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Georgia's Oldest Pensioner,
131, Marvels Wonders
Modern Age
Among the 111 person* over 100
year* old who have drawn old age
assistance in Georgia, the oldest is
Sarah Stephens, feeble Negro wo
man living near Bowden in Carroll
County.
Her surprising age of 131 years
attracted the nation-wide attention
of newspapers, and even of news
reel photographers.
In a nationally-circulated inter
view, A. Merriman Smith, of the
United Press Association's Atlanta
Staff, had this to say:
Aunt Sarah Stephens, decrepit
Negro woman who claims to be 131
years old, rocked on the porch of her
cotton patch cabin today and mar
veled at the wonders of the twen
tieth century—outstanding wonder
to her being old age pensions.
She recalled the days when An
drew Jackson was president and call
ed Abraham Lincoln “a right kind
of man for settin’ us free.”
The aged Negress was born before
the Civil War on the Alabama plan
tation owned by a Traylor family.
Now she lives with her grandchildren
in this small Georgia farming com
munity. Nell Pentecost, the Carroll
county welfare director, has affi
davits affirming Aunt Sarah’s almost
unbelievable age.
One document attested by M. B.
Traylor of Woodland, Ala., the
grandson of old Sarah’s slavery own
ers, said the woman is “not less than
125 years old.” Traylor, who is 82
years old, said she nursed him when
he was a child.
“She was older than my father,
William, and he would be 125 were
he living,” Traylor said. He said
he believed Aunt Sarah was about
10 years old than his father.
The Negress lotks her age. She
is so feeble that she cannot walk or
stand alone. Her principal joy in
life now is collard greens and the
monthly old age pension of about
19.
She has only three teeth and her
hair is white. A curly, white beard
adds to her colorful appearance.
Her arms are so shriveled that she
can barely use them.
“Ah plowed all my life—ah split
rails and chopped trees like any
man when times was hard after de
wah,” Sarah said. She added woe
fully that “de rheumatiz got me now
and ah caln’t move much.”
Aunt Sarah does not remember
the number of children she had dur
ing her life.
“Ah got fo’ boys and one daugh
ter livin’ but de others is in de
ground,” she said. She began cry
ing at the mention of her daughter,
and dusky descendants trooped
around her rickety chair, attempting
to comfort her.
She was dubious about the advan
tages of freedom from slavery.
“When I was a slave, mah ole
marster nevah hit me a lick. Ah’ve
seen him whup bad black people but
he nevah whupped me.”
Aunt Sarah began weeping again
when she talked about slavery days.
Her voice became hoarse.
“Ah had two grandbabies born
during de wah and dey was both
taken away. Mah ole marster got
one of ’em back for me."
She said Andrew Jackson was the
only president she remembered be
fore the war between the states.
Later, she remembered folks telling
her that Abraham Lincoln set her
free. She continued to live with the
Traylor family after her emancipa
tion.
Aunt Sarah is bothered constantly
by people who try to stretch her
memory.
One interviewer asked: “Do you
remember George Washington?”
“Lawd, yes, 1 seen him.”
“Well, how about Adam—do you
remember him?”
“Yassah, he was a fine man.”
“Remember his wife, Eve?”
“Yassah, she was a good lady and
ah never got in any trouble with
her.” Aunt Sarah confirmed the fact
that Eve ate apples constantly.—
Public Welfare.
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.
Some articles crowded out of this
issue will appear next week.
SINGING CONVENTION
When?
Saturday and Sunday, July 23-24.
Where?
Dry Pond Methodist Church.
Who goes?
You.
Entertainment?
If you live in Jackson county, take
your lunch both days.
Purpose?
Singing of sacred songs.
We deeply appreciate the refer
ences in The Jackson Herald, last
week towards our convention by
Mr. Holder. And the general invi
tation that he extended the candi
dates to come and sing with Jack
son county’s people has been made
personal by your secretary, and it
is hoped that we will have the pleas
ure of calling on them to lead songs
in our singing, next Sunday. And
we would like to have our esteemed
Editor with us both days. The
Herald has been extremely nice to
wards our convention, carrying
meeting notices and pubishing our
minutes for fifty-nine years, a favor
that few county papers offer to the
singing public.
With assurance of many song
leaders and music lovers on the
program, this sixtieth annual con
vention should be the best one of
all. If you will co-operate with us,
when it is over you will be proud
that you had a part in making it a
success. We are counting on you.
Sam W. Lord, Pres.
Jewett Barnett, Sec’y.
MULE NO FOOL, HE KNOWS
WHEN TO STOP WORKING
Experiment, Ga.—The well-known
sluggish temperament of the mule is
an instinctive protection against sun
stroke, says Animal Husbandman F.
R. Edwards of the Georgia experi
ment station.
In a report filed with the State
Board of Regents, Edwards said the
average Georgia mule is valued at
$154 against $lO5 for the Georgia
horse.
Advising . caution in working
horses during hot weather, Edwards
said “the sluggish temperament of
the mule protects him from over
work at such times, while the more
active horse needs to be restrained
by his master to avoid collapse from
‘heat stroke’.”
Mule production, he said, is a
logical part of the “live-at-home”
program for farming in Georgia.
“It has been proved by experience
in many parts of the state that good
mules can be produced far cheaper
than they can be purchased from
other sections of the country,” Ed
wards stated.
Approximately 20,000 mules are
needed each year to replace worn
out stock in Georgia, he said. *
The valuation of all horses and
mules in Georgia was placed at
$55,000,000, or almost twice as
much as the total value of all dairy
and beef cattle, swine, sheep and
goats.
MULE SEES RED, STOPS AT
LIGHTS ON ICE ROUTE
Newnan, Ga.—ln Newnan there is
a mule that stops when the traffic
light is red, and without a driver.
The mule, “Dora,” has been pulling
an ice wagon on Newnan streets 15
years. During that time she has
never crossed an interesction under
a red light, it is said.
“Dora’s” drivers, Junior Domi
neck and Ross Grimes, wilT swear by
her ability to tell the difference be
tween a red and a green light. Test
ing “Dora” out, a Constitution re
porter found they were correct.
With her drivers nowhere tP be seen,
Dora traversed a busy street, oblivi
ous of automobiles, and approached
a traffic light. As she neared it, the
light went red. “Dora” stopped.”
She did not go ahead when the
light turned green. But that was
because she was waiting for the
driver to catch up. As the light
turned green, however, she pulled
over to the curb to get out of the
way of passing motorists.
BIG SINGING AT BALDWIN
On the fifth Sunday, July 31st, we
are planning for a great day at
Baldwin. All leaders of music—
quartets, trios, duets and solos, have
a special invitation.
The merchants of Cornelia are
paying for a loud speaking system,
so all may hear the singing.
We will have a lot of good sing
ers from all sections. Singing starts
at 10 a. m.
Bring your lunch, and have a good
time.
C. F. KESLER, Pres.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
HUGHES CIRCLES GLOBE IN
LESS THAN FOUR DAYS
Floyd Bennett Airport.—Howard
Hughes and his four ft’iow world
girdlers landed at Floyd Bennett
airport at 1:37 p. m. Eastern Stand
ard Time, with a smashing new
round the world record of less than
four days.
The big silver monoplane circled
the field twice before coming down
to an easy landing before a wildly
cheering crowd.
The total elapsed time for the
dash around the globe was set un
officially at 91 hours, 16 minutes, or
three days, 19 hours and 18 minutes.
They clipped a full four days off the
record set by the late Wiley Post in
1933, neared its end.
Post’s time was seven days, 18
hours, 49 minutes. Hughes and his
companions left New York four
days ago—at 6:20 p. m. EST. Sun
day.
PREACHERS TO GET “INTERN”
AWARDS
Atlanta.—Dr. J. Med. Richards,
president of Columbia Theological
Seminary, Decatur, announced a
year’s internship for theological stu
dents will be tried at the Presby
terian school as an experiment.
Three students, who have finished
two-thirds. of their seminary train
ing, will be sent out for a year’s
actual experience in the field before
taking the final third year’s work at
the seminary.
Dr. Richards said one would be
sent to a typical city church, one to
a church in a university center and
one to a rural church. They will be
directed by the pastor of the church
they serve. The student’s expenses
will be paid by the church.
“If the experiment proves success
ful,” Dr. Richards said, eventually
it is expected this year of clinical or
practical training will be made a
requirement for all seminary gradu
ates.”
The Old School Days
“There are a great many things
about the old-time school which
should be preserved. All of my first
sweethearting was done at these old
schools. I’ll never forget robbing an
apple orchard to fill my girl’s desk
with red apples. I didn’t tell her,
but she had a way of knowing who
put them there, and her smiles of
acknowledgment were worth all the
trouble, and washed my sin of steal
ing away. Back then ’girls wore
calico and were just as pretty as if
they had worn silk. There were no
such things as rouge, lipstick and
face paint. They had slates in those
days, and I have always regretted
they were banished from school.
They were cheaper than tablets, and
microbes never hurt me. . . The
boys wore home-made jeans, and
your pants never wore out. Occas
ionally the southern hemisphere had
to bear a patch, but it was all light
. . . . Boys and girls wore laced
shoes which never wore out. The
girs wore shawls, which were cheap
er than fur coats, and just as warm
. . . . Good old days were these,
and I wouldn’t object to living many
of them again.”—Editor Henry H.
Revill, in the Meriwether Vindicator
(Greenville).
HOWINGTON REUNION
Friends and relatives of the How
ington family are invited to attend
the annual reunion at Hopewell
Church, Hall County, 7 miles south
of Gainesville, Thursday, August 4.
Come, bring your lunch, and spend
the day with us.
P. D. Howington, Pres.
W. H. Lancaster, Sec’y.
LOWER INCOME FOR 1938
Present indications point to a
lower farm cash income for Georgia
this year than in 1937, according to
a summary report received from the
federal department of agriculture.
Last year the income, including
$10,030,000 in federal payments,
amounted to $157,894,000 and in
1936 a peak year, it was $162,937,-
000. The government paid $6,787,-
000 in ’36. In 1932 Georgia’s farm
cash income was $64,473,000.
Not only in Georgia, but through
out the nation as a whole, there has
been a marked increase in agricul
tural prices for the past five years.
The national income on farms last
year exceeded that of 1936 by eight
per cent, due to pronounced gains in
the early months of ’37. After the
harvesting of the biggest crops in
the history of the country, however,
cash income began to drop off more
than seasonally and fell below the
level of the previous year.
IS COUPLES, MARRIED
SO YEARS, BANQUET: TELL
HOW THEY DID IT
Golden Springs, N. Y.—So you
want to live fifty years with your
spouse? It’s a cinch if you know the
rules.
Take it from some fifteen couples
who have gone the route. They got
together at a dinner in their honor
Thursday night and explained.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac DeMay, who
were married February 24, 1880, de
clared it’s a game of “give and take.
You have to bear and forebear.”
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grimsley
(married February 25, 1885) chim
ed in with “bear and forebear” as
their secret.
The H. Clay Wilsons (January 20,
1878) have sixty years of “mutual
agreement” to offer.
According to Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur A. Taylor (January 16, 1883),
it’s a case of “neither being boss.”
The Terrance L. Sheehans (No
vember 28, 1884) “tried to make
each other happy.”
“Co-operation and planning to
gether” is the secret for Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Driscoll (February 11,
1885).
“We’re both good natured,” said
Mr. and Mrs. John Rolan (Decem
ber 28, 1886).
The John Loves (December 28,
1887) harked back to their mar
riage vows. “Stick to the promises
you made,” they said.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Tate (Decem
ber 19, 1887) simply “agree with
one another.”
“Love” was enough for the Wil
liam Mathers (January 4, 1888),
the J. A. Sanders (January 31,
1888) and the John Kelloggs (April
17, 1888.)
“You make it yourself,” said Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Haggerty (April
17, 1888).
As far as the Nat Squires (No
vember 8, 1882) are concerned, all
that’s necessary is for one of them
to “be a good cook.”
The late 70’s and 80’s were good
times to get married around Clifton
Springs.
ROLLER MILL FLOUR
From clean, dry wheat, our cus
tomers receive 38 lbs. flour—divid
ed 30 lbs. best flour, 8 lbs. middling
grade flour and 10 lbs. bran. Please
give us a trial and see the difference.
Mill located 7 miles West of Winder
on good road.
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YOU’VE read them, dozens ot
them —lists of rules for mak
ing good coffee. But none of
the lists is any good if the coffee
isn’t good which means, among
other things, fresh. To make a
good cup of coffee out of coffee
that isn’t fresh to start with is as
hopeless a task as the traditional
effort to “make a silk purse out
of a sow’s ear.” It just can’t be
done. f
But if you start right, with good
fresh coffee, and apply a good set
of rules, the results are fine.
There’s an infallible way to get
good fresh coffee, too. Select any
brand you want so long as it’s a
brand that retails its coffee in
vacuum packed cans. If you don’t
use one of those, switch to one
of them because vacuum packed
coffee is the only coffee that
comes to you always strictly
fresh. It can’t get stale on a gro
cer’s shelf or your own if it’s
packed that way, because it abso
lutely excludes oxygen which is
what makes coffee get stale.
Ail the Same
As for the rules for making the
brew after you have made sure
of good fresh coffee, they are all
approximately, the same. The next
step is measuring the amounts of
coffee and water carefully with an
accurate r- measuring cup and
spoon. You should use two level
measuring tablespoons of coffee
to each level measuring cup of
water. This is the rule no mat
ter what type of coffee-making
device you use. Never let coffee
boil because that ruins the flavor,
and never let it stand more than
half an hoar if you want the fla>-
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EXPLANATION
The husband arrived home at
three in the morning. His wife was
awaiting him grimly.
“And where were you until this
hour?” demanded his much better
half.
Hubby had his answer all ready.
“Playing billiards,” he asserted.
“I played a hundred-point game with
a chap from my office. And oh, boy,
was it exciting!”
His wife stiffened.
“Playing billiards, eh?” she growl
ed. “Then how did you get those
powder marks all over your should
er?”
The husband looked down at his
THURSDAY, JULY 21. 193*.
shoulder. Yes, there were the powd
er marks. He gulped—and then
regained his composure swiftly.
“Oh, that,” he alibied. “Would
you believe it, honey—while I was
making a high run—some kibitizing
dame kept looking over my shoul
der!” . . .
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