will give Athens a water
system second to none of any city
lits size anywhere, it is declared.
The grant is under the Roose
t velt works relief program des
wsigned to furnish labor for unem
| ployed skilled and unskilled labor.
ing committee were P. W. Jones
and E. A. McCandless of Canton.
ATHENS—Senator Huey P. Long
says he plang to invade Athens
with 10,000 Leouisiana football fans
when Louisiana State university |
meets the University of Georgia
Bulldogs. November 16.
Chancellor S. V. Sanford of the
University System announced yes
terday the Louisiana senator hadl
wired him for 10,000 reservationsi
for the Tiger-Bulldog game here. |
ATLANTA-—After a heated ses—£
sion of the Fulton eounty board of‘
commissioners, re co mmendations
for governmental economy made’
by the recent grand jury today |
were in the board’s récords. |
Minority Leader George F. Long- l
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Roosevelt Farm Chief Is Here
For 3-Day Parley On Long-Range
Program For The Entire Country
Farmers Won't Lose on
New Loan Plan, Says
Secretary Wallace
BEGINS STUDIES
Talmadge, in Atlanta, Hits
At AAA Again Re
ceiving Delegation
A larger income from lint cotton
this year than in 1934 is expected
by Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace, who arrived here {o
day from Washington for a three
day conference on a long-range
farming program for the nation,
The secretary arrived in Athens
early this morning with a staff of
assistantg, including Assistant Sec
retary M. L. Wilson and immediptely
began work receiving reports from
agricultural studies that have been
made in thirteen southeastern
stateg during the last six months.
Meetings will be held twice daily
for the next three days at the agri
cultural college.
'~ Through a geries of such confer
‘ences, the secretary said, informa
tion will be obtained for formula
tion of a national agricultural pro
gram to maintdin reasonable bal
ance between production and con
sumption.
Attending the conference here
are directors of experiment sta
tions and extension services in the
’-13 states comprising this regional
territory. Bach of them has made
‘a survey of agricultural conditions
in his own state with special at
tention to crop plans, soil conser
vation, farm management and cur
-lent crop status.
Their reports are being submit
ted to Secretary Wallace and As
sistant Secretary Wilson for com
pilation in the national agricul-
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MANY RESERVATIONS
FOR LEGION BANQUET
Reservations for Legion-
Auxiliary Affair Already
Total 138
One hundred and thirty-eight
reservations have been made for
the banquet to be held tonight at
the Legion Log Cabin on Lump
kin street, preceeding installation
services of new officers of the
‘Allen R. Fleming, Jr., Post of
the American Legion and its aux
iliary. More reservations are ex
pected.
The banquet is under supervis
ion of D. Weaver Rridges, and
will begin at 7 o’clock. Immedi
ately after the banquet, Dr. H.
W. Birdsong will be installed as
commander of the Legion .post,
and Mrs. Jacob Brandt Joel will
be installed as president of the
auxiliary.
Howard Gordon of Danielsville,
immediate past Tenth district
commander, will be installing offi
lcer for the Legion, and Miss
Helen Estes of Gainesville will
officiate during installation of
Auxiliary officials, Miss Estes is
state president of the Auxiliary.
Dr. Birdsong succeeds Harold
"B. Hodgson as commander of the
post, and Mrs. Joel succeeds her
self.
Other officers of the Legion to
be installed tonight are Tony
Camarata, vice-commander; Mayo
C. Buckley, adjutant; Dr. H. B.
Hodgson, finance officer; M. C.
Dunlap, chaplain; Frank E.
Mitchell, service officer; and C.
P. Conway, sergeant-at-arms.
Auxiliary officers to be installed,
other than Mrs. Joel, are Mrs.
‘Harold B. Hodgson, first vice
president; Mrs. T. W. Paschall
second vice-president; - Mrs. Georgd ‘
Storey, recording secretay; Mrs.
W. W. Clary, corresponding sec-‘
lretary: Mrs. Tony Camarata,
| treasurer; Mrs. Bessie Lanier,l
| chaplain; and Mrs. C. D. Mec-|
{ Nelley, historian. {
. Among the outstanding Legion
' naires from other cities in the
‘state to be present tonight, is
'Ben T. Watkins, Macon, state
lcommander. He will be accom-
Ipanied by his wife. Walter White
. head, Carlton, and Stanley Jones,
lMacon. state adjutan'. will also
be present. gia !
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LEAGUE N ANOTHER
~GESSION AT GENEVA
Further Conferences on
Italo - Ethiopian Dispute
Called Today
GENEVA —(#)— After a day of
private discussion among its mem
bers, the League of Nations Coun=
cil was convoked for a further
conference on the Italo-KEthiopian
dispute this evening.
Originally, the time was set for 6
p. m. but later it was dropped
back an hour to permit the mem
bers to debate among themselves
a project for the establishment of
a special subcommittee to devote
itself to the dispute,
In the meantime, the word went
out that the executive committee
of the international federation of
trades unions, meeting here tomor-
I row, would discuss how organized
labor can paralyze Premier Musso
‘lini's Ethiopian enterprise if the
League fails to preserve the peace.
The federation represents most
|of the organized labor unions in
’Europe as well as many others
overseas,
! OWN CONCEPTION
] ROME—(P)—ltaly will impose its
own conception of civilizaton on
Ethiopia, official sources insisted
today.
These sources z‘zdded that Mus
solini is determined that Emperor
Haile Selassie shall not be left to
his own devices in his “backward
empire.”
f A government spokesman reiter
i ated that 11 Duce was not bluffing
| when he said recently “the nation
iis prepared to go ahead with the
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Roosevelt Orders Investigation
Of Why Veterans Were Not Moved
HYDE PARK, N. Y. — (#) —
President Roosevelt today directedl
immediate aideg to supervise relief
in the Florida hurricane area and to
investigate why adequate precay
tions apparently were not taken
to protect the veterans in work re
lief camps from the devastating
gale.
The president personally tele
phoned Frank T. Hines, Veterans'
administrator, and Harry L. Hop
kins, Works Relief administrator,
and asked that they name assist
ants to go immediately to the Flore
ida disaster scene. : : ;
T+ was announced that Colonel
George E. Ijams, assistant to Hines
would represent him in the relief
and investigation work. ; :
Mr. Roosevelt outlined three spe
cific points for the foderal leaders
FLORIDA GOVERNOR IS
INFORMED LT 0F
Passengers Rapidly = Re
moved From Stranded
Liner Dixie Today
URGE INVESTICATION
Florida Congressman Asks
Why Ex-Service Men
Were Left in Keys
(Copyright, 1935, By The
Associated Press) {
MIAMI, Fla.—Relief officials to
day estimated that the tropical
hurricane, sweeping terror and
destruction across the Florida keys,
left in its wake a death toll of
from 200 to 500 and it “may reach
1,000.”
W. P. Mooty advised his chief,
Governor Dvae Sholtz, from the
center of the storm area that fa
talities “may reach 1,000.” Other
sources have placed the number at
from 200 to 500, but the exact fig~
ure probably will not be known
until communication has been re
established with many marooned
points,
“Words eannot describe the hor
rible disaster,” Mooty said in a
telegram to the governor. “Every
one ag far south as Carabee colony
has been moved out. Injured first
'Now moving dead. Fifty so far.
Rebuilding bridges to rross Snake
Creek.”
Snake Creek cuts off the Mate-~
cumbe Keys, where the death toll
is expected to have been heaviest
Gov. Sholtz left by automobile
to tour the devastated area.
Hurricane Dwindles
The hurricane, dwindling in its
destructive powers, soared north
through Georgia as Florida rescue
corps quickly moved into the stric
ken regions where they were met
by scenes of horror and desola
tion.
Fifty-one bodies, “very few iden
tified,” lay in a morgue here, as
the difficult mission of bringl't;g
aid to the injuerd and maroon
vietims was speeded to the coastal
regions where the storm was most
gevere,
Countless injured were reported
strewn through the Vefs battered
and torn through almost four dags
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LOCAL WEATHER
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N and slightly ecool
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TEMPERATURE
Highest. ..o ceoe sses e T
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NOFMAL.v s sase i npcnnsts T
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0Ur5........ +6B
Total since September 1.... 547
Deficit since September 1.. .08
Average September rainfall 3:60 .
Total since January 1......36.07 °
Deficit since January 1.... ESO .
to perform. e
First, to see that tne injured vet. .
erans are promptly hospitalized. ng,&
understands the Red Cross is sup
plying food, clothing and shelter
but has offered to assist in this if
necessary. ; i
Second, to provide caskets for the
dead veterans and transportation
of their bodies. If the next of kin
desire, the body_will be sent home.
Otherwise, full mfltary funerals
probably will be arranged for Arl
ington National cemetery. :
Third, the president called m*.f
‘means to rehadfilitate the survivors
and then he insisted L auite swg
ly upon a study of why the vet
erans encamped along the Flom%fi
keys were not rescued in time and
why adequate precautions were not
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