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The Jackson herald
Volume 75.
MAYOR JOHNSON
HOLDS HEAVY
COURT SESSION
Mayor Bob Johnson had a regular
morning matinee Monday in the
City Hall building. Fourteen cases
were on the Mayor’s docket. Two
cases were continued until next
Monday. One man, S. R. Reed, Col.,
was bound over to the Superior
Court on a charge of assault and
battery with intent to murder Ned
Jackson, another colored man.
Eleven persons, all white, had
charges docketed against them for
being drunk. Some were arrested at
night, especially at the carnival,
while other had cases made against
them for being drunk during the
day. Most of these entered a plea
of guilty. Each was fined by the
Mayor $15.00 to $25.00. Those who
were guilty of a second or third of
fense had a larger fine placed on
them than those who were never
before the Mayor for the first time.
It was a compliment to the color
ed people of Jefferson that not a
one of their citizens was arraigned
on a charge of drunkenness. Chief
Bell says that is unusual as cases
for drunkenness are usually docket
ed against both white and colored.
Mayor Johnson stated that about an
equal number of white and colored
persons are tried in Mayor’s Court
on charges of drunkenness. All
fines were paid.
R. H. GRIFFETH
HONORED BY
DISTRICT MASONS
At the annual district convention
of Masons held last week in
Gainesville, R. H. Griffeth of Route
3, Jefferson, was elected Deputy
Worshipful Master. M. V. Zimmer of
Dahlonega was chosen Worshipful
Master.
SCHOOL AT HOSCHTON
WILL OPEN AUGUST 30
The school at Hoschton will open
at 9 o’clock Monday morning, Au
guest 30. The friends and patrons
of the school are invited to attend
the opening exercises.
Mrs. C. T. Potter is the principal,
Mrs. Guy Roberts, elementary
teacher and Mrs. Harry McDonald
and Miss Louise Langford will
teach the Primary Department. All
grades from first through ninth
will be taught, and parents are
asked to co-operate by having chil
dren present on the first day and
keep them in school every day.
OTIS ALLEN CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF
808 ALLEN
Otis Allen of Commerce is in the
Jackson County jail, charged with
the murder of Bob Allen.
Some days ago, Bob Allen ran
out of his house with his clothes
on fire, which was extinguished on
ly after he was severely burned.
From the effects of the burns, he
died Tuesday.
The State contends that Otis caus
ed the death of Bob Allen and he
has been placed in jail.
CITY COURT
City court convened last Monday
with his Honor G. P. Martin presid
ing, Solicitor K. W. Downs repre
senting the state; John B. Brooks,
Sheriff, E. B. Martin, Deputy Sher
iff; C. T. Storey, Clerk; T. J. Sy
farr, Court Reporter. These officers
had the business of the court so well
planned that the cases were dispos
ed of rapidly, but carefully, and
court adjourned at the end of the
day.
JACKSON CHOIR
TO MEET AT
WALNUT FORK
Walnut Fork Baptist church will
serve as host to the Jackson County
Choir at its quarterly meeting in
an all-day singing next Sunday, Au
gust 29th. This is a planned event
and singers, leaders and quartettes
are expected from everywhere.
We ask the cooperation of the
Jackson County people to help us
make this choir a success as it is
your singing too. Bring your song
books. Everybody invited. Basket
lunch at the noon hour.
Hubert Tate, Pres.
Single Copy Five Cents
REV. HUBERT DODD
SPOKE TO ROTARY
CLUB TUESDAY
At the last meeting of Jefferson
Rotary, Program Chairman A. W.
Ash presented Rev. Hubert Dodd,
pastor of the Methodist Church of
Commerce, as guest speaker.
The speaker did not name his
subject but a good title for the talk
is “Converting Ugliness into Beau
ty.”
The speaker visited San Antonio,
Texas, near which there was once
an ugly hole in the earth from
which rock had been quarried. It
remained there an ugly spot for a
number of years until a certain man
was elected mayor who filled the
rock hole with rich soil and the old,
ugly place was converted into a
sunken garden filled with the most
beautiful and fragrant flowers.
In the physical world in every
community are ugly rock holes that
can be made into something both
useful and beautiful. There are pa
triotic and unselfish people with
esthetic vision who are engaged in
this work of transformation.
The greatest opportunity for this
kind of work is in the field of hu
man personality where uncouth, un
educated, careless and sinful hu
mans are converted into the highest
ancl best type of citizens.
We should use every opportunity
to help make these ugly specimens
of spiritual mortality into citizens
of worth and merit to their family,
their country, their church and
their God.
President H. E. Aderholt express
ed appreciation to the speaker for
his splendid message.
At one meeting last month, Jef
ferson Rotary made 100 in attend
ance. Average for the month made
it the 12th club from the top.
The monthly letter of District
Governor Sidney O. Smith, was dis
tributed to the members.
Only two ■ members were absent
and no guests were present.
PQLL OF NEWSPAPERS
SHOW 37 THOMPSON,
36 FAVOR TALMADGE
A poll conducted among Georgia
newspapers by an Atlanta advertis
ing and public relations agency
shows press support between the
two chief gubernatorial candidates
almost equally divided, with one
paper supporting Candidate O’Kel
lay.
Sid Williams, former Secretary of
the Georgia Press Association,
mailed a return postcard to all pa
pers, with the request that the edi
tor designate whether his paper was
giving editorial support to Tal
madge or Thompson, or whether it
had remained neutral so far.
Through August 21, a total of 129
replies had been received. Thomp
son had the support of 37 papers,
and Talmadge had support of 36. The
remaining 56 indicated neutrality.
O’Kelley has the support of the
Southwest Georgian at Ft. Gaines,
while Rabun and Willis have none.
In the past newspaper support has
been overwhelmingly anti - Tal
madge, as for instance the 1946
campaign which saw Carmichael
with 126 papers and Talmadge with
only 7.
Baptist Missionary
Meeting At Church
The Baptist Missionary Society
met at the church Monday after
noon, August 16th. The meeting
opened with prayer by Mrs. C. B.
Lord, the president. The treasurer,
Mrs. T. T. Benton, reported $47.00
contributed at the circle meetings
with 19 in attendance. Mrs. 11. E.
Aderholt, community missions
chairman, reported help for a local
family including purchase of shoes.
Mrs. Soney Ramsey led the devo
tional based on verses from the 4th
chapter ©f Acts and 4th chapter of
Hebrews.
“Our Work in South America,”
was the subject of the afternoon
and was discussed by Mrs. Y. D.
Maddox and Mrs. H. E. Aderholt.
The meeting closed with singing,
“Blest Be the Tie That Binds.”
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Breyman and ■
son of Detroit, Mich., are visiting ]
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. |
Wood, and are receiving happy,
greetings from their friends. Mrs.
Breymen is the former Miss Ann i
Wood.
Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia
FINAL RITES HONOR
J. P. WHITFIELD
DECEASED SOLDIER
The body of J. P. Whitfield, sen
of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whitfield cf
Route 3 Jefferson, came home last
week from far off Luxembourg and
was tenderly laid to rest in the ce
metery at Bethany.
J. P. Whitfield, was killed in mil
itary action in Luxembourg on
April Ist, 1945, just prior to the close
of the war, and his body was in
terred in that country. Last week
the body was returned to his native
county and placed in a last resting
place near his home in Bethany
burial ground. Friends and loved
ones gathered to pay tribute to the
deceased and beautiful flowers were
silent messengers of sympathy. His
body was accompanied from the
port of debarkation by Sergeant
George Rodenhouser, who remained
with the family until the body was
interred. Funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. Truman Thomas,
pastor of the Bethany Methodist
church of which the deceased was
a member. The large concourse of
friends, the floral offerings and the
expressions of sympathy attested
the high esteem in which the young
man was held by neighbors arrtl
friends.
MISS S. J. McEVER
DIES ON AUGUST 21
Funeral services were held Mon
day morning at Zion church, near
Braselton, for Miss Sarah Jane Mc-
Ever, aged 79, who died at her
home, near Hoschton Saturday
morning. Rev. Wiley Holland and
Rev. Otis McNeal officiated and in
terment was in the church ceme
tery.
She is survived by the following
nieces and nephews:
Mrs. Lamar Berryman, Mrs. Men
dell Morton, Mrs. J. D. Richardson,
Mrs. W. A. Banks, Mrs. T. R. Phil
lips, Mrs. Leonard Robertson, Mrs.
R. L. Baird, Mr. J. W. Mathews, all
of Hoschton; Mrs. J. B. Justice, of
Buford; Mrs. J. C. Williams, Daeu
la; Mr. Julius McEver, Atlanta; Mr.
Paul McEver, Gainesville, Ga.
CHURCH NEWS
First Baptist Church
J. D. MATHESON. Minister.
10:00 A. M.—Bible School.
11:00 A. M.—Morning Worship.
7:00 P. M.—Training Union.
8 P. M.—Worship Service.
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Bill Thurman, Student Pastor.
Services every First, Second and
Fourth Sundays at 11:00 A. M.
Services at Thyatira on the Third
Sunday at 11:00 A. M.
Services at Arcade'on the Second
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 P. M.
Sunday School, Jefferson, 10:00
A. M.—J. M. Melvin, Supt.
FIRST METHODIST
10 a. m., Sunday School, Ed L.
Kelly, Superintendent.
11 a. m., No services, the pastor
being away on vacation.
4 p. m., Zone meeting of Young
People from this area.
Services At Unity
Rev. Howard H. Groover of Pen
sacola, Fla. will preach at Unity
Christian church, Sunday, Aug. 29th,
at 11 o’clock. Everyone is cordially
invited to atatend this service.
SINGING AT BETHANY
CHURCH AUG. 29
On Sunday night, August 29,
there will be a service of song in
Bethany church. Emory Lancaster
of Athens and Hyman Brown of
Commerce will participate in this
service and all interested persons
are invited.
HOMECOMING AT
CENTER GROVE
Homecoming day will be observ
ed at Center Grove Baptist Church
on the first Sunday in September.
The program for the day will con- j
sist of guest speakers, singers and a'
CORPORATION
HOLDS ANNUAL
MEMBERS MEETING
The Jackson Electric Membership
Corporation held its Annual Mem
bers Meeting at the Jackson County
Court House, Jefferson, on August \
21. 1948, 11:0 A .M.
Approximately 500 members and \
friends attended the meeting. The
crowd this year was considerably
larger than previous years.
The newly elected board mem
bers are: W. C. Alexander, R-5,
Commerce; J. V. Booker, R-2,
Hoschton; Wm. H. Booth, R-2, Com
merce; O. R-4, Gainesville;
R. T. Farmer, Nicholson; E. R.
Hodgson, R-2, Athens; L. C. Kil- j
gore, Auburn; C. D. Pierce, Murray-'
ville; and L. C. Seagraves, Hull. |
The principal speaker at the
meeting was Walter Harrison, May- 1
or of Millen, and very active in
REA work in Georgia, who talked j
about the consumers responsibility
to his Cooperative and brought us I
up to date on the progress of Clarke
Hill Dam.
The meeting was called to order
by L. C. Seagraves, President of
the Cooperative, who called on D.
L. Harmon to give the invocation.
After welcoming the members and
visitors, President Seagraves, then
asked Col. Geo. W. Westmoreland
to act as chairman throughout the
annual members meeting.
The report of R. J. Kelly, manager,
showed the work accomplished by
the Cooperative during the past
year. The Cooperative is now oper
ating 2108 miles of line and serving
6234 rural consumers in eight
northeast Georgia counties.
Many prizes of electrical ap
pliances consisting of clocks, heating
pads, irons, coffee maker, lamps
and heater were drawn by lucky
winners in attendance.
COOPER FAMILY
HONOR M. T. COOPER
ON BIRTHDAY
On August 1, the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Marshall T. Cooper, gath
ered at the Cooper home in Brasel
ton to celebrate the 79th birthday of
Mr. Cooper. The occasion was one
of much happiness to this large and
prominent family.
The guests were children and
grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
Cooper and son, Brice Cooper and
family, Mrs. James Hannah and
family, all of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Anderson of Jefferson, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Cooper, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Cooper and son, Mr. I
and Mrs. Kishman Davis and daugh
ters, all of Braselton, Mr, and Mrs.
Grady Cooper and son of Statham,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chandler and
family of Decatur.
Sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Cooper Gart
of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Sallie Cooper
Hill and daughter of Winder.
Brothers, Scott Cooper of Stone
Mountain, Lee Cooper of Birming
ham, Ala., Lester Cooper, wife and
daughters of Atlanta, Taylor, Jack
and Howard Cooper of Braselton.
Other guests were, Sam Cooper
and family of Auburn, Ala., Mrs.
Jeff Wayne of Gainesville, Mrs.
Thomas Freeman and Miss Eva
Vance Freeman of Atlanta.
children’s program. Wiley P. Hol
land of Winder is pastor of the
Church. The public has a special in
vitation to attend.
CHURCH SERVICES
Rev. Douglas Eades of Charlotte,
N. C. will preach in the church at
Pendergrass on Sunday, August 29,
at 11:09 a. m.,and at Talmo at 8:00
p. m. The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
CHORUS CLUB AT
DRY POND
The Jefferson Chorus Club will
lead the music Thursday nignt at
Dry Pond Methodist church. Revi
val services are in progress at Dry
Pond this week.
WHITE PLAINS
The Bible class will be held Sat
urday night, Aug. 28. at 8:00 o’clock
at the home of Ben Phillips. The
public is cordially invited.
Sumner J. Smith, who has been
studying in Canada during the sum
mer vacation, has returned home.
He holds the position of instructor
in French and Spanish at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
T h ursday, August 26, 1948
REGISTRATION OF
LOCAL YOUNG MEN
TO START MONDAY
Jackson County’s new Selective
Service Board consists of M. R. Bar
ron of Commerce, chairman; Ed
mond J. Garrison of Jefferson, Sec
retary; J. M. Davenport of Brasel
ton, member; Mrs. Helen L. Dailey
of Jefferson, Clerk. The Board was
organized August 23 and have se
cured an office over Mrs. L. B. Is
bell’s store.
The Board will be ready on Au
gust 30 to register young men for
military service as follows:
If you were born in the year
1922, after August 30, 1922, you must
register for Selective Service on
Monday, August 30th.
If you were born in 1923, you must'
register August 31 or Sept. 1.
If you were born in 1924, you I
must register Sept. 2 or Sept. 3.
If you were born ih 1925, you
must register Sept. 4 or Sept. 7.
If you were born in 1926, you
must register Sept. 8 or Sept. 9.
If you were born in 1927, you must
register on Sept. 10 or Sept. 11.
If you were born in 1928, you
must rgeister on Sept. 13 or Sept.
14.
If you were born in 1929. you
must register on Sept. 15 or Sept:-
16.
If you born in the year 1930, be
fore Sept. 19, 1930, you must regis
ter on Sept. 17 or Sept. 18.
If you were born after Sept. 19.
1930, you must register on the -day
you attain your 18th birthday or
within five days thereafter.
Places of registration: Jefferson,
Court house; Commerce, City Hall;
Braselton, School House. All vet
erans requested to bring copy of
| discharge or proof of service.
LANGFORD REUNION
HELD AUG. 14TH
The decendants of the late Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Langford of Hall
County met Saturday, August 1 14,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Langford near Maysville for the
twenty-seventh annual meeting of
the Langford reunion.
Of the seven living children, on
ly three were present. They were J.
B. of Maysville, C. B. and J. L. of
Gillsville. A letter from W. A. Lang
ford of Dry Pond was read in which
he expressed regrets for not being
physically able to attend and ex
tended best wishes to the rest of the
family for an enjoyable day. Mrs.
Jim Cook and Homer A. Langford
of Gainesville were both unable to
attend on account of illness. Ludon
Langford of Pelham, was also ab
sent.
At the noon hour a basket lunch
was spread and enjoyed by approx
imately one hundred relatives • and
friends.
In the absence of Homer A. Lang
ford, C. B. Langford acted as Master
of Ceremonies, and presented Rev.
Paul Smith of Gainesville, Rev. Al
vin Langford of Atlanta and J. B.
Langford of Maysville, all of whom
addressed the clan.
All departed feeling glad for hav
ing been present and anticipating
assembling again next year.
WALNUT
Mrs. W. B. Banks has been very
ill this last week and is at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. D .O. Stewart,
in the Bethabra community.
Mr. Etheridge Richardson is a
patient at Lawson General hospital.
His many friends wish for him a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. J. R. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs.
M. S. Morris and Mrs. S. P. Mat
thews and son, Robert, attended the
Leckie and McCawley reunion held
at Chicopee club house Sunday,
Aug. 8.
Mrs. Maude Ward of California
spent a few days last week with
Mrs. A. C. Ward and Mr. and Mrs.
Z. Z. Banks.
Mrs. E. C. Wilbanks, Jr., and
daughter, Judy, of Atlanta spent a
few days last week with Mr .and
Mrs. Hubby Phillips, Mr. Wilbanks
and Russell Payne of Atlanta and
Blunton Payne of Rome coming in
for are week-end.
Rev. Lamar Watkins left this
week to join Mrs. Watkins and two
sons at the home of her father in
Boston. They will return to Jeffer
son some time during the next
week.
MRS. CARROLL
DIES OF ACCIDENTAL
PISTOL SHOT
A tragic accident occurred late
Wednesday afternoon, August 18.
in which Mrs. Albert Carroll, aged
36, lost her life. She was accidently
shot with a bullet from a pistol in
the hands of her cousin. Miss Ro
berta Carroll, at the latter’s home
on the Gainesville road.
Mrs. Carroll was visiting in the
home of her brother-in-law, A. B.
Carroll. Miss Roberta Carroll was
attempting to take apart an old
pistol that was in the Carroll home
that was burned several months
ago. To assist her in doing this, site
had a good pistol, from which she
thought all the bullets had been re
moved. As she turned to leave the
room to replace the good pistol in
the drawer from which is came, it
went off, the bullet striking Mrs.
Carroll’s body and piercing her
lung. She was rushed to the hospi
tal, but was dead upon arrival.
Funeral services were held Friday
at Oconee Baptist Church, conduct
ed by Rev. A. O. Hood and Rev.
House. Surviving her are her hus
band, Albert Carroll of New Hol
land; a daughter, Mrs. Perino Bos
well of Maysville; four grandchil
dren; parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Jackson of Jefferson, Route 3; Sis
ters and brothers, Mrs. Tom Carroll
of Gillsville, Mrs. Ed Mathis of Dry
Pond, Mrs. Beulah Ivey of Pied
mont, S. C., Laurence, Fred and Dan
Jackson of Jefferson and Grady
Jackson of Pond Fork.
STATE’S TOP FARMERS
WILL SEE FARMS
IN MIDWEST
LA GRANGE. One hundred and
seventy-five Georgia Better Farms
stockholders have been invited to
attend a one-week tour of agricul
tural points in eastern and mid
western sections of the nation be
ginning October 3, guests of Cason
J. Callaway.
Callaway is the -originator of the
plan for the “100 Georgia Better
Farms Program.”
The trip has been planned in or
der that they may see the agricul
tural developments in other states.
Callaway pointed out that those
making the trip are stockholders in
the 25 farms which have been se
lected from the 100 Georgia Better
Farms as having the highest record
of achievement.
The Georgia Better Farm Pirn
consists of 100 demonstration farms
located in more than 65 counties
evenly distributed over the State,
each with a corporate setup, finan
ced locally, and known as “Georgia
Better Farms No.—, Inc.” Each of
these farms, containing 75 to 125
acres of land, has as its sharehold
ers seven community businessmen
and farm leaders who have put up
SI,OOO each to form 4 corporation.
The $7,000 capital was used for the
purchase and improvement of an
average 100-acre farm.
COLORED MAN
SHOOTS WIFE, THEN
KILLS HIMSELF
Information comes from Winder
that Luther col., shot his
wife and then turned the pistol on
himself, inflicting a fatal wound.
His wife still survives but is in a
critical condition. His wife was in
the house when he shot her but he
committed suicide while in the
yard. Both Hewitt and his wife
were once residents of Jefferson, the
former being employed by the G. T.
Kesler store. Hewitt’s wife is the
daughter of Lam Lester.
BEN C. YARBROUGH
PRINCIPAL AT MADISON
Ben Collier Yarbrough, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther J. Yarbrough o£
Madison, was elected the new prin
cipal of the Madison elementary
school.
Yarbrough is an honor graduate
of Madison High School. He attend
ed North Georgia College at Daft
lonega where he received his degree
last December. Upon graduation he
became a member of the faculty of
Canton High School. He also holds
a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in
the U. S. Reserves.
FARM BUREAU
The Jackson County Farm Bureau
will meet at Bethany church Friday.
August 27 at 6:30 p. m. A basket
supper will be served. ’
No. 11.