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The Jackson herald
By John N. Holder.
PRES. ROOSEVELT
SPEAKS TO WORLD
SATURDAY NIGHT
Washington.—“ Sacrifice and incon
venience lie ahead for all, said
President Roosevelt in his speech be
fore the annual dinner of the Cor
respondents Association.
The nation must be prepared for
lower profits and longer hours of
labor, he said. The arms program
must not be obstructed by “unnec
essary strikes.” The idea of “nor
malcy” and “business as usual” must
be abandoned. There must be “no.
war profiteering.”
The address was one of the pres
ident’s most vigorous utterances, a
speech bristling with determination
to eliminate Nazism as a world force,
and dedicating the material and in
dustrial resources of the country
anew to that purpose. It had been
expected and. awaited for days.
Repeatedly he stressed the impor
tance of national unity, and as often
said it had been achieved. With na
tional unit and a “will to sacrifice”
thrown into the drive for a maximum
output of war materials, he said
there had alieady been a reversal in
Nazi thinking that Democracy could
not rise unitedly and face a crisis.
“Upon the national will to sacri
fice and to work depends the output
of our industry and our agriculture,”
he said.
“Upon that will, depends the sur
vival of the vital bridge across the
ocean—the bridge of ships which
carry the arms and food for those
who are fighting the good fight.
“Upon that will, depends our abil
ity to aid other nations which may
determine to offer resistance.
“Upon that will, may depend prac
tical assistance to people now living
in nations which have been overrun,
should they find the opportunity to
strike back in an effort to regain
their liberties.
“This will of the American people
will not be frustrated either by
threats from powerful enemies
abroad or by small, selfish groups or
individuals at home.
‘The determination of America
must not be obstructed by war pro
fiteering.
“It must not be obstructed by un
necessary strikes of workers. by
short-sighted management, or by de
liberate sabotage.
“For, unless we win there will be
no freedom for either management
or labor.
“Wise labor leaders and wise bus
iness managers will realize how nec
essary it is to their own existence
to make common sacrifice for this
great common cause.
“Thei'e is no longer the slightest
question or doubt that the American
people recognize the extreme ser
iousness of the present situation.
That is why they haxte demanded, and
got, a policy of unqualified, imme
diate, all-out aid for Britain, Greece,
China and for the governments in
exile whose home lands are tempo-
rarily occupied by aggressors.
“From now on that aid will be
increased—and yet again increased
—until total victory has been won.”
“The British people and their Gre
cian allies need ships. From Ameri
ca, they will get ships.
“They need planes. From Ameri
ca they will get planes.
“They need food. From America
they will get food.
“They need tanks and guns and
ammunition and supplies of all kinds.
From America, they will get tanks
and guns and ammunition and sup
plies of all kinds.
“China likewise expresses the
magnificent will of millions of plain
people to resist the dismemberment
of their kingdom. China, through
the Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek,
asks our help. America has said
that China shall have our help.
“Our country is going to be what
our people have proclaimed it must
be—the arsenal of democracy.
“Our country is going to play its
full part.
“And when dictatorships disinte
grate—and pray God that will be
sooner than any of us now dares to
hope—then our country must con
tinue to play its great part in the
period of world reconstruction.”
“You will have to be content with
lower profits from business because
obviously your taxes will be higher.”
he said.
“You will have to work longer at
your bench, or your plow or your
SINGLE COPY sc.
CHAMBER COMMERCE
MEMBERS ENDORSE
CATTLE EXHIBITION
The meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce in the Harrison Hotel
Thursday evening .was one of the
liveliest this organization has had for
many moons. It heard Professor J.
L. McMullan, who has done so much
for the development of the cattle in
dustry in this county, talk on the
cattle show to be held in Jefferson on
March 29.
Jefferson has had two shows in the
past two years, but he said he is anx
ious for the one this year to be big
ger and better than either of the
cattle exhibitions in the past.
The Chamber of Commerce spon
sored the show. A committee had
been appointed at a previous meet
ing to co-operate with Professor Mc-
Mullan in his efforts to provide funds
for premiums to be given on March
29, and this committee was con
tinued with full power to provide
funds, specify prizes and to make
a program for the event on the day
above. The committee con
sists of 11. L. Purcell, R. S. Johnson
and C. E. Robinson.
Talks were made lauding the great
work of Professor McMullan and the
F. F. A. for their success in this
county.
Following is a complete list of the
premiums to be given on March 29.
STEERS
Light weight, Ist, $3.00; 2nd, $2.
00; 3rd, $1.50; 4th, $1.25; sth,
SI.OO.
Medium weight, Ist, $3.00; 2nd
$2.00; 3rd, $1.50; 4th, $1.25; sth,
SI.OO.
Heavy weight, Ist, $3.00; 2nd,
$2.00; 3rd, $1:50; 4th, $1.25; sth
$1.00; 6th, SI.OO.
Grand Champion, Aberdeen-Angus
Steer (600 Lbs.)
Reserve Grand Champion Reg
Berkshire Gilt (12 weeks old.)
Best fitted and shown Steer, 400
lbs. 5-7-5 fertilizer.
Second best fitted and shown steer,
1 bu. cotton seed.
HEREFORD CATTLE
Hereford cow, Ist, $3.00; 2nd, $2.
00.
Hereford heifer, Ist, $3.00; 2nd,
$2.00.
Hereford bull, Ist, $3.00; 2nd, $2.
00.
Best fitted and shown Hereford,
48 lbs. flour.
ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE
Aberdeen-Angus cow, Ist, $3.00;
2nd, $2.00.
Aberdeen-Angus heifer, Ist, $3.-
00; 2nd, $2.00.
Aberdeen-Angus Bull. Ist, $3.00:
2nd, $2,000.
Best fitted and shown Aberdeen-
Angus, 48 lbs. flour.
MARES
Mares, Ist, $3.00; 2nd, $2.00; 3rd,
bridle; 4th. coffee, 8 lbs.; sth, SI.OO.
F. F. A. Mares, Ist, 400 lbs. fert.;
2nd, 200 lbs. Soda; 3rd, Cotton Seed,
1 bu. *
Colts, Ist. $3.00; 2nd, $2.00; 3rd,
bridle; 4th, $1.00; sth, Coffee, 4 lbs.
Place, Jefferson, Ga., time 2 p.
m., Saturday, March 29, 1941.
Judges: Dr. Jarnigan, Dean of
Animal Husbandry, University of
Ga., W. S. Rice.
The people of Jackson are urged
to be present on that day to give
approval and encouragement to this
laudable undertaking.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Smith of Ten
nille were guests Sunday night of
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Holder.
machine.
“Let me make it clear that the
nation is calling for the sacrifice of
some privileges but not for the sac
rifice of fundamental rights. Most
of us will do that willingly. That
kind of sacrifice is for the common
national protection and welfare; for
our defense against the most ruth
less brutality in history; for the ul
timate victory of a way of life now
so violently menaced.
“A half-hearted effort on our part
will lead to failure. This is no part
time job. The concepts of “business
as usual” and “normalcy” must be
forgotten until the task is finished.
This is an all-out effort —nothing
short of all-out effort will win.
“We are now dedicated from here
on, to a constantly increasing tempo
of production—a production greater
than we now know or have ever
known before —a production that
does not stop and should not pause.”
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
NATIONS OF WORLD
BUY U. S. GUNS
INSTEAD OF FOOD
Because the nations of the world
are desperately bidding for guns and
ammunition instead of bread, butter
and clothing, the volume of Amer
ican agricultural exports drops to
the lowest levels since 1869.
Statistics revealed by the commerce
department show that in January
American farm exports represented
only $22,000,000 out of a total of
$325,355,000 in foreign trade, less
than seven per cent.
This was an even worse showing
than the last six months of 1940 when
agricultural products declined to on
ly 8.7 per cent of the export total,
as compared with 22.4 j>er cent for
the comparable 1939 period.
January exports of agricultural
commodities were almost $4,000,000
less than December’s $25,872,000 —
indicating the continued decline—
and far short of the $97,000,000
worth sold in January 1940 before
Hitler’s Nazi legions conquered most
of continental Europe.
The agricultural slump resulted
mainly from the fact that continent
al European markets have been cut
off by German occupation of many
countries, the British blockade, and
the United Kingdom’s severe restric
tions on imports.
The rapid shrinkage of foreign
markets has dealt a particularly se
vere blow to raw cotton, once one
of the country’s biggest agricultural
export items.
In January shipments totaled only
60,000 five-hundred-pound bales,
valued at $3,100,000, as compared
with more than 1,000,000 bales
representing almost $60,000,000 in
January, 1940.
The progressive, war-induced de
cline in agricultural products was
emphasized by decreased sales of.
other major commodities during the
month.
While agricultural exports have
suffered disastrously, other exports
have not suffered so much. Ameri
can exports to Great Britain and
Latin America have climbed steadi
ly as a result of war conditions tem
porarily -more than making up for
the markets lost and pushing total
American sales abroad past the $4,-
000,000,000 mark.
What the occupation-and-blockade
barrier may mean to 1941 American
exports is indicated by sales to
Spain, Portugal and Soviet Russia—
only 4 per cent of total American
exports went to continental Europe
last year, as against 25 per cent in
1939.
German occupation of Rumania
and Bulgaria was expected to cut
further into American exports this
year. Exports to Germany itself
dropped from $66,325,000 in 1939
to a mere $156,000 in 1940. The
1940 figure included Austria, Czech
oslovakia and Poland, the first na
tions to be absorbed by Nazi diplo
macy and arms. No sales were ex-
pected this year.
The progressive occupation of
Norway. Denmark, the Netherlands
and France decreased exports to
those countries from $410,678,000
(1939) to $331,91,000 in 1940.
Almost all of the 1940 exports were
made before the blitzkrieg strucu,
and shipments practically ceased rf
ter mid-year. No resumption of
trade is anticipated during 1941.
Exports to Italy declined from
$58,846,000 in 1939 to $51,473,000
in 1940 up to the time of Italy’s
entry into the war. Now Signor
Mussolini’s country likewise is con
sidered “out of the market” until
peace returns.
Sweden, although not directly in
volved in the war, has been hard hit
by its geographical position and the
blockade. Its imports from the
United States dropped from $98,-
314,000 to $38,558,000 last year.
Trade this year is expected to be
held to a minimum.
The huge gains marked up in
American exports last year were
chiefly in sales—mostly of war sup
plies—to the British Empire. Brit
ish purchases here jumped to $2.-
093,000,000 —roughly 52 per cent
of total American exports—against
$1,279,000,000 in 1939.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Kesler an
nounce the birth of a son on Sunday,
March 16, whom they have named
James Ernest. Mr. and Mrs. Kesler
reside on Danielsville street.
TRAINING OF CCC
VALUABLE TO
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Uncle Sam’s vast civilian army of
boys fn the- Civilian Conservation
Camps are playing a valuable part in
national preparedness and in national
defense training despite the fact that
their’s is not a military organiza
tion.
Camps under the soil conservation
service in Georgia, Alabama, Mississ
ippi, Virginia, North and South Car
olina are doing work that will prove
most valuable for the rearmament
program.
During the last three months of
1940, 9,064 enrollees in the 64
camps under this jurisdiction, inclu
ding 1,244 enrollees in nine Georgia
camps, received training through
work which makes them more valua
ble in the national defense program
and will help them to obtain employ
ment when they leave the CCC.
Most of these enrollees, in addition
to on-the-job training, also received
classroom instruction which likewise
is designed to prepare them for na
tional defense jobs or employment in
private enterprises.
CCC enrollees in Soil Conservation
Service camps have done conserva
tion work on almost 2,000.000 acres
of farm land in the southeastern re
gion since the assignment of the first
CCC camps to the service in 1934.
This includes 185,000 acres of farm
land in Georgia.
This work includes gully control,
terrace outlet and terrace outlet
channel construction, planting trees
and kudzu, surveying and checking
terraces, and helping to establish
pastures on land more suitable for
growing grass than field crops.
All of these jobs are phases of the
nation-wide program to establish a
stable, prosperous agriculture, put a
stop to the -yearly tott of erosion, re
establish fertility of the soil where
necessary, and adjust land use to the
capabilities of the soil.
Improvement in the agricultural
resources of the United States is
today admittedly an important step
in national defense and the CCC can
claim much credit for its part. How
ever, the conservation of natural re
sources is but one of the jobs per
formed by the CCC. Truck and
tractor driving and repairing, sur
veying, mapping, Jbook-keepimg.
drafting and numerous other jobs
also are every-day occupations of
the boys.
In the period covered by the re
port, 31 enrollees had training in
black smithing, 51 received training
in carpentry, 20 were trained in
grader operation, 266 were taught
how to drive trucks, 228 had train
ing in motor mechanics, 34 received
training in tractor operation, four
were instructed in welding, 20 learn
ed the fundamentals of bridge buil
ding, 40 received instruction in the
construction of communication lines,
84 had training in surveying and 33
in painting.
Enrollees do not receive military
training. However, all of the en
rollees who are more than 21 years
of age" are registered for the selec
tive service and will report for duty
in the Army as soon as their num
bers are called.
Army officers say that enrollees
make good soldiers. They have been
vaccinated against common commun
icable disease and they have learned
to live together and work together.
The CCC is preparing young men for
national defense, however, in many
ways other than conditioning them
physically and temperamentally.
Supplementing 'this training is
class-room instruction that supplies
the additional education necessary
to make the boys more effective in
their particular line. Some jobs re
quire a certain amount of study in
addition to the manual training they
receive—jobs such as drafting and
surveying. All illiterates are taught
to read and write.
Curiously enough, the lines in
which the enrollees have been train
ed and which are now so necessary
to national defense are also peacetime
cupations, however, the enrollees
cupations, however, the nerollees
have contributed much in the way of
conserving the resources upon which
any national defense effort must lean
heavily.
Miss Mildred Hawkins of Martin
Institute faculty spent the past
week-end with friends in Atlanta.
Thursday, March 20, 1941.
JACKSON COUNTY
LAW MAKERS
OFFER COUNTY BILL
Hon. C. E. Hardy, one of the rep
resentatives from Jackson county,
states that efforts are being made to
hold two representatives from this
county. In order to do so, the num
ber of counties with two representa
tives must be increased from thirty
to thirty four.
The four counties which have
gained a representative each are Cof
fee 21,541, Glynn 21.920, Upson 25,-
064 and Whitfield 26,105.
The four counties that will be tak
en out of two representatives coun
ty column, unless change is made in
number of counties having two mem
bers in general assembly, are Jack
son 20,089, Brooks 20,497, Walton
20,777 and Dodge 21,022.
A bill was introduced to increase
the number of counties to thirty
two with two representatives each,
to which the following amendment
was offered by Mr. Hardy and adop
ted in the committee, “Section I,
by striking from the Title of Said
Resolution ‘32’ and substituting and
inserting in lieu thereof the figure
“34.”
The body of the bill was also
amended to conform to the caption.
If this bill as amended is passed
by the House and Senate and ap
proved by the Governor, it will mean
that Jackson county will continue to
have two representatives. Mr. Har
dy is confident the bill will pass with
his amendment.
If this bill fails of passage, this
county in the future will have only
one representative in the House.
It is sincerely hoped that the bill
will be enacted into law, thereby
keeping Jackson county in the list
of two representative counties.
Odell Williams Named To
Head County For Jackson
Day
Hon. Odell Williams of Commerce
last week was named Jackson Coun
ty Chairman for the annual Jackson
Day Campaign to raise funds for
the Democratic Party.
Mr. Williams’ appointment was
announced by James S. Peters of
Manchester, Chairman of the State
Democratic Committee and Ryburn
G. Clay of Atlanta. Chairman of the
State Committee for the campaign,
who declared:
“The troubled condition of the
world makes it imperative that the
Democratic Party keep its organi
zation intact, and strengthen its for
ces so that it can continue to ad
minister the affairs of the nation
through this troubled era. It is
necessary that every county in Geor
gia do its part, and that is why we
feel so fortunate in the acceptance
of Mr. Williams to head the cam
paign in Jackson County. We know
that the county under his direction
will do a splendid job.”
Mr. Clay pointed out that any
Georgia Democrat who contributed
$25 or more to the campaign will be
invited to attend a party dinner in
Atlanta March 29.
This selection of Mr. Williams by
these State Chairmen is a wise one.
No better man for this job could
have been chosen. In the election
for President last November, no in
dividual in this county worked hard
er, or more effectively, than Mr.
Williams. It goes without saying he
will put forth every effort to make
the Jackson Day Campaign in the
County a great success. When the
work is concluded we are sure it
will be said of Odell Williams “well
done.”
The General Assembly will con
clude its sessions Saturday night and
Jackson county’s representatives, C.
E. Hardy and Odell Williams, will
return to their homes. It is not
likely that Speaker Randall Evans,
who has disapproved of such prac
tices in the past, will countenance
the stopping of the clock, permitting
the solons to wait until early dawn
of Sunday for adjournment. One
capitol reporter says: “The 1941
session has been one of the tensest
in Georgia history, with more un
dercurrents of bitter feelings than
any in years. Yet, chiefly through
the dexterity of the presiding officers
of the two bodies, this has broken
into the open but seldom.”
Vol. 66. No. 40.
W.T. BRYAN SPEAKS
JEFFERSON ROTARY
ON COTTON
John L. Anderson had scheduled
for meeting of Jefferson Rotary last
Tuesday a talk on China, but could
not make arrangements for a speak
er for this subject. Instead, he had
a good speech on “Cotton** by W. T.
Bryan, Vice-President and purchas
ing agent of Jefferson Mills. In the
manufacture of cotton Mr. Bryan
said nothing is lost; the waste and
sweepings are not used in the manu
facture of “Class A” Cloth, but are
used in making cheaper and infer
ior products. He told of the progress
farmers have made in Jackson coun
ty in the production of cotton. Only
a few years ago only short staple
was grown in the county; now, near
ly all the cotton made in this coun
ty has one inch or longer staple.
Said he, “All the cotton we use is
not produced Sn this counity, but
that grown here is the best that
reaches our mill. Some of our prod
ucts require a shorter staple than an
inch, wheih is purchased elsewhere.”
Mr. Bryan was heartily congratula
ted on his talk on the fleecy staple.
Professor A. W. Ash, Superinten
dent of Martin Institute and Jeffer
son City Schools, highly complimen
ted two seniors from the University
of Georgia, J. P. Scroggs and Young
Davis, who have been in Jefferson
some time practicing teaching of
agriculture in Martin Institute.
Two more capable and conscien
tious men, he said, could not have
been sent to the school over which
he presides to practice teaching in
the department of agriculture.
Next Tuesday anew board of di
rectors and officers will be chosen
by Jefferson Rotary. All Rotarjana
were urged by President H. W. Dav
is to be present and take part in
the election.
Two guests were present. J. P.
Scroggs and J. W. Richardson. l*he
latter is in Jefferson to do appren
tice teaching at Martin Institute.
Six members were absent from Tues
day’s meeting.
T. M. BELL DIES }
IN 81ST YEAR
AT GAINESVILLE
Gainesville, Ga.—Thomas M. Bell,
80, former congressman from the
ninth district, former clerk of Hall
superior court, and one of Georgia’*
most colorful political figures, died,
at his home here Monday after two
years’ illness.
Mr. Bell was a native of White
county, a son of the late William
Bryan and Katherine McGee Bell,
wiho were prominent in that section.
Mr. Bell represented tfie ninth
district in Congress for 26 years.
Surviving are his wife, the form
er Miss Ella Winburn, daughter of
the late Judge and Mrs. J. B. M.
Winburn, of Gainesville; a brother,
Oliver C. Bell, of Cleveland; three
sisters, Mrs. E. H. Kenimer, Mrs.
Maude Norton, both of Bishop; Mrs.
Lilly Weatherby, Atlanta.
BASKETBALL TEAMS ENJOY
ATLANTA TRIP
Professor J. C. Brooks, athletic
coach at Martin Institute, chaper
oned the boy’s and girl’s basketball
teams on a sight-seeing trip to At
lanta Tuesday. The occasion was
very enjoyable and was of educa
tional value to the students.
Arriving in Atlanta, they went to
the State Capitol, visiting the many
interesting exhibits in the building
and climbing to the dome, after
which they were introduced to the
legislative members by Hon. C. E.
Hardy.
At noon, the young ladies’ team
was entertained at lunch by Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Hardy, the boys lunch
in whevever they liked.
In the afternoon and evening, the
entire group visited the Cyclorama,
the zoo at Grants Park, the Fox
theater, and other points of interest,
returning home tired, but voting
the day a happy one.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Braselton of
Braselton announce the birth of a
daughter on March 8, whom they
have named Edith Nix. The little
baby is the granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Braselton of Bras
elton and Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Nix
of Commerce.