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LOCAL COTTON C————" MIDDLING . cco coenes enien . 1030 PREVIOUS GLOSE .. .... 10%c . 103. No. 221. Dr. Henry Shinn ddresses Rotary [uncheon Group 3 q.\'r,';"e"'{]v: “ R : S RS R 3 PR - ; ; | lfiz’:;.,' . |R L - mgme sl el - | ol s e G ] b 0 - { e g i > B ig‘ 3 sttty { N e s b e T ’ iy e EARE v, iR B S L ; g s R oy AR : | 4 ;‘% DG R | 3 Rl ":y. Ak o g 3 i TR R PN ; ERTe s T ‘4.\” i | A, ¢ ; B o R B R pR. HENRY A. SHINN pr. Henry A. Shinn, professor in ye Lumpkin Law School of the miversity, Wednesday delivered an xceedingly interesting address be ore members of the Rotary club at peir weekly luncheon at the Geor jan hotel. L . gome of the central thoughts in Dr. Shinn's address yes rerday at the Rotary clhub jtnecheon follow: WAGING NEUTRALITY A score aul more of years Aago, he world powers brought forth at ersailles a l.eague of Nations, ounded on the prineiple that ail nternational contentions sheu'd e settled by a World Court. We re today testing in . dark Africa vhether that principle shall stand yr fall The Italian invasion of Othiopia is - more than «nother pssault upon Africa and the Lea e of Nations. It is a final blast weainst all the hopes for world eace that were built on the ruins f the Great War. There ‘are four alternatives -on which to establish international elations: We may treat each na jon as an absolute law unto it gelf Under+ this system there vould be no {treaties or 'interna ional laws among the nations. 'his would be a reversion to tri al days and anarchy among Sov reignties. i R 2 Second, the nations of the world ould revert to the empire build ng days when Alexander the ireat, a Julius Caesar, or a Louis vapolecn ruled over all. But his ory reveals .that amicable adjust ients of international differences ave never been attained by em ire builders. The great Bismarck initiated a hird alternative to secure world eace. On the balance of power heory, the nations were equally ivided, and each side was pitted gainst the other as a means of f:“‘ lishing world peace. This neory resulted in armament aces which were continually up (Continued On Page Three) R e —— . thenian Elected . McDuffie County’s Farm Demonstrator Theodore Frisbee who has been I some time assistant to County gent L. 8. Wiatson here, has ten elected county agent for Me uffie county to succeed Jomes urw»fll, who is now connected with ¢ State Experiment Station. Mr. Frishee is a graduate of the hiversity agricultural college and as tackle on the football team. s eleetion took place yesterday 'ien a delegation of MecDuffie itizens, headed by State Senator “indall Evans and Ordinary J. Dunn came to Athens to confer ith him, Thomson, the home of the late lomas E. Watson is the county at of McDuffie. harge Rally to Be Held September 29 At Prospect Church ‘ D. L. Hagood, pastor of the Fliens circuit charge, announces plat harge rally will be held on ' fifth Sunday, Seprember 29, at “bect church. The four church- E charge will meet at Pros ;,.' irch at 3 o’clock in the as “ sbecial progfam has been plan ¢ With the following speakers: | - loy Bond of Winterville and +“drion Feagle, manager of the livizion of the Metropoli "l Life Insurdnee company. SPecial musie will be given. A wd is expected to attend _ interested in the program e church aré urged to come. R R P . R thens Kiwanians To Attend 'Winder Meet; Nix to Speak A large delegation of Athens Mans, led by President R. R. "1, of the loeal club, planned 4y to attend tonight’s seventh _SlOn meeting at Winder. seventh division is com et of Athens, Elberton, Toccoa, Jlimerce, Cornelia, Gainesville, ‘"renceville and. Winder clubs. Abit Nix will be the principal Aker at tonight's meeting. J&l Carithers, president of the nder club, will preside. . - ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL DRAFTS REPORT WARNING ITALY AND ETHIOPIA EAGT GEORGIA SEEKS LITTLE TVA PROJECT ON SAVANNAH RIVER Board of Engineers Named By Roosevelt to Conduct Hearing in Augusta DATE IS OCTOBER 2 Streams in Southeastern Part of State Would Be Harnessed (Editor's Note: A board of engineers appointed by Pres ident Rosevelt, will c-aduct 'a hearing in Augusta, Ga., Octo ber 2, on a proposal for a “Lit tle TVA” development on the Savannah river in that section, The following article on the proposed development was written by Sam Moss, manag ing editor, the Augusta Her ald). AUGUSTA, Ga. — () — East Georgia will ask a special board which meets here October 2 ta turn the Savannah river into a little TVA, harnessed for naviga-« tion, flood control and power. Like the TVA, the aim is to tame one of the southeast's most turbulent streams to do man’s bidding. . Unlike the great experiment in the Tennessee Valley, there is no sharp conflict over the proposal here. All forces, including the Georgia Power company, which owns much of the land to be flood ed by the development, are work ing heartily toward the goal which will involve an initial out lay of $17,600,000 for one .of the nation’s biggest dams at Clark's Hill, S. C,, 22 miles above Au- Fantd T e Complete Data Before Colonel Earl 1. Brown of the army engineers; Roger Mc- Whorter, chief engineer of the Federal Power commission, and Sherman Woodward of the Nat jonal Resources board, named by President Franklin D. Rosoevelt to make the study, Augusta en thusiasts will lay complete data showing the desirability of the project, and the unanimous sup port of South Carolina and Geor gia counties ‘bordering and nearby the river. The proposal, already stamped by Colonel Brown's office as prac tical following a study by engi neers from Savannah under Lieu tenant Colonel Creswell Garling ton of the army engineers, would remake the economic map of the (Continued on Fage Two) A.H.S. Senior Class Ballots for Cfficers Members of the senior class of Athens High school today ballot« ted for officers for the ensuing vear, electing a president and sec retary, with a run-over race being necessary to select a vice-presi dent and treasurer. Thomas Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Gibson, was elected president, and Miss Alice Cabaniss, dzughtor of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Cabanisa,’ was named secretary. in the run-over races to be held are Miss Frances Brandon, daugh ter of Mrs. Frances H. Brandon, and Robert Horne, son of Mrs. O. W. Horne, candidates for vice president, and Miss Martha Whit aker, daughter of Mrs. Martha Whitaker, and Robert Hodgson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morton S. Hodgson, sr., candidates for treas urer. STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press ATLANTA—The Atlanta federa tion of trades adopted a resolution last night attacking the activities of Governor Eugene Talmadge and the American Liberty League “ini opposition to labor legislation andl New Deal policies to improve llv-i ing conditions.” } “Agitation over alleged violations | of the constitution,” the resolu tion said, "is x X X particularly inappropriate on the part of Eu gene Talmadge as he has disregard | the constitution of Georgia.” ! ATLANTA—A downward trendi of tax rates in Georgia is revealed[ by figures in the state auditor’s de—l partment which show that 22 coun ties have reduced millage this year. An increase was reported in 13 «counties. h Bl A On the basis of present indica mlaml v nm—*,h-”“" m ate digest will #-«:‘sflw*fi i‘%'rw prv. Faces Chair in Wife’s Canoe Death T ———————————————————————————————————————————— sPy e a 0 . & g e FEEE R R LR e e 3@& eR e L . .o~ s e . 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J.—{#) Margaret Kerston, 15-year-old girl critically ill with a ruptur ed appendix, was removed to a hospital today after her mother vielded to the pleas of priests, physicians and police to aban tan, had stubbornly refused all treatment for her daughter. The mother, Mrs, Anna Kers- hn, had stubbonly refused all night to consent to an opera tion which Dr. William Mec- Cormick said was needed im- mediatel WINTER ROARS INTO MIDDOLE WEST TODAY Cold Wave Is Expected to Hit Southeast Within Two or Three Days ' (By the Associated Pres;) Winter roared into the Middle West today bringing freezing wea ther to Montana, North and South Dakota. : The cold weather was due to cover the Great Lakes region and the section immediately south of there by tomorrow and slip into New England by Saturday, the At lanta weather bureau said. The mercury dropped from 15 to 34 degrees in the Middle West to day as an area of high barometric pressure moved eastward from Montana and Canada. —'Viv'[irnnéépolis, where a low of 74 was reported yesterday, register ed a 40 today. Low temperatures reported to day included 24 at Havre, Montana; 30 at Williston, N. D.; 32 at Moore head, Minnesota; 34 at Huron, S D. f Effect of the cold area was to be felt in the southeast within two or three days. the weather bureau said. 320,000,000, The last digest was $1,037,000,000. . ‘ | DALTON—Dalton’s caddy strike ]is over. The golfers won. | l The caddies went back to work at the old rate of 25 cents for nine lholes. They had demanded 35 |cents. Local golfers put on a strike of their own, by refusing to yield to the caddies’ demands. Some car | ried their own clubs; some quit playing for duration of the strike: others substituted sons, nephews .land young friends for the strikers. | FORSYTH—The treasury of the | gophomore class at Bessie Tift col | lege for Women is $3.25 richer to | day, thanks to the sale to Gover nor- Eugene Talmadge of an as |sortea group of mosquitoes, grass g ,w;,w*.th' 2 """.“".- ~~u’§, ' T‘L V‘, L e MR N s T O L e Athens, Ga., Thursday, September 26, 1935 Clothing of Defendant s Introduced Today As Exhibit WORCESTER, Mass, — (#) — The prosecution attempted today to disprove the contention of Newell P. Sherman, 26-year-old choir sin ger and scoutmaster, that he con fessed under duress the drowning of hig young wife. The purported confession was ad mitted in evidence yesterday over defens protests after Sherman had declared the drowning was acci dental. Both Lieut. Edward J. McCarthy, state detectice, and Corporal Ro bert Thompson of the state police testified under direct and cross ex amination that Sherman fraely ad mitted h eoverturned a canoe and drowned his wife to permit his wooing of ksther Magill, 18, Whit insville machine shop worker, Introduction as exhibits of the clothing Sherman wore on the fatal night showed he dressed himself in blue denim overalls gnd a work shirt befcre he took Alice Sher man higz 22-year-old wife and mo ther of hiz two children on her first and last canoe ride. VALUE OF TOURIST TRAFFIC 1S SHOWN Athens Chamber of Com merce Points to Profit Shared by Business Athens business men were being shown today by the chamber of rommerce how tourist dollars are distributed with the aim of unit- ing all lines of activity here in promoting a larger volume of tour ist traffic into this community. The information is printed on a leaflet by the chamber of com merce and distributed to four hundred business and professional men and women. The tourist information sheet is the first of a series to be distrib uted among business men, Secre tary Joel A. Wier said, Next month the organization will show what the “Convention Dollar Means to Athens”. The leaflet shows, according to U. 8. Department of Commerce figures, that retail merchants get twenty-six cents of the average tourist dollar spent jin a town; restaurants and cases get twenty one cents, hotels and camps, sev enteen cents; gasoline and oil twelve cents; theaters, other amusements, nine cents; transpor-‘ tation, rail, taxi, seven cents; con fectionaries, five cents while threei cents is spent for incidentals. A tourist car averages three persons, the chamber ~f{ commerce points out, so that every 100 tour-| ist cars coming into Athens for the night means. that Athens is SI,OOO better off. The leaflet states that Roger Babson estimates the touris business will be four billion (Continued on Page Three) —ESTABLISHED 1888 American Legion Renews Demand For Bonus Payment At St. Louis Conwvention Officers for Coming Year To Be Elected at Meet Later Today MELTON IN RACE Four Other Candidates in Race for Commander: Cleveland Chosen . By HOWARD W. FLIEGER - Associated Press Staff Writer . CONVENTION HALL, St. Louis —{P}—lShouting approval, the na }_tional convention of the American \nglons today renewed its demand ;ta!; immdediate cash paymant of }‘tm soldiers’ honus, g Delegates and visiting Legion t;na:ares who packed the convention ~hall roared a unanimous vote in fayor of a three paragraph reso- Jution that scorned: the vetoed Patman bonus inflation bill. Loud but brief discussion pre ceded the action, featured by pro longed booes directed = against Representative Wright Patman, of Texas, author of the bonus infla tion bill vetoed by President Roosevelt at the last congressional sessjon, Finlally Wins Cheers . Patman, ardent supporter of in flation of the currency as a means of payment of adjusted compensation certificates, finally won cheers when he concluded a five minute argument with the statement that the method of payment was secondary to the main issue. The resolution as introduced and passed, follows: "“Be it resolved”: I—We request immediate cash payment of the adjusted service certificates at face wvalue, with 'c&béllauon. oi accrued interest on Joans, and refund of interest pald, and do hereby reaffirm the main convention resolution on this sub ject. : 9—We , request the immediate favorable action of the congress, and the approval of the President of “the United States, upon this clear ctit and single issue without having it complicated or confused by other issues of government fi- (Continued on Fage Two) HURRICANE MOVING SOUTH OF FLORIDA Fully Developed Tropical Storm s Moving Slowly Toward Mexico JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — ® — A fully developed tropical hurri cane today moved slowly toward the Peninsule of Yuecatan in Mexi Its position was charted at 10 a. m. by the weather bureau as about 190 mileg slightly north of east of Cape Gracias a Dios, Nica ragua, and its movement was ap parently northwestward, a change in course since last night’s advi sory when it was reported going westward. “This fully developed hurricane is moving very slowly and appar ently is changing the direction of its movement,’ said the weather bureau’s morning advisory. T The storm was reported increas iny slowly in area and intengity The present position of the cen ter was some 600 miles south south west 'of the extreme tip of Florida Vessels were warned to exercise (Continued on Page Thre#) LOCAL WEATHER Increasing cloud- \\\\“ ness tonight fol-_ S lowed by showerspy Ag \\\ Friday and prob- . R - ably in northwest r}\\\ ; portion late to-siCINY THER | ight and Friday gaßO\Nd A cooler Friday ancig = in northwest and | extreme no’rth =, portions in after- //éfi\ noon. cLOUDY TEMPERATURE Bigheat. .o foso oo a 8 RO L a 0 BRI s wBBO OIS L. oo sais viis wansnedVlo RAINFALL Incheg last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 Total since September 1.... 1.96 Deficit since September 1.. 1.18 Average September rainfaij 3.50 Total since January 1......37.39 Deficit since January 1..... 2.66 ‘ Sen. J. Hamilton Lewis ' Suffers Relapse in Night; | Condition Grows Worse | MOSCOW _— (#) — Senator J. ! Hamilton Lewis of Illinois suffer ]ed-a relapsé during the night and ' his' condition today gave rise to | new apprehension over his condi !tlon, the first sign of a spread of ithe pneumona to his left Jung hav ling been noted. . | Dr. A. Rumreich, physician for [the United States embassy, issued | this bulletin shortly after noon: | + “There was a relapse during the inight. The first sign of a spread .of broncho-pneumonia appeared in a small area of the lower left lung. A little pleurisy also was noted in ithe left lung. There was some im- Epr{)vement in the condition of the | right lung. The temperature has | risen somewhat, The heart action E\vus fairly strong.” | In the afternoon, his \physicians (Continued on Page Three) North Wales Family to Be Guests Of Rotary Club Here Friday Night Informal Ladies Night Party to Be Held at Georgian Hotel By SAM WOODS Mr. and Mrs. D, Cule Lewis and their son, David, of Llandudno, South Wales, will be honor guests at an informal Ladies Night party ‘given by the- Rotary “club Friday night at 7 o'clock at the Georgian hotel. They will arrive in Athens Fri day morning from (reensboro, N. C., and while in Athens will be the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Morton S. Hodgson, sr. Their son, David, will be at the home of fMr. and Mrs. Abit Nix. ; Friday morning Rotarians will motor Mr. Lewis and his son to Elberton, where they will spend the morning touring that section. | They will be joined by Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson and Mrs. Lewis at noon and will attend a luncheon of Elberton Rotarians. ‘ In the afternoon the party will attend the Athiens High-Elberon football game in that city and will arrive back in Athens in fhme for the Ladies Night party. Saturday will be spent in s‘ght seeing in and about Athens with attendance at the Georgia-Mercer fcotball game s€heduled for the afternoon. The football games in (Continued on Pago Three) ATHENS PREPARING FOR GO INVSION Ceorgia Bulldogs and Mer cer Bears Clash in Open ing Tilt Saturday Athens fans and the college stu dents are already preparing for the invasion of Mercer, and that team’s supporters, here thig week-end. A motorcade will bring a large num ber of Magon people and a special train will empty a throng of foot ball enthusiasts as the curtain rises on the Georgia football sea son. Some 10,000 fans are expected here to watch Mercer endeavor to win their first victory over the Bulldogs. Despite the great num ber of times these two teams have met, Mrcer has never defeated or tied Georgia. However, Mercer followers think this is the year are are planning to be on hand for the opening Kick-off at 3:30 Satur day afternoon. Future Mercer and Georgia stu dents will watch the game in a great number ag the special rate fro high school students has at tracted many. £ With the great in terest in the game due to the riv alry and possible close gcore, abet ted by a motorcade from Macon, and the high school students, a col orful crowd should be on hand to watch the two teams. All of the excitement and fun making will not be held Saturday afternoon ag the University is hold ]ing dances Friday and Saturday |nights and the Phi Delta Theta | fraternity is staging a dance Sat urday night. Many other unan }nounced social occasions will hold iforth as the freshmen undergd their first week-end as Georgia (Continued On Page M) i A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢c Sunday Senator Lewis . 11l in Moscow Eeeee T S i RO RN R N N S 0 * SR 8. ¢ ~ kS : B XY | T 50l °4 s g -j.];szz ;:?%;v.;fi" 1 |S, NTN e A W | SR R e R R | & o e g 0 P G Grave fears were held for the lite of U S Senator J. Hamil ton Lewis, above, of Illinois, ill of bronchial pneumonia in Mos cow, when it became known that attending “physicians were prepared to use an oxygen tent it his condition became worse The illness developed from an attack of asthma suffered by the senator after his arrival in Moscow from Berlin. GRIFFIN MAN NAMED EXCHANGE CLUB HEAD DALLAS, Teyas— (#) —Wil liam H. Beck, jr., of Griffin, Ga., was elected National president of Exchange clubg at the clos ing session of the 19th conven tion here yesterday, He has been vice president twice, - E. W. Sprague of Memphis was named to the board of con trol and Robert K. Jeffries of Montgomery, Ala., was elected Southern regional vice presi dent. Detroit was selected for the 1936 convention. ARM3TRONG IN RAGE FROM THIRD WARD Former Councilman Re enters City Politics To day With Candidacy George C. Armstrong, Athens business man and former member of city council, re-entered local politics today with announcement of his candidacy for city council from the Third ward. Mr. Armstrong formally entered the race with a bid for votes in the Democratic primary which will be held in November. J. T. (Ted) Middlebrooks, attorney, has already become a candidate from the Third ward. Councilman Bolling S. Dußose, who has represented the Third ward for several years, will not be a candidate for re-election due to removal of his residence to the Second ward. The Third ward is the only sec tion of the city where political activity has been stirring, but it was reported yeserday that C. G. Eckford is considering becoming a -candidate from the Fourth ward to . succeed Councilman R. W. Phillips. The latter’'s term ex- (Continued On Page Three) ForeieN News ON THUMBNAIL By The Associated Press GENEVA—The League of Na tions council agreed to proceed un der article XV of the covenant and to draft a report on recommenda tions for settlement of the Italo- Ethiopian conflict. LONDON—Britain began teach ing its London residents what to do in the event of an air raid. Seven thousand men and women already have been trained for emergency duty. BERLIN — Officials said that should the League apply sanctions on Italy, Germdhy would sell to Italy if Austria or Switzerland would do likewise. 7 ADDIS ABABA — France was granted permission by Emperor Haile Selassie to gtation I%¢ French white troops at Deridawa to safe gaurd the railway from Addis Ababa to Djibouti, French Somali dand. P R e i HSXE] HOSTILITIES BEFORE DEC, 4 CONSIDERED ASWWAR ONMEMBERS Council Recommendations Are Expected to Be Adopted by League SAILING CALLED OFF Tension Said to Be Eased Somewhat Between |taly And Creat Britain (By the Associated Presc) The League of Nations couneil acted rapidly today to warn Italy and Ethiopia that any hostilities before December 4 will pui the aggressor nation automatically in the status of committing an aet of war against all members of the League. The council decided to draft a report and recommendations for peace in East Africa. After the Italian -delegation left the League secretariat building, the council adopted a recommendation to proceed under Article XV of the covenant. The Ethiopian represen tative accepted an invitation to at tend the gession. + Aot of War Recommendations thus drawn, if adopted ; unanimously, would mark as an act of war against all League members any violation, leading to sanctions. Council members decided, too, ta ask their five-power committee 'to continue to take advantage of any opportunity for conclliation, mnot passing judgment on the failure report of the committee of five. The council president, Enrigue ‘Ruiz Guinazu of Argentina, w& posed that Article XV ghould be considered as having begun te lopemteASeptember 4, He said the ’councll would not be closed, but could be called at any time. & Eden Reiterates Stand Anthony Eden of England to{d the council Britain was “steadfast ly determined to abide by its policy,” and the spokesman for other powers supported his stand. Italian authoritieg called off tfi sailing of some 10,000 troops o:‘fi ginally destined to guard the fron tier of Italy’'s North African pess gession of Libya, bordering gon Egypt. 5k The acion was attributed to an easing of tension between Bfitflgn and Italy, and general Italian ODIR[- jon swung to admission of the possibility that the League might take some constructive step toward further discussion of the It‘?; Ethiopian crisis. Looks to Home Defenses Great Britain, disclosing a pro gram to mass its entire Mediter ranean fleet in Greek waters mear Ttalian ' naval concentrations, thfl (Continued On Page Three) Chicago-St. Louis Game Is Postponed BT. LOUlS.—(#)—Rain today forced a postponement of the Gfib dinal-Cub series to definitely: de termine if the worid champion ‘St Louis club can halt the ranm ing anl pennant-bound men _of Grimm. o A double-header will be Z‘g tomorrow, the first game b ning at 12:45 p. m, (C, 8% ToFE Hoping against hope that fig rain, which began early this m ning might slacken, the management held up a definite postponement announcement until nearly 11 a, m. (C. 8. T.). Sl ROME—Ttaly cancelled today the sailing of some 10,000 troops, draw- ing up to embark for Libya to guard Y the frontier pordering on Egypt.. With an expressed sense of relief that tension with Great Britain had passed, Italian government officials awaited League of Nations develop ments in the Ethiopian crisis;® = Government sources insisted, how ever, that clarification of the rela tions between Britain and Italy in no way affected Italys East Afri can program. ~ Men and officers totaling 2,946 lformed in embarking columns at . ' Naples today te sail for East Africa immediately aboard two transports, Yesterday, 1,200 troops sailed. = The 10,000 troops who had been expected to embark for Libya were designed to reinforce Italy’s pesi tion in its North African possession in the event that the Italo-Ethio vodsh SRR geSl T
