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VOL. 62—No. 13.
1934 APRIL * 1934
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M. L. POWELL IS
NEW FARM AGENT
COUNTY BOARD NAMES SUC
CESSOR TO MR. DRAKE. IS A
GRADUATE OF STATE COL
LEGE OF AGRICULTURE.
The Butts county board of com
missioners at a meeting Friday morn
ing elected Mi. M. L. Powell, of Hart
county, as farm agent to succeed Mr.
B. M. Drake, who resigned to accept
fy position in Cobb county.
Mr. Powell is a graduate of the
Georgia College of Agriculture ana
for the past two years has been con
nected with the bureau of Livestock
and Crop Estimates in Athens. He
is said to be spendidly equipped for
his work as county agent and comes
to Butts county with the endorsement
of the state college authorities. L. I.
Skinner, district agent ftor northwest
Georgia, is confident Mr. Powell will
make a capable successor to Mr.
Drake.
The new agent is about 25 years
old. He is a member of the Baptist
church and single. He is a man
of agreeable personality and a good
mixer and is strong in boys’ club
work.
Mr. Powell will be cordially wel
comed to the county and will be
shown every possible co-operation
and support in his work, He was to
I arrive in Jackson during the week
land enter immediately upon the
duties of a faun agent.
The board of county commission
ers accepted Mr. Drake’s resignation
with regret and commended him for
his untiring efforts in behalf of con
structive agriculture id this county
Aid section.
In view of the cotton acreage
f campaign and the emergency gov
ernment loans, the checks coming to
f the county agent, the commissioners
felt that it was almost imperative to
have the services of a county agent.
In naming Mr. Pow T ell the board
will have the endorsement of citizens
,ol the county.
Teachers Meeting
Friday Attended
By Large Crowd
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Practically one hundred per cent
attendance of the members was re
. corded at Friday aftenoon’s session
of the Butts County Teachers’ Asso*-
ciation. The meeting was one of the
best in the series held monthly in
the court house. During the after
noon an interesting program was car
ried out.
* A feature of the meeting was a
talk by Col 0. M. Duke on the New
Deal in its relation to education.
This was next to the last meeting
of the spring months. The May
meeting will be held on Friday after
the first Tuesday.
LAYMEN TO HAVE CHARGE
OF SERVICES ON SUNDAY
i
Rev. J. B. Stodghil], pastor of sev
ml Baptist churches in this territory
that on next Sunday lay
men will have charge of the services
at all his churches. At the 11
o’clock hour, Mr. F. H. Morgan will
speak at Worthville; Mr. J. O. Win
ter will speak at Pepperton at 11 a.
m. and at 3p. m. Miss Cleo Swim
will speak at Paran church.
The public is invited to attend
and hear the talks by these laymen.
DISTRICT MEET BE
STAGED APRIL 20
TRACK MEET WILL BE HELD
WITH SPALDING HIGH IN
GRIFFIN AND LITERARY AT
WOODBURY.
The Jackson high school has pick
ed representatives for the annual
Fourth District literary meeet to be
held at Woodbury on April 20 and
for the track meet to be held with
the Spalding high school at Griffin
on the same date.
Those who will represent the Jack
son high school in literary events
are:
Essay—David Estes and Nettie
Rose O’Neal.
Boys Declamation —W. L. Lever-
N
ett.
Girls Reading—Helen Head.
Jackson will not qompete in the
music contest.
The local school was represented
at the one-act play contest staged
at LaGrange College Wednesday of
this week.
In the athletic events Jackson high
school will be represented by Merrill
Madden, Glenn Whitaker, Wilbur
Harper, Sam Compton, John L Cole
man, Billie Mays, Hiram Franklin,
Vincent Jones and Johnnie Smith.
Jackson track entrants will con
test in practically all events, includ
ing relay race, pole vault, shot, put,
high jump, discus. The local school
will not enter the 100 yard dash ami
hurdles, it is stated.
Parents of the contestants and
friends of the school will attend the
literary events and the track meet.
MR. DRAKE TAKES
COBB COUNTY POST
COUNTY FARM AGENT HAS RE
SIGNED POSITION HERE TO
ACCEPT PROMOTION IN NORTH
GEORGIA COUNTY.
Citizess of Butts county have
learned with regret that Mr. B. M.
Drake, farm agent here for the past
two years, has resigned to accept
a position as agent in Cobb county.
He succeeds R. L. Vansant, who
has held the office of county agent
in Cobb county for the past ten
years, and was recently assigned to
work with the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration in charge of
rehabilitation work.
The new assignment is a promo
tion for Mr. Drake, who will serve a
larger county, at an increased salary.
While his friends are sorry to see him
leave Butts county, they are glad to
know that lie has been promoted.
Since coming to Butts county in
1932 Mr. Drake has made friends
among all casses of citizens. He has
been active in promoting boys club
v/ork, in soil improvement and has
rendered outstanding service in'the
cotton campaigns and in helping
farmers secure government loans.
Mr. Drake who has served as coun
ty agent in Coweta, Chattooga and
other counties, is regarded as one
of the ablest farm leaders in the
state. He is a gentleman of schol
arly attainments, having formerly
taught in Vanderbilt University. He
has taken a leading in the civic
arid religious life cd the community,
being a member of the Kiwanis club
and Methodist church.
Mr. Drake has already entered
upon the discharge of his duties in
Cobb county. Mrs. Drake and her
brother, Mr. Tom Hunnicutt, will
probably be here for several days be
fore moving to Marietta for perma
nent residence
Mr. M. L. Powell has been named j
as county agent to sueceed Mr. Drake j
and- was to start work this week.
/JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1934.
VOTERS MUST QUALIFY
BY SIXTH DAY OF MAY
ATTORNEY GENERAL YEOMANS
GIVES INTERPRETATION OF
LAW REGARDING REGISTRA
TION OF VOTERS.
All citizens who expect to vote in
Georgia’s September primary must
pay their poll tax and qualify as
voters by May 0, according to Attor
ney General M. J. Yeomans.
The attorney general also has ruled
that where a person has property a
fi fa cannot be issued against his
one dollar poll tax but must be plac
ed against the property for the poll
tax penalty. In cases where the
person does not own property and
has a fi fa issued against him for
the poll tax he must pay the addi
tional penalty of one dollar.
Poll taxes were due last December
20, but where no fi fa has been is
sued all the citizen has to do, the
attorney general said, is to pay the
one dollar if he has not been called
upon to pay the penalty.
COURT TERM WILL
BE HELD MONDAY
ADJOURNED TERM SCHEDULED
FOR THIS WEEK POSTPONED
DUE TO ILLNESS OF JUDGE
SEARCY OF GRIFFIN.
The April adjourned term of Butts
Superior Court scheduled to be held
here Monday was postponed a week
owing to the illness of Judge W. E.
11. Searcy, of Griffin. Judge Searcy
was to preside in the place of Judge
Persons.
Judge Persons came to Jackson
Monday and opened court and then
Continued the session for a week.
When court is convened next Mon
day Judge Searcy will hear the case
of Butrill Butrill, it is an
nounced.
No other case will be taken up at
the adjourned term. No jurors will
be required to be present and notice
to that effect has gone out to all
jurors. t
HEAR APPLICATION
FOR EXTRA TRAIN
CITIZENS OF HAZLEHURST
WANT EXTRA TRAIN PUT ON
TO ATLANTA. BUTTS COUN
TY IS INTERESTED.
Citizens of Butts county and this
section are interested in the hearing
set April 20 at 10 o’clock a. m. at
the state capitol for anew train on
the Southern Railway. The applica
tion was brought by citizens of
Hazlehurst and community and it is
asked that the Joe Brown trains be
put on by the Southern. The public
service commission has granted a
hearing*.
While the service asked would af
fect the territory between Hazlehurst
and Macon, people of Butts and
other counties between Macon and
Atlanta are interested in having
more passenger trains put on and
improved mail service. The Macon
chamber of commerce is co-operating
with the citizens of Hazlehurst.
It is hoped and expected that Butts
comity will be represented at the
hearing by city and county author
ities and the Kiwanis club.
The present passenger and mail
service from Jackson to Atlanta is
not satisfactory and an extra passen
ger train would result in increased
business for the Southern, it is point
ed out by those familiar with the
situation.
PROF. SPENCER IS
HEAD OF SCHOOLS
PROF. MANN IS RE-ELECTED
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
OTHER TEACHERS NAMED BY
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
At a recent meeting of the boara
of education Prof. D. V. Spencer was
re-elected as superintendent of the
Jackson public schools. This makes
the seventh year that Prof. Spencer
has been elected to head the local
school system. His election is pleas
ing to his friends and to patrons of
the school.
Thursday night of last week the
board mbt and elected other members
of the faculty. Prof. W. E. Mann,
who has been the efficient principa'
of the high school for the past year,
was re-elected for another term. Mr.
Mann as principal and athletic coach
has d'oae splendid work.
In addition to Mr. Spencer and.
Mr. Mann, other teachers elected
include:
First Grade—Miss Annie Lou Me
Cord.
Second Grade —Miss Susannah
Foster.
Third Grade—-Mrs. Eva Mae Smith.
Fourth Grade—Miss Jane Brown
lee.
Fifth Grade—-Miss Lojs McMichael.
Seventh Grade—Miss Eva Comp
ton. j
Tcacl|ers elected for the high
school include Miss Mary Walker,
Miss Sara Beauchamp and Misj; Ruth
Phinazee.
Mrs. |J. C. Newton was re-elected
as head* of the music and expression
departments.
The resignation of Mrs. Blanton
Clement and Miss Massie Lane were
accepted. Miss Lane has been elect
ed to teach in her home city, Ameri
cus, and Mrs. Clement was married
during the school year.
The vacancies existing in the sixth
grade and in the high school will be
be filled by the board at a later date.
The Jackson public schools are
completing a year of satisfactory
progress. Commencement will be
held the latter part of May and work
is now being directed toward final
examinations and promotions.
GOOD CITIZEN iHIP IS
SUBJECT OF ADDRESS
GRIFFIN MINISTER TELLS KI
WANIS CLUB THAT CIVIC OR
GANIZATIONS HELP TO PRO
MOTE CITIZENSHI.P
Rev. L. W. Blaekwelder, rectot
jof the Episcopal church in Griffin,
- made an interesting and constructive
j talk to ' the Kiwanis club Tuesday
night on good citizenship.Mr. Black
! welder declared that civic organiza
! tions are doing much to promote
| good citizenship by selecting and
j eleuang the best men in a commun
ity to compose the membership. The
value of a good citizen in contrast to
a bad citizen of the criminal type is
hard to estimate, it was pointed out.
Mr. Blaekwelder has been affiliat
ed with both Kiwanis and Rotary and
,he lauded efforts of ciyic organiza
tions in promoting the best interests
of their respective communities.
Accompanying Mr. Blaekwelder
was Mr. A. G. Edwards, former Jack
son citizen. They gave several en
joyable numbers on the fiddle and
banjo, qualifying, as Mr. Blackweld
ei said, “as old time fiddlers.”
Dinner was served by the Woman’s
Cluo, Mis. N. F. Land hcairman.'
Delegates elected to the meeting
of Kiwanis International in Toronto
were N. F. Land and J. W. O’Neal,
with S. H. Thornton and A. W. New
ton as alternates.
FARM CREDIT MONEY
BEGINNING TO FLOW
EMERGENCY CROP LOANS AND
CREDIT ASSOCIATION HELP
ING TO MAKE LIFE EASIER
FOR FARMERS OF COUNTY.
Butts county farmers are beginn
ing to feel the flow of government
funds for the production of 1934
ciops. Loans from the emergency
crop loan office are beginning to
come through, while the Productive
Credit Association with headquarters
at Jonesboro is helping to finance
production. .
The emergency crops loans are
mailed to R. J. Taylor, field agent,
and when the papers are properly re
corded the checks are ready for de
livery. Quick action is being ob
tained on loans this season, it' is
stated. Some loans are coming
through in eight days after applica
tions are signed.
Those who have the proper col
lateral are applying to the credit as
sociation ati Jonesboro. Those, who
are unable to offer acceptance col
lateral get aid from the emergency
loan office with headquarters in Ma
con.
Last year Butts county farmers
borrowed from the seed loan office
approximately $50,000. More than
99 per cent, of that amount was paid
back at the end of the season.
The loans for this season have
been reduced, it is stated. The max
imum amount any farmer may bor
row from the the emergency loan of
fice is $250.
The first payment on cotton lands
removed from production is expected
during the month and this will help
to make credit easier for farmers
Butts was among the first counties
in this section to have its cotton
contracts approved in Washington.
Two Teachers Off
CWA Roils In The
Tussahaw School
Two . teachers employed by the
CWA in Butts county have been re
moved from the rolls, it is announced
by Prof. Van Fletcher, county super
intendent. "Both of the teachers,
Miss Agnes Child's and Miss Neva
sahaw Consolidated School, one of
Fletcher, were employed in the Tus
the county’s largest schools.
Miss Fletcher has generously
agreed to complete the term without
renumeration, and this action will be
appreciated by the patrons and
friends of the school.
Schools in the Butts county system
will close the latter part of May.
CANNON FOR THE COURT
HOUSE LAWN IS PLACED
Piece or Artillery Brought In Sat
urday Night
The cannon secured from the gov
ernment by the American Legion for
the court house lawn arrived Satur
day night. The iiece of artillery
was brought from the government
proving grounds at Aberdeen, Md.,
by Sheriff W. D. Pope and W. 11.
Maddox. It was hauled by truck.
The county co-operated wth the Le
gion in making it possible to have
the cannon placed on the court
house square.
Congressman E. M. Owen was in-;
strumental in obtaining the cannon!
for the American Legion. The ar-'
tillery was unloaded and placed on !
the southwest corner of the court
square Monday. It has attracted
considerable attention.
Tomatoes were California’s largest,
vegetable crop in 1932; they had a
market value of $53,247,000.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
MAY 5 DATE FOR
CLOSING ENTRIES
STATE PRIMARY WILL BE HELD
SEPTEMBER 12. FEES FOR
CONGRESSMEN AND JUDGES
ARE REDUCED.
At a meeting of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee in At
lanta Saturday, May 5 was named at
the date for closing of entries.
The second Wednesday in Sep
tember is fixed by law as the data
of the primary and that date this
year falls on the 12.
Assessments for candidates for
governor were fixed at $250. Can
didates for congress were assessed
$250, this levy to take the place of
all other assessments and to be di
vided among the several counties in
each congressional district. Candi
dates for judges of the superior court
and solicitors general were assessed
$125, this amount to be divided
among the counties in the respective 1
judicial circuits.
Heretofore candidates for congress
and candidates for judge and solici
tor general were assessed by the local
committees.
The state convention was ordered
for October 4 and will be held in
Macon. In event of a run over pri
mary the convention will be held
October 18.
Assessments as levied must be paid
to the secretary, Miss Eleanor Orr,
of Newnan.
The session was said to have been
a harmonious one.
Major Melton To
Address Veterans
Thursday Evening
Major Quimby Melton, editor of
the Griffin News and former state
commander of the American Legion,
will address the veterans of all wars
at a meeting to be held in the Butts
county court house Thursday night
at 7 o’clock. The commander of the
local post of the American Legion
is anxious fbr all veterans to be pres
ent.
Major Melton is an interesting and
well informed speaker and the Le
gion is considered fortunate to be
able to obtain his services for Thurs
day night’s meeting.
Business matters will be consider
ed and refreshments will be served.
Mci'ONUUGH CARRIES
OFF DEBATING HONORS
JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL BY TWO
TO ONE VOTE LOST TO VISIT
ING DEBATING TEAM HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT.
McDonough high school defeated
the Jackson high school debating
team at the Jackson auditorium Fri
day night to win the B zone champ
ionship. The vote was two to one
for McDonough.
Jackson had previously won from
Spralding and Thomaston and met
McDonough for the honors in B
schools in this zone.
McDonough as zone champion will
meet C group winners at Woodbury
on April 19. The champion debate
will be a feature of the annual
Fourth District literary meet to be
held at Woodbury.
Representative of the Jackson high
school in the debate Friday were
Clarke Linkous and Vera Jones Ed
wards.
The Pisgah National Forest in
Western North Carolina embraces
400,000 acres of timber lands, much
of it primeval.