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\\ aghingt o n, D. C.—The
power of a united and co-ordi-
, sated Southeast in influenc-
i n4 r federal legislation is being
eh irly demonstrated at this
^os-ion of eongress. Southern
Governors are again taking
front page notice in their ac¬
tivities for and against pro¬
posed laws affecting their
states and this week declared
against the anti-lynching hill,
supporting Southern Senators
in their fight, waged since
January 6, against this dis¬
criminating measure.
Governor E. 0. Rivers was
one of the nine governors
uniting with the Senators in
the legislative battle.
This group of Southeastern
Executives sent a shower of
telegrams to the Senate pro¬
testing against the measure
and pleading against federal ,
imerferancc with local police
powers. Their messages cited
figures showing the crime of I
lvncing has been reduced from
annually prior :
more than 300
to 1090 to only 0 last year, J
through effort of State and
local government.
Early this month, xvhen the
Southern leaders came to i
Washington on the frieght
rate conference, they unani¬
mously endorsed the wage and
hour hill. It is said in Capitol
circles that numbers of Sou¬
thern Representatives are
changing their minds on this
particular piece of legislation,
and nowuntl-i .
negotiations arc
er way in . the House for „ a
compromise measure, with
the forecast of enactment
within six weeks.
Again, no less figure than
Secretary of Agriculture, Hen¬
ry A. Wallace, expressed op¬
position Iasi week to increased
frieght rates sought by Ameri¬
can railroads.
Opposition to increased rates
affecting the South is the
specific purpose of the orga¬
nization of the Southeastern
Conference, and while the
Secretary’s statement had no
direct heating on the conten¬
tions of the Conference, it is
significant in its effect.
Declaring that frieght in¬
creases would “tend to in¬
tensify the current recession,”
the Cabinet member testified
before the Interstate Com¬
merce Commission on an ap¬
plication of rail carriers for a
15 per cent raise in rates on
virtually all commodities, in¬
cluding agricultural products.
“The proposed rate advance
would be particlarly unjusti¬
fiable from the farmers’ stand
point,” the Secretary stated.
“Farm prices are about a pre¬
war levil. while frieght rates
are about 35 percent above
their pre-war level.”
The President’s agricultural
spokesman contended that
higher rates would reduce the
volume of agricultural as well
as general railroad traffic,
which would hold rail revenues
about at their present level if
not actually reduce them.
Secretary Wallace went so
far as to suggest that railroads
in fact should reduce their
rates, wi ich he declared to be
among the (actors “hindering,
rather than helping, a recovery
in industrial activity.”
l ags Please ‘FDR’
President Roosevelt, through
his personal secretary, Miss
Margaret Lelland, wrote alet-
(<‘r of appreciation to the
Georgia Motor Vehicle Depart*
m fnt specially prepared licen-
8e tags to be used on his car
"hen he visits his adopted
state.
1 he President is more than
p'eased to receive these license
plates,” wrote Miss Lelland.—
Gilreath Press Service.
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Stats Highway
Board To Study
Ail Road Traffic
Atlanta. Jan. 23.—A study of
the origin and destination of
passenger ears, trucks and
buses using the state’s high¬
ways. an important feature of
the extensive road survey be¬
ing conducted by the Georgia
Highway Hoard’s Division ol
Highway planning, will be
launched in a few days in 42
Georgia counties, located in
every section of the state.
Chairman W. L. Miller, of the
highway beard announced
here today.
The studies will he made ai
54 “loadometer” stations,
where for several months
trucks and buses have been
weighed and certain other vital
information obtained in an¬
other phase of the state-wide
survey. The weighing opera¬
tions will continue as hereto-
fore, it was announced.
The origin-and-destination
survey will reveal the relative
importance of the various
roads and types of roads studi¬
ed by showing the degrees to
which they are used for inter¬ j
state travel, for city-to-city
travel and for city-to-countrv
and , vice . versa, and ", which , . . roads
are used primarily by purely
local traffic. The result of this
particular part of the genera*
survey will aid in making fair
future distribution of the cost
of the highways between ur¬
ban and rural taxpayers and
between the road user and the
property owner.
“At most of the 54 stations
the needed information will be
obtained through personal in¬
terviews with the drivers,”
Chairman Miller said today,
“hut when travel is unusually
heavy and the interview meth¬
od would slow the the normal
movement of traffic, question¬
naire cards are to be handed
to the drivers of passenger
cars. Their cooperation in fill¬
ing in the information as call¬
ed for on the cards is of vital
importance to the State High¬
way Hoard in planning for fu¬
ture construction and main¬
tenance of roads in the stale.
These cards will require no
postage, will not show the
name of the vehicle operator
or owner and may be dropped
in any mail box.”
The survey of the Division
of Highway Planning is being
conducted in < ooperation with
the U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads, with the federal gov¬
ernment hearing approximate¬
ly 80 per cent of the cost.
Senate Measure
To Ban Loose
Goats Gets Laugh
Atlanta, Jan, —(GPS) They
tried to get Senator Griner’s
goal, but he told then it was
no joking matter.
That was when the Senator
introduced a bill in the Sen¬
ate to prohibit goats from run
nig at large in Telfair County.
The measure caused a laugh.
The author explained to the
agricultural committee of the
Senate that the bill was not
intended as a joke, however
He said that goats have done
great damage in Telfi ir Coun
ty by eating seedling pines.
The committee took up the
measure after the Senate ad¬
journed and recommended
thgl it pass.
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NO. 4. VOL. XLVII1.
TRENTON, 1)ADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938
Mission San Carlos Borromeo
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Georgia Oil Concern
Soon to Drill Weils
Atlanta, Ga. (GPS) —The first
deep oil wells ever tr be drilled
in this state will he sunk early j
jj
this year by the Pan-American
Production Company, affiliat«
of the Mexican Petroleum
Corporation of Georgia, it was
announced.
Large acreages in Wayne,
Appling, Pierce and Coffei
Counties, where surveys
been under way for nearly two
years, are under lease or op
tion to the company, it was
pointed out.
In the past wells have beat
drilled to a depth of 3,000feet,
but under the new program
they will he autil much deep¬
er. Many Texas wells reach a
depth of 5,000 to 8,000 feet, it
was stated.
Mrs. Roosevelt to
Visit 'Gate City
Atlanta, Jan. — (GPS) Mrs.
Franklin I). Roosevelt has ac¬
cepted an invitation to come
to Atlanta March 29 to ad¬
dress the Rural-Urban Vio-
man’s Conference.
Announcement that Mrs.
Roosevelt had accepted the
invitation to appear on the
program was made following
receipt of a telegram hv Mrs.
Robin Wood, of the State De¬
partment of Agriculture, from
Senator R.H. Russell, of Geor¬
gia.
It originally was planned to
hold the conference in May,
hut the meeting will he mov¬
ed up to coincide with the op¬
en date on Airs. Roosevelt’s
program. The wife of the Pres
ident is scheduled to speak on
“How the Urban Woman Can
Serve the Rural Woman of Her
Community.”
The conference, designed to
promote rural family welfare
in Georgia, wii* assemble rep
resentatives of women’s organ¬
izations. vocational teachers
and feminine rural leaders
from all parts of the state.
Garden Club To
Meet February 3
The Trenton Garden Club
will meet Thursday, February
3, at 2:30 P. AI.,at the home
of Airs. Raymond Morrison,
with Mesdames Morris Lieh-
ten and Roy AleBryar as asso¬
ciate hostesses.
la, ris Seeks Session
End Next Saturday
Regardless of a special tax
message from the Governor
l,e delivered today,
Roy Harris declared Monday
.1 is his intention to work
a sine die adjournment
day night.
Original plans for a
day night adjournment
peared disrupted the past
vJ * Governor Rivers
nounced he would speak to
legislators on a proposed
vision in tax law.
Although the chief
has not revealed whether
would ask that the House
gin immediate work on
sweeping plan of tax revision,
it has been presumed by many
that J is address would result
in an indefiinite postponement
of adjournment.
“1 don’t know what the
Governor will say,” Harris de¬
clared, “but I still am going
to do all I can do to work for
a sine die adjournment Satur¬
day.”
The Speaker pointed out
that the fate of the liquor bill
in the Senate would have a
good deal to do with plans for
adjourning this week.—Atlan¬
ta Georgian.
Race Betting Bill
Is Defeated By
G eorgi a House
Atlanta, Jan. — (GPS) - If
follow the race track you
will have to continue to place
your bets with your favorite
when the cop on
the corner turns his back-for
betting on races still is illegal
in Georgia.
The Georgia House of Rep¬
voted (’own a mea
to legalize pari-mutuel
on horse and dog rac¬
in the slate. The vote was
101 against and 61 in favor of
Representatives Ross Thom¬
of Chattooga, and Q. L.
of Camden, authors
the bill, claimed the meas¬
was capable of producing
annual revenue,
would have beendistrib
one-half to schools and
divided equally a-
t he counties of the slate.
FOR Sale—Sweet Alilk, Cream
Rutter Alilk.
—Mrs. A.L. Dyer, Trenton,
Ga.
1-Variety Cotton
Has Extra Profit,
Specialist Explains
Almost 19,000 Georgia cot¬
ton farmers cooperated in the
one variety cotton communi¬
ty program last year, accord¬
ing to statistics compiled by
the Georgia Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
Reports from county agents
showed that 18,752 farmers
planted a total of 303,505 a-
eres in these communities,
and produced 185,885 bales
last year. There was a total of
162 communities in 74 coun¬
ties of the state, as compared
with 133 communities in 1936
E. C. Westbrook, Extension
cotton specialist, said that the
average farmer received 60
points or more for the cotton
he grew in these one-variety
communities. And these farm
ers said that they grew an av
erage of 40 pounds of lint cot¬
ton more per acre than they
would have under ordinary
conditions.
According to Westbrook,
the price for one variety
ton last year was lower than
in 1936, hut the amount of ex
Ira profit recei» ed through het
ter prices and yields was a-
hout the same.
“At a time when our farm¬
ers are perplexed about what
sort of cotton program
should have this year,” Mr.
Westbrook i|sserteil^ ‘‘we
at least recommend the one-
variety cotton program ami
assure the farmers that it is a
profitable plan.”
Over 4,000 Tenant
Farmers Apply For
F. Purchase Loans
Alore than 4,000 Georgia
tenant farmers made applica-
tion for the 180 farm purchase
loans available in the stale
under terms of the Bankhead
Jones Farm Tenant Act.
R. L. Vansan, state director
of the Farm Security Admini¬
stration, said in Athens this
week that 4,327 tenants, share
croppers, anil farm laborers in
the 35 counties designated for
the program made formal ap¬
plication for loans, while 2,657
others made inquirirs of farm
supervisors hut failed to file
their applications by January
15, the closing date.
He said wide-spread interest
was evidenced in the tenant
purchase program all over the
state. Nearly 10,000 tenant
farmers in the remaining 121
non-participating coun ties
contacted rehabilitation sup¬
ervisors and Extension Service
county agents in regard to
applying for a loan, despite
the faet that their counties
had not been designated for
the program.
“While limited funds force
us to confine the program this
year to 35 counties,” Air Van-
sant declared, “we anticipate
an increased appropriation for
the next fiscal year, which, we,
believe, will allow us to make
tenant purchase loans in ad
ditional counties.”
Georgia received $637,003 of
this year’s ten million dollar
allotment for farm purchase
program in the nation as a
whole.
FOR SALE OR TRADE- 1
A-l plug mule, cheap for cash,
or will trade for cattle, corn,
hay, hogs, ejtc. -* R.Al. Castle¬
berry, Rising Fawn, Ga.
Liquor Measure
Referendum Plan
Beaten in Senate
ATLANTA, GA., Jan. 26.—
Proponents of a bill to legalize
package sales of liquor in
Georgia on a county option
basis, defeated in the Georgia
state senate 26 to 23 today an
amendment which would have
sent the question of repeal to
the stale as a whole in a refer¬
endum March 8.
It was the first test between
wets and drys in the senate at
the special session.
Dry leaders fought vigorous¬
ly to include the referendum
clause, Senator Harrison, of
Milieu, and Senator Robinson
*
of Montezuma, who are lead¬
ing the dry forces, making
speeches on the floor in favor
of it. Senator Harrison spon
sored the amendment which
which would have provided
far the state-wide referendum
to he held on March 8.
Roth wet and dry leaders
pr’dieted a final vote on the
measure today. Should
iie bill pass, it then would he
sent hack to the house for
concurence.
Meanwhile the house passed
a new chain store tax, putting
into effect the Louisiana chain
store levy, which sponsors
said would greatly increase
Georgia’s revenue from that
source. The chain store tax
last year yielded approximate¬
ly $250,000.
Garden Club To
Celebrate Tenth
Anniversary Soon
The Trenton Garden Club
will hold its first meeting of
the year at the home of Mrs.
R. AI. Morrison, Thursday
afternoon, February 3, at 2:30
o’clock.
Assisting hostess will be
Mrs. AI. N. Lichten.
Officers installed for 1938
are: Mrs. E.A. Ellis, president;
Mrs. It. S. Townsend, vice-
president; Airs. R. M. Morris¬
on, secretary, and Mrs. G. C.
Tatum treasurer.
In observance of the club’s
tenth anniversary, an ap¬
propriate program will he di¬
rected by Mrs. A. L. Dyer,
program chairman.
The Club was organized by
Airs. W. II. Brock, honorary
president, in February, 1928
with twelve charter members-
The first president was Airs.
E. A. Ellis. Other officers serv¬
ing with her were, Airs. S. J.
Hale, vice-president; Mrs. E.
G. Wright, secretary, and Mrs.
W. P. Neville, treasurer.
’Possums To Aid
In Polio Drive
Amcricus, Ga* — A call for
’possums to aid in the fight
on infantile paralysis has been
issued by Airs. Howell Sim¬
mons, of the Americus-Sum-
ter County Garden Club and
American Legion committee
in charge of luncheons for the
cell hration of the President’s
birthday.
The ’possums will not be us¬
ed as a new treatment for the
disease. Airs. Simmons is
merely appealing to hunters
to donate ’possums to he used
in a community possum sup¬
per Saturday night to raise
funds for the infantile paraly¬
sis foundation.
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