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The Jackson Herald
Volume 75.
STATE LEGISLATURE j
ADJOURNS UNTIL
NEXT JANUARY
By SID WILLIAMS
The 1949 session of the Georgia
General Assembly adjourned last
Saturday at 6:00 P. M. after 60 days
of passing laws which will have a
far-reaching effect on every citizen
of he state It will reconvene on
January 16, 1950 for the balance of
the 70 days of the regular session
allowed by law.
In the closing minutes of the ses
sion the legislators heard Governor
Talmadge tell them that “this is the
hardest-working, most constructive
and sincere” General Assembly he
had ever seen.
The entire legislative program of
the Governor, as promised in his
1948 campaign, was passed, except
for the setting-up of a constitutional
Highway Board.
An all-time appropriation bill,
consisting of $108,574,026 in the reg
ular budget, and $45,985,000 in the
contingent budget to be financed by
new taxes if the people so vote in a
referendum on April 5. The leg
islature will convene in special ses
sion to pass these tax measures if
the people so tljejr cte#i|rsu.i-<
, r t , V> "’t‘
The Minimum Foundation Pro
gram for Education whi^h 1- provides
that any deficiency in appropriations
will be shared eqiufliy between
common and vocation school groups.
A constitutional amendment ex
tending th ecounty unit system to
the general election. To become ef
fective this must be passed by the
people in November, 1950.
Bills which abolish the present
registration list of voters and pro
vides for re-registration between
now and May, 1950. The new list
will be permanent, but a voter who
cast no ballot in two years would be
removed from the list. The voters’
bill incorporates 30 questions which
will be asked illiterate applicants,
and if such applicant answers 10 he
will be qualified. Literate applicants
will be asked to read and write any
portion of the Constitution selected
by the Registrars. These registrars
will be chosen by Superior Court
Judges from a list recommended by
the grand jury
A pre-marital health examination.
Under this law no person can be
married in Georgia unless he pre
sents a certificate showing that he
has passed such an examination.
Placed a number of state depart
ments under the merit system, in
cluding the Department of Public
Safety, the Highway Department,
all Public Welfare institutions, De
partment of Audits, and the Public
Service Commission.
Created a State Depositories
Board composed of the Governor,
Comptroller-General, and Treasurer
which determines what banks shall
have state deposits.
Bills reducing the retirement age
for Superior Court judges to 65, and
providing for the retirement of So
licitors-General.
Reorganized the State Milk Con
trol Board by reducing membership
to five and naming the Director as
Chairman of the Board.
Abolished the Agriculutral and In
dustrial Development Board, replac
ing it with a Department of Com
merce with five members appointed
by the Governor.
Set up $3,000,000 to match Federal
and local funds in building rural
hospitals. This was one of the prin
cipal planks in Governor Talmadge’s
1948 campaign.
Set up a commission to study
cerebral palsy.
Requiring all highway contracts
to be let by public bid, thus pre-
Single Copy Five Cents
JACKSON COUNTY
BOND SALES
Jackson County is credited with
investing $8,362 in E Bonds and
$2,500 in F and G Bonds, making a
total of $10,862 in January, 1949, as
compared with $16,762 in January,
1943.
JACKSON TRAIL
FARM BUREAU
The Jackson Trail Chapter of the
Farm Bureau will meet at the
school house Wed. night, March
2, at 7:30 o’clock. All members urged
to be present and visiors invited.
venting negotiated contracts, which
has been one of the major com
plaints against previous state ad
ministrations.
Repealed the libel law that per
mits publications to retract incor
rect statements and thus avoid puni
tive damages.
Abolished the Veterans Educa
tional Council and assigned its du
ties and responsibilities ot the Vet
erans. Service Department.
Exempted gasoline used ex
-ohisivelyxfiid agriculture from tax
ation.
Established a state so'l comerva
r
tion committee
Permitted county boards of educa
tion to sub-divide their counties in
to school districts for bonding pur
poses.
Granted free hunting and fish
ing licenses to persons over 65.
Set up a system of statewide for
est fire protection and replaced the
Department' of Forestry with the
State Forestry Commission.
Increased the per mile rate from
five cents to seven for Sate'employ
ees using their private automobiles
on state business.
Passed almost unanimously a bill
giving free drivers and chauffeurs
licenses to veterans.
Adopted legislation requiring the
use of the secret ballot in all elec
tions.
Required persons found at fault in
.a motor accident to take out liability
insurance or forfeit their driver’s
license.
Gave a political party the right to
be sole judge of the qualifications of
its nominees, and made the General
Assembly the sole judge of qualifi
cations and election of a governor.
These are the “Succession Bills”
which administration opponents
criicized as giving Governor Tal
madge the right to succeed himself.
The Governor, however, has main
tained all along that under the State
Constitution he can legally run
again if he so desires.
Provided that accounts receivable
shall be taxed at the same rate as
intangible taxes instead of at the
personal property rates. This bill
will cost Atlanta and Fulton Coun
ty a great deal of revenue, but is
expected to bring many new indus
tries to Georgia.
Passed a bill permitting Sunday
movies and athletics in any city or
town where the governing authori
ties will license them. Refusal of the
license can be overcome by a vote
of the people.
Exempted radio stations from re
sponsibility of libelous statements
unless made by their own employ
ees.
Repealed the requirement that a
persons applying for delayed birth
certificates must advertise their ap
plication in local newspapers.
Preserved certatin portions of the
Marshes of Glynn as a memorial to
the poet Sidney Lanier.
Several hundred other general
I and local bills were passed by the
Assembly, but space prohibits their
listing.
Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia
‘SAVE DEMOCRACY’
SAID GOODWIN,
ROTARY SPEAKER
Handsome, earnest, sincere and
courageous George Goodwin, mem
ber of the Atlanta Journal staff of
writers, was the guest speaker of
Jefferson Rotary on Tuesday. He
was presented by John Anderson,
chairman of the Program Commit
tee. His subject was “Democracy.”
He said, “I am scared for Democracy
of these United States because too
many individuals and groups want
to get more out of, than they put in,
the Government. Also, because so
many people do not look upon their
voting privileges and rights as a
sacred heritage, but sell their votes.”
He referred to an election in Tel
fair in which dead men’s names
were on the voter’s list, and to an
election in Dodge in which more
than $50,000 were spent and more
than half the voters received money
for their vote. In the state election
when Ellis Arnall was nominated
for Governor, some $250,000 were
spent in that campaign and in the
last gubernatorial contest more than
a million dollars were spent. “Too
many people do not know what
Democracy means or don’t give a
dam,” said Mr. Goodwin. He com
mended the Legislature for passing
Acts providing for permanent regis
tration and a secret ballot. In addi
tion, he favors teaching in our
schools the meaning of Democracy.
“Our country must maintain Dem
ocracy as against Totalitarianism on
the one hand and Communism on
the other.”
President Aderholt gave words of
warm Welcome to Southworth F.
Bryan, the Secretary of Jefferson
Rotary, who has just returned from
his wedding tour and his words
were applauded by the members of
the club. Three members were ab
sent.
ONE IS KILLED
AND TEN HURT
IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Roy Carroll, 38, of Jefferson,
was killed and her husband and five
children were injured Thursday
night near Jefferson in a head-on
automobile collision with another
car rushing a Negro woman to a
doctor.
The accident occurred on the
Maysville highway near the resi
dence of Dr. J. T. Stovall.
The Negress, Essie Cooper, 40, had
been injured a few minutes earlier
when struck by a truck.
She was picked up in a car driven
by Hamp Williams, 26. In the car
with Williams were Henry Lee
Shields, 13, and C. D. Kidd, 30. All
are Negroes.
The four Negroes were carried to
the hospital in Athens, but C. D.
Kidd has been dismissed and is at
home.
Mr. Carroll and the five children
were rushed to the hospital in Com
merce. Two of the children have
been dismissed, but Mr. Carroll,
Montine, age 16, Roy, Jr. age 6, and
Harley, age 4, are still unable to
leave the hospital.
The Carroll’s reside on Route 2,
Commerce, near Oconee Baptist
Church.
Funeral and burial services for
Mrs. Carroll were held at Oconee.
The City Court will convene in the
courtroom next Monday at 10 AJtf
Judge G. P. Martin will preside. The
State wiH be represented by anew
Solicitor-General, W. P. Frost, who
was elected without opposition in
the last general election.
OLIN * DOZIER
DIES IN ATLANTA,
BURIED IN ATHENS
ATLANTA.—FuneraI services for
Olin Arnold Dozier, 71, formerly of
Athens, were held Monday after
noon at Spring Hill, Atlanta, and
interment was in Oconee Cemetery,
Athens. He died Sunday at his home
in Atlanta.
Mr. Dozier, who was born near
Athens, came to Atlanta from Ath
ens 18 years ago. He was associated
in the Atlanta company with his
brother, T. H. Dozier of Atlanta,
and a nephew, L G. Dozier, of Jef
ferson. Mr. Dozier was well known
in real estate circles throughout the
South.
His first wife, who died several
years ago, was the former Miss Mit
tie Carson of Commerce.
Survivors are his wife, the former
Mrs. L. W. Austin of Atlanta; a son,
Thomas A Dozier, representative of
Time Magazine in London; two
grandchildren, David Thomas and
Michele Dozier of London; two
brothers and three sisters.
JACKSON DELEGATES
RETURN FROM SOIL
MEET IN DENVER
A Soil Conservation meeting has
recently been held in Denver, Colo.
Delegates gathered from every state
in the Union. Georgia had the larg
est of any state,' and won an award
of 25 silver dollars because of this
record attendance.
The Oconee River Soil Conserva-
District was represented by
Hubert Martin and Dean Lott, of
Jackson County, W. M. Holsenbeck,
of Barrow, W. M. Breedlove, of
Oconee, and J. H. Towns, of Clarke.
The next convention will be held in
Atlanta in 1950.
There were 850 persons who at
tended the banquet given to the
delegates. It was demonstrated at
this convention that splendid pro
gress has been made in soil conser
vation in every state.
The delegates from the Oconee |
River Soil Conservation District
were away from home just one week
in going to, attending and returning
from the convention. A special car
was provided the delegates from
Georgia.
In speaking of the convention,
Mr. Hubert Martin said, “The first
convention held three years ago had
only 18 delegates. This year there
were hundreds representing the dif
ferent states. One of the big prob
lems of our country is Soil Conser
vation. People are seriously and
deeply interested in it. Denver gave
us a big welcome. We are glad in
deed the Convention will meet in
Atlanta next year.”
GEORGE M. BARNES
HONOR GRADUATE
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Pfc. George M. Barnes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Barnes, Nicholson,
Georgia, was honor graduate of the
Surgical Technician Class at Medi
cal Field Service School, Brooke
Army Medical Center, Fort Sam
Houston, Texas. For the seven
weeks of training he also was select
ed as outstanding student for exem
plary attitude, cooperation, and mil
itary bearing.
Among the many awards and
decorations received by Pvt. Barnes,
who enlisted in the Army at Nichol
son in 1940, are the Bronze Star and
Purple Heart.
Completion of his new course of
trsJViing qualifies Pvt Barnes to as
sist in rendering surgical treatment
to patients in Army hospitals.
Thursday, February 24, 1949
NATIVE OF INDIA
OBSERVES FARM
CONDITIONS IN U.S.
Dattatraya GaJanan Kelkar, of
the Department of Agriculure of In
dia, is in Georgia studying and ob
serving agricultural conditions and
noting its progress over that of his
own country. He visited Jefferson
on Tuesday of this week. He says
that this counry is at least 75 years
ahead of India in agricultural en
deavors, especially in soil conserva
tion, pastures, fertilization and the
use of mechanical equipment such
as tractors, combines, gins, hay
balers, and in the production of
grain crops. Next to our country,
India is the greatest cotton growing
land in the world, but we produce
much more per acre and longer
staple.
India has been a free and inde
pendent people only a short while
and their form of government is
fashioned after that of the United
States.
SAREPTA S. S.
MEETING HERE
NEXT MONDAY
The monthly meeting of he Sa
repta Sunday School Convention
will be held at the First Baptist
church here next Monday evening,
7:30 o’clock The session brings to
gether representatives from the 63
churches in the association. Follow
ing a period of singing and a devo
tional, the meeting divides into de
partmental groups for conference
and study. After the Conferences,
the assembly will re-convene in the
auditorium for an inspirational mes
sage.
E. H Thomas fo Ahens is associa
tional president. Judge L. B. Moon
is chairman of the group of churches
in the first district, which includes
Jefferson
The people of the community are
invited to the meeting.
SERGEANT WILLIAM
DONALD FREEMAN
A. Luther Freeman has received
a telegram from the Government
stating that the body of his son,
Sergeant William Donald Freeman,
is enroute to the States.
William Donald Freeman entered
the service of his country in March,
1942, and died in India on March 12,
1944.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Eunice Smith Freeman Scroggs, a
daughter, Elizabeth Donna Free
man of Hazelhurst; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Freeman of Route
1, Jefferson; two sisters, Mrs. Her
bert Clark of Fitzgerald and Miss
Reba Freeman of Jefferson; three
half sisters, Martha Jean, Sarah Jane
and Ola Grace Freeman.
Funeral arrangements will be
made later.
ORR’S
Those visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Langford Sunday, were Mr and Mrs.
C. L. Harris and children, Mr. J. D.
Langford, Mr. and Mrs. Bunk Lang
ford, all of Jefferson, and Mrs. Oscar
Langford of Dry Pond.
Miss Lounette Wier of Atlanta
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Wier, over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd McCurray and
Mr. S. J. Bolton of Kingsport, Tenn.,
stayed a few days last week as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bolton.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harris spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
the’faher’s father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Walker, of Buford.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Beatty ahd
JACKSON COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT
ADJOURNED FRIDAY
After being in session five days
last week, Superior Court adjourn
ed Friday afternoon.
It was an intensely busy and
somewhat strenuous week for Judge
Pratt and other court officials.
Hard fought felony cases were
argued before juries who passed on
the guilt or innocence of parties ar
raigned at the bar.
Major felony cases passed on by
juries are as follows:
J. M. Erquit, guilty of rape and
sentenced 1 to 5 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Summie Gee, guilty
of murder with recommendations to
court. Gee sentenced to 15 yea is
minimum and 20 years maximum.
Mrs. Gee, 5 years minimum and 10
years maximum.
Otis Allen charged with murder,
was acquitted.
Nathan Cowling, alias Jake Kizer,
alias Barrel House, guilty of murder.
! Life sentence.
j Wilmer Hayes, Col., entered plea
j of guilty of assault with intent to
' murder. Minimum 9 years, maxi
mum 10 years.
I
The Grand Jury Presentments are
published in this issue And they
make interesting reading. This
Grand Jury was a hard working
body. It examined the books and
records of county officials and found
them neatly and correctly kept and
as far as they could ascertain, all
officers have complied with the law.
In addition to this examination, an
audit is made by a certified public
accountant of each of the records
of county officers who handle coun
ty fuhds.
The Grand Jury examined public
buildings, county farm, J. P. and N.
| P- books, but a very important busi
n#ss of the body, passing on indict
j ments of individuals, is not publish
ed in the presentments. This occu
pied much of the time of the Grand
Jurors and it seems they also did a
1 good job on this part of their -duties..
The Grand Jury had some very
complimentary words for the retir
ing County School Superintendent,
T. T. Benton, who had held this of
fice for more than a quarter of a
century. He retired January Ist.
His financial report shows that the
county schools had on hand at the
beginning of this year, $26,621.84.
The report of Miss Cully Roberts,
the County Treasurer, shows the
County’s balance on December 31st,
1948, was $44,589.15. The county is
in healthy financial condition.
The report of the Welfare Depart
ment shows that on its roll in this
county are 572 old people, 5 blind
persons, 92 children, and the total
amount paid out in six months was
$44,491.50.
The report of the Health Depart
ment is very interesting and shows
that those in charge have been very
busy.
daughter, Sue, visited the latter’s
mother and father at Pond Fork,,
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Watson.
Mrs. L. C. Standridge spent Fri
day with Mrs. W. D Standridge.
Miss Elaine Walked, of Buford, is
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. Joe Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Howell Beatty ancT
little daughter, of Talmo, spent Sat
urday night, guests of Mr. and Mrs-
Gene Beatty.
No. 37.