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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
“AULD LANG SYNE”
One Sunday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Smith and their two bright
children carried us to the country,
our destination being the home
of a dear old friend, Mr. J. J.
Mitchell. He could not come out to
the car and give us greetings, as he
has been crippled for months, and
walks with difficulty; but Mrs. Mitch
ell met us and warmly welcomed us.
Mr. Mitchell was on the porch, and
made manifest that cheer and good
will which has ever charterized him,
when he said, “Glad to see you, I
am still kicking, but now only with
one foot.” He is eighty-eight years
old, and lives on the farm owned by
his father; and while at his home his
daughter brought in a bucket of pure
and clear water from a near by
spring. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell
think so much of that spring that
no well has been sunk on their
premises, and this gurgling fountain
is their source of water supply. Mr.
Mitchell is the writer’s first school
teacher in that dear old country
alma mater, The Academy School,
which at that time was located near
the Academy Church. It was a one
room structure, whose flooring was
put down planed, but unmatched. A
big desk was located in one end of
the room, around which gathered the
pupils at certain hours to write in
their “copy books.” The seats were
made of pine lumber, and were so
high that childrens feet could not
reach the floor. There were no
desks. Mr. Mitchell taught writing,
reading and arithmetic, and to more
advanced pupils a little of Smith’s
Grammar and Mitchell’s Georgnaphy.
The Blue Back Speller and Mc-
Guffey’s Reader were used.
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On Friday afternoon evegy child in
his school had to “speak.” Parents
were invited, to the school to hear
the children “speak”, and many ac
cepted the invitation, and lent their
presence to these important occas
ions. Many speeches were deliver
ed, but the favorites were “The Boy
Stood on the Burning Deck,” “On
Linden - When the Sun Was Low,”
“The Burial of Sir John Moore,”
“Hey, Diddle, Diddle, Cat and Fid
dle,” “The Lark is Up to Meet
the Sun,” “The Burial of Moses,”
“Mary Had a Little Lamb.” These
and other similar productions caused
oratorical echos and re-echos a
round that old school house every
Friday afternoon. The school build
ing is gone, but fond memories
linger about it, and some of those
who taught within its walls. Mr.
Mitchell had the friendship and con
fidence of those he taught, and we
wish him many more years of life.
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Another person who had one of
the largest schools in point of num
bers any teacher ever presided over
at the Academy was Mr. J. W. Bras
elton. During the summer months
he had to provide seats for many of
his more mature pupils under the
shades of spreading oaks and hick
ory. At the close of the school he
had an “exhibition,” as school clos
ings were then called, that surpassed
anything of its kind ever seen in
this county. A stage, all properly
curtained, was erected in front of
the school building, on which was
given declamations, dialogues and
plays. Mr. Braselton was himself a
natural bom orator, and he trained
his speakers so well that William H.
Simpkins, who made a talk on this
memorable occasion, declared the
young men to have been as well
trained as declaimers at high schools,
or even colleges. Hundreds of peo
ple from all portions of the county
witnessed this great “exhibition.”
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Academy school has had many
competent and worthy teachers, but
no one who taught school there ever
made a more profound impression
on pupils, parents and people than
did Miss Eula Gober, now Mrs. W.
H. Nunnally, of Monroe. When she
was elected to teach the school, she
was just about seventeen years old.
The first morning she walked in the
school room, those who had never
seen her, were surprised; yes, even
more than that, they were astonish
ed to find their teacher “just a young
girl.” The writer’s father, a fine
judge of people, said, “She will do,
and will make one of the best teach
ers this school ever had.” So every
body was willing for her to be given
a chance to show what she could do.
She was not only young, but beau
tiful, with a brilliant intellect. She
SINGLE COPY sc.
knew how to teach almost per
fectly all the subjects required to be
taught in that school.
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Her work as a teacher in this
school room made a lasting impres
sion on many lives. Copies "set” in
the copy books were literary gems
and truths, that sparkled with daz
zling brilliance. Such as—
“ Truth crushed to earth will rise
again.”
“Many men of many minds.”
“Honor and shame from no con
dition rise.”
“Queen Victoria is great and
good.”
“Columbus discovered America.”
“George Washington first in war,
first in peace, and first in the hearts
of his countrymen.”
This last sentence made two lines
in the copy book.
“God created the Heavens and the
earth in six days.”
“Honor thy father and ihy moth
er.”
She taught Bible lessons, which
revealed the truth and beauty of the
Sacred Book to young minds and
hearts. Study of the Bible in this
school room taught children the way
of this life, and pointed the narrow
road that leads to life eternal.
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She was calm and dignified; kind,
but firm and positive. Soon after
she began her service as teacher, she
had the friendship, confidence and
love of all the pupils, both boys and
girls, in the school room; not one
of whom could have been persuaded
to offend her with any kind of mis
conduct or disorder. She also had
Friday afternoon speakings, but she
required other things of the pupils,
and that was to learn one verse in
the Bible each day, and one chapter
each week. The pupils, as a rule,
carried out this requirement. When
revival services were held in the
church, not far from the school
house, she had the children to go
with her to the preaching services.
She visited the homes, and made
friends of well as those
whom she taught. At the close of
her school every pupil, every patron,
and all the people begged her to
teach the next year. She thanked
them for their good will and friend
ship, but had to decline the proffer.
People knew why, when a few
months after her teaching service
at Academy she was united in holy
wedlock to Mr. W. H. Nunnally of
Walton County. She left Jackson
county to make her home in her hus
band’s county, but her patrons and
pupils who are still surviving have
precious memories of Auld Lang
Syne, when she was the “girl school
teacher” at old Academy.
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The Bible should not only be read
each day in every public school in
Georgia, and every college and uni
versity supported in whole or in
part by State funds, but should be
a part of the curriculum of all these
institutions. What other book that
has ever been published is so im
portant as the Bible, and why not
teach the most important book to
the sons and daughters of this great
old State?
Democrats got great qomfort out
of elections Tuesday of last week,
while Republicans received little
satisfaction. Republicans will have
a'meager majority of the next New
York General Assembly, while Demo
crats received a popular majority in
that State of nearly half million
votes. A Republican mayor of
Philadelphia was elected by 47,000
majority, while the normal Republi
can majority in that city is about
150,000. For more than half a
century Philadelphia has not had a
Democratic mayor. All States in
the South, including Kentucky, which
is considered doubtful, which held
elections, rolled up big Democratic
majorities. The Democratic nomi
nee in Kentucky received an almost
unprecedented majority of more than
one hundred thousand, planting his
candidacy squarely on the New Deal
and unqualified loyalty to Franklin
D. Roosevelt. The present Gover
nor of Kentucky, nominated and
elected as a Democrat, supported the
Republican candidate for Governor,
and tried to carry Democrats with
him, but they refused to follow his
leadership. In Georgia, the Gover
nor of this State is vigorously op
posing the New Deal and the re
tention of Franklin D. Roosevelt as
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
M. I. Encounters The Strong
Chicopee Mills Team
Friday, Nov. 15.
The Chicopee Mills basket ball
team will be the opponents of the M.
I. boys Friday, November 15, at the
local gymnasium. Since Chicopee
had the strongest ameteur team in
this section last year, and made an
enviable record in the textile tourna
ment in Greenville, S. C., we are ex
pecting to see a very fine team in
competition with the young team of
Martin Institute. To add to the
strength of the Chicopee team, they
have added several players of last
year’s Clermont team, as well as
several members of the Braselton
teams of a few years ago. With this
group of players, Chicopee is cer
tainly expecting an improvement
over their other good teams. They
may prove too strong for the local
boys, but the boys who wear the red
and blue are going to see if they
can beat the best Chicopee has.
The M. I. boys are surprisingly
stronger than their followers had ex
pected. Before the season had start
ed, only one of the boys had ever
started a varsity game, but they
have adapted themselves to their
system wonderfully well, and will be
able to give a splendid account of
thentselves in all their games. If
you are wanting to see a great game
of basket ball, be on hand promptly
at 8 o’clock Friday evening.
Cake Walk And Basket
Ball Great Success
The cake walk which was sponsor
ed by the basket ball squads of Mar
tin Institute last Friday evening was
a tremendous success. The boys and
girls deeply appreciate every effort
that was made by their friends to
make it a success. It was estimated
that a crowd of 1500 saw the games
and cake walk.
The Oakwood teams split even with
M. I. teams. The local girls lost a
well played game, by a score of 36
to 12; while the boys of M. I. won
by a score of 40 to 11. The girls’
game started off like it would be a
bout even, but the experience and
size of the Oakwood girls began to
show up later in the game, so they
won by a substantial score.
The boys game was another story.
It was Jefferson all the way. The
Oakwood boys fought on the floor as
hard as anybody, but it was im
possible for them to penetrate the
M. I. defense. The local boys have
shown a keen eye for the basket so
far, by having piled up a total of
127 points to their opponents 25
points for three games.
Oakwood Girls (36) M. I. Girls (12)
F—Oliver, L. (2) Murphy
F—Oliver, J. (12) Berryman (6)
C—Carpenter (12) Spratlin
G—Hughes (2) Bryan (1)
G—Harrison (2) Kell (5)
F—Reed (2) . Hardy
F—Crow (2) Cruce
F—Potter
G—Pethel
Oakwood Boys (11) M. I. Boys (40)
F—Clark Simmons (3)
F—Mangum (2) Bryan (10)
C—Kennedy (4) Chastain (11)
G—McNeal (1) Brooks (3)
G—Waters, H. Bridges (9)
C—Henderson Davidson (4)
F—Edwards Taylor
F—Chamblee Kesler
F—Waters, C. (4) Kinney
F—Hanes.
After spending a few days with
their mother, Mrs. W. C. Roberts,
Mr. and Mrs. Curt Roberts left Sun
day for their home in Cordele.
President of the United States.
Like the people of Kentucky, the
voters of old Democratic Georgia
will not follow the lead of the
Governor of this State to support
Republican policies and principles.
The Governor of Kentucky thought
he was all powerful, because of his
election by a big majority, but when
he showed disloyalty to his party
and his President, the people turn
ed away from him, and now he is a
politician without party or friends.
Just so in Georgia; Talmadge thinks
because he received a large majority
for Governor, the people will follow
his leadership against Roosevelt and
against the Democratic administra
tion; but the fair-minded people of
this great old Democratic State
will repudiate his leadership and
rebuke his disloyalty by their un
trammeled ballots.
RECREATION AND
ENTERTAINMENT
Mr. Kizer Appoint* Committee* For
Monthly Entertainment of Fun
And Recreation.
Superintendent H. J. W. Kizer, to
gether with the other members of
the school faculty, and assisted by a
committee of citizens, is formulat
ing a plan for a monthly entertain
ment of fun and recreation to be
held in the basketball court. The
State University will send a director
once-a-month to supervise and con
duct the amusement program, and
the public will be given a cordial in
vitation to be present to take part
in and enjoy the exercises.
Committees to sponsor these en
tertainments, to plan for their suc
cess and to act as chaperones and
hostesses have been named as fol
lows:
November: Miss Leila Bates,
Chairman; Mrs. H. J. W. Kizer, Miss
Blitch, Miss Key, Mrs. G. W. West
moreland, Mrs. John Hardy, Mrs. J.
E. Randolph.
December: Mrs. M. M. Bryan,
Chairman; Mrs. C. H. Legg, Miss
Young, Miss Wills, Mrs. L. F. El
rod, Mrs. S. Kinningham, Mrs. J. B.
Pinson.
January: Mrs. T. T. Benton,
Chairman; Mrs. Stanley Kesler, Miss
Frances Smith, Miss Maybeth Storey,
Mrs. Cap Johnson, Mrs. Lewis Mob
ley, Mrs. Ab Hardy, Mrs. Willie Pin
son, Mrs. Y. D. Maddox.
February: Mrs. Rob Kelly, Chair
man; Mrs. J. C. Smith, Mrs. Luther
Lyle, Mrs. Fred Culberson, Mrs.
Deaton, Mrs. Claude Daniel, Mrs. De-
Foor, Mrs. Howell.
March: Mrs. H. E. Aderhold,
Chairman; Mrs. Bill Bryan, Miss
Miriam Bennett, Miss Beth Bailey,
Mrs. Ed Hardy, Mrs. Claude Cat
lett, Mrs. R. S. Johnson.
April: Mrs. Gray, Chairman; Mrs.
J. D. Escoe, Mrs. Hal Moore, Miss
Hazel Langford, Miss Annell Alex
ander, Miss Leona Griffeth, Mrs.
George Appleby, Mrs. J. W. Jackson,
Mrs. T. D. Johnston.
May: Mrs. L. H. Isbell, Chairman;
Mrs. J. C. Turner, Mrs. R. M. Rig
don, Mrs. Hugh Crooks, Miss Stev
ens, Miss Ozburn, Miss Elizabeth
Patrick.
Federal Government
Has Built Thousand
Schools In Georgia
Atlanta. —More than 1,000 schools
for Georgia youngsters have been
built by the federal government since
1933, Erie Cocke, Georgia director
of the National Emergency Council,
disclosed in making public the fig
ures.
These were built by the three
emergency relief organizations form
ed by the government —now extinct
—-the Civil Works Administration,
the Georgia Emergency Relief Ad
ministration and the Federal Relief
Administration.
Cock’e figures also show 1,748
teachers have given education to
over 58,000 pupils in urban sections
and 11,000 teachers in rural sections
have taught 750,000 students.
Through federal aid 2,250 college
students have been enabled to get
an education.
Jefferson FERA Offices
Closed
The FERA offices, located over
Mobley’s store for the past two
years, have been closed, and those
connected with the office force have
either been transferred to other
projects or are looking for new work.
Mr. Nellis, the project engineer, was
transferred to the Works Progres*
Administration, and will continue to
make his headquarters in Jefferson.
Mrs. Peggy Murphy, the efficient and
popular FERA county administrator,
will be transferred to some other
work. Mrs. Murphy’s home is in
Talmo, and she motored each morn
ing from her home to the office in
Jefferson. She has filled the office
very capably, and made many
friends.
A great tribute to Wesleyan Col
lege, Macon, is that 51 girls now at
the college are members of the
Granddaughters Club, an organiz
ation whose grandmothers graduated
from Wesleyan years and years ago.
Thursday, November 14, 1935.
Jackson County Home
Demonstration News
(Leila Bates, H. D. A.)
Food For The Sick
Diet for the sick may be discussed
from the standpoint of liquid, semi
soft, soft, light and normal dieis.
These are the diets most commonly
prepared at home.
Where the case is serious enough
to demand the care of a physician,
he is the one to give advice concern
ing the diet. In sickness every one
is a law unto himself, and the rules
must be modified according to the
requirements of the individual.
Many times the phiysicians advice
is general, and here one faces
a blind alley. How can the doctor
be obeyed, how can the patient be
satisfied, and still stay within the
bounds of the family income?
In a normal diet there are many
choices of food, so in sickness as in
health the internal work of the body
goes on. Very seldom do we find ex
penditure of energy less in sickness.
In fever it may be more.
Should a person fall below par
physically we would consider a diet
for him easy to digest. All food
must be reduced to fluid form to be
absorbed. For this reason a liquid
diet is regarded as easy to digest.
In a liquid diet, one may include:
Broth and strained soups, buttermilk,
eggs beaten in milk, broth or fruit
juices, fruit juices, strained, cereal
gruels and cereal waters, jello, milk
drinks, postum, ice cream and ices,
tomato juice, tea, and coffee.
Broths and clear soups have little
nutritive value, but are agreeable to
taste, and stimulate the flow of
gastric juices.
Cereal gruels are neither stimulat
ing nor inviting, but are easily di
gested and absorbed.
Milk is our most valuable food.
The flavor may be changed by the
addition of chocolate, eggs, sugar,
milk, or fruit juices. This food is
easily digested.
Fruit juices are nutritious and
soothing to an irritated digestive
track.
The diet should be given in small
amounts and often. Liquids natur
ally leave the stomach quickly and
enter the circulation quickly.
Semi-Soft Diet
Allow small servings of food at
meal time, with nourishment between
meals at 10 a. m. and 2:30 p. m.
and Bp. m. The semi-soft diet may
include cooked cereals except those
high in roughage, milk toast, crack
ers in milk, eggs either coddled,
poached, soft boiled, or soft scramb
led, baked or boiled custard, junket
and pudding as blanc mange tapoicfr,
simple cream puddings, and plain
gelatin desserts.
Light Diet
This diet may include: fresh fruits,
canned, fresh or stewed, cereals,
except coarse ones; soups, crisp ba
con, scrapped beef; liver scolloped
or souffled, vegetables, simple sal
ads, bread, simple puddings, sponge
cake, wafers.
The Normal Diet
If the food supply is adequate, the
normal person can usually be trust
ed to eat enough to meet energy re
quirements. Whether the food will
be the right kind, and whether it
will supply in sufficient amount min
erals, vitiamins, and other necessary
foods is another question. The
normal diet should contain:
An adequate number of calories
to maintain usual activities for age,
sex and height.
An adequate amount of good
quality protein to take care of acti
vity and growth.
An adequate amount of carbohy
drate and fat to cover the energy re
quirements.
An adequate amount of minerals,
especially calcium, phosphorous and
iron.
A liberal amount of vitamins. An
adequate amount of bulky foods to
insure natural movement of the
bowels.
An adequate amount of fluids.
The following foods are recom
mended daily for a normal diet,
others may be added as desired to
make up the total number of calor
ies:
At least two glasses of milk.
One serving of potatoes.
One cooked vegetables other than
potatoes.
One raw vegetable.
Two servings of fruit, one of them
fresh.
One serving of meat.
One to one and a half ounces of
Vol. 61. No. 8.
WOMAN’S CLUB
MEETING
Jefferton Woman'* Club Hear* Mr*.
Harvey Jordan Al The November
Meeting Lat Monday At Home
Of Mr*. C. B. Lord.
Mrs. Harvey Jordan of Atlanta
was guest speaker at the Jefferson
Woman’s Club, which met Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. B.
Lord, with Mesdames H. E. Ader
hold, Effie Flanigan, W. H. Hosch
and J. D. Escoe, co-hostesses.
Mrs. Jordan spoke on Pan iotic
Education. She told how no State
can be better than the citizens of
which it is composed, and that the
strength of any government lies in
its .educated citizens. She stated
that it was the responsibility of every
citizen to help improve the schools,
as the education of boys and girls
was the surest guarantee of our
rights as laid down in the Constitu
tion, and that political education
enriches home life, develops skill in
agriculture and industry.
The duties of every citizen, Mrs.
Jordan stated, is to know his coun
try’s history, understand the govern
ment of that country, and honor it;
to know the government’s laws and
obey them, and that every citizen
should study our Constitution and
the underlying reason for its adop
tion. She quoted James Madison as
saying, “Kn<&vledge will forever
govern ignorance,” and told how ig
norance in itself was always the un
failing cause for failure, and that the
church, home and school have a com
mon cause in helping in the world’s
adjustment. She told how club wo
men can create a greater interest in
all causes relating to public welfare;
namely, promote movements for bet
ter housing, and co-operate with all
movements for social development.
Mrs. Jordan ended her talk by
stating that each citizen would well
place their time and money on edu
cation for colleges, hospitals, church
es, libraries, and conservatories of
music were channels through which
blessings would be brought to gener
ations yet unborn.
Another feature of the program
was a most interesting playlet given
by several children of the primary
grades of Martin Institute, revealing
how the Christmas Seal originated,,
and how it has helped to fight tuber
culosis. The cast included Henry
Robinson, Bob Appleby, Betty Ader
hold, Virginia Kesler, Myra Purcell,
Tommy Bryan, Edwin Aderhold,
Stanhope Escoe, Betty Jane Hardy,
Bert Kizer, Talmadge Appleby and
Herbert Willis.
Current Events were presented in
a most interesting manner by Mrs.
J. N. Holder, and the business meet
ing then followed. Mrs. J. D. Escoe
read the minutes of last meeting,
which were approved. Reports from
the different departments were then
given.
Mrs. J. E. Randolph, Tallulah Falls
Chairman, asked that each member
bring an offering for this school at
the December meeting.
Mrs. J. C. Turner reported $25
paid on the piano purchased by the
club, this amount being given by the
former High School Orchestra.
Mrs. Carl Legg announced that
someone from the University of
Georgia would be present to super
vise games at the community jrarties
planned; and a list of chairmen and
co-workers who will make plans for
these affairs were read.
After adjournment the hostesses
served refreshments.
Those present, were: Mesdames H.
E. Aderhold, J. E. Randolph, J. N.
Holder, J. D. Escoe, Effie Flanigan,
J. W. Jackson, Guy Strickland, M-
M. Bryan, Frank Banks, Y. D. Mad
dox, John Hardy, R. M. Rigdon, H-
J. W. Kizer, Stanley Kesler, C. B.
Lord, Harvey Jordan, John Turner,
J. A. Gray, George Appleby, A. S.
Johnson, R. J. Kelly, Fred Culberson,
T. T. Benton, Carl Legg, W. T. Bry
an, C. D. Cox, W. H. Hosch, B. E,
McCpllum, J. A. Wills, Misses Beth
Bailey, Irene Rankin, Sara Wills,
Frances Smith, Sophie Swain, Esther
Kinney, Bess Young, Mary Blitch,
Carol Stevens, Margaret Ozburn.
butter.
One egg.
Six to eight glasses of water.
Whole grain cereals and breads
should be given preference.