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The Jackson Herald
By John N. Holder.
MARTIN INSTITUTE
WINS HIGH HONORS
AT STATE FAIR
One of the highest honors that
ever came to Martin Institute was
won last week by Professor J. L. Mc-
Mullan .teacher of Vocational Agri
culture in that institution.
At the State Fair in Macon he was
awarded the Grand Prize of $76.00
for District Three of Georgia, offer
ed by the Chilean Nitrate Company!
to pay his expenses to the National
Convention of the F. F. A to be held
in Kansas City, Mo., during the
week of November 11. Professor
McMullan will drive through and be
accompanied by Mrs. McMullan.
Of the eighty-seven teachers of
Agriculture in District Three, Pro
fessor McMullan won this honor
through his marvelous work as
teacher of this important subject in
this historic institution our city.
There ai’e’only four districts in the
state. He brought back from the
Fair a beautiful plaque with this
inscription in shining metallic let
ters: “Vocational Agriculture, F. F.
A., Martin Institute the Winner."
Those who are familiar with' the
work of Professor McMullan know
that he well deserves the honor
through his proficiency, industry* and
service.
Not only has the class of young
F. F. A. to whom he gives instruc
tions, but he and these young men
have rendered service to many farms
in Jackson county in helping drain
same, grow soil building crops and
plant trees. One hundred and ten
thousand pines were put out by
Professor McMullan and his young
men, for which they were renumer
ated by the Government. It was
money earned from this service
which enabled Mr. McMullan and
his class of young men to visit dur
ing the past summer seven states.
These young F. F. A. of Martin
Institute brought back from the
State Fair at Macon sixteen ribbons.
Fifteen head of live stock were ex
hibited and sixteen ribbons won, as
follows:
One by Charles Segars for Aber
deen Angus Steer.
Five by Jimmie Johnson on Aber
deen Angus cattle. He won also 2
purple ribbons on “Grand Cham
pions” Aberdeen Angus male and
female. These were first and fore
most of all cattle exhibited at the
fair.
Five red ribbons were awarded
Martin Institute’s F. F. A. class:
Joe Griffeth, Jersey dairy heifer.
Walter Martin, Aberdeen Angus
steer.
Vester Massey, Aberdeen Angus
Steer.
Jimmie Johnson, Aberdeen Angus
Steer.
John Jones, mare with colt by her
side.
Three white ribbons were award
ed :
John Jones, mule colt, 4 month’s
old.
H. C. Thompson, mare.
Jimmie Johnson, Aberdeen Angus
heifer.
Five blue ribbons awarded Jim
mie Johnson, as fellow:
One bull, over two years old.
One bull, under two years old.
One heifer, over two years old.
One heifer, under two years old.
One cow with calf by her side.
The bull under two years old won
over a $350 bull from Garrett Tolan
farm in Illinois.
Four boys who attended the fair
from Martin Institute spent the en
tire week looking after all live stock,
namely, Marvil Sikes, F. P. Thomp
son, John Jones, Jimmie Johnson.
They did such a good job that the
State Fair Association has asked for
their service next year.
Other boys who attended were:
Walter Martin, Jimmie Archer, R.
C. Smith, Storey Porter, Charles
Segars, Joe Griffeth.
The State Fair at Macon judged
live stock on fitting, showmanship
and quality of animals. The Martin
Institute boys were such experts,
especially in showing off their ani
mals, that other young men with
live stock asked their assistance in
both fitting and showmanship. Some
of the same young men who had ex
hibits at the State Fair will attend
the Northeast Georgia Fair in Gain
esville this week with their live
stock.
This Herald has asked Professor
McMullan to tell iits readers some
time in the near future just how he
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Band of Gypsies Accused of
Stealing SIBO From
Jefferson Mills
Officers of the law are searching
for evidence to convict a band of
Gypsies who passed t through Jeffer
son this week, one of whom is
charged with relieving the money
drawer at the Jefferson Mills of
SIBO.OO. At least, that is the ■
amount the drawer was short when
the gypsies had departed.
There tlwtelve cars in the
band and it is reported they secured
$120.00 in Commerce. As they i
drove into Jefferson they stopped at
a filling station on the outskirts of
the city, but the proprietor made
them move on and accidentally re- j
membered the tag of one car, a gray
Plymouth. They came into Jeffer- j
son, and among the places visited
was the Jefferson Mills office. In
the office at the /time were W. T.
Bryan, C. D. Cox and Clifford Sprat
lin, and as stated above, after the
gypsies left, SIBO.OO were missing.
State Patrolmen located eight of
the cars in Griffin and three in Jack
son but the grey Plymouth evident
ly had taken a different route, and
no evidence of the theft was found
on the occupants of the other cars.
PUBLIC INVITED
TO FLOWER SHOW
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The fall Flower Show, sponsored
by the Jefferson Woman’s Club,
garden division, Mrs. J. C. Alexan
der, chairman, will be exhibited at
the Home Economic building Friday,
October 25. Flowers must be at the
building by one o’clock and the dis
play will be open to the public be
tween the hours of 2 and 5.
The purpose of the show is not to
exhibit flowers from just one or two
gardens, but to create interest and
to show how beauty can be found in
the simplest material. If possible,
the arrangments will be judged and
ribbons awarded.
Remember the date and hours and
invite your friends to go, even
though you may not have specialized
in “Flower Show’’ blossoms. Dis
play the flowers you have and next
year you may feel inspired to try
again.
Ribbons will be awarded the fol
lowing specimens:
Best Single Rose.
Best Single Chrysanthemum.
Best Single Dahlia.
Best Group of 3 Roses, 3 Chry
santhemums and 3 Dahlias.
Best arrangement of Roses, Chry
santhemums and Dahlias, Zinnias
etc., containers considered.
Best Miniature arrangement.
Best Mixed Flowers.
Best Growing Pot Plant.
Best Fern.
Best Miniature Growing Plant and
Group of Plants.
Best arrangement of Dried Ma
terial.
There will be on display Thanks
giving and Christmas Dinner Tables;
also Coffee table.
With your help and co-operation
we hope this to be one of the best
and most helpful Flow'er Shows Jef
ferson has had.
DYKSTRA IS SWORN
IN TO DIRECT
DRAFT SERVICE
Dr. Clarence A. Dykstna, Wiscon
sin University president, was sworn
in as director of the nation’s first
selective service system for raising
an army in peace-time.
Assuming responsibility for super
vising the draft of probably 5,000,-
000 young men from among the
more than 16,000,000 registered,
Dykstra took the oath “well and
faithfully” to discharge his duties.
The approximately 5,000,000 civi
lian soldiers to be drawn from Wed
nesday’s registrants will, according
to present plans, be spread over a
five-year period, with the first call
to go out in mid-November.
won such an honor for himself at
the State Fair and how the young
F. F. A. brought back so many rib
bons. This paper sincerely believes
that Professor McMullan stands at
the top of the list of Agricultural
teachers, not only in Division Three,
but in Georgia and the entire South
and that his class of F. F. A are
unsurpassed.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
GO TO THE POLLS
ELECTION DAY
NOVEMBER FIFTH
In the organization of the Roose
velt-Wallace campaign forces in
Jackson county, four vice-chairmen
were provided. All will be active.
Each will give service to the entire
county, but will give special efforts
to certain sections. Dr. J. C. Vern
er will co-operate especially with the
committees and other workers in
Wilson, Minish, Newtown and Center
districts; Dr. Loyd Lott will give his
services in particular to the organiz
ation of Hoschton, Porter and Ran
dolph districts; R. L. P. Carter will
work with the chairman, committees
and all the friends of the president
in Miller, Harrisburg and Attica dis
tricts; while T. T. Benton’s attention
will be devoted especially to co
operating with Roosevelt organ
ization and friends in Red Stone,
Jefferson, Cunningham and Talmo
districts.
Mr. Roosevelt, during the past
eight years that he has served this
country as Chief Executive, has
done so much for the people that
there seems to be little doubt of his
election. To the South he has shown
himself a true friend. To old Geor
gia he has very warm devotion as
this state is his southern, or second
home. He is the first president
since the war between the States to
give to the South, and especially the
farmers of' this section, that con
sideration they so richly deserve.
Without recounting all the many
beneficent laws he has recommend
ed to congress and urged pas
sage of same, only a few will be
mentioned. Banks have been made
safe in which to deposit money; old
age pensions have been provided for
the old and indigent; young men
have been cared for by the organiz
ation and operation of C. C. C.
Camps where they have been given
an opportunity to obtain an educa
tion; Rural Electrification is proving
a blessing to farming districts, espe
cially to the women of rural life;
aid to dependent children in families
without a breadwinner; care for
widows of insured workers with de
pendent children; prevented borne
owners losing their homes by loaning
money to them at a low rate of in
terest; saved the land owners their
lands through Federal loan agencies;
is helping to redeem soil eroded
lands and has prevented collapse of
prices in farm products. Hundreds
of thousands of farmers have re
ceived subsidy and benefit checks,
which have been of indescribable
blessings to them. What other
president ever sent farmers checks
to somewhat balance payment for
their labor with others, except
Franklin D. Roosevelt? He is, the
truest and best friend tillers of the
soil ever had in the White House.
For the above and many other
reasons, the people, the masses, are
for Roosevelt for President.
The problem is to get out the
vote on election day, November 5.
Others are equally as much inter
ested in gettnig voters to go to the
polls on election day as is the
President. These are the Democrat
ic nominees in Georgia consisting of
Governor, State House officials, Con
gressmen, State Senators, Represen
tatives and all county officers. A.ll
the nominees in this county, Coun
ty Executive Committeemen, J. P.
and N. P., are urged to aid in getting
out a large vote.
The County Chairman and Secre
tary and Treasurer of the Roosevelt
Club will do all within their power
to impress on voters the importance
of going to the polls and casting
their votes for all the Democratic
nominees President, Governor,
State House officei’s, Congressmen,
Legislators and County officers, on
Tuesday, November 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Ogle, Billy,
Claud, Jr., and Miss Kathryn Ogle,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Harris, Wel
don Johnson, Ed Wrenne, all of At
lanta, Rev. and Mrs. L. E. Roberts
of Fairburn, Mr. and Mrs. G. V.
Roberts, Velpo, Jr., and Miss Sarah
Ellen Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Roberts, all of Cordele, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Roberts, J. F., Jr., and
Miss Dorothy Roberts and Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Roberts of Decatur,
members of the immediate family of
the late Mrs. W. C. Roberts, were
called home last week on account of
the passing of Mrs. Roberts.
JACKSON COUNTY
DRAFT BOARD
IS APPOINTED
Jackson County thus far has reg
istered 2312 persons for Selective
Service. On Thursday Morning, Oc
tober 24, at 9 a. m. in the sheriff’s
office of this County a drawing will
take place. Each person registered
has a card on which his name Ik
written. All the 2312 cards will be
well mixed before the drawing takes
place. When this is done, the first
card drawn with the name of a
registrant on it will be Number One
for this county. The next will be
Number Two, and so on, until the
entire list of 2312 names has been
exhausted. The person whose name
is thus drawn will be assigned a
number which will be the county
number of the registrant.
The drawing for immediate er
vice will take place in Washington
October 29, and the numbers drawn
there will be the Master Numbers.
For example, if the number 258 is
the first one drawn in Washington,
the person in this county having this
number will be No. 1 drawn for ser
vice from Jackson County. /
The organization in this county is
H. E. Aderhold, Chairman; Dr. Loyd
Lott, Secretary, and E. H. Crooks,
Clerk. The entire Board consists of
H.‘ E. Aderhold, Loyd Lott and H,
F. Bray, with Dr. C. B. Lord physi
cian and H. W. Davis officer of ap
peal.
Office of the Board is in the Ran
dolph Building, the room occupied for
several years by Judge C. L. Bryson.
The Board will meet on the call
of the Chairman, H. E. Aderhold,
but the clerk will be there from day
to day to render service and give
any information. The Clerk will as
sist Dr. Lord in making examination
of registrants for service. None of
the members of the Board, the phy
sician or appeal officer receives any
compensation. Only the clerk re
ceives pay. The Governor, tn the
appointment of officers for selective
service draft, sought to appoint men
who are more than forty-five years
old. The clerk must have reached
his thirty-sixth year. In this county
the chairman, the appeal officer and
the clerk are World War Veterans
who served in that conflict at home
and across the seas.
The draft officers in this county
attended a jneeting in Gainesville
Tuesday with the same officers from
nineteen other counties where they
were by Governor Rivers
and others explaining in detail the
draft law and its operations.
EXODUS GERMAN
CHILDREN FROM
BIG CITIES
A mass exodus of 200,000 German
children from Berlin, Hamburg, and
other large Nazi cities into Western
Rumania was authoritatively re
ported Thursday, while Britain also
took steps to remove children and
mothers from bomb-ravaged dis
tricts of Lodon.
Dispatches from Bucharest said
preparations were going ahead to
house the German children now be
ing removed from the Reichland.
A Berlin announcement said Ger
man women and children were to be
removed “to avoid imperiling their
health.”
Adolf Hitler’s warplanes renew
ed mass daylight raids on England
after heavy rains bogged down
some of the German overnight at
tacks, giving London one of its
quietest nights since early Septem
ber.
Other fronts were ominously quiet.
In the Balkans, Russia and Ger
many continued to mass troops fac
ing each other across the Danube
river delta in Rumania.
Despite bad weather conditions,
British RAF bombers pounded the
burg naval bases at Hamburg
burg naval bases at Kiel. Hamburg
and Cuxhaven during the night, the
London air ministry reported.
“Extensive fires were caused,” the
ministry said, adding that other
RAP’ squadrons attacked a synthetic
oil plant at Leona and scored direct
hits on ammunition factories in Sax
ony.
L. N. Stewart, a former citizen of
Jefferson and affiliated with the Jef
ferson Mills, has ordered the address
of the Herald changed to Sanford,
N. C.
Thursday, October 24, 1940
BEAUTIFUL LIFE
ENDED ON EARTH
AWAKES IN HEAVEN
Mrs. Rebecca Hutchins Roberts
joined the choir invisible in the land
beyond the skyline on October 6,
1940, where the choir of angelic
voices, whose glorious Hosannas
find an echo in even aching hearts.
Her sun is risen, not set,
Her life is now
Beyond the reach of death and
change—
Not ended, but begun.
Rebecca Hutchins, daughter of
Livingston and Malissa Harrison
Hutchins, was born in Cumming,
Ga., June 18, 1848. Her maternal
grand parents were Colmore and
Fhilli|)s Harrison and her
paternal grandfather was a Baptist
preacher and went to Jerusalem as
an independent missionary, where he
died. Her grandmother Hutchins
came from Scotland.
In early life Rebecca Hutchins
moved with her parents to Jackson
county, where they established their
home in the country, five mile west
of Jefferson.
The war between the States car
ried her father from home for four
years, and an invalid mother requir
ed much of her time, so that her
education was limited. However,
she was enabled to teach for several
years very successfully. She was
married to William Clinton Roberts
on April 6th, 1871, and they lived,
loved and served together for 49
years. To this union were born nine
children: Rev. L. E. Roberts, Fair
burn; B. H. and W. S. Roberts, de
ceased; Mrs. Milo Massey, Jefferson;
J. F. Roberts and Mrs. Claud Ogle,
Atlanta; Guy and Curt Roberts, Cor
dele and Miss Cully Roberts, Jeffer
son. Her husband passed on 20
years ago, and she labored faithful
ly to carry on with her children.
She was a member of the Baptist
church and enjoyed Christian fel
lowship. Her infirmities prevented
her from attending her church dur
ing the last few years, but she never
lost interest in the Master’s work.
“Aunt Beckie”, as she was lovingly
known, was a woman greatly admir
ed for her fine traits of character.
All who knew and loved her feel
keenly the loss of this good woman.
There are thoughts that are scarce
for human speech. Thoughts of 92
golden years well spent, who fought
a good fight, who kept the faith, and
who, encumbered by the weight of
years, closed her eyes in utter weari
ness, to open them where the count
ing of time is not, for she entered
the city of God.
A large number of grieved friends,
arid stricken relatives gathered at
the First Baptist church to pay tri
bute to the memory of one whose
long life had been an open book and
an inspiration to those with whom
she came in contact. The funeral
exercises, although marked with
simplicity, were impressive and mem
ory lasting. Her pastor, Rev. R. M.
Rigdon hnd charge, assisted by Rev.
A. J. Johnson of Cornelia, a former
pastor. The choir was composed of
Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Lord, Mrs. J. C.
Turner, Judge L. B. Moon, with Mrs.
L. B. Moon pianist. The pall bear
ers were Me sirs. Clifford Storey, H.
J. W. Kizer, Dr. 11. R. Howell, Geo.
Westmoreland, Rob Kelly and H. W.
Davis. Honorary pall bearers were
the grandsons of the deceased.
The floral tributes at her funeral
were many and beautiful. These
testified how she was appreciated in
life and sympolized their love with
flowers in death. . Her body was
committed to the soil in Woodbine
cemetery to rest beside her beloved
husband. A mass of flowers, waft
ing their fragrance heavenward,
covered the last resting place. Our
hearts go out in sorrow, and we ex
tend our sincere and deepest sym
pathy to all her loved ones.
She is not dead—life has but set her
free,
She has but passed beyond where we
can see.
Life never lost for her its lovely
look,
She kept her interest in its thrilling
book;
To her death came no conqueror in
the end,
She merely smiled to greet another
friend.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Ed L. Kelly announce
the birth on Sunday morning at the
hospital in Commerce of a. baby girl,
whom they have named Peggy Ann.
Vol. 66. No. 20.
ALMOST 7,000
GEORGIA CITIZENS
IN DRAFT QUOTA
Georgia will have to supply 6,489
men for military training between
November 18 and March 1 under
tentative .state quotas announced
Saturday by the War Department
almost simultaneously with official
figures from the State Draft Board,
showing that 389,651 men register
ed in this state last Wednesday un
der the selective service law.
Of the Georgians to be called for
a year’s military training and ser
vice, 4,336 will be white men and
2,153 will be negroes.
Georgia’s total quota of the 800,-
000 draftees to be under training by
March 1 was set at 12,792 if this
state was given credit for an esti
mated 6,303 men already in armed
service as volunteers.
Georgia’s draftees will be con
scripted through the local draft
boards following the nutional lot
tery October 30, in which the order
of the draft will be decided by
chance.
With the program moving along
swiftly. General George C. Marshall,
aimy chief of staff, sent a message
to the commanders of the four field
armies, saying that “the task now
looming before us is the expeditious
development of a unified, efficient
fighting force of citizen-soldiers.”
“No Pampering”
He added that in reaching that
objective there must be “no pamper
ing of individuals, no distinctions
between men because of their previ
ous military experience or condition
of entry into the the service.”
“In a spirit of mutual respect and
co-operation,” Marshall wrote, “the
army of the United States must uqw
proceed with its high purpose of
welding from the elements of the
American democracy, a disciplined,
seasoned fighting force, capable of
defending the nation.”
State quotas were announced for
the 800,000 trainees to be called b/
July 1, and also for the first 400,000
to be called by March 1.
While the tentative quotas in
cluded credits for the men each
state already has contributed to the
armed forces through voluntary en
listments, those quotas will be re
duced according to any future vol
untary enlistments there may be.
Such enlistments might include, for
instance, youths from 18 to 21 who
may enlist for the regular tluee
year periods, with parental consent.
It also was announced that 4,007
army reserve nurses would be called
to active duty by July 1 to serve in
hospitals at training camps.
BRENAU STUDENTS
ENTERTAIN ROTARIANS
Jefferson Rotary has not had a
more pleasing entertainment than
the one given Tuesday by Dr.. John
Miller and three young lady students
of Brenau College. The young
ladies were Misses'Matalice Yeomans,
Jean Bass and Jean Allen Smith
who charmed Rotarian3 and guests
with Piano, Violin and Vocal Solos.
One of these young adies was from
Georgia, one from Florida and the
other from Tennessee. Dr. Miller
stated that thirty-eight states and
five foreign countries are represent
ed at Brenau at this time.
Other guests present were Mrs. J.
R. Ellington, a former student of
Brenau, and Dr. Lauren Foreman, a
roaming Rotarian of Evanston, 111.
Dr. Foreman is a former citizen of
Atlanta.
Birthday cakes were presented to
Morris M. Bryan and W. H. Smith.
Eight Rotarians were absent.
JEFFERSON CIRCUIT
QUARTRLY CONFERENCE
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
of the Jefferson Circuit will be held
next Sunday, the 27, at Ebenezer.
Preaching at 11 a. m. by Rev. Claud
Hendrick, District Superintendent,
and just after this service lunch will
be served at the church. Immediate
ly after lunch the Quarterly Confer
ence will be held. This is a very
important Conference, as the of
ficials for the next Conference year
will be elected, and reports of tha
closing days of this Conference
year will be given. Therefore, every]
official from each church is urged ta(
be present with all reports in full,
W. B. Hughes, Pastor. <