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VOL. 66—No. sf
Short Session
Superior Court
Held This Week !
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CIVIL CASES HEARD MONDAY
AND ADJOURNMENT TAKEN
TO FEBRUARY 14 TO HEAR
CRIMINAL MATTSRS
A short session of Butts Superior
Court was held Monday, adjourn
ment being taken soon after the
noon hour to February 14 when
criminal cases will be taken up.
Court was organized by electing
H. 0. Ball as foreman of the grand
jury, Paul Tyler clerk ans W. J.
Webb as bailiff.
Judge Ogden Persons delivered an
interesting charge to the grand jury.
He reviewed conditions existing in
ihe world today and explained that
America is the only country where
personal liberty still flourishes. It
is a world of dictators, of wars and
rumors of wars, but America is per
culiarly blessed with peace, Judge
Persons pointed out.
Calling attention to local prob
lems, it was explained that the whis
key question and operation of auto
mobiles on congested highways pre
sent problems of paramount interest.
In the civil division three divorce
cases were heard and only one oth
er case disposed of. In the case of
S. E. Jones, plaintiff in fi fa, vs.
J. C. Jones, defendant in fi fa, a
verdict was directed in favor of the
plaintiff.
The grand jury continued its de
liberations later in the week and will
return next week to complete the
work for the term and make the gen
eral presentments.
R. D. Bankston Is
Candidate For
Member Of Board
WELL KNOWN YOUNG BUSI
NESS MAN OF JENKINSBURG
SEEKS PLACE ON BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Announcement of Mr. R. D.
Bankston, of Jenkinsburg, for a
place on the board of Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues in the
primary of March 18 will be found
in this issue and will add interest to
the political campaign getting under
way.
Mr. Bankston is one of the coun
ty’s best known young men. For
five years he was connected with W.
B. Thompson, distributor for
the Gulf Refining Company and at
present has a connection with the
Mid-Georgia Oil Company. His
work has taken him into all parts of ,
the county and has given him a
*wide acquaintance and friendship
among voters.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bank-:
ston, esteemed residents of Jen- 1
kinsburg, Mr. Bankston is connected
with prominent families of the coun
ty. As an evidence of the esteem in
which he is held in his home commu
nity he was elected a trustee of the
Jenkinsburg school and is a council
man in that town.
Young and active, Mr. Bankston
feels that he is equipped to give the
county the type of service it expects
from a county commissioner.
Enjoying a wide popularity and
having a large family connection,
friends predict that Mr. Bankston
k w iH be strong contender for the post
I he seeks. He proposes to wage an
active campaign between now and
the date of the primary.
I An Englishman has patented in
the United States a camera, which
not only takes moving pictures, but
can be used to project them on a
screen.
Kiwanis Members
Tell Of Training
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HEAR
KIWANIANS OUTLINE ADVAN
TAGES OF VOCATIONAL GUID
ANCE. SPONSOR HEALTH LAW
Members of the senior class of
the Jackson high school, together
with teachers, were invited Tuesday
night to hear membrs of the Ki
wanjs club talk on the advantages of
their respective vocations. The pro
gram was in charge of Freeman
Land, chairman of the committee
on Vocation Guidance.
S. H. Thornton, Jackson under
taker, told of his experience of many
years, dating from horse and buggy
days. Embarrassing moments, he
said, was w T hen he was called once
before death had occurred, and again
when he was driving a team of wild
I
horses and they ran the entire dis
tance to the place of the call.
C. L. Redman, Jackson attorney,
told of his experience as a lawyer.
|He worked all day and studied law
■at night, he explained, and regretted
that his education opportunities had
not been better. Lawyers as a class
are honest and upright and have
played an important part in shaping
legislation. The profession just
now, he said, seems to be overcrowd
ed and rigid requirements must be
met by law school graduates. He
paid lofty tribute to Judge Marcus
W. Beck, termed “one of the best
J lawyers in the state.”
W. M. Crawford, rural mail car
rier, spoke on civil service. Working
for Uncle Sam is not bad, it was
! explained. The hours are good, the
pay adequate and vacation and sick
leave granted. He urged students
to equip themselves if they want to
I get into civil service work.
W. M. Towles spoke on aviation.
Long connected with the government
in the air service, Mr. Towles is well
informed on aviation. Opportuni
ties are good in that line, he said,
and he advised those interested in
aviation to keep in good health and
retain a perfect coordination of mind
and body, necessary in aviation. Mr.
Towles made an interesting talk but
was limited in time and did not com
plete his talk before the gong sound
ed.
The club voted to accept an in
vitation of the Covington club to at
tend a meeting at Porterdale on
May 12.
The Ellis Health Law was spon
sored by vote of the directors and
a committee named to appear before
the grand jury and urge that the
law be made effective in Butts coun
ty.
| Dinner was served by the U. D. C.,
Mrs. R. P. Newton chairman.
JACKSON HIGH TEAMS SPLIT
GAMES WITH HAMPTON TEAMS
Scores in the basketball games
played on the Indian Springs court
Friday night between Jackson and
Hampton high school teams resulted
as follows: Jackson boys, 8; Hamp
ton boys, 25; Jackson girls, 15;
Hampton girls, 13.
Jackson high teams will meet
1 teams from Monticello high school
on the Indian Springs court Friday
night, February 11. Admission will
be 10 and 15 cents.
MRS. SAUNDERS SEVERELY
BURNED BY GRATE FIRE
Mrs. Grant Saunders was severe
ly burned when her clothing caught
from a grate fire at her home in
Pepperton last week. She was tak
en to the Georgia Baptist Hospital,
after being treated here, and her
condition is reported as critical.
Friends, churches and organizations
have all combined to make her con
dition as comfortable as possible.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY #, 1938
No Change Will
Be Made Here In
Prohibition Law
LEADERS DO NOT EXPECT ELEC
TION TO BE HELD UNDER LO
CAL OPTION LAW RECENTLY
PASSED IN STATE
No change in the prohibition law
is expected in Butts county under
the local option law recently enacted
by the general assembly.
The bill provides that before an
election is held to allow citizens of
any county to vote on the matter
it is necessary for 35 per cent of the
. registered voters to sign a petition
requesting an election. If such pe
tition is to be presented here noth
ing has been heard of it up to the
present time.
Butts county voted dry more than
forty years ago. In the two state
wide elections held recently the
county was in the dry column by a
safe majority.
In some counties petitions are be
ing signed asking that elections be
called for a referendum.
Informed leadei’s express the opin
ion that many of the rural counties
will remain legally dry.
Negro Man Killed
By Knife Wounds
JACK WHITE STABBED BY
WIFE DURING ROW ON HIGH
WAY NEAR JACKSON. DIED
ON WAY TO HOSPITAL
A negro man by the name of Jack
White, 35, employed by Spencer-
Buchanan, Inc., died Sunday en
route to a Macon hospital as the
result of stab wounds said by offi
cers to have been inflicted by his
wife, Jewel O’Neal White.
The stabbing took place on the
Griffin highway about 3 o’clock
Sunday morning. White was treat
ed hei-e and was being taken to a
Macon hospital and died en route.
Officers said that White and his
wife had a row and that the man
struck the negress with an automo
t
bile jack. She in turn stabbed him
in the chest with a pocket knife. The
White woman claimed self-defense,
officers said.
N,o arrest was made but the grand
jury now in session is said to be
probing the killing.
BURNETT ELECTED
HEAD JONESBORO
PRODUCTION BODY
J. H. Burnett, of Griffin, was
elected president of the Jonesboro
Production Credit Association at the
meeting of directors Tuesday. He
succeeds Captain E. S. Settle, Jack
son, who refused to stand for re
election. A. L. Wootton, of Love
joy, was elected vice president and
B. H. Abbott, Jr., of Jonesboro, sec
retary and treasurer. Burnett and
Wootton were made members of the
executive committee.
Directors for 1938 were elected at
the stockholders’ meeting on Jan
uary 28.
SUNDAY SCHOOL DONATED TO
RED CROSS RELIEF CAMPAIGN
The collection of the Presbyterian
Sunday school February 6 went to
the Chinese relief fund being raised
by the Red Cross. The collection,
amounting to $4.00. was turned over
to N. F. Land, chairman of the Butts
county chapter. Mr. Land, who is
co-operating with the national or
ganization, has asked all churches,
Sunday schools, civic and patriotic
| organizations to contribute to the
relief of starving Chinese.
Fimiento Growers
Prepare Seed Beds
SEED BEING FURNISHED BY
CANNING PLANT. LARGE AC
REAGE WILL BE PLANTED IN
COUNTY FOR THIS SEASON
Butts county farmers who will
plant pimiento peppers this season
are now preparing their seeds beds.
Some beds have been planted and
others will be prepared and planted
within the next few days. The pe
riod around February 20 is said by
experienced growers to be the best
time for planting pepper beds.
The Pomona Products Company is
supplying growers with seed, treated
and tested for germination. The
company is also furnishing cloth to
cover beds as a protection from
weather.
Efforts will be directed to grow
ing out plenty of plants for early
transplanting. Informed growers
point out that much of the success
with pepper can be traced to large
stocky plants, grown out in time
for planting before extreme hot
i weather sets in.
An expansion in the pepper crop
will result in Butts and some of the
adjoining counties this season. The
local acreage will be larger than for
1 1937 and acreage has been in active
demand.
The acreage contracted for in this
territory will be sufficient, under
favoi’able conditions, to assure full
time operation of the Jackson can
ning plant in the late summer and
fall.
The price this season will be
$35.00 per ton, an increase over the
price gaid in 1937. This price, to
' gether with the uncertain future
'facing cott*n, has aroused keen in
terest in pepper growing and farm
ers look forward to that crop as one
of the main financial props for the
1938 season.
E. P. Colwell To
Offer For Place
On County Board
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF TOW
ALIGA DISTRICT WILL BE
CANDIDATE FOR BOARD IN
MARCH 18 PRIMARY
Mr. E. P. Colwell, prominent res-'
dent of Towaliga district, will be a
andidate for a place on the board
of Commissioners of Roads and Rev- j
nues in the March primary, he
ays. His formal announcement will
probably be made in a few days.
In the primary of March 27, 1936
Mr. Colwell made a splendid show
ing in the race for county commis
sioner. He polled a large vote at that
time and developed strength that
stamped him as an excellent cam
paigner. The experience gained in
that race, the friendships and ac
quaintances among voters will be an
advantage in the present campaign,
his friends predict.
Mr. Colwell is one of the county’s
best known farmers. He is a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Colwell
and has spent his entire life in the
county. He formerly served as a
member of the Democratis Execu
.
tive Committee and has always tak
en a leading part in the development
,of his section and the county at
large.
Having many friends in all sec
tions, Mr. Colwell is expected to be
a strong candidate for the place on
the board. The post he seek.s is now
held by J. L. Bailey, Sr., who has
authorized the statement he would
be a candiate for chairman of the
county board.
A deed to the farm will not hold
the soil.
Primary To Nominate Commissioners
Ordered By Committee For March 18
Poultry School
In Jackson Be
Held February 18
GANNON AND RICHARDSON OF
EXTENSION STAFF TO BE
HERE NEXT WEEK. SHRADER
ALSO ON PROGRAM
A Poultry School will be conduct
ed in the courthouse at Jackson on
Wednesday, February 18, beginning
at 9:30 a. m. central time.
The course has been arranged by
Arthur Gannon, Extension Poultry
man and Bob Richardson, Extension
Economist in Marketing poultry.
Mr. Shrader, senior Extnsion Poul
tryman, from Washington. D. C.,
will also be on the program.
Following the talks by these au
thorities there will be an informal
discussion of practical problems.
All those interested in poultry are
requested to be on hand for the
meeting.
It is hoped to work out plans
whereby Butts county can have
monthly co-operative poultry sales.
Such sales were formerly held here
and brought in considerable cash in
come to farmers of the county.
Much Pasture Work
Planned In County
During The Spring
Long recognized for outstanding
permanent pasture work, Butts
county is planning this season to
further increase its pastures as a
means of providing cheap feed for
livestock.
The recently awakened interest in
livestock is behind the movement
for more and better pastures. In
terest in beef cattle and dairying,
as well as in raising colts has picked
up considerably lately snee cotton
had such a severe setback.
Starting more than fifteen years
ago Butts county has done remark
ably well in building permanent pas
tures and now ranks as a leader in
that line. All the approved grasses
and clovers, with lespedeza and oth
er mixtures, including kudza, are to
be found in most of the good pas
tures of the county. Asa result of
this work plenty of grazing is af
forded for livestock during most of
the year.
A good pasture is a real asset to
any farm and cuts down the feed bill
materially. During the severe
drought in the western states, many
head of cattle were shipped here for
pasturage.
In connection with the campaign
for pasture improvement County
'Agent M. L. Powell gives the follow
ing suggestions, advising particular
ly that pasture work be done early
in the season.
He said that if the soil is to be
plowed before planting the grass or
legume it should be plowed early.
, When plowing is done early, the
seedbed will settle and become firm
again before planting time.
Now is a good time to clear away
£he timber and undergrowth on the
area to be put into pasture, the
agent suggested. He pointed out
that when plowing is done on this
land it is best to leave the organic
matter on top of the ground.
One of the most important things
in getting the pasture started right
is to plant good seed, Mr. Powell
advised. He said that poor seed have
caused many pasture failures. This
can be prevented by planting seed
of high germination and free of ob
jectionable weed seed.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
ENTRIES WILL CLOSE MARCH
5. PLURALITY VOTE WILL
CONTROL. ASSESSMENTS AT
SAME FIGURE AS IN 1934
The Butts County white Demo
cratic for the nomination of a chair
man and a member of the Board of
County Commissioners will be held
on Friday, March 18.
Entries will close on
March 5, at 12 o’cloek noon.
This action was taken by the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee meet
ign Saturday subject to the call of
Chairman W. E. Watkins.
The plurality vote plan was adopt
ed by vote of the committee. This,
means the candidates for the respec
tive offices receiving the highest
vote will be declared the nominees
for the offices to which they aspire.
A motion that the two highest
candidates, in the event no candi
date received a majority of the votes
polled, be required to enter a run
over primary, was defeated by a voto
of 10 to 7.
The committee voted to have the
polls in all precincts open at 8 a. m.
and close at 4 p. m., Central Stan
dard Time.
The scale of assessments levied
was the same as prevailed in 1934
and include the following amounts:
For chairman of the board,
SIOO.OO.
For members of the board, $20.00
each. /
Any funds remaining on hand af
tre expenses of the primary are paid
will be returned to candidates pro.
rata.
The names of candidates, in al
phabetical order, will be placed on
the official ballot to be prepared by
the executive committee.
Election managers, by vote of the
committee, will be paid $2.00 per
day each for their services.
The committee will meet on March.
19 at 10 o’clock a. m., Central Time,
and declare the result of the pri
mary.
Saturday’s meeting was well at
tended. The following members an
swered roll call:
W. E. Watkins, chairman.
J. H. Patrick and W. D. Jolly,
Buttrill district.
G. C. Moore and O. L. Weaver,
Coody district.
W. O. Moore, W. H. Moncrief and
H. L. Moss, Dublin district.
Sam Etheridge, Mrs. W. B. Powell,
W. W. Preston, F. C. Maddux, In
dian Springs district.
H. L. Dodson, Iron Springs dis
trict.
It. P. Newton, W. F. MaLaier, H.
G. Hawkins, J. D. Jones, Jackson dis
trict.
A. F. Taylor, J. J. Compton, P.
J. Evans, Towaliga district.
J. H. Pope, Worthville district.
REGULAR SERVICES BE HELD
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The regular bi-monthly services
will be held at the Jackson Pres
byterian church Sunday morning at
11 a. m. and 7p. m. and the pastor,
Rev. Eugene Daniel, will preach.
The public invited.
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TIMBER PROTECTION MAY BE
VOTED BY PEOPLE OF STATE
Atlanta, Ga.—The general assem
bly of Georgia has authorized a con
stitutional amendment which, if rati
fied at the next general election in
j November, will permit counties of
j Georgia to co-operate with the Tim
jber Protective organizations and the
Georgia division of forestry in fire
j protection work and will allow them
to employ foresters just as they are
allowed t o employ agricultural
agents with county funds.