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VOL. 68 —No. 17
Recreation Was
Subject Of Talk
By Miss James
KIWANIS CLUB HEARD WPA
PROJECT EXPLAINED BY SU
PERVISOR OF THIS AREA.
PROGRESS ON GYMNASIUM
How Butts county may obtain a
project for recreation in the schools
and for adults as well was explained
ito members of the Kiwanis club
Tuesday night by Miss Viola James,
WPA Recreation supervisor for 26
counties in the Macon territory. The
program was arranged by the com
mittee on Child Welfare, and Miss
James was introduced by Miss Lu
cile Akin, active civic club worker.
The government pays the salary
of a supervisor of recreation, Miss
James explained, and it is neces
sary to have a sponsoring agency
and certain facilities must be fur
nished. She outlined what is being
done in Macon with softball, base
ball and other forms of recreation
and said Crisp county has a county
wide program with the city and
county sharing equally in the ex
penses. Recreation and camps are
being provided at some of the state
parks and Indian Springs park has
been given a director for pottery,
Miss James explained.
Schools of instruction at central
points are provided for and the
cost of sending a director there av
erages about $5, it was shown.
The Kiwanis club, PTA and oth
er organizations are interested in
the question and by proper commit
tees will follow it up.
E. H. Pace, heading the commit
tee on Recreation, reported pros
pects are good for obtaining a gym
nasium within the immediate future.
Plans are now being studied, he
said.
J. G. Yarborough, Jr., reported on
the marble tournament.
Attention to the Cooking School
:was directed by Miss Priscilla Col
; lier, Georgia Power Company rep
resentative and guest of the club.
Other guests were M. A. Brenner,
Jr., J. M. Molder. Griffin Scout
executive, Miss Lucile Akin, Miss
Mattie Jo Pullin and Mrs. W. T.
Fletcher.
The fine meal was served by the
U. D. C., Mrs. Herbert Moore chair
. man.
Pepperton Will
Enter Team In
Amateur League
CENTRAL GEORGIA BASEBALL
LEAGUE ARRANGES GAMES.
PEPPERTON OPENS SATUR
DAY AGAINST DUNDEE
Pepperton has entered the recent
ly organized Central Georgia Base
ball League and will open the sea
son Saturday againfet Dundee Mills
at Experiment. Game time is 3:30
ET.
For Sunday the opposition will be
Ansley Hotel on the Pepperton dia
mond, the game beginning at 4
p. m. ET.
Members of the new league are
Griffin, Jackson, Lithonia, Coving
ton, Monroe and Ola (pending.)
Tubby Walton, Atlanta sports
man, has been elected president of
the league and Dusty Speer is sec
retary, and treasurer.
The league, it is explained, will
be made up of home players.
Improvements, including anew
grandstand, have recently been made
to the Pepperton faseball field.
Local fans are invited to attend
the games and give support to the
Peppe&on team, which is expected
to be one of the strongest in the
; league.
Club Members On
Radio, Make Trip
To Marble Yards
INTERESTING AND PROFITA
BLE DAY SPENT BY GROUP
OF TOWALIGA CLUB BOYS
AND GIRLS. VISIT PARK
The Towaliga 4-H Club boys and
girls, along with the County and
Home Demonstration Agents, and
the Towaliga sponsoring agents,
Prof. John Harkness and Miss Ten
nie Brownlee, visited WSB, the Tate
marble quarries and Grant Park
Saturday, April 20.
The group left Jackson early Sat
urday morning and was on the ear
ly WSB radio program at 6:12
o’clock. Mr. G. V. Cunningham in
terviewed the two agents and Misses
Miriam Maddox, Miriam Colwell,
and Josephine Maddox and also
Claude Maddox and Thomas Free
man. The State 4-H Club leader,
while interviewing these Butts
County Club workers and members,
told something of the 4-H Club or
ganization in this state as well as
the national organization and high
ly praised the work being done by
the young rural boys and girls over
the country. Since this is a volun
tary organization, it is one that de
serves much credit as something has
to be mighty good for young people
to volunteer their service and carry
out worthwhile projects.
The trip to Tate was a most in
teresting one for the 4-H Club
members. They saw how marble
was mined, being blasted from the
quarries which in some instances
were 175 feet deep from the top of
the marble dow r n to the distance
they have gone and this being solid
marble from top to bottom. Acres
of this have been taken from the
mountains and reports from the
Georgia Marble Company state that
there seems to be still enough mar
ble to last for years and years in
the hills. They saw where this mar
ble was trucked into the warehouses
and carved into monuments and
different other articles such as
vases, book ends, ash trays, paper
weights, etc. Most of the club
members brought with them a sou
venir from the marble quarry.
After coming back to Grant Park
the group was there for a while and
enjoyed the Cyclorama, the zoo and
other interesting sights at the park.
LIGHT VOTE WAS
POLLED IN JASPER
COUNTY PRIMARY
Monticello, Ga. —Jasper county
officers were nominated in a light
yote polled Saturday. E. B. Mc-
Cullough was defeated for tax com
missioner by Eugene Osborn; C. T.
Edwards was defeated for school
superintendent by V. E. Thornton;
Coroner V. M. Goodman lost to Tom
Chaffin and Eugene Middlebrooks,
ordinary, won over J. A. Funder
burks.
Nominated without opposition
were C. B. Pound for clerk; B. G.
Malone, treasurer; F. R. Ezelle,
sheriff; J. M. Elizer, surveyor, and
Roy R. Kelly, J. E. Oxford and O.
D. Price, members of the county
commission.
SCOUT EXECUTIVE VISITS
JACKSON TROOP TUESDAY
The Scouts had a distinguished
visitor Tuesday night in J. M. Mol
der, executive of the Flint
River Council, who spoke to the
troop apout advancement and
camping. He gave them informa
tion apout Camp Thunder which
the Scouts will attend June 16-23.
It is planned for the Jackson troop
to have 12 Scouts attend camp this
summer.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940
Hoyt Brown Pays
Visit To Jackson
Post Of Legion
STATE COMMANDER TALKED
ON LEGION’S POSITION ON
NEUTRALITY, BENEFITS FOR
FAMILIES, CHILD WELFARE
With Hoyt Brown, Macon, state
commander of the Georgia Division
of the American Legion as guest
speaker, the Jim Finley Post held
an interesting and well attended
meeting Monday night in the court
house.
Commander Brown brought Butts
county Legionnaires the cheering
news that the Georgia division leads
the entire country in increase in
membership and when the national
convention is held in September in
Boston Georgia will occupy first
place, it is explained.
The position of the American Le
gion on neutrality, now a question
of national concern, benefits for
the widows and families of service
men and child welfare were among
the topics discussed by Commander
Brown in an interesting manner. He
showed that benefits for ex-service
men are being made more liberal
and that by proper organization
Georgia can share in child welfare
benefits.
The average age of former ser
vice men was declared to be 47
years and 3 months.
There has recently been a revi
val of interest in the Jim Finley
Post, which now has twenty mem
bers with paid dues. The same of
ficers, D. W. Ham, commander, and
W. M. Redman, adjutant, will con
tinue to serve and the full list of
offciers will be completed at an
early date.
Mr. Brown, who is also division
engineer for the Macon district,
was cordially greeted on his visit
to Jackson and about twenty-five
members of the post were present
for his talk.
April 29 Date
Of Livestock
Auction Sale
ADVANCE REPORTS INDICATE
LARGEST VOLUME OF 1940
SEASON. CATTLE FOR PAS
TURAGE IN DEMAND NOW
Advance reports indicate the live
stock auction scheduled for Jackson
on next Monday, April 29, will bring
out the largest offering of the 1940
season.
With the winter season behind and
pastures showing good growth it is
expected there will be an active de
mand for cattle to feed out on pas
tures during the summer. The
sales held here previously this sea
son have been unable to fill the
requirements of buyers.
Local producers are inclined to
the belief that a sale of purebred
beef type cattle is needed to stock
farms with the type of cattle need
ed, and such a sale may be held
before many weeks.
Cattle prices remain unusually
high. This is attested by reports
from all auction centers in the state,
and the fat stock shows held in va
rious counties report the highest
prices in years.
The auction will begin at 2 p. m.
and F. H. Morgan will act as auc
tioneer. All persons having live
stock for sale are requested to bring
in their animals and buyers will find
it to their advantage to attend and
’ook over the offerings.
There has been a stiffening in
the hog market for the last few
days and higher prices now prevail.
Early Service
Be Feature Of
Baptist Revival
WITH DR. O. M. SEIGLER AS
GUEST MINISTER REVIVAL
WILL BEGIN APRIL 28 AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH
A morning service at 7 o’clock
will be a feature of interest in con
nection with the revival which be
gins April 28 at the First Baptist
church. The other service will be
at 7 :30 p. m. As planned the meet
ing will run through May 5.
The Rev. O. M. Seigler pastor of
the First Baptist church at Canton,
Ga., will be the guest minister. The
singing will be directed by the Rev.
Gaither A. Briggs, pastor of the First
Baptist church, who will be assisted
by the choir and singers from other
Jackson churches.
The early morning service is de
clared to have been successful in
cities where it has been tried.
The revival has been put forward
by several committees and the work
is well in hand, it is explained. Nam
ed to direct the details of the revi
val are the following committees:
Publicity: P. H. Weaver, R. P.
Newton, D. W. Ham, Smith Price.
Music: G. A. Briggs Mrs. Edward
Shropshire, Mrs. S. H. Thornton,
Mrs. J. C. Newton, J. C. Kimbell.
Finance: T. A. Nutt, R. J. Car
michael, R. P. Newton, P. H. Wea
ver, H. L. Allen.
Preparation and promotion. H.
L. Allen and all teachers and offi
cers of the Sunday school.
Entertainment. Committee on
finance.
Ushering. D. W. Ham, B. B.
Garland.
Visitation: Miss Lois Colwell,
Mrs. L. C. Webb, Mrs. John Hunt,
Mrs. R. P. Newton, Mrs. J. C. New
ton, Mrs. T. A. Nutt, Miss Louise
Thurston, Mrs. S. S. Copeland, Mrs.
J. C. Kimbell, Mrs. J. H. Rooks,
Mrs. Jack Moore, Mrs. H. Moore,
Mrs. Ben Garland, Mrs. Darden Wat
kins, S. S. Copeland, D. W. Ham, S.
H. Thornton, Linton Grant, Dr. B.
F. Watkins and all personal service
chairmen of the W. M. S.
Decoration and flowers: Mrs. S.
H. Thornton.
Soul Winning group: A group of
fourteen who have volunteered for
this work.
Andrew Leverett
County Champion
In Mibs Contest
DEFEATED JACK TURNER OF
PEPPERTON SCHOOL AND
WILL COMPETE IN STATE
MEET IN ATLANTA
Winner of the Butts County Mar
ble Tournament April 20 is Andrew
Leverett, student of the Jackson
public schools. He defeated Jack
Turner, of the Pepperton school,
for the privilege of representing
Butts county in the state champion
ship meet in Atlanta May 16-17.
All county schools and the Jack
son public schools had entries in
the elimination contest Saturday.
The county contest is sponsored
by the Kiwanis club, J. G. Yar
borough, Jr., chairman of a special
committee in charge, and the win
ner was awarded a loving cup. This
is the second year the county meets
have been held.
Representatives of the several
schools were: Jack Turner, Pepper
ton; James Long, Indian Springs; J.
W. Shadrix, Jenkinsburg; Andrew
Leverett, Jackson; Alon Cawthon,
Tussahaw.
Winner in the Georgia meet will
be eligible to compete in the na
tional meet to be held at Atlantic
.City.
Teachers Named
To Serve City
Public Schools
BOARD OF EDUCATION HAD
MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT.
TWO VACANCIES WILL BE
FILLED LATER IN YEAR
The Jackson Board of Education
at a meeting Friday night elected
teachers to serve the Jackson pub
lic schools for the coming year.
Two vacancies will be filled at a
later meeting of the board. A prin
cipal of the high school and one
high school teacher will be selected
later in the year. Miss Martha Bond,
eighth grade teacher, was transfer
red to the second grade for the
coming year.
The slate of teachers as proposed
by the faculty committee was rati
fied by vote of the board, it was
announced following the meeting.
Superintendent D. V. Spencer had
previously been elected for another
year.
Named at Friday night’s meeting
were: Misses Sara Beauchamp,
Ruth Phinazee, Chloe earn, Eliza
beth Dean, high school; Misses Eva
Compton, Bessie Ruth Burtz, Lois
McMichael, Harriett Carmichael,
Martha Bond, Annie Lou McCord
and Mrs. R. L. Smith, grammar
school.
B. H. Davis is head of the com
mercial department and Miss Elise
Barnes is director of music.
The vacancy in the eighth grade
of the high school will be filled by
an experienced dietitian, it was said
by members of the board. When
school opens in September it is like
ly that free lunches will be served
to all pupils. The Jackson public
schools is now without this service,
while all schools in the county sys
tem, except Pepperton, serve free
lunches.
The Jackson public schools will
close the spring ter-m on May 28.
Candidates Have
Until May 6 To
File Expenses
LAW REQUIRES THAT ALL CAN
DIDATES IN COUNTY PRI
MARY FILE EXPENSE AC
COUNTS WITH CLERK
Under the law requiring all can
didates in the county primary to
file expense accounts with the clerk
of superior court within thirty days
after the primary, candidates here
have until May 6 to file such ac
counts, according to Sara Foster,
clerk of Butts superior court.
The amounts spent in the primary
and the source from which funds
were derived are necessary in fil
ing the accounts, it is explained.
Some candidates, it is pointed out,
have already listed their campaign
expenses, and others are required to
do so by May 6.
SEPT. 30-OCT. 5
SELECTED FOR THE
BUTTS COUNTY FAIR
The week of September 30-Oc
tober 5 has been selected as the
date for the annual Butst County
4-H Club Fair, it is announced by
M. L. Powell, county agent.
Entertainment for the fair will
be furnished by the Scott Brothers
Shows.
By announcing the date early in
the year Mr. Powell believe? many
farmers will begin to grow and
save products to be exhibited at
the fair.
Active preparations for the fair
will be made within the next few
weeks, Mr. Powell explains.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Threatt Moore
Dies At Home
Early Tuesday
I
HAD LONG CAREER IN PUBLIC
AFFAIRS. STAR ATHLETE AT
STATE UNIVERSITY. SERVED
AS MAYOR OF JACKSON
The death at 8:15 Tuesday morn
ing of Jonathan Threatt Moore
brought universal expressions of re
gret from friends here and over
the state. He died of a heart at
tack at his home on McDonough
Road.
Not in the best of health recent
ly and confined to his home for
several days, the fatal attack came
as a surprise to the family and
friends.
The death of this widely known
attorney and pubile official ends
an active and brilliant career of
service to the county and state.
Born November 3, 1876, he was
a son of Leßoy Harper Moore, who
moved to this section from Baldwin
county, and Mi's. Nancy Tucker
Moore, of Henry county. After
attending the local public schools
he enrolled at the University of
Georgia and was graduated from
the law department. At the univer
sity he was a star football and
baseball player and is numbered
among the all-time great athletes
who wore the Red and Black. He
played on teams in the late nineties
and was a star -halfback on the
football team, and was a member
of the great Georgia nine that
defeated the University of Penn
sylvania 4-o—a score that remain
ed for years on the college walls.
His prowess as an athlete is legen
dary around the campus and ha
was honored with annual passes to
all Georgia contests, awarded to
players who had won their “G.”
Asa student he early displayed
ability as a speaker , and was award
ed a medal for oratory. This gift
was cultivated and he was widely;
recognized as an orator of beauti
ful and well rounded periods and
his services were in great demand
on all public occasions. Colonel
Moore is said to have inherited his
ability as a speaker from his moth
er, who was a cousin of Benjamin
Harvey Hill.
Foregoing a promising profes
sional baseball career, he returned
to Jackson and entered upon the
practice of law. He was honored
by being chosen mayor of Jackson.
He twice represented Butts county
in the lower house of the General
Assembly. From 1918 to 1926 he
was clerk of county com
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Central Time
Wins Support
Jackson Voters
MAJORITY OF 38 GIVEN CEN
TRAL TIME IN REFERENDUM
ORDERED BY CITY COUNCIL.
CAST 368 VOTES
In the referendum ordered by
city council to determine whether
Jackson should adopt daylight sav
ing time for the summer months or
adhere to central standard time, the
vote resulted in a majority of 38
in favor of central time. The vote
closed Saturday at 6 p. m.
A total of 368 votes, confined to
residents of Jackson of legal voting
age, were cast in the referendum.
Of that number 165 voted for day
light saving time and 203 votes
favored central standard time.
A good deal of friendly but
spirited rivalry marked the referen
dum.