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THURSDAY. JUNE 22. 1939
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IT IS TIME NOW TO THINK ABOUT
THE BOLL WEEVIL
We have just received a carload of TRIANGLE
BRAND CALCIUM ARSENATE and a ship
ment of BOLL WEEVIL MOLASSES. See us
for PRICES before you buy. We also have for
sale:
SOY BEANS, VELVET BEANS, FIELD PEAS
FARMERS WAREHOUSE
Jefferson, Georgia.
J. FOSTER ECKLES
INSURANCE AGENT
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
TEXAS WOMAN PRAYS FOR
SIGHT AND GETS IT BACK
Mrs. Mattie Boyett, of Hemphill,
Texas, prayed constantly for relief
from 15 years of blindness so she
might see members of her family.
Her prayers were answered.
Quickly she called relatives in
the house and when they came near
she could see them too. Her sight
is growing stronger day-by-day .
A physician who examined 69-
year-old Mrs. Boyett, said she ap
parently had been afflicted with
glaucoma, but could not account for
recovery of her eyesight. He said
he had never heard of a similar case.
Mrs. Boyett related that 32 years
ago she lost an eye. A film grew
over the other and for 15 years she
was completely blind. The film has
disappeared.
YE ED PROVES AGAIN
‘IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE’
Omaha, Neb. Editor Melvin
Cornell has aways maintained the
opinion that it does pay to adver
tise.
Recently when there was a unani
mous feelings in North Loup and
surrounding territory that a good
soaking rain was needed in order
to be of service too the community,
Editor Cornell published an adver
tisement in his Loyalist as follows:
‘WANTED—a good drenching rain
for the North Loup Valley. Will
trade dry weather.”
Three days afterwards the ad
brought forth results when 1.42
inches of rain fell.
Printers ink is the essence of suc
cess in any business.
THE JACKSON HERALD. JEFFERSON. CEORCIA
THE HOUSEFLY
•
(By John Calvin Gore, in Cobb
County Times)
He's an acquaintance of mine from
early in youth,
But I never have liked him, to tell
* you the truth;
In fact, there are times I’ve en
deavored to kill
This low-downest insect that ever
did live.
* * *
The reasons for this stand out very
strong;
I’ve known him so well and dodged
him so long—
He’s the meanest and vilest, most
provoking cuss
That ever was sent us —3o fight him
we must!
* * *
If it should be there’s no hair on
your head,
He forthwith proceeds to try out his
sled;
He digs it in holes, he mops it in
spots,
And dances all over your miserable
top!
* * *
He drops to your eyes and then to
your hands,
And next on the end of your nose
he will stand
He trails on your pie, drinks of
your milk
And souses his bill in up to the hiltl
♦ * *
He washes his feelers and then
wipes his face—
Bathes in your coffee while you
worship at grace—
And when you have drunk the last
drop in your cup,
He lies at the bottom—you have to
give up!
Little Betty, taking her first ride
in the country, was very much im
pressed by everything she saw.
Turning to her mother, she cried,
“Oh, mother, they must be very
rich in the country!”
Mother—Why, Betty, what makes
you think so?”
Betty (pointing to the windmills)
—“See, they even have big electric
fans for the cows!"
—Exchange.
TEN GOOD RULES TO FOLLOW
Ten good rules for any man in
business to follow have been listed
as follows:
“Don’t wait for the other fellow
o come to you—go to him.
“In competition with others, al
ways give them credit for being a
little smarter than you are . . .
then work like the deuce to prove
they aren’t.
“If you have no money and very
little credit, capitalize your person
ality. Sometimes it pays to have a
little “nerve.”
“Never admit to anybody . . .
least of all, yourself . . . that you
are licked.
“Keep your business troubles to
yourself. Nobody likes a calamity
howler, besides, he finds scant favor
with the bankers.
“Don’t be afraid of dreaming too
big dreams. It won’t hurt you to
figure you own a railroad or a bank.
Nothing truly great was ever achiev
ed without vision, aim and ambition.
“Make friends but remember the
best of friends will wear out when
you see them too frequently.
“Be square, even to the point of
being finical, and you will have
mighty little cause to complain of
a crooked world.
“Take advice but do your own de
ciding.
“Don’t delay. The world respects
the man who stands up on his legs
and looks it in the eye.”
DESTROY MOSQUITOES
The continued rains have created
breeding places for mosquitoes
around every home. Old tin cans
and holes where water accumulates
make ideal breeding places for these
pests.
If you would free your homes of
mosquitoes, remove all breeding
places. Pick up all cans and make
holes in them so they will hold no
water.
Thoroughly clean up your premis
es—leave no possible water contain
ing places. Use kerosene oil freely.
Don’t wait, but do it now or you
will soon find your home over run
by these pests.
Seeks Information From
Herald Readers
Athens, Ga.—Editor The Herald,
Jefferson, On. Hear Sir: Until re
cently, my impressions of Jefferson
centered around three personalities
—Dr, Crawford W. Long, John N.
Holder and Luther F. Elrod, my
classmate at the University of Geor
gia. In April I made a short visit
o Jefferson, seeking traces of my
ancestors, and my favorable impres
sions of the place were confirmed,
especially because of the courtesies
shown me by Mr. Clifford Storey,
•ierk of the superior court, and
other court officials.
I stood in revenenee at the grave
■of Mr. G. J. N. Wilson, whose fasci-
nating History of Jackson County I
have read; and I regret that lack of
time prevented me from talking with
Historian White, his able collabor
ator.
Here are things I am tryjng to
find out, and I seek the aid of your
readers. My great grandfather,
William Smith (1898-1852) one of
:he four founders of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., and member of the
State Senate, was a native of Jack
son County, the son of Robert Allen
.’mith and Nancy Kirk, who ure sup
posed to have been natives of Vir
ginia.
In 1814 Robert Allen Smith and
tis friend Young attempted to ford
‘.he swollen Chattahoochee River near
Gainesville. In some manner the
'ormer became disengaged from his
horse, which kicked him; he man
god to get out of the water and
died on the bank. He was buried in
the garden of his Jackson County
home, and that may have become the
resting place of his father, Charles
Smith, native of Richmond, Va.,
who married Elizabeth Hendricks,
daughter of John Hendricks of Hol
land, and was born in Richmond, Va.
Charles Smith died in Jackson Coun-
ty in 1818.
John Hendricks had as brother
Absalom, and Absalom had son
Humphrey. Absalom and Humphrey
Hendricks came (probably from Vir
ginia) to visit their Smith and per
haps Harper kin in Jackson County
between 1829 and 1835. William
Smith, meanwhile, had removed to
Floyd County and settled his wife,
Elizabeth Mayo, and only child, Mar
tha (who became the wife of Dr.
Robert Battey, Rome), at Cave
Spring. The Hendrickses departed
from Jackson County on horseback
to visit kinsman William Smith and
carried with them money to invest
n land. While riding along Silver
Creek in Floyd County within a few
niles of their destination, the travel
ers were held up and robbed by an
Indian band, and left by the road-
side with their throats cut.
As soon as this news reached Col.
Smith, he set off on his horse and
captured one of the Indians. He
tied the Indian’s hands behind him,
put him on the animal with feet se
cured beneath the belly, and rode to
Cave Spring. He secured the In
dian to his bed post that night and
next morning took him to the coun
ty seat (Livingston or Rome), where,
after a speedy trial, the Indian was
hanged.
Any information on these events
or characters, Alexander Harper and
wife Tabitha Smith, of Jackson
County, aunt of William, and the
location of their homes will be ap
preciated. A court record shows
one Robt. Smith bought 502 acres
on Mulberry Fork of Oconee River
in 1809 from John Kirk, of Murray
(Maury?) County, Tenn., with Rob
ert’s brother-in-law, David Dickson
and wife Anne Allen Smith as wit
nesses.
George M. Battey.
UPSON LOSES VOTE DECISION
If write-in votes from other coun
ties were counted, Stephen Upson
vould have won re-election as Ath
ens city solicitor, but the Govern
nor’s office held Thursday that only
the Clarke County ballots were valid
and prepared to issue a commission
to Preston M. Almand.
Clarke County votes in results
certified by the secretary of state
gave Almand 1,083 to 475 for Up
son and 373 for Jake B. Joel.
Eight hundred write-in votes from
15 other counties raised Upson’s
total to 1,275, nearly 200 more than
Almand’s.
Downing Musgrove, the Gover
nor's executive secretary, said, how
ever, a special legislative act to hold
the Athens election specified the of
fice was to be filled by “the quali
fied voters” of Clarke Co f unty, and
the other ballots could not be count
ed.
He said he did not know why Mr.
Upson received write-in votes from
the other counties. Neither of the
other two candidates got votes out
side of Clarke.
PAGE THREE
We Don’t Know How Lucky
We Are
There is scarcely a nation otk
earth today whose people know as
much about their own affairs an
Americans know about them, even
though we are thousands of miles re
moved from these nations.
Does this mean we are prying into
other people’s affairs?
Of course not; it is the purposa
of newspapers to report news.
What it does mean is that we are
one of the few nations on earth that
rtlll have a free press.
We really don’t kn >w how lucky
we are.
In Russia the newspapers print
only what Stalin wants them to
orint.
In Germany the people are per
mitted to read nothing that Hitler
loes not want them to read. In
Italy the newspapers enrry only
vhat Mussoini nays they may carry.
In Greece the press is dictated to
by the government. In Japan the
•less is inspired by the government,
in government Spain the newspa
iers print one side of a story—if it
s printed at all—and in insurgent
pain they print the other side—if
it is printed at all.
In all these countries, and in
others, nothing is printed that the
governments do not want prinfe
ed: much that is printed is not true
and whatever is printed must re
flect power and glory upon those
who permit it to be printed and
casts hatred und insult always, and
falsehood frequently, upon thooe to
whom the governments are opposed.
Why even in some of the Europ
ean so-called democracies there is
censorship, if not by force, then by
pressure.
We really don’t know how lucky
we are.
In this country the President can’t
say a word nor make a move that is
not reported in the newspapers.
Next day, if we don’t like what he
says or does, we criticize it. If we
do like it, we praise it. But, praise
or criticism, we measure it accord
ing to our own private standards,
not the government’s.
If we agree with the majority
party, we find faut with the minori
ty party. But what is more im
portant, if w’e disagree with the
majority party, we find faut with it
and only fools challenge our right.
Thank God there are not enough
fools in America to deny us the
right.
Let any of our public officials en
gage in evil designs and some re
porter will dig it up; some news
paper will print it.
Remember Teapot Dome?
Let our government engage in
secret diplomacy and some reporter
will uncover it; some newspaper will
print it—unless it is against the pub
lic interest in time of national peril.
Remember some of the diplomatic
bargains secretly attempted to get
us into the League of Nations and
the World Court?
So much more could be written on
this subject, but what could be writ
ten so important as the fact that
you are reading this?
Remember, please, there is scarce
ly a country left in all the world
where a newspaper would dare print
a piece like this.
We really don’t know how lucky
we are.
DORN-FORTSON BRIDGE
ACROSS THE SAVANNAH
OPENED NEAR LINCOLNTON
— 1
Lincolnton, Ga.—The huge 1,500
foot concrete bridge, to be known as
the Dorn-Fortson bridge, over the
Savannah river between McCormick
county, S. C., and Lincoln county,
Ga., was opened for traffic Saturday
morning, and before the noon hour
numbers of people had driven over
to visit the two towns for the first
visit of their lives.
The bridge was built at an ap
proximate cost of $250,000 and has
been under construction since Sep
tember, 1937.
The name Dorn-Fortson was given
the new bridge in honor of the late
Senator J. J. Dorn of McCormick,
who labored untiringly for this de
velopment, and the late Benjamin
Fortson, an outstanding citizen of
Lincoln county, Ga.
WOMAN ELECTED BY
POSTMASTERS
Savannah.—Mrs. L’Bertie Rushing
of Glenrtville, for the sixth year, was
elected president of the Georgia
branch, National League of District
Postmasters at the concluding sea
sion of the annual convention hem,
Toccoa Falls was chosen as the sifco
for the 1940 session.
If you handle dependable merch
andise, tel! the world—Advertiaa*