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THE JACKSON HERALP
Published Weekly
$1 .50 A Year—ln Advance
Entered at The Jefferson Postoffire
as Second-Class Mail Matter
Oftnal Organ of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER Editor
HV. H. WILLIAMSON Bus. M'g r.
Jefferson, Gs., July 30, 1931.
NORTH CAROLINA AND HER
INDEBTEDNESS
Three or four years ago, when
Georgia was struggling along trying
to build roads with little money on
the pay-as-you-go method, the bond
advocates took every opportunity to
boost North Carolina and hold her
up as an example of choosing the
snaei plan. But what is the after
math?
North Carolina is beginning to
fee/ the result of her heavy bonded
indebtedness that she placed upon
b?r shoulders. While she was spend
ing: the money, the state was lauded
ane of the most progressive in the
Smith. But now, pay day is at hand
ur.J the state finds itself in straiten
ed circumstance.-. Tyre Taylor, ex
ecutive counsel for the state, is try
ing to envolve a ton-year plan for
th<- economical rehabilitation of
North Carolina. It is necessary to
increase the taxes of the people in
order to meet the interest on the
bonds and to retire them as they
fait due.
The total bonded indebtedness of
No-th, Carolina, cities and counties
Included, according to Mr. Taylor, is
$550,000,000, or $lB3 per capita or
$313 per family of five. 3he total
tax bill of the state is $100,000,000
manually, or $32 per capita or $l6O
per family of five.
The average per captia worth of
citizens of North Carolina it $1,640,
a little over half of the $3,000 per
captia wealth of the average Ameri
cas. With a taxable wealth only
slightly in excess of the national av
erage, North Carolina has the larg
est per capita public debt of any
state, save one.
Farmers, both landowners and ten
ants. are not making enough to pay
their share of the tax burdens. Un
less North Carolina can achieve a
better balanced and more widely dif
fused prosperity, says Mr. Taylor,
industry i; going to be called upon
to bear a burden of taxation which
is not only disportionate, but which
will drive it from the state. The
State, he maintains, “literally and
absolutely cannot" continue to pay
$100,000,000 a year in taxes under
the economic conditions now prevail
ing-
TOBACCO SEASON OPENS
Tin- South Georgia tobacco market
opened on Tuesday of this week.
TV first sales were made on that day
aad for the next several weeks that
•action of Georgia will be actively
interested in the daily output of the
farms and the sales made at the
warehouses throughout the tobacco
raising section.
There is much speculation as to
Ho prices to be received for the
crop of 1931. Everybody is hoping
I'n the best but seem to be fearing
Uw worst. The season has not been
aey too good—the yield nope too
hrffe. the quality none too excellent,
fjirder such circumstances it is hop
ed the price will be such as to en
courage* the planters of that year to
keep P their tobacco farming dur
ing the years immediately ahead.
Cotton is bringing a low price,
aid peaches are not netting the or
cterrfists a profit. The watermelon
mp yielded only a small income; so,
!*< us hope that the tobacco farmers
ariir have better luck and be in a
position to help their less fortunate
imghbors.
Gradually, the old-time covered
is giving way to progress, and
ss*n not a one will be left in Geor
gia. One of the latest of these land
marks to pass out of existence was
tie one over the Hudson river, be
tuuecn Commerce and Carnesville, in
Banks county, on the Stone Moun
tain highway. Anew concrete
bridge, built by Mr. Holtz, under
contract with the State Highway De
partment. has been completed, and a
formal opening celebration was held
in which a large crowd
participated.
The Dawson News prints this bit
mC philosophy: "If worry were an
s*t nearly everybody would be
xiith. Human nature is peculiar.
We worry continuously about trifles,
MM-tenths of which come out all
right in the end, and if they don’t
<*ar worrying has not helped the sit
uation. Just stop and enumerate the
listings you worried about last month
lost are now forgotten—and then
jyj on and worry about something
else and see what good it does you.”
CONDITION OF COTTON CROP
GOOD
Jackson county’s cotton crop had
a late start, and was stunted by the
early drought, but the rains of the
past two weeks have caused a won
derful improvement. In places, the
seed failed to come up, and the stand
is not good; but otherwise, the pros
pect for a good crop in the county is
splendid. There is some weevil in
festation, and of course it is impos
sible to tell just how much damage
these pests will bring about. The
farm editor of the Associated Press
says the new cotton crop is right now
entering the critical stage of growth
in good condition, and the weather
during the next month will deter
mine the yield.
He notes that plants are small, but
fairly well fruited in Georgia; the
crop is doing well in South Carolina,
and fields are in a good state of cul
tivation with a fair amount of fruit
in North Carolina. There has been
too much rain In Arkansas but other
wise conditions are good. Condi
tions are improved in east Tennes
see and fair to good in the west.
The crops are good in Arizona and
California.
The Texas crop 13 very spotted
but mostly good in the upper half.
There have been reports of heavy
damage by rotting, excessive rain
and insect infestation in south Tex
as but observers say a dry August
could change the outlook materially.
Cp progress is fair to good in Okla
homa, generally good in New Mexi
co, considerably boosted in Louisi
ana, about equal to last season in
Alabama but unsatisfactory in Mis
sissippi because of rain and weevil.
PAY HONEST DEBTS
“Quash all the war debts,” urged
one enthusiastic writer. Then what’ll
happen? Another war. As soon as
nations get ingrained with the idea
that war debts are obligations not to
be honestly met, the temptation for
ambitious leaders, followed by easily
stirred people, will be to go to war.
And there might be readily inspired
wars. Wars as a rule are not en
gineered by the populace, but by de
signing groups. Make war costly
to the people, to the rich, to busi
ness, and if possible to political
leaders, and you reduce the chances
of war. Make war-debt quashing a
rule and wars are made cheap, and
the invitation is issued to the world
full of nations to get at one anoth
er’s throats on any pretext or no
excuse at all. The suspension of war
debts for a definite term for the
specific purpose of giving nations a
chance to get into better shape in
order later to pay honestly assumed
debts is another matter. But the
wiping out of war debts is an invi
tation to more wars. If we want to
be rid of wars and their destruction
make them harder to conduct and not
easy to settle by “quashing all debts”
after the conflict is over.—Savannah
Press.
A1 G. Barnes, who died last week,
started in the show business in 1895
with a phonograph, a pony and a
picture machine, and became one of
the most colorful circus men in the
world. He personally took part in
the performances of his circus, lead
ing the nightly procession into the
arena mounted on the ‘‘largest ele
phant in the world.” The fact that
he made a success of his business,
reaching the very zenith, marks him
as a great man. His life troubles
were marital ones—he was divorced
from two wives, one in 1921, and
one in 1923.
The election of a congressman
from the First Georgia district will
take place Thursday, September 10,
the date having been fixed by Gov.
Russell. The election will come fif
teen days after the primary, which
takes place on Tuesday, August 25.
In one county alone, Chatham, the
Democratic chairman has announced
that candidates who qualify will be
required to pay an entrance fee of
$750. If the fee in the other coun
ties anyways approaches that in
Chatham, no poor man can afford to
offer for the office.
The Tifton Gazette does not
find a neighboring state and city
doing so well: "When they adver
tise property for sale in Florida,
they advertise. The Jacksonville
Times-Union carries forty pages of
tax sales for Duval county, and it
takes only two lines to describe most
of the property, so you can imagine
I how many pieces of property there
j are advertised for sale for taxes in
I that county alone.”
Headquarters of the department
of women’s work of the Southern
Presbyterian Church will be moved
from St. Louis to Atlanta, it was an
nounced last week. Why not? At
lanta is the leading city of the
South.
MORE ABOUT NON CHURCH
ATTENDANCE
We are not so presumptious as to
conclude that our editorial last week
on Non Church Going had ary salu
tary effect on the membership of the
church, but we must say there
was a vast improvement in the at
tendance on last Sunday, probably
everybody with one accord decided
to attend services.
Our good friend, Editor J. Doyle
Jones, over at Jackson, Georgia,
thinks spiritual values are at a low
ebb. He says: “Sunday schools and
churches struggle along with a faith
ful few. Fishing, camps, golf, base
ball, swimming pools, riding on the
highways, the radio and other forms
of so-called recreation are the popu
lar urge. First things are not be
ing given first place in this country.
What the harvest will be remains to
be seen.”
Dr. Gilbert, editor of the Chris
tion Index, is also concerned about
church attendance, but he says:
“There is one thing that may be
done any day the churches and the
pastors agree on it, that is, they can
increase the attendance at the stated
church service. Nothing hurts the
local church like a small crowd at
preaching. It takes the spirit out
of the irreacher and confuses him in
his thinking; it is the most success
ful way to advertise his incompe
tency; it increases the number of the
pastor’s critics; it encourages small
er crowds with the passing Sundays;
it confirms the preacher’s opponents
in their opposition, etc. Folks who
do not attend church place their lack
of interest at the door of the preach
er. It never occurs to them to look
for other reasons.”
TARRIFF UNFAIR TO COTTON
FARMERS
Georgia cotton farmers are among
those who are affected by the U. S.-
Canadian trade relations brought a
bout by the Americal tariff policy,
W. H. Moore, member of the Cana
dian parliament revealed at the Uni
versity of Georgia Institute of Pub
lic Affairs.
Canada, Mr. Moore said, which
formerly bought largely of raw cot
ton and cotton goods in this country,
is now turning elsewhere because U.
S. tariff walls prohibit a fair ex
change of goods, upon which healthy
trade relations between countries,
in the last analysis depends.
The U. S. Tariff makes it imposs
ible for Canada to sell its goods in
this country at a profit, therefore, it
is natural for Canada to turn else
where for the goods which it form
erly bought in this country.
USE MORE MILK AND EGGS
Very few homes use all the milk
that could be consumed. Doctors
and food specialists tell us that we
should use at least one quart of milk
a clay and one egg a day per person.
Those of us who are selling cream
and eggs now are selling at low
prices. Now of all times, more
should be used at home. There is
more food value in a gallon of milk
at the' price of milk than can be
bought in any other product. That
is, if we consider the price of milk
what we get for the butter fat.
Therefore, every farmer should in
crease the amount of milk and eggs
used at Rome. While he is using
more, he is supplying his home bet
ter, improving the health of his chil
dren, he is also helping to reduce the
surplus of butter fat thrown on the
market that goes to bring down the
prices. Therefore, he not only helps
his family, but the general practice
of this will help the price of his
cream which he sells. Also the price
of eggs.
Georgia will be faced with an
eight or nine million dollar indebted
ness at the end of 1931, with no
prospect as yet as to where the
money is coming from to liquidate
the same. There are those
whose duty it is to provide the
means wherewith this debt is to be
paid, who say taxes must not be
raised. We would like to know how
this large sum is to be raised with
out an increase in taxes. If not
direct, there will be indirect tax
ation. TttP-money will come out of
the masses in the end. One writer
says, “Each successive legislature
has been piling on taxes of every na
ture until we have reached the point
where a halt must be called.” And
yet, despite this, the debt has in
creased each year.
The reunion and home-coming
held annually at Young Harris Col
lege is an event of wide importance,
and draws a large crowd of people,
who are always interested in the ac
tivities of this excellent school.
The celebration this year will be held
on Thursday, August 6. A picnic
dinner, business session, and pro
gram of entertainment, are among
the events scheduled.
COTTON FUTURE UNCERTAIN
The price of cotton continues be
low the cost of production, and the
immediate question facing the cot
ton trade is whether the domestic
consumption of cotton will be of suf
ficient volume to absorb the weight
of the coming crop, which on the sur
face appears at least to be average.
Arguments on that side embrace the
j fact that there has beep very little
new forward business done this sea
-1 son; mills are carrying very little
cotton; manufacturers’ and distribu
-1 tors’ stocks are small; the purchas
ing public has been holding off for
two years and would appear to need
goods; and the new crop is in no wise
certain. Exports are ahead of last
' year, about 60,000 bales. Port stocks
are more than one million bales
heavier than last season and the
1 world’s visible supply of American
’ cotton almost two million bales larg
er.
17 DEAD IN WEST, WHERE
MERCURY TOUCHES 118
Los Angeles.—Seventeen persons
were dead from heat Saturday as
the southwestern corner of the Unit
ed States sizzled in temperatures
ranging from 90 to 118 degrees.
The hottest spot in the United
States apparently was Needles, Cal.,
with 114 degrees.
Eight deaths w'ere reported from
Phoenix and nine in the Imperial
valley. Five of the Imperial valley
deaths occurred in Brawley, where a
sunbeaten expanse recorded 108 de
grees Saturday with a maximum of
118 Friday.
Eighteen heat prostrations were
treated by hospitals and others unre
ported were innumerable.
Colonel H. B. Hersey, government
weather forcaster here, said this
July undoubtedly would go down in
records as the hottest. He said the
heat wave over the southwest has
lasted nearly fifteen days, the long-
J est sustained period in many years.
Yuma and Tucson, Ariz., reported
112 degrees; Anaheim, Cal., 105;
El Centra, Cal., 113; Los Angeles,
!90 and other points reported heat
ranging from 87 on the coast to 114
in the interior.
Editor Allen, of the Moultrie Ob
server, says: “Cotton has been gen
erally supposed'to be a favorite crop
of the hot dry years. Cotton can
stand more dry weather and more
hot weather than any other crop.
But even cotton has had all it could
stand up under this year. The cotton,
as observed from the road, appears to
be small with the blooms up to the
very top, which indicates that it has
about finished its growth. We will
probably have a fair cotton crop, but
there have been no reports of pros
pects for large yields.”
The deficit of Australia is $200,-
000,000, while the bonded debt ex
ceeds $2,500,000. These amounts
represent half of the country’s total
wealth. “Government,” writes an
observer, “has eaten up Australia,
without remembering that govern
ment itself produces nothing to re
stock the larder.” And what is the
result? All employes of the govern
ment are to have their salaries dras
tically cut. It is a case of reckless
spending, followed by radical re
trenchment.
A noted figure in the circus
world, Al G. Barnes, died Saturday
at Indio, Cal., a secluded and almost
desert section of that state. Pneu
monia and complications brought to
an end his turbulent life. He had
been there seven months seeking to
cure a lung ailment. Prior to his
illness, he became tired of the life
of the circus, and sold his interests
in the big show for a million dol
lars.
A bee stung a Pennsylvania wo
man the other day and she recover
ed her speech, which had been lost
or mislaid for twenty years. And
now, Billy Sutlive, of the Savannah
Press, makes this wise joke: “If a
bee sting can set a woman to talk
ing that w*ay, the natural suggestion
rises, wonder if bees can un-sting?”
i “It’s harder to be good today than
50 years ago, but our young people
are just as good,” said Mrs. Frances
E. Clark, above 80-year-old “moth
er” of Christian Endeavor, when she
arrived in San Francisco to attend
the golden jubilee of the organiz
ation. She explained that the good
things are played down and the bad
things are publicized.
Just before leaving for Atlanta to
attend the legislature, Editor Rush
Burton, of the Lavonia Times, fig
ured up the expense and profit in
raising 400 chickens and found he
had netted $20.00. “We had a fine
experience, and are glad we gave
the business a try-out.” remarks
Editor Burton.
TAXES PAID BY GEORGIANS
SURPASS VALUE OF
STATE’S FARM PRODUCTS
Taxes paid by Gairgians to the
federal, state and local governments,
the latter including counties, cities
and school districts, amount to $lO,-
935,599 more than the total valua
tion cf all farm products raised in
the state. The comparison is made
on 1930 figures.
All the state’s farm products were
valued last year at $200,721,000.
The grand total of taxes, including
an estimated tariff tax of $70,252,-
000, amounted to $211,656,599.
Georgia’s strictly money crops
last year amounted to $133,525,000.
Cotton topped the list with a value
of $90,703,000. The others were
peanuts, $12,670,000; tobacco, $lO,-
814,000; sweet potatoes, $7,072,000;
peaches, $5,403,000; syrup, $2,790,-
000; watermelons, $1,936,000; ap
ples, $1,239,000, and pecans, $8,889.-
000.
Besides the estimated tariff tax,
federal taxes on Georgia tobacco
and manufactured tobacco consum
ed in Georgia, according to figures
compiled by the state department of
agriculture, amounted to $40,000,000
and the estimated federal income tax
paid by Georgians amounted to SB,-
000,000.
Other taxes paid by Georgians in
cluded :
County and school districts, $32,-
608,860; state special taxes, $29,-
508,763; municipal ad valorem (esti
mated), $11,000,000; municipal spe
cial taxes (estimated), $10,000,000;
state ad valorem taxes, $5436,140;
county and municipal taxes on cor
porations, $3,450,836, and road and
street taxes, $400,000.
Total taxes paid annually, $211,-
656,599.
Annual value farm products,
$200,721,000.
Anew class of skilled workers,
most of them women, has developed
in the United States to care for the
enormous task of keeping Ameri
can women beautiful —an industry
that has reached the $2,000,000,000
a year class. And this vanity of
American women are making million
aires, but not among those who do
the beautifying. It is estimated
that out of the $2,000,000,000 in re
ceipts of beauty shops in the United
States each year about a third is
turned back to men and women in
the form of wages. Much of the re
mainder is spent for cosmetics and
so-called beauty aids, and the rest is
profit for the shop operators. Five
millions of dollars pass into the
hands of American beauty shop op
eratorj every day—and a large part
of it is clear profit.
Effective August 1, 1931, the
limit of weight for fourth class, or
parcel post mail, will be 70 pounds
to all zones, and the limit of size of
parcels for all zones is increased
from 84 inches to 100 inches in
length and girth combined, it is an
nounced by the postoffice depart
ment. “Parcels measuring more
than 84 inches in length and girth
combined, and weighing less than
ten pounds will be subject to a post
age charge equal to a ten pound
parcel.
Things have changed so rapidly in
the last fifty years, that it is hard
to realize the manner in which our
fore-fathers lived. Recently, a cou
ple who were carried to California
when children in an ox cart, cele
brated their fifty-fourth wedding an
niversary by takfng a 2,000-mile air
tour. The husband is 80, and his
wife is 74.
There isn’t much room for re
joicing, but there’s a silver lining to
the clouds of financial depression af
ter all, statistics of the New York
Public Service Institute and the
United States bureau of labor has
revealed. One dollar will buy ap
proximately 13 cents more than that
same dollar bought in 1925.
An exchange tells of a neighbor
ing town girl who twenty-five years
ago came to spend the week-end with
a girl friend and brought a truck
filled with clothes. She was back
again last week for a few days, ac
companied by her children, and
i brought clothes enough for all four
in a hand bag.
Monroe is to have anew postoffice
building. The structure will be
erected by a contractor from Ken
tucky, at a cost of $39,658. The
amount of contract also provides for
laying of walks, driveways, installa
tion of light and heating plants,
ventilators and other permanent
fixtures.
Women win new laurels every
day—a woman farmer, Mrs. J. L.
Hand, marketed the first 1931 bale
of cotton. Mrs. Hand owns 10,000
acres of farm lands.
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL
(By E. B. Betts)
The National Capitol is built on
hill IVi miles from the White House
and Treasury. It is about three
squares from the Union R. R.
tion. The building is open daily ar(j
Sunday from 9 a. m. to 4.30 p m
During the term of congress, the
forenoon is the best time for inspect,
ing the halls of congress and various
committee rooms. Congress goes in.
to session at 12 o’clock, noon. Visj.
tors are allowed upon the floor of
the senate and house until 11,43
Thereafter, in the galleries only
The corner stone of the central
building was laid September 5, 1793
by General George Washington. It
was destroyed by fire August 24
1814, when the British invaded
Washington. Rebuilding was com
menced in 1818, and completed in
1827, at a cost of $2,433,844. The
house extension was finished Decem
ber 16, 1857; and the senate exten
sion January 4, 1859. The cost of
completing the building was $15,.
000,000; ground, $10,450,000.
* *
Governor Phillip F. LaFollette,
Progressive Republican of Wiscon
sin, is spending a few days here with
Mrs. R. M. LaFollette, Sr., widow of
the late Senator Robert M. LaFol
lette, Sr. Young Senator R. M. La-
Follette, Jr., and his wife, are spend
ing this summer in Madison, Wis.
* ♦ *
Hon. O. R. Lurhring and wife of
Indiana were hosts of a small dinner
party on July 25, at the Showman
Terrace. Mr. Lurhring is now as
sociate justice of the district supreme
court here.
* * *
Hon. Edgar Howard of the third
district of Nebraska has returned to
the National Capitol. Mr. Howard
has ably represented the third dis
trict since March 4, 1923. He was
former secretary to the late Hon.
W. J. Bryan. He is a fine man. His
secretary, Miss Margaret E. Farrar,
is a very intelligent young lady, and
is very popular here in the Demo
ratic and Republican circles.
* * *
Vice-President Charly Curtis, of
Kansas, returned to the Capitol July
25, seeking a change of policy by
the Farm Board in regards to last
year’s wheat. crop.
There is entirely too much growl
ing, yelping and bellyaching going
on in this country. We refuse to
stand up, like Stribling did, and take
it on the chin. Conditions now are
a thousand times better than they
were during Reconstruction Days.
Hear some of the Confederate Vet
erans and widows of Veterans tell
you of conditions they faced im
mediately after the war. Then you
will be ashamed of yourself—as you
live in a luxurous home, with auto
mobile, radio, paved highways, con-
schools. Indiscriminate
complaining is becoming a national
disgrace.—Jackson Progress-Argus.
Mrs. Frank P. Mclntire, former
national Democratic committeewo
man from Georgia, is being urged
by a number of Savannahians and
others residing in various parts of
the district to offer for Congress
from that district in the approach
ing election. We would delight to
see a woman congressman from
Georgia, and the First District is
offering an opportunity, and Mrs.
Mclntire would make a good one.
Editor Billy Sutlive of the Sa
vannah Press expresses his doubts of
the success of a cooking school very
clearly: “Up in Atlanta a woman
has started a cooking school. Brave
woman! But why pick out a day
with 90 in the shade to do this?
If he had seen the hundreds of wo
men who flocked to that cooking
school, and who even stood for an
hour in order to get a front seat, he
would change his mind.
The campus of the State Univer
sity was alive with interest last
week, when the County Superintend
ents, P. T. A.’s and Southern Music
Teachers held their annual institu
tes, and rendered interesting pi°*
grams. Mr. T. T. Benton, superin
tendent of Jackson county schools, i
president of the State Superinten
dents Association and presided over
the deliberations of this body.
George Foster Peabody, noted
New York banker and philanthropist,
who was born and reared a Georgian,
celebrated his eightieth birthdav
Monday.
A Democratic primary to nomi
nate a successor to the late Chat ■ <
G. Edwards, congressman from the
First Georgia district, will be held
Tuesday, August 25th.