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THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1941.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
PORTER MAKES $17,000 GIFT TO
HIS CHURCH
Macon, Ga.—James H. Porter, Ma
con philanthropist and Bibb Manu- 1
facturing Company executive has
made a gift of $17,000 to Mulberry
Street Methodist church, clearing
the institution of all debt incurred
in construction of its $250,000 plant
15 years ago.
His latest gift brought the total
sum he has contributed to the church
building to approximately $84,000.
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OLD CAPITOL DEFINITELY TO
BE REBUILT
Milledgeville.—Robert and Com
pany have been employed to draw
preliminary plans and estimates on
the fireproof reconstruction of the
old Capitol buiding.
A tentative settlement of $60,000
has been reached by the school and
the insurance companies on the fire
damage which gutted the historic
shrine and college administration
building last month. The settlement
is pending on the final approval of
insurance company officials.
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BEN HILL ‘J. P.’ KEEPS POST AT
91
Fitzgerald, Ga.—Ninety-one-year
old Judge H. G. McLendon was elec
ted for another term as justice of
the peace for the 1537th District.
Judge McLendon is the oldest ac
tive J. P. in Georgia, and possibly
in America, it is said. He has been
active in his present capacity since
1916.
Judge McLendon discharges his
duties as spryly as the 50 or 60-year
old “youngsters” who work alongside
him. ,
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KILLING OF MAGGIE CAUSES
SLIGHT MIXUP IN BALDWIN
FAMILY
Milledgeville.—Mrs. Ed Bloodworth
is a movie fan, and recently she sent
this message to her husband who
works in Macon: “Be sure to come
home tonight and go with me to see
Who Killed Aunt Maggie.”
Now Mr. Bloodworth had never
heard of Medora Field’s mystery
story, but he does have an aunt
Maggie in Gordon, of whom he is
very fond.
Consequently, he was in Milledge
ville 45 minutes after receiving the
message, breathlessly demanding to
know if “they’d found Aunt Mag
gie’s murderer.”
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EDWARDS EYES U. S. SENATE
If Governor Talmadge seeks re
election in 1942, State Senator H.
B. (Hell Bent) Edwards says he will
oppose United States Senator Rich
ard B. Russell.
Senator Edwards said he believed
Governor Talmadge would run again
for the governorship “because it
will take him more than two years
to straighten out the mess the state
is in.”
Mr. Talmadge himself recently
said he probably would run for gov
ernor in 1942 if the electorate rati
fied a proposal to extend the guber
natorial term from two to four
years. The proposal will be voted
on in the June 3 general election.
Senator Edwards reiterated char
ges that Russell had “not represen
ted the pepole in the Senate, -but rep
resented his family.”
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ACUTE LEUKEMIA BEATEN;
FIRST REMEDY IS FOUND
Chicago.-—The first remedy ever
found to prolong human life in acute
leukemia, the “blood cancer” which
has been invariably fatal, was re
ported Wednesday.
The medicine is shots of radio
active phosphorus. This is an arti
ficial form of radium, made by giant
cyclotrons. Acute leukemia usually
kills in two months, occasionally in
two weeks.
But in Boston Wednesday six of
these patients are alive—one more
than a year, the others already ap
parently on “overtime”—due to the
new medicine. All are comfortable,
and one has returned to work.
Four others died of the leukemia
despite the phosphorus shots, but
three of these already were dying
when given the remedy.
The report was made by Eh'.
Shields Warren of Boston, to the
American Association of Cancer Re
search. The phosphorus is so new
and so scarce that only three places
in the United States are trying it.
Dr. Warren said the disease is not
cured, but is controlled, apparent
ly as insulin controls diabetes, with
out ever curing.
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TURTLE INSIDE TANK FOR 17-
YEAR PERIOD
Rochelle. —Recently it was neces
sary to clear the septic tanks at the
local school building. Upon opening,
a large turtle was found within,
measuring 20 inches across the shell.
The tank was constructed and
sealed with cement during 1924, and
had not been opened until the dis
covery of the large turtle. The only
inlet or outlet to the tank is a pipe
with an opening of one and one
half inches.
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LOCAL BOY ENLISTS IN NAVY
Rome Jefferson Manus, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rome Jefferson Man
us, Sr., has enlisted in the United
States Navy, and has reported for
training at Norfolk, Virginia. Upon
completion of this training period
it is customary to give nine days
leave in order that they may visit
their homes. When this leave has
expired Manus Jr., will be assigned
to one of the ships of the United Sta
tse Fleet, or to one of the various
trades school maintained by the Na
vy.
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MILLER S. BELL, JR., NAMED
STATE REGENT
Atlanta.—Governor Eugene Tal
madge Tuesday appointed Miller S.
Bell, Jr., of Milledgeville to succeed
his father, the late Miller S. Bell, as
a member of the State Board of Re
gents. His term will expire July 1.
1947.
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GWTW EARNS $32,000,000
“Gone With the Wind" has gross
ed $32,000,000, far more than any
movie ever produced, and there is no
sign it is losing in public demand
after more than a year of showing.
It is a remarkable historical presen
tation, and an even more remarka
ble technical production, which bids
fair to run in general circulation ev
en longer than “Birth of a Nation,”
a silent movie still shown regularly
the country over.
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GLENN MEMORIAL HAS UNU
SUAL RECORD FOR LITER
ATURE DISTRIBUTION
(From Christian Advocate)
Glenn Memorial church, Atlanta,
under the leadership of the pastor,
Rev. Nat Long, has made an unu
sual record in the placing of relig
ious literature in the families of the
church.
The quota of subscriptions for
this church for both the Christian
Advocate and the Wesleyan Chris
tian Advocate was reached and pass
ed, with 56 subscriptions to the
Christian Advocate and 83 subscrip
tions to the Wesleyan Christian Ad
vocate being secured.
The junior board of stewards of
the church, under the direction of
Glenn Massengale, director of relig
ious life of Emory university, has
obtained 150 subscriptions on a quo
ta of 100 for the student magazine,
Motive.
Seventy copies of the World Out
look have been subscribed for by the
women of the church, and 125 cop
ies of the Upper Room are distribu
ted quarterly.
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START DIGGING, “MAYBE
YOU” FIND $62. TOO
Griffin. —“If you dig for it, you
may find it,” has proven true in
Wesley Cochran’s case.
Cochran, a negro, was digging in
a flower bed in the yard of another
negro, and found an old rusty pot
containing $62.50 in silver money.
All the pieces bore a date beyond
40 years. As yet no one knows who
buried the silver.
The premises were recently pur
chased by Gwin McKneeley.
SNAKE KILLED IN FIGHT WITH
VIDALIA MOCKER
Vidalia, Ga.—Public utilities op
erated for a short period without su
pervision while Superintendent Chess
Abernathy and his assistant, L. H.
Davidson, took time out to witness
a battle between a mocking bird
and a snake, hostilities starting when
the snake approached too closely to
the nest of the mother mocking bird.
The bird was uncharmable or the
snake had lost his charmer since the
battle started quickly with an aerial
attack by Mrs. Mocker. Pecking at
the snake’s head, she continued until
the snake was dead and the bird
showed signs of exhaustion, the wit
nesses said. The bird was able to
fly away from the battleground when
the fight was over.
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FATHER REGISTERS AT 32; SON
\ 22
Augusta.—Richmond county draft
boards are in a quandary. They have
a negro father and son registered.
The father declared his age, when
he registered, as 32. The son listed
his as 22.
The board was unaware of the
situation until the father came into
the office and notified the clerk that
he wanted to change his address and
that of his son. The clerk was dum
founded.
After some questioning the fath
er, a WPA worker, said he really
THE JACKSON HERALD. JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
did not know how old he was. He
told the clerk he heard “everybody
had to register" and register he did.
Officials are confident that the
man is above draft age but are un
decided about what course of action
to take. There are no rules in the
selective service act to govern such
a case.
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COWS WITH RABIES FOUND IN
HAPEVILLE
Hapeville, which with East Point
and College Park recently had a mad
dog “scare," is now having an epi
demic of “mad” cows.
Several cows were bitten three
weeks ago by a mad dog, and at
least three have recently been killed
because they were found to have
rabies, the chief said.
SAVE BY BUYING
POSAL SAVINGS
The United States Defense Sav
ings Bonds and Postal Savings
Stamps will be placed on sale in the
main Post Office at the opening of
business on Thursday. May 1, as
part of the national effort to make
America impregnable.
Postmaster H. J. W. Kizer announ
ces that plans are completed for this
community, along with thousands of
others from fbast to coast, to do its
full part at the opening of the sav
ings program.
Postmaster General Frank C. Wal
ker, in a letter to Postmasters
throughout the country, said that the
help of local postmasters would be
“a real service to the country.” He
transmitted the thanks of Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau for the
help that local postmasters had al
ready given in the sale of United
States securities, and also Mr. Mo>-
genthau’s thanks in advance “for
the co-operation which he knows yuo
will give to this new effort.”
The new Defense Savings Bond is
similar to the familiar “Baby Bond”
of which more than five billion dol
lars worth have been bought by more
than two and a half million Ameri
cans since 1935.
A Defense Bond may be purchased
May 1, or thereafter, for $18.75. In
ten years, this bond will be worth
$25.00. This is an increase of 33 1-3
per cent, equal to an annual inter
est return of 2.9 per cent, com
pounded semi-annually. Any time af
ter sixty days from the date of pur
chase, the bond may be redeemed
for cash, in accordance with a table
of redemption values printed on the
face of the bond.
For the smaller investor who wants
to buy a Government Bond on an
easy payment plan, the post office
will have anew series of Postal
Savings Stamps, at 10c, 25c, 50c. $1
and $5. Each purchaser of any
Savings Stamp higher than 10c will
be given, free of charge, an attrac
tive pocket album in which to paste
his stamps until he has enough to
buy a $25 bond or one of higher
denomination. (Thirty million of
these albums are now being prepar-
I ed.
Secretary Morgenthau said that
even a boy or girl who saved 10c to
buy a Savings Stamp would help the
country. He added that “you can
safeguard your own money and your
own future, while helping the na
tional defense, by buying United
States Savings Bonds now.”
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NEWS ARTICLE
(John L. Anderson, County Agent,
Jackson County)
Spring Is Beit Time To Control
Fliei
Right now is the best time to do
some effective work towards con
trolling flies. The best way to get
rid of the pests is to kill them be
fore they hatch.
The three kinds of flies that es
pecially affect the dairy farmer are
the stable fly, the horn fly, and the
common house fly. The first two
are ‘biting flies’ that cause untold
irritation to the milking herd. This
condition cause* much loss in milk
and even in flesh of the cows and
often contributes to the summer
slump in milk production.
House flies do not bite but are
filthy and contaminate everything
they touch in the dairy and in the
home. It is impossible to accurately
estimate the annual damage caused
by flies—loss in human health and
loss of milk in dairy herds.
Flies can be controlled that they
will not eat up much of the dairy
profits. Effective control of flies be
gins with the first warm days in the
spring. Flies breed in filth so if the
breeding places can be removed ear
ly -in the spring, the fight against
flics is more than half won.
The startle fly and house fly breed
in manure in the barn or lot or in
many cases in piles of rotten straw,
spoiled silage or other material
where moisture and warmth arc
present. A little time spent in a
real clean up of such material will
do more good in fly control than all
the sprays, fly traps or poison bait
that can be used later in the sum
mer. It is necessary to keep these
breeding places cleaned up all sum
mer.
Spring Is The Time To Plan Trench
Silo
Spring is a good time for farmers
to plan their trench silos for storing
their silage. Although the silo can
be dug later on in the summer, sil
age crops need to be planted soon.
Land where a crop of winter le
gumes has been turned under is fine
for silage. If this is not possible, a
satisfactory yield of silage can usu
ally be made following grain, espec
ially if sorghum is used. Sorghum
will stand the hot dry weather of
mid-summer much better than corn
and will make a bigger tonnage per
acre almost any year. The quality
of the silage is nearly as good and
any difference is more than made up
because of the greater tonnage of
the sorghum.
Good land that has been well
prepared and well fertilized (pre
ferably with stable manure added)
it is reasonable to expect from five
to ten or even 12 tons of silage per
acre. A good variety of sorghum—
one adapted to the section where it
is to be grown—is also essential.
Plant plenty of seed. A god way
to have half a stand is not to plant
enough seed. The sorghum can be
planted much thicker in the row
than corn.
When the silage crop is growing,
then you can build the silo. Select
a place convenient to the barn, on
a slope if possible. Visit someone
who is using a trench silo, see how
he did it and profit from his exper-
min” plant food elements help
you make larger crops and
higher quality, too.
In mixed fertilizer and h
side dressing use Natural Chil
ean Nitrate. Use it regularly,
year after year, to get full bene
fit of its natural fertilizing and
soil-improving qualities.
ience. Do a little careful figuring
on the size needed to store the feed
you will have.
Simple directions on the trench
silo can be found in Extension Cir
cular 247 which is available at the
county agent’s office.
Electric Water System
Over one-fourth of the farm homes
in Georgia now have power available
for the operation of automatic wat
er systems.
While the pump capacity is the
most important factor when install
ing an electric water system in the
home, there are other points to con
sider. Pumps have two main clas
sifications, shallow or deep well, and
jet or plunger type. In the latter
case the selection is optional, but in
the former the depth of the well is
the deciding factor.
For pumping purposes, a shallow
well is one being 22 feet at least
from pump to water, and a deep
well over 22 feet from the pump
head to water. Because of less cost
and easier installation, it is advisa
ble to use the shallow well type
whenever possible. This type is
often set in a frost proof pit beside
the well.
Pumps are available various
sizes wth 250, 300, 350, 400, 500,
and 750 gallon typese being the
most common size for farm homes,
depending on the number of gallons
of water needed by the farm per
day. A normal rule is to figure two
hours per day for running time. For
example, if the water consumption
is 600 gallons per day for the farm,
then a 300 gallon per hour size
should be used. An average of from
8 to 10 gallons of water a day per
person will be used at the kitchen
sink, and from 25 to 35 gallons will
be needed for the bath and laundry.
From 15 to 20 gallons of water will
be used by each cow per day, 10 to
12 gallons by a mule, and 3to 5
gallons by a flock of 100 chickens.
Annual Liveitoclc And Equipment
Day
The Annual Livestock and Equip
ment Day is to be held at the Col
lege of Agriculture campus, Thurs
day, May Ist.
Every one is cordially invited to
attend and see the different types
of tractors and equipment that will
be demonstrated.
A barbecue will be served at 25c
per plate.
4-H Club
The different 4-H Club contests
for 1941 were explained and dis
cussed this month at the Club meet
ings, and we have had a good at
tendance at each meeting. The at
tendance for the month of April is
as follows: Plain View, 30; Dry
Pond, 29; NichoLson, 53; Long View,
8; Hoschton, 15; Braselton, 47; Wil
son’s, 28; Pendergrass. 12; Talmo,
21 ; Maysville, 55; Jefferson, 49; Ap
ple Valley, 10; Jackson Trail, 26.
Mr. T. 0. Calloway, Supervisor for
Soil Conservation Service, Gaines-
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PAGE THREE.
ville, Georgia, has given a supply of
Kudzu seedlings to each of the fol
lowing Club boys: Charles Moore,
Henry Robinson, Pat McKinney, Carl
Hogan, Bobby Langford, T. F. Sose
by. Ralph Pinion, Tommy Tolbert,
Joel Tolbert, DonaJd Haulbrook,
Donald Gee, Davy Reed, Lewis Bras
elton, Jr., Henry Braselton, Joe Hy
der Davis, Carl Martin, Cecil Martin,
Roberts Potts, Emory Brooks, Jot T.
Baxter.
Mr. Galloway spent some time with
the Club members in the 4-H Club
Camp last summer and stated those
who would use the seedlings ho would
furnish them with some this winter.
RR ONLY MEANS RONG ROAD
TO NEGRO
Augusta.—M. Ferguson told about
the negro, applying for a driver’s li
cense, who was called upon to ex
plain the “RR” crossing sign.
Scratching his head thoughtfully, the
negro responded: “This’n means
“rong road.”
How many people know that the
doctors who serve the local draft
boards give their services absolutely
free? This takes much of the time
of doctors in every part of the coun
try. It has been granted generous
ly. with no thought of reward. The
young men who are being taken'for
the nation’s defense have the satis
faction of knowing they are receiv
ing the best medical examinations
of any army recruits anywhere in
the world. How striking is the con
trast between the attitude of tho
doctors in giving this invaluable
service, and the attitude of those
crafts and trades that have endan
gered the defense program, through
strikes and jurisdictional disputes.
An advertising expert says that
study has revealed that inside pages
of newspapers are read by 97 per
cent of both men and women sub
scribers, that 92 per cent of all read
ers always read illustrated pages,
that more women read advertise
ments than read even the picture
page, that the old idea that right
hand pages are more carefully read
than left hand pages is untrue, that
back section pages are about as .well
read as front sections, and that use
of white space doubles the value of
advertising.
Today, according to a survey of
the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, people in the United
States eat less wheat and other ce
reals per capita, fewer potatoes and
apples, less beef and veal, and drink
less tea than they did in 1909. Peo
ple consume more vegetables, citrus
fruits, sugar, poultry and eggs, fluid
milk, edible fats and oils, cocoa and
chocolate, and coffee.