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The Jackson Herald
g v . jJ o lder & Williamson
i hings Learned At Home
ul! |, me one day, and it will
*® ur .art good to meet some
l tt i,„m we will visit and to
P ‘ a i t , their method of farm
! T , ,• were the words of Mr.
' JiUlvSl ,n, county agent. A lit
jun two years he has been
iti ' zt . n this county, yet he is
‘ j]i;(| . almost every road, and
l .J ni , . v farmers and other peo-
i uiey livc * and their agri '
,i .1 hievements than many
hl , :n ver lived elsewhere than
i ‘ oli , The writer accepted
jl)V1 . . ..n of Mr. Jackson, and
Ui i, :Ui "We are ready to go
" yi , - want to go, see what you
t ,' (l ~e , do what you think
(t 0 (1 ,,, and return home when
Sints your pleasure and eon
. m . c y So one day recently we
fe l t( i unat is known as the old
|te R;,ad” for a few miles, and
journeyed we passed by
reminded us of men who
I jjved in them, and precious
none- came trouping into our
j \ we passed these homes we
ught , • Judge John N. Ross, C.
Jlontc. mery, Franklin Waddell,
hen Roberts, our own beloved
jj Cri Mrs. Nancy Harrison, W. A.
jmtuii, Robert White, S. L. Mar
\ \ Dtadwyler, Joe and John
nley , William Griffeth and J. B.
r j er . Going through Holly
j nfS , we recalled the names of
„p. Lipscomb, J. C. Hancock, M.
Gilbert, the Langfords, T. K.
udelnh, W. N. Gilmer, and others.
t h t . above names are indelibly
jtten in the history of Jackson
liity. Meeting Mr. M. J. Kent
the road, Mr. Jackson asked if
km -, whether Ezra Hiland was
home. Upon being answered in
affirmative, we drove to the
me and farm of the citizen above
lied by Mr. Jackson.
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Mr. Hiland was down in the field
ir his home, but a loud call
light him forth to the highway
r his ie. In this connection,
rmf. -ratemerit that the coun
mds Jackson have never been
i brm traveling condition than
ej’ are today. Mr. Jackson said,
Mr. Hiland is our committeeman in
is district. When you see his
rm, I think you will say he is one
Jack.'. • county’s best small farm-
This is his old home place,
ui hi father moved to Alabama,
i would not go. He loved this
:e so much that he remained
kt here, where he was born,
tight the farm on a credit, worked
fd, and paid for it in seven years.”
roh worked seven years for Rach
il, the woman he loved, but got
tah; but the seven years labor Mr.
iland gave resulted in getting what
t loved and wanted, the old home
s <te. Mr. Hiland said, “Yes, what
r Jackson said is true. This farm
insists of sixty-seven acres. I
wked and paid for it in seven
a&rs, but I got not only the farm
the era! of that time, but I mar
ad one of the best women in the
add. and we have a fine baby one
tar old. I -would not ask a lady
ibe niv wife until I had a home
m i' own to which to carry her.”
r Hiland had us walk across his
ttn b vl ich is in a high state of
‘tivaimm While Jefferson and ad-
Cenl territory has suffered for
:n ' ection of county near Hol-
Springs has had fairly good
,Sons Corn, ' cotton, peas and
crons are promising. Mr. Hi-
B( ! >a:d, “I have never planted
tt°n nil the same land two years
succession since I began operat-
S under the plan and direction of
e°u ji ■ y agent. Sixteen acres are
sided in cotton, but I made a fair
°P of wheat and oats, plenty to
PPly rue, and some to sell. I will
l * e mor e corn and hay than the
Wren,, nts of my farm.” Mr. Hi-
ha- the farm so well drained
st there is not one break in ter-
Ces or ditches on the entire farm.
entl k he has constructed anew
' le has plenty of hogs to
1 meat. In fact, he makes
'thing' his farm needs that can
fHe produced there. When
J.' 1 " ‘ 1 what system of labor he
i^ 1 ' aterl the excellent farm, he
’ ith my own labor. I hire
. ‘ '.and to help me on the
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H 111(| re could be said of this
> who not only loves the land,
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but loves intensely this particular
spot of earth. It is his love for it
that causes him to take such good
care of it. Not a piece of timber is
wasted, and he is making the farm
more productive each year. Driving
over to Maysville, then came to our
many thoughts of Captain George
E. Deadwyler, T. J. Carr, H. P.
Camp, C. E. Moore, B. F. Carr, P.
F. M. Furr, J. R. Carr, and others,
who have gone on to the eternal
realm. After passing through Mays
ville and Commerce, we encountered
the dry area of Jackson. Crops
evidence the dearth of rain. In
Newtown district, two 4-K club
boys were visited, Charles Redd and
Clifford Palmer. Last spring each
bought a brood mare. One paid for
his equestrian specimen of the ani
mal kingdom one hundred and sixty
dollars; while the other paid one
hundred and forty-five dollars. They
were purchased by these boys, but
the federal government paid each
bill, on condition that each boy
plant three acres to cotton and three
to corn. These two boys have com
plied with their contract. Only a
few weeks ago each boy, but on dif
ferent days, found beautiful horse
colts standing by the mares. How
happy it made these youths. As one
of the boys put his arm about the
neck of his colt, he said, “I love you
so good I would not take a thousand
dollars for you.” There is no ques
tion about these colts being fine
specimens of the horse kingdom.
The other boy, Clifford Palmer,
was picking cotton out of his patch.
The weather was hot, and when the
young fellow came from the field
he was wet with sweat. He said, “I
have picked 181 lbs. of cotton from
my acreage, and I am not more than
half over.” Each boy had no doubt
about meeting in full the payment
on his horse purchase. Each has
three years in which to pay in full.
Other colts will be raised in the
future, but they will be mules.
Seventeen of these club boys bought
mares. Others will do so next
spring. After leaving these proud
and happy boys with their pretty
and gentle colts, we drove by Brock
ton, and saw the tobacco patch of
Mr. 0. L. Singletary. The writer
knows nothing about tobacco cul
ture, but tobacco in Mr. Singletary’s
field looks like tobacco fields in
South Georgia. It is not the looks
altogether of the tobacco leaf that
will cause it to yield a profit to the
grower, but the flavor and other
things enter into profitable tobacco
culture. It is hoped that Mr. Single
tary will demonstrate that this crop
can be grown not only successfully,
but marketed profitably. Mr. Single
tary is one of Jackson county’s most
energetic and progressive citizens.
In all Georgia there is no finer
people than those who dwell in the
Dry Pond-Oconee community. Al
vin Evans, whose farm is near Oco
nee church, has a commodious home,
built when the price of material and
labor was at its peak. Friends en
deavored to dissuade him from
erecting such a splendid structure
until prices declined, but their ad
vice was unheeded. In speaking of
this matter when the writer and
County Agent Jackson visited him,
he said, “It required fewer bales of
cotton to pay for our home then
than it would take today. The time
to build is when you have the cash
money. I never buy or build unless
I have the money. Pay as you go
is the proper practice in life.” It is
such a residence that any one would
be pleased to own and dwell in. It
has been well maintained by Mrs. Ev
ans and children since it was built.
While sitting in the front porch,
hospitality was made manifest, and
the hungry visitors satisfied by be
ing served by the attractive daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Evans with ice
cream and cake.- It was good old
fashion pound cake, the kind one
eats at camp meetings, and no where
is cake and fried chicken as palata
able as on Sunday for dinner at
camp meeting. Mr. Evans owns one
hundred and nineteen acres of land,
paid for with money made by tilling
the soil. This year this farm has
already produced more than sixteen
hundred bushels of small grain
fourteen hundred bushels of oats,
and two hundred and twelve bushels
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
of wheat.
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In a barn near the residence, we
saw a thousand bushels of threshed
oats. Besides wheat and oats, he
sells each year corn, and many tons
of hay. Usually he markets about
fifty shoats. In addition to these
crops, he produces from thirty-five
to forty bales of cotton. This year
his growing crops, corn, cotton,
peas, hay, etc., are very promising.
Under the shelter well cared for are
farm tools and implements of vari
ous kinds; and by the proper use of
these faun implements, he reduces
to a minimum the cost of cultivation
and gathering. Little work is done
with a hoe in making his crop. The
entire cost of this work in his cotton
crop this year was only a few
dollars. The work was done with
harrows and plows. Mr. Evans
land does not erode, but gets better
each year. He is a model farmer.
One of the most interesting shows
we saw on this day in which Mr.
Jackson and writer were “seeing
Jaqkson county,” was Clifton Bar
nett feeding and watering seven hun
dred White Leghorn chickens. In
the chicken barn and yard near his
home, he had five hundred other
members of the white feathery tribe.
These seven hundred mentioned
were fed down in the pasture and
woods some distance from his home,
where he has portable houses for
them. When asked by the writer if
he likes the poultry business, and
whether or not it is profitable, his
answer was, “Feeding chickens Is
not as hard a job as plowing, and
as far as the profit is concerned, I
Jiave not been on relief.” In all
probability, Mr. Barnett owns more
chickens than any one farmer in
Jackson county. But this is not the
whole story; he has grazing in his
fine pasture mule colts and Jersey
calves and cows. In speaking of
his cows, he said, “I break even,
at least, on milk and butter produc
ed, and the domestic fertilizer is
my profit.” Mule colts followed
Mr. Barnett all about when we were
in the pasture making an inspection
of them. Some are two years, and
others only one year old. The first
mentioned will be ready for work
next year. Concerning these colts,
he said, “Last week I sold a two
year-old colt for $227. He i* worth
every cent of this for work pur
poses, beginning next spring, when
he will be three.” Though in “the
dry streak,” Mr. Barnett has a splen
did crop growing on his farm, the
old home place, where his mother
and father reared their family of
splendid children. The old home
and his farming operations have oc
cupied all his time and attention,
for he is a bachelor, and has never
taken time to get married.
After leaving Mr. Barnett, Mr.
Jackson said, “I was anxious for
you to see a few of our progressive
farmers. Plenty of others could
have been visited, and from time to
time, if you will go with me, we will
see others. The men we have visit
ed are not extensive, but intensive,
farmers. Would you not count each
a big success?” With an affirmative
answer, he continued, “These men
demonstrate beyond question or cavil
that Jackson county farmers can
make a big success cultivating the
soil and growing cotton, corn and
other crops; also cattle, mules
and chickens. To make agri
cultural operations a ‘go,’ requires
intelligence, wise planning, and
work. We feel as county agent, we
have been in the past and will con
tinue to be in the future, consider
able service in careful, wise plan
ning and conservation. Also, we
were anxious for you to see some
of the 4-H club boys and their colts.
We are aiding and encouraging them
as much as possible, and try to give
inspiration to these boys, who will
be the men of the future. We start
training them for important places
and undertakings, for the boys of
today are the hope of our country
and a great future. ‘Train a child
in the way in which he should go,
and when he is old he will not de
part from it.’ Not half the require
ments of Jackson count# for meat,
butter, beef, eggs, wheat, etc., is
produced in this county. It is our
purpose to encourage and foster the
production of all these things in this
A New Commission
Instituted \
Gradually Georgians are becom
ing familiar with the numerous de
partments, agencies and bureas in
stituted by the last general assem
bly. Anew governmental activity is
set up almost every week.
Early operation of anew state
agency—a radio commission—was
announced Saturday by Governor
Rivers. The law provides that the
Governor, President M. L. Brittain
of Georgia Tech, Speaker Roy V.
Harris and President John B. Spivey,
together with three others appoint
ed by the Governor, shall compose
the commission. The Governor has
appointed L. W. Roberts and Clark
Howell to fill two of the places.
The primary duty of the commis
sion, the Governor explained, .will
be to direct radio station WGST in
Atlanta, now owned by Georgia
Tech.
A major aim will be to increase
power of the station to carry its
programs to many other states.
The governor plans to use the
radio station as a means for “adver
tising Georgia and its resources to
the United States.”
He contemplates also a short
wave auxiliary station for use in
connection with the new state high
way patrol, and pointed out the
commission will have authority to
acquire other stations. It can either
lease or operate the Tech station.
ANOTHER BIG BOOST
IN STATE REVENUES
Atlanta, Ga.—Comptroller General
William R. Harrison reported an
increase of $2,333,815.47 in reve
nue from taxes collected so far this
year as compared with the like pe
riod last year.
Increases were shown in 13 of the
21 types of taxes handled by him.
Total collections through August
25, 1937 were $17,092,019.86, com
pared with the August 25, 1936, fig
ure of $14,758,204.39.
Revenue from eight taxes de
creased a total of $115,731.22, while
the gross increase from the others
was $2,449,546.69.
Largest increase was shown in
gasoline taxes, which jumped sl,-
962,993.51 to $12,856,976.88.
The property tax increased $107,-
823.16 to total of $1,244,536.74.
An increase of $198,486.26 was
shown in the mileage tax abandon
ed by the legislature when the new
bus and truck tax was imposed. Col
lections this year $273,486.26.
WHELCHEL RETURNS; TAKES
SHORT REST
Congressman B. Frank Whelchel
returned to Gainesville from Wash
ington following the close of the
long session of Congress. He was
pretty well worn out after the con
tinuous seven months grind and left
Wednesday morning with Mrs. Whel
chel and daughter, Miss Evelyn, for
a week’s trip to the Florida coast.
Miss Susan Wallace and Mr§. Bar
nett Smith, his secretaries, have also
returned to Gainesville and will op
en the Congressman’s office in the
Federal building. Upon his return
after a short rest period Congress
man Whelchel will spend two or
three days a week at his office and
the balance of the time will visit his
constituents over the district.
county, and to help the producers
market them.”
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The day spent with Mr. Jackson
in visiting farmers and seeing this
county, was one of enjoyment and
pleasure to the writer. We saw
parts of the county we had not visit
ed in some years. More than ever
were we convinced that Jackson is
one of the best farming counties in
Georgia. Not one thing is the mat
ter with it, except some farms
have not been properly taken care
of and wisely cultivated. Both
These statements are really one and
the same thing. One crop, matters
not what it may be, cannot be
grown on the same land without
drainage on and injury to the soil.
As these men who were visited each
declared, “Never plant cotton two
years in succession on the same
land.” Drain the land properly, ro
tate crops, cultivate properly, work
industriously, and use only good
seed, means successful farming. We
expect to go with Mr. Jackson to
see other farms.
Thursday, September 2, 1937.
COUNTY AGENT’S
COLUMN
The farmers co-operating with the
1937 farm program who have not
planted sufficient summer cover
crops to qualify for their cotton pay
ment, can still qualify by planting
winter legumes, such as Austrian
peas, vetch, clover, etc.
We have arranged to stop a car
of Austrian peas at Commerce dur
ing the week of September 15th,
the exact date will be named later
and letters will be sent to all co
operating producers notifying them
of the date this car will be in Com
merce. The following prices have
been secured: Austrian peas $5.20
per hundred; crimson clover 9c per
pound; vetch 9c per pound; and rye
grass 8c per pound. We are listing
rye grass because of the fact that
it makes one of the best winter pas
tures of anything we can sow at this
time. It will not qualify for any
soil conserving payment. If you
are interested in having a beautiful
green lawn during the winter, rye
grass will serve this purpose. We
will have these additional seed with
the Austrian peas, and a producer
can get the amount he desires.
We would like to see all of these
old red hills in Jackson county
covered with a green coat of winter
legumes this winter. We would also
like to see a large acreage of small
grains, such as oats, wheat, and rye
planted. If our farmers would
raise plenty of feed, and plant per
manent pastures, we would soon-be
in position to grow more livestock
and add additional cash income from
our farms.
Appearing in this week’s issue of
The Herald is an article by the edi
tor, which I wish to call to the at
tention of our people. If farmers
of this type are making successes
with their business, it seems to me
that it is possible for all farmers to
do the same thing.
The supervisors are checking per
formance in all districts. The work
this year is very slow, because of
the fact that all of the cultivatable
land on all farms must be measured.
We are requesting each produce to
keep in touch with his supervisor,
and be at home when his farm is
checked.
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Since the rains have visited our
County, we have more vegetables
than can be canned at the canning
plant. The plant is open Wednesday
of each week. Those wishing to use
the plant should be sure to get their
produce ready and at the plant be
fore noon.
J. W. Jackson, County Agt.
JACKSON COUNTY SOCIAL
SECURITY CHECKS
Pension checks amounting to sl,-
233.00 were distributed in Jackson
county last week by Mrs. Helen C.
Gunter, Director of County Depart
ment of Public Welfare. 138 of
these awards were for old age as
sistance, and 4 were for dependent
children. The county commissioners
at the recommendation of the Coun
ty Welfare Board, have employed
two assistants and two stenographers
to assist the director in investigat
ing and certifying applicants. The
certifications for additional appli
cants were forwarded to the state
office on August 25, and Mr. Mur
daugh hopes to have September
checks ready by September 15.
R. S. Johnson has resigned as
chairman of county board, and F.
C. Staton has been appointed to suc
ceed him.
JEFFERSON MILLS HAS NEW
COTTON BUYER
Aubrey Coker, for some years in
the employ of J. W. Summerour,
prominent cotton buyer of Monroe,
has accepted a position with the
Jefferson Mills as cotton buyer.
The Walton News says: “Coker is
a young man of fine personality and
feels that he is under everlasting
obligations to Mr. Summerour for
having given him such excellent
training for the position he now
holds.”
The Walton Tribune says: “Au
brey is a young man of intelligence,
industry and splendid business abili
ty, who will be missed in Monroe.”
Mr. Coker is boarding with Mrs.
W. C. Smith.
Vol. 62. No. 5
'Seven Killed In Auto
Wrecks Over Week-End
Seven deaths, four of them wo
men, were recorded in Georgia traf
fic accidents over the week-end.
Mrs. George Gordy of Milledge
ville was killed and six persons in
jured Sunday afternoon between
Winder and Statham, in a three-car
wreck. Mr. Gordy and Miss Marie
Williams of Stone Mountain, two of
the injured, are reported to be in a
critical condition in an Athens hos
pital.
Others killed were:
James Gordon McDonald, 8, kill
ed near Albany when his bicycle and
an automobile collided.
Mrs. J. M. Bernheim, of St. Au
gustine, Fla., killed in an accident
near Statesboro.
Mrs. C. H. Batehelder, of Hast
ings, Fla., sister-in-law of Mrs.
Bernheim, killed in the same acci
dent.
J. C. Lanier, of Savannah, killed
Friday in an accident when he was
en route to a funeral at Leefield.
Mrs. Albert C. Tuck, of Thomas
ville, who fell from her husband’s
car when a door came open suddenly
and was killed.
Bishop Hayes, negro, killed Sat
urday near Madison when an auto
mobile struck his wagon.
More than a score of persons suf
fered injuries.
O. C. ADERHOLD WINS GOLD
t KEY
At the annual Agricultural Teach
ers Conference which recently clos
ed in Athens, a dinner was given
honoring those who have taught vo
cational agriculture for ten years.
At this meeting, gold service keys
furnished by the Barrett Company,
distributors of Arcadian Nitrate of
Soda, were awarded.
One of the nine to receive keys
was O. C. Aderhold, who began his
teaching career in Jefferson and who
has met with such splendid success
in his work.
Dean Paul Chapman of the Col
lege of Agriculture made the princi
pal address of the evening and
awarded the medals. He stated:
“We are indebted to you for con
tributing ten years of the best of
your lives devoted to vocational
education. You have helped make
educational history in those ten
years.”
He congratulated those who re
ceived the keys and wished for them
a long future service.
$1,200,000 ROAD AND BRIDGE
CONTRACTS LET
North Georgia got only one of
the several contracts, amounting to
more than a million dollars, let by
the State Highway Board Friday.
This was 9.978 miles surfacing on
the Blairsville-Dahlonega road, in
Lumpkin county. This was award
ed to the Ledbetter-Johnson Com
pany, for $110,889.18.
An important contract let Friday
was for the construction of the Balls
Ferry bridge to span the Oconee riv
er between Johnson and Wilkinson
counties.
The W. F. Scott Company, of
Thomasville, was low bidder on the
bridge cpnstruction proper on the
Balls Ferry job, while the Nashville
Bridge Company, of Nashville,
Tenn., was low on the structural
steel. The W. C. Shepherd Com
pany, of Atlanta, was low on the
grading portion of the project. The
three contracts awarded total $356,-
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ROAD PATROLMEN GET
ASSIGNMENTS
Eighty men, the pick of several
thousand applicants, were graduated
from a training school into Georgia’s
first highway patrol Friday and were
assigned to districts.
They took their oath from Chief
Justice Richard B. Russell of the
Georgia supreme court and received
commissions as troopers or officers.
Three lieutenants will have charge
of each of the three districts. Each
of the 10 divisions of the state will
be in charge of a sergeant.
The troopers have been in train
ing for 60 days. They are school
ed in first aid, marksmanship, ma
chaniss, and as traffic instructors.
P. A. Collier will be in the
(Swainsboro district, and H. ¥. .Cul
berson in the Moultrie district.