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The Jackson Herald
By John N. Holder.
PIEDMONT BAR
ASSOCIATION HOLDS
MEETING HERE
Members of the Piedmont Bar As
sociation convened Monday at 8 p.
m. in the Harrison Hotel dining
room for their sixth session. Officers
in charge were: President, J. B. G.
Logan, Homer; Vice President, Mar
vin A. Allison, Lawrenceville; Sec
retary and Treasurer, H. A. Ste
phens, Jefferson. Col. Logan pre
sided and was Master of ceremonies.
The following program was pre
sented :
Song, “America,” Miss Miriam
Bennett at the piano.
Invocation, Rev. A. B. Elizer.
Dinner.
Recognition of Visitors and New
Members. Three new members, J.
C. Turner, Nat Hancock, L. B. Moon.
Welcome Address, George W.
Westmoreland.
Musical Numbers, Misses Char
lotte Hughes, Imogene Westmore
land; Barbara Johnson, accompanied
by Miss Miriam Bennett.
Introduction of Principal Speaker
by Robert L. Russell.
Address, Judge Hugh J. Mclntyre,
of Court of Appeals of Georgia.
Appointment of Nominating Com
mittee, George W. Westmoreland,
Joe Quillian, Hope D. Stark.
Talk by Hon. John L. Tye, Jr., of
Atlanta, President of the Georgia
Bar Association.
Report of Nominating Committee:
For President, Marvin A. Allison;
Vice-President, Henry W. Davis;
Secretary-Treasurer, Thomas O.
Davis.
Talks by J. C. Turner, R. C. Scott,
Robert L. Russell, and others.
Benediction, Rev. A. B. Elizer.
Visitors present were Judge Hugh
J. Mclntyre, Judge of the Court of
Appeals of Georgia, Hon. John L.
Tye, Jr., President of Georgia Bar
Association, Atlanta; R. C. Scott,
Cornelia; Miss Miriam Bennett,
Charlotte Hughes, Barbara Johnson,
Imogene Westmoreland, Rev. A. B.
Elizer, Jefferson.
Members present were Charles C.
Pittard, Duluth; Edmondson W.
White, Alton G. Liles, Buford; Mar
vin A. 'Allison, Pemberton Cooley,
Thomas 0. Davis, Glenn R. Roberts,
Hope D. Stark, Lawrenceville; Otis
N. Pharr, Dacula; Judge Clifford
Pratt, Preston H. Williams, J. Nixon
Rainey, Robert L. Russell, Joe Quil
lian, Winder; J. B. G. Logan, Grov
er H. Rylee, Homer; W. W. Stark,
T. J. Syfan, Commerce; George W.
Westmoreland, Henry W. Davis,
Nat Hancock, J. C. Turner, L. B.
Moon, C. T. Storey, Jr., H. A. Steph
ens, Jr., T. T. Benton, Jefferson.
New officers elected for the en
suing year are: President, Marvin A.
Allison, Lawrenceville; Vice-Presi
dent, Henry W. Davis, Jefferson;
Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas O.
Davis, Lawrenceville.
Delegates elected to attend the
Georgia Bar Association, which con
venes soon in Macon, are J. B. G.
Logan, J. Nixon Rainey, Edmondson
W. White, H. A. Stephens, Jr.
President Roosevelt Returns
To Washington
Washington.—President Roosevelt
returned to the capitol Sunday from
a vacation at Warm Springs, Ga.,
and before leaving his special train,
checked up with Secretary Hull on
the latest advices from Europe.
Although Mr. Roosevelt had hop
ed for a two week’s rest at the
Warm Springs, infantile paralysis
foundation, he was there only a lit
tle more than eight days. Presuma
bly he was unwilling to be away
from Washington for a longer period
during days of critical developments
abroad.
Hull met him at the train and they
had a 10-minute chat before both en
tered a limousine and drove to the
White House.
It was not believed that there were
any problems demanding immediate
action on Mr. Roosevelt s part. While
at Warm Springs he extended the
neutrality act to Norway.
S. S. CELEBRATION FIRST
SUNDAY IN MAY, WALNUT
An annual event that is of much
interest is the Sunday School Cele
braton to be held at Walnut Baptist
church the first Sunday in May. This
hf>. been an annual affair for many
years, and people look forward
to this day with pleasant anticipa
tion.
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Congressman Whelchel On
Trial This Week In
Federal Court
Gainesville, Ga.—A jury of farm
ers, laborers and businessmen from
the constituency he has represented
in the lower house of representatives
nearly six years, Monday began
hearing evidence of alleged post of
fice job sales by Congressman B.
Frank Whelchel upon which the fed
eral government hopes to convict
Whelchel on two indictments re
turned against him.
The jury consists of J. L. McEver,
farmer; Floyd Chapman, farmer; Ar
thur Vandiver, farmer; Willard Fry,
railroad worker; Odelle Smith, mer
chant; Allen Dyer, farmer; Elias
Maynard, electrician; Clyde L. Trot
ter, employee of a manufacturing
concern; Garnet M. Yearwood, far
mer; L. W. Eberhart, rural mail car
rier; Benjamin H. Fleming, farmer;
and R. F. King, auto parts dealer.
An alternate, or thirteenth juror,
to serve only in the event of disa
bility of one of the regulur jurors
'before the case is completed, also
was selected. He is Thurston C.
Williams, a farmer.
Evidence presented by the first
witnesses involved the charges in
which Whelchel and Commissioner
H. Grady Jones, Pickens county, are
accused in a joint indictment alleg
ing conspiracy.
Two indictments returned last
month against Congressman Whel
chel charge him with violations set
forth in eight counts.
One indictment accuses him of
accepting $l,lOO each for obtaining
appointments for Hulon E. Holcomb
and Paul Grogan as rural mail car
riers at Ball Ground, Ga., and of
receiving SSOO for Maynard Mash
burn’s appointment as Tate post
master. Commissioner Jones was
named as co-defendant in this in
dictment for allegedly receiving the
money for Whelchel.
A second indictment alleges the
congressman agreed to receive sl,-
500 to get T. L. Harris a job as
Ball Ground postmaster, although
the appointment did not materialize.
United States District Attorney
Camp was meticulous in his presen
tation of the points which he said
the government intends to establish.
He brought out that there are two
cases—the first involving both Whel
chel and Jones, and the second in
volving only Whelchel.
Camp told the jury that Whel
chel was being prosecuted under sec
tion 150 of the federal code which
prohibits solicitation or receiving of
political contributions in return for
any position with the federal gov
ernment, and under section 202,
which bars a member of congress
from receiving any consideration
after his election. The third is
section 88 of the federal statutes un
der which it is held Whelchel and
Jones conspired to violate sections
150 and 202.
The Fishermen Have Luck
The fishermen who motored from
Jefferson and Commerce down to
Hernando, Fla., last week and en
joyed a few days of recreation while
angling for the finny tribe, had won
derful success and did not leave in
the minds of their friends back home
any doubt that they really caught
fish—they “brought home the ba
con”, and were generous to a fault
in dividing with friends.
The thrill of the largest catch
was experienced by Nat Hancock
who brought back a 10% lb. bass,
and the others had almost equal
luck in catching very large fish.
They claim the Hernando camp is a
fisherman’s paradse, that is, when
the conditions are favorable for
fish to bite.
. “MEET THE FOLKS” WELL
RECEIVED
Members of Martin Institute’s
senior class who had a part in the
play presented Friday evening have
received /sincere congratulations for
the splendid manner in which they
staged the performance. The play
was interesting, the costumes were
beautiful and becoming, and the act
ing was fine for high school students.
They were greeted by a large au
dience who gave unstinted applause.
Those who appeared on the stage
were: Misses Marie Staton, Faye
Daniel, Lois Nunn, Mary Hal Moore,
Margaret Johnson, Vassie Ann Lav
ender, Messrs. Southworth Bryan,
Pressley Stacks, Billy White, Bobby
Bailey, Donald Whitehead.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
BASEBALL SEASON
OPENS HERE SATUR
DAY AFTERNOON
The Northeast Georgia Textile
Baseball league will open Saturday,
May 4th, at 3:30 p. m. with Gaines
ville Mills meeting the Jefferson
Mills on the local diamond. All fans
are invited to come out and help
support the home team.
In a pre-season game Saturday,
April 27, Jefferson, behind the six
hit pitching of “Lefty” Gilliam, de
feated Osborne-Owen Hosiery Mills
in Gainesville 2-1. For Jefferson, J.
Tolbert with two doubles led the
hitting, with Duke and McDonald
also getting two hits each. For the
losers, Cooper was the only man able
to secure two hits.
JEFFERSON:
AB R H
White, cf 5 10
Duke, If 4 0 2
Hancock, ss 4 11
J. Tolbert, lb 4 0 2
McDonald, 2b 4 0 2
D. Tolbert, c 4 0 0
Jarrett, 3b 4 0 1
Holmes, rf 2 0 0
Gilliam, p 4 0 0
Wilson, rf 2 0 0
Total 37 2 9
OSBORNE-OWEN:
AB R H
Doss, ss .400
Waldrip, 3b 4 0 0
Ellaid, lb 4 0 0
Hale, cf 4 0 1
Cooper, If 4 12
Kidd, 2b 3 0 1
Chapman, c 3 0 1
Judson, rf 3 0 1
Hulsey, p 3 0 1
Pennington, 2b 10 0
Total 33 1 6
MRS. H. B. RITCHIE SPEAKS TO
COUNTY FEDERATION
Mrs. H. B. Ritchie of Athens was
guest speaker when the County Fed
eration of Womens Clubs met Thurs
day afternoon at the vocational buil
ding, with the Jefferson club
as hostess.
Mrs. Ritchie, who is the state rep
resentative of the Women’s Field
Army of the American Society for
the Control of Cancer, talked to this
group of women on the campaign
that is now being put on through
out the United States against this
disease wheih kills 400 people daily
in this country alone. Other fea
tures of the program were two
piano solos, rendered by Mrs. Robert
Carr of Maysville and Miss Sara Ann
Marlow of Pendergrass.
A welcome was given the visiting
clubs by Mrs. M. M. Bryan, president
of the Jefferson club, and the res
ponse was tendered by Mrs. H. F.
Braseltpn of the Braselton club.
After the salute to the flag, Mrs.
Colquitt Hardman read the collect.
Mrs. J. D. Escoe, secretary of the
Federation, read the minutes of the
meeting held in Hoschton last Oc
tober.
Officers reports were then given,
after which the president, Mrs. Bil
ly Pittman, called for reports from
the club presidents.
Mrs. Fred Baird of the Braselton
club stated that their project at pres
ent is the furnishing of the club
house which was presented to them
by Braselton Bros.
Mrs. W. D. Bell of Hoschton told
something of the interesting pro
grams they had had this year at
their meetings.
Mrs. Colquitt Hardman of the
Commerce club reported that a fur
nace has been installled in their new
club house; that their club had spon
sored a health clinic, and also equip
ped the Home Economics Depart
ment of the Negro School.
Mrs. M. M. Bryan, president of
the Jefferson club, stated that the
club had had as their project this
year, helping to furnish the new vo
cational building and reported an in
crease of membership in the club.
Mrs. Nunn, president of the Mays
ville club, stated that their outstan
ding project this year had been
helping to establish a public library
and also reported an increased mem
bership.
After adjournment the ladies were
served delectable refreshments by
the officers of the Jefferson club.
More than forty ladies were pres
ent at this most enjoyable meeting
of the Federation.
John Strickland of Atlanta was
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Strick- j
land for the week-end.
Delegation Picked
By Democrats At
State Meeting
The 72 men and women chosen
Thursday as delegates, alternates
and second alternates without speci
fic designation to represent Georgia
and cast the state’s 24 votes at the
Democratic: national convention at
Chicago Juy 15 follow:
State At Large
E. D. Rivers, Mrs. Virginia P.
Price, Jim L. Gillis, L. W. Roberts,
Jr., Clark Howell, Roy V. Harris, W.
C. Kendrick, H. T. Mclntosh, Fred
B. Wilson, I. S. Peebles, Jr., Render
son Lanham, Dr. Willis A. Sutton.
First District
John B. Spivey, George L. Googe,
W. L. Grayson, M. E. Thompson,
John J. Bouhan, R. G. Wilkes.
Second District
Mrs. A. B. Conger, W. Fred Scott,
Addie N. Durden, S. Marvin Griffin,
Joe Johnson, John Ferguson.
Third District
Zack Arnold, Cason Callaway, H.
Dixon Smith, Mrs. Clem Rainey, Dr.
V. C. Daves, T. G. Reeves.
Fourth District
A. H. Freeman, Arthur K. Mad
dox, W. M. New, Samuel J. Boykin,
Pat Campbell, Albert G. Swint.
Fifth District
Shepard Bryan, Ralph McGill, Paul
L. Lindsay, Scott Candler, Ivan Al
len, Jr., W. T. Dean.
Sixth District
Mrs. Frank Dennis, Joe M.
Branch, Rupert L. Hogan, W. M.
Shurling, Mrs. J. H. Ennis, Victor
Davidson.
Seventh District
Paul Akin, Tom Bryan, T. Grady
Head, W. D. Trippe, J. M. C. Town
send, Grover Byars.
Eighth District
Braswell Deen, Mrs. L. L. Patten,
Downing Musgrove, Kirk Sutlive, Dr.
J. T. Holt, J. B. D. Paulk.
Ninth District
Judge Boyd Sloan, Dr. C. J. Well
born, T. T. Benton, Mrs. Fred Stowe,
T. J. Lance, Frank Gross.
Tenth District
Abit Nix, Inman Curry, Paul
Webb, C. E. Sutton, Gus Starke, B.
B. Zellers.
Flower Display Tuesday
3.00 p. m.
All growers of flowers are invited
to have a display of some variety of
blossoms, or growing plants, at the
vocational building Tuesday after
noon, and the public is invited to
visit the display between the hours
of three and six. Those offering
flowers for display are asked to
bring the same between one and
three o’clock.
The Jefferson Woman’s Club is
sponsoring the flower show, which is
being directed by Mrs. C. H. Legg,
chairman of the Garden Division.
The purpose of these semi-annaul dis
plays is to create in the minds of
the people a love for flowers and en
courage them in the cultivation of
flower gardens to make the environ
ments of their home'k more attractve
and alluring.
MR. CULPEPPER BURNED BY
LIVE WIRE
H. S. Culpepper, an engineer of
the Jackson Electric Membership
Corporation, was rendered uncon
scious and severely burned late Tues
day afternoon when he came in con
tact with a live wire on the electric
line near Winder.
After being given artificial respi
ration, he rallied, and was given
treatment for the burns and was
brought to Jefferson. He is recup
erating at ttfe residence of Mrs. W. C.
Smith, where he makes his home.
President’s Mother
Is Stricken 111
New York, April 29.—Mrs. Sara
Delano Roosevelt, the President’s
mother, suffered an upset stomach
while motoring and was treated and
rested for two hours in a drug store
near the New York Word's Fair.
Rallying quickly and returning
in her own car to her Manhattan
townhouse, the unusually spry 85-
year-old mother assured her son,
who telephoned 1 from the White
House, that she was “feeling fine.”
“It was just a little stomach trou
ble,” she told him.
Range land well grassed and
fairly free of weeds is not a favor
able breeding place for most of the
insects that are crop pests.
Thursday, May 2, 1940.
JEFFERSON ROTARY
CLUB CELEBRATES
2ND. ANNIVERSARY
Beautifully planned, with every
detail perfect and elaborate, was the
dinner party given at the Harrison
Hotel Tuesday evening by the Rotary
Club, honoring the Rotary Anns and
celebrating the club’s second anni
versary. Tables, centered with bowl*
of gorgeous flowers, seated sixty
guests. At the president’s table, a
huge birthday cake, decorated with
Rotary insignia, formed the central
decoration. Attractive cards mark
ed the guests’ places.
President J. C. Turner was mas
ter of ceremonies and introduced the
guests. Col. George W. Westmore
land welcomed the guests and Mrs.
M. M. Bryan responded for the Rot
ary Anns.
An interesting program of music,
songs by the club, piano solo by
Miss Doris Hancock, vocal numbers
by Miss Fowler, and moving pictures
of the Long Day Celebration and
other scenes, was presented as en
tertainment for the guests, but the
leading feature of the program was
the talk by Rev. L. Wilkie Collins,
pastor of First Methodist church,
Gainesville, who spoke most inter
estingly and impressively on the
subject, Democracy and Rotary.
Mr. Collins is a former pastor of
the Jefferson Methodist church, and
was accompanied by Mrs. Collins,
and both received a most compli
mentary greeting.
The affair was one of the most de
lightful social events of the season
and registered another charming ges
ture of the many given by the club.
Besides the Rotary Angs, other
guests were Rev. and Mrs. Collins,
Misses Joyce and Maybeth Storey,
Evelyn Cason, Mary Holland, Doris
Hancock and Miss Fowler.
PUBLIC CARELESS ON LICENSES
Add causes of highway accidents
—absent-mindedness.
Or so it would seem from the ap
plications for driver’s license re
newals.
iState Commissioner of Public
Safety Lon Sullivan says that many
drivers wanting to renew their li
censes forget to sign their names to'
the applications.
Others neglect to give height,
weight, color of eyes and other des
criptive information. Space for such
is marked on the blank.
But the bit of absent-mindedness
that causes Sullivan’s staff most
grief is the way some checks and
money orders are made out. Many
are made payable to the motor vehi
cle tag unit, some to the revenue de
partment and some to “State of
Georgia.”
Sullivan said the Department of
Public Safety is a separate state
unit and checks should be made pay
able to it. He added that cashier’s
checks or money orders should be
used and not personal checks or cash.
FIELD ARMY TO BEGIN WORK
The local committee on the cam
paign for cancer control met Mon
day afternoon at the home of the
Captain, Mrs. H. E. Aderhold, and
outlined plans for the work of the
field army in the Jefferson territory.
Within the next few days members
of the army will visit every sectibn
of the city to distribute literature
and receive contributions.
1. To make available funds for
the transportation or care of indi
gent cancer patients under the direc
tion of the medical profession.
2. To purchase surgical or radio
logical equipment or supplies for
hospitals or clinics approved by the
American College of Surgeons.
3. To raise funds for the support
of clinics, hospitals, or other can
cer control units.
ROBERTS IN GOVERNOR’S RACE
We wish to call attention to the
advertisement of Hon. Columbus
Roberts, Commissioner of Agricul
ture and Candidate for Governor,
appearing in this issue of the paper.
In his statement Mr. Roberts sets
at rest any question of whether he
will run for Governor in the Septem
ber primary by saying: “I am in the
race to win and will be there at the
finish regardless of who or how many
others may offer.”
Kudzu is described as a “heavy
duty plant” especially adapted to
soil and climatic conditions of the
southeast.
Vol. 63. No. 46.
Martin Institute to
Present May Day Program
Friday, May 3rd
The public is cordially invited to
attend the May Day pageant to be
presented by the pupils of Martin
Institute on Friday afternoon, May
3rd, on the front campus. In addition
to the May court, a pantomime of
the ever-enchanting fairy tale “Cin
derella” will be given.
Miss Lottie Ray and William Har
dy will reign as May Queen and
King. These two members of the
Senior class were given these hon
ors by popular vote.
The maids in attendance at the
court scene will include: Misses
Marie Staton, Sara Howard, Faye
Daniel, Lois Nunn, Frances Bryan,
Betty Aderhold, Dorothy White
head, Marian Hardy, Martha Ann
Kelly, Elizabeth Whitfield, Johnnie
Ruth Hardy, Carolyn Lord, Annie
Bell Moor®, Betty Dozier, Mary Lyle
and Virginia Williamson. These
were chosen to represent tlie eighth,
ninth and tenth grades. Members
of the fifth, sixth, and seventh
grades will around the May
Pole.
“Cinderella” which is to be pre
sented by pupils from the High
School and the grammar grades has
the following cast:
Cinderella, Peggy Stacks.
The Prince, Glenn Gasaway.
Step-Mother, Ethel Martin.
Step-Sisters, Ella Grace Toucy,
Barbara Beatty.
Fairy God-Mother, Pat Dozier.
Members of the grammar grades
will be featured in dances as a part
of the dramatization of the fairy
tale.
In beautiful dresses with hoop
skirts, high school girls will dance
the minuet with gallant high school
boys dressed in whit* with bright
blue coats
There is no admission and the
public is urged to attend.
In case of inclement weather, the
program will be postponed.
Commissioners Urged To
Fight For Lost Cash
Atlanta, Ga.—A proposal that
Georgia’s county commssioners.
launch a concerted state-wide drive
to restore to the 159 countes the
$2,509,000 annual loss sustained
through operaton of personal proper
ty and homestead tax exemptions
Monday featured the opening meet
ing of the 26th annual convention
of the Association of County Com
missioners of Georgia.
Frank Gross, Stephens county at
torney and member of the Georgia
legislature, warned that a movement
is afoot to do away with allocated
funds and placing all state revenues
in “the jug” for legislative distribu
tion. He characterized the plan as
“dangerous to counties” and warned
members of the association to “get
into politics and demand equity.”
Julius McCurdy, chairman of the
association’s legislative committee,
said the organization “has not taken
a militant attitude and must do so.”
McCurdy pointed out that only
34.6 per cent of all revenues re
ceived by counties in 1936 were ex
pended on roads.
Robert L. McDougall, Georgia
WPA administrator, pledged co-op
eration of the federal agency with
the counties.
Asserting that the future of WPA
and its relations to the counties “is
pretty well charted,” McDougall
said counties.and the citizens of the
state are receiving full value for
WPA projects, adding that many of
them would not be available at all
if sponsors had to provide the en
tire cost.
He told commissioners that for
every four persons on WPA rolls,
another three persons are attempt
ing to qualify, and ended his treat
ment of the subject by saying that
70,000 persons, almost double the
number now on WPA rolls, would
have to be added to meet the de
mands in Georgia. WPA does not
compete with private business be
cause the projects “just would not
be done if it,.were not for WPA aid.”
Superior Court Has
One-Day Session
An adjourned term of Jackson
superior court convened Monday,
but on account of the illness of some
of the members of the bar, only a
one-day session was held. The Judge
announced that a session will bo
called at some future date. j