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VOL, 61—No. 22
*933 JUNE 1933
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TRUCKS WILL HANDLE
POULTRY IN FUTURE
SCHEDULE WORKED OUT FOR
AT LEAST FOUR STOPS IN
BUTTS COUNTY. JUNE SALE
NETTED MORE THAN SIOO
The monthly co-operative poultry
sales in Butts county in future will
be handled by truck, it is announc
ed by County Agent B. M. Drake.
As planned at present the truck
will make at least four stops in tho
county—lndian Springs school, Jack
son, Towaliga cross roads and Jen
kinsburg.
This arrangement should be of
considerable convenience to
of the county, as it will mean a sav
ing of time.
In this connection Mr. Drake urges
•that a county association of poultry
raisers be formed to assist in the
monthly sales. By having such an or
ganization the amount of poultry
Should be foretold with reasonable
accuracy and information about the
sale passed on to members.
The sale held here on June 1 was
handled by truck and a total of
about 990 pounds of poultry was
sold, netting farmers $104.00. The
largest part of the tonnage was com
posed of fryers and hens. The truck
was operated by the Tennessee Egg-
Company, successful bidders. The
tonnage at Hawkinsville and Coch
ran was lighter than usual, it was
stated.
CONVICTS
BE -TURNED BACK
STATE PRISON COMMISSION
WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR
MORE THAN 500 PRISONERS
IN STATE
Atlanta, Ga. —The controversy be
tween the State Highway Board and
Governor Talmadge apparently reach
ed a deadlock Saturday when the
highway board notified the State
Prison Commission that it would
! have to provide for 540 state con
victs the State Highway department
had been working, but who will be
turned back June 15.
This action by the highway board
followed the refusal of Governor Tal
madge to approve a requisition for
$1,313,000 made by the highway
board last Thursday, which did not
include salaries, for the five engi
neers the governor had struck from
the budget. The board pointed out
to the governor that no effort was
being made to pay the five engineers,
but also declared that it was not con
ceding that he had the right to dis r
charge them.
* Governor Talmadge held up the
requisition and wrote the highway
board that he would not allow any
highway department funds to bo
withdrawn from the state treasury
until he was notified in writing that
the engineers obnoxious to him were
no longer connected with the depai-t
--ment, since they would really be
directing the affairs of the depart
ment as long as they retained then
present positions.
There are 627,334 square feet of
floor space in the capitol at Wash
ington.
. Farm mortgages held in the Uni
ted States are valued at more,than
$9,360,000,000.
THIRTY-TWO FORESTRY CAMPS
| BEEN AUTHORIZED IN GEORGIA
7,000 MEN WILL
BE GIVEN WORK
MOST OF CAMPS WILL BE IN
OPERATION BY JULY 1. VAST
BENEFITS TO RESULT FROM
WORK
Atlanta, Ga.—Nearly 4 million
acres of forest land in Georgia are
to receive benefits from emergency
relief funds that permit forestry
work of more than 7,000 men, ac
cord to Slate Forester B. M. Luf
burrow. About 3 and a half million
acres of forest land to be benefited
by this work belong to members of
timber protective organisations,
which, since the relief work has been
authorized, have been rapidly ex
panding their acreage.
Mr. Lufburrow explains that tim
ber protective organizations existing
when the Act authorizing relief
work was passed are entitled to as
sistance. No timber protective or
ganization formed since the relief
Act came into effect, he says, under
the law can share in the benefits of
emergency relief work. He adds,
however, that the law permits work
on areas added to old timber pro
tective organizations. This accounts
for the rapid expansion of the area
of some of these organizations.
The state forester says he is ap
proached by delegations from vari-
ous counties in which there are no
organizations, and asked for camps,
but he advises that any counties not
having timber protective organiza
tions close enough for expansion into
such counties, avoid the expense of
sending delegations to obtain camps
which under the law they canno*:
be allowed.
All of the thirty projects submit
ted by the state forester have been
approved. These with five camps
now operating in the national forests
ir the mountains, make 35 for the
state.
The first camp under state super
vision got under way the last week
in May at Hinesville. One at Horaer
ville and another at Albany are ex
pected to be at work the second
week in June. All the remaining
2? are expected to be in operation
by July 1.
M’WHftRTER SUES
FOR BACK SALARY
HIGHWAY ROW IS BROUGHT
INTO COURT BEFORE JUDGE
W. E. THOMAS IN VALDOSTA.
OF STATE-WIDE INTEREST
Valdosta, Ga.—An application for
a mandamus to compel the state
highway board to pay B. P. McWhor
ter, chief engineer, two months’
back salary has been presented to
Judge W. E. Thomas of the Valdos
ta circuit.
McWhorter is one of the five en
gineers who were struck from the
rolls of the highway department by
Governor Talmadge.
Judge Thomas said he had not act
ed on the application and did not
indicate when he would hand down
a decision on the petition. He declin
ed to say what attorneys presented
the petition.
The governor struck McWhorter's
name from the rolls in passing upon
the budget for the highway board.
The board refused to discharge the
men and as a result highway depai’t
m-cat employees have- not been paid
fer two months.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1933
TEACHERS NAMED
FOR BUTTS SYSTEM
BOARD OF EDUCATION AT
MEETING TUESDAY ELECTED
FACULTY FOR 1933-34. BUT
FEW CHANGES MADE
Having previously elected princi
pals for the schools of the county,
the board of education at a meeting
Tuesday completed the faculty for
the 1933-34 session by naming all
teachers.
The same faculty, with few ex
ceptions, was named for another
year. The following is a list of the
teachers as announced by the board:
Cork —Warren McMichael, princi
pal; Miss Elsma 'Morgan.
Jenkinsburg—James G. Childs,
principal; Miss Mae Childs, Mrs. Pol
ly Smith Evans, Miss Willie Wood
ward.
Indian Springs—Morris J. Hard
wick, principal; Mrs. M. L. Thomas,
Mrs. E. R. Edwards, Miss Myra
Fletcher, Mrs. Obie Watkins.
Tussahaw —A. L. Clark, principal;
Mrs. Van Fletcher, Mrs. I. M. Wilson,
Miss Nettie Reid Maddox, Mrs. Doro
thy Bledsoe, Mrs. P. H. Weaver.
Towaliga—H. M. Linkous, prin
cipal; Mrs. Van Freeman, Miss Sara
Carter, Miss Tennie Brownlee, Mrs.
Taylor Patrick.
Pepperton Miss Eloise Beau
champ, principal; Miss Lou Beau
champ, Miss Billie White, Mrs. Bax
ter Watkins.
Salaries and the length of the term
for the coming year are matters to
be determined later, it was stated.
BEAUTY PAGEANT WAS
DECLARED A SUCCESS
MISS MARY CARMICHAEL IS
AWARDED TITLE OF “MISS
BUTTS COUNTY” AND ENTERS
STATE CONTEST
The title of “Miss Butts County”
was awarded to Miss Mary Carmich
ael, of Jackson, in the Beauty Page
ant staged at the school auditorium
Friday night under the direction of
the Jackson Club Corporation. She
thus enters the state contest where
a winner will be picked to represent
Georgia at the Chicago Century of
Progress Exposition.
There was a total of thirty-eight
entries and some of the most beauti
ful and attractive young ladies of
the county were sponsored by Butts
county business firms. The award
was made by out-of-town judges.
In addition to the grand march
there was a musical program, with
M:ss Annie Rosa Bond and Miss Hil
da Whitaker giving enjoyable selec
tions, and several clever readings by
little Miss Patsy Rossey."
A large and enthusiastic audience
greeted the entrants and interest
was maintained at a high pitch until
the judges had rendered a final de
cision.
The Club Corporation realized a
considerable sum from the pageant.
The sponsoring organizations wish to
express thanks and appreciation for
the liberal support extended.
OLD LUMBER YARD WAS
BURNED SATURDAY NIGHT
The buildings of the old Jackson
Lumber Company, in a state of col
lapse, were burned by a fire of un
dertermined origin Saturday night.
The debris was located near the de
pot an dthe fire \yas prevented from
spreading to other buildings.
| at Century of Progress
Tc Mrs. Carrie B. Neely, of Chicago, went the honor of purchasing the
first paid attendance ticket to the Chicago Century of Progress Pair and
the first to pass through the turnstiles. And to Miss Lillian Anderson, of
Racine, Mich., went the honor of being chosen Queen.
GOVERNOR TALMADGE MOVES TO
OUST PUBLIC SERVICE MEMBERS
HEARING WILL BE
HELD ON JUNE 26
POWER COMPANY MONOPOLY
AMOfIG CHARGES MADE. LA
BOR TAKES HAND IN PRO
CEEDINGS. FIGHT SEEN
Atlanta, Ga.—The five members
of the Georgia Public Service Com
mission were ordered Tuesday by
Governor Talmadge to appear before
him on June 26 and show cause why
they should not be removed from of
fice, following presentation of a pe
tition to the governor charging tho
commission aided the Georgia Power-
Company in “obtaining and main
taining a monopoly” in this state.
The petition was filed by the exec
utive committee of the Georgia
Federation of Labor through its at
torney, J. C. Savage, of Atlanta.
The commissioners, in a state
ment later, said they welcomed the
“opportunity to repel the false
charges and insinuations that have
been made by Mr. Savage” and
would be ready at the proper time
to “substantiate our position.”
The federation’s petition asked tho
governor to suspend and remove
from office “each and every” mem
ber of the commission, of which Jas.
A. Perry, of Atlanta, is chairman;
Perry T. Knight, of Valdosta, vice
chairman, and Walter McDonald, of
Augusta, Jule Felton, of Montezu
ma, and Albert Woodruff, of De
catur, the other members.
Governor Talmadge said that at
the hearing, which is to begin at 11
m. on June 26, the commissioner.-:
would be required to show cause why
they should not be removed, or to
work out “some solution” to the
utilities rate problem. Asked if it
would be an open hearing, he said,
“You bet it will.”
The commission’s statement said
that for several months Savage has
“sought to discredit the work of the
commission. This gives the commis
sion an opoprtunity to repel the falsf
eharges and insinuations that have
been made by Mr. Savage. We wel
come this opportunity to acquaint
our chief executive, the governor of
Georgia, as well as people through
out the state, with the true facts.”
METAL WORK OF COURT
HOUSE BEING PAINTED
The county commissioners are hav
ing the metal work and steeple of
the court hopse painted. The work
is being done this week and is in
charge of men from Atlanta.
FATE 0F COTTON BE
KNOWN FEW DAYS
ACREAGE REDUCTION PLAN BE
ING STUDIED. PRESIDENT TO
ANNOUNCE DECISION DURING
THIS WEEK
Washington, D. C. June s.—Pres
ident Roosevelt expects to make the
final decision, probably before Fri
day, on whether an extensive acre
age reduction program will be ap
plied to cotton this year under the
farm adjustment act.
Secretary Wallace and his aides
are preparing several alternative
plans for consideration by the chief
executive. Instructions already have
been dispatched from the White
House to administrators of the farm
act to submit proposals to the presi
dent so that a decision can be made.
Wallace said a final agreement on
whether any plan would be applied
to the chief crop of the South this
year “must be taken this week,” be
cause of the rapid advance being
made by the crop.
Both Wallace and George N. Peek,
chief administrator of the act, indi
cated that they believed acreage re
duction was “greatly needed” be
cause of the large surplus of cotton
and because of unofficial reports of
an increase in -acreage this year.
The element proving most trouble
some to officials was believed to be
the method of financing acreage re
duction. Plans so far considered con
template the payment of cash bonus
es or rentals to farmers who elimi
nate a portion of their cotton crop,
either by plowing it up or reseeding
with some crop of which there is not
a surplus.
Wallace has authority to levy h
processing tax on cotton but is un
certain whether it would yield suffi
cient revenue to finance a compre
hensive acreage retirement plan.
A group of southern senators are
seeking adoption of a proposed
amendment to the industrial recov
ery public works bill to set aside
$200,000,000 more to be used to pay
farmers bonuses for retiring acreage
planted to basic commodities listed
in the farm act. The act already pro
vides $100,000,000 for this purpose.
Senators Bankhead (Democrat,
Alabama), and Smith (Democrat,
South Carolina), are leading the
movement.
A patent has been granted on rub
ber fenders which will spring bac':
into shape after a collision.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
THREE HISTORIC
SPOTS IN BUTTS
Mclntosh house, Indian
springs and Mclntosh
TRAIL MENTIONED FOR HIS
TORIC VALUE TO GEORGIA
The Georgia Bicentennial commis
sion in compiling a list of historic
spots in Georgia, has mentioned
three such spots in Butts county—■
the Mclntosh House, Indian Springs
ar.d Indian Springs Trail.
Many authorities consider Indian
Springs one of the most historic
spots in the state. There important
treaties with the Indians were sign
ed and much of early state history
was written.
The list, as sent out by the Geor
giy Bicentennial commission, is as
follows:
1. One of the most important land
marks in the state is the old Mcln-
Hosh house at Indian Springs. The
first cottage on the site was erected
in 1800 by General William Mcln
tosh' the famous half-breed chief of
the Creek Indians, here he usually
spent the winter months. In 1823
Gen. Mclntosh and Joe Bailey erec
ted a large part of the present struc
ture as a hotel for guests drawn to
Indian Springs by the fame of the
medicinal properties of the water.
On January 8, 1821, this house was
the scene of the signing of a treaty
by the Creeks with the United States
Government under which all Indian
lands between the Flint and Ocmul
gee Rivers as far North as the Chat
tahoochee River were acquired by
the State of Georgia. Again on Feb
ruary 12, 1825, another treaty was
signed here by which all the remain
ing Creek lands in the State of
Georgia were ceded to the State.
Gen. William Mclntosh signing for
the Greeks. On July 1, 1911, the
Piedmont Continental Chapter D. A.
E. unveiled a bronze tablet fixed to
the big rock just outside the window
on which the Indian orator Hop-O
--eth-le-yo-ho-lo made* his eloquent
speech denouncing Mclntosh for the
act. General Mclntosh was cruelly
murdered at his home at “Mclntosh
Reserve” in Carroll county, April
30, 1825, by the enraged Upper
Creeks.
2. Indian Springs, the property of
the State of Georgia, was first dis
covered by a white man when Doug
lsa Watson, a scout for the United
States Government, happened upon
the spring in the cane brake, being
drawn by the strong smell of gun
powder, however, the spring was a
favorite meeting place for Indians
from time unknown who were at
tracted by the curative power of its
water. Before the War Between the
States and even until this day, In
dian Springs has been a summer
gathering place for people of fashion
as well as those seeking health.
3. Mclntosh Trail beginning at Old
Fort Hawkins oposite to Macon on
the Ocmulgee River, ran west to the
Old Indian Agency on the Flint Riv
er in Taylor County, thence north
ward to Senoia, Ga., where it divided,
cne branch running eastward by In
dian Springs to Augusta, the other
running westward by Newnan to Tal
ladega, Ala.
COVINGTON COMES FOR A
GAME SATURDAY, JUNE 10
The Covington Mills baseball team
comes to Pepperton for a game Sat
urday afternoon. The contest will
get under way at 4 o’clock eastern
time and as these teams are evenly
matched a good crowd is expected to
turn out.
1 Covington defeated Pepperton on
the former’s grounds last Saturday
by a score of 6 to 2. Mangham and
Turner formed the battery for Pep
perton.