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THE JACKSON HERALD
$1.50 A Year —In Advance
Published Weekly
Entered at The Jefferson Postoffice
as Second-Class Mail Matter
Official Organ of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER .Editor
W. H. WILLIAMSON Bus. M’g’r.
JEFFERSON, GA., JULY 8. 1937.
ANOTHER GEORGIA WOMAN
WRITES BOOK.
Another Georgia woman has come
to the foie with a novel dealing with
life in the South. Miss Ruth Skip
per, whose home is at Douglas, but
who last year taught school at Stil
son, plans to publish in the fall her
book, “Justice for All,” which deals
with the so-called peonage of the
negro in the naval stores industry.
The author said she was inspired
to write the book 'because of her
close contact and first-hand knowl
edge of the condition of “peonage”
under which negroes are held in the
turpentine belt. She said she had
lived among the negroes all her life
and had gained first-hand informa
tion of both sides of the question,
hence she had felt moved to make a
plea for "Justice for All,” which is
the title of her book.
The Savannah Press editorially
says it awaits the publication of the
book with some impatience. “We
trust,” says the Press, “The author
in her desire to get a book that will
sell does not draw too vividly upon
her imagination in her account of
how the average turpentine “hand”
is treated. She seems to have borne
down a little heavy upon the impor
tance she places upon the matter of
“peonage” in the turpehtine oelt.
There is danger here if the whole
subject is not handled carefully and
without undue sensationalism.”
GEORGIA RETAINS 37 CCC
CAMPS
Georgia’s CCC program during
the first quarter of the new fiscal
year called for continuation of the
agency’s 37 camps.
The new year began July 1.
Of the 37 camps, nine are assign
ed to soil erosion projects, eight to
improvement and protection of pri
vate forests, seven to national for
ests, six to state parks, three to mili
tary reservations, two to national
monuments, one to Chickamauga-
Chattanooga Military Park, and one
to a wild life refuge.
Camps assigned to the Chatta
hoochee National Forest are at Such
es, Clayton, Chatsworth, Lakemont,
Blue Ridge, Higdons store and Hia
wassee.
Those operating on private prop
erty are at Homerville, Fargo, Wood
bine, Baadey, Jesup, Rome, Lake
land, Brunswick, Villa Rica, Wash
ington, Sparta, Stevens Pottery,
Buena Vista, Lumpkin, Buford, Mon
ticello and Cartersville.
The wild life camp is in Okefino
kee swamp, and three are at Fort
Benning. There is one each for
Fort Pulaski and Ocmulgeq National
monuments, and there are two dem
onstration projects at Hard Labor
creek.
State parks which have CCC
camps are Vogel, Cheehaw, Pine
Mountain and Little Ocmulgee.
CARRIER INSPECTION
STATION IS OPENED
Perry T. Knight, member of the
Georgia Public Service Commission,
announced the opening of the first
of 15 motor carrier inspection sta
tions July 1.
The station was set up on the
Dixie highway at Emerson and oper
ated the first day under direct sup-
ervision of Knight.
All trucks and buses operating for
hire were required to stop and sub
mit to thorough inspection of safety
equipment, condition of tires, and
physical condition of the drivers.
“We are being met with hearty
cooperation from legitimate car
riers and I believe the results will
be valuable in safeguarding our
highways,” Knight declared.
Knight said sites of the other in
spection stations have not yet been
determined.
Curtis Collier, Jr., son of Chief
of ' Police and Mrs. Curtis Collier,
has returned from a trip to Florida
as a guest of the Atlanta Journal.
Twenty-three Journal carriers were
in the party, and they enjoyed a
most delightful vacation. Curtis is
the Journal carrier in Jefferson. He
is attentive to his duties and cour
teous to his subscribers, all of whom
are delighted that he was privileg
ed to make the trip.
Co-Operative Marketing
Boom For Georgia
(By J. C. Wilson, Newspaper
Features, Inc.)
Atlanta, Ga.-—With the location of
a co-operative farm market in every
county as her goal, Mrs. Robin
Wood, reccrttly appointed /director
of the women’s division of the bu
mu of market by Hon. Columl u
Roberts, state commissioner of agri
culture, is making rapid progress.
Already six such murkets are in
successful operation. finder Mrs.
Wood’s supervision, they are spon
sored by the woman’s dubs in the
cities and towns where located, and
financed and maintained by public
spirited civic organizations and
county commissioners.
These are at Douglas, Bainbridge,
Camilla, I.avonia, Jackson, and on
Capital Avenue in Atlanta. More
will be opened during July.
“Certain rules which we have
laid down are proving of great edu
cational and protective value, such
as: eggs must be clean, graded and
guaranteed as to freshness; chickens
must be penned, watered and fed at
least four days before being brought
to market; vegetables must be free
of grit and ridded of insect spray
and bunched according to size; but
ter must be labeled as to whether
made of fresh cream or worked
over, and statement must accompany
each package, stating that cow is
free from disease; home-made cake
must be labeled as to whether short
ening used is butter, oleomargarine
or lard.
“No person is allowed to sell in
the various markets if there is any
disease in any member of his or her
family. All hand-work must be
made of appropriate material, and
must be of good quality, neat and
attractive.
“We are taking orders for jellies,
jams, preserves, pickles and other
home-made products for table use.
“We also have written to the
farm women asking them what par
ticular products for table use they
may have for sale, and in what
quantities. We further are solicit
ing 'business for the state institutions
for any available products, provided
they meet standard qualifications
and have been passed upon by some
of the following: Market managers,
vocational teachers, home demon
stration agents, county agents, or
some members of other reliable ap
pointive and responsible agencies.
“We are endeavoing to have each
county in the state utilize its home
produce—canned products and hand
work of the rural women of their
particular counties, thus creating a
co-operative system, which produces
a unified economic plan. With this
idea and view, we are advising the
rural people to patronize the mer
chants in the towns where they sell
the commodities. The Atlanta
markets will be used as a clearing
house for the state, and hand made
articles may be sent to them for
distribution.”
Ertthusiastic pledges of 00-oper
ation in Atlanta have been received
from the Atlanta Woman’s Club,
the West End Woman’s Club, the
West End Civic Club, and the De
catur Woman’s Club, Mrs. Wood
points. She also states that her
office has received many such mes
sages from similar organizations
throughout the state, and particu
larly from the Kiwanis and Lyons
Clubs.
Mrs. Wood is to be congratulated
on her fine work. She realizes that
anew day of prosperity is dawning
for Georgia, and her markets should
put many cash dollars in the pockets
of state farmers.
AD VALOREM TAX BOOST SEEN
An almost immediate increase in
state ad valorem taxes of 66 2-3 per
cent is in prospect as the ssult of
decision by Governor Rivers to fore
go a special session of the General
Assembly in the immediate future,
it was indicated Saturday.
The present ad valorem rate is
three mills. Governor Rivers is ex
pected to raise it back to the five
mill figure effective for this year’s
taxes.
Senate President John B. Spivey,
on his return Friday from Governor
Rivers’ California bedside, said the
state needs three million dollars
with which to complete payments
for the 20-million-dollars appro
priation bill.
Governor Rivers recently order
ed all appropriations cut 20 per
cent, or four million dollars.
The ad valorem tax raise will
yield two of these needed millions.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON. GEORGIA
RIOTOUS COMEDY HIT
A REAL SPREE FOR
JANE WITHERS, T.N.T.
Trouble comes double when little
Miss Dynamite comes to town and
luughs come thick and fast when her
latest escapades as an amateur de
tective make front-page news in
“Angel’s Holiday,” Twentieth Cen
tury-Fox comedy starring Miss Jane
Withers, T. N. TANARUS., which opens
Thursday at the Roosevelt Theatre.
With a gleam in her eye "Ginger”
Jane takes a day off, teaching the
neighbors how to put the “holler”
in "holliday” and routing a riot
squad with its own tear gas in a
grand free-for-June hilarity spree
which, despite its torrent of mis
chief, works out well for the young
lovers involved, Robert Kent and
Sally Blane, who are featured with
Joan Davis in Jane’s supporting cast.
Confessedly in stitches all the
time, Director James Tinling and
Associate Producer John Stone
themselves took a holiday from but
ton-bursting laughter at the com
pletion of the film, acclaimed as the
funniest of the Withers pictures.
The original screen play by Frank
Fenton and Lynn Root presents Jane
with a splendid opportunity for her
own peculiar knack of disrupting
the status quo. In an attempt to be
come the female Charlie Chan, the
skirted Sherlock Holmes, Jane
interferes with a publicity stunt in
which movie star Sally Blane disap
pears, only to get into genuine trou
b’e when real kidnappers step into
the picture.
The climax, however, is, conserva
tively speaking, the rip-roaringest
rampage in which the harum-scarum
half-pint of film dynamite has ever
indugled.
GOVERNMENT COST $11.98 PER
CAPITA
It cost Georgia citizens $2.60 each
during 1936 to supply the pay rolls
for state employes.
The annual report of State Audi
tor Tom Wisdom, compiled in book
form, showed the per capita
cost of all state functions last year
was $11.98.
With federal funds which passed
through the hands of state officials,
Georgia spent a total of $34,830,-
414.73, his report showed.
The per capita cost compared with
$12.26 in 1935, when total costs
were approximately $35,665,000,
and $14.90 in 1931 under a $43,-
337,000 expenditure.
Estimates of state expenditures
for the i fiscal year just started
range as high as $55,000,000 in
view of an increase of $10,000,000
in general appropriations and an ex
pected hike in federal donations to
the state.
MRS. ARTHUR I. WARD
Athens, Ga. Mrs. Arthur I.
Ward, of Commerce, died in a local
hospital after three weeks’ illness.
Services were held at 3:30 o’clock
Tuesday at the First Baptist church
in Commerce.
She is survived by a daughter,
Miss Geneva Waid, of Commerce; a
son, James Arthur Ward, of Com
merce; her mother, Mrs. J. A. Epps,
of Colbert; two sisters, Mrs. C. P.
Riddling and Mrs. J. T. Willey, both
of Athens; and five brothers, J. S.
Epps, of Austin, Ark.; D. B. Epps,
of Blairsville; R. IL Epps, of Cham
blee and J. G. and L. F. Epps, both
of Colbert.
Dr. Hall Wheeler, pastor of the
Second Baptist Church of Columbia,
S. C., accompanied by Mrs. Wheeler,
sailed June 18 from New York for
a two-and-a-half month’s trip to the
countries of the far East, all ex
penses to be paid by the members of
his church. They will visit England,
France, Germany, Egypt, Greece,
Italy, Switzerland, the Holy Land;
in fact, almost every section of the
Old World. Dr. Wheeler is a broth
er of Mrs. T. H. Turner of Jefferson,
and is a native of Jackson county.
That he is held in such high esteem
by his church and is enjoying such
a wonderful trip is received with
pleasure by his boyhood friends.
The Madisonian, had a pleasant
call Wednesday from our old friend
Oscar Aiken, who moved from the
county some thirty years ago. He
lived for a long while in Jackson
county, where Mrs. Aiken died. Os
car now lives in Atlanta. He is on
a two weeks visit to the family of
his nephew, Mr. Ed Blackwell, near
Pennington. Oscar is one of the
best known and best liked men who
ever lived in the county, and his old
friends are glad to see him again.—
Madison Madisonian.
B. B. BARNETTS HOLD FETE
Atlanta.—One of the interesting
! gatherings of last week was the cele
bration of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Bar
nett of their twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary Saturday evening from
8 until 10 o’clock at their home on
! Nacoochee Drive.
Those in the reception line were
Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, Misses Dora
and Callie Wilhite, sisters of the hos
tess; Miss Gallic Watson, of Jef
ferson, and Dr .and rlrs. Ellis A.
Fuller.
Mrs. Barnett was dressed in her
wedding gown of 25 years ago, of
white satin and lace, adorned with
seed pearls and orange blossoms.
The veil which she wore at her wed
ding was draped from her shoulders
and hung in graceful line over her
train. The orange blossoms from
her veil were becomingly worn as .3
wreath on her hair.
At 9 o’clock, just 25 years later
to the minute, the impressive cere
mony was begun. The same two
songs which were sung at their mar
riage, “Oh, Promise Me” and “A
Sweeter Story Still,” were sung by
Robert Guy, accompanied on the
violin by Miss Elizabeth Jackson.
Miss Callie Watson, a lifelong friend
of the family, who played the wed
ding march and accompanied the
songs in 1912, played the music.
As the strains of the “Wedding
March” from Lohengrin were heard,
Mr and Mrs. Barnett, accompanied
by their young daughter, Sara Jo,
marched from the library across the
entrance foyer into the living room
and stood before Dr. Ellis A. Fuller,
who delivered a most impressive and
timely ceremony.
Mrs. W. O. Perry presided over
the guest book. Those who assisted
in serving punch were Miss Gertrude
Corrigan, Mrs. F. D. Burge, ; Miss
Ruth Blodgett and Miss Ellen O’-
Donnell. Others assisting in enter
taining were Miss Sara Jo Barnett
and Miss Penelope Stodghill.
During the evening over 200
friends called to extend good wishes
to the host and hostess.
METHODIST MISSIONARY
MEETING
One phase of work sponsored by
Methodist missionary societies is
sending colored women to Payne
College, school for colored students
located in Augusta, each year to at
tend a ten days leadership training
class. The Jefferson society was
fortunate this year in that it was
permitted to select one of the re
presentatives, and the honor was
given Mattie Lou Victrum, who had
the privilege of spending ten days
at the college, with all expenses
paid, under the instruction of well
known missionary leaders.
At the regular monthly meeting
of the missionary society Monday
afternoon, Mattie Lou made a talk,
in which she outlined the work ac
complished by the training school,
and gave a schedule of the daily pro
gram followed during the ten days
she was in Augusta. She is a splen
did example of the work that is be
ing accomplished by the social re-
lations department of the missionary
society, and her talk was a credit
to herself and to her race. During
next week she will conduct a vaca
tion Bible school for colored chil
dren, following the instructions she
received at Payne College.
Lucy Watson, president of the
Missionary society for colored wo
men of Paradise Methodist church,
was also present at the meeting, and
asked the assistance of the members
in planning church work among the
colored women.
Preceding the program as ar
ranged by Mrs. Guy Strickland,
chairman of social relations, Mrs.
H. R. Howell presided over the busi
ness meeting, and received interest
ing reports from each department.
The treasurer showed $47.50 re
ceived and disbursed during the
quarter; $5.00 additional was spent
for supplies, and $38.31 for local
work.
The social service chairman re
ported 42 trays sent to sick; 135
visits to sick and strangers; flowers
sent to 72 persons; and food, cloth
es and cash to needy amounting to
$14.35.
John B. Spivey, president of the
Georgia state senate, who went to
California to confer with Governor
Rivers, returned to Atlanta Friday
afternoon. Roy V. Harris, speaker
of the Georgia house, Downing Mus
grove, the governor’s executive
secretary, and Charles S. Reid,
chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee also went to
California for a conference with the
governor. They will return some
time this week.
ROOSEVELT THEATRE
PHONE 192. JEFFERSON. CA.
7:30 TO 11:00 O’CLOCK EACH NIGHT
Matinee Wednesday, 1:00 p. m; Friday, 1:00;
Matinee Saturday at 1:00 p. m—3 .how.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Jane Withers, Robt. Kent, Joan Davis, in
“ANGEL’S HOLIDAY”
P’ox Musical Comedy, “Gags And Gals
ADMISSION 10 AND 20 CENTS
(Bill Walker)
SATURDAY
Gene Autrv, Smiley Burnette, in
“ROOTIN TOOTING RHYTHMN”
Also, Selected Short Subject
Admit.ion Matinee EVERYBODY 10 CENTS
Admit.ion Night, 10 and 15 Cent.
(J. E. Wilbanks)
MONDAY
Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, in
“BELOVED ENEMY”
Universal New. Reel, The Latest In World’s Events
Also, Selected Short Subject
Admission 10 and 25 Cents
(Mrs. Jerome Davis)
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Warner Oland, Keye Luke, in
“CHAN AT THE OLYMPICS”
Chapter 6 of “Ace Drummond”
Also, Selected Short Subject
Matinee Wednesday 1:00 p. m.
Admission, Matinee and Night, Everybody 10 Cents
(Robert Alexander)
If your name appears in this adverti.ement, clip and present
it at the door for a complimentary seat.
CHAIN STORE TAX PRODUCES
SBO,OOO
Atlanta.—The State Revenue
Commission has announced collec
tion of SBO,OOO under the new chain
store tax act which became effec
tive July 1.
Licenses were paid by approxi
mately 2,500 store operators, most of
them conducting only one place of
business and liable for a tax of
only sl.
All license fees were prorated for
the half-year and will have to be
newed at the full rate next Janu
ary.
Payments by larger chains at the
half-year rate were:
Atlantic & Pacific, 245 stores,
$20,548.50.
Rogers, 277 stores, $25,748.50.
Georgia Power Company, 86
stores, 6,648.50.
Kroger Grocery & Baking Com
pany, 42 stores, $2,248.50.
Southern Grocery Stores, 49,
stores, $2,948.50.
Birdsey Flour Mills, 56 stores,
$3,748.50.
Miss Bettie Russell, young daugh
ter of CoJ. and Mrs. R. L. Russell of
Winder, has been named as one of
the winners in the Atlanta Journal’s
school of the air contest staged a
few weeks ago. ‘Along with a num
ber of other winners from various
elementary and high schools of the
state, she will go to New York City,
where she will visit Radio City and
be heard over a broadcast from
there. Bettie was winner in voice
contests representing pupils from
grammar grades. Her mother is the
former Miss Sybil Millsaps, niece of
Mrs. Claud Hancock, and a former
member of Martin Institute facul
ty.
A farm market recently establish
ed at Claxton, with J. B. Pinson, son
of C. N. Pinson of Jefferson, as
manager, announces that the de
mands of the market are greater
than the supply, which shows that
these markets are a wonderful aid
to farmers disposing of fruits and
vegetables.
A Georgia farmer who -would not
allow ice tea to be served on his
table is often quoted at this time of
year. He said he would have noth
ing to do with a drink that had to
be heated with fire, and immediately
cooled with ice; sweetened with sug
ar, and soured with lemon.
A seventeen-year-old boy, Guy
Howard Bryant, died at his home in
Greene county last week from in
fantile paralysis.
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1937.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Private tmployers Take 11,982
From CCC
Atlanta.—A total of 11,182 men
left the Civilian Conservation Corps
in May for private employment, of
which 1,263 were from camps of
the fourth corps area, it was an
nounced at corps area headquarters.
The total for the country rep
resented an increase of 3,392 over
the number leaving the corps in
April for private j>obs pnd 3,156
over those leaving in March. Com
parative figures for the fourth corps
area were unavailable.
Missionary Alliance Will Meeet
July 11-25
Toccoa Falls, Ga.—Business will
be shelved when the southeastern
district of the Christian and Mis
sionary Alliance meets in an old
fashioned camp meeting here July
11-25 for the annual convention.
With lay delegates and ministers
from eight southeastern states ex
pected to attend, several outstanding
visiting speakers will address the
daily public meetings.
Scheduled to speak are Dr. R. R.
Brown, Omaha, Neb.; Dr. R. A.
Forest and Dr. George Shaw, Toc
coa Falls; the Rev. Dr. Robert Ek
vall, Alliance missionary to Tibet,
and the Rev. Dr. H. L. Turner, Al
liance field eangelist. ,
The Rev. Dr. W. I. McGarvey, of
Miami, Fla., will be in charge of the
convention.
Hail Does Damage In Toccoa
Section
Toccoa, Ga.—A hail and rainstorm
in the northern part of Stephens
county and in Habersham, particu
lar around Hollywood and Turner
ville, damaged cotton and corn
crops over a large area Wednesday
afternoon.
tt t t
23,761 WPA Workers Employed In
State
Atlanta. Georgia had 23,761
workers employed on projects of
WPA as of June 26, it was an
nounced in Washington by Harry L.
Hopkins, national WPA administra
tor. The nation’s total was 1,821,-
151.
Hopkins was quoted as saying
more than 124,000 were cut off the
rolls during the two weeks ending
June 26 and that he intends to trim
the list to 1,665,477 by July 11.
Sumter county residents on the
Dawson-Americus road are now en
joying the facilities of electricity in
their homes, the Georgia Power
Company completing lines seven
miles of wiring. Current will event
ually be available to 30 or 35 rural
homes in that section of the county.