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The Jackson Herald
Holder & Williamson
WEDDING BELLS
Lizzie Carter Wed.
Mr. Spratlin
of cordial interest to
of friends was that of
jJjgTry Lizzie Carter to Mr. Bill
L which was solemnized Sat-
December 23, in Watkins
, ceremony was perform-
Joiner, pastor of the
Christian church, whose
j s jn Watkinsville. Imme
following the ceremony, Mr.
Splatlin left for a wedding
[S Florida. On their return
be at home to their friends
of the bride’s moth-
Lizzie Carter, on Borders
toe# The bride is the only child
Lizzie Dadisman Carter and
H[e Mr. T. H. Carter of Meigs.
H a grand-daughter of Mrs. L.
and the late Mr. Dad
who moved to Jefferson from
county. She is a graduate of
Institute, and also studied at
University. She has a
personality, which has won
a host of friends and admir
,■ wish for her the greatest hap
<■ Mr. Spratlin is a son of Mr.
Spratlin of the Mill Vil-
holds a responsible position
Jefferson Mills. He is a
|lßd young man, and is being
congratulated.
Mi.* Holderness And Mr. Pittman
W# At Quiet Home Ceremony
Cjtffrollton.—A marriage centering
>%lip social interest was that of
iClara Holderness, of Carroll
tl, t< Mr. Brooks Pittman, of Com
fca?ce and Atlanta, which was solem
(ed[ on December 17 at a quiet
tne ceremony with only the mem
m of the family present. The
is a member of a prominent
utlicrn family, her father being
p.fSidney Holderness, of Carroll-
her mother having been be-
Ctt. her marriage, Miss Ada Long,
.upiter of Captain B. M. Long, of
irrollton. The bride attended
n#r>ra College and later Converse
mf 'a, of which she is a graduate.
■Bis a charming and attractive girl
is widely popular with a host of
friends. Her only brother
Sidney Holderness. The bride-
Hm is the son of Dr. and Mrs. C.
and a brother of Mr.
Pittman, of Commerce. He
West Point U. S. Military
and New York University
is a graduate of Mercer Univer
■. Mr. and Mrs. Pittman will
at an early date for Billings,
■it., to make their home, where
HL Pittman is connected with the
foe|a-Cola Company.
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Collier-Porterfield
Corner, Ga.—A wedding of inter
to many friends occurred at the
uirban home of Mr. and Mrs.
Iph S. Collier, of Comer, Ga., on
iday afternoon at 3 o’clock when
;ir daughter, Miss Mildred Col
r, became the bride of Troy W.
rterfield, of Colbert, Ga. The
ide and groom left after the
rernony for a wedding trip, from
aich they will return to their at
active new bungalow at Colbert,
i. Among the out-of-town guests
?re Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porterfield,
rents of the groom; Mr. and Mrs.
. W. Barnett, grandparents of the
’oom; Mr. and Mrs. Miles Collier,
iss Ouida Collier, all of Colbert,
a.; Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Collier,
! Augusta, Ga.'} Mr. and Mrs. W.
. Williamson, grandparents of the
•ide; Mrs. F. H. Williamson, F. H.
’illiamson, Jr., Mrs. W. L. William
in, Jr., and daughter, Martha, Miss
’illie Carson, all of Commerce, Ga.;
ldrige Graham, of Port Arthur,
exas; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Rowe,
r. and Mrs. C. C. Mathews and
imily, of Carlton, Ga.; Ed Pitner,
I Mcßae, Ga., and Mrs. M. R.
toore, of Portsmouth, Ohio.
[is* Hudson Weds Mr. McCulloch In
Atlanta
Miss Elizabeth Hardy Hudson be
ime the bride of Edward Russell
[cCulloch at a beautiful ceremony
uesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at
ie Ormewpod Presbyterian church,
tlanta. Rev. W. E. Crane, pastor
f the church, performed the cere
mony in the presence of a gathering
f relatives and friends of the cou
le. The bride’s sister, Miss Nancy
ludson, was maid of honor, and
frs. Thomas D. Body was matron of
'onor. Mr. W. W. McCulloch, bro
ker of the bridegroom, was best
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man. The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, Jno. L. Hud
son, was gowned in turquoise blue
velvet fashioned along simple lines,
with high straight neckline caught
on the shoulders by small velvet
loops. The sleeves were split, and
cloth of silver inserted. The fitted
skirt fell to the floor in a graceful
flounce. Her hat of wide mesh
formed a shrot veil, and she carried
a bouquet of calla lilies. Mrs. John
L. Hudson, mother of the bride,
wore a model of eel gray velvet, with
a spray of talisman roses; and Miss
Sara Hudson, sister of the bride,
wore brown triplesheer and velvet.
Following the ceremony the bridal
couple left on a short trip, after
which they will reside at 193 Fif
teenth street, N. E., Atlanta. The
bride is a niece of Mrs. V. A. Nib
lack; and her mother, who was rear
ed here and educated at Martin In
stitute, was formerly Miss Lilly
Hardy.
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Flanagan-Bolton
Mr. and Mi*. A. 0. Flanagan, of
Athens, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Fay, to Leonard
Bolton, of Commerce, the marriage
to be solemnized at an early date.
* * * *
Nelmr,-Stockton
Athens, Ga.—Mr and Mrs. J. P.
Williamson announce the marriage
of their daughter, Virgnia Runee
Nelms, to Mr. Miller Stockton, of
Palatka, Fla., the wedding being
solemnized in Greenwood, S. C., on
September 10.
Mrs. Ethel Hodgson Weds Dr.
Ralph Goss
Athens, Ga.—ln a quiet ceremony
performed by Dr. Lester Rumble at
his home on Lumpkin street Monday
night at 6:30 o’clock, Mrs. Ethel
Scarbrough Hodgson was married to
Dr. Ralph M. Goss.
Dr. and Mrs. Goss left immediate
ly following the ceremony for a
short motor trip to Florida.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED BY THE
ORDINARY
Mr. Claud H. Montgomery and
Miss Mary Parks Morris, December
29, by Rev. L. E. Roberts.
Mr. Howard Whitley and Miss
Grace Lord, December 26, by Rev.
R. M. Rigdon.
Mr. V. V. Vandiver and Miss Mary
Whitmire, December 24, by Rev. C.
C. Tooke.
Mr. Albert Peebles, Jr., and Miss
Hazel Martin, December 24, by
Judge W. W. Dickson.
Mr. D. F. Garrison and Miss Flor
ine Parker, December 23, by M. F.
Morrison.
W. L. Cheek and Miss Flora
Castleberry, December 23, by Rev.
S. P. Higgins.
Mr. L. F. Bryant and Miss Nancy
Chastain, December 24, by Rev. P.
B. Cash.
Mr. Ben Clarke and Miss Iris
Skinner, December 23, by Rev. Jack
McNeal.
Mr. E. W. Walker and Miss Ruby
Fay Skelton, December 24, by Rev.
P. B. Cash.
Mr. C. E. Geiger and Mrs. Eddie
Josephine Benton, December 23, by
Rev. C. C. Tooke.
Mr. Bob Arnold and Miss Lois
Moore, December 24, by Judge W.
W. Dickson.
Mr. Grady Lockman and Miss
Montine Archer, December 17, by C.
L. Brooks.
DR. ROBERT B. ADAIR
Dr. R. B. Adair, aged 84, pioneer
in the dental profession and promi
nent in dental research, died at his
home in Atlanta Tuesday, Decem
ber 26. Dr. Adair was born in Jack
son county, and received his educa
tion in Martin Institute.
Dr. Adair was married in 1873 to
Allene Victoria Moss, who died in
1907. An only son, Dr. Robin A
dair, himself a dentist of wide repu
tation, died in 1929 in an automo
bile accident.
He was married a second time to
Miss Meredith Simmes, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Albert M. Simmes, of
Raleigh, N. C., in 1912, who sur
vives him, also surviving are four
grandchildren, Frances, Robin, Mil
lard and Benjamin Adair, and an
only sister, Mrs. Josephine Hudson,
all of Atlanta. _
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
SUDDEN DEATH TAKES
J. W. STOCKTON, SR.
People of this section were great
ly shocked on the night of December
22, when it was announced that Mr.
James* W. Stockton had died sud
denly while on duty as night police
man of Jefferson, a position he had
held for the jxast few weeks, suc
ceeding Mr. M. 11. Bailey. He was
stricken with an attack of the heart,
and was rushed to the office of Drs.
Lord and Boland, but succumbed be
fore medical attention could be
given.
Mr. Stockton was born in Jackson
county March 2, 1871, and was,
therefore, almost 63 years of age.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Stockton. He was married in
1893 to Miss Leila Bailey. The
early part of his life was spent on
the farm, but for a number of years
he has resided in Jefferson. For the
past year his health was greatly im
paired, but was in apparently good
health when stricken with the heart
attack that caused his death.
Funeral services were held in the
Jefferson Baptist church, of which
he was a member, Sunday afternoon,
December 24th. The services were
conducted by Rev. R. M. Rigdon,
who chose for his text, “My flesh
and my heart faileth, but God is my
portion forever.”
The choir, composed of Drs. Lord,
Boland and Bennett and Mr. L. H.
Isbell, Mesdames Lord, Roberts and
Boland and Miss Mary Connally,
rendered, “The Unclouded Day,”
“We Shall See Jesus,” and “One
“Other Day.” The pall bearers were
Messrs. W. W. Dickson, C. N. Pin
son, A. M. Hardy, Ned Pendergrass,
C. E. Barnett and Guy Strickland.
Interment was in Woodbine ceme
tery.
Surviving the deceased are his wi
dow; four sons, Fritz, Hamilton,
Miller and J. W. Stockton; and four
grandchildren.
Mr. Stockton had hundreds of
friends, who are deeply grieved over
his passing. He was a loyal friend,
a genial gentleman, and a good citi
zen.
Father Of Mrs. Dave
Hancock Drowned
In Oconee River
Much sympathy is extendeed Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Hancock, on account
of the death of the latter’s father,
Mr. Lester Wood, of Statham, who
was accidentally drowned in Oconee
river in Athens Wednesday of last
week.
Mr. Wood had made a business
trip to Greshamville, and was return
ing to his home- in Statham, when
his car in some unknown manner
plunged into the river about six
o’clock in the evening, and was not
discovered until next morning. His
dead body was on the front seat of
the sedan, and all the doors and
windows were closed. Early Wed
nesday morning, two negros noticed
a radiator cover of a Ford car hang
ing on some bushes on the river
bank, and on closer examination dis
covered tire tracks leading down the
steep bank into the water. They se
cured a boat, and with the aid of a
long pole found the automobile
standing in 12 feet of. water.
Funeral services for Mr. Wood
were held Friday afternoon at Chap
el church, near Winder. Services
were conducted by Rev. John 11.
Wood and Rev. John Grizzle, and
interment was in Chapel cemetery.
Mr. Wood is survived by his Wid
ow, Mrs. Hatte Langford Wood;
three daughters, Mrs. Dave Hancock
of Jefferson, Mrs. Joe Weaver of
New York City, and Miss Mary Hat
tie Wood of Statham; father, Millard
Wood of Winder; sisters, Mrs. A. D.
Williams, Athens, and Mrs. Smith
Douglas, Atlanta, and a brother,
Fred Wood of Winder.
For the past two years, Mr. Wood
had operated a gasoline filling sta
tion at Statham, and before that
time had been in business in Win
der for seven years and in Commerce
for a year or two.
The Gainesville Eagle, in its
column of “54 Years Ago in Gaines
ville,’’ has the following: “Our First
Bhle—The first bale of the new crop
of the fleecy staple was received on
last Tuesda'y from L. O. Tolbert of
Jackson. It classed low middling,
weighed four hundred and ten
pounds, and was sold to 0. E. Mit
chell at 10%."
Farm House Data To Be
Collected in Jackson Cos.
While business men are taking
their January inventories, to see how
they are to prepare for 1934, the
farm families of Jackson county will
be having another and most interest
ing inventory of their own plants.
A staff of one supervisor, 11 wo
men enumerators, three clerks, and
one architect or skilled carpenter
began work last week on a farm
housing survey in Jackson county,
the object of which is to measure the
potential demand for improved farm
facilities.
The survey will also be conducted
in 17 other Georgia counties under
15 supervisors, who are women with
home economics training or experi
ence, on funds provided by the Civil
Works administration. The project
was planned by the United States
Department of Agriculture and the
University System of Georgia Agri
cultural Extension Service and is to
be directed by Miss Willie Vie Dow
dy, extension home improvement
specialist, and G. I. Johnson, exten
sion agricultural engineer and state
vice-chairman of the survey.
Here in Jackson county the work
will be directly in charge of Mrs.
Eva Flanigan, working under the di
rector of extension work in Georgia.
The survey has been approved as a
Federal CWA project; and the field
work will be done by women who
will be appoihted from the re-em
ployment rolls in the county.
Besides Mrs. Flanigan and her
staff, the local CWA relief adminis
trator, home demonstration agent
and agricultural agent will assist in
the work.
The supervisors and home demon
stration agents for 18 counties met
at The University of Georgia last
week and were instructed in the
method and purpose of the survey.
On Thursday the supervisors began
preliminary organization work in
their respective counties.
In selecting the counties for the
survey, the following were consider
ed: types of farming, physiographic
features, average value of farms and
faxdwellings, nationality or race,
comparative number of owners and
tenant farm houses, and length of
time the area has been settled.
The project in itself was planned
for the re-employment of women,
and although its primary object is
to collent information of the poten
tial demand for improved farm fa
cilities, it is also believed that the
data will be used to determine costs
of farm improvement facilities need
ed and to develop plans for install
ing, developing and financing these
in a possible public works program
of farm improvement.
Drive Opens To Reduce
1934 Cotton Plantings
Beginning Monday farmers of
Georgia are being asked to sign con
tracts to reduce the planted cotton
acreage next season to approximate
ly 1,900,000 acres, in a Southwide
program to restrict local plantings to
25,000,000 acres.
Under the provisions of the 1934-
1935 cotton acreage adjustment
contracts of the Agricultural Ad
justment administration, Georgia
planters will receive in rental and
benefit payments next year approx
imately $10,700,000, if a 40 per cent
reduction of the five-year average
of the annual acreage planted to
cotton is achieved.
FEDERAL CWA FORCES AT
WORK ON RURAL HOUSING
IN JACKSON COUNTY
The following persons have charge
of the CWA rural housing project in
Jackson county:
Director, Mrs. Eva Flanigan; E
numerators, Miss Helen Shackelford,
Attica and Red Stone districts; Mrs.
J. B. Williamson, Center district;
Miss Mattie V. McElhannon, New
town district; Miss Ruth Shankle,
Minish district; Miss Cordia Mulli
nax, Wilson district; Mrs. J. C.
Head, Miller district; Mrs. Russell
Hosch, Porters district; Miss Maxine
Yarbrough, Jefferson district; Mrs.
Opal Shirley and Mrs. Mays Ven
able, Harrisburg district; Miss Win
nie Merle Pettyjohn, Talmo and
Randolph districts; Miss Madeline
Braselton, Cunningham district.
Clerks, Mrs. Nena Cothran, Miss
Mary McDonald, and Mrs. Gussie
Ferguson.
Contractor, Mr. W. M. Craft.
Thursday, January 4, 1934.
EXCHANGE NOTES
News Item* Of Interest Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Bunks County Journal)
Left Truck And Cotton
A man drove up to L. L. and V. L.
Davis warehouse in Commerce Tues
day morning in a truck loaded with
two bales of cotton. He was a little
on the nexwous order, which made
the management trxspiclous. When
told to go down in town and see
what Mr. L. L. Davis would offer
him for the cotton, he appeared in
different about the price. But they
insisted he go down, which he did,
with samples in his hand. When he
returned an officer was on hand and
began to question him about cotton
in general. He answered a few
questions, then suddenly passed
through the warehouse and out into
the great unknown, leaving cotton,
truck and much suspicion behind.
Slip Shucked Corn
Jim Campbell had about three
acres of corn on the church proper
ty at Silver Shoal, and also near the
cemetery. Some person went to the
field at night and slip shucked it,
leaving the shack on the stalk. To
look at the field it appeared the corn
was there, but when Jim went to
pull it he only had shucks. Some
white people must have stole the
corn, as it was too close to the
cemetery for a negro.
(From Athens Banner-Herald)
Center Woman Compose* March
Mrs. E. S. Rylee has composed a
song and march which has been pub
lished by the National Manuscript
Bureau of New York City. Mrs.
Rylee—who writes under the name
"Mamie Leeper Rylee”—is a promi
nent music teacher in Center. The
name of her piece is “The NRA
March,” and it’s one of the snappier
tune3 with marked rhythm. Mrs.
Rylee also wrote the lyrics, which
fits the music perfectly. When we
first played the music over, the swing
quite got us, and we’ve been hum
ming it ever since. The composer
is also responsible for “Georgia
Boy” which was published privately,
and was very popular in the state.
Words To “NRA March”
We think these words to Mrs.
Rylee’s song are worth quoting
here. Of course, without the music,
they can’t be appreciated fully, but
we think you can get the swing
which makes the “March” such a
nice piece:
“Work and fight with all your might
for NRA and the U. S. A.
And Franklin D. Roosevelt will pull
us thru.
Old depression is on the run and now
it’s time to have our fun,
And get our share of the good things
that we know we’re all entitled
to,
So put your force to the country’s
cause and get the gist,
And get the gist, be an optimist,
Be sure that ev’ry old thing will be
O. K.—
Confidence in Old Glory is the thing
that tells the story,
Soon we all will reap the glory of
the NRA.”
MR. S. J. SEGARS DIES
SUDDENLY
Mr. S. J. Segars died suddenly
Tuesday, December 26, at his home
in Birmingham, Ala.
Mr. Segars was 44 years of age,
and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S.
A. Segars of Clarkesboro. The body
was brought to the home of his fa
ther, and funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. Haygood and Rev.
Cash at Red Stone church Wednes
day afternoon.
Pall-bearers were Bascomb Oliver,
George Hale, Hoke Hardy, Ben
Oliver, John Gibson and Taylor But
ler.
Surviving the deceased are the
widow, Mrs. Viola Spencer Segars;
his son, Carter Segars; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Segars; four sis-
ters, Mrs. J. S. Moore, Mrs. E. C.
Damron, Louise Segars and Georgia
Segars; and five brothers, H. H.
Segars, H. T. Segars, J. J. Segars,
M. T. Segars and W. C. Segars.
The deceased had a large circle
of friends in Jackson county, who
are deeply grieved over his untime
ly death.
Col. and Mrs. Henry W. Davis and
Miss Blossom Davis have returned
from a visit to the former’s mother
in Mitchell county.
Vol. 59/ No. 26.
W. T. LONG, PROMINENT
CITIZEN, PASSES
Mr. Willis T. Long passed away
Tuesday afternoon at his country
home, about four miles north of
Jefferson. The announcement of
his death has bast a pall of sadness
throughout the county because of
his prominence and his universal
popularity. He had been in de
clining health for more that) a year,
but his illness of the past two or
three weeks followed a nervous
shock received in an automobile
accident in Gainesville, in which his
auto was struck by a large bus.
Mr. Long was the son of Mr. John
A. and Mrs. Theodocia Young Long.
He was born in Atlanta in February,
1,874. At the age of 15 his parents
moved to Jackson county and locat
ed at Pendergrass, his father taking
the position of master machinist on
the Gainesville Midland railway.
The Long home was noted for its
hospitality and its strict observance
of every thing that stood for pro
gress and character building.
In young manhood the deceased
indentified himself with the business
interests of the little town of Pen
dergrass, and for many years was a
member of the well known firm of
Long & Getzen, which firm was a
leader in the mercantile business of
this section. When Long & Getzen
closed out their business, Mr. Long
purchased the girlhood home of his
wife, and it was there he spent the
last years of his life.
Mr. Long was married in young
manhood to Miss Cleo Harrison,
daughter of the late Mr. Thadeous
L. and Mrs. Mant Pendergrass Har
rison. He also became a loyal mem
ber of the Methodist church, and
was superintendent of the Sunday
school in his home town for 15 years,
and was a Steward in the church.
He had high Christian ideals, and
the example and influence implant
ed in the lives of his children is a
heritage they will always cherish.
Mr. Long was a successful plant
er, and his death removes from
the county a man who will be great
ly missed, but his influence will re
main as a monument and memory to
the service he rendered his family,
community and fellowman.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon in the Methodist
church in Pendergrass, and inter
ment was in the cemetery of that
city.
Mr. Long is survived by his wid
ow; by two sons, Rev. Nat G. Long,
pastor of Glenn Memorial Methodist
church, Atlanta, and John A. Long,
connected with the firm of Foote &
Davies, Atlanta; by one grand
daughter, Olive Wills Long; and by
four sisters, Miss Lillie Long, Mrs.
W. F. Higgins and Mrs. J. H. Getzen
of Pendergrass, and Mrs. Simpson
of Augusta.
Jefferson’s Woman’s Club
Has Artistic Year Book
The publicity chairman of the
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
has the following to say of the Jef
ferson Woman’s Club year books,
which were made by Mrs. Stanley
Kesler and Mrs. Byrd Martin: “The
artistic year book of Jefferson Wo
man’s Club which has been received
at headquarters of Georgia Feder
ation of Women's Clubs is admired
and appreciated. The entire book,
including the attractive hand-paint
ed cover, in green and white, was
done by the members, meeting every
need at a small cost. Each month
from September through June is de
voted to the study of one of the nine
major departments of .federation
work and to Tallulah Falls school.
On January 15 American citizenship
will be the subject. Mrs. Hugh
Crooks and Mrs. Grantland Hyde are
co-chairmen with Mrs. R. L. Carroll,
Miss Kate Duke and Miss Martha
Watson, committee members. Hos
tesses will be Mesdames M. M. Bry
an, H. D. Dadi.sman, Harold Duke,
Paul Wilson and Miss Leona Grif-
feth. Officers of the club for 1933-
34 are 'Mrs. S. A. Boland, president;
Mrs. J. N. Holder, vice president;
Mrs. J. D. Escoe, recording secre
tary; Mrs. Stanley Kesler, corre
sponding secretary; Mrs. J. E. Ran
dolph, treasurer.”
WOMAN’S CLUB POSTPONED
On account of all of the mission
ary meetings coming on next Mon
day, the club will not meet until the
following Monday, January 15.
Mrs. S. A. Boland. '