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FARM FACTS LISTED
BY COLLEGE LEADER
Athens, Ci. —Although (59.2 per
cent of its people are engaged in
farming, Georgia does not produce
enough foodstuffs to feed its own
citizens, Dean Paul W. Chapman, of
the University of Georgia College
of Agriculture, said.
Dean Chapman’s statement was
hut one of a number of agricultural
facts listed in a report prepared by
himself and staff as the November
project in the citizens’ fact-finding
movement, in which 14 organiz
ations in the state are participating.
Startling Fact*
Among other major facts reveal
ed were these:
Georgia ranks first in eroded
acres.
Production of cotton costs more
in Georgia than in any other state.
Georgia ranks third in farm popu
lation, and 39th in income per farm.
The state ranked second among
the states in farm tenancy in 1935.
Prior to 1910, Georgia’s popula
tion increased more rapidly than
that of the south as a whole; since
1910, the south has grown much
more rapidly than Georgia.
Georgia produces 35 per cent of
the dairy products its uses, and its
milk and butter consumption is only
about half the average for the na
tion as a whole. Georgians send
$40,000,000 out of the state annual
ly to buy meat and livestock.
Mule Production
The state produces less than 1 per
cent of the mules used on its farms.
Georgia’s yields per acre for most
of the common crops are lower per
acre and per worker than those of
any of the great agricultural states.
Georgia had more farmers last
year who had been on the land just
one year than any other state. This
state ranked fourth from the bottom
in 1936 in the number of farmers
who had been on the land 15 years
or more.
Thirty-seven per cent of the farm
land operated by owners was mort
gaged, the 1935 census revealed, and
Georgia’s farmers were classified as:
75,857 owners, 9,340 part-owners,
1,016 managers, 80,425 croppers,
and 83,906 other tenants.
Leader in Five Crop*
Georgia leads all states in the
production of sweet potatoes, pea
nuts, watermelons, pecans and pi
miento peppers. It ranks fourth in
tobacco production, eighth in corn
acreage, and 15th in total produc
tion. (The yield per acre, however,
in Georgia for the 10-year period of
1923-32, was the lowest of any state
in the Union.)
Georgia farmers increased their
hop numbers 15 per cent during
1936.
The average annual per capita
farm income of the state is $147,
compared with a total per capita in
come of $343. The gross income
per farm is SB3O.
THOSE “GOOD OLD DAYS”
In enumerating the practices,
habits and eustojns of those living in
the age of the “good old days,” the
UmatiHa Tribune, says:
“The good old days. These were
the days when they had corn bread
and fried meat for breakfast; but
termilk, peas and corn bread for
dinner; corn bread, buttermilk and
pot liquor for supper. The days
when people believed in planting
seed on the sign of the moon, doc
toring the babies with onion juice
and catnip tea.
“The men wore homemade jeans
britches, hickory shirts, home-knit
socks and brogan shoes. The wo
men wore cotton aprons, calico
dresses, cotton stockings and home
made bonnets. The boys stayed at
home until they were 21, and when
the swretheart and courting days
came, the old folks called bed time
on the young folks at 9 o’clock.
“Those were the days when you
had to draw the water out of a deep
well or go to the spring for it, wash
the lamp chimneys, fill the lamps
with kerosene, shoo the flies off the
table with a brush, bring in the
stove wood and other similar things.
“Those who find pleasure in the
memory of the good old days are
welcome to all the satisfaction it
brings.”
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation for the kindness and
sympathy shown us during the re
cent illness and death of our be
loved wife and mother, Mrs. Hattie
Gee. Also, for the beautiful floral
offer,.;gs. May God’s richest bless
ings be with each and every one, is
■our prayer.
L. C. Gee and Children.
MRS. W. P. TANNER
DIES AT MAYSVILLE
Mrs. Ida M. Tanner, 47, wife of
W. P. Tanner, died at the hospital
in Hoschton Friday, November 12,
after an extended illness.
Mrs. Tanner is survived by -her
husband, and the following children:
Mrs. Homer Johnson, Sylva, N. C.;
Mrs. Walter Hewell, Atlanta; Ezell
Tanner, Atlanta; Wilburn, Magnolia,
G. W., Annie Glenn, Margaret, Lois,
Joyce and Beatrice Tanner of Mays
ville.
MRS. G. W. TANNER PASSES
Mrs. G. W. Tanner, 67, passed
away at her home at Gillesville, I ri
day morning, November 12th.
The funeral was held from the
Baptist church at Gillsville. She is
survived by her husband, and the
following children: Mrs. Bessie
Hooper of Winston-Salem, N. C..
Mrs. George Lichenstein, Maysville;
Mrs. Theron Cole, Commerce; Paul
Tanner, Jacksonville, Fla.; P. W.
Tanner, Maysville; Peyton Tanner,
Gillsville, and Jesse Tanner, Dainels
ville.
MRS. HATTIE ELIZABETH BONE
Mrs. Hattie Elizabeth Bone, an
aged lady who resided with her
daughter, Mrs. Odell Threatt, in
Commerce, passed away last week.
Funeral services were held at Black’s
Creek church, and interment was in
the church cemetery. She was the
mother of Jule Bone, who died about
a month ago. Four children, thirty
one grand children and 30 great
grandchildren survive.
MRS. HATTIE GEE PASSES
Mrs. Hattie Gee, of Talmo, died
Friday, November 12, following an
illness of two weeks. Funeral ser
vices were conducted at 3 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon from the Talmo
Baptist church, the Rev. Truman
Gee officiating, and interment was in
the churchyard.
She is survived by her husband,
L. C. Gee; three sons, L. C., Carl,
and Grady; seven daughters, Edna,
Lucille, Estelle, Evelyn, Virginia,
Helen and Maybelle, all of Talmo;
her mother, Mrs. J. S. Latimer, of
Gainesville; three brothers, W. TANARUS.,
John and Edward Latimer, all of
Gainesville; and three sisters, Mrs.
W. M. Gunter of Pickens, S. C.,
Mrs. Mattie Simpson of Gainesville,
and Mrs. Belle Payne of Greenville,
S. C.
THANKSGIVING
For the days when nothing happens,
For the cares that leave no trace,
For the love of little children,
For each sunny dwelling-place,
For the altars of our fathers,
And the closets where we pray,
Take, 0 gracious God and Father,
Praises this Thanksgiving Day.
For our harvests safe ingathered,
For our golden store of wheat,
For the bowers and the vinelands,
For the flowers up-springing
sweet,
For our coasts from want protected,
For each inlet, river, bay,
By the bounty full and flowing,
Take our praise this joyful day.
For the hours when heaven is nearest
And the earth-mold does not cling,
For the very gloom oft broken
By our looking for the King,
3y our thought that He is coming,
For our courage on the way,
Toke, O Friend, unseen, eternal,
Praises this Thanksgiving Day.
—Selected.
I KONW SOMETHING GOOD
ABOUT YOU
Wouldn’t this old world be better,
If the folks we meet would say,
“I know something good about you,"
And then treat us just that way?
Wouldn’t life be lots more happy,
If the good jthat’s in us all
Were the only about us
That folks bothered to recall?
Wouldn’t life be far more happy
If we praised the good we see?
For there’s such a lot of goodness
In the worst of you and me.
—Exchange.
The State Highway Board let
eleven contracts Friday, the bids
totaling $753,364. Franklin, Hart
and Wilkes were three counties in
this section listed for road improve
ment. Grading of 4.6 miles on the
Toccoa-Elberton highway was let to
Somers Construction Cos., Yidalia,
for $54,267. Grading 4.2 miles on
the Washington-Greensboro highway
was awarded C. M. Lyle Cos., Gaines
ville, for $45,060.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
BARBARA HUTTON'S
DAD HEARS AGAIN;
MIRACLE DOES IT
New York.—Franklyn L. Hutton,
father of Countess Barbara Hutton
Haugwitz-Reventlow, dime * store
heiress, gave the secret of a modern
miracle which restored his hearing
in a single morning recently.
“Will say,” he wired the Asso
ciated Press from Prospect Hill plan
tation in South Carolina, “attribute
restoration of hearing to fact I had
no medical treatment of any kind.’’
A check of medical authorities in
New York showed that Hutton was
correct in one respect. That hear
ing miracles of this kind happen,
sometimes without medical aid, more
often with.
Hutton went to Australia last
cummer, wearing bone condition
hearing aids. Near the end of sum
mer his wife telephoned him from
Paris, expecting to speak as usual
through a servant. Her husband
himself answered:
“Don’t shout, I can hear.”
Earlier that day Hutton had been
hard of hearing as usual. About
noon his hearing seemed to be ‘get
ting better. While he sat at lunch
eon it came back “miraculously.”
The contrast was so astounding
that Hutton seemed to hear normal
ly. Actually it has been so good
ever since that he uses no hearing
aids and persons close to him think
he hears “perfectly.” Really, he
said in his wire, he believes his hear
ing not perfect.
A medical “miracle” as startling
as Mr. Hutton’s experience was re
lated only recently by a noted Amer
ican ear specialist. Two weeks ago
a patient called on him with one ear
about half gone, the other impair
ed.
The man was told to stop smok
ing and to change his diet. Smok
ing does not cause deafness. Neith
er does food. Yet when this patient
returned after two weeks he assert
ed that his hearing had recovered
completely.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE
The A. A. Keith place, about 11
acres, and 7-room house with lights,
and good well of water on back
porch. Located in Jefferson, on Jef
forson-Commerce highway. Apply
to Mrs. Hollis Henderson, Gillsville,
Ga., for information.
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FOR SALE
One house and lot in the City of
Jefferson, situated on one of the best
residential streets. House has eight
rooms, and well arranged for two
apartments. Equipped for water
and lights. See 11. T. MOBLEY.
ELECTION NOTICE
The city election for Alderman
for First Ward, Third Ward, Aider
man City At Large, will be held on
13th day of December, 1937.
GUY STRICKLAND, Clerk.
NOTICE
THIRD ROUND
I will be at the following places
to collect State and County Taxes
for the year 1937, on dates and time
published below:
Monday, November 29
Red Stone, 9.30 a. m.
Attica, 10 a. m.
Center, 12.30 p. m.
Nicholson, 1.30 p. m.
Seagraves Gin, 2.30 p. m.
Jones Store, 3 p. m.
Tuesday, November 30
Apple Valley, 9 a. m.
Commerce, at City Clerk’s Office,
10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Wednesday, December 1
Dry Pond, 10 a. m.
Holly Springs, 11 a. m.
Maysville, 12.30, Noon, at T. K.
Boone Store.
Yarbrough Crossing, 2 p. m.
C. G. Lord’s Mill, 3 p. m.
Thursday, December 2
Spealman Cross Road, 9.30 a. m.
Hoschton, 10 a. m. to 12.30.
Braseltort 1 p. m.
Pendergrass, 2.45 p. m.
Talmo, 3.30 p. m.
Please make an effort to meet me
and pay your taxes promptly.
Respectfully,
A. S. JOHNSON,
Tax Collector, Jackson County.
PIANO—FREE
3 pianos this vicinity like new.
Reliable person can have them for
balance due. Free music lessons.
Durden Piano Cos., Station C, Box
154, Atlanta, Ga.
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over the country who are wait
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may not know they are wait
ing; you may not know it
But put your ad in and
see what happens
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It’s Easy To Be Mistaken About
STOMACH TROUBLE
Stomach sufferers should learn Die
truth about lILCERSj GAS, ACID,
INDIGESTION, belching, heartburn,
constipation, etc., due to excess acid.
FREE UDGA Booklet contains facts
of interest. The9th edition, justoff the
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you to ask for the UDGA Booklet at
R. O. HARRISON, Jefferion, Ga.
U. S. MAP BEGUN IN ’75
NEARLY HALF FINISHED
Washington.—The geological sur
vey informed Secretary Ickes Tues
day that the job of making a topo
graphical map of the United States
—begun in 1875—is nearly half
done.
PLAN YOUR TRIP BY RAIL
At
NEW LOW FARES
FAST CONVENIENT SCHEDULES
ALL STEEL EQUIPMENT
AIK-CONDITIONED
SLEEPING CARS and DINING CARS
O
Inquire at Ticket Offices
E. E. BARRY,
Asst. Gen’l Passenger Agent, Atlanta
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
i
J. FOSTER ECKLES
AGENT
FIRE AND TORNADO INSURANCE
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA.
SAVE YOUR EYES
WITH CORRECTLY FITTED LENSES
EYES SCIENTIFICALLY EXAMINED
FRAMES REPAIRED, LENSES DUPLICATED
M. C. ROBERTS, Optometrist, WINDER, GA.
PHILOSOPHY
The boy held the girl close in his
arms.
“I love you,” he whispered. “Love
you—love you—love you!”
The lass lowered her eyes. The
boy pressed her to him.
“Tell me, dearest,” he asked ten
derly. “How do you feel about it?”
The girl looked up.
“To tell you the truth,” she said
simply, “I don’t love you the slight
est bit.”
The boy pressed his cheek against
the girl’s lovely haij\
“It’s better that 'way,” he philoso
phized. “If we both cared for each
other—while I was making love to
you, you’d probably be making love
to me—and then one of us might
grow jealous!”
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER ....
SPIRITS REVENUE AMOUNTS TO
$139,812.20 IN GEORGIA FOR
YEAR
Revenue from distilled spirits a
mounted to $139,872.20 in Georgia
during the period from July 1, 1936,
to June 30, 1937, records in the De
partment of Internal Revenue re
vealed.
Georgia ranked third highest
among the six states of Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee.
Figures for the other states are
Alabama, $94,035.98; Florida, $405,-
550.12; North Carolina, $107,923.-
09; South Carolina, $877,684.77, and
Tennessee, $70,286 15.