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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Itemi of Interest From Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Commerce News)
Supt. Martin ‘Accepts? O’Resr
Elected
At a meeting of the city board of
education held Tuesday of this week,
Prof. C. W. O’Rear was elected to
succeed himself as principal of the
public schools of Commerce. Supt.
yf h. Martin, who was chosen sev
eral weeks ago to suceed himself
for the ensuing term, has signified
his acceptance. It is not known
whether Mr. O’Rear will accept the
place tendered him or not. These
two members of the faculty, the
superintendent and the principal,
have been chosen. The other mem
bers of the faculty have not yet been
selected. In case Mr. O’Rear ac
cepts, these two departments, the
superintendent and principal, will
have competent and efficient men in
charge.
Banks County Family Breaks
Longevity Record
Mr. Luke Turk of Homer was in
town a few days ago, and while in
conversation with Judge W. W.
Stark he incidentally made reference
to other members of the family
that enlisted the attention and inter
est of Mr. Stark. Of the nine chil
dren of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Turk, of Banks county, one has
died. Seven sons and two daugh
ters were born to the parents men
tioned. Of these one daughter is
still living, and the seven sons are
all living, the youngest being 60
years of age. The following gives
the names and ages of the eight
children: Alexander Turk, of Cor
dele, 80; Luke Turk, of Homer, 77;
Mrs. Jennie Turk v White, Atlanta,
74; John Turk, Hebron, 72; W. H.
Turk, 68; C. A. Turk, Homer, 65;
Bud Turk, Homer, 60.
The family has for years been
one of the most prominent families
in the county. They are blue blood
ed Presbyterians, and* have been
leaders in church and :ivic matters
in the county. Mr. Luke Turk was
for a number of year clerk of the
court, and has also been county
surveyor. It is doubtful if any fami
ly in Georgia is in position to match
the family in the matter of longevity.
. * * *
(From Walton News)
Braselton Will Show ’E m How
Mr. Henry Braselton, senior mem
ber of the firm of Braselton Broth
ers, Inc., Braselton, Ga., is one of
four men chosen by the Chicopee
Manufacturing Company, which is
erecting anew cotton mill near
Gainesville, to conduct an experi
ment for the mill on raising long
staple variety cotton—a kind that
will be better for the planter and
for the mill. The mill company has
purchased four tractors, four har
rows, four tractor plows and 80,000
pounds of fertilizer and sufficient
cotton seed of a long staple kind for
each farmer chosen to put in forty
acre plats. We know nothing of
Messrs. Oliver, Cash and Booker, the
others chosen from Hall, Barrow and
Gwinnett, but we know Henry Bras
elton is a farmer that run t’others
mighty close, if he doesn’t excel
them. A far-sighted mill this is,
that wants to encourage planters in
its section. The Social Circle Mill
served a great purpose in buying
high class seed for distribution among
the farmers of this territory.
* • *
(From Winder News)
Death of Mr*. W. T. Humphfru*
Mrs. W. T. Humphfrus, who has
been quite sick for several weeks,
died at her home in this city Wed
nesday morning at 6 o’clock. The
funeral occurred Thursday morning
11 o’clock, interment at Walnut
ehurch in Jackson county. *
Mrs. Humphfrus was a fine Chris
tian character and her sad death is
deplored by her many friends. She
tvas about 25 years or age.
Besides her husbapd, she leaves
°ne son, Royce, her father, Bud
•andiver, her mother, Mrs. Mea
dows, one brother, Johnnie Vandi
-er > and one sister, Mrs. Lester
Banks, to whom the sympathy of
their many friends are extended.
* • •
(From Gainesville News)
W. H. Craig returned this
week from Daytona Beach, Fla.,
•here he spent the winter with his
Eon , B e *e. Mr. Craig enjoyed his
in Florida very much, but, of
Mr. J. Wilkes Lord Passes
At 8.20 Tuesday evening, the
Death Angel summoned the soul of
Rev. J. Wilkes Lord, who passed
away at his home on Sycamore
street, near the new bridge.
Mr. Lord was 87 years of age, and
had spent his entire life on Jackson
county soil, with the exception of
the time he was serving his country
in the War Between the States. He
made a gallant soldier, and was
ready to defend the “Lost Cause.”
even to the day of his death. His
friends will always remember bin
clad in his suit of gray, which he
donned on every suitable occasion,
and wore with great pride. No
honor ever came into his life that
overshadowed the delight he experi
enced in relating his war history.
Mr. Lord was a believer in the
Primitive Baptist faith, and lived ac
cording to its teachings. In his
younger years, he did much good
preaching the gospel of his denomi
nation, and was always ready to de
fend right as he saw it. He spent most
of his life in the country on the
farm, where he reared a family of
splendid sons and daughters. When
old age made his steps feeble and
his body impaired, he moved to Jef
ferson, where he resided until death
summoned him.
He was twice married, but both
help-mates preceded him to the
grave. He is survived by eight
children, M¥s. K. S. David of Nich
olson, Mr. J. T. Lord of Greenville,
S. C., Mrs. J. A. Pool of Baldwin,
Mr. D. P. Lord of Thomasville, N.
C., Mr. R. E. Lord of Winder, Mrs.
Mildred Ogletree of Farmington, and
Messrs. J. H. and E. S. Lord of
Jefferson, Also, by two sisters, Mrs.
Wallace of Monroe, and Mrs. Lovin
of Newnan.
Attended by a large concourse of
friends and relatives, funeral ser
vices were held at the residence
Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock,
and interment followed in Wood
bine cemetery.
PRESBYTERIAL TO MEET IN
JEFFERSON
The Womans Missionary Society
of the Athens Presbytery will con
vene in Jefferson April 28th and
:29th. • y ;
The session will begin Thursday
afternoon.
A special feature of the meeting
will be an entertainment on Thurs
day evening, entitled the “Pageant
of the Year.” This will be present
ed by the young people of Jefferson.
The day-time sessions will be devot
ed to routine business, and an ad
dress by Mr. Baker, a missionary
from Brazil.
Miss Annie Crawford of Athens
will be the presiding officer; Mrs.
George Storey of Athens is secre
tary; and Mrs. George D. Thomas of
Athens, treasurer.
Several distinguished visitors are
expected, among them Mrs. W. A.
Turner of Newnan, the synodical
president.
About 250 delegates and visitors
will be here to take part in and en
joy the meeting. These will be en
tertained in the homes, and a lunch
eon will be served each day at the
church. A gracious welcome awaits
these church workers, and the Pres
byterians will be especially fortunate
in having them hold the 1927 meet
ing here'.
course, is delighted to be back in
Gainesville.
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(From Banks County Journal)
We don’t know what he was look
ing for, but what he found was not
it, because he left it on the streets
of Lula. A theif broke into a box
car standing on the siding in Lula,
secured a box, and carried it out in
town, broke it open, and found a
baby coffin. He left it where he
broke it.
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(From Walton News)
Should State The Fact*
It would seem that it is not very
difficult for some people to sit in
their office, some distance away, and
imagine things, or they are unwill
ing to disclose the facts as they are.
It was a gross misrepresentation
passed along by the Atlanta Motor
Club when, in connection with other
things said with reference to the con
dition of the highways in Georgia,
they stated “the alternate via: Stone
Mountain, Athens, Lexington, Wash
ington, Harlem, slightly rough aruond
Monroe.” If there are any good
roads in Georgia at all, those leading
to .Athens and to Atlanta, several
miles out from Monroe, are as good
as can be found.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
$3,500,000 ROAD CONTRACTS
AWARDED
Contracts for 125 miles of paved
roads, more than 200 miles of top
soiling and grading and for con
struction of 12 bridges, the largest
road building program ever adopted
at one time by the state, were let
Saturday by the state highway board
at a session held at the East Point
office. The total cost of the program
will be $3,500,000.
Included in the program are im
portant links of a trunk highway ex
tending from Chattanooga to the
Florida line, by way of Atlanta and
Macon. This road is now paved from
Atlanta to Perry, and some of the
contracts let Saturday will connect
paved links now lying in South Geor
gia south of Perry.
Important links on the highway
running south from Augusta to Jack
sonville; the highway from Atlanta
to Asheville, N. C., and the highway
running east from Atlanta to the
South Carolina line were included
in the program adopted Saturday.
Contracts let Saturday covered
more than thirty projects and to this
■number will be added seversi other
projects, bids for which were re
ceived but fof which contracts will
not be let until the next session of
the board.
Contracts Awarded
Contracts awarded fellows:
Glynn, surface treatment of 25.7
miles of road, Sam E. Finley, At
lanta, $51,495.31.
Jeff Davis, 5 miles of grading, Cof
fee, Eastman, Ga., $25,995.96.
Macon, bridge and culverts, J. H.
Kirlinz, Atlanta, $7,950.
Troup, paving 9.4 miles, Davis,
Atlanta, $225,224.04.
Meriwether, bridge and culverts,
D. B. and I. J. Scott, Decatur, $20,-
227.27.
Richmond, paving, 2.2 miles, W. P.
Bowe, Jr., Augusta, $56,979.83.
Muscogee, bridge and culverts, J.
E. Williams, Monroe, $13,862.50.
Emanuel, 16.3 miles of paving,
Powell, Winston-Salem, N. C., $366,-
815.38.
Meriwether, 2 miles of paving,
Davis, Atlanta, $42,266.67.
Ware, 6.1 miles surface treatment,
Sam E. Finlay, Atlanta, $71,652.-
83.
Lee, 13.7 miles of surface treat
ment, Interstate, Nashville, $66,572.-
24.
Bartow, bridge, J. B. McCrary, At
lanta, $51,001.45.
Wayne, 8.7 miles of surfacing, F.
W. Long, Jacksonville, Fla., $125,-
707.56.
Houston, bridge and culvert, E. M.
Beckman, Perry, Ga., $16,605.35.
Washington, 2.5 miles of surfac
ing, Finley, Atlanta, $26,449.45.
Polk, bridge, A. S. Williamson,
Rockmart, Ga., $10,670.65.
Terrell, 4 miles of paving, Hoop
er-Winston, Sunnyside, Ga., $86,102.-
97.
Rabun, 6 miles of base course, Bil
liter and Oliver Bros., Cincinnati,
$44,307.10.
Taylor, grading, 5.4 miles, and
bridges, Nichols, Atlanta, $56,916.-
62.
Bulloch, 11 miles of grading, Wal
lace, Atlanta, $61,920.53.
Emanuel, bridge and culverts, Mal
lory and Nash, Atlanta, $29,700.30.
Burge, 12 ntiles of paving, N. G.
Martin, Covington, Ga., $50,390.51.
Crawford, grading 4 miles, W. C.
McCoy, Lafayette, Ala., $48,926.-
55; bridge, Small and Triplett, $24,-
G 07.25. *
Ben Hill, bridge and culverts, H.
R. Ragsdale, Macon, $23,540.
Dooley, 11 miles of paving, Davis,
Atlanta, $320,380.81.
Baldwin, 2 miles of grading, M.
R Woodall, Atlanta, $19,123.87.
Brantley, 2.8 miles of grading, Mc-
Dougald, Atlanta, $40,516.44.
Union, 2.5 miles of grading, J. R.
Crye, Hendersonville, N. C., $26,091.-
30.
Oconee-Clarke, two bridges, Kir
linz, Atlanta, $17,561.16.
Laurens, 7.6 miles of grading,
Shettrine and Sanford, Tampa, $48,-
143.37.
Emanuel, 17.8 miles of grading,
Shetterine and Sanford, Tampa,
$96,283.18.
Chatooga, bridge, Small and Trip
pett, Jacksonville, $20,621.
Jefferson, 6 miles of paving, W. J.
Bryson, Jacksonville, $133,706.38.
Lowndes, 1.5 miles of surface
treatment, Dixon, Savannah, $19,-
587.95.
• A paving contract for 16.3 miles of
roads in Emanuel county, costing
10 YEARS’ SERVITUDE
BEFORE PAROLE IS
URGED FOR SLAYERS
Persons convicted of murder,
should not be eligible for parole j
until they have served at least 10
years of; their sentence, the state
prison tiommission recommends in
its annual report just made public.
Under the present law convicted
murderer's may be paroled or par
jdoned alter three years.
The prison population of Georgia
decreased. 62 during the year 1926,
the number of prisoners on hand De
cember 31, 1926, being 2,945, com
pared to 3,007 at the end of the pre
vious years, it was shown in the re
port. There has been a steady de
cline in the prison popujation in
Georgia since 1922, when there were
3,654 convicts.
Of the convicts held at the begin
ning of 1927, all except 140 were
men, there being only 18 white wom
en and 122 negro women in prison.
The male population was divided in
to 746 white men and 2,059 negroes.
During the two-year period since
January 1, 1925, there have been 1,-
850 commitments, 411 recaptures and
164 paroled prisoners returned. Dur
ing the jsame period there were 391
discharged, 665 escapes, 337 parloes,
five deaths, 226 pardoned or com
muted, and 949 indeterminate pa
roles. i
The convicts range in age from 12
to 86 years, with the greatest num
ber being betwien the ages of 18 and
26. The number in prison for cer
tain crimes follows: Attempt to mur
der, 21% burglary, 604; larceny, 202;
larceny of auto, 125; manslaughter,
378; murder, 787; robbery, 167.
Fultoa county leads in the number
of convicts with 469. Chatham coun
ty has 117; Bibb, 101; Muscogee, 98,
and the others less than 100. Banks
and Oconee counties have only <one
man each in prison.
The married prisoners outnumber
the single ones, the report showed,
1,580 of the 2,945 convicts being
married.
Of the 81 0 white convicts, 61 were i
listed a s ilUtors , while 744 could
read ana write, and five 'could only
read. Among the negroes, 543 could
neither read nor write, the commis
sion report stated.
A survey of the previous occupa
tions of convicts now in Georgia
penitentiaries showed that 702 were
laborers, 485 were farmers, 492 were
public work laborers, and 458 were
farm laborers. The penitentiary also
holds two erstwhile lawyers, six
preachers, four policemen, nine in
surance agents, eighty-seven chauf
feurs, one physician and one dentist,
ten tailors, sixteen bellboys, sixty
seven cooks, one distiller, thirty-two
vagrants, twenty-five washerwomen,
forty-nine housekeepers, twelve wait
ers, one state manager, seven shoe
makers, and seven soldiers, six bank
ers, five bakers, as well as a large
number of others of divers callings.
COCHRAN GOES TO JAIL
ON CONTEMPT SENTENCE;
LAWYER PAYS HIS FINE
Marietta, Ga.—As a result of his
petition to Governor Walker asking
that Sheriff Tom Sanders, of Cobb
county, and two county policemen
be removed from office, and criti
cizing a Cobb county grand jury for
alleged failure to investigate his
charges concerning those officials, J.
A. Cochran, of Mabelton, is in the
Cobb county jail serving a 20-day
sentence for contempt of court. An
alternative fine of $l5O, assessed
Saturday morning by Judge Wood,
was not paid.
A fine of $75, imposed upon G.
Hall laylor, Atlanta attorney, who
drew up the petition for Cochran,
was paid by Mr. Taylor Saturday,
after he had pleaded before the court
that he had intended no contempt,
but that he was inexperienced in le
gal procedure.
Governor Walker already had re
fused to consider the petition, de
claring he had* not power to remove
a sheriff from office, and that noth
ing could be accomplished by inves
tigating the charges.
Superintendent of Schools T. T.
Benton left Tuesday for Macon to
attend the session of the Georgia
Teachers Association.
$366,816.38, is the largest ever let
at one time by a Georgia county,
John Holder, chairman of the state
highway board, said.
Thursday, April 14, 1927.
Mr. P. J. Roberts Answers
Last Summons
The soul of Mr. P. J. Roberts
; passed into the unknown world
j luesday morning at eleven o’clock, 1
at his home in Pendergrass. His
' death followed a serious illness of
1 about ten days.
Mr. Roberts was 84 years of age.'
He was a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Roberts, and was reared
on the farm of his parents about
three miles above Jefferson, on the
Jefferson-Gainesville road. His peo
ple belonged to the pioneer families
of Jackson county.
Mr. Roberts, possessed of more
than ordinary intelligence and acu
men, began life as a farmer, and by
close attention to business and the
use of up-to-date methods, coupled
with wise judgment, amassed a for
tune. He gradually added to his
land holdings until he became one
of the largest land owners and suc
cessful farmers in Jackson county.
Several years ago he moved to Pen
dergrass, and since then has devoted
much of his time to the banking
business.
He never asked public honors, but
| was always interested in the progress
and welfare of his state and county,
and voted to place the best men in
office. He kept abreast with the
times, and until his health failed,
his home was a mecca for his friends,
and he dispensed old-time southern
hospitality.
He fought with Lee and Jackson
in the Confederate army, making a
record that is a heritage to his
children and grand children, and he
served his church and his Lord with
a loyalty and a faithfulness that
marked his whole career. In his
business dealings, he was honest and
upright, and lived according to the
law of “Do unto others as you would
that they should do unto you."
Mr. Roberts was first married to a
M’iss Niblack, sister of Mr. V. A.
Niblack. To them were born five
children. She and one son, Mr.
Frank Roberts, preceded him to the
grave. In later life he wed Miss
Herrin, who, with two sons, survive
him. His children are Mrs. A, J.
Watson of Social Circle, M!rs. Her
man T. Mobley of Jefferson, Mr.
Harve Roberts of Douglas, Mr. Guy
Roberts, P. J., Jr., and Paul, of Pen
dergrass. Two brothers, Messrs. R.
C. and J. B. Roberts, and a sister,
Mrs. W. A. L. Blaekstock, also sur
vive him.
The funeral and interment was at
Pendergrass Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o’clock.
MR. J. T. VINCENT
DIED SATURDAY
AT ATHENS HOME
Mr. John Thomas Vincent, aged
68, died at his home Saturday morn
ing at nine o’clock, after an illness
lasting five years. Mir. Vincent was
born in Jackson county, but had lived
in Athens several years. Funeral
services were conducted Monday af
ternoon at four o’clock from the
chapel of Bernstein Brothers Funer
al Home by Rev. S. B. Wingfield,
Baptist minister. Interment was in
Oconee cemetery, Athens. Mr. Vin
cent was a member of the Baptist
.church.
Mr. Vincent is survived by h's
widow, Mrs. Mary Vincent; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Frank Kenny; five sons,
Messrs. John, Jesse, Odeil, and
Richard Vincent.
FLORIDA CHARMS HIM
If H. C. Barnett, veteran from
Jefferson, Ga., had his way, Florida
would be named the permanent con
vention state for Confederate re
unions.
This is Mr. Barnett’s first visit to
Florida, and as he said himself, he
knows now why Florida is the fav
orite state.
Mr. Barnett fought in several ma
jor battles of the civil war and
escaped without a scratch. He did
not even see the inside of a hospital.
“Most of us are getting old now,”
he said, “and these reunions for us
soon will be a thing of the past. Our
lives have not been useless, but on
the contrary. We are grateful to the
Stars and Stripes that have looked
after us and cared for us all these
happy years. Those who fought for
the south during the war would now
willingly die for the United States.”
—Tampa, Fla., Times. '
PROFESSOR O. C. ADERHOLD
RE-ELECTED
It will be gratifying news to the
patrons of Martin Institute and to
the friends of Professor O. C. Ader
hold to learn that he has been
chosen by the City Board of Edu
cation to again head the Institute’s
faculty for another year. The
Board’s action in re-electing Mr.
Aderhold will receive the approbation
of all of our people. He is giving
eminent satisfaction, and the work
accomplished in the school this year
has been of the highest merit. Other
members of the faculty will be se
lected at an early data.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Potts of High
Point, N. C., are visiting here, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Potts.
Vol. 51. No. 50.
WOMANS CLUB MONTHLY
MEETING
The Womans Club met on Monday
afternoon at the home of MVs. J.
A. Wills, on Lawroneeville street,
with Mrs. Wills, Mrs. O. C. Ader
hold, Mrs. L. H. Isbell, Mrs. J. L.
| Harwell and Miss Reba Adams, hos
tesses.
Applied Education was the sub
ject of the program, and the princi
pal features were talk-, by Mrs. G.
A. Johns and Mrs. H. T. Flanigan of
Winder.
Mrs. Johns, who is State Chair
man of Community Service, deliv
ered a talk on this subject, in which
she spoke of the great opportunity
the federated club finds in sponsor
ing worth-while projects that are up
lifting to a community. Sometimes
it is work for the school; sometimes
the building and equipping of libra
ries; again, it is building play
grounds; again, organizing Mothers
i Clubs, sponsoring Music Week, pro
moting a Summer Camp. In other
words, giving of one’s time and
talents in Community Service.
Mrs. Flanigan, who is Vice-Presi
dent of the 'Ninth District Federa
tion, made a talk on the Federation
of New Clubs, and expressed a hope
that Jefferson might win the prize
offered for the greatest number of
clubs federatld.
The Jefferson Club appreciated
the presence of these two charming
visitors, and enjoyed the messages
they brought.
Another enjoyable feature of the
afternoon’s program was a vocal solo
by Mrs. M. M. Bryan, who rendered,
“A Little Prayer for Me,” and,
“When Love is Done.”
Mrs. J. N. Holder gave a short
talk on the thirty-first annual con
vention of the State Federation,
which was held in Albany March 2ft
—April 1.
Interesting reports of the different
departments were made by Mesdames
J. C. Bennett, M. M. Bryan, E. M.
McDonald, O. C. Aderhold, W. D.
Holliday, and Miss Reba Adams.
Following the meeting, the hos
tesses gerved a very delectabh ice
tours*.
Those present, were: Mesdamcs J.
A. Wills, O. C. Aderhold, L. JI.
Isbell, J. L. Harwell, C. O. Lhana
han, W. H. Merk, Effie Flanigan,
Sarah Southworth, J. E. Randolph
W. T. Wills, W. TANARUS: Bryan, Jr., Stan
ley Kesler, H. E. Aderhold, J. N.
Holder, T. T Benton, M. M. Bryan,
Misses Mary Ruth Wills, Edna Dun
can, Mary Lou Moore, Cue Mose
ley, Louise Harris, Reba Adams and
Lillian Dawson.
MR. L. F. MILLICAN DIES
AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS
Mr. L. F. Millican, pioneer resi
dent of Atlanta, of 36 Clay street,
N. E., died Friday in a private sani
tarium in his seventy-third year. Mr.
Millican was a member of the Barneg
lodge, No. 55, I. O. O. F., and the
Cherokee tribe, I. A. A. H. He was
an actvie member of the Kirkwood
Baptist church.
He is survived by his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. Van C. Martin and
Mids Ethel Millican, and one son,
Wesley Millican.—Atlanta Journal.
Mr. Millican was at one time a
citizen of Jackson county, and suc
ceeded D. M. Nix and Brother at
the Apple Valley store. He and
Hon. G. D. Bennett were partners.
EVANGELISTIC CLUB MEETING
*The regular meeting of the Jeffer
son Business Mens Evangelistic Club
will be held next Sunday afternoon
at the First Baptist church, 3.30. A
full meeting of the membership is
desired. Friends are cordially wel
comed. ' \
J. C. Turner, Pres.
H. E. Aderhold, Sec’y.
_
A case of interest with much
sentiment involved was referred to
Judge R. N. Hardeman, of the Mid
dle judicial circuit, in an injunction
hearing held in Louisville, Ga., Sat
urday. The case is that of Over
street and Johnson vs the Town of
Wadley, in that county, wherein
Misses Sadie and Sophia Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Overstreet, resi
dents of Wadley, are seeking to re
strain the authorities in Wadley
from cutting four big water oaks
that stand in front of the homes of
these, residents. The purpose of such
cutting and destroying of these trees
is to make way for straightening the
main street running through the
town of Wadley before the laying
oL pavement.