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By John N. Holder.
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
It may well be true that we who
live today will endure, in the next
two weeks, a period the most crucial
in the history of the modern world.
For it is not stretching the verities
to declare that upon the ability of
the French army to hold the Wey
gand line against the German at
tacks depends the i-.-ue of whether
the world of the next century, 01
centuries, shall be a world dedicat
ed to democracy and to freedom or
a world cowed under the heel of
totalitarian dictatorship.
Should the Nazi machine of war
be able to rout that French line, it
would spell the doom of France.
With Paris and the area to the north
all occupied, France would be strip
ped of the larger part of her indus
trial area. They would be crippled
in the making of equipment for war
and, without an ever-increasing flow
of equipment, modern armies are
helpless before a powerful and re
lentless enemy.
It is probable that, once the
French army had been crushed, the
only course left open to France
would be surrender, bitter though
that thought may be today. No
matter how determined, how strong
the morale, a nation without armed
bulwarks of defense can do naught
else but submit to the conqueyor,
bow the neck to the heel of the
hated foe.
Then, with France gone, what of
Britain? Admittedly the British
determination to die rather than
surrender is firm. Yet, with Nazi
bombers raining death all over the
“tight little isle,” could the British
hold out? With their entire popu
lation held, under genuine threat of
death, as ransom, could the British
fleet remain and hold Hitler and his
legions off?
The picture js dark. For us, as
well as for the Allies. For, if they
go under, it means i America must
live under the shadow of a world
controlled by such as Hitler and
Mussolini. It means a world of
German dictated economy, a world in
which, wherever man turns, he will
face the strutting affront of Prus
sianized Gennans, convinced they
r, a race superior to all others.
Fortunately, there is another and
brighter side to the picture the next
two weeks may tell. That is a pic
ture of a German terror'halted in
its tracks, of a blitzkrieg stopped
and told, by greater force, that it
may go no farther.
Indications are that the second,
and brighter picture, is most apt to
become reality.
For Frenchmen are fighting on the
soil of their own beloved land. They
are led by one of the greatest mili
tary strategists of the age, Maxime
Weygand, and they are inspired by
that fanatic will to do or die that
comes only when patriots fight
against the invader who would dese
crate their own land and their own
land and their own homes.
There is cheering news, too, from
Britain. The mighty industrial ca
pacity of that nation has been gear
ed faster and faster until Lord
Beaverbrook is already able to re
port that all plane losses in the
Flanders campaign have been more
than offset. In addition, planes are
coming in ever-increasing numbers
from the United States and from
Canada.
Guns and shells and all the other
impedimenta of war are pouring
from Britain’s factories and moving
across the Channel into France.
Soon the British armies that evacu
ated Flanders will be rested and re
formed. They will again be fight
ing alongside their French allies
along the Somme and the Aisne.
What of Italy? Mussolini, for all
his braggadocio, can do but little.
He can add some strength in air
force to the Germans, but that is
about all. His armies are already
stalemated by French troops along
the Alpine border and by the Allied
forces in the near east, his fleets are
outweighed by the Allied fleets al
ready in the Mediterranean.
By all the glory that is France, by
all the storied stubbornness of the
bulldog British breed, the Germans
cannot conquer.
The two weeks ahead are the
most crucial in modern history, but
still the faith holds firm that the
free nations of- the earth will not be
permitted to sink into slavery to a
ruthless, bloodstained, maniacal At
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Talmaoge Enters Guber
natorial Race
EUGENE TALMADGE
Fomer Governor Eugene Tal-,
madge Wednesday again became a
candidate for the governorship of
the State of Georgia, making his
formal announcement to a throng of
some thousand friends who swarm
ed into Atlanta early Wednesday,
escorted him from his downtown of
fice to the State Capitol and paid
his entrance fee.
The move of this state-wide dele
gation qualified Mr. Talmadge as a
candidate for the gubernatorial chair
in next September llth’s Sate Dem
ocratic Primary.
Mr. Talmadge made the follow
ing statement:
“Responding to the wishes of
thousands of my friends in every
walk of life in Georgia, and on ac
count of the deep love that I have
for the people of my native state,
and because of the silent monitor
within that tells me to do it, I an
nounce my candidacy for Governor,
subject to the rules and regulations
of the Democratic Primary of the
State, to be held on September 11,
1940.
“My record as Governor of Geor
gia for four years bespeaks the
principles upon which I stand in deal
ing with new taxes, economy in
government, and a conservative ad
ministration of the State’s affairs.
“Tax money is blood money, and
should be handled honestly and
wisely.
“I love the people of Georgia from
the mountains to the sea. There is
not a home in this state that I
would not like to visit tomorrow.
And, I hope for the opportunity
when I can visit more.
“I was born and raised in Geor
gia. Four generations of my an
cestors sleep beneath her sod.
“I have accepted an invitation to
open my campaign on July 4th, In
dependence Day, at Albany, Geor
gia', where I will address the people
of our State. On that day, I will
go into detail, advocating the princi
ples which 1 think are of paramount
importance to the welfare of the
people of Georgia.
“As your Governor, I shall co
operate with the national adminis
tration wherever the interest of my
state and my country is involved.”
TUESDAY’S ROTARY MEETING
In the absence of President John
C. Turner, Tuesday, former Presi
dent John N. Holder presided at the
weekly meeting of Jefferson Rotary
Club.
After enjoying the luncheon and
the usual program of Rotary songs,
R. S. Johnson introduced H. J. W.
Kizer, who made an appeal in be
half of Red Cross donations for the
relief of the sufferers in war-torn
Europe. He urged that Jackson
county “go over the top” in this
great cause. Following Mr. Kizer,
Rev. A. B! Elizer added another plea
for the war sufferers.
Mr. Elizer, program chairman,
asked for a round-table discussion
on the kind of programs that would
Be an aid to increase attendance.
H. W. Davis, the incoming president,
responded to this question and
brought to the attention of the club
some things of a civic nature which
they might sponsor.
' Lester King of Coopville, Tenn.,
was a Roving Rotary visitor and
responded to the introduction with a
brief response. Summie Kinning
ham of Gainesville was also a visit
or.
The presiding officer announced
that the Rotary Anns would be
guests of the club at an early date.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
ROOSEVELT PLEDGES
U. S. TO AID ALLIES
AT FULL SPEED
Washington, June 10.—Sternly ac
cusing Italy of plunging “a dagger”
into the "back of its neighbor,”
President Roosevelt pledged the Al
lies “the material resources” of the
United States.
Mr. Roosevelt pledged “full speed
ahead" upon a two-fold program of
unstinted material help to the Al
lies and unflagging preparation of
the United States to cope with an
eventuality.
Speculating grimly upon the con
sequences to America should the
“gods of force” achieve world domi
nance, the chief executive held up
the prospect of a “helpless night
mare,” of the American people
“without freedom, lodged in prison,
handcuffed, hungry, and fed through
the bars from day to day by the
contemptuous, unpitying masters of
other continents.”
These statements he made in a
bristling address to the graduating
class of the University of Virginia
at Charlottesville, an address so
strongly worded that sources close
to the administration said it was ob
vious the United States had aban
doned a position of neutrality for
one of nonbelligerency.
Cheers and rebel yells from his
audience greeted every reference to
sympathy with Great Britain and
France.
“Let us not hesitate—all of us—
to proclaim certain truths,” he said.
“Overwhelmingly we,* as a nation,
and this applies to all the other
American nations, are convinced that
military and naval victory for the
gods of force and hate would en
danger the institution of democracy
in the western world—and that
equally, therefore, the whole of our
sympathies lie with those nations
which are giving their life blood in
combat against those forces.”
His reference to the dagger thrust
was contained in a departure from
his, prepared text. He said that
“on this 10th day of June, 1940, the
hand that held the dagger has struck
it into the back of its neighbor.”
A SUBSCRIBER SIXTY-SIX
YEARS
One of the Herald’s most esteem
ed subscribers is Mrs. W. H. Nun
nally of Monroe. She was reared
in Jefferson, as Miss Eula Gober,
and went to Monroe the bride of the
late W. H. Nunnally, who was one
of the first graduates of Martin In
stitute, the charter of the school
being amended in March 1874 au
thorizing the school to issue diplo
mas. Mr. and Mrs. Nunnally’s mar
riage was the culmination of a ro
mance begun while the handsome
young son of Walton county attend
ed Martin Institute, and their com
panionship during all the years be
fore Mr. Nunnally passed away wa3
one of the most beautiful we have
ever known.
In renewing her subscription to
the Herald, Mrs. Nunnally says:
“The enclosed check pays my 66th
subscription to the dear old Jackson
Herald. I really do not know how
I would get along without it. You
should see my scrap books with their
many Herald clippings, all marked
and dated, which I feel some day
will be appreciated by posterity.”
Paving Contract Goes to
South Carolina Firm
The State Highway Board Friday
opened bids on two construction
projects on which contracts were to
be let after the proposals had been
rechecked.
One of the projects was for the
concreting of four miles of the
highway from Gainesville to Jeffer
son in Jackson Counffy. The low
bidder was Ben H. Martin of Easley,
S. €., at $122,617. Highway De
partment engineers had estimated
the cost at $120,000.
The other project was for the
construction of a bridge over the
Ogeechee River at Dover, on the
highway between Statesboro and
Sylvania. The low bidder was the
Coffee Construction Company, of
Eastman, with a bid of $174,924.50.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Flanigan re
turned Saturday from a most inter
esting trip through Tennessee, Ken
tucky and Alabama. They visited
points of interest in the three states
and en route home spent two days
with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McElhan
non near Lincoln, Ala.
RUSH AIRPLANES,
ARMS TO ALLIES,
PERSHING SAYS
General John J. Pershing urges
that the United States send to the
Allies “unlimited quantities” of
airplanes, artillery, small arms and
ammunition as well as food, cloth
ing artd medical supplies.
Appealing in a statement for
contributions to the Red Cross, the
commander of the American World
War army asserted that the Allies
were fighting “a war for civiliz
ation” and that they were “holding
our front line.”
“We have a vital concern in the
outcome,” he said.
In talking to reporters, Pershing
said he was heartily in favor of
compulsory military service in this
country. He added that if such a
plan were adopted an immediate ex
pansion of the army would be pos
sible in case of a threatened in
vasion. He recalled that the train
ing of recruits for World War duty
had required many months.
Asserting in his statement that
“there is no time to lose,” Pershing
continued:
“The allies need every encourage
ment it is possible for us to give.
“Our people well know the dire
need of the hundreds of thousands
of Allied refugees. . . We behold
with infinite pity the streams of
aged men and women, and the ter
rified children, fleeing from their
burning homes, ruthlessly machine
gunned from the air as they hasten
along the highways seeking even
temporary safety against the horroi's
of war.”
Meanwhile, James J. McEntee,
CCC director, announced that the
Civilian Conservation Corps was
prepared to equip and operate a to
tal of 63 schools for training motor
mechanics.
VETERAN EDITOR
W. G. SUTLIVE, OF
SAVANNAH, DIES
Savannah, Ga.—W. G. Sutlive,
editor of the Savannah Evening
Press, died at his home here Thurs
day after an illness of several
months.
Cited in September, 1937, as
“the most outstanding editor in the
southeast,” Mr. Sutlive began his
newspaper career as a youthful
printer’s devil in a small Alabama
country town.
Sutlive, who served 48 years on a
jsingle paper—the Savannah Even
ing Press—became its editor five
years ago.
His service included, at one time
or another, nearly every position on
the news staff.
In addition to his executive du
ties, he continued his straight-from
the-shoulder column, “Bill Biffiem,”
for which he was widely known.
Three of his five children follow
ed him in the newspaper business.
They are John L. Sutlive, assistant
managing editor and city editor of
the Evening Press; W. Kirkland Sut
live, owner and publisher of the
Blackshear (Ga.) Times, and Carey
R. Sutlive, formerly telegraph edi
tor of the Brunswick (Ga.) Times,
now secretary of Representative
Ben Gibbs, of the eighth Georgia
district. The other children are
Charles M. Sutlive and Miss Jose
phine Sutlive.
Georgia publishers and editors
expressed grief on receiving news
of Editor Sutlive’s death.
JNO. S. COHEN, JR., DIES AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
Atlanta, Ga.—John S. Cohen, Jr.,
only son of Mrs. John S. Cohen and
the late Major Cohen, former editor
of the Atlanta Journal and United
States Senator, died Friday morning
after a prolonged illness.
Mr. Cohen won a national repu
tation as motion picture editor of
the New York Sun, a work illness
forced him to abandon about seven
years ago. His columns and reviews
of motion pictures, which reflected
his wide knowledge of the theatre
and contemporary life and its inter
ests, was among the most brilliant
commentaries on the films.
After a period of recuperation,
Mr. Cohen resumed writing for the
National Broadcasting Company,
with offices in Chicago, but again ill
health compelled him to abandon his
career.
Many farm families add to the cash
income by selling surplus garden
crops, chickens, and eggs.
Thursday, June 13, 1940.
Young Harris Dedicates
New Rich Building
Young Harris, Ga., June 8. —Dedi-
cation of the Walter H. Rich Home
Economics and Agricultural build
ing and the breaking of ground for
the Shnrp Memorial church featured
day-long ceremonies Saturday on
the campus of Young Harris College.
The building dedicated, a six-room
structure with a large lobby, was a
gift from Walter T. Rich, of Atlan
ta, member of the board of trustees.
Work was scheduled to begin at
once on construction of the Sharp
Memorial church, for which ground
was broken Saturday afternoon, and
the edifice is expected to be ready
for use within a year.
President Lance, now completing
his tenth year as head of Young
Harris, reported to the trustees at
their afternoon meeting that the
institution has added seven new
buildings to its plant during his
tenure, and that SIIO,OOO has been
added to the endowment fund. The
college, he said, has been placed on
the southern collegiate list. A total
of $70,000, he said, has been added
to the college loan funds.
President Lance’s report on the
current year showed an enrollment
of 530 students—largest in the in
stitution’s history; 145 college gra
duates for this year, and 30 high
school department graduates. The
10-year average, he said is HO.
JUDGE PRATT ASKS
RE-ELECTION
Appearing in the announcement
column, the Herald readers will find
the announcement of Clifford Pratt,
Judge of the Piedmont Circuit, ask
ing an endorsement for the office he
now holds.
Judge Pratt lives in Winder, but
is a native of Gwinnett county. In
1928 he was elected Solicitor Gener
al of this circuit and held the office
eight years. In 1936, he was elect
ed Judge to succeed Judge W. W.
Stark.
MISSES NUNN AND CULBERSON
GRADUATES OF G. S. C. W.
On Monday at G. S. C. W., Mil
ledgeville, diplomas were awarded to
309 graduates, among them Miss
Vera Culberson, daughter of Sheriff
and Mrs. R. M. Culberson, who was
granted the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Secretarial Training, and
Miss Frances Nunn, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Nunn, who grad
uated with the degree of Bacheloi
of Arts.
Miss Nunn, who is a talented
musician, was one of the violinists
in the Symphony Orchestra which
played for the graduation exercises.
She has been a very active member
of the orchestra during the foui
years of her college career.
CENSUS REPORT
SHOWS LOSS IN CITY
AND COUNTY
In a preliminary report of the
count of the returns of the sixteenth
census received Saturday from Alex
B. Cameron, Supervisor of Census,
it was revealed that Jefferson had
lost 30 persons, Jackson County had
lost 1518 and the county had 600
less farmers than on January 1,
1935 and 753 less than April 1,
1930.
The announcement from the Su
pervisor of Census Cameron is:
The population of Jefferson City,
County of Jackson, State of Georgia,
as shown by a preliminary count of
the returns of the Sixteenth Census,
taken as of April 1, 1940, is 1,839,
as compared with 1,869 on April 1,
1930. The figures are preliminary
and subject to correction.
The population of the entire Coun
ty of Jackson, State of Georgia, as
shown by a preliminary count of
the returns of the Sixteenth Census,
taken as of April 1, 1940, is 20,091,
as compared with 21,609 on April
1, 1930. The 1940 figures are pre
liminary and subject to correction.
The number of farms in the
County of Jackson, State of Geor
gia, as shown by a preliminary
count of the returns of the Super
visor of the 1940 Census of Agricul
ture, inventory as of April 1, 1940,
is 2,226, as compared with 2,826 on
January 1, 1935, and 2,979 on April
1, 1930. The 1940 figure is pre
liminary and subject to correction.
Approximately 650,000 acres of
peanuts wei-e harvested by Georgia
fanners last year.
Vol. 66. No. 1
Nix Announces His Candi
dacy for Governor
Abit Nix, well known Athens at
torney, has entered the ratfe ftir
Governor. Mr. Nix has long (*;■
prominent in state affairs.
Mr. Nix is a native of Jaefcnm
county, a son of Hon. J. M. Nix of
Commerce and the late Mrs. Dora
Bennett Nix. He is the grandson
of the late Captain A. T. Bennett
and Mrs. Sarah Morgan Bennetu.
who were prominent in the social
and civic affairs of Jackson county.
Mrs. Hannah Bennett of Apple Val
ley is his step-grandmother. llts~
paternal grandfather lost his life h
the war of 1860.
Mr. Nix’s announcement follow*
in full:
"I am today announcing my can
didacy for Governor of Georgia <n
the September primary.
"In due time I will submit to
voters of this state the platform up
on which 1 will seek the approval of
the people.
“In the meantime, it will not be
out of place to state that I have
always stood for honesty, efficiency
and economy in the administratis**
of the state’s affairs.
“The public school system is the
basis of our country’s progress, and
with this idea in mind, I pledge my
self to the support and maintenance?
of our commop school system, and
the other state institutions, includ
ing the prompt payment of teachers*
salaries.
“I believe in the application of
sound business principles in the ad
ministration of the state’s affairs,
and to the separation of our various
departments of government from
politics as far as can be done under
our system of government. Particu
larly do 1 believe that the State
I Highway Department should be di
vorced from politics, and that d*—
! partment should be operated on a.
! practical business basis, keeping al
ways in mind that the department isr.
there to serve the public interest or
the state and its people—and Id
not believe in the use of Nation*?
] Guard in the administration of th*
internal affairs of our state depart
ments.
“This state must co-operate fully
and completely with the national
government in creating a vast de
fensive organization to protect tfw
against invaders, therefore we must
have a state administration in sym
pathy with such a plan.
“I am a candidate today because
I feel that 1 can be of help to oar
state at a time when sanity and a
conservative liberalism is required.
If elected Governor of this state, I
pledge my best endeavors to aid in
the solution of the problems which
confront our people, farmers, busi
nessmen, and all other groups of our
people.”
PROMINENT CITIZENS ILL
It is with deep concern and anxie
ty that the Herald notes the illims*
of three prominent citizens, J. A.
Johnson, George W. Bailey and W.
P. Thompson.
Mr. Johnson has been seriously ill
for several days at Crawford VP-
Long hospital, Atlanta, following am
operation, and news from his bed
side Wednesday morning was very
discouraging.
George W. Bailey was taken ill
Monday evening, after returning:
from a trip to Atlanta, and was
rushed to the General Hospital*
Athens, Tuesday evening. To date
physicians have been unable to
diagnose his trouble, and his condi
tion is serious.
W. P. Thompson is ill at his home
on Lawrenceville street and his con
dition requires that he rest in bed
for several days.
THIS HAPPENED IN ONE MONTH
One month ago Adolf Hitler un
leashed his blitzkrieg upon the low?
countries and the Allies. Since then
he has:
1. Crushed Holland and forced
her Queen, Wilhelmina, to flee.
2. Overrun Belgium and accepted
the surrender of her King, Leopold
111.
3. Conquered the little Duchy of
Luxembourg with little effort and'
chased the ruler, Grand Duches Char
lotte, into France.
4. Seized the English channel
ports from Abbevile north to Hol
land.
5. Launched the Battle of France
in a titanic struggle to capture
Paris and destroy the French armies