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CLUB BOYS ARE HONOR
GUESTS KIWANiS CLUB
MEMBERS OF CLUB GIVEN DEM
ONSTRATION THAT WILL BE
STAGED AT FAIR IN ATLANTA
NEXT >WEEK
The members of the 4-H club
team who will represent Butts coun
ty at the Southeastern Fair in At
lanta next week were honor guests
of the Kiwanis club Tuesday night.
Under the direction of Farm Agent
B. M. Drake members of the team
gave members of the club an inter
esting insight into the soil improve
ment campaign now going on in
Butts county.
The boys selected for the team are
Lamar Bond, Harry Ridgeway and
Wilma Letson. Most of them have
been in club work for some time and
have made good with various pro
jects. This fall the team will go ,o
the Atlanta fair and give a demon
stration in soil improvement with use
of crimson clover.
By use of charts the boys showed
some cf the beneficial results of the
soil improvement work in Butts
county. It was shown that crimson
clover is running far ahead as a
winter legume. Last fall 9% acres
were planted to crimson clover and
4170 pounds of seed were saved and
this fall there will be acres
planted to clover . This compares with
SOacres planted to Austrian peas,
820 pounds of seed saved and an in
dicated acreage this fall of 30 acres.
The strong points of crimson clov
er were pointed out by the club team
and the demonstration proved full of
interest and information to the ki
wanians, who have always supported
most liberally all phases of club
work. The young men of the team
were cordially welcomed to the meet
ing and much interest was expressed
in their work.
Rev. J. B. itodghill
Accepts Pastorate of i
, The Pepperton (hurch
i
At a congregational meeting held
Sunday, the Pepperton Baptist
church extended a call to Rev. J. B.
Stodghill, of Jenkinsburg, and he has
accepted the call. Mr. Stodghill will
preach at Pepperton on the second
Sunday in October and at that tinr*
will announce the date for regular
l
services. I
Mr. Stodghill, one of thee best
known ministers in' this part of the
state, is pastor of churches at Worth
ville, Juliette, Faran and Rocky
Creek in Jasper county. He will prob- J
ably resign as pastor at Rocky Creek.
Members of the Pepperton church
are considered fortunate in being
able to secure the services of Mr.
Stodghill,' who is a minister of force
and ability and is popular with all
his congregations. He will no doubc
build up and strengthen the Pepper
ton church.
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION
A backwoods mountaineer one day
found a mirror which a tourist had j
lost. “Well, if it ain’t my old dad” j
he said; “I never knowed he had his
picture took.” He took the mirror
home and stole into the attic to
hide it, but his actions did not es
cape his suspicious wife. That night, j
while he slept, she slipped up into
the attic, and found the mirror. ’
I
“Hum,” she said, looking into it, “so
that’s the old hag he’s been chasing.” (
,—Southern Lumber Journal. 1
16 MILLS CITY TAX
RATE FOR THE YEAR
LEVY REMAINS SAME AS FOR
PAST YEAR BUT EXTRA MILL
goes to Support of jack-
SON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
At a meeting of city council Mon
day night the tax levy for 1933 was
iixed at 16 mills. This rate is the
ame that was levied in 1932.
An extra mill was added to the
school fund, making that levy 7 m*!l?
instead of 6, the 1932 figure. One
mill was cut of fthe levy for general
purposes and added to the schoo
fund. The five mills for interest and
sinking fund remains the same as in
former years.
By funds the levy is divided as
follows:
For general fund, 4 mills.
For school fund, 7 mills.
For interest and sinking fund, 5
mills.
RELIEF SQUAD SWINGS
INTO ACTION IN BUTTS
ROAD FROM TOWN TO WATER
STATION WAS FIRST PROJECT
TO GET ATTENTION. WORK AT
TUSSAHAW SCHOOL
About a dozen men employed by
the Butts County Relief Committee
got into action Monday, the first
project being the road from the city
to the waterworks station. The men
were placed under the supervision
of Mr. H. J. Maddox, who is an ex
perienced road builder, having had
many years experience with the
county road force.
Another squad was to be • placed
?.t work improving and beautifying
the Tussahaw school grounds, this
project also being scheduled for at
tention during the week. A super
visor will be selected for that work,
with Mr. Maddox having general
charge of all projects, it was stated.
A considerable number of men,
mostly white men, have applied fer
work, members of the committee
state. They will be employed as the
committee sees proper and under
rules and regulations of the state
board.
An initial fund of $600.00 was
awarded the county for relief work
and several days ago an additional
$600.00 was sent here for relief
work.
The committee will outline pro
jects to receive attention and as these
are approved by the state committee
work will be furnished as many of
the unemployed as possible.
BOXING BOUT WILL BE
STAGED AT THE ARMORY
Pruitt vs Manning Will Be Headliner
On Program
Buddy Pruitt and Buck Manping,
both from the C. C. C. camp, aee
matched for a 6-round boxing match
at the national guard armory Monday
night, October 2, beginning at 7:15
central time. This is the headliner
on a program that will consist of five
other preliminary fights, all sched
uled as “grudge fights.” Music will
be furnished by the camp stringed
band and a well balanced program
is assured fight fans.
The general admission will be 15
and 25 cents, with ringside seas*.--
going for 35 cents. No doubt a large
crowd will be present to witness
these young men match their fis
tic skill. •
Last year the Red Cross distribut
ed 10,500,000 barrels of flour and
104,000,000 garments to the neeoy
in the United States.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1933
BUTTS GINNINGS
AHEAD LAST YEAR
i
- COTTON CROP FOR
, COUNTY NOW GENERALLY
CONCEDED. TO SEPTEMBER
16, 1,247 BALES GINNEp
The census bureau reports, ac
cording to figures furnished by >lr.
Joe Watkins, in charge of cotton ola
i tistics in Butts county, show that
' prior to September 16 Butts county
I had ginned 1,247 bales of cottor,
as compared with 1,198 bales to the
same date in 1932. This shows an
j increase of 49 bales for the period.
| In informed cotton circles it it
now generally conceded that liie
j Butts county crop will be short this
' season. Estimates, as reported to
Frogress-Argus, run from 3,500 bales
to 4,700 bales.
Last year the production was 5,434
bales. With about the same acreage
this season, but with the plow up
campaign removing 3,697',4 acres of
the 11,982 canvassed by the com
mittee, the yield will be considerably
j smaller, in the opinion of those who
have checked the situation.
. In the acreage reduction campaign
Butts county farmers took on option
1,248.48 bales. This had an estimat
ed value of $30,124.50, and cash
without option, $6,977. A total of
668 growers took part in the acreage
cut campaign. The amount due far
mers of the county is $37,101.50.
Production of cotton in Butts
county for the past few years is as
follows:
1925, 4-,684 bales; 1926, 7,519
bales; 1927, 6,888 bales; 1928, 5,685
bales; 1929, 5,941 bales; 1930, 7,-
809 bales; 1931, 6,325 bales; 1932,
5,434 bales.
MR. GUMMING TO
RETIRE OCTOBER 1
FLOVILLA ROUTE WILL BE
SERVED BY H. B. WHITAKER.
V. W. FRETWELL TO TAKE
OVER JENKINSBURG ROUTE
An order has been issued, accord
ing to information at the Jackson
post office, for the retirement on
October 1 of Mr. J. S. Cumming, car
rier on Flovilla route, and announce
ment is made that Mr. H. B. Whita
ker, carrier on Jenkinsburg route,
will succeed Mr. Cumming.
The Jeniknsburg route will be con
solidated with route 5 from Jackson
and Mr. V. W. Fretwell will serve
the patrons of the Jenkinsburg route
ir. future.
Jenkinsburg will retain its post
fice and the mail will be picked up
there by Mr. Fretwell, as was for
merly done by Mr. Whitaker.
Mr. Cumming has reached the age
of retirement, 65, having been in
the postal service for some 29 years
For a long number of years he has
served his patrons faithfully and well
and retires from service with the con
fidence and good will of his friends
and the public generally. He is the
second Butts rural mail carrier to
be retired within the past month. On
August 31 Mr. J. C. Redman was
retired as carrier on No. 6 from
Jackson and that route was consoli
dated with other routes.
Mr. Whitaker, the new carrier at
Flovilla, plans to move his family
to Flovilla later on.
Retirement of carriers upon reach
ing the age of 65 or after complet
ing the required number of years of
service is in line with the govern
ment’s policy.
The rays of the sun take 8 J -2 mir.
utes to reach the earth.
BUTTS SYSTEM TO BEGIN
FALL TERM ON FRIDAY
All School* in County Will Open For
1933*34 Seisioto
All schools in the Butts county
system, exclusive of the Pepperten
school which is already open, will be
gin the fall term on Friday, Septem
ber 29, it is announced by Prof. Van
Fletcher, county school superinten
dent.
' The buildings and grounds at the
various schools have recently been
placed in good condition for the new
year. With few exceptions the same
faculty will be in charge for the year
1933-34.
Short exercises will feature tin
evening and the schools will lose lit
tle time in getting down to the rea:
work of the new term.
3 LOCAL SCHOOLS
ON STANDARD LIST
TWO-YEAR HIGH SCHOOLS ON
ACCREDITED LIST IN GEOR
GIA. PROF. STEWART HONOR
ED BY STATE GROUP
When the State Commission on
two-year high schools met at the cap
itol in Atlanta Saturday three Butts
county schools, the Indian Springs
Consolidated School, the Towaliga
and the Tussahaw Consolidated
Schools, were placed on the accredit
ed list. This honor requirement shows
that Butts county has made rapid
progress in its educational affairs in
the past few years. Butts has as many
schools on this preferred list as any
county in the state.
The commission at the Saturday
meeting paid a high tribute to Dr.
J S. Stewart, of the University of
Georgia, dean of the high school
leaders in the state, who celebrated
his seventieth birthday Saturday. Af
ter the meeting in the capitol, a
luncheon was given Dr. Stewart at
the Piedmont Hotel, and tributes
were paid to him by State Superin
tendent M. D. Collins; T. J. Demp
sey, Jr., state high school supervisor;
Paul W. Chapman, state director of
vocational work; Dean J. F. Sellers,
of Oglethorpe University; Perry
Westbrook, president of the commis
sion, and others.
Dr. Stewart responded to the ad
dresses by telling of the early strug
gles to obtain accredited high schools
in Georgia, and urged that the
schools meet changing social condi
tions in order to better serve their
day and generation.
Prof. Dempsey, who resigned as
school superintendent here to accept
the post of state high school super
visor, has done good work in stand
ardizing work in secondary high
schools. He studied at the University
of Chicago this summer.
The schools selected for accredited
lating offer two years only of senior
high school work and qualified for the
approved list under the standards
now in force.
Butts county citizens are proud of
the showing made by the consolidated
schools here.
REV. T. M. CALLAWAY
TO TAKE UP NEW WORK
Rev. Thomas M. Callaway, former
pastor of the First Baptist church in
Jackson, will leave Friday for Wad
ley and Bartow, to become pastor o'
churches in those cities. He filled h‘s
appointment at Indian Springs Sun
day, his last engagement in the coun
ty-
Mr. and Mrs. Callaway have hosts
ol warm friends in the county who
regret to see them leave Jackson but
wish for them health, success and
prosperity in their new home.
PRESIDENT BEEN
TRAINED TO LEAD
CHOSEN AT TIME OF NATIONAL
CRISIS TO LEAD PEOPLE TO
BETTER CONDITIONS. RE
ELECTION PREDICTED
Hon. W. E. Page, prominent Co
lumbus publisher, pre-convention
leader in Georgia for Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Collector of Internal
Revenue for the district of Georgia,
told members of the Jackson Kiwanis
club Tuesday night that President
Roosevelt has had lifelong training
for his great work of restoring the
United States to normal conditions.
Mr. Page said he is one who believes
the President was divinely chosen
for his great work. From his youth
up the president has had special
training, it was declared.
Mr. Page gave members of the
chib some interesting sidelights of
the Democratic National Convention
in Chicago when Franklin D. Roose
velt was made standard bearer. The
convention was pro-Smith and pro-
Tammany and it was not until Cali
fornia and Texas fell in line that
Roosevelt’s nomination was assurred.
He traced the dramatic moment when
Mr. Roosevelt flew from New York
to the convention and entered ike
great hall on the arms of his son.
The country is undergoing rapid
changes, and while this country liar
failed to recognize Russia, it is true,
he said, the country is adopting some
cf the Russian ideas. He predicted
that President Roosevelt will be elect
ed for a second term and that in
time the many difficult and grave
problems will be worked out satis
factorily.
Mr. Page, who has been a towei
ct strength to the Democratic party,
both through his newspapers and by
his own personal leadership, is re
garded as close to the President.
The President, it was shown, is a
most democratic man and loves to
mix and mingle with the masses.
This has* given the secret service men
considerable concern, Mr. Page de
clared.
Mr. Page did not discuss the new
taxes at any length. He was accom
panied to Jackson by two of his as
sistants, Mr. Frank Boyce, Jr., chief
of the Income Tax Division, and Mr.
George Ogletree, assistant to Mr.
Boyce. Mr. Ogletree, Butts county
boy who has been with the depart
ment for many years, spoke briefiy.
telling of the willingness of the de
partment to serve. He paid a splendid
tribute to Mr. Page, lauding his fair
ness, his grasp of the work and hiz
ability and training. Mr. Boyce like
wise praised the leadership of Mr.
Page.
The visitors were cordially greet
ed by members of the club and the
program proved one of much inter
est. Dinner was served by the Wom
an’s Club, Mrs. N. F. Land chairman.
County Agent B. M. Drake had as
guests three of his 4-H club boys,
Lamar Bond, Harry Ridgeway and
Wilma Letson.
On October 10 the Jackson club
will be guests of the Jackson CCC
camp.
Delegates elected to the Georgia
district convention in October were
J. W. O’Neal and N. F. Land, with
A. W. Newton and B. K. Carmichael
as alternates.
PLANS MADE FOR MAKING
1534 AUTOMOBILE TAGS
The Georgia automobile tags for
1934 will use the same color com
binations as for 1933, except they
will be reversed, with a blue back
ground and yellow letters. The tags
are made in the prison plant at Mil
ledgeville and last year they cost
slightly less than 7 cents per set of
two tags.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
1934 COTTON PLANS
ARE FORMULATED
SEEK TO LIMIT ACREAGE TO
25,000,000 DURING 1934 SEA
SON. LEND MONEY TO HOLD
COTTON OFF MARKET
Athens, Ga.—Compensated by
benefit payments and acreage ren
tals for the land to be left out of
production, cotton growers of the
South will seek to limit their 193 ;
crop to approximately 25 million
acres under the recently announced
cotton adjustment program of the
Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion.
Substantial decrease of gross cot
ton production for 1934 as a con
tinuation of the effort to reduce the
excessive surplus of American cot
ton, is main objective of the new
plan. Adjustment payment checks
are now being received by cotton
growers who co-operated in the
emergency program which took more
than four million bales out of pro
duction for the 1933 crop.
General principles of the new cot
ton plan follow recommendation*
made at a series of conferences held
in the South on September 5, as well
as subsequent conferences with
growers and others interested in cot
ton. The plan will* be directed by
Cully A. Cobb, chief of the cotton
section of the Adjustment Adminis
tration.
County allotment associations,
composed of those farmers who take
part in the plan, will handle much
of the local administration of the
program. The acreage to be planted
for 1934 is to be determined and
announced on or before Janaury 1.
It is expected that the total will be
about 25 million acres, or around
60 per cent of the five-year average
for the period from 1928 through
1932.
Allocation of the acreage to states,
counties, and individuals will be bas
ed on the five-year acreage averages.
Rental and benefit payments, the lat
ter tending to give the grower parity
price on the domestically consumed
proportion of his crop, will be based
on production averages for the five
year period. These will be determin
ed by the local control associations
and approved by the Administration.
Compensation for 1935 under the
plan will be handled on the same
basis as for 1934. Such reductions as
may be required for 1935 will no:
exceed 25 per cent of the five-year
average acreage.
Preliminary work in preparing for
the new cotton campaign is alreadr
under way under the direction of
Mr. Cobb and the cotton section of
the Administration, and it is expect
ed that details of the plan will be
announced in the near future. Or
ganiation work will be started in
October, according to announcement.
A plan to advance cotton farmers
loans of ten cents pe: pound on their
present cotton crop, in order to makj
i* possible for them to hold their
cotton until prices are nearer thiir
fair exchange value, was also an
nounced late last week by the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administration.
BUTTS CITIZENS ATTEND
UNVEILING OF MONUMENT
Messrs. C. A. Towles, J. E. Mc-
Michael and S. M. Pope were among
the Butts county citizens who attend
ed the unveiling of a monument to,
William Fears, Revolutionary soldier,
in Jasper county Sunday afternoon
The chief address was delivered hy
Governor Eugene Talniadge. The
exercises were largely attended, be
ing under the auspices of the Eliza
beth Marlow chapter D. A. R. of
Monticello.