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THURSDAY. JUNE 30. 1041
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
After making the itinerary to the
Methodist Conference in Atlanta, to
the Georgia Press Association in
Savannah, to spend a day and two
nights on St. Simons Island and to
spend Sunday in Tennille, as we
detailed in last week’s Herald, we
are at home Monday morning, writ
ing just a few of our observations
for “Along the Way.”
Soon after we reached the floor
of the North Georgia Conference,
Bishop Arthur J. Moore introduced
us to the large gathering of preach
ers and laymen. He did this because
we have attended the North Georgia
Conference at 55 of its sessions.
One of the first persons of our
acquaintance we saw at Conference
was Rev. A. B. Elizer, who was
named District Superintendent of
the Gainesville District for the new
year. He is no stranger to this Dis
trict as he has served the Young
Harris and Jefferson charges as
pastor. For five years he preached
to the Jefferson congregation and
the people here are delighted at his
new appointment. He and Mrs.
Elizer are gladly and warmly wel
comed to the Gainesville District.
We enjoyed breakfast Thursday
morning with our pastor, Rev. La
mar Watkins, and former pastor and
wife, Dr. and Mrs. John F. Yar
brough. Last year Dr. Yarbrough
retired and he and Mrs. Yarbrough
make their home in Decatur but Dr.
Yarbrough keeps busy teaching in
the Church School and filling pul-1
pits for other pastors. Twice he
served Jefferson as pastor and four
years the Gainesville District as
Superintendent and Jefferson feels
that this consecrated man and wife
are their very own. It is a real
pleasure to have Rev. and Mrs.
Watkins serve us another year.
Bishop Marvin A. Franklin made
an address at the Laymen’s lunch
eon. He was born and reared in
White County and his first charge
was Center in Jackson County. He
told this little story: A lady mem
ber of his church at Center was
scheduled to be married. As he had
never performed a marriage cere
mony the couple wanted the Pre
siding Elder to discharge this re-
sponsibility. At the conclusion, Mar
vin Franklin congratulated the cou
ple, but said, “You failed to have
prayer in the ceremony.” The
groom answered, “It is too late to
pray now.” Bishop Franklin’s speech
to the laymen was profound in
thought, beautiful in diction and
eloquent in delivery. There is no
doubt about his being a great
preacher. Fully five hundred per
sons were present at the luncheon
which was served in the Ansley
Advertisement
&L , From where I sit... /y Joe Marsh
Let "Elmer" Do It?
Army rejections showed how
prudent tuberculosis still is. But
instead of feeling that “the govern
ment ought to do something about
it,” our county took up a collection
and bought a traveling tuberculosis
clinic.
This “clinic” is a completely
equipped truck that goes from
town to town X-raying everyone
free of charge. The best way to
fight a disease is to try to stop it
before it gets out of hand.
More and more, Americans are
getting things done through the
old democratic tradition of local
Hotel.
We left Atlanta Thursday at 6:00
P. M. on the Nancy Hanks for Sa
vannah to attend the annual con
vention of the Georgia Press Asso
ciation. A ride on the fast-going
and smooth-running train will not
fail to bring pleasure to its passen
gers. It was the first time in two
years we have had railway trans
portation and we experienced
pleasure in the ride of about six
hours from Atlanta to Savannah.
The convention was held in the
DeSoto and our room cost us SIO.OO
per night. We slept only one night
there, as we were expected to visit
on St. Simons Island.
The Editors were cordially greet
ed by Kirk Sutlive of the Union Bag
and Paper Corporation, Jack Mc-
Cartney of the Central of Georgia
Railway, H. V. Jenkins of the Sa-
vannah Morning News, and many
others. Members of the Press en
joyed luncheons and banquets and
were made to feel glad they met in
Savannah. - The meeting of the ed
itors in their annual convention was
largely a matter of routine. June W.
Norwood, of Valdosta, presided and
Stanford Smith was the secretary.
Both men have made model officers
of the Association. Albert S. Hardy,
Jr., our Commerce neighbor, was
unanimously elected President for
next year. His father, Albert S.
Hardy, Sr., of Gainesville, has
served, not only as President of the
Georgia Press Association, but the
National Editorial Association. Al
bert Hardy, Jr., has been Vice-
President of the Association and it
gives us genuine pleasure to con
gratulate him on being elevated to
the presidency. He is well qualified
for this high honor. He is the sec
ond Commerce editor to be made
President. Paul T. Harber, at one
time editor of the Commerce Ob
server, served the Association as its
head official. Stanford Smith has
given splendid satisfaction as Sec
retary of the Georgia newspaper
organization.
,We left Savannah Friday night
after the banquet. Our son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jones
H. Aderhold, drove over from St.
Simons Island and carried us home
with them where we spent two
nights and one day. Sunday morn
ing we arose at 5:00, drove to Sa
vannah, boarded the Nancy Hanks
and stopped at Tennille, where we
paid a visit to our sons-in-law and
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Mobley and Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Smith. We left on a bus Sunday
afternoon for home. When we
reached White Plains the bus be
come disabled to go further and for
self-help. Like in the Brewing in
dustry, Brewers and tavern keep
ers have their program whereby
they all co-operate to see that places
selling beer and ale are clean, law
abiding ... beyond criticism.
From where I sit, anyone who
waits for “someone else to do it”
should take a hint from our com
munity, or groups like the Brewers
and tavern owners, who found a
way to get results—for the benefit
of themselves and the public.
Copyright, 1949, United States Breu.cn Foundation
The Jackson Herald, Jefferson, Georgia
Official Organ of Jackson County
John N. Holder Editor
Mrs. John N. Holder Asso. Editor
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.
two and a half hours we waited in
that little village the arrival of an
other carrier from Dublin. It was
too warm to stay in the coach and
the seats for passengers on the out
side were on some rock steps or on
their suit cases. After awhile, a
gentleman who evidently thought
we were too old to sit that long o
rock steps, brought Mrs. Holder and
me two chairs, one from his store
and the other from some nearby res
idence. Another fat, good natured
citizen, Tom Moore, entertained us
with information concerning White
Plains and some of its more prom
inent personages, its history and
development. He had some very
kind things to say about R. S. John
son, who once resided in White
Plains, and of L. P. Whelchel who
resides near there now. He spoke
also of C. M Waddell, L. E. Whel
chel, A. D. Jackson and some others
who once lived in White Plains or in
that section of Greene County, but
who have passed on.
We arrived in Jefferson by auto
about 12:00 o’clock Sunday night.
Maryland Community Famed
As Chicken-Raising Center
SALISBURY, MD.—lf the Del
marva peninsula, that fertile strip
between the Chesapeake bay and
the Atlantic ocean, had its own
flag, it probably would display a
haughty rooster rampant over
crossed drumsticks.
Chickens are to Delmarva what
wheat is to Kansas. The peninsula’s
broiler industry produces about
onc-third of the nation’s supply.
Raising broiler chickens is one of
Maryland’s leading businesses. On
the peninsula itself it ranks tops,
te the golden tune of about $30,-
000,000 annually.
Yet it has remained to a large
extent a peoples’ industry. The
current huge output of about nine
million broilers a year hasn’t over
shadowed the importance of a back
yard operations.
Relatively few of the broiler
growers depend on chickens alone
for their livelihood. It’s largely an
important sideline to farming, but
physicians like Dr. R. M. Knox of
Salisbury, druggists, real estate
men, dentists, bankers and other
professional men get into the act.
Knox for instance, has a 15,000
bird flock.
Famed Indian Landmark Gets
New liiohe at River Falls
HOLCOMBE, WIS. —The Hol
combe Indian, an eight-foot tall
wooden figure that has been a fa
miliar sight to river men since
1876, will continue his vigil from a
special niche in the hydroelectric
dam being constructed here.
The figure was carved by a for
mer sailor, Luke Lyons, from a
carefully selected white pine log
cut by Jene Juvette near here 73
years ago. It was originally placed
on the old Holcombe dam and was
known to generations of lumber
jacks who drove logs down the
Chippewa river.
A flood about 1880 swept the Hol
combe Indian down to Jim Falls be
fore it was recovered and replaced.
When the dam was abandoned the
figure was removed to the Hol
combe town hall and later to an
enclosure on the river bank.
In 1950 the weathered and historic
figure will be placed in a glass en
closed niche in the new hydro
electric plant.
Arthritis Sufferers May Get
Relief Because of New Drug
ROCHESTER, MINN. F.>ur
Mayo clinic physicians reported de
velopment of a compound credited
with “significant promise” in treat
ment of rheumatoid arthritis, a
crippling disease for wdiich no cure
is known.
However, they warned that the
substance—known as “compound
E”—was so rare that it probably
would not be available from manu
facturers before nest year and
could not be used immediately for
treatment even at the Mayo clinic.
“No patient,” said Dr. Philip S.
Hench, head of the clinic’s arthri
tis department, “has a prospect of
being treaded with compound E
either here or anywhere else at
least before January, 1950.”
Hench was one of four Mayo phy
sicians whose report on develop
ment' of the adrenal cortical
hormone compound—after 20 years
of intensive research—was read at
a staff meeting here recently.
A SHINING EXAMPLE
(From The GainMrUl* H*w)
A shining example of what can be
done with worn-out farm land can
be seen at the farm of Otis Cato
in Tadmore district. Mr. Cato had a
10-acre eroded tract of land from
which the top soil had been removed
and placed on the county road. Since
removal of the top soil the land had
lain idle and was badly eroded and
covered with broom sedge and un
fit for crops or pasture.
The land was worth practically
nothing and if placed on the market
would have brought from $3 to $lO
_per acre. However, Mr Cato determ
ined to do something about the land
as it was useless to him and a drain
on the state because it was not pro
ducing anything and making the
state poorer by erosion. By the ap
plication of 600 pounds of fertilizer
and a ton of lime, plus 10 pounds of
Kentucky 31 Fescue and three lbs.
of Ladino clover per acre. Mr. Cato
raised the value of the land to over
S2OO per acre. In addition he was
able to graze 16 head of cattle off
the land for several months during
the winter and then moved the
cattle to another pasture while the
Fescue and clover went seed and he
harvested some SSO worth of seed
per acre from the tract.
In other words, by spending ap
proximately S4O per acre he in
creased the price of the land some
200 times and gathered in seed in
one year more than what he spent
in developing the land. In addition
to,that he put many pounds of beef
on his cows and by having a good
winter pasture was able to graze his
cows the year around and did not
have to spend any money for winter
feed.
What Mr. Cato has done, others in
Hall County can do. His is just an
outstanding example of what enei’gy
and thought can do to the hillsides
of North Georgia.
Announcement
/W General Public
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE NOW IN OUR
NEW LOCATION, IN THE BUILDING WITH ANDERSON ELECTRIC
SERVICE, NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE.
WE ARE NOW IN POSITION TO OFFER EASY CREDIT TERMS
ON ALL MERCHANDISE. WE HAVE A COMPLETE NEW LINE OF
JEWELRY AND WATCHES FOR YOUR SELECTION.
REMEMBER, WE DO ALL KINDS OF FINE JEWE LR Y AND
WATCH REPAIRING. ALL WATCHES TIMED ON THE PAULSON
TIME-O-GRAF, WHICH IS ANOTHER OF OUR ADDED SERVICES
TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
CHAMPION
JEWELERS
JEFFERSON, GA.
Uncle Sam Says
June 17, 1775, 174 year* ago, our
forefathers fought a great tattle for
freedom and opportunity at Hunker
Hill. Each one of you realizes that to
maintain the freedom and opportunity
for which they fought you must be
ever vigilant in doing your share. One
of the country’s greatest assets is a
sound economy which you can help to
uphold. Your government is provid
ing the opportunity through the U. S.
Savings Bonds program. If not already
enrolled for the safe, automatic way
of purchasing Savings Bonds, the
great Opportunity Drive, now in
progress, is your own individual op
portunity.
S4OO SCHOLARSHIP
FOR GEORGIA 4-H
MEMBERS ANNOUNCED
A two-year college scholarship
totaling S4OO will be awarded this
year to the 4-H club boy or girl
whose 4-H Club and high school
scholastic records are judged most
outstanding.
The scholarship is sponsored by
the Southern States Iron Roofing
Company, of Savannah. The win
ner, who must have finished high
school this year, may enter any
branch of the University System of
Georgia.
William A.dams, the first English
man in Japan, was honored there
by a yearly festival.
The surface of the Everglades is
less than 20 feet above sea level.
EXAMINATION FOR
RURAL CARRIER
AT HOSCHTON
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination to fill the position 0 f
Rural Carrier at Hoschton, Georgia
The examination will be held at
Winder, Georgia.
Receipt of applications will close
on July 21, 1949.
The date of examination will be
stated on admission cards mailed to
applicants after the closing date for
receipt of applications.
The examination will be open
only to citizens of, or persons who
owe allegiance to, the United States
who are actually residing in the
territory served by the post office
where vacancy exists, who have
been actually residing there for one
year next preceding the closing
date for receipt of applications.
Both men and women, if qualified
may enter this examination, but ap
pointing officers have the legal
right to specify the sex desired in
requesting certification of eligibles.
For AN-1977 and application
blanks can be obtained from the va
cancy office mentioned above or
from the United States Civil Servive
Commission at Washingtonp 25,
D. C. Applications must be on file
with the Commission at Washing
ton 25, D.C. prior to the close of bus
ness on the date specified.
DR. W. R. HUGHES, JR.
-OPTOMETRIST
-101 E. Washington St. Phone 71
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
Jefferson Insurance Agency
General Insurance
Jefferson, Georgia