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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1938.
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over the country who are wait
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ing; you may not know it
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J. FOSTER ECKLES
INSURANCE AGENT
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
LEAVE TO SELL LAND
Georgia, Jackson County. Where
as, W. Hi Fleming, administrator on
the estate of G. L. Fleming, late of
said county, deceased, makes appli
cation for leave to sell the land be
longing to said estate; this is to cite
all persons concerned, kindred and
creditors, to show cause, if any, at
the next regular term of the Court
of Ordinary for said county, to be
held on the first Monday in Decem
ber, 1938, why said leave to sell
land should not be granted the ap
plicant. Witness my hand and of
ficial signature, this 7th day of No
vember, 1938.
W. W. DICKSON, Ordinary.
DEFINITIONS A SPECIALTY
A native of Wiston-Salem, N. C.,
died in Washington, and his relatives
arranged to have his body returned
to his home for burial.
Two small boys, one four, and
one seven, heard the deceased’s rela
tives discussing the plans.
Later, the seven-year-old drew the
four-year-old aside. “They say they
are going to bring his body here,” he
said. “Wonder why they don’t send
him? What is a body, anyhow?”
“I don’t know,” replied the young
ster, “unless it’s what you button
your drawers onto.”
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
Eiffel Tower Outdraws
Louvre as Attraction
PARIS. The Louvre museum,
home of De Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”
and other masterpieces, is France’s
best money-making museum; but
the Eiffel tower is the country’s
most popular drawing card, accord
ing to figures released by the state
department of fine arts.
More than $45,000 was paid to the
Louvre in 1937 entry fees by 537,895
sightseers and art lovers, while the
Eiffel tower attracted 810,185 per
sons and made proportionately
greater profits. Aided by the 1937
exposition in Paris, French muse
ums and monuments brought in a to
tal revenue of almost $350,000, an in
crease of 100 per over 1936.
Versailles, with its historic cha
teau and flashing fountains, was an
other money-maker for France, hav
ing a 1937 income of $75,000, triple
that of the preceding year. The Arc
de-Triomphe also boosted its popu
larity by 300 per cent. Chief among
the money-making state-owned mon
uments outside Paris was the Gothic
marvel of Mont Saint-Michel on the
borderline between Normandy and
Brittany. Its paying visitors num
bered 834,451 last year.
$1.30 of 17 Year* Ago
Still the Same $1.30
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.~
The new police chief, John J.
Ahearn, counted the cash in a
desk drawer and found $1.30
more than was listed by the out
going chief.
“Say,” he remarked to the
desk sergeant, “this fund is $1.30
over the amount listed. How can
I check up on it?”
“That’s the right amount,”
said Sergt. Edward Kelly. “The
fund was $1.30 over when I came
here 17 years ago and it has re
mained that way ever since.”
Academic Freedom'
Academic freedom, as defined in
the Britannica Book of the Year, is
the right of a person connected with
an educational institution freely to
express the conclusions resulting
from his study, either orally or
through publications, without inter
ference or restraint from adminis
trative, political, or religious au
thority. It is subject to limitations
imposed by scholarly bodies wha
may insist that academic freedom
shall neither cloak techniques found
clearly imperfect, nor violate can
ons of professional ethics.
Never use a damp or wet cloth or
holder in removing a hot dish from
the oven or stove. A dry one pre
vents the heat from penetrating and
scorching the fingers.
CASTOR BEANS MAY
PROVE CASH CROP
Plan to Try Out Foreign
Plant in 32 State*.
WASHINGTON.—Th Agricultural
Chemical association has enlisted
farmers in 32 states in an experi
ment to determine tha practicability
of growing castor plants on a com
mercial scale.
Former United States Sen. Smith
W. Brookhart heads the newly
formed organization promoting the
program which he says may afford
farmers a “cash crop” for 35,000,000
acres with an annual revenue of
$1,000,000,000.
Dr. Henry G. Knight, chief of the
department of agriculture bureau of
chemistry and soils, expressed skep
ticisim of the claims, pointing out
that many difficulties must be sur
mounted before the program can be
made practical.
“The claim that farmers may de
rive S3O to S6O an acre from castor
plants is not, so far as I can find out,
based on anything but promotional
guesswork,” Knight said. “It gives
farmers a wrong impression.”
Indorsed as Experiment.
Knight said he approved the pro
gram as an experiment—which its
sponsors insisted it was—but urged
that farmers not plant castor beans
on a commercial scale until they
had proved their adaptability to
their farms and had assurance of a
profitable cash market.
The United States consumes 84,-
000,000 pounds of castor oil annual
ly. All of it is imported. Com
mercial use of the oil might be in
creased to 400,000,000 pounds by a
small reduction in costs to allow
castor oil to compete with other im
ported oils, the association said.
“Castor oil and by-products, when
grown in America, will represent an
enormous addition to the national
farm income alone, running eventu
ally into hundreds of millions of
dollars—an income and an industry
which is now here for development,”
the association said.
A prospectus issued by the Wo
burn Industries farm bureau, chief
supporter of the association said
farmers could realize a minimum
return of S3O an acre. Four hundred
pounds of beans—at the present
price of 3.5 cents a pound—would
bring farmers sl4 an acre, it was
argued.
Fiber Rope and Paper.
From the stalks, which grow 8 to
10 feet high, 500 pounds of leaves
would sell for $7.50 and the stalk
from which fiber for rope and Cellu
lose for paper can be manufactured
would bring $8.50 an acre on av
erage growth, the association esti
mated.
The beans are an established com
mercial commodity, but the leaves,
from which an insecticide has been
made, and the stalks still are un
proved outside of chemical labora
tories.
The Woburn company, a large im
porter of castor oil, says it has
grown castor beans successfully for
four years in New Jersey. It be
lieves the bean more adaptable to
southern states, which have a cli
mate more nearly that of India and
South Africa, where it is now grown.
It has sent seeds to farmers in 32
states for the planting of experi
mental plots this year. Officials of
the association said that reports will
be checked next fall to determine
in which sections the bean can be
made commercially profitable.
In as many as possible of those
sections the association members
will offer farmers contracts to pur
chase all beans and stalks produced
at a set price. Factories will be
set up to process the plant in each
locality, officials said.
High School Student Is
Youngest Style Designer
NEW YORK.—Philip Hevenor, fif
teen, second-year high school stu
dent at Fall Church, Va., now here
to attend a showing of his newest
designs, claims he is America’s
youngest fashion designer.
Philip is well informed on the sub
ject of fashion and discussed Amer
ican and foreign designers with ease
and fluency. Adrian is his favorite
American designer.
“I started when I was six,” he
said, “and I’ve been at it ever since.
I wasn’t what you’d call an ‘ac
cepted’ designer until a short time
ago when a shop bought some of
my sketches.”
The youthful designer said he only
“does” evening dresses because he
can’t sketch legs. “I always make
them look like fence posts,” he
laughed.
Philip attributes his present vo
cation to his early affection for dolls
and desire to make clothes for them.
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Notice To Contractors
Federal Aid Project No. 215-E (1)
PTS. 1,2, A 3, Counties of
Baaki A 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
load, located in Bunks 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 1.6 miles North of Com
merce, otherwise known as Fed. Aid
Project 216-E (1) Pts. 1, 2 & 3, in
Banks and Jackson Counties. The
work will be let in one contract.
The Approximate Quantitieg 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.
3262 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—•
Incl. Matl. & 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 qontract shall be 20 cents
per hour for unskilled labor, 30
cents per hour for intermediate
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
PAGE SEVEN
to the use of Domestic Materials.
Plans and Specifications are os
file at the office *f the undersigned
at Atlanta, and at Gainesville, Ga.,
and at the office of the Board of
County Commissioners ef Banks
County at Homer, Ga., and at the of
fice of the Board ef 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 tho
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 h
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 the 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.
GLASS EYE LANDS “DEAD”
OWNER ON SLAB IN MORGUE
After intervening in a free-for-all
fight in San Francisco, Wendall
Brabham woke up on a cold slab in
a white room.
“Where am I?” he asked.
“In the morgue,” replied a star
tled attendant.
“Hey, I’m not dead!” exclaimed
Brabham.
He had been pronounced dead be
cause there was no reflex action
when doctors opened an eyelid.
“No wonder,” said Brabham, “it’s
a glass eye. Let me out of here.”
Speed does not always win the
race, but it makes business mighty
good for the hospitals.