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(From Walton News)
Fred Yarbrough Back
Fred Yarbrough, lineman for the
Continental Telephone Cos., and who
was transferred from this point to
South Carolina points, is back in
Monroe, having exchanged places
w ith that very splendid young man,
Mr. Nabors. Fred is well liked a
niong our people and his return here
is very Ratifying to his many friends.
Pleased Over Selection
Prof. Frost, superintendent of Lo
ganville high school, is being con
gratulated vociferously over his se
lection to the place of private secre
tary to Congressman John Wood, of
the 9th Georgia District. He, to be
sure, is very much pleased that the
favor has come his way, and with all
the ingenuity and skill that he can
command will he carry forward the
interests of the office. While here
last Thursday, accompanied by his
friend, Mr. W. J. Cooper, Frost
paid our office an appreciated visit.
If he didn’t come to see us every
time he is in town, we would be
very much disappointed.
Peter*’ Snake Storey
Virgil, the older son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Peters, of Fair Play, Mor
gan county, was a caller at The News
office Saturday afternoon, and while
here, told us an unusual snake story.
He said that one day last week he
and some other persons were fixing
a pasture fence and he told them he
scented a snake, and about that time
his eyes rested on a king snake,
measuring seven feet. He seized the
reptile back of the neck, and as he
did so, he saw something sticking
out of its mouth. Securing some
tweezers he extricated a coachwhip
snake from the king snake’s stomach
that measured five and a half feet.
It, of course, was dead, every bone
in its body having been broken be
fore he was swallowed. Peters says
he turned the king snake, which be
came furious for having lost its
meal, into his barn to make away
with the rats.
Virgil also told of his honey har
vest—having robbed three trees and
realized 23 pounds, and that he
robbed one gum that gave him 72
pounds. He says that he, with nak
ed hands, handles the bees when in
the process of robbing.
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(From Gainesville News)
Water Moccasin Swallows Large
Catfish, Killed
A water moccasin that swallowed
a half-pound blue catfish and when
stepped upon the fins of the fish
stuck through the sides of the snake,
is an interesting “fish” story told
by C. M. Hayes, of Flowery Branch,
Route 1. Mr. Hayes and a party of
friends were on the Chestatee river
Sunday afternoon when they discov
ered a fish box and a snake sticking
bis head out of it. Knowing the
snake would eat the fish, Mr. Hayes
and his friends killed the snake but
to their surprise could not get it
from the fish box. The middle of
the snake was too big. Opening the
door to the box they took the snake
out and stepped on the snake’s big
stomach. The fins of the fish stucjj
through the sides of the snake. Cut
ting the snake open a half-pound
blue cat was found to have been
swallowed head first by the large
water moccasin. The fish was dead,
and so is the snake now.
(From Atlanta Journal)
Georgia Peaches Bring Good Price
In N. Y. Markets
Two carloads of Mayflowers, re
presenting Georgia’s first quantity
shipment of peaches to eastern mar
kets, sold in New York Wednesday
at prices ranging from $1.50 to $5
per crate, the bureau of markets of
the state department of agriculture
announced. One carload of poor
quality was sold to H. Warne
& Sons at prices ranging from $1.75
$4 per crate. A second car, of
fnixed bushels and crates, was sold
to John Dix & Cos. at $1.50 to $5
Per crate and $1.75 to $3 for the
bushel portion. Both cars originat
ed at Reynolds, Ga., Between 15 and
20 cars of Mayflowers and Uneedas
are expected to be loaded in the
Macon territory this week-end.
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(From Commerce News)
Hood-Huff
Miss Ruby Hood and Mr. Allen
Muff were united in marriage Sat
urday afternoon, May 23rd. Mrs.
BANKER SAYS BANKS
’CAN’T AFFORD’ TO OMIT
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
Sea Island Beach, Ga.—A banker
turned his attention to newspaper
advertising by banks today and said:
“We must remember that adver
tising is news—must be news if it is
to produce results. ... At a time
like this we cannot afford not to tell
the public what it ought to know j
about banks and banking. If a bank
has a reason for existing the public |
has a right to know it. There is no
other means by which you can drive
home your message more cheaply or
with more sustained effectiveness
than through the consistent use of
the paper of local circulation, the
paper to which your neighbors are
accustomed to turn for information
and political guidance and shopping
suggestions.”
The speaker was John M. Graham,
Rome (Ga.) banker, addressing the
annual convention of the Georgia
Bankers’ Association, of which he
is president.
MAYSVILLE COMMENCEMENT
Maysville, Ga.—A feature of the
commencement program of the
Maysville High Scchool was a re
union of the class of 1911. This
class rendered a program as a part
of the senior class exercises.
The commencement program fol
lows:
Thursday night, musical recital.
Friday night, elementary grades.
Saturday night, senior class exer
cises, a reunion of the class of 1911.
Sunday morning, commencement
sermon delivered by Rev. Walker
Combs, pastor of First Baptist
church, of Covington, Ga.
Monday night, senior play, “The
Arrival of Kitty.”
Tuesday night, graduating exer
cises, the literary address delivered
by Charles E. Martin, Athens, Ga.
The class was composed of Ruby
Brown, salutatorian; Flora Ander
son, valedictorian; William Garrison,
president; Gilbert Ariail, Alda
Wheeler, Wilburn Castellaw, Eliza
beth Castellaw, Guy Miller, Jimmie
Wood, Frank Underwood, Jr.; Wil
liam Chandler, Marvin Adams, Au
gusta Henderson, Marie Wilbanks
and Hollis Henderson, Jr.
Huff is the lovely daughter of Mr.
apd Mrs. C. W. Hood of Commerce.
Mr. Huff is from Crawford, Ga., but
is now manager of the Mose-Gordon
Lumber Cos. After spending a few
days with Mr. Huff’s parents in
Crawford, they returned to their
home near Harmony church.
Mrs. Joe Prickett Dies Suddenly at
Her Home Near Town
Mrs. Catherine Ray Prickett, wife
of Mr. Joe Prickett, died very un
expected at her home north of Com
merce Tuesday. Mrs. Prickett, who
was 71 years old, was seemingly in
her usual health when left by Mr.
Prickett to attend to his work in the
field. When he returned to the
house at nightfall, he found that she
had passed away during his absence.
The funeral and interment were at
Mt. Bethel church Wednesday after
noon.
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(From Winder News)
Joe Carrington Makes Unusual
School Record
Master Joe Carrington, the bright
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Carrington has made a unique re
cord in school during the past two
years. Last year he made “A” in
every one of his studies save one,
and made “B plus” in that. His
father told him if he would do that
well this year he would give him a
Shetland pony. Joe made the same
record this year, “B plus” in one
study and “A” in all others. So
Joe is the proud possessor of a
beautiful Shetland pony given him
by his father. We congratulate
Master Carrington on his school re
cord and hope he will hate a great
time riding his pony.
Death Of Mr*. Sybil Morgan
Mrs. Sybil Morgan, died at her
home in this city, last Saturday. She
was about 28 years of age, and was
a good woman. She leaves a hus
band and four small children, be
sides other relatives. The remains
were buried at Ebenezer churchyard
in Jackson county last Sunday af
ternoon, the editor of The News
conducting the service. We extend
our deepest sympathy to the bereav
ed family.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Farming Occupies First
Place As Revealed
By Survey
Athens, Ga.—“ The graduates of
the Georgia State College of Agri
culture occupy responsible positions
in many vocations,” says Dr. Andrew
M. Soule, President of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture. "There
are at present 607 living men gradu
ates of this Institution gainfully em
ployed in fifteen major fields and
nearly 100 minor fields. On June
17th, 105 students will be graduat
ed from this Institution to join the
ranks of their predecessors and fur
ther the cause of agricultural inter
est not only of Georgia, but of the
entire Southeast.
The survey just completed shows
that more of the men graduates are
engaged exclusively in farming, or
farming with another occupation,
than any other single field. Sixty
four graduates farm exclusively,
while between 200 and 300 are
farmers who also have some other
interest. Approximately 10.5 per
cent of the male graduates depend
on farming for their entire income,
while between 30 and 50 per cent
of the graduates receive consider
able income from farming oper
ations.
One hundred and nine graduates,
or approximately 18 per cent of the
total number, are engaged as teach
ers and principals of high schools,
chiefly men.
The number of graduates engaged
in the various other vocations are:
County Agents, 81.
Specialists, 64.
College Teachers, 34.
Business related to Agri., 77.
Business not related to Agri., 61.
Research, 14.
Foresters, 22.
Veterinarians', 39.
Graduate Students, 9.
Social Workers, 2.
All other work, 31.
Since women were first admitteed
to the Georgia State College of
Agriculture, 203 have been gradu
ated. The most popular profession
among the women is teaching in
high schools. So far, 79 women of
the total graduates are engaged in
this profession. Homemaking ranks
second, with 38 engaged in it.
Two of the women graduates are
engaged in the business of farming
exclusively. Between 5 and 10 per
cent of all the women graduates
are actually engaged in farm oper
ations, together with some other oc
cupations.
Other occupations of women gra
duates of the Georgia State College
of Agriculture, are:
Home Demonstration Agents, 26.
Specialists, 18.
College Teachers, 12.
Business related to Agri., 1.
Research, 3.
Graduate Students, 7.
Social Workers, 6.
All other work, 6.
LUCY COBB OFFERED TO
UNIVERSITY
Commencement exercises Friday
night closed the 1930-31 term of the
Lucy Cobb Junior college and Aca
demy, with twenty-eight students
graduating.
The exercises were especially im
pressive on account of the action of
the board of trustees Thursday in
offering to lease to the University of
Georgia the property of the junior
college for a term of three years for
a girls’ dormitory, thus probably
bringing to an end the career of an
institution which at one time was
one of the leading girls’ schools in
the south.
Lack of funds with which to con
vert the institution from a finishing
school to a modern junior college
made it necessary for the board to
dispose of the property, hence the
offer to the university.
CLAY COUNTY IS REPORTED
AS FREE OF INDEBTEDNESS
Clay county road commissioners
have decided not to levy any road
taxes this year on persons subject
to road duty, according to news re
ports from Fort Gaines.
The county commissioners have
heretofore assessed $3 to $5 on all
persons subject to road duty, and
this is the first time in the history
of the county that no road taxes
will be imposed. The tax rate last
year was cut $5 on the thousand,
leaving the county rate $7.50 per
thousand, the lowest of any county
in the state. The county was $50,-
000 in debt in 1926.
Messrs. Phillips And
Williams Behind Bars
Jackson County Jail
A few weeks ago, three men se
cured several hundred dollars frau
dulently from banks in Braselton,
Buford and Gainesville.
O. E. Phillips, who once lived a
bove Braselton, and was known to
the citizens of that section, accom
panied by Roy Williams and another
man deposited checks in the several
banks, explaining that it was in full
settlement for injuries in a railroad
wreck.
Phillips had a badly scarred arm,
and exhibited an apparently authen
tic letter from a Western railroad,
causing the banks to believe his tale.
'After depositing the check, the men
proceeded to draw cashiers checks
for two, three or five hundred dol
lars, and they made a get-away with
this before the banks knew they had
been defrauded. However, the men
did not work their racket success
fully for long, as Phillips and Wil
liams are now behind the bars of the
Jackson county jail, and no doubt
will be given the punishment they
deserve. They were captured in
Kentucky, through the efforts of
Braselton Bros.
Home Demonstration News
Of Jackson County
The Attica Home Demonstration
Club is having a Silver Tea at the
home of Mrs. G. O. Shackelford on
Thursday, June 4th, at 3 p. m. This
ten is being given to raise money to
send a girl to Camp Wilkins.
* * *
Farm Womans Camp will be held
at Camp Wilkins June 15-20. We
hope to have representatives from
the county at this camp. If there
is any farm woman who would like
to go whom I haven’t seen, will you
see me right away. We want Jack
son county well represented.
Twelve girls from Jackson coun
ty will go to Camp Wilkins on June
22.
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The twelve girls who won the
Kerr Jars last summer on canning
exhibits are requested to call by my
office and get these jars at an early
date.
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The following meetings are being
held this week: Nicholson and
Brockton, Womarj’s Council Meet
ing, Hoschton, Long View (Achieve
ment Day), Potters, Attica, Bold
Springs.
Sarah Whitaker, H. D. A.
STATE UNIVERSITY WILL
CLOSE JUNE 17
Wednesday, June 17, is the date
of graduation day at the State Uni
versity, when approximately 300
students will be given diplomas.
Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, presi
dent of Union Theological Seminary,
Columbia University, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday morn
ing, June 14.
Dr. Archibald Henderson, of the
University of North Carolina, is to
give the Phi Beta Kappa address
Monday afternoon, June 15.
Edwin Camp, of The Atlanta
Journal, will deliver the Alumni Day
address Tuesday, June 16.
The Baccalaureate address will be
delivered at the graduating exercise
Wednesday, June 17, by Dr. Steph
en P. Duggan, director of the In
stitute of International Education,
New York City.
Among those to receive diplomas,
are: Bachelor of Arts degree, Miss
Martha Mobley; Bachelor of Arts in
Education, Harold Vandiver, James
Bascomb Miller and Miss Sarah
Thurmond; Bachelor of Arts in
Journalism, Miss Saddie McCoy My
ers; Bachelor of Science in Com-
merce, Russell Wills; Master of
Arts, Jerry Head; Master of Arts
in Home Economics, Mrs. O. C. Ad
erhold; Bachelor of Laws, Nat Han
cock.
FREE TEXTBOOKS IN EARLY
GRADES URGED BY DUGGAN
A recommendation that the state
appropriate $200,000 per annum to
purchase school books for the free
use of pupils in the first, second and
third grades is contained in a repoi’t
to the next session of the Georgia
legislature made public Saturday by
Dr. M. L. Duggan, state school su
perintendent.
Thursday, June 4, 1931.
COLLEGE LISTS PRIZES
IN GEORGIA CONTEST
ON CORN PRODUCTION
Athens, Ga.—Dr. Andrew M.
Soule, president of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture, Sat
urday announced $1,060 in prize
money will be awarded this year in
the Georgia corn contest.
The prize money will be divided
as follows:
North Georgia—First division
(farms with ten through twenty nine
acres of corn), first $75, second SSO,
third S4O, fourth, S3O, fifth $26,
and sixth S2O.
Second division (farms with thir
ty or more in corn), first prize $75,
second SSO, third S4O, fourth S3O,
fifth $25 and sixth S2O.
South Georgia First division
(farms with ten through twenty
nine acres in corn), first $75, second
SSO, third S4O, fourth S3O, fifth $25
and sixth S2O.
Second division (farms with thir
ty acres or more in corn), first $75,
second SSO, third S4O, fourth S3O,
fifth $25, sixth S2O.
A state prize of SIOO also will
be awarded, it was announced.
County agents are in charge of the
contests in their counties and are
authorized to announce rules. Pro
fessor E. D. Alexander, extension
agronomist, is state manager.
A PROPOSED NEW CONSTI
TUTION
The University of Georgia’s In
stitute of Public Affairs has drawn a
proposed new constitution for Geor
gia, and this model is being studied
by legislators, with a view to mak
ing an effort to have the legislature
call a constitutional convention.
In this new constitution, the en
tire judicial system of the state
would be under the supervision of
a general court of justice. There
would be the supreme court, the su
perior courts and the county courts.
The court of appeals would be eli-
minated.
The state would be djvided into
10 judicial districts, eliminating the
present circuits. Presiding over each
of the districts, would be a chief
judge, and under him would be as
many judges as would be required
to do the business of the courts.
Too, there would be a solicitor-gen
eral, and under him would be as
many solicitors as needed to trans
act the business.
The judge, under the system,
would be empowered to draw a jury
from any county or from the whole
of the district. Should he desire,
he could transfer hearing of the
case, criminal or civil, to any other
county in the district.
Among other proposed changes
the house membership would be re
duced from 207 to 65 and the senate
membership from 51 to 30.
The new constitution would di
vide the state into 30 districts, each
district having a senator, and one
representative for every 50,000
population or major fraction there
of.
The 30 senators would be divided
into three groups, one group being
elected -each two years for a term of
six years. In this way, it was said,
there would be experienced men in
every session of the senate.
Other proposed changes would be:
Give the governor more power with
a voice but not a vote in the gen
eral assembly; pay a fixed salary to
members of the general assembly,
and allow them to remain in session
as long as is necessary to transact
the state’s business; inaugurate the
governor in January instead of in
June and allow the general assem
bly to begin its work in January;
eliminate statutory regulations which
could be regulated by the general
assembly; require the voter to be
able to read and write; and require
only the payment of a poll tax 90
days before election as a qualifica
tion for voting.
19.30 PRISON COST IS sll3 PER
CAPITA
Maintenance of an average prison
population of 701 at the state prison
farm during 1930 cost the state sll3
per prisoner, according to the annual
audit of the state prison commission
and prison farm, filed with Gover
nor Hardman Thursday by State
Auditor Tom Wisdom.
Forty-five Confederate veterans,
in the Soldiers’ home, cost the state
approximately SI,OOO per capita, ac
cording to another report released
by the auditor.
Vol. 54. No. 46.
$800,000,000 Bond Issue
For U. S.
Washington, May 31.—A long
term bond issue of $800,000,000 to
meet government expenses in the*
face of the billion-dollar Treasury
deficit will be offered for sale on
June 15, it was announced today by
the Treasury Department.
The bonds will bear 3 1-8 per cent
interest and will mature on June 15,
1949, but will bo redeemable at the
option of the government on and
after June 15, 1946.
This is the first announcement
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
has made regarding his plans to meet
the big deficit caused by dwindling
revenues resulting from the busi
ness depression. Since this issue
does not cover the whole deficit it is
probable that other bond issues will
follow later.
This is the first long-term bond
issue that the Treasury has authoris
ed since the series of Liberty Bonds
were sold during the war.
VITAL STATISTICS REGISTRARS
TO MEET
On the fourth Tuesday in July the
local registrars of vital statistics of
Georgia will hold an annual conven
tion in Atlanta. This meeting lias
many objectives; namely, that of
bringing together the local regis
trars of the State, also discussing
registraton problems, and how to im
prove registration generally.
The registrars in Jackson county
are: Storey, C. TANARUS., Jefferson; Phillips,
J. H., Hoschton; Hutchins, Henry L.,
Nicholson; Trawick, P. 8., Com
merce; Mauldin, L. W., Jefferson;
Pettijohn, L. IL, Talmo; Griffeth,
M. A., Pendergrass; Lamaster, W.
N. Maysville; Baird, T. H., Hosch
ton; Pettyjohn, L. R., Talmo; Rytee,
E. S. Nicholson; Storey, C. T. Jef
ferson; Davis, J. A., Braselton.
SEVEN WOMEN HOLD
BIG POLITICAL JOBS
Chicago.—Seven women hold ma
jor state political offices throughout
the country, it was disclosed today
in a survey by the American Legis
lators’ Association. Four secretar
ies of states, two state treasurers
and one state auditor, are women.
There are no women governors,
as Nellie Ross, of Wyoming, and Ma
Ferguson, of Texas, have been sup
planted by men.
The secretaries of state are Miss
Ella Lewis, Kentucky; Mrs. Mar
guerite P. Baca, New Mexico, Mrs.
C. E. Coyne, South Dakota, and Mrs.
James Y. McCallum, Texas.
Mrs. Emma Guy Cromwell, Ken
tucky, and Mrs. Berta E. Baker,
North Dakota, are the state treasur
ers. Mrs. Ana Frohmiller, of Ariz
ona, is the only state auditor.
13,000 HIGH STUDENTS
GRADUATING IN GEORGIA
Athens, Ga.—From the 417 high
schools on the accredited list m
Georgia there will be 13,000 gradu
ates this year, Dr. Joseph S. Stew
art, of the University of Georgia,
has announced.
These are all four-year schools
running nine months with three ol
more teachers in the high schooL
The enrollment in these schools this
year was 61,246 pupils, taught by
3,002 teachers. These schools have
572,601 books in their high school
libraries and laboratory equipment
worth $579,346, Dr. Stewart said.
In 1905, on the first accredited
list, the four-year schools showed
4,208 books in the libraries and sl,-
040 invested in the laboratories*
with 94 graduates and 35 teachers.
MELONS WILL MOVE
TO MARKET IN NEXT
THREE WEEKS
Moultrie, Ga.—Within three weeks
watermelons will begin moving to
market. The selling will begin in
middle Florida, and this season will
spread rapidly up to the southern
tier of Georgia counties.
Indications are that the Florida
crop and the Georgia crop will be
marketed close together. They will
only be beginning in Florida when
shipments get under way in Georgia,
according to reports.
In this section there has been a
reduction in acreage, but not such a
reduction as would seem to be neces
sary to prevent overproduction, it is
claimed. Orderly marketing is seen
as the only profit-making method op
en to the growers.