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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Iteim of Interest From Among Our
Neighbor* And Friend*
(From Atlanta Constitution)
Georgian Locate* Stoddard’* Pigeon
On May 26 a strange pigeon a
lightcd on the screen window of
Mr.-. R. L. Pirkle’s kitchen, at llosch
ton, Ga. It had a metal band around
i iie leg, with a certain number on it.
Mrs. Pirkle watered and fed the
pigeon and liberated it, but it came
back. So she wrote to The Consti
tution about it.
A reporter called up E. L. Hardy,
secretary of the Atlanta Homing
pigeon Club. Within half a minute
the identity of the vagabond pigeon
and its owner had been solved.
“It’s Bill Stoddard’s,” Mr. Hardy
declared. “It was among 81 birds
released at Valdosta on May 24 for
a race to Atlanta. There was a stiff
east wind that day and the bird
overshot its home loft. Then it got
hungry when night came and found
itself in uncharted territory. That’s
the reason it stays at Mrs. Pirkle’s.
It doesn’t know where to go.”
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(From Gwinnett Journal)
Two Secret Marriage*
Mr. Herman Nash and Miss Vir
ginia Hill, a young Dacula couple,
were secretly wed at Hoschton on
Christmas day by Rev. W. H. Ven
able, and made the glad fact known
last week. The bride is the attrac
tive daughter of Mrs. E. R. Hill
and the late Raleigh Hill. She taught
school this year at Centerville. The
groom is the son of Mr. Frank Nash,
and is one of Dacula’s prominent
young business men.
Another Dacula couple were
secretly wedded on February 14th,
and made it known last Thursday,
when they went to housekeeping.
The contracting parties are Mr. L.
C. Smith and Miss Callie Greeson,
who were joined in holy wedlock by
Judge E. S. Wages, near the resi
dence of the ordinary in the night
while sitting in their car.
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(From Winder News)
Death Of M. C. Healan
Friends and relatives of Mr. M. C.
Healan were shocked to hear of his
death which occurred at St. Charles,
Virginia, June 4. He was killed in
a mine by a falling rock.
Matthew Crosley Healan was born
in Union county, October 30, 1873.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Healan, who were residents of
this county.
Mr. Healan had lived in Virginia
for about 35 years. He leaves a
wife and eight children, his mother,
Mrs. C. F. Healan, two brothers, J.
F. Healan, Winder, H. W. Healan,
Hoschton, and four sisters, Mrs. W.
C. McDougald and Mrs. J. C. Mc-
Dougald, Winder, Mrs. E. D. John
son, Hoschton, and Mrs. W. F. Mar
lowe, St. Charles, Va.
The funeral services were conduct
ed about three miles from Penning
ton, Va., by Rev. Jones, of Harlan,
Ky.
Those attending the funeral from
here were Mr. Frank Healan, Miss
Beatrice Healan and Mr. Aubrey Mc-
Dougald, of Winder, and Mr. H. W.
Healan of Hoschton.
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(From Habersham County
Advertiser)
Thirty-five Thousand Dollars In
Goats
Thirty-five thousand dollars in
long haired goats. That much money
in goat flesh walked through town
last Saturday. On Friday a car load
of these fine goats arrived to be driv
en to the Hoerlie ranch about seven
wiles above tow r n. G. A. Hoerlie,
one of the largest ranch owners in
Vermont, bought 1,500 acres of land
a few weeks ago in Fairplay district
on which to establish a ranch. The
goats which arrived Friday were the
first to stock this ranch. The breed
is not especially large, but the wool
is very long and a fine quality. One
ram alone in the flock is valued at
SI,OOO.
GARRISON will face trial in
MURDER
San Diego, Cal. —Moss E. Garri
son, 37-year-old railway commissary
clerk, was bound over to superior
court late today for trial on a charge
of murdering Hazel Bradshaw, his
fiancee. Justice Eugene Daney, Jr.,
ordered Garrison held without bail
for trial at the close of a preliminary
hearing which lasted more than ten
days.
MR. R. J. EDWARDS GOES TO
HIS REWARD
(From Gainesville News)
Mr. John M. Edwards, 57, one of
the community’s best known nnd
most highly respected citizens, died
Sunday night at his residence, 33
W. High street, following a brief di
mness.
The funeral services were hold
Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock from
the Central Baptist church, conduct
ed by the pastor, Rev. W’. A. Keel,
and interment was in Alta Vista
cemetery.
Mr. Edwards was born and rear
ed in Jackson county, but had made
his home in Hall county for a long
number of years, where he was be
loved by a wide circle of friends.
He had for over thirty years been
road master of the Gainesville Mid
land railway, and had since his youth
been a member of the Baptist church,
in whose affairs he had taken a deep
and abiding interest. By his quiet
disposition and pleasing personality
he had won and held the love and
esteem of a wide circle of friends,
all of whom sincerely regretted to
learn of his death.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by three sons, R. J., H. D. and John
Edwards, and two daughters, Mrs.
Ray Merck and Miss Lottie Ed
wards, all of this city.
NIGHT SHIFTS AND
OVERPRODUCTION CALLED
EVILS OF COTTON INDUSTRY
Charleston, S. C.—The keynote of
the attitude of the Southern Textile
Association which met today at the
Isle of Palms, was sounded by B. B.
Gossett, president and treasurer of
the Chadwick-Hoskins Cos., of Char
lotte, and first vice president of the
American Cotton Manufacturers As
sociation.
Mr. Gossett emphasized the dang
er of overproduction and the atti
tude of a few of the southern mills
in either continuing to operate night
shifts or in resuming night shifts
after having discontinued them un
der the stress of the past year.
Coincident with the address of Mr.
Gossett was the warning of George
A. Sloan, president of the Cotton
Textile Institute, who, in a
York address, stated the advantages
derived from National Cotton Week.
President Sloan in his' address
quoted leading merchants from all
parts of the country as commending
the appeal of National Cotton Week.
“Merchants everywhere, he said,
are advertising cotton goods ex
clusively, and the effect of the cam
paign has undoubtedly reacted favor
ably on the cotton textile industry
throughout the country.”
But President Sloan sounded a
warning that night shifts and over
production meant disaster, saying:
“Many of the leaders in our indus
try confidently expect that the gen
eral practice of night running will in
time be eliminated for they feel
there is no necessity, from the stand
point of demand for cotton goods,
for running a regular night shift ex
cept in periods of emergency or ex
ceptional demand. The movement
has already begun in a very definite
way, many of the most important
cotton mills having effected a total
elimination of night work.
UNION CHOIR NOTES
The Union Choir met at Galilee
church the first Sunday in June, the
7th, 1931. Called to order, and op
ening song by the president. Prayer
by G. R. Griffith.
A committee was "appointed. Bob
White, M.-M. Dodd, who handed in
the following names to lead in song
15 minutes each: H. K. Freeman,
Sam Roberts, Bill Lankford, C. Bry
ant, Hoyt Hanson, R. L. Murphy,
Henry Murphy, Luther Wheeler, P.
B. Cash, Luther Sheridan, Miss I.u
cile Sheridan, Howard Sheridan;
quartette by the Sheridan family;
W. H. Deavors.
Organists, Miss Lucile Sheridan,
and another lady we failed to get
her name.
There was a large crowd. The
singing was fine. The choir closed
to meet at Oconee church, on the
highway from Jefferson to Mays
ville, a fine place for a song service,
the first Sunday afternoon in July.
Prayer by Rev. P. B. Cash.
George Shaw, Pres.
Many sections of Georgia enjoyed
local showers the first of the week,
but Jefferson, received only a light
rain fall.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
U. S. Farm Beard
To Hold Cotton
For Higher Price
Washington—Carl Williams, farm
board member, said today the 1,-
300,000 bales of cotton held by the
cotton stabilization corporation will
not be sold at present low prices.
This policy of holding the cotton
for improved prices, he said, will be
continued beyond July 31. He did
not fix a time limit.
The farm board has promised not
to authorize its sale prior to duly 31.
A meeting of the cotton stabilization
corporation and the American Cot
ton Co-operative Association will be
held on June 25, probably in Wash
ington. At that time a more defi
nite announcement as to future poli
cies may be made.
Williams declined to say how long
the cotton, on which storage charges
are between $3 and $4 a year, would
be held. He intimated, however,
that the purchase price of 16 or 17
cents a pound would not be asked.
The cotton was bought from the
1929 crop, and has been in storage
nearly a year.
Williams said it could be held for
50 years without deterioration, and
was the “nearest to gold in the treas
ury of all agricultural commodities.”
The bulk of it is held at Galvestion,
Houston and New Orleans.
He said cotton co-operatives have
reduced their holdings from the 1930
crop to considerably under 2,000,000
bales. Their original holdings a
mounted to 2,300,000 bales. The
total held by the stabilization cor
poration and cotton co-operatives
for better prices, Williams said, is a
little more than 3,000,000 bales.
HUMPHREYS—YARBROUGH
Married, at the home of Bishop
Warren A. Candler, 11 o’clock Tues
day morning, June 9, Rev. John F.
Yarbrough and Miss Mattie Hum
phreys, of Lincolnton, Ga., but who
has for the past several years been
teaching at various points in Ken
tucky. The ceremony was perform
ed by Bishop Candler and Rev. H.
Clay Emory, presiding elder of the
Gainesville district.
This announcement carries with it
sincere interest, because of the high
esteem in which Rev. Yarbrough is
held in this section. During his
pastorate of the Jefferson Methodist
church he won the love and respect
of almost every citizen. We believe
we can truthfully say that no preach
er ever lived here who was more be
loved by a greater number of peo
ple. His bride, who is a sister of the
former Mrs. Yarbrough, frequently
visited here, and is also pleasantly
remembered. Rev. Yarbrough t is
now pastor of the church at West
Point.
COTTON FACES FIGHT—HYDE
Manhattan, Kan.-—The United
States probably can continue to pro
duce tobacco, lard, pork to some ex
tent, rice, apples and citrus fruits
for the export market and, unless
foreign expansion becomes too great,
sell them at a profit, Secretary of
Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde told
the American Institute of Co-opera
tion here last night.
In cotton, he said, the country
faces a prospect of severe competi
tion. The consumption of foreign
growths of cotton is increasing fas
ter than is the consumption of A
merican cotton. Sensational expan
sion of foreign cotton lands, how
ever, is not likely, he added.
“By reducing costs and producing
a higher quality of cotton, we will
probably maintain our foreign mar
ket,” he said. “Cotton growers need
to balance their production both as to
volume and quality against their
market demands. The growth of
domestic demand Has practically
eliminated exports of dairy pro
ducts, beef and poultry products,
but there is little, if any, room for
expansion of the volume of their
production.”
Hyde said that of all our agricul
tural products, wheat was most vul
nerable, and it is around wheat that
discussion centers. This was true,
he said, despite the fact that the
value of our wheat crop is a small
percentage of the value of our total
agricultural production.
Will Rogers says, “By the way, if
you think this ain’t going to be the
worst winter for unemployment we
ever had, just count the number in
these college graduation classes.
Immigration is not our biggest prob
lem, it’s surplus diplomas.”
Brief News Items
Negro Plead* Guilty To Sale Of
Office
Waycross, Ga.—Judge William H.
Barrett in Federal Court here Wed
nesday heard a plea of guilty from
E. W. Brinkens, Brantley county
• negro, on a charge of the “purchase
I and sale of public office.”
Judge Barrett sentenced the negro
to 3 to 5 years in the Federal Poni-
and then suspended the
sentence under the national proba
tion law.
Everett Knox, Nahunta postmast
er, recently pleaded guilty in the
same case and was sentenced to pay
a fine of SSO and serve a year in the
penitentiary, under parole. Brink
ens was charged with having accept
ed money for securing appointment
of a rural mail carrier in Brantley
county.
* * *
Bee Swarm Attacks Youth A* He
Dangles By Rope From Tree
Augusta, Ga.—Ezra Boswell, 16,
and William Boswell, 21, brothers,
were reported in a serious condition
Wednesday as the result of bee
stings.
Ezra Boswell was said to have
climbed a tree to cut a hive. The
limb fell and he dropped a knife he
had to liberate himself from the
rope he had tied to the tree and a
bout himself. Helplessly fastened to
the tree, he was attacked by the
bees. William climbed through the
swarm to free his brother and was
attacked similarly.
Hospital authorities Thursday said
it was impossible to estimate the
number of stings and that the broth
ers were in a “serious” condition.
Law’* Grind Is Halted While Digni
fied Judge Execute* Big Cockroach
Chicago. Spectators in Judge
Matthew D. Hartingan’s Felony
Court gasped and looked at him Wed
nesday with wide-eyed surprise.
They wondered what it was that
made the judge become so active dur
ing a dull hearing.
The judge had suddenly jumped
from ,'iis chair, reached under his
desk and seized a newspaper.
Then he wound up like Charley
Root, of the Chicago Cubs, preparing
to pitch a fast one, and brought the
paper down with a resounding smack
on the judicial bench. The wheels
of the law stopped grinding as the
noise of the blow resounded through
out the room.
“It’s all right now,” the judge ex
plained, “go on with the case. I was
just killing a cockroach.”
Dancing I* Worse Than Athletics,
Educator Says
Kingston, Ont.—College studies
suffer more from students’ dancing
than from athletics, says Dr. W.
Fyfe, principal of Queen’s Univer
sity.
Dr. Fyfe admits, however, that “it
would be a waste of words to deplore
at length the excessive demands of
dancing upon the time of some stu
dents.”
Athletic students are better stu
dents than those who spend their
spare time dancing, he declares.
* * *
1930 Watermelon Check* Still
Arriving At Tifton
Tifton, Ga.—Return from water
melons shipped by growers in this
section last year continue to come in.
One grower in Irwin County is re
ported to have received a check a
few days ago for $7 for a carload
shipped last summer, while his
father-in-law is still waiting for re
turns from a carload he shipped at
the same time.
* * *
Talkie* To Pa*? Out In 5 Year*,
Say* Critic
New York.—Talkies, in the opin
ion of George Jean Nathan, critic,
will be as much an anachronism in
five years as silent pictures are to
day, and the legitimate theater
where human beings act and speak
is coming into its own again.
* * *
Three Set* Of Twin* High School
Graduate*
Manasquan, N. J.—Three sets of
twins, four girls and two boys, are
to receive diplomas in next week s
graduation exercises at Manasquan
High School.
* * *
Fi*h Die From Lack Of Water
Waycross, Ga. —Tens of thousands
of fish have perished during the past
few weeks as a result of low water
in Ware County.
Thursday, June 18, 1931.
Contribute A New Book To
The Woman’s Club Library
The Jefferson Woman’s Club de
sires to increase the number of
books in the library, and is asking
for a contribution of any interesting
reading matter that people have in
their homes. During the vacation
season, there is an increased demand
for books, and no greater public
welfare can be done than to supply
this demand with good, wholesome
and, at the same time, interesting
books. The club library now con
tains the following:
Bailey, Temple—Wallflowers, The
Blue Window, Silver Slippers.
Bartlett, F. O.— Web of The Gol
den Spider.
Bartley, Nalbro —Bread and Jam.
Baxter—Winter in India.
Breese—Well Springs of Truth.
Beaeh. Rex—Son of The Gods.
Beach, Rex—Flowing Gold.
Christie, May—Man Madness.
Cobb, Irvin S.—Ladies and Gen
tlemen.
Curwood, James O.—God’s Coun
try and The Woman.
Davies—The Melting of Molly.
Davis, Norah—The World's War
rant.
Dumas —The Black Tulip.
Eaton, Walter P.—The Idyll of
Twin Fires.
Ertz, Susan—Madame Claire.
Fallows—Home Beyond.
Ferber, Edna —Show Boat.
Ferber, Edna—Cimmaron.
Forman, H. J.—Enchanted Gard
en.
Fox, John, Jr.—The Kentuckians.
Gibbs—Labels.
Gregory, Jackson —The Short Cut.
Grey, Zane—Forlorn Rider.
Grey, Zane—Vanishing American.
Hergesheimer—The Three Black
Pennys.
Huges, Rupert—What Will People
Say?
Hyatt, S. P.—Markham Affair.
International Short Stories.
Isham, Frederic S.—Under The
Rose.
Kilbourne, Fannie —The Horton
Twins.
Klein & Hornblow —Lion and
Mouse.
Kyne, Peter B.—The Enchanted
Hill.
Kyne, Peter B.—Kindred of The
Dust.
Kyne, Peter B.—Tide of The Em
pire.
Lincoln —The Postmaster.
Lowell, Joan Cradle of The
Deep.
Long, Helen B.—The Fire He Left
Behind.
MeCutcheon, George Barr—The
Merivales.
MeCutcheon, George Barr—Kind
ling and Ashes.
MeCutcheon, George Barr—Ned
ra.
Melville —Moby Dick.
Morris—A Man’s Woman.
Morrison, Woods—Road End.
Montgomery, James S.—Tall Men.
Nevin, James B.—Prominent Wo
men of Georgia.
Nicholas —-An Idyll of Ihe Wa
bash.
Norris, Kathleen —Barberry Bush.
Peddler, Margaret—Red Ashes.
Porter, Eleanor H.—Mary Marie.
Porter, Jean Straton —Keeper of
The Bees.
Prouty, Olive H.—Stella Dallas.
Richmond, Grace S.—24th of
June.
Rhinehart, Grace R.—Tish Plays
The Game.
Roe, E. P.—His Somber Rivals.
Roche, M. De La —White Oaks of
Jalna.
Roche, M. De La- Jalna.
Richard, Mrs. Victor —Old Sins
Have Long Shadows.
Reynolds, Mrs. B.—-His Second
Venture.
Sabartini, Raphael The Sea
Hawk.
Seton, Ernest Thompson—lJolf in
The Woods.
Sheldon—ln His Steps.
Smith, Howdcn —The Doom Trail.
Stevenson —Kidnapped.
Swedenborg—True Christian Re
ligion.
Tarkington, Booth—Penrod and
Sam.
Tarkington, Booth—The Pluto
crat.
Upton, Harding—Wet Wash.
Van Dine—Benson Murder Case.
Wharton, Edith—The Reef.
Wharton, Edith—The Children. 1
Wheeler, D. H.—By-Ways of
Literature.
Eweig, Arnold—The Case of Ser
geant Grischa.
Vol. 54. No. 48.
HARDMAN-HATCHER
WEDDING BRILLIANT
EVENT AT COMMERCE
Commerce, Ga.—Beauty and sim
plicity characterized the wedding of
Miss Helen Hardman, daughter of
the late Dr. and Mrs. Williamm Ben
jamin Hardman of Commerce, andl
Albert Spottswood Hatcher of Atlan
ta formerly of Franklin, Tena
which took place Wednesday, even igr
at 8.30 o’clock at the First Bap ts*.
church in Commerce, in the pres, .ore
of a large assemblage of friends and
relatives. Rev. E. McNeill PoU at,
Jr., brother of the bride, performed
the ceremony.
Preceding the eeremoifV Mis. O-
E. Shankle rendered a violin st.lo,
"Salut D’Amour” by Edgar follow
ing which Mrs. W. F. Barron of
Rome sang “My World” and “Be
fore You Came,” accompanied by-
Mrs. Willis N. Harden at the orgun.
The bridal party entered to th®
strains of the wedding march from
Lohengrin played by Mrs. Harden,
with violin accompaniment by Mr*.
Shankle.
The maid of honor, Miss Idm.
Shankle Hardman, sister of the
bride, was gowned in peach coin red
lace and tulle over taffeta made woh
a tight waist and confined with a
girdle of peach taffeta which finish
ed the decollete gown with a large
bow of taffeta in the back. Com
pleting her costume were satin slip
pers matching her gown. Her flow
ers were Madame Butterfly rose*
and sky blue delphinium tied with
blue satin ribbon. The matrons of
honor were Mrs. E. McNeill Poteuct,
Jr., of Raleigh, N. C., and Mrs. Tif
fany Wilson of Savannah, sisters of
the bride. Their gowns were re
plicas of that worn by the maid of
honor and they too carried Madiura®
Butterfly roses and blue delphinium.
Little Misses Elizabeth and Haley
Poteat of Raleigh, N. C., acted a*
Junior bridesmaid and flower girl.
Their dresses were peach net fash
ioned along Empire lines. The
Junior bridesmaid carried a bouquet
similar to that of the other atte<i
ants while the flower girl carried an
old fashioned nosegay.
Acting as groomsmen were Dr,
Tiffany Wilson of Savannah, Mr.
James Campbell of Franklin,
Mr. Stewart B. Brown of Atlanta
and Mr. L. G. Hardman, Jr., of Com
merce. Mr. Hatcher had as his he*t
man Mr. G. Raymond Mitchell of
Atlanta.
The bride who was given in mar
riage by her uncle, Gov. Latnarun®
Griffin Hardman was particularly
lovely in her wedding gown of ivory
satin and imported lace.
MOTHER AND SON RESCUED
FROM 80-FOOT WELL
Cartersville, Ga. Mrs. Wesfoy
Scott, 18, and her 2-year-old on
were rescued late Friday afternoon
from a well where the two had heroi
cally faced death for three hours.
Back of this brief statement lies a
story of mother love and heroism.
Mrs. Scott, wife of a tenant farmer,
with her baby son playing nearby,
was busy with the family wash;rjgj
Friday afternoon about 2 o'clock.
The child, playing too near the well
fell into it.
The mother hastily knotted three
plow lines together, tied them to one
of the well posts and began a swift
descent to the water fifty feet be
low. After descending thirty feet
the rope broke, plunging the mother
into the well, which had thirty feet
of water in it. As she hit the water
she rescued the child, then strug
gling in the water, and within an
other instant had managed to brae®
herself to the walls of the well.
The mother then began calling for
help and kept this up for three hour*
before her voice was heard on the
nearby road by a passerby. The
alarm was quickly sounded. The
husband and brother of Mrs. Scott
were soon on the scene with scones
of neighbors and friends, with ample
rope, which was let down into -ho
Well.
The mother, despite her three-?; our
vigil, refused to take the rope to
save herself until she had securely
bound the baby and had him drawl*
safely to the surface. Then
rope was sent down for her and ,: hef
w'as still in condition to tje it about
her body and was drawn to the sur
face. Within an hour Mrs. Scott
had recovered her composure suffi
ciently to walk a mile, and Saturday
morning she and the baby were re
ported completely recovered from
their harrowing experience.