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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1949
THE JACKSON HERALD
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Entered at The Jefferson Post Office
Aj Second-Class Mail Matter
ALONG THE WAY
On April 5, in a special election
in Georgia an overwhelming ma
jority of those who cast their ballots
c n the question of providing about
forty millions additional revenue to
finance a Minimum Foundation
Program for Education and some
other things, voted against any new
taxes. In some counties the County
School Superintendents and teach
ers did not accept the results grace
fully, but seemed incensed and
threatened to quit and leave their
school year not completed and some
even indicated they would not open
schools in the fall. Not so in Jack
son County. The County Board of
Education, County School Superin
tendent and the teachers of the
county have met the situation with
complacency, patriotism and good
judgment. They realize there is
nothing that can be done immediate
ly to provide more money and they
will continue to operate with present
funds, with the same interest, earn
estness and efficiency that have
characterized their services in the
past. They are not fussing, com
plaining and acting ugly. Of course
additional funds would provide bet
ter compensation for teachers and
aid in more efficient operation of
the schools, but since it has been
ordered otherwise through the man
date of the electorate, our splendid
educators in Jackson will do the
very best they can with the funds
in hand. Their attitude and conduct
will no doubt be applauded by th
people of Jackson County whose
school officials and teachers are sec
ond to none in any county in Geor
gia.
Our good old friend and Academy
school mate, V. A. Niblack, is spend
ing several days in Jefferson with
his daughter, Mrs. Claire Hill. He
divides his time between Jefferson
and Atlanta as he has a daughter
in each city. He said, “I enjoy Jef
ferson because I know so many
more people here than 1 do in At
lanta.” People in Jefferson not only
know Mr. Niblack but they are all
his friends. He is now 91 and one
of his friends asked him the ques
tion a few days ago, “To just what;
do you attribute your long life?”
Mr. Niblack promptly replied, “Good
habits and attending to my own
business.” He not only has self
control, but he never seeks to at
tend to the business of other people.
Frequently he has said, “I am kept
busy looking after my own affairs.”
Since becoming Ordinary of Jack
son County, Judge L. B. Moon has
become a vey versatile gentleman.
He operates the Ordinary’s office
efficiently, sells U. S. Bonds success
fully, serves his church faithfully
and performs marriage ceremonies
briefly. Some time ago a couple
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J - Remember How
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“Now what kind of language is
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“I’ll translate it for you." Ma
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came into his office for a marriage
license, which he promptly provid
ed. Then the young man requested
him to perform the marriage cere
mony, which he did very gracefully.
A few days later a gentleman came
to his office with an unused mar
riage license. It contained the name
of the lady who was wed in his
office a few days previous. The
ycung man said when he went for
his bride she had changed her mind
and decided to marry the other man.
Judge Moon told him he was not
authorized to take back the paper
and could not furnish him a bride.
The only thing he could suggest to
the young man was to keep the li
cense, so as to remind him of what
could have happened but did not.
President Truman nas made it
plain that Democrats who vote
against the Democratic platform
need not expect any patronage from
him. It was the political policy of
that great Democrat, Andrew Jack
son, that “To the victor belongs the
spoils.” The late Governor Allen D.
Candler, nicknamed the “One-eyed
Plow Boy of Pidgeon Roost,” al
ways put only his friends in office.
One day he was asked the question
by a man who did not support him,
“Governor, do you not think it for
the best interest of the State, to fill
appointments with the best quali
fied men who may seek them?”
“Yes,” replied the Governor, "but
I can always find a friend among
the best qualified to whom to ap
point to office.”
Probably President Truman will
not deprive those Democrats who
voted only against his Civil Rights
bills from all patronage, but if they
oppose other things advocated by
him that are in the Democratic
platform, they will be like Old
I Mother Hubbard, who found the
I cupboard bare, these politicians
j may find the patronage cupboard
i empty. The President may not give
I them even a little political bone to
pick.
In his speech to Jefferson Rotary
last Tuesday, W. L. New told this
story about a lawyer: A wife told
her husband when he edme home
one night that a certain lawyer in
the little city was “lying at death’s
door.” He answered and said, “I
l am not surprised. He has been such
! a liar that he could not stop lying
1 at death’s door. I have no doubt he
j will continue lying even after he
I gets through death’s door.”
Another: Night Marshall Marcus
I H. Bailey was going down to Blue
I Heaven in colored quarters and met
! a Negro who was traveling fast.
When the Marshall asked him his
hurry, he said, “See that woman
back there in the house.” The Mar-
From where I sit, it’s easy to
criticize the other person when we
don’t take a good long look at our
selves. Sure, there’ll always be
some differences. I’m fond of a
temperate glass of beer and maybe
you would prefer ginger ale—but
let’s just live and let live. Because
when we go out of our way to find
things to find fault with in others,
chances arc they can find a few in
us, too.
Cepyripto. limited Stetes Bremen Fearn dam m
The Jackson Herald, Jefferson, Georgia
Official Organ of Jackson County
John N. Holder Editor
Mrs. John N. Holder Asso. Editor
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.
Lhall went to the home and asked
Mandy, "Any trouble here.” "No,
Sir,” said she. “That Negro came by
and was bragging on hisself. He
said when he died he was going to
die with his boots on. I said, ’Keep
on your boots for my husband is
coming.’ When I said that he jump
ed out the door and went so fast
that nobody could stop him, not
even .the Marshall.”
Frank Sheppard, 89, who lives in
the Dry Pond community, is a lone
ly widower and sometimes he in
dulges in Poetic Love for some
fair dame, but we do not print his
verses dedicated to some fair and
beautiful flower which blooms in
mortality’s garden as we think time
has written too many birthdays
across his brow for him to again
indulge in connubial felicity. How
ever, last week Frank got serious
and wrote some lines on Mother’s
Day dedicated to mother, which
we reproduce:
A Mother’s Day Remembrance
I wore a white rose on Mother’s Day
Which I had culled with loving care.
I thought of the years since Mother
went away,
And the times I heard her in rever
ent prayer.
I thought of her as personifying all
that is pure and good.
In Christian faith well matured,
a priceless gift to motherhood.
And as I adored the sacred rose—
rich in symbolic love,
I turned my thoughts heavenward
and communed with her above.
“I am anxious for you to see the
Flower Show in the First Baptist
Church,” our Better Half said to us
last Thursday, “I have been there,”
said she, “and I feel sure you will
enjoy seeing all those beautiful
flowers on display which were
grown in Jefferson.” We accepted
the invitation and we saw the sev
eral displays of flowers provided
by different ladies. We went down
one side of the room and came back
on the other viewing the displays
of roses, iris, lilies, Pollyanthas,
Ramblers and other flowers shown.
Each individual display had been
inspected by the judges and com
ment made by them on same. Many
ladies were present, but only a few
men, one of whom was Rev. J. D.
Matheson who seemed to enjoy the
show as much as we. The bowl of
sweet peas presented to us by Mrs.
Noble Patrick was a gift we very
much appreciate. Emulating Ernest
Rogers who concludes his column
with a two line rhyme, we conclude
about the show as follows:
Jefferson ladies’ beautiful flowers
grow,
And they do make a wonderful
flower show.
System of Farming
Every system of farming should
provide for the production of food
and feed needed on that farm. It
should provide productive work on
as many days as possible during
the year and provide for cash sales
throughout the year.
Modern farm operations should
always include first-aid kits located
at convenient points about the farm
as well as in the home.
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FOR BETTER HEALTH
The National Physicians Commit
tee for the Extension of Medical
Service is being liquidated, after
ten years of existence in which it
was the most vigorous champion for
professional independence of the
medical fraternity.
The main reason for the liquida
tion is that the American Medical
Association is now directly con
ducting work whose objectives are
generally the same as those of N.
P. C. Thus, the battle against the
political regimentation and ultimate
socialization of medicine in this
country will continue unabated.
The N. P. C.’s 10-year career is
well worthy of commendation. It
foresaw, in the beginning, that the
super-planners and the socialists
would regard control of medicine as
a prime target. Long ago, Lenin
himself said that socialization of
medicine was a cardinal doctrine of
Marxism. It’s whole effort was to
show the American people the in
herent dangers this presented to
their basic liberties—and to show,
as well, that political medicine is
-almost invariably second-rate med
icine.
The new A. M. A. information
program will carry on this essential
activity. One of its goals is to fur
ther stimulate the use of the volun
tary, prepaid medical care plans as
a bulwark against the hazards of
illness. It hopes to stimulate the ex
tension of facilities to provide im
proving health service to all of the
people, in all regions of the nation,
but not at the taxpayers’ expense.
The general level of health in Amer
ica is above most nations—in the
future it will be higher still.
The fight against the extension
of socialism must not be relaxed.
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every payday. The safest, surest way of
providing future security is by saving
the regular, automatic way through the
Payroll Savings Plan where you work.
Or, if self-employed, enroll for the
Bond-a-Month Plan at your bank. No
fuss, no bother with either plan. And in
10 years your money will come back to
tou with interrtt, $4 for every $3 you
invest,
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A record of all financial trans
actions and other important devel
opments in the operation of a farm
should be kept at all times.
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Prompt and courteous adjustments on all losses.
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