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GIBSON RECORD Published to Furnish the People of Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper and as Medium for the Advancement of the Public a Good of the County, VOL. XXXVIII. No. 20. Matrons Club Work Recorded In History (From Warrenton Clipper) (By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County Historian.) (In last week’s installment of the history of Warren county in The Clipper, a sketch of the work of the Matrons Club of Warren ton since its organization in 1899 began. It is continued below, be ginning with the reproduction of a clipping from the Augusla Herald of 1926 telling about the Club’s activity in erecting a mon ument in 1903 when a row' of horse hitching racks stood on the courthouse square. Ed.) (From Augusta Herald 1926) Mrs. Wilhoit, the first presi dent of flie Matrons Club, and at present a-t the head of the local Woman’s Club, tells an amusing incident in connection with the early activities of the club. The Incident of the Hitching ___ Bjeska. -------- Tire"space that you now see oc cupied by a park in front of the court-house, formerly was en tirely taken up with a square of hitching-racks for the farmers’ uses when they came to town to ■trade. Those hitching-racks must have been there ever since War renton was a town for no one re members when they were placed there. But they were unsightly, right in the heart of the town, and the bane of the club women’s existence. So women-like, we set to ing work break by argument and fuss to tne men’s morale, and have them removed. ’’But no argument we could produce would have any effect. In fact most of the men of the town seemed to take the hitching posts as symbols of their sov ereignity, and maintained the idea that they should be relin quishing all the ideas of their manhood if they yielded to the women in this. “Womanlike we worked on,, and never once gave up the idea of by some hook or crook getting rid of those unsightly racks. We thought we had reached a beautiful solution when the Ma trons Club decided to erect a handsome granite shaft to the Confederacy—and cal place to the only logi put it was in the cen ter of the square before the court house, right exactly in the center of the hitching racks. “But did that get them down?” the former director of the Ma trons Club reminisced amused ly. “It did placed not. We had the monument in the center of tlw raeks and had the unveil ing exercises, at which Hon. Boy kin Wright, of Augusta, and Col. •I. E- Pottle, now of Millegeville, were the speakers. The actual unveiling was done by Mrs. Rob ert English, the wife of a sub marine commander in the U S. navy, who was then Eloise Wal ker, ia very small child. But to do this we had to nearly sign away would our earthly rights that we the hitching merely remove enough of racks to enable the exercises to go on—and then to put them back immediately. “All of which the daries c oni plied with,” continue] the for mer president, “but it didn’t make when our thought feel^^s of. all any the belter we mon ey we had put in that monument. We got sorer and sorer, and somehow the men of the commu nity began to get suspicious that the women should tear down the old atrocities some night, so they took out an injunction against it, which Sheriff W. O. Brnikley carried around in his pocket for instant use so long that it nearly became worn out. Several times in the middle of the night he got up and came down town on a false alarm that something was happening to the hitching posts. Each time he found he’d been on a wild goose chase. And then find one morning, w r e all awoke up to the whole thing gone, and even the postholes packed tight with dirt. Ladies Plead “Not Guilty” “And. honestly, would you be lieve it?” relates Mrs. Wilhoit, “as surely as I am standing here the ladies had no-thing to do with removing them. But to this day, nobody really knows who did it. Of course w r e all have our sus picions. And if the man whom w r e think did it should ever run for office—I’m not saying any (Continued on last page) GEORGIA NEWS Happenings Over the State Tlie only negro daily newspaper In existence, the Atlanta World, began publication recently in that city. John Thomas, a negro holiness preacher ot Fort Valley, receutly ate forty-eight scrambled eggs at one sit ting. The common schools of the state will receive $1,780,175 of the $-‘,000, 000 loan negotiated recently by Gov ernor Russell. Trustees of the University Hospital at Augusta have asked a grant of $7, OOo for 1932 from the Richmond coun ty commission. Bessie Tift college at Forsyth cele brated its 85th anniversary Saturday,, Visitors and alumnae.-(rCEi- the' entire pfesent. Columbus and Muscogee county spent $4,454.88 during February in public relief service, H. B. Crawford, city manager, reports. The slate board of health collected $588,618.05 during the year 1931 and spent $5G8,721.25, finishing the year with a balauce of $19,896.82. Messrs. Henry Wilkinson, William Edwards and Sam F. Sullivan have been appointed by Judge C. W. Wor rlil as registrars for Terrell The last link of a paved highway from Atlanta to Brunswick will bo surfaced under a contract let by the state highway board recently. A program of relief and rehabilita tion has been launched in Georgia’s storm-torn areas by the Amerieau Red Cross and co-operating relief agencies. Officials of the Ellis lodge of Geor gia have decided to defer the Geor gia rally of Elks at Waycross in June until next year, it was announced re cently. A mall pouch was recently stolen from near the depot at Cartersville, which was later found with many, let ters scattered about, all of them opened. Dr. C. G. Butler, well known Gaines ville physician, was elected president of the Ninth District Medical Society at the annual meeting at Gainesville recently. Progress is being made in Ware county in the campaign against tu berculosis. In the past fourteen months 42 persons have been X-rayod and examined. John Cown, of Greenville, has been recently appointed state inspector for Georgia by the 1932 crop production loan office, agriculture department, at Washington, D. C. Payment of 100 per cent of their deposits was assured depositors in the defunct Decatur Bank and Trust com pany at a meeting of the Decatur De veloping company recently. The state board of public welfare at Atlanta went out of existence on Jan uary 1 without debts and with no cash balance, an audit filed recently with Governor Rusell showed. Street improvement bonds, totaling $24,000, have been sold for $24,422.43 to the J. H. Hilsman company and the Citizens and Southern company, of At lanta, by the Columbus city commis sion. The state school loan of $2,000,000 was turned over to the school de partment recently, following payment of the amount to the state by the Georgia banks which had advanced the money. W. C. Bradley, of Columbus, was named chairman of the board of di rectors of the Coca-Cola company at the recent meeting of stockholders at which the entire membership of the board was re-elected. A cargo of raw sugar from the Philippine Islands arrived at Savan nah recently aboard the Norwegian motorship Farnwood. Heretofore all raw sugar shipped to Savannah came from Cuba because Philippine ship ments were too heavy to make this port The Georgia School of Technology collected $1,759,566 from all sources and expended $1,696,027 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, leav ing a balance of $62,938 on hand, ac cording to a report recently filed with Governor Russell by State Auditor Tom Wisdom. Publication of the book, "Martha Berry, Friend of the Southern High lander,” by Tracy Byers, is announced by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, of New York, for the latter part of April. This is the first book about the work of Mar tha Berry, founder and director of the Berry schools. The Cobb county grand jury recently GIBSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932. Scenes and Persons in the Current News iSv – iMF I 5tA ;4~\ ,4 missis k W' m-# 1 Mf YictW* IB - \c \ ill- 1 J s * 4 I i : i <?** "V v ■ ««»**« * 2 i H y a / i : ■M ................l ; ...mJ a JOy ~~ I SI '■ "S 1 "' **' 1 % 8 ; ■ « • : '-l “-.t* ' ' 1 ■••'2 ■v rS* 3 1—Women campers in tosemite National park snow bound by the heaviest snowfall ever recorded in that re gion. 2 —William A. Irvin, who has-been made president of the United States Steel corporation to succeed James A. Farrell. 3—Remarkable action photograph of Japanese soldiers pursuing Chinese near the ICiangwan racetrack out side of Shanghai. sanctioned the ceding of the Roswell district to Fulton, thereby eliminating an objectionable situation brought about by the merger of Fulton and Milton counties. Selection of the University of Geor gia at Athens for the next meeting and election of Dr. T. M. Simpson, head of the department of mathemat ics of the University of Florida, to the presidency, featured the closing session at Gainesville, Fla., recently of the southeastern section of the Mathematical Association of America. Gold Treasure Trove Discovered in Hedge Towednack, England.—Eight articles of gold found in a hedge at Anmlveor farm, here, were declared by the coro ner to be treasure trove. He seised them on behalf of the crown, but said lie would give consid eration to a claim lodged on behalf of the duchy of Cornwall, from which the prince of Wales draws dues. The articles were stated to be 3,000 years old, and three of them were fine specimens of torques or collars, or neck chains. Wales Plans to Teach His Nephews to Box London.—The prince of Wales plans to become a boxing and gym instruc tor to his young nephews, Lord Las celles, sons of the princess royal. The new residence of ttie princess royal (Princess Mary) at 2 Green street, Park Lane, contains a full-sized box ing ring and two gymnasiums. Hint for Fishermen “When ye have taken a great fish, undo the raawe, and what ye find therein make that your bait, for ft f* best."—Dame Juliana Berners, 1490. Record-Making Firestone Rail Car m '1 ■ ■; l SMS £<3 m - , , : ■ ■ • V i i If mat <–d • i ■ k;. I m w. l'2 Wv % m -V I as F 1 , ' Jit, V , t 1 M mm mm F, m m m f 1 i w r l t/ ;. ,, Ip \ ; - zw$ y __:__L_ ■' V s , after Harvey they had S. enabled Firestone an (left automobile foreground) running finds railroad the new tracks Firestone to rail record tires in between pcrfect^eondition Jacksonville, Florida. The on set a Miami and bettered by 42 minutes the fastest car, covering railroad 405.7 miles at an average speed of 64.39 miles an hour, shorter. The smooth run between these two cities made over a route 40 miles and quiet operation of the flanged pneumatic tires was a revelation. Mr Firc stone believes that miles of unused railway tracks will be reopened through their use. With Mr Firestone, who is chairman of the board of The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, are, left to right! Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., vice president; Clifford D. hnutii, development engineer, who operated tile car; and John W. Thomas, president of the company. AUTHOR’S BIG CATCH JfcW "VP, – i s ft v : 1 1/ to i *\ m j/. i§§g§i|i Mary Roberts Rinehart with a lar pmi weighing 125 pounds which she landed after a shark had taken a bite out of it just ns the noted author was bringing it in. Explaining Undertow When a wave rushes up on a beach the water must recede. Meanwhile an other wave is approaching. Tills sec ond" wave climbs over the water which Is running back. This 18 repeated lime and time again. There is there fore a seaward (lowing current set up under the advancing waves. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR Agricultural Squibs Vegetable acreage In New York state lias increased 38 per cent in the past 10 years. * The .Japanese beetle continues to spread. It 1ms now appeared as far apart as Charleston. S. C., and Cleve land, Ohio. The 1031 potato crop allows ISO pounds of potatoes for each person in the United States, T/ils Is 11! pounds less than the average for th j past 5 years. * Rye sown as a full cover crop and turned to..let in the rpringv !:■< 9 re turned to the soil, from a'good crop, 4,700 pounds of organic matter and 78 pounds of nitrogen; ns much nitro gen as is contained in 500 pounds of nitrate of soda. * Better results in feeding wheal to hogs are obtained if the wheat is ground “medium fine.” So ground it is fully equal to corn. The total United States crop is in dicated at 10,000,000 bushels this year 21 , 000 , 00 0 bushels last year and 18,- 400,000 bushels for Hie 5-year average • * • The pear blister mite Is a very small mite which burrows beneath the leaf surface during the spring and summer months, causing “rusty" spots. Wartime Nurses The army nursing corps says that tn the Spanish-A meric,in war woman nurses were first used in the army hospitals. There nurses were under contract to the government. Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee, a contract surgeon, was appointed superintendent of the army nursing corps. It was mainly through her efforts that the corps was organized and became a part of the United States army in 1001; * : Typewriter Doctor '/C -It Ey RUBY DOUGLAS «g> by MCtUure Newspaper Syndicate.) % I WNU Service) T looked IE cashier up from of the his Brookville desk as Sylvia, bank ids competent little stenographer, en tered his ofiice humming gayly. "Why the mirth on Monday morn ing, Miss Sylvia?” he asked. “Tlie old, old reason—joy in having created something!" she told him. “Tell me—let me be joyful, too," persisted the cashier. He had known Sylvia since her childhood. Theirs was a friendly, family acquaintance as well as a business association. “I will—but you won’t like it," Sylvia laughed. “Oh—conceived the Idea of getting married, I suppose.” Sylvia raised her hands In protest. “Not nt all. But the effect on you will be just the same. I am going into business for myself.” Tlie cashier listened while tlie girl unfolded tier plan. The idea had come to her on Saturday morning like a flash of lightning from the unknown spaces. She had recognized it at once as an inspiration, and all through the week-end site had been turning it over In her mind until now it was a con crete plan all formulated and ready to put into action. “Then you’ll be a typewriter doctor, I gather,” said the cashier when she had finished her out line. "Yes—that’s an attractive way to call it. There is no one in town who can mend a machine. You know your self what a nuisance it is when the typewriters here tn tlie office are out of order. We have to send to tlie city add not only pay tlie man’s expenses but wait till he finds it convenient.” “Oh, I think you have hit upon a splendid Idea. I—of course we hate to lose you, but we can’t expect a girl with your ability and ambition to go on working for some one else at per haps twenty dollars a week. Go to It, Miss Sylvia, aiM we will give you all the support we can." Tlius Sylvia severed her connec tions with the Brookville hank but she took with her aii the good will of the officers and emjuibyees who, one and all, promised to l**lp her to get launched in her new venture. She found a diminutive office on the main street and called herself, a "Typewriter Doctor.” She bad a na tive mechanical sense and more than a little practical business ability. It was not long before Sylvia was very busy, and she had found it nec essary to make a few trips to the city in order to learn from the makers of various machines a number of in tricate little peculiarities of their own typewriters. But she was quick and determined to succeed. Nothing seemed too difficult. S!io was happy and busy and she was experiencing the thrill that come s with achieve ment. One morning a young man appeared In her office. "Good morning," she said cheerily. The visitor explained that lie was a writer and that he lived on a farm outside the limits of the city. His typewriter had become very badly in need of parts and repairs while he was in the middle of some work for a weekly publication. He asked wheth er lie might bring in his machine and perhaps rent one for a few days. That was his problem. Sylvia assured him that that was her work, and she had several ma chines on hand that she could let him choose from. For by this time she had not only gone into the business ot renting typewriters but she had ac quired the agency of a neat little port able machine and was making hand some commissions on this. If the young woman recognized an other finger of fale pointing the way to her pathway she did not admit it. She confessed to herself that she was glad Mr. Bob Saunders would have to return for his machine. She liked him. In a day or two. Bob Saunders ap peared again. He was buoyantly happy. “You are a mascot as well as a good typewriter doctor, Miss Bates,” he said. "How do you know?” asked Sylvia, for his machine was not ready. “I have sold the story I wrote on the rented machine for more than a third again of what I have ever re ceived before from tlie same people,” he told her enthusiastically. “Now I can well afford to get the parts.” He remained in the little office longer than was necessary, but Sylvia kept on working. He was lost in ad miration of tlie deft, easy way in which she went about mending this machine, adjusting that one, cleaning another. It became a habit—watching her. "Could you—perhaps—doctor tlie heart of typewriting man, .Miss—Syl via?” he asked her one day after many weeks. “I—might, if It needed it.” admit (Continuerl on last page)
