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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
J|em of Interest From Among Owr
Neighbors And Friends
(From Gwinnett Journal)
Lawyer Stark Moves To
Lawrenceville
Col. Hope D. Stark moved to Law
n-nceville this week from Albany,
and has opened up law offices in the
rooms formerly occupied by the late
0 A. Nix. Mr. Stark has a wife and
one child, and they have rented an
apartment from Mr. C. R. Ware. He
wa , reared at Commerce, and is a
nephew of Judge W. W. Stark.
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(From Gainesville Eagle)
Air Line Belle Runs No More,
Veteran Of Line
Although not exactly an heirloom,
the Air Line Belle, one of the South
ern" oldest and most popular trains,
j 5 no more. Although the fastest
train on the Southern between sta
tions, there were too many stations.
Although one of the fleetest moguls,
there was another too near behind.
Although passing everything but de
pots, death caught the Air Line and
now it will become an heirloom in
the annals of the Southern. Al
though covering the distance from
Toccoa to Atlanta for over 50 years
this patriarch of steel and iron, met
only one major accident, a head-on
collision with number 12.
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(From Atlanta Constitution)
Gift Of Radium Made To Georgia
Baptist
Announcement of a gift of ra
dium to the Georgia Baptist hospital
valued at SII, OOO .was made at a
luncheon given in the hospital dining
room Thursday at which members of
the Georgia Baptist Hospital Wo
men’s Auxiliary were guests. The
radium was donated by Dr. 0. D.
Hall with the idea of establishing a
cancer clinic in the hospital. Dr.
Hall, himself a well-known radiolog
ist, will be in charge of the new cli
nic. ,
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(From Atlanta Journal)
Camp-Lindley Reunion To Be Held
On August 8
The annual Camp-Lindley family
reunion will be held Sunday, August
8, at the pavilion at Grant Park, ac
cording to W. J. Camp, of Douglas
County, past president. Mr. Camp
said there were 632 present at last
year's reunion, and a similar crowd
is expected this year. W. F. Camp,
of Anderson, S. C., is now president,
and will preside.
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(From Lavonia Tmies)
Miss Bennett Honored
A lovely affair of Wednesday
morning was a bridge luncheon giv
en by Mrs. J. H. Burton, honoring
Miss Marie Vickery of Atlanta, and
Miss Miriam Bennett of Jefferson.
The home was attractively decorat
ed with garden flowers. After the
Same, a four course luncheon was
served at the card tables. Miss V ick
ery received a box of Coty powder,
and Miss Bennett a novelty braslet
and strand of beads. Miss Vickery,
who won top score prize, also, was
presented an attractive vase.
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(From Athens Banner-Herald)
Mrs. Ralph Wall Dies In Bogart
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby
Wa11,'22, who died at her home on
the Bogart road, Wednesday after
noon, July 29, were held in the
Pleasant Hill Methodist church
Thursday afternoon at 4.30 o’clock.
Rev. Rich Haynie .conducted the
services. Interment was in the
Pleasant Hill church cemetery. Pall
bearers were Buster Dean, Marvin
Allen, Herschel Hardigree, Pierce
Cobb, Thad Owens, and Leadie
Banks. Surviving Mrs. Wall are her
bu band, Ralph Wall, Bogart; son,
William Ralph Wall; parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. P. Powell, Bogart; three
sisters, Misses Louise, Irene and
Helen Powell, Bogart; six brothers,
Alford, Robert, Curtis, Clarence,
George and Lawrence Powell, Bo
gart.
Mr. Ralph Wall, who is bereft of
a loving companion, is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Wall of Arcade.
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(From Walton News)
Jackson Citizens At Monroe
Monroe now claims the citizenship
of Mr. W. S. LeMaster and family,
tbey having moved here a few days
a ge from Gainesville. Mr. LeMaster
's a brother-in-law o£ Mr. Arch
Shi ckley, one of our new grocery
men > and comes here to spend part
°f his time in the store with Mr.
Shockley, and part of it in working
STATE BUILDING FUND
REPORTED AT LOW EBB
Practically all of the state appro
priation for the public buildings and
grounds was expended during the
first six months of the present year,
it was revealed in a report filed with
Governor Russell Thursday by State
Auditor Tom Wisdom.
“Of the ajnount available for 1931,
$56,469.08 had been expended up to
June 27, leaving a balance of $9,-
540.73 against which accounts pay
able in the sum of $2,422.61 are on
file, thus leaving a balance of $7,-
118.12 available for the last half of
1931,” Auditor Wisdom stated. “It
will be noted from the above that
an additional appropriation will be
required for maintenance of public
buildings and grounds for the re
maining part of the year 1931.”
The legislature of 1929 appropriat
ed $62,500 for maintenance of the
public buildings and grounds, $2,500
for a keeper’s salary, and SI,OOO for
the Confederate Cemetery at Ma
rietta, making a total of $66,000.
Of the expenditures from the fund
for the period between January 1 apd
the inauguration of Governor Rus
sell, $12,654 went for salaries, $21,-
810 for expenses, $13,975 for im
provements to the Capitol, $4,002
for equipment purchases, making
the total expenditures at the Capitol
$52,442, while $3,590 was spent at
the executive mansion and $436 at
the Confederate Cemetery.
One of the expense items was
$4,002 for furniture and fixtures in
the governor’s office. The items in
cluded a .38 spefflal revolver at a
cost of $37.50, and*porters’ uniforms
at a cost of sl67.so.—Atlanta
Journal.
SUPERINTENDENT OF
SOLDIERS’ HOME DIES
Judge J. B. Strong, 84-year-old
superintendent of the Confederate
Soldiers’ Home, and veteran of the
War Between the States, died Wed
nesday night in the Confederate hos
pital where he had lain in a state of
coma since Saturday, July 18, when
he was stricken with a cerebral hem
orrhage. - •
The aged veteran, who attended
the Confederate reunion several
weeks ago at Montgomery, Ala., as
head of the delegation from the sol
diers’ home here, received a painful
skull injury when he stumbled and
fell in the aisle of his Pullman car,
after its arrival in the Montgomery
station, striking his head sharply
against an arm rest. He took his
injury lightly at the time and had
apparently suffered no ill effects un
til July 18, when he was suddenly
stricken.
He was removed to the Confeder
ate hospital where he lay in a semi
conscious state, a second stroke
Monday afternoon causing complete
paralsyis of the right side, and a
third Tuesday afternoon extinguish
ing all but a faint spark of life. The
end came peacefully at 6.40 o’clock
Wednesday night, with friends and
relatives at his bedside.
Judge Strong had been superin
tendent of the home since January 1.
COOLIDGE GOSSIP FLOODS
CAPITAL
Washington.—Eight years ago to
morrow, upon the death of Warren
Harding, the presidency went to Cal
vin Coolidge. Four years ago to
morrow, Mr. Coolidge announced “I
do not choose to run for president
in 1928.”
On this anniversary day which has
become filled with national' signifi
cance, Herbert' Hoover is entering
the new quadrennial campaign defi
nitely in the race for renomination
although he has made no announce
ment nor is he expected to by politi
cal leaders.
Coincidentally, the name of Cal
vin Coolidge is again in the political
discussion today through the state
ment of his friend and former physi
cian, Dr. James F. Coupal, that Mr.
Coolidge would have liked to have
been “drafted” in 1928 and that he
could be “induced” to run again in
1932.
A railroad line in New York is
wanting to quit business. It carries
two passengers a day on the average.
It surely is entitled to close up shop.
insurance. Monroe extends a most
cordial welcome to these splendid
people, |nd sincerely trust that their
stay here will be both pleasant and
profitable.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Georgia Peaches Rotting
On Trees
Georgia has a wonderful crop of
luscious peaches, but like every oth
er commodity on the market, there
are too many of them, and the price
has dropped until many growers
have abandoned shipments, and in
many orchards they can be had for
the asking. Georgia growers can
not pay the shipping charges, or
even the picking and packing charg
es. Many of them are already broke
from their experience of shipping
the fruit and receiving less than the
carrying charges. Huge amounts are
rotting on the trees, und going to
waste.
The crop is estimated at 78,000,-
000 bushels, an excess over last
year of 25,000,000 bushels. Thou
sands of bushels will rot on the
ground for lack of a profitable mar
ket. And yet, there are millions of
persons, without means and without
employment, to whom these waste
products would be a God-send.
A suggestion from New York that
surplus Georgia peaches be given to
the unemployed and needy Saturday
brought two offers from Georgia to
furnish the peaches if someone could
be found to pay for the picking,
packing and hauling.
The New York state department of
agriculture and markets said Geor
gia peaches were selling in the east
for barely the cost of production and
suggested that peaches and other
surplus farm products be given to
the unemployed.
A. D. Jones, director of the bureau
of markets of the Georgia depart
ment of agriculture said he believed
growers would gladly give their
peaches to the needy but the idea
advanced by the New York depart
ment, while a good one, was “not
practicable.”
Mr. Jones offered to furnish the
peaches if some charitable organiza
tion could be found to pay the costs
of picking' and packing and the rail
roads would haul the fruit without
charge.
Congressional Reapportion
ment
In the formation of the ten new
congressional districts as passed by
the senate, the new ninth district is
the same as the old, except Franklin
county was added. Many of the dis
tricts, however, underwent a com
plete change, and there are great
discrepancies in populations of the
districts. The basis of congression
al representation, under the census
enumeration of 1930, as fixed by
congress, is one member for every
228,000 person’s, or fraction there
of.
As divided by the bill passed in the
senate, the population is as follows:
First 328,214
Second 263,606
Third 340,010
Fourth 285,905
Fifth 398,768
Sixth 283,165
Seventh 271,680
Eighth 240,007
Ninth 241,128
Tenth 256,023
More First Bales
Brooks, Decatur and Worth coun
ties, in extreme south Georgia, mar
keted three bales of new cotton last
week.
Mr. U. J. Rogers, who sold the
bale in Brooks, got 1214 cents per
pound. Mr. Rogers has 10 acres in
cotton from which he expects to
make only four bales, due to a 50
per cent reduction in use of ferti
lizer and other adverse conditions.
In Decatur county, dry weather
has shortened the crop, which is
about 40 per cent less than last
year. Although pickers are being
paid less than in years, farmers say
they are having more of them than
they know what to do with.
The bale sold in Worth was wrap
ped in new cotton bagging,
JUDGE DICKSPN PAYS
PENSIONS
Judge W. W. Dickson mailed the
Confederate Veterans checks for S3O
the latter part of last week, this
being a payment for the month of
August. Payments for June and
July of this year are still unpaid.
Pension Commissioner J. J. Hunt
says there is no question about this
money being paid, but no one is able
to predict when it will be done.
Property Valuations Show
Losses In Georgia
With property valuations all over
Georgia showing losses as high as 30
per cent for 1931, Representative J.
W. Culpepper, chairman of the house
appropriations committee, Saturday
afternoon conferred Cith Comptroll
er-General Harrison in regard to the
estimated ad valorem shrinkage for
this year and its probable effect on
state income for 1932 and 1933. Mr.
Harrison las estimated that Geor
gia stands to lose some $200,000 in
taxes this year because of the de
crease in assessments.
Georgia faces a net shrinkage of
$26,209,269 in property valuations
in 115 counties of the state’s 161,
depriving the state of $131,046.84
in revenue for 1931, and reducing
the next two years, according to tax
digests received by Comptroller Gen
eral William B. Harrison.
Jackson County has a shrinkage
of $429,617,
In the 119 counties from which
digests have been filed, only Fulton,
DeKalb, Gwinnett and Fannin show
gains.
Chattahoochee county showed the
biggest loss of advalorem among
counties reporting through Friday,
with a cut of 30 and 21-100 per cent.
These reduced valuations imply a
loss of possibly $1,500,000 from the
budget estimate of the state’s ad
valorem revenues, and that means
one of three things, viz.:
1. Either appropriations must a
gain be cut by that amount;
2. Or higher taxes must be levied
in some way outside the ad valorem,
for it is as high as it can go; or
3. The deficit for the ensujng
years must be added to by the dif
ference between income and legis
lated appropriations.
Before knowing o£. these losses in
revenue, the House of Representa
tives had passed the general appro
priations bill carrying $10,996,909.-
14 for the general expenses of the
state government in 1932 and $lO,-
979,409.14 for 1933, within the esti
mated revenue of $10,998,000 for
each of the two years.
In order not to have a deficit, the
comm 1 ee will to do some more
figuring.
PUTTING UP FRUIT JUICES
They, make most wholesome and
refreshing drinks.
It is the quickest, easiest, and
cheapest way to save delicious toma
toes, fruits, berries, and grapes that
may be wasted otherwise.
These juices may be sold as such,
or made into jams ar.d jellies as
convenient.
Get new caps and corks, and use
bottles and jugs you now have. Keep
the cost of containers down!
Use only fresh, sound, ripe fruit,
and handle it quickly. Just a little
spoiled fruit will ruin all.
Heat fruit till soft with just e
nough water to prevent scorching at
first. Do not boil. Remove seed
from peaches, plums, and wild cher
ries before doing this.
Then press through thin sack, and
let stand till clear juice rises. Strain
this juice carefully through double
thickness of cloth, fill bottles, put
them, on rack in water bath with
water nearly as high as juice, put
corks in lightly, let simmer (190 to
200 degrees) for about 30 minutes.
Do not boil. Then push corks in
tightly, trim off surplus cork and dip
about one-half inch into melted
sealing wax.
Label with your name and address.
You may bottle the soft part of
the fruits separately, or the whole of
soft fruits for jams, marmalades,
etc.
The juices from peaches, apples,
tomatoes, grapes, berries, wild cher
rios, elder-berries, etc., may be used
this way.
Call upon your Home Demonstra
tion Agent for complete directions,
or write the State College of Agri
culture at Athens for Bulletin 370
on canning.
Infantile Paralysi* Spread* In New
York
New York.—Health Commission
er Wyne today appealed to sur
vivors of the infantile paralysis epi
demic of 1910 to donate their blood
in an effort to check the present out
break of such cases in the city.
More than 800 cases have been re
ported the past seven weeks.
Several more respirators or artifi
cial lungs were ordered placed in
various city hospitals where more
children were being brought in suf
fering from the ailment.
Thursday, August 6, 1931.
Superior Court In Session
This Week and Next
Jackson Superior Court convened
Monday morning, and was in session
until Wednesday afternoon, when it
adjourned over until next Monday, at
which time the criminal docket will
be taken up. About eighteen pri
soners are behind the bars of Sheriff
Culberson’s boarding house, and next
week promises a busy time for the
court officers, who arc Judge W. W.
Stark, Solicitor J. C. Pratt, Clerk C.
T. Storey, Jr., Sheriff R. M. Culber
son, Deputy Willie J. Culberson,
County Policeman C. D. Duke, Court
Stenographer T. J. Syphan.
The bailiffs serving this week are
G. N. Brazeale, Tom Lord, and G.
R. Griffeth.
The official officers of the grand
jury are H. E. AderholA; foreman; S.
C. Morrison, clerk; and G. L. Hub
bard, assistant clerk.
The following are serving as
jurors:
Grand Juror*
H. E. Aderhold, Foreman.
S. C. Morrison, Clerk.
G. L. Hubbard.
R. E. Johnson.
Valley L. Nunn.
R. T. Griffeth.
H. H. Freeman.
L. W. Rives.
W. P. Duck.
P. T. Pendergrass.
W. H. Nunn.
Harvey F. Bray. '
J. N. Harris.
J. O. Montgomery.
E. S. Riley
J. R. Cvlpepper.
C. F. Holliday.
Russell P. Hosch.
J. T. Oliver.
J. Morgan Wilhite.
G. W. Kinney.
Claud Hancock.
F. L. Lord.
Traverse Juror*
Pannell No. 1
Thos. W. Reynolds.
C. A. Hunt.
D. E. Elder.
Lee W. Covington.
J. Hubert Gillespie.
J. P. Johnson.
Alvin C. Appleby.
J. R. Moon.
Horatio Fowler.
Laster Porter.
Jack Hanson.
Pat S. Faulkner.
Pannell No. 2.
J. F. Brooks.
J. Dave Brooks.
H. C. Richardson.
R. L. P. Carter.
Clyde V. 'Lord.
F. D. Vandiver.
J. W. Aleaxnder.
W. T. Hood.
Hoyt N. Hanson.
W. T. Nix.
Otis Tanner.
J. B. Roberts.
Pannell No. 3.
J. Henley Davis.
D. P. Bolton.
Charlie Maddox.
' Harvey Wallace.
J. W. Howard.
MRS. R. T. COLE SUFFERS
SEVERE BURNS
While canning fruit one day the
past week, Mrs. R. T. Cole was se
verely burned on her arms and other
parts of the body, and is now at the
home of her father, Mr. Frank
Webb. The burns are deep and ex
tremely painful. She had some pa
raffin on the stove to be used in
covering the fruit, and this caught
fire, the flames causing the burns.
Her friends trust that no compli
cations will follow the injury, and
that she will soon be able to return
to her home at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Foster, where she
has an apartment.
COCA-COLA SALES SHOW
INCREASE
Peaches, watermelons, wheat and
cotton may be a drag on the market,
but coca continues to show an
increase in sales, and a gain in pro
fits. Net profits of $1,338,404 for
the quarter ending June 30, a gain of
almost $500,000 over those of the
previous quarter, are reported by
Coca Cola International. Net pro
fits for the first quarter of 1931
were $851,432. The quarter also
showed an increase over the corres
ponding period of 1930, when the
net profits were $1,163,221. Profits
for the six months’ period ending
June 30 were $2,189,836 as com
pared with $1,825,551 for the same
period last year.
Messrs. W. S. and J. B. Pinson of
Atlanta were visitors to Jefferson,
Sunday.
Vol. 55. No. 3.
Legislative Problems Not
Yet Solved
The Georgia Legislature will ad
journ August 22. Not counting to
day, Thursday, it has only 17 days
to run, and two of these are Sun
days.
What are its chief accomplish
ments to date? The House has pass
ed the Reorganization bill reducing
the number of departments, boards
and other such agencies from one
hundred and two to seventeen. It
has passed also a Budget bill which
has the rare merit of keeping ap
propriations within the hounds of
estimated revenues. The Senate has
passed a Classification tax bill de
signed to relieve real estate of the
disproportionate burden it now hears
and to place so-called intangibles on
such a basis that they will be re
turned for taxation at a reasonable
rate. The Senate also has passed a
Congressional redistricting bill.
But neither of the above bills is a
law until passed by the other branch
of the General Assembly.
The body is confronted with sev
eral knotty problems that will be
difficult to solve. One of these is to
pay the debts of the state. Unpaid
appropriations in the sum of $8,900,-
000, which accumulated during the
past four years, must be paid; and
where to get the money is a prob
lem.
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Messrs. J. H. Getzen and Hoke
Troutt spent last Wednesday in At
lanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Smith of
Gainesville were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. McDonald on Friday.
Miss Edna Gilbert of this place
and Miss Hazel Turner of Jefferson,
and Mr. Jack Doss of Talmo, spent
Sunday at Bell’s Mill.
Mrs. J. S. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs.
John B. Brooks, and Miss Hazel
Brooks, spent the week-end in Ilosch
ton with Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hill.
Miss Mantie Louise Braselton, who
has been attending summer school at
Georgia University for the past
several weeks, returned home Fri
day.
Misses Sarah Wills and Geraldine
Brown of Jefferson visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Getzen Saturday.
Mr. Robert Getzen was host to the
Bridge Club on Thursday night.
Mrs. Mary Duke Cantrell visited
Mrs. Jim Cooper several days last
week.
Mr. J. A. Crook visited his broth
er, Mr. Corrie Crook, at Center
Grove, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Marlow were
the guests of their mother, Mrs. R.
P. Marlow, at Holly Springs, Sun
day.
Mrs. Harold Phillips and children
returned to their home in Walhalla,
S. C., Friday, after spending a week
with Mrs. M. E. Appleby.
Protracted services will begin at
the Baptist church on Sunday, Au
gust 9.
Mrs. Hudgins and grandson, Joe
Davis, of Sell,-spent a few days last
week with Mrs. P. J. Roberts.
Mr. Ralph Parham of Attica visit
ed Mr. Obie Brooks last week.
Mrs. Joe White of Athens visited
relatives here last week.
Miss Mildred McDonald left for
the 4-H Club Camp, at Thyatira,
Monday.
Mrs J R- White of Athens, Miw
Minnie Head and Mrs. George Bail
ey of Jefferson, visited Mr. W. W.
Brooks, Sunday. Mr. Brooks con
tinues seriously ill..
Mrs. W. P. McDonald and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Bryan McDonald are visit
ing in Atlanta a few days this week.
Miss Johnnie Lou Bridges and Mr.
Jim Callahan of Atlanta spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
McDonald.
Mrs. T. O. Gilbert spent Tuesday
with her mother, Mrs. Tom Black
stock, near Jefferson.
Mrs. Cantrell, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Cooper and Mrs. C. A. McDonald,
spent Saturday in Gainesville.
Mr. A. G. Hargrove, Jr., of Ath
ens, was the guest of Miss Kate
Duke, Sunday.
Annual meetings at a number of
Georgia camp grounds will be held
during this month. The Hartwell
Sun says the largest number of peo
ple ever tenting ppon the historic
old Hartwell Camp Ground are there
this year—2s6 persons occupying 32
of the 33 cottages, only one being
vacant. Large crowds have attended
the 57th annual services.