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boost GEORGIA All The Time VOL. 61—No. 14 1938 APRIL 1958 -2HIL. - MON - TUI - THU. mi SAT. 1 2 45 6 7 8 ‘9 10 n i* ,5 17 18 19 20 21 ** <Sv> *4 25 26 a7 28 29 'Ms 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 s (By JOHN CROUCH) Faced with the realization that I 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 V 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 • lect the best, for all wgre winners. The schools taking part and the I 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. ii ~ 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. i