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VOL. 64—NO. 41
Contracts Signed
For Short Route
8188, MONROE AND BUTTS AP
PROVE NEW HIGHWAY TO
SHORTEN DISTANCE FROM
ATLANTA TO MACON.
The following news story concern
kig the building of the Atlanta to
Macon short route appeared in The
Macon Telegraph of October 13:
The state highway board has sign
ed and rlurned contracts in which
it agrees to certify the new short
route from Macon to Jackson as part
of the state aid highway system, it
■was learned yesterday in the office
of the board of county commission
ers.
Commisisoners forwarded the con
tracts to the highway offices in At
lanta last week-end, agreeing to im
prove and condiiton a six-mile stretch
of the proposed new route in Bibb
county.
Similar contracts have been sign
ed by commissioners and highway
board members for Monroe and Butts
counties, other counties through
which the short route will run a dis-
tance of 38.75 miles.
T. W. Clifton, clerk of the Bibb
board of commissioners, said work
would start here immediately and
that this county’s contract obliga
tions should be met within three
weeks.
Monroe county, with 29.35 miles
to condition and improve will take
considerably longer and no estimate
of ultimate completion of the im
provements could be made. Only
tbfe miles of the new route runs
through Butts county. The Bibb
'stretch extends from the junction
of Forsyth road and Wesleyan drive
to the Monroe county line.
The new route will shorten the dis
tance from Macon to Jackson by
about 11 miles, engineers have esti
mated.
Owens Named Head
Of Georgia Kiwanis
ROME MAN ELECTED DISTRICT
GOVERNOR AT CONVENTION
IN ALBANY. JACKSON PLAC
ED IN NINTH DIVISION.
At the concluding sssion of the
Georgia district of Kiwanis Inter
national in Albany last week Dean
Owens, of Rome, was named Geor
gia district governor for the ensuing
year. He succeeds Joe Shaw, of At
lanta.
Other officers elected include:
I. W. Rountree, Swainsboro, treas
urer; the secretary is to be appoint
ed by the president; lieutenant gov
ernors; E. M. Allison, Lawrenceville,
first division; C. G. Thompson, Man
chester, second division; Joe Hous
ton, Sylvester, third division; David
Price, Jesup, fourth division; James
Blair, Americus, fifth division; S. D.
Copeland, Augusta, sixth division;
A L. Crawford, Cornelia, sevnth
division; Henry F. Meyers, Savannah,;
eighth division; Hamilton Holt, Ma
con ninth division.
Augusta wa selected as the con
vention city for 1937.
The resolution committee recom
mended legislation to insuie safe
driving on the highways of the state.
The convention also amended by
laws to divide clubs of the state
into nine instead of eight districts.
The ninth division is composed of
Bibb, Baldwin, Putnam, Morgan,
Newton and Butts counties, includ
ing clubs at Macon, Milledgeville,
Eatonton, Madison, Covington and
Jackson.
E. H. Pace represented the Jack
son club at the state convention. A
splendid program of entertainment
was arranged for the visitors.
Britian’s population is expected to
reach its highest point in 1936.
1,919 Bales Ginned
Here To October 1
DECREASE OF 1,223 BALES
OVER PREVIOUS YEAR RE
VEALED IN REPORT OF THE
CENSUS BUREAU.
Showing a decrease of 1,223 bales
over the previous year, a report of
the census bureau reveals that Butts
county had ginned 1,223 bales of
cotton to October 1. That compares
with 3,142 bales to the same date in
1935.
The local cotton crop is somewhat
later than usual, due to the summer
drought. Much of the late cotton
has not yet opened, and if frost
should be late in coming there will
be a fair yield on the late planted
cotton.
Final production in 1935 was 5,-
369 bales; 5,728 bales in 1934, 5,-
221 bales in 1933, 5,484 bales in
1932.
Georgia Furnished
38,309 Men to CCC
IN THREE YEAR PERIOD BOYS
ENROLLED IN CCC CAMPS
SENT HOME SIX AND A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
gave employment to 36,309 per
sons in Georgia from April, 1933,
to July, 1936, according to informa
tion received Saturday by Erie Cocke,
Georgia director of the National
Emergency Council.
Approximately $6,500,000 earned
by members of the corps has been
i given their dependents. A fixed per
centage of the boys’ pay each week
is sent home.
The average number of persons
employed in Georgia for the month
of August by the Civilian Conserva
tion Corps was 8,682, not including
a large number from this state em
ployed elsewhere.
In the United States, the average
enrollment for the month of August
was 330,153. In that month 9,416
members of the corps left the ranks
to accept private employment. Deaths
totaled ninety-eight.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
is now entering the eighth and final 1
six monts of operations under the ;
present Congressional authorization.!
There are 43 camps in Georgia.
Record Scored By
Farm Borrowers
FOR EVERY DOLLAR FALLING
DUE, FARMERS HAVE PAID
$8.22, FEDERAL LAND BANK
SHOWS IN STATEMENT.
Columbia, S. C.—Excelling its Au
gust record of collecting over six
times the amount of its maturities,
the Federal Land Bank of Columbia
, it;in September collected $8.22 for
! every SI.OO falling due, an announce
ment by the bank showed. North
i
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida are in this district.
;
Georgia ledd all four states in
September. The amount of maturi
ties in that state for the month was
$70,034.36 and the repayments
$535,128.
South Carolina was second, the
amount of the maturities being $27,-;
933.03 and the repayments $253,-
992.
In North Carolina the maturities'
for the month $13,608.98 and the,
lepayments wre $177,772.
In Florida the maturities for the
month were $20,723.23 and the re
payments were $121,210.
In the four states the total amount
falling due in September was $132,-
299.60 and the repayments were sl,-
088.104.72.
i
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1936
Russell Heard By
A Large Audience
JUNIOR SENATOR WAS MAIN
SPEAKER AT BUTTS COUNTY
FAIR. OUTLINED ISSUES. WAS
HONOR GUEST AT LUNCHEON.
Hon. Richard B. Russell, Jr., the
main speaker at the Butts County
4-H Club Fair Thursday, was given
a cordial welcome by the people of
Butts county. Not being able to
visit the county during the recent
campaign, his visit last week afford
ed him an opportunity to again meet
his friends and to extend his list of
acquaintances.
The speaking was held in the
Court house. Arriving late from
Macon where he attende the state
convention, Senator Russell was
greeted by a large audience. Mr.
D. W. Ham, commander of the Amer
ican Legion Post, sponsor of the fair,
welcomed the distinpuished visitor
to Butts county. Senator Russell
was introduced by J. D. Jones, edi
tor of The Progress-Argus, as a pub
lic man who kept his promises as
governor and senator.
In his talk Senator Russell touch
ed on several matters of national
legislation and reviewed what had
been accomplished by the Roosevelt
administration. He mentioned the
fact that farmers of America are in
much better condition as a result of
legislation to increase the price of
!farm products and to stimulate buy
ing power. The present soil con
servation act is the pest piece of
farm legislation yet put forward, in
the opinion of Senator Russell, who
showed it had been necessary to re
vise legislation to meet court tests.
The administration has carried out
practically every plank in the 1932
platform, with the exception of bal
ancing the budget and this has not
been done because of expenditures
for relief and suffering, it was ex
plained. Senator Russell predicted
that relief spending would be cut
down sharply in the months ahead.
He touched upon social secuirty
and what is being done to take care
of the aged and feeble and blind
and crippled children.
Pointing to the unsettled condi
tions in Europe, Senator Russell de
clared this country wants peace and
will do everything possible to main
tain peace. He said he hoped it
would not happen again that Amer
ican boys would have to go to for
eign soil to settle disputes among
other nations.
The leadership of President Roose
velt was lauded. Senator Russell
i
(was given an attentiive hearing and
[was freguently applauded as he out
lined what the present administra
tion has done to better the lot of the
average man and woman.
Following the speaking Senator
Russell was guest of honor at a
j luncheon served at the Jackspn club
i house. Several prominent visitors
were present from adjoining counties,
including Judge Ogden Persons, Solic
itor F. B. Willingham, Senator Holm
es and Col. W. B. Freeman, of Mon
roe county. Accompanying Senator
Russell to Jackson was his brother,
Col. Robert Russell, of Winder, and
they were met by another brother,
Rev. 11. B .Russell, of McDonough.
Brief talks were made by Senator
Russell and others at the dinner.
The luncheon, which was served by
the Jackson Club Corporation, was
attended by about one hundred of the
friends and supporters of Senator
Russell from Butts and neighboring
counties.
ATTEND MEETING GEORGIA
SYNOD DURING THE WEEK
Rev. E. L. Daniel, pastor, and Mr.
J. Edward Carmichael represented
the Jackson Presbyterian church at
the meeting of the Georgia Synod
at Decatur this week The Synod
convened Tuesday and will remain
in session through Thursday.
Police Patrol of
Highways Favored
GRAND JURY RECOMMENDS
THAT OFFICERS CONFISCATE
SLOT MACHINES. BETTER
TRAFFIC LAWS URGED.
The Butts county grand jury for
the August tferm of court completed
its deliberations Friday afternoon.
The general presentments urge
that the representative from Butts
county use his efforts to have a law
enacted providing for police patrol
of the highways.
The sheriff, county police and
other officers were urged to confis
cate all slot machines and other
gambling devices operated in the
county.
Driving of automobiles with only
one light, without license tag and at
a rate of speed exceeding 40 miles
an hour was condemned.
Th esheriff and county police were
urged to be “more diligent with ref
erence to the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquor in our county.”
The grand jury rcommended that
the practice of giving tickets with
cash purchases be discontinued.
The per diem of court bailiffs and
jurors, was fixed at the same amount
as formerly.
The general presentments, with
reports of county officers, are as
follows:
To the Honorable G. Ogden Per
sons, Judge of the Butts County Su
perior Court:
We the Grand Jury, sworn and em
paneled for the August term 1936, of
the superior court of Butts County,
desire to present the following Gen
eral Presentments:
The sevral committees appointed
to examine the books and records of
our county officials, find them kept
according to law as far as we are
able to ascertain, and we hereby at
tach the report of the county com
missioners, county school superintend
ent, tax collector; treasurer and coun
ty farm as part of these presentments
and desire them printed along with
same.
We recommend that our Repre
sentative in the next General As
sembly use his best efforts to have
police patrol enacted that will tend
to stop the present dangerous and
reckless driving of motor vehicles
on our highways.
We recommend that the sheriff,
couty police and other officers of
the law be on the alert and keep on
the lookout for, and confiscate all
slot machines an dother gambling de
vices operated in our county.
It has been called to the attention
of the Grand Jury that the traffic
and speed laws of the state are being
violated in our county, viz: by oper-j
ating with only one light, or no tail
light, also without a license tag and
driving at a rate of speed in excess
of 40 miles per hour. We recom
mend that the officers be diligent
and make arrests in all such cases. !
We would also recommend that
the sheriff and county police be more I
diligent with reference to the manu-|
facturer and sale of intoxicating
liquors in our county.
W recommend that all parties giv
ing trade certificates with cash pur
chases, refrain from doing so immed
iately, same having been brought to
the attention of the Grand Jury thar,
in issuing tickets to induce trade, and
the giving of prizes is a violation of
the law.
We recommend that the Court
bailiffs and jurors be paid the same
j per diem as heretofore,
j We wish to thank the Hon. G. Og
| den Persons for his able charge to
i this body and for the courtesies and
i consideration shown us.
i We desire to thank our Solicitor
I Frank B. Willingham, for his able
i counsel, and his assistance in the in
' vestigations that have been made by
this body. Indeed it has been a
pleasure to have him work with us.
We desire to thank our bailiff, Mr. j
W. J. Webb, for his service and at
tention.
We hereby, recommend that these j
presentments be filed with the Clerk
of the Superior Court, and published
in The Jackson Progress-Argus, and
that they be paid $25.00 for said ser
vice.
This October 9th, 1936.
R. J. CARMJCH A HiLj, Foreman,
J. 0. Minter, Clerk.
Georgia, Butts County.
It is ordered that General Present- i
ments of the Grand Jury at this the 1
August 1936 adjourned term, be re
ceivd and entered in the minutes of
the Court, and that the same be pub
lished as is recommended.
This October 9th, 1936.
G. ODGEN PERSONS,
Judge S. C. F. C.
County Farm
We, the committee appointed to
examine the County Farm and in
mates, submit the following report:
We find that there are three white
women and one white man. We find |
the houses in fair condition and the
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CLUB FAIR IS DECLARED MOST
SUCCESSFUL IN ALL BRANCHES
Late Pepper Crop
Help To Growers
LARGEST TONAGE OF SEASON
NOW BEING BROUGHT IN.
PLANT HERE WILL NOT OP
ERATE THIS SEASON.
The largest tonnage of peppers of
the entire season is now being
brought to the Jackson receiving
station. After the pepper is sorted
and weighed here it is taken to Grif
fin to be processed in the plant
there.
It is not thought likely now that
the Jackson plant will be operated
this season.
If the season is a late one grow
ers hope to receive substantial re
turns from the 1936 pepper crop.
There is now a good crop of large
peppers and if frost holds off a few
weeks growers will have a large
amount of quality pepper to sell.
In many respects the present sea
son has been a bad one for pepper
growers. In the spring there was
not enough moisture for transplant
ing and later dry weather hindered
the growth of the plant.
The same condition prevails in
all the counties that produce
pimiento peppers and the crop in
middle Georgia will be the smallest
since pepper has been grown com
mercially.
Farmers seem not to be discour
aged over the outlook, however, and
there will probably be an active de
mand for acreage for the 1937 season.
Georgia Crop May
Be 1,068,000 Bales
SLIGHT INCREASE OVER THE
PRODUCTION FOR LAST YEAR
ESTIMATED BY COTTON RE
PORT FOR OCTOBER. 1
The Georgia Crop Reporting Ser
vice in its October 1 report says the
probable production of the Georgia
cotton should reach about 1,068,000
bales.
The indicated yield of lint cotton
per acre upon the 2,289,000 acres
estimated for harvest should approx
imate 223 pounds. This compares
with 235 pounds per acre last year
and the ten-year average of 176
pounds. Current indicated popula
tion of 1,069,000 bales is about 1
percent above last year and 10 per
cent above the crop of 1934.
The government estimate of the
1936 cotton crop, released October
8, placed the year’s crop at 11,009,-
000 bales. The condition of the
crop was given as 61.8 per cent of
normal.
Ginning to October 1 was 6,031,-
000 bales.
Georgia, the report showed, had
ginned 646,000 bales to October 1,
j compared with 676,000 bales to the
same date in 1935.
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LEACH LANDS BOUGHT BY
E. S. SETTLE LAST WEEK
O. E. Smith, real estate agent, an
nounces the sale of 42 acres, own
ed by the J. M. Lea ah estate, on the
Jackson and High Falls road to E. S.
Settle for a conisderation of SSOO.
This acrage is part of the Abe Fos
ter lands and the land is on the left
side of the road from Jackson to
High Falls. The deal was closed I
the past week.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WILL
HAVE COMMUNION SERVICE
Communion Service will be ob
served at the Jackson Presbyterian
church in connection with the Sun
day morning service. Rev. E. L.,
Daniel will preach at 11 a. m. and j
7 pm. The public is invited to at
tend all services
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
EXHIBITS AMONG BEST EVER
SHOWN IN COUNTY. RAIN WAS
DISTURBING FACTOR. PRIZE
WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED.
From the standpoint of exhibits,
both as to number and variety and
excellence, the Butts County 4-H
Club Fair in Jackson last week was
one of the best held in the county.
A splendid collection of agricul
tural products, livestock, poultry,
4-H club work, women’s work, work
of the schools and the flower show
all combined to make the fair an out
standing success.
Rain, which fell most of the week,
was a disturbing factor and held
down the attendance. However, dur
jing the week a large number of peo
ple viewed the exhibits and express
ed pleasure at the fine exhibits and
the attractive manner in which dis
plays were arranged.
The fair opened Tuesday and con
tinued through Saturday. Exhibits
were judged the latter part of the
week.
People of the county showed keen,
interest in the fair and communities
co-operated in collecting and placing
the exhibits.
The quality and quantity of live
stock shown, including registered pigs
and beef type cattle, attested the
growing interest the county is tak
ing in better livestock.
The amusement feature of the
fair, which was sponsored by the
Jim Finley Post of the American
Legion, were supplied by the Brown
Novelty Shows.
Winners in the various depart
ments have been announced as fol
lows:
Pigs (4-H Club)
Ist, Stacer Washington, $4; 2nd,
Boyd Swint, $3; 3rd, Albert Mad
dox. $2; 4th, Douglas Mitchell, $1.50;
sth, J. W. Bond, sl.
Beef Calves (over one year old)
Ist, W. 11. Waits, $3; 2nd, E. Z.
Carter, $2; 3rd, T. T. Patrick, sl.
Dairy Calves(4-H Club)
Ist. J. T. Harris, $3; 2nd, Law
rence Morgan, $2; 3rd, Frank John
son, sl.
Horses
Ist, Luther Biles, $1.50; 2nd, Luth
er Biles, $1; 3rd, Luther Biles, ribbon.
Best Display of Hogs Products Pro
duced on Farm—William J. Webb,
SI.OO.
Best Display of Cattle Products
Produced on Farm—Andrew J. Mc-
Kibben, SI.OO.
Best 10 Ears Prolific Corn —Ist;
Billy Cawthon, $1 ; 2nd, Dan Fears,
75c; 3rd, Joe Faulkner, 50c.
Best 10 ears big corn —Ist, Har
old Webb, $1; 2nd, Jirmny Stall
worth, 75c; 3rd, Boyd Swint, 50c.
Best stalk corn—lst, Tommie
Ridgeway, 75c; 2nd, Edward Wash
ington, 50c.
Best stalk cotton—lst, Hesper
Stephens, $1; 2nd, Boyd Swint, 75c;
3rd, Edward Washington, 50c.
Best display sugar cane—A. J.
Edge, $1; 2nd, Wiliiam Browning,
75c; 3rd, A. J. Edge, ribbon.
Best display sorghum—lst, Still
well Ball, Jr., 50c; 2nd, Will Taylor,
I (colored), 25c; 3rd, Lamar Hamlin,
1 ribbon.
Best peck peas—lst, Billie Moore,
50c; 2nd, Billie Moore, 25c; 3rd,
,J. 11. Patrick, ribbon.
Best peck peanuts—lst, Boyd
Swint, 50c; 2nd, Billie Cawthon. 25c;
3rd, Stewart Biles, ribbon.
Best peck velvet beans—lst, J. T.
Harris, 50c; 2nd, L C. Smith, 25c;
3rd, Andrew J.McKibben, ribbon.
Best peck soy beans—lst, J. H.
Patrick, 50c; 2nd, Winfred Folds,
25c.
Best peck bur clover —Ist, Billie
Moore, 25c.
Best peck crimson clover —Ist,
Milton Colwell, 50c.
' Best display of pears—lst, R. H.
Burford, 50c; 2nd, Marshall Young,
ribbon; 3rd, Billie Moore, ribbon.
Best display pomgranates —Ist, D.
D. Estes, ribbon; 2nd, Jane Whita
ker, ribbon; 3rd, Lawrence Morgan,
ribbon.
Best exhibit pecans—lst, Wilbur
!Harper, ribbon; 2nd, Albert Maddox,
I ribbon; 3rd, Thomas Fogg, ribbon.
Best peck sweet potatoes —Ist, J.
H. Patrick, ribbon; 2nd, W. A.
Smith, ribbon; 3rd, J. H. Patrick
ribbon.
Best display peppers—lst, Billie
Cawthon, $1; 2nd, Franklin Bohan
non, 50c; 3rd, Ray Hamlin, ribbon.
Best display squash—lst, J. T.
Harris, ribbon, 2nd, James Colwell,
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