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104 PERSONS IN GEORGIA DIE
FROM ACCIDENTS IN DIS
CHARGE OF FIREAMS
Declaring that Georgia ranks
third in the United Statea in acci
dental deaths as a result of firearms,
Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, director of
the State Department of Public
Health, urges every one to use care
and caution in the handling of fire
arms, especially during the approach
ing hunting season.
Approximately 65,395 persons are
licensed to hunt with a gun in Geor
gia, and with this large number, it
is important for every one to realise
the danger of carrying a loaded gun.
There were 1,153 deaths in Georgia
from accidental discharge of fire
arms during Uie ten year period,
1928-1937, and in 1937 Georgia rank
ed third umong the states in deaths
from this cause. A total of 104
deaths occurred in Georgia in 1937
because of such accidents, as com
pared with 124 deaths in 19.16, ac
cording to Dr. Abercrombie’s state
ment.
Many of these deaths, he explain
ed, are the result of slipping, stumb
ling or falling while hunting, thus
causing accidental discharge of guns
with fatal results to the huntsman
or his companions. Risky and un
steady footing while climbing banks,
slipping on frozen ground, failure to
keep the gun locked in the “safe”
position, and carrying the gun in a
dangerous position are some of the
main causes of these accidents.
Dr. Abercrombie also called atten
tion to the danger of leaving fire
arms within the reach of young
children, since many fatalities are
caused as a result of children’s play
ing with the hunter’s gun.
“All in all,” he concluded, “it
would be well for Georgians to be
come aware of the dangers involved
in handling guns of both the loaded
and the ‘unloaded’ variety,” the di
rector concluded.
OLD ELBERTON BELL
THAT RANG “FRESH MEAT
NEWS’’ IS FOUND
Elberton, Ga.—Re-discovery of
an old town bell that once summon
ed Elberton housewives to their
marketing Saturday moved J. N.
Olds to recall pioneer times when
life was simpler, although not so
sanitary.
Mrs. T. C. Watson recently bought
an unused farm bell from Mrs. O.
H. Smith, and Mr. Olds, who was
born here eighty-seven years ago,
identified it as one that rang for
many decades in the Town Square.
Mr. Olds said the bell had been in
use long before he first heard it
ringing out its fresh meat news. He
explained anyone having meat for
sale could ring the bell—there were
no meat markets—and use the block
beneath the bell as a counter while
the good wives came out to inspect
his wares.
“I remember one year when my
folks finally disposed of a whole
fiock of goats that way," Mr. Olds
said. “And I certainly had a lot of
fun ringing that bell."
In unsettled days following the
War Between the States, the bell
had an added duty. It was rung
every night at 10 as a curfew, Mr.
Old recalled, and “any colored per
son found on the streets after that
hour was subject to immediate ar
rest.”
Later the bell also became the
town fire alarm to turn out the buck
et brigade and the volunteer fire
laddies.
Mr. Olds is willing to grant meat
markets make things harder for the
flies, no curfew is necessary and
the modern fire equipment needs no
bell, but still he wishes that the old
bell might hang again in Town
Square, just as as sentimental re
minder.
SCHOOL HEADS TO MEET IN
ATLANTA NOVEMBER 18
About 300 members of the Geor
gia Association for School Superin
tendents will assemble in Atlanta
November 18 for their annual meet
ing. Administrative officers of state,
county and independent units in the
public schools of the state are to at
tend the sessions.
Among the principal speakers will
be Governor E. D. Rivers, Paul A.
Sexson, president of the American
Association of School Administra
tors; State School Superintendent M.
D. Collins; Dr. M. L. Brittain, presi
dent of Georgia School of Technolo
gy ; Dr. M. D. Mobley and Jere
Wells. The members will be enter
tained at a banquet by Dr. Collins,
and will be guests of Dr. M. L. Brit
tain at the Tech-Alabama football
game Saturday afternoon. County
School Superintendent T. T. Benton
and Professor H. J. W. Kizer will be
among those in attendance.
LAND CONDEMNED
IN FEDERAL PLAN
A federal jury in Macon took five
consent verdicts in condemnation
proceedings through which the Unit
ed States will purchase 1,942,849
acres of Middle Georgia land for
♦12,761.62 for use in the Plantation
Piedmont project.
The planned land project is In
Putnam, Jasper, Morgan and Jones
counties.
The land was condemned in five
separate proceedings.
One proceeding was brought
against 493 acres in Jasper county
and J. L. Lune, et al. It will bring
$5 an acre, or $2,465.
Another was brought against
519.029 ncre3 in Putnam and Mor
gan counties and Miss Bessie Butler,
as executrix, et al. It will bring $4
an acre or $2,076.12.
A third proceeding was against
29.334 acres in Putnam county and
Mis. H. H. Howard, et al, and will
bring $145.
A fourth proceeding was aguinst
462 acres in Jones county and R. M.
Jackson, et al. The purchase price
is $5,275.
In the fifth proceeding, the gov
ernment sued against 439.486 acres
in Jasper county and Mrs. Paul
Ussery, et al. The purchase price is
$2,790.40.
Several plots of land were involv
ed in some of the proceedings and
many property owners will share in
the purchases.
The land is part of a huge tract
being developed by the government
for reforestation, reclaiming of de
pleted soil, resettlement, construc
tion of recreation centers, etc.
A HEALING POWER
The most contented people in all
the world are those who work, yet
today millions are striving and
struggling to evade that which they
term labor. A great man once said,
“work is essential not only for livli
hood, but also for satisfaction and
contentment,” and he spoke one of
the greatest truths which has ever
been uttered.
Work may not only be defined as
physical or intellectual etforts di
rected to some end, but in its con
rstuctive sense it means a satisfying
of one’s ambitions and desire as
well, for from this objective comes
a satisfaction which otherwise could
not be attained.
Busy people, as a rule, have little
time for self pity or self analysis,
and although physical infirmities
may come, the alert mind is one
which looks beyond handicaps, and
some who work hardest have the
least physical resistance.
The healing power of work can
never be truly estimated. The touch
of sorrow is lighter if there is work
for hand and mind to do, and the
ravages of disease are less poignant
if one’s will is strong enough for
constructive thinking and acting.
Discontentment is bred not of hav
ing too much to do but of a lack of
something to take its place.
Observe the people about you, and
you will find that those who appear
happiest are the ones who work.—
Dawson News.
MORE DANGER OF FIRE IN
WINTER
A graph prepared by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters shows
that fire losses usually increase at an
alarming rate from September to
December. “The reason for this is
obvious," states the board. “Peo
ple start their stoves and furnaces
as soon as cool weather arrives; in
many cases neglecting to cheeck
over their heating plants. Asa re
sult, there is an epidemic of serious
fires from defective equipment."
Soot-loaded chimneys are a major
hazard. It is important to check up
on chimneys for cracks and holes,
and to clean the flues every year.
Flue linings are assential for safety.
Also, sagging, rusted smoke pipes
cause trouble. Sparks may fly out
and start a fire. Don’t take this
chance! Install anew pipe a safe
distance from combustibles.
Another cause is overheated stoves
and furnaces, the result of poor
maintenance and faculty operation.
If you don’t get as much warmth as
you should, the heater is probably
out of order. You should consult a
heating expert. Never “force” the
fire in cold weather. Keep your
heating plant clean and in good re
pair. Use metal containers for hot
ashes.
For safety’s sake check your heat
nig equipment now, before real cold
weather sets in.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
)\ “We Merchants
“KNOW That’s True”
“Wien the cotton mill in
our town is running regularly and its
employees are getting full time wages,
my business is good, and that’s true of
the filling station and the furniture
store and the doctor.
“We’ve watched this mill grow and the
town grow with it. The mill owners
have always done their best to provide
more jobs, better wages, and better
living conditions.
“An industry that pays $45,00u,000
yearly to Georgia workers—that buys
an average of a million bales of cotton
a year, most of it from Georgia farm
ers that pays a substantial portion of
NOTICE
TAX COLLECTOR’S SECOND
ROUND
I will be at the following places to
collect taxes for the year 1938 on
the dates and times published be
low:
Monday, November 28
Red Stone, 9 a. m.
Attica, 9.30 a. m.
Wages Store, 10 a. m.
Archers Store, 11 a. m.
Center, 12 to 1 p. m.
Nicholson, 1 to 2 p. m.
Barnett’s Gin, 2.15 p. m.
Jones Store, 3 p. m.
Tuesday, November 29
Apple Valley, 9 a. m.
Commerce, at City Clerk’s Office,
10 a. m. to 3.30 p. m.
Wednesday, November 30
Dry Pond, 9 a. m.
Holly Springs, 10 a. m.
Diamond Hill, 11 a. m.
Maysville, 12 Noon.
Yarbrough’s, 2 p. m.
Hurricane Shoals Gin, 3 p. m.
Thursday, December 1
L. F. Sell’s Store, 9 a. m.
Hoschton, 9.30 to 12 Noon.
Braselton, 1.45 p. m.
Evans’ Store, 2 p. m.
Pendergrass, 2.45 p. m.
Talmo, 3 p. m.
Respectfully,
A. S. JOHNSON,
Tax Collector, Jackson County.
SNAKE PAY’S VICTIM’S BILL IN
HOSPITAL
Holling Hills, Cal. Franklin
French, 15, kept seven rattlesnakes
for pets and eventually he got bit.
The boy’s mother rushed him to the
hospital, and after he was out of
danger decided it would be a good
lesson to make him pay his own hos
pital bill.
The only way Franklin could
raise the money was to sell the
snake that bit him.
Abruzzi Rye and Crimson
Clover Seed for sale.
Farmers Warehouse.
GOD’S ACRE IN CORWITH,
IOWA
A small town pastor’s tactful way
of bringing up that matter of the
church debt promises not only to
pay off his own congregation’s obli
gations, but also those of several
other churches, in Corwith, lowa.
It all started last winter when the
Rev. Karl W. G. Hiller, of Corwith
Methodist Church, attended open
house at John Mullins’ seed corn
store. Mullins at that time showed
the preacher a sample of fine seed,
and the clergyman mused:
“Well, I wish I had some land to
plant this corn—it would help pay
off the church debt.”
Mullins got to thinking about that,
and the idea was born. He offered
to furnish the prize seed free for
any acre of ground a farmer in
North lowa would set aside for his
church, regardless of denomination.
More than 200 planters took him
up on that proposition, and over
the planting season Mullins distribut
ed over S4OO worth of seed. It
wasn’t long before little signs read
ing “God’s Acre” were dotting the
countryside for miles around.
Seems like the Lord has sort of
looked after His own crops a little
better than the run of the field in
North lowa. Or maybe the planters
have given His land better attention.
It’s harvest time up there today;
and, while the government average
for the section is 46 bushels, God’s
Acres are producing something like
63 bushels apiece.
Still Coughing?
No matter how many medicines you
have tried for your common cough,
chest cold, or bronchial irritation, you
may get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and you
cannot afford to take a chance with any
remedy less potent than Creomulsion,
which goes right to the seat of the trou
ble and aids nature to soothe and heal
the inflamed mucous membranes and to
loosen and expel germ-laden phlegm.
Even if other remedies have failed,
don’t be discouraged, try Creomulsion.
Your druggist is authorized to refund
your money if you are not thoroughly
satisfied with the benefits obtained.
Creomulsion is one word, ask for it
plainly, see that the name on the bottle
is Creomulsion, and you’ll get the
genuine product and the relief you
want. (Aav.)
the taxes that support our schools and
roads and institutions—is tremendous
ly important to the commercial life of
every community and to the State as a
whole—LET’S KEEP THE COTTON
MILLS IN GEORGIA.”
LET'S KEEP*
COTTON MILLS
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