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VOL. 62—No. 21.
1934 JUNE 1934
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BOYS GUESTS OF |
JACKSON KIWANIS
INTERESTING TALK MADE BY
LAWRENCE HASKEW ON VO
CATIONAL TRAINING. MUSIC
WAS PROGRAM FEATURE.
The Kiwanis club of Jackson had
as guest at its meeting Tuesday
night seyeeral boys of the commun
ity, and the meeting proved one of
the most constructive and interest
ing put on in months.
The club is sponsoring the “Big
Brother’’ movement and members
have selected 'boys as buddies. John
p Lyons arranged the program and the
speaker of the occasion was Law- j
rence Haskew, member of the state
committee on Vocational Education
and a teacher in the Monroe high
school.
Mr. Haskew made an interesting
talk* to the boys, stressing the im
portance of vocational guidance and
the selection of a life calling that
will prove interesting and helpful
to the individual and to the com
munity at large. The boys were told
that money making is no longer the •
controlling factor in choosing a vo
cation, but a career of service is the 1
main thing to 'be considered.
Discussing the theme ’’What is a
good job,” Mr. Haskew told the‘boys:
1. The boy must want to do the
work he chooses.
2. The boy must see beyond to
day, and not run into a blind alley, j
3. The boy must be sure he can i
dc the work.
4. The boy must do his best in
the work he chooses.
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5. The boy must select a vocation
that promises service to mankind. j
In short, the speaker said, the
boy must select a vocation that will
*flo him the most good and do society
the most good.
An enjoyable musical program was.
put on, with the 'boys furnishing the
music. Master Thomas Boone gave
an enjoyable selection on the piano,
and Master Riley Thaxton delighted
the guests with numbers on the
banjo. The Whidby Trio, Nevin, 1
Chester and Lynville Whidby, pro
vided a treat with guitar and mando-,
lir. selections. All the talented young
performers were liberally applauded.
In presenting the 'boys Mr. Lyons
predicted success and careers of use
fulness for them.
Guests of the club were in addi
tion to Mr. Haskew, P. N. Launius,
of Monroe, and Masters Robert Pat
rick, Nevin, Chester and Lynville'
Whidby, Thomas Boone, William and
Thomas Brooks, Jack Mills, Ralph'
Weaver, Johnnie Thurston, Riley ‘
Thaxton, Boyce Polk, Billy Cawthor. j
ard Mr. W. M. Thaxton.
Bert Carmichael had as his guest'
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his son, Bob Carmichael, and Doyle
Jones, Jr. and Vincent Jones were
guests of J. D. Jones.
Dinner was served by the Wo
man’s Club, Mrs. D. P. Settle chair
man.
£ATE SELECTED FOR CAMP
OF THE 121ST INFANTRY
Anouncement is made that the
421st Infantry, Georgia National
Guard, to which organization the
Jackson Rifles are attached, will
have its annual encampment at Camp
Foster, Jacksonville, Fia., July 22 to
August 5. Colonel L. C. Pope, of
Dublin, is commander of the 121st
infantry.
PAGEANT WILL E
HELD LATER DATE
SCOPE OF PERFORMANCE TO BE
ENLARGED. IMPOSSIBLE TO
PERFECT ALL PLANS BY JUNE
TWENTY SEVENTH.
The pageant planned for June 271
and intended to depict the history of
Indian Springs from Indian days to
the present period, has been post
poned to a later date.
The committee found that it was
impossible to write and stage the
pageant in such a short time.
The scope of the pageant will prob
ably be enlarged to include state
wide participation.
Within the next few weeks it is
planned to place exhibits and i-elics
in the Indian musem, which was com
pleted the past spring. Something
of a formal opening is planned, it is
stated, and the exhibits will prove
of wide interest.
The Social and Welfare committee,
consisting of Jackson citizens, work
ing in co-operation with the Jackson
CCC camp, planned the pageant in I
special honor of the boys of the CCC
who did the actual work of construc
tion. Many of them will complete
their enlistments within the next
cays.
By having the pageant later in the
season it is hoped to stage a celebra
tion of state-wide interest.
Announcement as to date and de- ]
tails will be made later.
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WAR TIME COMPANY
TO MEET SATURDAY
MEMBERS OF OLD COMPANY A
WILL HAVE REUNION AND EN
JOY OUTING. GENERAL RUS
SELL IS EXPECTED.
Members of the Jackson Rifles,
company A of the old second Geor
gia regiment as it existed in 1916,
will meet at the Mays camp Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock for an outing.
Captain E. S. Settle, who is secre
tary of the war time company, is
looking after arrangements.
Brigadier General H. D. Russell,
of Macon, who commanded the eom-
pany at the time it left for duty on
the Mexican border, is among the
prominent visitors expected.
These reunions are held annually
and always prove of interest and
pleasure and are well attended.
All white ex-service men in the
county are invited to attend the
meeting and are requested to notify
E. S. Settle or K. A. Biles in advance
of the meeting.
SPECIAL PROGRAM AT THE
FLOVILLA SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Methodist Sunday School of
Flovilla will observed Sunday school
day Sunday morning, June 24, with
a special program prepared by the
different departments of the Sunday
school. You are invited. Parents
are especially nivited. All who have
ever been a member of the Sunday
school are invited. Everybody is
invited.
Rev. H. A. King, Pastor.
Tags For Cotton
Expected Shortly
Tags for cotton produced prior to
July 1, 1934, is expected here within
a few days, it is stated at the office
of County Agent M. L. Powell. All
cotton sold after July 1 must have
bale tags if it is to be tax exempt.
This includes cotton stored except
that in mills for mill consumption.
Applications for the tags may be
made by Butts county farmers as
soon as they arrive.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1934.
EMERGENCY LOANS IN
COUNTY TOTAL $19,630
TWO HUNDRED FORTY TWO
FARMERS OBTAIN HELP FROM
EMERGENCY LOAN OFFICE.
COLEY REVEALS FIGURES.
Two hundred and forty-two farm
ers in Butts county have borrowed
$19,630 from the Emergency Crop
Loan office, it is disclosed by Madison
B. Coley, field supervisor for Butts,
Lamar, Pike, Henry, Monroe, Upson
and Spalding counties.
This compares with 599 seed loans
last year for a total of $53,000.
The Emergency Loan office made
advances to those who were unable
to offer suitable collateral with the
Production, Credit Association. A
considerable sum was borrowed
through the Jonesboro Production
Credit Association. However, there
was ont as great a demand to borrow
money this season as in former
years. This is accounted for largely
by advances made in renting cotton
acreage to the government and to
money borrowed on cotton lastfall.
Of the $53,000 borrowed in the
county last year hte government has
been repaid practically 100 per cent,
making a wonderful showing for
Butts county farmers.
$12,000,000 ROAD
FUND FOR GEORGIA
PRESIDENT SIGNS MEASURE
GIVING $522,000,000 TO ROADS
AND GEORGIA WILL GET LIB
ERAL SHARE.
Atlanta, Ga.- —The signing 'by
President Roosevelt Monday of the
bill appropriating $522,000,000 for
road construction during the next
three years, will bring approximately
$12,000,000 in additional highway
funds into Georgia to be matched
during the next three years, dollar
for dollar, by state funds.
During the last year Georgia re
ceived $10,000,000 for highway con
struction from the government. That
figure represents Georgia’s share in
the $400,000,000 allotted to states.
Approximately $7,000,000 of Geor
gia’s allotment has ah-eady been
1 spent for highway projects, and the
remaining $3,000,000 will be ex
hausted within a few months. The
state highway department has been
awarding contracts at the rate of
about $1,000,000 per month.
Chairman Wilburn of the state
highway department said he had not
been advised of the amount of money
this state will receive under the new
act, but said it would be in the
neighborhood of $12,000,000.
Beer Sales Illegal,
Judge Searcy Says
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Griffin, Ga.—Judge W. E. H.
Searcy, Jr., Monday told the Spald
ing coutny grand jury it could do
nothing but return indictments
against persons when evidence show
-1 ed they had sold beer in this state.
With some 18 cases charging sales
j of beer docketed for action by the
grand jury Judge Sercy in his charge .
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said “you can do nothing ‘but return
indictments if the evidence shows
they sold beer for there is no doubt
but that it is against the state law to
sell beer or even near beer in Geor-1
gia.”
The court pointed out that the j
laws could be changed ’by the legis
lature but as long as they are in
effect evrey court official could not
be true to his oath unless he enforced
them. ’ •
FORESTRY BOARD
TO MEET FRIDAY
IMPORTANT MEETING OF EXEC
UTIVE COMMITTEE WILL BE
HELD. JUDGE PERSONS TO EN
TERTAIN AT LUNCHEON.
An important meeting of the Exec
utive Committee of the Georgia For
estry Association \yill be held at In
dian Springs Friday, the session to
be held at the Elder Hotel. Follow
ing the business meeting Judge Ogden
Persons will entertain the members
and guests at luncheon.
The membership has been enlarged
since the last meeting, which was
also held at Indian Springs. Busi
ness of an important nature will be
discussed at Friday’s session.
Distinguished visitors expected to
attend are Robert Fechner, director
or Federal Emergency Relief Admin
istration, which includes the forestry
camps, one of which is located in
Butts county, and Dr. Charles H.
Herty, scientist and director of the
paper laboratory in Savannah. Dr.
Herty has shown that it is possible
to make print paper of a good quality
from Georgia pines.
While at this meeting members of
the committee will have an opportun
ty to inspect the work at Indian
Springs. Since the 1933 session im
! provements of a permanent and con
j structive nature have been carried
1 out under the direction of the Jack
son CCC camp. Additioanl acreage
[ has 'been added to,the state reserve,
j 130 acres having been donated by
Butts county citizens and other pub
lic spirited citizens of Georgia, and
I Indian Springs is soon to become
! the leading state park in Georgia.
STATE CROPS BACKWARD
DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINS
MIDDLE AND SOUTH GEORGIA
DAMAGED BY EXCES SI V E
RAINFALL. SMALL GRAINS
j INCREASE IN PRODUCTION.
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A late spring ,says the Georgia
Crop Reporting Service in latest
bulletin, with cool temperatures and
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frequent excessive rains over most
of the state during latter May, caus
ed farm work and crop advancement
to June 1 to be considerably behind
usual progress on that date. There
were general complaints of grassy
fields and of rains damaging small
grains ready for hearvest, especially
in southern and midstate territory.
Heavy and washing rains during the
first half of June resulted in further
crop damage.
Small grains—Wheat condition re
ported on June 1 was 75 per cent of
normal compared with 67 per cent
last year and the 10-year average of
73 per cent. Indicated production
of 712,000 bushels was 33 per cent
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above 5-year average.- Reported con
dition or oats was 75 per cent as
against 69 per cent one year ago.
Peaches—Reported condition of
peaches for Georgia was 71 per cent
against 55 per cent last year and 66
per cent for the ten-year aveerage.
According to condition-production
relation over past years the condi
tion of 71 per cent indicates produc
tion of 6,290,000 bushels.
For the United States the indicated
peach crop was placed at 48,673,000
bushels.
SINGING WILL BE HELD AT
PLEASANT GROVE SUNDAY
The monthly meeting of the Butts
County Singing Convention will 'be
held at Pleasant Grove church Sun
day afternoon, June 24, beginning at
2 o’clock. Lovers of music are in-1
vited to attend an dtake part.
CANNING INSTITUTE BE
HELD HERE SATURDAY
MISS LANIER OF HOME DEMON
STRATION STAFF OF THE
STATE COLLEGE WILL HOLD
INSTITUTE AT COURT HOUSE.
A caninng institute will be held at
the court house in Jackson on Satur
day, June 23, beginning at 10 o’clock.
The institute will be conducted by
Miss Lanier, of the Home Demon
stration staff of the Agricultural Ex
tension Service. The newest and
best methods of home canning will
be demonstrated at that meeting.
County Agent M. L. Powell is
sending out cards to ladies in the
various community centers, request
ing that they attend the institute.
The meeting should prove an in
teresing and profiable one and no
doubt there will be a large crowd
present.
There has been agitation for a
community cannery to be operated in
the county this season. Nothing def
inite has 'been done in regard to the
matter but it is hoped to work out
the plans in a few days.
LOANS HERE LESS
THAN $40,000.00
FARMERS OF COUNTY BORROW
LESS MONEY FROM GOVERN
MENT THAN DURING 1933
SEASON, FIGURES SHOW.
Farmers of Butts county have bor
rowed approximately $15,000 less
from the government this year than
for the 1933 season.
The Emergency Crop Loan office
has advanced $19,030, and the Jones
boro Productive Credit Association
SIB,OOO, making a total of $37,630.
This compares with $53,000 last year.
This was made possible by cotton
lental checks and loans obtained on
cotton last fall.
Farmers of the county are due
from the government $56,325 for
cotton rented in the acreage reduc
tion campaign. This amount is suf
ficient to liquidate all the money bor
rowed for crop production this
season.
Deposit Guarantee
Bill Is Approved
Washington, D. C. President
Roosevelt on Saturday signed a bill
providing for a one-year extension
oftemporary insurance of bank de
posits and raising the amount guar
anteed in full from $2,500 to $5,000.
The permanent law would guaran
tee deposits up to SIO,OOO and par
tially insure bigger amounts.
Under a compromise between the
house and senate on bank “pay-off”
legislation, the law will authorize
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion to lend more liberally on the
assets of closed banks, or purchase
them.
Jesse Jones, Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation chairman, esti
mated to congresisonal conferees the
corporation had a fund of $1,000,-
000,000 available for the purpose,
but indicated it would be cautiously
used.
Other provisions of the law are:
Authorize the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation to lend $250,000,-
000 to the Federal Deposit insurance
Corporation on demand of the latteer.
Give banks until July 1, 1937, in
stead of July 1, 1936, to become
members of the federal reserve sys
tem in order to remain in the Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
Extend the deposit insurance to
Hawaii and Alaska.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
MILLIONS IN AID
GIVEN GEORGIANS
PWA ALLOTMENTS TO STATE
FORT PROJECTS DURING THE
YEAR TOTAL THIRTY MILLION
DOLLARS.
Atlanta, Ga.—Allotments by the
Public Works Administration for
Georgia totaled approximately $30,-
000,000 during the first year’s oper
ations, it was said by J. Houston
Johnston, state engineer for ths
PWA.
Twetny million dollars of the al
lotment have been made for federal
projects, including $10,000,000 for
construction of roads. Fort Benning
was given the next largest share in
the federal project, a total of $6,-
358,183 having been approved for
the infantry school up to March 15.
The PWA funds in Georgia will bo
expended on 120 projects. Among
the non-federal projects, the Univer
sity of Georgia system was allotted
$2,800,000 for construction of new
buildings in Athens and Atlanta;
Techwood drive low price housing
and Atlanta university slam clear
ance projects a total of $3,812,500;
new state prison farm, Tattnall coun
ty $1,500,000; electrification of
Augusta canal $1,250,000 and Rich
mond county schools $710,000.
Johnston said the PWA was spend
ing an average of $60,000 weekly on
non-federal projects at present, giv
ing direct employment to approxi
mately 700 men. These figures will
rise, he said, as additional contracts
are awarded.
WHEAT CROP BETTER
THAN WAS EXPECTED
NO UNUSUAL YIELDSBUT
AVERAGE IS FAIR, ACCORD
ING TO INFORMATION OBTAIN
ED BY COUNTY FARM AGENT.
The Butts county wheat crop is
turning out better than was at first
expected, according to information
collected by Farm Agent M. L. Pow
ell.
No unusual yields have been re
ported, but the average for the
county is fair.
There was grave apprehension for
the grain crop at one time on account
of the prolonged rains. Most farm
ers, however, have been able to save
their wheat and oats.
Threshing has not been completed.
Many farmers hard pressed 'by grass
are postponing threshing until a more
convenient seeason.
There was an increased acreage
planted to small grain in this section
last fall. In the 1933 season Butts
county was particularly hard hit by
reason of hail storm that destroyed
a large portion of the grain crop. Re
ports from the state show that Geor
gia farmers planted more wheat and
oats last fall. Much of this was duo
to the retirement of cotton land,
which was rented to the government.
The grain crop will prove of con
siderable help in the live-at-home
program now being stressed in all
parts of the South.
J. L. Lyons With
Revenue Office
Mr. J. L. Lyons, agent for the
Southeastern Express Company for
a long number of years, former rep
resentative and a former mayor of
Jackson, has accepted a position with
the Internal Revenue department,
E. W. Page, collector. This change
became effective Monday and Mr.
R E. Stanfield, railroad man of
many year’s experience, has succeed
ed Mr. Lyons in the Jackson office.
The present arrangements is for a
period of three months, it is stated.