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THE JACKSON HERALD
$1.50 A Year—ln Advance
Published Weekly
Ent4 red ut Thu Jefferson Postofflce
as Second-Class Mail Matter
Official Organ of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER .Editor
W. H. WILLIAMSON Bus. M’g'r.
>N GA . JUNE 17. 1937.
Georgia Cotton Mill Men
Hold Convention
According to those who attended
the 37th annual convention of the
Cotton Manufacturers Association
of Georgia, held recently at Sea Is
land, Gu., the session was most sue
cc°ful. The outstanding feature
was the report of Norman Elsas,
vice-president of the Fulton Bag &
Cotton Mills and chairman of the
committee on pub-relations of the
Association. Readers of this papoi
ar<> familiar with this most enlight
ening and constructive campaign,
which has been appearing for some
months now and which is to continue
with the hearty endorsement of the
Association, at its recent meeting.
In making his report on the suc
cess of this campaign, Mr. Elsas
said:
“We regard the newspapers as
far more effective in reaching the
worker than mill executives can be
by personal contact. furthermore,
the newspaper is an impartial in
strument, and hence more effective.
"Professional men, women and
merchants are most influential in
their contacts with the workers and
should be a great power in preserv
ing the friendly relations that have
existed between Georgia mill man
agement and employes at all times,
with the single exception of the gen
eral strike in 1934. And I do not
blame the workers; and further
more, all the feeling that may have
developed at that time has now dis
appeared.
“Asa matter of fact, the doctors,
lawyers, merchants, teachers, and all
of that group are all of one mind
with us and our employes. They do
not wish to see the cotton mill in
dustry made a whipping boy for
ideas that are impractical.
“The average wage of cotton
mill employes in Georgia is actually
higher than 80 per cent of the citi
zens of Georgia. Weavers earn as
much as the average school teach
er.”
Improving Secondary Roads
There are some two million miles
of Americun roads which have not
been improved at all, and four hun
dred thousand miles which are but
partly developed. What can be done
about them? It would be a waste
of money, as Secretary Wallace re
cently observed, to try to improve
roads which have no useful con
nection and which serve two or three
fa rmers “on land so poverty strick
en they are fighting a hopeless bat
tle.” The sensible thing would be
to resettle such farmers where they
would have a fair chance. But there
are hundreds of thousands of miles
of secondary roads which, though
now in poor condition, are important
to the cuntry’s agriculture and com
merce and which ought to be im
proved with the least possible delay.
To this end the United States Bu
reau of Public Roads has establish
ed, in co-operation with the highway
departments of forty States, a spe
cial planning service. The primary
object will be to determine which of
the secondary roads, leading from
higiiways to farms, should be im
proved first. A controlling principle
in the choice will be, ao doubt, the
greatest service to the greatest
number of people. Governor Rivers
feas expressed himself as keenly in
terested in thisf project; and now
that Georgia is happily co-operating
with the national government, the
outlook is bright for improvement
in the State’s farm-to-market roads.
—Atlanta Journal.
Dr. Horace M. Dubose, a former
Georgia pastor, and for the past
several years one of the most nota
ble Bishops of the Southern Metho
dist Church, will give a series of
Bible messages at the Toccoa
Methodist church June 20-27. There
•will be two messages daily. Bishop
Dubose is a great Bible student, and
has traveled extensively in other
countries, especially the Holy Land.
Dr. E. F. Dempsey, pastor of the
Toccoa church, is inviting pastors
and laymen of northeast Georgia to
hear Bishop Dubose.
GEORGIA SECURITY PAYMENTS
WILL START IN JULY
Payments to 25,000 aged persons,
25,000 dependent children and 2,500
needy blind persons under the
state’s new social security laws when
the program has reached its maxi
mum operation were envisioned Fri
day by Lamar Murdaugh, state pub
j lie welfare director.
Mr. Murdaugh said the payments
of benefits would be started in July
and applications for them are being
accepted in all counties.
He estimated 10,000 old-age pen
sion checks would be paid in July,
j but could not predict when the pro
gram would swing into full effect.
The amount of money available
for *he department will govern
progress to a great extent, he said.
The appropriation, available July
1, for all social security measures
is $3,230,000.
“If the appropriation given is re
duced to any appreciable extent un
der the grandfather clause, the num
ber of benefits will have to be re
duced accordingly,” he said.
The “grandfather clause” requires
the governor to shave appropriations
to meet state income in event reve
nue is not sufficient to pay the en
tire appropriation bill.
He said the State Department will
leave up to the individual counties
the question of reducing the number
of beneficiaries or of reducing the
amount of payment to each in event
budget paring is necessary.
He indicated it will be July 15
before first pension checks are mail
ed. The program calls for the State
Board to meet June 16 to approve
county welfare departments, and for
the remainder of the month to be
spent in organizing the setting up
these departments.
During the first fifteen days of
July he intends to have applications
filed through the county welfare
boards approved by the State Board
for payment starting July 15.
NOTED FAMILY NO LONGER
OFFICE HOLDERS
By the middle of this month a
long and eventful chapter in Ameri
can politics will have closed. For
the first time in some 40 years, there
will not be a Bryan in public office
or campaigning for office.
William Jennings Bryan began the
family’s activities, back in the ’9o’s.
A little later his brother, C'harles W.
Bryan, took up the torch, serving
three terms as governor of Nebras
ka and two as mayor of Nebraska’s
capital city, Lincoln, besides run
ning for the United States Senate
and serving as Democratic vice
presidential candidate. Still later,
the Great Commoner’s daughter,
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, entered
public life.
The elder Bryan is dead now, Mrs.
Rohde is back in private life—and
in mid-May Charles W. Bryan finish
ed his term as mayor of Lincoln. A
historic chapter in American politi
cal life has come to a close.
CLUB MARKET AND WOMAN’S
EXCHANGE
Lavonia, Ga.—The first Club Mar
ket and Woman’s Exchange to be
opened in Northeast Georgia was
opened in Lavonia Saturday. This
market is the outgrowth of a plan
announced several months ago by
Hon. Columbus Roberts, State Com
missioner of Agriculture, to estab
lish markets in Georgia where wo
men can sell their products. Similar
markets have already been set up in
Bainbridge, Douglas, Camilla and
>ther Georgia cities and they are
functioning satisfactorily. Plans
are to open up an outlet for many
home products for which there is no
market at present.
The Lavonia Lions Club and the
Lavonia Woman’s Club are the local
sponsors of the market.
EDITOR HILTON’S HOG FED
IMPROPER DIET
(From Banks County Journal)
We see where a county agent in
middle Georgia gives advice to
farmers about how to feed hogs.
We print this advice, as it may be of
great benefit to our farmers, as some
of them might use the wrong variety
of corn and peanuts. He says feed
“early dent corn and Spanish
peanuts.” Ii your hogs have
failed to fatten fast it may be
because of the corn and peanuts you
are feeding. Better look into this
matter and write this “early dent
corn and Spanish peanuts” down in
your almanac or Bible, so if you for
get it you can refer to these books.
The information is too precious to
lose. We have a runt pig, and now
we know what ails him. He’s been
getting improper diet.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
MILK CONTROL ACT
AND NEW BUS TAX
APPROACH COURTS
Georgia courts are scheduled to
pass on the legality of two acta of
the 1937 Legislature during the
present week, according to informa
tion given out at the State Law De
partment.
Three separate actions attacking
the road maintenance tax on trucks
and busses will be started next Sat
urday before Judge B. F. Gaillard
in the Hall Superior Court at Gain
esville, while the validity of the
State Milk Control Act will be test
ed in Fulton Superior Court on
Tuesday.
In both cases, the court procedure
is that of injunction. In the milk
case, an Atlanta retail dealer chal
lenges the right of the State Board
to fix prices.
Transfer operators, truck owners
and a group of farmers brought the
actions against the bus and truck
tax, each petition attacking the act
on the grounds it is discriminatory
against them and therefore uncon
stitutional.
SAM VENABLE TO BE HONOR
TARLETONITE
Stephenville, Texas.—Sam Ven
able, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R.
Venable of Colorado, Texas, is vale
dictorian of this spring’s graduating
class from John Tarleton college.
Last year Venable received the
engineer’s award for the highest
ranking engineer. His average for
the two years’ work is 95. He was
awarded the Tarleton literary “T”
last year as a distinguished student.
This year he was literary editor of
the Grassburr, the student yearbook
which is said to be the best annual
ever to be published at Tarleton.
Venable was honored at a dinner
party given by the members of the
English faculty at Tarleton.
Young Venable is a grandson of
the late Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Venable, pioneer citizens of Jack
son county. His father, Sam R.
Venable, is a native of this county,
and received his high school educa
tion at Martin Institute. He moved
to Texas when quite a young map,
but keeps in touch with his boyhood
home through the columns of The
Jackson Herald.
MODERN FORESTRY PLANT IN
APPLING
One of the most modern forestry
plants in the south will be built im
mediately five miles south of Baxley
in Appling County, it was announc
ed Saturday by State Forester Frank
Heyward.
Appling County and the city of
Baxley donated a 980-acre tract of
land to the State Forestry Depart
ment for the location of the head
quarter’s offices for the Fourth For
estry District, and the Public Works
Administration has contributed $7,-
500 toward buildings to be erected
on it.
Improvement plans include erec
tion of an office building for district
headquarters, a residence for the
district forester and a warehouse
for storage purposes. A forty-acre
tract already cleared around the
headquarters will be used for experi
mental and demonstration purposes.
WALTER R. WILSON APPOINTED
TO WORLD FAIR POST
The following news item from
Douglas concerns the husband of the
former Miss Bertha Blackstock,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
P. J. Blackstock, prominent Jackson
county citizens:
“W. R. Wilson, of Douglas, has
accepted an invitation to serve as a
member of the National Advisory
Committee of the 1939 New York
World Fair for the State of Georgia.
Well qualified to serve in this ca
pacity, Dr. Wilson is president of
the Chamber of Commerce, past
president of the Kiwanis Club and
past district lieutenant governor.
Bishop Warren A. Candler, who
made the baccalaureate address at
G. S. C. W. Monday, told the gradu
ating class that women have no place
in the political arena. “It may be,”
said the Bishop, “that the pressure
of need may justify a woman in
business, but there is one place
where she has no place. I refer to
the political arena. It is no place
for her, and she can serve society
better in the home.”
Governor Cone, of Florida, has
vetoed three bills enacted by the
legislature prohibiting cattle and
hogs from roaming on the highways
in that state.
TATE—POTTER
Mr.sand Mrs. A. C. Tate of Jef
ferson announce the marriage of
their daughter, Belle Tate, to
John Jewell Potter of Atlanta. The
marriage was solemnized June 2,
1937, at the home of Rev. Brey, in
Atlanta.
The couple will make their future
home in the city of Atlanta, where
the groom has been for two years
associated with the Atlanta Air Con
ditioning Corporation.
Mrs. Potter is the youngest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tate, and is a
charming, attractive young woman.
She is a member of the 1937 gradu
ating class of Martin Institute, and
for several years has been a loyal
worker in the Sunday school and B.
Y. P. U. Her host of friends wish
for her a happy wedded life.
Mr. Potter is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wes Potter. He is also an
; alumnus of Martin Institute, and is
a splendid young man with a bright
future. He is receiving congratu
lations from his large number of
friends.
MISS STEPHENS AND MR.
ARIAIL ARE WED
The marriage of Miss Josephine
Stephens, youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Stephens, Maysville,
to Henry Lester Ariail, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Ariail, Sr., took place
June 3 at the pastor’s study of the
Prince Avenue Baptist Church, Ath
ens. The ceremony was performed
with the Rev. A. E. Logan officiat
ing.
The bride was lovely in a smart
spring suit of blue. Her hat, shoes
and accessories were navy. Mrs.
Ariail received her education at the
Maysville High School. Mr. Ariail
was graduated from the Maysville
High School and the University of
Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. Ariail will make
their home in Grayson, where Mr.
Ariail is vocational agricultural
teacher.
LANIER—FREEMAN
Cordial interest centers in the an
nouncement of the recent marriage
of Miss Sadie Belle Freeman, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Freeman
of Braselton, to William Garner La
nier of Winder.
The groom is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Lanier of this
city. He and his brother operate
the Nightingale on the Athens high
way.
The young couple are residing at
their home on Athens street.—Win
der News.
ASPIRING VOICE THROWERS
GIVEN ADVICE BY MAX
The problem of “Why Is a Ven
triloquist” is answered definitely by
Max Terhune, who, with his dummy
“Elmer,” furnishes choice comedy
for the Republic western “Gunsmoke
Ranch” which will come to the
Roosevelt Theatre next Saturday.
“Ventriloquists are made, not
born,” Max insists. There is noth
ing, he says, about the physiology
of the ventriloquist’s vocal cords
any different from anyone else’s.
Max is one of a famous trio
known as the “Three Mesquiteers,”
who have been appearing regularly
in a series of pictures for Republic,
of which “Gunsmoke Ranch” is the
latest. They are supported in this
production by a talented cast includ
ing Julia Thayer, Sammy McKim, a
new juvenile sensation, Yakima Ca
nutt, Kenneth Harlan and Oscar
and Elmer, who set anew style for
comedy teams.
The story is based on a plot by
William Colt MacDonald, who con
ceived an entire community being
moved onto condemned land by a
gang of unscrupulous land promot
ers.
The Franklin County Register,
published in Carnesville fifty-two
years ago, carried this item: “The
people of Franklin county have rea
son to congratulate themselves. They
have anew court house and jail.
The bridges are all in good condi
tion. The county is out of debt.
There is plenty of money in the
treasury to pay all expenses the
present year. The county tax last
year was 25 cents on the hundred
dollars.”
The unification plan of Methodism
already has been ratified by the
Methodist Protestant and Methodist
Episcopal denominations. It now
lacks onjy the approval of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
The Florida conference, first to act
on the question in the Southern
branch, voted 248 to 6 in favor of
the proppsal Friday.
ROOSEVELT THEATRE
PHONE 192. i-: JEFFERSON, GA.
7:30 TO 11:00 O’CLOCK EACH NIGHT
Matinee Wedne.day, 1:00 and 3:30; Friday, 1:00;
Matinee Saturday at 1:00 p. m. —3 show*
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, in
“THIS IS MY AFFAIR”
Travelog Short Subject
ADMISSION 10 AND 20 CENTS
(Edd Worley)
SATURDAY
The Three Me.quiteer*, Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan,
Max Terhune, in
“GUN SMOKE RANCH”
Comedy, “CAN’T THINK OF IT"
Admission Matinee EVERYBODY 10 CENTS
Admission Night, 10 and 15 Cents
(Bobby Bailey)
MONDAY
Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, in
SINCLAIR LEWIS’ “DODSWORTH”
Universal News Reel and Musical Short Subject
Admission 10 and 25 Cents
(Carl Stewart)
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
June Travis, Bob Livingston, Donald Cook, in
“CIRCUS GIRL”
Chapter Three of “ACE DRUMMOND”
Cartoon Short Subject
Matiness Wednesday 1:00 and 3:30 p. m.
Admission, Matinee and Night, Everybody 10 Cents
(Sam Smith)
If your name appears in this advertisement, clip and present
it at the door for a complimentary seat.
272 GRADUATES AT G. S. C. W.
MONDAY
Among those receiving diplomas
and certificates at the graduation
exercises of G. S. C. W. Monday
was Miss Sarah Hanson, younger
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Han
son.
156 young ladies received degrees
and 131 certificates.
The college placement bureau said
more jobs were open to graduates
this year than at any time since the
depression. 9 college officials, how
ever, said approximately 75 per
cent of those graduating indicated
their intention of teaching.
The Rev. Willis E. Howard, of
LaGrange, preached the baccalau
reate sermon Sunday, and Bishop
Warren Candler, of Atlanta, deliver
ed the commencement address Mon
day.
CAR HORN RECALLS
STEAMBOAT DAYS
During his Nebraska boyhood,
Robert Taylor’s imagination was so
stirred by tales of the fur-trade
boats on the Platte and the steam
boats on the Mississippi River that
he has now made it a point to ful
fill an ambition that arose in those
days.
Taylor took time off recently from
his work on “This Is My Affair,”
the Twentieth Century-Fox picture
opening Thursday at the Roosevelt
Theatre, in which he is co-starred
with Barbara Stanwyck, and he and
Barbara went shopping.
The film players finally discovered
a craftsman who made Taylor an
, autolmobile horn with exactly the
same tone and volume of the mellow
and far-reaching steamboat whistles.
The new horn, almost four feet long
and fastened on the left side of the
car hood has become a familiar one
in the film colony, and is the only
one of its kinds in existence.
By a strange coincidence on June
6 two sisters, Mrs. L. V. Johnson, 72,
of Atlanta, and Mrs. I. E. NeSmith,
80, of Brooklet, Ga., near States
boro, died within a few minutes of
each other at about six o’clock in
the morning. Mrs. Johnson was at
an Atlanta hospital and Mrs. Ne-
Smith was in a hospital in States
boro.
A news dispatch from Beedeville,
Ark., reports that W. H. Curry, a
farmer, has had the same Sunday
suit ever since 1908. That is easily
explained. He simply hasn’t been
able to make enough farming to buy
any more clothes, and he is by no
means in a class by himself.
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937.
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE
SPEED OF TRAIN
A newspaper reporter interested
in getting an engineer’s-eye-view of
grade crossing accidents recently
took a ride in the cab of a fast
streamlined train—and came back
with an excellent tip for all motor
ists.
A train’s speed, he reports, is ex
tremely deceptive. A fast passenger
train may travel a thousand feet in
a little better than eight seconds.
The train may seem to be a safe
distance away, as you approach the
crossing, when as a matter of fact,
it is perilously close.
So the reporter boiled his new
knowledge down to one extremely
sensible bit of advice. If, when
you approach a grade crossing,
you can see a train approaching,
you simply haven’t time to cross
safely ahead of it. If you can see
the train, wait for it. Never forget
that that train can cover a thousand
feet in about the time it takes you
to shift gears and get your car roll
ing.
MAYOR HAS BIG COURT MONDAY
Sunday was a lawless day in Jef
ferson among the colored people of
the city. Twelve arrests were made
for drunkenness and fighting, and
the city jail was filled with these
violators of the law.
At court Monday morning before
Mayor Aderhold, ten of the prison
ers were found guilty, and two cases
were dismissed. Three cases made
prior to Sunday were tried also on
Monday. Those able to pay fines
were freed; others were remanded
to the city jail, and if they do not
succeed in raising sufficient cash to
settle the fines, will be assigned to
labor on the streets.
Since assuming the duties of may
or, Mr. Aderhold has added quite a
nice sum to the city finances through
his fines on law violators.
A small town merchant, when
asked why he wouldn’t advertise, an
swered, “I advertised once last sum
mer and the consequence was, I had
so much business I didn’t have time
to go fishing the whole season.”—
Exchange.
T. Hoyt Davis, of Vienna, a forrh
er Jackson county citizen, has been
re-appointed U. 8. attorney for
Central Georgia District.
Georgia remains one of five dry
states in the nation. The others are
Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma
and Kansas.