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FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1934
7ascindtmtf -fads oj NATURE
In the shadow of the Andes
Mountains, Nature stored
the world’s supply of Chilean
Natural Nitrate.
Nature is your friend. She
made your land. She makes
your seeds. She created the
three plant foods that are
the sinew of farming in the
South potash, phosphate,
CHILEAN NATURAL
NITRATE, the one and only
natural nitrate fertilizer.
"HAS IT
\ impurities
CHILEAN NITRATE IS ONE OF
FEW THINGS IN THE WORLD
THAT EXCELS BECAUSE OF ITS
IMPURITIES. REASON
“IMPURITIES* SUCH AS IODINE,
POTASSIUM, SODIUM, CALCIUM,
BORON, MAGNESIUM ARE
NATURAL PLANT FOODS
IN THEMSELVES
MODEL FARM COLONY BE SET
UP IN JASPER-PUTNAM COUNTIES
HOMESTEADS BE SET UP FOR
500 FAMILIES. EXPERIMENT IN
LAND COLONIZATION BE CAR
RIED OUT IN GEORGIA
Washington, D. C. —A plan to es
tablish a model for the country in
population decentralization through
land utilization is announced by the
Public Works Administration which
has designated $1,000,000 to set up
low cost subsistence homesteads foj
500 families representing 2,500 per
sons in Jasper and Putnam counties.
Georgia.
M. L. Wilson, director of the sub
sistence homesteads division of pub
lic works, said:
“The project will offer anew way
of life for those families reduced to
abject poverty by the system of cash
crops and the wastage of productive
land for the purpose of quick cash
returns.'’
Families to homestead in the farm
community will be selected from
■•among those who recently have de
spaired of efforts to gain a livelihood
from the soil and who now find no
outlet for their energies and training
and have drifted or are drifting to
Childrens Coughs
Need Creaimilsion
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Prudent mothers more and more are turn
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Creomulsion emulsifies creosote with six
other important medicinal elements which
soothe and heal the inflamed membranes.
It is not a cheap remedy, but contains no
narcotics and is certain relief. Get a bottle
from your druggist right now and have it
ready for instant use. (adv.)
THE COTTON PRICE SQUEEZE _
Each bale represents a million bales asg
Black bales-Carryover im
White bales - World Consumption
/'•AUGHT between a top-liea.;.
plus and low consumption the
price of cotton to the southern
grower has been squeezed unmerci
fully. Back In 1923 the carryover was
not so heavy, ,nd the price to grow
ers was high. By 1926 the squeeze
began to be felt. Though consump
CHILEAN NITRATE WAS FIRST
USED BY SOUTHERN FARMERS
WHEN ANDREW JACKSON
(OLD HICKORY) WAS f
PRESIDENT (1829-1837)
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NATURAL
NITRATE
The only nitrogen that
conies from the ground.
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the cities where unemployment al
ready exist and from among those
families stranded on poor land who
are trying to maintain an existence
'by growing cotton and corn.
The homestead will be operated
mainly on a subsistence basis. Private
farm processing plants and wood
working industries may be develop
ed in conjunction, and these, togeth
er with industries located in nearby
towns, will provide additional sour
ces of income for the occupants of
the homesteads, giving them an in
ter-dependence on industry and agri
culture rather than complete depen
dence on either.
Homesteads will be sold to the oc
cupants under purchase contracts,
with payments spread over a period
of 20 years at low interest.
The homes, will be of individual
design and equipped with modern
conveniences, Wilson said, to pro
vide for higher standards of living
for all members of the family. The
average cost of each improved home
si ead and 20 to 30 acres of land was
estimated at less than $2,000.
The $1,000,000 provided for the
project was in the form of a loan to
Chancellorsville Homestead, Inc., a
local corporation organized for the
purpose of developing and managing
the homesteads as an integral part
of the program of research teaching
and extension directed by the re
gents of the University System of
Georgia.
Options have been obtained on
more than 800,000 acres of land at
an average' of $5 an acre in the
uoit ua;i increased, the acreage and
production had Increased to a
greater extent, and there was a car
ryover of nearly six million bales.
By 1932. as the graph shows, the
squeeze was painful. Consumption
dropped by two million bales, and
the carryover amounted to thirteen
THE JACKSON PROGRESS- ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
two counties.
Wilson said the project proposes
to provide a demonstration on the
possibilities of better land use and to
show the way for improvements of
the same type in comparable soil
areas of the lower Piedmont, which
extends through sections of Alabama
and North Carolina.
"The rehabilitation of distressed
families of subsistence homesteads
and the determination of the best
use for large areas of land unsuited
for cotton and other purposes,” Wil
son said, “are the immediate focal
points in that program.”
MISS VALUE LEE GARR
BELOVED TEACHER DEAD
Causing deep sorrow to hundreds
of friends was the death of Miss Val
lie Lee Garr, 56 years of age, which
occurred at the Strickland Memorial
Hospital in Griffin Saturday morn
ing at 2:30. The past Wednesday
Miss Garr was admitted to the hos
pital for an operation and death re
sulted from the effects of the opera
tion and complications.
Miss Garr was one of the county’s
most beloved women. Prominent in
church work and in teaching, in
which she spent many years, she was
widely known and had an established
reputation as one of the most effi
cient teachers ever to be connected
with the schools in this section. She
was equally well known in church
activities, giving liberally of her
time and energy to the upbuilding
of the church. She had been a mem
ber of Mt. Vernon church for many
years and was regarded as one of
the most valued workers, both in the
church and Sunday school.
She was a daughter of the late
Mr. W. J. Garr, one of the county’s
progressive and successful men of
affairs, and Mrs. Garr. Her mother
before marriage was Miss Missouri
Benson, both families having long
been prominent in the development
of this section.
She is survived by her mother;
four brothers, Mr. A. M. Garr, chair
man of the Monroe county board of
commissioners; Messrs. W. 8., W. C.
and Ralph Garr; one sister, Miss
Marguerite Garr.
The funeral of this beloved woman
was held at Mount Vernon church
Sunday afternoon at 1:30. Rev. R.
B. Harrison, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, conducted the rites, at
tended by a host of relatives and
friends who attested their esteem 'by
lovely floral offerings. Interment was
ir the famiy lot in the churchyard.
REV. G. L. RIDDLE WILL
FILL PULPIT ON SUNDAY
The Presbyterian church will hold
its first preaching service of the year
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and
Rev. G. L. Riddle, pastor, will fill
the pulpit. A cordial invitation is
extended the -public to attend this
worship service. There will be no ser
vices at night.
China’s population totals more
than 475,000,000.
million. The price of eotion could
not hold up under such conditions,
nor can It be expected to recover
until this carryover Is lightened by
an adjustment In acreage and pro
duction. The Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration will aid grow
ers to make such an adjustment in
the crop of 1934. *
COTTON CAMPAIGN
GETS FINE START
CONTRACTS BEING SIGNED AT
SATISFACTORY RATI BY
COUNTY COMMITTEE. CO-OP
ERATION IS EXTENDED
The Butts county cotton commit
tee is being accorded hearty support
in the acreage reduction campaign,
according to information from the
office of County Agent B. M. Drake.
The real w r ork of signing contracts
was started this week, after a pre
liminary campaign of education and
getting acquainted with the terms
and conditions of the contracts. This
required several days during which
meetings were held at several school
centers and county wide meetings
in the court house.
To this date the progress is more
rapid than in the plow-up campaign
last summer, Mr. Drake states. This
attests the interest manifested in the
campaign and aiso shows the good
work of the county and district com-
mittee members.
There have been no refusals to
date, Mr. Drake states. In some in
stances more information is desired
and time asked to study the con
tracts.
A district meeting was held at
Towaliga Monday night and Mr.
Drake and others made talks and ex
plained details of the government
plan..
Despite the handicap of bad wea
their the committee members are
staging a spirited drive and request
the co-operation of the cotton grow
ers of the county in putting over
the campaign in a successful manner.
NEW PWNT ASKED
FOR JENKINSBURG
HANDSOME SCHOOL BUILDING
PROPOSED WITH CWA FUNDS
AND HELP OF BOARD OF ED
UCATION. ANSWER SOON
If plans now under consideration
are carried out, Jenkinsburg will soon
have a handsome and modern school
building.
It is proposed to erect the new
building with CWA funds and money
supplied by the board of education.
The cost of the proposed building
is placed at $17,000, of which amount
the county is required to furnish not
less than, $3,500. A generous citizen
of the Jenkinsburg community has
agreed to advance SI,OOO of that
amount on liberal terms, leaving the
board of education $2,500 to raise.
Plans for the proposed building
are now before Miss Gay Shepperson,
state director of CWA and direct
relief. If she approves the plans,
which is thought likely, work on the
building will begin at once, it is
stated.
As planned the new building will
be almost and exact duplication of
the Indian Springs Consolidated
School, the newest and most modern
of all the county schools. The build
ing, of brick veneer, will consist of
six class rooms, library, principal's
office, P. T. A. room and auditorium.
School officials, citizens of the
Jenkins'burg community and of the
entire county are greatly elated over
the prospects for the new school
building.
Jackson Schools
Resume Work
After Holidays
Tho Jackson public schools resum
ed work Monday, following the holi
day vacation from December 22. The
starting was a week late due to an
epidemic of measles.
The attendance the first day was
declared satisfactory, with some new
pupils enrolling and some still out on
account of sickness.
The holiday vacation period prov
ed a pleasant one for teachers and
pupils alike and all returned to work
with new zest.
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SETTLE & ROBISON
PHONE 244 JACKSON, GA.
MR. WILLIAM HARKNESS
SUMMONED TO REWARD
Mr. William Maston Harkness, 83
years of age, one of the county’s
most prominent citizens, died at his
home here Sunday morning at 1.10.
Death resulted after an illness of
several weeks. He had been confin
ed to his home fr several weeks
and suffered from heart trouble.
Born in Butts county December
22, 1850, Mr. Harkness was connect
ed with influential families of this
section. He was a son of the late
Mr. William B. Harkness, and his
mother was a Miss Faulkner, of Jas
per county. He was a nephew of the
late Judge James W. Harkness, lead
ing Butts county resident. Mr. Hark
ness had spent practically his entire
life in Butts county and was well
known and highly esteemed. He was
a man of sterling qualities of char
acter and possessed friends among
all his acquaintances. IJe was a mem
ber of the Jackson Methodist church.
His life was marked by upright bus
iness dealings and loyalty to his
friends.
Mr. Harkness is survived by his
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wife, the former Miss Emma Popo,
of Monticello; four daughters, Mrs.
B. T. Glass, of Locust Grove; Mrs.
I. A. Roberts, of Atlanta; Mrs. Will
Collins, of Jacksonville, Fla. and Miss
Frances Harkness, of Jackson; two
sons, C. S. Harkness, of Forsyth,
and W. C. Harkness, of Brewster,
Ohio; a number of grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the
Jackson Methodist church Monday
morning at 11 o’clock, with the pas
tor, Rev. R. P. Etheridge, officiating.
Friends and relatives attested their
love 'by pretty floral offerings. The
pallbearers were W. W. Jamerson,
F. C. Rossey, Horace Fletcher, Rob
ert Fletcher, L. H. Hurt and Mr.
Glass. Interment was in the Jackson
City Cemetery.
PEPPERTON, CORK SCHOOLS
OPENED FOR TERM MONDAY
The Pepperton and Cork schools
opened for the spring term Monday,
the delay of a week having been
caused by measles in those commu
nities. Enrollment and attendance is
gradually getting back to normal,
school authorities announce.
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