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LOCAL COTTON s s MIDDLING ik G Gl B PRE viOUS CLOSE.... veuslt 1:80 Vol. 103. No. 238. Tax Collections [n Clarke Reach New High Point T e P «‘f § @Bl . B Le e R b . ly f | o el -y U B e ' 3 .v.‘.;\ 3 _. .-é % E% 2 L | R b g . 1 R | A. E. DAVISON | Re ds in the office of A. ]C.' Davisor county tax collector | sl that citizens of this cuunt}" iave set a new high mark I‘orl paying taxes. Up to October 15 last year the, tal collection on 1934 taxes had | amol d to $2.360. To the same. fnie 1 cear rollect.on have lmnui $ { ¢ more than two-and-a- | ) 18 much. ' M Davison sees a great |w!-§ terment in business conditions as reflected in the unusual amount | of increased tax collections. The| fact that business conditions are and the fact that notice of | taxes were mailed to tax-payers | the first art of the month, were | lited by Mr. Davison with the | eaS¢ | \ taxes paid to the collectdr | nd remitted to the state in De- | cel will be applied to the 1935 appropriations for schools aml{ other departments. Any t.‘lt;osl paid later than December cannot | be applied to the 1935 appropria tions, which reduwvesr the nmnlmtsi that could be paid on approprias State and county taxes are duo% and payable from October 1 through December 1 without pen-i’ ¢ Mr. Davison pointed out| { idditional cost is saved by ng before the latter date is{ addition to having the money ill)A‘ plied to this year’s approriations. The tax collector also called at-! tention to the 1924 poll tax in (T().l-! rection with the coming City m'i-} v. All poll taxes for 1934 and prior years will have to be paid on or before November 11, to (mzllif\" \ in the c.ty elect.on, Mr, Davision said. The poll tax is a Sid tax payable to thHe Countv 1 Collector, he said. CE i .C. Penney Co. Will en 1 1 pen in New Location Here Thursday at 9 Thursday morning at 9 o'clock toors to the new J. C. Penney ‘“Umpany store, southeast corner Clayton and Wall streets, will “\ open to the public, George V. Munden, local manager of the “f:&‘_i iny, announced today. _ the store, which formerly has 'cated on the south side of Clayton street petween ' College @venue and Lumpkin street, will ccupy the old Montgomery-Ward t.iilx‘,:, formerly the site of the ‘Thcess Boot Shoppe. Lxtensive alterations have been Made and the place ocmpletely re ‘tcorated and renovated and the ‘Y?‘}lf"f who are expected to nttend‘ ‘& opening of the store will find @ completely modernized store, de- Signed by the Penney organization 10 meet the needs of the public ymfort and convenience. In the cheerful and attractive in t er 12,000 feet of floor S| is been ‘devoted to display ¥ e of goods. Each depart 1s been designed and lo- I with consideration for con y e to customers. he past several days the (Continued on Fage Two) Lem James Named New . 5 . District Supervisor of Re-employment Here I L. Abbot, former supervisor ! the Athens district of the Na ; Re-employment service, h2s ‘1 made acting state re-employ direcor, succeeding Lincoln : ell, who has been called " m. 1 Abott is now located in Ga., and it is very proba : at he wil be appointed ! nent state director. Mr. Mc is now assistant to Frank ? United States Emloy 't Service head. - James, of James, Ga., has o imed supervisor of this . “Uict, replacing Mr, ‘Abbott. ‘ hew set-up, which went into ” "f~n October 11, is working ‘wothly, according to reports Y all distriet offices. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Ularke Relief Labor Released For Local Froject County*Govgrn;nént; Face C;fiszs, Clarke Jury Asserts | \ | . | i ‘ ey \ Special Session of Legisla ture Necessary, Judge Fortson Says ; slprasiigsetiini \ PRAISES REPORT ‘ iGrand Jurors Commend | Management of Clarke . County Covernment ' A “serious threat” to the govern lme‘nt of Georgia counties exists by lm”um of the legislature to enact an appropriations bil] at its las: .&'ession, the Clarke county grand ;Jury declared today in its present- I‘n‘—"“‘-“‘ to Judge Blanton Fortson. | Calling attention to the “crisis” ifaoed h:v local governments, the lgl‘aml jurors uvrged that all eiti | zéns seriously consider the situa 'li(m “in order that our county may I>(‘ontinue the services now being | rendered for our people”. 5 Commenting on the jury's re | port, which he commendeéd as a F))ul)lic service, Judge Fortson ex | pressed the “hope and belief” that t\'}overnor Talmadge will call a !.\‘pecinl session of the legislative to (pass an appropriations bill. ; “Otherwise,” the jurist said, | there is no way, under the law”, whereby the counties, .and the ,stale as well, may legally levy and ,(-()lleot taxes and make expendi !tures of public funds, thus the llegal operation of governmental il‘um-tions in 1936 and. - 1937.ap ipeax‘s impossible. ‘ “The grand jury’s reference to the crisis faged by the state and 'local government through failure of the legislature to enac¢t an ap !propriations bill, unless the gover nor calls a special legislative ses | sion to remedy the situation, fol lowed a review of the management of Clarke county “which is fur | nishing local services to its people |socon'd to none in the state”. | The jury comprised M. N. Tut | wiler, foreman; W. D. Amis, clerk; |J. H. Mealor, G. C. Daniel, B. C ISettles, Harris Thurmond, J. P. Carter, R. P. Weatherly, S. P, Kenny, E. E. Lamkin, George w. McDorman, Charles S. Taylor, S. A. Hale, F. Lamar Jewis, W. H Peace, Jerry I. Reese, J. C. Hutch ins, jr., George A. Brien'. l Praises Management Commenting on the financial lmanagement of Clarke county, the jury's report declared, “Clarke county bonds are selling as high as any municipal bonds in the United States; and under its gov ernment all bills are discounted, no money for current expenses ,having been borrowed for upwards of two decades. «careful and efficient purchas ing on a competitive and ca.sh basis through a central office caves the taxpayers literally thou 'sands of dollars. An annual audit | (Continued On Page Three) TODAY’S QUESTION ABOUT THE LEGION e it o —————————————————————— 1S IT RUN BY THE OVERSEAS . MEN? There is no rank in {he Legion and no distinction between home service and foreign service. The Tegion is an organization of veter ans run by veterans. Each one has a voice. STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press ATLANTA — Sixty - five cceC camps in the fourth corps area will be discontinued by October 31 and four will be added to the list, in accordance with plang made pub-l lic yesterday by Major General George Van Horn Moseley, areai commander. He said the reduction in the num-! ber of camps is necessary to con-i form with orders of President Roosevelt for readjustments in the strength of the CCC. The size of the work companies, however, will remain at approximately 200 men The order for abandonment af fects camps in the following states: Alabama, 7; Florida, 5; Georgia 10; Louisiana, 4: Mississippi, 5; North Carolina, 14; South Carolina 8; Tennessee, 12. - Of the four camps to be re occupied, two are in Alabama and Kiwanis Leader . e —————— e R o . R R e s s e Pooad S . 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Major Quimby Mel ton of Griffin, Ga., chairman, ad~| joined the group with the announ~‘ cement that he would write a re port within a few days. ‘ The committee, appointed dur ing the recent Legion convention,{ is composed of Melton, Dr. W. E. Whitlock of High Springs, Ala., and Catesby Jones of Selma, Ala. | Melton declined to comment on the committee’s findings as to whether it would have been pos ’sible to move veterans quartered in the Florida keys before the storm struck their flimsy ecamps. He said the report will be sent to National Commander Ray Murphy of the American Legion and will be released through him for publica tion. Governor Sholtz said he hoped the committee would recommend that lighthouses in the Caribbean be equipped with facilities to furn ish weather information, and that navy destroyers be assigned to the area for the same purpose. He added: “You must take into considera tion in this matter,” Governor Shol tz said, “that a modern steamer (Continued on Fage Two) tinued‘are located: North of Gain esville, near Eton, at Nahunta, near Folkston, at Minesville, at Soper ‘ton, near Bainbridge, at Fort Ben ning, a Musella, at Benning. \ e e . ATLANTA—Theo H. Mast, 88, }ona of the founders of the Atlanta !lodge of Elks and tts secretary for 98 years, died here yesterday. Mast was prominent in the tob acco business for many years. He was a native of Philadelphia but came to Georgia in his youth, liv ing for a time at Augusta. He had held every office in the local Elks lodge. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning. ATLANTA—Automobile fatalities in Atlanta for this year mounted tc 38 today with the death of Annie Alura Brown, of Douglasville, Ga., S—— e th : - (Continued on Fage eey be e . ook get e S Athens, GCa., Wednesday, October 16, 1935, Committee on Social and Moral Welfare Reports at Presbyterian Synod Here KIWANIANS TO HOLD MEET IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Ga. — (# — Kiwanians from throughout the state headed here today for the opening tomorrow of the Geor gia district convention of Kiw anis clubs, The convention opens form ally at 10 a. m.,, E.S.T,, tomor row with registration of dele gates at the Hotel DeSota. In the afternoon there will be a golf tournament. Tomorrow evening the trustees will hold their annual dinner meeting, with Gordon Singleton of Ma con, district governor, presid ing. Six Navy Fliers Make Panama-to-California Hop in Less Than 35 Hours ALAMEDA, Calif.—®)—A world distance record for seaplanes was claimed today by six navy fliers after a 3,387-mile non-stop flight from Panama in a newly designed ship. The twin-motored - craft, com manded by the navy's distance flier, Lieut. Comm. Knefler MecGinnis, glided to a landing here at 2:21:15 p. m, yesterday (5.21:15 p. m. E. S. T.) 34 hours =nd 61 minutes from Panama. | Commander McGinnis, who led a navy squadron 2,399 miles from San Francisco Bay to Hawaii in 1934 said he believed the flight from Panama would better the seaplane| distance record held by Mario Spoffani, Italian flier. Spoffani’'s mark is 3,063 miles, made in a flight last July from Malfalcone, Italy to Bervera, Brit ish Somaliland. : McGinnis explained the purpose of his flight wag “to establish a new long distance record for sea planes, which I think we have done, and to base the ship at San Diego.” To be considered a record, the mark must better the Italian’s rec ord by 100 miles. McGinnis planned to take the ship, which flew 130 miles an hour at times, to San Diego today, but he gaid the hour to takeoff depend ed . upon “when I wake up.” The six-man ‘crew retired early ‘last night after the long voyage, | (Continued on Fage Two) 4 | — lPermits for Ten New | Homes Here Issued Dur i ing September l Athens’ building program, which 'this year has already reached a | record surpassed only by 1931, when 'an all-time high mark was set, is ! still in full swing despite approach | ing winter, generally the ‘“dull” | season for building. { During the month of September, | ten permits were issued to build | new homes here, in addition to [ numerous permits for repair work. A total of $33,925 was spent on the !ten new homes, according te in | formation given out by J. G. Beach am, city_engineer. t Business did not slacken after September ended, either, and dur ling the past week eleven permits { have been issued, although only one { was to bulld a new house. ! During September, G. S. Wright | was issued two permits to build new %homes, one for Luther Nelson on | Hampton Court, and one for A. G. | Smith, on King avenue. Dewey | Thurmond was granted permission !to build a house for himself on 'King avenue, and A. M. Hanson {Was given permission to build a | home for John Williams on Spring ! dale, | Paul E. Hanson received two ',permits during the month to build ‘homes, one for George M. Abney on Nicholson avenue, and another lfor Dewey Flanagan on King ave ;nue. Sims Brothers were granted | permits to build homes for E. J. }Martln. on Milledge Circle, and L. S. Watson on Cloverhurst. R. B. Powell received a permit to build ~_ (Continued on Page Three) Dr. R. S. Boyd, Columbus ~ Pastor, Is Elected New ‘ State Moderator CLOSES TOMORROW Three-Day Meeting Being Held at First Presby terian Church With> Dr. R. S. Boyd of Co lumbus presgiding as moderator, having been elected last night, the Presbyterian Synod of Georgia en tered its second session here to day. Dr. Boyd succeeds Rev. Thom.as W. Simpson_of Brunswick, who delivered the ¢ fnnual sermon of i the moderator last night. The new moderator was the only nominee for the office. ‘ The Synod, which is holding sessions at the Frist Presbyte rian church, is being attended by y about two hundred ministers and ielders from all over Georgia. The s#final session will be held tomorrow. l The report of the committee on Iwocial service and moral welfare, submitted to the Synod at today’s afternoon conference, took notice of moving pictures, divorce, tem- Iperange and morality in business. { The report, which was first read }at the Synod in Thomasville last year, was up for adoption at the gessions here. : The church, the report said, I S“views with alarm the many fac tors' in modern civilization that are tending to tear down that God-established institution —the home. l “We feel it is our duty to do everything in our power to em phasize the sancitity of the mar iria.ge relation,” the report con tinued, l “We deplore the chaotic condi-l (Continued on Page Three) L 4 Former Secretary of Treas e - ury Speaker on Paper’s - Forum Today ' NEW YORK — (AP) — Ogden L. Milis, former Republican sec retary of the treasury, said today that the “new order” in govern ment can only destroy security, not assure it. He told the New York Herald Tribune’s fifth annual forum oD current problem’s that the federal | administration i attaclging the basie principles of Constitution, underlying the ‘“scheme of life” by which America has risen since it won its independence. Laws already enacted, he charg ed, usurp authority never granted the federal government by the Constitution. “If these laws stand,” said Mills, “there is virtually no limit to the federal power and, for all pratical purposes, we shall have a com pletely centralized government ex erting despotic authority over our economic life as whole. | “The new order is concerned | with neither lPerty nor individual jopportumty. For liberty, it would | (Continued on Fage Two) LOCAL WEATHER Ses S L s ——————————————————— A\ & Partly cloudy, 5 and somewhat un- b settled tonight; K \\\‘ cooler tonight and § g in southwest por~ “\\\\\ ‘\:\\ tion Thursday. i'i‘. : v | \ CLOUDY TEMFERATURE BIIERORE: . ic. coveliceasss..Bs.o TRNEE: ..- sl Save vessenßß.o . i shiasanse s T WREIEE . i 00l via. . ae.v. 880 RAINFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5........ .05 Total since October 1...... .03 Deficit since October 1...... 1.39 Average October rainfall.... 2.91 Total since January 1......37.44 Deficit since January 1..... 4.58 Joyful After Kidnap Acquittal e g ¥ TEF : S : s i e Juis g i R b o SRS 3 sl e 2 o L T e T g na " i e o A ROy eo % g R Seaeanaeel SRR Boge SR o LWt R e s S ’1553:5:?:;5252?53%55:'553??'.52’5525‘335??*%{ R ; ‘afi gf*fi;. S £ ke 0w i b e BR R '::-"1';-_,, BT i R N b g Ll N Q(M fi,...?;% R s i ; o e i R e S : DG i i '; e £y PSR R 7 | ket i As‘ S i g s d o Y S PR R o ORCIRE 3 S s e & i # : B S @ g i The tense ordeal of their trial ended happily by a verdict of acquit tal, Thomas H. Robinson, Sr., center, and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frances A, Robinson, right, were a joyful pair, as pictured above, after a Louisville, Ky., jury cleared them of a charge of complicity in the $50,000 kidnaping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, Louisville society matron, They are shown with Mrs, Martha Althauger, left, mother of Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Robinson’s husband, kidnaper of Mrs. Stoll, is still a fugitive Peace Talk In European Capitals Is Drowned Out By Roar of War Guns FAMED ENGINEER ON PANAMA CANAL DIES BOWLING GREEN, Ky.—(#) —General William L. Sigert, 75, soldier and engineer famed for his services in the construction of the Panama Canal, died at his country home four miles from here today after a long illness. Funeral scorvices will be held at Christ’'s Episcopal church here at 1 p. m., tomorrow after which the body will be taken to ‘Washington, D. C., for burial in Arlington National ceme tery Friday. General Sibert had been in a critical condition for some time from complications incident to his age. Born October 12, 1860, in Etowah county, Alabama, he observed his 75th birthday last Saturday. BARRETT PHINLZY DIES HERE TODAY Funeral Services for Prom inent Athenian ‘to Be Held Thursday P.M. Barrett Phinizy, 63, for many years prominent in the social, civic and business life of Athens, died at 5:56 this merning at his resi dence, 1100 Milledge avenue. Surviving Mr. Phinizy are his wife, Mrs. Martha Glover Phinizy; a daughter, Miss Laura Ann Phin izy, student at the University of Qeorgia; a sister, Mrs. A. W. Calhoun, Atlanta and a brother, Charles Phinizy of Augusta. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock from the residence on Milledge avenue. Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor of First Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Phinizy was a member, will conduct the service, assisted by Dr. Samuel J. Cartledge, pastor of Central Presbyterian church. Pallbearers will be John Welch, S. C. Upson, Harvey Stovall, Howell C, Erwin, James Barrow, W. C. Pitner, John White Morton and Louis Camak. Interment will be in Oconee Hill cex‘)etrey with Bernstein Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Born in Athens, Mr. Phinizy had spent his life here. A member of an old and prominent Georgia family, he made and held fast a large circle of devoted friends to whom his death will come as a shock. He ‘was a constant attendant at the First Presbyterian church and took an active interest in the af fairs of that congregation. The very essence of courtesy i T—— y .e_/‘,' . A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday Italy Turns Cold Shoulder On Peace Efforts of Premier Laval | —_— ? (By the Associated Press) | Talk of peace in KEthiopia was heard in the capitalg of Europe to day, but it was a whisper com pared with the roars of war. The fascist legions of I 1 Duce driving into the strategic interior of Haile Selassie’s empire. In the south, the Ethiopian tribal war riors invaded Italian somaliland. Premier Pierre Laval of Fra.nctfl led the offensive for. peace. In Geneva, the Laval peace plan was outlined in League of Nations clr-‘ cles as follows: { Ethiopia would give all of the northern Tigre province, now held by the fascist, to Italy, In addition 11 Duce would have a mandate over the outlying regions of Haile Selas. sie's empire—thus allowing Italy tol build a railroad from north to ' south on the eastern bcrder of . Ethiopia, connecting his provinces of Eritrea on the north and Soma lliland on the south. But Laval's efforts were fruitless The Italians—their East African /armies driving south aginst Mak ale in northern Ethicpia; and north toward strategically — important Harar in the southern-eastern sec tor—gave the Laval plan the cold shoulder, A government spokesman in Rome said Italy was well aware of Laval’'s efforts. He added, how ever, that Rome was not a party to any negotiations. “Even a European war,” the (Continued on Page Two) Hohenzollerns Definitely Out, German Student Here Declares BY KATHERYN SEAGRAVES | “It is not possible that a mem ber of the Hohenzollern family will come into power in Germany,” said Hubertus. Scheibe, German ex change student at the University in an interview yesterday. - The Kaiser deserted Germany during the war and such an act tion is considered by Germans as one of desertion or traitorship, he said. . In the event of the death of Chancellor Adolf Hitler, it is im possible to designate any one or two men who may rise to his office, Hitler, Mr. Scheibe pointed. out, elected by popular vote of the peo ple and then he appoints members of the Reichstag. Laws are made by Hitler and his government. - “If the people would not be sat isfled with the government,” Here HSME | ST ‘ H m ; * ¢ Senator Russell, Congress: ~ man Brown Aid in 1 Release Efforts ‘ e - AID BIG PROJECTS Local Officials Well Pleas ‘ ed at Outcome of * Negotiations | e BT Release today of Clarke cmmty relief labor which 'for some time has been assigned to the soil con servation service will permit com mencement of work on several im portant WPA projects here and completion of others which have lagged in recent wmonths. Approximately 180 persons, oOn Clarke county relief rolls, were as signed some time ago to the soil erosion work in Clarke, Jackson and Madison, counties. Thig left only a few persons to carry on the WPA projects here, including the Community Center development, and other Jlarger projects which were approved by President Roose velt several weeks ago. The new WPA projects included paving on the Newton Bridge road, and construetion of .a new bridge; construction of Civic hall on the city hall lot—which will be the home of the chamber of commerece and a permanent exhibit of local agricultural and industrial products and the paving of fourteen city jfltreets. Projects which were ap i‘pruved prior to that were the Prin icetun school building, improvements ‘at the court house, University im provements and the Community Center swimming pool. Urge Re-Assignment When it wag seen that none of the local projects could be com pleted under existing conditions, the chamber of commerc¢e, mayor and council and county commiis sioners got in touch with Senator Walter ¥. George, Senator Richard B. Russell and Congressman Paul Brown urging that the Clarke re lief labor, assigned to the soil coun servation service, he returned te this county for strictly local pro=- jects. It was contended that, while the soil erosion work is valuable, ‘)flt is a statewide undertaking and con sequently labor should be recruit ed from statewide sourcés. Sena (Continued On Page Three) .ee . * = Prohibition Victory . Is Upheld by Highest State Court Teday ATLANTA — (® — Defeat of prohibition repeal in the referendum last May was upheld today by the Georgia supreme court. Chief Justice Richard B. Russell and Justice Samuel Atkinson dis sented. 2 ~ W. G. Hastings, Atlanta hotel 'man and one of the leaders in the .repeal movement, which lost by the close margin of 243 votes, car |rled the issue to the supreme court. . Hastings contended the legisla !tiw act calling the referendum, re |quired the secretary of state to certify the returns as of mid-night | May 18, 195. The act provided cer tification ‘“within three days after !thp election.” ‘ The petition set forth that when . s l (Continued on .Fage Two) with the present administration, they vote for it.” ' Contrary .to the helief of many men are not ex - ed for giving a dissenting vo’tgzt - Hitler, said Mr. Scheibe. But prae tically all Germans vote for Hit ler. - & With an organization which does the work of both our corporations and labor unions, strikes are im possible in Germany, he stated. “This organization is called the Labor Front,” he explained, "3 settles all disputes of labor, and at the same time, assures a fair wage to the workman and hig employen No disputes are carried beyond this group, as it has supreme rfl!fi!fi rin such cases.” ’% Mr, Scheibe exploded another popular belief when he said that German girls are not prohibited - (Continw ge Two)
