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By Holder & Williamson
ABROAD AND AT HOME
In the old world there are wars
and rumors of wars. Two wars are
being carried on in the old land.
Spain is having a civil war. Revo
lutionists are making a gory effort
to overthrow the government of
Spain and take charge of affairs.
It is said that Italy and Germany
are aiding and abetting those who
would make a change of government
through force and arms. China and
Japan are desperately fighting for
supremacy in China. Japan has
all along been the aggressor, and
has killed hundreds of women and
children, as well as soldiers. Mil
lions of property have been destroy
ed by the Japanese army. The
Chinese are becoming better organ
ized and offering greater and more
effective resistance to Japan, and
China now hopes to stop the onward
and destructive march of the army
of the Nipponese. •
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At one time war involving Eng
land, France, Germany, Italy, Aus
tria, Russia and other countries
seemed inevitable. Adolph Hitler,
ruler of Germany, is the aggressor.
He and the German people just do
not seem to be able to become rec
onciled to the terrible defeat admin
istered to that country in the World
War. Hitler not only refused to
pay Germany’s war debt, but de
clares he proposes to get back all
territory and possessions taken from
Germany after the world conflict.
Hitler took over Austria without a
contest. It was feared he would
undertake to possess other lands.
Had he done so, then another bloody
war might have soon been in pro
gress. France, England, Russia and
Czecoslovakia would have fought
him. It now seems that Hitler will
not further continue his campaign
of aggression. There is just a lot
of bluff and blustor in Hitler. He
is a big talker, but he does not want
his country to be involved in an
other war. He probably will cease
efforts for more territory for the
present, at least, and avert any
more wars.
What about our own country, the
United States? It is a peace loving
land. The President has truly ex
pressed the sentiments of the peo
ple when he says we want no war.
While this is true, this country is
not asleep. By absorbing the CCC
boys into the army, this country
would have one of the greatest
armies of any government in the
world. The house has passed a big
navy appropriation bill, and soon
the navy of the United States will be
second to none. The addition to
the air force and future improve
ments to be made in aerial fighting
equipment, will make the United
States master of the air. This,
however, is not all. Pearl Harbor,
in the Pacific Ocean, is well pre
pared for the defense of this coun
try against the invasion of a foreign
foe through the waters of the Paci
fic. ’ Here is a corridor walled in by
mountains three to four hundred
feet on two sides, at one end of
which is Pearl Harbor, and the other
Waialu beaches. Here for the de
fense of this point, our government
has twenty thousand men, some of
the biggest guns, tweny million dol
lars of ammunition. Also, a radio
center, submarine base, fleet air
base, and ammunition depot. The
place is so well fortified and pro
tected, that no army would dare
undertake to pass through this point
with its war vessels. It would spell
disaster to the undertaking. Yet
all naval vessels to reach this coun
try through he Pacific would have
to pass this point. While this gov
ernment opposes war, and is for
peace, yet it believes the best way
to maintain peace is to be well pre
pared for war.
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For some time it had been pub
lished that the colored people of
this county would have a public
gathering in Jefferson. So Friday
and Saturday, March 18 and 19,
they were here from all sections of
the county. Young and old, men
and women, journeyed here largely
in automobiles. It has been only a
brief span of years when few color
ed people rode in cars, but were
transported in buggies or wagons.
They came this time in different car
models, and all seemed to be proud
of their motor vehicles.
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Saturday morning the writer and
wife went to the court house to
The Jackson Herald
make an inspection of the exhibit
of the 4-H clubs and other organiza
tions of colored people of the coun
ty. The court house was pretty well
filled with interested participants of
the meeting, and eager listeners.
When we went in the court room,
Colonel John C. Turner, chairman
of the board of commissioners of
roads and revenues, was addressing
the meeting. Few men are more
earnest in delivering a message
than this gentleman, and none ex
press their thoughts in more choice
words and in purer English than
does Colonel Turner. His speech
held the undivided attention of the
assembled hosts, and at its conclus
ion fye was given an enthusiastic
manifestation of approval with loud
cheers and long applause. The
speech was well worthy to be heard
by any assemblage gathered togeth
er in any edifice, temple of justice,
or holy sanctuary, or anything else.
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John W. King, one of the best
known of his people in this county,
at the conclusion of the above men
tioned address, hastened to invite
us to the front, but we assured him
we came to listen and to make in
spection of the work on exhibition,
and we remained in seats in the
rear of the court house. Then Mat
tie R. Torbert, the One who for
several years has been an indefatig
able worker and conscientious lead
er of the colored people for home
building, citizen making and rural
instruction and development of her
people in Jackson, called on all the
colored teachers of the county pres
ent to stand in line. Ready re
sponse was made to her request, and
she delivered to them a short, but
very sincere talk, after which they
sang as none can do like colored
people. One thing noticeable in
particular, the colored teachers were
all plainly, but neatly dressed. The
women’s dresses were inexpensive,
but fashioned by the latest clothing
designers. Some of the dresses were
made with the hands of the teachers
themselves, and fitted so well that
they were an exhibition of artistic
workmanship. The men were also
neatly dressed.
Another thing, the conduct of all
the colored people in this gathing
was exemplary. No drinking, no
loud talking, no bad language, no
disturbance, but every one present
seemed to realize that a deep re
sponsibility rested on assembled col
ored citizens to have such conduct
that would not reflect discredit, but
credit on their race. There is no
question about the county demon
strator for colored people exercising
a salutary and beneficent influence.
She has taught in school houses and
in homes how to make garments,
and other useful articles for the
home; how to produce in the garden
an abundance of various and sun
dry vegetables, and how to can same
and preserve fruit; but she has
taught much more than these. She
has impressed upon her people the
lesson of having clean and healthy
homes, and for those who reside in
them to make citizens who prove
themselves to be assets to the com
munity in which they live, and be a
help and benefit to the whole coun
ty. This woman has been tireless
in her efforts to help educate the
hand, mind and heart of the color
ed people of Jackson.
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The exhibit of schools and indi
vidual’s of this county displayed in
the court house on the walls and
tables reflected the splendid achieve
ments of the colored farmers, wives
and children of the county. On dis
play was all kinds of hand work,
garments, rugs, dresses, aprons,
table cloths, blankets, etc. Also,
various kinds of canned goods and
preserved fruits. Also, cakes of
various kinds, that seemed perfect
in preparation, composition and
cooking. They could not fail to
be tempting to a hungry appetite.
Mattie Torbert’s message to those
who come under her instruction and
tutilage in this county, is—there is a
good living in the earth. All who
till the soil, can have an abundance
on which to subsist by intelligent
work, honest effort, taking care of
everything produced, and by the
practice of economy in the home by
the entire family. She warned to
work, keep out of debt, be honest,
truthful, trustworthy, and stay out
of trouble.
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In her efforts she has 33 good
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JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Throng Attends Walton
Fete
Monroe, Ga.—-Walton County’s
Rural Electrical Exposition, which
opened Thursday afternoon and con
tinued through Saturday, attracted
large and enthusiastic crowds.
The exposition celebrated the com
pletion of ninety miles of rural
electric lines, and the construction
of fifty additional miles, now in
progress. 460 rural homes in Wal
ton county are now serviced with
electricity.
This increased electrification of
Walton county was made possible
by community effort. The money
was loaned to the farmers of this
vicinity by the Rural Electrification
Administration and when the loan
is repaid from the funds received
from the Walton County Electric
Membership Corporation from its
membership, the lines will be the
property of the farmers themselves.
As security for the loan, the Federal
government has taken a mortgage
on the transmission lines only which
does not include any personal prop
erty reverts to the farmers’ own as
sociation, the Walton County Elec
tric Membership Corporation.
UNUSUAL WEATHER THE PAST
WINTER
Since the year 1914 Hon. W. B.
McMullan, former Representative
from Hart, former Ordinary, and a
leading farmer of Hart county, has
kept an accurate record of weather
conditions. His reports are made
daily to the U. S. Weather Bureau,
and the facts and figures below will
prove of unusual interest to citizens
of this section, since Hart county is
only a little east of Jackson.
Mr. McMullan says: “This was the
warmest February in Georgia since
1932, and the average temperature
for the state has been exceeded in
February only three of the 46 years
for which comparative data are now
available. Strange as it may seem,
last November gave an average tem
perature 3.7 degrees lower than this
February.
The precipitation for February as
reported from 77 state stations was
1.12 inches, or 3.71 inches below
normal. November’s rainfall was
1.15 inches, at 3.74 inches below
normal. February precipitation was
1.08 inches, or 3.79 inches below
normal.
Locally, the precipitation the last
four months, November, December,
January and February, is 12.94
inches below normal average for the
state. The state average for No
vember, December, January and
February added together, amounted
to 7.19 inches, a record which has
never been equalled in Georgia since
the inception of the climatological
work in 1892.
The closest approach to this dry
winter season was just 40 years ago,
when the state average rainfall for
the same 4 months was 8.55 inches.
These figures for the state are taken
from the northern division which
rpns some higher than for the middle
and southern division of the state.
In October, 1937, we had 10.10 inch
es of rain.”
Two-thirds of the women in this
country use lipstick. In 1937 they
spent $14,100,000 for this cosmetic.
colored farmers with whom to work
as can be found in any county in
which these people perform a part.
There are colored people in Jackson
who can point with satisfaction to
parents, grandparents, and even
great grandparents who have been
citizens of this county throughout
the years. In the years gone by,
the names of Revs. Joe Dowdy and
Mac Rakestraw were two ministers
who were held in highest esteem,
not only by colored, but all white
people who knew them. Mac Rake
straw was a genius. He could
doctor horses, cattle and sheep, build
houses, make baskets, pull teeth,
and cultivate the fields during the
week, and could preach on Satur
day night and Sunday, so that he
would make sinners repent and the
righteous shout for joy. Rakestraw,
Dowdy, Neal, Hunter and other min
isters had the reputation of being
true to every promise, and their
white friends believed in them, and
encouraged them in all their work
for the betterment of the condition
of their people and the salvation of
the souls of men.
9,735 Georgia Rehabilitation
Families Had Good Year
Despite a drought over much of
the state in 1936 and low prices for
farm products during 1937, families
on the rural rehabilitation program
in Georgia have been able to in
crease their assets each year.
The annual report of State Di
rector R. L. Vansant, of the Farm
Security Administration, • revealed
that the net worth of rehabili
tation clients had risen steadily from
an average of less than SSO in 1935
to approximately SSOO at the present
time.
“The increase in net worth of re
habilitation families in Georgia
since 1935,” the report said, “is out
standing evidence of the value and
effectiveness of farm and home
planning. The total assets of fami
lies accepted for rehabilitation in
1935 averaged less than SSO.
“At the end of that year their
net worth had increased to $l5O
per family, and, at the beginning of
1937, records show that the average
had risen to $250. A careful analy
sis of records of 2,000 families, se
lected at random from Georgia re
habilitation files on January 1, 1938,
shows that their net worth averaged
$503.23.
“These figures were arrived at af
ter deducting all indebtedness which
a family may have had, from a
reasonable estimate of the value of
all livestock equipment, feed, seed,
food, and household goods on hand,”
Vansant’s report continued. “We
might safely assume, then, that this
analyses of 2,000 families Wuld be a
fair basis for estimating the average
net worth of all families on the pro
gram in Georgia as being approxi
mately $500.”
The report showed further that
thw- Farm Security Administration
loaned during 1937 a total of $2,-
068,370.50 to its 9,735 Georgia cli
ents, or an average of $212 per
family. Despite the lowered cash
income, more than one million dol
lars has already been repaid, and
$200,000 more is expected to be
collected from the 1937 crop after
clients complete their marketing and
receive their payments for parti
cipating in the Agrfcultural Conser
vation Program. The remainder of
the sum advanced this year will fall
due in from one to five years.
As another sign of progress, the
report cited reduction of the aver
age loan from $335 in 1935 to $250
in 1936, and to $212 in 1937. This
need for q decreased sum by clients,
according to the reports, was due
to the fact that farmers last year
grew much more of their food for
home consumption and practically all
needed for livestock.
Rev. Byrd Dies of Injuries
Sustained in Auto Wreck
Rev. H. L. Byrd, presiding elder
of the Athens-Elberton district of
the North Georgia Conference, suf
fered a broken neck Saturday in an
automobile collision near Jackson,
Ga., and passed away Sunday at
Emory University Hospital. His
traveling companion, Rev. B. L.
Betts, pastor of the Oconee Street
Methodist Church of Athens, sus
tained a broken arm. The clergy
men were returning from Butler,
where they had attended the funeral
of Mr. Byrd’s grandmother.
Mr. Byrd was a native of Val
dosta, and had been presiding elder
of the Athens-Elberton district since
November, 1936. He had been a
member of the North Georgia Con
ference for 25 years.
Henry Ford And Wife Revitit Berry
School
Mount Berry, Ga.—Henry Ford
went back to school Saturday, visit
ing his old friend, Miss Martha Ber
ry, and inspecting the work of stu
dents at the Berry Schools and Col
lege.
He and Mrs. Ford, both apparent
ly in good health after their stay at
their Ways home, near Savannah,
walked about the class-rooms and
campus to see various student dem
onstrations of the education pro
gram at the schools.
More than 1,200 students took part
in a chapel program at which the
Fords were introduced and given an
ovation.
They stopped here on their way
to their Dearborn, Mich., home.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans Wright spent
the past week-end in Atlanta.
Thursday, March 31, 1938.
Tax Collections In State Up
$5,000,000
Atlanta. State Auditor Zach
Arnold, in a report for the first
eight months of the current fiscal
year, disclosed tax collections had
totaled $25,893,139.72 since July 1,
1937.
This was more than $5,000,000 in
excess of the same period a year
ago, when an aggregate of $21,745,-
522.40 reached the treasury.
Expenditures for the eight-months
period were listed as $29,794,402.45,
compared with $18,991,927.13 a year
ago.
Although disbursements exceeded
income, a balance of $6,841,614.20
on hand July 1, 1937, saved the
state from an actual deficit, and left
a balance of $2,940,351.47 as of
February 28, 1938.
Largest item of income was the
tax on gasoline and kerosene, which
yielded $13,398,979.03. Property,
professional and poll taxes produced
revenue totaling $4,761,330.59,
while the cigar and cigarette tax
brought $1,522,829.57 and income
taxes $1,724,000.
All items showed slight increases
over the eight-months period a year
ago with the exception of motor
vehicle license taxes. These totalled
$644,710.75 for the current period,
compared with $713,003.55 last
year.
Three Are Killed in Auto
Crash Near Royston
Three South Carolinans, Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Evans and Mrs. J. W.
Wilson, were killed in an automobile
collision near Royston Sunday, and
four others were carried to a hos
pital seriously injured.
The accident occurred at the brow
of a hill, the patrol report said, when
one of the cars passed another auto
mobile going in the same direction.
PEACHES ARE EARLY, BUT
CROP IS SHORT
Middle Georgia’s peach crop will
be earlier than usual this year, but
the size will be 25 per cent or more
below normal, according to a survey
just completed by the Georgia Peach
Growers’ Exchange. This is due to
frost and freezing temperature dur
ing the budding and blooming per
iods.
The survey shows that the damage
is confined to the orchards between
Atlanta and Macon. The damage is
considered “spotted.”
Hileys in Middle Georgia were
damaged to a greater extent than
any other variety, the survey shows.
Elbertas, especially young orch
ards, and those in low places where
air drainage was not good, also suf
fered heavy damage.
The exchange reported that the
damage ranges all the way from
nothing to 100 per cent in individ
ual orchards or blocks of trees.
MRS. J. M. HAYNES
Gainesville, Ga.—Final rites for
Mrs. J. M. Haynes, 50, who died
Saturday at her home in Whelchel’s
District after an illness of three
weeks, were held Sunday afternoon
from the residence. Rev. L. P. Mc-
Neal officiated, and interment was in
the churchyard at Dewberry No. 1.
She was a native of Lumpkin coun
ty and member of the Baptist
church. Surviving are her husband,
and six children, Carl, Bryon, Ed
ward, Janie, Polly and Annie Lou
Haynes, all of Gainesville, Route 7;
a brother, Dave Self, Jefferson; two
sisters, Mrs. Ollie Ledford, Talmo,
and Mrs. Tolley Head, Lula.
WILL CELEBRATE FIFTIETH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Rev. and Mrs. Wiley Hudson Ven
able will celebrate their golden wed
ding anniversary Sunday, April the
tenth, from two till nine o’clock p.
m., at their old country home, near
Jefferson. A cordial invitation is
extended by them to their many
friends to call during these hours.
SCHOOL HEAD RENAMED
Commerce, Ga.—S. F. Maughon
has been elected superintendent of
Commerce schools for the 11th con
secutive time by the board of edu
cation.
Mrs. Dick Copas and two children
of Greensboro, N. C., are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Storey.
Vol. 62. No. 35.
Rural Carrier* Organized To
Seek Better Country Roads
Gainesville, Ga. Rural Letter
Carriers, County Commissioner* and
education leaders from many sec
tions of Georgia met in Hall county
courthouse in the interest of better
rural roads.
A similar meeting was held in
Toccoa recently at which time the
group was named Rural Roads Im
provement Association of Georgia.
A state association was organized
and officers were elected.
Frank Gross of Toccoa, was elec
ted president; John H. Moore of
Dahlonega, vice-president; Judge-
Frank E. Gabrela of Clarkesville,
secretary-treasurer. Directors elec
ted were E. S. Sisk, Lexington; W.
L. Walker, Gainesville; James L.
Smith, Clayton; R. P. Pickens, Lib
burn, and C. S. Hubbard, Baldwin.
The main objective of the organ
ization, which is looking toward
similar organizations in every state
of the union, is the establishment of
a Rural Roads Department by the
Federal Government.
A statewide meeting will be held
in Atlanta at an early date, at which
time more complete pjans will bo
made. At the Atlanta meeting every
county in the state is expected to bo
represented and other officers elect
ed.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEEKS
TAXES ON FOOTBALL GAMES
Is college football a big business
or an essential state government
function? The answer will seem
pretty obvious to anyone who has
ever attended a big-game and, along
with some 50 or 60 thousand other
people, paid upward of $3 for a seat.
But the U. S. Supreme Court has
been asked to decide the issue. Rob
ert H. Jackson, U. S. solicitor-gener
al, hns sent a brief to the high court
demanding that the University of
Georgia and the Georgia School of
Technology pay federal taxes on
their games. The regents of the
schools claim that in staging the
games the colleges are in reality
“engaging in the performance of an
essential government function" and
that the tax would be an unconstitu
tional burden on the state. Seeking
a reversal of a lower court decision*
Jackson contends that football is
hardly one of the functions that the
founders of the federal government
intended should be reserved for the
several states.
But why all the fuss on the part'
of the schools? Who will pay the
tax anyhow? You guessed it, the
same people that pay all the other
taxes. Nobody, of course, but the
Great American Public, \
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5 DIE, SEVERAL HURT IN AUTO
ACCIDENTS OVER GEORGIA
State police reported Monday that
five persons were killed and several
seriously injured on Georgia high
ways during the week-end. The
victims included a prominent Metho
dist minister, an Atlanta womans
and three residents of Anderson, S-
C. who died in a head-on collision,
late Sunday near Royston.
MRS. HARDY ENTERTAINS
SEWING CLUB
The Ladies Sewing Club members
were entertained on Thursday af
ternoon with an enjoyable party,
given by Mrs. Ed Hardy at her home
on Washington street. Those pres
ent were Mesdames W. B. Moss and.
James Hopkins of Athens, C. B.
Lord, L. J. Lyle, H. R. Howell, G.'
D. Appleby, C. Y. Daniel, A. M.
Hardy and L. H. Isbell.
DINNER PARTY FOR TEACHERS
Miss LaNelle Westmoreland en
tertained at a lovely dining on Mon
day evening, honoring the out-of
twon teachers. Those present were
Misses Esther Kinney, Elizabeth Col
lins, Florence Lassiter, Margaret
Kelly, Frances Hawks, Eugenia t
Boone, Jean Hicks, Caroline Rad
ford and Evelyn Cason.
Fishing License*
Atlanta.—Joe Mitchell, director ot
the state division of wild life has
announced 1938-39 fishing license*
had been placed on sale with 1,400
agents throughout Georgia. Mitchell
said the new licenses go into effect'
April 1 and expire the following-
March 31, The fee is $1.25,