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Neck Broken In Dive, Valdoata
Youth Die*
VnMorta, Ga., June* 2. — With his
necL broken since last Saturday, J,
I*. Ham, a 14-year-old hoy of Berrien
county, lived until Tuesday when he
died in a Valdosta hospital.
The boy, a son of T. J. Ham, went
swim mint; with a party of young
people Saturday afternoon at a re
nort on Little river, in Berrien coun
ty. He dived into the water, not
knowing it was shallow and his head
jtru-k th<- hard bottom with such
ft ce that his neck was broken.
* * ♦
Georgian, 81, Wed> Fifth Bride, 76,
In Pulaiki
Hawkinsville, Ga., June 3.—Ro
mance has come into the lives of two
if I'ulasl. i County's oldest residents,
resulting in th • marriage of Z. T.
Taylor, HI and Miss Elizabeth Dan
forth. 76, it was learned here today.
The ceremony was witnessed by
only a f< w friends of the bride and
bridegroom.
Mis- D . r orth : Mr. Taylor’s fifth
bride.
Off For Rotary Meet
Athens (la., June 3.- The Athens
Rotary Club will be represented at
th" international conference in Vien
na this summer by Mr. and Mrs. Abit
Nix and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sexton.
Th"y haw already sailed for Eu
rope.
* * *
Move To Dismantle Railroad Opposed
At Board Hearing
Atlanta, (la. Proposed dismant
ling of th Gainesville and North
western Railroad and discontinuance
of several trains by the Central of
Georgia Railroad met opposition be
fore the Georgia Public Service Com
mission Wednesday.
A delegation from towns along the
line of the Gainesville and North
western Railroad, headed by Con
gressman John Wood, of Canton,
appeared before the commission to
oppose dismantling of the only rail
road that reaches several of the
points affected. The commission was
told that the operators of the road
could increase revenues by providing
better freight car service.
* * *
Borrow Money And Put People To
Work
New York. William Randolph
Hearst, in a radio address last night,
declared that $5,000,000,000 prompt
ly spent by the government in the
employment of labor would promptly
restore prosperity.
Speaking over WABC and a na
tion-wide network of the Columbia
Broadcasting System, he urged the
govern neot to borrow that huge sum
to relieve the economic situation,
saying:
“This is not a time Jo reduce the
national debt through burdensome
taxation and thereby reduce pros
perity.
“It is time to increase the national
debt and increase the expenditure
of the government in public works
in the employment of labor and
thereby increase prosperity.
“Then out of prosperity to pay
off the debt.”
801 l Weevil’* Spread Reported In
State
Washington.—The presence of boll
weevil in the cotton fields of Geor
gia was reported to the federal farm
board Tuesday by a source which
expressed the view that all circum
stances would combine to make this
year’s crop about 3,000,000 bales
less than that of 1930.
A. P. Itrantley, of Blackshear, Ga.,
informed Chairman James C. Stone,
of the farm board, that boll weevil
apparently was spreading from Cal
houn county.
Referring to the probable size of
this year’s crop, Brantley mentioned
the decreased sales of fertilizer,
which he said have shown a 30 per
cent decrease this year. He esti
mated that 3,000,000 tons was used
and comparing this to 1921, when
2.900,000 tons was used, said he ex
pected a crop of about 120 pounds
of cotton per acre.
In many sections, Brantley said,
corn, oats Aid peanuts are being
planted instead of cotton.
SAY IT: FLOWERS ARE SILENT
If v ith pleasure we are viewing,
The work a man is doing;
If we like him or we love him, let's
tell him now.
Let 's not withhold our approbation,
Till ti e parson makes oration,
As he lies with snowy lilies o’ver his
brown
For no matter how we shout it,
He won't really care about it;
Nor will know how many drops we
have shed.
If we think some praise is due.
Now is the time that he knew;
Far he cannot read his tombstone
when he’s dead.
—Exchange.
SEEING SOMETHING THAT
AIN’T!
One day I took an automobile ride
with a friend of mine. Well, we just
rode and rode, while the good old
sun poured down upon us and the air
was balmy and the road was smooth
as could he. Man, it was luxury!
Presently my companion said to
the chauffeur, “Hold on there, Billy.
Slow down. Looks like they have had
some rain here. I notice the road
ahead all wet across, and she looks
pretty skiddy.”
Sure enough, there she was all
wet, and Billy slowed up.
“That’s funny,” we all said.
“Not a cloud in the sky, the road all
wet up ahead, and no street sprink
ler in sight.”
Well, when we were figuring on
slowing up, almost ready to got out
the chain, we got to that spot and
•he was as dry as a bone. Then we
looked a little farther, and there was
the wet spot just ahead.
Now, fellows, that was a “Mirage,”
and a mirage is simply “seeing some
thing that ain’t.”
Lots of people are today seeing
mirages. They are preparing for
storms wh’ch have passed. They
see dangers which, like one’3 shad
ow, they can’t outrun, so they stand
still.
Let us not be fearful of the road
ahead, but let us walk firmly, confi
dently and steadily AT the obstacles
and difficulties, laugh at the excuses
and alibis, and don’t let anything
deter us, for they are, after all, only
Mirages.
—The Red Barrel.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
PENNILESS AFTER WAR
Washington.—George Washington
came home from the Revolutionary
War practically “broke,” recent let
ters reveal.
He sent his mother fifteen guineas
with the explanation that these were
all he had and that they were due
someone else.
“I have now demands upon me
for more than 500 pounds sterling,
340-odd of which is due for the tax
of 1786, and I know not where or
when I shall receive one shilling with
which to pay it.”
3,500 DUE TO DROWN,
9,000 TO DIE IN AUTO
CRASHES IN 3 MONTHS
Washington.—By the law of av
erage 3,500 persons are to drown
and some 9,000 will be killed in auto
accidents in the next three months.
These are the figures announced
Saturday by the American Motorists
Association in warning motorists of
vacation day perils. The computa
tions are based on ten-year Census
Bureau averages for June, July and
August.
The association said there were
30,000 automobile fatalities last
year, of which about 9,600 occurred
in the summer months. Of the 3,-
500 persons who drown during the
summer months, the association said
the majority were unaccustomed to
the perils of swimming and bathing
in unfamiliar waters.
BLIND FOR 25 YEARS,
MINISTER SEES LIGHT
Philadelphia.—Blind since birth,
the Rev. Robert Fraser, 25, an evan
gelist, saw light today for the first
time.
Mr. Fraser was operated on about
two weeks ago by Dr. G. H. Moore,
who performed a similar operation
on Earl Musselman recently with
success.
The bandages were momentarily
removed from Mr. Fraser’s eyes to
day and he exclained he could see
light. The operation was performed
on one eye.
“This is the most dramatic day of
my life,” Mr. Fraser said. “It is all
so strange, so wonderful, I hardly
believe I am in the same world.”
On the opening day of “National
Cotton Week,” cotton went down
SI.OO per bale. An ironical situa
tion.
RELATIVITY
Teacher: “What is the difference
between a flea and an elephant?”
Tommy: “Well, an elephant can
have fleas, but a flea can’t have ele
phants.”
—Everybody’s Weekly.
Angry widow’ (after learning hus
band left her nothing): “I want you
to take ‘Rest in Peace’ off that
tombstone 1 ordered yesterday.”
Stonecutter: "I can't do that, but
I can put something underneath.”
‘‘All right. Put ‘ 'til I come.”
High-Pressure Worker
She: “Don’t you know there are
germs in kissing?”
He: “Say, girlie, w’hen I kiss, I
kiss hard enough to kill the germs.”
RECORD DISTRIBUTION OF 12
MILLION BIBLES REPORT
ED BY SOCIETY
New York. A record-breaking
distribution of more than twelve mil
lion Bibles, Testaments and portions
in the year 1930 has been announc
ed here in the 115th annual report
of the American Bible Society. The
report reveals that 1930 was the
sixth year in succession in which the
distribution surpassed that of the
preceding year and that the society
has distributed 228,234,048 volumes
of Scripture since its organization
in 1816.
The ten agencies maintained by
the society in the United States
experienced last year the largest
volume of circulation in their his
tory, distributing more than four
million volumes in 135 different lan
guages or * dialects. Comparison
with the 913,409 volume circulation
of those same agencies in 1921 indi
cates the progress made by the so
ciety.
CONSUMPTION CUT AS COTTON
DROPS
Washington, June 6.—lt may
seem a paradox, but low prices of
raw cotton are doing the opposite
of stimulating consumption.
Figures compiled by the depart
ment of agriculture show that 1,-
014,194 fewer bales of cotton moved
to the mills from August 1, 1930 to
June 9, 1931, than during the same
period a year earlier.
The situation simply is one in
which manufacturers cannot get
enough for their products to make
operation profitable even if cotton is
the cheapest since 1915. As it
works out, the knowledge that raw
cotton is so low causes the purchas
ers of yarn and cloth to demand low
er prices or limit their orders to bare
necessities which in turn narrows
the profits of the mills.
Executives of some textile con
cerns say they are entirely satisfied
to keep their machinery running
just enough to keep it in good order
and to care for their operatives.
Buyers in some of the primary dry
goods markets are said to be in
need of supplies to carry them
through the summer but hesitate to
place orders until they have more
definite assurance of price stability.
The department of agriculture
says that with cotton cloth orders
diminishing and lower raw material
quotations, mills show little incentive
to place business. The dry goods
market has not been able to resist
the lower prices for raw cotton.
It was said improvement in cotton
which would give the mills an oppor
tunity to raise their prices, probably
would stimulate yarn and cloth buy
ing and move the whole industry up
where the trade could get some idea
of future business.
Some see the erratic price move
ments last week with final quotation
down only about 3-16 cents a
pound for an average price of 7.96
cents on middling 7-8-inch as evi
dence of strength at low levels. At
the high time on June 3, cotton made
the largest gain for one day since
last December. Much of the upturn
was credited to short covering, but
it showed the market can advance
on setbacks —a condition which
traders would bring the public into
the market.
Commission houses, in some in
stances, were said to be receiving in
quiries as to whether or not cotton
at present levels was a good invest
ment.
One firm said the only hope the
market had was that investment
buying on a grand scale would be
gin. It would lead to mill buying
with those which are strongly in
trenched financially probably pur
chasing for a three to five-year sup
ply on all scale-downs.
AUTOMOBILE IS HANDICAP
WHEN HUNTING SNAKES,
ATHENS MEN DISCOVER
Athens, Ga.—lf you are going
snake hunting, don’t use an auto
mobile.
This is the advice of Roy Grayson,
W. T. Forbes, and Scuyler Jones, of
the Athens Y. M. C. A., whose auto
mobile was attacked by a six-foot
coachwhip snake near Homer, Ga.
The men w’ere traveling to the Y
camp when the snake ran across the
road. Wishing to capture it for a
circus which the Y was giving here,
they stopped the car. The snake
sought refuge underneath the auto
mobile, and coiled about the battery.
They took the floor board out, and
the snake crawled to the ignition
board, entwining itself about the
cables and wires. In the chase that
followed, the snake hid between the
upholstering and the back of the car.
Here it was captured. The chase took
forty-five minutes.
- tunnutl It vitTUH WOW ■ -
BIDDLE BIRDSALL.
"I have something else to tell yon
•bout Biddle Blrdsall,” said Daddy.
“G o o and,” said
Nick, “we’ll ha
glad to hear what
Biddle has been
doing.”
“He Is certain
ly a wonderful
cat,” said Nancy.
“Biddle follows
different members
of his family
around,” said
Daddy. “and
when they go out
to dinner * parties
Biddle goes along,
too.
“Of course, he
Is too polite to go
in to the dinner
parties, when he's
•• . |
i 1
A W~s
“Wait Outside.”
i.* f invited, but he does wait outside
\\oeii they’re In at the dinner parties
and then when they’ve left, he walks
hack home with them onre more.
“Sometimes when Gertrude, his be
loved mistress who named him Biddle,
Is at school and alien her little broth
er is at school, too, Biddle takes a
walk with their mother, anc! when she
stops to rest he stops too, as though
to say, ‘Don’t feel lonely, Biddle Is
with you, you know!’
“I’ve told you about the collar Bid
dle wears with the little bells at
tached which ring and jingle when he
moves so as to let the birds know that
they must watch out.
“One bell wouldn’t be enough, for
he might move and still keep that one
quiet so his collar has many bells on
It. The other day there were some
mone put on. to make Biddle look
more dressed up. and to be of even
more protection to the birds.
“The hells came off a rattle which
had been given to Gertrude when she
was a little baby.
“They were of real silver and had
come from- a very unusual and won
derful rattle which had been given to
Gertrude by a very rich old lady.
The rattle had come from the finest
Jewelry store in the world and Biddle
wns n proud cat os he Jingled the
hells of silver.
“He seemed to know they were very
fine. I’m really quite sure Biddle
knew,” Daddy laughed.
“I wouldn’t he at all surprised If
je did,” said Nick.
“Neither would I,” said Nancy.
“Yes, Biddle looked very fine with
his collar looking bright and smarter
than ever, and his lovely gray fur so
soft and silky and well looked after.
“He thought of the days when Ger
trude hod tried to call him Kitty amt
had called him Biddle instead, which
was her way of saying Kitty.
“He thought of the days when he
used to run away, hut of how much
better he behaved these days, lit
never ran away any more now.
“He thought of the time he had ft
sore throat and how he had worn &
poultice which had mnde It all well,
but which had mnde his beautiful fur
look rather shabby for a time. Yes,
his throat had been made to feel quite
all right, and that was the main
thing.
“But he had been ashamed of his
looks after the poultice had been tak
en off.
“He remembered how he used to
put his head down and try to hide
his throat when anyone had spoken
to him at this time.
“What a vain little kitty he had
been, he thought.
“He remembered how he had
taught himself how to get In the
pantry door when It was closed by
Jumping up on the shelf or chair and
turning the door knoh.
“Alt of these things he thought of.
but he said to himself. ‘I must d<J
lomethlng quite
new and differ- ~7 ”””*
ent. They like y k
me Vo do new
tricks for them.’ V W
“So he jumped Jr J
op on the mantle- tS
piece and curled / i(l
up on too of a g I ({*
great Mg old -Nil
s q nare -shaped || j[‘'
“And w hen the 1
family came In
nnd looked fo” ••• -Vfi
him, he kept quite
“At lost they pS"* - ’’CA'tPj
saw birr, on top
of the clock. And “On Top.”
Biddle blinked his
green eyes as though to say:
“‘lt you had looked at the clock you
would have seen me, for Biddle Blrd
sall is right on time, you see!’
“And often after that, sat
on the iimntlepiece. though he dtuu’t
• Iways care to sit on the clock, for he
thought it was too much to expect of
him that he should always be or
time!”
Would Have Been Postponed.
A bright 'ittle boy of five had bee'i
engaged in a combat with another
boy and was reproved by his mother
who told him lie ought to have waited
until the other boy had commenced it.
“Well.” replied the youthful hero
“If I'd waited for him to begin it
wauidn't have been uo fight‘
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
Georgia, Jackson County. Pur
suant to an order of Jackson Coun
ty Court of Ordinary, granted June
Term, 1931, will be sold, on the pre
mises, in Hoschton, Georgia, Jackson
County, at public outcry, to the high
est and best bidder, for cash, be
tween the legal hours of sale, on the
first Tuesday in July, 1931, as the
property of B. A. Smith, deceased,
the following land, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land,
situate, lying and being in Hosch
ton District, G. M., Jackson County,
Georgia, with the following metes
and bounds: Beginning at a pine
stake, thence S 83 W 8.60 to an iron
pin, thence S 14% E 12.86 to an iron
pin, thence S 85Ji E 52 Iks. to a
post, thence S 18(4 E 6.06 to an iron
pin in road, thence out road to bride,
thence S 32% E 6.65, thence S 67 V*
E 6.46, thence N 78% E 5.24, thence
S 71% E 10.00, thence N 64% E
7.56, thence S 71 E 3.05, thence N
76 E 4.20, thence S 87% E 5.63,
thence S 42(4 E 9.60 to a poplar,
thence N 17% W 13.92 to aji iron
pin, thence N 67 % E 12.14 to a
stake, thence N 32% W 8.75 to a
rock, thence S 65% W 21.93 to a
post, thence N 34% W 13.20 to an
iron pin, thence N 45 E 1.88 to a
stake, thence N 48 W 5.02 to a
bridge on Jefferson-Hoschton road,
thence along said road S 30 % W
10.90, thence S 37% W 4.26, thence
S 49% W 6.35, thence S 75% W
2.67 to an iron pin, thence N 17%
W 20.10 to a pine stake, the begin
ning corner, containing ninety-one
and one-fourth (91%) acres, more
or less, according to (flat and survey
made by A. C. Appleby, January 27,
1931. This June Ist, 1931.
Green Braselton,
Administrator of the Estate of B.
A. Smith, deceased.
Sheriff’s Sale
Georgia, Jackson County. Will be
sold, before the court house door, in
Jackson county, Georgia, on the first
Tuesday in July, 1931, at public
outcry, within the legal hours of sale,
to the highest bidder, for cash, the
following described property:
Twenty-one shares of the common
stock of the Harmony Grove Mills,
of Commerce, Jackson County,
Georgia, described as follows: Certi
ficate No. 504, representing 4-
shares; Certificate No. 264, repre
senting 4 shares; Certificate No.
292, representing 1 share; Cer
tificate No. 85, representing 1 share;
Certificate No. 96, representing
1 share; Certificate No. 140, rep
resenting 2 shares; Certificate No.
197 (new series No. 45), represent
ing 8 shares; making a total of 21
shares. Said property levied upon
and to be sold as the property of
P. W. Sheppard, under and by virtue
of an execution issued from the City
Court of Jefferson, in favor of John
Hood, and against P. W. Sheppard.
The proceeds from said sale will
be applied to the payment of the ex
ecution under which said sale is had,
and the costs incident thereto, and
the balance, if any, will be paid over
to the defendant in fi fa. Legal
notice to defendant in fi fa, and
Harmony Grove Mills, have been
served. This June 2nd, 1931.
R. M. Culberson, Sheriff.
GENERAL INSURANCE
STOREY ELLINGTON, Agt.
Represent Standard Companies,
and write all lines, Fire, Tornado,
Life, Auto, Surety Bonds. Shall be
glad to serve you.
-SEABOARD-
Arrival and Departure of Traina
Athens, Ga.
To And From South And West
Arrive: Depart:
10.05 P. M. Atlanta 6.52 A. M.
” Birmingham ”
1.00 A. M. Atlanta 4.45 A. M.
2.25 P. M. Atlanta 2.25 P. M.
B’ham.-Memphis ”
To And From North And Eaat
Arrive: Depart!
4.45 A. M. N. York-Wash. 10.05 P. M
” Rich.-Norfolk ”
6.52 A. M. N. York-Wash. 1.00 A. M.
” Richmond ”
2.25 P. M. N. York-Wash 2.25 P. M.
” Rich.-Norfolk
For Further Information write
C. G. LaHATTE, TP A
Atlanta, Ga.
“Can you tell me,” said the court,
addressing Enrico Ufuzzi, under ex
amination at Union Hill, N. J., as to
the qualifications for citizenship,
“the difference between the powers
and prerogatives of the king of Eng
land and those of the President of
the United States.”
“Yezzir,” spoke up Ufuzzi promp
tly. “King, he got a steady job.”
NOTICE OF SALE
Whereas, T. G. Fleming, , if ,
son County, Georgia, L, ;
ranty Deed dated May i , , *
and duly recorded in Bo..;, ,
431-432 of the Land R.-a.r'ds**
Jackson County, Georgia, ,
to the Pearsons-Taft Land c r '
Company, a corporation, fi ,
ing described real estate, % ,|, u 7
County, Georgia, to-wit:
In the 242nd Georgia Milui a K
trict, on the north side „f t }, e j
lassee Bridge Road, when r ,
forks, one fork going t<> >,V, ,
and one to Athens, about J
miles away, and described by me ,
and bounds, as follows: Begi nn j,
on said road to Jefferson at the
corner of the tract herein o.nvej
and the south corner of J, R. R e ][j
er’s land, thence north 55% d m
west 24.60 chains, then.. - h
degrees west 10.38 chains, then
south 7 degrees east 21.:’,.’ t -haii
thence south 80 degrees w -y;
chains, thence north 57 den ■< W{
6.19 chains, thence south ,i,. cre
west 17.30 chains to said Tnllass
Bridge Road, thence along , ,j ro
about 29.84 chains to the ,rhi- a
corner of the school house site i
eluded in this description, but e
cepted from this deed, th.- n
55 degrees east 5.50 chains S a
road to Jefferson, thence !., - sa
road to beginning, contain < g k
acres, more or less.
To secure the promissory m,te t
said T. G. Fleming for tin- sum i
Forty-seven Hundred D.,]l a
($4700.00) and in said deed pruvi
ed that in event of the default j
payment of said note, said <'■.mpai
or its assigns might sell -aid lan
for the payment of said note; and
Whereas, by instrument duly ei
ecuted and recorded, said Pearson
Taft Land Credit Company assigne
said note and sold and conveyed a
interest in said land to the Corn
nental Casualty Company, and
Whereas, said note matured Fel
ruary 1, 1925, and was extended!
mature February 1, 1930, and
Whereas, a portion of said not
namely $1900.00, was paid on sai
note as extended, but balance i
$2800.00 was not paid when da
and has not yet been paid, and tb
holder thereof has elected to sell tb
land for payment of balance of prii
cipal and accrued interest thereon,
Now, Therefore, Continental Cai
ualty Company, under and by virtu
of the power and authority in sai
Company vested by said Warrant
Deed, will proceed to sell the abo?
described real estate and appurtei
ances thereunto belonging, excep
33.79 acres described as follow!
lying and being in the 242nd Di
trict, G. M., of Jackson Count]
Georgia, about seven miles froi
Athens, near the county line b
tween Clarke and Jackson countie
beginning at a rock on the T allasse
road, and running north 6 degra
W 12.16 chains to a rock, them
south 64 degrees W 6.10 to a rod
thence north 87 degrees W 7.90 t
a rock, thence N 57 W 6.15 to
sweet gum, thence S 32 W 17-30 t
an iron pin on Tallassee road, thenc
up said road S 65% degrees E 22.7
chains to the center of a road leac
ing to the Jefferson public roac
thence along the center of said roa
north 55 de_grees E 5.60 to the bf
ginning corner, bounded in Apn
1925, on the north by Pruitt landi
east by a cross settlement road lead
ing from Tallassee road to Jefferso
road and other lands of T. G. Hen
ing, south by Tallassee Bridge roai
and west by lands of S. P. Kennej
Sr., at public sale to the highest u.d
der for cash at the door of the Coun
ty Court House in the City of Jeffei
son, State of Georgia, between tn
hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. on tn
17th day of June, A. D., 1931,
the purpose of paying said indebt
ness, and the costs of said sale.
In Witness Whereof, said Conn
nental Casualty Company has caus
ed these presents to be executed
its Vice-President, and its Corpora.
Seal to be affixed, this 7th day o
May, A. D., 1931.
Continental Casualty Company.
By Manton Maberick, Vice-Pre.
(Corp. Seal).
'notice of local acts
Notice is hereby given, as provM
ed by law, that the following
bills will be introduced at the n
session of the General Assemb >
Georgia, viz: t
1. A bill to repeal an Act c
ing the City Court of Jefferson,
providing that four terms of- V
ior Court be held in Jackson co
annually. . ,
2. A bill to amend an Act <
ing the Board of Commissione
Roads and Revenues of
county, and Acts amendatorv
of, providing for salary to be_P
the Clerk of said Board of Comn
sioners. . . „ rpa t
3. A bill to amend an Act
ing a Receiving and b. j
Agent of Jackson County. &
same duties and responsibi
County Treasurer in Georgj , t
viding for amount of bona
given by said officer.
PILES CURED
No operation.
No pain.
No loss of time.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Dr. J. N. Miller,
104 Jackson Bldg>
Gainesville, Ga-