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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
Some News and
Some Views
Concerning: the spending of the
nineteen millions of funds furnish
ed Georgia by- the Federal Govern
ment, which are to relieve unem
ployment, as well as to build and
improve highways, Congress and the
President intend and expect no par
tisanship, politics or partiality
shown to any political party or fac
tion, or to any section or to any
county, or any part of a road. Just
because a county or people living
along a highway or an individual
supported or opposed any particular
candidate, is not a reason why a
county or a road should be given or
not given a project; and why any
individual should be given a job or
not given one. This money is for
the benefit of every county, and the
relief of all unemployment, matters
not what political party or faction
to which a person may belong. Just
give all the people and every county
and every section a square deal is
all that is asked or expected under
the New Deal. Nothing less than
this is fair, just or right.
Let no farmer be deluded about
receiving rental benefit checks if the
processing tax is abolished. If this
tax be not collected he will not re
ceive one dollar of money directly
from the Government for rent of
his land, which in reality is a gift
to him. Repeal the law that imposes
this tax, and this would automati
cally do away with the Bankhead and
all other acts providing for control
production of cotton. This would be
followed by almost unlimited acre
age being planted to cotton, and pro
bably twenty or twenty-five million
bales produced, which would bring a
price from three to five cents per
pound, and this would mean chaos,
bankruptcy and financial ruin to
cotton growers and others. Now a
tax is levied on all the country for
the benefit of tlie South, and especi
ally for the farmers of the South.
What could be better?
Mrs. Susie T. Moore of Tifton
will succeed Mrs. Edgar Alexander as
Democratic National Committee Wo
man from Georgia. She was very
anxious for the job, and it will suit
her. She is a widow, and reported
to be rich. She has nothing to do
then except to clip bond coupons,
collect rents and interest, ride the
train or automobile, attend functions,
make speeches and talk politics.
Since she is the National Committee
Woman of the Democratic Party of
Georgia, it is hoped that she will
truly speak and work for the party
she is named to represent.
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Some may call Roy Harris, one
of the Representatives from Rich
mond County, erratic; some fanatic,
some dogmatic and some dramatic;
but every one can truly call him
Democratic. He is not of the milk
and cider, namby pamby kind, but
loyal to the party and its great lead
er, Franklin D. Roosevelt. He has
little patience with any man, mat
ters not hov* high his official position,
who claims to be a Democrat, yet
goes over the country making Re
publican speeches and heaping abuse
on the President, than whom the
great masses of the people never had
a better friend.
If an editor of a big daily has
written half dozen or more long edi
torials criticising the New Deal and
has agreed with the enemies of the
President, and yet has written one
short editorial saying, “nobody can
beat Roosevelt except Roosevelt him
self,” this editor is a mug-wnmp. A
mug-wump has been described as
one who is on the fence with his
mug on one side of the fence and
his wump on the other.
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Morgan Blake is sport editor of
the Atlanta Journal, and each day
writes a fascinating and interesting
column for that paper. He is also
teacher of a Sunday school class of
the Baptist Tabernacle, Atlanta, and
can be heard each Sunday morning
over the radio. He is a great writer,
but equally as great a teacher. The
writer of these lines has been help
ing furnish copy more or less for
the columns of this paper for many
years, and has the high honor of
talking each Sabbath to a Sunday
school class composed of some of
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the noblest and best men who ever
sat under the sound of any man’s
voice. The Holy Bible is emphatic
in its teachings against covetousness,
but it seems that it is not a violation
of the spirit of the Sriptures for this
writer to wish for, and to covet, the
splendid ability and magnetic pow
er of this able editor and thrilling
expounder of the Word. His like is
hard to find.
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Abit Nix, of Athens, may contem
plate being a candidate for Gover
nor, or he may have no idea of
seeking to become the Chief Execu
tive of Georgia. Some claim he will
not be a candidate, because he repre
sents as attorney certain big corpor
ations. Whether he represents
them, or not, would make no differ
ence with him, should he become
Governor. He now represents them
as an attorney; whereas, if Gover
nor, he would discontinue the prac
tice of law, devote all his time to
his office, and the people. He has
ability, courage, sincerety and hon
esty. These noble virtues, together
with his being fair-minded and just,
would insure that every man, every
business, every institution and every
enterprise would receive at his hands
every consideration due them, and he
would do right by them without
favor, fear or partiality. This is
not a suggestion to him to become
a candidate, but the statement of a
verity.
Pictures of Senator R. B. Russell,
Jr., and Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee Hugh Howell
were recently placed side by side in
one of the daily papers. It was real
interesting and entertaining to look
at the likenesses of these two distin
guished sons of the Empire State of
the South. Hugh Howell looked
like he had fallen from grace and
did not know whether to swear or
repent. Senator Russell had a com
bination expression depicted on his
magnetic countenance. He seemed
lialf pleased, appeared to have a
cold, and was trying to sneeze, and
he had a dry grin and upturned
nose like his alfactories caught a
whiff of something that was some
what repugnant to his delicate sensi
bilities. But above all, it caused
the hearts of those to rejoice who
beheld this new combination of Da
mon and Pythias in Georgia, and
say, “Behold, how good and how
pleasant for brethren to dwell to
gether in unity.” May the brilliant
faces of the two popular citizens
now so much in the limelight, never
become wrinkled nor less handsome,
nor lose their lustre; and if the
camera could catch the Chairman of
the Democratic party working for
the party and being loyal to the
great leader, the President, and not
be antagonistic to both, what a hand
some and fascinating picture that
would be.
E. B. Betts, a former Jackson
county citizen who has been at the
National Capitol for many years
and who enjoys wide popularity be
cause of his courteous attention to
those who ride the elevators, fre
quently is complimented by the news
paper correspondents. Only a few
days ago, Ralph Smith s column in
the Atlanta Journal said:
Ellis Betts, the congressional ele
vator operator who once held up the
President, takes pride in being non
partisan.
“I never had no animosity against
a man for being a Republican,” he
says. “Just a while back I got three
crates of peaches from Georgia, and
I give ’em half to Democrats and
half to Republicans.”
All Betts asks is that they tell him
which way they want to go. The
vice president got aboard recently,
and Betts started up. When Garner
impatiently demanded to go the oth
er way, Betts retorted: “You didn’t
say which way you wanted to go;
I'm no mindreader.”
The vice president had nothing
more to say. \ •
“John was in one of his bad hu
mors that night,” Betts now ex
plains “The newspaper boys were
crowding in the elevator right on
top of him, and he was sore, or he
wouldn’t of spoke to me that way.”
Betts writes a weekly column
called “Notes From the Capitol,” for
tbe Jackson Herald, of Jefferson, Ga.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
MR. H. A. LEVIN PASSES
f The citizens of Jefferson and Jack
son county were grieved to learn of
the passing of Mr. Hyman A. Levin,
whose death occurred in a hospital
in Atlanta on Wednesday of last
week. Funeral services were held
Thursday morning, Rabbi Harry Ep
stein officiating, and interment was
in Greenwood cemetery. Mr. Levin
was 55 years of age, and is survived
by his widow, and five children:
Messrs. Joe, Jack and Morris, and
Misses Ann and Sarah Levin.
Mr. Levin was a native of Russia,
coming to this country in early life.
Many years ago he located in Jeffer
son, and became one of the town’s
most prosperous merchants and high
ly respected citizens. He was a
man of high intelligence and splen
did education, and could always be
found advocating those things that
were for the better interests of his
fellow citizens. He fully indentified
himself with the civic, educational
and religious life of the town. Al
though loyal to his Jewish belief
and teachings, he attended religious
services in the protestant churches,
and permitted his children to become
members of protestant church
schools. Most of his children were
born in Jefferson, and all of them
were reared here. Four of them are
graduates of Martin Institute. He
was a devoted, ambitious father,
giving his children college educa
tions, and was proud of the progress
they are making in the business and
professional world.
The three sons located in Atlanta,
and later were joined there by their
mother and sisters. Although suf
fering great financial reversion be
cause of the depression, Mr. Levin
remained in Jefferson, hoping to re
gain his losses, but was stricken
with ill health, and was forced to
retire from business. He joined his
family at their Parkway Drive home
only a few months ago, and was nev
er able to regain his health. He had
hundreds of friends in this section,
who will be filled with sadness be
cause of his death.
MR. JEESE B. LYLE
Death Saturday claimed Jesse B.
Lyle, one of the four remaining
Confederate Veterans of Barrow
County. Mr. Lyle was a member
of the Sixteenth Georgia Regiment,
and served during the entire four
years of the war in the army of
Northern Virginia, and was present
at the surrender at Appomattox. He
was a native of Jackson county, and
following the war he returned to his
native county and took a leading
part in the rebuilding.
Mr. Lyle was born November 4th,
1841. Immedately on returning
home following the war, he married
Miss Cynthia Fleeman, who preced
ed him to the grave nineteen years
ago. They lived together for fifty
three years, and were blessed with
nine children; seven who are now
living are Mrs. Emma Guffin of At
lanta, Mrs. Claudia McCain, J. H.
Lyle, J. D. Lyle and J. F. Lyle, all
of Barrow County, R. O. Lyle of
Jefferson, and C. M. Lyle of Athens;
one sister, Mrs. Julia Parker, of Au
burn; apd a brother, Dave Lyle, of
South Georgia; thirty-six grand chil
dren, fifty-eight great grand chil
dren, and three great great grand
children.
Mr. Lyle was a member of the
Methodist church for, eighty years.
He was buried at Ebenezer Sunday
afternoon, with Rev. Harry L.
Smith, the pastor, officiating.
BISHOP PREDICTS UNIFICATION
FOR METHODIST CHURCH
Macon, Ga. —Bishop W. N. Ains
worth, Southern Methodist leader,
predicts unification of the three
branches of American Methodism by
1940.
He was a member of the national
joint commission which met recent
ly in Chicago to work out anew plan
for merging the church divisions.
In a statement last night the
bishop said he believed the latest
unification proposal would be “gen
erally acceptable to the churches.”
He added that all sections and local
interests of the Northern, Southern
and Methodist Protestant branches
would be “fully protected” under
the new jurisdictional arrangement.
The plan, he said, will require
five years for adoption by the three
general conferences and, if ratified,
“will make one church of eight mil
lion members and the largest ecclesi
astical body in America.”
EXCHANGE NOTES
Newt Items Of Interest Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
(From Gainesville News)
Buffington Reunion Held At Lebanon
The first reunion of the Buffington
family was held at Lebanon camp
ground Saturday. T. Braxton Buff
ington was elected president, and
Ralph Buffington was elected secre
tary. About two hundred and fifty
members of the Buffington clan, to
gether with friends, assembled at
this famous old campground. A
very interesting history of the fami
ly by Miss Edna Buffington,
which had been gathered by Eraxton
Buffinington oVev a period of two
years, was heard with much interest
by the clan. Other data will be as
sembled by next year’s reunion and
a permanent record made of the
Buffiington generation. Congressman
Frank Whelchel delivered a most in
teresting address at the gathering
which was much enjoyed. The
ground for the campground was
given by a Buffington as was that for
Lebanon church. The campground
is over one hundred years old. The
Buffington’s settled in that portion
of Hall county and most of them
still live in Tadmore, Glade and
Gillsville districts. The Buffington’s
are good folks and have contributed
much to the development of Hall
county.
Dr. Downey Injured In Auto
Accident
Dr. J. H. Downey, prominent
Gainesville surgeon, was cut and
bruised in an automobile accident
last Wednesday night at Spartan
burg, S. C., where he had gone on
a visit. His car, driven by his chauf
feur, skidded on wet pavement in a
heavy rain and crashed into a tele
phone pole. The injuries were pain
ful but not serious, and Dr. Downey
returned home Friday. The chauf
feur was not seriously hurt.
Peach Tree Bloom* In Gainesville
Yard
Mr. N. E. Lawson, Gainesville con
tractor, reports to The News today
that he has a peach tree at his home
on W. Washington street in full
bloom. This is the first time the
tree has behaved so out of season,
he states, and it presents a '"V.ious
sight.
Walton Davi* In Automobile
Accident
(From Commerce News)
Walton Davis was badly cut and
bruised but received no broken bones
when the car he was driving Sunday
afternoon ran into the car-driven by
Mr. Greer, of Greer, S. C., in which
Mrs. Greer and Mr. Marlow of Mays
ville were passengers. Mr. Davis
was en route to Commerce. Mr.
Greer was driving in the opposite
direction toward his home in Greer,
S. C. The accident occurred near
Barney Young’s Filling Station in
Homer. Mr. Davis it is said thought
Mr. Greer was going to drive into
the station but changed his course
suddenly back into the road, when
the car driven by Davis crashed into
the side of Greer’s car. Mrs. Greer
is said to have a broken collar bone,
Mr. Greer fractured ribs and Mr.
Marlow badly bruised and some cuts.
Both cars are said to have been bad
ly damaged.
Mrs. T. A. Minish In Charge Of Soil
Erosion Office
Mrs. T. A. Minish, the former Miss
Lois Arthur, took charge of the Soil
Conservation work in the Commerce
area the first of this week. The of
fice is in the rear of the city clerk’s
office and Mrs. Minish is statician
for this work. Although the office
has been open for about two weeks
she took charge officially on last
Monday.
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Winder Citizens Improving
(From Winder News)
Friends of Messrs. A. A. Camp and
John Maynard will be gratified to
know that they are both continuing
to recover from their recent illness.
Mr. Camp at his home here is re
ported as showing considerable im
provement during the past few days,
while Mr. Maynard who is in the
hospital at Athena is hoping to be
able to return home within a week.
Dr. Nunnally fflJkr Treatment At
MiytA
(From Wlalton News)
A few days ago, accompanied by
his wife, Dr. Harry B. Nunnally
went to Mayo Brothers’ Sanitarium,
one of the most outstanding institu
tions of the kind in the United
Thursday, September 12, 1935.
NATIONAL POOL
FOR EXCESS GIN
TICKETS OPENS
The regular 1935 national pool
for the sale of surplus cotton tax
exemption certificates started receiv
ing certificates from growers Sep
tember 4, according to an announce
ment received by county agent W.
■Hill Hosch from the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration. The
pool will sell certificates for a price
representing 5 cents per pound of
cotton.
E. L. Deal, manager of the 1935
pool, said that scattered efforts to
buy certificates at a lower price have
been rumored, and warned growers
against people who make such of
fers, saying that purchase of certi
ficates at a price lower than 5 cents
not only is a breach of regulations,
but also results in a corresponding
loss to the growers selling the certi
ficates. The pools will return to
growers the 5 cent price, deducting
only enough to pay for operating ex
penses. Those charges last year
were less than 1 percent.
The pools for the sale of tax ex
emption certificates are a develop
ment of the Bankhead plan, and are
designed to offer growers added pro
tection. Under the Bankhead Act a
national allotment of cotton that
may be ginned tax-free is fixed. Each
grower has his individual share of
that allotment. When cotton pick
ing time comes some growers may
find that their crops are short —
they have more tax exemption certi
ficates than they have cotton. Oth
ers may have more cotton than is
covered by certificates. Both stand
to gain if growers with extra certi
ficates can sell the certificates to
growers with extra cotton at a price
loWer than the ginning tax. Within
counties such deals can be made
personally. The pools were estab
lished to handle transfers over larg
er areas.
Mr. Deal said that the regular
1936 certificate pool will be run a
long lines similar to those followed
last year. He advised growers to
get in touch with their county agents
or assistants in cotton adjustment,
who will enter certificates in the
1935 pool.
JAMES CAGNEY NOW
NEMESIS OF GANGLAND
The way of the United States
Government against the master
criminals of the nation has been
made into a thrilling drama by First
National Pictures, and with James
Cagney in the stellar role, will open
at the Roosevelt Theatre on Thurs
day.
Those fearless secret service men
whose exploits in rounding up the
arch desperadoes of the country have
been told in newspaper headlines for
the past year are called “G Men,”
and ‘“G Men” is the title of the
screen’s first dramatization of their
battles with public enemies.
Opposite Cagney is charming Mar
garet Lindsay who has the part of
the sister of Robert Armstrong,
Cagney’s superior officer, and the
girl whom Cagney loves.
Ann Dvorak portrays a night club
entertainer who is in love with Cag
ney, but who, when her affection is
not returned, marries a gangster.
Mrs. John A. Durham of Mulberry
has returned home, after spending
several days with her brother, Mr. J.
D. Eckles.
States, located at Rochester, Minn.
Reports from him are to the effect
he is under observation, and not un
til it is deemed absolutely neces
sary, will an operation be had.
Dr. Harry B. Nunnally, to our
way of seeing things, is one of the
most gifted physicians and surgeons
in this country, and it is such a loss
to his clientele and others who may,
from time to time, need his atten
tions, that, he is a sick man. We
all hope for his speedy and perma
nent restoration.
A Real Freak
Mr. W. B. Patrick, this city, who
is quite k close observer and a
friend to this newspaper, called to
see us a few days ago and brought
with him quite a freak of nature that
was produced by his daughter, Mrs.
Flora Brown, of Winder. The freak
was an Irish potato, through which
a sprig of Johnson grass has pressed
its way. Really the stem had pene
trated the potato immediately
through its center.
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WOMANS CLUB
Mr*. H. B. Ritchie, State President,
Speak* To Woman’* Club On
Monday Afternoon.
Mrs. H. B. Ritchie, State President
of Georgia Federation of Women’s
Clubs, was guest speaker Monday af
ternoon when the Jefferson Club was
entertained at the home of Mrs. J.
C. Turner, with Mesdames R. M.
Rigdon, J. E. Randolph, G. W. West
moreland and Summie Kinningham
co-hostesses.
Mrs. Ritchie took as her topic,
“Looking Inward on Our Club,” and
delivered one of the most inspiring
messages that has ever been the
privilege of the club to hear. She
told of the origin of women’s clubs,
and of the struggles of the women
of the past, and how they wished to
best use the advantages that were
given them as mothers; how they
realized that their children were not
only products of the home, but also
products of the influence of play
mates, of the school room and of the
community in whch they resided, and
how each individual club member
should tend to make their town a
happier, cleaner, more beautiful
place in which to live. She spoke al
so of how each club member should
recognize her' responsibility and be
loyal to the club’s ideals, and how*
each member should strive for self
improvement, studying educational
conditions and knowing our govern
ment.
Other features of the program
were the devotional led by Mrs. J.
A. Gray, a piano solo by Miss
Frances Turner, Current Events, by
Mrs. J. N. Holder, and a piano duet
by Misses Doris Hancock and John
nie Frances Turner.
After the completion of- the pro
gram, the business meeting was pre
sided over by Mrs. J. N. Holder, who
named the chairmen of departments,
and their co-workers, for the next
club year. The minutes of last meet
ing were read by Mrs. J. D. Escoe,
and approved.
The treasury reported $9.11 in
the treasury, and $31.90 collected
from “vanishing parties,” which will
be used to furnish Boy Scout Hut.
Mrs. Carl Legg was nominated
delegate to the district meeting of
the club to be held in Maysville
October sth.
As the Jefferson Club is to enter
tain the Jackson County Federation
in October, Mrs. M. M. Bryan offer
ed her home as place of meeting.
After adjournment, the guests
were ushered into Mrs. Turner a
beautiful garden, where the hostess
es served refreshments.
Those enjoying the delightful meet
ing, were: Mesdames H. E. Aderhold,
J. E. Randolph, Summie Kinningham,
J. D. Escoe, H. J. Wi Kizer, H. B_
Ritchie, H. D. Dadisman, M. M. Bry
an, J. C. Turner, G. W. Westmore
land, R. M. Rigdon, J. A. Gray, Geo.
Appleby, L. H. Isbell, Stanley Kes-
Icr, T. T. Benton, Carl Legg, J. N.
Holder, A. S. Johnson, T. D. John
ston, W. T. Bryan, W. H. Hosch, E.
■H. Crooks, Harold Duke, John Har
dy, Misses Irene Rankin, Sophia
Swain, Beth Bailey, Margaret Oz
burn, Carol Stevens, Frances Smith,
Bess Young, Doris Hancock, Frances
Turner, Leona Griffith, Mary Blitch,
Vera Key and Esther Kinney.
INCREASES REPORTED
IN STATE REVENUES
BY AUDITOR WISDOM
Atlanta-Substantial increases ire
both general revenues and allocated
funds of the state were shown dur
ing the first eight months in a re
port filed by State Auditor Tom Wis
dom. .
Total collections for the first eight
months were $18,384,704.62 com
pared to $16,819,855.29 for the
same period in 1934 and $15,222,
574.56 for 1933.
General fund collections for tho
eight months were
compared with $5,431,230.08 in 1934
and $5,100,371.71 in 1933.
Special funds for allocated pur
poses yielded $12,454,848.33 this
year compared to $11,388,625.21 ilk
1934 and in 1933.
The chief 1 increase in, allocated
funds was in fuel oil taxes which
jumped from $7,890,973.37 in 1933
to $9,149,434.85 in 1934 and $lO,-
138,096.52 in 1935.
The largest increase in general
revenues was from income taxes*
which increased from $663,500 a
1933 to $1,067,000 in 1934 and sl,-r
500,000 this year.