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THE JACKSON HERALD
Published Weekly
$1 .50 A Year—ln Advance
Entered at The Jefferson Postofflre
as Second-Class Mail Matter
Official Organ of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER- Editor
%V. H. WILLIAMSON But. M’g'r.
Jefferson, Ga., June 4, 1931.
Approximately 000,000 tons less
f fertilizer were sold in Ala
bama, Georgia and South Carolina
for the period from December 1 to
April 30, than in the corresponding
year.
The Wesleyan Christian Advocate,
the official organ of the North and
South Georgian Conferences, has
boon going to the home of Col. W.
P. Hornady, at Kllaville, for 94
years, according to a statement of
the editor of the Advocate.
The Valdosta Mill & Elevator Cos.,
makers <f corn products, have con
named nil the surplus corn crop of
their section and are now ordering
western corn by the carload. Jack
son county farmers should note this
fact when wondering if they could
find n market for more and better
corn, hut we are afraid there is no
surplus corn in this county.
Mrs. Frances Craighead Dwyer of
Atlanta, a student at Emory Uni
versity Law School, won over a
large number of pupils, most of
whom were men, the Atlanta Clear
ing House Association prize of $25
in gold for the best will drafted by
the law students. As the prize win
ner is a woman and a beauty, the
Atlanta Constitution says two theor
ies were turned upside down—that
brains fight shy of beauty, and that
men make better “legal talent” than
women.
For the last three months business
in the United States has been steadi
ly .improving and has now reached
definite, hut slow, upward trend,
II erman 11. Petry, of the New York
Produce Exchange, told the dele
gates to the eleventh annual con
vention of Southeastern Securities
commissioners. He should be in a
position to speak intelligently on
this line, and we hope his utterances
nre true.
Laurens county farmers have just
turned a neat trick. They shipped
300 chickens into Tennessee to be
-served at a banquet in one of the
prominent hotels of that State.
Considering the fact that for about
as long as any of us can remember
Tennes.ee liar been shipping eggs
and chickens into Georgia in almost
unlimited quantities, the turning of
the t files should be considered a
real achievement in the line of pro
duct ion in our State.
The Moultrie Observer finds pack
'of tax hounds: “The Florida Legis
lature is in session and they are go
ing through the experiences that the
Georgia Legislature goes through
with every successive session. They
.are looking under the bed and every
where for something new to tax.
They need money in Florida as they
<lo in North Carolina, and as we do
here in Georgia. The cost of gov
ernment is something enormous
these days and the shrinkage of
values has interfered with the nor
mal income from regular sources.
While everybody is talking and
worrying over the financial depres
sion, there is some comfort in the
statement of Dr. J. R. McClain,
president of Agnes Scott College,
•who says as business goes down, the
morals of our young people go up.
“The depression,” Dr. McClain told
the Georgia Federation of Womans
Clubs in Waycross, "brought less
spending money for youth and less
opportunity to youth to gratify reck
less desires. Asa consequence youth
for the past three years has been
more sober-minded. At many col
leges it has been found that the de
pression has brought higher grades,
better and more constant study and
an evident desire to make full use
of college training.”
Mr. Hoy L. Shannon has been
■chosen to have active charge of the
Cotfee County Bank, anew institu
tion just organized at Douglas, Ga.
The Citizens <fc Southern Holding
Cos., of Savannah, will be associated
with the new bank, which will be
operated under the banking policies
of the Citizens & Southern National
Bank. Mr. Shannon is the son of
Mrs. John F. Shannon and the late
Mr. Shannon. He has had con
siderable experience in the banking
business, and will make the new bank
a splendid employee. He began bis
eareor with the hirst National Bank
of Commerce, then went to an At
lanta Bank, and for the past sever
al years has been connected with the
Tennille Banking Cos.
YELLOW CORN BETTER
FOR BEEF CATTLE IS
SHOWN BY EXPERIMENT
Yellow corn is a better supple
mentary cattle feed than Georgia
white corn when used with cotton
seed meal and hulls, it was indicated
by the results of a beef cattle feed
ing experiment conducted at Moul
trie by the Georgia experiment sta
tion in co-operation with local pack
ers, it was announced at the first cat
tle feeders’ meeting ever held in the
south.
Several hundred livestock men
from north Florida and Georgia were
present, besides county agents and
vocational agricultural teachers from
more than 50 counties.
Fifty lots of beef steers were
used in the experiment. They were
divided into pens of 10 each. The
average gain per day for each pen
was from two and one-tenth pounds
per head to two and seven-tenth
pounds per head.
In commenting on the results H.
P. Stuckey, director of the experi
ment station, said: “A study of the
results above indicates that yellow
corn was superior to white corn.
This was shown especially hy the
fact that several of the animals in
Lot 1 got off feed and had to re
ceive special care and attention,
presumably as a result of the defi
ciency of their ration in vitamin
“A,” which is contained in sufficient
amounts in yellow corn but is lack
ing in white corn. The trouble with
these animals was indicated by a
staggering gait, nervousness, and by
a wild appearance. These symptoms
were not noticed until after about
90 days. It seems, therefore, that
white corn can be used with satis
faction for such animals for feeding
periods of 90 days or less, but for
I longer feeding periods it seems
safer to use yellow corn.—Southern
Cultivator.
PRECAUTIONS TO SWIMMERS
The Fulton County Medical So
ciety last week made an investiga
tion to learn how many people were
drowned in Georgia last year, and to
their astonishment found the num
ber to be 122, and the physicians
pointed out that most of them were
boys and girls, and most of them
lost their lives needlessly. In dis
cussing the danger of swimmers be
ing overcome by cramps, over-exer
tion, diving, and long-distance swim
ming, they advise:
1. “Water Buddies:” No matter
how expert a swimmer he is, one
should never swim alone. Even a
beginner should have his water bud
dy and the pair should keep an eye
on each other.
2. Cramps: “Stomach cramps can
usually he avoided hy waiting at
least two hours after eating before
going in to swim. “Stomach cramps
make the swimmer helpless. Muscle
cramps are less serious.
3. Diving: Do not dive unless you
know the water is deep enough and
that there arc no sumberged rocks
or stumps.
4. Precautions at the beginning
of the outdoor swimming season:
Many drownings are due to over
taxing one’s strength at the begin
ning of the outdoor season.
5. Long-distance swimming: Since
an overturned boat will float, the
best thing to do if a boat upsets is
to hang on to it until rescuers come;
or to hold on while swimming ashore.
A canoe upsets so easily that it
should never be used except by
swimmers.
SLATON WARNS OF TAX PERIL
Financial shipwreck of our form
of government if the present course
of paternalism and large appropri
ations is persisted in was prophesied
by John M. Slaton, former Governor
of Georgia, in an address Thursday
night at the Biltmore Hotel before
members of the Atlanta t hapter,
National Association of Cost Ac
countants.
“The only remedy the state can
offer us for the enormous deficits
caused by indiscriminate appropri
ations made for the support of the
government is in additional tax
ation.” Mr. Slaton said.
“Additional taxation, when the
burden of city, county, state and
national taxes is already breaking
the back of industry, and, by exten
sion of the individual would result
in financial shipwreck.”
A juryman in Terrell county fail
ing to appear at home by twelve
o’clock p. m. during the recent ses
sion of superior court at Dawson,
was “looked up” by his wife. Be
ing told at the court house that her
husband would not be able to return
home for the night, she made a brave
attempt to out-talk the law, but her
plea was unsuccessful, and for the
first time during his fourteen years
of marital happiness said juryman
was not in his own domicile for one
whole night.—Dawson News.
“LIVE-AT-HOME” CLUBS
SEEN AS BIG AID
TO STATE GROWTH
Organization of “Live-At-Home”
Clubs in the counties of Georgia,
operating next year, would save and
keep in the pockets of the people
not less than $40,000,000, or half
the sale price of the cotton crop of
the state, has been announced by
business leaders who are urging the
purchase of state products.
All other devices to improve the
farming industry, and insure, as
well, industrial development, how
ever co-ordinated, will not have in
them such immediate and profitable
effect as will such clubs strongly or
ganized and pledged in every county
of the state, together with general
patronage of home concerns.
A movement launched some
months ago urging Georgia citizens
to give preference to state products
was said recently to be growing
rapidly, and now is being taken by
business leaders and editors in prac
tically all sections. Strong pressure
has been brought .to hoar on state
departments in buying road materi
als and other equipment for the
state’s use to patronize state indus
tries exclusively. Awards of con
tracts to outside concerns, notwith
standing some savings to the state,
are seen as a heavy loss to home in
dustries, wage earners and ehannels
of trade. Competitive bids may even
tually be confined to Georgia con
cerns in the letting of stat<‘ con
tracts.
DON'T MULTILATE THE SHRUBS
AND TREES
When God dotted the woodland
and moist places beside running
brooks with sweet shrubs, dogwood
blooms and honeysuckles, we do not
think He included in His plan a pro
gram of cruelty on the part of pass
ersby, men and women, boys and
girls, who, without giving a single
thought, break the boughs to the
very earth. Already, before these
flowers have gotten fully open, on
every side, can be seen boys and
girls with arms full of these things
that God intended should live, grow
and make the world more beautiful.
Gather flowers, if you will, but for
heaven’s sake, do not shred the trees.
—Walton News.
AGRICULTURE HAS DECLINED
Agriculture in Jackson county
shows a decided decrease the past
ten years, and a small increase the
past five years, according to figures
and data on farming conditions in
the county made public by the Bu
reau of the Census at Washington.
Under the head of farm acreage
and values, the number of farms
listed in Jackson in 1920 totaled. 3,-
G 80; the number in 1925, 2,970; and
in 1930, 2,979. The acreage in
1920 was 186,762; in 1925, 162,613;
and in 1930, 171,416. However, the
value of Jackson county lands has
greatly decreased, as they were rat
ed in 1920 at $14,979,729; in 1925,
$6,272,924; and in 1930, $5,951,808.
A tremendous decrease in corn
production is shown by the chart,
which calls attention to the fact that
427,753 bushels were harvested in
1912; 258,790 bushels in 1924; and
277,123 bushels in 1929.
The oat crop showed a splendid
gain. Wheat, hay and potatoes
showed losses.
DROP INDIFFERENT HIGH
SCHOOL PUPILS
Savannah High School authorities
are to be permitted to drop from the
rolls students who are patently and
persistently indifferent to their stu
dies. The Savannah Press says this
is close to a revolution in Georgia
school history, but thinks it will make
better and more appreciative phpils
of some of those who have been
content to lag behind. Another ar
gument given by the Press in its
favor is that it is not fair to levy a
tax in the interest of those who show
no appreciation of the opportunity
given them to equip themselves for
the duties of citizenship. Schools
are financed by taxation. If pupils
will not study, then send them home.
Wesleyan College closed for the
summer vacation Monday, when di
plomas were awarded to 24 Seniors
and to 20 graduates in music. Dr.
W. F. Quillian, who has been presi
dent of the college since 1920, will
be succeeded in September by Dr.
Anderson, at present head of Ran
dolph-Macon college. Dr. Quillian.
in his final report as president of
the college, said the faculty had
been increased from 29 to 70 mem
bes in the last 11 years and the en
rollment had increased from 370 to
700. Assets of the college were
raised from $750,000 to over three
million dollars.
BUSINESS GAINS NOTED IN
APRIL
Washington.—The commerce de
partment reported today that busi
ness conditions generally showed
continued and, in some instances,
marked improvement during April.
Greater than seasonal improve
ment was shown by manufatcurers
of food products, automobiles, leath
er and shoe products, cement and to
bacco, but iron and steel and non
ferrous metal products manufactures
were smaller than in March.
“April was the third consecutive
month,” the department said, “in
which the volume of business in the
United States, after allowing for
normal seasonal trends, showed fur
ther slight expansion from the low
levels established in January, while
the seasonal decline occurring in
early May has been slightly larger
than usual.
CHAPTER OF FUTURE FARMERS
ELECT OFFICERS
James G. Bryant, of Hoschton,
was elected president of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture Chap
ter of the Future Farmers of Geor
gia, at its regular meeting Thursday
night, at Athens.
The other officers chosen, wore:
Ralph Moseley, Eastanoollee, vice
president; Jim Young, Lafayette,
secretary; E. J. Huff, Rockmart,
treasurer; O. C. Aderhold, Professor
of Rural Education, advisor.
Joseph W. Beach, a graduate of
Yale University, here observing
teaching methods in the education
department, and who spent five
years in the near East, gave a talk
on the Conditions in Armenia Since
the World War.
LEGION MEMBERS WILL
“GO ON AIR”
LaGrange, Ga.—Local Legionnair
es, members of the Baxter L. Schaub
post, will be on the air once a week
during the month of June, broad
casting addresses of welcome to
Legionnaires who plan to attend the
state convention to be held in La-
Grange, July 2,3, 4.
The programs will be broadcast
from station WSB, Atlanta, the
dates and hours to be announced
later.
The LaGrange Legionnaires who
will be heard over WSB during June
will be H. C. Fincher, mayor of the
city of LaGrange; J. R. Finn, com
mander of the local post; J. T.
I Thomarson, district commander; and
George Cahall, finance officer.
ADVERTISING NOW ONE OF
WORLD’S BIG BUSINESSES
Dr. D. F. Kelly, president of the
National Retail Dry Goods Associ
ation, says that, “Newspaper adver
tising is without doubt the most ef
fective medium for the retail
store.”
The fact that a merchant is not
able to sell his wares unless the
public knows what is available has
made advertising one of the great
businesses of the world, especially
in the United States where printers
ink has built up for itself a special
significance. Billions of dollars are
annually expended for various forms
of advertising.
Merchants of the entire world
have long been keenly interested in
the vast advertising expenditures of
American stores, so when the Inter
national Chamber of Commerce as
sembled at Washington recently to
discuss business problems, one of
the greatest experts on retail trade
was called upon to tell some of the
rules and secrets of his craft, and
he unhesitatingly stated that news
paper advertising leads.
The finance committee of the city
council of Atlanta is to ask assis
tance of the Georgia general as
sembly at its coming session in solv
ing the city’s perplexing financial
problem. The legislature has trou
bles along this line of its own, and
the former legislature spent eighty
days in a vain effort to solve the
state’s financial problem. Now, al
most all Georgia towns and cities
are in the same boat as Atlanta—
owe more than they can pay—and
if the legislature is to be called up
on to find means to cover the de
ficits, pity the poor legislators.
Blood transfusions has grown in
such proportions in New York until
it has become commercialized and
proven a profitable business. Pcr-
I sons offering for sale their blood for
transfusion purposes has grown com
mon in that city, so much so, the De
partment of Health has enacted
regulations controlling the sale of
blood for transfusions. Hereafter,
before a person can sell his blood, he
will be required to stand an exami
nation, and if found to be perfect in
blood and in health, a certificate will
be issued to him by the Department
of Health of that city.
PROCEEDINGS JACKSON
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
May 28, 1931. The Jackson
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee met on the above date, and
wa3 called to order by Chairman C.
L. Bryson.
Present: M. F. Morrison, J. Mor
gan Wilhite, W. B. Rice, J. L. Bar
nett, J. H. Farmer, J. T. Hale, R. D.
Brooks, J. H. A. Simmons, M. A.
Griffeth, T. K. Miller, Paul H. Cruce,
P. A. Hosch, and L. B. McEver.
A protest against the consolida
tion of the vote in the special pri
mary election held on May 27, 1931,
to nominate a senator from the thir
ty third district of Georgia filed hy
H. P. DeLaperriere, was read to the
committee.
A motion was made, and carried,
to consolidate the vote, as reported
by each district, and to declare the
-exult. (See tabulation of the vote
by districts).
The vote stood as follows:
H. P. DeLaperriere received 1024
votes.
J. M. Nix received 1092 votes.
A motion was made, and carried,
declaring J. M. Nix the nominee for
Senator from Jackson County to
represent the Thirty-third Senatorial
District of Georgia.
A motion was made, and carried,
appropriating sl2 for each district,
except Jefferson and Minish, which
was set at sls each, to pay the ex
pense of holding the election.
The minutes of this session were
read and confirmed.
A motion was made, and carried,
to adjourn, subject to the call of the
Chairman.
C. L. Bryson, Chairman.
T. T. Benton, Secretary.
HON. J. MORGAN NIX
NOMINATED FOR SENATOR
IN COUNTY PRIMARY
The primary election on last Wed
nesday passed off quietly, resulting
in the nomination of Hon. J. M.
Nix. The following shows the vote
by districts:
DeLaperriere Nix
Jefferson 277 192
Harrisburg 27 141
Red Stone 11 20
Attica 40 52
Center 31 30
Newtown 51 111
Minish 134 413
Millers 38 20
Wilson 54 39
Talmo 69 9
Cunningham 48 13
Porter 47 16
Hoschton 128 18
Randolph 69 18
Total 1024 1092
1024
Majority 68
The chairman of the senatorial
committee. Col. W. V. Lance, of Hall
county, has called a meeting of the
senatorial committee to be held in
Cainesville today, Wednesday, at 2
o’clock p. m.
The call of Col. Lance is as fol
lows :
“At the request of a number of
the citizens of Jackson county, I
am calling a meeting of the Sena
torial Executive Committee, to con
sider the question of nominating a
candidate for the unexpired term
of the Honorable Homer Hancock.
You will, therefore, please meet on
Wednesday, June 3, at 2 o’clock, p.
m., in the court house, at Gaines
ville, Georgia, for the purpose of
considering this matter, or anything
else that may be brought to your
attention. Please be present on this
date.”
The election will occur on next
Wednesday, June 10th.
NEWSPAPER ADS SHOW
EFFECTIVE RESULTS
During the past four months news
paper advertising has proved to be
more effective in the sale of a finan
cial service than at any other time
in the history of the Reliance Life
Insurance Company of Pittsburgh,
according to R. C. Braun, advertis
ing manager, who outlines the suc
cess of his company’s national news
paper advertising campaign in a
communication to Robert L. Troy,
agency organizer for the company
in Georgia.
Editor McWhorter does not be
lieve many people are working these
days over in Winder. He says: “We
didn’t think that you could find any
body anywhere so far behind the
times as to buy bread unsliced, or
coffee unground, or cakes unbaked.
Over this way we are too up-to-date I
to slice bread, or grind coffee, or
make cakes, or bed sweet potatoes,
or sow cabbage seed or work gar
dens. We buy all our food ready to
swallow and our clothes ready to
wear. By doing this it gives us
more time to ride in our automo
biles.”
MRS. J. E. RANDOLPH HOSTES?
TO U. D. C. CHAPTER 5
On Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock
the U. D. C. were delightfully <. n .
tertained at the home of Mrs. J g
Randolph.
The beautifully furnished home
was artistically decorated with state
ly Madonna lilies, and other fragrant
garden flowers, making a lovely set
tir.g.
The meeting was opened with the
Ritual, led by Mrs. T. T. Benton
Minutes of last meeting read by
Mrs. Sam Kelly.
The treasurer’s report was made
by Miss Vinnie Barnett.
Mrs. J. E. Randolph made her re
port as registrar, stating several
papers sent in for membership.
Mrs. Ed Pirkle, as chairman of
the Bird Quilt donated to Chapter
by Mrs. Estelle Pike of Atlanta, stat
ed that for certain known reasons it
had not been put on sale, hut would
be taken up later. Any one desiring
to see quilt, can call at Randolph-
Smith furniture store.
A Confederate portrait, donated
by Mrs. A. C. Appleby, is in charge
of the Chapter, and will be donated
to Martin Institute at the fall term.
Owing to protracted meeting go
ing on in June, a motipn was made
and carried to postpone the dinner
for Confederate Veterans until later.
Mrs. T. T. Benton, Mrs. Ed Pirkle
and Miss Miriam Bennett were ap
pointed as a nominating committee
to present names for new officers at
the June meeting, which will be held
with Mrs. Clifford Storey, Misses
Ella Dickson and Mirian Bennett,
hostesses.
Ten Confederate markers from
the Government were reported
through the Chapter.
Mrs. T. T. Benton had charge of
program, and a most enjoyable one
was rendered, as follows:
Confederate Women, Mrs. J. E.
Randolph.
Piano Solo, Air de Ballet, Chami.
nade, Miss Mabeth Storey.
Mildred Lewis Rutherford, Mrs.
Ed Pirkle.
Reading, The Last Leaf, by O’-
Henry, Miss Sara Frances McDonald.
Music, Miss Doris Hancock.
Mrs. Randolph, assisted by her at
tractive daughter, Miss Dorothy, en
tertained their guests royally, and
during the social meeting a bounti
ful and delectable course that tempt
ed the inner man was greatly enjoy
ed by those present.
Those sharing this gracious hospi
tality, were: Mesdames T. T. Benton,
J. D. Escoe, Ed Pirkle, J. C. Bennett,
Sam Kelly, Betty Thomas, Misses
Vinnie Barnett, Miriam Bennett,
Mabeth Storey, Sarah Frances Mc-
Donald and Doris Hancock.
TO THE CITIZENS OF JACKSON
COUNTY
This is intended as a personal
message to each of you.
Please accept my thanks for your
support in the primary last Wednes
day. I will endeavor to represent
our district with due regard to the
welfare of the people and the state.
Again I thank you, and in closing,
may I be permitted to say that
whether you voted for me or not,
I am at your service.
Yours very respectfully,
J. M. NIX.
In France, according to the law
of the country, no foreigner can
engage in any kind of trade there
unless all French citizens working
at similar trades are fully employed.
Miss Texas Guinan, a New
night club entertainer, who carried
her troup of girls to entertain in
France, was ordered back to Ameri
ca, because many of the girls of
France are unemployed. #
Tons of newspaper space and
hours of conversation have been
used up recently in discussions of
better homes week. Mr. Coolidge
opens the subject, discusses it
thoroughly and closes it again in
exactly thirteen words. He says
“ Only the people who live in it can
make a better home.”
Sometimes, children and public
organizations are named for living
heroes, and these distinguished P er '
sons later fall from their pedes inl
and the namesakes are not so prou
of their cognomens. A prule
aroused correspondent of the Atlan
ta Constitution insists that the city
authorities of Atlanta should re
move from the public tablets on city
institutions and park entrances •
names of former members oi
municipal government who haw
been convicted of, or confessed t
bribery, grafting and jury tampei
ing.
Saturday was National Memorial
Day, and was observed through" •-
the nation in various forms of e.i-'
tainment, and 104 lives were
during the day. 77 died in aa
mobile accidents, 12 were drown*. ••
3 in airplane crashes, heat killed
and 6 died from other causes.