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VOL. 64—NO. 18
SATURDAY MAY DECIDE WINNER OF CARS
CLEAN UP WEEK BEGINS
IN JACKSON ON MONDAY
CITY AUTHORITIES JOIN WITH
GARDENS CLUBS AND CIVIC
ORGANIZATION FOR SPIC AND
SPAN TOWN.
The first week in May has been
designated as Clean up Week in
Jackson.
Backed by two gardens clubs and
other civic organizations, the city
of Jackson through Mayor P. H.
Weaver has indorsed the movement.
Hearty support will be given by city
and the use of city employees will be
used to make the clean up campaign
of the greatest possible value.
The clean up campaign has two
objectives:
First, to make premises clean and
inviting and reduce the chances of
sickness during the hot weather per
iod.
Second, to impress in a favorable
manner the many tourists who are
now passing through the city.
In issuing his proclamation for
clean up week, Mayor Weaver strong
ly urges that every property owner,
white and colored, join heartily in
the movement for a clean and invit
ing community. Trash, and rubbish
placed conveniently, will be removed
by the city.
The clean up campaign will start
Monday and last all next week: With
every citizen showing 'the proper co
operation it will be possible in the
six-day period to make Jackson a
cleaner, healthier and more inviting
town.
Coming now at the start of the hot
weather season, after a winter of
severe weather, the clean up cam
paign is most timely and important.
74,000 GEORGIANS MAY
OBTAIN OLD AGE HELP
figures released after a
SOCIAL SECURITY SURVEY
CONDUCTED BY WPA AND DE
PARTMENT PUBLIC WELFARE
Atlanta, Ga. —■Preliminary results'
of a social security survey indicate;
that 74,000 persons eligible for old
age assistance or aid to dependent
children in Georgia should this state
make provisions for a federal grant
under the social security law, the
WPA announced Saturday.
The survey is being conducted by
the WPA in co-operation with the
state department of public welfare.
Thi sstudy involving examination
of approximately 400,000 case rec
ords, covers FERA relief easy rec
' ords, and a check of cases served by
counties and in almhouses.
The findings indicate 10,875 per
sons are receiving county relief
funds, 476 persons in almshouses and
62,662 persons formerly receiving
aid from the FERA who would be
eligible for one of the two forms
of social security assistance.
Georgia now has no law enabling
it to participate in the federal social
security legislation. Should such an
act become law at the 1937 session
of the legislature, it would then lie
necessary for a state plan to be sub
mitted to the federal social security
board and approved by that body.
The WPA said today the present
survey would “be helpful to those
interested in working out an accept
able plan.
The moon completes its orbit
about the earth in approximately 28
days.
THE SOUTH HOLDS
STRONG POSITION
POLITICAL REVOLUTION RE
SULTS FROM WAR BETWEEN
THE STATES, JUDGE PERSONS
SAYS IN ADDRESS HERE.
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Asa result of the election in
1932, the South now holds a leading
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place in the affairs of the national
government, Judge Ogden Persons
said in a Memorial Day address here
Monday. A southern man is major
ity leader of the senate, another
southern man speaker of the house,
while sveral cabinet positions are
held by Southern Democrats, it was
explained by Judge Persons.
After paying tribute to the eladeis
cf the Confederate cause, Judge
Persons declared that one result of
the war was a political revolution.
Virginia, it was shown, furnished the
leadership when the colonies united
to throw off British oppression and
again when the constitution was
formed. This leadership continued
to 1860.
The War Between the States wa ;
described as a political war, with
slavery as an incident. Hot heads
in both the north and south hastened
the outbreak of the war, but the con
flict over states’ rights and a strong,
centralized government was inevi
table, Judge Persons declared. The
outcome of the war destroyed states’
lights and led to centralized gov
ernment.
It was after the election of Presi
dent Roosevelt in 1932 that the South
has again taken a commanding part
in governmental affairs, it was ex
plained.
During his address Judge Persons
paid high tribute to the leaders of
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CCC CAMP ENDS WORK
INDIAN SPRINGS PARK
MEMBERS OF CAMP SENT TO
NORTH CAROLINA POINTS. DE
TAIL LEFT HERE TO FINISH
WORK STARTED.
Effective April 25 the Butts coun
ty CCC camp was abolished. En
rolled were sent to High Point and
Durham, N- C-
A detail of. several men was left
here to complete unfinished work at
the Indian Springs state park, where
the camp centered its activities dur
ing the past three years.
A hard fight was made to retain
the camp in Butts county until the
present program was completed, but
this effort proved unsuccessful.
Local boys enrolled in the camp
could not be transferred to another
state, it was stated, and have been
mustered out of service.
During the time the camp was lo
cated in Butts county much peima
netn work was done on the state
park at Indian Springs. This work
has added greatly to the appearance
of the property and will show to ad
vantage through the years.
Anew highway bridge over Sandy
Creek, an Indian museum, anew
casino-paviliion, new trails, roads
through the state property, anew
foot bridge over Sandy Creek and
the planting of thousands of trees
and shrubbery are among the pro
jects that reeceived attention at the
hands of the CCC camp.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MAY 1, 1936
JENKINSBURG SOON
WILL HAVE LIGHTS
ENGINEERS FOR POWER COM
PANY ON GROUND MAKING
SURVEY. ALL RESIDENTS
SHOW INTEREST IN PROJECT
According to present plans the
residents of Jenkinsburg and com
munity will soon be enjoying electric
lights.
Engineers for the Georgia Power-
Company are now on the ground
making a survey, and as soon as this
preliminary detail is completed the
next step in the development will be
announced. The survey is being
made by engineers from the Macon
office of the power company..
The town of Jenkinsburg has grant
ed a franchise for the new develop
ment and there has been practically
a one hundred per cent sign-up by
property owners, it is stated.
Not only will lights and power be
available to residents of Jenkinsburg,
but several farme homes in that sec
tion will use this service. Giks and
other plants also plan to use elec
tricity for operation in the future.
Present plans call for the com
pany to tie In near Jackson and ex
tend the line to Jenkinsburg along
route 42. Farm homes along the
route will be wired for electric cur
rent.
Citizens of the Jenkinsburg com
munity took the matter up with of
ficials of the Georgia Power Com
pany some time ago and as soon as
possible engineers were sent here
for the survey to determine the
needs.
Work on the local project, ex
pected to prove one of far-reaching
benefit, will be started as soon as a
project in another section of the
sate is completed. It is believed
that work will begin in the next few
weeks.
Citizens of that part of the county
are to be congratulated On this pro
gressive movement.
Since 1933 gangsters have stolen
2,047 firearms and 273,326 rounds
of ammunition from National Guard
armories.
ONLY TWO MORE DAYS
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Two more working days and the greatest voting period in The
Progress-Argus Subscription Campaign will close.
6—5 YEAR SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW COUNT 480,00 VOTES
There are hundiedes of people who will continue to take The
rrogress-Argus for the next five years. The aggressive candidate
will make every effort to collect extended and long term subscrip
tions while they count most votes.
IN THREE SHORT WEEKS FROM SATURDAY SOME
HAPPY WINNER WILL HAVE HER CHOICE OF A NEW FORD
OR A NEW CHEVROLET, ANOTHER WILL WIN $200.00 CASH!
The following names of contestants are in alphabetical order.
Mr. R. D. Bankston 7
Miss Virginia Crawford ?
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Airs. ClarenJe Moss V
AI iss Mary Newton 7
Mrs. E. H. Pace ’ ?
Mrs. Max Redman ?
THE VOTES WILL BE COUNTED AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
PUT YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE IN THE LEAD. YOUP.
SUBSCRIPTION MAY CARRY THE WINNING VOTES.
CONTESTANTS: Don’t try to figure how many votes, you
will need to win, but collect every possible subscription before Sat
urday night, May 2nd. You cannot have too many votes. It i
better to win with a million too many than to lose by a few sub
scriptions.
IN THREE SHORT WEEKS YOUR FRIENDS WILL BE ASK
IXG ‘WHAT PRIZE DID YOU WIN?” ARE YOU GOING TO
WIN .4 MAJOR PRIZE OR A CONSOLATION PRIZE? SATUR
DAY NIGHT SHOULD DECIDE.
DR. SLATON HEADS
COUNTY CHAMBER
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UNANIMOUSLY CHOSEN IN AN
ELECTION HELD PAST WEEK.
INTERESTED IN CIVIC PRO
CESS OF THE COUNTY.
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Ap a result of the balloting in an
election held by the Butts County
Chamber of Commerce the past week
Dr. 411. R. Slaton was elected presi
dent by a unanimous vote. Dr.
Slatim is the second president for
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this’organization which took shape
about one year ago and elected for
its xirst president, Mr. R. N. Ether
idge who steered it through its or
ganization period.
The chamber has received very
favorable backing from among the
public spirited citizens of Jackson
and the county and its accomplish
ments are well known. Work for
the present year is already under
way and bids fair to be very con
structive for the county as a whole.
The Butts County Chamber of
Commerce welcomes to its member
ship public spirited citizens who are
willi rg to devote some of their time
and thought to general welfare, and
who are willing now and then to
mak > some sacrifice to attain these
desiied ends.
Dr. Slaton has accepted the presi
dency for another year and states
he will welcome suggestions on needs
of the business and commercial in
terests of the county and how these
nee3s may be met.
MORE FUNDS RECEIVED FOR
RED CROSS STORM RELIEF
In addition to the more thar* S6OO
already raised in Butts county and
forwarded to headquarters to be
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used forstorm relief, Miss Pauline
Mallet reports the following dona
tions:
O. E. Smith, $2.00; Miss Lena
White, SI.OO.
People of Georgia have donated
more than $300,000 to the relief of
storm sufferers in the Gainesville
and Cordele areas, Red Cross fig
urges show.
ONLY 2 DAYS REMAIN TO GET
THE GREATEST NUMBER VOTES
PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN ACCORDING TO THE VOTES. FRIENDS
OF CONTESTANTS MAY GIVE THEIR FAVORITE CONTESTANT
MOST BY SUBSCRIBING TO THE LIMIT BEFORE SATURDAY
NIGHT, MAY SECOND.
THREE MILLION TO
FIX STATE PAVING
DAMAGE CAUSED BY FREEZING
WEATHER TO BE REPAIRED
BY STATE HIGHWAY DEPART
MENT.* STARTS SOON.
It has been announced by the
state highway department that work
will be started in a short time to re
pair the $3,000,000 damage to Geor
gia’s paved highway system caused
by extreme weather conditions the
past winter. Chairman W. E. Wil
burn states that the work has been
outlined after a thorough survey of
the entire system.
All types of pavement were dam
aged by the severe freezes. Even
the best types of concrete roads were
damaged by the ice and cold weath
er.
Pa) l of the money for repair work
will be taken from the highway de
partment’s share of the gasoline tax
revenue, since the license tag fees,
amounting to approximately $1,000;-
000 and allocated specifically foi
maintenance are not suffiicent to
cover the damage.
Chairman Wilburn expressed be
lief that although gas tax revenue
is supposed to be used exclusively for
road construction, the public would
approve use of some of these funds
to put Georgia toads back in shape
for travel.
COTTON CHECKS BE
PAID END OF JUNE
CHECKS BEING MAILED AT
RATE OF SEVEN THOUSAND
PER DAY. FIVE MILLION DOL
LARS ALREADY PAID.
Washington, 1). C.—Adjustment
payments totaling $5,372,700 have
been made to cotton producers in tan.
states on their 1936 contract wltn
the AAA, which was held unconsti
tutional in January by the supreme
court, AAA officials announced Sat
urday.
Checks are being sent out at the
rate of 7,000 a day. Cotton grow
ers will receive between 35 million
dollars and 45 million dollars on
their contracts, under which they are
paid the difference between the av
erage daily market price and 12 cents
per pound.
All payments are expected to be
made by June 1.
Local Growers Being Paid
Butts county growers are now get
ting their subsidy checks. The first
batch of checks came in several days
ago and others are coming through
every few days. The checks are mailed
from Atlanta and payments are made
as soon as all detail# can ire com
plied with.
135 FLYERS IN GEORGIA
According to the Bureau of Air
Commerce in Washington, Georgia
has 135 licensed pilots and 68 air
crafts, including one glider. Eighty
of the pilot licenses are transport,
three limited to commercial, 49 pri
vate and three amateur.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
j The “zero hour” in Tiie Progress-
Argus subscription campaign is close
at hand! Saturday night the First
Voting Period, which is the greatest
vote offering in the entire campaign,
1 will end.
J After that time and for the next
i three weeks the Second Period will
i be in effect which means a reduction
in the voting power of subscriptions.
During the last week of the cam
paign there is still another great re
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j duet ion of votes.
j CONTESTANTS, ATTENTION!
The crucial test is now at hand.
If you ever intend to do anything
big in the race do it now. Make
every effort to get your friends and
relatives to give you five year or
extended subscriptions. A good lead
now will be hard to overcome after
the big votes have gone.
To hold back subscriptions now or
to rely upon merely promises only
means you will have to take fewer
votes on such orders. We are warn
ing you intime—if you wish to be a
winner of one of the major prizes,
do not fail to turn in every available
subscription to your account before
the close of the First Period, Satur
day night.
HOW THE VOTE PERIOD WILL
END
The First Period is scheduled to
close at seven o’clock Saturday night,
however if for some good reason all
contestants have not been able to
make their reports by that time, the
closing hour will be extended to meet
the requiremetns of those who can
not go to The Campaign Manager’s
office. The time limit is absolutely
Saturday night. No more big votes
can be issued on subscriptions after
that time except reports that might
be in the mail. If any of the con
testants have to make an early re
port and cannot get hack to the of
fice, then they may mail the re
maining report, so the Campaign
Manager will reeivee it Monday
morning.
YOUR. REAL FRIENDS. WILL
SUBSCRIBE TO THE LIMIT.
PROMISES WILL NOT WIN FOR
YOU—IT TAKES VOTES. ONLY
THREE SHORT WEEKS UNTIL
ALL THE PRIZES WILL BE
GIVEN. DO NOT FIGURE HOW
MANY VOTES IT WILL TAKE TO
WIN BUT GET EVERYTHING YOU
CAN BEFORE SATURDAY MAY 2.
THAT IS THE TIME TO WIN. SUB
SCRIPTIONS WILL NEVER COUNT
AS MANY VOTES AGAIN IN THE
ENTIRE CAMPAIGN.
U. D. C. ESSAY WINNERS FOR
THE YEAR ARE ANNOUNCED
Winners in the U. I). C. essay
contest for the year have been an
nounced by the Larkin Watson chap
ter. The subject of the essay this
year was Alexander Hamilton
Stephens. The winners were an
nounced on Memorial Day by Mrs.
J. T. Warthen, chairman of the essay
committee, as follows:
Grammar school—First, Mary
Lane Mallet, 7th grade Jackson
school; honorable mention, Hilda
Edwards, 7th grade Jenkinsburg
school; Blackman Settle sth grade
Jackson school.
High school —First, Vera Edwards,
Jackson school; hone able mention,
Woodward Lavender, Jackson school;
Robert Garner, Jackson school.