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The Jackson herald
By John N. Holder.
FARM ORGANIZATION
MEETING DRAWS
LARGE CROWD
Thursday afternoon, February 27,
in Jefferson a large crowd of people
gathered, larger than when court
was in session. The farm organi
zation meeting had been called by
the County Agent, John L. Ander
son, and W. H. Maley, temporary
chairman of the farm organization
movement. Farmers were at the
meeting from every district in the
county. The court house was packed
downstairs and the balcony was filled
with colored fanners. At least 360
farmers were present.
The meeting was opened at 2
o’clock by W. H. Maley, who ex
plained the purpose of the meeting
and that there were similar meet
ings being held in each county over
the State to discuss with fanners
about some form of farm organiza
tion. Mr. Maley pointed out some
very interesting facts on the status,
or condition, of the three main enter
prises in the United States which
are agriculture, industry, and labor.
Mr. Maley informed the group that
industry had always been organized
and labor was well organized at the
present time. Farmers were not
organized and were slipping down in
the amount in per cent received of
gross income of United States.
Mr. Maley used the United States
Department figures of approximately
70 billion dollars gross income in
United States during 1940 and how
it was divided between these three
enterprises:
• Pop. % Organ. % Income
Rec’d. 1940
Labor . 65% 75% 67%
Industry . 10% 85% 21%
Agriculture 25% 12%
Farmers number 6 1-2 million and
* Only 30% organized.
Mr. Maley stated the Farm Bureau
had a 17 point program as follows:
1. Agriculture pledges itself to do
everything possible to help achieve
unity among all groups.
2. We are for immediate re-arm
ing, with maximum efficiency and
minimum waste.
3. This nation must co-operate
with other well-intentioned nations
to protect free institutions in the
western hemisphere,
4. This nation must take the lead
in restoring international trade.
5. To achieve national security
we must increase taxes. New taxes
should be based on ability to pay.
Income taxes and excess-profits tax
es should constitute main source of
revenue, and consumption taxes
should be avoided.
6. Our monetary objective should
be a dollar with constant debt-paying
ability.
7. To relieve surplus problem, na
tional granary should be enlarged,
and relief distribution, here and in
war areas, should be increased.
8. The farm credit system should
be controlled and owned by farmers
Bind administered by an independent
bi-partisan board. Interest rates
must be as low as is consistent with
safety.
9. Rehabilitation work among
needy farm families, the tenant pur
chase program and help to migrants
should be continued.
10. In 1920 the farmer received
63 cents out of the consumer’s food
dollar; now he gets only 40.6 cents.
The farmer’s share must be increas
ed.
11. Government must prosecute
monopolies, misuse of patent privil
eges and other restraints to the free
flow of trade. ;
12. The forest service must be
kept in the Department of Agricul
ture.
13. Transportation agencies should
remain under private ownership, and
natural advantages of every type of
transportation should be preserved.
14. Adequate appropriations for
research on farm problems must be
made.
16. All government farm pro
grams should be channelled through
and coordinated by the extension
service.
16. Soil wealth must be conserved
and parity prices attained through:
(a) Non-recourse commodity loans.
(b) Production geared to keep
granary full.
(c) Permanent source of revenue
for parity compensation.
(and) Making soil conservation law
more effective and decentralizing ad
ministration.
(e) Extending marketing agree-
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CANCER CONTROL
SUBJECT DISCUSSED
AT ROTARY TUESDAY
“Cancer in its early stages can be
cured,” so said Dr. L. M. Petrie of
the State Department of Health at
the luncheon of Jefferson Rotary
Tuesday at the Harrison Hotel.
Georgia is the first state to have
a cancer control clinic. In the state
today there are eleven of these
clinics. Dr. Petrie, through a film
showed the work .of diagnosing,
treating and curing this malignant
disease, which causes the death of
one person out of ten. It causes
more deaths than any malady, except
one.
John L. Anderson, chairman of
program committee, announced that
at the next meeting of Rotary there
would be a program which every
member should witness. He was
congratulated for bringing Dr.
Petrie to Jefferson and have him
give his lecture on cancer, and was
told that the next program would
have to be mighty good to equal the
one Tuesday. In the contest on at
tendance between five clubs in this
section of Georgia, Hartwell was at
the head of the list and Gainesville
at the foot. Jefferson was next to
foot.
The name of Guy H. Wells was
presented by Milledg&ville Club as
their candidate for District Gover
nor. He is the head of the Womans
College at Milledgeville.
Seven members were absent.
ments prgoram.
(f) Continuation of diversion of
surpluses to low income groups and
recognition of such action as relief
measure.
(g) Holding our share of export
trade, even if subsidy is required.
17. Agriculture challenges indus
try and labor to join with it in a
"national effort to achieve abundance
at fair prices and economic balance
between groups.
Mr. Maley then called on Mr. An
derson, County Agent, to explain
about farm organizations and Mr.
Anderson went into detailed explan
ation about a number of reasons for
the movement in Georgia, holding
educational meetings for the purpose
of acquainting the farmers with
facts concerning other enterprises
that are highly organized and some
facts about farm organization.
Mr. Anderson explained that it was
his desire to furnish as much infor
mation to the farmers as possible on
farm organizations; it was up to
them to decide whether or not they
wanted to form a local organization.
It was his wish to co-operate and
help them if they so desired. He
wanted to do whatever they wished
in the matter.
Claude Tuck was presented. He
is a successful farmer of Clarke
county. He is a graduate of Emory
University and since his graduation
has spent his entire time on his farm
in Clarke county. Mr. Tuck explain
ed that Clarke county had organized
a chapter last Saturday, February
22nd, and he was highly in favor of
farmers being well organized. He
spoke of a neighbor of his who rode
out from Athens with him Saturday
night, working on a carpenter job
while he was having a slack season
on the faanm, and he brought $82.00
for his week’s work. Mr. Tuck gave
many interesting points on the value
of farm organization and unless far
mers organize to protect themselves
they would be given less and less
consideration.
D. L. Branyon, County Agent, of
Clarke county, Athens, was intro
duced and made an interesting talk
on the value of organization.
Mr. Maley called on Dr. L. C. Al
len of Hoschton, who spoke highly
in favor of the farmers organizing
in the county and affiliating with the
State and National organization. Dr.
Allen mentioned the Farmers Alli
ance of 1886 of which he was a
member and spoke of many things in
their platform that they adopted and
people thought were ridiculous at
that time, but since have come to be
used by every farmer. Among these
were, bonded warehouses, Govern
ment loans on cotton and other non
perishable products, land banks fi
nanced by the Government to lend
money over a period of years.
Mr. Maley called on H. P. DeLap
erriere, who made a very interesting
talk on value of farm organization.
Others being called on by Mr. Maley
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
STATE HEALTH
PHYSICIANS EXPLAIN
ELLIS LAW
Monday evening the Jackson-Bar
row Medical Association met in the
Harrison Hotel.
Members present were: Drs. S. T.
Ross, G. 0. Castellaw, Paul Scog
gins, J. H. Campbell, C. B. Lord, W.
L. Mathews, L. R. Bryson, L. C. Al
len, W. T. Randolph and A. A.
Rogers.
Guests invited and present were:
Drs. L. M. Petrie and E.' R. Watson,
from the State Board of Health, and
C. T. Storey, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Hol
der.
Dr. W. L. Mathews of Winder is
president of the association; Dr. J.
H. Campbell of Commerce is secre
tary and treasurer, and Dr. S. T.
Ross of Winder is president of the
Ninth District Association.
Dr. W. T. Randolph of Winder
had charge of the program and after
dinner was served, presented a mem
ber of the State Board of Health,
Dr. L. M. Petrie, who introduced
Dr. E. R. Watson, another member
State Board of Health. These gen
tlemen explained the operations in
a county of the State Health De
partment and the Ellis Health Law.
There is complete and full co-oper
ation of the State and County
Health Departments, their functions
both being to improve sanitary and
health conditions in a county, and as
far as possible to prevent diseases.
In Jackson County, two successive
grand juries have recommended the
Ellis Health Law, and therefore, it
is a law in this County and must be
instituted by the County Board of
Health.
The Board of Health of Jackson
County consists of John C. Turner,
Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners, of Jackson County,
T. T. Benton, Superintendent of
the County Schools and Dr. A. A.
Rogers of Commerce.
This Board nominates and the
State Board of Health must confirm
the appointment of all employees
under the Ellis Health Law for the
County, who will consist of one
physician, two nurses and an en
gineer. The duties of physician and
nurses are to look after the enforce
ment of the Ellis Law, while the en
gineer makes a complete survey of.
the county, showing all roads, resi
dences, streams and lowlands, and
renders other important services.
On account of so many physicians
and nurses being called to service
by the United States Government,
it will be impossible to securce ser
vices of physician or nurses earlier
than June. It may be that services
of these employees cannot be had
before September. The physician
chosen for this service cannot en
gage in private practice, while the
nurses must be graduates of some
class “A” hospital, taking a three
years course there.
The engineer must not only be a
graduate from some well known
College in Engineering but must
have special training for his work
under the Ellis law.
Others making talks during tho
evening, besides above mentioned,
were Drs. Randolph and Ross of
Winder, C. T. Storey and John N.
Holder of Jefferson.
and in favor of farm organization
were T. T. Benton, J. C. Head, Lon
nie Williamson, Joe Johnson, Lam
artine Hardman, S. J. Suddath, Pitt
man Carter, Ralph Freeman, Clifton
Barnett, R. S. Johnson, and others.
After all the discussions were fin
ished, Mr. DeLaperriere made a mo
tion with 7 or 8 seconds, that a local
chapter be formed in Jackson coun
ty. A charter can be secured with
25 members. This motion was put
before the house and was voted on
favorably.
Mr. Maley, the Chairman, appoin
ted Pittman Carter as temporary
Treasurer, to come up and take the
membership fees. The dues are $3.00
per year, SI.OO for the local chapter,
$1.50 for State, and 50c for the Na
tional chapter. There are two
monthly magazines published, The
Georgia Farm Bureau News, and The
National News, that each member
will receive.
This was a highly enthusiastic
meeting and you could hear farmers
discussing it in groups after the,
meeting adjourned.
IMPORTANT LAWS
BEING CONSIDERED
BY LAW MAKERS
About 150 members of the Georgia
Legislature, traveling by bus, left
Atlanta on Thursday of last week
for a tour of the state. They were
entertained lavishly in almost every
city at which they stopped, and re
turned to Atlanta in time for the
opening session Monday morning.
The Legislature started on the
home stretch Monday with the rules
committees of both branches taking
charge of the daily calendars.
The seventy-day session has just
two weeks more, after this, to go,
and there are still hundreds of gen
eral and local bills to be disposed of.
Double daily sessions probably will
be started.
The number of bills introduced
is approaching the session average
of 1,000. Through Saturday the
Governor had signed 127. Of these
99 were local and 28 were general.
Practically all of the general bills
were the first twenty introduced
and sponsored by the administration.
The Governor vetoed two bills
affecting the taxing power of the city
of Macon, but these were repassed
by the legislature over the vetoes.
A lot of bills and resolutions will
die in regular committees. Another
large number will die in the rules
committee. Days will be spent on
the pipe line measure and on the
liquor tax repeal bills, if the latter
gets on the calendar.
From now on the rules committee
will rule the roost. In both bran
ches they are packed with adminis
tration men. Consequently, any
general measure that comes up now
may be supposed to have the Gov
ernor’s nod.
The congestion, which happens ev
ery session, probaby will find the law
makers on the last night frantic in
their efforts to put through impor
tant measures, which should be con
sidered under calm conditions.
PASTOR R. M. RIGDON,
SR, RETIRES
(From Christian Index)
A host of friends of the Rev. R.
M. Ridon, Sr., will regret to learn
that the condition of his health has
made his retirement from the active
ministry imperative. He has fought
gallantly to stay at the front, but,
for the present at least, has acted
upon the advice of physicians and
entered upon a long-needed period
of rest. Familiar as we are with
the pastors of Georgia, we do not
hesitate to say that none surpass him
in all the qualities that are found
in a good minsiter of Jesus Christ.
He is a native of Georgia, having
been born at Culloden, where he was
brought up by godly parents and in
the public schools of which commun
ity he received his primary and ele
mentary education. Later he enter
ed Mercer University, from which
he was graduated with the A. B. de
gree in 1912. Two years later he
was graduated from Crozer Theo
logical Seminary, with the Th. M.
degree, and in the same year (1914)
he was graduated from the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania with the M. A.
degree. Blessed with a keen mind
and above normal capacity for con
tinuous study, he ranks among the
best prepared men of the denomin i
tion, and one of its ablest preach
ers.
Returning to the state upon the
completion of his studies, he accep
ted the pastorate of Jewell and War
then Baptist Churches in the Wash
ington Association, 1914-16. In 1916
he accepted the call of Eastern
Heights Baptist Church, Columbus,
the present meeting house of which
is a monument to his leadership and
the high esteem in which he was
held by the church. From Colum
bus he moved to Jefferson, where he
assumed the pastorate of First Bap
tist Church in 1929, and where he
remained until his recent retire
ment.
While we are saddened by the en
forced retirement of this lovely
Christian gentleman, due to physical
ailment, we rejoice with his loved
ones and friends in his living faith
in Christ.
We are happy to announce here
that Mr. Rigdon’s work goes on in
the noble son he and Mrs. Rigdon
have given the Lord and the denom
ination. Their son, R. M. Rigdon.
Jr., is associated with Dr. T. W. Tip-
Thursday, March 6, 1941.
MRS. J. L. GUNNIN
PASSES AT HOME
NEAR HOSCHTON
Mrs. J. L. Gunnin, member of a
prominent Jackson county family,
passed away at her home near
Hoschton Monday night, February
24, 1941. Although she suffered a
paralytic stroke about ten years ago
she maintained a keen interest in
her home and the affaire of her com
munity. Her condition became seri
ous two weeks ago When she was
stricken with a heart attack, these
attacks recurring in rapid succession
until the end.
She was born, April 30, 1860,
Charity (Elizabeth Hill, the eldest
child of the late Starling E. and Lu
cinda Ann Stewart Hill. On No
vember 17, 1878 she was married to
Joseph LaFayette Gunnin, who died
twenty-six years ago. The late Wil
liam A. and John E. Hill, prominent
business men of Hoschton were her
brothers. Mrs. Gunnin was a life
long member of the Methodist
church.
Funeral services were conducted
in Winder, Wednesday afternoon at
4 o’clock, from Summon Funeral
Home by the Rev. W. H. Clark, pas
tor of the First Methodist church,
with interment in Rose Hill ceme
tery.
Surviving are one son, W. H. Gun
nin of Hoschton; five grand children,
Mrs. C. K. Siler, Mrs. James O’Kelly,
and Miss Dorothy Gunnin of Ashe
ville, N. C.; Mrs. Bob Moser of
Shelby, N. C., and Carrol E. Gunnin,
of St. Louis, Mo.; four great grand
children, Buddy and Betty Siler,
Carroll Moser, and John Gunnin.
One daughter died in infancy and
■two sons Arthur L. Gunnin of Hosch
ton and Christopher €. Gunnin of
Dublin, Ga., and Gastonia, N. C., pre
ceded her in death.
Mrs. Mary A. Askew,
Former Jeffersonian, Dies
Mrs. Mary A. Askew, aged 93,
widow r of the late Elbert Askew,
passed away Sunday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. 0. G. (May As
kew) Anderson, on the Lawrence
vitle-Decatur road, near Decatur.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon and interment was in the
cemetery' at Clarkston. Besides Mrs.
Anderson, Mrs. Askew is survived by
another daughter, Mrs. Kate Askew
Jarrell. A son, Jim Ab Askew, died
many years ago.
The Askew family made their home
in Jefferson for many years, the
late Mr. Askew and J. S. King of
Athens composing the mercantile
firm o-f King & Askew, which later
became Askew, Smith & Cos.
G. S. C. W. Golden
Anniversary Program
The Georgia State College for
Women, located at Milledgeville,
where hundreds of Geoigia girls
'have received their college education,
will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
April 25 and 26. An anniversary
dinner will be given on Friday, April
25. at 6.30 p. an., with distinguished
visiting speakers. From 9 to 11 p.
m. there will be a reception. Various
exercises will feature the program
(for Saturday and in the everting
there will be a Golden Anniversary
ball in the gymnasium.
MISS KATHLEEN GRIFFIN MAKES
DEAN’S LIST AT DUKE
Durham, N. C.—Seven Georgia
students, all undergraduates at Duke
announced this week by the dean
list for the spring semester, it was
announced this week by the dean’s
of Trinity College, the College of
Engineering and the Woman’s Col
lege. Threei hundred and twenty
students earned this scholastic dis
tinction.
Georgia students whose names ap
pear on the honor list include:
Josephine Bailey, Thomasville;
Katherine Champion, Albany; Ehiily
Cottingham, Douglas; Kathleen Hol
der Griffin, Atlanta; Noel Johnson,
Atlanta; Walter Kelly, Dublin; and
Zillah Merritt, Gainesville.
pett in''the Sunday School Depart
ment of the Georgia Baptist Conven
tion. While at Mercer, Mr. Rigdon
was a leader in student activities, a
leadership he is now giving the lar
ger field of religious education.
Vol. 66. No. 38.
JEFFERSON WINS
NINTH DISTRICT
CHAMPIONSHIP
In one of the most exciting girls
gamer, ever witnessed by basketball
fans in North Georgia, Jefferson
lassies defeated a strong sextet from
Ellijay here Tuesday night to cop
the ninth district championship by
the score of 24 to 22. Jefferson had
won it* way to the finals by winning
the Eastern Division of the tourna
ment and eliminating Lawrencevitte,
Gainesville, Snollville and Winder in
successive nights. Ellijay copped
Western Division by defeating Can
ton and Jasper and the right to meet
Jefferson.
The Jefferson girls took the lead
at the beginning of the game and
were never headed; however tho
score was tied several times during
the game. At the half the score wan
6 and 6. Both teams came back
with plenty of pep and the fans wit
nessed a scoring spree by both teams
which finally ended with Jefferson
in the lead by two points.
Of the 24 points made to win the
game Moore shot 11, Morgan 10 and
Niblack 3 for Jefferson.
Hice 13, Jones 8 and Ray 1 for
Ellijay. •
At the end of the game, the Jef
ferson coach and twelve playeTS
were awarded medals and gold
basketballs. This game ended the
season for the Jefferson girls. They
have won 25 games this season and
lost one, and that by one point. The
lineup for Tuesday’s game was:
Jefferson Pos. Ellijay
Morgan 10 F Hice 13
Moore 11 F Ray 1
Niblack 3 F Jones 8
Hogan G Penlarul
Sims G Hico
Whitehead G Willie
Substitutions: Jefferson: Niblack,
Ash; Ellijay, Penland. Referees:
Parris and Bryant. Timer: Turner-
Scorer: Stephens.
Girls receiving gold basketballs
were: Misses Flora Morgan, captain,
Irene Whitehead, Doris Sims, Louise
Moore, Loraine Niblack, Carolyn
Ash, Dorothy Webb, Dorothy Drake,
Jessie Pearle Hogan, Virginia Wil
liamson, Annie Weatherly, Emily
Niblack.
Prof. J. C. Brooks, coach of the
winning team, was presented a med
al.
Jackson Joins in Progress
(From Atlanta Journal)
Nearby Jackson County has join
ed in the march of progress by en
listing under the Ellis Health Law.
After a long-time campaign of edu
cation of public sentiment, two
grand juries have recommended the
establishment of a full-time health
department.
Despite the state’s payment of
half of the expense, establishment
of the bureau may prove something
of a burden on the county budget.
Yet in the long run Jackson will
have made no better investment for
the welfare and material advance
ment of the county.
Georgia needs to invest more mon
ey in medical care and for public
health. The situation that causes
this need makes it difficult, and in
the need and the difficulty we find
the old familiar vicious circle. Low
income necessitates low standard*
of living. Many are handicapped at
the start by malnutrition. They aro
unable to provide good housing or
sanitary surroundings, are unable to
afford adequate medical attention or
to promote preventive health meas
ures, and lack access to educational
facilities by which they might rise
to a higher economic station. Fam
ilies least able to provide necessary
advantages for their children are
rearing a relatively high percentage
of the coming generation—children
who by hard necessity are poorly
developed, malnourished and insuf
ficiently educated.
More than 50 counties have em
braced the opportunities for a full
time health department under the
terms of the Ellis Law. Thirty-odd
others have nursing service. None
has failed to profit immediatey by
the investment in improving the
status of the under-privileged and in
controlling those maladies whose na
tures require broad action. But the
greater rewards are to come in the
future, when the adult effects will
be seen.