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The Jackson Herald By Holder & Williamson exchange notes 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. * * * (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. * * * 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 _____ 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. ... * 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 a 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.