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PAGE EIGHT. NEWSPAPERS HAVE BIRTHDAYS The Oglethorpe Echo is seventy years old and the present Editor, W. A. Shackelford, has been with it since it was a year and two months old, except for two periods of one and two years. "There is not now living," said Mr. Shackelford, "a single subscription patron who gave the paper the support that war ranted its establishment. An al most entire new population has come upon the stage of life since the Echo first began to serve the public.” People are standing by the Echo as they did during the first years of its existence. This is not surprising. This paper is one of the newsiest and best edited publications which comes from the press. It's Editor is versatile, sincere, courageous and honest. He has a contempt for hypocracy and sham, but loves truth and virtue. His people have confidence in every statement he makes and implicitly believe in him. Another paper that has celebrat ed its anniversary recently is the Dawson County Advertiser, which is 55 years old. Mrs. B. H. Howard has been on the paper's staff for thirty one years and khe has weath ered storms that come upon nearly all country weeklies. She is a splendid newspaper woman and publishes a paper highly appreciat ed by the citizens of bawson Coun ty. ' Hbr father, J. B. Thomas, was Editor of the paper for 21 years, be ing succeeded by his daughter. One of the first Georgia Editors with whom we becdtne acquainted soon after entering the newspaper business more than Illty one years ago was J. B. Thomas. He and his daughter, Mrs. Howard, have been our consistent friends. A FRIEND REMEMBERS I7TI EDITOR An excellent farmer and good friend who sent us some of the most perfect sweet potatoes that ever came from the ground was J. V. Alexander. Although eighty three years old he has worked faith fully in the field this year because the war exempt “Will work at home while the young men are fighting our battles for us.” Mr. Alexander, a descendant of one of Jackson counties pioneer families, lives just beyond the city limits and believes in producing everything that grows on a well managed farm. We appreciate his remembering us with such nice po tatoes. PENTECOSTAL FIRE BAPTIZED HOLINESS CONFERENCE The annual State Convention of the Pentecostal Fire Baptized Holi ness church was held the past week end in Griffin. Those attending from the Jefferson church were Miss Bernice Moon, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Couch, Rev. J. H. Kesler and Rev. A. O. Hood. In the placement of ministers for the new year. Rev. Kesler was as signed to the Jefferson church and Rev. Hood to the churches at Lula and Toceoa. Rev. Hood was honored by be ing elected secretary and treasurer of the conference for the twenty fifth consecutive year. RIVERS. EVANS TRIALS ARE SLATED BY JUDGE Atlanta.—Solicitor General John A. Boykin Thursday announced that the trial of former Governor E. D. Rivers on charges of embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the state has been scheduled to start in Ful ton superior court Monday, Novem ber 2. A re-trial of Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans on charges of conspiracy to defraud the state in the sale t of “sand asphalt” has been set for Wednesday, October 21 before Judge Virlyn B. Moore, he added. COUNTY 4-H CLUB MEMBERS TO JOIN IN CELEBRATION Four-H Club members in Jackson County will join with the 100,000 others in Georgia during the week of November 7-14 for the celebra tion of National 4-H Club Achieve ment Week when they will show the people of their community, county, and state what has been ac complished by the 4-H organization during the past year. Purposes of the 4-H Club week are: To provide 4-H members an op portunity to report to the nation their accomplishments in helping win the war and what they have Idone as their contribution to the , National 4-H Seven Point Victory I Program. | To acquaint the rural families of every community with what has been accomplished by their own i boys and girls through 4-H Club work in helping win the war. > To give recognition to individual i and group achievement through 4-H jClub work. To develop 4-H plans for next year so as to bring best results in the war effort. To encourage rural young people not yet enrolled in a 4-H Club to join. State Board Paid Out /r $17,795,675 To Its Common Schools Last Year The State of Georgia spent $17,- 975,675.31 on its common schools last year, according to a report filed with Governor Talmadge Saturday by State Auditor B. E. Thrasher, Jr. The largest expenditures were $296,532 for administration and su pervision, $518,433 for textbooks, $147,092 for library books, $9,466,777 for teachers salaries, $935,759 for county administration and super vision, $551,226 for Federal voca tional education, $262,328 for state vocational education, $1,714,784 for Federal vocational defense training, and $118,663 for vocational rehabili tation trainees. The department finished the fis cal year with balances of $560,733 in Federal funds and $267,632 in state funds, making a total of $828,365. Liabilities were $1,482 in accounts payable and $681,203 in reserves, leaving an unencumbered surplus of $145,680. STATE COLLECTS 6 MILLION MORE IN FISCAL YEAR The State Department of Revenue ut anuaAaj 3-ioui iio‘oW.‘9s papapoD the last fiscal year than it did in the previous year and spent $100,889 less to do it, the state auditor re ported. The department collected and had accounting control of $58,088,- 390.02 in the fiscal period ending June 30, largest source of income being taxes based on sales, which amounted to $36,356,962.67, most of which derived from the six cents-per-gallon gasoline levy. Income taxes brought $11,287,- 169.32, the property tax $5,020,958.- 19, motor vehicle license tax $2,- 312,017.34 and miscellaneous busi ness taxes $3,108,282.50. Largest items of sales levies were: Motor fuel, $25,666,105; cigar and cigaret, $3,958,110; liquor, $2,851,008; beer, $1,839,880; insurance prem ium tax, $1,109,969; wine, $495,310; kerosene, $303,994; carbonic acid gas, $107,867. Biggest increases in revenue this year over last came from income tax, which was up $3,899,604. liq uor, $606,844; motor fuel, $844,505; beer, $561,986; cigar and cigaret, $578,318. Men are dying for the Four Freedoms. The least we can ng do here at home is to buy ML- War Bonds —lO% for War jjSL Bonds, every pay day. THE JACKSON HERALD. JEFFERSON. GEORGIA FSA FAMILIES IN GEORGIA TO GROW MORE FOOD, FEED Under plans announced by the Farm Security Administration, pro duction of virtually all types of food and feed that can be efficient ly produced in Georgia will be speeded up. Five areas have been set up in the state to help speed up the pro duction program. The five areas include the lime stone valley area, upper piedmont, lower piedmont, upper coastal plain, and lower coastal plain. Jackson county is in the upper Piedmont area, which is composed of 23 counties. Special food goals in this area are being written into the farm and home plans of every FSA family. These include an increase in the acreage planting of Irish and sweet potatoes, truck patches, wheat, oats, barley, grain sorghum and lespede za. Families in this area expect to keep their heifer calves and can their yearlings. Special emphasis is to be placed on growing out three broods of broilers. Addition al pigs are being saved to be killed in March.'' .Charged With Emblezzle ment Charged with embezzlement of $66,119.60 in state funds, Downing Musgrove, Homerville, Ga., lawer who was executive secretary to Governor Rivers from 1937 to 1940, was indicted Saturday by the Ful ton county grand jury. The sum mentioned in the indict ment was the same as that with which Rivers himself is accused of embezzling, and, it was understood, involved the same allegedly un lawful expenditures from the Gov ernor’s contingent fund. Rivers, charged with embezzlement and conspiracy, goes on trial on the former charge November 2 in Ful ton superior court. Musgrove issued a statement at his home Saturday denying any wrongdoing while he was executive secretary to former Governor E. D. Rivers. Women’s Hats To Be Standardized War’s crudest blow—the neces sity of wearing a hat like her neigh bor’s—soon will fall on the Ameri can woman, a home economics au thority predicts. “Yes, it’s too bad,” said Miss Jennie Harris, Knoxville, Tenn., president of the American Home Economics Association, “but we wo men will be pretty well standard ized—as far as fashion goes.” Two years hence, or before, Miss Harris told a state Home Econo mists’ convention, women will be forced to fight back blushes upon encourtering friends wearing hats identical to their own. With silk and nylon earmarked for parachutes, with wool, rayon and cotton needed to clothe soldiers and sailors, the individuality of the American female will become a war casualty. Manufacturers, in order to con serve materials, will be forced to standardize their models and one dress will be like another, much to the discomfiture, the speaker said, of women who long have shunned uniformity. "We still have a stockpile of clothes, but it is being exhausted,” Miss Harris added. “With rubber and leather needed for the armed forces, soon, I believe, such items as cloth shoes will become the fashion. “For civilian use, we have one third less cotton and three-fourths less wool right now than normally.” Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Beard of Commerce announce the birth of a son on September 30 whom they have named Larry Holden. Mrs. Beard will be remembered as Miss Dovena Venable, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Venable. Tree That Owns Itself Is No More Athens, Ga., Oct. 10.—The tree that owned itself is no more. The handsome old oak, surrounded by a brick wall inclosing the eight feet of property, which by all the laws of the land belonged to the tree, and almost blocked Finley street, ceased to be shortly before 10 o’clock Friday night. Without warning, and without witnesses, the trunk of the tree collapsed and the strong limbs which had majestically waved for years crumbled to the ground. The tree, over a century and a half old, became famous in 1820 when Wm. J. Jackson, pioneer Georgian gave eight feet of land around it to the tree. Years later the late George Foster Peabody, New York Philanthropist, enclosed the tree with an iron chain and cement posts. Although the tree handicapped traffic on Finley street, no one would consider legal steps to con demn the tree and the property. Legal authorities questioned by the curious who sought an interpreta tion on the point of law brought up by the tree being in the street, ex pressed the opinion that ho court in the land had the right to order the tree, destroyed. t- How Cool Is a Cucumber? (Milwaukee Journal) The oft-repeated phrase, “cool as a cucumber,” challenged a group of scientific minded Omahans, swelter ing under the torrid Nebraska heat, to discover if that crisp piece of vegetation is actually as uncon cerned about the rising tempera tures as it appears to be. With the mercury playing hop scotch above the 90’s, this damp but determined group trudged out ito Edward Bailey’s green cucumber patch. Genevieve Albers, a surgi cal nurse, noted the official temper ature, 96 degrees; she found the ground temperature 98 degrees; then, after choosing a large, well formed cucumber, she inserted into it the probing nose of the thermo meter. And in less than 60 seconds, the mercury raced down to 78 de grees! There seems to be little doubt that “cool as a cucumber,” is really cool. CARD FROM PASTOR JEFFERSON A. M. E. CHURCH Mr. Editor: Will you allow me space in your paper to say that the North Georgia Conference will convene at Para dise A. M. E. Church November 4-8, 1942, Bishop W. A. 'Fountain presiding. The North Georgia Conference consists of four Districts, namely, Marietta, Rome, Athens and Wash ington. The Presiding Elders are Revs. J. F. Moses, W. Boyd Law rence, D. W. Wiggs, and W. L. Brown. We will be honored with the presence of Bishop Griggs, several general officers, and other Bishops. As pastor of the above named church, I am appealing to all of my members and friends to cooperate with me. I joined the North Geor gia Conference 40 years ago at El berton, under the late Bishop H. M. Turner. All of my pastorates have been in Georgia. I have never pastored a place that the white friends have been nicer than here. I am sure that they will help us in entertaining and making this ses sion the best ever held within the bounds of the North Georgia Con ferences. Thanks, REV. J. G. BROWN. COTTON GINNING REPORT Census report shows that 7,614 bales of cotton were ginned in Jack son County, Georgia from the crop of 1942 prior to October Ist as com pared with 6,340 bales for the crop of 1941. Estimate Puts ’42 Cotton Crop at 13,818,002 Bales Washington.—The Agriculture De partment estimated this year’s cot ton crop at 13,818,000 bales of 500 pounds gross- weight each, based on Oct. 1 conditions. The estimate compares with 14,- 028,000 bales forecast a month ago. Last year's production was 10,774,- 000 bales. The 1931-40 ten-year average production was 13,109,000 bales. The condition of the crop on Oct. 1 was 80 percent of a normal, com pared with 79 a month ago, 65 a year ago, and the 1931-40 ten-year Oct. 1 average of 65. The indicated acre yield is 285.0 pounds of lint cotton to the acre, compared with 289.3 pounds indi cated a month ago, 231.9 pounds produced last year, and 215.0 pounds, the ten-year average yield. The Census Bureau reported that cotton of this year’s growth ginned to October 1 totaled 5,009,180 bales, counting round as half bales and ex cluding linters, compared with 4,- 713,059 bales a year ago, and 3,- 923,172 bales two years ago. MANY TEMPTING DISHES CAN TAKE PLACE OF MEAT A beefsteak may be tempting, but ounce for ounce, there’s just as much nourishment in a cheese souffle. This is only one of many appetiz ing dishes which housewives can set on the table dnd still give their families a proper diet. Actually, the proposed rationing program, calling for the allotment of two and one-half pounds of meat per week for each person, is equiv alent to the average consumption per person in the United States for the past 10 years. There is no cause for complaint. We have only to look at rations abroad to realize how lucky we are. In England, the meat ration is one pound per week for each person; in Holland it is nine ounces, and in Italy three to four ounces. True, meat is important in the diet for its protein, an aid to growth and health, and an excellent source of vitamin B. But there are poul try, fish, milk, cheese, eggs and dried peas, beans, lentils and soya beans, all of which have equal food value. Cheese especially is very nutritious. It may be made into souffles, or combined with spaghet ti, or potatoes. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS ROMANCE OF ELDERLY COUPLES Jacksonville, Fla.—Getting mar ried around Jacksonville has been confined primarily to the younger generation lately, but clerks at the Marriage License Bureau here Sat urday still were marveling, at the romance of two elderly couples. First M. L. Bailey, a finely-beard ed 70-year-old Miamian, and Mrs. Maria Crosby, 68, of Graham, Ga., appeared for a marriage permit. Be fore startled clerks could regain their composure, in walked James P. Webb, 70, of Birmingham, Ala., and his bride-to-be, Mrs. Donna Evelyn Welsh, 53, of Youngstown, Ohio. COTTON AND TRUCK DESTROY ED BY FIRE Lawrenceville, Ga.—Mr. J. T. Smith, of Lawrenceville and Snell ville, had the misfortune to lose nine bales of cotton and the truck on which they were being transport ed to Lawrenceville. While on the road several miles out, the cotton was found to be on fire, and the flames quickly cover ed it and before anything could be done to put out the blaze the entire load and truck were practically destroyed. tt i t C. W. O'REAR ON COMMITTEE Georgia will answer the plea of the Army and Navy for more thorough mathematics and physics courses in the state’s schools. A THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15. 1942 CLASSIFIED ADS FARMS FOR SALE I am offering for tala six farms, all located either on. or near a public highway. The acreage is 43. 62, 72. 58, 100. and 157. Prices and terms reasonable. W. H. Smith. Jefferson. Ga. GRAIN FOR SALE Seed Wheat and Oats for Sale. See G. H. Martin Jefferson Motor Cos„ Jefferson. Ga. SEED FOR SALE Rye Grass. Austrain Peas. Harry Vetch, Crimson Clover.—Farmers Warehouse, Jefferson. Ga. HOME LOANS. DIRECT REDUCTION PLAN Consult Us Before BUILDING, BUYING, REFINANCING, REPAIRING. MODERNIZATION. No Application Fee—No Obligation -t Commerce Building And Loan Association Jefferson Insurance Agency, General Insurance, Jefferson, Georgia. Private Jonef HB Bis Tf s only a movie ... Pvt. Jones for a minute thought it was his Mom's Spice Cake I All the boys to for cakes and cookies made with RUMFORD —the only baking powder with an 80- year record for starring in kitchens whera good cooks play leading roles. rRCC: Victory booklet of eugarlass recipost Help conserve. Write today. Romford Baking Powder, Box BS, Rumford, Rhode Island. To relieve l" 1 A I H C Misery of t U L 1/ J man Liquid. Tablets. Salve. U D 0 Nose Drope. Cough Drops Try Wonderful Liniment IFYOUR NOSE "CLOSES UP* TONIGHT Q-PURPOSE ?c£d e new?!* h l? V MEDICINE your nose “closes ' ■■■— up” tonight and makes breathing difficult, put 3-pur pose Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril. Va-tro-nol does 3 important things. It (1) shrinks swollen membranes, (2) soothes irritation, (3) relieves tran sient nasal congestion. It brings more comfort, makes breathing easier, thus invites sleep... And remember, it helps prevent many colds developing if / J} used in time. FoU VICKS low directions in -mm aasas folder. VS'ThO'NOL committee to draw up a war-time curriculum on these subjects was appointed by State School Superin tendent M. D. Collins Friday. On this committee is Charles W. O’Rear of Commerce, who teaches in the North Fulton High School, Atlanta. tt t t GEORGIA APPLE CROP RE DUCTION IS SEEN Washington. lncreased com mercial apple production in all south Atlantic states except Georgia and North Carolina was forecast by the Agriculture Department. A 24 per cent drop was predicted for North Carolina and a 19 per cent reduction was foreseen for Georgia. Over the nation a crop of 128,386,- 000 bushels was predicted. President Roosevelt completed a tour of the nation last week which carried him into 24 of the 48 states on a secret inspection of war ac tivities from border to border and from coast to coast. He expressed a firm conviction that production was going along extremely well and that the national capital was lag ging far behind the rest of the ''ountry in war spirit.