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e LOCAL COTTON WIDDLING 748 L i e o sRt PREV. CLOBE +..:vss aesanslge l\/:)l 103. No. Zin. tiarry L. Brown Mamed President Ros Kiwanis Club ‘ v 1 = : /fi’ ,i , | HAVRRY‘ {.‘;!TOWN Harry L. Brown, director of sericulture Extension at the State wollece of Agriculture, was elect ¢l president of the Athens Kiwanis uh at its weekly luncheon meet ing vesterday at the Georgian hotel. Mr. Brown will Serve during 1936 and succeed R. R. Gunn, 1 presiden | B. B. Mell, principal of Athens Hich school, was res-elected vice—: president and Van Noy Wier was e-elected secretary. Members (nfj e hoard of directors, also named | t the meeting, are J. D. Bolton, treasul of the University of. eorgl President Harmon W. | (aldwell of the University,” John L. | Greg A. Mathis, G. D. Marck- | th, Joe Shepherd, and R. G. | i tallation of the new of-| { \ take place on l)ecom-" = his election, Mr. Brown | ] § nest eifort to thui g of the ecluh which has en- | 1 of its best vears under | ‘ tration of President | { isked for the cuminued: ecarted cooperation of the | membership as the cluh launchest ther vear of its fellowship andl uJ ling work in the community. i Members were highly enthusiastic | thot under the leadership of Mr. Brown, the same high standard of development and service the club enjoved under the last administra- | ! Id be maintained. ' Kiwanis 11 Years vn had been a Kiwanian | ¢ vears, joining the Atlanta! b in 1924, While a member of at club, ne served as chairman f the Agriecultural committee ands arious other committees. He | affiliated with the Athens club last | year and since has served as chair- | i of the Inter-club relations ! imittee and beer active on otherl & new president was born in | Forsyth county, mear Gainesville and w married to Miss Lucie | Mae Neville, of Rabun Gap. Mr. | ad M Brown have one child, a | laughter, Carroll. ‘ He graduated from the Universi-l " of Georgia in the class of 1916 | With a BSA degree. In 1917 he be- | tame scientific assistant, Bureau of | \nimal Industry, in the United “ates Department of Agriculture \ 119 was magde state agent; from 1920 to 1932 he was COu!ltY§ gent for Fulton county, and from | Y, 1932 until January, 1934, was | ssistant director of the Agricul- | u. ‘ ension Service, becoming' «<leClor then. World War Veteran { 1 \ world war veteran, serving in | he United States Navy, Mr.i g 1 —.Continued on Page Five) ‘|‘ I'M BILLY! You'll Find Me in THE BANNER-HERALD DAILY WITH BETTY in ; “Christmas in Toyland” %) ) | \’\./ | E’ E ? .D°"‘f Miss This Interest " 2 Feature and the Mes- Yges of the Merchants Who Sponsor Qur Daily «. Appearance! ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Signs Of Steady Business Recovery Noted In Athens Atilefis kogse;el; Motobeade Will Lidve 9 A. M. f?riéay Auto Stickers Will Be Avialable Tomorrow At Headquarters PARKING RESERVED Hundreds Will Go By Auto And on Seaboard Special Train Athens and. for that matter, all Northeast Georgia will turn out by thousands to greet President Roose velt when he visits Atlanta Friday tno deliver a homecoming day ad- | dress to the multitudes which will gather in the capital city of the state. | Fraunk ¢ Shackelford, chairman of the motorcade committee for Clarks county; Joel A. Wier and R. K. Gunn, cc-chairmen of the transportation committee, were making final plans this morning to organize a motercade on Washing ten gtrveet Friday morning to begin the tri;- to Atlanta by 9 o’clock. Chairman Shackelford announc ed at noon today that Erle Cock general chairman of the Roosevelt homecoming celeoration, notified him by telephone that adequate parking space fer the Athens mo {orcaders has been reserved and that they will be met at Decatur by a special gotorcycle escort from Atlanta. invites Athens Area “We want not only Clarke coun ty Roosevelt supporters to get in to this motorcade, but invite peo ple from all over the Athens area to join us so that we can demon strate to the president that we are cclidly for Roosevelt,” Chairmav Shackelford said today. Mr. Wier said the motorcade wilh orgenize in the block on Washing ion street between College avenue ard Lumpkin street. Roosevelt huttons will be distributed and ev oryone supplied with tickets which, it is declared, will not be necessary, however, for obtaining entrance into Grant Field at Georgia Tech. Mr. Wier also said today that (Continued on Page Six) LOCAL WEATHER _.———-——l——l GEORGIA: | Cloudy and ! ‘-. | Somewhat Warm-S | 0! er, Occasional / & Raing in North- R el west and Extreme I,“’\\ | North Portions 3 '\ ? Tonight; Thurs-[*" ZB¥ \ | day Mostly i »\’/T\ | Cloudy With %,' \ Occasional Rain L in Interior; Cold- L \ A j er Thursday - ; Afternoon. E TEMPERATURE ‘; Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 | R i e de xOAO g BEORIE. . cice iviivie. sy e NOPHRE: e W e ..49.0 ; RAINFALL | Inches last 24 hours.... . 0.9 Total since November 1.... 3.41 ! Excess since November 1.. .79} Average November rainfall. . 2.89 | Total since January 1......41.47] Deficit since January 1.... 3.814 STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Threz farmers who have felt the benefits of the New Deal today were on their way to Atlanta to pay their respects to President Roosevelt and were making the trip in a wagon drawn by two steers. The three, B. F. Horton, Wil son Haynes and Aubrey Evans have Deen rehabilitatéd through the Rural Resettlement program and are carrying with them a bale of cotton for celebration head quarters. They hope to reach At lanta late today- MONTICELLO, Ga.— Mayor F. L. Penn today had retained his of fice by 4 margin of 32 votes, de~ feating Judge A. 8. Thurman in yesterday’s election 192 to 160. Troy Allen, Jimmie Burns, T. G- Blanchard and J. W. Harvey were returned to city council while Councilman Paul Jordan was de feated by C. L. Gilmore. —— ~ MACON, Ga.— Funeral services wese planned tomorrow fer A. J. ‘What Are You Thankful For? - Read This and See What Two - Dozen Athenians Have to Say . MEMORIAL SPEAKER B ST AR Lot e RRN s, T el IRt TR BNS \ t 2 g, O 38 R p R ,:;‘%f:‘.i:izi:»:i RLR e / B R e v e e R R S e - i o BRRtan B~ DA R A B TR e e e SRt e EREE e v R e L e 5315*z~25:5£55555;1§§§w%?52? S : R Rl PSR 3 RN ':i:"f?:-':I:"l.“:'f'.i. R g 3 R R e e GRS S A B .' ;'\':?-" Ry ' ':.:.:?:-!v;, g R Sy g % TR Bb . e R R e B e e i & R s R A R S R R e " SRR e PR R B 3 R AIRRLA A S RR s £ S R B S SRR S L eSR e R .-.»:'".4},;:;:;" SRR S Re i R R R L S BTssAy W 2 SR KON M S > S R e i’@‘l{"*@’m} Sy 2oy B SRR S & M. G. MICHAEL Athens Lodge Joins With Elks of World in Memo: rial Services Sunday Joining with Elks lodges the world over, Athens Lodge No. 79 B. P. O. Elks, Sunday afternoon at 3:80 o'clock, will hold its an nual memorial services for all members or this lodge “whose memory is engraved upon tablets of love and memory”. The service, one of the most beautiful and impressive of any organization, will be conducted by Exalted Ruler Arthur Flatau, sr. and the other chair, officers, anc will be held in the club rooms on College avenue, A program of special music has been arranged for the services and preparations made to make the oc casion this year more beautifu than ever. It is expected that some two hundred persons. mem bers of the order and relatives of deceased members will again at tend the services as in past years The Memorial speaker will bé Col. M. G. Michael, exalted ruler and charter member of the first Elks lodge in Athens, and whose untiring efforts over thirty-five years ago, was greatly responsible in the establishment of an Elke lodge here. Voted a life membership by Athens lodge, the highest honor within its gift, for the many years of valued service he has perform ed, Col. Michael has constantly kept in close touch with Elkdom. readily accessible at all times sot his counsel and support. Those who have heard Col. Michae) make the Memorial address of past occasions will be sure to at tend thi service - Sunday to hear from himh once more the veal, un derlying principles of Elkdom as seen by one who has watched it grow through half a century. | The program will be open with e (Continued on Page Six) Sammons, 87-year-old former Con federate soldier who died at a hospital here yesterday after a brief illness. He was a native of Putnam county and was prominent in farming activities there until 1899 when he retired and moved to Macon, ATLANTA .—Secretary of State John B. Wilson has begun regis tration of all public and private bonds issued in Georgia and warn ed that all' such issues should be reported to him. Wilson announced yesterday that a recent ruling of the state law ‘department would make possible for the first time compilation of a central state index. ATLANTA—WiIIiam B. Deckner, widely known Atlanta horticultfar ist was dead today, victim of an attack of illness suffered yesterday while he was playing with a group of children in the yard of the De m M GR L R Athens, Ga., Wednesday Thanksgiving Is Finding Many With Definite Idea of Thanks BY MARGARET MEADERS The Thanksgiving wmeason is not merely a few days on a calendar, a dozen or go turkey advertisements in a local paper, an important football battie, or a time for serv ing mince pie—not, at any rate, to the dozen Athenians recently in terviewed regarding Thanksgiving. Day. Thankful? Oh,;very! . « . For something definite? Emphati cally, ves; And it did not take them long to explain exactly for what they are the most thankful There were many things, of course, but always one in particular, Sandy-haired, eneerful little “Kingfish” Lloyd, newspaper boy and man-about-town, knew right off. “I guess,” said Kingfish, smil ing broadly, “I'm most thankful because people buy my papers. It would be pretty bad if they didn’t. Then as he started on his way, he turned back and added, “But I guess I'd hate worst to have to do without my home.” “Breezy” Winn, leoking up from behind the prescription counter, hesitated briefly then said, “What am I most thankful for? Why, just plain being alive and enjoying every day that comes.” Optimistic Note A decided note of optimism was sounded by Abit Nix. Said Lawyer Nix, “This year I am particularly thankful for the apparent return of an optimistic and hopeful atti tude on the part of our people to ward our business future. Certain ly we may feel that happy days are now on their way!” : At the Union Bus station, Mrs. Jack Adams considered the question thoughtfully for a minute or so and then, with genuine earnestness, re plied, “It meang most to me te know that I am living in a Chris tian land. We don’t appreciate all that that means to us, I think; but we would if we suddenly founa ourselves in a pagan world.” Ruby Guest, clerk at Kress's, (Continued on Pagde Six) Leaders Announce Seizure Of Railway Junction East Of Peiping (By the Associated Press) Thousands of Japanese soldiers moved into important cities of north China today as their leaders announced seizure of a railway junction east of Peiping. Trains brought 3,000 Japanese troops and war equipment to Tient sin, and the Japanese garrison at Peiping was more _than doubled, simultaenously with the Japanese military’s expression of disapproval of Nanking’'s plan for settling the north China crisis. Col. Tan Takahashi, military at tache at Peiping, declared the cap ture of the Fengtai railway junc tion near there was made neces sary by reports that empty traine were being sent south in which Chinese troops would be brought back north, | Such a move, said ’l‘ukuhashi,! would jeopardize north China com munications and might isolate the Japanese forces at Peiping. The Chinese agreed not to take trains farther south than Tsinan and Shantung, and traffic was reopen ad. Seizure of the junction had been at first called by the Japanese only a part of their military exercises and a mimic battle, The efforts of the Japanese army and Manchoukuo to obtain know ledge of Soviet Russia’s influence in outer Mongolia proved unsuc cessful, as a Mongolia-Manchau (Continued on Page Eight) . President Unchanged ~ On Cash Bonus Issue | i WASHINGTON —(#)—Just back from a talk with President Roose \velt, Secretary Morgenthau said ltoday that so “far as I know” the administration has not changed ita attitude toward cash payment of the bonus. The treasury chief’s remarks were made at a press conference. Some of his listeners immediately inter preted them as meaning any such legislation enacted next session of congress would akain get a presi |TR N S g e RS GRS TR S R R -—ESTABLISHED 1832— Actress Calied | 7 y - . Home Wrecker : l.m——- e . oTAR ‘ Elvira Trabert (above), beautifu) German actress, is ‘‘the other wo man” to whom Leonard J. Mar quis, New York broker, fled after 28 years of marriage, it was charged in separation suit filed by Mrs. Blanche Lemelaon Marquis, his wife. Mrs. Marquis aske $41,800 yearly alimony for the support of nherself and daughter. & | ! i 1 GCovernor Thanked for Message Welcoming the President to Ceorgia ‘ ATLANTA —(AP) — President Roosevelt replied today to Govern or Talmadge's Wwelcome. 1 “Thank you for your note,” Mr. Roosevelt said in his brief letter, “I am glad to be back in Georgia | and I am looking forward, as al ways, to a very restful and pleasant vigge.” The governor, critic of Roosevelt policies, sent his executive Secre tary Carlton Mobley, to Warm Springs Monday with a note to the president extending Talmadge's of ticial welcome to Georgia. Marvin Mclntyre, head of the presidential secretaries at the Roosevelt retreat on Pine Moun tain, rceived the message from ‘Mobtey. Talmadge has been given no of ficial place on the program of the Koosevelt “homecoming”’ celebra tion here Friday, but he has said he would attend. He is to sit with governors from surrounding states, The President is to speak at Grant Field,, Georgia Tech’s foot ball stadium bewteen 1:30 and 2 (Continued on Page Six) Federal Budget for 1936 Is Temporarily Shoved Aside by President BY FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON (Associated Press Staff Wiiter) WARM SPRINGS, Ga. — (&) — President Roosevelt, glving Thanks giving holiday plans temporary vight-of-way over consideration of the 1936 fedral budget, welcomed the prospect of a reunion with the First Lady and their eldest son, James, today. Mrs. Roosevelt and James are scheduled to arrive from Wash ington late teday by plane to join him at pilay, in a private luncheon at the “Little White House” to merrow and at a turkey dinner at the Warm Springs Foundation to morrow night. Whth the emergency expenditures still to be taken up, the president announced paring of $400,000,000 so far from the estimates of govern ment department costs for next year. - He had no comment on the fore cast of Representative James P. .Buchanan. Democrat, Texasg, chair man of the house appropriations ‘committee, that the national defi l.elt would be cut to $500,000,000 in 1936. - Immediate business ahead ig the preparation of an aadress to be delivered at a Georgla “homecom November 27, 1935, His First Race In Forty Years Puts Mell Into Athens’ Chief Executive Office In January ‘Victor in Primary Will ' Make Statement on Plans Shortly, He Says After forty years absence from politics, as a candidate, Thomas S. Mell, Athens lawyer and church }man today was the Democratic nominee for mayor and will suc iceed Mayer A. G. Dudley the }tirst week in January. | . Downtown this morning, where | ‘he was being stopped on the street iand congratulated by everyone he met, Mr. Mell told a Banner-Her-l lald reporter he would prepare a statement shortly concerning the] nomination. j Mr, Mell defeated Mayor Dud- | ley in yesterday’s city Democraticl primary by fifteen votes, the victor 'receiving 1,022 votes and Mayori Dudley 1,007. ! While Mayor-Designate Mell has always been interested in public affairs, his last appearance as a candidate was forty years ago. Since that time he has been city attorney of Athens, but that posi ion until this year was always ' filled by city council. In 1894-96 'Mr. Mell was a member of the, Georgia_ legislature, the last elec- | !tive office for which he has been a candidate until the mayoralty' campaign which ended yesterday with a victory for him. Effective Speaker In the last gubernatorial cam paign, Mr, Mell supported the candidacy of Judge Claude Pittman against Governor Talmadge, mak ing several speeches in various sections of the state, in which he ’causd'cany condemned thHé ‘Tal madge regime. Knhown as a gift ed and, sometimes fiery speaker, Mr., Mell has always been known to take the stump in a prohibition campaign and, during the recent repeal campaign in Georgia, was chairman of the Athens-Clarke County Anti-Repeal Club. A graduate of the University of ieorgia, of which his distinguish ed father, Dr. Patrick H: Mell (Continued On Page Three) g % Members of Congress Ex press Belief, Even If AAA Ruled Invalid By D. HAROLD OLIVER Associlated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON—(P)—Some mem bers of congres’s believe the ad ministration may not ask for new taxes next session even if the Su preme court declares the AAA's processing levies invalid. The administration indicated some time ago it would seek new taxes to finance farm benefits if AAA suffered this body blow. Treasury experts will be prepared, if President Roosevelt so orders, to suggest several plans for raising $500,000,000. This is the sum es timated to be needed to pay farm ers under existing production con trol contracts, | But several senators said today they would be willing to wager that a new tax bill would be} avoided, at least until after the 1936 elections. ‘ One of those holding this belief is Senator McNary of Oregon, re publican leader. Some democratie senators said they felt the same way as McNary, but would not be quoted by name. Some believed the administra tion might turn, temporarily at least, to an export bounty of equalization fee plan to tide over the farm situation until after elec tions. The bounty, however, would require some federal funds. Both these plans were before (Continued on Page Six) - Grim Search Started . - ’ . For Victims’ Bodies OKLAHOMA CITY —(#)— Na tional guardsmen joined Oklaho ma’s grim search “for bodies” to day as Chester Comer, wounded gunman, remaiped unable to elab ‘orate his mumbled admission of 'slaying three persons and hiding their bodies, “oh, a pile of bodies . . » Fittstown . . . near Ada”. The 25-year-old hitch-hiking oil field worker, a bullet in his brain, rallied strongly after a bleod wrausfusion and regained consel ousness but could met speak. A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday '/ATHENS’ NEXT MAYOR %B s % & 2 R et A ERRERIR 33 s G e~ : R Rs, N R ot R Y L AR, R R S o 3 "’:T:":":',i:,:fl.‘:i:i:f:l"- R Be i . R R . o by Ao \\5:1:1:-:»‘1;:?"'f'it-:- L b S, e B :_:5:'.;,.f:h;:g:f:gf:;;;:1:;:;:;;:;;::- SRR R R - 3y RO kR B BRSRE oee. S R P "%fij:-‘“-:fl R a 4 S O TR SSR S B 8 5 O o ORI RO e R SR RS, R IR SR . i e R AN R R 3%\;},:;,‘:;.;‘; R g g sPN B sSO ":""53313'51512'.~:5:?~?:1i¢3'f:§1§" s LR R R R R 3 so e 3 .ff'git‘l':i:i B R e R+ s 3 o B 2 “’32‘}:1:6:15::;1‘1’ i 4 R Ry R S AR T B e 2LA 4 - i : | Another Rebellious Group Falls Before Enlisted Men In Rio de Janeiro BY RAFAEL ORDORICA ; (Associated Press Foreign Staff) (Copyright, 1935, Associated Press) RIO DE JANEIRO—LoyaI gov ernment troops forced the sur render of a rebelllous group of en listed men at the aviation school here today then fixed bayonets for; a charge against the third infantry regiment which had risen up against‘ the government, The rebellion which broke out inl northeast Brazil spread to the troops stationed in the capital early‘ today, only a few hours before thul government announced it had re captured Natal, the capital of the state of Rio Grande Do Norte, which rebels seized last Saturday. A group of sergeants'and prlva,-1 tes of Battalion 7, stationed at Villa Militar, in suburban Dio De Jan eiro, attacked the aviation school early in the day. ‘They surrendered, however at 7 a. m., in the face of an overwhelm ing attack by loyal troops. President Getulio Vargas obser-| ved the action personally. ] He accompanied the troops, aft-l er the surrender of the rebels at | the aviation school, to Praia Ver- | ’melha, the quarters of the thira infantry regiment, in the shadow of Sugar Loaf mountain. . The barrackg of the third regi lment adjoin an insane asylum ‘there. Vargas entered the insane asylum and looked down through“ the barred windows at the rebels below. ‘ Outside the barracks, the loyal troops formed a ring intended to present and escapes. | So deployed, they fixed bayon ets. One thousand men were slution-1 (Continued On Page Seven) East African Conflict Brings New Unrest to Europe Today BY DEVON FRANCIS (Associated Press Staff Writer) | The eastern African conflict be-l tween Italy and Ethiopia,engender ed new European unrest today. Sourceg close to the government of Premler Benito Mussolini said* forceful resistance might be ex pected if the League of Nations pressed for extension of sanctions against Italy. Recalled were two statements descriptive of the situation on the northern side of the Mediterranean gea. One was that attributed to Mussolini only two days ago that the imposition of an 01l embarge on Italy “would mean war.” The other was that of Henry J. Allen of Kansas, former United Stateg sen ator, who said six weeks ago after an interview with 111 Duce ,that] Mussolini was convinced “England means war.” ; T i On the East A!rican::on'. Ethio pian reports—denied in Romu f Feiges w{gm 2 %%e w;agm = s &ég* gl ! i ! i | ! EBuilding Permits Show . Construction Almost ‘ Doubled This Year BANK DEBITS UP Postal Receipts, Weekly Payroll Rigures Also Higher in 1936 By CARL- HANCOCK Clarke county and the city of Athens have not lagged in the “parade of better business” during the past few months. Building permits, bank debits, postal receipts, weekly payrolls and other indicators are proving the contention of political and bus=- iness leaders that “times are bet ter.” Figures compiled by Joel A. Wier of the local Chamber of Commerce, thrnugh his gecretary. Mise Helen Davis, show that build :ng permits have outdistanced all other signs of recovery, however. Permits Hit High Permits for construction in Ath ens amounted to only $90,104.05 in 1933 and $119.,393 in 1934, butup to November 1 of this year they reach ed $273,727 with two months left to go. Postoffice receipts were $61,~ +26.81 from January 1 to Septem ber this year, while receipts -for the corresponding pericd of 1984 were $57,712.43. & Bank debits for October were $8,061.525 aganst $6,258,227.54 for the same month in 1934. A corres ponding increase in bank clearings has been noted almost continuous ly throughout the year. Monthly clearings have exceeded debits by $56,083,416.35. . Weekly Payroll Increased The weekly payroll for Athens has increased this year to $15,000. There are more than 800 industrial workers in the eity. . The prinzipal sources of income are cotton mills, 25 per cent; Unie versity of Georgia, 256 per cent: i e (Continued On Page Three) Campuses of Tulane and University of Georgia . - “Painted Up” by Rivals NEW ORLEANS —{(P)— Two of the South’s keenest football rivale ries were the cause of embarras sing signs today on the campuses of Tulane and the University of Georgia. e Tulane students here awoke this morning to find the campus haé been invaded last night and paint ed with the purple and gold of Louisiana State University whom they play Saturday. g L. 8. U. victory slogans 'three feet high spread across the To= lane stadium and buildings of the campus, the most stinging, possi bly, a huge “L,. 8. U. 40; Tulane 0” prediction. At Athens, Ga. six persons were caught painting the Georgia goal posts with Georgia Tech’s golden colors, [Police were called but re leased them after they idemtified themselves as Tech students. Georgia officials ruled the paint would remain on unti] after Sature day’s game. L “Maybe it will put some spiril into the team,” they said. - the northern front retreated yese terday to Adigrat. e Italian advices were sharply contradictory. Ethiopians, . they said, on the northern and southern fronts were putting up bitter, but ineffectual, resistance to the fascist invaders, will Despite Rome’s bitterness against sanctions, which were reported as fening its vigorous stand against United States appeared to be stif rening its vigorous stand against exports of essential war materials to belligerents, under the Roose velt neutrality policy. Authoritative sources in Wash ington indicated a mnew step was under consideration—creation of .a system of quotas which would Hmit the shipment of cargoes such as oil, copper, scrap iron and steel to warring nations. R g As the League of Nationg gens eral staff of experts assembled at Geneva to examine the g neral ‘sanctions situation—the projected ofl embargo against Italy still in km G hel SR il o e
