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LEGAL NOTICES
For Year’* Support
Georgia, Butts County.
Court of Ordinary, May Ist, 1933.
The appraisers upon application of
Mrs. Lucile M. Hodges, widow of
-said J. W. Hodges, for a twelve
months' support for herself and his
minor child, having filed their re
turn; all persons concerned hereby
are cited to show cause, if any they
have, at the next regular June, 1933
term of this Court, why said appli
cation should not be granted.
G. D. HEAD, Ordinary
For Dismission
Georgia, Butts County.
S. S. Copeland, guardian of J. L.
and Paul Mcßurnett, having applied
to me for a discharge from his guar
dianship of J. L. and Paul Mcßur
nett. This is therefore to notify all
persons concerned to file their ob
jections, if any they have, on or be
fore the first Monday in June next,
else he will be discharged from hi s
guardianship as applied for.
This May Ist, 1933.
G. D. HEAD, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sal*
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, will be
sold at public outcry, on the firs r
Tuesday in June, 1933, at the court
house in said county, between the us
ual hours of sab', the following real
estate situated in Butts County, to
wit:
Fourteen acres of land lying and
being in the 614th District G. M. of
Butts County, Ga., bounded as fol-
on north by public road lead
ing from residence of Dr. A. F.
White to Indian Spring, Ga., on the
east by branch running between said
property and lands of Mrs. G. A.
Higgins, on the south by lands origi
nally owned by Ed Lawson, and said
tract of and is in a triangle and
there is no west boundary. Also fif
ty -nine acres of land more or less,
lying and being in the 614th Dis
trict (5. M. of Butts County, Ga.,
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bounded as follows: on the north by
lands of Mrs. Addie Nolen, on the
east by lands of W. A. Plymale es
tate, on the south by lands formerly
owned by Frank Lawson, and on the
west by lands of Mrs. G. A. Higgins.
Terms cash. May Ist, 1933.
W. J. MOSS,
Administrator of the estate of
J. C. Plymale, deceased.
SHINGLES and Lumber for sale.
Dr. Strickland. 6-2-4tp
MONTHLY CHICKEN SALE
BEING HELD THURSDAY
The monthly co-operative carlot
chicken sale is being: held in Jackson
Thursday. The Tennessee Egg; Com
pany is the successful bidder. The
car which originated at Hawkinsville
and Cochran will make stops at Jack
son and McDonough.
Governor. Federal Reserve
Eugene Black, of Atlanta, Ga., U
the aew governor of the Federal Re
serve Board, succeeding Eugene
Meyer, resigned, upon the appoint
saent of President Rooeevelt. Mr.
Black is the second Southerner to
told this important post, the other
being W.P.G. Harding of Alabama.
LETTERS FROM THE
PEOPLE
Relief Measures Discussed
Editor Progress-Argus: I read with
interest Dr. Howell’s article in you"
last week’s issue, and with most of
his contentions I heartily agree. Our
commissioners are to be commended
for reducing our taxes and admin
istering our county affairs on a rigid
system of economy, and refusing to
incur any further indebtedness, etc.
But I can’t agree with the doctor’s
view that “we would have been bet
ter off if not a single sack of flour
nor a yard of cloth had been given
by the Red Cross in Butts county.’
As to whether the government
should have tried to help the farmer
secure better prices by taking vast
quantities of cotton and wheat off
the market is another question, but
as our Farm Board had decided o
give a certain amount of these com
modities to the Red Cross for the
relief of the needy, I don’t see how
cur county could have been benefited
by holding aloof and saying we
would have none of it. We certainly
couldn’t have consistently" said that
many of our people were not in dire
need of it.
Of course there has been some
mistakes and abuses in the distribu
tion of it, just as there is bound to
he in anything wc undertake to do.
We all know’ there has been gross
abuses in the ac'mini-’tration of tha
veto an relief and comoens-ation, yet
no right thinking person would want
t<. r.-scontinue the work altogether
on that account, bur rather to cor
rect the abuses and toj continue the
work to those who actually deserve
and need it.
No doubt these large quantities of
wheat and cotton given to the Red
Cross has helped to advance the price
of both commodities. This wheat
wouldn’t have yet been ground into
flour nor the cotton spun into cloth
if it had not been given to the Red
Cross, for the people were not able
to buy it.
The main reason why there has
been so many mistakes made in the
distribution of the flour and cloth
in Butts county is because the goou
ladies in charge of the work have
not had the proper help and co-op
cration of the male contingent of
our citizens. Miss Mallet, Mrs. Ma-
Laier and the other ladies in charge
of this work have been veritable an
gels of mercy, and I feel like the
men of our county ought to fee!
ashamed that they have had to carry
on this work under such difficulties
nrd trying circumstances and with
‘so little help and co-operation. If
Mr. Lyons could have gotten the peo
ple to organize with committees in
each district, like he tried to do in
the fall of 1931, they could have
been a great help and relief to the
good women who have carried on
this work almost by themselves.
While some people may have got
ten flour and cloth that shoudn’t
have had it, a casual look at the
ragged, undernourished crowd that
gathers at these distributions is
enough to convince any one the ma
jority of them need it.
The doctor speaxs of seeing flour
hauled away in automobiles and 1
agree that any one able to own and
operate a car shouldn’t expect chari
ty, yet I happen to know very often
the flour was carried away in cars
for others who had no way at all
of getting it home. Many who have
gotten flour couldn’t have carried
it down the court house steps, much
less lugged it the 8 and 10 miles to
their homes.
The doctor’s suggestion' that we
would be healthier if we ate less
flour, and seeming to imply that
il' those who received the Red Cross
flour would have eaten more of oth
er things, if they hadn’t gotten the
flour, reminds of the story of a cer
tain queen, who upon being told that
Certain of her subjects were starving
and that many of them didn’t even
have bread to eat, replied: “Well
why don’t the poor things eat cake?”
Il many of those who received Red
Cross flour hadn’t gotten it through
that source they wouldn’t have had
anything to eat, not even corn bread.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS* *RGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Some contend that these extreme
cases would have been cared for by
neighbors or private charity, but 1
think it very doubtful. With so-tpany
of our people unable to pay their
taxes and other obligations, but few
of them would have felt able to ex
tend charity to the needy. And too
few of those who are able feel that
they are in sense their brother s
keeper.
I was informed on pretty good
authority that some colored children
actually starved to death in a near
by county when the boll weevil first
came to middle Georgia, and our fi
nancial plight is n.uch worse now
than it was then.
As I put the years behind me my
thought and sympathy goes out to
more of the unfortunate, no matter
if their plight has been brought about
by their own thriftlessness as is the
case in some instances. “Taught by
that power that pities me, I learn to
pity them.”
As long as our government has
flour and cloth to give away through
ihc Red Cross, let Butts county ac
cept her quota and let’s given more
help and co-operation to those who
r.re devoting their time and energy
so unselfishly to this humane work.
S. K. SMITH.
PLAN WORKED OUT TO
HELP NEEDY VETERANS
ESTIMATED THAT 25,000 WILL
BE DROPPED FROM THE ROLLS
IN GEORGIA ON JULY 1. PLAN
IS OUTLINED
Capt. A. L. Henson, State Vet
erans Officer, estimates that approx
imately twenty-five thousand vet
erans of the Spanish War and the
World War who have been receiving
compensation will be dropped from
the the rolls on July first. He states
that a majority of this number are
suffering from disabilities which have
not been proven to be of service;
origin but which can be proved to be
the result of war service.
The service officer states tha,t fif
ty odd thousand files in the office
of the Veterans Administration in
Georgia will be reviewed' and those
who have been placed on the rolls
because of a presumption of service
connection will be removed. Over
twenty thousand of these have re
quested the Veterans Service Office
to represent them in the presenta
tion of their claims and in securing
the proof necessary to prevent their
being cut off.
Veterans who claim that their dis
abilities were the result of their
service are urged by the Service Of
ficer to initiate their claims with the
nearest organization of the American
Legion, the Disabled American Vet
erans of the World War, the Vet
crams of Foreign Wars or the United
Veterans of the Spanish War. One
or more of these organizations will
have a post, camp or chapter in most
of the counties of Georgia and they
each have a service officer who is
co-operating with the state service
officer to the end that every claim
will be presented with all of the evi
dence available. These service offi
cer’s, over two hundred in number,
will do the field work, prepare the
affidavits and forms and send them
to the state service office and repre
sentatives of that office will per
sonally argue each case before the
rating board. Capt. Henson says that
if the veterans will first contact
these service officers their case will
be more quicgly handled as they,
with all evidence available, will be
sent to the state service office to be
checked against the file in the offices
of the Veterans Administration and
if further evidence is necessary the
veterans will be advised.
A school for service officers will
be held in Macon on June eleventh
and instructions will be given by
representatives of the national offi
ces of the war organizations as to
how the evidence and claims should
be prepared. This school will be fol
lowed by ten others to be held one
ir. each congressional district.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1933