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Highway Board Orders
Drastic Retrenchment
Facing an acute financial crisis,
the State Highway Board Wednesday
approved a drastic retrenchment pro
gram for the remainder of the year.
The board’s action was:
1. Adoption of a resolution pro
viding for the issuance of certificates
of indebtedness on contracts out
standing and contracts to be let in
the future.
2. Sharp curtailment of the as
phalt construction program, with
orders to shut down several large as
phalt plants in the Savannah divis
ion. This is intended to save be
tween $300,000 and $400,000.
3. Instructions to close down the
repair program of roads damaged by
last winter’s freezes, except on such
roads as require immediate repair to ;
‘carry them through the winter.
These steps were taken to be the
outgrowth of a conference last week
between Governor Rivers, members
of the State Highway Board and
State Auditor Zaeh Arnold.
The chief executive has been con
siderably concerned about the deficit
piling up in the highway department
and only recently ordered that oper
ating expenses be cut 20 per cent
for the rest of his administration.
W. R. Neel, state highway en
gineer, estimated that the curtail
ment of both construction and re
pair programs would bring about a
saving of approximately $750,000
per month.
MISS DELIA LORD IS HONORED
ON BIRTHDAY
(From Commerce News)
The birthday of Miss Delia Lord
was beautifully celebrated at the
home of her brother, J. W. J. Lord
last Sunday.
The entire family was present and
the children’s children who with a
few friends made a company of
about one hundred and fifty-two
people who came to honor and enjoy
Miss Delia on this her natal day.
A long table had been arranged
on the lawn and around this at din
ner time gathered this large com
pany of people. A large and beau
tifully embossed bithday cake with
its sixteen plus candles centered the
table which held practically every
food good for the inner man.
It was a lovely day and the oc
casion was an unusually enjoyable
one for those present.
Miss Delia received many lovely
gifts.
Among those present were all of
her brothers and sisters, including
Mr. Jewel Lord and children of Ila;
Mrs. Jno. Lord and children, Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Prickett and family; Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Weldon; Dr. and Mrs.
C. B. Lord and children of Jeffer
son; Mr. and Mrs. Newman Evans
and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Brown and family; Mrs. W. J. Dun
can and children, Atlanta; Mrs. E.
E. Gordon and family, of Homer and
J. W. J. Lord and family.
LONG VIEW WOMAN'S CLUB
The Long View Woman’s Home
Demonstration Club held its October
meeting at the school building on
Wednesday October 2, 1940.
With Mrs. Roberts presiding, the
meeting was opened by singing
“America" and “God Bless Ameri
ca,” followed by prayer offered by
Miss Bowman.
The roll was called and minutes
of last meeting read and approved.
As old business, the quilt being
made for the benefit of the club was
discussed.
The treasurer reported $3.28 in
treasury.
As new business, Miss Bowman
asked all who could to come to the
next council meeting, bringing with
them a suggestion for next year’s
program written on a slip of paper.
Mißs Bowman gave a very worth
while talk on Nutrition.
HALLOWE’EN ENTERTAINMENT
AT TALMO
Hallowe'en Carnival and Cake
Walk at Talmo School Auditorium,
Friday night, November 1, at 7.30
o’clock. There will be additional
attractions —throwing balls, fishing,
ghost house, etc.
All proceeds go to lunch room
project. Everybody is given an in
vitation to attend the Carnival.
A young man walked into the
state military building and announc
ed he didn’t register, but now want
ed to. He added, “I believe I had
a good excuse. 1 was where I
couldn’t register.” He insisted on
giving his reasons. “Several of us
boys were having a few drinks Wed
nesday, and then we had a few more.
I woke up Thursday morning in
jail,” he said.
Georgia Teachers
Assured Salaries For
Three Months
A New York investment firm Fri
day loaned the state of Georgia
$3,500,000 which will assure 22,000
public school teachers prompt pay
ment of their salaries for October,
November and December.
Governor E. D. Rivers is borrow
ing the money to tide over a period
when tax collections fall far short,
of meeting the $1,500,000 monthly
teacher pay roll. The $3,500,000 will
pay for October, November and a
third of December salaries, but fiscal
officials said there would be enough
tax money to complete December.
The state guarantees at least sev
en months’ support to its common
schools, but was unable to pay only
six months and one-t<enth last term.
The actual cash on the loan is ex
pected at the treasury early this
week after the general obligation
notes are signed and other technical
details cleared.
This is the second successive year
that Governor Rivers has exercised
his borrowing power to the constitu
tional limit to bolster wavering
school finances.
Junior Colleges Should
Prepare Students for Jobs
Junior college representatives from
Georgia, Florida and Alabama were
told that courses in the two-year
colleges should aim at preparing
students for jobs and the responsi
bilities of citizenship, rather than at
fitting them for continued study in
other universities.
This should be done, Walter C.
Eells of Washington, secretary of
the American Association of Junior
Colleges, said,, because relatively
few of the students continue their
studies. '
In Georgia, he said, 64 per cent
of the junior college students usual
ly prepare for advanced university
courses, while only 24 per cent
actually take them. A similar con
dition prevails throughout the na
tion, he added.
The regional conference was one
of twenty held throughout the coun
try in an effort to determine how
junior colleges may best meet the
needs of their students.
“BELIEVE IT OR NOT”
Greensboro, Ga.—“ Believe It Or
Not” —two Greene County men at
tended the World Series in Cincin
nati, purchasing tickets from differ
ent sources only to find they occu
pied seats next to each other.
Harold Brook, of Greensboro, se
cured his tickets through Crosley
radio connections.
Dr. W. H. Rhodes, of Union Point,
secured his tickets through a friend
in Cleveland who is with the Coca
Cola Company.
The two Greene County men were
probably the only two Greene Coun
ty men at the series, and when the
two men met they discovered their
tickets were next to each other.
Paul B. West, president of the
Association of National Advertisers,
says the nation’s businessmen are
planning larger advertising budgets
to keep step with anticipated trade
gains. A survey of A. N. A. mem
bers, including many of the largest
advertisers in the country, West said,
showed at least 56 per cent proposed
to spend more money on advertising
in 1941 than this year. Six per cent
indicated smaller budgets, and the
remainder were waiting for develop
ments.
When business begins borrowing
money from the banks it doesn’t
mean business is broke. It means in
dustry is getting ready to expand. So
recent reports from banks, indicat
ing loans have reached a higher
point than at any time since the
1937 business peak, look like good
news. Loans and discounts bn the
September 30 call date totaled
$746,000,000 for Chicago banks.
The figure three years ago was $833,-
000,000. An expansion of about 26
millions has occurred since the first
part of this year. Much of the rise
could probably be traced to the de
fense industry, which is rapidly tak
ing shape. Whatever its cause, the
result wdll soon have its general ef
fect in larger payrolls and a greater
measure of national prosperity.
Early Military Engineers
By the Thirteenth century mili
tary engineers had developed amaz
ing war engines, destructive devices
such as catapults, trebuchets, bat
tering rams, and the like, and there
is no reason to believe that they
were not equally ingenious in de
veloping constructive devices, such
as mammoth derricks and cranes,
lifts, and timber platforms upon
which masons could work.
THE JACKSON IIERAI.D, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL
(By E. B. Betts)
On October 14 Governor Harold
E. Stassen of the state of Minnesota
appointed Hon. Joseph Hurst Ball,
34 years of age, United States Sen
ator to fill out the unexpired term
of the late Senator Ernest Lundeen,
who was killed in an airplane in the
state of Virginia on August 31.
Mr. Ball’s term will run until Janu
ary 3, 1943. He was sworn in by
acting President of the senate, Sen
ator William H. King of Utah on
October 17. Mr. Ball is a republi
can.
Hon. Newt V. Mills of the Fifth
District of Louisiana was re-elected
to the 77th Congress in a run-off
primary on October 15; also Hon.
Overton Brooks of the Fourth Dis
trict of said state on the same date.
They are both fine men and Demo
crats.
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President F. D. Roosevelt will
make the following speeches before
the National Election on November
5: October 23rd, Convention Hall,
Philedelphia, Penn.; October 28,
Madison Square Garden, New York;
October 30th, Constitution Hall,
state of Washington; November 2,
Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio;
November 4th, on election eve ad
dress from his home at Hyde Park,
New York.
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Hon. Geo. D. Bennett, formerly
of Jackson county, who represented
the county in the Georgia legislature
in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898,
who is now a citizen of Athens, is a
candidate for City alderman, from
the fourth ward of Athens. Mr.
Bennett is a fine man.
ROOSEVELT KNOWS
HOW TO SAY “NO”
It is not every public official who
knows how to say “no” or to stand
pat on what he believes to be right
and for the best interest of the peo
ple as a whole. This characteristic
character that is one of the greatest
of men constitutes strength of
assets that can come to men. Presi
dent Roosevelt has shown that he
possesses the nerve and backbone
that enables him to say “no” when
no is the proper answer to make.
During his first term as President of
the United States, he vetoed 219
and during his present term of of-‘
fice he has vetoed 254 bills. Of these
bills votoed by him, the total num
ber was 473—--234 being regular
vetoes and 239 being pocket vetoes.
Such a record is worthy of commen
dation on the part of the people,
and should prove one of the strng
est issues to be made in this cam
paign.—Athens Banner-Herald.
IN MEMORY
In loving remembrance of our
dear wife and mother, who departed
this life two years ago, October 28th.
We long to see you mother,
To hear your voice again,
You always were the only one,
Who seemed to understand.
It’s lonesome here without you,
But that, we gladly hear.
We know that you are waiting,
To join us over there.
Ernest Kesler.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Kesler.
NOTICE
TAX COLLECTOR’S FIRST
ROUND
I will be at the following places
to collect State and County Taxes
for the year 1940 on dates and time
published below:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Wages Store, 9.30 a. m.
Attica, 10.30 a. m.
Archer Store, 11.30 a. m.
Center, 1 p. m.
Nicholson, 2 p. m.
Seagraves Gin, 3 p. m.
Jones Store, 3.30 p. m.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Apple Valley, 9 a. m
Commerce, at City Clerk’s Office,
10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Dry Pond, 9.30 a. m.
Holly Springs, 10.30 a. m.
Diamond Hill, 11 a. m.
Maysville, 12.30, Noon, at T. K.
Boone Store.
Yarbrough Crossing. 2 p. m.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14
L. F. Sell Store, 9 a. m.
Hoschton, 9.30 to 12. Noon.
Braselton, 12.30 p. m.
Pendei'grass, 2.45 p. m.
Talmo, 3.30 p. m. n
Please make an effort to meet me
and pay your taxes promtply.
Respectfully,
A. S. JOHNSON,
Tax Colector, Jackson County.
BOYS WE GOT ’EM
MULES, HORSES AND WAGONS
JUST ARRIVED A NICE ASSORTMENT OF
YOUNG MULES AND MARES OF THE BEST
KIND AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES.
COME TO SEE ME. WE BUY TRADE OR
sell. f fil
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Jefferson, Georgia.
W. C. HORTON, INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATE, ANNOUNCES
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To The People of the Ninth Con
gressional District of Georgia: I
hereby announce my candidacy as an
Independent, for Congress from the
Ninth Congressional District, subject
to the General Election of Novem
ber sth, 1940.
If elected I promise to serve the
best interests of all the people in the
District.
I am in favor of the parities and
rentals as now allowed by the Gov
ernment, but inasmuch as acreage
has been drastically cut, I am in
favor of the present parity price of
cotton being increased to at least
20c per pound. This will enable the
farmer to buy the necessities and
comforts of life, which will in turn
help the merchants and other busi
ness interests. If elected I will work
diligently to this end, and will work
for and support legislation that will
assist the growth and development
of the Ninth District.
I respectfully solicit your vote and
influence as Independent Citizens oi
Georgia, to enable me, as your ser
vant, to correct the many evils now
being practiced in our Nation’s
Capitol.
WILLIAM C. HORTON.
TREND OF BUSINESS UPWARD
Department store sales are head
ing upwards again—a genuine sign
of encouragement to observers of.
business trends.
Sales in August of this year were
10 per cent above those of August,
1939, according to the Alexander
Hamilton Institute. The index of
sales was set at 100, based on retail
business during the 1923-1925 peri
od. There is nothing to indicate
that the trend should not continue
upward throughout the remaining
months of the year.
This news is especially cheering
to those masses at the bottom of the
economic scale. It often takes a lit
tle time for waves of prosperity to
reach the workers. The best indi
cation that the average consumer is
beginning to enjoy better economic
health is an increase in department
store sales.
CLASSIFIED ADS
NOTICE
Truck for hire day or night. Get
our prices before you move.
O. L. SINGLETARY.
Saleswoman wanted. One of
fice work experience preferred.
GREENBURG’S STORE, Jefferson,
Ga.
FOR SALE
Seed wheat for sale. —Y. Z
Sailors, Jefferson, Ga.
FOR RENT
A good four or five horse farm
near Center. See Mrs. E. S. Rylee
at Center. P. 0. Nicholson.
WANTED COWS
Wilkes & Elder will buy cows,
swap milkers for drys, or trade drys
for milkers. See them if you wish
to sell or trade cows. Will also buy
hogs. Jefferson, Ga.
FOR RENT
Brick bungalow with all conven
iences, electric water heater, garage,
beautiful location on Athens street.
See Dr. L. R. Bryson.
FOR RENT
A two horse farm four miles north
of Jefferson. 22 acre cotton allot
ment. Prefer someone who can
furnish own stock.
See Storey Ellington at Mobley’s
Warehouse, Jefferson, or write Lu
ther Elrod, Cleveland Road, Gaines
ville, Ga.
FARM FOR SALE
325 acres, 4 miles east from Jef
ferson, 1-4 mile to Orr’s School, 8
room house, barn, land for a three
horse crop open to cultivation, good
pasture land, suitable for stock farm,
about $1,500.00 worth of saw timber.
W. P. Frost,
Jefferson, Ga.
FARMS FOR SALE
109 Acres, old Stephens Place,
Maysville road, attractive home, 1
tenant house, good cotton allottment,
fine pasture, good large farm.
75 adjoining Sandy Brock
place, dwelling, tenant house, good
land, fine neighborhood. Both places
on easy terms. —L. G. DOZIER, Jef
ferson, Ga.
NOTICE
Benson Bread Show 10:30,
Saturday morning at Roose
velt Theatre. Come and en
joy yourself. Admission 5
Benson Wrappers or Cou
pons.
FOR SALE
Beardless Barley Seed, for
Sale at Farmers Warehouse
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940.
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.f
Lesson for November 3
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Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
JESUS DECLARES HIS MISSION
LESSON TEXT—Luke 4:16-30.
GOLDEN TEXT—For the Son of man is
come to seek and to save that which was
lost.—Luke 18:10.
Ready for service! It’s an excit
ing and auspicious occasion when,
the one who has prepared for a life
work is ready to set forth on his
mission. Joy and sorrow mingle;
encouragement and opposition both
appear and become his constant
companions. Recognizing God and
following His Word is of greatest
importance on such a day.
The mission upon which Jesus en
tered on the day of our lesson was
important far beyond any service of
man, for, while He set out upon an
earthly ministry of doing good, it
led to the cross where He wrought
out deliverance for the captives of
Satan. That day found Him back
with His own people in the syna
gogue in His home town.
I. Prophecy Fulfilled (vv. 16-22).
It is significant and appropriate
that Jesus’ declaration of Himself as
the fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1, 2 was
made in the synagogue on the Sab
bath day. He met with the people
in the house and at the time set
apart for God’s worship. He op
posed spiritual deadness, the misin
terpretation of the truth, the distor
tion of religious principles; but He
was not, as some would have us be
lieve, a religious free lance who
despised the established worship of
His people.
Having been prepared by the
years of silence, and more particu
larly by the baptism and the tempta
tion in the wilderness, He appeared
at the synagogue in Nazareth to de
clare Himself as the fulfillment of
prophecy.
Those who teach that Jesus was
only a young Jewish teacher with a
new philosophy of life have evidently
not read the Scriptures. He knew
Himself to be God’s Son come into
the world to bring the good news
of salvatioi) by His own blood to
poor, sin-captive, blinded and
bruised humanity. He is the Sav
iour!
Look at Isaiah 61:1, 2 and note
that Jesus stopped reading before
the end of the sentence. “The day
of vengeance of our God” will come
when Christ returns. This is the
day of grace. Sinners are urged to
accept God’s love now, and thus to
escape the terrible day of judg
ment.
11. Faith Recognized (vv. 23-27).
The Jews gloried in the fact that
they were the chosen people of God
and insisted it was through the ex
ercises of their formal worship that
God’s blessing must be received.
Now this one whom they erroneously
call “Joseph’s son” (v. 22) comes to
disturb them in their self-satisfac
tion. Seeing their rising resent
ment, He declares by striking words
and example that the benefits and
blessings of God come through faith
and not because of any racial rela
tionship.
The glory of Christianity is that
its grace and power are to be re
ceived by faith and are fully and
freely available to the simplest and
poorest of men. Race, position,
wealth, education, have nothing to
do with it. All too often they are
a hindrance, although they ought
rather to be a help.
Every reader of these notes, re
gardless of age, education, wealth
or any other condition or circum
stance of life, stands on an equal
footing before God and has a full
and unlimited opportunity to take
right now, by faith in Christ, all
that God has for him—salvation,
spiritual strength and usefulness,
joy, peace, and all the other bless
ing of God. Will you do it?
111. Truth Rejected (vv. 28-30).
Like a torch cast into gunpowder,
His words set off all the explosive
power of narrow bigotry, national
pride, jealousy, and they were all
“filled with wrath” (v. 28).
They rejected not only the truth of
His words, but they rejected Him
who is the Truth (John 14:6). Note
it carefully—in rejecting or neglect
ing His Word, you reject and neglect
Him.
Observe that until the time had
come for Him to be “delivered”
(Rom. 4:25) into the hands of wicked
men to be crucified they could not
touch Him. There is no more
majestic scenq than that in verse 30
where the Son of God turned at the
brow of the hill and, walking
through the midst of the crowd,
went His way.
What have I to fear at the hands
of wicked and gainsaying men as
long as I follow this all-powerful Son
of God? He that is for us and in
us is greater than he (the devil) that
is in the world (I John 4:4). We
follow the victorious Christ, who
quietly but majestically \yalks
through the ranks of His helpless
enemies and goes “His way.” Will
you join us—today?
Be Temperate
Woe to them that rise up early
in the morning that they rpay follow
strong drink; that continue until
night, till wine inflame them. —lsa.
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