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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. IMS
THE JACKSON HERALD
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Entered at The Jefferson Post Office
As Second-Class Mail Matter
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It was our pleasure to attend a
Soil Conservation barbecue last Fri
day, on Dr. W. T. Randolphs faim
about seven miles west of Jefferson.
The officials of the Oconee River
Soil Conservation District provided
the feast. The directors of this dis
trict are W. M. Holsenbeck, of Bar
row, President; Hubert Martin,
Dean S. Lott, of Jackson County;
Jack Towns of Clark, and Wm.
Breedlove, Oconee, members. The
Supervisor for this and two other
districts is R. L. Dolvin, who was
present and when asked the ques
tion, "In the work of Soil Conserva
tion where does the Oconee River
Soil Conservation District stand?”
His answer was, "Ahead ” The bar
becue was held on the farm of Dr.
W. T. Randolph, who is not only a
believer in soil conservation, but
practices it. He owns a thousand
acres of land, but only about 18 in
cotton. He grows kudzu, lespedeza,
clover, has a large acreage in grain,
and a large acreage in all-the-year
pastures. In this body of land he has
a beautiful lake, near the edge of
which is a comfortable little cottage
where he, his wife and children take
recreation. Dr Randolph is a phy
sician of Winder, with a large prac
tice and he lives a strenuous life.
He goes to his farm when he can
for rest and relaxation. Dr. Ran
dolph has a herd of purebred cattle
which furnish him eighty to one
hundred gallons of milk each day.
Bartow Hall is the efficient superin
tendent of his farm. Dr. Randolph
was reared not far distant from this
farm he now possesses. His wife, the
daughter of B. E. Patrick is a na
tive of Jackson County also. They
have beautiful daughters, one of
whom Kodaked our picture.
While enjoying the barbecue, it
was our happy privilege to converse
with that fine son of Jackson Coun
ty, C. O. Maddox, who has one of
Georgia’s best banks. Oscar is the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. G.
Maddox, who reared ten children,
gave them all an education, taught
them to labor, to save their earn
ings and to be men and women of
sincerity, honesty, truth and to prac
tice the Golden Rule of life. Tht
son of Mr. and Mrs. Maddox, their
only child, is following in the steps
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of his father and is his first assist
ant in the bank. We were glad to
meet at the barbecue Mrs. W. M.
Holsenbeck, who is as much inter
ested in the work of soil conserva
tion as is her distinguished husband.
Cohen Hall, a former supervisor of
soil conservation in Jackson County
was a guest at this feast. Jackson
County sustained a loss when J. W.
Phillips was promoted and sent to
Marietta as a flood control engineer,
but he is succeeded by a most com
petent and worthy man, W. F.
Carlan, whose assistant is W. R.
Welch, also efficient and faithful.
These two last named are executing
the task before them with deep in
terest in their activities. Jackson
County’s soil conservation work is
in capable hands. After the barbe
cue, those who partook of it visited
the farm of Joseph and Jimmie
Johnson, who operate with success
one of Jackson County’s largest and
most fertile plantations. Circum
stances prevented our making this
visit.
We will miss Carl Blackstock,
who recently died of a heart at
tack, because he was usually stand
ing near when the first papers came
from the press each week, and al
ways obtained a copy and read it
before retiring at night. His death
was a surprise and a shock to his
many friends. He was embued with
energy and was one of our most in
dustrious citizens. His wife preced
ed him to the grave several years
ago, but he leaves five brothers and
two sisters to mourn his demise. His
brothers are Clarence, S. R., P. A.,
Hugh and Harry, and sisters are
Mrs. H. H. Turner and Mrs. Nelle
Cato. ~ .
Two young representatives of the
Mormon Church came to our office
last week, one of whom was from
California and the other was from
Idaho. They were offering for sale
a book relating the story of the
Mormon Church, which had its ori
gin in Utah, but it has disciples of
its faith in several far western
states. We did not buy a copy of
their book because we prefer to
read the Bible for religious instruct
ion, guidance and inspiration. There
is no substitute for the Holy Bible
in all the literature of all the lan-
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When folks can find in town the
things they want to buy, they
won’t go to big cities to do their
shopping. This keeps money cir
culating in town, and everybody
in town benefits!
A Champion Home Town rec
ognizes the fact that service estab
lishments provide jobs and in
comes, just as small industries do.
So check your service stores and
shops—shoe repair, overnight laun
dries, dry cleaners, barber shops,
freezer-lockers, anto repair, etc.
Make sure your town offers enough
of these important facilities fer its
rise and needs.
The JuJuon Herald, Jefferson, Georgia
Official Organ of Jackson County
John N. Holder Edjtor
Mrs. John N. Holder Asso. Editor
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.
guages of all the nations of the
earth.
We congratulate R. H. Griffeth
on his election as president of the
Masonic organization of the Ninth
Congressional district. He is not
only one of Georgia’s brightest and
most loyal Masons but is an educa
tor who has achieved success in this
field of activity. As assistant to the
County School Superintendent, Pitt
man Carter, he is the law enforce
ment officer whose special duties
are to see that all children in the
county, white and colored, shall
attend our schools.
Eugene Cook, Attorney-General
of Georgia, states he will not be a
candidate for Governor next year.
Mr. Cook is a man of ability and is
skilled in the law. In the future he
may be called by the people of
Georgia to be their Chief Executive,
but at present it is the concensus of
opinion of many that no one in the
State will be able to prevent the
re-election of the present encum
bent from receiving the exalted
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BOOKMOBILE GIVEN STATE FOR RURAL SCHOOLS - State
School Superintendent M. D. Collins hands keys to new $2,800 booK
mobile, presented by Georgia Home Demonstration Council.
This “library on wheels” was added recently to the 30 similar
vehicles carrying books and cultural material to rural communities
that now enjoy no local libraries. It was sponsored by the farm
women as a tribute to the boys and girls from Georgia farms who
served in World War 11, and in memory of those who died for their
country.
Receiving the gift is Miss Sara Jones, Librarian of the Depart
ment of Education. Witnessing the delivery is Mrs. J. L. Stephens,
Tifton, President of the sponsoring organization.
honor of being Governor of Georgia
for another term.
Jefferson is again in the Clean
Town Contest. Last year it received
honorable mention, but this year
nothing less than one of the cash
prizes will satisfy the progressive
citizens of this splendid municipal
ity. The campaign is under the di
rection and control of the Jefferson
Civic Improvement Club of which
Southworth F. Bryan is the presi
dent. This insures a vigorous, ag
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Lee Street Jefferson, Georgia
gressive and successful undertaking.
Let everyone in the city cooperate
with Mr. Bryan and lend him all
possible aid in his endeavors to win
the coveted prize for Jefferson.
Farmers have fought boll weevils
this year.-. In Jackson County there
are more of these destructive and
expensive pests than usual. Cotton
growers realized early this year that
extraordinary efforts would have to
be put forth to prevent boll weevils
from doing irreparable damage and
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they have used poison and most
active efforts in combatting this cot
ton enemy. We hope their efforts
have been successful and that this
county will make a large cotton
crop this year.
Again we call attention to the
Registration Law. To vote in future
elections it is necessary to register.
Every person who has attained the
age of 18 is eligible to cast his bal
lot, provided he registers, has lived
in the State 12 months, and in the
County 6 months. The registrars of
Jackson County are rendering every
possible aid to voters to have their
names placed on the list of regis
tered voters.
In connection with this paragraph
on registration, we would call the
attention of the voters of Jefferson
that they must register at the City
Hall prior to October 23, to be eli
gible to vote in the 1949 city elec
tion.
The National Education Associa
tion says 22 per cent of the nation’s
855,966 teachers were paid less than
SI,BOO in the 1947-48 school year.
Approximately half of the teach
ers earned between SI,BOO and $2,-
900, the association said.
About 30% received salaries of
$3,000 or more. The association
based its nation-wide summary on a
state-by-state report of teachers
salaries published by the Council of
State Governments.
Previously the association has es
timated the average teaching salary
for 1947-48 was $2,550; its purchas
ing value in 1935-39 dollars at $1,513.
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