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r -.AV. JULY ■
Judge Claude C. Pittman
To Speak In Gainesville On
Saturday Afternoon, July 7
Judge Claude C. Pittman, Candidate for Gover
nor, will address the people in Gainesville, in the
court house, on Saturday, July 7th, at 3 o’clock p. m.
He will represent Democracy against autocracy.
Sincerity against hypocrisy. Law against anarchy.
Go and hear him. “Ye shall know the truth, and the
truth will make you free.”
(This ad. prepared and paid for by Jackson County
friends of Judge Pittman.)
COMMON SENSE IN ADVERTISING
0-
For some years business men have fondly believed
that the general public, by and large, was made up of a
lot of dumb clucks who, while most of them could
and write, could not think intelligently, or analyze the
simplest problems. It has been figured that any kind of
ballyhoo would stampede the crowd and get the money.
Here and there we find evidence of the idea that a
few business men —all too few—-but a few, have realized
that perhaps, after all there might be traces of neai hu
man intelligence outside of commercial institutions, and
some of the blah, ballyhoo, hyperbole and fakery is being
toned down in advertising.
This reformation is not due to any change of heart
on the part of business men. It is due, rather to the stern
necessity of restoring confidence, and a realization that
SQmething must be done to make the buying public be
lieve at/ least a part of advertising.
A few advertising men with brains, ability, stand
ards and courage have rebelled and have pointed out
some of the glaring crimes committeed in the name ot
advertising—thus starting reforms that are pretty sure
to become more general as time goes on.
Such reformation is not a mattei of religion, moi als
or ethics. It is not Pollyannish or altruistic It is hard
headed business common sense and a realization that
there is a limit to the old fashioned way of doing busi
ness on the Caveat Emptor scale.
The all too few business institutions that have not
compromised with decency, honesty, honor and reliabi
lity have weathered the storm fairly well at least as
well as their competitors, and are now in a position to
lealize handsome returns for their steadfastness to the
better ideas and ideals of life. We are coming back to
common sense and prosperity.—Newsdom.
CLAUDE PITTMAN.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON. GEORGIA
PITTMAN vs. STEWART
Judge Claude Pittman, candidate
for governor, and Charles Stewart,
Talmadge appointee, chanced to
meet Monday in a lobby of a promi
nent Atlanta hotel. News accounts
state that only the intervention of
friends kept the two from coming to
blows and that unprintable language
was used by Stewart.
Boiled down to its essence, Stew
art was nvad because of charges Pitt
man had made in public speeches.
He approached Pittman and called
him a liar, among other disgraceful
epithets. With Stewart were his son
and others, while Pittman was re
ported to have been alone and seated
when the attack was made.
Stewart has reiterated hi? charges
in a published statement and Pitt
man has acknowledge that he was
called a liar.
The Eagle holds no brief for such
conduct among persons of promin
ence and reputation. The Eagle
does commend Judge Pittman for
withholding his temper and acting
the part of a gentleman in desisting
from using his fists upon Stewart in
public.
News accounts go farther and de
clare that Governor Talmadge had
no comment to make when apprised
of the incident.
To what level will the guberna
torial campaign this summer be
brought? Is it going to be a muck
raking, mudslinging, slanderous fight
that is a disgrace to every principle
of democratic government? Are
friends of Governor Talmadge to be
permitted to openly insult his op
ponent in a public place, while
guarded by sons and friends?
Are there no courts to which Stew
art may go and secure redress in
stead of resorting to vile language
and a challenge to fisticuffs?
Does Governor Talmadge consider
his position so secure that he can
ignore the acts of Charles E. Stew
art, whom he appointed to the po
sition of Naval Stores supervisor?
Will Pittman have to avail him
self of the proffered body-guard
from his home town of Cartersville
in order to be free to travel the
state in the interest of his candidacy
without molestation?
Have Georgia politics stooped to
the plane of public brawls in public
hotels in order to settle differences?
If the news accounts are correct —
and they appear in the three Atlan
ta daily newspapers Georgians
should hang their heads in shame.
Charles E. Stewart should offer an
apology to Claude C. Pittman in the
public press and in person, or else,
be removed from office by Governor
Talmadge.
If this is not done and the incident
Monday is indicative of the baseness
up which Governor Talmadge’s
friends are going to seek his re
election, the electorate of Georgia
should overwhelm Talmadge at the
ballot box.
Politics can be made decent and
respectable if the voter will do his
part. If on the other hand they are
going to be bulldozed into following
.a brazen leader to the polls and cast
ing their ballots with the meekness
and dumbness of lambs, Georgia
might as well give itself up to the
cause of political demagoguery and
all that that means.
The Eagle awaits Pittman’s next
public statement with interest.
Gainesville Eagle.
FRANK ELMORE ESCAPES AGAIN
FROM HALL COUNTY
CHANGANG
Gainesville, Ga.—Frank Elmore,
former aviator convicted of bank
robbery in Laurens county and rob
•bery of the United States arsenal at
the University of Georgia, has es
caped a second time from a chaing
f?ang’
He made his latest break from the
Hall county gang, wearing heavy
shackles. Hall county officers are
conducting a search for him. Of
ficers said his first break was made
June 7 and that he was recaptured
a week later in South Carolina. He
got away again Tuesday.
, Elmore was sentenced to ten
years on the bank robbery charge
in November, 1933. He was given
a five year term in federal court at
Athens in June, after pleading guil
ty to charges of robbing the Uni
versity (arsenal. The federal sen
tence stipulated that he must serve
all of the term if he did not com
plete the term given on the bank
robbing charge.
After washing white silk stockings
or gloves and rinsing them thorough
ly, be sure to hang them in the
shade to dry. This will keep them
white.
ZOOLOGIST EXPLODES
PET THEORY REGARDING
BITES FROM SNAKES
Atlanta, Ga.—And now comes an
expert to blast a pet theory. He
says:
If you are bitten by a snake,
don’t, for your health’s sake, take
a swig from the little brown jug.
The alcoholic stimulant, will only
speed up circulation of the blood
and hasten the absorption of the
venom. Coffee will do the same,
says H. A. Carter, zoologist of the
Georgia State Game and Fish de
partment. Walking or other exer
cise will produce the same effect.
There are six species of poisonous
snakes in this state: the coral or
harlequin snake, the water moccasin,
the copperhead or highland mocca
sin, the pigmy or ground rattler, the
timber or canebrake rattler, and the
diamond backed rattler.
By far the deadliest is the little
coral snake, which is a distant rela
tive of the poisonous cobras of In-*
dia. It is marked with a series of
brilliant yellow, black and red
bands.
Stressing the value of first aid
treatment, Mr. Carter says undue
haste is not necessary as the venom
from these snakes is slowly absorb
ed. A tourniquet should be ap
plied, and then a deep incision made
in each of the fang punctures.
An antiseptic should be applied
and then the wound should be treat
ed to suction. That is best done
with a rubber bulb attached to a
glass bell.
“Sucking the wound with the
mouth is certainly dramatic and he
roic,” Mr. Carter said, “but there is
danger from the venom entering
lesions on the lips or cavities in the
teeth.”
Then, he said, see a doctor as
soon as possible for the administra
tion of serum.
GOING CAMPING? WATCH OUT
FOR WATER YOU USE
(By Olive Roberts Barton)
Regardless of the fact that city
dwellers are generally pitied by
ruralites during the hot summer
months, they are fortunate in one
respect. Water supplies in cities
are, as a general rule, ah safe as
science knows how to make them.
A mother in town may turn on a
faucet and be reasonably assured
that there are no typhoid or dysen
tery germs in the stream that flows.
Small boroughs and towns have
followed the lead. It is safe to say
that almost every community de
pending on a central system has laid
emphasis on the purity of its water.
Yet this very| feeling of security
is often our undoing when we mi
grate for a day, a week or a whole
season to out-of-the-way places, de
pending on streams and springs for
our aqua viva. Too often the love
ly sparking fluid that the neighbors
assure us is the best water in the
world, is indeed aqua mortis, the
water of disease and death.
A general warning to picnickers
and children going on outings
should be given. This year is not
like other years. All hikers to the
country should either take water a
long or boil it thoroughly after they
get there, unless the water obtained
comes from a deeply drilled and
tested well or a guaranteed commu
nity service.
Children should be warned against
springs this year. Springs that
have been fair and beautiful and
safe for years may still be fair and
beautiful but very unsafe.
Anyone in doubt of any water at
any time should boil it for twenty
minutes, hard, 1 or even longer. We
must all be especially careful of
babies and young children.
THE POOR LITTLE CENT
A big silver dollar and a little brown
cent
Rolling along together went.
Rolling along on the fjmooth side
walk,
When the dollar remarked —for dol
lars DO talk—
“ You poor little cent, you cheap lit
tle mite.
I am bigger and twice as bright.
I am worth mere than yoa a hun
dred-fold,
And written on me in letters bold
Is the motto drawn from a pious
creed
‘ln God We Trust,’ with all may
read.”
“Yes, I know, said the cent,
“I’m a cheap little mite;
And I know I’m not big, nor good,
nor bright,
And yet,” said the cent with a meek
little sigh,
“You don’t go to church as often as
I.”
PAGE THREE
“ALREADY IN”
By Bruce Catton
People who like to sit about and
discuss whether the government
ought to take over banking, might
stop a moment and consider to what
extent it has already done so.
, Since the banking crisis of March*
1933, great changes have swept a
cross the* whole banking world,
changes so sweeping that few realize
them. The American Bankers’ As
sociation recently summoned uj>
some of them, and the picture it
draws is enlightening.
For instance, we used to have 30,-
800 banks, back in 1921. Now wo
have something more than 14,000, a
decrease of around 16,000 (over
half.)
About 4000 banks have vanished
since March, 1933. Several thou
sand banks owe the R. F. C. mora
than a half billion dollars on pledge
of valuable parts of their assets.
The R. F. C. has taken more than
a bijlon dollaris worth of stock in
6400 banks by way of increasing
capitalization, including many of the
strongest banks in the country. Thu*
it has an interest in 44 per cent of
all banks today.
A million people and institutions
have borrowed from the 5800 loan
ing associations and corporation*
started by the government to extend
various types of credit.
The R. F. C. also has direct loans
to various corporations totaling a
round $700,000,000.
In the deposit field, the postal
savings system has grown amazingly.
More than 2,300,000 people now
have savings on deposit in 8000 post
offices authorized to receive them.
A thousand such offices have had to
be added during the last four years.
Private agencies have virtually
abdicated from the credit field, tho
survey indicates. From 1922-1931
securities floated in private capital
markets averaged more than five bil
lions a year. During 1932-1933
these issues shrank to $621,000,000
a year, a decrease of almost 90 per
cent. Somebody had to do the fi
nancing. So the treasury did it.
Add to the fact of federal deposit
insurance, giving another govern
ment agency a direct interest in
banking. Divorce of the security
business from commercial banking
puts anew complexion on the whole
field, and the influence of the Fed
eral Reserve System is admittedly
rising.
So when you hear a discussion of
whether the government ought to go
into banking, it’s well to realize
right at the outset that the govern
ment is already in banking right
up to the hips.
Death Play* Strange Trick*
On Atlanta Man
Atlanta. —Death has played four
exceedingly strange tricks on Julian
J. Jones.
He’s mighty thankful he has lived
through four adventures in which
death stared him in the face.
The latest adventure was when a
bolt of. lightning fell in Jones’ lap,
—and then rolled off on the floor
of his car. He did not even feel tho
heat of the great ball of fire.
Julian J. Jones has been struck
by a car—and has landed safely on
top of its hood. He has lived
through a terrific storm in Bacon
County, Ga. And once he almost
touched & diamonback rattlesnake
before seeing he was in error.
The lightning that chose to light
in Jones’s lap tore a sliver of bark
off a near-by tree to a height of 30
feet. From the root of the tree the
lightning dug a little trench across
to the road to the rear tire of
Jones’s car, leaped to the back win
dow, smashed the glass and fell in
his lap.
“It seemed to hesitate an instant,
then hopped down to the barrel of a
shotgun lying at my feet,” he said.
“I never felt any shock from thfc
lightning nor any heat. But I cer
tainly felt thankful for escaping
with my life. His only injury was a
gashed cheek, cut by the glass of
the car window.
While walking across a downtown
street one day, Jones felt a severe
jolt and found himself sitting on
top of an automobile hood.
The cyclone adventure came in
1898. The house in which Jones
watched the storm was nearly swept
away—but it withstood the wind,
which went on to a neighboring
place to demolish several houses.
He had the speakng acquaintance
with the rattlesnake in Baker Coun
ty also. Jones shot a squirrel and
had stooped to pick it up when he
noticed the ground seemed to be of
an unnatural color. He then was
within eight inches of the squirrel.
The rattlesnake was coiled between
him and the squirrel.