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VOL. 62—No. 23.
1934 JULY 1934
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$28,650,627 SPENT
BY STATE IN 1933
LARGEST SAVING WAS IN THE
HIGH W.A Y DEPARTMENT
STATE AUDITOR CITES FIG
URES IN HIS REPORT.
Cost of state government was more
than 6V2 million dollars less in 1933
than during the year previous, ac
cording to the annual report of State
Auditor Tom Wisdom, released Sat
mad y.
During 1932 the cost of govern
ment was $35,396,493.23, while in
1933 expense of operating various
state departments dropped to $28,-
650,627.14.
While the governmental cost un
derwent a reduction of slightly more
than 20 per cent during 1933, the
state’s revenue from all sources suf
fered a similar reduction.
During 1932 the state’s income
totaled $35,657,262.24, while in 1933
the total revenue dropped to $31,-
091,857.65.
The largest departmental saving
during 1933 was effected in the high
way department, which cost 4 million
dollars less to maintain during the
past year than in 1932. This was
exclusive of the 10 million dollar
road fund allotted the state.
During 1932 state cost of opera
ting the department amounted to
$17,373,483, while in 1933 that fig
ure shrunk to $13,211,772, not in
cluding federal funds. Revenue of
the highway department during the
two years showed a similar reduction,
but the department has on hand ap
proximately two million dollars of un
expended funds.
The next largest saving was re
flected in the expense of personal
service s during the two years.
In 1932 salaries of state officials
and attaches amounted to $8,245,-
601. In 1933 this cost dropped to $7,-
128,645, according to the audit.
The largest source of income dur
ing 1933 was from the motor fuel
oil tax, which netted the state $12,-
435,513. One-sixth of this tax goes
to the common schools, one-sixth to
the counties and two-thirds is allo
cated to roads.
The next main source of income
was the general property tax, which
yielded the state $4,852,969. Motor
vehicle fees during 1933 amounted
to $1,045,010, compared with $3,-
848,099 during 1932.
FIRST COTTON REPORT TO
BE ISSUED NEXT MONDAY
The first estimate of the 1934 cot
ton crop will 'be released by the
government on Monday, July 9. The
acreage in 1933 was slightly in ex
cess of 40,000,000 acres, and the
government sought by rental con
tracts to reduce the acreage for 1934
by 25 per cent. If this ratio is car
ried out the acreage this season
should be around 30,000,000 acres.
CLUB CAMP WILL BEGIN
THE WEEK OF JULY 31
The annual boys club camp at the
State College of Agriculture in Ath
ens will begin the week of July 31.
County Agent M. L. Powell is plan
ning to attend and several boys from j
Butts county will spend a week at
Camp Wilkins.
The milk of the reindeer is some- j
times used for cheese making in 1
Norway and Sweeden.
TAX DIGEST NOW
BEING COMPILED
TAX DIGEST WILL NOW BE PRE
PARED BY J. E. CARMICHAEL
AND SUBMITTED TO STATE
FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
The Butts county board of Tax
Equalizer’s have completed their
check of tax returns for the year, the
work having been finished the past
week.
Mr. J. Edward Carmichael tax re
ceiver, will now v compile the tax di
gest and prepare it for submission
to the comptroller general for ap
proval. The digest must be complet
ed by August 1. Mr. Carmichael
started work on the digest during the
week.
Until the digest is completed it
will not be known whether or not
property values show an increase or
decrease compared with the previous
j year. The 1933 returns showed a
j small decrease compared with 1932.
The county commissioners will
' make a tax levy for the year prob
ably at the September meeting. A
25 per cent reduction in the tax rate
was made last year over 1932.
The board of tax equalizers is com ■
posed of Messrs. J. O. Cole, A. M.
Pace and J. C. Jones.
TRAVELING AGENTS OF
PAPERS ENJOY OUTING
STAFF OF ATLANTA JOURNAL
' AND MACON TELEGRAPH MET
AT INDIAN SPRINGS SATUR
DAY FOR ANNUAL OUTING.
Traveling representatives of The
A.tlanta Journal and The Macon Tele
>•
graph held their annual get-together
outing and picnic at Indian Springs
Saturday. Features of entertain
ment included a barbecue and fish
fry. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hardy, of
Jackson, were in charge of arrange
ments. Mr. Hardy is traveling rep
resentative of The Atlanta Journal,
with Jackson as his headquarters.
Mr. Hardy was toastmaster and
the invocation was said by Hal M.
Stanley, Commissioner of Commerce
and Labor.
The outing, which proved an in
teresting and enjoyable one, was
attended by traveling representatives
of the two papers from various cities
in the state.
These outings are hefd annually
and always prove of interest and
pleasure. The meeting last year was
at Warm Springs.
Among the Jackson people attend
ing the barbecue were Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Hardy and Miss Christine
Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kinard,
Miss Rozelle Clark, Mr. and Mrs. W.
F, MaLaier, Mr. and Mrs. P. H.
Weaver, Miss Jane Brownlee, Noah
Powell, Mrs. J. M. Lfeach, Levi H.
Hurt, Jr.
INSTRUCTIONS BE GIVEN FOR
MEASURING RENTED LAND
Beginning in South Georgia where
the crops are further advanced schools
of instruction are being held over the
state in connection with measuring
land rented the government. One
of these schools will be held in At
lanta within the next few days and
county agents and members of coun
ty committees will attend. The in
fqrmation will be given district com
mittees at meetings to be held in the
several counties.
The work of measuring the land
rented the government will be started
in a short time, it is announced.
Girls plucked their eyebrows a?
long ago as 100 B. C.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1934.
MISS KENT NAMED
AS BUTTS AGENT
BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WILL BEAR HALF EXPENSE.
TRUCK DRIVERS ELECTED.
At the meeting of the Butts Coun
ty Board of Education Tuesday after
noon, Miss Edna Kent, of Gwinnett
county, was elected as Home Demon
, stration Agent for Butts county. She
will begin her work in a few days.
The board of education and coun
ty commissioners co-operating will
i pay half the expenses of the home
1 agent, and the state and government
will pay the remainder.
| Miss Kent has taught for four
or five years and comes with excel
lent recommendations. Miss Lucile
Turner, agent for this territory, was
Ia visitor here Tuesday in interest of
1 the work.
This announcement will be of in
terest to all citizen sof the county.
At Tuesday’s meeting the board
elected Johnnie Harkness as princi
pal of the Towaliga school to suc
ceed Warren MeMichael, resigned.
Mr. MeMichael will enter business
life.
The resignation of Prof. A. L.
Clark as principal of the Tussahaw
school was accepted. He goes to
Forest Park. A committee of J. E
MeMichael, L. R. Washington and
Van Fletcher was named to select
a principal to fill the vacancy.
W. J. Bankston, W. F. Huddleston
and Van Fletcher were named mem
bers of a committee to devise ways
and means for erecting anew school
building at Jenkinsburg.
Some truck drivers were, elected
at Tuesday’s meeting and the list
will be completed at the August
meeting.
NEXT BOXING CARD TO
BE STAGED ON JULY 16
PRUITT SCORES TECHINCAL
KNOCKOUT OVER TURNER IN
FIFTH ROUND WHILE MELTON
WINS OVER SMITH.
An all star boxing card will be
staged at the Jackson armory July
16, when fight fans will have an op
portunity of witnessing one of the
greatest ’boxing cards ever staged in
a small town. There will be forty
rounds of boxing, consisting of some
of the best known boxers in the
state.
Frank Wheeler, middle-weight
champion of the national guard, of
Atlanta, will meet Blue Goose Nor
ris, of Thomaston, in the main ten
round bout. Harold Moore, Griffin,
will box Ben Conkley, Atlanta, in a
8 round bout. Bear Cat Swaford,
Atlanta, will meet Ancel Melton,
Jackson, in 6 round bout.
There will also be two negro heavy
weights, Atlanta and Cartersville.
Admission to this match will be 15
and 30 cents, with ladies admitted
free. The program starts promptly
at 8:30.
In Tuesday night’s card, Buddy
Pruitt of the Jackson CCC camp, de
feated Teeter Turner, Jackson, by
a technical knockout in the fifth
round,'and Melton, Jackson, won over
Scrappy Smith, CCC camp. There
were other features and a large
crowd turned out for the card.
TAGGING OF COTTON HAS
BEEN EXTENDED TO AUG. 1
The tagging of cotton, required i
under the Bankhead law, has been
extended to August 1. All cotton j
must bear a bale tag if the tax pen-,
alty is to be avoided. ,
PAPER MILLS WILL
COME TO GEORGIA
JUDGE OGDEN PERSONS MADE
INTERESTING TALK OF FOR
ESTRY. BRIGHT FUTURE FOR
THE SOUTH IN INDUSTRY.
Speaking on the subject of forestry
in Georgia, Judge Ogden Persons, of
Forsyth, made an interesting talk to
the Kiwanis club Tuesday night. Ho
predicted a great future for the en
tire South in industrial development.
Thoroughly familiar with all the
details, Judge Persons traced the
development of the experiments to
make print paper from Georgia pines
and told of the work done by Dr.
Charles H. Herty. It has been prov
ed beyound dispute, Judge Persons
declared, that good paper can be
made from Georgia pine trees and
within a few years large paper mills
will move to the southeast to be near
the source of supply.
Georgia has in forest lands and in
Xiotential forest lands 23,000,000
acres, it was pointed out. This will
bring untold wealth to the state, ami
he predicted this timber wealth would
prove of greater advantage to the
state than all its textiles. Trees
from eight to 12 year’s old can be
utilized in making paper. He showed
that trees grow rapidly in Georgia,
because of the warm climate. There
is a differential of some S2O per ton
in paper made in Georgia from that
fiioduced from spruce in the North
and East.
He lauded the fforts of Dr. Herty
and showed the fine part played by
the Chemical Foundation after Gov
ernor Talmade had vetoed an appro
priation of $30,000 for the research
laboratory at Savannah.
J. D. Jones, chairman for Butts
county of the Georgia Forestry As
sociation, requested the Kiwanis club
to enroll as a member of the asso
ciation and the club voted favorably.
The amount of the donation will be
decided later, but it is hoped to have
100 per cent of the membership.
H. G. Wiley, Monroe county agent
and stationed in Butts county for
eight years, was a guest and spoke
briefly. Harry Ball was the guest
o f his father, H. O. Ball. Dinnei
was served by the U. D. C., Mrs. L. P.
Lester chairman.
DRAINAGE PROJECT
AT WATER PLANT
CHANNEL OF FIRST CREEK BEEN
CHANGED AND UNDERBRUSH
REMOVED. PROJECT AIDED
BY THE FERA.
The ditching and draining project
at the city waterworks station, start
ed during the CWA regime but un
finished when that organization was
disbanded, has been resumed by the
FERA.
The channel of first creek has
been changed for a short distance,
and this, it is planned, will prevent
overflow and contamination of the
water supply. In addition, brush
and undergrowth are being removed
along the creek banks. This work
will be continued to the intersection
of the Jenkinsburg highway, it is
\ planned.
The FERA forces, under charge
of Mr. H. J. Maddox, are working
.
three days each week on the project.
This work is considered important
from the standpoint of a pure water
supply.
The installation of sanitary toilets
at Pepperton and the Jackson water
works projects were two unfininshed
jobs whe nthe CWA was disbanded.
The FERA resumed both projects.
BUTTS COUNTY PAVING WILL BE
STARTED IN AUGUST, IS REPORT
Cin INSTALLED A
LATE TYPE PUMP
NEW EQUIPMENT RECENTLY IN
STALLED FOR GREATER EFFI
CIENCY. PLAN MORE MA
CHINERY THIS FALL.
A new service pump of 25 horse
Xiower with a caxiacity of 250 gallons
per minute, has recently been install
ed at the city waterworks, plant.
The present pump will be used in
case of fire and in emergencies, it
is planned.
It is planned to install another
pump of similar size this fall.
The work was carried -on under
the direction of Mr. J. H. Rooks,
superintendent of the water and light
department of Jackson.
The new machinery will give more
economical and efficient service.
PROF. MANN RESIGNS
AS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
POPULAR PRNICIPAL OF THE
HIGH SCHOOL AND COACH OF
ATHLETICS WILL BECOME AF
FILIATED WITH BUSINESS.
An announcement that will cause
regret throughout the community is
that Prof. W. E. Mann, principal of
the Jackson High School and coach
of athletics for the past year, has re
signed to enter the business field.
He will become affiliated with the
E. I. Dupont De Nours Company,
large natioanl concern, in the chemi
cal division.
Mr. Mann came to Jackson last
fall as successor to Prof. J. P. Eth
eridge, Jr. He proved himself a
capable instructor and added to the
strength of the school faculty. Mr.
Mann did especially noteworthy
work as coach of athletics, taking
much interest in the boys under his
charge. He was popular with pa
trons, students and members of the
faculty, and it is with deep regret
that the Jackson school system lose
his services.
A successor to Prof. Mann has not,
yet been named. There is also
another vacancy on the faculty to be
filled and the board of education
will probably fill these places within
the next few weeks.
WEBSTER DICTIONARY, NEW
EDITION, IS NOW READY
AFTER 8 YEAR’S WORK
Springfield, Mass. —The new Web
sters’ dictionary, a third larger than
the previous edition and comprising
more than 600,000 entries, will be
on sale in July.
The book, laboriously printed by
monotype, has cost more than sl,-
300,000 during eight years’ work.
Printing has taken four years. Three
hundred and fifty teachers, artists,
and specialists have collaborted,
with 112 special editors alone hand
ling pronunciation.
The dictionary will ’be ready for
shipment after July 6.
An interesting sidelight on present
publication is the fact that the man-,
uscript of Noah Webters’s original
dictionary written in longhand, was
almost entirely sold as waste paper
in New Haven after it had been
printed. Several copies of first edi
tions are held in archives of publish-'
ers, as well as original plates. They
sell at around S2O, the same price
they brought when first put on sale
in 1829. ;
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The highway from Jackson to the
Henry county line will be included
in the paving conti’acts to be let in
August, according to unofficial but
reliable information received here
this week.
Governor Talmadge, it is stated, is
committed to the letting of the con
tract for this project in the August
bids. In the event the highway
board cannot do this paving without
federal funds, then state funds will
be used entirely, it is understood.
The highway will be paved as
graded and soiled, the report declar
ed.
This is reassuring, as another sur
vey was recently made by highway
engineers, who acted on instructions
from the federal engineers, it was
claimed.
If the contract is let in August
the road will be paved by early fall.
Completion of the paving to Atlanta
before the winter season begins will
prove of convenience to the traveling
public of this section.
Route 42 is now paved all the way
from Atlanta to Forsyth with the ex
ception of short link in Clayton and
DeKalb counties and the five miles
from Jackson to the Henry county
line.
Citizens of this section will learn
of this announcement with much in
terest.
GREYHOUND LINES NOW
SERVING THIS SECTION
CONVENIENT SCHEDULLE BE
TWEEN ATLANTA AND MACON
OVER ROUTE 42 BECAME EF
FECTIVE ON JULY FIRST.
The territory between Atlanta and
Macon on route 42 is now being ser
ved by the Greyhound Lines, one of
the large transportation systems of
this section. The new schedule over
route 42 became effective July 1.
This gives Jackson and other
points between Macon and Atlanta
a convenient schedule, two buses
operating in each direction twice
each day. The schedule, for the
present, is as follows:
Soutbound—-Arrive i nJackson at
10:10 a. m. and 2:25 p. m.
Northbound—Arrive in Jackson at
12:25 p. m. and 6:30 p. m.
The Greyhound Lines recently ac
quired the fanchise of the Hood
Coach Lines over route 42.
The Pace Bus Line continues its
schedule between Jackson and and
Atlanta, Jackson and Griffin and
Atlanta and Milledgeville. The
schedule for the Pace Bus Line is:
Soutbound—4:3o p. m. and 6.45
p. m.
Northbound—6:3o a. m. and 8:30
a. m.
Between Jackson and Griffin the
Pace Bus Line schedule is 10:15 a.
m. and 2:25 p. m.
MR. DANIEL WILL PREACH
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Mr. Eugene Daniel will fill the
■ pulpit at the Jackson Presbyterian
church Sunday moring at 11 o'clock
and at 7:30 in the evening. Mr.
Daniel recently accepted the pastor
ate of the Jackson and Fellowship
churches, and preached at Fellow
ship Sunday morning and was greet
ed by a good congregation.
Mr. Daniel is spending this week
at Camp Smyrna, near Conyers*
where he is assisting Dr. William
Huck in conducting the Young
People’s Conference.