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THE JACKSON HERALD
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'Official Orson of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER .Editor
W. H. WILLIAMSON...Bus. M’g’r.
JEFFERSON. GA., JUNE 6. 1935.
BUSINESS LOOKS AHEAD
Despite confusion over the sudden
fall of the NRA, there are cheering
evidences that even those who op
posed that system are now thinking
more than ever earnestly on the
needs which it was designed to serve
—that is, if they think at all beyond
their individual and immediate in
tcitstii. The issue of Business Week
for June 1 voices editorially the judg
ment of thousands who have wel
comed the Supreme Court’s decision,
but who realize that it is not an
answer to urgent problems which
are inherent in the very nature" of
present day commercial and indus
trial relations. There ure responsi
bilities, and likewise opportunities,
which must be met. “Anew con
•cept of the relationship between
businc.-s and the public has develop
ed; it needs to be clarified and im
plement!' 1 in a constructive way.”
And this cautious observer, though
looking askance at the New Deal,
goes on to remark: ‘‘Thousands of
business men have gained experience
in a now kind of co-operation. Tr&de
associations have been strengthened
and trained in the business of elimi
nating evil trade practices and avoid
ing destructive competition. . . .
There is little probability that in
telligent employers will take advant
age of the Court’s decision to de
troy any of the real benefits of NRA,
to restore such abuses as it eliminat
ed, to reduce wages or to retaliate
against labor.” This may be an
overly optimistic view, since ‘‘intelli
gent employers” will have to com
pete with those of another stamp.
But, at least, it shows the trend of
enlightened business thought.—At
lanta Journal.
AN UNJUST DECISION
Guy B. Park, governor of Missouri,
brought cheer and comfort to the
hearts of kidnapers on Monday when
he cor l muted the death sentence of
Walter McGee to life imprisonment.
McGc was convicted of abducting
Miss Mary McElroy of St. Louis and
keeping her prisoner for a number
of days. He was convicted under a
new statute which fixed the penalty
for kidnaping at death. The evi
dence against McGee was ample and
his guilt wa3 promptly decreed by
the jury that heard the case. The
jury did its duty in convicting Mc
<Jee and the judge before whom he
was tried did his in pronouncing the
death sentence, Governor Park has
lamentably failed in his duty in de
clining to permit the law to take its
-course.
The country viewed with satis
faction the finding of the jury. At
last it was hoped a kidnaper would
got the punishment he deserved and
which the law of Missouri says could
be handed to him.
And now the governor of the
state undoes it all. He removes
the fear of quick ami just punish
ment from the hearts of the lowest
type of criminal. Kidnapers should
lie very grateful to the judge who
has just thwarted justice and set a
premium upon the most despicable
f crimes.—Savannah Press.
AITOMOBILE INDUSTRY
INCREASES
If the auto industry is a depend*
aide barometer for business condi
tions generally, a fairly complete in
dustrial recovery ought to be upon
U' - before very long.
Figures compiled by the Automo
bile 31 mufacturers’ Association show
that auto production for the tirst
four months of 1935 was the second
largest for that period in the indus
try's history. Only in 192(1 was a
greater number of cars produced in
the first four months of the year;
and production to date outranks that
for all 1932.
Figures like these are too impres
sive to be laughed off. Somewhere,
down below the surface, a tide of
recovery must be rising.
We’ll probably be arguing for
another half-century about what
caused it and who was responsible
for it—but, for the present, we can
4)0 nothing but welcome it with deep
rejoicing.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. FroSt were in
Winder recently, guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Harrison.
THE PRICE OF HASTE
“Haste,” according to the Travel
ers Insurance Company, “causes nine
out of tn automobile accident
deaths.”
There arc various forms of hasty
driving—all of them reprehensible,
all generally unnecessary. Exceed
ing the speed limit is the most com
mon form—and is the most import
ant single cause of fatal accidents.
Reckless driving—such as cutting in
and out of traffic, passing on hills
and curves, etc.—is another form.
So is driving on the wrong side of
the road. So is usurping the right
of-way—which is an especially pro
lific source of accidents, serious and
minor, in towns and cities.
Last year haste in its many forms
was the direct cause of about 30,0(Tfi
deaths, to say nothing of hundreds
of thousands of injuries, and prop
erty damage running into the mil
lions. At best, those hasty drivers
might have saved a few seconds or a
few minutes by being reckless —they
might have reached some distant ob
jective half an hour sooner than if
they had driven carefully. What a
price they and their innocent victims
paid for that potential saving in
time.
For every driver who is hasty be
cause of a genuine need to get some
where in a hurry, a hundred drivers
are hasty for no sound reason at all
—because they are congenitally
careless, irresponsible or incompet
ent. How long are we going to per
mit these drivers to sacrifice thou
sands of lives a year on the altar of
recklessness?
FACTS ABOUT HOLLYWOOD
A few things all fans should know
about Hollywood—but few do:
Hollywood originated in 1885,
when Mrs. Daeida Wilcox gave the
name to her husband's ranch, situat
ed in what is now the heart of the
film hamlet.
Actually there is no such place as
Hollywood. It’s a part of the city
of Los Angeles.
An airplane flying overhead makes
enough noise to necessitate stopping
all film production, as the micro
phones will pick up the drone of the
motor.
David Butler, who has directed
most of Shirley Temple’s pictures,
has no children of his own.
Motion picture rouge is not red—
it’s brown.
The average studio sound stage is
large enough to hold 10 ordinary
two-story homes.
No person ever became a film star
overnight—even Shirley Temple’s
sensational rise being slower than
that.
No studio buys original stories
submitted by unknown authors. The
contributions always are returned un
opened.
Will Rogers, who first rose to
fame through being a rope expert,
never has had a chance to show his
roping skill on the screen.
The average feature length picture
represents about a month’s work for
200 persons, exclusive of the actors.
The snow you see on the screen
usually is made of raw corn flakes.
Hollywood never has seen a rail
road train. The nearest station is in
downtown Los Angeles, ten miles a
way.
The majority of studio executives
are not more than five feet seven
inches tall.
Northeast Georgia, with an aver
age rainfall of 53 inches, with a
mean temperature of 74 degrees in
the summer, 44 degrees in the win
ter and 230 days in every year in
which field crops grow, with an
abundance of pure running water
on every farm, with a variety of
fertile soils ranging from sandy
loams to heavy clays, offers more to
the farmer who wants to live on his
farm than any section of the jpnited
States.
Last year, new 7 residential housing
construction totaled $108,000,000.
This year it is expected to reach
$250,000,000. Forty per cent of
the “housing market” is in 5 states—
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Ohio and -California, and more than
75 per cent of prospective business
is in one-third of the states. FHA
estimates that a backed-up need now
exists for $1,000,000 to 1,500,000
new homes.
It seems that our Governor has
just about quit the job of governing
and has taken to the lecture plat
form. It comes rather expensive to
travel £\\ over the country deliver
ing lectures, but we understand that
the Governor charges no admission
fees. —Swainsboro Forest Blade.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
JEFFERSON CITY COUNCIL ASK
ED NOT TO LICENSE SALE
OF BEER
No action was taken by Mayor
and Council Monday night on peti
t tions and protests against licensing
the sale of ( beer in Jefferson. A
large number of citizens were pres
ent in the Council Chamber to at
tend meeting of Council. Petitions
of citizens and resolutions by mis
sionary societies of the different
churches were presented to the city
officials by Rev. R. M. Rigdon, chair
man of the committee of the recent
campaign in this county against the
repeal of Georgia’s bone dry law.
In presenting petitions and resolu
tions,' he recalled and emphasized the
vote in the county and town in the
election recently held on the ques
tion of repeal of Georgia’s prohibi
tion laws.
Mrs. John N. president of
the Jefferson Woman’s Club, was
presented by Mr. Rigdon. In be
half of the club of which she is
president, she protested the licensing
of sale of any intoxicants in Jeffer
son.
Short speeches were made by
Judge J. S. Ayers, M. C. Frost, Prof.
H. J. W. Kizer, Prof. T. T. Benton,
E. S. Ethridge, John N. Holder, and
others, all opposing license of beer
in Jefferson and Jackson county.
Colonel J. C. Turner, Chairman of
the Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Jackson County, as
sured those present that the Com
missioners of this county would not
grant a permit for the licensing of
the sale of beer in Jackson county.
Council will act on the question of
the licensing of the sale of beer in
Jefferson when application or appli
cations are made for such license if
any such applications are ever made;
or it may pass resolutions on this
question, even should no application
for beer be made.
It is generally believed that Coun
cil will refuse beer license, and it
is assured that county authorities
will oppose sale of any intoxicant,
all of which means that neither Jef
ferson r.'or Jackson county will
have any beer saloons.
In making a talk before Council,
Prof. T. T. Benton declared he not
only is opposed to the licensing of
the sale of beer in Jefferson and
Jackson county, but is in favor of
enforcing the dry law, so that beer
and other outlawed beverages shall
not be sold illegally. His talk found
ready response and hearty echo from
others present.
WHELCHEL OFFERS BILL
TO PAY VETS’ WIDOWS
Washington, June 3.—Under a bill
introduced by Representative Whel
chel, democrat, Georgia, today, wi
dows and orphans of World War ve
terans who died of non-service caus
es would receive two-thirds the a
mount paid dependents of veterans
whose death was caused by service
connected wounds or injuries.
The annuities to widows would
continue to death and those to chil
dren under the age of 16 or until
married.
Whelclfel introduced also a bill to
restore to the statute book those
laws granting pensions to Spanish
War veterans which were repealed
by the economy act of 1933.
A third measure offered by the
Georgian would restore the two-cent
postage rate.
NOTICE REGARDING HOME
LOAN ACT
Col. W. D. Martin of Comrqerce
writes The Herald: “On May 27,
1035, the President signed a bill
amending the Home Owners’ Loan
Act setting aside funds to take care
of distressed home owners. But all
applications have to be sent in on
or be f ore June 27, 1935. For the
benefit of distressed home owners of
Jackson county who are entitled to
some of this fund, I have all forms
in my office to make application for
this fund.”
Robert Hardee, Lowndes county
farmer, has seen his first motion pic
ture, and as a member of a jury
sitting on a murder trial in Valdosta.
The jurors obtained permission of
Judge W. F. Thomas to attend a
movie between sessions of the trial
—Hardee accompanied them. After
the show 7 he commented that he was
“very much surprised at what I
have been missing.”
The Butler Herald remarks that:
A neighboring editor points out that
this is the only country in the world
that has 25 million automobiles and
19 million people on relief. The
editor pertinently inquires if it is
possible that there is any connection
between these twro facts.
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL
(By E. B. Betts)
Mr. George W. Bailey, of Jeffer
son, Jackson County, Georgia, the
Empire State of the South, was a
prominent visitor at the National
Capitol last week. While here he
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. D.
Bailey. ,
X t X
National memorial day exercises
were held on June 2nd, at Arlington
National Cemetery, the cemetery of
the nation’s heroic dead. Hon.
Josephus Daniels, United States Am
bassador to Mexico, made the princi
pal memorial address.
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A Senate investigation into the
crash of the TWA Airline, Sky
Chief, which claimed the lives of
Senator Bronson Cutting of New
Mexico, and four others, was de
manded on June Ist, by Senator
Hiram W. Johnson of California, and
Senator Carl A. Hatch of New Mex
ico.
Senator Gerald P. Nye, Progres
sive Republican, of North Dakota,
spoke on War Profits at a dinner
meeting of the Young Men’s Club of
the Georgetown Presbyterian Church
on June 3rd.
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The Senate Privileges and Elec
tions Committee, on June Ist, dis
missed all charges in the contest for
the Senate seat of Hon. Rush D.
Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia,
except his eligibility. He was elect
ed to the United States Senate from
West Virginia on November 6th,
1934, over Senator Henry D. Hat
field, Republican, when he was 29
years old. He will be 30 years old
on June 19th, 1935, as required by
the Federal Constitution, and he ex
pects to be sworn in on June 19th.
Senator Walter F. George of Geor
gia is chairman of this committee.
The Assistant Secretary of War
and Mrs. Harry H. Wooding, of
Kansas, are at home here at the
Woodlawns, originally the home of
Mrs. Nellie Curtis, and now owned
by Mrs. O. W. Underwood. She is
the widow of the late Hon. Oscar W.
Underwood, of Alabama, who served
10 years in the House and 12 years
in the Senate from the State of Ala
bama.
PLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN
Importance of playgrounds and
other recreation centers in American
cities is illustrated by the current re
port of the National Recreation As
sociation.
This report shows that 5,000,000
children used public playgrounds re
gularly last' summer, and that muni
cipal recreation centers for young
people and adults were used by 1,-
• 600,000 people. Playgrounds base
ball teams gave reci'eation to more
than 60,000 young men; playground
tennis courts served just less than
1,000,000 people.
The thing to notice is that the
facilities we have are not nearly ex
tensive enough. The association re
ports that 10,000,000 city children
are still without playgrounds, and
that neighborhood playing fields are
only about 30 per cent adequate.
While we are spending public
funds on non-profit making projects,
this great need of playgrounds and
recreation facilities must not be
overlooked.
Governor Talnzadge has been tell
ing the public that it was only neces
rary to get rid of the NRA in order
to place the country back on the
high road to recovery, high prices
and prosperity. For one thing, he
said, the South would have 20-cent
cotton. We wonder if the Governor
took note of the fact that yesterday,
on the strength of bare possibility
that the AAA program would follow
NRA into the spot cotton
dropped $3 a bale.—Albany Herald.
Atlanta City Council has again
ignored a supplementary petition
signed by 11,798 persons asking that
body to set an election on a proposal
to allow Atlantans to vote on wheth
er they want Mayor Key to operate
a series of liquor stores and put the
profits into the municipal treasury.
By a vote of 22 for to 12 against a
ruling of Mayor Pro Tern, Ed A.
Gilliam that the proposal was out of
order, council sustained Gilliam’s
ruling, and thus for the fourth time
failed to approve municipal liquor
dispensaries for the city.
Fishing in lakes and streams be
came legal Saturday, and the lakes
in North Georgia were visited by a
large number of fishermen on the
opening day.
ROOSEVELT THEATRE
JEFFERSON, li GEORGIA.
7:30 TO 11:00 O’CLOCK EACH NIGHT
MATINEE WEDNESDAY, 3:30; SATURDAY 2:30
Special Morning Matinee* Wednesday and Friday 10 O clock
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
EDDIE CANTOR, ZIEGFIELD FOLLIES, in
“WHOOPEE”
PARAMOUNT SPORTLIGHT, “SADDLE CHAMPS”
ADMISSION 10 and 20 Cents
(Mrs. S. W. Dadisman)
SATURDAY
KERMIT MAYNARD, ANN SHERIDAN, in
“RED BLOOD OF COURAGE”
OUR GANG COMEDY, “MIKE FRIGHT”
Admission Matinee EVERYBODY 10 CENTS.
Admission Night, 10 and 15 cents
(F. C. Williamson)
MONDAY
Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Joan Bennette, in
“PRIVATE WORLDS”
METRO SHORT SUBJECT, “GENTLEMAN OF POLISH”
UNIVERSAL NEWS REEL
Admission 10 and 25 Cents
(Rubye Taylor)
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
RAY WALKER, ARLINE JUDGE, in
“MILLION DOLLAR BABY”
CHAPTER 12, “RUSTLERS OF RED DOG”
BETTY EOOP, IN “LITTLE SOAP AND WATER”
Matinee Wednesday 3:30 P. M.
Admission, Matinee and Night, Everybody 10 cents
(Mrs. Fannie Duke)
If your name appears in this advertisement, clip and present
it at the door for a complimentary seat.
CIRCLE NO. ONE MEETING
Circle No. One of the Baptist W.
M. S. met with Mrs. T. T. Benton
Tuesday afternoon, May 21. The
meeting was called to order by the
leader, Mrs. Martin. Missionary of
fering and dues were paid in to Mrs.
Benton, circle treasurer. Personal
service reports made to Mrs. C. B.
Lord, circle chairman, of that work.
Deep regret was expressed by all
present that Mrs. Cox, because of an
automobile accident, was in hospital
and unable to meet with us. The
secretary was requested to write
her a letter to this effect, and that
each member remember her with a
card.
At the close of the business meet
ing, Mrs. Martin gave the devotion
al, reading Psalms 100, followed by
prayer. Mrs. Rigdon then gave two
chapters of Mission Study book on
Kagawa.
The following ladies were present
and enjoyed delicious refreshments
served by hostess, who was assisted
by her niece, Miss Miriam Frazier:
Mesdames Elrod, Lord, Appleby,
Willis, Martin and Rigdon.
G. A. MEETING
The Girls Auxiliary of the Baptist
W. M. S. held their May meeting at
the Scout Cabin. The program and
business meeting was first held, fol
lowed by a weiner roast. The busi
ness meeting w r as presided over by
president, Emilyn Rigdon. Minutes
were read by secretary, Eleanor
Hosch, followed by treasurer’s re
port. Personal service reports were
made by each member.
At the close of the business meet
ing, Ann Appleby, program chair
man for month, gave program with
her group on subject, “Angels of
3lercy.”
Prlrs. Rigdon gave devotional on
subject, “Plan of Healing in the
Ministry of Jesus.” Others on pro
gram were: Ann Appleby, Eleanor
Hosch, Jean Roberts and Mary Pur
cell. Other membei’s present were:
Emilyn Rigdon, Linda and Carolyn
Loi'd and Mary Harris Collier. Sal
lie Bryan came later and joined
them in the weiner roast.
Athens retail merchants moved
Saturday to act in unison in volun
tarily preserving NRA in that com
munity and addressed an appeal to
President Roosevelt and the Geor
gia congressional delegation to put
through legislation, within constitu
tional limitations, designed to con
tinue the basic principles” of the
national recovery act. It is assert
ed by signets of the petition that
NRA has been of “inestimable bene
fit to the consumer, to labor and to
the retail craft; that its discontinu
ance in principle would cause the
benefits that have been gained un
der NRA to be almost immediately
lost.”
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1935.
PRESBYTERIAN AUXILIARY
CIRCLE MEETS
Circle One of the Presbyterian
Woman’s Auxiliary met on Monday
afternoon with Mrs. W. M. Mc-
Donald. In the absence of the
chairman, Miss Mary Dyarmon pre
sided.
The program subject, “Joy of
Giving,” was presented by Mrs. W.
H. Smith, leader, assisted by Mrs.
S. B. Archer, Misses Mary Dyarmon
and Edith McDonald.
The devotional was given by Mrs.
Hal Moore, using the Holy Spirit as
the theme.
The following members were pres
ent: Mesdames S. B. and L. H.
Archer, W. H. and S. J. Smith, J.
C. Dooley, Hal Moore, W. M. Mc-
Donald, J. C. Turner, Misses Dyar
mon and McDonald. Mrs. Hill of
Griffin was a welcome visitor.
REV. J. A. GRAY SPEAKS TO THE
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
“Orientals in America” is the
Home Mission book being studied by
the Methodist Missionary Society,
and the first chapters were given
Monday afternoon by Rev. J. A.
Gray.
In the absence of the president
and vice-president, Mrs. J. D. Escoe
presided over the meeting, which
was held in the church. Repoi’ts
from the officers and committees of
work accomplished during the past
month were .made, showing that sls
had been paid on the church debt
fund, and that a box valued at $7.00
had been sent the Good Will Indus
tries in Atlanta. Funds received
from the sale of old papers and
magazines were directed to be paid
on some improvements at the par
sonage.
A resoluction was passed, asking
the City Council not to license the
sale of beer in Jefferson.
SOUTHWORTH CIRCLE MEETS
The Southworth Circle held
regular May meeting with Mrs. Ed
Hardy on Tuesday evening, May
23rd, with eleven members present.
Mrs. Bz-yan, chairman of the circle,
presided, and reports were called for
from the different committees. It
is the decision of the circle to ap
propriate 5c out of each 25c to an
Emergency Fund. Roll call, and
payment of dues amounted to
$10.92.
After the business session, the
program was in charge of Mrs. Bill
Roberts. The lesson subject for the
month was “Lifting the. Banner
Through a Ministry of Healing,
which was most interestingly dis
cussed by Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. Ader
hold, Miss Nelle Blackstock and Mrs.
Ab Hardy.
At the conclusion of the program,
the hostess served sandwiches and
tea, and the meeting closed with a
pleasant social half-hour.