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THE JACKSON HERALD
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THE PEACE CONFERENCE
A peace conference between 4(5 na
tions is being held in San Francisco.
In all the world’s history this congress
of nations is one of the most important
and sublime events.
A constitution to prevent future wars
and maintain world peace will be made.
It is the wishes, hopes and prayers of the
civilized people of the world that this
conference will accomplish the exalted
purpose for which it has met.
i Those who listened over the radio at
the opening no doubt were impressed,
not only by the importance, but solemnity
of this world event. The delegates sought
their places in the convention auditorium
in silence. There was no buzz of conver
sation, so the radio announcer stated, but
everyone walked with light tread to the
scat that had been assigned. When the
presiding officer, Edward R. Stettinius,
Secretary of State of the United States,
called the great gathering to order he
asked no one to pray, but requested all
the assembled world deligates to engage
m silent meditation. President Truman’s
address, made from Washington, was not
only a message impressing unselfish serv
ice and justice for all nations, but his
voice denoted that he felt the occasion to
be one of the most tense the world has
A L‘o N G THE WAY....
(j The government is asking the people
to buy more bonds. Judge L. B. Moon will
bead this bond campaign, the seventh he
has sponsored. His efforts have all been
crowned with remarkable success.
* * * *
Friends of Superintendent
A. W. Ash are gratified to learn
he has been reelected to his present posi
tion. He and his faculty have done well
in the management of the school and in
structing the pupils.
* * * *
While Mrs. Hood was in Florida on a
visit lo her sister, Okie has kept house.
He cooked, washed and dried dishes,
made beds, swept floors, preached occa
sionally and received tax returns. Some
times he was so busy that he did not have
time to cook, but ate loaf bread covered
over with Mr. and Mrs. George West
moreland’s Jersey butter and sent down
his aesophagus with a glass of their fresh
butter milk.
* * * *
We were in Tennille Sunday and at
tended the first service held in Tennille’s
new’ Methodist Church. The present Dis
trict Governor of Rotary, Elliott 'Dun
woody, is the architect of the building.
It is pronounced by those capable of
knowing to be one of the most artistic
and beautiful small church structures
that has been designed by any architect.
Tne Griffin Construction Company, one
of Atlanta’s oldest contracting firms,
erected the building.
* * # *
R. B. Maxwell, who served as post
master of this city and agent of the
Gainesville Midland Railway with com
plete satisfaction to the public for more
than a half century is now devoting his
efforts to growing roses and other flow
ers. His yard on Martin Street is a thing
of beauty and a joy to behold.
**~ * *
When President Truman began to ad
dress a joint session of Congress before
being introduced by Speaker Rayburn, it
show ed that it matters not how great a
man may be or how r exated the position
he may occupy, he sometimes gets excited
w r hen he arises to make a speech. It can
also be added it matters not how old
ore may be, he sometimes has the jitters
he begins making a public address.
Higher goals for processing vege
tdlles have been established be
cause of increased military require
sio’- Service reports.
Official Organ of Jackson County
John N. Holder Editor
Mrs. John N. Holder Asso. Editor
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.
ever witnessed. Those who listened to the
new President of these United States
were not disappointed. He measured up
to the requirements and sublimity of this
eventful hour. In his address he lauded
the one who had planned this conference,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had been
transferred by an All Wise Providence
from terrestrial to celestrial service. Mr.
Roosevelt’s spirit was in the convention.
His great thoughts he meant to express
at this momentous meeting were given by
the new President, Harry S. Truman.
Not only did President Truman refer to
the great departed leader of the world,
but others lauded him. In all the world’s
history from Moses to this time there has
not been a greater warrior, a greater
peacemaker, a greater statesman, a
greater scholar, a greater humanitarian
and one who trusted more implicity in
Divine guidance, than Franklin D.
Roosevelt. He will live in story and song
until the angel, with one foot on the land
and the other on the sea, shall proclaim
that time shall be no more.
It is hoped and expected that the con
ference will remain in session until plans
have been perfected to prevent any wars
in the future and that peace, everlasting
peace, will cover the earth as the waters
cover the sea.
The Georgia Power Company render
ed a real service when it put on a cam
paign for “Better Home Towns.” It is
expected that some substantial and need
ed improvements wall be made in many
towns and little cities of this state. Jef
ferson must not be a laggard. .
* * * *
Gus York, Soil Conservationist fo r
White County, stopped in Jefferson for
a brief period last Monday. Gus was soil
technician for Jackson County for sever
al months and rendered efficient service
while here. He made many substantial
friends in Jackson. He is no “Gloomy
Gus.’’ but radiates good will, cheer, opti
mism, friendliness and fellowship. He is
a valuable asset to any county, not only in
Soil Conservation, but as a good citizen.
* * * *
Few towns or cities with a population
no greater than that of Jefferson have
more widows than this one and no where
are they more active in business, educa
tional, social and religious activity. They
constitute an important part of the pa
triotic life and spirit of this community.
At your liesure, count the widows in Jef
ferson.
* * * *
One of the first men on duty each
morning and one of the last to leave serv
ing in the afternoon is H. T. Benton at
Moore & Ellington Drug Store. He comes
on a bus from his home in Commerce
each day and leaves foV home on the
same kind of vehicle of transportation
in the afternoon. He keeps busy during
the day, first placing the store in order,
then filling prescriptions, selling, etc.,
and replacing stock vacancies before he
embarks for his home in the late after
noon.
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If the late President Franklin D. Roose
velt was intensely hated by a few, he
was sincerely and devotedly loved by mil
lions. No man who has lived in the
writer’s day and generation ever loved
the great masses more than Franklin D.
Roosevelt. They in turn had confidence
in him and intense affection for him.
*
W. Clarence Wilhite is now occasion
ally seen in Jefferson. For several weeks
he was so ill that he did not leave his
home. It is always a pleasure to see his
bright and smiling face in this city.
The nation's milk cows produced
about 119,000,000 pounds of milk
last year, according to estimates for
Service points out.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON. GEORGIA
Manufacturers are authorized to
turn out 630,000 new aluminum
(pressure canners this year, more
than cnc r:.~re *h„n v:c
placed on the market last year.
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY 1
chool Lesson
Bv HAROLD L. LUNDOUIST. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for May 6
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
THE HEBREW MONARCHY
AT ITS HEIGHT
LESSON TEXT—I Kings 9:1-7. 26; 10:26-
28; 11:4. 11.
GOLDEN TEXT—Blessed is the nation
whose God is the Lord.—Psalm 33:12.
Keeping up with the neighbors is
not always a desirable thing, but
both men and nations do it. When
the last judge, Samuel, had become
old, Israel began to demand a king
like the nations round about them.
Although the rejection of His di
rect rule over them through His cho
sen men was a sad development,
God permitted them to choose a
king. Saul, their first king, was evi
dently selected for his appearance
and his physical superiority. He
began well, in dependence upon God,
but came to a tragic end because of
sin.
David, who followed Saul, had his
failings, but was essentially a man
after God’s own heart. He wanted
to build a temple for God, but be
cause he was a man of war, God
decreed that his son, Solomon, who
succeeded him, was to build it.
With the reign of Solomon, and
especially with the building of the
temple, the monarchy in Israel
reached its highest development—
only, to go down to disaster.
Our lesson opens after the remark
ably fine prayer with which Solomon
dedicated the temple.
I. Dedication Accepted (9:1-3).
God was pleased with Solomon’s
intelligent and spiritual prayer and
the act of dedication, and He hal
lowed the house of the Lord by put
ting His name on it and assuring
them of His continual presence.
It is a delightful thing that God is
willing to accept at the hands of a
man the dedication of either himself
or his possessions for God’s glory.
The Lord is Maker of heaven and
earth and surely has no need of what
we have. And yet He does have
need of it, and is ready to use it as
we present it to Him.
Our act of dedication results in His
act of acceptance and consecration
of our talents, our time, our money,
or our goods for His glorious service.
But God expects His people to con
tinue in devotion to Him if they are
to have His continued presence and
blessing.
11. Consecration Expected (9:4-7).
The throne of David was to remain
in the lineage of Solomon as long as
he and the people of Israel walked
uprightly before God. He expects
obedience to His commandments,
and apart from it He cannot give His
blessing.
Note the faithfulness of God. No
man would ever have introduced
such a note of solemn portent and
of warning into an occasion which
seemed all gladness and light. Pros
perity was at its height. The kirtg
was in favor with both God and man.
Into that picture of success and
grandeur God paints with bold
strokes a great and striking “IF.”
It is presumption to think that we
can coast along on past attainments
or former piety. If we are to be
used and blessed of God tomorrow
and the day after, we must look to
our consecration to Him and our obe
dience to His will.
111. Possessions Glorified (9:26;
10:26-28).
We read in 10:23 that “King Solo
mon exceeded all kings of the earth
in riches and wisdom.” He had
reached the pinnacle. The Chinese
have a proverb, “The man who
stands on the pinnacle has nowhere
to step but off.”
It need not have been a snare for
Solomon to be rich if he had main
tained his simple faith in God, but
the temptations brought in by heath
en wives whom he foolishly married,
coupled with the deceitfulness of
riches (Matt. 13:22), soon led him
into the downward path.
The almost unbelievable riches of
Solomon could have been used for
the glory of God, but instead they
were an end in themselves.
When money takes the ruling hand
in a man’s life, he loses out spiritu
ally. His life becomes an empty
farce; his soul can be satisfied with
only more and more gold.
Solomon was soon led into the fol
ly of turning to the worship of
heathen gods. Little wonder that we
find:
IV. Judgment Decreed (11:4, 11).
It would seem that a man who
knows the Lord should grow in grace
and become even more intimate with
God as he grows old. One might ex
pect that the passing of years should
mellow and sweeten life. But sad
to say, it is often not the case.
“When Solomon was old.” he went
after false gods. How tragic! Little
wonder that one of the saintliest
men this writer ever knew prayed
constantly as he went on into his
eighties, “Lord, keep me from ever
becoming a wicked old man.” Other
old men and women (yes, and all of
us) could well pray the same prayer.
So it became necessary for God to
wrest the kingdom out of the hands
of the great Solomon, ar-d Israel goes
on to its history of a people divided,
of disobedience to God, end of ulii
see more in the weeks, just ahead.
DOBBS OFFERS TO SET UP
REINHARDT COLLEGE FUND
Dr. S. C. Dobbs of Atlanta, 76,
! former president of the Coca-Cola
Company and a lifetime leader in
busines, educational and philan
thropic activities in Georgia, has
offered to set up an endowment of
8250,000 for Reinhardt College at
Waleska, if other board members
and friends of the school will raise
an equal amount.
The money would be used for ex
pansion of the physical plant. The
college’s board of trustees, in a call
ed meeting Friday, voted to begin
at once a campaign to raise the
$250,000 to match Dr. Dobbs’ offer.
He has been chairman of the col
lege’s board for 20 years. He is also
chairman of the? board of LaGrangc
College and Georgia Military Acad
emy. He is amember of the board of
Emory University.
He has made large gifts to Emory
and LaGrange. Since heading the
board at Reinhardt he has already
THE PROBLEM
OF THE MINER
The coal shortage may, run as
high as 50,000,000 tons. This, while
small in comparison to total out
put, is critical because coal is used
in every phase of war production.
The wartime steel industry alone
must have 1,743,000 tons of bitumi
nous coal every week. Thirty-two
thousand tons of coal go into the
making of every super-dreadnaught,
50 tons into every medium tank,
and 18 tons into every four-ton
Army truck. High explosive chemi
cals are made in whole or in part
from coal. Coal is also the base of
85 per cent of all war plastics. Hun
dreds of antiseptics, insecticides,
and drugs—including the life-saving
sulfas, synthetic quinine, and as
pirin—are made from coal. So are
chemicals for waterproofing and
ynildew-piroofing clothing. So are
textiles, such as nylon for para
chutes and rot-proof mosquito net
ting. The list is endless.
The coal industry has had to pro
duce the coal for this endless list
of war goods without fail. Each year
it has succeeded in operating with
greater efficiency, to an extent that
more than offset the steadv in
manpower and depreciating equip
ment. And it has endeavored, to the
best of its ability, to hold costs at
reasonable levels, thus assuring coal
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contributed $250,000 to the college.
The college owns 500 acres of land,
operates a large farm, a dairy, can
ning plant and laundry. All of the
buildings are modern except the
administration building, which is to
be replaced with a modern structure
including offices, classrooms, audi
torium and library.
The college is a coeducational
junior college and academy, owned
by the North Georgia Conference of
the Methodist Church.
Dr. Dobbs is a director of Coca-
Cola, the First National Bank of
Atlanta and the Atlantic Steel Com
pany.
Emory University gave him an
LL. D. degree in 1(128. In 1915 he
had constructed Dobbs Hall on Em
ory campus. In the meantime he
contributed liberally to other in
stitutions. In 1939 he gave Emory
$1,000,000 fo rthe institution’s
Schol of Arts and Sciences.
an equal competitive opportunity
to secure a share of postwar mark
ets.
This latter problem few persons
give much thought to, outside of the
coal business. It can mean the dif
ference between a going industry
and stagnation. It can mean the dif
ference between hundreds of thou
sands of men having work, and not
having work.
An Unbelievable Record
If anyone wants to get an idea of
what the American oil industry has
done during the war emergency, let
him look at one of our new B-19
bombers, the largest in the world. It
carries four 2,600 h. p. engines and
a load of 10,490 gallons of gasoline.
If you feel you are a little abused
in not being able to get all the gas
you want, think of thousands of
such bombers, plus tens of thou
sands of smaller fighting planes.
Then think of the tanks, trucks and
ships that must be fueled with oil.
When you realize the demand
that all this equipment in our armed
services makes on our oil industry,
you will begin to wonder how you
get any gasoline at all. And yet the
oil industry has kept everything
rolling, in addition to “oiling” not
only our own military requirements,
but a large part of the requirements
of our allies.