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USE GEORGIA
PRODUCTS
During 1924
VOL.S2—NO. 40
CANDIDATES FILE.
EXPENSEACCOUNTS
CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS,
JUDGE, SOLICITOR AND REP
RESENTATIVE SHOW WHAT IT
COST TO MAKE RACE
Candidates for congress, judge,
solicitor general and representative
in the primary of September 1C
have filed their expens e accounts,
showing what it cost to make the
race. The law requires that all candi
dates for state house officers file
with the clerk of th e superior court,
within twenty days after the primary
a list of their campaign expenses
and the sourc e from which the funds
expended were received.
Hon. Sam Rutherford, nominated
for congress over Major Ben J.
Fowler, spent the sum of $4,150.00,
his statement shows. This was divided
as follows: Announcements $925;
cards and circulars $275; Entrance
fees $400; postage and stationary
$300; traveling expenses including
fuel $250; workers witn automo
biles $2,000. This money was ex
pended from his own funds, it was
stated.
Judig,e E. J. Reagan, candidate for
judge of the superior court, spent
th e sum of $804.98, according to
his statement. This included an
nouncements in four papers, assess
ment:! in four counties, postage and
printing, traveling ex
penses, auto hire and clerical hire.
This money was received from his
own funds' derived from th e practice
law, it was shown.
Judge G. Ogden Persons, nominat
ed to succeed himself as judge of
th e Flint circuit, spent the sum of
$864.53, his statement shows. The
funds were derived from his own
income and the amounts were ex
pended for announcements, assess*-
ments, printing, voters lists, postage
and stationary, gasoline, oil, travel
ing, expenses, etc.
Frank B. Willingham, nominated
as solicitor”"general of the Flint
circuit, spent the sum of $521,21
his statements shows. The expendi
ture was for announcements, assess
ments, printing, postage, stationery,
traveling expenses, auto hire, etc.
The money so expended was from
his own income.
Judge T. J. Brown, candidate for
solicitor general, spent the sum of
$412.00, His statement declares. The
money was from his own income
and went for announetments, assess
ments, printing, postage, stationery,
traveling expenses, auto hire, etc.,
the statement shows.
Col. J. Threatt Moore, candidate
for solicitor general, spent the sum
of $197-00, according, to h:s state
ment. The money was derived from
hi? personal income and went for
| announcements, printing, gasoline,
/ hotel bills.
Judge H. M. Fletcher, candidate
for judge of the Flint circuit, spent
1 the sum of $463.75, his statement
*howe The money was from his
individual funds and was expended
for announcements, assessments,
printing, traveling expenses, gas,
oil and sundry items.
Hon. J. L. Lyons, nominated as
representative to succeed himself,
spent the sum of 180.00, .coord,n S
to his Statement.
Mi c s Lucile Akin, candidate for
spent 842.00, her
—n: Fowler, cand.d.te
congress, spent 86.407.23, his
> statement discloses. Of that -mount
*5.694.73 was from °*
..j 8772.50 was contribute 1
and ? *9 382-30 was
friends. The sum of
spent on election day <*
automobile hire, etc., the
nient shows.
THE COW, THE SOW AND IHE HEN KEEP STEADY CASH COMING IN.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
CONCERTED MOVEMENT
TO DESTROY WEEVIL
COUNTY AGENTS ALL OVER
GEORGIA URGING THAT COT
TON STALKS BE DESTROYED
BEFORE FROST COMES.
County agents throughout the
state are conducting an intensive
campaign for early destruction of
cotton stalks, according to J Phil
Campbell, director of extension work
of the State College of Agriculture.
Concerted effort is being made every
where, he says, to keep the weevils
from going into hibernation, and
instead of a few individual farmers
destroying their stalks as in the
past, it will b 0 on a community basis
this year.
Continuing Prof. Campbell said:
“801 l weevils do not feed on any
thing) except the green squares, small
green bolls, blooms and tender green
buds and young leaves of cotton,
and if these are killed before frost
th e weevils will starve to death.
Weevils that are not killed before
frost will hibernate and live through
out the winter without food.
“Any of the methods of stalk
destruction are acceptable. The most
common practice is to plow them
under, rip them up, cut or graze with
livestock. However, plowing the
stalks under is the best method if
the land is not too dry and hard,
and if ther e is time to do this. Rip
ping up takes less time and is the
method most commonly practiced.
“Due to the fact that weevils may
fly several hundred yards in seeking
shelter in th e fall, and hunting food
'in the spring, stalks destruction
should be put on as a community
Cooperative movement where this is
possible. If this is not done, a far
mer who destroyed his stalks may
hav e his fields infested from those
of a neighbor who neglected this
operation”.
926 BALES GINNED IN
COUNTY TO SEPT. 16
NO COMPARISON FOR LAST
YEAR BUT GINNING BELIEVED
TO BE LARGER. CROP FOR
SEVEN YEARS
Prior to September 16, Butts coun.
ty had ginned a total of 926 bales
of cotton, the report of the censu3
bureau shows. There was no report
for the county last year on that
date, but it is believed the ginnings
this year ar e larger than for 1923.
The total number of bales ginaed
in Butts county from 1917 to 1923,
inclusive, is given herewith:
1917 bales.
1918 — 17,020 bales
1919 — 15,991 hal§s.
1920 — 11,752 bales.
1921 baleff.
1922 — 2,342 bales.
1923 — 3,677 bales.
Will NOMINATE
SENATOR MADDOX
MEETING WILL BE HELD IN
GRIFFIN. DELEGATES FROM
THREE COUNTIES TO AT
TEND CONVENTION.
Hon. A. K. Maddox, of Griffin,
nominated as state senator from
the twenty-sixth district on Septem
ber 10, will b e formally nominated
Friday when the senatorial con
vention will assemble in the court
house in Griffin at 12 o’clo*k.
Delegate? from Butts county are
Messrs. S. J. Foster and W. E.
Watkins; Spalding county, L. P.
Goodrich and J. W. Touchstone;
Fayette county, B. D. Blalock and
W. R. Hollingsworth.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1924.
36 CONVICTED IN
SUPERIOR COURT
ALL JAIL CASES DISPOSED OF.
COURT ADJOURNED O N
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FEW
CHAINGANG SENTENCES.
A total of thirty-six criminal cases
were disposed of at the August ad
journed term of superior court, which
adjourned for the term September
25. All jail cases were disposed of,
it was stated, and the calendar is
in excellent shape*.
Of the 36 cases tried, 31 were
found guilty, 22 pleas having beeq
entered and nine verdicts were re
turned. There were five acquittals.
A large number of the cases dis
posed of were concerned with the
liquor traffic in some form. Judge
Persons imposed a few straight
chaingangi sentences but in the case
of first offenders he gave a fine and
warned that a second offense would
bring a harsher sentence. Citizens of
th e county were delighted with the
manner in which Judge Persons has
Igjone about enforcing the prohibition
law.
In addition to the cases reported
last week, the following were tried:
Mick Cochran, making liquor, ver
dict with recommendation, S2OO or
12 months, sentence suspended.
Tom King, carrying conceal wea
pons, plea, 6 months.
To m King po*ssessing intoxicants,
6 months:
Grady Cochran, making liquor,
plea, $75 or 12 months, sentence sus
pended.
Buster Foster, making liquor, plea,
SIOO or 12 months, sentence suspend
ed.
Wes Hendrick, making liquor, ver
dict, $75 or 6 months, sentence
suspended.
Oscar Cook, having liquor, verdict,
SIOO or 8 months, sentence suspend
ed.
Newt Darnell, making liquor, ver
dict, S2OO or 12 months, sentence
suspended.
Floyd Coody, making liquor, ver
dict, $75 or 12 months.
Richard Wynn, making liguor, plea,
S2OO or 12 months, sentence
suspended.
Louis Hicks, making liquor, plea,
S2OO or 12 months, sentence suspend
ed.
Tom Jester, making liquor, ver
dict, 12 months
Elbert Woodward, making liquor,
veidict, S2OO or 12 months, sentence
suspended.
Ben Cheny, larceny, verdict, $75
br 6 months. -
W. R. Kitchens, making liquor,
hcquitted.
C. C. Barnes, making liquor, ac
quitted.
Ed Whatley, disturbing divine wor
ship, acquitted.^
Leland Smith, drunk on highway
acquitted.
CAGLE WAS KILLED NEAR
JACKSON ON SUNDAY LAST
Rare Speicmen Brought Down by
Mr. I. C. Smith
A bald eagle was killed Sunday
near the home of Mr. J. O. Gaston
by Mr. I. C. Smith, the bird measur
ing 6 feet and 7 inches from tip
to tip and weighed 10 pounds. It was
the first eagle reported in Butts
county in a great many year3. The
persistent cawing of crows attracted
the attention of Mr. Smith, who
thinkink it was a chicken hawk se
cured his gun and went out to in
vestigate. Th e eagle flew directly
over him and he brought down the.
bir, bird with the first shot.
From its size the eagle seemed
capab! e of carrying off chickens,
pigs and other prey. The bird was
shown in Jackson Monday and at
tracted a good deal of attention.
TWO BOYS WIN
A TRIP TO FAIR
OSWALD INGRAM AND DAVID
EVANS WILL REPRESENT
BUTTS COUNTY AT FAIR
SCHOOL HELD IN ATLANTA.
Oswald Ingram, of Cedar Rock,
and David Evans, of Sandy Plains,
were successful contestant?, out of
a class of nine applicants, for a
free trip to the Southeastern Fair
School in Atlanta. They will leave
Monday and spend all of next
week at the big Atlanta fair. The
fair association will pay the rail
road far e and provide free enter
tainment for the boys during the
week.
The boys will be given a round
of study and pleasure whil 6 there
Under careful supervision that will
enable them to get the most out
of th e fair. Experts from the Geor
gia State College of Agriculture
will conduct the boys through the
various agricultural, horticultural,
live stock and poultry exhibits and
teach them sdm e of the important
things to be learned about farming.
This study will be given during
the mornings. The afternoons and
evenings will be devoted to pleasure
and sight-seeing on the fair grounds
'and in the city of Atlanta. The
boys will be shown the greatest
courtesy and attention by the fair
officials and representatives of the
College of Agriculture.
It will be a fin e trip for these
boys, who are being congratulated
for winning this trip.
A NEW CONGRESSIONAL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MR. RUTHERFORD, CONGRESS
MAN-ELECT, SELECTS MEM
BERS OF COMMITTEE TO
SERVE FOR TWO YEARS.
At the sixth district congressional
convention held in Macon Septem
ber 24 anew executive was elected
to serve for the ensuing two years.
R. L. Dickey, of Musella, was made
permanent chairman and J. B. Jack
son, of Gray, permanent secretary.
Hon. John R. L. Smith, chairman of
the congressional committee for
many years, was made an honorary
member of th e committee.
The executive committee elected
is composed of the following:
Bibb county: G. P. Rankin, B. W.
Greene, C. T. Williamson, Dr. C. H.
Perdue, Dr. J. H. Heard, B. M.
Moore.
Butts county: J. L. Lyons, Jack
son, and A. F. White, of Flovilla,
Clayton county :J. N. Zellner, of
Jonesboro, and J. B. DeFoor of
Morrow, Ga.
Crawford county: R. L. Dickey,
Musella, and M. L. Blasengame, B’ort
Valley.
Fayette county: F. A. Sam?, Fay
etteville, W. W. Mask, of Fayette
ville.
Henry county: A. C. Norman, Mc-
Donough, and Rev. A. C. Elliott,
McDonough.
Jasper county: W. F. Persons and
F. L. Penn, of Monticello.
Jones county: J. H. Wright and
Joe Ben Jackson Gray.
Lamar county: T. J. Berry, Barnes-
Ville, John G. Bush, Gogansville.
Monroe county: A. M. Zellner, For
syth; R. H. Holmes, Culloden.
Pike county: J. B. Madden, Con
cord; Robert Barron, Zebulon.
Spalding county: Jas. S. Tyus and
H. T. Johnson, Griffin.
Upson county: Hugh Thurston,
Thomaston; Powell Stephens, The
Rock, Ga.
IMPROMPTU TAKLS
MADE BY INDIANS
PROGRAM COMMITTEE PA
RADED HOME TALENT AT
MEETING OF KIWANIS CLUB
TUESDAY NIGHT. PLAN TRIP.
At the meeting of the Kiwanis
Club Tuesday nitgjht impromptu
talks by members featured, a
variety of subjects being discussed.
I W. E. Watkins and S. H. Thorn
ton were members of the program
committee and several Kiwanis were
called on to strut their stuff.
Ben Wright was called on for
'a talk on “How to Raise Children.”
Lee Smith gave a talk on the
“Virtues of Radio,” stating that
the radio fever is catching and if
you don’t want to buy a radio you
had better not listen in at your
■neighbor's. Sam Eiseman was called
on to tell what a “Jew thinks of
a Gentile.” Os Pound was asked
to tell where he gets his inspira
tion just before th e Kiwanis meet
ings. Clarence Compton wag called
on to talk on the “Evils of speed,”
stating it was impossible to exceed
the speed limit on Third street
during a rainy spell. Hugh Mallet
responded to the subject, “The
Ethics of a Fertilizer Dealer.”
Henry Jones was asked to discourse
on Sunday night radio programs,
and John Lyons was asked to tell
hbout the Kimbell House lobby.
[W. A. Dozier made an eloquent talk
on “Forty Years of Single Blessed
hess.”
Plans were made for the state
'convention in Rom 0 October 20-22.
Dinner was served by the Child
Welfare Committee of the Woman’s
Club, Mrs. Pitts McKibben chair
man. The attendance prize was
awarded to Johnni e Leverett.
MR. WILSON ON
THE POLICE FORCE
PUT ON DUTY THE FIRST OF
OCTOBER, ACCORDING TO
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Mr. Ike Wikon, a well known
and prominent citizen of Jackson,
has been added to the county police
force, effective October 1, according
to an announcement made Wed
nesday by (Mr. J. O. Gaston, *om
missioner of roads and revenue®.
Mr. J. E. McNair has been a
member of the county police force
for several months and has been
assisted in conducting raids by Mr.
L. J. McMichael. Mr. McNair and
Mr. Wilson will be regular police
men, with Mr. McMichael assisting
as a helper, Mr. Gaston stated.
Four succeeding grand juries
have recommended county police
and in a special election September
10 voters showed by a large major
ity that they want policemen.
Announcement that anew police
man has been added to the present
force will be of interest to citizens
throughout the county.
NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS
OF A MILLION TEACHERS
The total number of public-school
teachers in the United States in
1923 is estimated by the Bureau of
Education to have been 729,426.
This estimate does not include sup
intendents, supervisors, and princi
parl. Forty-three per cent of these
teachers, or approximately 313,805,
are c'assed as' rural teachers. In
this claf-sification rural is interpreted
to include open country, country
villages, and towns not maintain
ing independent city systems.
This Newspaper
Devoted to
Public Service
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
JUBILEE WORKERS
TO MEET FRIDAY
MEETING ANNOUNCED FOR 5
O’CLOCK IN THE WOMAN’S
CLUB ROOMS. ALL CITIZENS
ASKED TO COME.
Miss Lucile Akin, general chair
man of the committee working for
a Butts County Jubilee to be held
during the fall, has announced that
a meeting will be held Friday after
noon at 5 o’clock in the Woman’s
Club rooms.
To make the jubilee go over in
the way intended will requir e the
active co-operation and support of
all the citizens of the county. Those
interested in seeing a celebration
of this character held in Jackson
this fall should attend the meeting
Friday. Business of importance will
be considered at that time. A work
ing organization will b e outlined
and it is likely that several stand
ing committees will be named.
The meeting wag postponed from
Monday afternoon, owing to the
unfavorable weather.
OPEN HUNTING SEASON
DATES ARE ANNOUNCED
WEDNESDAY OPENED SEASON
FOR SQUIRRELS. DOVE SEA
SON CHANGED TO CONFORM
WITH FEDERAL LAW.
The state department of game and
fish has issued a circular showing the
open hunting season:! in Georgia
Wednesday brought the first day
of th c season for killing squirrels,
and the reason will last to March
Ist. the same date the opossum sea
son opens, but this closes a month
earlier —February 1.
The season for dove has been
changed to conform to the national
game laws. Heretofore the state per
mitted the killing of doves during
the month of August; but the fed
eral laws prevented. Then th 0 state
season opened again November 20th,
with the season for quail. Now, how
ever, the dove season opens October
16 and closes January 31st.
The revised open seasons for hunt
ing in Georgia are:
.Quail —November 20 to March 1.
Doves—October 16 to January 31,
Wild turkeys—November 20 to
March 1.
Cat, squirrels—October 1 to March
1.
Deer (either sex) —November 1
to December 31.
Summer or wood duck —September
1 to January 1.
Migratory duck —September 1 toi
April 20.
Woodcock —September 1 to Jan
uary 1.
Plovers —November 20 to March 1.
Fox (red or fjay) —September 1
to February 1.
Opossum—October 1 to February
1.
Skunk, musrat, racccon, beaver,
otter bear and wild cat—November
20 to March 1.
Rabbits—No closed season, but
license is necessary to hunt.
Bag Limits
Quail —25 in one day.
Dove—2s in one day.
Wild turkeys—Two in one season.
Deer—Two in season (either sex).
Cat squirrel')—ls in one day.
Migratory duck, 50 in one day.
Summer or wood cock, woodcock,
plovers, marsh hens, snipe and all
other Georgia game birds not here
listed —25 in on e day.
SERVICE POSTPONED
Owing to the inclement weather,
Dr. J. R. McCain was unable to
fill his engagement at the Jackson
Presbyterian church Sunday morn
ing. He will come to Jackson at
a dat 0 to be announced later.