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VOL. 61—No. 46
1933 NOVEMBER* i933
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RUSSELL STRESSES
AID FOR RED CROSS
SENATOR POINTS TO THE
GREAT WORK DONE BY OR
GANIZATION IN GEORGIA IN
TIMES OF DISTRESS
Giving his hearty indorsement to
the seventeenth annual Red Cross
roll-call and .rging all Georgians to
support the movement as a civic duty,
United States Senator Richard B.
Russell, Jr., pointed out Monday that
the Red Cross, during the past year,
has rendered splendid emergency
service to thousands of Georgians.
The senator’s resume of the work
in Georgia during 1933 by the Red
Cross included :
Families for which flour and cot
ton was provided, 166,682.
Disaster sufferers aided, 7,356.
Service and ex-service men, fam
ilies, 7,723.
Yards cotton cloth furnished, 2,-
577,485.
Ready-made garments furnished,
1,445,682.
Sacks flour furnished (24 V 2 lbs.)
1,970,429.
Expended from national funds'in
disaster and unemployment, $8,500.
Public health nursing: Home visits,
2,473.
Individuals completing first-aid
course, 963.
Members Junior Red Cross, 76,936.
“The Red Cross has spent in
Georgia $8,500 of national funds,
and the various chapters have spent
$97,981 for different services,” the
senator said. “The public health nurs
ing service has a record of 2,473
visits during the year, 968 persons
have completed the first-aid course
and 1,220 the home hygiene course.
There are now 76,936 members of
the Junior Red Cross in Georgia and
C,294 members of the life-saving
corps.”
$105,000 Gift
To State Station
For Paper Tests
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Savannah, Ga.—A gift of $105,-
000 to the industrial committee of
Savannah for additional machinery
and operation of the pine paper pulp
experiment station here, donated by
the Chemical Foundation, Inc., will
enable the Georgia experimental lao
oratory to extend the scope of its
experiments to embrace research in
all fields of white paper manufactur
ing, it was stated.
Announcement of the gift was
made after Governor Talmadge sign
ed a contract leasing to the industrial
committee of Savannah the state
owned experimental laboratory for a
rental of $1 a year until 1936.
Dr. Charles H. Herty, who has
been directing the experimental work
of conver-ting slash pine into paper,
will remain in charge of the station,
ic was announced. *
Approximately one-third of the
6,000,000 farms in the United State?
raise cotton as a major product.
ARMISTICE DAY IS
OBSERVED IN CITY
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM CARRIED
OUT BY ORGANIZATIONS. COL.
W. B. FREEMAN MADE AD
DRESS IN COURT HOUSE
Armistice Day was observed with
patriotic exercises in the court house
Saturday afternoon, when people
paused in their everyday vocations
to pay tribute and honor to the vet
eians oft he World War. The patrio
tic: organizations, Daughteis of the
Confederacy, American Legion and
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion and Children of the Confedera
cy, all took part in the program.
The exercises were held in the
court house at 3 o’clock and Hon.
W. B. Freeman, of Forsyth, well
known speaker and representative
from Monroe county, was the orator
of the day. He was introduced by
Col. W. M. Redman, commander of
the Jim Finley Post of the American
Legion, who presided during the ex
eicises.
Before the speaking a quartette
composed of Mrs. S. H. Thornton,
Mrs. W. W. Jamerson, Mrs. J. C.
Newton and Mrs. M. C. Johnson ven
eered a medley of patriotic songs.
This proved an interesting and en
joyable feature of the program.
Col. Freeman made an interesting
address and was heard by a repre
sentative audience. The speaker
traced the origin of the war, which
was laid to German aggression and
the desire for conquest, and the no
ble part played in the conflict 'by
American arms. Col. Freeman made
a powerful and effective plea for
peace. He showed that this country
does not want war and pointed out
that there is being built up through
cut the nation a sentiment for peace.
He lauded the foresight and vision of
Wodrow Wilson, the great war pres
ident, who wrought effectively for
lasting peace and goodwill among the
nations of the earth.
Col. Freeman's splendid effort was
favorably received and he was fre
quently applauded and given a hear
ty welcome and reception.
The William Mclntosh Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion presented to the Jim Finley
Post of the American Legion a
wreath in memory of the World War
veterans from Butts county. This
was accepted 'by Mr. Redman with
the thanks of the post.
During the day the Children of
the Confederacy sold poppies for the
benefit of the disabled veterans.
The decorations and music were
arranged 'by the Larkin Watson
Chapter Daughters of the Confedera
cy.
the day flags were display
ed by Jackson business men and the
citizens co-operated in showing every
possible honor to the veterans of the
World War.
Heads Gold-Stars
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Above is Mrs. Elizabeth Millard of
East Rochester, N Y who has just
hern elected president of The Ameri
can Gold Star Mothers for the next
war
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1933
NEW PASTOR FOR
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. R. B. HARRISON HAS AC
CEPTED CALL TO SERVE
JACKSON CHURCH. TO ARRIVE
IN EARLY DECEMBER
There will be general interest in
the announcement that Rev. R. B.
Harrison, of Devereux, has accepted
a call to become pastor of the First
Baptist church in Jackson. He was
called on November 5 and members
of the Pulpit committee have just
received notice that Mr. Harrison
has accepted.
Mr. Harrison was to arrive in Jack
sen in a few days and arrange about
a house and moving his family to
this city.
He will preach at the Firs*t Bap
tist church on December 10, accord
ing to present plans.
Mr. Harrison is a well known min
ister and has been stationed at Dev
ereux for some yeai’s. He has a repu
tation as a builder and organizer and
is also a strong and forceful minis
ter, and the local congregation is con
sidered fortunate in being able to
obtain his services.
The Jackson Baptist church has
been without a pastor since the resig
r.ation, several months ago, of Rev.
Thomas M. Callaway, and the con
gregation is to be congratulated on
securing a minister of Mr. Hari'ison’s
ability and standing.
Mi-. Harrison is a graduate of
Mercer University. He has a wife
and a son and people of the entire
community will unite in extending
a cordial welcome to Mr. Harrison
and family.
FOUR CENTS LOAN
ON OPTION COTTON
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THE
PLAN TO ADVANCE $37,000,000
TO AID FARMERS IN COTTON
TAKEN ON OPTION
Washington, D. C.—Farm officials
have decided to make loans on cot
ton on which options were given far
mers as part of their benefit pay
ments for plowing up more than
10,000,000 acres of their growing
crop last summer.
It was disclosed Sunday night that
a tentative commitment of $37,000,-
000 from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation has been arranged.
The loans will 'be made through
the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Details of the plan are expected to
be completed within ten days, but
it is intended to make possible loans
c/ four cents a pound on more than
2,200,000 bales.
This is the third of the major farhi
loan programs being arranged
through the commodity corporation,
the newest of the government’s
agencies. It is now making loans of
10 cents a pound on actual cotton
held 'by farmers and will soon begin
making loans of 45 cents a bushel
on corn.
The cotton loan program now un
der way involves a potential volume
of $300,000,000 while the corn pro
gram involves about $200,000,000.
In the case of both cotton and corn
loans, the borrowers are required to
join the government’s production
control campaign. Government offi
cials assert that, with production con
trol, higher prices in the future “are
certain” and that the loans are se
cure.
Three million or more persons
visit the national parks every sum
mer; Yosemite usually has the larg
est number.
Kiwanis Club to
Elect Officers on
Next Tuesday
At the meeting on November 21
the Kiwanis club of Jackson will
elect officers for the ensuing year,
this session being set aside for bus
iness matters only. A president, vice
president, treasurer and seven direc
toi-s will be named. N. F. Land will
succeed J. L. Lyons as president.
Members will report on plans for
the next year’s work and a schedule
of activities will be outlined at
Tuesday’s meeting.
" Dinner was served Tuesday night
by the U. D. C., with Mrs. L. M.
Crawford as chairman.
GEORGIA PLANS TO
GREET ROOSEVELT
SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN SA
VANNAH SATURDAY FOR AD
DRESS. SPEND TIME AT WARM
SPRINGS RESIDENCE
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Georgia and Savannah this week
will welcome home the state’s most:
prominent and best loved part-time
resident, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, who is expected to arrive
a; Savannah Saturday morning for a
two-hour stay after which he will
proceed to the Little White House
at | Warm Springs for a two weeks’
rest.
At Savannah President Roosevel 1
will appear at the Bicentennial cere
xnctnies at the Municipal Stadium
where he will make the Bicentennial
adSi-ess. This address will be carried
over a coast-to-coast radio hook-up,
it was announced. At thee conclusion
of the President’s address, he will
lead in the singing of “America” am!
school children in all sections of the
country will join in, foi-ging the
greatest chorus that ever sang at one
time, it was stated. Other than the
Savannah ceremonies, no elaborate
plans have been made for the Pres
ident’s reception in his part-time
home state.
During his stay at the Little White
House, Georgia Hall, the gift of his
fellow Georgians to the Foundation
will ’be formally presented. Plans
also are under way to have the
President preside at the formal dedi
cation of Atlanta’s new Georgia
marble postoffice. December 2 has
been tentatively set aside for the
Atlanta ceremonies, subject to
change to comply with President
Roosevelt’s wishes.
MR. AND MRS. DRAKE TO
ATTEND COLLEGE PAGEANT
Mr. Drake’s Grandfather .President
First Woman’s College
Mr. B. M. Drake, Butts county
farm agent, and Mrs. Drake lef.
Wednesday for Mississippi to spend
a few days. They are going to atten<f
a pageant at Whitworth College,
Brookhaven, Miss., intended to show
the development of education for
women. '
Mr. Drake’s grandfather, the Rev.
B. M. Drake, was president of the
Elizabeth Academy at Washington,
Miss., claimed to have been the first
woman’s college in America to grant
degrees. This institution has since
become the Whitworth College. As
the oldest male descendant of the
family, Mr. Drake will represent the
Drake family at this pageant.
Mr. Drake’s grandfather was a
piominent early minister in Missis
sippi and built the first Protestant
church in the city of New Orleans.
More than 3000 theatres in the
world are now equipped for talking
pictures.
Mr. Dempsey on
Curriculum Post
of State Schools
Announcement is made by Dr. M.
D. Collins, state superintendent of
schools, that Prof. T. J. Dempsey, Jr.,
former Butts county superintendent
and now State High Schco! Super
visor, has been appointed as a mem
ber of the State Curriculum Coun
cil. This honor is appreciated by the
friends of Mr. Dempsey, who is one
of the foremost educators in the
state.
Concei-ning the appointment Dr.
C.pllins writes the editor as follows:
“Mi-. Dempsey has 'been honored
with appointment to this responsibili
ty because of his ability and his many
multiplied constructive endeavors for
educational progress in Georgia.
“I feel that the people of your
county appreciate Mr. Dempsey, and
I am sure you and yours will be de
lighted to know that the good work
which he is doing has received state
wide recognition and that he has
been honored with this appointment
cl trust and responsibility.”
McKIBBEN NAMED
TO BANKING POST
JACKSON MAN NAMED TO HAN
DLE INSPECTIONS FOR DEPOS
IT CREDIT CORPORATION.
FORMER BANK OFFICIAL
Friends of Mr. L. P. McKibben
are congratulating him upon his up
pointment as assistant examiner in
the Federal Credit Deposit Insurance
Corporation. Mr. McKibben was ad
vised of his appointment last week
and Sunday’s daily papers carried a
notice of the appointment, as follows:
Washington, D. C., Nov. 11.—The
Federal Credit Deposit Insurance
Corporation announced Saturday the
appointment of the following addi
tional assistant examiners to deter
mine the eligibility of non-member
federal reserve banks for member
ship in the corporation.
Georgia—Levi P. McKibben, Jack
son.
Mr. McKibben is a well known bus
iness man of Jackson, where he was
born and reared. He was formerly
connected with the McKibben Buggy
& Auto Company and for several
years was cashier of the Jackson
Banking Company. At the present
time he is agent in Butts county for
the Pan-American Petroleum Corpo
ration, which business will be con
tinued by his son, L. P. McKibben,
Jr.
As yet Mr. McKibben does not
know to what territory he will be as
signed, though Louisiana will prob
ably be the field. He enters upon his
new duties at once.
REV. C. L. LETSON HEARD
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. C. L. Letson, student in Co
lumbia Theological Seminary, At
lanta, filled the pulpit at the Jackson
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
and was heard by an interested con
gregation. He supplied for Rev. G. L.
Riddle, regular pastor. Mr. Riddle
will fill his engagement at the Jack
sen church on the fourth Sunday.
BROTHER MRS. HARDWICK,
NAMED JUDGE ON NOV. 7
In the election held November 7
in Hart county, Kentucky, Harry K.
Wilson, publisher of The Hart Coun
ty News and brother of Mrs. Morris
J. Hardwick, of Indian Springs, was
elected as judge. He defeated his
Democratic opponent, R. E. Richard
son, by a vote of 3,868 to 3,169.
Mr. Wilson is a brother of the late
Mr. Stanley Wilson, who visited Mr.
and Mrs. Hardwick the past spring.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
RALLY HELD FOR
l VARIETY COTTON
BARBECUE TUESDAY RALLYING
POINT FOR FUTURE PLANS IN
GROWING AND SELLING STA
PLE COTTON
In the interest of growing and
marketing Stoneville No. 2 cotton, a
barbecue and rally was held at Stark
Tuesday. The meeting was attended
by about three hundred farmers and
agricultui-al workers, and in addition
to a fine barbecue, the meeting prov
ed one of interest and profit to all
fortunate enough to be present.
The meeting was held to review
the results accomplished this year
'by the Stark community in growing
this variety of cotton, and plans wei-e
outlined for expansion of acreage an
other year, for saving and distribut
ing seed and for marketing the cot
ton to the best advantage.
Among those who attended the
meeting from out of the county were
R P. Bledsoe, of the Geoi-gia Experi
ment Station; H. G. Wiley, Monroe
county farm agent; A. G. Swint, who
operates the gin at Orchard Hill
where this cotton is handled; Mr.
Bolton, president of the Orchard Hill
Community Cotton Improvement As
sociation; J. E. Hayes, of Griffin,
buyer of Stoneville No. 2. All of
these gentlemen made short and in
teresting talks, the business session
being held in the church. F. 11. Mor
gan and L. A. Atkinson were among
Butts county citizens who related
their experience in growing the one
vai-iety cotton.
All seed produced in Butts countv
will be saved and will be cleaned
and graded and exchanged on liberal
terms so that all farmers may have
an opportunity for growing staple
cotton. Seed are scarce and those
who desire to get a supply for next
year’s planting are urged to act
promptly.
It was brought out in the talks
that Georgia mills are actively in the
market for this staple cotton and at
present it is necessary for them to
import as many as 72,000 bales of
staple cotton from Mississippi and
Texas.
The Stoneville has sold as high
an 100 points above ordinary cotton,
it was brought out at the meeting.
J. E. Hayes, of Griffin, has com
pleted arrangements whereby farm
ers who desire to borrow money on
their Stoneville cotton can secure
necessary blanks at the office of
County Agent Drake. These blanks
will be sent out in a few days.
Indications at this time are that
there will be a large expansion of
acreage in Stoneville cotton another
season. This year the acreage was
confined largely to the Stark com
munity. Orders for seed are already
being placed 'by farmers in various
sections of the county.
Much interest was manifested at
the meeting, which proved an occa
sion of rare goodwill and comrade
ship. Butts county is well on the way
to an improved variety of cotton
and larger yields and greater profits.
4,733 BALES OF COTTON
GINNED IN BUTTS COUNTY
A total of -4,733 'bales of cotton
had been ginned in Butts county
prior to November 1, the census bu
reau reports. This compares with 4,-
404 bales to the same date in 1932,
showing an increase for the current
year of 329 bales.
Production in the county last year
was 5,434 bales. Some authorities es
timate this year’s crop at around
5,000 bales. To that figure should
be added thee 1,300 bales plowed up
the past spring in accordance with
the government’s acreage reduction
campaign.