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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
'['he Georgia Press Association
when we alighted from the train
A(]el where the annual meeting
(jt'orgia Press Association was
th is year, the editor of the
r, N -, ws w. T. Shytle, greeted us
da u o ther members of the Asso
*n jon arriving on that train with a
cW , „ mi ]e and a warm and friendly
r* a 0 f the hand. Just about the
P* SP he had finished saying, “Wel
tcne e l 0 u ii ( ” James B. Echols came
"V scene and said to us, “You
‘"n be our guests while you are at
tending this meeting in Adel.”
e? is a native of this county, the
* 0 f Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Echols,
w after graduating from Martin
Institute he went to South Georgia,
lj erC ho has made his home since
* time. He took us in his car
„and carr ied us to his home, where
1 had the pleasure of meeting his
ff jfe and two children, a son and a
daughter. Never were the writer
, n d wife more cordially received in
to any home than the welcome ac
corded us by this couple. The chil
dren seemed happy to have us also,
|nd when the writer patted the
cheek of the young son, just five,
the little girl less than two patted
her own cheek, and said, “This is
Paula." After this, of course, this
young lady received much attention
from us.
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It is pleasing to us to learn of the
splendid success this young Jackson
county son, James B. Echols, has
had in his adopted home. His good
judgment was made manifest in the
selection of a life companion. In
naming those deserving laudation for
rendering service in entertainment
of the editors in Adel, Mr. Shytle
placed the name of Mrs. Echols at
the head of the list. It was she who
secured homes for members of the
Press. Mr. Echols is in the jewelry
and watch repair business, and has
j spendid patronage. In the city in
which he has made his home, he is
[preparing to erect an up-to-date resi
dence. No young man and family
are held in higher esteem in Adel
and Cook county than Mr. and Mrs.
Echols. Also, there greeted us J. R.
Powell, Chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners, one whom we
knew and greatly admired while it
was our honor to serve on the State
Highway Board. No man in Cook
county is a more, valuable asset to
that county than Mr. Powell. He
Ishould hold the office he now fills the
remainder of his life. Weston L.
Roberts, once a citizen of Jackson,
but for fifteen years has been resid
ing in Lenox, Cook county, seemed
so glad to see some 6f his old Jack
son county friends again.
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Another man whom we met in
Atlanta while the people of Adel
were working for the creation of
Cook county, was Mr. J. C. Thomas.
After the formation of the county,
Mr. Thomas was the first County
School Superintendent, which office
he held until the first of January
this year. Now he devotes his ef
forts to agriculture. He thinks no
section of the South is superior to
South Georgia for farming. This
year that section made a big tobacco
wop, for which it obtained satisfac
tory prices. It has a bumper cotton
cr °P- Corn, peanuts, hay, cattle and
hogs are there in abundance. Mr.
Thomas, in speaking of Cook as a
farming county, said, “Just to show
you what can be done here in agri
culturjil endeavor, a man with a one
horse crop on my farm made this
year and has sold five hundred dol
lars worth of tobacco. He has five
hales of cotton, four hundred bushels
of corn, about six hundred dollars in
°gs to be sold soon. Also, peanuts,
ay and potatoes. This year he will
twenty-five hundred to three
f ousand dollars of farm products,
stock, hogs and sundries. It is so
® as y to farm here.” There is no
oaht about Cook county and all
a t pa t of South Georgia being an
; viti g field for tilling the soil.
aicus S. Patten, with whom we
SeiVt, l or several years in the Gen
er al A •embly when he represented
cither Berrien or Tift counties, ran
°' vn fom Tifton to meet his old
acquaintances. He can never get
'°ugh telling about what a fine
,ar ming section is that in which he
resides,
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attendance at the Press As
sociation This year was hardly as
rge a.' usual, because it met later
atl is the wont, and no long trip
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was provided. However, there were
many editors and their wives pres
ent. The President, Kirk Sutlive,
and Vice-President, Jere Moore, were
on hand, and both know just what to
say and do to make every editor
with whom they come in contact
glad and happy. Then those who
have played a conspicous and valu
able part in these gatherings for
many years gave welcome and good
cheer to all the members of this
body. These are Hal M. Stanley,
executive secretary; B. H. Hardy,
treasurer; C. E. Benns, recording
secretary; Miss Emrly Woodward,
past president; Albert S. Hardy, an
other past president; John Pasehall,
managing editor of the Atlanta
Journal; Dudley Glass, feature writ
er for the Georgian; Hugh Trotti,
vice-president of the Atlanta Consti
tution; O. W. Passavant, Rush Bur
ton, Mrs. Nora Lawrence Smith, L.
W. Moore and others, some of whom
were absent this year. John G.
Herring of the Tifton Gazette rend
ered fine service in aiding Mr. Shytle
provide entertainment for the edi
torial hosts. John succeeded his
father as editor of the Tifton Ga
zette, and he has proved to be a man
of business sagacity, as well as a
brilliant writer.
In the list given we did not name
William G. Sutlive, of the Savannah
Press, ex-president. We have a
separate paragraph for him. He is
the greatest entertainer who ever
presided over this association. When
ever Billy Sutlive stands before an
audience, all get ready to laugh.
Billy knows how to arouse the risi
bilities of his hearers, just as did the
late Will Rogers, and he is just as
lovable man and as fine a character
as the great Oklahoma entertainer
and citizen. Billy responded to all
those words of welcome given by
different citizens of Adel to the
members of the Press. He told so
many jokes we cannot repeat them,
but we will mention one. A train
was stopped. A man boarded it,
stood in the Pullman door, and told
every one to hold up his hands, that
he expected to rob the men and kiss
the women. Avery chivalrous gen
tleman did not protest being robbed,
but bitterly resented the robber kiss
ing all the ladies. He said, “Sir, we
will not stand for this.” About this
time an old maid stuck her head out
from an upper berth, and said to the
chivalrous gentleman, “Just let that
man alone. He is robbing this train,
and you have nothing to do with it.”
This year the writer served on a
committee with Mr. Sutlive, and we
felt highly honored to have imposed
upon us duties with the distinguished
editor of the Savannah Press, and
with Dozier, editor of the Douglasville
publication. While few members of
the Georgia Press have been mem
bers as long as this editor and wife,
yet neither has held office, or served
on many committees. They are al
ways glad to be spectators and list
eners. This writer was also called
on by Mr. Shytle, the host, to give
expression of gratitude and thanks
for the barbecue. The barbecue was
not an ordinary affair, for there was
no Brunswick stew, no pork, beef or
lamb, but the only barbecued meat
was chicken. How delicious it was.
P. T. McCutchen, editor of the
Franklin News and Banner, sat at
the same table. During the fifty
one years he has attended these
meetings, with not one absence
marked against him, did he ever
partake of a feast with apparent
greater satisfaction than he did on
this occasion. Pat McCutchen is a
popular man with all the members of
the Press.
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Two speeches were made along
somewhat the same line. H. T. Mc-
Intosh, of the Albany Herald, ad
dressed the Association on the sub
ject of the State Planning Board.
Mr. Mclntosh is chairman of the
Board. He always makes a good
speech. Miss Josephine Wilkins ad
dressed the Association on the sub
ject of “Fact Finding.” Her speech
was carefully and studiously pre
pared, and contained very valuable
information. Impressively she was
addressing the Association, and had
good attention from the body. So
in dead earnest, however, was she
during her speech, she pulled off her
hat, after which she had the un
divided attention of every one who
came within the sound of h* voice.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
GAINESVILLE DISTRICT
METHODISTS TO OBSERVE
CHURCH DAY OCTOBER 3
As one feature of the observance
of National Go-to-Church Day on
next Sunday, October 3, it is plan
ned to have at least one service on
that Sunday in every Methodist
church in the Gainesville district,
102 in number. These services will
be held at the usual hour for the
preaching service in each church.
Lay speakers will supply the pulpits
where the regular pastors will not
be able to preach at those churches.
Her thoughts were clearly express
ed ; her voice was distinct, but soft;
and her face was aglow, so enthused
was she over the matter discussed.
No one who has addressed the As
sociation, in our opinion, ever spoke
more earnestly or with more sinceri
ty than did this young lady, who
presented anew question to the edi
tors.
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Governor E. D. Rivers and Chan
cellor S. V. Sanford both made ad
dresses to the Georgia Press. They
both pretty well tabooed politics.
At the barbecue a citizen of Cook
county, who prepared the feast,
said while serving the editors more
barbecued chicken, that he hoped all
would favor Ed Rivers for a second
term for Governor. In his speech
the Governor did not seem displeas
ed with this suggestion. He made
reference one time about serving
Georgia four years as Governor. Dr.
Sanford boasted about what great
things the Federal Government has
done for the University, in helping
erect more than two million dollars
of buildings on the campus of the
University and its several branches.
He told about spending twenty-three
days in Washington, and how he had
been able to receive such liberal
sums for the cause of education, and
the University in particular; but so
careful was he about not being ac
cused of playing politics at this
meeting of the Association he did
not mention the name of the one
man who made all these gifts possi
ble—Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was
possibly well to steer away from
everything that had the appearance
of politics. Dr. Sanford did say he
did not care whether the national
budget is balanced, just so long as
Georgia receives such liberal
amounts for the cause of education.
Circumstances caused us to leave
Adel one day before this annual
meeting of the Georgia Press came
to a close. We visited Tifton, but
did not have the pleasure of going
with the Press to Nashville, Lake
land and Valdosta, all of which
places the members of the Press As
sociation received warm welcome,
and were royally entertained. We
like the program of the editors hav
ing their convention in a Georgia
city, and radiate all about it, going
for a few hours to other towns, but
conclude the day at the place of the
convention. Never enjoyed a meet
ing of the Georgia Press more than
this one. People of Adel and editors
were all cordial and friendly.
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C. B. Allen of the Moultrie Ob
server has almost recovered from a
car wreck, but he still has to use
crutches. There is not now, never
has been, nor never will be a mem
ber of this association who is a bet
ter citizen, a more conscientious
editor, a purer patriot or more loyal
friend that C. B. Allen- He has
never sought nor held any office in
this association, but he is one of its
most popular members.
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It was a pleasure to see at this
meeting the National Committee Wo
man from Georgia, Mrs. Virginia
Polhill Price, of Louisville. She
is a member of the Association, as
she is the brilliant editor of the
Louisville Farmer. Her name was
mentioned many times for the future
president of this organization.
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Jere Moore, of Milledgeville, who
has served for two years as vice
president, was promoted to the presi
dency; and J. Roy McGinty, of Cal
houn, was chosen vice-president.
Both are able editors, and very fine
citizens.
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We were agreeably pleased to
meet our nephew, John M. Holder,
whose home is at Thomasville, in
Adel during our stay there.
COUNTY AGENT’S
COLUMN
A Survey by the Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics and Plant In
dustry, Washington, D. C., showed
that the yield of corn was increased
14 bushels per acre and cotton 100
pounds of lint cotton per acre when
following winter legume crops turn
ed under for soil improvement. At
the Coastal Plain Experiment Sta
tion, Tifton, Georgia, Austrian win
ter peas gave an increase of 18.1
bushels of corn per acre and 537
pounds of seed cotton per acre.
In combination with small grain
winter legumes make excellent win
ter hay and gives grazing in winter
and spring.
Cultural Suggestion*
1. Austrian winter peas and vetch
are adapted to most parts of Geor
gia. Crimson clover is adapted
mainly to north Georgia. On heavy
soil of southwest Georgia some good
growth of crimson clover has been
gotten.
2. Sow Austrian winter peas and
vetch the latter part of September
or the first part of October after a
good rain. The later seeding date
is best for south Georgia due to
danger of nematode injury. Sow
crimson clover in September if
seasons permit.
3. Amount of seed per acre—
Austrian winter peas 30 to 40
pounds, vetch 20 to 30 pounds, crim
son clover in the chaff 40 to 50
pounds or clean seed 12 to 15
pounds. For hay use a full seeding
of the small grain and from a half
to three-fourth of seeding of the
legume. For grazing sow two to
three times the amount of seed that
is sown for hay.
4. Use high grade inoculation and
follow the instructions on the pack
age. Soil from an .inoculated field
can also be used and is preferred for
crimson clover in the chaff.
5. If the preceding crop has not
been fertilized with a fertilizer high
in phosphorus use 300 to 400 pounds
of superphosphage or its equivalent.
Do not mix superphosphage with
ihoeulated seed.
6. Drilling is the best method of
sowing. If a drill is not available
cover the seed with any implement
that will cover them 2 to 3 inches
deep. On sandy soil the seed should
be covered 3 to 4 inches deep. In
southeast Georgia turning the seed
under has given good results. This
is also true of other areas with sandy
soils.
7. In north Georgia good winter
and spring grazing is being gotten
by the use of crimson clover sown
on permanent pasture sod. For best
results the land should be good and
phosphate fertilizer used. A mix
ture of rye grass and crimson clover
will add to the grazing.
8. For further information on
these crops see your county agent.
See the county agent also about
soil building practice payments that
can be gotten for seeding these
crops.
Advantage of Winter Cover Crops
1. Reduces run-off of rain and
conserves moisture.
2. Prevents excessive erosion of
soil.
3. Adds organic matter to the
soil.
4 Reduces the leaching of avail
able plant food from the soil.
5. When legume crops are turned
under nitrogen is added to the soil.
6. When turned under improves
the structure of both heavy and
light soil and increases.
7. Increases the yields of crops
that follow them.
8. May provide late fall, winter
and spring grazing.
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Some of our farmers have been
talking to us about helping organize
a Soil Conservation District in Jack
son County under the law passed by
the 1937 legislature. We will be of
any assistance to any one that we
can in this movement. It is part of
our work to keep our farmers in
foimed about things which will be
of benefit to them. Those interest
ed can get a copy of the law as
passed by the legislature by writing
Mr. T. L. Asbury, Soil Conservation
ist, Athens, Ga. After reading this
act we can and will assist those in
terested in getting Mr. Asbury to
come to Jackson county and explain
anything not understood about the
law. We would like to refresh our
people of the fact that an organiza
tion was set up in 1936 in Jackson
county, called the Jackson County
Thursday, September 30, 1937.
Commissioners Find Fault
With Conditions
Members of the Georgia County
Commissioners Association set up an
offensive drive last week against
“centralization” of power in the
state government.
Critical of the social security set
up as “robbing county governments”
of welfare control, and of impending
tax legislation as “financially em
barrassing” to counties, the com
missioners requested Gov. E. D. Riv
ers to permit the special legislative
session this fall to consider remedies
for their complaints.
In their request for a thrashing
out of the issues on the floor of the
assembly, they listed the following
types of desired legislation:
1— Fixing of a $1,250 limit to
homestead exemption rather than
maximum of $2,000.
2 Amendment to the social se
curity act permitting county grand
juries rather than the statfc welfare
board to approve appointees for local
welfare boards.
3 Steps to assure all counties
they will have to pay no more than
10 per cent of the cost of administ
ering social security.
4 A classification (intangible)
tax which “will not take away this
source of revenue from the coun
ties.”
5 Allocation of an additional
cent of the six-cent gasoline tax to
counties for road-building purposes.
The resolutions came at the close
of a two-day institute in Athens
during which numerous members
decried “a tendency of the state
government to tax and rule the local
communities.”
In an interview later given out by
Governor Rivers he denied that
there has been an effort to central
ize state and county governments in
social security other than New Deal
legislation in this state.
The governor declared that local
control has been retained in the
highest degree possible in recent
legislation and is being carried out
by his administration.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT BAPTIST
CHURCH BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY
A revival meeting will begin at
the Baptist church, Jefferson, Sun
day, October 3rd. The services will
continue through the following Sun
day. The pastor will be assisted by
Rev. Hoke Shirley of Elberton. Rev.
Shirley was born and reared in Jack
son county, and his many friends
will welcome the opportunity to hear
him. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all.
Preparatory to the meeting the
following cottage prayer meetings
have been planned: Thursday, Sept.
30, Mrs. T. O. Roberts and Mrs. C.
B. Lord. Friday, Oct. Ist, Mrs. Geo.
W. Bailey. The regular mid-week
prayer service at the church Wed
nesday. The hour for the above
prayer services will be 7:30 p. m.
A meeting of the Board of Deacons
is called for Friday night at G.
W. Bailey’s, immediately following
the prayer service. All deacons are
requested to be present if possible.
The services for Sunday, October
3rd: 10:30 a. m., Sunday School;
H. E. Aderhold, Supt. 11:30 a. m.,
Sermon, by the Pastor. 6:30 p. m.,
B. T. U., Mrs. Y. D. Maddox, Gen
eral Director. 7:30 p. m., Ser
mon, by Mr. Shirley.
Mr. Shirley will arrive in the city
Sunday afternoon, and will do the
preaching throughout the meeting.
The hour for the day services will
be announced later.
Young Harris Junior College be
gan its fifty-second year on Monday.
Among the new teachers for this
session is Miss Hilda McCurdy of
Maysville, who will be instructor in
French.
Soil Erosion Control Association.
This organization was properly
chartered, and a charter granted for
the same purposes a§ set out in the
law as passed by the last legislature.
It is our opinion that something
should be done about terracing our
farm lands, and unless we do it in
time our county will not have farm
lands that will be worth cultivating.
If you are interested, please let us
know, and we will secure the services
of a competent person to discuss
this law with you.
J. V/. Jackson, County Agt.
Vol. 6?. No. 9.
R. B. Maxwell Retires
After 54 Years Service
With G. M. Railroad
Fifty-four years in the service in
Jefferson of the Gainesville Midland
railroad is the record of R. B. Max
well.
Fifty-five years ago the Gaines
ville, Jefferson and Southern first
ran into Jefferson. One year there
after R. B. Maxwell became the de
pot agent, and has held this position
since that time. The name of the
carrier some years ago was changed
to the Gainesville Midland, and it
has changed management several
times, but R. B. Maxwell remained
with it under every administration.
On October first he voluntarily re
tires as depot agent, and will be suc
ceeded by H. L. Bentley, who has
for several years represented this
railroad as its freight and passenger
agent in Winder. Mr. Bentley will
move to Jefferson, and become a
citizen of this place. Mr. Maxwell
will devote his time to his farm and
other interests here.
Mr. Maxwell will retire under the
Railroad Retirement Act, which pro
vides that an employee may retire
from service after thirty years, pro
vided he has reached sixty-five years
of age. His retirement compensa
tion is based on the salary he receiv
ed before, during and since the de
pression.
Mr. Maxwell has worked for the
Gainesville Midland 19,723 days,
during which time he has taken only
six vacations of more than a day’s
duration. In all, he has rested from
his daily laborers only about one
hundred days during these fifty
four years.
In speaking of his retirement, Mr.
Maxwell said, “I thought fifty-four
years was long enough to work for
one concern in one place. I shall
not ask for any position with any
other Company, but will devote my
time to my private business and to
aid in every effort for the welfare
of this little city, where I have spent
most of my life. I love this place
and these good people, who are my
sincere, true and tried friends. I
am happy in their midst, and am
ready, willing and anxious to give
any service of which I am capable to
this splendid little city.”
No man who ever lived in Jeffer
son has more friends than Brant
Maxwell. It is a remarkable record
that he has had hundreds of trans
actions with many different people,
but not one person in all these years
has ever made any complaint against
him, or -ever left him dissatisfied.
He is careful, polite, clever, accom
modating, honest, and sincere. The
people here are proud of having
such a man as Brant Maxwell live ia
their midst.
Mr. Bentley is a young man, with
a splendid reputation and a bright
future. He will be succeeded in
Winder by another young man,
Edward Maffett.
Mr. Maxwell’s faithful and effeient
assistant, Miss Mamie Moore, will
continue in her position with the
new agent. Miss Moore has just
the same kind of tact for making
and keeping friends as Mr. Maxwell.
LARGEST CHINAWARE PLANT
IN SOUTH TO BE ESTABLISH
ED AT GEORGIA MINE
A group of Georgia businessmen
and industrial engineers have pur
chased the old Georgia White Brick
Company at Gordon, on the main
line of the Central of Georgia rail
road, 15 miles east of Macon. The
purchase includes 547 acres of kaolin
and timber lands, and the company
will immediately begin installing
equipment for the exclusive manu
facture of china and dinnerware.
While not the first china plant in
the south, it will be the largest.
Capacity of the plant will be
about 25,000 dozen pieces of china
per week, or 1,250,000 dozen pieces
a year. Distribution will be chiefly
in Georgia and neighboring states.
Heretofore the semi-porcelain in
expensive dinnerware used on a ma
jority of tables of the country has
been manufactured in Ohio and
southern users paid transpor
tation costs on Georgia clay to the
plant and then on return as dish
ware. With the installation of a
plant at the kaolin mine site this
transportation cost will be eliminat
ed, power and labor will be cheap
er, thus saving the housewife up to
40 per cent on her cost for d^hes.