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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
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l tW , Item* Of Interest Among Our
■ Neighbor* And Friend*
I (From Gainesville Eagle)
■ Petr Craig Cop* H*ndom Prise,
I Lakewood Race*
I p e te Craig, son of Mr. W. H.
conductor of The Eagle’s “60
B e rs Ago” column, roared around
l e Lakewood speedway July / 4 to
fi r st place in the third race,
■ et? i s well known in newspaper and
■oto racing circles both here and in
Horida.
■ p,i Miles, covering the races for
B Atlanta paper, said of Pete's
■ ••The third evrnt, won by Pete
■pi,,.. red-headed daredevil of Gain
Kyjlir, provided a beautiful fight for
H, ; ,i between him and Alton Han
s',, of Atlanta. Craig, driving a
Kiu-iiiay Special, was forced to eat
KJ,,,dust for the first two laps
■ th, latter held his AA Special wide
Hen. hut the Gainesville daredevil
Hjgei! to the front in the stretch on
H third lap and thereafter main-
H n ed it for the duration of the
Hce."
(From Gwinnett Journal)
Snake In Auto
A lot of excitement was had by
present Saturday morning when a
ree-foot snake crawled under the
od of Dr. A. D. Williams’ new
tvrolet. The reptile is believed to
ve crawled out of a truck parked
ross the street from the City Drug
mpany and crossing over took re
je in the Williams car. The snake,
id to have been a highland moc
sin by some experts, and a spread
r-adder by others, was killed and
ng up —and it rained within ten
nutes.
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(From Banks County Journal)
idles It Would Happen Every Day
A dead man was brought into
n> -one time ago with his throat
t. The county paid Pat Canup
e dollar to wash and dress him.
t only worked about one hour to
ra the dollar, and after finishing
Iked out on the street, stretched
(self and said: “Wish something
e that would happen here every
r"
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(From Dawson News)
iant Rats Destroying Crops And
Chickens In Lee
Reports from all sections of Lee
mty state that rats in overwhelm
! numbers are to be found every
ere, says the Lee County Journal,
sy are destroying corn in cribs,
ing prowing peanuts and catching
1 eating frying size chickens.
Reliable information reaching
isburg states that negro boys are
o? ’possum dogs to catch giant
and rats. Traps, poison, cats and
caliber rifles are being used in
effort to destroy them.
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'From Lavonia Times)
Pston Spinning Mill Brings $20,150
The Royston Spinning Mill was
i a t public outcry at Carnesville
Tuesday, July 4th. Mr. J. M.
tson bought the mill for $20,150,
the highest bidder. There
e several other bidders present
' bidding was spirited till it
c bed around twenty thousand dol
• Ihe Royston Spinning Mill was
k' n 1929 at a cost of more than
Mndred thousand dollars.
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(From Walton News)
Helton-Patrick
“turday, June 24th, at Auburn,
• occurred the marriage of Miss
e Helton, to Mr. Glenn Patrick,
"cdl known and well-connected
People of Barrow county. The
who has often visited here,
e grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W.
atr 'ck, of Monroe, and during
fluent visits here, made many
who wish for him and his
‘ n £ bride a long, happy and
life.
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( From Atlanta Journal)
r Bur ed Badly At Park Street
Horn*
f J ■“ ai -old Mary Har-tley, daugh
■ r. and Mrs. T. A. Hartley,
, 5 Park Street, S. W., as criti-
’ about the body early
when her dress caught fire
. playing in the back yard
. r "ome.
ij. 1 :! ‘k to the child’s mother
li r " a ' s Paying in the back yard
I ’ me nianner set fire to some
fe'br iCh i?nited her dress. A
attracted by the child’s
’ Sn) °thered the flames and
SINGLE COPY sc.
GEORGIA HAS NEW
RELIEF COMMISSION
Atlanta.—Affairs of the Georgia
Relief commission under direction of
Herman DeLaperriere were wound up
Staturday and all employes were
given notice of dismissal, prepara
tory to turning over the work Mon
day to the new commission headed
by Ronald Ransom, Atlanta banker.
Ransom said, however, that a
number of the employes, including
DeLaperriere, who will serve as ad
visor to the new organization, would
be re-employed.
Heretofore relief funds have been
provided through the Reconstruction
Finance corporation but under the
new set-up they will come from the
national relief administration. Ran
som said the office changes were in
cidental to the shift.
The employes who were given no
tices included: Arlie D. Tucker, form
er speaker of the Georgia House and
one-time candidate for governor, as
sistant director; N. V. Babb, special
assistant, and T. M. Linder, secre-
tary to Governor Talmadge, special
assistant; G. B. Carreker, bookkeep
er; Miss Myrtis Willcox, auditor; S.
H. Hollis assistant auditor; Dr. R.
A. Franklin, John A. Peterson, M.
B. Cameron, J. P. Sumner, and John
C. Peterson, field representatives;
Miss Leslie Robinson, Miss Eliza
beth Brown, Miss Alvaretta Kenan,
shd Miss Mary C. McLeod, welfare
workers; Mrs. Inez Manderson, secre
tary to Director DeLaperriere; Mrs.
Georgia Rudder, Mrs. Inez Haynie
and Miss Alberta Williams, steno
graphers; Miss .Marie Hodges, clerk;
Mrs. H. B. Jackson, another of the
governor’s secretaries, special steno
grapher; Miss Louise Boyd, file
clerk; Mrs. Jessie Duren, information
clerk; and Gus Watson, porter.
CLIPPINGS FROM WINDER NEWS
Miss Mary Pendergrass of Jeffer
son was the guest of Miss Dorothy
Maynard Sunday.
Misses Margaret Appleby and Doro
thy Maynard of Winder, and Dorothy
Dicks of Washington, were visiting
in Jefferson Sunday.
Mrs. Louise Rainey McCathern
joined friends in Atlanta Thursday,
and they will spend some time in
Florida and Cuba.
Mrs. Mae Deßruhel, Misses Beulah
Ferguson and Mary Weatherly, and
Mr. Nixon Rainey left Wednesday
morning for a week’s stay at Sea Is
land Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Newton,
Mrs. Rubye Eberhardt, Miss Texas
Morris, of Maysville, and John Rob
inson left Sunday morning to visit
the Century of Progress Exposition,
Chicago.
Mr. J. B. Hancock, Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Cook, Misses Olivia and Eliza
beth Kesler were in Grayson Sunday
to see Mrs. E. J. Whitehead and Mrs.
Woodie Tribble and family.
Mrs. Emma Bush, of Union
Springs, Ala., spent Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Cook. She is visiting
her brother, Mr. J. B. Hancock, Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Kesler and other rela
tives in Jackson county.
Miss Kate Duke of Pendergrass
was the week-end guests of Miss
Louise Bailey.
took the injured baby to Grady Hos
pital, where attendants said her con
dition was critical.
The child’s dress was burned from
her body before she was rescued,
000
(From Commerce News)
“Uncle Billy” Wood Passes Last
Thursday
Mr. William Wood, better known
as “Uncle Billy,” passed away on
Thursday as the result of a blow re
ceived on the head Wednesday. He
was riding on the running board of
a car being driven by Mr. Phillips.
Mr. Phillips was stopping the car to
let Uncle Billy on the inside when
his hat suddenly blew off. Not wait
ing until the car had come to a
stand still, he stepped from the run
ning board to get it. The car threw
him against its side, giving him a
blow on the back of his head. He
was 84 years old at the time of his
death, and has lived, in and around
Commerce all of his life. He was
living in the Berea community at the
time of his death. He has been a
member of the Cabin Creek church
for the past forty years. Funeral
services were conducted from Berea
church, and interment made there 1.1
the cemetery. Rev. Robert Spurlock
conducted the services.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
FORMER JACKSON
COUNTY CITIZEN
DIES AT WINDER
Winder, Ga., July 7.—Mr. S. C.
Potts, 84, one of the oldest and most
highly respected citizens of Winder,
died early Thursday morning at the
home of his son, S. M. Potts, follow
ing an illness of only a few days. He
had been active and in good health
until recently. Born near Apple
Valley, in Jackson County, he lived
in that section of the county until he
moved to Winder about 35 years
ago. Since moving to Winder he be
came prominently identified in the
civic, business and religious life of
the city. He served on the City
Board of Education and was former
ly sheriff of Jackson County, serving
as sheriff of that county when a part
of the county was cut off in the new
county of Barrow.
In early life he maried Miss Fan
nie Duke, of near Jefferson, who died
a few years ago. He was a member
of the Presbyterian Church and al
ways took an active part in the af
fairs of his church. He is survived
by two sons, S. M. Potts and F. H.
Potts, both of Winder, and another
son, Dr. W. C. Potts, of Atlanta, and
one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Hood, of
Sanford, Fla.,*and four grand-daugh
ters, Miss Frances Potts, of Atlanta;
Mrs. T. M. Philpott, Athens; Mrs.
Mercer Murray, Athens, and Mrs. R.
C. Heslop, St. Petersburg, Fla.
The funeral was held at Winder
Friday aft.ernoon, conducted by Revs.
S. J. Cartledge, of Athens; H. E.
Russell and - J. H. Wood of Winder,
with interment at Rose Hill ceme
tery, Winder.
Plans Are Announced
For Sarepta Baptist
Sunday School Meet
*•- • •
Plans are being made for the Sun
day School Convention of the Sarep
ta Baptist association, which will be
the fifty-fifth annual session, July
18, to be held with the Comer church.
The officers are: president, Judge
W. W. Armistead of Crawford; vice
president, Mr. M. L. Payne of Mays
ville; secretary and treasurer, Mr. D.
P. Howington of Commerce; assist
ant secretary, Miss Annie Howington
of Commerce.
Following is the program:
Morning Session
Pianist, Miss Eleanor Thompson,
Comer.
10:00—Song and Praise Service.
10:05—Devotional, Rev. A. N.
Safiders.
10:15—Welcome, Superintendent
G. L. Adair.
10:20—Response, Miss Dorothy
Whitehead.
10:25—Song.
10:30—Enrollment of messengers
and recognition of visitors.
10:40—Rep’orts from District
Chairmen and Superintendents—
District No. I—W. E. White.
District No. 2—G. E. Robinson.
District No. 3—J. L. Harris.
District No. 4—T. S. Cunningham.
District No. 5—W. S. Lowe.
11:00—Talk, Mrs. J. W. Jenkins,
“Objectives for the Sunday School
Class.”
11:20—Song.
11:45—Address, Rev. H. T. Brook
shire, Elberton.
12:30—Collection and announce,-
ments.
Afternoon Session
2:oo—Song and Praise Service.
2:lo—Talk, Mr. H. H. Shiflett,
“The S. S. and Evangelism.”
2:3o—Song.
2:3s—Talk, Rev. F. J. Hendrix,
Crawford.
2:ss—Talk, Rev. C. C. Tooke,
Commerce.
3:ls—Song.
3:2o—Reports of committees.
3:3o—Reading of minutes.
Adjourn.
MISS BARBER WEDS
MR.CLARENCE PEARCE
Mrs. Ina Barber, of 1282 Boule
vard, N. E., announces the marriagfe
of her daughter, Sarah Harvey, to
Mr. Clarence B. Pearce, on May 27.
The ceremony was performed by Dr.
Major, pastor of Capitol Avenue
Baptist Church, at his home on Myr
tle Street. Mr. and Mrs. Pearce
will make their home at 580 Ponce
de Leon Avenue.—Atlanta Journal.
Forty Hour Work Week In
Cotton Mills
President Roosevelt has signed the
cotton textile code, the first under
the national recovery act, fixing a
sl2 and sl3 minimum wage in the
south and north, respectively, and a
40-hour work week for all mill em
ployes.
The code, marking the first attempt
of the federal government to regulate
hours and wages in industry in an
effort to stabilize production and pur
chasing power, will become effective
July 17.
Although the code presented by 77
per cent of the cotton textile indus
try was designed to affect all plants
using cotton in manufacturing, the
tire and medical supply division of
the industry were granted a tempor
ary exemption on their contention
that the maximum hour and minimum
wage provision would work a hard
ship.
Although the law provides that
the code once approved by the chief
executive shall be mandatory upon
the entire industry, the agreement
allows the remaining 23 per cent of
the industry a period for further
hearings before the code becomes
binding upon them.
The signing of the cotton code sig
nalized a push by the chief executive
to speed his domestic recovery pro
gram into operation.
The textile agreement was the first
presented by a basic industry. How
ever, other major industries, includ
ing steel, ipmbar, coal, oil, women’s
apparel and automobiles, are under
stood to be fast approaching agree
ments which will be presented for
hearing soon.
TAX REDUCTION MEANS
10 PER CENT REDUCTION
IN APPROPRIATIONS
Atlanta, Ga.—Governor Talmadge
announced late Wednesday afternoon
from the bench where he was presid
ing over the Public Service Com
mission ofister hearing that he has
ordered the state ad valorem tnx
rate for this year reduced from five
to four mwls.
Governor Talmadge took his action
in the face of greatly reduced state
revenues and merely commented that
“taxes have got to come down.”
The Georgia constitution limits the
state ad valorem tax rate to five mills
and it has been set at that figure
annually for more than forty years.
The annual revenues from this source
average $6,000,000, so the cut means
a loss of approximately $1,000,000 to
the state, which will be distributed
among the 600,000 taxpayers on the
state digest.
If all taxpayers paid the same
amount the saving would be $1.66
each, but it is estimated that probably
75 per cent of the taxpayers will save
less han $1 a year by the order.
Fiscal officials of the state com
mented Thursday that the order of
the governor means an automatic cut
of 10 per cent in all the stat appro
priations for this year, as the entire
$10,000,000 the state had anticipated
from all sources with the advalorem
tax rate at five mills has been ap
propriated.
A report submitted to the governor
last Saturday by State Auditor Tom
Wisdom showed that the advalorem
tax collections of the state for the
first six months of 1933 were already
nearly $700,000 less than the collec
tions for the first six months of 1932
and more than $1,200,000 less than
the collections for the first six months
of 1931 under the 5-mill tax rate.
The ad valorem taxes during the first
six month of egfh year were $2,-
598,264 in 1931, $2,104,147 in 1932,
and $1,355,791 in 1933, figuring the
period from January 1 to July 1 of
each year.
The entire general fund collec
tions, of which ad valorem taxes re
present about one-half, were similar
ly off for the six months of
1933, indicating that the state can
not expect additional revenues from
some other source. The general fund
collections from January 1 to July
1 have been as follows during the
past three years: $6,208,991 in 1931;
$5,636,497 in 1932, and $3,766,199
in 1933.
The $1,000,000 reduction in ad
valorem taxes, added to the $3,000,-
000 cut the governor made in motor
vehicle fees, brings the total reduc
tion in state income to $4,000,900
through executive orders of the gov
ernor.
Miss Dorothy Randolph spent Fri
day in Atlanta.
Thursday, July 13, 1933.
BATTLE ON DRY
REPEAL HAS SWUNG
TO SOUTHERN STATES
The South has become the battle
ground for repeal of the eighteenth
amendment since sixteen states in
other sections of the country have
voted to set up conventions to wipe
national prohibition from the federal
constitution.
Prohibitionists are rallying all
their forces to hold the traditionally
dry South in line, and opponents are
equally active to line the Southern
states behind the twenty-first amend
ment, which would wipe out the
eighteenth.
A special election Will be held in
Texas Augusta 26 to elect, delegates
to a state convention to be held
November 24.
Alabama and Arkansas are the ac
tive southern factors. Both states
will vote on July 18th for relegates
to conventions which will ratify or
reject the repeal proposal.
A third southern state, Tennessee,
will record its sentiment on July 20,
two days after the voters of Alabama
and Arkansas have acted. Each side
will nominate its delegates by peti
tion. Three sets will appear on the
ballot, one “for ratification” of the
twenty-first amendment,” another
“against ratification” and a third
with “no opinion expressed.” The
third class is necessary around
a constitution inhibition against a
straight-out referendum on the wet
dry question.
Prohibitionists of Florida have an
nounced plans for a general meeting
in Orlando to outline the fight to re
tain the eighteenth amendment.
Repeal candidates foi the Florida
convention were selected July Ist at
a meeting in Ocala. Sixty-seven
candidates were selected by each side
and the election and convention will
be held at times to be designated by
Governor Sholtz under provisions of
the recent act of the Florida legisla
ture.
South Carolina and North Carolina
vote on the question of repeal on No
vember 7th, but the campaigns are
already under way in both states.
No action has been taken by
Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, Louisi
ana or Mississippi looking to the
holding of state conventions to pass
on the repeal issue, although the
legislatures of all except Georgia are
expected to make provision for such
conventions next year.
The Georgia legislature failed to
act on this question at its session
this year and will not have an op
portunity to do so again until 1935
unless an extra session is called.
MISS DORIS HOOD WEDS
JAMES A. McGILL
Atlanta, Ga.—Of cordial interest
is the announcement of the marriage
of Miss Doris Hood, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen Thomas Hood, to
James A. McGill, of Elizabeth City,
N. C. The ceremony was solemnized
Wednesday, July 5, at high noon at
the First Baptist church with the
Rev. W. A. Duncan performing the
ceremony in the presence of a num
ber of relatives and friends.
Miss Sue Hood, sister of the bride,
was the maid of honor and only at
tendant. She wore a becoming gown
of pink crepe with a wide-brimmed
pink straw hat and she carried a
bouquet of Brialdiff roses. The
ushers were Hugh Holcomb and Jack
Davis. Dr. R. C. Williams was the
best man.
The lovely bride was given in mar
riage by her father, Stephen Thomas
Hood. She was gowned in a white
crepe gown with a becoming small,
white straw hat. She wore white
faille slippers and carried a bouquet
of bride’s roses and valley lillies.
The bride and bridegroom left by
motor for North Carolina, where they
will spend their wedding trip. Upon
their return they will make their
home in Elizabeth City, N. C. .
A number of entertainments nave
been given in compliment to the
bride and bridegroom. Mrs. R. C.
Williams, Miss Norris Dupre and Miss
Louise Hayes entertained in their
honor.
The hearing by Governor Tal
madge of ouster proceednigs against
the Georgia Public Service Commis
sion on charges of the Georgia Fed
eration of Labor that the commis
sion has favored public utilities en
tered its third week Monday morning
and will continue for most of this
week.
Vol. 58. No. 52.
PENSION REVENUE
WILL MEET BILL IN ’37
Atlanta, Ga.—Present reve
nues for Confederate pensions will
not pay the total pensions dui an
nually until 1937 when the mortality
rate reduces the rolls to a great ex
tent, it was announced Saturday by
A. L. Hension, director of the State
Veterans Service Bureau.
There were on the state pension
rolls on April 1, 1933, a total of 889
Confederate soldiers, and there will
be four soldiers on the rolls in 1944
and four widows until 1954, the di
rector estimated. t
“Existing revenue measures (the
cigar and cigarette tax) will not
yield enough to pay the pensions be
fore 1937,” Henson said. “After
that year, it will yield more than
enough. It will pay 60 per cent of
the pensions in 1033, 70 per cent in
1934, 80 per cent in 1935, 90 per
cent in 1936 and the full amount in
1937. After that year, all back
pensions to living pensioners and
burial expenses as they accurc can
be paid.”
Henson said $687,510 would be re
quire to pay the widows pensions
during 1933, and $219,780 to pay
the soldiers pensions.
PAUL BROWN WINS
CONGRESS FIGHT
WITH HUGE VOTE
Hon. Paul Brown, Elberton lawyer,
has been elected congressman from
the Tenth Georgia District to serve
out the unexpired term of the late
Charles H. Brand.
In an election Wednesday, Brown
carried sixteen of the seventeen
counties in the district and polled a
vote approximately two and one
half times that received by his eight
opponents combined.
The tabulated vote with only a few
isolated precincts missing was:
Paul Brown, of Elberton, 12,205.
W, P. Congdon, of Augusta, 1,817.
James L. Cartledge, of Augusta,
1,458.
Roy V. Harris, of Augusta, 1,408.
A. Dwight Deas, of Augusta, 559.
Hoke O’Kelley, of Laganville, 306.
D. Talmadge Bowers, of Canon,
180.
Mrs. Josephine McDonald, of Au
gusta, 80.
Mrs. A. R. Shivers, of Norwood,
29.
ROOSEVELT PRAISES
FOREST CORPS BOYS
IN THEIR NEWSPAPER
Washington.—President Roosevelt
Saturday sent a message of congratu
lation to the men in the Civilian Con
servation Corps through the weekly
newspaper, Happy devoted to
the corps.
“It is my honest conviction,” said
the President, “that what you are do
ing in the way of constructive service
will bring to you, personally and in
dividually, returns the value of which
it is difficult to estimate.
“I want to congratulate you on the
opportunity you have and to extend.'
to you my appreciation for the hear
ty co-operation which you have giv
en this movement which is so vital a
step in the nation’s fight against the
depression and to wish you all a
pleasant, wholesome and construc
tive stay in the woods.”
LARGE ENROLLMENT OF
WOMEN
A registration of University wo
men , unprecedented in its history
has already taken place for the 1933-
34 year at the University of Georgia,
it is announced.
Figures released by Mrs. A.
Rhodes, dean of women, show 239
women already assigned to rooms at
the Coordinate college, 100 women
assigned at the main campus and 60
already taken care of in sorority
houses.
The 400 already registered repre
sent nearly one-half of the total en-
rollment of women on the three cam
puses of the University last year,
which amounted to 950. The figure
for the Coordinate college is nearly
one-half of the total women register
ed at the then Georgia State Teach
ers college, it is stated.
MR. CARPENTER PASSES
Mr. L. C. Carpenter, aged 72,
passed away at the home of Mr. Louis
Bonds, on Sycamore street, Saturday.
His body was interred in Woodbina
cemetery Sunday. _._i