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The Jackson Herald
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Item! of Interest From Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Winder News)
North Ga. Fair To Be Held, October
The stockholders cf the North
Georgia Fair association met last
Saturday, July 10th, and decided to
hold the Fair this fall on the regu
lar date, first Tuesday in October
which is from October sth to 10th.
The premium list will be approxi
mat.ly the same as in former years
and farmers interested in displaying
live stock and agricultural products
are urged to get busy for a good
exhibit.
Stalham School District Bond
Election
In a general election held in School
District No. 2, of which Statham is
the center, called by the trustees cf
the district for Saturday, July 10,
bonds were carried by a vote of 168
majority. The amount of bonds
voted on was $25,00.00, and the re
sult was 171 votes for bonds and 3
votes against bonds. The money de
rived from the sale of the bonds will
be used in building anew school
building of the most modern and
up-to-date type for the newly con
solidated district, and for a heating
plant and all necessary school equip
ment.
An Unusual Chicken "
Mr. Steve Austin, of Route 2,
Campton, had a chicken hatched on
July 6, that has no eyes and no under
hill. He feeds it with a spoon and it
can cheep just like any other chicken.
It is a curiosity and several have visit
ed Mr. Austin to see the curiosity.
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(From Walton News.)
Facts Not To Be Denied
The facts are that those who car
ry on a continuous, well-planned ad
vertising campaign; all seasons of
the year, are they who reap the great
er, more profitable volume of sales.
Ask the mercantile house, the cold
drink manufacturers, the cigarette
makers, the bread makers, the auto
mobile and tire dealers, gasoline peo
ple, the Delco-Light people and hun
dreds of others whose greater pro
fits come from systematic advertising
and you’ll know.
(From Dahlonega Nugget)
What To Do For Snake Bite
As the snake season is now on and
many of them, persons at work or
sight seeing in the hills and moun
tains should be very careful about
snakes. And if any person gets bit,
they should apply kerosene or spirits
of turpentine until a physician can
be reached. It is said that either will
cure a bite by itself, but if bitten by
a poison snake we would want to co
operate with a physician.
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Little Girl Passes
We extend our deepest sympathy
to Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Hudgins upon
the death of their little girl. Mr.
and Mrs. Hudgins are former resi
dents of this community. They
tenderly laid the body to rest in the
New Liberty cemetery. Revs. Clark
and Allison conducted the services
Sunday at eleven o’clock.
Proper Pronunciation of “Menu”
(From Braselton Booster)
Recently a family in Braselton
were discussing the pronunciation
of “menu.” One member said it
was pronounced “mairt-u.” One of
the small boys spoke up and said it
was neither, but was “manure.”
(From Gainesville News.)
Only IJrothar of Former Georgia
Governor Die*
The death of Mr. I. L. (Nace)
Candler, a former Gainesville man,
occurred at his home in Covington,
a suburb of New Orleans, La., on
June 29, at the age of 69 years. Mr.
Candler was the only surviving
brother of the late Allen D. Candler,
governor of Georgia, and the last
surviving member of the family of
Daniel G. Candler. He died sudden
ly of heart failure. The funeral was
held at the home of his daughter in
New Orleans, and interment was in
that city. Mr. Candler was reared
in Gainesville, living with his brother,
the later Governor Candler, after
his parents’ death, and he had a host
of friends here who regret to learn
of his death. He went from this
city to Texas about thirty years ago,
and was for a long number of years
the dean of public schools at Brown
'ille, Texas. Failing eyesight neces
sitated his resignation, and he made
MRS. JOHN F. YARBROUGH
ANSWERS LAST SUMMONS
Mrs. John F. Yarbrough, wife of
Rev. John F. Yarbrough, a former
pastor of the Jefferson Methodist
church, died at the Methodist par
sonage in Griffin on Friday night.
Her death came suddenly, and was a
great shock to her family and
friends. She had been in failing
health for the past two years, but
recently her condition was much im
proved.
Mrs. Yarbrough was well known
and greatly beloved by Jefferson
friends, who became attached to her
during her residence in Jefferson,
and the deepest' sympathy goes out
to her bereaved husband and chil
dren. No pastor who has served
the Jefferson Methodist church is
more generally beloved here than
Rev. John F. Yarbrough.
Before her marriage, Mrs. Yar
brough was'Miss Maggie Humphries,
of Lincolnton. She was the daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Humph
ries of that city.
Surviving her are her husband,
four daughters, Mrs. Loring Kelley,
of Chattanooga; Misses Margaret,
Frances and Elizabeth Yarbrough
of Griffin; one son, John Yarbrough,
Jr., of Griffin; three sisters, Miss
Mattie Humphries, of Lincolnton,
Mrs. A. D. Dozier, of Thomaston and
Mrs. C. C. Carroll, of Atlanta, and
two brothers, Walter Humphries, of
Lavonia, and Robert Humphries, of
Lincolnton.
Funeral services were held at the
First Methodist church, Griffin, Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock, conduct
ed by Rev. J. H. Eakes, presiding
eider of the Griffin district, and Rev.
H. C. Emory, pastor of the Metho
dist church of Milledgeville. Follow
ing the services, the body was taken
to Marietta for interment.
Ex-Governor McDaniel
Passes
Hon. Henry D. McDaniel, governor
of Georgia from 1883 to 1886, pio
neer citizen and one of the most dis
tinguished men in the state, died at
his home in Monroe Sunday afternoon
at 5:35 o'clock, after having been ill
since Friday. He was in his 89tb
year.
The passing of Governor McDaniel
removes from the state one cf its
most honored statesmen.
The most outstanding accomplish
ment of Governor McDaniel’s admin
istration as governor of Georgia was
the erection of the present state Capi
tol, which was built with less than
the amount appropriated for that pur
pose. The legislature voted $1,000,-
000 for the building and when it was
completed the capitol commission
turned back into the treasury the
sum of SB6, that being the amount
left of the million-dollar appropri
ation.
BEGIN PREPARING LAND FOR
ALFALFA
To succeed with alfalfa, the first
step is to select the proper soil.
Heavier types of soil with stiff clay
sub-soil, preferably red, on which
alfalfa seems to do best. Plenty of
manure is one of the best pieces of
insurance to take out on alfalfa. If
the land is to be set this fall, only
the best land should be selected. If
the land was thoroughly broken, and
now has a crop of peas or beans on
it, it can easily be fixed for al
falfa by thoroughly cutting with a
cutaway harrow in August, and con
tinuous harrowing until the time of
planting.
If the land is now stubble, hav
ing grown a crop of winter grain, it
should he thoroughly broken on the
next season, then, all of the available
stable manure should be put on it.
It should be well cut with a cutaway
harrow, and allowed to settle, drag
ging with drag harrow after each rain
to keep down the grass and weeds, then
just before the seeding time in Oc
tober, the lime and some acid phos
phate having been applied earlier,
the land should be cut again with a
cutaway harrow, the seed sown and
dragged in.
Mr. R. B. Smith of Greenville, S.
C., visited here this week.
his home in Louisiana for some time.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Will Brannon of New Orleans,
and Miss Mattie Candler, who is
teaching in the University of Califor
nia.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Fourteen-Year-Old Boy
Killed Accidently
On Sunday about noon, Mauldin
Black, the fourteen-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Black, was killed
by a pistol shot in the hands of Clyde
Elrod, a seventeen-ycar-old boy. The
shooting occurred at the home of Mr.
Gee, a neighbor of the Blacks, at
their home between Jefferson and
Pendergrass.
Our information is the shooting was
accidental. The two boys wore eith
er handling the pistol, or scuffling
over it, when it discharged, the ball
striking young Black, with fatifl *e
sults.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev.
Collins, were held ac Center Grove
Baptist church Monday, .and inter
ment was in the cemetery at that
place.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by a sister and two brothers. Much
sympathy is extended the bereaved
family on account of the untimely
death of their son.
Mrs. B. M. Watkins Called
By Death
Mrs. Lucy Venable Watkins, wife
of Mr. B. M. Watkins, died at her
home at Brockton early Thursday
morning, following an illness of sev
eral months. She had been in fail
ing health for two years, and since
the first of the year her family and
friends had realized that it was only
a question of short time until she
would yield to the ravages of the
disease that was undermining her
strength.
Mrs. Watkins was 54 years of age
and is survived by her husband, Mr.
B. M. Watkins. She was a lovable
character, with a wide circle of
friends.
She wa§ laid to rest in the ceme
tery at Bethany Methodist church on
Thursday afternoon. Funeral ser
vices were conducted by Rev. H. 0.
Greene, her former pastor, and many
friends gathered to pay last loving
tribute to her memory.
CITY COURT JURORS, AUGUST
TERM, 1926
W R Glenn
R P Hosch
W M Craft
C G Ray
Stoy Harris
Lester Harwell
J O Braselton
L C Maddox
L P Legg, Jr.
T C Llewallyn
P B Trawick
L L Williamson
W A Echols
J L Catlett
T R Potter
Marshall Irwin
_ C E Barnett
R L Bailey ,■
J T Edwards
D S Berryman
Green Braselton
S A Harris
C B Smith
E S Rylee
J L Borders
A J Maddox
G W Bailey
S B Archer
L H Isbell
J A Adams
A N Hardy
A NEMESIS SEEMS TO
THREATEN “FRAT ROW”
Another Emory University Frat
house was gutted by flames on Mon
day afternoon. This makes the fifth
fire along what is known as “Frat
Row” in the last three weeks. The
fire on Monday night destroyed one
house end damaged two others. The
fires are the boldest operation of a
fire bug ever recorded in Georgia.
He works almost while being watch
ed, as guards were supposed to be
on duty, yet he battered the fire plug
adjacent to the fraternity house, this
preventing fire fighters from at
taching the water hose. The fire
bug chose the afternoon for this
fire, expecting the guards to be off
duty.
Confessing that he is completely
nonplussed at the uncanny ability
of the maniac to elude the watchful
ness of armed guards stationed night
ly on the campus, Dr. Harvey Cox,
president of the university, has is
sued a call for a conference between
the officials of the university, the
DeKalb and Atlanta fire departments,
the sheriff and the state fire mar
shall, in a desperate effort to cap
ture the fiend.
Miss Allene Epps, who spent the
past three weeks touring Florida, has
returned home.
SOUTH CAROLINA AT LAST
READY TO BUY BRIDGES
Columbia, S. C.—The state high
way eomsssion in session in Colum
bia Thursday authorized the chief
highway commissioner, Admiral Sam
uel McGowan, to take title to the Al
ford and Smith-McGee bridges over
the Savannah river on the Anderson
county line, which bridges had been
held in abeyance for some time in
order t|at the matter of the title be
investigated.
Commissioner Ligon, of Anderson,
stated: t
“In rfegard to the purchase of the
Alford nd Smith McGee bridges,
the mailer has been held in abeyance
for a bmg time on account of the ti
tle wh’|h the attorney general says
is defective. However, the title has
been accepted by the insurance com
panies [for loans which have been
paid off, these titles being dated in
1871 4nd 1891. 1 think that it is
time we closed this matter. Georgia
has a letter saying that they
are ready to pay their part of the
money at any time.
“A |motion w T as passed that the
chief Highway commissioner and Com
missioner Ligon be authorized to take
title to those bridges as they are and
pay tie money.”
TRIPLETS SIXTY-SIX YEARS
OF AGE
The Walton Tribune, of last week,
carried a most interesting story of
triplets born in Walton county, who
had feached the age of sixty-six.
An Atlanta newspaper had carried
a story a few days previous an
nouncing that triplets living in that
city ? tiad reached the age of seven
teen. The Walton county news
paper has put it over on Atlanta by
giving a biography of this unusual
trio. A paragraph taken from the
item appearing in the Tribune will
be more than of ordinary interest.
The Tribune says:
“Getting back to the triplets, they
are as follows: Mrs. G. E. Ivey, of
Good Hope; Mrs. Joseph Lane, of
Rebbeca, Ga., and Mrs. Ganaway
Melcolm, of Eastville, Ga.
FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR
DENIED SECOND TERM
In the State Democratic primary
held in Texas on last Saturday, Mrs.
Miriam A. Ferguson was defeated for
governor by her bitterest political
foe, Attorney General Dan Moody.
Before the election, Mrs. Ferguson
and the attorney general made an
agreement that she would resign if
Moody beat her one vote, and he
would resign if she led him by 25,-
000 votes. Mrs. Ferguson has called
a special session of the Texas legis
lature to meet September 13th, and
has announced her resignation to
take effect as soon as this special
session comes to a close.
If the legislature acts with dispatch,
Mrs. Ferguson will step out of of
fice about 21 months after the people
raised her to that position with an
overwhelminy vote. The usual cus
tom of giving the incumbent a second
term in this state is to be denied the
first woman governor.
BANKS AT LAKEWOOD
AND GORDON, GEORGIA,
REOPEN FOR BUSINESS
The Farmers’ and Merchants’
bank, of Gordon, Ga., member of
the Bankers’ Trust company chain,
which closed last week as a pre
cautionary measure, has reopened for
business, the state banking depart
ment announced Thursday.
The bank was one of more than
eighty small Georgia institutions,
which closed after the bankruptcy
proceedings zgainsi the Bankers’
Trust company, their fiscal agent.
The Lakewood bank, Atlanta sub
urban institution, not a member of
the Bankers’s Trust chain, which also
closed last week, reopened ednes
day.
We have on our desk this week the
July number of the Wilson Highway
Magazine, published monthly at Way
cross by the Wilson Association and
Ware County Post No. 10 American
Legion. It is a great booster for the
Wilson Highway, a road beginning at
Washington, D. C., and ending at Los
Angeles, Cal. This highway comes
into Georgia at Augusta, and travers
es the State through Waycross to
Tallahassee, Fla.
Thursday, July 29, 1928.
Seaboard Officials in
Jefferson
Messrs. Carlton, Simpson, Hamil
ton and Smith, officials of the Sea
board Air Line Railway, were in Jef
ferson last week, on an inspection
trip over the Gainesville Midland. We
understand they inspected the pro
perty in its entirety from Gainesville
to Monroe, and from Gainesville to
Athens. Ever since it was announced
several months ago that the G. M.
would be junked from Jefferson to
Athens, our people have endeavored
to interest the Seaboard in the pur
chase of the road. This seemed the
most plausible way out of a serious
situation that comfronted Jefferson.
As the G. M. enters Athens on the
Seaboard tracks, and the two roads
use the same depot, it seemed use
less for the people here to look any
where else for help.
We trust the visit of these officials
over the road will result in the en
tire G. M. property being taken over
by the Seaboard.
The officials were traveling in a
Seaboard Bus, similar to the one now
being used for passenger traffic on
the G. M.
SUPERIOR COURT WILL
CONVENE MONDAY *
Judge W. W. Stark, Solicitor P.
Cooley, Clerk E. H. Crooks, Sheriff
R. M. Culberson, together with juror*,
bailiffs, and other officers necessary
for the proper functioning of a ses
sion of superior court, will start the
court machinery of the August terra
on next Monday morning. The above
named officers have been busy for
several days getting things in readi
ness for a busy session. As farmers
are about through with their work,
there no doubt will be a large crowd
in attendance.
A calendar has been arranged for
procedure with a large number of
cases set for Monday and Tuesday.
The appearance docket will be called
at 5:30 p. m. Tuesday, and the mot
ion docket will be called at any hour
convenient to the court. The crimi
nal docket will not be called until
Monday, August 2nd,
HITS HOME RUN; BOLT KILLS
HIM AT THIRD
Nashville, Tenn., July 24.—Johnny
Matthews, 33, member of a local
amateur baseball team, hit a home
run in a game at Shelby Park Fri
day afternoon, but he never reached
the plate.
As Matthews was rounding third
base amid the cheers of'his team
mates there was a blinding flash,
followed by a peal of thunder. When
the other players recovered from the
shock they saw Matthews’ quivering
body lying beside the base.
A bolt of lightning had struck the
ground in front of the runner, bounc
ed up and streuk him on the chin,
knocking off his collar and necktie.
Death was instantaneous.
BAPTISTS MEET AT BLUE RIDGE
JULY 31
An outstanding event in Georgia
Baptist work this year will be the an
nual session of the Georgia Baptist
Assembly, July 31 to August 8, at
Blue Ridge, where prominent speak
ers from all of the South will appear
on the program. The morning ses
sions will be featured by general
meetings and the evenings will be
given over to recreation and rest,
with short sunset speeches.
The Georgia Baptist Assembly has
been organized for 17 years and has
acquired 150 acres of land near the
town of Blue Ridge.
EGGS HATCHED BY HEAT OF
SUN
The torrid weather of the first of
last week was about the hottest, this
section has ever experienced, but it
had its compensation for an old
mother hen belonging to Mrs. J. L.
Harwell. The hen hatched on Sat
urday, leaving five eggs in the nest
which were placed in a metal vessel
and left in the yard in the sun. On
Tuesday two baby chicks emerged
from the eggs, and on Wednesday
two more made their appearance.
These eggs were laid to the setting
hen.
Mrs. J. N. Smith of Maysville was
in the city for a short time Monday, I
coming over to transact some busi-j
ness matters.
Vol. 51. No. 13L
HERMAN JOHNSON CLAIMED BY
DEATH
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Mr. Herman H. Johnson, age 27,
died at his home in Cain’s district,
Barrow county, Thursday night, Jane
17th.
About four or five weeks ago Mr.
Johnson was the unfortunate victim
of a broken thigh at Bra3elton T Ga.,
and it was thought by those concern
ed that he was recovering just before
"death came. Either the salmon he
ate for dinner prior to his death or
the effects of the broken limh caus
ed him to be seized with convulsions
and the end came quickly.
It is indeed shocking to hear of a
young man, in the prime of life, with
a splendid future ahead, being called
by death. But it is written, "when
ye thinketh not, the Son of Mon
cofneth.”
The deceased was a note-worthy
citizen. He was held high in e.rteem
by all who knew him, and the news
of his untiaiely death will carry sad
intelligence to scores of friend’s and
relatives.
Besides his young wife, he is sur
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. Johnson; four sisters, Mr . Pred
Allen, Mrs. Sylvester Cheek, Mrs.
Ralph Evans and Miss Olee Johnson.
Funeral was held at Bethahar*
church Friday afternoon at 2.3®
o’clock, Rev. Otb McNeal o flic fating.
Burial took place in the adjoining
cemetery.
The News extends to the heart
broken family condolence in their
bereavement.—Hoschton News.
TWO HELD IN KILLING
OF BOY 12 YEARS OLD
AT ALPHARETTA PARTT
Alpharetta, Ga., July 22. —Andy
Higgins and Tilmer Carlyle, Alphar
etta young men, were lodged in j*il
here Thursday following the death
of Gadstone Gradigs, 12 years oH,
who was shot Wednesday night at th
home of Carlyle, where a social gath
ering was in progress, according to
police authorities.
The young men have refused to
make any statement. The shooting
is supposed to have come as the
climax of a quarred. Young Gradigs,.
who lived next door to the Carlyle
home, was shot in the back wrth &
shot gun.
According to Alpharetta citizens,
this is said to be the first killing in
the vicinity in twelve years.
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GEORGIA THIRD IN TRAFFIC
DEATHS
Atlanta.—Traffic exacted a toll of
157 lives and injured 1,031 perrons
in eleven southern states during the
period of June 28 to July 25, incSw
sive, it was revealed Monday in s
survey by the Associated Press.
North Carolina lead all states In
the number killed with 22, followed
by Florida with 21. Georgia was
third with 20. In the column of
persons injured, Georgia lead with
183, followed by Florida with 146 w
NEWTON AND DUNCAN
IN RACE FOR SENATE SEAT
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Gainesville, Ga., July 23.— Tbo
time for the closing of the lists for
announcements for state senator and
representatives having passed on
Tuesday, July 20, Charles L. New
ton, a member of the last lower
house, and I. F. Duncan, a member
of the lower house of 1922, are con
testing for the seat of senator. For
the house of representatives Boyd
Sloan and W. N. Lance are the can
didate, with two seats to fill.
MRS. J. O. STOCKTON UNDER
GOES OPERATION
Mrs. J. O. Stockton was carried to
a hospital in Athens this week, where
she yielded to the surgeon's knife to
relieve sufcaused by a diseas
ed kidJVt#?’’ he withstood the oper
ation splendidly, and is recuperating
as well as can be expected. Her ma
ny friends trust that the treatment
will be a success, and that she will
return home greatly improved in
health.
The U. S. department of agrimi
ture says that watermelons grown in
Turkestan along the Tigris river have,
under special condition, reached the
remarkable weight of 275 pounds.
In the United States melons weigh
ing over 125 pounds are raret Last
[year a record melon was grown near
[Hope, Ark,, which weighed IS®
[pounds. It was shipped to President
| Coolidge.