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The i,\CKst>i\ Herald By Holder & Williamson EXCHANGE NOTES Item* of Interest From Among Our Neighbor* And Friends (From Gainesville News) Freeman-Nix Mr. and Mrs. J. Toy Freeman of Maysville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Gladys Louise, to Mr. Walter Nix of Clermont. The wedding to take place at an early date. Hall County's First Bale. The first bale of Hall county cot ton of the 1926 crop was brought to town today by Mr. W. L. Lott, whose farm is near the Jackson county line. It was raised by a renter on the farm, Mr. Will Adams. Mr. Lott states that he has the finest cotton crop he has seen in three states. The bale weighed 415 pounds, and brought sso, being sold to S. B. Carter. * * * (From Commerce News) A Strong Appeal When school opened a -teacher was talking to the pupils in his room, and said: “First of all, I shall appeal to your pride. In case that does not bring results, I will appeal to your hide.” That last appeal is the thing that will fotch’em. A Blessed People These people in North Georgia, in God’s country, are the most fortu nate people on the face of the globe. One good thing follows another like pig tracks, like words tumbling off a telegraph wire. Peaches are gone, but we have watermelons; scupper nong grapes are here in car lots. Thousands of bushels of fine roast ing ears all over this section. Now the apples from Rabun and Haber sham are pouring in. The finest sweet pptato /crop ever k|nown is about ready to be harvested. Count your blessings, see what God hath done. Georgia Clothing Mfg. Company Elects Officers The stockholders of the Georgia Clothing Manufacturing Cos. held a meeting at the office of the plant in this city recently, when permanent officers were chosen, as follow’s: A. D. Harris, Pres.; Harry E. Richard son, of Atlanta, Vice-Pres.; Mrs. Bes sie Payne, Sec. and Treas.; H. V. Head, of Athene, Supt. and General Manager. The plant is located on the second story of the building ad joining the - post office building, and the operatives have been on the job quite a while, manufacturing men’s fine clothing. The outlook is most hopeful. It is said that the plant has all the business it can handle until a larger force of operatives can be secured. (From Walton News) Two Brothers To Serve in The Next Session of The Georgia Legislature In the primary election of last Wednesday, Prof. G. C. Adams was nominated as representative to the General Assembly from Newton county. On the same day, in Wal ton county, Mr. John H. Adams, of Social Circle, was nominated to the legislature. These gentlemen, bro thers, are members of a large, inter esting and popular family and are Newton county products. This is a little singular and we feel sure that, as brothers, they will look after the interests of the people of the state at large. * * * (From Dawson News) Pelham Man Makes S2OO An Acre From Potatoes The humble sweet potato, the one farm product that is less spoken of than all the rest, is coming in for its share of praise from the farms of the Pelham section. Mr. J. C. Hin son, produce dealer, states that he has already handled four carloads of Potatoes this season and some of'the growers have realized as much as $-00 per acre, and the demand is good. There are few crops that will nci the .growers as much as S2OO per fl cre, and when it is considered how little labor is needed all the way from planting to harvesting it should gain favor. * ♦ (From Winder News) Clifford Parr is Seriously Hurt Mr. Clifford Parr was seriously hurt Tuesday by falling from a scaf ;old at the Strand Theatre, where he was working. His head was bad r hurt and several ribs crashed. He rushed to Mathews Hospital v here he is receiving every atten tion possible. Latest reports Thurs- PRISON FARM HEAD ASKS NIGHT HOURS FOR ELECTROCUTION Pursuant to his intention expressed early last week, B. H. Dunaway, su perintendent of the state prison farm at Milledgeville, addressed a letter Saturday to the prison commission requesting that judges throughout the state be instructed to fix the hour of execution for criminals sen tenced to the electric chair between 12.30 a. m. and 12.30 p. m. so that the electrocutions may be performed near midnight. Following is Superintendent Dun away’s letter: “The Prison Commission, “Atlanta, Ga. “Gentlemen: In order that .electro cutions may be carried out at the state prison farm with a minimum of confusion, I beg to suggest that you request the various ju' :es of the state to alter the usual hours for execution as noted in death sen tences. Death warrants received here have set the time for executions at between 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. of the day fixed. It would be much more convenient if executions could be or dered during the hours of the night, say from 12.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. “At several electrocutions large crowds of morbidly curious people have gathered at the state farm and attempted to gain admittance. If executions could take place in the night time this would be avoided. “At an early morning hour the in dustrial plants of Milledgeville and surrounding towns would not be op erating and a full load of electric current could be obtained from the power lines. At present, owing to power shortage, electrocutions must be held between 12 noon and 1 p. m. while the industrial plants are closed for the noon hour. ■* “The electrocution law does not make any mention of the hours in which executions should take place and therfore it sgems that it is en tirely left to the judges passing sen tence to fix the hours between which the death penalty shall be inflicted.” GIRL MAKES CATCHING OF SNAKES HER PROFESSION She prefers poisonous snakes to men, does Miss Nora Wilkins, 23 years old, of Powell county, Ky., who has the most hazardous occu pation of any young woman in the state. Her job is capturing alive venomous snakes which she sells to circuses, carnivals, zoological gardens and private parties. “In the first place,” she says, “there is really no danger in obtain ing the snakes provided you go at it right and are not afraid of them. From the time I was six years old I have had a fondness for snakes. “As for offers of marriage from young men in my neighborhood, I could marry tomoiTOw if I would give up my pets, but I much prefer a well trained snake than the ordinary man. The snake is much easier handled.” day from the hospital were that he was in a very precarious condition. His hundreds of friends sincerely trust that he will soon recover. J. Henry Pledger Passes Thursday As we go to press we learn of the death of Mr. J. Henry Pledger, prom inent Winder citizen. Mr. Pledger has been in a very critical condition for several weeks and had been con fined to Mathews Hospital. His many friends realize the great loss that they, and the City of Wnider have sustained in his going away; and sympathize deeply with his loved ones. Hon. Herman P. DeLaperriere While The News supported Hon. Thomas M. Bell for congress in the recent primary, it wishes to assure Mr. DeLaperriere that it holds him in high esteem. The News feels that Mr. Bell’s experience, his command ing influence in congress as well as his ability are needed in our natioal halls of legislature as never before, and on this account, as well as his being a highly esteemed personal friend of the writer, we earnestly supported him. Mr. DeLaperriere is still a young man. He has ability, energy, and enthusiasm, and made a fine showing against so able an op ponent. His defeat in this race need not discourage him. If he is a good loser, some day he will be a good winner. We extend to him our best wishes. JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia. (From Braselton Four County Booster) People Of Georgia, Wake Up! Do you favor mortgaging your farms and other property to build roads? That’s what the Hardman forces advocate. Do you favor a man that will put a burden on this State with such a huge bond issue, and so few people get benefits? They talk about a business man’s administration. Surely you do not value such stuff above the economic idea of “Pay As You Go.” Our income in this State is around fourteen to seventeen millions of dollars annually, which is as much as we can spend economically. John N. Holder is the people’s friend, and is making this race for Governor of Georgia on a “Pay-as you-go” platform. Urge your friends to come to the polls on October 6th, and let’s ehpet John Holder Governor of Georgia overwhelmingly. —EDITOR. AWFUL STORM IN FLORIDA Death List In Folrida Hur ricane Now Placed At More Than 1,000. BRUNT OF STORM BORNE BY MIAMI; DEAD NUMBER 804. More Than 38,000 Person* Are Said To Be Homeless and Many of These Victims Are In Urgent Need of Food And Medical Supplies Jacksonville, Fla., September 19. Estimates of the loss of life from the hurricane which swept over lower Florida mounted to over 1,000 late tonight in revised estimates from the storm-stricken area. The casualty list in the Miami sec tion which bore the brunt of the storm’s fury was placed at 804 by Jerry H. Owen, general superintend ent of the Florida East Coast rail way. He showed 500 dead in Miami, 250 in Hollywood and 54 in Hiea leah, both of the latter places being suburbs of Miami. Other reports placed the dead in Fort Lauderhale at 100 and in the Meorehaver. section at 140. Additional indications of the ap palling toll of the storm were given in a message picked up here by an amateur wireless operator from Sher iff Henry Chase, of Dade county, ap pealing to Governor John W. Martin for help in obtaining 600. coffins. The message was relayed by telegraph to the governor at St. Augustine, where he had gone from Tallahassee to ex pedite the movement of troops and relief to the stricken area. Death Toll Mounts, 2,000 are Injured As relief workers penetrated the storm section and wires were recov ered, additional reports saw the death list from the most terrible of Florida storms mount rapidly. With over 38,000 people in the smitten area homeless and the list of injured placed at over 2,000, first efforts were given to reaching the people with food and medical sup plies. Reports from all sections of the district brought tales of suffer ing and want. It was not practi cable to obtain anything like an ac curate check of the dead and injured tonight. Estimates of Dead and Injured Compiled by Associated Press The Associated Press gives out the following: Estimates of dead, injured and homeless in the Florida storm com piled at 11 o’clock, central stanard time, Sunday night, from latest re ports from all sources: Miami, 500 dead, 700 to 800 in- jured, 28,000 homeless. Hollywood, 250 dead, 1,000 injured, 10,000 homeless. Moorehaven and Clewiston, 140 dead, 35 to 40 women and children drowned. Miami Beach, 150 dead. -Fort Lauderdale, 100 dead. Hialeah, 34 dead. Dania, 11 dead. Homestead, 3 dead, 1,000 home #*■*. < Coral Gables, 3 dead. Hallendale, 2 dead. Larkins, 1 dead. Ojus, 1 dead. Auto Tag Sales Are Already Far Ahead Year ’25 In Georgia Revenues from the sale of auto mobile tags in Georgia were $.389,- 143.77 more during the first eight months of 1926 than for the cor responding period of last year, and are already $250,000 above the re ceipts for any entire year previous ly, reports S. G. McLendon, secre tary of state. The total tag sales up to August 31 of this year were $3,268,131.83. compared to $2,878,- '988.06 for the first eight months of 1925; $3,010,881.42 for the entire year 1925, and $2,532,247.22 for the entire year of 1924. The tag sales during the month of August showed a gain over the same month in 1925, reaching $109,- 307.55. The sales during the last four months of 1925 were $130,000, and this figure is expected to be in creased subsequently this year, be cause of the large volume of busi ness now being done in the automo bile industry. Therefore, the indi cations are that the tag sales will ap proximate or exceed the estimate of $3,500,000 for the year 1926, made in January by Sam J. Slate, state auditor. An average registration of 32 new automobiles per day has been main tained in Fulton county alone dur ing the past month, breaking all pre vious records for initial registrations, it was pointed out by C. A. Cook, cashier of the automobile depart ment. There were 832 new cars reg istered in Fulton county during the 26 working days of the month, Mr. Cook pointed out. If this new busi ness continues, tbe auditor's esti mate will be exceeded, it was said. The number of passenger cars reg istered during the first eight months of 192(Fwas 226,728, compared to 200,966 for the corresponding peViod of 1925, while the truck registra tions have been 33,127 in 1926, com pared to 27,700 in 1925. Mr. Evans Ritchie has returned to Athens, where he is a student at the University. Thursday, September 23, 1926. , RECORD SUM PAID GEORGIA’S GROWERS FOR TOBACCO CROP The tobacco crop in Georgia thus year amounted to 39,093,596 pounds, which sold at an average price of 33.57 cents per pound, bringing in $9,215,548.43, according to the pre liminary consolidated report for the 1926 season made public here Friday by the Georgia Cooperative Crop Re porting service. The total sales in the state were 40,267,914 pounds and the total re ceipts were $9,492,370.41, but 1,114,- 318 pounds came from adjoining states, causing a deduction of $276,- 821.98 from the tobacco revenue that went to Georgia growers exclusive ly. The number of pounds sold for dealers amounted to 2,425,675, valued at $553,369.80. The crop was the second largest in number of pounds, being exceed ed only by the 1925 crop of 48,039,- 000 pounds, and was the largest in point of value, the previous money record having been established by; receipts of $8,267,0400 in 1921 and $7,296,000 in 1925. The acreage this year was 51,000, which was 24 per cent smaller than last year. The average price was more than eight cents per pound higher than in 1925. Douglas led all other markets, with receipts of $1,568,363 for 6,709,081 pounds, at an average of 23.38 cents. Blackshear ranked second, with 5,- 546,248 pounds, sold for $1,422,- 933.68. CLUB NOTcS Enrollment For Landscape Garden ing Contest Closes The enrollment for the State Landscape Gardening Contest closes October Ist, 1926. All plans, pictures and descriptions of homes are to be sent to the offices of the county home demonstration agents by that time. Jackson county has an enrollment of fifteen members, many of whom have already made their plans and pictures, and it is hoped that accurate descriptions of the homes as they were before any improvement was made will be submitted soon. • • • The Jackson County Home Demon stration Clubs will hold their annual fair at the court house, at Jefferson, on, Saturday, November sth. * * * Now is the time to plant fall gar dens. Radishes, rape, rutabaga, spinach, carrots, cabbage, kale, let tuce, onions, parsley and parsnips may be planted at this time. Last year the 4-H club girls added a great deal to their bank account by selling vegetable's from their fall garden;. NINE AMENDMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO GEORGIA VOTERS Nine constitutional amendments will be submitted to the people for ratification or rejection in the general election to be held November 2, and copies of these amendments will be printed in newspapers published in each congressional district, according to an announcement made Friday by Josephus Camp, state printer. Since the last general election the legislature has held three sessions and amendments to be submitted were passed at these sessions. The amend ments are largely local in nature, and follow: To allow Crisp county to in crease bonded debt to develop elec tric power; to revise salary of judge of the Muscogee superior court; Chat ham county public road bonds; state bonds to increase pay of teach ers; bond issue for Lowndes college; to establish system of registering vital statistics and several local bond is sues. REV. NAT LONG AT BRASELTON (From Braselton Booster) Rev. Nat Long At Braselton Rev. Nat G. Long, former super intendent of our school, preached at the school auditorium. Sunday night. He had for his subject “The Life of Four Dimensions.” In a very force ful manner he drew the contrast of Methuselah- consisting of 969 years, and that of Christ, of only 33 years. Brother Long is a young man of great scholarship and when he comes into his full strength in the ministry will be a great power for righteous ness. We are always glad to have him visit our comntunity. Vol. 51. No. 21. Hunting Licenses Are Put On Sale Throughout State Hunting licenses for the 1926 sea son have been distributed to various* county game wardeas and are now on sale, it was announced Saturday by Mrs. Bessie Anderson, secretary of the state game and fish depart ment. County licenses good in any county at $3, nonresident licenses at $25, trapper’s licenses at $3, and nonresident trappers licenses at $25. All hunters must have them, as the law will be enforced strictly this* year. The department ha* sent out a bulletin advising hunters to carry their licenses with them at all times, and to obtain permission of land owners before entering fields or for ests. They are also warned that it is unlawful to bait a field, or to hunt around a baited field. The pur chase or -ale of game birds also is pointed out as unlawful. The hunting season is already open on red and gray foxes, but they can not be trapped. The season also is open on summer or wood ducks, migratory woodcocks and marsh hens, with the bag limit 50 per day on migratory ducks, and 2J> on the other ducks and marsh hens.. The dove season opens October 16, the quail season November 20, and the plover season November 20, the snipe season November 1, the cat squirrel season November 20, the deer season November 1, the wild pheasant, grouse and fox squirrel season November 20, opossum sea son October 1, the mink, otter, beav er, bear, muskrat and raccoon sea son November 20. The bag limit on deer is two per season, and all deer slayers must report their kills within five days; Speiling Contest A spelling contest will be held in the office of the county school super intendent on Saturday, Sept. 25, for the purpose of selecting a represen tative from Jackson county for the state contest to be held Oct. 4, at the Southeastern Fair. Each school may send one repre sentative to the county contest. From this number will be selected the best speller to represent the county in the state contest. The contest will be held promptly at 10:30 a. m., and all contestants are expected to be here at the beginning. T. T. Benton, C. S. S; MRS. ARRETHA PITTMAN IS LAID TO FINAL REST Funeral services for Mrs. Arretha Pittman, 75 years old, who died Tuesday night at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. T. F. Catheart'* 1479 Lucile avenue, from an apo plectic stroke suffered early Tues day, were conducted Thursday aft ernoon from the Gordon Street Bap tist church. Rev, W. 11. Faust, of ficiated, assisted by Rev. Frank Jack son and Rev. A. W. Reeves. Inter ment was in West View cemetery. Pallbearers were L. W. Pittman,. E. C. Pittman, W. F. Brandit, T. H. Turner, J. N. Smith and J. P. Bon ner. Mrs. Pittman came to Atlanta about thirty years ago from her na tive city, Gainesville, Ca. She was an active and beloved member of the Gordon Street Baptist church. She also is survived by three sons,. N. E. Pittman, 11. E. Pittman, and J. W. Pittman, of Miami, Fla., and a brother, J. D. Twitty, of Gaines ville.—Atlanta Journal. 30 OF 32 JACKSON COUNTAINS IN WILKES WILL VOTE FOR HOLDER Washington, Ga.—John N. Holder* condidate for governor, was immense ly cheered anl pleased here Saturday when Wilkes county friends inform ed him that of 32 former Jackson county men now citizens of Wilkes, 30 are outspoken Holder supporters, .one is for Dr. I . G. Hardman and one I is undecided as to how he will vote. Jackson county i the home coun ty of both Mr. Holder and Dr. Hard man and Mr. Holder’s friends here ■point to the preference of the former | Jackson county men for Holder as. to some extent indicative of the standing of tbe two gubernatorial candidates in their home county and as conclusive evidence of the regaref in which Mr. Holder is hell by those who know him best.