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BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
AUGUSTA TO SUE ‘TOBACCO
ROAD*
Augusta, Ga.—'Mayor James M.
Woodall has made up his mind to
ue the producers of the motion pic*
ture “Tobacco Road” for libel.
Charging that the film prejudiced
the entire nation against Augusta,
Woodall said he would ask damages
of $500,000.
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BERRY GREW ALL ITS OWN
FOOD IN 1940, FORD TOLD
Rome, Ga. —Henry Ford, donor of
more than $2,000,000 worth of buil
dings to the Berry Schools and Col
lege. paid his annual visit to the in
atilution Wednesday and learned
with interest that the students last
year produced 100 per cent of the
food products used by the school.
In fact, he was told by Comptrol
ler E. H. Hoge, the actual production
was 101 per cent —the 1 per cent
being a surplus sold at profit, with
the proceeds used to buy such sta
ples as sugar and coffee.
“That’s remarkable,” Mr. Ford
aakl.
The manufacturer and his wife
paid a visit to Miss Martha Berry,
founder of the school, in her home,
where she has been confined for
some weeks, suffering from bronchi
tis. They spent an hour chatting
with her.
FDR JR. IS ORDERED TO DES
TROYER DUTY
Washington.—Franklin D. Roose
velt, Jr., hus been ordered to active
duty aboard a naval destroyer on
April 3, the Navy disclosed Thurs
day.
The President’s third son, an en
sign in the naval reserve, was as
signed to duty aboard the destroyer
Mayrant.
His two older brothers, James and
Elliott, also are in the armed servi
ces.
SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE BACKS
PROHI MEASURE
Columbia. S. C.—The house of
representatives voted 71-31 Thursday
to return the state to a prohibition
statue but added the condition that
sufficient revenue must be provided
to replace approximately $3,000,000
now collected from taxes and licenses
■on liquor, beer and wine.
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MR. MAYNARD DIES IN WINDER
Mr. Thomas A. Maynard, age 78,
passed away at his residence in Win
-der, Ga., Friday afternoon. He is
•urvived by his wife, two sons, John,
■of Columbia, S. C., and Roy, of Win
der; one daughter, Miss Pearl May
nard, of Winder. Funeral services
•were held Sunday afternoon from
the First M. E. church in Winder
Rev. W. H. Clark officiated.
GEORGIANS TO HELP BUILD
BERMUDA BASE
About 85 Georgians are among a
4jroup of Americans who will leave
soon for Bermuda to construct the
$19,000,000 Navy seaplane base.
The project includes scraping off
the surface of two islands, Tucker’s
and Morgan’s, tyinng them together
and then joining them to a penin
sula.
There will be a total of 2,500
workmen.
BANNER-HERALD NAMES 808
MYERS CITY EDITOR
Athens, Ga. —The Athens Banner-
Herald Wednesday announced that
Bob W. Myers has been named city
editor succeeding Charlie Collins, who
resigned to take other employment.
Mr. Myers has been connected with
the paper for two years and is a na
tive of Fitzgerald, Ga. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Myers,
Sr., of that city and attended Young
Harris College. The paper also an
nounced that Mrs. Gerry Avery,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Camp
bell Jones, formerly of Macon, is a
member of the news room staff.
PENSION CHECK FORGERY LAID
TO CHEROKEE MAN
Canton, Ga.—A charge that he had
been forging and cashing his moth
er’s Confederate pension checks since
her death, nearly four years ago was
contained in an indictment returned
Wednesday against T. N. Lindsey,
50-year-old Cherokee countv <•----r.
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MRS. HARTMAN ELECTED
CLARKE COUNTY
ORDINARY
Athens.—Mrs. Ruby Hartman Sat
urday became the only woman to
hold elective office in Clarke county.
She was named ordinary to fill
the unexpired term of R. C. Orr,
winning by a margin of nine votes
•over Dennis Penny, former purchas
ing agent for the University of Geor
gia. She polled 674 votes to 665
fo~ Pern".
There were four others in the
race, Robert Hamilton, who polled
443, Jim Hartford 425, J. R. Nun
nally 100 and W. T. Ray 203. .
Mrs. Hartman was assistant to
Judge Orr for 12 years. The un
expired term runs through 1944.
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FIRE DAMAGES CIURTHI’JSE
IN LOUISVILLE
Louisville, Ga.—Fire early Sun
day morning gutted the second story
of one wing of the Jefferson coun
ty courthouse, causing damage esti
mated at upwards of $20,000, ac
cording to Fire Chief R. L. Bethea,
Jr.
The spectacular two-hour blaze
threatened at times to destroy the
entire building. A fire wall, the
fire chief said, prevented flames
from eating into the courtroom.
Origin was not determined.
Farmers To Hold
Cotton Conferences
J. L. Anderson, County Farm
Agent, announces Conferences on
the subject of AAA cotton and cot
ton stamp phases will be discussed
at the following places by farmers of
each section:
Talmo school house, 7.30 p. m.,
Thursday, March 20.
Attica school house, 3.00 p. m.,
Friday, March 21.
Jefferson court house, 2.30 p. m.,
Tuesday, March 25.
Braselton school house, 7.30 p. m.,
Monday, March 24.
Maysville school house, 7.30 p. m.,
Tuesday, March (25.
Nicholson school house, 7.30 p. m.,
Thursday, March 27.
Damage Suits in State
Cases to Be Pushed
Acting on a request from Attor
ney General Ellis Arnall for specific
instruction, Governor Eugene Tal
madge Monday authorized institu
tion of damage suits against former
state officials and others indicted by
a federal grand jury which investi
gated complaints of taxpaiyers
swindling.
They are: Wesley Evans, former
Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux
Klan, and John W. Greer. Jr., form-
er state highway purchasing agent,
Shell Oil Cos., Inc., the American
Bituminous Cos., and Emulsified As
phalt Refining Cos., for alleged vio
lation of the Sherman anti-trust act
in the sale of asphalt to the sbate.
Former State Highway Engineer
George Blount, for alleged mail
fraud in connection with sale of
gasoline to the. highway department.
Former State Highway Engineer
W. B. Brantley for alleged viola
tion of postal laws.
J. G. (Bugs) Glover, former chief
of convict forces for the Highway
Department, for mail fraud.
The anti-trust case against Greer
is set for federal trial March 24 and
the mail fraud case against him and
Dr. Evans for April 14.
The case against Blount is dock
eted for trial March 31.
The case against W. B. Brantley,
in which J. G. Glover also was in
dicted and will be tried at the same
time, is set for March 25.
HOME TOWN TRADING
The Vcedersburg News packs a
heap o’ common sense in the follow
ing:
Right now is the time to read ev
ery ad in your home town newspa
per. Thrifty housewives and really
intelligent people never shop until
they satisfy themselves where to go
and get the best bargains for their
money. Money doesn’t come easy
and it takes but little time and
trouble to read the ads in the news
paper. Local stores should all ad
vertise their products to keep citi
zens of this community trading at
home. This we heartily advocate.
People who trade away from home
are those who do not have the pro
per home town spirit and do not see
local merchants advertising. This is
the fault of both the merchant and
the careless citizen.
You know home trading holds
down taxes, keeps stores in oper
ation, guarantees schools, churches
and other civic pride and improve
ments. If your merchant doesn’t
advertise, tell him about it, says the
editor.
That’s exactly the policy the
Herald has assumed for a long time
—but so far these efforts have rot
been fruitful. Here’s hoping the
tide wjll turn.
Meaning of Name Winthrop
Winthrop, of Teutonic origin and
later Anglo-Saxon, is a residence
name meaning “from the friendly
village” or “friendly villager.” Orig
inally a surname, it is now popular
as a first name. The original form
was Winthorp, thorp being the An
r;ln Prvon word for hamlet or small
village.
THE JACKSON HERALD. JEFFERSON. GEORGIA
PUNERAL AT BETHLEHEM FOR
MRS. LEE BAILEY
Funeral service* for Mrs. Wynona
Wiley Bailey were held Friday af
ternoon at Bethlehem Methodist
church, near Hoschton, Rev. Otis
McNeal officiating.
Mrs. Bailey was 58 years of ag3
and was the daughter of the late
Joe and Mary Elen Hill Wiley, the
latter a sister of H. W. Hill of
Hoschton.
The deceased was married to Lee
Bailey February 25, 1905. She had
been a member of Rockwell church
since early girlhood. She is sui
vived by her husband, two sons,
Leon and Victor Glynn; two daugh
ters, Jurelle and Mrs. Roy Whitley;
two grandchildren and two brothers,
Lorenza Wiley of Sparta and Joe
Wiley, Jr., of Hoschton.
The Weekly Newspaper
(From the Newnan Herald)
j Weekly newspapers surpass city
papers in advertising value, accord
ing to an eastern newspaper man,
who has been in the newspaper busi
ness for thirty years, including six
years as managing editor of the great
New York Herald-Tribune.
Country weeklies are highly desir
able as an advertising medium be
cause they are thoroughly read, he
said. “This is so true that I do not
hesitate to say that an advertiser
can, by using a weekly paper, reach
each week four times as many peo
ple as that paper has subscribers.
In the case of city paper he could ad
vertise for a year and not reach ev
ery subscriber of that paper.
“The reason is that the country
weekly is read thoroughly by all the
family and all the neighbors, while
the city paper is read by only a com
paratively few subscribers. The av
erage city newspaper reader is a
headline reader, while the reader of
the weekly paper, on an average,
reads his paper from cover to cov
er.”
ARE THEY HATS?
(Atlanta Constitution)
Erudite justices, whole divisions
of the Department of Labor, Mrs.
Roosevelt and various and supdry
officials and manufacturers have
been in a dither during the past
week over the .subject of women’s
hats. They finally caught up with
them, and despite reams of learned
discussion and just plain cussing,
have wound up with but one con
clusion. That is, that women’s hats
look terrible and probably will con
tinue to look that way.
Far be it from this observer to
leap into the fire with any discussion
of the pros and cons of feminine
headgear. Long years of experience
have tempered honesty with cau
tion, and all comment is based up
on the assumption that the place
for women’s hats is on their heads
—if they can stand ’em, everybody
else is going to have to behave.
That is why it seems such an aw
ful waste of governmental time and
energy—in these parlous times—for
the Department of Labor, the su
preme court and Mrs. Roosevelt to
get tangled up in a useless, even
though expert and learned, exposi
tion of the evil that is always with
us. ,
Asa matter of fact, it is not so
much the fault of the women that
their hats are so constructed one
has difficulty in telling which is fore
and which is aft, or in which direc
tion the wearer is proceeding.lt is
definitely the responsibility of the
men-folk who take a cautious peek
and automatically say “okay” when
confronted with the latest atrocity
committed by an over-burdened in
dustry that spends most of its time
trying to make women look like
anything else. What is needed is a
little truth in the home, a little
spine on the part of the men-folk, a
little honest criticism, a little less
acceptance of the apparently in
evitable.
Anyway, everybody would com
promise the question if the women
would take the darn things off in the
theater. That would be a help.
THE SIREN OF WAR
Many communities wi 1 fool them
selves on defense industries if they
do not watch out.
The prospects look enticing, lots
of work, high prices for it and an
outlook of activity. But those who
get too anxious for defense con
tracts today may suffer tomorrow.
War never did any one any good
in any way. This is true of indus
try. Some plants are stimulated by
war orders. The government must
have its materials. They must per
form in the interests of national de
fense. They may benefit for a
while, labor may get more jobs and
PARTIAL QUARANTINE
There can be no question as to the
administration’s stand on Nazi ism
and Fascism. The pronouncements
against Hitler and Mussolini from
the White House have been many
and convincing. With them the great
majority of the American people
have agreed.
Many months have passed since
President Roosevelt made his famous
speech in Chicago about quarantin
ing dictators. At this time the Uni
ted States by furnishing aid to Great
Britain seems to be doing all it can
toward quarantining the Nazi and
ithe Fascist.
But it must be remembered that ]
Hitler is not the only totalitarian 1
menace in Europe. Mussolini has
been pretty well debunked as a
world menace, it is true. But there
remains the same inscrutable bushy
browed Stalin. Under his the total
itarian system of Communism has
seized half of Poland, half of Fin
land, the tiny republics of Esthonia,
Latvia and Lithunia, and the prov
ince of Bessarabia. There are evi
dences that his appetite is not yet
satisfied.
All Americans have condemned
the seizure of western Poland, Nor
way, Denmark, Holland and Belgium
by Hitler. They condemned too
ithe territorial aggrandizement of
Russia through its grab of territor
ies. Our hearts bled for the heroic
and honorable Finns.
But up to this time there has
come no talk about this bolshevik
menace, no announcement that we
would ever seek to quarantine Sta
lin or his so-called religion of Com
munism.
Against Law to Get Into Debt
North Carolina’s constitution per
mits the state to borrow in any bi
ennium only two-thirds of the
amount paid on the public debt the
preceding biennium. The law also
applies to the state’s counties and
cities.
capital some return.
But what goes up must come down.
Some day the factories which may
seek orders now will be idle. Labor
that has been attracted by war time
stimulation will be on charity. There
will be confusion and loss.
Unless there is excess capacity of
a useful kind, war orders may be a
greater liability than an asset.
The community that is so anxious
to get them today may be sorry lat
er.
Every one had lots of war orders
and shared in war activity in 1918.
Every one shared in the depression
15f years later. The community
which tends to its own natural de
veloped business in the bad years
of w r ar ahead will be in the best
shape when war orders are no lon
ger to be had.
The pursuits of peace are the on
ly kind that lasts.—Grand Rapids
Herald-Review.
TAKE WARNING
Lespedeza Seed are going fast. When our
present supply is exhausted they will cost more
than we are now charging. It is now time to
sow Lespedeza if the desired results are ob
tained. Come and get these seed at once.
WE ALSO, SELL—
Johnson Fertilizer
Nitrate of Soda
Superphosphate
Bone Meal
Hog Tankage
ALWAYS IN THE MARKET TO BUY
YOUR COTTON.
R. S. JOHNSON
FARMERS WAREHOUSE
Jefferson, Georgia
HONOR ROLL
Mrs. Ellie Gordon, Route 3.
Mrs. Ralph Freeman, Hoschton.
Hoke Evans, Conyers.
Mrs. Summic Rankin, Anderson,
S. C.
L. M. Sorrow, Commerce.
Mrs. W. M. Craft, City.
L. B. Isbell, City.
George Langford, City.
E. J. Waters, Pendergrass.
M. W. Whitfield, Route 3.
If. M. Bryan, City.
Mrs. S. J. Kinney, Statham.
Jones Cox, Route 2.
C. C. Nunn, Commerce.
Mrs. H. B. Nash. Tampa, Fla.
Mrs. G L Crawford, Atlanta.
Mrs. Claud Venable, Route 1.
C. T. Nabors, Commerce.
W. H. Maley, Route 3.
A. P. Deadwyler, Maysville.
J. D. Eckles, Route 3.
Miss Ella Dickson, Atlanta.
Nesby Marlow, Gainesville.
W. R. Glenn, Rt. 3.
M. E. Eberhart, Maysville.
C. H. Drake, City.
Mrs. H. R. Carruth, Rt. 2.
Mrs. G. L. Powers, Rt. 1.
W. E. White, Jr„ Atlanta.
Alton Farmer, Nicholson.
D. E. Muiphy, Talmo.
Ralph Vandiver, St. Augustine,
Fla.
'H. H. Segars, White Plains.
M. J. Dickerson, Commerce.
Tom Yarbrough, Maysville.
Mrs. C. B. Gilmore, Gillsville.
Miss Callie Watson. City.
Tina Brwon, City.
H. B. Venable, Route 3.
J. J. Wages, Statham.
Mrs. Lizzie Carter, City.
W. H. Allen, City.
M. Q. Whitehead. Orlando, Fla.
J. M. Long, Atlanta.
A. C. Park, Pendergrass.
Douglas Wilkes, Rt. 3.
Mrs. Ipus Hanson, Rt. 3.
Paul Woodall, Rt. 2.
Mrs. W. J. Hendrix, Commerce.
Mrs. S. R. Worley, City.
Athens’ State Employment Of
fice starting Saturday of this week,
will join with fifteen hundred other
state employment offices of the Uni
ted States Employment Service, loca
ted in all parts of the nation in a
drive to recruit all workers who are
unemployed and are seeking work
and all employed workers who are
skilled in defense occupations in
which labor shortages are developing
but who are not utilizing these skills
in their present employment.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore, of the
Methodist church, one of the great
est pulpit orators, will preach to the
men of northeast Georgia at 3 p. m.,
Sunday, March 23, at the First
Methodist church in Gainesville, and
Mrs. Moore will address the women
at the same hour at the St. Paul
Methodist church, and all are invi
ted to these meetings.
Hammond Johnson,
District Lay Leader.
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941
CLASSIFIED ADS
SYRUP CANE SEED
On Tuesday, March 18 1 w j]j
thresh Syrup Cane Seed at my home.
C. L. POTTS.
FARMS FOR SALE
Several farms for sale. 43, 56.
62, 100 and 208 acres. Prices and
tearms reasonable. See
W. H. SMITH, Jefferson.
TREAT COTTON SEED
We have arranged for a Gustaf
son Cotton Seed Treater for Mon
day, March 17. Will treat seed with
Ceresan for 15c per bu. Remember
the date, one day only.
DEADWYLER GIN CO.,
Maysville, Ga.
HOUSE FOR RENT
A 5-room brick bungalow house
on Mahaffey street for rent.
R. S. Johnson.
PIANO FOR SALE
Upright Piano in this vicinity will
sell at bargain rather than ship to
Atlanta. Write or wire Paino
Factory Warehouse, 1007 Columbia
Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga.
Jefferson Insurance Agency,
General Insurance,
Jefferson, Georgia.
WANTED
The Farmers Warehouse, Jeffer
son, is in the market for Lespedoza,
Cane and Field Pea See'd. If you
have above seed for sale, see R. S.
Johnson.
To relieve pAI
Misery of tULlij
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00 0 Salve, Nose Drops,
Cough Drops
Try “Rub-My-Tium”-a Wonderful
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Rumford Riddles
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con usa RUMFORD in any good recipe in tha
amount tha directions coll for. FREE. Sand far
NEW booklet containing dozens of bright ideas
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Powder Box K, Rumford Rhode Island.
EPIDEMIC OF
COLD SYMPTOMS
666 Liquid or 666 Tablet* with 666
Salve or 666 Nose Drops generallj'
relieve* cold symptoms the first day.
—Adv.
FOR COUGHS FROM COLDS
THAT WON’T TURN LOOSE
TAKE ONE SIP OF
mentho-mulsion
WAIT FIVE MINUTES
Will Type in spare time.
LOUIS JOHNSTON,
Jefferson.
LOST
Lost, white, black and tan female
fox hound. My name on collar. Re
ward for information that will lead
to her recovery.
Knox Brackett, Athens, Ga.
SINGING AT NICHOLSON
Again all roads will lead to Nich
olson next Sunday night, March 23,
when the community choir meets at
the Baptist church. The Harmony
Quartette, The Hale Trio and other
good singers from Athens and the
Queen City Quartette and othe.s
from Chicopee and other good sing
ers will meet for a real good sing
ing. You are invited. Better conn 3
early if you want a seat.
E. G. Loggins, Pres.
Cuba Once Was Cubanacan
Visitors to Havana learn that the
city was called San Cristobal de la
Habana when founded by Velasquez
in 1515. Cuba was named Cubana
can when Columbus first landed
there in 14C2.