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The Jackson Herali
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
fl fW t Item* Of Interet Among Our
Neighbors And Friend*
(From Gainesville News)
Six Hall County Schools Close To
Pick Cotton
It's cotton picking time in Geor
i;l; Or, at least as far as a num
bt,r 0 f Hall county schools are con
cel , tH I for six or more have closed
diuvi for two weeks in order that
ch ii. ten can aid their parents in
gathering in the white cotton. Coun
ty hods closing for cotton picking
are; Sardis, Chestnut Mountain,
Cl(: mont Grammar School, Brook
t, Jefferson Academy and Bethel.
Some of these schools closed more
than a week ago while others closed
last Monday. It is expected that
they will open again either Monday
or Monday week.
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(From Athens Banner-Herald)
Athens Citizens Desire Road Reach
ing Gulf Of Mexico
Extension of U. S. Highway No.
129 from Athens to the Gulf of Mex
ico is the aim of the Dixie-Gulf
Coastal Highway association organiz
ed at a meeting in Fort Valley, it
was announced today. A delegation
of Athenians, representing the high
way committee of the Athens Cham
ber of Commerce attended the meet
ing, including Tate Wright, chair
man; A. G. Dudley, C. D. Terrell,
Ben T. Epps and Sam H. Nickerson.
Mr. Dudley was elected a director
of the newly organized group. High
ways enthusiasts from Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida attended the meet
ing. W. G. Brisendine of Ft. Valley
was elected president; Leon Hender
son, Macon, secretary. The route
suggested would extend from Athens
to Pensacola, Fla., through Madison,
Eatonton, Macon, Ft. Valley, Ameri
cus, and Richland in Georgia, Eufau
la, Crest View, and Camp Walton in
Alabama, to Pensacola. The as
sociation urged that the government
designate the route from Macon to
Pensacola as U. S. Highway No.
129. It was said today that the
highway would attract many more
tourists through Athens. It would
connect with the highway to Gaines
ville and also that extending to Hart
well as well as other points in this
section.
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(From Banks County Journal)
Col. Early Stark Came Near Losing
Fine Cow
Col. Early Stark, of Commerce, is
fond of rich milk, and for a long
time kept a goat, and milked it.
Later he purchased a fine cow. Mon
day night the cow was stolen, but
when some distance from the cow
lot the cow escaped from the thief
and returned to the lot. The thief
went back to the lot, and stole her
again, rope and all. The Col. s hired
man discovered the theft, and run
ning up to the Col.’s house, “loud”
“somebody has stole us covThe
Col. rushed out, gun and all, and
began firing in all directions. The
heavy explosions and the hired mans
screams so frightened the thief that
he threw’ himself in high and went
so fast he lost one of his shoes. The
shoe proved to be one of the Col. s
old shoes that he had given a negro
who had worked for him a few
W’eeks previous. Result, negro in
Jefferson jail, and cow in the lot
again.
(From Lavonia Times)
Other Patrons Here Board Teachers
The first two weeks of boarding
teachers at homes expired the first of
this week, and the teachers shifted
to other homes. The teachers are
assigned homes by invitations from
patrons or friends of the school. A
patron boards one teacher a month,
or two teachers two weeks. When
the first two weeks had expired, ev
ery teacher had an invitation to an
other home for two weeks. This is
purely a voluntary contribution to
the school, being made by the patrons
and friends of the school. It is be
ing lone with the idea of helping
the school weather the storm of de
pression with a nine months school
term. Invitations from patrons con
tinue to come in. It is not known
yet how long this system will con
tinue.
Dupont 6-Hour Day Aid* Idle
Wilmington, Del.—Several DuPont
concerns will adopt the six-hour
*ork day immediately to provide
*ork for the unemployed, it was an
nounced today. Between 10 and 15
Per cent more names were expected
to be added to the present payrolls
a ® a result, it is predicted.
Story Of A Jackson County
Artist
(By Julia Collier Harris, in Atlanta
Constitution)
Georgians who advocate patroniz
ing “home industries” should flock
in iarge numbers to the High Muse
um this week to see the collection of
water-color and pencil drawings of
Ralph M. Buffington, native of Jack
son county, Georgia, and a son of
Dixie who has never been north of
North Carolina nor west of Alabama.
But not only local and state pride
should motivate art lovers to inspect
Mr. Buffington’s collection; there is
sufficient merit and interest in the
young Georgian’s work to entitle it
to flattering attention, and all will
recognize in this collection of 65
works a talent and a promise which
are in no sense dependent upon the
label, “Made in Dixie.”
Mr. Buffington has still another
claim on the attention of Atlantans;
he is a graduate of the architectural
school of the Georgia Institute of
Technology and received his train
ing there under the direction of
Harold Bush-Brown. He practiced
his profession for a time in Gastonia,
but along came the general “slump”
and business being particularly dull
in the building trades, young Buf
fington decided he would try to go
abroad for supplementary study.
Through the good offices of friends
who had known him from childhood,
he obtained passage on a freighter
sailing from a southern port and for
a number of months studied and
traveled in France, Germany, Italy
and Holland. The present collection
contains much of the fruit of these
experiences. There are water-color
and pencil drawings done in Paris,
Normandy, Brittany, Monte Carlo,
the hill country of Italy Venice and
Cologne, in addition to a dozen or
more very characteristic and attrac
tive sketches of the north Georgia
landscape near Gainesville.
Most of the work in the present
exhibit was done while the youug
man and a fellow traveler took their
leisurely course, in a small car, along
the highways and byways of the
countries mentioned. The sketches
represent in each case from 20 min
utes to two hours’ of work, on the
spot. The range of subjects is wide.
There are several excellent drawings
in color, in black and white and in
red chalk of French and Italian
churches. Among these we see the
gloriously staunch and solid lines of
the “butter tower” of the Rouen
cathedral; the picturesquely stunted
tower of the Beauvais cathedral; the
mellow, red brick of Sienna’s San
Domenica; old St. Medard in Paris,
and the misty dome of Venice’s Sa
lute, mirrored in the waters of the
canal. These subjects are especially,
congenial to an architect and are
among the most successful in the col
lection. Especially pleasing, both in
color and authority of’ drawing, are
the two interiors of the Chartres
cathedral.
In his delineation of wet and misty
weather, of cold and cloudy days in
France and Italy, the young Geor
gian is particularly successful. On
the other hand, there is a lack of
warmth and color in his so-called
sunny weather sketches. It is as if
the artist had been a little afraid of
letting himself go, of being accused
of romanticism or theatrical intent.
I suggest this possible motivation be
cause in two of his water-colors, the
charming little garden in Venice
with a wistaria vine hanging over a
door, and in the painting of the Sien
na church, there is a very genial,
colorful atmosphere. Frequently it
is the case that the palettes of archi
tectural painters show a noticeable
restraint in color. Undoubtedly a
free development of color sense is
not paramount to an archi.eet. Be
that as it may, Mr. Buffington’s
work is, on the whole, cold in color,
although he shows in several of his
sketches that his ability to suggest
sunlight is not as restricted as a
superficial glance might indicate.
The sketches of north Georgia
hills, trees, nooks and corners are
full of character and declare the
hand of one to the red-clay born.
Especially delightful and true is the
group of trees in which a curly wine
colored tree dominates and which is
essentially decorative. The water
color in which a peach tree fills the
foreground is also excellent. Some
old sheds and a rustic group of farm
implements are as closely tied to the
Georgia rural scene as the exception
ally successful view of the Place
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Jackson County
Farm Women Want
Home Conveniences
(From Athens Banner-Herald)
In spite of the times, the Jackson
county people are not forgetting that
their homes need to be improved and
they are improving them steadily,
says Sarah Whitaker, home demon
stration agent.
An outstanding piece of work has
been one by Mrs. A. 0. Hood who
has improved her kitchen by adding
two windows, a sink, and two built
in cabinets. The work in her kitch
en is more pleasant due to having
plenty of light, fresh air, and the
steps saved in doing the work. She
can stand at the sink and wash the
dishes, place them in a cabinet a
bove the sink and at the same time
see what is going on in her side
yard.
Mrs. Claude Barnett, another be
liever in home convenience, has add
ed running water to her home as well
as to other convenient places around
the house. The bathroom is a
pleasure to her family. She also
has a sink in her kitchen that is ar
ranged very conviently and is at ex
actly the right height for Mrs. Bar
nett, which means lots of saved ener
gy-
Many other improvements have
been made in the homes of Jackson
county. Many sinks have been add
ed in the farm homes and although
all the homes do not have running
water the sinks are very useful as
the water from the kitchen does not
have to be carried out three or four
times per day by hand. Some homes
have been remodeled in many ways
to add pleasure to the mothers.
Several electric washing machines,
irons, radios, and other electrical
equipment have been added.
At one home in the county where
the Georgia Power company runs
the power line to furnish the power
for a gin there have been installed an
electric stove, frigidaire, iron, water
pump, toasters, percolators ,and oth
er small equipment. All of these
things add to the comfort of the
homemaker.
BAPTIST CONVENTION TO OPEN
NOVEMBER
The 110th annual session of the
Georgia Baptist convention will be
held at the First Baptist Church,
Atlanta, beginning November 17.
The convention is composed of 88
associations with a membership of
521,557. It was organized at Pow
ellton, Ga., in 1822. The convention
spent last year $2,806,054.79 for
missions, benevolence and local work.
Despite the depression this year, the
work will show great progress, and
many new members have been add
ed.
Due to the death of Dr. John E.
White, president, one of the four
vice presidents, Ely Callaway, La-
Grange; W. M. Coile, Winterville;
E. F. Campbell, Macon, or E. W.
Sammons, Gray, will call the meeting
to order and preside. Dr. W. J. Mc-
Glothlin, president of the Southern
Baptist convention, will be one of
the speakers.
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d’ltalie is tied to the Paris urban
scene.
Interesting items of this exhibition
are the sketches of modern buildings
in Germany and France. Mr. Buf
fington traveled through Germany’s
industrial area in order to study the
modern architectural movement in
that country. He found German
specimens of the modernistic, so he
says, of great beauty and symmetry
and believes the architects of Ger
many and Holland have been more
successful in applying the new
methods than have those of France
and Italy. He reports that both
Dutch and German architects have
the highest esteem for the work of
our American architect, Frank Lloyd
Wright, the greatest exponent of the ;
modern in this country.
Mr. Buffington has already found
a good market for his work in Geor
gia. Six of the water-color draw r
ings in this display are the property
of Mrs. Peter Meldrim, of Savannah,
one has been purchased by Miss
Caroline Meldrim, eight are the pro
perty of Mrs. S. M. Shonnard and
one of the Paris sketches belongs to
Miss Caroline Noble Jones.
This interesting and thoroughly
worth-while collection will be on dis
play at the High Museum until No
vember 1.
Bankers Discuss Means For
Relief Of Cotton Farmers
The bankers of Georgia are meet
ing this week to consider the recent
action recommended by a southwide
conference of bankers, cotton co
operative leaders, and officers of the
Farm Board.
The conference is of the opinion
that the interest of the cotton pro
ducer will best be served by an un
derstanding of the following pur
port :
The banks of the cotton produc
ing states will make or renew loans
to mature not earlier than July 31,
1932, secured by cotton to the total
amount of at least 3,500,000 bales.
The banks will report the total
baleago to be so held as collateral, to
the presidents of the several state
bankers associations by October 25,
1931. Such presidents will in turn
report the total baleage of their re
spective states, to be so used, to Mr.
Nathan Adams of Dallas, Texas, the
chairman of this meeting, and Mr.
E. F. Creekmore at New Orleans,
Louisiana, Vice-President and Gen
eral Manage of the American Cotton
Cooperative Association.
If, by the date these gentlemen,
acting as a committee, have receiv
ed satisfactory pledges from the
banks of the several state, to finance
as much as an aggregate baleage of
not less than 3,500,000 bales by
lending, renewing or otherwise car
rying such cotton as collateral for
the time indicated, the Federal Farm
Board will agree to extend the obli
gations of the American Cotton Co
operative Association covering ap
proximately 2,100,000 bales of cot
ton of the season 1930-31, or earlier
years, to July 31, 1932, unless such
cotton can be sold at a price of
more than 1214 c per pound, based
on the near month of the New
York Cotton Exchange.
If the substantial reduction from
the acreage of this year, now aimed
at by the several state legislative en
actments, becomes effective, the
Federal Farm Board will continue its
commitments for an additional year.
The Federal Farm Board will fur-
thtr agree that, so long as extensions
are granted to the American Cotton
Cooperative Association under the
above arrangement, and with the
same exception as to price, The
Cotton Stabilization Corporation will
maintain its present baleage of cot
ton of approximately 1,300,000
bales.
REV. LOUIE NEWTON MADE
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Richmond, Va.—The Rev. Louie
De Votie Newton, of Atlanta, Ga.,
pastor of the Druid Hills Baptist
Church and a former editor of the
Christian Index, Wednesday was
elected executive secretary of the
foreign mission board of the South
ern Baptist Convention. The Rev.
T. B. Ray, executive secretary for
the past twenty-five years, was elect
ed foreign secretary.
The annual meeting of the board
was held in its offices here Wednes
day. The board, which decreased its
1931 budget by $280,000, lopped off
another $225,000 for 1932.
The annual reduction was consid
ered necessary in view of general
business conditions, Dr. Ray said.
The budget, as finally adopted, is
approximately $886,000 and carries
a provision for reduction of the
board’s debt. Although the 1932
budget calls for $505,000 less than
j the 1930 budget none of the four-
I teen foreign mission fields in which
(he board operates will be abandon
ed, nor will any of the 423 mission
aries be recalled, it was announced.
Dr. Ray said the board deemed it
preferable to curtail operations in
all fields than to abandon some of
them.
the tri-county choir to
MEET
On next Sunday, October 25th, at
1.30 p. m., the Tri-County Choir
will meet with Center Grove church,
Jackson county.
| This church is located six miles
south of Maysville, near Holly
Springs, and about six miles north
of Jefferson.
Most of the conventions are over,
and the choir will have the 1932
book, so all leaders and lovers of
good music are invited.
May we make this a great occasion
for Center Grove and the communi
ty. You won’t be disappointed if
you come.
D. C. Short, Pres.
H. H. Fleming, Sec’y.
Thursday, October 22, 1931.
Democratic Victory Visioned
By Daniels
Atlanta, Ga. The democratic j
party is assured of success in the
1932 election ... if they show wis
dom in choosing a candidate and a
platform, according to Josephus Dan
iels, former secretary of the navy
during the Wilson administration,
who arrived here Thursday to attend
the ecumenical conference. Mr.
Daniels, who is editor of the Raleigh
(N. C.) News and Observer, is a
member of the general executive
committee of the conference, and
took part in the deliberations of that
body Thursday night.
In speaking of the economic de
pression, Mr. Daniels said: “The
present business debacle has largely
been caused by the unwise policies
which have prevailed since 1921.
Privilege has been in the saddle and
riding hard. The present low ebb
has been brought about by tariffs
that denied foreign markets to A
meriean surplus produce, by an iso
lated parachial foreign policy, by
government encouragement of fren
zied finance, and by the immunity
from prosecution granted to merging
monopolistic combinations.”
Regarding the democratic plat
form, the editor pointed out that
conditions, not parties, make issues.
“In my opinion,” he stated, “the two
commanding issues in 1932 will be
the interrelated questions of relief
from the present economic depres
sion, and the safeguarding of world
peace. One cannot be solved with
out the other.” He discarded pro
hibition as a party issue because of
the wide divergence of opinion in all
parties. It has never had a fair
trial, he said, for the republicans re :
fuse to give it impartial administra
tion.
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
MAKES HIT
Echoes from the radio concert of
the High School Orchestra, broad
casted over WTFI in Athens last
week, prove that Jefferson has a
popular and talented band of young
musicians. The program* was receiv
ed with gracious compliments and
applause, and numerous messages
were wired to Athens expressing ap
preciation of the music and request
ing another broadcast by these young
people.
So popular was their concert that
WTFI has requested them to broad
cast every week. Since they are
High School pupils, their school work
will not permit this, but we under
stand they will give another concert
on Wednesday afternoon of next
week, and then follow this with one
each month.
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD
LAMENTS SALARY CUTS
Waycross, Ga.—The Presbyterian
synod of Georgia at the close of its
87th session here today, went on re
cord as lamenting the enforced ac
tion of the foreign and home mission
boards in reducing the salaries of its
workers and missionaries and the
action which reduces the amount
paid to beneficiaries of the Christian
educational and ministerial relief
fund, urging the restoration of the
salaries as early as possible.
The synod passed a resolution that
greetings be sent to the world-wide
Methodist con-'arence in session -n
Atlanta. The synod adjourned to-
day after a three-day Meeting whirh
has been presided over by Dr. J.
Sprole Lyons, of Atlanta, and at
which a heavy volume of business
was handled with harmony and a
splendid spirit of optimism.
GETS AMATEUR RADIO
STATION LICENSE
Mr. V. S. Wright, of Monroe,
brother of Mrs. J. D. Escoe of our
dty, has received license from the
Federal Radio Commission, Depart
ment of Commerce, to own and op
erate a radio station, and the Wal
ton News has the following to say
of Mr. Wright:
“Mr. Vernard S. Wright today re
ceived from the Federal Radio Com
mission, Department of Qommerce,
license to own and operate an ama
teur radio station, for the purpose
of both sending and receiving mes
sages. He has been assigned the
call letters W 4 BAG, and will oper
ate on a frequency of 3750 kilocy
cles, or 80 meters. Mr. Wright, who
is one of Monroe’s first radio en
thusiasts, and has years of exper
ience in building sets, informs us
that he built most of his transmitting
equipment during spare time.”
Vol. 55. No. 14.
Home Demonstration News
Of Jackson County
The community entertainment
which was planned at Attica for
October 30th, has been postponed
until November 6th, which is one
week later. This entertainment is
being held to raise money to com
plete and equip the new club house
in that community. There will be
no admission fee, but there will be
things to sell, so bring along a lit
tle change. The American Legion
Band will furnish music during the
evening, and there will be games.
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Don’t forget the Club Rally which
is to be held at Martin Institute on
November 7th. We hope that this
will be the biggest county wide meet
ing that has ever been held in Jef
ferson. Plan to be present and en
joy the program which is being
planned.
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Club records and stories have been
coming in to the office during the
last few weeks, and there are still
some that haven’t been turned in.
The promotion list is going to be
made soon, and all those girls who
have not. turned in records and
stories cannot get promotion cards.
* * *
Miss Golden Eberhardt leaves Fri
day, October 23, to attend the State
clothing contest in Macon. She is
one of the twenty contestants in the
State.
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Miss Lula Edwards, District Agent
of the Augusta District, writes that
Miss Winnie Merl Pettijohn, of Tal
mo, ranked 4th in the International
Harvester Scholarship.
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The American Red Cross has sent
50 pounds of dried yeas’; to be dis
tributed in this county to help pre
vent pellagra. This will be given
to 25 people here in the county who
need it.
Sarah Whitaker,
Home Dem. Agent.
Prominent Lady Passes At
Pendergrass
The little city of Pendergrass, to
gether with a large area of the
county, mourn the passing of Mrs.
John S. Brooks, one of the most
popular and prominent women of
the county. She was called to her
eternal home on Thursday of last
week, and her going has brought
sadness to a large circle of friends,
and deep grief to the members of
her family, to whom she was 30 de
voted, and who held her in such
loving appreciation.
Mrs. Brooks was formerly Miss
Minnie Braselton, the eldest daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Braselton. She spent almost her en
tire life in the little city where she
died. She received her education at
Martin Institute.
Funeral services were held from
the Pendergrass Baptist church.
Rev. H. G. Jarrard and Rev. E. B.
Collins, her pastor and former pas
tor, officiated.
Surviving Mrs. Brooks are her
husband; three daughters, Mrs. W.
W. Wiley, of Washington, D. C.;
Mrs. W. D. Holliday, Jr., of Zanes
ville Ohio, and Miss Hazel Brooks,
and three sons, Roland D. Brooks, of
Pendergrass; Harold Brooks, of
Charlotte, N. C., and John B. Brooks,
of Pendergrass.
POSTOFFICE TO USE ONLY
COTTON TWINE
Washington.—Secretary of Agri
culture Arthur M. Hyde today cited
the action of the postoffice depart
ment in substituting cotton for jute
in its specifications for large pur
chases of twine as an example of
how government departments are co
operating to aid in the present
emergency.
For the purpose of tying packages
of letters the po3toffice department
utilizes about 80 car loads or close
to 3,000,000 pounds of twine a year.
For many years the postal service
has been using jute twine. Jute is
not a domestic product but is import
ed from India.
At the request of the department
of agriculture, the postoffice depart
ment will specify cotton twine for
use in the postal service, and an ad
vertisement is about to be issued
calling for bids for 1,300,000 pounds,
covering the needs of the service for
a six months’ period beginning Jan
uary 1, 1932.