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VOL. 62—No. 27.
1934 AUGUST 1934
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DROUGHT BAD IN
WESTERN STATES
COTTON CROP IN TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA SUFFERS SEVERE
DAMAGE. MR. BARNES TELLS
OF CONDITIONS THERE.
The drought situation in the
western states is worse than painted
in the newspapers, according to Mr.
H. C. Barnes, Jackson boy who is
now traveling in Texas and Okla
homa. He says the cotton crop in
those states has suffered heavy
damage. Under date of July 23 he
writes:
“In your last issue I read with
interest the report about the good
crops in Butts county and over
Georgia, and was certainly glad to
see this item and to learn that the
old home state was faring well this
time. However, for the folks over
there to really appreciate their
good fortune, they- should be able to
look in on the west for a minute.
“We are really going through a
drought, and you cannot get half
the picture from the papers. There
were very little winter rains, and
the soil had very little sub- mois
ture, so we were not in any position
to stand much dry weather, and we
have had plenty. We have not had
a general rain in over sixty days,
and lots of towns out of drinking
water. Cattle being shipped out
and killed for lack of water and
feed. Pastures are so dry they
will burn over at any point.
“The entire'feed crop is a fail
ure and at least 50 per cent will
never be harvested, plenty of corn
not over waist high, and burned
k from bottom to top. Cotton in
good many sections is holding up
fair and with rain in next 15 days
would turn into fair crop, other
sections would not make regardless
of rain as it is too far gone. This
condition applies to Oklahoma and
West Texas, which in normal years
produces between three and four
million bales of cotton.
“I had a letter from a friend at
Lubbock, Texas, which is real cot
ton and feed country. He siad that
they were having daily hot winds,
and the dust was so thick that the
prairie dogs were boring holes in
the dust thinking that they were
boring in the ground.
“From the present outlook it
would not surprise me any if the
; country should fall short of ten mil
l lion bales that they expect to hold
j, the crop down to, and also a sur
prise if we do not see $1.25 wheat
land 15 cent cotton before the year
is out. However, cotton is a dry
weather plant and it is surprising
how it will snap out of it late in
August and early September with
the right amount of moisture.
9ra?“l certainly hope that things
are going nicely with you and your
paper, and that Butts county is up
and at ’em again.”
CARD OF THANKS
ft We wish to express our sincere
ranks and appreciation during the
illness and death of our dear husband
S : "' e id father, Willie; especially Dr.
ammond and Dr. Howell, and for
the beautiful floral offerings. May
God’s richest belssings abide with
each and every one is our prayer.
Mrs. Willie Cook and son, Willie
Avery, mother and father, brothers
and sisters.
SCHOOL LOAN IS
UPHELD BY COURT
TEST CASE FAVORABLE TO
LOAN AND GRANT TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
SYSTEM FOR BUILDINGS.
Atlanta, Ga.—The way was clear
ed Saturday through a decision of
the Georgia Supreme court for the
board of regents to continue its plan
to borrow $2,817,000 from the Pub
lic Works administration for finan
cing building programs at various
state colleges.
The loan fund, under the direction
*of .the board of regents is to be dis
bursed as follows.
University of Georgia at Athens,
$676,000; Georgia School of Tech
nology in Atlanta, $435,000; Eve
ning School and General Extension
division in Atlanta $276,000; West
Georgia College at Carrollton, $54,-
000; North Georgia College at Dah
lonega, $76,000; Georgia Southwest
ern College at Albany, $46,000;
Abraham Baldwin College at Tifton,
$79,000; South Georgia State College
at Douglas, $31,000; Georgia State-
Women’s College at Valdosta, $84,-
000; Georgia State Industral College
at Savannah, $38,000; South Georgia
Teachers’ College at Statesboro.
$100,000; Middle Georiga College at
Cochran, $37,000; Georgia State Col
lege for Women at Milledgeville
$200,000.
The Georgia supreme court ruled
on a test case brought by Attorney
General M. J. Yeomans, upholding
the right of the board of regents
to repay the loan from students’ fees.
A clause in the state constitution
prohibiting a state agent from bor
rowing, or from issuing bonds except
upon ratification of the voters, had
caused the government to withhold
the funds.
KIWANIS WILL HOLD
DIVISION MEET HERE
CLUBS IN SECOND DIVISION
WILL MEET WITH JACKSON
CLUB AUGUST 7. DELEGATES
NAMED TO COLUMBUS.
The Kiwanis clubs of the second
division of the Georgia district will
meet with the Jackson club Tuesday
night, August 7. A fifteen minute
program will be put on by each club.
This will be Ladies’ Night. Mark
Smith, governor of the Georgia dis
trict, lieutenant governor Harvey
and other prominent officers are
expected to attend.
At Tuesday night’s meeting dele
gates were elected to the state con
vention to be held in Coludbus next
fall. N. F. Land, president, and S.
H. Thornton, vice president, . were
named delegates and W. W. Wright
and J. D. Jones as alternates.
A resolution originated by the Sa
vannah Kiwanis club asking for
better educational facilities for the
state, was endorsed by the Jackson
club.
Mrs. D. P. Settle gave two enjoy
able vocal selections, with H. W.
O’Neal as violin accompanist.
Dinner was served by the U. D. C.,
Mrs. C. W. Buchanan chairman.
COL. J. T. MOORE WILL
SPEAK AT CORK FRIDAY
Col. J. Threatt Moore, candidate
for the general assembly, will ad
dress the voters of Dublin district at
the school house at Cork Friday
night, August 3, at 8 o’clock. All
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voters are requested to be present
and hear the issues of the campaign
discused.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1934.
BOYS AND GIRLS
LEAVE FOR CAMP
YOUNG PEOPLE TO SPEND A
WEEK AT CAMP WILKINS IN
ATHENS—AGENTS ATTEND
THE FARM CONFERENCE.
Miss Evelyn Kent, Heme Demon
stration Agent for Butts county and
M. L. Powell, county Farm Agent,
are spending this week in Athens
attending the Farm Conference at
the Georgia College of Agricultm-e.
All agricultural agencies in the
state are represented at this meet
ing.
Several boys and girls from the
county were taken to Camp Wilkins
by Mr. Powell and Miss Kent for a
week of study and recreation on
the college campus.
Miss Kent took Miss Grace Fuqua
and Miss Gladys Morgan from
among her club members.
The boys going with Mr. Powell
include: Grover McKibben, Jr.,
Claud McKibben, Thomas Allen,
Perry Watkins, Junior Colwell, Al
bert Maddox, Walter Fuqua, J. T.
Harris, Compton Blankenship, Au
trey Bohannon, Wilmer Letson and
Billie Cawthon.
The week at Camp Wilkins is ex
pected to prove a pleasant and prof
itable one for the boys and gilds
fortunate enough to. attend.
The party will return home Sat
urday.
MORE BEEF CATTLE
ARRIVE IN COUNTY
SHIPMENT OF 274 HEAD RE
CEIVED LAST WEEK AND
WILL BE PUT ON PASTURAGE
AFTER INOCULATION.
The second shipment of beef cat
tle from the drought areas of the
West was received here last week.
The cattle were unloaded at Flovillt,
penned and inoculated and will be
put on pasturage during the week.
The consignment consisted of 274
head. They will be pastured on
farms of Dr. R. A. Franklin at In
dian Springs and Mr. S. K. Smith
near Flovilla.
The first shipment of 100 head
received several days ago, went on
pasturage on. the E. D. Hoard farm
at Indian Springs.
Last week’s shipment of cattle
is said to consist of larger and more
mature animals than the first con
signment.
Announcement will be made
later as to future shipments.
25,230 Families
Live In Country
On Relief Rolls
There is a total of 25,230 families
living in the “open country” on fed
eral relief rolls, Miss Gay B. Shep
person, Georgia relief administrator,
said Friday.
The families, Miss Shepperson said,
include 1,000 families who are now
on the federal rehabilitation pro
gram. The administrator added that
it was hoped that 9,000 additional
would be under this program shortly.
Miss Shepperson pointed out that
of the total more than 18,000 fami
lies have some land under culti
vation.
The olive is the oldest fruit known
to man.
If an ant were enlarged to human
size and its strength increased pro
portionately, it would move objects
weighing 120 tons.
RENTAL CHECKS
CHEER GROWERS
MORE BENEFIT PAYMENTS RE
CEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED
AMONG COTTON FARMERS.
FEW CHECKS YET TO COME.
Cotton growers who participated
in the acreage reduction campaign
were cheered with the receipt of
checks at the county agent’s office.
On Saturday 110 checks for $4,417,-
84 were received by Mr. Powell
and growers have received their pay
ments by calling at his office.
About twenty checks are yet to
come through on the first payment,
Mr. Powell states.
To date approximately $20,000
has been received by Butts county
cotton farmers who joined in the
government program of acreage re
duction.
Early in May 331 checks for sl3.
216.25 were received. Others fol
lowed at intervals and early in July
106 checks for $2,042.32 were re
ceived.
The remaining payments will
probably be made in a short time,
thus completing the first payment
to growers sharing in the govern
ment c itton plan. Another pay
ment i: expected in the late sum
mer and the final in the fall.
Distri >ution of the benefit pay
ment hs s been of great assistance
to the 589 contract signers in Butts
county.
RECRUITS ARRIVE
FOR CAMP SERVICE
JACKSON CAMP NOW HAS EN
LISTED PERSONNEL OF 195
MEN. QUOTA FROM SAVAN
NAH ARRIVED HERE SUNDAY.
With thearrival of seventy men
Sunday and eleven a week ago, the
Jackson CCC camp now has a full
company of 195 men. It is said
that two or three men may arrive
later on, bringing the company to
the maximum strength of 206 men.
Sunday’s contngent came from
Savannah. The boys are from
northeast Georgia counties and
were concentrated in Savannah be
fore being sent here. Those who
arrived a week ago came from Ma
con and all mostly Atlanta boys.
The replacements are said to be
a bunch of unusually fine boys and
the officers in charge of the camp
are favorably impressed with their
manner and bearing.
The recruits take the places of
men discharged from camp last
June. After serving the full year
the men were not eligible for reen
listment.
It is announced that Kenneth
Davis, of Buckhead, Ga., is new edu
cational advisor at the local camp.
He has already assumed his duties
here.
Captain Robison, of Fort McPher
son, district inspector, was a visitor
at the camp Monday and found
everything in fine condition.
A convoy of trucks from Fort Mc
pherson visited the camp Monday and
brought August supplies.
STARK M. E. CHURCH WILL
BEGIN REVIVAL SUNDAY, 5
Revival services will begin at
Stark Methodist church Sunday morn
ing, August 5, and will continue
through the following week. Th’j
music will be furnished by local tal
ent with Mr. J. M. McMichaeJ in
charge and the pastor, Rev. R. C.
Owen, will do the preaching. Ser
vices will be held morning and eve
ning and the public is invited to at
tend.
JACKSON NOW HAS
A HEALTH SURVEY
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF PUB
LIC HEALTH IN CHARGE OF
SURVEY. SANITARY TOIL
ETS MAY BE INSTALLED.
A survey of Jackson by the Unit
ed States Department of Public
Health, with Hugh Saussy in charge,
is now in progress with the idea of
installing sanitary toilets in the
town.
The survey is being made in co
operation with city officials, who
have given the movement their
hearty indorsement. Citizens gen
erally are greatly interested and it
is hoped the city will soon have the
benefits of sanitary toilets in every
home needing this convenience.
The government proposes to fur
nish the labor and material will be
furnished by the property owners.
A similar arrangement was carried
out in 79 counties and 123 cities un
der the CWA regime, while this
number has been doubled under tin;
FERA.
A health project wsha recently
t
completed in Pepperton and the
good results are to be seen at close
lange.
The primary purpose of the sur
vey and the installation of sanitary
toilets is to eliminate typhoid fever,
dysentery and hook worm, spread
by flies.
The program is state-wide. Many
people believe it is one of the most
constructive measures undrtaken by
the Not only wiU
health conditions be made better,
but the * employment of local labor
will ease the unemployment situa
tion.
The cost of the service in mod
erate, Mr. Saussy sates, and city
authorities will probabfy work out
a system whereby the improvement
can be made and easy paymnts ar
ranged.
Smith and Tarpley
In Bout August 7
Van Smith, Jackson, will meet
Pete Tarpley, of Fort McPherson,
in the main bout of a ooxing card
at the Jackson armory next Tues
day night. This is expected to be
one of the best bouts of the season.
Tarpley appeared here a few
months ago in the main bout with
Smith and disqualified in the fourth
round after breaking his ankle.
There is keen interest in the return
engagtment btween these boxers.
in the semi-final Pout Oliver
Ross, Jackson fighter, will meet
Billy Bain, of the CCC Camp. Bain
who arrived at the camp here a
few weeks ago, is rated a first class
and plenty of action is prom
ised in this event.
There will be other preliminary
fights and everybody is invited to
attend this attraction. The admis
sion will be 15 and 25 cents, with
ladies admitted free. The program
starts promptly at 8:30.
HOME COMINC SERVICE TO
BE HELD AT FELLOWSHIP
The home coming service to be held
at Fellowship Presbyterian church
next Sunday promises to be an inter
esting occasion and a large crowd is
expected. Dr. William Huck, of At
lanta, will preach at 11 o’clock hour.
Dinner will be served at noon and an
address is planned Ipr the afternoon,
the speaker to be announced later.
AH those attending are asked to
take lunch.
Former residents of the community
and friends of the church are in
vited to attend the service.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
CAMP MEETING TO
BEGIN AUGUST 9
ATTENDANCE EXPECTED TO BE
LARGER THAN FOR SEVER
AL YEARS. FINAL PLANS ARE
BEING FORMULATED.
With the opening of the Indian
Springs camp meeting set for Thurs
day, August 9, last minute plans arc
being made for what promises to be
the best meeting in several years.-
The Dodge Memorial, the Math
, ews Memorial and the hotels are now
I being made ready for the reception
lof guests. Other buildings on the
large camp ground, as well as the
grounds and streets, are being placed
ir. condition.
Those connected with the camp
ground in an official capacity declare
the number of inquiries is larger than
usual, lending color to the belief that
a large attendance will be present
during the ten days. There is an,
active demand for rooms at the hotels
it is stated.
Many of those owning cottages at
the camp ground, including Butts
county citizens and those from a dis
tance, have moved in and will re
main until the close of the meeting
on August 19.
Not only will the better business
conditions be reflected in the at
tendance, but it is believed that a
proper appreciation of the work car
ried on at the camp ground is grow
ing in the minds of the people. Out
standing leaders bring to Indian
Springs assembly the highest order
o.t talent, both in sermon and song.
As has previously been announced
the leaders for this season include
Dr. 11. C. Morrison and Rev. John
F. Owen. Other well known min
isters will be present. The song
service will be directed by Mr. Homer
Jenkins, of East Point. Dr. J. M.
Glenn will be leader of young peo
ple’s work and will have capable
assistants.
The highways leading to the camp
ground are in first class condition
and the motor traffic will be heavier
than usual, it is expected.
A meeting of the executive com
mittee was held the past Thursday
when final plans for the meeting
were formulated.
Propose Swap Plan
For Improving
Georgia’s Cattle
(By Georia Newspaper Alliance)
An improvement in the breed of
Georgia cattle by substitution of
western drouth cattle for native ani
mals was seen in the plan proposed
by Col. E. B. Weatherly of Cochran,
southeastern consultant of the na
tional douth relief service. The
present set-up includes fattening
and canning of the cattle sent into
Georgia from the West, but CoL
Weatherly pointed out that native
cattle are already fat on pasturage
and will be ready foe processing
earlier than the animals being ship
ped in.
The western cattle has been very
carefully selected and Col. Weath
erly expressed the opinion, in a tele
gram to E. W. Sheets, director of
the drouth relief service at Wash
ington, that by the proposed substi
tution Georgia farmers could be
supplied with thoroughbred cattle
that would take years of individual
buying to obtain.
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Lavender, Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Harris wish to thank
their friends and neighbors for kind
ness shown in their bereavement.