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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
Early Recollections of Dr.
Joseph Jacobs
Dr. Joseph' Jacobs, a native son of
Jefferson, now residing in Atlanta,
where he is a leading and wealthy
citizen, was author of a splendid
story in the magazine section of last
Sunday’s Atlanta Journal. We wish
we had space to reprint the entire
article, but will give only a few ex
cerpts that will be interesting to our
readers. He writes of the conditions
that confronted our fathers at the
close of the war, as follows:
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“Men of the present generation,
however, diligently they may inquire,
will never know fully the dire con
fusions that were brought about by
the war in our Southern states, for
the whole story can never be ade
quately told. The emancipation,
suddenly and completely, of 4,000,-
000 former slaves, ignorant and but
a generation or two from savagery,
created as equal citizens among the
refined and educated people of the
South; Atanta, Ga., and Columbia,
S. C., in ashes, the financial chaos in
which the people found themselves,
the want of the simplest implements
of agriculture by the farm popu
lation, the destruction of the rail
roads, foundries, and manufacturing
plants, the lack of sufficient housing
both for business and for homes due
to destruction or neglect, the des
pairing feelings of a conquered peo
ple moaning the loss of their dead
and ill-able to care for the perman
ently wounded and crippled of their
people, the hordes of adventurers bent
upon usurious profits out of the gen
eral distress, all, presen'ed a pictuie
dark and disheartening in the e>r
treme
“My father, who had been a mer
chant, returned from his service in
the Confederate army to his home in
the small town of Jefferson, in North
eastern Georgia, and with his wife
and small children began civic-life
anew.
Hi* Early Days in Jefferson
“My first school days were at the
Martin Institute, at Jefferson, Geor
gia, w’hich I attended at the early
age of five, and remarkable to relate,
my first two schoolteachers, Mrs. Fan
nie Lester, of Dalton, and Profes
sor S. Preston Orr, of Athens, are
both still alive and active. Among
my earliest impressions is visiting the
office of old Dr. Doster, who lived
across the street, where we children
were kindly received, allowed to play
in the yard, and take a peep at the
skeleton kept in his office, a small
structure under the shade of the
trees in the side yard. I still can re
call the ginger cake and fried peach
pies which were given to us by his
kind wife, Aunt Jane. The doctor was
of the Thompsonian School and in
his office was displayed the legand,
“No Implements of Death Used
Here,” meaning that no medicines of
a mineral origin had a place on his
shelves. Well do I remember the
interest I felt in the array of curious
bottles and phials that adorned the
shelves of his office and the strange
furnishings and paraphernalia of a
eountry'practitioner.
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Apprentice in Drug Store
“Later on our family moved to
Athens, nineteen miles distant, and
at about the age of thirteen I be
came an apprentice in the drug store
of Long & Billups, of which Dr.
Crawford W. Long was a senior
member. This was at the instance of
my father, whose ambition was for
me to become a pharmacist. My
salary was to be nothing for the first
six months and $lO per month for the
following year, a very good pay, per
haps, when the breakage of apparat
us and costly mistakes were cosid
ered.
“My earliest recollections of Ath
ens was when I was about six years
old and accompanied by my father,
who had brought me to town in the
wagon; walking down Broad Street,
1 spied the figure of a black boy
standing in the front of a store. I
and ran away frightened,
uittle did I think then that in less
han ten years time that it would be
a part of my duties to place Tom,
*arly every morning, in front of
•ong & Billups Drug Store and to
<arry him back before closing time.
Among my most treasured posses
sions now is this- effigy which I keep
one corner of my private office.
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Sell* Fir*t Medicine in NichoUon
And Jefferion
“After graduating at the Phila-
Bennett To Resign
As Superintendent
Of Georgia Banks
Some weeks ago ihe Fulton coun
ty grand jury, subsequent to the fail-*
ure of the Bankers’ Trust company
and the closing of its chain of banks,
made an exhaustive investigation of
the situation and recommended that
Governor Walker remove Superin
tendent T. R. Bennett. The grand
jury asserted that Mr. Bennett did
not exercise due care and diligence
in his official capacity and that laxity
in enforcement of the state banking
laws was, in large measure, respon
sible for the banking catastrophe.
On Saturday the Governor issued
a statement refusing to remove Mr.
Bennett, declaring that the superin
tendent of banks had discharged his
duty as he saw it, that he had han
dled his department satisfactorily
throughout a long period of service,
and that he endeavored to prevent
the collapse of the Bankers’ Trust
company along with its chain of
small banks. He said Mr. Bennett
was “a victim of circumstances.”
However, Mr. Bennett . has been
permitted to* resign, and co-incident
will Governor Walker’s refusal to re
move him, Mr. Bennett made public
a letter to the governor declaring
his intention to resign his post within
90 days. He gives as his reason for
his resignation that “his health has
been shattered.”
WILSON-MEDLIN
A wedding of sincere interest to
their many friends occurred at the
Pastorium on Washington street Sun
day afternoon at two -o’clock, uniting
Mr. John E. Medlin and Miss Mary
Wilson.
Rev. A. .T. Johnson, pastor of the
Jefferson Baptist church, performed
the ceremony, in the presence of a
few friends and relatives of the
young couple.
The bride was very charmingly ar
rayed in a dark blue crepe costume,
with hat, shoes and other accessories
harmonizing.
Immediately following the cere
mony, Mr. and Mrs. Medlin left for
Atlanta, ’where Mr. Medlin has a
position.
The bride is the younger daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wilson. She
is a graduate of Martin Institute, and
is very attractive, and has a host of
friends who wish for her all the good
things of life.
Mr. Medlin is the youngest son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Medlin.
Hig parents died when he was a baby,
and he was reared in the home of
the late Mr. F. M. Bailey. Until a
few months ago, when he moved to
Atlanta,, he made his homtf in Jeffer
son, where he has numbers of friends
who are extending happy congratu
lations.
Mr. D. W. Hanson and family, who
have been spending the summer in
Jackson county, are now located in
Sanford, Fla. Mr. Hanson never fails
to have The Herald sent wherever
he makes his home.
delphia College of Pharmacy, on my
return to Athens in 1879, a kinsman
of mine offered to lend me a small
capital to begin the drug business.
“Athens then was a city of six
thousand and already had three drufe
stores which I regarded as a suffici
ency, especially as only one of the
doctors wrote prescriptions. The
others compounded their prescriptions
in their own offices, or prescribed at
the bedside of the patient, the medi
cines contained in their saddlebags.
“Therefore, when I started, I be
gan to manufacture a line of phar
maceutical preparations such as,
elixirs, fluid extracts, emulsions and
similar things for country physicians,
also a line of household remedies,
such as vermifuges, cattle powders,
liniments, liver pjjls, kidney cures and
other staple medicines for the gen
eral country store. I bought a horse
and conveyance and my father and I
started out on a sales trip.
“On our first trip we visited the
little village of Nicholson, where Dr.
Noah Cash amazed me by placing a
large order, then to my native town
of Jefferson, where Dr. Pendergrass
and Dr. Watson, and my old friend,
Dr. Doster, all bought liberally of the
various preparations I called to their
attention. Every place we stopped
we found encouragement and re
ceived large orders.”
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
; PROGRAMME FOR CLUB FAIR
JACKSON COUNTY, TO BE HELD AT JEFFERSON,
ON THE COURT HOUSE SQUARE, NOVEMBER
4TH AND STH.
THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4TH.
(5.30 to 8.00 ' .* Oyster Supper
8.30 to 9.30 Community Play
Exhibits will also be open.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH.
8.30 A. M. to 4.30 P. M. Exhibits Open
10.30 A. M. Exhibit Judging
10.00 to 12.00 Stunts
Weiners, Sandwiches, Cakes, Candy, Ice Cream, and Peanuts will be
en sale all day.
2.30 to 3.30 P. M. -.Graduating Exercises
4.30 P. M. Exhibits Close
PREMIUM LIST FOR CLUB FAIR
WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT
No. 1. Community Exhibit. Ist. Prize SIO.O0 —2nd $5
This exhibit shall consist of any article made by club members
since October 1, 1925, products grown on farm and dairy and poultry
products. Also canned goods including fruits, 'vegetables and meats.
A few pot flowers and ferns will be considered.
INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES
No. 2. Basketry Ist. 2nd.
a. Willow Basket - SI.OO Ribbon
b. Honey Sucklee 1.00 Ribbon
No. 3. Rugs and Draperies Ist. 2nd. ,
a. Rag Rug SI.OO Ribbon
b. Hooked Rug 1 1.00 Ribbon
c. Living Room Curtains 1.00 Ribbon
and. Bed Room Curtains - 1.00 Ribbon
No. 4. Linens ' Ist. 2nd.
a. Best Cross Stitched Centerpiece SI.OO Ribbon
b. Best Embroidered Centerpiece - 1.00 Ribbon
c. Best Crocheted Centerpiece * 1.00 Ribbon
and. Best Luncheon Set (any design) 1.00 Ribbon
e. Best half doz. dinner napkins 1.00 Ribbon
f. Best bed spread (any Style) 1.00 Ribbon
g. Best dresser scarf (any kind) 1.00 Ribbon
• h. Best guest towel 1.00 Ribbon
i. Best pillow case and sheet 1.00 Ribbon
j. Best Handkerchiefs (set of three) IJ3O Ribbon
Nq. 5. Knitting and crocheting Ist. 2nd.
a. Best speciman of wool knitting SI.OO Ribbon
b. Best speciman of wool crocheting 1.00 Ribbon
No. 6. Adults Garments Ist. 2nd.
a. Best house dress SI.OO Ribbon
b. Best man’s shirt 1.00 Ribbon
c. Best night gown and teddies to match,
, (cotton material) 1.00 Ribbon
e. Best princess slip (cotton material) 1.00 Ribbon
f. Best darned stocking .50 Ribbon
No. 7. Infants Garments Ist. 2nd.
a. Best baby’s dress and slip to match SI.OO Ribbon
b. Best baby’s cap .50 Ribbon
c. Best baby’s layette .'TI 2.00 Ribbon
No. 8.. Miscellaneous Ist. 2nd
a. Best laundry bag (any style) SI.OO Ribbon
b. Best silk quilt 1.00 Ribbon
c. Best woolen quilt 1.00 Ribbon
and. Best cotton quilt 1.00 Ribbon
e. Best boy’s suit 1.00 Ribbon
*f. Best hand made hat 1.00 Ribbon
g. Best suade leather hand bag 1.00 Ribbon
h. Best speciman of wood work 1.00 Ribbon
No. 9. Cookery - it. 2nd.
a. Best angel food cake SI.OO Ribbon
b. Best pound cake 1 1.00 Ribbon
c. Best chocolate cake 1.00 Ribbon
and. Best cocoanut cake - •_ i.oo Ribbon
e. Best decorated cake 1.00 Ribbon
f. Best sweet potato custard __ .75 Ribbon
g. Best lemon pie .75 Ribbon
h. Best display of candy (4 varieties- .75 Ribbon
i. Best loaf of bread .75 % Ribbon
GIRLS DEPARTMENT
Canning
Club stories and record books must accompany all exhibits,
v Ist. 2nd.
1. Special Tomato Exhibit, open to Ist year girls only $2.00 SI.OO
2. General Garden Exhibit, open to Ist and 2nd year girls 2.00 1.00
S. Special Pimento Exhibit, 2nd and 3rd year girls 2.00 1.00
4. Special Peach or Pear Exhibit, 3rd and 4th year 2.00 1.00
5. Special Fig Exhibits, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. 2.00 1.00
C. Special Grrape Exhibit, open to 3rd and 4th year girls 2.00 1.00
7. Special Pickle and Vinegar Exhibit, ,3rd and 4th year 2.00 1.00
SCORE FOR JUDGING CANNING
1. Appearance 25
. a. Color b. Clearness
2. Texture 15
3. Flavor 20
4. Uniformity Iff
a. Ripeness, b. Appropriate size
5. Pack, arrangement and weight 15
6 Container l5
a. Pack. b. Label, c. Neatness
100
Sewing
lst 2nd.
1. First year sewing exhibit -- $2.00 SI.OO
2. Second year sewing exhibit 2.00 1.00
3. Thrid year sewing exhibit 2.00 1.00
•!. Fourth year sewing exhibit 2.00 1.00
- Cooking
1. Best Plain Cake, loaf 1.00 .50
2. Best Loaf Bread 1.00 .50
3. Best Lemon Pie T 1.00 .50
Thursday, October 21, 1926.
SCHOOL LOCALS
(By School Reporter)
(Tfce Week of October Fourth)
Martin Institute has begun one of
the best years in its history, having
an excellent faculty, the members of
which are making the pupils realize
that to attain the desired goal of
school life they must study harder
than they have in the past.
•
Literary Societies
The Crawford W. Long, William
D. Martin, John W. Glenn and Joseph
Lamar, met October 1, 19215, in the.
Martin Institute auditorium, for the
final meet. Beth Bailey, tho Presi- 1
dent of the Crawford W. Long so
ciety, presided; the roll being called
by James Willie Harwell, Secretary 1
of the Crawford W. Long society.
A most interesting program, as
follows, was rendered:
Debate, Resolved, That the Govern- 1
ment Should Own and Operate all the
Railroads in the United States. Af-]
firmative, Louise Ellington aud An
nie Hugh Hancock, Ninth Grade;
Negative, Conchita Bertran and Mar-J
tha Mobley, Eleventh Grade.
Recitation, Frances Hanson, Elev
enth G*ade.
Recitation, Joyce Storey, Eighth
Grade.
Declamation, H. A. Stephens, Tenth
Grade.
Declamation, John F. Wilhite,
| Ninth Grade.
I Music, Johnnie F. Turner, Ninth
Grade.
Music, Louise Roberts, Eleventh
Grade.
Winners of the contest were:
Debate, Affirmative, Louise Elling
ton and Annie Hugh Hancock, Ninth
Grade; Recitation, Frances Hanson,]
Eleventh Grade; Declamation, John
F. Wilhite, Ninth Grade; Music,
Johnnie F. Turner, Ninth Grade.
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Ready Writing Contest
Unlike the custom followed last
year in selecting contestants and
winners foV Ready Writing, the pres
ent method is to allow one girl and
one boy from each grade to compete;
only one girl and one boy being al
lowed to win.
The following represented their
class in the Ready Writing Contest,
held at the first Society Meeting on
September 17th: Sarah Johnson and
Ralph King, Eleventh Grade; Mar
garet Appleby and Donald Brysom
Tenth Grade; Janice Webb and Lester
Smith, Ninth Grade; Frances Benton
and Waggoner Alexander, Eighth
Grade. The two claiming the victory
for the last contest, are: Sarah John
son, a member of the Senior Class, j
and Donald Bryson, a member of
the Ttn-th Grade.
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Home Economics Club
On Thursday, September 23, the
girls of the High School interested in
Home Economics and its various
phases, met in the auditorium to re- ]
organize the Home Economics Club
for the coming year. The purpose of |
this organization is to promote furth
er interest in the study of Home
Economics, and to be an active agen
cy in promoting better conditions in
the school, home and town. Avery
full program of work has been out
lined, and all members expect to ac
complish a great deal during the next
nine months.
In order to better equip the Home
Economics department, the club de
cided to give a play in the near fa-1
ture to secure more funds. This
play will be given entirely by the
members of the club.
The new officers elected for this
year, are: Martha Dean Cooley, Presi
dent; Doris Hutchins, Vice-President;
Lopise Ellington, Secretary; Nita
Potts, Treasurer.
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Clt( Loca^- —Senior
A few of our class were absent
last week, attending the Southeastern
Fair, in Atlanta.
The Eleventh Grade has as its new j
members: Jurelle Gilmore and Louise
Roberts.
We* are beginning the second wiek
of our second month of school, and
having to study real hard.
Junior
The Junior Class of Martin Insti
tute has made rapid progress during
the first month of this year. There
are several new members added to
the root, Elmer Hendrix, Edna Turn
er, Emmett Braselton and Margaret
Appleby. We ara glad to have new
I students, and hope they will feel the
i same towards the class,
i Our literary society has two points
, toward wioping the cup, which were
Vol. 51. No. 25.
Georgian Suggests
Using English Flan
To Control Cottoij
i Washington. Herbert Hoover, se
cretary of the department of com-
I merce, has received a letter from A.
iP, Brantley of Biackshear, Ga., re
lative to the control of cotton plant
ing in the United States. He propos
es that the United States follow the
example of England in controlling
| the cotton acreage in Egypt. The
letter written from Biackshear says:
His Letter
j “Hon. Herbert Hoover, Secretary,
I Department of Commerce, Washing
| lon, D. C.— My dear Sir: Those of
I us who rend the daily papers have
during the past several years learn
ed of the continual agitation for
farm relief. 1 suppose the next
farmers who will be clamoring for
relief will now be the cotton farm
ers of the South. Our cotton farm
ers, in spite of advice to the con
trary, went out and planted an acre
age which is going to produce more
cotton in the crop of 192(5 than the
world needs, and, responding to the
inevitable, tho market has declined,
as it always does decline when any
great commodity, whether cotton,
wheat, corn, etc., is produced in great
er abundance than the demand of the
world for the crop, whatever it may
be.
Government Helps
“Doubtless you ar<> familiar with
the way the British government
handles the Egyptain crop in Egypt.
My information may not be axactly
correct, but 1 think it is practically
correct.
“When there is a great overpro
dution of this Egyptain cotton and
the price get-; down below the. cost
of production the British government
goes in and buys at the market price
a certain percentage of the crop un
til the price is stabilized and then it
continues to buy if the market, de
clines below a certain point. •
Following this, it. issues n drastic
decree restricting the acreage to be
planted in cotton the coming year
and as anybody can readily see, the
British government doesn’t lose any
thing by buying cotton, but on the
contrary makes money and in addi
tion stabilizes the price of the crop
out of which they are buying and by
restricting the acreage the coming
year the price for this cotton invari
ably advances.
Could Do Likewise
Now, it has occurred to me that
the United States government could
if it had the pow-er, and if it hasn’t
the power it should be given it, do
the same thing for cotton, wheat,
corn and perhaps other crops that the
British government does for the
Egyptain cotton farmer.
I think that we have heard al
together too much about co-operative
markoting, and according to my opin
ion in the case of a great staple crop
like cotton which is non-perishable,
but little can be accomplished .by co
operative marketing, but' a vast deal
could be accomplished by co-oper
ative production. No matter what the
crop is, there will be no need for
co-operative marketing, because a
crop of any commodity whatever will
bring all the farmer could reasonably
desire under the plan I have outlined.
Knowing your great influence the
world over in matters of this sort, I
am bringing my thoughts, or ideas, to
your attention, hoping that if you
think well of them you can give
them publicity and possibly get behind
such a movement and put it over.
A. P. BRANTLEY,
The A. P. Brantley Cotton Cos.
made by Donald Bryson in Ready
Writing.
The class is getting down to busi
ness in school work, too, and we hope
to have a high average for our grade
at the end of the year.
Sophomore
The Ninth Grade has as its new
members, Nita Potts, Loyce Speal
man, Lucile Glenn, Ruth Wheeler,
Mary Whitmire and Wendell Whit
mire. We welcome these new mem
bers, and hope they will contribute
their best toward helping us make
this year’s record the best in our
history.
Freshman
The Eighth Gjade has these new
. members, Tlyesa Evans, Thelma Mas
| sey, Ruth Massey, Lucile Griffin, El
len Wood, I. W\ Martin, Kirtino WiL
I liamson and Hilda Hardy.
Although we did not win any points
jin the last literary society, we are
going to make to win in the
future.