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VOL. XXXVIII, No. 22
Talmadge Talks Out
In Meeting About
Federal Farm Board
<We reproduce below, an Asso
ciated Press report to The At
lanta Constitution, of a speech
made last Friday in Houston
Texas by Georgia’s Commissioner
of Agriculture:
HOUSTON. Texas, April 1,—
Eugene Talmadge, commissioner
of agriculture in Georgia, made
a stinging attack upon the federal
farm board policies and “govern
ment in business” in an address
delivered here today before the
Texas Cotton Association’s an
nual meeting.
He bitterly denounced Alexan
der Legge, former chairman of
the federal farm board, and James
C. Stone, the present chairman, as
well as the administration of cot
ton co-operatives.
“Alexander Legge won hts
spurs,” he said, “as president of
the International Harvester Com
pany. Alexander Legge succeed
ed in combining the Syracuse.
Lynchburg. McCormick, and all
the other farm implement manu
facturing companies together into
the International Harvester Com
pany. While this was going on,
Alexander Legge advanced the
price of farm machinery as much
as 300 per cent. While this was
going on, Alexander Legge, as
president of the International
Harvester Company, sold the
same machinery to fanners in
foreign countries at one-half the
price that he sold that machinery
to the farmers of his own home
country, the United States or
America. They even swapped
millions of dollars’ worth of farm
machinery for wheat to the Rus
sian government, and gave the
Russian government more for the
wheat than, they could have
bought it for here in the United
States, and they also sold the
machinery at a greatly reduced
price from the price that the
American farmer had to pay.
“Mr. Legge had a big reign of
terror. He went in as chairman
w’hen cotton was bringing about
18 1-4 cents a pound and wheat
$1.31 per bushel. During his ad
ministration the price went down,
down.
Co-operatives Hit.
“One of the first things Alex
ander Legge did was to get
through a motion that the farm
hoard spend several million dol
lars to pay the gambling debts of
the different cotton co-operatives
and other co operatives over the
United States. Of course, they
did not even consider a law or
motion that would pay back to
the farmers of the country the
millions of dollars that the co
poratives owed them.
“I, personally, asked Mr. Legge
about this transaction of lending
money to co-operatives to pay
their gambling debts When he
came to Milledgeville, in April,
1930. Mr. Legge admitted this,
and said they would not back up
the co-ops in gambling on the
future market again. But they did
hack them up each succeeding
year, after that, and they made
future contracts for both cotton
and w'heat on the exchanges of
America.
“When Mr. Legge had done all
the damage he could, he resigned,
“His successor is James C.
Stone. of Kentucky Mr. Stone
came into fame and qualified as
a member of the farm board in
the following manner:
“Mr. Stone owned several to
bacco warehouses in Kentucky
that had not been paying, and
were practically bankrupt. He
conceived the idea of forming a
tobacco co-operative. Then he
had himself elected president of
the tobacco co-operative and sold
his own tobacco warehouses to
his own co-operatives. At the end
of a few years the tobacco co
operatives was in the hands of
a receiver, and he couldn’t get
any of the members to re-organize
or rejoin. With this enviable
record, he was given a place on
the federal farm board as vice
chairman, and became chairman
upon the resignation of Mr. Legge.
Cotton Member.
“Our particular representative,
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Published to Furnish the People of Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County.
Two Texans Have Important Roles
In Drive for Business Recove:
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tion and Melvin A. Traylor, President of First National Bank of Chicago.
T EXAS has a double Interest in the
success of the new Reconstruction
Finance Corporation which has
become an important business factor
under the leadership of General
Charles G. Dawes, former Ambassador
to Great Britain.
Selection of Jesse H. Jones of Hous
ton as a director of this $-.000,000,000
credit corporation is generally regard
ed as recognition of Mr. Jones’ talent
for tackling large business problems.
Of equal interest to Texans and
many others in the Southwest Is the
fact that Melvin A. Traylor, a native
of Kentucky and a former Texan,
made one of the most important, con
tributions to the organization of the
Reconstruction Corporation. Mr. Tray
lor, who is now a Chicago hank presi
dent and often mentioned by his friends
. whom . should . ,, probably . , , . he
in we
most interested, as he is the cot
ton membei! of the farm hoard,
is Carl Williams. Carl Williams
is not a farmer, never has been,
and never will be. He was writ-
ing for newspapers and maga
zines for years on farm
Writing canned stuff, propaganda
paid for by some business inter
ests who wanted to lead or decoy
the public infto buying their
goods. When the writing busi
ness would run down, he would
go around and work for some co
poratives, talking a lot of clap
trap to the people to fool them
into joining the co-ops. H e
Hvorked in organizing the Georgia
Cotton Growers’ Co-operative As
sociation in Georgia for $35 a
week. Of course, when they had
to name a cotton member of the
board, the co-operatives in turn
wanted Carl Williams there,
cause they knew they could cover
up anything with him.
“Do you know that it costs the
tax-payers of the United Slates
by regular apropriation one
lion eight hundred thousand dol
a year for salaries and travel
ing expenses to keep the farm
hoard going, plus the monster
sums they have lost in specula
tion, in inadequately secured
loans, etc., and all of this when
the federal treasury is empty, mil
lions of men are out of work,
and the end of the world-wide
depression is not in sight? The
last annual report of the farm
board, which blandly admits pay
ing as high as $75,000 a year to
at least one “executive” and sums
of $10,000, $20,000 and $30,000 to
others, is an interesting docu
ment. This money is either paid
direct or through their totally
financed and controlled sub
sidaries.
“The farm hoard employed a
lawyer, Stanley Reid, at the sum
of $10,000 a year. After a while,
Mr. Reid thought this salary too
small, so lie said he would have
to quit, so they raised his salary
to $20,000 per annum. Luckily,
this raise in salary came at about
the time everyone else was get
ting a substantial cut in their
earnings, which gave the federal
farm board a 100 per cent record
for doing everything backwards,
“A very brilliant and noted
friend of mine, Frank Lever, was
employed by the farm board
when they saw they were getting
into hot water. He came down
in Georgia and stayed quite a
while packing bricks up at one
of the hotels. I think he was in-
GIBSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1932.
throughout the country as a potential
Democratic candidate for the Presi
dential nomination, went to Washing
ton and gave a Senate Sub-Committee
the benefit of his exceptional expert
enee in agricultural banking. One of
his outstanding suggestions was that
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion be authorised to make loans to
the receivers of closed banks as a
means of alleviating distress of thou
sands of depositors in small financial
institutions throughout the country.
Mr. Traylor's suggestion made Buck
an impression that it was embodied in
the Bill as finally passed by Congress,
He, more than any other man, is re
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sponsible for the timely assistance that,
will now be possible for many depost.-'
tors of small banks throughout the.
country.
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vestigating some reports against
the co-ops, hut I have never
heard of the results of his
ligations.
Co-op Salaries
‘Mr. Creekmore, president of
*' ie American . Cotton Co-operative
is one of the big ones
w ho gets the $75,000. a year sal
– ar e Y- * s $3a.000 j h e ‘ r *' and rs ! another vice-president vice
president, . C. A. Moser, is the re
cpient of $15,000 annually as
^ le e°tton farmer’s contribution
him in the way of unemploy*
men * insurance. Brother Moser
seems to he a paid lobbyist of
the larm hoard,
' ' • Lonwell, the president of
our own cotton eo-operatives, has
ave raged a salary of $12,000
I* Y ea *‘ ana expenses since they
* ,a ' e been operating. I presume
, c °-°Ppratives similar salaries. in other I under- states
ave
an “ our Georgia co-ops
« representative to Norway
01 Sweden every year at the ex
l ,ease °‘ lae association,
*' as| vcar co-ops ol Geor
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. succeeded in handling 55,000
^ kales ,a cotton out of a crop of
Mo1,2,4d bales Not a drop in the
M. c •, ley knew it could not
, tae market immediately.
Consequently, they ran around
‘ in< under-hid legitimate brokers
,( j tlie mills and depressed the
° c<> ^ on ;
1 he protective tariff policy of
America is driving millions of
dollars of trade from our shores,”
ie declared. Ihe last amend
ment to the tariff law tile Smoot
Hawley bill caused the decrease
of importations to this country
*° su °h an extent that the indebt
odness or expense of the govern
ment amounts to $5,000 more a
minute Ilian our revenue. . . My
authority for this statement is
Semdor Reed, of Pennsylvania,
. ^ e a financially * e ' ac ?d with only, the fact, that speak- this
in
country is rushing to destruction
id the rate of $5,000 a, minute,
Heed declared the Sinoot-Haw
ac ‘t was the pie counter for
manufacturers of the country
""° , hud made large campaign
contributions to the republican
P a rt Y’ ’ but that the Hoover ad
ministration . “was the debenture
’dl.
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Few Waste Places
An Australian anthropologist says
that the world Is so nearly explored
that there are only a few small areav
of the earth where natives have never
1 seen a white men.
LIGSSTS ► TRUMBULL By Walter
of NEW YORK
pttiomeUwes f .florful we In tliink New that York the most art
k persons are
tfS’ models. Practically everyone of
A m has a story, if you can get It.
V «ke, for example, a pretty girl who
kykbeen posing for George Van Wer
■u-A among others. Her family lived
E))|t BiSre small her town outside Manhattan,
E’Tfcer. father was a prosperous
K Everything went well for the
and her sister until their mother
■ tj. The mother had been a thrifty
H inan. She had made her husband
Bryfe R>r and Invest enough in income bear
E|Uld bonds so that It looked as if he
retire and still keep his fam
comfortable for life. After the
Esther's death, the father ran the
■Ntore for a couple of years. Then he
■Barrled again, The new wife didn’t
B risk to be In the grocery business.
P§he considered the real estate busl
■ ■M jess the more fashionable, sell his so she persuad- aud his
■grinds, man to store
and go Into real estate. He
IJIid pretty well at it until the depres
sion came along. Then, with plenty of
^Company, j Je vvent broke.
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lie went broka to the extent that he
■#–.'a me a superintendent In an apart-
1 ment house. Then, as an artist we
•know expressed tt, one of the girls
^went •'modeling. to work and the other went to
The one who went to work
*j«ffcugh .got a job In a shop and makes barely
to support herself. The oth
-rCr, Who has more looks and vastly
4–ore Initiative, happened to he a good
model and has been In constant de
mand. She attended strictly to bust
ness, except that she always accepted
- any Invitation to eat, and finally mnn
aged to save $500. Just about that
.time, her stepmother’s mother became
'ill .and had to have an operation. A
-fsurgeon, who had been a friend of the
'care Tamily in more prosperous days, took
4 of her and kept expenses down
«*U he could? but there were certain
xdilfgaiious, which could not be avoid
JP.' 'Nmre was no other money In the
'amtly, so the model, a good sport,
Wfa ‘the bills. They came to about
J ^ which meant that she was start
g
But the old lady also was a good
sport. Recently, some unexpected
windfall brought her a couple of thou
sand dollars and she paid the girl back
her five hundred. She has decided to
spend It before anything happens to
It. With this Idea In view, she has
bought a round-trip ticket to Europe
at the cheapest rate she could discov
er. Painters, who studied abroad, and
Illustrators for whom she has posed
have told her where to get the most
reasonable lodgings and have given her
letters to artists In Paris. They as
sure her that the married men and
their wives certainly will ask her fre
quently to tea and dinner, and that
the unmarried ones will invite her to
restaurants. So the girl Is starting
off gaily, apparently without the slight
est misgiving, believing that she can
make what Is left of her money see
her through for at least six weeks or
two months. Then she plans to re
turn and earn some more.
The American Museum of Natural
History has announced that it will he
amply able to balance its budget, but
that no more dinosaur eggs will be
served until some one discovers which
corner prosperity is just around. The
museum has called off about a dozen
expeditions. Many of these expedi
tions were for birds, which apparent
ly made the money fly.
Russell Patterson and Arthur Wil
liam Brown were speaking of a friend
who was a director In a financial Insti
tution and had been sitting up day
and night, trying to keep the breath
of life in It.
“I wonder why he looks so much
happier lately,” said Mr. Patterson.
“Why, didn’t you hear?” answered
Mr. Brown. “IBs bank bust.”
And there Is a lot In that. We may
worry over trying to prevent some
thing, but, once it happens, there ts
nothing more to worry about. The
thing Is done, and that Is all there ts
to It.
(®, 1932, Bell Syndicate.)—WNU Service.
Produce Buys Lunches
Moxee City, Wash.—Pupils at the
public school in this farming com
munity may trade raw produce for hot
lunches. “Town kids” pay 20 cents a
week, which pays for cooking what the
“country kids” bring In.
Explaining Undertow
When a wave rushes up on a beach
the water must recede. Meanwhile an
other wave Is approaching. This sec
ond wave climbs over the water which
is running back. This is repeated
time and time again. There Is there
fore a seaward-tiowing current set up
under the advancing waves.
Bring Us Your Job Printing.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
All Cotton Suits To
Be Worn By Ga.
Kiwanis Members
Atlanta, Ga. (Special)—If the
recommendations of the State
Committee on Public Affairs of
Khvanis are carried out, each of
the two thousand Kiwanians in
Georgia will attend his first
meeting in May attired in tai
brand new white cotton suit.
Merchants will advertise in the
newspapers the first week in
May cotton suits and other cot
ton goods and speeches on cot
ton and its place in agriculture
and industry will be made be
fore all clubs.
The “Increased Use o f Cotton”
campaign being conducted by the
State Committee on Public af
fairs through R. R. Whitman as
Chairman, has received the en
dorsement of Governor Russell
and Dr. A. M. Soule, president of
the Georgia State College of Agri
culture.
The Committee is endeavoring
not only to make a white cotton
suit vogue throughout Georgia
this summer but also 'to popu
larize cotton dresses and various
other articles of wearing apparel
made from cotton.
With the co-operation of mills
and merchants and with enthusi
astic advertising on the part of
Kiwanians in the clothing busi
ness, the committee anticipates
'that the increased use of cotton
will result in a very appreciable
rductioii of the supply on hand.
In addition to wearing the cot
ton suits at the first meeting in
May, Kiwanians expect to con
tinue wearing them throughout
the summer and the delegation
from Georgia to the National
Khvanis Convention in Detroit
the last of June, will be attired
in the white cotton
Chairman Whitman predicts
that “it Kiwanis Club members
appear at the May meeting in
white cotton suits, with the at
tendant newspaper, news reel
and magazine pictures and pub
licity, the shot, like that at
Bunker Hill, w be heard
around the world.
Two Bi g Days On
Tap For Augusta
April 19th and 20th
One of the greatest of the
year’s theatrical attractions, “Ki
wanis Kapers,’” will be staged in
Augusta on Tuesday and Wed
nesday, April 19th and 20th, by
the Augusta Kiwanis Club, ac
cording to advices received here.
Talent from Augusta and the
neighboring towns, will be fea
tured—the whole production be
ing directed by the Harry Miller
organization of New York City.
President Owen Cheatham, of the
Kiwanians, extends a cordial in
vitation to the people throughout
the entire Augusta trade territory
to come to Augusta on one or
both of these days.
Besides his great stage attrac
tion, there will be other interest
ing events in Augusta on those
two days. Mayor W. D. Jennings
has issued a proclamation to the
effect that the en*ire city will be
turned over to the Kiwanians,
and endorsing the two “Kiwianis
Sales Days” which will be in
augurated in all of the Augusta
stores.
The merchants of the city have
enthusiastically entered into the
plan to hold a great Spring re
vival in business, and are arrang
ing special merchandise and an
unusually low* scale of bargain
prices to apply on those days.
It is believed that the two
special sales days will offer the
greatest merchandising events in
history of the city. Augusta
looks forward to being the host
to thousands on these days—
Tuesday and Wednesday, April
19th and 20th.
“Open” and “Closed” Sea*
Mare clausum is a Latin phrase
meaning closed sea, and Is applied
to a sea closed by a certain power or
powers to the unrestricted trade of
Dtlier nations. The free and open sea
la called mure liberum.
The Great Work
Local Womans Club
Recorded In History
(From Warrenton Clipper)
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilholt, County
Historian.)
(Following sketches of the
American Legion Auxiliary and
the Warrenton Matrons Chib,
written to go in the history of
Warren County, this week’s in
stallment appearing below, is a
continuation of a chapter given
over to the work of the Warren
ton Woman’s Club—(Ed.)
(Woman’s Club)
One of the most outstanding
things the Woman’s Club ever
did was the organization of the
Warrenton Library, which took
place in April of the year 1920.
An entertainment was given to
which the citizens were invited
with the request that each bring
at least one book. When the final
county was made, it was found
that one hundred and forty-six
books had been donated.
The county officials were im
portuned and an unoccupied
room on the second floor of the
court house was given over to the
club to house the infant library.
Twenty-five second hand books
were bought from the library at
Louisville and twenty-five new
ones bought. Mr. J. C. Evans do
nated a sectional book case in
memory of his son, Mr. M. Earl
Evans and with table and chairs
borrowed from the court room, a
sofa ami mirrow from the grand
sofa and mirror from the grand
jury room and a table and vase
donated by club members, Mrs.
Jeff Davenport took charge as
librarian. She made and gave
half curtains for the window's
and la cover for the table and
under her dainty touch it became
a really attractive place. An an
nual fee of one dollar was charg
ed and the library was opened
one afternoon a week. An over
charge of two cents a day was
levied when books were over-due.
Soon there was a need for the
room and having no place for the
library, it was moved into the
home of one of the members.
After a year there, it was move
ed to an unused room in the War
renton High school building. That
room was also used as the Wo
Woman’s club room arid all the
Woman’s organizations held their
meetings there also.
The small library belonging to
Ihe school, which bad accumulat
ed since the fire of 1914, which
destroyed the building and with
it the school library, was moved
into the club room and became
a part of the Warrenton Library
with one of the teachers in charge.
Miss Rita Lanier, one of the
teachers who had taken a course
in library work at Columbia
University, re-catalogued land re
arranged the hooks.
Since the number of books had
grown to two thousand, Mrs. W.
M. Haw'es gave a revolving book
case and Mr. Troup Whitehead a
hook case and gave lumber to
build hook shelves to accommo
date them. Besides the local con
tribulions of hooks, a box of
hooks was obtained from Atlan
ta through the efforts of Mr. E.
A. Anchors. Outgrowing the
space again, the Board of Trus
tees of the school had the room
shelves remodeled, and placed built-in
all around the room.
After the remodling of the coin
munity house was completed, the
Woman’s Club did over a room
upstairs to he used as a library
and appointed a committee to
move the hooks to their new and
permanent home.
When Mrs. W. II. Fowler, who
was chairman of the committee,
conferred with Mr. 0. G. Lancas
ter, the superintendent of the
school, as to the time when the
moving would least disturb the
school, he insisted that the books
he allowed to remain in the
school as the library had been
designated as the school library
and had much to do with its rat
ing as a state and 'Southern ac
credited high school, and that
their removal might seriously af
fect its rating. Not wishing' to in
jure the school, the hooks were
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