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VOL. 61—No. 40
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VOCATIONAL TRAINING
IMPORTANT TO YOUTH
DR. WHEELER OF UNIVERSITY
OF GEORGIA TELLS KIWANIS
CLUB SOCIETY DEMANDS SPE
CIAL TRAINING
Dr. John T. Wheeler, of the De
partment of Education, University
cf Georgia, made an interesting talk
to the Jackson Kiwanis club Tuesday
night on the subject of Vocational
Education -and Placement. This is
one of the major objectives of Ki
wanis and the address was in line
with the work of the organization
in seeking to properly train the
youth of today.
Defining a vocation as a calling
and enlarging on the term, Dr.
Wheeler said the call of today is for
men and women trained in their
work. More than ever before, he de
clared, society demands specialists
in all lines of endeavor. It is a part
of the New Deal, the New Era, the
New Program, he said. Boys and
girls- should be fitted for their life
work and vocational education and
placement plays a leading part in
helping them select the work best
suited to individual needs.
The call to serve humanity is above
and beyond any call for merely self
ish gain, it was declared.
Dr. Wheeler mentioned that the
schools may obtain federal relief
funds through the county relief or
ganizations. This relief is available
to elementary schools, and a system
to have a teacher of vocational ag
riculture and home economics may
be worked out, without cost to the
county. Personally, he said he was
in favor of a big program for Geor
gia.
To hear the address two boys
from each of the consolidated schools
in the county were invited and those
who responded were:
Warren Childs and Bailey Wood
ward, Jenkinsburg school; Morrison
McCord and Vincent Jones, Jackson
school; Marvin Maduen, John Pres
ton, DeWitt Fisher, Indian Springs
1
school; Ralph Carr, Jr. and Quinej
Boyd, Pepperton school; Rader
Brooks and Stilwell Ball, Towalign
school. Prof. Van Fletcher, county
school superintendent and Prof. A.
L. Clark, of the Tussahaw school,
and J. M. Madden, of Flovilla, were
other guests.
Dinner was served by the Woman’s
club, Mrs. 0. A. Pound chairman.
Next Tuesday night members of the
club will be guests of the Jackson
C. C. C. camp, the hour being 6
o’clock.
LYRIC THEATRE WILL HAVE
ONLY TWO SHOWS PER WEEK
Until further notice the New Lyric
Theatre will operate only on Friday
and Saturday, the management an
nounces.
For this week-end a special pic
ture, “Morning Glory,” starring
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Cather
ine Hebburn will be the offering.
The doors open at 6:30 and the
show begins at 7 o’clock.
POST OFFICE HAS MOVED
TO THE CORNER BUILDING
The Jackson post office is now lo
cated in the old bank building on
the corner of Oak and Second streets.
During ths. week the transfer was
was made to the new quarters.
NO PAVING GIVEN
LOCAL PROJECTS
CHAIRMAN OF HIGHWAY COM
MISSION ANNOUNCES N O
MORE CONTRACTS WILL BE
AWARDED UNTIL 1934
Butts county citizens were disap
pointed when the highway board in
awarding road contracts Monday did
not include any local projects. It was
expected that Route 42 would be
named for early paving and that
Route 16 would- receive attention,
i
j with prospects for a bridge across
the Ocmulgee river to connect Butts
and Jasper counties.
I Countracts amounting to $500,01 0
were awarded at the session Monday.
Several miles of paving between
Thomaston and Albany were included
and other projects over the state will
receive consideration,
j Chairman J. J. Mangham of * the
! state highway board stated that no
| more highway contracts would fee
' awarded this year. It will be 1934
before any more road work is let,
the highway chief declared.
I In the meantime citizens in this
section will pursue a policy of
“watchful waiting.”
QUINN IS INJURED
i IN’CYCLE SMASH
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JACKSON BOY’S LEFT FOOT
FRACTURED IN COLLISION
j WITH AUTOMOBILE AT BOL
INGBROKE TUESDAY NIGHT
A motorcycle wreck, closely paral
leling that of W. L. Stribling’s Sun
day, resulted in serious injuries to
T. IF. Quinn, 21-year-old Jackson,
Ga., cotton mill worker last night.
Young Quinn left Macon late yes
terday afternoon going home to
Jackson.’ Entering Bolingbroke be
hind a truck he decided to pull out
around the truck and pass it. As he
did so his motorcycle collided with
a light automobile driven by a Mr.
Crumby of Tallapoosa.
A resident of Bolingbroke picked
the injured boy up, put him in a car
and rushed him to the Macon hos
pital. It was found there that he
suffered a compound fracture of the
left foot, a badly injured left knee
and lacerations of the face.
Doctors immediately operated on
young Quinn and his condition was
not considered serious last night.
When his motorcycle struck the car
the young man was near the depot m
Bolingbroke his father said last night.
Both the motorcycle and the au
tomobile were badly damaged.
Almost every detail of the Quinn
accident coincides with that of W. L.
Stribling. Both men were riding mo
torcycles on the Forsyth road. Both
were wrecked when one vehicle at
tempted to pass another. Both acci
dents were said to have been un
avoidable. Both men sustained seri
ous injuries to the left foot and
lacerations on the faces. Both mo
torcycles were wrecked.
Young Quinn’s father said lasc
night that from reports he had heard
neither his son nor Mr. Crumby was
riding fast at the time of the acci
dent.—Wednesday’s Macon Tele
graph.
Mr. Quinn is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Quinn, the foimer con
nected with the Pepperton Cotton
Mills. Members of the family left at
once for Macon upon hearing of th 2
accident.
Mr. Quinn’s condition is not con
sidered serious and unless complica
tions develop he is expected to re
cover.
Friends'here were pained to learn
ol the accident and hope young Mr.
Quinn will soon be able to return
home.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1933
Weekly Newspapers
Growing In Value
For The Advertiser
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance.)
Atlanta, Ga. —Never before in the
history of advertising has the news
paper been such a powerful adver
tising medium as it is today, is the
composite opinion of leading Sou
thern advertising men who were in
terviewed by Georgia Newspare Al
liance.
Gerry Eastman of Eastman-Scott,
well known national advertising
agency, stated that the newspaper is
both more widely and thoroughly
read today than ever before.
is news in every line in the paper
and folks are spending more time
reading their papers to keep informed
of the rapid parade of events than
they ever have before.”
James A. Green of the agency
bearing hie name, lays the increasing
reader interest to the activities of
the administration. “Things are hap
pening so fast that a person has to
make a business of keeping inform
ed. This does not apply only to the
news columns, but to the advertising
columns as well. Prices ai-e changing
almost daily and the pui-chaser keeps
a keen eye on advei-tisements to take
advantake of the best offers. Today’s
is a price and quality market and
the newspaper is the one medium
that fits in best with the present day
scheme of rapidly changing business
methods.”
Others interviewed acknowledge
that reader interest in weekly news
papers was mox - e*thorough than in
piactically any other medium.
“We know, one official said, “that
when a weekly newspaper claims a
circulation of one thousand subscrib
ers at least five times that many
folks read every line of evei-y issue
of that paper. Weekly newspapers
seldom exceed twelve pages and
they’re usually so filled with news
that,every line in them is read.”
ASK FEDERAL AID FOR
ERECTING NEW SCHOOL
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SEEK
GOVERNMENT HELP FOR JEN
KINSBURG PLANT. PRINCI
PALS HAVE MEETING
At the monthly meeting of the
Butts County Board of Education
Tuesday the superintendent, Prof.
Van Fletcher, was instructed to take
up with the government the matter
of financial aid in erecting a build
ing for the Jenkinsburg school. As
soon as the necessary data is obtain
ed the board will hold a meeting to
consider the report.
At Tuesday’s session it was voted
to have the -colored schools open Oc
tober 16.
The financial situation was de
clared somewhat brighter, due to an
increase in equalization funds, it
was declared.
It was reported that patrons are
buying books more promptly this sea
son than formerly, the reason assigr
ed being the early season and th.'
fact that the state is selling books at
cost.
The principals of all schools in the
county held a meeting Wednesday
night to map a program and unify
the course of study.
The time and place of the month
ly teachers meetings will be announc
ed later.
Superintendent Fletcher reports
he is rapidly getting the school build
ings and equipment in good condi
tion, also the trucks.
The enrollment and attendance in
all schools is gratifying to board
members.
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK WILL
OPEN UNDER GOVERNMENT PLAN
TREASURY WILL
SPEED UP WORK
STATEMENT SAYS 375 NATION
AL BANKS WILL BE INCLUDED
IN THE IMEDIATE PROJECTS.
RELEASE FUNDS
Citizens "of Btftts county will be
interested in the Associated Press
dispatch fi-om Washington under date
1 of Septeber 29 to the effect that th 9
Jackson National Bank of Jackson
is to be reorganized and opened as
1 speedily as plans can be woi-ked out.
A former announcement from
Washington said the Reconstructior:
Finance Corporation has taken $25,
000 of preferred stock in the Jack
son National.
These announcements, carrying
government sanction, will be of
deep interest throughout the county
and section
The Washington announcement is
as follows:
Washington, D. C. Sept. 29.
Pushing the administi-ation’s plans
to reopen banks of the nation and
expand pux-chasing power, the treas
ury has completed details for reor
ganization of 375 national banks in
thirty-seven states.
(The action followed the recent ad
ministration announcement that ic
wduld hasten the reopening of banks
to release nearly two billions of dol-
tied up in the closed institutions.
Announcement of the approval cf
the reorganization was made by J.
P’. T. O’Connor, comptroller of the
currency, (vhose department has been
expanded to speed up the reopening
program.
O’Connor did not say how soon
the banks would be open for busi
ness, contenting himself with mak
ing public the list and saying the
plans for reorganization had been
approved by his office. It is now
necessary for the banks to follow
the plans, as outlined, before they
can receive licenses to reopen.
The last report on the general
banking situation showed 13,080
banks of all kinds were operating
September 22 on an unrestricted ba
sis with deposits of $31,930,276,000.
At that time 2,575 banks with depo
sits of $1,765,669,000 still were un
licensed.
That situation was laid before
President Roosevelt at a White
House conference last Sunday night.
At that time it was said reorganiza
tion plans for more than 200 banks
had been approved and they would
be permitted to resume operations
when they had made the required ad
ditions to their capital.
The complete list of southern
banks to be reorganized:
Georgia: Jackson National, Jackson.
GINNINGS *SHOW INCREASE
IN COUNTIES NEAR BUTTS
Counties in this section show a
marked increase in the number of
bales of cotton ginned prior to Sep
tember 16. This is taken to mean the
crop is earlier this season. Likewise
the state as a whole had ginned more
cotton to September 16 than for the
same date last year, the totals being
413,847 and 240,594.
The number of bales ginned in
Butts and other counties in this sec
tion, with comparisons for 1932, fol
lows:
Butts, 1,247 and 1,198; Fayette,
547 and 517; Henry, 2,514 and 2,-
346; Jasper, 1,202 and 560; Lamar,
635 and 523; Monroe, 1,095 and
469; Newton, 2,076 and 1,895,
Spalding, 739 and 734.
SACRED HARP SINGING
WAS MOST ENJOYABLE
LARGE ATTENDANCE AND LAV
ISH HOSPITALITY HELPED TO
MAKE SESSION ONE OF BEST
IN LONG SERIES
The annual Sacred Harp Singing
at Sandy Creek Sunday was a great,
success. The weather was ideal and
a large crowd was present, with many
middle and south Georgia counties
being represented. Many notable
singers were present and took part
in leading the music.
Owing to the absence of Dr. B. F.
Akin, chairman, on account of illness,
Mr. C. A. Towles was made master
of ceremonies and kept things going
in his accustomed lively and goof
natured style.
At the noon hour a bounteous
feast was spread and was heartily en
joyed. Old Man Depression was rele
gated to the realms of oblivion, and
it was abundantly shown that there
is life in the old land yet.
These events have been held on
the first Sunday in October for more
than forty years and have grown in
popularity with the passing years.
Among the visitors who were pres
ent and led the singing were:
T. H. Donnan, Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Mosely, Macon; Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Butts and Miss Dorothy Butts, Thom
aston; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mosely,
Lorane; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bell,
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Hancock, Lizel
la; J. J. Cagel, Misses Lola and Hat
tie Cagel, Roswell; Mr. and Mrs. Tay
lor Hencely, Monticello; Misses Nora
and Julia Vaughn, Jackson; Mr. and
Mrs. P. H. Hardin, Arabi.
STATE REVENUES
SHOW SHARP DROP
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INCOME, OFF MORE THAN FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS OVER PRE
CEDING PERIOD. AUDITOR
MAKES REPORT
Atlanta, Ga. —A report of State
Auditor Tom Wisdom shows that fax
collections for the first nine months
of the year were more than $5,000,-
000 under 1932.
Total collections from January .
tc< September 30 were $17,019,830 as
against $22,028,643 for the 1932 pe
riod and $24,600,687 for 1931.
The six cent gasoline tax is the
only major revenue producer which
has not shown a decline, the figure?
for this year's period being $9,053,-
643 as against $9,041,746 for the
1932 period.
Motor vehicle fees have shrunk
from $3,585,502 in 1932 to $926,
273 this year, due to Governor Tal
madge’s $3 tag rate order.
Among other revenues which drop
ped this year were: Ad valorem tax
es, from $2,315,329 to $1,715,949,
public utility property tax, from
$974,260 in the 1932 period to $701,-
890; poll taxes, from $173,138 to
$111,517; income taxes, from sl,-
284,400 to $855,475; insurance pre
mium tax from $843,823 to $741,-
112; tobacco tax from $977,076 to
$640,987.
5 Per Cent Cut Made
An additional five per cent cut
in state appropriations, due to
shrinking revenues, was ordered
Tuesday by Governor Eugene Tai
madge, and immediately reports be
gan to fly that several state depart
ments were confronted with acute
financial difficulties.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
SCHOOLS OPEN WITH
GOOD ATTENDANCE
ENROLLMENT FIRST . DAY PROV
ED PLEASING TO OFFICIALS.
SHORT EXERCISES MARKED
THE NEW TERM
All schools embraced in the Butt3
county system opened Friday for the
1933-34 session, and the enrollment
| the first day proved pleasing to the
principals, faculty and school authori
ties.
The first day’s enrollment was
somewhat larger than had been ex
pected. This is probably due to thn
early harvest and rushing farm work
is largely out of the way. The enroll
ment and attendance is expected to
show a gain in the next few days.
With experienced teachers guiding
all the schools a year of successful
and solid accomplishment is confi
dently predicted.
While no definite announcement
has been made, it is now believcii
likely that the schools will be able
tc operate for eight months. The fi
nancial situation, owing to an in
crease in the equalization fund, is
somewhat brighter, it is stated.
The Towaliga, Tussahaw, Jenkins
burg, Indian Springs and Core
schools all had shoi-t exercises on the
opening day.
BATCH OF COTTON
CHECKS RECEIVED
PAYMENT MADE FRIDAY FOR
SIXTY-FOUR GROWERS. EAR
LY ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL
CHECKS IS EXPECTED
The expected has happened—and
Butts county cotton growers are ue
ginning to receive checks for plow
ing up cotton the past summer.
On Friday 64 checks were receiv
ed. That was the first installment,
with one exception to be received
here. Some three weeks ago the firs';
check came through and there was a
long interval and- considerable impa
tience before the second batch ar
rived.
The amount of the checks received
September 29 was $3,738.00.
A total of 668 farmers in ButN
county signed the cotton reduction
campaign. The total amount due for
the 3,697 x k acres of cotton destroyed
is $37,101.50. This represents bot.i
cash payments and cotton under op
tion.
It is believed that checks will now
come through at a satisfactory rate.
Other counties in this territory are
getting checks and now that the ice
has been broken Butts will likely
share in the payment.
There was a considerable stir in
the court house Saturday as news
of Friday’s payment became gen
erally known. However, no checks ar
rived Saturday.
The $37,101.50* to be turned loose
among cotton growers will be a con
siderable help in all lines of business.
REV. G. L. RIDDLE WILL
PREACH HERE ON SUNDAY
Rev. G. L. Riddle, student in Co
lumbia Seminary, will preach at the
Jackson Presbyterian church Sunday
morning at 11 a. m. and at 7 p. ni
at night. During the past summer
Mr. Riddle was supply pastor at the
McDonough Presbyterian church ana
last Sunday preahed at Fellowship.
He is a young man of pleasing per
sonality and citizens of the entire
community are invited to hear him.
The Jackson and Fellowshio
churches hope to work out a schedule
for regular services each month.