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The Jackson Herald
■ john N. Holder.
ketball news
■ draws AIRLINE
1eF£8.19,7P.M.
■ pme of the district
Kent. bojr * £
This game will be
Wednesday, at 7:00
■ ; the Grayson Gym. Jef
vi"Usly defeated Air
:!'> season and are
tu put them out of the tour
■ If the ! .cal team is victo-
L w ;;: play the winner of
■ : . I.vman Hall game on
K v at j.OU o’clock. A large
fans planning on going
Hpon and support the team.
Team Enters Tournament
' , t ,i composed of those
■ not go to the district tour-
K W i;i play the first week in
■ a: c andle;. Pairings for this
not been made yet.
- oi group has been enter-
K the name of the Jeffersoft
Defeats Commerce
■ and “B” teams of the
tat ball teams of Martin In
■ defeated nvo strnog Com
■ .School teams here Sat
■ n ight before one of the lar
of the season. The “B”
H,,.. the opening game 13 to
Hp. the end the regular game
was ti and and in the .three
Hes of extra play, Jefferson
■to take the lead. In the
H,. the varsity took an'early
■ was never headed and at
■d of the game were in the lead
Hrt .lefferson boys again dis
■ some pretty passing and
Hr,g and are to be reckoned
Hth!' week ill the district tour-
H: Friday night Winder’s unde
team managed to eke out
■ous oJ to 34 over the local
Boys Work Hard
■ the "basketball
save been working hard the
■f. a. hs get„ing in shape for
■ornament which is to be held
■ay.' 1 -:'- These boys are to be
on their - fine spirit
Hears w .rk for the year. Ten of
■ 'c;g will uphold Jefferson’s
in the tournament. Glenn
J. E. Wilbanks, Alfred Tol-
H Havre Murphy, Howard Brid-
HEJwai 1 Murphy. Albert Wcst
■'f James Leachman, Walter
Bn, Cecil Blackstock, Charles
Btt. Albert Garrison. Henry
Hsson, Johnnie Mobley, Jones
Ted Cook, and Sanford
B>nald.
B"son Teams End Successful
H Season
B e ‘ovs and girls teams of Mar-
Bnstitute have just finished a
■ successful season of high school
Hdiaii. During the season of
H 2l, Play, the boys have won ev-
Hfame except three, and those
■to Athens. Lawrenceville and
B* 1, The girls have lost only
■* ame Se *son and that to
■Clayton High School girls. The
B v e won 18 games and lost
Bl tbe irls have won 18 games
B ost one - This makes a total
H victories to 4 defeats for the
B n or the two teams. Both' teams
1 00 Ing forward to the district
■ament 1
■ff raW lawrenceville
■“crAon girls drew Lawrenceville
fj h0 °l the' first round of
■ lst rict tournament. They have
■ e^ ea^e< l Lawrenceville twice
■‘ be tr ying for a third vie-
Bt they T . clash in the tourna
■ed }. 6 . y ear have
Brip- t T kave gained many
■„i).-, ° r school. The follow
■< pi com hose the Jefferson
E„. v!‘ ‘’L’ r gan, Louise Moore,
■ Sim." 1 , b!ack ’ Emil y Niblack,
■Hoear ’ - Une Whitehead, Jessie
liamJ’ . rolyn Ash - Virginia
■ brake n"”' 6 Weathe rly, Dor-
Ell pi, Doroth y Webb, Myra
I °hy Brown, and Pat Do
ilanUy B. Collins Dies
I Sudj en Jy
Bdenly at , U>l!ins . aged 46, died
■ : la S kome near Lebanon
E ?ood health* 1 n^ By ' In aPPar '
mat th r, th ’ he ' attended the
m ard d i( 7i oosevelt Saturda y cv -
■ e He ]• S °° n a fter returning
■ Hnir W 'bi® family on
I Jeff* * ay f arm and worked
B efTers on Mills.
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STATE SOLONS
HALF DONE
WITH SESSION
The general assembly entered the
second half of its biennial seventy
day run Monday with administration
leaders gratified over their showing
in passing bills for Governor Eugene
Talmadge’s campaign of economy in
state government.
No nex tax bill has been passed,
no old tax has been repealed or
changed so far in the session, with
the administration carrying on to
ward its promise of running tt.h*
state on present income.
Salary cutting has been done in
some instances by the legislature,
and budget slashing has been accom
plished by the governor for several
departments.
Through Friday there had been
360 bills introduced in the House.
Of these 14 deal with taxes in one
form or another, and 13 are directly
aimed at providing some benefit or
protection to the state’s farmers.
Should all proposed constitution
al amendments be adopted, there
would be 20 on the June general
election ballot. These, however, are
mostly of local application.
Six House bills deal with proposed
changes in the election laws, and
two additional bills deal with elec
tions through some provision in re
gard to poll taxes.
There are five distinct bills deal
ing with liquor or wine, one provid
ing re-establishment of prohibition.
Teachers are especially interest
ed in, two House bills, one setting
up a pension system and the other
providing that minimum pay should
by $75 a month for 12 months of
the year. The state now guarantees
S6O a month for seven months.
Three bills deal with some phase
of old-age assistance and two with
regulation of small loan firms.
Judiciary salary slashes, labor
Union activities ,in djfeaae projects
and gasoline pipe line right-of-ways
are seen as likely lively topics on
the Georgia .legilsature front this
week.
Two bills are before the House to
limit or cut the pay of judges. One
is a proposal to reduce salaries of
Supreme Court justices to $5,000 a
year.
The bill is before the committee
on the state of the republic.
The same committee has before it
a proposal to order a legislative in
quiry into “labor rackets” on de
fense projects.
The third controversial question
involves two House bills permitting
gasoline pipe lines to have right-of
way through Georgia. Effort to
place this issue before the General
Assembly has been stimulated by
President Roosevelt’s call for a
study of the pipe-line situation as it
relates to national defense.
LEGISLATURE MAY REACH
SHOWDOWN ON PROHI BILL
A prohibition bill that would cause
the state a $2,000,000 revenue loss is
developing surprising strength in
both houses this week and faces a
showdown within the next few days
in the Georgia Legislature.
In power now are legislators who
long have championed the state’s
“bone-dry” statutes. They are
House Speaker Randall Evans, the
only man to introduce a prohibition
bill in the 1939 session, and admin
istration floor leader John Wesley
Culpepper.
Former House Speaker Roy V.
Harris, of Richmond, and Culpepper
engaged in a sharp exchange early
in this session on the alcoholic con
trol act enacted in 1938 when Harris
presided over the House and led the
fight for the bill.
The prohibition measure introduc
ed by Dr. V. C. Daves of Dooly, sped
swiftly through the temperance com
mittee by a vote of 15 to 6.
Chief opponent to the bill speak
ing before the committee was David
S. Atkinson of Chatham, who was a
leader in obtaining Senate passage
of the liquor bill in 1938.
All indications point to stormy de
bate this week over prohibition,
probably centered on the theme of
“keep liquor or levy more taxes.”
COLORED WOMAN DIES
Alice Beaibty, colored, wife of An
drew Beatty, died on the A. A. Frost
farm noi*th of Jefferson Wednesday
and was buried at New Salem. She
was 67 years of age and was the
daughter of the late Allen and Caio
line Smith Randolph.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
TEXTILE LEADER
URGES BROADER
USES OF COTTON
Co-operative efforts to stand the
cotton farmers and industrialists on
their own feet will be launched in
New York City next Friday at a
meeting to stimulate new uses for
cotton material.
Dr. Claudius T. Murchison, presi
dent of the Cotton Textile Institute,
says that a positive campaign which
stimuates the uses of cotton will be
more effective than a negative cam
paign which merely reduces the acre
age that is being planted in cotton.
“Any movement which drives
farmers out of the cotton industry
and forces textile mills to reduce
their numbers of workers,” said
Doctor Murchison, “merely drives
that many persons to some form o?
relief. It .doesn’t solve the prob
lem of the cotton industry.”
America’s raw cotton surplus, in
creasing every year through the loss
of the export market, is the real
problem of the industry, but this
obstacle can be overcome best, he
says, if all branches of the cotton
trade collaborate in broadening the
use of cotton, increasing the demand
rather than reducing the acreage and
output.
“I attended a conference Wednes
day at the United States Department
of Agriculture at which it was de
cided to carry over 12,500,000 bal
es,” said Dr. Murchison. “This is
the equivalent of an average full
crop—maybe* more. The normal
carry over heretofore has been about
four million bales. A lot of this
year’s heavy carry over is due to the
enormous crop of 1937 but even at
that, we were making encouraging
progress in getting rid of that 1937
surplus until this World War star
ted and choked off our markets.
Where exports once were 5,000,000
bales, the exports this year will, be a
million bales at the most.
“There is no doubt that it Ls ab
solutey necessary to tackle this heavy
surplus on the consumption side
rather than on the negative side. It
is true that by growing less cotton
than we need for the next few years,
we can get rid of that surplus. But
we also will be choking off a source
of income for farmers and mill work
era and we will be putting people on
relief who could actually find anoth
er solution for their problems. This
is the time for agriculture to adjust
itself to a world situation and that
can best be done by enlarging home
consumption.”
The Cotton Textile Institute, Dr.
Murchison explained, has had a cot
ton-promotion division for 13 or 14
years, but until about three years
ago all the efforts have been but in
cidental. Now, he argues, the situa
tion is such that the development of
cotton apparel has been brought to
the forefront.
“It is a major function today,”
he said, “and industry must give the
answer.”
The Jefferson Chamber of
Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce of
Jefferson had an interesting meeting
Thursday evening in the Harrison
Hotel, with H. E. Aderhold, Presi
dent and C. H. Legg, Secretary.
New members were reported by
H. L. Purcell, chairman membership
committee. The attendance was
very good.
John L. Anderson reported pro
gress in the efforts of the Champer
in co-operation with other civic and
social organizations of this city to
wards securing a OOC Camp to be
located somewhere on the Jefferson
and Winder road.
The City of Winder also is giving
aid to this proposition.
OFFICER’S INSTITUTE AT
METHODIST CHURCH
NEXT TUESDAY
All officers of the Methodist So
cieties of Christian Service of the
Gainesville District will assemble in
the Jefferson Methodist church on
next Tuesday for an all-day service.
Lunch will be served at the church
and a large attendance is expected.
Mrs. Andecrson of Gainesville, dis
trict president, will preside over the
meeting.
HUGH S. APPLEBY,
BROTHER OF LOCAL
RESIDENT, DIES
Friends in this section of the late
A. C. Appleby’s family were shocked
to learn of the death of Hugh S.
Appleby which occurred in Orlando,
Fla. He was forty years of age and
had been ill for several months. Al
though his death was not entirely un
expected, yet the announcement
brought deep sorrow to family and
friends.
Hugh Appleby, son of Mrs. A. C.
and the late Mr. Appleby, was born
and grew to manhood in Jefferson,
later going to Florida to make his
home, where be was established in
business in that state until disease
forced his retirement. Funeral and
interment was in Orlando.
Surviving are his wife and three
sons, one of whom, Talmadge Ap
pleby, made his home in Jefferson
for several years; by hia mother,
Mrs. A. C. Appleby, who is spending
the winter in Florida, and by seven
brothers and sisters, H. M. Appleby
of Atlanta, G. D. Appleby of Jeffer
son, O. T. Appleby of South Bay,
Fla., Mrs. S. J. Nix and Mrs. B. C.
Steele of Sanford, Fla., Mrs. E. H.
Taylor of DeFuniak Springs, Fla.,
and Mrs. Fred W. Evans of Atlanta.
COMMERCE NEWS
ITEMS
LOCAL CHEVROLET SALESMEN
WIN PRIZES
Billy Bolton and Joe Brown
Wood, star salesmen for the Chevro
let Company, won prizes of $75 each
for having sold the required num
ber of cars necessary for member
ship in the Chevrolet Company’s 100
Car Club.
In order to be eligible for this
club a salesman must sell 50 new
cars or 100 used cars. Both of
these luen sold the required quota
and have received checks for $75
from the company and are receiving
the congratulations of friends for
their accomplishments.
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MISS MOORE AND MR.
CASTELLAW ARE WED
Miss Evelyn Moore of Decatur and
Otis Castellaw were wed in Atlan
ta Saturday, February Bth.
Mr. and Mrs. Castellaw returned
to their furnished apartment in the
home of Miss Claire Anderson,
where they are now at home to their
friends.
MISS WRIGHT AND MR.
SINGLETON WED
The marriage of Miss Lucile
Wright and Mr. Bill Singleton of
Asheville, N. C., which took pace in
Jefferson Saturday night, with Judge
L. B. Moon officiating, surprised the
wide circle of friends of the bride
here and elsewhere.
Mrs. Singleton is a charming
young woman of the brunette type,
the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Wright. Since graduating
from high school she has been as
sociated with Louise Beauty Salon
where she was a favorite with her
many patrons as well as with those
she met socially. Her marriage is
of interest to a large group of
friends.
Mr. Singleton is a young man of
pleasing personality and of good
business connections, at present he
is associated with an Amusement
Company in Asheville, N. C., where
they will make their home.
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MISS BENTON WEDS MR. HOUS
TON IN SOUTH CAROLINA
CEREMONY
Miss Kathryn Crump Benton and
Lewis Houston were wed in Bennett
ville, S. C.. Sunday morning, Febru
ary 9th. The ceremony was wit
nessed by Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Ben
ton and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Steele
of Greenville, S. C.
The bride, an attractive blonde,
was prettily dressed in a costume
suit of blue, the dress was of a light
shade of blue and the coat was of
navy with navy accessories.
Immediately following the cere
mony Mr. and Mrs. Houston left for
their new home in Washington, N.
C., where Mr. Houston is manager
of a W’oolworth store.
The bride is the older daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Benton. She
is a pretty and attractive young
woman who is admired by a large
circle of friends here and else
where.
Thursday, February 20, 1941.
AID WILL WIN
FOR BRITAIN,
HOPKINS SAYS
New York.—Harry L. Hopkins,
President Roosevelt’s personal en
voy, returned from London Sunday
convinced that the British “will win
the war” with the help of the United
States.
“I don’t think Hitler can lick
these people,” he said, as he stepped
out of the Yankee Clipper. “They’re
as tough a crowd as there is. With
our help they’ll win.”
“Will they get that help?” Hop
kins was asked.
“Yes,” he said.
In his brief case was confidential
data gathered during a first-hand
survey of Britain’s war effort—infor
mation he said he would hand over
to President Roosevelt in Washing
ton Sunday night.
“This war ■will not be a stalema
ted war,” he added. “My opinions
are based on observations I made
during four weeks in England and
Scotland. I saw their military and
naval strength. I watched their prep
arations for the air raids from the
hotel and homes I visited. They’re
tough, these English.”
He said they were “desperately in
need of help.”
“We won’t have to give them
soldiers—what they need is ma
terial,” the former Secretaiy of
Commerce added. “They have won
derful leadership—Churchill is a
great man. The spirit of the men in
the street and the soldiers is won
derful. I’m confident they’ll win.”
$65.95 Raised Here On
President’s Birthday
Colonel Nat Hancock, chairman of
the committee for raising funds for
the Warm Springs Foundation on
the birthday, of President Franklin
D. Rooscveit, wishes to exprtws his
sincere thanks for the splendid co
operation given him in this effort
by the people of the county. The
amount raised here was $65.95. The
campaign all over the United States
proved to be very successful in rais
ing money for this laudable purpose
JACKSON—McRAE
Washington, Ga. —Announcement
is made by Mr. and Mrs. Stoy Jack
son of the marriage of their daugh
ter, Margaret Dale, to George T.
Mcßae, of Blackshear, on February
7 in Baxley. Rev. C. R. Jenkins, pas
tor of the Baxley Methodist church,
officiated.
Mrs. Mcßae received her educa
tion at Bessie Tift College and at
the Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville. Ky. For the past two
years, she has taught in the public
schools of Blackshear.
Mr. Mcßae is a prominent citizen
and businessman in Blackshear,
where he and his bride will reside.
A. G. BARNETT BURIED IN
DECATUR
Funeral services were held in the
First Baptist church, Decatur, Tues
day afternoon for A. G. Barnett,
who died at his home i nthat city.
Survivors include his wife; three
sons, A. G. Barnett, Jr., Houston,
Texas; J. H. Barnett, Long Beach,
Cal., and J. L. Barnett, Jackson
ville, Fla., two dauhgters, Mrs. H.
C. Kennedy, Atlanta, and Mrs. W.
G. Burchel, Bridgeport, Conn.;
three sisters, Mrs. Bob Hay, Nichol
son; Mrs. Jim Burnell, Marietta, and
Mrs. Jack Coyle, Miami; three
brothers, N. W. Barnett, Miami;
Jewel B. Barnett, Athens, and O. T.
Barnett, Nicholson.
JAMES T. MADDOX
Eatonton, Ga.—'Services for James
T. Maddox, 69, Putnam county plan
ter, who died Thursday after a short
illness, in a Milledgeville hospital,
were held at Wesley Chapel Metho
dist church near here yesterday,
the Rev. G. C. Knowles officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Max Whitte
more, of Union Point. Burial was in
the family cemetery nearby. Surviv
ors include the wife, Mrs. Bessie
Haskin Maddox; three daughters,
Mrs. D. B. McDonald, of Stone
Mountain, and Mrs. L. A. Bailey
and Miss Woodson Maddox, of Mil
ledgeville; a son. Professor J. P.
Maddox, of Nicholson; a sister, Mrs.
J. C. Ray, of Stone Mountain, and a
brother, W. W. Maddox, of Macon.
Vol. 66. No. 36.
JAMES L. HARRIS
ANSWERS SUMMONS
OF DEATH SUDDENLY
Long ago David said to his true
friend Jonathan, “There is but a
step between me and death.” Thtbo
words can be applied to J. L. Har
ris, who was apparently well Satur
day, devoting a part of the day with
a surveying party in locating land
lines, but when he fell on sleep Sat
urday night, he did not awake. Sun
day morning about 6 a. m. ha
breathed his last. Hearing his very
heavy breathing, hia wife tried to
awake him, but he was on the bor
dor and passed into eternity with
out a struggle.
On Monday services were held in
Bethany Methodist church of which
he had long been a faithful member
and hia body was interred in the
cemetery which he and other mem
bers of his family gave for burial
purposes. The services were con
ducted by Rev. W. B. Hughes, pas
tor of Bethany church, assisted by
Dr. J. E. Coker, pastor of Jefferson
Presbyterian church.. He was 74
years old and was the son of the la to
J. L. and Martha Morrison Harris.
J. L. Harris, Sr., gave the lot on
which Bethany church now stands.
Also, the cemetery across the road
from the church. He was the first
person buried in the cemetery adja
cent to the church.
In young manhood, J. L. Harris,
Jr., married Miss Clara Pittman, a
member of one of the county's prom
inent families. Their children arc,
Mrs. Inus P. Hanson, Mrs. Luther
Freeman, Mrs. Webbie Wilson, C.
L., H. M., J. L., 111, and Marcus M. f
all of Jackson county.
Mr. Harris leaves two brothers,
Frank of Statesboro, and C. C. of
Groveland, Fla., and the following
sisters, Mrs. Jesse Harris of Way
cross, Mrs. A. Webb of South Caro
lina, Mra R. L, Carruth of W'iiider
and Mrs. Dillard Nix of Commerce^
Not only did Mr. Harris spend
most of his life in the community
where he died, but his father and
grand father lived there before him.
All the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Harris were boiro and reared ar4
now live in this community.
Rev. W. B. Hughes paid a deserv
ing tribute to him when he said in
his funeral sermon, “He was a kind
father, a good husband, a splendid
citizen, a faithful churchman and a
consecrated Christian gentleman. In
-thus community he will be missed be
cause of the unselfish service he
gave. A good man has gone to his
reward.”
H. I. MOBLEY, JR., GETS PROMO
TION
Friends here of H. I. Mobley, Jr,,
will be interested to know that Jlci
has been promoted by the U. S. gov
ernment from “Junior” Food and
Drug Inspector to “Assistant” Food
and Drug Inspector, with a substan
tial increase in salary. Mr. Mobley
is located in Buffalo, N. Y., and
winning for himself meritorious pro
ficiency in his chosen field of labor
that deserves commendation, and
promotion.
Mr. Mobley was reared in Jeffer
son, is a graduate of Martin Insti
tute, and holds an A. B. and an M. A.
degree from Emory University.
M. I. Teachers Visit
Atlanta Schools
On February 7 Misses Sara Wills
and Esther Kinney were in Atlanta
for the purpose of observing work
in the Primary Dept of the schools
there. It was their privilege to visit
the Morningside Grammar School
and William’s Street School. These
two schools are representative of
modem trends in education. In thft
Momingside School, teaching meth
ods are a combination of formal
work and activity program. Wil
liam's Street uses an activity pro
giram altogether. Ail the work js
centered around a unit of work Ot
“The American Home.”
Miss Wills and Miss Kinney were
both very grateful for the opportuni
ty of visiting in these schools and
feel that their time was profitably}
spent.
Wisifom is ofttimes nearer wliert
we stoop than when we soar.—"
Wordsworth. •