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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1934
DR. ROWELL ASKS !
FORANOTHERTERM
CHAIRMAN OF BUTTS COUNTY
BOARD OF ROADS AND REVE-1
► NUES MAKES FORMAL AN-j
NOUNCEMENT FOR POST.
Interest in political circles will
center in the announcement this
week of Dr. O. B. Howell as a can
didate for re-election as chairman of
the Board of Roads and Revenues of
Butts county in the primary of
May 18.
Dr. Howell is now serving his first
term, having been elected in 1930,
and is the second man to hold the
office under the one commissioner
iaw enacted in 1925. During his ad
ministration the floating debt of the
county has been reduced materially
and practically all the mandamus
claims have been settled, and the
bonded debt has likewise been reduc
ed by a substantial amount. A slash
in taxes has been made for the past
few years and a reduction in assess
ed values was also carried out by the
board of equalizers in co-operation
with the commissioners.
The present administration, con
sisting of Dr. Howell as chairman
and Gales W. Jinks and B. H. Hodges
as- members of the board, has kept
the roads of the county in good con
dition. Several of the main high
ways have been graded preparatory
to paving. This has been done with
out incurring debt and reflects care
ful management.
In his formal announcement Dr.
Howell points out that it is his am
bition to give Butts county the low
est tax rate of any county in Geor
gia.
Popular personally an(| politically,
it is accepted that Dr. Howell will
have strong support in the present
race.
Watch your subscription date.
Meat Curing Notice
On account of having to prepare our
storage room for summer for storing
ice, we cannot receive meat for cur
ing later than
Saturday, March 17
If you have any meat for curing
please bring it in next week.
MARCH 17th IS POSI- -
TIVELY THE LAST
DATE FOR THIS
SEASON.
JACKSON ICE CORPORATION
• ' JACKSON, GA.
T. A. NUTT
All Kinds of
FIRE INSURANCE
Including System Gins, Cotton, Country
Property, Dwellings, Household
Furniture, Plate Glass
Also
Bonds, Burglary, Liability
Insurance
STARK
Mr. and Mrs. Hylton Cawthon and
son, Billie, spent last Sunday with
relatives near McDonough.
Mrs. Carl Holifield’s friends will
regret to know that she has been
quite sick for the past week and
hope for her a speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mi’s. Homer Folds, of At
lanta, Mrs. N. C. Williamson, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim O’Neal and little
daughter, Betty, of Cedar Rock,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Williamson last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Smith announce
the birth of a son, Saturday, March
3, who has been given the name WTal
ter Robert.
Mr. Jim Barth White, of Atlanta,
was at home last week-end. *
♦
Miss Helen Bond, of near Jackson,
end Mr. George Black, of South Car
olina, were guests of Miss Marion
Bartlett last Sunday.
Mr. Emerson McMichael, of At
lanta, spent the week-end with his
mother, Mrs. J. M. McMichael.
The R. A.’s heldtheir regular
meeting at the church on Saturday
afternoon, February 23. An inter
esting program on “Torch-bearing’’
was rendered by the members pres
ent. After the program they were
served pop-corn balls and candy
suckers. Miss Willie Ruth Singley
assisted the leader, Mr. T. J. Thax
ton, in the R. A. work for the month.
Several members of the W. M. S.
were present.
SERIES OF MEETINGS IN
INTEREST OF SEED LOANS
County Agricultural Agent B. M.
Drake is holding a series of meetings
in school centers this week for the
purpose of acquainting people with
requirements for seed loans and cot
ton control measures. Beginning
Monday night meetings were held at
Tussahaw, Towaliga, Jenkinsburg
and Indian Springs, through Thurs
day night, the* hour of each meeting
being 7:15 central time.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Philo Vance Returns
To Screen Here In
William Powell Film
“The Kennel Murder Case” brings
William Powell to the screen of the
Princess Theatre Monday and Tues
day as Philo Vance, the famous de
tective character created by S. S.
Van Dine.
Powell made some of his first
screen successes in the role of this
character, playing the part in “The
Bishop Murder Case,” “The Canary
Murder Case” and “The Benson Mur
der Case.” “The Kennel Murder
Case” is considered the most baffling
and thrilling picture of all the S. S.
Van Dine stories in which Powell has
starred.
The action is swift moving, with
the murder of a prize Scottie and
involving the slaying of two men
and the attempted murder of a third.
Mystery piles on mystery as Philo
Vance unravels the crimes in which
seven suspects have both the oppor
tunity and the motive for the kill
ing.
Playing in support of Powell are
Mary Astor as his leading lady, Eu
gene Pallette as Sergeant Heath,
Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson, Jack
La Rue, Paul Cavanaugh, Robert
Barra,t Arthur Hohl.
The gigantic task of editing the
700,000 feet of film of “Devil Ti
ger,” sensational animal-adventure
picture, which was nearly a year in
the making in the Asiatic jungles,
has recently been completed. It will
bo the feature attraction at the Prin
cess Theatre Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week.
It was in October, 1932, that Clyde
E. Elliott, who directed “Bring ’Em
Back Alive,” left Hollywood with a
cast headed by Marion Burns, Kane
Richmond and Harry Woods and
started for the other side of the
world. A year later he returned and
started the arduous task of editing
miles of wild animal fights and oth
er thirlls. It is the first time in the
history -of sound pictures that a
screen drama has been made in its
entirety in the virgin jungles of
Asia.
“It took three weeks to get our
elephant stampede in northern
Siam,” Elliott declared. “We spent
a week getting the tiger-crocodile
battle in India. The fight started
shortly after dark and lasted for six
hours.
“But in the end we got what we
went after. That’s a fight between
a black panther and a crocodile, a
water buffalo and a python, a man
and a python, a tiger and a lion, a
Malayan bear and a hyena, and many
more.”
For Friday and Saturday “Ann
Carver’s Profession” will be pre
sented with Fay Wray, Gene Ray
mond, Claire Dodd and Jessie Ralph.
JACKSON BAPTIST CHURCH
Theme for worship Sunday morn-,
irg, March 11: “What Christ Thought
of Men.”
Sunday evening’s subject will be,
“The Adequate Christ.”
There was a large attendance at
the Deacons and Finance committee
meeting last Monday evening.
Among the things discussed was the
enlistment of inactive members.
The monthly business meeting of
the Senior B. Y. P. U. was held last
Monday evening with written reports
of nearly all the officers.
The monthly 'business meeting of
the W. M. S. will be held in the
church parlor next Monday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. Circle No. 2 will have
charge of the program before the
business session, which will be pre
sided over by Mrs. S. H. Thornton,
president. All W. M. S. members
are urged to be present.
Week of Prayer for Home Mis
sions will be observed next Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock; next Wed
nesday at 7 o’clock; and next Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o’clock. Every
W. M. S. member should consider it
a privilege to attend these interest
ing programs.
Los Angeles is America’s largest
city, in area.
Ask Hunters to
Name Official
State Game Bird
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
A contest to determine thee favor
ite game bird of Georgians, the win
ner to be named the official game
bird of the state, will be held by the
state game and fish department, ac
cording to an announcement by Com
missioner Zack D. Cravey. The
commissioner urged hunters and citi
zens in general to send in their
choices together with the reasons
for each selection, stating that the
judges will base their decision on
the reasons given by the voters for
choosing that bird and not on the
number of votes polled for any one
kind.
A few years ago the school chil
dren of the State selected the 'brown
thrasher as the State Song Bird,”
said the commissioner, “now we are
nutting it up to the public to make
their choice of the game birds.
“The people of Georgia, and es-
pecially the sportsmen, who have a
favorite game bird, are invited to
make their choice known. It is up
to them to select an official game
bird for this department. We want
to make offe of our native game
birds the officialgame bird of the
State, so we can put its picture on
our literature and let the world
know that we have chosen a noble
bird to represent the State. Penn
sylvania “chose the grouse, and Vir
ginia claims the quail, so theer are
not many left for us to choose from.
However, we are asking the judges
to make their choice on the reasons
given by the voters for choosing
that bird and not on the number of
votes polled for any one kind.
“Quite a number of hunters will
be voting for* the quail, and some of
them have been saying that the quail
will be an easy winner. lam not so
sure about this. The dove huntei’s
have a lot to say, and the turkey
hunters are beginning to make them
selves known. One sports editor has
chosen the bantam rooster. Such
choices as these will have to be left
out, of course, becauses this is a se
rious voting contest in the interest
of hunters and citizens in general.
Let me hear you on the sub
ject.”
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR CHAIRMAN COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
To tke Citizens of Butts County:
I am a candidate for re-election as
Chairman of the Board of Commis
sioners of Butts County. In making
this announcement I want to assure
you that the business policies pur
sued during my tenure in office as
Chairman in the past will be strictly
adhered to in the future. My ambi
tion, wish and desire is to reduce the
tax levy of Btuts County to a point
lower than in any County in the
St and that without curtailment
of . v needed or* necessary services
or improvements. I believe it can
be done, that I can do it, and I
promise you that I will do my level
best to bring about this enviable sit
uation if I am re-elected. *
Thanking you for your confidence
in the past, assuring you that I will
merit and appreciate your continued
confidence, I am,
Respectfully yours,
y. B. HOWELL.
PROGRESS-ARGUS HONOR ROLL
New and Renewal Subscriptions for
Past Few Days.
Dr. O B. Howell, Jackson.
J .M. Duke, Jackkon.
Geo. F. Etheridge, Jackson.
F. H. Morgan, Jackson.
Mrs. Myrtice Meredith, Jackson.
R. L. Alien, Flovilla.
Mrs. J. G. McDonald, Jackson.
J. P. Mcßryant, Jackson.
Mrs. Emma Mallet, Jackson.
T. E. Hammock, Locust Grove.
J. G. Cole, Jackson.
ADVERTISING GETS RESULTS
FURTHER REDUCTION MADE
IN COUNTY CWA WORKERS
A further reduction in the number
of men employed in CWA projects
in Butts county has been announced.
Effective this week only 100 workers,
including those engaged in construc
tion projects, ten teachers, two nurs
es and administration officers, are
in the county, it is
announced ’by local relief headquar
ters. Beginning a week or two ago
the number of CWA workers has
been steadily reduced and there is a
consequent reduction in pay rolls.
$1,625 IS PAID FOR TYLER
HOME AT SALE TUESDAY
Paul Tyler, administrator of the
estate of W. F. Tyler, sold at public
sale Tuesday the Tyler, home on In
dian Springs street. The property
was bid in by O. E. Smith for $1,625.
One-half interest in the stock and
fixtures of Paul Tyler & Company
was sold to J. A. Dodson on a bid of
$365, while one share of Georgia
Power Company 6 per cent preferred
stock was bid in by H. C. Hightower
for $55.
MEN WANTED for Rawleigh routes
for 800 families in Henry, Jasper,
Spalding counties and Jackson. Re
liable hustler should start earning
$25 weekly and increase rapidly.
Write immediately. Rawleigh Cos.,
Dept. GA-20-S, Memphis, Tenn.
3-2-4tp
THF
PRINCESS
THEATRE
JACKSON, GA.
PROGRAM FOR WEEK
MARCH 12-1 T
MONDAY & TUESDAY
WILLIAM POWELL
In “THE
KENNEL MURDER CASE"
How Can a Ghost Commit Suicide?
How Can a Corpse Walk Upstairs?
How Can a Man Be Murdered Twice?
Only one man on earth could solve these
amazing riddles, so Philo Vance returns to match
his wits with the master criminal of all detective
fiction.
THURSDAY
DEVIL TIGER
The King of The Beasts Battles the Monarchs
of the Jungle. In murderous Irenzy the lion and
the tiger struggle—dagger-like teeth bite savage
ly—claws like tempered steel rend living flesh —
to settle the age-old problem “which is king?”
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
"ANN CARVER’S PROFESSION"
WITH
FAY WRAY, GENE RAYMOND
CLAIRE DODD JESSIE RALPH
Also Fox News, Krazy Kal and Sports News
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
SATURDAY MATINEE 2:30
FIRST SHOW 6:30; SECOND SHOW 8:15
ADMISSION 10 AND 20 CENTS.
BUTTS TEACHERS WILL
HOLD SESSION FRIDAY
MRS. J. E. LANE WILL GIVE
HIGHLIGHTS OF BUTTS COUN
TY HISTORY AT MONTHLY
MEETING OF TEACHERS.
The Butts County Teachers Asso
ciation will meet at the court house
in Jackson .Friday afternoon, March
9, at 2 o’clock. The feature of the
program will be an address by Mrs.
J. E. Lane, county historian, on
Highlights in Butts County History.”
The program is as follows:
Prayer—H. M. Linkous.
Song—America the Beautiful.
Piano solo Miss Annie Ro-a
Bond.
“Highlights in Butts County His
tory”—Mrs. John E. Lane.
General discussion by teachers on
school problems, progress in work,
etc.
Other features of the program are
being worked out. ,
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express sincere thanks
for the kindness shown in our re
cent bereavement; also for the floral
offerings.
Mrs. J. E. Pettigrew,
Ermine Pettigrew,
J. Olin and Lawrence Pettigrew,
Mrs. N. B. Pettigrew,
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pettigrew.
Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Fretwell.