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GEORGIA
All The Time
VOL. 61—No. 14
1938 APRIL 1958
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CHICKEN SALE BEING
HELD HERE THURSDAY
COUNTY AGENT DRAKE CO-OP
ERATING WITH FARMER? TO
MAKE SECOND SALE OF YEAR
A SUCCESSFUL ONE
Butts county’s second co-opera
tive carlot chicken sale of the 1933
reason is being held in Jackson
Thursday.
The car, which originated at Haw
kinsville Tuesday, stopped at Coch
ran Wednesday and will be in Jack
son from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Thurs
day. A stop will also be made at
McDonough before final loading is
completed.
The following schedule of prices,
the information being received too
late for insertion in last week’s Prog
ress-Argus, is being paid:
Colored hens, 9c; Leghorn hens,
7c; fryers, 16c; stags, 8c; cocks, 4c;
turkeys, 10c; ducks and geese, sc.
BANK’S DIRECTORS
UPHELD BY COURT
FEDERAL LAND BANK ACT PER
MITS DISCRETION, JURISTS
HOLD IN CASE OF W. L. WIL
DER, OF BUTTS
Atlanta, Ga.—The Georgia su
preme court Tuesday ruled that the
federal land bank act permits direc
tory of the bank to decide when
loans should be renewed, and de
cided a chai-ge of fraud brought
against the federal land bank at Co
lumbia in favor of the bank.
W. L. Wilder, a Butts county
farmer, brought suit to enjoin the
sale of a farm he had purchased
fro mthe federal land bank in 1929,
on grounds that the agent for the
bank told him there would be no
foreclosure if the depression con
tinued and he could not meet pay
ments after he had paid $2,000 in
cash and $750 as his first install
ment.
Wilder also said in his petition
that the federal government had ap
propriated $125,008,000 to federal
land banks to enable them to extend
farm loans.
The supreme court ruled, however,
that the appropriation was $25,000,-
000 instead of $125,000,000, and
that the act placed it in the discretion
of the bank directors to decide just
which loans should be renewed. The
high court also ruled the charge of
fraud was too indefinite to be con
sidered.
MEN’S BIBLE CLASS MADE
TRIP TO BARNESVILLE
About 35 members of the Men’s
Bible class of the Jackson Methodist
church went to Barnesville Sunday
morning as guests of the Men’s Bi
ble class of the Methodist church in
that city. An interesting program
was arranged and the meeting prov
ed one of rare goodwill and fellow
ship. On April 23 the Barnesville
class will return the visit and will
put on the program at the Methodist
church here.
Several of those who went to
Barnesville stopped in Forsyth re
turning and heard Rev. Augustus
Ernest, a former- pastor of the Jac
son church, at'the 11 o’clock hour.
BATTLES FOR CASH
For every dollar spent last year
by Texas farmers in fighting insects
f-nd diseases attacking field crops,
$12.50 was returned ir ’ncreased in
come. '
THE JACKSON PRQGRESS-ARGIIS
"BUY IN BUTTS”
PROGRAM URGED
MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS
MEN UNITE IN EFFORT TO
KEEP HOME DOLLARS CIRCU
LATING AT HOME
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(By JOHN CROUCH)
Faced with the realization that
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unusual steps must be taken to con
serve as much as possible Butts
county’s supply of cash, this news
paper, together with progressive mer
chants and business men of Jackson
are sponsoring this BUY-IT-IN
BUTTS-COUNTY campaign.
It is the purpose of the campaign
to impress on every individual the
importance of “keeping money at
home.” It would point out that in
times like these, every individual has
a part to play in order to cope suc
cessfully with unusual economic con
ditions.
There is talk to Buy American and
Buy Georgia, but this writer is of
the opinion that “charity begins at
home” and if our state and our na
tion would return once more to a
state of prosperity, it must start at
home, in our counties and in our ci
ties. In other words, we must spend
our money with those who are spend
ing it with us. .
In Jackson, we learned that local
merchants are contributing to the
economic life of the community
through the buying of country pro
duce. This money stays at home, to
circulate among us all. It stands to
common reasoning that if we would
all have more money, we must be
available to money, and money spent
away from home is a long time com
ing back. , .
There appears to be a mistaken
idea that large mail order houses can
' sell more cheaply than merchants in
small towns. It was called to this
waiter’s attention that merchandise
at one of Butts county’s leading es
tablishments can be bought even
cheaper than that sold by one of
America’s largest mail order houses.
Then too, local merchants who sell
the same kinds of merchandise, are
here to make your purchases good,
should for any reason you become
dissatisfied with your purchase. Not
so with the mail order house. You
buy from illustrated book; you never
see the item until it comes cash on
delivery. If you are disappointed,
you must grin and “take your medi
cine.”
But the worst evil is that you are
sending your money from home;
money that will never come back.
And isn’t it logical that we should
see to it that out money is spent
with those who, in turn, put it back
into local trade channels?,
Jackson and Butts county can be
and wall be greatly benefited if ev
ery man, woman and child will “tie
strings to his or her money” and re
flect seriously before they delib
erately spend money away from
home.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
CUTS HIS OWN SALARY
Washington, D. C. —President
Roosevelt is taking the regular
15 per cent cut in pay he de
creed for other government
workers, but has made his
own reduced salary effective
as of March 4 rather than April
1.
In cashing his first month’s
pay check Friday the president
wrote out a check for the treas
ury equal to 15 per cent of this
installment of his $75,000 an
nual salary. His first return to
the treasury under the self-ad
ministered pay cut totaled
$8‘43.75.
DAIRY PRODUCTS FIRST •
Dairy products are now first in
the amount of gross farm income, a
position formerly h oM by cattle,
hogs and sheep as a group.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1933
Easter bunnies will be right on time this year, ns always. These two
maidens were slightly in doubt so they went out and around and about and
did they find bunnies, well yes! So now Sara Belle and Evelyn Tiffany,
maidens fair of footlight fame, want all good little boys and girls to
know that they have the evidence and that Easter bunnies and all their
friends wiy be right on the job on Easter morning.
PAGEANT SERIES
IN SCHOOLS OVER
CORK SCHOOL HAD INTEREST
IN G PROGRAM THURSDAY
NIGHT. MUCH STATE HISTORY
TAUGHT BY SCHOOLS
With the exception of a county
wide celebration, planned for later
in the summer at Indian Springs,
Butts county has completed its part
of the Georgia bicentennial celebra
tion. The last of the several pageants
presented by schools here was given
Thursday night at Cork.
This program was one of the best
in the entire series. It was well stag
ed, had the support of the entire
school and community and followed
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closely the history of the period cov
ered, that from 1877 to 1933.
Beginning in February the seven
schools arranged a series of pro
grams, the state history being di
vided into periods. The entire state
history from the landing of ' Ogle
thorpe in 1733 to the present was
covered in pageants. These pageants
proved to be most colorful and in
teresting affairs. Schools and com
munities showed much good natured
rivalry, and it would be hard to se
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lect the best, for all wgre winners.
The schools taking part and the
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periods of history depicted include:
Period 1733 to 1736, Indian
Springs conoslidated school, Feb. 24.
Period 1736 to 1743, Towaliga
school, March 3.
Period 1743 to 1789, Tussahaw
school, March 10.
Period 1789 to 1815, Peppertor.
school, March 18.
Period 1815 to 1837, Jackson
school, March 24.
Period 1837 to 1877, Jenkinsburg
school, March 31.
Period 1877 to 1933, Cork school,
April 6.
The history of Indian Springs, to
be staged by the patriotic and civic
clubs of the county, will be given
later. This is expected to take thi
form of an open air pageant, and
many notables will be invited for the
occasion.
The manner in which the citizens,
especially the schools, of Butts coun
,ty have co-operated with the state
j authorities is said to be most pleas
ing. The Butts county centennial
plan has been commended as one of
the best arranged in the state.
BUTTS EDUCATOR TO HOLD
MEETING FRIDAY, APRIL 14
Butts county teachers will meet
at the Varner House at Indian
Springs Friday afternoon, April 14,
for the last session of the school
year. Cork will join with the Indian
Springs school in entertaining the
group. Business sessions will be heid
at the casino and a luncheon will Te
one of the features of interest.
Easter Bunnies Right On Time
FOREST CAMPS BE
OPERATING SOON
ARMY NOW BEING RECRUITED
AND 250,000 MEN BY MAY 15
IS GOAL SET BY DIRECTOR OF
CAMPAIGN
Washington, D. C.—The full army
of 25d,000 men enlisted for Presi
dent Roosevelt’s reforestation cam
paign will be in the field by May 15,
Robert Fechner, director of emer
gency conservation work, said Sun
day.
Already the federal government
has raided the bread lines by offer
ing sl;a day and board and room
to men caught in the whirlpool of
the depression and forced out of
their normal jobs. Tonight there are
2,607 men in conditioning camps,
going through preliminary training
and physical examination before
moving out to their work in the
w'oods, Fechner said.
The immediate goal is 25,000 men,
• and as the machinery of administra
tion speeds up the remainder of the
250,000 are expected to be recruited
rapidly.
Fechner explained all these things
tonight in his modest hotel room
from which he directs the recruiting
of the army that is part of the ad
imnistration’s plant to reduce the
12,000,000 wage earners who have
been thrown out of work.
Fat Stock Show
Be Held April
20-21 in Macon
Athens, Ga. —The Macon and
Middle Georgia Fat Stock Show wiil
be held
under the direction of W. T. Ben
nett, beef cattle and sheep special
ist, and J. G. Liddell, swine special
ist, of the Georgia Agricultuial Ex
tension Service.
The present prospects reported
from the Extension offices are for
500 head of cattle and a carload of
hogs. A sale will follqyv.
Prices totalling SSOO in value, the
contribution of public spirited citi
zens and business firms of Macon,
will be awarded.
The Savannah fat cattle show and
sale were held April 5 and 6 with
buyers from Baltimore, Richmond,
Atlanta, Moultrie and Savannah in
attendance.
There is a good deal of local inter
est in this show and it is expected
several Butts county citizens will
attend. So far as known at this time
there will be no entries by local
livestock breeders.
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There are 9,000,000 people living
ir Australia and Polynesia combined.
SCHOOL MEET TO
BE HELD FRIDAY
BARNESVILLE WILL BE THE
SCENE OF LITERARY AND
ATHLETIC CONTESTS IN THE
FOURTH DISTRICT
While preparing for entry in dis
trict literary and athletic events to
be held in Barnesvillo-Friday of this
week, Jackson High School students
Monday were brought word of their
third-place victory in the state-wide
one act play contest for high school
players held in LaGrange last week.
Out of the many schools from the
district entered, only Hogansville, in
first place, and McDonough, in sec
ond, exceed the performance of the
local representatives in their come
dy, Hugo in a Hurry, by Howard
Reed. Members of the cast were
Misses Anne Lester, Lucy Evelyn
Merritt and Ruth Reynolds; and Wil
fred Thornton, Mike Allen and El
wyn Patrick. It was directed by Mrs.
Jim Newton.
In the state-wide spelling contest
held last week with Prof. H. 11. Har
grove, of McDonough, conducting,
the 56 members of the senior class
here made the excellent average of
85.96 per cent out of a possible 100.
Only two students failed to spell at
least 70 words, the minimum for a
passing grade.
Students representing both the
literary and athletic departments of
the high school will compete with
others in the district Friday at
Barnesville. James Frederic, in the
boys’ essay contest, and Ruth Rey
nolds, in the girls’ division, comprise
the literary team, while Miss Doro
thy Anne O’Neal will compete in
music, playing Minuetto in C Minor,
by Schubert.
Athletic contestants will be select
ed from a group composed of stu
dents making good showings in an
inter-class track meet held last
Thursday afternoon. They are ?ev
crly Thurston, Park Newman, Mike
Allen, L. P. McKibben, David John
son, Glen Whitaker, Ben Fuqua,
James Frederic and Stokely Garner.
Events in which local people will
be interested will be given according
to the following schedule:
Essay Contests: 10 o’clock, Fri
day morning.
Athletic Events: L o’clock, Friday
afternoon.
Music: 7 o’clock, Fi-iday evening.
The place for holding the annual
district competition was changed last
week from Griffin to Barnesville.
A fine showing is confidently ex
pected of all local entrants, and
many followers of school activities
are expected to attend all events.
SIOO,OOO SAVED IN THE
LEGAL EXPENSE OF STATE
Came About Through Reqrganization
Under Last Administration
In 1931 the various departments,
boards and bureaus of the state paid
$144,735.38 for attorneys’ fees.
In 1932, under the revised plan
of having assistant attorney gen
erals instead of special counsel, the
same service cost only $47,261.29,
a saving of $96,874.09, with no de
crease, it is understood, in efficien
cy. This is quite a saving, and sets ar
excellent example for all govern
ment.
Attorney General M. J. Yeomans
has in his department very able as
sistants and undoubtedly the inter
ests of the state will be well pro
tected.
DR. L. B. HOPKINS HEAD
SIXTH DISTRICT DENTISTS
At a meeting of the Sixth Dis
trict Dental Society in Macon Tues
dey night Dr. L. B. Hopkins, of Grif
fin, formerly of Jackson, was elec
ted as president. He was vice presi
dent of the group the past year.
BOOST
GEORGIA
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
$40,070 IN LOANS
APPROVED HERE
TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICA
TIONS TO PASS 500 MARK. AV
ERAGE OF LOANS SMALLER
THAN IN PREVIOUS YEAR
To April 8 the sum of $40,070 had
been approved for Butts county bor
rowers from the seed loan fund.
Three hundred and ninety-eight
borrowers had their claims approved
and checks were ready for distribu
tion.
It now appears certain the number
of borrowers this season will pass
the 500 mark.
In 1932, 397 applications were ap
proved here for a total of $49,-
945.20. The total amount of loans
this year will be about the same as
for last year, it is estimated, though
many more people will share in the
fund. The amount of the loans has
been sharply reduced.
In a few instances the maximum
amount of S3OO has been allotted
to farmers. In other instances the
amounts run as low as $25. The av
erage of the loans in the county is
probably about SIOO.
The applications in Butts county
have been handled promptly by a
competent clerical force. This means
the loans have come through at a
rapid rate and farmers have been
enabled to purchase fertilizers and
nitrate for their grain.
With a few exceptions the taking
of applications here is about over
for the season, it was announced
Saturday.
MAYUK SKETCHED AIMS
OF JACKSON COUNCIL
DETERMINED EFFORT MADE TO
REDUCE EXPENSES AND BAL
ANCE BUDGET. CO-OPERATION
IS REQUESTED
In a frank discussion of city fi
nances and problems, Mayor J. L.
Lyons on Tuesday night outlined tu
members of the Kiwanis club sev
eral matters of public interest rela
ting to the town and community.
All members of council were in
vited to bo present. Alderman T. A.
Nutt, member of the club, was the
only member present. Mr. Nutt talk
ed briefly.
Mr. Lyons declared a determined
effort was being made by council to
reduce expenses wherever possible
and balance the budget. There is
trouble in collecting taxes, it was
shown, and this has worked hard
ships in some instances.
During his talk he showed that the
Jackson public schools suffered by
h reduction in the state equalization
fund last year from $2,200 to
S6OO. There is assurance, however,
it was stated, that this amount wili
be restored to the former figure.
Mayor Lyons told of investigations
being made regarding the installa
tion of oil engines in an effort to
obtain cheaper electric current. The
Muscle Shoals development is also
being studied, it was shown, as prob
ably holding hone for cheaper elec
tric power.
The charter of the city of Jack
son as of 1883 was shown by Mr.
Lyons. The city limits have been en
larged twice since that time, it was
related.
Mr. Lyons asked the co-operation
of all citizens in working for a
clean, wholesome environment.
Dinner was served by the Woman’s
Club, Mrs. L. M. Crawford chair
man.
CO-OPERATIVE GARDENS
Last year a large rubber manu
facturing company helped the unem
ployment situation by organizing the
Akron (Ohio) Community Gardens,
putting 900 men to work on 200
acres. The workers were paid in
: produce.
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