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By Holder & Williamson
BALANCING THE BUDGET
Much has been said about balanc
. the budget of the United States.
Newspapers, bankers, business men
an( j politicians have been making the
welkin ring for Hie President to
r edu > expenditures, so that they
w jll not exceed the income of the
pov , - ment. The President called
j n , ] conference heads of depart
, members of his official house
hold. ' inc “ congressmen and sen
to ud many others, and asked
t h,m they were in favor of a poli-
C y , economy, and just how they
ffoU ] ( balance the budget. When h<
had nipleted his conferences and
inter' ws he stated to the budge!
(jhv . Daniel Bell, “Well, Dan, I
find i ere is one man in Washington
w ho really favors balancing the
budget.. The director asked, “And
w ho is that one man, Mr. President?”
The answer came quickly, “A some
what obscure individual named
Franklin D. Roosevelt.”
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The overwhelming sentiment in
Washington is, therefore, favorable
to a continuation of spending; but
there is one other man in the Capitol
who believes with the President, and
he is the United States Secretary of
the Treasury, Henry Morganthau.
He keeps saying, * “We must make
good our promises to balance the
budget.” Now, the question of
spending is left to congress. If the
members of the law making body
wish to put on a sure enough cam
paign of economy, it will be done.
In so doing, hundreds, yes, thousands
will lose their jobs. In order that
they may still be employed, the
President is bending his efforts to
launch a privately financed building
boom, and to induce railroads and
other public utility corporations to
make long delayed and necessary
improvements. If the President
now gets the proper help, the budget
will be balanced.
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{Note —Since the below was writ
ten and put into type, the President
has postponed his visit to Gaines
ville. It is printed, however, as an
expression of our sentiments con
cerning him):
The President will be* in Gaines
ville on Thanksgiving (to-morrow)
to be present and make an address
at the dedication of a monument to
his honor for the services he render
ed in helping rehabilitate that city
after the visit to it last year of a
property destroying and death deal
ing tornado. It is pleasing to see
this exhibition of gratitude to" the
President by the good people of
Gainesville for the patriotic, human
itarian and unselfish service Mr.
Roosevelt gave to this distressed and
stricken city. The writer has been
honored with a special invitation to
he present, not only to the above
mentioned exercises, but to a lunch
eon given to the President’s friends
at Riverside. The invitation has
been accepted with pleasure, and we
will be glad to pay honor to this
great American with our inconse
quential presence. Neither this
compliment to us by Sidney Smith
and others nor any thing else can
increase our respect, admiration and
friendship for Mr. Roosevelt. We
are already unqualifiedly and whole
heartedly for him, because we be
lieve he is the most sincere, outspok
en, aggressive and courageous friend
01 all the people of every walk of
life who has ever been Chief Execu
tive of this commonwealth.
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Congressman B. Frank Whelchel
has not been able to resume his
duties in Washington, as he and Al
bert Hardy were in an automobile
Wreck near Baldwin some days ago,
ln which one of his legs was broken,
but he will be able to give cordial
greeting's to the President on his
visit to Gainesville. Next to the
President, Frank Whelchel was in
strumental in securing more federal
a d for Gainesville than any other
Person. In fact, it is believed by
the Congressman’s friends that the
President relied implicitly on his
Judgment, suggestions, recommenda-
Pons and requests for the suffering
c .ty. The people of Gainesville ap
preciate our Congressman’s heroic
fl nd herculean efforts in their behalf,
ar >d they honor and love him, not
® nJ y for this special work, but be
( iuse they know him to be one of
t ieir best citizens, and one of the
most effective representatives any
district has in the National Congress
the United States. Soon he will
The Jackson Herald
be able to return to Washington,
where he is much missed by his col
leagues, and also the President.
His constituents all over the district
waft to him their peans of praise
and good will, and wish for him
speedy restoration to his wonted
bodily vigor, and a continuation of
a successful political career.
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Some gentlemen were talking
about Thanksgiving Day a few days
ago. One said, “While we made a
short cotton crop, and the price is
low, yet we have no sand storms
which have in some States destroyed
millions of property and have dviven
hundreds of people away from their
homes and made them poor, home
less wanderers.” Col. W. P. Frost,
who was present when this state
ment was made, said, “Yes, we
also to be thankful because
we have no such holocausts in our
midst as exists today in China. The
city of Shanghai has been almost
destroyed by the gory conflict be
tween China and Japan. Hundreds,
including women and children, have
met death, and thousands have been
wounded. Most of those who sur
vive have lost all. We should be so
thankful for peace in our land.
War is a terrible curse, but peace a
blessing and a benediction.” These
sentiments will find echo in the
hearts of thousands.
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Met Professor Kizer one day this
week, and his face was wreathed in
a smile. He said, “Never since I
have been teaching have I been bet
ter pleased with the organization of
faculty, progress and enthusiasm of
a school than at This session of Mar
tin Institute. If you will permit the
expression, the school has clicked
from the very first day of the Fall
term. It is always pleasing to have
a fine basket ball, foot ball or base
ball team. Atheletics is not to be
discounted, and we have some young
men who give promise of a success
ful athletic career, but the thing,
however, that is so gratifying to rue
is the splendid work in the school
room. The primary object of schools
and colleges is to educate the mind
and the heart of the young. Other
things are good, but the one great
controlling purpose of parents send
ing their children to school is to
obtain an education, such as just
mentioned. Every grade and every
department of Martin Institute are
presided over by efficient and con
scientious instructors, who ar® giv
ing to their work the best there is
in them, and pupils this year seem to
realize the meaning of school, and
why they should be educated, more
than is usually manifest. lam very
happy, indeed, over our work in
Martin Institute.”
Oscar Maddox is a good citizen
of Winder. He and Colonel Nixon
Rainey, another excellent gentle
man, were in Jefferson one day last
week on some business matters.
Both these men are native sons of
Jackson, and their parents were al
so to the manor born of this coun
ty. Both are achieving splendid
success, one as a banker, and the
other as attorney. In speaking to
the writer, Oscar Maddox said, “I
certainly enjoy reading The Herald.
I never miss a copy. It is a publi
cation of which any county might
well feel proud.” He was reminded
that The Herald went into his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. G. Mad
dox, home, without interruption for
many years. “Yes,” said he, “I
learned to read it at home when a
child. I became fond of it then, and
have read it with satisfaction and
pleasure throughout the years since
then.” For such a good business
man and fine citizen to thus oom
pliment this paper, cannot fail to
bring pleasure and gratification to
the entire staff of this journal. The
best efforts of all the force will he
used to keep it up to a high stand
ard of excellence.
“POPPY LADY” TO BE HONORED
(By Georgia News Service)
A marble bust of Miss Moina
Michael, “the lady who pinned the
poppy on the world,” will be un
veiled at the state capitol on Novem
ber 27.
Governor Rivers will officiate at
the ceremonies honoring the origi
nator of “Poppy Day.” The bust
is a tribute from the American
Legion Auxiliary.
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JEFFERSON, J&ckaon County, Georgia.
GEORGIA BAPTISTS
INCREASED BUDGET
URGED BY GEORGIA
BAPTISTS
Maacon, Ga.—The executive com
mittee of the Georgia Baptist con
vention presented an optimistic fi
nancial report of the church's oper
ations, and recommended a 1938
budget of $198,692 —approximately
$7,000 above last year.
Dr. Aquila Chamlee, convention
president, and all other officers were
re-elected. Dr. Chamlee is president
of Bessie Tift College, Forsyth.
The executive committee’s finan
cial statement reported total gifts
for the first ten months of 1937
were $26,910*72 ahead of last year.
The proposed budget carries
$108,675 for Georgia causes, and
$58,517 for southern Baptist con
vention causes. Another $31,500
was proposed for distribution be
tween administration, program pro
motion, W. M. U. and publicity ex
penses. An item of $5,000 set up
for publicity would go to the Chris
tian Index.
The budget provides that $167,-
192 shall be divided between state
and southern convention causes on
a 65-35 per cent basis, with the
larger amount to go to the state.
After payment of budget and
other designated funds, the commit
tee recommended that the remainder
raised be divided equally between
southern and state causes.
The committee recommended that
B. D. Ragsdale, of Macon, secretary
of the convention, be continued as
historian. He is compiling a history
of Georgia Baptists.
Another recommendation asked
that all gifts for the Baptist Hun
dred Thousand Club continue to go
in full to southern Baptist conven
tion causes.
A reduction in indebtedness from
$535,051.33 in 1930 to $285,401.96
this year was reported.
The committee listed as miscel
laneous gifts $65,275.02 for the
orphans’ home, and $29,300.81* to
Mercer University.
MAP WAR ON DISEASE AND RUM
Macon, G.—The Georgia Baptist
Convention adopted campaigns
against venereal diseases, against
state legalization of whisky and
crime, and condemned Japan’s “in
vasion of China,” before adjourning
the 1937 session.
The campaigns were proposed in
the social service commission’s re
port presented by Dr. W. Lee Cutts,
of Atlanta.
The body left it to the executive
committee to decide on the meeting
place for the 1938 convention, which
will take place November 15 and 16.
Edwin S. Preston, Atlanta, moved
that the convention accept an invi
tation from Augusta.
The group also elected new trus-|
tees for the Georgia Baptist Home,
Mercer University, Bessie Tift Col
lege and new members for the exe
cutive committee. They were named
by the nominating committee, head
ed by Rev. Arthur Jackson, of Sa
vannah.
The convention tabled one of its
most controversial issues until 1938.
It was whether to continue the pen
sion retirement plan for state work
ers. It was agreed to continue the
plan for at least another year, but
the matter brought about spirited
discussion.
In his report, Dr. Cutts urged
“Peace through Christianity.” He
said the social service commission
condemned Japan’s invasion of
China and “the wholesale slaughter
of non-combatants in that country
and in Spain.”
“You simpßy cannot have a good
world made up of bad people,” Dr.
Cutts’ report read.
The report advanced as the only
basis for peace a campaign “to get
all the people pne by one to live for
Chirt’s standards.” Laws are “ade
quate when the officers are deter
mined to enforce them,” Dr. Cutts
read. He reported the commission
praised the current vigorous cam
paign against venereal disease.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Culberson of
Lyons will arrive in the city Wed
nesday to spend the Thanksgiving
holidays with their parents, Mrs. J.
A. Wills and Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Culberson.
BOOK WEEK
MARTIN INSTITUTE
OBSERVES NATIONAL
BOOK WEEK
National Book Week, November
14-21, was fittingly observed at Mar
tin Institute on last Thursday after
noon in the auditorium, in the pres
ence of pupils and patrons, under
the direction of Miss Miriam Ben
nett, Community Librarian. The
center of the stage was occupied by
a miniature house covered with
wrappings of popular reading ma-!
terial. The house was made by the
Agriculture Gluss, under Prof. Mc-
Mullan. There was on display a
collection of posters and book marks,
made by the pupils of the school.
Prizes were awarded to the ones who
had done the best work. The prizes
were donated by the following mer
chants of the city: Curtis Ware, Kes
ler & Legg, L. J. Lyle, Phil Pender
grass, Chas. Pinson, Joe Baxter,
Moore & Ellington.
Mrs. C. D. Cox, Mrs. H. I. Mobley
and Mrs. Carl Legg acted as judges
for the posters and book marks. Af
ter the program, the book house, to
gether with the prize winning post
ers, wire placed on display in the
window of the Georgia Power Com
pany.
Miss’Florence Lassiter, a member
of the faculty of Martin Institute,
sang two selections, “On a Hilltop,”
and “Trees.”
Miss Louise Porter, a member of
the Senior Class, read a poem, en
titled, “Give a Child a Book,” and
also read a list of the characters in
the play, which included a large
group of school children.
The story briefly told was as fol
lows: The Pied Piper of Hamlin,
ably portrayed by Douglas Barnett,
had played on his magic pipes and
■enticed the children of Hamlin to
follow him. After a time they grew
tired of playing and began to re
proach him for having persqaded
therii to leave their families, homes
and books. So to comfort them, the
Piper went away and piped for fam
ous characters in popular books to
appear. They came in singly and
in groups, all in effective costumes,
and the children were so delighted i
to see their old friends of Bookland'
that smiles replaced the frowns and
all were happy again. The program
was entertaining and instructive,
and worth while in every way, illus
trating the pleasure that people,
young rand old alike, get from good
books.
20,000 NEEDY AGED
RECEIVE $206,000
Atlanta.A total of 20,000 needy
aged persons in Georgia will receive
$206,0*00 in federal, state and local
funds under the public assistance
provisions of the Social Security Act
during November, according to
figures released by the Social Securi
ty Board in Birmingham.
This figure compares with 15,500
who received $159,600 in October.
Dependent children receiving aid
were estimated at 5,000 as compar
ed with 4,50® in October. Funds
distributed to dependent Children
were estimated at $40,600 as com
pared with $36,700 in October.
It is estimated 500 needy blind
will receive $6,400 in November
against 430 receiving $5,500 in Oc
tober.
In the seventh region, consisting
of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mis
sissippi, South Carolina and Tennes
see, 78,400 needy aged persons will
receive a total of $837,000 during
November, according to estimates.
This Is an increase over October of
8,200 persons and $95,100.
National estimates also show in
creases for November. In 50 states
and territories that have approved
federal-state plans for aid to the
needy aged, 1,516,100 persons will
receive a total of $28,634,000.
These plans are generally known in
the various states as “old-age pen
sions,” although this system of aid
is designated in the federal act as
“assistance to the needy aged.”
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Echols, Miss
Elizabeth Echols, Misses Mattie and
Ada Roberts and Mr. J. B. Roberts
were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
A. S. Roberts at their home in the
country.
Thursday, November 25, 1937.
North Ga. Conference Notes
Conference Assignment* Return J. F.
Yarbrough and A. B. Elizer; W.
B. Hughes Succeeds R. W. Green
on Circuit.
The North Georgia Methodist an
nual conference concluded its 71st
session late Sunday afternoon with
announcement of pastors’ assign
ments for the coming year. One
hundred and thirteen changes were
made among the pastors, a lesser
change than was effected last year.
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth, who an-
nounced the appointments, bade
farewell to the conference body, over
which he has presided four years,
and stated his purpose to retire
from active executive work next
spring at the general conference.
The following appointments were
given pastors in whom our readers
are especially interested: A. B.
Elizer was returned to Jefferson; R.
W. Green was sent to Elberton cir
cuit, and W. B. Hughes was assigned
to the Jefferson circuit. J. O.
Brand was returned to Commerce,
W. G. Henry to Hoschton, J. L.
Hall to Maysville, Max Whittemore
to Athens circuit, Y. A. Bailey to
Colbert circuit.
Harry Lee Smith was returned to
Tucker, Nat G. Long to Glenn Me
morial, W. T. Watkins to Emory
University, B. W. Hancock to Rome,
T. H. Shackelford to Stone Moun
tain, L. B. Linn to Augusta, R. C.
Singleton to Eatonton, G. T. Pitt
man to LaGrange, L. W. Collins to
Newnan, Frank Moorehead to Al
pharetta, Barrett Barton to Temple.
J. S. Hill was transferred from
Griffin circuit to Bowman, J. W.
King, Chatsworth to Stockbridge; A.
P. Watkins, Austell to Lavonia; Z.
V. Hawks, Kensington to Inman-
Brooks; E. G. Thomasson, Bowden
to Warrenton; J. A. Gray, Payne
Memorial to Nellie Dodd Memorial,
Atlanta; George L. King, West
Point to Monroe.
John F. Yarbrough was returned
to the Gainesville district as presid
ing elder, and H. C. Holland was
returned to the Rome district.
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CONFERENCE NOTES
There are 368 preachers in the
conference, and each one of them
receives his appointment from year
to year, one year at a time. This
session of conference made 113
changes. In 1936 there were 137
changes, and Rev. T. M. Elliott
figured the moving expense cost of
the 137 families as follows:
“For a preacher to move means a
money outlay of $25 or more. The
moving costs, directly and indirect
ly, will cost on an average at least
$35. Some of ’them cost a great deal
more. If yon multiply 137 movers
by the average cost of $35, you have
the tidy little sum of $4,795, which
is far too Tow. A few years ago
more than 195 men were moved at
one conference, at an estimated cost
of $20,00®. Some men were moved
300 miles. Who pays all this mov
ing money? It comes out of the
pockets of the preachers.”
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Robert S. Hudgins, superintend
ent of Emory University hospital,
submitted to the mission board the
hospital report for the past 12
months, showing that the institution
had an average of 138 patients
daily, a money expenditure of $323,-
607, and an endowment of $60,000,
a property valuation of $1,750,000
with no indebtedness whatsoever.
During the year physical improve
ments were made in the plant, with
operating rooms, delivery rooms,
and X-ray treatment rooms all air
conditioned.
A modern tumor clinic was estab
lished during the year, supplied with
modern X-ray and radium equip
ment.
During the past three years the
hospital has done $94,673 worth of
charity work, not including uncol
lectable accounts. In addition to
the charity work, the Golden Cross
Enrollment Fund has this year given
aid to needy persons in the Sum of
$9,000, which is $1,200 more than
last year. Golden Cross cases ad
mitted this year increased from 154
last year to 209, an increase of 35
per cent, while the number of days
of service increased 72 per cent.
Twelve Golden Cross patients are at
the hospital daily.
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The conference voted 288 to 149
in favor of the proposed merger of
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the three main branches of Metho
dism in the United States.' “Thhr
vote,” Bishop W. N. Ainsworth de
clared, “means that the Southern
Methodist Conference, as a whole,
has voted in favor of unification and
settles the question for once and
for all."
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The clerical delegates elected to
represent the conference at the'
General Conference in Birmingham
next May are W. T. Watkins, C. C.
Jarrell, 11. H. Jones, W. A. Shelton,
W. I’. King, Wallace Rogers, Lgster
Rumble, A. M. J. F. Yar
brough, W. H. LaPrude and L. M.
Twiggs. Alternates are R. L. Rus
sell, J. W. O. McKibben and W. M.
Twiggs.
Lay delegates are Mrs. L. M. Aw
try, Dr. N. C. Slaughter, Miller S.
Bell, Mrs. M. E. Tilly, Dr. T. J.
Lance, Dr. I. S. Ingram, J. C. Ward
law, Dr. Jere A. Wells, Smith L.
Johnston, Dr. Hubert Quillian and
Dr. Harvey W. Cox. Alternate lay
delegates elected are Judge John S.
Candler, John A. Manget and Miss
Bert Winter.
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Ministers receiving the superan*
nuate relation were John G. Logan,
E. W. Jones, W. J. Deßardeleben,
J. P. Ei-win, J. L. Varner. Fifty
one preachers were already on the
superannuate list.
Ministers called by death since the
1936 conference: 11. L. Edmondsop,
B. F. Fraser, C. O. Jones, I. J.
Lovern, J. H. Mashburn, A. B. Sand
ers, M. M. Walraven, Marvin WiL
liams, E. H. Wood, J. G. Davis,
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Superannuate homes owned by
the conference an<J, occupied by re
tired ministers number 42, and are
located at the following points:
Grantville, Rome, Smyrna, Jones
boro, Eatonton, Thomson, Wood
stock, Luthersville, Villa Rica, Mc-
Donough, West Point, Washington*
Toccoa, Point Peter, Calhoun,
Chamblee, Canton, Norcross, Mariet
ta, one each; Carrollton, Oxford,
Hapeville, two each; Griffin, three;
Decatur, four; College Park, three;
Atlanta, six. Combined valuation
of properties owned in the homes is
nearly $140,000.
Dr. Luther E. Todd, general sec
retary of the board of finance, of'
St. Louis, reports that 156 claimants
on the fund for superannuates are
found in this conference, consisting
of ministers, widows, and children
of deceased ministers. This year,
says Dr. Todd, the joint board of
finance is paying to these t 56 claim
ants the sum of $43,525.
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Bishop Warren A. Candler, wfco
joined this conference in 1875, visit
ed the conference scene for are
hour, and was heard with interest,,
relating some of his ministerial ex
periences and observations. Bishop
Ainsworth paid tribute to Bishop
Candler in saying that no man in
Georgia had done more for Georgia
Methodism. Bishop A. Frank Smith
paid further tribute to the retired
bishop in saying that no man of
Methodist history had done more for
Methodism in his generation than
Bishop Candler.
Young ministers admitted on
trial into the membership are the
Rev. John Deen Maxwell, of Bishop;
the Rev. Louis Standford Baugh, of
Milledgeville; the Rev. Thomas
Coleman Ford, of Trion; the Rev.
Ernest Paul Kendall, of Emory Uni
versity; the Rev. Tim Woodrow Hol
brook, of Homer; and the Rev.
Thomas Gysie Hackney, of Toccoa.
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Highlights of the reports were:
1. Professions of faith during the
last conference year totaled 4,517, a
slight decrease over the preceding
period when 4,521 professions were
registered.
2. Benevolences aggregated $115,-
800.00.
3. The budget for the next con
ference year will be $207,790, an in
crease of about S7OO.
4. The number of churches which
paid pastors less than a thousand
dollars a year was decreased from.
71 to 61.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Legg had as
guests Tuesday night, Mr. and Mrs.
D. A. Baker and Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Carter of Royston, and Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Bellingraph of New Ypik.
Mr. and Mrs. Bellingraph were en
route home from Miami, Fla.