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VOL. 61—No. 37
Cotton Be Limited To 25,000,000 Acres For Year 1934
1935 SEPTEMBER 1933
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BOYS AND GIRLS LEAVE
TO BEGIN COLLEGE TERM
COUNTY WILL BE WELL REPRE
SENTED AT VARIOUS INSTI
TUTIONS OF LEARNING IN
GEORGIA AND SOUTH
Butts county is well represented
this year at the various colleges of
the state and South. Among those
who have left recently or will leave
in a few days to begin training and
study are the following:
Virginia McMichael, Elizabeth Mc-
Michael, Margaret Hoard, Clotie \ ic
Carter, Elizabeth Edwards, Amelia
Fletcher, Margaret McMichael, G. S.
C. W. Milledgeville.
James Finley, Sams Harrison,
Homer Allen, Stokely Garner, John
Childs, Park Newton, Jr., Max Red
man, Georgia Tech, Atlanta.
Henry Slaton, Sara Salton, Charles
Redman, Jr., Threatt Moore, Jr., Ben
Fuqua, Doyle Jones, Jr., Kate Hen
derson, University of Georgia,
Athens.
Wilfred Thornton, Duke, Durham,
N. C.
Cola Pope, Vanderbilt, Nashville,
Tenn.
Marshal Allen, Wilson Heflin, Bir
mingham Southern, Birmingham, Ala.
Oscar Weaver, Jr., Abraham Bald
win Agricultural College, Tifton.
Martha Bond, Ruth Jinks, Eliza
beth Finley, Sara Bond, LaGrangt
College, LaGrange.
Harry B. Butner, Emory, Atlanta.
Billie Childs, Irene Dempsey, Hil
da Whitaker, Young Harris.
Dorothy Madden, Kathryn Mad
den, Elise Barnes, Bessie Tift, For
syth.
Mollie Watkins, Wesleyan, Macon.
Allison Fuqua, Oglethorpe, Atlan
ta.
Lucy Evelyn Merritt, Cox College,
College Park, Ga.
NEW ENLISTMENT
OPEN TO CCC BOYS
many to be discharged in
OCTOBER AND WILL SECURE
REGULAR JOBS. ENLISTMENT
FOR 6 MONTHS
Washington, D. C. —At the present
rate of absorption by industries, it
is estimated that 100,000 of the
SOO,OOO men in the country’s 1,450
conservation corps camps will be in
regular employment by October 1.
Upon completion of their 6 months
enlistment, all of the men, ranging
in ages from IS to 25, will be dis
charged between October 1 and 15.
Those desiring to re-enlist may do
so for an additional 6 months, and it
is expected that the full quota 'f
300,000 for that period will be filled
promptly.
About 900 of the present camps
will be improved to make them habit
able during the winter, and 570 new
camps will be built in warmer areas.
Bids have been asked for several
million dollars’ worth of new woolen
clothing, lumber and stoves. Army
statisictians figure food supplies at
all camps include such items as 281.-
250 chickens, 186,000 hogs, and 9,-
375 steers per month.
Average increase in weight per
man to August 31 was 12 pounds.
LARGER QUARTERS
FOR JACKSON P. 0.
OLD BANK CORNER WILL BE
USED FOR POST OFFICE AC
CORDING TO INFORMATION
FROM HON. E. M. OWEN
Information was received here Fri
day afternoon from Hon. E. M.
Owen, member of Congress from the
Fourth District, that the old Jackson
Banking Company building, corner
Second and Oak streets, will be used
for a post office site.
This news is pleasing to citizens
cf the community. It will afford larg
er and better quarters for the han
dling of mail and will be in keeping
with the growth of the town.
Several months ago the Kiwanis
club, through committees, took thii
matter up with the post office de
partment and with Congress Owen.
Since the matter was referred to Mr.
Owen he has been active in pushing
the claims of the corner building and
has just received confirmation that
the new and larger quarters will be
used.
The property is owned by Mr. PI.
H. Hankinson, of McDonough. Cer
tain changes will have to be made
in the building, it is stated, and it is
likely that an architect will be sent
here at an early date to draw plans.
Complete new equipment, it is under
stood, will be installed in the new
quarters. When the changes are
made and new equipment installed
Jackson will have a post office build
ing the equal of any town in this sec
tion.
Under date of September 6, S. W.
Furdum, acting Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, wrote Mr. Owen
as follows:
“Reference is made to previous cor
respondence particularly your letter
of August 29 in regard to the leas
ing of suitable quarters for the post
office at Jackson, Georgia.
“The matter has been reviewed
again carefully and I am pleased *o
inform you that in view of the fact
that the corner room offered by Mr.
R. IP. Hankinson is decidedly pre
ferred by the business men and
patrons of the office and that it will
afford better lights and ventilation
than the present room, the Depart
ment believes that it would be justi
fied in accepting the offer for the
corner room.”
Citizens of the entire community
deeply appreciate Congressman
Owen’s active efforts to obtain the
larger and more convenient quar
ters for the Jackson post office.
COTTON CROP OF
12,414,000 BALES
GAIN OF HUNDRED THOUSAND
BALES SINCE AUGUST RE
PORT. CONDITION PLACED AT
67.5 PER CENT
On a condition of 67.5 per cer.t
on Septeber 1, a cotton crop of 12,-
414,000 bales is estimated for the
1933 season, according to a report
of the crop reporting board on Sep
tember 8. On August 1 the condi
tion was 74.2 per cent and the indi
cated yield’ 12,314,000 bales.
Total production last year was
13,002,000 bales.
The indicated abandonment was
1.2 per cent, the area left for har
vest is 30,036,000 acres, while the
indicated lint yield is 197.8 pounds
per acre.
The condition of the Georgia crop
was given as 69 per cent, the indi
cated yield 1,035,000 bales and 230
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JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1933
HENRY DEMOCRATS
DEMAND LOYALTY
CHARGED THAT MRS. HANKIN
SON, RECENTLY NAMED ON
STATE COMMITTEE, IS RE
PUBLICAN IN POLITICS
McDonough, Ga.—Declaring that
Mrs. R. H. Hankinson, recently ap
pointed a member of the state demo
cratic committee, is not now and
never has been a supporter of the
democratic party, the Henry county
democratic committee adopted reso
lutions opposing her appointment
at an open meeting held here on Fri
day.
The resolutions state that the com
mittee feels it is its official duty “to
most severely denounce this and such
similar appointments as an outrage
ous imposition on the sincerity and
loyalty of our true democratic faith.”
After stating that the appointment
cf Mrs. Hankinson has incurred
“manifest disfavor and resentment
among our people,” and that the
meeting of the committee was called
in response to persistent appeals of
the “indignant democratic citizenship
of our county,” the resolutions cite
the past record and political affilia
tions of the appointee.
It is stated that Mrs. Hankinson
is a native of western Maryland, that
she came to McDonough some years
past and, representing herself as a
republican, obtained the appointment
as postmaster for McDonough under
the Harding administration. It is
stated that she has continued to hold
this office under all succeeding re
publican administrations.
It is further stated that she was
“an ardent advocate” of Herbert
Hoover for president in the 1928
campaign and, so far as publicly
known, remained a Hoover supporter
in 1932. “In the opinion of this com
mittee and the public generally,” the
resolutions state, “she has never in
her whole life voted a national demo
cratic ticket.”
Copies of the resolutions are to be
sent to Hugh Howell, chairman of the
state democratic executive commit
tee; John S. Cohen and Mrs. Edgar
Alexander, Georgia members of the
national democratic committee, and
James A. Farley, chairman of the
national democratic committee.
The resolution is signed by H. C.
Hightower, chairman of the Henry
county democratic committee; C. C.
Fargason, secretary, and the follow
ing members, A. T. Jeffares, L. A.
Turner, J. S. Bonds, Abe Ballard.
M. A. Swann and L. L. Pitts.
Butts County C. C. C.
Camp Approved For
Service This Winter
Washington, Sept. 12—First re
sults of the survey of civilian conser
vation corps camps in Georgia for
use during the winter became appa
rent Tuesday when State Park No.
1 at Indian Springs, Butts County,
was approved for cold weather use.
Surveys of the other 39 C. C. C.
camps in Georgia is continuing. All
may be retained for winder use or
some of them may be shifted to new
locations within the state. It is ex
pected that the total for winter use
in Georgia will be above the present
forty camps as some 300 camps are
to be transferred from the north un
til late spring.
pounds of lint per acre.
Previous to September 1 there
had been a total of 1,394,220 bales
ginned, the census bureau reported.
Visitors To Chicago
Gave Impressions of
Progress txposition
Members of the Kiwanis club, who
for one reason or another, have been
unable to attend the Chicago Cen
tury of Progress Exposition were
given intimate glimpses oi' the big
show Tuesday night when Gordon H.
Thompson and Mrs. J. E. Lane told
cf their impressions during recent
visits. After these talks, some of the
members were heard to remark tin t
they had had a “cheap trip” to the
Chicago fair.
Mr. Thompson, who recently at
tended the National Rural Letter
Carriers Association meeting in Des
Moines, lowa, as president of the
Georgia body, stopped over in Chi
cago and inspected the fair. The ex
hibits, he said, were somewhat dis
appointing, but he was impresses
with the milling throngs—some 255,-
000 in a single day. The land cn
which the buildings are located,
pumped out of Lake Michigan, struck
Mr. Thompson as one of the great
accomplishments of the enterprise
and he was impressed with the de
velopment in transportation, rail, au
tomotive and airplane. He also
sketched briefly the fertile lands and
fine crops and livestock seen on his
trip through lowa.
Mrs. J. E. Lane, who attended the
fair as a member of the Georgia
delegation, was impressed, she relat
ed in an entertaining and instructive
way, by the rapid strides made in
science. It is really a Century cf
Progress Exposition, Mrs. Lane de
clared, accentuating in a striking
manner man’s forward march during
the last hundred- years. Science is
the central theme of the fair, it was
shown, and progress made in chemis
try, geology, medicine, etc., is ex
hibited in a way to arrest the imag
ination and challenge the interest of
intelligent people.
Mrs. Lane sketched the beautiful
buildings, the lighting effects, the
awe and grandeur of the ray from
Arcturus illuminating the buildings.
She was impressed, also, she stated,
by the courtesy of the people, the
splendid exhibit arranged for the
state of Georgia, and the fact tha.'
the exposition is an appeal to the in
telligence of the American people.
It is an inspiration to youth and an
incentive to greater ideals and ef
forts, Mrs. Lane declared.
Prof. A. L. Clark was another
guest of the club. Dinner was served
by the U. D. C. committee, Miss Hat
tie Buttrill chairman.
MEETING IN GRIFFIN
FRIDAY WILL DISCUSS
STATE RELIEF POLICY
A meeting will be held in Griffin
Friday, September 15, to discuss
plans and policies of the Georgia Re
lief Administration. It is expected
that Miss Gay B. Shepperson, execu
tive secretary of the Georgia Relief
Commission, will be present and
counties in this section will be repre
sented by delegates. Members of the
Butts County Relief Committee are
planning to attend this meeting.
The conference will open at 10
a m. and close at 4 p. m.
In connection with the series of
conferences to be held over the state,
Miss Shepperson announced that ex
penditures for relief in Georgia have
climbed steadily with the extension
cf aid from seven counties and 17,-
984 cases in the first month of the
year to a high of 114 counties ii
June with 84,353 cases helped.
Noah Webster first published bis
dictionary in 1823.
FIVE MILLION ACRE SLASH IS
AIM OF FARM ADMINISTRATION
REPRESENTATIVE WILL
AID WITH TAX RETURNS
BUSINESS MEN WILL BE GIVEN
INFORMATION REG AR D IN G
PROCESSING TAX ON COTTON,
WHEAT, FLOUR, ETC.
Atlanta, Ga.—W. E. Page, collec
tor of internal revenue for the dis
trict of Georgia, announced Saturday
that plans have been made to have
a representative of his office visit
every county in the state during the
nexf; three weeks to assist taxpayers
in the preparation of returns due un
der the new internal revenue laws.
Mr. Page stated that numerous in
quiries received in his office indicat
ed that taxpayers desired assistance
it: preparing their returns of Process
ing Tax, Floor Tax on wheat and
cotton products, capital stock tax,
etc., all of which were provided for
by laws passed during 1933. He is,
therefore, making it possible for ev
ery person in the state to obtain in
formation and assistance by persona)
contact with a deputy collector who
has been specially trained for thii'
work. There will be no charge for
the services of these, men and tax
payers are urged to take full ad
vantage of this opportunity to char
up any questions concerning these
new laws.
According to the itinerary, as an
nounced, a deputy collector was in
Jackson September 14, and a repre
sentative will be in the adjoining
towns on the dates given:
Barnesville, 14; Covington, 23;
Fayetteville, 26; Forsyth, 16; Grif
fin, 25; Jonesboro, 15; McDonough,
15; Monticello, 23; Zebulon, 23,
Thomaston, 15.
LOCAL SCHOOLS TO
SHARE STATE FUND
CHECK FOR $217,387 SENT BY
STATE TREASURER. DIVIDED
PAYMENT MADE TO THE CITY
AND COUNTY
The Butts county school system
and the Jackson public schools re
ceived the past week a check for
$738.96 from state funds. The mon
ey will be divided between the two
school systems.
Governor Talmadge recently drew
a warrent for $217,387 on state
school funds and checks were mailed
to the several counties by State
Treasurer Hamilton. Of the total
amount $192,387 went to counties,
town and cities for use in common
schools, and $25,000 to schools re
ceiving the Barrett-Rogers fund.
So far this year there has been
paid to the schools out of the gen
eral fund in appropriations $2,489,-
310. This includes $366,134 in un
paid appropriations for previous
years. Fifty one per cent of the ap
propriations to schools has been
paid, officials stated.
From gasoline tax revenue the
state equalization fund has been paid
$1,431,054 this year, it was announc
ed.
REV. BEN INGRAM TO
PREACH AT TOWALIGA
Rer. Ben Ingram, of Forsyth, will
preach at Towaliga church on the
third Sunday. The public is invited to
attend.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
DETAILS WILL BE
ANNOUNCED SOON
COMPLETE INFORMATION BF.
SENT TO ALL COUNTY AGRI
CULTURAL AGENTS. WORKING
FOR BETTER PRICES
Washington, D. C.—A cotton re
duction program intended to limit
the 1934 crop to 25,000,000 acres is
planned by the farm adjustment ad
ministration with the approval of
President Roosevelt.
This would make next year’s acre
age 5,000,000 less than this year’s
and 15,000,000 under the normal
planting.
Broad outlines of the plan were
announced Saturday by Secretary
Wallace at his press conference, but
details will not be made public until
next week.
The plan contemplates a combina
tion of rental payments to farmers
and a form of the domestic allot
ment proposal.
It was understood the allotment
feature would include a virtual guar
antee of partity price on approxi
mately half the total crop, the
amount to be arrived at on the basis
of domestic consumption.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., governor
of the farm credit administration,
announced that all farmers who
have pledged cotton as collateral for
seed and crop production loans prior
to this year’s crop will be notified
tt sell their collateral cotton at once
in liquidation of the loans that are
past due.
For every hale of cotton so sold,
a bale of long futures will lie
bovght, as authorized hy the agri
cultural adjustment act. The long
futures contracts will provide the
secretary of agriculture with cotton
for carrying out the acreage reduc
tion purchases, Morgenthau said*
“The plan,” he explained, “is that
all the collateral cotton, other than
that which is security for loans for
1933 production, will be sold by Nov.
1, thereby saving the farm credit
administration hundreds of thousands
of dollars in carrying charges over
what would be incurred if the sale of
this cotton and the liquidation of
these overdue loans were delayed.”
Sale of the cotton also will place
approximately $36,000,000 in a re
volving fund for creating 12 pro
duction credit corporations, one to
be located in each federal land bank
district. Approximately 588,000 bales
of cotton are involved.
Complete details of the plan will
he sent to all county agents and will
be distributed to the cotton growers.
As soon as this information is re
ceived here it will be given out by
Mr. B. M. Drake, Butts county farm
agent.
FIRST COTTON CHECK
WAS RECEIVED MONDAY
The first cotton check receiv
ed in Butts county to compen
sate farmers for cotton destroy
ed under the farm administra
tion adjustment plan was re
cei""d Monday, it is reported
by Mr. B. M. Drake, county
agent. Mr. Marcus Freeman was
recipient of the first check.
Receipts have been received,
and it is expected checks will ar
rive in volume in a few days.