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iaclSDi IrfgresS'lUaws
VOL. 63 —NO. 49.
FOUR YEAR COTTON PLAN
OFFERED BY GOVERNMENT
PRODUCTION WOULD BE LIM
ITED TO 12,000,000 BALES.
LARGER CUT FOR 1936 PLAN
NED. BENEFIT TENANTS.
Washington, D. C. —The AAA of
fered the nation’s cotton growers a
four-year adjustmnt contract Mor
day night, aimed at crop reduction
and at bettering the lot of share
croppers and some tenant farmer
through increased payments to them.
Pointed toward a 11,000,000 to
12,000,000 bale production in 1936,
the 1936-39 contracts call for a Z
■£.) 10 per cent greater crop reduction
(nan in 1935, with a 1,000,000 acre
teduction in base acreage.
The major changes in the new eot
itoii contracts.
1. They cover four years instead
of one.
2. National base acreage is re
duced from 45,500,000 to 44,500,-
000 acres.
3. The reduced production for
1936 must be 30 to 40 per cent of
the base, compared with 25 to 35
per cent in 1935, and 35 to 45 per
cent in 1934.
i 4. Benefits equal to five cents a
pound, or $8.60 an acre, will be paid
in one check for the reduction.
payments formerly were
made on two bases, totaling 4 1-4
■ cents a pound..
5. Share croppers will receive
25 per cent payments instead of the
15 per cent they now get; non-man
aging share tenants 50 per cnt in
stead of per cent, and manag
ing share tenants 50 per cent instead
of 57% per cent.
MORE COTTON GROWN
IN CENTRAL COUNTIES
GINNING FIGURES FOR NOVEM
BER 14 SHOW INCREASED
PRODUCTION. TOTAL FOR
STATE 1,002,768 BALES.
Counties in this section show an
increased cotton production, accord
ing to ginning figures prior to No
vember 14.
To that date the state had ginned
1,002,768 bales compared with 905,-
589 bales to the asme date in 1934.
This shows an increase of 97,179
tyales.
Figures for Butts and some of the
adjacent eounties, with comparisons
for 1934, show the following:
1935 1934
Butts 5,067 5,286
Ciayton 3,227 3,129
oweta 10,702 9,432
'aytte 6,716 5,535
Henry 13,256 13,599
Jasper 5,145 4,957
Lamar 4,092 4,256
Honroe 4,014 4,063
Hewton 8,808 8,916
Spalding 5,464 5,077
Burke county leads the state, with
finningg of 29,962, followed by Lau
;*ena with 28,991. Carroll, which
f -as led the state for the past several
iaars, reported ginnings of 25..117
*° November 14.
WONTICELLO VOTERS PICK
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR
-Monticello, Ga. —In the city pri
mary held November 26 F. L. Penn,
pcumbent, defeated Judge A. S.
["hurman for mayor and Troy Allen,
'■ G. B’ackwell, Jimmie Burks and
Harvey, incumbents, -were re
jected councihnen. The only change
ir ' the present council was the de
<eat of Paul Jordan, who was replac
td by Claud L. Gilmore.
GEORGIA’S COTTON
INCOME IS LARGER
GREATER REVENUE RECEIVED
BY FARMERS DUE TO AAA,
COBB ASSERTS. THE 1935
CROP WORTH 90 MILLION.
At'anta, Ga.—Georgia cotto"
farmers during the last three seasons
have received two and a half times
as much for their crops as in 1932,
Cully A. Cobb, director of the cot
ton division of the AAA, said Sat
urday.
He credited the Agricultural Aa
iistment Administration program
with the increase in dollar values.
“Asa result of the cotton progiam
these recent years have been the best
farming that has ever been done in
the history of the state” Cobb said.
He estimated the total income for
the crop his year a,! $92,092,000 and
he average income for the last three
years at $82,747,000. The 1932
total he said, was $32,557,000.
“What this added income has
meant to cotton farmers and busi
ness in Georgia finds expression in
continuously improving business con
ditions since the program got unde*
way,” Cobb said.
“In many ways as we approach
the end of 1935, we approach the end
of one of the best business years in
the history of the state. No fact i
more significant than the general
feeling of security now felt every
where.”
Cobb credited the AAA program
with getting state farmers away
“from the slavery of one-crop farm
ing.”
“Farmers are now able to balance
production in that manner thr.-.
squares with good farming,” be
said.
“It all means better land, safer
farming, better farming, 'better liv
ing and fuller opportunity. Only
the wilfully blind of those who have
axes to grind are unable to see the
results.”
Cobb said the 1935 crop was the
fourth largest per acre yield in the
stsate’s history.
“During the three years of the cot
ton program, Georgia farmers have
received $33,768,037 in rentals and
bnefits,” he said, “this exceeds the
entire crop value of 1932 bv over
$1,000,000.”
He said in 1933, Georgians plowed
under 700,000 acres of cotton for
which they received $13,761,151.
They were given the privilege of
planting these plow-in acres in food
and feed.
In 1934 and 1935, he said 2,300,-
000 acres were rented to the gov
ernment with total payments to Oct.
31 amounting to $20,006,886. These
acres also were turned back to the
producers for food and feed crops.
FLOVILLA JOURNAL CARRIER
WINS FREE TRIP TO ATLANTA
Charlie Fogg, of Flovilla, Atlanta
Journal carrier in that city, won "
five days free trip to Atlanta for
Thanksgiving and to attend the
Roosevelt home-coming ce’ebratioir.
Journal carriers over the state wer j
awarded this free trip for good rec
ords and were under the direction
of J. F. Hardy, Jackson representa
tive of the Journal. A picture of
the lucky boys was carried in Sun
day’s Journal. Friends of young
Fogg are glad to know hie reeord
entitled him to this trip.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1935
t
The Oemulgee River bridge, recently completed, will be dedicated
at exercises to be held December 10, with Governor Eugene Tal
madge making the main address. Photo by the Guthrie Studio.
BUTTS CLUB BOY
ON TRIP TO SHOW
MILTON COLWELL SPENDING
WEEK AT CLUB CONGRESS
AND LIVESTOCK SHOW. HAD
HIGHEST COTTON YIELD.
Awarded a free trip to Chicago
by the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Com
pany for the highest yield of cotton
on an acre of land, Milton Colwel',
Butts county 4-H club member, is
spending this week in Chicago at
the National Club Congress and In
ternational Livestock Show. All ev
penses of the trip are being paid by
the company.
M. L. Powell, county agent, under
whose direction the prize was won,
accompanied Mr. Colwell to Atlanta
Saturday and saw him off on the trip.
Several other Georgia 'boys and girls
were awarded the trip as a reward for
cutstanding accomplishments in club
work.
Mr. Colwel! produced 2,275 pounds
of seed cotton on an acre, using 200
pounds of nitrate of soda as a side
dressing.
The trip will prove interesting and
educational and many places of in
terest will be shown the club young
stei’s from the vrious states. The
Piogress-Argus hopes to have Mi - .
Colwq'l write an account of his trip
for readers of the paper.
Last year Oscar Weaver, Jr., won
the- free trip to Chicago. Butts
county club boys are making
a record in the production of cotton
and for two successive years have
won state honors.
WILL MAKE ADDRESS
AT BRIDGE DEDICATION
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HON. EUGENE TALMADGE
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS A
QUIET SEASON IN COUNTS
Thanksgiving Day was observed
in a quiet manner in Butts county.
All business was suspended for the
day and numerous homecomings and
family reunions were held. So far
a* reported the day passed off with
out any serious accidents having
resulted.
NEW POSTMASTER
TAKES UP DUTIES
VICTOR H. CARMICHAEL BEGAN
DUTIES FIRST OF DECEMBER.
OFFICE PERSONNEL REMAINS
THE SAME.
Victor H. Carmichae', veteran of
the World War and well known
Jackson business man, recently
named by Congressman Emmett
Owen as postmaster at Jackson, be
gan his duties in that office Sunday,
December I.
Mr. Carmichael succeeds Miss
Bessie Waldrop, who has served as
postmaster at Juekscn for several
yearp.
The personnel in the office re
maitjs the same. Mr. J. G. Mc-
Donald, who has been connected with
the office for thirty odd years, has
been retained in his present position.
He is one of the best known postal
employees in the state and knows
every angle of the business, and in
addition is always kind, courteous
and accommodating to patrons. He
served under his sister, the late Mrs.
A. B. Harp, postmaster for many
years, and during the administrations
of Mr. I. J. Slaughter, Miss Waldrop,
W. M. Redman, and during all that
period has rendered faithful, loyal
and courteous service. Mr. Mc-
Donald has a host of friends who,
are glad to know he will continue
in the office.
Mrs. J. G. McDonald wi'l continue
as clerk, a position she has filled
most capably for the past severa'
years. A former teacher in the
Jackson public schools, Mrs. Mc-
Donald is a trained business woman
and has rendered fine and efficient
service in the postal department. She
in uniformly obliging, courteous and
considerate.
Mr. Carmichael is a business ex
ecutive of several years experience.
He attended Washington and Lee
University and the University of
Georgia and in the World War serv
ed as .an officer. For the past sev
eral years he has been affi'iated with
Carmichael Drug Company, and is
popular and well liked in business,
civic and church circles. Friend, 1 -*
predicit that his administration will
he marked by tact, courtesy ami
faithful service.
CHIEF THORNTON HELPED
HANDLE ATLANTA CROWDS
Chief of Police Charles T. Thorn
ton was called to Atlanta last week
to assist in handling the crowds
present for the Roosevelt home-com
ir.g celebration. Macon, Savannah
and various cities in the state sent
patilmen to Atlanta to he’p direct
traffic. Mr. Thornton is a veteran
and experienced officer and gave
valuable assistance on the special
occasion.
OCMULGEE BRIDGE TO BE
DEDICATED DECEMBER 10
LARGE DELEGATION
HEARD PRESIDENT
BUTTS COUNTY REPRSENTED
BY LARGE NUMBER OF AUTO
MOBILES. MOTORCADE TRAV
ELED OVER ROUTE 42.
Butts county was represented by
a large delegation at the Roosevelt
home-coming celebration in Atlanta
Friday.
Many cars joind the motorcade in
Jackson and traveled over route 42
to Atlanta. Savannah, Mueon and
other cities in the southern part of
the state used route 42 to reach the
capital city.
Many also went on the train and
by bus. The Southern Railway op
ei’ated a special train passing Jack
son at 9 o’clock in the morning.
Due to limited number of passengers
the train did not make the return
trip and passengers were forced to
come home by bus or wait for the
train arriving at 10:30 p. m.
The crowd that greeted President
Roosevelt in Atlanta has been esti
mated at from 250,000 to 500,000.
Estimates of the crowd who heard
his speech at Gi’ant Fie’d vary from
40,000 to 60,000.
The various motorcades were well
planned and were piloted by motor
cycle policemen and no serious ac
cidents were reported.
DECEMBER 19 DATE
FOR CITY PRIMARY
OFFICERS TO SERVE CITY FOR
NEXT YEAR WIILL BE NOMI
NAT ED. CANDIDATES RE
QUIRED TO QUALIFY BY 12.
Jackson’s primary election for
the nomination of officers to serve
for the year 1936 will be held on
December 19. That date was selec
ted by the excutive committee at a
meeting Monday.
Rules and regulations govering
the primary are as follows:
Resolved by the Democratic execu
tive committee of the City of Jack
son, Ga.
I. That a white primary election
be held in said city on Thursday Dec
19, 1935, for the purpose of nomi
nating a mayor and four councilmen
to serve the city for the year 1936
and a sschool trustee and a member
of the executive committee for the
said city, from the city at large, and
cne sschool trustee and one member
of the executive committee for each
of the respective wards in said city,
to succeed those whose terms expire
in January 1936.
2. That each person who desire
to become a candidate in said pri
mary election for mayor sha, 1 ! regis
ter his name with the secretary ol
this committee by 6 o’clock p. m.
Thursday, December 12, and pay
to the secretary the sum of $5.00,
and each person who desires to be
come a candidate for councilman
shall pay to the secretary of the com
mittee $3.00 and register his name
'by G o’clock p. m. Dec. 12. Said
assessment is made to defray the ex
penses of said primary election.
3. That a school trustee and a
member of the executive committee
shall be nominated from the city at
large for the year 1936 in the same
manner as the mayor; and one from
each ward in said city to succeed
(Continued on page 5)
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
GOVERNONR EUGENE TAL
MADGE TO MAKE ADDRESS
AT EXERSISES. DINNER WILL
HONOR PROMINENT VISITORS
The handsome new bridge span
ning the Oemulgee river and an
. important link of Route 16, cross
state highway, will be formally dedi
cated at exercises to be held at the
bridge Tuesday afternoon, Decom
ler 10, at 3 o’o’ock central time.
Honorable Eugene Talmadge, gov
ernor of Georgia, will make the main
address.
Present on that occasion will bo
members of the State Highway
Board, Hon. W. E Wilburn, chair
man, Judge Max L. Mcßae and Hon.
John Heck, and county officials and
prominent citizens of Butts and
Jasper counties.
The public is invited to attend the
exercises.
Following the dedication the gov
ernor and members of the highway
lonrr, Jasper and Butts county com
missioners and members of the
Chamber of Commerce, under whose
direction the exercises have been
planned, will be guests at a dinner
to be served at the Jackson club
house. The guest list will be limited
to 125, the facilities of the building
not permitting a larger number.
The chamber of Commerce has ap
pointed the following committees to
handle the plans for the celebration.
Program and reception—Rev. J
B. Stodghill, T. W. Moore, M. O.
McCord, P. J. Evans, W. W. Wilson,
L. R. Washington.
Entertainment—E. H. Pace, S. H.
Thornton, S. H. Eiseman, John O.
Minter.
Governor Talmadge will be intro
duced at the bridge dedication oy
Hon. L. O. Benton, Jr., Jasper coun
ty representative in the lower house
of the legislature.
The Gordon Institute Band, of
Barnesville, has been invited to fur
nish music for the occasion.
The Ocmui’gee river bridge was
recently completed at a cost of $72,-
512. It has been open to traffic
for several weeks, but the formal
dedication was placed at a time to
suit the convenience of the governor
and members of the highway hoard.
This bridge, 765 feet long, is re
garded as one of the most sub
stantial structures in the state.
Paving between the river and
Monticello is now in progress. Other
links on route 16 are ready for pav
ing and citizens of middle Georgia
hope that this cross-state highway
will be included for early paving by
the highway board.
Real Estate Deals
Been Announced
Announcemnt is made of the sale
by J. L. Lane and Dr. R. B. Thomp
son, executors of tire esstate of S. L.
Thompson, of the S. L Thompson
home in Flovilla to Mrs. Eddie G.
Johnson, of Griffin. The considera
tion was for cash and involved $950.
The deal was handled through O. E.
Smith, Butts county real estate
agent.
Mr. Smith announces the sale of
GO acres in Goody district to E. S.
Settle. The price was not announ
ced.
Early Virginia laws provided a
penalty of a year’; imprisonment for
any colonist absent from church ser
vices three times without valid
excuse.