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VOL. 64—NO. 3
JURORS TO SERVE
AT FEBRUARY TERM
WINTER SESSION OF SUPERIOR
COURT TO CONVENE ON FEB
RUARY 3. TWO WEEKS OF
COURT IS SCHEDULED.
Jurors have been drawn for the
l-'eburuary term of Butts superior
court to be convened here on first
Monday, February 3, by Judge Og
den Persons of the Flint circuit.
Two weeks is scheduled, the first
■week to hear civil cases and the
second week to be devoted to the
trial of criminal cases.
Tuesday was return day and not
a great many suiils were* filed, Miss
b'ara Foster, clerk, announces.
Court officials are now preparing
for the convening of the winter
term.
A list of grand and traverse jurors
for duty at the February term in
clude the following.
R. P. Newton, I. M. Wilson, D. P.
Settle, W. F. Capps, J. 0. Cole, H.
F. Compton, W. T. Thurston, J. T.
Chambers, F. L. Maddox, 0. A.
Pound, Horace Bankston, A .K. Kim
t ell, A. L. Bickers, P. A. Smith,
J. M. Gaston, J. Horace O’Neal,
T. E. Williams, T. T. Patrick, E. W.
O’Neal, H. C. Brooks, W. W. Wright,
E. R. Edwards, W. F. Stroud, E. P.
Colwell, F. C. Maddux, W. 0. Moore.
T. G. Brooks, J. G. Childs, Ralph W.
Carr, P. J. Evans.
Traverse Jurors, First Week
G. C. Moore, E. L. Smith, W. L.
Collins, T. J. Waldrop, G. W. Brooks.
James Mangham, J. A. Townsend,
Levi Barnes, Obie Watkins, C. E.
lvlcMichael, Asa O’Neal, B. F. Mad
dox, A. F. Taylor, N. L. Greer, T. C.
Waldrop, J. L. Heath, J. L. Car
michael, C. N. Brownlee, C. H.
Smith, J. W. O’Neal, W. D. Fletcher.
E. J. Reeves, R. D. Bankston, W. L.
White, R. J. Preston, D. L. Swint.
W. T. Mote, J. E. McKinley, W. A.
Moore, L. E. O’Neal, L. A. Atkin
son, E. A. Godsey, H. H. Colwell, J.
0. Beauchamp, H. H. Koch, H. G.
Harris, J. M. McMichael, W. B. Pow
ell, J. O. Preston, J. E. Cornell, S. C.
Biles, J. L. Jester, L. A. Bledsoe, B.
F. Cooper, Elmo Cawthon.
Travenr&e Jurors, Second Week
T. W. Hammond, R. T. Fletcher,
J. G. Brooks, W. A. Smith (6091,
Walter J. Smith, O. E. Smith, George
H. Kinibeß, L. H. Perdue, W. H.
Watkins, W. F. O’Neal, Dan Thur
ton, 0. L. Weaver, P. H. Weaver, R.
E. O’Neal, F. H. Morgan, G. H.
Mathewson, R. H. Hay, Geo. E.
Mallet, L. M. Hodges, V. H. Car
michael, Z. L. Burford, E. W. Cook,
Julian Kimbell, J. B. Caston, J. P.
Ray, A. G. Spencer, R .W. Lamb,
D. D. Estes, G. W. Harper, E. F.
Lavender, A. A. Fuqua, David
Evans, J. M. Currie, T. W. Higgins,
C. L. Maddox, T. J. Barnes, Jr., W.
\j', Hooten, E. Z. Carter, W. M.
O’Neal, H. J. Greer, G. C. McKibben,
R. F. Cooper, Otis Weaver, Henry
Bankston, A. J. McKibben, H. S.
Downs, Homer S. Moss, H. O. Ball,
C. L. Ridgeway, L. B. Smith, T. A.
Rape, J. A. Treadwell, W. O. Ball,
Oscar Hay, J. Horace O’Neal, H. O.
Smith.
BUTTS FARMERS PLAN TO
ATTEND JONESBORO MEET
Several Butts county farmers are
planning to attend the meeting of
stockholders of the Jonesboro Pro
duction Credit Association to be held
in Jonesboro January 20 at 10 a. m.
Composing this group are Butts,
Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry
and Spalding cunties.
E. S. Settle is a director from
Butts county. Reports for the past
year will be made by officers and
ether business matters considered.
PROCESSING TAXES
WILL BE RETURNED
NO ACTION TAKEN BY SUPREME
COURT ON BANKHEAD LAW.
OTHER NEW DEAL CASES BE
DECIDED LATER.
Washington, D. C. —The govern
ment lost $200,000,000 in impounded
AAA processing taxes Monday
through a supreme court decision
which left unsettled the larger ques
tion of whether the treasury must
refund any of the $1,000,000,000 it
had collected.
Almost simultaneously the high
court deferr edfor several weeks at
least the question of the constitu
tionality of the Bankhead cotton
control act, explaining that a case
presenting that issue was not in
proper form for supreme court con
sideration.
There was no announcement on
the third New Deal case which the
justices had under consideration.
Presumably a decision will be forth
coming next Monday on the Tennes
see Valley suit involving the gov
ernment’s right to enter the electric
power business.
KIWANIS TO OBSERVE
ITS 21st ANNIVERSARY
ALL CLUBS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND CANADA WILL
HAVE MEETINGS. LOCAL
CLUB STUDIES YEAR’S WORK.
The Kiwanis club of Jackson will
join with the nearly 1,900 clubs in:
the United States and Canada in ob
serving Anniversary Week, Jan
uary 19-25. The organization was
founded in Detroit in 1915 and this
year marks the 21st anniversary of
Kiwanis International.
The Jackson club, organized in
1922, will observe its 14th anniver
sary at the meeting next Tuesday
right. This will also be Ladies
Night and the program will be in
charge of the committee on Kiwanis
Education, with A. W. Newton as
chairman. All who intend to be
present should notify S. H. Thornton,
chairman of the Attendance commit
tee, not later than Saturday.
Objectives <for the year, as re
cently outlined by the directors, were
presented and explained Tuesday
right and ratified by vote of the
members. The program was devoted
to a discussion of some of these ob
jectives, with P. H. Weaver in
charge.
The membership campaign was
the subject of a talk by S. H.
Thornton in which he explained the
-need for more man power in th
club. He told of the benefits of the
club to the community and of the
good that members get out of Ki
v.anis and predicted a good increase
in membership during the year.
N. F. Land, chairman of the Under
Privileged Child committee, outlined
the aims of his committee for the
year, mentioning (a) a Dental Clinic;
(b) immunization clinic; (c) Big
Brother movement; (and) truant offi
cer to get all children in school;
(e)Vocational Guidance. Mr. Land
oid outstanding work last year and
acked for the continued co-operation
cj the club.
M. L. Powell, chairman of the
committee on Agriculture and 4-H
cub work, declared that agriculture
is the most important industry in
this section and should have first
rank. Points stressed wer:e (a)
Movement to have Vocational Agri
culture taught in the county high
school or in the junior high schools
i (Continued on page 5)
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1936
JACKSON NATIONAL
MADE GOOD REPORT
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE
HOLDERS HELD TUESDAY.THE
SAME OFFICERS AND DIREC
TORS WERE ELECTED.
Shareholders of the Jackson Na
tional Bank meeting in annual ses
sion Tuesday morning heard encour
aging reports from the officers on
the business of the past twelve
month.s
These reports showed an increas
ed volume of business, a large in
crease in deposits and earnings.
Stockhoders present expressed them
selves as pleased with the showing
made.
A feature of the year’s buisness,
it was shown, has been the spirit of
interest! and co-operation manifest
ed by the bank’s friends and patrons.
Good collections were reported by
the officers and there is a growing
appreciation of the service rendered
by the bank.
The Jackson National Bank begins
the new year with confidence and
with a desire to serve its patrons,
and continued growth and success
are predicted.
The stockholders elected the same
directors, who include E. L. Smith,
B. A. Wright, H. O. Ball, R. P. New
ton, T. E. Robison and R. P. Sas
nett.
Following the- meeting of stock
holders the directors met and named
the same officers. They are: E. L.
Smith, president; B. A. Wright and
H. O. Ball, vice presidents; R. P.
Sasnett, cashier; J. W. O’Neal, as
sistant cashier; Duval Patrick, teller,
and Miss Nettie Rae Pittman, man
ager of the insurance department.
BUSY YEAR AHEAD
OF KIWANIS CLUB
OBJECTIVES INCLUDE AGRI
CULTURE, BETTER HEALTH
CONDITIONS, PAVING ROUTE
16, TELEPHONE SERVICE.
If all the objectives for the year
as outlined by the Kiwanis club are
carried to completion it assured the
club will have an active and success
ful year.
Meeting in the Jackson National
Bank Thursday night, directors and
chairmen of standing committees
considered work for the year and
the following projects were agred
on as major objetives for 1936:
Support of agricultural work, in
cluding boys and gir's 4-H club activ
ities.
An energetic membership cam
paign.
Better health oenditions through
cut the county.
Paving of route 16 from the Oc
rrulgee river to t'he Spalding county
line.
Better telephone service.
Development of state park project
at Indian Springs.
These recommendations were sub
mitted to the members Tuesday for
ratification.
The club plans to celebrate its
fourteenth anniversary on January
21. This will also be Ladies Night
and a program appropriate to the
occasion will be carried out.
PROF. LOWE RESIGNS AS
MEMBER SCHOOL FACULTY
The resignation of Prof. W. C.
Lowe as a member of the Jackson
high school faculty was made a few
days ago and has been accepted by
the board of education. As yet the
vacancy has not been filled. Mr.
Lowe resigned his position here to
accept work elsewhere.
JUDGE PERSONS
RAPS AAA RULING
FORSYTH JURIST SAYS THE GOV
ERNMENT MUST BE LIBERAL
IZED. CRISIS FACES THE
COUNTRY, HE SAYS.
I
In an address' before the Rotary
club •in Macon on January 9 Judge
Ogden Persons, of Forsyth, flayed
the decision of the supreme court
in the AAA decision. He was quoted
by the Associated Press in a Macon
dispatch as follows:
Mpcon, Ga., Jan. 9.—Bitterly flay
ing the majority opinion handed
down by the U. S. Supreme Court in
the recent AAA ruling, but express
ing respect and admiration for the
court itself, Judge Ogden Persons,
of Forsyth, Wednesday at the Ma
con Rotary Club luncheon in the
Y. M. C. A. hall, declared this coun
try will eventually turn to a parlia
mentary form of government.
“The United States will not stan 1
as a republic unless somethng is
done to liberalize the government,”
said Judge Persons, who presides
ever the Flint circuit. “I don’t
mean to criticise the Supreme Court
because this is a nation of law and
1 am true to the law, I hope, but
the six judges who rendered the ma
jority opinion are mere men after
ell, and not infallible.”
Several times during his address
Judge Persons intimated that revo
lt tidn by the masses and the farm
ers Jvho have benefited by the
provisions is liable to break out.
“We have reached a crisis,” he
said.; “I know how little it takes to
make people break over their bounds.
T have actual fear of an uprising
.... and big business men are the
first to fall under a dictatorship, you
know.”
Unanimously urged to continue,
Judge Persons’ address went con
siderably over the club’s allotted
hour. Because of his position on
the bench, his criticism of the ma
joi ity opinion of the Supreme Court
v/as considered unusually fearless,
and because of his interest in large
cotton mills at Forsyth, his stand in
favor of the AAA was believed by
his listeners to be unique. In a re
cent interview with the Macon Tele
graph, Judge Persons’ brother, Rob
ot Persons, Sr., president of the
cotton mills and Forsyth banker,
said the invalidation of the AAA
would save hs mill $30,000 annually,
but in spite of this fact he regretted
the decision as it would cause
“gamblers to again mark on black
boards the prices to be paid for
farm products.”
PRAYER CONFERENCE BE
HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON
A Prayer Conference for the At
lanta Presbytery will be held at Tim
ber Ridge church, near McDonough,
Sunday afternoon and night. Dr.
\\ illiam Huck, Rev. Peter Marshall.
Rev. H. E. Russell and Rev. E. L.
Daniel are among the speakers.
Several from Jackson and Fellow
ship churches are planning to attend
this session.
ATTEND MID-WINTER MEET
OF STATE KIWANIS CLUBS
Going down to Macon Wednesday
to attend the mid-winter conference
the Georgia District of Kiwanis
Internationa! were R. P. Sasnett,
president of the Jackson club, P. H.
Weaver, vice president and J. W.
O’Neal, secretary and treasurer. Ad
dresses were made by Joseph H.
Shaw, governor of the Georgia dis
trict, and Faber Bollinger, interna
tional trustee. Plans for the year
were outlined at this meeting.
COUNTY VETERANS
TO GET $101,767.05
GEORGIA VETERANS TO RE
CEIVE $32,262,946 IF BONUS
IS PAID. ACCORDING TO AMER
ICAN LEGION TABLE.
If the bonus is paid, to soldiers of
the world war according to legisla
tion now pending in congress, Butts
county veterans will receive the sum
ol $101,767.05, according to figures
compiled by state officials of the
American Legion.
Total payments for the state of
Georgia will amount to $32,262,946.
Bonus payments to Butts county
veteians and to counties in this sec
tion would be as follows:
Butts $101,767.05
Clayton 111,731.40
Fayette 94,361.8-
Ilenry 173,412.30
Jasper 93,588.66
Lamar 106,123.05
Monroe 126,389.34
Newton 135,904.32
Spalding 255,360.55
Upson 212,453.01
SOUR CREAM STATION
MAY BE STARTED HERE
ARMOUR & COMPANY MAY ES
TABLISH BRANCH PLANT IN
COUNTY. LETTER GOES OUT
TO DAIRY FARMERS.
Armour & Company which oper
atesa eremery at Dub'in is consider
ing the matter of starting a sour
cream station in Jackson. The plant
would offer dairy farmers a cash
market for their sour cream and
payments would be made weekly, or
as often as desired.
Butts county formerly had a con
siderable dairy development. Great
strides were made, following the
coming of the boll weevil, in stock
ing the county with high grade dairy
cattle, good barns were built and
permanent pastures provided. The
movement has gone backward during
the recent years. With the present
uncertain outlook for cotton, due to
tl-e AAA ruling, it might be a good
idea to revive interest in dairying.
County Agent M. L. Powe’l has
rent the following letter to dairymen
and farmers of the couny:
“We have an opportunity to es
lablish a sour cream plant at Jackson
provided there is enough interest.
The Armour Creameries at Dublin
have offered this equipment for test
ing our sour cream, which wil en
able them to pay you each Saturday
as the cream is brought in.
“No doubt many of you have either
surplus cream or surplus butter that
jou cannot find a market for. A
sour cream station would enable you
to have a little cash income each
week in addition to your regular
income. To get this plant we will
reed from 15 to 20 gallons of cream
per week. The regular market price
will be paid each week, minus a 5
cent fee for shipping, handling and
overhead expenses.
“I will have to know how many
ci you are interested in this project
before I ask the company to bring
in t'heir machinery. If enough of
you want a station we can get it.
so please return this questionnaire
tomorrow.
“1. Would you like to have a
sour cream station in Jackson?
“2. How much cream can you
have per week?
“Name
“Address
“Route
“Yours very truly,
“M. L. POWELL,
County Agent.”
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
BUTTS DEMOCRATS
TO MEET SATURDAY
PLANS WILL BE MADE FOR
COUNTY PRIMARY. CALL IS
MADE FOR MEETING IN COURT
HOUSE AT 2 P. M.
A call has been issued for a meet
ing of the Butts County Democratic
Executive to be held in the court
house in Jackson Saturday afternoon,
January 18, at 2 o’clock to m&ka
plans for llhe county primary.
This meeting is expected to begin
activity in the local campaign. The
committee wi’l fix a date for tha
primary for the nomination of all
county officers.
The consensus of opinion so far
as expressions have been heard favors
an early primary.
Members of the committee include
the following:
Buttrill District—J. H. Patrick, T.
W. Moore, J. P. Ray.
Coody District—O. L. Veaver, O.
F. Hammond, G. C. Moore.
Dublin District—R. H. Hay, W. O.
Moore, T. J. Waldrop.
Indian Springs District —Lewis
Dodson, O. A. Andrews, J. O. Pres
ton.
Jackson District—J. M. Currie, R.
P. Newton, Paul Tyler, J. D. Jones,
II G. Hawkins.
Towaliga District —L. L. Colwell,
E. P. Colwell, T. M. Ridgeway.
Worthville District —G. W. White,
J. 11. Pope, R. O. StodghiP.
Col. W. E. Watkins is chairman
and J. D. Jones secretary.
Following the meeting of the com
mittee and selection of a date for
the primary it is likely that the local
campaign will get under way at once.
Reports state there will be a good
many candidates for the various of
fices to be filled.
CANNING PLANT WILL
OPERATE PART TIME
COMMUNITY CANNING PLANT
WILL SERVE PUBLIC BY CAN
NING MEATS WHEN ENGAGE
MENTS ARE MADE.
The Butts County Canning Plant
is now operating on a part time
basis and will continue to do this
until further plans are announced.
This week the plant operated
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
taking care of engagements pre
vioussly made.
Those having meats to process
are requested to get in touch with the
county agent and arrange a schedule.
This will save time and trouble, and
will also reduce expenses.
It is hoped to work out a plan
whereby the plant can be operated
on a full time basis. If this is done
announcement of that fact will be
irade.
ANOTHER BUTTS COUNTY
4-H CLUB BOY AWARDED
PRIZE IN COTTON CONTEST
Chester Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Cook, was among the winners
in the cotton contest sponsored the
past year by the Chilean Nitrate of
1 Soda Company. He was awarded a
cash prize of $5.00 in the district
contest, having a yield of 2,000
pounds of seed cotton per acre. There
were four district contests in addition
to the state contest.
Elmo Colwell, Butts county 4-H
club boy, was awarded the state
prize, a free trip to the International
Club Congress and Livestock Show
in Chicago for his yield of 2,275
pounds of seed cotton per acre.
This is a splendid record for Butts
4-H club boys, and for County Agent
K. L. Powell, who supervised the
contest.