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PAGE EIGHT.
Atlanta Journal, 58
Years Old, Monday
The Atlanta Journal wax 58 year*
old Monday.
On the afternoon of February 24,
1883, the first issue came from the
press, a modest little sheet addressed
to a community struggling to over
come the ravages of war.
The paper speedily carved out its
place in the life of Atlanta. Ex
panding year after year with the
city of which it became a vital part,
The Atlanta Journal today ranks as
the South’s No. 1 newspaper, and
claims to have more regular readers
than any other paper in the entire
region.
In these 57 years, The Journal has
distinguished itself time and again
* a pioneer, blazing new trails in ex
panding its service to readers. In
1887 it published the first woman’s
page in the South; in 1901 it estab
lished the first sports page; in 1912
it gave its readers the first Sunday
magazine; in 1919 came the first
rotogravure section; in 1922 The
Journal became the first Southern (
newspaper to establish its own radio
station; in 1935 it published the first
Wirephotos.
These are but a few of the high
lights in more than half a century
of unremitting service.
Sunday Ball Bill
Sent To Governor
The Senate Friday passed a bill to
legalize Sunday baseball and foot
ball in Atlanta. The bill already
had passed the House and now needs
only the signature of the Governor
to become a law.
The measure, sponsored by the
Fulton delegation in the House, pro
vides for legalizing certain outdoor
amusements in counties of more
than 200,000 population between the
hours of 1 p. m. and 6 p. m.
Baseball and football are men
tioned specifically in the moausre
and there is a provision that admis
sion fees may be charged.
Sunday baseball has been played
in Atlanta for the past several years,
with a portion of the proceeds going
to charity.
Legislature May Legalize
Women Jurors
By a lone vote of one, the bill to
permit women to serve on juries was
passed by the senate last week after
its defeat by that body a few days
ago. The bill will now go to the
lower house for concurrence and it
is believed that it will be ratified
when it is placed on its passage.
One feature of the bill which will
prove popular with many of the
women is the provision that does
not make jury service compulsory.
Any woman Who is opposed to jury
service may decline should she see
fit to do so. Of course, a woman will
be required to register and become
■eligible to vote before she would be
qualified for service jury.
Methodists Called To
Raise $1,000,000
Next Sunday, March 2, has been
designated by Methodists of Ameri
ca as a “Day of Compassion,” when
members of this denomination will
he called upon to contribute $1,000,-
£OO for overseas relief, work in mil
itary cnnips and other war-caused
needs.
Georgia's share of this sum is
>55,000.
Of the amount sought. $250,000 will
fro to England, where 500 Methodist
churches have been destroyed by the
war, and a similar sum to religious
work in the rapidly expanding mili
tary centers. The other half will be
used for relief of missionaries and
mission projects overseas which have
been jeopardized by foreign wars.
“This is the most tragic hour in
history,” said Bishop Arthur Moore.
“With American Methodists living in
.the midst of circumstances which are
the envy of the world, it is our priv
ilege and responsibility to help a
bleeding and stricken world.
“As we consider the case of mil
lions of refugees, let us not forget
that our Lord was Himself a refugee
before he was a year old—fleeing
from a dictator who sought his life.
Let Methodists everywhere pour out
their offerings humbly and penitent
ly.”
Winder has a meritorious organi
zation—Citizens Improvement Asso
ciation —one function of which is the
investigation of strangers who have
money-making schemes which they
pursuade reputable organizations to
sponsor. Before a play can be pro
duced, a donation collected or a fav
or solicited by an outsider, the plan
must be stamped “deserving and
•highly worthy,” by the Improvement
Association.
Negro Farmer Helps .
4-H Boys And Girls
To Produce Results
Kensington, Ga.—ln 1939 the
county agent of Walker county made
: this proposition to an interested Ne
gro farmer: “If you will get aeven
club members in your community,
we will organize a club.” He got
17 instead and a 4-H club was im
mediately organized.
Today County Agent C. W. Whee
ler can look upon real accomplish
ments which resulted from that sug
gestion he offered Riley Hinton, a
Negro farmer, because Farmer Hin
ton has done an excellent job in lead
ing 17 Negro boys and girls in 4-H
club work.
Hinton’s inteirest in club work
goes back to a county tour conduc
ted by the agent and Young Far
mers’ Club, at which time he saw an
outstanding piece of beef club work
a young club member had done in
establishing a nice purebred herd.
That attracted Hinton’s interest and
that’s when he asked the county
agent to assist him in helping this
group of Negro farm boys and girls
of the county.
Nine of the group who were corn
club members did a good job with
their project this past season. They
planted purebred seed corn and the
champion corn grower produced 71
bushels on his acre. Other members
of the 17 interested themselves in
poultry and livestock and are ob
taining favorable results.
Another thing Hinton did w r as to I
•bring the members to the county fair
on 4-H club day. While they were
there, a Jersey breeder in the coun
ty, Mrs. Don Harris, gave the group
a registered heifer which they are
now growing out.
This Negro farmer and County
Agent Wheeler expect a somewhat
larger club this year, in view of the
fact that the success of the members
is attracting other Negro boys and
girls in Walker county’s only Negro
community.
WHY LIVE ON A BUDGET
1. It steers us always to greater
financial safety.
2. It helps our entire family to
plan where the dollar should go be
fore it goes, by giving a photograph
in figures of the family expenses
that can be expected a year ahead.
3. It helps us to keep from buy
ing what we can’t afford and so
keeps us out of debt.
4. It organizes our spending and
tends to cut out careless purchases
and “bad bargains.”
5. It helps us to save regularly.
6. When unusual expenses or un
expected expense must be met, a
budget helps us to cut our current
expenses to take care of the out
of-ordinary expense.
7. It helps us to plan for the fu
ture and to gradually acquire many
things we want and need.
8. It helps us to accumulate,
Gradually but symtematically, a re
serve fund for our fixed expenses
such as taxes and insurance.
9. It teaches our children the real
value of money by>inviting their par
ticipation in planning the expenses
as well as spending the money.
10. It helps each year by giving
us a basis on which to build a better
plan or budget for the next year.
Road Machinery “Junk,” Says
Vandiver
Carnesville, Ga.—Franklin County
celebrated the end of a 140-year “po
litical drought” Friday night with a
civic rally honoring two citizens re
cently appointed to state office, and
heard one of them, S. E. Vandiver,
of the State Highway Board, assert
that 85 per cent of the road machin
ery left by the Rivers administration
was “junk.”
“We found the Highway Depart
ment in even worse condition than
we expected,” Mr. Vandiver told the
crowd of 400.
Eighty-five per cent of the power
machinery inherited from the pre
vious administration won’t even run,
he charged.
“Out of 70 trucks at the Dallas
Camp, only 10 are in operating or
der.”
L. S. Johnson, new assistant at
torney general, was the other honor
guest at the banquet. He and Mr.
Vandiver are the first Franklin Coun
ty residents to hold important state
offices in nearly a century and a half.
It is said that Zack D. Cravey. di
rector of natural resources in Geor
gia, has stated that if game wardens
are again assigned to Georgia coun
ties, they will be citizens of the
county in which they are to serve.
Their mission will be mainly to pro
tect the game and fish of the state
and to assist the hunter in perpet
; uating these great outdoor sports.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
HONOR ROLL
Mrs. Carl Stewart, Lancaster, S. C.
W. Early White, Watkinsvilh - .
Mrs. C. E. Hardy, City.
R. P. Catlett, Maysville.
Worth Wilkes, Route 3.
L. A. Brumbalow, City.
Mrs. J. E. Mundy, City.
Miss Ruth Holliday, Athens.
Mrs. H. L. Richardson, Atlanta.
Mrs. Rufus GrooveT, Atlanta.
Mrs. Jean Burnett, Overland, Mo.
Mrs. J. H. Craven, Route 2.
C. L. Whitehead, Chattanooga.
B. L. Kinney, Pendergrass.
J. Walter Nix, Route 3.
Mrs. L E. Jackson, Winder.
A. N. Blackstock, Route 1.
Bascom Freeman, Winder.
H. L. Whitmire, Miami.
H. D. Maley, Route 3.
J. C. Alexander, City.
E. G. Loggins, Athens.
Luther DeLay, Route 1.
J. F. Thomas. Pendergrass.
Carlton Sims, Commerce.
J. O. Wallace, Nicholson.
John R. Marsh, Atlanta.
THE EDITORS HEADACHE
What gets an editor’s whole flock
of goats is to have people ask for
space for matter of peculiar inter
est or benefit to them and then have
to go out and borrow a paper to see
if it appears.—Oglethorpe Echo.
Amen! Uncle Shack, that is as bad
as the fellow who rims a business in
your town and carries his advertis
ing in an out-of-town paper.—Com
merce News.
And what about the fellow who
sends the editor a statement of in
debtedness on stationery printed in
another city. We have had that to
happen.
The Georgia Power Company’s re
financing program involving more
than $125,000,000, which is now be'
fore the Georgia Public Service
Commission and the Securities Ex
change Commission in Washington,
is believed to be the largest financial
transaction ever undertaken in this
state. The company’s application
asks for permission to call in all its
ourstanding bonds for redemption
and refinance them with bonds bear
ing a lower interest rate. The pro
gram embraces other steps to re
duce the amount of the bonded debt,
lower its interest charges and im
prove the capital structure, the com
pany says.
Heaven means to be one with
God.—Confucius.
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Increased Number*
Of Babie* Born
It is interesting to learn of the
increase in babies born in this
country during the past decade. Sta
tistics show that there were a hun
dred thousand more babies born last
year than there were in 1930. The
1940 figure shows 2,350,000
births.
The lowest total for *ny recent
year, on a percentage basis was in
1933, when it was 16.6 p#r 1000 of
population. In 1940 it noie to 18. It
is likely that this year will show an
increase.
Barrow county farmer* are plan
ning to sign contracts to plant at
least 50 acres in pimenio peppers.
A packing company has agreed to
buy the peppers at $35.60 per ton
for No. 1 peppers and $25.00 for
No. 2. The yield on an average is a
ton and a half per acre* but varies
from a ton to 4 tons p*r acre, de
pending upon the care, cultivation
and the amount of fertilizer used.
Contracts are made on the basis of
a ton and a half yield pr acre, but
where a producer feels that he can
grow three or four tons per acre,
the Company will gladly contract
for that amount and specify in the
contract the amount that the grow
er expects to produce.
Find Civilization of 1,500
Years Ago in Honduras
NEW YORK.—The story of a Cen
tral American “city of the monkey
god,” whose inhabitants used razor
blades 1,500 years ago, was brought
here by two Massachusetts arche
ologists.
Deep in the fetid jungles of Hon
duras, Theodore A. Morde said he
and his companion, Laurence C.
Brown, discovered the “lost” city,
capital of an agricultural civiliza
tion of the Chorotegans, probably
contemporaries of the Mayan Indi
ans.
Centuries of jungle growth cov
ered the dead metropolis whose
buildings had stone foundations and
which was surrounded by a stone
wall.
Mr. Morde, of New Bedford, and
his colleague, of Worcester, declined
to give the exact location of the
city because of their intention to re
turn with a larger expedition to start
excavations thus far made impos
sible by floods.
Sculptored idols, stone household
utensils, a six-note flute and primi
tive razor blades were among the
articles they brought back to the
Museum of the American Indian,
sponsor of the explorations.
U. S. Library Gets
Precious Old Papers
Three Tomes Cover British
Trade in New World.
WASHINGTON. Accounts of
trade relations between the 13 col
onies and Great Britain in the two
years following the Revolutionary
war, have been acquired by the Li
brary of Congress in the form of
three folio volumes of 1,344 hand
written pages comprising the min
utes and other documentary records
of the British board of trade.
In announcing the gift “of a pri
vate citizen of the United States,”
Archibald McLeish, librarian, said
the acquisition of the records of the
board are “a treasure house of
priceless firsthand information.” Re
search workers interested in early
American trade conditions and stu
dents of British empire trade will
be particularly benefited by the gift,
MacLeish said.
The records reveal the many new
found problems in trade relations
with the new country and Great
Britain. As the former constituted
a foreign power, the Navigation acts
closed the ports of British North
America and British West Indies to
them. This was a distinct hardship
on the British, as they were depend
ent on the “rebels” for foodstuffs.
Britain’s colonial planters and
merchants also felt the press of the
acts and they frequently petitioned
for restoration of trade relations
with the new country, the records
show.
Sugar growers of the West Indies
complained that supplies formerly
received from the seceded colonies
“are in many instances and at many
seasons of the year not to be had
from any other country at any price
whatever.” In other cases they are
only receivable “at prices wholly
ruinous,” the loyal planters and
growers charged.
British ‘Cruiser’ Tank
Has Unusual Mobility
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. A
new type tank is being produced in
this country, which can turn in the
length of an ordinary car and ac
celerate at a rate equal to that of
most small cars.
These advantages give the new
“cruiser” tank tremendous advan
tages in maneuvers. The massive
power-controlled turret, with its gun,
wireless set and mounting, weighing
2 Vi tons, is so balanced that it can
be swung around into any position
in five seconds. Mounted on rollers,
it can be rotated by hand gear or
hydraulic variable speed gear.
The machines weigh about 14 tons,
carry a crew of four and have a
speed of more than 30 m. p. h. on
flat land and 15 to 20 m. p. h. on
rough going.
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