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VOL. 67—No. 7
Campaign Of Pasture Improvement
Be Carried Out During The Spring
RENEWED INTEREST IN PRO
DUCTION OF LIVESTOCK
AROUSES INTEREST IN BET
TER PERMANENT PASTURES
Butts county farmers, stirred by
the growing interest in livestock pro
duction, are planning a large cam
paign of pasture improvement for
this spring, according to informa
tion received here.
Lands are being cleared of trees,
briars and undergrowth and soon
seed will be assembled for early
planting.
Lespedeza, a favorite for soil im
provement and as a hay crop, will
be largely planted this year. In ad
dition, many farmers will seed im
proved varieties of lespedeza in pas
tures. Asa grass for fattening live
stock in the late summer and fall,
lespedeza—or old field clover—has
no superior. It tops cattle off for
late selling.
Other grasses commonly used for
pasture improvement include carpet
grass, for wet or bottom lands, dal
lis grass for rich meadows, white or
Dutch clover and bermuda grass,
which may be sown in the seed or
sodded from roots.
Herd’s grass, Blue Grass, red top,
alsike clover are also used and un
-der right conditions will prove a val
uable addition to any pasture.
Of all the grasses tried in Butts
county carpet grass has probably
given the best results, especially on
bottom lands. Many fine stands of
this grass, which comes early in the
spring and grows until frost, are to
be seen in the county. Others have
had considerable success with Dallis
grass, which appears to thrive on
limed soils. Bermuda is too well
known to need any stressing.
For upland pastures nothing has
been found superior to bermuda
grass and lespedeza,
In addition to the approved pas
ture grasses, many farmers will get
a start of kudza. This plant stands
dry weather better than any other
plant, furnishes an abundant supply
of hay of high quality, is good to
stop erosion and is growing in favor.
Beginning in 1922 when H. G.
JViley became farm agent in Butts
county, farmers here have done
much to improve and build perma
nent pastures. Much of this inspi
ration was gained from visits to the
noted Lunsford pasture at Coving
ton. The Lunsford pasture attrac
ted national attention.
Reports reaching this office show
that there is a tremendous amount
of interest in livestock production.
There is a movement on foot for a
stock yard and weekly sales of live
stock in Jackson this fall. Hence
the growing interest in pastures is
in line with the demand for more
and better livestock to offset losses
caused by the collapse of cotton.
All who intend to keep livestock
and hope to reap any profit from
the industry will soon learn that a
good permanent pasture is the se
cret of success with livestock. Good
land is nedeed to build a good per
manent pasture —something more
than the proverbial pine trees and
a gulley.
County Agent M. L. Powell is
prepared to furnish bulletins on pas
ture building and give practical sug
gestions to all who are interested.
COUNTY TEACHERS
SAW DEMONSTRATION
ON ART AND MUSIC
Members of the But.s County
Teachers Association went to Mc-
Donough Friday afternoon and there
witnessed a demonstration on teach
ing art and music in the public
schools. The demonstration was in
charge of representatives of book
publishers interested in public school
art and music.
Butts Growers
Prepare Pepper
Beds For Year
FARMERS WILL PREPARE TO
GROW HOME PLANTS FOR
LATER TRANSPLANTING. COM
PANY SUPPLIES SEED
Beginning this week many Butts
county farmers who grow pimiento
pepper on contract for the Pomona
Products Company are preparing
beds and making plans to have
enough plants for later transplant
ing the required acreage.
Field representatives of the com
pany, who are directing the work,
point out that the period around
February 15-20 is a good time to
prepare pepper beds.
As has been the case for the past
several seasons the company will
furnish seed, treated for disease and
carefully selected as to quality and
germination. Seed may be obtained
at the company offices near the
Southern depot.
Contracts for 1939 pepper acre
age were recently signed by growers
in this territory. The 1939 con
tract calls for payment at the r’ate
of $30.00 for No. 1 pepper and
$20.00 per ton of pepper of No. 2
grade. This is a reduction from the
price paid last year.
A slight reduction was made in
acreage contracted for this year.
Small growers were allotted the same
acreage in most cases, but growers
with a large acreage had the largest
reduction.
Owing to the cash returns from
the pepper crop and the uncertain
outlook for cotton, pepper acreage
was in active demand and the avail
able supply was readily taken.
With the proper care and atten
tion pepper beds prepared now will
yield plenty of plants in time for
early spring planting. Most grow
ers explain that pepper should be
transplanted as early in the, spring
as possible.
Under average conditions there
will be ripe pepper by early August.
Jackson Boys Play Spalding High In
4th District Tournament In LaGrange
JACKSON GIRL’S INADVERTENT.
LY LEFT OFF LIST. THEIR
OPPONENT WILL BE ANNOUN
CED SOON
Jackson will meet Spalding High
in the opening round of the annual
Fourth District B boys basketball
tournament to be held in LaGrange
from February 22 to February 25.
The girls tournament in the “B”
class will be held February 28 to
March 4 in Manchester. The oppo
nent for the Jackson girls will be
announced later.
Pairings for the aniiual district
tournaments were made in Green
ville Saturday at a meeting of the
executive committee of the Fourth
District High School Association.
The committee also selected La-
Grange as the site of the B boys
tournament. At an earlier meeting
held in Griffin, the boys’ tourna
ment in the B class had been award
ed to Newnan. But Newnan High
school officials later informed the
committee that anew gymnasium,
now under construction there, would
not be completed in time to enter
tain the district tourney.
At Saturday’s meeting, LaGrange,
Thomaston, Woodbury and Fayette
ville invited the tGumey. The com
mittee awarded it to LaGrange.
The boys’ tournament will open
cn Wednesday, February 22, and
will continue through Saturday
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1939
Grand Jury Has
Completed Work
Of Winter Term
ADJOURNED MONDAY AFTER
NOON AFTER BEING IN SES
SION ONLY THREE DAYS.
RECORD MADE BY BODY
The grand jury for the February
term of Butts Superior Court com
pleted its work and adjourned Mon
day afternoon after being in session
only three days.
A record for dispatching business
was .established by the February
grand jury. That body was in ses
sion Monday and Tuesday of last
week and recessed until Monday
when the deliberations were resumed
and completed.
The general presentments are
short and cover committee investi
gations and reports.
The grand jury returned several
indictments.
Heading the grand jury which
compiled such a fine record for han
dling business, was P. H. Weaver as
foreman and D. P. Settle as clerk.
The general presentments will be
printed in an early issue of The
Progress-Argus.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS~
BE INSTALLED AT
TWO INTERSECTIONS
Asa movement for regulating
traffic in Jackson, city council at
its Monday night meeting decided to
install a stop light at the corner of
west Third and King streets. The
blinker light formerly in use at that
point will be installed at corner Mul
berry and Second streets where a
good deal of traffic passes at the
bus station.
The matter of speeding up the
stop lights on Third street in the
business center was deferred for
further action.
CONFER ENTERED APPRENTICE
DEGREE AT MEETING MONDAY
At the meeting of St. Johns lodge
of Masons Monday night the Enter
ed Apprentice degree will be con
ferred. The hour of the meeting
is 7 o’clock and all qualified mem
bers are asked to be present.
night, February 25. Opening round
games to be played on February 22
include:
Upper Bracket
Franklin vs. Thomaston at 1 p. m.
Bowdon vs. Jonesboro at 2 p. m.
Spalding vs. Jackson at 4 p. m.
Griffin vs. Zebulon at 3 p. m.
Lower Bracket
Newnan vs. Carrollton at 8 p. m.
Hogansville vs. Manchester at 7
p. m.
Fayetteville vs. Bye.
Villa Rica vs. LaGrange at 9 p. m.
The schedule for Thursday, Feb
ruary 23, is:
The Franklin-Thomaston winner
will face the Bowdon-Jonesboro vic
tor at 3 p. m.
The Spalding-Jackson winner will
meet the Griffin-Zebulon winner at
4 p. m.
The Newnan-Carrollton winner
and the Hogansville-Manchester win
ner will meet at 7 p. m.
Fayetteville will face the Villa
Rica-LaGrange winner at 9 p. m.
Friday night, February 24, at
7:30 o’clock, the upper bracket semi
finalists will meet, and one hour
later the lower bracket semi-finalists
will clash.
Saturday night at 7:30 o’clock,
the two losing semi-final teams will
play for third place. The finalists
will meet at 8:30 for the district
Continued on Page Eight
Boy Scouts Are
Told To Uphold
Democratic Ideals
CLAUDE CHRISTOPHER SAYS
LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT
MAKES DEMOCRACY WORK.
SPOKE TO KIWANIS CLUB
Speaking to members of the Jack
son Kiwanis club, and Jackson troop
of Boy Scouts, invited for the ad
dress, Col. Claude Christopher, prom
inent Griffin attorney, declared
Tuesday night that local self gov
ernment makes democracy work. Ad
dressing his remarks with special
emphasis to the Scouts, Col. Christo
pher declared people of America
should not lose the rights of local
self government for any temporary
security promised by politicians.
He said the democratic ideal was
born on the Danish peninsula and
gradually carried to England by the
Angles, Jutes and Saxons and from
England spread to America. Democ
racy will work if men will work, it
was declared.
There are no Boy Scouts in Ger
many or Italy or Russia, but the or
ganization flourishes in Great Bri
tain and America where democracy
is the accepted principle, it was ex
plained.
The speaker expressed the opin
ion that this country might be asleep
at the switch, and that liberty and
freedom are not appreciated as they
should be. “It is impossible to elim
inate poverty, for a very old book
says in the sweat of our brows we
must eat bread,” Col. Christopher
emphasized.
He admonished the boys to love
and reverence the flag and called
atteiftion to the great heritage of
Americans. He told the boys to
“keep fine and clean, keep their
heads up and prepare themselves for
careers of honor and service.”
Col. Christopher was accompanied
by Mrs. Christopher and Judge Og
den Persons was also a guest of the
club. Dinner was served by the U.
D. C., Mrs. Herbert Moore chairman.
D. P. Settle was welcomed after
a few week’s absence. The program
next week will be on Vocational Ag
riculture, it was announced by Mor
ris Redman, program chairman.
N. F. Land, J. W. O’Neal and P.
H. Weaver were named as a com
mittee to visit Kiwanian W. M. Bond
and express the sympathy of the
club in his illness.
Volunteer Fire
Department Been
Organized Here
L. J. McMICHAEL IS CHIEF AND
WILL HAVE AIDS IN HELP
ING HOLD DOWN FIRE LOSSES
IN JACKSON
With the aim of better organiza
tion to fight fires in Jackson, the
Jackson Volunteer Fire Department
has been organized with L. J. Mc-
Michael, chief of police, as chief.
He will have as assistants to help
man the motor equipment the fol
lowing:
C. W. Thurston, captain; Gus
Carmichael and J. D. Pope, drivers;
Eugene Rooks and Tom Thurston,
in charge of the pump.
Council at its meeting Monday
night voted to pay members of the
volunteer fire company one dollar
each for each fire attended.
By having a small and trained
force city officials believe better re
sults will be obtained. As is the
case in most small towns, many peo
ple attend fires and there are many
people trying to give advice all at
the same time. It is hoped to avoid
this through the company just form
ed.
Jackson Boys Trip Griffin Here Tuesday
Night 19-15. Girls Lose By 20-14 Score
Junior Schools
To Hold Tourney
Indian Springs
HIGH SCHOOLS IN BUTTS AND
HENRY TO PLAY GAMES IN
FEBRUARY AND MARCH. BOYS
TO STOCKBRIDGE
A basketball tournament for girls
in junior high schools in Butts and
Henry counties will be held at In
dian Springs March 3-4, according
to announcement of J. H. Williams,
principal of the Indian Springs
school.
A tournament for boys enrolled
in Henry and Butts junior high
schools will be held at Stockbridge
February 24-25.
The schedule as announced by
Mr. Williams for boys is as follows:
Ola vs Indian Springs.
Stockbridge vs Tussahaw.
Jenkinsburg vs Locust Grove.
Fairview, bye.
The girls tournament will .see the
following teams matched:
Stockbridge vs Indian Springs.
Ola vs Locust Grove.
Fairview vs Jenkinsburg.
Prof. Williams has made an out
standing record as a basketbll coach.
The Indian Springs girls have played
7 games this season and have won
them all. Indian Springs girls de
feated Heard-Mixon and other good
teams in this section. Mr. Williams
formerly coached at Heard-Mixon
and won the championship in the
junior high school league.
Some good sport is assui-ed fans
who are asked to keep the tourna
ment dates in mind.
Deputy Income
Tax Collector
To Visit Jackson
COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REV
ENUE WILL SEND REPRESEN
TATIVE TO AID TAXPAYERS
IN FILING RETURNS
This year as in past seasons Geor
gia’s Collector of Internal Revenue,
Hon. Marion H. Allen, will send
various representatives to various
towns in the state to assist taxpay
ers in filing income tax returns.
A deputy collector will be in Jack
son on March 1 from 1 p. m. to 5
p. m., it is announced by Mr. Allen.
These field representatives will
give assistance in making out re
turns. It is a service given to those
subject to income tax.
Permanent offices are located in
Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Ma
con, Rome, Savannah and Valdosta,
and representatives will be available
at these offices at any time between
8 a. m. and 4 p. m. from February
20 to March 15.
Live Stock Breeders Will Organize
At Meeting In Court House Saturday
ALL INTERESTED IN PRODUC
TION AND SALE OF CATTLE
AND HOGS ASKED TO AT
TEND. PLANS BE FORMED
All Butts county citizens inter
ested in the production and market
ing of livestock are asked to attend
a meeting in the courthouse Satur
day afternoon at 1:30.
At that time it is planned to form
an association and make plans for
increasing livestock, holding auc
tions sales later in the year and
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
LAST QUARTER RALLY BY
GRIFFIN GIRLS PROVES TOO
MUCH FOR JACKSON. BOYS,
PLAY IMPROVED
The Jackson High School
playing what was undoubtedly their
best game of the season, triumphed
over Griffin High Tuesday night by
a 19-15 score before a large crowd
on the court at Indian Springs. The
Jackson girls, slightly off the form
which carried them to recent victo
ries over the strong Milner and Fay
etteville teams, bowed to a superior
Griffin offense, by a score of 20-14.
The girl’s game was one of th&
most exciting ever played here. Half
time score was six and six and the
count at the end of the third quar
ter was 10 and 10. But in the last
minutes of the game the Griffin of
fense, which had repeatedly shown
promise, broke with a scoring spree
not to be denied. Led by Land,,
brilliant Griffin forward, they coun
tered 10 tallies while holding Jack
son to four in the last quarter and
therein lies the story of the game.
Land led the scoring for both teams
with 12 markers. She was follow
ed by Landstreet with six. For
Jackson Mary Ruth Thurston had
seven points and Hazel Jackson five.
Fifteen fouls were called on Jack
son, 11 on Griffin.
The boys in the color of the Reef
and Black took an early lead only
to have Griffin come back and tie
the score 10 all at the half. Once
in the third period Griffin drew
ahead three points which seemeef
ample at the time but the Jackson
quintet again tied the count and
forged ahead to remain four points
in front at the end of the game..
Both teams presented an almost im
penetrable defense which resulted
in a low scoring affair. Few goals
were attempted and fewer made.
The play was fast and, except in one
instance, unusually clean. Pete Tay
lor scored eight point* to lead the
scoring. Beckham and Weaver, of
Griffin, were tied with five points
each. Jackson had II fouls called
on them, Griffin 18.
The girl’s game:
Jackson (14) Pos. Griffin (20>
M. Thurston, 7 F Goodrich, 2
Archer, 2 _ F Land, 12
Jackson, 5 GF Landstreet, 6
Pope G Cunard
Thurston G Wilkie-
Sams _ G Vaughn
Substitutions: Jackson; M. Sams,
Torbett, Hodges; Griffin; Vess,
Cummings, McCarvey.
The boys’ game:
Jackson (19) Pos. Griffin (15)
Carr, 2 F Beckham, 5
Suffridge F _ _ Jackson, 2
Ridgeway, 0 _.C . Weaver, 5
Harris G Wheaton
Maddox _.G Clements, 2
Substitutions: Jackson; McLen
don (3), Taylor (8), Bohannon;
Griffin; Shannon, Cunard, Melton,
Lyons (1).
The number of people living on
farms is approximately the same now
as in 1910.
transacting any other business that
may arise.
Breeders of cattle, both dairy and
beef types, hogs, mules and horses
are invited to attend and take part
in the meeting.
There is an active interest among
farmers of the cour.ty in producing
more livestock and the matter of
auction sales to dispose of all live
stock will be one of the important
questions considered.
The meeting is scheduled for 1:39
in the superior court r.:om.