The Cullman Democrat from Cullman, Alabama • Page 1

-T i yrr I' I i iVOL. 38 NO, 50 CULLMAN, ALABAMA THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935 81.50 A YEAR iVACATION DAYS ARE NEARING THEIR END HIGH SCHOOLS TO OPEN LAST MONDAY IN AUGUST Hanceville and County High School Delay Owning One Week VENIRE FOR JURORS FOR CIRCUIT COURT SIXTY CITIZENS DRAWN FOR fICE AT SEPTEMBER TERM Court To Convene First Monday In Next Month All junior and senior high schools of approved rank in the county, with the exception of Hanceville and the County High School, will open Monday, August 26. The Hanceville High School will open on Monday, Septem- THE STATE OF ALABAMA, CULLMAN COUNTY. Circuit Court, Sept. Term, 1935 To the Sheriff of said County--Greetings: You are hereby commanded to surn- Detroit Zoo Defies Safe Robbers ber 2 and the Cullman County Hijrh mon the followin named Persons, School will open on Tuesday, Septem- 3.

All parents who have high school are urged to be prepared to qualified citizens of said County, to appear and serve as Regular Jurors at the next Term of the Circuit Court of said County, to-wit: On the First start them the first day of school. Monda in September next, they hav- Failure to do so not only seriously ing been regularly drawn as Regular cripples the chances of the child to Jurors for the First Week of said do a successful year's work but also! Term of Court to-wit: brings about a serious loss of state Ciarence Keller, Beat No. 1, Cullman. funds on the part of the county board Ottis Driver Be at No. 1, Cullman.

of education. Every effort has been: A Schlichting, Boat No. 1, Et. 5, made by the board, with the limited stewart Beat No, 1, Cullman. funds available, to provide high school dol Kurfurth, Beat No.

1, City, opportunities for every child in the uss Teichmiller, Beat No. 1, Rt. 2. Bounty. The utmost cooperation of Grad Knight, Beat No.

2, Rt. 1. the parents of the county is neces- I Absher, Beat No. 3, Steppville. i i- this purpose a complete success.

With! Grifflt No. 3, Hanceville. this kind of cooperation between par- Howard Freeman, B. No. 3, St'vilie.

and the county board a Beat No. 4. Hanceville 3 of education believe that we are J- Edward Beat 5, Hanceville 2 entering the best school year the Wm -Mitchell, Beat No. 7, H'ville 3. 0 B.

No. 3, H'ceville. saiy to make the board's efforts in. county has ever enjoyed. Signed: R.

E. Moore, Supt. AGE LIMIT LOWERED ON ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS A bill passed by the Legislature Ottis Adkins, Beat No. 8, Bremen Oscar P. Rbden, Beat No, 9, Bremen 1.

Luther Calvert, Beat No. 9, Bremen 1. G. J. Murrey, Beat No.

10, Cullman 1. L. H. Guthery, Beat 10, Bremen 1 Dock K. Graves, Beat 10, Cullman 1 H.

A. Handcock, Beat 11, Cullman 6. W. V. Bailey, Beat 11, Crane Hill this week will permit children who Lincoln Swafford, Beat 11, Cullman.

will be six years of age before Octo- Calvert, Beat No. 11, Crane Hill. Hyatt, Beat No. 12, Trade. Wood, Beat 12, Crane Hill ber 1 to enter 'school this year.

For J- the last several years the law re! a quired that a child must be six years Rushing, Beat 12, Crane Hill. of age before July 1 to enter school Willi Moore, Beat No. 14, Login. that year. This change in the age A Glyrm Horton, Beat 14, Cullman 4.

requirements will be welcomed by Luther J. Hyde, Beat 15, Cullman 4. most parents. SACRED HEART ACADEMY TO OPEN FALL TERM SEPT. 4.

Sacred Heart Academy, Cullman, F. N. Williamson, Beat 15, Cullman 4. John E. Echols, Beat 15, Vinemont 3, H.

J. Crider, Beat No. 15, Cullman 4. T. M.

Wilhite, Beat 17, Vinemont 1. A. E. Yates, Beat No. 17, Viftemont 1.

W. H. Morgan, Beat 17, V'mont 1. J. M.

Wright, Beat 18, Vinemont 1. Alabama, will reopen for the fall term; 0 M. Henry, Beat No. 20, Cullman 8. on September fourth.

Although the 1 Hoyt Tipton, Beat No. 20, Baileyton. Academy is primarily for high school rpupils, provisions have been made Will Burden, Beat No. 21, Arab G. T.

Plunkett, Beat No. 21, Arab. thereby students who have completed M. Crumbley, Beat No. 22, Pond the seventh grade will be accepted Dunlap, Beat No.

22, H. Pond 1 year. Improvements during the summer Tiave provided for an up-to-date gymnasium and recreation rooms in St. Joseph's Annex. The refectory, private rooms and classrooms have all teen renovated and are in clj readiness for the coming school ear.

The Faculty requests that registration be made on September fourth in order that classes may be resumed promptly on Thursday September fifth. MARRIAGES LICENSES L. R. Turner, Beat No. 23, Cullman S.

Areh Glasscock, Beat 23, Cullman 8. W. M. Henry, Beat No. 23, Cullman 3.

J. A. Abney, Beat No. 23, Cullman 8. E.

F. Bates, Beat No. 23, Cullman 3. Arthur L. Almon, Beat 24, Cullman 7.

Z. O. Waldrop, Beat 24, Cullman 7. Robert Calvert, Beat 26, Crane Hill 1. B.

A. Burnham, Beat 27, Hanceville 1. R. J. Burnham, Beat 27, Hanceville 1.

W. R. Self, Beat No. 27, Hanceville 1. O.

W. South, Beat No. 28, Cullman 2. E. McCombs 38, to Erin Belcher 27.

Herman Robinson 24, to Maybelle Russell 21. S. I. Ryan 22, to Evelyn Louise Nichols 18. Talmage C.

Garden 20, to Lena 'Campbell 18. Gilbert Allen 21, to Inez Shaw 18. James Hawkins 29, to Bill Carroll 25. James H. Woods 42, to Mrs.

Artie Martin 41. L. Donaldson, Beat No. 28, Cullman 2. Grady Morris, Beat 29, Cullman 6.

Asa Blalock, Beat No. 29, Cullman 1. Scott Sizemore, Beat 30, Cullman 2. R. C.

Boatright, Beat 31, Steppville 1. And have you then and there this order with your endorsement thereon. Witness this 14 day of August. 1935. Grady Gorham, Clerk Circuit Court.

FARM INCOME GAINED IN '34 WASHINGTON --Farmers' gross income from 1934 production, including rental and benefit payments by the government and. forced sale of live stock assets, is estimated at 7,300 million dollars by the Department of Agriculture in its final summary of farm income for that year. This figure compares with 6,406 million dollars for 1933 and 5,337 million dollars in 1932, The peak income since 1920 was GINNERS MEETING I have been requested by Mr. Harwell G. Davis to announce a meeting of ginners and others interested, at the Court Roona at Cullman, Thursday, August 22, at 10 A.

M. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the requirements of the Revenue Department in regards to handling of gin certificates at the gins. We especially urge all ginners to be present and to pass the word to each other so that everyone will have an understanding as to when the meeting will be. C. T.

Bailey, County Agent. fc FIRST OPEN BOLL The first showing of King cotton was laid on our table the 10th day of 11,971 million dollars. pf the year 1929, when farm income August, raised on Fred Peinhardt's farm on Route 2. G. F.

Smith is the tenant raising the cotton, he has 12 acres of cotton and hopes to soon have 10 bales upon the market. This is a good showing for Cullman ANOTHER CAR STOLEN ON STREETS WEDNESDAY The car of Carl Ruehl was stolen from in front of a local theatre here County. 1 on Wednesday night. Herman Ruehl, who had borrowed the automobile, re- R. M.

Lackey and J. N. Brown of moved the key but the car was gone Birmingham were the guests of John when he emerged from the show, Lnyben at the barbecue here Thurs- trace of it has been When thieves broke into the Detroit zoo and took more than from the afe, Director John i decided it should happen again. A special money box nxicle for (lie park funfte and every night it is placed in the lions' cage. Mr.

lUHlen-snys safe breakers are to try to get the money now. IN REGARD TO THE ARAB WATER WORKS CONTROVERSY ri The publisher of the Democrat has been in Florida for several clays and has just returned. In regard to the article published in the issue of August 1st, wherein it was stated that the Town of Arab had only one customer of their newly constructed plant, we wish to make the following statement: That the source from which we received information upon which said article was published, we considered absolutely reliable, otherwise the article would not have been printed. That we received our information from a member of the Cullman City Council, who in turn was given this information by Mr. Polyglaze, of the firm of Polyglaze and Basenberg Birmingham engineers, in charge of the Cullman sm-vey project.

That while endeavoring to get approval of a P. W. A. loan for the sewerage system in the office of Mr Thad Holt, P. W.

A. Director, Montgomery, Mr. Polyglaze we were informed, was told that a better plan of financing said sewerage system was necessary or most desirable, before said office could approve Cullman's application. That a contributing reason for stricter requirements imposed, was that only one town in Alabama, viz: Hanceville, was meeting promptly all obligations incurred in P. W.

A. -water works projects, and as an example of the failure of P. W. projects to net financial returns, the town of Arab was said to have had one water customer, and the town of Berry one customer. In publishing a newspaper, it is impossible to check back to it's source, every article of news.

Publishers are compelled to receive practically all news indirectly, and must use their judgement as to it's authenticity thru considering the source from which it is received. We, of course, had no desire to injure Arab in any way, nor to hurt the civic pride of that progressive community. The article was published merely as a matter of routine news emulating from a source which we consider reliable. The article in question was not made, on criticism made. It was purely a news article and if the facts are incorrect, we are glad to correct same, as shown by publication of the letter of the officials of the Town of Arab, last week.

We do not criticize any person, measure or town indirectly or by implication in news articles. Whenever we deem criticism just and merited: we do our criticizing directly; in our editorial columns. (J. R. Rosson, Publisher.) 0- BURGLARS ENTER TWO BUSINESS PLACES HERE ROY B.

WILLIAMS IX DOTHAN FOR COTTON SEASON Roy B. Williams has left for Dothan, where he will buy cotton for several weeks in South Alabama. He will return to Cullman on Sept. lOUi. to open his cotton office here for the season.

o- CARS STOLEN FROM STREETS; NEITHER RECOVERED J. S. Hyatt, manager of the Farm Bureau Exchange, lost his new Ford V-S last Friday evening. Mr. Hyatt had his car parked across the street from the Bureau office, had left the keys in the switch, had a full tank of gas.and left his ownership papers the car.

A thief drove it off and it has not been heard from since. On Tuesday evening Oscar Dunlap, the Leeth National Bank left his hevrolet Sedan parked in front of the Lyric Theatre. He removed the keys, but did not lock up the car. It had disappeared, when he came out of the theatre and no trace of the car has been found. "our own" nor was any OFFICERS TO BE INSTALLED AT LEGION MEET SUNDAY State Commander And State Adjutant To Attend The annual installation of officers of Post No.

4, American Legion will take place during the meeting at the Court House here Sunday afternoon. H. M. Windsor will be installed as Post Commander, succeeding Henry Woods; T. A.

Smith will succeed Herman Stewart as Adjutant and Secretary. State Commander Marion Inge, of Mobile will deliver an address and State Adjutant Trotter Jones, of Bessemer will give a short talk. All members are urged to attend. NATIONAL GUARD VISITS CULLMAN SINCLAIR DEALERS Two fleets of National Guard troop convoy trucks Cullman a short visit last Saturday. The first group headed north, consisted of fourteen trucks loaded with national guard soldiers and in charge of Sgt.

R. L. Galloway. The second headed south consisted of thirty one trucks in charge of Lt. Wm.

D. Smith, this entire fleet filled their tanks with Sinclair H-C Gasoline at the new Sinclair Service Station operated by T. W. (Red) Bland. Several hundred gallons of H-C gasoline were required to fill these trucks to their capacity for their respective journeys.

A very noticeable fact was the orderly manner in which both the men and equipment were handled. TO BROADCAST OVER WAPI ON SATURDAY EVENING Thieves broke into the wholesale house of the Valley Grocery Company Tuesday night and made off with a large quantity of cigarettes and tobacco. The office of C. L. York; representative of the Standard bil here entered Wednesday night, but -nothing of value was taken.

Mrs. Vogelsang and two attractive daughters, Misses Betty and Helen, of Latovia, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Stiefelmeyer and of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Kleibacker. Misses Wilhemina and Dolores Luyben and master John Luyben, talented children of Mr. and Mrs. John Luyben, of this city, will be heard over WAPI broadcasting station at 7:30 P. M.

Thursday. They were selected to enter the amateur musical contest conducted by that station. The Birmingham winners will be given a trip to New York where they will compete over a national broadcasting chain hook-up. The Luyben children are all excellent musicians and Cullman people will look forward to their appearance on the air. -HIGHLIGHTS- The new tax bill--designed to increase the Federal government's annual income by the neat sum of framed by the House, is in accord with the President's wishes in general, but goes against them in a number of particulars.

The bill is based on the "Share-the wealth" idea. It would boost taxes on individual incomes in excess of $50,000 per year; would replace the existing flat corporation tax with a NEWS OF THE WEEK FROM OVER THE STATE MAN KILLED BY CAR IN JACKSON COUNTY J. M. HUGHES OF FACKLER, KILLED IN ACCIDENT SCOTTSBORO J. M.

(Slick) Hughes 65, a farmer residing in the Fackler community died at 'Hodges Hospital Monday from fractured skull received in an automobile accident Sunday afternoon on the a graduated levy; place new levies on road between Fackler and the Lee 9 inheritances and gifts and tax excess corporation profits from 5 to 20 per cent. Highwa MtAnnelly's ambulance made a hurry call and brought the injured man to the hospital, but he Thus, it broadly follows Mr. Roose-j never regained consciousness. He was buried Tuesday with Mr. Brand in charge for McAnelly.

The deceased leaves his widow and three daughters and four sons and other relatives to t- volt's recommendations. However, an Associated Press dispatch rccen ly pointed out, it differs from them in four important instances: First, the President proposed that the existing- 13 o-4 per cent corporation tax be replaced with a lew graduated from 10 3-4 per cent 1( per cent. The House bill provides for a of only erne per cent--from 13 1-4 to 14 1-4 per cent. Second, the President strenou.sly objected to letting' corporations from their taxable income gifts to charity. This recommendation stirred up a flood of opposition throughout the country, resulted in many unfavorable editorials in papers usually friendly to Mr.

Roosevelt. The House, apparently taking- notice of what seems to be the popular side has put in the bill a provision allowing corporations to make tax-exempt gifts to charity to the extent of 5 per cen of their income. Third, the President recommended that a new tax be levied on dividends paid by one corporation to another. The House bill does not provide for this. Fourth, the House bill contains an excess profits tax, that was not mentioned in Mr.

Roosevelt's message. Aside from these dicrepancies, the bill's course through the House was all that the Administration could have desired. Amendment after amendment designed to take some of the sting out of the bill was overwhelmingly defeated. Only amendment adopted was the one concerning corporation gifts. Attitude of business is one of complete, unqualified opposition to- the bill, and to the principles it represents.

Harper Sibley, President of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, spoke for industry at large when he said passage ot" the bill "would increase the forces of 1 and that the Chamber would not relax its efforts to defeat the measure. Republican spokesman in the House denounced the bill as "confiscatory, socialism and demaga- guery." The new and increased taxes provided by the bilf will produce relatively little revenue, in the light of the government's spending. They will tend to frighten investors, force more money into tax-free government bonds. (Mr. Roosevelt has said that these bonds should be taxed, but that requires a constitutional) However, the President appears to believe that the benefits of the bill will outweigh the disadvantages.

That, like the bill's final fate, remains to be seen. mourn his loss. It is said Mr. Hughes had secured a truck owned and driven by William atterson to a a cow and calf. Hughes was riding on the back of the truck body when the car turned a curve (h bed came loose and turned off down an embankment pinning: him and fracturin 1 his skull.

ARTHUR HAMMON DIES OF WOUND SCOTTSBORO-- Arthur Hammon, 23, of Fackler, passed away at Hodges Hospital Tuesday afternoon from the effect of a .22 calibre rifle wound accident-ally inflicted while he was out hunting last Wednesday afternoon. He was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon at the Middleton cemetery with BTO. John Isbell conducting the service and Mr. Brand in charge for McAnelly. Mr.

Hammon.is survived by his widow and one child, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hammon and several brothers and sisters.

His untimely death is deeply regretted. The accident occurred when he was either climbing up or down a tree and the rifle was discharged, the bullet entering his body above the hip. YOUTH HURT WHEN STRUCK BY A CAR For more than a century the United States has led the world by a wide margin in the cotton trade. On this leadership has depended the economic destiny of half-a-dozen states. Now the leadership is rapidly being lost.

For example, during the twelve months from July, 1933, to July, 1934 America reported almost 8,000,000 bales of cotton. During the twelve months from July, 1934, to July, 1935 exports amounted to only 4,826,000 bales. That, says the U. S. News meant the loss of a market for more than 3,000,000 bales of cotton with a value of more than $150,000,000.

DECATUR--Melvin McGuire, 9, son of Earnest McGuire, 1418 18th avenue was severely injured when by a car said to have been driven by G. K. Busby, of Hartselle about 1:30 this afternoon on Cypress street. The youth was brought to the offices of Dr. A.

M. Roan for treatment and it was not believed his injuries were dangerous. SHOOTS LANDLADY THEN KILLS SELF BIRMINGHAM After shooting and fatally wounding Mrs. Donis Morgan, 30, a beautician, in her boarding house here, Frank T. Bradford, 32 a clerk, shot and killed himself.

Coroner Gip Evans, who investigated returned a verdict of murder in tht death of Mrs. Mprgan and suicide for Bradford. Mrs. Morgan's son, Roy Blankenship, son by her divorced husband witnessed the as did Roy gan, who took his meals in the boarding house. He is not related to Mrs.

Morgan. Morgan told police that Bradford entei'ed a side door as he was talking with Mrs. Morgan, and asked her to KO swimming. When she declined, Morgan said Bradford tried to pull her from a sofa, then stepped hack and fired three shots into her abdomen. As the woman crumpled, Morgan said Bradford placed the gun to his head and fired one shot.

He died a short time later and Mrs. Morgan died in a hospital early afternoon. buttressed by a price fixing loan of I The drop was not due to a general i 12 cents per pound. Plowing-under has decline in the cotton trade. During also re duced our crop.

the year when American exports were Second, new competitors have ap- touching bottom, foreign competitors peare d--Brazil, for instance formerly increased sales. Where we used to so litt i co tton abroad, but will have supply 60 per cent of the world's cot- bales for the foreign mar- ton requirements, we now supply less ket next yean than 45 per cent, and the trend still downward. Third, foreign users bought large quantities of our cotton at. low prices Three primary reasons are given are 5 till using it. for this unhappy condition.

First of the three reasons, government prices in this country are higher than policy is the most important. Strong those of other cotton producing coun pressure will be brought to bear in an tries, because of the government 1 effort to change it, in the hope that cotton-pegging policy" American cot- may regain our position as the ton is under strict federal control, world's preeminent trader in cotton. I I i I I M- i 1-t li. Aft i i 1 'V.