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THE JACKSON HERALD
$1.50 A Year—ln Advance
Published Weekly
(Catered at The Jefferson Postoffice
as Second-Class Mail Matter
Official Organ of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER Editor
Vf. H. WILLIAMSON Bus. M’g'r.
JEFFERSON, GA., NOV. 24. 1938.
Hon. John B. Hardman
The death of Senator John B
Hnrdman has caused deep regret
nnd much sorrow. He had the con
fide •nee, friendship and love of hun
dreds of people. Among men he was
a leader. While unostentatious, yet
he had the elements of true leader
ship. In his town and in his county
hr was an advocate of those thin?”
that inured to the public welfare.
Believing that Jackson county must
have anew agriculture to bring per
manent prosperity here, he was an
earnest advocate of live stock and
cattle growing, and on the day of his
death had been made president of
the new Live Stock Association in
Jackson.
In agriculture, business and poli
tics, he was a success. In civic,
.social and religious matters he took
an active and prominent part.
In the language of the Holy
Word, “He will be missed.” A model
citizen has gone to his eternal re
ward.
: Bishop W. T. Watkins
On account of a throat ailment,
the presiding Bishop, J. L. Decell,
of the recent session of the North
Georgia Conference, did not preach
lasd Sunday at the morning hour,
bat this responsibility came to Bish
op W. T. Watkins.
The subject of the sermon of
Bishop Watkins was Optimism. It
•was characterized for originality,
profundity and lucidity of thought
and clarity, and beauty of expres
sion.
It was one of the most impressive
ami sublime messages any gospel
teacher or expounder ever delivered
to the North Georgia Conference.
He had a capacity audience in Wes
ley Memorial Church, who listened
with intense interest to this encour
aging, hopeful and wonderful ser
mon.
Bishop Watkins was at home and
lunong his friends, for he was a
member of the North Georgia Con
ference when elected to the Episco
pacy, and at the recent session he
vrs elected an honorary member for
life. In fact, he never belonged to
any other conference during his
ministerial career. He was born,
reiired and received his early edu
cation within the bounds of this
jurisdiction. He is a native of Jack
son county, the birth place being
Ilolly Springs. His wife, daughter
of the late J. C. Hancock and Mrs.
Hancock, is indigenous to that same
locality.
Asa school boy, Willie Watkins,
now the Bishop, attended Martin In
stitute. In speaking of him after
his sermon, a former lady citizen of
this county said, “When Willie
Watkins attended Martin Institute I
urns also a pupil, and he was just a
plain, country boy, but a good one.
He exhibited no extraordinary evi
dence of future greatness, except he
was thoughtful and studious. En
dowed with native ability, yet his
dynamic brain power was somewhat
latent. Just what he has ac
complished. Education, study and
public speaking have developed his
native powers until today he is one
of the great thinkers of his time.
A pure character and the blessings
of a Heavenly Father have made him
one of the most powerful and effec
tive orators and expounders of the
gospel in the service of the Church.
His former school mates and his
friends and kin people in Jackson
county in particular are truly proud
of his having obtained the most ex
halted heights in his Church.”
He is one of the finest citizens and
one of the greatest preachers who
ever stood in a pulpit. He is a
blessing to the world.
EDITOR W. J. DOZIER DIES IN
DOUGLASVILLE
Douglasville, Ga.-r-W. J. Dozier,
one of the outstanding figures in
Georgia’s weekly newspaper field
*nd editor of The Douglasville Sen
tinel, died Thursday morning at his
home.
He succumbed after suffering a
heart attack while busy editing last
week’s edition of his paper.
Mrs. M. P. O’Callahan of Athens
upent Friday in Jefferson.
COUNTY AGENT’S
COLUMN
Cotton Acreage Allotted this County
Total* 28,408 Acres
Jackson County’s cotton acreage
allotment for 1939 is 28,408 acres,
it was announced in Athens by
Homer S. Durden, atate administra
tive officer of the Agricultural Ad
justment Administration.
This allotment represents this
county's share of the 2,212,422 cot
ton acres allotted to Georgia for
1939 under the federal farm pro
gram. Of this total, 2,101,098 acres
have been divided among the state’s
156 cotton-growing c< unties. Of
the balance, 37,108 acres have been
held in reserve for allotment to new
growers and 74,216 acres have been
reserved for adjustment of possible
errors.
In addition to the original quota
announced today, this county as well
as all other cotton-growing counties
in the state will receive a proportion
ate share of this reserved acreage.
The largest county allotment
went to Burke, which received 60,-
304 acres. The smallest allotment,
11 acres, went to Mclntosh, a coast
al county that grows very little short
staple cotton. The farm program
does not apply to Sea Island cotton.
Four counties—Towns, Rabun, Fan
nin and Union—do not grow any
cotton at all and consequently re
ceived no allotments.
Cotton allotments to individual
farmers already have been worked
out in a number of counties by coun
ty conservation committees composed
of local farmers. Cotton and flue
cured tobacco allotments to indi
vidual farmers in all counties are ex
pected to be made before the De
cember 10 vote on marketing quo
tas.
County and community conser
vation committees are following the
same method that was used under
the 1938 farm program in determin
ing cotton acreage allotments for
1939, Homer S. Durden, state ad
ministrative officer, said in Athens
this week.
The farm act specificially states
how the allotments are to be made
and this procedure is used for all
.arms alike.
It is expected that the allotments
will be in the hands of the fanners
in all cotton producing counties be
fore the marketing quota election on
December 10.
In general, all farms which have
produced cotton in any of the past
three years receive allotments.
For farms on which the highest
planted and diverted cotton acreage
during the past 3 years is 5 acres or
less, the farm’s allotment is the
highest cotton acreage planted and
diverted during the 3-year period.
For farms on which the highest
cotton acreage planted and diverted
during the previous 3 years is more
than 5 acres, the farm’s allotment
is based on a fixed percentage of
the farm’s cropland excluding the
acres normally devoted to the com
mercial production of sugar cane for
sugar, wheat, tobacco, and rice. This
fixed percentage will be the same
for all farms with allotments be
tween five and fifteen acres. No
farm will have an alotment greater
than the highest cotton acreage
panted and diverted during the past
three years.
The law provides, however, that
notwithstanding 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 50 percent
might cause the allotment to exceed
40 percent of the farm’s tilled land.
A small reserve acreage is avail
able in each state for allotment to
farms producing cotton in 1939 but
which did not produce any cotton in
the three preceding eyars.
Belief that Georgia farmers are
beginning to realize that farm ter
racing is only a part of the funda
mental erosion-control problem in
volve din a complete water disposal
system for the whole farm was ex
pressed ihis week by Jule G. Lid
dell, state coordinator of the Soil
Conservation Service.
In a statement from Athens, Mr.
Liddell pointed out that, in the past,
the general practice has been to dis
charge water from the ends of ter
races or hillside ditches onto any
accessible area not in cultivation,
such as abandoned fields, roads, and
line ditches. Concentration of water
on these unprotected areas, speeded
up erosion and often developed gul
lies which worked back into the
fields, destroying the measures which
were intended to protect the fields.
In recent years a complete soil
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
Good Programs At
Roosevelt Theatre
These good shows coming to The
Roosevelt Theatre Thursday and
Friday, Sabu, Raymond Massey, Va
lerie Hobson, in “Drums.” This is
an exciting picture, that will please
everyone, so be sure and see this
picture during your Thanksgiving
holiday. This picture is so good
that we will have a special matinee
Thanksgiving Day at 3.30 p. m. Al
so, Selected Short Subject. We will
be looking for you.
Saturday: Bob Steele, Laff Mc-
Kee, in “Riding The Lone Trail.”
Be sure and see this fast moving
Western, that has action, fast gun
play, excitement and thrills of the
old West. Also, chapter Bof Johnny
Mack Brown, in "Flaming Fron
tiers.” And, Selected Short Subject.
Monday: Gary Cooper, Binnie
Barnes, Basil Rathbone, in “The Ad
ventures of Marco Polo.” Here is
one you can’t afford to miss. Look
at this cast, and you will know that
this is a real show. This is history
in the making. Also, Universal
News Reel, the latest in world’s
events, and Selected Short Subject.
Tuesday and Wednesday: The
Weaver Brothers, June Story, Ralph
Byrd, in “Down In Arkansaw.” Do
you like to laugh? Well, this pic
ture will make you hurt your sides
laughing with the Weaver Brothers
of radio fame. This is fun for the
whole family. Chapter 2 of “The
Lone Ranger.” Selected Sport
Light Fisherman’s Paradise.” Re
member it costs you only a dime on
these two nights, so bring your
neighbors to this side splitting,
laugh getting program.
Watch for the date on Tom Saw
yer.
ITEMS FROM COMMERCE NEWS
A. G. Holland Dies
Mr. Allen Gibson Holland, 38, of
Maysville, died from pneumonia at
the Commerce Hospital at 5 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Holland was from a prominent
family of this section, and was well
known and liked. He was a brother
of Norris Holland of this city, and
was a nephew of Mrs. W. T. White
head.
The funeral was held from Oconee
church Friday morning at 11 o’clock
with Rev. T. C. Hardman in charge
of the service.
Mr. Holland is survived by his
wife; four sisters, Mrs. Guy Wood,
Commerce, Mrs. Joe Donahoo, Mays
ville, Mrs. Fleta Mansell, Russell
ville, Ala., and Mrs„ John Simms,
Quitman; and three brothers, Nor
ris Holland, Commerce, Foster and
J. T. Holland of Maysville.
tt t T
Car of Col. Abit Nix Overturn*
Col. Abit Nix of Athens overturn
ed in his car on the Athens-Jefferson
road, ffnear Rambler’s Inn, as he
was en route to Homer court Thurs
day morning, and wrecked his car,
but escaped with only bruises and
sore spots himself. He was travel
ing alone. The rains of the day and
night before had made the pave
ment slippery. The accident occur
ed where the new pavement joined
the old. The car turned over sever
al times, cutting down a few tele
phone poles in its made swathe. Col.
Nix was pinned in the car, which
had stopped on its top in the last
revolution, and had to be extricated
by passersby. He then proceeded to
Homer to attend pending cases.
conservation program has been
demonstrated in erosion control pro
jects and is now being put into ef
fect on cooperating farms in soil
conservation districts. Among other
things, proper emphasis is placed on
the control of run-off water through
out its course, until the water reach
es a point of stable grade.
In many instances, protected
woodlands or well-sodded pasture
lands are accessible, upon which the
concentrated flow from terraces may
he discharged and spread without in
ducing erosion.
Natural drainage ways or broad
field depressions, when properly
stabilized with vegetation, provide
the finest type of outlet. Such areas
may be converted into meadow
strips which will not only serve as
outlets, but will also supply the
farmer with an abundance of hay.
In erosion control demonstration
areas, it has been found desirable in
some cases, where natural outlets
are not available, to establish dis
posal areas along the edge of the
field by retiring a triangular-shaped
strip to perennial hay crops, shrubs,
or trees. When adequate cover has
been established, water may be dis
charged safely on such areas.
NEARLY HALF MILLION
WILL BE SPENT ON
SCHOOL FOR DEAF
Rome, Ga.—The long fight to re
move the Georgia School for the
Deaf from Cave Spring, eighteen
miles south of Rome, is apparently
ended, according to Judge Hender
son L. Lanham, Floyd County legis
lator, who announced Saturday that
plans have been approved and funds
alloted for erection of four new
buildings on the campus, to cost
$402,000.
An additional $50,000 will be
spent for repairs and remodeling of
present buildings on the campus of
the institution.
Several major attempts have been
made during recent years to have
the school removed to another sec
tion of the state, but the main objec
tive it seems was to gain improve
ments for the institution. It is be
lieved that those who fought for re
moval have been reconciled by the
new building program, Judge Lan*
ham said.
3 NEW MEMBERS
ELECTED TO BOARD
OF YOUNG HARRIS
Atlanta.—Trustees of Young Har
ris College, at their semi-annual
meeting Tuesday night, elected three
new members of the board—Gover
nor E. D. Rivers, Walter H. Rich,
president of Rich’s, Inc., and Wil
liam V. Lance, of Gainesville.
Governor Rivers and Mr. Lance
are alumni of Young Harris and
Mr. Rich has been instrumental in
improving facilities at the college
during the past few years.
Reports to the trustees showed
that the SIOO,OOO endowment fund
has been completed and the college
has been .placed on the southern ac
credited list. The general condition
of the institution was reported as
highly satisfactory.
Officers of the board are: Dr. W.
T. Hamby, Decatur, chairman; Hen
ry J. Fullbright, Waynesboro, vice
chairman; and Charles S. Reid, At
lanta, secretary-treasurer.
LE TOURNEAU FIRM
BEGINS WORK ERECTING
FACTORY NEAR TOCCOA
A number of men and several
large grading machines are this
week engaged in leveling the land
recently purchased for R. L. Le
Tourneau, Inc., about two miles east
of Toccoa along the Southern Rail
way. •
Plans now indicate that upon com
pletion of a considerable amount of
grading, a building 100 by 400 feet
will be erected on the site, and as
sembly of road-building machinery
will begin as soon as everything is
in readiness.
Several hundred persons have
filed application for positions with
the new company, but it will likely
be some time before employment of
many people will be necessary, as
much preliminary work is to be done.
Mr. Jack Salvador, of Peoria, 111.,
is in active charge of all operations,
and is assisted by Mr. Lewis, also
sent here from the main office of
the firm.—Toccoa Record.
CITY COURT JURORS
The following jurors have been
drawn to serve at the November
Term, 1938, City Court of Jeffer
son.
Birdie Seagraves.
C. Lester Massey.
C. T. McDonald, Sr.
J. E. Brumbalow.
W. L. Venable.
Hoke S. Crocker.
L. F. Morrison.
D. E. Murphy.
Lewis H. Mobley.
Chas. M. Cooper.
O. H. Watkins.
John W. Strange.
A. S. Crow.
Robert D. Mathews.
J. Paul Barnett.
Cleve M. Marlow.
L. P. Legg.
H. B. Gober.
Thos. F. Parks.
F. E. Lord.
L. J. Lyle.
R. W. Herbert.
H. Allen Turner.
W. H. Braselton.
Hoke S. Hardy.
F. S. Carr.
A. M. Stringer.
H. D. Dadisman.
Hoke S. Finch.
Complete official consolidation of
the November 8 general election
gave United States Senator Walter
F. George 66,897 votes, his inde
pendent opponent, Charles A. Jiles,
3,442, and 14 “written in” votes for
Former Governor Eugene Talmadge.
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 shows
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Sabu, Raymond Massey, Valerie Hobson, in
DRUMS ‘
Selected RKO Subject, Under A Gypsy Moon
ADMISSION 10 AND 20 CENTS
(Miss Lucile Langford)
SATURDAY,
Bob Steele, Laff McKee, in
RIDING THE LONE TRAIL
Chapter 8, J. Mack Brown, Flaming Frontiers
Selected RKO Short Subject
Admitiion Matinee EVERYBODY 10 CENTS
Admission Night, 10 and 15 Cent*
(Emory Merck)
MONDAY
Gary Cooper, B. Barnes, Basil Rathbone. in
THE ADVEN URES OF MARCO POLO
Universal News Reel, The Latest In World’s Events
Selected RKO Sport Reel, Fisherman’s Paradise
Admission 10 and 15 Cents
(Miss Elizabeth Wilkes)
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Weaver Brothers, June Story, Ralph Byrd in
DOWN IN ARKANSAW
Chapter 2, of The Lone Ranger
Selected Fox Short Subject
Matinee Wednesday 12:00 m.
Admission, Matinee and Night, Everybody 10 Cents
(Miss Grace Venable)
If your name appears in this advertisement, clip and present
it at the door for a complimentary seat.
Announcement
h r .i '
Due to our misfortune of fire since
our Christmas Circulars were printed,
all prices will be much lower than the
prices now advertised in our Toy
Town Circulars.
We have a large stock of slightly
damaged Staple and Christmas Mer
chandise to be sold at prices never
heard of in this section.
We will follow this Fire Sale with
New Christmas Merchandise.
Be here early and get your share
of these bargains.
Sale Starts Saturday, Nov, 26
Located in Maddox Building, Up Stains
Kesler & Legg 10c Store
EAST SIDE CHOIR
AT HUDSON RIVER
Hudson River Baptist Church en
tertained the meeting of the East
Side Choir in its regular monthly
session Sunday afternoon, November
20. The pretty weather brought out
a large crowd, which enjoyed the
following program:
Opening song: Jewett Barnett.
Prayer-: V. W. Gibson.
Arranging Committee: David
Vaughn, J. E. Lord, Paul Power.
Leaders: Jewett Barnett, Paul
Power, V. W. Gibson, Fred Brown,
Owen Loggins, Bob Means, Edward
Vaughn.
Brown Quartette: “No Heartaches
in Heaven,” and “John Bubbling
Over.”
Leaders: Mrs. Dorsey Suggs, Mrs.
Grace Prickett, Hoyt Hix, L. E.
Patton, J. H. Bird, W. T. Whitley,
Aubry Benton.
Collection: $0.95.
Trio: “The Good Old Praying
Way,” Paul Power, Miss Lois Means,
Bob Means.
Leaders: Miss Julia Langford,
Miss Geneva Williams, Jewett Bar
nett.
Invitations received from Berea,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1938.
Rogers and Nicholson. By majority
vote, the next session will be held at
Berea, Sunday afternoon, Decem
ber 18.
Welcome: V. W. Gibson.
Leaders: Mrs. Eula Ingram, Hoyt
Hix.
Quartette: “Old ‘Zekiel Waded
Out,” Paul Power, John Brown, Fred
Brown, Bob Means.
Leaders: H. E. Vaughn, Jack Wil
banks, L. E. Patton.
Pianists: Mrs. Grace Prickett, Hy
man Brown, L. E. Patton, Mrs. Eula
Ingram, Miss Geneva Williams.
Closing song: Claud Cleghorn.
Benediction: J. L. Lord.
Claud Cleghorn, Pres.
Jewett Barnett, Sec’y.
1 DEAD, 10 HURT IN TORNADO
IN MISSISSIPPI
A tornado which ripped across
Louisiana and Mississippi Friday
killed a negro woman, injured at
least ten other persons and caused
scattered damage in the vicinities of
Mound and Krotz Springs, La., and
Auburn, Bogue Chitto, Vicksburg,
Centerville, Raymond, Brookhaven
and Canton, Miss.