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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Item* of Interest From Among Our
Neighbor* And Friends
(From Atlanta Journal)
Bantam Egg* Hatched By Heat Of
The Sun When Hen Leaves Nest
Monday’s blazing sun, which set
nn all-time record for June heat,
hatched two eggs at the home of
Emmett Marlow, 21 GO Ridgedale
Road. A bantam chicken had a nest
of five eggs under a sweet pea vine.
She left the nest Saturday. The
rays of the sun penetrated between
the leaves of the vine and reached
the nest. Two of the eggs hatched,
and the pair of chickens, hale and
hearty, were chirping about the yard
Tuesday.
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(From Commerce News)
Truck Wrecked Near Apple Valley
A produce truck, driven by Mr.
Martin of Gainesville, and in which
young Mr. Cinciola of Gainesville
was riding, was completely wrecked
near Apple Valley Wednesday morn
ing about seven o’clock. The men,
it is said, had driven all night. Mr.
Martin had just releived Mr. Cin
ciola at the wheel, but was nodding,
when the truck ran into a ditch,
completely wrecking it. Both men
were hurt, each having an arm brok
en, and Mr. Martin sustained bad
lacerations on the head. After hav
ing their wounds dressed in Com
merce, the men proceeded to Gaines
ville.
(From Gainesville Eagle)
Two-Headed Calf Brought To City
A large crowd gathered last Sat
urday morning on the public square
to view a two-headed calf exhibited
by R. C. Oliver, prosperous farmer
from near Flowery Branch. The calf
was dead but due to the thoughtful
ness of Mr. Oliver in packing it in
ice, several hundred people were en
abled to view the phenomenon of a
calf with two perfect heads. Mr.
Oliver stated that he had made every
effort to keep the calf alive due to
its exhibitional value, but that it
lived only a few minutes.
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(From Lavonia Times)
Survey Being Made For Paving
State Highway Engineers are
working out of Lavonia this week
making a survey of the highway
leading from Middle River, about
two miles from Carnesville, to Broad
River, four miles from Carnesville,
on the Stone Mountain Highway.
The survey is being made with the
idea of paving at an early date. The
length of this paved stretch of road
will be approixmately six miles, and
will run through Carnesville on to
within six miles of Lavonia. As soon
as the engineers complete their sur
vey, it is expected that bids will be
let for the paving of this road.
When completed, our sister city
Carnesville, will be located on a
paved highway, which will be an
other step toward progress in com
pleting the stretch of paved road
from Commerce toward Lavonia and
Knox Bridge.
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(From Banks County Journal)
“Don’t Do Anything Much Now”
Some men never work, others work
all day almost every day, and some
work all day and part of the night.
One of our good friends, who is now
getting up in years, was advised by
his doctor to quit work and take a
rest. When asked by a friend how
he was getting along, said: “Well,
very good, I suppose, but the doctor
told me to quit work and I don’t do
much now, but I do a little; I get
up and build a fire in the stove, then
milk, and feed the stock, and after
breakfast I feed the hogs, then I
shuck come corn, then I go to the
held and cut a few bushes, and then
shuck some more corn, then I feed
a t dinner time, then shuck some
more corn, and I help around the
kitchen a good deal, and get wash
wood and help wash a little, then I
shuck some more corn; I don’t do
anything much now.”
Bert Hancock Resigns As Warden
Of Banks County Camp
Mr. Bert Hancock has resigned as
Warden of the Banks county camp,
hanks never had a better man to
handle convicts than Mr. Hancock.
Be screened his buildings at the
Cam P, kept it in a sanitary condition,
and knew how to handle the men
With little trouble. He has made an
exc ellent warden. Mr. O. D. String
er has been appointed warden to fill
'he place made vacant by the resig
nation of Mr. Hancock.
FORMER JEFFERSONIANS VISIT
THE CITY
Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Winburn
of Atlanta spent the week-end in
Jefferson at the Harrison Hotel.
Both are former residents of Jef
ferson, and enjoyed the holiday
season visiting familiar places in the
city and renewing acquaintances
j made more than 40 wears ago. Mr.
Winburn is a son of the late “Uncle
I Billie” Winburn. He was born and
I reared on the lot now owned by
, Mr. L. B. Isbell, at the corner of
Washington and Lawrenceville Sts.
The house was burned some time
ago. He left Jefferson 43 years ago,
and is now a resident of Atlanta.
Mrs. Winburn was the widow of the
late John L. Asburyv and lived here
when a young matron. Before her
marriage to Mr. Asbury, she was a
Miss Barnett of Oglethorpe county,
and is a sister of Captain J. W.
Barnett, Chairman of the State
Highway Board. While Jefferson
has not gained so much in the num
ber of inhabitants since their resid
ence here, they were loud in their
praise of the growth of the little
city in everything that pertains to
up-to-date progress. They compli
mented the churches, the school
building, the paved streets, and the
cleanly appearance of the town. In
fact, Mr. Winburn said the old land
marks still standing reminded him
of the village of his boyhood days,
but the improvements that had kept
step with the times made Jefferson
an up-to-date, progressive little city.
FARMERS REPAY DROUGHT
LOANS
Washington. / Farmers whose
crops were destroyed by the drought
have begun repaying government
loans which enabled them to plant
new fields of cotton, corn, and po
tatoes.
Checks ranging from 75 cents to
nearly SSOO have been received by
the agricultural department, repre
senting proceeds from the sale of
early vegetables and fruit products.
Relief loans have been reopened
in Montana and North Dakota,
where feed for livestock is a pressing
need. The advances will fall due
on November 1, when the bulk of
loans made to 1930 drought sufferers
are due.
Congress appropriated $65,000,000
for drought relief with an additional
$2,000,000 for hail and storm dam
age in Southeastern states. Slightly
more than $47,000,000 was loaned.
No figures on the total repaid to
date are available. The repayments
have come from practically all of
the drought states.
G. L. Hoffman, chief of the seed
loan office, said the small amounts
of some checks are accounted for
by the requirement that the pro
ceeds of the first crops marketed
must be used to repay the loans. In
some cases, farmers have sold a
hamper of vegetables and forwarded
a money order.
COMMERCE CITIZEN SUFFERS
FROM AMNESIA
(From Atlanta Georgian)
The glimpse of a familar face
brought back the wandering memory
of the amnesia victim at Grady Hos
pital Monday.
At the sight of G. H. Westbrook,
who lives near Commerce, the man
who had remained unidentified for
nearly 60 hours, recalled that he was
Frank H. Autry, 38, a mechanic and
electrician living on the highway
near Commerce.
Westbrook and several other
friends of Autry visited him in the
hospital Sunday, after seeing his
picture in the Georgian. Autry re
cognized them immediately, and ask-
about his wife and children.
He revealed'the attack of amnesia
developed from the excitement of
witnessing a negro shooting affray
near his home, in which a man was
killed. He drove his automobile in
to Atlanta Friday, and demanded
police aid in restoring his memory.
Leading Atlanta specialists in
brain and mental diseases had been
treating Autry. Word association
tests were given Saturday, and
brought out his first name and sever
al facts in connection with his pre
vious life. ~ , ,
It was thought at first that he
was familiar with airplanes, when he
showed intense interest in the men
tion of the name Clarence Chamber
lin, trans-Atlantic flyer, and of the
word “airship.”
GA. PRISON HOSPITAL BURNS
M.lWlgeville, Ga. -
tubercular prisoners were dramati
cally rescued here late Monday af
ternoon, when fire completely de
stroyed the tuberculosis hospital of
the state prison here.
Of the 69 prisoner patients in the
hospital, 25 were bedridden.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Legislative Committee
Asks Reduction Of
Bureaus And Boards
Reorganization and co-ordination
of the state government resulting in
a reduction from 102 departments,
boards and bureaus to seventeen
departments, was recommended in
a report made public Saturday by
the reorganization committee creat
ed by the Georgia House of Rep
resentatives at the extra session of
legislature in March.
The report was submitted to the
legislature Monday, together with a
bill that would put the recommenda
tions into effect.
The committee recommended abol
ishing the following:
Special attorney for the highway
department.
Office of state school auditor.
Commission of public printing and
superintendent of public printing.
Commissioner of Tensions.
Veterans’ service bureau.
Soldiers roster commission.
State board of health.
State board of game and fish.
State board of forestry.
State board of geology.
Six boards of trustees and one
board of visitors of eleemosynary
institutions.
Twenty-seven boards of trustees
and two boards of visitors of Uni
versity of Georgia and its branches.
Office of motor vehicle commis
sioner.
Office of insurance commissioner.
Office of tax commissioner.
Department of revenue.
Office corporation commissioner.
Office of state superintendent of
banks.
Department of Archives and his
tory.
Real estate commission.
Fourteen state boards of exam
iners.
State board of vocational educa
tion.
State school book commission.
Georgia illiteracy commission.
Practice of employing part time
veterinarians.
State board of entomology.
Special attorney for public service
commission.
Reduction of membership of pub
lic service commission from five to
three. ,
Department of commerce and la
bor.
Industrial commission.
Board of public welfare.
Board of harbor, port and termi
nal commission.
State canal and waterway com
mission.
Community service commission.
In most instances work of the de
partments recommended for abolish
ment would be carried on in a pro
nosed set-up of 17 state depart
ments as follows:
Chief executive governor-elec
tive (constitutional).
Highway board—three members,
one term expiring every two years.
Department of Audits—One mem
ber holding for four years.
Veterans' Service office One
member, holding concurrent with
governor.
Department of Health—One mem
ber, holding concurrent with gover
nor. r
Department of Natural Resources
—One member*, holding concurrent
with the governor.
Board of Control for Eleemosy
nary Institutions—Twelve members,
consisting of governor, one member
holding at pleasure of and concur
rent with governor, and one mem
ber from each congressional dis
trict, five of these terms expiring
every two years.
Board of Regents—Twelve mem
bers, consisting of governor, one
member holding at pleasure and con
current with governor, and one
member from each congressional
district, five of these terms expiring
every two years.
Taxation comptroller general,
elective (constitutional).
Treasury—State treasurer, elec
tive (constitutional).
Secretary of State—elective (con
stitutional).
Legal Department—Attorney gen
eral, elective (constitutional).
Educational —State school com
missioner, elective (constitutional).
Agriculture—comissioner, elective
(statutory).
Prisons Three commissioners,
elective (statutory).
Utilities Three commissioners,
elective (statutory).
Industrial Relations—Three com
missioners, one elective, two ap
pointive (statutory).
Local Legislators Get Fine
Committee Appointments
In the naming of committees of
the General Assembly by Speaker
Tucker and President Neill, the Jack
son county representatives and the
senator from the 33rd district were
given splendid recognition. The
three gentlemen have the best in
terests of Georgia and thTlr constit
uents at heart, and will always be
found on the job, nnd giving voice
to their conscientious opinion on all
questions.
Col. H. W. Davis received the
following committee appointments:
Amendments to Constitution, Gen
eral Agriculture, General Judiciary,
Insurance, Municipal Government,
Public Highways.
Mr. J. E. J. Lord was appointed
on tfie following: Chairman of En
grossing. Education, General Agri
culture, State Sanitarium, Temper
ance, W. & A. Railway.
Senator J. M. Nix’s appointments
were: Chairman Sanitarium, Vice-
Chairman Agriculture, Amendments
to Constitution, Banks and Banking,
Education and Public Schools, Fi
nance, General Judiciary, Highways
and Public Roads, Hygiene and Sani
tation, Penitentiary, Privileges of
the Floor, Public Printing. Public
Property, Public Utilities, Training
Schools, Tuberculosis Sanitarium at
Alto, Uniform Laws, University of
Georgia and its Branches.
HERE ARE WORLD-CIRCLING
RECORD JOURNEYS SINCE
MAGELLAN’S TIME
Magellan—lsl9-1522, from Se
ville, Spain, 1,083 days.
Sir Frances Drake—ls 77-1580,
from Plymouth, England, 1,052 days.
Thomas Cavendish — 1586-1588,
from Plymouth, England, 781 days.
Nelly Bly—lßß9, from New York,
by boat and rail, 72 days, 6 hours, 11
minutes.
George Francis —Train 1890, from
New York, by boat and rail; 67 days,
12 hours and 3 minutes.
Col. Burnlay-Campbell—l9o7, by
boat and rail; 40 days, 19 hours, 30
minutes.
John Henry Mears —1913, from
New York, by boat and rail; 35
days, 21 hours and 36 minutes.
U. S. Army Planes—l 924, from
Seattle (actual flying time 14 days,
15 hours;) 175 days.
Graf Zeppelin—l 929, from Lake
hurst, N. J., 21 days, 7 hours, 3 4
minutes.
Post and Gatty—l93l, from
Roosevelt Field, N. Y.; (actual fly
ing time 4 days, 10 hours, 8 minu
tes); 8 days, 15 hours, 54 minutes.
PITTMAN FAMILY TO HOLD
REUNION IN ATLANTA
The descendants of John Pittman,
Revolutionary Soldier, and pioneer
of Georgia, will hold their sth an
nual re-union, Sunday, July 19th,
1931, at the Pavilion, Grant Park,
Atlanta, Ga. Exclusive use of the
pavilion, for the day, has been ob
tained. A short business session and
program will be given about 10.30
a. m. Lunch will be served around
12 o’clock. All branches of the
Pittman family are cordially invited
and urged to come. We want lists,
and records, of all branches to in
corporate with the Pittman Family
Register, or History, now being pre
pared for publication.
Grace Pittman Henderson,' Pres.
(Mrs. C. K.)
Frances Brooks Pittman,
Historian.
(Mrs. C. E.)
Estelle Cash Pike, Secretary.
JUNE AUTO ACCIDENTS
BREAK 5-YEAR RECORD
A greater number of motor acci
dents occurred in Atlanta during
June than in any month for the last
six years, a total of 497, including
eight fatalities, being recorded by
the Atlanta Motor Club, in a report
issued Friday. Of this number, 1
death and 26 injuries were caused by
hit-and-run drivers.
Besides the eight persons killed,
the total of accidents included 154
injuries, many of them serious, ac
cording to the report. Thirteen of
the accidents were caused by drunk
en drvers. Accdents for June of last
year numbered 264, with four per
sons killed and 82 injured.
Mr. Curtis Martin of Dahlonega
spent the week-end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Martin, at their
country home.
Thursday, July 9, 1931.
Toll Of 1,450 Lives Taken
In Nation’s Terrific
Heat Wave
Chicago.— A toll of approximately
1,450 deaths was revealed by a
United Press survey today ns one of
the most punishing heat waves in
recent years tightened its stifling
grip on the eastern section of the
nation.
In addition to the appalling loss
of human life, the survey showed
that crops were damaged to the ex
tent of probably $10,000,000 by the
heat. An indication of the wide
spread suffering caused by the hot
spell was contained in reports that
hundreds of persons were in hospit
als after being prostrated.
Health authorities said the toll of
deaths and damage may be increas
ed greatly before the heat wave ends
in the Fast. Most of the reports
contained in today’s survey were
obtained from the Midwest where
cooling winds and thunderstorms
have brought some relief.
More than 750 persons died after
being prostrated from the heat dur
ing the past eight days, in which
temperatures of 95 degrees and a
bovo were not unusual, the survey
showed. An almost equal number
of fatalities from drowning and dis
eases aggravated by the heat also
were reported.
The most staggering loss of life
was in Chicago, where 368 persons
died of causes directly or indirectly
attributable to the heat. Of that
number, 83 died from the effects of
remaining too long or exerting too
strenuously in the scorching sun
shine.
Other Midwestern states and cities
had fatality lists in proportion con
sidering their comparative popula
tions. Among them were Wisconsin
with 164 deaths, lowa with 173, Mis
souri with 114, and Indiana with 65.
The heat wave was centered today
in the Ohio valley and over a vast
section to the eastward. Indiana re
ceived the full force of the hot spell
yesterday and 27 deaths were re-
ported.
LaFayette, Ind., had a tempera
ture of 103, the highest since August
5, 1918, and many recordings in the
middle 90s off higher were made.
Mrs. Lowe Benton Called
By Death
Early Tuesday morning death en
tered the home of Mr. Lowe Benton,
in Gainesville, and claimed the life
of his beloved companion, Mrs. Dell
Blackstock Benton.
Mrs. Benton was born at the
Blackstock home, near Academy
Baptist church, just north of Jeffer
son, forty-one years ago. She was
the daughter of Mrs. ' T. H. Black
stock and the late Mr. Blackstock.
Her girlhood was spent in that com
munity, where she was loved and
admired for her splendid traits of
character. She was married to Mr.
Lowe Benton, and they made their
home in this county for several
years, later moving to Athens, where
Mr. Benton was connected with a
furniture business. A few years
ago, he was transferred to Gaines
ville, where they resided at the time
of her death.
For seven years, Mrs. Benton had
been afflicted with creeping paraly
sis, and for the past four years had
been completely helpless. She bore
her affliction with great courage and
resignation; and by her gentle,
sweet-spirited nature, won hundreds
of friends. She was a member of
the Baptist church, and until sick
ness prevented, was always ready to
do her part in the Vineyard of the
Master. . , 11 ... i
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning at Apple Valley
church, and interment was in the
cemetery at that place. .
Surviving her are her mother,
Mrs. T. H. Blackstock; four sisters,
Mrs. 13illv Hammonds of Statham,
Mrs. Edgar Hammonds of Elberton,
Mrs. Homer Baird of Athens, Mrs.
Genelia Gilbert of Pendergrass; and
four brothers, Mr. T. 1 1 . Blackstock
of Atlanta, Messrs. A. N., Tom and
Hubert Blackstock of this county.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETING
Regular meeting of the Jefferson
Chamber of Commece will be held
this evening, Thursday, 8.30, at the
Harrison Hotel. A full attendance
of the members is desired.
L. F. Elrod, Pres.
G. D. Appleby, Sec’y.
Post and Gatty landed from a
flight around the world in 8 days,
15 hours and 51 minutes, which is a
record time. Post piloted the plane,
and when we think of spending nine
days with little sleep flying above
the earth w'e lift our hat to this re
markable person.
Vol. 54. No. 51.
Two Score Lives Lost On
Holiday Of July 4th
A loss of more than two score
lives was reported in the nation’s
celebration of the 155th anniversary
of its independence.
All sections of the country had
contributed to the death toll, the
Mid-West leading with 12.
Fireworks, once the chief reason
for the annual July i acoMont death
list, accounted for only two—one in
the Southwest and one in the East.
But reports of burns nnd injuries
caused by explosives were nearly as
numerous as in recent years.
With highways jammed by mil
lions of persons taking advantage of
the two-day holiday, traffic accidents
had caused more than half tho
deaths reported.
Ten drownings were reported from
various sections of the country,
nearly half of them in the South.
In Pennsylvania, the rear guard
of the intense heat wave climbed
slowly over the mountains, but left
three additional dead in its toll of
nearly 1,300 lives. The rest of the
country as a hole was cool and com
fortable with scattered showers.
The Mid-.west led in deaths with
12, but the mid-Atlantic states head
ed the total casualty lists with 38 in
juries from fireworks and two auto
mobile deaths.
The casualties by sections were:
New England: Fireworks, dead 1;
Autos, dead 1; drowned, 3. Mid-Atr
lanti: Fireworks, hurt 38, autos,
dead 4; heat, dead 3. South: Autos,
dead 1; drowned, 4. Mid-West: Fire
works, hurt 7; autos, dead, 9;
drowned 4; airplane, dead 1; other
dead 1. Pacific coast: Autos, dead
4; drowned 2. Southwest: Fire
works, dead 1; hurt 20; autos, dead
2. Mountain states: Autos, dead 2.
Aged Citizen Goes 1 o His
Reward
One of Jackson county’s oldest
and most esteemed citizens, Mr. J.
W. C. Hayes, died at the home of
his son, Mr. Will Hayes, Friday
night., following an illness of only
four hours. Mr. Hayes was eighty
seven years of age, and had spent a
long, useful life of honesty, integrity
and uprightness. He was one of the
few remaining Confederate Veterans
of the county.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Cruce, Sunday morning, at
Union Baptist church, and his body
was laid to rest in the cemetery at
that place.
Mr. Hayes is survived by two sons,
Messrs. Will and Lias Hayes; and by
four daughters, Misses Susie and
Onie Hayes, Mrs. John Gurley of
Winder, and Mrs. Tolly Cooper of
Texas,
* THYATIRA *
Mrs. iCroff Nunn of Dry Pond
spent last week with her daughter,
Mrs. Hubert Wilhite.
Sorry to hear that Mrs. Joe Maley
was not feeling so well for the last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Maley are
now at their old home, after spend
ing several months with their daugh
ters, Mrs. Willie Hood, at Com
merce, and Mrs. Hub Nix, at Apple
Valley.
The majority of our town spent
the Fourth away from home. Mr.
and Mrs. .1. D. Eckles and the most
of their children and grand children,
with several friends, were at their
old home at Tumiin Shoals. The
rest were at the site of the old Hood
or McDonald Mill, and all had fish,
and then more fish, besides all the
other good things prepared by the
ladies that make a meal on the river
bank a success. We wish the Fourth
of July would come more often.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodie Baxter and
children of Andrews, N. C., and Miss
Ida Sudderth of Murphy, N. C., spent
several days last week with their
sister, Mrs. S. .1. Suddath.
Potts Brothers have about finished
threshing in their regular territory,
and got about 9,000 bushels. In
1926, they got about 21,000 bushels
in the sam? territory.
Mrs. Willie Suddath and daughter
spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Suddath.
Mr. and Mrs* Jerome Davis and
son, Jerome, Jr., of Florida, are with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Wilhite, for their vacation.
Miss Mildred Potts spent last week
with H. E. Barnett and family.
Misses Mary Carter and Kathryn
Potts are with Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Eckles this week.
Sunday school will meet prompt
ly at 10 o’clock Sunday morning.
You will miss something if you are
not there. We expect to have a
different opening exercise, and if we
succeed in carrying it out you will
enjoy it. So come and see, all ye
that have been coming from time to
time, and any others that will ven
ture one time, at least. VV ill not
keep you later than 11 o’clock.