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Items Of Interest Among Our
V Neighbor* And Friend*
B (from Walton News)
Melon Allowed To Crow
■ And Get Ripe
■ T v, itormelon referred to in
8,,'! p.juiMis sometime afro as grow
the sidewalk in ft-ont of the
i ,■.. home on Washington street,
K. t y, for a wonder, went unmo-
B tl „i until maturity, and one day
V, week it was found to be ripe,
B|ie.i and enjoyed very much. The
Bie which grew about a stump, in
Bl top of which rich red verbena
Bows, came from a seed from cut-
Kr melons last year. The vine is
Bfiiriaiit and today is as healthy as
B* t grew beside rivers of water.
B e coincidence is that the fruit was
B o we !to stay on the vine, being so
K se to the sidewalk, where mischiev-
K s children and old folks pass. The
■elon. judging from the way it ap-
Bartd to us, we have seen it as of
■n as Jack saw his bean stalk, must
K V e weighed ten or twelve pounds.
■ (From GainesviUe^News)
I 17 1 2 Pound Turtle Caught By
I McClure
■ A large soft-shelled turtle weigh
■. 17 U pounds was caught last Fri
■v afternoon by Frank McClure,
■awsonville star-route mail carrier,
■he turtle’s shell had become hard
■ed and the turtle was one of the
Jrgest seen in this vicinity in many
■ars. It was crawling across the
■ad when Mr McClure saw it and
t stopped the mail truck and caught
■ bringing it to Gainesville.
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I (From Athens Banner-Herald)
I Even The Barber*’ Talk Change*
I The barbers, whose authentic dis-
Lssion of prize fighting, football,
|nd baseball has won them great rep
pations as sportsmen and talkers,
live changed their line of talk. It
■ now the NR A. They talk of the
letter times that are being discussed
L their various clients —boys, law
ks, clerks, policemen, newspaper
pen, and women. A youn man from
fcferson entered a barbershop here
tie other day and, after chattering
bout his spectacular raise in salary
n a hysterical manner, he ordered
he “whole works” —haircut, sham
ioo, and shine. “I can spend a lot
if money now,” he said.
(From Commerce News)
Hughe*-Well*
A wedding that came as a surprise
to their many friends, both here and
in other parts of the state, was that
of Miss Gertrqde Hughes to Mr.
Wesley L. Wells, which occurred on
June 20th, in Jefferson, W. W. Dick
son reading the marriage vows. Mrs.
Wells is the lovely young daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hughes. Mr.
Wells is the son of t)ie late A. O.
Wells and Mrs. Wells, of Riedsville,
Ga. He holds the position as herd
manager of the Sunnycrest Jersey
Farm.
Miss Langston Weds Mr. Short
The wedding of Miss Mary Alice
Langston to Mr. Welcome Short was
quietly solemnized at the Methodist
parsonage in Carnesville on August
12th. Rev. Kerr read the marriage
tows, in the presence of a few close
friends. Mrs. Short is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Langston of
Carnesville. She is a very charming
yuong lady of the blond type, and has
niade Commerce her home for only
o short time, but during her stay here
•he has won the admiration of many
friends. Mr. Short is the son of Mr.
nd Mrs. Obe Short of Commerce.
Be is a young man with a splendid
character, and holds a position with
the Commerce National Manufactur
ing Cos.
Mr. Sim G. Benton Pa**e*
Mr. Sim G. Benton passed away at
the home of his brother, Mr. Wiley
Benton, near Commerce, on Wednes-
August 16th, after a short ill
®ess. Mr. Benton was 56 years old,
*nd a member of Berea church. He
if survived by three brothers, Earl,
Miley and Jack; and two sisters,
Mrs. Thomas Cleghorn, and Mrs. John
Button. Services were held from
Black’s Creek church Thursday by
Ber. Stuart. Interment was made in
Brea cemetery.
(From Clayton Tribune)
Mutnan Skeleton Dug Up At Camp 10
Last Monday afternoon, near the
J-CC Camp on Dicks Creek west of
Lake Burton, a human skeleton was
tffleovered by the camp boys while
oading sand and gravel for road
wilding purposes. The skeleton was
•scovered near the mouth of Dicks
SINGLE COPY sc.
The J. W. Lord Family
Reunion Held Last Sun.
As per schedule, on Sunday, Au
gust 27, the descendants of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lord met at the
home of John W. David, a grand son,
at Nicholson, Ga.
1 here were about 55 present. The
following places were represented:
M inder, Jefferson, Covington, Bishop,
Baldwin.
Short talks were made by W. P.
Frost of Jefferson, Willie Gober of
Covington, Ernest Bradburry of Win
der, and Mrs. N. A. David of Nichol
son, who is the oldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lord.
The tables were placed in the
yard in the shade of the spreading
oak trees, and were loaded with
plenty of good things to eat, and
when thanks were returned it is
useless to say each one did his or
her part.
This is a reunion of the sons,
daughters, grand and great grand
sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Lord, and meets once a year.
The next meeting will be with Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Pool of Baldwin,
Ga., on the fourth Sunday in Au
gust, 1934. Mrs. Pool being the
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Lord.
By J. H. Lord.
Program Of The Tri-County
Choir
Last Sunday afternoon the Tri-
County Choir met with Union Church,
in Madison County.
The opening song was led by
President, D. C. Short, after which
the choir was led in prayer by P. D.
Howington. i
The large house was soon filled.
Many leaders and singers were there
from the adjoining counties, and the
program rendered was one of the
choir’s best.
Song by V. W. Gibson; Quartett,
by V. W. Gibson, Holman Phillips,
D. C. Short, and Llewellyn Patton.
Leaders: Harold Brown, C. W. Ow
ens, D. E. Hill, Brown Lord, C. E.
Shuler, Sam Lord, Grover Sailers.
Quarteete, by Brown Brothers, Joe,
Harold, Gilbert and C. W. Leaders:
J. A. Bray, Holman Phillips. Solo,
“When I Rest On The Bosom of My
King,” by Holman Phillips. Leaders:
J. H. Fleming, Joe Brown, J. W.
Brown, D. E. King, Jewett Barnett,
Barnie Nunn, Avery Lankford, G. R.
Griffeth. Ladies Quartette, compos
ed of Misses Clisby Lord, Mary Ray,
Lorena Gibson and Dallie Brown, Joe
Brown, organist. Leaders: Lloyd
Cromer, H. H. Fleming, Paul Cain.
Male Quartett, C. W. Owens, Llewel
lyn Patton, D. E. King, Joe Brown.
Trio, “My Heart Is A Palace of
Love,” by D. Cy Short, Misses Mary
Ray and Clisby Lord. Organists:
Misses Lorena Gibson, Clisby Lord,
Mary Ray, Mary Lee Nunn, and Mrs.
Howard Wheeler. Program com
mittee: J. A. Bray, R. E. Lord, G. R.
Griffeth.
As is the custom, the choir ac
cepted an invitation to meet with the
Banks County Singing Convention,
at Nail's Creek Church, the fourth
Sunday in September.
The choir was led in prayer by J.
W. Brown.
D. C. Short, Pres.
H. H. Fleming, Sec’y.
MAYOR G. W. WESTMORELAND
An election was held in Jefferson
Monday to choose a Mayor to suc
ceed Mr. S. Kinningham, resigned.
Col. George W. Westmoreland was
the only candidate for the office, and
was unanimously elected. Mr.
Westmoreland has every requisite to
make Jefferson a model chief magis
trate, and we predict for him a suc
cessful administration.
Creek where it enters the lake and
apparently had been buried several
years. The opinion of those examin
ing the skeleton is that it is the skele
ton of a negro from the shape of the
skull and the further evidence of a
leather strop around the foream
such as laboring negroes often wear
A pipe stem was between the teeth
and a can of tobacco and a short pen
cil were also found though there was
no trace of clothing or any means of
identification. The skull showed a
fracture about seven inches long
which led the Coronor and jury to
believe that the person had been mu -
dered and the body buried So far
as it is known there is no identifica
tion of the deceased.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Martin Institute
Graduates Leaving Soon
For Different Colleges
Quite a large number of boys and
girls will be leaving within the next
three weeks to matriculate at some
college. Several of them are form
er college students, while others are
entering for the first time. All are
graduates of Martin Institute. The
Herald wishes for them a year of
happiness and contentment, and a
school record that will do them
honor. Their presence will be great
ly missed.
We have been unable to get names
and colleges of every student, but
the following list is partially cor
rect:
Misses Joyce and Maybeth Storey,
Shorter.
Miss Sarah Frances McDonald,
Agnes Scott.
H. I. Mobley, Jr., Emory Ifniver
sity.
Harold Hardy, Wade Hampton
Williamson, Maurice and Marshall
DeFoor, Dahlonega.
Misses Doris Hancock, Elizabeth
Patrick, Mildred Wilhite, Annie Ruth
Pinson, Piedmont College.
Sumner Smith, Stanley Kesler,
Misses Addis Griffeth and Ninnie
Ragan, Young Harris.
Frank Johnston, McCallie College,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Miss Merle Kinningham, Montreat
Normal, Montreat, N. C.
Dewey Kephart, Cullowher Nor
mal, Silva, N. C.
Douglas Appleby, Middle Georgia
College, Cochran.
Miss Winnie Merle Pettyjohn, Mt.
Berry.
Addison Ayers, Frary Elrod, Wag
goner Alexander, Misses Frances El
lington, Elizabeth and Marion Rig
don, Frances Benton, Mary Lizzie
Carter, Iris Johnson, Elizabeth Hood,
University of Georgia. .
MRS. PAUL DODD
Gainesville. —Mrs. Blanche Ven
able Dodd, 26, died Wednesday after
noon at her home in the Fork district
ten miles west of Gainesville, follow
ing a short illness. The funeral ser
vices were held Thursday afternoon
from the Sardis church, near her
home, being conducted by Rev. Hen
ry Warren, and interment was there.
Mrs. Dodd was born in Jackson coun
ty, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Venable, who were natives of
Jackson county. She had made her
home in Hall county a long time, and
had been a devoted member of the
Baptist church. She is survived by
her husband, Paul Dodd, and two
children; three sisters, Mrs. W. C.
Hawkes, of Elbert county; Mrs. K.
C. Llewellyn and Miss Irene Venable,
of Athens.
MR. A. J. IVEY KILLED
WHEN TRUCK UPSETS
Lawrenceville, Ga.—Mr. A. J.
Ivey, 78, was killed Wednesday af
ternoon when a truck in which he
was riding with L. R. Wilson, turn
ed over, throwing Mr. Ivey out.
The truck was loaded with blocks
for a shingle mill which was being
operated by E. A. Melton, who had
given Ivey a job Wednesday morn
ing. The truck was hauling the shin
gle blocks from near Dacula and was
owned by Melton. Wilson, the driv
er, was painfully hurt.
Mr. Ivey is survived by his wife
and four children, Mrs. Julia Cook,
of Winder; Mrs. Ham Davis, Law
renceville; Mrs. Oren Moon, Canton,
and Hugh Ivey, Buford.
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Mr. Ivey formerly resided in Jack
son county, and lived in the Brockton
community.
HEAVY RAINS CAUSE WRECK ON
SOUTHERN
Washington.—The Crescent Limit
ed, Southern railway train en route
from New York to New Orleans, car
ried two enginemen to instant death
and sent 13 passengers and members
of its crew to a hospital when it was
derailed over a swollen stream near
here at 3:45 a. m. Thursday morn
ing.
A weakened bride over the eastern
branch of the Anacostia river just
outside the capital, caused the dis
astrous, before-daylight wreck.
The engine left the rails, plunging
into a mudbank with its operating
cab submerged in the stream.
A H. Bryde of Washington, en
gineer, and J. H. Faye, fireman, of
Perrysville, Maryland, were killed.
The Wilhite Family
Reunion An Enjoyable
Occasion Of Last Sunday
An affair that brought great hap
piness and delight to a large number
of persons was the reunion on last
Sunday of the John M. Wilhite fami
ly, at the home of Mr. J. Morgan
Wilhite, on the Jefferson-Commerce
Road, near Thyatira.
Mr. WUhnc, the father, grandfath
er and great grand father of the as
sembled guests, was one of Jackson
county's most prominent citizens.
The family home is just beyond
Thyatira church, and during his long
residence there, the home was noted
for its delightful hospitality. Mr.
Wilhite was twice married—first, to
Miss Mary Griffeth; and following
her death, he married Miss Sallie
Randall, of Carnesville. He was the
father of sixteen children, fifteen of
whom are living, and these, togeth
er with the grand children, are some
of Georgia’s most useful and promi
nent citizens. All of them were
present on Sunday for the first time
since their father’s death sixteen
years ago. The second Mrs. Wilhite
now makps her home in Athens, and
was a beloved guest of the occasion.
There are 98 living descendants of
the late Mr. Wilhite, and 72 of them
were here for the reunion. This
was the second annual reunion of
the family.
At noon all gathered around a
long table placed under the trees on
the lawn, and enjoyed a most deli
cious picnic dinner. A picture was
made of those present. ,
In the afternoon, a large number
of friends of the family called to
extend a cordial greeting.
Those present were: Mrs. John
M. Wilhite, Athens.
Mrs. J. E. J. Lord and Miss Lollie
Bell Lord, Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Holliday and
three children, Maysville; Mr. and
Mrs. Broughton Lord and son, Billy,
Jr., Leesville, S. C.
Mrs. Leila Wilhite Nunn, Mr. and
Mrs. W. Roy Nunn and sons, Roy,
Jr., and Harry, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wilhite
and Lewis Wilhite, Jefferson; Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Richardson and two
children, Gainesville; Mrs. Jerome
Davis and son, Jerome, Jr., Miami,
Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Wilhite and
Miss Nell Wilhite, Jefferson; Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Fambrough and son, Jack,
Farmington.
Mrs. J. F. Maddox, Ashburn; Mr.
and Mrs. C. P. Kemp and two chil
dren, Thomson; Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Gable, Atlanta; Mr. Wilhite King,
Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Morgan Wilhite,
Misses Helen and Louise Wilhite,
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Wilhite, Jeffer
son; Mr. and Mrs. Willie Colquitt
and daughter, Elizabeth, Commerce.
Mrs. Anna Wilhite Cartledge,
Misses Genelle and Helen Cartledge,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gifford, At
lanta.
Miss Myra Wilhite, Apple Valley.
Mrs. Murray Sims, Clarice, Mur
ray, Jr., and John M. Sims, Valdosta.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Burns, Tel
ford, Edna and Elizabeth Burns,
Athens.
Misses Nena and Lucile Wilhite,
Athens.
Mrs. G. G. Barnett and daughter,
Miriana, Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wilhite and
daughter, Jay, Dublin.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Scoggins, Ath
ens.
WALLACE PREDICTS COTTON
REDUCTION
Washington, D. C.—Secretary
Wallace of the Department of Agri
culture predicts that “instead of
planting around 40,000,000 acres of
the United States to cotton, it seems
likely that we shall put in only about
25,000,000 next spring.”
In an address here Monday night
he reviewed the programs of the
farm adjustment administration and
paid southern leaders had assured
him they will soon have a plan ready
go “they will not plant cotton in the
unlimited planless way they have in
the past.” ~
He declared that the "Bew social
and economic machinery that we have
set going in this country since March
4 is as crude and as promising a:
Robert Fulton’s first steamboat.”
The cotton plan, the corn plan, the
hog, dairy, tobacco, fruit and wheat
programs the administration is now
launching, he went on, are “experi
mental first steps in anew direction.”
Thursday, August 31, 1933.
Martin Institute Opens Next
Monday, September 4th
Martin Institute will open next
Monday morning, September 4, for
class work.
Registration begins on Thursday
of this week, und will continue
through Friday.
It is important that every child
that expects to attend Marti/i In
stitute this fall shall report either
Thursday or Friday to register.
One of the largest attendances in
the history of the school is expected
to matriculate for the 1933-34 ses
sion.
All members of the faculty will be
here this week to assist in the regis
tration of pupils.
The public is given a cordial in
vitation to attend the opening on
Monday morning.
MAYSVILLE SCHOOL OPENS
The Maysville High School opened
Monday morning, with a large at
tendance, under the leadership of
Prof. R. C. David, superintendent,
and the following faculty: Mrs. R.
C. David, R. A. Montgomery, Miss
Ruth Maynard, Miss Johnnie Turner,
Miss Bessie Smith, Foster Brown,
Miss France Collins and Miss Louise
Roberts.
MASTER HOPE ADAMS IS HONOR
GUEST
Master Hope Adams was enter
tained at a party Saturday afternoon,
in commemoration of his tenth anni
versary by his mother, Mrs. J. S.
Adams, at her home in the country.
The little guests were entertained
under the shade of the large oak
trees, wherb it was cool. They play
ed games, and then enjoyed a candy
drawing. They all went away, wish
ing him many more birthdays. He
received several nice presents.
Invited were Misses Audry and
Milly Gause, Juanita and Eloise
Shields, Louise and' Frances Shaw,
Melba, Virginia and Grace Hanson,
Edna Hardy, Agnes Worley; Wilson
and Winston Gause, Early and Joe
Swftnn, Ralph and G. P. Hardy,
James White, Jack Shaw, Edd Dodd,
Robert Ho'pkins, Douglas Elder, Joe
Hanson, Edward, Johnie B. and
Ralph Roberts, Mrs. D. Gause, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Hanson, and Mr. and
Mrs. Artis Roberts.
THURSDAY BRIDGE CLUB
The Thursday Bridge Club was
beautifully entertained last week by
Mrs. Harold Duke. Those playing
were Mesdames T. T. Benton, C. D.
Cox, A. J. Flanigan, H. J. W. Kizer,
H. E. Aderhold, Dudley Moore, Miss
es Mary Ruth and Sarah Wills.
SEWING CLUB MEETS
Mrs. L. J. Lyle was hostess Wed
nesday afternoon to the Sewing Club,
and entertained in a most charming
manner the following ladies: Mes
dames C. B. Lord, C. E. Hardy, G. D.
Appleby, A. M. Hardy, C. Y. Daniel,
Ethel Hancock and L. B. Isbell.
DIPHTHERIA AROUND THE
CORNER
September and October will show
an increase in cases of diphtheria.
Why? Schools opening, and chil
dren, who have not had toxoid, ming
ling with carriers who should have
been detected, are the reasons. Is
your child protected? See your
family physician at once if this mat
ter has not already been attended to.
—Georgia’s Health.
HERE’S YOUR CHANCE, GIRLS
(Advance Story)
Lee Tracy admits he likes women
—and he also admits he is crazy a
bout fishing. So he hasn’t gotten
married, because he doesn’t believe
any woman would like to play second
fiddle to a fish!
The vivid actor who is featured in
the title role of Universal’s dough
boy drama, “Private Jones,” coming
to the Roosevelt Theatre remains a
bachelor although 34 years old and a
very eligible husband. He cites an
other reason for his state of single
blessedness as the fact that he has
been so busy he hasn’t found time to
court any prospective wife.
The government is urging people
to buy! buy! Seems to us it had bet
ter put on a campaign urging people
to pay! pay! Most of us have bought
too much already.—Madison Madi
sonian. i
Vol. 59. No. 7.
Jackson County Home
Demonstration News
Menu Campaign
A menu campaign will be con
ducted for Home Demonstration Club
members, beginning with breakfast
September 17th, and ending with
supper September 23, 1933.
Each club member taking part
shall plan her menus before the be
ginning of the campaign, and shall
serve the meals as planned to her
family during the week of the cam
paign.
The bulletin, Adequate Meals for
the Family, will be supplied all per
sons who wish to take part in the
campaign.
Only those foods shall be used in
menus which have been produced on
the farm, excepting such foods as are
not grown on the farm, namely,
sugar, coffee, tea, wcssoil oil, condi
ments and flavorings.
After the menus have been served
a report of not more than 150 words
shall be written on the report blank
which will be furnished to all who
wish to enter the campaign; In this
report tell what precautions were
taken to make the meals adequate,
and how they were enjoyed and ac
cepted by the family.
By September 29th the sheet con
taining the menus and written re
port shall be sent to the home demon
stration agent.
This campaign is part of the nu
trition program for 1933. The above
report is among those required for
a person to be eligible for the nu
trition honor roll.
SARAH WHITAKER,
Home Demonstration Agent.
COMMERCE SEEKS GOVERN
MENT LOAN
Commerce. —Plans to borrow $75,-
000 from the Reconstruction Finance
corporation to make improvements
in Commerce are being made by the
city council. The finance committee
has been instructed to apply for the
government loan.
Although no definite project for
the expenditure of the money has
been settled upon, the city needs an
extension of the sewerage system in
several localities and paving of sev
eral streets.
Council has also been asked to
borrow enough money to erect anew
school house. Requests are also be
ing made to enlarge the city water
system and erect a municipal swim
ming pool.
MR. URIAH POSS PASSES
Mr. Uriah Poss, a former citizen
of Jefferson, died at his home in
Oconee county last week. Funeral
services were held at Mt. Zion Pri
mitive church, of which he was a
member. Interment was in the Me-
Elroy cemetery, on Tallassee Road.
Surviving Mr. Pqss are his wife,
Mrs. Mattie Me Elroy Poss; four sons,
J. C. Poss, Clarksville; A. P. Poss,
Rome; S. J. and R. E. Poss, Athens,
and ten grand children.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Sylvia Sidney: Mary of Vina Del
mar’s “Pick U,” which comes to the
Roosevelt Theatre Monday and Tues
day. Born in New York. At 15, en
tered the Theatre Guild School. Se
cured roles in “The Squall,” “Crime,”
and “Mirrors”. Made her first screen
appearance in “Through Different
Eyes”* Went back on the stage and
was seen in “Bad Girl”. Signed up
with Paramount, and pictures to date
have been, “An American Tragedy,”
Street Scene”, “Ladies of the Big
House”, “The Miracle Man”, and
Madame Butterfly”. Five feet, four
inches tall, weighs 104 pounds, Has
dark brown hair, blue-green eyes.
SINGING AT MAYSVILLE NEXT
SUNDAY
Maysville, Ga.—There will be a
singing at 2.30 p. m., September 3rd,
at Maysville Baptist church. Some
noted singers are expected. Every
one is invited.
ABIT NIX SPEAKS
Maysville, Ga.—Abit Nix, of Ath
ens, was the principal speaker at a
Masonic rally given by Maysville
Lodge No. 347, F. & A. M., at Mays
ville Friday night, which was attend
ed by visitors from Commerce, Jef
ferson, Gillsville and the surround
ing community. Other speakers were
George Westmoreland and John
Turner, of Jefferson, and Morgan
Nix, of Commerce.