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THURSDAY. JUNE 2, 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 WAT
It is a pleasure to receive sug
gestions from our readers. It may
not always be possible to carry them
out. If, however, we do not adopt
them we appreciate them neverthe
less. We received the following let
ter from one of our readers:
To the Editors of The Herald:
I just want to tell you how much
I enjoy your paper and the little
stories you print. I would like it
better if you put more of them in
the paper and I believe everybody
else would too. Better yet, start a
serial with a column or . two every
week.
Your paper is a bright and very
welcome spot in the week for almost
everyone in Jackson County, so why
not give them a little more humor
in with the everyday grind.
After making the above suggest
ions, the writer helps carry them
out by furnishing this below story.
If you enjoy a good joke and you
have one or come across one, send
it to us. Here is the story this reader
sent: ..
The traffic officer had raised his
hand and the lady motorist stopped
with a jerk. Said the officer: “As
soon as I saw you come around the
bend I said to myself, ‘forty-five at
least.”
“Officer,” remonstrated the lady
indignatly, “you are very much mis
taken. It’s this hat that makes me
look so old.”
It was a pleasure to hear the
valedictory address last week in the
Jefferson High School auditorium
of the senior class of 1949, delivered
by Miss Martha Ann McDonald,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Mc-
Donald of Pendergrass. It was not a
surprise to us that this young lady
graduated with first honor, for not
only her parents but her ancestors
on both sides of her family possess
the characteristic of extraordinary
mentality. We were born and reared
in the same community with her
mother’s ancestors and this young
lady is the fifth generation of them
we have known of this family. Her
valedictory was well prepared, the
language was beautiful and the
thoughts inspiring. We congratu
late the young lady and wish for her
a great future.
Many have expressed great pleas
ure that J. L. McMullan will be a
member of the Jefferson High
School faculty next year. His long
previous service in the school here
endeared him to hundreds and he
would be a big asset to any school
in which he may teach, and any
community or town in which he
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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.
and his excellent family may live.
Prof. McMullan has played a con
spicuous and unselfish part in the
development of the cattle industry
in Jackson County and in aiding
agricultural progress here.
In the delivery of diplomas to
the graduating class last Friday
evening in Jefferson High School
auditorium, Morris Bryan, Jr. ac
quitted himself well in his first ef
forts of these services and he prov
ed to be a worthy successor to his
father, the late Morris M. Bryan, Sr.
who was president of the City
Board of Education for about a
quarter of a century. It was an
honor well bestowed when Mayor
and Council elected Morris Bryan,
Jr., president of the City Board to
fill the vacancy caused by the un
timely death of his father.
Rev. Douglas Eades will soon be
gin a tent meeting in this city and
requests the cooperation of all the
people, sinners as well as saints, in
his religious activity. Mr. Eades haj
conducted revival services in other
parts of the county where his efforts
have been crowned With success.
He graduated this year from Bob
Jones College in Greenville, S. C.
A Tax Commission of which Gov
ernor Herman Talmadge is chair
man is having meetings in Atlanta,
seeking to revise the tax laws of
Georgia. This commission is first
carefully investigating each State
department and will seek to elim
inate every unnecessary expense
from each. The Commission will
endeavor to amend the tax laws so
as to provide revenue sufficient to
meet the pressing financial needs
of the State for education, health,
highways and welfare. To accom
plish this we are convinced that a
small sales tax and some increase in
income taxes will be necessary, but
we are convinced that this Commis
sion will devise such changes that
will be fair and at the same time
produce revenue sufficient to meet
needed demands.
Last week sons of the late J. R.
Wood were on a visit to relatives
and friends in this city, and while
here paid our office a call. Their
father, the late J. R. Wood, was
much interested in our political
welfare and always took an active
part in sending us to the General
Assembly. Just before the Legisla
ture convened about 44 years ago,
he came to us and asked us to help
pass a game and fish law. “If some
thing is not done soon,” said he,
“there will be no fish in the streams
and no birds in the fields.” A law
was passed on this subject. Soon
The Jackson Herald, Jefferson, Georgia
after the Acts were published he
came into our office and said “That
Legislature is the wisest body of
law-makers ever assembled in Geor
gia.” As he said this he laughed He
had a keen sense of humor. “Yes,”
said he, “that act provides streams
can be seined January Ist and for
sixty days thereafter. The water at
that time is so cold and the streams
so deep that few, if any, will ven
ture out to catch fish with a seine.
That was a fine way to protect fish
and at the same time let seiners
seine if they meet conditions.” We
read the act and sure enough the
language was just as disclosed by
Mr. Wood. It was intended that
seining could begin July Ist instead
of January Ist. An error had been
made in engrossing the bill. After
we read the bill he laughed and
said that seining was just about as
the philosopher said:
“You can and you can’t,
You will and you won’t
You’ll be damned if you do
And will be damned if you don’t.
“Sister,” said the deacon severe
ly, “you should avoid even the ap
pearance of evil. For instance, on
your sideboard, you have several
cut glass decanters, each half filled
with what appears to be ardent
spirits.”
“But, deacon,” she protested, “it
isn’t anything of the kind. The bot
tles look so pretty on the sideboard
that I fill them half way with a
mixture of floor stain and furniture
polish just for the looks.”
“That’s why I’m cautioning you,
sister,” said the deacon. “Feeling a
trifle faint, I helped myself to a
dose from the big decanter in the
middle.”
“Jes’ see what a fisherman I is,”
said Shorty, a Negro about town,
low in height, small of stature,
harmless, humble and lazy, as he
showed a long string of fresh fish
to Byrd Martin. “That is a real
quantity of fish, but Shorty, be
careful that you do not hunt or fish
at seasons prohibited by law or I
might have to make a case against
you, as I am Game and Fish Warden
of Jackson County.” Shorty laughed
and laughed and finally said, “You
jes’ like you was when Chief. You
jes’ can’t take a joke. I never caught
’em. A nigger gimme these fish. I
never hunts nor fishes any time. I
was jes’ showin’ off!”
A man and wife from Atlanta
attended a convention of some kind
in Brunswick. Cocktails, punch
highballs, beer, wine, et cetera were
served very freely. After awhile
the couple became separated and
when the man found his wife, one
of the brethren had one arm about
her. Husband and wife were to
gether for awhile when the wife
wandered away again. When found
this time a brother member had two
arms about her. This was too much
for him, so he and the wife had a
fight and when they returned to
Atlanta she swore out a peace war
rant, but the judge refused to put
him under bond. “You people go
home, live together again, and go
to no more conventions.” Good
advice.
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Soil Conservation
Service News
(By Wm. R. Welch)
IMPROVED GRAZING
Mr. L. J. Lyle, of Jefferson, has
two and one-half acres in one plot
which consists of orchard and rye
grasses and ladino, crimson, white
dutch and hop clovers, and has
grazed it continuously, or for seven
hundred and fifty-nine grazing days
since the first of January, and at
the present time the cattle still have
good grazing. Also, Mr. Lyle has a
newly planted field of Ky-31 fescue
and ladino and a nice field of or
chard grass and ladino clover which
he plans to utilize for grazing and
hay.
Mr. Claucf Sims, of Maysville, Rt.
No. 2, has eight acres of improved
pasture on which he had produced
BROCKTON
(Last Week's News)
Mrs. Rob Johnson visited Mrs.
Venie Daniel and Mrs. Lam Jackson
last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Allie Potts is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Brown at Union
Point this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Mason and
son, of Macon, Mrs. Estelle Shirley
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considerable grazing. Also, he was
second place winner in the Pasture
Contest sponsored by the G. I. On
the-Job Training and Farming Pro
gram.
Mr. Vester Massey, Jefferson, Rt.
3, who won first place in the above
mentioned contest, has six acres of
improved grazing, part of which is
Ky-31 fescue and ladino clover on
which he has grazed both cattle
and hogs.
We have some farmers who have
had trouble with cattle bloating
when grazing ladino and Ky-31, but
it has been recommended that if
you get about 60% Ky-31 and 40%
ladino, you will have no trouble
with cattle bloating.
Also, Ky-31 and ladino, while be
ing grazed, serves another purpose,
which is conserving soil and water
which go to make up a complete
Farm Conservation Program.
and son, Donald, and Mr. Lloyd
Thurmond, of Apple Valley, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Dow
dy and family, Sunday morning.
Guests of Mrs. Venie Daniel dur
ing the week-end were Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Daniel and family, of Coving
ton, Mrs. Vennie Barnett and Mrs.
Curtis Potts, of Jefferson.
Mrs. Mays Venable and children
and Mrs. J. T. Holden and daughter
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Cole, of Gainesville, Sunday.
Mrs. J. T. Holden and daughter,
Suzanne, of Dania, Fla., are guests
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Webb.
Mrs. Rosa Weldon and her moth
er, Mrs. Adeline Lord, who have
had rooms with Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Weldon, have moved to Commerce.
We regret having them move from
our community, but hope they like
their new home.
A good crowd attended the sing
ing last Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Glenn, Jr.,
and son, Danny and Gilmer, were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Cross in Gainesville.
Due to the fact that the men are
so busy with farming, “The Woman
less Wedding” has been postponed
until a later date.
The social at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Truman Thomas, Saturday
night, was enjoyed by a large crowd
of youths from the Bethany M. Y. F.
group.
The teachers, Miss Audrey Shir
ley and Mrs. Hope Harris, and the
school children are to be commend
ed for the splendid program they
presented Friday night. It showed
thorough preparation and coopera
tion bewteen pupils and teachers.
W. s. C. S. Holds Meeting
A pleasant day of the Bethany
W. S. C. S. members was spent May
9th, with one of its beloved mem
bers, Mrs. Allie Potts.
Each brought a covered dish and
at noon spread it together on tables
under the shade trees of the spaci
ous lawn.
The day was spent in pleasant
conversation while the ladies pieced
a quilt top for the parsonage.
During the business session a
motion was made and carried that
the members buy a door for the
basement of the church.
Those present were Mesdames
Charles Redd, Herman Barnett,
John Massey, Gilbert Venable, H.
E. Venable, Mays Venable, J. N.
Thurmond, Lam Jackson, Roy Glos
son, Hose Barnett, J. A. Mason of
Greensboro, N. C., L. S. Helms, Jett
Potts, Charlotte, N. C., and • Miss
Odessa Venable.