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VOL. 61—No. 41
9*Q OCTOBER • i933
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KIWANIS MEMBERS ARE
GUESTS OF l.r. C. CAMP
CAPTAIN BURT AND ASSOCI
ATES EXTENDED GRACIOUS
HOSPITALITY. WORK OUTLIN
ED BY FORESTER CLEMENT
Members of the Kiwanis club of
Jackson, practically one hundred per
cent strong, had a rare treat Tues
day night when they were guests of
Captain William G. Burt and the
officers of the Butts county Civilian
Conservation Corps at dinner at the
camp in Jackson. The Kiwanians
were warmly received, cordially wel
comed and royally entertained, and
the visit afforded an opportunity to
get a better understanding of the
splendid work being done by Cap
tain Burt, Forester Clement and
the boys under their direction.
Before dinner was served Captain
Burt showed the visitors over the .
camp, which is now being fitted for
winter quarters. The tents are being
ceiled, heaters installed and cold
weather will hold no terrors for this
tented city. The camp is most com
plete in every detail, with an ideal
arrangement for the comfort and
convenience of the men engaged in
reforestation work. The community
center has a radio, reading room,
a first aid station has been provided
for the injured and medical atten
tion is provided. The entire camp is
neat, clean, sanitary and inviting.
A wonderful menu was served in
the mess hall. The meal was prepared
by the regular cooks, under the di
rection of Corporal Cawley and First
Class Private Stewart, regular army.
These men were paid a splendid tri
bute by Captain Burt. They returned
Wednesday to their regular army
duties. The dinner was elegantly
prepared and served in abundance.
A few short talks were made,
with President Lyons presiding. Cap
tain Burt reviewed briefly what
had been done at the camp and laud
ed the wonderful co-operation ex
tended by citizens of Jackson and
Butts county .
Mr. Clement, directing the im
provements at Indian Springs, out
lined that work and told of the plans
for the Indian museum and other
improvements. He lauded the fore
men and men under his direction
and mentioned some of the projects
to be carried out later.
Members of the city council and
F. C. Rossey, of the water and light
department, were guests on the oc
casion.
Good fellowship prevailed through
out the meeting and the Kiwanians
are indebted to Captain Burt and as
sociates for an enjoyable and in
structive meeting. The Kiwanians
returned home determined to sup
port more than ever the great work
being done by the camp.
REV. HENRY STOKES TO
PREACH HERE ON SUNDAY
Rev. Henry Stokes, of Savannah,
will preach at the First Baptist church
here next Sunday at the morning and
evening hour. Mr. Stokes, graduate
of Mercer University where he taught
in the theological departent for some
time, is a well known young minis
ter. Citizens of the community are
cordially invited to attend both ser
vices Sunday.
Pure gold freshly mined is worth
?31.75 per fine ounce, according to
U. S. treasury reports.
FORTY CAMPS FOR
STATE THIS WINTER
BUTTS COUNTY CAMP IS ONLY
ONE LOCATED ON STATE
PARK RESERVE. SEVERAL PRI
VATE CAMPS
Washington, D. C. —The Civilian
Conservation Corps will occupy for
ty camps in Georgia this winter, Rob
ert Fechner, director of emergency
conservation work, has announced.
The state will have four new
camps. Twenty-nine of the forty will
lie on private land, ten in national
forests and and one on state park
land, at Indian Springs, near Jackson
in Butts county.
Following is a table of the location
of other camps by counties and post
offices:
National Forest —Cherokee, E'an
nin, Margaret; Cherokee, Lumpkin,
Dahlonega; Cherokee, White, Rogers
town; Nantahala, Rabun, Dillard;
Nantahala, Rabun, Clayton; Chero
kee, Murray, Holy Creek; Cherokee,
Union, Wilscot; Nantahala, Rabun,
Lake Rabun; Nantahala, Rabun, Wild
Cat Creek; Cherokee, Lumpkin,
Montgomery.
Private Camps—Clinch, Homer
ville; Liberty, Hinesville, Dougherty,
Albany; Union, Blairsville; Meri
wether, Warm Springs; Burke,
Waynesboro; Gilmer, Ellijay; Fchols,
Fargo; Camden, Woodbine; Truetlen,
Sopexton; Appling, Baxley; Telfair,
Mcßae; Taliaferro, Crawfordville;
Wayne, Jesup; Decatur, Bainbridge;
Jeff Davis, Denton; Jackson, Com
merce; Brantley, Nahunta; Charlton,
Folkston; Ware, Waycross; Union,
Hiawassee; Stephens, Toccoa; Clay,
Fort Gaines; Pickens, Jasper; Taylor,
Butler; Habersham, Cornelia; Chat
ham, Bloomingdale; Tattnall, Reids
ville; Berrien, Nashville.
The new camps are the Cherokee
National Forest unit in Lumpkin
1 county near Montgomery, and the
J private camps at Bloomingdale,
, Reidsville and Nashville.
DESTRUCTION COTTON
STALKS IS STRESSED
DR. STUCKEY SAYS THIS IS EF
FECTIVE WAY TO CURB BOLL
WEEVIL. FIELDS ARE HEAVI
LY INFESTED
Athens, Ga, —The destruction of
cotton stalks to reduce the boll wee
vil food supply is considered more
necessary this fall than in recent
years, according to H. P. Stuckey,
director of the Georgia Experiment
Station and dean of the College of
Agriculture.
There are many tender squares on
c large second growth of cotton
plants and each square is an ideal
feeding place for either a grown boll
weevil or a grub. If these feeding
places are destroyed now the risk
of serious infestation early next
spring will be reduced, Dean Stucky
says.
Many farmers in the northern part
of the state have finished picking
and practically everyone can finish
in a short time. With a month or
more before the average time for the
first killing frost in the fall through
out most of the cotton growing area
of Georgia, the farmers of the state
have an exceptional opportunity to
destroy the cotton stalks.
The methods of destruction can be
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varied with the weather, soil and live
stock on the farm. It is suggested
here that cotton stalks be plowed un
der where small grain is to be sown.
Where no crop is to follow immedi
ately after the cotton, the stalks can
b< grazed off with livestock, ripped
up with plows, or cut with a mower
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1933
COTTON ACREAGE
PLAN ANNOUNCED
RENTAL OF THREE TO ELEVEN
DOLLARS WILL BE OFFERED
TO GROWERS NEXT YEAR BY
GOVERNMENT
Washington, D. C. —Cotton grow
ers will be paid rentals of from $3 to
sll an acre to let their lands lie
idle next year in the government’s
newest program for trimming sur
plus farm production.
The scale of payments will be
based on the potential yields of the
land under the control program made
public Saturday by the farm adjust
ment administration, which aims to
bring plantings down to 25,000,000
acres in 1934 as compared with about
41,000,000 this year.
It was estimated that the cost
would be about $100,000,000. This
will be met by continuing the proc
essing tax 4.2 cents a pound for an
i
ether year.
Farm administrators said they in
-1 tend to launch within two weeks
i their campaign to obtain agreements
J for reducing the plantings. The first
! step will be organization of county
associations of growers.
Speed is necessary to make the
control campaign parallel the govern
ment’s program of making loans of
1 10 cents a pound on cotton held
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by farmers. The latter will be put
into operation soon under the plans
approved by President Roosevelt,
J with loans being extended by a com
modity credit corporation to farmers
who agree to join in next year’s re
duction program.
In addition to rental payments,
producers joining in the 1934 control
plan will be paid a benefit on the
domestically consumed portion of
their crop if the average price during
next season is below the “parity”
price for the staple based on pre-war
1 averages. Any rentals that have been
' advanced by that time will be deduct
ed from the benefit payments. About
one-half of the cotton produced is
ordinarily required for domestic use.
The administration completed dis
tribution today of $71,706,035 in
checks to producers who joined in
this year’s program by plowing up
from 25 to 50 per cent of their grow
ing crop.
In all, 661,060 checks have been
mailed and 832,000 or 1,010,000 cer
tificates of performance providing
proof that the grower did plow up a
definite portion of his crop, have been
received and approved for payment.
At many as 48,000 checks are now
being issued each day.
Rental payments will be paid next
year for land producing as little as
75 pounds of cotton per acre. In this
year’s program land producing less
than 100 pounds was not eligible for
consideration.
The schedule of payments in the
1934 program follows:
For land producing approximately
75 to 125 pounds per acre, a rental
of not over $3 an acre; jfrflm 150
to 200 pounds, a maximum of $5,
225 to 300 pounds, a maximum of
$7; 325 to 400 pounds, a maximum
of $9, and for land producing 400
pounds and over, a maximum of sll.
The amount of the cash rental will
be determined by the county asso
ciations, subject to the approval of
the adjustment administration.
if they are not large. Wholesale de
struction of the cotton stalks over
entire communities and counties will
give better results than destruction
by a few farmers in each community
American-made automobiles lead
all other makes in the island of Cey
lon.
NEW TEACHERS MAY
BE PUT ON IN COUNTY
SURVEY WILL BE MADE TO
DETERMINE NEEDS. SOME
SCHOOLS ARE OVERCROWDED,
IT IS POINTED OUT
A survey will be made this week
for the purpose of determining if any
Butts county schools are overcrowd
ed, with the view of obtaining fed
eral aid in employing a larger teach
ing force.
Prof. Van Fletcher, Butts county
school superintendent, and Miss Pau
line Mallet, director of the Butts
County Relief Committee, visited
several of the schools during the
week and made a survey as to en
rollment and needs for a larger
teaching personnel. It is pointed out
that at least four of the schools have
been overcrowded this fall. The en
rollment and attendance has been
larger than usual, it is stated.
Federal funds, under certain con
ditions, are open to schools of the
state. Main features are pointed out
in this issue by Dr. M. D. Collins,
state superintendent of education.
After the survey has been com
pleted and needs ascertained a defi
nite announcement will be made re
garding increasing the teaching
force. The expense will be borne by
the federal government, it is declar
ed.
TAX COLLECTOR OPENS
• BOOKS FOR THE YEAR
J S. BALL HANDLING JOB OF
COLLECTING TAXES FOR
COUNTY, STATE, SCHOOLS.
TAXES ARE LOWER
Tax Collector J. S. Ball announces
that his books are now open for the
collection of state, county and school
taxes for the current year. Mr. Ball
will be found in the office with
County Treasurer J. C. Newton.
Mr. W. H. Wilson who has been
filling the office since the death of
Mr. T. B. McMichael, has turned the
books over to Mr. Ball. In the elec
tion to name a successor to Mr. Mc-
Michael Mr. Ball was named to that
office.
Thanks to a twenty per cent re
duction in the rate this year, made
by the board of county commission
ers, taxes are lower than for many
years past. The 1933 rate is 14.72 as
against 18.40 last year and 23.75 in
1931. The reduction in rate is a great
help to taxpayers and is appreciated.
As cotton checks are received and
crops harvested and sold, Mr. Ball
requests that tax claims not be over
looked. Friends predict Mr. Ball will
make a splendid record in the office
of tax collector.
REV. G. L. RIDDLE WILL
PREACH TWICE A MONTH
Columbia Seminary Student Wat
Heard Here Sunday
Rev. G. L. Riddle, of Atlanta, stu
dent in the Columbia Theological
Seminary, will serve the Jackson and
Fellowship Presbyerian churches, ac
cording to announcement made Sun
day. He will preach at Fellowship on
the first Sunday in each month at 11
o’clock in the morning, and will
preach at Jackson on the second and
fourth Sundays at 11 o’clock only.
Mr. Riddle, who did supply work
in Henry county the past summer,
preached at the Jackson church Sun
day morning and evening. He was
heard by representative congrega
tions at each service and brought
helpful messages. Those who heard
Mr. Riddle were delighted with his
personality and sermons.
German’s battle hymn, “Wachtam
Rhein,” was first sung in 1826.
JACKSON AND BUTTS COUNTY
WILL GET PAVING CONTRACTS
COTTON CHECKS TO
BE PAID SHORTLY
CONSIDERABLE NUMBER AL
READY IN HAND. GOVERN
MENT TO SPEED WORK AND
MAIL ALL CHECKS SOON
During the past few days a con
siderable number of checks due far
mers here for plowing up cotton has
been received in the office of Coun
ty Agent B. M. Drake. Several days
ago 64 checks arrived and were dis
tributed.
Last week another batch of 90
checks, made payable to tenants,
landlords and the government joint
ly, arrived. Monday 136 checks came
in. In cases where the borrowers owe
the government the checks will have
tc be handled by Field Agent Taylor,
who spends part of each week in the
county.
Up to Monday a total of 291
checks out of thee 668 due farmers
in Butts county had been received.
Announcement is made from
Washington that efforts are being
made to get all cotton checks out be
fore October 17. The local commit
tee looks for the balance of the
checks to arrive within the next few
weeks.
More than $37,000 was due far
mers of Butts county for plowing up
cotton under the government plan of
taking 25 per cent of the acreage out
of production.
ESTIMATED CROP
12,885,000 BALES
GAIN OF 471,000 BALES SINCE
REPORT MONTH AGO. CONDI
TION 66.7 PER CENT. MORE
COTTON GINNED
Washington, D. C. —Cotton pro
duction this year was forecast Mon
day by the Department of Agricul
ture at 12,885,000 bales, compared
with 12,414,000 a month ago and 13,-
002,000 bales produced last year.
The condition of the crop on Oc
tober 1 was 66.7 per cent of a nor
mal, compared with 67.5 a month
ago, 54.2 on October 1 last year, and
51.1, the ten-year average on Octo
ber 1.
The indicated yield per acre was
announced as 205.3 pounds, compared
with 197.8 pounds indicated a month
ago, 173.3 pounds produced last year,
and 167.4 pounds, the ten-year av-
erage.
The estimate is for a crop of 1,-
070,000 bales in Georgia, as com
pared with final yield last year of
861,906 bales. The condition of the
Georgia crop was placed at 70 pei
cent.
Prior to October 1 there had been
ginned a total of 5,851,415 bales,
as compared with 4,835,990 bale,
last year to the same date.
Georgia had ginned 711,071 bales
prior to October 1, compared with
426,168 bales the same date in 1932.
Texas led in ginning with 2,291,-
057, compared with 1,595,218 bales
to October 1, 1932.
On October 1 a total of 30,036,-
000 acres remained for harvest. On
July 1 the acreage in cultivation
was placed at 40,798,000 acres. Mor
than 10,000,000 acres were plowed
up in the acreage reduction cam
paign.
Approximately $500,000,000 worth
of gold is still held by hoarders in
this country.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
BOARD PLANS TO
SPEND 10 MILLION
ROUTE 42 TO GET ATTENTION
IN CLAYTON, HENRY, BUTTS
AND MONROE. FEDERAL AID
ROAD PLAN APPROVED
Jackson, Butts county and this sec
tion will share liberally in the new
ten million dollar federal aid road
funds, according to announcement
made Saturday. It was announced
from Washington that Secretary
Ickes had approved Georgia’s $lO,-
091,185 public works program ana
made public a list of the projects
included in the tentative program.
In federal aid projects Butts coun
ty is given 4 miles of paving on route
42 between Jackson and the Henry
county line, the cost being placed at
$115,000.
The law requires that 50 per cent
of the funds be expended on federal
aid projects, 27 per cent in munici
palities and 23 per cent on secondary
roads.
Under the heading of municipal
projects, Jackson is given $25,000
for paving. This amount will likely
be expended on route 42.
Clayton county is given 2.5 miles
of paving on route 42 between Mc-
Donough and Atlanta, at a cost of
$60,000.
Henry county is given 3.3 miles of
paving between Locust Grove and
Butts county line, at a cost of $65,-
000.
Locust Grove is given $25,000 for
paving, this to be expended on route
42, it is thought.
Monroe county is given 3 miles of
paving between Forsyth and Jackson
on route 42, at a cost of $75,000.
This will still leave a few unpaved
links on route 42, particularly in
Clayton county, but it is probable
this will be given attention at an
early date.
Other counties in this section fared
well in apportionment of the federal
funds.
Jasper county gets 6 miles of grad
j ing between Monticello and Gray at
a cost of $73,000.
| Lamar county gets 4 miles grading
between Barnesville and Monroe
county line at a cost of $21,000.
| Spalding gets 1.3 miles paving on
j Griffin-Macon road at a cost of $26,-
000. That county also gets paving in
the city (Macon road) of $33,000.
Forsyth gets $4,500 for surfacing.
Of the 159 counties in the state,
122 will get work under the new
{federal aid plan.
| Members of the state highway
board stated that work will start im
mediately.
I Citizens of this section are jubi
lant that paving is to be started on
route 42.
BOXING MATCH HAS BEEN
POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 1
The boxing match, scheduled for
the Jackson armory on Wednesday
night, has been postponed until No
vember 1. At that time a good card
will be put on and further announce
ment will be made of the main
events.
PRORESS -ARGUS HONOR ROLL
M. H. Edwards, Jackson
A. J. Coleman, Jackson
Mrs. J. T. Williamson, Vidalia
G. C. Moore, Jackscn
D. F. Maddox, Jackson
Charles Redman, Jr., Athens
Mrs. W. B. Reeves, Jackson