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VOL. 66—No. 7
Grand Jury Recommends Ellis Health
Law Be Adopted For County Of Butts
REGRETS REPEAL OF STATE
DRY LAW. MRS. MADDOX, Me-
MICHAEL, BANKSTON NAMED
ON BOARD OF EDUCATION j
In returning the general present
ments Monday afternoon, the Feb
ruary grand jury recommended
adoption of the Ellis Health Law J
jin Butts county, deplored the repeal j
of the state prohibition law, called j
on all citizens to co-operate in law j
enforcement and appointed Mrs.
Franklin Maddox as a member of j
the board of education to succeed :
W. F. Huddleston, and re-appointed
J. E. McMichael and W. J. Bankston
to succeed themselves on the board.
The grand jury likewise called on
the sheriff to perform the duties of
-
jailer and allow nobody else to have
possession of the keys to the jail.
Formal recommendations on these
points are as follows:
“We, the grand jury, recommend
that Butts county go into the neces
sary arrangements to operate under
the Ellis Health Law.”
“The grand jury of Butts county
regrets exceedingly the action of the
recent legislature in repealing the
long-standing dry law of our state
of Georgia. We recommend there
fore:
1. That the citizens of Butts
county recognize the vote of the
people in the referendum of June
8, 1937, as being legal and final.
“2* That the citizens of this
county oppose any action looking
towards the calling of an election
for the purpose of legalizing whiskey
l in the county.
”3. That the officers and good
people of Butts county co-operate
in enforcing the law against liquor
and liquor traffic in
this county.”
“We the grand jury recommend
the following to serve on the Board
Education for a term of four
years each, as follows: Mrs. Frank
lin Maddox, Towaliga district; J. E.
McMichael, Jackson district; W. J.
Bankston, Buttrill district.
“We are advised by the terms of
our Code: ‘Sheriffs are, by virtue of
their office, jailers of the counties,’
and that no one else may act as jail
er for him except by giving the pre
scribed bond and taking the pre
scribed oath of a jailer. We consid
er it most important that the sheriff
be responsible to the people of our
county at all times for any and ev
erything which may happen in our
jail, and that he insure same will be
properly run by having exclusive
thereof. To this end,
we recommend that he perform his
duty imposed upon him by law, and
that no one carry the keys to our
y il except the sheriff, and that no
one be allowed access thereto at
any time except by his express per
mission. We enjoin on-lum full com
pliance with his clear duties in this
respect under our law.”
After returning the general pre
sentments the grand jury adjourn
ed. H. O. Ball was foreman, Paul
Tyler clerk and W. J. Webb bailiff
of the February grand jury.
VALENTINE DAY PROGRAM
GIVEN BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
With Miss Martha Bond as facul
ty adviser, a committee composed of
Martha Gaston, Margaret Sams, Ed
na Gaston, Lamar Mays and Nesbit
arranged the following pro
gram for Valentine’s Day:
Song, Red and Back—School.
Scripture Reading—Kathleen Caw
thon.
® Prayer—The School.
Valentine’s Day—Roberta Quinn.
Saint Valentine —Candler Hamp
ton.
Official State Song—School.
Tax Exemption
Blanks Are Now
Available Here
TAX EXEMPTION MUST BE AP
PLIED FOR. TAX RECEIVER
HAS SUPPLY OF FORMS ON
HAND IN COURT HOUSE
County Tax Receiver J. Edward
Carmichael announces receipt of ap
pliaction blanks on which to file
written requests for tax exemption
In order to get this tax exemption
on homesteads and household goods,
it has to be applied for. And the
applications must be filed in writ
ing on these blanks. There is no
cost for applying for household
goods exemption, but the applicant
must pay a fee of 50 cents when
he makes application for homestead
exemption.
The form of opplication has been
materially simplified. A sufficient
number of each has been received
by Mr. Carmichael who requests
taxpayers who wish to avail them
selves of the advantages of these
exemptions to act promptly.
The time for making the appli
cations expires on April 1. If there
is prompt action now Mr. Carmichael
will be able to handle applications
in orderly fashion, but if property
owners wait until the last few days
it will be a physical impossibility to
serve them with any degree of sat
isfaction.
It has been estimated that tax
exemption would cost Butts county
!29 per cent of its normal income.
With the people of the entire state
becoming tax conscious and wanting
to save every tax dollar possible, it
is likely that Butts county property
owners in large numbers will apply
for these exemption benefits.
Mrs. Perdue Named
As WPA Worker
At Hawkes Library
PLANS PERFECTED FOR KEEP
ING LIBRARY OPEN SIX DAYS
EACH WEEK. BOOKS AND
MAGAZINES ARE NEEDED
In co-operation with the Works
Progress Administration and the
trustees of the Hawkes Library, Mrs.
Coil Perdue, of Jenkinsburg, has
been named as assistant librarian
here. She was employed by the WPA
and will be under the direction of
Miss Pauline Mallet, regular libra
rian at the Hawkes Library.
The library, under this arrange
ment, will be kept open between the
hours of 1 and 6 six days each week.
| This plan, it is believed, will lead to
a larger circulation and more satis
factory service.
| Mrs. Sarah P. Driver, of the WPA
field force, was here Tuesday and
conferred with the county board of
education and county commission
ers. Financial support was asked
from these agencies. The city has
already agreed to meet the require
ments asked by the WPA.
Mrs. Driver says that a campaign
I
will be conducted to secure addi
tional books and magazines to be
placed in the library. Any person
wanting to donate books or maga
zines may do so by getting in touch
.with the librarian.
The libarry service the WPA made
possible here is similar to that given
I other cities in the state, Mrs. Driver
stated.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1938
Br. Howell Makes
Entry For Office
As Board Chairman
HEAD OF BUTTS COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS SEEKS ANOTHER
TERM. ACTIVE IN PROMOT
ING HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT
Dr. 0. B. Howell, chairman of the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues for the past seven
years, makes announcement for re
election in this issue.
Elected to office in 1930 to suc
ceed John W. Maddox, Dr. Howell
has been active during his service in
promoting highway development, in
liquidating old indebtedness and in
working for the progress and pros
perity of the county. At the time
he was first elected the county had
a large floating debt, and by good
management that was liquidated and
wiped out. In addition the regular
bonded debt had been handled in
orderly fashion and is gradually be
ing reduced.
Dr. Howell has been active in pro
moting highway development in all
parts of the county. During his
term several of the main highways
have been graded and taken over
as part of the state aid system and
in addition district and lateral roads
have been maintained at a high stan
dard of efficiency. Among the im
portant projects now pending are
Routes 16, in process of being pav
ed to the Ocmulgee river, grading
to the Spalding county line, grading
of route 72 from the Lamar line to
the Newton line and the Macon
Short route.
The Butts county court house was
repaired and modernized a year or
so ago and the new Butts county
jail completed the past spring. These
improvements have been made with
out any increase in taxes. A sharp
reduction in taxes has been made
during his administration.
The public assistance program was
put into operation the past July and
the board of commissioners has been
loyal in its support and co-operation
in enabling the aged, the needy blind
and dependent children to obtain
state and federal assistance.
One of the best known political fig
ures in this section, Dr. Howell en
joys wide personal and political
popularity and will be accorded lib
eral support in the present race. In
his announcement to be found in an
other part of this issue, Dr. Howell
reviews the work of his administra
tion.
VARIOUS AGENCIES
URGED ADOPTION
ELLIS HEALTH LAW
Several agencies appeared before
the February grand jury Monday af
ternoon to f urge adoption of the Ellis
Health law in Butts county. Miss
Margaret Giles, registered nurse and
supervisor of public health work in
several middle Georgia counties,
Mrs. J. B. Childs and Mrs. W. E.
Smith, representing the Jenkinsburg
Parent-Teacher Association, Miss
Elizabeth Towles, director of the
Welfare Department in Butts coun
ty, N. F. Land, president of the Red
Cross and chairman of the Child
Health and Welfare Council, D. W.
Ham of the American Legion and R.
P. Newton and J. D. Jones, from the
Kiwanis club, were members of a
delegation that urged adoption of
the law.
The grand jury recommended in
the general presentments that the
Ellis Health Law be put into opera
tion in the county. It must be rec
ommended by two successive grand
juries.
Thirty-eight per cent of Holland
would be under water every 24 hours
if it were not for the dikes.
Library Service
Will Be Increased
By State WPA
CITY OF JACKSON VOTES TO
AVAIL HAWKES LIBRARY OF
SERVICE OFFERED BY WPA.
LIBRARIAN TO BE TRAINED
At a joint meeting between city
council, trustees of the Hawkes Li
brary and Mrs. Sarah P. Driver, dis
trict WPA supervisor with head
quarters in Macon, the city voted to
! avail itself of the service offered by
the WPA in putting on a full-time
librarian. The meeting was held at
the library Friday afternoon.
The Works Progress Administra
tion will train and install a librarian,
certified for relief work by the Butts
i County Welfare office, who will
i perform full time service. Under
this arrangement the library will be
kept open six days each week.
In addition to her regular services
as librarian, under the direction of
Miss Pauline Mallet, regular libra
rian elected by the trustees, the WPA
worker will seek to increase the cir
culation of the library, will assist in
mending books and make the library
of the the greatest possible service
to the people of the county.
The city agrees to bear the cost
of this service by purchasing books
each month. The service of the
WPA librarian will not cost the city
or the {trustees anything and the
purchasej of books will be the only
added expense.
Later) Mrs. Driver hopes to in
terest the county and county school
board in® a plan for a circulating li
brary to serve the entire county.
While here Mrs. Driver praised
the Hawkes Library building, but
thinks there should be a wider cir
culation and this will result, she
feels, when there is a librarian on
duty six days each week.
Instillation of anew furnace by
the city will be made as soon as
arrangements can be worked out and
the interior of the building will be
improved.
Jackson Schools
Had Georgia Day
Program Feby. 10
HISTORY OF STATE SKETCHED
IN PROGRAM ARRANGED BY
STUDENTS AND PRESENTED
AT CHAPEL EXERCISES
An interesting Georgia Day pro
gram was put on by students of the
Jackson public schools February 10
during the chapel hour. Georgia
Day falling this year on Saturday,
the exercises were held Thursday
morning.
The program, arranged by Vir
ginia Jinks, Helen Smith, Sara Swint,
Billie Moore, with Mrs. Elizabeth
Thompson as faculty adviser, con
sisted of interesting bits of Geor
gia history during the Revolution,
Civil War days, the state capitals,
things in which Georgia ranks first,
the state flag and Georgia song.
The program was as follows:
Scripture, 109th day’s reading,
Hilda Godsey.
Prayer by the school.
America by the school.
Settling of Georgia, Joyce Kit
chens.
Georgia During the Revolution,
Martiel Britton.
Georgia During the Civil War,
Tommie Ridgeway.
The Capitals of Georgia, M. L.
Hodges.
Georgia of Today, Sara Swint.
Some Things in which Georgia
Has Been First, Virginia Jinks.
The State Flag, Jane Thurston.
Song, “Georgia,” by school.
Garden Clubs Outline Active Program
For Beautifying Highway s, Grounds
Extra Session Ends
Work Saturday And
Adjourns Sine Die
LONG SESSION CONCLUDED BY
VOTING W&A RENTAL DIS
COUNT. LOCAL OPTION AMONG
IMPORTANT BILLS ENACTED
The extra session of the general
assembly, which was convened No
vember 22, adjourned at midnight
Saturday after being in session for
83 days.
The last piece of legislation enact
ed was for discount of the state
owned Western & Atlantic Railroad
rentals for a six-year period, 1944-
1950. It is estimated this will pro
duce more than two million dollars
to be divided between state eleem
osynary nstitutons and the 159 coun
ties. Each county, it is estimated,
will receive from $7,000 to $9,000
to help offset the loss caused by
adoption of tax exemption.
The chain store tax bill was de
feated in the senate on the last day.
Among the most important bills
enacted at the extra session are the
following:
Local option liquor bill.
Reorganization of Georgia’s penal
system.
Increase in state beer tax.
Establishment of state stabiliza
tion fund.
Revision of state motor vehicle
license bill to provide for sale of li
cense tags on a weight basis.
Classified intangibles for taxation.
Exempted from state and county
taxation real estate to the amount
of $2,000 and personal property to
the amount of S3OO.
Reorganized the state revenue de
partment by abolishing the state rev
enue commission and creation of a
state revenue commissioner.
A long list of appointments made
by Governor Rivers was confirmed
by the senate before adjournment.
INOCULATION ALL
DOGS REQUIRED
BY CITY JACKSON
The city ordinance requiring all
dogs to be inoculated for preven
tion of hydrophobia will be enforced
this season, according to a notice in
this issue from Chief of Police C. T.
Thornton. There has recently been
considerable complaint of mad dogs
in the county and the present cam
paign is being put on to make dogs
safe during the hot weather season.
Dr. Joel IL Watkins, veterinarian,
will inoculate dogs at the city jail
on Thursday, February 24, begin
ning at 1 p. m. at a cost of 50 cents
per head. Dogs not properly inoc
ulated and tagged will be killed if
allowed to run at large, the notice
sets out.
Farmers in the county may avail
themselves of this offer by having
their dogs at the jail on the date
mentioned.
BOY SCOUTS AT
CHURCH SERVICES
SUNDAY MORNING
Members of the Jackson troop of
Boy Scouts with their Scoutmaster,
P. H. Weaver, attended services at
the Jackson Presbyterian church
Sunday morning. The boys were
cordially welcomed by the pastor
and congregation. Rev. E. L. Dan
iel, the pastor, preached an interest
ing sermon and one appropriate to
the occasion. He lauded the Boy
Scout movement and praised the
work being done here by the two
troops and their leaders and mem
bers of the committees.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
MEMBERS OF KIWANIS CLUB
HEAR REPORTS ON WORK AL
READY DONE AND OF PLANS
FOR THE COMING YEAR
In talks made to members of the
Jackson Kiwanis club Tuesday night,
representatives of the four Garden
Clubs in Butts county brought en
couraging reports of what has been
accomplished and told of ambitious
plans for future improvement of
highways, homes, parks and grounds.
The program was arranged by the
Public Affairs committee and ap
pearing on the program were Mrs.
B. B. Garland, president of the new
ly organized Cherokee Garden Club;
Mrs. Hugh Mallet, a past president
of the Jackson Garden Club, and
Mrs. J. T. Warthen, past president
of the Mimosa Garden Club. Mrs.
Marvin Farrar, president of the Jcn
kinsburg Garden Club, was unable
to be present but she prepared an
outline of activities, read by Mrs.
J. IV Jones.
Mrs. Garland, the first speaker,
explained that the Cherokee Garden
Club had been organized only re
cently and is now making plans for
active participation in general im
provement work.
I- 1
Mrs. Mallet said the Jackson Gar
den Club, an outgrowth of the old
Sewing Club, had been organized
nearly fifteen years. Among the
work accomplished was the improve
ment of the state park at Indian
Springs, beautifying the Jackson
cemetery, planting at the city limits
on main highways of shrubbery and
flowers and improvement of play
grounds. She a contest with
prizes for the organizations making
the greatest improvement in some
“ugly” spot to be selected by a com
mittee. The Kiwanis clubs will act
on that suggestion later;
Mrs. Farrar in her outline of ac
tivities showed the Jenkinsburg
Garden Club, though young in years,
has been activ e and for th : s year
plans to plant dogwoods and petu
nias on the highway.
Mrs. War-then said the Mimosa
Garden Club was nearly five years
old and she listed as among its ac
complishments beautifying the court
house square, Hawkes Library
grounds, sponsored the Jenkinsburg
and Cherokee Garden Clubs, asked
city council to condemn unsightly
buildings, made war on road signs
and co-operated in highway improve
ment and filling station beautifica
tion. Her club having saved funds
is now in position to go forward dur
ing the next two years with planting
of mimosa trees, crepe myrtle, dog
wood, grancy graybeard, nandinas,
etc. She said tourists were favor
ably impressed with the riot o£ jon
quils found now in this section. Her
club will also be active in home im
provement, Mrs. Warthen said.
The work of the garden clubs is
in line with a principal objective of
the Kiwanis club and that organiza
tion will lend all the assistance pos
sible.
Members were impressed with the
fine work already done and with the
plans for the future.
Judge Ogden Persons was a guest.
Dinner was served by the U. D. C.,
Mrs. L. M. Crawford chairman.
MARCH 15 IS DEADLINE FOR
OBTAINING 1938 AUTO TAGS
Before adjourning Saturday the
general assembly set March 15 as
the deadline for buying 1938 auto
mobile tags. The time had been
twice extended. The time for buy
ing drivers’ license expired February
15.
No spot in the British Isles is more
than 80 mil es from the sea.