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MARTIN INSTITUTE
COMMENCEMENT
Historic Institution Closes With
Splendid Exercises, Twenty-Four
Receive Diplomas; Twenty-One
Receive Certificates
Commencement exercises at Mar
tin Institute came to a close on Wed
nesday evening, when diplomas were
given fifteen young men and nine
young ladies; and certificates of pro
motion from the Grammar School to
the High School department were
granted twenty-one pupils.
The graduating class was composed
of the following: Misses Fairy Belle
Simmons, Gladys Louise Wier, Jean
nette Stone, Starkie Hand, Sara
Elizabeth Carruth, Emlyn Scott Dan
iel, Sara Wills, Geraldine Brown,
Julia Mayne Marlin, Dorothy Aiken,
Messrs. Lester Legg, W. Ralph Wills,
Richard Winston Ayers, J. Storey
Ellington, Robert Harold Duke,
Franklin Pendergrass Holder, Joseph
H. Pendergrass, John Randolph Rich
ardson, Joseph G. Levin, Dickson
Storey, James M. Wilson, Allen L.
Venable, Jewett Wier, Frank Holder
Gudger.
The twenty-one graduating from
the Seventh Grade, are Frances Ben
ton, Ruby English, Ellen Davis,
Frances Ellington, Wilhelmina Fite,
Eva Potts, Edna Mauldin, Marjory
Sue Holder, Mary Lee Waddell, An
nie Pison, Elizabeth Roberts, Joyce
Storey, Elizabeth Silman, Gertrude
Linn. Marjorie Maley, Julius Whelch
el, Waggoner Alexander, Pem Cool
ty, Thomas McElhannon, Crawford
Wall, Eloise Thurmond. There are
nine additional members of the sev
enth grade, who were not quite pre
pared for certificates, but have done
excellent work, and will be promoted
n trial and enter the High School
next fall, artd their teachers are con
fident they will make up the work
and be fullfledged Sophomores in
the fall of 1927.
Sermon by Rev. J. J. Bennett
Commencement opened Sunday
morning with the baccalaureate ser
mon by Dr. J. J. Bennett of Athens,
who chose as his theme Kindness,
taking his text from Colossians 3:12.
The sermon was a great commentary
on the teachings of the Apostle Paul,
and the whole discourse was directed
primarily to the graduating class, al
though it was heard with the great
est interest and pleasure by one of
the largest congregations that has
assembled here on a commencement
Sunday in many years. The audi
torium was filled with people from
every section of the county, who
came to hear a son of Jackson coun
ty, and an alumnus of the school.
Dr. Bennett was born in Jackson
county, was educated at Martin In
stitute, and served his first church
in his home county. He has hun
dreds of friends and admirers in ev
ery section of the county, who never
lose an opportunity to attend a ser
vice that he conducts in the county.
No minister in Georgia is held in
more genuine affection among his
home people than is Joe Bennett.
Dr. Bennett preached- again in the
evening at the Baptist church to a
crowded house on The Echoes of
Life.
Beautiful music was rendered at
both services by a choir composed of
members from all the Jefferson
churches, with Mrs. Fred Roberts
pianist.
The Senior Play
The Senior Class was at its best
Monday evening in the presentation
of the play, “The Touchdown.” A
large crowd was present to enjoy the
entertainment, which was one of un
excelled merit and excellence. Each
player displayed a poise unusual in
High School pupils, and the audience
was unanimous in voting the enter
tainment equal to any ever given on
Martin Institute stage. The play
was coached by Mrs. L. H. Isbell.
Class Day Exercises
At 4.30 Tuesday afternoon,
friends and patrons of the school en
joyed the Class Day Exercises, which
W’ere unusually interesting and of ex
cellent merit. Frank Gudger presi
ded, and made the welcome address,
which was followed with this pro
gram:
Salutatory, James Wilson.
History, Miss Sara Wills.
Song.
Prophecy, Miss Geraldine Brown.
Poem, Miss Dorothy Aiken.
Who’s Who, Joe Pendergrass.
Class Will, Dickson Storey.
The Jackson Herald
FOREIGN AUTO TAGS HELD IN
VALID FOR STATE RESIDENTS
Atlanta.—Residents of Georgia can
not operate an automobile bearing
the license tag of another state, ev
en for thirty days, despite the gen
eral impression to the contrary, ac
cording to an announcement made
Saturday by C. A. Cook, cashier of
the motor vehicle department of the
secretary of state’s office.
“The revenue department is mak
ing arrests every day of Georgians
who believe they can use a foreign
tag for a limited period, and I think
the public ought to be put on no
tice that this can not be done,” Mr.
Cook said. He pointed out that the
Georgia law permits non-residents of
the state to use a license tag of
their own state in Georgia for 30
days, but this privilege does not ap
ply to persons who make Georgia
their legal residence. The distinction
is made in order to prevent Geor
gians from buying tags in states
where they are sold at lower prices.
Colonel S. G. McLendon, secretary
of state, has issued printed notices
of the provisions- of the Georgia law
for the information of motorists.
This circular quotes the Georgia
law with respect to foreign tags as
follows:
“Sec. 16. Motor vehicles owned by
non-residents of the state may be
fised and operated on the public
streets and highways for a period
of thirty days without having to
register and obtain a license so to
do, or a chauffeur’s license; pro
vided, that the owner or owners
thereof shall have fully complied
with the laws requiring the registra
tion of motor vehicles in the state
or territory of their residence, and
that the registration number and ini
tial letter of such state or territory
shall be displayed and plainly visi
ble on such vehicle or vehicles.
“In other respects, however, mo
tor vehicles owned by non-residents
of the state and in use temporarily
within the state' shall be subject to
the provisions of this act; provided,
no resident of this state shall be
allowed to operate a motor vehicle
yvithin this state under a license is
sued by another state.”
Miss Jewell Heath was here this
week, visiting friends, and enjoying
the commencement programs.
Song.
Miss Julia Marlin was pianist.
Literary Societies Evening
The program presented Tuesday
evening by the representatives mak
ing the most points in the enter
tainments given each Friday after
noon during the year by the four
literary societies, was one of the
most interesting of the entire com
mencement. The readings and de
clamations were splendidly given,
and elicited the highest praise; while
the debaters, in their arguments for
and against the subject that is such
a live question now being discussed
by the country’s leading statesmen,
commanded the closest attention and
interest. The speakers, though young
in age, were thoroughly familiar
With the question, and brought out
the points in a manner worthy of
older and more experienced minds.
In addition to the program pub
lished in another column, there was a
piano solo by Miss Mary Alice Mc-
Donald, and a piano duet by Misses
Martha Mobley and Rose Daniel.
Miss Fairy Belle Simmons presid
ed during the program of the even*
ing. ' * *'•
For winning the most points in
literary society work during the year,
James Wilson and H. A. Stephens
tied, and each was given a medal.
The loving cup was won by the
Crawford W. Long Society, compos
ed of members of the Senior Class,
and w r as presented by them to the
John W. Glenn society, composed of
members of the Sophomore Class,
which made the next highest mark.
Graduating Exercises
The graduating exercises on Wed
nesday evening brought the exercises
to a close, and marked the end of one
of the most interesting commence
ments Jefferson has enjoyed in sev
eral years. Hon. E. A. Pound de
livered the baccalaureate address,
which was a literary gem, and a fit
ting climax to the week’s festivities.
The diplomas were presented by
Judge W. W. Dickson, Chairman City
Board of Education, and the doors of
Martin Institute closed for this
school season.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
NINTH DISTRICT FEDERATION
OF WOMANS CLUB
The Ninth District Federation of
Women’s club will meet the second
week in June at Martin, Georgia, at
the home - of the district president,
Mrs. Hubert Yow. It is to be an
“American Home” convention, and
the main features of the program
will be given by speakers who are
the “ninth’s own.” The evening
session will open with a musical page
ant of welcome, in which all the
organizations of the town will have
a part. All music will be furnished
by the local music club. Judge
George Johns, of Winder, will ad
dress the convention on “The Amer
ican Home,” and Miss Katherine
Dozier, of Gainesville, will speak on
the “Relation of the American Home
to the School Child.” These will be
the leading thoughts of the evening
program.
At the morning session Mrs. A. P.
Brantley will have for her subject
“Home and the Federation,” and Miss
Beverley Wheatcraft “The Library,
What It Is to the Home.”
The leading social feature will be
a drive to beautiful Toccoa Falls,
which is also the “ninth’s own,” and
one of the masterpieces of nature’s
Great Architect. Supper will be
served at 6 o’clock at the foot of
Toccoa mountain to the musical
splash of the one hundred and eighty
seven foot fall of sparkling -water.
All delegates and visitors and all the
club husbands of local clubs will be
guests.
907 PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS
RECEIVE CHURCH PENSIONS
Ministers, retired beeause of age
or ill health, numbering 907, re
ceive pensions from the Presbyterian
church, according to a survey just
completed by the laymen’s committee,
which has been investigating con
ditions of the ministry in connection
with the campaign for $15,000,000
to establish an adequate pension
system for the church.
In addition to ministers, 435 wid
ows and 62 orphans receive pen
sions.
The average pension paid to min
isters in both departments last year
was $328; to widows, $266; to or
phans, $179. The great majority of
these people have no other means
of support and the laymen’s com
mittee, of which Will H. Hays is chair
man, and Andrew W. Mellon, treas
urer, is undertaking to increase the
pensions to ministers to a minimum
of S6OO and a maximum of $2,000
annually. This can be done when
$15,000,000 has been raised. This
sum is necessary to care for those
w'ho retire before the annuity sys
tem of the new service pension plan
is fully established. This will be the
last money solicited from the church
for pensions.
CHRYSTAL-FOY
A wedding of sincere interest to
the friends of the bride look place
in Butler, Tuesday, uniting Miss
Rachel Chrystal to Mr. Ernest Foy.
Immediately following the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs. Foy motored to Jeffer
son, and are spending a few days with
the bride’s mother, Mrs. M. R. Chry
stal.
Mrs. Foy is the elder daughter of
Mrs. Chrystal and the late Mr. Chry
stal, who was superintendent of the
Jefferson Mills. She is a graduate
of Martin Institute, and of the Geor
gia State College for Women, and
since her graduation has been teach
ing in the school at Butler, where
her services were highly satisfactory.
She is a young lady of the highest
type of womanhood, very intellect
ual and charming, and many good
wishes for a happy married life will
be extended by her friends.
Mr. Foy is also a teacher in the
school at Butler, and is said to be
a very splendid young gentleman.
The Atlanta Constitution offered
a silver loving cup to the best sec
ondary school publication in Georgia.
The cup was won by the Athens High
School, which publishes the Red and
White. It will interest many of our
readers to know that one of the
editors of the paper is Miss Sara
Thurmond, a former pupil of Martin
Institute. She is a daughter of Mrs.
George Thurmond, who lives near
Oconee Heights.
Mrs. W. P. Boggs is the gue3t of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Barnett.
EXCHANGE NOTES
Item* of Intcreit From Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Walton News)
Enormous Value of Vetch
The experience of those who have
planted vetch is, first, that it puts
back into the soil the fertility that
has been taken out by successive
crops; it puts back humus and vege
table ' matter which creates a sub
soil tint holds moisture; it cuts out
the biggest part of the fertilizer bill
because it puts back into the soil
frem 400 to 500 pounds of nitrogen
per acre. In addition to this, it pro
vides winter and spring grazing and
can be turned under whenever the
farmer is ready to plant his regular
crops.
(From Lavonia Times.)
The announcement coming from
Oconee county, South Carolina, that
SIO,OOO will be expended on the road
from Fair Play to Knox Bridge is
certainly good news to people on both
sides of the Tugaloo. We understand
that the road will be straightened,
graded and top soiled. And on the
Georgia side, work is being pushed,
and we hope the time will not be far
distant when the road crews from
both states will “meet at the river.”
* * *
(From Sylvester Local)
Hardly know what ought to be
done with that bunch of newspaper
editors who in their zeal to boost pro
posed bond issues are advertising to
the outside world that Georgia’s
roads consist mainly of mud holes,
when they know it is not true. Geor
gia has a few mud holes, it is true,
as may be found in all other states
during a rainy season. Georgia also
has hundreds of miles of fine roads
—as good as there are in any state
in the union. Stop it.
* * *
(From Crawfordville Advocate-
Democrat)
According to the Atlanta Constitu
tion, the members of the legislature
who voted against bonds in the recent
extraordinary session will be retir
ed ffom. political life in September.
Wefl, there were 104 of them and
the Constitution has cut out some
program for itself in attempting to
defeat all of them in one year.
(From Oglethorpe Echo.)
Lady Lawyer at Court
Miss Katherine D. Colson, a lady
lawyer of Atlanta, was an attendant
upon the session of the City Court
Monday, appearing as defense attor
ney for a negro charged with a mis
demeanor. She is the first woman
lawyer ever to sit in the bar here and
the innovation caused no small rip
ple of interest from the bar and au
dience. In appearance Miss Colson
is most preposessing. She was pret
tily gowned in the latest style, and
when she took a proffered seat in the
bar business seemed to lose its pick
bp. Of course it isn’t true, but some
of the facetious are wont to ascribe
to her striking appearance the fact
that not a case was tried nor a plea
of guilty accepted and but two or
three minor cases disposed of during
the time she graced the bar. Sure
the innovation was likely to be dis
concerting, but we don’t believe it
was that much so. The case she
came to try was continued without
hesitation upon her request that it
be. Maybe in time we will become
accustomed to lady lawyers at the
bar and business go on as usual when
they are there.
(From Hartwell Sun.)
Mrs. Isham Hailey will have as her
guest this and next week Mrs. Jones
Aderholdt, of Augusta. Mrs. Ader
holdt was a college chum of Mrs.
Hailey and will be remembered here
as Mias Frances Holder, of Jeffer
son, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. J. N.
Holder.
* * *
(From Dahlonega Nugget)
Married, on the 19th inst., Mr.
Roy Hendrix, of Commerce, to Miss
Mamie Bearden, of Lumpkin county,
Ordinary Townsend officiating.
Professor Lamar Ferguson, who at
one time taught in Maysville, has
been elected to head the Decatur
public school system another year.
Since leaving Maysville, Professor
Ferguson has been superintendent of
the school at Lavonia.
Thursday, May 27, 1926.
JACKSON COUNTY CITIZEN
HELD IN CONNECTION
WITH DEATH OF WOMAN
Homeitead, Fla., May 22.—In
vestigation was begun here at noon
today by a coroner’s jury into the
death yesterday near here of Mrs.
Ethel Wooten, 24, of Atlanta, Ga.,
who suffered a fractured skull and
a broken shoulder in a fall from a
speeding automobile.
L. M. Hood, 25, of Lake Wales,
Fla., confessed driver of the ma
chine, who was arrested last night
near West Palm Beach, was held in
the county jail here today awaiting
the outcome of the hearing.
Mystery surrounds the nature of
the accident in which Mrs. Wooten
received fatal injuries, the state
ment of Hood conflicting with that
of Jay Simons, grove owner, said
to be an eye witness of the tragedy,
in front of whose home the incident
was said to have occured.
“THIN GRAY LINE” LOOKS UPON
LEE’S CHISELED FEATURES
The “thin gray line of the Con
federacy” formed Saturday be
fore Stone Mountain and many vet
erans for the first and last time
gazed upon the beginning of the gi
gantic memorial to the Lost Cause.
Those in charge of the arrange
ments that brought several hundred
veterans by special train from the
annual reunion at Birmingham, said
that in all probably the spectators
comprised the largest body of Con
federate veterans ever to visit the
scene of the memorial at one time.
See Their Leader
Through telescopes and field glass
es the dimming eyes of the veterans
looked upon the roughly chiseled
face of Gen. Robert E. Lee and be
held the outlines of others of their
heroes who will be carved into the
granite of the mountain. They saw
the varied paraphernalia by which
the workmen will continue the hew
ing of the solid stone, and then
went for an inspection of the Luke
man models in the studios.
REV. ROBERT D. HAWKINS
We have had in our rnidst for a
few days the Rev. and Mrs. R. D.
Hawkins, of Landrum, S. C. They
have been the guests of his half
brother, Mr. C. D. Hardy, and oth
er relatives. Mr. Hawkins is a native
of Hall county, and was active as a
Baptist minister and pastor up to a
few years ago; among the churches
he has served may be mentioned
Maysville, Oconee, Cornelia, Har
mony, and others. For several years
he was the superintendent of the
Baptist Orphans Home at Hapeville.
On the Bth day of this month he cele
brated his 80th birthday, and the
friends of this good man wish for
him many happy returns.
BIG BETHEL CHOIR COMING TO
JEFFERSON
For some time, a local committee
has been endeavoring to have the
Big Bethel Choir of Atlanta come
to Jefferson for one of their famous
musical concerts; announcement has
just been made that they have
agreed to appear here on the night
of June 11th, at Martin Institute
auditorium.
This choir comes from Big Bethel
church, in Atlanta, a church which
is said to bte the largest, colored
church south of Washington, D. C.
This choir has the reputation of be
ing by far the Best colored choir in
the entire Southern states. The
school has an efficient musical di
rector, and the members of the choir
are- recruited from the best talent in
the city.
The announcement that this choir
will appear here has created quite
a great deal of interest, and no
doubt they will be greeted by a full
house on the evening of their en
tertainment.
• PENSION MONEY RECEIVED
Judge W. W. Dickson has receiv
ed the money for the second quarter
ly payment of pensions, and is pay
ing out the same to the pensioners
of Jackson county this week.
Professor L. F. Elrod and family
of Granite Hill, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Storey of Murphy. N. C., spent
the week-end with relatives in Jef
ferson
Vol. 51. No. 4.
36 GEORGIA CITIES,
38 COUNTIES, FREE
INDUSTRY OF TAXES
Thirty-eight counties and thirty
six cities in Georgia have voted to
exempt from taxation for a period
of five years all new industries and
additions to old industries, in an ef
fort to attract new capital to Geor
gia, according to the annual report
of Hal M. Stanley commissioner of
commerce and labor. Ton other
cities and six other counties are to
vote on the question in the near fu
ture.
The cities which have so far voted
tax exemption are as follows: Ameri
cus, Athens, Carrollton, Cartersville,
Cedartown, Clarkesville, Cochran, Co
lumbus, Cordele, Dahlonega, Dallas,
Elberton, Fairburn, Forsyth, Grant
ville, Hampton, Hogansville, La-
Grange, Macon, Manchester, Monti
cello. Moultrie, McDonough, Ncwnan,
Oeilla, Quitman, Rockmart, Sparta,
Thomaston, Tifton, Toccoa, Unadil
la, Valdosta, Villa, Rica, West Point
and Washington.
The counties which have so far
voted to exempt industries are as.
follows: Baldwin, Bartow, Ben Hill,
Bibb, Bleakley, Brooks, Bryan, Butts,
Campbell, Carroll, Chattooga, Chero
kee, Clarke, Coweta, Crisp, Dodge*
Elbert, Emanuel, Habersham, Hen
ry, Jasper, Laurens, Lincoln, Merf
wether, Monroe, Montgomery, Pauld
ing, Polk, Spnlding, Stephens, Tift,
Toombs, Troup. Turner, Twiggs, Up
son, Walker and Wilkes.
The following cities arc to vote
upon the question at an early date:
Appling, Acworth, Cairo, Calhoun*
Dawson, Lawrenceville, Marshallvillo,
Ringgold, Thomson and Zebulon.
The counties of Barrow, Columbia,
Hart, Richmond, Taylor and Terrell.
DAHLONEGA PLANS FOR
CARRIERS MEET
Mil
Dahlonega, Ga.—Rural letter car
riers of the ninth Georgia district will
hold their annual district convention
at Dahlonega Monday, May 31, be
ginning at 10 o’clock in the morning
and continuing all day. The meet
ing will be held in the auditorium of
the North Georgia Agricultural col
lege.
The Hjcs.sion will be opened with
prayer by the Rev. R. B. Hawkins
nnd entertainment will be furnished
by the North Georgia Agricultural
college band and by local citizens.
Mayor H. G. Moore, of Dahlonega,
will welcome the delegates on behalf
of the city and they will be welcomed
on behalf of the chamber of com
merce and the Dahlonega carriers by
M. C. Wiley and F. M. Meadors, re
spectively. A. J. Carrington, of
Winder, will respond to the addresses
of welcome.
Colonel John W. West president
bf N. G. A. college, will deliver the
(principal address of the day.
ANOTHER JACKSON COUNTY
BOY GIVEN HIGH HONOR
Mr. John A. Long of Pendergraa*
has been elected editor of the State
University publication, Pandora, for
1927. Mr. Long is a brother of Mr.
Nat Long, who has won so many
honors in his college life, from high
school through the University o£_
Georgia, through Yale, and finally
winning a scholarship to a European
University.
These splendid young men are the
only children of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Long of Pendergrass, who are being
happily congratulated on the distinc
tions achieved by their sons.
STATHAM CONSOLIDATED
SCHOOL IS FORM£I>
Winder, Ga.—The board of edu
cation of Barrow county held a spe
cial meeting to consolidate the re
turns of a special election at Stat
ham for completing the consolidation
of school district No. 2. This was the
first legal school consolidation elec
tion to be held in this county, and
was carried by a vote of 188 to 25.
This district embraces about 20
square miles of the eastern end of
the county, with Statham as the
center. The consolidated school wilt
have an enrollment of 330 children.
Vocational agriculture will be one
of the features of the curriculum in
the new school.
Mr. and Mrs. Comer Weaver and!
son of Decatur are guests of Mrs.
Weaver’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. V.
A. Niblack.