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VOL. 61—No. 11
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BIBLE AT BEAD GREAT
LITERATURE OF WORLD
JUDGE BECK IN LECTURE TO
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS DE
CLARED COMMON LAW IS
FOUNDED ON SCRIPTURES
Judge Marcus W. Beck, of the
Georgia Supreme Court, in a lecture
to the Men’s Bible of the Meth
odist church Sunday morning, paid
a lofty tribute to the Bible as the
greatest literature of the world.
Speaking to an audience of home
people, for Judge Beck formerly re
sided here, the speaker discussed the
scriptures from the standpoint of
the layman.
The common law of this country,
patterned after the common law of
England, is founded very largely on
the Bible, Judge Beck declared. In
the time of King George there were
144 crimes punishable by death. In
(Georgia there are only five at pres
ent. The scriptures have taught mer
cy, it was shown.
Woman’s place in the business
®world and home is a result of the
spread of Christianity, Judge Beck
declared. The Bible has done more
for the liberation of womanhood than
any other single agency.
Judge Beck, a scholar of recog
nized ability, declared that there is
no literature in the world comparable
to that of the Bible. He urged the
reading of the scriptures daily, not
by chapters but by whole books to
get the connection. He paid lofty
y tribute to St. Paul, who ranks as one
of the great men of all time.
Col. C. L. Redman, teacher of the
class, introduced Judge Beck and
( paid him a tribute for his legal abili
ty and standing as a jurist. Judge
Beck was heard by a representative
audience, including members of the
Baptist and Presbyterian Sunday
schools. The talk was declared to
have been one of the ablest in the
series delivered by prominent public
men to this large men’s class.
GOOD SHOWING MADE
BY JACKSON RIFLES
COMPANY A PASSED SPLENDID
INSPECTION MONDAY. LIEUT.
GRAHAM CHECKED COMPANY.
FISH FRY GIVEN
A showing considered even better
than tfrbt of 1932 was made by the
Jackson Rifles, Company A, 121st
Infantry, Georgia National Guard,
Monday. The inspection was in
charge of Lieut. Jesse E. Graham,
United States Army, and instruction
officer of the 121st Infantry.
During the afternoon the proper
ty and records of the company were
checked, and at night the company
was inspected. The new drill regu
lations were in force this year.
There was practically a one hun
dred per cent attendance of the 63
enlisted men and three officers at
the inspection.
In the afternoon the officers of
the company entertained the visiting
officers at a fish fry at Bill Nutt’s
fishing camp near Barnett’s bridge.
This proved an enjoyable affair.
In addition to Lieut Graham, other
officers here for the inspection in
culded Col. Ben T'. Watkins, chief
of staff of the Thirtieth Division;
Col. F. A. Whitaker, 121st Infantry;
Major White, of the 59th Brigade;
Capt. Charles Stewart, of the 121st
Infantry; Major J. W. Barnett, of
the 121st Infantry; Sergeant Defer
and Lieut. Poole, all of Macon, and
Major Mathews, of Cordele.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS
ASSEMBLY CLOSES
WITH LITTLE DONE
JAM UNBROKEN AS SESSION
ENDED AT MIDNIGHT. IMPOR
TANT MEASURES FAIL TO RE
CEIVE SANCTION
Atlanta, Ga.—The general assem
bly of Georgia, after pushing the
general appropriations bill through a
legislative jam, wound up its bien
nial session with a turbulent scene
in the senate chamber early Sunday
morning.
The appropriations bill as passed
carried $9,754,350 for 1934 and
$9,921,350 for 1935.
The truck and bus bill was lost in
the legislative snarl.
The general assembly adjourned
without taking affirmative action
either on a beer bill, or on a resolu
tion providing for a convention to
act on the proposed amendment to
repeal the eighteenth amendment.
Beer bills lost in both houses and
the convention bill died in the house.
Several bills seeking reorganiza
tion of the state highway department
likewise were lost, as also were bills
urging abolition of the department of
agriculture, the veterinary division
1 and the game and fish department.
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12,703,281 BALES
i COTTON PRODUCED
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CENSUS BUREAU ESTIMATE RE
LEASED MONDAY SHOWS BIG
DROP FROM 1932. CROP IN
GEORGIA 861,906
Washington, D. C. —Cotton pro
duction for 1932 as shown Monday
by the Census Bureau ginning report
was 12,703,281 running bales, count
ing round bales as half bales, or
12,994,430 equivalent 500-pound
bales, compared with 16,628,874 and
17,095,594 for 1931 and 13,756,518
and 13,931,597 for 1930.
Round bales included and counted
as half bales in the runing bales to
tal numbered 722,152, compared
with 621,370 in 1931.
American-Egyptian bales included
numbered 8,298 compared with 13,-
668.
Included in the 1932 figures are
30,500 bales which ginners estimated
would be turned in after the March
canvas.
The average gross weight of bales
for the crop was 511.5 pounds, com
pared with 514.0 pounds for 1931.
Ginnings by states in running bales
and equivalent 500-pound bales fol
low:
I Alabama, 933,805 and 948,902;
Arizona, 67,170 and 69,228;
Arkansas, 1,282,560 and 1,-
325,648; California, 124,473 and
129,488; Florida, 15,580 and 15,151;
Georgia, 861,906 and 854,470; Lou
isiana, 999,380 and 610,413; Mis
sissippi, 1,160,741 and 1,179,301;
Missouri, 300,501 and 306,640; New
Mexico, 67,485 and 69,867; North
Carolina, 679,684 and 662,785; Ok
lahoma, 1,071,883 and 1,083,591;
South Carolina, 721,646 and 715,-
678; Tennessee, 467,573 and 480,-
432; Texas, 4,303,589 and 4,497,-;
274; Virginia, 31,316 and 31,144;
all other states, 13,989 and 14,418.
5,434 BALES OF COTTON
GINNED IN BUTTS COUNTY
The preliminary report on cotton’
ginned in Georgia, .issued by the
Census Bureau, shows there had been
ginned in Butts county from the
ciop of 1932 a total of 5,434 bales,
compared with 6,325 bales from the
crop of 1931. This is a decrease of
891 bales.
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Georgia had ginned 861,906 bales
compared with 1,393,715 bales the
year pefore.
Farm products have dropped
per cent in price in three years.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1933
R. P. SASNETT IS
BANK CONSERVATOR
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
OPENED MONDAY FOR HAN
DLING OF NEW BUSINESS. IN
STRUCTIONS AWAITED
With Mr. R. F. Sasnett, cashier,
as conservator, the Jackson National
.Bank opened for restricted business
Monday. Under the orders of the
secretary of the treasury, the bank
is empowered to accept new de
posits, to be treated as trust funds.
These new accounts may be checked
on without limitation.
Awaiting complete instructions
from Washington, the deposits on
hand at the time of tJie bank holi
day, cannot be checked on. They are ■
being held intact until instructions
are received. This, it is hoped, will
be in a short time.
The bank plans to resume normal
business as soon as necessary de
tails are worked out in Washington.
Appointment of the conservator
does not carry any reflection againsc
the solvency of the bank, the treas
ury department head pointed out.
Secretary of the Treasury Woodin
said:
“In response to many inquiries as
to the significance of the appoint
ment of conservators to banks of
high repute, I wish to say that there
is no deduction to be made that such
banks are necessarily in difficulties.
“It is for the purpose of insuring
that the banks will be put in apple
pie order, pending necessary pro
cesses, that conservators in many
cases are named.
“Moreover, this method makes it
possible that the bank so circum
stanced, will be able to continue to
lender service, as for example the
receiving of deposits to be segregat
ed and kept in cash or invested in
government bonds and such like se
curities.”
The fact that the Jackson Nation
al Bank was permitted to open has
encouraged the public to believe that
normal business will soon be resum
ed. The co-operation of depositors,
customers and the people of the en
tire community will prove a vital
factor in the speedy restoration of
normal banking facilities in Jackson
and community.
There has been a splendid spirit
manifested by the people and ex
-1 pressions of confidence in the offi
cers and directors.
Since the bank opened Monday
; deposits have gained steadily. A con
siderable amount of gold and old
currency has also found its way into
the bank, officers stated.
S. S. CONVENTION TO
BE HELD MARCH 29th
The Sunday school convention of
the Kimbeil Association will be held
on Wednesday, March 29, at Rocky
Creek church, Monroe county. All
churches in the association are re
quested to have representatives
present. The following program will
be given:
Morning Session
10:00. Devotional—P. H. Weaver.
10:15. The Supreme Book of S.
S. —Mrs. O. B. Howell.
| Open discussion.
10:45. Reports from Sunday
schools.
11:00. Dr. Aquila Chamlee, For
syth.
Miscellaneous.
12:00 Lunch.
Afternoon Session
1:15.. Devotional—J. O. Minter.
1:30. How to Prepare the Lesson
—Mrs. J. B. Childs.
Open discussion.
2:00. How to Keep the Sunday
school Growing—E. W. Barnett.
Miscellaneous business.
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| Adjournment.
LOAN FUNDS EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE IN SHORT WHILE
Between 350 and 400 Applications
Have Been Forwarded
Funds from the first seed loan ap
plications, filed some two weekr
ago, are expected to arrive within a
few days. It is likely checks will be
received not later than next week.
Up tt> Tuesday afternoon, between
350 and 400 applications had been
filled (Jut in the office of County
Agent !B. M. Drake. This is consid
ered a good showing and speaks well
for prompt work done by the
clerical, force.
The (total number of applications
this season may run as high as 500.
LARGE AUDIENCE AT
PAGEANT SATURDAY
PEPPERTON SCHOOL HAD GOOD
PROGRAM ON GEORGIA BI
CENTENNIAL. JACKSON WILL
GIVE PROGRAM THURSDAY
An audience said to have been
larger than has witnessed any of
the previous programs was present
Saturday night at the Pepperton
school auditorium for the Georgia
bicentennial pageant. The program
was carried out in a pleasing man
ner and the large crowd was charm
ed with the entertainment. The pe
riod covered was from 1789 to 1815.
Thursday night, March 23, at the
Jackson school auditorium the Jack
son school will present a pageant pic
turing the period from 1815 to 1837,
and the following points will be cov
ered :
1. Prologue giving background of
period immediately preceding 1825.
2. Butts county laid off.
3. Jackson laid off, tract allotted
to churches, schools.
4. Highlights of public school his
tory of Butts county.
5. Chartering of University of
Georgia, Wesleyan College, Emory
College and Mercer University.
On the evening of March 31 the
Jenkinsburg school will present a
centennial program, and the period
from 1837 to 1877 will be covered.
Main features will be:
1. Prologue of ante-bellum period,
background of War Between the
States.
2. War Between States with spe
cial reference to Butts county’s part.
3. “Reconstruction Days” in Butts
county.
4. Back into the union, 1877.
COUNTY TEACHERS
PAID FOR 2 MONTHS
FUNDS RECEIVED FROM STATE
SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE JAN
UARY AND FEBRUARY PAY
ROLLS. CITY GETS FUNDS
Teachers in the Butts county
school system and bus drivers have
been paid for the months of January
and February, it is announced by
Prof. T. J. Dempsey, Jr., county
school superintendent. Funds receiv
ed from the state as the result of
the governor borrowing two million
dollars from Atlanta banks, togethex
with funds from other sources, were
sufficient to meet the past two
months payrolls.
Governor Talmadge announced
that the money borrowed was to be
used exclusively to pay teachers ana
bus drivers.
The city of Jackson school system
received from Mr. Dempsey approxi
mately $1,300, it was stated. This
payment, in connection with other
funds, will enable the city to meet
a payroll for teachers, it is expected.
Needless to state the teachers and
bus drivers were glad to see these
checks distributed.
The national income last year wa
$56,000,000,000. ' ' ‘
$3 AUTO TAG SET
BY THE GOVERNOR
STAMPEDE OF BUYING FOL
LOWS GOVERNOR’S ORDER.
LONG LINES SWAMP OFFI
CIALS HANDLING TAGS
Atlanta, Ga.—Less than ten min
utes after the legislature failed to
pass a law reducing auto tag rates,
Governor Talmadge early Sunday
proclaimed $3 feds effective, but
the head of the motor vehicle tag
division said tags would be sold only
at. the “legal rate,” effective last
January 1, unless the courts decide
otherwise.
The “legal rate” effective Jan
uary 1 was the same fee charged
motor vehicle owners for license fees
last year, or a minimum of $11.25
for small passenger cars.
Governor Talmadge’s proclama
tion, containing less than 50 words
said:
“Under the code section 162,
which gives the governor of Geor
gia the right to suspend all or any
part of any tax, I hereby suspend
the motor vehicle tag tax in Geor
gia, except the amount of $3 for li
cense tags on all cars and trucks and
buses.”
This order of Governor Talmadge
resulted in the greatest rush to buy
tags ever known in the history of
the state. Thousands of automobile
owners crowded around the capitol
and waited in line to get the plates
at the $3 figure. Members of the
revenue commission were unable to
wait on the throngs, and Governor
Talmadge advised the people to go
home and order the tags by mail.
The $3 rate will prevail all the
year, the governor said.
$400,000,000 IN GOLD
FLOWS BACK TO BANKS
ANTI-HOARDING ORDER RE
SULTS IN HUGH SUMS BEING
RETURNED TO CHANNELS AC
TIVE BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A golden
flood into the federal reserve banks
has returned well above $400,000,-
000 in two weeks since President
Roosevelt decreed hoarding was in
juring the nation.
Officials declined today to name
the exact amount returned.
Federal reserve banks ordered to
send the names of all persons who
withdrew gold before the bank holi
day and had not returned it by the
close of business Friday or yesterday
had the time ilmited extended to
March 27.
This will give any hoarders who
are away from home opportunity to
return and empty their safety de
posit boxes of the forbidden money
and thus possibly escape any penalty
that may be provided under treas
ury regulations defining hoarding.
The regulations are being prepar
ed by the treasury under provisions
of the emergency bank law and will
define hoarding and set penalties
for it.
While officials declined to discuss
the new regulations, they intimated
no leniency would be shown persons
proved to be guilty of hoarding and
refusing to return the gold to the
banks.
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B. Y. P. U. MEETING WILL
BE HELD HERE SUNDAY
There will be a meeting of the
B. Y. P. U. of the Kimbeil Associa
tion at the Jackson Baptist church
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, cen
tral time. All churches in the as
sociation are expected to have rep
resentatives at the rally.
Corporation indebtedness in the
United States is estimated at SBO,
000,000,000.
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GEORGIA
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SCHOOL MEET BE
HELD APRIL 13-14
DATE ANNOUNCED FOR LITER
ARY AND ATHLETIC CON
TESTS. DEBATE WILL BE
HELD ON MARCH 31
The Fourth District High School
Literary and Athletic Meet will be
hold in Griffin April 13 and 14, it
is announced by Prof. D. V. Spen
cer, superintendent of the Jackson
public schools.
The literary meet will be held at
Spalding high school and the ath
letic meet at Griffin high school.
The one-act play contest, anew
feature, will be staged in LaGrange
on April 7.
The Senior Spelling Contest will
be held on April 5. All schools in the
state will take part in this event.
The debate which was to have
been held on March 24 has been
postponed to March 31.
The Jackson high school is pre
paring to enter teams in a majority
of these contests.
KIWANIS OFFICIAL IN
VISIT TO LOCAL CLUB
MARK SMITH, OF THOMASTON,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF
SECOND DIVISION, MADE VIS
IT TUESDAY NIGHT
Mark Smith, of Thomaston, lieu
tenant governor of the seond divi
sion of the Georgia district of Ki
wanis, paid the Jackson cub an offi
cial visit Tuesday night. He was ac
companied by Kiwanian J. C. Jones
of the Thomaston club.
A feature of the visit was a
phonograph record, prepared by in
ternational headqaurters, outlining
the convention to be held in Los
Angeles. Highlights of the coming
international convention were
sketched.
In a brief but interesting talk,
Mr. Smith stressed the objectives
for the year, including an increase
of 10 per cent in membership and
the support of boys’ club work. The
Jackson club was pointed to as one
of the best in the Georgia district.
Judge H. M. Fletcher, a past pres
ident of the club, and Prof. T. J,
Dempsey, Jr., a former member,
were guests. The U. D. C. commit
tee, Mrs. L. P. Lester chairman,
served dinner.
BORROWED MONEY
TO PAY TEACHERS
GOVERNOR SAYS TWO MILLION
LOAN OBTAINED FROM BANKS
IS TO PAY TEACHERS AND
BUS DRIVERS
Atlanta, Ga.—Governor Talmadge
said Friday it was illegal for the $2,-
000,000 borrowed Thursday for
schools “to be expended in paying
anything except teachers’ and school
bus drivers’ salaries for the year
1933.”
Mr, Talmadge’s statement was
made in a letter to M. D. Collins,
s(afe school superintendent. The
governor said he noted a statement
“in the press that most of this money
would he paid to banks for indebted
ness for the past years. This is ille
gal and I am forwarding a copy of
this letter to the county school su
perintendent in each county in the
state of Georgia. This money is to
keep the schools open this year.”
The governor said he had talked with
the attorney general’s office, state
treasurer, and bankers from whom
the money was borrowed.
In Alabama 6,000 famiiles havr
moved from cities to farms within
the past year, says F. W. Gist, agri
cultural statistician.