Newspaper Page Text
The Jackson Herald
By John N. Holder.
CHRISTIAN SERVICE
SOCIETY MET
MONDAY AFTERNOON
The Methodist Society of Christ
ian Service held the May meeting at
the home of Mrs. C. H. Legg Monday
afternoon, May sth, with Mrs. Legg,
Mrs. I. W. Wheeless and Mrs. Haans
Bard, hostesses.
Mrs. Legg, the president, called
the meeting to order at 3:30 o’clock
and presented Miss Ethel Moore,
Spiritual Life chairman, who intro
duced the guest speaker, Mrs. Clif
ford Rigdon (Mrs. R. C.) Singleton
of Athens.
Mrs. Singleton, after thanking
Mis Moore for her gracious words
of introduction, spoke of the pleas
ant memories she recalled of her
residence and school work in Jeffer
son, during the time she was a mem
ber of Martin Institute faculty. She
was glad of the privilege to speak
to the Society and chose for her
theme, “Womans Work in God’s
Plan,” using as a scripture lesson
the 39th verse of the 4th chapter of
St. John. She made a beautiful
talk, and one that impressed deep
ly her hearers.
Circle No. 2, Mrs. Elizer leader
presented the program, speaking on
the subject, “Investing Our Herit
age for Christian Education.” She
gave six dividends that result from
this subject: Elevation of Woman
hood, Literacy, Raising of Standards,
Attitudes, Community Outreach and
Leadership.
Mrs. Wheeless closed the program
with a devotional on Stewardship.
Mrs. J. A. Wills was appointed
auditor to audit the books of the
four treasurers, Mrs. Herbert Kizer,
Mrs. Guy Strickland, Mrs. A. H.
Mcßee and Mrs. J. N. Holder.
Motion was made and carried to
divide special fund of $125, $75.00
for parsonage and SSO for church.
Motion made and carried to send
contribution to Harpst Orphanage at
Cedartown.
Mrs. A. S. Johnson reported a box
valued at SIO.OO sent Wesley Com
munity House.
Mrs. Guy Strickland made report
of the district meeting at Clayton.
The circles reported 28 in at
tendance at the April Circle meet
ings with collections of $14.17. No.
1 will hold May meeting with Mrs.
W. T. Bryan; No. 2 with Mrs.
A. S. Johnson and No. 3 with Mrs.
Sam Kelly and Mrs. Lucy Carr.
Publicity Points were given by
Mrs. Claire Wills.
After adjournment, the hostesses
served cream and cake to the fol
lowing: Mesdames H. D. Dadisman,
Guy Strickland, Jack Bennett, J. A.
Wills, H. R. Howell, A. B. Elizer,
Lucy Carr, Sam Kelly, Herbert
Kizer, A. S. Johnson, W. C. Smith,
Stanley Kesler, J. N. Holder, Miss
Ethel Moore, Mrs. R. C. Singleton.
Sydney Smith of Gainesville
and President Davis
Entertain Rotarians
President Henry W. Davis made a
talk to Jefferson Rotary Tuesday in
which he told of the recent District
Convention in Augusta. He related
many very interesting incidents con
nected with the assemblage of Ro
tarians from all sections of Geor
gia, but the most impressive thing
was the speech made by a Finland
Rotarian, who was in this country
when his little land became engaged
in war and has been as yet unable
to arrange transportation to return
to his country.
Rotarian Sidney Smith of Gaines
ville Club made a brief, but very en
tertaining talk.
Other guests besides Mr. Smith
were R. E. Moseley and Conrad
Romberg of Gainesville, Sam Woods
of Athens and Mrs. J. R. Ellington
of Jefferson.
Five members were absent.
Miss Mabeth Storey was at the
piano and the singing was led by
Rotarian A. B. Elizer.
THE FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE
PROM
About 50 members of the High
School set enjoyed the Freshman-
Sophomore Prom Friday evening at
the home of Stanhope Escoe. The
party was chaperoned by Misses
Haidee Thompson and Ammie Ree
Penn and Professor E. F. Adams.
SINGLE COPY sc.
Registered Jerseys Sell High
At Athens Auction
Thirty-six head of registered Jer
sey cattle sold in Athens Wednesday
for an average of $139.03 in the
thirteenth annual sale of the Geor
gia Jersey Club.
Highest price for a cow was the
$325 paid by Biltmore Farms, Bilt
more, N. C. This animal was con
signed by Berry Schools, Mt. Berry,
Ga.
Highest price paid for a bull was
$260. The animal was bought by
the Georgia Experiment Station,
Experiment, and was consigned by
Pebble Hill Plantation, Thomasville.
Buyers from Florida, North Caro
lina, and Alabama paid a total of
$5,005 for the high-bred stock. All
animals offered for sale were bred
in Georgia.
Livestock experts of the state
point with pride to the position of
Georgia as one of the leading stock
raising states of the nation.
Mrs. D. T. Wilhite Buys
First Defense Stamp
in Jefferson
President Roosevelt's appeal to
buy bonds and stamps “to perpetu
ate Democracy” is meeting with
splendid response throughout the
country.
The President expressed the hope
that the sale of bonds and stamps
would “reach down to the individual
and the family in every community,
and on every farm, in every state,
and every possession of the United
States.”
For, he declared, the threat that
the nation would guard aganst “can
be found on the threshold of every
home in America.” Distance no
longer is a guarantee of safety, he
said, and defenses which were ade
quate 10 years ago are “a broken
reed” today.
Postoffices, banks, department
stores, and other organizations will
participate in the sale of the bonds
in denominations, from $25 to $lO,-
000, and of the savings stamps (10
cents to $5), which bear no interest
but can be exchanged for the inter
est-bearing securities.
The sale of both bonds and stamps
is being pressed by Postmaster H. J.
W. Kizer. The first person to buy
a stamp in Jefferson was Mrs. D. T.
Wilhite, assistant to Postmaster Kiz
er.
In speaking of the bonds and
stamps, Mr. Kizer said: “No bonds
have been sold but our sale of
stamps is very good. As soon as
people understand these securities,
we feel sure we will have full co
operation of the people in Jefferson
and in the county and that our sales
will compare favorably with other
localities. I believe sentiment here
is in full sympathy with the United
States Government in its program of
Natonal Defense. I wish to en
dorse the words of Walter Winchell
who says, ‘Buy American bonds.
That is better than bondage’.”
Mrs. Susan Miller
Dies Thursday
At Daughter’s Home
Mrs. Susan Miller died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. C. K.
Reynolds, near Center, Thursday
night at 6 o’clock. Mrs. Miller was
89 years old and had been ill for
the past three weeks.
Services were held Saturday morn
ing at 11 o’clock from Nicholson
Methodist church, Rev. L. G. Hen
drix of Comer, pastor of the church,
officiating.
Surviving Mrs. Miller are three
daughters, Mrs. W. J. Martin, At
lanta; Mrs. G. K. Reynolds, Nichol
son and Mrs. J. P. Pruitt, Monroe;
one son, J. R. Miller, Nicholson; a
brother, Jim Fields, Hoschton, and
a number of grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
A native of Jackson county, Mrs.
Miller had live there all her life.
For many years she was a member
of the Methodist church and was
one of Jackson county’s oldest citi
zens. She was the wife of the late
W. H. Miller, well known citizen of
Jackson county.
BURGLAR ENTERS LYLE’S STORE
On Saturday night, a burglar
broke the glass from the rear door
of L. J. Lyle’s store, entered the
building and stole quite a number of
things, together witn some money.
To date no one has been apprehen
ded.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
WORK DAY, NIGHT,
SUNDAY FOR DEFENSE
URGES PRESIDENT
Washington.—With Secretary of
Commerce Jones asserting he did
not know "how long England can
take the punishment it is taking
now,” the government made two
moves Friday to expand the produc
tion of armaments for that country
and the United States.
1. William S. Knudsen and Sid
ney Hillman, top men of the office
of Production Management, urged
that defense industries induce work
ers to forego their usual vacations
this summer by means of bonus
system. Under the suggested sys
tem a vitally-needed worker who
usually gets a vacation with pay
would receive double wages if he
stayed on the job. A S2O-week man,
for example, would get his usual
S4O for his two-week vacation peri
ods, plus S4O extra.
Knudsen and Hillman asked that
production of machine tools be ex
pedited, that such tools be worked
day, night and Sundays, and that
the nation be combed for idle ma
chine tools and operatives to be em
ployed in defense production.
Jones’ statement was made at a
consumers’ conference called to
study price trends. He urged his
hearers to impress upon their fr
the seriousness of the world situ
ation. The cabinet officer said he
did not fear an invasion of this
country by the Axis powers but that
they, nevertheless, “can give us a
lot of trouble."
“They can reduce our living stand
ards,” he continued. “We cannot
compete with slave labor.”
Death of Starke Hunter
Starke Hunter, aged 60, a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Starke Hunter,
Sr., pioneer citizens of Jackson coun
ty, passed away April 25 at his home,
in Winder, following an attack of
pneumonia.
Final rites were held at Chapel
Church Friday afternoon, April 26,
with interment in the church ceme
tery.
He is survived by his wife, eight
children, Lester and Don Hunter, of
Dublin; Mrs. Hoke Wills, Mrs. R. P.
Austin, and Misses Woodie, Wynet
ta and Maetta Hunter, all of Win
der; four brothers, Coke, Golden
and Columbus Hunter, of Winder,
and Claude Hunter of Statham;
three sisters, Mrs. Lida Fincher,
Winder, Mrs. Crawford Butler,
Monroe, and Mrs. Effie Cooper, Win
der.
COMMENCEMENT PENDERGRASS
HIGH SCHOOL
On Sunday morning, May 18, at
eleven o’clock, at the church, Rev.
J. R. Meek will deliver the Com
mencement sermon to the students
of Pendergrass High School.
The closing exercises will begin
at 8 p. m. Friday, May 16, with the
Operetta, “In the Princess Garden,”
presented by the first five grades,
and “Graduation at Gooseville” by
the sixth and seventh grades.
Saturday, May 17, 8 p. m., “Aunt
Samantha Rules the Roost” by the
High School Students.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Aunt Samantha, Mildred Harrison.
Sarena Simpkins, Johnnie Baird.
Sophia Simpkins, Clara Jean Nib
lack.
Polly, Rebecca Niblack.
Annie Ambrose, Idel Grizzle.
Blanche Bowers, Lucile Davis.
Lucien Littlefield, Clarence Har
bin.
Lawrence Lovewell, W. G. Free
man.
Buddy Baskins, Calvin Bunn.
Frank Fairfield, J. A. Underwood.
Blair Boswell, Emory Brooks.
Special music between acts by
Misses Valera McDonald and Sara
nell Marlow.
Admission 15 Cts.
On account of ads. coming in at
a late hour, it is necessary to omit
some reading matter this week. We
greatly appreciate the work of our
splendid news gathers all over the
county and the service they are
rendering and we earnestly ask them
to get their communications to us
not later than Monday afternoon or
early Tuesday morning which will
enable us to print them the same
week in which they are written.
JURORS URGE
NO PARDONING
BY GOVERNOR
Atlanta.—ln strongly worded pre
sentments, the Fulton County grand
jury recommended Friday that the
Governor of Georgia be stripped of
all pardoning power.
Calling the pardon activities of
the last state administration “a
brokerage business for the select
few of an ‘inner circle,’ ” the jurors
urged for a clemency board appoint
ed by the Georgia supreme court.
An unnamed “close advisor of the
governor made approximately $6,-
000 in fees in two years, paid him
by the members of the ‘inner circle'
for services,” the presentments said,
adding that a two-months pardon
probe had “barely scratched the
surface.”
The jury charged the Governor’s
chauffeur sold pardons to convicted
lottery racketeers in Fulton prison
camps for as low as $25 each and
that such pardons were issued with
out the advance knowledge of the
prisoners.
CLAUD F. SIMPSON,
OF TALMO, BURIED
Talmo, Ga.—Services for Claud
F. Simpson, 65, well known citizen
of Talmo, who died at the Georgia
Baptist Hospital in Atlanta follow
ing an illness of four months, were
held Wednesday morning at the Tal
mo Baptist church. The Rev. E. H.
Collins officiated, and burial was in
the cemetery there. He was a na
tive of Hall county, and had lived
at Talmo for 15 years. He was a
farmer and produce dealer, and had
been a member of the Baptist
Church over 50 years, having serv
ed as a deacon many years.
Surviving in addition to his wife
are a son, the Rev. Carl Simpson,
Buford; two daughters, Mrs. A. L.
Brumbalow, Talmo; and Miss Mon
tine Simpson, Atlanta; his mother,
Mrs. C. C. Simpson, Gainesville; two
brothers, C. H. iSimpson, Atlanta;
Ernest Simpson, Augusta; four sis
ters, Mrs. J. C. Eades, Mrs. Fred H.
Martin, Mrs. Louis Robinson, Gaines
ville; Mrs. A. P. Neal, Chattanooga,
Tenn., and five grandchildren.
Wm. H. Barrett, Federal
Judge, Dies in Augusta
Augusta, Ga., May 2.—Judge Wil
liam Hale Barrett, widely known
federal jurist of the Georgia South
ern District, died at his home Thurs
day night after a short illness at the
age of 75.
He was active in legal circles
since 1887 and on the federal bench
for nearly 20 years.
He once summed up the philos
ophy which actuated him thusly:
“Salvation of our people depends
not so much on teaching people to
be smart—highly intellectual—as it
does upon teaching them the good
that comes from honesty and charac
ter.” ,
Prior to his appointment to that
office by then President Warren G.
Harding, his legal career had in
cluded four years as judge of the
Augusta Recorder’s Court, as city
attorney, and the general counsellor
of the Georgia & Florida Railroad,
among other things.
For two years he served as presi
dent of the Georgia Bar Association.
MRS. W. G. MEALOR DIES AT
GAINESVILLE
Gainesville, Ga.—Mrs. W. G.
Mealor, 69, one of this section’s
most prominent matrons, died early
Thursday.
Mrs. Mealor was a past president
of the Longstreet Chapter of the U.
D. C., past president of the Women’s
Missionary Society of the First
Methodist Church, present superin
tendent of the junior department of
the First Methodist Church, member
of the Azalea Garden Club and W.
C. T. U.
Her husband is a former mayor
of Gainesville, a past worshipful
grandmaster of Georgia Masons and
a past state commander of the
Knights Templar.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scott Butler
announce the birth of a son at the
Commerce Hospital, Tuesday morn
ing, April 22nd, who has been named
James Harold.
Thursday, May 8, 1941.
Martin Institute
Commencement Program
Thursday, May 8, 8 p. m., Jeffer
son Chamber of Commerce will en
tertain the senior class, the High
School faculty and wives, the mem
bers of Board of Education and
wives, members of Chamber of Com
merce and wives or one guest.
Friday, May 9, 8 p. m., Miss Joyce
Storey will present members of
speech department in a recital in
school auditorium.
Saturday, May 10, 8.30 p. m., Jun
ior Class honors seniors with ban
quet in Home Economics building.
Wednesday, May 13, 8 p. m., the
Adventurers of Tom Sawyer by Sev
enth grade.
Friday, May 16, 8 p. m., Senior
play, “One Wild Night.”
Saturday, May 17, 8 p. m., Senior
Class Day Exercises in auditorium.
Sunday, May 18, 11.30 a. m., ser
mon by Rev. Charles B. Holder of
Griffin.
Mosday, May 19, 8:30 p. m.
graduation exercises.
Baccalaureat address by Morgan
Blake of Atlanta.
Georgia Gets $1,315,000
In ‘Live-at-Home’ Loans
The Farm Security Administra
tion announced Wednesday that sl,-
315,000 would be loaned its clients
in Georgia to help farmers develop
self-sustaining 'iive-at-home”
economy.
The allotment is part of $4,000,-
000 which will be distributed among
80,000 farm families in four South
ern states including Georgia, Ala
bama, Florida and South Carolina.
According to E. S. Morgan, FSA
director for the Southeast, the
funds will be available as supple
mental loans to tenant-purchase, re
habilitation and resettlement clients
of the federal agency for purchase
of chickens, brood sows, milk cows,
feed, fencing and other items.
It was estimated the funds would
purchase 5,000,000 baby chicks, 40,-
<6OO brood sows, and 15,000 cows, in
addition to feed and equipment to
care for the increased flocks and
herds in the four states.
Each family, Mr. Morgan said,
will add 50 chicks to its flock and,
in addition, will select one of other
three ventures: A brood sow, from
which an average of four hogs may
be expected for marketing; two
cows, with a minimum expectation
of 300 gallons of milk from each for
home food and market; or 50 addi
tional chickens, increasing the new
flock to 100.
“Calculations of the output to be
expected from the increased pro
gram,” Mr. Morgan said, “show that
more than $4,000,000 should be add
ed to the income of the families in
the first year of operation. And as
the investment is not to be made in
the form of grants but in loans to
be repaid from production, on the
most conservative estimates the
venture sboud be swiftly self-liquid
ating, leaving each family with a
sizeable stake for the future.
“Estimates are that at least 1,-
660,000 productive hens will be
reared. With an average produc
tion of 100 eggs a year from each
of these, at the pegged price of 22
cents a dozen, there should be a net
profit of $1 each.
“At the pegged price of 9 cents
a pound for pork, and an estimated
new production of 30,000,000
pounds, the new program’s returns
from this source should be $2,700,-
000, if only 60 per cent of the fami
lies elect to raise hogs instead of
one of the other alternatives.
“As the supply of cows available
for purchase is limited, and only a
small proportion of the families are
expected to choose milk production,
it is estimated that the increased
milk output will be 4,500,000 gal
lons or 1,545,000 pounds of buttsr.”
MIRROR IN AUTO BLAMED FOR
BLAZE
Dublin.—Mrs. W. D. Parkerson,
Jr., doesn’t leave mirrors or other
glass objects scattered about in her
automobile, at least, not any more.
When the upholstering in the top
of the family car caught fire, a small
hand mirror was discovered to be
reflecting the sun’s rays on the spot
where the blaze started. The auto
had been left in the noonday sun
while the Parkerson were at a picnic
lunch.
Vol. 66. No. 47.
PUPILS PRESENT
LOVELY MAY DAY
ENTERTAINMENT
Martin Institute has been cele
brating "May Day” for many years,
but last Tuesday afternoon on the
campus these exercises were unsur
passed in the history of such enter
tainment. The "May Day” program
was carefully planned, satisfactorily
designed and artistically and beau
tifully executed. Every student who
participated knew the part assigned
and performed it with perfection.
The setting was an old Colonial
Southern home with Mias Valera Mc-
Donald and Hayne Murphy welcom
ing the guests. There were maids
and butlers serving; Pages were
Misses Irma Wall, Sara Gasawuy,
Leola and Lenora Elder; Flower
Girls, Verita Bond, Shirley Simmorwi.
Shirley Deaton and Barbara Dean
Varnum.
The King was dignified and state
ly Glenn Gasaway and the Queen
was the graceful and beautful Miss
Johnnie Ruth Hardy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hardy.
The Virginia Reel and May Polo
dances by the students, robed in
suitable regalia, were executed with
ease and perfection. The negro
quartette, the songs and spirituals
charmed the great throng of people
assembled to witness the perform
ance. The minuet was one of the
most exquisite dances ever witness
ed on a school campus.
The grand finale was singing Dixie
in which the entire May Day party
took part.
The old Colonial home and the
King and Queen’s throne, located
under the lovely trees on the camp
us were works of art.
The day was ideal, the perform*
anee grand ar.d the crowd appre
ciative.
SEVENTH GRADE TO PRESENT
THE ADVENTURES OF
TOM SAWYER
This interesting story will be pre
sented in Martin Institute auditor
ium, Tuesday, May 13, at 8 o’clock.
Admission 10 and 15 cents.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Tom Sawyer, an all-American boy,
Bert Kizer.
Huckleberry Finn, the village out
cast, Herbert Frost.
Aunt Polly, Tom’s Aunt, Mary
Smith.
Mary, Tom’s Cousin, Lavcrti©
Jones.
Sidney, Tom’s half-brother, Rob
ert Potts.
Becky IThatcher, Tom's “adored
one”, Betty Jane Hardy.
Mrs. Sereney Harper, a neighbor,
Kathleen Campbell.
Joe Harper, Tom’s bosom pal,
Julian Varnum.
Susy Harper, Mrs. Harper’s daugh
ter, Juanita Simmons.
Widow Douglas, who knows all the
news, Evelyn Carlyle.
Jim, a young negro boy, Jess©
Hope Childs.
Sheriff, Gibson Ramsey.
TALMADGE BUYING BIG
CATTLE HERDS
Forsyth.—Within the past few
days there have been delivered to
the Monroe county farm of Gov.
Eugene Talmadge 108 cows. In a
previous shipment 250 cows were
delivered. Governor Talmadge haa
between 30 and 50 registered Aber
deen Angus.
These he has placed on his farm
for breeding purposes. He ha
around 100 calves, and just recent
ly has added 60 more head of sheep.
The livestock auction barn, located
on his farm, is almost completed
and will serve the people of the
county in the sale of their stock.
Governor Talmadge'a farm is one
of the show places of the county.
CHANGE IN HIGHWAY
MAINTENANCE MEN
Lexington, Ga. —On Monday
morning Mr. George Wheeless suc
ceeded Mr. J. H. Yarbrough as boss
of the highway maintenance force in
this vicinity, Gov. Talmadge having
named Mr. Wheeless to that position.
Mr. Wheeless will prove quite ef
ficient in the position. He had been
connected with the Lexington Roll
er Mills for the past several years.
He is succeeded by a brother, Mr.
Corrie Wheeless.