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VOL. 67—No. 3
Peanut Crop Will Be Expanded This
Year As New Source Of Farm Income
BUTTS COUNTY FARMERS SAT
ISFIED WITH EXPERIENCE
LAST YEAR AND WILL AGAIN
PLANT LARGE ACREAGE
Peanuts are going to build up a
good many farm bank accounts in
Butts county this fall—providing
there are not too many slips between
planting and harvesting.
Last year for the first time since
the twenties, Butts county growers
planted a considerable acreage in
peanuts, more or less as an experi
ment. The venture turned out so
well that the acreage will be expand
ed sharply this year. The nuts were
sold in Macon at $60.00 per ton and
some growers received more from
the peanut crop than from cotton.
In addition to the cash revenue,
there was a lot of choice hay left
for livestock. Peanut hay, relished
by all livestock, sells easily for from
SB.OO to $12.00 per ton, depending
upon quality and season.
In the Elgin and Cork communi
ties last year farmers grew some
300 to 500 acres of peanuts. Im
proved machinery was bought by
Sam J. Smith, of the Cork commu
nity, to pick the nuts. This ma
chine, it was said, does excellent
work and proved satisfactory to all
growers.
With the experience gained last
year and with modern machinery
for picking peanuts, plus the add
ed incentive for bolstering income
due to sagging cotton prices and
small cotton production, indications
are the peanut crop will be one of
the most important grown in the
county this season.
Peanuts are easily grown, are at
tacked by no known disease, are in
active demand by shelling plants
and can be sold at satisfactory pri
ces. Important also is the hay from
peanuts. But little, if any, fertili
zer is required for peanuts.
In formulating farm programs for
the year, a good many growers have
told the Progress-Argus they in
tended to include peanuts as one of
the money crops.
With the crop grown in sufficient
volume better marketing arrange
ments can be worked out. .
Peanuts and Pimiento Pepper will
run cotton a close race this year for
top ranking in cash value on Butts
county farms.
Criticism
More people are dying every day
from criticism than from cancer.
More People are suffering each hour
from lack of charity of heart than
from poverty. The inhumanities of
life are more dreadful than disease.
—Ex.
Butts County 4-H Club Boys Awarded
$25.00 In Prizes In Pimiento Contest
POMONA PRODUCTS COMPANY
BY PRIZES GIVES INCENTIVE
TO PEPPER GROWING. MAD
DOX IS FIRST PLACE WINNER
The Pomona Produots Company
gave Butts County 4-H Club boys
$25.00 in prizes for 1938 on their
pepper club work. These prizes
were divided as follows: $12.50 for
first prize, $7.50 for second prize,
and 85.00 for third prize. Each
boy getting a pepper contract was
to fix his own plar.t bed and have
his individual acre separate from his
father’s and keep a complete record
of his year’s work with his pepper
project. There were some twelve
club members participating in this
project and have turned in some
very good records for their first
year’s work with pimiento pepper.
Claude Maddox from the Towali
ga Club won first place with a gross
Butts Growers
Sign To Plant
Pimiento Pepper
SLIGHT REDUCTION WILL BE
MADE IN ACREAGE AND AD
JUSTMENT MADE IN PRICE.
PREPARE BEDS SHORTLY
Butts county farmers desiring to
grow pimiento pepper this season
on contract for the Pomona Prod
ucts Company were called to the
company’s offices in Jackson Mon
day and Tuesday to sign 1939 con
tracts.
It was explained by a representa
tive of the company that acreage in
the county would be slightly reduc
ed this season. About 100 acres
were to be lopped off the 1938 to
tal, which was estimated to have
been approximately 2,700 acres.
Growers with a large base acreage
were to feel the reduction, while
growers with smaller allotments
were due to receive about the same
quota as last year, it was explained.
In sending out contracts for this
year the company announced the
price would be $30.00 per ton for
No. 1 pepper and $20.00 per ton
for No. 2 pepper. Last year the uni
form price was $35.00 per ton.
Acreage for pimiento pepper is in
active demand throughout the coun
ty and this holds true for other
counties in the pepper belt. In view
of the muddled cotton situation
growers prefer to stress pepper more
and more as a cash crop.
Within a few days preparations
will be started on pepper beds. Seed
of the highest quality and treated
for disease control will be furnished
by the company.
For the 1938 season pepper prov
ed more profitable than cotton. This
was true in spite of a dry fall. With
fayorable conditions this year the
crop should be one of the best the
county has grown.
Pepper grown in Eutts county will
be processed in the Jackson canning
plant.
REV. E. L. DANIEI. ATTENDS
ATLANTA PRESBYTERY MEET
Rev. Eugene L. Daniel, pastor of
the Jackson, Fellowship and Bethany
churches, attended the winter ses
sion of the Atlanta Presbytery at
Peachtree Road Presbyterian church,
Atlanta, Monday. Rev. H. E. Rus
sell, pastor of the Rock Spring
church, was elected moderator. Mr.
Daniel was elected a minister com
missioner to the General Assembly
to be held in Montreat May 18.
income of $117.59; Jimmie Martin
from the Jenkinsburg Club won sec
ond place, and Doyle Patrick from
the Towaliga Club won third place.
Other boys making good yields were
Henry Fletcher, Jr., Lamar Letson,
Douglas Mitchell, Billie Thompson,
and T. J. Waldrop. The following
items were considered in selecting
the winners. The yield per acre,
cheapness of production, interest
each boy took in his project, and the
completeness of the record.
The Pomona Products Company is
to be commended for their kindness
in cooperating in the matter. Mr.
Lewis has been very kind to the 4-H
Club boys in the county which is
greatly appreciated. These records
are to be turned over to the Po
mona Products Company and it is
hoped that something worthwhile
can be worked out by the 4-H Club
boys for the company.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1939
Plans Made For
Winter Term Of
Superior Court
JURORS DRAWN TO SERVE AT
FEBRUARY TERM WHICH
WILL CONVENE FIRST MON
DAY IN THAT MONTH
Butts county court officials are
making preparations for the Febru
ary term of Butts Superior Court,
which will convene or. the first Mon
day for a session of two weeks.
Jurors and witnesses are being
summoned and other plans made for
the convening of court. Return day
saw but few cases filed, according
to Superior Court Clerk Sara Foster.
Indications are there will be a con
siderable number of criminal cases
to be heard.
Judge Ogden Persons of the Flint
Circuit will convene the winter term
of court on Monday, February 6.
Grand and traverse jurors called
for service at the February term in
clude the following:
Grand Jurors
Oscar Hay, I. C. Smith, Dock
Bcyd, Fred Colwell, C. E. McMich
ael, T. E. Robison, P. H. Weaver,
A. F. Whitney, Levi Collins, Olin
Greer, George Spencer, Duane Lev
erett, P. A. Smith, R. J. Carmichael,
W. M. O’Neal, J. H. O’Neal, E. A.
Godsey, D. P. Settle, A. A. Cook,
John W. Carter, R. E. Evans, M.
J. Freeman, J. E. Foster, E. Z. Car
ter, Frank Moore (Dublin Dist.),
W. A. Smith (609), T. M. Ridge
way, H. W. Turner, Ira F. Thax
ton, H. O. Ball.
Traverse Jurors First Week
Claude Wilder, J. W. O’Neal,
Grady Brooks, E. H. Pace, S. C.
Biles, J. N. Ham, T. A. Rape, W. H.
Swint, E. D. Patrick, H. S. Downs,
S. L. Gray, C. F. Smith, Iler Welch,
J. P. Ray, A. G. Brown, Bryant Wil
liamson, B. B. Vaughn, T. E. Wil
liams, A. C. Smith, Dewey Wise,
L. E. O’Neal, G. C. Maddox, John
nie King, Fred Morgan, E. R. Ed
wards, O. E. Smith, J. W. Brown
ing, Davis Evans, Tommie Spencer,
N. L. Greer, Lindsey Maddox, Newt
Etheridge, C. C. Lindsey, J. J. Comp
ton, J. P. Hunt, W. C. Redman, A.
A. Fuqua, W. D. Fletcher, C. L.
Maddox, Robert Wood, Marvin Vic
kery S. F. Smith, J. W. Pulliam,
George Brooks, G. H Kimbell, Max
Ridgeway, R. 0. Stodghill, J. A.
Middlebrooks, Gussie F. Long, For
est Maddox, S. S. Pace, R. E. Fears,
Ralph Carr, J. J. Rivers, Milton Man
gham, Linton Grant, Elmo Britt, S.
L. Nelson, Hugh Mallet, A. L. Wea
ver.
Traverse Jurors—Second Week
H. M. Moore, F. B. Mason, J. A.
Lane, T. H. Faulkner, W. A. Smith,
W. H. Moncrief, I. M. Wilson, W.
M. Bond, Elmo Cawthon, Ralph
Stallworth, Oscar Bond, R. A. Frank
lin, Jr., W. F. MaLaier, Jake Allen,
Robert Fletcher, Carl McMichael,
Wilbur White, W. A Smith (613),
W. O. Knowles, C. D. Fletcher, W.
S. Weaver, J. O. Preston, W. M.
Gallman, W. E. Waites, W. F. Col
lins, C. A. Duffy, Davis Turner, A.
H. Coleman, Mike Allen, J. 0.
Vaughn, Morris Williams, J. S. Rob
ison, Lewis Dodson, Homer C. Capps,
E. T. Long, Rogers Kimbell, R. P.
Newton, C. A. Smith, Thomas Jes
ter, J. H. Buchanan, Avon Gaston,
Marvin Kimbell, W. B. Hodges, V.
H. Ham, R. M. Smith (Jack), Willie
Brooks, J. A. Fullerton, J. H. Price,
L. H. Perdue, James Mangham, Har
old Standard, J. D. Stevens, J. W.
Welch, Jack Nelson, Herbert Moore,
Hiram Franklin, J. G. Johnson, R.
D. Bankston, Lcno Smith, J. H.
Jackson, T. T. Patrick, L. Redditt,
J. F. Cook, D. O. Woodward, Car!
Funderburke, R. A. Allen, C. G.
Sfroud, J. T. Maddox, Z. L. Bur
ford.
Walker Speaker
On Anniversary
Of Kiwanis Club
JACKSON CLUB OBSERVED ITS
SEVENTEENTH YEAR. NEW
MEMBERS WELCOMED AT
MEETING TUESDAY
Wingfield W. Walker, of Eaton
ton, lieutenant governor of the ninth
division of the Georgia district of
Kiwanis International, was the
speaker Tuesday night at the anni
versary meeting of the Kiwanis club
of Jackson. For the Jackson club
it was the seventeenth anniversary
and for Kiwanis International the
twenty-fourth.
Kiwanis International was organ
ized in Detroit in 1915 and has 1,-
992 clubs, with more than 100,000
members, in the United States and
Canada. Mr. Walker traced the ear
ly history of the organization, de
veloping the concept of the order of
from one of “We Trade” to the pres
ent program of “We Build.” He
showed what an important part Ki
wanis has come to play in the af
fairs of the United States and Can
ada.
Kiwanian Walker, an active work
er in the Eatonton club, which for
two consecutive years won trophies
in the international contest for clubs
of its class, said Kiwanians must bo
doers as well as talkers. There is
much to accomplish, he said, and he
pointed the members to the high
ideals and objectives of Kiwanis.
Past President Eugene Daniel ar
ranged the program and introduced
Lieutenant Governor Walker, pay
ing tribute to his ability as a leader
in his club and in the ninth division.
New members welcomed at the
meeting were Rev. G. A. Briggs,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
and Rev. G. H. Stone, pastor of the
Jenkinsburg Methodist church and
principal of the Tussahaw consolidat
ed school. Both were extended a
sincere welcome by Past President
Eugene Daniel.
Adding much to the interest of
the meeting was a vocal solo by
Kiwanian Gaither Briggs, talented
singer and musical leader.
A lovely birthday cake, with sev
enteen candles, was presented the
club and served to the members by
the committee for the evening, Mrs.
L. M. Crawford chairman of the U.
D. C. committee.
Accompanying Lieut. Governor
Walker td Jackson were Kiwanians
John Adams and T. A. Gregory, Jr.,
the latter of whom is editor of the
Eatonton Messenger. Rev. A. E.
Barton was a guest for the evening.
The Jackson club, urganized in j
January, 1922, has completed seven
teen years of service to Butts coun
ty and begins anew year with bright
promises of continued usefulness to
the community.
Nearly 2,000 farm tenants and
sharecroppers lifted themselves to
the status of farm owners during
1338 with loans authorized by the
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act.
Towaliga Girls Section 4-H Club Wins
Outstanding Prize In National Contest
Towaliga 4-H Club girls were
third place winners in the state in
the Chilean Nitrate Gardening Con
test and will receive ten dollars
award, it is announced by Miss Myr
tie Lee McGoogan, Butts county
Home Demonstration Agent. News
of the award has just been received
by Miss McGoogan.
Eight of the sixteen members had
gardens, producing 1,384 pounds of
fresh vegetables at a cost of $5.42.
The profit, estimated at 5 cents a
pound, was $69.20.
These girls are to be commended
Employees To Serve Jackson For 1939
Named By Council At Meeting Tuesday
Senator Russell
Calls On Georgia
To Aid Polio War
EVERY CITIZEN WILL WANT TO
HAVE A PART IN THIS UN
DERTAKING, JUNIOR SENA
TOR POINTS OUT
f Washington, D.
an has been urged
to actively join the
• with which to fight
infantile paralysis
by Senator Richard
B. Russell, Jr.
In a letter to the state committee
for the celebration of the President’s
Birthday, which is headed by Gover
nor Rivers, Senator Russell said:
“We in Georgia have a peculiar
interest in this occasion, for it was
after receiving ti'eatnient at Warm
Springs that the President envision
ed this great drive to eliminate the
dread menace of poliomelitis.
“I am sure every citizen of Geor
gia will want to have a part in this
undertaking, for Warm Springs is
certainly the capital of forces en
gaged in this campaign, and you
may count upon my whole-hearted
co-operation in every way within my
power.”
The drive for funds will come to
a close with parties and celebrations
on the President’s Birthday, January
30. Every county in the state is or
ganized to see that every citizen has
an opportunity to contribute to this
cause.
Material For
Street Paving
Been Received
LYONS STREET PROJECT DUE
FOR ATTENTION DURING
WEEK. GRADING WAS COM
PLETED RECENTLY
Paving of Lyons street from Cov
ington street to the Southern depot
was due for attention this week, a
carload of sand having been receiv
ed. Stone and cement are already
on hand and the paving was held up
a few days pending arrival of a car
of sand. The sand was shipped here
from Macon, it was stated.
Grading on this project was com
pleted several days ago.
The city and county co-operated
with the WPA in furnishing machin
ery and the county equipment was
used to do grading and hauling.
The weather permitting this street
should be completed within a short
time. The total distance of the pav
ing is slightly more than 1,400 feet.
Other streets will come in for
attention later, according to present
plans. Benton street and some oth
ers will be paved if the present ar
rangement is continued in force,
city officials explain.
j for this excellent record. Much of
j the credit for this achievement is
! due to the parents who prepared the
garden plots and furnished the fer
\ tilizer.
I
Credit is also due to Miss Mc-
I Googan for her splendid work in
' training the girls and giving them
| supervision during the season.
The Towaliga community, one of
j the best in the state, is also to be
. congratulated for furnishing 4-H
j club members who achieved recog
j nition in a national contest.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
CITY ENDS SATISFACTORY
YEAR AND ALL OBLIGATIONS
WILL BE PAID. SAME OFFI
CERS WERE RE-ELECTED
The city of Jackson had a satis
factory year in 1938 and all out
, standing obligations will be liquidat—
I ed in full as soon as taxes are col
lected, it was explained by city of
ficials following a meeting Tuesday
night to organize for the year.
At the organization meeting all
old employees were named for an
other year of service, as follows:
Mrs. W. H. Mallet, clerk and
treasurer, tax receiver and collector.
Miss Mazy Downs is assistant to-
Mrs. Mallet.
L. J. McMichael, chief of police j
T. O. McDonald, assistant chief; E._
A. Godsey, policeman An increase
in salary was granted policemen, it.
was stated, the figure not being
quoted.
J. H. Rooks, superintendent of'
water and light department. Ho
employs his assistants.
W. E. Maddox, engineer at pump
ing station.
R. P. Newton, member of the bond*
commission for three-year term..
Other members are Dr. H. R. Sla
ton and H. O. Ball.
Registrars, W. H. Phinazee, W.
M. Andrews and B. F. Watkins.
A city attorney and members of
the tax assessors were not named at
the meeting.
Jackson National Bank was nam
ed depository for city funds and
meetings of council were fixed for
second and fourth Monday nights in
each month.
The city made a good showing ir
collecting taxes for the past year
and when past due taxes are in hand
the city will be able to balance its
budget, a statement said.
During this year the city will pay
$4,000 in bonds and $2,500 interest
on bonded debt. This will leave a
bonded debt of $45,000, divided as
follows:
Sewer bonds, $12,000, retirable
from 1941 to 1944.
Street paving bonds, $13,000, re
tirable from 1952 to 1956.
School bonds, $17,000, retirable
from 1939 to 1951.
Water and light bonds, $3,000 v
retirable in 1940.
While taking care of the bondeef
indebtedness the cPy has been able
to meet current expanses, in spite
of a sharp shrinkage in property
values. The bonded debt is being
gradually liquidated and within a
few years those entrusted with fis
cal problems of the city will be in
position to breathe easier.
Members of council, all elected
for another year, are: W. M. Red
man, mayor; J. A. Gaston, E. I.
Rooks, E. H. Pace and J. W. O’Neal,
aldermen from the four wards in
the order named.
TWO ACCIDENTS
OCCUR HERE
OVER WEEK-END
Two accidents, both of a minor
nature, occurred in and near Jack
son over the past week-end.
Saturday night the tires of an oil
truck caught fire between Jackson
and Indian Springs on Route 42,
the result of a blowout, and though
spectacular, no serious damage was
evidenced.
Sunday night a couple in a light
coupe bearing a Florida license
drove off the highway and into a
rock wall in the front of the home
of Mr. Edgar McMichael on Indian
Springs street. The woman receiv
ed three slight cuts on the right
forearm. The man was uninjured.
The under carriage of the car was
damaged considerably. The couple
were en route to Atlanta.