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By Holder & Williamson EXCHANGE NOTES * ■ Items of Interest From Among Our Neighbors And Friends (From Maysville Enterprise) Lockhart-Maness An interesting event of the week tvas the marriage of Mis! Lucy Lock hart and Mr. William Davis at the home of. the birde’s mother, Mrs. Willie Lockhart, on Tuesday, the 3rd, at 8.30 o’clock. The cere mony was performed by Rev. J. J. Kimsey, in the presence of a few friends and relatives. The house was attractively decorated, the color scheme of white and green being cleverly carried out. The bride was 1 becomingly gowned ill a traveling dress of blue crepe, combined with tan georgette and accessories to match. The bride is one< of Mays vTlle’s most charming young ladies, and has hosts of friends. The groom is the son of Mrs. Mattie Maness, of Gainesville, and is a successful young business man, being employed by the Georgia Railway & Power Company. After a brief honeymoon in Chatta nooga and other points in Tennessee, Mr. and Mrs. Maness will be at home at 64 Cleburne Ave., Atlanta, Ga. Cody-Cravin On Aug. 1, 1926, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. LeMaster, oc curred the marriage of Miss Eunice Cody and Mr. Thomas Cravin. The groom is from Gillsville, and the bride from Maysville. The ceremony was performed by Esq. W. N. Le- Master. (From Commerce News) Reunion Of The Lord Family A reunion of the Lord family was held at Blacks Creek church yester day. These annual family reunions have been held for a number of years, and they are always occasions of en joyment to the numerous members of the Lord family and to those of their friends who ar£ so fortunate as to have the pleasure of attending them. The gathering yesterday was large, the noon refreshments abund ant, the fellowship excellent, family ties were strenthened, and the oc casion was one long to be remember ed. Mrs. M. M. Dunson Died Last Sunday One of the oldest ladies in this section passed away when Mrs. M. M. Dunson died last Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Sailors, who resides two miles west of town. She had been in feeble health for some time, and it was known that her condition was seri ous. She had been a member of the Christian church for many years. The funeral service was held at Harmony church, conducted by Rev. John H. Wood of Winder, and interment fol lowed in the church yard cemetery. She is survived by the following chil dren: Mrs. W. C. Glenn, Mrs. L. A. Hughes, Mrs. J. L. Sailers, Mr. R. J. Dunson, Mr. Luther Dunson and Mr. G. L. Dunson. Miss Lord Improving Friends of Miss Georgie Lord, who is at the General Hospital in Athens, will be delighted to know that she is recovering satisfactorily from an op eration for appendicitis, and will be able to come home the last of this week. (From Gainesville News) Buying In New York Mrs. Ruby McElhannon, head of the ladies ready-to-wear department of W. J. & E. C. Palmour Cos., left this morning for New York, where she will spend two weeks in the markets selecting new stocks for this department of this big department store. - ' • * * * (Prom Dawson News) Find Georgia Different From What Expected If the advocates of a big bond is sue for paved roads would use a little more judgment and not con tinually misrepresent Georgia in com- I aring it with other states, others wight have more patience with them. Their favorite method of argument is to belittle Georgia and laud some other state. They misrepresent ed Georgia so much that" strangers who come here are continually sur prised to find things different from what they had been told. ♦ * * (From Barnesville Gazette) Mrs. J. D. Smith came home Fri day afternoon last from Atlanta, where she had been for some weeks MOCRE-SPARKS A wedding around which there centered much loving interest on ac count of the popularity of the bride elect and the prominence of her family, occurred at the home of Mrs. R. D. Moore on Sunday afternoon, #t 7 o’clock, uniting Miss Frances Elizabeth Moore and Dr. Thurmon Councel Sparks of Columbia, S. C. Rev. L. B. Linn performed the ceremony, in the presence of only the members of the family. Follow ing the ceremony, Dr. and Mrs. Sparks left for Philadelphia, to at tend the Sesque-Centennial exposi tion. They will also visit other Eastern cities. % The bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Moore and the late Hon. R. D. Moore. Her mother is a mem ber of the well known fami ly. She is a descendant of two of Jackson county’s most distinguished families. She is a graduate of Mar tin Institute and of the Georgia State College for Women, and since finish ing school, has been prominently con nected with the schools of South Carolina, having taught the past two years in Columbia, where she will make her future home. She was one of Jefferson’s most attractive young ladies. Dr. Sparks is a graduate of The Citadel, and a prominent dentist of Columbia. He is unknown to the friends of the bride, but nobody but a man of the highest type of charact er could win such a charming bride. A GENIAL HOST AND HOSTESS Mr. Edgar Dunlap, who owns the Jasper N. Thompson farm, located between Chestnut Mountain and Hoschton, and his charming wife, en tertained with a delightful barbecue near tke farm home place on Satur day, to which were invited the farm tenants, with their families, several neighbors and friends. Barbecued meats, Brunswick stew, cakes, pickles, watermelons, peaches, ice tea, in fact every thing to tempt the appetite of a hungry man, were served. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap, assist ed by friends, gave everybody a cor dial welcome, and made their stay a happy occasion. The Thompson farm is one of the finest in the State, and Mr. Dunlap has a vision of making it even more productive and self sustaining. The farm has one of the finest crops growing that we have seen north of Macon. Ed Dunlap, the owner of the farm, is the youngest son of the late Col. and Mrs. Sam Dunlap of Gainesville, than whom no better citizens ever lived. No man in this section of Georgia had more true friends than did the late Sam Dunlap, and his son is truly a “chip off the block.” He is clever, affable, gracious and cor dial, and with his fascinating wife knows just how to entertain his friends. The writer not only is indebted to Mr. Dunlap for a delightful visit to his country £#rm and a most delectable barbecue dinner, but he also remem bered the orphans back home, and generously supplied us with sufficient food for our Sunday dinner. Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Stribling were in the city this week, guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. Kinningham, Rev. Strib ling is a former pastor of the Jef ferson Presbyterian church. For some time he has been located at Waynesboro but has recently ac cepted the pastorate at Rockinham, N. C., and he and Mrs. Stribling were on their way to that city. at a hospital, where she had submit ted to an operation. All the friends of Mrs. Smith and her family rejoice to know of her return home, and will hope for early and complete restora tion to health. * * * (From Banks County Journal) Mrs. Fred Brock has been visiting relatives in Atlanta the past week, She was accompanied home by Mr. Bfbck’s mother. We learned this week of anew plan for keeping cows from getting out. One of our farmer’s cows had been getting over the fence at a low place, so he decided to put a stop to it. The plan he hit on was to hide in the bushes near the spot where she crossed and rive her a good scare when she made her attempt. He scared her away that time. Haven’t heard whether or not she has been back. , . , JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia. HOLDER’S FRIENDS ACTIVE IN RACE (From Journal of Labor) John N. liolder, of Jefferson, Ga., chairman of the state highw’ay board and candidate for governor of Geor gia. is making no personal campaign in his race for the post of chief exe cutive, but according to his friends, who are perfecting an active organiz ation throughout the state, the situ ation as regards his candidacy is highly satisfactory. Mr. Holder is perhaps one of the best known men in the public life of Georgia, having for many years ■ participated in legislative activities | and bebn identified with affairs of state. He has served in both branches of the state legislature and for sev eral years was speaker of the house 'of representatives. During the period ! of his service in the legislative' body he particip'ated in the enactment of many constructive statutes, support ing measures for the development of "public schools, highways and other economic facilities. Himself a farmer and business man of wide experience, Mr. Holder while a member of the legislature was instrumental in the enactment of many measures intended to aid agri cultural development in Georgia. As chairman of the state- highway board, a post he has held for more than four years, Mr. Holder has con sistently advocated a policy of road development and construction, insist ing upon the “pay as you go” plan instead of issuing state bonds in large amounts to provide a system of hard surfaced roads in Georgia. The bond proposal was defeated in the state legislature last spring and Mr. Holder’s friends throughout the state urged him to become the anti-bond candidate to carry that is sue before the people and thus ob tain a direct expression from the pub lic on this important matter. ALUMNI TO GATHER AT YOUNG HARRIS THURSDAY, AUG. 12 Young Harris, Ga., August 7. The annual reunion of the Young Harris College alumni will be held here August 12. Since the return of Dr. J. A. Sharp to the presidency of Young Harris college in 1922 and the or ganization of the alumni association, in the same year, the usefulness of that institution has been greatly ex tended. These two great forces, re alizing the need for an extension of first-class higher educational oppor tunity at a price within the means of the masses, unselfishly commit ted themselves to the task with ref erence to Young Harris college. Under Dr. Sharp’s leadership, the institution has been made a stand ard junior college, with membership in the American Association of Ju nior Colleges. Enrollment, has leap ed from 250 in 1921, to 500 in 1926. The alumni association, through per sonal contributions of its members, has endowed the school with SIOO,- 000. Several of its members have made contributions to the extension of the college plant. Colonel W. L. Peel, of Atlanta, one of the school’s greatest friends and benefactors, contributed a magnificent building, a boys’ dormitory, in 1923. Scott Appelby, of Washington, is having extensive improvements made in the plant at the present time. •An interesting program has been arranged for the coming reunion, and a larger crowd is expected to attend this year than ever efore. ONE WOMAN KILLED AND FOUR INJURED IN CROSSING CRASH Statesville, N. C. —One woman was killed almost instantly and four oth er women occupants of an automo bile were seriously injured near here Saturday when struck by a west bound Southern Railway freight train. Mrs. H. D. Peeter, 60, of Morgan town was fatally injured. Her daugh ter, Miss Pearl Peeter, who was driving the car, Miss Dorothy Hin nant and Miss Louise Banning both of Raleigh; Miss Mary Ward of Gib son ville were the injured. The auto in Which the women were riding stopped on the crossing tracks and the engineer was unable to stop. SCHOLARSHIP OFFER TO CLUB GIRLS Miss Lois P. Dowdle, State Girls Club Agent, makes this announce ment, which will be of interest to many Jackson County club girls: Through the co-operation of Mr. A. O. B. Bailey of the Southern Cotton Oil Trading Company, The Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Company of Sa vannah, Georgia, is offering one long term cash scholarship of S2OO in Home Economics to the Georgia State College of Agriculture, and two trip:- to the National Club Camp at Washington, D. C>, June, 1927. Ip order to be eligible for the scholarship, girls must have done ac ceptable club work at least one year previous to 1926, and she must be in the third or fourth year ctf high schbol. She must show at the South eastern Fair, Atlanta, Georgia, Octo ber 2-9, 1926, an exhibit of canned vegetables (either general garden, special tomato or pepper exhibit); an!exhibit of fruit products (either special pear, special peach, special gripe or special fig exhibit); and an exhibit of clothing work, accord cording to the club program. These exhibits must be accompanied by a story of her complete club exper ience and her Girls 4-H Club Rec ord book for the year 1926. | Girls, this is a wonderful oppor tunity to prove your ability in club work, also to win something very werth while, Will you write me right away if you wish to compete for or.e or more of these prizes? The tiahe is limited, and we must to-work at once. Reba Adams, Cos. fianle Dem. Agent. SIX HUNDRED POUND WAYCROSS CITIZEN DIES W. T. Brinson, of Waycross, who “tipped the beam” at 600 pounds, died on last Thursday, and 48 hours la.er his wife passed away, i Mr. Brinson was so largo that prac tically everything that he possessed was made to order. The furnishings in his home were specially built, •and the old time buggy, which was a i pectacTe in Waycross was advertised as the strongest buggy ever con structed. Four ordinary sized per sons could ride comfortably in it. His suits required three times the quantity of cloth used for the ordi nary man. He was two feet larger around the waist than around the shoulders. His knee was twice as large around'as his wife’s slim waist. Strangely enough, his hat, shoes and gloves were no bigger than those of the average man. He wore a size seven and a half hat, number 8 gloves and nine and a half shoes. He was six feet, four inches tall. It is said that when he was in his youth, it was impossible for a team of mules to pull against him. The experiment was tried, but when Mr. Brinson threw his weight on the reins and" pulled the animals by the bits they reared up on their hind legs. Mr. Brinson was laid to rest in a casket especially built, and borne by ten pall bearers. DR. J. J. BENNETT RESIGNS, WILL GO TO CANTON CHURCH Dr. J. J. Bennett hag resigned the pastorate of the Prince Avenue Bap tist church." Dr. Bennett has accept ed the pastorship of the Canton Bap tist church. His refignation was an nounced to his congregation Sunday night and accepted, effective at once A month’s vacation was voted the pastor and he will take up his duties at Canton in early'September. Dr. Bennett will go to the mountains for a rest, it is stated. Dr. Bennett came to Athens from Atlanta where he was pastor of one of that city o leading Baptist church es. For some time he was connected with 'the Georgia Baptist Conven tion as one of its secretaries. He is regarded as one of the leading minis ters in the denomination in Georgia. —Athens Banner Herald. MRS. HOMER HANCOCK EN TERTAINS CLUB The Thursday Ladies Club was the inspiration of a beautiful party given last week by Mrs. Homer Hancock. Her guests were Mrs. A. J. Flanigan, Mm. A, H. Moore, Mrs. Dudley Moore, Mrs. R. H. Howell, Mrs. J. H. Campbell, Misses Elizabeth Ben nett and Ruby Hancock, Mrs. M. M. Smith and Mrs. J. H. Aderhold of Augusta. iV _ Thursday, August 12, 1926. M. L. Duggan Writes On Educational Bonds Mr. M. L. Duggan, Rural School Agent of Georgia, replying to a re quest, has written to J. W. Andrews of the Toccoa public schools, stating why he prefers increasing the gover nor’s borrowing power, rather than is suing bonds to secuSe funds for the prompt payment of teachers. His i letter is as follows: * * + - , Hon. J. W. Andrews, Supt., Toccoa, Ga., My Dear Mr. Andrews: Replying to your request at Athens the other day I beg to state that 1 wrote at the instance of the Depart ment of Education a Constitutional Amendment to be submitted to the recent extra session of the General Assembly providing for a small State bond issue to be used exclusive ly for the purpose of the prompt pay ment of teachers. No other bond bill was written by me or by any one in the Department. We abandoned this bond bill when Representative Stark, of Whitfield county, introduced his bill providing authority to the Governor to borrow $3,500,000.00 for the same purpose because I preferred, and still prefer, this latter means of providing for the prompt payment of teachers. There are several reasons for pre ferring this latter method to tho is suing bonds: First, a bond issue would run for many years 6s a debt against the Slate, while money borrowed would be for only short periods. Second, interest would he only for the part of the year for which the amounts are borrowed, instead of for the entire year, as would be the case on bonds. Third, it would likely be only for to borrow only when and as needed, and not always the entire sum for the entire period needed. Fourth, it is entirely possibly that the State may through increased prosperity arrive at a time soon when it may not even be necessary to borrow, but in case of a bond issue the idle funds in such a contingency would be still drawing interest. Fifth, there is a very general pre judice against bonds, in which I share. I might even mention other minor reasons, but the above would seem sufficient to justify our preference for the Stark bill authorizing the in crease in the Governor’s borrowing power. Very sincerely yours, M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent. UNION CHOIR NOTES I The Union Choir met at Pond Fork the first Sunday, July 4th, 1926. Opening song by George Shaw. Pray er by Jim Whitlock. The following led 10 minutes each: C. M. Batche lor, John McNeal, George Shaw, John Lee Murphy, Comer Whitlock, W. J. Whitlock, A. E. Yonce, Prof. J. E. J. Lord. Organists: Mrs. Alice Smith, Miss Inez Brumbalow, Miss Lottie Bell Lord. Closed to meet at Walnut church the first Sunday in September. George Shaw, Pres. C. Bryant, Sec’y. STRONG HOLDER CLUB HAS BEEN ORGANIZED AT SOCIAL CIRCLE; DR. DAY IN CHARGE (From Walton News.) A John N. Holder Club, with just a little effort “between calls,”*on the part of a prominent physician, Dr. J. B. H. Day, of that city, has been or ganized at Social Circle. We find that there are sixty on the list and that just as .goon as Dr. Day can find time to see the other voters of the district, the list will be doubled. The writer, through a very close political observer, and yet a man who has but very little to say, found out that “it’s practically all one way when it comes to the governor’s race at Social Circle—that Holder has the thing sewed up.” The Womans Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church held the regu lar monthly meeting on Monday af ternoon, Aug. 2nd, with Mrs. J. D. Potts. The meeting was very help ful, with the following members present: Mesdames W. H. Smith, C. O. Brock, Hal Moore, C. E, Bar nett, S. B. Archer, Homer Hancock, E. M. McDonald, J. C. Tufner, J. D. Potts; and Mrs. Estelle Pike and Mrs. Alvin Evans as visitors. A delicious ice course was served by the hostess, assisted by Miss Eva Potts. Vol. 51. No. 15 GAINESVILLE EAGLE CELEBRATE SIXTY SIXTH ANNIVERSARY The Gainesville Eagle published if* Gainesville, Ga., has just celebrated its sixty-sixth birthday anniversary; and W. H. Craig, for several years: editor of the paper, has written a history of the well'known publica tion. F. D. Singleton and Guy Coffee are now at the helm, and are keep ing the paper up to a high standard. When the Eagle was established if* 1860 by William Henry Jamison Mitchell, Gainesville had only .150 inhabitants. The Eagle is now one of the oldest of 4he many hundred papers publish ed in Georgia, only six bearing an older date of establishment, namely, The Augusta Chronicle, established 1785; Columbus JSnquirer-Sun, 1828; Macon Telegraph, 1826; Rome Tri bune-Herald, 1842; Warrenton Clip per* 1843; Savannah Nows, 1850. Not one of The Eagle’s original subscribers is now living. The last one to pass was Mr. William Lati mer, wTTo died ten years ago. , There are many men who have made their marks in We who grew nnder the shadow and inspiration o£ The Eagle. GEORGIA SILVER The United States Congress has passed a bill by Senator Harris, and the President*bas signed it, authoriz ing the return to the State of Georgia of the handsome silver service that was presented by Governor Terrell, in the name of our American Navy bearing the name our State. This silver set now reposes in a storeroom at Mare Island*, California, as the result of the scrapping of the battleship Georgia, in accordance with the provisions of the Washington Armament Conference. For the most part, the set was purchased by various municipalities of Georgia. Savannah and Atlanta gave the two biggest pieces, and Co lumbus also contributed, a large piece. Then Macon, Brunswick, Athens and Albany bore the expense of a portion of the SGt. Some two dozen silver cups were the gift of small towns in the State, and indi viduals. The three central pieces were to be the gift of the Sthte it self, but it developed that the State Constitution would not permit an ex penditure for a gift to a battleship.. The jewelers had purchased and en graved the set without profit, and the nearly $2,000 that they failed to re ceive, was a dead loss. WHY DON'T WE CAN OUR SUR PLUS PEACHES It is said that the peach crop iit, the Ft. Valley section was not pror fitable. It seems a pity that so manjr fine peaches should be produced and marketed and that the growers should make no money from the business. It brings us back to the question: “what is wrong with American Agriculture T The trouble is purely one of control of production and marketing. If thirty per cent of the low grade peaches in the Ft. Valley section had been sent to canners and seventy per cent shipped to market, the crop would have been a big money-maker. There is authority to curtail pro duction or limit shipments. FIVE “MOTHERS OF ’6l” STILL DRAWING PENSIONS On the United States pension rolls are five mothers of civil war veter ans drawing pensions, and they range in age from 96 to 102 years. One of them it is said is Samantha Farrer, negress, of Athena, Ga., wha does not know how many years over 98 she is, Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Mathews' have moved to Buford. They made many friends here, who regretted their de parture, but Dr. Mathews decided there were greater possibilities for his success in dentistry in Buford than in Jefferson. Regular monthly meeting of the members of the Jefferson Business Mens Evangelist Club will be held Sunday afternoon at 3.30. All mem bers are urged to attend. Place of meeting, First Baptist church. If you are .not a member, come and join, and take your place in the religious* life of the community. .'J. C. Turner, Pres. H. E. Aderholt, Sec’y.