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By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Item* of Interest From Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Walton Tribune)
It is nextSto impossible to restrict
the youths—to keep them out of the
stagnant ponds and muddy, unheal
thy streams. Therefore, since we are
agreed that our children in Monroe
are going to indulge in the sport of
swimming, or beating the waves in
an effort to learn, even if they have
to steal away from us after night
fall, would it not be wise for us to
provide an up-to-date swimming pool
within the incorporate limits of Mon
roe —where, under the surveilance of
the policemen, the very finest behav
ior can be maintained—where noth
ing indecent can be carried on?
(From Gainesville News)
Gainesville Mill Methodist Church
A wonderful service was held last
night, Brother W. H. Venable con
ducting the services. The church was
crowded, and there was an extra
song service, the singers using the
old time books, such as the Chris
tian Harmony, Temple Star, and the
Sacred Harp. After the preaching
of the evening, Brother Venable’s
mother talked for about fifteen
minutes, which was real interesting,
and was listened to by the congrega
tion with profound silence. She is
about ninety-one years old, and can
read without the aid of glasses, and
is as supple apparently as though she
were not over 50 years old, and
made a fine talk. Her voice was
strong, and could be heard out in the
yard at the church. It is wonderful
to see, much less to hear, a woman
like her give such a godly talk.
She has the power from on high to
put into her speech and make it sink
deep down into any one’s heart. We
can now see where Brother Venable,
gets the gift of speech and is liked
by his congregation. It was a touch
ing incident—a mother sitting by
her son in the pulpit, and her son
looking around at his 91-ycar-old
mother, and then to be followed in
the pulpit by her. Only a few eyes
but what were moist with tears. May
her Gwd be more merciful to her, and
that she will reach the century mark.
(From Winder News)
Brooks —Elder
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Elder an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Desma Carolyn, to Mr. Everett
Sheperdson Brooks, of Albany, Ala.,
on Saturday, December 15, 1923. At
home after February 5, 1924, Han
senhurst Brunswick, Tenn^
Mr. Edd Bedingfield, one of the
best automobile mechanics in this
section, has accepted a position with
Kelly Garage in Jefferson.
Mr. Young Maddox of Jefferson
spent last Sunday here, as the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Maddox.
* * *
(From Maysville Enterprise)
Mrs. Leila Sims is in Atlanta, in
attendance at the bedside 'of her
daughter, Mrs. Clyde Langford, who
underwent an operation last Satur
day for appendicitis at the Georgia
Baptist Hospital. Reports from the
bedside of Mrs. Langford state that
her condition is very gpod.
Rev. Gower Latimer, of Mercer
University, was called as supply pas
tor of the Baptist church, and will
preach here every 2nd and 4th Sun
days.
COOKING DEMONSTRATION
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AFTERNOONS
On next Monday and Tuesday af
ternoon, Miss White, representative
of a well known brand of flour, will
give a demonstration in bread and
cake making, to which the ladies of
this section are invited. She will
demonstrate bread making on Mon
day afternoon, and cake making on
Tuesday afternoon. The place has
not yet been selected, but a commit
tee from the Womans Club will con
fer with Miss W T hite, and arrange a
suitable kitchen for her work.
Miss White is said to be an expert
in this line, and the things she will
impart will be just the things every
housewife should know. Bread is the
*taff of life, and cake is so closely
related to it that no household man
agement is up to the standard unless
the best of these two foods are serv
ed. Therefore, visit Miss White’s
demonstration, and learn all the mod
ern improvements in the art of bread
*nd cake making.
THE J ackson Herald
HEALTH OF TAFT
IMPROVED WHILE HE
WAS PRESIDENT
Although the job of president is
believed by many to break down a
man’s health, William Howard Taft
demonstrated that a man elected to
the nation’s highest honor can. come
out of the White House in better
physical condition than he went in.
“Mr. Taft is the only president,
perhaps, certainly the only one in
recent years, who has gone out of
the White House in better physical
condition than when he entered it, 1 ’
declares President Taft’s former per
sonal physician, Dr. C. E. Barker.
“Chief Justice Taft used to weigh
350 pounds. He now weighs 100
pounds less. I& lost his unneces
sary and annoying encumbrance of
surplus fat and flesh by forcing him
self to regularity of diet and exer
cise.
“Any man who weighs too much
can do it. It is necessary only to
use the same methods which the
former president and now chief jus
tice used. He is the only president
in recent years who reduced himself
absolutely to a scientific basis of diet
and exercise.
“He is now in the best of health,
and he continues his regularity of
habits, and he will live to be a very
old man, I predict* We have seen
otber presidents collapse in office
under their loads because they did
not pay enough attention to their
physical well being.”
Dr. Barker is the apostle of phy
sical culture as a preventive of bodily
ailments, and as the shield against
attacks by disease. As the personal
physician to President Taft he super
intended and regulated his diet and
his out-of-door life and exercise.
The “Road to Happiness,” said Dr.
Barker, is not measured in dollars
and cents, but in five rules of daily
conduct. First, cultivate the habit
of always looking on the bright side
of everything; second, accept cheer
fully the place in life in which you
find yourself, believing it to be the
best place for you; third, throw your
whole soul into your work, and do
it the best you can; fourth, form thfj
habit of being kind and courteous to
people who touch your life from day
to day; fifth, adopt and maintain
from day to day a simple, childlike
faith in God as a Father.
WOMANS CLUE NOTES
The Womans Club met with Mrs.
M. L. Mobley, Jr., Monday after
noon, February 11th. Mrs. John
Holder and Mrs. Kathleen' Flanigan,
assisting as hostesses.
Mrs. Egbert Beall presided. The
most important business discussed
was the improvement of the sanitary
conditions at Martin Institute. This
matter had h een investigated by the
committee, Mrs. Frank Bailey and
Mrs. Morris Bryan, and a plumber
from Athens. The report of the
committee was accepted, and the
improvements are to be discussed
with the Board of Education and
carried out as soon as possible.
The following hostesses were ap
pointed for the next four months:
March: Mrs. E. L. Williamson,
Mrs. Egbert Beall, Mrs. G. W. Gar
ner, Miss Lucy Wood, Miss Blanche
Jarrett, Miss Nell McCants.
April: Mrs. Ned Pendergrass,
Mrs. J. H. Campbell, Mrs. J. E. Ran
dolph, Mrs. B. W. Hancock, Mrs.
Hugh Storey, Miss Erma Hancock,
Mrs. Erastus Smith.
May: Mis. Morris Bryan, Mrs. J.
A. Wills, Mrs. Southworth, Mrs. A.
C. Brown, Mrs. V. A. Niblack, Miss
Lurline Collier.
June: Mrs. Effie Flanigan, Mrs. S.
Kelly, Mrs. T. T. Benton, Mrs. W.
D. Dadisman, Miss Ernestine Dadis
man, Mrs. W. D. Holliday, Mrs. Es
cde.
Miss White will be in town next
Monday and Tuesday, and the ladies
are urged to attend her food dem
onstrations.
Next month, our meeting will have
as one feature, a book shower for
Martin Institute.
Two very interesting discussions
on the Georgia school system and
citizenship were given by Mrs. M. L.
Mobley, Jr., and Miss Blanche Jar
rett.
Mrs. Ned Pendergrass gave a most
instructive talk on “Modern Legisla
tion.”
Delicious refreshments were serv
ed, and a social half hour enjoyed.
Correspondent.
Mr. H. T. Mobley was a visitor to
Atlanta, Tuesday.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
10 Prominent Georgians To
Outline Drive
First Conference of Committee Will
Be Held February 9 In Atlanta
Co-ordination of the work of all
agencies now engaged in advertising
Georgia and the formation of a
comprehensive plan whereby the un
questioned natural advantages of the
state can be placed before the world
in the proper way, will be discussed
at a conference of leading citizens
called by Governor Walker to meet
in Atlanta at 10 o’clock February 19,
it was announced at the Governor’s
office Saturday.
The confer,cnce will be held to
take the first steps toward amalga
mating or uniting all present agen
cies and the organization of a gen
eral commission, which will work out
plans for a permanent body which
will, engage directly in the woi-k of
advertising Georgia to the world.
Committee Named
In calling the conference the Gov
ernor named a tentative committee,
composed of 10 prominent Geor
gians, to meet February 19 to com
plete the preliminary plans for a
permanent organization. Those nam
ed on this committee were P. T.
Anderson, Macon, state president Ki
wanis Club; W. E. Paige, editor Co
lumbus Ledger; F. A. Wilson-Law
renson, of The Georgian and Sunday
American; T. J. Hamilton, Augusta
Chronicle; W. E. French, Valdosta;
Fred Warde, manager Brunswick
Board of Trade; George J. Baldwin,
president Savannah Chamber of
Commerce; W. R. Crites, Rome; Dr.
A. M. Soule, Athens, and Albert S.
Adams, former international presi
dent of Rotary Clubs.
Spray Your Fruit Trees
Most of the fruit trees of this and
surrounding communities are badly
infested with various diseases and
insect pests. In fact, w* have reach
ed that stage where it is impossible
to produce fruit of quality without
giving our orchards special care.
It is just as important to spray the
orchard as it is to cultivate, prune,
and fertilize it. Spraying during to
dormant season should be done twice:
once duripg the month of November,
and again in February. This splay
ing is to control the San-Jose scale.
The San-Jose scale is a sucking
insect, that is, his bill is forced into
the bark to the cambium layer, and
there feeds on the sap as it is going
back down the tree. When this in
sect completely covers the trunk of a
tree, it is impossible for that tree,
in its perished condition to produce
fruit. This scale is very small, whit
ish in color, with a scaly back. For
tunately, for us ; it breaths through
these scales in its back.
The scale can be controlled by ap
plying some substance to its back that
will completely stop up these breath
ing pores. The spray recommended
to do this is concentrated lime-sul
phur, which can be purchased at a
local drug store. To this concentra
ted solution, add seven gallons of
water, stir, put in a pressure spray,
and apply to all parts of the tree. A
thorough application is very neces
sary, because if any part is left un
sprayed your tree will be completely
infected again, as these scales re
produce very rapidly. Another im
portant thing to remember in spray
ing is to keep high pressure, as pres
sure determines the fineness of the
spray, and without a fine spray these
small pores can not be stopped.
Spraying for this scale should be
done some time this month, or at
least, before any buds swell. After
new growth starts, this solution is
strong enough to kill the tree.
Every farmer should make a be
ginning now to have fruit of a high
quality this year. Begin right by
killing the most dangerous insect in
the orchard—Scale.
Next week The Herald will carry a
complete spray calendar for home or
ehatd.
O. C. Aderhold,
Vocational Agriculture Teacher,
Martin Institute.
ATHENS ASKS WOMEN TO PAY
STREET TAX OF THREE
DOLLARS
Athens, Ga., February B.—The
Mayor and Council of the city have
decreed that women must pay a
.street tax of $3. Action looking
toward# this end was taken Monday
night at a meeting of that body. The
City charter will be amended provid
ing for the tax fee.
Interprets Law On License
Tag
Atlanta, February 10.—Automo
bile owners whose cars have been
regularly registered and taxes paid
for 1923 are not subject to classifi
cation as delinquents on their 1924
automobile tag tax until May 1, ac
cording to an opinion handed down
today by Attorney General George
M. Napier upon request of Secretary
of State S. Guyton McLendon.
This m‘ ans that such autoists do
not come under provisions of the act
of the Legislature passed at the spe
cial session in 1923, creating the de
partment oi revenue. The duties of
this department include collection of
delinquent special taxes, including
the automobile license tag tax, and
the imposition of a penalty of 20 per
cent upon all such delinquents.
Mr. Napier defined that section of
the lav. ks specified that special or
occupational taxes shall be deemed
delinquent after thirty days from ex
piration of the quarter in which they
are payable.
There are not, he pointed out, any
special or occupational taxes payable
quarterly, to which this thirty day
grace clause could apply, except the
autp tag tax.
Under the act approved in 1920,
owners of cars registered the pre
vious year are allowed to apply to the
sheriff of their county and, after
paying him a fee of sl, either having
him send for the tag or endorse the
owner's application, certifying that
the sl. penalty fee has been paid. The
attorney general pointed out that the
act of 1923 makes no reference to
this earlier enactment, and therefore
this provision of the law does not
seem to have been repealed.
Thus owners of carjs properly reg
istered in 1923 are granted the priv
ilege of paying $1 to the sehriff of
their county and securing their tags
for this additional cost for two
months, even after the legal time for
payment of license taxes has expired
on March 1. After May 1, they are
classed as delinquents and the reve
nue department is charged with col
lec'flp,-/their tax with the added pen
alty or 20 per cent oh the original
amount.
Martin Institute on a
Successful Road Trip
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1-2, M. I
journeyed to Demorest, where they
met and defeated the Piedmont
Reserves. The game on Friday
night was very fast. Piedmont was
in the lead until the last five min
utes of play. From this time on, the
M. I. boys seemed to remember their
defeat of last year, and they grad
ually worked up a five point lead.
The game ended with M. I. leading
by the score of 25 to 20.
The game was fast, and, due to
the refereeing, was clean. The Pied
mont boys were extra good to us, and
all tried ot show us a good tinie.
Nathan semed to have found a
match in Swiney. This boy won a
warm place in the hearts of all five
of the M. I. boys. He was the center
of attraction during our stay.
Due to “Hot Dogs,” bananas and
other fruit, the M. I. boys did not
seem able to find the basket, which
accounts for the evenness of the
score.
That Saturday afternoon, the
Gainesville High School team of girls
played the Piedmont five. The game
was close, as Piedmont won by a
one point margin. These girls had a
peculiar, effect upon the M. I. five,
as we took the measure of the Cor
nelia High School five by the score
of 27 to 14.
The M. I. boys were looking for
ward to their trip from Cornelia to
Lula. They simply played the Cor
nelia five off of their feet, even on
their small court.
The passing of the M. I. boys wa
especially good in both games. They
seemed to know where each man was,
and a man was always waiting for
the ball.
The trip to Demorest is the only
trip we have taken during school
days, and for that reason the team
enjoyed it all the more.
The following men made the trip:
Willie J. Culberson, Ernest Sheridan,
James Holder, Malvin Davis, Jack
Thurmond, M. C. Frost and Nathan
Ayers.
This makes the second time we
have made a trip to Demorest and
Cornelia. Last year we lost both
games, while the reverse is true this
year.
Correspondent.
Thursday, February 14, 1924
FARMERS MEETING
Big Farmers Meeting Here February
23rd., Farm Specialists From
College And State Depart
ment of Agriculture
To Speak
Saturday morning, February 23,
at the court house, the farmers of
this county are requested to meet
with a group of farm experts to dis
cuss the various farm problems for
the coming year. The meeting is to
be held in the court house auditor
ium, and will be called to order
promptly at 10 o’clock. This meet
ing was originally scheduled for Fri
day, the 15th, but court being in ses
sion at that time, it was decided to
hold it on the 23rd.
The College of Agriculture, with
the assistance of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, railroads, the
agricultural press, and business men
of the State, is sending a group of
well trained men to every county in
the State for the purpose of helping
the farmers. The party to speak
here is composed of men who have
made a special study of farming con
ditions in this part of the State.
The program is well balanced, and
treats of practically all phases of
farming. If you, as a farmer, are
not interested in all the program,
there will certainly be some parts of
vital interest to you.
Col. J. C. Turner will be the first
to address the assembage. Although
Mr. Turner’s subject has not been
given to the writer, in all probabil
ity he will talk about the relation of
the local banks to the farmer-s. He
will be followed by Mr. W. E. Broach,
who will speak on a Farm Program
for 1924. Mr. Broach and Mr.
Westbrooks of the College of Agri
culture have made a detailed study
of farming conditions in this and
adjoining counties, and as a result of
these investigations, will have some
first hand information for us.
Mr. C. A. Whittle will speak on
the 801 l Weevil Control. He will
give us the results of the Federal
boll weveil experiments, as well as
the conclusions reached by the State
Experiment Stations, the College of
Agriculture, and the more successful
farmers of the State.
Prof. Harvy will tell us something
of the Home Orchard, how it can be
improved, the latest methods in re
gards to pruning, spraying, cultural
methods, etc.
The Southern Railroad is to send
a man to give instruction along the
lines of Crops and Live Stock. His
discussion will be based on the values
of pure seed and pure live stock in
bringing about better farming con
ditions.
This county should consider itself
fortunate in getting the services of
such well instructed men. It is hoped
that a large crowd will come out to
hear and take part in these discus
sions.
O. C. Aderhold,
Vocational Agriculture Teacher,
Martin Institute.
FIDDLIN’ JOHN IN JEFFERSON
Fiddlin’ John Carson made his
first visit to Jefferson last week, and
wc venture the assertion that he was
not near so lonesome as he was on
his recent first trip to New York.
While in Jefferson, he played
his fiddle at the basketball
game, made trips to near
by towns, and tlfen gave a concert
at the Reliance Theatre. Me was ac
companied by two medicine venders,
who at times joined him in furnish
ing music by playing a banjo and a
guitar.
Of his trip to New York, Fiddlin'
John said: “You don’t know half
the people you see on the streets. I
spent most of my time in my room,
playing to myself, although I was
tlv?re almost a month. New \ ork
was just two much town.” Fiddlin’
John is a native of Fannin county,
and is !>5 years of age. and the in
strument he plays was given him on
his tenth birthday by his grandfather,
who was a noted fiddler, and who had
himself received the fiddle from his
grandfather.
Fiddlin’ John went to New York
to sing and play for a phonograph
conipany, and while there made four
teen records. He composes poetry
and writes his own songs, sometimes
on the spur of the moment, suiting
the words to the place or the occas
ion.
Mr. Henry G. Johnson was a visi
tor to Atlanta this week.
Vol. 43. No. 42.
CHEAP ARSENATE IS DEADLY
CROP PERIL, FARMERS ARE
TOLD
A statement war: g farmers that
cheap calcium arsenate, not up to
the standards required by the state
and federal government, is being sold
in Georgia, was issued Saturday by
Ira W. Williams, stale entomologist.
Farmers who buy such calcium ar
senate will lose their cotton crops, as
well as waste their money, it was
said.
“It has recently been reported to
me,” Mr. William- raid, “that cheap
calcium arsenate, that is, calcium
arsenate not up to the standard re
quired by the state and federal gov
ernment, is being sold in Georgia at
a very low price. We are very anx
ious that the farmers of the state
have calcium arsenate at the lowest
possible price, and we are doing ev
erything that we can to bring this
about, but it must meet the require
ments.
“The farmer who buys calcium ar
senate that does not meet the re
quirements is not only throwing his
money away, but will lose his crop.
“The Georgia state board of en
tomology shipped out of the state last
year several cars that did not meet
requirements. It is not always possi
ble for us to catch and analyze all
calcium arsenate, which is sold often
times in the state without our knowl
edge.
“We are therefore writing this ar
ticle to warn the farmers against
buying calcium arsenate from any
thing but reputable companies, and
those companies that have been ap
proved by the state hoard of entom
ology.
“Do not buy calcium arsenate that
does not have the inspection tag of
the department attached to each
package or drum.
Dick Aiken Held As Suspect
In Simmons Murder
— i
Dick Aiken, a resident of this sec
tion for several years, has been in.
jail for the past week, in connection*
with the death of Mrs. Mag Simmonw
and her Ift th; daughter, Rosalie-, wh<*
were either murdered and then burn -
ed to a crisp, or else lost thoir live*
in the fire that consumed an unoccu
pied dwelling on th Jefferson-Ath
ens road on the night of December
15th. Aiken is held pending an in
vestigation by the grand jury.
The regular term of Jackson su
perior court is in session, and the
grand jury is said to be investfgating
every detail of the mystery.
The charred bodies of Mrs. Sim
mons and her daughter were found
Sunday morning, December 16th, inf
the smoldering ruins of an abandon
ed farm house on the Athens-Jeffer
son road about ten miles from Jeffei
sori in Jackson county. The p.nii*
were supposed to have left Jefferson!
the afternoon of the day of the trag
edy to visit Mrs. Simmons’ daughter
in Athens, Mrs. John Doster, bub
never arrived at the Doster home*
there. They were traced to Athens*
by passengers of the Gainesvilltf
Midland train but were never traced
out of Athens.
They were supposed to have heed
met in Athens by a man dressed inf
overalls and wearing an army over
coat but what actually happened
from the time the two left their home*
until they met a horrible death ha*
not been revealed.
Actions inside,the jury room aro
being guarded in the closest secrecy
and nothing is being given out that
would indicate whether true bills w:’t
be returned or not.
HEAD—EBERHART
Mr. and Mrs. William Head an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Mabel Florence, to Mr. Edwin
Thomas Eberhart of Maysville, Sun
day, February 1 Oth. The young bnde
is a popular student of the Higk
School, and has many devoted
friends, as also the groom, who is the
son of Mr. E. T. Eberhart of Maye
ville. Very cordial congratulations
are extended Mr. and Mrs. Eber
hart.
Miss Olive Wills, representing
Brenau, and Miss Mary Appleby,
representing Shorter, were among
the 400 delegates chosen from the
colleges of the State to attend the
annual conference of the Georgia
Student Volunteer Union held at
Wesleyan College, Macon, the paA
1 week-end. 4