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BOTH HAMILTON AND
HARRISON EXPECT TO
BE OUSTED AT ONCE
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the set-up of the governor's finan
cial “dictatorship.”
Hamilton previously had told
Boykin, solicitor general of the
Atlanta superior court eircuit
that State Commissioner of Agri
culture Tom Linder and Naval
Qtores Inspector Charles E. Stew
art had not complied with ‘his
reguest to remit collected fees.
Felony Offense
Hamilton said failure to pay in
the fees was punishable as a fel-
After the conference, Hamilton
said . .
“I have placed in the hands of
the solicitor general certain mat
ters 1 think he should know. Fur
'.»r than that, 1 have nothing to
Solicitor Boykin said:
“I' have received certain infor
mation brought to me by Mr.
Hamilton in his capacity of state
treagurer. I will begin Monday to
yput the details in shape so as to
havé a complete picture.”
Boykin added it probably would
take several days to prepare his
information in order to present it
10 the grand jury, if his findings
warrant such action. ‘
’l‘l;ere were rumors that certain
state employees with department
al records may be summoned Mon
dayi to the solicitor's office for
questioning.
$ Reports Denied
President of the State Senate
Cha[les D. Redwine, mentioned
in spme quarters as a possible[
candidate for governor, and Rep
rese!ltatlve J. W. Culpepper 01|
Fayette county, chairman of thpz
house committee on appropria- |
tlont jssued a statement Satur- |
day . denying published reports
they had urged . the, governor to
call ‘an extra session of the gen
eral ,assembly due to the muddled
state of Georgia’s finances. i
Talmadge's one-man control orl
staté monies became effective
Jangary 1, because the 1935 legis
lature failed to pass an appropria
tions act but he reached the im
passe Thursday when Harrison
and s Hamilton refused to sanction
wm’frawal of 1936 revenue from‘
the treasury.
U‘ to that time the treasurer
had: honored warrants, claiming
they' were being paid out of bal
ances carried over from 1935 and
had . been appropriated. He also]
paid the sdlaries of judges and |
othe; state officers whose fixed
salaries were set up by law.
i Others Ousted
Observers, recalling that Tal
madge had ousted a three-man
highway beard, a five-man Public
Servicd ‘commission, a state veter
inarfan and state forester when
they balked against his policies
expeet him to ous(x both Harrison
and 'Hamilton. :
Such a move, one\yobserver said,
was: necessary if e governor
carries out his plans pince he now
is %cked from withdrawing any
money for governmental opera
tiond, " Vo
T);e governor has said that all
salaries will be paid and all gov
ernmental operations continue as
in the past,
R‘ports persisted at the capitol
despite the Washington birthday
legal holiday and most of the of
ficials and employes did not re
pors for work, that Talmadge
would name G. B. Carreker as
comptroller general and J. B.
(Tobe) Daniel of LaGrange, treas
o
i Rumors Persist
Credence still was given to ru
morfi that the only thing that was
ohlding up the removal orders is
the vinability o©f Daniel to make
the 15200,000 sureéty bond required
of éae treasurer.
From the same sources came
information that Carreker’s bond
of $20,000 already had been se
cm but that the governor de
sired to oust both Hamilton and
Haxiiaon at the same time.
Usual sources close to Talmadge
were keeping their own counse)
regarding the muddled situation.
rison and Hamilton frankly
admit that they expect removal.
In fact, both have packed up their
perional . belongings and are
ready. They, however, are deter
mingd—so they say—not to give
up their jobs without a struggle.
‘mitlon said he would leave
his apost only at the “point of s
hY'net." Harrison .said it would
take force to get him out.
Both of them spent the morning
at their desks.
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Dr. Paul Morrow
: Attending Mecting
Df. Paul R. Morrow, professor
of ¥ducation in the University,
lef¢* Friday afternoon for St.
LoSs to attend a conference oOn
cupgiculum study.
Ikter Dr. Morrow will g 0 to
Chfi;ago to attend the meeting on
progressive education by the De-
Department of Superintendents.
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.: WEDNESDAY
Young Man Who Was Called a “Sissy” By
University Students Because He Studied
Singing Now Is Headliner in Movies
Here's the Interesting Story of Jimmie Melton, the
Golden Voice of Radio, Who Wouldn’t Take “No”
For an Answer, and Now Stars in “Talkies”
By HINTON BRADBURY
A young man who was called a
“gsissy” for his efforts when he
studied voice at Luey Cobb while
a student at the University of
(Georgia, comes back to Athens
Wednesday. And in such manner
as to have the last laugh.
He is Jimmie Melton, who is
co-starring with Pat O'Brien in
the new picture, “Stars Over
Broadway,” showing at the Pal
ace theater Wednesday'.
While attending the University
of Georgia he was outstanding in
college activities. He was a mem
per of the Glee club and played a
gaxophone until it was feared that
playing this instrument would
damage his voice. From that
time on he devoted his musical
talent entirely to singing. |
Jimmie wasg bern on a farm
near Cuthbert, Ga., and attended{
school his freshman year in Flor
ida. He finished school after three
years at the University of Geor
gia. He attended a voice school
at Nashville, Tenn. His first ma- |
jor radio debut was with the Sei
perling Singers on the NBC net#
Workh .
l At the University
[ While attending the University
of Georgia he roomed with Key
IHolliday, salesman at QGunn's
{ Men's Store, better Kknown as
| “Uncle Bim.” Mr. Holliday told
| the Banner-Herald yesterday that
Jimmi& once said, “Some day 1
will make my bread and meat
with my volce.” When he attend
ed school here he was 6 feet tall,
| had black hair and weighed ap
lproxlmately 180 pounds. He was
la dashingly handsome young man.
One Athenian who knew Jimmie
well said, “He was a boy whe
thought he was good, and was
good.” It was once said that the
courage of a Georgian, which he
possessed, enabled him to “take
'lt" during his struggle for fame.
He first tried musgical comedies in
New York and saw his name in
lights on Broadway, but was nol‘
satisfied. When he is talking, H‘
|ls said that no matter what he iz‘
lulking about, he will speak of
Georgia before the conversation
ends. And best of all, he will men
tion the time he spent at the Uni
versity of Georgia. Melton once
scid, “I went to three colleges in
all, but the time I spent at the
University of Georgia = was the
happest. 1 was unable to play
foothall due to the fact that 1
had & broken ankle. I went in for
music. I joined the Glee club,
directed the University orchestra
and the University Four, as the
! quartet was called. 1 loved the
lfUnlve'!*slty. its atmosphere, its
spirft, and even the professors.”
In Nashville, Tenn., he studied
voice under Gaetano De Luca, fea
turing opera singing. He played
in a Jazz orchestra. His father
insisted that he give up his musi
cal ideas ‘“because there are al
ready too many musicians.” Inci
dentally, his father and the rest
of his family are living in Ocala,
Fla, at present. Since the elder
Melton made the statement he
has entirely changed his mind
about the musical ability of his
fson. One ambition Jimmie has is
to get in his cruiser and glide
through the waters on the coasts
of Georgia and Florida. His first
radio broadcast was given over
WBB when he was a member of
the University of Georgia Glee
club.
Some Welcome
While he was in New York
making good in musical comedies
he made up his mind to get into
real singing, of which he had al
ready had sufficient experience.
One day he strolled down to
Roxy's, where Roxy's Gang had
grown into Roxy's theater. (Roxy
was the late Major Samuel Roth
afel). '
He knew that this was the place
for him. He believed that he was
good enough and had worlds of
confidence in himself. He went
for an audition and here's what
happened:
The gorgeously uniformed ma
jor domo, who guarded Roxy's
door would not let him dn. Roxy
was too busy to be bothered with
singers. 'He had all he wanted.
This was not so bad for 30 or 40
minutes, but it soon became bore
some. Jimmie decided that not
even an army, much less a major
‘domo could keep him from his
ehance. His Georgia blood began
to boil. “Okay,” Melton said to
the door-guard, “If Roxy won't
give me an audition T give him
one."” e
With those words he threw back
his shoulders, raised his head and
began to sing outside Roxy's of
fice. The major domo stood soO
spellbound his epaulettes didn’t
even quiver as Melton's voice
rang through the building, clear
as a bell. People passing by stop
ped and listened, a crowd gather
ed, police ran to the theater en
trance.
At this moment a little fat man
burst out of the office, which
Jimmie Melton hungered to enter,
with waving hands and out
stretched arms he said, *“That's
enough for me,” grabbing Melton
with both hands he cried, “Coms:
into my office.” Jimmie ‘got the
job and sang until he went high
er. Today as he and his wife glide
through blue waters off the coast
of California in his 50-foot yacht
he does not say, “At the Univer
sity of Georgia the boys called
‘me a ‘sissy’.” He says, “While at
tending the -University of Georgia
l‘fl!fi:&%d the happiest days of my
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[gl'HHd used the national credit to
rescue the American people from
‘starvation and want,” Farley com
mented “Kansas got its fair share.”
“It was depressing to read some
time back,” he added, “of hungry
men creating disturbances at Fort
Scott (Kas), but incidents of that
kind have hsppened elsewhere. The
comforting thing was that you
treated them in humane American
fashion and ‘that the federal gov
ernment was at hand to help you
give them food and work.”
Hoover the . Democratic party
assailed ag ‘the apostle of panic,”
leading “a terrific economic ‘fear |
campaign’ directed agatnst the peo- |
ple of the United Stateas.” |
With Roosevelt, he said, the na-}
tion has “advanced from economicl
confusion and paralysis under Mr.
Hoover to economic prosperlty'
X K x
National Thing
“Prosperity is a mnational thing
unlike that of the Republican era
when finance and industry boom
ed at the very time agriculture was
allowed to wallow in the mire of
depression.”
Replying to Hoover's reecent Port
land, Ore,, sveech in which he sald
the “state of the union is a state
of confusion,’ Farley said:
“l passed through Topeka in 1931
when Mr, Hoover was in the
White House. Wheat was selling
at less than 30 cents a bushel and
cotton wag around five cents a
pound. There wae confusion then
and there was despair. Today
wheat is selling above 90 cents and
cotton at around eleven. ILet me
remind Mr. Hoover that the only
confusion is in his own mind.”
Of the “miscalled American Lib
erty League,” he said:
“A brilliant editorial writer said
it ought to be called the American
cellophane league and he gave two
good reasons. He said first, it's a
DuPont product and, second, you
can see right through it.
Appalling Situation
The postmaster general asserted
that after having ‘“slipped further
and further into the grip of econo
mic depreasion, “the national si
tuation at the beginning of 1933
“could only be described as appall
ing.”
At that time, he said—
Jobless ard their dependents
numbered more than 30,000,000;
the press was reporting suicides
of fathers and mothers unable to
endure the asuffering of their chil
dren; the farmers swarmed into
the highways, grim-faced and de
termined to protect their homes;
bankruptey courts were busy;
banks were failing and “the whole
banking system, deprived of public
confidence, was on the verge of
collapse,” along with the railroada.
“Someone well said the national
theme song then was—“ Brother
Have You Got a Dime.”
Asking “what was done in 1930
and 1931 and 1932 to correct the
horrible conditions I have describ
ed?” Farley said:
“You can answer that yourself,
Nothing was done . . . x x x fear
wag everyvwhere.”
Talk of Dictatorship
There was talk of the possible
need of a dictatorship then among
the “financial glants” he asserted,
adding:
“Almost with an air of resigna
tion, the people patiently wsaited
until the end of the Hoover regime,
fearful that a terrible tornado of
social forcegs was about to uproot
the land.
“Well my friends. the tornado
never happened and you and 1
know why. While the rest faitered
and fumed and fussed, a new leader
took over the reinrs of office on
March 4, 1933 and his accomplish
ments were soon echoing like a
thunderclap throughout the length
and breadth of the land. X X X
“From the day Mr. Rosevelt seiz
ed the banner of American leader
ship from the faltering hands of
Herbert Hoover, the United States
has marched steadily forward to
wards the goal of economic secur
ity and social justice x x x.
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“You may search history without
fiiding ‘a single parallel for the
amazing rise in economic conditions
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
\Roosevelt, Talmadge
1 . .
. Opposed in First Primary
- This Week in Georgia
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|
|r‘tate democratic cOmmittee, to
arrange a statewide primary.
{ He daid this in following a de
imand from the Roosevelt cam
| paign committee which had been
| named by the congressifonal dele
| gation.
' In reply, Howell spn, Allen a
| copy of the United States Consti
| tution ana of the 1982 Chicage
lplat{orm and also of the platform
adopted by Talmadge's “Grass
Roots” convention at Macon, which
vigorously criticized the New Deal
Howell has said there is
plenty of time for the state com
mittee to meet on the question
{of a state primary.
| To Send Delegation
The Roosevelt forces have ex
pressed a determination to send
a delegation to Philadelphia ir no
state primary is held.
The state committee can, if it
wishes, name the delegation with
out a primary.
Wilcox county adjoins the home
county of Talmadge, Telfair. Four
vears ago, Rogsevelt carried the
county by the overwhelming vote
¢f 610 to 25 for Herbert Hoover,
the republican nominee.
In hig campaign for renomina
tion two years ago, Talmadge re
ceived 783 votes in Wilcox to 339
for his opponent, Judge Claude
Pittman. Wilcox in 1930 had a
population of 13,439. The county
is largely rural.
Pierce county was the first to
demand a primary, followed by
‘Whitfield anqa Wilcox. Other coun
tles demanding a primary are
Spalding, Glynn, Decatur, Colquitt
Floyd, Cobb ana Coweta.
. Coweta adjoing Meriwether in
which js located Warm Springs,
the Georgia home of the presi
dent,
Allen said in Atlanta late Sat
urday that the large number of
communications coming to Roose
velt headquarters showed a grow
ing sentiment for a vst:xtowidoi
pregidentiary primary. |
He also referred to copies of
resolutions adopted by various
democratic county executive com
mittees calling for a smtflwidos
primary. i
Announcement of a finance mm-l
miittee to dollect Funds for the
Roosevelt campaign in, Georgia is|
expected in the near flAlll‘o, it w:.si
sald in Atlanta. The statewide
advisory committee, named by thf‘;
Gieorgia congregsional deleg:ninn.i
to aid Chalrman Allen in the;
Roosevelt movement may be call
ed together soon. 1
PRICE GILBERT WILL
RETIRE FROM BENCH
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adequately express my gratitude
to all'my assoclates and othed of -
ficlalg and employes, all of whom
have been so helpful.”
Stirling Price Gilbert was named
an associate justice of the supreme
court by gubernatorial appointment
September 14, 1916 and has served
continuously since. He iz now
more than 70 yearsg old.
He is a native of Stewart county.
He is a graduate of Vanderbilt and
Yale universities, He has two
sons, 8. P. Gilbert, jr., and Fran
cis Howard Gilbert.
Prior to coming to the supreme
court, Justice Gilbert served as a
member of the state house of rep
resentatives from Muscogee (Col
umbus) county and as solicitol
‘general and judge of that superior
E(-ourt circuit.
During the World War he was
chairman of the central committee
of the QGeorgia Council of Na
tional Defense,
FUNERAL NOTICES
MYGATT—The friends and rela
tives of Mr, and Mrs. G. Tat My
gatt, of the Atlanta Highway;
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Powell, Ath
ens; Mr. and Mrs. R. ¢G. Booth,
Bogart, Ga.; Mr. Lucian Mygatt,
Mr. George Talmadge Mygatt,
jr.; Mr. C. D. Booth. Athens;
Mr. George Booth, Madison, Ga.,
are invited to attend the funeral
of Mr. G. Tat Mygatt, Monday
afternoon, February 24th, at 3
o'clock, from the Central Presby
terian church. The following
gentlemen will serve as pall
bearers and meet at the residence
at 2:16 pm.: Mr. Julius Tal
madge, Mr. Howard Huff, Mr. A.
Y. Wood, Dr. G. T. Canning, Mr.
Cliff McElroy, Mr. H. H. Elder,
Dr. M. T. Summerlin and Mr.
Charlie Elder., Members of the
U.C.T., members of T.F.A., ahd
Woodmen of the World will please
serve as honorary escort and
meet at the Central Presbyterian
church at 2:45 p.m. Rev. Sam
uel J. Cartledge, pastor of Cen
tral Presbyterian church, will of
ficiate and interment will be in
Oconee Hill cemetery. Bernstein
Funeral Home,
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which has happened in the United
States under President Roose
velt x x x."
Under the New Deal, Farley
said—
Confidence has been restored in
the banking structure; the buying
power of agriculture has been in
creased by more than $2,000,000,000
in one year; industrial production
is up; government projects “which
will prove useful and lasting bene
fit to the nation” arve giving a liv
ing to millions; the people have
more money and “the, American
school system-—the proudest boast
of our democracy—has been res
cued from a state of collapse.”
“That, my fellow Americans, is
the three year record of President
Franklin D. Rooseveit and we are
proud of it. We challenge any
political party to meet us on that
record.” ! s :
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Y. M. C. A. gymnasts in training for the Olympic trials of the
Metropolitan area held in New York. Eugene Keller, below, and
Mike Schuler, ahove, are doing a dual handstand on the parallel
bars while the photographer shoots up at them.
Civic Clubs Here
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: Sponsor Joint Discussion
Of Court’s Opinions
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deis, Cardoza and Stone and Mr,
Wright’s subject will be “The Ma
jority Opinion in the AAA Case.”
The Athens jurist and Rome at
torney met in joint discussion in
Atlanta last summer gt a meeting
sponsored by the Georgia League
of Women Voters, At that time
Judge Fortson defended the poli
cies of the Roosevelt administra
tion and Mr. Wright attacked
them. The discugsion was broad
cast over WSB, the Atlanta
Journal's station,
* The meeting here next month is
being arranged by the public af
‘fairfl committee of the Athens Ki
wanis ¢lub of which Prof. John
;W WhHeeler is chairman,
| Themajority and minority opin
. ions of the supreme court were
%l‘hul‘:t(!l(‘l'izl'd by President Roose
| velt in his Jackson day addressto
| the nation as two of the most re
markable opinions ever given by
the supreme court and destined to
la.ff(‘('t the lives of the American
| people for many years to come.
| The two opinions, to large ex
| tent, represent the political and
Ie(-nnumio philosophies which have
| been at the bottom of all major
| political struggles in thig country
‘:in(-o its beginning and represent
the principal issue in the presi-
Id@ntiul campaign this year: shall
E\he power of the federal govern
{ ment be used to control the econ
lnmi‘. life of the mation?
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chauffeur denied he meant to kill
the Barbours.
A raspy-voiced parrot was Kkept
{in the bedroom to act as a living
| burglar alarm.
| “It started squawking and I hit
fit over the head with a hammer,”
the statement said after deétailing
lthe man’ entry. ‘“Mrs, Barbour
{('um» in and 1 know she'd be won
idcl‘ing what I was doing, and 1 hit
;her on the head.
| “I waited until about 10:30 when
?I heard Mr. Barbour coming up
‘the steps. As soon ag he openea
' the bedroom door, I hit him.”
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Pointing out his perilous route, the man who won world note. by
carrying the famed ‘““message to Garcia” is shown here—Col. An
drew S. Rowan,-army veteran, reported failing in health in his
San Francisco home. He will be 79 April 23.._Rowan evaded the
watchful Spaniards to reach the Cuban commander at Bayamo on
May 1, 1898, with assurance from President. McKinley that Garcia
could count on U, S. aid. Rowan’s message was verbal, so he
~ w would pot be shot as a spy if documents were found on him.
ACTING NAVY HEAD
DIES FROM ATTACK
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ed to all naval shore stationg and
to all ships of the United States
fleet. All flags were ordered to
half mast.
Colonel Roosevelt died at 5:15 p.
m., despite a determined effort to
save him. An announcement from
the White House by one of the
president’s secretaries disclosed
that a navy airplane dashed to
Philadelphia during the day and
returned with a specialist, Dr. C.
I°. Mitchell of that ecity.
Other specialists from Baltimore
and Washington were called.
Naval hospital physicians had
reported earlier in the day that the
assistant secretary was being treat
ed for intestinal influenza, and
that although the stage of his ill
ness was acute it was not consid
ered critical. In fact, the White
House reported after his death that
physiciang during the morning haa
found his condition "genemliy im
proved.”
Colonel Roosevelt in recent mon
ths had played an increasingly im
portant part in naval department
affairs, acting as secretary during
temporary illnessegs of Secretary
Andrew V. Dickens
Passes in Atlanta
Many friends and acquaintances
in Athens, Oconee county and
Morgan county will regret {o hear
of the death of Andrew V. Dickens,
60, who died at his home, 780 Park
street, West End, Atlanta, on Tues
day, February 15,
Mr. Dickens was stricken with
pneumonia on February 11 and
died four days later in an Atlanta
hospital. Funeral services were
hdld at Buckhead, in Madison
county and interment was in the
local cemetery. -
Mr. Dickens was well known
throughout Georgia, naving travel
ed most of the state for Happ
Bros, Macon, for a number of
vears. An imposing figure, 6 feet,
4 inches tall, Mr. Dickens poss
essed a striking personality and an
unusual warmth in his- heart for
people in less fortunate circum
stances. He was a descendent of
Charles Dickens.
Surviving him are his wife; a
son, A. V. Dickens, jr., of Atlanta
and a daughter, Mrs. Fred Mar
tin, New York,
4.1 CLUBS IN STATE
INCREASE IN NUMBER
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120 boys and 131 girls, a record
for thé county.
- In Marion county mnine clubs
were organized during the cam
paign. The total membership is
165 boys and girls. The county
council was organized Saturday.
Lowndes county has 14 Girls
4-H clubs with an enrollment of
;‘265 at the end of the campaign.
- Nine clubs -were organized in
Wayne county with an enrollment
of 101 boys and 14 girls.
- In Rockdale county, it was re
ported the 1936 enrollment would
be larger than during the prev
icus year.
Baker county enrolled 50 boys
and 37 girls. This is the largest
enrollment there in recent years.
At the conclusion of the cam
paign, Madison county had 475
members, 12 community clubs and
a county council.
In Ben Hill county, 160 boys
and girls were enrolled and three
community clubs were organized.
Ben Hill has a county council.
In Clayton county 90 boys were
enrolled in the cotton, corn, pig
and calf clubs.
In Habersham county 11 clubs
- were organized with a total mem
bership of 304, Members from
other places not organized bring
the total to 465.
Cook county clubs were organ
ized in eight places, with two
more club organizations under
way, and a total of 259 members
- were enrolled.
Clnb membership in Coweta
county showed a decided increase
The girls’ membership increased
20 percent with 189 members and
the boys’ membership increased 57
- percent with 230 boys enrolled.
Clubs there are sponsored by the
il(i\vxinis club, Rotary c¢lub and
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
! Newnan.
| In Heard county 61 bovs and 10
l{gir'ls were enrolled during the
;;v:xmp:lign and six community
- clubs were organized.
Press Institute Closes
Saturday With Address
By Dr. John Tigert
(Continued From #age One)
aously . elear” that the [United
States government is an establish
ment of the people.
“It was not instituted by a Cae
sar, a Bourbon, a Stuart or a
Hohenzollern, or by any Other
man either upon his own or di
vine authority”, he added. “There
can be ng dispute as to the auth
ority upon which our republie
rests.
“The American union was form
ed through the genius, persever
ence and leaderthip of George
Washington amid what seemed te
be insuperable difficulties.
“As he retired from the presi
dency after eight years of ardu
ous labor in behalr of a stronger
union, the burden of hig last fare
well appeal to his countrymen was
for the preservation of the union
under the constitution.”
Guest At Luncheon
Dr. Tigert was honor guest at
a luncheon given yesterday at the
Georgian hotel by The Atlanta
Journal.
“Florida hag a long way to g 0
to get as far as you have,” said
Dr. Tigert at the luncheon. “Geor
gia has a great future. South
Carolina has a great history but
we hope Florida will have a great
future.”
Chancellor 8, V. Sanford intro
duced the principal speaker wh¢
immediately proposed a toast to
the president of the United States
| The entire group drank a toast to
President Roosevelt.
Although Dr. Tigert made n(
- political comments, he entertain
ied the guests with witty remarks
|about the Georgia and TFlorida
football situation in general. The
)(}eorgia game, he declared, is the
‘best one on Florida’'s schedule and
' he recommended a good football
|;:flme to lift one’s spirits,
| - James R. Gray, editor of The
|Atlanta Journal, presided at the
' luncheon. John Paschall, associ
iato and managing editor -of the
Journal, Mrs. James Gray anc
’(‘hanvel]or 8. V. Sanforq were
' introduced.
Dr. Sanford expressed an ap
preciation of the wbrk being done
. by Georgia journalists for the ed
ucational improvement of the state
The Press Institute which closed
Saturday was called one of the
most successful in its® nine-year
| history.
2 oo S et
Public Is Invited to
~ Meadow Church Singing
DANIELSVILLE, Ga.-—Mr, and
Mrs. Ed Spinks, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cooper, Ath
ens, will sing at Meadow church.
near here Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock.
A large attendance is expected
and many other singers from the
nearby sections have heen invited
and wid attend.
Sunday night the regular meet
ing of the Diamond Hill choir will
be held at the church on the Ath
ens-Danielsville road. Mr. Spinks
is director of the choir and a spec
ial invitation is issued -the public
to attend both gatherings. ‘
SENATORS PROTEST
FARM BILL REVISION
‘(Continued From Page One)
with plans to get the subsidy pro~
gram going before spring cropg are
planted. |
(The bill. in a general way; would
authorize payment up to §500,-
000,000 in federal subsidies to far
mers for taking land out of cmp’;
production to promote soil fertimy.]‘
For two years, the subsidies woula
be paid directly or to states. After
1938, the subsidies would be ad
ministered only by states.) 1
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1936.
LEN G. BROUGHTON,
FAMOUS MINISTER,
PASSES IN ATLANTA
(Continuea From Page One)
of Kentucky School of Medicine
where he obtained a degree and
returned to Wake Forest for his
D D. degree. He was ordained a
minister in 1893, after a brief
practice of medicine in Reidsville
N, C
The Tabernacle he founded is
one of the largest institutional
churches in the south. He alsc
founded the Tabernacle Infirmary
in Atlanta which became the
Georgia Baptist hospital.
He authored a number of relig
ious works and brochures on re
ligious subjects.
Mrs. Broughton is the former
Roxana Barnes of Wilson county,
North Carolina.
Besides the Tabernacle and
Christ Church, he served as 'pas
tor of the First Baptist church at
Knoxville; Grove Avenue Baptist
church, Richmond, Va.; and irst
Baptist church, Jacksonville, Fla.
Following funeral services to
day, to be conducted by Dr. W.
H. Knight, pastor of the Taber
nacle; Dr. Ellis A. Fuller of First
Baptist, and Dr. Louie D. New
ton of Druid Hills Baptist, intes
ment will take place in Knoxville
Tenn., on Monday.
PREACHED HERE
Dr Broughton was known and
admired by hundreds of Athen
ians and people throughout this
section.
On several occasions he con
ducted revival and evangelistic
services here which were attended
by thousands of northeast Geor
glans. Announcement of a series
of services to be conducted by
the famous pastor: assured the
success of those . services and
meant that the seating capacity
of the building in which services
were to be held, would be taxed
to the utmost.
There are doubtless scores of
persons in Athens and this sec
ticn who found their way to God
after attending services conduct
ed by Dr. Broughton.
y Aside from his religious leader
ship, Dr. Broughton had many
close personal friends here who
will be deeply grieved to learn he
has passed on.
Ralph McGill Will
- Speak Here Monday
| .
Night at Banquet
|
; Ralph McGill, Atlanta Constitu
| tion Sporis Tditor, will be the
| Buest speaker at the annual
| Young Business Men's banquet
[ here Monday night at the Holman
| Hotel.
'~ Thomas Fortson, © president of
the club, announced the speaker
and other featureg of the program.
| Approximately. 35 of the leading
;}'(lll)]g businessmen of the city
l::lun;: with their dates are ex
| pected to he present.
} A prominent speaker is chosen
%(‘&(‘l& vear to address the club.
| Speakers in the past have been
| Abit Nix, Peter F. Brown, Dean
gPaul Chapman and Bob Gunn. A
*number of members of the club
| who now live out of the city are
| expected to be present,
{ Edwin Kellogg will probably
{ser\'e as toastmaster. Others on
the pnrogram are Rev. and Mrs.
| John Tate, Carl Wells, Hugh Mec-
Eflm'ily. Mr. and "Mrs. W. T.
EF‘orbes and Professor and Mrs. R.
fl" Keener are expeced to attend.
| T
League of Voters
Will Hear Saffold
‘ Tuesday at 1 P.M.
! The February lunchéon meeting
|of the Athens League of Women
f\"otex's will be held Tuesday, KFebh
iruary 25, at one o¢'clgck in the
home of Mrs. H. 5., Cobb, 11756
Milledge avenue.
i The guest speaker for the occas
{ion will be T. P. Staffold of Sa
vannah, first vice president of the
| Georgia Taxpayers association, He
|comes recommended by Athens
|friends as being a foreeful angd
charming speaker and discuss the
15 mill tax amendment to the state
constitution,
The League is endeavoring to
make a fair study of the different
viewg held as to the provisions of
the amendment and the probable
results of its ratification.
Mr. Saffold will speak in favor
of the amendment. An opposing
view was given at the January
meeting by Rush Burton, editor of
the Lavonia Times.
The meting will be informal and
' those wishing to attend may make
'reservationg at fifty cents a plate,
by phoning Mrs. William J. Russell
at 1092-J.
el
Dr. Turner to Speak at
Open Forum Today at 3
An open forum for students at
the University of Georgia, will be
he,d this afternoon at 2 oclock at
' the Stern Commuanity '{nusé, with
' Dr. C. O. Turner, of the University
| department of bioluzy, as guest
speaker.
Rabbi Lawrence Block will in
‘troduce Dr. Turner. The forum is
being conducted under the auspi
ces of the Jewish students at the
[University,
After Dr. Turnper’s speech, an
- open_ discussion will be held. Dias
cussions will center around the
speech. Sl
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the Paris-London gir route, will
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