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p.GE YIELDS REPORTED BY
■ MEMBERS OF COUNTY CLUBS
IES AWARDED
ITURDAV IASI
AL AVERAGE IN ALL
S BEST IN HISTORY OF
IC. THREE CLUBS IN
IED in awards
ers enrolled in the Cotton,
tnd Pepper clubs received
Saturday for their year’s
nd according to County
Henry Wiley the general
is the best in the history of
k here. Larger yields have
jorted, but the general aver
s high, making an excellent
for the year.
iers in the Cotton* club show
creased yield over last year,
s due mainly to the seasons,
ar’s drought cut down the
msiderably. A total of 644
of lint per acre was the
yield reported,
lighest yield of corn reported
bushels. This was not as
i the first prize winner last
i fact, some of the members
3t able to gather their corn
,o a rush of work. In .19.25
of 90 bushels per acre was
L
Pepper club made a better
; than in 1925. The largest
er acre was 5,080 pounds,
eluded pepper of No. .1 and
;s, green pepper and see<j
■Prizes were awarded Saturday by
■. Wiley after the winners were
■nouneed. A substantial amount in
was distributed among: the
■inhere enrolled in the three clubs
■ntioned. The othe r agricultural
Bibs displayed tljeir products at
Be Harvest Festival in October.
■ The following prizes winners have
Ben announced.
Cotton Club
■ First prize, J. W. Cook, So. 0. 0;
K 4 pounds lint or 35.8 per cent.
■ Second prize, Joe Weave)', 84.00;
■BO pounds lint or 33.4 per cent.
I Third prize. Newt Etheridge,
■3.00; 565 pounds or 36.4 per cent.
I Fourth prize, Otho Morgan, $2.;
■C6 pounds or 33.3 per cent.
Fifth prize, Janies spencer, $2.;
.7/T( pounds or 35.5 per cent.
f ixth prize, Tommie Spencer, 82.;
f.,2 pounds or 35 per cent.
Seventh prize, Erous Mayfield,
$2; 525 pounds or 36 per cent.
Newt Etheridge • won $1 for the
best record book, and Erous May
field'the same amount for the high
est percentage of lint.
Corn Club
First prize, Julian Evans, $5.; 67
bushels.
Second prize, Fleetwood Polk, $4;
65 bushels.
Third prize, Don Thompson, S3;
42 bushels.
Fourth prize, Morris Faulkner, 52;
bu4shels.
Fifth prize, Erous Mayfield, 51.50;
35 bushels.
Sixth prize, Lawrence Pettigrew,
51.50; 33 bushels.
Seventh prize, Asbury Singley,
Si.so; 32 bushels.
Erous Mayfield won $1 for the
cheapest corn, 3 cents per bushel,
an<j / sbury Singley $1 for th ebest
record book.
PePper Club
First prize, David Swint, $5.00;
yield 5,080 pounds.
| Second prize, Wilmer White, $4;
yield 2,944 pounds.
Third prize, Helen Stodghili, S3;
yield 2,830 pounds.
Fourth prize, Marion Cook .52;
Fifth prize, Opal Cook, $1.00;
yield 2,278 pounds.
David Swint was awarded $1 for
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
OFHCtRS ELECTED BY
COUNTY CIVIC CLUB
COMMITTEE REPORTS AND
ELECTION FEATURES O F
TUESDAY NIGHT S MEETING.
LADIES’ NIGHT DEC. 28.
The Kiwanis club of Jackson held
its annual business meeting Tuesday
night, when reports were submitted
by the officers and committees and
officers 'were named for the ensuing
year.
The officers chosen include:
R. P. Newton, president.
Rev. A. Ernest, vice president.
Charlie Moore, treasurer.
O. A. Pound, district trustee.
■" The directors elected,, who in
addition to the officers will consti
tute the eexcutive board, include:
E. L. Smith, B. K. Carmichael,
H. O. Ball, R. J. Carmichael, G. E.
Mallet, W. A. Dozier, T. A. Nett.
" The committee reports reflected
a year of activity and progress.
During the past twelve months sev
eral big problems have been hand
led and many things accomplished
for the community. The report °f
the treasurer showed the finances
to be in a flourishing condition. It
was shown in the report of the chair
man of the reception committee that
more than 400 guests had been
entertained by . the club during th j
year. Many notable speakers were
heard during the year, and a variety
of subjects were covered by the ad
dresses.
The meeting on December 28 will
be observed as Ladies’ Night. L. P.
McKibben, A. W. Newton and Pliny
Weaver is the committee on arrange
ments and Willis B. Powell, O. A.
Pound and W. E. Watkins constitute
the program committee.
The local club is completing its
fourth years of service and useful
ness to Butts conty and the outlook
for its continued growth and pro
gress is very encouraging.
The officers elected Tuesday night
will ba installed early in January.
MEDICAL SOCIETY HAS
ITS ANNUAL ELECTION
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DR. A. F. WHITE IS NAMED AS
HEAD OF LOCAL BODY FOR
ENSUING YEAR. OTHER OF
FICERS NAMED
The Butts County Medical Society
at a meeting on December 8 elect
ed officers for the ensuing year
and transacted other business. With
two exceptions all members of t.'.e
society were present at this business
, •
session.
The following officers were nam
ed:
Dr. A. F. White, Flovilla, presi
dent. %
Dr. B. F. Akin, Jenkinsburg, vice
president.
Dr. J. Lee Byron, Jackson, secre
tary and treasurer.
Dr. J. Lee Byron was elected
censor for three years.
Dr. A. F. White was named as a
delegate to the state medical associ
tion, and Dr. O. B. Howell as alter
nate.
COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL
END TERM ON .FRIDAY
The public schools of Butts county
will end the fall term on Friday,
the 17. All salaries will be paid in
full for the term, it is announced.
the largest profit and Wilmer White
SI for the best record bood.
Prizes in the pepper club were
donated by the Georgia Pimiento
Canners. Inc., through Mr. N, E.
Martin, president.
JACKSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17 1928
CiLY PRIMARY SET j
FOR DECEMBER 29
!
MAYOR, COUNCILMEN AND
SCHOOL TRUSTEES WILL BE
ELECTED. ENTRIES TO CLOSE
ON DECEMBER 24
At a meeting of the City Execu
tive Committee Tuesday it was voted
to hold the efcy primary on Wednes
day, December 29. At that time a
mayor, four aldermen, members of
the school trustees and executive
committeemen will be nominated to
serve for the ensuing year.
The rules are the same as gov
erned last year’s primary. The en
tries will close on December 24 at
G p. m. Candidates for mayor are
l l-eouircd to pay to the secretary
I of the executive committee an en
j trance fee of $5.99 and candidates
! for aldermen must pay $3.00, each
The vote will be consolidated on
December 30.
The vote will be by the city at
large.
Members of the Executive Com
mittee* are H. L. Daughtry, chair
man ; A. C. Finley, T. A. Nutt,
secretary, R. P. Newton and H. R.
Slaton.
The present administration is com
posed of O. A. Pound, mayor; B.
K. Carmichael, J. R. Thurston, L.
P. McKibben and R. J. Carmichael,
coumcilmen
MASONIC LODGES Will
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HOLD ELECTION SOON
BLUE LODGE AND CHAPTER TO
NAME LEADERS FOR THE
YEAR. LODGES IN COUNTY
WILL ELECT OFFICERS
Masonic lodges in Jackson and in
Butts county will hold their annual
election of officers within the next
few days.
St. Johns lodgf No. 45, F. & A.
M., of Jackson, will have its annual
election next Monday night and
members are requested to bear this
in mind.
On the following Monday night
Jackson chapter No. 54 Royal Arch
Masons, will have its annual election.
Lodges throughout the county re
port a satisfactiry year, with a
substantial increase in membership
and a healthy financial condition.
Alexius Commandery No. 22,
Knights Templar, is making plans
for the annual Christmas observance.
LOCAL COMMITTEE GIVEN
CERTIFICATE FOR WORK
The Butts County Jail Visiting
Committee, consisting of Mrs. J. L.
Lyons, Mrs. J. B. Settle and Mr. J.
P. White, and representing the State
Department of Public Welfare, has
been awarded a certificate of merit
by the State authorities for its
work during 1926. The certificate
states that this committee “has ren
dered a signal service by making
lawfully authorized inspections of
the county jail, by reporting to the
Department of Public Welfare the
results of these inspections in a uni
form and satisfactory manner, and
by performing other duties incident
to such inspections as are prescribed
by law. In recognition of these ser
vices performed without financial
remuneration this certificate i :
awarded to this committee.”
Jail committees of interested local
citizens are used by the State De
partmen of Public Welfare as a
part of its work in urging county
authorities throughout the State to
maintain secure and reasonably |
sanitary jails for the detention of
persons awaiting trial by the Court,
and are considered an integral part
of the department.
SUIT OVER BILL
BEEN WITHDRAWN
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
BE COMMISSIONED. TO BE
GIN TERM ON THE FIRST OF
JANUARY 19*7
Col. O. M. Duke, representing
Butt - -nty citizens who sought to
hold ui_ flection for "a board of
county commissioners, has dismissed
the suit. The papers wore filed in
the office of Clerk S. J. Foster Wed
nesday of last week. The case was
scheduled for a hearing before Judge
Ogden Persons on December 11.
The commissioners-elect, Mr. J.
\V. Maddox chairman and Messrs.
Gales Jinks and B. H. Hodges, will
now be commissioned and will begin
their term of office on January
1, 1927. Judge J. H. Ham, ordinary,
went to Atlanta Tuesday to see
about obtaining commissions for the
board of commissioners.
It will be recalled that a tempor
ary restraining order was signed on
November 18, preventing the elec
tion to be held on November 23.
Later this orde r was modified allow
ing th< ejection to proceed and set
ting a date for the hearing. The
case was first set for December 4
and later changed to December 11.
The petition was directed against
the members of the Butts County
Democratic Executive Committee
and Judge J. 11. Ham, ordinary.
Withdrawal of the suit ends the
litigation and the county commis
sioners will take office the first of
the year.
UftCKSIJN TEAMS WIN
TWO EXCITING GAMES
BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL
TEAMS DEFEAT THE GRIFFIN
TEAMS IN HARD FOUGHT CON
TESTS
Tin: opening game of the basket
ball season were won by the Jackson
boys and girls over the Griffin boys
and girls by a very close score.
The girl's game started at 7:30.
It was one of the most thrilling and
best played girls game ever held on
the local court. (Miss Nora Ethel
English was the outstanding star for
the local girls and Miss McLendon
was the star for the Jackson girls.
The scores was decidedly close all
the way through until the end when
the Jackson girls were leading 25-18.
During the half of the girls
game Griffin pulled a very spiritual
stunt. Everyone entered into h
grand march which ended at the
center of the court. The cheer lead
ers led a few snappy yells and all
.vent hack to their seats. The Griffin
basketball players formed the letters
G. H. S. in the middle of the court.
Then everyone stood and saiijr the
High School Alma Mater.
The boy’s game started after the
girls finished. The Griffin scrubs were
put in a few minutes when they
were being led by the score of 7-0.
The varsity showed up well and
prevented the fast scoring of the
Jackson boys. Shiver and Ison were
the stars for Griffin boys. There
were no stars for Jackson because
all played well. The game was so
close and fast until all the fans
seemed as if they were sitting on
pins. During the last two minutes
of the game the score was changed
several times to the favor of both
teams but the pistol accidentally
shot Nvhen the Jackson team was
leading 20-23.
All of Griffin has high hopes in
her two teams and all they need is
a little more practice. The teams
especially guarantee that all who
attend the games will get their
money’s worth.—Griffin News.
PRISONER ESCAPES
BUT RECAPTURED
WALTER VICKERS CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF MR. HARDY
IS RECAPTURED. BROWN IS
STILL AT LARGE
Walter Vickers, young white man,
charged with the murder of his
father-in-law, Zaek Hardy, on Sep-
tember 27, who escaped from the
Butts county jail on December 8
lias been recaptured and placed in
confinement.
O. C. Brown, held in jail on a
charge of cheating and swindling,
who escaped at the same time, is
still at large.
The two prisoners escaped when
they effected an entrance through
the cell door and dug their way to
freedom through the jail wall. This
happened some time Wednesday
night. As soon as the delivery was
noted the officers got busy and
Vickers was found at the home of
his mother in Dublin district. He
was arrected by Henry Moncrief
and Ernest Smith.
Brown’s home is Said to l\e at
Ga., and officers are
hopeful that h<- will be captured
soon. He was arrested for passing
worthless checks, it was said.
GEORGIA ADDS MUCH
TO NATION’S WEALTH
MORE THAN BILLION DOLLARS
WILL BE ADDED BY STATE’S
CROPS AND FACTORIES’
SOULE SAYS • .
Atlanta, Ga.,—-Georgia will con
tribute more than $1,250,000 to
the national wealth during 1926.
President Andrew M. Soule, of the
Georgia State College of Agricul
ture, declared in an article in the
December issue of the City Builder,
monthly publication of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce.
“Roughly speaking,’’ the article
stated, “this may be divided into
$400,000,000 of values obtained
from the land and $850,000,000
arising from the sale of manu
factured products. No state. Dr.
Soule continued, could have ob
tained the volume of production of
both raw materials and manu
factured goods by which Georgia
has been characterized duiing the
last 12 months unless her farming
industry and business structure has
been erected upona firm and well
grounded foundation.
“Those who think that Georgia
is financially incapacitated and that
her farmers are all bankrupt and
berefit of resources are not well
informed. A review of the situa
tion indicates that we will this year
harvest crops from approximately
8,500,000 acres of land.” The hams
of Georgia farmers, he said, contain
more foodstuffs this year than has
been true for several seasons.
“We Were credited with harvest
ing cotton this year from about.'!,-
500,000 acres. The plan promulgated
by the Georgia State College of Ag
riculture several years ago was to
keep the acreage down to 3,000,000,
but materially increase the yield
per acre. The land thus set free
was to be put into a variety of
money and food crops. We need to
raise more of the cereals, such as
wheat, onfit and corn. It is desirable
that we enlarge the area devoted
to hay and to make it possible to
greatly add to the number of sheep
hogs, and dairy cows kept upon
farms. If we take the lesson, which
the present price of cotton teaches,
to heart and follow out these sug
gestions, Georgia farmers through
out the state as a whole, will find
themselves in a much stronger
economic position another year.”
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
HASTINGS IS HEAD
GA. ASSOCIATION
DEVELOPMENT BODY IN AN
NUAL MEETING NAMES AT.
LANTA MAN AS PRESIDENT
FOR THE YEAR
Atlanta, Ga., —H. G.
torinor president of the Southeastern
Fair and president of the 11. G.
Hastings Seed Company, is the new
president of the Georgia Associa
tion. having been elected at a meet
ing here yesterday afternoon. He
succeeds John R. Slater of Doug
las.
Henderson Hallman, of Atlanta,
is the vice president, succeeding Mr.
Hastings, and J. M. Patterson, of
Albany, prominent in pecan activi
ties, was elected a vice president
through the creation of another
such office. All other vice presidents
were re-elected, as follows:T. K.
Bomeisler, of Atlanta; J. E. Turner,
of Fitzgerald; W. Ci Stokes, of Jef
fersonville, and U. 1,. McKenney,
editor of the Macon News.
All former presidents were made
honorary vice presidents, as fol
lows: Mr Slater, M. Hugh West
burry, of Sylvester; C. K. Ausley,
off Thomasville; A. K. Sessoms, of
Cogdell, and Mrs. George T. Betts,
of Ashburn. Mrs Betts succeeded
her distinguished husband upon hi*
death.
R. 0. Crocker was re-elected treas
urer and F. H. Abbott, secretary.
PEACH TREES NEED
SPRAY FOR SCALE
TREATMENT THIS WINTER NEC.
ESSARY TO KEEP DOWN IN-
FfeCTION NEXT YEAR, IT IS
POINTED OUT
The following bulletin is released
by the United States Peach Insect
Laboratory at Fort Valley and will
In of interest to peach growers:
A report is prevalent in some sec
tions of the Georgia Peach Belt that
examinations by this Laboratory
have shown that practically all of
the San Jose scale is dead and that
spraying this Winter for the control,
of the insect is no tnecessary. This
erroneous report has evidently re
suited from the difficulty that wo
have experienced this fall in locating
an orchiypd showing a very high per
centage (90% or better) o flive
scale in an increased orchard, which
is desired for some special oil spray,
ing experiments. Many orchards
were examined in a number of lo
calities in the peach belt with the
result that practically all of them
showed a too low percentage of live
scale for these special experiments.
In very few orchards did we find
no live scale. The percentage of live
scale in the individual orchards vari
ed from 5 t 050 per cent. If these
orchards are nM sprayed thi winter,
there *will be .fficßil live scale to
cause a, heavy inf. ation by next
yar with a re; illuit devitalization
of the trees. It i. true that the
scale mortality has been heavier than,
usual during the past summer, prob
ably due to the abundance of the
twice-stabbed ladybird beetle, a pre
dacious enemy of the San Jose scale,
but in no orchard, where scale has
been present, is thi: mortality suffi
cient to warrant the omission of
the usual dormant spray. This Lab
oratory Htrongly urges, as usual,
the spraying of peach trees in Geor
gia this Winter for the San Joso
scale.
Either lubricating oil emulsion
should be used in the proportion of
9 gallons of the stock emulsion,
containing at least 05 % of oil by
volume, to 101 gallons of water; or
liquid-sulphur in the proportion of I
part of the concentrate to H parts pf
water. ,
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