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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
, eW , Item* Of Interest Among Our
Neighbor* And Friend*
(From Dawson News)
Hitch Hiker Lending A Rattier I*
Refused Ride
On his way to Albany E. T. Long,
rho lives in the Palmyra district in
ee county, was signalled to stop,
ay s the Lee County^Journal, when
jill Amerson, negro, asked for a
ide. Bill had a live rattlesnake five
ee t in length tied with a rope. He
xplained to Mr. Long that the
’pression was bad and he needed
ome money and was carrying the
attler to Albany in hopes of selling
t ” He said he had caught the rep
ile earlier in the day.
Mr. Long is a very accommodating
nan. but he declined Bill’s and the
attler’s company.
(From Atlanta Georgian)
Marriage Unite* Popular Couple In
College Park
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Sorrells, of
ollege Park, announce the marriage
jf their daughter, Zella, to Angus
jaui Owens, of South Carolina and
; t _ Louis. Mo., the ceremony having
taken place Saturday, July 29, at
he College Park Methodist Church.
The Rev. W. S. Robson, pastor of
the church, performed the ceremony
n the presence of the immediate
families.
Following the marriage, Mr. and
jjrs. Owens left for Chicago, where
they will make their home, Mr.
Owens having been appointed re
cently as advertising manager of the
Radio Guide, Inc., in Chicago.
(From Walton News)
Dr. And Mr*. Lott Honor Dr. And
M s. Horace Walker
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Lott were
host? Thursday night at a delightful
chicken barbecue at their home on
West Spring street, assembling a
congenial group of friends, honoring
(heir guests, Dr. and Mrs. Horace
Walker, of Fort Worth, Texas. The
pests were entertained in the gar
den, and the delicious barbecue was
served from an out-of-doors rock fire
pit. Those present on this lovely oc
casion included Dr. and Mrs. Walker,
Dr. and Mrs. Hardegree, of Atlanta;
Dr. and Mrs. Myron Allen, of Hosch
ton, Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lott, of
Hoschton; Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Aycock,
Miss Celia Lott, Dr. and Mrs. Lott.
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(From Winder News) (
Death Of Mr. J. W. Do*ter
Mr. J. W. Doster, of Pentecost dis
trict, Winder, Route 4, died at his
home last Friday, July 28th at 12.20
o’clock p. m., after an illness of
several weeks. Mr. Doster was in
hi? 67th year, having been born
Nov. 12, 1866, in Jackson county.
He was a member of the Methodist
church, and was a fine type of
citizenship. He had hundreds of
friends throughout this section, who
lament his passing. The funeral oc
curred Saturday. Rev. McNeal, Rev.
B. C. Matteson and Rev. S. P. Hig
gins conducting same. Interment in
Nazareth churchyard. He is surviv
ed by his wife, Mrs. Della Doster,
and nine children, Mrs. Annie Free
man and Mrs. Bessie Allen of Law
renceville; Mrs. Lena Skinner of
Barrow county; James, Young, Hait
ian, Parker, Collie and Willie J., all
of Barrow county. He is also sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Bowles and Mrs. Dolly Williams, both
of this county. To the bereaved
Relatives the sympathy of a host of
friends is extended.
(From Oglethorpe Echo)
Tree Die* Queerly
A pecan tree at the front entrance
to the home of Judge Joel Cloud died
Suite queerly and suddenly last week.
Though it was apparently in full ver
dure and full of embryo nuts within
| Wo days all the limbs and leaves on
h were dead, the leaves having ap
pearance of having been parched by
re and the wood of the limbs was
dead back to the trunk. The bark of
B °ne of the limbs or the trunk show
'll signs of a lightening stroke,
however, since there is no telling
'hat lightening will do, the most
Plausable theory is that it was strick
en and the current confined itself
*° the inside of the bark. It was a
tody Prized tree, both for its shade
* n d the fine nuts it bore.
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(From Gainesville Eagle)
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wilhite of
Person and their daughter, Mrs.
av is of Miami, Fla., were guests of
r - and Mrs.. Albert Richardson dur
% last week.
SINGLE COPY sc.
Ayes And Nays” To Some
Of Questions Over Re-Em
ployment Agreement
Washington, D. C.—Here are an
swers to questions regarding specific
problems raised by Presiden Roose
velt’s voluntary re-employment a
greements:
Q.—Can an employer work an em
ploye in a retail store during the
rush period in the morning, and then
release him nntil another busy peri
od begins in midafternoon?
A.—This would be interpreted as a
violation of the spirit of the agree
ment.
Q- —Are luncheon and rest periods
deductable fpom the number of hours
worked to bring the total within the
specified number?
A.—Yes, within reason. Pi-olong
ed luncheon and rest periods would
be regarded however, as opposed to
the spirit of the agreement.
Q. —Is an employer obliged to re
tain all present employes, regardless
of the inefficiency? A.—No, there is
nothing in the agreement compelling
an employer to retain particular em
ployes, provided the ones he hires
are paid at least the minimum wage.
Q. —What would prevent an em
ployer from discharging persons now
receiving more than the minimum
and hiring inexperienced workers at
lower pay, thus creating anew group
of unemployed? A.—This would be
regarded as a violation of the agree
ment to spread employment and in
crease wages. Tfiej-e is no provision
in the blanket agreement for a re
port on personnel and wages added,
but a questionnaire is to be distri
buted on this point and those who
have made no real contribution to
re-employment will be deprived of
the Blue Eagle.
Q. —How (To the smaller employers
receive the blarik agreement forms?
A.—lf the forms are rji ot received
through the mail they may be ob
tained at the local post office.
Q. —Do public utilities come un
der the recovery act so far as tlie
blanket agreement and separate
codes of fair competition are con
cerned? A.—Yes.
Q. —Are railroads affected and will
dispatchers, operators, conductors
and trainment be put on shorter work
weeks? A.—lt has been assumed
that railroads are not under the N.
R. A. The N. R. A. has not made a
specific ruling.
Q. —Does the N. R. A. affect work
ers on large estates, gardeners,
chauffeurs, maids, etc? A.—No.
q,—How will hotel employes be
affected? A.—They will be regard
ed as “service” employes with a
maximum work week of 40 hours and
graduated minium pay depending on
the size of their city.
Q. —Will there be any objection to
agreements for uniform opening and
closing hours in stores of any giveh
city? A.—No, provided the stores do
not reduce their hours below the 52
specified in paragraph 2 of the agree
ment.
Q. —A waitress is paid 80 cents a
day and tips. Must the 80 cents be
raised to the minimum wage of sl4.
A.—The unofficial interpretation is
that tips may be counted in comput
ing the total weekly remuneration.
Q. —Can an employer force em
ployes to take time off during the day
to come within the hour limit on a
seven-day schedule? A.—An em
ployer may not violate tke spirit of
the agreement by forcing employes
to take unreasonable amounts of
time off during the day. Section 8
of the agreement pledges the em
ployer “not to use any subterfuge to
frustrate the spirit and intent of
this agreement.”
'q. Is there any limitation on the
maximum hours of operation of a
store or service? A.—No.
q Is a barber included in the 40-
hour limitation. A.—Yes, the em
ployments listed under the service
category, whose hours would be
limited to 40, include beauty parlor
operators, elevator operators, restau
rant workers, barbers, drivers, jani
tors, dish washers, delivery men,
watchmen, porters and filling station
operators.
IRVINE —REYNOLDS
Miss Eula Irvine and Mr. Gordon
Reynolds were united in marriage
Sunday, Mr. J. H. Phillips perform
ing the ceremony. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
Irvine of Braselton, and Mr. Rey
nolds is the son of Mr. Johnnie
Reynolds of Pendergrass Imme
diately after the ceremony, Mr. and
Mrs. Reynolds left for Buford, where
they will reside.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
JACKSON SUPERIOR
COURT IN SESSION
THIS WEEK AND NEXT
Jackson v Superior Court, with
Judge W. W. Stark presiding, con
vened Monday moaning in Jefferson.
After the organization of the court
and the charge to the grand jury,
cases that had been set for trial were
called in the.;* order, and either
tried, settled, or postponed. Busi
ness this week is confined to civil
cases, and all criminal cases will be
called next week.
A large crowd was present at the
opening session. The following
jurors are serving, with Mr. Claud
Little of Commerce, and Mr. C. H.
Fowler of Braselton, acting as fore
man and clerk of the grand jury.
Grand Juror*
Claud Little, Foreman.
C. H. 'Fowler, Clerk.
Alfred G. Hix.
J. B. Langford, Sr.
Jno. T. Hale.
C. T. Bacon.
C. A. McDonald.
Ben Hood. }
Worth Brock.
J. 0. Dunson.
J. W. Arnold.
W. D. Hopkins.
Chas. F. Holliday.
W. A. Wills.
Ralph R. Ellington,
I. W. Ethridge.
M. T. Massey.
G. N. Breazeale.
C. H. Drake.
5. T. Swindle.
Allen C. Ward.
M. F. Morrison.
W. B. Thompson.
Traver*e Juror*
PANEL NO. 1.
1. Press Duncan.
2. Walter Sailors.
3. J. C. Hanson.
4. B. Wilson.
6. M. C. Buffington.
6. J. M. Carlisle.
7. Mack Lord.
8. P. T. Pendergrass.
9. M. L. Wheeler.
10. C. O. Mauldin.
11. G. W. Tpnner.
12. David Freeman.
PANEL NO. 2.
1. W. J. Chapman.
2. E. J. Dunigan.
3. Chas. J. Hardman.
4. W. P. McDonald.
5. J. W. David.
6. Lonnie C. Harris.
7. Gordon Wilbanks.
8. Clyde V. Lord.
9. W L. Irvin.
10. Claud Pettyjohn.
11. N. A. Kaphart.
12. J. T. Parham.
PANEL NO. 3.
I. R. N. Pirkle.
3. C. O. Hunt.
4. Joe H. Farmer.
6. Alton Farmer.
6. J. C. McElroy.
7. E. J. Venable.
8. P. A. Hosch.
9. Robt. Lyle.
10. Fred B. Smith.
11. A. O. Pittman.
12. Jim Wills.
Six Georgians Killed
During July Riding
On Running Boards
On Thursday of last week Robert
Troutman, Jr., of Atlanta, a grand
son of the late Rev. M. L. Troutman,
was seriously injured in Athens
while riding the running board of an
automobile. The car was filled with
young people, and the driver did not
see the telephone post that dragged
young Troutman from the car.
We often see cars on the streets of
Jefferson filled with young people,
and from one to four boys or girls
riding the running board. This is a
dangerous practice. Six persons
were killed in Georgia during July
in automobile accidents while riding
on the running board.
HAMILTON HEADS
GA. WORK BOARD
f Atlanta, Ga.—Thomas J. Hamil
ton, editor of The Augusta Chronicle,
will head the Georgia Advisory com
mission in charge of Georgia pro
jects provided for in the federal pub
lic works program. ✓
He was elected chairman of the
commission at its first meeting here
Thursday. Other members are Ry
burn Clay and Arthur Lucas both of
Atlanta.
THE “STYLE SHOW”
OF COTTON DRESSES
BY MISS COLLIER
Miss Lurl ne Collier, State Home
Demonstration Agent, en* route from
the cotton conference in Atlanta to
her headquarters in Athens, spent
Sunday in Jefferson with her mother,
Mrs, B. H. Collier.
While in Atlanta, Mias Collier, in
co-operation with Miss McLanahan,
State specialist in clothing and tex
tiles, stager! a “Style Show,” demon
strating the practical possibilities of
cotton to United States Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, who was >n At-
lanta to address the conference.
The Style Show was put on bv
seventy-five girls and women attired
in chic clothing fashioned from su
gar bags, chicken-feed sacks, cotton
sheeting, guano sacks and varied
cotton materials. Miss Collier wore
a becoming coat suit made of ma
terial purchased from the Jefferson
mills, at a cost of thirty cents. The
buttons on the suit cost an addition
al thirty cents.
Miss Willie D. Paulk of Irwin
county and Miss Shirley Rowe of
Carroll county won much applause
from the audience when it was an
nounced that their costumes cost ap
proximately three cents each. Miss
Paulk wore a coat suit made of ferti
lizer sack? and Miss Rowe sported a
suit fashioned from sugar sacks. The
buttons trimming these suits had
been in use many years, so their cost
was not figured.
A dress of cotton sheeting, worn
by Miss Viola Winters of Coffee
eoußty, was coveted by every femi
nine heart present. In natural string
color, it was trimmed simply with
bi-own organdie, the tbtal expense
amounting to 30 cents. Cotton
sheeting is used to tie up cotton
dumped into it by cotton pickers in
the fields.
A brown and yellow ensemble - dis
played by Miss Katherine Moon of
Muscogee county was made from
chicken feed sacks at a total cost of
63 cents.
The most expensive outfit was
shown by Miss Mary Kellogg of De-
Kalb county. It consisted of white
pique skirt, coat, hat and bag, and
white Swiss organdie blouse. This
was made by Miss Kellogg at a cost
of $4.49.
Net and organdie evening frocks
paraded across the stage, along with
street dresses of gingham, pique,
seersucker, cotton lace, dotted Swiss
and various prints.
Miss Dorothy Rivers of Wheeler
county announced that everything
she wore except her shoes and hose
was pf sugar bags. Her nifty little
white suit was topped by a high hat
of the same material, all totaling 75
cents.
Only one girl wore cotton hose.
She was Miss Martha Lewis of Put
nam county. She was attired in pink
pique trimmed with blue flock-dot
ted organdie.
Miss Annie Reid Morgan of Sum
ter county demonstrated how her at
tractive blue cotton street dress could
be converted inlo two school dresses
ny the use of a scarf and belt of plaid
organdie and a collar and belt of
white pique. She then detached the
cape of the dress, pulled on a fluffy
pink organdie coat and ruff and was
suitably dressed for evening.
Mrs. C. N. Nash of Gwinnett coun
ty modeled a pretty dress of feed
sacks, dyed pink, which she said cost
her 15 cents.
After the girls and women came
a row of shy little girls and boys,
each wearing a dress or suit of some
eotton material.
An amusing feature of the style
show was the exhibit by “The Cotton
Bag Family,” a delegation from
Chatham county. A demonstration
of careful planning, designing and
making of clothes from cotton bags
was shown by this group. Dresses
for mother and daughters, suits for
big mother and daughters, suits for
big brother and dad, sun suits and
beach pajamas, as well as sleeping
garments were shown on different
members of this large family. They
also displayed kitchen towels, cur
tains and bedspreads made of cotton
bags.
BENTON—FRANKS
Miss Edith Benton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Benton of Com
merce, and Mr. Hubert Franks, were
united in marriage August 2, in
Athens, Dr. W. H. Wrighton per
forming the ceremony. The young
couple will make their home in Lula.
Thursday, August 10, 1933.
STATE'S REVENUES
$2,000,000 SHORT OF
APPROPRIATION
There was little optimism in three
developments at the State Capitol
Tuesday in connection with statue
finances. These developments were:
1. A report to Governor Talmadge
I%' State Auditor Tom Wisdom show
ing that general revenues of the state
for the first seven months of 1938
fell more than $2,000,000 short of
the appropriatiops due for the same
period.
2. Revelation hy the comptroller
general and state revenue commission
that both general property and public
utility property tax digests are off
approximately 15 per cent.
3. An appeal to the governor and
the legislature by the comptroller
general for a limit on county tax
rates so that the state can collect its
just portion of taxes.
Tuesday was the last day under
the law for the various county tax
collectors to file county tax digests
with the state officials, but extensions
have been granted many of them, in-
cluding Fulton County.
On the basis of digests already re
ceived, however, and from letters
that have passed with county com
missions, state officials are confident
that both general tax digests and
public utility property digests will
average a 15 per cent reduction.
The report filed with the governor
by State Auditpr Wisdom showed
general fund collections of only $4,-
240,810 for the first seven months of
1933, compared to $6,032,459 for
the first seven months of 1932, and
$6,784,552 for the first seven months
of 1931.
The total appropriations to be paid
out of the gene/al fund for the year
19€3 amount to $10,996,000, of which
amount seven-twelfths was due on
July 31.
Seven-twelfths of $10,996,000 is
$6,400,000, so the collections of
$4,240,810 failed by nearly $2,200,-
000 in meeting the appropriations
due up to August 1.
MRS. V. A. NIBLACK HAS
DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE
BmTHDAY DINING
Avery happy occasion Sunday for
Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Niblack was a
,surprise birthday dinner, honoring
Mrs. Niblack. The delightful affair
was planned by the daughters of the
family. It was a pleasant surprise
to the honoree, and the bountious
dinner served was greatly enjoyed.
An attractive setting for the table
was the beautifully embossed birth
day cake, with the words. “Happy
Birthday.”
Mrs. Niblack was formerly Misß
Alice Hardy, and she and Mr. Nib
lack are popular and substantial
citizens of Jefferson, and are re
presentatives* of two prominent,
pioneer families of Jackson county.
The only note of sadness to mar
the pleasure of the occasion was the
absence of the three sons, P. 11.
Niblack of Texas, D. R. Niblack of
Alexandria, Va., and Lieutenant Em
mett Niblack of the United States
Army.
Those present to enjoy the day
with Mr. and Mrs. Niblack were Mr.
•and Mrs. P. A. Garter, Miss Lou
Alice and Polk Austin Carter, Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Carter, of Washing
ton, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Comer Weav
er and Comer, Jr., of Atlanta; Mr.
and Mrs. J. Edwin Wills, Misses Joan,
Virginia and Iris Jean, and James
Wills, of Jefferson; Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Hudson, Misses Sarah, Elizabeth
and Nancy Hudson, of Atlanta; Mr.
Edwin Niblack, of New York City;
Mrs. T. L. Roberts and son, John, of
Atlanta.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
ACADEMY BEGIN SUNDAY
Revival services at the Academy
Baptist church are announced to be
gin on next Sunday at eleven o’clock,
and will continue throughout the
week, with services both in the morn
ing and at night. The church has no
regular pastor, but Rev. C. T. Brown
of Gainesville has been secured to
do the preaching. He is well known
and popular with the people of that
section, and no doubt splendid con
gregations will greet him at each
service.
Athens received her first bale of
cotton for this season on last Satur
day. It came from a farm in Put
nam county,
and sold for 12 cents per pound.
This was the earliest new cotton has
ever sold in this section.
Vol. 59. No. 4.
GOVERNMENT GIVES
MILLION TO GEORGIA
FOR JOBLESS RELIEF
Washington.—The federal emer
gency relief administration Friday
announced a grant of $1,000,000 to
the state of Georgia for unemploy
ment relief in August and Septem
ber.
Federal relief funds are distribut
ed in Georgia through the Georgia
Relief commission, headed by Ronald
Ransom of Atlanta. It is understood
that relief projects in more than 60
counties are included in the million
dollar fund, 75 per cent of which is
to be spent in work relief, by creat
ing jobs for destitute unemployed
and the remaining 25 per cent for
direct relief of the poor.
Jefferson Is Co-operating
With N. R. A.
Evidencing their interest in the
National Industral Recovery Act, the
business men and other interested
citizens of Jefferson met at the court
house Wednesday evening, and a
dopted a code whereby stores would
be opened at 8 a. m. and closed at
6 p. m., except on Saturday, when
the opening and closing hours will
be 8 a. m. and 8.30 p. m. The code
went into effect immediately, and is
being observed by the business hous
es of the city. Of course, this code
is only temporary, and will be au
tomatically canceled when the gen
eral code to be outlined by President
Roosevelt is made effective.
Col. John C. Turner was elected
chairman of the meeting at the court
house; and Mr. Guy Strickland, secre
tary.
Speeches were made by several
citizens, and everybody expressed a
sincere desire to lend cooperation
to the movement to bring back a
revival of business. ,
HOME LOANS FOR JACKSON
COUNTY ARE AVAILABLE
Jackson county home owners who
feel the necessity of availing them
selves of the government’s home
loan plan will he interested in know
ing that Col. W. D. Martin of Com
merce has been appointed attorney,
and F. P. Holder of Jefferson, ap
praiser, for this work. Col. Martin
informs us that he has the necessary
blanks for consummating the loans,,
and will be pleased to consult with
those in need of his services. He
also informs us that these loans ap
ply only to owners whose homes are
in distress, and are to be lost under
the present mortgage.
PROFESSQR VEATCH RESIGNS
FROM COMMERCE SCHOOL
Professor C. L. Veatch, who has
been in charge ot the vocational
agricultural work in the Commerce
high school for the past eleven
years, and also- co-editor of the
Commerce News for several years,
has resigned his position as teacher
to accept a position with the state
forestry service in connection with
the work being done by the C. C. C.
camps, where his duties consist of
mapping out work to be done and
the actual direction of these projects.
Mr. Veatch has been superintend
ent of the Commerce Baptist Sunday
School for the past four years, and
is a deacon in the church.
Professor J. A. Phillips of Athens,
has been elected to succeed Mr.
Veatch in the Commerce High School.
He has been teaching in Gwinnett
county for the past two years.
BOOTH—SIMS
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Booth, of
Lexington, anrrtmnce the engagement
of their daughter, Ina Gertrude, to
Mr. Lamartine Clayton Sims, of
Commerce, the marriage to be solem
nized in the early fall.
FROM GAINESVILLE EAGLE
Miss Mary Bridges returned Sun
day from a week’s visit to her cou
sins, Misses Lizzie May and Sallie
Cooper at Pendergrass. While there
several parties and watermelon cut
tings were given in her honor. Miss
Bridges is the daughter of Mr. and!
Mrs. Frank Bridges.
Mrs. Lawton Castleberry spent
several days last week in Jefferson
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
S. Echols.
Miss Lillian Murphy of Talmo
spent last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Murphy.