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GIBSON A ECORI) 331 Published to Furnish the People of Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County. VOL. XXXVIII. No. 28. Favorable Mention By Georgia Press For Mr. Whiteley It has been gratifying to note in both daily and weekly papers favorable mention of our towns man, Mr. J. W. Whiteley, since he announced his candidacy for the post of Commissioner of Ag. ricuHure of Georgia. Last week The Clipper reproduced articles from several papers and below appears some of those noticed noticed since last week. Mr. Whiteley is spoken of by many as being by far the “leading” candidate and is making an ag gressive campaign. He has many letters from friends in every part of the state who are prominent people, pledging him their hearty support: (From Savannah Morning News May 12th, 1932) J. W. Whiteley of Warrenton, who is a candidate for state com missioner of agriculture, was in Savannah yesterday. He called on a number of people during the <iay and he made a line im pression. A practical farmer and and a successful business man, Mr. Whiteley s friends say he has just the qualifications for a good commissioner. Mr. Whiteley has some fixed idea about how the commission er’s office should be conducted. He advocates eoon my and effi ciency in government and he says reorganization of the farm commissioner’s office is necessa ry for the hes+ interests of those concerned. He is an ardent ad vocate of cotton acreage reduc tion. For- thirty-five years Mr. Whiteley flfe^orse has operated a twenty farm in Glascock and Jefferson counties, and several years ago he established dry goods stores in Gibson and War renton. He owns one of the fin est pecan orchards in Georgia. (From Dublin Courier-Herald) J. W. Whiteley, prominent Warrenton, Ga. business man and Warren county farmer, who has announced his candidacy for Commissioner of Agricul ture to succeed Eugene Tal madge, was a visitor today in Dublin. Mr. Whiteley called on the Courier-Herald and was intro duced by Col. E. L. Stephens. In speaking of his candidacy the Warrenton man said in part: “In making my announcement 1 am mindful of the perilous con dition of the farmers of Georgia at this moment and will leave nothing undone to aid them in this most critical hour of un precedented depression. “As a private citizen I fought with all the energy of my soul for drastic cuitailment of cotton acreage and whether elected or not will continue this fight as opportunity presents. “I stand for rigid economy and shall if elected make no excep tion in the department of Agri culture,” Mr. Whiteley conclu ded. (From The Millen News) J. W. Whiteley of Warrenton, Ga., and recognized as a strong contestant for the office of Com missioner of Agriculture, spent Tuesday of this week in Millen in the interest of his candidacy. Mr. Whiteley’s style of cam paigning made a favorable im pression upon the voters of this community, as he merely seeks to establish his qualifications for the office sought., and being a real dirt fanner of rather exten sive proportions, and having demonstrated his interests in ag riculture by his earnest advoca cy of legislation for the control of cotton acreage, he finds it easy to create interest in his candi dacy. He expects to visit every county in the state, and seems confident of his election. His formal announcement appears in this issue, and he will be heard from more definitely later dur ing the campaign,. -—From Warrenton Clipper. Ties That Bind ~~ By BERTHA LEAH CROSS (© by McClur# Newspaper Syndicate.) (WNU Service) ^^AOMl ^ ’ porch STEVENS watching sat the on dusk the back it ns settled over the garden. To her, this time of day was the loneliest, and the hour when she felt the most let down, tired, old and disillusioned. This night she was feeling unusually so bp cause of the letter from Laura, the sec ond she’d had that week. In the lat ter she pleaded even more urgently with her to accept her Invitation to go to Europe as her traveling companion. “If I only could,” she whispered. “But here I am, as always, tied hand and foot by mother. If mother could only see, could realize how terribly she hampers me In everything I want to do. Talk about the selfishness of the young—it’s nothing In comparison to the old. They think only of them selves 1” All of her life Naomi had craved a good time. Sire longed for travel and excitement. First it had been her father, who, parsimonious to the point of miser liness, had forced both her and her mother to scrimp and save; to go without and .make over, while he hoarded his money. Then when he had died, tern years ago, each hail lacked initiative and urge to get out of tlie rut into which their lives had settled. It had taken but those let ters, however, to light the flame of de sire In Naomi’s crushed ego. “There’s money,” she told herself “plenty of it. If only mother tan be aroused . . But the mother—a self-effacing lit tie woman who had lived for forty years under the domination of her husband. Cowed, timid, shrinking after these years of bondage. What force could galvanize her and make her forget her husband’s reiterated statement: “Women’s place Is in the home.” Could she be fr'>od, emanci pated from that obsession? Naomi was now forty-five. She bad let youth go by as she had love. Fred had become tired of waiitng. She had been a lovely g’.ri with a wealth of curly, brown hair and large, wistful eyes filled with dreams. <>th er men had been attracted. But they like Fred, hnd been appalled by too much interference, and later by toe much prospective mother-in-law. They had passed by to other less hampered girls. Now hnd come this opportunity Galvanized into life, she let her thoughts dwell on this chance of a lifetime. Even the words In the lettet were etched on her mind: "Come on Naomi,” her friend had written “Check your mother with her sister and come with me.” The tears catste now, faster and fast er, stinging her eyes, overflowing—a perfect torrent of heart-breaking tear of longing. Suddenly the tears stopped and she set up with a snap. The tire In het eyes dried the tears: “I’m going!" site said aloud. “I’m going to I’ltroje with Laura. Mother can go to Cali fornla with the Lawsons.” Red spots appeared on her cheeks. Site had de elded. She began formulating In Iter mind her plan of procedure. First she would write Aunt Hattie that her mother was coming. If she could make her, and ask for her help. Then she would write Laura that she would ar rive In New York ready to sail the seventh of July. "I’m going to spend, spend, spend!” she said recklessly. “I am going to make myself young again and see life. For every dollar I’ve denied myself I’ll spend two.” After supper she walked to the vil lage for the evening mall. She posted l letter to Laura telling her she would meet her In New York the FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL FT, : HON. GUS A. HUDDLESTON of Greenville, Meriwether County GIBSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1932. Tibbett’s 99 Decibels in E Flat Exceed Boiler Factory i. ,-: v A in Volume * 1-7 £-3 rnTT"* Jit > . J > l j 7 { i • > Hi # ■ ■ « 7 m fev; %#:§§! € ■ M V i \ \ tjf" > r\\* ■ '' ’f ■ Lawrence Tibbett measuring voice as Harvey S. Firestone Jr., watches W/ITII ” Lawrence Tibbett, noted singer, as the subject of the test, science has now proven that the soothing tinkle of gold in the human voice has greater sound volume than the jarring crash of iron and steel in the familiar dis cords of modern life. In other words the music of Tibbett’s sing ing exceeds in volume the din of a boiler factoi-y, a of riveting New York ma chine, or the streets violent in their most moments. This test is believed to be the first ever made of determining the exact volume of a famous singer’s voice. It took place when Law rence Tibbett was in Akron the Other day as the guest of Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., vice president of The Firestone Tire and Rub her Company, sponsors of the Monday night radio programs of which the Metropolitan grand js opera and talking picture star the regular artist. .• “golden The measuring of "TTnbett’s voice?’ wps dpjjp under the person#! supervision^! Roy* W. BrW, noted Firestone re search engineer and member of the Society of Automotive Engi neers Research Committee. One of the instruments in the Fire stone research laboratory is an audiometer, an extremely sensi tive piece of mechanism, which is part of the extensive equipment used in detecting, photographing sixth. “I've burned by bridges now," she thought. “I’m going straight home to break the news to mother. I’ll find now Interests, and new life, and youth," she told herself. “Mother," she snid abruptly. The swaying roeked stopped at the tense ness In Naomi’s voice. “Yes? What Is It, Naomi?” Her tone held a mild surprise. "I’m sailing the seventh of July with I .aura." “Sailing?" In a bewildered tone. "Yes, sailing for Europe on the sev enth. And I’ve made arrangements for . you to Stay with Aunt Hattie while. I’m gone." “You’ve made arrangements?” Icily “I haven't lost my mind, have I? Well, you’ve certainly taken a pretty Inde pendent step.” Her quick anger cooled. She laid a band on Naomi's with a quick pressure. Suddenly sh« laughed. “Child, you was afraid to tell me? I wondered what you had on your mlrid for a week.” “'Yes. I was afraid. I was afraid you’d not want me to go. Oh, moth er.” her voice breaking. “I’ve got to go. I can’t let this go hy, as I have everything else in life.” Her voice as growing shrill and rising a little. “Can’t you see? Can’t you under stand?’ “I certainly can see,” her mother re plied slowly. “I have wanted a vaca tion for years and always thought I had to stay here at home on your ac count. But from now on, Naomi, these ties that bind are going to be elastic. They are going to stretch. For a month I’ve bin trying to get up cour age to tell you that I’m dying to go to Californy. I’ve always wanted to go—and now I’m going.” DID YOU KNOW—? A ventilated carrier for dogs has been invented to be mount ed on an automobile trunk rack. Concrete building blocks coated with a weatherproof sur face have been Invented In Ger many. A strainer to cover cooking utensils has been Invented that can be clamped to their han dles. and eliminating sound from tires in motion. With Harvey S. Fire stone. of Jr., the watching audiometer, the record ings Tibbett went singing through his factory. first experience of in a Instead of a' fashionable Metropolitan Opera House audience, his back ground tools used was in the the development machinery and by Firestone of silent tires. Sound is measured in units known as decibels. With a long sustained note in E flat, Tibbett sent the needle of the audiometer spinning to 99 decibels. Brown, the familiar with the readings of delicate instrument, looked startled. He had known that Tibbett pos sesses one of the most powerful voices of modern times but he had not believed it capable of created surpass- by ing the terrific volume some of the most violent of every day npises. . Checking up against computa- the tion tablesj it was found that 99 decibels registered t£e by Tibbett decibel whre in comparison to of the foilswing: 96; maximum riveter 98; boiler factory noise New York street 92; roar ing lion 88; York police whistle 86; noisy New street 80; street car 70; piano practice The only 60 sound and purring of cat 20. of greater volume which the chart listed was that of an airplane 110 decibels. 167 MILLION DROP IN FOOD EXPORTS Greatest Loss in Meats, Says Commerce Chief. Washington,—Exports of foodstuffs from the United States dropped to a total value of $874,000,000 In 1931 C. H. Kardell of the Commerce depart ment’s foodstuff division; announced. The value of foodstuffs exports In 1930 was $041,000,000, a decline of $107, 000,000 in a year. The 1931 figures, he said, was on an approximate level with pre-war foodstuff exports, but the decline does not represent loss In quantity so much as decrease In prices. Trade In cereals and cereal prod ucts, meats and fats and oils showed the greatest loss, according to Mr. Kardell, while shipments of fresh, canned and dried fruits, fresh, salted, smoked and cured fish, and feeds and fodders Increased considerably. "The foreign market for fresh fruit," the report stated, "particularly apples, oranges, grapefruit, and lemons continued to show the expan sion of past years and In this year of low prices the total value of all fresh fruits exported practically held its own amounting to $58,249,000, compared with $56,608,000 a year ago. "The total value of grain and grain products exported In 1931 aggregated $106,040,000 and constituted approxi mately 28 per cent of the total value of all foodstuffs exported compared with 35 per cent In 1930 and 88 per cent in 1929. Wheat and wheat flour combined, comprise about four-fifths of the trade In cereals, with nearly as much wheat exported In 1931 as in 1930. Lower prices, however, resulted in a decline In value of 44.6 per cent. About one-fourth less flour was ex ported with a decline of 50 per cent in value compared with a year ago. “Meat products comprised about one-tenth of the value of the food ex port trade, and show a greater de cline compared with a year ago than any other class of foodstuffs. There were approximately 254,000,000 pounds of meats of all kinds exported In 1931, valued at $36,000,000, a decline of 127,000,000 pounds and $30,000,000 compared with 1930. The bulk of the decrease occurred In the bacon trade, which fell off from 94,846,000 pounds in 1930 to 38,428,000 pounds In 1931." Bring Us Your Job Printing. SUBSCRIPTION $ 1.00 PER YEAR LIGHTS > 5WBB2 of KEW YORK At one of those aimuut luncheons to which members of the Dutch Treat club bring their children, one of the principal entertainers was Al Baker, the magician and ventriloquist. Mr. Baker was doing his ventriloquist act with a doll, but tlie actor who made the biggest hit with the grown persons in the audience was a little girl he in duced to come up on the platform. She was about eight years old and she had no eyes for Mr. Baker. She looked only at the doll. The doll spoke to her and she answered gravely. Then the doll leaned over and whispered and she put her lips close to its ear and whispered back. Mr. Baker asked the child whether she would sing with the doll. She said she would. “Perhaps she doesn’t know iny songs,” said the doll. ”Oh, I think she does," said Mr. Baker, and he mentioned “Hush a Bye, Baby.” The little girl said she knew that one, so she and the doll sang It together. The little girl was too young for skepticism. She heard the doll speak with her own ears, and that was that. Even when she grows older, she probably never will forget that very remarkable doll. • » I was surprised to learn from Le jaren A. Hiller, the artist, that he had been to the top of Katzlmo, or the Enchanted Mesa, that great, circular rock which rises In solitary grandeur from a New Mexico plain. Compara tively few persons ever have climbed to the top of this rock. The first white man known to have scaled this mesa was Prof. William Libbey of Princeton. He accomplished tlie feat by means of a mortar from a life saving station, which he transported to the foot of the mesa and used to shoot a line over the top. This was In July, 1897. In September of that same year, Dr. Frederick Webb Hodge climbed the rock In three hours, by means of ladders and ropes. It had taken Professor Libbey four days. Then Charles F. Lumrnls made the climb with a party which Included David Starr Jordan. Later he climbed It with other parties. There Is a leg end that the Indians lived on the En chanted Mesa before they moved to Acoma, another lofty mesa. Hodge and Lurnmis found arrow heads, beads, shell and pottery which at least confirmed the story that the Enchant ed Mesa once had been occupied. They have told me another Henry Ford story. It seems that Mr. Ford has telephones pretty much all over his house, and makes a practice of us ing them. One day he read in a mag azine an article which interested him and called up the editor. The maga zine was published in Michigan. “This is Henry Ford," he said. “I want you to send me two copies of your magazine,” and he named the month. The editor was a smart fel low. He didn’t know which' of his friends was kidding him over the tele phone, but he wasn’t going to let him get away with It. “Why only two copies, Henry?’ he Inquired. "If I had your money, I’d order 1,000 copies." “Nevertheless,” answered Mr. Ford, “I want only two copies, but I'd like them right away.” “O. K., Henry,” said the editor. “I’ll send them right around In a truck.” Then he hung up the telephone, grin ning a bit at his perspicacity. A couple of days later the editor’s telephone rang again. The same voice came over the wire, but this time It was considerably sharper. “This Is Henry Ford,” It said. “1 asked you to send me two copies of your magazine. They haven't ar rived.” The editor began to have a queer feeling in the pit of bis stomach. There was something about that voice which sounded real, and he was re membering a number of things he had fcaid. “Yes, sir,” he stammered. “Sorry, sir," he mumbled. “I’ll look It up, sir,” he stuttered. Mr. Ford got his two magazines. (©, 1982. Bell Syndicate.)—WNU Service. Handkerchief 100 Years Old Owned in Carolina Selma, N. C.—A handkerchief said to be more than one hundred years old Is owned by Miss Anne Noble. Sel ma. She says the handkerchief be longed to lier great-grandmother, Anne Stephens, who was married lu 182.” and came to America from Scotland The handkerchief Is In a good state of preservation. Sol Topping of Bel haven first claimed to own the old est handkerchief In the state. He Is sixty-three years old. Ia a Nutshell Th* sparrows and robins, If you glva them leave to nest as they choose about your garden, will have their own opinions about your garden; some of them think it well laid out—others ill. Sketch of Warrenton P. T. A. Part of The History of County (From Warrenton Clipper) (By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County Historian.) The Parent Teacher’s Associa tion of Warrenton was organ ized in 1923 and the first officers were Mrs. S. E. DuPuis, Presi dent; Mrs. W. H. Fowler, Vice President; Mrs. C. E. Garbutt, recording Secretary and Miss Inez Brinkley, Treasurer. This organization has been of great assistance to the school, ready to assist in any of its un del-takings. The meetings were held in the Woman’s Club room at the school building until the Community House was com pleted, since which time it has met there. After the first administration was over in 1924, Mrs. John Ricketson succeeded Mrs. Du Puis as President, the other offi cers remaining as they were. In 1925 the ticket was the same, ex cept that Mrs. L. D. McGregor was elected President. In 1926, Mrs. DuPuis was again prevailed upon to take the presidency and Mrs. D. S. Kitchens was elected Recording Secretary. Mrs. W. H. Fowler and Miss Inez Brink ley were still serving as Vice President and Treasurer respec tively. These officers are still serving in 1932. The Parent Teachers Associa tion has a large co-operate mem bership and as its name implies, consists of the parents of the pupils and the faculty. Monthly meetings are held at which the different grade teachers present programs using the pupils of •their grades. After the meet ings fight refreshments are served by groups of members appointed the After the beginning of each scholastic year a reception is given the teachers of the War renton High School to which several hundred people are in vited, and it the end of the year a reception is tendered the grad uating class. The whole As sociation co-operating in fur nishing refreshments and in re ceiving and serving. The school grounds have been beautified. A landscape archi tect came from Georgia Univer sity and drew the plans, and flowers and shrubs were prant ed around the building, some of these were purchased, but many of them were contributed by lo cal flower growers. A granite coping with massive columns topped with electric fights has been placed around the campus by the Association and a grand piano, costing four teen hundred dollars, was placed in the auditorium. A Webster’s Unabridged Dic tionary and a recent edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica were presented to the school li brary and a velvet draw curtain for the stage was the latest gift to the school. MOTHER’S DAY mother My first recollection is that has done a great deal for ine and I believe that I should appreciate her enough to cele brate Mother’s Day. The reason we have come to set-aside this day is because some of the chil dren don’t love their mothers as they should and don’t appreciate the work they do for them. Some children let this day go by without knowing what it means to them, so this little poem will let you know something about it. We have celebrated in this way, To show our love to Mother’s And Day, should we love to our mother give, To make it a happy one as long as we five. Children should not give their love to their mothers only on this day, but all the way through fife. Don’t w:ait to this day to make her think you love her truly. — Written by Cornelia Foste, 11 year old daughter Mrs. W. G. Johnson.