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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Item* of Interest From Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Cleveland Courier)
Little Winifred Mize Drowns In Tub
It was a great shock to the rela
tives and citizens of Cleveland when
the sad news spread rapidly that lit
tle Winifred Mize, daughter of Mr. |
and Mrs. Ross Mize, had been drown
ed in a tub of water near the house
of Mr. A. L. Dorsey about dark
Thursday evening, April 7.
The little girl was playing about
the house where a tub was partly
filled with water and fell in head
foremost. It was some time before
the child was missed by Mrs. Mize.
Dr. Neal used every possible method
to resuscitate breathing, but to no
avail.
Mr. Dorsey and Mr. Mize were
away from home at the time.
The little girl was about 16 months
old. She is survived by a father,
mother and brother and a host of
relatives and friends.
The remains were interred at Mt.
Carmel cemetery in Banks county
last Friday, Rev. George Wallace
officiating.
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(From Oglethorpe Echo)
Sells 10-Year Old Cotton
Mr. A. J. (Jack) Little, of near
town, sold Wednesday his cotton
crop of ten years ago. Like many
others, Jack thought when cotton
was around forty cents a pound the
year this crop was grown that it
would go still higher, and he wanted
fifty cents for it, and held for that
price. He has just recently become
convinced that he had his expecta
tions set too high, and so decided to
close out at about a fourth of the
price he had hoped to get. Jack is
one of the best small farmers of the
county, and raises several other
things to sell besides cotton; in fact,
has grown very little cotton for the
past four or five years, and in that
manner has managed to “owe no
man anything,” and could hold his
cotton as long as he chose to. May
be he just came to the conclusion
that cotton would not be sale
able at all in the near future, and
that he had better do the best he
could with it now.
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(From Toccoa Record)
Summer Furs
More than 100,000,000 rabbit skins
are now being annually used in this
country. Most of them are made up
into sealskin coats to keep our loved
ones warm during the trying days of
July and August.
(From Dahlonega Nugget)
Brothers Meet After Many Years
Alexander Griffin, of New Hamp
ton, Texas, and Jacob Griffin, of
Stone Mountain, Ga., met by accident
at Tampa, Fla., last week during the
reunion, for the first time since the
Civil War. When the war ended
Alexander was so discouraged with
the destruction of everything in and
around in his section that he located
in Texas. As the years rolled by,
each thought the other was dead.
Both attended the 1926 reunion, but
neither one knew it. But this time
a veteran having met and talked with
two Griffins, arranged to get them
together, to see if they were any
relation. After talking with each
other a little, found that they were
brothers—one 82, and the other 79.
They were soon on the cars for Ma
con to see another brother.
Used to when a mouse was seen
in a room ladies had to jerk up their
dresses or get in a chair or on a table
to keep the mouse from running up
°n their dresses. This does not
have to be done now, because the
tails of most dresses worn by ladies
now are beyond jumping distance
°t a rat, much less a lintle mouse.
Shotgun Walker says he will miss
court here next week, for the first
time in forty years. The question is
now: Will it be a legal court with
out his presence?
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(From Commerce News)
Mr. Jule H. Boggs of near Jeffer
son was here on business Tuesday.
Ue came over to bring some wheat
to mill and to attend the hog sale.
Jule is one of the best men in Jack
son county, and we were glad to chat
"ith him in the News office.
Judge and Mrs. W. W. Dickson
T Jefferson, and Mrs. John Thur
mond of Charlotte, N. C., were the
quests of Mrs. C. G. Potts Sunday.
HIGH SCHOOL MEET IN
COMMERCE
The Ninth District High School
meet will convene in Commerce on
Thursday and Friday of this week,
with the following program:
Thursday, April 21, 3.30 p. m.,
Oratorical contest.
8.00 p. m.—Debate, Commerce vs.
Lawrenceville.
Friday, 'April 22nd, 11 a. m.,
Declamation contest.
il.oo a. m., Essay contest.
Home Economics contest.
B.osi p. m., Music and recitation
contest.
Track meet, 2.30 p. m.
'Martin Institute will send a splen
did delegation to Commerce, afid we
are expecting them to “bring home
the bacon.” Almost all the high
schools of the district will have rep
resentation.
MRS. SARA CARTLEDGE
JOHNSON
At five o’clock Sunday afternoon,
April the 10th, 1927, the spirit of
Mrs. Sarah Agnes Johnson, consort
of the late I. M. Johnson, passed from
time to eternity at her home near
Hebron church, in Franklin county.
A striking coincidence is found in
the fact, that, she went to her ever
lasting home in sight of the home
of her beloved parents, Rev. and
Mrs. Groves H. Cartledge, where 67
years ago she first saw the light of
day.
She is survived by the following
children: John H. Johnson, Mrs. R.
G. Wallace, of Lake Wales, Fla.,
Miss Kate Johnson, R. L. Johnson,
of Fort Meade, Fla., Mrs. T. F. Parks,
W. W. Johnson, of Ft. Meade, Fla.,
Hobson Johnson and Rex Johnson,
of Ft. Meade, Fla.
She is also survived by the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: C. W.
Cartledge, Joseph M. Cartledge, of
Tallulah Falls, Mrs. A. D. King
Rev. Sam J. Cartledge of Athens,
and Dr. L. H. Cartledge of Atlanta.
COMMERCE, HAS SUCCESSFUL
HOG SALE
Avery successful co-operative
hog sale was held at Commerce on
April 12th. Fifty-three head of hogs
were sold at $10.56 for No. l’s, the
highest price which has been paid
this year for a car load of hogs sold
co-operatively.
No. 1 h0g5—6,996 pounds at $lO.-
55.
No. 2 h0g5—3,340 pounds at $9.55.
No. 3 hogs—B33 pounds at $8.55.
The total receipts from the load
of hogs was $1,128.26.
The smallest hog in the lot brought
ten dollars, and the largest forty
three dollars.
SINGING AT THYATIRA
The Union Choir will meet at
Thyatira the first Sunday afternoon
in May. Every singer and music
lover invited to come. This church
is located three miles from Jeffer
son, on the Jefferson-Commerce high
way. A fine place for a choir to
meet. We hope to have some singers
from several counties. Come early.
G. W. SHAW, Pres.
C. BRYANT, Sec’y.
(From Butler Herald)
The Madison Madisonian says that
John S. Williams, who slew 12 men
in Jasper county, making one dig
his own grave, and tieing as many
as three others together and throw
ing them in the river, has served
only a few years for his crime, and
is now asking a pardon, and the
chances are he will get it. He should
have been hung. One of the things
the matter with Georgia is the un
certain, the slow and the inadequate
punishment for crime.
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(From Danielsville Moniter)
About 1,000 pounds cream last
Friday, the patrons receiving $466
for this produce. Also, $1,576 was
paid out for chickens on Saturday.
Lots cream, lots chickens, but heap
much money. Things are looking
better, anyhow, and believe w r e will
have good crop year.
When the pext poultry car rolls
around, Madison county will furnish
sufficient frying size chickens to
have a real banquet in New York
City. Since we have been sending
our produce there, it has proved a
great boon to our local market.
They need the chickens, and we
need the money.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
HIGHWAY PROGRAM CALLED
EVIDENCE OF WISE OFFICIAL
(From Atlanta Journal)
Editor The Journal: If ever the
wisdom of a far-seeing public offi
cial, always alert to the best inter
ests of the commonwealth, was il
lustrated, it has been in case of the
Hon. John N. Holder, chaiman of
the state highway commission, in
the rapidity with which paved roads
are now being built and others being
contracted without a single dollar
of bonded indebtedness.
Announcement is made that the
state highway department, at the
present rate of income from gas
tax, motor vehicle tax, federal aid
and county aid, the state will have
available this year for construction
purposes, a net sum of approximate
ly $10,350,000. Predicating the judg
ment upon current revenues, it is
estimated that the next three years
will unquestionably show even great
er annual revenues, and it is confi
dently predicted that the annual in
crease will continue for seven years,
instead of only three.
Approximately $4,000,000 of road
and bridge contracts have been let
during the present month, with mon
ey in hand to pay for the work just
as rapidly as it is completed. As
already announced, every foot of the
•great trunk line highway from Ten
nessee to Florida will have been com
pleted, be under actual construction,
or under contract within the next five
weeks. The contracts just awarded
represent slightly over 126 miles of
paving, some 189 miles of grading,
etc., preliminary to paying, and ex
tensive bridge construction. They
ramify a large part of the state —
approximately one third of all Geor
gia counties becoming beneficiaries
in greater or less degree.
Mr. Holder makes the statement
that with current and incoming reve
nue, several of Georgia’s great trunk
lines from north to south and east
to west will have been completed in
three years or less.
One of the most prominent and fa
vorably known citizens of Georgia
has just returned from an automo
bile tour of Louisiana, Arkansas, Ala
bama, Mississippi and the western
part of this state. None of them,
except Alabama, has ever issued
road bonds, yet he did not hesitate
to declare that the roads of Georgia
were incomparably superior to any
that he encountered.
Memory instinctively reverts to
the statement made about the close
of last year that Georgia then had
an unpaid bonded indebtedness of
$5,084,202 out of a total of $lO,-
644,500 issued by the carpet bag re
gime way back in the eighteen
seventies, despite the fact that in the
approximate half century interven
ing, she had paid out $18,431,000 on
same, and is now retiring the re
mainder at the rate of only SIOO,OOO
per annum, which means that she
will have to carry the yoke of this
financial burden for another forty
to fifty years.
In view of the existing facts, fur
ther discussion of a bond issue for
road construction is a useless waste
of time. That the approaching leg
islative assembly would submit the
question to the people of the state
is preposterous, and that the people
would favor it, if submitted, is no
less than monstrous. Getting into
debt is as easy as falling off a preci
pice, while getting out of it is just
as difficult as climbing back again.
The state of Georgia has certainly
learned this truth in the school of
bitter experience.
Very respectfully,
E. L. MARTIN.
840 Park St., Atlanta, Ga.
MEMORIAL DAY DINNER
The U. D. C., assisted by the
American Legion, will give a dinner
Memorial Day, April 26th, at the
court house, for the Veterans of the
sixties, their wives, and widows of
veterans, husbands of U. D. C. mem
bers, and wives of the American
Legion, and the pastors and wives
of the town.
Col. H. W. Davis will be master
of ceremonies.
Any one wishing to help furnish
flowers for decorating veterans
graves on that day, please send them
to the court house, and a committee
will see that they are carried and
placed on the graves in Woodbine
cemetery.
Any flowers will be greatly ap
preciated.
HOSCHTON WOMAN’S CLUB
OBSERVES LIBRARY DAY
The Hftschton Woman’s club ob
served Library day with an interest
ing and Instructive program at the
home of Mrs. Arthur DeLaperriere.
The program was in charge of Mrs.
Arthur tVLaperriere, chairman of
library extension.
Mrs. Ralph Lott read the club
collect. “The Twelve Best Books by
Georgia Authors” were given by Mrs.
M. B. Allen. Mbs. John Braselton
gave an interesting sketch of the
life of Frank L. Stanton. Mrs. Ralph
Freeman told of the help that maga
zines are to the federation. The
need of a free county library was
stressed by Mrs. Arthur PoLaper
riere. Special music, consisting of
a piano *olo by Miss Floy Lott, and a
vocal selo, “Little One a-Cryin’,”
words by Stanton, by Mrs. W. D. '
Bell, added much to the program.
Eighteen books, 50 magazines and
a year’s subscription to the Woman’s
Home Companion were collected for
Alto sanatorium, Alto, Ga. A year’s
subscription to the Country Gentle
man and the offering at the door
will be given to the school library.
Following the program, the library
committee. Mrs. DeLaperriere and
Mrs. Lloyd Lott, served refresh
ments.
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CREAM BUSINESS ON A BOOM
AT DANIELSVILLE
On September 24, 1926, a Cream
Station was started in Danielsville
with ten customers, $16.04
paid out for sour cream, while on
last Friday around three hundred
and fifty dollars was paid out for
about seven hundred pounds of sour
cream, with one hundred thirty-two
customers. There was considerable
doubt at the beginning if we could
pull the amount up to 400 pounds
per month, however it will be noted
that we have reached that amount al
most per week. This is all accomp
lished without any dairying what
ever, only the surplus from the
farms around Danielsville, and no
ve 4 ry special effort along the line by
producers. It further requires no
more time and no extra feeding.—
Danielsville Monitor.
70,000 VETERANS GET
$7,000,000 ON BONUS PAPERS
Washington. About $7,000,000
has been lent by the government to
more than 70,000 veterans on their
bonus certificates, Director Hines of
the veterans’ bureau reported Wed
nesday to President Coolidge.
Although congress failed to appro
priate funds for making the loans,
General Hines said no difficulty had
been experienced in obtaining the
money from bureau sources since
the bureau started making the loans
on April 1. Most of the loans have
been made in southern states, he
said.
WADDELL-HENDRIX
A wedding of sincere interest to
many friends in this county united
Miss Junior Waddell and Mr. Elmer
Hendrix.
The ceremony was performed last
Thursday, April fourteenth, in An
derson, S. C.
The bride was becomingly gowned
in a dress of green crepe, with ac
cessories to harmonize. She is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Waddell, Sr., of Jefferson.
Mr. Hendrix is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hendrix of Talmo, and
is one of the county’s excellent
farmers and poultry raisers.
Their many friends extend best
wishes for thir success and happi
ness in life.
Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix will make
their home for the present with Mr.
and Mrs. John Hendrix of Talmo.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION
AT WALNUT
The annual Sunday School Cele
bration of the Second Dist., Mulber
ry Association, will be held at Wal
nut church the last Saturday in
April, the 30th, beginning promptly
at 10 o’clock, fast time. There are
12 schools in this District, and each
one is supposed to have a program;
and prooably Rev. Henry Brookshire
will preach at the 11 o’clock hour.
A great day is assured. Come help
in the great work of God.
T. W. GEE, Pres.
Thursday, April 21, 1927.
DISTRICT SELECTIONS IN
ORATORY TO END THIS WEEK
Contests will be held on Friday of
this week in six districts of the state
to select representatives in the fourth
national oratorical contest, sponsored
in Georgia by the Atlanta Constitu
tion. The Ninth district contest will
be held in Commerce.
Six districts have already chosen
their representatives as follows: First
district, Miss Nellie Weeks, of Mil
len; third, Miss Mary Ella Montfort,
of Fort Gaines; fourth, Wallard Har
rell, West Point; sixth, Threatt
Moore, Jr., Jackson; seventh, Rob
ert Walton, Cartersville; twelfth,
Miss Elizabeth Heath, of Stillmore.
The winners so far are equally divid
ed between boys and girls, there be
ing three of each.
The contests to be held this week
will conclude the selection of the 12
district contestants who will meet in
the state finals to be held in Atlanta
on April 30.
Much interest also centers in the
state contest to be held in the house
of representatives in the state capitol
in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon,
April 30. The exercises will begin
promptly at 3 o’clock when the con
testants from the 12 Georgia dis
tricts will appear before three judges
and battle for the honor of repre
senting Georgia in the zone contest
to be held in Birmingham on May
7. The state winner will also be
•warded the SIOO in gold offered by
The Constitution, which will mean
that the state winner will receive
slls in prizes, sls being awarded to
each district winner. Second and
third winners in the final meeting in
Atlanta will be given $lO each. AIU
prizes will be awarded at the state
meeting. Complete plans, including
names of judges, for the state con
test will be announced later.
The national final contest -will be
held in Washington on May 27 and
the national winner with the zone
winners in the United States will be
given a six weeks’ trip abroad with
all expenses paid. Gqorgia contest
ants are encouraged by the fact that
a Georgia boy, Joseph A. Mullarky,
of Augusta, who was the state win
ner last year, also won in the zone
contest held in Birmingham, there
by being awarded one of the trips
abroad.
MISSIONARIES MURDERED IN
CHINA
Shanghai, April 17.'—The Rev.
Morris Slichter, of Toronto, Cana
da, and his five-year-old daughter
have been murdered by Chinese
bandits near Yunnanfu, in one of the
wildest parts of China. The tragedy
occurred while a party of mission
aries were trying to make their way
to a railroad and safety on the coast.
Mrs. Slichter, wife of the mission
ary; her five-year-old son, John, and
Miss Mary I. Braig, an American
nurse, whose home is in Philadelphia,
were taken captives by the bandits
and extreme fears are entertained
for their safety.
PENDERGRASS HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
Pendergrass, Ga.—The commence
ment exercises of Pendergrass High
School will be held Monday, April
25th, and Tuesday, April 26th, in the
school auditorium. On Monday
evening the Senior Class will pre
sent the extremely funny farce,
“The Hoodooed Coon.” The admis
sion will be twenty-five cents. Tues
day evening at 8.30 the graduation
exercises will be held. You are
cordially invited to be present.
VOTES SOLIDLY ON TaX
EXEMPTION
Maysville, Ga., April 12, 1927.
Maysville held an election today un
der the law authorizing towns by
majority vote to exempt new manu
facturing enterprises from taxation
for a term of five years. There
were 136 votes polled, all for ex
emption.
SERVICES AT MIZPAH CHURCH
The Jefferson Business Mens Evan
gelistic Club will hjtve charge of the
services at Mizpah Presbyterian
church next Sunday afternoon at
4 o’clock. Theme, The Christian
as a Soldier. All friends are cor
dially invited to attend.
J. C. Turner, Pres.
H. E. Aderhold, Sec’y. 1
Vol. 51. No. 51.
THE "FATHER OF WATERS”
CAUSES DISTRESS AND
DISASTER
Heavy rains which have been fall
ing along the country tributary to
the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and
Arkansas rivers for several days
have caused devastation and deso
lation, and 22,000 persons have al
ready. been made homeless.
Rich farming lands along the Mis
sissippi and its tributaries, and in
many cases dwellings and farm build
ings, continue all this week to yield
to the mighty sweep of the flooded
streams.
It is the most disastrous flood on
record on this territory. Fourteen
inches of rain fell in Louisiana on
Friday, and rains in Arkansas Sun
day night were described in press
reports as “terrential” and the
weather bureau at Washington an
nounced that an early improvement
in the general flood situation was
unlikely because of rains throughout
the valley.
The rise of the • Mississippi and
is tributaries surged Monday night
in a steadily increasing threat to the
great delta valley as its inhabitants
fought valiantly to stem the relent
less overflow which already has
wrought immeasurable havoc in parts
of seven states.
CLUB WOMEN TO MEET IN
COMMERCE
The Jackson County Federation
of Womens Clubs will meet in Com
merce; at the home of Mrs. J. T.
Quillian, Thursday afternoon, April
28th, at 3.30. All members of the
federated clubs in Jackson county are
invited. ~ ; : j
The program is as follows:
Music, by the Kiwanis Sunshine
Quartette, Mrs. Verne Davis, Miss
Mary Neal Shannon, Mr. George
Hubbard, Mr. Paul Trawick.
The Ellis Health Bill and Introduc
tion of Dr. Abercrombie, Dr. A. A.
Rogers.
Address, Dr. Abercrombie, State
Board Health.
Quartette.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
TALMO HIGH SCHOOL
Talmo, Ga.—The closing exercises
will be given Friday and Saturday
evening, April 22 and 23, beginning
at 8 o’clock.
The Primary and Intermediate
programs will be given Friday even
ing.
The High School play, “The Dea
con,” will be given Saturday even
ing. A brass band will furnish
music.
An interesting program has been
planned for your enjoyment, and we
feel sure you will enjoy them.
The commencement sermon will be
preached by Rev. Chas. T. Brown, of
Emory University. The sermon will
be delivered Sunday at 3 p. m.
MARTIN INSTITUTE HIGH
SCHOOL AT COMMERCE FRI.
The High School teachers and
pupils of Martin Institute will have
a holiday Friday, and go to Com
merce in a body to represent the
school at the Ninth District High
School meet, and the school will also
be represented in the contests by
the following pupils:
Declamation, Jack Levin.
Recitation, Miss Marjorie Sue
Holder.
Music, Miss Louise Roberts.
Ready Writing, Miss Sara John
son and Ralph King.
Heme Economics, JVliss Janice
Webb.
Athletics, George Williamson and
Fred Culberson.
With this spljndid delegation,
Martin Institute will be “on the map”
at the meet, and we are expecting
them to bring back a large percent
of the honors, but if they do not, we
still will have the satisfaction of
knowing that the school and its
friends were proud of the showing
they made.
The Adair Realty & Trust Com
pany, a $2,000,000 concern which
has developed many real estate pro
jects in the South, was adjudicated
bankrupt in federal, court in Atlanta
Monday. The automatic actioh fol
folewed the filing of an involuntary
petition in bankruptcy against the
company March 30 and the failure
of the firm to deny bankruptcy. This
company was organized in 1860, and
had offices in Atlanta, Philadelphia
and Jacksonville, Fla.