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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
EXCHANGE NOTES
News Items Of Interest Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Commerce I^ews)
Three Hundred Cars Peaches Are
Shipped
Peach season closes with this
week’s work, and to date 287 cars
have been shipped, with several qiore
to go. It is estimated that three
hundred cars will have been shipped
by the end of week. Of this
number Hood Orchard Cos. shipped
110 cars. Only one time has this
company shipped a greater number
of cars. The fruit this time has
been unusually good. Much of it has
been of uniform size, some of the
orchard owners state that the fruit
was small, others that it was of good
size. All of it was beautifully col
ored. The price was low, because of
the depression, and because the
market was glutted, the fruit from
practically all southern orchards ar
riving at the market at the same
time. All growers indicate that af
ter expenses are paid there will be
little surplus.
Robert Poiey Killed By Fall In Well
Robert Posey was killed by falling
in the well at the home of his broth
er, Homer Posey, who lives on the
farm of Claud Montgomery, near
Borders Creek Wednesday morning.
It is said that a bucket became lodg
ed in the well, Mr. Posey stated that
he would get it. The well rope was
taken off and a chain put on the
windlass and a bucket attached to
same. Mr. Posey got 'astride the
bucket and started the descent, when
the chain -broke, dropping him about
seventy feet into the well. It re
quired some time to get a sufficient
ly strong rope to effect his rescue.
"When he was brought up it was
found that he had a deep gash across
the base of his head and his stomach
was said to have been full of water.
First aid was administered, as he was
being rushed to the hospital, but he
died before he could be admitted.
Banks County Convicts Escape
Late Wednesday afternoon two
convicts who were on a truck on the
Commerce-Homer road near Cole’s
Filling Station overpowered the
guard, took his gun, drove the car
to Pittman’s Bridge and marched the
guard and four convicts down a side
road at the point of the gun and
tied the guard and three convicts to
trees after having run Crumley, re
cently sentenced to the gang, into
the woods. They undressed the
guard, and one of the holdup men
put on his clothing. They then got
into the truck and made their get
away. Crumley, who had not gone
far, came to the rescue of the guard
and three convicts who were tied to
trees and released them. The sheriff
and bailiffs quickly started in pur
suit, but so far they have not been
reported caught. A report was re
ceived early Thursday morning that
they had been sighted near Athens
but the report has not been verified.
Grandmother Wright Celebrates
90th Birthday
Grandmother Wright, who makes
home with her nephew, T. C. Wil
liams, was honored on the occasion
of her ninetieth birthday last Sun
day, July 28. Relatives and friends
gathered at the home of Mr. Wil
liams to wish Grandma many returns
of the day Sunday morning, and no
one enjoyed the occasion more than
the honoree. At noon a lovely din
ner was spread in the yard beneath
the trees. The food was bountiful,
and all that could be desired. Sev
enty-five relatives were present on
this gladsome occasion.
(From Banks County Journal)
Experience With Lespedeza
Two years ago we sowed three
varieties of Lespedeza, Sericea, Ko
rean and Tennessee 76. The Seri
cea grew four foot high, the other
two varieties about four inches high.
Sericea is perennial, the other va
rieties annual. A crop of Sericea
came from the roots this year, and
is now five feet high. The roots
grow to a depth of about five feet.
Drouth does not effect it. It is a
great land builder. It makes ex
cellent hay, and we believe many
farmers could improve their land by
raising a few crops of Sericea hay.
When you sow this Lespedeza one
time you are through, it comes from
the roots thereafter. It is also
easily killed if you want to cultivate
the land at any time.
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DR. W. L. MATHEWS ,
ELECTED 9TH DISTRICT
LEGION COMMANDER
Gainesville, Ga.—Dr. W. L. Math
ews, of Winder, was elected com
mander of the Ninth District Ameri
can Legion, at the annual meeting
here Friday. Winder was selected
as the next place of meeting.
A resolution was unanimously
passed indorsing Miss Helen Estes,
of Gainesville, as president of the
Department of Georgia, American
Legion Auxiliary.
More than 250 Legionnaires from
over the district were present, and
addresses were made by Delacy Al
len, Albany, state commander; Stan
ley Jones, Macon, state adjutant
lieutenant, of the Sixth District; Ed
Rivers, speaker of the house; Quim
by Melton, Griffin, national vice com
mander; B. Frank Whelchel, con
gressman from the Ninth District,
Scott Candler, mayor of Decatur,
and others. C. R. Hammond, com
mander of the Ninth District, presid
ed.
Entertainment features included a
big barbecue at the City Park and
a baseball game at New Holland be
tween Chicopee and Canton. The
town was decorated with flags in
honor of the occasion.
ATHENIAN, AGED 95, HAS HIS
APPENDIX REMOVED
Athens, Ga.—Proof that the hu
man appendix is liable to cause trou
ble any time from the cradle to the
grave was furnished Tuesday when
Raymond Adams, aged 95, was car
ried to the General hospital with an
acute attack of appendicitis.
Mr. Adams underwept an opera
tion, conducted by Dr. John A. Hun
nicutt and, this morning, his physi
cian reported that his condition is
satisfactory. Mr. Adams will be
ninety-six years of age in Novem
ber. He resides with his daughter,
Mrs. Luelle Mitchell at 115 East
Hancock avenue.
Two records have been establish
ed by Mr. Adams. In the first place
he has attained an age which only
one in one hundred thousand persons
reaches and to undergo an operation
for appendicitis at such an advanced
1 age, is another unusual occurrence.
OVER 1,000 GUESTS SEEN FOR
ATHENS FARMERS’ WEEK
Athens, Ga.—The annual farm
and home week at the Universitly of
'Georgia College of Agriculture will
be held August 12-17, it was an
nounced Saturday.
At a series of meetings for farm
ers, farm women and 4-H Club boys
and girls, programs will deal with
every phase of agriculture and rural
life Lectures, demonstrations and
tours will be included./
Dean Paul W. Chapman said Sat
urday “every person in Georgia in
terested in agriculture is cordially
invited to visit the college of agri
culture during the week, and to
participate in the program.”
The first meeting for farmers,
August 13, will be a district meeting
of the Georgia Vegelatbles Grow
ers’ Association. August 15 will be
live stock show, and on the 16th
programs will deal with producing
pastures and feed crops. The final
day’s program will include discus
sions of farm price, markets, farm
credits and other aspects of busi
ness management.
Miss Lurline Collier, extension
state home demonstration agent, will
have charge of the program for wo
men.
The 4-H Club programs will be in
the nature of a leadership confer
ence that will be participated in by
approximately 500 boys and girls
who have shown outstanding ability
in farming and home-making.
It is expected here that more than
1,000 visitors will occupy universi
ty dormitories and remain for the
entire week.
Epidemic Now In Maryland
The epidemic of infantile para
lysis have spread into Maryland.
Several cases of the disease were re
ported in the old line state.
The U. S. Public Health service
received word of fourteen new cases
in Virginia during the past 24 hours.
Washington, D. C., reported six new
cases for the week ended July 27.
Officials of some Virginia coun
ties have forbidden children to at
tend any public assemblies, includ
ing movies, Sunday school, and all
swimming pools. Virginia now has
272 cases of the dread malady.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
WPA PROJECTS
Eleven WPA Projects Approved In
District No. 1 Announced From
Washington.
Approval of 11 WPA projects in
District No. 1, was announced from
Washington, D. C., by authorities in
a story by the Associated Press.
Thu eleven projects will be car
ried out ut a cost of $103,763 ac
cording to allotments for each pro
ject in the Aossciated Press story.
There are thirty-two counties in this
district, but work will be done in
only nine of them, according to
present plans. Other projects, how
ever, have been sent to Washington
by Mr. Glass for confirmation.
The Athens district includes five
FERA districts. They are districts
19, 20, 21, 22 and 25. There,are
eight districts in the state, and Dis
trict No. 1 is among the largest.
Counties under Mr. Glass’ direc
tion, are District No. 19—Colum
bia, Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Tal
iaferro, Warren, Wilkes; District No.
20 —Clarke, Elbert, Hart, Jackson,
Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe;
District No. 21—Banks, Franklin,
Habersham, Rabun and Stephens;
District No. 22—Barrow, Gwinnett,
Newton, Rockdale and W'alton; Dis
trict No. 23—Baldwin, Greene, Han
cock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam
and Wilkinson.
Included in the allotments is $9,-
120 for Soil Erosion work in Clarke
county, $15,960 in Madison county,
and $17,100 in Jackson county.
It is believed by Mr. Rast, that
the money will have to be used to
employ men from relief rolls in the
state. He said he had been inform
ed, unofficially, that the Soil Conser
vation Service in Georgia was ex
pected to give employment to at
least 300 men under the WPA. The
allotments, however, would give em
ployment to 300 men in Jackson
county and 160 in Clarke county for
three months, Mr. Rast said.
Projects approved in counties in
this district follow:
Barrow county, Malaria drainage,
$28,808.
Clarke county, Soil Erosion work,
$9,120.
Columbia county, Installing Sani
tary pits, $1,866.
Glascock county, Surface toilets
with sanitary pits, $1,944.
Habersham county, Drainage of
swamps, $2,769.
Hart county, Hartwell, Malaria
drainage, $4,070.
Jackson county, Soil Erosion on
Sandy Creek, $17,100.
Madison county, Sanitary pits
$1,110; Soil Erosion work, $15,960.
Oglethorpe county, Malaria drain
age, $4,110.
Stephens county, Toccoa, Malaria
drainage, $37,896.
SQUIRRELS CHEW UP TELE
PHONE LINE AT MONROE
Monroe, Ga.—Squirrels, which are
presumed to gambol about in inno
cent play, put thirty-five telephones
out of commission here.
The Georgia Continental Tele
phone Company said Wednesday it
would require about SI,OOO to re
place one-inch lead cable in an area
of about half a mile.
The sqifirrels chewed up the cable.
Just how long it took the nut
gatherers to do the job is not
known. It had been dry here for
weeks, and the damage did not show
up until heavy rains recently.
Complaints of interrupted service
began to pour into the office of the
company from thirty-five subscribers
along Broad and McDaniel Streets.
Fred Yarbrough, superintendent,
quickly found the cause of the trou
ble.
Beginning near the home of May
or George Hammond, on North Broad
Street, the lead cable had been
chewed almost in two at varying in
tervals. The line was held together
by small copper wires which the cable
encased. Telephone service was re
stored promptly but a greater por
tion of the half-mile of cable will
have to be replaced.
GUEST—GREENE
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Guest an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Gladys to Mr. George Greene, of
Commerce, Ga., the marriage taking
place July 24, at Jefferson.
Per Capita Income of $12.39
Contrasts With Output
of $10.28
The state of Georgia collected
$36,043,159.40, or $12.39 for every
man, woman and child in the state,
during the year 1934, and spent
$29,902,970.83, or $10.28 per capita,
according to an annual report on the
functions of every department of the
state government, filed Saturday by
State Auditor Tom Wisdom.
Of the revenues the state raised
$29,174,341.38, or $10.03 per capita,
while the Federal Government grant
ed $6,868,818.02, or $2.36 for each
inhabitant of Georgia.
Operating expenses of the state
government was $10,186,131, or
$3.50 for every person in the state,
the grants to civil divisions and
others were $8,356,529, or $2.87 per
capita, and the outlay for lands,
buildings and higway construction
amounted to $11,360,309, or $3.91
per capita.
The current debt of the state of
Georgia was fixed at $4,111,660, or
$1.41 per capita, and the fixed debt
at $34,089,058, or $11.72 per capita.
This figure includes the $26,637,355
due the various counties by the High
way Department for road work.
The total amount paid by both
the state and Federal Government to
the Highway Department was given
as $16,507,447; the total amount
paid the common schools as $6,471,-
026, and the total paid the Univer
sity System for higher education was
$3,327,687. Other chief expendi
tures were $1,022,942 for Confeder
ate pensions, $353,000 to the judi
ciary, $2,311,232 on the public debt,
$1,414,205 to eleemosynary institu
tions and $2,213,206 to all other
agencies of the state government.
There remained unexpended at the
end of the year $121,098.29.
SUPERIOR COURT JURORS
The following are serving as su
perior court jorors this week:
Grand Jurors
L. L. Davis, Foreman.
J. H. Kinney, Clerk.
T. W. Moore.
E. S. Gilmer.
Jas. R. Potts.
D. P. Bolton.
Oscar L. Reynolds.
J. R. Moon.
Dooly C. Short.
Ernest Brock.
W. Ellis White.
W. D. Holliday.
B. F. Wilson.
Albert D. Barnett.
J. Hubert Gillespie.
J. O. Howard.
G. Hubert Martin.
Jas. J. Harber.
Jno. W. Sailors.
R. R. Culberson.
Claud Hancock.
R. J. Kelly.
Luther Potts.
TRAVERSE JURORS, IST WEEK
PANEL NO. 1.
1. R. O. Lyle.
2. Fred Venable.
3. W. Early Benton.
4. E. Grover Massey.
5. Claud C. Smith.
6. Andrew J. Maddox.
7. Obe L. Smith.
8. Henry W. Satterfield.
9. L. R. Lavender.
10. J. Ed Wilks. s
11. Jno. L. Catlett.
12. Clyde G. Benton.
% PANEL NO. 2.
1. Bee Wilson.
2. Walter H. Sailors.
3. Frank D. Dowdy.
4. B. H. Mathis.
5. H. B. Nash.
6. Homer W. White.
7. W. R. Glenn.
8. Lonnie Williamson.
9. Albert C. Langston.
10. C. C. Freeman.
11. G. L. Hubbard.
12. Ralph Wilder.
PANEL NO. 3.
1. Hubbard Jones.
2. H. Odell Williams.
3. R. R. Wilson.
4. R. Owen Vinson.
5. I. L. Ethridge.
6. Hoyt Williamson.
7. R. P. Hosch.
8. M. C. Roberts.
9. W. F. Higgins.
10. T. N. Suddath.
11. J. O. Voyles.
12. J. Morgan Wilhite.
Mr. Key Holliday is leaving Sun
day for an extended tour *f Cuba.
—Athens Banner-Herald.
Thursday, August 8, 1935.
COURT NOTES
Jackaon Superior Court Convened
Monday Morning With Judge B.
P. Galliard Presiding.
“Who is that gentleman with the
gavel?” a citizen of Jackson coun
ty asked of the man next to him in
the court room when Jackson Su
perior Court convened Monday at
10 o’clock. It was Judge B. P. Gal
liard, of Gainesville, Judge of the
Superior Court of the Northeastern
Circuit, to whom the citizen referred
and who rapped on the desk before
him saying, “Court will please come
to order.”
People of Jackson have been so ac
customed to Judge Stark presiding
over this court that when someone
else takes his place it always elicits
some comment. For many years
Judge Stark presided over the City
Court of Jefferson, and for eleven
years he has been Judge of the Su
perior Court of this judicial circuit,
during which time he has made a re
cord for efficiency, fairness and jus
tice.
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Judge Galliard has nine counties
in his circuit, the largest number of
counties in any Georgia judicial cir
cuit. He has made an enviable re
cord as Judge. In addition to being
an able lawyer and a conscientious
judge, he is a student, a scholar and
one of the greatest orators of this
day and generation. In charging the
grand jury of this county, he used
the purest of English, and the words
came from his lips with rythm and
such sincerity that the people in the
court room were held in rapt atten
tion during the delivery of the mes
sage to the grand jurors. He gave
in careful detail the duty of the
grand jury, eliminating from his
charge all tautology and redun
dancy, so that when he had finished,
every joror understood his duties
and responsibilities.
In charging the grand jury About
the performance of their duty with
courage and fidelity and without
fear or favor, he said it sometimes
is not only unpleasant, but painful,
to one’s heart to have to perform
certain official duties, but the con
scientious juror never shirks his
duty, nor fears the consequences to
himself. “An example,” said he,
“Of one who is honest and courage
ous in the performance of his of
ficial duties is the President of the
United States. There is not in all
the world a more capable and fear
less public official, and yet one whose
sympathetic and unselfish heart beats
in unison and harmony with the
great masses of the people. While
he is one of the greatest business
men of our country, yet above this
he is the greatest lover of humanity
and deliverer of the suffering of any
Chief Magistrate at the head of any
government in the world today.”
It was no surprise when the grand
jury filed back into the court room
with Mr. L. L. Davis heading the
body as their foreman. He has been
identified since his young manhood
with the affairs of Jackson county.
As an active business man, he has
achieved splendid success in this
line. In addition, however, he has
been a potent political force, not only
in Jackson, but in Georgia. Not
ambitious to hold office himself, ke
has been unselfish, and zealous in
rendering political aid to his friends.
A few years since, however, public
sentiment crystalized so completely
about him that he was chosen with
out opposition Mayor of Commerce,
his home town, which he served faith
fully and well. Mr. Davis will make
a capable foreman of this grand
juryV
Mr J H. Kinney was chosen clerk
of the grand jury, and no doubt will
prove himself to be the right man in
the right place.
Over inside the bar, while Judge
Galliard wars charging the grand
jury, the members of the Jefferson
bar all seemed ready to carry on for
their clients. They are J. S. Ayers,
Judge of the City Cout of Jefferson,
H. W. Davis, Solicitor of the City
Court of Jefferson, George W. West
moreland, Mayor of Jefferson, C. L.
Bryson, County Attorney and Treas
urer of Jackson county; Frost &
Frost, and H. A. Stephens. Also,
seated inside the bar were Colonels
E. C. Stark, S. J. Smith, G. P.
Martin and W. D. Martin, all Jack-
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son county attorneys residing in
Commerce; Nixon Rainey of Win
der; Thomas J. Shackelford and Abit
Nix of Athens, and Colonels Pem
berton and Joe Cooley of Lawrenee
ville. Of the non-resident attorneys
in the court room at the opening of
this term of court, Nixon Rainey,
Thomas J. Shackelford and Abit Nix
are native sons of Jackson county;
and Colonel Cooley and his son, Joe,
were long residents of Jackson
county, and the last named was bom
in this county. Jackson county is
well pleased with her lawyer sons,
living both in the county and outside
the county.
Other visiting lawyers attending
court are G. D. Ross of Winder,
a native of Jackson county,
Hamilton Phinizy of Augusta, Or
rin Roberts of Monroe, and D. M.
Parker, Assistant Attorney General
of Georgia.
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The superior court officers of
Jackson county are always ready for
court. J. C. Pratt, the Solicitor
General, whose home is in Winder,
knows what cases he will try and is
thoroughly familiar with the facts
and testimony in each case. Con
scientiously in favor of upholding
and sustaining the law, he is a vig
orous and relentless prosecutor of
law violators. He is also absolutely
fair-minded, and when he finds he
has not sufficient evidence to con
vict, he will not hesitate to so state
in "open court.
Sheriff 1 R. M. Culberson, always
calm, always in complete control of
himself, has jurors and witnesses
properly summoned before court, and
always has his assistants near by
ready to be sworn in to serve dur
ing court. At this session he has
assisting him and his deputy, Mr.
Fred Culberson, the following: G. R.
Griffith, J. T. Stringer, G. C. Sorrow,
Claud Pettyjohn.
Clifford T. Storey, Jr., the affable
and painstaking clerk, never is call
ed on for information in his office
which he cannot give. He performs
his duties so efficiently and so cheer
fully that he is lauded by officials
with whom he is associated and by
people whom he serves.
The popular court stenographer,
T. J. Syplian, of Commerce, was al
so in his place ready to record in
shorthand all proceedings.
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“How old are you?” asked the
Judge of a lady who was asking to
be divorced from her husband. Her
answer was “I am nineteen.” “When
were you married?” he asked. “Tn
1932.” It will thus be seen the lady
was only sixteen when she married.
There were several divorce cases
heard at the Monday morning ses
sion of Jackson superior court. All
except one were wives asking di
vorces from their husbands. All
these wives seemed to be no older
than the one who was asked the a
bove questions by the Judge.
It was a genuine pleasure to see
in Jefferson during court that fine
citizen and successful farmer from
Pike county, Hon. W. A. Strickland t
For a number of years he represent
ed Pike county in the House, and
was there at a time when an effort
was made to create anew county by
taking a part of Pike. He vigorous
ly opposed this legislation. He
said, “Back there in those years
many people thought I was wrong in
opposing new counties. Now they
see I was right. The State had too
many counties before any new ones
were made. Georgia has more coun
ties than any State in the Union,
except Texas. Ido not know that
the State will ever reduce the num
ber of counties, and I doubt the wis
dom of it now, but it was a mistake
to make so many new counties.”
The case of Georgia Chemical Co
of Augusta vs. Williford, Burns &
Rice, now being tried shows why
courts are appealed to for the pur
pose of settling differences. The
former contends that the latter is
due them a sum of thirty thousand
dollars, while the latter claims it is
not due anything. Each ride seems
to be honest and sincere in its con
tentions. It is in the trial of just
such cases that the jury experiences
great difficulty in reaching a correct
verdict.
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Next week the criminal docket
will be called.