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LET'S BOOST
JACKSON AND
BUTTS COUNTY
VOL. 49—NO. 11
SHARP CUT WILL BE MADE IN
FERTILIZER AND COTTON CROP
FERTILIZER SALES IN BUTTS COUNTY WILL BE SLASHED AT
LEAST SIXTY PER CENT WHILE THE COTTON ACREAGE
WILL BE TRIMMED FORTY PER CENT ACCORDING TO RE
LIABLE INFORMATION
That the cotton acreage in Butts
county this year will be cut at least
40 per cent, is the statement of men
well informed on the business and
farming situation.
Fertilizer sales for this year will
be slashed 60 per cent, according to
dealers and those in a position to
know.
The reduction in fertilizers, taken
in connection with the induction in
acreage, means the smallest cotton
crop that Butts county has known
in a generation.
The largest cotton crop in the
history of the county was over
18,000 bales, in 1914. The yield
last year was between 11,000 and
12,000 bales. The final figures will
be available within a few days. This
year it is confidently predicted the
total pi-oduction of cotton in Butts
county will not be over 6,000 bales.
If this same reduction program
is kept up over the entire belt the
1921 crop will be the smallest grown
in many years.
Many people, it is pointed out,
are experiencing considerable diffi
culty in obtaining fertilizers. To
attempt to grow cotton under boll
weevil conditions, without the lib
BOLL WEEVILS
ARE NUMEROUS
SURVIVED THE MILD WINTER
AND READY TO “GO OVER
TOP” WITH FLYING COLORS.
FLYING AROUND NOW
That much abused pest, the boll
weevil, came through the winter in
very good Condition., thank you,
and the bugs are reported in all
parts of the county in great abun
dance. They are to be found in
fields, are often caught flying
abound, and sometimes Invade
houses and are to be caught on one’s
clothing, on the windshields of auto
mobiles and in other unexpected
places.
The specimens so far reported are
vigorous and in the best of robust
health, but quite hungry. They
have not had a square meal since
the frost killed the cotton the past
fall. With whetted appetites they
will be eager and anxious to pounce
upon cotton as soon as it breaks
through the ground and will stay
with it as long as there is a sprig
of greenery to be found. From all
indications the boll weevil is going
to play anew tune of “Marching
Through Georgia” this year. The in
vasion will be one that this part of
the state will remember almost as
long as the famous march of Sher
man from Atlanta to the sea.
A number of plans of attack on
Mr. Weevil are being mapped out.
His stay on Butts county farms wll
not be one of uninterrupted joy,
for many farmers will jet the weevil
know they are round here and about
here before the summer is over.
Some will use calcium arsenate to
poison the pest; others will pick up
the squares and do frequent plowing
and all the latest schemes and meth
ods will be resorted to in an effort to
kill if not frighten this aborigine of
old Mexico.
The best of all methods known to
combat this pestiferous frequenter
of the southern cotton fields is plen
ty of food and feed crops and live
stock. Many farmers will employ
this mode of attack, bringing pres
sure to bear to cut the weevil’s ra
tions short, while growing something
to feed themselves and family and
livestock. More food crops will be
planted in Butts county this year
than has been known in years.
Corn and peas, velvet beans, pea
nuts, sorghum and sugar cane, and
sweet potatoes, a great and increas
ingly important crop, will be pro
duced in abundance.
At the end of the season the far
mers who plant and grow plenty of
food and feed crops and keep more
live stock than usual, and the far
mers who grow cotton to feed the
boll weevil, will meet and compare
notes. It will be a right interesting
meeting.
A proposed tax on sugar sent the
price up. May be a tax on cotton
Ufould have the same effect,
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS
eral application of fertilizers, is al
most a hopeless task, those n posi
tion to know declare.
It is admitted that many farmers
would plant their usual acreage in
cotton this season if they could get
the fertilizer. But with high prices
prevailing and the fertilizer dealers
doing only a limited credit business,
the sales vvll be trimmed to the bone.
By many this is taken as the most
hopeful sign of the cut in cotton
acreage.
Investigation reveals the fact that
many farmers had their lesson from
the boll weevil last year. There are
still some who think they can grow
cotton in spite of the boll weevil
and are preparing to take another
“plunge.”
Reliable information from all
parts of the county show that the
largest food and feed crops in the
history of the county will be plant
ed this year. Unusual preparations
are being made to plant corn, pota
toes, peas, velvet beans, sorghum,
/and these crops in addition to a
large acreage in wheat and oats,
means plenty of everything to eat
regardless of the price of cotton
another season.
GEORGIA BANKERS TO
ASSEMBLE IN MACON
JOINT SESSION TO BE HELD BY
GEORGIA BANKERS ASSOCIA
TION AND COUNTRY BANK
ERS. GOOD PROGRAM
Atlanta, March 17.—Copy of the
official program for the joint annual
convention of the Georgia Bankers
Association and the Country Bank
ers Association of Georgia, which
is to be held in Macon on March 22,
23 and 24, has been sent to every
banker in the state.
It is expected that nearly all of
the bankers will attend this joint
convention, inasmuch as it has been
called for the express purpose of
discussing financial ways and means
for the business of the state during
the coming year.
The period of business depression
through which the entire country
has recently passed, said officials of
the association on Saturday, has left
the credit margin and the capital of
many business undertakings some
what depleted and it is felt neces
sary for the bankers to carefully
plan how to meet this situation.
The greater part of the sessions
of the conference will be executive,
as it is felt advisable that the bank
ers themselves feel at full liberty to
discuss their problems with the ut
most freedom. J. E. Frizzell, of
Waverly Hall, president of the
Coutnry Bankers Association, will
make the opening address at the
opening session on Wednesday fore
noon. He will be followed by Court
ney Thorpe, of Savannah, who will
present the City Banker’s viewpoint
after Mr. Frizzel has spoken from
the country bankers side.
There vail be a banquet on Tues
day evening and an “agricultural
luncheon” on Wednesday.
Leading bankers of the state will
make addresses and every banker
who attends will also be expected to
join in the open discusions and tell
his problems and make his sugges
tions for the benefit of the full at
tendance.
MAY BUILD POTATO
HOUSE IN FORSYTH
Matter It Now Unjder Contideration
By Citizens There
There is a possibility that a po
tato curing and storage house may
be built in ForsytfT at an early date.
Messrs. W. H. and H. E. Newton
have the matter under concideration
and are willing to go to the ex
pense of erecting the house if they
find that the farmers desire it and
will raise a sufficient supply of po
tatoes to warrant such an invest
ment. It thus appears that the
raising of potatoes may become a
way of escape from the boll w?evil
in Monroe county. Fertilizer men
state that they have had many in
quiries concerning fertilizer suit
able for potatoes. —Monroe Adver
tiser.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MARCH 18, 1921
Why Grow 4,000,000
Bales for Nothing?
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
What’s the sense—common sense, horse sense, or any other kind of sense—of growing
4,000,000 bales of cotton for nothing?
That is the hard, practical, stubborn fact that cotton farmers of the South are now up against.
We have got to answer it for ourselves; and upon the answer depends the welfare of ourselves, our
wives, and our children.
Everybody admits that an B*ooo,ooo-bale crop of cotton this yMar will bring just as much money
as a 12,000,000-bale crop. What, then, is the sense of planting, chopping, nurturing, picking and gin
ning 4,000,000 extra bales of cotton for nothing?
Not only will it be for nothing, but for worse than nothing. We will not only get no more for
a 12,000,000-bale crop than we should get for an 8,000,000-bale crop, but there is this other abso
lutely certain consideration:
If we make only an 8,000,000-bale crop we will BOOST the price of every pound of cotton
we have carried over from 1920 and from previous years. On the other hand, if we make a 12,000,-
000-bale crop, we will absolutely RUIN the profits of every pound of cotton we are holding and
have held. Which course will you follow?
It is time to wake up. There is absolutely no chance for a 50 per cent cut in cotton acre
age, but anything less tahn a 25 per cent cut will be disaster. And if we are to have a 25 per cent
average decrease, a lot of people must cut far more than 25 per cent—for thousands are not going
to cut at all. Sir Edward Paish, the famous English authority, is predicting that cotton may go to 4
cents next year without a heavy cut in acreage; it will certainly go low enough.
In Heaven’s name, let’s plant only just enough cotton this year to pay taxes and absolutely
necessary store bills and plant every other acre in food crops, feed crops, soil-improving crops, gar
dens pastures, orchards, watermelons, and potatoes. Let’s live well at home—with home-made bread,
meat, milk, butter, vegetables, fruits, chickens, eggs, watermelons, syrup, and honey—and absolutely
refuse to ruin prices of 1921 cotton and of cotton already on hand by planting, cultivating, and
picking 4,000,000 extra bales of cotton for nothing.
That is the issue. What are you, Mr. Farmer, going to do about it on your farm?
MILK DEPOT IS
NOW CONSIDERED
COMMITTEE FROM THE JACK
SON ICE CORPORATION IN
VESTIGATE MATTER. WILL
REPORT WITHIN NEXT WEEK
The movement to establish a milk
depot in Jackson took definite form
Thursday afternoon when the di
rectors of the Jackson Ice Corpora
tion were called together and a
committee appointed to investigate
all phases of the question and re
port at another meeting to be held
Thursday, March 17.
Members of the committee ap
pointed are S. P. Nichols, president,
R. N. Etheridge, vice president, W.
E. Merck, secretary and manager of
the ice factory, and Hugh Mallet.
The members of the committee
were instructed to make an investi
gation of the entire matter and
gather all the information obtain
able and report within a week. A
trip to Atlanta and possibly other
cities in this territory was made for
the purpose of finding out all about
the selling end, the distribution, the
equipment needed and other useful
information. As soon as this com
mittee makes its report and collects
all the information possible, a mass
meeting of interested parties will
be held. If the report is favorable
it is likely that the milk depot will
be established in Jackson at once.
There is a great deal of interest
in the matter, but it was first neces
sary to obtain specific data on which
to proceed. It is believed that a
large and profitable business can be
built up here in connection wi th the
ice factory. The farmers would sell
to the ice factory and the milk
would then be shipped in large quan
tities to wholesalers in nearby
cities. A considerable amount of
money would be turned loose in
the community and just at this time
this would be a great benefit to ev
erybody in the county.
Notice of the time and place of
the mass meeting will be announced
later.
MONTICELLO VOTES SCHOOL
BONDS BY BIG MAJORITY
Ladies To* J< Part in Election And
Much Interest Manifested
Monticello, Ga., March 12.—The
bond issue election in Monticello re
sulted in a “howling success.” Out
of 472 registered voters more than
400 voted and only ten votes were
cast on the opposition. The bonds
will be offered for sale as soon as
validated. The construction of the
school building v.'ll follow the sale
of the bonds as soon as the contract
can be let and material placed on
the ground.
This election was phenomenal be
cause it was the first election in
Monticello in which ladies have
taken part. The school children
showed much enthusiasm and inter
est. The school turned out in masse
led by large drum and displaying
suitable banners.
WILL NOT FLANT A
SINGLE STALK COTTON
MR. L. L. TISON WILL PIN HIS
FAITH TO CROP OF SWEET
POTATOES. GOING IN FOR
LARGE YIELD
Showing the changing attitude of
farmers of this section as to trying
to grow cotton under boll weevil
conditions and at present prices, Mr.
L. L. Tison, one of the best known
farmers in the county, states that
he will not plant a single cotton seed
this year. Instead he will raise
svr.set potatoes as a money crop.
iMr- Tison, who is vice president
oof the Butts County Products Com
pany, organized here to build a
sweet potato storage house, will
raise sweet potatoes on a large scale
this year. He states that he will
raise from two to four thousand
bushels and already has a large
quantity of potatoes bedded from
which to obtain slips. Under exist
ing conditions Mr. Tison can see
more money in growing potatoes at
60 cents a bushel than in attempting
to grow cotton.
Mr. Tison will probably erect a
sweet potato curing house on his
farm during the year, in addition to
furnishing the storage house in Jack
son with a large lot of potatoes.
Judge H. M. Fletcher stated Sat
urday that he and Prof. Van Fletch
er would build a swset potato cur
ing house on their farm during the
year. They also have stock in the
curing house to be erected in Jack
son.
From the present indications there
will be a large number of individual
potato storage houses built in the
county during this year, which shows
there is keen interest in the grow
ing and saving of this important
crop.
Georgia should have more manu
facturing enterprises. The move
ment to make this a great industrial
state is one worthy of the hearty
support of every citizen.
PACKERS WILL CUT
WAGES OF 100,000
EMPLOYEES BALLOTING ON
STRIKE. HOURS TO BE RE-AD
JUSTED. EFFORTS MADE TO
SETTLE DIFFERENCES
Chicago—With more than 100,090
employees in the packing industry
in all parts of the country balloting
on a proposed strike, wage decreases
amounting to 12 and 15 per cent,
together vvth a re-adjustment of
working hours, which were announc
ed last week, will go into effect
Monday.
Both the packers and union offic
ials Saturday agreed to meet James
J. Davis, secretary of labor, who of
fered his services as mediator in the
hope of averting a strike. Sunday
representatives of both sides said
there was little prospect of an agree
ment at the proposed conference.
FARM LOAN BANK
ESTABLISHED HERE
$
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED AT
MEETING HELD MONDAY. AP
PLICATION MADE FOR OVER
SIOO,OOO IN LOANS
A federal farm loan bank has
been established in Jackson and ap
plication has been made to the re
gional bank in Columbia, S. C.,
which serves this section, for loans,
aggregating $106,250. The name
of the nevs concern is the Jackson
National Farm Loan Association.
The officers elected Monday in
clude H. M. Fletcher, president; C.
T. Beauchamp, vice president; G. E.
Rice, secretary and treasurer; T. J.
Collins, assistant secretary and
treasurer.
The directors are H. M. Fletcher,
C. T. Beauchamp, W. A. White, R.
E. Evans, A. F. Taylor.
Twenty-three applicants have ap
plied for loans of $106,250. Other
applications will be made later. The
concern will have as its territory
the counties of Butts, Henry, Mon
roe and I.amar.
The supreme court of the United
States recently held the act creating
the federal farm loan banks consti
tutional. Since that time a number
of the banks have been established
in various parts of the country.
Loans are made at a low rate of
interest and extending over a long
term of years. Loans cannot be
made for a period of less than five
years nor more than forty years.
Loans are made for the following
purposes: To provide for the pur
chase of land for farming purposes;
to provide for the purchase of nec.-
essary farm equipment; to provide
buildings and other improvements
for a farm; to liquidate the indebt
edness op a farm at the time the
association is organized. Money
cannot be obtained for speculative
purposes.
The borrower makes his applica
tion to the association for member
ship, stating the amount he desires
to borrow. He agrees to become
a member of the association and
take stock in it to the amount of
5 per cent of his loan, which 5 per
cent is the cost of securing his loan.
Upon the association acting favor
ably upon his application, he is made
a member, and the application for
a loan sent to the Federal Farm
Loan Bank at Columbia, S. C.
There the final investigation is
made, and it is granted or not, ac
cording to conditions.
Loans can be made for 50 per
cent of the value of the land, and
20 per cent of the improvements
thereon. No person can borrow
money who is not cultivating a farm,
who will not in a short time begin
cultivating one. Under the system
of amortization payments, yearly or
semi-annual payments are made,
which cover not only the interest
but the principal. These payments
may be extended over a period of
forty years, or may be paid in full
at any time after the loan has run
HAKE 1921 A YEAR
OF HOG AND
HOMINY
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
ENLARGE CAPACITY
OF POTATO HOUSE
PLANT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED
TO STORE 15,000 BUSHELS.
CONTRACTS MUST BE SIGNED
BY APRIL 15
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Butts County Products Com
pany, held Saturday afternoon, it
was unanimously voted to build a
plant to take care of 15,000 bushels
of sweet potatoes. It was the origi
nal plan to construct a house to
store only 10,000 bushels, but it
was seen that this plant would not
be large enough to care for all the
potatoes that will be grown in this
territory. After hearing the matter
explained the stockholders went on
record as favoring a larger plant.
Stockholders in the sweet potato
curing house will be taken care of
first, on the basis of 25 bushels of
potatoes for each share of stock.
If the house is not filled on that
basis the limit will be increased.
Contracts must be signed and de
livered to the general manager be
fore April 15. Some of the contracts
have already been signed. Those de
siring contracts may obtain them
from Mr. S. S. Copeland, the general
manager.
Mr. Copeland will also order po
tato slips for any stockholder who
deserves this service. He has prices
from a large number of potato
growers in South Georgia. Many of
the stockholders, will bed their own
potatoes and produce their own slips.
It is likely that the crates will be
made in Jackson. The Empire Bug
gy Company is now figuring on this
Work. By another season the com
pany hopes to be able to manufac
ture its own crates and special ma
chinery for that purpose will likely
be installed.
ROLFE’S PLANE
KILLS OLD LADY
BIRDMAN WELL KNOWN JACK
SON. ACCIDENT OCCURRED
AT PABLO BEACH. ROLFE
FLEW AT FAIR GROUND HERE
Jacksonville, Fla., March 13.—•
Mrs. A. Wollenkoff, 70, of Van
Wert, Ohio, was almost instantly
killed today at Pablo Beach \Aien
an airplane driven by (Monte Rolfe,
of Augusta, Ga., struck her.
Rolfe, with two passengers in the
plane, was attempting to make a
landing on the beach and apparently
did not see Mrs. Wollenkoff, who
was stooping to gather sea shells.
The plane struck her in the side and
she died a few moments later. A
deputy sheriff took charge of Rolf*
pending fcn investigation of the ac
cident.
,Monte Rolfe is well known in
Jackson. He made exhibition flights
at the Butts county fair in 1916,
using a Curtiss bi-plane. Later he
savi service in the world war and
established a school in Athens to
train flyers. While in Jackson he
tried to intrest a number of business
men in establishing a school here to
train flyers but received but little
encouragement. Rolfe also sought
an engagement at the 1920 fair, but
no aviator was secured for that oc
casion.
When Rolfe made his flights here
in 1916 he was quite young, and his
“nerve” in trying the flying game at
that time was the subject of consid
erable comment.
CITY FATHERS IN COVING
TON HIT SWINE GROWERS
Ordinance Require* That Hog* Be
Kept away From Home*
The city council of Covington has
enacted an ordinance prohibiting
the keeping of hogs within one hun
dred yards of any residence in that
city. Citizens of the Newton coun
ty metropolis who intend to keep
swine will have to remove them a
safe distance from residences. The
ordinance vvts enacted as a measure
to safeguard the health of the citi
zens and according to city officials
will be rigidly enforced.
for five years.
It is believed the farm loan bank
vuill do a large business in this ter
ritory. There has probably never
been a time vuhen the aid of the fed
eral land bank will be received with
as much appreciation ,as at the pres
ent time. j ... I