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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS
(John L. Anderson, County Agent)
Quettiom And Answer* In Con
nection With The Cotton
Mattrese Project
1. Q. In determning the income
of a farm family, should any deduc
tions from gross income be made to
compensate for rent paid or for pro
duction costs?
A. No. Cash income means mon
ey received from all sources, such
as wages, returns from crops sold,
or other compensation, without de
ductions of any kind.
2. Q. Can payments from the
Federal Government earned through
participation in one or more farm
programs be disregarded in determ
ing gross income?
A. No. Conservation, price ad
justment, or sugar payments receiv
ed by the farmer in 1939 are to be
taken into consideration in comput
ing rash income for purposes of this
project.
3. Q. How are sums received for
[WPA work to be considered?
A. They are to be included in
arriving at a total income figure.
Thus, for example, if the wages re
ceived by a family from WPA work
comprised 50 percent or less of the
family’s total income, and at least
50 percent of the total was received
from agriciHbural occupations, the
family would be eligible, provided
its total income fell within the S4OO
limit. On the other hand, a family
receiving S3OO from WPA and SIOO
from agricultural occupations would
not be eligible (except as provided
in No. 7 below).
4. Q. Is the size of the family to
be considered in determining the
eligibility to participate in the pro
ject, so as to make large families
with more than S4OO total income
but with small per capita income
eligible?
A. No. The size of the family is
not to be considered in this con
nection.
5. Q. Is resident on a farm a pre
requisite to eligibility?
A. No. Families not living on
farms may qualify if they receive as
much as 50 percent of their total in
come from agricultural occupations.
Form SC-1 may be so filled in as to
indicate this type of residence, the
farm (s) on .which the income was
earned being shown.
6. Q. Is the fact that a family
lives on a farm to be taken as con
clusive evidence that it receives the
major portion of its income from
agricultural occupations?
A. No. A family may live on a
farm and yet receive a major por
tion of its income from other
sources.
7. Q. Where a family normally
receives 50 percent or more of its
income from agricultural occupa
tions but its farming operations were
curtailed by flood or drought in
1939, is such family eligibile to par
ticipate in the project?
A. Yes, provided its total income
in 1939 did not exceed S4OO.
8. Q. What disposition should be
made of the bagging and ties after
the cotton has been used for mak
ing mattresses?
A. They should not be destroyed
but should be held for further in
structions as to their disposition.
9. Q. In cases of unavoidable loss
from fire, theft, etc., will the con
signee and the chairmen of the
community clubs be held financially
responsible?
A. When reasonable precautions
have been taken to prevent loss by
fire, theft, etc., consignees and the
chairmen of the community clubs
will not be held financially respon
sible.
10. Q. Are arrangements per
missible whereby the labor involved
in making mattresses can be per
formed by third parties and the ex
pense thereof charged to the recip
ients?
for church organizations or others
A. No. However, it is permissible
to donate their services in the pro
cessing of the mattress.
11. Q. Are families which have
participated in an FSA mattress
project entitled to receive mattress
es under this project?
A. As provided in item 5 of the
instructions, no family is eligible to
participate in this .project if it has
received a mattress through an FSA
or other relief project.
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General Price And Demand Situation
There have been no significant
developments in either prices or de
mand situations during the past
month. The present down-ward
trend in domestic production has
not yet affected consumer income.
In some quarters fear is being ex
pressed that noticeable effect in con
sumer incomes will be felt sometime
during the next several months.
Opinion has been expressed by BAE
that present industrial inventory
stocks are not too large in the face
of the possibility of a major war
inspired commodity price advance,
but that these may now be main
tained at levels not considered safe
in the absence of war conditions.
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1940 Crop Acreage*
If farmers in Georgin plant in
1940 as they indicated they would
in a recent report, the State will
have in 1940 as compared with 1939
one percent fewer acres in corn, 7
percent more acres in oats, 11 per
cent greater acreage in Irish pota
toes, 3 percent less acreage in sweet
potatoes, G percent less acreage in
soy beans, 9 percent less in peanuts
grown alone, 5 percent less in cow
peas grown alone and 5 percent less
irt total acreage of tame hay. If
yields in 1940 are not better than
they were in 1939, there will be less
legume hay on hand at the end of
this year and slightly less corn but
more oats.
Cotton
Mills within the U. S. consumed a
total of 4,705,000 bales during the
seven months August through Feb
ruary, or 19 percent more than dur
ing the same period one year ago
and 34 percent more than the 10-
year average (1929-1938). If this
monthly rate of domestic consump
tion continues, we will consume in
this county a total of more than 7,-
700,000 bales of cotton during the
present cotton year. Domestic mill
activity at present does not seem to
be slowing its pace sufficiently to
alter greatly our present monthly
rate of cotton conumption. For
seven months’ period ended with
February, 1940, exports were 4,917,-
000 bales against 2,456,000 for the
same period one year ago. If the
present monthly rate of exports
continues throughout the months
March July, we will export this
present cotton season better than
8,400,000 bales of cotton.
Indications continue fairly fav
orable for cotton to be exported dur
ing the remainder of this cotton
season. During the first three weeks
of March, exports were 230,000
bales as compared with 160,000
bales for the same period a year
ago. On the basis of these esti
mates there is some possibility of
moving, through export and domes
tic consumption, more than 15,000,-
000 bales of American cotton during
the season 1939-40. This is much
beyond previous expectations.
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Prospective Vegetable Acreages
According to recent reports on
intentions of farmers to plant, there
will be slightly less cabbage acre
age in north Georgia this year as
compared with last.
The early commercial Irish pota
to acreage will increase in Georgia
from 2,300 to 3,800 acres. The
watermelon acreage will increase
from 62,600 to 66,000, but the
whole group of states with which
Georgia watermelon growers com
pete will slightly reduce their acre
age in 1940. Transplanting of Geor
gia tomatoes started March 18 in
most section or a week later than
last year. Asparagus acreage in
Georgia indicated to be 1,800 for
1940 as compared with 1,900 last
year and 3,560 during 10-year aver
age (1929-1938). Whole group of
states producing asparagus has been
showing consistent increases in re
cent years. Georgia is only state
showing drastic reduction in acre
age.
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Treating Cotton Seed With Ceresan
From the results obtained by Ex
periment Stations, and from the re
sults obtained in the field, you can
not get any better cotton insurance
than treating seed. I have personally
made planting counts on areas of
cotton where treated seed were
used, and where untreated seed were
used in the same field. In practical
ly every instance there were more
plants on the areas where treated
seed were used. Replanting cotton
has been avoided in many instances
by treating the seed.
It is best to treat the seed in a
seed treating barrel, or where this is
not available take the seed and put
them in a barrel and put the dust on
and the top back on, and roll the
barrel over on the ground. Some
farmers have secured good results
by mixing the dust and rolling the
seed on the barn floor.
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Poisoning 801 l Weevil
Because, of the severe cold weath
er during the winter some people
have an idea that there will not be
many boll weevils this year, and be
lieve that it will not be necessary
to poison.
It is suggested that you make pre
parations to fight the boll weevil and
plan now to get your materials rea
dy, as there may be more boll wee-
THE JACKSON HERALD. JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
vils this season than some expect,
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Building Pxture*
Our farmers in this county need
some other cash enterprise to sup
plement their income from cotton.
In some instances this is pastures,
other poultry, and in some instance
some form of livestock production.
Livestock production offers a good
opportunity to supplement the cot
ton income if the livestock produc
tion is carried on in a practical man
ner. It is necessary for this enter
prise to have good pastures. We
can develop good pastures in this
county, and this office will be glad
to advise you relative to good pas
ture practices. Do not forget that
the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration Program pays soil-building
practices up to the soil-building al
lowance for establishing permanent
pastures according to specification.
If you have livestock no acreage on
your farm is more important than
your pasture.
JACKSON COUNTY’S
WORK PROJECTS
(By E. R. Sims, District Manager
Georgia Work Projects Administra
tion.)
The Georgia Work Projects Ad
ministration has just completed an
inventory of all work accomplished
in Jackson County by the WPA and
local sponsors since the beginning of
operations on July 1, 1935.
This inventory is an accounting to
the people of Jackson County on
how the WPA has carried out its
responsibility to assist in putting un
employed people to work on the
most constructive public pro„lrcts
that can be found.
The WPA operates entirely through
local sponsorship, which initiates
projects and provides part of the
cost. All these projects that have
been completed are property of the
county or other local government
units. In addition to these county
and local projects, Jackson County
has benefitted from district and
statewide projects.
In the matter of employment, WPA
rolls during one typical recent week
included 205 men and women. This
figure has varied up and down over
a period of years, according to local
conditions, amount of need, and
federal and local funds available.
But all through the years the mon
ey paid for wages of these people
has been spent with Jackson County
merchants and farmers for food,
clothing and shelter; for fuel, and
for medical services. It has helped
create purchasing power in this
county and contributed to better
conditions.
The WPA payroll, in most cases,
has been the largest payroll in each
county. WPA wages have flown in
a steady stream into the economic
life of the state.
Among the tangible benefits from
WPA projects in Jackson County
have been improved roads and
streets. With the sponsorship of
local government units, which initia
ted and planned the project and
paid part of the cost, WPA labor
has built 79,539 linear feet of roads
in the rural sections of the county.
This work shows the emphasis the
WPA is putting on the development
of the secondary road system. Most
of the construction has been on the
vital “farm to market” roads. Made
passable the year round, these roads
are carrying a steady flow of traffic,
including farmers’ trucks, school
busses and the automobiles of doc
tors visiting the sick and improving
health conditions.
Other road work includes the
building of ten wooden bridges tot
alling 230 feet in length, and the
repair of eight bridges totalling 160
feet. WPA labor also has been used
to build 245 culverts totalling 5,538
feet.
For the protection of the roads,
3,400 feet of roadside drainage
ditches were dug and 45,750 feet
repaired.
Within municipal limits, WPA la
bor was used to build 26,400 linear
feet of paved streets and 11,560
feet of unpaved streets.
In the field of building construc
ton, anew school gymnasium was
erected at Maysville and anew City
Hall at Jefferson. Jefferson also
sponsored anew farmers’ market,
warehouse and cannery, and a voca
tional building.
The playground at the Commerce
High iSchool was built and the one
at Martin Institute at Jefferson was
repaired.
Jackson County also had a big
part in the statewide fight against
malaria, one of Georgia’s worst
health hazards. Over 3,000 acres of
mosquito-breeding land were drained
and the drainage of 178 acres im
proved.
, This required the digging of
25,000 feet of ditches and the im
provement of 12,600 feet of ditch
es.
Twenty-six miles of river bank im
provement were done by work crews.
These manual projects, however,
are only part of the story. The WPA
assisted local sponsors in bringing
many other benefits to the county.
For instance, the adult education
teachers, paid by the WPA, have
taught 865 Jackson County grown
ups to read and write. This is part
of the great effort to stamp out il
literacy in Georgia. Much other
adult educational work has been
carried on. In one recent two
weeks period, eleven classes were
being held with a total enrollment
of 207 men and women. They in
cluded classes in literary and in safe
driving and first aid.
The sewing room project, which is
for the employment of women hav
ing families to support, has turned
out 49,112 garments. These have
been distributed by welfare agen
cies to the homes of needy people.
The book repair project has reno
vated nearly a thousand volumes for
use in schools and libraries.
The WPA paid for the labor that
went into these projects, but they
were planned and initiated within
Jackson County by the sponsors, and
the completed work belongs to the
county and the municipalities, for
the use of all the people.
In Georgia the WPA belongs to
Georgia and is a part of Georgia,
operated by Georgia people for the
benefit of Georgia people. Our on
ly aim is to be of service and to
carry out our responsibility to bring
together the people who need jobs,
and the jobs that need to be done.
PROMINENT CHURCH WOMEN TO
BE GUESTS OF JEFFERSON
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Jefferson Presbyterian church,
Rev. J. E. Coker pastor, will be host
to the Presbyterial of the Athens
Synod, Thursday and Friday, April
18-19, and distinguished representa
tives from the territory embracing
this Synod will be visitors in the
city and have a prominent part on
the program. This will be the 33rd
annual meeting.
Program, Thursday, April 18
11:00, Executive Board Meeting.
12:30 Lunch for Executive Board.
1:30 Registration, Mrs. Hal
Moore, Chairman.
2:00 Call to order, Mrs. J. A.
Simpson, President.
Doxology.
Invocation, Rev. J. E. Coker.
Greetings, Mrs. H. M. Silman,
Mrs. P. M. Wise,
Response, Mrs. J. A. Baker.
Report of Committees:
Credentials, Mrs. Hal Moore.
Program, Mrs. Audley Morton.
Roll Call and Introduction.
2:20 Annual Reports of Presby
terial Officers:
Ist Vice President, Mrs. Howard
Long.
2nd Vice President, Mrs. J. C.
Tiirner.
Secretary, Mrs. J. T. Dudley.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Garrison.
Historian, Mrs. George D. Thomas.
President, Mrs. J. A. Simpson.
2:45 Appointment of Committees.
Announcements.
Election of Officers.
Hymn.
Presentation of Literature, Miss
Edna Mc-Murry.
The 1940 Birthday Objective, Miss
Eleanor Belk.
Hymn.
Bible Hour, Mrs. John Bright.
Prayer, Rev. J. R. Smith.
Recess.
Thursday Evening
8:00, Call to Order, Mrs. J. A.
Simpson. *
Hymn.
Prayer, Rev. E. L. Hill, D. D.
Greetings to the Evening Circles,
Mrs. J. A. Simpson.
Response, Mrs. C. N. Wilson.
Special Music.
Montreal Pictures (moving pic
tures).
Offering.
Address, Evangelism, Rev. Ed
ward Russell.
Prayer, Rev. J. A. Simpson.
Hymn.
Communion Service, Rev. J. E.
Coker, Rev. J. R. Smith.
Benediction.
Recess.
Friday, April 19
9:30 Call to Order.
Hymn.
Prayer, Mrs. H. C. Dean.
Minutes.
9:45 Introduction of local Auxil
iary Presidents and Reports of
Group Chairmen.
Group 1, Mrs. John Hood, Chair
man.
Group 2, Mrs. R. H. Driftmire,
Chairman.
"Group 3, Mrsi Robt. Franklin,
Chairman.
10:30, Hymn.
Our Institutions, (Students will
present these schools and colleges.)
Thornwell.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee.
Presbyterian College.
Columbia Seminary.
Assembly’s Training School, Miss
Emma Stevens.
State Schools, Miss Margaret
Friend.
Prayer, Rev. G. C. Billingrath.
Offering.
Hymn.
11.30, A Message from China, Dr.
Nettie Grier.
Prayer, Mrs. E. L. Secrest.
12:30, Recess for lunch.
Friday Afternoon
1:45, Call to Order.
Hymn.
Bible Study 1940-4, Mrs. John
Bright.
Prayer.
Solo, The Gates Ajar.
2:30, Annuel Reports of Presby
terial Cause Secretaries.
Literaure, Mis3 Edna McMurry.
Christian Social Service, Mrs. T.
O. Jones.
Religious Education, Mrs. R. E.
Davis.
Christian Education and Minis
terial Relief, Mrs. Dora Deadwyler.
>S. and P. Home Missions, Mrs. A.
S. Westbrook.
Assembly’s Home Mission, Mrs. I.
T. Goolsby.
Foreign Missions, Mrs. Guy Nor
ris.
Spiritual Life, Mrs. W. S. Erwin.
3:15, A Foiward Look, Mrs. H. C.
Dean.
Annual Reports of Standing Com
mittees.
Reports of Special Committees.
Appointment of Standing Com
mittees for 1940-41.
Unfinished Business.
New Business.
Installation of Officers, Mrs. H.
C. Dean.
Minutes.
Benediction.
Adjournment.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
North Georgia Lakes To Be Open
All Year
Atlanta, Ga.—All of the big lakes
of North Georgia will be open
throughout the year, it has been an
nounced by Charles N. Elliott, di
rector of the Georgia Division of
Wildlife.
This comes as the most welcomed
piece of news of the year to fisher
men all over the state. The lakes
opened last Friday and may be fish
ed during the statewide closed sea
son from April 15 to June 1. It
marks the first time since last fall
that fishing has been allowed on
Lake Burton, for many seasons the
bass fishermen’s paradise.
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$50,000 For LaGrange College
S. C. Dobbs, chairman of the
Board of Trustees of LaGrange Col
lege has offered to contribute SSO-,
000 to the Endowment Fund of the
college provided the Board of Trus
tees will build a dormitory for the
accommodation of fifty or more stu
dents on the campus this year. By
a unanimous vote the board en
thusiastically accepted the challenge
of Dr. Dobbs’ offer, and agreed to
take immediate steps to raise the
necessary funds to complete this
project.
Methodist Parsonage of Canon
Charge And All Contents Burn
•Hartwell, Ga.—Fire completely
destroyed the parsonage of the
Methodist Canon Charge on Tues
day morning. Rev. W. E. Brown,
pastor of the group of churches, was
away from home at the time and
other members of the family were
leaving when the fire was discover
ed. It was thought to have started
from live coals emptied nearby,
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Rivers Appoints Hardy A Regent
Gainesville, Ga.—Governor E. D.
Rivers, Thursday appointed Albert
S. Hardy, editor of The News, as a
member of the Board of Regents of
the University of Georgia system
for a term of five years to succeed
General Sandy Beaver of Gaines
ville.
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Dahlonega Waterworks Has $6.10
Uncollected
Dahlonega, Ga. Dahlonega’s
municipal waterworks claims a rec
ord few, if any, other Georgia cities
can touch —only $6.10 in uncollect
ed bills in 12 and a half years of
operation.
Last year, the city had only six
unpaid bills. Three of them, due
since 1933, were collected, leaving
only three. Of the three, only one
is owed by a “native” of Dahlonega,
the others by newscomers.
During the entire time the water
works has been in operation, only
two men and no widows have ever
requested reductions in their bills
because of bursted or leaking pipes.
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SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L, LUNDQUIST. D. D.
bean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Relemed by Western Newipaper UnhMkJ
Lesson for April 21
Lesson *ubjecl* find Scripture texts M
tected und copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education: used by
permiaslon.
MICAH’S VISION OF PEACE
LESSON TEXT—Mlcah 4:1-8; 5 2-Sa.
GOLDEN TEXT—And Utcy shall beat their
sword* Into plowshares, and their speare
Into prunlnghooka: nation shall not lift up
a sword against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more.—Mlcah 4:3.
Peace on earth! Why, that is
hardly more than a phrase which
we recall at Christmastime as wa
think of the song of the angels. Yet
now is the time to assure people that
there will be peace on earth.
Peacemakers who are now silent
were striving to bring in a man
made peace, following a will-o’-tha
wisp. Let us tell men about the real
peace which will come when tha
Prince of Peace sets up His king*
dom. Let us urge upon them tha
glad acceptance of His personal
kingship in their hearts that they
may even now know peace within.
Micah warned Judah that their re
jection of God and His love would,
bring them sorrow and judgment.
In the midst of his message, how
ever, he breaks forth into a glowing
prophecy of the glory that is to coma
during the reign of the Messiah, tha
Prince of Peace.
I. The Foundation of Peace—God*
Word (4:1, 2).
Vainly do men labor to bring about
a lasting peace built upon the words
of men, for the moment there seems
to be gain in repudiating promises
given in the greatest of solemnity,
they become mere scraps of paper.
There is no security in such words,
nor in the guns and battleships used
to support or to break them.
God’s Word, the teaching of His
law, walking in His paths—here is
the foundation for real peace. Micah
speaks of the time “in the last days**
when the people of the earth shall
go up to God’s house to hear His
Word and to learn to walk in His
ways. To that blessed and holy day
we look forward with anticipation
and joy even as we now bring men
the message of Christ’s redemption
and His peace.
11. The Prince of Peace—Jesas
Christ (4:3-5).
This beautiful portion of God's
Word (and such parallel passages as
Isa. 2:1-5; 11:1-12) gathers together
the longing and hopes of peace
loving men of every age. Perfect
justice, the end of all wars, pros
perity forjaeaceful pursuits, boys no
longer warfare, complete
social worship of
God—what a thrilling promise!
Will it ever come true? Yes.
When? In the “latter days” (v. 1,
R. V.). Who has made such a prom
ise? God Himself. Who will bring
it about? God’s Son, the Prince of
Peace, who will come to “judge be
tween many people.”
Why will men be so blind to the
“sure word of prophecy; whereunto
ye do well that ye take heed, as unto
a light that shineth in a dark place'*
(II Pet. 1:19)? Why will we reject
Him who is “the day star” (II Pet.
1:19; Rev. 22:16) and who is even
now ready to “arise in your
hearts”?
111. His Coming—As Saviour (5:
2,3).
This remarkable Messianic proph
ecy gave more than 700 years be
fore the birth of Christ the exact
place of His birth, so closely iden
tified as to make both the prophecy
and its fulfillment a testimony to the
inspiration of the Bible. Note that
this was the passage with which the
priests and scribes answered the
question of Herod (Matt. 2:1, 4-6)
regarding the place where the Mes
siah was to be born.
Thus the coming ruler of Israel,
the Judge of all peoples, the Prince
of Peace, is none other than the
Lord Jesus who was born into this
world as the Babe of Bethlehem,
"a Saviour . . . Christ the Lord’*'
(Luke 2:11). Israel rejected Him
and He had to “give them up” (tr.
3), but the time will come when
they shall see Him as their King.
IV. His Reign—As King (5:4, sa).
“This man shall be our peace**
(v. 5, R. V.). He it is who “shall
be great unto the ends of the earth**
(v. 4); and that can be said of no
man in all history except of Him
of whom we sing,
Jesus shall rclgh where’er the sun
Does his successive Journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
. —lsaac Watts.
His shall not be the reign of %
despot, for we read that “He shall
feed his flock in the strength of
Jehovah” (v. 4, R. V.), His ene
mies and the enemies of God the
Father must be put down, but His
people will find Him to be the ten
der “good shepherd” who "giveth.
his life for the sheep” (John l(h
11). He is that now to every be
liever. Sinner, why not take Him.
now as your Saviour, your Good
Shepherd, and join with His people
in looking for His coming as King? ,
Turn idle time into dollars—Adr
vertise.