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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
PREACHERS
<*l have had some of the hard*
t circuits in the North Georgia
Conference,” said Zebulon Vance
a. wks at the recent session of this
inference. “What I mean,” said
“is circuits with a large area,
je veral churches, membership scat
tered and poor, and pastor’s pay
11 But I never had a work that
I did not thoroughly enjoy. If one
loves people, is anxious to help them
I . rv e them an<i point to them
tht way of salvation, he can be hap
v anywhere in his ministerial la
bors. Another thing, I never left a
charg owing any one a penny. I
have lived within my salary at all
times, and always expect to do so.
I have never failed to receive
enough on any charge where I have
preached that was not sufficient to
sustain life.”
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jlr. Hawks was reared in this
county, near Nicholson, and is a
graduate of Young Harris College.
He learned an important lesson from
his father, Mr. Tyler Hawks—never
buy anything that he could not pay
for. The failure of a minister to
meet his obligations and to leave
debts behind him when he moves
from a charge will greatly impair,
if not destroy, his usefulness as a
gospel messenger. There is also
another side to this question, and
that is that members may fail to
meet their promises to pay to their
preacher, which may cause his em
barrassment. It is just as much the
duty of members to pay their debts
to the preacher as it is the preach
ers’ impelling duty to meet every
financial obligation he may make.
Asa rule, ministers are good busi
ness men. They have little of this
world’s goods, other than their sal
aries, yet they live on same, and
send their children to school, and
also to college. It sometimes re
quires not only saving and economy,
but tremendous sacrifices for preach
ers to send their children to college.
Education and character are usually
the only heritages they can bestow
on their offspring, and they feel
they owe an education to their chil
dren, so as to equip them for life’s
labors and responsibilities. There
fore, it takes a financial wizard to
accomplish these things with the
meagre salaries received by many
ministers. These men no doubt
could be a success in the business
world. The sons of some become
the world’s professional, business
and political leaders.
One day we heard a report to
conference from Rev. W. A. Sim
mons, now a superannuate at East
Point, in which he said, “I never had
but one appointment not in sight
of the mountains of North Georgia,
and never received a salary exceed
ing twelve hundred dollars per year.
The Lord blessed our home with
eight children. We reared, fed,
clothed and educated every one of
these children, and we owe not one
Penny in this old world. The Lord,
true friends and good health en
abled us to accomplish these under
takings.” In our own town, and one
of the writer's nearest neighbors is
Rev. R. M. Rigdon, pastor of the
Jefferson Baptist church, who is not
only a good neighbor, a faithful and
consecrated minister, but is a saga
cious business man, who meets his
obligations, sustains his family, and
educates his children. He is a val
uable asset to this town.
It is a matter of regret that the
Presbyterian and Christian church
es of this city have not resident pas
tors, and that the Methodists have
not a home here for some superan
nuate. Would it not be great for
the Presbyterian church to again
have a pastor, and the Christian
church also one who resides here; and
the Methodists a home to care for
such a noble retired preacher as
Revs. A. D. Echols, Henry B. Mays,
°r J. T. Eakes? The writer is fond
°f preachers, and has ever been
since childhood. When Revs. Buck
Rutherford, Jack Wardlaw, Frank
Raygood, Robert Morris, W. M. L.
Rond and other preachers would
v isit the parental home, it always
rejoiced his heart. He delighted to
Unhitch, water and feed their hors
es. Rear their Godly conversation
and fervent prayers. These saintly
tuen tremendously influenced the
Rves of those with whom they came
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in contact.
One of the most* of all
the preachers about whom we hear
and know, is Dr. Louie D. Newton.
Ihe fact is, we are not personally
acquainted with him, but we read in
the papers where he is greeted with
large congregations at the Druid
Hills Baptist church on each Sab
bath. He also leads prayer meeting
on Wednesday evening, conducts
funeral obsequies, performs mar
riage ceremonies, writes a part of a
I’iight and interesting column each
day for a daily paper, acts as re
porter on special occasions, takes
part in efforts in Atlanta for civic
and social betterment of that city
in which he lives and ministers. He
also grew a patch of cotton on his
premises. Dr. Newton is a busy and
versatile man, a great preacher, and
is truly a friend to man. It is im
possible to estimate his worth to At
lanta and all Georgia.
One of the most powerful intel
lects in this world is Bishop War
ren A. Candler. While he is now
eighty, and is relieved of active
service in his church, he is still an
intellectual, moral and religious
giant among men. It has been truly
said of him that he has done more
for Georgia Methodism than any
other man. Few men have done as
much for all Georgia as this un
selfish and consecrated son of the
Empire State of the South. He was
the leader who gave to this State,
Emory University, Emory Hospital
in Atlanta, and the W. A. Candler
Hospital in Savannah. He has been
the most powerful force for half a
century against the use of intoxi
cants, and against all evil of every
kind. For many years he has been
the moral and religious leader of
Georgia. His name is unseparably
linked with the history of Georgia.
Dr. W. T. Watkins lead the vote
for delegates from the North Geor
giy Conference to the General Con
ference, which will meet next year
in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr.
Watkins was born and reared in
Jackson county, at Holly Spings,
and married a Jackson county lady
—the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Hancock. He is one of the ablest,
most consecrated and most highly
educated men in Southern Method
ism. To show the real will power
and determination of this man, he
obtained much of his education since
marriage, and since being in the
ministry. It is freely predicted that
he will some day be made a Bishop
of the church, and probably this
will be done next year at the meet
ing of General Conference. He will
make a model Bishop.
The return to Jefferson by the
North Georgia Conference of Rev.
and Mrs. A. B. Elizer is gratfying,
not only to the Methodist congrega
tion, but all the people here, irre
spective of church affiliations. They
have made an impression here of
sincerity, piety and Christian fel
lowship, and have given consecrat
ed service. Those who have never
heard Rev. Elizer preach will be
given the opportunity of reading a
message from him between now and
Christmas in this paper, as he will be
the guest columnist for this writer
the week before the holidays. It
will be remembered that one year
ago Rev. R. M. Rigdon gave through
these columns a gladsome Christmas
message to our readers.
“Will you not urge in your column
the purchase of Christmas Seals
from the Jefferson Woman’s Club,
the proceeds of which will be
used in the campaign to eradicate
tuberculosis in the United States,
and especially in Jackson county?”
were the words to the writer of Mrs.
H. E. Aderhold, an active and ef
fective worker in the Woman’s Club
of this city for health, civic, social
and educational betterment of the
county, and especially this locality.
Presume this request came to the
writer in person, because the mighty,
aggressive and successful publicity
campaign for the prevention and
eradication of tuberculosis was start
ed by a columnist writer, Leigh
Mitchell Hodges, in the North Amer
ican Review in 1907. The person
who succeeded in interesting him in
these efforts was Miss Emily F. Bis
sell, of the Deleware Red Cross.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Aderhold, “our
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
THANKSGIVING PROGRAM AT
MARTIN INSTITUTE
The following program was en
joyed by the pupils of the third
grade room at Martin Institute, un
der the direction of the teacher,
Miss Irene Rankin:
Prayer Song, “Help Us to be
Thankful.”
Recitation, “Month of Pumpkin
Pies,” by Jack Purcell.
Dialogue, Henri Nelle Wilbanks
and Monroe Payne.
Drill, "In the Woods,” by ten
children.
Rec,tation, “The Mayflower,” by
Garnett Roberts.
“How to Show We Are Thank
ful,” by four boys, Rutherford
Brown, Doyle Smith, John Brooks,
Ralph Covington.
Recitation, “Thanksgiving Ride,”
Jack Duke.
Pilgrim Maidens,” Marion Pierce,
Lilian Payne, Jacquelin Mitchell.
Recitation, “Bobby’s Choice,” by
James Stephens.
Recitation, “The Little Pilgrim,”
by Carrie McDougald.
Recitation, “Thanksgiving Thurs
day,” by Arthur Langford.
Recitation, “The Thank You Day,”
oy Melvin Sanders.
“Children of Plymouth Town,” J.
C. Towe.
“Lady November,” by Rilla Mae
Holder.
“The Best Day,” by Thomas Wil
banks.
“Harvest Rime,” by Janet Christo
pher.
“Magic Vine,” by R. J. Motes.
“Little Pdgrims,” by Frances
Worley.
MRS. NANCY DUNCAN
PASSES IN ATLANTA
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy
I. Duncan, 75, widow of the late
George Alexander Duncan, of Pros
pect community, was held Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from the
Prospect Methodist church, with the
Rev. George Stone officiating.
Mrs. Duncan, who has been a
resident of Atlanta for about ten
years, died at the home of a son, A.
T. Duncan, Thursday morning.
Surviving Mrs. Duncan, other than
the son already listed, are two other
sons, P. L. Duncan of Jackson coun
ty, and W. M. Duncan, of Pensacola,
Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Maude Hardi
gree, Rome; a brother, James Car
ruth; a sister, Mrs. J. B. Hale; and
a sister-in-law, Mrs. J. E. Alexander.
After spending several days with
relatives in Jefferson, Mrs. F. D.
Divver returned to her home in An
derson, S. C., Sunday afternoon.
club is intensely interested in saving
people from dying of this dread
disease. Marvelous has been the
success in the drive against this
malady during the thirty years cam
paign waged against it by the Na
tional Tuberculosis Association of
the United States. The death toll
has been reduced from 200 out of
every one hundred thousand inha
bitants since the beginning of the
organized fight against it to 53 out
of 100,000 in 1935. The death rate
in Jackson from tuberculosis is less
than some counties, but greater than
other Georgia counties. Our chief
efforts are to reduce this death rate
to a minimum in Jackson.”
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The work of the Jefferson Wo
man’s Club in the sale of Christmas
Seals is to be commended. It is one
of the,most humanitarian efforts that
can be made by any organization to
save human beings from death by
preventing or healing this dread
malady and deadly enemy to the
happiness and lives of men and wo
men. The Jefferson Woman’s Club
has done much unselfish and useful
work in this midst, but nothing un
dertaken is more notable, more
worthy or of greater moment than
their far flung service to arrest the
progress and stamp out as far as
possible this horrible disease. “In
as much as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these ye have
done it unto me,” are hallowed and
sacred words that have echoed down
through the centuries. The Jeffer
son Woman’s Club is helping some
who cannot help themselves. Mrs.
Aderhold and her associates are due
the thanks of the community for
their service, and merit encourage
ment and co-operation of the peo
ple in this undertaking by purchas
ing liberally from them these Christ
mas Tuberculosis Seals.
A Survey of Georgia’s
Revenue Sources
A survey issued Saturday by the
Georgia League of Women Voters
said Goergia’s gasoline tax produced
more revenue than all the other
state levies combined.
The gasoline tax, the report show
ed, brings $52 of every SIOO of tax
revenue collected. Of this $52,
$7.80 goes for county grants, $33.80
to the highway department, $1 to
the general fund, $8.90 to education
and $1 to the comptroller general’s
office.
The yield from gasoline was
shown to be nearly five times as
great as that from ad valorem tax
es, second largest revenue source,
and ulmost seven times that from
the income levy which stood third
on the list of revenue producers.
Data on some of the state’s ma
jor tax revenue sources, showing the
amount collected and allocations on
the basis of each SIOO of total reve
nue.
Ad valorem—slo.9o, $10.24 to
the general fund, 33 cents to the
sinking fund and 33 cents to the
controller general’s office.
Income—s7.9o, $7.66 to the gen
eral fund and 24 cents to the state
revenue commission.
Bus and truck—ss.9o, $5.72 for
rural post roads and 18 cents to the
general fund.
Cigars and cigarettes—s4.4o, $3.93
to Confederate pensions and 47c to
the revenue commission.
Automobile registration 53.90,
$3.60 to the highway department
and 30c to the general fund.
Insurance—s2.9o, all to the gen
eral fund.
Business licenses—sl.9o, $1.45 to
the general fund, 1 cent to the state
banking department, 3 cents to the
secretary of state, 26 cents to the
department of labor, 6 cents to the
department of natural resources, 8
cents to the comptroller general and
1 cent to the revenue commission.
Wine —$1.90, $1.84 to education
end 6 cents to revenue commission.
■jtialt beverages—sl.so, $1.45 to
education, 5 cents to revenue com
mission.
Chain stores—sl.4o, $1.33 to gen
eral fund, 7 cents revenue commis
sion, poll taxes —$1, all to general
fund.
T. R. POTTER DIES AT HIS HOME
AT RIVERSIDE PARK
Following an illness of several
months, T. R. Potter passed away
at his home at Riverside Park, No
vember 23rd.
Mr. Potter was seventy-three
years of age. He was a native of
Jackson county, born and reared on
the farm near Jefferson, a son of
the late John H. and Martha Black
Potter, who were members of promi
nent and pioneer families of the
county.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon in the home by
Rev. Clifford Foster, pastor of the
Winder Christian church. Interment
was in Ebenezer church cemetery.
A choir, composed of Mrs. L. H. Is
bell, Mrs. Guy Strickland, J. Z. Car
ter and Clifton Barnett, rendered
several musical selections.
Surviving the deceased are his
widow; five children, Mrs. James
Bell, Mrs. Hope Nash, Mrs. J. T.
Waddell, C. T. and Claud Potter; a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ralph Potter;
five sisters, Mrs. M. G. Henderson
and Mrs. Sallie Howard of Jefferson,
Mrs. Rob Stanley of Lawrenceville,
Mrs. Lula Simpson of Winder, and
Mrs. J. C. Oliver of Ft. Worth, Tex.;
a brother, John Potter, of Winder;
and ten grandchildren.
Mr. Potter was one of Jackson
county’s most successful farmers,
and was a man of the highest integ
rity. He was a loyal friend, a wor
thy citizen, and a man who evidenc
ed the deepest interest in the wel
fare of his community. Being of a
quiet and unostentatious nature, his
good deeds were not heralded to the
world. A good man has answered
the last call and gone to his reward.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mobley of Au
gusta, and Mr. and Mrs. Nat Han
cock of Gainesville, joined the other
members of the H. T. Mobley fami
ly here on Sunday for a family
dining. Besides the above, covers
were laid for Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
Mobley, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mobley,
Miss Catherine Mobley, Miss Jackie
Mobley.
Thursday, December 2,1937.
COUNTY AGENT’S
COLUMN
Cotton Under Loan Not Eligible For
Adjuatod Prico
Replying to requests from growers
that cotton under the Commodity
Credit Corporation loan be made
eligible for price adjustment, or
so-called “subsidy” payments, Act
ing Director I. W. Duggan, of the
Southern Division of the A. A. A.
pointed out that such a move pro
bably would greatly increase Gov
ernment holdings of cotton and af
fect consumption adversely.
“Under the Price Adjustment
Payment Program,” he said, “cotton
must be sold before July 1, 1938, to
qualify for a payment. If a grow
er could leave his cotton under the
loan and still get a price adjustment
payment, the amount of 1937 cot
ton going under Government loans
would be greatly increased. •
“The result might be a restriction
in the free movement of American
cotton in the channels of trade, and
it is likely that exports and con
sumption would be curtailed on that
account.”
Mr. Duggan said that if farmers
were encouraged to put so much of
their cotton under loan, they might
sell only 10 million bales from the
1937 crop and put the remaining
8.2 million bales in the loan. In the
event this happened, the Govern
ment holdings, when added to 1.7
million bales of old cotton already
under Government loans, would be
increased to a total about 9.9 mil
lion bales.
“With an estimated supply of
24.4 million bales of American cot
ton for the 1937-38 season,” he
said, “only 14.5 million bales would
be left available to supply trade and
consumption needs, and it would be
almost impossible to get the proper
distribution of cotton by grades and
staples sufficient to meet consumers’
demands throughout the season.”
Mr. Duggan said many requests
had been received to increase the
percentage of a grower’s cotton, on
which payments may be made, to a
figure higher than 65 percent of the
1937 base cotton production estab
lished for his farm. With regard
to this, Mr. Duggan explained that
the appropriation made by Congress
for the payment program is $130,-
000,000, that the entire sum will be
expended for this purpose, but that
payments cannot be made on a per
centage which would require funds
exceeding this total.
AAA Official Says Rules Safeguard
Tenants’ Right To Cotton
Benefits
Frank C. Ward, Administrative
Officer in Charge of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration program
in Georgia, said in Athens this week
that producers who buy cotton from
tenants or other persons will not be
entitled to a Commodity Credit
Corporation loan or a price adjust
ment payment on that particular
cotton.
He pointed out that a producer is
eligible to obtain a loan on the cot
ton grown by or for him in 1937,
but that he cannot pledge as col
lateral for a Commodity Credit Cor
poration loan any cotton acquired
from another. Neither can he ap
ply for price adjustment payments
on the purchased bales.
“The regulations of the Price
Adjustment Payment program pro
vide that a grower may receive a
payment on cotton grown by or for
him in 1937 and sold before July 1,
1938,” Ward declared. “If a tenant
sells his share of the cotton to the
landlord, then the tenant still is en
titled to apply for a price adjust
ment payment on that cotton, up to
65 percent of his share in their base
production for 1937.
“However, the law permits rec
ognition only of the first actual sale,
made in good faith by the grower
of the cotton in the usual course of
business; therefore, a resale of the
tenant’s cotton would not qualify
the landlord to apply for a price
adjustment payment. The landlord
would, of course, be entitled to sell
his own share of the cotton and to
apply for a payment on that cotton,
up to 65 percent of his share in the
base production.
“For a producer to obtain a loan
or price adjustment payment by mis
representation on cotton other than
that on which he is eligible for a
loan or payment,” Ward continued,
“would be in violation of the crimi
nal provision of the law under which
the funds were made available.”
J. W. Jackson, County Agt.
Vol. 62. No. 18.
Literary Digest Devotes
Two Full Pages To City
The November 27 issue of the
Literary Digest, nationally circulat
ed magazine is devoting two full
pages to “The Rebirth of Gaines
ville.” The two pages contain seven
pictures of Gainesville, beginning
with a scene at the Cooper Pants
Factory taken the morning after
the tornado, with the ruins of Pal
mour Hardware in the back ground.
The second picture on the page
shows the new Palmou* Hardware
building with an air plane view of
the public square across the bottom
of the page.
The right hand page shows Hall
county’s new court house with an
inset of Commissioner Glenn Mc-
Connell opening one of the beautiful
doors. Bottom of the second page
shows the Memorial Hospital, and
another picture shows Brenau girls
standing in front of the new en
trance to Brenau College.
ROGERS-SHIELDS BETROTHAL
IS OF INTEREST
Winder, Ga.—The announcement
of the betrothal of Miss Adeline
Gertrude Rogers, of Winder, to Guy
Lanier Shields, of Atlanta, enlists
widespread interest. The iparriage
of this prominent young couple will
be an event of December 26, at the
home of the bride-elect’s parents,
Mr. and Rufus Lot Rogers, in Win
der.
The bride-elect’s mother, the
former Miss Daisy Bush, is the
daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs.
W. H. Bush, founders of Winder.
On her paternal side she is descend
ed from Mr. and Mrs. Lot B. Rog
ers, of Dillon, S. C.
The bride-elect attended Ran
dolph-Macon Woman’s College,
where she featured in social and
scholastic activities, being a mem
ber of the Phi Mu Sorority. She is
a charter member of the Winder
Junior Woman's Club, and has been*
affiliated with the Sunbury Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. She is one of the popular mem
bers of the younger social contin- -
gent.
The bridegroom-elect is the son of
Mrs. Sunie Lanier Shields, of Win
der, and the late John W. Shields.
His sisters are Mrs. D. T. Wilhite, of
Jefferson; Mrs. Sims and Miss Utha
Shields, of Winder. His brother i
Rene Shields, of Winder.
He received his education at Win
der High School and the Southeast
ern Christian College. While a stu
dent at the latter institution he en
tered the World War. After the
war he was associated with Weil
Brothers, cotton merchants, for five
years. Since that time he has beem
with George H. McFadden & Broth
ers’ Agency, Atlanta, with whom he
holds a resopsnible position.
McDonald—mizell
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McDonald, of
Winder, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Ruth, to Charles
Glenn Mizell, of Orlando, Fla.*
formerly of Atlanta, the marriage*
to be solemnized this month.
MADDOX—PIERCE
W. H. Maddox, of Hoschton, an
nounces the engagement of his
daughter, Lottie, to Fred Pierce, of
Gainesville, the wedding to be sol
emnized in December.
MATTHEWS—STONE
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Matthews, of
Center, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Mary Frances, to-
Albert L. Stone, of Sanford, the
marriage to be solemnized in De
cember.
McCLAIN—MALCOM
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. McClain of
Nicholson, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Sybil, to Mr. Darrell
Malcom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Malcom of Athens. Rites were sol
emnized last Sunday, November 21*
in Anderson, S. C.
Mrs. T. H. Blackstock had as her
guests Thanksgiving, Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Hammond and Tom Henry
Gilbert of Elberton, Mr. and Mrs.
Thad Blackstock of Atlanta, and
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hammonds of
Statham.