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The j ackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
State Road Bonds
Bad Business, Says
Admiral McGowan
“Don’t start to advocate a state
road bond issue in South Carolina
or somebody will beat you up; that’s
how they feel about state bond is
sues over there,” remarked Rear Ad
miral Samuel McGowan, retired pay
master general of the United States
nary and more recently chief high
way commissioner for Sooth Caro-
L'ian. The admiral was in Atlanta on
Wednesday to help out with the pro
gram in celebration of “Navy Day.”
“Folks over in Soath Carolina
don’t take much stock in state bond
issues. They are Retting along
mighty well under the pay-as-you-go
plan and within a few years every
inch of the state highway system
will be hardsurfaced with asphalt or
concrete. We have the county re
imbursement plan in operation now
and in about five years we expect to
complete the Irardsurfacing of the
entire system, between 4,500 and
5,000 miles.
“We get ear highway funds from
the same source that Georgia gets
hers—gasoline taxes, motor vehicle
licenses and federal aid funds. Over
in South Carolina we believe that a
dollar in hand goes just as far if not
farther than a borrowed dollar, and
we’re making good progress on that
basis. If any county wants to issue
bonds and build hardsurfaced roads
within its boundaries, well and good.
The bonds will be paid from that
county”* share of the highway funds
year by year. This is the reimburse
ment plan and is working very sat
isfactorily.”
COUNTY CHOIR PROCEEDINGS
The Jackson County Choir met at
Mountain Creek church, September
31, 1926. Called to order by Presi
dent G. R. Griffith. Opening song
by Sam Lord. Prayer by Chaplain
P. B. Cash.
Arranging committee, W. H. Deav
ors, J®hn McNeal, George Shaw,
handed in the following names: Ben
Pollard, Charlie Evans, Junious Rich
ardson, Sam Yopp, Henry Richardson,
R. L. Murphy, P. B. Gash.
Dinner hour. Reassembled at 2
o’clock. Leaders for afternoon: G. R.
Griffith, W. P. Murphy, George Shaw,
Johnnie Lee Murphy, John McNeal,
L. P. McNeal, C. F. Swafford, J. H.
Maddox, R. L. Murphy, Junious Rich
ardson, Willie A. Maddox, Miss Pau
line Maddox.
Business session, for election of
officers. The following officers were
elected: G. R. Griffith, President;
George Shaw, Vice-President; W. C.
Wilhite, Sec.; P. B. Cash, Chaplain.
Closing song by Walter Saul. Pray
er, L. P. McNeal.
Organists for the day: General
Murphy, Miss Dora Griffith, Miss j
Idell Maddox, William Murphy, Bell j
Simmons, Miss Etta Evans.
T@ meet at Center Grove next,
fifth Sunday.
G. W. GRIFFITH, Pres.
W. C. WILHITE, Sec'y.
STATE TO SAVE $7,000
ON AUTO TAGS BY NEW
APPLICATION SYSTEM
The motorist who applies for an
automobile registration tax next
year will be required to fill out four
cards instead of one, saving much
cost and time in the motor vehicle
department of the secretary of state’s
office. It is estimated that the new
system will save the state $7,000 in
clerical hire, and enable the ship
ment of tags on the same day ap
plications are received.
One of the blanks filled out by
the motorist himself will be sent to
him as a certificate of ownership.
The state printing department
Friday was authorized to have 1,-
000,000 blanks printed for appli
cations for 1927 auto tags, which
will go on sale December 15. Seven
thousand pounds of special paper for
these blanks have been bought by the
printing department.
MISS FRANCES TURNER GIVES
HALLOWE'EN PARTY
The Hallowe’en season was -cele
brated most charmingly on Satur
day evening, by Miss Frances Turner,
at the home of her parents, on Law
renceville street, the guests being
members of the high school set.
Spooks, goblins, Jack o’ Lanterns
and other Hallowe'en spirits render
ed the occasion very enjoyable, and
each guest voted Miss Turner’s party
one of the most gracious of the
season.
The Election Wednesday
Georgia’s general election was
held Wednesday. The ticket voted
was wholly Democratic, not a single
Republican candidate's name appear
ing on the ballot. Voters elected
Dr. L. G. Hardman, the nomine, for
governor; together with one United
States senator, 12 congressmen, vari
ous statehouse officials, judges, soli
citors and members of the general as
sembly, ratifying the choices made at
the democratic white primaries al
ready held.
In Jackson county the election was
very quiet, only a few people taking
the trouble to go to the polls and
| vote.
Covering the United States, 36
senators and the entire membership
of 435 in the lower house were
chosen. Governors and state tickets
were elected in 33 states.
•THE TWELVE OLD MAIDS” AT
MARTIN INSTITUTE FRIDAY
NIGHT
“The Twelve Old Maids,” an enter
tainment in one act, will be present
ed under the auspices of the Home
Economics Department of Martin In
stitute, in the auditorium Friday
night, beginning at 8 o’clock.
“The Twelve Old Maids” has a cast
of twenty-two and includes six of
the most talented and prettiest girls
of Jefferson as the “Merry Widows.”
The special attraction of the show
is given by little Miss Doris Han
cock, who will entertain you highly.
The “Merry Widows,” in bright
|ly colored costumes, give life and
pep to the show. Don’t fail to see
them.
The scream of the show is the
part played by Liza Pearl, Mrs.
Beamer’s hired girl, which adds wit
and laughter to the entertainment.
Everyone must come, or else miss
one of the best plays ever presented
at Martin Institute by home talent.
Admission 15 and 25 cents.
GEORGIA SHOULD SHIP MORE
APPLES THIS SEASON
The rugged hills of Georgia, Ala
bama and the Carolinas glow red and
ruddy with the fruit of overloaded
apple trees as these states begin
harvesting the largest apple crop in
history, according to railway officials
who are now busily engaged in ship
ping luscious fruit.
Figures showing shipment and corr
sumption of apples last season, which
will be exceeded this season, were
made public by railroad
In 1925 Atlanta consumed 535
'cars of apples, divided as follows:
159 cars from the state of Washing
ton; 109 cars from Georgia, 63 cars
from Virginia, and 55 cars from
West Virginia.
Birmingham consumed 549 cars of
this fruit, which was divided as fol
lows:
207 cars from the state of Wash
ington; 69 cars from Virginia, 44
cars from Arkansas, and 37 from
Illinois.
There were over 112*000 carloads
of apples shipped by rail from all
I producing points in the country, in
-1 eluding 30,000 carloads from Wash
ington state, and 24,000 from New
York state.
Georgia shipped only 146 car
! loads, of which 109 went to Atlanta.
Alabama shipped 21 carloads.
HALLOWE’EN PARTY GIVEN BY
MISS GERTRUDE LINN
The season which features black
cats, pumpkin faces, witches riding
brooms, and other symbols of Hallo
we’en, was merrily celebrated on Sat
urday evening with a beautiful party
given by Miss Gertrude Linn, at her
home on Martin street. Miss Linn
was assisted in the entertainment of
her guests by her young sister and
I her mother, and her guests included
the older members of the high school
set.
The decorations which featured the
festive occasion of all Hallowe’en
formed a charming setting for the
young people, who engaged in de
lightful conversation and merry
games, and were loathe to say good
bye when the mid-night hour ar
rived.
Delightful refreshments were serv
ed.
B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION HERE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
At 3 o’clock p. m. Sunday, the ral
ly for District No. 1, Sarepta Asso
ciation, was held in the auditorium
of the First Baptist church.
Words of welcome were spoken by
Miss Reba Adams, President Senior
B. Y. P. U.
The devotional was led by Miss
Beth Bailey.
Mr. Clarence Chandler was in
charge. Addresses were made by
Prof. C. W. O’Rear, Garland Benton,
R. S. Wheeler, C. T. Edwards, and
others
Mrs. M. M. Bryan sang a solo.
Banners were awarded by Mr. M.
M. Bryan and Rev. A. J. Johnson,
Maysville getting more than any
other union.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
I
Weaver Is Named Assistant
Brown
Atlanta. —Announcement is made
from the state agricultural depart
ment today that Commissioner J. J.
Brown yesterday afternoon appoint
, ed James D. Weaver of Dawson as
! sistant commissioner of agriculture
jand Felix E. Boswell of Greensboro
ias director of the state bureau of
i maraets.
I These offices have been vacant
since the resignations of Fred T.
Bridges aa assistant commissioner and
Lem B. Jacobson as director of the
bureau of markets on June 23.
Mr. Weaver, in announcing today
that he has accepted the appoint
ment, said he has done so solely with
l the purpose of increasing the busi-<
ness efficiency of the department, and
that it is his hope to aid in closing
Mr. Brown’s administration with the
best business organization the agri
cultural department has ever had.
“So far as the department of
agriculture is concerned, it is my idea
that politics is over entirely,” said
Mr. Weaver. “Farming conditions all
over the South are at a crisis right
now, and in this state we are going
to set about a straightout business
operation of this department without
any thought whatever of present or
future politics.”
Late Yesterday afternoon a con
ference was held by Commissioner
Brown and Mr. Weaver with Gov.
Walker to discuss the matter of find
ing funds with which to operate the
state bureau of markets until Jan
uary 1. While nothing definite has
yet been worked out, Mr. Weaver
said today he is satisfied some im
mediate provision will be arranged
with the governor, and that the mar
ket department will be put in posi
tion to resume its functions by the
i first of November.
TO STOCK GEORGIA FORESTS
WITH MOOSE, STATES COOK
Restocking of the Cherokee and
Nautahala national forests with deer,
moose, fish and other wild life and
transformation of those two great
| north Georgia forests into hunting
j preserves, is the plan now under con-
J ' the *
cording to R. M. Cook, assistant dis
trict attorney, who is in charge of
the legal end of condemnation of ap
proximately 39,000 acres in that vi
cinity.
“The government already is stock
ing the streams with fish and a large
number of moose will be secured and
turned loose in the mountains to see
if they will thrive under existing con
ditions,” said Mr. Cook. “Of course
the deer and moose could not be hunt
ed in the national forests, but these
animals pass under state control and
state laws <vhen they wander off the
national preserve. Fishing will be
allowed under permit in all but a com
parative few streams or lakes which
are in the game preserve.”
LET CONTRACTS FIFTY MILES
PAVING GEORGIA ON
NOVEMBER 24.
Atlanta.—Contracts for more than
50 miles of paving on Georgia high
ways will be let by the State High
way Department, November 24, it
was announced here today, following
a meeting of the highway board.
The contracts to- be let will ap
proximate $2,000,000, it was said.
Counties in which the projects
are located are: Meriwether, Tift,
Mitchell, Richmond, Jefferson, Cobb,
Lowndes and Cook. The projects are
links in trunk lines in most cases.
MRS. TURNER GIVES BEAUTIFUL
PARTY
Mrs. John C. Turner entertained at
her home on Lawrenceville street
Thursday afternoon, in honor of the
Ladies Pleasure Club.
The entire lower floor of the
Turner heme, which is so well ar
ranged for entertaining a large
crowd, was thrown together, and
bowls and vases of beautiful fall
flowers adorned the rooms.
Mrs. Turner received her guests in
her usual cordial manner, and the
afternoon was spent in playing rook.
Delicious refreshments Were served.
The November meeting of the
club will be held with Mrs. W. T.
Wills, who was chosen president for
the coming six months.
UNION CHOIR TO MEET
The Union Choir will meet at White
Plains church next Sunday after
noon, the first. Every singer and
song lover invited to come.
George Shaw, Pres.
C. Bryant, Sec’y.
BANKERS IN DIXIE FORM BIG
POOLS TO SAVE FARMERS
St. Louis, October 30.—T0 the ex
tent of approximately $14,000,000,
bankers, financiers and other citizens
of the south have gone to the support
1 of their principal produce, cotton, to
! save planters from the heavy finan
cial losses which were threatened as a
result of this year’s record-breaking
crop.
This sum has been raised by hold
ing Corporations or pools in various
sections of the cotton area. The
money will make it possible to with
draw almost 4,000,000 bales of cot
ton from the market and will great
ly relieve the tension which followed
the estimates on over-production.
The corporations were formed in
co-operation with Eugene Meyer,
chairman of President Coolidge's cot
ton committee, who traveled through
the south and helped organize the
finance groups.
In addition to the money raised
hy subscriptions all of the sectional
corporations will be able to borrow
many times the original sum subscrib
ed from the intermediate farm banks.
The financing of the cotton crop
now extends over the entire cotton
growing areas. Only a few districts
hae not been organized, and these
are expected to organize shortly or
affiliate with some of the existing
corporations.
The newly formed pools, with the
districts, capital and bales to be with
drawn follow:
Tennessee, southeast Missouri, east
ern Arkansas and parts of Mississ
ippi, $2,750,000, 600,000 bales.
Alabama, $1,000,000, 400,000
bales.
North Carolina, $1,000,000, 300,-
000 bales.
Louisiana and southern Mississip
pi, $1,000,000, 300,000 bales.
Georgia, $1,000,000, 300,000 bales.
Texas, $5,000,000, 1,250,000 bales.
Oklahoma, $2,000,000, 400,000
bales.
Total, $13,750,000; 3,550,000 bales.
BIG SMALL TOWN MERCHANTS
All the real merchants in the
cosptry are not located in the big
the big stores in small towns dis
closes some surprising facts, a few
of which are quoted:
Carver Brothers’ store in Stras
burg, Ohio, 1,000 population, does an
annual business of a million dollars.
The Outlaw concern at Winner, S.
D., 3,000 population, sells $850,000
worth of goods a year. A depart
ment store at Lynden, Wash., with
1,250 people, does $750,000 yearly.
The B. & O. Cash Store at Temple,
Okla., with barely 1,000 people, does
$735,000 annually. Fred Mann’s
store at Devil’s Lake, N. D., 1,300
population, sells $500,000 worth of
merchandise a year.
How do they do it?
They do it through the same busi
ness policies and methods {hat have
won success for retailers in the larg
est cities of America. They keep
good stocks, give their customers real
service, and they advertise consistent
ly, and adequately in
their local newspapers.—Elberton
Star.
SPRING WHERE DE SOTO
PARTY DRANK IS MARKED
Texarkana, Ark.—The spring at
which Hernando De Soto and his men
are reputed to have drunk 385 years
ago has finnally been marked by a
bronze tablet, erected by the Lone
Star chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution.
It is located at, and gives its name
to, Spring Lake park, a few miles
north of this city. Around it is a
grove of towering pines and sturdy
oaks, from one of which, west of
the spring, one of De Soto’s men is
supposed to have been hanged fol
lowing a mutiny.
MISS RICHARDSON REPRESENT.®
SHORTER AT STUDENTS
CONFERENCE
Miss Lina Belle Richardson the
yong daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
I M. Richardson, who is a student at
Shorter College, was a delegate to
the Southern Baptist Students Con
ference,’ held in Birmingham, Ala.,
Oct. 28-31, a conference to which
students from every State in the
South went, and the first South-wide
conference of its kind.
Miss Lina Belle was sent by Short
er College, and while there was
elected vice-president of the Baptist
Student Union of Georgia.
Thursday, November 4, 1926.
Manchester Club
Hears Roosevelt
Oppose Road Bonds
I
Manchester, Ga., Oct. 30,—Hon. I
I Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant se
jeretary of the navy under President
Wilson and candidate for vice presi- (
dent on the Democratic ticket in 1920
and owner t>f Georgia Warm Springs,!
who spends the major portion of his
time there, was the honor guest of the .
' Manchester Kiwanis club Friday
night.
Mr. Roosevelt said one of the needs
of Meriwether county at this time
was consolidated schools. Pointing
out that this county could toe divided
into approximately six districts, con
veying the pupils by automobile
truck.* to the pricipal towns of the
county, where the usual small town
educational advantages could be en
joyed.
Mr. Roosevelt also touched upon
the all absorbing good roads ques
tion, advocating the completion of a !
few main* state highway arteries 1
without special regard for the gen- j
erally favored plan of from county
seat to county seat, which plan would
tend to remove the criticism of tour
ists passing through the state. Whilo
he advocated good roads with rea
sonable speed, he added that it ap
peared that if all the gasoline tax was
applied to the building of hard-sur
faced roads that it would be as much
as coulld be spent to good advantage
and that in view of this he was not
at this time favorable to the issuance
of state bonds for this purpose.
REV. W. W. PIPPIN, JR. TAKES
TWO PULPITS
Commerce, Ga.—At the meeting
of the Presbytery of Athens, in El
berton. Ga., Friday, the calls of the
Commerce Presbyterian church aifd
the Carnesvillo Presbyterian church
of Rev. W. W. Pippin, Jr., having ac
cepted these calls, the Presbytery of
Athens appointed a commission for
the purpose of installing Mr. Pippin
as follows: Dr. W. W. Hollingsworth,
D. D., of Athens, Ga., to preach the
sermon, and propound the questions
to the pastor; Prof. W. D. Hooper,
cJiarge^to*tfre" ’¥ 'itiffi
merce Presbyterian church, and Col
onel John C. Turner, of Jefferson, to
deliver the charge to the congrega
tion, at Carnesville, Ga., the third
Sunday in November being selected a*
a time for the installation. The serv
ices to be held at Commerce at 11
a. m. and at Carnesville at 3 p. m.
Mr. Pippin has been serving as
pastor of these churches for the last
serveral months.
U. S. SPENDS ON
HIGHWAYS
Washington. Total expenditures
of state highway departments ih
1925 for road and bridge construc
tion amounted to $649,125,101, the
bureau of public roads of the depart
ment of commerce stated today.
The expenditures for South Caro
lina, not including expenditures by
county and local authorities, were
reported at $9,132,953. By way of
comparison, North Carolina’s ex
penditures Were recorded as $32,-
588,514, and Georgia’s at $7,902,-
428. Pennsylvania spent the great
est sum, $62,294,366, while Montana
was at the bottom of the list with
$1,267,242.
U. D. C. MEETING
The October meeting of the Jef
ferson Chapter was held with Miss
Kate Roberts last Friday afternoon
at 3.30. o'clock.
After the business session, a pro
gram was given on the Reconstruc
tion period and some post-bellum
writers.
The hospitality of this home is al
ways enjoyed, and never more so
than on this occasion.
A pleasant, social half an hour
was enjoyed, the genial hostess serv
ing a delicious salad course, with
coffee.
NOTICE
Every fi fa in Tax Collector's of
fice for taxes prior to 1926, will be
turned over to officers immediately
after November 10th, 1926. Do not
blame Tax Collector when your pro
perty is levied on.
J. B. LOGGINS, T. C., J, C.
By A. S. JOHNSON.
Vol. 51. No. 27
Telephone Business Now
Domiciled in New Building
The Commerce Telephone Cos. is
now located in the Hardman Build
ing, on Lee street, having been
transferred from the First National
Bank Building to the new home the
first of the week. The transfer was
made with very little interruption of
service, Sunday being about the only
day local business was inconvenienc
ed.
The new building, a one-story
brick structure, is located just off
the public square, on Lee street, and
was built by Dr. t. G. Hardman, who
is one of the large stockholders in
1 the Commerce Telephone Cos. Be
sides the quarters for the telephone
business, the building contains liv
ing apartments for the manager of
the Company here, and a store room.
The living apartments are occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Hewlett Pureelle,
who have charge of the switchboard
and management in Jefferson.
In making the transfer, new ma
terial and equipment displaced much
of the old, and the telephone pa
trons are expecting greatly improved
service. Mr. and Mrs. Pureelle are
assisted at the switchboard by Miss
Ethel Roberts, and all of them give
the company polite, courteous ser
vice.
BARROW ELECTS WOMAN ON
SCHOOL BOARD
Winder, Ga.—Mrs. P. H. Hutchins,
of Statham, was electod a member
of the Barrow county board of edu
cation by the grand jury which has
been in session this week.
For a number of years she was
home demonstration agent of the
county and is well known to her
patrons and is familiar with the
working of the school board. She is
a graduate of the Georgia State Wo
man’s college at MiUedgeville.
Two women, Mrs. G. H. Fortson
and Mrs. W. M. Holsentoeck, are al
ready members of the Winder city
board of education, and have re
cently been re-elected after serviny
terms of three years each.
County Club Fair This Week
The County Club Fair will open
at the court house at Jefferson, Thurs
day evening at 6.30. An oyster sup
per will be served, and a community
i play will be staged. Everybody in
-I>{fc per"
15c and 20c. The funds will be
used to pay the premiums offered on
the exhibits.
WOMANS CLUB CEMETERY
COMMITTEE
Let’s get interested in beautifying
our cemetery, which has been sadly
neglected. The following committee
from the Womans Club of the town
will bo glad of your co-operation:
Mrs. V. A. Niblaek, Chairman; Mrs.
E. M. McDonald, Mrs. W. I). Dadis
man, Mrs, R. S. Howard, Mrs. J. E.
Tribble, and Miss Fannie Matt Car
ruth, Secretary.
CHICOPEE MILL CONTRACT LET
TO CAROLINA FIRM
Greenville, S. C.—The Chicopee
Manufacturing corporation, of Mas
sachusetts, has awarded the contract
for a 40,000-spindle mill, costing a
round $3,000,000, at Gainesville,
Ga., to the Fiske-Carter company of
this city and work will begin as
soon as the material can be assem
bled. Announcement of the letting
of the contract was made here today-
SERVICES AT MIZPAH CHURCH
The service at Mizpah Presbyterian
Church next Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock will be in charge of the Jef
ferson Business Mens Evpngeliatic
Club. All friends are cordially in
vited to attend the service. The
members of the club are urged to be
present.
J. C. Turner, Pres.
H. E. Aderholt, Sec’y.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH ANNOUNCE
MENT
Regular service at Galilee • next
Lord’s day, morning and evening.
YSubject for morning sermon will be,
“What Think Ye of Christ?” Even
ing sermon, “Hints on Self-Maqtery.”
Regular service at Erastus in the
afternoon, 3 o’clock. Public-very
cordially invited.
H. H. AMBROSE, Pastor.
Joe Mobley of Georgia Tech, Ed
Linn and HaroW Duke of Emory Ac
ademy, and Lewis Linn of Emory
University, spent the week-end with
their parents in Jefferson.