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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
News Items Of Interest Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
Mrs. Rollin McCommons Compli
ments Brothers
(From Greensboro Herald-Journal)
A delightful event among the
younger belles and beaux was the
prom party Tuesday evening, at
which Mrs. Rollin McCommons enter
tained in honor of her young broth
ers, Bill and David Richardson, of
College Park. Miss Mary Paige
Adams and Miss Audrey Robinson
served punch from a beautifully de
corated table on the porch. After
proms, delightful cream and cakes
were served. The attractive hostess
was assisted in entertaining by Mr.
McCommons and Mrs. Lloyd Lewis.
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Aged Maytville Lady Breaks Leg
(From Walton Tribune)
Mrs. F. M. Henderson, mother of
Mr. R. C. Henderson, of the H. M.
Arnold business aggregation, this
city, and who is one of the loveliest
women of Maysvijle, age 82, happen
ed to an accident last Tuesday that
resulted in the breaking of her right
leg, between the ankle and knee.
She was coming down a flight of
steps, and thinking she had reached
the last one, she fell from the bot
tom one, with the result given above.
Mr. Henderson went to see his moth
er Thursday and found her doing as
nicely as could be expected. We
trust this dear creature shall recover
from her misfortune and be permit
ted to go beyond her one hundredth
birthday.
Mrs. Caldwell 111
Mrs. Caldwell, beloved wife of
the editor of The News, to the re
gret of her many friends, has been
on the sick list for some days. While
there has been nothing serious in
her condition, so far, she has been
advised by her physician to stay in
bed for some days longer. At this
time, she shows signs of improve
ment, to the delight of all of us. A
visit from her brother, Mr. Hoke
Troutt, on his birthday, last Thurs
day afternoon, helped her consider
ably.
Mr*. Henry Black Die* Wedne*day
(From Commerce News)
Mrs. Ida Partain Black, 58, wife of
H. T. Black, died at the Commerce
Hospital Wednesday morning at 7
o’clock, after a long and trying ill
ness. Besides her husband and five
children Mrs. Black is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Elbe Hardy, of
Athens, and Mrs. Mary Wilks of
Brockton, and two brothers, J. B
Partain of Commerce and John A.
Partain of Chatsworth.
Central Hotel Changes Hands
The Central Hotel, which has been
under the management of Mrs. Lou
Pounds for the past five years has
been sold to Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Ferris, formerly of Tion, Ga. The
exchange will become effective Au
gust 1.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Nix, Robert,
Dillard Nix, Jr., and Mrs. D. L. Mil
ford attended a reunion of the Har
ris family in Forsyth county on last
Sunday. Mrs. Nix was Miss Clara
Harris before marriage.
Friends here of C. L. Harris, fath
er of Mrs. L. B. Henry, will be glad
to know that he has returned from
the Georgia Baptist Hospital to his
home in Winder after having been
there for sometime critically ill.
Friends of Mrs. Marion Echols,
the former Ruth Lord, will regret to
learn that she is critically ill at the
home of her mother, Mrs. N. B.
Lord.
CHAPTER B.—“THE DEATH
CRASH”
Jack Mulhall in the title role, and
Frankie Darro as his buddy in the
role of a newsrool cameraman, are
making a great hit in “Burn ’Em Up
Barnes,” the eighth chapter of which
is showing at the Roosevelt Theatre.
In this exciting episode, Barnes
breaks into the movies and shows
the stunt men how to really ‘stunt.’
He changes racing cars, without
stopping, and going 90 miles an hour;
shows how to catch an airplane after
it has gone; and does some thrilling
wing-walking 3,000 feet up. He
also becomes a “birdman” stunting
in a plane w,th control wires cut.
The climax is when the plane gets
out of control and comes hurtling
down from the sky.
SINGLE COPY sc.
McConnell—long
The marriage of Miss Annie Belle
Long to Mr. Donald McConnell was
solemnized at 8:30 Tuesday evening,
July 2, at the West End Baptist
Church, Atlanta, in the presence of
a large assemblage of friends and
relatives. Dr. M. A. Cooper, pastor
of the church, performed the cere
mony.
The church was decorated with
palms, baskets of white gladioli, and
seven branched candelabra. The
pews for the relatives were marked
with bows of white tulle.
Before the ceremony a program of
organ music was rendered by Miss
Sara Milner. The numbers used
Schubert’s “Serenade,” “Estrellita”
by Ponce, and “Cantilene Nuptiale”
by Dubois. Rev. Cecil Thompson
sang "I Love You Truly” and “Be
cause,” and during the ceremony
MacDowell’s “To a Wild Rose” was
played. The wedding party entered
to the strains of the weddnig march
from Lohengrin, and Mendelssohn’s
Wedding March was used for the re
cessional.
First to enter were the ushers and
groomsmen, Dr. Nathan Teague, Dr.
J. W. Lynn, S. H. Ridgway, Jr., and
R. C. Ridley.
The bride’s attendants, walking
singly, came next Their dresses of
pastel colors were fashioned alike
of silk net over taffeta. The long
sleeves were finished' with ruffles at
the wrist, and the skirts were full.
Tight fitting, sleeveless taffeta jack
ets with wide, stitched collars were
worn. Miss Mary Frances Long,
bridesmaid, wore pale green, and
carried an arm bouquet of pink roses
and garden flowers tied with green
satin ribbon. Mrs. D. C. Hale, an
aunt of the bride, was matron of
honor. Her dress was light yellow,
and her bouquet of yellow roses and
garden flowers was tied with yellow
ribbon. Miss Marie Long, maid of
honor, was dressed in pink, and her
bouquet of pink roses and blue gar
den flowers was tied with pink rib
bon.
Just preceding the bride was little
Patricia Anne Stevens, of Athens,
and Mary Ann Lancaster, of Cler
mont, cousins of the bride, who were
flower girls. They were dressed in
pink and blue point d’esprit over
taffeta, and carried dainty nosegays
of garden flowers.
The bride entered with her father,
James Melvin Long, and they were
joined at the altar by the bridegroom
and his best man, Dr. Joe Eberhart.
The bride was gowned in white satin
made on simple lines, with long,
tight sleeves, pointed at the writ,
a train set in the skirt.
The only trimming was a piece of
hand-run Alencon lace set into the
beautiful cowl neckline. Her veil
was of illusion tulle made with a
coronet trimmed with hand appliqued
roses made of rose point d’esprit
lace, and it fell in soft folds the
length of the train. She carried a
shower bouquet of white roses and
valley lilies.
Mrs. Long, mother of the bride,
wore a gown of peach lace and a
shoulder corsage of Talisman roses
and valley lilies.
Mrs. McConnell, mother of the
bridegroom, was dressed in dark
blue chiffon. Her corsage was of
Talisman roses and valley lilies.
Immediately after the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs. McConnell left for a
motor trip through the mountains of
North Georgia, Tennesse, and North
Carolina. Mrs. McConnell traveled
in a two-piece outfit of Navy blue
sheer, with white organdie collar.
Her accessories were of navy blue.
After their return they will be at
home to their friends at their apart
ment at 69 Maddox Drive in Ansley
Pary.
The out-of-town guests at the
wedding included Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Ridley, and Bill Ridley, of Colum
bus, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Stev
ens, and Patrica Anne Stevens, of
Athens, Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Lan
caster, and daughters, of Clermont,
and Miss Hazel Dean Hale, of Hix
son, Tenn.
J 7-Year-Old Youth Drown* Near
Clayton
Clayton, Ga.—Garnett Farmer, 17-
year-old son of Hayden Farmer, of
Fannin county, was drowned yester
day in Burton lake. The boy was a
member of a camping party and
drowned, it is said, when he sank in
deep water, he befflg unable to
swim.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
REDWINE REUNION
Gala Program It Arranged For Re
union at Redwine, Hall County,
On Next Saturday.
A crowd of tremendous propor
tion is expected to attend the annual
reunion at Redwine church, Hall
county, on next Saturday. The two
honored guests of the occasion will
be Uncle Jimmie Little and Uncle
Wash Gaines.
They are the only two left of the
company of more than one hundred
comprising Company D, 27th Geor
gia Regiment, C. S. A., who mobiliz
ed at Redwine and marched away to
the fields of Virginia to join the re
nowmed Colquitt Brigade, almost
three-quarters of century ago.
The surviving members of this
company, drawn by a common bond,
decided to organize an annual re
union, and of course old Redwine
campground was selected as the
place. The date was set for the first
Saturday in August of each year.
That was twenty-nine years ago,
and since then the ranks have been
depleted until only the two remain,
but the reunion has grown in signi
ficance and attendance. In the
course of time veterans of other
companies and their friends were in
vited, and three years ago veterans
of all wars were included. It is now
■considered the largest reunion in
Georgia, and the only one of its
kind in the south.
Redwine, one of the oldest and
most sacred shrines of the south, was
a famous campground site long be
fore the outbreak of the Civil War.
Company D added to its fame, but
dark days came after the war and
the old arbor went into decay. It
was rebuilt, but many years ago was
again destroyed. This year it has
been rebuilt to its former glory,
and as a permanent structure. The
camp meeting is again to be resum
ed. •
An elaborate program has been
arranged for the celebration next
Saturday.
At noon a real old-fashioned coun
try spread will be enjoyed.
Uncle Jim Little is now more
than 95 years old, and Uncle Wash
Gaines is 89, but they are looking
forward to “their” day, not as a mile
stone on the westward slope, but as
time when they can again meet in
spirit that valiant company whose
deeds they will hear extolled, whose
sacrifices they will hear related—
feeling in their hearts the approval
of that silent host.
POLITICAL FACTORS
MUST GO IF STATE
GETS FEDERAL FUND
It appears certain that the $19,-
000,000 of federal funds is not go
ing to be allocated to the Georgia
Highway Board until the engineer
ing forces of that board “are so re
organized as to eliminate state poli
tical considerations” and brought up
to the efficiency the federal govern
ment requires, David S. Atkinson,
attorney-at-law and state Senator
from the First district, reported on
his return from Washington this
morning.
Senator Atkinson, who is chair
man of the Democratic party in
Chatham county, and one of the
prominent members of the Georgia
Legislature, said after reporting the
highway fund situation as it seem
ed to be in Washington that if Gov
ernor Talmadge maintains his pres
ent position the general opinion is
the felerad highway funds will be
turned over to the cities and coun
ties for local use.
He said it was stated in Washing
ton that Georgia is not being
“singled out for punishment,” but is
being required as “other states have
been required,” to place its Highway
Department “in the high state of ef
ficiency required on all government
projects.”
NEW CONTROL BOARD
MEMBERS BEGIN WORK
Atlanta, Ga.—Two new members
of the State Board of Control, which
has supervision over eleemosynary
institutions, began serving six-year
terms today, as the board convened
at the capitol for its quarterly meet
ing.
They are R. J. Mincey of War
then, who succeeds Marion Allen of
Milledgeville, and Dr. J. C. Verner
of Commerce. Dr. Verner was serv
ing an unexpired term previously.
Jackson County Home
Demonstration News
(Leila Bates, H. D. A.)
Camp opened at Thyatira July 23,
with 30 girls registering for the
days. .These girls were from ten
different clubs in the county.
A picnic supper the first evening
was followed by games led by Miss
Elizabeth Hood, an older 4-11 club
girl. A Reading Skit by Sara Harp
er and Lizzie Ruth Fambrough of
Long View Club was part of the
evening's entertainment.
The girls were given compliment
ary tickets by Mr. Bell to go swim
ming in the new pool. The cool, in
vigorating swim at six o’clock in the
morning started the camp off with
a bang the second day.
Mr. C. I. Johnson, Extension Agri
cultural Engineer, and Miss Willie
Vie Dowdy, Home Improvement
Specialist, was at camp by 8 o’clock
Wednesday morning to conduct the
Build Something Project. In a few
minutes after his arrival every girl
was turning a cigar box into some
thing attractive and useful. Each
girl was so concerned with sawing,
and nailing and varnishing that the
time arrived to leave for the picture
show before a single girl had sus
pected.
Mr. Ware gave the girls a free
admittance to see “Ten Dollar
Raise.”
Mr. Dupree Barrett, Extension
Agricultural Engineer, discussed with
the girls in the late afternoon on
Wednesday, “Trees, and Their Value
to Man and the Need for Protecting
the Forest.” He carried the girls
on a tree hike, identifying trees and
shrubs, that might be used in the
yards for shade or as base plantings
around the house.
The county officials were guest of
the girls for dinner Wednesday
evening. The meal was served down
in the woods below the camp in a
simple camp style. Rev. Gray had
change of the Vesper service which
followed.
Several of the guest assisted in
bringing the girls into town to the
court house to see a picture show on
Forrestry, which Mr. Barrett had
arranged.
On the morning of the last day of
camp, Miss Frances Smith gave an
intei*estir\g demonstration on Pot
tery. She assisted the girls in
moulding the clay into vases, bowls,
ash trays of various shapes and
kinds. They were shown how to
bake, paint, and shellac these pieces,
giving them the appearance of real
glazed pottery.
Miss Willie Vie Dowdy, Home Im
provement Specialist, took the
“Girl’s Bedroom,” for the subject of
her class period. The girls got many
helpful suggestions for improving
their rooms.
The Music Appreciation Class was
conducted by Miss Nixon Mobley,
who each year makes a definite con
tribution to the camp program.
People are happy when they sing
together, and Miss Mobley had each
girl doing her best.
Another demonstration that was
given was Making Pot Holders, using
two paper salad plates and bright
colors of wool thread. The girls not
only made the holders, but many of
them completed a pot holder also.
Mrs. Imo Adams of Hoschton taught
this class.
Again recognition to those who
helped to make the camp program
a success by their fine co-operation
and able assistance is given to Miss
Willie Vie Dowdy, Mr. G. I. John
son, Mr. Dupree Barrett, Mr. Jim
Bell, Mr. S. C. Ware, Rev. J. A.
Gray, Miss Nixon Mobley, Miss
Frances Smith. Also, Mrs. Imo
Adams, and Miss Elizabeth Hood,
who helped with the entire camp
program. Appreciation is extended
to those who helped by carrying the
girls to and from the swimming pool
and picture show, as well as the
many other little favors that count
so much.
Those girls attending camp were:
Jane Lott, Helen Pirkle, Zelma Reid
ling, Jeanette Shuler, Virginia Shul
er, Ruth Shirley, Vivian Shirley,
Patsy Whitmire, Ernestine Wilkes,
Johnnie Massey, Lydia Pearl Massey,
Thelma Wilkes, Murdelle Thurmond,
Dorothy Blackstock, Annie Lee
Baird, Kathleen Brooks, Cathryn
Wallace, Ruth Swindle, Sara Harper,
Estelle Hill, Mary White, Woodie
Reynolds, Lizzie Ruth Fambrough,
Frances Dunagan, Bernie Webb,
Rose Davis, Myrtle Baird, Kathleen
Thursday, August 1, 1935.
SUPERIOR COURT
Augutt Term Jackion Superior Court
Will Meet Monday For Two Week*
Seiaion.
Judge W. W. Stark will call the
mid-summer session of Jackson Su
perior Court to order Monday morn
ing of next week for a two week’s
session. Solicitor J. C. Pratt of Win
der, Clerk C. T. Storey, Jr., and
Sheriff R. M. Culberson will have
the court machinery ready to turn,
and a busy session is in prospect.
The court calendar and the list of
jurors have been published in a form
er issue of The Herald. The civil
docket will be called the first week,
and on Monday of the second week
criminal cases will be tried. The
session will draw a large crowd of
visitors to Jefferson.
MISS LURLINE NIX PASSES AT
COMMERCE
Miss Lurline Nix, daughter of Ex-
Senator J. M. Nix and Mrs. Bennett
Nix of Commerce passed away at the
home of her parents in Commerce
Monday, following an illness of sev
eral months. Miss Nix was a descend
ant of two prominent Jackson county
families who were important factors
in the early history of the county.
She was greatly beloved in her home
town and was active in the work of
the Commerce Baptist church.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at the Commerce
Baptist church and interment was in
the cemetery at Apple Valley.
Besides her parents she is also
survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ed
ward Massey, of Greenville, S. C.;
Mrs. Claud Williams, of Gainesville;
Miss Lucile Nix, of Atlanta; two
brothers, Abit Nix, of Athens, and
Ernest Nix, of Jacksonville, Fla.
HARVEY, SMJTH TO GO
TO ALCATRAZ PRISON
Confident that their convictions
will be upheld by the circuit court
of appeals, federal government au
thorities have made arrangements
for Leland Harvey and Aubey Smith,
Georgia’s noted escape artists to
serve their seven-year terms for
bank robbery at Alcatraz, the escape
proof prison off the coast of Cali
fornia.
It was learned authoritatively,
says an Atlanta dispatch, that San
ford Bates, superintendent of fed
eral prisons, has issued orders that
when and if the Harvey and Smith
sentences are upheld the men be re
ceived at the federal prison in At
lanta and immediately transferred to
Alcatraz.
The island prison, known as the
American “Devil’s Island,” lies in
San Francisco bay and already holds
some of the nation’s most notorius
federal prisoners, including A1 Ca
pone, who served part of his ten
year sentences for violation of the
income tax laws in Atlanta.
Shell, Jimmie Ruth Watkins, Eliza
beth Hood.
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Home Improvement Short Course
A Home Improvement Short
Course for club women was held
Wednesday and Thursday at Thy
atira. Mr. G. I. Johnson gave a
demonstration in building a lawn
chair, and Miss Willie Vie Dowdy
showed the ladies how* to refinish
furniture. About 50 women attend
ed the meeting.
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County Wide Recreation Meeting
To Be Held
The Home Demonstration Council
planned a county wide recreation
meeting to be held at the Thyatira
Camp Saturday evening, August
3rd, at 6:30. This meeting will
be the get-to-gether for parents and
children from all over the county
for bhe year. Each Home Demon
stration Club is asked to send a gal
lon of ice cream to be sold. The
proceeds will go to pay the expenses
of a Home Demonstration Club mem
ber and a 4-H club girl to the State
Short Course in August, 12-17th.
Each club will also want to urge a
large delegation from the community
to be present.
This would be a good time for the
young folks to take that straw ride
in a wagon or truck. Get together
and plan your trip and count on
having a big time. . Everybody is in
vited.
Vol. 60. No. 45
Mr. R. C. Robert*,
Prominent Citizen, Pass
es at His Country Home
Following a serious illness of sev
eral days, Mr. Richard Crayton Rob
erts passed away at his country
home on Route 1 early Saturday
morning.
Mr. Roberts was a native of Jack
son county, born and reared within
a few miles of the place of his
death. He was 79 years of age, and
was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Roberts, prominent and
pioneer citizens of this county. In
early manhood, Mr. Roberts joined
the Academy Baptist church, and
throughout his long life retained his
membership at this church. He re
ceived his education in the country
schools of his community, and though
he was denied the privilege ef at
tending school for a long period of
time, yet he was a man of superior
intellectual capacity and knowledge,
and was a student of current events
and problems.
Inheriting from his forbears a love
for agricultural pursuits, he spent
his life tilling the soil, and was one
of the most successful and intelli
gent farmers in this section of the
state. He produced all the things
that were needed to sustain life for
both cattle and man, and in his home
was gracious and hospitable.
Mr. Roberts was married three
times, and is survived by his widow;
by a daughter, Mrs. F. W. Marsin
gill, of Cornelia; two sons, J. G. and
Jewell Roberts; a brother, J. B. Rob
erts; six grand children, R. C., Jr.,
Misses Frances and Julia, Guy, Alton
and Emmett.
Funeral services were held at the
home Sunday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. A. J. Johnson of Cornelia,
assisted by Rev. R. M, Rigdon and
Rev. J. A. Gray. The pall bearer*
were Hugh H. Turner, W. L. Patrick,
H. W. Davis, A. S. Johnson, J. S.
Ayers, R C. Roberts, Jr., W. E.
White and W. W. Dickson.
Two old hymns, “Rock of Ayes,”
and “Land Fairer Than Day,” were
sung by Mrs. J. C. Turner, Mrs. C.
B. Lord, Col. J. S. Ayers, Dr. C. B.
Lord and Col. H. W. Davis, with the
accompaniment played by Miss Nell
Blackstock.
Interment was in the home ceme
tery.
THOMPSON-McCLURE WEDDING
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Of cordial interest in this section
of Georgia was the marriage at 5 p.
m. Saturday of Mr. John G. Thomp
son and Miss Josephine McClure of
Commerce. The ceremony was per
formed in the Jefferson Methodist
church before an improvised altar of
ferns, flanked on each side by tall
baskets of summer flowers. Rev.
Harry Lee Smith, pastor of the Jef
ferson Circuit, officiated, using the
ring ceremony. The marriage rites
were witnessed only by the imme
diate members of the two families.
The bride wore a traveling en
semble of navy blue crepe, with rose
blouse. All of the accessories were
navy blue.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson left for
Highlands, N. C., to spend a few days,
after which they will be at home for
the present in Athens.
The bride is the attractive and
popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. McClure of Commerce, Mr. Mc-
Clure being connected with the
Georgia Power Company. Since the
announcement of her engagement to
Mr. Thompson, she has been the
center of numerous social affairs in
Commerce, where she is highly es
teemed for her many gracious wo
manly characteristics.
• Mr. Thompson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. William P. Thompson of
Jefferson. He is the great grandson
of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Pitt
man of Jefferson and Captain and
Mrs. George E. Deadwvler of Mays
ville. His forbears were among the
most prominent citizens of Georgia.
He graduated from Martin Institute
and attended Georgia Tech. He
now holds a position with the Feder
al government, being supervisor of
two CCC camps this section of
the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have the
sincere good wishes of a wide circle
of friends.
Messrs. Dickson Storev, Franklin
P. Holder and Storey Ellington were
guests at the Dickson cottago at
Mountain City the past week-end.