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VOL. 64—NO. 20
KEEN INTEREST MARKS THE CLOSE OF PRIZE CAMPAIGN
1,723 VOTERS PUT
IN GOOD STANDING
REGISTRARS COMPLETE WORK
AND MAKE UP LIST TO BE
USED IN ALL ELECTIONS OF
* THE YEAR. JACKSON HAS 916.
Out of a total registration of
1,723 in Butts county, Jackson dis
trict has 916 or slightly more than
half of the total.
The list was checked and anew
registration list t obe used in all
elections of the year was made up
by the board of registrars last week.
The registration by districts is as
follows:
Buttrill 155
Coody 100
Dublin 6t>
Indian Springs 157
Iron Springs 90
Jackson 916
Towaliga 106
Worthville 131
Total 1,723
MASTER MASON’S DEGREE BE
CONFERRED MONDAY NIGHT
St. Johns lodge No. 45 F. & A. M.
will confer the Master Mason’s de
gree Monday night at 7:30. All
members of the lodge and visiting
Masons are invited to attend.
CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION
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SOLICITOR-GENERAL FRANK B. WILLINGHAM
Frank B. Willingham Endorsed By
Monroe County Bar And Officials
LEADING CITIZENS OF MONROE
COUNTY GIVE APPROVAL OF
SOLICITOR’S PAST RECORD;
RECOMMEND RE-ELECTION.
An indication of the popularity of
Col. F. B. Willingham and the satis-'
factory service which he has render
ed as Solicitor of the Flint' Circuit
is found in the following endorse
ment.
We. the undersgned members of
the Forsyth bar and the county of
ficials of Monroe county, endorse
Hon. Frank B. Willingham for re
election as Solicitor-General of the
Flint Judicial Circuit We commend
him for the faithful performance of
the duties of his office in the past,
and express our confidence in his
ability and integrity. ,
CARRIERS MEETING BE
HELD AT WARM SPRINGS
ANNUAL SESSION WILL BE
HELD MAY 30. PROGRAM BE
ANNOUNCED IN NEXT FEW
DAYS. WARE IS PRESIDENT.
The annual meeting of the Fourth
District Rural Letter Carriers Asso
ciation will be held at Warm Springs
on May 30, and the program will be
announced within the next few days.
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Last year the group met at Indian
Springs and it wa svoted to hold
the 1936 meeting there, but on ac
count of inadequate facilities for
housing the convention the body will
go to Warm Springs.
Officers of the fourth district R.
L. C. A. include Solon W. Ware,
Woodbury, president; B. T. M, Cau
then, Jonesboro, vice president, and
J. D. Clark, Meansville, secretary and
treasurer.
Officers of the Womans Auxiliary
to meetin connection with the car
riers are Mrs. N. F. Land, Jackson,
president; Mrs. C. E. Nall, Grantville,
vice president, and Mrs. S. M. Ridge
way, secretary and treasurer.
Th eGeorgia Rural Letter Carriers
Association will meet in Athens in
July. The convention was to have
been held n Gainesville but another
location was made necesary on ac
count of the tornado thate dstroyed
a large part of Gainesville.
Win. B. Freeman. R. L. Williams,
Jr., A. M. Zellner, J. P. Carson, W.
M. Clark, Ordinary, J. M. Fletcher.
R. O. Persons, B. S. Willingham, R.
T. Pei-sons, members Forsyth Bar
Association.
Jno. O. Ponder, Clerk of Superior
Court.
Katherine B. Sutton, C. S. S.
H. W. Searcy, Tax Commissioner.
L. C. Bittick, Sheriff.
Chamer W. Hill, Treasurer.
C. A. Holmes, chairman, Jas. A.
Tribble, J. T. Banks, Chas. P. Pon
der, clerk. Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues.
C. F. Heard, Mayor; L. G. Alex
ander, U. L. Porch, Ashley Phinazee,
A. L. Willingham, K. L. Hollis, F. E.
Rowland, aide, nen. City of Forsyth.
—The Monroe Advertiser.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1936
LARGE CLASS WILL
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES IN
JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL WILL
BEGIN MAY 24. SENIOR CLASS
HAS 53 MEMBERS.
Commencement exercises in the
Jackson high school will begin Sun
day, May 24, w r hen Rev. Albert Grady
Harris, pastor of the First Presbyter
ian church in Macon, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon in the Jackson
Methodist church. Graduation exer
cises will be held Tuesday evening,
May 26, when Mark Smith, of
Thomasllton, will make the address.
The Jackson Methodist church has
graciously tendered the use of its
building for the commencement ser
mon, which will be preached at 11
o’clock by Mr. Harris. A union ser
vice of all Jackson churches will be
held at that time.
Monday morning, May 25, the
seventh grade will have graduation
exercises in the basement of the
Methodist church. This program is
scheduled for 10 o’clock.
The senior play, which is always
an interesting feature of commence
ment season, had to be* postponed on
account of the auditorium not being
finished.
Graduation exercises for the high
school will be held Tuesday evening
at 8 o’clock in the tFirst Baj)tist
church. Prof. Mark Smith, of
Thomaston, will make the literary ad
dress this year.
The school is considered fortunate
in being able to secure speakers of
the ability of Mr. Harris and Mr.
Smith.
The senior class of 1936 is one of
the largest on record, standing next
to the class of 1933 when 56 were
graduated.
The folowing are members of the
senior class:
Lucile Atkinson, Dorothy Barnes,
Wayne Barnes, Ruby Biles, Compton
Blankenship, Autrey Bohannon, Mary
Lee Burford, Emily Byron, Bob Car
michael, Sara Carter, Warren Childs,
Virginia Colwell, Vera Edwards, Rus
sell Edwards, Lamar Fletcher, Grace
Fuqua, Walter Fuqua, Robert Gar
ner, Thompson Grant, Mallory Hend
erson, Frances Hendricks, Brae
Hodges, Ruth Hodges, Margaret
Huie, Frances Hyatt, Foy Ingram,
Annie Van Jones, Dorothy Jones,
Vincent Jones, Beulah Kent, Nell
Lane, Woodward Lavender, Foster
Leverett, Margaret Lummus, Jesse
Lunsford, Robert Milner, Alberta
Morgan, Helen McMichael, Joe
Nelson, Willie Norsworthy, Marion
Nutt, Ruth Plymale, Jennie Lou Pope,
James Preston, John Preston, Helen
Ridgeway, Elizabeth Sitton, Virginia
Smith, Nelle Taylor, Marion Thurs
ton, Woodrow Tingle, Lucile Vaughn,
Bailey Woodward.
Grain Crop Damaged
By Lack of Moisture
Checking up on grain conditions
in this section, experienced farmers
declare the oat crop has been sharp
ly reduced as the result of a month
of dry weather. Wheat is said to be
only fair, with the final outcome de
pending on weather conditions until
the hearvest season.
The several snows of the winter
were thought to be an advantage to
grain. Excessive rains wi the early
spring made a rank growth. and
following that that there was a long
period of dry weather and oats suf
fered as a consequence. Oats did
not attain the growth cxr< -A*. 1 and
DISTRICT MEETING
WELL ATTENDED
SPRING RALLY OF YOUNG PEO
PLE’S LEAGUE OF ATLANTA
PRESBYTERY HELD IN JACK
SOI4 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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Featured by a large attendance,
inspirational talks and a spirit of in
terest, the spring rally of the Young
League of district one of the
Atlanta Presbytery, held with the
Jackson Presbterian church Sunday
afternoon and evening, proved an
interesting and successful accasion.
Miss Myrl Chafin, of McDonough,
student at Agnes Scott College, pres
ident, presided at the business ses
sion. The young people were wel
comed to Jackson by Miss Susannah
Foster, and the response was by Miss
Marjorie Turner. Miss Chafin led
the devotional and there was a period
of special music.
“Our Jubilee Year” was the basis
of a program, and Rodman Williams
talked on “Giving All for Christ.”
Henrietta Thompson talked on prayer
and “The Church the wide-world'
over” was the subject of an interest-,
ing talk by Winifred Kellersberger.
In the late afternoon lunch was
served on the church lawn. This
feature with Mrs. C. M. Compton
as general chairman proved one of
the highlights of the rally.
At the evening session Mary Lynn
Morris talked on '‘Let’s Go to Agnes
Scott” while “We Want to Go Back
to Smyrna” was a skit put on by
Kelly Young People. The three
ministers present, Rev. H. E. Russell
and Rev. W. H. Jackson, of Henry
county, and Rev. E. L. Daniel, made
short talks.
The inspirational message was
brought by Rev. H. E. Russell. He
made a strong appeal to the young
people to consencrate their live
to service.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year include Myrl Chafin, McDon
ough, president; Malcolm Hemphill,
Griffin, vice president, and Lucy
Wallace, Fellowship, secretary.
This group is composed of a body
of fine young people and the Jack
son church was delighted to have
t hem.
FOREST FIRE DAMAGES
TIMBER IN LARGE AREA
IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT SUF
FERED HEAVY LOSS AS RE
SULT OF FIRE THAT RAGED
FOR THREE DAYS.
Heavy loss to timber was inflicted
by a forest fire that raged in Iron
Springs district for two or three
days last week. The origin of the
fire is not known.
Owing to the long dry spell the
fire burned with great fury and much
joung timber was was ruined by the
scorching flames.
The Maddux and Crawford farms
and others in and near the Ocmulgee
river were burned over, according to
residents in that section.
The fire finally burned itself out,
being stopped only by creeks and
rivers, it was said.
The smoke from this woods fire
could be seen for miles around.
the grain is said to be light.
There was a large acreage planted
to -mall grains and the crop is one
of great importance, both for human
and livestock consumption and anv
curtailment in the wheat and oat
crop will be a serious setback for
this' section of the state.
STEADY WORKERS TO RECEIVE
HANDSOME PRIZES ON MAY 21
CONTESTANTS MAKING NEW EFFORTS TO WIN. ALL PRIZES
WILL BE AWARDED MAY 23rd. SECOND VOTING PERIOD
CLOSES MAY 16th, WITH ANOTHER VOTE REDUCTION. WORK
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAY WILL COUNT.
Contestants in The Progress-Argus
Prize Subscription Campaign have
reached the turn, maneuvering them
selves in place for the final dash.
From now until the finish, May 23rd,
they will baittle for supremacy.
Hundreds of thousands of votes
will be turned into the campaign de
partment this week. All of the can
didates and their friends realize
the importance of Saturday night.
After Saturday night subscriptions
do not count as many votes and ex
tended subscriptions cannot count
extension votes.
The happy winner of the major
awards in only eight more days are
going to be the ones who do not be
come discouraged, the ones who
will not admit defeat, the ones who
do not try to figure how many votes
it will take to win but who goes out
and collects every passible subscrip
tion that can be collected.
Do no>t gamble with time for the
next two days. Every moment is
precious. To hesitate now, even for
one hour may cause you to lose the
prize you are wishing to win.
SATURDAY IS MOST IMPORTANT
With but two days left in which
to turn in subscriptions and secure
“Second Period” vtos, and only one
more week after Saturday before
the campaign ends, interest in this
race is lunning high and strong. Con
testunts wil make; every, hour profit
able between now and Saturday
night. .This vote period will close
in the same manner as did the “First
seven boys ACCEPTED
FOR CCC CAMP SERVICE
Six white and one colored hoy
were accepted for CCC camp service
and were sent to Columbus last week
for training. Those included in the
list were Lindsey L. Vaughn, Asbury
St. John, Charles H. Giles, Harvey
Ray Barnes, Lewis Thompson and
Odell Cook, all white, and George
White, colored.
THIS RACE WILL SOON
BE OVER!
The Progress-Argus’ Prize Subscription Campaign will end May
23rd. There will be another vote reduction on subscriptions Sat
urday night, May 10th. Friends of the contestants who intend to
subscribe before the campaign ends, should do before Saturday
l ight, so the contestant will gain the extra votes.
Extension subscriptions will not count extension vote 1 - after Sat
urday night.
This is a close race and the prizes have not been won to date.
The following names of contslants are in alphabetical order:
Mr. R. D. Bankston -
Miss Virginia Crawford _
Mrs. Clarence -Moss . - - - - - - •
.Miss Mary Newton . -
Mrs. E. H. Pace --- ?
Mrs. Ruth Lane Redman ... -
CANDIDATES: It is better to have a million too many vo|*!o
than to lose a major prize by a few subscriptions! Your real friend,
will “Say it with subscriptions”—others will only “wish you success.
BETTER BE SAFE _ THAN SORRY'
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Period.” Contestants may mail any
subscriptions collected after six
o’clock. However, there can be no
subscriptions mailed on the closing
day of campaign. Every subscrip
tion collected next week must be
deposited in the sealed ballot box
by eight o’clock Saturday evening',
May 23rd.
THE LAST REPORT TO BE
MADE. DIRECT. TO THE CAM
PAIGN MANAGER IS NEXT SAT
URDAY NIGHT, MAY 16th. THE
HOURS ARE FLYING, AND SOON
IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO FIG
URE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
DONE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY NEC
ESSARY TO PUT FORTH EXTRA
EFFORTS FROM NOW UNTIL THE
CLOSING HOUR IF YOU INTEND
TO BE ONE OF THE MAJOR
PRIZE WINNERS.
CONTESTANTS: ARE YOU GO
ING TO BE A HAPPY WINNER OF
A MAJOR PRIZE OR WILL YOU
BE CONTENT WITH A WEEKLY
PAY CHECK, WHICH IS A PER
CENTAGE OF THE WEEKLY
Warnings that you have
BEEN PAID? YOU CANNOT AF
FORD TO BE DISCOURAGED
NOW AND SEE THE EFFORTS OF
TIIESE MANY WEARY WEEKS
GO TO WASTE AND THE BIG
AWARDS IN THIS CAMPAIGN GO
TO THE MORE ENTERPRISING
WORKERS.
BE SURE AND READ THE
CLOSING RULES OF THE CAM
PAIGN.
GOVERNOR TALMADGE WILL
SPEAK OVER RADIO MAY 15
Announcement is made that Gov
ernor Eugene Talmadg will make a
radio address over station WSB Fri
day night, May 15 from 9:30 to 10
o’clock, eastern standard time.
co-operating with the United States
Department of Agriculture and the
Georgia Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.