Newspaper Page Text
laefeMi frugt’ess^cps
VOL. 67—No. 8
Importance Of Vocational Agriculture
In Schools Stressed By T. G. Walters
ASSISTANT STATE DIRECTOR
OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
TELLS KIWANIS CLUB OF
NEED FOR TRAINING
An objective of the Kiwanis club
—\ ocational Agriculture in the
schools of Butts county was
brought nearer as a result of a meet
ing Tuesday night when T. G. Wal
ters, assistant state director of Vo
cational Education, outlined the ben
efits and advantages of vocational
agriculture and home economics. He
was presented by W. M. Redman,
program chairman, who mentioned
the fact the Kiwanis club is interest
ed in the youth of the county, evi
denced by Boy Scout work, 4-H club
work, recreation and vocational ag
riculture. Mr. Walters spoke in
place of H. D. Mobley, state direc
tor of Vocational Education, who
could not be present.
Mr. Walters sketched the growth
of vocational agriculture, beginning
with the Smith-Hughes bill in 1917
and the Deen-George bill of 1933,
by which federal aid was made pos
sible in training farm boys to be
come better farmers and girls to be
come homemakers. Many counties
have several vocation agriculture
teachers, Hart with ten, it was ex
plained. Butts is among the coun
ties without this service.
The advantages of training for
farm boys and girls, many of whom
never go beyond high school, were
outlined. It was explained that the
state and government co-operating
pay half the salaries of vocational
agriculture and home economics
teachers.
By means of charts Mr. Walters
brought out facts of interest in con
nection with the work. He answer
ed questions of the committee in
charge and invited for the talk were
J. E. McMichael, member of the
county board of education, and C.
E. McMichael, member of the Jack
son education board.
Much interest was manifested in
the address by Mr. Walters.
Morris Redman, program chair
man, announced that Judge W. H.
Duckworth of the State Supreme
Court would be speaker at the meet
ing February 28.
Plans were made for attending a
ninth division meeting in Porterdale
March 9 when Covington and Madi
son clubs will be hosts.
Attention was called to the motor
cade to Eastman February 27 and
aid of members was asked in secur
ing for Atlanta next year the Na
tional Red Cross convention.
Dinner was served by the U. D.
C , Mrs. L. M. Crawford chairman.
Motorcade Be Run To Eastman For
Livestock Auction On February 27
members of county live
STOCK GROUP WANT TO SEE
HOW SALES ARE CONDUCTED.
MANY PLAN TO ATTEND
Members of the Central Georgia
Livestock Association, formed here
Saturday, are going co run a motor
cade to Eastman Monday, February
27 to see how livestock auction
sales are conducted.
From expressions heard there will
be a large number of people in the
motorcade. Plans are now being
made and as far as possible auto
mobiles will be provided for all who
can arrange to make the trip. Those
desiring to go should register with
M. L. Powell, county agent, who
will be prepared to give details of
the trip.
Several people here have attend
ed livestock auction sales, but a good
many have not. As one object of
the local livestock association is to
have a stockyard in Jackson, first
High Rating For
Jackson Rifles
At Inspection
MAJOR LYNCH IN CHARGE OF
ANNUAL TEST FOR COMPANY
A AND HEADQUARTERS PLA
TOON. DINNER FOR OFFICERS
Butts county’s two units of the
Georgia National Guard passed a
highly satisfactory inspection Feb
ruary 16, with Major Charles P.
Lynch, U. S. Army, the officer in
charge of the annual test.
Company A of the 121st Infan
try and Division Headquarters Pla
toon were both inspected during the
visit of Major Lynch.
Both units rated high in efficien
cy and the test elicited the commen
dation of Major Lynch, it was an
nounced. During the afternoon
property and records were checked
and the inspection was held Thurs
day night.
Attending the inspection in addi
tion to Major Lynch were Major L.
A. Webb, Major J. W. Barnett, Cap
tain R. C. Connelly, Sergeant Fau
cett, all of Macon, and Sergeant Wil
lie Wells, of Atlanta.
hTc visiting officers w T ere enter
i tained at dinner at the Foy Hotel
by officers of the local national
l guard units. Here for the inspec
tion were officers of companies in
Forsyth, Barnesville and Griffin.
Workers Council
Be Held March 1
At Mt. Vernon
The spring meeting of the Work
ers Council of the Kimbell Associa
tion will be held at Mt. Vernon
church on March 1, it is announced
by Rev. J. B. Stodghill, president.
All 18 Churches are asked to have
representatives at the meeting. Din
ner will be served on the co-opera
tive plan.
Mr. Stodghill announces that four
main speakers will take part on the
proram, as follows:
Rev. G. A. Briggs, pastor First
Baptist Church, Jackson; Dr. T. W.
Tippett, general secretary of State
Sunday School Convention, Atlanta;
Rev. Harry Smith, pastor First Bap
tist Church, Forsyth, and Rev. C. C.
Buckalew, of Jonesboro.
The meeting will open at 10 a. m.
and both a morning and afternoon
session will be held.
hand information will be gathered
on this trip and local citizens will
have an opportunity to see hogs and
cattle sold at auction.
The trip can be made in a day
and will be one of interest and pro
fit. In addition to the auction sales
members of the party will see a
prosperous section of the state and
see how their neighbors to the south
are putting over farming and live
stock breeding.
Dodge county of which Eastman
is the county seat, is a progressive
county and won first prize in the
Atlanta Constitution’s Better Gov
ernment Contest. Commmissioner
McCranie has done much to put
Dodge county in the front ranks of
progress and prosperity.
Many former Butts county citi
zens are now living in Eastman and
Dodge county and those going on
the trip will have an opportunity of
meeting old friends and relatives.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1939
Sketch Of Captain
Butts Given At
History Society
OLD BILLS OF SALE, INCLUDING
PURCHASE PRICE OF NEGRO
SLAVE, READ AT THE FEBRU
ARY MEETING
At a well attended meeting of the
Butts County Historical Society held
Thursday night in the directors room
of Jackson National Bank, an in
teresting program was presented.
Chief interest centered in a sketch
of Captain Samuel Butts, read by
Mrs. Henry Byron, and figures from
old bills of sale, which among other
things, listed the purchase price of
a slave.
Reports by committees and a sug
gestion that a vault be prepared in
the Indian Springs Museum to house
Bible records made the business ses
sion interesting. Named members
of a committee to collect data on
the cost of installing a fire-pr-oof
vault for keeping family records
were R. P. Sasnett, G. H. Mathew
son and Mrs. E. J. Williams.
Mrs. Willis B. Powell, secretary,
announced that the State Park Ser
vice would probably continue the ar
rangement for a curator at the Mu
seum this season.
The Society voted to invite Charles
N. Elliott, director of State Park
Service, to attend the March meet
ing. The next meeting will be held
on the third Thursday in March at
7 p. m. CST in Jackson.
The program for that date will be
on Alexander McGillivray, an Indian
who figured actively in the early
history of Georgia, it was announced
by Mrs. J. T. Warthen, program
chairman.
The sketch of Captain Butts as
read by Mrs. Byron is given else
where. From old records in the
courthouse the committee cited many
interesting figures. These records
were read by Mrs. J. D. Jones.
A bill of sale for a slave from
one Jarrell to David J. Bailey was
read. The price was S3OO.
A guardian in filing annual re
turns for his ward listed in part,
these expenses; One box of black
ing, 06c; pen handle, 10c; 2 plugs
tobacco, $1; 3 pairs socks, 94c; doc
tor’s visits were listed at $1 each,
while the expenses of a trip to Au
gusta to obtain a pair of glasses was
given at s3l. Board, washing and
clothes for a year amounted to $l2O.
Georgia Mathewson read a letter
written by Samuel Griffin of Pike
county on December 13, 1835, re
garding the prospects of building a
railroad through that section and
mentioned that if the railroad were
built it v/ould be possible to com
plete a trip to Savannah in two
days.
' A fine spirit of interest was evi
dent at the meeting and Mrs. Nel
lie B. Hamilton, chairman of the
membership committee, reported en
couraging prospects in her line of
work.
JACKSON LOSES TWO
GAMES TO MILNER
THERE FRIDAY NIGHT
The teams of Jackson High,
playing the last game of the regu
lar season, lost twice to Milner there
Friday night. The girls were beaten
by a 46-6 score while the boys lost
13 to 7.
Almon, forward of Milner, scored
30 of her teams 46 points. Mary
Ruth Thurston led the scoring for
Jackson with five points.
The Jackson boys’ inability to sink
their free throws cost them the
game. Both teams had three field
goals but Milner made seven fouls
out of 12 while Jackson made only
one out of 11. Frank McLendon,
Jackson forward, was high-point man
for the game with five tallies.
K. T< Inspection
Assembled Many
State Leaders
HONOR PAID JAMES C. NEW
TON, GRAND COMMANDER, AT
BANQUET AND INSPECTION
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
. ■ -
At the annual inspection of Alex
ius Commandery No. 22, Knights
Templar, Friday night, many rank
ing officers of the order were pres
ent to pay honor to James C. New
ton, grand commander for the year.
A banquet at the Jackson club
house was a highlight of the occa
sion. The inspection, carried out by
Watts Powell, of Vienna, deputy
grand commander, followed the din
ner.
The gathering was marked by the
presence of many high officers of
the Knights Templar in Georgia, in
cluding present officers of the line
and past grand commanders.
About forty were present to en
joy the banquet and take part in the
inspection. At the clubhouse, where
an elegant dinner was served by
the Club Corporation, a musical pro
gram was enjoyed. Miss Catherine
Thornton and Mrs. D. P. Settle each
sang two delightful numbers, with
Mrs. J. W. O’Neal and Mrs. J. C.
Newton as piano accompanists.
H. M. Moore, eminent commander,
presided and turned the meeting
over to J. C. Newton, grand com
mander of the Georgia grand com
mandery, who introduced the visi
tors. Among those present from a
distance were Watts Powell, Vienna,
deputy grand commander; Josiah
Clarke, Augusta, grand treasurer;
W. J. Penn, Jr., Macon, grand re
corder; F. B. Willingham, Forsyth,
grand captain general; Sid Jones,
Milledgeville, past grand comman
der; John W. Murrell, Atlanta, past
grand commander; Frank Wells, of
Atlanta, grand standard bearer;
Dave Paulk, of Fitzgerald, grand
warder; John Riley, Cecil Hall and
Joe Moore, of Milledgeville; L. O.
Benton, Monticello; Mrs. Frank
Wells, Atlanta; Billy Penn, Jr., of
i
Continued On Page Eight
Construction Begun On Metal Buildings
To Be Erected Near Fincherville Section
UNIT OF FIVE STEEL BUILD
INGS EXPECTED TO BE COM
PLETED BY MARCH 5. BUILT
ON LEON SMITH FARM
Construction of the prefabricated
metal farm “units,” which are to be
erected by the Farm Security
Administration on the land of Mr.
Leon Smith near Fincherville, was
begun last Wednesday, February 15,
and is expected to be completed by
March sth.
This is one of the 12 “units” pur
chased by the FSA from the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Cos., of
Birmingham, and being built on
farms in Georgia, Alabama and
South Carolina. The FSA buys and
sells these buildings to tenant farm
ers on long term installment plans,
thereby advancing housing and farm
ing conditions in the South.
Mr. Smith, hfs wife and two
daughters, if present plans material
ize, will take possession of their
new home about the fifth of March.
On his new FSA farm, Mr. Smith
will have a five room steel house,
steel barn and smokehouse, steel
privy and chickenhouse.
The dwelling consists of a living
room, three bedrooms, and combina
tion kitchen and dining room with
ample closet space and a bathroom
if desired. Six tons of steel is used
in construction of the house proper
with 12M tons used for each “unit”
of five buildings. All the founda
Butts County Live Stock Breeders
Organize To Promote Auction Sales
Redman Home Is
Badly Damaged By
Fire And Water
FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORI
GIN BROKE OUT WHILE MEM
BERS OF FAMILY WERE ALL
AWAY FROM HOME
Fire, the origin of which has not
been traced, seriously damaged the
home of Mayor W. M. Redman on
east Third street Friday morning.
The fire occurred while members
of the family were away from home.
Mrs. Redman had gone to Milledge
ville to visit her daughter and Mayor
Redman was on the outskirts of the
city with a party of surveyors.
A delivery boy is said to have de
tected tfie fire and turned in the
alarm. The fire department prompt
ly responded and succeeded in check
ing the flames, but not until serious
fire and water damage had result
ed.
The loss, Mr. Redman said, is par
tially covered by insurance on the
dwelling and furniture.
Seme furniture was removed but
valuable pictures, works of art,
paintings, the piano, l’adio and oth
er articles were destroyed. Water
damage was almost as serious as the
fire damage.
The fire is said to have started
under the stairs and the theory has
been advanced that it was caused
from the electric refrigerator.
The Redman home, built six or
seven years ago, consisted of eight
rooms and the bath and was of mod
ern construction.
As soon as necessary adjustments
can be made the house will probably
be rebuilt, Mayor Redman said.
The fire occurred shortly after 11
o’clock and attracted a large crowd
who gave the fire department all
the assistance possible.
There are at least 10,000 earth
quakes a year in the world, accord
ing to scientists.
tion structure, the frame, sides, roof,
exterior door, fireplace, etc., are of
steel. Floors and interior doors are
of wood. The outbuildings are en
tirely of steel.
The barn contains a corn crib,
two compartments for animals, room
for implement storage and a hay
loft. It is 20 feet wide and 32 feet
deep. The poultry house, 10 feet
by 12 feet, is designed for 50 fowls.
The outdoor pantry is 8 feet by 12
feet.
The new metal buildings are
thought to be cyclone proof. They
are constructed on piers that go
from four to six feet underground.
On the bottom of each pier is bolted
a steel disc. Enginers estimate it
would take a 100-mile-an-hour wind
to dislodge the buildings.
If the steel homes are successful
they may be put in mass production
by the steel company and the FSA.
The metal structures insure mini
mum danger from fire and lightning
and are, of course, vermin proof.
They are economical, last for a long
period of time and their resistance
to weather is unquestioned.
Mr. W. S. Porteous is construction
superintendent and is being assisted
in erection of the local unit by Mr.
A. D. Smith, work foreman. Mr.
Henry S. Hill, Jr., sales representa
tive of the Tennessee Coal, Iron &
Raihoad Cos. is also stationed here
aiding in the work.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCi
WELL ATTENDED MEETING IN
COURT HOUSE. F. H. MORGAN
IS HEAD OF GROUP. PLAN
WEEKLY AUCTIONS IN FALL
Judging by the interest and en
thusiasm displayed Saturday after
noon when livestock breeders met
in the courthouse the livestock in
dustry in this county and section is
in for a campaign of large develop
ment.
Purposes of the meeting were to
form an organization and to work
for a stockyard in Jackson to hold
weekly auction sales *f livestock.
F. H. Morgan was elected presi
dent, after G. E. Mallet was named
temporary chairman, and J. G.
Childs was elected vice president
and J. D. Jones secretary.
The object of the meeting was;
stated by M. L. Powell, county
agent, who explained the growing
interest in livestock as a source oT
income to replace cotton. Mr. Pow
ell pointed to the need of an or-
ganization to promote weekly auc
tion sales of hogs and cattle and
told what is being done in other
counties of the state.
F. H. Morgan, J. D. Jones, Judge
H. M. Fletcher and others made
short talks, all endorsing the organi
zation and stressing the need of un
ity and co-operation.
It was voted to call the association
the Central Georgia Livestock Asso
ciation. Other counties in this area
will be invited to co-operate with
the local group.
A committee on constitution and
by-laws was appointed and members
ax-e H. H. McCoi’d, J. O. Cole and
J. D. Jones.
A committee on site for the stock
yard appointed by the chairman In
cludes H. H. McCord, T. E. Robison
and E. S. Settle. This committee
was requested to report at the next,
meeting.
Named on the Wftys and Means
committee, which will look after fi
nancial affairs, were E. S. Settle,
W. D. Thaxton and Gordon H.
Continued On Page Eight
Teachers Paid
And Financial
Outlook Better
JACKSON SCHOOL TEACHERS
PAID FOR JANUARY AND THE
COUNTY TEACHERS TO DATE.
STATE SENDS CHECK
With the receipt of a check last
week from the state Jackson teach
ers were paid for December and
January. County teachers had pre
viously been paid in full to date.
The state borrowed $2,181,000
from an Atlanta bank and checks
were mailed last week. The city of
Jackson received $1,976.25 and with
the addition of local funds this was
sufficient to pay December and Jan
uary salaries.
The Butts county board received
$4,128 from the state. This amount
is sufficient to pay Febi’uary sala
ries and half of March, it was ex
plained by Wm. G. Preston, county
superintendent. This leaves one and
a half months to be provided for, as
the county schools close early in
May.
City officials were not so optimis
tic over the financial outlook for
the remainder of the term. Salaries
have been paid for five months and
four months remain to be financed.
If state funds come through or addi
tional taxes are provided the school
situation will not be as acute. Just
at the time city officials could not
say how the remainder of the tci’m
would be financed.