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LOCAL COTTON st e n i:iiDDLiNG g el ol oo G PE[‘-/H:IL,S CLOSE ... s se:» 11 1-4¢ Vol. 103, No. 249 Roosevelt Will Speak In Atlanta On November 29 G wASHINGTON —(#)— President oS arranged today to attend " .Homecoming” celebration at A { _on November 29. The tation was formally ex jande the President by Sena v« GGeorge and Russell in behalf ¢ the Georgia congressional dele yorted after talking with him, that Mr. Roosevelt would go . rtlanta from his Warm Springs, G me the day following mThank ving. T Georcia welcome has been nter ed as an inaugural to Mr. Roose Ve re-election campaign. [ been the custom of the T to isit Warm Springs on 1 nkeeiving day for several Cocke. Atlanta, chairman of the ements committee. call ¢ ¢ the White House with Sen- George and Russell. He said the celebration would be held a (yrant Field just before 1 «nd the remarks of Mr, Roosevelt would bhe broadcast on JEATH TAKES CAPT. )W HINTON TODAY 1 ' Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon for Beloved Clarke Citizen. This morning at half past nine o'clock at his home in White Hall Ga., Captain John W. Hinton pass ed away at the advanced age of tighty-eight years Although he had passed far be vond the allotted span of human life, he had retained a clearness of intellect and an abundant interest in the affairs of life and only with in the past few days was it knrown that he was rapidly ap proaching the end of life’s journey. Captain Hinton was born Oect. 18 1847. in Oxford, Ga., the son of John and Louise Hintonh, promi nent and honored ecitizens of that place. In his home town he re ceived hig college training at Em oy college, though as a young hoy he had attended school in Ma etta, Ga. The opening of the War Between the States found him a lad but thirteen years of age, but full of the fire and enthusiasm of south ern youth, and towards the end of the great Confederate struggle he went into service as a member of the Marietta cadets. Throughout his long life the history and tra litions of the South were very dear to him, and it was always with pride that he remembered that as a. mere boy he wore the Confederate gray. In, the days of his young man hood he married Miss Lou Price. e accomplished daughter of Dr. John Addison Price, one of the be ‘oved physicians of Oconee county. f_\‘v children blessed their wunion, 0f whom are now living, John V. Hinton, jr., of Atlanta; Osborn Hinton, of New York City; H. flce Hinton, of Washington. D (Continued on Page Seven) Father of Miss Ann Dolvin Passes This Morning At Hospital L. B Dolvin, age 80, died at a local hospital this morning at & Oclock after an iliness of two Veeks. He was 48 sesident oF fllam, Ga., ana the father of. Miss Amn Dolvin, Clarke county Home Demonstration agent, Mr. Dolvin had been in the hos- Pital here for one week, but his l€ath came gag g shock to his nany friends, During the time he Yis at the hospital, doctors had helg much hope for his recovery. - The deceased was well known in his Community, and had many ?.i"”"-‘ in other parts of the state. e is surviveq by five daughters, ‘).l"'“‘»*' Agnes Dolvin, of New York: Mary Dolvin, Siloam; Ann Dolvin, Athens; and Lillie and Cifford Dolyin, of Siloam; five °ns, Hamp, R, L., John, and'J. B. Dolvin, .of Siloam, and Wel 2irne Dolvin, of West Point Mil |V Academy; three sisters. Mrs. e R, Corry, Mrs. John Copelan "0 Miss Mattie Dolbyin, all ‘of Siloam, } Funeral services will be held to -12”""»"*\\' afternoon at 3 o'clock at Siloam , R e Suit Against City ‘l. . d . s Being Tried in ‘ Superior Court Here B 8 .4 damage suit which resulted "2 mistrial at a former session ! court, went on telal again in. Clarke Superior court as it en ."d the third week of the Octo ' term today. i Mrs. Flossie Kile is suing the " °f Athens for SIO,OOO injuries. e claims to have received as a "Sult of an accident on Daugh- My street in 1831. The accident ) due, the plaintiff contends, to lefective sidewalk. She claims “lizence on the part of the city. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Legions of Mussolini Push Forward GOV. JOHNSTON SEIZES CONTROL OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY AFFAIRS MENBERS OF BOARD ARE REMOVED FROM OFFICE WITH GUNS Executive Makes Move in Effort to Carry Out $3 Tag Pledge. ONE MEMBER REMAINS 15-Day Holiday Declared On License Tags in Order To Perfect Plans. COLUMBIA, S. C., —(®)— Gov ernor Olin D. Johnston grasped full control of state highway afairs by declaring an antaginstic road ad ministration in a “state of insur lrection" and ordering out national guard machine gunners. The governor, with a battery of machine guns planted opposite the state highway ofices, announced he 'had removed the entire road board iof 14 and its chief commissioner, *Ben M. Sawyer. [ He suspended habeas corpus un der his proclamation that the high lwuy executives were in a state of j“rebellion and insurgency”; set up ja special board to administer high lway business, and prepared through it to put his $3 auto tag promise ‘lnto effect. Joe Calus, Spartanburg account ant whom the governer designated as “executive manager” of highway matters, went ahead with plans for a “‘house cleaning’ of the road bu reau in line with the executive wishes, Turn in Sidearms - Calus ordered all state highway patrolmen to turn in their side armg with a statement, “there will be no patrol on the highway today, tomorrow, or the day after that—."" Summoning the several hundred employes to a meeting, he an nounced they had been automatical ly discharged under the proclama tion, were now re-hired, but were expected to submit their resigna tions individually efective Novem ber 15. . He explained that the resignation requirement was ‘“‘a measure taken for our own protection,” and added that it would not necessarily be carried out. W. M. Smoak of Aiken, a member of the Board of Managers, read the insurrection proclamation to the employes while newspapermen were excluded. Declares Holiday The governor’s board as one of its first act suspended the sales of licenses for the 1936 tag year, beginning November 1, for private cars and trucks of less than one and one-half tons and declared a 15-day holiday to put the ma chinery for issuing $3 tags for them into effect. iLicense windows remained open (Continued On Page Seven) CORN-HOG CONTROL FAVORED IN STATE Virtually complete returns from Saturday's referendum s h o w e dl Georgia corn and hog producers voted 934 to 83 for a continuance of the AAA control program next year. The vote was announced today at the local oft.ce of the agricul tural adjustment administration. Complete returns are not yet available. The office announced the vote for and against continuation of the control program as follows, re spectively: Contract signers: 470 to 21, l Non-contract signers: 464 to 62. Farmers holding production con trol contracts at this time, and those not holding such contracts, both were allowed to vote. STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press SAVANNAH. — The executive committee of the Georgia Hotel Association will meet in Valdosta Dec. 2, says Andrew Smith, man ager of Hotel Savannah and pres ident of the association. | Plans for the winter meeting ofl the association and the annual} hotel show, to be held Jan. 23-25.] in Atlanta, will be discussed at the Valdosta session. } SAVANNAH. — J. W. Lang orl Savannah was named president of a Diocesan Union of Holy Name Societies formed here yesterday at a meetnig at the Catholic club. George T. Flynt, Atlanta and Joseph Ligeour, Brunswick were elected vice presidents; John F. MecCarthy, Savannah, secretary: J. F. Gudenschun, Atlanta, treas Townsend Voices High Hopes ; For “oOld Age Pension” Plan B o EORCTGE S R N “”%WWW e R R S P ORR R R et §R g & i /{‘QW R ; BRI O SR = 2 AR Rt s R R . 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Soule Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Andrew M. Soule, who died Saturday af ternoon at 5 o’clock at her home here, were conducted from the res- }idence this afternoon at 2 o'clocki by Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor of First Presbyterian church and Dr. John 'D. Mell. l The burial services and inter ment will be at Baltimore, Md..] tomorrow morning. Dr,’ Soule.i whose death occurred two years ago, is buried at Baltimore, The pallbearers for the funeral services here were, A. P. Winston, M. P. Jarnagin, T. H. McHatton, Frank A. Mitchell, Alexander Scud der, W. O. Collins, E. D, Alexan der and Carlton Mell. McDorman- Bridges Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Soule’s death followed a brief illness and her passing was the occasion for bereavement among a wide circle of close friends, as well as friends of the family and her late distinguished husband throughout the southeast. She was a native of Newark, N. J. | Surviving Mrs. Soule are twnl sons, Edward P. Soule and R. M. Soule and three grandchildren, Robert Murray Soule, jr. Kather ine Soule and Andrew M. Soule. | urer and D. V. Daly, Savannah, | marshal. ATLANTA.—One hundred spots | where history was made in Geor !gia will be marked with bronze | tablets provided by a $13,000 al ]lotment from the works progress } administration. Lists of historic spots in the ’lstate have been requested by M. | .. Brittain, president of Georgia | School of Technology. The school | foundries will cast the markers. After securing lists from over | the state, Dr, Brittain will con | fer with Miss Ruth Blair, direc tor of the State Department of * e g ' (Continued on Page Seven) gSI ee S oe L peh e []. Harold Saxon Declares 10,000 Unpaid Teachers Deprived of U. S. Aid DOUGLAS, GA.,, —(#)— Charg ing that Governor Eugene Tal madge by executive order cut the income of public schools $1,000,000 annually for the last three years, and by “blocking the appropriation bill” depriyed 10,000 unpaid rural school teachers of $1,500,000 in aid from . the federal government, J. Harold Saxon .of Quitman today pleaded for ‘‘justice” for schools. Saxon, who ig superintendent of Quitman schools and vice president of the Georgia Education associa tion, was on the program of a dis trict convention of the G. E. A. here. Current interviews from the gov ernor’s office would lead the teach ers and the general public to be lieve that all is well with the schools in Georgia,” Saxon said in his prepared address. “Nothing is being said about the fact that during the last three yvears the governor, by executive order, has reduced the income of the common schools over $1,000,- 000 each vear. “Nothing is said about the gov ernor blocking the apropriation bill in the last legislnture, thereby depriving 10,000 unpaid rural teach ers of participating in a $1,500,000 (Continued On Page Seven) LOCAL WEATHER | \\\! S | \\\“‘“ a | > \\\ | Cloudy, scattered \\\\ i B | showers, slightly P\\\\\ B | warmer in north - SN\ | east portion to- \\\\ | night; Tuesdayjsm —— mostly cloudy. iifi ™ | ‘ } CLOUDY i TEMPERATURE P “EHEIINE i u e eTN i RN .. . i vvkes as.DOO L e v e e e 860 Nl . s i o e e 080 | RAINFALL | Inches last 24 h0ur5,....... 0.00 | Total since October 1...... .90 Deficit since October 1 .... 1.62 Average October rainfall.... 2.91 Tota] since January 1......38.29 Deficit since January 1 ... 4.51 —~ESTABLISHED 1832— Athens, Ca., Monday, October 28, 1935, 2000 PERSONS ARE OEAD R MISSING I eTIAM-SWEPT HAT Most of Casualties Are Caused By Floods As ‘Result of Storm. TOLL IS DOUBLED Reports Are Fragmentary With Communication * Facilities Limited. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—(®P)— At least 2,000 persons are dead or missing in a storm which rav aged the southern peninsula of Haiti. Meost .of the casualties were caused by floods which followed the hurricane a week ago. Thous ands were reported homeless and hungry. Populations of valley villages were' believed ‘to have been wiped out as'rains sent the streams from their. ‘ehannels, demolishing the frail, thatched huts of the natives. _ Information received here indi cated ‘he bodies of most of the missing were swept out to sea. ¢ Number Doubled Official reports, based on frag mentary data gathered by a small airplane, the only means of com munication with the stricken dis triets, doubled the number of dead of missing after initial estimates Saturday had put the toll at pos sikly TI,OOO. Belief operations could not be ingtituted until the arrival® of the staundard fruit steamer Truxton. dejayed by strong winds north of Cul#. The boat was expected to day. ‘ . Jacmel, a community on the south shore of the peninsula al most directly across from Port- Au-Prince, already has cielded 96 bodies. Jeremie, on the north shore near the western tip of the peninsula, apparently was hardest hit. ; Few Reports Available : Only piecemeal reports from the two communities, however, were available to officials here. One said a bridge was wiped out over the Grande Amse river near Jere mie. The Voldrogue and Roseaux rivers roared over their banks and deluged adjacent farmlands, | Reports said the hydro-electric plant at Jacmel was destroyed. Rehabilitation work had to be carried on without light or water. Cayes, on the south shore, has (Continued On Page Seven) JUDGE W. . GAUBB PASSES IN ALABAMA Federal Judge Who Ruled Against “New Deal” Measures Dies Sunday. | I BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—(#)—Death | has ended the career of Federal 'Judge ‘William I. Grubb, who pre sided over the Northern Alabama | United States district court for more than a, quarter of a century, |and in the past year ruled ad versely on two “New Deal” acts. Judge Grubb died at his home here shortly before noon yesterday of a heart attack as he started to leave ‘for church with Mrs. Grubb. He was in his T4th year. Widely known for the clarity and accuracy of his judicial opin ions, Judge Grubb came into na tional prominence last year, when he ruled the NRA unconstitutional in the Belcher Lumber company case in which he sustained demur rers to the .ndictment on consti tr tional grounds. Larly this year Judge Grubb held the electrification program of the Tenneseee¢ Valley Authority unconstitutional in a suit brought by a group of preferred share holders of the Alabama Power { company, who sought an injunc ‘tion against the utility’s transfer jof north Alabama property to iTVA. 'The case was reversed by | |the U. 8. Circuit Court of Ap-, peals, and now is pending before the United States Supreme Court. On the occasion of his 25th an niversary on the bench the Alaba ma Bar association honored him ,land at the time Judge Grubb said jhe would never retire as he[ | “wanted to remain active to thel ;end." | He was busy Saturday presidingl | over a case in the court involving | the Guffey act, creating a little | NRA for the ceal industry. { When he arose Sunday morning l 5 (Continued on Page Seven) “Be a Good Neighbor” Smile ” o e S S ¢ R.‘S O A SRR ARt na 3 3 3 e) i e , , Re A N YG A R OB G £ «-:v:;’i:'\:::.::.: B % &"::M oPR R s RS G R S RO R R Beogme T s RS ey G O . i SR 2 '3':’s’s9’.‘:-,‘-::“:,2:".;‘->: 7% ,fi.:_:‘.:;:;.;::é"--s;;vf'_:;;:‘-».---__.;,v;f,-.;.v::.v:v-'.,:' g e g "c5'115151:?535::'-&.;5# :@:’,-E:;:::::;v Bks O RSN e RS Seß R R S o SPR R R R R BT RO GR e 4-3';»“ B ..'.,\-;1::,1::,, . R g»ef i Lo e ‘ - g e e R :.".',:::-.:‘.’..:._.,::::27:7:?!,?7255;:;. 28 R SR RBB g S 20 & .E-E:E::. - 6 AR "EE::fE’E:::j'E:;:::._: %"*‘- o o 2 ST GTR . 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Seven Unicn Miners Brought to Hospital With Gunshot Wounds Workers Fired on From Ambush At Mine Near Birmingham. - [BIRMINGHAM, ALA.—(#)—Se~ ven union miners were brought to a hospital here this morning suf fering from gunshot wounds they said were received in an ambuscade near the Margaret mine in St. Clair county, about 25 miles east of here, > One man, Burge Thomas, of War rior, riding in the first car, was veported killed, but authorities could not confirm the report. One of the miners in the hos=- pital saild five cars carrying about 20 memberg of the United Mine Workers of America were enroute to the mine, ané as they drew near the property gunshots rang out up the side of the mountain. The mrmer saia they " had heard the men working in the Margaret mine, cperated with non-union la bor, wanted to organize and they were going there tg aid them. Mack Padgett, one of the most seriously wounded miners, said from his hospital bed he wag in the third car of the caravan of union miners and abeut a mile from the mine a man armed with a shotgun, of magazine typw, stepped out and ordered the cars to turn back. “The front car and the second (Contipued Or Page Seven) TODAY’S QUESTION ABOUT THE LEGCION WHAT IS THE RELATION BE TWEEN THE LEGION AND ORGANIZED LABOR? The American Legion and the American Federation of Labor have co-operated heartily in American ism work, in the formation of a national Flag code, in the restric tion of immigrants and in many other activities. Representatives of the Federation have attendedl and addressed national .conventions of the Legion and Legion repre-i sentatives have spoken before Federation conventions for a num ber of years. The Legion, as an organization. bhas nothing to do with controver- | sies between Labor and Capital. Its only concern in such contro versies is that law and order be maintained. There is nothing to prevent the individual member of the Legion, as an individual, frem tanking either side a controversy. but the Legion, as an organiza tion, does not do so. b A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday Miss Rankin Calls On Officer to Explain Navy’s Defense Value BOGART, Ga.—(/P)—A challenge to Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval operations, to ex plain the present “defense value” of the navy, was issued here last night in an open letter from Miss Jeanette Rankin, former Mon-i tana congresswoman. Miss Rankin, who has Inog been a worker for the cause of world peace, declared it appears to lay minds ‘“that we are spending a billion dollars for a deaf, dumb and blind navy.” Admiral Standley was in Atlan ta today to take part in the ob servance of Navy Day there. Miss Rankin said his visit offered a “rare opportunity” for the people “to learn first hand from the highest authority” about the cost of building and maintianing a navy of treaty strength. Asserting that many citizens are determined the United States shall not repeat “the folly of try ing to settle Europe’s quarreis,” the letter said “a navy to convoy troops to another country is con trary to their desire.” “We respectfully ask what new defense value a navy has today (Continued On Page Seven) ‘ Foreick News ON THuMBNAIL By The Associated Press Fascist Italy celebrated the thir teenth anniversary of Il Duce’s ar mies marched on_ Harar, advancing into the KEthiopian interior from the north and from the south. With the new Italian advance, European capitals were pessimistic over the chances for a quick end to the Fascist invasion; hopes for early peace went a-glimmering. The League of Nations sanctions war against Italy was given new strength, France notified Geneva it would put the “buy nothing:from Italy” economic boycott into effect within four days. . Prime Minister Staniey Baldwin and Anthony Eden defended their | actions in the Afro-Eurepean crisis HOoYE Bl PUSH" STARTS & 10T YER OF FASCIST RULE ENDS “On to Harar” Is Cry of italian Soldiers in Starting Drive. CAMPAIGN PLANNED Celebration of His Own Planned By Selassie to Inspire Men. By R. H. HIPPELHEUSER Associated Press Staff Writer. Mussolini’s legions, celebrating the thirte2nth anniversary of Fas cist rule in Italy, pushed forward into the Ethiopian interior today, on both the northern and south ¢rn fronts. % Thirteen years ago today, Il Duce led his black-shirted Fasecisti into power. The cry was then: “On to Rome.” Par L { Today, seeking colopies ‘to | spread this power, the Fasecisti | shouted: | “On to Harar.” 4 Big Push Underway > The “big push” toward Harar, apparently, wus underway. On the northern front, three columns ’marched on , Makale, strategic mountain pass and gateway to the | interior, | The Roman tioops advanced il ‘nlnng the line from Aksum to |{Adigrat. Of great importance, the {troops gained water early in the | advance, - The centra] column under Gen eral Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli occus pied the Feres Mtt valley to the south of Aduwa, on the route ta Makale. The engineering corps was building a road, straight toward Makale, at the rate of three miles today. R - To the east, advancing due souf’’” out to Adigrat, was the main arfay, or left column, under General Rug gero Santint. To the west, the right column gave protection “gainst any faunking maneuver by Ethiopians sweeping out of the mountains, S Favorite Maneuvers o Such flanktng attacks are favor ite Ethiopian maneuvers. Pirzio-Biroli’s forces in the val ley occupy the same position as did the Ethtopians 40 years ago before they descended into Aduwa and wiped out the Italian invaders in ’ the first effortg of colonizing Haile Selassie’s empire. i 4 On the southern front, the army }ot General Rudolfo Fraziant was still hampered by rain, but, divid ed into three colymns, was ad vancing on a widespread front. One column marched up the val ley of the Shibeli river, on a line direct to Addis Ababa. To -the east, the middle column advanced on Gorrahei and, farther to: "tfi east, the third column was engag- (Continued on Page Three) TWO MORE WOUNDED AS GANG GUNS BLAZE NEW YORK —(#)— Gang guns blazed again today, leaving two men seriously wounded in the doorway of an apartment house at 320 West 84th street. Bt oad Police started an investigation to determine if the ambuscade any connection with last week's gang warfare, in which five mob sters, including the notorious Dutch Schultz. were exterminat ”fl Today's victims were Hugo flg«’*; aldo, alias Chiarello. 25, and Jos eph Pegno, 24. police said ua@gf% were shot down about 6:30 ;,,?;,nf;afi;i% as they were leaving the building, o where they had been living. T in the British parllament cam paigns. o ~ LONDON — Twin boys born to Lady Charles Cavendish and her ‘titled husband on' Saturday lived only a short time, it was announ ced today. - SR Lady Cavendish is the former Adele Astaire, sister of Fred As taire, the dancer. She and Lord !Cavendish‘ were married in May, 1932. Sk | The death of the babies was the lnecond bereavement to visit the . Cavendish home in a little meore than two years. In October, 1833, their first child, a girl, died when only three hours old. i%éf} Lady Cavendish and her brother : P Lo
