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THE JACKSON HERALD
$1.50 A Year—ln Advance
Published Weekly
Entered at The Jefferson Postolßce
as Second-Class Mail Matter
Official Organ of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER-- Editor
W. H. WILLIAM 50N.....8u5. M’g’r.
JEFFERSON. GA., NOV. 10. 1938.
A LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION TO BE
ORGANIZED
At 2 p. m. Friday, the eighteenth,
there will be a meeting in Jeffer
son of farmers of the county to
organize a branch of the Livestock
Improvement Association. These
associations will be organized in
eleven other Northeast Georgia coun
ties between the eighteenth and De
cember first.
As soon as the county groups are
perfected, these will form a district
group to work with similar districts
throughout the state.
The counties in the group to form
this district are Jackson, Clarke,
Oconee, Oglethorpe, Stephens, Bar
row, Franklin, Banks, Morgan, Madi
son, Walton, Hart. With the one
crop system proving a failure when
cotton prices are below the price of
production, an increase in raising of
livestock would be of invaluable
benefit to boost the farmer’s finances.
ROOSEVELT TO VISIT
WARM SPRINGS FOR
THANKSGIVING REST
Washington.—President Roosevelt
will eat his Thanksgiving turkey in
Warm Springs, Ga., for the first time
in three years.
The President will carve turkey in
the presence of patients at the
Warm -Springs Foundation.
Under a tentative schedule an
nounced Saturday, Mr. Roosevelt
will leave Washington Sunday, No
vember 20. After a drive to (Viicka
mauga Dam and Lookout Mountain
he will entrain for Warm Springs,
arriving there the night of Novem
!M t 21.
After two weeks in Warm Springs,
Mr. Roosevelt will return to Wash
ington. He will route at
the latter place befoi% a non-par
tisan forum.
RIVERS PLANS SERIES
OF CONFERENCES I
WITH LEGISLATORS
Atlanta.—Elections out of the,
way, Governor Rivers planned Sat-'
urday to start a series of pre-assem-1
bly conferences with Georgia legis
lators on November 22.
Assemblymen will be invited to at
tend thy conferences by groups of
senatorial districts, Rivers said, with
about 25 senators and representa
tives to the group.
* The session convening January 9
is expected t 6 receive proposals to
raise the estimated $8,500,000 need
ed for the state if appropriations are
to be paid in full, and additional mil
lions for the counties to offset reve
nue losses due to operation of home
stead and personalty tax exemption
laws.
WATERMELONS PLANTED IN
JULY MAKE CROP
A watermelon crop, planted on
July 22nd and harvested on Novem
ber 13th, is reported by A. D.
Childs, farm 'superintendent of the
Univeisity Agricultural College.
| Mr. Childs was in Cochran, No
vember 13th and witnessed the sale
of "Uncle” Blue Mullins’ crop, which
he said contained some fine speci
mens, weighing up to 40 pounds.
P “Uncle” Blue Mullins is a 70-year
old rural mail carrier and grows
melons on the side. He declared he
planted his crop on July 22nd—a
time when most melon growers are
harvesting their crops.—Athens Ban
ner-Herald.
Complete unofficial returns show
ed Saturday 71,511 Georgians voted
in Tuesday's general election, which
gave Dewfocratic nominees majority
landslides. Robert Ramspeck of fhe
Fifth District was opposed in the
general election by H. A. Alexander
of Atlanta; Paul Brown of the Tenth
District was opposed by Mrs. A. R.
Shivers of Norwood, who polled 84
votes, and D. Talmadge Bowers of
Elberton, who polled 443 votes;
Hugh Peterson of the First District
was opposed by Shepperd,
who polled 79 votes. Representa
tive B. Frank Whelchel, of Gaines
ville, was ballottad back to his Ninth
District post by 8,848 votes.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Storey of
Athens were visitors here Monday.
COUNTY AGENT’S
COLUMN
Questions And Answer* on Cotton
Marketing Quota*
The Georgia farmers will vote
on December 10th on marketing
quotas for cotton and flue-cured to
bacco. The questions and answers
on cotton quotas which appear be
low were . furnished The Jackson
Herald by the Georgia Agricultural
Service in an effort to give local
readers the best available informa
tion on the election details and how
quotas operate.
Q. When will the election on cot
ton marketing quotas for 1939 be
held?
A. On December 10, 1938.
Q. W’ho is eligible to vote?
A. All farmers who produced cot
ton with a staple of less than IV4
inches in 1938.
Q. Who will be in charge of the
election?
A. The county conservation
committees. They will designate a
voting place and select three local
farmers to serve as election officers
in each community.
Q. Will a secret ballot be used?
A. Yes. The voting will be con
ducted as in any regular election.
Q. If a two-thirds majority of all
producers taking part in the elec
tion vote their approval, will quotas
be applicable in states, counties and
communities where the favorable
vote was less than the required ma
jority?
A. Yes. The cotton problem is
a national problem and not confined
to any State or locality. Conse
quently, quotas, if voted into effect,
will apply wherever cotton is pro
duced.
Fact* About Cotton Quota*
Q. When cotton marketing quo
tas are in effect, what is the quota
of a farm?
A. It is the amount of cotton
that can be sold without penalty.
For a farm planting within its cotton
acreage allotment, the quota is the
amount of cotton it produces, plus
any cotton produced in a previous
year which would not have been sub
ject to a penalty if it had been
marketed that year. In other words,
the co-operating farmer can sell all
the cotton he produces on his allot
ment without penalty. For a farm
on which the cotton acreage allot
ment is overplanted, the quota is
the amount produced on the allotted
acres or the normal production of
the allotted acres, whichever is
greater, plus any cotton produced in
a previous year which would not
have been subject to a penalty if it
had been marketed that year.
Q. What is the purpose of cot
ton marketing quotas?
A. The use of quotas is one
means of keeping the supply of cot
ton more closely in line with demand.
Quotas also serve as a protection to
farmers who plant within their allot
ments. Without quotas producers
who overplant might defeat the ef
forts of those trying to adjust the
supply to demand.
Q. Under what circumstances
are producers privileged to make use
of quotas?
A. When the total supply of
American cotton is more than 7 per
cent above normal. The normal sup
ply is defined by law as a normal
year’s domestic consumption and ex
ports plus 40 percent of that amount
as an allowance for a normal carry
over. For 1938-1939 the normal
supply actually is over 25,000,000
bales. This is more than 37 per
cent above the normal supply.
Q. How can producers put quo
tas into effect?
A. They are given an opportuni
ty, under the farm act, to vote on
whether or not they want quotas. If
two-thirds of the cotton farmers
voting give their approval, then quo
tas will be in effect for the follow
ing crop year.
Q. Are quotas applicable to all
cotton.
A. To all cotton except that with
a staple length of 1 V* inches or long
er, such as Georgia Sea Island cot
ton.
Cotter Acreage Allotments
Q. What is the national cotton
acreage to be allotted to 1939?
A. Approximately 27,500,000
acres, about the same as in 1938.
Q. How much cotton may be ex
pected to be produced on this acre
age?
A. With normal yields, about
12,000,000 bales.
Q. After the national allotment
has been divided among States and
counties, how will the county allot
ments be apportioned to individual
farms.
A. All farms which have pro
duced cetton in any of the past 3
years will receive allotments. For
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON. GEORGIA
farms on which the highest planted
and diverted cotton acreage during
the past 3 years is 5 acres or less,
the allotment is the same as the
highest cotton acreage planted and
diverted during the 3-year period.
For farms on which the highest cot
ton acreage planted and diverted
during the previous 3 years is more
than 6 acrcsj the allotment is based
on a fixed percentage of the farm's
cropland excluding the acres norm
ally devoted to the commercial pro
duction of sugarcane for sugar,
wheat, tobacco and rice. This fixed
percentage will be the same for all
farms within a county or administra
tive area. A small reserve will be
available for farms with allotments
between 5 and 15 acres. No farm
will have an allotment greater than
the highest cotton acreage planted
and diverted during the past 3 years;
however, the law provides that not
withstanding the other provisions
no allotment is to be less than 50
percent of the 1937 planted and di
verted cotton acreage on the farm,
unless an increase to 60 percent
might cause the allotment to ex
ceed 40 percent of the farm’s tilled
land. A small reserve acreage is
available in each state for allotment
to farms producing cotton in 1939
but which did not produce any cot
ton in the 3 preceding years.
Q. Who handles the farm allot
ments?
A. The county and community
conservation committees.
Q. Can a producer have his al
lotment reviewed.
A. Provision is made for appeal
to a review committee made up of
farmers other than members of the
local committee that established the
allotment is established in accord
ance with the provision of the law.
Penalties
Q. What will be the penalty for
selling cotton produced in 1939 in
excess of the farm quota?
A. Three cents per pound on the
excess cotton sold.
Q. What will be the penalty for
selling cotton in 1939 that was pro
duced in 1938 in excess of the farm
marketing quota?
A. Two cents a pound. How
ever, cotton produced in 1938 which
could have been sold without penalty
at that time may be sold in 1939
without penalty.
Q. With quotas in effect, in what
other way is a farmer affected if he
knowingly overplants his cotton al
lotment?
A. He loses all conservation
payments, loses parity payments on
cotton produced in 1938 on the over
planted farm, and loses the oppor
tunity to obtain a loan on the
amount of cotton in the marketing
quota of his farm.
Q. Do all farms have to pay the
penalty on excess cotton?
A.' No; the penalty does not ap
ply to cotton produced on any farm
receiving a cotton allotment on
which the production in 1939 is 1,000
pounds of lint or less. However, no
conservation payments will be made
in any case if the cotton acreage al
lotmnet is knowingly overplanted
and no parity payment will be made
on any farm where the acreage al
lotment is overplanted.
Loans
Q. Does the program provide foi
cotton loans?
A. Yes; if marketing quotas are
in effect, loans will be made (1) if
the price of cotton goes below 52
percent of parity or (2) if the 1939
August crop estimate for cotton is
greater than a normal year’s domes
tic consumption and exports.
Q. Will loans be available in
1939 if quotas are rejected?
. A. No. If quotas are rejected
by vote of the producers, loans will
not be available between August 1,
1939, and August 1, 1940.
J. W. Jackson, County Agt.
President Roosevelt has made
public a report from Administrator
Elmer F. Andrews placing at 30,000
to 50,000 the nmber of industrial
workers laid off when the federal
wage-hour law went into effect.
Andrews said many earlier reports
“considerably exaggerated the diffi
culties experienced because of the
new act.” He added the actual lay
offs constituted less than one-half of
1 per cent of the workers coming
under the law and about one-tenth
of 1 per cent of all gainful workers.
Mayor Fiotella LaGuardia of New
York City is said to be the outstand
ing independent liberal leader in the
country. Without affiliation with
either major party, without much
financial assistance, without any
aids, indeed, but his own talent for
inspiring the people, has made him
self the biggest vote-getter in the
biggest city in the world.
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL
(By E. B. Betts)
Hon. B. Frank Whelchel, of Gain
esville, Hall County, Georgia, was
a prominent visitor at the National
Capitol on November 10th and 11th.
Congressman Whelchel has been a
member of Congress since January
3rd, 1935, being first elected in the
State Democratic Primary of Sep
tember, 1934, and re-elected in
1936. He was re-elected on Sep
tember 14, 1938, without opposition,
which he richly deserved, to the 76th
Congress, which meets January 3rd
1939. He is a fine man, and a Jef
fersonian Democrat of the first
brand. He is very popular on Capi
tol Hill with Democrats and Republi
cans in the political arena of Ameri
ca, as well as the famous Ninth Dis
trict of Georgia. His constitutcnts
should feel proud of him, and keep
him in Congress for many years to
come, which he richly deserves. He
is a tireless worker for the good of
humanity and the people whom he
represents in the Congress of the
United States of America.
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I was very sorry, indeed, to learn
of the death of Miss Stella McEl
hannon, of Gainesville, Hall County.
She was an excellent lady. She was
the sister of Misses Elizabeth and
Ruby McElhannon, and the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mc-
Elhannon, of Jackson County. May
she rest in peace with the Great
Chief Justice of the Universe, who
doeth all things well.
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Hon. Thomas M. Storke, of Santa
Barbara, California, has been ap
pointed by Governor Frank F. Mer
riam as Interim Senator, as succes
sor to Senator William G. McAdoo,
who resigned as United States Sen
ator after his defeat on August 30,
1938, by Hon. Sheridan Downey, to
accept as Chairman of the Board of
Dallas line, with headquarters in
San Francisco, California. Senator
McAdoo was first elected in 1932.
The 76th Congress, whifch meets
on January 3rd, 1939, will have only
four lady members of Congress:
Mrs. Edith Rogers, of the Fifth Dis
trict of Massachusetts; Miss Jessie
Summers of the Eigtheenth District
of Illinois; Mrs. Mary Norton, of
the Thirteenth District of New Jer
sey; and Mrs. Caroline O’Day, of
New York, from the State At Large.
Mrs. Nan W. Honeyman, of the
third District of Oregon, and Mrs.
Virginia Jencks, of the Sixth Dis
trict of Indiana, were defeated on
November Bth. Mrs. Honeyman by
Hon. Homer D. Angell, Mrs. Jencks
by Hon. Noble J. Johnson, both
Abraham Lincoln Republicans.
The 76th Congress, which meets
January 3rd, 1939, will consist of
261 Democrats, 170 Republicans, and
4 Independents. The Republicans
elected 80 new members over Demo
crats on November Bth, 1938. The
Senate will have 69 Democrats, 23
Republicans, 4 Independents. The
Republicans elected eight new Sen
ators to the Upper House on Novem
ber 8.
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Hon. Adolph J. Sabath, of the
Fifth District of Illinois, will become
Chairman of the Powerful Rules
Committe of the House, in place of
Hon. John J. O’Connor of the Six
teenth District of New York, who
was defeated on November Bth by
Hon. James H. Fay.
R. G. LeTourneau, Inc., said to be
the largest manufacturers of road
machinery in the United States with
main offices at Peoria, 111., last week
purchased approximately 1,000 acres
of land two miles east of Toccoa on
which the company will erect an as
sembly plant of sufficient capacity
to serve the Southern states.
A shortened, simplified state bal
lot has been proposed by the man
agers of Fulton county’s 65 election
precincts. Press Huddleston, chair
man of the managers’ group, was
directed by unanimous vote to seek
co-operation of the Fulton county
legislative representatives in a move
to reduce the yard long, foot-wide
ballot used in the general election
last week.
The people of Georgia were par
ticularly interested in the candidacy
of Mrs. Caroline O’Day for re-elec
tion to the office of Congressman-at
large from New York State. She was
re-elected over stubborn opposition
from a woman on the Republican
ticket. Mrs. O’Day was reared in
South Georgia and was educated at
Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens.
ROOSEVELT THEATRE
PHONE 192. • JEFFERSON, GA.
7:00 TO 11:00 O’CLOCK EACH NIGHT
Matinee Wednesday, 12:00 m.{ Friday 12:00 m.
Matinee Saturday at 1:00 p. m. —3 how
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Geo. Raft, Hemy Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, in
SPAWN OF THE NORTH
Selected RKO Comedy, The Old Mill
ADMISSION 10 AND 20 CENTS
(Ernest Shumake)
SATURDAY
George O’Brian, Lariane Johnson, in
PAINTED DESERT
Chapter 7, J. Mack Brown, Flaming Frontiers
Selected RKO Comedy, False Roomers
Admi*ion Matinee EVERYBODY 10 CENTS
Admi**ion Night, 10 and 15 Cent*
(Verner Harrington)
MONDAY
Dixie Dunbar, Frank Melton, in
FRESHMAN YEAR
Universal New. Reel, The Latest In World’* Event*
Barrel of Groceries and Turkey given away,
through courtesy Kesler & Legg and Theatre
Admission 10 and 15 Cent*
(Mrs. B. A. McCollum)
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Adolph Menjou, A. Leeds, Chas. McCarthy, in
LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1, of The Lone Ranger
Also, Selected Short Subject
Matinee Wednesday 12:00 m.
Admission, Matinee and Night, Everybody 10 Cent*
(Miss Eleanor Prickett)
If your name appears in this advertisement, clip and present
it nt the door for a complimentary seat.
MRS. G. S. WRIGHT IS HOSTESS
TO CENTER MISSIONARY
SOCIETY
Center, Ga.—The November meet
ing of Center Missionary Society
was ’ held recently with Mrs. G. S.
Wright as hostess.
Mrs. M. L. Rylee opened the
meeting by playing “America the
Beautiful,” and the president, Mrs.
J. R. Jarrett, read the scripture,
first verse, third chapter of Mat
thew, and 14th verse, 27th chapter
of John, after which prayer was of
fered.
The leaflet, “Bridging National
and Racial Barriers,” a peace mes
sage, was given by Misses June
Anthony, Myra Lee Kerlin, Vivian
Pace, Mildred Dailey, Mrs. Rylee
and Mrs. Frank Thornton.
A letter from Mrs. McEachern,
Christian Spiritual Life group, was
read by Mrs. Wright.
An all day service was held with
Mrs. Jarrett Tuesday, carrying out
the week of prayer service.
During business session minutes
of the last meeting were read by
Mrs. Fred Anthony. The offering
was made and auxiliary officers for
the coming year were elected.
The December meeting will be held
with Mrs. J. R. Jarrett.
Those present were: Mrs. Wright,
Mrs. Nancy Black, Mrs. Mary Cox,
Mrs. Mamie Rylee, Mrs. M. W. Mat
thews, Mrs. Doyle Acree, Mrs. Frank
Thornton, Mrs. Fred Anthony, Mrs.
J. R. Jarrett, Mrs. W. C. Anthony,
Dora Christian, June Anthony, Myra
Lee Kerlin, Vivian Pace, Mildred
Dailey, and Mrs. J. W. Johnson.
The recent federal unemployment
census seemingly emphasized the old
contention that the large number of
women working was the cause of ex
cessive unemployment among men.
But the only argument to sustain
such a belief, according to the re
search division of the National In
dustrial Conference Board, is based
on the bare fact that women form
ed a larger proportion of those em
ployed and those seeking jobs at the
time the census was taken than in
1930.
Nearly 100 water works and sew
erage projects in Georgia cities are
either now under construction or
will be begun within the next sever
al months. Projects of this type are
permanent installations, and are
safe investments for future service.
Georgia citizens are raising the local
contribution of money, and the Fed
eral Government, through the Public
Works Administration and the Works
Progress Administration, is supply
ing the remainder.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17. IS.
STATE REPORTS SURPLUS
COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTED
IN JACKSON COUNTY
Figures released by Mr. M. H. Bel
lah, District Commodity Supervisor,
discloses that the State Department
of Public Welfare distributed sur
plus commodities in Jackson County
during September, 1938, having a
total value of $2,349.25.
The total value of surplus com
modities distributed during the
month by the State Department to
needy families exceeded $300,000,
all of which was furnished by the
Federal government at no cost what
ever to the State.
Distribution is made to families
who do not have irfoney to buy food.
Each family is individually certified
by county welfare directors as being
in need, before distribution is made.
MRS. S. M. GOSS BOUND OVER
FOR INVOLUNTARY MAN
SLAUGHTER
A case that will be passed on by
the next grand jury is that of The
State Vs. Mrs. S. M. Goss, who lives
near Commerce.
In a commitment trial in Jeffer
son some days ago before Justices
Guy Strickland and J. F. Doster,
Mrs. Goss was bound over to su
perior court on a charge of involun
tary manslaughter, and her bond
fixed at $350, which she gave, and
was immediately released from pri
son and custody of officials.
Judge Strickland said the testi
mony was to the effect that Noble
Sellers called at Mrs. Goss’ home,
and was under the influence of in
toxicants. He slapped her. She
endeavored to get him to leave her
home. He started out, but when he
reached the door, turned around and
seemed determined not to go, when
she shot him with a shot gun. The
man died in a few minutes. Mrs.
Goss was arrested and tried before
officers, as above stated.
Dr. C. R. Jenkins, outstanding
minister of the South Georgia Con
ference for the past thirty eight
years, will preach his last sermon as
a pastor next Sunday to the mem
bers of his congregation at Douglas.
He comes from a family of six broth
ers, reared at Shiloh,- in Talbot coun
ty, and all of them were preachers.
Dr. Jenkins was long president of
Wesleyan College at Macon, served
four years at Mulberry, St. Luke’s
in Columbus, and Wesley Monu
mental in Savannah. He, Mrs. Jen
kins and her sister, Miss Lizzie Hall,
leave next Tuesday for Appling
county, where they will live on their
farm near Baxley.