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The Jackson Herald
f}y Holder & Williamson
SCHOOL LAWS AND TAXES
attempts to restore the lash in
Georgia’s penal institutions is too in
buman nd brutal to contem P l ate.
This form of punishment has been
bojished, and let it stay outlawed,
f or jt is a product of barbarism and
belongs to other times. God created
ma n in His own image, and breathed
j R{O his nostrils the breath of life,
an d he became a living soul. The
bo dy of man is the home of the di
vine part of him, the soul. To beat
upon the human body with a lash or
st j C k or whip, whether that body be
a convict, a child in school, or in
the home, bruising, lacerating and
hurting that body of God’s creation,
is not only cruel treatment to this
being, but it dishonors our Maker.
For humanity’s sake, do not bring
that old lash back to corivict camps
8S a method of punishment for of
fending prisoners. There are plenty
other ways to discipline and punish
recalcitrant violators of the law.
Neither should authority be given to
wardens and guards to shoot to kill
a prisoner who is making an effort
to escape unless the convict is seek
ing to hurt, injure or kill a warden,
guard, convict, or some other per
son. Then shoot to kill. That will
be justifiable. To kill a manacled
or imprisoned being for no reason
except he is trying to gain his lost
freedom, is not only not fair play,
but a terrible wrong. Use every
known humane device, and plan to
prevent escapes, but do not shoot
that poor creature in the back just
because he wants liberty, and is do
ing his best to gain it by harmless
flight.
So much is being written and pub
lished about schools, school books,
school laws, etc., that the novice
hardly knows the real situation in
educational matters. Two things,
however, seem very clear. One is
that school books will be furnished
free to all school children through
all the grades. The other is that
the State will pay the salaries of all
teachers for a period of seven
months each year in all the State
schools. If a county or a city should
desire to pay a greater salary to
teachers than provided by the State,
this is satisfactory to the State if
the funds are furnished for this
purpose by said county or city. If a
school is operated for a period long
er than seven months, then the ad
ditional months shall be paid by the
county if a county school, or by the
city, or county and city of a city
school. In some counties a greater
number of teachers will be paid
than the number employed last year
in the county, while fewer teachers
in some other counties will be paid
by the State than the number em
ployed last year. 'Counties are re
warded that have the best attend
ance by employing more teachers;
and counties with truant or absent
school children are penalized by the
State by furnishing and paying few
er teachers than previously employ
ed. Just see how important for
counties to enforce the existing at
tendance educational laws.
1 esume Jackson county means to
supplement State funds, for the
County Commissioners of this coun
ty have levied a tax of five mills on
the property of the county for edu
cational purpose. A county must
levy five mills before participating - in
equalization fund from State. The
county has also increased the coun
ty tax rate one mill for county pur
poses. The State already having re
stored the two mill reducation made
last year, means that the State and
county tax rates have been increased
thi'ee mills over last year’s levy and
assessment. This raise this year is
11 due to the exemption of $2,000
°u homesteads. That law will not
So mto effect until next year. It is
estimated by Mr. C. A. Mathews,
county commissioner of DeKalb,
-t Jackson’s loss of revenue due
exemption will be about $22,000.
the expenses of this county will
he as much next year as this, it will
uiean a considerable increase in the
tax rate of Jackson, unless some
o; her plan is devised to take care
of this loss due to exemption, o ther
e's 6 than by ad valorem taxes.
Some are advocating one cent per
gallon on gasoline being given to
counties that now goes to the State,
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Certainly have enjoyed a book
Bent to us entitled, “Readings in
SINGLE COPY 5c
Georgia Literature,” edited by Wil
liam T. Wynn, of the Georgia State
College for Women,” and published
y 1 urner E. Smith and Company of
Atlanta. The preface says, “The
primary purpose of this book is to
assist the reader in becoming ac
quainted with a cross section of the
literature of the State of Georgia.”
It says further, “Approximately sev- 1
en hundred people have had recog
nition since the Wesley’s began to
write hymns for the church. All of
these were studied, and more than
100,000 pages were scanned, in an
attempt to select material that
would show Georgia life in litera
ture.” The selections are prose and
poetry. The authors are such peo
ple as Bill Arp, Betsy Hamilton, Lo
gan E. Bleckley, Warren A. Can
dler, William T. Dumas, Harry Still
well Edwards, John B. Gordon, Law
ton B. Evans, Henry W. Grady,
Daniel Whitehead Hickey, Benjamin
H. Hill, Lucian Lamar Knight,
Clarke Howell, Margaret Mitchell,
C aroline Miller, Sidney Lanier, Rob
ert Lovcman, Ernest Neal, Frank L.
St&nton, George F. Pferce, Alexander
H. Stephens, Thomas E. Watson,
Charles Wesley, and many other au
thors of less note. The book is one
of the most entertaining and instruc
tive that it has been our pleasure to
read and study.
Do you wish an occupation in
which there is more hard work than
any other, and less pay? Then, be
a farmer. If you wish to become a
member of a profession with the
greatest responsibility and the best
pay, then be a physician. Professor
Harold F. Clark, of Columbia Uni
versity, has furnished some interest
ing statistics of the life work of dif
ferent occupations or professions.
Here are the average life working
spans and average lifetime earnings
in the sixteen occupations as com
piled by Dr. Clark: Medicine, 42
yeai-s, $108,000; law, 43, $105,000;
dentistry, 45, $95,400; engineering,
43, $95,300; architecture, 43, $82,-
500; college teaching, 44, $69,300;
social work, 45, $51,000; journalism,
46, $41,500; ministry, 44, $41,000;
library work, 46, $35,000; public
sqhool teaching, 46, $29,700; skilled
trades, 44, $28,600; nursing, 40,
$23,300; unskilled labor, 44, $15,200;
farming, 51, $12,500; and farm lab
or, 51, $10,400.
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Upsetting the oft-heard conten
tion that the professions are over
crowded, Dr. Clark’s advice to young
men and women is to get into them.
That’s where the money is, he has
concluded after an eight-year study
of sixteen selected occupations. The
reason certain professions are not
over crowded, is because it takes
such a long time and costs so much
money to enter them. The reason
there are so many farmers, is be
cause this avocation is open to peo
ple with little preparation, and
sometimes no capital, at all. The
time required for preparation to be a
physician is about ten years; where
as, one can join the agricolas in
twenty-four hours. Better prepar
ation and more thought are neces
sities for a remunerative agricul
ture.
It is human nature for one to ap
preciate good things said about
him; but it is somewhat an exhibition
of egotism to repeat them. How
ever, when pleasant words are spok
en or written coupling someone else
with us, it gives a real good excuse,
if not a reason, for reproducing
same. Since the name of another,
Colonel George W. Westmoreland, is
linked with that of the writer, we
dare have the audacity to print what
the Tammany organ of Atlanta, the
Democrat, has to say:
“On Tuesday evening, Tammany
presented to its members two speak
ers of outstanding eloquence and
well informed on the subjects they
discussed. We refer to John N.
Holder and Geo. W. Westmoreland,
both of Jefferson, Ga. In anticipa
tion of an overflow crowd to hear
these gentlemen, your officers secur
ed the Pythian Castle Hall, 291
Peachtree Street, and prepared for
200 or more. It was the intention
of your scribe to attempt to boil
down for your benefit the gist of the
remarks made by Messrs. Holder
and Westmoreland, but as I ap
proach the task I realize that “only
God can make a tree,” and only
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
R. L. House Loses Life In
Train Accident
Funeral services for Robert L.
House, conducted by Rev. Wise and
Rev. Foster of Winder, were held
Monday afternoon at Chapel Chris
tian Church, Barrow County. The
burial service was conducted by the
members of the Masonic fraternity.
Mr. House lost his life Saturday in
Corinth. Miss., when he fell between
two coaches while attempting to
board the Southern railway’s “Mem
phis Special" as it pulled out from
the depot.
According to the Chattanooga
Times, Mr. House had alighted from
the Memphis Special at Corinth, pre
sumably for a cup of coffee. In
swinging back on the train, which
was in motion, he missed his footing
and fell. An arm was severed, and
he suffered severe head bruises.
Death followed a few minutes later.
Mr. House was well known to
the traveling public, having served
the Southern and later the Pullman
Company as a conductor for a total
of thirty-eight years. He was 66
years of age, and resided in the
James Hotel in Chattanooga. His
run was between Washington, Chat
tanooga and Memphis.
Before accepting a position with
the railroad, Mr. House was a resi
dent of Jefferson, making his home
here with his mother, the late Mrs.
Permelia Ann Austin House. His
father, I. N. House, died when R. L.
House was a small boy. The de
ceased was a member of the Metho
dist church. He was a member of
the Masonic fraternity, and served
Unity Lodge, No. 36, F. & A. M.,
Jefferson, Ga., as secretary for a
number of years. He received his
education at Martin Institute, and
his Jefferson friends were shocked
to learn of his tragic death. Dur
ing his residence here he was held
in the highest esteem. He was re
garded as a model school boy, a
young man of the finest character,
and a citizen of supreme integrity.
NINTH DISTRICT DOCTORS
MEET AT ALTO
The Ninth District Medical Asso
ciation is in session today, Wednes
day, at Alto.
The officers of the society are:
President, Dr. W. B. Heller, Toccoa;
Vice President, Dr. W. B. Schaefer,
Toccoa, Counsellor, Dr. Grady Cok
er, Canton; Secretary and Treasur
er, Dr. Pratt Cheek, Gainesville. An
interesting program has been pre
pared and a delightful meeting is
anticipated.
John Holder and Geo. Westmore
land could make you “see” the
things they presented in the light
they presented them. Fortunately for
you, Tammany has succeeded in
making a return date for these gen
tlemen this Fall, and we advise you
NOW to tie a knot in your pencil to
remind you to watch out for the
date when announced, and resolve
“£hat from the ashes of your past
you will arise, gird up your loins
and go forth to the place selected
and hear what these men will say.”
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Here is another quotation. It is
taken from one of the leading week
ly papers of Georgia, the Sanders
ville Progress. It is reprinted be
cause it emphasizes the tremendous
influence of teachers in encouraging
and inspiring those who come with
in the scope of their instructions
and influence:
“Now - that the fall terms of our
various schools are about to begin
we naturally give attention to the
teachers who are to impart instruc
tion to the children who are seeking
an education. John N. Holder, edi
tor of The Jackson Herald, publish
ed at Jefferson in north Geoi - gia,
who has been prominent in the legis
lative halls of the state in past
years, pays a glowing tribute to the
instructor of his youthful days. He
illustrates the refining influence
which a lovable teacher imparts to
those whom she has the privilege of
instructing, an influence which is
lasting through the intervening
years, and should be the aim of
every teacher. We quote in full the
comments of Editor Holder, which
are most impressive and also appre
ciative of the fine character with
which he came in contact when he
was a school boy.”
JEFFERSON, WINDER, COM
MERCE, CITED SPENDING
MORE FOR TOBACCO THAN
FOR RECREATION
The Agriculture Department in
Washington City has made a state
ment that the average Southeastern
family of low income spends more
money for tobacco than for recre
ation. This was ascertained in a
study of 2,145 native white families
in 33 southeastern cities, towns and
villages.
The statistics' were gathered by
the Bureau of Home Economics in
Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina
and South Carolina. The Georgia
towns were Winder, Commerce,
Greensboro, Jefferson, Comer, Madi
son, Social Circle and Washington.
Among the 2,145 families, said
the report, $1 to $4 of each SIOO
of income was spent for tobacco,
and more for tobacco than for rec
reation among families whose in
comes were less than SI,OOO for the
year 1935-36.
It said a majority of the fami
lies reported at least two-thirds of
their incomes w'ent for food, cloth
ing, housing and generally running
the house. Families with yearly in
comes under $750 spend 75 cents of
every dollar for these essentials.
The families spent $2 to $3 of
every SIOO for barber shop and
beauty parlor expense. Expendi
ture for medical care, rising with
the income, was S3O for families of
SSOO to $750 incomes and more
than $250 for families with incomes
above $5,000.
HIGHWAY BOARD
LETS 15 AWARDS
The State Highway Board Friday
awarded 15 contracts for 14 con
struction projects totaling approxi
mately $900,000.
In this section of the state con
tracts were awarded for work in the
following counties:
Walton County—Concrete paving
2.772 miles on the Monroe-Athens
■highway, beginning 5.5 miles out of
Monroe and extending to the Oconee
county line: Claussen-Lawrence Con
struction Cos., Augusta, Ga., and W.
L. Florence Construction Company,
Powder Springs, Ga., $104,198.
Walton County—Paving 5.493
miles on the Monroe-Athens high
way, beginning at Monroe: Richard
T. Gordon, Jacksonville, Fla., $145,-
960.
Oglethorpe County—Surfacing 5.-
156 miles on the Lexington-Elber
ton road, beginning at Lexington:
Joseph R. Cothran, Jr., Atlanta, $59,-
815.
Rabun County Paving 7.909
miles on the highway between West
minster, S. C., and Highlands, N. C.,
beginning at the South Carolina line
and ending at the North Carolina
line: C. M. Lyle Construction Com
pany, Gainesville, Ga., $74,060.
Lincoln County—Surfacing 0.617
miles on the Lincolnton-McCormick,
S. C., road: S. B. Slack, Decatur,
Ga., $28,529.
“LET’S STAY OUT,” SAYS THE
PRESIDENT
Hyde Park, N. Y.—President
Roosevelt made the solemn pledge
Saturday that he was going to do
everything in his power “to keep us
out of war.”
Describing world conditions as
“serious” after an earlier press con
ference statement that people the
world over were justifiably nervous
over the Far Eastern and European
situations, the Chief Executive told
an outdoor meeting of the Roosevelt
Home club:
“We are going to do everything
we can in the United States, not
only the people but the government
of the United States, to keep us out
of war.”
The President said world condi
tions were very serious and they did
not appear to be getting any better.
He addressed his remarks to a
crowd of several hundred persons
gathered on the lawn of Moses
Smith, a Roosevelt tenant farmer
and host to the informal occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jackson were
in Atlanta Sunday, visiting Captain
and Mrs. Paul Caswell, and were ac
companied home by Miss Lois Hen
dry Jackson, who had been a visitor
in the Caswell home.
Thursday, September 16, 1937.
COUNTY AGENT’S
COLUMN
Million* Unearned For Soil Building
By Southern Farmer*
Farmers of Georgia who are co
operating with the AAA Soil Con
servation Program are urged by
Frank C. Ward, Administrative Of
ficer in charge for Georgia, Agricul
tural Adjustment Administration, to
take full advantage of the opportuni
ty to sow soil-building crops and
carry out conservation practices this
fall.
In 1936, Georgia farmers had soil
building allowance totaling $2,182,-
214, but earned only $1,698,564 for
carring out soil-building practices,
Mr. Ward says. They failed to earn
$492,649.30 which they would have
received had it been possible for
them to carry out their programs in
full.
Reasons for the failure of many
farmers to earn their full allowance
included the lateness of the start of
the 1936 program, newness of the
program, the scarcity of adapted
seed in many localities, and unfavor
able weather conditions. Mr. Ward
expresses the hope that all farmers
in Georgia will be able to carry out
their soil-building programs in full
this year. The closing date to the
program is 2 months later in 1937
than it was in 1936.
“One of the main objectives of
the program is to conserve and
build the soil, and it is my earnest
hope that all Georgia farmers will
take advantage of the opportunity
to plant the largest acreages of fall
sown soil conserving crops in the
history of the region”, Mr. Ward
says.
“More effective soil building
would have been accomplished in
Georgia last year if every co-oper
ating farmer had earned his full al
lowance.
Cotton Loan And Payment Plan I*
Similar To 1935
The federal government’s loan
and price adjustment payment pro
gram for the 1937 cotton crop will
be similar in many respects to the
1935 program, according to Director
Walter S. Brown, of the Georgia
Extension Service.
The Commodity Credit Corpor
ation will lend 1937 producers 9
cents per pound on cotton classing
7-8 inch midling or better. No loan
will be made on cotton which is of
a grade not deliverable on contract
under the regulations of the New
York and New Orleans cotton ex
changes.
The loans will bear interest at the
rate of 4 per cent and mature on
July 31, 1938. To be eligible for
loans, cotton must be stored in ware
houses approved by the Commodity
Credit Corporation. The loans will
be available as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be completed,
which should he within a very few
days. A condition of each loan is
that the producer-borrower agrees
to participate in and comply with
the 1938 adjustment program.
The cotton price adjustment pay
ment program with respect to the
1937 crop will be similar to the pro
gram of 1935. Congress has au
thorized the Secretary of Agiculture
to use, not to exceed, $130,000,000
for this program.
Upon proof of compliance with a
1938 agricultural program to be
formulated under legislation to be
enacted, cotton producers who sell
cotton from the 1937 crop prior to
July 1, 1938 will be paid the differ
ence between 12 cents a pound and
the average price of 7-8 inch mid
dling cotton on the ten spot markets
on the day of sale, but not to exceed
3 cents a pound. As in 1935, pay
ment will be made on 65 per cent of
a grower’s base production.
J. W. Jackson, County Agt.
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Martha Jane Alexander Ad
ams was eighty-one years old Sep
tember the 2nd, 1937. On Sunday,
September 5, 1937, the children and
grand-children met at her home and
celebrated her birthday. A table
was placed out under the shade of
the the trees, and a bountiful din
ner was served. The decorated
birthday cake graced the center of
the table. All enjoyed the day, and
went away wishing their mother
many more happy birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lyle were
visitors in Atlanta Tuesday.
Vol. 62. No. 7
GAINESVILLE WILL
HONOR THE FRIEND
WHO GAVE IT HOPE
Gainesville, Ga.—The President of
the United States is quite accustom
ed to pushing buttons on his office
desk to open a dam or a fair, but the
people of this little city have an un
veiling they think Franklin D. Roose
velt will want to attend in person.
The story of it goes back to April
6, 1936—the day of the big wind—
and involves an anonymous letter,
Mr. Roosevelt’s sunny smile and al
so Mr. Roosevelt’s New Deal.
It was on the morning of April 6,
1936, that a tornado came ripping
through the heart of the city, killing
more than 200 persons and wrecking
900 homes and business structures.
The “Planned City"
Things were still in much of a
mess three days later when Presi
dent Roosevelt, en route to Wash
ington from Warm Springs, paused
here. Gainesville folk, in the midst
of moving debris and burying their
dead, rallied at the railroad station
to hear the President speak of a
“planned city” they could build on
their ruins.
Today that planned city is well
on the way to being a reality. A
new marble courthouse for Hall
County, anew city hall, anew hotel,
are among the buildings sprung up
near the city’s square. There also
are homes, parks, anew waterworks
system, schools, golf course, hospital,
church and anew city lighting sys
tem. Federal agencies were chiefly
responsible, with some $3,000,000
loans and grants.
Rally To Hi* Name
Gainesvillians, proud of the city's
recovery, rallied again to the name
of Franklin D. Roosevelt shortly af
ter the anniversary of their disaster
when a letter, unsigned, appeared in
the Gainesville News urging a fitting
memorial to the man whose “pres
ence and words stirred us out of our
lethargy, waked us to our necessi
ties and filled us with new ambi
tion.”
With civic pride strong, a sub
scription fund was quickly started,
a Roosevelt memorial committee
formed with E. B. Dunlap at its
head.
Dunlap said a monument on a
base twenty-four feet square will
have a bronze medallion bearing the
President’s profile and an inscription
dedicating the city’s square to him.
Leading up to it will be nine marble
steps.
Since the President usually visits
Georgia on Thanksgiving, November
24, has been set as the tentative
date for the ceremonies at Roosevelt
Square.
NORTH GEORGIA SINGING
CONVENTION
A quarterly session of the North
Georgia Singing Convention will be
held at Jefferson, Sunday, Septem
ber 18th, presided over by Charlie
Kesler of Cornelia. As president of
the Jackson County Singing Conven
tion and member of the arranging
committee, I am appealing to the
citizens of Jackson county to lend
your support towards the entertain
ment of the singers which will gath
er on this occasion. Everybody
must carry the noon lueh, since this
convention is self-supporting. Many
prominent leaders are on the pro
gram, which assures us of the great
est session in the history of the
class. Come early, bring the latest
song books of all publishers, and en
joy the day in song service.
Yours in song,
SAM W. LORD.
MISS MARY MYERS JOINS
JOURNALISM SCHOOL
Athens, Ga.—Miss Mary Myers,
who during her four years at the
University of Georgia was annually
selected one of the school’s most
beautiful girls, has been appointed
secretary of the Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism of the Univer
sity of Georgia.
Miss Myers, who graduated with
the bachelor of arts degree in
journalism in 1934, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. David J. D. Myers,
of Athens.
Mr. Myers is a former Martin In
stitute teacher, and is a retired U.
S. foreign consulate. Mrs. Myers is
the former Miss Susie McCoy of
Jefferson. ; ,