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The Jackson Herald
Volume 76.
ROTARY CLUB
ENTERTAINED BY
JEFFERSON MILLS
Jefferson Rotary varied its usual
Tuesday activities this week by ac
cepting an invitation from Morris
and Southworth Bryan to be their
luncheon guests at the club house
of the Jefferson Mills.
Before the repast, Rotarians were
piloted through the Jefferson Mills,
a model plant, with the latest, best
and most modern machinery and
equipment and operated by the
most competent and skilled men and
women who can be employed. Ro
tarians were shown the process of
manufacturing from "Cotton to
Cloth.”
After cotton is unbaled, it is put
through pickers where leaves, bolls,
short fibers, are removed. The cot
ton is then known as laps, after
which it is converted into sliver.
The size of the bulk is lessened and
this is known as Roving. Then
comes the making of yam, the fill
ing, and the warp, which are woven
into cloth. One lady told us that she
operates 44 of the 500 looms in this
mill.
The plant operates three shifts
each day, while some mills are
closed and others operate half time.
We asked Morris Bryan why this
plant is on full time. The answer
was "We try to make a little better
product and sell it at a price that
is reasonable.”
Morris Bryan, Jr., is president of
the Jefferson Mills and another in
Crawford. Southworth F. Bryan is
treasurer. Both are young men, less
than 30, who were educated in
textile industry at Georgia Tech.
They have also the benefit of the
experience and counsel of their
father, tfte late Monis M. Bryan, for
whom they entertain sentiments of
devotion, veneration and love. A
splendid painting of Mr. Bryan
graces the walls of their office.
Not only are Morris and South
worth tremendously concerned
about the successful operation of
this enterprise, but this is the senti
ments of the entire force of the
Jefferson Mills, Inc.:
We are proud of our Company,
We are proud of our people,
We are proud of our products,
We are proud of our community.
We will add these words, The
people are proud of these young
men, Morris and Southworth Bryan,
their enterprise and their associates.
After the inspection of the plant,
the Rotary Club members were
seated in the lovely new club house
and served a most tempting lunch
by the Marlowe Cafe.
In the absence of President Nat
Hancock, Past President H. E. Ader
holt presided.
Visitors were Ernest D. Key, S.
Kinningham, Tom Galoway, Rev.
Haskell Stratton, Virgil F. Agan,
Rev. W. R. Thurman, Jarrett As
kew, and several of the mill office
force.
BOON SUDDATH,
SUCCESSFUL FARMER
One of the things that Jackson
County can be proud of is the num
ber of elderly farmers in the county
who are still active. Mr. Boone Sud
dath, of Maysville, Georgia, is 89
years of age and wall be 90 on his
next birthday, January 30.
He is still a very active farmer
in his farm operations, operates a
number of farms, drives his own
car, and one of his operators, Mr.
Parr, was second place winner last
year in the 5-Acre Cotton Contest in
the County. Mr. Suddath gives ac
curate suggestions to his farmers
and has a number of two-horse men
who make from twenty to twenty
five bales of cotton each year.
Single Copy Five Cents
GOVERNOR'S TAX
PROGRAM RECEIVES
APPROVAL
The entire program submitted by
Governor Talmadge to the General
Assembly, now in session, has been
approved by the House—increase
in taxes on beer, wine, cigarettes,
tobacco, gasoline and corporations.
As we go to press, all of the above
legislation has passed the Senate
with the exception of the increase
in taxes on corporations from 5 1-2
to 7 per cent. This matter is pend
ing in the Senate and its passage is
predicted.
The increase in taxes will yield an
estimate of $21,500,000, which the
Governor proposes to spend as fol
lows:
Schools, $9,000,000; Battey TB
hospital, $1,000,000; welfare bene
fits, $5,000,000; Milledgeville State
hospital, $500,000; rural highways,
$5,0000,000 and university system,
$1,000,0000.
The bill providing for a sales tax
was postponed indefinitely. There
was a strong sentiment among the
members of the Legislature for a
sales tax and an earnest effort will
be' made at the regular session in
January to make it a part of the
tax system of Georgia.
The General Assembly is sched
uled to adjourn Friday.
There will be an increase of the
liquor tax by executive order.
Money was appropriated to pay
Confederate widows $75.00 per
month, instead of $50.00.
STATE FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PAY
DROPS OFF
Atlanta—Georgia** * total income
tax payments to the federal gov
ernment dropped $47,476,707 in the
past year.
As Uncle Sam totaled up the
payments from the various states
during the past fiscal year, he
found that the total of federal taxes,
including income taxes, employers
taxes, gasoline, cigarette, liquor and
other excise taxes was under the
fiscal year that ended June 30, 1948.
For Georgia the picture was this:
1. Individual income tax pay
ments were down $45,374,224.
2. Georgia corporation taxes
were down $2,102,483.
3. Total personal and corpora
tion returns were down $47,476,-
707.
4. Employment taxes, including
social security taxes, railroad re
tirement payments, etc. increased
$1,620,246.
5. Miscellaneous internal reve
nue collections, including luxury
taxes, excise taxes, etc., jumped up
$9,885,485.
6. Georgia’s total payments of
all kinds of federal taxes were down
$35,969,976.
CLARENCE G. REEVES
Clarence G. Reeves, seaman, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Reeves of
Route 2, Jefferson, Ga., is scheduled
to arrive at Annapolis, Md., July 25,
from Portsmouth, England, after a
15-day stop at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, as a crew member aboard the
battleship USS Missouri.
The Missouri was flagship of the
Midshipmen Practice Cruise Squa
dron which carried 1,235 Naval Aca
demy and Naval Reserve Midship
men.
Before their departure they were
hosts, to a group of opera stars
from the LaScala Opera House in
Milan, Italy, who are appearing for
a season in London. This was one
of the many forms of entertainment
arranged for the visiting Navy men,
which included tours, parties,
dances and sports program.
Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia
COMMERCE MAN
DIES IN ATHENS
TUESDAY MORNING
Harvey Franklin Bray, promi
nent Commerce business and civic
leader, died Tuesday morning at an
Athens hospital. Mr. Bray was 71
years old.
He suffered a heart qttack in
Commerce last Friday and was
carried to an Athens hospital that
night, where he succumbed at 1:30
Tuesday morning.
Mr. Bray was born in Franklin
county on December 9, 1878, but was
a resident of Commerce most of his
life except for a few years spent in
Havanna, Cuba, where he served as
a representative of the Coca-Cola
Company.
He served as secretary of the
Commerce Kiwanis Club since 1934.
He was also secretary of the Com
merce Building and Loan Associa
tion; manager of J. B. Hardman In
surance Company of Commerce; a
director of the Commerce Manuiac
utring Company, a locally owned
overall factory; a director of the
First National Bank; and a member
of the First Baptist Church, where
he served as a deacon.
Funeral services were held at 4:00
o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the
First Baptist Church of Commerce,
with the pastor of that church, Rev.
C. C. Tooke, officiating. Rev. Rob
ert Marshburn, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church assisted in the
service.
Mr. Bray is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Norene Cooper Bray; three
brothers, Alvin Bray, Athens; Ed
Bray, Douglasville, and Jim Bray of
South Carolina; two sisters, Mrs.
Lilly Looney, Macon, and Mrs. Liz
i zie Risner, Opopka, Fla.
MRS. JUNNIE SMITH
BURIED AT TALMO
LAST TUESDAY
Final rites for Mrs. Junnie Mae
Smith, 60, of Route 2, Gainesville,
were conducted from the Talmo
Baptist Church with burial in the
church cemetery. Officiating minis
ters were the Rev. C. E. Vaughn and
the Rev. L. P. McNeal.
Mrs. Smith died at her residence
Sunday. She was born in Hall Coun
ty, the daughter of the late E. J.
Pethel and Lucy Spain Pethel. She
had been a member of the Moun
tain Creek Baptist Church in Jack
son County for 41 years.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Hester Lee Pritchett, of Route 2,
Gainesville, and Mrs. Joe W. White
of Chicopee; a brother, Emanuel
Pethel, of Route 1, Talmo; four sis
ters, Mrs. Bertie Gee, of Atlanta;
Mrs. Annie Crowe, of Route 1, Ox
ford; Mrs. Elyonia Love, of Dur
ham, N. C.; and Mrs. Pearl Mcln
tyre, of Gainesville.
Fine Gardening
In former years we delighted to
compete with Howard Dadisman in
gardening. However, a little Bermu
da, some Johnson grass and a few
vines of kudzu invaded our garden
and we quit the job of growing
vegetables. Howard has continued
to carry on and the result achieved
is greater each year. To let us
know about the results of his labor
he brought us some of the largest
and most palatable tomatoes we
have seen this season. To grow
vegetables successfully requires
piroductitve soil, selected seed* a
quantity of fertilizer and hard work.
Cultivating a garden is Howards
recreation.
Before she was 15 years <s4,
Charlotte Bronte wrote 23 nov*>T*T :
69 JAMES PITTMAN
DESCENDANTS
MET JULY 17
(By Reporter)
The Pittman Family Society met
July 17th at Gordon's Chapel for
the 1949 reunion. President Pittman
Carter called the meeting to order
and the opening song was led by
Dr. C. E. Pittman, with Mrs. Alton
Barnett at the piano. Dr. E. H.
Dickson led in' prayer. Mr. Ford
Seagraves gave a welcome and Mrs.
Estelle Pike gave the response.
President Carter introduced Dr.
E. H. Dickson of the Physics Depart
ment of the State University, who
gave a most interesting and in
structive message. He pointed out
that it is well, and proper for us to
reverence and remember our an
cestors and what they accomplish
ed, but we must learn and practice
the new. A person who insists on do-
ing things as his ancestors did, will
stagnate; that to live a useful life
he must study the things that edu
cation and science have brought
about and learn to apply them to
daily living. He told us we must
have tolerance; that modern ma
chinery is so tolerant that the sep
arate parts fit within one-10,000th
of an inch or less. So must we fit our
lives to members of our family,
community and country if we would
live in peace and harmony.
After a bounteous basket dinner,
the group re-assembled in the
church for a short. business session.
The* Society voted to send a mes
sage of sympathy to President Em
eritus, Mrs. C. K. Henderson, who
was kept away by the death of her
daughter, Mrs. E. C. Pike reported
twelve deaths in the family last
yean
Interesting talks were made by
Messrs. Pittman, of Mcßea, Rut
ledge, Augusta, Reynolds, Nor cross
and Weathers, Atlanta; W. C. Pitt
man and T. C. Hardman, Commerce.
The acting officers were re-elected
for 1949-50. The Society will meet
at Gordon’s Chapel, third Sunday
in July, 1950. Sixty-nine descend
ants of James Pittman answered the
roll call. We were happy to welcome
a number of new faces, but we
missed a number of familiar ones.
We look forward to seeing all the
familiar and a larger number of
new faces in attendance at Gordon’s
Chapel third Sunday in July, 1950.
We appreciate the kindness of
Gordon Chapel community in per
mitting us to use their lovely
church, the ice and ice water fur
nished, the chimes which furnished
sweet music at intervals throughout
the day and all other courtesies
shown to make the day so enjoyable
for all present.
NICHOLSON
GEORGE PACE PASSES
On Sunday night, July 24, George
Pace, age 84, of Commerce, passed
away following an extended illness.
Mr. Pace was reared in this com
munity and lived here the greater
portion of his life, endearing him
self to a wide circle of friends, who
are grieved at his demise.
Surviving are his companion, the
former Miss Daisy Banks; two
daughters, Mrs. Nezzie Bulloch, of
Commerce, Mrs. Boyd Luthf, of
Athens; five sons, Barney Pace of
Nicholson, John Pace, Hodgson Pace
of Commerce, DuPree Pace of
Washington, L. G. Pace of Lexing
ton, together with a host of other
near relatives.
Funeral services were conducted
I
from the Nicholson Baptist Church
on Tuesday afternoon, July 26, at
4 o’clock, the Rfev. P. B. Cash of j
Braselton and Rev. Hubert Dodd of
Thursday, July 28, 1949
ROBERT V. BENTON
DIED JULY 16
IN COMMERCE
Robert V. Benton, 73, Jackson
county farmer, died Saturday $t the
residence in Commerce following an
extended illness.
Funeral services were held from
the First Baptist Church, the Rev.
C. C. Tooke, pastor, officiating. In
terment was in the Cabin Creek
churchyard.
He was born in Jackson county
and had been a farmer most of his
life.
In addition to his wife, he is sur
vived by a son, Thomas E. Benton,
of Monroe; three daughters, Mrs. E.
G. Lewis, of Commerce; Mrs. Jack
Wilbanks, of Route 2, Jefferson; and
Mrs. D. D. Melton, of Macon; a
brother, Homer Benton, of Route 2,
Commerce; and four sisters, Mrs. L.
G. Minish, and Mrs. E. L. Hunt, of
Route 2, Commerce; Mrs. C. W. Pin
ton, and Mrs. R. C. Cushion, of
Commerce.
ATHENS STATE
FARMERS MARKET
OPENS AUGUST 2
formal opening of the Athens
State Farmers Market will be held
Tuesday, August 2, 1949, at 5:00
o’clock P. M. on the site which is
located just outside the city limits
of Athens on the new Atlanta high
way.
Tom Linder, Commissioner of Ag
riculture, will be the speaker for
the occasion. Other interesting talks
will be made explaining the opera
tion of a State Market.
It is certain that the Athens Far
mers Market will be a great asset to
this section of Georgia. The mar
ket will be operated on a wholesale
basis. The Georgia Extension Ser
vice and the county agents in sur
rounding counties are to assist the
farmers in this section in planning
their crops for the market.
Markets in other sections have
been most successful and economic
conditions in the sections where
there is a Farmers Market are much
better than in Northeast Georgia
at the present.
The market will be owned and
operated by the State of Georgia.
The Athens Jaycees obtained the
property for the $30,000 erection
through the solicitation of the Ath
ens businessmen.
All the farmers of this section of
Georgia are invited to attend the of
ficial opening.
Commerce, in charge. Burial follow
ed in the family graveyard.
The family has the deepest sym
pathy of friends in the passing of
their loved one.
C. H. SMITH CELEBRATES
On Sunday, July 24, at the home
of his son, A. C. Smith, the 78th
birthday of Charlie H. Smith was
celebrated. The day was one of
pleasure for all the attendants,
especially at the noon hour, when a
feast fit for a king was spread.
Among the attendants were: Lloyd
Smith and family of Crawford, Otis
Smith and family of Lexington,
Dorsey Smith and family of Oconee
Heights; Morris Gabriel and family
of Lawrenceville, Mr. and Mrs.
Hoke Smith of Decatur, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Ashworth, of Charles
ton, S. C., Tom Conn and family,
Mrs. Ora Ingram, Misses Bertha
and Nellie Howington, Mrs. John
Ayers and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Smith, Allen Duncan, of
Commerce.
Odell Howington and family of
Hoschton, George Smith and fami-
SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENES MONDAY
AUGUST FIRST
Jackson Superior Court will
convene at 10 a. m. next Monday in
the court room. The calendar is
arranged by the officers of the
court and will be seen in this issue
of The Herald.
Only two felony cases thus far are
on the docket. Several misdemenn
ers stand ready for trial. The Grand
Jury will probebly find several
"true bills,” both felony and mis
demeanor.
A large crowd is expected to at
tend the court.
TWO FROM AREA
MAKE HIGH SCORES
ON ARMY TESTS
Two men from this area have
made unusually high marks on the
Army’s General Classification Test,
according to M-Sgt. Ned Bedsole, of
the local recruiting station.
William Leonard Ferguson, of
GMfiville, made a score of 139 out
of a possible 144, while Marvin
Hanson, of Jefferson, made a score
of 132. Only one other person has
made over 130 on the test since he
I took over the Gainesville station,
i
I Bedsole stated. The average score
: for a college man is 120, he said,
and neither of these men have been
to college.
Ferguson, 18-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Ferguson, of Gills
ville, is now stationed at the Air
Force base in San Antonio, Texas.
He granduated fpom Gillsville High
school in the closs of ’49.
Hanson is a career soldier, hav
ing ten years’ service in the army at
the age ,of 37. His wife and three
children live in Jefferson. Reenlist
ing as a technical sergeant, he has
been assigned to the Air Force base
at Warner Robins, Ga.
Mary Evelyn Parham
Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Parham of
Clarkston announce the birth of a
daughter, Mary Evelyn, July 23rd at
Emory University Hospital. Mrs.
Parham before her marriage was
Miss Evelyn Lyle.
JACKSON COUNTY
FARM BUREAU
MEETS AUGUST 5
The Jackson County Farm Bureau
will met August sth, 6:00 P. M. at
Wilson, Jr., high school house, lo
cated 5 miles from Commerce.
Governor Talmadge and H. L.
Wingate are the principal speakers.
We will serve a picnic supper, so
please bring a basket. We will all
spread together and have a good
time. Everybody is invited. Come,
hear what these speakers have to
say about Farm Bureau.
S. J. Suddath, President.
Jackson County Farm Bureau.
ly of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Neal
Ward, of Atlanta, Miss Genie Ann
Sheats, Rev. J. C. Sorrow of Ath
ens, Mr. and Mrs. Watt Woods, Mrs.
J. E. Huff of Arnoldsville.
Buford Seagraves and family, W.
O. Palmer and family, George Smith
and children, Charlie Duncan and
family, Rogers Palmer and family,
H. O. Barnett and family, Mrs. Ad
die David and sons, Mrs. Luvie Dun
can and children, Walter Brooks and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Smith,
Otis Barnett, Mrs. Bessie Sailors,
Mrs. Earl Sailors and children, G. W.
Wilson and family, Otha Howing
ton and family of Nicholson.
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