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The Jackson Herald Volume 76. MRS. J.E. ALEXANDER LAID TO REST AT MIZPAH Mrs. Louisa Duncan Alexander, widow of the late Joe E. Alexander, passed awhy Monday at the home of her duaghter, Mrs. John Hood, in Commerce, after a brief illness. Mrs. Alexander was 80 years of age and was a native of Jackson county and had spent most of her life at her country home in the southern section of the county, near the Clarke county line. For the past several years, she had made her home in Athens. She was a member of Mizpah Presbyterian Church and had a large number of friends for whom her death is a source of deepest re gret. Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Mizpah Church and burial followed in the church cemetery. In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Hood, Mrs. Alexander is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Nancy Shif lett, Atlanta; three sons, R. R. Alexander, T. P. Alexander and H. E. Alexander, eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews. James Smith Wins L F.F.A. Award In Home Painting ATHENS.—Winners in the Future Farmers of America painting con test for Northeast Georgia were an nounced here, by J- H. Mitchell, district supervisor of agricultural education. The contest is sponsored by the American Turpentine Farm ers Association. James Smith, of Jefferson, placed first with Luther Scarborough of Madison County High, Danielsville, as runner-up an# Elworth Moore, of Greensboro placing third. Smith received an expense-paid trip to the National F. F. A. Convention in Kansas City, October 10-13, while Scarborough receives SSO and Moore S2O. These awards were made at the state F- F. A. rally in Macon on Sat urday morning, by Mr. M. E. Cole man, educational director of the American Turpentine Farmers As sociation. In winning the district award, 18- year-old Smith using the 21 gallons of paint which his father ordered, applied two coats to the outside of his home, painted the inside ceil ings, kitchen cabinet, porch floor, two porch and two lawn chairs, a dresser, farm wagon, four plow stocks, planters, turning plow, fer tilizer drill, and other small items of farm equipment. Scarborough, 17, who has been in F. F. A. work for two years, did an outstanding job painting his farm home both inside and out. In addi tion he painted a pump house, 12 chairs, an ironing board, two swings and a number of small items of farm equipment including two plow stocks, two harrows, a wheelbarrow, turning plows, singletrees, tool boxes, and a well box. Sixteen-year-old Moore has been in F. F. A- work for only one year and during this time he has painted his fuel house, two poultry houses, a pump house and a tool house. The interior of his home, kitchen cab inets, porch and lawn chairs, dress ers, wardrobe, wagon, and such small esuipment as a plow-stock, fertilizer drill, and stalk cutter were fj’co included in his painting pro gram. Single Copy Five Cents FIFTY JACKSON COUNTY FARMERS IN CORN CONTEST There are a total of 50 corn con testants entered in the Corn Con test in Jackson County. Twenty seven of these are in the 5-Acre Demonstration, and twenty-three are entered in the 100 Bushel Club, the names and addresses of these are as follows: Five-Acre Corn Contest E. O. Hawkins, Jackson County Farm, Ben L. Wright, Elver Breazeale, all Rt, 1, Jefferson. A. Luther Freeman, Walter S. Shields, Route 2, Jefferson. Vester Massey, Onnie Hill, Janice and Bobbie Harris, Rt. 3, Jefferson. Jessie F. Whitehead, Tom Kesler, Jewell Barnett, Frank S. Matthews, Claud T. Coleman, Willie Farmer, John B. Jackson, Bennie D. Log gins, John H. Wood, John G. Tol bert, Ollin Farmer, all of Nicholson. Bartow Hall of Hoschton, A. J. Murphy of Talmo, John Davenport of Braselton, George Deadwyler of Maysville, Ralph Sailors and J. F. Thomas of Pendergrass. 100 Bushel Club T. Weldon, M. Sikes, J. J- Potter, Olin L. Stewart, all of Jefferson. Jesse H. Cronic, A. L. Duck and R. C. Clark, of Braselton; Edgar H. Thomas of Pendergrass, W. M. Free man of Hoschton. Albert J. Adams, James R. Bar nett, Mike Bowles, Marvin R. Bur roughs, Walton C. Davis, Watson W. Ginn, Vincent J. Nix, James D. Minish, Telford Minish, Thomas J. Morris, Joel H. Sellers, Johnny W. Shields, Emory Smith, Carlton F. Wheeler, all of Commerce. DAD’S NIGHT AT TALMO OCTOBER 13 We wonder sometimes if fathers do not feel a little left-out, as so much is written about mothers in stories, poetry and songs. You hear the statement so many times “A home is not complete without a Mother.” How true, but Father’s also are important for they provide the home. The Talmo P. T. A. think fathers are very important and they are honoring them with “Dad’s Night,” Thursday night, October 13th. All the Fathers who have children in the Talmo School are cordially in vited. The Rev. Ellery Collins, of Winder, will be guest speaker and supper will be served in the school lunch room. TALMO P- T. A. Rev. Douglas Eades To Conduct Tent • Meeting At Talmo A great meeting in Talmo is plan ned by Rev. Douglas Eades. It will be a union meeting in which several churches will participate. Services will be held under a tent beginning October 16th and run ning through the 30th. Services each night at 7:30 o’clock. Rev. Eades is a graduate of Bob Jones College in South Carolina, and is a magnetic gospel messenger. Revivals have been successfully con ducted by him in Jefferson, Com merce, Gainesville and Monroe. He hopes the revival at Talmo will cli max all his previous efforts. Rev. Eades will preach at the different services which will be pro vided with music. ' He invites the people to all of the there services Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia CENTRAL AMERICAN SCENES ENJOYED BY ROTARIANS Jefferson Rotarians had a pleasant surprise Tuesday when Program Chairman J. W. Early presented the Club’s popular pianist and announ ced that she would show a moving picture in colors of scenes and events of her recent visit to Guata mala, the capital city of Central America. Accompanied by three young lady companions, Miss Storey went by plane from New Orleans to Guata mala. There they secured a guide, a college graduate, who accompan ied them over the principal cities and scenic views of that country. As the scenes were exhibited on the canvas, Miss Storey would make an explanation of each one, the Delta airplane which transported her and others, cities, streets, hotels, mountains, valleys, lakes, natives and their methods of transportation and many other scenes were shown on the canvas. When the picture was completed, Rotarians felt that they had made a visit to this Cen- tral American country. They appre ciated the effort, time, trouble and expense incurred by their pianist in showing so many scenes and shar ing with Rotarians information she obtained while on her vacation. At the conclusion of her entertainment she was given loud applause. Henry Davis, chairman of Jeffer son Rotary’s committee on sponsor ing the campaign to furnish register ed Jersey calves to a limited num ber of boys, reported that half the money was in hand and that the entire amount was expected in a few days. ( Four members were absent. Past President H. E. Aderholt presided over first of meeting until Nat Han cock arrived from a business con ference. 18-YEAR-OLDS MUST REGISTER State Headquarters, Selective Service System has noticed a de crease in the numbber of 18 year old men registering during the past several months. The failure to reg ister is a violation of the Selective Service Act and makes the delin quent liable to prosecution in the Federal Courts. The obligation to register is a continuing obligation and must be fulfilled regardless of whether men are being inducted into the Armed Forces under the Selective Service Act. Local Boards are being instructed to permit late registrants to regis ter during the month of October without reporting them to the United States District Attorney for prosecution. After November Ist, every person who is not registered within the time allowed by the Se lective Service Act of 1948 will be reported to the United States Dis trict Attorney as a delinquent, un less the person can furnish a reason able excuse for failure to register as provided in the Act. The maximum penalty for viola tion of any of the provisions of the Selective Service Act of 1948, is punishment by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than SIO,OOO, or both such fine and imprisonment. The office nours and address of the Local Board for Jacksn County is as follows: 8:00 to 5:00 Tuesday; 8:00 to 12:00 Wednesdays. Located at office of H. J. Dailey and Son, Randloph Street, opposite court house. MOBILE UNIT SECURES 26 PINTS BLOOD TUESDAY American Red Cross mobile blood unit visited Jefferson Tuesday and a total of 26 pints of blood was se cured. Although 70 persons had pledged to give a pint of blood, only 41 came and 15 of these were rejected be cause of various reasons, principally on account of colds. The dining room of the Methodist Church was fitted up for the taking of the blood. The unit was com posed of a director, Dr. Krenshaw; four nurses and a blood custodian. W. T. Bryan is chairman of the Jackson County Red Cross, and Mrs. A. M. Hardy is the Field Worker. Edmond Garrison was chairman of committee arranging for the com ing of the Unit to Jefferson and was responsible for its success. Quite a number of Jefferson ladies assisted during the day. Mr. Garrison requests that thanks be extended all those who donated blood, those who assisted at the church and also the trustees of the church for the use of the building. A door prize of a basket of gro ceries given by the Jefferson groce ry merchants - was won by Roy Meade. CHARLIE W. WOOD BURIED AT GALILEE Charlie W. Wood of Statham died on Monday. Funeral and buri al services were conducted by Rev. Roy Miller at Galilee Christian Church at 3 p. m.. Tuesday. Florida Sales Tax Pleases Gov. Warren TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida’s Governor, Fuller Warren voiced his approval of a three per cent limited sales tax passed by a special legisla tive session last week and said it “will go a long way toward meet ing the State’s essential needs.” In a “report to the people,” broad cast on a state-wide radio network, the Governor said the new tax pro gram insures better roads, an im proved education system, flood con trol, an expanded health and wel fare program, and aid to Florida cities. The tax is scheduled to take effect November Ist. MRS. J. M. REYNOLDS DIES IN ATLANTA Mrs. J. M. Reynolds, 84, of Com merce, died Sunday in a private Atlanta hospital. A life-long resident of Jackson county, she was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were held Mon day at Wilson’s church, Burial was in the churchyard. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. C. C. Nunn, of Atlanta; Mrs. C. E. Spear, of Maysville, and Mrs. W. P. Mooney, of Winder; three sons, E. M. Reynolds, of Maysville; W. G. Reynolds, of Gainesville, and R. J. Reynolds, of Doraville; 39 grand children and 50 great-grandchildren. FAIR AT DRY POND On Friday evening, October 14, at 6:00 o’clock P. M. a Community Fair exhibiting entries typical of the work of the people of the Dry Pond Community will be open to the public at the school building. Supper will be sold and a cake walk will also be a feature of the evening. Thursday, October 13, 1949 NORTH CAROLINIAN LOCATES IN JACKSON COUNTY The S. J. Suddath farm of 83 acres, located in Harrisburg district, Route 3, near Thyatira Church, about three miles from Jefferson, has been sold by the owner to Mr. M. F. Hammock of Raleigh, N. C. We are informed that the pur chaser intends to go into the cattle business. He is taking immediate possession. Mr. Hammock is a brother-in-law of W. L. McGoodwin of Maysville. Jackson County citizens extend a hearty welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Hammock and a wish that they may enjoy their new home and find con tentment and prosperity in their se lection of a home. 4-H CLUB BOYS ATTEND THE SOUTHEASTERN FAIR County Agent John Anderson, Gene Harper and Prince Lord car ried the following 4-H Club boys to the Southeastern Fair Saturday, October Bth: Talmo School— Joe Elrod, Billy Sosebee, Thomas Pendleton, Charles Telford, Bobby Pethel, Jack Irvin and Donald Eberhart. Dry Pond School—Donald Lord, Billy Langford, Harold Lord, Ter rell Lord. Jefferson School— John Ander son, Jr., Y. D. Maddox, Jr., Franklin Shumake, Charles Hunter, Donald j White and Billy Dye. Maysville School— Junior Wood, Billy Brown, Curtis Hudson, James O’Kelley, Bernard Holiday, Norman Nunn k JJonqld Cheeky Fred, Seay, Billy Veal, Jimmy Holland, Preston Wilson, Lloyd McClure, Ralph Neis ler, Johnny Stone, James Short, i Howard Short, Tommy Brown, Rob ert Rylee, Lamar Irvin, W. C. Hoop augh, Paul O’Kelley, Donald Irwin, Tommy Irwin. Nicholson School— Dewey Ed wards. Jackson Trail School—Dock Ber ryman. '■ I In addition to these, a group from 1 Wilson Jr. High School were car- j ried by Mr. Aubrey Benton. Teachers of English To Meet Oct. 17 In Gainesville The Ninth District Georgia Coun cil of Teachers of English, will hold the annual group meeting at the district G. E. A. meeting in Gaines ville, October 17. Mrs. Fred Orr, chairman Ninth District Council of Teachers of English, Benton High School, Nicholson, will preside. Miss Bertha Turner, Gainesville High School, will be the hostess, and Mrs. Warner Jones, Banks County High School, Homer, will serve as secre tary. The general theme of the meet ing will be “Opportunities of the English Teacher in Promoting Finer Living.” Mr. Francis Connor Cook, Professor of English, Piedmont Col lege, will be the guest speaker. Mrs. O. G. Pruitt, President of the Geor gia Council of Teachers of English, of Homer, will discuss the progress of the English Commission. Jefferson. Chamber Of Commerce Meeting of the Jefferson Cham ber of Commerce is postponed un til the second Thiprsday night in November. J. W. Early, President Foster Eckles, Secretary LEONARD GEE DIES UNEXPECTEDLY TUESDAY NIGHT Tuesday night about mid-night, Leonard Gee, whose home is be tween Pendergrass and Talmo, came* to his death in his residence. His wife heard ,a shot, or some kind of explosion and arose from her bed. Abut the same time her son searched the home and found his father on a cot in a side room. He reported to his mother “Father is asleep.” The wife went where he lay and found him dead with a gun by his side. Coroner R. S. Medlin was sum moned at once and he selected a ju ry composed of the following to pass on the death: J. B. Alexander, Bud Watson, Hoyt Cannon, Willie Harri son, and C. M. Pennington. The Coroner and jury found a note on a table near the deceased which he had written this family, in which ha stated that no one was responsible for his death except himself. He had been in poor health for some time. Upon investigation, the jury found that he shot himself in his left side with a shot gun. The? verdict of the jury was that the de ceased came to his death a gun shot wound, self inflicted. The Coroner's inquest was held about 2:30 a. m. Mr. Gee leaves a wife and three children. He was a quiet, kind-hearted man and his friends deeply deplore his passing. ‘ He was reared in this community" j and was 52 years of age. ROBERTA CRUMLEY WINS STATE HONOR The Jefferson U. D. C. Chapter has received notice from the State- Essay Chairman that Miss Roberta Crumley, of Jefferson, won second place in the State for the best essay written by a member of the Sixth Grade. This is a high compliment to Miss Roberta. The U. D. C.’s are proud of the young lady’s accom plishment. JACKSON COUNTY , FFA’S TO RECEIVE PLANTERS DEGREE Four Jackson county Future Farmer? will attend the annual FFA rally ir. Macon Saturday, Oc tober 22, to receive the Georgia Planter degree highest honor which the state association of FFA can confer on its members. Included in the group are Pauf Adams of the Commerce chapter and William P. Bell, Quillian Gar rison, and Bobby Sailors of the Jef ferson chapter. Delegates to the 21st annual state convention last summer recom mended 242 boys for the degree. Only two per cent of the members of the state association may receive the degree in any one year. The FFA organization has four degrees— Greenhand, Junior Farmer, Georgia Planter and American Farmer which are designed to encourage-- boys and to recognize leadership! and outstanding achievements ir>. farming. To qualify for the Georgia Plant er degree a Future Farmr must have successfully completed two years; of vocational agriculture, become t* leader in the local and state FFA organizzations, earned at least sl67* from his supervised farming pix>- gram and have $250 productively/ invested in farming. No. 17.