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VOL. 68—No. 1
Butts Democrats Ask For Presidential
Primary To Select Georgia Delegates
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY
COMMITTEE AND SENT TO
CHAIRMAN GILLIS WANTS
DEMOCRATIC RULE TO STAY
Members of the Butts County
Democratic Executive Committee, in
meeting Saturday, unanimously
adopted resolutions asking Chair
man James L. Gillis of the state
Democratic Executive committee to
call an election to choose delegates
to the next Democratic convention.
The resolutions set out that this is
in keeping with a democratic cus
tom in Georgia.
It has been widely rumored that
Georgia will not hold a preferential
presidential primary, but that dele
gates will be appointed. It was to
protest against such action that the
resolution was adopted.
The resolution, adopted by unan
imous vote, is as follows:
Jackson, Ga., Jan. 6, 1940.
Hon. James L. Gillis, Chairman,
State Democratic Executive Com
mittee,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Mr. Gillis:
Be it resolved by the Butts Coun
ty Democratic Executive Commit
tee, in regular meeting assembled,
that you are requested to call a
Preferential Presidential primary for
the election of delegates to the next
Democratic national convention to
be held later. Such action will be
in keeping with the time-honored
Democratic custom prevailing in
Georgia, and will be an expression
of the real sentiment of the Demo
crats of this state. At a time when
democracy is being challenged by
autocracy and dictatorship in many
quarters of the globe, we consider it
most important that Georgia adhere
to the spirit and principles of de
mocrary as handed down by the
founders of the party. A state-wide
primary where all Democrats can
express their honest choice for na
tional party leaders will be the best
evidence that Georgia remains a
democratic state in thought and ac
tion.
G. E. MALLET, Chairman,
Butts County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee.
J. D. Jones, Secretary.
Kirby Is Head
Boy Scouts In
Griffin Area
OFFICERS FOR YEAR NAMED
AT MEETING HELD IN GRIF
FIN. BALL AND O’NEAL ON
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
At a meeting held in Griffin Jan
uary 4, Wilkins W. Kirby, of New
nan, was re-elected head of the
Flint River Council, Boy Scouts of
America, for the ensuing year.
The annual meeting was attended
by Scout executives from all coun
ties in the Griffin council. H. O.
i Ball, M. L. Powell, W. M. Redman
and G. H. Mathewson attended from
Jackson.
H. 0. Ball and J. W. O’Neal were
elected members of the executive
committee from the district at large.
In addition to Kirby, other offi
cers named were Claude Christopher,
Griffin, treasurer; Paul Mitcham,
Thomaston, vice president; R. M.
Matthews, Thomaston, commission
er; W. N. Banks, Newnan, represen
tative on the national council.
T. Baldwin Martin, Macon, made
the prinpipal address of the occa
sion. A banquet was served at the
Parish House. John Hall Sherrill, Jr.,
new assistant Scout executive, waa
.. at ihe ..meeting;
Year Of Growth
Reported By Bank
During 1939
STOCKHOLDERS OF JACKSON
NATIONAL BANK MET TUES
DAY AND HEARD REPORTS.
DEPOSITS SET NEW RECORD
A year of substantial growth in
every department, with deposits
higher than at any time since the
boom days of 1918-20, was reported
by Jackson National Bank Tuesday
when the annual stockholders meet
ing was held. Officers submitted
reports covering all phases of op
erations for the last twelve months,
and these reports were encouraging
to all shareholders of the institu
tion.
The preferred stock has been paid
down to $15,000, while the common
stock has been built up to $35,000.
Officers hope to be able within a
reasonable time to retire all the pre
ferred stock, and at that time com
mon stockholders will share in the
increased value of their holdings.
Deposits, according to the reports,
now total $451,264.32, anew high
point for the last several years.
The capital stock consists of $35,-
000 in common and $15,000 in pre
ferred, making a capital account of
$50,000. The surplus is $7,500
and the undivided profits sll,-
951.82. Total resources of the bank
amount to $522,716.14.
This bank, serving Butts county
and adjacent territory, faces the
new year with confidence and ex
pectations of continued growth.
The same directors were re-elec
ted by the stockholders and are: E.
L. Smith, B. A. Wright, H. O. Ball,
R. P. Newton, T. E. Robison and
R. P. Sasnett.
The directors named all old offi
cers for another term of service.
The officers include: E. L. Smith,
president; B. A. Wright and H. O.
Ball, vice presidents; R. P. Sasnett,
active vice president; J. W. O’Neal,
cashier; Miss Nettie Rae Pittman,
manager insurance department;
Leonard Grant, teller.
The statement of condition at the
close of business on December 30,
as called for by the Comptroller of
the Currency is published in this
issue.
Jackson Slices
Bonded Debt To
Sum Of |41,000
FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS BE
PAID THIS YEAR. WATER
AND LIGHT ISSUE IS RETIR
ED IN FULL
With $4,000 to be paid in a few
days, Jackson has reduced its bond
ed indebtedness to $41,000.
January payments include $3,000
on water and light bonds, issued in
1911, and retires that issue in full,
and SI,OOO on school bonds, issued
in 1921.
Bond issues now outstanding in
clude $12,000 in sewer bonds, is
sued in 1914, $13,000 in street pav
ing bonds, issued in 1927, and $16,-
000 in school bonds.
From a high of more than $70,-
000, the city has liquidated its bond
ed debt to a low of $41,000, and
within a reasonable time all out
standing bonds will be retired.
Some of the outstanding bonds
bear interest at the rate of 5 %
per cent, and others 5 per cent.
Members of the Jackson bond
commission are R. P. Newton, H. O.
Ball and H. R. Slaton.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940
Citizenship Was
Stressed As Aim
Of Kiwanis Club
IN FIRST PROGRAM MEETING
OF YEAR C. R. CANNON TALK
ED ON KIWANIS EDUCATION.
CALLAWAY WELCOMED
In its first program meeting of
the year, following the installation
of officers on January 2, C. R. Can
non, chairman of the committee on
Kiwanis Education, gave a practi
cal and instructive talk Tuesday
night on the fundamentals of Ki
wanis.
The talk was inTeliut?" to drill
the new members especially in the
fundamentals of the organization.
Dr. Cannon showed that Kiwanis is
not a social club, not a business or
| charitable organization. It is, how
ever, he explained, a service club.
Unselfish service to the community
at large, work for better citizenship,
better relations among all classes —
these, are the real purposes of Ki
wanis and other service clubs, it
was said.
The speaker explained the im
portant work the club is doing in
Boy Scout work and said it is im
portant to give youth the right
training. All the service clubs in
America, if properly united, have
weight and power enough to swing
any proposition in the right direc
tion.
Dr. Cannon, who is leaving Jack
son, urged the club to continue its
work of unselfish service, especially
for better citizenship.
Rev. J. C. Callaway, pastor of the
Methodist church, was heartily wel
comed as anew member.
January 9 was a birthday for J.
K. Sitton and January 14 will be
a birthday for H. O. Ball. Both
were extended cordial birthday
greetings.
Dinner was served by the Wom
an’s Club, Mrs. Victor Carmichael
chairman.
Ice And Sleet
Damage R. E. A.
Lines Heavily
HOWEVER, SERVICE RETURNED
TO NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. DAMAGE HEAVIEST
JASPER AND MONROE
Sunday’s ice and sleet storm
caused an estimated damage of SSOO
to li. E. A. lines of the Central Geor
gia Electric Membership Corpora
tion and interrupted service in some
counties as much as a day, Mr. E.
I. Carruthers, superintendent of the
C. G. E. M. C., announced Wed
nesday.
Heaviest damage was done in Jas
per and Monroe counties where ice
laden trees and branches fell over
the wires causing many breaks and
necessitating extensive repairs.
Brooks, Ga., in Fayette county and
Fife in Fulton eounty were areas
in which the ice played particular
havoc.
Mr. Carruthers said that emer
gency crews began work as early as
Sunday afternoon to repair the
lines. They worked all of Sunday
night, Monday and Tuesday to re
store normal service. By ten o’clock
Tuesday all lines were up with the
exceptions of those in parts of Fay
ette and Spalding counties. They
were expected to be ready for use
by Wednesday night.
Some 700 to 800 families were
affected by the break in service of
the R. E. A. lines, Mr. Carruthers
explained, tyut they accepted the
hardships good naturedly. Monday
saw the greatest damage wrought
with the weather moderating Tues
day and the lines being speedily re
paired.
Jackson Drug
Company Sold
To W. G. Smith
ATLANTA DRUGGIST BUYS BUS
INESS FROM DR. C. R. CAN
NON, EFFECTIVE JANUARY
NINTH
Announcement is made this week
of the sale of the Jackson Drug
Company by Dr. C. R. Cannon to
W. G. Smith, of Atlanta, effective
January 9.
Mr. Smith, native of Bowden, Ga.,
has been in the drug business in
Atlanta for several years and is
experienced in that line. Mrs.
Smith has already moved to Jackson
and will be joined by Mr. Smith in
a few days.
The Jackson Drug Company was
established the past May by Dr.
Cannon and C. N. Jones. Mr. Jones
later acquired the Jonesboro Drug
Company, which he is now operat
ing.
Mr. Cannon said he would return
to his home in Conyers and devote
his attention to business and per
sonal affairs there. He is a mem
ber and director of the Jackson Ki
wanis club and since residing here
has made a host of friends.
New owners of the business are
being cordially welcomed to Jack
son.
The Jackson Drug Company, lo
cated on the west side of the court
square, has enjoyed a liberal pa
tronage since it was established and
under the new management will no
doubt continue to grow and prosper.
Ice Company
Had Successful
Year In 1939
AT MEETING FRIDAY DIREC
TORS DECLARED 10 PER CENT
DIVIDEND. STOCKHOLDERS
MET WEDNESDAY
The Jackson Ice Corporation, ser
ving Jackson and Butts county
since 1920, had a satisfactory year
in 1939, according to reports sub
mitted to the directors Friday after
noon by R. P. Newton, president and
treasurer. Business was somewhat
larger than in 1938, the reports
showed.
The directors declared a dividend
of 10 per cent or 50 cents per share,
payable January 10 ‘to stockholders
of record December 31.
Mr. Newton brought out the fact
that since the company was organ
ized twenty years ago it has paid
in dividends, including a fifty per
cent stock dividend, approximately
$47,000. This is considered a good
showing and reflects the capable
and careful management, as well as
loyal support on the part of the
public.
Stockholders met in annual ses
sion Wednesday morning and elec
ted directors, who then named of
fiers to serve for the ensuing year.
Directors elected are R. P. New
ton, R. P. Sasnett, R. J. Carmichael,
T. A. Nutt, H. R. Slaton, H. L. Al
len, J. D. Jones, J. E. McMichael
and S. H. Thornton.
The same officers were re-elected
as follows: R. P. Nwton, president
and treasurer; J. D. Jones, vice
president, and R. P. Sasnett, secre
tary; W. C. Pinnell, general plant
superintendent.
The stockholders voted a resolu
tion to seek a renewal of the char
ter, which expired the past fall.
Dividend checks were distributed
at the meeting and the stockholders
expressed satisfaction at the show
ing made in 1939.
County Primary Will Be Held Friday,
April 5; Entries Close On March 16
Postal Receipts
Show Gain At
Jackson Office
BUSINESS FOR 1939 PASSED
THE SIO,OOO MARK. MONEY
ORDERS SHOW INCREASE IN
NUMBER AND AMOUNT
Receipts at the Jackson post of
fice showed an increase of $870.43
over 1938, according to information
released by Victor Carmichael, post
master.
Total receipts for the year
amounted to $10,741.72, compared
with $9,871.29 in 1938 and $7,-
689.97 in 1937.
For 1938 there were 7,392 money
orders issued at the Jackson office
for a total of $45,099.86. That
compared with 8,202 money orders
for $47,845.32 in 1939, an increase
of 810 in number and $2,745.46 in
amount.
In 1939 the Jackson office paid
3,592 money orders for $21,519.89,
and for 1938, 2,743 orders were
paid for a total of $18,002.59, an
increase of 849 in number and $3,-
517.30 in amount.
The recent holiday mail was the
largest in the history of the office,
Mr. Carmichael explained.
Next Governor
To Inherit A
Large Deficit
POLITICAL GOSSIP SAYS NEXT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO SERVE
ONLY ONE TERM. FINANCES
TO BE PROBLEM
Atlanta, Ga. Georgia’s next
chief executive —the Capitol sages
say—is going to be a one-term gov
ernor.
All who hand out this prediction
give the same reason—finances.
They do not see how it’s going
to be possible for Governor E. D.
Rivers to repay from incoming rev
enue the money being borrowed, un
less he repays it just at the close
of the fiscal year June 30, then bor
rows right back on July 1.
The next governor will assume of
fice in January, 1941, in the very
middle of the state’s fiscal year and
if Rivers re-borrowed to the full
extent of his power, there would
be that $3,500,000 dumped in the
lap of the new man.
Unless the 1941 legislature gave
the governor some new big yield
tax bill, then the sages say he would
have to continue the loan floating,
borrowing from Peter to pay Paul
cycle. Thus, the students say, the
resulting financial muddle would
make re-election extremely difficult.
FILM PROJECTOR
ACQUIRED FOR USE
IN THE COUNTY
County Agent M. L. Powell says
he has recently bought a film pro
jector and will show a number of
moving pictures of an educational
nature in various community cen
ters. It may be that pictures of an
entertainment nature will also be
shown to vary the programs. Edu
cational pictures will be free and it
is likely a small charge v/ill be made
for comedies until the machine is
paid for.
Mr. Powell thinks the machine
will enable him to stress education
al work and make the illustrated
talks and lectures more interesting.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE I N
MEETING SATURDAY FIXED
DATE OF ELECTION AND LEV
IED ASSESSMENTS
Friday, April 5, is the date se
lected Saturday by the Butts Coun
ty Democratic Executive Committee
for the quadrennial county primary
for the nomination of county offi
cers.
Saturday, March 16, was fixed
as the date for entries to close.
Assessments levied on candidates
to defray the cost of the primary
must be paid by 12 o’clock noon,
March 16, to the _ secretary of the
committee, J. D. Jones, at Jackson.
The majority vote plan was adopt
ed and candidates receiving the
highest number of votes will be.
declared winners for the offices for
which they are candidates.
To fill a vacancy on the commit
tee in Pepperton caused by the death
of H. G. Hawkins, Sam Hendei'son
was elected to have charge of the
election in that precinct.
A committee consisting of R. P.
Newton, Otis F. Hammond and J.
H. Pope was appointed to confer
with the board of registrars and re
quest that the registration list be
purged in time for the primary.
To avoid duplicate voting in
Jackson and Indian Springs dis
trict, where there are. two voting
precincts, a committee was named
to work out an arrangement and
report at a later meeting of the com
mittee. Members of the committee
are Mrs. Willis B. Powell and Sam
Etheridge from Indian Springs dis
trict, R. P. Newton and Paul Tyler
from Jackson and J. H. Pope from
the county at large.
Attending Saturday’s meeting,
presided over by Chairman G. E.
Mallet, were T. W. Mbore, J. H.
Patrick, Otis F. Hammond, G. C.
Moore, O. L. Weaver, Mrs. Willis
B. Powell, S. L. Etheridge, W. W.
Preston, J ; O. Preston, R. P. New
ton, J. D. Jones, A. F. Taylor, J.
J. Compton, P. J; Evans, J. H. Pope,
L. J. Washington.
The committee on resolutions,
Mrs. Willis B.- Powell, J. H. Pat
rick, A. F. Taylor and J. D. Jones,
prepare'd the following rules which
were unuanimously adopted:
Resolved by the Democratic Ex
cutive Committee of Butts County,
Georgia.
1. That a white Democratic pri
mary for the nomination of all coun
ty officers required to be elected
in the next general election is here
by called to be held on the 5 day of
April, 1940.
2. That said primary election
shall be held at all regular precincts
in said county. The polls in all
precincts shall open at 8 a. m. and
close at 4 p. m., Central Standard
Time. The election shall be con
ducted under the immediate super
vision of the members of this com
mittee in the several militia dis
tricts.
3. Said primary election shall
be conducted in conformity with
the laws of this state relating to
primary elections as published in
the code of Georgia.
4. No person shall be entitled to
vote in said election in any other
precinct than that in which he re
sides, and no person shall be enti
j tied to vote therein whose name does
not appear on the list of qualified
voters prepared and certified to by
the registrars of the county and fur
nished to the election managers of
each precinct.
5. An official ballot, containing
: in alphabetical order, the names of
all candidates shall be prepared by
the Executive .Committee and be
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