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The Jackson Hera^u
By Holder & Williamson
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Recently Mr. A. A. Frost met with
the wrtier and said, “I appreciate
your printing the decision of the
Court of Appeals on the conserva
tion of timber. Not only the tenant,
but the owner, of the property should
not engage in waste of timber and
injury of forests. The person in
possession of land who has a deed
to it has only life tenure. When he
dies the property goes to someone
else. It may be the children nr
grandchildren of the deceased, or it
may be someone else, but it passes
on from him. For the sake of those
who will own the property in the
future after he is gone, he has no
moral right to mutilate the timber.
The oldest trees should be cut for
wood, posts or lumber, and leave the
young trees for future generations
to use and enjoy.”
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Mr. Frost is one of Jackson coun
ty’s most extensive farmers. It has
been only a few years since he own
ed no land himself. He left this
county some twenty years ago, to
the regret of his friends, and made
his home in Wilkes, where he bought
a farm. By hard work, economy
and good management he achieved
fine success as a farmer. He bought
and paid for more land in that
county, until he became the owner
and cultivator of hundreds of acres.
In fact, he became one of the big
farmers of that grand and historic
old county. He decided two years
ago to return to his former home,
Jackson county, where he bought a
nice residence in Jefferson. He still
has his holdings in Wilkes.
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Not content to live an easy life,
he has bought in this county some
well known and valuable farms,
namely, the Asa Crow farm, and
the historic Nancy A. Harrison
place. The last named is located in
Cunningham district, and is consid
ered one of the most desirable homes
in this county. Mr. Frost gives per
sonal attention to these lands, as
well as his extensive holdings in
Wilkes. So well pleased is he with
the Nancy Harrison place, that he
has felt inclined to move to it,
further improve it, and make it a
model country place.
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In this same conversation with
the writer, he said, “People should
be very careful with fire, and not let
it get in the woods where it may do
incalculable damage. Some times a
spark dropped from the torch of
’possum hunters or a match not ex
tinguished thrown down by a cigar
ette smoker will start a fire, and
before it can be stopped it has swept
through the forests and wrought
havoc to the timber, thereby causing
heavy financial losses to the owners
of the property. Extreme care
should be practiced by every one to
prevent forest fires.”
When asked to tell of his financial
success in tilling the soil, for he is a
real genuine dirt farmer, he said,
“Hard work, economy, close co-oper
ation between me and those asso
ciated with me in farm work, and
always trying to make more than I
spent, had much to do with the
meager success achieved.” Mr.
Frost is one of the most modest of
men. It is no easy task to get him
to talk about himself. Happy is he
when discussing with his friends the
welfare of others, the general con
dition of the country, and the glory
of the church of the living God,
which he loves so well; but he is
loathe to elaborate on his own en
deavors and his own affairs. State
ments about himself were extracted
with difficulty. He just does not
like to talk about himself at all.
However, he continued, “To make
my farming operations go, the first
thing I have done every year, and
that is to plan to make a living on
the farm. One should not seek to
make money, but a living, on his
land. The next thing he should do
is to sell something all along. Do
not be a buyer, but a seller. Never
buy on a credit. When it is abso
lutely necessary to buy, be sure and
pay for the purchase right then and
there. Never waste anything on
the farm. Use fruit, berries, vege
tables, and everything grown on the
land. Dry, can, preserve or con
serve everything. Take care of
farm stock and farm equipment.
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“Conserve the land. This can be
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done only by proper diversification
and drainage. Diversification pro
vides proper sustenance, as food and
feed, and helps prevent soil erosion,
which is one of the greatest curses
and most destructive agencies that
the farmer has to encounter. Pre
vent as far as possible soil erosion,
not only by planting grain and cover
crops, but by drainage, also. One,
of the most helpful agencies of the |
Federal Government to agriculture,
especially here in the South, is the
organization and operation of soil
erosion districts. Not many farm
ers know how to ditch and terrace
their lands properly, and others are
so careless and indifferent on the
submet that they make little efforts
to drain their possessions and halt
the depletion of the soil of plant
food. So welcome to the Govern
ment’s inestimable aid in preventing
soil erosion.”
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“Will you permit me to make
this statement,” said he, “and that
is at present time if it were not for
Government benefits to agriculture
many a man would lose his land.
During the past two years just prior
to this one the drouth in this par
ticular section was so disastrous to
crops that expenses were not paid
on many farms. Matters not what
efforts man may put forth, he can
not prevent drouths. Without suf
ficient rains means tremendous crop
curtailment. The burden falls
heaviest on land owners, who must
pay, whether anything is made or
not. This year the boll weevil has
wrought considerable damage,
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“Here is my experience in growing
cotton —if the seed are not planted
early and the weevil fought when it
makes its first appearance, the quan
tity of cotton picked and ginned will
be disappointing, and the cotton crop
so small that it is unprofitable. Good
cotton seed, early planting, fight the
weevil, fertilize highly and work fast
the cotton crop, is the only way by
which I have been able to produce
cotton successfully under boll weevil
conditions. This year the crop is
short, the price low, and if the land
owner gets enough to pay taxes,
fertilizer, repairs on buildings, farm
tools, loss or depreciation of stock,
it is about all he will do. Many will
make not one cent on their invest
ment. Many more years like the
past three years will cause hundreds
of farmers to lose their lands, be
cause some have been bought on de
ferred payments, and unless some
thing is made on the investment
these payments cannot be met. The
land owner in particular faces a
precarious situation.”
“However,” said he, “something
must be done to make tilling the
soil a success. Why object to the
President’s statement that the South
is Economic Problem Number One?
Whether one, or some other number,
we all know that one great problem
that confronts this country today is
to make farm life attractive, and
make farming earn not only the
bare necessities, but of the
luxuries, such as automobiles, radios,
electricity, water in the home, and
other things of a similar nature.
This problem is great, and a solu
tion is necessary, because when all
the professions are occupied, all the
pulpits filled, all necessary teachers
employed, all industries and enter
prises manned, no vacancies in
banks, business houses or elsewhere,
there is no other place to maintain
the remainder of the population ex
cept on the land. Here mortality
must make their living. The Gov
ernment is to be congratulated in
trying to solve the great economic
and farm problems of the South, so
as to make the farm a desirable
place to live and land a good in
vestment.”
Mr. D. P. Donehoo was in the
mercantile business in Maysville
about seventeen years. He kept
getting fat until he weighed 200
pounds, had poor appetite, poor di
gestion, short wind, and felt slug
gish. Began to think he was diseas
ed. He sold his business and farmed
this year. He lost about 50 pounds
of fat, can eat anything, and lots of
it. His food digests, and he is real
ly a strong and healthy man. Exer
cise is often better for a man than
medicine.—Banks County Journal.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Dr. J. F. Yarbrough Holds
Last Quarterly Conference
Sunday evening the fourth quart
erly conference of the Jefferson
Methodist Church was held in the
church. Preceding the conference,
Dr. John F. Yarbrough brought to
the congregation an inspiring gospel
message. This being his fourth
year as presiding elder, and under
authority of the church a presiding
elder can serve only four years as
such, after which he must return to
the pastorate, Dr. Yarbrough held
the last conference here as presiding
elder of the Gainesville District.
At this conference Dr. Yarbrough
expressed his sentiment of appreci
ation for the co-operation given him
by pastors of the charge of the
Gainesville district, the laymen, the
membership of the church of the dis
trict and the whole people of the
area served by him.
Rev. W. B. Hughes, who attended
this conference, expressed senti
ments of esteem for Dr. Yarbrough,
and told of the regret of the peo
ple that he will not be here in the
future as presiding elder. Rev.
Hughes is pastor of Jefferson Cir
cuit, and has wrought a fine work in
his charge. The people of the Jef
ferson Circuit are devoted to their
pastor, and wish his return. He is
held in high esteem by all who know
him.
Rev. A. B. Elizer, pastor of Jeffer
son Chuhch, gave earnest expression
of feelings of appreciation for the ef
ficient and Godly services rendered
the district by Dr. Yarbrough.
John N. Holder, in behalf of the
membership of Jefferson Church,
told of the keen regrets of this con
gregation in losing Dr. arbrough
as presiding elder. Said he, “No
presiding elder of this district was
ever more loved by the people of
this charge than Dr. \ arbrough.’
He also said to the presiding elder,
“The Jefferson Church is earnestly
asking you and the Bishop to return
to us Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Elizer.
They have the friendship and con
fidence of the people here, and are
needed tp carry on.”
The Presiding Elder responded to
all these words of good will and
abiding amity with expressions of
deep gratitude.
The Presiding Elder appointed as
District .Stewards, John N. Holder
and H. I. Mobley.
The pastor appointed the follow
ing to serve as stewards of the Jef
ferson Church next conference
year: T. T. Benton, J. Z. Carter, W.
P. Frost, J. N. Holder, R. J. Kelly,
Stanley Kesler, H. J. W. Kizer, C.
H. Legg, H. I. Mobley, H. T. Mob
ley, J. E. Randolph and G. W. West
moreland. These were approved by
vote of conference.
He named the following mission
ary committee: Mrs. H. J. W. Kizer,
Miss Catherine Mobley, Miss Sarah
Wills and Mrs. M. L. Mobley.
See These Pictures At
Roosevelt Theatre
The Roosevelt Theatre presents
Thursday and Friday, Jane Withers,
Gloria Stuart, in “Keep Smiling.”
This is one of Jane’s best pictures,
with plenty of laughs, heart throbs
and pranks that are known only to
Jane. Be sure and see this one.
Also, “Selected Our Gang Comedy.”
Saturday—Bob Baker, Marjorie
Reynolds, in “Black Bandit.” Bob
Baker is one of the best Western
stars on the screen. He has a won
derful singing voice, and crams his
pictures full of action. Chapter 4
of Johnny Mack Brown, in “Flam
ing Frontier.” Also, Edgar Ken
nedy, in “Edgar And Goliath.”
Monday—Charles Boyer, Hedy Le
marr, in “Algiers.” This is one of
the best pictures of the year, and
will live in your memory for weeks
to come. Universal News Reel, the
latest in world’s events. Selected,
“Grantland Rice Sportlight.”
Tuesday and Wednesday The
Dead End Kids, Robert Wilcox, in
“The Little Tough Guy.” These
kids you will remember in “Dead
End.” One of the biggest pictures
made last year. They always turn
in a good performance. Chapter
13 of “Flash Gordon.” Also, select
ed short subject.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Carter and
Mrs. Lenna Archer were in Com
merce Sunday, visiting Mr. Carter’s
sister, Mrs. C. E. Wier, who has
been ill for several days.
Railroads Denied
Fare Surcharges
In Pullman Rate
Recommendation that the rail
roads charge less than two cents per
mile for passenger fares in order to
meet competition of private cars
and motor buses was made Satur
day by the Georgia Public Service
Commission as it denied the request
of rail carriers to impose a sur
charge on fare used in Pullman
coaches.
The commission also denied the
rail carriers’ petition to revise the
rates on manufactured cotton goods
within the state.
The railroads last January re
quested the commission to grant
them the right to charge three cents
per mile for fares to be used in
Pullman coaches, as compared with
the maximum fixed rate of two
cents per mile ordered by the com
mission. Acting Saturday on the
evidence presented at a hearing last
June, the public service commission
ers refused the petition, pointing out
also that the two-cent rate is the
maximum which can be charged for
any equipment used by railroads—
from modern air-conditioned coaches
to motorized passenger buses oper
ated on rails.
While the railroads are at liberty
at any time to charge the full maxi
mum rate of two cents, the com
missioners asserted they were con
vinced “that such fares result in a
loss of revenue” and that “the car
riers would do well to provide lower
than maximum coach fares and
charge the two cent rate in Pullman
cars, thereby meeting to some ex
tent the competition of private ve
hicles and motor buses.”
Students Who Work
Make Best Marks,
NYA Supervisor Says
College students who work for
their education make better schol
ars than those who do not, accord
ing to the records of Mrs. Dorothy
Whitehead, NYA supervisor at the
University of Georgia.
Averages of 269 university stu
dents who last year worked part
time on NYA, Mrs. Whitehead said,
were 10 per cent higher than the
general average of the University.
This year 342 students have been
given NYA positions. The increase
in number, Mrs. Whitehead report
ed, is due to a greater number of
applications and indications of
greater need on the part of the stu
dents applying.
The average pay for NYA stu
dents is sl2 a month, with a maxi
mum of sls. Last year’s maximum
pay was $17.50. This year’s appro
priation for NYA at the University
only slightly larger than last year’s,
and the considerable increase in
students employed is the result of
spreading funds to reach more stu
dents.
Between 800 and 900 applications
were received this year, approxi
mately the same as the number for
last year. To receive NYA assist
ance a student must have a high
school average of 80. To retain hi3
NYA position at the University he
must maintain an average of 75.
Program at Monroe Nov. 2
District Convention
Christian Churches
10:00 a. m., W. C. Foster, Chair
man Board, presiding.
Devotional and Welcome, W. Paul
Marsh.
Response, Lamar Nicholson.
10:30 a. m., Report of District
Board.
Report of District Treasurer.
10:45 a. m., Sermon, S. P. Spieg
el.
11:20 a. m., Address, Stewardship,
G. W. Adkins.
11:40 a. m., Roll Call of Churches.
Pledges for District Work.
Dinner.
2:00 p. m., Woman’s Session, led
by Woman’s Council of the Winder
Church.
2:40 p. m., Five Minute Reports
by District Workers, D. M. Joiner,
W. B. McDonald, Ernest Miller, T.
T. G. Linkous.
3:00 p. m., State Work, “Our Ac
complishments and Our Needs,”
Bruce Nay, State Secretary.
3:20 p. m., The New Testament
Church, Perry Swann.
3:40 p. m., Reports of Commit
tees.
Unfinished Business.
Report of Memorials Committee.
Miss Naomi Rothell attended the
Master Beauticians Convention at
the Henry Grady Hotel in Atlanta
this week.
Thursday, October 27, 1938.
COUNTY AGENTS
COLUMN
Fall months, when work usually
slackens, offer Jackson county farm
ers the best opportunity for building
and maintaining terraces.
Terraces damaged by heavy rains
earlier in the season should be re
paired immediately. Farmers will
profit also by seeding their terraces
to a good winter cover crop, which
should be seeded early enough to
grow a good root system before
heavy rains set in.
To aid these cover crops in getting
a good start so that they may ade
quately protect the soil from erosion,
an application of lime or phosphate
will help on most soils. Both may
be applied with the assurance that
they will not be lost by erosion or
leaching. Such steps are the be
ginning of a real soil improvement
program.
Well protected outlets should be
built for all terraces. In most
cases, a good sod of some of the
closer growing grasses or legumes
will serve as a good outlet. For
others where the slope is very great
at the end of the terraces, it may be
necessary to build a stone or wooden
outlet to protect the soil from
erosion.
The Agricultural, Adjustment Ad-,
ministration offers payments to
farmers for construction of terraces
built to the proper specifications.
Through this program, farmers are
paid for protecting their own land.
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Jackson county farmers should
use a good winter cover crop in their
pecan orchards this fall. Austrian
winter peas and hairy vetch are the
winter legumes likely to give best
results as cover for pecan orchards.
Experiment stations generally rec
ommend the use of winter cover
crops to be plowed under in the
spring in pecan orchards. While
both Austrian winter peas and hairy
vetch are recommended, if Austrian
winter peas are used, it is best to
change to hairy vetch after a year
or two, as peas do not do so well in
pecan orchards over a longer period
of successive plantings.
Some orchardists prefer clean
cultivation in the summer, following
the turning under of winter legumes.
Others are getting good results by
allowing the natural weed growth to
spring up and mow this at intervals
during the summer, letting it fall
to the ground as a mulch.
If the clean cultivation method is
practiced, it should consist of at
least three diskings, or enough to
control weed growth. If the natural
growth is left, it should be mowed
often enough to prevent robbing the
trees of moisture.
In young pecan groves, some
growers have been getting good re
sults from the practice of winter
cover cropping with legumes, follow
ed by a summer clean-oultivated in
ter-crop, such as cotton.
Where any of these practices are
used, supplemental fertilization
should be practiced, using a 4-8-6
commercial fertilizer, which is one
analyzing about 4 percent nitrogen,
8 percent phosphorus, and 6 percent
potash, at the rate of about one
pound per inch of the tree’s diamet
er.
In older groves where trees arc
beginning to crowd to some extent,
it has been found preferable to cut
out some of the trees, so the ones
left will have plenty of room.
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With fall comes the ever-present
problem of protecting corn, peas,
and beans from weevils, so that they
may be saved for planting next
spring. Fumigation with carbon bi
sulphide is the best known method
of keeping this weevil damage at a
minimum.
To prevent seed from becoming
infested with weevils, the premises
should be kept as clean as possible.
This means the gathering up and re
moval of all refuse grain, beans,
peas, grain products, or other ma
terial in which the insects breed, as
well as thoroughly cleaning the bins
and store rooms at periods of the
year when they can be emptied.
When it is found that your seed
is infested with weevils, arrange
ment should be made to fumigate,
using carbon bisulphide. (Carbon
disulphide is another name for the
same material.) This fumigant is an
almost colorless, ill-smelling liquid
which changes to gas very quickly
when exposed to the air.
Since this gas is almost three
Vol. 63. No. 20.
Fourth Son and Fourth
Daughter Boost Family
Record at University
Athens, Ga.—The members of the
Eberhardt family, of Maysville, feel
quite at home at the University of
Georgia, for they have been repre
sented in the student body annually
since 1921.
Of eight children, six have been
graduated, and two are now enroll
ed at the university. The youngest,
Reese, is a junior in the college of
agriculture, where he is majoring in
agricultural engineering.
His sister. Golden, is a senior in
the department of home economics.
She is following her three older
sisters in studying home economics,
and will be a candidate foi gradu
ation in that department next June.
Her older sister, Ruth, was gradu
ated in 1929. She is now Mrs. F. L.
Chastain, of Charlotte, N. C. An
other sister, Ira, graduated in 1932,
is now home demonstration agent at
Dallas, Paulding county. Jeanette,
graduated in 1937, is the homo
demonstration agent at Hartwell,
Hart county.
Two older brothers specialized in
various phases of agriculture. L.
W. Eberhardt, Jr., was graduated in
1935 in forestry, and is located at
Swainsboro, where he is assistant
city agent and gives some of his
time to teaching forestry.
A veterinarian, Guy Eberhardt is
employed by the federal government
as a meat inspector at Albany. He
was graduated in 1932 after earning
a D. V. M. degree at the university,
before the veterinary medical de
partment was moved from Athens.
The eldest Eberhardt, Homer, was
graduated in 1925 and is now an at
torney in Valdosta. He was the first
of the Maysville Eberhardts to at
tend the University of Georgia, and
his graduation seems to have set a
precedent.
Although their children’s attend
ance at the university is something
of a record, Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Eberhardt, by this time, take it as
a matter of course. Mr. Eberhardt
is a farmer and rural mail carrier at
Maysville.
STATE AUTO TAG CHIEF
SHIFTED
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Atlanta. —Services of Marcus Mc-
Whorter as director of the motor
vehicle tag division of the State
Revenue Department were discon
tinued by Revenue Commissioner T.
Grady Head at noon Saturday.
Mr. McWhorter will be assigned
to work in another division as an
associate in tax work, Mr. Head an
nounced.
Mr. Head said the shift was or
dered for economy and there will be
no new director for the tax division.
Under the law expenses must be
confined to 1 per cent of collections,
and operating expense of the tag de
partment has been exceeding this
percentage, Mr. Head said.
times as heavy as aif, it sinks to the
bottom of any container in which it
is used. It is highly inflammable,
and for this reason must be used
with caution.
To use carbon bisulphide, first
have the sides and bottoms of the
bins, rooms or containers as nearly
airtight as possible. Where there is
sure to be leakage, the amount of
material used must be increased.
Best results will be obtained when
the temperature is between 75 and
90 degrees. Use one pound of car
bon bisulphide to each 100 cubic
feet of grain. To figure out the
cubic feet of a straight bin or box,
multiply the width by the length by
the height (of seed). If a barrel is
used, apply one-half pint to four
bushels of seed.
Pour the liquid on gunny sacks or
rags placed on top of the seed in
the container. While not necessary,
it is best to cover the tops of open
bins with a tarpaulin or blanket.
Keep the room, bin, or barrel closed
for 36 to 60 hours, then open and
allow the seed to air out thoroughly.
Store in containers or heavy sacks
to keep other weevils out. If the
seed is perfectly dry and mature be
fore fumigation, the feed qualities
or germination will not be injured.
No poisonous residue will be left.
A flame of any kind, such as a
lighted cigarette, or sparks from
striking metal on metal may cause
an explosion, so be sure to keep fire
away.
J. W. Jackson, County Agt.