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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Item* of Interest From Among Our
Neighbors And Friend*
(From Walton News)
Miss White And Mr. Houte Wed
Thursday
Thursday ut Warrenton, Ga., Rev.
j .Mil). Radford officiating. Mr.
Samuel House, of the Robinson
Furniture Cos., this city, and Miss
Mdissc Elizabeth White, of Mays
villo. Jackson county, Georgia, were
happily married. The ceremony,
impressively performed, took place at
5 o'clock in the afternoon of June
Uth, and was witnessed by only a
few intimate friends. The officiat
ing minister was a former pastor of
both the bride and groom, and they
counted it a very happy privilege to
have him speak the marital words.
These most excellent young people
are now numbered among the citi
zens of our city and are happily
quartered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James B. Shelnutt. They are
the recipients of many and hearty
congratulations from hundreds of
admiring friends here and at Jersey,
where Mrs. House taught successful
ly this past term.
* * *
(From Athens Banner-Herald)
Lucy Cobb Property is Leased To
Georgia; To Be Used A* Dormitory
Lucy Cobb Institute, since the
middle of the last century a famous
school for girls passed out of the
picture, temporarily at least, when
the board of trustees of the Univer
sity of Georgia U>day accepted an
offer of the school’s trustees to lease
the property for three years. The
dormitory will be occupied by mem
bers of the freshmen class of girls
at the University beginning next
September. The entire property of
the school was leased for the three
year period. The school was organi
zed by T. R. R. Cobb and named for
his daughter, Lucy Cobb.
(From Athens Banner-Herald)
Lexington Court House Struck By
Lightning
Lightning struck the court house
at Lexington twice Tuesday. A hole
was knocked in the slate roof the
first time, and the flag pole broken
the second time. Although several
persons were in the building, no one
was hurt.
* * *
(From Gainesville Eagle)
Mi*ses Smith Compliment Mr*. Elrod
Misses Nina Smith and Nancy
Smith were joint hostesses at a
bridge shower on Thursday vening
at the home of Miss Nancy Smith
complimenting Mrs. Lona Mcßee
Elrod, whose marriage was a recent
event. An artistic arrangement of
flowers decorated the living room
and music room which were thrown
together for the occasion. High
score prize was presented to Miss
Mary Louis Bell of New York and
Iqw to Mrs. ElrocL The guest prize
was a tray filled with lovely gifts.
Others enjoying this entertainment
included: Mesdames Ed Roper,
Geo. Walker, Jack Hayes, Misses
Bertice Roper, Etta Lee Moore, An
nie Smith, Jessie Rowe and Sarah
Wilson.
* * *
(From Statham Cor., Winder News)
Misses Holcombe And Dial Honored
At Luncheon Friday
A delightful affair of Friday was
the informal luncheon at which Mrs.
T. L. Holcombe was hostess in honor
of Miss Novine, and her guest Miss
Mildred Dial, of Jefferson.
The daintily appointed table in the
dining room held in the center a
a graceful arrangement of colorful
garden flowers. Covers were laid
for Misses Holcombe, Mildred Dial,
Ellen Hammond, Eddie Belle Ross,
Minnie Belle Wofford, Lucile Hale
and Viola Perry.
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(From Atlanta Journal)
Law Against Seining In Georgia
Expired In 1930, Court Says
The State Board of Game and
Fish has no authority to make regula
tions contrary to existing state laws,
°r to extend beyond the specified
limit a period during which seining
for fish was prohibited by the state
legislature, according to a decision
of the Court of Appeals handed down
Friday.
Seining was prohibited for a peri
od of five years beginning August
26, 19?6, by act of the legislature,
but when this period expired August
26, 1930, the Board of Game and
Fish, by official order, extended it
indefinitely.
H. B. Creed, of Clinch County,
Governor To Be Inaugurated
Next Saturday
Governor-Elect Richard B. Rus
sell will be inaugurated governor of
Georgia at ojion air ceremonies on
the State Capitol lawn at eleven
o’clock next Saturday morning.
Chief Justice Richard B. Russell,
Sr., of the Georgia Supreme Court,
will administer the oath of office to
his son. This event will break all
records in Georgia and probably in
the United States, as no other state
has members of the same family
heading the judicial and executive
branches of the state government at
the same time.
The Rev. Taylor Morton, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Lafay
ette, will offer the invocation. Mr.
Taylor was for many years pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Winder,
and is a life long friend of the Rus
sell family.
It is not the plan of the governor
elect to combine his inaugural ad
dress and his recommendations to
the legislature, as many chief execu
tives have done. He will merely ac
cept his office Saturday, and deliver
his first address to the general as
sembly on the following Monday or
Tuesday.
The governor-elect has issued the
following invitation, through the
daily papers:
Governor-elect Richard B. Russell,
Jr., cordially invites the people of
Georgia to an informal reception at
the Executive Mansion, 205 The
Prado, Ansley Park, on Saturday af
ternoon, June 27, from 3.30 to 5.30
o’clock, to meet the governor of
Georgia and his family, the president
of the senate and his family, and the
speaker of the house of representa
tives and his family.
MERCHANTS TO CLOSE
THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
Jefferson, Ga., June 19, 1931.
We, the undersigned business men
and merchants of Jefferson, do here
by respectfully agree to close their
places of business every Thursday
at 12, noon, during the months of
June, July and August, for a half
holiday. Beginning Thursday, June
25th, 1931, and this list to be given
publicity in The Jackson Herald.
Kesler & Legg.
Smith Hdw.
N. N. Pendergrass Estate.
Palace Barber Shop.
Wilhite & Kinningham.
Head-Morrison Cos.
Pirkle Barber Shop.
W. P. Thompson.
H. I. Mobley’s Warehouse.
H. A. Levin.
C. E. Robinson.
J. C. Alexander.
H. H. Willis, Liquidating Agt.
Mrs. P. Bertran.
Farmers Warehouse.
R. E. Bird.
Mobley’s, Inc.
Ga. Powder Cos.
Isbell’s Store.
Harwell Hdw.
J. Z. Carter’s Warehouse.
Anderson & Catlett.
Fire of undetermined origin de
stroyed the combination basketball
court-gymnasium of Georgia Tech
in Atlanta Monday, inflicting dam
age estimated by a school official at
$12,000.
was charged with seining in Septem
ber, 1930, and he filed a demurrer,
claiming that the five-year period
had elapsed, that the Game and Fish
Board had no authority to extend
it, and that the law permitted sein
ing, except between February 1 and
July 1 of each year.
The demurrer was overruled, but
the Court of Appeals reversed the
t,rial judge and held that the demur
rer was good.
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(From Winder News)
Miss Margaret Appleby of Jeffer
son is the guest of Miss Sara Barber.
Mrs. H. R. Howell, Miss Mary
Bell Howell, of Jefferson, Mrs. E. L.
Moore and Master Louis Moore, of
Atlanta, are spending this week with
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McCants.
Mr. and* Mrs. George Garner, Miss
Reba Garner, Mrs. R. L. Roberts and
Mr. J. W. Carrington, Sr., spent last
week in Florida. Mr. Carrington is
also staying this week with his
daughter there.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Maddox had as
their guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
S. B. Carter, of Gainesville, Mr. and
Mrs. Y’oung Maddox, of Jefferson
and Mr. W. G. McDaniel and George
McDaniel, of Laurens, S. C. i
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Over 60 Miles Of Concrete
Paving Listed For Georgia
Contract Letting July 15.
Moore than sixty miles of concrete
paving that will connect up some
of the principal highways in the
state are included in projects that
are-to be contracted on July 15, it
was announced Monday by Chairman
J. W. Barnett, of the State Highway
Board, The contracts are expected
to aggregate approximately $1,750,-
000.
The individual projects to be con
tracted follow:
Northern Division
Cherokee County—Four miles of
grading from Canton south.
Stephens County—Six miles of con
crete from Toceoa to the Savannah
River, completing Atlanta to New
York Highway.
Franklin County—Six miles of
concrete from Royston west.
Wilkes County—Five miles of
concrete west of Washington.
DeKalb County—Five miles of
concrete from Avondale toward
Stone Mountain.
Carroll County—Fourteen miles of
grading from Villa Rica to Bremen.
Central Division
Bryan County—Six miles of con
crete between Savannah and States
boro.
Baldwin County—Nine miles of
limerock east of Milledgeville.
Upson County—Five miles of
concrete north of Thomaston.
Chattahoochee County—Six miles
of concrete south of Cusseta.
Henry County—Twelve miles of
concrete north of McDonough.
Morgan County—Overhead bride
at Madison.
Schley County—Bridge on Route 3
to Florida.
Richmond County—Bridge across
Savannah River at Fifth Street in
Augusta.
Southern Division
Lee County—Seven miles of con
crete from the Dougherty County
line westward.
Stewart County—Six miles of con
crete north of Richland.
Early County—Nine miles of lime
rock from Blakely north.
Webster County—Twelve miles of
grading south of Richland.
Seminole and Early Counties—
Bridge at county line on Donalson
ville Highway.
Mr. George Grogan Lord
Dies In Maysville
Mr. George Grogan Lord of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., passed away Satur
day night, at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Fletcher Speer, in Mays
ville, following a long illness. How
ever, he had been at the home of his
daughter for only two weeks.
Mr. Lord was a native of Jackson
county, a member of a prominent
pioneer family of the county, and
had a large circle of friends and
relatives to mourn his passing. He
was about 50 years of age.
He was a member of the Baptist
church, and funeral services were
held at Mt. Olive Baptist church
Monday afternoon, with Rev. J. J.
Kimsey officiating.
Surviving Mr. Lord are four chil
dren: Mrs. Robert Wood of Atlanta,
Mrs. Fletcher Speer of Maysville,
Miss Ruth Lord, a former graduate
Of Martin Institute, who has been
teaching in Chattanooga, Tenn., and
Mr. Porter Lord, who is in the navy,
and now stationed in China. Also,
he leaves five brothers: Hon. J. E.
J. and C. G. Lord,' of Commerce, Joe
Lord of Atlanta, F. L. Lord of Jef
ferson, and Rev. S. W. Lord of Chat
tanooga; and two sisters, Mrs. W.
A. Randall of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and Mrs. Hattie Talant of Kenneth,
Mo.
Mother Of Jeffersonian
Dies In Athens
Mrs. Mary A. Griffeth, aged 59,
died at her home in Athens early
Monday morning, and funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday morning at
the Presbyterian church in Daniels
ville, conducted by Rev. S. J. Cart
ledge.
Mrs. Griffith, born in Madison
county, had spent the last fourteen
years in Athens. She is survivel by
two daughters, Mrs. B. F. Lyle, Jef
ferson, and Miss Susie Griffith of
Athens, and two sisters, Mrs. Van
Jenkins, Madison county, and Mrs.
Lizie Christy, Danielsville.
Mrs. Griffith was a member of
the Presbyterian church, and leaves
many friends who will deeply regret
ito learn of her death.
State Auditor Shows How
State Spent $33,000,000
Approximately one-third of the to
tal income of the state of Georgia in
1930 went for outlay on highway
construction and new buildings, an
other third went for maintenance of
rtate property and roads, and the
greater part of the remaining third
went to the counties for educational
and road purposes, it was revealed in
a report prepared by State Auditor
Tom Wisdom for the budget com
mission.
Of the total revenues of the state
of Georgia for all purposes, amount
ing to approximately $33,000,000,
the sum of $10,417,833 went for
maintenance, $10,474,534 for outlay,
$9,552,1 (59 for grants to the counties,
$2,273,587 for pensions, and sBll,-
309 for public debts.
These figures were made public
Wednesday by the state auditor, fol
lowing adjournment of the State
Budget Commission until Friday,
when it will resume hearings in an
effort to reduce the demands of
state departments and institutions
$2,500,000 for 1932 and 1933, to
bring them within the estimated in
come of the state.
The demands of the various state
departments for each of the years
1932 and 1933 were announced as
follows:
Executive, $400,000; agricultural,
$425,600; archives and history, sll,-
000; attorney general, $10,275; aud
its, $38,000; commerce and labor,
$21,496; comptroller general, $57,-
500; educational, $5,003,000; voca
tional education, $177,500; forestry,
$25,000; geology, $20,000; health,
$217,000; horticultural and entomo
logical, $73,000; library, $22,700;
library commission, $10,000; mili
tary, $65,090; pensions, $1,490,000;
printing, $6,893; prison commission,
$36,000; public buildir.gsand grounds,
$65,000; public welfare, $35,000;
revenue, $100,000; secretary of
state, $19,000; tax commissioner,
$86,000; treasury, $29,800 for main
tenance, $312,309 for the public
debt and $175,000 for interest; vet
erans’ service, $40,805; Supreme
Court, $72,000; Court of Appeals,
$73,400; Superior Courts, $208,750.
The largest institutional demands
wire $1,400,000 for the Milledgeville
State Hospital and $351,773 for the
Alto Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
The largest requests by education
al institutions were University of
Georgia, $340,000; Georgia Tech,
$302,000; State College of Agricul
ture, $568,450; South Georgia Teach
ers College, Statesboro, $175,000;
State College for Men, Tifton, $256,-
000; Georgia State Woman’s College,
Valdosta, $190,000; Georgia State
College for Women, Milledgeville,
$222,500; Georgia State Teachers
College, Athens, $161,000.
Jackson County Citizens
Win Prizes
Two of the prize winners in the
south-wide contest among farmers
for the best answers to the question,
“How does a top-dressing of 100
pounds of muriate of potash help
cotton pay extra cash?” were Mr.
W. W. Brasclton of Pendergrass, and
Mrs. B. B. Pace of Nicholson.
The third prize of SIOO was won
by C. P. Johnston, Master Farmer of
Terrell County. Master Farmer R.
P. Burson of Walton County won a
prize of $25.
Several thousand answers were
submitted, and the competition was
exceptionally keen. The judges of
the contest were leading agricultural
authorities on fertilizers for the ag
ricultural colleges and experiment
stations. Mr. E. P. Bledsoe, of the
Georgia Experiment Station, at Grif
fin, represented Georgia. The prizes
were offered by the N. V. Potash
Export My., Inc.
MAYSVILLE BELLE BECOMES
BRIDE
The marriage of Miss Ina Mae
Burnette, of Maysville, and Clyde
Wilkins Crawford, of Columbia
County, took place Thursday even
ing at the home of the Rev. W. H.
Clark in Augusta, with the Rev.
James Oliver Burnette, father of th§
bride, officiating.
Miss Clarice Bark-dale, maid-of
honor, and Wingfield Crawford, the
best man, were the only attendants.
After the ceremony, Mr. Wilkins
and his bride left for a motor trip
■ through the mountains of North
| Carolina, and upon their return will
i reside in Harlem, Ga.
Thursday, June 25, 1931.
The Georgia Legislature
Convenes In Regular
Session
The Georgia legislature convened
Wednesday morning for a regular
sixty-day biennial session.
There are 258 members of the
general assembly, 207 in the house
of representatives and fifty-one in
the state senate. Members of the
senate are practically all veteran
legislators. Two of them, President
W. Cecil Neill, of Columbus, and
Presitent pro tern Emmett Williams,
of Monroe, hold over from the last
senate. Twelve others go to the
senate directly from the house. Most
of the remainder have served be
fore in either the upper or lower
branch.
In the house the members are
about 50 per cent new, although
some of those who didn’t come back
from the last legislature have served
in previous years.
In the official make-up of the leg
islature, Hon. Cecil Neill of Colum
bus will be chosen president of the
senate; and Hon. Arlie D. Tucker, of
Berrien county, will be speaker of
the house. Hon. John T. Boiffeuil
let, former clerk of the house and
later a member of the Georgia Pub
lic Service Commission, is assured
the secretaryship made vacant by
the voluntary retiremept of Major
D. F. McClatchey.
A contest is on for clerk of the
house; E. B. Moore, present clerk, is
being opposed by Andrew Kingard
of Emanuel county.
The present legislature will be
confronted with several knotty prob
lems—the most important being re
financing, re-districting and re-orga
nization.
One of the first measures in the
coming session will be a bill to dis
count Western & Atlantic Railroad
rentals to retire unpaid appropria
tions of the state government.
The W. and A. bill will be only
one feature of a state refinancing
plan. Companion measures will look
to a reduction of state expenditures,
and the tightening of laws for the
collection of state revenues. New
tax bills will be introduced, but the
governor-elect has gone on record
as being opposed to any new forms
of taxation at this time.
Home Demonstration News
Of Jackson County
Twelve girls left Monday for a
week’s stay at Camp Wilkins, where
they will have a week of recreation
and study, which will help them to
be better club girls. The following
girls left with the home demonstra
tion agent: Catherine Hood, Golden
Eberhardt, Mary Alice Moseley, Lu
cile Clark, Bernice Webb, Josephine
Stephens, Edna Gilbert, Wilda Har
vil, Annie Sue Coleman, Winnie Merl
Pettijohn, Myrtice Satterfield, and
Mary Wills.
Two hundred and seventy-five
farm women from all over the state
attended Farm Woman’s Camp, at
Camp Wilkins, in Athens last week.
Sarah Whitaker, H. D. A.
17 GEORGIA GRADUATES
ADMITTED TO BAR
Seventeen graduates of the Lump
kin Law school were admitted to the
bar by Judge Blanton S. Fortson of
the Clarke County Superior court,
and Judge Samuel H. Sibley, Ma
rietta, of the federal circuit court.
One girl, Miss Margaret Could
Stone, Tampa, Fla., and the follow
ing boys were admitted: Hugh R.
Aderhold, East Pdint; Ellis Gibbs
Arnall, Newnan; Jefferson Davis
Curry, Frederick Bush Davis, Ma
con; Herbert Ray Edmondson, Gain
esville; Homer Nathaniel Hancock,
Jefferson’; William Dearing Hanlon,
George Woofie Langford, Calhoun;
William Parks Maritin, Jr., Gaines
ville; Clarence Rhodes McLanahan,
Elberton; William J. Parker, Jr.;
DeWitt T. Puckett, Silver Point,
Tenn.; Preston N. Rawlin, Mcßea,
and Hal M. Smith, Mcßea.
MRS. F. M. DAY .
Mrs. Mary Hewette Day, aged 66,
a native of this county, died re
cently at thif home of her daughter,
Mrs. Hayes Jackson, in Bogart, fol
lowing an illness of two months.
Her remains were carried to Monroe
for burial.
Surviving the deceased are her
husband, seven children, nineteen
grandchildren, and two great grand
children.
Vol. 54. No. 49.
Concerning Suits On War
Risk Insurance Contracts
Before July 3, 1931
Those veterans or those heirr. and
or beneficiaries of deceased veterans
who have had their formal demands
for permanent and total benefits
denied by the Veterans’ Administra
tion must file suits in the United
States Courts before July 3, 1931,
on War Risk Insurance contracts
which lapsed more than six years
if suits appear feasible under con
ditions hereinafter set out.
Those veterans and beneficiaries or
heirs of deceased veterans who have
not made formal demand on the U.
S. Veterans’ Bureau should do so
before July 3, 1931. While the Bu
reau is considering the formal de
mands the statute does not run a
gainst the right to file suit, and if
the demand is finally denied, a rea
sonable time thereafter is given in
which suits may be filed.
A man whose insurance is in force,
that is, the man who is still paying
premiums on his insurance, is not af
fected by this time limit of July 3,
1931, in any respect.
HAVE EVERYTHING, BUT DON’T
USE IT
Justus Craemer, publisher of th
Orange, California, Daily News, and
vice president of the National Edi
torial Association, at the end of a
seven days’ tour which he and a
goodly company of his confreres
from all parts of America made
through Georgia after their recent
convention in Atlanta, says the fol
lowing in the columns of his paper:
“You people have everytning in the
world, right here; but for some rea
son you haven't capitalized on it
properly. I was astonished at the
variety of interests along your coast
—bathing beaches as fine as 1 have
ever seen, boating, fishing, hotel ac
commodations, and a quaint beauty
in the live oaks and profusion of
flowers that is utterly distinctive. I
knew you had traditions, but I didn t
begin to appreciate how potent they
are until I saw your historic spots.
1 don’t blame Southerners for fight
ing for their land, a lovely land that
should inspire the best in its sons.
Personally, and I speak as a*loyal
Californian, I think your State has
the makings of a heaven on earth.
But what you need is some strong
association to band together your
enterprising spirits and tell the world
of Georgia’s attractions. Though
multitudes of people now pass
through on the way to Florida, few
of them learn what Georgia really
has. I never knew until I made
this trip, but, take it from me, I
know now!”
GEORGIANS FORM CLUBS TO
BACK ROOSEVELT
Gathering impetus rapidly, the
movement to crystallize sentiment in
Georgia in support of Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York,
as the Democratic candidate for
president in 1932, is resulting in the
organization of “Roosevelt for Presi
dent” clubs in many counties. Sev
eral have been formed within the
past few days and others are in pros-
pect according to advices from vari
ous sections.
Eight such clubs are now function
ing, in Meriwether, Baldwin, Fulton,
Mitchell, Clarke, Coweta, Stephens
and Butts Counties, and a call lias
been issued for a meeting of DeKalb
County citizens on June 29, to or
ganize such a group.
WELL WRITTEN ADS
GOOD WILL BUILDERS
SAYS EDITOR CLARKE.
Forsyth, Ga.—Good, live, newsy,
truthful, well written advertise
ments, backed by good merchandise
and modern merchandizing methods
are the best and surest good will
builders any merchant can employ,
J. H. Clarke says editorially in his
newspaper, the Monroe Advertiser,
published in Forsyth.
“This does not mean that it is;
necessary each week for a merchant
to advertise a special sale or cut
prices,” Editor Clrake declares.
“Thousands of advertisers never of
fer reduced prices or special sales.
They merely tell in an interesting
way the story of their store and the
merchandise they have to sell, and
in so doing, create a desire in the
mind of the reader that eventually
makes him a customer.”