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VOL. 66—No. 2
Kiwanis Club Prepares To Observe
Anniversary With Surge Of Members
BETTER TELEPHONE SERVICE
AN IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE.
W. E. KNOX PAYS CLUB UNOF
FICIAL VISIT. NEW MEMBERS
Beginning the new year with a
surge of new members, the Kiwanis
club of Jackson is planning to observe
its sixteenth anniversary next week.
General Walter A. Harris, of Ma
con, who as district governor pre
sented the Jackson club its charter
in 1922, has been invited to make
the Anniversary Night address.
At no time since the club was or
ganized here in January, 1922, with
fifty-one members, has the organiza
tion started out with a better spirit
and more earnest co-opera'tion of
the members and officers.
Eight members were welcomed
Tuesday night, six of these new
j members and two who had been af
filiated with Kiwanis here and else
where. Victor Wilson, manager of
the Scotch Laundry at Locust Grove,
formerly of the Hopkinsville, Ky.,
Kiwanis club, was welcomed as an
affiliate member. Clarence Comp
ton, Cotton Assistant in Butts coun
ty, former member of the club, was
welcomed as he returned to active
membership.
New members, inducted into office
by President Daniel, are Benjamin
B. Garland, Dr. B. F. Akin, Candler
Webb, Jim Barth White, Frank
Hearn, Walter Meade Crawford.
The membership committee, Pliny
Weaver, chairman, waS compliment
ed for its good work.
An attendance contest will be
sponsored, with Elwood Robison and
Levi Hurt as captains. Sides will
be chosen next week.
An immediate objective of the
club, in co-operation with city coun
cil, is better telephone service for
Jackson and this section. Col.jC. L.
Redman presented a resolution, in
dorsed 1 • vote of the club, asking
that betl r phone service be given.
W. E. Knox, lieutenant governor
of the ninth division, paid the club
an unofficial visit. He lauded ef
forts of the club in increasing mem
bership, in outlining constructive
objectives and called for prompt
committee reports. He was accom
panied by Mrs. Knox. Mr. Knox,
former student here, is a brother of
the late Prof. R. I. Knox, for several
years superintendent of schools in
Jackson.
Dinner was served by the U. D.
C., Miss Hattie Buttrill chairman,
and President Daniel inaugurated a
new system of expressing apprecia
tion for the fine suppers when all
members of the serving committee
were introduced and took a “bow.’’
Farm Meeting In
Jackson Saturday
MISS DOWDY AND MANNING TO
ADDRESS RALLY TO BE HELD
IN COURT COUSE AT 2 P. M.
JANUARY 15
A county-wide meeting of men and
women will be held in the grand jury
room of the court house on Saturday,
January 15, at 2 p. m., Central
Standard Time.
Miss Willie Vie Dowdy, specialist
in Home Management, and J. W.
Fanning, Farm Management special
ist, will conduct the meeting. Both
specialists are from the College of
Agriculture.
It is hoped that a representative
crowd will be present.
President Zachery Taylor never
stayed in one place long enough to
qualify as a voter.
To Name Employees
For City Next Week
BUSINESS OF PAST YEAR WILL
BE COMPLETED AND NEW
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WILL
ASSUME DUTIES
City officials stated this week that
it would probably be next week be
fore the new city administration
takes charge and elects employees to
serve for 1938.
New members of council are J.
Avon Gaston in the first ward and
E. I. Rooks in the second. Mayor
Redman and Aldermen Pace and
O’Neal are present members.
The city’s fiscal year begins on
January 15 and efforts will be made
to have reports in readiness by that
time.
Among the employees to be elec
ted are: City attorney, superinten
dent of water and light department
and assistants, engineer at water
station, chief of police and assistants,
tax assessors and members of the
bond commission.
There are said to be a good many
applicants for the places to be filled.
STATE PARK NEWS
REVIEWS WORK OF
HISTORY SOCIETY
State Park News, publication of
the division of State Parks, in its
January issue mentions the work of
all the state parks and cites the work
being done by the Butts County His
torical and Archaeological Society,
as follows:
“Butts County Historical and Ar
chaeological Society is making excel
lent progress in the acquisition of
pieces for the Museum in Indian
Springs State Park. Mr. W. B. Pow T
ell visited the Indian Reservation in
Oklahoma last summer, and located
a number of interesting artifacts and
pieces for the museum.
“The Society which was organized
last May holds its meetings the last
Friday in each month and boasts the
following names in its list of offi
cers. J. D. Jones, president; Mrs. N.
B. Hamilton, vice-president, and Mrs.
W. B. Powell, secretary and treas
urer.”
Successful Year Reported By The
Jackson Ice Corporation In 1937
DIRECTORS HELD MEETING
LAST WEEK AND DECLARED
DIVIDEND. INVESTMENT IN
COMPANY BEEN PROFITABLE
The Jackson Ice Corporation, serv
ing Jackson and Butts county since
1920, had a satisfactory year in
1937, according to the report sub
mitted to the directors Friday after
noon by R. P. Newton, president
and treasurer.
After making improvements and
adding to the delivery equipment
during the year, the earnings were
up to the usual standard. The di
rectors voted a dividend of 75 cents
uer share, payable to stockholders on
January 12.
Reports brought out at the meet
ing showed that investments in the
company have paid stockholders, in
cluding a stock dividend of fifty per
cent, three and a half times the origi
a
nal investment. This is considered
a splendid showing when it is re
membered the company was not or
ganized so much for profit as for
convenience.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1938
MADE BANK EXAMINER
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JACKSON MAN NAMED CHIEF
NATIONAL BANK EXAMINER
IN SIXTH FEDERAL RESERVE
DISTRICT AT ATLANTA
Friends here were delighted at the
announcement made January 6 that
Gibbs Lyons, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Lyons, of Jackson, has been made
chief national bank examiner for
the Sixth Federal Reserve District
with headquarters at Atlanta.
Recently Mr. Lyons has been con
nected with the office of the Comp
troller of the Currency in Washing
ton as assistant to J. E. F. O’Conner,
head of the department. Previous
to that time Mr. Lyons was an as
sistant examiner in the Atlanta dis
trict.
In Washington he filled important
duties in a manner that won the ap
proval of high government officials,
and he was rated highly in the offi
cial life of Washington.
Graduate of the Jackson High
School and Emory University, Mi\
Lyons engaged in a business career
after completing his education.
Friends in his boyhood home have
followed his career with much pleas
ure.
Mr. Lyons married Miss Mary Pow
ers, daughter of Mrs. M. J. M. Pow
ers, of Montgomery, formerly of
Jackson. He is a brother of Jim
Lyons, of Chicago, and Leonard Ly
ons, attorney with the department of
justice in Washington City.
Nature, if left undisturbed, clothes
the soil with a protecting mantle of
vegetation.
In addition to serving the county
! and surrounding territory with ice
| since 1920, the company built a meat
curing and cold storage plant for
| farmers, installed a large hatchery
and added equipment to aid the dairy
industry.
The annual meeting of stockhold
ers was held in Jackson National
Bank Wednesday morning. At the
time President Newton submitted his
annual report and dividend checks
were distributed. Directors named
by the stockholders include:
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R. P. Newton, R. P. Sasnett, H. L.
Daughtry, B. K. Carmichael, T. A.
Nutt, R. J. Carmichael, H. R. Slaton,
J. E. McMichael, J. D. Jones.
At a meeting of directors follow
ing the stockholders meeting offi
cers were named as follows:
R. P. Newton, president and treas
urer.
J. D. Jones, vice president.
R. P. Sasnett, secretary.
W. C. Pinnell was re-elected as
superintendent of the plant and E.
A. Godsey as assistant.
Jurors Called For
The February Term
JUDGE OGDEN PERSONS VISI
TOR IN JACKSON FRIDAY TO
PREPARE FOR WINTER SES
SION OF SUPERIOR COURT
Judge Ogden Persons was a visi
tor in Jackson Friday, adjourned the
August term and drew a jury for
the February term to be convened
here on the first Monday in next
month.
The February term will convene
on February 7 and two weeks will
be spent in the trial of civil and
ci’iminal cases.
The following jurors have been
drawn for service at the winter ses
sion of superior court:
Grand Jurors
J. C. Redman, W. T. Thui'ston,
George Spencer, L. L. Colwell, P. J.
Evans, Geo. H. Kimbell, Fred H.
Morgan, H. O. Ball, W. C. Redman,
J. T. Chambers, Frank Ogletree, W.
P. Thaxton, I. M. Wilson, H. S.
Downs, Paul Tyler, T. C. Waldrop,
D. W. Swint, J. L. Whitaker, R. T.
Smith, G. R. Harper, Ewell R. Mad
dox, J. A. Lane, Paul J. Lemon, E.
W. O’Neal, J. 0. Thurston, J. C.
Kimbell, Dan Thurston, Horace
O’Neal, W. C. Garr, A. C. Finley.
Traverse Jurors, First Week
W. E. Waits, E. S. Foster, W. B.
Hodges, R. J. Carmichael, Tommie
Spencer, W. B. Thompton, J. T.
Maddox, Bailey Jones, P. H. Weaver,
H. D. Williamson, W. H. Moncrief,
Homer C. Capps, D. L. Swint, Mor
ris Hilley, J. W. O’Neal, A. A. Fu
qua, E. R. Edwards, L. C. Hayes,
Fred Smith, R. P. Newton, George
Gilmore, W. T. Mote, R. A. Franklin,
Jr., W. H. Swint, L. A. Atkinson,
A. H* Coleman, A. F. Taylor, W. C.
Godsey, Walter J. Smith, Robt. L.
Brooks, T. H. Nolen, E. M. Smith,
S. L. Gray, 0. E. Smith, Avon Gas
ton, W. M. Bond, Byron Maddox, T.
E. Shannon, W. A. Smith, Levi
Barnes, J. F. Cook, W. L. Clark, C.
E. McMichael, J. 0. Preston, C. B.
Sims, D. P. Settle, J. O. Pettigrew,
F. E. Hilley, Ray E. Minter, L. Mc-
Kinley, E. P. Colwell, F. S. Bohanan,
R. M. White, J. C. O’Kelley, Jesse
R. Terrel, Homer L. Moss, J. D.
Lewis, J. H. Price, Newt Treadwell,
J. P. Head.
Traverse Juror*, Second Week
W. F. MaLaier, E. I. Rooks, W.
M. Andrews, S. C. Biles, Duvall Pat
rick, C. A. Duffey, T. M. Ridgeway,
Bennie Cook, A. G. Brown, A. G.
Spencer, J. R. Bledsole, E. D. Patrick,
H. M. Fletcher, Jr., H. J. Maddox,
J. P. Hunt, L. C. Webb, J. J. Rivers,
R. H. Hay, W. H. Watkins, A. L.
Weaver, H. M. Moore, liughlon CoOk,
L. A. Maddox, Dock Boyd, 0. N.
! Brownlee, W. M. Glass, Grady
| Brooks, J. A. Knowles, R. H. Bur
ford, C. D. Fletcher, A. C. Burford,
L. H. Perdue, C. T. Lavender, W. 0.
Ball, H. J. Castellow, Thomas Coop
er, W. T. Fletcher, L. V. Collins, B.
B. Vaughn, J. E. Bond, C. B. Biles,
Jr., J. A. Leverett, R. R. Edwards,
!A. B. Farrar, Geo. E. Barnes, A. G.
| Cook, E. H. Pace, Geo. P. Law, Wil
liam McMichael, Hugh Mallet, J. A.
Fullerton, W. W. Hooten, L. S. Pin
nell, F. W. Childs, T. B. Williamson,
B. A. Cook, W. W. Wright, C. H.
Farrar, Willie Brooks, W. M. O’Neal.
Whiskey Measure Defeated Tuesday By
Vote Of The House Of Representatives
EFFORTS TO LEGALIZE THE
SALE OF LIQUOR DEFEATED
FOR THIRD TIME. VOTE WAS
98 FOR AND 92 AGAINST
Atlanta, Ga.—The third attempt
in as many years to legalize liquor
in Georgia was defeated Tuesday by
the house of representatives.
A bill to legalize sales and distill
ing in 12 of the 159 counties failed
Satisfactory Year Reported To Share
Holders By Officers Jackson National
Law Officers Of
Community Cited
POLICE NEWS, ATLANTA PUBLI
CATION, SEEKING DATA ON
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN FOUR
CITIES OF GEORGIA
Law enforcement in the smaller
cities of the state and the co-opera
tion between city and county and
state law enforcement officers will
be the subject of an article to appear
shortly in The Police News, Atlanta
publication.
Jack Paschal], editor of Police
News, was here Friday to gather in
formation and interview officers. He
conferred with Mayor W. M. Redman
while here.
The Atlanta editor stated he had
selected Jackson, Fort Valley, Am
ericus and Valdosta for crime sur
veys. These cities, in widely sepa
rated areas, are typical of the small
er cities of the state, Paschall said.
He especially wants to find out the
co-operation extended by different
law enforcement officers and its
bearing on crime.
Photographs of city and county of
ficers were obtained and will be used
in the forthcoming article, it was ex
plained.
FEBRUARY QUOTA
FOR WELFARE AID
REMAINS AT $1,261
An allotment of $1,261.00, the
same amount as for December and
January, has been assigned Butts
county for Februry welfare pay
ments, it is announced in the office
of Miss Beth Towles, Butts county
Welfare director. These payments
for old age pensions, the needy blind
and dependent children seems to have
reached the peak until the state gets
more money.
The state as yet has not provided
any funds for burial benefits. When
and if such benefits are paid the state
and county will have to provide the
funds, as the government will not
take part in burial benefits, according
to a bulletin issued by the welfare
depai'tment in Atlanta.
JANUARY WELFARE CHECKS
WILL BE PAID NEXT WEEK
January welfare payments for old
age pensioners, the blind and depen
dent children will be distributed next
week, probably on Monday. The
checks are mailed from Atlanta on
the 15th of each month and distribu
ted in the counties on the 16th,
The allocation for Butts county is
$1,261. That is the same amount
paid in December.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, WILL
BE RETURN DAY BUTTS COURT
Return day, the time for filing
suits for the February term of Butts
superior court, will fall on Tuesday,
January 18, according to announce
ment of Sara Foster, clerk of su
perior court.
to pass. Ninety-eight votes were
cast for the bill and 92 against it.
The constitutional majority is 103.
The people thrust aside liquor
legalization twice by defeating re
peal proposals in referendums in
1935 and 1937. The first referen
dum legalized beer and wine in Geor
gia. Liquor was outlawed in Geor
gia in 1917.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
BUSINESS AND EARNINGS OF
PAST TWELVE MONTHS MET
WITH APPROVAL OF OWNERS
AT THE ANNUAL MEETING
The business for the past twelve
months proved satisfactory to stock
holders of Jackson National Bank
when they met in annual session
Tuesday morning.
The meeting was called to hear re
ports, elect a board of directors and
consider other matters.
Named chairman of the stockhold
ers meeting was R. P. Newton, with
J. W. O’Neal as secretary. The re
port of the past year’s operations
was read and explained by R. P.
Sasnett, executive vice president.
Business for 1937 was the best
enjoyed by the bank in some time,
it was reported. The surplus and un
divided profits account was increased
by a substantial amount and a com
mon stock dividend for benefit of
stockholders was declared.
The statement of condition, car
ried elsewhere in this issue, shows
total deposits of $310,330.66. The
surplus account is $7,500 and undi
vided profits account $10,067.93.
Officers and directors of the bank
were praised for their careful and
capable management the past year,
and the same directors wete re-elec
ted, as follows:
B. A. Wright, H. O. Ball, E. L.
Smith, R. P. Newton, T. E. Robison
and R. P. Sasnett.
At a directors’ meeting the same
officers were named for further ser
vice, They include:
E. L. Smith, president; B. A.
Wright and H. O. Ball, vice presi
dents; R. P. Sasnett, active vice pres
ident; J. W. O’Neal, cashier; Linton
Gr*ant, teller, and Miss Nettie Rao
Pittman, manager of insurance de
partment.
With the spirit of interest and co
operation manifested by the commu
nity at large, the bank enters the
new year with confidence for fur
ther growth and service to the people
of Butts county and adjacent terri
tory.
Request Dry Vote
Of W. E. Watkins
MEMBERS OF METHODIST SUN
DAY SCHOOL AND CONGREGA
TION SIGN RESOLUTION FOR
KEEPING BONE DRY LAW
Members of the Sunday school of
the Jackson Methodist church, as well
as the congregation, including visi
tors, were asked Sunday to sign a
resolution requesting Hon. W. E.
Watkins, Butts county representative
in the general assembly, to vote in
favor of retaining the present pro
hibition law.
This action for retaining the state
bone dry law was taken in anticipa
tion of a vote to legalize the sale of
liquor in six of the largest counties
in the state. Such a bill, introduced
by Representative Ross Thomas of
Chattooga county, was expected to
reach a vote in the legislature during
the week.
i As this is written thv outcome of
: the vote is not known. Colonel Wat*
, kins voted against the repeal of the
| prohibition law last year and has
spoken and voted against the present
bill. His speech in favor of abiding
by the result of the referednum of
June 8, 1937, was made Friday and
was pronounced one of the best ar
guments on the dry side.
The immediate effect of the reso
lution will no doubt be to strengthen
Representative Watkins in his oppo
sition to any change in the present
bone dry law.