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The Jackson Herald By Holdar & Williamson SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING —OF THE— Ninth District Medical Society 'Wednesday, September 15, 1626. # At Hoschtcn, Ga. Jackson County. In Methodist Church Dr. Edson W. Glidden, Pres. Dr. C. B. Almond, V f ice-Pre. Dr. J. C. Bennett, Scc.-Treas. Papers limited to 15 minutes, and discussions to 5 minutes. 10:30 a. m. (E. TANARUS.), Gall to order by the President. Invocation, Rev. Odum Clark., Welcome Address, Dr. S. T. Ross. Response, Dr. C. L. Ayers. Reading minutes of last meeting. Scientific Program Subject to be announced, Dr. L. W. Hodges. Magnesium Sulphate, It’s History and Newer Uses, Prof. Robt. C. Wil son. In Memoriam, Dr. L. J. Sharp, by Dr. F. M. Hubbard. Address, by Dr. V. O. Harvard, President Gleatogia Medical ation. The State Board of Health, Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, or Dr. Joe P. Bowdoin. Some Newer Methods of Diagnos tic Technique, Dr. E. C. Thrarii. Report of Cases, Dr. J. H. Down ey. Impromptu TaYks. Select place of next meeting. Miscellaneous business. Adjournment. Recess at pleasure for luncheon. Doctors wives and sweethearts cordially invited, especially members of the Ladies Auxiliary Societies. JIMSON WEED DINNER IS DEADLY Jimson weed, taken internally by three children, none over 3 years old, as “dinner,” While they were playing “house” in the back yard of their home in Eagan Park, near Hapeville, Monday, forms one of the chief ingredients for two deadly poisons and narcotics widely known in the medical world, it was mad? known by City Health Department chemists of Atlanta Wednesday. They are hysoseine, a drastic seda tive and atropine, otherwise known as belladonna, the latter used chief ly in dilating the pupils of eyes. One half a grain of atropine is declared by chemists to be fatal. Three-year old Marjorie Thompson, who, with her mother, Mrs. C. M. Thompson, of Chattanooga, w r as on a visit in Atlanta at the time, died Tuesday afternoon at Grady Hospital less than 24 hours after the innocent poision dose. The two other chil dren, How’ard Hedrick, 3 years old, and Dewey, his 18-month-old broth er, cousins of little Marjorie, who also ate the weed, responded to anti dotes at the hospital and were re ported to have a good chance of re covery. It is the seed within the prickly bur-clad pod of the jimson weed that contains the dealy poison, it was said. The/ jimson weed has a number of names, among them being the stramonimum weed, the stink weed, Jamestown weed, and thorn apple. Its etymology was said to be uncertain, although it is believed to have had its origin in northern India. It is a course, strong, vigor ous, branching weed, from two to six feet high, with ovate toothed or angle leavqs, large flowers followed by prickly, globular two-celed pods containing numerous angular black seeds, which contain the deadly poison. BRADBERRY-DEAN announce ment Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Bradberry of Bogart, announce the engagement of their daughter, Myrtle, to Mr. V, il liam Roy Dean of Atlanta, the date of the marriage to be announced later. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Archer of Bainbridge, who have been visiting Miss Hortense Archer, left Saturday for Mountain City, and will return home by Atlanta.—Athens Banner- Herald. MRS. JETER DESIRES TO MAKE SLOGAN FOR YEAR “KNOW CHILD AND TEACHER” Mrs. P. H. Peter, of Decatur, state president of the National Cont.iPiS of Parent.; ana Teachers, sends out the folio win:* greetings: Few time flies! It seems that only a few df ys have passed since we were hur-ying around anng ".ho many exciting things that go v itb the closing of school. An 1 now here wc are hurrying around again get ting ready for the opening of school. How refreshed we all are—mother, children and teachers. Three months we have relaxed and dreamed of all the wonderful things we were going to do “when school begins.” So let’s put on our working clothes and be gin. But where shall we begin? Let us start with owr4elves. Are we parents ready to give of ourselves freely in doing the big things in P.-T. A. work? Let’s turn the mir ror within and search our hearts. In order to do big things, we must mast er ourselves in little things. What are these little things? First, getting acquainted with the teachers of our children. By acquainted, I mean know the teacher. The slogan adopted by the national congress for this year is “Know the Child.” It is my wish that our slogan may be “Know the Child and Child’s Teach er.” To know the teacher is ulti mately to develop a greater appre ciation for her efforts and a greater inspiration for her service. Let us with honesty and sincerety make her realize that we depend upon her to exercise the sacred responsibility that none other—net even mothers — can benr. Also let it be a guiding principle of our work to inspire in our children that degree of love and appreciation for the teacher that will insure harmony and understanding so much desired from the contract. A child is quick to feel the barom eter of the home, and if he hears one discordant remark about school or the teacher, a little seed is plant ed that might later grow into an oak, and we would wonder when or where it stated. Next’, let us accept the respon sibility of keeping our children in school every day of the year. With the growing demands upon life and with the many distracting influences surrounding our boys and girls, the matter of school attendance is im perative. To accomplish this, we must make the contract for the child pleasant. „ We must teach him that it is his part in the great plan of life to give of himself to the teach er. Little acts of service, such as carrying home the teacher’s books, or carrying home the teacher’s books of perhaps just a simple little flower, will form a comradeship that can weather almost any storm and think of the joy that child will experience. Finally, do not let a term pass without having the teacher in the home. Probably the child’s birth ray. We mothers in our luxury and all th ecomforts at least, nec essary to peace and happiness, of tentimes neglect that lonely, dis couraged Tittle teacher, who has pa tiently labored all day helping our child grow and who has gone home to a cold lunch perhaps, because some child—maybe cuV very own—haj failed to do his work. Form this home contract with the teacher. By this means, we not only provide a little pleasure for the faithful teach er, but we enrich the lives of our children and of ourselves. So you see, mothers and fathers, there is never a moment when we can forget that we are parents. It is the only job with no vacation, but oh, the joy of working! And since education is the guidance of growth —mental, physical, social and spirit ual—l beg of you to accord to the teacher the honor that is hers and join hands with her in this great as sociation of parents and teachers for the task of building a finer citi zenship. Floyd Oliver Jeter, (Mrs. P. H. Jeter.) SMALLWOOD-McCLURE On July 19, 1926, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. LeMstster oc curred the marriage of Miss Grace Smallwood and Mr. Grady McClure, both contracting parties from Com merce. The ceremony was perform ed by Esq. W. N. LeMaster.—Mays ville Enterprise. JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia. Hog Calling Contest Now The Rage in Middle West Tipton, lowa.—While Charleston contests go on in crowded cities' and American girls vie with each other in, swimming*the English chMinel, it has remained for the middle west to inaugurate the most unique sport of all—the “hog calling" contest, which is sweeping all over the corn states, causing eminent statesmen who re call their boyhood days to chuckle with glee. The brisk or mournful call of “hooey,” which has floated out across pastures at dusk and at dawn for years unnoticed, save by hogs them selves, has now been elevated to a thing of almost national importance. Hog calling contests are being con ducted all through lowa and Ne braska by radio, at state and coun ty fairs, and as anew diversion, on every possible occasion. Money prizes are given for the best leather-lunged “hooey” and the whole population has taken to grunting in recognition of the new sport. The red-faced blue-overalled farm-, er suddenly finds himself in the limelight as an entertainer. He now, ranks alongside opera singers and, orators either in front of the miero phone or as a star performer before big assemblages. Somebody in Nebraska conceived 1 the idea of a hog calling contest over the radio. The fans were the judges, and the winner was picked by postcard vote, though, as one farmer remarked “it would have been fairer to let the hogs act as judges.” Omaha, Des Moines and other cities, as well as small towns, arc j taking up the new sport with en thusiasm. Prizes totaling SSOO are being offered at the lowa state fair, held at Des Moines this week, for the best hog callers. In making a decision, various fac tors are taken into consideration, such as strength of voice, clearness i of call, effect on hogs, and whether i the voice will carry against the wind. I Farmers all through the middle I west are discussing with much se rionsnesF the relative merits of “sooev” and “hooey,” the old con servatives. coming out strong foF “sooey” while the radicals incline to “hooey” and a camp has sprung up | which insists\that “pooey” carries l j best along the wind. ! Some of Jowa’s most illustrious j son* have gone out into the gloam- I ing in their boyhood days and called ’ the hogs home. Senator Bnookhart I tried his stentorian tones on lowa | hog* long before he loosed his ora ! tory on the United States senate. I Herbert Hoover was once a farmer boy near West Branch, lowa. Jim Wilson and Henry Wallace, both sec retaries of agriculture, have bawled their “hooeys” at returning swine. Not always the huskiest farmer with the loudest voice takes a prize. In the Cedar county contest, a lad i named Morning Star, who stutters, | was awarded first prize, and in i northern lowa a barber was found ito have a clear, sweet call which 'brought the bacon home on*the gal lop. AMBITIOUS ROME HEN LAYS A THREE-YOLK EGG, AND OWNER PROVES IT Apparently bored with practice of producing ordinary eggs, an am bitious hen belonging to Carl Avery, who has a farm near Rome, laid an egg containing three yolks, and Mr. Avery brought it in to The Journal office to prove it. In order to demonstrate, Mr. Avery boiled the egg and sliced it endwise, so that the three yolks as three yolks, believe it or not. The egg was but little more than average size, the multiple number of yolks being packed into the space usually required for one. Speculation was indulged in by those who saw the egg as to just what sort of chicken would have re sulted from a hatching of the egg. Some contended that three chickens would have been produced. Others, pointing out that only one portion of egg white was available, main tained that cnikhen with three heads or three feet or three some thing would have come forth from the shell. The hen was silent. —At- lanta Journal. Mrs. Jno. W. Hardy ahd children spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. H. B. Hill, in Homer. ! DR. S. J. SMITH Beloved Physician Paaacd Away On Laat Tuesday • Tu ♦day afternoon, at 5 o’clock, ut His residence on Washington street, the spirit of Dr. S. J. Smith, “the beloved physician,” took its flight, and all that was mortal gent ly, peacefully and quietly yielded io tihatlast enemy, death. For sever al ,vur> Dr. Smith had suffered from asthma, but it was a complication of heart and kidney trouble that usher ed in the end. Dr. i Smith was born September 12, 1862. Was educated at Martin Institute. In 1884 he entered the Medical College of Georgia, at Au gusta, and was graduated from the Atlanta Medical College with the 1886. He immediately began the practice of his chosen profession at Jefferson, and for more than forty years he 1 has gone in the homes of ok: people day and night, hot or | cold, rain or shine, to relieve suf i faring and stay the hand of death. | For a few years he was associated I with Dr. Will J. Hood, now living at (the old home near Commerce, and ;in failing health himself. Later the firm was Smith, Hood and Tuck, Dr. John A. Tuck now dead, being the junior member of the firm. For isonu years he and the late Mr. John KfcV. Boogs operated a drug store und er the firm name of Smith &. Boggs. Then came the firm of Smith & i Elder. Dr. J. Griff Elder being his I last partner. Some fifteen years ago Dr. Elder moved to Clermont, Hall County. Dr. Elder died five j years ago last January. It is possible that Dr. Smith has done more professional work and treated more people than any other physician in this section, living or dead. Reasonable in his charges, lenient in his collections, answering cads when he well knew the parties were too poor, or unwilling to pay him; he loved his profession, and re mained in active practice for many years too long, and should have re tired some time ago to recuperate and rest. Dr. Smith was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Smith. March 28, 1906, he was married to Miss Ora Dyarmnn. To them were born, Frances, aged 19, and Sumner, Jr., aged 8. IT ; s widow and children bhjfruve. He leaves one sister, Miss ra, and two brothers, W. H. and E. He was a first cousin to Col. L. J. Smith of Commerce. r The funeral will be held this mom ling, (Thursday), at the Presbyterian ! church, of which hv was a member, 'and the interment in Woodbine ceme tery. Let* us hope that “After life’s fit ful fever is over he sleeps well.” ’ Secure in the love of his fami’y, and the affection of those who knew him best, he literally wore his own life out striving to save the lives of oth ers, and when the end came, “He wrapped the drapery of his couch about him. And lay dewn to pleasant dreams.” BIG WEAVE MILL TO BE ERECT ED AT GAINESVILLE Greenville, S. CL—Johnson and Johnson, of New Brunswick, N. J., j manufacturers of gauze bandage and ! other products, will erect a weave 1 mill, power house and 400 cottages at Gainesville, Ga., ac cording to information obtained here today. The weave shed, according to the proposed plans, will he 212 by 956 feet in dimension and be one and a half stories in height. It will con tain about 200,000 square feet of floor space and house about 4,000 looms, although the exact number of looms has not been determined, it was stated. The bleachery will be equipped to finish and bleach the vast quantity of goods made by this company for its bandages. The power plant will furnish power for the entire project. In addition to the weave shed, power house, bleachery and cottages, it is proposed to build several warehouses. While definite plans have not been ! made public concerning the project, several local engineers and mill sup i ply concerns are in possession of (information concerning the new plants, and are said to be figuring j with a view to submitting bids. The contract is expected to be let in the ! early fall and actual work will begin Ia -hort time later. I Johnson and Johnson are said to have considered several southern j cities, giving South Carolina eonsid- I oration, but finally deciding on Geor gia. Both Gainesville and Rome were I considered, with Gainesville being fi | nally decided upon, it was said. FREEMAN-ASHLEY Mrs. L. J. Freeman, of Jefferson, announces the engagement of her Nelle, to Mr. Roy V hley, ; of White Plains, the marriage to be [solemnized in October. Thursday, September 9, 1926. SING THEM TO SLEEP “Anybody Who Don’t Love The Lit tle One Isn’t Ju*t Right,” Says Aged Man Who Makes His Living Singing Them To Sleep. (By Roy J. Gibbons) Chicago.—Grandpa Frank Do For est can put a baby to sleep in any one of 17 languages Hnd a few odd dialects to boot. ,Not that “Grandpa Frank" is a linguist by any means. He just knows about every variation of lul laby song ever written. And as an emergency repertoire they come in handy on his job as Chicago's official baby minder. That's just what Grandpa is. For the last five years or more he has been minding the neighbor hood offspring of Chopping moth ers who patronize the South Side department store that hires him. “Grandpa” is 73 and minding babies is all he does. g Last year he minded close to 10,- 000. His services are free and rend ered as a sort of courtesy extension department of the store. He established the job himself, visualized its opportunities and “sold” the idea to his employers when he had settled down to retire and found loafing too difficult. “Grandpa” has never hail any kids of his own* and so he laxisheu all the unusual parental affection in his makeup on other peoples’ kids. Boys and girls, he just loves ’em all. And what the old fellow has not picked up as infallible knowledge , on feedings, hygiene and other tricks would make an experienced baby doctor turn green with envy. " Mothers come to him for advice. And lots of them give the store he works for all their trade l>eeause they figure out that any store that could be so considerate must have an awfully nice management at its head. Kids seem to dote on him and when he warbles some refreshing ditty meant only for kids’ ears he gets an encore that’s simply tremend ous. Often times, too, there is a re frain in A flat from the audience. Grandpa loves this. “ILi, di, diddle, hi di, diddle.” He croons in his best of croons. And at once the tears disperse and tiny faces, clouded in sadness wreath in to smiles-—one could hardly say laughs. When it rains or is too cold for his charges to be in the open “Grand pa” closes up shop since he runs his business out in the air. Children are just about the best things the earth can give to humans, the old fellow says. “Never saw a body yet that didn’t love them and guess anybody that doesn’t isn’t just right. Now, what do you think? Every mother who parks her baby with Grandpa gets an aluminum identification tag in exchange. And to get her baby back she must present the tag. Just like the ancient Chinese wash erman who said: “No no washee,” so UTo does Grandpa Frank enjoin: “No cheek, no baby.” But he never has any trouble and if a vote on the South Side were to be taken Chicago mothers surely would acclaim him the most popular man. WORLD’S LARGEST PECAN ORCHARD IN SUMTER COUNTY The largest pecan orchard in the world is located at Flintside, Sum ter county, Georgia. In it are three thousand five hundred acres set in pecan trees and a pecan nursey of twenty-five acres, says H. M. Cottrell, agriculturist of the Georgia Bank er’s Association. It is owned by capitalists who made the first planting of two hun dred and fifty acres in 1912. All the money received from the sale of pecans from the young trees has been used to plant more trees be sides a much larger amount annual ly by the owners. An average of two hundred and sixty acres his 1 been added to the acreage annual ly. Conservative pecan growers of long experience and having no inter- j est in this great pecan orchard esti mate that the yield of nuts this year from it will be at least three hun dred thousand pounds, and that the orchard will then be on a regular good paying basis. Vo!. 51. No. 19. BARBER BROWN WEDDING OF INTEREST , Characterized by chsrm and beau ty, and one of the -on .on's most in teresting social events was the mar riage of Mi s Genevieve Barber to Mr. Rupert A. Brown at the home of the bride’.- parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Berber, on the Danielsville load, Athens, Ga., August 24, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon. The spacious and beautiful rooms of the lower floor were thrown to gether and made into a garden of pjnk and white roses, palms and ferns. The long stairway was en twined with smilax and roses. Prior to the lovely ceremony, which was performed by Rev. W. L. Barber, uncle of the bride, before an altar of palms, smilax and roses on which burned white tapers in the silver candlesticks, Mrs. A. Y. Woods, cousin of tho bride, sang “At Dawn ing." The piano accompaniments were rendered by Mr*. Wedford Bar ber, sister of the bride. The bride was exquisitely gowned” in blue Georgette over pink satin with pink picture hat, horn and ac cessories to match. Her flowers were bride rose:* showered with valley lilies. Following the ceremony, which was witnessed by only the two im mediate families, Mr. and Mrs.. Brown left for a trip to the moun tains of North Carolina. They are now at home to their friends on tho Danielsville road. The popular and charming bride is a graduate of the State Normal school and a student of the Univer sity of Georgia, and was a member of the fuculty of the Athens city schools. She has endeared herself to a wide circle of friends. The groom 1 a well known and successful lawyer in Athens, where he is very popular in the business and social world, having lived there for several year- and graduated from the University of Georgia. > CAN A ROOSTER COUNT? Experiments in psychology are be ing *carried on enthusiastically with many kinds of animal life as subjects. A recent test reported from the Uni vc raity of Chicago is quite interest ing. Kernals of corn were placed in a row on the floor, with every third* kernal tacked down, and a rooster was permitted to help himself. Fail ing to lift a fa: :ene<l kernel, he would pas.; on and eat the next. The miss ing kernals were replaced and next time he made no attempt to devour * the stationery kernnLi. Then tho third kernals were loosened, but ho still parsed them by until his foot struck one and moved it; then he went back and ate them all. Some who witnessed the experi ment believe that it proved the roost er’s ability to count; others were skeptical. Possibly he was an unusual bird, or had been influenced by his university environment. We don’t vouch for the story, but if you doubt it try the experiment on your own rooster. ORPHANS’ HOME TO HAVE WORK DAY Work Day for the Methodist Orphans’ Home, at Decatur, Ga., will bo observed throughout the bounds of the North Georgia Con ference on September 25th. The winter’s support for over one hun dred and twenty-five orphans de pends on what the Sunday schools and churches do on Work Day. Ev eryone is requested to give a day’s wages to the worthy cause of feed ing, clothing and caring for the helpless wards of the church. SINGING AT WALNUT There will be an evening singing at Walnut the second Sunday p. m. in September. The Hall County Cla.-tf will be there. Some of the best ingers you ever head, such as Prof. O. L. Turk, Henry McNeal, W. E. McNeal, John McMillion, A. E. Barton, Sherfield Brothers, Mr. Couch, C. Cronlc, Prof. Peck, Wuld , rip, Bagwell, Whitmire, Little ar.d [ many others. Don’t miss this sing- ing. Come at 2 o’clock. We are expecting one of th' be . ingings of the season. 1 Correspondent. Miss Jewell Head and Mr. Wesley Patch of Atlanta spem the week-end with Miss Latrelle Waddell.