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VOL. SI—No. 26
COTTON CUT CAMPAIGN WILI
GO ON DURING PRESENT WEEK
GOOD REPORTS ARE
BEING RECEIVED
ONLY DANGER TO SUCCESS OF
MOVEMENT IS TOO HIGH ES
TIMATES. ALL GROWERS BE
GIVEN OPPORTUNITY
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The cotton acreage reduction cam
paign now in full swing in all cotton
growing states will go on through
July 8, it is announced. So far as
known now the drive will close on
that date.
Encouraging reports have been
made of the progress of the cam
paign in Butts county and through
out the state and cotton belt. It will
take some days to compile the fig
ures and announce the result, but
there is every indication that the
will be a success.
The undertaking is one of the
largest that ever challenged the at
tention of the South in peace times.
Birst of all it was necessary to or
ganize committees in all counties in
all states in the cotton belt. County
and district committees were named
and these committees had to become
familiar with their duties. This re
quired time. It was then necessary
to hold ditsrict meetings and get the
idea over to the growers. All of this
has required time and patience.
During the past week meetings
were held all over Butts county anil
these gatherings were largely at
tended. County Agent B. M. Drake
has been in charge of all details and
has talked at all the meetings, ex
plaining in detail the purpose of the
Campaign and the benefits to be de
rived from a smaller cotton crop.
On Saturday afternoon a meeting
was held in the court house for the
people in this district and for all dis
trict committees and the county com
mittee.
The workers in active charge of
the campaign express satisfaction
with the progress made to date and
express confidence that the campaign
will be put over here.
Butts county has a quota of 4,620
acres. The quota for the state is
934,500 acres and for the entire cot
ton belt. 11,732,700 acres*
There has been a tendency, it is
said by those in charge of the work,
to estimate yields too high. The five
year average yield of cotton in Butts
county is 191 pounds per acre. The
estimated yields must be brought in
line with that figure or the county
will be thrown out. When this face
became known most gioweis have
shown a commendable spirit and
many have reduced their estimates
in line with the county’s five-year
average production.
District committees are engaged
this week in getting estimates in line
with the county record over a five
•year peiiod. Also time is being given
to see every grower in the county.
Before the campaign closes every
cotton grower will be given the
chance to get in on the South-wide
acreage reduction movement.
The acreage reduction campaign
is hailed by farmers as the greatest
opportunity of a life time for obtain
ing help from the government. If the
South sticks and cuts acreage higher
prices will result for cotton, whereas
if the campaign fails cotton may sell
at 5 or 6 cents this fall. That is the
opinion of cotton growers expressed
\ t the meeting Saturday and at all
the meetings held in the county.
The County Agent and his clerical
Fierce, the district committees and.the
county committee are doing hard and
unselfish work and are entitled to
BREAD PRICE HIKE
BRINGS WARNING
SECRETARY WALLACE PUTS RE
TAILERS ON NOTICE THAT
PROFITEERING WILL NOT BE
PERMITTED
Washington, D. C. —In a message
calculated to warn all retailers
against price advances the adminis
tration does not consider warranted,
Secretary Wallace informed lowa
bakers late Saturday that any un
reasonable retail boosts would be
prosecuted.
The secretary told the lowa bakers
the department was prepared to use
the powers that had been lodged in
it and the President to prevent un
reasonable increases to be borne by
the consumers.
“The recent advance of wheat
prices plus the processing tax, when
it is levied, would increase cost - ap
proximately one and one-third cents
a pound loaf,” he telegraphed the
Bakers Association.
“Under these conditions, what is
the -justification for your proposed
advance of three cents?”
The Bakers’ Association announc
ed Friday it would increase the price
of one pound loaves of bread from
five to eight cents on July 5.
The 30-cent per bushel processing
tax on wheat goes into effect at mid
night, July 8, to provide revenue to
make payments to farmers agreeing
tc reduce acreage an dthis tax was
blamed in part by the association for
their projected increase.
Meanwhile, i twas said that numer
ous reports of price lifts and con
templated increases have come to the
attention of farm administrators
from many sections of the country.
His message to the association in
his own state was designed as j.
warning to other retailers, not only
of bread, but of other food products
manufactured from basic farm com
modities on which processing taxes
later are to be ordered into effect.
The farm act specifically confers
on Wallace authority to invoke anti
trust laws in addition -to power to
legalize trade agreements with fixed
price scales which are free from an
ti-trust prohibitions.
THIS IS LAST WEEK TO
SIGN COTTON ACREAGE
The cotton acreage reduction cam
paign will close this week, according
to information received by Mr. B.
M. Drake, county agent.
Information from Dr. Phil Camp
bell, director of Extension in Geor
gia, is that the plan promises to go
ever in a successful way.
Encouraging reports have been
received from all parts of the cottor.
belt.
UNION SERVICES TO BE
AT METHODIST CHURCH
The union service for Jackson
churches will be held at the Metho
dist church Sunday night at 7:30,
with Rev. Neil McGeachy, .of the
Presbyterian church, filling the pul
pit. The people of the community are
cordially invited to attend.
the support and co-operation of all
cotton growers.
Those in charge of the work warn
pot. to s plpw .up; any gotfon until told
to do so by the Secretary of Agri
culture.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1933
JULY FOURTH WAS
QUIET IN COUNTY
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BARBECUES, HOME COMINGS,
MOTOR BOAT RACES AND
' FAMILY REUNIONS MADE THE
DAY ENJOYABLE
The July Fourth holiday proved
a quiet and enjoyable one in Butts
ecunty. All places of business were
closed and the holiday was generally
observed.
A home coming and barbecue at
Jenkinsburg, a home coming and re
union at Flovilla of all teachers anu
pupils in the high sejiool, motor boat
races on the Central Georgia Power
Company lake and a joint meeting
between mail carriers of the fourth
and sixth districts at Indian Spring.-
rounded out a day of full entertain
ment. In addition to these exercises
there were many family gatherings.
' The Pepperton Cotton Mills serv
ed a barbecue to the employees of
the mill. The scheduled baseball
game between Pepperton and Juliet to
did not materialize, due to the fail
ure of the Juliette team to arrive.
The day was cool and delightful
and suited to outdoor activities.
So far as reports have been re
ceived there were no serious acci
dents in the county to mar the
pleasures of the occasion.
WORK PROMISED ON
STATE HIGHWAY 42
WILHOIT, ONE-MAN COMMIS
| SIONER, LISTS McDONOUGH
JACKSON HIGHWAY AS PRO
JECT TO GET ATTENTION
According to information in Mon
day evening’s Atlanta Georgian, Jud
Wilhoit, who is functioning as one
man highway commissioner since
the wrangle between Governor Tal
madge and Captain J. W. Barnett
and W. C. Vereen, declares that high
way work will proceed as usual. He
stated that all projects already start
ed will be completed as early as pos
sible.
j The project between McDonough
aiid Jackson on Highway No. 42 is
listed for early attention.. The link
from McDonough to Locust Grove
was reecntly paved and has been
\ opened to traffic. It is hoped to have
this road paved to the Butts county
lme and on to Jackson within the
immediate future.
I .
j According to Mr. Wilhoit’s state
| ment, as carried in The Georgian,
j prospects are good for this work to
be completed.
Farm Peony Wins
Mr. A. M. Brand, on liis farm near
Faribault, Minn., went in for peony
raising. He developed some remark
able llansena blooms. He entered
tliem in the Century of Progress. wofM
fair at Chicago . and iiis peony
won the gold medal as best .n the
*how.
I9SB JULY 1935
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
ASKS AID COTTON PLAN
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President Franklin D. RooseveU
has issued the following statement
in support of the acreage reduction
plan:
The fate of any plan depends
upon the support it is given by
those who are asked to put it
into operation. This program for
the cotton producer essentially
places the responsibility upon
the individual farmer. He and
he alone will, in the last analy
sis, determine whether it shall
succeed. This plan offers the
cotton producer a practical, defi
nite means to put into imme
diate application the methods
which Congress prescribed
to improve his situation. I have
every confidence that the cot
ton producer will face the facts
and co-operate fully in the rea
sonably and practical plan that
is proposed.—
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
MRS. CURRY IS WINNER
IN NAHONAL CONTEST
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BUTTS COUNTY WOMAN ONLY
WINTER FROM GEORGIA ON
“WHAT MY RURAL CARRIER
MEANS TO ME.”
Mrs. James H. Curry, of Jackson
Route four, has been announced a=
the only winner from Georgia in the
national contest sponsored by the
Postal Publishing Company, Wash
ington, D. C., on “What My Rura'
Carrier Means to Me.” The cash
prize, the amount of which is not
known at this time, will be awarded,
to Mrs. Curry.
The past December Your Postal
Service announced the terms of the
contest. First prize was SSO, 'second
prize, sls, third prize $lO and 28
prizes to fourth place winners of $1
each. More than 180,000 replies werc
received, it was stated. Several en
tered from Butts county and a large
number from Georgia, but out of all
this number Mrs. Curry was declared
to have submitted the best paper.
The honor is one that Mrs. Curry
and her friends appreciate. She is
a patron of Jackson Route 4, Mr.
N. F. Land, carrier, and he is de
lighted to know that one of his
patrons won in the national contest.
REVIVAL MEETINGS WILL
BEGIN JULY 9 AT THE
FLOVILLA M. E. CHURCH
Revival services will begin at the
Flovilla Methodist church on Sunday,
July 9. The pastor, Rev. Harvey A.
King, will do the preaching. The
earnest prayers and whole-hearted
co-operation of every person in the
community is urgently solicited.
Good singing will be interesting
features of all services and the pas
ter and official body of the church
invites the public to attend all meet
ings.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TO
HAVE SERVICES ON SUNDAY
Regular services will be held at
the Jackson Presbyterian church
Sunday morning, with the pastor,
Rev. Neill McGeachy, filling the pul
pit at the 11 o’clock hour. Sunday
school will be held at 10 a. m. The
public is invited to attend all ser
vices.
MANY LOSE JOBS
IN BUDGET SLASH
AXE FALLS ON GOVERNMENT
WORKERS. DEFICIT SECOND
LARGEST FOR PEACE TIME
OPERATIONS
Washington, D. C.—Thousands of
government employees Friday lost
jobs which they had figured were
secure for life.
Tens of thousands ore faced sal
ary cuts as every department re
duced its pay to keep within the
drastically curtailed budget allot
ments for the new fiscal year begin
ning - tomorrow.
Official figures on the total num
ber laid off were lacking because
many bureaus withheld personnel ad
justments until the last moment. It
was estimated, however, that 3,000
would be dismissed in Washington
Friday or in the near future and
perhaps as many as 10,000 in the
field services which extend through
cut the land and into foreign coun
tries.
With new jobs hard to find, it was
a day of stark tragedy for many
discharged workers. Several have
ended their lives after receiving no
tices of dismissal.
The administration, while deter
mined to do anything necessary to
reduce running expenses nearly sl,-
000,000,000 in the new year, has at
tempted to deal with its employes
as humanely as possible.
Fir#t to be laid off were married
persons whose husbands or wives also
work for the government. Those who
had been in the service thirty years
were retired on part pay. Next to
go were those with poor efficiency
records.
Several departments have held dis
missals to the minimum or avoided
them altogether by ordering payless
furloughs of varying lengths. These
are equivalent to anew pay cut, in
audition to the 15 per cent reduction
ir. effect since April 15.
The government closed its books
for the 1933 fiscal year with a defi
cit of approximately $1,700,000,000.
It was the second largest peace-time
deficit on record and amounted to
$4,800,000 for each day of the year.
Expenditures for the year approxi
mated $3,950,000,000. Income from
taxes, customs and other sources
amounted to only $2,200,000. To
make up the difference the govern
ment was forced to borrow. This car
ried the public debt to the highest
level since 1922 at $22,500,000,000.
In addition, a total of $1,249,692,-
983 was advanced to the Reconatruc-
tion Finance Corporation. If this was
included in the budget, this year’s
deficit would be increased to approx
imately $3,000,000,000.
As the fiscal year closed, receipts
of the government were on the as
cendancy because of the recent pick
up in business. More than $10,000,-
000 monthly were coming in through
the sale of beer. At the same time
ordinary expenses were being slashed
$846,000,000 through reductions in
veterans’ benefits and pay roll slash
es and dismissals.
This year’s deficit, administration
statisticians predicted, would be the
last as far as “ordinary” expendi
tures and receipts are concerned.
In the 1934 fiscal year which be
gins Saturday, the government is
counting on receipts of approximate
ly $2,750,000,000 to offset expected
expenditures of a like amount. This
does not take into consideration,
however, the $3,300,000,000 public
works program and other large re
lief expenditures not to be included
in the regular budget. They will be
financed by bond issues and added
directly -to the public debt.
Per capita, the public flebt amount
ed to about SIBO. The per capita
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
BOLL WEEVIL IS
HURTING COTTON
INFESTATION SAID TO BE HEA
VIEST IN SOME YEARS. FAR
MERS PREPARE TO MAKE
FIGHT ON COTTON PEST
Members of the district cotton
committees who have had occasion
to examine many fields in their
rounds over the county report a hea
vy infestation of boll weevil.
Until the acreage reduction cam
paign got under way but little had
been heard of the boll weevil, and
many growers were apparently not
aware that fields were infested with
the pest. A check up, however, re
veals the weevil is here in force and.
ready to get in destructive work.
Since the true situation becamo
known many growers have started a
systematic campaign of poisoning.
Both mopping and dusting is being
carried on in an effort to hold wee
vils in check.
Local dealers are well supplied
with calcium arsenate. The educa
tional campaign carried on sinco
1920 has acquainted cotton growers
with the best methods of combating
the boll weevil, and it is now a ques
tion of applying the approved reme
dies.
The presence of the boll weevil so
early in the season is taken to mean
trouble for cotton growers unless a
vigorous and determined fight is
carried on.
ACTION DELAYED
IN ROAD DISPUTE
FEDERAL JUDGE UNDERWOOD
GRANTS ATTORNEYS TIME TO
FILE BRIEFS. YEOMANS
SWITCHES SIDES
Atlanta, Ga. —Further proceedings
in the United States court action to
settle the controversy between Gov
ernor Talmadge and the State High
way Board were postponed one week
last Saturday morning when Attor
ney General M. J. Yeorrfans switched
sides in the litigation.
Judge Underwood granted the at
torneys one week to file briefs Oil
the question as to whether the at
torney general is the only legal rep
resentative the highway board can
have under the provisions of the
state reorganization bill passed in
1931.
“It would be very unusual for an
attorney to appear of record on both
sides of a case in litigation,” Judge
Underwood remarked.
“You may be entered as attorney
for the plaintiff with no rights at ail.
but you can ask the court later on
to reinstate you as counsel for the
defendant,” the judge added.
Attorneyrs Reuben Arnold, of At
lanta, and Graham Wright, of Rome,
asked for time to submit briefs in
opposition to the contention of the
attorney general that the highway
board and its individual members
had no right to employ counsel out
side the attorney general’s office,
and Judge Underwood asked the at
torneys for both sides to submit
briefs to each other and file them
with him not later than next Satur
day, pointing out that he will be in
Gainesville all the week.
CEMETERIES AT WORTHVILLE
WILL BE CLEANED JULY U
Both cemeteries at Worthville will
be cleaned off next Tuesday, July
11, and the committees request the
co-operation of all interested per
sons.
public debt a year ago was $155.85,
The war-time peak was $240.00.