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VOL. 66—No. 5
History Society
Had Good Meeting
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DR. SAUNDERS AND BECK FAM
ILY SUBJECT OF TWO PAPERS.
“WHOPPERS” WILL FEATURE
FEBRUARY MEETING
The January meeting of the Butts
County Historical Socieyt was held
Friday night in the offices of the
Butts County Chamber of Com
merce, with an attendance of twelve
► members, namely: Mrs. J. T. War
then, Mrs. Nellie B. Hamilton, Mrs.
H. M. Moore, Mrs. E. J. Williams,
Mrs. N. F. Land, N. F. Land, Mrs.
'G. H. Mathewson, G. H. Mathewson,
M. 0. McCord, R. P. Sasnett, Mrs.
J. D. Jones and J. D. Jones.
The minutes of the November,
('1937, meeting were read by M. O.
McCord in the absence of the secre
tary, Mrs. Willis B. Powell, and with
one correction, were adopted.
Mrs. E. J. Williams reported that
no progress had been made in plac
ing the marker at Indian Springs and
that this had been turned oyer to
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution.
R. P. Sasnett reported that he had
a silver loving cup awarded to his
grandfather for being the first man
in Hancock county to grow 100 bales
of cotton on a single farm, and that
he would loan this cup provided it
were properly safeguarded.
An old paper, “The Georgia Ed
ucational Journal,” published at For
syth, Ga., in 1863, was displayed
gh. rough the courtesy of the family
of S. M. Ridgeway and extracts were
read from this paper by Mrs. N. B.
Hamilton. The paper, passed among
Vnembers, was examined with inter
est and J. D. Jones stated he was
trying to obtain the paper for the
Museum.
A A discussion of the best method
to follow in getting relics for the
Museum followed and Mrs. J. T.
Warthen suggested that Butts coun-
Ay enlist the support of Henry and
Monroe counties, from which Butts
was carved, in securing interesting
pieces for the Museum.
It was voted to secure relics and
antiques for the Museum from other
places, as well as other states, and
not confine this work to Butts coun
ty alone.
Mrs. Hamilton called attention to
the fact that “Fairy Crosses,” said
to be found only in Fannin county,
Ga., and Patrick county, Virginia,
would make suitable pieces for the
Museum. Mrs. H. M. Moore showed
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Fake Salesmen Try
To Dupe The Aged
On Pension Claims
The presence of fake salesmen in
this section, claiming to be able to
obtain old-age pensions for a small
payment, has been reported. Last
week The McDonough Advertiser
reported that a citizen of Henry
county had been a victim of this
scheme. For $3.00 the agent claim
ed he could obtain a pension for the
applicant.
Similar reports have reached the
Welfare office in Jackson.
No sensible person will pay any
thing for a pension. The only way
to obtain this benefit is to register
in the court house and have, the ap
plication acted on in the regular
€ay. There is no cost for this ser
vice.
Persons should beware of such
schemes. Any agent claiming to be
<ble to obtain a pension, outside the
welfare office, is a fakir, and the
matter should be reported at once
to the welfare office in the court
house.
Assembly Votes
Local Option By
A Safe Majority
SENATE LOCAL OPTION BILL
APPROVED BY HOUSE AND
GEORGIA’S DRY LAW GIVES
WAY TO NEW CONTROL ACT
Atlanta, Ga. —The Georgia house
of representatives Tuesday passed a
county option liquor bill and Gover
nor Rivers is expected to sign the
measure which repeals the bone dry
law enacted in 1915.
The bill, already approved by the
senate, reecived 105 votes for pas
sage, or two more than necessary,
and 85 against.
Before the bill becomes effective
in any county it must be voted on.
On petition of 35 per cent of the
registered voters of a county, the
ordinary would call an election with
in thirty days.
If the majority should vote wet,
the sale and manufacture of liquor
would become legal within fifteen
days. Regardless of the outcome of
the election, counties could not hold
another election in two years.
Manufacture, sale and possession
of liquor is prohibited in counties
voting dry, except that a resident of
a dry county may take home one
quart of liquor for his personal use.
In wet counties, retail dealers are
prohibited from selling more than
two quarts a day to any one person.
Purchasers must sign a register each
time they buy liquor.
The bill provides for the sale of
liquor by privately-operated stores
in unbroken packages of minimum
half-pint size. Distilliers also would
be privately operated,
j The state revenue commission will
administer the act, collect the taxes,
provide for state warehousing of li
-1 quor, license retailers, wholesalers
and manufacturers and promulgate
rules for regulation of the liquor
traffic and enforcement of the law.
The bill prohibits the sale between
midnight Saturday and midnight
Sunday and on election days.
The following state license taxes
are levied:
Manufacturers, SI,OOO a year.
Wholesalers, SI,OOO a year.
Retailers, SIOO a year.
Stanley Jones Was
Speaker Tuesday
At Legion Meeting
Stanley .Tones, State Adjutant of
the American Legion and also State
Service Officer, addressed members
of the Jim Finley Post of the Amer
ican Legion in the courthouse Tues
day night.
| In his talk Mr. Jones said the
Legion has proved of great benefit
to ex-service men in securing com
pensation and hispitalization, that
it works hand in hand with civic and
patriotic groups and he pointed out
that all world war veterans should
be members of the Legion. The
Georgia department is behind other
■states in membership, it was ex
plained.
' He made an effective appeal for
* increased membership in the local
post, as well as others over the
state. Service men obtain many
benefits by affiliation with the Le
gion, it was shown.
Mr. Jones was heard by officers
and members o t the local post, but
the crowd was smaller than had been
expected. Officers here are striv
ing to arouse interest and secure a
larger memebrship.
One noted physician declares that
man’s future will depend very large
ly on what he decides to eat.
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JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938
Holt Is Speaker
At Kiwanis Meet
FORMER HEAD OF THE NINTH
DIVISION TOLD OF SERVICE
RENDERED BY KIWANIS. AT
TENDANCE CAMPAIGN ON
Hamilton Holt, Macon, lieutenant
governor last year of the ninth divi
sion of the Georgia district of Ki
wanis International, brought an in
teresting message to members of the
Jackson club Tuesday night. The
program was arranged by Dick Sas
nett.
In his talk Mr. Holt outlined the
benefits and advantages of Kiwanis
not only to the individual members
but to the communities where clubs
are organized. Kiwanis membership
helps to overcome timidity, develops
a spirit of service and clarifies things
and aids in solving problems through
the application of common honesty,
tolerance and common sense, it was
explained.
Mrs. Holt gave two enjoyable vo
cal selections, “Smilin’ Through”
and “The Land of the Blue Sky Wa
ter.” Mrs. Holt is a singer of great
charm and is a favorite at all Ki
wanis gatherings.
In the party with Mr, and Mrs.
Holt were Mr. and Mrs. Guyton Ab
ney and Joe Carmichael, Jackson
boy now residing in Macon.
Dinner was served by the Wom
an’s Club, Mrs. P. H. Weaver chair
man.
The attendance contest got start
ed Tuesday night with the rival cap
tains, Elwood Robison of the Chev
rolet team and Levi Hurt of the
Ford team calling the roll. The Ford
team forged ahead in the first lap
of the race which will continue for
three months with a fish fry to be
given the winning team by the los
ing side. *
Superior Court To
Convene Feby. 7th
WINTER TERM WILL BE CON
VENED IN JACKSON MONDAY
FOR CONSIDERATION OF CIV
IL AND CRIMINAL BUSINESS
The winter term of Butts Coun
ty Superior Court will be convened
in Jackson next Monday by Judge
Ogden Persons. Solicitor General
Frank B. Willingham will accompany
Judge Persons here as state prose
cuting attorney.
Organization of the grand jury
and Judge Persons’ charge will be
opening features of the February
term.
Following that order of business
the calendar of civil cases will be
taken up for consideration.
Criminal cases will be called the
second week, beginning Monday,
February 14.
The calendar is not as heavy as
some in recent years, it is stated by
Sara Foster, Superior Court Clerk.
Less than the usual number of cases
were filed on return day.
The extent of criminal cases will
depend on action taken by the
grand jury. No outstanding crim
inal cases are set for trial at this
term.
Court officials are now busy pre
paring for the convening of the
February term.
JACKSON BAPTIST CHURCH
AIDS ST. MOUNTAIN FUND
The First Baptist church of Jack
son has donated $25.00 to the Bap
tist church at Stone Mountain. The
Baptist church at Stone Mountain
has been burned three times recent
ly and churches over the state are
helping restore a building of worship
for the Baptists of that community.
j Nine Million Be
Paid Georgia In
Cotton Benefits
Washington, D. C.—l. W. Dug
gan, acting director of the southern
division of the AAA, says some $9,-
000,000 in 1937 crop control benefit
payments will begin to flow into
Georgia rapidly early this month.
He told Representative Paul
Brown, of Elberton, that many
Clarke and Pickens county farmers
had already received their checks.
Last year’s payments totaling
$10,000,000 will not be equalled this
year, Duggan said, due to cotton
acreage expansion.
Final Check Being Made
A final check for compliance is
being made here and the papers
should be ready to be forwarded to
Athens in a short time, it was an
nounced Saturday at the office of
the Cotton Assistant in the federal
building. Payments for Butts coun
ty farmers are expected to be slight
ly less than for the former year. It
is estimated that some $40,000 to
$50,000. will be paid Butts cotton
growers for the 1937 cotton pro
gram.
J. L. Bailey, Sr. To
Run For Chairman
PRESENT MEMBER BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AU
THORIZES STATEMENT HE
WILL SEEK CHAIRMAN’S POST
Mr. J. L. Bailey, Sr., member of
the Butts County Board of- Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues, au
thorizes the statement that he will
be a candidate for chairman of the
board in the primary to be ordered
by the Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
Elected in 1934, Mr. Bailey is now
serving his first term as a member
of the board of county commission
ers. Some years ago he served a
term as Butts county treasurer and
has long been actively identified with
the political affairs of Butts coun
ty.
A resident of Butts county for
more than thirty years, having mov
ed here from Jasper county, Mr.
Bailey is well known to the people
in every section of the county. For
several years he was engaged in the
mercantile business, and recently has
been giving his time to dairying and
general farming.
In 1930 Mr. Bailey was active in
getting the first seed loans for
Butts county farmers. Ever since
he has been helpful in that capaci
ty, serving as a member of the coun
ty committee. He is now appraiser
for the Jonesboro Production Credit
Association and assists farmers in
getting loans for their farming op
erations. He also served as a mem
ber of the Cotton Committee and
aided in carrying out the federal
farm programs.
Asa member of the county board
Mr. Bailey has been active and
faithful in attending the meetings
and in safeguarding interests of the
taxpayers.
Enjoying a wide personal and
political acquantance, friends pre
dict that Mr. Bailey will prove a
strong contender for the office to
which he aspires. His formal an
nouncement will be made later, prob
ably following the fixing of the date
and the rules for the spring primary.
FEBRUARY PENSIONS PAID OUT
BY ORDINARY TO NINETEEN
Ten old class Confederate widows,
seven new class widows and two vet
erans were paid pensions for Feb
ruary at the rate of S3O each by
Judge G. D. Head, ordinary. The
total amount distributed was $570.'
4-H Club Members Held Spirited
Meeting Here Saturday Afternoon
Water Extensions
Be Made By City
MAINS BE EXTENDED ON EAST
THIRD STREET AND TO SERVE
PEPPER PLANT. NEW STREET
WAS NAMED
City council at a meeting Monday
afternoon authorized the extension
of water mains to serve East Third
street, from Benton street to the
Gilmore lumber plant, and also from
the Wright home to the Jackson pep
per plant.
These extensions, badly needed,
will be made in advance of the pav
ing of East Third street, now in pro
cess of being carried out as part of
the Jackson to Ocmulgee river pro
ject.
Better protection will be given
the pepper canning plant as a result
of the extension to be made.
The new street opened on East
Third street to connect with Route
42 near the Pepperton Cotton Mills
on Indian Springs street has been
named Hendrick Street. The new
extension is through the property of
Mrs. Ida Hendrick.
Same Board Named
For Farmer Group
JONESBORO PRODUCTION CRE
DIT ASSOCIATION REPORTED
ACTIVE YEAR. OFFICERS BE
CHOSEN ON FEBRUARY 8
Stockholders of the Jonesboro
Credit Association met in annual
session at the courthouse in Jones
boro January 28 and heard reports
submitted by officers on the business
done in 1937.
The meeting was attended by be
tween 250 and 300 farm borrowers
in the seven counties served, com
prising Butts, Henry, Clayton,
Spalding, Fulton, Dekalb and Fay
ette. For prizes were awarded
among the members present.
IT. L. Gardner, vice president of
the Production Credit Corporation,
Columbia, S. C., parent organization
of all these farm groups, addressed
the meeting. He told of the prog
ress made in meeting demands for
farm loans among farmers and cited
the growth of the association in the
states served.
Several of the farm borrowers
present made talks, telling of the
service received and of the benefits
the association has been to them in
farming operations.
For 1937 it was shown total loans
in the seven counties amounted to
$260,000. Henry is the heaviest
borrower, with Butts in second po
sition. Approximately $48,000 was
loaned to Butts county producers
last year.
The sum of $1,500 was added to
the reserve fund. Only SIOO was
charged off, showing that farm bor
rowers are prompt to pay these
loans.
The .Jonesboro Production Credit
Association is now making loans for
the current season. Those interest
ed may obtain complete information
from Captain E. S. Settle, president,
or J. L. Bailey, Sr., appraiser.
Captain E. S. Settle, president of
this group, J. L. Bailey, Sr., A. K.
Kimbell, S. C. Biles and others at
tended the meeting Friday.
At a meeting to be held February
8 officers to serve for the year will
be chosen.
The stockholders re-elected the
same directors, E. S. Settle, Butts
county; J. A. Burnett, Spalding
county; A. L. Wooton, Clayton
county, and Robert Turner, Henry
county.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
OFFICERS ELECTED AND PINS
AND MEDALS AWARDED. STU
ART HEAD IS PRESIDENT OF
COUNTY-WIDE ORGANIZATION
Members of Butts county 4-H
clubs gathered in the court house
Saturday afternoon for the purpose
of organizing for the year, elected
officers and were awarded pins and
medals for services rendered in oth
er seasons.
The meeting was well attended
and proved interesting and instruc
tive. County agent M. L. Powell
and Miss Myrtie Lee McGoogan,
home demonstration agent, were in
charge of the meeting, opened by
group singing. ,
Officers to serve for 1938, se
lected by a nominating committee,
were elected as follows:
Stuart Head, president.
Minerva Torbet, vice president.
Miriam Madd<>x, secretary.
Edward Durham, treasurer.
Named on the Publicity commit
tee were:
Benjamin Mays, chairman and
news editor; Billie Cawthon, Hilda
Edwards, J. W. Bond, Josephine
Maddox, Barbara Lavender.
Encouraging reports on 4-H club
projects were made at the meeting.
Edward Durham reported a profit
of SSO on his poultry project.
Elizabeth Holston told of her work
on a REA project.
Billie Cawthon, county pig cham
pion, was awarded a medal by
Thomas E. Wilson Cos. of Chicago.
He has done remarkable work with
his purebred pigs and has a neat
cash balance, as well as some fine
breeding stock, on hand.
Stuart Head told in an interesting
manner of the work uf the Wild
Life and Conservation club. Rais
ing of quail for profit, protection of
game birds and song birds by feed
ing in winter, the conservation of
forests, fish, wild flowers, etc., were
all covered in his talk.
Louise Smith told of her home im
provement project. How to make
a living room or bed room attractive
was sketched by Miss Smith.
Kenneth Linkous spoke for the
Build-Something Project. He show
ed that the boys are learning to
make many useful and attractive
pieces, book ends, tie racks, letter
openers, etc., in the work shop. It
is planned to place these articles on
sale at Indian Springs during the
summer and in that way raise need
ed funds for club activities.
J. IJ. Jones, editor of The Prog
ress-Argus, talked to the boys and
girls and outlined the scope of the
I work, its benefits and advantages
not only to the members themselves
but to the entire county. He advis
ed the members to support the coun
ty and home demonstration agents
in their efforts to improve condi
tions and to increase per capita in
come.
j Miss McGoogan awarded medals
as follows:
J Jewell Biles, Towaliga, Canning
Contest sponsored by Kerr Glass
Company.
Louise Smith, Tussahaw, Food
Preparation Contest sponsored by
Electrolux Refrigerator Cos.
Elizabeth Holston, Tussahaw, gold
medal in REA contest for best pa
per on wiring a farm home, paper
on the value of electricity on the
1 farm. Miss Holston also won the
county honor of General Excellence
[sponsored by Montgomery Ward
Company.
Pins were awarded by Mr. Powell
for 1937 work as follows:
Edward Durham, Raleigh O’Neal,
Billie Cawthon, Jimmie O’Neal,
James B. Williamson, Wilton Childs,
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