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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941.
COLORED 4-H CLUB NEWS
Club Folks, I am glad to be able
to visit your club* at regular inter
vals, since being kept in with flu,
and attending the Agents Confer
ence for a week at Georgia State
College. This conference was a
helpful educational one for all ex
tension agents of all counties of the
state, as well as to farm men. whose
farm conference was held in con
nection with the agents conference.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministrators pointed farmers to a
better type of farming and many of
the farmers present reported that
through the AAA practices, they
have built up their soils and checked
erosion by use of cover crops. This,
they said, brought about greater
yields, which enabled them to be
come land owners. Many of those
present, told impressive stories
about what the Tripple-A program
has done for them. Some said they
had made up their minds to quit
farming, but since learning the
Tripple-A through home demonstra
tion agents and farm agents, and put
it into practices, they can even walk
better, for it has been their life sav
er. Several farmers in Laurens
county made their own paint with a
mixture of burnt motor oil, clay and
red mineral, and painted their homes
at little cost. Jackson county farm
ers, why don’t you try this method
and make our farm homes look bet
ter? You can, and I hope will.
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I am glad to report 4-H club mem
bers and farm women have decided
to plant more and larger gardens,
buy more cows, and pigs, and make
home life more satisfying.
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Club folks, I hope to learn through
your exhibits to be shown at our
county fair and farm conference to
be held March 21 and 22 what you
have done and are doing to cut ex
penses, by utilizing and making the
best of what you have. Get your
reports and displays ready.
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Talmo 4-H club and Pendergrass
club held a joint meeting at Pender
grass school with 37 members pres
ent. The next meeting was held
with Talmo club last Thursday. Glad
to know these communities are work
ing in union to make the best bet
ter.
Please take note, all promotion
cards, and certificates will be given
out to those who have completed
the desired work, for 1940, so please,
club girls, be present at the county
fair, for your name may be among
the number to receive them. If
weather and roads will permit travel
I will visit clubs and schools as to
itinerary made.
Mattie D. Torbert, H. D. A.
Talmo 4-H Colored Club
The Home Demonstration Club of
Talmo colored school held its third
meeting with most of their members
present. The President called for
unfinished business, after which they
went into new business. This being
concise and right to the point. The
President, Eula Mae Harries, intro
duced the theme for the evening, af
ter which Willie Mae Harrison and
Louise Hutson brought out some in
teresting points on the subject, “The
Ideal Home.
Then we were favored with some
very thrilling remarks from the prin
cipal, Rev. Fisher. He pointed out
Christ as the head of an Ideal Home.
From this he pointed out more im
portant factors which tend to make
an Ideal Home.
Lastly, he stated the health rules
for human motors, and advised all
mothers to see to their children keep
ing these rules, and aid them in
keeping them.
First he advised the 4-H boys and
girls to pull their machines into a
filling station three times a day and
eat wholesome food. Second, he
says give yourselves plenty of water
to prevent a dry radiator. Third,
get the old body into a wash rack
every day. Fourth, run into the ga
rage each night for eight hours rest.
Then visit an expert mechanic once
a year—He can overhaul your ma
chine and find any little knock you
may have in your motor before they
do any damage.
The 4-H boys and girls under the
supervision of Mrs. Charles Fisher
rendered the closing selection, after
which the house was in order for
lunch. A delicious plate lunch was
served consisting of Potato Salad on
lettuce, leaf, crackers, stuffed eggs,
black coffee, cake and punch. All
of which we enjoyed.
Home Demonstration Club,
President: Eula Mae Harries.
I would not give one moment of
heaven for all the joy and riches of
the world, even if it lasted for
thousands of years.—Martin Luther,
SEE WHAT TIME HATH
DONE!
Progress is gradual, so it seems.
One can’t really see it from month
to month, or even from year to year.
Yet. in a period of ten or fifteen
years, may be seen what tremendous
strides are made in all branches of
science and manufacture.
A recent news item i9 a case in
point. An automobile, high class
and practically new, was sold for
S4O. It was a 1924 model car that
had been driven only five miles—in
other words, really “new” though it
was fifteen years old—and when it
had originally been purchased, it
had cost its owner nearly $1,700.
The man who had bought it had be
come ill, never recovered, and no
one had used the car until its re
sale.
The difference between $1,700 and
S4O represented the contributions
made by research in turning out a
better product and in lowering the
price of more modern cars. No one
would think of paying $1,700 for
that car today, despite the fact that
it was in virtually as good condition
as fifteen years ago when it was
really worth that price. It’s fifty
five-mile an hour top speed, its lack
of shock absorbers, safety glass, and
four-wheel brakes, would make it un
attractive to the motorist today, in
the light of the astonishing progress
made in the few intervening years.
PLAYING THE GAME
We in the ordinary affairs of life
may learn a lesson in sportsmanship
from the teams in a game of base
ball or football. Suppose that a man
on your favorite team fumbles. You
will see his fellow players slap him
on the back, encourage him. assure
him that it’s “all right.” But often
among the rooters on the sidelines
you will hear half-suppressed groans
of disappointment.
Now, the players want to win just
as much as we want to see them
win, and they feel defeat even more
keenly than we do. Therefore we
should be as sportsmanlike as they.
When a player on an opposing team
makes a good play, let us give him
credit for it. And don’t “boo” or
“ride” the player who makes a mis
play, no matter what team he is on.
He is trying with all his might, and
he feels badly enough because of
his error.
Sometimes it is hard to remember
courtesy in the excitement of a clean
contest, but how much harder it is
for the fellows who are in the very
thick of the fight! We must not for
get our good manners. Thoughtful
ness of others is the basis of good
manners and sportsmanship.
THE A. E. F. COMES HOME
The last of the 2,000,000 soldiers
who went from the United States to
France during the World War are
only now, more than 20 years later,
straggling home.
Many American soldiers stayed be
hind when the A. E. F. came home.
They married French girls, and set
tled in Pans or in the little towns
and villages they had come to know.
At a rate of 100 a week the Red
Cross is now moving them and their
families to Lisbon on their way to
the country most of them have not
seen in 20 years, and which their
wives and children have never seen.
It is a tragic end to 20 years of
effort to build a life in another land
to which they had become attached.
But of course the German conquest
Which wiped out so many Frenchmen
has wiped out these Americans, too.
Thus a thin trickle of good French
blood is being added to our national
life, and welcome it is, just as these
veterans of the A. E. F. are wel
come, though their homecoming has
been so long delayed.
WASHINGTON COUNTIANS
BITTEN BY MAD FOXES
Sandersville, Ga. —The seriousness
of the mad fox situation continues
in Washington county, according to
Dr. O. L. Rogers, county health com
missioner, citing that within the past
four days three people have been
bitten by foxes and are under anti
rabie treatment.
At an Indiana hotel this sign is
on all the stationery and in every
room: “This hotel is fully equipped
with automatic sprinklers. Statis
tics show that loss of life has nevei
occurred in a sprinkled building.
In case of fire you may get wet, but
not burned.”
A witty guest composed a verse to
fit the occasion:
“Now I lay me down to sleep,
Statistics guard my slumber deep;
If I should die, I'm not concerned,
I may get wet but I won’t get burn
ed!”
TIIE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
Warship Like
A Town Afloat
Must Be Self-Sufficient for
Long Periods of Time
At Sea.
WASHINGTON.—SuppIies needed
for the battleships now under con
struction in shipyards in the United
States emphasize that the modern
warship, aside from its primary
function as a fighting machine, is a
floating community which must be
wholly self-sufficient, for consider
able periods of time.
“A battleship’s full complement of
about 1,200 officers and men needs
supplies and services almost as
varied as those of the average
town,” says the National Geograph
ic society. “Three meals a day
must be served seven days a week.
The large quantity of food required
at each meal is indicated by the
equipment of the kitchen’s or ship’s
galleys which, among other utensils,
includes 10 or 12 enormous soup
kettles of 60 or 80 gallons each.
“Machines peel potatoes and on
ions. The chief cook and his sev
eral assistants preside over three
electric ranges, three electric cook
ing tops, four three-deck electric
roasting ovens, five electric fry ket
tles of 90-gallon capacity, 10 electric
griddles, and several ice cream
freezers. Other equipment includes
an electric coffee grinder, a dish
washing machine, and tumbler
drier. .
“The bakery would be a credit to
the average small town both in size
and equipment.
Main Street Ahoy.
“The butcher shop has two meat
blocks, meat grinder, electric meat
slicing machine, electric meat, bone
and fish cutter, and also large elec
tric refrigerators in which other
perishable foods are also kept. The
ship has its own ice-making equip
ment.
“The barber shop has six barber
chairs. The shoe shop is mecha
nized with stitching machine, patch
ing machine, and finishing machine,
with the necessary hand tools.
There is a blacksmith shop, also
an electrical shop, a foundry with
pattern-making equipment, machine
shop, carpenter shop, metalsmith
shop and electric welding machines.
“It is doubtful if any town of 1,200
has a printshop comparable to that
on a battleship, which has the latest
improved printing presses and lino
type machines.
“There is also the dentist’s office
with a modern dentist’s chair and
all the accessories, including his
own X-ray machine. The surgeon
has his operating table, surgical
beds, and other provisions made for
the care of the sick in his own hos
pital or sick bay. He has his elec
tric bacteriological incubator, 60
oxygen rescue breathing devices,
and other scientific aids.
Soda Fountain for Gobs.
“The ship’s service activity fur
ther meets the needs of the com
munity with a soda fountain where
drinks are listed over the counter
at less than land prices.
“A small hotel could be equipped
with the 150 tables, 250 chairs, rugs,
sofas, china and silver cabinets, sil
verware, glassware, chinaware, car
pets, table linen, bed linen, electric
fans, floor waxing machines, mat
tresses and pillows. The missing
item would be beds which are large
ly dispensed with. Tiers of nar
row bunks, three deep, constitute
the standard sleeping equipment in
the limited space aboard ship, and
there are the traditional hammocks
for emergency use.
“One feature that would measure
up to many larger hotel require
ments is the ship laundry. Feeding
and ‘sleeping’ 1,200 men, and keep
ing officers in white uniforms, re
quires a large laundry adequately
equipped with washing machines,
starch kettles, flat work ironer, col
lar shaper, drying cabinet, and oth
er machinery.
“Entertainment aboard ship is
contributed by a band of 20 to 24
pieces, as well as radio receiving
sets. Each battleship has its mov
ing picture equipment, including two
motion picture projectors and a
screen. Ships also have their own
cameras for making motion and still
' pictures, with the necessary dark
room equipment for developing.
"The navy has taken stock and
finds that every state in the Union
contributes in some measure ma
terials and supplies which go into
the construction of its vessels.”
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe
and heal raw, tender Inflamed bronchial
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with
tire understanding you must like the
way it quickly allays the cough or you
are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
For Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
The Aching Tooth
If all the pain of an aching tooth
is in the mind, the mind ought to
be pulled.
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for March 9
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
CHRIST REJECTED
LESSON TEXT—Luke 20:9-20.
GOLDEN TEXT—Blessed are ye. when
men shall revile you, and persecute you.
and shall say all manner of evH against you
falsely, for my sake.—Matthew 9:11.
Rejection of Christ by Israel as a
nation is pictured in our lesson. We
know how the judgment of God has
come upon that nation because of
its failure to receive Him and be
lieve on Him. God had to take the
vineyard from them and give it to
others (v. 16).
Men today reject Christ, and we
find that the sin which causes them
to do so and the judgment which fol
lows are essentially the same as in
the case of Israel. There is a reason
for Christ rejection, and there is a
certain time of answering to God for
that sin.
I. Why Men Reject Christ (vv.
9-15).
Self-will, the very heart of all sin,
underlies every refusal to let Christ
have His rightful control over our
lives. There are two forces which
may dominate and direct my life—
God’s will or self-will. Just as love
of God is the essence of all virtue
(Matt. 22:37-38), so love of self is
the essence of all sin.
The leaders of Israel, both politi
cal and religious, had one great fear
which dominated all of their think
ing concerning Jesus; namely, that
they would lose all their authority if
He were recognized by the people
for what the leaders must have
known Him to be—the Son of God,
and their rightful King. God had
entrusted to them as underservants
the care of His vineyard, and in
their wicked greed they had deter
mined to have it all for themselves,
even though it meant destroying the
Son and rightful Heir.
We need only a moment’s reflec
tion to realize that this is exactly
what occurs every time someone
now rejects Christ. It is because in
self-will that person decides that the
one who has a right to his life is
not to have it. There are many
sins, but this is the root sin of them
all.
11. What Happens When Men Re
ject Christ (vv. 16-18).
Judgment. It came to Israel, as
all history even to this dark day so
strikingly testifies. Just so, it will
come to every one who rejects
Christ.
It is not a slight matter of com
parative unimportance whether a
man accepts or rejects Christ. He
likes to make it appear so, saying
that it is just something about the
local church that he does not like, or
the preacher does not exactly suit
him; or perchance he hides behind
the time-worn excuse that there are
hypocrites in the church, when in
doing so he proves that he is him
self the worst of hypocrites.
All of these excuses do not hide
the fact that in self-will he is re
jecting God’s will for his life in
Christ. At the end of that road he
will have to meet the judgment of
God upon sin. God reads the heart,
knows the falsity of every excuse
and the real rebellion against Christ,
which may be hidden from fellow
men by smooth words and polite
manners.
Tear off that mask, unbelieving
friend who may read these words.
Face the truth that you are refus
ing Christ’s authority because you
are self-willed, and look squarely
at the fact that “it is appointed unto
men once to die, and after this com
eth the judgment” (Heb. 9:27. R. V.)
111. How Men Reject Christ (vv.
19, 20).
Deceit and treachery of the vilest
kind marked the rejection of Christ
by Israel’s leaders. They feared the
people, and lacking the authority to
condemn Him themselves they had
to obtain some evidence under
which the Roman law would have to
sentence Him. It is significant that
they could not find one bit of real
evidence against Him and had to
proceed by trickery and treachery.
Christ rejection in our day is just
as deceitful and treacherous, al
though it does not often appear so
outwardly. Asa matter of fact, the
leaders of Israel were outwardly po
lite and careful. They sent spies
who could “feign themselves to be
just men.” They “feared the peo
ple” and did not dare to speak open
ly against Him.
Men cover up their motives today.
Some would wish to excuse them
selves on the ground of lack of
knowledge, but in our land at least
that is largely their own choice. Oth
ers might say they have only been
careless, but on what ground can one
justify neglect of a life and death
matter? Some blame the sins of pro
fessing Christians, but this is an in
dividual matter—you must answer
for your own soul.
No matter which way man may
turn in seeking for an excuse for his
rejection of Christ, if he is honest
he will have to admit that he has
dealt deceitfully with God. When he
does that, he is ready in repentance
and faith to take Christ as his
Saviour and Lord.
Selective Service Figures
The very small extent to which
selective service has as yet affected
the United States is well shown by
the official figures on the army re
lease by the War Department.
Of 867,000 officers 'and enlisted
men, only 128,000 thus far have
come into the service via selective
service. The regular army, 454,000,
and the national guard in federal
service, 223,000, are all volunteers.
So are the navy and marine corps.
Surely never in peacetime have
anything like so large a number of
Young American men voluntarily
entered the armed forces. It speaki
well for their ability to understand
the need, and their willingness to
do what deed requires.
These figures also make it clear
that the raising and training of a
mass army has scarcely begun. This
first million is merely the advance
guard; it is to the army the United
States can raise if it must, what the
famous Germany “army of 100,000
sergeants” was before Hitler launch
ed his “all-out” armament drive.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING
TO YOU
There’s a sweet old story translated
for man
But writ in the long ago—
The Gospel according to Mark, Luke
and John —
Of Christ and His mission below.
Men read and admire the Gospel of
Christ,
With His love so unfailing and
true;
But what do they say, and what do
they think
Of the Gospel according to you?
’Tis a wonderful story, that Gospel
of love,
As it shines in the Christ life
divine;
And, oh, that its truth might be told
again
In the story of your life and mine!
Unselfishness mirrors in every scene;
Love blossoms R every sod;
And back from its visions the heart
comes to tell
The wonderful goodness of God.
You are writing each day a letter
to men;
Take care that the writing is true;
’Tis the only Gospel some men will
read —
The Gosipel according to you.
One gatherer of news says: Let’s
start a campaign, fellows, to make
the women call these things “head
ornaments, “head decorations” or
“hair trimmings,” or something. But
not baits. It is an insult to the mem
ory of Stetson to call two inches of
straw and an imitation chicken
feather a hat. And then let’s leave
it to the women to hang the afore
said decorative absurdities on which
ever corner of their head they desire.
SPRING JUST AROUND THE
CORNER
Spring is almost here. The farmers cannot
postpone much longer the buying of stock and
equipment to prepare and make their crops.
Come to see us. It will pay big dividends.
Plenty of YOUNG MULES and MARES just
RECEIVED, which we will SELL at ROCK
BOTTOM PRICES. Every sale made guaran
teed.
Also, will swap YOUNG STOCK for OLD.
See us BEFORE you BUY STOCK or TRADE
for FARM MACHINERY or EQUIPMENT.
T. W. MURPHY & SONS
King Murphy and John B. Brooks, Traders,
TALMO, GA.
PAGE SEVEN.
IT KILLED THE DOG
A lady, wishing to return thi>
kindness of several of her friends,
invited them all to dinner. She plan
ned to give them a mushroom steak
dinner. When Nora, her maid, op
ened the can of mushrooms prepara •
tory to making the sauce, there wa*
a slight scum on top. The time be
ing short, the lady suggested, “Give
the dog a little, Nora, and if he eats
it, it’s probably all right.” Since
the dog liked it and begged for more,
the dinner was prepared.
After the guests had all enjoyed
their dinner, Nora came in white
faced, with the dessert and whisper
ed tragically to her employer,
“Ma’am, the dog's dead.” There
was just one thing to do, and the
lady did it.
Some time later when eight peo
ple were lying around in various
states of recovery and the doctor
had departed with his stomach
pump, the lady thought wearily to
ask, ‘Nora, where’s the poor dog?”
“On ithe front steps, Ma’am, where
he lit after the car hit him.”
JASPER BRINSON, 14, DOG BITE
VICTIM, BURIED AT MILLEN
Millen, Ga.—Funeral services for
Jasper Douglas Brinson, 14-year-01l
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Brinson,
of Munnerlyn, were held in Haber
sham Methodist Church Tuesday af
ternoon. The Rev. C. L. Nease of
ficiated.
Douglas was bitten by a maddog
last month. Treatments for the pre
vention of rabies had been adminis
tered, but last Friday when he re
turned from school the dread disease
set up and Douglas was carried to
a Millen hospital, where he died
Monday night.
Royston citizens, by a vote of 379
to 10 approved the $7,500 auditorium
and paving projects bond issues in
an election the other day. The elec
tion climaxed eight years of struggle
for a suitable building to serve the
high school as combined auditorium
and gymnasium. High School sen
iors, who will graduate in May, too
early to benefit by the new building,
pushed the election all Wednesday
and hauled voters to the polls in
cars. It was something in the na
ture of a graduation present to their
school.
Little drops of water poured into
the milk, give the milkman’s daugh
ters lovely gowns of silk. Little
grains of sugar, mingled with the
sand, make the grocer’s assets swell
to beat the band. Little bowls of
custard, humble though they seem,
help enrich the fellow selling pure
ice cream. Little rocks and bould
ers, little chunks of slate, make the
coal man’s fortune something fierce
and great. Little ads. well written,
printed nice and neat, give the joy
ful merchants home on Easy Street
—Mason.