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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. * * * (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. * * * (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. ] i j j 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. * * * 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. * * * 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. * * * 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. * m + 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.