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THE JACKSON HERALD
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Official Organ of Jackson County
PUBLISHED WEEKLY John N. Holder____ Editor
Entered at The Jefferson Post Office Mrs. John N. Holder Asso. Editor
As Second-Class Mail Matter JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.
END OF THE CRUEL MONSTER
Fighting in Europe seems to be about over. Hit
ler is dead and Llussolini was assassinated by the
patriots of his own country, Italy. The entire Ger
man Army in Italy has unconditionally surrendered
to the Allied Powers. The new Fuehrer of Germany,
Grand Admiral Doenitz, who succeeded Hitler,
seemed to desire to carry on, but General Karl
Von Runsted, the top military strategist of Ger
many, who has been taken prisoner by American
troops,says it is senseless for Germany to attempt
to fight any longer. Heinrich Himmler, the man real
ly in charge of the army of Germany, offered to
surrender to the U. S. and England, but these two
countries rejected his proposition, because he did
not include Russia. Now, however, the German
Army everywhere except in one or two cases has
surrendered.
y ¥ V ¥
Japan's situation is now hopeless. All the mili
tary powers of the United States, England, France
and China can now be hurled against the Nipponese.
Their navies, armies, air planes will soon demolish
Japanese strength, not only in the islands of the
Pacific, but Japan itself if Emperor Hirahito does
not make an unconditional surrender to the Allied
Powers. If he refuses to do so, then defeat and dis
aster confront him and his people. Hitler was the
real leader of the Axis Powers. With Hitler dead and
Germany defeated, there is no chance for Japan to
succeed in combatting the Allied Nations.
* * * *
Hitler was a daring and ruthless leader. Evi
dently he was a man of extra ordinary ability as
no ordinary mortal could have caused the confusion,
destruction of pioperty, blood shed, wounds, heart
aches, tears, anxiety and deaths for which he was
responsible. Before the world realized it, he had
prepared and equipped Germany for war and in
a few brief months his mechanized army had over
run and conquered the Rhineland, Austria, Hungary,
Poland, France, Belgium, Jugo-Slovia, Greece, Nor
way, Czecho-Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, and other
countries and completely routed the English forces
in France and Belgium. At that time, he was the
military master of Europe.
* ¥ * *
If at that time he had sent his army into Eng
land, that countiy would have been almost as help
less as was Fiance. The mistake he made was not
LET THE GERMANS
LEARN OF HUNGER
Atlanta Constitution
The Germans, by their senselesS
prolonged resistance, not only have
brought great destruction to their
cities and additional sacrifice of
life to their armed forces, but they
also have made it increasingly likely
that not a few of their civilians will
starve to death in the months to
come.
American occupation forces have
been feeding Germans in occupied
areas from stocks of captured ene
my warehouses. Only in emergency
cases has U. S. Army food been
used. But captured German food
stores, declares Assistant Secretary
of War McColy, who has just re
turned from a survey tour of the
situation, will be exhausted within
from 30 to 60 days.
The continued Nazi resistance,
meanwhile, has resulted in delay
in spring planting which can hardly
be overcome. Very, very little of the
fertile farm lands of Germany and
the conquered countries has been
seeded. Asa consequence, European
food production will doubtless
reach an all-time low.
The Germans, for months now,
have been warned that they must
be prepared to feed themselves.
“There isn’t enough food in the
world to go around and there is no
use pretending there is,” Major Gen
era! G. W. R. Templer, chief of the
military government of Field Mar
shall Montgomery’s Twenty-first
Army group, declared last week in
Pa: is. “We are telling the Germans
by every available means that they
had better get all tho seeds they
can and plant them wherever they
cap to keep from starving.”
The fact that the Germans have
nc heeded this warning but have
cc iinued a resistance which they
h? e known for weeks was futile
n~' "♦ be taken into consideration
w n talk of feeding the Germans
h "ife nevt winter.
UK* we remember the
to invade England and let Russia alone. He put his
air powers over England, but sent his army to Rus
sia which was far better prepared to meet his forces
than he anticipated. With the aid to Russia of the U.
S. in furnishing food, equipment and necessary sup
plies, Hitler’s army was driven out of Russia and this
w'as the real beginning of Germany’s final defeat.
While the German Army was fighting in Russia it
gave England time to prepare herself for war. Also
the United States was drawn into the conflict and
from that time on there was never any doubt that
Germany would ultimately meet defeat. This has
been accomplished and with it came death of the
most heartless and cruel tyrant who has lived in
the world since the days of Nero. “The soul that
sinneth it shall die.”
* * * *
The war overseas, however, is not yet over. Sol
diers will patrol Germany and other conquered
countries. In the other World War little fighting was
done in Germany, but in this war its cities have
been demolished, factories destroyed and the land
laid waste. The Allied Powers will have military
control over this and other countries and permit
the people to till the soil, operate factories and to
make a living, etc., but will see that there shall be
no plans made and executed to have another war.
The Allied Nations will have many men in uniform
to prevent countries overseas from preparing for
war. Many thousands of soldiers will return home,
while others will be kept in service overseas for the
above named purpose. Probably thousands who have
never gone across will replace those men who have
been doing the fighting so that they may come home
and rest unde'r their own vine and fig tree.
* * * *
The people of the world want no more wars.
This unnecessary and cruel war has left widows,
orphans, childless parents, soldiers without sight,
without nervous and despondent physical
wrecks. Some went overseas never to return. Such
a catastrophe as this old world has been witnessing
should never be seen again. It is sincerely and
earnestly hoped and devoutly prayed for that the
Conference of 46 nations now in session in San
Francisco will devise plans that will prevent future
wars, and guarantee peace for “Peace on earth and
good will to men” will be the answer to prayers of
millions.
HOLLY SPRINGS
Sunday Schol attendance is in
creasing, but there is still a place
for you. Won’t you come and wor
ship with us next Sunday?
Our annual Homecoming Day,
consisting of a Children’s and Moth
ers’ Day program, will be held on
the second Sunday in May. Make
plans now to be present.
The Second Quarterly Conference
of the Maysville Charge was held
at Dry Pond Sunday. Holly Springs
Church was well represented.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Langford and
children, Rebecca Jane and Crista
Sue, were Thursday’s guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Cash and family of
Braselton.
Misses Galnelle, Reba, and Nadine
Irvin of Gainesville were the week
end guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Irvin.
George Irvin, who has recently
returned from overseas, visited
friends and relatives here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Saville and
children of Maysville were Sun
day’s guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
Lipscomb.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ragan, Mrs.
Lester Ragan and baby and Mr.
Sam Ragan were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Langford.
Mr. and Mrs. George Watkins and
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Brown were
visiting in Gainesville Sunday.
Mr S. L. Tolbert and Miss Nettie
Tolbct were here recently.
starvation diet which the Germans
gave military and civilian prisoners
even when their storehouses were
full. Not soon can we forget the
gaunt and wasted frames of Ameri
can prisoners of war who have re
ceived insufficient food to sustain
life in Nazi concentration camps.
America may well be called upon
to feed a large part of occupied Eu
rope in the months to come.
But Americans will resent most
bitterly any program which places
Germany anwhere but last on the
t of nations to be fed.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
HURRICANE SHOALS
Mrs. Ben Davidson and daughter
returned Saturday from Toccoa,
where they visited friends.
Hoke Yarbrough, Jr., of the U. S.
Navy is visiting *his parents and
other relatives and friends for a
few days.
Gene and Frank Davidson of
Maysville spent the week-end with
Cecil Davidson.
Jimmy Holland visited Jimmy
Hardy Friday.
Misses Vernie Mae and Thelma
Lee Chastain visited Misses Hazel
and Gladys Hardy Wednesday.
Mrs. Hoyt Chastain and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Chastain and chil
dren and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chas
tain visited Pvt. Hoyt Shastain in
South Carolina last week-end.
Mrs. Joeve Davidson was with
her mother, who has been ill, part
of last week in Maysville.
Mrs. Austin Reynolds of Califor
nia spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Wheeler
Mrs. Paul Smith spent Wednes
day and Thursday evenings with
Mrs. Jim Barnett.
Mrs. Austin Reynolds, Mrs. T. W.
Wheeler and Mrs. Thomas W’heeler
and son visited Mrs. Gordon Mc-
Donald Sunday.
Pvt. and Mrs. C M. Doss and
children spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Barnett.
Mrs. Clinton Boswell is sick at
this writing. We hope for her a
speedy recovery
Mr. and Mrs. Willow Harper and
children visited Mrs. Lonie Jordan
Sunday.
Miss Margaret Davidson spent
Sunday night with Miss Hilda Da
vidson.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jordan and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Hooper Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joeve Davidson vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. John Boswell
Sunday.
Mrs. Paul Smith and daughter
visited Mrs. Evans Mealor Sunday.
Junior and Elizabeth McElreath
visited Jessie end Evelyn Mealor
Sunday.
I MPR OVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
Bv HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of Thp Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for May 13
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education: used by
permission.
THE TRAGEDY OF TIIE
NORTHERN KINGDOM
LESSON TEXT—I Kings 12:26-30; 19:1-4,
13b-18; II Kings 17:7, 8.
GOLDEN TEXT—O magnify the Lord with
me, and let us exalt His name together.—
Psalm 34:3.
Nations as well as people come
to crossroads in their history, and
taking the wrong road then means
future disaster. Solomon had built
up a great national prosperity, but
at the expense of heavy taxes. He
had forgotten God, and was suc
ceeded by a son who followed in his
footsteps.
Offered an opportunity to ease the
burden of the people (I Kings 12-14),
Rehoboam in his folly made it great
er, and the nation was divided. The
ten northern tribes, which were
henceforth to be known as Israel,
followed Jeroboam, and the two
southern tribes under Rehoboam be
came the kingdom of Judah.
Jeroboam started with God’s
favor, and might have led his people
aright, but instead he became the
king whose name stood for wicked
ness (see II Kings 15:18). The story
of that downfall is a sad picture of
unbelief and failure.
I. Religion Meets Politics (I
Kings 12:26-30).
Jerusalem, now in the rival king
dom of Judah, was the center of
Hebrew worship. While the people
of Israel were free to go there
to worship, Jeroboam saw that it
might lead to their being led away
from him. It was a shrewd political
deduction, but it left God out of the
picture.
He established new centers of
worship, where calves of gold were
set up. They were probably in
tended to be a symbol of God, but
they bespeak the folly of mixing
worldly things with the things of
God. They become an abomination
and a snare.
The people responded to the ap
parent interest of the king in their
welfare, and worshiped at the most
convenient place. Religion had met
politics, and had let politics take the
upper hand.
Someone has suggested that
when we begin to find ways to make
our religion easy, we can be cer
tain that it is the enemy of our
souls who is at work. When Satan
begins to be solicitous about our
welfare and suggest that it is too
far to go to church, or that the
weather is too cold (or too warm),
etc., etc., we should be on guard.
Religious ease was a big step
downward for Israel, and it can be
for any other nation. Where does
America stand in that important
matter?
11. A Queen Meets a Prophet (I
Kings 19:1-4, 13b-18).
Elijah under the mighty hand of
God had defied the wicked king,
Ahab, and his more wicked queen,
Jezebel; yes, and dll the prophets
of Baal, and had been gloriously
victorious (I Kings 18:17-41).
The queen, who was devilish in
her wickedness and determination
to destroy the worship of the true
God, threatened the prophet. He
who had met the challenge of the
hundreds of prophets fled in fear
before the relentless hatred of this
venomous woman.
The prophet felt that all was lost,
but God revealed to him that even
in that dark day there were many
who were still true to Him (v. 18).
It is a precious and encouraging bit
of light in an otherwise dark scene.
Our main interest in this lesson is
not the experience of the prophet,
but in seeing the cause of Israel’s
downfall. Here we see one great
reason—every king of Israel was a
wicked man. Some were better and
some worse, but all of them forgot
God.
A nation is on the downward path
when its rulers forget God. What
about our own nation? What about
the elected representatives of the
people? Do we choos’e men for pub
lic office because of their Christian
faith and character, or on the
basis of political expediency or af
filiation?
111. A Nation Meets Its Doom (II
Kings 17:7, 8).
The hour had struck when God’s
heavy hand of judgment had to fall
on Israel, the northern kingdom of
10 tribes. Verse 6 of this chapter
relates their carrying away into cap
tivity to Assyria, and verses 7-9 tell
us the reason for that judgment.
Ingratitude for God's blessing (v.
7) led to the worship of other
gods (v. 8). They knew God’s hatred
for the sin of idolatry, and His
judgment upon those who walked
in that way, but they went right
on.
Note in verse 9 that these things
were done “secretly.” “The same
thing is true today of many who
profess to be the people of God. The
line of demarcation between the
church and the world is not clearly
drawn. We do well to note care
fully the outcome of this course of
procedure on Israel’s part (vv. 6,
18). The fact that Israel did these
things secretly did not hide them
from the eyes of Jehovah (Ps. 139:
1,2; Heb. 4:13)” (John VV. Brad
bury).
NEWS FROM PUBLIC
RELATIONS OFFICE
Major General Fredrick E. Uhl,
Commanding General, Fourth Serv
ice Command, warns high school stu
dents and other youngsters against
the practice of marking “PW” on
their clothing as a prank.
“This is an extremely dangerous
I practice,” Uhl asserted. Military
personnel, believing them to be
! prisoners of war, may shoot them
if they do not halt when ordered
i to do so.
“This practice also hampers ap
prehension of escaped prisoners of
; war.”
German prisoners of war in the
! southeast will, in the future, wear
repaired clothing formerly worn by
American fighting men, in training,
says an order issued by Major Gen
eral Uhl.
The move is part of the clothing
reclamation program. The order spe
cificies that German prisoners will
be issued “Class X” clothing, gar
ments previously used by U. S.
troops as work clothes or for ac
tual combat training. American sol
diers do not wear “Class X” clothing
off a military reservation.
Newspapers and radio stations
were thanked by Major General TJhl
for their help in the successful cam
paign to recruit Wac medical tech
nicians for army general hospitals.
“During the campaign, 848 tech
nicians were enrolled to exceed a
quota of 810 for the seven states of
the Fourth Service Command,”
General Uhl said. “Newspapers and
radio gave generously of their space
and time, and their help is greatly
appreciated.”
Military personnel about to be
separated from the armed forces are
urged to keep their government Life
Insurance in force when they re
turn to civilian life.
Lt. A. W. Smith, Jr., life insurance
officer, Headquarters, Fourth Serv
ice Command, said:
“Each dischargee is advised to re-1
tain as much government life in
surance as can be afforded. Govern
ment life insurance carried after
discharge continues to be insurance
administered by the Veterans Ad
ministration and guaranteed by
the United States Government. Dis
abled discharged servicemen may
apply for waiver of premiums and
have life insurance coverage with
out cost. The government affords
life insurance for those individuals
who, upon return to civil life, may
find themselves uninsurable under
commercial life insurance require- i
ments.”
Lt. Smith called attention to the
fact that as long as a man is in the
service, he has his insurance office
ROOSEVELT THEATER
Jefferson, Georgia
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
' JUDY GARLAND, MARGARET O'BRIEN IN
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
ALSO POP-EYE COMEDY
SATURDAY
JOHNNY MAC BROWN IN
RANGE LAW
ALSO SERIAL AND COMEDY
MONDAY
JOHN WAYNE, CLAIRE TREVOR IN
STAGE COACH
ALSO NEWS AND SHORT
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
WILLIAM POWELL. MYRNA LOY IN
THE THIN MAN GOES HOME
ALSO SERIAL AND CARTOON
COMING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK:
FREDRICK MARCH IN
MARK TWAIN
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1945
|or personal affairs officer to con
( suit for advice concerning insur
ance. After discharge#4iie Veterans’
Administration office’ nearest the
1 ex-soldier or any of the various vet
! erans’ organizations v/ill answer
I Government Life Insurance ques
j tions or the veteran may write to
j the Director of Insurance, Veterans’
Administration, Washington 25, D.
j C.
Freed Americans
To Be Sent Home
PARJS.i—Supreme headquarters
said Monday it was “sticking by”
an agreement not to use liberated
Americans against the Germans and
announced it would send every
freedprisoner home “as fast as the
Army can get him th<>re.”
A headquarters statement said
sick and wounded would get pri
ority in medical transport home as
soon as their condition permitted,
while temporary evacuation camps
were ready to receive the others.
VETO SUSTAINED
WASHINGTON.—President Tru
man won his first tussle with Con
gress when the house emphatically
sustained his veto of legislation lib
eralizing draft deferments for farm
workers.
The roll call vote was 185 for
overriding and 177 against. Two
thirds, or 241 votes, were necessary
to override.
Mr. Truman critized the bill as
discriminatory in putting “the agri
culture group ... on a plane above
both industrial occupation and mili
tary service.”
Republicans voted almost to a
man to override, but were unable to
muster enough Democratic aid to
give them a two-thirds majority.
“In time of war it is the para
mount obligation of every citizen
to serve his country to the best of
his ability,” the President said in a
message to the House.
The President said he did not be
lieve that Congress intended, in
passing the selective service act,
that agricultural workers .“should
be given blanket deferments as a
group.”
He added he thought Congress
had not intended it to be the nation
al policy that agricultural employ
ment “was more essential than any
other type of employment, includ
ing service in the armed forces of
the United States in the protection
of our country.”
Jefferson Insurance Agency,
General Insurance,
Jefferson, Georgia.