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Reputation And Character
(By Louie D. Newton)
Several yearn ago, while deliver
tnir n scries of Bible lectures at
Druid Hills, Dr. W. Hersey Davis,
professor of New Testament inter
pretation in the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary of Louisville,
Ky . gave one of the finest prallel
bmi on reputation ami character I
have ever heard. 1 used the state
ment some months ago in a radio
gddr< ss, and numerous requests
have reached me to reproduce the
statement in this column, which I
am glad to do.
The -circumstances amid which
you live determine your reputation;
the truth you believe determines
your charaeter.
Reputation Is the photograph;
eharaiter is the face.
Reputation is what you arc sup
posed to be; character is what you
are.
Reputation is a manufactured
thing rolled and plated and hammer
ed and brazed and bolted; character
is a growth.
Reputation comes over one from
without; character grows up from
within.
Reputation is what you have when
you come to anew community;
character is what you have when
you go away.
Your reputation is learned in an
hotir; your character does not come
to light for a year.
Reputation is made in a moment;
character is built through a life
time.
Reputation grows like a mush
room; character grows like an oak.
Reputation goes like the mush
room; character lasts like eternity.
A single newspaper report gives
you your reputation; a life of toil
gives you your character.
If you want to get a position, you
need a reputation; if you want to
keep it, you must have character.
Reputation is what men say about
you on your tombstone; character is
what the angels say about you be
fore the throne of God.
Reputation is the basis of the tem
poral judgment of men; character is
the basis of eternal judgment be
fore God.
Reputation makes you rich or
makes you poor; character makes
you happy or makes you miserable.
AUTO INDUSTRY USES
BIG AMOUNT COTTON
The average modern automobile
contains sixty pounds of cotton and
there are approximately 750,000
bales of the staple used annually
for the manufacture of automo
biles in the United States, a repre
sentative of the motor industry
pointed out.
Most of the cotton used in making
an automobile is in the tires, but tas
this cotton is hidden, it generally
escapes notice, it was pointed out.
The average tire contains about five
pounds of cotton in the form of
cord or fabric.
Tires of big busses and trucks,
however, use forty or more pounds
of cotton cord or - fabric.
A half-million bales of cotton are
consumed yearly in tires alone,
while more of the staple is used in
hose connections, upholstery pad
ding, in the fan belt and electric
insulation.
UNNECESSARY NOISES
ARE BANNED IN ATHENS
Athens. Ga.—Mayor Pro Tern T.
L Elder announced that unneces
sary “tooting” of automobile horns
henceforth will be construed as a
nuisance and offenders will be prose
cuted.
The mayor pro tern said it has
been finally agreed by councilmen
that the offense would come under
the ordinance against public nui
sances, and could be legally con
strued as such.
He also referred to requirements
by the city that property owners
may not allow shrubs or tree limbs
to grow out over the sidewalk and
thus obstruct pedestrians.
BRIDGE GAME OVER
AFTER EIGHT YEARS
Omaha, Neb. The eight-year
bridge game of Dr. and Mrs. A. P.
Overgaard and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Russell is over with Dr. Overgaard
top scorer. He had 1,456,280
points.
The game, started in 1931 and
played every Monday night, ended
this week because Dr. and Mrs.
Overgaard are moving to Houston,
Texas.
It ended (they swear its true)
with never a partner’s ace being
trumped.
COTTON CONSUMPTION
TAKES BIG JUMP,
BUREAU DISCLOSES
Washington.—The Census Bureau
reported today cotton consumed
during May totaled 606,353 bales of
lint and 73,622 bale* of lintera, com
pared with 646,702 and 60,147 dur
ing April thia year, and 426,149
and 60,381 during May last year.
Cotton on hand May 31 was held
a* follows:
In consuming establishments, 1,-
176,200 bales of lint and 323,027 of
linters, compared with
and 337,664 on April 30 this year,
and 1,681,433 and 269,645 on May
31 last year.
In public storage and at com
presses, 12,360,578 bales of lint and
105,684 of linters, compared with
12,068,295 and 108,204 on April 30
this year and 10,061,704 and 86,204
on May 31 last year.
Cotton imported during May to
taled 13,991 bales, compared with
12,692 during April this year, and
20,038 during May last year.
Blxports of cotton during May
totaled 142,577 bales of lint and
12,605 of linters compared with
178,225 and 14,290 during April
this year and 193,002 and 13,791
during May last year.
Cotton spindles active during
May numbered 21,976,22 compared
with 22,109,394 during April this
year, and 21,341,846 during May
last year.
WHIGHAM FAMILY
COLLECTS PENNIES
FOR TRIP TO FAIR
Whigham.—The old sayings:
‘“Save the pennies and the dollars
will take care of themselves,” and
"pennies make dollars” have been
oft quoted in Whigham in recent
days since it became known that the
little Indians and Lincoln heads have
provided the funds for a family of
four to go to the Wrold’s fair in San
Francisco and to visit many inter
esting places en route.
Five years ago, G. B. Trulock,
Whigham msrehant, decided that he
would save the pennies that came
into his business and some day he
would take his family on a Western
trip.
Mrs. Trulock, the former Miss
Jennie Milner of Zebulon, and their
two children, Gordon and Ruth,
caught the spirit and their pennies
found their way into the same
fund.
“It is a happy coincidence,” said
Mrs. Trulock, “that the World’s
fair should be in progress when we
accumulated enough for the trip.”
She says, too, that it was a rather
tedious task to count the coppers.
It took about three days to com
plete the job, but even this had its
thrills. There were 135,000 pennies.
Mr. Trulock observed that he has
hardly missed the pennies from his
business.
They left Thursday morning and
plan to be away during the month
of June.
BRUIN ROBS HIVES;
BEAR HUNT IS ON
Valdosta, Ga.—Pledges of immu
nity have been withdrawn, and the
Lowndes county bear hunt is under
way with a vengeance.
Residents in the Hahira section
reported “ravages” by a bear the
last several weeks, and they
learned the animal was owned by a
resident of a neighboring county
they “called off the dogs” for a week
or two.
But Bruin has discovered the
Hahira section is filled with bee
colonies, and has gone to work on
them. Garrnefct Puett, one honey
producer, reports the bear destroyed
17 hives in one night, and other bee
keepers have reported similar raids.
These reports have been followed
by a declaration of war on Bruin.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR
EYES
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POSSESSION
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Associated With
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THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
POEMS THAT LIVE
BELIEVE IN COD
God hath not promised
Skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways
All our lives through;
God hath not promised
Sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow.
Peace without pain.
But God hath promised
Strength for the day,
Rest from labor,
Light for the way,
Grace for the trials,
Help from above,
Unfading sympathy,
Undying Love.
—Selected.
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FAITH
If a radio’s slim fingers can pluck a
melody from the night
And toss it over a continent or sea;
If the petaled white notes of a violin
Can be blown across the mountain of
a city’* din;
If songs like crimson roses are cull
ed from the thin, blue air;
Why should mortals wonder that
God hears prayer?
—J.B.A.M.
HOMES
So long as we have homes to which
men turn
At close of day,
So long as we have homes where
children are,
And women stay,
If love and loyalty and faith be
found
Across those sills,
A stricken nation can recover from
Its gravest ills.
So long as we have homes where
fires burn,
And there is bread;
So long as we have homes where
lamps are lit
And prayers are said,
Although a people falter through the
dark,
And nations grope,
With God, Himself, back of these lit
tle homes,
We have sure hope.
—Grace Noll Crowell.
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A PRAYER
I saw a tiny craft afloat
At sea some twenty leagues or more,
The course and speeding of the boat
Directed by a man ashore.
Electric waves sent from the beach
The boat’s adjusted relays fill;
Receiver and propeller reach
To do the distant pilot’s will.
Thus may I on life’s great sea,
With heart attuned to things above,
Let faith and hope receive for me
God's wireless, tireless will and love.
—Ernest Neal.
VARIATION
The absent-minded professor and
his wife left their apartment to at
tend a lecture. While the wife
pressed the elevator button, the pro
fessor felt the top of his head.
“Wait a minute, dear," he ex
claimed. “I forgot my hat.”
He went back to his appartment
and was gone for several minutes.
When he finally rejoined his wife at
the elevator, he was still without his
hat.
His wife eyed her husband’s bare
head.
“Where’s your hat?” she asked.
The professor’s eyes widened.
“My goodness!” he cried. “Did
1 forget that, too?” . . .
HE’S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD
IN TROUBLE ONCE—MURDER
Spartanburg, S. C. —The veteran
lawyer questioned his client charged
with highway robbery and larceny.
“Moses, you’ve always been a
pretty good negro, haven’t you?”
“Ynssuh.”
“You’ve never been in court be
fore?”
“Jest once, Boss.”
“What was that for?” asked his
lawyer, surprised.
“Murder.”
CITIZENSHIP APPLICANT
FIGURES POLITICS COUNT
San Jose. Cal.—An applicant for
citizenship knew the capital was
Washington. D. C., but was stumped
when asked: “Who lives there?”
Examiner A. T. Hunter repeated:
“Who lives there and runs the gov
ernment?”
“Ah,” said the applicant, “I know
—the Democrats.”
The court granted citizenship.
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NORTH GEORGIANS
STRESS PRODUCTION
OF SEED POTATOES
Atlanta.—Threefold increase in
Georgia production of certified seed
Irish potatoes this yer, as com
pared with 1938, was reported
Thursday by State Entomologist
Manning Yeomans.
Mr. Yeomans said 162 growers in
six north Georgia Counties —Haber-
sham, Rabun, Union, Fannin, Towns
und Gilmer —were producing certi
fied seed potatoes for the Florida
market. A total of 261 acres is
under cultivation with prospects of
yielding approximately five tons of
seed potatoes.
The potatoes bring about $2.30
per hundredweight, delivered, the
entomologist said.
Last year 67 growers worked 79
acres in certified seed potatoes.
The plants are inspected by the
Entomology Department twice while
growing, and again at harvest, usu
ally in July. The seed potatoes sent
to Florida this summer become part
of next spring’s early potato crop.
OLD AGE PENSIONS
It is estimated that there will be
an increase of $1,200,000,000 in old
age benefit payments during the
next five years, and some of our big
statesmen claim to have discovered
that eventually the United States
will get on a pay-as-you-go system
of old age benefits.
Within the next two and a half
years widows, orphans and aged
persons will be included in benefit
payments according to authentic
opinions held in Washington. But
when you ask if it will be the Town
send plan the answer is sure to be
“no.” The idea is to have legisla
tion worked out that will conform
to the Social Security Act. But
none of the wise men of the Wash
ington Administration seem to have
formulated definite plans that furn
ish any certainty that these popular
visions will come through.
FIRST ’39 COTTON BALE
BRINGS 15c A POUND
Corpus Christi. Tex.—Francisco
Lozano, 75-year-old Starr County
farmer, took home a tidy sum Tues
day—a reward for growing the na
tion’s first bale of 1939 cotton.
His 424-pound bale of strict mid
dling cotton sold at auction at the
cotton exchange here Monday for
15 cents a pound.
Lozano farms a 60-acre tract near
La Grulla, deep in the Rio Grande
Valley. Six times he has been first
in that section to bring in the year’s
earliest bale.
HIS VOICE RESTORED
In the hills of Arkansas, a son
was born to one of the natives. As
he grew from infancy he never
spoke a word and his parents raised
him as a deaf mute.
One day the father was bent over
at his work in the orchard and did
not notice that he was directly in
the path of an enraged bull.
“Look out, pa!” the son shouted.
“Here comes the bull!”
The father ran to safety and ex
pressed his joy that his son had
found his speech.
“Well, pa,” the son replied, “I
just ain't had nothing to say be
fore.”
MAN WHO HELPED DEVELOP
THE LINOTYPE DIES AT 71
Washington.—Alexander Gordon,
71, who worked with Ottm.vr Mer
genthaler in developing the linotype,
died at his home here May 30. He
had retired two years ago after 44
years’ service as chief machinist of
the Washington Star composing
room.
He was associated with Mr. Mer
genthaler more than half a century
ago in the construction of Model
No. 1, on which ali successive lino
types have been based.
PASSPORTS GAIN AS
WAR FEAR DECLINES
Washington.—Lessened tension in
Europe, some State Department of
ficials belieye, accounted for a large
jump in American passports issued
and renewed in May.
They increased from 3,839 in
April to 16,080 in May. This was
a much higher percentage of in
crease than last year, when the num
ber jumped from 17,002 to 24,979
in the same months.
The total for the first five months
of this year, however, is only about
two-thirds of that of the same period
in 1938.
“BURIED” IN JANUARY, MAN
TURNS UP FOR FAMILY
REUNION
Knoxville, Tenn. Fifty-year-old
Clarence M. Randall held a joyful
reunion Wednesday with friends and
relatives who thought they watched
his burial last January.
Randall’s family had mourned
him for dead for weeks when by
chance he met a business as.-ociate
in Ohio who told him of the strange
case.
A body was identified as that of
Randall’s last January and was
buried at Sweetwater, Tenn.
‘I didn’t even know of my
‘death’,” said Randall, “until I met
a business associate, Mr. Higgins,
June 6 at Sandusky, Ohio, while en
route from Toledo to Cleveland.
“Talk about a fellow being sur
prised. Higgins didn’t know what
to say except ‘You’re dead, Randall!’
And then it was my turn to be
shocked.
“I thought he was kidding, but he
insisted that we call my daughter
(Mrs. Harry A. Long) at her Wads
worth, Ohio, home to prove that she
and others believed 1 was dead.”
Randall said he wanted to meet
the persons who conducted the
funeral service at Sweetwater, grin
ning, “I’ll never get another funeral
like it.”
He learned that one of the songs
at the service was “Death Is But
a Dream.”
ONE JEFFERSON NICKEL
FOR EVERY 3 PERSONS
Washington. Spiking recurring
reports that the new Jefferson nickel
had been withdrawn from circula
tion, the Treasury said today that
there was one such coin in circu
lation for every three persons.
Since the 5-cent piece was in
troduced last November, the mints
have turned out 63,886,000 coins
bearing the profile of the third
president. Of these, 48,080,000
have been placed in circulation.
Several hundred million buffalo
nickels are still in circulation and
will be used until they wear out.
OPPOSES SALES TAX
Atlanta.—The Georgia Retail
Food Dealers’ Association, discuss
ing financial affairs of the Georgia
state government, adopted a reso
lution opposing enactment of a sales
tax.
Such a tax, the resolution declar
ed, was “unfair” to both the con
sumer and business. A copy was to
be sent to Governor E. D. Rivers
upon hip return from (the World
Fair at New York.
JACKSON COUNTY HAS LOSS OF
$11,495.44
Homestead exemptions have caus
ed revenue losses ranging to more
than 60 per cent in some Georgia
counties, it was disclosed in an
article by Dr. Cullen B. Gosnell, of
Emory University.
Losses in Jackson county from
homestead tax exemptions were list
ed by Dr. Gosnell as $11,495.44.
The county would have to levy 5.37
additional mills to replace the losses.
You can travel, any
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SOUTHERN
RAILWAY SYSTEM
“Daddy,” inquired Willie,”
“What is dew?”
“The rent, an instalment on the
car and a big note at the bank,” re
plied the bread winner, absent
mindedly.—Exchange.
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1939.
Use of the ‘Chile Wheel*
The only “Chile Wheel” south of
Sonora is on the Nelson mining
claim in the Greenhorn mountains,
36 miles east of Bakersfield and two
miles east of the Oak Flat ranger
station, says the Los Angeles Times.
It was used to crush gold-bearing
quartz and was introduced into Cali
fornia by Chilean miners, hence the
name. An upright was fitted into
a square hole and atop this was a
beam with a wheel on one end. To
the other end was hitched a horse
or mule, which moved the wheel
around in a rock-lined circular
trench with a sort of rocker move
ment. This “wheel” is of granite
and is six feet in diameter, nine
inches in thickness at the rim and
14 inches in thickness at the hub.
It weighs approximately 3,500
pounds.
The Lurcher Dog
According to Webster, a lurcher
is a poacher. Consequently any
dog that aids his master in bagging
game on land where hunting is for
bidden is called a lurcher. Lur
chers are frequently found near es
tates in England where game is
plentiful and hunting forbidden ex
cept for the owner and his guests.
The favorite dog with the poacher
is usually a cross between a collie
and a greyhound because a speedy
and silent retrieve of the game is
essential to the poacher if he is to
stay out of jail. Lurchers work in
peril since, while they are faithful
to lawbreaking masters, they are
apt to be shot on sight by game
keepers of the estates they poach
on.
Jitterbug Bees
If you see a honeybee doing the
hula-hula, prick up your ears and
maybe you’ll hear some gossip hot
from the hive, says Country Home
Magazine. Scientists have discov
ered that bees don’t talk with the
buzz of their wings, but with the
movements of their bodies. Ac
cording to Dr. J. E. Eckert, bee
specialist at the University of Cali
fornia, there’s a word for every wig
gle. Most of the bees’ undulations,
performed in the air, tell other bees
where to locate anew supply of
food.
Never Call ‘Quits’
Abraham Lincoln, in his own esti
mation, was down and out of poli
tics at the age of 50. He felt that
he had been unable to achieve one
single personal victory in 30 years
of constant effort. And yet only a
short time later, this man who had
experienced so many disappoint
ments and heartaches, this man who
considered himself an utter failure,
had by a stroke of destiny, become
President of the United States.
Time to Read
Mother —What do you want with
tnat book on swimming?
Frank —Father needs it. He’s just
fallen in the river.
Whoooo—Hooooh!
Big Sister—Billy, why are you
making such a racket in the pantry?
Billy—l’m fighting temptation.
Growth of Cascara Tree
Cascara is a tree that grows up
to 25 feet; sometimes called cnit
tembark or bearwood. It has rather
thin leaves, two to six inches long
and about one to three inches wide,
somewhat hairy on the lower sur
face and has prominent veins. In
young trees the bark is relatively
smooth, of green color and yellow
on the inside. It has an aromatic
odor and bitter taste.
A Tribute to Books
Clarence Day’s tribute to books is
as follows: “The world of books is
the most remarkable creation of
man. Nothing else that he builds
ever lasts. Monuments fall, nations
perish, civilizations grow old and die
out, and, after an era of darkness,
new races build'others. But in the
world of books are volumes that
have seen this happen again and
again and yet live on, still young,
still as fresh as the day they were
written, still telling men’s hearts of
the hearts of men centuries dead.”
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MACON SQUATTER
Macon, Ga.—Deputy Sheriff Wil
liam Branan reported this conversa
tion with a negro who sought his of
ficial assistance:
“Boss, I want to find out who
owns the house I live in.”
“Who do you pay you rent to?”
/‘Ain’t paid none.”
“How long have you been living
there?”
“Nine years.”
“Well, then, what’s your trou
ble?”
“Boss, the roof has started to
leak and if the landlord doesn’t fix
it quick I’m a-goin’ to move out.’’