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THEJACKSONHERALD
$1.50 A YEAR—IN ADVANCE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Entered at The Jefferon Po.toffice
, As Second-Class Mail Matter
Official Organ of Jackson County
JOHN N. HOLDER
Editor & Manager
MRS. JOHN N. HOLDER
Associate Editor A Manager
JEFFERSON, GA., APRIL 4, 1940.
The Herald acknowledges -with
sincere appreciation receipt of invi
tation to be present at appropriate
exercises at Jefferson, (In., April Bth
3n conjunction with the celebration
of the first sale of a Memorial pos
tage stamp commemorating Dr.
Crawford W. Long who first admin
istered ether anaesthesia .in painless
surgery. If not disappointed in pres
ent plans we will be there.—Butler
Herald.
Jackson county friends of Profes
sor J. B. Cheatham will learn with
sincere interest of his re-election to
the superintendency of the Toccoa
public schools, a position he has held
for the past fifteen years. The Toc
-coa Record says: “During Mr.
Cheatham’s administration, he has
■witnessed the attendance grow from
•600 pupils to the present day all
time high of around 1,200.”
Braswell Dean, Director of the
State Department of Public Welfare,
Has announced that the CCC Division
Has received a telegram from Wash
ington stating that the House, Wed
nesday, added fifty million dollars
to CCC appropriations. This will
make possible the maintenance of all
fifteen hundred camps in the country
throughout the next fiscal year. H. B.
Merriam, State Supervisor of C'CC
Selection stated that a proposed plan
of cutting down would hnve necessi
tated the closing of four Georgia
Camps.
An innovation in this section is
the “Bale Per Acre” club formed
in Hart county this week to honor
•nd encourage farmers in their cot
ton production. All farmers in the
-county who have produced as much
as 478 pounds of cotton on one acre
-of land are eligible for membership,
and many of them met at the court
House in Hartwell to organize the
■club.
Statistics for the 1939-40 seasons
for Georgia and Florida tourist trav
xsl has outrivaled any season in re
cent years. The records show that
more people have visited Georgia
than those who visited Florida, but
The stay of these people in Florida
was prolonged, thereby leaving more
money in that state than they did in
Georgia. However, the season was
better than was expected, and all in
all, the people of Georgia profited
more than usual.
Postmistress Mrs. W. H. Maxwell
will attend the Georgia branch of
the National Postmasters’ Associa
tion in Athens Monday and Tuesday,
April Bth and 9th, at which time
Postmaster Genera James Farley will
deliver an address and will go from
there to Jefferson to participate in
the exercises incident to the com
memorative stamp for Dr. Crawford
W. Long, which will be placed on
sale that day.—Oglethorpe Echo.
An event which will go down in
history as one of more than usual
interest will be the celebration at
Jefferson of the first sale of a memo
rial postage stamp commemorating
Dr. Crawford W. Long who first ad
ministered* ether anaesthesia in pain
less surgery March 30, 1842. On
April 8, notables from Washington
will join with thousands of Georgians
in the celebratiotn which honors the
Georgian who made a contribution
of mercy to the people of his state
and nation. —Dawson News.
Georgia editors believe in their
state and want to advertise it. Hence
an “Advertise Georgia” campaign is
in the offing. Editors representing
twenty-two South Georgia newspap
ers went on record recently favoring
'such a campaign. In a resolution
unanimously adopted they asked that
the next session of the Georgia Leg
islature appropriate a fund for ad
vertising the state to the world. The
resolution was passed after Senator
Hadley Brown, of Brunswick, ad
dressed them during the Eighth Dis
trict Press Association’s meeting at
Douglas on Georgia's natural re
sources and possibilities for increas
ing tourist traffic. The movement to
raise funds to advertise Georgia is
expected to be taken up by other i
-district press associations.
Distribution of surplus products in
the state by the Department of Pub
lic Welfare will continue without in
terruption through the ensuing year,
the new project having been approv
ed by Washington authorities. Early
in Murch it was feared that there
would be a cessation in the distribu
tion for fifteen or more days due to
the fact that the new project h i not
been approved. Minor difference*,
however, were ironed out.
The City of Carrollton has peti
tioned Atlanta—for business reasons
—not to go on dayight saving time
this year.. A resolution addressed
to the "Mayor and City Council”
asked that A‘lanta remain on stand
ard time. The change to daylight
saving ti.ne is scheduled to begin
April 28 and continue through Sep
tember 28. The Carrollton request
said many Carrollton citizens come
to Atlanta frequently on business
visits and that the daylight saving
time would be very inconvenient for
them.
The Wrightsville Headlight re
ports an unusual decision on the
part of Waynesboro business men:
Over in Waynesboro they are not
going to have the summer closings
any more. A largely attended meet
ing with the Chamber of Commerce
there, the merchants decided the
best service to the local trade area
would be given by discontinuing the
practice in closing one afternoon of
each week. Each store will allow
its empoyees one afternoon each
week, different employees taking
different afternoons in order that
the stores may remain open. They
are after building up their trade
area around Waynesboro.
A vocational teacher said in an
address at Moultrie the other day
that Colquitt County did not produce
enough eggs to give each person in
the county one for breakfast every
morning in the year. That might be
said of every county in Georgia. In
Worth County it would take more
than twenty-three thousand eggs
every morning to serve each of tis
residents one for breakfast. That is
a pile of eggs and it would take a
lot of hens and hen feed to produce
them. The trouble is we make but
little effort to produce the feed nec
essary to feed the hens. No farmer
can buy feed and produce eggs at a
profit.—Sylvester Local.
CAN YOU PROVE HOW OLD
YOU ARE?
Documentary evidence of a per
son’s age, ranging from a birth cer
tificate to a license to drive an auto
mobile, is going to have an increas
ing importance as the Federal Gov
ernment’s old-age and survivors in
surance program develops, according
to G. T. Banks, pianager of the Soci
al Security Board’s field office at
Athens, Georgia. Mr. Banks ex
plained that the Government will in
sist upon the proof of one’s declara
tion of age before insurance pay
ments are made. The law provides
that monthly payments may be made
to workers who have reached the age
of 65 if they qualify, but, Mr. Banks
asserted it will accept no loose state
ments as to age.
Similarly, the age of a worker’s
wife, or widow, or of his children,
must be proved before they can re
ceive any of the supplementary
benefits provided under the revised
Social Security Act. Birth certifi
cates of persons now 65 years old or
more are comparatively scarce.
The keeping of birth records in
Georgia was begun in 1919. In the
event an applicant is unable to pro
duce a birth certificate or a church
record, such as the baptismal record,
he may submit the statements of the
doctor or midwife with personal
knowledge of his birth, or he may
turn to the old family Bible.
If the claimant cannot produce a
birth certificate, a church record or
similar document he may submit the
statements of two other persons who
have personal knowledge that he
was born on a certain date. If these
people are not available the Board
will open the way to the presenta
tion of a miscellaneous lot of evi
dence, such as a man’s army dis
charge, school records, or marriage
certificates.
Rockmart School
Destroyed By Fire
Rockmart, Ga., March 27.—Fire
which broke out in the boiler room
of the Rockmart High School at
8.30 o’clock tonight destroyed the
12-grade, two-story building.
J. A. Scoggin, city superintendent
of schools, estimated the loss at
$40,000, of which $30,000 was cov
ered by insurance.
THE JACKSON HERALD, GEORGIA
Cotton Specialist Urges
Bigger Yield Per Acre
Culloden, Ga.-—A cotton specialist
told Georgia farmers here they
would increase their income more
than $20,000,000 by raising their
yield of cotton per acre to the 342-
pound nverage produced last year in
South Caroina.
E. C. Westbrook, Extension Ser
vice agronomist, cited Georgia’s
acre yield of 226 pounds at a cere
mony honoring the Culloden one-va
riety cotton improvement commun
ity, and added:
“In addition to low yields, im
provement in the preparation of the
cotton at the gin is one of the big
gest problems we are faced with at
the present time. Entirely too much
of our cotton shows rough prepara
tion because it is ginned too green
or too wet. It is estimated that
Georgia farmers are losing annually
$1,500,000 from poor ginning.”
Westbrook said the last few years
had brought vast improvement to
Georgia farms, through public and
private organizations, but added
that ‘Georgia’s one-variety cotton
improvement program includes a
good deal more than obtaining pure
seed and growing good cotton. It
includes everything which is neces
sary for the most economical produc
tion and marketing of quality cot
ton.” *
L. I. Skinner, assistant director of
the Agricultural Extension Service,
said that, through leadership of 200
one-variety cotton communities, far
mers received approximately $2,-
125,000 more for their cotton last
year than they would have from as
sorted varieties.
“The county agents keep the one
variety community* organizations
supplied with useful information
about varieties, where to buy good
seed, seed treatment, fertlization,
cultivation, marketing seed and lint,
etc., Skinner expained.
UNWELCOME GUEST
Paola, Kas.—Mrs. Dale Grimes,
busy in the kitchen, heard brakes
screeching loudly. She rushed tow
ard the front door—
At that instant a transport truck
loaded with 2,600 gallons of gaso
line crashed through the front of
the house.
Bud Bode, 22, climbed out unin
jured and explained he lost control
on a nearby hill in avoiding a colli
sion with another car.
The Grimes home was jarred off
its foundation.
It Is No Accident
when a cotton leads in money value per
acre for Four years in Ten States!
There has to be good breeding behind it.
>
A leading Agronomist says “No cotton has approach
ed the record made by STONEVILLE 2-B.”
It is a line bred cotton that holds up in character and
uniformity where it is kept unmixed, making it unneces
sary to renew the seed every year or so as is the case with
hybrid cotton.
Check the records and you will grow
STONEVILLE 2-B.
PLACE YOUR ORDER WITH
H. S. FITE GINNERY
Jefferson, Georgia
FERTILIZER.
TO MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS:
Again the Fertilizer season is upon us and it is time for that im
portant part of starting our crops on which so much depends in
selection and buying of Good Fertilizer.
I AM OFFERING TO MY TRADE THE SAME DEPENDABLE
GOODS THAT I HAVE BEEN MAKING UNDER MY PER
SONAL SUPERVISION AND SELLING TO MY CUSTOMERS
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IN ADDITION TO MY 3-9-3
AND 4-8-4 I AM ADDING MY NEW BRAND OF 5-7-5 WHICH
ALREADY SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING VERY POPULAR.
It is quality that counts in a Fertilizer. Satisfied customers is an
asset. My purpose for the present season, as heretofore, is to
make it just a little better.
To those who have not already been a buyer and user of my
Fertilizer, give me a trial order. I want you on my long list of
satisfied customers.
COME TO SEE ME. I WOULD APPRECIATE A VISIT BY
YOU AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE WITH YOU.
WITH BEST WISHES FOR A GOOD CROP YEAR, I AM
Yours Very Truly,
H. I. MOBLEY
Jefferson, Georgia
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 19 40