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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
■EXCHANGE NOTES
Neighbors And Friends
Hrs. DrLr perriere Has Car Stolen
(From Winder News)
police authorities report the
Heft of anew 1935 Plymouth Se
■> The err belonged to Mrs. Lois
HLaperriere and was taken from
Hr son, William DeLaperriere at the
Hint of a gun by Herman Marlowe.
H seems that Marlowe was doing
Hnc electrical work at the DoLa-
Hrriere home Tuesday and in the
He moon suggested that he had
Hue material at the home of his
Hcle about four miles from Winder.
He DeLaperriere boy took his
Hther’s car to take Marl Awe to his
Hole’s for this material. When
veral miles out of town and at a
nely spot Marlowe forced the De
iperriere youth from the car and
ed away. As soon as DeLaper
ere could reach town he reported
ie incident and local police of
fers at once got busy on the case,
leriff J. T. Williams and police of
fer I. J. Hall went to the spot
here the car was taken and from
ere were able to track Marlowe to
fclanta. Here the trail was lost,
tlanta authorities were notified of
ie theft and are on the look out
>r the car and driver.
Barrow County Tax Defaulters
Must Pay
Tax payers of Barrow county who
re due back taxes, are notified
hrough the advertising columns of
his paper that all such taxes must
>e paid or that foreclosure suits
yill be begun. According to the
ax officials there are numbers of
pitizens who are due tax for several
This condition has come a
bout because the tax officials have
thought that it was unwise to fore
close during the past few years due
to the financial depression. In fact
on account of the economic situa
tion tax officials of Barrow county
have not made a foreclosure in six
years.
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Death of Infant
(From Commerce News)
C. J. Hood, Jr., the nineteen
months old infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Hood passed away in Atlanta
Tuesday morning, March 19th, 1935
at 2 o’clock. This little one had
been of delicate constitution and had
consequently received a double por
tion of love and care from its de
moted parents. Every thing that
medical skill and careful nurture
could give seemed of no avail. The
frail little body failed to respond to
all treatment and on Tuesday morn
ing the flower like spirit was wafted
back to the God who gave it.
Williams-Ben ton
Centering the interest of a wide
circle of friends is the announce
ment made by Mr. and Mrs. T. Hom
er Benton of the marriage of their
daughter, Zelma Elizabeth, to Doris
L. Williams. The ceremony was
performed Friday evening, March
15, by Judge W. W. Dickson of Jef
ferson in the presence of a few inti
mate friends.
HALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OUSTED
The Hall county representatives
in the Georgia legislature succeeded
in passing a bill abolishing the pies
ent Hall county road commissioners
and providing for the election of a
new board. The present commis
sioners, Perino Davis, Tom Randolph
and P. C. Smith, will serve until May
15, on which date a county-wide
election will be held to determine
who shall fill the offices. The editor
of the Gainesville News predicts
that the present board will be elect
ed overwhelmingly. Legislating t e
old commissioners out of office is
the result of politics. A petition of
more than 14 hundred Hall county
citizens requested the senate to kill
the bill, and more than two hundred
went before the committee to pro
test its favorable recommendation.
However, the law was enacted, ana
its ratification is now up to the peo
ple of Hall county.
notice
Someone has borrowed a book
belonging to the U. D. s.
title is, “Women of the South in
War Times." If you have it and
have finished reading it, please re
turn either to Mrs. J. C. Benne ’
president, or to Miss Irene Rankin,
secretary.
SINGLE COPY sc.
NINTH DISTRICT PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE STRESSES ‘THE
NEW DAY’ AT MEETING
“Ihe New Day” with its respon
sibilities pertaining to women was
the message brought before the ninth
district executive board by the presi
dent, Mrs. J. 0. Braselton, of Bras
elton, at a meeting held at the Dixie
Hunt hotel in Gainesville on March
19. She stressed the importance of
every woman in her district inform
ing herself through the departments
of her club concerning the import
ant factors of her country’s present
life, and to try to fall in with the
trend of the day, and to likewise fit
into and work with one if not many
of the departments sponsored by the
federation. “It is a recognized fact,”
she said, “that the scope and success
of the club movement depends on
the team work of the local club with
the district, the district with the
state and the state with the feder
ation.”
Formal presentation was extend
ed Mrs. W. A. Hill, of Calhoun,
president of the seventh district;
Mrs. M. M. Bryan, of Jefferson, state
secretary; Mrs. C. E. Pittman, of
Commerce, state chairman of law ob
servance, and Dr. Katherine Dozier,
state chairman of education, who re
sponded with greetings. The dis
trict officers bringing messages in
cluded Mrs. H. W. Meaders, of Toc
coa, first vice president; Mrs. W. G.
Wingate, of Ellijay, second vice
president; Mrs. Harold Brewer, of
Gainesville, recording secretary;
Mrs. Lloyd Lott, of Hoschton, cor
responding secretary, and Mrs. C. E.
Pittman, of Commerce, parliamen
tarian.
Roll call of clubs was answered by
the following, with resumes of the
activities of their organizations:
Canton Woman’s Club, Mrs. J. B.
Parham; Canton Junior Woman’s
Club, Miss Blanche Jones; Ellijay
Woman’s Club, Mrs. W, J. Wingate;
Maysville Woman’s Club, Mrs. M. P.
Deadwyler and Mrs. F. .R. Parks;
Statham Woman’s Club, Mrs. Pike
Hutchins; Norcross Civic Club, Mrs.
M. C. Rhodes; Woman’s Club, Mrs.
H. B. Jones; Gainesville Study Club,
Dr. Katherine Dozier; Gainesville
Arts Study Club, Mrs. Tom Paris;
Braselton Woman’s Club, Mrs. Carl
ton Baird; Commerce Woman’s Club,
Mrs. C. E. Pittman; Hoschton Wo
man’s Club, Mrs. W. D. Bell; Jeffer-
Woman’s Club, Mrs. H. E. Aderhold;
Clayton Woman’s Club, Mrs. Clyde
Holden and Mrs. E. R. Taylor; Toc
coa Woman’s Club, Mrs. J. B. Bond;
Toccoa Woman’s Literary Club, Mrs.
J. B. Bond; Winder Woman’s Club,
Mrs. E. R. Harris; Demorest Wom
an’s Club, Mrs. H. B. Mowbra?;
Unicoi Woman’s Club, Mrs. T. M.
Bonner and Mrs. M. J. Mikel; Dil
lard Woman’s Club, Mrs. T. M.
Borach; Hoschton Junior Womans
Club, Miss Marion Bell, and Naeoo
chee Valley Woman’s Club, Miss
Susan Lumsden.
Instructive reports were made by
the chairmen of foundations and en
dowments by Mrs. A. D. McCurry, of
Winder, for Tallulah Falls, who gave
a most comprehensive account of
the work of the school and outlined
future plans pertaining to the dis
tricts’ responsibilities; Mrs. H. V.
Jones, of Norcross, for student aid,
and Mrs. H. A. Carithers, of Winder,
for Ella F. White memorial.
District committee heads report
ing were Mrs. C. H. Fowler, Bras
elton, club institute; Mrs. C. R. Har
ris, of Winder, motion pictures; Mrs.
Stanley Kesler, of Jefferson, scrap
book; Mrs. M. C. Rhodes, of Nor
cross, World War veterans; Mrs. J.
B Bond, of Toccoa, American citi
zenship; Mrs. M. P. Deadwyler,
Maysville, law observance; Mrs. M.
M. Bryan, Jefferson, American home;
Mrs H E. Aderhold, Jefferson, home
economics; Mrs. M. B. Bell, Hosch
ton, insurance; Mrs. Carlton Baird,
Hoschton, safety in the home; Mrs.
H J. W. Kizer, Jefferson, adult edu
cation; Mrs. W. L. Murrow, Toccoa,
conservation of resources; Mrs. Don
ald Johnston, Helen, nature study;
Mrs Fred Grist, Dillard, library ser
vice; Mrs. C. W. White, Helen, inter
national relations; Mrs. W. M. Brasel
ton, Braselton, juniors; Mrs. Harold
Castleberry, Gainesville, press and
publicity; Mrs. R. D. Mikel, Roberts
town, community service; Miss Susan
Lumsden, Sautee, Indian welfare
and lore; Mrs. . Ralph Freeman,
Hoschton, public health; Mrs. M. P.
Deadwyler, Jefferson, rural educa
tion; Mrs. Charles Garrett, Toccoa,
scholarship; Mrs. E. R. Taylor, Clay
ton, illiteracy; Mrs. J. M. Bonner,
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Legislature Adjourns in
Wild Confusion With No
Appropriation Bill Passed
After being in session for seven
ty days at a cost of around $185,000
to the tax payers of Georgia, the
legislature adjourned sine die Sat
urday at midnght without doing the
one and only thing required of them
by law—the passage of an appro
priation bill. Many new statutes
were added to the list of laws al
ready in existence, but these were
not obligatory.
The general assembly adjourned
in the wildest confusion, although
it had been stated by the governor
and the presiding officers on many
occasions that this legislature would
wind up its affairs in an orderly
manner and be ready for adjourn
ment when the time came with all
necessary bills passed. But when
the time came for adjournment, no
disposition had been made of the bi
ennial appropriations bill.
Failure of the appropriations bill
to pass left the heads of the various
state departments and institutons in
a quandary.
The bill carried $4,250,000 for the
common schools and also appropri
ations for the ellemosynary institu
tions and the university system. It
also contained operating expenses
for all of the functions of the state
government.
Some leaders in the house of rep
resentatives said they did not be
lieve the governor had authority to
take over the appropriations and fix
them himself.
Floor Leader Roy V. Harris of
Richmond (Augusta) county said,
“of course, anything is likely, and
he may try to do so. But I don’t
see how in the world he can do it.”
Opposing factions in the house and
senate accuse each other of being
responsible for failure of the bill.
Twenty minutes before the gavels
in the senate and house fell simul
taneously at the stroke of midnight,
Representative Paul Lindsay, grey
haired veteran from DeKalb county
and political foe of Governor Tal
madge, threw the house into an up
roar by openly charging the gover
nor with sole responsibility for fail
ure of conference committees to a
gree on the appropriations bill.
As the assemblymen departed,
Representative H. B. Edwards, of
Lowndes county, Talmadge leader in
the low r er branch of the assembly, is
sued a caustic statement in which he
charged that the failure of the house
to pass the appropriations bill as
advocated by the senate was due to
a long series of speeches on the floor
of the house “nominating for gover
nor and lieutenant governor” and
the presenting of various gifts to of
ficials of the house.
During the'closing night session
there was a physical clash the
floor between H. B. Edwards, and
Verlyn Booth of Barrow county, and
a threatened clash between Edwards
and Paul Lindsay.
A statement given out by Roy
Harris says: “The failure of the
general assembly to pass an appro
priations bill will result in chaos in
the state and county governments.
“In my opinion the governor is
not authorized to spend a penny of
the state’s money unless it is appro
priated by the general assembly.
“However, a worse situation is
created by reason of the fact that
no ad valorem taxes can be levied
for the support of the state govern
ment or for the support of the
counties unless an appropriations
bill is passed by the general assem
bly.” '
MR. FRED J. ORR
Mr. F. J. Orr, aged 60, q widely
known Georgia architect, died sud
denly last week of a heart attack in
Jacksonville, Fla., where he was en
gaged in some government work. He
was a native of Athens, but for the
past few years had made his home in
Atlanta. Mr. Orr drew the plans of
the Jefferson Methodist church, and
during its erection was a frequent
visitor here.
Helen, art; Mrs. Pike Hutchins,
Statham, American pottery, and Mrs.
J. B. Parham, Canton, Georgia writ
ers.
Invitation was extended by the
members of the Maysville Woman’s
Club for the district to meet with
them for the annual convention sche
duled for next October.
Here Is List of Major Bills
Passed by State Legislature
Atlanta.-— Here is a brief resume
of some of the most important bills
passed by the 1935 general assemb
ly of Georgia:
A bill calling for a referendum
May 15 on repeal of the state’s
twenty-eight year old bone dry law.
A bill to legalize the manufacture
and sale of beer in Georgia, referen
dum May 15.
A bill legalizing manufacture and
sale of wine in Georgia and use of
home grown products in such manu
facture; referendum May 15.
A proposal to amend the constitu
tion to place a fifteen mill limit on
taxes on tangible property and a five
mill limit on intangible property.
A bill to reduce the rate of inter
est on small loans from three and
one half to one and one-half per
cent per month.
A group of bills sponsored by
Governor Eugene Talmadge includ
ing; ratification of the three dollar
automobile license tags reduction or
ders for $3 for the future; ratify
ing the governor’s ouster of the old
Public Service commission; a pro
posal to amend the constitution to
provide one four year term for the
governor of Georgia instead of a
two year term; another constitution
al amendment to create the office of
lieutenant governor in Georgia and
another proposal to make the lieu
tenant governor the presiding officer
of the senate; and various other sta
tutory bills and constitutional a
mendment proposals to give four
years terms of office to state house
officials now having two year terms,
except members of the general as
sembly; and another measure legis
lating out of office Dr. J. M. Sutton,
state veterinarian and long time
political foe of Talmadge.
A bill making the regents of the
University System of Georgia a
governmental agency of the state
and property of the regents subject
to limitations of the state constitu
tion and laws of Georgia, thus kill
ing a pending Public Works loan of
$2,691,000.
A free school book bill providing
for issuance of free text books to
school children as soon as funds are
available. (The beer bill if ratified
by the people would give 90 per cent
of its revenue for free books.)
A seven months school term bill
retting up a minimum school year
of seven months and 1 minimum
teachers salaries, likewise to become
effective when revenues* are avail
able. (The liquor repeal if ratified
by the people will give its proceeds
for common schools.)
A farm market bill authorizing
the commissioner of agriculture to
establish farm markets and regulate
prices and grading of products in
such markets.
A bill fixing minimum rates gen
erally lower than those now in ef
fect for warehouse charges for the
handling of leaf tobacco.
To divert $2,000,000 of highway
funds to state treasury for common
schools and Confederate veterans and
their widows.
To require vehicles to carry reflec
tors.
NORTH GEORGIA GLEE CLUB
COMING
The North Georgia College Glee
Club will give its annual home pro
gram i# the college on the night of
April 3, at eight o’clock, under the
personal direction of Professor W.
Desmond Booth.
The Club has played to full houses
in Tate and Young Harris, and after
the home concert, will go to Ellijay
and Jefferson. The popularity of
the Glee Club is growing, and has
been asked for return engagements
at Brenau College and Ellijay.
The people of Dahlonega might
well be proud of this group of stu
dents who have prepared this pro
gram, as it is one which will appeal
to both young and old. It is a
wonderfully fine group of singers
which Professor Booth has assem
bled, and indications are that the
chapel will be full and over-flowing
on the night of April 3.—Dahlonega
Nugget.
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The date of the appearance of
this club for Jefferson is Friday
night, April 5, at Martin Institute
auditorium.
Mr. and" Mrs. Allen Dyson and
family spent Sunday in Augusta.
Thursday, March ?3, 1935.
SERVICES HONORING
DR. CRAWFORD LONG
DR. FRANK BOLAND TO SPEAK
IN HONOR OF DR. CRAWFORD
LONG SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
BUST TO BE UNVEILED AT
MARTIN INSTITUTE.
Next Saturday, March 30, is Na
tional Ether Day, and the event will
be celebrated in this section of the
nation by exercises in Jefferson, Ath
ens and Danielsville, to pay tribute
to one of the greatest scientists and
humanitarians of all times—Dr.
Crawford W. Long.
Dr. Long was born in Danielsvile,
practiced medicine and discovered
the use of ether as an anaesthetic in
Jefferson, later moving to Athens,
where he died. Saturday marks the
ninety-third anniversary of the first
successful rendering of a patient
insensible to pain during a surgical
operation. This operation was per
formed in Jefferson by Dr. Long,
who removed two small tumors from
the neck of James M. Venable.
Jefferion Exercite*
Next Saturday afternoon, a bust
of Dr. Long, modeled by Dr. Noble
of Atlanta, will be unveiled at Mar
tin Institute. A committee of which
Wm. H. Smith is chairman, has ar
ranged a program for the unveiling
exercises which will take place at
3.00. Mr. Smith is one of the out
standing authorities on the life and
contributions of Dr. Long and has
spent many years and much money
in assisting in the movement to ob
tain recognition for the Georgia#. •
Mayor George W. Westmoreland
will preside at the meeting at the
Institute; the invocation will be giv
en by Rev. J. A. Gray; Dr. Frank K.
Boland of Atlanta, and Dr. Max Cut
ler of Chicago will deliver address
es; Judge J. S. Ayers will present
the bust, which will be accepted by
Professor 11. J. W. Kizer, and unveil
ed by E. C. Long, a great, great
grandson of Dr. Long. Dr. Noble,
who modeled the bust, and Mrs.
Noble will be distinguished guests.
The ceremonies at Athens will be
held at 10.30 a. m. Saturday, and
Dr. Max Cutler, national known can
cer specialist of Chicago, will deliver
the address.
The discovery of ether as an an
aesthetic is a strange story. Young
men in Jefferson frequently met in
the office of Dr. Long* who was only
27 years of age, to enjoy what they
called “Ether frolics.” Long himself
participated in these parties, and
this is his story of the operation:
“They were so much pleased with
the effects that they afterwards fre
quently used it and induced others
to do the same, and the practice
soon became quite fashionable in the
county and some of the contiguous
counties.
“The first patient to whom I ad
ministered ether in a surgical op
eration was Mr, James M. Venable,
who then resided within two miles of
Jefferson, and at present lives in
Cobb county, Ga. Mr. Venable con
sulted me on several occasions in re
gard to the propriety of removing
two small tumors situate on the back
of his neck, but would postpone from
time to time having the operation
performed, from dread of pain. At
length I mentioned to him the fact
of my receiving bruises while under
the influence of the vapor of ether
without suffering, and as I knew him
to be fond of and accustomed to in
hale ther, I suggested to him the
probabilty that the operation might
be performed without pain, and
proposed operating on him while un
der its influence. He consented to
have one tumor removed, and the
operation was performed the same
evening. The ether was given to Mr.
Venable on a towel, and when fully
under its influence I extirpated the
tumor.”
MISS LEWIS AND MR. ASKEW
WILL BE MARRIED
The announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Ruth Frances Lewis to
Mr. Whitley Cook Askew is announc
ed by the bride-elect’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Lewis, of Hape
'pjjg bride-elect has a responsible
position with the Southern railway.
Mr. Askew is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. J. S. Askew, and made many
friends in Jefferson during the two
years his father was pastor of the
Jefferson Circuit and lived in the
circuit parsonage on Athens street.
Vol. 60. No. 29.
Maysville Club Elects
Officers
Mrs. M. F. Deadwyler wa3 elected
president of Maysvil! Woman’s
Club for the coming club year, and
serving with her will be Mrs. H. R.
Hancock, first vice president; Mrs.
Kathleen Voyles, second vice presi
dent; Mrs. John Strang*, recording
secretary; Mis. John White, corres
ponding secretary; Mrs. W. P. Cool
ey, treasurer. Retiring officers are
Mrs. J. P. Pounds, secretary; Mrs.
W. G. Sharp, corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. Paul Deadwyler, publici
ty.
The meeting was held in the school
auditorium on Friday afternoon,
March 15, with Mesdames Bob
Stephens, Grover Ryler, Love Nunn
and Robert Telford as hostesses.
Mrs. tDeadwyler, president, reported
$26 derived from a benefit play re
cently. Mrs. John Miller, chairman
fine arts, reports $9.40 benefit from
a “tacky party” sponsored by her de
partment. The amount of $6.10 was
given towards buying a sewing ma
chine for the home economics room,
Mrs. L. W. Eberhart, chairman. The
club voted to entertain the ninth
district federation In October, the
motion being made by Mrs. C. W.
McCurdy.
The program, sponsored by Mrs.
John Miller, chairman of fine arts,
featured “Georgia Writers.” Mrs.
C. W. McCurdy gave a brief history
of Georgia writers. Miss Virginia
Eberhart sang “Just a’Wearying For
You." Mrs. Leila Sims gave a sketch
of the life of Sidney Lanier; Mrs.
Kathleen Voyles read “The Song of
the Chattahoochee,” and Mrs. Roy
David gave “The Hills of Life,’ by
Harry Stillwell Edwards.
4-H Clubs of Colored
Citizens Stage
Splendid Program
Much commendation is due the
colored 4-H clubs of Jackson coun
ty, under the leadership of Mattie
R. Torbert, for the splendid two-day
program and exhibit staged in the
court house here on last Friday and
Saturday. The entire upper floors
of the court house were filled with
displays of all kinds of produce,
handi-work, cake, canned goods, etc.,
results of work accomplished by the
4-H clubs of the county. And tho
displays were wonderful in the
quality of work produced. Dresses,
quilts, rugs, fancy work of all kinds,
beautiful spreads and other articles
too numerous to name were viewed
by the large crowds of both white
and colored persons who were in
the city for the display.
Excellent program-' were render
ed, the several clubs presenting their
parts according to their own ideas
of entertainment. Also, a number
of white citizens addressed the mem
bers of the 4-H clubs. Each person
having a part in the success of the
occasion is due commendatory praise.
Senate Votes Roosevelt’s
Relief Bill
•
Washington, March 23. After
five weeks of battling over alloca
tions, wage scales and inflation, the
Senate this afternoon finally passed
President Roosevelt’s four-billion
eight-hundred-eight- million - dollar
work-relief bill, designed to “end
this business of direct relief.”
The measure was returned to the
House for approval of Senate amend
ments.
As passed, the bill sets aside 880
million dollars for direct relief and
4,000 million dollars for work relief.
The President was given discretion
ary power to spend the money as he
pleases, except that all allocations
for highways must be spent through
state highway commsisions. The
highway allocations incidentally
must be made according to popula
tion, highway mileage and railroad
mileage.
COTTON GINNED IN JACKSON
COUNTY
The census bureau reports that
there were ginned and to be ginned
in Jackson county from the 1934
crop, 14,989 bales of cotton, as com
pared with 14,033 bales from the
1933 crop.
Come out for an evening of fun
Tuesday, April 2. See stunt night,
and help buy books for the school
library. j