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BISHOP AINSWORTH ~
MACON, Ga.-—(#)— Bishop W.
| Ainsworth, Southern Methodist
der, predicts unification of the
ree branches of American Meth
ism by 1940, ‘
He was a member of the national
int commission which met re
ntly in Chicago to work out a
w plan for merging the church
isions
In a statement last mnight the
khop said he believed the latest
ification proposal would be
enerally acceptable to the churcn
" He added that all sections and
ral interests of the Northern,
uthern and Methodist Protestant
anches would be “fully protect
» uynder the new jurisdictional
rangement
The plan, he said, will require
e vears for adoption by the
ree general conferences and, if
tified, “will make one church of
pht million members and the
gest ecclesiastical body in Am
ica.”
roop 7 to Meet at
Episcopa! Church at
.
7:30 Here Tonight
Troop No. 7 of the Emmanuel
iscopal church will resume its
eetings tonight at the church,
ider the supervision of Scout
ster David Cady Wright, assist
by E. N. McConnell,
It will be the regular meeting of
e troop, and will begin at 7:30
lock. All members are urged
be present tonight.
thens Boy Appointed
To West Point Friday
By President Roosevelt
Word was received here this
Orning via Associated Press that
arry White Trimble, jr., son of
@lor and Mrs. Harry Trimble,
s been appointed to West Point
President Roosevelt.
E’i‘m-g '.l‘l'imhle was a junior in
¢ns High school last year, and
k"-“—‘" up his senior high school
“k"’”l'in: the summer so as to
’j’ le to attend the University
}"“\lLl\l4>{,\r l I‘re>§hman this fall.
e o =“>_‘«i'l.<l.lng in his schol
iaaak fDe.(i‘dll.V science, and
R o ‘I(’l,()l(‘l during 1934-36
oy ar at Athens High. He
o L, & Teserve member of the
all team,
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oorehead, McCarty
Indcted for Murder
By U.S. Grand Jury
COLUMBUS, Ga. — A federal
ad jury of the middle district
Nited States ecourt, today return
first degree murder indictments
“nst X. L. Moorehead and Fred
‘Carty, hoth of Athens, in con
ction with the killing of Roy
hipman on the Post Office build
€ steps in that city.
The indictments were returnea,
long with some 200 eothers, just
tfore the grand jury adjourned.
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War Veterans In Florida Storm
" ASHINGTON —(#)— & sharp}
rence’ of offieials opinjon on
, 'S for delay in removing vet- |
1S from the path of the Florida
| 'cane existed today as Ameri
" legion inquiries were started to |
f the blame.
iV L. Hopkins, federal relief
CHNistrator, sajd the weather re-
Ndicated the storm was
| PPing all around there and no
‘¥ could have known where it
% going to hig”
,ot Charles €. Clark, acting
| " of the weather bureau, said
F arnings all indicated the trend
£ N 8 storm, &
jnnn:zyl Cary T. Grayson, Red
S chief, agreed with Clark. He
,;z‘ " weather forecasts were so
. .. hat his organization had am
* time to prepare for relief work.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Roosevelt Declares New Deal Basic Program
Has Now Reached “Substantial Completion”
GIN OPERATOR BOUND
OVER HERE; FIRST OF
CASES N THIS STATE
Ivy Freeman Posts Bond
. For $5,000 Pending
Jury Action
RETURNS INVOLVED
Government Charges Frau
dulent Gin Reports and
Failure to Collect Tax
Ivy Freeman of Royston, opera
tor of a ginnery, today was bound
over to a federal grand jury
charged with making fraudulent
tax returns wunder the Bankhead
cotton control law and failure to
collect gin tax on fifty-one bales
of cotton,
The defendanr pested a $5,000
bond, fixed by U. S. Commissioner
Sarah K. Hawkins.
Government agents closed the
Freeman gin yesterday following
his arrest.
W. G. Cornet:, Athens attorney,
who represented the defendant ob-
Jected to the bond fixed by the
commissioner as “excessive” and
“unconstitutional”, but the objec~
tion did not prevail.
Government representatives said
U. 8. District Attorney Hoyt
Davis at Macon had requested that
the bonid be not less than $5,000.
Mr. Freeman’s case is the first
of its kind that has been tried in
Georgia,
Representatives of the internal
revenue office who were here for
the trial intimated that others will
follow, howevtr.
Charges Falsity
The government charges that Mr.
Freeman made false tax returns
of cotton of tihs and last year's
crops. :
J. H. Carter and J. C. Doyal,
cotton warefiousemen of Royston
testified as to receipt of the cot
ton and produced records to sub
stantiate the government’s claim.
C. M. Neal, deputy internal reve
enue collector and W. E. Perry,
who holds a similar, position, also
gave testimony in, the case.
The former produced records to
support the government's claim
that Freeman, after ginning the
cotton in question, reported that
the weight was less than it act
ually was, and failed to collect
taxes on the full weight. -
Freeman entered a denial.
The gin tax regulations adopted
by congress, in support of the
Bankhead cotton control legisla
tion, requires that ginners collect
a tax on all cotton ginned which
is not exempted.
Each farmer who signs a cotton
control contract is permitted to
raise a certain number of bales,
based upon a five-year average for
the farm ‘involved.
Gin crtificates, exempting such
cotton from taxation, are issued by
the agricultural department. TUn
less a bale of cotton is covered by
an exemption certificate, the farm
er must pay a tax on each pound
pbale. Last year the tax was
slightly less than six cents per
pound. This year it is- six cents
per pound.
Purpose of Law
The gin tax law was enacted by
congress to protect farmers who
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Georgia Gets 11,623
More Jobs Under WPA
WASHINGTON—(®P)—A total of
11,623 jobs have been created in
Georgia through the Works Relief
program, Harry L. Hopkins, relief
chief amnounced last night. He
said 837,563 jobs had been provided
in the entire country.
In Georgia, 10,253 have received
work on WPA programs and 1,370
on other jobs.
[sa.id “gisat carelessness some
where” was responsible for the tra
gedy.
The Amreican Legion investiga
tion was ordered by Frank N. Bel
grano, national commander of the
| American Legion. He appointed
Howard P. McFarlan of Tampa,
IFla.. past department commander
:;of the state, to make the inquiry—
g“complete, unbiased and impart
ial.”
Hopkins, in whose FERA camps
| the veterans were stationed, not
| only blamed the weather reports,
| but said the men in the camps were
sent to Florida to help the state
| highway commission and were
| technically in the care of the
| Florida relief administration.
| “Wherever we had a camp,’
State Commander
Addresses Banquet
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BEN T. WATKINS
PEACE MOVE FAIL
AT LEAGUE SESSION
Leaders Reassured, How
ever, Italy Does Not In
tend Leaving League
(By the Associated Press)
An effort by leaders of the
League of Nations to formulate a
sub-committee to deal with the
Italo-Ethiopian dispute failed but
private discussions of the situa
tion continued among the dele
gates.
| The delegates were represented
tas reassured by word from Rome
that Thursday’s walkout from the
lcouncil by the Italian representa
tives was not preliminary to Italy’s
'resignatlon from the League,
| More Italian troops were moved
{toward East Africa as Italy con
;tlnued warlike preparations. In
| Addis Ababa surprise was express
led over the Italian stand against
treating f.ahiopia as a League me
|mber on an equal footing. ‘
| Representatives of the In_terna.-i
}tional Trades Unions congress,
| meeting at Geneva, passed a reso
[lution condemning aggression in
?Ethiopia. and asking the League of
| Nations to invoke penalties against
lan aggressor. In England, William
lKean, president of the British
Trades Unions Congress, pledged
Iworkers to the support of thel
| League of Nations. I
‘Warner Martin, the Ethiopian
'minister to London, was reported
{as admonished by the British For
eign office for making a speech
lcriticizing Premier Mussolini and
i Italy.
GENERALH. B, LEE
T 0 HEAD VETERANS
Ninety-Year-Old Tennes
see Veteran |ls Chosen at
Amarillo Reunion
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—(®)— Hav
ing whetted his appetite for ad
venture with three years in the
War Between the States and seven
years in the British Navy, Gen.
Harry Rene Lee, newly -elected
commander-in-chief of the United
Confederate Veterans, is ready to
80 to war again,
The outspoken Confederate wvet
eran, now in his 90th year, was
elevated to the highest post of the
U. C. V. yesterday at the organi
zation’s annual convention at Am
arillo, Texas.
Gen. Lee, who is secretary of
the Tennessee Confederate Pension
board, in recently relating his mil
itary experiences, said “I'’ve- been
all over the world.”
Still retaining his zest for ae
tion, he added, “if there's ever any
more trouble, I’'m going,” saying,
“T may not be worth a hoot, but
if Tm not, T can peel potatoes—
my address is going to be the A,
u
! Three years as a Confederate
| soldier left him a restless printer
|in Texas. He hopped a boat for
| England and there enlisted under
tthe Union Jack flag.
As a British sailor he went to
;Egypt, the Samoa Islands and
| many other distant lands.
! He recently said his most inter
!esting experience in Egypt was
| “marching all night in sand four
‘,inches deep and all singing “Anna
Laurie.”
Gen. Lee was awarded the vic
toria Cross, on which was inseribed
“for service far qxeeed!ng the call
of duty” as a reward for his hero-
Athens, Ga., Friday, September 6, 1935.
LEGION, ~ AUXILIARY
OFFICERS INSTALLED
AT BANQUET MEET
Dr. H. W. Birdsong Heads
Legion, Mrs. Jacob B.
Joel, Auxiliary
WATKINS SPEAKS
State Commander Woat
kins, State President
Estes Are Present
By F. M. WILLIAMS
New Officers of the Allen R.
Fleming Post of the American
Legion and the Legion Auxiliary
were installed at a joint meeting
held at the Legion Log Cabin on
Lumpkin street, last night, in the
presence of approximately 125
people.
Dr. H. W. Birdsong was in
stalled as commander of the Le
gion post, and Mrs. Jacob Brandt
Joel president of the auxiliary.
Preceeding installation services,
a banquet was held in the Cabin.
There were 116 registered for the
banquet, but several people who
were not Legionnaires failed to
give their names Wwhen tickets
were purchased.
Immediate Past Tent District
Commander Howard Gordon, of
Danielsville, was installing officer
for the Legion, and Miss Helen
Estes, of Gainesville, state presi
dent of the Auxiliary, was install
ing -officer for that organization.
State Commander Ben T. Wat
kins, of Macon; State Vice-Com
mander Walter Whitehead, of
Carlton: and State Adjutant Stan
ley Jones, Macon, Wwere present
for the banquet and installation
services. All were introduced dur
ing the meeting.
Praises Post .
l “For the past two years Athens
has done wonderful work, and the
state organization points with
pride at the Allen R. Fleming
Post,” State Commander Watkins
‘said. “p want to ask and urge
‘everyone here tonight to aid in
' making 1936 the best Legion year
in history, and if all posts co
operate like this one, 1 know we
can do it,” he continued.
Commander Watkins also said
'he wanted the people of Athens to
do everything possible to make“
the 1936 convention, which Wwill
be held here, the best in history,
but warned that they would have
to go some to beat the one held
in Macon a few weeKks ago.
Retiring commandeér of the local
post, Harold B. Hodgson, intro
duced several guests, including
Vice-Commander Whitehead, Ad
jutant Jones, Mr. Gordon, and
Miss Moina Michael.
The meeting was then turned
over to Mrs. Jacob Brandt Joel,
president of the Auxiliary, who
introduced Miss Estes, who made
%, few remarks. Miss Estes praised
the Legion and Auxma,ry for its
work in making a city park and
playground possible, and also
praised the Auxiliary for its great
work in the state organization.
Auxiliary officers were installed
by Miss Estes. They are Mrs.
Jacob Brandt Joel, president; Mrs.
H. B. Hodgson, first vice-presi
dent; Mrs. T. W. Paschall, sec
ond vice-president; Mrs. Tony
Camarata, treasurer; Mrs. W. W,
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STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press «
ATLANTA.—The National Fed
eration of Post Office Clerks fav
ors consolidation of United States
Postal Clerks’ organizations and
affiliation with the American Fed
eration of Labor.
The wish was expressed in a
resolution adopted here yesterday.'
It is aimed at amalgamation of
the United Association of Post
Office Clerks, unaffiliated, with the
national federation which already
has an A. F. of L affiliation.
*ln the past, efforts at the con
solidation have failed and the un
affiliated group voted last August
against any union with the A. F.
of L.
GAINESVILLE.—The 100-foot
dam of the Dunlap plant of the
Georgia Power company on Chat
tahoochee river near here broke
yssterday, releasing imrounded
waters, but the accident was re
ported as of little conseqrience.
FPower ‘company otficials ex
plained the lake above the dam
was largely filled with sand and
mud. The dam was built in 1800
of timber and rock and was re
paired once about twelve years
ago. A 20-foot gap appeared in it
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CULLY A. COBB
A COTTON LEADER
HERE FOR MEETINGS
Cully Cobb Arrives This
Morning; Conferences to
Continue
Intent upon obtaining first hand
crop information as the basis for
a ‘“scientific approach” to future
crop adjustment programs, Secre
tary of Agriculture Wallace heard
further reports today from south
‘ern agricultural leaders.
Various crop figures amnd esti
mates are being given him, in ex
ecutive sessions to provide. him
with” @ comprehensive jdea of the
south’s aggcultuml needs, a spok
esman said. Thirteen southern
states are, represented at the meet~
ing.
Secretary Wallace has attended
similar conferences in other sec
tions of the country and will go
to Connecticut from here.
Cully A. Cobb, chief of the cot
ton section of the AAA, arrived
today to participate in the ses
sions. Asked how the cotton belt
farmers were responding to the
new ten-cent cotton loan program,
he replied:
“Very favorable, They recognize
the program as a producers’ pro
gram.” :
1 Secretary Wallace is expected to
address the conference at its clos
ing session tomorrow. '
MacDonald Says Road
Controversy Is Ended
WASHINGTON—(#)—Thomas H
MacDonald, federal roads chief, let
it be known today he considered
the Georgia highway controversy
settled. : -
. While declining to comment on
announcement in Atlanta that the
long dispute was terminated, the
road chief indicated Georgia's pro
gram would proceed the same as
other state programs.
The differences between the
federal roads bureau and the
Georgia Highway board revolved
about a bureau contention that the
Georgia raod building organization
was inadequate to handle the huge
federal-state road program. s
Although the plant, with four
dynamos capable of producing
volts, is kept in condition for
operation if needed, it has been
virtuaily abandoned for the past
six wyears. The break had iittle
effect on the river level.
ATLANTA. — Chattanooga was
matched with Waverly, Fla., today
in a semi-final match of the
Southeastern FERA Diamond
Ball tournament with the winner
slated to play Atlanta (Trammell
Scott) tomorrow for the cham
pionship. The Chattanooga team
advanced by defeating Atco, Ga.,
6 to 3.
CAMP PERRY, Ohio.—George
L. Fuller, 17-year-old Georgian
from Augusta, has carried off top
honors in the group “A” match of
the Junior Rifle Corps held as a
preliminary to the National Rifle
Matches opening here tomorrow.
Fuller shot a 282 out of a possible
300 on the small bore range for
first place.
MILLEN.—The Millen FERA
has been closed with the excep
ke L S l‘:-
ROOGEVELT POSITION
15 UNANSWERABLE,
CEN. NORRIS SAYS
Veteran Liberal Senator
From Nebraska Com
ments on Statement
STOCK MARKET UP
Capitol Hill Democrats
Clad President’s Course
Is Indicated
WASHINGTON — (#) — T h e
statement of President Roosevelt,
made public today, that the New
Deal's “basic program’” had reach
ed ‘“substantial completion” and
that a “breathing spell” for in
‘dustry is here, was greeted gladly
by leaders of his party.
Disagreement as to the value of
the administration program in busi
ness improvement, however, was
expressed by opposition leaders. .
Assertions similar to the presi
dent's had already been made, by
some of those familiar with his
ideas but they appreciated more
public attention would be paid by
word from the president himself
than what they had said.
Boosts Market !
It was noted that the stock mar
ket moved quietly higher at the
start today.
Skepticism wasg evident in some
opposition quarters, however, where
the New Deal hag been described
as hostile to the Constitution it
self. In general, some leaders of
both parties preferred to withhold
detailed public comment for a study
of the unusual letter to Roy W,
Hdward, publisher of the Scripp-
Howard newspapers.
| Ever since early in the last ses
sion, some Capitol Hill Democrats
had been insisting that the time
had come for the president to yield
some of his extraordinary powers,
!granted because of the emergency.
| These had said they would be
{gratitied by such a statement as
{ today’s. While it would not mean
the president was surrendering the
powers he already had, they con
| tended, it would have two effects:
}First, give assurance that he in
| tended to ask fer no more and,
second, make if difficult for hlm‘
lto get more authority—which they
| opposed—even if he should change
| his mind and seek it.
| “If it hadn’t been for the New
| Deal, recovery would now be much
]further advanced.” remarked Rep-l
,resentative Snell, the Republican,
i leader at Potsdam, N. Y.
| He shared the view often ex
| pressed by some of his colleagues,
|that Husiness ' improvemnt of late
. has been “in spite of the New Deal,
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CHI PS{ALUMN N
ATHENS "CUE HOSTS
Athenians Hosts This Af
ternoon to National Fra
ternity Convention
The Athens Alumni Association
of the Chi Psi fraternity will be
hosts Friday to the delegates and
visitors of the Chi Psi national
convention which is being held
this week at the Biltmore hotel
in Atlanta.
The entire convention will
move to Athens Friday afternoon
in buses. They will come by way
of Stone Mountain and give full
opportunity for the visitors from
other states to get a yiew of that
{ magnificent sight. They will gath
er in Athens at the fraternity
'house on Hill street. Alumni
from other Georgia cities will also
meet at the fraternity house and
then adjourn to Cooper’s Spring
for the barbecue. Plates for 125
will be laid.
While here the representatives
of other colleges will inspect the
University of Georgia and visit
points of interest in Athens.
| There are college men in the group
from the larger universities all
wover the country from Bowdoin
ecollege in Maine to the Univer
| sity of Oregon.
i The Chi Psi fraternity is the
oldest college fraternity having a'
chapter at the University of
Georgia. It was founded at Un
-1‘0“ college, Schenectady, N. Y.,
in 1841. The Georgia chapter was
it‘ounded in 1890. The fraternity
| holds a national gonvention every
| year although Atlanta has not
| had one since 1895 and the sou
| thern members are very happy to
have the visitors come south
again.
The local alumni are W. Dean
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GITY RoKS 560,732
PWA LOANS, GRANTS
Incinerator Project Listed
At $35,000; Civic Hall
Project, $27,782
ATLANTA — (#) — Applicationg
for PWA projects in Georgia today
had reached the $1,000,000 mark
with the filing of applications for
picjects totaling $2,324,231 yester
day.
All Georgia projectg must be in
Washington by September 7 to get
in under President Roosevelt's
| deadline.
. The list of yesterday's projects
included:
Athens Incinerator, $35,000 loan
and grant; Athens Civic Hall, $25,-
782 grant (all grants 45 per cent of
total.) i
Brunswick yacht basin and boat
house at St. Simons Island, $37,717
loan and grant,
Applications by the Board of Re
gentg for grants included: Athens
dormitories and classrooms, $453,-
000; Tifton, auditorium, $35,000 and
Valdosta dormitory, $35,000. All ex
cept the Athens project are revi
sions. |
FOREIGN NEWS ON
THUMBNAIL
By The Associated Press
GENEVA. — Representatives of
the Internmational Trades Unions
congress, in session here, called on
the League of Nations to invoke
sanctions against an aggressor or
in'the Italo-Ethiopian dispute and
plédged the workers to join in
such action,
PARlS—Havas News Agency re
ported the resighation of the cabi
net of Lithuania and the forma
tion of ' a new government with
General Caplikas as premier.
BERLIN.—Hansg Heinrich Lam
mers, state secretary of the Reich
chancellery, resigned under Nazi
pressure as leader of the Federa
tion of Student Fraternities.
MELBOURNE—Sir Frank Clarke,
president of the Victoria state
legislative council, told a Japanese
good-will mission that Australia
would look askance at Japaness
expansion southward.
Cooperation of Farmers Made
AAA Success, Warburton Says
By KATHERYN SEAGRAVES
Dr. C. W. Wamburton, head of
the Agricultural Extension Depart
ment for the U. S. in Washing
ton, D. C., said yesterday at the
Lions’ Igyncheon at the Holman
that it )“ through the cooperation
of the farmers that the AAA has
been put over and is working suc
cessfully.
Dr. Warburton, principal speak
er at the luncheon where Secre
tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal-'
lace was honor guest, traced the
history of the agricultural exten
sion service, from its beginning in
the middle of the nineteenth cen
tury o a small scale to its enlarged
extensive service now. i A
“In 1862, he said, “the Morrill
Act set aside certain public lands
to provide endowment funds for
NaathTs “BREATHING
aPELLFOR INDUSTAY
DEFIMTELY ARRIVED
Conditions Now Such as
To Offer “‘Substantial,
Widespread Recovery'*
REPLIES TO HOWARD
President Says Basic Con
fidence of the Masses
Has Been Recovered
HYDE PARK — (#) — President
Roosevelt today declared the New
Deal’'s “basic program’” had reach
ed ‘“‘substantial completion” and a
“breathing spell” for industry ‘is
here—very decidedly so.”
He asserted further “that at this
moment conditions are such as te
offer substantial and widespread
recovery.”
The president gave his views in
a letter to Roy W. Howard, pub«
lisher of the Scripps-Howard news
papers, who reported fears of busi
ness men and asserjed, “there is
need to undg the damage that has
been done by misinterpreterg of the
New Deal.” /
In perhaps his most complete ex
position of his administration and
his ideas for the future, the presi
dent said he claimed no “magician’s
wand,” but “we do claim that we
have helped to restore that public
confidence which now offers so
substantial a foundation for our
recovery.
“I take it,” he wrote, “that we are
all not merely geeking but getting
the recovery of confidence, not
merely the confidence of a small
groupn, but that basic confidence on
the part of the mass of our popu
lation, in the soundness of our
economic life and in the honesty
and Jjustice of the purposes of itg
economic rules and methods,”
Howard discarded hostility from
“financial racketeers, public ex
ploiters, and the sinister forces
spawned by special privilege,” but
asserted that many business men
of “patriotism and sense of public
service” belleved the wealth tax
bill “revenge on business” and ex
pected a ‘“recess from further ex
perimentation until the country
can recover its losses.” ;
Duty to Clarify T
Mr. Roosevelt replied that he
would disregard “skeptics” and
“those actuated by a spirit of po
litical partisanship,” but he believ«
ed it a “duty to clarify our pur
poses” to “critics who are honest
and non partisan and who are will
ing to discuss and to learn.” ’
Informing Howard that the “brea
thing spell” of which he spoke is
here, the president stated:
“It is a source of great satis-
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the furthering of agricultural ex
periment.” Sl e
Dr. Warburton also discussed
the Smith-Hughes act, which prq-,,f"‘:fif
vides aid for vocational education.
Both Smith and Hughes were from
Georgia. Dr. “Warburton then
pointed out the minor acts by
Senator George, also of Georgia,
which have been an advantage for
the farmer. ks
The speaker veiced the hope that
4-H club work can be lengthened
and strengthened and pointed out
that from actual reports more ex
tension work was done in Georgia
in 1934 than in any previous year. .
“In some communities,” he said
“the county agent has a hard time, -
but as people become better acs
lqualnted with its workings m
