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The Jackson Herald
|. Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
H |, f[ns Of Interest Among Our
F Neighbor* And Friends
E Roy Purcell Injured
■ ,F-, :i Commerce News)
Hi,;’,- (•■• sing - a small bridge near
Hmcrct > ith a wheat cradle in his
■ f; •, Purcell slipped on the
■ .1, • there by the recent
■ a ,\lJ back on the blade of
H , . -day morning around
H’clock.
H e mv:-ales in the back of his
Hand I,‘ps were cut clear across
H |v to the bone. He was brought
H, hospital in Commerce and a-|
H thirty stitches taken in sewing’
Hnusrles back together.
FI Mrs. G. P. Pittman Diet
Hrs. G. P- Pittman, 82, passed *-
H a t the home of her daughter,
H B,,bert Brock in Atlanta.
Pittman lived all her fife
■ Marseille until about ten years
■uhen >he went to live with her
The funeral was held
■ Holly Springs Church, the
H Jt-jo Warwick conducting '.the
c es. Her six sons acted as
They are: T. M. Pitt-
Atlanta, Carey Pittman, Tho
■ille. X. C., Billie Pittman;
l>:-,.un and Seth Pittman, all
[■. - n-vivt-d besides her sons
. . i three of whom
y Robert Brock, Atlanta;
" Walla- o, Greensboro, N.
|H Mrs. Emory Eberhardt,
H \V B Reynolds Passes Away
W B. Reynolds, 81, died at
Maysville following an
of -vend months. The fun
|B o hldto om the Pendergrass
I Church, with the Rev. <O. E.
■n. pa.-tor of the Maysville Bap-
officiating.
■i. Rcynolfis was born ni Hall
[■ly June 24, 1853. He ijoined
Bulge Baptist Church
years ag-. In April, 1875, he
Miss Georgia Ann Buffing
■ Of this union were bom eight
and four daughters.
six living sons acted a* pall-
Surviving Mr. Reynolds
■ his wife. >ix sons: T. W. Rey
■r and J. H. Reynolds of Pen-
Hubert P. Reynolds, of
H, J. A. Reynolds of Holly
Claude C. Reynolds of
■' arul his daughters; Miss
■ keyr,Ms and Mrs. J. G. Adams
■ a :''' Besides his sons and
- he is survived by thirty
hildieTi, and nine great-
H chidren.
' BRASELTON and
DR. LAIRD ANNOUNCE
THEIR MARRIAGE
ase ' to n, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
n Biaselton, of Braselton, an
ce ‘hf marriage of their dangh
to I)r. Earl Laird, of At
• formerly of Mississippi, the
having been solemnized <m
15. The announcement is of
al interest to a wide circle of
is over the states of Georgia
lississippi.
t bride possesses dainty blonde
■' an, l great charm of manner
1 -"as endeared her to her many
04 She received her education
faseiton High School and Bre-
College where she majored in
>7 in which she is very talented.
to °i a most active part in all
1 aD( I social affairs, being a
J er of the Zeta Tan Alpha
■ Her family one of the
Prominent in the state and its
lers have been leader* in the
1 civ ie and business life of
ttst Georgia since pioneer
_ u ird is the son of Mr. and
• Laird, of Union, Miss. He
fe< i cis early education in Mis-
P! ; tr an.-ferring to the Emory
C 'U-ge where he received
D. degree in the class of
e "as a popular member of
€la kappa Psi medical fra
• At present he is complet
‘n ‘nterneship at Wesley Me-
J Hospital.
MERCe Man HURT; IS IN
HOSPITAL
o-."p P '' SM }'- young man who
t O’ Commerce, Ga., is
ker General hospital with
e . a result of an auto
r late Friday. The
tere r ,i " ar| d his brother-in-
Rerr"' , ‘ r '- cashed into an em-
SINGLE COPY sc.
The President’s Latest
Message To Congress
Washington, D. C. President
Roosevelt told Congress that he is
preparing a vast plan of social in
surance for the security “of the
citizen and his family.”
This, with another national plan
for land and water resources, will
be laid before Congress next winter.
In his longest message to the na
tional legislature, the chief execu
tive said:
“Among our objectives I place the
security of the men, women and
children of the nation first.”
“People,” he said, “want decent
homes to live in; they want to lo
cate them where they can engage in
productive work; and they want
some safeguard against misfortunes
which cannot be wholly eliminated
in this man-made world of ours.”
Regarding homes, he said the gov
ernment has already appropriated
millions for honsing, and in a hous
ing bill now before the legislator*
can “stimulate dibe len<Sng of mee
ey” to modernize homes and build
new ones.
Of the '‘problem of readjustment
of the population/’ he said “hun
dreds of thousands of families live
where there is no reasonable pro
spect of a living in the years to
come.”
“When the next Congress con
venes,” he declared, “I hope to be
able to present to it a carefully con
sidered national plan, covering the
development and human use of our
national resources 'of land and wa
ter over a long period of year*,.”
It involves abandoning millions of
acres for agricultural use anil re
placing them with better land.
The President disclosed he has be
gun actuarial studies looking to
a unified (system of social insurance,
including unemployment and old
age.
“I believe,” he ssaid, “there vhould
be a maximum of co-operation be
tween states and the federal govern
ment. 1 believe that the funds ne
cessary to provide this insurance
should he raised by contribution
rather than by an increase in gen
eral taxation.”
The states, he said, “should meet
at least a large part of the manage
ment cost,’” leaving the federal
government the of investing
and safeguarding the reserves.
The President struck at critics
who say the government should de
vote itself to recovery first and re
form latex.
<( lt is childish,” he said, to ispeak
of recovery first and reconstruction
afterward. In the very nature of
the processes of recovery we must
avoid the -destructive influences of
the past.”
The remarks about homes weite in
terpreted as a declaration for enact
ment of the housing bill at this, ses
sion. This bill is Intended to en
courage repair and building of
homes by a partial government
guarantee of loans.
About the new deal in general,
the President said:
“We have sought to put forward
the rule of fair play in finance and
industry.
“It is true that there are few a
mong us who -would still go back.
These few offer no substitute for the
gains already made, nor any hope
fur making future gains for human
happiness.
nThe loudly assert that individual
liberty is being restricted by gov
ernment, but when they are asked
what individual liberties they have
lost, they are put to it to answer.
This was clearly Mr. Roosevelt s
reply to any opposition his adminis
tration encounters in the coming
campaign.
“You are completing, he torn
Congress, “a work begun in March,
1933, which will be regarded for a
long time as a splendid justification
of the vitality of representative
government. You and I, as the re
sponsible directors of these policies
and actions, may, with good reason,
look to the future with confidence
just as we may look to the past 15
months with reasonable satisfaction.
“On the side of relief we have ex
tended material aid to millions of
our fellow citizens.
“On the side of recovery we have
helped to life a ß rieultre and in
dustry from a condition of utter
prostration.”
Mia, Dorothy
Monday from a visit ?Dir h„me "n
and Mrs. Williams at their home in
Athens.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
BROKEN PLEDGES IN
TALMADGE’S REGIME
CHARGED BY JUDGE
Carrollton, Ga.—Charging that
Governor Eugene Talmadge had fail
ed to carry out all but two of the
planks of his 1932 platform, Judge
Claude Pittman of Cavtersville Sat
urday asked the support of the vot
ers of Carroll county in his campaign
for the gubernatorial nomination.
Speaking from the stops of the
Carrol county courthouse, Judge
Pittman declared that only the $3
tag and the reduction in the ad va
lorem tax had been carried out by
the governor, and “these only par
tially.”
“Only two planks of the Tal
madge platform of 1932 have bean
carried out,” he said, “one was the
$3 automobile tag, which helped the
-little fellows same, but helped the
big bus and truck concerns more.
The other was the reducton of the
state ad vaSmwm tax rate, which
sounds fine, hut actually cuts the a
mount of State money for the com
mon school (System.”
Lift* Alleged Failure*
Judge PSttman told his listeners
that the promise to tax intangibles
“has not been carried out; the prom
ise to lower freight rates has total
ly failed', the promise to pay past
due obligations of ftie state has fail
ed; the promise to prevent bank
failures has not been carried out;
the promise to control activities of
co-openttive farm associations has
failed; the promise to limit by leg
islation the terms of all state em
ployes has failed and the promise to
pay confederate pensioners has so
completely failed that the SIOO pro
vided hy law for decent burial for
these hemes is no longer paid.”
Judge Pittman also said that “the
highway construction program Iras
not been continued as promised. In
1932 She state <ypent $15,199,095 <on
highways, 'in 1933 under Talmadge,
the stHte spent $11,430,531 on high
ways and yet the federal govern
ment sent into the state last year
for the highway construction s4 r
443,448.83 of fhis amount.
Teachers Not Paid
He said that two years ago the
governor promised t# pay the school
teachers promptly, but “although
the federal relief administration paid;
these ieachers $ 1,650,000 during the
past year, the state still owes them
$■2,756,183.”
Renewing hra attack on pfcrdons,
Jundg* Pittman charged that Jeff
Mays, an Allnata boojegger, was
given a pardon without paying a
cent of fine or serving a day in the
chain gang upon payment of a fee
of $750 to Hugh Howell.
Mays had been convicted of two
offenses and sentenced to pay $2,000
in fines and serve two years on the
chain gang, Judge Pittman said.
Because of his previous record, the
trial judge would not suspend the
chain gang sentences.
“The granting of such pardons,”
he said, “is an open invasion by the
Governor of the fundamental rights
of lawabiding men and women and is
an invitation to the criminal element
to come to Georgia for safety.”
Judge Pittman declared that John
Whitley, who, he charged, dominates
the Highway Department and dic
tates its personnel and actions, was
awarded contracts last week total
ing $386,000. They were on two
state-aid projects.
“Whitley does not bid on federal
aid projects for the reason that fed
eral engineers require contractors
to pay a living wage and federal
engineers require the contractors to
comply With the specifications set
out and made as provided in the
contract,” he said.
Promising, if elected, to “re-estab
lish a government by constituted au
thority, rather than a government by
the sword and dictatorial powers,”
Judge Pittman reviewed the plat
form on which he is making his cam
paign, summarizing it as follows:
Summary of Platform
1. Honesty on the part of public
officials.
2. Co-operation with President
Roosevelt in his recovery program.
3. Establishment of a $2 or $3 tag
for passenger automobiles, but high
er prices for busses and trucks.
4. Emergency diversion of gaso
line tax revenues to pay Confederate
pensions and school-teachers.
5. Reduction of the state gasoline
tax.
6. Reduction of the legal rate of
interest to 6 per cent and the con-
Woman’s Club Meets At
Home of Mrs. L. H. Isbell
The final meeting for the summer
of the Jefferson Woman’s Club was
held Monday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. L. H. Isbell, with Mrs. Is
bell, Mrs. Young Maddox, Mrs. Byrd
Martin, Mrs. E. H. Crooks and Mrs.
Grantland Hyde, hostesses.
The meeting opened with the club
song, Georgia Land, and with the
reading of the Club Litany.
The president, Mrs. S. A. Boland,
called for reports. The treasurer,
the librarian and the county feder
ation librarian responded. The lat
ter asked that the books to be do
nated by the Jefferson Club be sent
to her as soon as possible. The
librarian announced that 100 new
books for children are at the Li
brary, ready for distribution.
The Jackson County Relief Ad
ministrator, Mrs. Peggy Murphy, re
quested a donation of fruit jars to
be used by persons on the relief
rolls is canning berries, fruits and
vegetables. Those who will donate
jars were requested to send them
to Mrs. Murphy’s office in the Kelly
building, or notify Mrs. Murphy, and
she will send for them.
A motion was made and carried
to donate $9.00 to the Jefferson Boy
Scouts.
The president announced the new
chairmen of departments and divis
ions and the hostesses for the new
year. She also called attention to
the dub Institute to be held in
Athens July 10 and 11, and re
quested that all members who could
to attend this Institute.
The program for the afternoon
had been arranged by Mrs. Escoe,
Ghairn an of Legislation and Intern
al Relations, and was as follows:
Lqgal Status of Women, Mrs. H.
E. Aderhold.
Piano Solo, Norwegian Bridal Pro
cession, Greig, Miss Merle Kinning
ham.
The End of a Long, Long Trail —
an appeal for the Red Man, Mrs.
J. D. Escoe, Mrs. J. N. Holder, Mrs.
W. C. Smith.
Reailing, Lilly Mink, Miss* Vir
ginia Ann Holder.
Piano Solo, Rondo Gapricoso,
Mendelsohn, Miss Doris Hancock.
Afta - adjournment, the hostesses
served a salad course, with iced
tea.
Those present included Mesdames
S. A. Boland, J. D. Escoe, H. E. Ad
erhold, J. C. Turner, J. N. Holder,
Effie Flanigan, Summie Kinningham,
H. W. Davis, W. C. Smith. J. E.
Randolph, James -Carroll, M. M.
Bryan, Stanley Kesler, L. H. Isbell,
Y. D. Maddox, E. H. Crooks, T. T.
Benton, G. D. Appleby, W. Hill
Hosch, Byrd Martin, Misses Johnnie
Frances Turner, Merle Kinningham,
Virginia Ajnn Holder, Leona Grif
fetfe.
GEORGIAN IS KILLED
IN FAU. FROM BUCKET
WHILE DIGGING WELL
Gainesville, Ga.—Overcome by
gas while being drawn from a well
by two companions, Mr. Charles
Franklin Swofford, 44, of Hoschton,
lost his hod on the bucket and drop
ped back forty feet. His skull was
crushed. The accident occurred
Thursday morning, while Mr. Swof
ford, Clay Massey and David High
smith wefe digging the well near
New Holland.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at the Baptist Church,
four miles north of Winder. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Tommie
Harbin Swofford; three children,
Clyde, Ross and Randolph Swofford,
of Hoschton, R. F. D. No. 1; a sis
ter, Mrs. Lula Crawford, of Buck
head; three brothers, Carl, R. H. and
B. H. Swofford, of Dawsonville, and
his mother, Mrs. Georgia Waters
Swofford, of Dawsonville.
tract rate to 7 per cent.
7. Revision of the state tax sys
tem, enforcement of existing tax
laws and exemption of S3OO worth
of household goods from all taxation.
8. Limitation of the governor’s
pardoning power.
9. Creation of a state traffic pa
trol.
10. Closer co-operation between
state and county agencies to take
convicts and insane persons out of
jails and have them maintained by
the state.
11. Strict enforcement of all laws
and repeal of such statutes as are
not supported by a majority of the
people.
Thursday, June 14, 1934.
COUNTY AGENT’S
COLUMN
Live Stock From Drought Area
Due to the serious drought in the
north-central west states of these
United States, the United States De
partment of Agriculture is planning
to assist the druoght area in helping
them move a part of their live stock,
especially beef and dairy cattle, in
to other territories. It is also stated
that these live stock will not be
moved into the corn belt states, due
to the fact that the outlook for their
feed crop is not promising enough to
take care of additional live stock.
It is expected that the majority of
live stock that may be moved from
the drought area will come into the
southern states.
As to detailed information of the
kind of dairy and beef cattle, also
sheep and other live stock, that may
be purchased in the drought area, we
have not at this date received same.
Neither have we received prices for
the different live stock nor cost of
transportation, etc.
Any farmers in Jackson county
who may be interested in purchasing
any number of beef or dairy cattle
or sheep and other live stock, please
advise me in writing or call at my
office at an early date. Please state
in letter the kind and number of
live stock wanted, and I will attempt
to get detailed information as to
purchasing price and transportation
cost of same and furnish this to the
interested party. If prices and
transportation cost are higher than
farmer wishes to pay, then he will
not be expected to make purchase.
On most farms in Jackson county
we need to increase the normal
number of dairy and beef cattle
for producing needed food supplies.
On other farms an abundance of
feed may be produced, and if had
cattle could market same through
these cattle. On farms where a
good pasture is available, farmers
could purchase some of these cattle
and then by producing feed crop
could feed them out this fall as a
money crop. Those who wish to go
into the live stock business could
purchase breeding stock! ,of cattle
>or sheep and place on pasture, then
carry through winter on feed pro
duced on farm. Jackson county
farmers in the future should pro
duce more live stock for home needs,
as well as for market, than have in
the past, and this is a good oppor
tunity to stock farm with good live
stock at reasonable prices for future
benefit.
If interested attend to this at
once, so we may inform your wishes
to the State Director.
W. HILL HOSCH,
County Agricultural Agent.
Mr. J. M. Cody Answers
Last Summons
A pioneer Jackson county citizen,
Mr. J. M. Cody, was called home
Thursday morning at 11.30 o’clock.
His passing occurred at his country
home near Arcade. Mr. Cody was
numbered among the aged citizens
of the county, having passed the
seventy-ninth mile-stone along the
journey of life. He was in declin
ing health for almost two years, but
his illness became serious only about
ten days prior to his death.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at Macedonia, Hall coun
ty, and interment was in the ceme
tery at that place. The services
were conducted by Rev. Harry Lee
Smith and Rev. T. D. Johnston.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Lutitia Davenport
Cody, and two sons, Messrs. W. W.
and W. T. Cody.
A man highly esteemed by his
friends and neighbors and greatly
beloved by his family, has been
summoned by the Creator to cease
his labors here and enter into his
rest in a home not made with hands,
eternal in the Heavens.
EAST SIDE CHOIR MEETS AT
BLACK’S CREEK
Next Sunday afternoon, June 17,
the East Side Choir will meet in
joint session with the annual singing
at Black’s Creek Church. This
church is located about five miles of
Commerce, just off the Royston
highway, one of the finest places in
Georgia to sing, and you will be de
lighted with the program. Make
your arrangements to attend, as
some of the best talent will feature
the singing for the day.
Lester Howington, Pres.
Jewett Barnett, Secretary.
Vol. 59. No. 49.
Absentee Ballots
Will Be Available
For September 1Z
Jackson county citizens who ex
pect to be out of the county on Sep
tember 12. when the state democra
tic primary is held, and who still
wish to cast their votes, can do so
by obtaining an absentee voter’s
ballot from H. L. Purcell, chairman
of the board of registrars.
The absentee ballot application
must be filed with Mr. Purcell not
more than 60 days or less than 30
days before the primary date, and
the applicant must enclose 18 cents
to cover the postage and registered
letter fee. Applications must bo
filed between Juy 12 and August
12.
The absentee voter must have his
marked balot in the mail, registered,
in time to reach the board of regis
trars not later than the day of the
election, September 12.
Canning Institute For
Jackson County
On Tuesday, June 19, a one-day
canning instiute will be held at
Thyatira. Miss Willie Vie Dowdy,
of the Agrichltural Extension Ser
vice of the University of Georgia,
will be in the county, and will assist
Miss Leila Bates with the demon
strations. Two demonstrations will
be held during the day, one at 10
o’clock in the morning, and one at
2 o’clock in the afternoon. Any per
sons interested in any phase of can
ning are cordially invited to attend
one or the other of the demonstra
tonsw*
These meetings have been planned
for the purpose of bringing to the
people of Jackson county the new
est and safest methods of canning.
It has been demonstrated that all
foods can be safely canned if care
is taken and if scientific principle*
are followed.
Perhaps there has never been a
year when canning was of greater
importance than at present. For the
program of the Agricultural Ad
justment Administration to serve
the farmer most efficiently, it ia
necessary for him to live at home.
An adequate canned food supply ia
a' step toward better health and
economic security. Let us attend
these demonstrations and get all we
can from them. . \
WOMAN’S CLUB OF ATTICA
On Thursday afternoon, June 7,
the regular monthly meeting of the
Attica Club was held the club
house, with several members pres
ent. The meeting was presided over
by the president, Mrs. Butler. Roll
call, and minutes of May meeting
read by secretary, Mrs. Spencer.
After some discussion of business.
Miss Bates, in an efficient manner,
demonstrated to the club a lesson
in cookery, “the art of making
spoon bread,” which was very deli
cious. The project chairmen were
urged to make reports on the differ
ent projects. The subject of demon
stration next month will be the
“making of cheese.” A social hour
was enjoyed. The club was glad t
have Miss Elizabeth Hood as visitor.
Girls 4-H Club
The regular meeting of the giri’m
club \fras held Monday afternoon *t
1.30. A lesson on egg cookery was*
given by Miss Bates, explaining ev
ery detail in the methods of prepar
ing and different ways of serving;
eggs. A helpful program was given,.
•in<i several club songs were sung-
Those present: Jeannette Hale, Wil
ma Butler, Vassie Ann Lavender,
Dorothy Lavender, Frances Hale,
Miss Elizabeth Hood, and Mrs. Spen
der, club sponsor.
30LT FROM SUNNY SKY
KILLS MR. G. W. HAYES
AS HE WORKS GARDEN
Gainesville, Ga.—Struck by light
ling as he worked in the sunshine in
his garden at Belmont, ten miles
-outh of Gainesville, Mr. G. W. Hay
’s, 78, well-known Hall County
farmer, was killed instantly Tuesr
lay afternoon.
HON. EMMETT WILLIAMS A
CANDIDATE
Monroe, Ga. —E. M. Williams has
announced his candidacy for clerk
>f State Senate. The office was
nade vacant by the death of the
ate John T. Boifeuillet recently.
WOMAN TO BE NAMED
COBB TAX RECEIVER
Marietta, Ga.—Miss Helen Griffin
will be named tax receiver of Cobb
:ounty without opposition in an
election to be held June 23. She was
recently appointed to this office fctt
owing the death of her father, Geo.
'.V. Griffin, and when entries closed
yesterday, no one qualified to op
)ose her.
She will be the first woman to be
elected to office in Cobb county.