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THE JACKSON HERALD
Published Weekly
$1.50 A Year—ln Advance
Entered a' The Jefferson Poztofllce
ns Second-Class Mail Matter
Official Organ of Jackion County
JOHN I N. HOLDER Editor
W. H. WILLIAMSON Bu.. M gr.
Jrfferton, On., July 23, 1931.
REASONS FOR NON CHURCH
GOING
Attendance in at least one Jeffcr
aon church last Sunday was exceed
ingly small. The extreme heat in
the morning, and a few drops of
rain at 8.30 p. m., may have been
the cause. But the pastor was there,
and delivered two most excellent
sermons discourses that showed
careful thought und study.
But this particular church is not
alone in thi seeming apathy of its
church members, who promised to at
tend upon all the ordinances of the
church. In an editorial, the Savan
nah Press says:
“It’s summer —perhaps your ther
mometer and your temperature have
told you so. But there are other
reasons f< r knowing it is pretty close
to dog day . The preachers say
church attendance is falling off. and
over iii Green- boro, Rev. Charles 11.
Kopp, the pastor of the Baptist
'Church, has attempted to analyze the
situation und discover what the trou
ble is.' He finds that Jones, who rep
resents the average church member,
gives these as the reasons why he
cannot be present at church services:
“I.—The sermons are too long—
or too short.
“2.—The music is too classical—
or too simple.
“3.—The church is too hot—or too
'cold.
“4.—The weather is too stormy—
or too beautiful.
“s.—The garden needs attention.
“6.—He has business at the store
—or in the city.
“7.—The chief usher is a hypo
crite—or a nut.
“B.—He can worship God at home.
(But he doesn’t.)
“9.-r-He has a radio now. (And
greatly enjoys the Jazz orchestra.)
“10.—Anyway, it’s his own busi
ness, and he got enough religion
when he was a boy; and he’s as good
as any church member.
“This epitome of the church going
—or is it non-church going—situ
ation is too good to confine it to
Greensboro and the Baptist Church
of that thriving little center. So
The Evening Press passes it along to
you.’’
SCHOOLS AND MOTOR VEHICLES
A high service of the automobile
is emphasized in figures just publish
ed by the Federal Bureau of Edu
cation showing that two million pu
pils are carried to and from school
in motor busses, free to them for
that purpose. Some fifty thousand
such vehicles are operated regularly
for the benefit of thousands of rural
throughout the United
States. Although school transporta
tion was provided in a few regions
as far back as the eighteen-seven
ties, it was not until the advent of
the automobile that this convenience
became in any wise general. Today
it is a necessity in efficient school ad
ministration.
Not only does it solve a difficult
problem for multitudes of children
and homes, but it also makes possi
ble the consolidation of numerous
schools in the interest of better
buildings, better teaching and public
economy. The old days when young
sters would walk from five to ten
miles to learn the three R’s were not
without an advantage, in that they
made for sturdiness; but for one
child who got an education
scores are receiving it now, thanks
in no small measure to motor ve
hicles and good roads.
Mr. P. S. Arkwright, president of
the Georgia Power Cos., has offered
SIOO for the best editorial written
about Georgia by any person who at
tended the National Editorial As
sociation held in Georgia the first of
dune. • Beautifully worded descrip
tions of Georgia’s scenery, tribute to
the people of the state and their
charm as hosts, praise for their ag
gressiveness in building up farms
and industries, all are contained in
articles and editorials written by the
members who attended the conven
tion.
Rev. V. E. Lanford, a former pas
tor of the Jefferson Methodist
church, now pastor of an Atlanta
church, has exchanged pulpits during
the summer months with Rev. H.
L. Hendrix of Farmville, N. C. The
former will enjoy a summer in the
mountains, while the latter will see
something of city life, and at the
same time both will be doing their
work in the Master’s Vineyard.
THE FEDERAL FARM BOARD
The il*w York Times says:
“The creation of the Federal Farm
Board, with five hundred million dol
lars to spend in aid of furmers, was
plainly due to political motives.
Promises had been made by Mr.
Hoover and other Republicans be
fore the presidential election of
1928, and the plan of the Farm
Board was devised in order to make
at least a pretense of keeping them.
That it was a disastrous failure,
both financially and politically, near
ly everybody now admits. Despite
Mr. Hoover’s protests against the
Government going into business or
attempting to fix prices, the *Farm
Board made of itself the greatest
purchaser of gra}n in the world, and
boasted that it had, through buying
vast, quantities of wheat and keeping
it off the market, prevented the
price from dropping lower, even if
unable to force it higher. In the
event, the scheme to “valorize”
wheat has gone the way of the
Brazilian project to valorize coffee
and the British device for keeping
up the price of rubber. It is plain
today that, for reasons of politics,
the Government went into this rash
venture. It cannot, therefore, com
plain if the farmers propose, by poli
tical means, to keep it there and
sink it even deeper.”
The Farm Board finds itself with
some two hundred million bushels of
wheat on its hands. W hat shall it
do? If it sells while the new crop
is pouring into the market, prices,
already below the cost of production,
will be still further depressed. If
it continues to buy, it will prolong
the effect of its past folly. If it
agrees to sell no more this year, the
cost of carrying the huge reserves
which it now holds will eat deeper
and deeper into its revolving fund
of five hundred million dollars and
threaten the taxpayers with still
heavier burdens. Whatever it does
will be hurtful. Its announced de
cision to sell five million bushels a
month out of its present holdings is
resented by the growers as “ruinous”
to them, and Senator Capper, of
Kansas, publicly predicts that their
anger will be “reflected in their
votes.”
PREVENTING A STORM
(By Alice Judson Peale)
The average mother who watches
her child with any sort of thought
fulness can tell pretty accurately
when the day will go smoothly and
when, on the other hand, there are
likely te be scenes and emotional
storms before the day is done.
The pouting lip, the peevishness
and irritability, the sullen, moody
brow that presage trouble are a sign
for preventive measures to avert a
coming storm.
Past experience should tell the
mother just what is needed. Some
times merely leaving the child in a
room by himself with a few favorite
toys is enough. Sometimes rest is
indicated. The child needs to be
put to bed so that he can relax com
pletely for an hour or more.
It may be that at the end of a long
day it will, be best for him to have
his supper by himself in the nursery
instead of being subjected to the ex
citement of the family dinner able.
Sometimes merely giving the child
a change of activity is helpful. If
he has been getting increasingly
nervous and edgy playing about in
doors, an hour, of vigorous physical
outdoor play probably will restore
his poise.
It is well, too, to have in reserve
some special treat or privilege for
hours which might otherwise be
difficult. Being permitted to do
something special like helping moth
er cut out cookies or water the lawn
may change an incipient bad mood
into a gay and cheerful one.
Preventing emotional crises is well
worth while, since it helps the child
to build up the habit of being good
tempered. If it is skillfully done, the
child is not aware that he is being
managed and there is no chance of
his learning to use the threat of bad
temper as a means of getting what
he wants.
We have never enjoyed Amos ’n
Andy, the famous delineators of
negro character, quite so much as
many of our acquaintances have,
but they have won wide popularity.
However, their radio programs have
aroused a feeling of prejudice in the
breasts of the members of a negro
society or organization in Boston.
These negroes complain that the
nightly program as rendered by
these famous entertainers is a re
flection on the negro race—discred
iting and otherwise lowering the
standard of citizenship of the negro.
A protest has been filed by this or
ganization with the radio commis
sion, in Washington, calling on that
body to eliminate this broadcasting
feature.
REV. FAUST GIVEN A
VACATION
Rev. W. H. Fauzt, pastor of the
Gordon Street Baptist church, At
lanta, who is well know to our read
ers, and who frequently contributes
to our columns, has been granted a
month's vacation by his church, with
ail expenses of himself and family
paid. They will motor to Canada,
and return through West Virginia
and Tennessee* Mr. Faust is very
popular with the Baptists of Atlan
ta, and recently celebrated his ninth
anniversary as pastor of the Gordon
Street church. He has been in the
ministry for practically three de
cades.
During the time he has been in
Atlanta he has served as president
of The Atlanta Baptist Ministers
Conference, President of the At
lanta Baptist Sunday School Conven
tion, member of the committee and
chairman of The Church Committee
on Co-operation, member of the ex
ecutive committee of The Atlanta
Baptist Association, member of the
home mission board of the Southern
Raptist Convention of Atlanta, mem
ber of the Better Films Committee
of Atlanta, member of the Hospital
Commission of Georgia Baptist Hos
pital, vice-president of the Georgia
Baptist Convention, member of the
executive committee of the Georgia
Baptist Convention, member of the
Advisory Board of the Anti-Saloon
League of Georgia, member of the
Social Service Commission of The
Geoigia Baptist Convention, and
from time to time has headed the
evangelistic campaigns conducted in
the city. He is at present chairman
of the program committee of the
Georgia Baptist Convention which
meets in Atlanta in December.
METHODIST MISSIONARIES
GIVEN RECEPTION
Seven young women, trained and
commissioned for missionary work
by the Southern Methodist church,
were honor guests at a lovely re
ception given by the executive board
of the Woman’s Missionary Society
Friday afternoon at the home of the
president, Mrs. J. N. McEachern,
in Atlanta. Sharing honors with
these were three north Georgia
seniors at Scarritt College and three
girls who will enter Scaritt this fall.
The seven missionaries are Miss
Susie Mayes, of Camak, who will go
to China; Miss Julia Thompson, of
Oxford, to Mexico; Miss Catherine
Parham, of College Park, to Africa;
Miss Willie Mae Adams, of Com
merce, to rural work in Kentucky;
Miss Miriam Rogers, of Zebulon, to
Holding Institute at Laredo, Texas;
Miss Thelma Heath, of Ben Hill, to
kindergarten work at the Wesley
House in Nashville, Term., and Miss
Mary Fisher Floyd, of LaGrange, to
teach Bible in the Oklahoma State
University.
The Scarritt seniors were Miss Al
ma Metcalf, of Decatur; Miss Juanita
Kelly, of Aui-usta, and Miss Pearlie
Mae Kelly, of Newnan, each of whom
is teaching in vacation Bible schools
or doing camp duty during the sum
mer. Those who will enter Scarritt
for the first time this fall are Miss
Decora Adams, of Martin; Miss
Grace Rogers, of Commerce, and
Miss Odessa Witt, of Thomaston.
Each of the missionaries was in
troduced by her district secretary
and presented with a gift from the
conference. Those going abroad
were presented with steamer rugs
and the home workers with fitted
traveling cases. Mrs. McEachern
was assisted in entertaining by the
conference officers and secretaries.
EXTRA JUROR NAMED
FOR GARRISON TRIAL;
LONG CASE EXPECTED
————— •
San Diego, Cal.—The trial of Moss
E. Garrison, 37, railroad clerk,
charged with the murder of his form
er fiancee, Hazel Bradshaw, may be
an extended one.
Nine men and three women were
sworn in as jurors Monday, but with
the prospect of a long trial ahead,
Judge L. N. Turrentine ordered an
alternate juror named.
The body of Miss. Bradshaw, stab
bed seventeen times, was found in
Balboa Park here May 3. Garrison
surrendered to police the next day,
but has repeatedly denied any con
nection with the crime.
115 IN WASHINGTON TOWN
Seattle, Wash.—Lewiston, Twin
Falls and Boise, Ihaho, have new
heat records to shoot at, Monday’s
baking sun having sent temperatures
to 114, 104.8 and 108, respectively,
while a Washington town, Repaira,
reported 115 degrees.
Spokane, Lind and Wapto in
Washington, sweltered at 106, while
thermometers at Stites climbed 2
degrees higher. Orofino, Idaho, re
ported 114.
ACCIDENTS CLAIM
6 PERSONS’ LIVES
IN STATE SUNDAY
Atlanta. —Six persons were killed
nnd eight others were injured in
week-end accidents in Georgia.
Ward Sweat, 40, Waycross sales
man, was killed by lightning Sunday
night. lie was standing in the door
way of the home of Hugh Dixon,
farmer living near Waycross. Dix
on was hurt by the shock, but will
recover.
Charles Ware, 20, Cuthbert, Ga..
was killed near Arlington, Ga., late
Saturday night when his automobile
struck a hog in the road and over
turned. Three companions, all of
Cuthbert, were injured. They were
en route to Panacea, Fla., on a fish
ing trip.
The 10-year-old son of John Bye,
of near Gibson, Ga., was electrocut
ed Sunday at Mitchell, where he was
visiting a sister. The boy picked up
a fallen electric wire.
Mrs. Frank Pearce, 52, of near
Pryor Station, wad killed by light
ning Saturday while feeding chick
ens at her home.
Four persons were injured during
a violent thunderstorm in Atlanta
Saturday afternoon.
Ames F. Parker, Savannah me
chanist, was killed at Daisy, when
his automobile overturned.
A southern railroad train struck
and killed Jeff Manus, 22, farmer,
near Varneils, Ga. The engineer
reported he saw Manus sitting on
the track, and blew his wh ; stle, but
was unable to stop the train before
he struck him.
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL
(By E. B. Betts)
I was sorry, indeed, to read last
week of the death of Hon. C. G.
Edwards of the first district of
Georgia. He was a member of con
gress here in 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910,
1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916,
and returned March 4th, 1917. He
was elected again in 1924, and serv
ed in the house until his death in the
Gate City of Georgia, on July 13th,
1931. He was an able member of
congress, and ranked high here with
Democrats and Republicans.
* * *
Formal services for Mrs. John B.
Henderson, who died here on July
17th, was held here July 20, at 11
o’clock, at her Sixteenth Street
maneus Broadway Castle. Rev. M.
B. White, pastor of All Souls Uni
tarian Church officiated.
* * *
Hon. C. G. Dawes, of Illinois,
who was vice-president under the
regime of Ex-President Calvin Cool
edge, ar.d now Ambassador to Lon
don, England, w’ho has been in
America for several weeks, will sail
for Europe on July 22.
* * *
Hon. Bird J. Vincent, of the
eighth district of Michigan, died
July 18th, who had been ill for more
than a month, in the Naval Hospital
in Honolulou, reduced the Republi
can majority to one. The house
membership now stands 214 Repub
licans, 213 Democrats, one Farm
Laborite, with seven vacancies. The
Navy Transport Henderson, on which
Mr. B. J: Vincent died, is scheduled
to dock in San Francisco, July 24th.
ROYLAL AMBASSADORS MEET
The Royal Ambassadors met with
Mrs. J. C. Bennett, Tuesday after
noon, the 14th. *Jack Hardy, Am
bassador in Chief, presided over the
meeting. After the Scripture Les
son by one of the boys, all joined in
the Lord’s Prayer.
Secretary being absent, Raymond
Rigdon acted as secretary pro tern.
The program was omitted, as the
chapter had been disbanded for the
past quarter for providential rea
sons, and a business session held,
discussing the work that is started
again.
At the close, a social half an hour
was enjoyed, the hostess serving
punch and wafers, assisted by Jack
Hardy.
Those present, were; Clarence Sil
man, Stoy Hogan, Curtis Brooks,
Harold Purcell, Raymond Rigdon,
Jack Hardy, Stockton Appleby, Curt
Collier, Jr., Mary Harris Collier,
Mesdames J. C. Bennett and Jilllis
Dye.
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president
of the Georgia State College of
Agriculture has declared that if the
legislature cuts the college’s main
tenance fund from $228,000 to
SIOO,OOO it will “disembowel” the
institution. Governor Russell, in his
budget report, recommended a fifteen
per cent cut which would have re
duced the appropriation of the col
lege to $194,000 for 1932-33. The
committee’s report to the legislature
recommends a cut of 57 per cent, he
said. “The institution cannot possi
bly operate under such conditions,”
Dr. Soule said.
MISS DIAL ENTERTAINS FOR
VISITOR
A beautiful affair of Wednesday
was the bridge party at which Miss
Mildred Dial entertained at her
home, in honor of Miss Ellie Ruth
Lewis of Thomson. Quantities of
colorful garden flowers were used
in artistic abundance throughout the
home. Punch was served as the
guests arrived, and throughout the
party. Miss Dial, assisted by her
mother, served a delicious ice course.
The invited guests included Misses
Ellie Ruth Levyis, Martha Dean and
Elizabeth Cooley, Martha Mobley,
Frances and Louise Ellington, Ma
beth and Joyce Storey, Grace Thur
mond, Thelma Frost, Mary and Mil
dred Pendergrass, Nell Carroll, Rose
Daniel, Sarah and Mary Ruth Wills,
Elizabeth Rigdon, Frances Benton,
Imogene Storey, Louise and Eliza
beth Baiiey, Conchita Bertran, Sara
Whitaker, Mildred Dial, and Mrs.
Boiand.
SERVICES AT METHODIST
CHURCH
T. H Shackelford, Pastor,
Sunday, July 26.
10 a. m., Sunday school, 11. T.
Mobley, Supt.; Wesley Brotherhood
Class, P. Cooley, teacher; Susannah
Wesley Class for Women, T. T. Ben
ton, teacher. All other standard de
partments.
11 a. m., Preaching by the Pas
tor, subject, “THE STATUE OF A
PERFECT MAN.”
7.45 p. m., Senior Epworth League,
Edwin Kelly, president; Hi-League,
Miss Ruby Hancock, superintendent
8.30 p. m., UNION SERVICE AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. REV.
R. M. RIGDON WILL PREACH.
THIRD QUARTERLY MEETING
JULY 29TH
Presiding Elder H. C. Emory has
announced that the third quarterly
conference of the Jefferson Metho
dist church on Wednesday evening,
July 29, at 8.30 o’clock, at which
time a report from all the officers of
the church will be given.
All of our lives the little ant has
been held up as the erntome of in
dustry and commeml'le energy,
and now a Harvard student, study
ing the little hymenoptera, has dis
sipated all of our early knowledge of
the little insect. He finds that they
steal from one another, loaf on the
job, make others work for them, be
come intoxicated, and eventually
grow old and lose their hair, teeth
and eyesight. Besides all that, they
always leave their work to attend
picnics. He probably knows what he
is talking about, and we will not
take issue with him.
All of us favor reforms until it
hits our own pocket books, and then
we yelp. Merchants and citizens of
Milledgeville and vicinity are up in
arms against the proposed portion of
the state reorganization bill which
would centralize the purchasing of
provisions, supplies and equipment
for all state institutions in a central
purchasing committee. Citizens in
Milledgeville contend that in effect
this will mean that everything will
be purchased in Atlanta, and that
business concerns there and through
out the £Jtate will have no opportuni
ty to sell anything to state institu
tions.
The graduation exercises Friday
evening, July 10, brought to a close
the five weeks summer high school
for Georgia teachers at the Georgia
Vocational & Trades School, at Mon
roe. Among the graduates was Mrs.
Woodie Whitehead Tribble of Gray
son. Mrs. Russell P. Hosch, of
Hoschton, who formerly taught at
this institution, gave a most appro
priate address to the class. Her re
marks, both humorous and serious,
made a deep impression on the au
dience.
Our universities and colleges are
finding something every day to
teach to take the place of the three
R’s, and the more new chairs they
introduce the farther they get away
from giving the boy and girl an edu
cation that really fits them for life.
The latest department introduced in
to one of the colleges is to/give
“happiness tests” to several hundred
naen to find out what makes them
happy.
In offering the name of Editor
W. G. Sutlive as a suitable man to
succeed the late Congressman Ed
wards of the first district, his co
worker, Mr. P. A. Stovall, pays him
a notable tribute, and one well de
served. Mr. Sutlive is all that Mr.
Stovall says of him, and then some.
It would give the Georgia Press
great pleasure to have “Bill Biffem
in the next congress.
MISSIONARY CIRCLES HO> D '
JOINT MEETING
Circles One, Two and Three 0 f
the Methodist Missionary Society
held a joint meeting at the chure’h
Monday afternoon, and was presid
ed over by Mrs. Stanley Kesler.
The opening song was followed bv
the Scripture Lesson, taken f rom
John 4:1-26, giving the story o{
Jesus conversation with the woman
by the well of Samaria. This was’
presented by Mrs. J. A. Wills. \
Prayer Song, Holy Ghost, Light
Divine, was rendered by Mrs. J. q
Smith.
The mission study for the after
noon was “Forestalling Future Illit.
eracy,” and a continuaton of the
book, “The Trail of the Conquist
ordores.” On the former subject
Mrs. H. J. W. Kizer presented a
paper, The World War Mirror; and
Mrs. Boyce Mobley, Changing Con
ditions for Adults and Children.
Mrs. T. H. Shackelford led the dis
cussion of the book, and was assisted
in the presantation by Mrs. J. D.
Escoe, Mrs. J.’ C. Smth and Mrs. J.
N. Holder.
Following the program, a brief
business session was held, and a half
hour social meeting, the hostesses,
Mesdames P. Cooley, W. C. Smith,
G. W. Foster and Cap Duke, serving
sandwiches and tea.
Those attending the meeting,
were: Mesdames T. H. Shackelford,
J. C. Smith, H. J. W. Kizer, H. T.
Mobley, J. N. Holder, J. D. Escoe,
H. I. Mobley, Boyce B. Mobley, Sam
Kelly, J. A. Wills, E. H. Crooks,
Stanley Kesler, P. Cooley, H. D.
Dadisman, G. W. Foster, W. C.
Smith, Cap Duke, A. S. Johnson,
Effie Flanigan, H. R. Howell, and
Miss Ethel Moore.
CAUGHT IN THE AIR
* *******
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Jackson and
little daughter spent Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Whitmire were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Polk
Catlett one night recently.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Evans and
children w’ere the guests of Mr.
Mrs. D. L. Harmon a while Friday
night.
Mrs. J. C. Garrison and children
of Bradenton, Fla., are the guests of
Mrs. J. C. Head and Mrs. L. B.
Prickett this w-eek.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Webb and little
Frellie Joe were week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John Barber.
Those w’ho attended the Sunday
school conventipn from Oconee
church, held at Arnoldsville, report
a fine meeting, and those good peo
ple certainly know how to entertain
a crowd.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Perry spent
Sunday the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Brown.
Mrs. John Barber spent Saturday
night with her sister, Mrs. Doss
Garrison, at Gainesville. Mr. and
Mrs. Garrison accompanied her home
for the day Sunday. They also had
Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Wallace of
Atlanta as their guests for the day.
Friends of Mr. Roy Waddell will
be sorry to learn-he was operated on
for appendicitis on Sunday, but hope
he will soon be well again.
Miss Edna Culpepper was the Sun
day guest of Misses Gladys and
Woodie Perry.
Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Harbin and
family of Milstead are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harbin this
week.
Mrs. Ogle and family of Gaines
ville were the spend-the-day guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Boswell,
Sunday.
Mr. Allen Holland came near
having a serious accident this past
week. In some way, he accidently
fell on the saw while working at the
saw mill near Commerce, cut his
face, and severely cut his knee. H e
is able to get around, but is ° n
crutches. We hope to hear soon of
his recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Bosw-ell
gave Mr. J. T. Boswell a beautifully
planned surprise birthday dinner
Sunday. They sent for him Sunday
to come for the day, and he wa
thrilled when he saw everything
prepared for his birthday. R was a
very enjoyable occasion, and he sure
appreciated their kindness in 11
membering him.
WHITE PLAINS
Song service was fine Sunday a.
m.
A large crowd attended ser\h‘
here Sunday.
C. and O. R. Bryant attended Sun
day school at Academy, Sunday >
m.
We had a nice rain Sunday P- nl.
Prof. General Murphy will begin
a singing school here next Monday
at 9 o’clock. If there are any "
do not see him. just come on a
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