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gy Holder & Williamson 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.