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The Jackson Herald
By John N. Holder.
HIGH COURT RULES
IN FAVOR OF MILLER;
GILLIS IS LEFT OUT
Atlanta.—the Georgia Supreme
Court Wednesday affirmed lower
court decrees to restore W. L. Miller
to the State Highway chairmanship.
Governor E. D. Rivers’ ouster of
Miller was ruled illegal in two unani
mous decisions. One of them affirm
ed an Alapaha circuit superior court
injunction against interference with
Miller’s return to the office he was
evicted from December 2.
Tthe other upheld a mandamus to
force recognition of Miller as a
member and chairman of the board.
The court did not. rule on a quo
warranto in which Miller had won,
holding this action was unnecessary
in the face of legality of the other
orders sustaining the deposed official.
Justice R. C. Bell wrote the de
cision in the mandamus case and
Justice Warren Grice that of the in
junction.
Chief Justice Charles S. Reid
wrote decisions in five cases affirm
ing convictions for contempt of
court against Highway Commission
er Lawson L. Patten, gubernatorial
aide S. Marvin Griffin, and Capitol
Guards R. C. Ulmer, E. R. Longino,
and Woody Wilson.
All five were sentenced by Super
ior Judge W. R. Smith of Nashville
to 20 days in jail or payment of
S2OO fine.
Griffin and the three guards drag
ged Miller from the chairman’s of
fice last December 7 after he had
re-entered it, armed with Judge
Smith’s temporary injunction against
interference.
The high court held that Georgia
law does not confer upon the gov
ernor the power to remove a road
commissioner.
It also pointed out that in his re
moval order charging that Miller
held a federal office of trust, Gover
nor Rivers did not specify that of
fice.
The court also said that “a mere
charge of misconduct in office on the
part of the incumbent does not show
abandonment.”
The court’s action left Miller,
Watson, and Patten as members of
the three-man highway board. • -
Gillis Out
The decision held in effect that
James L. Gillis, not Miller, was no
longer a member of the board be
cause “Gillis accepted an office
which was not vacant” in the shift
of terms which the governor made
when he removed Miller.
If Governor Rivers abides by the
ruling of the Georgia Supreme Court
and restores Mr. Miller to the chair
manship of the board, without im
posing any conditions or handicaps,
it is generally believed that Mr.
Miller will eliminate himself from
the gubernatorial picture. He has
said that if he did not secure vindi
cation in the courts he woud appeal
to the people, but if he could com
plete his term as chairman of the
road board he would prefer to do
that.
Governor Rivers has remained
away from his office since the Su
preme Court decided the highway
case Wednesday, although he has
been in Atlanta part of the time.
He has refused to say whether there
will be a motion for a re-hearing
within the ten days allowed, or what
his own action will be.
Some sources speculated Saturday
that the Governor might oust Chair
man Miller again under the act re
quiring the board members to be
from different sections of the state,
holding that it would be illegal to
have two members from the same
section, the same county and the
same city.
If this action should be taken,
Mr. Miller would have to start all
over on the long and expensive route
of litigation for his place on the
Highway Board, or carry his case
to the people by entering the race
for governor. His friends believe he
would pursue the latter course.
There also have been rumors that
the Governor might assign Mr. Mil
ler to a remote office in the Highway
Building, reduce his salary to less
than a living wage and strip him of.
all authority in highway matters.
This course also would force Mr.
Miller into the race for governor,
his friends believe.
Any further action against Mr.
Miller would put him in the martyr
class and increase his prestige as
a candidate for governor, political
observers believe.
Final Day April 30
The ten-day period in which there
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CLAUDE TOLBERT,
RETIRED COACH,
DIES HERE AT 47
Atlanta, Ga.—Claude T. Tolbert,
affectionately known as Gabe to the
thousands he has coached in major
sports at Tech High for the last 20
years, died at 3 o’clock yesterday
at Emory University hospital.
Gabe succumbed to a heart ail
ment, which early in January had
caused his retirement as head coach
at Tech High, where he was suc
ceeded by Sidney Scarborough.
The 47-year-old coach, known and
loved by practically every boy who
ever graduated from a local high
school in the past 20 seasons, was
born in Nicholson, Ga. He graduat
ed from the University of Georgia,
where he played baseball. He was
not allowed to play football there
because of heart trouble, which dog
ged him even then.
After a few years as athletic
coach at G. M. C. in Milledgeville
and one at G. M. A. in College Park,
he came to Tech High as a teacher
and coach in the fall of 1920.
Tolbert’s highly successful teams
won 40 championships in three ma
jor sports during his regime at the
Smithie helm. His football elevens
captured two southern and three
state crowns. His cage fives racked
up four state basketball diadems,
and his baseball teams won two
Georgia state baseball titles. In ad
dition to these his teams won many
city and league championships.
Census Enumerators In
Jackson County
A. S. Hardy, Jr., of Gainesville,
(supervisor of census enumerators
for Jackson county, was in the city
Tuesday and furnished the Herald
with the following names of those
taking the census in this county:
Jefferson, Mrs. C. E. Hardy.
Jefferson District, R. S. Hutche
son.
Red Stone and Arcade, Byrd
Martin.
Hoschton, Hoschton and Randolph
districts, Mrs. J. P. Mahaffey.
Commerce, Mrs. James J. Harber
and Mrs. T. J. Syphan.
Minish’s District, John K. Hutch
ins, Olin Haley, E. W. Jackson.
Millers District, Boyd Tolbert.
Wilson’s District, W. Hardman
Jones.
Harrisburg District, Billy Dupree
Nix.
Attica District, Mrs. J. H. Brooks.
Braselton and Porter, Nan Bell
Braselton.
Newton, Rupert T. Farmer.
Maysville, Sarah H. Fleeman.
Talmo, Mary E. Simmons.
HOSCHTON MAN ANNOUNCES
FOR CONGRESS RACE
Hoschton, Ga., April 15.—Herman
P. DeLaperriere, Jackson county
merchant and farmer, today an
nounced his candidacy for congress
from the Ninth Georgia district.
The seat now is held by Representa
tive B. Frank Whelchel, of Gaines
ville.
DeLaPerriere was state supervisor
of purchases during the Talmadge
administration and at one time
was head of the Georgia Relief Ad
ministration. He ran for congress
against Representative Tom Bell a
number of years ago and although
defeated piled up a large popular
vote.
The Hoschton man is the first
candidate on the eastern side of the
district to announce. He said to
day he would enter the Democratic
primary in September subject to
the rules to be laid down later by
the state executive committee.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. DeLaperriere
and small son of Hoschton were vis
itors in Jefferson last week.
may be a motion for a re-hearing in
any of the three highway cases will
end on April 20. If there is no mo
tion by that date, the remittur will
go to the lower court and the record
will be closed. Then Mr. Miller can
.claim his highway post by authority
of .the highest court in the state.
• The restoration of Mr. Miller to
office and withdrawal of the Nation
al Guard from the Highway Building
would purge Governor Rivers of
contempt charges in the United Sta
tes District Court at Macon, but any
further interference with him will
not relieve the Chief Executive of
the Federal Court shadow, lawyers
pointed out Saturday.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
MULE COLT AND BEEF CATTLE
SHOW GREAT SUCCESS SATURDAY
Poultry Specialist Speaks To
Rotary Club
Rotary entertained five visitors
at lunch Tuesday—Arthur F. Gan
non, guest speaker; J. C. Head with
George W. Westmoreland; W. A.
Mathis with R. J. Kelly; Joe Bilder
back with J. L. Anderson and M. K.
Thaxton with W. T. Bryan. Eight
Rotarians were absent.
Mr. Gannon, who is Extension
Poultry Specialist of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, spoke to the
club in a most interesting and in
structive manner on the subject of
Poultry Production.
In the past six years, hatcheries
in Georgia have increased 100 per
cent, and the state does not produce
sufficient eggs to supply the hatcher
ies. Eggs are shipped here from
Tennessee and Missouri. In raising
a thousand chickens, if properly
handled, there is profit of $150.00
and this sum is made in a short
period of time. There is a profit in
the sale of eggs.
Mr. Gannon did not advise many
farmers to go into the chicken busi
ness on a large scale, but said ev
ery farmer should produce sufficient
eggs and chickens for family con
sumption and some for the market.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Georgia Ha* More Chickens Than
Ever Before In History
Athens, Ga.—The 8,528,000 chick
ens now on Georgia farms is an in
crease of nearly 400,000 or 14 per
cent over 1939. This is the largest
number of poultry ever recorded in
the state.
Little increase, however, was no
ted for the United States, with 429,-
022,000 being reported compared
with the all-time record of 474,997,-
000 chickens for the nation in 1928
at any one time.
The hatchery business in the state
has expanded rapidly and the total
incubator capacity has more than
doubled in the past seven years.
Georgia hatcheries now have a ca
pacity of 3,347,000 eggs compared
to less than 1,402,000 eggs in 1934.
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Man Shoots Self With Trap In
Chicken House
Dawson, Ga.—A hen house bur
glar trap works for Sam Edwards.
He found out for sure when it shot
him after the first night.
He had rigged up his shotgun at
the door of his poultry yard in the
hope of nabbing the next chicken
thief to visit him.
The next day he forgot to let the
hammer down. When he rose early,
went out to feed his chickens, and
opened the door, he received a full
load of No. 7 shot in his right arm
and chest.
Edwards is now reported to be in
fair condition in a Macon hospital.
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Clara Lost No Tune
Marshallville.—Big city detectives
never equalled Clara Murph’s rec
ord. 'Clara’s prize hen was stolen
off the nest. Clara traced the hen
to a neighbor’s home, brought it
back, caught the pickaninnies who
stole it and had the hen back on the
nest before the eggs got cold. Next
day all 13 eggs hatched out.
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Brenau Exercises Set For May 26
Gainesville, Ga., April 13.—Bre
nau College announces that the bac
calaureate sermon will be given by
Rev. Edv/ard G. Mackay, D. D., of
Atlanta, on May 26, at the sixty
second annual commencement exer
cises.
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43 Babie* Were Born To Fathers
At 65
Atlanta, Ga.—Forty-three children
were born to fathers 65 years old
or over in Atlanta between 1930
and 1938, according to a compila
tion of the city’s vital statistics re
cently completed by the professional
and service projects division of the
Georgia WPA.
Of the 43 children, one was born
to a woman of 21, eight to women
of 37 and one to a woman of 45.
Records also showed one child born
to a 12-year-old girl; 20 to 13-year
olds; 120 to 14-year-olds; 546 to
17-year-olds, and one to a 52-year
old woman. During the nine years
covered by the summary, two 14-
year-old mothers bore the children
of 15-year-old fathers.
The mule colt and cattle show
sponsored by the Jefferson Chamber
of Commerce was held in Jefferson,
on Saturday, April 13th. A large
group of mule colts, mares and beef
cattle was shown.
The twenty beef calves grown by
the vocational students of Martin
Institute, under the supervision of
J. L. McMullan, Vocational Teacher,
were in splendid condition and
should do well at the show in At
lanta.
The livestock was judged by Dr.
M. P. Jarnagin, and Professor W. S.
Rice of the Department of Animal
Husbandry, College of Agriculture,
Athens, Georgia. They complimen
ted the beef cattle,'and mule colts
very highly. Professor Rice says it
shows that progress is being made
in the livestock in Jackson county.
The winners in the mule colt class
grown in Jackson County by farmers
in this section are as follows:
First Place—Clifton Barnett.
Second Place —Clifton Barnett.
Third Place—Tom Davis.
Fourth and Fifth Places-*-Arthur
Vandiver.
A total of eleven mule colts were
shown.
The Mares were placed as follows:
First Place—Jack Wilkes.
Second Place —C. C. Sims.
Third Place—Bob Jones.
Fourth Place—Cora Davidson.
The Calves were placed as fol
lows:
Light Weight:
First Placet—Harvey Archer.
Second Place —Joe Griffeth.
Third Place —Robert Potts.
Fourth Place—Clyde Martin.
Medium Weight:
First Place—Walter Martin.
Second Place—John L. Moore.
Third Place—Mays Potts.
Fourth Place —Bobbie Wilkes.
Heavy Weights:
First Place—Harry Wilkes.
Second Place—Junior Culberson.
Third Place—Charles Segars.
Fourth Place—Story Porter.
Grand Champion:
The Grand Champion of the show
was won by Jimmie Johnson, whose
champion was one of the black an
gus steers.
It was a beautiful afternoon and
the mule colts, mares, and steers
were in a parade through town and
created favorable comment.
The Jackson County breeder win
ners were as follows:
First prize—J. A. Johnson for his
purebred herd of Angus cattle.
Second prize—T. T. Benton.
Third prize—Jarrell Jones.
Two jacks were displayed belong
ing to J. H. Barnett and 0. L.
Singletary.
County Agent Anderson says that
the farmers of Jackson County are
to be commended for their splendid
showing of mule colts and mares.
The beef cattle grown out under the
supervision of Mr. McMullan were
in fine shape, and Mr. Anderson be
lieves that some of them will win in
Atlanta. He says that Mr. McMul
lan is to be commended for this
work and showing made by the boys.
Marietta Couple Wed 72 -
Years
Marietta, Ga.—Joined by 11 of
their 12 children, two of whom are
at home for the first time in 20 and
30 years, the J. E. Pratts, Marietta
couple, celebrated their 72nd wed
ding anniversary Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lewis, daugh
ter and son, with whom they make
their home, are honored the couple
at a reunion and anniversary dinner.
Visiting home for the first time in
30 years is Guy Pratt, of Lemoore,
Cal., who arrived Wednesday with
another brother, Robert L. Pratt, of
Fresno, Cal., who hasn’t seen his
parents in 20 years.
Still another son, Lewis Pratt, ar
rived by plane from Fresno, Cal., for
his first visit in seven years. And
members of the family were still
hoping that John Pratt, the oldest
of the nine sons, would surprise
them by dropping in from his home
in Butte, Mont.
Mr. Pratt, hale and hearty, passed
his 92nd milestone in February, and
his wife, five years younger, reached
her 87th birthday the first day of
this month.
Miss Helen Bard of Berlin, Ger
many, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Haans Bard at their home on Lee
street.
Thursday, April 18, 1940.
JEFFERSON FUTURE
FARMER WINS BOTH
GRAND PRIZES
Atlanta, Ga.—Mike and Ike, two
shiny black Angus steers with the
“milk bloom” still upon them, won
the grand champion and reserve
champion ribbons in the sixth annual
Fat Cattle Show and Sale at the
stockyards Tuesday.
' They triumphed over 399 other
Anguses and Herefords brought here
from 26 Georgia counties for the
show, which has become an outstan
ding part of Georgia’s answer to the
old paintive cry of “How can a far
mer make a living?”
For the first time in the history
of the show one boy won both grand
prizes. Jimmy Johnson, member of
the Jefferson, Ga., chapter of the
Future Farmers of America, son of
J. A. (Gus) Johnson, himself a Mas
ter Farmer in 1936, raised both
Mike and Ike. *
Georgia-Bred Winners
Cattlemen took great pride in the
fact that the two winners were both
Georgia-bred animals, and that a
greater percentage of animals shown
this year wore no western brand.
“Every year more and more boys
are showing Georgia-bred stock,”
said J. L. McMullan, vocational ag
riculture teacher at Martin Institute,
where Jimmy Johnson goes to
school. “We had to start off buying
high-priced western calves and feed
ing them out, but we are getting
away from that more and more. If
we ever expect to have a real live
stock industry in this state we’ve
got to breed ’em and feed ’em
both.”
Professor McMullan And Future
Farmers In Atlanta
Professor J. L. McMullan, voca
tional teacher in Martin Institute,
and his class of Future Farmers of
America and 4-H Club boys joined
399 other boys and girls from 26
Georgia counties in Atlanta Tues
day and Wednesday to enter their
calves in the fifth annual Atlanta
Fat Cattle Show. These Future Far
mers are vying for prizes aggregat
ing more than $750, as well as rib
bons and personal glory.
Over 400 animals, the largest
number ever entered, are on exhibi
tion. On Tuesday evening the cat
tle show dinner was given the Fu
ture Farmers at the Henry Grady
Hotel.
Professor McMullan’s boys have
some fine animals at the show, and
the folks back at home were filled
with pride when they opened Tues
day morning’s Atlanta Constitution
and saw pictures of Mike and Ike
and of Jimmie Johnson, a Future
Farmer, the only boy ever to win
both grand and reserve champion
ships at the Fat Beef Cattle Show.
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Just before going to press, we are
informed that Jackson county Fu
ture Farmers won all the prizes,
except one, at the Cattle Show.
JURORS DRAWN
FOR WHELCHEL
TRIAL APRIL 29
Names of 48 residents of counties
surrounding Gainesville, 12 of whom
will serve on the jury that will try
Congressman Frank Whelchel for
allegedly selling postal appointments,
have been drawn.
The Whelchel trial has been set
for April 29.
Jackson county names drawn are
Arthur Vandiver, Jefferson; Ben S.
Sharp, Commerce; Russell F. Hosch,
Commerce; Ford L. Smith, Com
merce; Thomas L. Patrick, Mays
ville; Roland D. Brooks, Pender
grass; Henry L. Hutchins, Nichol
son.
The names of three colored citi
zens were drawn, one of whom, Sam
Richardson, gets his mail at Com
merce.
RALPH ELLINGTON IN
HOSPITAL
Ralph Ellington, of the drug firm
of Moore & Ellington is recuperat
ing from an appendix operation ve
ry satisfactorily at the hospital in
Commerce. Mr. Ellington was seiz
ed with a sudden attack during the
night Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawton Castleberry
spent the past week-end with Mrs.
J. S. Echols and Miss Elizabeth Ech
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Vol. 63. No. 44.
WOMAN’S CLUB
ENTERTAINS COUNTY
FEDERATION APRIL 25
The Woman’R Club met at
Home Economic building Monday
afternoon, with Mesdames E. H.
Deaton, O. L. Singletary, Joe Bilder
back, H. W. Davis, A. S. Johnson
and G. W. Westmoreland, hostesses.
Featuring the deliberations, was
the selection of Thursday afternoon,
April 25, as the date for the meet
ing of the Jackson County Feder
ation and Monday, April 29, for the
Spring Flower Show. Both meet
ings will be held in the Home Eco
nomic building.
After singing the Georgia song,
saluting the flag, and hearing an
interesting paper on Citizenship by
Mrs. H. J. W. Kizer, the president,
Mrs. M. M. Bryan, called for reports,
with the following responses: Mrs.
J. E. Randolph, treasurer, received
$13.35 from benefit party, $17.25
from sandwich sale, SIO.OO from
dues. Paid S3O. to Tallulah Falls
'School. Balance on 'hand, $55.60.
Mrs. H. E. Aderhold spoke on the
“fight against cancer” campaign,
which is to be put on at an early
date, and named committees to as
sist her in the work. The club vo
ted to sponsor the campaign.
Motions were made as follows
that the piano owned hy the club be
lent to the school for May day prac
tice; that a note of thanks be writ
ten Mr. Herman White, who so kiud
ly assisted the club in the sale of
sandwiches on April Bth; that the
treasurer pay the amount in the
“extra fund” treasury on the bill
for the table given to the Home
Economics building; that Mrs. Carl
Legg go as a delegate from the club
to the State convention at
ville next month.
A committee was appointed to
nominate officers for the next two
years, namely, Mesdames J. L. An
derson, J. L. McMullan, M. M. Bry
an, A. S. Johnson, L. H. Isbell.
Mrs. Carl Legg gave plans for the
flower show. Every one is asked to
contribute flowers and in addition
to these flower exhibits, there will
be examples of flower arrange
ments.
At the close of the business meet
ing the program was given, and con
sisted of a piano solo by Miss Bar
bara Beatty and a talk on some of
the newest books by Mrs. J. D. Es
coe.
After .adjournment the hostesses
served sandwiches, cookies and Rus
sian Tea.
Flower Show Committees
Sunday Night Supper Table, Mes
dames J. C. Alexander, J. C. Tur
ner, Hugh Crooks, W. D. Holliday,
Haans Bard, Bill Spratling, Y. D.
Maddox.
Tea Table, Mesdames H. I. Mobley.
W. T. Bryan, C. B. Lord, C. D. Cox,
J. A. Wills, Jimmie Tompkins, Guy
Strickland.
Dinner Table, Mesdames Stanley
Kesler, J. N. Holder, M. L. Mobley,
H. W. Davis, L. H. Isbell, H. L-
Garrison, John Hardy.
Breakfast Table, Mesdames Rob
Kelly, H. E. Aderhold, Hubert Mar
tin, Claud Catlett, H. D. Dadisman,
Joe Bilderbaek.
Luncheon Table, Mesdames M. M.
Bryan, 'L. J. Lyle, E. H. Deaton, J.
D. Escoe, A, M. Hardy.
Breakfast Tray, Mesdames A. B.
Elizer, Carl Legg, A. S. Johnson, O.
L. Singletary, T. T. Benton, George
Turner, George Appleby.
Tray for elderly invalid lady, Mes
dames H. J. W. Kizer, J. C. Smith,
W. C. Smith, J. E. Randolph, R. S.
Johnson, Effie Flanigan, G. W. West
moreland.
Tray for little sick boy, Mesdam
es J. L. Anderson, I. W. Wheeless,
Lewis Mobley, B. H. Collier, Stiles
Dadisman, J. L. McMullan, Billy
Wall.
Athens Presbytery in
Session In Gainesville
Dr. J. E. Coker, pastor of the
Presbyterian churches in Jefferson,.
Thyatira, Mizpah and Arcade, ac
companied by other Presbyterians in
this section, joined delegates from
30 churches of the Athens Presby
tery Tuesday morning in Gainesville:
for a session of the Presbytery. C,.
E. Barnett was a delegate from Jef
ferson; Clifton Barnett from Thya
tira and M. D. Archer from Mizpah.
M. C. Weersing of Eberton, retiring
moderator, delivered the opening
sermon. Dr. G. M. Gutzke of Co
lumbia Seminary and Dr. J. L-
Fairley of Richmond, Va., also de
livered messages.