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VOL. 60—No. 13
.record vote was polled in
THE BUTTS COUNTY PRIMARY
several close
RACES DECIDED
HEAD, pope, CARMICHAEL,
NEWTON, DEMPSEY, HODGES,
WHITE WINNERS IN CONTES
TED OFFICES HERE FRIDAY
In one of the most interesting
campaigns ever conducted in Butts
county, in which a record vote was
k polled, winners in the contested of
fices in the primary Friday were
George D. Head for ordinary, Walter
H. Pope for sheriff, Edward Carmi-
chael for tax receiver, Jim C. New
on for treasurer, T. Jack Dempsey,
Jr. for school superintendent, B. H.
Hodges for county commissioner and
A. A. White for coroner.
S. ,1. Foster for clerk, Boyd Mc
'lichael for tax collector and J. M.
Collins for surveyor were nominated
without opposition.
The vote was the largest ever
polled in Butts county. More than
2,069 votes were cast. The total
registration was 2,321.
In several instances the vote was
close and it requirel the complete
returns to determine the winners.
f This was particularly true of the or
dinary's race, a three-cornered af
fair, and but a few votes separated
the winner and losers; the race for
tax receiver, treasurer, county school
superintendent and coroner.
The plurality in the race for or
dinary and coroner was the same, 27.
George D. Head nosed out Joel B.
Mallet and J. Threatt Moore by a
plurality of 27 votes, and A. A.
White, incumbent, won over G. W.
Caston and J. L. Lockhart by a close
margin.
Walter D. Pope won by a large
plurality over Van Jones and Ike
Wilson for sheriff.
Edward Carmichael’s plurality was
109 in the race for tax receiver. He
won over C. R. Bennett and E. R.
Harper.
In the race for treasurer, in which
eight candidates were entered, J. C.
Newton was returned a winner with
a plurality of 63 votes over his near
est opponent, L. R. Dodson, the in
cumbent.
In the race for county school
superintendent, Jack Dempsey de
feated Van Fletcher in a close and
exciting race. The vote was 1,117
for Dempsey and 940 for Fletcher,
giving Dempsey a majority of 177
votes.
B. H. Hodges, the incumbent, de
feated W. J. Bankston for county
commissioner by a vote of 1,168 to
902, Hodges having a majority of
266 votes.
The race for coroner, a three-cor
nered contest, was one of the closest
of the election. A. A. White, incum
bent, was nominated with a vote of
929 to 902 for G. W. Caston and
196 for J. L. Lockhart. White's plu
rality was 27 votes.
Probably never before in the his
tory of the county were there so
many close races, with the result in
doubt right to the last.
Despite the tr uendous interest in
-he campaign, the election was quiet
and orderly.
The day was ideal from a weather
standpoint, and this probably ac
counted for the large vote.
The polls were -opened at all pre
cincts at 8 a. m. and closed at 4 p.
m. and the result was known in
Jackson by 8 o’clock.
The executive committee met Sat
urday morning and consolidated the
vote. j
From the consolidated returns pub
lished elsewhere in this issue the
vote for all candidates by districts
cop*l.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
MOBLEY SPENT $1,083
IN RACE FOR CONGRESS
MRS. W. O. KINNEY EXPENDED
SUM CF $1,032.40, ACCORDING
TO STATEMENT FILED IN
BUTTS SUPERIOR COURT
In his race for congress, which
he won by carrying ten of the thir
teen counties in the district in the
election of March 2, W. Carlton
Mobley, successor to Representative
Sam Rutherford, spent the sum of
$1,083.84, according to a statement
of his campaign expenses filed witli
Clerk S. J. Foster.
Of that amount five friends con
tributed SIOO and the remainder
came from his personal funds, the
statement shows.
Items of expense listed included:
Announcements and publicity
in newspapers $123.46
Printing and postage 274.82
Office expenses, rent, type
writers, clerical help, tele
phone, etc. 414.53
Traveling expenses 71.03
Registration lists, general ad
vertising and miscellaneous 200.00
Total $.1,083.84
Mrs. W. O. Kinney, of Macon,
spent the sum of $1,032.40, her
statement sets out. Sixteen friends
contributed SBIO.OO of that amount
and $222.40 came from her own
funds, the statement shows. Includ
ed in the expense account are the
following items:
Circular letters $100.25
Personal letters 12.25
Stamps 295.00
Candidate cards 47.25
Placards 10.00
County Registration lists 72.50
Rent, office expense, etc 50.10
Newspaper advertising 79.30
Help at headquarters 365.75
Total $1,032.40
Leather can be cleaned and wash
ed in ammonia water.
Consolidated Returns of Butts County Primary, March 18, 1932.
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For Ordinary:
GEORGE D. HEAD 51 68 21 321 44 45 258 53 106 34 712] 27
JOEL B. MALLET - 62 24 31 2]j| 48 35 219 111 33 101 685
J. THREATT MOORE 76 67 4051 jl7 46 196 126 15 37 671
For Clerk Superior Court: |
S. J. FOSTER 192 157 91 101'j 108 126 679 290 150 174 2068
For Sheriff: ,
VAN JONES 2 0 2 Oj 1 11 43 12 1 5 77
WALTER D. POPE 129 121 49 88- 52 89 429 215 65 78 1315 657
IKE WILSON 55 36 40 16 55 53 187 63 82 91 658
For Tax Collector:
BOYD McMICHAEL 189, 155 89 104: 106 126 679 287 150, 173 2058
For Tax Receiver: ,
C. R. BENNETT 67 35j ,28 6 19 12 41 150 20 70 448;
EDWARD CARMICHAEL ! 50 67 41 47 56 32 312 97 111 45 858 J 109
E. R. HARPER 75 56 22 51 j 32 81 310 44 21 57 749
For Trea*urer:
J. D. BROWNLEE 1 11 88 4 91 10 3 64 12 4j 3198 j
R. E. CHAMBERS 5 7 10 0| 3 2 24 7 10| 114 182 j
L. R. DODSON ; 14 12j 42 51; 39 74 108 123] 43; 4 510
LUTHER L. GREER 11 8 12 271 13 31 84j 42| 33 10 241
J. C. KINARD 1 0 5 1 3j 4 0 29 3! 15) 1 61
J. H. MILLS 101 5 j 6.0 5 3 37 1 7 5 176:
JIM C. NEWTON 3.9 28' 14 9 27 9 298) 76 5& 15; 573 j 63
AUSTIN C. SMITH 4 1 1 33 4 241 12; 2j 171 71 j
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For School Superintendent: j
T. J. DEMPSEY, JR 96 69' 391 49 74 74! 360; 179 94! 83' 1117 177
VAN FLETCHER 94 84 51 j 55 33j 51 313 110 58 91 j 940 j
For County Commissioner:
W. J. BANKSTON ? 157! 88 28- 52 52 32 271 141 48 331 902'
B. H. HODGES i 35; 69 69 53 53 93 399 146 106 145 1168, 266
For Coroner:
G. W. (TOOTS) CASTON 172 95 I2j 11 10 34 233 193 93 49 902
J. L. LOCKHART o 4 3 4 14 7 100 12 17 30 196
AUGUSTUS A. WHITE i__ 10 58 78j 87 77 84 529 79 36 93 929 27
For Surveyor:
J. M. COLLINS 192! 157' 93 104 104 127 679 287 152 174- 2069
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JACKJSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1932
MARCH 1932
SUM MON TUE WED TKU FRI SAT
123 4 5
6 7 8 91011 12
131415 1617 18 19
20 2122 23 24 25 26
27 2829 30 31
A NEW EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE NAMED
MEMBERS NOMINATED IN COUN
TY-WIDE PRIMARY TO SERVE
FOR THE ENSUING TERM. FEW
CHANGES WERE MADE
In the county-wide primary last
Friday members of the Butts County
Democratic Executive Committee
were nominated to serve for the en
suing term. But few changes were re
ported in the various districts.
Members of the committee report
ed inculde the following:
Buttrill —J. H. Patrick, J. P. Ray,
T. W. Moore.
Goody—O. L. Weaver, Otis Ham
mond, G. C. Moore.
Dublin —C. A. Towles, W. O.
Moore, T. J. Waldrop.
Indian Springs—Miller Ogletree,
S. L. Etheridge, J. C. Funderburk,
W. W. Preston.
Iron Springs—J. D. Thomas, O. A.
Andrews, J. O. Preston.
Jackson —J. M. Currie, Paul Ty
ler, R. P. Newton, J .D. Jones, H.
G. Hawkins.
Towaliga—L. L. Colwell, E. P.
Colwell, T. M. Ridgeway.
Worthville—G. W. White, J. H.
Pope, R. O. Stodghill.
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“THE SKY RAIDERS” WILL
BE FEATURE AT THE LYRIC
On account of sickness in the
family, Mr. Stancil states ‘he will
operate the show only on Friday and
Saturday nights until further notice.
A good program including a big
air thriller with Lloyd Hughes and
Marceline Day in “The Sky Raiders”
and a good comedy will be the at
traction Friday and Saturday night
of this week. Better reproduction is
assured for this week.
LOAN BLANKS ARE
BEING FILLED OUT
SEVERAL APPLICATIONS BEING
HANDLED DAILY. BLANKS RE
CEIVED THE PAST WEEK. AC
TIVE DEMAND FOR AID
The committee in charge of gov
ernment loans in Butts county is ac
tively at work taking applications
and filling out blanks.
The blanks were received here
Thursday of the past week and work
was started Friday. Butts county
was a little late in receiving its quo
ta of application blanks.
The committee is working with all
possible speed to enable farmers to
obtain funds to go forward with
1932 cropping plans. It is thought
that fifteen or more application
blanks can be handled each day.
The county committee consists of
J. L. Bailey, Van Fletcher and G. D.
Head, who is taking the place of E.
S. Settle, who is taking a training
course at Fort Benning. Mr. C. M.
Compton, thoroughly familiar with
the work, is helping to fill out the
blanks.
It is considered likely that there will
be more applications for loans this
year than last season. In 1931 ap
proximately $35,000 was loaned to
farmers of the county to enable
them to produce crops. With few ex
ceptions, the loans have been repaid.
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The before Butts county paid
almost; 100 per cent of the loans.
The {funds are being obtained from
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion afad an appropriation of $50,-
000,000 was voted to agriculture.
HIGHWAY OFFICIALS WERE
VISITORS HERE MONDAY
Captain J. W. Barnett, chairman
of the State Highway Board, Mr. B.
P. McWhorter, chief engineer, Mr.
C. W. Wright, assistant engineer, Mr.
W. S. Dennis, division engineer of
the Thomaston offce, were visitors
in Jackson Monday and inspected
route 16 from Jackson to Montieello.
There are more than 47,000 wom
en employed in banks in the United
States.
LOCAL PRODUCTS
USED NATIONALLY
LARGE MAIII ORDER HOUSE
BUYS FROM PEPPERTON COT
TON MILLS. QUALITY PROD
UCT STRESSED BY COMPANY
Asa part of the “Buy Georgia
Products Week,” Sears, Roebuck &
Company, large mail order house and
operating letail stores in many parts
of the country, had ten pages of
advertising in Sunday’s Atlanta Con
stitution stressing products bought,
from Georgia Companies.
From the Pepperton Cotton Mills,
large Jackson concern, Sears, Roe
buck & Company buys Roly Poly
Diapers and Biltmore Quality Table
Napkins. One section of the adver
tisement was taken up with descrip
tions of these articles, manufactured
by the Pepperton Cotton Mills, and
this publicity will be appreciated by
ths large textile concern.
The wide publicity given Georgia
manufactured products, including
textiles, furniture, candies, dairy
products, automobile tires, stoves,
shoes, brooms, etc., will prove of
wonderful value to Georgia, and the
lead taken by this large national
concern should be an incentive to all
citizens of the state to insist on
Georgia products.
CITIZENS CO-OPERATE
IN GEORGIA FOOD DRIVE
KIWANIS CLUB HAS COMMITTEE
TO PLACE CARDS AND HELP
CREATE INTEREST IN USE OF
GEORGIA PRODUCTS
The Kiwanis club of Jackson
through a committee named by
President J. W. O'Nenl is co-operat
ing in the observance of Georgia
Products Week, March 21 to 26.
Members of the committee are B. K.
Carmichael, N. F. Land and S. H.
Thornton. Flacards have been placed
in the windows urging the use of
state grown products.
Governor Russell has designated
the period from Margh 21 to 26 as
“Georgia Products Week” and has
issued his proclamation calling upon
all the people to use and insist on
products grown within the state.
Chambers of commerce, civic
women’s organizations, the American
Legion and other agencies are co
operating to arouse a wide-spread in
terest in the use of Georgia prod
ucts.
Several of the larger concerns in
Atlanta have contributed liberally
to the movement.
Georgia manufactures goods and
produces from her fertile soil prod
ucts that are known over the entire
nation. Everybody knows about
Georgia peaches and Georgia water
melons. Georgia marble has been
used in the construction of some of
the finest buildings in the world.
Georgia turpentine, Georgia lumber,
Georgia textiles, George furniture
and stoves are used wherever a qual
ity product is demanded.
Inquiries at one grocery store
here reveals the fact that 43 articles
produced in Georgia are on sale. A
partial list includes: Corn meal,
bams, butter, eggs, bakery products,
bottled soft drinks, rugs, brooms,
sausage, oysters, shrimp, honey,
Brunswick stew, paper bags, mpp3,
polish, besides fruits, melons and
vegetables in season, such as sweet
potatoes, Irish potatoes, turnips,
strawberries, beans, peas, corn, okra,
peanuts, pecans, apples, peaches,
etc. The list could be multiplied al
most indefinitely.
The use by Georgians of Geor
gia products will help to build up
(he state’s agriculture and manufac
turing and increase the prosperity of
every man, woman and child in
Georgia.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
FARM AGENT NOW
READY FOR WORK
MR. DRAKE WILL HAVE OFFICE
IN COURT HOUSE AND WILL
BE GLAD TO SERVE PUBLIC
IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE
Mr. B. M. Drake, recently named
as Farm Agent in Butts county, ar
rived Saturday and is now on the
job. His office will be found in the
court house and he will be glad to
have all farmers call and get ac
quainted.
Mr. Drake hopes to get acquainted
with the people as rapidly as possi
ble and to know the particular pro
jects in which they are interested.
It will be a favor to Mr. Drake if you
will call at his office, make yourself
known and outline your plans.
The various schools will be visited
as quickly as possible and club mem
bers enrolled.
Butts county will also probably re
sume the monthly co-operative poul
try sales within a short time. If
necessary arrangements can be mada
it is hoped to have a sale here in
April.
Since his arrival here Saturday
Mr. Drake has been assisting in fill
ing out applications for government
loans.
The new farm agent is. regarded
as one of the outstanding farm work
ers in the South, having had many
years of successful experience. Mr.
Drake has been most cordially re
ceived here and it is assured that
he will be given all possible support
and co-operation in his work.
sondayWoul meet
AT MACEDONIA MCH. 30
The following program has been
announced for the Sunday school
convention to be held at Macedonia
church on Wednesday, March 30:
10:00 —Song Service, J. 11. Pat
rick.
10:10—Devotional, P. H. Weaver.
10:20—The Standard of Excel
lence, Mrs. O. B. Howell.
10:35 —The Child in Our Midst,
Dr. B. J. W. Graham.
11:00—The place of the Bible in
the S. S., E. F. Campbell.
12:00 —Lunch.
I:oo—Devotional, Mrs. J. B. Childs.
1:15—IIow to Get a Class Going,
Col. J. T. Moore.
Open discussion.
I:4s—Preparation of the Lesson,
Miss Cleo Swint.
Open discussion.
2:ls—Business session.
Adjuornment.
WILLIE HEAD FATALLY CUT
BY PEARL TAYLOR SATURDAY
Willie Head, colored, was fatally
cut by Pearl Taylor, also colored,
Saturday night about 11 o’clock near
the Pepperton Cotton Mills. The trou
ble between the two men is said to
have started over Taylor’s wife. Head
was stabbed in the chest and his arm
was slashed and death was due to a
loss of blood, it was stated.
Taylor surrendered to Sheriff
Pope and is now in jail. He was to
be given a commitment hearing dur
ing the week. Taylor claims self de
fense, it is reported.
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