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WHAT OUR VISITORS
SAY
Jefferson Scene of Great Celebration
(Walton News)
More people than were ever * in
that historic, beautiful town, Jeffer
son, Ga., gathered there yesterday
for the purpose of doing honor to
that great Georgian—mighty world
benefactor, Dr. Crawford W. Long.
Jefferson citizens, noted for their
culture, refinement and fine quali
ties for entertaining otherwise, were
at their best, and made everybody
feel welcome nnd at home. Pastor
Elizcr, of the Methodist church,
master of ceremonies, handled the
program magnificently, and Col. J.
O. Turner, banker and outstanding
figure, gave words of welcome.
A Great Day In Jefferion, Ga.
(Atlanta Journal)
A little village in Jackson County,
Georgia—where life is serene, sim
ple and comfortable, where folk arc
kind and neighborly and not too
hurried to live instead of merely
existing l —provides today the date
line for a news story which will ap
pear in nearly every paper in the
country.
Jefferson’s story is not a chroni
cle of tragedy or disaster, business
or statecraft. It is the account of
a belated but colorful recognition of
human genius, of a daring mental
adventure whose success proved to
■be a benefaction to mankind.
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Brilliant Celebration
(Hartwell Sun)
Jefferson, Jackson County, ;cer
tainly staged a brilliant celebration
on Monday, marking the issuance
of a 2-cent stamp commemorating
the first use of ether in a surgical
operation by Dr. Crawford W. Long.
A program that brought together
many celebrities marked the occa
sion.
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It Put Him To Sleep
Over in Jefferson somebody has
found the cradle in which Dr. Craw
ford W. Long, as a baby, was rock
ed. This was the doctor’s first dis
covery of anaesthesia.—Savannah
Press.
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Jefferson has been capital of Jack
son County since 1796, but on the
Bth of April this historic commun
ity was capital of the entire nation.
—‘Hoschton News.
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Jefferson did herself proud on
last Monday. She was gaily be
decked for this greatest occasion,
her people were hospitable and ev
erything moved off systematically
and quietly. It was a great occa
sion, honoring a great discoverer.—
Commerce News.
Memorial Hospital To Dr. Long
Proposed
Monday, April 8, 1940, was a
memorial day in the history of Jef
ferson, Ga., a little city at the foot
hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
where thousands came to pay hom
age to the great benefactor, Dr.
Crawford W. Long for his contri
bution to medical science.
Before the microphone distin
guished visitors praised Dr. Long,
the great .humanitarian, for his dis
covery of anaesthesia, which today
sooths human suffering and woe the
world around.
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley issued the first commemorative
stamps of Dr. Long, selling the first
to Mrs. Eugenia Long Harper, the
crimson 2-cent stamp commemorat
ing her father’s contribution to man-
Ttind.
A beautiful memorial would be a
well-equipped hospital dedicated to
the memory of Dr. Crawford W.
Long in the little city of Jefferson,
where Dr. Long made the great dis
covery. This hospital, like Dr. Long,
would be a boon to suffering hu
manity.
Mrs. E. C. Colquitt, Lexington, Ga.
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Jefferson had its stamp day and
enjoyed it to the utmost. —Savannah
Press.
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A Fine Job
(Gainesvile News)
Jefferson did a fine job of cele
brating the first day sale of Dr.
Crawford W. Long memorial stamps.
Several thousand people filled our
neighboring little city to overflow
ing, but kept perfect order. In so
far as I observed, there was not a
hitch in the program other than a
delay of an hour by the late arrival
of Postmaster General James A. Far
ley and his associates, who missed
a train in Atlanta and were routed
via Lula to Athens. Jefferson was
diked out in its best bib and tucker
and its citizens extended the glad
hand of hospitality to every one. A
loud speaker carried the voices of
the dignitaries to all parts of the
huge throng who assembled on the
public square to see and hear. Even
the weather man who early in the
morning, threatened to be ugly fin
ally relented, and bright and warm
ing sunshine came before noon to
make everybody comfortable,
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Letters To Rev. Elimer
Letters to Rev. A. B. Elizer said,
"I think you put the program over
in an excellent manner.”—Charles I.
Reynolds, Washington, Ga.
“Please let me congratulate you
and your committees for the way in
which you entertained your guests.
The way you and the whole town
worked to make a success of such a
huge undertaking deserves much
praise. Everybody left your fair
city with a most happy feeling. It
was a great success und I hope that
each one of the committees from the
chairmen to the beautiful pages,
character actors to the mule driver,
the builders of the platform and the
man who cuts the grass in the park
so beautifully, realized what a good
job was done.”—Lester W. Hosch,
Gainesville.
“Your arrangements were so per
fectly planned and carried out that
there was not a dissenting voice to
the opinion that no improvement
could have been made. You and
your committees are indeed to be
congratulated upon your foresight,
execution ability and good taste.”—
William H. Meyers, M. D., Savan
nah, Ga.
You had a beautiful and impres
sive occasion in Jefferson on Monday.
I congratulate you on the job you
und your .associates did.”—Harmon
Caldwell, President University of
Georgia.
“May I congratulate you pn the
perfect organization you had in put
ting over so well the Dr. Crawford
W. Long Stamp Day. We are proud
of Jefferson.”—Mrs. L. G. Hardman,
Commerce.
“I congratulate you and the com
mittee on your excellent accomplish
ments. The floats would have been
a credit to any city and the well
thought out procedure of the pro
gram was interesting and will long
be remembered.”—Sinclair Jacobs,
Atlanta.
Monday was a great day for Jef
ferson and Athens. They had big
company—big Jim Farley, a stal
wart democrat and a great Ameri
can. We’re a Farley man.—Madi
sonian.
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Indeed Monday was a great day
for all who were fortunate enough
to attend the exercises either at
Jefferson or Athens, and all Geor
gians are proud of the reception giv
en the Postmaster General at all
points. He is not only the greatest
postmaster general of all times, but
no one has done a better job as
head of the democratic forces in the
nation than has he —a great demo
crat, a great organizer, a great ex
ecutive.—Butler Herald.
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Rev. W. B. Hughes will preach
here next Sunday at 11 o’clock.
Everybody invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Martin and
Miss Ethel Martin visited Mr. Curtis
Martin at Dahlonega Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mize spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sykes.
Mrs. L. D. Jarrett of Winder is
visiting Mrs. E. B. Martin and The
ron Martin this week.
Mrs. Emory Shields and Mrs. Wal
ter Shields visited Mrs. Hill White
head and Mrs. Ben Martin last
Wednesday.
Mesdames A. H. Mcßee, Bob Mize,
R. H. Whitehead,'l. W. Ethridge, C.
Y. Daniel, Carl Carruth were visit
ing Mrs. E. B. Martin recently.
Mrs. Minnie Boyd, Mrs. Willie
Boyd, Miss Margie Boyd, Miss Lola
Ethridge, Mrs. Angie Holliday, Mr.
and Mrs. Byrd Martin were visiting
Mrs. E. B. Martin and Theron Mar
tin Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Chambers
of Athens, Hugh Lee and Miss Ro
berta Whitehead of Crawford spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Hill Whitehead.
Mrs. Dee Mize and Mrs. Homer
Nix visited Mrs. Cynthia Freeman
and Mrs. Carrie Swann recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dorsey Dodd
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Young Hawkes.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hunter
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mize Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Martin and
children spent Sunday with Mr. J. P.
Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Dee Mize.
Chamber of Commerce meets at
Harrison Hotel, Thursday night, 8
o’clock.
J. F. Eekles, Pres.
R. M. Rigdon, Sec.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
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Orr’a was well represented at
Bethany Sunday, at both the morn
ing and evening services and Rev.
Hughes was at his best.
The next quurtt>rlyl canference
for the Jefferson Circuit will be held
at Lebanon on Saturday, May the
11th, instead of the 10th as was
first announced.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Harris and Mr.
and Mrs. Hope Harris were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Webbie Wil
son on Sunday in honor of the sec
ond birthday of their little daugh
ter, Jere Alice Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilbanks,
Henry Nelle and Billie Wilbanks
were calling Sunday afternoon at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Harris and
little son are spending some days
with Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Hanson.
Mrs. J. A. Jarrett, wha spent last
week here, was week-end guest of
Mrs. Fred Thompson and is visiting
this week with Mrs. Emma Martin
at Lebanon.
Mrs. Curtis Alexander and Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Suddeth were calling
at Orr’s one afternoon last week.
Mrs. Ina Venable Gaines of Ches
ter, S. C., has returned home, af
ter a visit of some days with rela
tives here, having also attended the
Long Stamp Celebration.
Mrs. Emory Brooks and Mrs. Sy
bil Farmer were calling on Mrs.
Marion Turner Saturday.
Miss Bettie Joe Langford was
visiting out of town Sunday.
Little Master James Hoyt Harris
visited his grand mother, Mrs. Liz
zie Tolbert, at Attica Sunday.
Cecil Wilkes and Miss Ellene Wal
ker were calling here Sunday after
noon, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Claiborn Harris
were calling at Attica Sunday.
Mrs. Gee of Dry Pond was a late
caller here, guest of Mrs. Oscar
Langford.
Mr. Jim Harris and Mrs. Roland
Gaines were callers last week on
Mrs. Mary Dowdy, Miss Genie Ven
able, Mrs. Zora Venable, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Venable, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Venable and others.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Langford and
two sons were visiting in Dry Pond
Sunday p. m.
LINCOLN SLAIN
75 YEARS AGO
New York.—Seventy-five years
ago Sunday, April 14, John Wilkes
Booth walked unhindered into the
box at Ford’s theatre, in the capital
of a nation of 30 million people,
and shot the chief of the nation with
a pistol that nearly touched the head
of his victim.
The plan was conceived and ma
tured the same day. The box was
examined, the hole in the middle of
the door was bored that afternoon—
and when the moment arrived, this
individual achieved what all the ar
mies of the Confederacy failed to
accomplish.
The leap from the box, the flight,
the tortuous travels of the assassin,
his capture and the self-inflicted
wound that resulted in death—are
all the anti-climax to the deed on
the evening of that dismal ‘ Good
Friday.
Trade Treaty Pact Is
Extended 3 Years
The United States Senate passed
a three-year extension of Secretary
Hull’s trade agreements program, 42
to 37, after ibifter debate for several
weeks that saw Republicans and a
bloc of Democratic senators try to
defeat or cripple the measure.
The final vote was the biggest
congressional victory for President
Roosevelt and the administration
during this session of Congress. A
last minute effort to limit the agree
ment to one year was supported by
Vice President Garner, but again
the administration was successful in
keeping the three-year extension.
Under the trade agreements acts,
sometimes called the “reciprocal
trade agreements” initiated in 1934
and renewed for three years in
1937, the president is empowered to
enter into agreements with foreign
countries for reciprocal reduction of
tariff rates. He can lower (or raise)
tariffs as much as 50 per cent.
IN MEMORIAM
In memory of Mrs. Beth Bennett
Dye and Dr. J. C. Bennett, who
passed away April 17th, 1933, and
April 19th, 1934.
It is sweet to breathe thy names,
in life we loved you dearly, and in
death we do the same.
• Family.
JEFFERSON MIGHT WIN
Some June bridal couple from
Georgia, possibly from Jefferson, is
going to get one week's free July
honeymoon in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The Chamber of Commerce in the
Florida resort city will award the
expense-paid honeymoon to the cou
ple that most closely represents the
typical 1940 Georgia bride and
groom.
Only entry requirement is that a
single photograph of the nuptials
be sent the Daytona Beach civic
organization before June 30.
A committee of five Summer visi
tors to Daytona Beach, who live out
side Georgia, will be appointed to
select the lucky pair.
Every recreation and fun facility
of the Florida resort city will be
placed at the disposal of the couple
during the “honeymoon week”
which begins July 14.
Photographs submitted will be
used for no purpose other than
judging, except when special per
mission is obtained from the sub
jects.
Boys Are Urged To Spare
Birds
Songbirds are having a tough time
spilling their fanciest notes on the
cool spring air.
Youngsters have been pouring
lead on them. Many youngsters
have been reported to the division
of wild life for shooting birds, ac
cording to Director Charles N. El
liott.
“This is a problem for parents
and citizens,” he declared. “Boys
with air rifles and .22 caliber rifles
must be warned against this des
truction. It should not be neces
sary to call in enforcement agencies
to stop this evil.”
In the writer’s back yard, a mock
ing bird pours forth its sweet notes
every morning and we hope no
youngster uses an air rifle to silence
the notes of this lovely song bird.
PROBE IS ASKED OF WPA
WORK
Blue Ridge, Ga., April 13.—Rec
ommendation that the Department
of Justice investigate the use of
federal funds expended in Fannin
county and Blue Ridge on WPA pro
jects was included in'the present
ments of the April grand jury made
to Judge J. H. Hawkins, of Fannin
superior court.
The recommendation said the grand
jury had “made a partial investiga
tion of the use of federal funds” in
connection with the projects, and
recommended that the “Department
of Justice make a further investiga
tion.”
PACKAGE OF SEED
Did you ever read Edgar Guest’s
poem, “Package of Seeds?” For the
benefit of those Who, possibly have
not, we quote the lines which the
beloved poet so knowingly wrote:
I paid a dime for a package of seeds,
And the clerk tossed them out
with a flip.
“We’ve got ’em assorted for every
man’s needs,”
He said with a smile on his lip,
“Pansies and poppies and asters and
peas
Ten cents a package—and pick as
you please.”
Now seeds are just dimes to the
man in the store,
And the dimes are the things that
he needs;
And I’ve been to buy them in sea
sons before,
But have thought of them merely
as seeds,
But it flashed through my mind as
I took them this time,
“You have purchased a miracle
here for a dime.”
“You’ve a dime’s worth of power
which no man can create,
You’ve a dime’s worth of life in
your hand,
You’ve a dime’s worth of mystery,
destiny, fate,
Which the wisest cannot under
stand,
In this bright little package, now
isn’t it odd?
You’ve a dime’s worth of some
thing known only to God.”
These are seeds, but the plants and
the blossoms are here
With their petals of various hues;
In these little pellets so dry and so
queer,
There is power which no chemist
can fuse,
Here is one of God’s miracles soon
to unfold,
Thus for ten cents an ounce is
Divinity sold.”
MRS. BLACKMON PASSES
(From Washington News-Re porter)
Scores of mourning relatives and
friends attended the funeral of Mrs.
J. 11. Blackmon, beloved young
Washington* matron and mother,
which were held from the Washing
ton Methodist Church on Friday af
ternoon, The Rev. J. Foster Young,
pastor of the church, officiated.
Interment followed in Rest Haven
Cemetery.
Mrs. Blackmon died at her home
early Thursday afternoon after an
illness of about a year. She had
.been critically ill for several weeks.
An active member of the Wash
ington Methodist Church and of the
various social and civic clubs in the
town, Mrs. Blackmon had many
friends. She had been a resident of
Washington since her marriage on
November 1, 1921. She previously
taught school in Tignall.
Mrs. Blackmon was the former
Miss Norma Alice Martin of Jeffer
son, Ga. Born on March 9, 1895,
she was the daughter of Elisha Byrd
Martin and Emma Jarret Martin.
She finished at Martin Institute in
Jefferson and later was graduated
from Georgia State Teacher’s Col
lege in Athens. She taught for sev
eral years before her marriage.
Her mother, all her brothers and
her sister and their families attend
ed the funeral services on Friday.
MRS. CHARLEY HAYES
INTERRED AT BELMONT
Gainesville, Ga., April 13.—Servi
ces were held this afternoon at Bel
mont Baptist church for Mrs. Char
ley Haybs, who died Thursday. The
Rev. Thomas Lancaster officiated,
and burial was in Hopewell ceme
tery. A native of Anderson coun
ty, South Carolina, she had lived
here 20 years, and was a member of
the Baptist church. Surviving are
two step-children, Miss Verlen Hay
es, Athens, and Mrs. Ollie May Sim
mons, Pendergrass; four brothers,
Frank McGill, Venton, W. Va.; Lon,
Henry, and Willie McGill, all of
Schoolfield, W. Va.; four sisters,
Mrs. Nannie Cheek, Buford; Mrs.
Cora Lee Dix, Schoolfield; Mrs. No
ra McCollum, Huntington, W. Va.,
and Mrs. Sallie Grindle, New Hol
land.
Items From Commerce News
Sister of Mrs. Stovall Honored At
Birthday Dining
Mrs. J. O. M. Smith honored her
mother at a lovely dinner upon the
occasion of her eightieth birthday
Sunday, April 7th, having as guests
for the day the honoree’s two sis
ters, Mrs. J. T. iStovall and Miss
Hattie Brock, also Miss ' Annie
Smith, William Hardman, Mr. and
Mrs. G. N. Stovall and children, Dr.
J. T. Stovall and Misses Rebecca,
Obie Sue and Henry Smith.
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Mr*. Lillian Bradley Die* Tuesday
Mrs. Lillian Bradley, age 46, of
Porterdale, died at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. E. G. Loggins of
Nicholson, Tuesday, April 9.
Mrs. Bradley is survived by one
daughter, Miss Estell Bradley, two
brothers, Messrs. E. C. and B. E.
Bradley of Covington, and several
aunts and uncles aso survive.
Funeral services were held from
Cabin Creek, Wednesday at 2.00 p.
m., with Rev. Okie Hood officiating.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery.
Commerce High School Win* First
Place In Spelling
The seniors of Commerce High
School won the highest average in
the district in the state spelling con
test, their average being 92.4. Their
nearest competitor being unofficially
reported at 74.
Commerce High School has already
won unanimous decisions in debate
and will hence be represented at
the District meet in Toccoa on April
18th and 19th.
The school is already off to a
good start for the district contest.
LOTT—TANNER
Mr. and Mrs. Melton F. Tanner
of Gainesville announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Lucile
Etheline, to Ralph T. Lott of
ton, the ceremony having taken
place at the home of the officiating
minister, the Rev. Luther P. McNeil.
Mr. Lott, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Jackson Lott of Braselton, is
connected with the State Highway
department at Clayton.
At present they are temporarily
located with the bride’s parents.
The 26th is Memorial Day, and
those having lots in Woodbine cem
etery are urged to have them clean
ed off, a duty we owe the dead.
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940
Georgia C. E.' Will
Assemble on Wednesday
Columbus, Ga.—The 29th annual
convention of the Georgia Christian
Endeavor Union will open here Wed
nesday afternoon and continue
through Friday.
Ernest S. Marks, of Detroit, exec
utive secretary of the Michigan C.
E. Union and field secretary for the
International Christian Endeavor So
ciety, will be one of the principal
speakers. Mrs. P. D. Snipes, of Win
ter Haven, Fla., will bring the mis
sionary messages and conduct con
ferences on mission activity.
The Bruce Nay, of Atlanta,
president of the Georgia union, will
preside at the opening session and
at the Friday banquet.
IN MEMORY OF WILMOT HOL
LINGSWORTH PENDERGRASS
(By a Friend)
The announcement of the death
of Wilmot Hollingsworth Pender
grass on the afternoon of April the
first, 1940, came as a shock to his
friends and acquaintances in Jeffer
son, as well as in other places where
he was known. His sudden passage
from the activities of life to the
shadowland of the Great Beyond
has occasioned profound sorrow in
the hearts of those who knew him.
Wilmot Hollingsworth Pendergrass,
known to his friends as Worth, was
the son of the late J. B. Pender
grass, and Nellie Egerton Pender
grass. Born December 6th, 1887,
his good looks and bright intellect
made him quite a favorite in the
days of his babyhood and winsome
childhood.
His mother died when he was two
years old.
His auntie, Mrs. Hancock and
daughters took care of him until he
was six years old. It was then that
Dr. Pendergrass married Miss Mittie
Dell Heath, who cared for Worth
the remainder of his life. A bright
child, kind to every one.
He graduated from Martin In
stitute in 1904.
Attended Georgia University three
years.
Studied in the New York School
of Art, where he also worked for
some time.
Returning to Jefferson in 1917,
he was soon employed in the ship
building yard in Florida, afterward
holding a responsible job with Atlan
ta Post Office.
He was a cartoonist and commer
cial artist of wonderful creative
ability. For the past ten years
Worth worked on his cartoons in his
home.
Surviving the deceased is a de
voted uncle, A Caswell Ellis, Ph. D.,
President of Cleveland College,
Cleveland, Ohio, his Mama Dell, a
brother, Joseph H. Pendergrass, two
sisters, Mrs. E. Harold Sheats, of
East Point, Ga., Mrs. Jack P. Crim
mins of Washington City; three
nephews, James Harold and John
Eugene, small sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Sheats, Floyd Mielenz, Jr.,
one niece, Penelope Anne Mielenz,
son and daughter of the late Nell
Pendergrass Mielenz and Captain
Lloyd E. Mielenz.
'On the afternoon of April the
third a beautiful funeral service was
held at the Methodist church.
Dr. Coker, pastor of the Presby
terian church read the 13th chapter
of Corinthians and prayer was of
fered by Rev. Rigdon of the Baptist
church. Rev. Elizer, pastor of the
Methodist church gave a beautiful
talk, stressing Charity, one of
Worth’s strongest qualities. Miss Cal
lie Watson and Mrs. Mattie Roberts
had charge of the music.
Worth joined the Methodist church
when a young man while Rev. Hen
ry B. Mays was local pastor.
The pall bearers were: Ned Pen
dergrass, Phil Pendergrass, R. J>
Kelly, Dr. Ed Pirkle, Clifford Sto
rey, and Carl Legg.
His body was laid to rest in Wood
bine cemetery, near the bodies of
his departed loved ones, and the
mound was covered with beautiful
flowers, the expression of love and
friendship of neighbors and friends.
Many friends have expressed pro
found sympathy for the bereaved
ones. , g ...
As pilgrims we pass on our way
like the sun,
We enter the morn gate at birth,
Go out by the eve gate at death,
and are done
With the course of our life on the
earth
But the gates are not closed by the
goddess of night,
That sits at the end of the way.
They are shut by the hand of an
angel of light
And he leads to the perfect day.