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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938
Judge Marcus Beck Reviews History Of
His Father’s Work as Jackson Teacher
Of particular interest to many
former pupils of the old Jackson In
stitute, as well as to the people of
the county, is a letter written by
Judge Marcus W. Beck and read at
the meeting of the Butts County
Historical Society Friday night, in
which Judge Beck reviews the work
of his father, Rev. James W. Beck,
as teacher in Jackson.
Professor Beck taught here from
the period about 1883 to 1886, and
associated with him as instructor
was his daughter, Miss Leonora
Beck, now Mrs. Leonora Beck El
lis, of Tampa, Fla. His pupils re
call Professor Beck as an able and
scholarly instructor and Miss Beck
as a brilliant and successful teach
er.
The Beck family is one of the
most brilliant in the state. Judge
Beck, who only recently retired as
a justice of the Georgia Supreme
Court, practiced law in Jackson as
a young man and was a partner of
the late Col. Y. A. Wrgiht. He was
elected solicitor general of the Flint
Circuit, served in the Spanish-
American war and was judge of the
Flint Circuit and while serving in
that position was appointed a mem
ber of the Supreme Court bench
where he served with distinction.
Judge Beck’s letter, written to R.
P. Sasnett, will be of wide interest
and is as follows:
Atlanta, Ga., January 12, 1938.
Mr. R. P. Sasnett,
Jackson, Ga.
My Dear Mr. Sasnett:
In reply to yours of the 6th, will
say that my father, Rev. James W.
Beck, began teaching in the Jack
son school in January, 1883, and
taught there for four or five years.
I know of no particular incidents
or features that*' would be of gen
eral interest to the public to write.
He was a successful and capable in
structor, assiduously performing the
duties of his position. At the end
of the period indicated, he was call
ed to another school and accepted
the call.
I was not connected with the
school, but when the new academy
was built, I was elected chairman
of the board of trustees and acted
as chairman of the board and con
tinued to do so until I was elected
solicitor general of the Flint Cir
cuit, when I resigned from the board
because my new position required
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DENTIST
Office Over
Carmichael Drug Store
JACKSON, GA.
Residence Phone 52
S. H. THORNTON
Funeral Director
Faithful and Efficient
Service
Equipment the Best
T. A. NUTT
All Kinds of
FIRE INSURANCE
Including System Gins, Cotton, Country
Propety, Dwellings, Household
Furniture, Plate Glass
Also
BONDS-BURGLARY-LIABILITY
INSURANCE
me to be absent from Jackson a
great part of my time.
My sister, Miss Leonora Beck,
was my father’s assistant as long as
he taught at Jackson. After he left
that place my sister continued to
teach there two years or more. She
then opened a female college in At
lanta and continued in Atlanta un
til she was made instructor in Greek
and Latin in a large seminary in
New York, where she remained un
til her health failing she came
South, went to Florida and there,
after regaining her health she
taught in Tampa.
She was married to Mr. R. A.
Ellis who died many years since.
Mrs. Ellis, after her husband’s
death, taught in Tampa and still has
classes there. She has been an un
usually successful teacher.
After over half a century’s work
she still teaches, lectures and writes
for various magazines. The enclos
ed clipping from a recent (January
2) Tampa daily indicates one or two
features of her work.
My eyesight is so defective that
what I’ve written is a mere scrawl.
Thanking you for your inquiry
concerning my father’s work, I am,
very sincerely yours,
MARCUS W. BECK.
Clipping Regarding Mrs. Ellis
Lectures
Mrs. R. A. Ellis will open her win
ter course of lectures on “Historic
Movements and Books of 1937-
1938” in the parlors of the Tampa
Woman’s club Tuesday morning at
10:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Ellis has chosen as the topic
for her opening lecture “History as
You and I Are Living Today,” and
will review briefly the world drama
of the last year, with a preview of
possibilities this year. She will es
pecially stress the belief that it is
not more knowledge, more science
or even more money the people
need, but the recovery of the spiri
tual impulse and balance that have
been lost.
Mrs. Ellis will outline briefly the
literary trends she intends to em
phasize in her subsequent talks,
February 8, March 8 and April 5,
and will give a list of the books she
will review and analyze.
JACKSON SENIORS
BE INVITED FOR
KIWANIS MEETING
Freeman Land, chairman of the
committee on Vocational Guidance,
will have charge of the program at
the meeting of the Kiwanis club
February 8 and all members of the
senior class of the Jackson High
School will be invited to attend, ac
cording to present plans.
Several of the members have been
invited to make five minute talks
on “My Experience Relating to the
Advantages and Disadvantages of
My Business or Profession.”
Vocational guidance, assisting
students to follow the line of work
for which they are beßt suited, is
one of the major objectives of Ki
wanis. The program for the Feb
ruary 8 meeting promises to be an
interesting one.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
4-H CLUB MEMBERS HELD
SPIRITED MEETING HERE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
(Continued From Front Page)
Edward Washington, Joe Faulkner,
William Browning, Boyd Swint,
Stacer Washington, Glenn Colwell,
Bernard Stodghill, Hesper Stephens,
Carolyn White, Albert Maddox, Ed
win O’Neal, Stewart Biles, Robert
Wilson, David Ridgeway, Harold
Webb, Elizabeth Holston, Willis
Taylor, Loy Allen.
Those receiving pins for 1936 in
cluded the following:
Boyd Swint, J. W. Maddox, Stew
art Biles, Marshal Young, J. R.
Terrell, Banks Weaver, Jr., Winifred
Folds, Carlton and Felton Thomp
son, Thomas Fogg, Chester Cook,
James B. Williamson, Raleigh
O’Neal, J. W. Bond, Edward Stod-
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There are clubs in all the school
centers and the enrollment this year
will probably set anew high record.
There is a fine spirit of interest and
good work is being done in the sev
eral. club projects. With a full time
j home demonstration agent in the
county to assist the county agent it
is believed that more and better
work will be accomplished during
1938.
Butts county is proud of its 4-H
club boys and girls and business men
and organizations will lend substan
tial support in providing trips to
Camp Wilkins and in supporting the
annual 4-H Club and Agricultural
Fair this fall.
Flies are capable of carrying
germs of tuberculosis.
FRIGIDAIRE SALES WILL BE
PUSHED BY THORNTON STORE
The Thornton Furniture Company
begins the 1938 advertising cam
paign on Frigidaire products this
week by placing copy for Frigidaire
Refrigerators and Frigidaire Elec
tric Ranges. These products are
well known and enjoy a reputation
as among the best on the market.
This is the second season that Thorn
ton’s has handled these products and
owing to the interest in rural elec
trification, as well as a growing use
of electrical appliances, a successful
season is predicted. These products
are useful and serviceable and the
sales force of Thornton Furniture
Company ask you to call and look
these appliances over.
LET WANT ADS SELL FOR YOU
URGENT REQUEST
MADE FOR HELP
FOR NEEDY FAMILY
The Progress-Argus has been ask
ed to make an appeal for a needy
white family of the community.
Clothes, food and fuel are urgently
needed to prevent actual suffering,
it was explained. Those desiring to
help may report to Miss Elizabeth
Towles, county Welfare Director.
Prompt action is necessary, the com
mittee points out.
SPECTACULAR WINTER SALE
OF ALL KINDS OF MERCHAN
DISE AT GIVE AWAY PRICES
MOST. DRESSES AND COATS,
SWEATERS, HATS, SHOES, ETC.
BEGINNING FEB. 4TH. THE
BUSY CORNER.