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THE JACKSON HERALD
$1.50 A Year—ln Advance
Published Weekly
Entered at The Jefferson Postofllce
as Second-Class Mail Matter
Official Organ of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER Editor
W. H. WILLIAMSON Bus. M’g’r.
JEFFERSON. GA., MAR. 11. 1937.
Leading Points
In Roosevelt’s
Victory Speech
Washington, March 4.—Highlights
of President Roosevelt’s victory day
dinner speech:
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My * * ambition * * is * * a
nation clear in its knowledge of
•what powers it has to serve its own
citizens, a nation that is in a posi
tion to use those powers to the full
in order to move forward steadily
in order to meet the modern needs
of humanity * • .
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My great ambition on January 20,
1941, is to turn over * * * to my
successor * * * a nation intact, a
nation at peace, a nation prosper
ous * * *.
After the World War there arose
insistent demands * * * that human
needs be met. The unthinking, or
those who dwell in the past, have
tried to block them.
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1 cannot tell you with complete
candor that * * * democracy has
fully succeeded. * * * For as yet
there is no deftrtrte assurance that
the three horse team of the Ameri
can system of government (execu
tive, judicial and legislative) will
pull together.
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If one horse lies down in the
traces * * * the field will not be
ploughed.
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I defy one to read the majority
opinion invalidating the A. A. A.
and tell us what we can do for agri
culture in this session of Congress
with any reasonable certainty that
what we do will not be nullified as
unconstitutional.
The Ohio River and the dust
bowl are not conversant with the
habits of the Interstate Commerce
clause. * * * We cannot afford
* * * to postpone or run away from
that fight on advice of defeatist
lawyers. Let them try that advice
on sweating men piling sandbags on
the levees at Cairo.
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In this fight, as the lawyers them
selves say, time is the essence. In
three elections * * * great majori
ties have approved what we are try
ing to do. * * * Those majorities
mean that the people themselves
realize the increasing urgency that
we meet their needs now.
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If we do not have the courage to
lead the American people where
they want to go, someone else will.
XXX
If we would keep faith with those
who had faith in us, if we would
make democracy succeed, I say we
must act—now.
XXX
I propose to follow my custom of
speaking frankly to the Nation con
cerning our common problems.
Historical Events of March
Some of the outstanding histori
ci events which took place ii
March are: William D. Howell
born, 1837; Texans declared inde
pendence, 1886; first civil servic*
reform act, 1871; Vermont becamt
a state, 1791; Battle of Thompson’s
Station, 1803; Dred Scott decision
made, 18r>7; Luther Burbank born,
1849; Niagara Suspension Bridge’
opened, ISOS; Monitor and Merri
inac fight, 186 1 ; Dudley Buck horn,
1835; standard time adopted, 1884:
German cruiser Dresden sunk, 1915;
Andrew Jackson born, 1767; West
Point Academy founded, 1802; St.
Patrick’s Day on the 17th; British
repealed Stamp Act, 1766; William
Jennings Bryan born, 1860; Sir Issac
Newton died, 1727; Florenz Zieg
feld born, 1869; Oklahoma Territory
opened, 1891; Battle of Rernstown,
1862; Battle of Vera Cruz, 1847;
Gutzon Borglum born, 1867; Aus
trian fleet surrendered, 1919; Ponce
de Leon discovered Florida, 1513;
Aristide Briand born, 1862; ex
plosion in Chicago, 1921; Russia
ceded Alaska to United States,
1867; Battle of White Road,
1865; and the most outstanding,
•continuous event is, Easter, which
■domes on the 28th of this month.
COUNTY AGENT’S
COLUMN
Under the rules and regulations
of the 1937 farm program, it be
comes necessary to hold an election
for committeemen to serve in 1937.
1 am listing below the places where
elections will he held, and those
districts affected, together with the
number of committeemen to he
elected:
Randolph, Hoschton, Porter, Dis
tricts—Three committeemen, and
one alternate. F.lection held at
I Hoschton, Thursday, March 11, at
2 p. m.; P. A. Hosch, Mgr.
Talmo-Cunningham Districts
Three committeemen, and one alter
-1 nate. Election to he held at Talmo,
Thursday, March 11th, at 2 p. m.;
W. F. Higgins, Mgr.
Jefferson-Harrisburg Districts
Three committeemen, and one alter
nate. Election to be held at Court
House, Jefferson, Thursday, March
11, at 10 a. m.; R. H. Wall, Mgr.
Minish District—Three commit
teemen, and one alternate. Elec
tion to be held at New High School
Building, Commerce, Thursday,
March 11, at 10 a. m.; E. L. Hunt,
Mgr. *
Wilson-Miller Districts Three
Committeemen, and one alternate.
Election to be held at Maysville,
Thursday, March 11th, at 10 a. m.;
A. P. Deadwyler, Mgr.
Stone Districts—Three
committeemen, and one alternate.
Election to be held Friday, March
12th, at 10 a. m., at Red Stone
School; W. H. Deavors, Mgr.
Newtown-Center Districts—Three
Committeemen, and one alternate.
Election to be held at Nicholson
School, Friday, March 12th, at 10
a. m.; J. R. Jarrett, Mgr.
Molasses Suggested In Feeding Of
Dairy Cattle
Now that corn is scarce, and con
sequently is bringing a high price, it
has been suggested to farmers that
they substitute molasses as a feed
for their dairy cattle. Molasses may
be used instead of a part or all of
the corn, but in any case it should
not make up more than 20 percent
of the entire ration. Asa general
rule, the proper amount of molasses
for dairy cows is about two or three
pounds daily. When too much of
a ration is composed of molasses, it
is likely to disturb the digestion of
the animal. Molasses may be dilut
ed by one-half with water, and then
poured over silage or roughage with
a sprinkling can. This has a tend
ency to make poor quality hay more
palatable, and is a fine carbohydrate
feed. Where dealers purchase mo
lasses in tank cars, and farmers
furnish their own containers, the
molasses will ’ provide a more eco
nomical feed than corn, under pres
ent prices. The county agent or
local dealers can furnish prices and
other information on molasses.
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Improvement Of Land By Georgia
Farmers Noted In Reports
A survey of annual reports from
county agents all over the state has
revealed that Georgia farmers last
year terraced more land and plant
ed more acres in soil-conserving
crops than ever before. From the
office of acting extension director.
Walter S. Brown, in Athens, comet
a report that farmers of the stat<
in 1936 planted 159,000 acre:
winter legumes to improve the
soil. Ten years ago only 41,00 C
acres were planted to such crops at
soy beans, cow peas and hay. Th<
county agent’s reports also show
hat in order to terrace their land
he modern way, farmers in 43
aunties of Georgia have organized
ounty soil conservation and ini
rovement associations. During the
ear farmer-members of these as
ociations terraced more than 60,000
ores of their land with co-oper
itively-owned-and-operated power
crracing outfits. The number of
'armors building modern broad-base
crraces during 1936 increased 15
per cent, and about 13 per cent
more acres were properly terraced
last year than in 1935. In his re
port Director Brown said farmers
are realizing the damaging effects
of soil erosion, and are terracing the
land to keep the soil at home. In
1929, he said, there were only 72
counties in Georgia where farmers
were practicing improved terracing,
while in 1936 fanners in 125 coun
ties had generally adopted the im
proved methods, and were demon
strating their effectiveness to other
farmers. During the past eleven
years, Georgia farmers have estab
lished 170,000 acres of improved
permanent pastures. They have al
so done much to improve the pas
tures already established, the re
ports show.
J. W. Jackson, County Agt.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
RIVER CONTROL MUST BE
PERMANENT
(By Bruce Catton)
There is nothing new about floods
in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
Impersonal and relentless, the mighty
] rivers overflow their banks periodi-
I t ally. They have done so ever since
I the first keel-boaters went down-
I stream from Pittsburgh; apparently,
j they always will.
Hut because they are great high
ways, and because they flow through
the most fertile valleys on the
plunot, these rivers have millions of
people along their banks. Great
cities and teeming farmlands lie on
either side, all the way to the Gulf.
When floods come, as they have
come this winter, the record is writ
ten tragically in terms of death,
suffering, disease and property loss.
Now we have spent millions of
dollars to get these rivers under con
trol. National and state govern
ments give money generously; the
best engineering brains are sum
moned to sec that the money is
spent wisely.
Let one winter of abnormal rain
or snow seems able to cancel all of
this control work between week
ends. Despite all that has been
done, this winter’s rampage of the
Ohio is the worst in that river’s
history.
And that must mean that one of
two things is true. Either we have
not been using the right tactics in
our control campaign—or the cam
paign is doomed to defeat by the
very nature of things, and we shall
have disastrous floods ever so of
ten in spite of anything we may do.
If the latter is the case, we can
take it; we have so far, at any rate,
and we probably can go on doing
so. But before we admit defeat, we
might do well to study the whole
problem from anew angle. Isn’t
there some other way of attack
that might lead to victory?
It may be that there is a way; a
strategy by which we would look on
the whole tremendous river system
as a unit, to be curbed by a gteat,
co-ordinated campaign more far
reaching and thorough than any
thing we have ever tried.
We have a handy laboratory in
the Tennessee valley. The river
there is being put into harness in a
comprehensive way. Under the
Tennessee Valley Authority, it is not
merely being turned to the produc
tion of electric power; it is being
made flood-proof and erosion-proof,
chained with an infinite network of
dams, spillways, sluices, foreths, ter
raced slopes, and similar works so
that, when the job is finished, the
Tennessee and its tributaires will be
permanently under control.
To do the same thing for the
great Mississippi and Ohio valleys
would be a job such as even Amer
ica has not tackled before. It would
take millions upon millions of dol
lars, year of effort, and the best
brains the nation could call to its
service.
It might be that the job would
just naturally be too big. But in
view of the record of the last fort
night, we ought to find out about
it. If these mighty rivers can be
harnessed and controlled, no price
is too high. The tragedy of the
Ohio valley will not be wasted if it
forces us to make the valley se
cure for all time to come.
PRISON SEGREGATION A
REALITY
State-wide prison segregation be
anie a reality when Governor Riv
ers signed the bill, making it law.
The segregation bill stresses re
habilitation rather than punish
ment. It provides that the state
prison commission may select sep
arate camps for felony prisoners
and misdemeanor prisoners.
THe maximum age for boys en
tering the training school at Mill
cdgeville is increased from 16 to 18
years.
The trial judge is given authority
to say whether boys convicted shall
go to the chain gang or to the train
ing school.
A program of rehabilitation is
provided for prisoners between 16
and 21 as well as their segregation
from confirmed criminals.
All youthful convicts, 18 years
and under, now serving time in
chain gangs, may be transferred to
the Milledgeville training school.
BACHELORS 4-H CLUB NOTES
The 4-H club women of Bache
lor’s community held their second
meeting Monday afternoon, March
8, at the school house, with seven
members present.
The meeting came to order by
Miss Boone, who gave an interesting
talk on Spring Fashions.
Refreshments were served by Mrs.
J. L. Lavender and Mrs. Walter
Shields.
RIVER SHANTY-BOATS
FIRST MOBILE HOMES
Analytical observers, visualizing
the trend toward residential auio
trailers rollin,* gaily over the broad
highways of America, quite logical
ly predict that this country muy
soon become a land of footloose
homes, hut Darryl F. Zanuck, pro
duction head for Twentieth Century-
Fox, insists, and proves that mobile
houses provided homes for Ameri
cans long before the automobile be
come an established institution.
•'I refer to the shanty-boats of the
lower Mississippi,” Mr, Zanuck de
clares. ”'lhese are not vacation re
treats nor are the quaint and color
ful fisher-folk who inhabit them
nomads. The people are born, live
and love, work and play, and end
their days on their ramshackle
shanty-boats.”
In preparing the Twentieth Cen
tury-Fox picture, “Banjo On My
Knee,” for production, Mr. Zanuck
collected many photographs and
much descriptive material on Mis
sissippi shanty-boat life. He dis
patched a special unit to film au
thentic river and water front scenes
in and near New Orleans. Nunnally
Johnson, who wrote the screen play
from the novel by Harry Hamilton,
and also, as associate producer of
the picture, delved deeply into re
search work himself, knew his shan
ty-boaters well, when he started ac
tual production.
Generally, “Banjo On My Knee”
may be said to possess the locale of
“Tobacco Road” and the atmosphere
of “Steamboat ’Round the Bend.”
In casting the picture Mr. Zanuck
was literally inspired in his decision
to star Barbara Stanwyck and Joel
McCrea in the leading roles, as well
as in his selection of supporting
players a roster which includes such
prominent and talented artists as
Helen Westley, Buddy Ebsen, Wal
ter Brennan, Walter Catlett, An
thony Martin and Katherine de
Mille. Happy, too, was his desig
nation of John Cromwell as director.
In the interests of realism Mr. Za
nuck, quite wisely, determined to
reproduce as nearly as possible the
individual music, peculiarities of
speech, and the unconscious and,
sometimes, near-rowdy humor of the
true shanty-boaters; their distrust
and open dislike of “landfolks,”
whom they regarded as outsiders;
their rigid adherence to their own
standards of conduct and their hal
lowed traditions.
Especially effective are the melo
dies written for the picture by Jim
my McHugh and Harold Adamson,
several of which are played by Wal
ter Brenan on his or.e-man band
“contraption.” Certainly in both
theme and treatment “Banjo On
My Knee,” which opens Thursday at
the Roosevelt Theatre, should be
classed as a distinctly different
picture.
71 KILLED BY AUTOS
IN U. S. OVER WEEK-END
At least 71 persons were killed in
automobile accidents over the week
end even as the nation was told that
the “human machine” and not the
one it operates was primarily to
blame for America’s 500,000 acci
dents annually.
A report by J. R. Hamilton, head
of a Chicago advertising agency,
who made a study of automobile
crashes as a hobby, blamed “human
limitations” for most accidents. He
said the driver’s speed of action
often could not cope with the speed
of the machine he operates.
The week-end deaths by states:
Arkansas, 1; California, 9; Flor
ida, 5; Georgia, 2; Idaho, 1; Illinois,
1; Indiana, 1; lowa, 1; Louisiana,
2; Michigan, 7; Missouri, 3; New
York, 1; Ohio, 11; Oklahoma, 2;
Oregon, 2; Pennsylvania, 9; Ten
nessee, 4; Texas, 3; Utah, 1; Vir
ginia, 1; West Virginia, 4.
NO REDUCTION IN CCC
IN WHELCHEL’S DISTRICT
Washington. Representative B.
Frank Whelchel, Gainesville. Ga..
rid Monday he had been advised by
Robert Fechner, director of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, that
here would be no re-ducation in the
lumber of CCC camps in his dis
trict.
Whelchel said he consulted with
the CCC head after receiving a re
port a reduction in the number of
camps would he made on March 15.
REVENUE HIGHER
State Auditor Tom Wisdom sub
mitted a report to Governor E. D.
Rivers showing state revenues for
January and February amounted to
£5,997,708 this year, compared to
$4,806,982 in 1936.
The chief gain over 1916 eame
from fuel oil, he said. These col
lections amounted to $3,262,613 this
year, compared to $2,536,953 in
1936.
Property tax payments increased
from $446,716 in 1936, Wisdom’s re
port showed, to $735,095 in 1937.
The Jefferson Chapter, U. D. C.’s,
will meet on next Wednesday,
March 17, at the home of Mrs. Ed
Hardv. Mrs. J. O. Stockton and
Mrs. L. J. Lyle will be joint hostess
es. All members are cordially in
vited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Alverson, A.
H. Mcßee and W. D. Griffeth were
visitors to Winder Saturday.
ROOSEVELT THEATRE
PHONE 192. - JEFFERSON, GA.
7:00 TO 11:00 O’CLOCK EACH NIGHT
Matinee Wednesday. 1:00 and 3:30; Friday, 1:00;
Matinee Saturday at 1:00 p. m. 3 how*
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
BARBARA STANWYCK, JOEL McCREA, in
“BANJO ON MY KNEE”
R. K. O. Short Subject, “Never Catch A Rabbit”
ADMISSION 10 AND 20 CENTS
(M. M. Dodd)
SATURDAY
HOOT GIBSON, JUNE GALE, in
“SWIFTY”
Warner Short Subject, “Officer* Mess”
Admission Matinee EVERYBODY 10 CENTS
Admission Night, 10 and 15 Cents
(Roy Jones, Jr.)
MONDAY
Gladys Swarthout, Jack Oakie, Fred Mac Murray, in
“CHAMPAGNE WALTZ”
Universal News Reel, The Latest In World’s Events
Fox Musical Short Subject, “Memories”
Admission 10 and 25 Cents
(Paul Wilson)
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Ross Alexander, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot, in
“BOULDER DAM”
Chapter 4 of Buck Jones, in “The Phantom Rider”
Fox Short Subject, "Ring Goes Round”
Matiness Wednesday 1:00 and 3:30 p. m.
Admission, Matinee and Night, Everybody 10 Cents
(Miss Pearl Jackson)
If your name appears in this advertisement, clip and present
it at the door for a complimentary seat.
Attend Our March
Clearance Shoe Sale
All Womens Shoes, formerly priced at $2.49, $2.69, $2.98,
DURING THIS SALE, $1.98
All Mens Shoes, formerly priced at $3.49,
DURING THIS SALE, $2.98
Mens Shoes, formerly priced $3.98,
DURING THIS SALE, $3.49
Mens Shoes, formerly priced $4.49,
DURING THIS SALE, $3.98
Mens Shoes, formerly priced $2.49,
DURING THIS SALE, $1.98
Mens Work Oxfords, formerly priced $2.85,
DURING THIS SALE, $2.49
WE DELIVER. PHONE 210.
R. H. WHITE & CO.
R. H. OWEN, Manager
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method of express
ing our sincere appreciation for
every word and deed of sympathy
during the illness and death of our
wife and mother. May every bless
ing and contentment attend each
of you.
Fenn Wilson.
M. D. Wilson.
Raford Wilson.
Frances Wilson.
Ruth Wilson.
Sue Wilson.
THU”'DAY, MARCH 11, 1937.
Canton Girls Crush Lawrenceville,
35-19
Lawrenceville, Gu.-—Canton girls
flashed amazing skill to vanquish a
strong Lawrenceville team 35-19,
for the championship of the ninth
district.
Canton had previously won the
Western tourney at Gainesville,
while Lawrenceville was triumphing
in the Eastern division meet at Jas
per. During the regular season
Canton and Lawrenceville won 28
games each, losing only one.