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VOL. 60—No. 14
l B. TEST WILL
BE GIVEN CATTLE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AU
THORIZE WORK THAT WILL
BE WORTH MUCH TO LIVE
STOCK INDUSTRY OF COUNTY
All cattle in Butte county will fce
-given the tuberculin test, and this
work will be worth a great to the
livestock industry <of the county. A
contract for this work to be done
Was signed the past week by the
county commissioners in co-operation
with the State Department of Agri-
culture and United States Depart
ment of Agriculture co-operating.
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The work was to begin here this
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week and it will probably require a
month or more for it to be complet
| ed. Dr. Davis, of the state veterinary
department, is in charge of the work.
County Agent B. M. Drake will as
sist Mr. Davis when necessary.
Counties adjoining Butts have had
this work and Butts will be in linn,
when the test is completed, to ship
its cattle into other counties within
the state.
The work is regarded as the most
progressive step in developing tihe
livestock industry since the cattle
tick was eliminated several years
ago.
Butts county is known far and
wide for its fine dairy cattle, many
of which are purebred. With all cat
tle T. B. tested the county will have
laid the foundation for a successful
and profitable livestock industry.
While here Dr. Davis will also in
oculate cattle for blackleg. This fatal
malady has appeared in the Flovilla
area and during the past week sev
eral head of cattle were lost by this
disease. Several head in that section
were treated last week and the inoc
ulation will be completed while Dr.
Davis is in the county.
BUTTS RANKS FIFTH IN
GINNING 6TH DISTRICT
.ONLY HENRY, PIKE, FAYETTE
AND SPALDING PRODUCED A
LARGE COTTON CROP IN 1931,
FINAL CHECK SHOWS
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With a yield of 6,325 bales, Butts
county ranks fifth among the coun
ties if the sixth congressional district
in .cotton ginned from the crop of
1931, the final report of the census
bureau shows. Only Henry, Pike,
Fayette and Spalding—all with a
much larger area than Butts—pro
duced more cotton than was grown
on the area of 202 square miles in
Butts county.
Total ginnings for the state for
1931 was 1,394,400 bales, compared
with 1,597,475 bales in 1930.
Burke led all counties of the state
with ginnings of 36,053, followed by
Carroll with 33,362 and Laurels
with 32,221 bales.
Ginning figures for the counties
in the sixth district and comparisons
with 1930 are given herewith:
1931 1930
.Bibb 4 > 068 4 > 906
Butts 6,325 7,809
Clayton 4,773 4,481
Crawford 1,844 1,952
Fayette 9,196 10,025
Henry - 17,840 18,482
Jasper 5,289 5,306
Jones 1,621 1,757
Lamar 5,577 5,718
Monroe 5,139 4,746
Pike 10,322 11,936
Spalding 6,655 8,783
Upson 3,584 2,763
JUDGE PERSONS MEMORIAL
DAY SPEAKER IN LAMAR
Judge Ogden Persons* of Forsyth,
'has accepted an invitation to deliver
the Memorial Day address in Barnes
ville this year. He is a well known
speaker and an authority on southern
history.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
PROGRESS MADE IN
HANDLING LOANS
SEVERAL HUNDRED APPLICA
TIONS BEEN FORWARDED AND
FUNDS EXPECTED IN FEW
DAYS. MANY WANT AID
To Tuesday morning the commit
tee handling government loans in
Butts county reported that'approx
imately 250 applications had been
filled out and forwarded to Washing
ton.
Funds on the first applications
should reach here about April 1.
The committee is handling appli
cations with all possible speed and
papers are filled out at the rate of
about 35 each day..
It now seems likely that between
300 and 400 persons in Butts county
will apply for government loans to
make crops in 1932. This is a larger
number than has ever asked for aid
before. Almost without exception the
amounts asked for are smaller than
in previous .seasons. The committee
also states that those applying for
loans intend to use less commercial
fertilizer this season. This is taken to
mean a smaller cotton crop for this
section.
The committee will continue to
handle loans until the expiration date
the last of April.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
HONOR M’MICHAEL
CHARTER MEMBER AND ONLY
PRELATE MADE EMINENT
COMMANDER AT ANNUAL
MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT
At the annual business meeting of
Alexius Commandery No. 22, Knights
Templar, held Friday night, Sir
Knight D. G. McMichael, charter
member and the only prelate the
commandery has ever had, was hon
ored by being elected as eminent
commander for the ensuing year.
This was a gracious compliment to
one of the most loyal and faithful
members of the order, and it afford
ed the members peculiar pleasure to
vote for “Uncle Dave,” as he is af
fectionately known.
Other officers elected include: W.
M. Bond, generalissimo; J. W.
O’Neal, captain general; W. W.
Wright, senior warden; H. P. Bailey,
junior warden; A. J. Warner, pre
late; J. C. Newton, recorder and
treasurer; J. D. Jones, standard bear
er; R. P. Newton, sword bearer; W.
L. Nutt, Warder; A. W. Newton,
sentinel.
Members of the finance committee
include H. O. Ball, J. W. O’Neal and
W. M. Bond.
The officers thus elected were in
stalled by H. M. Moore, eminent
commander for the past year.
The reports of officers showed the
commandery to be in a sound condi
tion. The meeting of the grand com
mandery will be in Augusta in May
and Jackson will be represented by
.ev veral members, including Sir
Knight J. C. Newton, present grand
standard bearer of the grand com
mandery of Georgia.
it/ 1 -TIHKL-E-PAUGH SAYS
WAY the GALS Go
AFTER THE FELLAS THESE
PAYS LEAP YEAR DoMT
SEEM To MAKE No
DIFFERENCE .
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VARIETY OF GEORGIA
PRODUCTS SOLD HERE
MEMBERS OF KIWANIS CLUB
TOLD OF THINGS MANUFAC
TURED AND SOLD LOCALLY.
DELEGATES TO BE NAMED
Carrying out the idea of using and
boosting Georgia products as 4m aid
to building up the state, members of
the Kiwanis club at the meeting
Tuesday night told of the things
manufactured and sold locally. When
one begins to study the list of things
made nnd sold in Georgia the im
portance of the state in agriculture
and manufacturing is found to be
most reassuring.
H. O. Ball, superintendent of the
Bepperton Cotton Mills, brought out
interesting figures connected with
this plant. He showed that the capi
tal is furnished by local people, the
company employs local labor and
uses local cotton, so far as possible.
At capacity production Mr. Ball
stated the mill uses 3,000 bales of
icotton per season, and pays out some
$20,000 annually for power, obtain
ed from the Georgia Power Com
pany, which has a local plant on the
Ocmulgee river. He also told of the
process used in making rayon, which
.the Pepperton Cotton Mills uses in
.considerable quantities.
I W. M. Bond told something about
the mixing of fertilizers, giving the
principal ingi-edients of commercial
fertilizer as acid phosphate, potash
l and ammonia, cotton seed meal,
|. tankage and sulphate of ammonia
.and nitrate of soda. Many of these
materials are produced elsewhere but
are mixed in Georgia Cotton seed
.meal is one of the main ingredients
produced locally. Asa ginner Mr.
Bond also deals in local products. He
.said Georgians should use more
Georgia products and mentioned cot
.tcn bagging for wrapping cotton,
which farmers last season refused to
.use because it cost slightly more
than , jute bagging.
Bert Carmichael said his firm sold
a good many products made in Geor
gia, mentioning epsom salts, Coca
Cola, cigars, cigarettes, candies, writ
ing tablets, school Tjooks, garden
seeds, patent medicines, etc. Some of
these things are prduced elsewhere
but put up in Georgia, he said.
Park Newton mentioned a list of
more than 60 articles manufactured
in Georgia and sold by his firm. The
Ji it is a long one and includes such
items as plow stocks, cotton planters,
guano distributors, handles of all
kinds, cotton twine, mops, brooms,
cow halters, jugs, terracotta, vases,
cane mills, wire nails, fence posts,
oyster shell varnish, turpentine,
stoves, ranges, etc.
All of these talks proved interest
ing and showed that Georgia manu
facturers a great variety of products.
Other members of the club will be
called on for talks in this series at a
later meeting.
Beginning next week the club will
meet at 6:30 instead of 6 p. m.
It is expected that Dr. C. C. Hai
rold will be present at the meeting
on April 5 and talk on underpriveleg
ed child work. Delegates to the in
ternational convention will be elect
ed on April 12.
Dinner was served Tuesday night
by the Woman’s Club, Miss Glennis
Thornton chairman.
Democratic presidents who have
carried New York state are Grover
Cleveland,! Martin Van Buren, James
K. Polk and Woodrow Wilson.
MANY MENTIONED
FOR STATE POSTS
STATE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
WILL GET UNDER WAY WITH
IN NEXT FEW WEEKS. WARM
CONTESTS LOOM FOR COUNTY
Now that the county primary is
history, interest is being taken in the
state political campaign and the pri
mary to be held in the late summer
will probably witness some hard
fought races.
For the office of representative
in the legislature Captain E. S. Set
tle has declared he would be a can
didate. He is now training at Fort
Renning and no definite announce
ment is expected for several weeks,
but he has authorized the statement
he would be a candidate. Judge Joel
B. Mallet, ordinary, has been men
tioned as a likely candidate for rep
resentative, as has also Mr. S. M.
Pope. Mr. J. M. Gaston has also been
urged to make the race.
This being Butts county’s time to
furnish the senator from the twenty
sixth district, several able and prom-
inent candidates are being mention
ed. Hon. J. L. Lyons, former repre
sentative and at present mayor of
Jackson, has let it be known that he
would be a candidate for the state
senate. Others mentioned include for
mer senator J. O. Gaston, Dr. R. A.
Franklin, representative for the past
three terms, Mr. W. F. Huddleston,
president of the Butts county Board
of education, and Mr. W. W. Wright,
well kndwn young business man of
Jackson* Present indications point to
a warm contest over this office, with
probably two or more candidates en
tered.
Other contests in which citizens
!here are interested are those for so
licitor general of the Flint circuit,
now held by Frank B. Willingham,
of Forsyth, and congressman from
the new fourth district, filled by W.
C. Wrigbt, of Newuan. At the last
session of the legislature Butts coun
ty was placed in the new fourth con
gressional district. Congressman
Wright, a veteran in point of service,
will likely be a candidate and it is
understood that Hon. E. M. Owen,
solicitor general of the Griffin cir
cuit, will seek this post. Both are
able and popular men and in the
event the race shapes up after this
fashion a hot contest is in prospect.
A governor and all state house of
ficers will be nominated in the state
primary and present indications point
to a crowded field. Definite an
nouncements for the places to bo
filled in the fall primary will prob
ably be forthcoming within the next
few weeks.
MR. AND MRS. DRAKE HURT
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Drake suffer
ed painful injuries Sunday afternoon
when their automobile went into a
ditch in passing another car, near the
Towaliga river bi'idge, while return
ing from Atlanta.
Mr. Drake #as thrown against the
windshield and two or three arteries
ir. Lis wrist were severed. He was
brought to Jackson and given medi
cal attention, and while weak from
the loss of blood, will soon be all
right.
Mrs. Drake was, also cut on the
hand and received bruises. Mr. Hun
nicutt, who was returning home with
them, received injuries about the
head.
When the car went into a ditch it
turned over. Negroes who were pass
ing brought them to Jackson.
Mr. Drake is the Farm Agent for
Butts county, and friends will re
gret to know of the injuries suffer
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Drake and Mr.
Hunnicutt.
The president of the United States
appoints the territorial judges of,
Alaska.
MASKED MEN ROB JENKINSBURG
BANK BUT OBTAIN SMALL LOOT
TRUSTEES NAMEII FOR
RLE COUNTY SCHOOLS
ELECTION HELD THE PAST SAT
URDAY BROUGHT OUT A BIG
VOTE AND SEVERAL LIVELY
CONTESTS WERE SETTLED
In an election held Saturday trus
tees to serve the various school dis
tricts were named for the ensuing
term.
A large vote was polled and in
some instances close races resulted.
The following were named, accord
ing to reports submitted to Prof. T.
J. Dempsey, Jr., superintendent of
Butts county schools:
Jenkinsburg school—H. C. Childs.
Tussahaw school —John W. Welch.
Stark school—H. W. Young.
New consolidated school at camp
ground where three members were
elected —V. M. White, J.E. Cornell,
Troy Howard Vickers.
Cork school—H. T. Moss.
Pepperton school —C. B. Wise.
Towaliga school—Elmo P.- Colwell.
At the next regular meeting of
the board these gentlemen will no
doubt be approved and commissions
will then be issued by Superintendent
Dempsey. (
The local trustees are an important
link in the administrative part of
the county schools, having large
voice in the choice and regulation of
the teachers and bus drivers, and
it is considered quite an honor and
responsibility to be chosen for these
places. With suh splendid gentlemen
as those named Saturday, in addi
tion to those already serving, good
work and co-operation is assured
from these important officials.
COMMITTEE NAMED
SELECT DELEGATES
STATE CONVENTION WILL. BE
HELD IN ATLANTA APRIL 6.
W. E. PAGE NAMED CHAIRMAN
OF COMMITTEE OF SEVEN
A committee headed by W. E.
Page, of Columbus, who was in
charge of the Franklin D. Roosevelt
campaign in the state preferential
primary, has been named to select
delegates to the state convention to
be held in Atlanta April 6.
Other members of the committee
are: Thomas J. Hamilton, Augusta,
editor of the Augusta Chronicle;
John I. Kelley, Atlanta, assistant at
torney general; Charles J. Bloch, of
Macon, member of the state execu
tive committee; Dr. R. B. Gilbert,
of Greenville, president of the Meri
wether county Itoosevelt-f or- Presi
dent club; Mrs. Z. V. Peterson, of
Atlanta; Mrs. Nora Lawrence Smith,
of Ashburn, editor of the Wiregrass
Farmer.
Mr. Roosevelt carried all counties
in the state and all delegates will
be selected from among his friends
and supporters.
Delegates named from Butt3 coun
ty by the Executive Committee are
W. E. Watkins and R. P. Newton,
with Miller Ogletree and W. O.
Moore as alternates.
Hot Stuff
“Doctah,” asked a lady of color,
“Ah’s come to see if yo’ am going to
order Rastus one o’ dem mustard
plasters ag’in today?”
“I think perhaps he had better
have one more,” answered the med
ico.
“Well, he says to ax yo’ kin he
have a slice of ham wid it, ’count of
it’s a mighty pow’ful prescription to
take alone.”
*1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
CASHIER FORCED
TO OPEN DOORS
MEMBERS OF FAMILY LOCKED
INDOORS DURING ROBBERY.
TIME LOCK SAVED INSTITU
TION FROM HEAVY LOSS
In a bold robbery executed Mon
day night shortly before K o’clock,
centra! time, the Farmers Bank of
Jenkinsburg was robbed of approx
imately $54, consisting of SSO in
pennies and a few dollars in silver.
The cashier, H. C. Childs, was tak
en from his home and forced to un
lock the doors to the bank. The time
lock to the vault probably saved a
heavy loss.
The robbery was carefully plan
ned. Appearing at the home of the
cashier, one of the robbers knocked
and Mr. Child’s son answered the
alarm, and was told that somebody
wanted to see the cashier. The par
ties were admitted to the room, and
then the robbers stated their mis
sion.
Armed with pistols, rifles and shot
guns, they tied Mr. Child;;’ two sons,
Billy and Warren, told Mr. Childs
to accompany them, while one of the
party locked the door from the in
side and remained on guard in the
house.
Mr. Childs did not recognize ar.y
of the band. One of the party had
his face blackened and other mem
bers of the band wore masks. But
one of the group was unmaksed. One
of the party appeared to be the lead
er. Other members of the band were
young looking, Mr. Childs states.
After picking up all the money in
the till, the robbers drove off in u
Ford car. There were four men in
the band of robbers.
No violence was offered to Mr.
Childs or the members of his family.
Immediately after the holdup
Sheriff Walter D. Pope was notified.
He made an investigation Monday
night and continued his hunt for a
clue Tuesday, going to cities nearby.
The loss is fully covered by bur
glary insurance, it was stated.
The Farmers Bank of Jenkinsburg
appears to have had more than its
share of attempted robberies. Sev
eral years ago two unsuccessful at
tempts were made to rob the institu
tion. On one of these occasions the
dial was blown off the vault but the
robbers failed to gain entrance. At
another time a good part of the bank
was blown away in an explosion dur
ing an attempt to rob the institution.
These attempted burglaries were
comparatively close together.
Monday night’s effort was the
third attempt to rob the bank.
H. J. KENNEDY SPENT SUM
$645.00 IN CONGRESS RACE
Harvey J. Kennedy, of Barnesville,
candidate for congress in the elec
tion of March 2, spent the sum of
$645.00, his statement of campaign
expenses filed with Clerk S. J. Fos
ter shows. The money was derived
from personal funds.
Judge J. J. Flynt, of Griffin, can
didate for congress, spent the sum
of S4OO, of which SIOO was contrib
uted by friends, according to his
statement.
J. Erie Binford, of Macon, spent
the sum of $202.90, according to his
campaign statement filed with the
clerk of superior court here. The
money was derived from personal
funds.
J. A. Giles, of Macon, spent the
sum of $45.50, his statement shows.
That amount was contributed by
friends, the paper sets out.
Damascus, Syria, is said to be the
oldest city in the world.
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