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The Jackson Herald
gj Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Item* Of Interest Among Our
Neighbor* And Friends
(From Atlanta Constitution)
\ ee r Are Too Plentiful, North
Georgians Protest
..veral years ago there gen
-1 protest against the scarcity of
r i n Georgia. Friday, the shoe
, orr the other foot. Propagation
•lc of the state game and tish de
(jnt.nt has resulted* so well that
er S. Twitty, state game and fish
imissioner, received a protest
m farmers and citizens of the
kens and Dawson county section
t “deer are so plentiful they are
troying our crops.” The protest
| be investigated with a view of
ermining low the deer can be
t and the crops saved from dam-
Twitty said. He added that the
test reveals the value to sports
n of protecting deer, the policy of
pagation “creating an abundance
tre before they were scarce to the
it of extinction.”
(From Commerce News)
l. Nancy Chandler Passes Friday,
August 25
[is. Nancy C. McGinnis Chandler
sed away at the old McGinnis and
ndler home, near Commerce, on
day, August 25, at five-thirty p.
after an illness of about ten
ks. Mrs. Chandler, born in the
ref 1864, on August 22, lived a
utiful and useful life. The last
ty years of her life were spent
the same community. She was
lember of the Baptist church,
riving are three daughters, Mrs.
y Garrison* Mrs. Pink Brooks and
. Lyda Cleghorn; five sons,
ntley J., J. 1., L. L., C. T. and L.
About thirty-six grandchildren,
la number of great grandchildren
several great-great grandchil
n also survive. Funeral services
e held for her Sunday at eleven
ock from her home, Rev. Collins
lac-ting the services. Interment
made in the McGinnis cemetery.
O 0 o
(From Winder News)
interesting Experiment
it. C. L. Harris and his neighbors
conducting an unusual experi
nt on 25 acres of land. They
e selected 25 acres and propose to
and all the water that falls on this
ct during the winter so that it will
available for the crop that will be
iwn on the land next year. We
re never heard of just such an ex
iment and it will be watched with
(rest. The greatest care will be
en to keep any water that falls
the tract from running off. It
1 be absorbed by the soil and it
hoped in this way to grow iuxuri
t crops in spite of drouths.
N. Rainey Has Opened Law Office
Mr. Joseph Nixon Rainey has op
ed an office for the practice of law
the Winder National Bank Build
• His office is on the second floor
and contains an up-to-date library,
the library of the late Col.
ickland, of Athens. Mr. Rainey
*ell known in this section of the
as his grandfather, the late
N. Rainey, was one of the
st influential men of the county.
■ Rainey holds a license to prac-
E law in the United States district
lrt and is a member of the Geor
-1 Rar. He is one of Winder’s
eminent young men and we predict
ich success for him in the legal
Session.
(From Athens Banner-Herald)
S ‘lh $12.00 Worth Of Figs In
Athens
* F- Bradley, farmer, residing on
* Commerce road has eight or ten
Turkey fig bushes that have
J a Bl>t him more profit than two
> of cotton, perhaps. Mr. Brad
fold fifty-five gallon of figs in
® ens . collecting about $12.00 for
J°C Figs are po trouble, he says.
you have to do is pick and sell
And they usually find a good
mt
(From Clayton Tribune)
8 Safe Found In Tiger Creek
jj e ' p ral days ago the store of Ed
* s Pie, of Yonah, a country store
een Lula and Belton was burg
zpfi and the iron safe carried a
c°ntaining money and other val
e Papers. Mr. Gillespie offered
ward for the return of the pa-
not hoping to get the money
A few days ago some boys
J* safe in Tiger Creek and
it to the officers who went
there and brought it to town
n °hfied Mr. Gillespie, who im-
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Martin Institute Has
Splendid Opening
For 1933-34 Session
Martin Institute opened for the
1933-34 session on last Monday
morning, with one of the largest at
tendances in the history of the
school.
The opening exercises were held
in the auditorium, with a large num
ber of visitors present.
Ihe song, “America,” was sung
by the entire assembly, and Rev. R.
M. Rigdon, pastor of the Baptist
church, led the devotional. He gave
a most inspiring talk, using as his
subject, “He Who Seeks Knowledge
is Wise.”
Superintendent Kizer gave a
splendid talk, urging the co-operation
of parents, teachers and pupils. He
spoke of how a school is the greatest
institution we have, and also the
greatest -asset to any community.
A splendid corps of teachers has
been secured, and under the able
leadership of Superintendent Kizer
a most successful year’s work is pre
dicted for the school.
Faculty
Miss Mary Ruth Wills.
Miss Catherine Mobley.
Miss Elizabeth Bailey.
Miss Irene Rankin.
Miss Frances Smith.
Miss Sophie Mae Swain.
Miss Rose Daniel.
Miss Martha Watson.
High School:
Miss Nixon Mobley, Music.
Miss Allea Betts, English.
Miss Kate Duke, Latin-French.
Miss Lucille Jarrett, Home Econo
mics.
Mr. G. L. Crawford, Science-His
tory.
Mr. Roy Cheatham, Mathematics.
Mr. Joe DeFoor, Agriculture-Prin
cipal.
Mr. H. J. W. Kizer, Superintend
ent.
2 BILLION BUY PLAN MAPPED
Washington.—A plan calling for
the simultaneous expenditure of $2,-
000,000,000 for all kinds of merch
andise is under consideration by the
NRA as the opening gun .in the'
“buy-now” movement.
Pledge cards would be distributed
throughout the country and individu
als asked to sign up to spend SIOO
each.
When *20,000,000 signatures are
obtained, but not until, the signal
would be given.
Details remain to be worked out.
mediately came and identified the
safe. The outside combination had
been knocked off and the safe open
ed. The money was missing amount
ing to about one hundred dollars but
the checks amounting to about one
hundred dollars were in the safe as
also were Mr. Gillespie’s notes,
deeds and account books. The con
tents of the safe were damaged by
water but were taken out and dried
and all of them could be identified.
Ha* Lived In Four Counties But
Never Moved
Mr. foreman of the local
highway maintenance crew, was tell
ing us a few days ago of having visit
ed an old gentlemen in Banks Coun
tw recently whose name is Robert
Winn. The old gentleman resides
where he was born and where he has
lived all his life but has lived in the
following counties, Franklin, Hall,
Habersham and Banks. Mr. Winn is
eighty-seven years old and showed
Mr. Nunnally many interesting
things around his home such as fence
posts that have been in thte ground
longer than Mr. Winn can recollect,
and fence rails that have been in
use for a hundred years. There are
many interesting things about these
old homesteads if we could only get
in possession of them.
(From Athens Banner-Herald)
Camp Chattooga End. Fir.t Season
The closing of Camp Chattooga
several days ago ended the first
season of one of the country’s most
delightful and most thoroughly e
quipped girls’ camps, and Miss Fran
ces Forbes and Miss MaNita Bullock,
co-directors, have been showered
with congratulations for the skillful
manner'in which the enterprise was
conducted this first year. Miss For
bes and Miss Bullock, on their return
to Athens several days ago, declar
ed the degree of success that attend
ed their efforts this first year far ex
ceeded their expectations, and stated
that plans are already being formu
lated to make next year s camp even
greater than this year’s.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
COTTON ACREAGE
REDUCTION PROGRAM
FOR FARMERS, 1934-35
The Georgia farm program for
1934 and 1935, adopted at the meet
ing of farmers and agricultural
workers of Georgia, held in Atlanta,
August 3,4, and 5, carries many im
portant po’ntv, and among those of
most importance are the following:
“It is the opinion of the delegates
of farmers and farm women, and
agricultural workers of Georgia,
herein assembled, that the present de
plorable condition of Georgia agri
culture has been brought , about
largely by the unbalanced farm pro
gram that has been in vogue on
Georgia farms since the Civil War.
We believe that the predominance
of cotton in this program to the ex
clusion of food and feed props suf
ficient to take care of the families
operating these farms, and a suffici
ent amount of live stock and poultry
to make these farms and farm
homes self-supporting, has been one
of the mnin contributing factors.”
“We are convinced that the most
practicable way to accomplish this
is by a cash-benefit offer made to
the farmers on a per acreage basis
to be paid on all lands taken out or
kept out of cotton production in
1934 and 1935, provided these lands
are planted to food crops and soil
building crops for farm or commu
nity consumption, or allowed to lie
fallow during these years.”
Farmer* Soon To Receive Check*
With the exception of a few indi
vidual acceptances for original con
tracts and supplemental contracts
that we have not received from
Washington office, the Performance
and Certification Certificates have
been served in the field by district
committeemen and returned to our
office, and on to the Washington of
fice. We are expecting the individ
ual acceptances for these remaining
contracts on any mail. All con
tracts of Jackson county are accept
ed, and it is only a matter of time,
due to the rush of business at the
Washington office, is why we have
not receaved acceptances for all up
to this date.
As yet, we have not received any
checks for any farm in Jackson
county, and so far as I know no
checks have been received by any
farmer in Georgia except those de
livered at the meeting in Atlanta.
According to information, checks are
being made out as fast as humanly
possible, and we should receive some
for farmers in Jackson county at an
early date. We have letter written,
also the envelopes addressed, for
each producer in Jackson county that
has a contract, and these letters will
be mailed advising about delivery of
the check as soon as checks are re
ceived. It will not hasten delivery of
any checks for the farmers to call at
my office, because I expect to advise
him the day the check is received
from Washington. In the letter to
the producer we will advise in de
tail as to how the checks will be de
livered.
Yours for service,
W. Hill Hosch,
County Agricultural Agent.
U. S. GOLD ORDER ADDS
MILLIONS TO MINE PROFIT
Washington.—New gold may now
be shipped freely from the United
States under the provisions of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s decree, but hoard
ers remain in just as much discredit
as ever with the administration.
Thus gold miners, ranging from
those who have panned Rocky Moun
tain creeks with kitchen sieves to the
great corporations with elaborate
chemicals processes find that they
can make 30 per cent more dollars
Wednesday than they could Tuesday.
But gold in the form of money or
gold that was bullion at the time the
embargo was declared still must re
main in this United States and no
person, excepting collectors or those
specially licensed, may hold more
than SIOO gold.
GAS TAX BRINGS $1,082,446
The state’s revenue from the.tax
on gasoline and kerosene was sl,-
082,446.30 during August.
This showed a decrease from July,
which brought collections of $1,138,-
916.48, but the July revenue includ
ed collection of some back taxes, and
otherwise the two months would have
shown about the same figures.
In August, 1932, the state collect
ed $1,103,270.15 from this source.
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
TO GET HEARING ON
PROCESSING LEVY
Washington. Textile manufac
turers who blame the cotton pro
cessing tax for the decline in cot
ton goods consumption are to have
a chance to present their evidence
to Administrator George N. Peek on
September 7.
Dr. Fred C. Howe, consumers’
counsel of the agricultural adjust
ment administration, said Monday
that a hearing has been called be
cause of statements of manufactur
ers.
“This hearing has been called by
the administrator,” said Howe, “to
give these manufacturers ample op
portunity to produce their evidence.
They have made the claim that con
sumption of cotton goods is on the
decrease. They have tried to lay
the blame for this decline on the pro
cessing -tax placed on cotton on Au
gust 1, which they said has forced
them to raise prices too high.
“This tax, which amounts to 4.2
cent* per pound of the net weight of
cotton, is to cover the cost of the
adjustment program which aims to
give farmers a better price for cot
ton.
“Cotton mill consumption was
speeded up to an unprecedented rate
in June and July. Such a rate was
beyond any that could be maintain
ed even at the peak of prosperity.
Administrator Peek’s inquiry will
seek to determine what effect the
overloading of the shelves of whole
salers and retailers has had on the
reported falling off of sales.
“Consumers as well as cotton
farmers are vitally concerned with
the facts on cotton costs, prices and
sales.
“Investigations we have made in
dicate that the tax amounts to only
a small part of the retail price of
cotton goods. We have collected fig
ures on average prices of simple,
everyday cotton articles from five
stores in each of twenty-two cities
to determine just how much the tax
might come to.' Here are some of
the results we found:
“Sheet*. Retail prices of sheets
measuring 81 by 99 inches, one of
the more generaly used sizes, aver
aged $1.13 on August 16. .The a
mount of the processing tax on a
sheet of this size and weight is not
quite 8 cents.
“Work shirts. Averaged in price
on the same date 78 cents. The tax
on them figures out at 3Mt cents.
“Overalls.’ On August 16, the
average price was found to be $1.26,
while the processing tax should be
about 814 cents.
“Unbleached muslin. This material
was retailing on the same date for
11 cents a yard. The tax would be
a little over a cent on this.”
Mr. G. W. Foster Passes
This section of Georgia has again
suffered a great loss in the passing
of that well known and esteemed
citizen, Mr. George W. Foster, who
was called to his eternal home on
Wednesday morning of last week.
Mr. Foster was a native of Wal
ton county, and was seventy-two
years of age. Since his marriage
several years ago to Mrs. Mamie
Johnson, he made his home on their
farm just outside the city limits, oh
the Jefferson-Athens road.
Of a quiet, unostentatious disposi
tion, Mr. Foster found his greatest
pleasure in the home and in the pur
suit of his daily duties as a planter.
He was a citizen of the highest Chris
tian character, a member of the
Christian church, and was always
found doing his part towards helping
his fellow man and uplifting humani
ty. For more • than a year he has
been a great sufferer, but bore these
sufferings with Christian fortitude.
He was held in the highest esteem
by friends and neighbors, and his
passing has brought sorrow to many
hearts.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon at the home by
Rev. John H. Wood of Winder, and
Rev. E. G. Thomason of Jefferson,
both of whom paid beautiful tribute
to his life and character; and inter
ment was in the cemetery at Good
Hope, Walton county.
Surviving him are his widow; two
sons, Mesrs. Jimmie and French
Foster; two step children, Mr. Sher
wood Johnson and Mrs. O. Q. Led
ford ; and by four brothers and three
sisters.
Thursday, September 7, 1933.
53,740,792 POUNDS
OF TOBACCO SOLD
IN STATE IN 1933
'Atlanta.—A report on final week’s
sales on the Georgia tobacco mark
ets was made public today by H. K.
Ramsey, statistician of the state de
partment of agriculture, showing
743,272 pounds sold on four markets
at an avrage price of 4.89 for a
total of $36,706.98.
Mr. Ramsey did not announce an
estimate of the total poundage sold
during the year, but an unofficial ad
dition of the sales during the five
weeks showed sales during .the sea
son of 58,740,792 pounds.
Just what the average price for
the season will figure was a matter
of speculation at the eapitol. First
week’s price* generally were esti
mated at an average of around 13
cents; the second week’s officially re
ported at 14.30; the third week’s at
9.80 and the fourth week’s at 7.47.
Sales during 1932 were in the
neighborhood of 11|000,000 pounds.
The fifth, or closing week of the
season in Georgia, saw markets open
only at Douglas, Moultrie, Tifton and
Vidalia, reports to Ramsey’s office
showed.
Douglas sold the greatest amount
of tobacco in the closing week, 3 43,-
628 pounds; and it brought the high
est average price of the week, 5.40
cents per pound.
Moultrie, where one warehouse
was reported operating the last week,
had sales of 121,890 pounds at an
average of 4.48.
Tifton’s three operating warehous
es doing business during the week
just ended reported a total of 158,-
712 pounds sold at an average of
4.62.
Vidalia reported two warehouses
sold 119,042 pounds at an average of
4.50.
No comparisons for sales during
the closing week of 1932 were avail
able because Ramsey said there were
no warehouses open during the fifth
week of 1932, when the crop was
unusually small.
“All warehouses are now closed
for the 1933 season,” Ramsey said.
The statistician said he was work
ing on a tabulation of the sales and
prices for the entire five weeks of
the season, but that this would not
be completed for several days.
He said complete reports had not
yet been received from all ware
houses.
ARSENAL THEFT PLOT TOLD
BY BANK ROBBER, SAYS JACK
SON *CO. CITIZENS INNOCENT
Macon, Ga. —'The machine-gun
holdup of the Bank of Brewton was
something of a sideline for Prank
W. Elmore, 31, widely known in
Atlanta through stops at the aviation
field in his wanderings as a soldier
of fortune, he has indicated to police
here.-
Elmore was brought to the Bibb
County jail after his capture follow
ing a holdup of the Bank of Brew
ton and recovery of all except S3OO
of'the $7,000 loot.
His main job, police said Elmore
explained, has been smuggling ma
chine guns and high-power rifles to
Cubans for use in the recent revolu
tion that over-threw Machado and
training them how to use the weap
ons.
“I had a thousand men under my
command, training them out in the
jungles,” he boasted here in a jail
cell.
Police quote him further:
“After I had completed training
of these men some leaders suggest
ed that I steal some machine guns
and smuggle them to Cuba. They
offered me $175 apiece for machine
guns with tripods complete and S6O
apiece for automatic rifles.
“I had been flying a plane at
Gainesville, Ga., and got to thinking
about the guns in the arsenal at the
University of Georgia.
“I didn't actually rob the arsenal
at the university, but I had it done
and know who did it. Otis and May
nard Gooch and Paul Sorrow had
nothing whatever to do with it.”
NEW GAINESVILLE CHIEF
Gainesville, Ga.—D. J. Hopkins
was Wednesday night made chief
of the local police, succeeding Chief
J. O. Lay, who resigned his position
on account of ill health. Mr. Hopkins
has served on the police force for
17 years, coming here at that time
from Maysville. Frank Strickland
was added to the force at the same
meeting.
Vol. 59. No. 8
GARD ic.N FROGRAM
TO HELP STATE’S
NEEDY PLANNED
A program to help the needy of
the state to grow a part of their own
foodstuffs and to enable children of
needy parents to obtain an educa
tion has been adopted by the Georgia
Relief Commission.
Under the program, seeds for gar
dens will be distributed and the un
employed given an opportunity to
grow all vegetables that thrive in
this state.
Two classes of gardens will be un
dertaken, one called a “home gar
den” for rural dwellers and the other
a “back yard garden” for the needy
who live in cities.
Each county, relief committee ha*
been instructed to include money
for school books in relief plans for
each family and the commission be
lieves thousands of Georgia school
children who would have been with
out books will be enabled to attend
school under the plan.
A committee has been named to
work out plans to give employment
to school-teachers out of a job in
schools which are now closed for lack
of funds.
The committee also will investi
gate a proposal to have unemployed
men and women qualified to teach
fundamental subjects used in a drive
to stamp out illiteracy.
UTILITIES CITED
FOR REDUCTION
IN POWER RATE
Atlanta, Ga. —All electric and pow
er companies in Georgia Wednesday
were cited by the Public Service
Commission to show cause on Novem
ber 7 why their domestic and com
mercial rates should not be reduced,
and why all extra charges not be re
duced or eliminated.
The order, announced Wednesday
by Governor Eugene Talmadge’s new
Public Service Commission, wds the
most drastic the board has promul
gated since it was named to succeed
the commission which Mr. Talmadge
ousted on charges of neglect of duty.
“Extra charges for services by
whatsoever names they are called”
also were included in the show cause
order. This means that the general
rate structure, including current and
service charges, will be put on the
defensive.
Jud P. Wilhoit, of Warrenton, in
announcing the order, said he esti
mated it would affect 90 per cent of
the number of customers of power
companies in Georgia. Two classes
of customers, industrial and munici
pal users, were not affected by the
order.
The commission recently issued
similar orders against all telephone
and railroad companies in Georgia.
Rates of the. Georgia Power Com
pany, the state’s largest utility, were
revised by the old commission only
a few months before it was remov
ed from office. At the hearing on
the ouster proceeding, however, the
revision was attacked and the charge
was hurled that only a small percen
tage of small customers were affect
ed by the revision.
900 HOGS SOLD TO U. S.
AT PENS IN AUGUSTA
Augusta, Ga.—Approximately 900
hogs have been sold to the govern
ment in Augusta this week by Geor
gia and South Carolina farmers in
the farm administration’s plan to re
duce swine production.
About 85 per cent were below the
81-pound class and were put into
tankage for grease and other by-pro
ducts.
Those above that weight will be
cured and distributed as food among
the poor.
Pens at the packing plant serving
the government as purchasing agent
are filled but the hogs are being
slaughtered at the rate of 150 a day.
Mr. D. D. Sargent Passes
Mr. D. D. Sargent, a former resi
dent of Jackson county, passed away
at his home near Clermont, Sunday
p. m., of cancer of stomach. Mr.
Sargent was well known here, hav
ing lived on the McElhannon &
Holder lands for several years. He
is survived by his wife, who before
her marriage was Miss Dinia West
moreland, and six children.
Funeral was held Monday even
ing at Methodist church, near Mos
sey Creek Cmp Ground.