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USE GEORGIA
PRODUCTS
During 1924
VOL. 52—NO. 41
AGRICULTURAL CLUB WORK IN BUTTS COUNTY
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BY L. W: TRAER
In Southeast Diversified Farmer
Never before in the history of
agricultural development in Georgia
has the value of the work of its
county agents been so apparent as
during this year, and in a large
measure, this may be due to their
well directed efforts of giving more
attention to the training and en
couraging of the boys and girls on
th e farm to become more interest
ed in scientific and modern business
methods.
In - securing reports from county
agents throughout the state upon
th e results that are being achieved
through the development of boys’
and girls’ agricultural club work, I
find that the greatest progress is
being made in those counties where
the banks, merchants and civic or
ganizations are giving their county
the best co-operation in
building uji and developing boys’
and girls’ agricultural clubs.
Jt has been said that it is slow and
diftvbult to train an old dog to
perform new tricks, and while it
is not my purpose to draw a com
parison between an old dog and the
average farmer, it serves to illus
trate the point I am trying to make
clear, which is the attitude of many
farmers tov. r ards their county agent.
and the obstacles they have nec
essarily had to overcome before they
£ould show any appreciable results
in advancing the best interests of
Hheir county from an agricultural
development standpoint.
When changing economic condi
tions demanded a change in the.
methods of farming as it has been,
doing all over the State of Geor- 1
gia, the assistance and services of j
a scientific and practical business,
mar farmer was never more sorely
needed, but discouraged by failures
with the continued use of old time
methods, many farmers have hid
their light under a bushel and re
fused to have anything to do with
their county agent, much less ac
' oDt their assistance or even try
th,e new methods which he advocat
ed and was willing to assist in
working them out successfully.
Recording to Henry G. Wiley,
of Butts county, who is conceded
one of the outstanding county
agents in Georgia, home and paren
tal influence determines the success
ior, failure of boys' and girls’ club
*qf ork. 0 rk. No county agent, no matter
what his personal qualifications or
influence may be, can achiev e results
in moulding and training the minds
*- 0 f our young farm boys and girls
unless he has the proper co-opera
tion and assistance of th e parents
■L well as the citizenry of the
Pcounty.
• It is interesting to note that M..
Wile, ha, the full co-operation
,Si support of th 0 people of But.,
county i his agricultural dub
, nd from the results that h„ v.r.ou
club, are
• -ill more gratifying to note that
L“rents , the boys and girls
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THE COW, THE SOW AND THE HEN KEEP STEADY CASH COMING IN.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
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Courtesy Southeastern Diversified Farming.
BUTTS COUNTY BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ AGRICULTURAL CLUES
The above group represents some of tlie members of Butts County Corn Club,
Cotton Club, Poultry Club, and Calf Club. County Agent Henry G. Wiley,
one of Georgia’s outstanding Agricultural Agents, who lias been making great
grogress in the development of the agricultural club work in Balts, is shown
in the insert.
successful agricultural club develop
ment, Butts county is taking a place
well up in the ranks of agricultural
progress among the counties of
Georgia.
Commenting upon the agricul
tural club work of the county the
Jackson Progress-Argu 3 says:
“With the largest enrollment in
the history of club work in Butts
county, and with a splendid degree
of interest and co-operation on the
part of the members, the parents
and the public at large, 1924 prom
ises to be the greatest club year
Butt3 county has ever known.
“The enrollment is about 180. The
largest number df members are
enrolled in the Poultry club, follow
ed by the Corn club, the Pig, the
I Calf and Cotton club. These five
I clubs with th e soil improvement club
! which was organized the past fall,
‘ places this work on the broadest
i scope ever attempted in the country.
“Members of the various clubs who
complete the year’s work, and keep
record books, will be rewarded in
the fall with prizes.”
The following statement by Mr.
Wiley indicates the clear insight
he has of his work and the under
standing of the needs of the peo
ple he is serving:
“Each club member is surrounded
with different conditions and home
influences. Parental influence over
the member during the growing
season has a very great deal to do
with the outcome of the project
being worked out. Wherever parents
SANDY CREEK CHURCH HAD A
CENTENNIAL PROGRAM SUNDAY
THE CHURCH WAS
INSTITUTEDINIB24
EXERCISES HELD IN CONNEC
TION WITH SACRED HARP
SINGING. A LARGE CROWD
WAS PRESENT FOR DAY.
On last Sunday Sandy Creek
Primitive Baptist church held a
centennial celebration in connection
with the annual Sacred Harp sing
ing. This annual singing has been
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1924.
I had an extremely poor littl e girl
But I learned a good many years
ago that his interest in club- work
conditions, ore looking at it as an
opportunity for him to forge ahead,
the other feeling that a stumbling
block is thrown in his way. So the
outcome of a year’s work is not
always a true measure of the mem
ber’s interest. The neglectsd chid
always has my sympathy—especially
if he has courage enough to main
tain interest in spit e of his neglect,
encourage children to persevere in
their club work and do it in a
business-like way, the outcome ia
usually satisfactory. But where the
members does not meet with encour
agement from his” parents he very
seldom makes a creditabl e showing
pven though he may be intensely
interested himself.
“The average*-" dub member is
conscious of these differences in
could be very easily destroyed if,
through no fault of his own, he is
not able to make as good a showing
as many others and is barred from
winning any prize on his work.
"So I have established a rule to
allow no club member to complete
his year’s work and make an exhibit
of his product without getting a
prize of some kind. I never intend
for them to get the idea that they
are working for prizes only, but I
do intend that they shall always
know that their effort, however un
fruitful ft may have been if it
be the best they ean do, will not
pass unnoticed. For instance, in a
mountainous section of the state
held there for a long time and al
ways draws a good crowd who meet
there to enjoy and join in sacred
song. The centennial meeting was
announced last year at the annual
singing and being widely known
there was an unusually large crowd
present Sunday, being estimated at
about two thousand.
Quite an interesting program was
carried out. Rov Mr. Elliott, of
Henry county, acted as chairman.
Mr. S. L. Thompson, one of the
oldest members of the church, read
*a brief history of the church, as
9m
to haul her pig ten miles over the
mountains in an old buggy to the
club contest. She drew the “booby
prize” for having the sorriest pig
at the show. She took this little
prize, together with what sh e got
from the sale of her scrub pig and
started with pure breds. Through
sheer grit and determination she has
lought her way up until now she
holds a diploma fro m one of the
State Colleges for Women. Suppose
sh e had not been recognized for
producing that sorry pig?
“Perhaps it was through mak'ng
good with this promise to the boys
and girls who- exhibited last fill in
Jackson, and perhaps it was other
influences that brought about a
change, but at any rate membership
in the various agricultural clubs in
Butts county this year is more than
double that of last year. Thirty boys
last fall were enrolled in a soil
building-corn club, th e idea being to
sow their acres* in winter legumes
to be plowed under ahead of the
corn this spring. |Most of the cover
crops were killed by the freeze last
winter but the corn was planted
just th e same. The legume seed were
furnished these boys by members of
the Jackson Kiwanis Club. They
were also given pure seed corn.
“The Women’s Club of Jackson,
determined not to be outdone by
th e men, agreed to give a setting
[of eggs of some pure strain of
chickens to any poultry club mem
ber in the county from a farm on
which there were m pur,, bred
chickens already. Forty-five mem
bers qualified under this proposition
and were furnished the eggs.
“The local banks financed the
purchase of calves for any members
wanting to buy fare bred stock. Pigs
were rather plentiful and cheap, so
'eyery pig club member was supplied
[without financial aid. The cotton
[club boys, seventeen in number,
have been able to produce splendid
acres without aid other than that of
. their parents. They have been in
terested in their work and I think
[will be rewarded for their efforts
by increased yields.
“It is an inspiration to work with
j these aspiring youths and have a
hand in directing tbeir minds and
efforts towards improvement and
1 productive enterprises. Truly, I be
lieve that in putting correct ideas
of agricultural practices in the
■minds of these boys and girls we
are planting seed in feood ground.”
complied from the records, giving
the names of the clerks and pastors
and length of services of each, from
the organization down to the pres
ent time. Several members and visit
ing brethern made short, interesting
talks. Judge E. J. Reagan, and Col.
Rutherford, congressman-elect, v/ere
called on and each responded with
earnest and interesting "talks.
At the noon hour there was a
bounteous spread of good things to
eat, such as Middle Georgia people
especially their good ladies, know
so well how to prepare and serve.
This church, located about half
way between Flovilla and Cork, is
one of thg oldest in this section,
having been organized about the
(Continued on Back Page)
BUTTS COUNTY JUBILEE TO
BE HELD NOVEMBER 7 TO 8
JUDGE PERSONS IS
URGED FOR GOVERNOR
FRIENDS OF FORSYTH MAN,
WHO WON VICTORY FOR SUP
ERIOR COURT JUDGE, WANT
HIM TO MAKE RACE.
Judge Ogden Persons, of Forsyth,
on e of the best known public men
in Georgia, is being urged by his
friends to make the race f.or gov
ernor of Georgia two years from
now. A Persons for governor boom
has sprung up within the past few
days, and while started in the Flint
circuit, is rapidly spreading to all
portions of th e state.
Judge Persons served as president
of the Georgia state senate and is
th e author of some well known laws.
He was appointed to fill the unex
pired term of Judge W. E. H.
Searcy, Jr., in the Flint circuit,
when the Griffin circuit was created,
and in thfe primary of September
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10 won a sweeping victory, carry
ing three of the four counties in
the circuit.
Judge Persons has many warm
personal and political friends in
Butts county and in the event he
decides to make the race for gov
ernor will have an enthusiastic sup
port in Butts county and through
out this section.
MERCER ALUMNI WILL
ORGANIZE IN COUNTY
DRIVE FOR BUILDING TO HON
OR MERCER MEN KILLED IN
WORLD WAR WILL BE STA
GED. CARSWELL IS HEAD.
Mercer University alumni in
Butts county will organize in the
next few weeks to assist in the
Mercer Alumni War Memorial pro
gram, according to George H. Cars
well, national director of the pro
gram. Every county in the state will
hav e two local directors to aid
Mr. Carswell in the alumni work,
and a chapter will be formed with
a president, vice president and
secretary.
(Mercer Alumni over the entire
country are taking great interest
in the big undertaking of building
a memorial at the Macon institution
to the Mercer men who fell in the
world war. The plans called for
a combined auditorium, classroom
and gymnasium structure to cost
approximately $150,000. The meet
ings to be held at Griffin, Barncs
ville, Zebulon and Thomaston, Oct.
15 and 16, at which R. C. Harris
and Judge Malcolm Jones of Macon
will speak will b e mainly concerned
with plans for the alumni program,
it is said.
' Among the Mercer alumni now
living in Butts county are:
W. E. Watkisn, Jackson.
Marquis Childs, Jenkinsburg.
T. J. Collins, Jackson.
OPERATION RELIEVES FAT
MAN OF SURPLUS WEIGHT
Battle Creek, Mich.—Maurice
Goodman, reported to be a New
York theater owner, was on an
operating table here for two hours
Wednesday while Dr. J. S. Case,
of this city, sliced nine inches
of excess fat off his abdomen.
Goodman will return to New
York forty pounds lighter than
when he arrived here, his physician
declares.
This Newspaper
Devoted to
Public Serrieii
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
CLUB FAIR BE
HELD SAME DATE
COMMITTEE WILL BEGIN AC
TIVE WORK TO STAGE GIREATI
CELEBRATION. TO ANNOUNCE
PLANS SOON.
•
At a meeting of the Woman’s Clu¥ %
business men and representative citi
zens held Friday of the past week it
was voted to stage a Butts County
Jubile e on Friday and Saturday*
November 7 and 8 in connection;
with the Club Fair. i |
Another meeting is scheduled foi}
5 o’clock Thursday afternoon in'
th e Woman’s Club rooms when fur- 1
ther details of the celebration wilt
be announced. Miss Lucile Akin*
general chairman, will announce the
members of a number of commi.teeai
at that time, it is expected.
It is planned to make the jubilee
one of the greatest celebrations ia
the history of the county. During
the two days there will be exhibits
of the work of th e boys and girls
enrolled in the five agricultural
clubs, home grown prouucis, articles
manufactured in Butts county and!
other exhibits and displays that will
attract and hold the interest of all
citizens. |
One feature of the celebration
that will be stressed is thj u.ie 02
Georgia products. The coronation
of the queen of the jubilee on
Friday night will be an interesting
feature.
Governor Clifford Walker and
other well known public men wilt
be asked to make addresses. Efforts
are being made to sccur c a brass
band to furnish music. It is planned
to make the program just as inter
esting a possible and to crow<l
every minute of the two days witM
entertainment, amusement and Irt*
struction. 4
In deciding to put on the celcbra-i
tion th< promoters earnestly re
quest the support and co-operati**
of all citizens.
GOL. BOIFEDILLET TO
MAKE ADDRESS HERE
WILL DELIVER ADDRESS TO
MEMBERS OF KIWANIS CLUB
TUESDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER
THE FOURTEENTHH.
Announcement that Hon. John IV
Boifeuillet, member of the Georgflt
Public Service Commission, fluent
writer and eloquent speaker, will
deliver an address to the members
of the Kiwanis Club Tuesday night
October 14, is of much interest
throughout the community.
Col. Boifeuillet is one of the best
known public men in the state. Hej
has held many responsible positions
and has always been able and con
scientious in the discharge of all
duties. Col. Boifeuillet is quite well
known and ver y popular in Butts
county, where h e has many personal
and political friends.
No doubt he will be greeted by
a large crowd and those fortunate
enough to hear Col. Boifeuillet are
assured of an interesting, entertaißr
ing and constructive message.
CRANBERRIES PROFITABLE
Cranbemes are the most profit
able crop an acre in the United
States. Farmers cultivating cran
berries last year earned an average
of S2BO an acre.