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under which they have saved
$1,500,000 in two year,.
/„ jq2B, the last year under the
old rates, the average cost per kilo
watt hour to residential customers
was 7.168 cents.
See nm F or the twelve months ending
£ SB I June 30, 1931, this same cost was
“ gfisHjf F* Hi Hfflfe ffVk only 5.59 cents—a reduction of
SvL U gj more than 22 per cent—including
the service charge!
ELECTRIC SERVICE 1 1
JUST WOULDN’T DO TODAY!
A CITIZEN WHEREVER WE SERVE
J. FOSTER ECKLES
AGENT
fire and tornado insurance
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA.
OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH GOD
The little cares that fretted me
I lost them yesterday
Among the fields, above the sea,
Among the winds at play,
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.
The foolish fears of what might hap
pen,
I cast them all away,
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new mown hay,
Among the husking of the corn,
Where drowsy poppies nod,
ill thoughts die and good are
born—
Out in the fields with God.
—Exchange.
ST WAS simply great, years ago,
when electricity was a novelty. A
few light bulbs, dangling from the
ceiling by twisty bare cords, made
your home the envy of all the
neighbors.
Lighting was about the only job electricity
could do then. Now, iPdoes a better job of
lighting, cooks the food, percolates the coffee,
toasts the bread, puts a cool breeze right where
you want it, makes the ice and preserves the
food, washes and irons the clothes, sweeps
the floor, and does most anything else you
ask of it —even bringing the world’s finest m USIC
and entertainment right into your living room!
Women all over Georgia have equipped
their homes with electric refrigerators and
ranges and the other appliances which let elec
tricity really help in the housework. And they
could not be induced to part with them!
A bill now before the State Legislature
threatens to break up that arrangement.
* * * *
“Bare cord” electric rates were put into
effect in the early days when “bare cord” serv
ice was the rule.
The old rates were designed for lighting
alone, because the modern electric appliances
had not then been invented. Now, modern
rates have been put into effect, just as the
service itself has been modernized.
The present household rate —a two-part
rate combining a service charge with a kilo
watt hour charge is the best rate this Com
pany has ever offered its customers and the
most advantageous from the standpoint of
the customer.
Except for this rate, only the rich could have
electric appliances in their homes, simply be
cause the cost of operating them would be
prohibitive to others.
1521 BANKRUPT CASES IN YEAR
Bankruptcy applications totaling
1,521, voluntary and involuntary,
were filed in the Northern Georgia
District Court in the year ending
June 30, according to the annual re
port of the bankruptcy division
Monday.
The number for the previous fiscal
year was 1,392.
Of the cases closed, 147 were
those of merchants placed in the
hands of receivers; 118 voluntary
and 29 involuntary. Farmers were
next with 78, all voluntary. Pro
fessional men, 6, and manufactur
ers, 8. All other classes of cases
amounted to 33.
But with this rate, the poor man and his
wife, who cannot employ servants to do the
housework, can afford to turn over much of
the home drudgery to electrical servants —
and many of them do! The farmer’s wife can
cook —electrically in a cool kitchen. She can
have an electric refrigerator to provide ice for
the table and to keep the food fresh.
There are more electrical appliances in
homes in moderate circumstances in Georgia
today than ever before —simply because the
present rates were designed to make this pos
sible. Instead of “oppressing” the poor man,
these rates permit him to enjoy advantages
that were denied to all except the wealthy un
der the old rates.
* * * *
The bill before the Legislature proposes to
abolish the service charge, taking it out of the
rate structure without regard to the effect this
would have on the rate as a whole.
If passed, it would force a return to the old
fashioned “bare cord” rates.
If all anybody wants out of electric service
is a few lights here and there, nothing else,
just plain “bare cord” service, then the old
style rates might do.
But if you want to really use your electric
service, then you are opposed to this bill.
Georgia
POWER COMEANY
Claud Y. Daniel, Local Manager
CONSIDER THE LILIES
(By Mrs. E. M. Anderson)
Consider the lilies, how they grow
In purity so fair and white,
And shed their fragrance all around,
Nor toil nor spin from morn till
night.
Consider the lilies where they grow,
In shady glen or meadow bright,
They lift their heads toward the sun
As if rejoicing in its light.
Consider the lilies why they grow,
Because Cod wills that day by day,
They bloom and blossom ’neath our
feet
And gladden upon our way.
So how, or where, or why they
grow,
’Tis all according to His will;
And now let us, O doubtful ones,
Say to our fearful hearts, “Be
rtlfi!”
—North Carolina Christian Advo- j
cate.
THE JACKSON COUNTY
SINGING CONVENTION
It is just a matter of a few days
until the Jackson County Singing
Convention will meet. Saturday
and Sunday, July 25-26, 1931, is the
date, and Nicholson Baptist church
is the location. All roads will lead
to Nicholson during those two days.
Singers have been invited from
practically fifteen counties. These,
together with the local talent, should
make this the best convention ever
held in the county. No ban is placed
on books—bring yours.
Naturally, this occasion will re
quire some eats. Attention is es
pecially called to the fact that all
Jackson county citizens are request
ed to carry the noon lunch, in order
to assure plenty rations to care for
the visitors from other counties.
Come early, each day. We will
do our best to treat you nice, and
see that all leaders are given a fair
showing.
Yours for singing,
Sam Lord, Pres.
Jewett Barnett, Sec’y-
Superior Court Jurors
Grand And Traverse Jurors For
August Term Of Superior Court
The following have been drawn to
serve as juorors at the August term
of Juekson Superior Court, which
convenes on the first Monday in
August, continuing for two weeks:
Grand Jurors
W. T. Bryan, Jr.
G. L. Hubbard.
R. E. Johnson.
Valley L. Nunn.
R. T. Gritfeth.
R. T. Howard.
H. H. Freeman.
L. W. Rives.
W. P. Duck.
VV. G. Ray.
H. E. Aderhold.
P. T. Pendergrass.
W. H. Nunn.
Harvey F. Bray.
J. N. Harris.
VV. L. Williamson.
L. F. Mathis.
J. E. Alexander.
J. 0. Montgomery.
E. S. Riley
J. R. Culpepper.
C. F. Holliday.
Russell I’. Hosch.
J. T. Oliver.
J. Morgan Wilhite.
G. W. Kinney.
S. C. Morrison.
Claud Hancock.
F. L. Lord.
J. B. Thurmond.
Traverse Jurors, First Week
Thos. W. Reynolds.
L. F. Sell.
C. A. Hunt.
1). E. Elder.
Lee VV'. Covington.
J. Hubert Gillespie.
J. P. Johnson.
Alvin C. Appleby.
J. R. Moon.
V. L. Davis.
Horatio Fowler.
W. C. Davis.
Laster Porter.
B. A. Stancil.
Jack Hanson.
Pat S. Faulkner.
J. F. Brooks.
J. Curtis Alexander.
J. Dave Brooks.
J. Luther McDonald.
H. C. Richardson.
R. L. P. Carter.
Clyde V. Lord.
F. D. Vandiver.
Jno. D. Alexander.
Willie T. Cody.
W. T. Hood.
J. N. Stepp.
Hoyt N. Hanson.
W. T. Nix.
Otis Tanner.
J. B. Roberts.
F. R. Wilson.
J. Henly Davis.
D. P. Bolton.
Charlie Maddox.
Harvey Wallace.
T. T. Cooper.
J. W. Howard.
J. W. Alexander.
Traverse Jurors, Second Week
C. F. Evans.
Rich A. Minish.
J. L. Braselton.
C. T. Bacon.
R. E. Stewart.
Marion Turner.
J. W. Arnold.
Jasper N. Thompson.
A. F. Fillingim.
Nat S. Lord.
C. M. Reynolds.
Claud E. Robinson.
J. A. Moseley.
L. H. Isbell.
C. N. Pinson.
A. C. Williamson.
J. D. McEver.
Jesse T. Bell.
J. E. Elrod.
P. L. Duncan.
H. C. Venable.
H. G. Johnson.
L. B. Shirley.
Hollis Henderson.
Guy T. Maley.
W. J. Chapman.
J. M. Carlisle.
Walton H. Sailors.
Rupert T. Farmer.
D. S. Berryman, Jr.
Grady Rice.
C. E. Toney.
S. J. Kinney.
Charles W. Crisler.
Marshall Perry.
J. O. Voyles.
H. Alva Edwards.
Jno. L. Catlett.
Jno. S. Robinson.
E. L. Holland.
A. D. Mize.
H. D. Wheeler.
J. W. Evans.
D. S. Berryman, Sr.
Sam G. Swindle.
Thos. J. Glenn.
Rus T. Hosch.
Jno. M. Gober.
J. Mat Mize.
Dave H. Duke.
Boy Diea After Blow On Head
From Baseball
Atlanta.—Clarence McMullen, 16,
of Egan Park, died on the way to
Grady Hospital late Friday after
noon as the result of being hit on
the head Friday morning during a
game near Hapeville. His condi
tion was not considered serious until
he grew worse Friday afternoon and
an ambulance was called.
Our subscription list is corrected
to date. Look at the label on yout
paper, and see if yours is paid. If
not, send in your renewal at once,
as we must comply with the postal
regulations and discontinue all sub
scriptions not paid in advance.
WANTED
I want to buy a lot of cows and
yearlings.—Hosea Barnett.
PARENTS WARNED THAT
FEARS ARE CONTAGIOUS
Washington. Mothers should
cease to shrink from spiders and
fathers should learn to like spinach.
For only by such methods can a
child’s horizon be kept clear of fears
and dislikes, in the expert opinion
of the children's bureau.
Adult responsibility for little chil
dren’s bug-a-boos and foibles is
stressed in a study soon to be pub
lished by the bureau—" The Child
from One to Six; His Care and Train
ing.”
"When a little child shrinks from
caterpillars or spiders because hia
mother does, or dislikes cereal or
spinach because his father does, the
grown-up has ‘‘suggested’ this dis
like to him," the treatise declares.
“Fears and dislikes being as imi
tations of the feelings of others, they
are not inherited. Most children are
easily influenced by suggestion.
“Take it for granted—suggest—
that a child will not cry when he
tumbles, that he will do as he isi told,
lat what is set before him, take his
bath without a fuss.
“A mother who expects trouble
usually gets it. When Willie is told,
‘come in this minute; you’ve got to
get your bath, and there’s no use
arguing,’ he feels the tension in the
air and disobedience is suggested to
him.
“But ‘Willie, as soon as you’ve
run your train around once more we
are going in to get all cleaned up
before supper,” suggests something
pleasant and is much more likely to
bring obedience.”
Against fear-tension, the bureau
issued a special warning.
“Feelings are conveyed to the child
by tone of voice, by gestures, looks,
slight changes of expression, or even
by tension of the muscles,” the study
points out. “A child realizes and
imitates the fear, the anxiety or the
contentment of the people he lives
with.
“Some homes are full of fears—
fear of ‘what people will say,’ fear
of burglars, fear of disease, fear that
‘something awful is going to hap
pen.’
“Parents should teach a child
enough about danger to enable him
to safeguard himself, without filling
his mind with unnecessary fears and
anxieties. Never frighten a child.
Do not teach children to be afraid to
walk under a ladder or sit down 13
at the table or to expect misfortune
when a mirror has been broken.
“Fear is contagious, but, fortun
ately so, too, is courage.”
THINGS ONE SHOULD KNOW
Always keep cheese in a well
covered dish or it will become dry
and tasteless. If cheese is wrapped
in a cloth moistened with vinegar it
will remain moist and retain its flav
or longer.
* * *
The easiest way to wash a beanpot
is to drop a pinch of soda into it,
fill it with hot water and put it in
the oven a couple of hours. When
emptied, the bottom and sides of the
pot will be as smooth as glass.
* * *
An onion, green pepper and a to
mato stewed together and put
through a sieve, then strained and
chilled and added to well-chilled
mayonnaise in equal quantity, makes
a delicious Russian dressing.
• ♦ *
Never put fruit peelings directly
into an enamel sink, for the acids
in them will ruin the enamel, making
it rough and hard to keep clean.
* * *
Immerse an ink-stained handker
chief in milk immediately after it
hss been stained, allow it to soak,
and the ink will disappear.
Prunes should always be prepared
without sugar, but a pinch of salt
should be added to each pound of
prunes. Wash the prunes in warm
water, then cover with cold water
and set on the back of the range over
night. Prunes should not boil.
* * *
When making marmalade grease
the preserving pans Well with butter
and the maramalade will never burn;
also skim well. This makes the pre
serve beautifully clear.
* * *
Brooms and all sweeping "brushes
should be hung up when not in use.
If left standing on the bristles these
get bent and will not do their work
properly.
RATHER HOT, WE WOULD SAY
A Negro preacher was trying to
explain the fury of hell to his con
gregation.
“You all ’as seen molten iron run
nin’ out from a furnace, ain’t you?”
he asked.
The congregation said it had.
“Well,” the preacher continued,
“dey uses dat stuff fo’ ice cream in
de place what I’m talkin’ ’bout.”