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VOL. 62—No. 14
1934 APRIL * 1934
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MAY 5 DATE FOR
SENATE ENTRIES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
26TH DISTRICT MEETS. CAN
DIDATE BE FURNISHED BY
FAYETTE COUNTY.
Candidates for state senator from
the twenty-sixth district, comprising
Butts, Spalding and Fayette counties,
must qualify by May 5. This action,
was taken at a meeting of the exe
cutive committee of the 26th sena
torial district in Griffin Friday after
noon. *
Under the rotation system, which
prevails in this district, the candidate
will be furnished this year by Fay
ette county. All arrangements for
the primary will be made by the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee of Fay
ette county and assessments will be
levied by that county.
The convention for the formal
nomination of the senator will be
held in Griffin at a date to be named
by the nominee.
Hon. C. D. Redwine, of Fayette
ville, will be a candidate for senate
from the twenty-sixth district. He is
not expected to have opposition. Mr.
Redwine will aso be a candidate for
president of the senate and his
friends in this section predidt he will
be a strong contender for that placp.
Mr. Redwine has served in the state
senate before and is a well known
public man. He will be named to
succeed Major Joel B. Mallet, of
Butts county, present senator from
this district.
Present at Friday’s meeting were
members of the committee as fol
lows: Fayette, C. D. Redwine and
J. fCV. Culpepper; Spalding, W. H.
Connor and A. K. Maddox; Butts W.
E. Watkins and J. D. Jones.
FitfE QUALIFY IN RACE
FOR COMMISSIONER POST
TWO FOR CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
AND THREE FOR MEMBER.
ENTRIES PAID BEFORE CLOS
ING DATE.
Five candidates have qualified fcr
Ihe two places to be filled on the
board of county commissioners. Ail
candidates paid entrance fees before
the closing date, April 17 at 12
o'clock noon.
The two candidates for chairman
of the Board are Dr. O. B. Howell, in
cumbent, seeking re-election, and
George E. Mallet.
The three candidates contesting
for the place on the board are B. T.
McMichael, Gales W. Jinks, the in
cumbent, and J. L. Bailey, Sr.
The term of B. H. Hodges, third
member of the board, does not ex
pire for two years yet.
The primary will be held on may
18.
The several candidates are busy
seeing the voters and pressing their
claims for the office.
TAX RECEIVERS BOOKS
m WILL CLOSE MAY FIRST
J. Edward Carmichael, Butts
munty tax receiver, will close his
jooljf on the first of May. He is
iow making his final rounds of the
listrict and will have his books open
n the court house until the closing !
late.
On the first of May the board of j
ax equalizers will take charge of,
he books and eheek the records.
LOUNTY highways are
NOW BEING IMPROVE!)
DISTRICT AND LATERAL HIGH
WAYS GET ATTENTION AFTER
WINTER RAINS. COUNTY
ROAD FORCE BUSY.
District and secondary roads in
Butts county are now being worked
and placed in good condition by the
county road force.
This work coming after the winter
rains will be of convenience to farm
ers and the traveling public. Many
of the leads were in bad condition
as a result of hard rains and winter
freezes.
Bridgees arealso being repaired
and placed in shape.
The county road force lias been
divided into groups and all sections
of the county will be visited. Sev
eral weeks will be spent in road and
bridge work it was stated.
The state aid mileage is maintained
by the highway department, and this
removes a considerable 'burden from
the county. The county, however,
must] keep all lateral and secondary
roads in condition.
The present work has been in pro
gress for several weeks and will be
continued until all portions of the
county have been visited.
Farm Population
Reaches New Peak
As Exodus Grows
The number of individuals living
on farjns reached a record peak of
32,509,000 on January 1, 1933.
The bureau of agricultural econ
omics, in anew study of farm popu
lation, attributes the increase prin
cipally to an excess of births over
deaths, since more people left the
farms for cities ni 1933 in a contin
uation of the farm exodus of the
past decade, than went from cities to
farms.
The number of persons who moved
to farms last year was 951,000, while
I, moved away. The farm
bound movement involved 1,544, 000
persons in 1932 while those moving
away numbered 1,001,000.
Comment by farmers stressed re
employment in urban industries and
temporary employment in work re
lief projects as major reasons for
the increased movement from farms
Workers’ Council
To Have Meeting
Next Wednesday
The workers’ Council of the Kim
bell Association will meet at Logwal!
church on Wednesday, April 25. Sev
eral prominent state leaders will be
present and take part in the pro
gram, which is announced as follows:
The present emergency, Evangel
ize.
Morning Session
10:00—Song Service.
10:15—Prayer Service.
10:30—The Sunday school meet
ing the Need, George W. Andrews.
11:00—Reports from the churches.
11:15—Special message on Evan
gelism, Dr. W. H. Faust.
Lunch.
Afternoon Session
I:ls—Executive board meeting.
The Hundred Thousand Club, Rev.
J. B. Stodghill.
Brother pastors, what are you go
ing to do about the needs?
There is a population of 12,616,-
300 in the metropolitan area of Nev'
York.
Uncle Sam destroys 'from three '
to four tons of old worn and soiled
currency every day.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1934.
$47,000 BALES IS
GEORGIA’S QUOTA
UNDER BANKHEAD BILL THE
STATE MAY GROW LESS THAN
MILLION BALES OF TAX FREE
COTTON IN 1934.
Washington, D. C. —The tax free
quota of cotton assigned to Georgia
under the Bankhead bill as finally
agreed upon by conferees of the
house and senate will be 847,000
bales, representing a reduction of
146,242 bales over the amount pro
duced last year, department of agri
culture officials estimated in tenta
tive figures announced.
All cotton production in excess of
847,000 bales.in the state will be sub
ject to a tax of 50 per cent of its
current value but not less than $25
a bale at the time it is sold. Pro
ducers, however, of excessive allot
ments may store their cotton without
payment of tax until sold.
Quotas for the several individual
oounties in the state have not yet
been worked out by the department
experts but this detail will be attend
ed to after the 'bill has been signed
by the president.
Contrasted with the 847,000 bales
quota of tax-free cotton assigned to
the state this year Georgia last year
produced 1,093,242 bales, 861,789
in 1932 and 1,393,715 in 1931. The
Ge orgia quota is predicted upon a
total tax free crop of approximately
10,000,000 bales for the entire coun
try under the Bankhead bill and the
five-year average production of each
state.
The tax-free quotas of other
southern states follow:
Alabama 856,000 bales; North
Carolina 513,000 bales; South Car
olina 584,000 'bales; Florida 24,000
bales, and Texas (tentative) 3,12 y,
000 bales.
DR. A. M. SOULE
DIES IN ATLANTA
FORMER PRESIDENT OF GEOR
GIA COLLEGE OF AGRICUL
TURE AND STATE NRA DIREC
TOR SUCCUMBS.
Atalnta, Ga. —Dr. Andrew M.
Soule, 62, of Athens, Ga., director
of the national emergency council
and state NRA compliance director,
died Monday night of pneumonia
which developed following- a major
operation two months ago.
Dr. Soule for 26 years was presi
dent of the state college of agricul
ture. He was appointed only re
cently to the important federal post.
Widely known as an agricultural
educator, Di. Soule’s federal position
was that of co-ordinating all the re
covery program activities in Georgia
and included the handling of com
pliance under the codes.
He was appointed on January 15
and took up his duties five days later.
He became ill after returning to
his- home in Athens from a confer
ence in Washington and later was
removed to the hospital here.
Overwork and strain was believed
to have left him in such a weakened
condition that he was unable to over
come the complications which devel
oped following the operation.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Lillie
Porter Soule, he is survived by two
sons, Edward P. and Robert Murry
Soule; one brother, John A. Soule,
of Hampton, Ontario; a sister, Miss
Mary Soule, of Niagara Falls, Cana
da; two grandchildren, Robert M.
Soule, Jr., and Katherine Soule.
Funeral services were held in Ath
ens Wednesday and burial was to be
in Baltimore Thursday.
EDUCATORS URGE
LOAN FOR SCHOOLS
RESOLUTION POINTS OUT THAT
GOVERNOR CAN BORROW AT
LOW RATE OF INTEREST.
URGE TAX REFORM.
At the concluding session of the
Georgia Education Association in At
"anta last week, a resolution was
coopted urging Governor Talmadgc
-o borrow to pay teachers.
Tax reform was also urged by the
euucatois.
The resolution, in part, stated:
“We commend heartily the action
uf Governor Talmadge in impound
ing money in the treasury with the
avowed purpose of asking the gen
eral assembly in January of next
year to use it to pay in full the long
standing indebtedness of the state
to the public schools.
“But we, at the same time, call
attention to the fact that the com
mon schools have been in operation
nearly four months of the spring
term, and only fourteen per cent ox
the state’s annual appropriation has
been paid.
“We urge as strenuously as we
know how that the chief executive
use the power given him by the law
to borrow for the relief of the
schools. Boards of education are
paying eight per cent and more foi
money which the state can borrow
at three per cent, or they are letting
salaries go unpaid because they can
not borrow at all.”
Regarding revision of the state
tax system a resolution was adopted
as follows:
“We again a complete reform
of the present antiquated tax sys
tem of Georgia as 'basic to the proper
financial support, of the state, and
we put ourselves on record as strong
ly favoring a sales tax or some other
means of supplying our deficiencies
in revenue.”
The Atlanta meeting was largely
attended and addresses were made by
outstanding speakers.
PEPPERTON COPPED FIRST
GAME IN TEXTILE LEAGUE
The Pepperton baseball team cele
brated the opening of the season in
the Central Georgia Textile League
by defeating Porterdale here Satur
day afternoon 7 to 0. Mangham,
Jackson pitcher, knocked two home
runs during the game. A large
crowd of fans turned out to see the
season’s first game.
Mangham and Turner formed the
battery for Pepperton.
On Saturday afternoon Covington
comes here for a game with Pepper
ton. After that date the Pepperton
team will 'be on the road for two
weeks.
BIG WHEAT CROP
SEEN FOR Ui U. S.
PRODUCTION OF WINTER CE
REAL FAR AHEAD OF THAT OF
YEAR AGO, CROP REPORTING
SERVICE POINTS OUT.
Washington, D. C. —The Unit-ed
Spates will have a winter wheat crop
this year of about 491,173,000 bush
els, the Crop-Reporting Board esti
mated today, basing its prediction on
a condition of 73.3 per cent of nor
mal on April 1. Last year’s winter
wheat crop totaled 351,030,000 bush
els.
The condition of rye was 63.8 per
qent of normal, while the condition
of pasturage was 67.1 per cent.
Grain stocks on farms on April 1
were:
Corn 834,337,000 bushels, wheat
114,647,000 bushels, oats 271,339.-
000 bushels.
FURLOUGHS WILL END
IN THE MAIL SLRVICE
FARLEY IN ISSUING ORDER
CITES BETTER BUSINESS
THOUSANDS OF POSTAL EM
PLOYEES ARE AFFECTED.
Washington, D. C.—Payless fur
loughs for postal employees through
out the country and general curtail
ment of postal service were cancelled
Sunday by Postmaster Geenera!
James A. Farley.
Farley said an increased volume
of mail, reflecting general business
improvement and boosting postal rev
enues warranteed rescinding of the
economy ordei’s.
Most of the economies, which hdvc
meant reduced wages for thousands
of postal employees, were cancelled
effective May 1. A ban on vacations
will continue until July 1.
Farley said the restortation ol
service “will provide additional em
ployment for substitutes.” Substi
tute carriers have fared worst of all
l
under the economy program. Many
have had only three or four days’
work per month, their leaders have
contended in bitter protests to Farley
and the White House.
Fourth District
To Hold Dual
Meet On Friday
Members of the Fourth Congress
ional District High School Association
will have the annual literary and ath
letic meet Friday, April 20. The liter
ary meet will be held at Woodbury
and the athletic meet with Spalding
high school in Griffin.
Jackson! high school will have en
trants in both events. In literary
events the Jackson school will be
represented by Davis Estes and Net
tie Rose O’Neal in Essay contest; W.
L. Leverett in Boys Declamation,
Helen Head in Reading. There will
be no representative in the music
oontest.
Merrill Madden, Glen Whitaker,
Wilbur Harper, Sam Compton, John
L. Coleman, Billie Mays, Hiram
Franklin and Johnnie Smith will be
representatives of Jackson high
school in athletic events.
School will be dismissed at 12:45
to give students and teachers an op
portunity to attend. A large dele
gation from Jackson and Butts coun
ty will be present at both the literary
and athletic events.
FIGHT CARD WILL BE
STAGED ON APRIL 20
SMITH AND TARPLEY TO MEET
IN MAIN EVENT. ATTRAC
TIVE CARD HAS BEEN AR
RANGED AT ARMORY.
Another fight card has been ar
ranged for Jadkson fans and will be
staged at the armoryon April 30,
beginning at 8:30 p. m.
Van Smith, local fighter who has
made an impressive record, will meet
Pete Tarpley, of Fort McPherson.
Tarpley has been fighting for the
past year or two and is said to be a
hard slugger. The meeting between
Smith and Tarpley will be the main
event on the card.
In the semi-final Carmichael will
meet Melton, while in the prelimin
aries there will be a negro battle
royal and other features.
The admission will be 15 and 25
cents, with ringside seats going at
35 cents. Ladies will be admitted
free.
No doubt a large crowd will 'be on
hand to witness the boxing matches.
Anew British truck designed for
lough travel has 24 wheels.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
AWARD GRADING
CONTRACT ON 42
CONTRACTS SLATED TO BE LET
THURSDAY WILL COST MIL
LION AND HALF DOLLARS.
USE FEDERAL FUNDS.
A grading project on route 42 in
Fulton and DoKalb counties is sched
ule! to be let by the state highway
board. This project will complete
the grading on this route. With this
exception the route has been graded
all the way from Atlanta to Forsyth
and made ready for paving.
In addition to the grading in Ful
ton and DeKalb younties, there is
to boa contract for a bridge on the
Atlanta-McDonough highway, be
ginning at the DeKalb and Clayton,
lines, and ending at the south of
Moreland Avenue, Atlanta.
The letting this week is said to be
the largest ever handled by the
present highway board and involves
the expenditures of a $1,500,000.
More than $100,000,000 of that sum
will be federal funds alloted Geor
gia.
Other projects in which thei-e is
local interest are one for 13.031
miles of paving in Jones and L’utnam
counties on the Macon-Eatonton
highway; one for 6.217 miles of pav
ing in Jasper county between Gray
and Monticello, and another project
for 4.932 miles in Coweta
on the Newnan-Carrollton highway.
JUDGE PERSONS IS
ASKING NEW TERM
JUDGE OF FLINT CIRCUIT IS
CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION
IN SEPTEMBER PRIMARY.
WIDELY KNOWN.
In this issue of The Progress-Argus
will be found the announcement of
Judge G. Odgen Persons, of Forsyth,
for re-election as judge of the Flint
Judicial Circuit.
Judge Persons has held this office
for the past several years, having
been named judge of the Flint cir
cuit when the old Flint circuit was
divided and the Griffin circuit crea
ted. In a subsequent election he *
was named for a full term and has
been elected to succeed himself at
each succeeding election.
As presiding jurist of the Flint
Circuit Judge Persons is well known
to the people of this section. The
circuit is composed of the four coun
ties of Lamar, Monroe, Butts and
Henry.
Judge Persons is recognized as one
ol the ablest lawyers in the state,
lie presides with fairness to all in
terested and holds the esteem of
members of the bar and people of
the circuit.
He is one of the best known public
men in the state, having formerly
served as president of the Georgia
state senate. He is a public spirited
citizen who never loses an opportun
ity to build and develop the state.
He is interested in forestry and is a
member of the Georgia Forestry As
sociation and has given particular
attention to the development of In
dian Springs.
Widely popular personally and
politically, Judge Persons will have
the active support of thousands of
voters in his present campaign.
JACKSON AND MANCHESTER
TIED FOR PLAY HONORS
In the one-act play contest held by
high schools of the fourth district
last week, McDonough won first
place, with Hogansville second and
Jackson and Manchester tied for
third place. A good deal of interest
was shown in the contest.