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Item* of Intereit From Among Our
Neighbor* And Friends
(From Gainesville News)
Jackson County Force* Paving To
Hall County Line
Jackson county forces are now
paving the highway from the Mul
berry river at the Barrow county
line through Jackson county to the
H a ll county line at Macedonia
church, according to information re
ceived from officials of the division
offices of the state highway depart
ment here. The paving will be of
penetration asphalt and the work is
being rushed to completion, it is
stated.
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(From Commerce News)
W. M. Wilbanks' Barn Destroyed By
Fire
Mr. W. M. Wilbanks’ barn was
struck by lightning shortly after
noon Monday, and the barn and en
tire contents of feed stuff were burn
ed. This immense loss coming just
at this season works a hardship on
this farmer, who has the sympathy
of his many friends in his loss.
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(From Gainesville News)
Here'* A Fi*h Tale Hard To
Swallow
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Montgomery of
this city and their guests, Mr. and
Mrs. N. P. Thompson of West Point,
were enjoying a fishing trip at Lake
Burton Saturday night, and had good
luck until they went to have their
fish fry. They had caught several
nice fish while trolling, and decided
to go to a cove and have a meal.
They built a fire, and selected a nice
2 1-2 pound bass Mrs. Thompson had
caught. Scaling the fish while their
husbands finished other details, the
ladies started to clean their prize,
when they dropped it with shrieks.
Rushing to the rescue, their spouses
were astonished to see an 18-inch
water moccasin emerging from the
skin of the trout. No details were
given as to whether the fish was
consumed.
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(From Walton News)
Now I* The Time To Sow
Of all the exeuseless excuses a
veil-balanced individual or firm can
advance in regard to advertising,
there is none that can head that one
that “It is too dul to advertise. No
body’s doing any trading now.”
What makes dull times? Nothing
any more so than for an individual
or individuals to admit and insist on
it. A concrete denial to this claim
is found in the fact that firms and
individuals in this city that have ad
vertised have gotten the bulk of
Kneinpsfi
(From Commerce News)
Death Of Little Boy
Little Jimmie Jackson, two and
half year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Parks Jackson, met a most
tragic death last week. His mother
had prepared some scalding water
for the purpose of scouring, a buck
et of which was setting on the floor,
when the little fellow fell into it,
scalding himself badly on the waist
and body. This deplorable accident
happened on Wednesday afternoon,
and death ensued the following Fri
day. The funeral was held from
Harmony Christian church Saturday
morning at 11 o’clock. Interment
was made in the church yard ceme
tery. The heart-broken parents are
tenderly remembered by many
friends in their affiliction. f
(From |Vinder News)
A Large Fish
Mr. G. W. Hayes was showing an
enormous carp fish in Winder last
Friday, weighing 16 pounds. It was
eaught in the Mulberry river near
the double bridges. Mr. Hayes says
that they had fine success catching
ever a hundred pounds. The carp
was certainly as large a fish as we
ever saw caught from the streams of
this section.
(From Clayton Tribune)
County Mules Kill Another Mule
Last Sunday the county mules at
the convict camp killed another
frule, not a member of their bunch.
It is said that a boy, through a prank,
found one of Mr. Emory Harvey’s
Joule? out on the range, and decided
to catch it for a ride, but had trouble
etching the mule, and drove it into
the mule pen at the camp. Now, the
oamp mules always put anew one on
the grid, and initiate him, or make
him ' ride the goat,” or whatever it is
■hat mules think of. Anyway, they
jounced on the strange mule, and
FOR ATTENTION OF ALL UNITED
STATES VETERANS
Sec. 201 of the World War Veter
ans' Act, 1924, as amended by Sec
tion 12 of the Act of July 3, 1930,
provides:
“Where a veteran of any war, in
cluding those women who served as
army nurses under contracts between
April 21, 1898, and February 2,
1901, who was not dishonorably dis
charged, dies after discharge or re
sigination from the service, the di
rector shall furnish a flag to drape
the casket of such veteran and af
terwards to be given to his next of
kin, regardless of the cause of death
of such veteran.”
Regulation burial flags may be
secured upon application at any
county seat post office, such issue
being authorized under following
conditions:
1. Application should be made by
the next of kin of the deceased
veteran, the person responsible for
burial services, representative of
the ex-service or welfare organiza
tion having charge of the burial, or
other person having knowledge of
the facts and acting in the interest
of the deceased or his family.
2. All offices at which application
is made will furnish the necessary
application form and render all possi
ble assistance in its execution. The
person requesting the flag will be
required to exhibit the original dis
charge certificate of the deceased
veteran, or to submit other documen
tary evidence or information which
will assist the official receiving the
application in determining the veter
ans’ eligibility to a flag.
Mr. W. L. Haggard
Summoned By Death
On Sunday, July 26, Mr. W. L.
Haggard passed away at his home a
few miles out from Jefferson, on
Route 1.
Mr. Haggard was 74 years of age,
and was one of the substantial farm
ers of the county. He had numer
ous friends, who will be pained to
know of his passing.
Funeral services were held at
Black’s Creek Baptist church, be
tween Commerce and Nicholson, on
Tuesday.
Surviving Mr. Haggard are seven
children: Mrs. Lizzie House, Mr.
John Haggard, Mrs. Rosa Brooks,
Mrs. Lovie Maddox, Mrs. Edna An
derson, Mrs. Flonnie Shelnut, and
Mr. Claud Haggard; and four step
children: Sheriff R. M. Culberson,
Mrs. Lillie Ingram, Mrs. Lula Medlin,
and Mrs. Deasy Haynie.
Mr. J. A. Anderson
Passes At His Home
In The Country
Mr. J. A. Anderson passed away
at his country home, between Jeffer
son and Hoschton, on Tuesday morn
ing.
The deceased was 68 years of age,
and his life had been spent on the
farm. He was a prominent citizen
of the community and the county,
and his demise is greatly deplored
by a wide circle of friends and rela
tives.
Surviving Mr. Anderson are his
widow, and the following children:
Mr. Curtis Anderson of Jefferson,
Mr. Ellis Anderson of California,
Mr. Omer Anderson of Pensacola,
Fla., Mr. Willie Anderson, Mrs. Nel
lie Sanders of Commerce, Jack and
Ella May Anderson.
Funeral services were conducted
at White Plains Baptist church on
Wednesday afternoon, and inter
ment in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Emma Bryant
Mrs. Emma Bryant, aged 56,
daughter of A. C. and Mrs. Susie
Garrison Hendrix, passed away at
her home near Pendergrass, Sunday.
Her body was interred in the ceme
tery at Center Grove on Monday.
She was a greatly beloved woman,
with many noble traits of character,
and her passing has brought sorrow
to a large number of friends and
relatives.
Death Of Canup Infant
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Canup will sympathize with them on
account of the death of their baby,
whose body was laid to rest at Cen
ter Grove cemetery Saturday. ov
reside in the Mill Village-
they eould be~ stopped had
killed him. It is reported that the
boy will pay for the mule.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Hard Work Is Only
Hope For Prosperity’s
Return, Ford Says
New York.—Henry Ford, in one
of his infrequent interviews, declar
ed Saturday night the world must
recognize that hard work alone will
bring back prosperity.
The automobile manufacturer was
interviewed just before leaving for
Detroit after a three-day trip east to
visit his friend, Thomas A. Edison,
and to collect additional specimens
for his museum at Dearborn, Mich.
He was non-commital on the prob
ability of an economic recovery in
the near future. Asked about the
possibility of a definite financial up
turn next spring or sooner he repli
ed :
“I don’t know anything about that
and neither does any one else.”
He said he saw a “favorable sign,”
however, in the fact that people are
“beginning to think.”
“People are doing a lot of think
ing today,” he said. “They’ve got to
get used to anew era. We are in a
different era and we have got to face
it and recognize there is only one
thing in the world that makes pros
perity and that is work.”
Mr. Ford condemned financial
speculation, followed by economic
depressions.
He said his automobile factory in
Detroit is operating “from 40 to 50
per cent off,” but declined to say
whether this represented either an
increase or a decrease as compared
with recent months.
“People always want automo
biles,” he commented.
Perry-Rainey Reunion
Set August 16 At Auburn
Memories of old school days, when
the hickory stick and dunce-cap were
a part of the curriculum, will be re
called when former trustees, teach
ers and students of the Perry-Rainey
College and Institute gather in re
union August 16 at Auburn, Ga.
Former members of the faculty
and students from all parts of the
southeast are planning to be present
on the occasion and an entertaining
program is being arranged by a
committee headed by Herschel H.
Hutchins, of Atlanta. A basket din
ner will be served on the campus at
noon. At 3 o’clock an open forum
will be held in the auditorium, which
will be presided over by T. Hoyt
Davis, solicitor general of the Cor
dele Judicial Circuit, and members
of two former debating societies of
the school will make brief addresses.
Perry-Rainey College was estab
lished in 1892. It was originally
fostered by the Mulberry Baptist
Association through efforts of W. T.
Perry, father of James A. Perry,
chairman of the Georgia Public Ser
vice Commission, and Rev. H. N.
Rainey. It became the Perry-Rainey
Institute in 1908 and a part of the
Mercer system of secondary schools.
Many eminent educators of Georgia
have served on its faculty and board
of trustees.
Court Next Week
The August term of superior court
convenes Monday morning. Judge
W. W. Stark of Commerce will pre
side over the court, and the prosecu
tions will be handled by Solicitor J.
C. Pratt of Winder. The civil docket
will be in order the first week, and
the second week the criminal docket
will occupy the attendantion of the
court. A calendar of cases is print
ed in another column.
JACKSON COUNTY SINGING
CONVENTION
Those who attended the Jackson
County Singing Convention at Nich
olson last Saturday and Sunday,
report it to be one of the most suc
cessful meetings in the history of
the organization. There was an un
usually large attendance, the singing
was fine, and the hospitality of the
people of Nicholson and surround
ing community was all that could be
asked. In our next issue we will
publish the minutes of the session
in full.
Tuberculosis, once the most dread
ed of all diseases and one claiming a
high number every year, showed
fewer deaths last year than for any
year in which statistics have been
kept in this country. If the great
white plague can be thus controlled
then other disease may also be elimi
nated.
Peach Packing Season
Opens In Jackson County
Business on the eastern side of
the county, including territory in and
around Apple Valley and Commerce,
has picked up considerably during
the past two weeks, due to the open
ing of the peach packing and ship
ping industry. The luscious Hiley
Bells, Georgia Bells and Elbertas
are being gathered, sorted anil pack
ed by careful hands, and this is giv
ing employment to übout a thousand
persons. The season will probably
last about four weeks, and it is ex
pected that about 275 to 300 cars
will be marketed.
The quality of the fruit shows
promise of being above the average,
even for this community, that is
noted for its fine peaches. The
fruit is sizing up nicely, and if the
rains continue the majority of the
Elbertas and Georgia Bells will pack
2- Is and 2-2s. These sizes should
bring a fair profit to the growers.
The price outlook is not so good.
Dry weather in the lower peach belt
has caused an over-supply of small
peaches. It is reported by commis
sion merchants in the eastern mar
kets that the peaches now arriving
will run 90 per cent 3-2s. These
small sizes are bringing as low as
75c to $1 per crate. The larger size
are bringing from $2.00 to $2.75.
If these prices prevail, it is believed
that the small peaches will be kept
off the market. Should this happen,
the growers are of the opinion that
present prices for large fruit will
continue at a fair level.
The commercial growers of this
section, together with an estimate of
their probable shipments, are as fol
lows:
Hood Orchards, 125 cars.
L. G. Hardman Orchards, 30 to
35 cars.
Hawkins Orchards, 38 cars.
\V. B. Hardman Orchards, 25 to
30 cars.
H. R. Harber Orchards, 20 cars.
Onie Archards, W. C. Burns, pro
prietor, 20 cars.
Holbrook Orchard, 12 cars.
Colquitt Orchard, 12 cars.
This is an estimated total 282 to
292 cars. Hundreds of truck loads
will move into the mountain sec
tions.
Jackson Holds Her
Two Representatives
In Legislature
The falling off of the population
in some Georgia counties has chang
ed the number of representatives to
which the counties are entitled. We
are glad to say that Jackson is not
one to lose a representative. The
following are the two representative
counties, with their population:
Cobb, 35,408.
Carroll, 34,272.
Laurens, 32,693.
Thomas, 32,612.
Colquitt, 30,622.
Hall, 30,313.
Lowndes, 29,994.
Burke, 29,224.
Gwinnett, 27,853.
Sumter, 26,800.
Ware, 26,558.
Bulloch, 26,509.
Walker, 26,206.
Clarke, 25,613.
Bartow, 25,364.
Polk, 25,141.
Cojveta, 25,127.
Washington, 25,030.
Emanuel,*24,lol.
Decatur, 23,622.
Dougherty, 22,306. ,
Mitchell, 23,620.
'Spalding, 23,425.
Baldwin, 22,878.
Meriwether, 22,437.
Jackson, 21,609.
Dodge, 21,599.
Brooks, 21,330.
Walton, 21,118.
Worth, 21,094.
Whitfield, 20,808.
Jefferson, 20,722.
GEORGIA’S FIRST BALE OF
COTTON BRINGS 26 CENTS
Savannah, Ga. —Georgia’s first
bale of 1931 cotton sold at auction
here Saturday brought 26 cents per
pound for the 425 pound bale. It
was one cent per pound higher than
was paid for the first bale last sea
son.
The cotton came from the plant
ation of Mrs. J. L. Hand, near Pel
ham, Ga., and was purchased by
David F. Griffin of Anderson, Clay
ton and Cos. The bale probably will
be resold for the benefit of charity,
although no announcement to this
effect was definitely made.
Thursday, July 30, 1931.
News Of The Georgia
Legislature
The Georgia Legislature ended the
first half of the 60 day session last
Thursday, and up to that time noth
ing of much importance had been
passed upon, except what is known as
the re-orgnnization bill had passed
the house. This bill had easy sail
ing through the house, and it re
mains to be seen whether or not it
will meet opposition in the senate.
The measure reduces the state de
partments, bureaus and agencies
from 102 to 17, and abolishes more
than a score of boards and commis
sions. Whether or not it will save
the state much money, or make for
more efficiency, is problematical.
Chairman .1. W. Culpepper, chair
man of the appropriations committee,
and an astute legislator, with wide
experience as a law maker, says:
“The reorganization bill transfers
the functions of the boards abolish
ed to the heads of the departments
whose duties it shall be to administer
the activities of the merged bodies.
I do not believe reorganization will
save much money, if any. It might
cost more, but I believe that it will
make for more efficiency and even
tually effect economy.” Representa
tive Gus Huddleston of Meriwether
county, a member of the reorganiz
ation committee, said the reorganiz
ation bill might not save a large a
mount of money, but it would make
for efficiency and “where there is
efficiency there will be economy.”
• • •
The great surprise of the session
came Thursday afternoon in a com
mittee of the whole house, with a
third of the membership absent,
when an amendment to the appro
priation bill was offered by Mr.
Orvilc Park, of Bibb county, and
passed, diverting $5,500,000 of high
way funds. This amendment sought
to place the funds in the general
treasury. The appropriations com
mittee and the Governor had recom
mended a 15 per cent cut in all ap
propriations, including the common
school fund and the educational in
stitutions. While this cut is abso
lutely necessary, and will have to
take place, the adherents of the com
mon school fund and the educational
institutions in the House were not
willing for this to be done, and were
looking for some other source from
which to get money. Mr. Hyman, of
Washington county, a firm believer
in diversion, immediately amended
Mr. Parks amendment, and provided
that the 15 per cent of the highway
funds be devoted to the payment of
the state’s deficit. It is believed that
upon mature consideration and with
a full membership in the house,
there will be a reconsideration of
the action taken on Thursday after
noon. If there is no reconsideration,
then the question is going to be bit
terly fought out on the floor of the
house when the committee of the
whole reports the appropriations bill.
One prominent legislator says:
“This matter has been settled by the
people in the last gubernatorial cam
paign ; it was threshed out in the
extra session, and everybody thought
the issue was dead. Even if the
House or Senate could muster a suf
ficient majority to pass a diversion
measure, it would meet with a very
prompt veto from the governor, I
am quite sure. Everybody concedes
that such a diversion measure could
not be passed over the governor’s
veto, because two-thirds of the mem
bers of both houses would not vote
to override the governor’s veto.
Accordingly, it is absolutely useless
for such an issue to be raised at this
time; it would only clog the wheels
of the General Assembly and create
dissension and ill feeling among the
members and distract their attention
from pressing matters”
Another battle expected in the
committee of the whole house will be
over the recommendation of the ap
propriations committee that 15 per
cent of the money appropriated to
the colleges of the state, amounting
to approximately $500,000, be di
verted to the common schools. Ad
vocates of higher education were
grooming themselves for a vigorous
fight against the passage of this
recommendation.
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The congressional redistricting bill,
by which Georgia’s representation in
congress must be reduced from 12 to
10, will face a fight when it reaches
the floor of the senate Wednesday.
The main battle will be over placing
the counties of Hart, Elbert, Frank
lin and Madison, in the Tenth Dis-
Vol. 55. No. 2.
Edison Must Give Up
Active Work At Age 84
West Orange, N. J.—Thoma* A.
Edison, inventor-hero of one of
America’s favorite success stories,
has been forced to cease active work
at the age of 84.
Overwork during experiment* in
producing rubber from the golden
rod plant, on which the aged inven
tor worked steadily all last winter at
Fort Myers, Fla., has made it neces
sary for Edison to take a vacation
from the laboratory, according to
his brother-in-law, John V. Miller—
a vacation that may presage retire
ment because of his advanced age.
“Since his return from the South
on June 16,” Miller said, “Edison
has visited his laboratory only once,
and does not plan to visit it again
for some time.” He remains at his
estate, Glenmont, in Llewellyn Park,
and takes automobile rides in the
vicinity.
The figure of the white-haired,
deaf inventor is as familiar to iniV
lions of Americans as his record of
achievement in science, a record
built up through more than an aver
age lifetime of work with test tube
and chemicals, filaments and carbons.
His custom of working 18 and 20
hours a day on inventions, neglect
ing to stop for food or sleep, is pro
minently recorded on the pages of
American biography.
Edison’s indentions include some
of the most spectacular in science—
several of which have revolutionized
industry and the results of which
touch contemporary life from many
angles.
Starting with telegraph appliances,
the young man from Milan, Ohio,
who began by selling newspapers on
a Detroit-Port Huron train, passed
discoveries in carbon telephone
transmission, then produced such
“miracles" as the incandescent light,
the phonograph, the motion picture
camera and projector, and then, af
ter it appeared he had no more
worlds to conquer, devoted himself
to synthetic rubber.
Home Demonstration New
Of Jackson County
Everything is about in readiness
for the county camp, which will b®
held at Thyatira on August 3-7. A
program composed of Health, Re
creation, Home Improvement, Art
and Nature Study has been planned-
August 7 is the day for the women
to come to camp, and we are ex
pecting a large number of Home
Demonstration Club members and
their friends.
Visitors from the State College of
Agriculture and from near-by coun
ties are expected to be here at vari
ous times during the week.
Sarah Whitaker, H. D. A.
Miss Gladys Aiken has returned
from a week’s visit to her sister, Mrs.
Clarence Whelchel, at her home in
Gainesville.
trict. Congressman Charles H.
Brand, of Athens, who now repre
sents the Eighth District in which
these four counties are. located,
wants to carry them to the lentil
District, in which the bill places his
home county of Clarke. Congress
man Carl Vinson, of Millodgeville,
who must battle Congressman Brand
for re-election in the Tenth District
feels that the old Tenth should be
left predominant in the new district.
Each congressman has his supporters
on the floor of the senate, and the
fight is expected to be spectacular.
* * *
A proposed constitutional amend
ment which would authorize the
governor to issue not exceeding $5,-
000,000 in bonds to defray unpaid
appropriations, has been introduced
in the House.
All of the “Three R” issues—re
organization, redistricting and re
financing will be up for consideration
in one or the other branch before
the end of the week.
* *
The present session of the legisla
ture, convened on Wednesday, June
24, passed its halfway mark on Fri
day, July 23, and must end on Sat
urday, August 22, under the consti
tutional limitation of sixty days.
Outstanding accomplishments thus
far include the passage of the reor
ganization bill in the house, con
firmation of anew highway board
member in the senate, adoption of
nearly 100 general and local bills in
both branches, "and fast committee
action on all measures.