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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER •. IM*
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
We have received from W. M.
Holsenbeck, Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors of the Oconee River
Soil Conservation District an invi
tation to a Soil Conservation meet
ing on September 14 at the Charlie
Williams home, "Pine Crest,” in
-Clarke County and sponsored by the
bankers and supervisors of this Soil
Conservation district. With the in
vitation came a ticket to the dinner
which will be served to all guests.
We hope the situation will be such
that we can attend this gathering.
We know of no service the govern
ment is giving to farmers that is of
more value than Soil Conservation.
No district is more thoroughly or
ganized, better manned or more in
earnest in its work than the Oconee
River Soil Conservation District,
composed of the counties of Jack
son, Barrow, Clarke and Oconee.
A revolution in agriculture is tak
ing place all over the country, but
especially in this District. Cotton
acreage has been reduced and in
stead small grain, clover, lespedeza,
kudzu and other grasses are grown.
Now instead of pastures consisting
mostly of gullies, they are covered
with grasses that will feed cattle
all the year round. The result is
there has been a big increase in the
number of cattle in the county.
However, the cattle and dairy busi
ness has not developed as much as
it should nor to as great an extent
as it possibly will be. Along with
cattle, the chicken business in this
district, and especially in Jackson,
has grown by leaps and bounds. We
hope nothing will occur that will in
any way impair the chicken indus
try in <*ur midst.
Since so much grain, lespedeza,
clover, Bermuda and other grasses
are successfully grown in this Dis
trict, fodder pulling has almost been
abandoned. One of the hottest and
most tiresome jobs in agricultural
activity has been fodder pulling.
Now mowing hay and baling it with
a modern baling machine in the
field is not a very difficult task and
farmers gather plenty of this kind
of feed to supply their needs. Lespe
deza, kudzu, clover and grasses not
only supply feed for stock, but are
land builders. They prevent erosion
and at the same time increase the
productivity of the soil. They to
gether with proper drainage struct
ures, are restoring lands to their
primitive fertility.
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Equipment used in tilling the
soil has undergone a big change.
Instead of a Haman plow stock and
scooter plow point pulled by one
mule, most farmers plow with big
plows drawn by two mules. On
many farms mules have been almost
supplanted by tractors and harrows.
Instead of the old fashion wheat
cradle, combines cut the grain, sack
it and leave it in piles in the field
to be gathered up and carried to the
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Official Organ of Jackson County
John N. Holder Editor
Mrs. John N. Holder Asso. Editor
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.
grain barn. Cotton picking is still
done in the same old way—by men,
women and children, but the genius
of man has devised a cotton picker
which now seems will ultimately
prove a success. Now the Univer
sity of Georgia, which has done and
is still doing valuable research work
has learned that corn can be grown
successfully without any cultivation.
Channing Cope has written a book
entitled, "Front Porch Farmer,” in
which he tells how to farm with the
minimum of labor. If finally farm
ing can be successfully done without
having to work from sunrise until
sunset, then it will be an inviting
field of activity.
One of the greatest developments
in agriculture has been the cotton
gin. When a boy at the old home,
our father operated by mule power
one of the few gin plants in this
county. By beginning early in the
morning with no break downs, two
bales of cotton could be ginned and
packed in one day. Four mules were
used to operate a 40-saw gin. They
went round and round hitched to a
lever which turned a big wheel.
One of the most monotonous jobs to
mules, and, men who drove them,
was just going around in the same
path hour by hour and day by day.
Gins have been modernized and im
proved until today a gin plant op
erated by electricity can gin and
bale eighty or more bales of cotton
per day. They can gin cotton wheth
er it is dry or wet, and can remove
trash, dirt or other extravenus
matter. These modern gin plants are
marvelous. There has also been
much improvement and develop
ment of wheat mills.
Farmers now have sufficient in
come to build better homes for
themselves and their tenants, and
to construct more comfortable and
convenient barns for stock. The
reason farmers have so long neg
lected this was because their in
come from their farms was insuffi
cient. With present prices of farm
products, farmers derive sufficient
revenue to buy tractors, combines
and build new residences and barns.
Farmers are now paying cash for
their purchases. The time was when
they bought their fertilizer and
farm supplies on credit and paid big
profits to the middle man. It is a
blessing to farmers to be able to
pay cash for their needs.
Returning to Soil Conservation,
another big benefit derived from
sowing land and building good pas
tures is this prevents soil from the
uplands washing down to the
streams and filling them up, there
by rendering the land on each side
of the stream unfit for cultivation
I or pastures. In some of this bottom
lands the soil is two to three feet
i
in depth but the only purpose they
serve is to be a basin for water.
They are too wet for cultivation.
The Jackson Herald, Jefferson, Georgia
The one thing that has prevented
ditching these streams is that they
soon fill up again. If soil Conserva
tion is properly practiced in the
area of a stream it will prevent soil
and sand from again filling the
water channel. So we see that it is
almost impossible to value Soil Con
servation. People are now realizing
its tremendous importance and are
co-operating more and more with
the authorities who have charge of
this important undertaking. Work
of soil conservation has just now
well begun in this District. It is to
the advantage of every farmer to
cooperate with the authorities and
do all within his power to make
this work a success.
Little Corsican Paved Way
For Invention of Canning
Although Emperor Napoleon is
now ancient history, one achieve
ment of the little corporal is evident
on dinner tables in all parts of the
world.
If it hadn’t been for the pint
sized conqueror, the discovery of
home-canned foods might have been
delayed hundreds of years.
Napoleon’s switch from the sword
and musket to the ladle and pot
world occurred during his early
campaigns. More French soldiers
were dying of spoiled food than
were killed in battle. Also, the mor
ale of the French population xvas
low because of the food shortage.
To remedy this situation, the
French dictator turned philanthrop
ist. He founded the society for the
encouragement of new ( inventions,
and offered 12,000 francs for a sim
ple and satisfactory method of pre
serving foods.
Encouraged by the prize, Francois
Appert, a candymaker, spent ten
years cooking, preserving, and tast
ing. He finally decided that some
thing in the air caused food to spoil,
and began storing food in tightly
corked bottles. The corks were cov
ered with sealing wax, dropped into
boiling water, and cooked again.
This was the beginning of the art
of canning.
Vermont’s Marble Village
The Emperor Augustus used to
boast about finding ancient Rome
a city of brick and leaving it a city
of marble. The lovely little town of
Proctor, Vermont, didn’t start out
to Be anything but marble. Proc
tor’s bridges, office buildings, house
foundations even sidewalks are
made of that beautiful stone.
Proctor is the marble capital of
the United States. From surround
ing quarries comes 70 per cent of
the huge columns and blocks seen
in public buildings, the slabs and
walls of banks and offices all over
the country. The home of the sup
reme court in Washington, D. C.,
and the amphitheater at Arlington,
Va., were quarried and in
Proctor.
Cincinnati Goes for “Spuds”
People who eat out in Cincinnati
eat more potatoes than those whb
eat out in New Orleans, according
to a survey of potato preferences
among hotels and restaurants in
these two cities, recently made by
the bureau of agricultural econom
ics, U. S. department of agricul
ture. Financed under the research
and marketing act, this survey was
undertaken to furnish facts about
the economical use of this plenti
ful food crop. Interviews with the
food buyers of independent eating
establishments showed that where
100 pounds of potatoes a week are
purchased In Cincinnati, only 80
pounds are purchased in New
Orleans.
Jews in Jerusalem
ki spite of the cruel laws of Rome
and other rulers of Palestine, there
never was a time when Jews ceased
to live in Jerusalem. Before the
Crusades most of the Jews return
ing to 'Jerusalem came from Mos
lem countries, Babylon and Egypt
in particular. Later travellers also
came from the West. Judah Ijalevi,
Benjamin of Tudels and the great
Maimonide* visited Jerusalem.
Today Jews are once more a major
ity of the population in the city.
EDWARD H. SHANNON
OPTOMETRIST
212 South Main Street
GAINESVILLE, GA.
COW OWNED BY
STATE UNIVERSITY
MAKES RECORD
A registered Jersey cow owned
by the University of Georgia, Ath
ens, has completed a production
record of 13,381 pounds of milk and
745 pounds of butterfat at the age
of four years and two months.
This record qualifies her for the
Gold Medal award of the American
Jersey Cattle Club, with national
headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.
All her tests were verified by both
the University of Georgia and the
American Jersey Cattle Club.
In compiling this record she pro
duced more than three and one-half
times as much butterfat as the av
erage dairy cow in the United
States.
LARGE LIQUOR FIRMS
LOSE LICENSES
IN STATE PROBE
Two large liquor wholesale firms
in Augusta and Atlanta lost their
licenses Monday, after charges that
they joined in a huge illegal traffic
into Georgia dry counties.
Richmond Wholesale Liquors, Inc.
of Augusta and the Southern Dis
tributing Company, of Atlanta, were
brought before Revenue Commis
sioner Charles Redwine by Special
State Investigator Claude Shaw.
Both admitted illegal operations
after Shaw accused them of "fla
grant violations with a complete
disregard for the law.”
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Silver and gold coins have a
rough edge because if they were
smooth it would be easy to file
off some of the valuable metal
without changing the coin’s ap
pearance.
Champion Jewelers’
Selling All Surplus Jewelry, Watches,
Diamonds and Silverware
At Public
AUCTION
UNDER THE HAMMER TO THE HIGHEST
BIDDER - - PIECE BY PIECE!
DAVID I. LIVINGSTON, AUCTIONEER
FIRST SALE
THURSDAY
SEPT. Bth
10:30 A. M.
2:30 P. M.
FRFF PRI7FSI
I IILL B ■ m IIL R- © get a free ticket!
Diamond Ring Given Away Sat. Nite
COME ONE! COME ALL!!
Champion Jewelers
Jefferson, Georgia
For Bargains That Come Once In A Lifetime!
Uncle Sam Says
During the years America was grow
ing up. Grandma hid her savings in
the old, cracked teapot, the tin canis
ter, or even that old horse-hair mat
tress. This was the hard way to save
and her denials of many things to
build those savings sometimes came
to naught. Thieves, fire or other haz
ards wiped out her savings in a Jiffy.
Today we have the finest and surest
way ever invented to build security
for the future—the U. 8. Savings Bonds
way. This means you can put aside,
every pay day, part of what you earn
by signing up for the Payroll Savings
Plan where you work, or, if self-em
ployed, the Bond-a-Month Plan where
you bank. Either way, you get back
|4 for every $3 invested in Just ten
years. U.S. Treasury Deptrtmaat
Shakespeare, according to esti
mates, never made a continuous
journey as far as a round trip from
Boston to New York.
I At every dance there s two kinds o fellers:
s *\ them that goes t’ dance an
, them that goes t’ fight.
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Quicks Sanitary Pickup, Dead or Injured Animals Within 25 Miles Free.
TELEPHONE US COLLECT
SECOND SALE
FRIDAY
SEPT. 9th
10:30 A. M.
2:30 P. M.
Quite a number of teen-age boy s
are seen frequently on the streets
of Jefferson at a late hour of the
night. A writer in the Atlanta j OUr .
nal suggests a curfew law. If
law, said he, was invoked so all
teen-agers would be home in bed
before midnight, the delinquent
problem would be solved.
Trad® With The Herald Advertii* r ,
—lt Will Pay Good Dividends!
FREE PARKING FOR
OUR CUSTOMERS
You don’t have to park
your car out of town
and walk a good dis
tance to the stores. Park
close to Jay’s and we
will pay for one hour
parking, if you trade
SI.OO or over. If y o u
purchase $5.00 or more
we will pay for 2 hours
parking.
JAY'S
DEPT. STORE
Commerce, Ga.
J. D. JEWELL, INC.
Telephone Jefferson 1722
PENDERGRASS, GA.
THIRD SALE
SATURDAY
SEPT. 10th
10:30 A. M.
2:30 P. M.
7:30 P. M.