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By Holder & Williamson
DISTRICT MEET
PROGRAM
Ninth District High School Meet To
Be Held Here Thi Week And
Next.
The Ninth District High School
meet for 1935 convenes in Jefferson
Wednesday and Thursday nights,
April 17 and 18, of this week, and
Thursday night through Friday night
cf next week. April 25 and 26.
Program April 17 and 18
Class C Schools, One Act Plays,
Wednesday, 8 p. m., Maysville and
Buford.
Class B Schools, Thursday Night,
April 18, Schools participating, Jef
ferson, Commerce, Winder, Canton,
and Toccoa.
A small admission of 10 and 15
cents will be charged to defray ex
penses of judges.
Please attend, boost, the schools
and the contestants. Plays are mod
ern. Each school will have best ac
tors and actresses in school partici
pating.
Program April 25 and 26
Thursday Night, April 25th, the
debate will be as follows: Group B
schools will be Canton vs. Commerce.
Immediately following will be the
debate between Buford and Mays
ville, Group C.
On Friday Morning, April 26th,
the District Meet will begin with the
following events at the hours set:
9 o’clock, B and C Group, boys
and girls ready writers or essay
contest.
9 o’clock, B and C Group, Home
Economics Contest.
9.30, B and C Group, Boys Decla
mation.
10.30, 'Business Meeting, Election
Officers.
11.30, B and C Group, girls read
ing-
-2 p. m., Dedication Atheletic
Field.
2.30, District Track Meet, B and
C Group boys.
8 p. m., Music Contest, B ami C
Group Girls.
Awarding of medals.
Each school is to entertain itself
and contestants, hence all of Jeffer
son should be able to attend the
contests.
GEORGIA AUTO TAG RETURN
FOR 1934 $150,000 HIGHER
Automobile tag sales in Georgia
during 1934 exceeded 1933 tag sales
by more than $150,000 according to
an audit of the motor vehicle divis
ion of the State Revenue Commis
sion filed with Governor Talmadge
Friday by State Auditor Tom Wis
dom.
Total net collections in 1934 were
$1,194,914.48 compared to $1,044,-
977.77 in 1933. Of the net collec
tions in 1934 the sum of $1,190,236
was paid into the ktate treasury and
$4,678 was returned to sheriffs for
fees and penalties.
The cost of operating the motor
vehicle division for the year was
$97,516 of which $63,063 was spent
for salaries and penalties to sheriffs
and $26,942 went to pay postage on
tags sent out by mail. Supplies cost
an additional $3,424.
HOSCHTON JUNIOR CLUB
Emphasizing the neighborliness of
their respective towns, the Junior
clubwomen of Hoschton and Brasel
ton hold joint meetings and the
March group met on Friday, the
15th, in the auditorium of the Bras
elton High school, the president,
Marion Bell, presiding. Mrs. Herman
Baseball’s all-time home run king
guest speaker and gave an interest
ng talk on “Outstanding Women.”
Additional attractions were musical
numbers rendered by Ruth Lott,
Glanca Dyar, Marion Bell, Katherine
Pirkle and Alberta Allen. Social
hour hostesses were Maggie Lee
Rowland, Damaris Holland, Alberta
Allen and Sarah Frances Holland.
YOUTH, 11, DROWNS IN OCONEE
RIVER
Athens, Ga.—Tommie Thomas, 11-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Thomas, was drowned yesterday af
ternoon in the Oconee River.
Thomas, according to two boys
with whom he was playing, slipped
into the river while walking across
a water pipe and never rose to the
surface.
The Jac; 'i Herald
Hocchion Woman’s Club
Entertains Cos. Federation
Outstanding features of the meet
ing of the Jackson County Feder
ation of Women’s Clubs, held at the
club house-o? the Hoschton Woman’s
Club on Saturday afternoon, was the
presentation of a most excellent pro
gram, and the election of officers.
Four of the five clubs of the coun
ty—Jefferson, Maysville, Braselton
and Hoschton, had splendid repre
sentation at the meeting, and were
entertained in a most charming and
hospitable manner by the hostess
club. Mrs. L. 11. Isbell, the presi
dent, was in the chair, and Mrs. W.
D. Bell of Hoschton was secretary.
The outstanding accomplishments
of the year were enumerated by the
presidents of the four clubs, and
several chairmen of divisions also
made interesting reports of activi
ties perfected during the club year.
Mrs. Isbell spoke of the wonder
ful help and pleasure the circulating
library has carried to the schools of
the county, and urged all persons
who have books in their home libra
ries that have been read, to contri
bute the same to this circulating
library.
The nominating committee, Mrs.
M. B. Allen of Hoschton, Mrs. H. E.
Aderhold of Jefferson, Mrs. W. M.
Braselton of Braselton, and Mrs.
Huram Hancock of Maysville, nomi
nated the following for officers for
the new year, all of whom were unan
mously elected: President, Mrs. J.
C. Cooper, Maysville; Ist Vice-Pres.,
Mrs. T. C. Hardman, Commerce; 2nd
Vice-Pres., Mrs. W. M. Braselton,
Braselton; Secretary, Mrs. J. N. Hol
der, Jefferson; Treasurer, Mrs. Carl
ton Baird, Hoschton.
The program for the afternoon
was—
Piano duet, Mrs. Huram Hancock
and Mrs. Ray Miller of Maysville. ,
Vocal Solo, Miss Leta Braselton,
Braselton.
Address, Mrs. J. O. Braselton,
Ninth District President.
An invitation to hold the October
meeting in Jefferson was extended
by the Jefferson Club, and accepted.
The Ninth District Federation will
hold the annual meeting in Mays
ville' in October.
After the meeting adjourned, the
Hoschton Club entertained the visit
ors socially in a most delightful man
ner.
JACKSON COUNTY CITIZENS ON
FEDERAL JURY
The April session of Federal court,
Gainesville division, will convene at
the Hall county court house on Mon
day, April 22, and will continue in
session two weeks. The majority of
cases to be tried on the criminal
calendar will be for the most part
liquor and stolen automobile
charges.
Jackson' county citizens chosen to
serve on the grand jury are J. D.
Eckles, R. S. Johnson, James Wills,
W. H. Nunn, C. E. Barnett, C. E.
Hardy, Hollis Henderson, T. C. Lank
ford, R. C. Colquitt, H. G. Johnson,
J. A. Adams. One the traverse jui>
are Ernest Brock, C. Cleghorn, W. S.
Murphy, A. H. Harris, H. D. Maley,
J. E. Randolph, A. S. Shields, T. F.
Parks.
FORMER RESIDENT OF
HOSCHTON DIES AT PITTS
On Saturday, March 30th, Mrs.
Emeline Baird, wife of J. M. Baird
passed away at the home of her
brother, John R. McEver of Pitts,
Ga.
Mrs. Baird was forty nine years
of age, and was reared at Hoschton,
having lived her entire life in that
community except the last few
months.
She is survived by her husband,
four brothers, John R. McEver, Pitts,
C. C. McEver of High Point, N. C.;
Hugh McEver of Hoschton and A
R. McEver of Winder, also three
sisters, Mrs. B. H. Hudgins of Al
bertville, Ala., and Misses Ada and
Rossie Belle McEver of Winder, and
many other relatives.
Funeral services and interment
were held at Pitts, Ga.
musicale at cave springs
We are requested to announce
there will be a musical entertain
ment at Cave Springs Saturday
night, to which the public is given a
cordial invitation.
SINGLE COPY Sc.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
WOMAN'S CLUB
The Jefferson Woman’s Club Holds
Interesting Meeting With Mrs.
Stanley Kcsler.
The Jefferson Woman’s Club held
the April meeting on last Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Stan
ley Kesler, with Mrs. Fred Culber
son, Misses Alien Betts, Martha
Watson, Irene Rankin, co-hostesses.
The meeting opened with the Lit
any, led by Mrs. J. N. Holder, follow
ed by prayer by Rev. R. M. Rigdon,
who later gave a talk to the club
on the repeal question, and urged
that they co-operate with the group
of men in Jackson county who are
using their influence against repeal,
and asked that the club women cast
their ballot May 15th, when the vote
will be taken to determine whether
or not Georgia shall remain dry. A
committee, composed of Mrs. J. D.
Escoe, Mrs. H. E. Aderhold, Mrs. H.
J. W. Kizer, Mrs. R. M. Rigdon, Mrs.
T. D. Johnston, Mrs. R. J. Kelly,
Mrs. Guy Strickland and Mrs. C. D.
Cox was appointed to help with this
work.
The program was presented by the
Departments of Legislation and In
ternational Relations. Mrs. Herman
DeLaperriere was guest speaker, and
gave a most interesting and instruc
tive talk on these subjects.
Other features of the program
were a reading, “Your hlag and My
Flag,” by Wilburr. D. Nesbit, given
by Miss Sara Wills, and a piano duet
by Misses Nixon Mobley and Clau
dine Robinson.
The business meeting proved most
interesting, with reports from the
several departments.
Mrs. H. E Aderhold reported
$15.64 spent xor the diptheria clinic
held last week, when 110 children
were immunized from this dreaded
disease.
Plans were made for a Benefit
Bridge Party on Friday night, April
19th, at the home of Mrs. M. M.
Bryan, the proceeds to go to furnish
ing the Boy Scout hut.
Mrs. Kesler told of plans to have
an exhibit of hand work, works of
art, etc., at her home during the
latter part of May
Mrs.-R. M. Rigdon submitted reso
lutions on Mrs. S. A. Boland, former
president of the club.
A committee was appointed to
nominate a president for the new
club year, namely, Mrs. H. E. Ader
hold, Mrs. J. A. Wills, Mrs. H. J. W.
After adjournment, the ladies were
ushered into the dining room, where
the hostesses served punch and waf-
GTS.
Those present, were: Mesdames J.
E. Randolph, T. T. Benton, H. J. W.
Kizer, Effie Flanigan, Guy Strick
land, C. D. Cox, H. D. Dadisman, J.
D. Escoe, J. N. Holder, Carl Legg,
D. A. Baker, H. A. Pitkin, H. P. De-
Laperriere, Stanley Kesler, Ed Harr
dy, H. E. Aderhold, A. S. Johnson,
J. A. Wills, George Appleby, R. M.
Rigdon, Lewis Mobley, R. J- Kelly,
Harold Wall, John Hardy, Misses
Frances Smith, Beth Bailey, Sara
Wills, Sophia Swain, Martha Watson,
Nixon Mobley, Claudine Robinson,
Allea Betts, Irene Rankin, Bess
Young, Rose Daniel.
MRS. CLEVELAND HAYES DIES
AT HER HOME ON LEE STREET
On last Saturday at her home on
Lee street, Mrs. Cleveland Hayes
answered the last summons. She
had been in ill health for several
months. Mrs. Hayes was 25 years
of age, and before marriage was
Miss Grace McDougald, daughter of
Mr. Emman and Mrs. Samantha
Howell McDougald.
Funeral service and interment
were at White Plains Baptist church
Sunday afternoon. Besides her hus
band, she is survived by a 3-year-old
son.
MRS. R. W. ADAMS ANSWERS
LAST SUMMONS
Mrs. R. W. Adams passed away at
her home near Gallilee on Wednes
day, April 10. She was 51 years of
age. Mrs. Adams had been a mem
ber of the Baptist church for 37
years.
Her body was laid to rest in the
cemetery of Springway church, Hall
county, on Thursday. Surviving the
deceased are her husband, four
daughters and two sons.
Jefferson Wins First Game
Ball of Season
(By Reporter)
Harmony Grove visited Jefferson
for the opening game of the North
east Georgia League. Although the
weather was very disagreeable, a
good game of ball was played.
The features were the fine pitch
ing of Porter for Harmony Grove,
and Stewart for Jefferson, which
was a battle up to the eighth inning,
when Porter weakened to allow 7
runs to be made.
The hitting of both sides were a
bout on par. Particular Jefferson
had exceptional luck in several line
drivers hit straight to the fielders.
Should these have landed safe, the
game would be a different story. Jef
ferson feels that they were very
much in luck to win this game.
A strong fight was issued by both
sides, with plenty of pep, showing a
strong interest for the coming sea
son.
Summary;
R H E
Jefferson Mills 8 12 1
Harmony Grove 3 7 2
This week:
Gainesville Mills vs. Jefferson, at
Jefferson Park, 3:00 next Saturday.
Fishermen Have Wonderful
Luck
Eight of Jefferson’s prominent
citizen, Dr. C. B. Lord, Messrs. A.
S. Johnson, Stanley Kesler, J. C.
Alexander, C. R. Catlett, R. M. Cul
berson, James Bell and Gause, who
spent last week fishing in the lakes
of Western Florida, returned Satur
day night, reporting success that
would even have made Sir Isaac
Walton himself envious. They were
forced to return home because they
had too much luck—caught too
many fish, and to prove it, they
brought back that large wooden box,
which we mentioned last week, fill
ed to the top with many species of
the fish that abound in those south
ern waters.
It was the writer’s privilege to en
joy eating some of these fish, and
the food was as delicate and delect
able as we ever tasted.
The fishing season is closed tem
porarily in Georgia, but the marvel
ous luck experienced by the above
named fishermen will give them
fish-stories to brag about until the
season re-opens and they try their
luck in the North Georgia lakes.
DR. S. V. SANFORD ELECTED AS
CHANCELLOR
Dr. Steadman Vincent Sanford,
president of the University of Geor
gia and a member of the faculty
there since 1903, is the new chan
cellor of the University System.
The Board of Regents elected Dr.
Sanford late Wednesday to succeed
Chancellor Philip Weltner, whose re
signation takes effect on June 30.
Dr. Sanford will take office July
1 and his term will run until Sep
tember 1, 1936.
His successor as president of the
university is'to be named at the
May meeting of the regents.
Chairman Marion Smith announc
ed that Dr. Sanford’s selection as
chancellor was unanimous and no
other name was presented.
RUTH HAS HIT 723 HOMERS IN
CAREER
New York.—A little stocktaking on
glamorous 20-year American league
reign of Babe Ruth as he prepares to
shift his big bat to the National
league and perhaps start another
chapter in the saga of making life
miserable for pitchers:
Baseball’s all-time horn erun king
has belted out 723 home runs—
-708 in pennant campaigning and 15
in World Series warfare. The total
is just 27 shy of his life time goal
of 750. Sixteen of the licks came
with the bases loaded.
MR. JOBE M. JOHNSON
Mr. Jobe M. Johnson passed away
at his home near Arcade Monday.
Mr. Johnson was 89 years of age.
Funeral services were held at 11
o’clock Tuesday morning at Chapel
church, and interment was at the
Smith burial lot in Barrow county.
Mrs. Y. Z. Sailors and son, Bob,
were week-end guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Lankford.
Thursday, April 18, 1935.
PROMINENT VISITOR
Mis* Gay B. Shepperson, Supervisor
Relief Work In Georgia, VUitor
Here.
Miss Gay B. Shepperson, state
supervisor of relief work, was a
visitor in the city last week. Pre
ceding her visit to Jefferson she was
a guest at lunch of Mr. J. C. Wil
son, head of the transient camp near
Commerce. Mayor George W. West
moreland and Mrs. Peggy Murphy
were also guests at the lunch.
Miss Shepperson inspected the
camp, and then came to Jefferson,
visiting the relief offices here, and
inspecting the projects recently com
pleted in Jefferson. She also looked
into projects now being planned, and
expressed herself as being greatly
interested in the work of Jackson
county, and is ready to co-operate.
She said “we are yet in mid-stream
with the 79,000 families, or 400,000
people on relief today.
“Insecurity, as we have found it
in this state,” she declared, “has not
been confined to any one class of
people. The educated, the young
and old have suffered, along with
the thousands of skilled and profes
sional workers who have been dis
located as the result of a national
economic condition.”
Miss Shepperson did not say what
effect Georgia’s failure to obtain an
allotment for April will have upon
future relief. At present this is be
ing taken care of with money accu
mulated from past months. Tues
day’s edition of the Atlanta Consti
tution stated that the “breach be
tween Governor Talmadge, of Geor
gia, and National Relief Adminis
trator Harry L. Hopkins today was
in status quo.”
Aubrey Williams, assistant to Hop
kins, said Miss Gay B. Shepperson,
Georgia administrator, had sufficient
funds to run at least a week. There
was no additional comment forth
coming as to what would happen
when present funds are exhausted.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETING
The Jefferson Chamber of Com
merce met at the Harrison Hotel, 8
o’clock, Thursday night, H. E. Ader
hold, vice-president, in charge of
meeting.
The opening prayer was offered by
Rev. T. D. Johnston.
After the usual luncheon was
served, the minutes of the meeting
held March 14th was read by the
secretary, J. F. Eckles, also the cor
respondence.
The chairman of each committee
called for reports. Mr. J. C. Turn
er made report on good roads, Mr.
W. H. Smith on aviation, and Mr.
W. Hill Hosch on soil erosion.
Motion made to entertain the Sen
ior Class at Martin Institute, also
wives and ladies of members at the
meeting to be held in May.
Closing prayer offered by Rev. R.
M. Rigdon.
The following were present at the
meeting: Rev. R. M. Rigdon, W. H.
Smith, J. C. Turner, H. E. Aderhold,
C E. Robinson, W. H. Hosch, O. L.
Singletary, Rev. T. D. Johnston, J.
F. Eckles, J. E. Randolph, H. W.
Davis, H. L. Purcell, Guy Strickland,
H. T. Mobley.
MR C. A. COOK PASSES AT HOME
OF SON IN AUGUSTA
Mr. C. A. Cook, a resident of Jef
ferson, died last week at the home of
his son, Mr. Robin Cook, in Augusta,
where he was visiting. The body
was brought to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Roscoe Sheridan, just outside
the city limits, and later was car
ried to Bogart for interment. Mrs.
Sheridan is a daughter of the de
ceased.
MR. OLIVER LEACHMAN BURIED
AT BLACK’S CREEK
Funeral servkT~for Mr. Oliver
Leachman were conducted at Black s
Creek Baptist church Thursday morn
ing by Rev. G. H. Collins. Mr.
Leachman was 81 years of age, was
a native of Madison county, but had
resided in the Wright’s Mill com
munity for 47 years.
Surviving Mr. Leachman are four
sons and three daughters
Miss Helen Cowell, who was the
guest of Mrs. M. M. Bryan for sev
eral weeks, left Thursday for her
home in Massachusetts.
Vcl. 60. No. 32.
Death of Mr. John E. Hill
Follows Closely That of
Mrs. Hill
Last week our readers were sad
dened by the account of the death
of Mrs. John E. Hill, and this week
it is our sad obligation to chronicle
the passing of Mr. Hill, whose death
occurred just a week following that
of his wife.
Mr. Hill had been a sufferer from
heart attacks and his condition be
came critical following the death of
his wife. During the week he con
tinued to grow worse until the end
came Wednesday morning. He was
74 years old.
Mr. Hill was originally a citizen
of Jackson county, born and reared
in the Hoschton section of this
county. For a great many years he
was one of the most successful farm
ers of the state, and lived in the
home at Hoschton which is now be
ing used as a hospital. About six
years ago Mr. Hill moved to Winder
and in a way retired from active life.
He was highly esteemed as a man of
honesty and integrity performing
his duty always as he saw it.
Funeral services were held from
his late residence Thursday after
noon. ,
Surviving Mr. Hill are four daugh
ters Mrs. I. E. Jackson, and Mrs.
Clay Camp of Winder, Mrs. Henry
Sullivan of Mt. Sterling, Ky., and
Mrs. Dan Williamson of Dalton.
One sister survives, Mrs. J. L. Gun
nin of Hoschton.
University Student Killed
in Auto Crash
John Rainey Bratton, 20-year-old
University of Georgia football player
and member of a prominent Atlanta
family, was killed, and two other
persons were seriously injured early
Sunday morning near Athens in an
automobile accident which climaxed
a week-end of gaiety at the univer
sity’s “Little Commencement.”
The injured were Tom Hopper,
alumnus of the university and form
er member of the swimming team,
and Frank Percy, both of whom re
side in Dalton.
The three young men were riding
in a car on the Athens-Jefferson
highway just outside the city limits
of Athens. The machine ran off the
Seaboard overhead bridge, teetered
along the edge of the railroad em
bankment for some distance and
finally crashed into a telephone polo
and toppled over into the railroad
cut.
Young Bratton was dead when tak
en by a passer-by to the hospital.
LEVIN STOCK OF GOODS
AND STORE BUILDING
SOLD AT BANKRUPT SALE
The Hyman Levin stock of goods
and the store building were sold at
bankrupt sale in Jefferson Monday.
The goods were purchased by Mr.
Ralph Sinco of Atlanta for $2,900.
Messrs. Joe and Jack Levin were in
the city looking after their father’s
interest.
Mr. H. Levin was a successful
merchant in Jefferson for many
years. W’hen the depression came
and money was scarce, he was able
to continue in business, but sales
were low and profits were small. In
the early part of this year, he suf
fered a break-down in health, and
was forced to give up his business.
Being unable to make satisfactory
terms with his creditors, he was
forced into bankruptcy, and the sale
Monday of his stock of goods and
store building was a natural conse
quence.
197 SCHOOLS IN STATE
NEED MORE REVENUE
Atlanta, Ga. There are 197
schools and school districts in rural
Georgia in need of revenue in addi
tion to the income they anticipate
from the state to keep open during
the balance of the current school
term, it was revealed Monday by the
state department of education.
An official of the department,
speaking in the absence of Dr. M. D.
Collins, said “a number of these
schools will be forced to close soon
unless more revenue is derived.”
The schools have applied to Fed
eral Relief Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins for a grant of $2,500,000
and the administrator still has the
application under advisement.