Newspaper Page Text
THE JACKSON HERALD
Published Weekly
$1.50 A Year—ln Advance
Entered at The Jefferson Postoffice
as Second-Class Mail Matter
Official Organ of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER Editor
W. H. WILLIAMSON Bus. M’g’r.
Jefferson, Ga., April 28, 1927.
Making Statements Without
Knowing The Facts
The associate editor of the Ath
ens Banner-Ilerald, in a recent issue,
commenting on road work in this
State, said, “Not a lick of work has
been done on the road from Athens
to Florida by way of Madison and
Macon."
We suppose the writer of the above
thought he was making a truthful
statement, but he should have fami
liarized himself with the true facts,
which could have been done with
little trouble. Some of Georgia’s
daily papers, and especially those
who are antagonistic to the present
highway board, are publishing articles
frequently that are injuring this
State more than any other agency.
They lose sight of the great harm
that results from publishing to the
world such statements as the above,
and especially when such statments
are false.
What are the facts regarding
Work on the roads from Athens to
Macon?
A contract was let April Bth to,
hard surface the road from the Bibb
county line to Gray, in Jones county.
A State road force will be put on
the road from Gray to the Putnam
county line this year.
Grading from Eatonton, Putnam
county, to Jones county line, has
just been completed, and bridges will
be let to contract in July. |
A large force is now constructing
the road from Eatonton towards
Madison. |
Agreement has been made with
Morgan county to put convicts on
the road from Madisor to Oconee
county line, and the county commis
sioner, Mr. Ben Thompson, says he
will soon be ready to begin work.
Agreement has been made with
Oconee county to put forces on the
road from Morgan line to Watkins-!
ville, and this work will be under
way in a short time.
In addition to these projects, the
State Highway Board has recently
put on the State road system a
road from Madison, Ga., to Monti
cello, which will be put in first class
condition at once; and the road
from Monticello to Gray is either al
ready built or is now under con-,
struction.
Thus, it will be seen, every mile
of road from Athens to Macon, via
either Eatonton or Monticello, is
provided for in the 1927 budget of
the State Highway Board.
If newspaper writers would only
take a little time and get facts be
fore preparing their articles for pub
lication, they would serve their
State to better advantage. When we
read the above statement from the
pen of the Banner-Ilerald writer,
we were confident he was in error,
and we secured the facts from the
office of the State Highway Board.
SMALL PEACH CROP SEEN FOR
GEORGIA
Poach growers of Georgia are hap
py over the prospects of a money
making crop this season, with a 25
per cent drop in production from
last year’s total in sight, E. Leo Wor- 1
sham, state entomologist, said Mon
day on his return to the city from a '
tour of the peach belt.
The reduction of a quarter of the
crop from the 1926 production means
that there will be no surjdus to clog
the market and peach growers will ,
ninke money from poaches they grow
this year, Mr. Worsham said. The 1
drop in production is due to the re
cent cold spell and frosts, he said.
An even greater drop in the peach
production may come about a little
later in the season when the fruit
begins to appear in full force, Mr.
Worsham predicted. Last year, when
the state had such a great produc
tion of peaches, growers lost money
and, as a result, there were no funds
this spring for the annual peach fes
tival at Forst Valley, which was call
ed off, the entomologist pointed out.
801 l weevils are showing up in
some sections of south Georgia, but
it is too early yet to judge what they
will do this season to cotton, Mr.
Worsham reported.
“South Georgia, ar.d particularly
the southeastern section, is under
going a drouth which works a hard
ship on the boll weevils by prevent
ing them from propagating," he said.
Col. E. C. Mahaffey of Athens was
the guest on Sunday of his mother. |
Mrs. J. A. B. Mahaffey. I
In 1923 the people of the United
[States spent nearly $390,000,000
for candy, an average of more than
$1,000,000 a day. Assuming an av
erage price of 40 cents a pound, the
amount used would be nearly one
billion pounds of candy in a year.
In America, Sunday has more fa
talities from auto accidents than any
day of the week, due to the fact that
everybody rides on Sunday. In Lon
don, Friday is the worst day, and
Sunday the safest. In that city, De
cember is the most dangerous month,
and February the safest.
On May Bth, at the home of Mr.
A. E. Fuller, in Gainesville, the
friends and relatives of Rev. R. D.
Hawkins will gather to celebrate his
eighty-first birthday. Mr. Hawkins
has many friends in Jackson county,
who will be interested in this happy
event.
1 The Monroe Telephone Cos., own
ed and operated by a company of
Monroe citizens since 1895, has been
sold to the Continental Telephone
Cos. of St. Paul, Minn. This company
owns and operates independent ex
changes in Minnesota, Nebraska,
lowa, Kentucky and Tennessee, and
is now entering Georgia.
Martin Amorous, a well known
| citizen of Marietta, who styles him
self an “Agricultural Economist,"
contends that it is up to the banker
[to make this section the richest of
any in the United States. He thinks
the bankers should form a cotton
pool and handle the 1927 crop, so as
to make it profitable to the farmer.
A hatchery, advertising baby
chicks, says that the old saying that
May-hatched chicks are sure to die
and are not profitable, is not true in
this day of modern inventions. With
a modern incubator and brooder
which does not permit the chicks to
wander in the morning dew and cold,
it is just as healthy to hatch chick
ens in May as any other month, and
as for that matter, on through C.e
summer months.
On April 24th, New York and oth
er Eastern cities instituted daylight
saving time, and their time is now
I one. hour ahead of our present time,
and two hours ahead of Atlanta’s
I time. If you are a visitor to New
j York between this and September,
and attend a show that begins at 8
o’clock, it is only 6 o’clock in At
lanta and the sun is still shining.
• There are some draw backs to such
fast hours, but it would permit our
husbands to work the garden in the
afternoon after working hours.
. The Georgia legislature will be
asked this summer to give the people
nn opportunity to say whether or not
they want a State port for the hand
ling of the products of Georgia for
export purposes. Alabama has a
State port at Mobile. * Louisiana and
Virginia also have State ports. Sa
vannah and Brunswick, if a State
port law should be passed and rati
fied, would be rival cities for the lo
cation of the port.
The stupendous scope of the de
structive flood of the Mississippi
river and its tributaries in Arkan
sas and Mississippi, the hardest hit
regions has been graphically shown
by estimates of army engineers show
ing 6,000,000 acres—approximately
0,400 square miles—were under wat
er. The flooded land constitutes
some of the richest farming land in
the United States, government agri
cultural experts said, and the de
vastation and damage will amount 1o
many millions.
The assertion is made, and strong
ly corroborated by national trade
journals, that the south, with all its
vast agricultural interests, is no
longer dependent upon one line of
agriculture, such for instance, as
cotton, hut that with industrial
growth there will be created a home
market for all the diversified pro
ducts of southern farms and that
any hysteria, based on the thought
that the low price of fotton this
year will retard the progress and
prosperity of the south to any mark
ed degree, is wholly erroneous.
President Coolidge has sent Herb
ert M. Hoover to the flood district
along the borders of the Mississippi,
Missouri and Arkansas rivers to di
rect relief work, and the American
people have been asked to contribute
$5,000,000 to assist the unfortunate
people in this, the greatest flood the
world has ever Known. 100,000
people have been driven from their
homes, and Mr. Hooter says, “These
people must be moved to safety, giv
en shelter, food and medical care
for a month or six weeks. Then they
must be returned to their homes and
given anew start in life."
Twenty-five persons were drown
ed at Heads, Miss., Sunday, when
they jumped into the flood waters to
escape a burning building,
t
The Jackson Argus Editor says
there, is “not a darn thing the mat
jter with Georgia. All we need is
more work, more common sense,
economy and debt paying.” He is
mighty near correct.
The Atlanta City Council Monday
appropriated SIO,OOO, to be made im
mediately available, for relief of suf
ferers in the Mississippi River valley
flood area, and the Cocoa Cola Cos.
'contributed $5,000 to this relief
fund.
Times are hard, but the Cocoa
Cola Company sold this drink to the
amount of $6,661,929.92 during the
months of January, February and
| March, and these are not the months
in which the greatest per cent of
soft drinks are sold. The net income 1
of the Coca Cola Company for these
months were $2,043,512.71.
It is said that the surplus crop of
sweet potatoes in 1926 is large, and
the Bureau of Crop Economics states
that the crop of 1927 promises to
be the biggest tn the history of the
| country, and now the farmers are
being warned not to plant too many.
Poor old farmer! He has trouble
wherever he turns. But every Jack
son county farmer should raise all
his family can consume, and some
for his city neighbor.
George B. Lyle, who was born and
reared in Jackson county, and is
now a well known Atlanta business
{pan, has announced his candidacy
for council from the eleventh ward
of that city. Mr. Lyle is proprietor
of the Dixie Plumbing Cos., chair
man of the board of stewards of the
Martha Brown Methodist church,
secretary of the E. A. Minor Lodge,
F. & A. M. His boyhood friends and
his relatives residing wish him
success.
It is said that the old fashioned
habit of snuff taking has been re
vived by the society girls and wo
men of London, in order that they
may carry around jeweled snuff
boxes as part of their personal adorn
ment. In the United States, where
38,000 pounds of snuff were used
last year, the snuff taking habit has
also made great gains among indoor
employees not permitted to smoke
during working hours.
______
This is “American Forest Week”
in the United States, made so by a
proclamation of President Coolidge.
In commenting on the importance of
the proper celebration of the week
by all states, President Coolidge,
said: “One-fourth of our soil is bet
ter suited to timber growing than
anything else. I cannot escape the
conviction that our industrial and
agricultural stability will be strength
ened by bringing into full productive
use this great empire of land."
A well known writer says women
are thieves, that is, in a polite way.
He says, “They spend more than
their husbands make. They buy
things they know they never can pay
for. That’s stealing, nothing less.
,To buy, knowing you never can pay,
and month after month to get deep
er in the hole, enjoying good things
iat the expense of tradesmen who
trust you, proves you wholly lacking
in a sense of honor, and is no whit
more respectable than breaking into
a grocer’s back door at night.”
MR. JOHN BRASELTON, JR , WILL
REPRESENT NINTH DISTRICT
The State finals in the oratorical
congest, sponsored in Georgia by
the Atlanta Constitution, will be
held in the house of representatives
at the State capitol on next Satur
day afternoon, beginning at three
o’clock. There will be 12 speeches
of approximately 10 minutes each.
Jackson county will be honored by
having one of these contestants. Mr.
John Braselton, of Braselton, a son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Braselton,
will represent the ninth district, hav
ing won over the other contestants
[from this district. The many friends
|of Mr. Braselton congratulate him
on his first success and are expect
ing him to be the State winner, in
which event he will enter the zone
contest in Birmingham on May 7th.
The contest, national in scope, is
held under the sponsorship of the
American Bar association, Randolph
Leigh, Washington, being national di
rector. High school students are par
ticipants in the contest and the sub
jects of all orations must be on some
phase of the United States Consti
tution.
Mrs. S. A. Spencer requests us to
change her paper to Canton, Ga.
DR. ROBERT L. HARRIS DEAD AT
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
The sad news reached here Tues-,
day that Dr. R. L. Harris had passed
away Monday night. Dr. Harris ih
been in declining health for some
weeks, and in the meanwhile had
visited Johns Hopkins Hospital at
Baltimore, and perhaps other plales,
lin an effort to have his infirmities
| relieved and his former health
stored.
Dr. Robert Lee Harris was a son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. James L.
Harris, and grew to manhood at the
' Harris place, between Brockton and
Pittman’s bridge, in Harrisburg dis-'
trict. After receiving a common
school education he turned his at
tention to the study of medicine.
After his graduation he located at
Jefferson, where he built up a good
practice. Shortly there after he lo
cated at Commerce and w T as asso
ciated with Dr. L. G. Hardman. In
two or three years he decided to lo
cate in the Land of Flowers, and ac
cordingly moved to Orlanda. A
few years ago he left Orlando, and
went to Jacksonville. In both places
he was quite successful as a physi
cian and a surgeon.
Dr. Harris married Miss Fannie
Barber, of Commerce, who survives
him. He was a brother to Messrs.
Claborn, James, Criss and Frank
Harris, Mrs. Emma H. Harris, Mrs.
Dillard M. Nix and Mrs. Mattie Car
ruth.
We are not informed as to time
and place of interment, but it is pos
sible he will be buried in the ceme
tery at Bethany church, Brockton,
where his parents are resting. He
was about 66 years old.
| In the passing of Dr. Harris it is
recalled that within the past year
four Jackson county physicians, near
the same age, and all close, personal
and professional friends, have yield
ed themselves into death’s embrace.
Dr. L. J. Sharp died July 6, 1926;
Dr. S. J. Smith September 7, 1926;
and Dr. Will J. Hood September 29,
11926.
GEORGIA’S LARGEST BRIDGE
WILL BE DEDICATED MAY 5
Baxley, Ga., April £6. —Tuesday,
May 5, probably the largest crowd
ever gathered in Appling county will
witness the formal opening of the
new bridge across the Altamaha riv
er at Piney Bluff on the road between
Baxley and Lyons. Fully 20,000
people are expected and a program
of speeches will be presented from an
improvised platform. After the
speaking a dinner will be spread suf
ficient to feed the crowds that come.
One of the committeemen on enter
tainment says that 16,000 pounds of
barbecue already have been provid
ed, and there will be immense ket
tles of Brunswick stew and tens of
thousands of loaves of bread to feed
the multitudes.
This bridge is the largest in the
state of Georgia and one of the larg
est in the south. The Altamaha
[river is formed by the confluence of
| the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers.
This makes the Altamaha the larg
est river in the state.
The contract for the bridge was
let by the state highway department
to the Hardaway Contracting com
pany, of Columbus, and work was be
gun about May 1, 1926. The cost of
this new- bridge is $275,000 and the
length of the draw span is 210 feet;
on each end of it is a 100-foot steel
span making the total length of the
steel portion of the bridge 410 feet,
all set on five concrete piers which
penetrated into the earth 31 feet be
low the river bottom.
The funds for the erection of this
j bridge have been provided by Ap
pling and Toombs counties and the
1 state highway board and federal aid.
WOMANS AUXILIARY AMERICAN
LEGION ORGANIZED
Tw’enty-two ladies met at the
court house on Tuesday afternoon,
, anf l perfected a temporary organis
ation of the Womans Auxiliary,
; American Legion. They will meet
again on Friday afternoon at three
o’clock, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
!A. J- Flanigan, to enroll additional
! members, elect officers, and perfect
a permanent organization. Wives,
mothers and daughters of World
\\ ar soldiers are eligible to mem
| bership, provided their soldier rela
tives are members of the American
Legion, and all such relatives in the
i county are urged to meet with the
ladies on hriday afternoon, and be
come charter members.
Mrs. Vella May Smith, Mrs. J. W.
Carrington and Mrs. G. W\ Garner
of Winder were here on Tuesday af
ternoon to assist in the organization.
Miss Ella Dickson, teacher in the
Atlanta City Schools, was in the city
for the week-end, and also Monday
and Tuesday, during which time the
Atlanta schools had holidays.
$2,000,C00 ROA.D JOBS LET
MAY 12
Atlanta.— -Highway paving con
tracts totaling $2,000,000, for more
than 150 miles of roadway to link
up important routes already paved,
will be let at a meeting of the state
highway board on May 12 at East
Point, John N. Holder, chairman, an
nounced Tuesday.
Twenty contracts in all will be let
at the approaching meeting for the
grading, draining and basing of the
projects, Mr. Holder said. Chert or
gravel bases will be called for, to be
surmounted later with concrete or
asphalt.
| Included in the list of contracts to
be let arc 18 miles of the Atlantic
' coastal highway, between Kingsland
and Waverly, 16 miles in Whitfield
county, seven miles between Marietta
and Kennesay, 22 miles in Toombs
hnd Bacon counties on federal route
No. 1, and five miles in Catoosa coun
ty, with other projects.
The contracts to be awarded on
May 12, coupled with those awarded
at a meeting of the board recently,
will bring the total awarded within a
month to $5,000,000.
J. O. ADAMS FOUND
SHOT DEAD IN RIVER
NEAR GAINESVILLE
Gainesville, Ga., April 26—Mr. J.
O. Adams, one of the best known
lawyers in this section, twice repre
sentative of Hall county in the legis
lature and senator for one term from
the Thirty-third district, was found
dead in the Chattahoochee river,
three miles from here, at 2 o’clock
Tuesday morning. There was a bul
let hole in his right temple, presum
ed to have been self-inflicted. A
formal inquiry by the coroner was
scheduled for the afternoon.
Mr. Adams left his office about 11
o’clock Monday morning, and when
he failed to return to his home Mon-
day evening, a searching party was
organized. His automobile was
found parked near the river bank
at Sandy Beach, near the Dunlap,
plant of the Georgia Power company. '
A rope was found tied to the root of
a tree on the bank, but there was
no evidence that it had been used for
any purpose. A search revealed the
body near the bank just under the •
water. It was said that Mr. Adams I
was known to have vis'ited the spot
several times in the past few days, j
Close friends stated that Mr. I
Adams had appeared depressed for .
some time, although they could ad-!
vance no reason for it, his health
being gflod and his finances in good 1
shape. He recently had sold his
home for a good price, it was said.
AN ALARMING STATUS
The department of commerce re
ports 411 deaths from automobile.
| accidents in 78 large cities during
the four weeks ending with March
26. During the same period in 1926
there were 347 deaths.
I This is an increase of almost 33
| percent, and the Atlanta Constitu
tion comments thus:
| In finding a cause for this death
rate increase one must look for a
cause for the increase in automobile
recklessness.
| Undoubtedly lax prohibition en
forcement, or rather the flood tide
of intoxicating concoctions that are
on the market in every city and
‘everywhere, is a big factor.
The drunken driver—or the driver
I who is unsteady from drink—ought
to be so severely dealt with in every
city and state that this particular
I hazard can be reduced. It is the
most serious menace to the lives and
limbs of people who must use the
1 streets and highways.
BEAUTIFUL ENTERTAINMENT
OF CLUB
The Thursday Ladies Club was en
tertained very delightfully on Wed
nesday afternoon of last week by
Mrs. A. J. Flanigan. The living
room and dining room, where tables
were placed for rook, were made very
inviting with bowles and vases of
roses and vari-colored snap dragor..
Avery delectable course of refresh
ments was served. The guests were
Mesdames H. E. Aderhold, O. C. Ad
erhold, W. T. Bryan, Jr., H. R.
Howell, A. H. Moore, Dudley Moore,
R. J. Kelly, G. D. Bailey, S. C. Mor
rison, J. N. Holder, Effie Flanigan,
M. L. Mobley, Jr., Harold Richard
son, Comer Weaver, Miss Mary Ruth
Wills.
SIMS-MARTIN
Mrs. Edd Sims of Maysville an
nounces the marriage of her daugh
ter, Frances, to Mr. Hatch Martin,
on April 17.
See us for Potato Plants.
■—Boggs & Dadisman.
The Last Roll
“When the ‘grayjine’ breaks on the
last long mile,
God grant them ‘hail’ and a cheery
smile,
And the clasp of a comrade’s hand
In that far land, beyond farthest
star,
Where God’s sainted armies are
In the brave front ranks at his rich;
hand—
God keep them.”
Once more the Angel of Death has
come with a message to two of our
tried and true Confederate Veter
ans—the wonderful message, “Conte
thou blessed of my Father, receive
the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world."
[ Mr. J. Wilkes Lord of Jefferson,
and Mr. P. J. Roberts of Pendergra -
have joined their waiting comrades
of gray.
As Memorial Day is here again,
how we will miss them, for they al
ways gathered with us on that day.
It is sorrowful to see our veterans
dropping out of the ranks so fast,
yet it is sweet to know that when the
roll is called up yonder, they’ll be
there.
Mr. Lord and Mr. Robert- were
brave and gallant .soldiers, Christian
gentlemen. They left an impress on
I their community for courage and
that should Be an example
to those coming after them.
Their hearts were ever with the
cause of the Southern Confederacy,
and they loved to talk about it.
;“And in that cause, let us not forget,
i Were right and truth conjointly met,
;The hallowed luster of our creed
Is heightened as the ages speed.”
It was a fitting tribute to them
that many showed their love and
loyalty by attending the last sad
rites and scattering over their graves
beautiful and fragrant flowers.
To the families and loved ones of
these dear deceased heroes of gray,
we extend our heartfelt sympathy;
and while you miss them most, you
are not alone, for we, too, deeply
feel the loss of them.
We realize each year Father Time
with relentless scythe enters the
fast fading ranks of gray, and the
members of that band of heroes fall
before Him like ripened grain before
I the sickle. This humble flower, this
little immortelle, we place on the
tombs of 'our friends, and say:
iSleep with the mighty in thy death,
Yet not with these alone;
Sleep with the loving hearts thr.
i beat so truly to thine own;
| Sleep with the sword cross on thy
i breast,
The well worn scabbard by
Fit symbols of a soldier’s rest, and
his reward on high.
Jefferson Chapter U. D. C.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
HOLDS FIRST HOG
SALE; BIG SUCCESS
Royston.—Franklin county's first
co-operative hog sale, held here Mon
day, resulted in a big success. Coun
ty Agent G. L. Anderson who, with
the Royston Board of Trade stimu
lated interest in the hog sale and
conducted it, was very much pleas
ed Monday with the result of the
sale.
It is planned to hold another hog
sale along co-operative lines next
fall in this county. Eighty-two hogs
were sold and a large number of
farmers took part in the sale. The
hogs weighed 18,000 pounds and the
price obtained for the car lot was
$1,697.64.
FROM BRASELTON BOOSTER
Uncle Potts Barnett attended the
old soliders reunion in Tampa, and
is spending a few days with his son,
W. A. Barnett, at Winter Garden,
Fla.
* * *
Mr. H. F. Braselton attended the
Confederate Veterans reunion at
Tampa, Fla., a few days ago, and
enjoyed the reunion very much, and
hopes to attend again next year. He
also visited his sister, Miss Leita
Braselton, at Clearwater, Fla., where
she has been teaching for the pas.
yean
EDWARDS ELECTED
TO STATE SENATE
IN 31ST DISTRICT
Cornelia, Ga., April 21. —At the
election which was held in Habersham
county today to elect a state senator
caused by the recent resignation of
J. A. Grant, of Alto, J. C. Edwards, of
Clarkesville, was elected.
His opponents were former State
Senator J. T. Peyton, of Mount Airy,
and C. S. Hubbard, of Baldwin, Ga.
The Jefferson Business Mc- ?
Evangelistic Club will have charge
of the service at High View BapJ ? -
church next Sunday evening at "-30.
J. C. Turner, Pres.
H. E. Aderhold, Sec’y.