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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949
THE JACKSON HERALD
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Entered at The Jefferson Post Office
As Second-Class Mail Matter
ALONG THE WAY
While at work at our desk one
morning last week Mrs. Holder put
a paper in front of us with some
figures on it and when we asked the
meaning of the ciphers, she said,
“This shows our household and per
sonal expenses for last month. This
is actually what we get for our la
bor.’’ We were gratified at the small
ness of the amount shown on the
paper. Expenses are usually more
than anticipated, but our’s were less.
However, these were not all ex
penses incurred. To these mention
ed must be added Federal, state,
county and municipal taxes, con
tributions to the church and charity,
gifts to the Red Cross, Cancer, East
er Seal and other drives, and dona
tions to individuals. Also, the cost
of life and fire insurance requires
a fair sized amount. Only last week
two young men were in our office
only a few minutes apart, soliciting
funds for their personal support—
one was blind and the other a
cripple. Almost every day somg in
dividual is soliciting money either
for himself or someone else. Now
we come to the point —the amount
we pay out for other things and
causes is much larger than expen
ses for what we eat and wear. Our
household and personal expenses
are at the minimum because we do
our own work, own no car, do not
ride often on railroads or busses,
have some food in the Frozen Food
Bank and indulge very seldom in
the use of cold drinks or other lux
uries, and do not smoke. We do not
mean either to boast or complain.
As long as the Good Master pro
vides us work, health, friends and
a happy environment we will have
contented minds and happy hearts.
We told in our last issue of Rev.
W. R. Coile of Winterville, making
an address to Jefferson Rotary. The
name Coile is one we have heard
since first we could remember. The
first sermon we ever heard was
preached by Rev. Frank Coile, in
Academy Baptist Church. Mothers
carried not only their children but
their babies to preaching. If a baby
cried during the service, the mother
would quietly leave the church, go
out, quiet the babies and return. A
dozen or more mothers with babies
could be seen each second Sunday at
Academy Church.
In these days there was no such
thing in that commurfity as feeding
babies. The only food that nourished
them was furnished by the mother’s
breast. Sermons were more than an
hour’s duration and sometimes as
many as a half dozen mothers would
leave the church so as to quiet their
babies by letting them nurse.
Congregations now will not toleiv
ate long sermons. Only twenty or
thirty minutes are now required for
the ablest and most magnetic
preachers to deliver their messages.
Rev. Frank Coile was considered
one of the foremost preachers of
this county and was much loved by
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John N. Holder. Editor
Mrs. John N. Holder Asso. Editor
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.
the Academy membership, one of
the largest at the time in Jackson
County. His son, the late W. M.
Coile, and grandson, W. R. Coile
are both bright stars in the galaxy
of Georgia ministers.
There will be no graduating ex
ercises this year of Jefferson High
School, because there will be no
class of young men and young wo
men to whom to give diplomas. This
is not becuase of any delinquency on
the part of the members of the
eleventh grade. We have been in
formed that it is one of the most
studious ever enrolled in this school.
It is due to the addition of another
grade to the curriculum of the
school. Hereafter, there will be
twelve grades instead of eleven. In
our opinion, our educational author
ities manifested much wisdom in
providing for pupils another year
in high school. Some of the high
school graduates will not attend
college. When they leave high school
that will be the end of their school
days and it is good for them to have
this additional year of instruction.
It is to the advantage of those who
matriculate in higher institutions of
learning to have more time for in
struction in the local school, which
costs so much less than to go to col
lege. We believe it would be of edu
cational value to our school system
to have as many as fourteen grades
as this would enable students who
go to college to enter the Junior
instead of the Freshman class.
Our sanctum was gladdened last
Wednesday with the radiant pres
ence of charming baby Claire
Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Adams, granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Smith and the great
granddaughter of Mrs. John F.
Shannon and the late Mr. Shannon.
The baby looked at us with a pleas
ing smile, but when we invited her
to come to us she clung all the closer
to her grandmother, Mrs. J. C.
Smith.
This baby’s great-grandfather,
John F. Shannon, paid us just 58
years ago the first money we earned
after leaving the University of Geor
gia, which was for being the prin
cipal of Martin-Avalon High School
which was located midway between
two little towns, Martin and Avalon,
then in Franklin County, byt now in
Stephens. For eight months we were
not only the principal but for six
months constituted the entire fac-
ulty. Mr. Shannon was County
School Commissioner of Franklin
County. In the Fall he paid us our
part of the public school funds, all
in one payment, which amounted to
$162. That was about S2O per month
the State paid for our services. We
collected some tuition from patrons.
| Our board was only sl2 per month.
I For our eight months service we re-
I ceived net $312. From the time Mr.
| Shannon gave us a check for that
! $162 until his death he was our true
The Jackson Herald, Jefferson, Georgia
friend and there was no man for
whom we entertained sentiments
of stronger affection than for John
Shannon. We also held in equal
high esteem the baby’s other great
grandfather, the late W. M. Smith,
who took a very active part in send
ing us to the House of Representa
tives fifty-one years ago, which was
our first service in the General As
sembly. For several years he heard
us talk from time to time to a Sun
day School class and it was always
an inspiration to us to see him in
the class. The baby’s parents and
grandparents are with us and it al
ways delights us to come in touch
with them. ,
“Stop! Stop!! Don’t you know
that building fencbs is a young
man’s job? Besides, you will get
every husband in this community
into trouble, because their wives
will insist on them repairing garden
fences, working the garden and
mowing grass.” These were about
the words of Dr. M. H. Massey, who
came along by our home one day
last week when we were repairing
the garden fence and burning trash.
We were glad to be advised by such
an industrious man about the home
as Dr. Massey to cease our labors.
We abided by his suggestions. No
doubt while he was talking to us he
retrospected to other years when
timber was being cut, rails split,
logs rolled and brush burned. Only
young men split rails, felled timbers,
cut logs and piled them. Fences were
made of chestnut or oak. Now there
is not a chestnut tree in this country.
Abraham Lincoln was called the
“Rail Splitter.” Millions of feet of
timber were destroyed by being
burned in log heaps. To get the logs
into heaps there were “log rollings.”
Hand sticks were put under the
logs, a man would be at each end of
the handsticks and when the fore
man would say “Let’s go,” every
one at the handsticks would lift, the
log would come from the ground
and be carried to the log heap. It
took young, strong men to carry the
logs. Boys and old men piled brush
at these “log rollings.” When a boy
got big enough to lift at the hand
sticks, he felt he was no longer a
boy but a man. Log rollings were
great occasions for neighbors to
meet and test their physical strength.
No doubt Dr. Massey was thinking
of those old times of rail splittings,
fence building and log rollings when
he said what he did to us.
Said a man to us some time ago,
“I love liquor, both the taste and
the effect. When a man loves both
he is in a dangerous situation. The
Holy Book is right when it says
about strong drink, “It biteth like
a serpent and stingeth like an
adder.” When a man cannot resist
the temptation of imbibing, he is a
weak, sick man. I know because I
speak from experience. With the
Good Lord’s help, Alcoholics Anony
mous has helped to rescue me and
now I never touch a drop of intoxi
cants.”
The Alcoholics Anonymous sys
tem is reported to have helped save
lives of 180 Dupont employees.
“When an alcoholic stops drinking
he is somebody; he is a man of char
acter and intelligence,” said Dr.
George H. Gehrnann, Dupont Med
ical Director, who added: “I believe
that we have actually saved the
lives of those 180 Dupont employ
ees who are members of AA now.
If these alcoholics had not joined
AA, in all probability they would
be dead or insane by now.”
We have commented on Alcoholics
Anonymous on previous occasions.
but in all the observations by us
there has been nothing to surpass
this report of the Alcoholics Anony
mous movement as reported from
Wilmington, Del. Thirty-four of the
graduates from Dupont’s Alcoholics
Anonymous class have been promot
ed to positions in supervisory posts
since they took the cure.
R. H. Wall said last week, “My
wife and I expect to go to see our
son, Crawford, and family, in New
Mexico some time in the near fu
ture and spend two months fishing,
hunting and observing the country.
I like to pay a visit to that far west
ern state, but our home is right here
in Jackson County, the best place
in the world in which to live.”
A. E. Yonce attended a banquet
in Athens recently, given by his in
surance company to their represent
atives in the Athens Division, which
captured the prize for writing a
larger volume of insurance than any
other division in the United States.
Mr. Yonce is one of the leading in
surance writers in this division.
It was a pleasure to see in our
city last week, Rev. and Mrs. A. B.
Elizer of Augusta. For five years
Mr. Elizer served the First Meth
odist Church of this city as its pastor
and he has been pastor of the church
in Augusta for six years. Wherever
they serve, Rev. and Mrs. Elizer
always make many warm and de
voted friends.
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(From The Gainesville News)
Elsewhere in this issue, under
“Letters to the Editor” column will
be found a statement from the
Gainesville Teachers’ Association,
stating that “Gainesville teachers
will fulfill contracts for this year
and will continue with teaching
plans for the school term beginning
in September.”
That is the right attitude for the
teachers to take. They have noth
ing to gain by striking and attempt
ing to make a situation look worse
than it is. No one will suffer except
the teachers and the children they
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teach.
As for continuing the fight for “ a
better and more stable school system
for the State of Georgia,” they will
not be alone. The plight of education
in our state has been brought to the
foreground and a thorough investi
gation will be made, not only of
county and city tax valuations and
ability to pay, but also of our edu
cation system and other branches of
government with a view in mind of
rendering more service more eco
nomically.
As pointed out last week editor
ially, the situation is a boon for
Georgia. Much good will come from
it and everyone will be pleased with
the ultimate results.