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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON l MIDDLING 7-8.... .... ....11%g/ PREV. CL05E...... .i.nif Mol g Vol. 104. No. 30 Here Closed With Session Thursd e e e e ea——————— ; Bripging to a close the celebra tion ‘of Boy Scout Week, the Coprt of Honor of the Athens District last night conferred a numiber of awards and promoted seveéral Scouts to higher .rank in the presence of the largest audi eéndée in the history of Northeast Georgia Council since its organi-‘ Zation last spring The meeting was held in the Georgian Hotel. ‘ Frank Fitch of Troop 4 was . promoted to Life Scout, and Cha,x'-‘ les. Compton, of the same outfit, received the rank of Star. Ten derfoot, second-class and’ first class badges were awarded and trophies were pregentéd to two outfits: Troop 4 for greatest ad vancement in the council area during 19385, and ‘Troop- 29 .for highest percentaige of attendance at the meéting of the court. ‘ Seven rookies appeared before the court to receive their tender foot badges. They were Fred Davisolh, Troop 7; Vincent Dobbs . "Lroop 7; John Tibbetts, Troop 29; " Ralph /Wise, Troop. 29; Harold Haynes, Troop 29; Wesley Hill Troop 29, and John Adams, ’[‘l‘an 29. Gt DeFßorrest Hungerford, Troop: . was fprmnoted to second clags; while Kail Roberts, Troop 4, and * Homger Nicholson, Troop 7, advaf ced 'to first class. e Merit badges wpn ~duringfthe last. month. were presented . to. Frank Fitch, Troop 4, for athletics first ald and safety. iCharles Comipton, Troop 4, received these on Jeathercraft and photography, snd Homer Nicholson, Troop 7, on reading. ¥ | “@harles Compton, who has pass ed merit badge tests in five fnbe 1 jects, receiveéd the badgé indicat ing the rank of Star Scout. Frank Fiteh, holg’ing' ten badges, the . number ngcessary for promotion to that ranf, was advanced to Life Scout. Preséntation of the Star ‘and Life bhadges was made by Dr. A. 8. Edwards, chairman of the ‘value of Scouting to the community, - stressing the sound peyehological and educational ba ¢ sis of /Scouting and its character~ tuilding tendeneies. +He .told the audience of the pxﬁo,"'e i W‘N;;?g #..',."‘ "v\“f" 2 ibL Pl otit Ihe etuncil area Sncer the Or ‘(Continued on Page Three) . - p ‘State Baptist Union . - Gather Tomorrow for ¥ Annual Retreat Here ~Officers from Baptist Studeht: Unions in, every colléege and unis versity in the state will gather at the First /Baptist chtirch, Athens n Kebruary 15 and 16 for the .eo;?g?&kﬂ". S. U. Spring Retreat. The program begins at 11 o’dock‘l Saturday mornipg. “God’s Clari on Call 'to Youth” is the theme to be used throughout the sessions. Rev.! D. B.” Nicholson, of Ath ens, state secretary, is in charge of the Baptist Student work -in Georgia. — Miss Martha = Sconyers, . Bessie Tift College, is president of the Georgixz B. 8, U. and will preside at the two-day conference. James Windham, Mercer Univer sity, will be in charge of the mu ﬁic,f‘\ Saturday mérning Guy H. Wells, jiv, wvill lead /the devotional. Rey. H. C. Whitener of Buford, Gas will speak on the subject, “We Would See/ Jesus”. That after heen Dr. A. C. Baker, pastor ot’;] tHe Baptist Tabernacle, Macon, will speak on evangelism: At that gession, plans will be made for, the next vear's work of the State Union, : Dr. §Will - silx Howard, La- Grange, will pe the principal speaker at a banquet for the cOn- | ference delegates that evening. | Dyar | Massey, University of Geor- | s | {Continued on Page Two) § e i x - ‘Winners Announced In Missing Letter ' | n Missing Letter ' | Contest by Judges Winners have been selected m the Banner-Herald Missing Letter eontest, which closed Wiednesday | night- of this week, i First prize winner is Mrs. J.- T ¢ ‘Praither, 122 Virginia avenue, Ath-[ ‘ens, who ig hereby awarded the| first prize of $5.00 In cash. ! Second prize of $2.50 cash was; — i by, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Lester,[ ; !3“09 ayenue, Athens. Thlml $1.56 cash goes to Mrs. . 1. Irudley, 1593 South Lump- ’ kKin s beet, Athens, and the fourth prize oI 00 cash was won by Mrs ’ G L slley, P. 0, Box 126, Win tervilje, These 4§ sglutions in the Miss ing letter (SMect were selected as the : best YBarn several hundred submitted WIS the prizes will be paid prompiiy Pollowing §ys Mre. Praither’s let ter and herl Sgytion: 3 “Pear Sir: .'!H o ¥ou willlgng enclosed my ans- E i Lo th@ missing letter contest. e gk want B oongratulate the mer - Jemants ondli; L yage for using The . ‘Bpnner-HE ), i, advertise their ,‘ pods, nc only on tKis page bﬂt‘_ L AGEY oon Paz Three) e&e G - 4 "G}‘ " o y 7 4 2 e = i ¥ sl 2 'y e % B G D i B S S b ey T e g o i S ARy b - N i - | & ¥ 2 3 : - . z . bt ; 1T 9 Q- i 0 § i e B i oo AR 5 oo N P & . E 3 - Al : k.o SRI 1% oy ; il - . s g 2 s tool vy, LR i U ¥ 5 2 A ¥ 4 % b T 3 & 5t SN { i & e S S vl ¥ N g S B & ¢ £ o i = g 3t e ! i | WLN '“,"'-' & ;,:31 o o BOVRNRT - L ; A & oST SN L ¢ L 0 N 7 e Full Associated Press Service Senate FarmVotels Expected Today. xR R Mook ok i* % * *”‘*}* kKk KKe *ﬁl Sturdivant and Pool&Suspended by Atlanta Council POLICE CHIEF MK "‘ g - ; t‘* "/L‘". ; . SHELE TUILIEU L ok RS | L s l g W e e Lieute 2 nt. L. A’:"-flgﬁmer | Named - Acting Chief i By City Council » I INDEFINITE PErioD. . ; s r:',’:.} ¢ r ’ A_ctaqgg@ mes Sgddenly at End of Meetihg After | I -WeeKs of Study | ATLANTA—()—Chief of Police} Oy Sturdivant * and ]'mn-vti'.'cs—;L Chief A. Lamar Poole “were sus- | pended early, today.as the police; committee oz_,}-?phy couneil inten- | sified its investigation of law en foreement in Atlanta: ‘ i Lieutenant M, A. Hornshy \\':ls‘!r named acting (:})ipf,of police. and | Lieutenant. C. 'I&. McCreary ““""i placed in charge of ‘the d@tective | Fureau -pending — disposition nl‘§ charges of.inefficiency and incom- | petence ‘agaifift = Sturdivant and’ Poole; LSt T S { The committee, whieh has full| authority —over. isthe department, | acted unexpectedly after conclusi- | on of its gegular meeting. The suspensipnis are {Or an im]s»l‘inite‘ period. Sturdivant was charged Wilh-} general incompetence and ineffic-] jenesand in addition was accusedl speeifieally of irregular "return ‘t% impounded liquor cars o a’ I‘eri:',; uted - bootlegger. Only thé gemera .chatges were lodged-ggainst Pooly | - ~a~ﬁ g _&tya’l For i%wwa i'l ‘ - e L eoTh s . Y \“.4' et e, s B s ek TR ,‘.hnn.rr.;:’ o ST TR ] | been stullying charges of iﬁ"?un;-l petence and - dishonesty against the police department. The Ful ton county (Atlanta) grand jury | @lso hag invzsltgared law enforee! ‘ment. FIvG ke Ho s S | For the past ﬂ@eek the’ depart ment has been engaged i 3 an in . tensive Alrive against lotteries Mhootlegging and disorderly houses¥ I “Councilman Alvin 1. Richards/ et ma‘i?- the ' suspension yqpve? 't agadns ‘Stur‘ﬂl‘ﬁht saying, “he is| | & complete faflure as a chief ol |pelice; e was d crack-dgtective ;{and Tewould like to see him keep | ‘his . connéction with ‘the depart fment. I don’t think he is dishon est.’” £ . In regard to Poole, Councilman (3. Dan Bridges, committee chair man; €aid, “I think ~we should take the ‘same action againsl' Sturdivant., At's*the only way. to| get factionalism out of the dem.rt-* nment. We've got.to clean ‘house{ and -I'm ready for it - Another Attack Poole faces another attack in a move in eouncil to abolish his post, that of {irst assistant chief of D()-* (Continued on Page ‘ Dhree) - i “ i 3 2 , West li; First Dust | Storm of Year Today l AMARILLO, Texas— (P)%Dust-| black sourge of the southwest €= 'dro ed from frosty skies over figast staigs today as the fifst sevepst i storm of 1936 slowiy blew itsel }out. 7 l ' Clouds of the sifting dust, in}‘ places mixed with fine snow, blew {]ast night inJparta of Oklahoma.,’ | Texas, New México, Colorado :mdt | Kansas—the “dust bowl” of last !sprix{g’s devastating storms thatl whipped across the nation. ! l But dawn found winds subsiding | with clearing skies. STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press ' ' ATLANTA — Denials fo]]oweai |swiftly today upon the heels of a icharge by Goyvernor KEugene Tal-[ madge that New Deal adherentsi used federal relief funds for politi- | cal purposes in Georgia. ¥ The governor’s statement harked | 'back to the homecoming. celebra- | ’tion here for President Roosevelt | last November when, Talmadge as- | serted, relief money was Spent toi decorate the Georgia Tech stad!um' and to make other preparations for welcoming ‘the presideht. . . From Washington Erle Cocke, chairman of, the Roosevelt recept ion committee, denied govemment, funds were used. He said all the| money was “raised by voluntary | subscription and disbursed under a budget by a finance committee of leading citizens of Georgia." d Miss Gay B. Shepperson,i state WPA and FERA adminisyeses {said T can definitely say it ne* |WIPA funds and no laboyf wers YiTrea egt i B Georgia Forrester B R e e | S @%& R A R SRR R : = i b ] S R - @ @ A B AT IR alße e S B S Cwe Bt e R : ‘Eggu S R B B R : -";;@g;.:,:;:;;;::7:;;‘:»«-3' Gt O R N GRT S e o z%B e S . e . e G e 1 o : g g e e : E : s e B A b 5 g : | Eimer E. Dyal of Woodbine was chosen Georgia states forester to succeed’ D. ML‘LUW‘, recently ouscted after serving: about «a de cade. Dyal was appointed by the State Forestry Board with the ap proval of Governor Eugene Tai madge. (Associated Press Photo.) +ll h o i CHE h e ) ¥ SR sl BVA e e 3 oy-: p o ¥ W_ M"" m T AW‘M B 1 e AT Rt e K 2 2 P " | Borah and KrnigX Begin Ac tive Campaigns; Time ~ Crowing Short | BY NATHAN ROBERTSON WASHINGTON— ) —Political wise men looked toward the prairies ‘toeday and wondered whether sup }pnrters of Governor Alf M. Lan { don of Kansas would enter him in i]—".epublican presidentidl primaries on which increasing attention ig ' centered, ¥ . { The time ig growing short. - ‘ Today is the last for filing in 'lllinois, a state at least where backers of Colonel Frank Knox, ,(‘hicago publisher, and Senator Borah of Idaho, will do battle far | in . advanee of | convention i days.’ { Dates for filing in several othet ( primary istates will “expire :durlngl {the next month. s ‘ |- For some time there “have beenl j indications President Roosévelt and Senator Borah plan to enter most of their respective party primariel‘ this year, ] Aside from Landon’s speech ¢§ ;Topeka, Kan., several weeks agws lin which he touched mpon current |issues, he has been comparatively quiet for'a potential candidate. Colonel Knox, on the other hand, has been on an anti-New Dear speaking tor in the east for some time. : ; . Before Knox left DBoston last njght to return to Chicago, he aim~ {ed &ndther blow dgainst what he called ““the insanities of the New fDeal” He forecast a, solidly Re publican New England in the Nov | ember ‘election, * Former President Hoover, on the hustings aglinst the New Deal, laughed but did not comment, when l_he was told at Portlard, Ore., thar | Secretary I.g:kes described. him as i“in a constant state of jitters.” | Hoover declared ‘‘the country 13‘ l . (Continted on Page Three) | jlief workers were brought to At-! il&mu from Savannah,” | ATLANTA — Reports eirculated | jabout the ecapitel today ‘that sev- ! jeral large oil eompanies operating ! in the state may withhold WOgl |line taxes, collécted in Januury;r‘gl |til Governor Talmadge discloses his iplans for rumning the government | without an .appropriations @ | This develnpment,c;mo ﬁ.m | midst of new. predictions that =/ | showdewn on t.lx:e viholMﬂ |situation was immments = . ‘ Goyernor Talmadge declined to | comment vesterday on State Treas{ isurér George B. Hamilton's order | calling on several department heads ‘}to turn over all fees to the trea-| | sary. Those to whom the reguest | was' addressed have mot yet com -1 plied. with it. A, : . as deﬂMW for e Lot 3 RRg ey el e e 'ib 3 ->f '.,,,«“ A @ il O : 4 ? | oty | L il n 1l NUBLT |/ e s Tmﬁ»wﬁ Wil | e T i 3;B e e Snow,saleet, Flall, SR, Wind al D Ust . yTor s R ¥ W e © MANY EPIDEMICS: Movi Isafated ovie Coleny Is | ed . High im Sierras; Mary * - oo i " 3 Astor Has ‘‘Flu By The Asscciated Press Virtually every form of atmiﬂﬁ pheric and eclimatic disturban except a hgat. wave plagued st ‘ part of,ﬂg‘;w northern hm,’ﬂﬁ'f*x today. v'l:‘;' : ; Sy e The elemengs dealt body blows i ; i with wing st on land‘and 8 - g " ke dust storms ~in the southwes snow, hail, sleet and rain glorms in- various parts of the United States, earthquakes in Montana, fires fanned by wihds, hampered transportation, afd threatened floods 2 LR & Epidemies followed in the wake of storms. A Hollywood,gCalif.; movie company” was! isolahe gh in the Sierras and several - bers of the § troupe, inc 8 - Mary Astor, actress, and Di. B | Elliott Nugent, were ill with® | fluenza - : Maiady Armong Indians 3 i An undetermined malady cauS | illness of hundreds of Indian ¢H dren. of the Nawvajos' fribe lag | earthquake in the western pPargses | the state. e | Dust storms struck parts of Ok | lahoma, Texas, New Mexico, - orado and Xansas. Cold nds dropped temperatutes from Ho&de | grees to zero. Visibility in places lwas limited to 50 feet. ; Estimates of deaths for the last | 48 hours neared 250, including ai | least 35 in the United States, 100 'in Bulgarjan’ blizgards, 40 in Italy - 28 in Great Britain and an uness } (Contlnued on Page Three)" R fN 3 v.:“?g‘,l !.L JIJUNULIY “pUnDRT . ‘é‘ 4 i ).I | : . Outlawing of Royalist Bri gade by. Sarraut Arouses Apprehension - BY RICHARD G. MASSOCK (Copyright, 1936, A ed Press) [PARIS—The outlawing of Fran ce's royalist brigade, “The Kingy FHenchmen,” provoked ghort-lived disorders and aroused ap”ehension today ~over possible condequences of the ban, virtually defied by the most. militant royalists, % Premier SAlbert Sarrau;l whose degree dissolv‘l&?au milftant royal jst organizations in France was signed by President Albert Lebrun and promulgated today, took com= mand of the situation in his capa city as minister of the interiors Police searched headquartérs of the “Action Francaise’—thg royal ist party, the “Marching Wing” of which is known as “The King's Henchman”-—but Sarraut indicated he was relucant to order arrest of the leaders, for fear of re-kindling the flames of rioting which flared two years ago. . The premier confronted at the (Centinued ‘on- Page Three) b 4 ' LOCAL WEATHER | i e B} j"———————l | 2ot ! Showers this aft- | ernocon and p?;" 4. QD sibly tonight "in o hoss south and'j ex: l}s e%ﬁ} treme east por- | G tions . cearly to- A niym‘:gldd' s@-! ;!*1:: o | nighty. ‘at%y} ik ;,"/i,’f partly cloudy and | SSUSSII Jcolder,. ;4 5 ‘J ; " . TEMPERATURE % QST oy an dw te s deied®o G BBL. ~ s e oen sv s 440 Men®. . P Hen: O BN DUNORL -\ ol T o. AR RAINF"'A}L i Inches last 24 ‘hours .. 4. 82} Total since February 1 ... 5.49 Excess since February,!l .. 2;91% Average February. rainfall égﬁ.ls. & }t;'}: ~since Jas 12 ~;—1 8 ..13.‘8' Exces ‘3"'.“' SJBwuery 1 ...11.338 . 4 L l). ._lwAan%,:;ﬁxz— ..mnday. %bruary' 14, g e ! Bk o * | &(es and Talmadge, Far Ap@tt on Views, e in Springfield « o % Speak From Same Platform in Springfield ( iR B i #5% : 5 : | o - N i a N oA SR e T : 3 i : SRR AR r«{ i r*«( e ; ; i e T T b : g o ;:LLBv 5 vl N | 2 4 : ei B E : LA z g .. T i SR @ 1 1 e o : ; e w » 4 | : : R e B o § P 1 oy g e L e 2 Y | o "4 Lo p‘ | g S R s T , ;::b e S N - 3 e s e i 7 A o i ; - . L ' b | e ‘f.: R £ .eTR : v | biL § L B B3R T BRI RSO g B s ’*ﬁf 3 0 . Eoi s A PR : L [ g gk S ' s k] F R ; ] i g i b o Y W & L e A : % 3 ::.\ : : : ; 332:8 R * : 7 b : 2 RE TR el 3 4 P Lk 0 M) : : : o - R e & P B i : SRR A i* & e g 25 B - "‘f T e e : L . ; A o : ; : ) B R e 2 4 us £ . i : 1 | - Fa? apart in théir views on ghe New Deal, But side by side in the reception line stood Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, center, and Gov. Eugene T almadge of Georgiay right, at the luncheon at which both spoke in Spyingfield, 111, at one of the series of gervices on the, 127th birthday of "Abraham Lin coln. At the left is Governor Henry Horner of Illinois as he introduted members of the luncheon club {o the noted guests. Talmadge, in his address, las hed New Dval taxation, patranage and boondoggling. lckes defended President Roosevelt as a victim of the sdmegcry of gfigiota"or ’ was directed at the Emancipator. : . £ Athenians Invited to Join y Pargy to Greet Amateurs p o . et W) iWecicome Mhaior Bowesl - ¥oup Form atheorgnan‘ é . Athenians intepested in Ma- | .-, ,:gﬁward Bowes’' Amuateurs (and .%’,'ﬁn't ), today ', wete given & cordial invitation' by Joel Wier, pecgetary of the Chamber of Com—! ‘merce, to join and form a motor- | | cade with the urﬂcmr"weléonnng{ . party that will meet the Amateurs { when thyg" Jeach the outskirts otl | Athens Bunday afterngon, and | lescort them to their hotel. The motorcade will form at the. Geor gian hotel.: e ‘ In case you don't hav(a;rﬁ-, } and dqﬁt read the ne Pers and haven't talked to anybody on ) ‘the streets here for the pam}(.} {“the. pig news is that Unit No. :&,3 most famous of all the traveling ’ Major Bowes’ Amateur, troups, 18! | going to give! five shows on tﬁ stage of thei Palace t’heager' Mo day. :é'_‘. ta - y 6: | Mayor, Thomas So Mell has, Iﬁ j | official procla,mati?Qi _Bet aside }r‘ebﬁ lary w3O ag{ ™ a.;%ﬁdward‘t Bowrgmmnoteur Hour Day” and; | called on all Athenians to join‘ﬁ (with him (the mayor is an Amas{ ¥ teur Hour fan himself) in ‘welcom-}’ [ing the Amateurs to Athens am{fj l (Continued on Page Three) 1 " l & ";il‘ . 1 .‘ " }: ‘ 43 “ Four Days’ Testifony: Is g A ; Concluded; 1450\ ?d e Of Statler Wil Denied . . 2 g“; ;?:}—‘.‘.;,411 CARTHAGE; Ne'C. —-@H’i‘!{ { Jury triing thé suit; over: thes forim jer Elva. .1 her $549,000" eufate to H :f diey t Davidsons. Jty sl " Secl i lElon two 'months; Befbresh ___.‘o.4!!' }deatm;todgy heard Jawyers "sy [ marize and interprét the évidencs “Four fays’ testimiony. wus gon cluded shortly ‘@fter Davison, 44 year-old Washington Sportsman, took the stind lake yesterday é& ‘deniéd any” fore-Knowledge of his B J = TN e ¥ i youthful ml 3 theé will oF that, he cont Bm her déaths soapy way, o ) £ =r¥ fgfer. relativesiiof the Statler| ‘helress contend Davidson, with thet ‘aid of W. BartoniLeach, Harvard} law school profeskor who drew the | will, unduly influenced Mrs, Dayid-{ son to muke the, bequest. - L ,# denfed he in any way persuaded| R o] = Counsel for ‘the ‘Statlers brobghy. %to the testimony ‘details;of 1 Davidson’s unexplained death 148§ February, and, in®Bh effo! ﬁy her susceptibility to influence, or-4 fefed g . psychiatrist’s testimopges she was ambﬂmay unstablefang . offen moody and epressed, % 8 fends @ _*ﬁquanuﬁwf ot ¥ ‘ wmn# “on Page rv’fﬁ,_,: -4 e S BV i TN T gy T L R e RETLROKDS W B LSS e £ e T 4" i o/ JE-LOW. FARE WASHINGTON— (#) —Rail “ryoads operating in - Georgla, g«Amham:n, and North Caroliha ‘today uskeéd the interstate com merce commission for authority “to continue until December 31 low experimental passenger fares scheduled to expire April 1. The experimental fares .are based on a rate of 1 1-2 cents a mile - in doaches. { o e . ‘“‘ Mrs. May Bannister ' Just Had to Secure Baby from " Somewhere . MONCHI'ON, NX (#) — Mrs. ‘May Bannister, wiig, the crown ‘prosecutor charged “just had to procure & baby” to‘r two men friénds ‘‘under mor obligation,” faced today a trial for New Brunse wick'y first kidnaping, A Magistrate W. F. Lane, commit ‘ted her ‘fdr trial at' the eriminal ag'zﬁzt-s_‘ ﬁhﬂ‘h open K% ruary 25, Atter 4 pi‘elimina,ry"*rt’m‘ ",_)féstm-dag"'bruught out - a nge tale of New Brunhswick backwoods #ragedy and Intrigue. ) . The sdme court will try her two wwonng sohs on charges of slaying ¢ ' father of the ~months-old kD that 45-ymgﬁi‘.gﬂlm Ban- P {or was accndedsof kidnaping. i ke crown, @:" jhat Mrs. Hanslgter (it apEgaved in public ,ngg:\i L doll, fu ‘yéff in baby cliithogy to” “hlufffSlr: neighbor, E'ﬂf“ﬁltinﬂ@d o Pége “Four) st e B o R oot '«a," ,h % ess What Congr .. lsDaing ot 4 I " (By thew Associated Press) a3t JIWTODAY . SENATE-—Debates - farm . bill Commerca’ Ntee investigates plane . disastér, Agriculture com niittee gonsiders Spith cotton plan, ¢ HOUSE=-Continhes consideration OF,, war riment appropriation ibill, Rules, committee meets on ‘pesolition ¥ lor ‘° investigation of “Townsend and othef pension plans. aﬂmc@m meets on . Jogls s & ﬁvﬁtm e APE--Fieard export deben "péator Connally, A!% cas, as farm relief ‘stepi Commerce committee heard of ‘weather report ; “discrepancies” gﬁi;,,’s,&ﬁtor Cutting was killed in nlane crasi £ HOUBE-Considered war depart ment appropriation bill. Appro pr_iat;or?s ‘committee continued sgudy of regular supply bills, b A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sg Sunday B by | 5 AN MDOF 1T ARE WET AlTfha! E | L 48U URRLL A » o 4 hew -i g =N v "‘1‘;,;1). . mCI »e’ ttG B¢ “Placed in Indepen dent County Primaries ATLANTA —(®)— Hugh Howell, chairman of the state Demoecra tic Executive committee, announ ced today Governor Eugene Tal-| madge’s name would not be enter ed officially in county presidenti lal preference primaries which some counties have announced would be held. t ' Howell, reiterating that thci matter of holding a state-wide | | primary would be a matter for the state democratic committee, was asked if he would enter Talmadge's name in counties holding such | Epr'maries on their own initiative. | “Certainly not,” he replied. i “Let them hold their straw vote| election: if they want to. They| are wholly unauthorized, but n'l they want to hold straw vutesl let them go to it. You remember how the Macon Telegraph straw | vote came out, don’t you?” l } The gtate democratic committee has not yet been called to mee'l to decide the primary issue, de spite a demand for such a ca.ni from Marion Allen, Roosevelt's iGeorgia campaign manager. Whether the committee, whiech anti-New Dealer Talmadge con trols, would call such a primary or hand-pick Georgia's delegates to the Democratic National con vention, is topic of speculation ini Georgia just now. ) “All this talk on the part of the|] Roosevelt forces about a primary | ig just a smoke screen to get the | people’s minds off of :that billion | dollar tax bill they settled on the | American people last. year,” saic | Howell, i “The Roosevelt boys would likl{ for the people to forget .this, and | also the fact that they ran up the t i | (Continued on Page Three) | 1,100 Farmers Conduct Soil Conservation Demonstrations More than 1,100 farmers in nine north Georgia counties are con ducting demonstrations in soil con servation and watershed protection under the Tennessee Valley Auth ority, records at the Agricultural Extension Service here show. The nine counties are Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Gumer, Rabun, Towng, Union, Walker and ‘Whit field and, farmers in those counties have 170,000 acres under the pro gram. The farmers agree to plant legumes, pasture grasses and other soil holding and soil improving crops, to keep necessary records, and to manage and fertilize the land in line with good soil conser vation practices. For those crf they can get phosphate f : produced experimutﬂlxg\d Shoals for the hgsuﬁf ¥ portation costs. ke e “Q " Assistants to thesßsuntys agents eot she Fommesscs Vel B s < T 7‘“"“ B <W : L OMEL'L . B B 1t ; A ,~ Ry hiie 1 : Rl i ar L ] | ek WA i ! tﬁ 4 | - e . j |Leaders Are . Determined i To Sené - hﬁeasure G . : House by Week-end = tTQ PAY SUBSIDIES ] | Conhally Seeking Expor§ 4 | tbenture Plan to Add i K 7, - e gk g l "~ To Measure % "-’ ¥ y { WASHINGTON — (B — With |); | delate sharply limited, senate lead- &4 erdf propelled . the. new ssoo,o‘oo.owé : [ faf bill into final diseussiong to«;g’ ! da¥. They-hoped to pass it alongs. . | to-fthe house:s:by tonight. A ‘«"’g Democmt!c backers of the plan ' | 'tod pay farmers subsidies to con- . |.satve .the .soil and thus control: ’3 éproduction had deeided to. brash " iaside all major amendments of- . ;}fered by eritics, i 3 l Leaders were ~determrgd to .get |the bill through, -the sénate this { week. Senat;_i!:‘?mon, Demo-y f jcrat, Arkansagy, majority leader, | declared , that RWe were im-~ : | Dossible today, ' théwgenate would. ‘e called to. megt Jgomorrow . contrs E’ l iry to custom dr g Provisions of Bill &g ( Under the bill; introduced Dby Senator Smith 4 Democrat, Soutl. W2T IE TR, [ ~-—7y:_u:«; L e -v-qy-.,A*;, e W R oY o 0 b ) duction ‘to cofiserve SOUSINGr THieo , first two years, the rjmey could either go direct to tHéfarmer, or indirectly through cooperating stat es. After two years, ‘statés would have to come into the system, or " their farmers would receive no sub- | sidies.) o % . ( | Many suggésted substituteS, & . terationg and additions to the plan ¢ awaited consideration. Senator | -~ Connally, Democrat, Texas, fought ‘ to attain the export debenture pian 3 [to it, i | (This would provide government ‘ | bounties on exports of taap pro- 3 'ducts, The payment would equal half the tariff, qu imports of the g ' commodity.) i | Tariff Reversal g L “It is simply a reversal of the Jtariﬂ’," he explained, “it giveg the farmer a bonty on his exports : |whereas the manufacturer gets a . | tariff on imports.” s | While approving the idea, Sena tor Logan, Democrat, Kentucky | wondered if foreign countries woula E Inot retaliate with tariff boosts. s |Connally replied that BEngland | |would not “put a tariff on cotton,” ifor example. ; Sale of U.S. Cotton " Voted by Committee | y Co | T R Be | | WASHINGTON — (#) — Over | the opposition of government offi | cials, the senate agriculture com: | mitteer today approved the Smith | bill directing the sale of apprp ximately 5,000,000 bales of govern ment-owned cotton in weekly biocks of between 20,000 and 25,000 bales. ‘ ';’l‘he vote was 13 to 2, ! | The bill, intgoduced by Senator : | Smith, Demoecrat, South Carolina. : | committeg chairman, had heen be |fore the committée nearly two | weeks|for secret hearings. { "- ley Authority and the State Agri cultural Extension Service are su pervising the .work in those coun ties, In addition to continuing those demonstrations, plans have been’ made to start new demonstrations this season in 11 other counties scattered over north Georgia, in cluding Chattooga, Cobb, Gordon, Habersham, Lumpkin, Murray, Put nam, Pickens, Walton, White and Wilkes, L A . Farmers in each bf the ort ginal counties . have formed soil conservatiomhd; imptovemer sociations, @nd ® ‘ “wﬂ ciations e - Héen jpdorpdrated. wmmgﬁ:v ox' g ssodiations are being buidgh liVé of the coun~ s O WO? 80l o ?i«?" e ‘_z'g—- 4 tinued o‘\:’:»‘ :':rglg‘\.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, February 14, 1936, Home Edition, Image 1