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VOL. 64—NO. 17
memorial say be
OBSERVED MONDAY
JUDGE OGDEN PERSONS WILL
DELIVER ADDRESS AT EXER
CISES HONORING VETERANS
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Memoiial Day will be observed in
•Jackson on Monday, April 27, when
Judge Ogden Persons, of Forsyth,
t'ill deliver he address honoring the
.non and women of the Confederacy.
! he son of a Confederate soldier and
a well known speaker and authority
on southern history, the committee
jecls that it was fortunate in obtain
ing Judge Persons for that occasion.
7he usual program will be carried
out. At 10:30 the parade will form
at the court house and march to the
cemetery where Children of the Con
: ederacy will place flowers on the
graves of deceased soldiers. A de
tachment of the Jackson Rifles will
head the parade and will fire a salute
at the cemetery.
The sepaking will take place in the
court house at 11 o’clock. The court
room will be appropriately decorated
for the services and patriotic songs
will be sung as a feature of the pro
gram.
The roll call of veterans will show
that only two survivors now reside
in Butts county, Mr. R. Van Smith,
of Cork, and Mr. J. S. Gregory, of
Indian Springs. Since last Memorial
Day Judge J. A. McMichael, adjutant
of Camp Barnett No. 1114 U. C. V.
and an active worker in the ranks,
has been taken by death.
Following the exercises in the
court house the veterans and their
families and other invited guests will
be served dinner at the clubhouse.
The exercises will be in charge ot
the Larkin Watson chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy. All
veterans and their families, the Chil
dren of the Confederacy, school chil
dren, civic and patriotic societies and
the general public are urged to at
tend the exercises.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. S. F. LOWE WILL BE IN
CHARGE OF MEETINGS TO RUN
FROM APRIL 26 TO SUNDAY,
MAY THE THIRD.
Revival services will begin at the
First Baptist church Sunday, April
26, and according to present plans
will contiue through May 3. Rev.
S. F. Lowe, pastor of the Inman
Park Baptist church of Atlanta, will
assist the pastor, Rev. R. B. Harrison,
in this series of meetings.
Mr. Lowe is a well known minister
and his coining to Jackson at this
time will prove of interest, to the
members of the Baptist church and
other religious groups in the com
munity.
Services wil be conducted twice
daily, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon
and at 7:30 in the evening. The
singing, in charge of local talent, is
expected to prove an enjoyable and
helpful feature of all services.
In preparation for the reviva.,
meeting have been held recent'y and
will extend through thursday. At these
meetings much interest has been
shown and the minds of the members
have been fixed on the approaching
.services.
The pastor and officers of the
church extend to the people of Jack
son and Butts county a cordial in
vitation to attend these services,
which nave for their purpose the
quickening of interest in spiritual
affairs.
Lookout Mountain is located m
two states —Tennessee and Georgia.
FUNDS FOR STORM
RELIEF PILING UP
MORE THAN $600.00 ALREADY
SENT TO STATE OFFICIALS
AND TOTAL WILL BE LARGER
WHEN CAMPAIGN ENDS.
Contrbutions to the Red Cross for
storm relief continues to grow. In
last week’s list of contributors the
names of some donor's were omitted.
The Larkin D. Watson chapter LT.
D. C. gave $5.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Newton, $5.00, R. I’. Newton, $5.00,
Nutt & Bond SIO.OO, Mi's. W. H.
Mallet, SI.OO, J. W. Lunsford, SI.OO,
O. N. Brownlee, SI.OO.
Amounts not previoussly reported
include Cedar Rock church mission
ary society $6.00, Mrs. Nellie B.
Hamilton, SI.OO, Miss Hattie Mae
Finley SI.OO.
The splendid contribution of $105.-
35 raised by the citizens of Pepper
ton was sent direct to state head
quarters.
People of Butts county have al
ready forwarded to state headquar
the sum of $502.50. This includes
$4'62.15 sent byt he Red Cross, $105,-
35 sent by the citizens of Pepperton
and $25.00 sent direct by the Knights
Templar.
The wonderful spirit of interest,
and co-operation shown by the peo
ple of the county is appreciated by
all the organizations seeking to raise
funds, and will be of material aid
in relieving distress in the Gaines
ville and Cordele storm areas.
In addition to the amount reported
above the Kwanis club of Jackson
through N. F. Land, chairman of the
underprivileged child committee, has
sent several dollars to help care for
27 children made orphans by the
Gainesville storm. This brings the
total for the county well over $600,-
OQ.
The following contributions were
raised in Pepperton and sent direct
to state headquarters; the total
amount being $105.35:
George Ball -35
Pearl Barber -35
Julius Batchelor .25
Lewis Batchelor . -50
Ruth Batchelor -50
D. R. Beasley -25
J. O. Beachamp 1-00
James Bedsole .25
L. A. Bedsole -50
C. A. Bennett -50
C. R.Bennett - -50
Marvin Bennett -HO
Reuben Bennett -25
Bessie Benton -50
Dora Benton -25
| Irvin Benton - -50
I Linas Benton -50
Ola Benton -50
Dock Boyd -50
! Lorene Boyd -50
W. H. Boyd -50
1 R. L. Bray -25
| Hazel Britt -25
IC. A. Byars -50
James Byars -50
, Laura Byars -25
Luther Byars -30
Margie Byars .25
Trudie Byars .50
Walter Byars *SO
Joseph Campbell -25
Homer Capps -50
W. W. Carr - LOO
■A. A. Cook __ 1-00
E. W. Cook 1.00
! A. G. Cook 1.00
Marion Cook 1.00
Mattie Cook - ----- - ;, 0
Mary Collins ... - - -25
Fred Crane - -- -25
Howard Crane -- ..<0
Joel Crane -25
f Lizzie Crane -- -- -.- -25
Thelma Crane . -25
Travis Crane .50
j Lina Dickerson . - .50
(Continued cn page 5)
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1936
MORNING MAIL NORTH
AWARDED TO JACKSON
NORTHBOUND TRAIN LEAVING
JACKSON AT 6:37 A. M. TO
HANDLE MAIL. BETTER SERV
ICE BE CONVENIENCE.
Asa result of activities of the
Butts County Chamber of Commerce,
better mail service, particularly in
sending mail north in the morning,
is assured patrons of the Jackson
post office.
M. O. McCord, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, has been ad
vised by Victor Carmichael, post
master, that the northbound train
leaving Jackson at 6:37 a. m. will
handle mail. This means that mail
dispatched in the morning will be de
livered in Atlanta early in the day.
Heretofore the mail went north only
in the afternoon. The mail service
became effective April 22.
Some days ago the Chamber of
Commerce took up the matter of
improved mail service with the sec
ond assistant postmaster general in
Washington. A petition, largely
signed by local business men, point
ing out the need for better mail
facilities, was forwarded. The mat
ter was referred to the superintend
ent of Railway Mail Service in At
lanta.
Announcement that this improved
mail service will be available to pa
trons of the Jackson office will be
of wide interest. It will be a decid
ed convenience and one that is ap
preciated.
MR. PATRICK NEW FARM
SUPERVISOR IN HENRY
Mr. Aubrey Patrick who has been
Farm Supervisor in Butts county for
the past several months has been
transferred to Henry county.. He
will be succeed here by Frank C.
Hearn, of Griffin, who will have
Butts and Spalding counties in his
territory. There are about 54 fam
iies in Butts county getting aid from
the resettlement administration and
practically the same number in
Spalding, while Hemy county has as
many as Butts and Spalding com
bined, it is stated.
George Washington received no
salary for his personal service during
the Revolution.
WHAT A RACE!
Ail the candidates in The Progress-Argus Subscription Campaign
are working fast and furious this week to win the special prize whiic
adding votes towaid winning one of the handsome cars to be given
away May 23rd. The ones who wish to be major prize winners asv
trying to collect every possible subscription before May 2nd.. Votes
on subscriptions are reduced May 2nd.
The following names of contestants are in alphabetical order.
Pick your favorite and subscribe to the limit.
M;-. R. D. Bankston ■’
Miss Virginia Crawford . ■
Mis. Clarence Moss . •
Miss Mary Newton -
Mrs. E. 11. Pace -- •
Mrs. Max Redman -
Contestants: It is worth the effort to win the extra cash prize of
SIO.OO for the best week’s collections, while adding votes toward
the major prizes to be awarded May 23rd. The first prize winner
on May 23rd is likely to be the one who gains those winning votes
by May 2nd.
5-year -übscriptions count most votes. Why not pay lor your
Progress-Argus for five years in advance and give the votes to your
favorite
EVERYONE ADMIRES A WINNER. DO YOUR BEST WORK
AND YOU WILL HAVE NO REGRETS.
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
MAKING VOTERS’ LIST
NEW REGISTRATION LIST FOR
USE IN STATE PRIMARY WILL
BE PREPARED. IN SESSION
SEVERAL DAYS.
The board of Registrars of Butts
county, Messrs. W. J. Bankston,
ehairfnan, It. E. Evans and 11. M.
Fletcher, met Monday to purge the
registration list and prepare a now
list of voters for use in the state
primary.
The law requires the board to meet
after'April 20 and purge the list.
In the county primary of March
27 the old registration list, with ad
ditions, was used.
The list as used in the county pri
mary contained the names of some
2,429 voters. After corrections and
deletions have been made by the
board it is likely that a good many
names will be stricken.
It is likely that the board will be
in session for a week or longer.
According to the eGorgia law
voters may register up to six months
of the general election, which is held
the first Wednesday in November.
To be an eligible voter the law
requires that poll tax including that
of 1935, must be paid and the voters
must register with the tax collector.
Registration in person is require l
under the Georgia law.
REV. J. B. STODGHILL
WILL OFFER FOR HOUSE
JENKINSBURG MINISTER DECID
ES TO RUN FOR GENERAL AS
,w§£MBLY ANN OUNCEMENT
BE MADE WHILE.
Rev. J. B. Stodghill, well known
Baptist minister, has authorized the
.statement that he will be a candi
date for the legislature in the state
primary. His formal announcement
will be made in a short while.
Mr. Stodghill has been prominently
mentioned in connection with the of
fce and has had the matter under
consideration for several weeks. That
he has decided to be a candidate will
be of interest in political circles
throughout the county.
The date for the state primary has
not been settled but it will probably
be early in September.
MOST IMPORTANT PERIOD IN
PROGRESS-ARCUS’ SUBSCRIPTION
CAMPAIGN CLOSES MAY 2nd
SUBSCRIBERS AND READERS ARE URGED TO PAY THEIR
FOVORITE CONTESTANT FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW WHILE IT
COUNTS MOST. SPECIAL CASH PRIZE OFFERED FOR THIS
WEEK’S WORK.
To date, the contestants in The
Progress-Argus’ subscription cam
paign are very closely grouped. Al
most any participant in the race can
be a leader before the close of the j
big voting period. The time to gain
the winning votes is before May 2nd
for the votes on subscriptions are
greatly reduced, never to count as
much again.
There is no use to figure what
might have happened after it is too
late. The time to do your working
and planning is now. You can win
the SIO.OO cash to be given to the
participant who turns in most cash
for subscriptions from Monday, April
20th to Saturday, April 25th, inclu
sive. This cash prize can be won'
while adding votes toward winning
the major prizes. Any one can
win this prize regardless of how they
are running in the campaign.
PRESENT TIME IMPORTANT
We have been trying to impress
the contestants and their friends with
the importance of the first voting
period which ends May 2nd. After
that time subscriptions do not count
as many votes and to fail to turn in
every available subscription during
this period menas hut one thing that
is, some more aggressive candidate
may outstrip you in the race and
win the prize you are after. If you
fail to grasp the opportunity when
presented, you cannot blame anyone
but yourself if you do not win one
of the major prizes.
Remember you have one more
week after Saturday of the greatest
voting period in the campaign. Now
is the time to pile up votes towaru
the top prize and win the extra cash
prize also . If you have planned to
SUBSIDY PAYMENTS ARE
NOW MADE TO FARMERS
CHECKS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO
GROWERS FO RIS3S CO OPER
ATION WITH FEDERAL CROP
CONTROL PROGRAM.
Up to Monday the sum of $7,554.-
25, representing a considerable num
ber ,of growers, had been received
here as subsidy payments for farmers
taking part in hte 1935 crop control
program.
The total amount due to the coun
ty in subsidy payments has been esti
mated at $20,000.
Checks are being mailed from At
lanta and as soon as all details an
complied with payments are made
in a few days.
It is hoped to clear up the subsidy
payments within the next few days.
As soon as that has been done at
tention will be given to the new
farm program for 1936. Work
sheets have been received and grow
ers are studying their ci opping plans
in an effort to co-operate with the
government in planting sou building
crops and qualify for payments foi
taking cotton acreage out of produc
tion. The land removed from cotton
and planted to soil building or soil
conserving crops will be checked by
district committees and th< county
( o mm it lee.
There were more than 700 con
tract signers in Butts county last
year and not quite half of the sub
sidy payment: bad been received up
1 o the first of the week.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
be a major prize winner, you will
put forth every effort to gain the
winning votes before May 2nd.
FRIENDS SUBSCRIBE THIS WEEK
All the contestants in this race
have been making an effort to gel.
as many subscriptions as possible
while they count most votes, and
wihle they have a chance to win the
Extra Prize offered this week.
Friends of the contestants who in
tend to give their subscriptions to
The Progress-Argus before the cam
paign ends, should do so thus week.
Why not suberibe when it will do the
most good, and you will have your
newspaper paid for another year?
Many people have said they would
like for their favorite candidate in
the race to win. The only way they
can help is to give their subscrip
tion. There are no extra charges for
the votes when they pay their sub
scription. Every .subscriber should
be paid in advance and we welcome
all the new readers on our list.
YOUR SUBSCRIPTION MAY
CARRY THE WINNING VOTES
FOR YOUR CANDIDATE IN THE
RACE. THEY ARE SO CLOSELY
BUNCHED THERE MAY NOT
BE OVER A SUBSCRIPTIONS DIF
FERENCE IN THE MAJOR PRIZES,
WHEN THE CAMPAIGN CLOSES
MAY 23rd ONE OF THESE CAN
DIDATES WILL WIN THE CHOICE
OF A NEW CHEVROLET, FORD,
AN ALL EXPENSE EUROPEAN
TOUR OR THE CASH EQUIVA
LENT OF THE TOUR. ANOTHER
ONE WILL WIN $200.00 CASH.
THE HAPPY WINNER IS VERY
LIKELY TO BE THE ONE WHO
GAINS THE WINNING VOTES BE
FORE MAY 2nd.
EDUCATORS OPPOSE
15 MILL TAX LEVY
STATE ASSOCIATION IN SESSION
IN MACON GOES ON RECORD
NAS OPPOSING PROPOSED CUT
IN TA XRATE.
.
Macon, Ga. —Opposition to the 15-
null real estate tax limitation consti
tutional amendment was unanimously
: voted by members of the Georgia Ed
I ncational Association in the closing
! session Saturday afternoon.
While- retiring president S .V. San-
I
ford, chancellor of the University
| system of Georgia, urged careful
study of revised tax measures and no
! “jumping at conclusions,” the body
unanimously adopted resolutions fav
oring the opposition to the proposed
15-mill tax limitation. There wa
ne discussion when it was presented.
There was a small representation of
several hundred delegates present a*
the closing session. Th<- Georgia
Press Association also was urged to
join the fight against the amendment.
The convention this year was said
by leaders to have been perhaps the
largest attended on record. There
were 4,000 registered delegates and
several thousand who did not register,
it is said.
New officers for the year include
Harold Saxon. Quitman, president;
Boyce Grier, Athens, vice president;
W. K. Knox, Gray, treasurer.
The dog wag ; : it tail when it is
pleased; the cat when it is angry.