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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
e wt Item* Of Interest Among Our
Neighbor* And Friend*
(From Athens Banner-Herald)
Seaton’* Fir*t Cotton Sold By
A. C. Holliday
The first bale of 1933 cotton rais
ed in Clarke county was sold in Ath
ens Monday. The cotton, raised on
Dr. A. C. Holliday’s farm, brought
10)4 cents per pound, and graded
barely middling.
“Uncle Buddy” Michael I* 71 Year*
Old Today
M. G. Michael, known to hundreds
of school children as “Uncle Buddy,”
and to the majority of his other
friends as “Colonel Michael,” is cele
brating Tuesday his seventy-first
birthday. Colonel Michael’s offices
in the large department store which
bears his name, were today lavishly
decorated with bouquets of flowers
from his many friends in Athens,
and his desk was piled with letters
and telegrams from other business
associates over the country. There
was a steady stream of visitors to
his office as persons, many of whom
he has befriended in the past, came
to wish “Uncle Buddy” many happy
returns of the day.
Maynard Gooch I* Freed Under Bond
Maynard Gooch, Jackson county
farmer held in connection with the
robbery of* the University of Geor
gia arsenal, was released from the
Clarke county prison today under
$2,000 bond.
Gooch, who is charged with re
ceiving, concealing, and disposing of
stolen United States Government
property, was bound over at a hear
ing Tuesday. A few of the stolen
rifles were stored at the home of
Maynard and Otis Gooch, but they
declare they did not know the guns,
which had been left there by Frank
Elmore, were stolen property,
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(From Walton Tribune)
Mobley Family Has Delightful
Meeting
Members of the Mobley family met
at Costley’s Mill Wednesday for the
annual Mobley reunion, and a great
day was enjoyed. They gathered on
Wednesday morning for a business
session and at noon a bounteous din
ner was spread beneath the big trees
adjoining the Costley pond.
After the dinner, another business
session was held, and the meeting
closed later to allow for social con
versation and recreation.
New officers for the year 1934
were elected and are as follows:
President, H. I. Mobley, Jefferson;
first vice president, J. B. Mobley,
Social Circle; 2nd vice president,
Josiah Blasingame, Jersey; secretary
and treasurer, Mrs. John Gerdine,
Jersey.
Avery interesting feature of the
meeting was a paper read by Mr. J.
R. Mobley, of Atlanta, oldest mem
ber of the Mobley family, on the his
tory of the family.
The family will meet next year at
Jersey on the second Sunday in Au
gust.
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(From Lavonia Times)
An Old Bible
Mr. Hugh Hudgins of Martin,
Route 1, has an old Bible which he
found in a discarded box of papers in
Walton county in 1916. *The house
was formerly occupied by Mr. M. T.
Brasewell and is located about a
mile from Campton in Walton coun
ty. Definite age of the Bible cannot
be fixed, since there are no marks
°n it to fix its age. One date is
back in 1822. This is not given as
the age of the book however. It is
well over a hundred years old, how
ever. The Bible is in a fair state of
preservation and is almost complete
despite its age and use.
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(From Oglethorpe Echo)
May Be For Beer Kegs
Heavy shipments of _ hard wood
timber is being, and has been for
the past several weeks, made from
here. It is being cut in the flat
woods section where there is an
abundance ,of such timber of the
finest quality. Since urgent demand
tor it has recently arisen it is sup
posed that it as to go into beer
e g staves. A number of car loads
have been shipped and several
’rucks are daily hauling it from the
woods. We are told that there are
good returns for it at the present
Prices.
Engagement Announced
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Booth, of
the Salem, neighborhood, announce
engagement of their daughter,
Miss Ina Gertrude, to Mr. Lamertine
SINGLE COPY s<;.
Dry Pond Woodmen Hold
All-Day Rally
The annual rally of Dry Pond
Camp, Woodmen of the World, was
held Thursday, August 17, in the
beautiful grove at the home of C. E.
Shuler.
The program began at 10 o’clock,
with singing by B. F. Wallace, C. E.
Shuler, S. W. Lord, D. W. Lord and'
Mrs. D. W. Lord.
Speeches by little Misses Jeanet
Shuler and Wilma Gee.
Music by the string band of J. L.
Langford and family, of Hall coun
ty.
Talks were made by D. W T . Lord,
C. E. Robinson of Jefferson, Homer
Langford of Hall county.
At 12.30 a large table was filled
with Brunswick stew, chicken, cakes
and other good things to eat. And
every one present forgot that there
ever was a depression.
At 2 o’clock all assembled again,
and singing and string music was
rendered. At 2.30, several contests
were held, which every one enjoyed.
At 3 o’clock, an address was made
by Hon. Abit Nix of Athens, which
was an inspiration to all.
Also, a short talk was made by
Wallace Bell.
At four o’clock the program closed,
and every one went away feeling
that it was a day well spent.
All look forward to the rally next
year, and hope to have a bigger and
better rally each year.
CAST TAKES ODD PLEDGE
Diana Wynyard, May Robson,
Ruth Selwyn, Hedda Hopper and
Mary Carlisle, who comprise the
feminine membership of the cast of
“Men Must Fight,’ r opening Monday
at the Roosevelt Theatre, r ere asked
to take a unique pledge during film
ing of the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
production. Most of the action in
the picture is laid in 1940 and the
players were requested not to copy
for private use the gowns designed
for them by Adrian, celebrated styl
ist. Lewis Stone, Phillips Holmes
and Robert Young have the male
leads in the talkie.
Clayton Sims, of Commerce, the mar
riage to be solemnized in the early
fall. The bride-to-be is one of the
most charming and popular girls of
the county and the groom one of
Commerce’s most sterling young
business men. Their union will be a
source of sincere congratulations
from the hosts of friends of both,
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(From Toccoa Record)
Community Garden Proves Great
Help
The community garden, which
has been sponsored by the Stephens
County Relief committee, has proven
to be of great value because of the
large number of people it has bene
fitted. To be axact, 387 families
have been furnished vegetables from
July 15 through August 15. The
vegetables given neeedy families in
cluded callage, • beans, tomatoes,
peas, turnip greens, etc., and in ad
dition, fine corn and potato patches
boosted the food crop. Enough su
gar cane has been grown to
about 200 gallons of syrup. The
planting was done April 15 on the
County Farm land which was not in
cultivation, and the large amount of
work necessary in growing the crop
was done without cost to the tax
payers.
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(From Augusta Chronicle)
Emory Williamson Signs Blue Eagle
Emory Williamson Company, Au
gusta brokers and distributors for
the Southern Cotton Oil company
and the Wesson Oil & Snowdrift
Sales company, announces adoption
of a NRA code. The local concern
received the following message for
the parent organization yesterday:
“We have signed up for the Blue
Eagle and are now members of the
NRA and now doing our part. This
new basis wilt add considerable num
ber of employes and several hundred
thousands of dollars per year to the
pay roll of the .Southern Cotton Oil
company and the Wesson Oil &
Snowdrift Sales company.”
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(From Banks County Journal)
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Pierce and
son of Houston, Texas, visited Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Hill this week. Mr.
and Mrs. Pierce are natives of Jack
son county, having moved to Texas
some years ago where Mr. Pierce is
conductor of one of the roads run
ning out of Houston.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia. Thursday, August 24, 1933.
JOHN WAYNE ACTUALLY
SAVED RUTH HALL IN
UNEXPECTED RUNAWAY
John Wayne, star of "The Man
From Monterey,” which will be
shown at the Roosevelt Theatre
starting Friday found himself a real
hero as well as a screen hero during
the making of the' picture. His
presence of mind and prompt action
saved Ruth llall and Lillian Leighton,
members of the company, from possi
ble serious injury.
The action of the picture calls for
a runaway of the cariage in which
the heroine and her duenna are rid
ing, and which is stopped by Wayne,
in his role of Captain John Holmes,
U. S. A. During the taking of the
scene, however, the horses became
frightened at something, and broke
into a mad gallop, entirely out sof
control of their position riders. It
was up to Wayne to stop a real run
away then. By dint of some brilliant
riding and. a flying transfer to one
of the hour horses, the star managed
to bring the flying steeds to a stand
still, about twenty yards from a
ravine.
Apart from a little shaking up and
a scare, Miss Hall and Miss Leigh
ton were none the worse for this
harrowing experience.
“The Man From Monterey” is a
picturesque dramma of early Califor
nia. Other members of the cast in
this picture, produced by Leon
Schlesinger for Warner Bros., are
Donald Reed, Nina Quartero, Fran
cis Ford, Lafe McKee and Charles
Whittaker. Mack V. Wright direct
ed and Lesley Mason wrote the story
and screen play. ,
MR. J. H. HARTLEY TIED IN
CEMETERY BY MASKED MEN
One morning last week Mr. J. H.
Hartley, a former citizen of this
county, now living in Gainesville,
was brought to Jefferson by friends,
and had a very harrowing sotry to
relate (Concerning a raw deal that was
given him the night before by four
masked men.
Mr. Hartley alleges that he was
seized by these men, carried away
in an automobile, robbed of papers
which were set fire and applied to
his head, and then he was tied in
the Oconee church cemetery and
left over night.
According to a statement by Mr.
Hartley, who has a case on a crimin
al charge in Jackson Superior court,
he had gone to Maysville Tuesday
night after 'some information. While
returning to his home, a car drove up
and he was asked if he wanted a
lift.
Accepting the hospitality, the man
stepped into the machine to dis
cover four masked men within, who
immediately seized him and demand
ed some important papers concern
ing the trial. Mr. Hartley stated he
did not have them but the men
searched him and took some other
papers from his pockets.
These they set fire to and then
burned his hair in an effort to force
him to reveal the whereabouts of the
papers. Hartley refused and they
took him to the Oconee cemetery,
tied him securely and placed a noose
over his head so that whenever ho
moved to free himself it caused the
rope to strangle him.
About dawn he succeeded in free
ing himself only to fall exhausted.
He was found later in a semi-con
scious* state by a farmer living near
by.
The case, which had been set for
trial for Wednesday, was postponed,
due to the physical condition of Mr.
Hartley. The case is.listed on the
court record, The State vs. J, H.
Hartley, Larceny After Trust, J. F.
Holland, Prosecutor.
Mr. Hartley was unable to identify
any of his assailants.
THE TRI-COUNTY CHOIR TO
MEET
Next Sunday, August 27th, the
Tri-County Choir will meet at 1.30
p. m., with Union church, in Madison
county. This church is located three
miles south of Ila, near the Athens-
Ila highway, apd is one of the larg
est and best churches in the county
All leaders and singers, and those
who love good singing, are invited.
Some professors of music may be
there, and the new books will also
be there. You won’t be disappointed
if you come. Ministers have a special
invitation.
D. C. Short, Pres.
H. H. Fleming, Sec’y.
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U. D. C.’s WILL MEET NEXT
WEDNESDAY
The members of the U. D. C. Chap
ter are requested to bear in mind
that the next meeting will be held on
Wednesday, August 30th, at 4 p. m.,
at the home of Mrs. Clifford Storey.
An attendance of all members is
urged.
Jackson County Home
Demonstration News
The .Jackson County 4-H Club
Camp was held at Thyatira, August
9-11. The following schedule was
followed:
August 9th
1:00 P M., Registration.
4:00 jP. M., Organization.
6:00 P M., Supper (picnic).
7:00 P. M., Vespers.
7:30—9:30 P. M., Recreation.
9:30 P. M., Lights out.
August 10th
6:00 A. M., Rising Bell.
6:30- 7:15 A. M., Hike.
7:30 A. M., Breakfast.
8:00 A. M., Clean Camp.
8:30 A. M., Inspection.
8:30- 10:00 A. M„ Food Preser
■ vation.
10:00 —10:30 A. M., Recess.
10:30 —11:00 A. M., Assembly.
11:16- —12:00 A. M., Music Appre
ciation.
12:00 A. M., Dinner.
1:00- 2:00 P. M., Rest Hour.
2:00 —2:45 P. M., Home Improve
ment.
„ 2:46 —3:15 P. M., Table Etiquette.
3:15 —4:30 P. M., Recreation.
4:30 P. M., Art.
6;30 P. M., Guest Night Supper.
7:30 P. M-, Vespers.
8:16 P. M., Stunts.
9:30 P. M., Lights Out.
August 11th
6:00 A. M., Rising Bell.
6:30—7:15 A. M., Hike.
7:30 A. M., Breakfast.
8:00 A. M., Clean Camp.
8:30 A. M., Inspection.
8:30—10:00 A. M., Trip £o Town.
10:00—10:45 A. M., Recess.
10:45—11:45 A. M., Assembly,
Women.
12:00 A. M., Dinner.
1:00—2:00 P. M., Rest Hour*
2:00 P. M., Nutrition.
3:00 P. M., Home Improvement.
3:46—4:00 P. M., Assembly.
4:80 P. M., Good-Bye. N
The following people helped with
the eamp by having charge of part of
the work:
M|;s' Cathryn Mobley, Art.
Miss Nixon Mobley, Music.
Miss Willie Vie Dowdy, Athens,
Home Improvement.
Miss Louise Ellington, Jefferson,
Vespers and Home Improvement.
Miss Susan Mathews, Athens, Nu
trition.
Miss Annie Hugh Hancock, Jeffer
son, Recreation.
Miss Mary Whitaker, Harlem, Re
creation.
Miss Lucille Turner, Athens, Re
creation.
The girls who attended camp were:
Jacqueline Murphy, Talmo.
Louise Murphy, Talmo.
Virginia Simmons, Talmo.
Edith Harwell, Jefferson.
Nona Lee Hawks, Jackson Trail.
Ernestine Howard, Jackson Trail.
Kathleen Brooks, Pendergrass.
Hazel Nabors, Pendergrass.
Margaret Martin, Talmo.
Oree Martin, Talmo.
Nellie Martin, Talmo.
Winnie Merl Pettyjohn, Talmo.
Mildred Blaekstock, Talmo.
Phobe Highfill, Plain View.
Bernice Webb, Plain View.
The last day of camp was Wo
man’s Day, when all the Home
Demonstration Club members, and
mothers of the 4 r H Club members
were invited. A program was held
especially for the women. The pro
gram consisted of general assembly
at 11 a. m.
_ Picnic dinner.
Rest hour.
Home Improvement, Miss Willie
Vie Dowdy.
, Nutrition, Miss Susgn Mathews.
Recreational Assembly.
Watermelon Cutting.
Adjournment.
SARAH WHITAKER,
Home Demonstration Agent.
Auto Accident, Jefferson-
Athens Road, Causes
Death of Young Man
William O’Neal Mercer, aged 18,
of Athens, died at the hospital in
that city Monday, from injuries re
ceived in an automobile wreck near
Clarkesboro, in Jackson county.
Riding with Mr. Mercer at the time
of the accident, was Marion Oldham,
also of Athens, who received an in
jury to his back. It is said the ac
cident was caused by the radius rod
becoming loose, causng the car to
turn turtle.
Mr. Mercer’s remains were inter
red at Antioch cemetery, near Cen
ter, Tuesday afternoon.
COBB PLEDGES AID TO
COTTON
Washington.—An optimistic mes
sage to cotton farmers predicting
early developments to improve cot
ton prices was delivered by C. A.
Cobb, of agricultural adjustment
administration, today in a radio ad
dress sponsored by the National
Grange.
“There is a clamor throughout the
cotton belt that immediate steps be
taken by the Secretary of Agricul
ture to improve price levels. There
is every reason to hope that some
thing will be developed shortly to
accomplish the desired result,” said
Cobb.
“The acute cotton situation,” Cobb
asserted, “serves to emphasize the
necessity of completing the task in
hand and ploughing up every cotton
stalk offered in the acreage adjust
ment program.”
Anew acreage reduction program
extending for two years will be offer
ed to cotton planters within a few
weeks, Cobb stated.
"It will require the same faith and
courage with which producers met
the earlier challenge,” he said. “We
have made only a beginning.”
Mrs. A. H. Burtz Taken By
Death
K *
, Mrs. A. H. Burtz passed away at
the old Burtz homestead, near Ma
rietta, on Sunday, following an ill
ness of several months.
Mrs. Burtz was formerly Miss
Lollie Bell, daughter of the late Mr.
Andrew J. and Mrs. Laura Cheatham
Bell. She was reared in Jefferson,
and educated at Martin Institute.
After her marriage to Col. A. H.
Burtz, she made her home in Ellijay
until recently, when she and Mr.
Burtz moved to the Burtz fiomestead,
near Marietta, although Mr. Burtz
retained his law office in Ellijay.
Mrs. Burtz inherited the innate
intellect, sagacity and bright mental
faculties of both father and mother,
and was one of the most brilliant
young ladies ever reared in Jefferson.
Gentle in manner and refined in dis
position, she won many friends, and
was equally as popular in her adopt
ed home as she was in her native
city. Her going has brought sorrow
to many friends.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon, and interment was in 'the
cemetery near the Cobb county home.
Surviving the deceased are her
husband, Col. A. H. Burtz, a promi
nent lawyer of Ellijay and Marietta;
a sister, Mrs. Mattie Bell Roberts,
of Jefferson; and a brother, Mr.
Gordon Bell, of Marietta.
New Cotton In Jefferson
Jefferson received the first bale of
new cotton last Thursday, August 17.
It was grown by Mr. W. A. Wages,
member of the Board of County
Commissioners, was ginned at the
Wages gin, and was purchased by
the Farmers Warehouse for lT> cents
per pound.
The second bale, sold here on Au
gu.4: 18, was grown on the farm of
Mr. R. B. Maxwell, ginned by Mr.
J. A. Johnson, and bought by the
Farmer’s Warehouse for 914 cents.
The third bale was brought here
Monday, August 21, by Bob Jack
son, colored, who lives on the Hun
ter farm, and sold to the H. L
Mobley Warehouse for 9 cents. This
bale was ginned by Mr. I. W. Eth-
(in account of the extremely dry
weather, cotton is opening rapidly,
and soon it will be no unusual sight
to see wagons and trucks on the
streets loaded with the fleecy staple.
Jefferson has a number of buyers,
who will pay the highest market
price this fall for cotton, and we
predict a busy and prosperous sea
son. It is the time of year for busi
ness to revive, and if the price of
cotton does not take a downward
trend, the harvesting of the crop will
mean much to everybody.
FOREST CAMPS RUN IN WINTER
Washington.—President Roosevelt
has decided to continue operation of
the Civilian Conservation Corps
camps through the winter.
Mr. Roosevelt made this decision
yesterday and at the same time an
nounced he would send a personal
message to boys encamped asking
that all of them who can get jobs
outside of the conservation corps ac
cept them—if in so doing they do
not displace another worker.
Those who leave the camps will be
replaced by others who did not have
an opportunity to work in the C. C.
C.
Vol. 59. No. 6.
Gaincjvilile Woman Murders
Husband, Mother, Ends
Own Life
Triple Tragedy Blamed On Deipoct
dency Over lllne** and Fear of
Approaching Death
Gainesville, G.i., Atfg. 22.—-Racket!
with the pains ot arthritis and des
pondent over failure to find relief*
Mrs. Lena Wilson l’almour killed her
husband, E. C. Palmour, prominent
businessman, and her mother, Mrs.
Fannie Wilson, and fatally shot her
self.
Mr. Palmour was killed instantly
with a bullet in his head while *-
sleep. Then Mrs. Palmour went to
her mother’s bedroom, shot her
through the arm and brain, and then
fired a bullet into her own head.
The neighbors heard the mother*
84 years old, scream after the first
shot was fired. They surmized that thft
bullet penetrated her arm, and she
cried out in trying to escape. In a
moment they heard another shot, and
all was still thereafter.
Friends of the family said Mrs.
Palmour had suffered with arthritis
for a long time, and the pain and de
spondency had affected her mind. She
was 58 years old.
There were indications the trage
day came after long contemplation.
Three notes the ill woman left di
rected that her body and that of her
mother be sent to Georgetown, Ky..
for burial. However, there was in
timation she did not originally intend
to kill her husband.
She wrote of her dread that the
affliction would increase, and ex
pressed fear for the future copafurt
of her mother, who had livea with
her many years, after the disease
proved fatal.
Several weeks ago, neighbors re
called, she complained to her hue
band, 60-year-old founder and form
er president of a big Gainesville de
partment store, that a negro had at
tempted to force his way into th dr
apartment, and asked that she b*
given a pistol for protection. A 32-
caliber revolver he gave her was iha
weapon she used today.
For ,20 years Mr. Palmour was
head of the firm of W. J. & E. C.
Palmour, one of the biggest stores
in northeast Georgia. More recent
ly he had been in the insurance busi
ness. He was prominent in religious-,
educational and civic affairs of th
city.
His survivors are a brother, r-
Ernest Palmour, of Gainesville, for
mer state senator from the 33rd dis
trict and former representative of
Hall county in the legislature; two
half brothers, J. Erskin Little, of
Gainesville, and Claud Little, of
Athens, and a half sister, Mrs. A. F.
Pledger, of Athens.
Mrs. Wilson, whose former home
was in Georgetown, Ky., had made
her home with her daughter here for
several years, and was beloved by a.
host of friends.
Mrs. Palmour, before her marriage
twenty years ago, was connected With.
Brenau College here for a long num
ber of years as dietitian, and was
prominent in local social and religious
circles. She had been a member of
the Baptist Church, and taken an ac
tive interest in its affairs. She had
been in failing health for some years.
She is survived by a brother, R. A.
Wilson, of DeLand, Fla.
| JEFFERSON CARRIER OF
ATLANTA JOURNAL WINS
FREE TRIP TO BIG FAIR
Douglas Appleby, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George D. Appleby, left Atlanta
Sunday afternoon for an “all-ex
penses-paid” trip to the Century of
Progress Exposition as a reward for
meritorious service. Dougla.s is local
carrier of the Atlanta Journal, and
won the trip in a contest for new
subscribers. Twenty-eight other boys
and one young lady were winners in
other sections of the state, and were
in the party that left Sunday with
Douglas for Chicago.
Henry L. Freking, promotion man
ager of the -Journal who started the
contest, has arranged a program of
unusual interest for the Journal car
riers. In addition to seeing all the
exhibits and shows on the fair
grounds, they will be treated to *
tour of the city of Chicago, a stean#-
ship trip on Lake Michigan, a base
ball game between the Chicago
White Sox and the Boston Red Sox*
shaking hands with the notable play
ers on both teams, a visit to the
studio of the National Broadcasting:
Company, a very personal visit to
Amos ’n’ Andy in person, and numer
ous other interesting events.
Girl’s Reservations Set U. of Ga.
Mark
Athens, Ga.—The largest advance
reservation of rooms in womea’k;
dormitories the University of Geor
gia has ever known, a figure more
than double last year’s, is reported
by Mrs. Alex Rhodes, dean of wo
men. Four out of the nine dormi
tories are completely filled, and
three others have only a few plaeeas
left, with five full weeks left before
the opening of school.