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VOL. 66—No. 3
City Completes Good Year As Reports
Are Made And Employees Were Elected
Reports submitted Monday night
by officials showed that Jackson com
pleted a good year, that the bonded
indebtedness was reduced $4,000 and
when all taxes are collected all cur
rent obligations, will be taken care
of.
During the year the city was able
to do considerable construction, in
cluding repairs to the water plant,
where anew and larger fliter sys
tem was installed, maintain the
streets and health department in a
satisfactory way and erect anew
building for the colored schools.
All of this reflected careful and
efficient management by department
heads, and wise planning by the may
or and board of aldermen.
This was the organization meeting
for the year 1938. Mayor W. M.
, Redman and Aldermen E. H. Pace
and J. W. O’Neal were old members
of council, while J. Avon Gaston and
E. I. Rooks are new members of
council.
Following the organization and
appointment of standing committees
by Maj Tor Redman, employees were
elected to serve for 1938, as follows:
Clerk and treasurer, tax receiver
and collector, Mrs. W. H. Mallet, and
Miss Mary Downs, assistant.
Superintendent of water and light
depaftment, J. H. Rooks. Mr. Rooks,
whj was granted an increase in sala
ry, will employ his assistant.
W. E. Maddox, supervisor of the
water filtering station.
C. T. Thornton, chief of police.
Members of the police force, L. J.
McMichael and T. O. McDonald.
City attorney, W. E. Watkins.
Registrars, W. M. Andrews, B. F.
Watkins and J. M. Currie.
Tax assessors, A. T. Buttrill, L.
M. Spencer, W. A. Smith.
With the exception of tax asses
sors, all old employees were re-elect
ed for another year of service.
GRIFFIN SHOWING
INTEREST IN HAVING
A KIWANIS CLUB
Griffin, Ga. —Kiwanis Internation
al, one of the best known civic club
organizations, will probably organize
a club in Griffin. Kiwanis has clubs
throughout America and in Georgia
is one of the leading civic organiza-
tions.
Kiwanis does not employ “organi
zers” but each club in sponsored by
clubs in neighboring cities. It is
likely the Thomaston and Jackson
clubs will sponsor the club in Grif
fin.
It is known that officials of those
clubs have been carefully scanning
Griffin for available material. Bus
iness and professional men who are
'leaders in their respective fields are
eligible for membership. While no
definite announcement has been
made as to the date of organization
of Kiwanis will begin here it is known
that the work will begin in a short
time.
MISS YOUNG, MISSIONARY, TO
SPEAK HERE ON JANUARY 26
Miss Lois Young, Missionary to
China, will speak at the Jackson
Presbyterian church, at 7 o’clock on
Wednesday night, January 26. She
is expected to give first hand infor
mation about conditions in China
and the public is invited to hear her
message.
ATTEND ATLANTA PRESBYTERY
MEETING FIRST OF THE WEEK
Rev. E. L Daniel, Messrs. Van
Fletcher and Edward Carmichael
represented the Jackson Presbyterian
church at the meeting of the Atlan
ta Presbytery held at Columbia Sem
inary Tuesday and Wednesday.
Farm Leaders Cite
High Price Trend
WELL ATTENDED MEETING IN
COURT HOUSE SATURDAY TO
HEAR MISS DOWDY AND MR.
MANNING ON FARM OUTLOOK
A most successful meeting was
held in the courthouse Saturday af
ternoon when thirty men and wom
en, representing all sections of the
county, heard two interesting spe
cialists from the College of Agricul
ture.
Mr. G. W. Fanning, Farm Manage
ment specialist, discussed the outlook
for 1938 in regard to farm enter
prises and crops. Price trends for
farm products were indicated and
emphasis given to a well rounded
farm program in preference to con
centration on one or two crops.
Miss Will Vie Dowdy, Home Im
provement specialist, presented stu
dies of expenditure of income in
Georgia counties. Suggestions were
made for re-distributing the family
income to provide a reserve for med
ical care, etc. Price trends for 1938
were indicated and Miss Dowdy stat
ed there would be a rising cost of
household equipment and operation
and a decrease in the cost of food.
This farm meeting was sponsored
by Miss Myrtie Lee McGoogan, Home
Demonstration Agent, and M. L.
Powell, County Agent.
County Historical
Society Will Meet
GROUP WILL MEET JANUARY 28
IN JACKSON. PAPERS ON LO
CAL HISTORY WILL BE FEA
TURE OF MEETING
The Butts County Historical So
ciety will meet in the offices of the
Butts County Chamber of Commerce
on Friday night, January 28, at 7
o’clock.
This will be the first meeting of
the new year and all members are
invited to be present. The program
committee, of which Mrs. J. T. War
then is chairman, has prepared pa
pers on subjects of local historical
interest.
In addition to hearing these pa
pers and considering business mat
ters, an outline of the year’s work
will be made. Special attention will
be given to securing pieces for the
Museum at Indian Springs.
Any member or other person pos
sessing relics, old papers, books mag
azines or papers of unusual interest
j will please bring them to the meet
ing.
i
| With the beginning of spring the
society will engage in a concerted
effort to stock the Museum in ad
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; vance of the opening of the summer
season at the Indian Springs State
Park.
Those not now affiliated with the
society and desiring to enroll as
members are invited to attend the
meeting.
4- H CLUBS WILL
HAVE ACHIEVEMENT
DAY ON SATURDAY
An Achievement Day program has
been planned for Saturday, January
22, at 1:30 in the courthouse. An
interesting program has been planned
and all club boys and girls are urg
ed to attend.
The County 4-H Club Council will
be organized and the election of of
ficers held.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938
Kiwanis Club Has
Anniversary Meet
DR. SAMUEL GREEN, PIONEER
IN GEORGIA DISTRICT, OUT
LINES EARLY HISTORY OF KI
WANIS INTERNATIONAL
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Dr. Samuel Green, Atlanta physi
cian, a moving force in the organi
zation of the Jackson Kiwanis club,
returned to Jackson Tuesday night
after sixteen years as the Anniver
sary Night speaker.
A pioneer in the organization of
the Georgia district of Kiwanis and
the third oldest member of the or
ganization in Georgia, Dr. Green
while serving as lieutenant governor
of the Atlanta district helped organ
ize the club here in 1921-1922. At
that time he made several trips to
Jackson and laid the foundation for
the club.
In his talk Tuesday night Dr.
Green outlined the early struggles
of Kiwanis from its inception in
1915, showed the motive at first was
one of trade, and traced the later de
velopment into an organization of
service and building. He compli
mented the Jackson club on its six
teen years of service to the commu
nity and predicted still greater use
fulness for the organization under
the immediate leadership of Eugene
Daniel, president. The objectives for
1938 are laudable and he predicted
many of them would be carried to
successful conclusion.
Charter members of the club, as
well as newer members, cordially
welcomed Dr. Green as the Anniver
sary Night speaker.
I The serving committee from the
U. D. C. with Mrs. E. M. Boone as
chairman, had prepared a lovely
birthday cake containing sixteen can
dles. The candles were lighted by
the charter members, Park Newton,
Bert Carmichael, Lee Smith, Bird
O’Neal, Clarence Compton, Morris
Moore, Doyle Jones. Charter mem
bers absent include Otis Ball, Dick
Sasnett, Harkness Thornton, David
Settle, Elwood Robison.
The cake was cut and served by
the committee.
Genuine welcome was given to
Morris Moore, charter member, and
W. M. Redman, mayor, upon their
return to active membership.
The Kiwanis club of Jackson re
ceived its charter in January, 1922,
with 51 members. The membership
is now 33 and a fine spirit is evi
denced in the meetings and indica
tions point to one of the best years
the club has had.
Kiwanis International was organ
ized in 1915 and has approximately
100,000 members in the United
States and Canada.
The attendance contest with Levi
Hurt and Elwood Robison as cap
tains is now underway, members on
the two teams having been announc
ed Tuesday night.
dr. McLaughlin be
HEARD AT JACKSON
CHURCH JANUARY 30
Dr. Henry McLaughlin, director of
j Country Church work of the Sou
thern Presbyterian Church, Rich
mond, Va., will be heard at the Jack
' son Presbyterian church at 11 o’clock
Sunday morning, January 30. To
this service members of the Bethany
and Fellowship churches are invited
to hear this well known minister and
leader. Rev. E. L. Daniel, pastor of
this group of churches, feels he was
fortunate in obtaining Dr. McLaugh
lin for this service, as he is recog
nized as one of the ablest workers in
the whole South. The public invited.
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More persons were killed in traffic
accidents in December than were
killed in the Revolutionary War—
drive carefully.
Liquor Bill Was
Passed By House
NOW GOES TO SENATE AND IF
APPROVED THERE MUST FACE
GOVERNOR. VOTE 103 FOR
TO 91 AGAINST
Atlanta, Ga.—The Georgia house
of representatives Tuesday passed,
103 to 91, a bill to legalize manufac
ture and sale of liquor in 16 counties.
The measure now goes to the sen
ate, where its fate is uncertain.
Should the bill become law, it
would remove Georgia from the list
of five dry states in the nation—
the others are Kansas, Oklahoma,
Mississippi and Tennessee—and re
peal a bone-dry law adopted in 1917.
A vote on the measure in the sen
ate may not be taken before next
week.
The Thomas bill provides for the
sale of liquor in Fulton, Bibb, Chat
ham, Richmond, Muscogee, Bryan,
Brantley, Evans, Bulloch, Lowndes,
Mclntosh, Dougherty, Glynn, Wayne
and Coffee counties.
The measure, it has been estimat
ed, would raise from $1,000,000 to
$4,000,000 annually.
School Observes
Birthday Of Lee
STONEWALL JACKSON AND ROB
ERT E. LEE HONORED BY STU
DENTS OF JACKSON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS JANUARY 20
A program commemorating the
birthdays of General Robert E. Lee
and General Stonewall Jackson was
given at the chapel period in the
Jackson public schools Thursday
morning.
The program was arranged by a
j committee of students, with the mem
bers being Catherine McMichael,
chairman, Marion Minter, Roslyn
Redman, T. A. Nutt, Jr., Smith Set
tle, Jr. and Stuart Head. Miss Sarah
Beauchamp was faculty adviser of
the committee.
The birthday of General Lee
comes on January 19 and that of
Stonewall Jackson on January 21,
and it was decided to have one pro
giam to commemorate the natal days
of these great southern leaders.
Sketches of the lives of these mil
itary leaders and the service they
'rendered to the Confederacy and
[highlights in the great battles fought
under their leadership, as well as
their qualities of moral character,
were given during the program.
Friends of the school were invited
for the program which began at 8:15.
Expansion In Pepper Crop Seen As 193S
Contracts Are Sign ed by Butts Growers
Butts county farmers have been
signing contracts for growing pi
miento peppers this season and an
expansion in this crop is the outlook
for the year.
Acreage has been eagerly sought
after at the 1938 price of $35.00 per
ton. This is an increase over the
price paid last year.
It is expected the pepper crop will
be expanded in the counties of this
section. Butts county will probably
grow about 1,200 to 1,400 acres for
the Pomona Products Company.
Henry and Newton counties will also
witness a slight expansion in acre
age and all the pepper grown in
Butts, Henry and Newton will be
processed in the Jackson plant.
Growers with experience are being
given preference this season. Not all
who desire contracts will be able to
obtain them, it now seems certain.
The better price for pepper and
the uncretain outlook for cotton has
34,342 Georgians On Pension Roll
While 35,698 Wait For More Money
Macon Sees Early
Paving New Road
MACON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
VISIONS EARLY COMPLETION
SHORT ROUTE TO CONNECT
ATLANTA, JACKSON, MACON
Macon, Ga. —The Macon Chamber
of Commerce highway committee
forecasts “a completely paved short
route to Jackson within a reasonable
period of time,” and “a direct road
to Milledgeville substantially reduc
ing the prseent distance through
Gray.”
“The efforts of the highway com
mittee during the past year,” the re
port said, “have been centered on
the Jackson road. During the early
part of the year we were successful
in having the road certified into the
state highway system, and for almost
the entire year the county has had
the benefit of that additional mileage
in the allotment of the gasoline tax.
“The road is now being permanent
ly surveyed substantially along the
route which th committee thinks will
be most helpful in serving the dou
ble purpose of opening up new ter
ritory and affording a through
road.”
Butts County Interested
Butts county is interested in the
construction of the Macon Short
Route. A short while before Christ
mas a delegation of Macon and Bibb
county citizens met with the Jackson
Kiwanis club and discussed the new
highway.
A survey, beginning at the Butts
county end of the line, is now being
made of the proposed new road.
FURTHER EXTENSION
GRANTED TO OBTAIN
DRIVERS’ LICENSE
Time for obtaining drivers’ license
without examination has been ex
tended to February 1, following leg
islative approval of a resolution ask
ing that the deadline be postponed
two weeks, according to an announce
ment of Major Phil Brewster, com
missioner of public safety.
Legislators said that many thou
asnds of persons in the state have
not yet obtained their license and
that it was the wish of the adminis
tration for all to get the licenses
without the necessity of taking a dri
ver’s examination.
Americans eat on an average 140
pounds of meat a year.
led to increased interest in growing
pepper as a main cash crop.
Pepper beds will be prepared and
planted around February 20. Direc
tions for preparing beds, the selec
tion of best soil types and other in
formation will be given by the com
pany.
With the acreage to be grown in
Butts and adjoining counties it ap
pears the Jackson plant will be able
to operate on a steady basis during
the late summer and fall months.
The Pomona Products Company
acquired last year the property which
had been leased for several seasons.
The plant has been improved and
modernized and recently a large
storage warehouse was erected ad
joining the canning plant.
There is a great deal of interest in
pepper production in the counties in
this area and the 1938 crop is ex
pected to substantially increase farm
income.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Atlanta, Ga.—The state is making
old-age pensions and other benefit
payments to 34,342 persons this
month and has 38,698 applications
pending.
Replying to a senate resolution
asking if funds were available to take
care of all applicants, Lamar Mur
daugh, director, advised that it would
require $750,000 monthly to pay all
applicants. ‘The funds are not avail
able,” he added.
He reported allotments to counties
would approximate $350,000 for each
of the first three months in 1938.
January awards will go to 24,486
old age pension claimants, 9,034 de
pendent children and 822 blind per
sons. This is an increase of 2,841
over the number benefitting in De
cember.
The senate resolution asked whe
ther the department had instructed
local welfare boards to pass only a
limited number of applications for
old-age pensions and other assis
tance.
Murdaugh said the only limitation
placed on county boards is the month
ly allotment “natuarlly necessary on
account of the shortage in state
funds.”
“However, this allotment to coun
ties will be increased,” he added, “as
state funds become available.’’
“County boards have acted on and
rejected as ineligible or deceased
prior to payment, or moved from
county or other reasons, 7,587 appli
cations, making a total number of
applications filed of 74,808. Coun
ty boards have been instructed to
continued investigation of pending
applications in order that they may
be paid whenever additional state
funds are available.”
The legislture voted $3,150,000
for the fiscal year July 1, 1937, to
June 30, 1938, to cover payments of
old-age pensions, aid to blind and
aid to dependent children.
Murdaugh said for the first quar
ter of the year only 17 per cent of
this appropriation is available instead
of a maximum of 25 per cent.
The state began benefit payments
in July, 1937, and paid out $1,122,-
643 through December. In addition
the welfare department paid Con
federate pension claims totaling
$291,000 for this period.
Committees For
Year Were Named
MAYOR REDMAN NAMES THOSE
TO DIRECT SEVERAL DEPART
MENTSOF CITY FOR THE EN
SUING TWELVE MONTHS
At the organization meeting of
city council Monday night Mayor W.
M. Redman named the members of
standing committees to serve for
1938. Those who will direct the va
rious city departments are as fol
lows:
Water and Lights—Gaston, chair
man; Pace and O’Neal.
Cemetery—Pace, chairman; Gas
ton and Rooks.
Ordinances Gaston, chairman;
O’Neal and Pace.
Police—Rooks, chairman; O’Neal
and Gaston.
Printing—O’Neal, chairman; Rooks
and Pace.
School—O’Neal, chairman; Rooks
and Gaston.
Streets—Pace, chairman; Gaston
and Rooks.
Sanitary Rooks, chairman;
O’Neal and Pace.
Finance—O’Neal, chairman; Gas
ton and Pace.
The Panama hat does not come
from Panama but from Columbia,
Ecuador and other South American
countries.