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The Jackson Herald
By Holder Sc Williamson
DOCTORS
“Come on down to the Harrison
Hotel and be with us tonight,” said
Dr. C. B. Lord over the phone to
•writer. The invitation was accept
ed. Upon arrival there was on the
front porch Legionaires, including
Dr. Lord. Among those who partici
pated in the world conflict was C
E. Robinson, who had as his guest
Frank Leavitte of Norcross, famous
as a movie star wrestler, who is
known as ‘‘Man Mountain Dean.”
He was in a picture being shown
that night at the Roosevelt Theatre.
Upon meeting him and his attractive
wife they manifested sentiments of
cordiality. He said, “I rode over
your little city and am well pleased
with the town and much pleased
with those whom we have met.”
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He continued, “Claud (C. E. Rob
inson) invited us over tonight to a
dinner given to the American Le
gion, and while here I will make a
personal appearance and a short talk
at the Roosevelt. The Joe Brown
picture is being shown there, and I
helped make the picture and I am
a part of it.” When asked if he is
a member of the American Legion,
“I certainly am. I played an hum
ble part in that great war. I am
forty-eight years old and weigh two
hundred and eighty pounds and am
in perfect health.” When the sug
gestion was made to him that he is
most too old to be thrown about
with such force in wrestling bouts,
he said:
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“No, I am still young and active.
I broke a leg some time ago, but it
is well again and I am now ready
to go back to Hollywood, California,
next week to help make another
picture. Yes, sir, I will wrestle in
that picture.” Then he called out
to Claud Robinson, “Claud, when do
we eat? I am hungry.” Upon be
ing asked if he has a good appetite,
he said, “I am always ready to eat.
I feel healthy and strong all the
time. I will not eat tonight more
than fifteen or twenty of the good
biscuits they serve here. When a
man works and leads a strenuous
life he must eat.”
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“Man Mountain Dean” lives near
Norcross, in Gwinnett county. He
said, “I know a fine man over there
who once preached in Jefferson,
Henry B. Mays.” Upon being
querried why he did not become a
candidate for the Legislature as
several papers suggested he might
do, he replied, “I was busy making
a picture in Hollywood, and could
not leave then in order to make a
canvass.” When it was suggested
that his wife could have handled
the campaign,” “Yes, she could have
done it well. Whatever she under
takes she does with care and en
thusiasm, but I did not wish to place
this burden on her.” The suggestion
was made that his wife be a candi
date two years hence, she replied,
“That would be fine.”
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About this time the hotel chimes
rang, the writer started in with the
Legionaires. He thought he was at
a Legionaire supper, but Dr. Lord
stopped him, and said, “The doctors
will eat later.” So the privilege of
seeing the great wrestler feast was
not granted. Sure enough, members
of the Barrow—Jackson Medical As
sociation partook of a feast of fried
chicken and other good food, and
the writer was highly honored by
feasting with them. The association
is composed of physicians of Bar
row and Jackson counties, as fol
lows: S. T. Ross, E. R. Harris, W. T.
Randolph, Alex Russell and W. L.
Mathews of Winder, W. H. Bowden
of Statham, Barrow county; C.
B. Lord. J. T. Stovall, of Jefferson;
L. C. Allen, M. B. Allen, Hoschton;
L. Sanders, O. C. Pittman, A. A.
Rogers, P. T. Scoggins, J. C. Verner,
J. H. Campbell, Commerce, L. R.
Bryson of Pendergrass, all of Jack
son county. ,
When but a child, a country
doctor, Hugh Mitchell, whose home
was between Jefferson and Hosch
ton, near Walnut Church, impressed
the writer with his profound knowl
edge and deep understanding. He
practiced all over Jackson, Hall and
Gwinnett counties. He was the
family physician of the writer’s par
ents. Once he visited a colored pa
tient on home farm, and said to
the writer’s father, “Patient cannot
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get well.” Sure enough, in a few
days the colored boy was a corpse.
At another time he was called to see
a patient, and after diagnosis, said,
“The boy will get well.” In about
three weeks his patient was between
the plow handles. The writer when
a child became very ill, the old coun
try doctor was hastily sent for.
After long and careful examination,
said, “Child is mighty sick, but by
careful nursing will recover.” For
two days and nights he gave atten
tion to his patient. He never left
the home. After which, he said,
“Boy will be all right in a couple of
weeks,” which proved to be correct.
The writer’s own family phy
iscian for more than a third of a
century, the late Dr. J. B. Pender
grass, was a marvel in his under
standing of the body and mind of
mortal beings. He has been little
publicized, but he had few equals in
the medical' profession. He gave
little medicine in treating patients.
The country doctor who covered the
most miles and treated the greatest
number of patients in his day and
generation was S. J. Smith.
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From childhood until this good
hour the writer feels that country or
family doctors or physicians are all
in a class to themselves. They have
a kind of super knowledge of peo
ple not possessed by any other class.
Specialists are all right, but the
country doctor knows the anatoney
and physiology of a human being
from top of head to tip of toe. Ev
ery part of the human body is so re
lated with every other part that a
physician must have knowledge and
information about every member of
the body to treat the part afflicted.
Always impressed that the regular
doctor who knows everything about
every part of the human body and
mind is no ordinary individual, that
feeling was intensified by hearing a
paper read by Dr. Russell of Winder
on that old, common every-day
malady, Dyspepsia, and discussed by
Drs. C. B. Lord of Jefferson and O.
C. Pittman of Commerce. This pa
per and discussion showed that to
understand and properly treat this
malady that causes millions concern
and suffering, one must know about
teeth, throat, pancreas, kidneys,
liver, bladder, eyes, nose, brain and
mind. One physician said in dis
cussing this trouble, that it is neces
sary to get patient in “right mental
attitude.”
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A patient in the office of Dr. A.
D. White, deceased, who practiced
for a number of years in the little
city of Pendergrass, well expressed
the correct thought about country
doctors. After Dr. White had dis
cussed with him farming, hog and
cattle raising, terracing, politics,
finances and crime, he prepared a
bottle of medicine for the patient.
As he poured in the bottle a number
of different preparations, the pa
tient said to him, “Doctor Albert,
you come mighty near knowing
everything, don’t you?” The mem
bers of the Barrow—Jackson Medical
Association are fully abreast of the
times. Great progress has been
made in surgery and the practice of
medicine, and these physicians are
not laggards, but stand right at the
forefront of medical and surgical
progress.
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They have some of the latest and
best surgical equipment, read the
up-to-date medical literature and the
best published medical journals, and
they are fully aware of the latest
experiments and know about new
discoveries. When they meet each
month they fully and freely discuss
medical subjects and treatment of
maladies such as dyspepsia, bron
chitis, typhoid fever, smallpox, head
ache, measles, cancer, tuberculosis
and heart trouble, and other diseases
of which the human family is heir.
On the evening mentioned above,
they discussed, as stated, a subject
that has brought to its attention the
■best medical skill of the world; and
the discussion, as well as paper
read, showed what deep and inten
sive study these physicians have
made of this plain common every
day complaint. They go night and
day, through heat and cold, storm
and sunshine, over muddy as well as
smooth roads, and brave dangers.
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These physicians in these two
counties are called “Country
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Georgia Baptists Meeting in
Atlanta Tuesday And
Wednesday
The 117th session of the Georgia
Baptist convention, which had six
members when it met the first time
in Powelton in 1822, was called to
order at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning
in the First Baptist church in At
lanta, with more than 1,000 repre
sentatives of 2,414 Georgia Baptist
churches in attendance.
Dr. Aquila Chamlee, of Fort Val
ley, president of the convention pre
sided.
Since being organized at Powelton
in 1822 with six messengers in at
tendance, the convention has grown
to the point where the attendance at
its annual meetings at times exceeds
I, The executive committee of
the convention was chartered by the
state legislature in 1830 and it is
through this agency that the con
vention conducts its missionary, edu
cational and benevolent work.
The oldest Baptist church in Geor
gia is Kiokee in Columbia county
near the village of Appling. This
church was organized in 1772 and
has maintained service continuously
ever since. Kiokee church complet
ed anew house of worship about two
years ago.
Among the southern convention
leaders who appeared on the pro
gram of the session of the Georgia
Convention were Dr. L. R. Scar
borough, president of the Southern
Baptist Convention; Dr. J. E. Dil
lard, director of promotion; Dr. T.
J. Watts, executive secretary of the
relief and annuity board; Dr. T. L.
Holcomb, executive secretary of the
Sunday school board; Dr. W. C. Tay
lor, of Brazil, representing the
foreign mission board, and Dr. B. D.
Gray, secretary emeritus of the
home mission board.
HARRIS—JARRETT MARRIAGE
SOLEMNIZED
Winder, Ga.—The home of Mrs. J.
A. Jarrett in Winder, was the scene
of a beautiful and impressive wed
ding on Saturday afternoon at three
o’clock, when Miss Jamie Jarrett be
came the bride of Mr. Hope Harris,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Har
ris.
Miss Jarrett wore a lovely wine
colored dress trimmed with white
satin. Her shoes matched. The ring
ceremony was performed by Rev. E.
M. Wise.
The home was beautifully decorat
ed throughout in white and green,
the bride and groom stood in front
of an altar of potted plants.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris remained ov
er the week-end with Mrs. J. A.
Jarrett and on Sunday evening left
for their home in Jackson county
where she taught in several schools
and is now teaching at Orr’s, near
their home. Mr. Harris is the sec
ond son of Mr. and Mrs. James Har
ris and is a progressive farmer.
Both of these young people are
very popular with a large circle of
friends, who wish for them a long
and happy life. Relatives and close
friends were guests of the occasion.
They were the recipients of many
handsome gifts.
JACKSON COUNTY COTTON
GINNING
Census report shows that 11,251
bales of cotton were ginned in
Jackson County, Georgia, from the
crop of 1938, prior to November
Ist, as compared with 11,937 bales
for the crop of 1937.
Doctors,” because they practice
in country, as well as city. They
have the same entitlement as do
thousands of others in the world, but
they belong to the same class as
Crawford W. Long, the world re
nowned country doctor; Dr. L. G.
Hardman, a man of distinction, both
of this county; and that other phy
sician known throughout the civiliz
ed would today, Allen R. DaFoe,
who brought the Quintuplets in the
world and has looked after their
health and proper care from birth
until now. Great are the Country
Doctors. They are a blessing to the
world. Asa class, they are honest,
conscientious, patriotic, unselfish,
and render service for the amebor
ation of the suffering of mortality.
Many times they serve without re
ward or the hope thereof, except to
make the sick well, and hearts hap
pier.
North Georgia Methodists
Meet in Atlanta Today,
Wednesday
Rev. A. B. Elizer, pastor of the
Jefferson Methodist Church, and Rev.
W. B. Hughes, pastor of the Jeffer
son Circuit, leave today, Wednesday,
for the seventy-second annual ses
sion of the North Georgia Confer
ence, which convenes at Wesley
Memorial Church, Atlanta, Thurs
day at 9 a. m., and will probably be
in session through Sunday. George
W. W'estmoreland, lay leader and a
delegate to Conference, and John
N. Holder, delegate from the Gain
esville district, will also attend the
conference in their official capacity.
That both Mr. Elizer and Mr.
Hughes will be returned to their
work here is earnestly desired, and
requests have gone to the Presiding
Elder and the Bishop stating that
these servants of the Master are
doing a fine work in their vineyard,
and their parishioners are not ex
pecting a change. But one never
knows what a Bishop and his Cabinet
of Presiding Elders will do. The
last issue of the Wesleyan Christian
Advocate, official organ of the con
ference, says:
“Will there be many moves in
the conference this year?” This
question, frequently asked before
the opening session of annual con
ference by pastors and laymen alike,
has been on the lips of many Geor
gia Methodists in recent days.
At the North Georgia Annual
Conference’s session of 1936, 138
preachers were given new appoint
ments. Last year the number
changed was 104. This year there
are 29 pastors who have served four
or more years and four presiding
elders who have completed a qua
drennium of service. Last year there
were 30 pastors with better than
four years records and one presiding
elder who had completed his four
years on the district.
The presiding elders who are to
move this year are Dr. C. C. Jarrell,
Atlanta district; Dr. A. M. Pierce,
Dalton district; Dr. Wills M. Jones,
Marietta district; and Rev. John F.
Yarbrough, Gainesville district.
The following pastors have serv
in the same charges for four or more
years:
Eight years: Rev. J. C. Adams,
Franklin.
Seven years: Dr. J. B. Peters,
Druid Hills; Rev. Arthur Kirtsey,
Walton Circuit.
Six years: Rev. W. S. Robison,
College Park; Dr. W. A. Shelton,
Grace, Atlanta; Rev. J. D. Booth,
McKendree in Atlanta.
Five years: Rev. J. J. Blanks,
English Avenue in Atlanta; Rev. C.
M. Haynes, Covington; Rev. G. M.
Spivey, Chicopee; Rev. Guy T. Pitt
man, Trinity in LaGrange; Rev. S.
A. F. Wagner, Sandy Springs and
Sardis; Rev. H. I. Bowdon, Cedar
town Circuit.
Four years: Rev. Nat G. Long,
Glenn Memorial; Rev. D. C. Starnes,
assistant pastor Park Street Church;
Rev. A. Lee Hale, Peachtree Road;
Rev. W. G. Crawley, Stewart Ave
nue; Rev. C. L. Middlebrooks, St.
James in Augusta; Rev. J. W.
Veatch, St. John in Augusta; Rev.
W. C. Budd, Hardwick; Rev. L. M.
Twiggy, Dalton; Dr. E. F. Dempsey,
Toccoa; Rev. C. D. Read, Young
Harris; Rev. Jesse Warwick, Locust
Grove; Rev. R. H. Timberlake, The
Rock; Rev. Paul Gunnels, St. James
in Hogansville; Dr. W. A. Tyson,
First Church in LaGrange; Rev. F.
H. Ray, Lindale; Rev. Barrett Bar
ton, Temple and Concord; Rev. Hol
lis Brigman, Whitesburg.
Any pastor may be reappointed to
a charge for more than four years
upon approval of a majority of the
bishop’s cabinet.
Three homes, valued at $5,000
have been given during the past
year for superannuated pastors of
the North Georgia Conference, ac
cording to a statement by Rev. R. A.
Edmondson, Agent for Superan
nuate Homes of the North Georgia
Conference in a report requested by
the Advocate. In addition to these
homes, the board has purchased
one, Bro. Edmondson said.
No preacher of the North Geor
gia Conference will apply for the
superannuate relation at this ses
sion of the Annual Conference ac
cording to reports received from
that conference. If nothing unfor
seen happens between now and the
session of the Annual Conference,
the North Georgia Conference will
Thursday, November 17, 1938.
Jefferson Has
Disastrous Fire
Three Business Houses And
Contents Destroyed By Fire
Monday Morning, Owners
Have Heavy Loss, Build
ings To Be Rebuilt, Merch
ants To Re-Open In Tem
porary Quarters.
A disastrous fire originating in the
Gurley Dry Cleaning Plant about
10:30 o’clock Monday morning com
pletely destroyed Three business
houses and their contents at a dam
age estimated around $50,000. The
burned buildings were occupied by
Joe Baxter Grocery Store, Kesler &
Legg Five & Ten Cent Store, C. E.
Robinson Shoe Store and Gurley
Dry Cleaning Company, all of whom
lost their entire stock of goods.
Firemen from Athens and Com
merce were called to the scene after
the blaze got out of the control of
the local department, and it was
largely through their efforts that the
fire was brought under control
around 1:30 o’clock. The local fire
men fought the fire with vigor, and
did valiant service, but the equip
ment was not sufficient to combat
the rapidly spreading flames.
The fire was discovered soon after
it started, % and spread rapidly
despite the efforts of the Jefferson
firemen and volunteers who worked
for some time before calling for help
from neighboring towns, 'jj
The buildings wpre the property
of J. C. Turner, and he carried no
insurance on the same; nor did Mr.
Gurley have any insurance; but the
merchandise in the other stores was
have made a record for itself in this
time, there having always been some
to take the superannuate relation at
each conference.
The conference has lost four mem
bers through death this year: the
Rev. H. L. Byrd, Rev. E. G. Thomas
son, Rev. J. A. Sprayberry, and Rev.
H. O. Green.
Seven superannuates have passed
on: J. G. Davis, N. E. Mcßrayer, J.
T. Pendley, F. G. Spearman, J. D.
Turner, M. L. Underwood, C. M.
Verdel.
On the final lap before reports
are rendered at the annual session,
the ten districts of conference are
only slightly, behind the 1937 record
in benevolences. The total reported
paid by Mrs. Addison Maupin, treas
urer, to November 1, was $55,327.
With an increase of $443, the Gain
esville District, of which Rev. J. F.
Yarbrough is presiding elder, tops
the list in percentage. The Marietta
District, where Rev. W. M. Jones is
completing a four-year term, shows
a gain of $550 over 1937. The
largest gain in dollars is credited to
the Atlanta District, of which Dr. C.
C. Jarrell is presiding elder for the
fourth year.
Nine new men are this year ap
plying for membership in the con
ference by admission on trial. They
are Rev. Dow Kirkpatrick, of Emory
University; Rev. A. C. Budd, of
Warrenton; Rev. R. E. Elliott, of
Augusta; Rev. Arthur P. Foster, of
Toccoa; Rev. Paul Merrill Minter, of
Hampton; Rev. Marvin Green, of El
lijay; Rev. James Olin Akin, of
Rome; Rev. L. W. McWhirter, of At
lanta, and Dr. J. D. Lee, of Emory
University.
Should the applicants pass ap
proved examinations before the com
mittees on applicants and admis
sions, they will be assigned work for
one year, and given prescribed cours
es of study to follow.
PAGEANT AT BAPTIST CHURCH
DECEMBER 18
“The Way,” a Christmas pageant
of peace, will be presented at the
Baptist Church Sunday evening, De
cember 18th, at 8 o’clock. Every
one is cordially invited. The
pageant is divided into three sec
tions. I—Waiting For The Christ.
ll—The Coming of The Christ. 11l
—The Christ Among Us.
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insured possibly for about half its
value.
Included in the loss was a small
amount of clothing in the Dry
Cleaning establishment belonging to
a number of citizens. Some of this
clothing was carried to the shop only
a few hours prior to the fire, and
some had accumulated in the shop
during the past several tnonths.
The J. C. Alexander Grocery
Store, adjoining the burned building,
and what is known as the McDonald
building, a two-story brick struc
ture in which is located the post
office, the Harrison Drug Cos., Dr. J.
T. Stovall’s office, Dr. E. L. Pirkle’s
office and several residence apart
ments, were threatened by the con
flagration, and but for the timely
arrival of the Athens fire fighters,
would no doubt have been destroy
ed. The Alexander stock of grocer
ies was slightly damaged by smoke,
but the contents of the other build
ings were removed.
The fire attracted a large crowd
from every section of the county,
the smoke being visible even as far
as Athens.
Col. Turner, the owner of the
buildings, will rebuild them as soon
as plans can be perfected.
Kesler & Legg, who carried a large
stock of goods and who had just re
ceived a large assortment of mer
chandise for the Christmas trade,
will re-open at once on the upper
floor of the Maddox building.
Messrs. Robinson and Gurley will
also re-open for business as soon as
suitable locations can be found-
Mr. Robinson not only had a large
stock of shoes, but also had an up
to-date repair shop with modern
equipment.
Mr. Baxter, who is one of Jeffer
son’s most popular merchants, with
an extensive trade, has not definite
ly decided what will be his future
plans.
Four Dead, Six Hurt In
Week-End Auto Accidents
Automobile accidents in Georgia
during the week-end cost the lives of
four persons and resulted in injuries
to at least six others.
The dead:
Mrs. Frank Mauldin, 20, Atlanta,
almost instantly killed Sunday, on
the new Buford Highway, in a col
lision between a car and a hit-and
run sedan.
Lester Saxon, 18, of Elberton,
killed in Elberton early Sunday
when an automobile overturned.
Sally Carter, negro, Atlanta,
fatally injured Saturday night by a
hit-and-run driver.
George Brinson, 60, a Jefferson
County farmer, who lost his life in
an automobile accident about four
miles south of Baxley.
DEATH ENTERS HOME
OF FACULTY MEMBER
TWICE OVER WEEK-END
Miss Alice Reins, instructor in
History on Martin Institute faculty,
was called to her home at College
Park • Friday, on account of the
death of her maternal uncle, Dr. W.
S. Cox, president of Cox College;
and during her visit home, death
again visited the family, claiming
her paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Frances W. Reins, of Atlanta, who
passed away Sunday evening.
Long prominent in southern edu
cational circles, Dr. Cox had been
associated with Cox College for
more than 50 years and has won
wide recognition for his work in
many fields, including farming, busi
ness, finance and architecture.
Mrs. Reins was a daughter of the
late Charles Baker, who came to
Georgia from England, and was a*
member of a noted English family.
GEORGIA QUAIL SEASON
OPENS NOVEMBER 20
Georgia’s quail-hunting season
opens Sunday, November 20, but
enthusiasts must wait for their ini
tial excrusions until the following
day, Joe Mitchell, director of the
state wild life division, disclosed.
Hunting on Sunday is illegal*
Mitchell said.