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The Jackson oerald
Kp irne 7o-
lath comes
lIiHOUT warning
Kc. S. FINCH
s F—- r; P lL,minent farmer of
c _ : .*y, was seized with a
K attcak of heart trouble on
night and passed away
. ing consciousness. He
H at his usidence on Route 2,
HL . . :ccs will be conducted
afternoon at 2:30 o clock
Ebenezer Methodist church.
Finch was son of the late Mr.
K Mrs . C. W. Finch and was born
rear ed and spent his life in the
where he died. He was
K d m high esteem by everyone
was noted for his Christian
He wsa 77 year of age.
■
are his wife, Mrs. SO-
S' Wood Finch, three sons, Roy,
Hoce and Torn Finch, and six grand-
ail of Route 2, Jefferson.
|WENTY BOYS
■IN BOY SCOUTS
charter for a Boy
of America has been
: m.i headquarters. Over'
buys are now members |f (
■ and most have passed their
test. These scouts will
e.-giuic- tor uniforms when the
■ . ...:ig boys belong to the
son, Billy Wilbanks,
Bennett, Floyt
. Tolbert, Lester Tol
■ T oney, Harold Ward,
.ikshire, Bobby Martin,
. 17. Siiman, Allen Anglin,
n is, Henry C. Colvard,
dam Couch, Joel Davis, Bud
Riiuj Crumley, Bobby Ang
-■ anoi, sixes, Donald Brewer,
Hdly Cobb, Donald Cobb.
■ Trs Boy Scout movement in Jef-
Ht yams new interest each week.
dozen boys who are .over the
■cmt age have requested a Senior
-t group be chartered.
■ Sr. at Master Alf Anderson has
■c.U:,a Mi. Josh Molder, execu
■vo Officer T the Northeast Geor
■ : C ".mci!. to send a representative
H° help organize the Seniors.
Bity COURT IN
SESSION WITH
JEW SOLICITOR
The C o Court of Jefferson con
>n th" court house at 10 a. m.
u .th the same officers ex
6s. the . ilicitor. W. P. Frost is the
H e> ' P ; secuting attorney for the
ty Court He handled matters
a 1 n officer. As Judge G. P.
c& , and the docket the new
would say ‘’this bond is
i. (, r "this case we recom
end nolle pressed” or “the de-
Bf ndant :n fhis case is ready to en
a plea of guilty” and when a
"as :c-ady for trial he would
flic state is ready.” The busi-
B the court was transacted
■dihout any delay.
■ J^ ne between R. E. Johnson
■ “' n Latty over the own-
W lpol a d, ’g was submitted’ to a
B ' k ' P parties claimed the dog.
■° nson prosecuted Latty for tak
d°g- but as both men de
■ % ned o-ohatically that he was the
tile canine created a
*e doubt in the minds of the
ard the > - gave the benefit of
doj bt to Latty who was ac
■tuitted. ,?i. .v*
I, Jrt Clrn Pieted the docket by 2
V £nd ad iourned for the term.
Single Copy Five Cents
ROTARY CLUB
ENTERTAINED BY
HUMOROUS SPEAKER
On last Tuesday Jefferson Rotary
had anew program chairman,
George W. Westmoreland, who furn
ished the club with as good enter
tainment as could be procured. Col
onel Hammond Johnson, well known
citizen and attorney of Gainesville
and referee in bankruptcy, favored
the club with a speech replete with
humor. When Colonel Westmore?
land presented Colonel Johnson he
said, “We have had some very fine
speeches all of which were about
farming, education, housing, philo
sophy, religion, but in extending an
invitation to Colonel Johnson, my
true and good friend, I requested
that he entertain us by making .us
laugh.” Colonel Johnson is noted for
being a fine story teller and carried
out the suggestion of Colonel West
moreland and made his hearers
laugh.
Colonel Johnson was accompanied
to Jefferson., by his son, Hammond
Johnson, Jr., a member of the Geor
gia Legislature from Hall County.
President Aderhalt expressed the
.pleasure of the club in having Col
onel Johnson to speak to them.
Only two members were absent.
FIRST BAPTIST
GIVES LIBERAUY TO
CHURCH PROGRAM
By J. B. BROCK
The Jefferson First Baptist Church
is one of 397 Baptist churches in
Georgia which made a contribution
to the Baptist Cooperative Program
during each month of 1948. This
was revealed in the list of total re
ceipts for the year, in the February
17 issue of the Christian Index.
James W. Merritt, executive sec
retary-treasurer of the Georgia
Baptist Convention, listed $786 as
the contribution of Jefferson First
Baptist’s Woman’s Missionary Union.
The total donation for the church
was $1,476.93.
The church also donated $177 to
miscellaneous organizations, in
cluding the Children’s Home, W. M.
U. Training Schools, Hospital Build
ing Fund, and other items.
The grand total of contributions
by the church to the Cooperative
Program, designated and miscellan
eous gifts from the church and its
organizations was $1,476.93.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
MADE AT BAPTIST CHURCH
(From The Christian Index)
FIRST CHURCH, Jefferson, the
Rev. J. D. Matheson, pastor, has
made many improvements in recent
months. The latest is the installa
tion of anew heating system. A set
of Deagan Chimes, the gift of Mrs.
Morris M. Bryan, has been installed.
The chimes were given in memory
of Mrs. Bryan’s husband who for
many years served as chairman of
the Board of Deacons. The Ham
mond Organ which has been in use
for several years has been com
pletely modernized and a new' car
pet for the auditorium has been
contributed. The church has car
ried The Christian Index in its bud
get for several years.
ROBERT A. SMITH
Funeral services for Robert An
drew Smith, aged 68, of Oakwood,
Hall County, were held at the Oak
wood Methodist Church with Rev.
Joseph Jones officiating and burial
was in the cemetery at Gainesville.
Mr. Smith was a brother of Mrs.
R. A- Ivey of Route 2, Jefferson.
Jefferson, Jackson County, GeoYgia
LAST RITES FOR
Mid SAM J. BELL AT
METHODIST CHURCH
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon in the Jefferson Meth
odist Church for Mrs. Sam J. Beil,
Sr., Dr. John F. Yarbrough of De
catur officiating.
Mrs. Beil, a native of Jefferson,
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Ike Allan, died Saturday at her
home on East Lake Drive, Decatur.
She was formerly Miss Minnie Al
len and was married to the late Sam
J. Bell, Sr., son of the late H. W.
and Cornelia Watson Bell, pioneer
citizens of Jefferson. She had made
her home in Decatur for several
years.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs.
Philip S. Worrell, of Decatur; two
brothers, G. D. Allan, of Decatur,
and J. H. Allan, of Chicago; sister,
Mrs. Hattie A. Cox, of Gadsden,
Ala. and one granddaughter, Mrs.
Harry Kellogg of Decatur.
COLD WAVE
CAUSED ANXIETY
TO PEACH GROWERS
In some sections of Georgia peach
growers have announced only small
damage to the 1949 crop, from the
cold of Monday night.
Temperatures in most of the
peach-growing areas went below
freezing Monday night, but a high
wind swept the frost away. More
than one county agent remarked
Tuesday that “the wind saved us.”
In most peach-growing counties
the trees are in bud or bloom. Very
few Georgia growers use smudge
pots to protect their orchards.
Tuesday’s bright sun helped dis
sipate the cold in many sections and
the clouds during the night pre
vented the frost that seemed immi
nent and was causing much appre
hension.
From the Jackson County agents
office, the following information was
given out: ‘There are 15 orchards in
Jackson county, but we do not think
the fruit has been greatly damaged.”
C. G. Barnett, who owns an or
chard on the Jefferson-Commerce
road said: “To date the fruit is not
damaged. h
REV. LAMAR WATKINS
REVIEWS BOOK
Rev. Lamar Watkins gave an
interesting review Tuesday after
noon to the members of the W. S. C.
S. on the Study Book, “Newness of
Life.”
The book is divided into seven
chapters, based on the scripture as
recorded in eleven chapters of John,
and is a treatise in Spiritual Growth
and Spiritual Maturity with the
various phases emphasized by the
miracles written in the book of
John.
Rev. Watkins gave a clea* and
concise talk on the thoughts zf por
trayed by the author, and was heard
with much pleasure and interest by
his hearers.
During a brief social period, re
freshments were served.
HARRY BAILEY, JR.
ILL IN ATHENS
Harry Bailey, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry B. Bailey of Augusta, is
seriously ill at an Athens Hospital
following an appendix operation.
The physicians are hopeful that he
will respond favorably to the op
eration, and his family and friends
await with deep anxiety the out
come. Harry is a student at the
University of Georgia.
mm OF ii.L WHITE
COMING HOME
FOR BURIAL
The body of Heyward Lewis
White is expected to arrive at his
home the latter part of this week.
*
Pfc. Heyward Lewis White, U. S.
Marine Corps, was killed on Oki
nawa, Ryukya Island, June 5, 1945.
He was 31 years old, born in Jack
son County August 14, 1914.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon 2:30 o’clock, March 6,
at Zion Baptist Church near Brasel
ton, with Rev. Wiley Holland and
Rev. G. L. Roper, officiating. Jeffer
son Post, American Legion will
serve as honorary escort and have
charge of graveside service. Inter
ment will be in the Zion cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Es
telle Maddox White, Pendergrass; a
daughter, Miss Virginia White of
Pendergrass; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Homer W. White of Braselton; a
brother, J. H. White of Braselton;
grandmother, Mrs. H M. Cooper of
Gainesville.
His parents were born and reared
in Jackson County and have been
life-long citizens of this county. His
mother was the former Miss Blon
dine Bridges of Pendergrass.
Private First Class White entered
service in October, 1943 and re
ceived his training at San Diego,
Calif. lie left the States March,
1944 with the 46th Replacement Bat
talion, landed at New Caledonia. He
saw action with I. Company, Third
Battalion, 7th Marines, First Marine
Division, and participated in the
Feleliu Island and Okinawa cam
paigns. Was post humously awarded
the Purple Heart medal.
He attended Braselton Grammar
and High School and later attended
Lincoln Memorial University.
Before entering the service, Mr.
White was a fireman on the South
ern Railroad.
WALNUT
Revival Services
Regular services next Sunday and
Sunday night by the pastor, Rev. W.
P. Holland, and on Monday night is
the beginning of a revival and Rev.
J. O. McNeal of Winder will con
duct the evening services. Every
body has an invitation to come and
worship here in this evangelist
meeting. Monday night, March 7th
through that week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Richardson
and daughter spent Saturday night
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Richardson of Braselton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Hayes and
daughter, of Lula and Mrs. Curtis
Hayes of Hoschton spent last Sat
urday with Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Hay* f I J
Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Baird and
children of Anderson, S. C. spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Banks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Richardson and
sons spent Sunday with their moth
er, Mrs Clarence Richardson of
Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Baird visited
the latter’s parents; Mr. and Mrs.
Jim hty of Oglethorpe last week.
Mrs. E. A. Miller of Aberdeen,
Miss., and Mrs. C. A. Spain of De
catuf. spent last week with their
sisters, Misses Ethel and Velma Oli
ver and Mrs. A. C. Ward and Mrs.
J. L. Faulkner
Mrs. Morris Freeman and son
spent Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Smith Bridges of Pendergrass.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Swain and
sons, spent Sunday with Mr. Bart
lett Swain and sisters near Ebene
zer.
Thursday, March 3, 1949
LION’S SHARE OF
NEW TAXES WOULD
GO FOR EDUCATION
If Georgians vote April 5 in favor
of $45,000,000 in new taxes to pay
for expanded State services, they j
will be voting to spend more than
half the new revenue on education. J
And even if the program goes
through, Georgia will only be keep
ing pace with some of its sister
States and trying to catch up with
others in the matter of education.
The $45,000,000 contingent budg
ed, adopted by the Legislature and
dependent upon extra revenue, in
cludes roughly $24,000,000 ear
marked for education. This is made
up of $18,000,000 for common schools
and vocational education; $2,500,000
for the common schools’ building
equalization fund, and $1,000,000
for teachers’ retirement.
These are the basic needs to start
in operation the Minimum Founda
tion program for education.
And this is all in addition to the
$50,000,000 for education provided
in the regular $108,000,000 budget.
But Georgia is not alone in find
ing that the cost of educating Its
children is zooming.
Other State Legislatures are dis
covering that they will have to put
up much more money on education''
—much of it for new buildings to
take care of the growing number of
students.
In 19 States where the job has
reached the stage of putting fig
ures on paper a total of $2,299,000,-
000 has been asked or ear-marked
for aid to education—an increase of
more than $4,000,000,000.
SOIL CONSERVATION
SERVICE NEWS
Many farmers are building ter
races in the county as fast as the
weather permits, and terracing will
hold a good bit of the soil, but that
is not the complete job. The land
should also be kept in close growing
crops as much as possible. That is,
lespedeza, sericea or grain of some
kind.
Most farmers do realize just
how fast their soil is leaving their
field even on the fields with the
smallest degree of slope, but if
sometimes after a rain you will go
out into the field where the water
is running off and catch a jar full of
muddy water, take it and allow it to
settle, tKen you can see just what
percent of the contents will be soil.
Then you will have a pretty gcrfid
idea just how much soil you are
losing.
So, remember, once the soil is
gone it will take a number of years
to bring the land back to where it
will produce.
So, where you have sloping land
it will pay to terrace it, but that is
only the starting of the job as it
should be strip cropped in such a
manner so as not to allow row crops
to follow for two consecutive years.
C. W. Hood and W. P. Hardin are
planting peach orchards on newly
terraced land. Also, there are 44,650
feet of terraces now under construc
tion on the following farms, Bill
Booth, Walter Stewart, W. T. Maul
din, Dorsey Ray, Cecil White and
Charlie Sailors.
WEEVIL RIGHT ON JOB
AS COTTON BLOOMS
Rochelle, Ga.—Oscar Keene, Wil
cox county former and merchant
reports a full crop of cotton blooms
on a half acre of volunteer cotton at
his farm. He stated that inspection
of several blooms showed the boll
weevil willing and ready to jump
on the county’s prospective cotton
crop.
JEKYII ISLAND
TO BE LEASED ON
COMPETITIVE BASIS
Gov. Herman Talmadge Tuesday
designated a five-member commit
tee to arrange for the lease of all of
Jekyll Island during the remainder
of his term of office.
Pending acceptance by the five
members, the governor withheld
publication of their names.
Former Governor Thompson made
his bid for the island lease Monday
shortly after Governor Talmadge
announced he wanted the property
leased because of its financial drain
on the state.
Governor Talmadge announced
he would just as soon lease the is
land property to former Gov. M. E.
Thompson as anyone eyse.
“Good. I am going to Atlanta
Wednesday to talk with Governor
Talmadge and State Auditor Thrash
er about the leasing," said Mr.
Thompson in Valdosta Tuesday
when advised of Governor Tal
madge’s statement.
The committee members will
have complete jurisdiction to ar
range for the lease on a competi
tive bid basis.
They were authorized to inquire
into the. qualifications and financial
responsibility of the bidders and to
require the posting of $20,000 in
bond.
The successful bidder, it v/ao
pointed out, would be required to
maintain the property in its present
status and to provide adequate fire
protection.
Sale of intoxicants on the island
or the use of gambling devises would
be specifically forbidden.
Governor Talmadge, in proposing
the lease of the island property, de
clared it was costing the State of
Georgia S4OO a day.
MR. J.L GARRETT
DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
Last rites for Mr. J. L. Garrett, 72,
were held at the First Baptist church
in Winder, with the Rev. E. H. Col
lins, the Rev. J. O. McNeal and the
Rev. Wiley Holland, officiating.
Mr. Garrett is survived by four
children: Mrs. Ernest E. Hughes and
Mrs. E. V. Giles, Winder; Mrs. C. G.
Simmons, Jefferson: Mr A. D. Gar
rett, Statham; two brothers: Mr.
Grant D. Garrett, Hoschton; Mr. J..
S. Garrett, Maysville; sixteen grand
children and three great grand
children.
JACKSON-BARROW
PHYSICIANS MEET
IN JEFFERSON
The Jackson-Barrow Medical As
sociation met in Jefferson Monday
evening, and enjoyed supper at the
Harrison Hotel, after which the
members engaged in interesting and
helpful discussions on diseases and
the latest discoveries in medical re
search.
The attendance numbered about
twenty, including several wives of
the visiting doctors.
L. A. COILE ABOARD
U.S.S. MIDWAY
IN MEDITERRANEAN
L. A. Coile, Sr., aviation machin
ist's mate, third class, USN, hus
band of Mrs. L. A. Coile, Sr., of Jef
ferson, is currently making a cruise’
of Mediterranean ports while serv
ing aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Midway with the Sixth Task Force,
under the command of Admiral
Richard L. Conolly.
Leave is granted to the crew of
the Midway whenever possible to
afford them the opportunity tt> visit.
European and African cities-
No. 38.