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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Jt*mi of Interest From Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Gwinnett Journal)
r|| In Well Kills Clint Head,
Buford
>, ws was received about 8 o’clock
\\\ Jnesday morning of the tragic
dtath of Mr. Clint Head, twenty
figh; years old, the son of Mr. and
jji Jerry Head, residing about
three miles north of Buford. Mr.
Hct.l was digging a well for Mr. J.
r. M’lrkle, and # did some blasting
Tut. Jay, and Wednesday morning as
he went into the well he was over
come by gas that had accumulated
during the night, and asked to be
drawn out. When within about ten
f ei l of the top he gave way and fell
baik. On being brought out, Dr.
j. Ord found that his neck had
been brOgen by the fall. This was
a vi ry sad occasion for the family
of the deceased, along with a host
of friends.
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(From Commerce News)
Mr. J. T. Quillian Honored On 82nd
Birthday
On last Friday Mr. J. T. Quillian
celebrated his 82nd birthday. Com
ing ss quite a surprise to him on
this occasion was the picnic supper
at which Mrs. Quillian entertained
twenty-two members of the Quillian
family. Quantities of food and cold
drinks made this a gladsome oc
casion. On Sunday morning at the
Methodist Sunday school a short pro
gram was given in honor of, Mr.
Quillian’s birthday, and of the 51%
years that he and Mrs. Quillian have
served as loyal faithful members of
that church and Sunday school.
Many lovely baskets of flowers were
presented them at the close of the
program.
Mr. Brock Injured In Automobile
Accident
Mr. Cal Brock of Nicholson was
[seriously injured in an automobile
accident while en route to his work
in the Hood’s orchard Wednesday
morning. Mr. Brock was riding on
the bumper of a crowded car, and as
the car on which he was riding came
over the steep part of a hill another
car going in the opposite direction
crashed into it. Mr. Brock had sev
eral ribs broken, suffered a disloca
tion of the pelvis, sustained a cut on
the aim, and was badly bruised. Af
ter receiving medical treatment here,
he returned to his home in Nichol
son.
(From Gainesville News)
Egg With Unique Picture Of Herself
Hens lay eggs then gener|Jly
cackle about it to let everybody and
other members of the flock know
what thdy have done, but seldom is
one conceited enough to put her
picture on it in order that her owner
may know just which one laid the
egg. Such a conceited hen belongs
to Mr. J. C. Bowen, of 43 Davis
street, of this city, who brought an
egg with the picture of the hen on
it. He didn’t put the picture on it.
The hen did. It takes no imagina
tion to tell that it is a picture of a
hen. One can easily see the head
and neck, tail feathers, and legs.
It is a perfect image. Mr. Bowen
brought the egg to The News office,
where it will be shown to the curious
or non-believers.
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(From Covington News)
The Lees Leave For Jefferson
Mrs. Lester Lee and family left
Thursday for Jefferson where they
join Mr. Lee to reside there. Mr. Lee
has been in the drug business there
for the past several months. This
charming family have lived in Cov
ington for many years and their
many friends deeply regret their
leaving but they have their hearties*
wishes for success in their new sur
'■ ‘.dings. Jefferson is fortunate in
deed to have this splendid family
mov into their community.
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(From Winder News)
A Great Wheat Yield
Mi'. Will Autry has received a
mo : interesting letter from his
cousin, Mr. D. E. Autry, out in Dal
har’ Texas, which describes a tre
mendous wheat yield on the praire
land • of the Lone Star state. The
neat was grown by a Mr. Lashley
0n one of his ranches and the yield
Was 125,000 bushels. Mr. Autry
two photographs of this wheat
: one of which showed the reap
ofs and threshers at work in the
u, and the other showed great
Piles of the wheat out in the field
TRAVERSE JURORS
The following are serving as tra
verse jurors at the second week of
Jackson superior court:
PANEL NO. 1
1. C. F. Evans.
2. Rich A. Minish.
3. J. L. Braselton.
4. C. T. Bacon.
5. R. E. Stewart.
6. Marion Turner.
7. J. W. Arnold.
8. C. M. Reynolds.
9. J. A. Moseley.
10. L. H. Isbell.
11. C. N. Pinson.
12. A. C. Williamson.
PANEL No. 2.
1. J. D. McEver.
2. Jesse T. Bell.
3. J. E. Elrod.
4. P. L. Duncan.
5. H. G. Johnson.
6. L. B. Shirley.
7. Hollis Henderson.
8. Guy T. Maley.
9. W. J. Chapman.
10. J. M. Carlisle.
11. Walton H. Sailors.
12. Rupert T. Farmer.
PANEL NO. 3.
1. D. S. Berryman, Jr.
2. C. E. Toney.
3. S. J. Kinney.
4. Marshall Perry.
5. H. Alva Edwards.
6. Jno. S. Robinson.
7. A. D. Mize.
8. H. D. Wheeler.
9. J. W. Evans.
10. Thos. J. Glenn.
11. Rus F. Hosch.
12. Jno. M. Gober.
PANEL NO. 4.
1. Dave H. Duke.
2. Claude E. Robinson.
3. John Barber.
4. Allen Duncan.
5. J. R. Worley.
6. D. L. Harmon.
7. J. Mack Lord.
8. Worthy L. Williamson.
9. W. T. Whitehead.
10. T. L. Patrick.
11. W. J. Colquitt.
12. S. R. Spurlock.
GREATEST DRAW SPAN
NEARING COMPLETION
ACROSS POTOMAC
Washington. The costliest and
heaviest draw bridge in the world has
been practically completed by Uncle
Sam over the Potomac river and will
be opened formally next year as part
of the Georgia Washington bicenten
nial celebration.
The greatest part of $14,500,000
has been expended on the impressive
white stone span stretching from
Lincoln Memorial in Washington to
the home of General Lee in Arling
ton National cemetery in Virginia.
When sidewalks have been laid on
the bridge, and elaborate approaches
completed, it will mark the fruition
of a three-year-old plan for spanning
the river between those points.
The bridge itself cost $7,500,000,
including $950,000 for the huge
draw in the center.
When a captain of any vessel
thinks he cannot clear the bridge,
the bridge engineer is signaled and
more than 10,000 tons of steel and
concrete are reared into the air.
So carefully has the draw been
designed and balanced that the en
tire operation of raising the enor
mous weight requires but a few
minutes and, the expense is only $2
for electricity. However, mainten
ance of the draw and salaries will
make the total annual operating cost
about $20,000.
HESTER’S ESTIMATE
FIXES COTTON CROP
AT 13,893,155 BALES
New Orleans. —Secretary Henry
G. Hester of the New Orleans cotton
exchange today put the American
commercial cotton crop of 1930-31
at 13,893,155 bales, a decrease un
der 1928-29 of 1,892,201.
The decrease, Secretary Hester
said, was almost entirely in the Gulf
states. Texas varied a little, while
the Atlantic states showed a ma
terial gain.
Eight members of Congress have
died since the first of this year.
after it had been cut and threshed.
The yield of Mr. Lashley’s land was
about 25 bushels per acre. He has
been offered 26 cents per bushel for
it.
JEFFERSON, Jarckson County, Georgia.
Laws Violated Six Instances
Charged To Talmadge
Atlanta, Aug. 6.—The special
Senate committee appointed to in
vestigate the Department of Agricul
ture, today filed its report in which
it charged the department was being
conducted in a wasteful and ex
travagant manner, and the head of
the department, Eugene Talmadge,
had, in the opinion of the com
mittee, violated laws of the state in
at least six specific instances.
Findings of the jommittee,
through personal check of records of
the department, and through infor
mation obtained from the state au
ditor’s office, were also contained in
the report.
The facts disclosed, the committee
held, indicated, in their opinion, that
Mr. Talmadge had violated the laws
in the following instances:
“One, by a failure to deposit with
the state treasury the $14,000 de
rived from sale of fertilizer tags
which was credited to the account of
the Bureau of Markets, and checked
out without having gone into the
treasury.
Two, when he paid approximately
SIO,OOO to purchasers of hogs on
their claim of shortages in weights
and grades.
“Three, when he defied the
executive of the state and paid said
claims without the signed warrant
of the governor therefor.
“Four, when he guaranteed the
freight on various watermelon ship
ments and paid state money to cover
the losses therefrom.
“Five, when he charged in his per
sonal expense account for railroad
fare and at the same time and in a
different place, was charging for
gasoline for an automobile.
“Six, when he kept a considerable
sum of the state’s money on deposit
in a small bank at Ailey, Ga., for ap
proximately one year withouth ever
turning it over to the state treasury.
GA.’S GOLD OUTPUT
$4,200 LAST YEAR;
SILVER WORTH $9.
The North Georgia mountains,
once, long ago, the leading gold
producing region of the country,
produced in 1930 but 203 ounces
valued at $4,200. Georgia hills
also yielded 23 ounces of silver val
ued at $9.
The Bureau of the Mint in Wash
ington announced these figures Fri
day in a national survey of gold and
silver.
The 1930 gold production over
the state and territories of the
United States amounted to $1,596,-
200 more than in 1929, while silver
showed a decrease. The total value
of the gold mined last year was $47,-
247,600. Alaska and California led
the production.
In days before the California gold
rush of 1849 a large amount of gold
was taken from the region around
Dahlonega and a mint was main
tained there.
Cotton Apparel Worn At
Family Reunion
It was not our privilege to attend
the Adair-Nix-Ray fifth annual re
union held at Williughby Park, Com
merce, yesterday, althought we were
given a cordial invitation to the
same, and we are not informed as to
whether the plans as arranged were
carried out or not, but the women
and girls were expected to wear cot
ton dresses.
This was the first time on record,
that a family group joined together
to help the Southern cotton grower
by wearing cotton apparel.
The reunion brought together
relatives and descendants of the
James McCord Adair, the T. T. Nix,
and the Anderson Ray families. Most
all of the descendants live in or near
Commerce.
W. T. Ray, Athens attorney, is
president of the reunion, and Prof.
Shields Adair, of the Georgia State
College of Agriculture, is secretary.
HASLETT—HUCKABY
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Haslctt, of
Lake Wales, Fla., announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Frances,
to Rev. Louie F. Huckaby, of Athens,
Ga., the wedding to take place Au
gust 10. The bride-groom lives at
the Methodist parsonage at Oconee
Heights, and is pleasantly remem
bered by Jeffersonians, having spent
a week here in June leading the j
singing at the Methodist church. I
Fall Term Of Martin
Institute Will Begin
Monday, August 31st
The City Board of Education de
cided at its last meeting to open the
fall term of Martin Institute on
Monday, August 31, 1931.
Also, it was decided at this same
meeting: that on Thursday and Fri
day, August 27 and 28, that all |
pupils will report for registration.
The following calendar for the
Fall term was also adopted: Two
days would be given for Thanks
giving. and the Christinas holidays
would begin on Friday, December
19th, and work would be resumed
on January 4th, 1932.
All pupils registering at Martin
Institute for the Fall term will pay
a registration fee of $l.OO. This
fee is to be paid by all pupils on date
of registration. Please pay this fee
on this date, so that the superintend
ent and principal can get this out of
way, and you will have no draw back
in your being enrolled and ready for
work.
If any pupil outside of Thyatira,
District Number 1, Academy, and
City of Jefferson, in the first seven
grades wishes to enroll in Martin
Institute for the Fall term, you will
be expected to pay on enrolling the
registration fee of $l.OO, and a
tuition fde of $2.00 per month.
All pupils in the High School de
partment from Jackson county will
only pay the registration fee.
Martin Institute has been desig
nated as the County High School,
hence we cannot charge a tuition
fee, but all pupils are expected to
pay the registration fee on date of
registration.
Faculty For 1931-32
Miss Mary Ruth Wills—First
Grade.
Miss Catherine Mobley First
Grade.
Miss Martha Dean Cooley—Second
Grade.
Miss Irene Rankin—Third Grade.
Miss Frances Smith Fourth
Grade.
Miss Sophie Mae Swain—Fifth
Grade.
Miss Louise Bailey—Sixth Grade.
Miss Martha Watson —Seventh
Grade.
Miss Andrea Meadows—Latin and
French.
Miss Dalia Strickland —English.
Mr. Roy Cheatham —Mathematics.
Mr. Joe DeFoor—Agriculture and
Principal High School.
Miss Peggy Baker—Home Econo
mics.
Mr. H. J. W. Kizer—History and
Superintendent.
RICHMOND-ATLANTA
MAIL PLANE CRASHES;
PILOT BADLY HURT
Ila, Ga.—The night air mail plane,
Richmond, Va., to Atlanta, crashed
near here early Monday, injuring the
pilot, Jack Weston, so severely he
was taken unconscious to a hospital
at Athens, fifteen miles southwest.
Weston circled a farm home sev
eral times in an attrnept to find an
emergency landing place at 3.30 a.
m. The plane then fell to a sliding
landing and ran 150 yards, crashing
into a fence. Weston was found un
conscious in the cock-pit.
The consignment of mail was tak
en to Jefferson, Ga., where another
plane was to pick it up and carry
it to Atlanta, where it was due
originally at 5 a. m.
Hospital authorities at Athens
said Weston, although unconscious
when brought, there, was not believ
ed fatally injured.
JOHN E. WILLIAMS INTERRED
AT BLACK’S CREEK
Funeral service for John E. Wil
liams were conducted at Black’s
Creek, between Commerce and
Nicholson, Friday morning, Rev.
Kenney officiating.
Mr. Willia’ms was 56 years of age,
and committed suicide by shodting
himself in the heful with a shotgun
at his home near Athens Thursday
morning about 6 o’clock, according
to a Coroner’s verdict. Despondency
over ill health was given as the
cause of the act by the jury.
Surviving Mr. Williams are his
wife, two daughters, Mrs. E. E.
Dillard and Miss Mary Williams, of
Athens; four sons, E. F., J. H.,
Dorris, and Dalas P. Williams; three
brothers, A. L., H. E. and C. G. Wil
liams, and one sister, Mrs. J. J. Bol
ton. Mr. Williams had been ill for
8 months.
Thursday, August 13, 1931.
4-H Club County Camp
Held At Thyatira
The Annual 4-H Club Camp was
held at Thyatira Club House on
August 3-7. Those assisting the
agent with the camp, were: Miss
Ellie Smalley, Toccoa; Miss Lila Ed
wards, Lexington; Miss Annie Hugh
Hancock, Jefferson; and Mrs. G. G.
Warren, Clayton, Ala.
The program for each day was as
follows:
6.45, Rising Bell.
7.15, Flag Raising.
7.30, Hike and Nature Study.
8.15, Breakfast.
8.45, Inspection of Camp.
9-11, Classes in Art, First Aid.
11, General Assembly.
12.30, Dinner.
1.30- Rest Hour.
3-4, Classes in Home Improve
ment, Courtesies, and First Aid.
4, Games.
6, Supper.
7.15, Vespers.
7.30- Games and Stunts.
The girls who attended the camp,
wore: Virginia Hill, Wilda Strange,
Golden Eberhardt, Jean*tte Eber
hardt, Frances Haulbrook, Mary
Ethel Deadwyler, Wilda Harvil, Mil
dred McDonald, Nellie, Myrtle, Mar
garet and Oree Martin, Nelle Cole
man, and Kathleen Venable.
On Friday, August 7th, the moth
ers of the girls and the Home
Demonstration Club members were
invited in to spend the day. Twen
ty-five women attended. The day’s
program consisted of Health and
Nutrition, Recreation, and Home
Improvement. A picnic dinner was
served, which was thoroughly enjoy
ed by all.
Well-Known Athens Citizen
Passes
Athens, Ga.—William S. Holman.
a£ed 87, pioneer Athens industrialist
operator of large farming interests
died at his home here today. Mr.
Holman w;as one of the organizers of
the Athens Railway and Electric
Company which he served as presi
dent, owner of a nine-story office
building here which bears his name,
and conducted extensive farming
interests for many years.
Mr. Holman was a member of the
Presbyterian church. He served
with Morgan’s Raiders in the War
Between the States and was wound
ed in action. He was also a member
of the guard that accompanied
President Jefferson Davis and his
cabinet back into Georgia.
McLENDON —FORRESTER
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLendon,
of Maysville, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Allie, to
Mr. Henry Alva Forrester, the date
of the wedding to be announced
later.
W. D. HOLLIDAY’S AUTO
COLLIDES WITH STREET CAR
A collision between the automo
bile of Mr. W. D. Holliday and a
street car in Athens on Saturday af
ternoon resulted in severe bruises to
the occupants of the auto, and a re
markable escape from instant death.
The accident occurred at the corn
er of Prince avenue and Baxter
street, where the street car line en
ters Prince from Baxter. The au
to, driven by Mr. W. D. Holliday,
contained Mrs. Holliday, Mr. C. I".
Holliday and Mr. Alfred. The auto
was considerably wrecked.
LIGHTNING STRIKES FILLING
STATION
During the heavy rain of Monday
afternoon, lightning struck the gas
pump of the filling station at Cen
ter’s Stone, just outside the incor
porate limits, on the Jefferson-Ath
ens road, set fire to the gas, and for
a short time threatened to destroy
the store building. The city fire de
partment was summoned, and with
the aid of chemical extinguishers
soon had the fire under control, with
only a small loss.
CITY COURT NEXT WEEK
City Court of Jefferson will con
vene next Monday, with Judge J. S.
Ayers presiding, and Solicitor Will
D. Martin prosecuting. The criminal
docket will be in order the first
week; and the civil docket will be
called the second week. A calendar
for this term of court will be seen
in another column. Also the list of
jtirors published in this issue.
Vol. 55. No. 4.
Too Many Peaches And
Watermelons
The dry weather caused the peach
and watermelon crop of South and
Middle Georgia to be about thre*
weeks later than usual, and this ha
had a disastrous effect on the price.
Then again, the production of both
crops is greater than last season.
A. D. Jones, director of the state
bureau of markets, Saturday termed
the 1931 peach crop the most disaa
trous on record, in so far as pri<*e*
were concerned, and said he had ad
vised watermelon shippers to discon
tinue shipping until the price situa
tion clears up.
More peaches have been shipped
this year than last, 12,412 cars be
ing moved up to Saturday, com
pared with a total 1930 movement of
8,632 cars.
Total movement of watermelons
to date is 16,614 cars, he said, com
pared with a total movement for
1930 of 25,998. Prices were fair op
to two weeks ago, when watermelon
prices declined with jieaches “until
at this time many cars are selling few
freight charges and less.”
Phillips And Williams On
Trial
A case in Jackson superior court
that caused much interest was rail
ed Tuesday afternoon, bringing for
trial O. E. Phillips and Roy Wil
liams, charged with securing several
hundred dollars fraudulently from
banks in Braselton, Buford, Gaines
ville and Winder.
In May, Phillips and Williams, and
a third unknown person, exhibiting
a badly scarred arm, and presenting
a check accompanied by a letter ex
plaining that the check was in full
settlement for injuries received in a
railroad wreck, visited banks in dif
ferent cities, and deposited the
check, the men drew cashier’s checks
for two, three or five hundred dol
lars, and made a get-away with this,
before the banks knew they were de
frauded. Among those losing money
was the firm of Braselton Bros., at
Braselton, and they at once took
steps to apprehend the criminals.
After following their tracks for a
bout three weeks, they were captur
ed in Kentucky, and brought Eaclc
and placed in the Jackson county
jail. One of the prisoners, O. E-
Phillips, is a native of Hall county*
and had been reared near Braselton.
Following their arrest, it develop
ed that they belonged to a ring that
worked this fraudulent scheme on
banks in Georgia, Alabama, Missis
sippi, Kentucky and Missouri, and
witnesses are here this week from
several states to testify against
them.
As we close our forms Wednes
day at 10 o’clock, the trial is still ut
progress.
CONCERT ON PUBLIC SQUARE:
BY HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
The Jefferson High School Orches
tra will give a concert on the public
square this evening, Thursday, front
9 to 10 o’clock, to which everybody
is given a cordial invitation.
The orchestra plays each Sunday
evening at the union church ser
vices, and have received much favor
able Commendation for their un
selfishness in dispensing musical en
tertainment.
WII.MER RUCKER FOUND
GUILTY OF MAN SLAUGHTER
The trial of Wilmer Rucker for
the murder of Jim Smith, both col
ored, the killing occurring at Com
merce, was called Monday afternoon,
and went to the jury about eleven
o’clock Tuesday. The jury returned
a verdict of guilty of manslaughter,
carrying a sentence of from one to
two years.
DR. J. S. HOLDER GOES TOt
ATLANTA
Dr. James S. Holder, who spent,
the past year in a large hospital in
lowa City, lowa, has accepted tl
position of resident urologist in
Grady Hospital, Atlanta, and left
Monday to begin his work. He will
spend at least one year at Grady,
and will gaiti wide experience in hist
chosen profession. Dr. Holder is the
older son of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Hoi-,
der, and* is a 1930 graduate of the
medical department of Emory Uni
versity.