Newspaper Page Text
The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
The Political Band Wag on
Let us imagine we are back in the
days of horse-drawn political band
wagons. This political band wagon
was rolling down the Democratic
lghway, and Talmadge, with lines
and whip in hand, was the driver.
On either side of him on the front
seat were John Whitley and Hugh
Howell. Just to his rear in a small
seat that was close up to the front
seat, were Charlie Stewart and Lind
iey Camp. lo their rear and oc
cupying the seats in the band
wagon were a number of band wag
on riders and what a joy ride they
were having and what a glorious
party, filled with mirth and hilarity.
By the side of the highway came a
lot of political hitch-hikers, but the
band wagon passed them by.
t t X
All went well until a road fork
was reached. The good old Demo
cratic road was straight ahead, but
driver Talmadge saw anew road
that looked very enticing and allur
ing. He turned the horses heads in
that direction and before he had
gone far, Clark Howell stopped him
and crawled off the Talmadge band
wagon. He protested against leav
ing the old highway and said, “Gene,
you are headed for a fall.” Ed
Rivers quickly jumped off because
Ed wants to ride and he knows that
Clark Howell Seldom walks and usu
ally rides in the sure enough band
wagon. • Ed, therefore, left Tal
madge. Without their uttering one
syllable, these were followed by
Ryburn Clay, Wylie Moore, Hal
Stanley and Hugh Rowe.
The men who quit the Talmadge
band wagon hurried back to the old
Democratic highway. Clark and Ed
were walking side by side and Clark
explained to Ed that he is a Demo
crat true and tried. Has always
been one and could be nothing else.
His father was a great Democratic
leader. Caprain Evan P. Howell, his
father, was a gallant soldier in the
Confederate army, helped to rescue
Georgia from the carpet baggers,
fought for anew Constitution for
the State; established a great daily l
paper and named it the Atlanta Con
stitution and dedicated its service to
anew Constitution, to Georgia De ;
mocracy and Georgia patriotism.
His unselfish service for Georgia in
war and in peace emblazoned his
name in letters of burnished gold in
Georgia history. After following so
long in the steps of such a gallant
and noble father, Clark could not
afford to go off into anew political
road, even if Talmadge did want
him to do so. He rebelled against
the idea, stopped the band wagon
and left it.
- So all the above named were walk
ing hurriedly back to t the good old
broad and smooth Democratic high
way, when, 10, here comes down this
great thoroughfare a band wagon
that surpassed in attractiveness, and
beauty any wagmt of its kind the
eyes of Georgians ever beheld.
When the driver saw Clark Howell
and the others, he stopped the surg
ing chargers and told the boys to get
in and they began to crawl up to
the comfortable seats with alacrity
and pleasure. It was the Roosevelt
band wagon.
X t t
About the time they were getting
on, Bill Anderson, who was in the
Talmadge band wagon, awake from
his dreams. He being a great so
ciety man, sat up late the night be
fore, performing social functions
and had dozed as the Talmadge
wagon rolled along. Now seeing he
was almost alone in the rear seat
and beholding his associates climb
ing on another wagon, he jumped
from the Talmadge wagon, went as
fast as his feet could carry him, call
ing to the Roosevelt wagon driver
in loud stentorian tones, “Wait for
me, I’m coming.” He ran to the
Roosevelt band wagon and was a
bout to climb in, when he looked up
and saw that Dick was driving. ,He
made no further attempt to be a
passenger in the wagon. However,
just as the great Roosevelt band
■wagon began to move, he could stand
it no longer and he jumped on the
tip end of the coupling pole and
waved a great roll, entitled, “My
legal opinion on Governor’s use of
the bayonet.” As this band wagon
moved down the highway everybody
on it, including Bill, just looked so
SINGLE COPY sc.
happy, as much as to say, “At home
again.”
X t X
lOver in the Talmadge band wagon
Charlie Stewart could be heard by
the public’s imaginative ear telling
the driver, Talmadge, to let these
folks all go. He told him Clark
Howell was always stronger for
Roosevelt than Talmadge; never
could tell one day what political
camp Ed Rivers would be in the day
following; that Ryburn Clay was con
cerned only with making money
for the Fulton National Bank; and
that Wylie MoOre was not sure a
bout how to spell anything except
Woco-Pep. Charlie said, “Let them
all go to Kamchatka.”
X t t
As the great Roosevelt band wag
on sped along over the Democratic
highway, it passed thousands 'march
ing down the road, bearing Roose
velt ballots. Some pedestrians were
young, some old, some rich, some
poor, some farmers, some laborers,
some bankers, some merchants, and
some business men of all kinds. All
these for Roosevelt for President.
John Phillips of Louisville, John
Moore of Dahlonega, Jim Flynt and
Clem Wright of Griffin, V. C. Pick
ering of Chatsworth, and Bob Ham
by of Clayton were a little foot
sore, so they pulled, off their shoes,
threw them across their shoulders
and were marching on, baiefoot, but
shouting, “Hurrah for Roosevelt and
the Democratic party.” The great
multitude on this old Demorcatic
highway neither expect, nor ask, a
seat on the band wagon, but they
will march on and carry on until
they reach the polls at the end of
their journey, and cast their un
trammelled votes for Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the noble 'Democrat and
great humanitarian, to be President
of the United States another four
years.
As Talmadge’s patronage becomes
less and less and as his jobs become
fewer and fewer, his crowd of band
wagon riders will diminish and di
minish. Finally, when his jobs are
all gone and.the office of Governor
goes to someone else and he has to
walk again on the great highway of
life, he will find by his side none of
those who did him such homage
when he was the band wagon driver.
He will be walking single file, al
most, if not entirely., all alone. Such
is life. Men are fearfully and won
derfully made. However, since he
may be one of those “disgruntled
Democrats playing around with lead
ers of the Republican party,’''pro
bably this party will give him a seat
of honor snd will take care of him.
X X X
P. S. Newt Morris, Ernest Camp
and T. E. Shope were not riding in
the band wagon. They
left it weeks ago and helped hitch
the horses to the Roosevelt band
wagon and are entitled to front
seats on it.
DR. H. M. FULLILOVE
PASSES IN ATHENS
'Athens, Ga. —Dr. Henry Marshall
Fullilove, 57, one of Georgia’s out
standing physicians, died here Sun
day night at St. Mary’s hospital, of
which he was co-founder.
He had been ill about ten days.
Death was attributed to pneumonia,
complicated, by leukemia.
One of Athens’ leading citizens,
Dr. Fullilove was born near Bishop,
in Oconee county, and attended a
medical college in Atlanta for two
years, later going to the Medical
College of Virginia.
With the late Dr. J. P. Proctor,
he founded St. Mary’s hospital here
and was co-owner until Dr. Proctor s
death, when he took over full charge
of the institution.
APPLE TREE BEARS SECOND
CROP
Georgia is truly a wonderful
State, and the climate conditions this
fall, even in north Georgia, have
been such that second crops of fruits
and flowers where before only one
grew, are being plucked. Mr. J. C.
Alexander reports an apple tree on
his lot that has grown a second crop
of fruit. Ripe apples were gathered
from the tree in August, and now
there is another growth of green
apples. __
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Despite The Rain, Large
Crowd Here Saturday
Probably the largest crowd that
has been seen in Jefferson any day
this year gathered here Saturday
afternoon. One man said, “It seems
everybody left home this afternoon
and came to Jefferson.” The mer
chants had a fine business, not only
last Saturday, .but during the past
week. They are to be commended
for their untiring efforts to please
the trading public in stocks of goods
and prices of the same.
RICE—STEMBRIDGE MARRIAGE
SOLEMNIZED IN COMMERCE
Commerce, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
George T. Rice, of Commerce, an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Catherine Carson, to Joel Stem
bridge, of Ellijay. The ceremony
was performed Friday afternoon, at
5:30, at the First Presbyterian
church, by the Rev. H. R. Foster.
The bride entered with her father,
who gave her in marriage. She wore
a white satin wedding gown, and
carried a bouquet of lilies of the val
ley. She was met at the altar by
the groom and his best man, Edgar
Wallace, of Montezuma.
Mrs. C oakley Thompson, of Sa
vannah, sister of the bride, was the
matron of honor. She was dressed
in a fushia color velvet dinner dress
and carried a bouquet of yellow
chrysanthemums.
The bridesmaids were Mrs. How
ard' Montgomery, of Maysville, and
Miss Grace Teasley, of Commerce,
They were gowned exactly alike in
fushia velvet dinner gowns and car
ried bouquets of yellow chrysanthe
mums. Miss Henrietta Gunter, of
Commence, served as the junior
bridesmaid.
The groomsmen were: H. H. Dill
ers, of Commerce; Coakley Thomp
son, of Savannah; Dr. Amery Rog
ers, of Commerce, and Tom A. Do
zier, of Athens.
Mrs. Stembridge received her ed
ucation at the Commerce High
school, and later attended the Uni
versity of Georgia, where she was a
member of the Chi Omega sorority.
Mr. Stembridge is in business in
Ellijay, where the couple will make
their home after a short wedding
trip.
MISS ALICE HOLLIDAY CALLED
BY DEATH
Miss Alice Holliday, one of Jack
son county’s most estimable ladies,
passed away Sunday at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Toney, in Athens.
The deceased underwent an oper
ation for appendicitis about six
weeks ago, but restoration to health
failed to respond to the treatment,
and complications arose which caus
ed her death.
Miss Holliday was the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. John R. Holli
day, pioneer Jackson county citizens,
and a niece of Mrs. W. C. Wills of
Jefferson. Since the death of her
parents, she and her sister, Miss
.Ruth Holliday, had continued to re
side at the Holliday home place. She
frrment lady, and had
scores of friends throughout the
county.
Funeral services were held at
Lebanon Methodist church Monday
afternoon, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Harry Lee Smith, and • inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
Surviving the deceased are six
brothers and sisters: Messrs. Sam,
Key and Cue Holliday, Miss Ruth
Holliday, Mrs. Toney and Mrs. Guest.
MR. HUBERT LITTLEFIELD DIES
IN FLORIDA
Mr. Hubert Littlefield, 39 years of
age, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
George Littlefield, died last week, in
Madison, Fla., where he had resided
for the past five year.
His body was brought to Ebenez
er Methodist church in this county,
where funeral and burial services
were held Sunday afternoon by the
American Legion Posts of Jefferson
and Winder.
He. was a former citizen of Jack
son county. He was a splendid citi
zen, and had many friends, who are
grieved over his passing.
Mr. Littlefield is survived by his
wife, who before marriage was Miss
Alice Sutton, of this county, and
two children, Howard and Harold,
of Madison, Fla., and by one brother
and one sister, Mr. H. L. Littlefield
of Hoschton, and Mrs. W. L. Allen of
Jefferson.
Henry Mobley has resumed his
studies at Emory University, where
he is working for his M. A. degree.
NORTH GEORGIA
CONFERENCE OPENS
TO-NIGHT, THURSDAY
(By Dr. Thomas E. Elliott)
Atlanta, Ga.—Operating under the
new financial plan adopted a year
ago by all southern Methodism, the
North Georgia Methodist conference
will assemble for its sixty-ninth an
nual session Thursday night with the
best record ever known for any one
year’s efforts. Under the energetic
leadership of Bishop William N,
Ainsworth in putting the new finan
cial plan into execution north Geor
gia Methodists have united in a com
mon endeavor to pay their financial
obligations 100 cents in the dollar,
and present indications are that their
high ambition will be nearly realiz
ed, both as to ministerial support
and benevolent contributions.
The annual sitting of the confer
ence is announced to begin at 7
o’clock Thursday night at Wesley
Memorial church, and continue in
session until the following Monday
noon. Bishop William N. Ains
worth, of Macon, in charge of this
episcopal area, will preside over the
conference deliberations for the sec
ond time. The coming session of
the conference will make the twen
ty-second to have been held in At
lanta.
Among noted visitors who will at
tend the conference and speak will
be Dr. George Stoves, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Memphis.
Dr. Stoves is to attend the session at
the invitation of Bishop Ainsworth,
and speak three times.
Other noted Methodist leaders who
are expected to attend the confer
ence session and speak are Dr. T.
D. Ellis, of Louisville; Dr. W. G.
Cram, of Nashville; Dr. Luther E.
Todd, of St. Louis; Dr. W. P. King,
of Nashville; Dr. W. F. Quillian, of
Nashville.
Bishop Ainsworth and his cabinet
of 10- presiding elders will meet
Tuesday afternoon to begin arrang
ing the appointments for the coming
year, the appointments to be
made, at least three new presiding
elders will be named to succeed the
three men who have completed their
four-year terms of service.
Associated with Bishop Ainsworth,
in making the slate of new appoint
ments are 10 presiding elders of va
rious districts as follows: Dr. R. L.
Russell, of the Atlanta district; Dr.
C. C. Jarrell, of the Athens-Elberton
district; Dr. W. H. LaPrade, Jr., of
the Augusta district; Dr. A. M.
Pierce, of the Dalton district; Dr.
Wallace Rogers, of the Decatur-Ox
ford district; Rev. J. F. Yarbrough,
of the Gainesville district; Dr. W. T.
Hunnicutt, of the Griffin district;
Rev. Irby Henderson, of the La-
Grange district; Dr. W. L. Jones, of
the Marietta district, and Rev. J. W.
O. McKibben, of the Rome district.
The three presiding elders to retire
from that work at this time are Drs.
Hunnicutt, LaPrade and Russell. Ac
cording to Southern Methodist law,
no man may serve as presiding elder
for more than four years consecu
tively, while pastors may serve any
number of years, receiving their ap
pointments each succeeding year.
Appointments Complicated
Several complications enter into
the appointment making this year.
In addition to appointing three new
presiding elders, which may involve
directly and indirectly 25 other men,
there are 112 men who have served
their present pastorates three or more
years. Of this number one-half may
possibly move, while quite a few of
the two-year men will likewise make
shifts. It is known that several aged
men will likely superannuate, while
a class of five young men are apply
ing for admission into the confer
ence.
Rev. Lester Rumble, of Athens
First church, having served seven
years at Athens. Rev. L. B. Jones,
of the Athens Young Harris Me
morial church, comes next, with six
years. Revs. J. C. Adams, of Frank
lin; Foster Young, of Stone Moun
tain; L. W. Collins, of Rome; E. C.
Wilson, of Atlanta; B. W. Kilpatrick,
of Aragon, and J. L. Hall, of Ring
gold, each have served five years at
their respective appointments. Some
39 men have served their present
pastorates four years, while 55 have
served three years. The all-time
long-term record in the North Geor
gia conference is held by Rev. E. C.
Atkins, chaplain at the state prison
farm at Milledgeville, who is closing
this 13th year at that institution.
In the Methodist itinerary no min-
Thursday, November 21, 1935.
M. I. Plays Baldwin Here
Friday
The M. I. kasketeers will encount
er another strong team Friday, Nov.
22, on the local court by meeting
Baldwin boys and girls. These two
games should be real thrillers. The
first game will be called at 7 o’clock.
The boys of Baldwin come boast
ing of a very strong team, having
lost from last year’s team only their
center by graduation, and a forward
who was drowned last summer while
swimming. Though at center they
have the tallest player in the dis
trict, it is reported. The school’s
followers claim to have the strong
est team in the history of the
school. It is not known what the
strength of the girls team is, though
their team is sure to be strong.
M. I. Defeats Chicopee
M. I. boys added another victory
by defeating the strong Chicopee
Mills Athletic Club last Friday night
by a score of 21 to 13, in a rough
and tumble affair. The first three
quarters were smooth enough, but it
approved that all the roughness ima
ginable was saved for the last
quarter. But M. I. had already se
cured a commanding lead, and were
neyer overtaken.
Chicopee (13) Jefferson (23)
F—Balmon (1) Davidson (2)
F—Smith (2) Bryan (7)
C—Evans (4) Chastain (7)
G—Miller Bridges (1)
G—Laws (2) Brooks (4)
F—Moore (2) Simmons (2)
G—Boggs (2)
PUBLIC INVITED TO
RECREATION PARY
A delightful affair of fun and re
creation is being planned for this,
Thursday, evening, at 7:30 o’clock
at the basketball court, to which
everybody, young and old, are invit
ed.
A committee from the State Uni
versity will be present to supervise
the program, and the followng local
committee has been appointed to as
sist: Miss Leila Bates, Chairman;
Mrs. H. J. W. Kizer, Miss Blitch,
Miss Key, Mrs. G. W. Westmoreland,
Mrs. John Hardy, Mrs. J. E. Ran
dolph.
FIRE DESTROYS HOME OF
D. A. MOSELEY
Danielsville, Ga., Nov. 19.—Fire
completely destroyed the home of
D. A. Mosley here Sunday morning,
while the family was at church ser
vices. The fire, it is supposed, origi
nated from a small blaze left burn
ing on the second floor.
For a time, neighboring houses
were threatened, as the local fire
bucket brigade, assisted by the
Athens fire department, battled to
bring the flames under control.
Few of the house furnishings
were saved. The estimated loss was
SO,OOO, none of which was covered
by insurance, it is reported.
The house was an historic struc
ture, built before the war between
the state by the late Dr. B. M.
Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Dotha Bell were
called to Braselton last week due
to the death of his sister, Mrs.
Hodges, who was formerly Miss
Dalia Bell.—Gainesville Eagle.
ister receives his appointment for
more than one year at a time. Yet
the system is so perfected that no
man who is in good health and good
standing, desiring work, is left un
employed, and no church desiring a
minister, and willing to enter into
the system, is left without a pastor.
Of the more than 17,000 unemploy
ed ministers in the United States to
day, none of them are members of
the Methodist itineracy. In arrang
ing the pastors’ assignments the
bishop and cabinet seek most wisely
to adjust the men and the congrega
tions to best advantage and least
friction. It has been declared that
no better system has as yet ever
been devised.
Prominent in the conference mem
bership, and active in its deliber
ations, will be about 200 leading lay
men, chosen by the various districts
to attend the conference as their
representatives. The laymen will
participate in all deliberations, re
ceive appointment on committees
and boards, and vote on all questions,
save those involving ministerial char
acter.
Vol 61. No. 9.
EXCHANGE NOTES
Newt Items Of Interest Among Our
Neighbors And Friends
Anthony-Barnett Dissolves
Partnership
(From Commerce News)
Dr. H. F. Anthony and Dr. C. B.
Barnett who have been co-partners
in the pharmacy have dissolved part
nership, I)r. Barnett returning to At
lanta to again become associated in
the drug store where he has been for
the past eight years and Dr. An
thony assuming full control of the
Pharmacy. It is regretted by friends
of Dr. Barnett and family that he
has returned to Atlanta. He made
many friends here who hate to see
he and his family leave. They had
filled an important place in the busi
ness, social and religious life here
but the best wishes of friends go
with them as they return to their
old home.
Apple Tree Yield* Second Crop
An apple tree in the yard of Dr.
C. E. Pittman has produced the sec
on crop of apples this year. The
fruit is not so large as the first crop
but is well colored and the flavor
is practically the same as that of the
first crop. Only a few days ago
cherry blossoms and a ripe cherry
were brought in. This week a clus
ter of nice red apples. The unusual
ly long warm fall season is doubt
less responsible for this.
Commerce 1936 City Father*
In the municipal election held
here Wednesday Dr. J. C. Verner
was elected Mayor without oppo
sition. He will succeed Mayor J. B.
Hardman. Representatives from the
town at large are L. G. Hardman,
Jr., who led the ticket in which
there were four candidates. M. B.
Clinkscales was also elected council
man at large having received the
next highest number of votes. Those
elected from the different wards:
First ward, W. M. Thurmond; second
ward, T. F. Harden, third ward, R.
C. Carlton, fourth ward, Dr. P. T.
Scoggins.
(From Oglethorpe Echo)
Rev. Elrod Not To Returr.
The many friends that Rev. R. F.
Ellrod and his interesting family
have made during his pastorate for
the past year of the Lexington Meth
odist charge will regret to know that
there is probability of him not be
ing re-assigned to the charge. His
health has been on the decline for
some time past and since he has
reached an age above the average
of those in the conference he will
apply to be superannuated and feels
sure his request will be granted. He
has made the charge a most accept
able pastor and both his members
and the public will regret to have he
and family move from among us.
tit
Editor’* Daughter Win* Prize
(From Walton Tribune)
Mrs. Evelyn Caldwell McDowell,
attractive and popular daughter of
Editor and Mrs. E. A. Caldwell, is
receiving the congratulations of
many friends upon winning a lovely
handbag in an essay contest conduct
ed by an Atlanta shoe store. Mr.
McDowell holds a responsible po
sition in the offices of Comptroller
W. B. Harrison, in Atlanta.
Leave Department Out Of
Curriculum
Perry Mendel gives his darling lit
tle daughter, June, $5 every month
she gets upon the honor roll . . .
making the honor roll isn’t always
so easy, so June, having heard of
other students dropping certain sub
eels, decided it might be a good
thing for her to do the same . . .
so, after scanning her report card,
she approached her mother and ob
served, “Mother, how about mo
dropping deportment?”
I X X
801 l Weevil* A-Plenty
(From Gainesville Eagle)
Rev. C. C. Tyner recently finished
a count of the boll weevil on one
stalk of cotton grown on his farm
near Flowery Branch and the sur
prising number was sixty, which
shows how these insects affect cot
ton when farmers do not use poison
all through the season to kill them
out.
X X t
Dorsey Purcell, wife and son, of
Columbus, Hewell Purcell, wife and
children, of Jefferson, visited their
mother, Mrs. Purcell, and Mrs. J. W.
Mitchell, the past week-end.—Mays
ville Herald. \