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VOL. 61—No. 43
19S OCTOBER • 1933
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ECHOES FROM GEORGIA
KIWANIS CONVENTION
OFFICERS GAVE HIGHLIGHTS
OF MEETING IN ATLANTA
LAST WEEK. FINAL PLANS
FOR COUNTY FLOAT
Highlights of the Georgia district
Kiwanis convention in Atlanta last
week were given Tuesday night at
the weekly meeting of the Jackson
Kiwanis club. J. W. O’Neal, J. L.
Lyons and N. F. Land, the club’s
delegates, reported on the state con
vention.
Mr. O’Neal said the attendance at
the Atlanta meeting was the largest
on record, with a total registration
of 893. He outlined main features
of the business sessions, including
the address by retiring governor
Dave Parker and the international
president, Joshua L. Johns, and the
splendid work being done by the At
lanta club for underprivileged chil
dren.
Mr. Lyons spoke of the fine spiric
of friendship and cordiality evident
at the meeting. He emphasized the
great work the Atlanta club is doing
for children of the underprivileged
class. There is anew spirit in Ki
wanis, he said, and mentioned thar
during the past year the Georgia dis
trict, despite severe handicaps, scored
a gain in membership.
Mr. Land gave his reaction of the
Atlanta meeting and declared the
need for unselfish service is greater
than ever. He urged the Jackson club
to carry on its good work.
President Lyons told of plans to
have Butts county enter a float in
the NRA parade in Macon. Pledges of
support were advanced to this un
dertaking.
Dinner was served by the U. D. C.
committee, Mrs. C. W. Buchanan
chairman.
129,000 ACRES FOREST
LANDS PLANTED IN 1932
Farmers, Lumber Companies and
Others Help Movement
Forest planting in the continental
United States reached a total of 129,-
250 acres in 1932, according to a
United States Forest Service com
pilation of State reports. Additional
plantings in Hawaii and Puerto Rico
make a grand total of 131,541 acres.
Last year’s plantings bring the
acreage of all recorded forest plant
ings up to 1933 to the figure of 2,-
094,012. Of this area 1,607,979 acres
is classed as successful plantations.
Forest Service plantings in the na
tional forests contributed 24,928
acres of the 1932 plantings. The
States planted 53,032 acres; munici
palities, 14,900; industrial organiza
tions, 9,021; individuals, 26,811;
other organizations, schools, and col
leges planted 2,849. t
Farmers are credited with plant
ing 22,781 acres; lumber companies,
2,076 acres; pulp and paper compa
nies, 2,988 acres; mining companies,
752 acres; railroad companies, 49
acres; water and power companies,
1,599 acres.
PEACH, CHERRY TREES
IN BLOOM IN OCTOBER
Peach and cherry trees in bloom in
late October is reported in many in
stances. Whether this means a late
or early fall is not known, but is
probably another proof of the fact
that this has been a year of freakish
weather.
Pork Chops For
County Received
By Relief Group
A shipment of 2,300 pounds of
government meat was received here
Saturday for distribution by the
Butts County Relief Committee. The
meat represents that taken out of pro
| duction recently when by govern
| ment order farmers were instructed
to kill approximately 4,000,000 head
of hogs to deal with over-production.
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The meat, recently slaughtered, was
| fresh, salted pork and had to be given
1 out within four days.
About half of the meat w’as dis
tributed Saturday and the remainder
placed on cold storage and will be
given out later on, members of the
committee state.
i The meat is intended for those on
relief work and others the committee
feels are entitled to share in the dis
tribution.
COUNTY TO HAVE
FLOAT IN PARADE
BUTTS COUNTY TO TAKE PART
IN NRA PARADE IN MACON
THURSDAY. MANY COUNTIES
TO TAKE PART
Butts county will be represented
in the mammoth NRA parade in Ma
con Thursday. A float will be enter
ed and members of the Jackson Ci
vilian Conservation Corps will march
in the parade in which thirty-odd
middle Georgia counties will be rep
resented.
Details of the county’s participa
tion are being worked out by a com
mittee, headed by Mayor J. L. Lyons,
chairman. The float is being prepar
ed under the direction of Willis B.
Powell, of Indian Springs, and Ralph
N. Buffington, of the Jackson C. C.
C. camp. The float will depict an im
portant historical event in the early
life of the county. The details will
not be announced in advance of the
parade.
Macon’s NRA parade, intended to
show that this section is behind the
National Recovery Act, will be one
of the largest celebrations of the
kind ever held in the state. Many
citizens from here are planning to
attend the celebration in Macon
Thursday.
BUTTS BANKS TO
AID COTTON LOANS
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INSTITUTIONS WILL ASSIST IN
GOVERNMENT PLAN. TEN
CENTS BE ADVANCED ON
GOOD GRADE COTTON
Butts county banks announce they
are prepared to make loans on cot
ton, in accordance with the govern
ment plan. Ten cents will be advanc
! ed on cotton of the better grades and
eight cents on cotton of lower
grades.
The cotton loans bear 4 per cent
interest.
A sample of the required form has
been received at the office of County
Agent B. M. Drake and all necessary
blanks are expeetd within a few
days.
Those interested may get in touch
with the banks and the county agent
for complete information.
FLCVILLA BAPTIST CHURCH
HAVE PREACHING NOV. S
Announcement is made that Rev.
George Griffin, of Macon, will fill
the pulpit at the Flovilla Baptist
church on the first Sunday in No
vember. The public is cordially in
vited to attend this service.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1933
GEORGIA’S BANKS
ASKED TO INSURE
GORMLEY INVITES THEM TO
APPLY FOR MEMERSHIP. FIF
TY-TWO HAVE COMPLIED AT
RECENT DATE
Atlanta, Ga. Fifty-two state
banks in Georgia, out of a total of
198 non-members of the federal re
serve system, have applied to date
for membership in the insurance de
posit corporation to be set up by
congress to insure bank deposits.
R. E. Gormley, state superinten
dent of banks, in announcing the fig
ure said he could “appreciate that
we will have a number of banks op
erating without direct competition
from an insured bank and in which
banks the confidence of their deposi
tors is such as to make it possible
for those banks to continue to op
erate without insurance.”
The insurance corporation will
have the effect, he said, of making
the smaller banks in outlying sec
tions just as safe as the lai’ge banks,
and in his opinion, may result in the
decentralization of deposits and the
building up of deposits in small
banks.
Superintendent Gormley is. advis
ing non-member state banks to make
application for the insurance.
The corporation to insure deposits
is required to set up a temporary in
surance fund effective January 1,
1934, which will insure all deposits
in eligible banks up to the amount
of $2,500.
Insured banks will be required to
pay one-half of one per cent of their
total deposits as a premium on the
insurance. The temporary insurance
continues until July 1, 1934. After
that date a permanent corporation
will be established, insuring all de
posits up to SIO,OOO in full, and larg
er deposits in part.
Federal reserve banks and national
banks automatically become mem
bers of the insurance corporation.
Non-member banks will be admitted
upon making application, if they se
cure a certificate of solvency after
examination by the Federal Deposit
Corporation. Gormley said non-mem
ber banks would not be discriminated
against in cases where their capital
stock is less than the amount re
quired for eligibility for admission
into the Federal Reserve system.
Membership in the Federal Re
serve system is available only to
banks with a minimum capital of
$25,000.
There are a number of smaller
towns in Georgia with banks capi
talized at only $15,000. Many of
them, he said, are performing a ne
cessary service to their communities.
He said he regarded it unfair to deny
these banks the continued protection
of the insurance feature because of
their inability as federal reserve
members.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE
AT THE HAWKES LIBRARY
A concrete walkway from the
street entrance to the Hawkes Libra
ry is an improvement recently made.
The basement of the building was
also spread with additional concrete
to prevent seepage of water and re
pairs to the furnace will be made.
This work was done by J. R. Lyons,
well known Jackson contractor, and
was carried out under the direction
of the trustees, with O. A. Pound in
charge.
These improvements, in connection
with the work being done in that
vicinity by the relief force, adds ma
terially to the appearance of the li
brary.
Thirteen of the 30 men who have
been president of the United State
served fractional terms.
cldunty pictures
; SOON TO APPEAR
VIEWS OF STATE PARK AT IN
DIAN SPRINGS, JACKSON C. C.
C. CAMP AND OTHERS BE
PRINTED SHORTLY
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Interesting pictures of Butts coun
ty, including the state pai'k at Indian
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Springs, the C. C. camp,
the Robert Grier home and others
will appear shortly in the rotograv-
Uie section of the Atlanta Journal.
These pictures will be printed in
about two weeks, it is now estimated.
On Monday C. H. Garrett, travel
ing representative of the Atlanta
Journal and Charlie Sparks, staff
photographer of that paper, came to
Jackson and spent the day in making
pictures and in collecting material
for a pictorial history of the county.
In company with a local delega
tion, including Mayor J. L. Lyons,
Colonel G. E. Mallet, Captain E. S.
Settle, J. F. Hardy, traveling repre
sentation of The Journal, B. K. Car
michael and J. D. Jones, the, visiting
newspaper men were taken to the
state park at Indian Springs, where
several views of the Indian museum,
the C. C. C. boys at work and the
opdn air theatre were made. The par
ty was entertained at lunch by Cap
tain William G. Burt at the C. C. C.
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can|p.
In the afternoon a view of the
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b&ys in camp was made and followed
a tfip to the Robert Grier home, one
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of the historic spots of Middle Geoi > -
gia. Later another tiip was made to
Indian Springs for additional scenes.
! These pictures will appear in the
rotogravure section of The Journal
ar an early date. All citizens of the
county should be on the lookout for
this edition, as the pictures will be
much in demand. The publicity thus
affoi'ded the county will be valuable
and the co-operation of The Jour
nal is heartily appreciated. .
Boxing Card At
Armory Will Be
Nov. Ist
Of interest to local fight fans is
the boxing match to be staged at
the Jackson armory on Wednesday
night, November 1. The main bout
will be between Buddy Pruitt and
Teter Turner. Pruitt, champion of
the C. C. C. camp, will defend his
record against Turner, known to lo
cal fans as an aggressive and hard
punching fighter who can give it or
take it. Young Pruitt, known in Flor
ida rings as the Georgia Lefthook
artist, has an almost perfect record
with but one defeat in 27 starts. He
is regarded as a master boxer, with
an ability to hit with either hand.
Buck Manning, who lost to Pruitt
in his last start, will head the semi
final with J. Wellington Wimpy as
his opponent. Both fighters can hit
plenty hard and this also promises
to be a good fight.
A large crowd is expected to at
tend this show. Ladies with gentle
man escorts will be admitted free.
There will be three preliminary fights
and a wrestling matcli.
The admission will be 15 and 25
| cents, with ringside seast for 35
I cents.
REV. A. J. BURRELL TO
PREACH BAPTIST CHURCH
i Rev. A. J. Burrell, of Macon, has
accepted an invitation to preach at
the First Baptist church in Jackson
Sunday morning and evening. Stu
dent of Mercer University, Mr. Bur
rell is a well known minister and the
public is cordially invited to hear
him. Mr. Burrell will be accompanied
to Jackson by Mrs. Burrell, who is
also a prominent religious worker.
SMALL TOWN MERCHANTS GET
EXEMPTION UNDER NRA CODE
SCHOOL GROUNDS
BEEN IMPROVED
RELIEF FORCES COMPLETE
FIRST PROJECT AND TO BE
GIN STREET WORK DURING
PRESENT WEEK
Having completed the first project,
the improving of the street to the
waterworks station, the relief force
was engaged the first of the week
in improving the Jackson school
grounds.
Considei’able grading w r as done and
the ditch in the rear of the Ilawkes
library xvas opened to afford proper
drainage. The trees in that vicinity
were removed and the grounds now
present a more attractive appear
ance. The health conditions will be
better since this work, it is thought.
During the progress of the work in
that area many snakes were killed,
it was reported.
As soon as the work ut the school
grounds was completed the work of
improving the streets of Jackson was
taken up. Second street to Covington
street and Lyons street to the depot
was a project approved and later
work will be done on Benton street
from the depot to Indian Springs
street.
Woi-k was still in progress at Tus
sahaw school and also a project was
to be started at Jenkinsburg school.
SMITH ELECTED AS
KIWANIS LEADER
THOMASTON MAN MADE DIS
TRICT GOVERNOR. COLUMBUS
IS AWARDED CONVENTION.
ECONOMY IS URGED
At the concluding session of the
Georgia district Kiwanis convention
in Atlanta Saturday, Mark Smith, of
Thomaston, head of the R. E. Lee
Institute and civic leader, was nam
ed governor of the Georgia district
for the ensuing year. Columbus was
selected as the 1934 convention city.
Victor L. Hagood, general mana
ger of the Lawrenceville News-Her
ald, was named treasurer, but selec
tion of a secretary was deferred.
The convention adopted a program
called for sponsorship of economy in
local and state government, revision
ol the tax system; and support of
the state’s educational activities, for
the next year.
Lieutenant governors for the eight
districts of the state organization
were chosen as follows: Joseph Shaw,
Atlanta, first; Dr. Claude W. Har
vey, Hogansville, second; J. G. Kirk
land, Sylvester, third; W. Glenn
Thomas, Jesup, fourth; Thomas H.
Hall, 111, Macon, fifth; Ben Thomp
son, Madison, sixth; M. N. Tutwiler,
Athens, seventh, and J. C. Mixon,
Savannah, eighth.
The achievement trophy was
awarded to the Moultrie club, and
the attendance award to the Bruns
wick club. Marvin Allison of Law
renctville, won the speaking con
test.
VAUDEVILLE AT LYRIC
NEXT TUESDAY EVENING
Uncle Mark and His Kiddie Club,
who are heard over station WSB, will
appear in vaudeville at the New Ly
ric theatre Tuesday night, October
31. The entertainment is being look
ed forward to with interest and the
management expects a crowded
bouse on that occasion.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
NEW RULING PUT
INTO EFFECT NOW
DRUG STORES INCLUDED IN
TERMS OF REVISED ORDER.
CHAIN STORES MUST REMAIN
UNDER CODE, ORDER SAYS
Washington, D. C.—Under the
pressuie of adverse farm sentiment,
NRA Monday pulled out of the coun
tiy’s villages and small towns, and
announced a protective chain of lo
cal tribunals to keep merchants from
hiking prices too high.
The first major change in the in
dustrial recovery program w r as taken
under an executive order by Presi
dent Roosevelt, forecast by a single
sentence in his Sunday night address
to the nation.
An exception under the order wms
that chain stores, wherever located,
will remain under code regulation.
Also small factories, those doing in
terstate business and those employ
ing more than five people still have
NRA watching over them in the oth
erwise exempt towns of 2,500 or
less.
The order’s issuance coincided
with promulgation of the retail trade
cede which emerged with a price con •
trol provision stripped of the 10 per
cent mark-up fought by farmer and
ccnsumer representative alike, but
so phrased as to give the merchant,
substantially the same protection
against destructive price cutting by
competitors.
PLANS MADE FOR
MODEL FARM UNIT
PROJECT OF 16,000 ACRES TO
CARE FOR 100 FAMILIES OUT
LINED BY BOARD OF REGENTS
OF UNIVERSITY
Atlanta, Ga. —Establishment in
North Georgia of a 16,000 acre co
operative back-to-the-farm project to
support 10C families by utilizing ap
proximately $2,500,000 of public
works money, has been proposed to
the federal government by the board
of regents of the University of Geor
gia.
The project, details of which have
been in the hands of Washington of
ficials for some time, may become
the model for similar farm groups
in the nation. The Georgia project
would be liquidated in 30 years with
a maximum interest rate of 3 l /it per
cent.
Under the $3,500,000,000 public
works act $25,000,000 was set aside
for subsistence homesteading. It is
from this fund that the regents pro
pose to get the money for the crea
tion of the Georgia project in the
Piedmont section of the state.
The project centers around estab
lishment of maintenance units of 50
acres for each family of which 30
acres would be cultivatable and the
remainder would be in marginal
lands and forests. The hundred fam
ilies would take up 5,000 acres of
the 16,000 acres, leaving 11,009
acres to be handled from a commu
nity standpoint or as cropping areas
for the maintenance of farms.
Each farm is to be equipped with
i\ residence, barn, hog house, poultry
houses, farm machinery and animals
ti the value of $4,000. It is figured
that the total investment would be
$7,500 per family.
Young condors must be fed for
a year before they can fly.