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the present President of the United States moved to Holland in the Fourteenth century.
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LETTER FROM OUR
CONGRESSMAN
Capitol Hill, Washington, I). C„
January 27, 1940.
My dear Constituents:
The House has continued to do
much work the past week, despite
the severe weather, and can look
back upon some substantial results.
Monday, we attended the State fun
eral accorded the late Senator Wil
liam E. Borah, of Idaho, whose pass
ing I told you of in my last letter.
It was held in the Senate Chamber
beginning at 12:30, and ending at
1 p. m.—only thirty minutes—but
the most impressive service, 1 ever
attended. The simple casket con
taining the body had been brought
into the Senate Chamber, and a
huge spray of red roses placed on
the deceased Senator’s vacant desk.
The Senate filed in and the* session
was opened; then the invited guests
of the Senate were escorted to their
assigned seats, as follows—Members
of the House of Representatives,
members of the Diplomatic Corps
(forty-three foreign governments
being represented) the Chief Justice
and Associate Justices of the Su
preme Court (including the two re
tired Justices) the Chief of Staff
of the Army, the Chief of Naval
Operations, the Commandant of the
Marine Corps, and the Commandant
of the Coast Guard. Then the Pres
NOTICE
To Taxpayers
Beginning February 1, I will open my books m
the courthouse, with offices in front of the Clerk’s
office, for the purpose of receiving 1940 tax re
turns. Owing to the nature of the records to be
kept, it will be impossible to make the usual rounds
over the county. I will be in the office every day
from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. and will be glad to assist you
in any way in making your returns.
Because of the present state law providing for
tax exemption of S3OO on personal property and
$2,000 on homesteads it is important that taxpayers
apply for this exemption. Unless exemption is ask
ed for it will not be granted.
All taxpayers are requested to keep these facts
in mind and come forward and make returns as
early as convenient.
J. EDWARD CARMICHAEL
TAX RECEIVER, BUTTS COUNTY
ident entered the chamber accom
panied by his military and naval
aides and the members of his cab
inet. Mrs. Roosevelt, and families
of the Senators and members then
took their seats in the galleries.
Mrs. Plum of one of the Washing
ton churches sang, “Lead, Kindly
Light” (without accom panament.)
The chaplain of the House recited
the ritual of the Methodist Church,
followed by Tennyson’s “Crossing
the Bar.” After the chaplain of the
Senate hnd recited the scripture
reading, Mrs. Plum sang “Abide
With Me,” and the services were
closed with a prayer by the Senate
Chaplain and the benediction. The
dignity, solemnity, simplicity and
sorrow of the occasion moved ev
eryone. Some of the colleagues of
the Senator were so stricken in
grief thaat they wept. It was a sweet
tribute to a great American.
Tuesday we received the report
of the committee to Investigate Un-
American Activities, and after a de
bate of one day, the disclosures of
foreign espionage, Communism, Fas
cism nnd other subversive groups
were such as to show a need for
further investigation, and by a vote
of 344 to 21 the work of this com
mittee was continued for one year.
Representative Martin Dies of Tex
as is chairman of this committee
and Representative Joe Starnes of
Alabama is vice-chairman. They
have done valiant and patriotic
work.
Many subjects of importance have
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
been considered this week —the
keeping of ambassadors at Berlin
and Moscow, gold supply, money.
Federal Reserve, use of cotton twine,
reciprocal trade agreements, prefer
ence in the government service to
graduates of certain schools and the
Civil Service.
Among bills reported are the ap
propriation for parity payments,
Treasury and Post Office Appro
priations.
Among bills passed are the Defi
ciency, Treasury and Post Office
Appropriations, and the Bill extend
ing the life of the Dies Committee.
Among bills introduced are those
for Federal Old Age assistance
grants, immigration restrictions, ship
subsidies, national land policies and
farm homesteads, and extension of
time to apply for the World War
Adjusted Compensation.
Next week I am going to write
to you about the importance of our
j young people in Georgia standing
the examinations held periodically
by the Civil Service Commission to
fill vacancies in Government posi
tions. I want to see our young peo
ple get their share of these places.
They tell us you had more snow
and lower temperature in Georgia
than we had up here. I hope you
avoid the flu.
Sincerely,
A. SIDNEY CAMP, M. C.
GRIFFIN, MACON
WIN GAMES FROM
JACKSON A. CLUBS
The Jackson Athletic Clubs drop
ped games Wednesday night to two
of the best teams ever to appear on
a local court. The Macon A. C.
beat the Jackson girls 29 to 12 while
the Griffin A. C. downed the Jack
son boys in a thriller, 29 to 19.
Hillman, Macon forward, scored
16 points to lead the point parade
for the evening. The two Griffin
teams. composed of former college
and high school stars, were one of
the most brilliant aggregations ever
to appear here. But nevertheless
they were held in check by the lo
cal team until the middle of the
last quarter when the two team sub
stitutions wore them down and Grif
fin staged a rally to win by ten
points. Though the losers, Hender
son. of Jackson, was high point
-corer for the boys with 10 tallies.
>ome of the most spectacular goals
'ver seen were pulled by the play
rs of both teams with the ball han
dling of the visitors being just a
little smoother.
Each year approximately 65 mil
lion cattle,, sheep and hogs, sent to
the principal markets, are examined
by trained veterinary inspectors.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lin
gers.—Tennyson.
F. M. Thornton, 92,
Veteran, Passes
At High Falls
In the death of Franklin Melvin
Thornton, 92 years of age, Butts
county lost one of its two surviving
Confederate veterans. Mr. Thorn
ton died Tuesday afternoon at his
home in Lamar county, after an
illness of several weeks.
A former resident of Butts coun
ty, and drawing his pension here,
Mr. Thornton resided in Lamar,
near the county line.
He was a son of H. C. Thornton
and Margaret Ball Thornton and
was reared in the High Falls com
munity. In the War Between the
States he served for eleven months
in Company C, Fourth Georgia Reg
iment. Not active for several years,
Mr. Thornton seldom visited tow:;.
His pension check was mailed each
month by Judge G. D. Head, Butts
ccunty ordinary.
Only other Confederate veteran
in Butts county is Mr. J. S. Greg
or, of Indian Springs.
Mr. Thornton is survived by two
sons, W. I. Thornton, of Jackson,
and H. G. Thornton, of Griffin:
three daughters, Mrs. Esther Mc-
Elheney and Mrs. Elmer Goen, of
Griffin, and Mrs. W. R. Tillery, of
Hogansville; 24 grandchildren and
several great-grandchildren. His
wife, Miss McCauley before he>
marriage, preceded him in death.
Funeral services were conducted
from Pleasant Hill Methodist church
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
by Rev. R. W. Allison, pastor of
the Griffin Circuit Methodist church.
Burial was in Pleasant Hill cemetery
and grandsons acted as pallbearers.
Farmers Who Grow
Home Garden Can
Get Pay Under AAA
Each farmer in Butts county par
ticipating in the 1940 agricultural
conservation program will have
$1.50 to assist him grow a home
garden as provided for by new rul
ings under the federal Triple-A
farm program.
County Agent M. L. Powell said
approximately $390,000 will be
available this year to assist Geor
gia farmers grow adequate home
gardens under the Agricultural Ad
justment Administration program.
He said about 260,000 farm families
in the state participated in the pro
gram during 1939, and that partici
pation this year is expected to be
fully as large.
The way to have a home garden
under the AAA, he explained, fol
lows :
There must be at least one-fourth
acre, excluding sweet potatoes, of
garden for each family; the soil
must be prepared properly nnd fer
tilized, and must be kept reasonably
well-cultivated throughout the year;
an effort must be made to control
insect pests; adequate protection
from livestock must be provided.
The garden must be planted in
one piece of ground and must be
devoted to vegetables throughout
the year. At least 10 differen
vegetables must be produced. Roast
ing ear corn, crowder or field peas,
tomatoes and sweet potatoes, ever
though grown outside the garder
plot, may be included in the differ
ent vegetables required. Two or
more families on the same farm
farm may combine their gardens
into a common area.
Suggested basic vegetables in
clude sweet potatoes, Irish pota
toes, collards, turnip greens, turnip
roots, snap beans, crowder or field
peas, lima beans, cabbage, tomatoes,
onions and okra.
The caliper compass was invent
ed by an artificer in Nuremberg in
1540.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
PROGRESS-ARGUS OFFICE.
Greta Garbo In
“Ninotchka” At
Dixie Theater
LANE SISTERS AND GALE PAGE
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
IN “FOUR WIVES” WITH JOHN
GARFIELD, CLAUDE RAINS
The double feature Saturday is
William Boyd as “Hopalong Cassi
dy” in “Renegade Trail” and Pres
ton Foster and Irene Hervey in
“Missing Evidence.”
Greta Garbo’s long dream of
playing in a sophisticated comedy
has become a reality with “Ninotch
ka,” her first picture in two years,
which plays Monday at the Dixie
Theatre, and the gay new Garbo it
presents indicates that her desiie
was well justified. The Swedish star
is seen as a gay, ultra-modern girl
in a romance with a French count.
Garbo plays a Russian woman
raised in the stern Soviet code who,
sent to Paris on a government mis
sion, falls in love with a count (Mel
vin Douglas), outwits her love rival
(Ina Claire), and “gets her man.”
Gay moments in Paris night clubs
and swank hotels are among the
many delightful sequences in the
production.
The attraction Wednesday is
Bob Hope, Shirley Ross and Gene
Krupa and his orchestra in “Some
Like It Hot.” A clever niusicale
with one of America’s top notch
bands, this one shouldn’t be missed.
Those four daughters who thrill- j
ed all in the production of the same
name have grown up and are now
“Four Wives.” They are Priscilla,'
Rosemary, and Lola Lane and Gale
Page. Taking the male lead is tal
ented John Garfield, and Claude
Rains. The picture is of the same
mold as was “Four Daughters” and
with its own down to earth realism
and heart warming tenderness is
sure to please.
Don’t forget if your name ap
pears in the advertisement of the
Dixie Theatre call by the box of
fice for one pass good for either
the matinee or night show on Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday and Fri
days.
15 DAY EXTENSION
GRANTED FOR BUYING
1940 AUTO PLATES
Largely because of the cold wea
ther, a 15-day extension for buying
1940 automobile tags has been
granted, according to announcement
from Atlanta. The original dead
line was February 1. Tags may be
nought without penalty up to Feb
ruary 15.
Aristotle is considered the found
der of the science of botany, about
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a minimum of ash, and a maximum of heat.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940
Judge Head Asks
For Another Term
BUTTS COUNTY ORDINARY IS
CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELEC
TION IN THE SPRING PRI.
MARY. WELL KNOWN.
Judge G. D. Head, Butts county
Ordinary, is a candidate for re-elec
tion to that office in the April 5
primary, having made formal an
nouncement this week.
Now serving his second term,
Judge Head is one of the best known
officials in this part of the state.
He was named to succeed Major
Joel B. Mallet, who filled the unex
pired term of the late Judge J. H.
Ham, ordinary for a long period of
years. Winning handily in the first
race, Judge Head was named in the
1936 primary without oppostion.
Connected with Jackson business es
tablishments before entering poli
tics, Judge Head upon his assuming
tices, Judge Head upon assuming
ized himself with all duties of the
important post, which calls for rare
business ability and legal knowledge.
As an official he is quiet and unas
suming, but efficient, courteous and
obliging to all persons having busi
ness with his office. His record is
considered a good one and Judge
Head has frequently been commend
ed by grand juries. While not a
lawyer, his decisions have seldom
been reversed by higher courts, a
high tribute to the fairness of his
decisions and rulings.
Judge Head is connected with
prominent middle Georgia families.
He attended Gordon Institute at
Barnesville and has been a resident
of Jackson for several years. He is
active in religious affairs and has
many personal friends and support
ers who will use their influence in
his behalf in the present campaign.
RITES SUNDAY FOR
MRS. SALLY HAMMOCK
AT SANDY CREEK
Last rites for Mrs. Sally Ham
mock, 78 years of age, who died
January 22 at Milledgeville, will be
held Sunday at 2 p. m. at Sandy
Creek church. Burial will be in
the churchyard, with Thornton Fun
eral Homes in charge of arrange
ments.
m
Native of Butts county, she was
a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth
Folds. Mrs. Hammock had resided
in south Georgia for several years
prior to her illness.
Surviving are the following nieces
and nephews: Mrs. Odie Blessitt,
Flovilla; Mrs. S. J. Avery, Madison;
Mrs. Ola Woodward, Douglasville;
Mrs. T. A. McCrary, Union Point;
Johnny Manley, Eatonton.
Buttons covered with cloth were
prohibited in England in 1721.