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By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
Nw, Item. Of Intere.t Among Our
Neighbor. And Friend.
Rabun County Boy. Feeding Calve.
(From Clayton Tribune)
Rabun County boys are right in
the forefront when it comes to do
ing things worth while on the farm.
There are eight boys in the coun
ty who are feeding out a calf for
show purposes and for sale in June.
These calves are provided by the
White Provision Company, of At
lanta and Rabun County is the only
county in Georgia to receive this
cooperation.
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Americu. Church To Place Bibles
In Home.
(From Wesleyan Christian Advocate)
Out of the thinking of the pastor,
Rev. H. T. Freeman, and some mem
bers of the Church on the celebra
tion of the 100th anniversary of the
First Methodist Church, Americus,
Ga., has evolved the plan to put a
Bible in every home that hasn’t one
in Sumter County, and that includes
both white and colored homes. A
meeting of the white and colored
ministers of Americus and Sumter
County was held on March 25 at the
First Methodist Church to perfect
plans for putting over this project.
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Mr. Carl Cushing Die.
(From Commerce News)
Mr. Carl Cushing, 48, died at his
home here Monday morning after an
illness of five weeks from a compli
cation of diseases. He was the
manager of the Commerce Brick and
Lumber Company and had been for
many years.
Mr. Cushing was reared near
Nicholson. Twenty five years ago he
was .married to Miss Lucinda Ben
ton.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and the following children:
Glenn of Atlanta, Frank, Roena,
Walter, Luther, Anna and Lawrence;
his mother and stepfather, Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. Hawks of Nicholson and
the following brothers and sisters,
Millard Hawks, Louisburg, Pa., Vir
gil Hawks, Washington, D. C., Claud
Hawks, Nicholson, Aubrey Hawks,
Commerce, Mrs. Willie Vincent,
Commerce, Mrs. Beatrice Evans, At
lanta, Mrs. Doris Allen, Commerce*
and Mrs. Fannie Harvey, Nicholson.
Mrs. W. T. Stapler Claimed By
Death
At noon Tuesday while neighbors
and friends were busily engaged
with the affairs of life, the spirit of
Mrs. W. T. Stapler, 84, quietly
slipped into eternity.
Mrs. Stapler was born in March
1851, Harriett Elizabeth Burns,
daughter of Gen. James Harvey and
Louisa Neal Burns, who lived near
Hood’s Mill. The old home place re
mained in Mrs. Stapler’s possession.
She was the oldest daughter and
second oldest child in a family of
nine children. She had outlived all
the family with the exception of a
younger brother, Robert Burns.
She is survived by the following
children: Odell Stapler, Mobile,
Ala., Carl Stapler, Meridian, Miss.,
Mrs. R. E. Lowe, Washington, Ga.,
Mrs. Ernest Jackson and Miss Hallie
Stapler of Commerce.
NEW GEORGIA LAW RE
QUIRES APPROVAL OF JUDGE
FOR DEFICIENCY SALES
A measure of protection for prop
erty owners against deficiency judg
ments is provided in a law enacted
during closing hours of the last
general assembly session.
In the past it has been possible
for a mortgage holder to foreclose
under power of sale and in the sale
at the courthouse, generally with no
bidder present other than the mort
gage holder, bid in the property for
a fraction of its true value, then se
cure a deficiency judgment against
the former owner for the “balance
due” on the mortgage.
Under the new law such sales
may be held only on the first Tues
day of each mouth, “in the usual
manner for sheriff's sales,” and in
any where the property is sold
at a figure below the indebtedness,
a report must be made to the su
perior court judge within 30 days.
The judge must order a resale un
less he is convinced the sale price
represents true value of the prop
erty.
Miss Belle Hunter spent Thursday
Jn Nicholson, the guest of her sister.
The Jackson Herald
GEORGIA TO USE
FEDERAL FUNDS
Atlanta.—Federal funds will be
used to pay back salaries of school
teachers beginning first of May, Dr.
M. D. Collins, state superintendent
of schools, has reported.
The federal government authoriz
ed the use of approximately $1,300,-
000 of relief funds to pay back sal
aries of school teachers.
Payrolls of the teachers will be
turned over to Miss Gay Shepperson,
state federal relief administrator,
who will administer paying out the
funds.
Dr. Collins, just returned from
Washington where his activities aid
ed in obtaining the funds. He said
he was given to understand that
more funds would be given if need
ed and Georgia would be treated
just like any other state in getting
such funds.
Schools in Bartow and Ben Hill
counties, which were closed recently
on account of lack of funds, will be
re-opened, Collins said.
Back salaries will be paid teach
ers starting with the month of Feb
ruary and will extend until August.
Teachers will be paid up to S6O a
month with the counties or munici
palities paying the difference, if
any.
MEMORIAL DAY
EXERCISES
The various events taking place in
Jefferson on Friday made the day a
busy one, and almost every citizen
was interested in some ..feature of
the day’s programs. But the pro
gram that elicited the most loving
thought and sentiment was the one
prepared by the Jefferson Chapter,
U. D. C., Mrs. J. C. Bennett, presi
dent, in the celebration of Memorial
Day and the tribute paid to the
thinning gray clad heroes of the
Confederacy, who fought and died
that the highest ideals of the south
land might live.
A program, with Rev. J. A. Gray
delivering the principal address, was
rendered, after which luncheon was
served, the guest list including the
Confederate veterans of the county,
the veteran’s widows, the U. D. C.
members and their husbands, and
the ministers and their wives. Only
two veterans, Mr. T. J. Garrison and
Mr. J. J. Mitchell, were present.
The following widows were present:
Mesdames Mattie E. Boggs, M. N.
Duke, Sallie E. McElhannon, W. C.
Roberts, Frances E. Turner,. Jeffer
son; J. M. Hutchins, Nicholson;
Parmelia Strickland and L. J. Wil-
son, Commerce. .
Jackson County has on the roll
five living Confederate veterans, K.
David, Nicholson; T. W. Garrison, J.
J. Mitchell and C. T. Storey, Sr.,
Jefferson, and A. A- Turk, Pitts.
The widows are Mesdames Mattie
E. Boggs, M. N. Duke, Sailie E. Mc-
Eihannon, W. C. Roberts, Frances E.
Turner, Mary J. Williamson, Jeffer
son; Martha E. Damron, Winterville;
W. A. Dale, Amanda R. Gober, James
Nix, M. T. Porter, Parmelia Strick
land, G. W. Sailors and E. J. Wil
son, Commerce; J. M. Hutchins and
Mary F. Smith, Nicholson; Lucy A.
Rogers, Maysville.
Seventy years have passed since
the close of the war, and most of the
survivors and their widows are too
aged and feeble to attend these pub
lic exercises. One of the guests at
the exercises Friday, who attracted
much attention because of her age
and apparent strength, was Mrs. E.
J. Wilson, who is 94 years of age.
In an address, delivered in Atlan
ta on Memorial Day by Attorney-
General M. J. Yeomans, he was
quoted as saying, “Georgia has at
last and for the first time paid its
Confederate pensioners every dollar
promised.” What a shame and dis
grace it is that this is not true. The
state is indebted to these old heroes
for four months in 1933, one njonth
in 1934, and two months in 1935,
and the greater per cent of this will
not be paid until another legislature
meets in 1937 and appropriates the
money.
ANNUAL MAY SINGING AT
thyatira
The annual “First-Sunday-in-May-
Singing” will be held at Thyatira
church, two miles east of Jefferson,
on the Jefferson-Commerce highway,
on next Sunday afternoon, begin
ning at 1.30 o’clock. This is an
annual event, taking place always
on the first Sunday in May, and al
ways attracts large crowds. AH
singing choirs of Jackson and ad
joining counties are invited, and are
requested to bring song books.
At the meeting of the Ninth Dis
trict High School Association held
In JeffeSn last week, Professor H
I VV Kizer was elected president
of the association and ex-officio *
member of the rules committee of
the State High School meet. These
iwere well merited honors P al( * to
lone of Georgia’s successful school
superintendents.
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JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
9TH DISTRICT MEET
Canton And Buford School* Win
Highest Honor*, With Commerce
And Mayiville in Second Place.
The Ninth District School Meet
assembled in Jefferson on Thursday
and Friday of last week, representa
tives from 45 schools of the district
and visitors .from all sections of
North Georgia, including many school
superintendents, teachers and athle
tic coaches. Jefferson enjoyed their
presence, and invites them to come
again.
Professor W. C. Carpenter of
Flowery Branch was the retiring
president of the Association of Ninth
District Schools, and presided over
the several contests. The contest in
One-Act Play was held on Wednes
day and Thursday nights, April 17
and 18, and the remaining events
took place April 25 and 26, closing
with a contest in music.
The schools were divided into B
and C groups, according to the num
ber of high school pupils enrolled,
and there was strong rivalry in each
contest.
However, winning four first
places, and coming second and third
in several others. Canton High
school made a clean sweep of the
literary events of the Ninth district
for “B” school, scoring points.
Commerce was second with 28
points.
In the “C” division Buford had
high score, with 23 points, while
Maysville was second and Statham
was a close third with 11.
Competition in the literary events
was keen, and several events were
so close the judges were uncertain
of their decision until each compe
titor had given his or her demonstra
tion twee.
' Other scores in the “B” group are:
Winder 8 1-2 points; Gainesville 8
points; Jasper, 4 points; Cummings
3 points; and Toccoa 10 points.
Scores in the “C” division, other
than the two already mentioned
were Cornelia, 10; Grayson, 9; Flow
ery Branch, 10; Dacula, 3 and Elli
jay, 1.
“B” Summary:
Declamation —Won by Jack Wim
bish, Canton; Dick Kenyon, Gaines
ville, second; Bill Bolton, Commerce,
third.
Reading—Won by Lillian How
ard, Canton; Ola Sue Blackman,
Toccoa, second; Mera Tray wick, Com
merce, third.
Boy’s Essay—Won by Smith L.
Johnson, Canton; Emmett Benton,
Winder, second; ’Homer Edwards,
Gainesville, third.
Girl’s Essay—Won by Kathryn
McConnell, Commerce; Margaret Cul
pepper, Gainesville, second; Carrina
Kirk, Jefferson, third.
Piano—Won by Dorothy Jones,
Winder; James Edwards, Toccoa,
second; Sara Frances Parker, Can
ton, third.
Debate—Commerce, first; Canton,
second.
Home Economics—Won by Jua
nita Garrett, Canton; Edith Teas
ley, Toccoa, second; Beverly Syfen,
Commerce, third.
One Act Play—Commerce; Jef
ferson, second; Canton and Winder
tied for third.
Spelling—Won by Commerce, 92.3
per cent; Canton, second, 89.2 per
cent; Toccoa, third.
“C” Summary
Declamation —Won by Randolph
Hendrix, Statham; Harry Hutchins,
Buford, second; Hawthorn Clower,
Grayson, third.
Reading—Won by Clara Wayne,
Flowery Branch; Mary Alice Puck
ett, Buford, second; Joy Hipps,
Cornelia, third.
Boy’s Essay—Won by Billy Fort,
Cornelia; Billy Roberts, Grayson,
second; Bertram Thompson, Buford,
third.
Girl’s Essay—Won by Dorothy
Lee Crowe, Statham; Mary Deadwy
ler, Maysville, second; Joy Hipps,
Cornelia, third.
Piano—Won by Pauline Roches
ter, Flowery Branch; Joy Hipps
Cornelia, second; Dorothy Cheek,
Statham, third.
Debate —Won by Buford; Mays
ville, second.
Home Economics —Won by Zord
Garner, Buford; Jerrye McMillan,
Dacula, second; Jewell Garrett, Elli
jay, third.
One Act Play—Won by Maysville;
Buford, second.
Spelling—Won by Grayson, 85.75
per cent; Buford, second, 75 per
cent; Maysville, third, 71.79 per
cent.
Jackson County Home
Demonstration News
(Leila Bates, H. D. A.)
Sixty-five ladies attended the club
meeting at Bold Springs, on Friday
afternoon. This is the largest at
tendance at any local Homo Demon
stration club meeting so far held.
Planning the well-balanced diet to
meet the needs of the body, and at
the same time cutting cost and time
in preparation was discussed by the
Home Demonstration Agent.
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The Home Demonstration Agent
will be absent from the county May
7 and 8, attending a conference of
Extension Workers in Athens. The
Home Demonstration Council meet
ing for the month will be called off.
It will also be impossible to meet
Pendergrass and Talmo girls’ clubs
and Fair View women’s club at their
regular meeting on Wednesday.
Peach Grower* Face Los*c* From
Curculio Damage
Georgia’s $7,000,000 annual peach
crop is endangered by the heaviest
infestation of curculio in many
years, and unless growers move
quickly to control this pest, serious
losses will occur, according to Geo.
H. Frior, State Extension Horticul
turist.
While growers who have practiced
jarring peach tress to catch the cur
culio have destroyed millions of in
sects, spraying is not effective, and
principal control method to follow
now is picking up the small peaches
which have dropped to the ground
and put them in a hole and cover
with lime and soil, Mr. Frior, said.
The drops should not be thrown in
the creek or stream of water, as this
method does not control the pest, he
said.
“In practically all orchards visit
ed during the past few days, I have
found a heavy infestation of worms
in peach drops,” Mr. Frior declared,
“and the only way to keep wormy
or decaying fruit from resulting is
by carefully picking up these drops
and destroying them. The usual
orchard practice of discing under
the spread of the trees until the last
of June will be destructive to many
of the curculio in the pupae stage
provided there is not an excessive a
mount of moisture in the soil dur
ing the period.
“However, the most important step
right now is to keep the drops pick
ed and destroyed. Unless this is
done thousands of cars of peaches
will be left in the orchards of the
state.
“With an increased production
anticipated, the growers who ships
fruit free of worms and brown rot
may expect better price returns than
those growers who have neglected
to follow those practices which will
result in firm, sound fruit.”
MISS MABETH STOREY’S
SENIOR RECITAL
Miss Mabeth Storey, popular sen
ior at Shorter College, Rome, Ga.,
gave her graduating recital in piano
on Monday evening, April 29th, in
the Shorter College auditorium.
Miss Storey is a pupil of Miss Un
nie Kristina Ramsey. She was as
sisted by Mr. Arthur Sackett Tal
madge, violinist. Her program was
as follows:
Largo, Gavotta, Zipoli.
Praeludium in E minor, Mendels
shon.
Nocturne, Op. 72, No. 1, Prelude
in B minor, Prelude in A major,
Valse in E minor, Chopin.
Sonata in F for piano and violin,
Allegro con brio, Allegretto quasi
andantino, Allegro hiolto vivace,
Grieg.
5 Lose Pocketbooks When ‘Dip’ Op
erates During Tsimsdge Talk
Murphy, N. C. —Five men report
ed having lost their pocketbooks
while hearing the outdoor address of
Governor Talmadge here Monday,
and Chief of Police Fred Johnson,
expressed the opinion Tuesday night
that they were taken by a pickpocket
who roamed at large among the mill
ing crowd of 4,000 persons.
The losses and amounts reported
were: J. T. L. Hartness, Mineral
Bluff, Ga., $92; J. W. Twiggs, Hia
wassee, Ga., a note for SIOO and
$7.50 in cash; J. D. Mallonee, Mur
phy lawyer, s3l; W. L. Garren, of
the lower end of the county, $U>
and H. B. Elliott, S3O. Each of the
purses were said to contain person
al papers.
Thursday, May 2, 1935.
ATHLETIC FIELD
Athletic Field Dedicated And Pre
sented to Trustee*| Track Contest*
Entertain Large Assembly.
In the presence of a large crowd,
many of whom were visitors attend
ing the Ninth District High School
Meet, an SB,OOO athletic field was de
dicated hero Friday- afternoon and
presented to the trustees of Martin
Institute.
Preceding the dedication exercises,
Professor 11. J. W. Kuor entertain
ed at luncheon the Mayor of the city,
the trustees of Martin Institute,
members of City Board of Educa
tion and others, numbering about 30
persons. The luncheon was held in
the Home Economic buildng, and was
prepared and served by the Home
Economics Class. At the conclusion
of the luncheon, the crowd, number
ing at least 500 persons, repaired
to the athletic field. Col. John C.
Turner, Chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners, presided ov
er the meeting, and introduced May
or George W. Westmoreland, who
made a short speech and presented
the deed to the field to John N. Hol
der, Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of Martin Institute, who
accepted the same. Following this
ceremony, short talks were made by
Mrs. Peggy Murphy, Miss Kenan,
Mr. Glass, Mr. Carpenter, Professor
O. C. Aderhold and Mr. S. G. Swin
dle.
The climax of the exercises was
the track meet, which followed the
dedication ceremonies, and resulted
in Gainesville High School winning
the “B” division track crown with 31
points, and Buford capturing the
“C” title, scorning 44 markers.
Toccoa, led by a stocky, red-head
ed little fellow named Pete An
drews, who captured two first places,
came second in the “B” track meet
with 21 points. Canton had third
place with 20 points.
Grayson was second in the “C”
competition, scoring 21 points. John
son, who won both the 220 and the
100-yard dashes, was the outstand
ing man of the lower class meet.
“B” Summary
100-Yard Dash—Evans, Gaines
ville, first; Westmoreland, Toccoa,
second; Hawkins, Canton, third.
Time, 0:10.4.
220-Yard Dash —• Westmoreland,
Toccoa, first; Spratlin, Jefferson,
second; Cheek, Gainesville, third.
Time, 0:23.9.
440-Yard Dash—Scroggs, Gaines
ville, first; Hancock, Jefferson, sec
ond; Smalley, Toccoa, third. Time,
0:59.1.
120-Yard Low Hurdles—Andrews,
Toccoa, first; Mauldin, Gainesville,
second; Bryan, Jefferson, third.
Time, 0:15.6.
Pole Vault—Andrews, Toccoa,
first; Wheeler, Canton, second; Mill
er, Gainesville, third. Height, 11
feet.
Broad Jump—Evans, Gainesville,
first; Catlett, Commerce, second;
Spratlin, Jefferson, and Hilton, Can
ton, tied for third. Distance, 19
feet, 7 inches.
Discus—Price, Canton, first; Cat
lett, Commerce, second; Davison,
Jefferson, third. Distance, 106 feet,
8 inches.
Shot Put —Price, Canton, first;
Wilson, Gainesville, second; Garner,
Toccoa, third. Distance, 41 feet, 4
inches.
Relay—Gainesville, first (Maul
din, Scroggs, Cheek and Evans);
Jefferson, second; Toccoa, third.
Time, 1 minute, 39.4 seconds.
High Jump—Blackwell, Canton,
first; McJunken, Gainesville, second;
Ragan, Jefferson, third. Height, 5
feet, 5V6 inches.
“C” Summary
100-Yard Dash —Johnson, Gray
son, first; Thompson, Buford, sec
ond; Wall, Statham, third. Time,
0:10.6.
220-Yard Dash—Johnson, Gray
son, first; Hutchins, Buford, second;
Nunnally, Statham, third. Time,
0:24.
440-Yard Dash—Greer, Buford,
first; Garrett, Grayson, second; Per
kins, Statham, third. Time 0:61.1.
120-Yard Low Hurdles —Wright,
Buford, first; Nunn, Maysville, sec
cond; Wall, Statham, third. Time,
0:17.5.
Pole Vault —Davis, Buford, first;
Robertson, Statham, second; Morris,
Maysville, third. Height/9 feet.
High Jump—Orr, Buford, first;
Cown, Grayson, and Mobley, Stat
ham, tied for second. Height, 5
Vol. 60. No. 34.
Remains of Mrs. J. J. Orr
Interred in Jefferson
Cemetery
On Friday morning the body of
Mrs. J. J. Orr was brought from
Athens and interred in the family
lot in Woodbine cemetery.
Mrs. Orr passed away early Thurs
day morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. R. Earl Carter, in
Athens, where she had resided since
leaving Jefferson.
The deceased wr.s born anti rear
ed in Jackson county, and spent
most of her life here. She wus 80
years of age, and was a devout
member of the Presbyterian church,
and gave much of her time the
church as long as her health per
mitted. Death followed an illness
of one week.
Funeral services were held in
Athens, conducted by Rev. S. J.
Cartledge and Dr. J. C. Wilkinson.
Surviving Mrs. Orr are her
daughter, Mrs. Carter; a son, Guy
Orr; sister, Miss Lena Oakes and a
neice, Mrs. W. J. Palmour of Gain
esville, Ga.
PROHIBITION RALLY
HERE SATURDAY
Col. Abit Nix of Athen*, and Rev. J.
F. Yarbrough to Speak. Rally at
Oconee Sunday Afternoon.
The campaign in Jackson county
for a retention of Georgia’s present
dry law will reach a climax on Sat
urday afternoon, May 4th, when a
county-wide rally of dry forces will
be held at the local court house.
The meeting is scheduled to begin
at three o’clock, and Abit Nix, promi
nent attorney of Athens, and Rev.
John F. Yarbrough, presiding elder
of the Gainesville district, have been
invited to speak, according to Rev.
R. M. Rigdon, pastor of the local
Baptist church, and chairman of the
Jackson county dry organization.
Both speakers who have been in
vited for this occasion are outstand
ing in their respective fields of work,
and both are former residents of
this county. Mr. Nix is a native of
the county, and Mr. Yarbrough is a
former pastor of the Jefferson Meth
odist church.
The dry campaign has been un
der way in Jackson county for more
than two weeks, and meetings have
been held in various sections of the
county. Much interest has been
manifested, and the rally to be held
at the court house is expected to be
attended by a large number of citi
zens from throughout the county.
A meeting scheduled for this week
is that to be held at Oconee church
Sunday afternoon at three o’clock,
at which time Rev. E. Runyan Col
lins, of Lawrenccville, and M. C.
Frost, of Jefferson, will speak.
Tolbert Is Freed By Barrow
Jurors
Winder, Ga.—A Barrow county
jury in Superior court here lato
Friday acquitted Ab Tolbert, Stat
ham of murdering L. S. Holliday,
well-to-do Statham citizen last No
vember.
The jury received the case about
2 o’clock and was out about two
hours. Judge B. T. Moseley of
Danielsville presided at the trial
which began Monday morning and
lasted until Friday afternoon.
Dr. J. C. Verner Gets
Board of Control Post
Atlanta.—Dr. J. C. Verner, of
Commerce, Ga., has been appointed
to fill the unexpired term of Judge
A. C. Wheeler as a member of the
State Board of Control. Judge
Wheeler is from the Ninth congres
sional district.
Verner was recently named to
succeed Wheeler at the expiration
of his term on July 1, but Wheeler
resigned effective as of April 25,.
Verner’s term began.
feet, IV4 inches.
Broad Jump—Nix,. Buford, first;
Finch, Statham, second; Nunn, Mays
ville, third. Distance, 19 feet.
Shot Put—Greeson, Buford, first;
Mobley, Statham, second; Moore,
Grayson, third. ■•Distance, 38 feet,
5% inches.
Discus —Greeson, Buford, first;
Finch, Statham, second; no third
entry. Distance, 100 feet, 8 inches.
Relay—Grayson, first (Etheridge,
Johnson, Moore and Johnson; Bu
ford, second; Statham, third. Time,
1 minute, 46.2 seconds.