Newspaper Page Text
THE JACKSON HERALD
Published Weekly
$1 .50 A Year—ln Advance
JL'atvrvd at The Jefferson Postoffice
as Second-Class Mail Matter
OKici*l Organ of Jackton County
JOHN N. HOLDER Editor
W. H. WILLIAMSON ... But. M’g'r.
Jefferson, Ca., July 28, 1932.
INCREASE IN CRIME AMONG
CHILDREN
An appalling situation is indicat
ed in the riport made recently by
tbe Georgia department of public
welfare. This report shows the
c-iismiitments to county jails during
1931 recorded an increase of 7 per
cent over '93o—the commitments
representing a total of 19 out of
every 1,000 of population in the
slate.
Of the total of 55,763 commit
ments, 1,201 were children, an h>-
cniuic of 40 per cent over the pre
ceding year.
A still more significant increase
is that in white prisoners. While
both white and m gro groups show
ed a gain, the increase in whites
was 10 per cent against a 6 per cent
growth in the negro population of
ear jails.
Onljf a few years ago there were
Sibout two negroes in jail in the
state to one white person, but this
ratio has steadily changed until now
t>/e two groups are practically equal,
with the white population exceeding
that of the negroes almost two to
ont'.
When we consider that increase
in the number of children was 49
per cent over the previous year, the
facts are staggering, and should
open the eyes of parents to the
problems of whither are our chil
dren drifting. In this day, when
the automobile carries so many a
\ay from the home, and there are
sa many diversions that have evil
influences, it behooves every par
ent to take of their chil
dren's associates, and how they are
spending their time.
So numerous are the hoppers that
the farmers are not the only resid
uals of the northwest who suffer
from the plague. Already this sum
mer, in spite of the fact that the
ptague has not yet reached its ex
pected maximum, there have been
several instances of railroad trains
being delayed by thick coverings of
the insects over tracks. The trains
kift the hoppers by the thousands,
and their bodies make the rails so
slippery that locomotives are un
ahla to move. Some communities
i the northwest already have or
ganized grasshopper killing bees—
and dead insects have been collect
ed by th t . bushel and disposed of in
various ways. Yet so great is the
pkague that in spite of all that can
be done huge losses in crops are in
?vit^ble.
President Hoover has signed the
32,122,000,000 relief bill. The
Measure is immediately effective. It
jastkes available $300,000,000 to be
Itramed to states for relief of suf
fering among unemployed. It sets
irp a fund of a billion and a half
tkdiars to be loaned states, munici
palities, improvement districts and
late legal utility units for financing
of bridges, highways, tunnel and oth
er public improvements. The re
nainder is available to finance pub
lic works projected by the govern
ment. Signing of the bill made law
©f a measure which for months tan
gled congress and the president in a
fend which at times was bitter. The
bill was written and rewritten, but
it emerged finally in a form accept
able to Mr. Hoover.
Looking for beer to be legalized
nothin the next few years, a number
©f the nation’s pre-prohibition brew
ers are preparing to resume produc
tion as so'n as such legislation is
enacted. To the $20,000,000 that
half a dozen brewers have estimat
ed that they will spend for material
and equipment when beer is re
turned, Fred Pabst, famous Mil
waukee beer Vnaker, has just added
another $5,000,000. The George
Svhret Brewing Company, of New
York City, which ceased manufact
uring near-bear in 1929, has obtain
ed a state charter for making the
real Thing, so that it will be in a
position to come back.
Hemorrhagic septicemia, a very
imfectious and highly fatal cattle
disease broke out last week in one
©f the pastures near Morgan,- Cal
hcun county. Two head of cattle
were dead and a third dying when
the county agent was called, says
the Calhoun County Courier. The
balance of the herd were vaccinated
am} the disease was stopped. Other
herds in the near vicinity were vac
cinated and it seems that the spread
has been checked.
Horticultural Field Meeting
At Hawkins Orchard
July 29.
On Friday, July 29th, at 11 o’-
clock, a. m., Eastern standard time,
a field meeting will he held in the
Hawkins orchard.
The location of the Hawkins
Peach Orchard is in Jackson Coun
ty, Georgia, and located just off of
the Jefferson and Commerce high
way, about five miles east of Jef
ferson, and four miles west of
Commerce. Look for the “arrow"
signs pointing toward Hawkins Or
chard, at Apple Valley.
The Extension Horticulturist of
the Georgia State College of Agri
culture has been carrying on a
peach growing demonstration in co
operation with the late Mr. Tom I.
Hawkins and Miss Annie Hawkins,
in their orchard at Apple Valley.
The Extension representative has
been co-operating with Mr. and Miss
Hawkins since the time the orchard
site was selected.
At the field meeting Friday, the
Extension Jlorticulturist that has
been co-operating with Mr. and Miss
Hawkins will be present, and will
explain the principles followed in
developing the Hawkins Orchard.
Mr. Claud Barnett, manager of the
orchard, will explain the practices
followed. We hope to get Miss
Ilawkins, the owner of the orchard,
to say something about the general
management of the orchard.
This orchard has continued to de
velop each year from the time it
was set, and has already produced
a succession of good crops for six
years. This year, 1932, when the
peach crop of Georgia and the Unit
ed States is the shortest in years,
the Hawkins Orchard is estimated to
have a FULL CROP of extra fancy
peaches.
Many who have visited the Haw
kins Peach Orchard recently say
that it is the best kept, cultivated,
pruned, sprayed, and has the best
crop of any orchard they have ever
seen this or any other year.
If you are now interested, or
may in the future be interested, in
Peach Growing on a small or large
scale, it will be to your interest to
accept the invitation of Miss Haw
kins to visit her orchard next Fri
day morning.
Yours for service,
W. Hill Hosch, Cos. Agr. Agent.
The writer hopes to see the day
when some candidates will run on a
platform of helping the merchants,
doctors, dentists, blacksmiths, news
papers,' drug stores, department
stores, ginners, grist mills, preach
ers, school teachers, etc. This bally
hoo about “helping the farmer” is
too silly. It has been the favorite
sop of candidates for fifty years
and the farmer is in worse condition
now than ever before. Candidates
for governor should be big enough
and broad enough to realize that
what helps one class helps all class
es. The only way to help any man
is to give him a square deal and let
him help himself. Anything else is
the merest piffle.—Jackson Progress-
Argus. r
Times were fairly good in the
year 1927. In that year the ex
penses of the federal government
were $3,493,600,000.. You know
how times are now yet the expendi
tures of the federal government
this year will be $4,582,200,000,
an increase of $998,600,000 or 28
per cent over those of four yeais
ago. And this huge increase is in
the face of a protest from the whole
country against burdensome tax
ation. The increase is to be paid
by adding to the burden of taxation.
And no small part of it is to 1 all on
the little man, such as an increase
of 50 per cent in the rate for first
class mail and a stamp tax on e\en
the smallest checks.
In Georgia, whose population is
seventy per cent rural, eleven thou
sand more persons moved from
cities to farms than the other way
around, during the twelve-month
ended March 31, 1930. For the
United States as a whole the farms’
•net gain during that period was up
wards of three hundred and eight
thousand. Since then the drift to
the country has increased to such
an extent that some observers re
gard it as beginning anew economic
era.
With more candidates for state
offices than was ever before known
there is remarkably little interest
and no enthusiasm in the present
campaign. Some of the candidates
have spoken to large crowds in two
or three instances, but the lure was
barbecue and accessories rather
than a desire to drink at the foun
tains of wisdom and learn what ails
the world and the cure therefor.—
Dawson News.
801 l Weevils, Now Is Time
To Destroy Them
The boll weevil is a very small in
sect, but there is hardly any limit
as to the amount of damage they
may do to a cotton crop. Yes, it
I is also true there is hardly any limit
as to the amount of talk, work, wor-
I ry, profit, and loss, also market
fluctuation caused by the boll wee
vils.
In Jackson county I have inspect
ed a number of cotton fields, and
I have not as yet found any that
are this year free of boll weevil in
festation.
The boll weevil that punctured
most of the early squares was the
weevil that emerged from hiberna
tion quarters, and they are dead by
now. The early squares that the
female boll weevil deposited an egg
in are now giving out a crop of
healthy young boll weevils. These
weevils that are now coming out of
the squares will be with you the
entire summer, unless you destroy
them. If you have not kept the
squares picked up carefully, or
poisoned, or both, then you should
get busy now at an early date and
try and get your boll weevils under
control before they destroy most of
the quares already set on your cot
ton.
Suggestive 801 l Weevil Control
Method Now
Continue to pick up/punctured
squares from off of the cotton plants
and ground once each week this and
next week.
If you have applied poison early
and picked up early squares past
three weeks, you should have your
weevils under control now, and like
ly can wait a week or so before
doing any more poisoning. How
ever, do not guess about having
your weevils under control, but
make close field inspection to deter
mine conditions.
If you have not already applied
poison, then if possible, start at
once. Best use calcium arsenate in
dust form, and applied with the
use of a regular dusting machine.
Use about five pounds of calcium ar
senate per acre each application,
and make three applications at in
tervals of four to six days apart,
and if weevils are not under control
good then make four applications
four to six days after to third.
In the absence of dusting ma
chine, very good work may be done
with the use of a thin cotton sack
and cotton dusted by hand.
Best to apply calcium arsenate in
dust form late in afternoon and
evening, part of night, or early in
the morning, while the air is calm
and damp.
Very good ">es'dlts can be had by
use of poison applied in liquid form.
Make mixture of one to two pounds
calcium arsenate, one gallon of mo
lasses or thick syrup, and about
two gallons of water. Keep_ mix
ture thoroughly aggitated while ap
plying same, and apply mixture to
cotton same day it is mixed togeth
er. Make applications in number,
and number of days between appli
cations same as when using dust.
Continue very shallow, but fre
quent cultivations, until very late in
the season. Some of the best cot
ton growers I know often stop
plowing one week and start to pick
ing about one or two weeks later.
Will you or the boll weevil get
your cotton?
Yours for service
W. Hill Hosch, Cos. Agr. Agent.
The Annual Home Coming of the
former students of Young Harris
College will be held at the College
August the fourth, 1932. Mr. H. J.
Fullbright, attorney, of Waynes
boro, Georgia, is president of the
Alumnae Association. All former
students are invited to spend the
day at their Alma Mater. The au
thorities of the college will appre
ciate it if those who expect to at
tend will please drop a card to Mr.
W. C. Leake, Secretary of the Alum
nae Association, at Young Harris,
notifying him of their intention to
come.
The United States Bureau of the
Census announces that according to
the returns received there were 200
marriages and 10 divorces in Jack
son county in 1931, as compared
with 194 marriages and 5 divorces
in 1930. In the state there were
28,321 marriages in 1931, and 30*-
335 in 1980, a decrease of 6.6 per
cent. There was an increase in
1931 of 8 divorces.
The Claxtcn Enterprise says, “The
watermelon crop has been a failure,
from the standpoint of production
and from the standpoint of no re
turns to the grower. Here, at least,
is one instance where a short crop
did not raise .the price to the grow
er.”
THE POLITICAL CONVENTIONS
AND THE WET PLANK
(Jerome Jones, in Journal of Labor)
We have anew tune now to take
the place of the old one, "How Dry
i Am.” It is “How Wet I Am," and
was written in Chicago. Both
Democrats and Republicans, not
ordinarily good song writers, collab
orated in its composition—we must
sing you anew song they said. For
each one is trying to prove to the
voters apparently that he is wetter
than the other one. ,
• • •
It is barely possible that this song
will not prove as popular as at first
thought. There is always a second
thought, we are told, and not infre
quently it is a sober thought. The
leaders of the two major parties
who were at first astounded at the
strength of the wets in Chicago and
then so proud of themselves that
they had surrendered to that pres
sure so easily, may find that a na
tion, like an individual, sobers up
the next day and oftentimes when
h e does so he is animated by a re
vulsion against his spree that bord
ers strongly on disgust.
* * *
Those two “boo-conventions” in
Chicago wore “sprees.” Just how
long the spree will last we do not
know. A dash of cold 'Water some
times hastens sobering up. There
are indications that individual can
didates even now are feeling the
sobering influence.
MOTORISTS PAY THIRD OF
A CENT EACH MILE FOR
USE OF THE ROADS
Although road tolls, as such, have
virtually disappeared in the United
States, the average motorist still
pays a toll -of approximately one
third of a cent for every mile his
car travels.
This Act is cited by the Ameri
can Road Builders’ association as
an evidence that highways produce
revenue at a rate not thoroughly ap
preciated when it is dealt with in
aggregate figures.
It is estimated that the average
among the 26,000,000 motor ve
hicles in the United States yields 12
miles to the gallon of gasoline con
sumed. The average gasoline tax
rate is 3.48 cents a gallon. The tax
per mile, then, is .29 cents, which
means that for every 3.4 miles his
car goes the motorist pays one cent
for the use of the highways.
Atlanta is asking for $10,000,000
of the relief fund recently voted by
congress, in order that the city may
begin an extensive program of im
provements. California wants $200,-
000,000 to build great bridges a
crcss San Francisco Bay. The fund
is expected immediately to take
care of such situations as that in
Chicago, where school teachers,
firemen and policemen have not
drawn salaries for long periods; in
Pennsylvania, where suffering is re
ported intense and relief funds and
sources of relief funds are exhaust
ed; and in other states where the
situation is reported serious although
not so acute.
In the case of John Hughes Cur
tis, charged with hindering the cap
ture of the kidnapers of the Lind
bergh baby, a sentence of twelve
months in jail and a fine of one
thousand dollars has been imposed
by the court. An appeal will be
taken from the findings of the jury
and from the sentence of the court.
Under the laws of the State of
New Jersey, the penalty for such
crimes is extremely light, the maxi
mum sentence being only three
years in jail.
The six weeks session of the Uni
versity of Georgia summer school
came to a close Friday. Those who
are taking the nine weeks course
have three additional weeks of
study. A preliminary, unofficial in
quiry indicates that 82 graduate and
undergraduate students, are expect
ing to receive degrees this summer.
Of this number 42 are in the gradu
ate school. Among those who will
receive the degree of Bachelor of
Arts in Education is Miss Reha
Thompson of Daniclsville, a sister of
Mr. W. I'i Thompson.
The Hazlehurst News has this to
say of a former Georgia pastor, who
was transferred to Floi'ida at the
last session of conference: “The
Rev. Homer Thompson, pastor of
the Hyde Park Methodist Church,
Tampa, grabbed a bootlegger and
held him until Federal officers ar
rived Sunday. The ’legger had been
hiding liquor in the church yard for
some time. He had even hid it
there while Sunday school was in
session. There’s a preacher for you!
He not only talks—HE ACTS."
WHY NOT CUT THESE
EXPENSES?
If the Board of Regents would
consolidate the agricultural depart
ment, the experiment stations, and
the agricultural branch of the Uni
versity of Georgia, they might ac
complish some saving to the state.
We cannot see why there should be
so many divisions of this depart
ment. The only way we can judge
the benefit of all the money being
spent for agriculture is by the past.
Everybody knows that farming has
drifted "from bad to worse for 15
years, notwithstanding more money
and more agents have been spread
over the state year by year, and
why there should be so much mon
ey, so many men employed to help
the farmer, when he has on hand a
surplus of nearly everything that
grows on a farm to teach him how
he can add to the surplus already
created, is more than we can under
stand.—Greensboro Herald-Journal.
PENSIONERS RECEIVE CHECKS
On Friday, Judge W. W. Dickson
mailed to Jackson county Confed
erate Veterans and widows their
monthly checks, which came almost
a month late, being twenty-cne days
past due. Hon. J. J. Hunt, state
pension commissioner, said that a
falling off of revenue derived from
the sale of cigar and cigarette tax
stamps since the first of the year
has resulted in a falling behind of
the monthly payments to the veter
ans. The state Legislature in 1931
made a provision that the pensioners
were to get the entire amount of
money derived from cigar and cig
arette tax, but made no provision to
take care of the pensions in the
event this tax fell short.
Since the arrival of the grass
hopper in Georgia, it will interest
our readers to know that in Nebras
ka, North and South Dakota, Min
nesota, lowa, Wyoming, Montana
and other states ten million acres of
farming land, and every green thing
growing on it, is threatened this
summer by an invasion of grasshop
pers and locusts that again will
cause farmers in the northwest huge
josses. Already the insect pests
have appeared and experts of fed
eral and state bureaus of agricul
ture have begun anew their struggle
to control the crop enemies. But
it is a losing fight, both for the
farmer and the expert. Powerful
means of destroying the pests have
been perfected but so numerous are
the ranks of the enemy that only
slight headway can be made.
Reorganization of the personnel
of state colleges in Mississippi, be
gun last winter, has been complet
ed, and shows that 132 faculty
members and employes at the six
institutions under the board’s super
vision were dismissed by the trus
tees in their effort to trim operation
expenses to fit the 46 per cent ap
propriation slash voted by the leg
islature. Release of more than six
score employes represents a cut in
personnel of better than 25 per cent,
members of the board said. The sal
ary rolls of the six schools carried
slightly mere than 400 names when
the board undertook to reduce the
personnel.
The citizens of Monroe are
“high-hatting” their less fortunate
neighbors these days, because they
now tall for their mail in a hand
some new $50,000 post office build
ing, just completed. The new post
office is the fullfillment of a dream
of long standing, and their pride in
the new structure is very commend
able.
We are rejoiced to note that
Editor E. A. Caldwell has about re
covered from his two months illness,
and is back on the job in the Wal
ton News office. Mr. Caldwell is
one of Georgia’s finest newspaper
men, and edits one of the most ex
cellent papers in the state. His
two months absence from his office
was a matter of sincere regret to
many people.
Johnnie Spencer, in the Macon
Telegraph says: “According to The
Augusta Chronicle, the wife of a
local Sunday school superintendent
threw a bridge party at which, the
wife cf another Sunday school sup
erintendent won first prize, five bot
tles of home brew.”
Requests of $975,000 to educa
tional, religious and charitable in
stitutions are shown in the apprais
al of the estate of Mrs. Ella M.
Burke, Cleveland, Ohio, widow of
the late Stevenson Burke, of that
city. Mrs. Burke, 89, died in Cleve
land, April 3, 1931. Among the
gifts was a bequest of $20,000 to
the Berry school.
NICHOLSON
0„r city w„ well r „„
the singing convention at t] at
Saturday and Sunday. irs ' m >
Mr. J. T. Code is very .
the regret of friends, who tnJ v
will soon be well.
The Misses Slribbling 0 f Vl
were visiting here Sunday, th !
guests of relatives.
Rev. W. C. Brock is a t Hull
where he is conducting revival <, r
vices at Prospect church.
Mr. T. W. Phillips is qui te s j clt
and friends trust that he will soon
be well again.
Mrs. Carrie Elrod and children of
Greenville, S. C., are visiting here
with relatives.
Mr. George Smith, family, Mes
dames C. M. and J. L. Barnett, were
at Smithonia, Sunday.
Miss Alva Wallace is spending
this week at Winder, where she is
the guest of relatives.
The revival services are called
off at the Methodist church at pres
ent.. Later announcements.
Remember that the meeting will
begin at the Baptist church on the
first Sunday in August.
Rev. Charlie King of Anderson,
S. C., is doing 'some fine preaching
at the Fire Baptize and Holiness
church. You are invited to attend
Mrs. C. T. Venable
Our community was shocked Sat
urday morning, when the news
spread, announcing the sudden
death of Mrs. C. T. Venable, form
erly Miss Ella Seagraves of Athens.
Mrs. Venable had lived here several
years, and won the admiration of
many, who are saddened to have
her go away. She taken violently
ill Friday night, and was rushed to
an Athens hospital. She died on
the operating table about six o’clock
Saturday morning. Besides her
husband and several small children,
she leaves her mother and many
other relatives to mourn her demise.
The funeral services were conduct
ed in Athens, and interment made
in the family grave yard, near
Neece. The family has the deepest
sympathy of friends.
MR. FREEMAN CELEBRATES
HIS 72ND BIRTHDAY
On July 24, 1932, Mr. C. L. Free
man’s children and grand children
gathered at his home near Ebenezer
church, to celebrate his 72nd birth
day.
All of his children were present
to wish him many, many more years
of success and happiness, except
one, Marcus Freeman, but he was
with his father in thought.
The table, which was spread un
der the shade of the big oak trees
in his yard, was decorated with
beautiful flowers, as well as delici
ous food.
Every one present enjoyed the
day to the fullest extent.
He is the f&ther of ten children,
six boys and four girls, all of whom
are living, except cne boy, who died
in his early manhood. He has forty
three grand children and five greai
grand children.
PARTY IN HONOR OF MISS
HOWINGTON
On Saturday night, July 23rd, a
party was given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. O. Williamson, in hon
or of their niece, Miss Leoda How
ington, of Zellwood, Fla. Music,
games and proms were enjoyed, and
delicious ice cream was served.
Those enjoying the party, were.
Misses Leodia Howington, F lora
Bell Oliver, Naomi Archer, Gussie
Yarbrough, Virgia Mae and Lueiie
Wheeler, Gurel Thurmond, Hazel,
Nell and Elizabeth Williamson; Mes
srs. F. W. Martin, Ralph Hardy, Jim-
Summie and Tom Ross Mooie, Cur
tiano and Woodrow Williamson,
Hoyt Bates, Henry Mize, Cliffor
Spratlin, Hoyt and Ned Archer, -
and Mrs. Ned Whelehel, Mr. an
Mrs. Crook Wages, Mr. and Mrs.
Hovt Williamson, Mr. and Mi-'- -
E. Archer, and Mr. and Mrs. K. u.
Williamson.
The Waycross Georgian asks the
question: “Ever see a panic like t
before?” and gives the ans ' vt ‘ r '
“Too much to eat, too much to
wear, banks overflowing with '' n
ey, total national wealth of ' ~
000,000,000, but here’s the trou
11,000,000 men out of work.
The Supreme Court ruled W' ( ‘
nesday that property purchase :
any World Waf veteran
with pension money, is not ?u
to taxation by the state, c°um>
city.
A Harlem man 62
has recently passed the Georgm
examination. We admire
termination.