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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1939.
City Tax Notice
o
If you are due the City past due
taxes and wish to avoid extra
cost, it will be necessary to ar
range or pay same by June 20th.
The City has obligations coming
due July Ist, which must be
paid.
C. E. Hardy, Mayor.
JOIN THE GEORGIA TOURS
to
THE NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO
WORLD FAIRS
All-Expense Tour by Train and Boat to the
New York Fair $42.00 and up
From Athens, Georgia
Going via Norfolk, Va., and returning via
Washington, D. C., (with optional stops)
June 13th to 21st and August 2nd. to 10th.
CALIFORNIA AND THE “GOLDEN WEST”
June 26th to July 15th
All-Expense Rate From Atlanta, Georgia
As Low As $157.35
Going via Colorado Springs and Salt Lake
City. Returning via Yosemite National Park,
Los Angeles, Jaurez, Mexico, and New Orleans.
Seven days in San Francisco. Four days in Los
Angeles, and long stops at other places of in
terest.
The Georgia tours offer you superior service,
small parties, experienced conductors, and the
lowest possible rates.
For detailed information write the conductors,
Prof. M. D. Dunlap, University of Georgia,
Athens, Ga., and Prof. W. 0. Dorough, Emory
at-Oxford, Oxford, Ga., or
SEABOARD RAILWAY, Atlanta, Georgia.
You can travel any
where . . any day - - on
the SOUTHERN
in COACHES at-.
fV
Mile
25% Reduction j
For information call on local agent
or writer
CLAUDE T. HUNT,
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
InTux* Sality. Ajoid j
Hazards, Travel By Train, Air*, i
Conditioned Coaches on
Through Trains./
SOUTHERN
RAHWAY SYSTEM
FOR SALE
Kelly place, containing about 86
acres, situated partly in city limits
of Jefferson. Part in cultivation,
and plenty of good pasture land. For
particulars, see or write—E. L. Wier,
Box 773, Athens, Ga.
Early Use of Gunpowder
The early Chinese used gunpow
der—but for joyful purposes, for the
filling of fireworks so dear to their
carnival mind and for the warding
off of evil spirits. The secret was
known to Callir.'-us of Damascus,
but he wisely kept it a secret. There
were no mercenary merchants of
death in those days. So 500 years
passed before gunpowder and all its
dread components and amalgams
spread through “civilized” Europe
and brought modern warfare to a
fine and atrocious art.
Deep and Shallow Water
Provided there is sufficient water
to float the body, the depth of wa
ter makes no difference to the swim
mer, its buoyancy being the same
in both cases. The popular belief
that swimming is easier in deep
water is incorrect, though perhaps
the mental effect has some influ
ence. A person swimming in shal
low water knows that on the least
fatigue he may stop swimming and
stand on the bottom; in deep water
he knows he cannot do this but must
exert himself to swim well and un
der these circumstances it may
seem easier to him.
Animals and the Weather
In the old mythology cats were
supposed to have a great influence
on the weather. The stormy north
west wind was called the “cat’s
nose.” The dog and the wolf were
both attendants on Odin, the storm
god. In old pictures, there was
often shown the head of a dog or
wolf with gusts of wind issuing from
its open jaws. So we can take the
cat as a symbol of heavy rain and
the dog as representing the strong
wind usually accompanying a rain
storm .
THE JACKSON HERALD. JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
Baptist World Alliance
W. H. Faust
The meeting of the Baptist World
Alliance in Atlanta, Georgia, July
22 and the week following, chal
lenges the deepest interest of the
representatives of twelve million
Baptists from more than sixty-one
nations around the world. Atlanta
is making great preparations through
its committee headed by Dr. Louie
D. Newton, pastor of the Druid Hills
Baptist Church, to arrange for car
ing for the multitudes who expect
to attend the meeting.
Georgia is a great Baptist state,
having 529,000 Negro Baptists
working in 132 district associations
with 4214 churches and 4334 preach
ers; 518,278 White Baptists working
in 96 district associations with 2020
preachers and 2575 churches. Dr.
L. A. Pinkston of Augusta, Georgia,
is president of the Negro Conven
tion. Dr. Aquila Chamlee of Fort
Valley is president of the White
Convention.
The Atlanta Association, in which
the meeting is to convene, is the
largest of all our Baptist district as
sociations, having a membership of
56,779 in 74 churches, with a Sun
day school enrolment of 41,983;
with 323 Baptist Training Unions,
and 320 Woman’s Missionary
Unions.
The church in the Southern Bap
tist Convention having the largest
number of additions in 1938 is the
Baptist Tabernacle in Macon, Geor
gia, of which Dr. A. C. Baker is pas
tor; there being 879 new members
in 1938, 468 coming by letter and
411 by baptism.
Georgia is expecting thousands of
messengers from the Baptist church
es throughout the world, and is plan
ning to show them real genuine, old
fashioned, Southern hospitality.
“LEARNING BY DOING”
The country has reason to con
gratulate itself that enrollment in
the Department of Agriculture's 4-H
Clubs reached anew high in 1938
of 1,286,029.
This is a “Youth Movement” in
the true American style which
touches more than 40 per cent of all
rural young boys and girls between
10 and 24. It is voluntary, yet it
is so attractive that farm boys and
girls are drawn to it in any com
munity where the work is offered.
The key to the success of the 4-H
Clubs is in “learning by doing.”
Each member attempts a project of
his own—to. raise a pig or calf, to
tend a garden, to learn sewing or
some other useful farm skill. And
about three quarters of the projects
are carried through.
The constantly-rising standard of
rural living in the United States is
due in no small part to what millions
of farm youths have learned in the
25 years the clubs have been
functioning.
More power to the 4-H’s, the
Head, Hands, Heart and Health of
these enterprising and modern
American farm youngsters!
ROOSEVELT APPEAL
SAVED MILLION MEN,
DR. SANFORD SAYS
Albany, Ga.—Chancellor S. V.
Sanford, of the Georgia University
System, says education holds the key
to peace.
“If the world is to avoid catas
trophe, it will be because education
succeeds in equipping men to cope
with the intricate and desperate
problems which confront them to
day,” he told Georgia’s United Span
ish War Veterans in annual reunion
Sunday.
Dr. Sanford described President
Roosevelt as the “greatest evangel
of peace,” praised his recent peace
appeal to Adolf Hitler and added:
“Had it not been sent, in my
judgment, today a million youths
would be dead on the battle fields of
Europe.”
He lauded newspapers as “the
history for the one day of the world
in which we live.”
“I am sure there is no person
present who doubts for a moment
that the newspaper is the school
teacher and the university of the
masses. They are our fortresses.”
Dr. Sanford declared preparedness
for war is one of the most effective
ways of preparing for peace.
Jefferson Insurance Agency
General Insurance,
JefFerson, Georgia.
My-T-Pure Chicken Feeds.
We are exclusive dealers—
N. N. Pendergrass Store.
It Can Be Done
(From Cordele Dispatch)
A news release from the Agricul
tural Extension Service relates how
three Japanese farmers have taken
over the idle land in Camden county,
and have produced from it enough
truck crops to load the first refrig
erated freight cars ever to leave the
county. These cars carry the farm
products to Chicago where they will
be marketed.
The amazing thii.g about the per
formance of these farmers is not
that they have been able to make
money out of raising truck crops in
South Georgia. That has been done
before. What is a revelation to us
is that they have been able to take
land that was partly idle, and not
regarded as very good, and have
been able to make it produce on a
par with the finest land in the state.
In Japan, and many other parts of
the world where land has become
scarce, intensive farming for years
has been the only method used. Lit
tle vest pocket patches that over
here would yield a few pounds of
cotton or a bushel or so of corn in
Japan will yield enough to feed a
family for a year. There is no
secret in this—no matter of "green
fingers” or supernatural Oriental
cunning. It’s just a matter of get
ting the last bit of productivity out
of the land. We see the same thing
done in hundreds of garden plots.
What these Japanese gentlemen
have done is to just apply the gard
en plot idea to commercial farming.
The truck cars moving north are am
ple proof that their scheme is prac
tical.
The success that these men have
met with is proof that a lot more
can be done with what we have than
we are doing. Our land will pro
duce almost anything in an quantity,
and yet we stick to the routine crops
that pile up in surpluses every year.
We go broke raising cotton, and go
hungry for lack of meat, vegetable
and dairy products we could have
with relatively little effort. The
problem that faces us in the south
is not the finding of so many addi
tional sources of revenue or new in
dustries as it is the intelligent use
of what we have. Nature has bless
ed us with plenty, and if we’d stop
our practice of kicking nature in
the face, things would be better.
COMMONPLACE DANGERS
Too often tragedy in a home re
sults from commonplace dangers,
with parents contributing to circum
stances which prove fatal to their
children.
It looks “cute” to some to see a
small boy roll an imaginary cigar
ette and pretend to smoke, but when
the same little fellow burns himself
vith fire from a match left careless
ly around by a parent, the matter is
quite digerent. Toy pistols furnish
a thrill to children, and there is
hardly a boy less than four years
old who has not possessed one, but
when a child picks up his father’s
pistol, left in reach of small hands,
and fires it with tragic results, it is
not to be wondered that it seemed
only a natural thing for him to do.
Some argue that children should
be taught not to handle question
able objects, and that is well enough,
but those who have had the actual
experience of rearing children know
that precaution should be practiced
r.s well, and it is a wise parent who
vitally concerns himself or herself
about the matter of keeping danger
ous objects out of reach of small
children.
To have the training of children
in one’s hands is a privilege beyond
estimation, and as parents train
children they should also watch
themselves and spare no effort to
thwart commonplace dangers.
Dawson News.
THE CHILD’S BILL OF RIGHTS
The ideal to which we shall strive
is that there shall be no child in
America;
That has not been born under proper
conditions.
That does not live in hygienic sur
roundings. .
That ever suffers from undernour
ishment.
That does not have prompt and ef
ficient medical attention and in
spection.
That does not receive primary in
struction in the elements of hy
giene and good health.
That has not the complete birthright
of a sound mind in a sound
body.
That has not the encouragement to
express in fullest measure the
spirit within which is the final
endowment of every human be
ing.
—Georgia’s Health.
Beware Poison Plants
The season is near at hand when
we begin having trouble from com
ing in contact with poison oak and
such other plants which give a der
matitis that is anything but pleas
ant.
Some individuals do not seem to
be very susceptible to the sap from
such pants or vines, while others
are extremely so. These poisons
should be avoided whenever possible.
If one is exposed, however, no time
should be lost in taking the neces
sary steps to prevent an outbreak
from the irritant. To do this, if
one is coming in contact with the
poison, gloves should be used and
the face protected.
After the contact no time should
be lost in taking steps to prevent an
outbreak. The dermatitis may some
times be avoided, even after hand
ling these plants, by free use of nn
alkaline soap and water or alcohol
containing a little sodium hydroxide
dissolved in it.
The poison is soluble in alcohol
and alkailies. Ordinary gasoline
may be used; most of our pleasure
seekers and wild flower hunters go
in automobiles and it would be ad
visable to use plain gasoline from
the tank on the hands on return to
the car. Common baking soda dis
solved in water is a fairly good
remedy; it is not as effective as the
alcohol and hydroxide mentioned.
The washing must be done
promptly and thoroughly or it will
tend to spread the poison over a
larger surface.
Home-made lye soap is a good
remedy, followed with several rin
sings.—Georgia’s Health.
A PROBLEM IN DIVISION
SOLVED
A farmer had three sons. The old
gentleman thought he was about to
shove off across the Styx, and so he
thought he would divide his property
among the boys. He had 17 mules,
and he decided to give one of the
boys one-ninth of the mules, another
one-third, and the other , one-half.
It was impossible to divide the
mules up that way without cutting
some of them up into fractions, but
one of the boys had a happy
thought, and so he said, “Just leave
it to me!” He went over to his
neighbor’s barn and borrowed a
mule. Then they had 18 mules.
Then the solution of the problem
was easy, like this;
One-ninth of 18 is 2
One-third of 18 is 6
One-half of 18 is 9
And so after dividing the mules
like this they had one mule left,
which they sent back to the neigh
bor, and everybody was happy.”
30-FOOT PYTHON SIEZES
KEEPER
New York.—Only two spectators
—each paid a dime to get in—saw a
man’s battle for life against an an
gry python at the York world’s
fair. Dr. Hal Hall, keeper in the
“live monster show,” had leaned
over a tank to tend big boy, a 30-
foot python, when one of the giant j
reptiles behind him worked its head
out of a leather muzzle and struck.
The python—nonpoisonous—clamped
its jaws on Dr. Hall’s forearm and
quickly wrapped two coils around
his upper arm and knee. Seven at
tendants, summoned by the keeper,
labored for ten minutes to release
him. His injuries apparently were
not serious.
GEORGIA MELON CROP
TO MOVE IN MID-JUNE
Leesburg.—‘Georgia watermelons
will start moving to market between
June 10 and June 15, the market
news service reported.
Last year Georgians shipped 13,-
824,000 watermelons, a decrease of
more than 4,000,000 from the year
before, and R. Maynard Peterson, of
the Market News Service, predicted
a still further reduction in 1939
shipments.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR
EYES
YOUR MOST VALUABLE
POSSESSION
SEE
DR. DAVID LOVE
State Registered Optometrist
Associated With
The Allen Hospital & Clinic
SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION,
GLASSES CORRECTLY
STYLED AND FITTED
Phone The HOSPITAL For
Appointment
PAGE THREE
UNIFICATION OF METHODISM
ACHIEVED AS SESSIONS END
Kansas City.—Nine hundred dele
gates representing three previously
separate branches of Methodism car
ried back to their churches Thurs
day the message:
"The Methodist Church is. Long
live the Methodist Church.”
The words were spoken by Bishop
John M. Moore, of Dallas, as the
delegates voted approval formally
and without dissent Wednesday
night of the plan of union already
recommended by the Methodist Epis
copal Church, the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, and the Metho
dift Protestant Church. The com
bined church has nearly 8,000,000
members.
Two weeks work of perfecting a
plan of government for the new
church was completed without en
countering legal action threatened
at the outset of the uniting confer
ence by a group of South Church
laymen.
ALL-DAY SINGING
Next fourth Sunday the annual
all-day singing that meets at Mt.
Olive will begin at 10 o’clock. This
church is one mile above Commerce.
The Tri-County Choir will meet with
them in the afternoon. We are ex
pecting a lot of good singers from
Athens, Atlanta, Gainesville, Toe
coa, Demorest, Cornelia and othor
places. Everybody has a special in
vitation to come. Bring all your
new song books. Tell your friends,
and bring a well filled basket of din
ner. Our singings are self support
ing.
D. C. Short.
GIRL’S PENNIES PAY
GRADUATION COSTS
Augusta, Ga.— Margaret Wagner,
senior at Tubman High school, start
ed saving pennies in 1937.
This week she paid off all fees
connected with graduating with the
pennies and counted 156 left over.
Fhe had saved 2,001, never changing
a coin just to get pennies for her
collection.
SINGING NOTICE
There will be an all-day singing
at Hudson River Church first Sun
day in June. All singers are invited
to come and bring the latest books.
Committee.
NO BIRTH CONTROL THERE
Waco, N. C.—H. B. Garris, 70-
year-old farmer, has anew baby at
his home—his 28th. Nineteen of the
children are living. The eldest is
49.
THINGS ONE SHOULD KNOW
Asters should never be grown two
years in the same piece of ground.
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Eggplant will die if set out m
ground which has recently been fer
tilized with fresh manure. Com
mercial plant food is more satisfac
tory.
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Summer calls for diligent clean
ing and airing of bread and cooky
boxes, pantry and cupboard shelves
and refrigerators. Since bread
molds easily in the summer, it is
best to buy just enough for each
day’s needs.
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Read the labels on canned foods.
Many tell the number of slices con
tained in the can. Others give addL
tional useful information about the
contents.
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If you have been getting a scanty
yield from your bush beans try a
row of pole type this year and see
the difference in quality per foot of
space.
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Try making edible place cards for
children’s parties. A simple one may
be made by cutting out cards made
of cake 1 by 2 inches in size. Bake
them carefully and then write the
name of each guest on his card with
thin icing squeezed through a pastry
tube.
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Raisins, dates, currants and figs
blend better with other ingredients
if they are soaked for five minutes
in a little boiling water. Use two
tablespoons of boiling water foe
each half cup of fruit.
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Sweet peas love cool weather and
moisture. The latter can be provid
ed late in the season by mulching
the ground around the plants with
peat moss, grass clippings or some
other litter. And, of course, the
use of the hose is of great benefit
when warm weather comes.