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NEW DEAL ON THE
FARM
John Gunnels is an agricultural
college graduate who is now mana
ger of a farm owned by an Atlanta
businessman. John Gunnels has
made that farm, a worn-out, soil
eroded, unfertile patch of ncreage
just a few years ago, a profitable,
valuable piece of agricultural prop
erty.
The story of John Gunnels was
told by Ralph McOill in a recent is
sue of The Constitution. It is a
saga of success that should be stud
ied by every youth in Georgia who is
today seeking a course in life by
which he can live in freedom and
plenty and can contribute to the
well-being of the state of which he
is a unit.
There is a simple formula behind
John Gunnels’ success. He put in
to practice the new ways of farm
operation he learned at the college*
of agriculture and he added to this
the ingredient of hard work. Such
a combination provides a sure key
to success.
Asked his opinion on the agricul
tural colleges and their value to the
young farmer, Gunnels said:
“I am afraid too many graduates
of agricultural colleges don’t really
want to farm. And work. They
want to wear a necktie most of the
time.”
Work upon the soil is the first
blessing nature bestowed upon all
mankind after Adam was expelled
from the Garden of Eden. It is still
the surest road to happiness. There
is none in all the world who can
compare with the independent A
merican farmer who wrests a living
from his own acres and who sees his
field blossom and bear fruit under
the efforts of his own strong arm.
There is another secret behind
John Gunnels’ success, a secret hid
den unobtrusively in a single para
graph of the McGill story. It read:
“John Gunnels came there with
his charming wife. She likes a
farm. She finds freedom there.
They were fitted for a difficult hut
interesting job. They made a good
combination.”
A man and a woman, standing
hand in hand, sharing a mutual love
of the land, strong and happy to
gether in freedom. Of such is the
happiness and prosperity of all the
world.
The days of success upon the
farm are not over. Economic con
ditions may place a heavy handicap
upon agriculture. Lands may be
impoverished and world prices for
products may be low. Yet, by com
bining tested new methods with a
man's love of the land, and apply
ing the magic power of hard work
and enthusiasm, the farm today
holds forth opportunity few activi
ties can rival.
Such men as John Gunnels point
the way.—Atlanta Constitution.
THE ADVOCATE’S CENTENNIAL
EDITION WILL APPEAR JUNE 24
One hundred years of service to
Methodists of this section will be
completed by the Wesleyan Chris
tian Advocate, now published in Co
lumbia, S. C., on June 24. The an
niversary will be fittingly commem
orated with Special Anniversary
Numbers by both publications. The
regular June 25 issue of the Advo
iote will appear June 24 and will be
devoted exclusively, with the ex
ception of important live news, to
the Advocate’s celebration of its
centennial year. The edition will
carry photographs of a number of
early and present-day churchmen
who have made or are making con
tributions to the publication of the
periodical. The edition will be his
torical. Orders for extra copies
should be placed now. The price
will be 10 cents each postpaid.
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Value Of Local Paper
Does every community need a
newspaper? Can it be true that
| the paper is more than a private
| business out of which the editor
makes a living? Just what contri
bution does the local paper make to
the community which the community
cannot well afford to do without?
Then, what is the relationship that
exists between the paper and the
community? These questions have
been raised to bring your attention
to the fact that the paper is really a
greater asset to the community than
most of us really believe. Some of
the values will be reviewed briefly.
The first thought of the local pa
per is that it < a medium of news.
This is a very important factor in
community life. Progress depends
to u large extent on the means of
communication. Men and women
living in the same community ought
to be interested in the events which
are common to the life of all. It
is very important that one know
his community and that one know
what is happening every day. Then
the paper informs you about your
community.
The paper is a means of reach
ing the community with appeals and
emergency drives which affect the
entire population. It is a means of
publicity for the various institutions
of the community. What would Lum
and Abner do without the “party
line?” Every church, civic organiz
ation, school and club needs tht
local paper as a means of reaching
the community in an efficient and
uniform manner. Then the paper is
the servant of the organizations of
the community.
The paper is a means of building
the business of the community. The
advertising gives the business man
an opportunity to talk through the
columns to each of his customers.
He can make a sales talk and present
his bargains.
But perhaps above all of these
fine contributions is the fact that
the paper is the chief agency in
building a community spirit. Com
munity consciousness is a great
need. The paper is the “show
window” of the community.
Through the various ways mentioned
above, the paper creates an interest
in every phase of community activi
ty. It helps them to grow* and at
the same time it helps the citizen
ship to feel that it is a part of
them.
Just as the local paper is such a
public servant, so must the com
munity serve the paper if it is to
be a success. The paper cannot
grow unless the community wants it
and sees its value to community
life. How can you help, you say?
Don’t throw bricks ut the editor
when the paper is no good. Get out
and give him some interesting phase
of community life. Persuade some
more people to subscribe for the
paper. Boost your community pa
per and have a part in making it bet
ter and you will help the paper and
in turn it will serve your community
in a way you never dreamed.—Ex
change.
FORMER HOSCHTON CITIZEN
DIES IN ATLANTA
(From Hoschton News)
Mr. M. M. Banks, one time a citi
zen of this community, died at an
Atlanta hospital, following an illness
of several months.
The deceased was a brother to W.
Brooks Banks, of Walnut communi
ty, and was 81 years old at the time
of his death. He left this com
munity some 25 years ago and had
made his home out from Alpharetta,
Ga., most of these years.
Besides his wife he is survived by
two daughters, Miss Essie Banks
and Miss Bertha Banks, all of Al
pharetta Route 2; one brother, Mr.
Brooks Banks, of Hoschton Route 1.
Funeral and burial were held at
Big Creek Primitive Baptist church
Thursday.
THE JACKSON HERALD. JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL
(By E. B. Betts)
Hon. Bryant T. Castellow, of
Cuthbert, Ga., the Empire State of
the South, was a prominent visitor
at the National Capitol June 3rd.
Mr. Castellow represented the Third
District of Georgia in congress in
103:;, 1934, 1935 and 193 G. He re
tired from congress on January 3rd,
1937. He was succeeded by Hon.
Stephen Pace. Mr. Castellow is a
fine man, and very popular on Capi
tol Hill when he arrives back here in
the political arena of America.
X X X
Hon. Richard M. Atkinsort, of the
Fifth District of Tennessee, made a
great speech at the Lutheran church
on June 6th; subject, Can a Chris
tian be a Good Politician. He suc
ceeds the late speaker, Hon. J. W.
Byrns, in congress. He is an able
man, and a Democrat.
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Memorial services were held in
the house on June 4, for the late
Speaker, Hon. Joseph Wellington
Byrns, of the Fifth District of Ten
nesee, who died here June 4, 1936.
Presiding officer, the Speaker of
the house. Address by Hon. S. D.
Mcßeynolds of the Third District of
Tennessee, Hon. J. R. Mitchell of
the Fourth District, and Hon. R. M.
Atkinson of the Fifth District, on
the life and career of the late Speak
er, who was very popular with peo
ple in all walks of like.
t X X
Hon. Richard M. Simpson, Re
publican, of the Eighteenth District
of Pennsylvania, was sworn in to his
seat in congress, to succeed the late
Hon. B. K. Focht. The oath was ad
ministered by Speaker Pro Tern,
Hon. L. C. Warren, of North Caro
lina, on May 25.
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Memorial services were held in the
house on May 26, for six senators
and fifteen congressmen who had
died in the last 12 months. The
committee on memorials are Hon.
Pete Jarman of Alabama, Hon.
Frank Crowthes of New York, Mis.
Mary T. Norten of New Jersey.
FLOYD J. EVANS DIES AFTER
BRIEF ILLNESS
Floyd J. Evans, aged 53, a promi
nent farmer of the western section
of the county, passed away June 5,
following a sudden illness of only
a few hours. While working in his
wheat field, he was taken suddenly
ill, was carried to the Allen Hos
pital, where the doctors discovered
that he had a ruptured stomach,
from which he died a few hours
later.
The deceased was a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Evans,
who came to Jackson from Lumpkin
county, some fifty years ago and
settled near the site where Mr.
Evans died.
Besides his wife, w r ho before her
marriage, was Miss Lula Cash, he is
survived by twin sons, Reese and
Rqyce Evans; two daughters, Miss
Doris Evans and Mrs. J. Randolph
Bridges; one brother, C. F. Evans,
all of Hoschton, R-l, and one sister,
Mrs. J. A. Crook, Pendergrass; also
ane little grand-daughter, Catherine
Bridges.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Walnut Baptist church,
Monday morning, June 7, at 11
o’clock, with the Rev. J. 0. McNeal
in charge, assisted by the Revs. L. P.
McNeal and G. H. Collins.
Burial rites were in the church
yard cemetery.
The country women of Bibb coun
ty are showing their splendid ability
as thrifty home-makers by making
use of all fruits and vegetables as
they ripen. In one group recently
seven families reported 300 cans of
English peas conserved. In another
group one woman reported 89 cans
of peas conserved from her garden.
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Frank C. Siaton, Associate Dealer, Jefferson, Ga.
“NIGHT BLINDNESS” AFFLICTS
TEN PERCENT OF MOTORISTS
Atlantic City.—Possibly ten per
cent of motorists suffer from “night
blindness,” due to an absence of a
dark purple liquod, notwithstanding
that their eyes are perfect in day
light.
This was indicated by anew opti
cal test, shown to the American
Medical Association, which will
enable doctors to measure the fluid,
known as visual purple, especially
vitamin A.
It flows from the nerve endings
in the eye known as rods. Only
these rods can “see” in dim light.
Night blindness, until the new
optical test was perfected a few
weeks ago was supposed to be con
fined mostly to people on very poor
diets, who ate almost no vitamin A.
It was common in Russia during the
war.
Medical men did not dream that
the same blindness could affect
large numbers of Americans who
ate perfectly adequate food.
Seeing in either daytime or night
is done with a different set of nerves
known gs cones. They have none of
the dark fluid. While they are at
work the purple fluid washes out of
the rods. Without it the rods can
not see.
That is one reason why a person
going into a dark theater does not
see for a few seconds. He sees as
soon as the purple flows again.
Some articles crowded out of this
issue will appear next week.
Thousands of Chevrolet users will tell you that the best
answer to your transportation needs is—Chevrolet trucks!
Chevrolet trucks have the greatest pulling power in
their price range . . . because they have a New High-
Compression Valve-in-Head Engine which wrings the
last ounce of power out of every gallon of fuel.
Chevrolet trucks are the most economical for all
round duty . . . because they give maximum gas and oil
mileage, and will keep on serving over a long period with
minimum care and attention.
And Chevrolet trucks are safer, more modern, more
durable . . . because they’re the only low-priced trucks
with Perfected Hydraulic Brakes, New Steelstream Styling,
and extra-strong Chevrolet construction throughout.
Ask your nearest Chevrolet dealer for a thorough
demonstration— today!
General Motor Installment Plan—monthly payments to suit your punt.
CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION, Central Motors Sales Corporation,
DETROIT. MICHIGAN
J. FOSTER ECKLES
AGENT
FIRE AND TORNADO INSURANCE
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA.
PLAN YOUR TRIP BY RAIL
At
NEW LOW FARES
FAST CONVENIENT SCHEDULES
ALL STEEL EQUIPMENT
AIR-CONDITIONED
SLEEPING CARS and DINING CARS
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Inquire at Ticket Offices
E. E. BARRY,
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
THURSDAY. JUNE 17, 1937.