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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940
More Than $14,000,000 Expended In
Georgia By Government During Year
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT, AG
RICULTURAL STATIONS, AID
TO AGED, CHILDREN, BLIND
AMONG THE SERVICES
The Federal Government helped
Georgia to the extent of $14,468,-
888 during the fiscal year 1939 to
1 operate such Federal-State programs
>as highway improvement; agricul
tural experiment stations; aid to the
aged, and to dependent, needy or
incapacitated children.
This was made known today by
Mr. Farncis F. Shurling, Georgia
State Director for the Office of
Government Reports, in conjunction
with the annual publication of an
itemized accounting of Federal con
tributions to agencies operating on
a Federal-State or a Federal-State
local co-operative expenditure basis.
Mr. Shurling said that the number
of State programs which receive
Federal contributions had doubled
during the past seven years.
New programs sharing the Fed
eral expenditures are those for the
aged, the blind, dependent children,
crippled children, mothers with in
fants, the needy, the unemployed
and the ill-housed.
Older programs receiving increas
ed amounts from the Federal Gov
ernment. were those for the improve
ment and maintenance of through
highways and farm-to-market roads,
agricultural schools, and the voca
tional education and rehabilitation
of disabled persons.
Following are the State agencies
benefiting from these Federal-aid
grants, and the amount received
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during the fiscal year 1939:
State Department of Agriculture:
1. Agricultural Experiment Sta
tions $166,583.
2. Agricultural Extension Work,
$701,088.
3. Colleges for Agr. and Mechanic
Arts, $105,569.
4. State Roads Department, $2,-
666,457.
State Welfare Department:
5. Aid to the Aged $1,598,462.
6. Aid to the Blind $75,095.
7. Aid to Dependent Children,
$386,635.
8. Maternal and Child Health Ser
vices, $126,366.
9. Child Welfare Services, $55,-
725.
10. Services for Crippled Chil
dren $93,711.
11. Vocational Education and Re
habilitation of Disabled Persons,
$643,587.
12. Surplus Commodities (value)
$3,698,929.
13. State Employment Service,
$436,681.
14. Local Housing Authorities
(Loans), $3,714,000.
TOTAL, $14,468,888.
Mr. Shurling stated that the emer
gency relief agencies which operate
projcts sponsored locally and to
which local contributions are made,
are omitted from this group as their
primary aim is relief.
Mrs. Rosa Thaxton
Passes In Atlanta
The death of Mrs. Kosa Thaxton,
70 years of age, former resident of
Butts county, occurred January 24
at a hospital in Atlanta.
Funeral services were held Jan
uary 31, with J. Austin Dillon in
charge of arrangements. Burial was
in West Lawn cemetery in Atlanta.
Mrs. Thaxton, the former Miss
Rosa Moore, daughter of Willis A.
and Mary A. Moore, was born and
reared in Butts county. She was
the widow of the late Mr. D. F.
Thaxton, well-known Butts county
citizen. For the past few years she
had resided in Atlanta with her son,
Clayton Thaxton, a former Jackson
druggist. Mrs. Thaxton was a
member of Antioch church. She had
many relatives and friends in Butts
county who were sorry to learn of
her death.
She is survived by her son, G.
Clayton Thaxton; a grandson,
George Ray Thaxton, and a grand
daughter, Mrs. C. E. Kelly, both of
Atlanta; two nephews, G. C. Moore,
of Butts county and Frank Moore,
of Atlanta; a niece, Mrs. Hughie
Webb, of Jackson. Mrs. Ida Bethel,
of Jackson, is a sister-in-law.
Cash income to Georgia farmers
increased 140 per cent during the
seven-year period, 1932-1939.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
B. H. Hodges Asks
Election To Board
OLDEST MEMBER OF COUNTY
COMMISSION IS CANDIDATE
FOR RE-ELECTION. FIRST
NAMED UNDER NEW LAW
Having a record of continuous
service since the three-man board
of county commissioners was creat
ed in 1926, B. H. Hodges is a can
didate for re-election for the term
beginning next January.
When the law was changed abol
ishing one commissioner and creat
ing a board of three members, Mr.
Hodges was a candidate and was
elected, drawing the two-year term.
He was re-elected in 1928 for a
four-year term, elected again in
1932 and was winner in 1936. This
gives Mr. Hodges an experience of
several years on the board and has
enabled him to become familiar with
all the duties of county government.
He has rendered effective service
in the cause of good roads, includ
ing paved highways and post roads,
and has otherwise manifested his
concern in movements for the de
velopment of the county. He has
co-operated with other members of
the board and is interested in every
movement for county-wide progress
and growth. Mr. Hodges is a large
and successful farmer and by win
ning the honor of ginning the coun
ty’s first bale of cotton so many
years in succession has become
known as “First Bale Hodges.” He
is also a merchant at Fincherville
and is interested in religious affairs
and education. Mr. Hodges is con
nected with influential Butts coun
ty families.
Widely known and well liked by a
host of friends and supporters it is
the opinion of his friends he will
be accorded strong support in his
present race for re-election.
Gus White Enters
Race For Ordinary
AFTER LONG SERVICE WITH
BUTTS COUNTY IN ROAD DE
PARTMENT AND SERVICE AS
CORONER ASKS NEW OFFICE
There will be general interest in
the announcement made Wednesday
by A. A. (Gus) White for the of
fice of Butts county Ordinary in
the April primary.
Mr. White has had a long, active
and successful career with Butts
county in the position of warden,
deputy warden and superintendent
of road construction. It is because
of the outdoor work, which has
weakened his health, that Mr. White
seeks the present post, he says in
his formal card to voters. His work
has brought him into contact with
hundreds of people in every district
of the county and he probably knows
as many of the voters as any citi
zen in the county. His service to
the county has been marked by
close application to duty and con
scientious work. Mr. White also serv
ed two terms as Coroner, an office
he relinquished because of other
duties. He is connected with old
and influential families of the
county, being a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Both White. He has large
and influential family connections.
In his announcement Mr. White
points to his years of service to the
county as affording training and ex
perience for the office he now seeks.
Possessing scores of friends and
with a long record of faithful ser
vice it is the opinion of friends
that Mr. White will be a strong con
tender for the office in the ap
proaching primary. His is the third
announcement for the office, with
B. B. Garland and Judge G. D. Head,
incumbent, having previously en
tered.
Denmark consists of a peninsula,
two main islands and about 200
smaller islands.
Washington, the national capital,
had 350,000 peopla in 1914; now
it has 640,000.
Rural Life Now Staging Createst
Comeback, This Postmaster Finds
Barnesville, Ga.—John G. Bush,
who has kept his finger on the com
munity pulse more closely than any
other man by virtue of his 20-year
service as postmaster at nearby
Goggins, Ga., will retire on pension
January 31 and will be succeeded by
his son, Ralph.
Mr. Bush is 70 and manages the
general store in which the post of
fice is located. Rising and falling
postal receipts are considered about
the best possible barometer of a
community’s business conditions,
and Mr. Bush has seen two complete
cycles since he took office in 1919.
Rural life at present is staging one
of the greatest “come-backs” in his
tory, he believes.
• “Now,” he says, “the pendulum
is beginning to swing back again
to an era of prosperity. When I
first became postmaster, Goggins
was a thriving community. Some
of the largest farms in this section
were in operation there. There
were numbers of substantial homes
filled with hard-working, happy
people. The post office did a pros
perous business.
“Then people began moving
away, seeking jobs in the cities.
Homes were rented out. Land was
allowed to lie idle. Buildings and
farms deteriorated until farming at
its best was a hand-to-mouth exist
ence. Business at the post office
sickened and almost died.
“Now, country people are begin
ning to come back home. They are
taking more interest in their land
and surroundings. Community
houses ,are being built, churches and
schools are being renovated. There’s
a general ‘back to the farm’ move
ment. All that means life blood
to the post office, so from now on,
1 guess I’ll have to help Ralph.”
Larger acreage in permanent pas
tures is needed on Georgia farms.
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The Progress-Argus
Serving Butts County Since 1873
Rev. J. B. Stodghill
Out For Receiver
WIDELY KNOWN MINISTER EN
TERS CONTEST THIS WEEK.
RECOGNIZED FOR EFFORTS
TO HELP THE UNFORTUNATE
Rev. J. B. Stodghill, widely
known Baptist minister who is serv
ing as pastor of the Worthville and
Pepperton churches, entered the race
for Tax Receiver this week. His
formal announcement will be found
in this issue of the Progress-Argus.
Native of Butts county and a
resident here most of his life, Mr.
Stodghill is widely known over the
county. He has served churches in
this section for the last several
years, is an active worker in the
Kimbell Association and wields a
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tion. Not only as a minister and
religious leader but as a civic work
er Mr. Stodghill is known to the
people of this county and section.
He is vitally concerned with all the
forward looking programs of the
church and his interest in unfor
tunate humanity has been shown
through his efforts tp relieve dis
tress and suffering.
Mr. Stodghill is connected with
widely known families o# the county
and has a host of personal friends
who will accord him support in the
present race. At present Mr. Stod
ghill is associated in business with
the firm of E. I. Rooks A Son, a
connection he has held since mov
ing from Jenkinsburg to Jackson
a few years ago. His only other
entry in politics was as a candidate
for representative a few years ago.
In that contest he made an excellent
showing and formed contacts that
will be an advantage in the county
primary. ~