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Volume 75.
DEAN CHAPMAN
MAKES TALK
AT ROTARY
Paul W. Chapman, Dean of the
College of Agriculture of the State
University system, was guest speak
er Tuesday at the Rotary lunch hour.
In presenting the speaker, Pro
gram Chairman T. T. Benton spoke
of him in terms of praise. Said
Mr. Benton, ‘Dean Chapman is not
only a great executive but also a
successful teacher, a magnetic orator
and afascinating writer. Not only
has he written for the Press but is
author of several books. He is a
student, a scholar and an asset to
Georgia.”
Dr. Chapman was a member of
the Cason J. Calloway party which,
q few months ago, traveled through
several states to study agricultural
conditions. Dr. Chapman told of a
few things observed and learned on
that itinerary. They visited Mary
land, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois
and ndiana. Two great Universi
ties were visited in Ohio and Illinois
and a steel plant in ndia.
Farm lands visited were about
three times the price of lands in
Georgia. Cash income from these
lands is about $3500, while in Geor
gia it is about SISOO. Why, the dif
ference? First, capital investment;
second, yields per acre and pro
duction per animal unit; third, time
spent in farm work. The average
investment in farms visited was
$12,000, while in Georgia they are
about $4,000, but Georgia farm
ers receive a higher return on their
investment than do farmers in the
states mentioned. Farmers in Geor
gia owe less on mortgages.
Livestock investments in Georgia
have increased very much in the
last few years. Livestock includes
chickens, which indiistry flourishes
only in a few North Georgia coun
ties. One cow is equal to 100
chickens in live stock units. Live
stock industry is essential to the
prosperity of the people of Georgia.
In this state, farm lands cost less,
buildings for cattle less expensive
and less time is spent in the oper
ation of the farms than in the states
visited in the Calloway tour. No
where are greater possibilities for
successful farming than in Georgia.
Improved methods will cost money,
but will yield greater returns to
the farmer.
President Aderholt declared the
speech of Dr. Chapman interesting,
enlightening, beneficial. Said he,
‘‘We always enjoy Dr. Chapman’s
messages. We appreciate the splen
did talk he has just made.”
SCHOOL LIBRARY
NEWS
The latest addition to the Library
is a bulletin board. This board will
fill a great need and was made pos
sible through the interest and gen
erosity of Mr. H. L. Garrison. We
are very grateful to him for this do
nation.
We are anxious to obtain several
second-hand copies of the following
books:
Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare.
Ivanhoe —Scott.
Jane Eyre—Bronte.
Mill On Floss—Elliott.
House of Seven Gables —Haw-
thorne.
Little Dorritt —Dickens.
Please contact Mrs. L. B. Moon
if any of these are available or send
in list and prices.
Harris school had a very interest-*
ing program Thursday afternoon at
which Mrs. A. C. Mackey of Athens
made an interesting talk on ‘‘Using
Our Ears for Listening.” ■
Single Copy Five Cents
MRS. W. P. BOGGS
SUSTAINS INJURIES
IN A FALL
Mrs. W. P. Boggs, who is almost
92 years of age, sustained a fall
several days ago at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Alvin Evans, result
ing in injuries that have proved
very painful. However, her family
and friends rejoice to know that her
condition is improving. Among those
calling to see her on Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Boggs, Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Johnson, Mrs. John L.
Moore, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Vandi
ver, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Polk Bar
nett, Misses Lona Mae, Sara and
Barbara Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Head, Miss Montine Head, Miss
Maude Evans, Mrs. Hoyt Nunn, and
Mrs. Howard Voyles and Mrs. Ralph
Freeman, Jr. ,and Miss Patricia
Freeman of Decatur.
CUB SCOUTING
GETS UNDER WAY
To the Parents and Prospective
Cub Scouts:
All parents of boys between the
ages of nine and twelve living in or
reasonably near Jefferson are in
vited to attend a meeting of parents
at the Methodist Church at 7:30 p.
m. Monday. The purpose of the
meeting is to acquaint the parents
with his duties in the Cubbing pro
gram. This is a meeting of parents
and not the youngsters themselves.
Mr. Josh Molder, Scout Executive
from the Athens office, will be on
hand to talk to us again. The At
tendance Committee wishes to be
very explicit about one point: par
ent participation in these first meet
ings is absolutely accessary. No
child is permitted to join the Cubs
by merely acquiring his parent’s
consent. The parent must come and
learn his own place in the program.
LAMAR H. WATKINS,
Chairman Attendance Comm.
MRS. M. C. PUCKETT
DIES IN ATLANTA
Mrs. M. C. Puckett, a former citi
zen of Jefferson where she had
many friends, passed away Monday
in Atlanta.
Funeral services were held in At
lanta Tuesday morning and interm
ent was in the cemetery at Carroll
ton.
Mrs. Puckett is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Paul B. Matthews
and Mrs. Charlie Costa, and a son,
Wilfred S. Puckett, all of Atlanta.
JOHN R. JONES TO
ARRIVE IN THE STATES
THE STATES
John R. Jones, machinist’s mate,
first class, USN, of Route 3, Jeffer
son, Ga., is scheduled to arrive in
Newport, R. 1., January 22, after a
six month cruise in Northern Europ
ean water aboard the destroyer USS
Purdy.
Arriving with the Purdy will be
the destroyer USS Bristol which
has been on duty with her during
the assignment in Northern Europe.
HOTEL COMPANY
ELECTS OFFICERS
Prominent citizens of Commerce
chosen to head the Hotel Andrew
Jackson Corporation are Mose Gor
don, president; W. N. Harden, vice
president; Albert S. Hardy, Jr., sec
retary and treasurer. The directors
are Paul T. Scoggins, C. W. Hood,
V. L. Davis, James E. Jarrell.
Mrs. Sam Queen, Misses Betty and
Jean Queen were recent visitors to |
relatives in Jefferson.
Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia
C, OF C. MEMBERS
DISCUSS SUBJECTS
OF LOCAL INTEREST
The Chamber of Commerce met
in the Harrison Hotel Thursday
evening. Nat Hancock, the presi
dent, presented a program of local
interest.
John L. Anderson, the County
Agent, addressed, the body on the
subject of cattle and dairies of
Jackson County. He told of dif
ferent parties in the county who
are milking a few cows and are well
pleased with their venture.
Foster Eckles told of the ex
pansion of the chicken business and
especially in the Brockton commu
nity. This is now one of the largest
business enterprises in the county.
Charles H. Drake explained the
situation in regard to a Post Office
building for Jefferson. A bill has
passed Congress authorizing the
construction of the building but as
yet no money has been appropriat
ed for that purpose.
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An incident of interest to those
present was the announcement of
the men who headed the Chamber
37 years ago. They were J. C.
Bennett, president; J. E. Randolph,
vice-president; Luther Elrod, secre
tary, and W. H. Smith, treasurer.
None of these is now living. J. C.
Turner and J. N. Holder, who were
members then are members of the
present body.
Church Notes
Presbyterian Church
W. M. Thurman, Pastor.
10:00 A. M.—Bible School, J. M.
Melvin, Superintendent.
11 A. M.—Morning Worship.
First Baptist Church
J. D. MATHESON. Minister.
J. D. Matheson, Minister
Regular services next Sunday.
Bible School, with departments and
classes for all age groups, meets at
10 a. m. The morning worship fol
lows at 11 o’clock.
The Training Union convenes at
6:30 n. m. The evening service be
gins at 7:30.
A cordial welcome.
FIRST METHODIST
Lamar H. Watkins, Pastor.
10:00 A. M.—Church School.
11:00 A. M.—Worship. Sermon:
“Use and Misuse of Money.”
12:00 Noon—Church Conference.
6:15 P. M.—Youth Fellowship.
7:15 P. M. Union Service at
Bethany.
Immediately after the morning
service there will be a special, call
ed meeting of the congregation. We
have important matters to consider.
Please be on hand.
At 7:15 our congregation will
leave the church in a group and go
to Bethany, where we wiir worship
with the members of the Bethany
Church. A sufficient number of cars
will be at our command. You are
invited whether you have a car or
not.
Christian Church
HEBER R. ALLEGOOD. Minister.
Sunday, January 16, 1949.
Bible School—10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A. M.
(Communion and Sermon).
Youth Meeting 5:30 P. M.
The public, especially those with
out a regular Church home, is cor
dially invited to worship with us.
ACADEMY
Jan. 23, 1949. r .
Sunday School—10:00 A. M-, Mr.
FIVE MURDER CASES
ON COURT DOCKET
FOR FEBRUARY TERM
Jackson Superior Court will con
vene on February 7. A list of jurors
was published in the issue of Jan
uary 13.
The Civil Docket and divorces
will engage the attention of the
court during the first week and the
Criminal Docket will be called on
Monday, February 14.
Thirteen prisoners are in jail,
awaiting trial, one of these is for
rape.
Five mufder cases are on the
docket: The State vs. Summie Gee
and yidfe for the murder of Newton
C. Armour; State vs. Odum Allen
for murder of Bbb Allen. These are
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white persons.
Harold Duke, colored, is accused
of the murder of Clifford Thomas,
also colored, and Nathan Carthen,
colored, for the murder of Herbert
Kemp, colored.
BANQUET HONORS
CONTEST WINNES
Winners from 29 counties in the
1948 North Georgia farm com
munity improvement contest were
honored at the annual banquet of
the Farmers Club, Atlanta Cham
ber of Commerce, Wednesday even-
ing at the Henry Grady Hotel At
lanta. Jackson County was repre
sented at the banquet by Erockton
community club.
Another similar contest is pianned
for 1949 and the deadline for re
ceiving entries is January 31. Each
community entry must be submitted
to the Farmer’s Club, Atlanta Cham
ber of Commerce, Atlanta, on or
before that date. Entry blanks may
be obtained from the County Agent
or by writing the Farmer’s Club,
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
T. ARTHUR HENRY
PASSES AT ROME
T. Arthur Henry passed away on
January J 5 in a hospital in Rome
after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Henry, aged 76, was a native
of Jackson County, a son of the
late Parks and Martha Wise Henry,
pioneer and prominent citizens of
this section of Georgia.
Mr. Henry’s home was in South
Georgia and funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon in the Bap
tist church at Lake Park, near Val
dosta. Interment was in the Valdos
ta cemetery.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs.
Carl Epps, Rome; Mrs. Sidney Gar
rison, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Rob
ert Carr, Maysville, Ga.; sons, Mr.
Talmadge A. Henry, Greensboro, N.
C.; Mr. Charles Henry, Panama
Canal Zone; Mr. Joel C. Henry, De
troit, Mich.; Mr. George Walter
Henry, Valdosta, Ga.; Mr. William
Edgar Henry, Quitman, Ga.; sister,
Mrs. A. J. Durham, Carl, Ga.
1?49 OFFICERS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
First National Bank officers and
directors elected last week are, J.
C. Turner, President; H. E. Ader
holt, Vice-President; J. F. Eckles,
Cashior; Bill N. White, teller, and
Mrs. R. G. Adams, teller. On Jan
uary Ist the bank paid a dividend of
$3 00 per share, or a total of $6,000.
Fred Smith, Supt.
Morning Worship—ll:oo A. M.,
Rev. Jim Harvey, pastor. ’
A cordial invitation is extended
to everyone to attend the above
service* •'*
Thursday, January 20, 1949
WHAT’S WRONG WITH
GEORGIA PRODUCTS?
(Atlanta Constitution)
A local restaurant operator stop
ped by to see us.
‘I read your editorials about using
Georgia products,” he began. ‘The
other day, just for fun, I analyzed
my menu to see what percentage
of the food I was serving came from
this State. I was shocked at what
I found.
He handed us a menu, by each
item on which he had noted its
origin. Of the 60-odd dishes listed,
the components of only three came
from this State: sweet potatoes, fry
ing size chickens and pecans for
pie.
“I try to buy Georgia products
whenever possible,” he said. "You
note that I get my hens and eggs
from Missouri and turkeys from
Tennessee. That’s because Geor
gia can’t supply the demand.”
His seafood came from Louisiana;
his steaks and roast beef from Kan
sas City; his ham from Virginia;
even his sausage was from Tennes-'
see.
He gets squash from Florida; pota
toes from California; string beans
from Washington. There was a
pickled peach on his salad plate. It
was packed in California.
'l’ve tried buying Georgia canned
goods,” he explained. “But most
of them are inferior. My customers
complain when I serve Georgia
beans, for instance, because they
are so stringy. I don’t know why
Georgians can’t get the strings off
just as well as they do in the West
. . . but they don’t”
Georgia produces vast quantities
of foodstuff, but only a small por
tion of it is of sufficient quality to
be processed for the most profitable
human consumption. Too frequent
ly it is poorly handled and packed
and reaches grocery shelves as culls
or seconds.
A lot of Georgians would welcome
an opportunity, just as our restaur
ateur friend, to buy and feature
Georgia products on their tables
and menus. But we’ve got to get
the quality up to the point that
they can be bought with assurance
and served with pride.
REV. TANIMOTO
MAKES ADDRESS
ON HIROSHIMA
By J. B. BROCK
One of the principal addresses of
the 15th annual observance of Min
isters’ Week at Emory University
was delivered Tuesday by the Rev.
Kiyoshi Tanimoto, who related the
“Story of Hiroshima.”
Mr. Tanimoto, a graduate of
Emory’s Candler School of Theolo
gy, was the pastor of Nagaregawa
Methodist Church in Hiroshima at
the time the atomic bomb destroyed
the city.
He is now touring various states
as a representative of the officials
and Christians of Hiroshima, who
are planning a memorial Peace Cen
ter. His theme is peace and world
brotherhood.
When the blast cocurred, Mr. Tan
imoto was standing in a garden,
partially protected by a hill, on the
edge of the city. The force of the
bomb’s explosion knocked him to
the ground. When he arose, he
found the city leveled.
The Nagaregawa Church was de
stroyed in the explosion and tjie
congregation lost many of its mem
bers. For four months services were
hold in front of a railway station. A
small church has now been erected.
Described in John Hersbey’s book
‘Hiroshima” as ope ot fhe city § he
roes, Mr. Tanimoto tertded the heiPr
less and dying victims for one week
THRIFT WEEK
IN GEORGIA,
SAYS GOVERNOR
WHERAS the happiness and
prosperity of our people in great
measure depend upon their financial
independence and security, and
WHERAS their security and in
dependence more than ever are
threatened by the htgh cost of liv
ing, and
WHEREAS the future of this.
State and its greatness depend upon
the prosperity and solvency of its.
people, and
WHEREAS the lessons of thrift to
the individual and to his country
were most memorably set forth in
the United States by Benjamin
Franklin, who was born January 17,
1706;
NOW Therefore Be It Resolved
that January 17-23, 1949, the week
in which Benjamin Franklin was
boro, be proclaimed Thrift Week
in Georgia and that all Georgians be
asked to join the rest of the nation
in observance of 32nd Annual Na
tional Thrift Week.
And as Governor, I ask that:
1. Everyone during this week
j examines his financial condition and
' work out a program of systematic
| savings as a bulwark against adver
i sity and as a basis for future free-
dom and financial independence;
2. Parents teach their children
the wisdom of Franklin’s saying:
“A Penny Saved is a Penny Earn
ed” and hglp them learn to spend
| wisSl?7 ancf save for a purpose;
3. The financial institutions of
| this state aid our people to the best
Jof their ability with, advice and
education;
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4. All schools, civic clubs, church
groups and organizations interested
I in promoting the future of Georgia
! conduct appropriate programs dur
ing the week to emphasize the great
need for wisdom and discrimination
in the handling of finances.
And, as Governor, I pledge my
self to the furtherance of thrift with
in the structure of this State’s gov
ernment. It is my wish that all
people get thsjr dollar’s worth out
of every sum they spend, including
the amount they pay in taxes to run
their government.
HERMAN E. TALMADGE,
Governor of Georgia.
NORTHEASTERN BANK
ELECTS OFFICERS
The Northeastern Banking Com
pany of Commerce has chosen the
following officers: Sam Hood, pres
ident; C. W. Hood, vice president;
R. M. Davidson, cashier; L P. Hix,
assistant cashier. Those, together
with Mrs. Geraldine H. Burns and
A. A. Rogers compose the directors.
COMMERCE BANK
ELECTS OFFICERS
The First National Bank of Com
merce has elected W. W. Stark, pres
ident; H. T. Bray, vice president;
G. L. Hubbard, vice president and
cashier. These officers, together
with L. G. Hardman, Claud Mont
gomery, J. M. Nix and J. C. Verner
are the directors.
before he was himself overcome by
the radiation of the bomb.
Mr. Tanimoto was converted from
Buddhism to Christianity at a Meth
odist mission school in Japan. Fol
lowing his graduation from Emory
in 1940, until his government forced
him to return to Japan shortly be
fore the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mr.
Tanimoto was the pastor -of an Eng
lish-speaking Japanese church in.
Los Angeles-
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