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THE vnON-UCOUn, xnXEBGEVlLLE. CA, AUGUST 1, IMS
COTTON GOWERS WANT
RATES Of $4.50 A BALE
■Dm Mcctiiv Voted Sot to Moke
Court Teat of Bankhead Act.
Members of the Georgia Cotton
Ginnors’ Asosciation. at their an
nual mating in Macon, adopted a
rate of $4.50 per bale fox ginning
cotton this fall and decided not to
make a court test of the Bankhead
Act in Georgia.
The slate of officers, with Dr. Ken-
ningten. of Cochran, president, was
re-elected. B. S. Dobbs of Athens.
Is vice-president, and F. M. Wat
kins. of Dublin, is secretary-treas-
While there was no formal reso- j
luticn. all discussions strongly fav^r- ]
ed the administration’s policies. It j
was agreed that impositions the AAA J
might levy on ginners are more than
nade up through benefits offered j
tanners. Most of .the ginners. the
president said are also farmers. I
Millcdgeville and Baldwin county j’
ginners did not attend the meeting, t
Last year local ginners charred j
$4.00 per bale. The News is inform- j
cd that a price for ginning this year ,
has not been decided on.
— that’s just the 1935 way of
saying what Chesterfields have
been saying for years . . .
Chesterfields do about every-
thing a cigarette ought to do.
Chesterfields have TASTE—yes
plenty of it. But not too strong.
And Chesterfields are MILD —
but they’re not insipid or flat.
Cbesterfieldi "go to town”
fo tenon
>00.000 HELD IT
AS ROAD FUND DISPITF.
CON*TINl*ES UNSETTLED
(By C». N.
C :S3i. Liccrrr A Mrijss Tobacco Co.
Georgia'.' $19,000,000 highway al- j
lotment remains “on the hook" with
a statement from President Roose
velt that he has no intention of j
forcing a showdown on the Ball’s j
Ferry bridge, which Congressman ,
Vinson and Federal Public Roads |
Chief McDonald demand be built, j
and with Gov.mnr Talmadre stand- ATLANTA MAN LOSES $22.50
ink fin* on his decision not to al- w AN AFFECTIONATE HUG
low federal officials to specify what
is to be constructed in Georgia. Young Woman Onion Dealer Gets
J . woSvinff a Affectionate With Orange Dealer.
The president, upon recci\ ing a.
letter signbd by eight of Georgia’s “
ten congressmen, asking that the! An affectionate hug enjoyed by
fund be released immediaUy, said I Rry Hibbitts. of Altoona. FIa„ in At-
that he believed these representa- lan'a a few nights ago cost him
tlves had signed the petition under S22-50- according to police reports,
a misapprehension. He did not ex-, Hibbitts had just arrived from
plain what he meant by this state- Florida with a truckload of oranges,
ment however Congressmen Vinson . At about the same time a truck and
and Ramspeck did not join with .trailer loaded with onions arrived
their colleagues in this request. |fom Texas. A young woman on the
Several plans have been suggested | onion truck got acquainted with
for bringing about release of the Hibbitts and finally put an arm
fund. Congressmen Vinson, in a let-, around him.
ter to Clark Howell, editor of the Almost immediately he discovered
Atlanta Constitution, who has been his wallet, containing $22.50 was
active in attempting to effect a com- missing. Hibbitts complained to po-
promise. offered to withdraw his in-j lice,
sistencr that the Ball’s Fern- bridge
be built, if Governor Talmadge
would agree to include the road from
Irwinton to Wrightsville in the fed
eral-aid system. Ball’s Ferry Is lo
cated on this road, in
Vinson’s district.
This letter, sent to the governor
bv Mr. Howell, brought from Geor
gia’s c hief executive the reply that
the offer is “only a demand from
Vinson and the federal bureau of
roads that they be allowed to dic
tate and initiate projects and the
highway map of Georgia. This is
ilegal. and contrary to the sover
eignty of state’s rights"
BREVITIES IN THE NEWS
(By G. N. S.)
Atlanta proper has 214.000 popu-
Congressman ; lation. while Greater Atlanta, includ
ing the suburbs, boasts 395.000 in
dividuals. according to figures of
the Chamber of Commerce.
August 7 is the date set for hear
ing on the petition of the Georgia
Public Service Commission to enjoin
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion from nullifying the rate body’:
cut in freight charges. The case will
be heard by three federal judges:
Judjfes Underwood. Barnett and
the first bale of Georgia cottpn for
the 1935 season, ‘but also the sec
ond. It was ginned last week in
Cordeie and weighed 547 pounds.
Thirty-five telephones in Monroe
ere put cut of order last week
•hen squirrels chewed through a
one-ir.ch lead cable. Damage was
estimated at $1,000.
Some of the worst Offenders
against postal regulations are pa
rents of new-born babies, accord-
to Atlanta’s Postmaster Lon
Livingston. They buy cards, write
thereon the name, weight and birth
day of the newcomer, put the cards
envelopes, seal them, place one-
cent stamps on the outside, and then
expect Uncle Sam to deliver them
all the friends of the proud pa
rent.
Principal duties of Former Senator
Tom Heflin of Alabama will be to
deliver speeches” according
Charles C. McGhee, under the form-
senator will work as “administra
tive assistant of the Federal Hous
ing Administration." The job pays
$4,800 per year.
Four Waycross churches are con
sidering calling new pastors to fill
pulpits that have been vacant from
two weeks to several months.
Governor Talmadge’s next state
speech is scheduled for August 5 at
the court house in Dawsonville.
Georgia has 48 air fields, accord
ing to the annual report of the
United States Bureau of Air Com
merce.
FOR RENT—House Sept. 1st on
Montgomery street, 7 rooms. 2
baths, double garage and garden.
Phone 269-J.
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished upper
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heater, and gas spaee heaters furn
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Miss Kate Cline.
Keep a Good Laxative
ahrajri “ your home
Among the necessities of home Is
a good, reliable laxative. Don’t be
without one! Do your best to pre
vent constipation. Don’t neglect It
when you feel any of its disagree
able symptoms coming on. . . “We
have used Thedford's Black-Draught
for 21 years and have found It a
very useful medicine that every
family ought to have In their home,”
writes Mrs. Perry Hicks, of Belton,
Texas. “I take Black-Draught for
biliousness, constipation and other
ills where a good laxative or purga
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THE SOUTHLAND GARAGE
Vinson r.lso made the statement i Sibley,
that he will urge that Georgia’s al- Beer and wine licenses will yield
lotment of federal highway money $60,000 to the city of Atlanta dur-
be e xpended through the various ing the current year. Atlanta au-
county commissioners on feeder and j thoritics anticipate, with revenues
farmer-to-market roads. from this source already totaling
Another plan, more recently pro- | $39,382.
posed by Congressman Rr.mspeck Macon’s ice cream war has brought
and Senator Russell, call* for ex- I the price* down to 15 cents a pint at
penditure of the $19.0( 0.000 by ' one store, and 15 cents for the first
counties and cities if the highway p j n t with another thrown in for an
board and federal roads bureau fail extra penny at another dealer’s. In
to settle their differences. Senator perry. Ice cream price-cutting dealt
George, meanwhile, said he still was j n cones, with one salesman nffer-
bope.’ul the highway board can reach . j n g seven scoops for ;« nickel,
an agreement. He already has ad- j Thirty days in jail, accompanied
vised the president against handling . by pn meals sounded so goo
the road money through any chan- j James Moore of Thomasville that
nrl other than the state highway, be thanked Judge Cone for order-
department. I ing him to serve this sentence i
It was rumored in the Capitol. Atlanta jail for trespa.ving in the
according to the Atlanta Constitu- Georgia railroad yards,
tion. that federal agents were plan- ’ The young son of Congressman |
ning an investigation of the high- Hugh Peterson. Jr., of Ailey. is also j
way department, which might re- > a nephew of Senator Richard B.;
suit in the suggested removal of one Russell. He was bom July 22 in
or more of the present highway i Washington.
board and the chief e ngincer before j Cod liver on. fed in large quanti-
releasing federal funds. | ties to animals, causes muscle and
Of the bids received by the state heart injuries and sometimes death
highway denartment on $1,500,000 j Cornell University laboratory ex-
of construction projects, only one j periments show. Medical authorities
was accepted bv the U. 8. bureau elsewhere indicated, however, that
of public roads. This job which calls j there was no cause for “alarm" re
fer paving of 3.3 miles between At- specting human beings,
lanta and McDonough, was awarded A tcmpnrarv injunction restrain-
1o the Hardaway Construction Com- , ing collection r,f tobacco processing
pwv of Columbus for $B7.000P. All taxes was granted last week by
bids were filed at two figures, one Judge Bafccom 8 Deaver to the
for state-aid eonstructien. which does Crrtez Cigar Company of Savannah
not call for the federal wage sc?’ , in the first action brought in Geor
and the other, at a higher rate, for.gia by a tobacco processor.
* federal-aid construction Low hid-! The Stars and Bars floated over
dcr on the Atlanta-McDonough pro- , Five Points in Atlanta on the oc-
jeet. as a state-aid job. was John E.|casion of the 71st anniversary of
Whitley of LaGrange, who submit-. the Battle of Atlanta, July 22. 18R4.
ted a bid of $54,516.' Crisp county produced not only
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