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Athens and Carnesville Meet on Friday
STORIES OF HUMPHREYS RING GREATS TRAGIC TALES
WASHINGTON BATTLE
5 GALLED OFF BY
ATHENS HIGH COACH
Maroons Must Show Vast
Improvement to Be Any
Threat in Tourney
Two almost evenly matched
cage teams, Athens High and
Carnesville will entangle here
Friday nigut in the high school
gymnasium. A girls' game be
tween .the sextets of both school
i 8 slated to open the night at 7:30
o'elock. A small admission will
?e charged. ;
f 2 1t was formerly scheduled for
she boys' team to meet Washing
ton High and Carnesville on the
fame night, but the Wakhington
contest has becn cancelled.
, BRudy Gues:i star guard and
eaptain of the Maroons, who in
jured his ieft ankle in the Ath
ens-Hartwel) game last Friday
night here, wa. exvected to he out
of the Athens line-up for at least
geveral weeks, but yesterday Guest
rep«'*rto-d for wractice, His injury
proved to be not serious and will
he - available for gervide against
Carnesville.
Saturday night here the power
ful Martin Institute five of Jeffer:
son will meet Atheng High in the
gecand meeting of the year. Mar
tin won the former engagement
.in a very close game, heing com
plled to come from hehind to win.
19 to 15.
Only thirteen more days remain
before the Tenth distriet tourney
beging at Watkinsville, Pebruary
1%. The present district class “B’
titleholders *will meet Monroe High
in the first round and chances t 0
repeat their performance of lasl
year are not sg bright.
Jack Reid and Robert Horne
will probably receive Coach Sam
Gardner's starting call for the for
ward positions, while Robert Hodg
son is certain to maintain his cen
ter post. Captain Guest and Jack
McDonald are very likely to begin
at the guard berths.
AR PILOT'S SAM
NFARING RECORD
All Major Dixie Titles
. Held By White and Liver
Pointer for This Season
~MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) —
%filot‘a Sam, 'a white and liver
“Bointer, is forging steadily toward
Soyeresvand slam’” in dogdom-—the
S=championship iln all major field
trails.
Setting a dizzy pace that over
came such veterans as Dr. Blue
_ Willing and Rapid Transit, Air
% Pilot's Sam captured the cham
“*Hionship in his first field trial this
* year. "It was the all-age stake of
the Union Springs field trial club.
Sam moved to the All-America
_, trails at Dancyville, Tenn., and
: . the Continental Trials at Albany,
< Ga., and he captured the cham
“ “pionship in each event—giving him
,Yop rating in the three major
.. Dixie field trials to date.
i The pointer, owned by L. D.
¥ gJohnson, of Evansville , Ind., is
. .handled in all of his trials by
« young Eddie Mack Farrior, cos
% I’nion. Springs. a son of Er Far
*Y pibr sr., one of the nation’s Rank-
Wi% bird dog trainers.
am was entered in the. Nation
i'#al fleld trial club’s premier all
age stake at Crawford, Miss., but
this event was postponed until
March 9 due to snow and freez
. ding weather. The Continental
. thampionship paid him $750 and
top prize at Crawford will be sl,-
; DB for the all-age champion.
Farrior alreadv has announced
Air Pilot's Sam will be among the
“ starters February 17 at Grand
Junction, Tenn., where the Na
tional Field 'Trial Champicnship
Association will hold its annual
trials .
CACE RESULTS
Auburn 31; Georgia Tech 28. 1
Atlanta Y. M, C. A. 49; Ogle~!
thorpe 36. 1
Boy High (Atlanta) 19; Tech
High 15. |
0. M.A. 23: Marist 17.
Columbus Industrial 55; Com
mercial High (Atlanta) 41.
Toess e e ;
. TREASURY POSITION i
WASHINGTON_. (#) —The posi- |
tion of the treasury February 1:
; Receipts for February 1, $5,061.-
; 159.57; expenditures $24,896,992.24;
j _balance $1,984144,318.26: cus
_toms recelpts for the month 3285,-]
£ Receipts for the fiscal year (sincel
Jduly 1) $2,133,450,968.19; expendi
ares Y ';:;;',m.u including sl,-
jt §itpres. Excess of expenditures
.+ §2144,445,500.28. Gross debt $30.-
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By HARRY GRAYSON !
Sports Editor, NEA Service 1
NEW YORK. — Joseph Edward
Humphreys will talk Terry Me-
Govern unti] your face is as blue
as his classic Celtic countnance is
purple. The daddy of announc
ers reveres the memroy of the
little Mick from _ the slums of
south Brooklyn with whom he
rose to international prominence.
“The most vicious fighter that
these tired eyes have seen in 50
tyeam‘. or since I was old enough
to remember?” says Joe the Beaut
“PThat is a very simple question.
He alsp was the best fighter that
I ever set my bulbs on., You may
have heard of him.
“His name was Joseph Terrence
McGovern. He was in full stride
when he weighed from 114 to 122
pounds. At his peak, it would havei
been a shame to match most ol"
the bhetter welters with him. You
know that he got it into his head
that an old Irish woman put the
curse on him just before he was
knocked out by Young Corbett. He
was scrappin’ with his wife,
and-—"
But let's get away from Terrible
Terry, or we'll be here all day and
most of the night,
Humphreys goes along with
everybody else whose privilege it
was to see Young Griffo in that
the Australian was the cleverest
boxer of them all, Then the star
spieler mentions Jem Driscoll and
Abe Attell, also feathers. = What?
No Joe Gans. Yes, the famous
mouth-piece has a high regard for
the Old Master.
lJohnuon, Defense Best;
Kiid McCoy Trickiest
‘ You get some idea of the real
lworth of Jack Johnson as an ex
ponent of the so-called manly art
| when such a competent authority
as Humphreys calls the Negro
’heavy the finest of all defensive
boxers, regardless of poundage,
Naturally, Battling Nelron takes
the cookies for durability, and Kigd
! McCoy for trickiness.
| The stories of a half dozen of
|these immortals are tragic tales—
a sad commentary on the cruel
beak busting business. McGovern,
like many other formidable fight
ing men, wound up in a crazy
house. Nelson was declared in
competent., McCoy did time for
being implicated in the death of
a woman. Johnson was a fugis
'tive for years. Attell was mixed
up in the Black Sox scandal. They
had to give benefits for Griffo.
Gans died of consumption at 36,
a victim of tortuous weight-mak
ing.
Pugilism certainly must have
something to survive with all jts
faults and examples like that.
Humphreys, at 63, is as enthusias
tic about the dodge as he was dur
j ing the free-lunch-and-seyven-petti
lcoat era.
Sport’s spokesman goes into ec-
Ista‘cies in relating the glorious ac
complishments of Bob Fitzsim
mons, James J. Corbett, Jack Mc-
Auliffe, Kid Lavigne, Tommy Ry
i an, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney,
| James J. Jeffries, Kid Carter, Tom
! Sharkey Ad Golgast, Joe Walcott,
| George Dixon, Stanley Ketchel and
| some more,
!Mysterious Billy Always
Collected His Money
! “And for a real honest-to-good
| ness knock-'em-down-and - drag
'l‘em-oux bloke, I'd take Mysteriqus
Billy - Smith any day” beams
Humphreéys. “Could he fight! Was
| he tough!
;‘ “Smith did 142 pounds ringside
for Lavigne 1n San Francisco and
{had 1o ask the Kid's brother te
{stop it A month later he beat
Billy Stiff, a heavy, in Chicago.
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Near-Record Price Is
Paid For Mail Rider,
Ace Field Trial Dog
ORLANDO, {Fla. — (AP) — A
reported near-record price of $5,-
000 today had made Mail Rider,
b-year-old field trail dog, the
property of Gerald M. Livingston,
of New York,
The New York sportsman pur
chased the dog last inght from Do-
Jerry Ruble of Orlando. Mail Ri
der has started 'in 20 meets and
won 16 of them.
The price ranked among the
highest ever paid for 'a sporting
dog although John Pesék, of Ne
braska, recently gave §slo,ooo for
a field dog. 1
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APPROPRIATION MADE
WASHINGTON—(#)—The house
has approved a bill by Representa
tive Castellow, Democrat, Georgia,
to provide for erection of a marker
at the site of the Battle of Colum
bus in the War Between the
States: An appropriation of SI,OOO
is authorized in the measure.
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And he was fresh from a good
drunk.
“Mysterious Billy fractured his
left army in 4”“1& @ tough sailor
at the ola’ c&%\,&‘g’ Just as
the break mmenced to knit
properly, Billy Roche wasy offer
ed a $2500 pur@‘ split 75 ana 25,
to pit his man against George
Green, a remarkable performer, or
the Corbett-Fitz, Dal Hawkins-
Martin Flaherty program at Car
son City.
“Roche turned it down. Smith
was furious when he heard about
it, insisted that Roche go through,
and removed the splints just long
enough to serap Green. The arm
broke anew the first time he let
his left go, and he was forced to
surrender in the 12th round. He
fairly murdered Green in 25 heats
at the Lenox A. C. a year later,
Griffo Slipped Spittoons,
Too—With Baick Turned
“Smith and a young Mahoney
were tossed from the ring in Pat
erson one night. Billy's money
was withheld, and when Eddie
Harvey told him so at the door
he crashed through it in getting
back into the club. Harvey
headd a tremendous racket in the
office, and Smity eame out with
the coin.
“On the way back to New York
on the train, Smith saw a colored
fellow who had swiped a pair of
shoes from him seven years be
fore. He whaled the daylights out
of the fellow and al} hands were
pinched as the next station. They
had an awful time getting out.
“That stuff about Griffo stand
ing on a handkerchief and defy
ing anybody to hit him in the
face is true,
“Griffo and Smith were on the
outs for a time. Smith ankled
'into a saloon one night, and, see
ing Criffo at the bar, hurled a
spittoon at the Australian. Grif
fo saw it coming in the looking
glass and moved his large head
3 enough to let it tick his ear.
‘KZ ‘man was a marvel. He could
even slip cuspidors—with his back
turned.” :
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WINTER OLYMPICS
~ TOOPEN THURSDAY
Thousand Athletes From
28 Countries to Take
- Part in Winter Games
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HARMISCH + PARTENGIR
CHEN, Germany — (AP) — A
thousand athletes from 28 coun
tries groomed equipment and took
final practice turns in the cold’,‘
bracing weather that finally fi!‘fil
rived for the opening ‘,tomm'rmi.'j &
of .the fourth winter Olympie
games.
Performances were checked,
skates and sled runners were
sharpened and skis waxed once
mare for the formal tests for which
many of the athletes had heen pre
paring for four years.
Some of the contestants have
been here for weeks and after dis
appointing mild weather, they wel
comed a cold spell that arrived
two days ago.
The two villages of Garmisch
and Partenkirchen fairly overflow
ed as the teams, which had spread
all over Europe seeking snow for |
practice or in case of the hockey|
teams, playing exhibition gamés,l
assembled for the opening ceremo
ny.
The American ice hockey team
and the figure skating team werel
late arrivals.
Following the opening ceremonyl
tomorrow morning, hockey will
complete the first day's program
and no other sport is scheduled
off Friday ,
until the first ski events are run
The twe-man bob races and wo-!
men ski events further expand
the program Saturday.
“Y” Quintet Takes
Rough Battle From
Washington, 26-16
g The Athens Y. M. C. A. bak
! ketball team defeated the Wash
{ ington Athletic Club's basketeers
lin a rough and tumble game on
g the “Y” court last night by a score
| of 26 to 16.
; The game was one of the rough
i est played on the “Y" cdurt in a
|long time, but despite all the
| rough stuff, it was a fast and ex
%citing game. The “Y" held ‘the
{ lead al] the way, but in the thirg
i quarter the Washington team pull
i el up to within four points on the
1“\"’ at 15 tq 11, but that was as
i close as the game ever got.
| Randall Bedgood, who played
| only a half, was the outstanding
player for the winners, with 8§
*points to his credit, while Leslie
| Jackson, with 9 points, was best
j for the winners, ;
{ The Ilineups:
fv. M. C. A. (26) Washington (16)
| P—Rosenthal .... L. Jackson (9)
| F—Parham (3) .... C. Jackson (2)
C—Davis (6) .......... Nash (4
iG——Bedsflod (8) .. B. Jackson 1)
G—LCeoper (8) ......ivvvs-. Shomt
} Substitutions: Y. M. C. A.—-
Bridges (1), Hunnicutt (2), Wil
fiams (3). ‘Washington — none.
Referee, Cunningham. i
DODGERS ARE AFTER
600 D BATTERY PAIR
Leslie Offered in Several
Trades by Manager Casey
Stengel at Meeting
NEW YORK — (#) — The Na
tional league schedule meeting is
over but trade talk lingers on—
especially in the yvieinity of Eb
betts Field. e
At almost every turn yesterday
while the magnates were gather
ing to adopt the schedule and iron
out a few other matters, there was
Casey Stengel, the Brecklyn Dod
ger manager, in a hudcle with a
manager or club owner,
Casey, 1t seems, is sungling for
a couple of batterymen and tc get
them is willing to give up £zmbo
Leslie, his clouting first boreman,
and perhaps toss’in a few of his
spare outfielders. Bill Terry of the
(Giants, who would be content to
warm the bench this season if he
could find a capable substitute,
would like to see Leslie filling his
shoes—that is if it wouldn't cost
him one of his two catchers, Gus
Mancuso or Harry Danning.
The Giant-Dodger negotiations
reached the point where the New
York president, Horace Stoneham,
offered - cash but no payers for
Leslie, but Stengel feels that he
needs man power badly at the mo
ment.
i Casey buttonholed Bos Quinn of
the Bees on the suhject of Kred
lFrankhouse, the veteran right
hander, but received a rude setback
Iwhen Quinn said the Dlßees would
luatlw:\, Johnny Babich, g, fitst rate
|young flinger, and Gene Moore,
}who is considered one of Prook
(iyn’s best outfield prospects, in
|trade. Stengel is reported to have
|offered Leslie and an unnamed
1 outfielder.
The Dodgers also approached
Branch Rickey of the Cardinals,
offering a couple of players and
cash for Johnny Mize, the rookie
first baseman if the deal witk the
Giants gces through.
Sport Round -Up
BY EDDIE BRIETZ
(Associated Press Sports Writzr)
NEW YORK — (#) — Most ball
iplayers are superstitious , . . but
not Robert Moses Grove, the emin
ent southpaw. Lefty carries no
good luck charms and doesn’'t care
what hook he hanugs nis shirt on—
but he's a gouvenir coilector , . .
says he has the last bali in play
for nearly every winning game he
has pitched in the big leagues , . .
more than 200 of them, each mark
ed with the date and score , . .
“It just got to be a habit,” says
Lefty . « « “but still I don’t know
what to ‘o with ’em.”
Toughe. * ball game he ever lost,
Grove says, was that 1-0 decision
to Dick Coffman, then with the
Browns' but now with the Giants,
in 1931 . , . 1t ended a winning
streak of 16 straight and spoiled
Grove's chance to set a new Am
erican league or all-time record
for consecutive wins—Jim Moore
missed a fly ball he should
bave cavgnt in his parts pocket,”
says Bing Miller, then as now a
teammate of Grove's.
Grove came back to win eight
more in a row afterward . ~ so
but for that one breah he might
have had 25 consécutive victories.
" Bing Miller, incidentally, was
the guy who had a lot to do with
ending Schoolboy Row:'s winning
streak in 1934 after the Tiger
freshman had equalled the record
of 16 in a row held by Grove, Wal
ter Johnson and Joe Wbod . . .
Miller hit three .doubles with the
bases full.
~ The International [League had
ibetter sell Umpire Von Graflan to
the majors if it wants to get ahead
of the Texas loop. President Al
vin Gardner delivered two this
“year, Lee Ballanfant to the Na
tienal and Steve Basil to the Am
erican ~ . , Dick Coffman of the
Giants was. born at Veto, Ala. , .
and Johnny Marcum of the Red
Sox is the hero of Eminence, Ky.
They declare a half holiday down
lthere every time he wins a ball
game , . . Johnny is so strong that
one day when a stranger rode up
and inquired the way to town,
Johnny Jjust picked up his plow
and pointed toward the main road.
Old Stan Zybszko, past 60, is
making a fortune wrestling in
South Americh . . . Young John
}Quinn has left the Red Sox front
office to help his dad run the
kßees.
| ALBANY SELECTED
| ST. LOUIS — (#) — The St.
Louis Cardinals announced Tues
day that Albany, Ga., had been se
lected as a site for a spring base
ball camp at which players will be
recruited and trained for clubg in
the team’s extensive minor league
system.
~ The camp will open March 20 and
continue until about April 6, with
the first few days deveted to try
}outs for inexperienced young play
ers between the ages of 17 and 22.
Following conclusion of the try
outs, the camp will be converted
into a training’ ground for the Al
bany and Columbus, Ga. teams,
both Cardinal farms. Players will
also be gelected there for the Cardi
nal-owned clubs as Asheville, N.
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Mike Karakas, young Chicago Black Hawks star spending his first
season in front of a National Hockey League net, wouldn't make a
good fisherman, hecause his net catches very little. The Croatian
goalie is the leading candidate for the Venzia ‘U‘ophy, having‘ had
only 41 goals scored against him in 26 games,
Good Center Fielders Most
Re-Assuring To A Pitcher
Major League Title Con
tenders All Boast Out
standing Men in Center
' BY ALAN GOULD
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
[ NEW YORK — (#) — From a
pitcher’s standpoint—and you can
accept the word of Robert Moses
Grove as typical—it's always re
assuring to look around and see
a rangy fellow in center field
capable of cutting off base hitg and
iotherwise fortifying the primary
line of defense.
“Many a ball game can be saved
by the guy in center field,” says
Lefty, “For that reason it will
be comforting to have Doc Cra
mer on the job for the Red Sox
this geason, He can sure go get
yem."
Trig Speaker is still the yard
stick by which all center fielders
are measured and there are none
in the majors now who can equal
the ‘“Great Spoke.” Nevertheless
Cramer is one of a number of out
standing youngsters making repu
tations for themselves. Others in
clude Hank Leiber of the Giants,
Terry Moore of the Cardinals and
Jake Powell of the Washington
Senators.
If Al Simmons makes a batting
comeback, as'the Tigers have every
reason to expect him to do, the
world champions will not have
to worry about center field any
longer. The Chicago Cubg figure
their outfield will be stronger with
Frank Demaree moving to center
to replace Freddy Lindstro a.
To fill the temporary ga)p creat:
ed by the illness of Lloyd (Little
Poison) Waner, the Pirates obtain
ed Fred Schulte from Washington
‘With the veteran Earle Combs
through, the New York Yankees
expect to rely on the fleet Ben
Chapman for all the center-field
ing needed.
Earl Averill will. handle the job
for Cleveland.
There’'s a possibility Sam West,
St. Louis Browns’ center gardener
and No. 1 defensive outfielder in
the American league, will be sold
to the White fiox, to replace Sim
mons. If sos Julius Solters, the
slugger obtained from Boston, prob
ably will take over the job for
the Browns.
Barring further deals, Connie
Mack may shift his flashy sopho
more, Wally Moses, from right te
center and thus make room for
Georgia Puccinelli, dealing batsman
of the International league last
vear with Baltimore,
In the National league’s second
flight, Wally Berger, King Bee of
the Boston Bees, and Ethan Allen
of the Phillies, are sure of their
jobs. Sam Byrd, a great spring
hitter, likely will start for the Cin
cinnati Reds. Brooklyn has a flock
of candidates,- including Danny
Taylor, Colonel Mills, Johnny Coo
ney, a reformed pitcher, and Fred
Lindstrom,
LAYS DOWN RULE
WIASHINGTON — (#) — Turn
ing from more momentous affairs,
Secretary Ickes Tuesday laid down
a rule about plans by some nudists
to colonize the Virgin Islands he
rules.
“They are subject to the law,”
he told his press conference firm
ly.
Asked what the law was, he re
plied: “I don’t know.” J
Ickes said, however, he did not
think the “old Danish law,” which
prevails on the Virgin Islands, per
mitted nudism.,
The interior secretary indicated
the “Vana Vana” society of nud
ists which is said to have obtained
a tract of 1,000 acres on St. Johns
Island, would be allowed te land
Professors Get Last
Laugh on Students at
Milledgeville School
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga, — () —
Professor's @t Georgia State Col
lege for Women are getting the
last laugh.
Some - time ago students re
sponded gleefully to a suggesticn
that they list idiosyncracies of
their instructors, such things as
telling the same joke to the same
class three or four times a week.
Now the professors have had
their say. :
Student peculiarities, dubbed
“life shorteners by the profs, in
clude:
Knitting in clas®; coming to
class with hair shewered into
strange coffeurs, - with scads ol
hair-pins showing; students who
draw crazy pictures and geometri=
cal detigns in notebooks, instead
of taking notes.
Such expressions as:
“You know what I mean,” “well
I read the lesson but I can't tell
vou that,” and a dozen other exe
pressions which the professors
construe to be a subtle attempt at
saying:
“Please, professor, don’'t crowd
me on that; I haven't studied my
lesson.”
The faculty also listed these
things as “hair greyers.”
Looking at wiyrist watches every
minute or so; putting on coats 10
minutes before the class is over,
and fidgeting mervpusly until it
js over; putting circles for dots
over the letter “i”, and allowing
fountain pens to run dry during
the first five minutes of a test.
County Schools to
Re-open Thursday;
Closed For a Week
Clarke county schools, closed
since last Wednesday due to im
passable roads in the county, are
scheduled to re-open tomorrow
“morning for regular work, Super
intendent W. R. Coile announced
this morning.
An eight inch snow last week
made it impossible for buses to
transport school children, and the
superintendent was forced to de~
clare a holiday in county schools.
It was the first time in many
vears that school has been closed
in this county’ because of bad
| weather.
. The Board of Pdueation, and its
‘monthly meeting yesterday, failed
}to say when the week’s holiday
would be made up, but it is very
probable that school wil} last one
- week longer in May..
Superintendent Coile reported to
the board that the old Princetor
school building had been sold te
1.. F. Edwards, and money de
rived from the sale used to buy
chairs and a large heater for the
auditorium, three desks for teach
ers. and several window shades.
o s
IN BANKRUPTCY )
CLEVELAND — (# — The Van
Sweringen company, the original
real estate holding company of
Oris P. and the late Mentis J. Van
Sweringen, and six subsidiaries
filed a petition in federal comrt
Mongday for reorganization under
section 77-B of the federal bank
ruptey act. :
in the Virgmn Islands if they were
as fully clothed as when they sail
ed Monday. - 5y "
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1838,
INTEREST HcH N
AU PRINIRY
Interest Centers Around
Attempts to Unseat Two
Minority Members
ATLANTA —(AP) Interest jn
Fulton county’s March 11 primary
centered chiefly today around at
tempts of majority leaders of the
county commission to unseat two
minority members seeking reelec
tion.
The two minority ~ members,
George F. Longino, president of the
Georgia, County Commissioners As
sociation, and J. A. Ragsdale are
oppozed hy Roy LeCraw, insurance
man, and Ellis Barrett, attorney and
mayor pro tem of Atlanta.
Longino and Ragsdale have been
at Loggershead with the majority
faction headed by Edwin F. Johnson
all this term. Through Longino’s
insjstence, recent grand juries have
investigated county affairs and re
turned presentments demanding re
trenchment. The majority mem
bers have ignored the juries, for
the most part.
With entry deadline Saturday, a
full~ slate of candidates already
have offered for election—at S3OO
to SSOO each for primary fees.
J. W. SBimmons, clerk of superior
court, is opposed by City Council
man Ed Decker and A, C. Corbett,
aftorney. Sheriff James I. Lowry
is running against City Alderman
J, C. Aldredge and Policeman Cal
Cates,
Municipal Judge Clorence Bell is
opposed by City Alderman Robert
Carpenter and Municipal Judge T.
0. Hatchecock is making the race
against A. J. Hartley, an attorney.
Candidates having mo opposition
are Tax Collector Earl Suttles, Tax
Receiver Guy Moore, Treasurer Mrs.
Mabel McNeill, Ordinary Thomas H.
Jeffries, Superintendent Jere Wells,
Corcner Faul Donehoo and Survey
or E. W, Roberts.
Entries close Wednesday.
VERBAL FIREWORKS
EXPLODE TOMIGHT
New Deal to Be Discussed
In Atlanta by Borden
Burr, Brooks Hays
ATLANTA —(AP)— Verbal fire
works will explode around the New
Deal tonight in friendly and criti
cal discussions of its purposes and
progress by two distinguished sou
thern attorneys,
{ Borden Burr, of Birmingham, who
nresided at the Liberty League din
ner in Washington at which former
Governor Al Smith excoriated the
fia.dministration, is to present the
[negative side,
Brooks Hays, of Little Rock, who
was defeated narrowly for gover
nor of Arkansas when he was 30,
will defend the policies of President
lßoosevelt.
The discussions will be made be
fore the Georgia League of Women
Voters at a dinner meeting start
ing at 7 p.m. (central standard
time.) The addresses will be broad
cast (WSB) from 9:15 to 10.
The meeting is the third of a se
|ries of forums launched by the
league. Miss Josephine Wilkins,
president, said the purpose of the
series “is to present jointly the
views of two of the major schools
jof current political opinion and to
stimulate individual thought and
I discussion.”
Burr is strongly opposed to the
New Deal which he has said is “in
opposition to the Constitution and
particularly to the independence of
the judiciary and the reserved
!rights of the states to control their
local acivities in opposition to a
lcentralized federal government.”
He is a prominent corporation and
constitutional lawyer,
Hays, particularly interested in
farm conditions in the south, sup
ports the administration. He has
expressed approval of the Bank
head cotton control act, which
President Roosevelt asked congress
to repeal Monday.
NO COST FOR VETS
. MACON, Ga. —(@)— “It is mot
necessary for any veteran of the
World war to pay anyone a penny
to have his bonus application fill
ed out,” says Col. Ben T. Wat
kins, state commander,
“Legion posts all over the state
have been instrucied t@ aid the
veterans in filling out their pa
pers.
‘“Here in Macon the three vet
lerams’ organizations have opened
' a bureau where they are doing
.the work free. There is neo com
plaint of any one charging for the
service.”
\ e ———————
| BROKER DIES
- MIAMI, Fla. — (#) — Burton S.
Castles, 75, retired cotton broker,
died in a hospital here Tuesday.
~ Coming to Miami 45 years ago,
Castles, reputedly. one of the
country’'s largest speculators in
cotton, was stricken. Monday and
taken to the hospital from his
downtown hotel.
Surviving is a nephew, John W.
Castles, of New York. The body
will be sent to New York for bure
jal, .