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The Jackson Herald
By Holder & Williamson
Another Volume
The Jackson Herald has celebrat
ed its sixty-third birthday. Its origi
nal name was The Forest News, and
the first issue came from the press
on June 12th, 1875. The first sen
tence in the first column reads as
follows, “The Forest News, publish
ed every Saturday, by The Jackson
bounty Publishing Company, Jeffer
son, Jackson County, Georgia, Office
Northwest Corner of Public Square,
Upstairs.” The office was in what
was known as the Webb Building,
located on the site now occupied by
Randolph-Smith Furniture Cos. store.
“Terms subscription, one copy, 12
months, $2.00; one copy, six months,
SI.OO. Rates of advertising, one
dollar per square inch (ten lines or
less), for first insertion, and seventy
five cents for each subsequent inser
tion.”
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The Jackson County Publishing
Company had the following officers:
Dr. J. D. Long, President; N. H.
Pendergrass, Vice-President; T. H.
Niblack, Secretary and Treasurer;
and Executive Committee, R. J. Han
cock, G. J. N. Wilson and Wiley C.
Howard. Since N. H. Pendergrass
is the grandfather of the present
editor, it is seen that a member of
this editor’s family was connected
with the paper its first issue. The
editor of this paper at that time was
Malcom Stafford. The executive com
mittee issued this statement, “The
executive committee in discharging
the duty devolving on them have
succeeded in securing the services of
Mr. Malcom Stafford as managing
and business editor of The Forest
News.” The editor, Mr. Stafford, is
sued his salutatory as follows:
“From the above announcement, it
will be seen that the undersigned, at
the solicitation of those immediately
interested, has assumed editorial
control of The Forst News. Having
spent nearly forty years within the
precincts of a printing office, we are
perfectly aware of the repsonsibility
devolving on those upon whose
shoulders the editorial mantle may
chance to fall; consequently it is not
without some unavailable misgivings
of human mind that we enter on the
discharge of our duty in cultivating
the field now open to us in the man
agement of this paper. In most in
stances, it is customary for those
who aspire to all the rights, privil
eges and high functions of the
Fourth Estate to work out for them
selves and furnish the general read
er with at least a dim outline of the
pathway in which they expect to
travel while passing through the in
tricate maze and labyrinths of the
modern quill-driver. But at the pres
ent time, and on the present oc
casion, the still small voice of
modesty whispers be known by your
works. Today we have set our lit
tle craft afloat on the sea of public
favor, and at its masthead will be
seen the inscription, ‘The people
their own rulers; advancement in
education, science, agriculture and
Southern manufacturing’.” This is
signed by the editor, Malcom Staf
ford.
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The editor tells of his first Sun
day in Jefferson, “Sunday, the 6th,
was the first Lord’s Day spent by the
Press Gang in the Town of Jefferson.
About nine in the morning we walk
ed over to the neat and tasty little
church of the Methodists, situated in
a beautiful grove on the northeast
ern side of town, passing in our walk
the groups and buildings of that
classic institution, Martin Institute.
Arriving at the church, we found the
Sabbath School in session, under the
superintendency of Prof. Glenn and
Mr. Winburn. And though the turn
out on this occasion was not so good
as usual (so we were informed), yet
each and every one present seemed
impressed with the duties of the hour
and a desire to pay proper respect to
the day. The lesson over, the school
joined in singing some of those
beautiful songs of Zion, which have
ever been to us one of the most at
tractive features of this nursery of
the church. At 11 o’clock at the
same place, we listened to an admir
able sermon delivered in a plain and
unostentatious, yet impressive style,
by Rev. W. A. Farris, who is in
charge of the Jefferson Circuit. May
he live a long life of usefulness and
his last days be his best.” Long ago
the church in which he worshipped
and the Martin Institute building
h%ve disappeared. The church build-
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ing has been replaced twice, and
Martin Institute has its present lo
cation, instead of its original, on
which is the home of Mr. E. E. Mar
tin.
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Here are some locals—
“ Married, on the 3rd instant, by
Rev. G. H. Cartledge, Mr. W. C.
Potts and Miss Julia Daniel, all of
Jackson.”
“On the evening of the 10th in
stant, at the residence of Colonel W.
I. Pike, by N. H. Pendergrass, Esq.,
Mr. L. Gilleland to Mrs. R. A. Mor
gan.”
“Sheriff Hunter advertises for sale
on the first Tuesday in July two hun
dred and thirty acres of land, levied
on as the property of John J. Mc-
Culloch.”
“What good can our excellent
Colored Fire Company do with their
engine in case of fire, unless water
was available? We respectfully sub
mit the question to those it most
concerns.”
“There are four prisoners in ‘dur
ance vile’ at the Hotel de Hunter;
two of them are of the civil rights
way of acting and thinking, judging
from the nature of offenses with
which they are charged. The others
are white, charged with breaking
open the mill house of that good
man, Mike Williamson. The jailer
capturod an axe, chisel, candle and
matches on the white boys the other
morning, which produced grief
among his boarders.”
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“The illness of Judge Rice at the
regular term prevented the holding
of the spring term as usual. On
Monday next the Judge will open an
extra term.”
“Mr. G. W. Brown, our efficient
Receiver of Tax Returns, has com
pleted his rounds.”
“From all information we can
gather on the subject, it is expected
and hoped that the annual com
mencement of Martin Institute,
which takes place the first week of
next month, will exceed, if possible,
any preceding commencement in
point of interest and importance.”
“Many an individual into whose
hands this paper may fall, will, no
doubt, be surprised when he per
ceives that it is printed at and ema
nates from the little Town of Jef
ferson, Jackson County, Georgia;
but the astonishment of any such
will not, we opine, be greater than
was our own when informed that
Jefferson could boast of an Engine
and Fire Company.”
“It is a pleasure to us to bear
testimony to the handsome appear
ance of the Jefferson firemen, as
evinced on the parade Saturday af
ternoon. With a sufficient supply of
water and suitable quarters of ‘der
masheen,’ Jefferson may yet have
cause to be proud of her colored fire
men.
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County and town directories were
as follows:
George D. Rice, Judge of the Su
perior Court; Emory Speer, Solicitor
General.
County officers were: Wiley C.
Howard, Ordinary; Thomas H. Nib
lack, Clerk Superior Court; John S.
Hunter, Sheriff; Winn A. Worsham,
Deputy Sheriff; Lee J. Johnson,
Treasurer; James L. Williamson,
Tax Collector; George W. Brown,
Tax Receiver; James J. Johnson,
County Surveyor; William Wallace,
Coroner; G. J. N. Wilson, County
School Commissioner; William Sey
mour, W. J. Haynie, W. G. Steed,
Commissioners Roads and Revenues.
Municipal officers: Dr. H. J. Long,
Mayor; John Simpkins, Clerk and
Treasurer; J. A. B. Mahaffey, Town
Attorney; John M. Burns, Marshall;
Aldermen, James E. Randolph, Geo.
W. Stanley, John W. Glenn and
Joseph P. Williamson.
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The county church directory was:
Methodist, Jefferson Circuit: Jef
ferson, Harmony Grove, Dry Pond,
Wilson’s, Holly Springs; W. A. Far
ris, P. C.
Mulberry Circuit: Ebenezer, Beth
lehem, Concord, Center, Pleaasnt
Grove, Lebanon; A. L. Anderson, P.
C.
Chapel and Antioch: Supplied from
Watkinsville Circuit.
Presbyterian: Thyatira, Rev. G.
H. Cartledge, Pastor; Sandy Creek,
Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor; Pleasant
Grove, Rev. G. G. Cartledge, Pastor;
Mizpah, Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor.
Baptist: Cabin Creek, W. R.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Goss, Pastor; Harmony Grove, Rev.
W. B. J. Hardman, Pastor; Zion,
Rev. W. H. Bridges, Pastor; Beth
abara, Rev. J. M. Davis, Pastor;
Academy, Rev. J. N. Coil, Pastor;
Crooked Creek, Rev. W. F. Stark,
Pastor; Oconee, Rev. A. J. Kelly,
Pastor; Poplar Springs, Rev. W. A.
Brock, Pastor; Candler’s Creek, Rev.
W. F. Stark, Pastor.
Protestant Methodist: Pentecost,
Rev. R. S. McGarrity, Pastor.
The Jefferson church directory
was as follows: Baptist Church, Rev.
A. J. Kelly, Pastor, preaching every
third Sunday; Methodist, Rev. W. A.
Farris, Pastor, preaching every Ist
and 2nd Sundays; Presbyterian:
Rev. G. H. Cartledge, Pastor, preach
ing every 4th Sunday.
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Physicians in Jefferson: J. D. &
H. J. Long, J. J. Doster, N. W. Ca
rithers; Attorneys: J. B. Silman, W.
I. Pike, J. A. B. Mahaffey, W. C.
Howard, M. M. Pittman, P. F. Hin
ton; Carpenters: Joseph P. William
son, Sr., Joseph P. Williamson, Jr.;
Wagon Makers: William Winburn,
Monroe Ray, colored; Merchants:
Pendergrass & Hancock, F. M. Bail
ey, Stanley & Pinson, W. S. Thomp
son; Harness Maker: John G. Oakes;
Buggy Maker: L. Gilleland; Tinner:
John H. Chapman; Shop: C. T.
Storey; Boot and Shoemakers: N. B.
Stark, Seaborn Stark; Tanners: J. E.
& H. J. Randolph.
The following was printed: “Ar
rival and departure of mails: Athens
mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes
days and Saturdays at 10 a. m., and
departs same day at 12, noon. Gain
esville mail arrives at Jefferson on
Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11 a.
m., and departs same day at noon.
Lawrenceville mail arrives at Jef
ferson on Saturday at 12 o’clock,
noon, and departs same day at 1 p.
m.,.” This notice is signed by F. L.
Pendergrass, Deputy Postmaster.
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Here is a list of schools in the
county, and teachers in each:
Martin Institute, J. W. Glenn,
Principal; S. P. Orr, assistant; Miss
M. E. Orr, assistant; Miss Lizzie
Burch, music.
Centre Academy, L. M. Lyle,
Principal.
Galilee, A. L. Barge, Principal.
Harmony Grove Academy, R. S.
Cheney, Principal.
Murk Academy, J. H. McCarty,
Principal.
Oak Grove, Mrs. A. C. P. Riden,
Principal.
Academy, John J. Mitchell, Prin
cipal.
Duke Academy, Mrs. H. A. Dead
wyler, Principal.
Park Academy, Miss V. C. Park,
Principal.
Chapel Academy, W. H. Hill,
Principal.
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This first issue of The Forest News
was a six column, four page publi
cation. After serving as editor for
some time, Mr. Stafford was succeed
ed by Robert S. Howard, who had
charge of the paper when it was
burned because of the destruction
by fire of the building in which it
was located. When it resumed
publication after the fire, it had a
new name, the one it has today, The
Jackson Herald. Others who have
served as editors besides those nam
ed, are John L. Asbury, W. I. Pike,
G. W. Mabry, John N. Ross and W.
H. Craig. The father of the present
editor bought the paper from Craig
& Williamson, proprietors, and on
July Ist, 1891, in the morning pre
sented it in part to him as a wedding
gift. That afternoon he and the one
who bears his name began life’s
journey together. At first the paper
was owned by the editor and broth
er. At the death of his brother in
1895, the present business manager,
W. H. Williamson, became a mem
ber of the firm. However, he had
been on its staff just a little while
longer than the editor and wife.
While the editor has not always de
voted all his time to the publication
of The Herald, his wife and the
junior member of the firm have been
here day by day. During these
years the paper has been printed in
the same office. However, changes
have been made in its size and equip
ment. It is now an eight, instead
of a four, page paper. At first it
was printed on a hand press with a
colored man as its power. Then
came anew press, operated by
steam, which was discarded for gaso-
71st Anniversary
Of Wedding To Be
Observed By Pair
(By Mattie Julia Nichols)
About a mile beyond the Clarke
county line, in Jackson county, a
home has the distinction of being
the residence of four generations.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lowe live
with their son, M. L. Lowe, at his
farm in Jackson county. Also in
the same home are M. L. Lowe’s
daughter, Mrs. Bill Fuller, and her
son, Dan Fuller.
On June 2, Mrs. Martin Lowe
celebrated her ninetieth birthday
having been born in Yancy county,
N. C., in 1848. Before her marriage
she was Miss Amanda Thomas.
Mr. Martin Lowe was born in
Macon county, N. C., in 1847, be
ing ninety-one, February 27.
Both families came to Georgia
when Mr. and Mrs. Lowe were very
small children, and settled in Union
county.
These two young people met and
were married August 20, 1867. They
are looking forward to celebrating
their wedding anniversary of 71
years. At that time they are ex
pecting their 11 children, 98 grand
children, 110 great-grandchildren,
and 4 great-great-grandchildren to
bd present.
Back at their home in the moun
tains where they own hundreds of
acres, Mrs. Lowe spun and wove
the cloth to make their clothing. Mr.
Martin still has a pair of socks
which she knit. But Mrs. Lowe en
joys wearing modern apparel.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowe attribute their
long and healthy life to retiring at
6 o’clock, rising at daylight, work
ing hard and not worrying.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowe left their
mountain home February 23, 1933,
spending several months with their
daughter, Mrs. Cicero Curly, who
lived at Gum Spring, before coming
to their son’s home in Jackson coun
ty.
The couple is very active, al
though Mr. Lowe’s hearing is slight
ly impaired, and he uses a walking
cane when strolling about the yard.
He owns an automobile and enjoys
riding.
Mrs. Lowe is always on the alert.
She has a clear voice, and a keen
sense of humor. She wears a gayly
colored apron around her waist and
a broad-brimmed hat.
In 1877 Mr. Lowe made his first
trip to Athens. He sold chickens for
ten cents apiece and eggs at ten
cents a dozen. It was about 28
years ago that Mrs. Lowe made her
first trip to Athens.
They raised hundreds of sheep,
and Mrs. Lowe still has the spinning
wheel that she used at her mountain
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are members
of Attjca Baptist church, on the Jef
ferson road, of which Rev. W. M.
Coile of Winterville, is pastor.
ROBISON—HOOPER
Mrs. W. H. Robison, of Winder,
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Edith Pearl, to Boyce
Conius Hooper, of Jefferson, the
marriage to be solemnized in Au
gust.
line power, and later electricity took
its place. Then all type was set by
hand, now it is put up each week by
an up-to-date linotype. Then papers
were folded by hand, now a machine
does the work. Then all names were
written, now they are printed on the
paper. During these years there
ha"e been difficulties, trials, tribu
lations, sorrow, disappointments
and deaths in The Herald household,
but it has never failed to be issued,
except a half sheet on Christmas
holidays.
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Also, we endeavor in our editorials
to analize questions and make them
more easily comprehended. We do
not hesitate to give expression in
editorials of our views on measures
and men. We are just as happy in
this work, and as much interested in
our efforts as we were the day we
began duties in this office Here is
best wishes to readers, advertisers,
correspondents and friends, on the
beginning of another volume of The
Herald. We ask their continued co
operation and help to keep The
Herald up to the very highest stand
ard of excellence as a county news
paper.
Thursday, July 7, 1938.
COUNTY AGENT'S
COLUMN
AAA Outline* 1938 Cotton Market
ing Quota Procedure
Regulations for establishing mar
keting quotas for cotton under the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938 and outlining the procedure to
be followed by producers, ginners
and buyers in conection with the
marketing of this year’s cotton crop
have been announced by the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administration.
Use of marketing quotas for the
1938 cotton crop was approved by
more than 92 percent of the farm
ers in the cotton belt in a referen
dum on March 12.
Quotas will be based on the cot
ton acreage allotments and the
normal cotton yields of individual
farms, to be established by the
county committees as provided in
the act. The normal cotton yields
of individual Georgia farms are now
being calculated from the available
farm records, and notices of market
ing quotas will be mailed to farmers
as soon as these have been determin
ed.
A list of all cotton farms, showing
acreage allotments, normal yields
and marketing quotas, will be post
ed publicly in each county.
The cotton marketing quota of a
farm will be the normal production
or the actual production, which ever
is greater, of the acreage allotment
of that farm, plus the amount of
cotton from any previous crop which
the producers on the farm have on
hand. However, for a farm that
has over-planted its acreage allot
ment, the quota will be considered
to be the normal production of the
allotment until it is determined by
the county committee from ginning
reports and other satisfactory evi
dence that the actual production of
the allotment is in excess of normal.
If the actual production of the acre
age allotment is found to be greater
than normal, the county committee
will increase the farm quota to the
amount of the actual production of
the acreage allotment. Provision
for measuring farms to determine
whether or not the cotton acreage
allotments have been over-planted
will be made by the county com
mittees in accordance with AAA
procedure.
Each producer on a farm on which
cotton acreage allotment is not ex
ceeded will be entitled to a share in
the marketing quota of that farm
equal to his share of the cotton pro
duced. In cases of farms on which
allotments are overplanted, shares
of the interested producers in the
farm quota will be determined by
the county committees in an equit
able manner. The regulations pro
vide that the marketing quota of a
farm or a producer’s share of the
quota cannot be assigned or trans
ferred to any other farm.
A farmer who is dissatisfied with
his cotton marketing quota may have
it reviewed by a local committee of
three producers if he makes appli
cation for a review within 15 days
after the mailing of the notice of
his quota.
The marketing of cotton under
the quota program will be checked
by a system of marketing cards and
certificates to be issued to pro
ducers. Through the use of these
cards and data to be reported by
ginners, and buyers, the system is
designed to keep track of the
amount of cotton produced and sold
by each producer. Any cotton
marketed by a producer in excess of
his quota will be subject to a penal
ty of 2 cents per pound. Cards will
be issued to producers as soon as
practicable after farms have been
measured.
On a farm planting within the
acreage allotment, the producer will
get a card indicating that he may
sell without payment of any penalty
all the cotton produced on that farm
in 1938 and any cotton on hand
from a previous crop. A producer
receiving this card may also receive
a certificate, as evidence that he
holds the card, to be used in market
ing cotton by telephone, telegraph,
mail or other methods in which the
producer does not complete the sale
directly in the presence of the buy
er.
Producers on whose farms the
total production does not exceed
1,000 pounds of lint cotton in 1938
will be exempted from the 2-cent
penalty in connection with the mark
eting of any part of their cotton.
On farms on which cotton allot
ments are overplanted, the pro-
Vol. 63. No. 4.
More Than 180 Farm
Tenant Purchase Loans
Made in 35 Ga. Counties
More than 180 tenants, share
croppers, and farm laborers were
enabled to purchase family-sized
farms in 35 Georgia counties last
year through money loaned them on
a long-term basis by the federal
government. The tenant purchase
loan program was provided by Con
gress through the Bankhead-Jonea
Farm Tenant Act of 1937.
R. L. Vansant, state director of
the Farm Security Administration,
announced that 194 loans, calling for
an expenditure of $662,798, had
been submitted to the FSA regional
office for final approval. He ex
plained that only between 180 and
185 of these are likely to be ap
proved under this state’s allotment
of $636,003 for the fiscal year which
ended June 30. In many cases,
checks have already been received
by farmers.
The state director said a total of
26,412 acres of land are included in
the 194 farms, either already pur
chased or under option. This is an
average of 136 acres per farm, in
cluding woodland and pasture. The
average farm has 79 acres in culti
vation. Of the average loan, 24
per cent is used for repairs and land
development.
■Vansant declared that, in Jack
son county, six loans have teen sub
mitted to the regional office for final
approval. He said it is not known
at this time how many of these loans
will be completed under the 1937-
38 program.
The six loans in this county
would involve a total expenditure of
$17,440, of which $13,200 would be
used for the purchase of farms, with
the remainder going for repairs and
land development. The average
loan is $2,200.
If all the loans are finally ap
proved, the average suse of the farms
purchased would be 107 acres, with
an average of 67 acres in cultivation.
The average cost of the farms per
acre would be $28.78. Of the loans
submitted from Jackson county, 23
percent of the money would be used
for making improvements on the
farms bought. .
THE LORD REUNION.
The Annual Lord Reunion will
convene at Black’s Creek Church,
four miles east of Commerce, on
Wednesday, August 3. Bring a
lunch, and spend the day with us.
This is a non partisan, non sectarian
gathering of the Lords, their kin
dred and friends. So come and
spend the day with us, and let us
all have a social good day together-
SAM W. LORD, Pres.
JOHN H. LORD, Sec.
ducers will receive another type
card. This card will specify the
amount of cotton produced in 1938
or held over from a prior year which
the producer is entitled to sell with
out penalty.
Producers will be required to
identify their cotton at the time it is
marketed by showing the buyer
their marketing cards or certificates.
The penalty on cotton marketed
in excess of the farm quota will be
collected by the buyer at the time of
the sale, and may be deducted by
him from the price paid* far the cot
ton. However, the producer may
arrange with the county committee
to pay or secure payment of any
penalty which he may incur, prior
to the sale of his cotton. All penal
ties collected by buyers must be re
mitted to the treasurer of the coun
ty committee in the county in which
the cotton was produced within 30
days after the sale. These sums will
be covered into the Treasury of the
United States.
The quota regulations require gin
ners to keep a record of all cotto*
ginned, and to submit a report of
the ginnings on prescribed farms t®
the county committee twice a month-
Buyers will be required to make a
record of each purchase of cotton
from producers on farms which ex
ceeded their allotments and to send
a copy of this record to the county
committee.
All data reported to the farm
program officials will be held con
fidential. Printed instructions and
forms in connection with marketing
quotas will be made available at thtt
offices of county committees as sood
as practicable.
J. W. Jackson, County Agt, j