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VOL. 68—No. 5
February Term
Superior Court
To Meet Monday
JUDGE CHESTER BYARS OF
GRIFFIN CIRCUIT WILL PRE
SIDE FOR JUDGE PERSONS.
CALENDAR PREPARED
Butts county court officials are
preparing this week for the Febru
ary term of Superior Court, which
will be convened Monday at the us
ual hour.
Judge Chester A. Byars, of the
Griffin Circuit, will preside over
the '"civil division. Judge Ogden
Persons and Judge Byars will ex
change benches for the week.
Superior Court Clerk Sara Foster
is arranging the calendar of civil
cases this week. There will be a
good number of cases set for trial,
Miss Foster explains. It is not cer
tain that all attorneys will be able
tai attend, as some members of the
bar have been sick recently.
Criminal cases will be taken up
the second week of court and Judge
Persons will preside at that time.
Some concern has been felt over
the condition of the roads, because
of the heavy snow storm, but it is
likely ‘normal weather will prevail
by next week and that jurors, wit
nesses and parties will be able to
attend court as usual.
because of the political campaign
now in progress in Butts county it
is likely there will be a large at
tendance at court. Candidates are
expected to mingle freely with vo
ters and take an opportunity of
presenting claims for office.
After Judge Byars charges the
grand jury that body will begin its
deliberations for the term, and the
calendar of civil cases will be call
ed.
COUNTY GINNED A
TOTAL OF 4,725 BALES
TO JANUARY 16
Butts county had ginned prior to
January 16 a total of 4,725 bales
of cotton, compared with 3,370 the
tame date the year before, a report
of the Census Bureau shows. This
%
is an increase of 1,355 bales.
Georgia had ginned prior to Jan
uary 16 a total of 907,367 bales,
compared with 847,800 bales the
year before.
Ginnings in counties of this area
and comparisons with 1938 show:
4ftutts, 4,725 and 3.370; Henry,
14,868 and 10,908; Jasper, 6,995
8,126; Lamar, 3,503 and 2,125;
Monroe, 2,935 and 2,447; Newton,
11,152 and 9,376; Spalding, 6.348
and 3,710.
NOW WILL "SUSIE”, MAKE
HER BOW FOR THIS POSY?
The homespun philosophy
and common sense views ex
pressed by “Susie Stuckey,”
whose column appears weekly
in the Pro press-Argus, appeals
to W. F. MaLaier as one of
the best features of the paper.
Talking to a group of friends
Mr. MaLaier said: “You ought
to read ‘Susie Stuckey’ every
wedk. The person who writes
that column has plenty of
sense.”
“Susie” is a quaint and un
identified character w’ho has
been writing for the Progress-
Argus for several montns. A
lot of people would give a
year’s growth to know the
identity of the writer.
When “Susie” reads this
she will probably take a bow —
even at a distance.
WILL PRESIDE OVER BUTTS
SUPERIOR COURT NEXT WEEK
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JUDGE CHESTER A. BYARS
Glass Goes To
Pine Mountain
To Direct Park
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE IN
DIAN SPRINGS PARK IS
TRANSFERRED TO CHIPLEY,
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1
Announcement is made that J. W.
Glass, who has served as superin
tendent of the Indian Springs State
Park for the last few years, has
been transferred to Pine Mountain
State Park at Chipley, effective Feb
ruary 1. He will act as superinten
dent of the Pine Mountain Park.
Mr. Glass has spent severai years
with the State Park Service and is
recognized as an experienced and
capable director of recreation. Un
der his administration the State
Park at Indian Springs has enjoyed
satisfactory growth and the park is
among the most popular in the state
park system. Last year, according
to figures recently quoted, the local
park lacked only 5 per cent of pay
ing all expenses. During the sum
mer season thousands of visitors
come to Indian Springs for the min
eral water and baths and to enjoy
the recreational facilities.
All of Georgia’s parks are under
the supervision of the State Park
Service, Eugene Bothwell, acting di
rector. There has been a steady
expansion of the state park system
during the Jast few years.
A successor to Mr. Glass has not
been designated by the State Park
Service. The season usually opens
around the first of April.
During their stay at Indian
Springs Mr. and Mrs. Glass made
hosts of friends who are interested
in their future success and wish Mr.
Glass every possible good fortune in
his new connection.
COUNTY TEACHERS
MEET FRIDAY WITH
PEPPERTON SCHOOL
The February meeting of the
County Teachers Association will
be held Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock at the Pepperton school.
The main speaker for the day will
be the Rev. J. C. Callaway, pastor
of the Jackson Methodist church.
This is the first meeting of the
new year and all members are asked
to be present as guests of the Pep
perton teachers.
ROUTINE MATTERS WILL BE
HEARD BY BOARD TUESDAY
The Butts County Board of Edu
cation will hold the February meet
ing next Tuesday and routine busi
ness will be considered then, Wil
liam G. Preston, superintendent,
says. The board has funds on hand
to pay all salaries at the expiration
date, Mr. Preston explained.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940
Impeachment Of
“A Governor” Is
Needed In State
JUDGE OGDEN PERSONS HITS
AT WHAT HE TERMS DICTA
TORSHIP. SAYS PEOPLE ARE
TO BLAME
An impeached Governor is the
greatest need of Georgia today,
Judge Ogden Persons, of Forsyth,
told the Macon Board of Realtors
January 25, according to an Asso
ciated Press dispatch from Macon.
“There is nothing Georgia needs
worse today, or has needed for the
last few years,” he said, “than an
impeached Governor.”
Without identifying persons in
volved, the judge referred to Gov
ernor Rivers’ recent act of calling
out the militia to bar W. L. Miller
from offices of the State Highway
Board as an abuse of the legislative
power.
The pardoning of officers who
have been convicted of contempt of
court was an abuse of the Gover
nor’s pardoning power that is crip
pling the courts of Georgia, the
speaker said.
“When you walk into the capitol
in Atlanta and see it bristling with
men armed with guns and bayonets,
you begin to feel the capitol of
your state is being treated as
though it belonged to one individ
ual and not to you of Georgia,” he
commented.
“The Governor should be the ser
vant of the people rather than the
boss. The budget bill that was pass
ed several years ago gave the Gov
ernor responsibility of seeing that
the appropriations made by the leg
islature were carried out, not that
they be directed to other purposes.”
The judge hinted of the danger
of dictatorship and urged that citi
zens exert their right to govern
themselves.
“If we do not have a good Gov
ernor it is the fault of the people.
More attention to the affairs of
the state and less to our own selfish
interests is all we need give to get
the kind of government we need.”
RUSH FOR BLANKETS
AS WINTER WEATHER
HITS MIAMI, FLA.
Thompson Grant, with the Wes
tern Union Telegraph Company in
Miami for the past several weeks,
says he had to come home to “get
warm.”
The weather was pretty severe
in Miami, he says, with a low read
ing of around 36 degrees. That
caused a stampede for blankets and
cover and the throng of tourists
were hard pressed to keep from
freezing. All blankets were soon
sdld out, Mr. Grant says.
He left Florida before the low
reading and did not know much
about the damage to the citrus and
truck crops, which reports show,
were almost completely wiped out
by the hardest freeze Florida has
experienced in a generation.
SUM OF $13.17 WAS PAID
TO IDLE WORKERS HERE
For the week ending January 20,
three unemployed workers in Butts
county were paid $13.17. according
to announcement of the Bureau of
Unemployment Compensation. To
tal payments to Georgia workers
that week amounted to $61,271.85.
ST. JOHNS LODGE WILL
CONFER DEGREE MONDAY
The Entered Apprentice degree
will be conferred by St. Johns lodge
No. 45 F. and A. M. Monday night.
All members are asked to be pres
ent for the degree work.
County Active In
Raising Funds For
Paralysis Fight
PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY WAS
OBSERVED BY PARTY AT THE
CLUBHOUSE. FUNDS WILL BE
ACCEPTED TO FEBRUARY 10
People of Butts county are tak
ing ap active interest in the cam
paign to raise funds for the Warm
Springs Foundation to fight infan
tile paralysis.
President Roosevelt’s birthday was
celebrated Tuesday night by a dance
and party at the clubhouse. While
the attendance, because of weather
conditions and sickness, was not
large, those who attended enjoyed
the occasion and contributed toward
the support of a worthy cause.
Music for the occasion was pro
vided by County Agent M. L. Pow
ell through use of his moving pic
ture machine.
Buttons, costing a dime or as
much as one cares to donate, are
being sold by school children and
Mayor W. M. Redman also has
these buttons for sale. Mr Red
man says the campaign will continue
through February 10 and all who
care to have a part in the campaign
may buy buttons any time for the
next few days.
The unseasonable weather and
condition of the highways, also
much sickness in the county, were
factors in extending the campaign
for a few days.
Half of the funds raised will re
main in the county and the remain
der will be sent to the Warm Springs
Foundation to combat infantile
paralysis.
Street And Road
Work To Repair
Damage Of Freeze
JACKSON STREETS ABOUT
qLEAR OF SLUSH AS RESULT
OF COUNTY FORCE AIDING
IN EMERGENCY
As Butts county fights back tow
ard normal conditions after the
worst snow storm and cold weather
in a generation, street and road
work will come in for a large share
of attention in the immediate fu
ture.
Roads that were frozen several
inches deep will need attention as
the ground thaws.
Jackson has about cleared away
the slush caused by the snow. The
city suffered less from traffic con
ditions than many other cities be
cause of the prompt and effective
work of the county road force in
scraping a path in the middle of
all streets. When the snow cov
ered the ground last week Dr. O. B.
Howell, chairman of the board of
commissioners, issued orders for the
streets to be scraped. The county
force and the maintenance depart
ment of the state highway board
both rendered effective aid in clear
ing streets and highways of snow.
Asa consequence of this good work
very few serious accidents were re
ported in the county.
As soon as weather conditions
will permit, probably this week,
WPA laborers will return to active
wrok. All WPA road work was
stopped for several days because of
the deef freeze which made it im
possible to carry on normal opera
tions.
The enforced lay-off of WPA
workers stopped a considerable pay
roll at a time when funds were
badly needed for fuel, food and
clothing.
Political Campaign Speeds Up And
Several New Announcements Made
Mr. Callaway To
Be Speaker At
Kiwanis Meeting
METHODIST MINISTER WILL BE
PRESENTED IN PROGRAM ON
CHURCHES AND SPIRITUAL
AIMS. PICTURES ADMIRED
At the meeting of the Kiwanis
club February 6 Rev. J. C. Callaway,
pastor of the Jackson Methodist
church, will be the speaker. He
will be presented by Rev. G. A.
Briggs, chairman of the committee
on Support of Churches in Their
Spiritual Aims. A speaker of out
standing ability, the address by Mr.
Callaway is being awaited with in
terest by members of the club.
Tuesday night witnessed a large
attendance of members, only a few
being absent and efforts will be
made to have all present next week.
Paul Lemon, charter member, was
warmly welcomed upon his return
to active membership.
County Agent M. L. Powell en
tertained and instructed members
with the recently acquired motion
picture machine. Pitures of a 4-H
Club meeting in Washington City,
with views of the nation’s capital
and interesting comment, and an
other reel on livestock production
in the South, were shown. More
than ordinary interest is centered in
the 4-H Club picture because Rufus.
Adams, now assistant in the agent's
office, was a member of the party
attending the club congress in Wash
ington.
Mr. Powell was complimented for
his enterprise in providing these
pictures for people of the county
and the belief is common that great
good will result to 4-H Club mem
bers and adult farmers and farm
women by viewing the instinctive
films.
Dinner was served by the Wom
an’s Club, Mrs. L. M. Crawford
chairman.
Schools Resume
Session Tuesday.
After Snow Storm
AFTER BATTLING WITH ELE
MENTS FOR WHOLE WEEK
THE JACKSON AND BUTTS
COUNTY SCHOOLS OPEN
After an enforced vacation of a
week, caused by the worst snow
storm and coldest weather this sec
tion has known, schools in the Jack
son and Butts county systems re
sumed work Tuesday. *
In common with most of the
schools north of Macon, the city
and county schools here closed Jan
uary 23 when roads became treacher
ous from the heavy snow and ice.
Highways were almost impassable
and it wa3 not considered safe for
school buses to travel over the
roads.
Reports from Atlanta Monday
showed that many of the schools
were resuming normal operation
i
during the week. Some systems
opened Monday, others Tuesday and
still others on Wednesday.
School children and teachers got
a thrill out of the snow at first, but
in common with the rest of the pop
ulation the prolonged cold spell got
quite the best of their spirit and the
resumption of class room activity
was a welcome change.
The time lost because of the en
forced vacation will be made up at
the end of the term.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
SHERIFF MOST POPULAR OF
FICE WITH FIVE CANDIDATES
BIDDING FOR POPULAR FA
VOR IN PRIMARY
Despite the cold weather that sent
chills up and down the backs of
voters, candidates in the spring pri
mary warmed to the task before
them and the race has-been marked
for the last few days by the entry
of several candidates.
What effect warmer weather and
normal temperatures will have on
the race remains in doubt. But
certain it is that candidates have
provided the theme for conversation
around the hot stovp league and
have helped to make the cold wea
ther less severe and drab.
The office of sheriff is the one
most sought after and five candi
dates are bidding for popular favor.
To date the candidates are John
Dozier (Bud) Pope, W. W. Wilson,
G. T. Thurston, incumbent, Noah A.
Powell and Charles H. Smith. Oth
ers are mentioned in connection
with the office but whether there
will be formal announcements will
be determined later.
The number of candidates in the
present race for sheriff lacks a lot
of being a record, however. In the
1920 primary eleven candidates an
nounced for tax collector —a record
for the county as far as records dis
close.
Two are entered for clerk of su
perior court, Sara Foster, incum
bent, and Paul Maddox.
There are two candidates for
treasurer, W. M. Redman and W.
Lloyd White.
For tax collector there are two
entries, J. S. Ball, the incumbent,
and J. Oscar Cole.
For county school superintendent
there are three entries, William G.
Preston, incumbent, D. V. Spencer
and M. O. McCord.
Benjamin B. Garland has an
nounced as a candidate for ordi
nary. The incumbent, Judge G. D.
Head, also has annuoftced and qual
ified as a candidate for re-election.
A.A (Gus) White has also announc
ed for Ordinary, making three en
tries for that office.
For the office of tax receiver two
have announced, J. Edward Car
michael, incumbent, apd Rev. J. B.
Stodghill.
The office of coroner is being
sought by J. M. D. Bond, incumbent.
For a place on the board of coun
ty commissioners, to succeed B. H.
Hodges whose term will expire next
January, several candidates have
been mentioned.
Entries in the primary of April
5 will close on March 16.
Registration is picking up con
siderably since the date for the
county primary was set by the Ex
ecutive Committee. All voters who
want to take part in the primary
should register immediately. The
board of registrars, will soon meet
and set a deadline for registration.
In the prmary of 1936 more than
2,000 votes were polled. Until the
registration list is purged the num
ber of qualified voters will not be
known.
FINDS PROGRESS-ARGUS
A GOOD COUNTY PAPER
“I am now taking three
county newspapers, and I find
the Progress-Argus the best of
the lot,” declared the Rev. J.
C. Callaway, pastor of the
Jackson Mthodist church. Con
tinuing, he said, “it is a good
county paper and I enjoy
reading it each week.”