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The Jackson Herald
■ Holder & Williamson
Bge Claud C. Pittman Com
| ments On Talmadge’s
[ 1932 Platform
■ , , v : estimated between
i thousand people,
V.. ,„| ,• Pittmas opened his
■ ' :, ' ior - ( ,vernor at Calhoun
■" j‘ iv . Fully 75 Georgia
■ on ted in the au
■' ',1,1 the speech made a
■ ,1 Talmadge with
■ attacked him for his
■ io liutional admin
aih'tted failure to carry
jipotnises and for par-
H ' of criminals. *•-
H a nu
■ ing u ihe campaign
■ ma<h , by Talmadge m
H u ,Mo ritt nan said:
j ril . ’ ivi rnor kept his pro
■ "... ...pie? The 12-point
Ho aiivau- "1 by the governor
■ '.cnaaiyn two years ago is as
He. Prompt payment of school
Ho with adequate revenue for
H,, 110n schools.” What has he
■bout this promise? The state
[oinnon school teachers a
■ amount today than ever be
■ , n iy the generosity of the
program of our presi
;ul;k;m Ji. Roosevelt, and our
Pas kept our schools open.
- r.uam o of highway pro-
H what has he done about
raise? Highway work has
! and scores of labor-
H mat employment, yet
jrovoi mnent has offered
more highway money than
m. Failure of the gover-
co-operate with the authori
al Washington, on some childish
has caused this highway
M remar. idle while thousands
men have tramped the
and streets begging for a
to work and live honest
HB ! n w:’:- the money already
o . the federal authorities
necessary to place special
on the work to keep
■ on the Talmadge administra-
low lias it sunk in the esti-
B ' the administration at Wash
■
Cade Postponement Cited
hy, my friends, only a few
a great motorcade, sponsor
t"’o of our great daily papers,
' be called off because of a
ite breakdown of construction
Had the highway program
•omd out as Talmadge pledg
psojile of Atlanta, Savan
-I!ii intervening points would
Hieir highway completed
l: ; motorcade would not have
There has been less high
-1 t 'ruction during the- Tal
e administration than any ad
hation during the last ten
Us ‘- s the first time in our his
that trucks and buses are de
n? our highways faster than we
uilding them.
Three-dollar lincense tags
ttomobiles.’ The platform said
n ? about $3 tags for commer
fucks and buses. The fight be
-1 the house and senate, on the
“He, and Governor Talmadge,
Howell and the buses, on the
' came about when the governor
e h on the same price tags for
tars and trucks as he did for
| commercial trucks and buses.
e Pslature objected to placing
ame 13 tag on a $20,000 bus
S2O car, but the governor in
lhat the price must be the
Is there a man or woman in
!tatt that believes these freight
P as; cnger coaches, that run
1 e track that the people paved
for, should pay nothing for
kuehise and right of way?
People built and paved the
the state and rode mud
while building them.
cks an( d buses were not here
the people built the
es e commercial common car
a ' e along and took charge of
f E ' °nged to the people. These
' ,^ K * < ' Have no more right
m 1 " >tate highways for hire,
1 Paying a reasonable rental
I n ' have to use the state’s
. . ra Hroad without paying a
rental. The N., C. & St.
a<i pays the state $45,000
sta t 0 Use ' ts t rac k s from
, f hattanooga, Tenn. The
truck lines pay a small
SINGLE COPY sc.
mileage tax and the $3 tag tax and
then hire Hugh Howell, the gover
nor’s campaign manager and legal
adviser, at $5,000 per year for one
company alone, and Hugh Howell
and Talmadge only know how many
companies he represents. They
figure a few thousand dollars paid to
the right source is better for them
than hundreds of thousands paid for
license tags.
intangibles Tax
“4. Legislation with teeth to place
a tax on intangibles.” The plan has
never been heard of since the gover
nor took the oath of office, and yet
it was one of the best ones he had.
“5. Abolition of ad valorem tax.”
The advalorem tax has been reduced
from five mills to four mills and the
amount collected reduced by one
million dollars. This reduction 'was
a benefit to 14 big counties and an
injury to 145 country counties, for
the simple reason that 145 counties
of this state receive back from the
state treasury more ad valorem tax
money than they pay into it. Be
fore we commend this act as a bene
fit we should figure up the injury it
has done our common school children
and other state wards. You can’t
educate children and sustain our un
fortunate wards on hot air, and you
can’t reduce one source of revenue
without finding a substitute. I wish
we didnlt have to pay any taxes, but
the only place where they do not pay
taxes is in heaven and we must do
the best we can until we get there.
“6. Legislation to provide that
buses and trucks pay taxes in each
county through which they operate.”
Governor Talmadge knew when he
made this promise that Hugh Howell
and the bus and truck people would
not let him carry it out, and the only
time he has thought of it since was
when his campaign manager said:
‘Gene, remember, the truck and bus
people are mighty good to us.
“7. Lower freight rates fixed as
tantamount to assuring railroads of
fair competition from buses and
trucks.” The governor, his truck
and bus attorney, and the imported
$6,000 per year rate expert have
spent the people’s money lavishly in
setting rates, the law facts and re
spectable courts of justice have not
sustained. There can never be fair
competition between railroads and
buses so long as the railroads and the
people are taxed to build free
tracks, provide free maintenance of
the tracks, and allow rubber-tired
trains to hog those thoroughfares
without charge, while the railroads
must build their own tracks, main
tain them and pay taxes on them.
Fair play and simple honesty should
be exercised when it comes to a life
and death struggle between the
Greyhound and the Royal Palm.
Says TVA Reduced Rates
“Talmadge claims credit for the
reduction of power rates. The Ten
nessee Valley Authority was respon
sible for the reduction of power
rates in this state. The only thing
Talmadge had to do with it was to
agree with Preston Arkwright, presi
dent of the Georgia Power Company,
that the power company would per
mit him to take credit for the re
duction to help him politically and
the property values of the power
company would not be raised for
taxation. With more than half a
million dollars saved the power
company on the tag and ad valorem
tax reduction we no longer wonder
why its high officials are supporting
Talmadge now.
“Language has its limits. When
time permits I will pay my respects
to the power company and two other
favored corporations who are sup
porting him.
“8. ‘Payment of past-due obliga
tions of the state but not by increas
ed taxation.’ Past-due obligations
of the state have not been paid, but
are greater today than ever before.
Don’t take my word for it, but go to
the records and ask for all the facts.
“9. ‘The promise to prevent bank
failures,’ failed so completely that
60 days after the governor was
sworn into office every bank in Geor
gia closed. As you know, due to
the wise, superhuman leadership of
the man in the White House at
Washington, every bank in Georgia,
with few exceptions, is open today.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
EXCHANGE NOTES
Newt Itemt Of Interest Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
Dog Bite Gives Woman Hydrophobia
(From Gainesville News)
Mrs. Dave Poole, of Tadmore dis
trict, is in Dowr.ey hospital recuper
ating from hydrophobia caused by
being bitten by a dog some weeks
ago. According to information from
the hospital Mrs. Poole is respond
ing to treatment as well as can be
expected. Mrs. Poole was bitten by
a dog two weeks ago but paid no
attention to the bite. The develop
ment of hydrophobia by Mrs. Poole
was the first indications that the dog
was mad.
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Young Winder Men Purchase
a Airplane
(From Winder News)
Two young Winder business men
have recently purchased an airplane
and are learning to fly. They are
Ed Royal and Tom Henry Ridgeway,
and the plane was formerly owned
by A. W. Hartley, manager of the
Holman hotel in Athens. The plane
is Waco 10, and at present is being
flown by Mell Barrett.
Mildred Wallace Finds Coin
Mildred Wallace, the little daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wess Wallace
of R. F. D. 4, Winder, while playing
in the back yard of her home Mon
day morning found a silver 50c
piece, dated 1836. It is a liberty
head and is 98 years old. The young
lady is very proud of the money she
found.
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W. W. Stark, Jr., Graduates
(From Commerce News)
William Weldon Stark, Jr., son of
Judge and Mrs. W. W. Stark, will
graduate from the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Thurs
day, May 31. Mr. Stark, a Com
merce boy, has had many unusual
and interesting experiences since he
has been at Annapolis, including be
ing entertained by the Spanish roy
alty before the Republic was set up,
and being on the ship which raised
the sunken submarine Nautilus.
COL. W. P. PRICE TO
BE MEMORIALIZED
BY BRONZE TABLET
At North Georgia college, Dah
lonega, Sunday, June 3, 5 p. m. the
Alumni association of the college is
is to unveil a bronze tablet to the
memory of Col. W. P. Price.
Col. Price was the first Congress
man from this district. While in
congress, Col. Price secured the
passage of an Act providing for
the donation of the vacant federal
mint building and grounds to the
state of Georgia for educational pur
poses. The North Georgia college
was duly chartered by the legisla
ture ' and installed ip the buildings
where gold by the million had been
coined a few years before.
Col. Price holds an honorable
place in the memory of his country
men as soldier, lawyer, statesman,
and philanthropist. At different
periods in his long and useful life
he held official rank in the Confed
erate service, was mayor of Dah
lonega, chairman of the county
board of education, member of each
house of the Georgia legislature,
member of the United .States Con
gress, founder of the North Georgia
college and president of its board of
trustees until his death in 1908.
This is not due to any pledge of Eu
gene Talmadge. Had it been left to
his statesmanship, I leave it to your
imagination the situation these
banks would now face.
“10. ‘Legislation to control activi
ties of all farm co-operative associ
ations.’ Nothing has been done a
bout this promise.
“11. ‘Limiting by legislation the
term of office of all state employes
with that of the department heads
who appointed them.’ Not one sin
gle line of ‘legislation’ was passed
touching this promise. Captain Bar
nett was bayoneted from his office
before his term expired, but the
governor paid his salary right on to
January 1, 1934, the amount paid
him of the tax money being $3,300.
The governor by this act paid two
men the same salary for the same
job and thereby admitted that his
martial law act was illegal.
“12. ‘Payment of Confederate
pensoners’ is the last platform pro
mise of Governor Talmadge. The
amounts due these Confederate pen
sioners are greater today than ever
before. Not a day passes that I do
not receive ardent pleas for some
form of relief for these heroes of
the lost cause.
SHORT COURSE
All-Day Short Course Planned At
Thyatira For June sth
An all-day short course will be
held at Thyatira on Tuesday, June
sth.
Miss Willie Vie Dowdy, Home Im
provement Specialist, will give a
demonstration on making a cotton
mattress. A mattress that Miss
Dowdy makes looks like it was
bought from the store.
Mr. Marlatt, Dairying Specialist,
will give a demonstration on making
American cheese. This is a practi
cal demonstration, for American
cheese can be made successfully and
inexpensively at home, and no extra
equipment is needed. It is a nutri
tious food, taking the place of meat
in the diet, and lending variety to
the daily menu.
This is the regular meeting date
for the County Home Demonstration
Council* but every club member and
interested person in the county is
invited to attend. Never before has
it been so necessary to emphasize
the “Live at Home” program. That
will be a day well spent, even if
work at home must be laid aside.
The demonstrations will begin at
10 a. m., and last until in the after
noon. So bring along a lunch and
spend the day.
GASOLINE TAXES RISE MILLION
IN FIVE MONTHS
Almost $1,000,000 increase in
gasoline and kerosene tax collections
for the first five months of 1934 ov
er the corresponding period of 1933
was reported Saturday by Comp
troller General William B. Harri
son.
Gasoline taxes collected during
the first five months of the current
year amounted to $5,533,765.30, as
compared with $4,632,136.87 at the
same time last year. Total kerosene
tax collections for the first five
months of 1934 were $88,163.39
against $80,993.86 for the corres
ponding period of 1933.
While gasoline tax collections
month by month in the early part of
1932, showed considerable variation,
each month thus far in 1934 has
shown a fairly stable sum in gas tax
revenue, according to the comptrol
ler general’s report.
MURPHY—DOSS
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Murphy, of
Talmo, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Lillian, to Mr. J. R.
Doss, of East Point, formerly of
Talmo, the marriage to be solemniz
ed at an early date.
WILLS—CULBERSON
Mrs. James Alexander Wills, of
Jefferson, announces the engage
ment of her daughter, Mary Ruth,
to Mr. Willie J. Culberson, of Lyons,
formerly of Jefferson, the marriage
to be solemnized at an early date.
No cards.
MR. MARSHALL ABNER
ROGERS PASSES
Funeral services for Mr. Marshall
Abner Rogers, who died at his home
in Augusta of a stroke of paralysis
were held at Commerce, and were
conducted by the Rev. Thomas
Hardman, lifelong friend of the
family. Interment was in the Rog
ers cemetery near Commerce.
Mr. Rogers was a member of
Woodlawn Baptist church and had
lived in Augusta about 12 years,
having gone there from Jackson
county, Where his parents were
pioneer and constructive citizens.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Eula Head Rogers; two daughters,
Voncile and Elizabeth; two sons,
Joe and Bruce; two sisters, Miss
Myrtle Rogers and Mrs. J. L. Gaines,
of Atlanta; three brothers, S. S.
Rogers, of Rome, W. M. and E. A.
Rogers, of Comer.
Three In Senate Race From
Banks
Homer. —Three candidates, all of
near Homer are seeking the state
senate post in the 33rd Senatorial
district composed of Banks, Hall,
and Jackson counties.
•\\ 7 . M. Thomas has announced for
re-election as senator. T. E. An
derson arid W. J. Wilson are other
candidates. By the rotation system,
it is Banks county’s time to name a
state senator this year.
The average tax delinquency in
Georgia during 1933 was 13 per
cent.” The lowest delinquency was
.5 of 1 P er cent in Lumpkin and
Pickens counties, and the highest,
65 per cent, in Telfair county.
Thursday, May 31, 1934.
Martin Institute Closes a Most
Successful School Year,
Forty Graduating
Climaxing a year of successful en
deavor which came to a close Tues
day evening, the following young
ladies and young men were granted
diplomas from Martin Institute High
School, attesting their completion of
eleven years of grammar and hign
school work:
Annelle Alexander, Frances
Archer, Linda Beatty, Martha Jo
Blackstock, Eunice Brock, Emma
Byrd, Mary Duke, Leta Elder, Jean
ette Gilmore, Virginia Ann Holder,
Eleanor Johnson, Katie Deuel Laven
der, Inez Mangum, Kate Marlowe,
Emma Ruth Martin, Hazel Martin,
Virginia Martin, Thelma White, La-
Nelle Westmoreland,. Choloe William
son, Joan Wills, Mary Wills.
John H. Bailey, Harry Brea
zeale, Alton Brock, Robert Car
roll, Edwin Chrystal, Grover Crook,
John Duke, Donald Freeman, Dennis
Higgins, Stoy Hogan, James Lonnie
Patrick, Clinton Martin, Ed McNeaL
Farrell Roberts, Clarence Silman,
John Strickland, Hoyt Voyles, Wiley
Savage.
The graduating exercises were
held in the Institute auditorium in
the presence of a large crowd of in
terested friends and relatives of
the members of the class, with the
following program:
Processional, Miss Miriam Ben
nett.
Invocation, Rev. R. M. Rigdon.
Salutatory, Miss Martha Jo
Blackstock.
Address, Rev. Roland Q. Leavell.
Presentation of Diplomas, M. M.
Bryan.
Valedictory, Miss Virginia Martin.
The commencement season was
ushered in on Friday evening with
a dramatic recital given by the
pupils of Mrs. Emma Greer Scog
gins, who presented her class in ex
pression in a number of recitations,
dialogues and playlets. Mrs. Scog
gins was assisted by Miss Miriam
Bennett. The program was very in
teresting and those taking part dis
played careful preparations.
The baccalaureate sermon was de
livered Sunday morning by Rev. S.
F. Lowe, pastor of Inman Park Bap
tist church, Atlanta. He was intro
duced by Rev. R. M. Rigdon, who
spoke of the fact that they were
reared in the same county, and had
been life-long friends. Mr. Lowe is
a graduate of Mercer and of the
Baptist Seminary at Louisville, Ky.
For a text he chose a passage of
Scripture from John, 4:38, “Other
men labored and ye are entered in
to their He gave the story
of Christ talking with the Woman
of Samaria and when the disciples
marveled, He declared to them, a
mong many other truths, the words
of the text. The speaker, with an
earnestness that gripped his audi
ence, spoke for an hour, and the dis
course was received with words of
highest commendation by the largo
audience.
The lesson the speaker sought to
impress upon the boys and girls of
the graduation class was that the
many opportunities that had come
to them were the results of the la
bors of others. They had received
the fruits of other days. What one
receives today in the intellectual
world has come out of the past from
the labors of other people. “Bil
lions of dollars are invested in edu-
GEORGIA BANKERS APPROVE
NRA CODE
Albany, Ga.—A code of fair prac
tices for bankers today had the ap
proval of the Georgia Bankers As
sociation.
The bankers of Georgia at their
convention here yesterday adopted a
set of rules providing:
That banks shall be open to the
public between the hours of 9 a. m.
and 3:30 p. m., with an option of an
hour differential either way if the
maximum hours are not exceeded.
That no interest shall be paid on
demand deposits except as provided
in the banking act of 1933.
That no bank shall compound in
terest on time and savings deposits
oftener than semiannually.
That deposits of less than SSO
shall be accepted only in consider
ation of a monthly charge of 50
cents.
Vol. 59. No. 47.
cational opportunities,” said the
speaker, “But the present graduat
ing class did not contribute a pen
ny. You arc receiving the benefits,
you have entered into the labors of
others. God has given us a great
country which we did not discover.
We have grown up in a community
that is consecrated with hundreds of
blessings. In economic, social, in
tellectual, educational and spiritual
things you have entered into the
labors of the past. The future will
be affected by your labors. You are
standing between the centuries of
the past and the centuries of the
future. The challenge comes to you
to pass on to others the labors of
your lives. We receive from the
past, and add to it by our own lab
ors. Respond with open hands and
open hearts to receive what God has
given from the fruits of others.”
The music for the morning ser
vice was furnished by members of
the choirs from all the churches,
with Miss Nell Blackstock, pianist.
Those singing were Mesdames M. M.
Bryan, L. J. Lyle, Nena Cothran,
Will Roberts, A. S. Boland, C. B.
Lord, Clara W. McDonald, L. H. Is
bell, J. C. Turner, Paul Wilson, J.
N. Holder, Misses Leona Griffeth,
Mary Connally and Irene Rankin;
Messrs. L. H. Isbell, W. L. Patrick,
Will Roberts, H. W. Davis, J. E.
Randolph, W. Hill Hosch, Clifton
Barnett, C. E. Barnett, Dr. C. B.
Lord, Dr. A. S. Boland.
At 5 p. m. Monday, Class Day ex
ercises were held in the auditorium,
the program featuring a Senate
Session, with Clarence Silman pre
siding. The Last Will and Testa
ment was read by Miss Virginia
Ann Holder; Class History, Miss
Joan Wills; Prophecy, Miss Elinor
Johnson. Others on the program
were Misses Mary Wills, Leta Elder,
Hazel Martin, and Bobby Carroll,
Alton Brock, John H. Bailey, Grover
Crook, Hoyt Voyles, Harry Brea
zeale, Donald Freeman, Farrell Rob-
erts, Stoy Hogan.
The patrons of the school assemb
led in the auditorium Tuesday at 10
a. m. to witness the exercises pro
moting the seventh grade pupils in
to the Freshman Class of the 1934-
35 school session.
The pupils taking part on the
program were Misses Sara Hawkins,
Mary Harris Collier, Ann Appleby,
Ruth Evans, Claudinc Robinson,
Emilyn Rigdon, Louise Porter, Julia
Roberts, Mary Carter, and Dewey
Bailey and John Luther Carrington.
At the close of the interesting pro
gram certificates were presented to
the following:
Lewis Anderson, Anne Appleby,
Dewey Bailey, Thomas Benton, Mary
Carter, Mary Harris Collier, Blos
som Davis, Sam Dyson, William
Hosch, Hillyer Johnson, Roy Jones,
Charles Langford, Noble Patrick,
Emilyn Rigdon, Claudine Robinson,
Mildred Wilbanks, Virginia Wills,
Montine Barnett, John Luther Car
rington, Lillian Duke, Sylvia Elder,
Ruth Evans, Runa Freeman, Audrey
Gauss, Melba Hanson, Sara Haw
kins, Jimmie Johnson, Scott Lord,
Louise Porter, Eckles Potts, Julia
Roberts, Frank Segars, Grace
Shields, Annie Sue Smallwood, Ned
Stringer, Ralph Voyles, Robert
Voyles, Melton Harbin.
SEAGRAVES—KESLER
Mr. and Mrs. Birdie Seagraves of
Jackson county announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Tillie Mae,
to Mr. Sam/nie Kesler of Athens,
the marriage being solemnized May
14.
FATHER OF COMMERCE
WOMAN DIES
Millen, Ga.—Funeral services were
held here Tuesday for James A.
Dixon, 54, attorney and former
member of the State House and
senate, who died at his home here
Tuesday after a six weeks’ illness.
Survivors include his wife and
two sons, Marvin, aged 11 and Paul,
15; two children by a former mar
riage, Mrs. Ralph Wilder of Com
merce and James Dixon, Jr., of Mil
len.