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BOOS T GEORGiA All Tl> Tim* 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. L * The work was to begin here this . i 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 0 - 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 . JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL I, 1932 APRIL 1932 (VN NOW TVI WIO THU r*l W 1 2 3456 7 S 9 10111213141516 1718192021,22 23 24 25262728 2930 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. BOOST GEORGIA All The Time