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About The Gibson record. (Gibson, Ga.) 1891-1954 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1932)
VOL. XXXVIII. No. 10. J. W. vVhiteley Witt Continue To Urge Cotton Redudion Law Until Planting Time Two months and a few days* more until COTTON PLANTING, time in Georgia. For almost FIVE MONTHS Georgia’s- COT TON FARMERS have been beg ging and pleading with our t,ov ernor for Legislation looking to ilrastic curtailment of cotton pro duction for 1932. Thus far their cries have fallen oa deaf ears. The . DAILY PRESS, 100 per cent, so far as I mi informed. GIANT CORPO RATIONS. POLITICIANS, H. j LANE YOUNG, Vice President of Citizens ami Southern Bank Atlanta It; and GOVERNOR RICH Alto HUSSBX h*v» biUcri.v opposed every plan suggested bv frieods of COTTON FARMERS v.hc-re Legislation was involved or mentioned. I When it comes to passing the constitutionalilv of anv law that might effect in anv w ise A« COTTON AGRICULTURE, don’t ever refer your requests for in formation to the SUPREME COURT -just see our Governor 1 «-!»;» tie 1! for " you. *«*» Al least that M s «i- ex aclly what he has done for the hogging, ragged, hungry, slaving men. women and children COT TON FARMERS of Georgia. For almost FIVE MONTHS lie, has heard their pleadings with out even displaying the least per sonal interest in their cause. He assumes the attitude of GeS’a “Kina” refuses tteir cry for the ^^5,^ Assemhlv to pass on this ques the price of COTTON and COT TON SEED. We know he is a cheat believe fiOVfiRNOR, M don’t lie’s “BIGGER” than the entire personnel of the GEOR CIA HOUSE and SENATE. His U‘'-nkm t!;«H f*r se ? riin^!y to m, ,s on the House and Senate, feeling hat they are not capable place arid their responsibility amt passes on the seven million dollar proposition all by himself. stand .Another is Governor thing we can’t Russell as f* one ,°. f hl 9 chlef S E A * SONS for not issuing - a ca» f for Legislative action is the $25,000 session of Legislature? Is t.iat a plaimble reason when Tr stake F to the iTr Cotton » p Farmers ars are of a f.eorgia. It would not he out of order o hase spent one more day trimme^SAT ARm OF a STATF OFFICIALS, oerr uc i beginning • • with •tutu the the Governor as to re-arranging the STATE BUDGET and that SA!nXR,ES shouicl he cu>. Mil Rons of men has e been dismissed .roin their jobs, millions of men and women have had their sala ries cut to the quick, and I don’t think it a crime or any d'/,honor to cut the salaries of the STATE OFFICIALS, beginning with those who draw $1,800 per an- TREES ___ FOR GEORGIA LANDS - Five hundred and fifty-one thousand tree seedlings were shipped , . , , from the „ horest ... Nursery . at Athens during the calendar yeer 1931, reports B. F. Grant, associate professor of forestry at the Georgia State College of Aariculture ^Srer This is ever^been a greater than has s hinned Mica"e^^haHirnU in anv previous year a for nlantinc realized* trees is more strongly nmv than at any other ’ fimo ' Th ose seedlines went to 67 counties in Georgia Slash pine P •IS h?wed usual led ^lon"-Ieaf all other species fol |,v blS “cust and Bibloliy of nine Tr “named and w!s a^ in the numb^ This sufficient £orS of trees ? to plant iJSt 800 ™ of * idle The majority of the seedlings shipped were grown during the first -two months of 1931. Ship- GIBSON RECORD Published to furnish the People of Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper dud as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County. num. The month of January is about half gone and Warren county * las not paid exceeding 30 per c ent of ’ h er State and Connl >’ , I „ axes, not , , becvuse our people not honest, hard working] men and women, but because 5c COTTON HUNGER, leads to SLAVERY, | SUICIDE and the “POOR HOUSE.” We shall continue to beg for! Legislation drastically curtail-! mg cotton production fm 1932 and 1933* until planting time, which we hope will bring to the Farmer a much increased price on the Cotton be now holds flirt tl’.flt »bkh bo .....>• p,........ in the future. Somebody t personally re sponsible,for fort to bring this not needed making relief to farmers in August and Sep tember. It’s tragic that Ihej 1 FARMERS who ac not share, .in an increased price; Tor their COTTON and SEED.: hut have been FORCED TO SELL regardless of hill price. rm no profjiel. If «,cr, i S not yet a concert of action hv LAW to assure the world that the COTTON BELT will no! pro- to! duce in 1932 exceeding six eight million hales of cotton,] there may be a decline of one cent per pound, and should this he true tile banks will call for margin and there will bo no margin Z ^ forced and o? millions X »l of bales prTce! will arid country hanks all over No it’s just cold blooded facts. Governor Russell will ipininn. vet call the U|tM« in *y hut he will delay the call just as long us possible so as to make. it difficult for the other slates to! *«Ui|S? themreiver. after meet. His idea seemingly is to in a suave, diplomatic, strategic! to defeat the COTTON FAR- 1 , MER, the small town country BANKER, MERCHANT and business institutions of the Belt and retain their good well al.the same time | ( ‘ ( F J ° N ' AH ERS do y0 " „ think , he can put this m over on i»s?j I DON r yes, all spelled vvith Russell will meet his MA1ER LOO for the same reason. ias by h \ S arblirar y atti : , tide 1 already , , , lost the prestige of Jo percent of the Cotton mers Ceorgia, andI the continue'^to "“Filld whiie h ® on ,J ,e *_? Middle e while ftome R°mc burns” and wait so LATE to call Georgia Voters, thereby 1>E FEATING the opportunity of a Mf e time to havo ravel Ihe ton States Horn the penis of bankruptcy, hunger and contin ued slavery. We will talk more about this next week. Am I right, or am I wrong. J. W Whiteley. Warrenton, ( Ga. inent , , has now started . . , on „ the present supply, and will continue until March 15th. The latest possible ' to * plant in ITiere are still . plenty , , ol , slash , - ’and longleal pine trees ava ” Ie at l he Nursery but orders . rapidi: ? *' n “. coming in Sointo^anotlieri . ? V „!n ‘"ellouF’diir '"i^one Anyone t desriring'to desiring wi to piaut plant trees trees i' Jn ri TV?, Sv y orgia be glad to f of f go „ Ag A „ over r-r . planting nMntinS pr nro h 'ems and give advic*jas to xP These l ° PaI seedlings ]] 1 - a ” d are ? ,ui?,. distributed Ui, Id at cosl t «. c,t ' 2 f'? s ° f th * * ta l e and , are ,K that » Ppe ' S « f,rSl V’ 6 COmC ° r< !VA ’ SerVCd ‘ - Of tke Do«r Trft« The elk Is a member of the family. GIBSON, GA., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 1932. - »- **■ 1 Here's Neiv Firestone "Air Balloon'’ Tire —- --—---— t. ii ’ .v.v.v'v:v.' . ■ v A IJ I 11 ISmlaE IMH m | ' When.Firestone , pioneered . developed the original balloon tire in 1922, they established Ue prin tom and T– onwS “FfoStoM of amalfil! AJTH– loon” simply emphasizes a fur ther degree of thisFi restone pi-in Jj.byg. - MM **. M, * , ^J? e ;To Km p ^ essure J 1 *?’ 80 arn " SftftiKtt by the Firestone Tire – Rubber Company. Known as the Air Balloon, the new tire carries only from ten to designed f°“ rt6e ? pnmanty pounds pressure to increase and is Prosed riUS * rt,U Church Is “ - A (if 01 V „P„ ‘ In ( Hl^tOTV , 111 VjUlJ5 .QUlUV V S *' " ^ --- ^,’iren.R^ k Ch«ne^...« (This week The Clipper re slimM publication of the history u s Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, county historian. A sketch of the his of Prospect church is this' week’s installment and follows below.-Ed.) * Prospect Church 1S45 Amos Johnson gpve six acres of land on which to j )L ,ii<i the church that was and I ewis jc c its. North Hill and Dr. Felts. The Reverend Leak was the first paster. He served the churcll in 1845 and 184(1. At that t j me . he dmrcjj W as in the ren t on Circuit and it remained in t,,at circuit wilh th « preachers w ho served the Warrenton duin , and who have been, Mashbiirn "he was the last ‘thi traliSJ Warrantor ( .t I «p hal yeaFt jg92, Prospect was sen . e( ] by Rev. J. B. Holland, 1893 the churcll was to the Crawfordvillc Mission, Rev. J. R. Lewis, of Sparta, Ga., served that year and the next, In 1895, it Was again transferred, time hack to Hie Circuit, with Rev. E. B. Reese p as j or jj e served 1895-’9(5-’97 and ’98. Rev. J. L. Embry served 1899. Rev. J. lj.. Holland anditwa* again put in CrawfordvdJe Mission with Rev. g Rohison as pastor. In ^ was j p U j back into the W()f)( (;j rcud with Rev. J. A. serving. In ™ d 1903 R ® v *. charge, and in 1904 and and Re V > 08 Rev ^’„ R w Rogers; In ,90 Rc y J J. | V’Jf W. Bartley; "^ m ftt/JK 1911=- l - and ’ ,3 Hev Firlcy Baum; and JDJ5 Rev. J. M. F Fowler; 1917 Rev. C. .Hughes; lin<1 1919 Hev - W - ^’’tler; Rev F A Ragsdale; 1925 ’24 Rev. J. E. Russell; Rev. C. A. Reese. In 1926 it was transferred to the Oamak Mission with Rev. J. M. Guest as pastor, In 1927 Rev. II. D. Pace served the church. In 1928 it wat trans lo the Thomson Mission land Rev. G. C. Burtz served that comfort. Exhaustive tests Jhown by Firestone Engineers have that its cushioning qualities been J° S8i ¥ e to achieve in tire “»»*“*»?»*■ tr? c .^ B ^°®d ruts Cobblestones, and similar rough car > with ^jLSb SSS–m anv Fa^’at ah " their engineering a stone designers task, the Fire also developed the features of the new tire. It *? n 0 u,lced ^J at m ud ’ "**• sod pavementf f ( . °S’ TgUtedTiS f » Tretefore e and safety un known. Skidding hazards are greatly the reduced. In this respect tire achieves one of its most important missions, since the com b,nation of tow pressure and in- igain ^'VS transferred to the Norwood Circuit with Rev, II. C. Zoellcr as In 1*1 Iiev. W. F. ta» ,or<1 ^' as sent to serve the church tpd is serving ut the present >imo. Rev. Limsford is a godly ’ d ;lr,c pK'ariicr. He aJJ practices in his iile the tenets w^eh he preaches and ho is very l r ".j^to v' Jre P? K s e da S J pt , r johnsoli jj jj j{ en t, J. M Harris..!, ami and J. N. Shelton, t j, stewards ore Rov L Harper Shivers. S. P. Harper served as one of the stewards for twenty one years. There are around one hundred members and a times, that the church was a hall to be tossed from one circuit or mission to another at the will of the conference. And though the doubtless demanded the changes nevertheless it was dis couragi/ig to (lie church to feel that it had no permanent abiding place. Tossed about with seldom ? of “i?ec character lha! made of then 5f , pe ' ' e m l In 1920, when-cotton was sell at forty cents a pound, -were scarce. Riding On the high tide of prosperity the young m’a.nhood of America were interested in other callings than saying the souls of men, and it seemed that Prospect church perforce, become pastor less, a fold without a shepherd, hut Rev. F. A. Ragsdale, a local from Lithonia was re quisitioned and that year proved to be a spiritual season for (he church. Mr. J. D. Smith was a power in Hie early days of Prospect He was a strict discip * ,na rian and la \ all(n '' cd na de ' . f from the rules of the ^ed f in 1 ^He September, 189 p. His Rev. R. wTl W. Hubert from II. Tim- 4-7 and 8. “I have fought'a fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for which a crown of - righteousness, the Lord, the .righteous judge, shall give m e at th, day; and not to me only, hut unto all them also that love His appear ing.” _ Mrs. Ahios Johnson, another pioneer reflected in the th e glory church,^whose of ta conse- life SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR creased higher riding surface give it a much resistance against skidding than has ever before been wheel were fanned by Firestone Engineers with an eye to beauty. The special disk, wheel is a concave b !–ck attractively set off with JK loon” tires and five wheels and « an arm for adjusting the steering. In the evolution of tires for s ™ all « r the ib * section 3 hwTdth^melsudng 40? the^to Too 1 inches to MO to 4 50 and later to 4.75 inches. Now the “Air Balloon” approximately dou bles the cross section size for small cars and increases the air volume about four times. . March 24th. Z K* 1895. 4 Rev. ,."*’ '< 5-. ? M. Armstrong preached the funeral j from the text, -She hath done what sh oLi cou i (1 « rim ISn c, irI ,|., v ca, i(] | wa » ptUT^ ' v dimlent it, v V H ^SnW. W made at JSS that taJ v . A hornier, Sift Smid'iv ScliooT t |i„, Pn^STni and made it so interesting £,^^1 SSSftSS*- wv mm « ing OItcs in the county, and peo Edv* came for miles around lore its benefits. Miss Maggie Swain Was pianist at this time i u > was succeeded by Mr. E. Johnson, who served until w l,ci, he died very suddenly. Ml , Johnson’s was marked with great on taccount of the assistance his talented wife. She possessed a V erv charming personalitv and was a natural leader. When the tiers the needed v's articles were nro nook ( . , –r S her IcESp. ia, of piano, n orchestra, composed cornet and violin, was j n g music for the services. Mr. an d Mrs. Johnson were not only powers in the Sunday School, but j„ the church as well, frequently paying one-fourth of the church's expenses. But for their dauntless courage 'and suhstan (ini assistance (he church have succumbed during its most trving years. succeededI Mr. Johnson was in l!>]9. as superintendent of the Sundav School, hv Mr. S. P. liar per, who has served lively with the exception of one year ever since and is still serv ing. II was decided that Mr. Harper was needed as a teacher i„ the school and Mr. Lcn Shiv e rs was made expiration* superintendent, *V Ut a ‘ lht> of one year Mr. Harper was re-elected to the sunerintendciicy. The school lias an of fortv with an average l3lu . e G f thirty. Tt is divided in three departments, the primarv, linder the direction of Mrs. J. M. Harris; the intermediate, under the direction of Mrs. Inez Turk ( . r and the adults with Mrs. Far Icy as director. Miss Helen Harris is pianist with Mrs. Guy (Continued on last page) Automobile Tag Law Amended; Penalty If Not Bought By Feb. 1 Because of the changes in the Georgia law requiring the pur chase of license tags for automo biles, Chairman Paul H. ljoyal, - of the State Revenue Commis sion, has sent The Clipper the following statement with request that it he published for the in formation of auto owners: ' ,,, n, 1 „ l\\ • Pm. ... \i\r u /*, , .\ L ; U \ <‘!-ii‘' S SC ,™ , J * . ' non, e license ,' u ' s , I ", gs mus session, . I K-’lTw'"t»±nS d : N : h l( ' ,ll( t ’ «" » 3!' U I” ■A';' ‘"“'i ."' , li '' au ‘ / ;,m will • 1 • (1 . ° , ‘'I 1 1 . 1ll “ ( ,e P* ! ce a * H .. lag. doMar lee to the sheriH. e a ;'" ul 20 per cent ol (lie price ot ,n ‘ ho honored ’ 1 ..A'“ liit ess J. nresentefi ” l ‘ 1 >’ 1 tlUl .liciin.s • ot tue le j>P“l>ye Ks on'i eoun.ies %$£ am aeeompa- ^ Exrentiiuf ‘ 07’ ''nml-ivs !' d '; •’ 11,i< lime • da *° , ^ > . ~ -' s ^ * ll .piiimminely -M2UW10 Ii er '( ’ it. mo f dov' \£e Wo^ ? Told ‘ mnMv 8 .00 v s Thit m T «r«i ,h J 8 would indicate . , hint ,, , the people arc wailing to buy during the lat tar part of the month, and orders ! ,in , lI r^ ’ n “ ,i N ' ld necessarily wM probably have to^stand 'f nd /f in 0 *°. r ,unirs - M 0 urge that ap I , :™ nd’avoldTl "™*"Z nt‘ rnfent u 1 " rlelav delay and • ml penalties nhnMtios ,J™ C t T^'7 ^ T'*** wS ' ? “W nm certiS ‘an XS for license tag an i ,h ' f sh,er s chwk - P° staI !'°i (,[,'£(] C ‘ V C !i °' ' . cx,)ress CenSC fce monc re . v * Ev law ” soLi'ES n ’Sn^S , r in s «'me instance? ■ I n t the State Revenue Commission is of the opinion that tlicv haw no discre tion to waive what Hie ’aw pro of personal checks than on cashier’s JJ, checks It is merely a ma P of the law that we can no! waive or set aMde We are receiving copies of res 0 lutions passed hv “rand juries, | an d requests from nmnv sources, f Kir or an extension ahsdhilelv of time hut is no loovision nni |,0 " a,lH S pay 1 and - State Revenue Commission, By Paul H. Doyal, Chairman i NOTICE PRIMARY TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 24 At a meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee of Glascock County held on January 9th., the committee ordered that the pri lor the election of county Oncers Candidates he held desiring on February 24th. to run in bet .™st iebmary P ay ^"‘[ance HHh, fee on or ore T. Kitchens, Chairman, E. E. Griffin, Secretary, 18-29 “Good times” are coming again. Itchy Hand Ringworm, Toes Athlete’s Foot disease Why suffer from the queer skin toes and causing feet, severe Itching of blisters. Ringworm, cracking, Trench peeling skin, Crotch Itch, when Foot or f ««ti°n and quickly you can avoid ln Jdth, Dr. Nixon’s heal your skin on the famous Knglish Nixoderm? Rased mula, discovered by Hospital for don skin specialist, Dr. a leading Nixon's Lon oderm acts with amazing Nlx ^S?n Se dtt ned for th,s Particular speed, be teiS. d l–t i£p°tgSP«d™i–S W , , w® £2V^SM ,n or the amail Evans Pharmacies, Warrenton
