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SUPPLEMENT
TO
By Holder & Williamson
Notice To Contractors
Federal Aid Project No. 215-E (1)
PTS. 1,2, & 3, Countie* of
Bank* & Jackson
Sealed proposals will be received
by the State Highway Board of
Georgia at the General Office at No.
2 Capitol Square, Atlanta, Ga., until
10 A. M. Central Standard time, De
cember 2, 1938, for furnishing all
labor, material, equipment and other
things necessary for the construction
of 8.439 miles of surface treated
road, located in Banks and Jackson
Counties on what is locally known
as the Homer-Commerce road. Be
ginning in Homer and extending to
the junction of State Route 59, ap
proximately 1.5 miles North of Com
merce, otherwise known as Fed. Aid
Project 215-E (1) Pts. 1, 2 & 3, in
Banks and Jackson Counties. The
work will be let in one contract.
The Approximate Quantities Are As
Follows:
99.711 Acres Clearing and Grub
bing (Lump Sum).
67573 Cu. Yds. Unclassified Excava
tion and Borrow.
34000 Lin. Ft. Common Excava
tion—Round Cut Slopes.
2000 Cu. Yds. Ditch Excavation.
170 Lin. Ft. 15 In. Pipe SD.
80 Lin. Ft. 18 In. Pipe SD.
30 Lin. Ft. 15 In. Corr. Metal Pipe
SD Ext.
76 Lin. Ft. 18 In. Corr. Metal
Pipe CD Ext.
63 Lin. Ft. 24 In. Corr. Metal
Pipe CD Ext.
14 Lin. Ft. 30 In. Corr. Metal
Pipe CD Ext.
10 Lin. Ft. 18 In. Cone. Pipe SD
Ext.
10 Lin. -Ft. 24 In. Cone. Pipe SD
Ext.
59 Lin. Ft. Culvert Pipe Removed
SD or CD.
259 Lin. Ft. Culvert Pipe Removed
and Relaid SD or CD.
23.61 Cu. Yds. Cl. “B” Concrete
Headwalls.
96120 Sq. Yds. Grassing Should
ers.
3 Each Posts for FAP Markers.
3 Each Plates for FAP Markers.
6 Each Arrows for FAP Markers.
7 C. Yds. Selected Material Back
Fill (Culverts).
1.58 Cu. Yds. Rubble Masonry
Headwalls.
75 Sq. Yd. Grouted Rip Rap.
130 Sq. Yd. Rip Rap—Cement
Block.
3252 Lin. Ft. Guard Rail Type
“D”, “R”, or “B” with Type “C”
Cone. Posts.
446 Lin. Ft. 4 In. x 8 In. Concrete
Header.
8 Each RW Markers Removed &
Reset.
1608 Sq. Yds. Sod Ditch Checks.
3610 Lin. Ft. Spreader Boards.
45 Sq. Yd. Solid Grass Flume.
549 Sq. Yd. Solid Sodding.
638 Cu. Yd. Selected Material—■
Inch Mail. & Hauling.
2624 Sq. Yd. Asphalt Paving Re
moved.
1 Each Drop Inlet Std. 1001—H.
4 Ft.—o In. or less.
34096 Cu. Yd. Top Soil Base—
Incl. Matl. & Hauling.
36682 Gal. Bituminous Prime.
39997 Gal. Hot. Application Bitu
minous Material.
39997 Gal. Seal Application Bitu
minous Material.
2500 Ton Coarse Aggregate Cover
Material.
1001 Ton Fine Aggregate Cover
Material.
213 Sq. Yd. Reinforced concrete
approach slab.
163404 Sq. Yd. Finishing and
Dressing.
Said work shall begin within ten
(10) days after formal execution of
contract and shall be completed with
in 175 working days. When contract
has been executed, written notice
shall be given the Contractor, at
which time, and not before, work
may be started.
Contract executed pursuant to
this Notice is binding on the State
Highway Department, as such. Said
contract will not create liability, ex
press or implied, against the under
signed members of the State High
way Board, as individuals, either
seperately or collectively; nor against
any employee of the State Highway
Board or the State Highway Depart
ment, in his or her individual ca
pacity.
The minimum wage to be paid un
der this contract shall be 20 cents
per hour for unskilled labor, 30
cents per hour for intermediate
The Jackson Herald
grade labor and 50 cents per hour
for skilled labor. The attention of
bidders is directed to the Special
Provisions covering employment of
labor, methods of construction, sub
letting or assigning the contract and
to the use of Domestic Materials.
Plans and Specifications are on
file at the office of the undersigned
at Atlanta, and at Gainesville, Ga.,
and at the office of the Board of
County Commissioners of Banks
County at Homer, Ga., and at the of
fice of the Board of County Com
missioners of Jackson County at
Jefferson, Ga., where they may be
inspected free of charge. Copies of
the plans may be obtained upon pay
ment in advance of the sum of
$10.05. Copies of the General
Specifications may be obtained up
on payment in advance of the sum
of $2.50, which sums will not be re
funded.
Proposals must be submitted on
Regular Forms, which will be sup
plied by the undersigned, and may
be obtained by a payment, in ad
vance of $5.00 for each proposal is
sued. When the proposal is sub
mitted, it must be accompanied by a
certified check, cashier’s check, ne
gotiable United States Bonds, or
other acceptable' security in the
amount of $3300.00, and must be
plainly marked “Proposal for Road
Construction”, County and Number,
and show the time of opening as ad
vertised. Check of the low bidder
will be cashed and all other checks
will be returned as soon as the con
tract is awarded, unless it is deemed
advisable by the State Highway
Board to hold one or more checks.
If an usual condition arises, the
State Highway Board reserves the
right to cash all checks. Bidders
Bond will not be accepted.
Bond will be required of the suc
cessful bidder as required by law.
The bond must be written by a
licensed Georgia Agent in a com
pany licensed to write Surety Bonds
in the State of Georgia, and be ac
companied by a certificate from the
Department of Industrial Relations
that the Contractor is complying
with the Georgia Workman’s Com
pensation Act.
Contracts will not be awarded to
contractors who have not been
placed on th,e list of qualified Con
tractors prior to the date of award.
No proposal will be issued to any
bidder later than 12 Noon, Central
Standard time of the day prior to
the date of opening bids.
License Requirement: Proposals
will be issued to qualified contrac
tors, but no project will be awarded
to any contractor unless he secures a
license to engage in the business of
General Contracting from the Licens
ing Board for Contractors, State of
Georgia, as provided in an Act ap
proved by the Governor on March
30, 1937.
Every contractor applying for pro
posals must submit at the same time
on a form which will be supplied
by the undersigned, a statement of
his contracts on hand.
All bids must show totals for each
item and total amount of bid.
Right is reserved in the undersigned
to delay the award of the contract
for a period not to exceed thirty
(30) days from the date of opening
bids, during which period bids shall
remain open and not subject to
withdrawl. Right is also reserved
in the undersigned to reject any and
all bids and to waive all formalities.
Upon compliance with rerequire
ments of the Standard Specifications,
Ninety (90) per cent of the amount
of work done in any calendar month
will be paid for by the 25th day of
the succeeding month, provided that
payrolls have been submitted as re
quired and the remainder within
thirty (30) days 'after the Final
Estimate is approved by the Engin
eer.
This sixteenth day of November,
1938.
STATE HIGHWAY BOARD OF
GEORGIA.
W. L. Miller, Chairman.
J. L. Gillis, Member.
H. H. Watson, Member.
BOOK WEEK EXHIBIT
The Book Week Exhibit will be
held at Martin Institute, in the main
hall, Thursday, November 17th.
The exhibits will be on display from
2 until 4, and the public is cordially
invited to see them.
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JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Georgia Baptist* 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.
STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
COMPETE FOR RHODES
SCHOLARSHIP
Morris Abram, Fitzgerald; Robert
McCuen, Savannah; A1 Morgan, At
lanta, and Floyd Newton, Madison,
will be the University of Georgia’s
candidates for 1938 Rhodes scholar
ship awards.
W. D. Hooper, chairman of the
university’s Rhodes committee, an
nounced these four outstanding stu
dents would compete in Atlanta De
cember 15, against nominees from
other Georgia colleges.
The two winners in this elimina
tion will enter the district, eight
state examinations December 17,
and four of these 16 candidates will
be awarded the scholarships which
entitle the holder to two years of
study at Oxford University in Eng
land.
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. Westmoreland, 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 hajl 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 Kinsey,
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.
Twiggs, 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.
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.
Thursday, November 17, 1938.
See These Good Shows At
Roosevelt Theatre
Thursday and Friday, at The
Roosevelt Theatre, George Raft,
Dorothy Lamour, Henry Fonda, in
“The Spawn of The North.” This is
a thrilling story, that will hold your
Interest from start to finish, with
the best known stars on the screen to
furnish you entertainment. Also,
Selected Short Subject.
Saturday: George O’Brian, Lari
ane Johnson, in “Painted Desert.”
Here is your favorite Western star
again, to give you a thrill a minute,
and action galore. Chapter 1, of
“The Lone Ranger.” Also, Select
ed Short Subject.
Monday: Dixie Dunbar, Frank
Melton, in “Freshman Year.” Here
is Georgia’s own movie star. Dixie
will have you in the aisles with her
funny antics. This is a picture for
the whole family. Also, universal
News Reel, the Latest in World’s
Events. Free on this night, your
Thanksgiving dinner—a barrel of
groceries and a turkey, through
courtesy of Kesler & Legg; and the
Roosevelt Theatre. Admission 10
and 15 cents.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Adolph
Menjou, Edgar Bergen, Charlie Mc-
Carthy, in “Letter of Introduction.”
Here is your old friend again, Char
lie McCarthy. For laughs, Charlie
can’t be beat. This will be one of
the best pictures you will see this
year, and it costs you only a dime.
Why not bring the whole family?
Also, chapter 1, of “The Lone Rang
er.” And Selected Short Subject.
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 $2,349.26.
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 money to buy food.
Each family is individually certified
by county welfare directors as being
in need, before distribution is made.
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.
EASTMAN BOY WINS HONORS
AT STETSON COLLEGE
Eastman, Ga.—Everybody in East
man is proud of the honors and suc
cess attained by Lawrence Harts
field, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. S.
Hartsfield, who is a student in Stet
son University, DeLand, Fla.
Lawrence, already leader of the
College Band, was last week elect
ed student mayor of DeLand for the
College Home-Coming celebration
November 19, the highest honor of
its kind that can be bestowed upon
a university student.
Lawrence is a splendid specimen
of fine young American manhood,,
serious and purposeful, yet of a
generous, friendly and social dis
position, and is popular with his as
sociates wherever he goes. There is
considered no danger that his hon
ors and success will "go to his head,”
but grave fears are entertained for
his father.
Vol. 63. No. 23.
State Road Board Asks
Bids On Projects
$1,000,000 Work lacludos Comple
tion of Paving on Homor-Coae
merce Highway, Banks and Jack
son Counties.
The State Highway Board in At
lanta Wednesday issued a call for
bids on nearly $1,000,000 of paving,
grading and bridge projects.
The projects, announced by Chair
man W. L. Miller, include four for
the construction of roadway ap
proaches and weighing pits to be
used by the state highway planning
survey. These are to be located in
Dougherty, Bryan, Cobb and Eman
uel counties.
The contracts are to be awarded
to the lowest bidders December 2.
A project of much interest to our
readers is that of surfacing of 8.43$
miles on the Homer-Commerce road,
in Banks and Jackson counties, be
ginning at Homer.
Notice of the letting of this pro
ject can be seen in this issue of
The Herald.
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.
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 fornr
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.
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.
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.
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.