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VOL. 64 —NO. 23.
LELAND HARVEY A
PROBABLE VISITOR
PRISONER WITH LONG CRIM
INAL RECORD SAID TO HAVE
PASSED THROUGH CITT
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
Leland Harvey, notorious criminal
and recently escaped from the Tioup
i county chaingang, was reported to
\have passed through Jackson early
Monday.
A man believed to have been
Harvey appeared at the Spencer-
Buchanan filing station on West
Third street early in the morning
and asked for water to be put in the
radiator of his car. Mr. J. P. Hunt,
on duty at that time, informed the
driver that the radiator was steam
ing hot and that cold water would
probably cause the cylinder block to
burst. The driver said he didn’t care
about that and the water was poured
in.
Driving out route 42 towards At
lanta, the cylinder block burst and
the car was abandoned near Watson’s
Greet.
The car, a black Ford tudor coach,
had some g'uns and‘saws in the back,
it was reported, and this led to the
belief that Harvey was the driver
of the car.
The sheriff’s office was notified
and law enforcement officers got on
the hunt as early as possible. They
found the abandoned car and it was
learned that a man, believed to have
been driver of the wrecked, car, got
into another car between Jackson
and Jenkinsburg and proceeded in
the direction of Atlanta.
The abandoned car was not reg
istered in Georgia, officers found
after checking registrations in At
laniia. It was stolen from another
state, officers reported, and will be
checked through the underwriters.
The car found near town had a
tag for a Plymouth coupe and
belonged to a Mrs. Bruner, of Blake
ly, Ga. Harvey was reported to
have been seen recently in the vicin
ity of Blakely.
The abandoned car was brought
to'town and is now held in a locai
garage until the owner can be found.
Leland Harvey and his pal, Aubrey
Smith, have for a long time been a
problem for the courts. Convicted
of crimes in Macon, they were sen
tenced to. 100 years. They were
pardoned by Governor Taimadge.
Later they were convicted of a pay
roll robcry at Rome and given prison
sentences.
While serving on the Troup county
chaingang Harvey escaped several
days ago. Since his escape a bank
at Taylorsville, Ga., was robbed and
the crime was laid to Harvey and his
gang.
Since his escape Harvey has been
the object of a wide search by offi
cers throughout the state.
COL. BENJAMIN B. GARLAND
IS NEW MEMBER LOCAL BAR
The Jackson bar was recently in
creased by the addition of Col. Benja
min B. Garland as an active member.
Col. Garland was admitted to the
bar in Atlanta where he practiced
before locating in Jackson. He has
offices upstairs in the Fossett Build
ing and will engage in a genera!
practice in all courts. oung, active
and a hard worker, with a good
knowledge of the law, it is predicted
that Col Garland will rise in his pro
fession. He is being cordially wel
comed to Jackson as a citizen and as
a member of the bar association.
He is a brother of Col Reuben Gar
land, well known Atlanta attorney.
John Jay was the first Chief Jus
tice of the United States.
REVIVAL SERVICES FOR
THE METHODIST CHURCH
REV. L. W. COLLINS, OF NEW
NAN, WILL ASSIST THE PAS
TOR. SERVICES WILL BE HELD
TWICE EACH DAY.
A series of evangelistic services
will be held at the Jackson Method
ist church, beginning next Sunday
morning and continuing for approx
imately ten days.
Services will be held twice daily,
at 3 p. m. and 7.30 p. m.
Rev. L. W. Collins, pastor of the
First Methodist church, of Nevvnan,
will be the visiting preacher and will
assist the pastor, Rev. R. P. Ether
ridge. Rev. Mr. Collins has served a
number of the ’argest churches in the
conference, including St. James,
Augusta, St. Paul, Calvary and Wes
ley Memorial in Atlanta and was for
six years preceding his prsent pastor
ate stationed in Rome as pastor of
the First church. His services as an
evangelist are in great demand and
each year he assists in a number of
campaigns throughout the confer
ence.
The singing, it is announced, will
be in charge of local talent.
Mr. Col’ins will arrive in Jackson
on Monday, June 8, and will preach
at the 3 o’clock o’clock service that
afternoon. He will be accorded a
hearty welcome to Jackson.
The pastor and officers of the
church extend to other churches in
the community and to the people of
the entire county a hearty invitation
to attend all services.
PLAN TO RETAIN
HYGIENE NURSE
WELFARE COUNCIL HAD MEET
ING IN ATLANTA FRIDAY.
NINETY COUNTIES TO BE GIV
EN NURSES JULY 1.
Several citizens from here repre
senting civic and patriotic organiza
tions went to Atlanta Friday to at
tend a meeting of the State Welfare
Coouncil. The meeting was presided
over by Dr. Hines Roberts, president.
Dr. Roberts and Dr. T. F. Aber
crombie, director of the State De
partment of Health, were among
those who made talks.
One of the important matters con
sidered at the meeting was the re
tention of hygiene nurses in Geor
gia. This work was recently dis
continued by the state and govern
ment.
By July L it is planned to have
nurses retsored in 9<> counties of the
state. The counties making efforts
to continue the work at their own
expense until that time will be given
first consideration. N. F. Land,
chairman of the Butts County Coun
cil, hopes to work out plans whereby
public health nursing can be carried
on in Butts county until July 1. This
will have to be by public donations,
Mr. Land announces.
The local delegation took an active
part in the state conference. N. L.
Land was made a member of the
committee on elections. Dr. Hines
Roberts was re-elected as president
and Gordon Sing’eton, of Macon,
was made chairamn of the education
section.
DAVIS’ BIRTHDAY WAS A
LEGAL HOLIDAY IN SOUTH
The birthday of Jefferson Davis,
president of the Confederate States
of America, which fell this year on
• Wednesday, June 3, was observed as
| a legal holiday in the South. Banks
j throughout the state were closed on
j that day.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1936
BIG IMPROVEMENT
SEEN IN JACKSON
THIS IS APPRAISAL OF H. C.
BARNES, FORMER JACKSON
RESIDENT, WHO IS HERE ON
VISIT TO RELATIVES.
Jackson has forged ahead in a re
markable way in the past several
months and on every hand decided
improvements are to be noted, ac
cording lk> H. Crowder Barnes, for
mer Jackson resident, who is now
making his home in Terrell, Texas.
With his family Mr. Barnes is here
for a week’s visit with relatives.
While there is a decided change
for the better in appearance of busi
ness houses, the greatest change is
to be seen in the feeling l and atti
tude of the people, Mr. Barnes says.
On a former visit a few years ago
Mr. Barnes says he had a pretty low
estimate of Jackson. Just at that
time he says things didn’t look prom
ising. But now the entire picture
has been changed and he predicts
a future of solid growth and devel
opment for Butts county and this
section.
Mr. Barnes is a booster for the
Texas Centennial Exposition, which
opens this month in Dallas. It will
compare favorably in magnitude with
the Century of Progress Exposition,
Mr. Barnes declares, and the predic
tion is for the greatest number of
visitors Texas has ever had in one
year. Hotels and rooming houses
are already crowded with reserva
tions, it is explained.
Business is enjoying a boom in
Texas, it is pointed out by Mr. Bar
nes. This is true of agriculture, oil,
livestock and industry. Recent
abundant lains have encouraged
farmers.
Mr. Barnes is agent for Plymouth
and Dodge automobiles and reports
successful sales.
I Texas is rock-ribbed Democratic
i
! and will pile up an overwhelming
; majority for President Roosevelt in
November, according to Mr. Barnes
i who cites numerous examples of ma
: terial benefit to buisness, agriculture
! and industry as a result of new deal
i policies.
GRAIN HARVEST SHOWS
CROP WILL BE LIGHT
FEW GOOD YIELDS REPORTED
AS WEATHER FAVORS HAR
VESTING OF WHEAT AND
OAT CROP IN COUNTY.
Favored by bright sunshine and
dry weather farmers of Butts county
are completing the grain harvest.
The yields will be below normal and
not up to' expectations.
In the early spring there was too
much rain and following this wet
spell a period of dry weather came
on and this seriously reduced the
crop of wheat and oats as well as
hay mixtures.
Most farmers report; fair crop of
both wheat and oats, but no large
yields have been reported. Wheat
is described as light. In a few in
stnaees some good yields have been
shown, but this is the exception
rather than a rule. Oats did not at
attain the growth expected, but the
grain is said to be well developed.
Not before in a long time ha 1 "
grain harvest been completed under
such favorable weather conditions.
Not a drop of rain touched the bulk
of the crop.
Wheat will require but little .sun
ning before it will be ready to take
to mill. It is expected that flour
mills in this section will do a thriving
business for the next several weeks.
With sufficient moisture a largo
pait of the grain stubb'e will be
planted to soil improving crops j
the government program.
JACKSON MAN TO
BROADCAST FRIDAY
DR. HOWELL WILL GIVE VOTERS
HIS IDEA OF CONSTRUCTIVE
PROGRAM FOR GUBERNATOR
IAL CANDIDATES.
Friday night, June 5, from 9 to
9:30, Central Standard Daylight Sav
ing Time, Dr. O. B. Howell, chairman
of iTie Butts County Board of Com
missioners, will speak over Radio
Station WSB on the gubernatorial
campaign. At this time*he will out
line to the people of the state a pro
gram that is considered important in
the coming state campaign.
Dr. Howell will discuss the use of
cotton in paving, with an asphalt
mixture, making a larger market for
cotton and enabling farmers to grow
all they can of this main cash crop.
A free hospital in every county in
the state.
A plan whereby counties could
grade and pave their own roads
at a saving that would be reflected
in lower tax rates.
Adoption of an old-age pension j
plan, whereby people over 65 years
of age would be paid a pension of
at least) $30.00 per month by the
state and government co-operating.
Free school books for all children
of tlfe state. This would be a com
panion measure to the compulsory
school attendance law.
Registration fee of SI.OO for iden
tification purposes for light cars and
higher fees for heavy cars and trucks
Frill co-operation with President
Roosevelt and the national adminis
tration.
People of Butts county as well as
of the entire state are invited to listen
in for this address, which coming ai
the beginning of the state campaign,
will prove of wide interest.
COUNTY BOARD WANTS
FIVE COLORED SCHOOLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION MOVES
TO COMPLETE SCHOOLS FOR
NEGROES. NEW TEACHERS
ADDED TO COUNTY SYSTEM.
The Butts County Board of Educa
t;on at its June meeting Tuesday
moved to complete the consolidation
of negro schools in the county by
making application to the WPA for
five additional buildings.
Five buildings for colored citizens
were recently completed and with the
addition of five more buildings the
program for colored people will be
well on the road to completion. Funds
for that pjurpose will probnbly be
available a little later.
In the Jenkinsburg school two ad
ditional teachers were elected, Miss
j Helen Burch and Miss Virginia Ann
I Wicks.
i Elected as teacher in the Indian
| Springs school was Miss Sara Smith.
All salaries of teachers and bus
| drivers have been paid in full through
I the spring months, it was stated.
This reflects the good management
of the board, and is a record probably
not equaled in the state.
Bus drivers were granted a small
bonus on a month’s salary. This was
done to take care of the heavy wear
and tear on trucks during the winter
rainy season.
The matter of a teacher of voca
tional agriculture was discussed, as
was also a commercial course for the
Jackson High Schopl. A report on
these matters is expected by the July
meetingof the board.
$5lO DISTRIBUTED TO 17
PENSIONERS FOR JUNE ’36
The three Confederate soldiers and
14 widows of soldiers have received
checks for S3O each for the month
of June from Judge G .D. Head,
Butts county ordinary.
LARGE SIGN UP MADE
FOR NEW COTTON PLAN
NINETY OR MORE PER CENT OF
FARMERS HAVE SIGNED WORK
SHEETS AND WILL CO OPER
ATE WITH GOVERNMENT.
When the time for signing work
sheets under the new cotton program
expired on June 1 it was found that
about 90 per cent of last year’s con
tract signers had signed work sheets
and will co-operate in the new soi 1
program, it is announced by M. 1,.
Powell, county agent. An exact
check of the records has not been
made, Mr. Powell states, but the co
operation was as good as expected.
Farmers who plant soil conserving
and soil improving crops will be paid
by the government, and the lanu
planted to cotton will run about the
same as for the past two years. Under
certain conditions growers will bo
paid for terracing.
While no contracts are required
under the new farm policy, growers
who co-operate will be paid by the
government. Payment will be made,
it is expected, during the summer or
early fall.
Kiwanis Club Wants
To Protect Shrubbery
MEMBERS OF CLUB DONATE TO
FUND OF CONTINUE PUBLIC
HEALTH NURSE. PUREBRED
PIGS PLACED IN COUNTY.
In order to protect the severs!
thousand trees and shrubs and flow
ers planted at. She Indian Springs
state park by members of the CCC
camp during the winter, tin; Kiwanis
club took action Tuesday night to en
list the support of the state fores
try board. Due to the long dry spel!
many of the valuable tress are dying
and there will be a heavy loss to the
state unless means are devised to
water these plantings. J. W. O’Neal,
T. A. Nutt and J. D. Jones are ap
pointed to take the matter up with
the state forestry board and see if
some arrangement can be made to
protect the state’s investment in
trees and shrubbery.
M. L. Rowell, chairman of the
agricultural committee, reported that
orders have come in for 65 purebred
pigs an dwith $50.00 raised by a play
he is having difficulty in filling
orders with the funds in sight. Mv.
Powell stated the project was one of
considerable importance and that
club members are interested in se
curing purebred pigs as breeding
stock.
j N. F. Land reported on the visit to
Atlanta to try to secure continuance
of public health nursing in the con
ty. Members donated to a fund Mr.
Land is raising throughout the coun
ty to continue the work to July 1
at which time the PWA will probably
carry on the work. There is tre
mendous interest in public health
nursing, Mr. Land stated, and he
pointed to the good results already
accomplished in the county.
L. H. Hurt was cordially welcomed
as anew member of the club. Dr.
W. A. Flick, of Keyser, W. Va., was
the guest of A. W. Newton, while
dinner was served by the Woman’s
! Club, Mrs.P. 11. Weaver, chairman.
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GOVERNOR TALMADGE, W. E.
WILBURN VISITORS TUESDAY
Governor Eugene Taimadge and
Hon. W. E. Wilburn, chairman of the
state highway board, were visitors
in Jackson Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Wilburn stated the paving on
route 16 between Jackson and the
Ocmulgee river would be done, but
did not know' when the work would
commence or whether there wou’d
be anew letting on this project.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
BUTTS COMMITTEE
PLANS EARLY MEET
FOLLOWING ACTION OF THE.
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE LOCAL DEMOCRATS WILL
HAVE A BUSINESS SESSION.
Saturday, June 20, is the tentative
date fixed for a meeting of the Butts
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee. At that time rules and regu
lations to control the primary in
which local candidates will run wi'l
be fixed and a date named for clos
ing of entries.
The state committee, it is reported,
will meet on June 17 and name a
date for state entries to close. Fol
lowing closely upon that meeting the
local committee will have a business
session and make arrangements for
participation in the state primary, to
be held this year on September 9.
Candidates to be voted on, in ad
dition to a full slate of state house
officers, include representative from
Butfls county, solicitor general of the
Flint circuit and congressman from
the fourth district.
For the post of solicitor general
the two candidates in the field in
clude Hon. C. L. Redman, prominent
Jackson attorney, and Col. Frank B.
Willingham, of Forsyth, the incumb
ent, who is seeking another term.
Rev. J. B. Stodghill, well known
Baptist minister, has announced us
a candidate for representative from
Butts county. Col. W. E. Watkins,
well known Jackson attorney and an
active leader in party affairs, has
been mentioned as a probable candi
date for the lower house. Local
issues, it. is reported, will play an im
portant. part in this race,
j It is expected that Congressman
E. M. Owen, of Griffin, will be a
candidate for congress to succeed
himself, a post he has held for the
j past four years. It is not known al
this time if Mr. Owen will he op
posed.
When the committee meets one
of the matters to have attention will
be the levying of assessments to pay
the expenses of the primary.
FINE CATTLE ARE
ADDED TO HERD
H. M. AND VAN FLETCHER ADD
PUREBRED HEIFERS TO HERE
FORD. HERD. IMPORTED
FROM TEXAS BREEDER.
The beef cattle industry, in which
statewide interest is being showr.
was given a decided local boost last
week when H. M. and Van Fletcher
added about thirty purebred Here
ford heifers to their herd.
The cattle were bred in Texas
and shipped to Atlanta and from
that city were brought in trucks to
the Fletcher pasture. The cattle are.
described as being of a high grade
and came from the ranch of one of
! the largest breeders in Texas. Thi.
breeder, it was stated, has already
sold $149,000 worth of
during the season.
The Texas cattle will be bred to
purebred Hereford bulls, three of
which are owned by Fletcher broth
ers.
The Fletcher pasture consists of
about 500 acres and is one of the
largest and best in this section. De
spite the dry weather the grass i.-
said to be high enough to mow. Tin
pasture includes a lot of bottom land
and extends on both sides of the
Towaliga river.
The Messrs. Fletcher have been
interested in beef cattle for some
years and are now concerned with
building up their herd in numbers
and quality.