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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
of Intered Prom Among Out
Neighbor* And Friend*
(From Hfcschton News)
Liffte-Bank*
A wedding 'of much interest to
their many f<*fends was that ofi Miss
Lola Little ei Winder, and Sir. A.
A. Banks ef Walnut community,
which was Solemnized last Sunday
afternoon Ry Rev. Hoyt Crßoe. The
ceremony kook place on the Jeffer
son-Hosch* n highway. Ate bride is
the dauglPer of Mr. and 'Mrs. J. T.*"
Little of Winder, and is a young lady
of a pleasant disposition. The groom
is the s<A; of Mr. and fSirs. W. B.
Bgnks Ot Sell, and is a gentleman of
;terling"worth. The Nvs joins their
many friends in wishing them a long
life of wedded bliss.
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(From Maysville Enterprise)
Mr. *R Mr*. John Whit* Celebrate
Their Birthday*
Onlfttst Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. John
T?W% te celebrated their birthdays.
The htnldren and grandchildren and
a few friends were invited to this
feast There were°h2 present, and
all enjoyed the occasion, and wish for
this couple many mtJre birthdays like
this tme.
Tanner-fh-avitt
Rerv. J. J. Kimsey, at the home of
the bride’s parents, near Gillsville,
on last Sunday, united in wedlock,
Miss Jessie O. Tanner and Mr. Wna
L. Qsravitt.
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'>(From Commerce News)
Mr. I. H. Harri~Die* Suddenly
The town and community was
shocked and grievdd this morning by
the news of the sudden passing away
of Mr. I. H. Harris. Mr. Harris has
suffered for months with heart trou
ble. complicated wi#, kidney disease.
His death came quietly and peaceful
ly Wednesday evening at 11.30. (
(From ButleT Herald)
Smiths, Jones, Browns And
Automohies
The ■■ Smiths own more cars in
Georgia than any other family, the
registration records 3,784
automobile owners by that name in
the state. The Jones come second
with 2,264 names on the state reg
ister; an‘d the Browns third with 2,156
filed, clerks in the motor vehicle de
partment' in Atlanta ha-ve found out.
Fulton county leads all‘the counties
in the number .of Smiths, Browns and
Jones owtHng cars, there being §OO
Smiths, 3Sfu Jones, and? 27 Browns,
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(From Bainbridge Post-Searchlight)
Rev. Sam P. Jones
Sam Jones has been dead 20 years
-and yet he still bears a name of a
■great preacher. He was a preacher
that knew lift. Not gifted, but a
determine*! man, and one that did a
great deal qf -good. How 'he did
shock the sissy -willies with h'hs lan
guage in the piflpit, and kept them
shivering. At odd times we have
used some of his expressions -and
sayings .in this paper, and the Wil
lies would abuse us -till over town for
using -words that Sam Jones used,
tot knowing where we got them.
Sam never tried to crack a safe with
a tack hammer. He -used a club
when he want after anycbing, and the
missies can't stand that.
(From Commerce News)
•Tack Hilton itells this on*: While
* tfountryman buying a *ack of
Avar in Homer, ene of his neighbors
*** him, and said: Just look y*nder
*t that fool; he is buying a
sack of flour and i'll bet he hiww’t
got a quart of liquor In his home.
“UNCLE JOE” CANNON DEAD
Hon. Joseph G. Cannon died at his
home in Danville, 111., Friday.
His death marked the passing of
a congressman whose time of service
•a national halls never has been equal-
He went to congress from the j
banville district after a term as coun- 1
ty attorney, and served from 1873 to ;
*' '' ■ He was defeated then, but |
J atne back two years later to serve
r ' m 1893 to 1913. Then he was car-
r ‘ ( ■to defeat with the republican loss
• 912, but once more he returned,
‘ n 1915, to hold his seat until he re
: r n at the end of the sixty-first
Ire ss. i
He represented his district in con-‘
* re *' for 46 years.
PROMINENT ATHENIAN PAYS
"TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR S. P.
ORR ON 9TH BIRTHDAY
PROFESSOR S. P. ORR.
My parents mvtved from Jefferson
to Athens before I had reached the
school age. 1 mention this to explain
why I did not attend the school at
Jefferson whfch was being so ably
conducted by Professor S. P. Orr,
And today he is ninety years youag
He is yoaxtg because his enthusiasms
have remained fresh and new.
He has lived ninety years of un
selfish wttivity; broadminded uwfful
ness and an unfailing loyalty tn bit
pupils hd friends.
Almost a half century befwe the
conveniences provided by electricity,
Prof (Orr was reading examination
papers by the flickering canJße light.
But he laid the foundatw* Tor a
substantial and worthwhile oitlzenry,
wharrefrom they did proceed 'to the
lives that were purposeful—-moving
steadily forward. There wee many
hundreds of his former jpupils who
mU, today, testify to rpatience,
his kindness and his great Hheart.
-'My brother and sister teamed their
A. B. C.’s from Prof. Orr,-as did my
joousin, Dr. Joseph Jacobs, of Atlan
ta, who stands today preeminent a
wong the pharmacists of trie south.
I do not praise Prof. Jrirr because
(ne has lived a long number of years,
ibut for the fact that has:spent those
•years in laying foundations whereon
•were builded human structures. Jesus
•and Paul, Isaiah and Eeekial were
■teachers. God, the parerrt, and the
teacher support that bridge which
■ spans the vast chasm rietween Time
and Eeternity.
The world owes tt* greatest grati
tude to its teachers, Tor‘they shape
■the detestinies of men.
I know that there -are -many who
join me wishing for Prof.fOrr many
more years of peace -and health and
Happiness—that, even upon his hun
dredth birthday, it may -be said to
; .nim, as was said to Moses, “Your eyes
rare not dim and your natural forces
sare not abated.”
M. G. MICHAEL.
—Athens Banner
SEVEN INJURED AND
TWO CARS WRECKED
IN OWE ACCIDENT
.‘An accident that resulted in
smashing two autos and sending sev
eral of the occupants 9a. the
ha-ppened on the Bogart road toe
twweji Lockhart’s store and Athens
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. J. S. Mayo
of Crawford was so severely injured
that she was rushed to Athens Gen
eral ‘hospital.
Mrs Mayo, in company with her
husbanS, her sister, Mist Masina
Langford, and three May* children,
James 44), Billy 6, and .Anne 18
months, -were sitting in the car, a
Fo*d sedan in front of the home
where Miss Langford, who .teaches
school i 6tiO neighborhood, 'boards,
facing towards Atlanta when a Nash
roadster said to have been occupied j
by a Mr. Blackmon of Athens and Mrs.
Myrtle Crowe vf near Eastville eame
down the mad going towards Atlas ta
and in meeting -another car swerved
so far to the righs. that the Mayo car
was hit and knot'ked clear off the
*<oad into the field and overturned.
The roadster swung around across the
road. Both cars were badly wreck
ed.
Is addition to Mr*. Mayo’s in
juries Mr. Mayo, who was driving was
cut a4 bruised and the three chil
dren were bruised. Mis* Langford
is said to have been uninjured.
The driver of the Nash roadster
was lacerated about the hands by
broken glass and Mrs. Crowe was
cut under one eye and also received J
a hard blow on the left cheek bone, j
Ti§ey were not treated at either of
the local hospitals,*—Athens Banner,
MRS. R. L. DOSTER PASSES AWAY
On Saturday, at her home near
Athens, Mrs. R. L. Doster passed
' away. The body was brought to her
old home in this county for inter
ment, and was laid to rest in the
Doster burial grounds.
Mrs. Doster was 80 years of age,
and before moving to Athens was a
resident of Jefferson. She was a good
woman, and her family and friends
are grieved over her death.
She is survived by her husband,
Mr. R. L. Doster; a sister, Mrs. Sallie
Erwin of this county; and a brother,'
Mr. John Roberts, of Texas.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Radio Set To Be Given
Agricultural Boys
The Agricultural Classee of Martin
Institute are making an effort to win
on* of the radio sets offered to the
schools by the Chilean Nitrate of
Soda Cos. One set is to be given to
the school in Northeast Georgia mak
ing the highest score. The boys
are now studying the subjects for
their essays, and will have their pro
ject records ready *s soon as all the
cotton is picked.
Below is a publication received
from Mr. Chapman, State Director
Vocational Agriculture, regarding the
contest.
The radfo sets, which are to be
given as prizes an the contest, are
offered by the Educational Bureau
Chilean Nitrate of Soda Corporation,
Atlanta, ef which T. H. Bonner is
state manager- The contest opened
on November 3, and will close De
cember 15. One radio set will be
awarded to the school in each sec
tion of the stake that scores the high
est record ooi the home project surk
of the past wason, and submit* fthe
best essays ton three selected sub
jects. The .three subjects proponed
on which essays will be written are:
(1) “My Home Project in Agricul
ture,” (2) “‘The Use ef Nitrogen as
a Plant Fcwd.” and (8) “The Dae of
Nitrate of -Soda in My Commutaty.”’
The radio sets will be presented to
the winning schools as soon as they
open after the Christmas holidays.
In ranking the schools, a score (card
has bees* devised which makes 1,000
points a perfect score. The factors
listed os ifae card and the relative
weights given to each are as follows:
(1) Pea- zat of boys in the classes
carrying the complete project .pro
gram recommended, 400 point*;; (2)
Per cent uff projects completed last
year, 104) .points; (3) Total vahie of
farm products produced by the iboys
in the agricultural classes of tihe
school, 100 points; (4) Per ct*u of
class mem hew with savings accounts
(bank deposit*: or investments), 100
joints; (ti) Itelative merit of e+says
submitted on the three subject* se
lected, 3®o paints.
The contest -will be conducted 4iy
the state supervisors of agricultural
education, ant: the following dis
trict officers <*>.f the Agricultural
Teachers Association of Georgia: ©.
'.J. Zeigler, Omega, Ga.; O. E. Gay,
i Dublin, Ga.; W. H. Sorrells, Macok,,
Ga.; M. EL Howell, Franklin, Ga.;
and H. h. Fry, Hartwell, Ga. The
schools entering the contest will com
pete only with those in the same dis
trict of the *tate.
In announcing the contest, Mr.
Chapman said: “We greatly appre
ciate the generosity ,oi the Educa
tional Bureau of Chilean Nitrate of
Soda in providing five -radio sets as
prizes for this contest, for it will
n*t only enable five of our rural
high schools to secure radio sets, but
will interest all others in the possi
! bilitj of the use of radio as a part
of tV’ir educational program. We
believe that every possible agency
should be used in the education of
the Gece-gia farm boy, and with the
excellent agricultural programs that
are available each day, we believe
that a radfao set should constitute a
part of the equipment of every schoofl
kn Georgia."
3 KILLED, 1 INJURED
AS TRAIN HITS AUTO
ON ATHENS CROSSING
Athens, Ga., Nov. 13. —Three per
sons were killed and another, a small
boy, was injured when a northbound
Seaboard Air Line train struck by an
automobile at a crossing near the
j Berkeley station, near here, late Sat
urday.
The dead:
Grover Mealor, Miss Lora Mealor,
and Mrs. Genie Floyd, all of Nuberg, j
I Hart county.
The injured:
Alton Mealor, son of Grover Meal
or. His left leg was fractured and
i j
he sustained body bruises, but is ex
pected to recover. He is in a hos
pital here.
The occupants of the automobile
were en route to Comer to attend
the funeral of a niece of the threei
who were killed.
The road makes a turn at a
steep grade about 20 feet from the
crossing. The car was demolished.
The two women were killed instant- ’
ly. Mealor, who was driving the car
died within a few minutes.
THINKS ATLANTA CHILDREN’S
SCHOOL HOURS SUFFICIENT
The Atlanta Board of Education
recently passed a resolution to length
'cn the school day one hour.
Many parents and P. T. A. organiza
-1 tions protested, and even went so
far as to take the matter before the
i fediatric section of the Fulton Coun
! ty Medical association, and this body
I gare it as their opinion that lengthen
ing of the present school hours pro
bably would be detrimental to the
health f school children as a whole.
This resolution was passed by the
doctors who have made a special
study of the care and health of chil
dren, ia an executive session follow
ing an open meeting at which pro
ponents of a proposal to lenghten the
school day an hour and opponents of
the plan, voiced the respective advan
tages of the program.
Although the doctors went on rec
ord as expressing the opinion from a
professional point of view that the
plan probably woald be injurious,
they stated they were willing to be
convinced that it will not, and re
commended the establishment of a
“laboratory” in which te try out the
scheme.
A second metrmi, which was passed
by the guardian* of the health of At
lanta’s children, Recommended that
one school ia Which the majority of
the parents favored the plan be set
aside as a trial school, and that those
pupils whose parents opposed the plan
be transferred to a second institution
and that those whose parents favored
the plan from the second be trans
ferred to the first.
In this way a complete school
could be stocked with specimens on
which the new plan would be tried
out, and if found to be beneficial, as
the administration department of
the schools contends, the change
could be made.
However, Willis A Sutton, school
superintendent and champion of the
plan, aas iriodeu from his position,
and the whole matter has been post
poned.
WOMANS CLUB NOTES
The Womans dub met at the
home of Mrs. Frank Bailey, Monday
afternoon, November 15. Mrs. How
ard, Mrs. Randolph .and Mrs. Rein
hart assisting.
In spite of the rairn, there was a
good attendance.
The treasurer, Mrs. Randolph, re
ported that we paid $11.50 for print
ing the year books, and SB.BO on the
scales which have been given to
Martin Institute.
Miss Adams reported that work
would be begun at once on the
park, shrubs planted, etc.
Mrs. Niblack reported that the
cemetery committee will meet on j
Tuesday, and work commenced in the '
cemetery at once.
Mrs. Rosier, chairman of Fine Arts;'
Mrs. Benton, chairman of Legisla- 1
tin; Mrs. H. E. Aderhold, chairman 1
of Public Welfare; named their com
mittees, and announced that their J
plans would be perfected as soon as
they heard from the district chair
man.
Mrs. Aderhold is trying to secure
the serum for the prevention of
diptheria, and as soon as it arrives,
clinic will be held.
Miss Mary Ruth Wills played very
beautifully one of Schubert’s Im
promtus.
Mr. Loveland, of the State Public
Welfare Board, was present, and gave
a most interesting and instructive
talk on ‘‘The County Jail.” He spoke
of the relation of crime to the jail,
i and to the community. Last year
I there were 40,000 people in jail in
I Georgia, and 143 in Jackson county.
During the past five years, much im
provement has been made in the con- j
ditions, but there is yet much to be!
done. Our Jackson county jail com
mittee, Mrs. Bailey, Dr. McDonald
and Rev. Linn, have done much to
improve our jail. No man is a 1
criminal until he is proved guilty, i
and the inmates of our county jails I
are awaiting trial. The conditions 1
in all jails should be conducive to
right thinking, and this is brought !
about chiefly by clean conditions.
After adjournment, coffee and
sandwiches were served.
COTTON GINNED IN JACKSON
Prior to November Ist, Jackson
county had ginned 6,965 bales of cot
ton, as compared with 10,279 bales
in 1925; out of 102 counties report
ing, 72 reported fewer bales than in
1925.
Thursday, November 18, 1926.
Methodist Ministers
Given Appointments
| The annual session of the North
, Georgia Methodist conference, which
had been in convention in Atlanta
since last Wednesday, adjourned
Monday afternoon with the reading
jof new pastoral appointments ,by
Bishop W. B. Beauchamp.
| The number of changes made, by
| count, ia 150. The changing of pas
(tors with southern Methodists is
j accomplished without much delay or
'confusion or friction. Under the
Methodist system, no church remains
without a pastor even for a day, and
no pastor is ever without a charge.
During the next 10 days, busy scenes
will be enacted in the parsonage (
homes, and ministers' families will
Ibe called upon to sever ties of
friendship, leave schools and com- i
munities, and go into new fields of (
labor. In all instances they will
cordially welcomed by new congre
gations and communities.
During the closing session aj
movement again was inaugurated,
with a view to changing the time of
meeting of the conference from No
vember to June. The argument was
made that if the conference was
held in June, it would not be neces
sary for the children of ministers to
change from one school to another in
the middle of a term, and it also
was brought out that the ministers j
could be housed in the dormitories at
Emory university as the students'
would have vacated by that time. |
No vote was taken although a com
mittee was to be named to look fur
ther into the matter.
There will be no change ns far
as the Jefferson church is concerned
—Rev. L. B. Linn was returned, as
was expected and desired. The Jof
fertton circuit will have anew pastor,
Rev. N. A. Parsons. The Gainesville
district will again have as presiding
elder, Dr. J. G. Logan.
Other appointments in this dis
trict are Dacula, W. 11. Venable;
Hcschton, R. W. Allison; Winder, G.
W. Barrett; Gainesville, W. G. Craw
ley.
H. L. Edmondson succeeds H. S.
Smith as presiding elder of the Elber
ton district, and J. R. Jordan is re
turned to Commerce. H. O. Green
was sent to Elbert circuit, J. W. King
to Hartwell, W. A. Woodruff to La
vonia, A. P. Watkins to Lincolton,
C. B. Drake to Maysville.
V. E. Lanford was returned to
j Epworth, Atlanta; S. It. Belk to
Grace, H. B. Mays to Inman Park,
George L. King to Martha Brown
Memorial.
C. A. Norton was sent to Fayette
ville; D. B. Cantrell to Stockbridge; i
W. P. King, First church, Athens; H.
I. Bowden, Athens circuit; L. W.
Collins, St. James, Augusta; J. S.
Hill, Deveraux; J. T. Eakes, Calhoun;
G. T. Pittman, AMora; O. L. Kelly,
Culloden; J. S. Askew, Inman cir
cuit; A. D. Echols, Unity, LaGrange;
H. C. Holland, Acworth; F. S. Hud
son, Austell; Z. V. Hawks, Cum
ming; W. M. Jones, Douglasville;
L. G. Marlin, Roswell; J. F. Yar
brough, Milledgeville; R. F. Elrod,
A. G. Shanfkie, Cedartown.
Want* Information
Mr. J. D. Catlett, of Printchett,
Tex., writes The Herald as follows:
“Please advise me by return mail
if you know of an old Confederate
veteran living that belonged to Com
| pany G., 16th Georgia. If so, please
I advise his name and address. I be
longed to the above Company. Am
well, and able to get around pretty
well. Am now 87 years of age. I
would also like to know if there are
any of J. F. Catlett’s children living
in that vicinity. lam the only one
that I know of that is living at this
time. I lived in your town a con
siderable length of time, and would
also like to know if you know of a
Bill White living in or near your
city.”
If any of our readers can furnish-
Mr. Catlett the above information,
we will greatly appreciate it, and he
will also.
Mr. M. M. Dodd and family, who
have been residing at Flowery
Branch, have sold out, and are plan
ning to leave at an early date for
Tyler, Texas. They are spending a
few days at the home of Mr. Levy
Freeman before leaving. Their many
friends wish them much success in
the Lone Star State.
Vol. 51. No. 29.
Paved Highways Planned In
1927-28 Budget
Outlining a two-year program or
construction of paved roads in 1927
and 1928, a budget prepared by John
R. Phillips, member of the state high
way board, was adopted Monday,
which will provide for expenditure of
$ 10,500,000, and will complete hard
surfaced highways from the Tennes
see line to Florida, and from Atlan
ta to North Carolina line, according
to John N. Holder, chairman of the
board.
Under this program in six years
the state will have 3,000 miles of
hard-surfaced roads, and 3,000 miles
of soil or sand day roads. The
| road from Atlanta to Macon is paved
almost all the way, and work of
paving the remaining Is now in pro
gress. The new program provides
for hard-surfaced road from Macon
to Vienna, Cordele, Tifton and Val
dosta, to Florida.
From Atlanta to Chattanooga pro
vision is made for a hard-surfaced
road by way of Cartersvile and Dal
ton, and also a paved road to the Ten
nessee line by way of Rome.
P*v*J to Carolina Lino
To the North Carolina line a pav
ed road is provided by way of Ros
well, Dahlonega and Blairsville,
which will be hard-surfaced all the
way.
With an additional tax of one cent
a gallon available on gasoline through
the completion of payment of defer
red Western and Atlantic railway
warrants the revenue from gasoline
tax in 1927 will reach approximately
j $6,000,000, it was announced- Feder
al aid for roads amounting to $2,-
000,000 and $3,000,000 from auto
mobile license fees will bring this
amount up to $10,500,000 for con
struction. Money received front
counties will amount to approximate
ly the amount needed for mainten
ance purposes hence the full amount
of 510.500,000 will be available fo
construction in 1927.
In the budget which was adopted
the program for 1928 also ia outlined
and amounts to about the same aa
the program for 1927.
BROODING OVER DEATH
OF DAUGHTER CAUSES
MAN TO KILL SELF *
AT BRASELTON, SUN.
Braselton, Ga., November 15.
Arthur H. Baird, 33, world' war vet
eran and for past few years rural
mail carrier from Braselton, died at
.his home here Sunday afternoon from
a self-inflicted pistol wound, witness
;es say.
Baird had been brooding over the
loss of his three-year old daughter,
who died a few weeks ago after an
illness of a few days, and became de
spondent. He had just returned from
his daughter’s grave and without
warning shot himself through the
heart while standing near the steps
of his home and died within a few
minutes before help could be sum
moned, members of his family said.
He was reared here and lived in
this section all his life except while
serving his country in the world war.
He served in France from August,
1918, to June, 1919. He was a mem
ber of the Zion Baptist church for
more than 15 years. Funeral services
and interment were ‘held at Zion
church Monday afternoon, Rev. J. M.
Dodd, of Winder; Rev. W. P. Hol
land, of Monroe, and Rev. J. O. Mc-
Neal, of Winder, officiating.
He was an active member of the
John Rich Penticost post of th
American Legion at Winder, also the
local lodge of I. O. O. F., and other
organizations and was buried with
impressive fraternal honors.
Besides his widow, formerly Miss
Belle McEver, of Winder, Ga., he is
survived by a baby daughter; also
by his father, S. B. Baird, of Brasel
ton, and three brothers and six sis
ters.
MRS. MOORE ENTERTAINS CLUB
Mrs. Dudley Moore was hostess on
Friday afternoon at her home on
Lawrenceville street, in honor of the
Thursday Ladies Club. Rook was
enjoyed, and a salad course served.
Her guests were Mesdames M. M.
Bryan, H. E. Ederhold, J. H. Camp
bell, A. J. Flanigan, Homer Hancock,
A. H. Moore, H. M. Appleby, George
D. Appleby, H. T. Motley, H. R.
Howell, Misses Mary Ruth Wills and
Reba Adams.