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1 he J ackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Item* of Interest From Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Commerce
We were glad to have the pleasure
of meeting Mr. S. W. Jackson of Ap
ple Valley on the streets last Satur
day afternoon. He is somewhat dis
figured, but still in the ring. It will
be remembered that Mr. Jackson suf
fered painful injuries several weeks
apo when n pair of mules, while
frightened, ran and turned the wagon
over on Mr. Jackson. When seen
Saturday here he was hobbling along
by the use of a crutch on one side and
a walking cane on the other. Could
have been worse, but his friends are
glad that it was not worse.
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(From Maysville Enterprise)
Rev. C. B. Drake and family have
arrived in Maysville. Rev. Drake is
the new pastor of the Maysville
Methodist church, and we extend to
him and his estimable family a hearty
welcome.
Cablegram from Edinburgh, Scot
land, announces the arrival of a boy
to Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Watkins, where
Mr. Watkins is in Edinburgh Uni
versity.
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(From Athens Banner-Herald)
Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Massey of
Cedartown are week-end guests here
coming over for the performance of
Daddy Long Legs this evening, in
which their daughter Katherine takes
part of Juddie Abbott.
Col. and Mrs. Howard Gordan and
little daughter Christine of Daniels
ville were here today to bring their
mother, Mrs. Little to the Central
train. Mrs. Little left for Florida to
spend the winter with her sister Mrs.
J. L. Reinhardt.
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(From Hoschton News)
Thanksgiving day at the home of i
Rev. J. F. Green occurred the wedding
of Miss Leona Brookshire of this
place and Mr. John R. Wood, of Bar
row county, Rev. Green officiating.
Congratulations are being extended
them by their many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Princeton Pirkle and
children spent Sunday afternoon in
Jefferson with the latter’s parent’s
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur.
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(From Commerce News)
Mr. Lours Short had the misfortune
of losing his Oakland sedan automo
bile by fire last Friday morning after
he had started to town. Just out of
the city limits on the Maysville road,
the accident occurred while the car
was being cranked. The fire started
from a backfire and the entire body
of the engine and tires being left in
tact.
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(From Dawsonville Advertiser)
Three young men of Atlanta came
Up a few Sundays ago, got kindly
tight, one of them went to sleep, the j
other two leaving him in the car.
Text morning we was almost frozen.
The last we heard of them they were
speeding for Atlanta, with the fear
that the young man’s feet would have
to be amputated. Temperance! tem
perance!
AN UNPARALLELED GROWTH
The electric light has just passed
its forty-seventh birthday. Think of
it! Forty-seven years ago there were
no electric lights. Thomas Edison’s
first lamps were much like the Edi
son Mazada-'of today.
Four many years the electric light
was enjoyed by but a few; it was too
expensive for the masses. To day it
is the cheapest kind of light. Its
cost is so insignificant in the family
budget that it is hardly considered.
From nothing to over TANARUS% billion
dollars invested, is the record of less
than half a century of electric de
velopment. Single plants are now
being built in the East, Middle West
and on the Pacific Coast which devel
op hundreds of thousands of horse
power. To shut off electrict lights
today would jeopardize health and
destroy commercial activity in the
nation. Mr. Edison, at 84, has taken
part in the growth of an industry
from the beginning as probably no
other man has ever been privileged
to do.
BOX SUPPER AT ATTICA
There will be a box supper at At
tica next Friday night, December 10,
for benefit of school. All invited.
Mr. David L, Milford Dead
Mr. D. L. Milford, a citizen of Com
merce, passed away Saturday, and the
funeral and interment were held at
Thyatira at 2 p. m. Sunday.
He was a member of The First
Baptist church, and the funeral was
in charge of his pastor, Dr. W. H.
Wrighton, assisted by Rev. Mr. Pip
pen, the new Presbyterian pastor at
ConVmeree. A large crowd was pres
ent. The Odd Fellows used their
grave service, conducted by Mr.
Robert C. Nix and Rev. P. M. Webb.
Mr. Milford was a good man, 67
years of age, and leaves a widow, who
was Miss Lula Burns, two sons and
two daughters, and several other re
latives, to mourn his death. At ono
time he was Justice of the Peace of
Harrisburg district.
PAGEANT ON NIGHT OF
DECEMBER 19TH
“The Light of The World” will be
given at the Baptist church Sunday
evening, Dec. 19th, at 8 o’clock.
This pageant has been given for the
past two years, and brings vividly to
the spectators the wonderful story of
the Babe of Bethlehem and the ef
fect of His coming upon a world of
darkness. The personnel follows:
Isaiah, O. C. Aderhold.
Shepherds, Roy Cheatham, Sum
mie Morrison, Frank Staton.
Wise Men, L. H. Isbel, Victor Jen
nings, Bill Roberts.
Modonna, Mrs. 0. C. Aderhold.
Spirit of Christianity, Miss Cullie
Roberts.
Education, Miss Sara Johnson.
Church, Miss Nelle Blackstock.
Ambossadors, Mrs. H. E. Aderhold,
Mrs. A. J. Johnson, Mrs. J. C. Ben
nett, Miss Reba Adams, Miss Mary
Lou Shaw, Mr. H. E. Aderhold, Mr.
W. W. Dickson.
There are also angels, Grecian
maidens, attendants of the church,
and groups with each ambassador.
A choir sings throughout the page
ant. Mrs. J. S. Ayers and Mrs. Chest
er Smith, soloists.
Miss Beth Bennett is the pianist,
and Mrs. Morris Bryan, director.
FUNERAL IS HELD
FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM
NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE
Lawrenceville, Ga., December 4.
Funeral services for Etzel Breed
love, age about 13, who was accident
ally killed Friday by his brother, For
rest Breedlove, two years senior,
while rabbit hunting,-were held today
at Hog Mountain.
It is reported that a crowd of young
boys were hunting in the neighbor
hood where the Breedlove boys lived,
four miles north of Lawrenceville,
and when they jumped a rabbit, the
gun of Forrest Breedlove accident
ally discharged, the entire load strik
ing his brothers’ back just under the
left shoulder, tearing his heart to
pieces and killing him instantly. It
is stated that young Breedlove is
prostrated over the accidentr
The deceased is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Breed
love.
GEORGIA COUNTY JAILS
KEPT MUCH CLEANER
IN 1926, BOARD FINDS
The county jails in Georgia have
been kept much cleaner and more
sanitary during the year 1926 than
in any previous year, it was announc
ed Tuesday by the state board of
public welfare. Representatives of
the board have visited every jail in
the state during the year, and some
jails have been visited several times,
it was stated.
The welfare department is sending
out reports on local jail conditions to
county commissioners, sheriffs, su
perior court judges and grand juries,
with recommendations as to changes
that should be made in the jails. Com
mittees of local citizens also are co
operating with the welfare depart
ment in improving conditions in the
county jails.
The present year was the first one
during which welfare department
was able to inspect all of the 161
jails in Georgia.—Atlanta Journal.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOTES
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7.30 p.
next Sunday, at Jefferson.
Preaching at Harmony, Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock.
All invited to attend these services.
H. H. AMBROSE, Pastor.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
T. E. RITCHIE THIRD BEST
HORSEMAN AT GA.
UNIVERSITY
At the R. O. T. C. horse show held
at Athens, December 4, Mr. T. E.
Ritchie, formerly a student at Martin
Institute, was declared by the judges
third best horseman at the Univer
sity of Georgia. The two men that
placed above him did so with a small
margin.
The winners of first and second
places were both Seniors, and are now
taking their fourth year of training.
This is Mr. Ritchie’s second year,
•nd it is unusual that he would place
as he did with the heavy opposition
of more experienced men.
There was a large number of en
tries in the show. No contestant was
allowed to enter more than three
events. Mr. Ritchie won ribbons in
the Mounted Relay Race, Mounted
Tug of War, Jumping in Pairs, and
for being third best horseman in the
show.
The awards as best horseman were
based on the number of points or
events won in the show by the con
testant.
PASTOR SHOWERED
Rev. L. B. Linn, who was returned
to the pastorate of the Jefferson
Methodist church, was given a pantry
tfiower by his parishoners on Friday
evening, marking the beginning of
his new year's work. Also, an in
formal reception was held, many of
the church members calling between
the hours of 8 and 10 to greet the
pastor and his family, and to express
their appreciation of his return. Mr.
Linn and family are very popular
with the people of Jefferson, and it
was a pleasure to the membership of
his church to express this appreciation
of his work during the past year, and
to promise co-operation in his ef
forts during the coming year.
CLUB ENTERTAINED BY MRS.
WILLS
Mrs. W. T. Wills was hostess on
Saturday afternoon, from 3 to 6, at
her home on Lawrenceville street, to
the members of the Ladies Pleasure
Club.
Bowls and vases of chrysanthem
ums adorned the parlor and dining
room, where the guests assembled to
play rook. In the dining room, the
table was covered with a handsome
lace cloth, and was centered with a
large bowl of beautiful pink flowers.
Mrs. Wills entertained with her
usual charming hospitality, and was
assisted by her niece, Miss Marry
Ruth Wills, who also delighted the
guests with several selections of in
strumental music.
After the games, a delicious salad
course, with hot coffee, was served.
The guests were: Mesdames T. T.
Benton, M. M. Bryan, J. H. Camp
bell, P. Cooley, E. H. Crooks, A. J.
Flanigan, Homer Hancock, J. N. Hol
der, Sarah Southworth, Clifford
J. C. Turner, J. A. Wills, H.
E. Aderhold, Virginia Bryan of Ath
ens.
MRS. E. W. P. RITCHEY ANSWERS
LAST CALL AT COMMERCE
At noon Monday, at her home in
Commerce, the gentle spirit of Mrs.
Etta Nix Ritchey was released from
is tenement of clay, and she fell on
sleep. She had suffered for months
from an incurable malady, and the
end was not unexpected.
Mrs. Ritchey was a daughter of the
late Mr. Thomas Nix, the widow of
Mr. Bill Ritchey, who died four years
ago. She was 67 years of age. Her
oldest daughter, Gertrude, passed a
way some six or seven years ago.
She is survived by the following rhil
dren: Marvin, Mrs. Henry Sims, Mrs.
Jesse Elrod, Roy and Lynnwood, of
Commerce; Guy and Hugh Lee, of
South Georgia. She was a sister to
J. M. Nix, a half sister to L. L. Davis
and Mrs. M. C. Arther.
For several years she was a con
secrated member of the Apple Valley
church, and of the First Baptist
church at the time of her death. She
was a loving wife and mother, a
kind neighbor and friend, a pious,
consistent Christian woman.
In the absence of her pastor, Dr.
W. H. Wrighton, who is in Valdosta
at the Georgia Baptist Convention,
the funeral services were conducted
by Mr. T. C. Hardman and Rev. Mr.
Pippin, at_ the home, at 2.30 p. m.
Tuesday, and the interment at Apple
Valley.
The relatives are receiving the
sympathy of their many friends.
Fifth Power Plant
Completed
The Nacoochee hydroelectric gen
erating station of the Georgia Rail-
I way and Power company, the fifth
i of a series of six power development
i plants ff the company on the Tallu
i lah, Tugalo and Chattooga rivers in
northeast Georgia, was opened Sat
urday, adding 9,000 horsepower to
the amount already produced by the
company from the waters of these
three rivers.
Une more development is in pro
cess of construction, and when com
pleted some time next year, the plans
of the company, mapped out 15 years
ago far this series of developments,
will have been completed. The final
plant Will be the Burton powerhouse,
to be Constructed just below the im- ]
mense dam that forms Lake Burton,
the principal storage reservoir in the
system.
When all six of them are in opera
tion, the waters of these three rivers,
which for countless ages spent their
force in mad dashes against the moun
tains and in deep, swirling rapids,
will be producing the immense total
of 284,500 horsepower of electricity.
The plants which have been in
operation for some time, are the Tal
lulah, Tugalo, Terrora and Yonah
power stations.
HOLD SERVICES FOR MRS.
LORD ON WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. I.ou .1.
Lord, who died aU three o r ciock
Tuesday morning, after an illness
of about two years, were hel 1 Wed
nesday afternoon at one o’clock at
the graveside in the Lord cemHe-y,
in Jackson county.
Mrs. Lord was 79 years of age, and
was born in Jackson county,
had resided at Barnett Shoals for the
past three yars.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. J. M. Tooney and Mrs. Kenny
Cain; four sons, Messrs. T. J., Char
lie, Hawkins and Richard Lord, and
several grand children.—Athens Ban
ner-Herald.
ELECTION OF CITY OFFICERS
At the meeting of City Council on
Tuesday evening, the following of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Chief of Police, C. D. Duke.
Night Mashal, W. D. Griffeth.
City Attorney, G. W. Westmore
land.
City Physician, E. M. McDonald.
Clerk and Treas., C. T. Storey, Jr.
City Board of Education, W. W.
Dickson, two years; Homer Hancock,
two years.
Water Board, J. E. Randolph, three
years.
Registrars: J. Z. Carter, W. H.
Williamson, J. C. Smith.
Chief of Fire Dept. H. L. Pursell.
Supt. Water and Lights, C. Y.
Daniel.
The election for Mayor and two
Aldermen, one from the Second
Ward, and one from the Fourth
Ward, occurs next Monday.
MASONIC OFFICERS FOR 1927
At the annual communication of
Unity Lodgge, No. 36, F. & A. M.,
Tuesday evening, the following of
fcers for 1927 were elected:
V. C. Jennings, Worshipful Master.
J. F. Eckes, Senior Warden.
C. B. Boggs, Junior Warden. •
C. L. Bryson, Treasurer.
T. T. Benton, Secretary.
H. L. Purcell, Senior Deacon.
C. O. Mauldin, Junior Deacon.
Lanis Ethridge, Senior Steward.
Willie Cody, Junior Steward.
A. J. Johnson, Chaplain.
J. C. Turner, Trustee.
S. B. Archer, Tyler.
W. W. Dickson, C. T. Storey, Jr.,
and G. W. Westmoreland, Finance
Committee.
BAINBRIDCE HUNTERS
KILL BANDED GOOSE
Bainbridge, Ga.—A. J. Rich, P.
D. Rich, T. C. Funderbunk and C. W.
King, who have been on hunting trip
out from Carrabelle, Fla., returned
and they report an aluminum band
taken from a goose’s leg bearing this
inscription, “Have Faith in God. Mark
11th chapter and 22nd verse. Write
Box 48, Kingsville, Ont., Canada.”
According to the men the band
must have been placed on the goose’s
leg when the bird was very young for
it fit so tightly the leg had to be
cut for the removal of the band.
Thursday, December 9, 1926.
Georgia Fails To Restore
Gold Mines
Atlanta.—Gold mining, one of the
earliest activities of Georgians, which
was almost wiped out during the
World War, is one of the few indus
tries in the state that has not entire
ly recovered, Dr. S. W. McCallie, state
geologist declared today,
i Prior to the World War, he said,
i approximately $130,000 iu gold was
! mined annually in the Empire State,
while since that time, the annual out
put has “been almost negligible. Fail
ure to recoup was attributed by the
state geologist to two causes, the
high cost of labor and the decreased
buying value of the gold dollar, which
today, he pointed out, iB but about
half what it was before the war. A
mong the counties, however, where
mining operations are being carried
on at present on a small scale, he said,
are Lumpkin, Carroll and McDuffie.
While tradition had it that gold
was mined in a limited extent by
Spanish explorers when De Sota’s ex
pedition passed through the state,
history credits its discovery in 1829 j
nearly simultaneously in the Nachoo
chee Vulley region of White county
and near Dahloncga in Lumpkin coun
ty.
Hailing the discovery with enthusi
asm, between 6,000 and 10,000 pros
pective gold diggers rushed to the
country between the Cheetatee and
Etowah rivers in search of the yellow
material. So vexatous a problem
proved these miners to the state gov
ernment that Governor Gilmer in
1831 issued a proclamation prohibit
ing gold mining in North Georgia,
which was then known as the Chero
kee country. An armed force, sent
into this territory to enfore the pro
clamation, state records show, re
tarded for a time to a great extent
the gold mining industry of the re
gion, but the desire for gold was by
no means lessened by such a prohi
bition, and many miners were able to
evade the law, and obtained gold re
gardless of the watchful eye of the
soldiery.
Value
In the same year, the first deposit
of gold from Georgia, amounting to
$212,000, was made at the United
States mint, and seven years later,
so voluminous had become the pro
duction of Georgia and North Caro
lina gold the federal government
established a branch mint at Dahlone
ga, which was operated down to 1861,
at the time of Georgia's secession
from the United States. During its j
period of operation, the report of the
United StateH treasury shows a total
coinage of $6,115,569 at the Dah
loncga mint.
The greatest coinage of any year
during the period the mint was in
operation was that of 1845, when a
little more than half million dollars,
or $501,295, was struckr
A slump came with the California
gold rush of ’49, the amount of coin
age at the Georgia mint dropping to
$244,130.
During the period of the War Be
tween the States, like that of the late
World War, and for several subse
quent years, gold mining was practi
cally at a standstill in Georgia. With
the resumption of business in the
South, however, gold mining was re
newed and with the gradual intro
duction of modern methods, deep
mining and the treatment of re
fractory ores became a permanent
industry.
LOOK OUT FOR COUNTERFEIT
MONEY
Counterfeit silver dollars, said to
have been made in Atlanta, have
been dumped into circulation by the
thousands during the last few weeks,
was revealed Tuesday afternoon by
government agents. The spurious
coins are so perfectly made that they
can hardly be told from real dol
lars, and warning has been issued to
all banks and business houses to be
especially careful.
The counterfeit dollars are lighter
than the regular silver dollars, and
the edges are rounded and slick. The
cast, however, is nearly perfect, and
the metal contains groundglass, giv
ing it an almost silver ring. The
dollars are made in two casts, one
dated 1900 and one 1903.
Mr. Eugene Hardeman of Atlanta
was in the city Friday night, visiting
his father, Mr. U. G. Hardeman.
While here he enjoyed a hunt with
local sportsmen. Mr. Hardeman is
an automobile salesman.
Vol. 51. No. 32.
NEWSPAPERS UNABLE
TO EXTEND CREDIT
Brother Shackelford, of the Ogle
ithorpe Echo, says he has to operate
his paper on the “Pay-as-you-go”
plan, both as to expenses and in
come, and ho is reminding his sub
scribers, that however retuctantly he
may do so, he will be forced to drop
all names on his subscription list
who do not pay up. He says:
“Conditions have hit us as hard
as they have anybody else. If they
had not we might, as we feel dispos
ed to do, continue sending the paper
with an assurance that we would be
paid for it whenever and as soon as
the subscriber could do so.
“But it is simply a matter of can’t
with us. We have to pay promptly
for all materials and all help neces
sary to print papers. We are not in
position to buy material:: and pay for
help and wait for any length of time
for payment therefor from those who
receive it in the shape of the com
pleted paper.
“We arc forced to operate on the
pay-as-we-go principle both as to ex
penses and income. It is taking aH
of the latter from month to month to
meet the former. Therefore there
is nothing for us to do but keep them
upon a balance.
“We make the above plain confes
sion in order that none whose papers
will be stopped may think it is done
from any distrust of them or for
any disposition upon our part not
to be lenient and accommodating to
subscriber patrons.”
BASKET BALL NEWS
The annual basket ball election
came off last Friday afternoon. Head
was elected captain, and Whitehead
elected manager. These are two of
the most capable men of the varsity
squad, and we feel that they will fill
the bill in every respect. This is
Head’s last year on the team, and we
believe he can profit by his previous
experience in being captain this year.
Although Whitehead has one more
year after this, we believe that he will
make an excellent manager.
The game last Friday night did
not come out so well for us. But
we hope to have better luck next
time. The next game will be played
next Friday night, December 10, in
Dacula. We want to ask as many as
can, to go over with us, and help us
give the Dacula team a good defeat.
We were glad to see such a good
crowd out at Maysville, and wc hope
that all of these will go to Dacula
with us.
Reporter.
GIRLS BASKET BALL
The girls basket ball team of Mar
tin Institute went to Maysville last
Friday night, December 3, to play the
Maysville girls. The game was one
of the fastest ever played on Mays
ville court. Both teams entered the
game with determination to be oij
the big end of the score. It was a
close game, and hard fought through
out.
Maysville opened up by scoring
four points in the first few minutes
of play. This was enough to start
the M. I. girls to fighting.i And bv
end of the half Martin Instlt* e was
leading Bto 6. The second half was
a see-saw affair, with Maysvil'e get
ting three points, and M. I. two The
final score was M. I. 10, and Mays
ville 9.
This was the first game of the
season for the M. I. team. Every
player of Jefferson team played a
splendid game. The work of Edna
Turner, Mary Whitmire, on offense,
and Imogene Storey and Bobby Mur
phy on defense, was especially com
mendable. EJnor Prickett played
well, but was closely guarded.
The out standing player for Mays
ville was A. Sheridan and Ina Sims,
Reporter.
BOX SUPPER AT ELMWOOD
The public is given a cordial invi
tation to attend a box supper at
Elmwood on Friday night, Dec. 10th.
It is being given for the benefit of
the school of that community, and all
assistance will be appreciated.
“An automobile, the property of a
wife, used by the husband for whisky
, hauling over the sincere protest of
the wife, is not subject to confisca
tion,” Judge Samuel H. Sibley ruled
in returning a Buick automobile to
1 Mrs. Clarence Shaw of Atlanta.