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PERSONAL
children, of Atlanta, are visiting
their parents and friends in Flovil
la. Accompanied by Mr. R. W.
Torbet they spent several days last
week in Florida.
Miss Irma King, student at Wes
leyan, was at home for the week
end and had as her guests, Miss
Jean Gott, of Chattanooga, and
Miss Sara Smoot, of Brownsville,
Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moore had as
their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Pate and daughters, Evelyn
and Peggie, Misses Judy Turk, Helen
Underwood and Alice Pate, all of
Calhoun.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Torbet and
Mrs. Ed Carmichael, Mrs. W. O.
Hall, Mrs. N. A. Powell, Mrs. Bax
ter Watkins, Mrs. John Hunt, Mrs.
M. L. Powell were visitors to Macon
Tuesday attending the Macon flow
er show.
Mrs. J. N. McEachern, Jr., of
Atlanta, was the guest Sunday of
her father, Mr. E. L. Smith. To
gether with Miss Hattie Buttrill they
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kinard
in Macon that afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Hughlen Thornton
and Hughlen, Jr., of Knoxville,
Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs. David
Leach, of Griffin, were week-end
guests of Mrs. J. M. Leach and Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. MaLaier.
Mr. J. W. McCord, of Raleigh, N.
C., Miss Janet Seeger, of Atlanta,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Drew and
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two children, Harriet Ann and Pat,
also of Atlanta, wCre guests Sat
urday of Miss Annie Lou McCord.
WORTHVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. T. I). Trainer and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Tonce Force
of Covington visited Mrs. Jack
Haynes Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hortnian,
Misses Minnie and Myra Hortnian,
Messrs. William, Mangham, Delma
and Lawrence Hortm'an of Rey
nolds spent Thursday with Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Pope and Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Pope.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Washington,
Miss Eloise Washington, Mr. and
Mrs. Allmon Washington spent
Sunday in Atlanta with Mr. and
Mrs. Julian Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. McCart and
little daughter, Eugenia, of Newton
county visited Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
White Saturday.
Mrs. B. C. Cawthon and Miss
Catherine Stodghill of Atlanta,
Mrs. Sydney Strickland of Jackson
visited Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Stodg
hill Friday. Mrs. Stodghill’s friends
will be glad to know she is recov
ing from a recent illness.
Miss Jennie Lou Pope of Bessie
Tift College, little Misses Roslyn
O’Neal and Mary Welch spent the
week end with Mr, and Mrs. J. 11.
Pope.
Mr. and Mrs. Eslyn Jinks, Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. White and Mrs. R.
M. White spent Saturday in Atlan
ta.
Misses Bernice and Marian
Washington are spending some time
in Atlanta with Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Cawthon.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Mask of Stu
art spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Meredith.
ONLY FRIGIDAIRE HAS THE
METER-MISER. THE SIMPLEST
REFRIGERATION MECHANI S M
FVER BUILT. SETTLE & ROBI
SON.
“GONE WITH THE WIND”
McDONOUGH THEATRE, McDonough, Ga.
JUNE 3 AND 4
Matinee 1:30, evening* 7:30 (fa*t time) both day*
125 SEATS IN COLORED BALCONY
ALL SEATS RESERVED. TICKETS GO ON SALE
SATURDAY. MAY 4TH.
Mail order* filled promptly if accompanied by money order and
seif addressed stamped envelope.
ADMISSION, MATINEE, 75c; EVENINGS sl.lO
Good Attractions
Scheduled At
The Dixie Theatre
“SHOP AROUND THE CORNER,”
“CALL A MESSENGER” AND
“SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON”
FEATURED NEXT WEEK
Always popular Johnny Mack
Brown in “Riders of Pasco Basin”
is one of the features for Saturday
matinee and night, and “Enemy
Agent” with Richard Cromwell and
Helen Vinson is the second half of
the good show.
Monday and Tuesday, May 6-7,
that grand screen romance, “The
Shop Around the Corner,” with Mar
garet Sullavan and James Stewart
as the mighty satelites with Frank
Morgan and Joseph Schildkraut in
the supporting cast. Another heart
warming role for Jimmy Stewart
as he yearns for adventure, romance,
intrigue.
Wednesday brings “Call a Messen
ger,” with Billy Halop, Huntz Hall,
Mary Carlisle, El Brcndel, Anne
Nagel.
Thursday and Friday comes the
world-famous adventure story,
"Swiss Family Ribinson,” the film
sensation of the age. A terrific
shipwreck, a heart-tearing flight to
safety on an unknown tropic island
and fierce battles against the vicious
forces of nature make this a spec
tacular screen entertainment. The
cast includes Thomas Mitchell, Fred
die Bartholomew, Terry Kilburn,
Tim Holt, Baby Bobby Quillan.
Proper Care Is
Essential When
Setting Plants
County Agent M. L. Powell this
week urged proper care in trans
planting plants so as to get the root
systems quickly re-established in
the soil, thereby insuring prompt
growth of the plants.
“It is necessary that the top or
leaf surface of the plant be in bal
ance with the reduced root sys
tem,” the agent said. “This may
be done on most plants by pinching
off half or more of the leaves. Care
should be taken, however, so as to
prevent injury to the bud of the
plant.”
Mr. Powell said when water is
used for transplanting it is helpful
to add about two pounds of nitrate
of soda to each 50 gallons of water,
or a level tablespoonful to each gal
lon of water. If a complete fer
tilizer in soluble form is needed, a
stock solution can be made by mix
ing three pounds of superphosphate,
two pounds of nitrate of soda, and
one pound of muriate of potash to
six gallons of water. This solu
tion, dissolving for 24 hours, should
lie added to water at the rate of
two gallons of solution to 50 gal
lons of water.
Shading of many plants is need
ed at this time of year, the agent
explained. This can be accomplish
ed by using small brush shades, or
by setting ordinary wood shingles in
the ground two to three inches from
the plant on the south side. The
shingles should be leaned over the
plant to some extent to furnish am
ple shade and allow free circulation
of air around the plant, he said.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends for
the many expressions of sympathy
in our recent bereavement.
MRS. J. HREATT MOORE
AND FAMILY.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Good Meeting
Held By County
History Group
OFFICERS BE ELECTED AT MAY
MEETING TO BE HELD IN
DIAN SPRINGS. LARGE NUM
BER MEMBERS PRESENT
The best attendance of the year
and a spirit of interest was in evi
dence at the monthly meeting of
the Butts County Historical Society
Friday night. Approximately twen
ty members were present.
Items of business transacted in
cluded the appointment by the pres
ident of a nominating committee to
report at the May meeting. Mem
bers of committee are MrS. J.
T. Warthen, Mrs. E. J. Williams and
Mrs. H. M. Moore. Officers will
be elected in May to serve for the
ensuing year.
It was voted to invite Judge Or
ville A. Park, Macon, to deliver an
address at the June meeting. The
program for May will be in charge
of Mrs. J. T. Warthen.
The next meeting will be May 24
at 7:30 p. m. CST at the Museum,
Indian Springs.
M. 0. McCord reported that the
committee on the Indian Springs
state park had recently conferred
with park officials and explained
that additional acreage, with pros
pect of a CCC camp for a large
development program, was stressed
by state park officials. Officials of
both the state and federal park ser
fice will be invited to attend a
meeting and outline the program in
detail.
In charge of the program Friday
were Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Land, who
presented three interesting papers.
The first of these was read by Mr.
Land and was an account of a din
ner tendered Governor Troup in
Monroe county, as taken from the
Milledgeville Patriot, August 8,
1926. The writer, probably con
nected with the Clarke faction, did
not esteem Governor Troup.
Mrs. Land read an article, also
from the Milledgeville Patriot, Au
gust 8, 1926, descriving conditions
among the Creek Indians and labors
of missionaries among the Indians.
The third and concluding paper,
read by Mrs. Land, was from the
Milledgeville Patriot, August 8,
1828, and dealt with resolutions
passed by the residents of Cobham,
Columbia county, relating to the
treaty with the Creek Indians sign
ed at Indian Springs.
SHORT PRODUCTION
OF CRIMSON CLOVER
SEED IS EXPECTED
Due to the dry weather in the fall
of 1939 and the cold that followed,
a shortage of crimson clover seed is
expected in Georgia this year, in
the opinion of E. D. Alexander,
agronomist of the Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service.
The extreme weather cSndition*
last fall and winter killed out a
great deal of the clover that nor
mally would have been saved for
seed this spring, Mr. Alexander
pointed out. The reduction of seed
imported due to the European War
will also add to the shortage of the
seed supply. These shortages, he
said, should make the price of clover
seed high this coming fall.
“Some areas in the state have
fair to good stands of crimson clo
ver,” he explained. “These areas
should be saved for seed if possible.
Farmers having seed on hand will
not have to buy high-priced seed
and if a surplus is produced, they
can be sold to good advantage.
Lxihsses J
EYES EXAMINED GLASSES
FITTED—LENSES DUPLICATED
Dr. Joseph E. Edwards, O.D.
Jackson, Georgia
Writer Recalls When Tomatoes Grew
Wild; Glad Pronunciation Is Settled
Editor Progress-Argus.
I read with much interest the
item in your last week’s issue from
the Providence R. I. Bulletin saying
that the ways and means commit
tee of Congress had determined the
correct pronunciation of tomato.
I have never seen any reason for
calling a tomato a tomahto, nor for
calling a pecan a pecon, like so many
people do.
Perhaps many of your younger
readers don’t know that tomatoes
are a kind of modern institution
anyway, and maybe that is the rea
son there has been confusion over
the pronunciation of the name.
When the writer was a boy the
only tomatoes we had were a kind
that grew almost wild, volunteering
and coming up around the edge of
the yard, the wood pile, or other
rich spots. The fruit was small,
about like a good sized marble with
a very strong acid taste. No one
tried to eat them much except that
Etheridge-Smith Cos.
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FOR YOUR DINING
TABLE
Cups and Saucers, Plates, Pitchers,
Platters, Bowls, Gravy Bowls and
Cream and Sugar Dishes. Plain
and decorated in sets or odd
pieces.
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sometimes the cook w< aid use a
few to flavor the soup.
Back in the early eighteen eigh
ties Flovilla was anew and up to
date town, so one of the merchants
there got in some new garden seed
and among them were a few papers
of improved tomato seed. One farm
er was disgusted with the result
and declared they weren’t a thing
but these same little old “tomatter
ses” like we’ve always had.
I guess our modern tomatoes were
developed from the wild kind.
Another thing that we use every
day and most of us mispronounce
every day is coffee. Most of us
pronounce it like tradition says that
governor Mathes, one of Georgia’s
early governors spelled it —“kaugh-
phy.” Someone told the governor
that “ka-ugh-phy did’nt spell cof
fee whereupon he replied, "well if
it doesn’t spell kaughphy, what the
mischief does it spell then?” Mr.
Webster marks the o short and pro-
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940
nounces it koffee, but it has been
more than half a century since the
writer went to schol and maybe the
pronunciation has changed.
Rev. Bascom Anthony, w }, Q
writes interesting articles for the
Macon Telegraph tells about while
serving on a South Georgia circuit
taking dinner one Sunday with a
member of one of his churches who
was a substantial farmer and sue
cessful potato grower. The farm,
er’s son-in-law happened to be
spending the day there also and
took the old man to task about call- ‘
ing potatoes "taters.” Whereupon
the old man flouted up and replied,
"Yes, I plant taters and I make ta
ters, you plant potatoes and you
make poor taters.”
Well, here’s hoping we all make
a good crop of tomatoes, pecans and
potatoes, and that the price of cof
fee doesn’t go too high on us, or
that we have a bountiful supply 0 f
tomahtoes, pecons, taters and kaugh
phy, whichever you prefer.
OLD TIMER.
BE FAIR TO YOURSELF—
LOOK AT WESTINGHOUSE.
FARMERS EXCHANGE
TOWELS FOR THE
BATHROOM
Special Values at 10, 15, 25
and 50c each. White Plaids
and Solid Colors.
Turkish Bath Cloths 5 and
10c each.
Crash for Kitchen Towels,
714, 10 and 20c yd.
FULL LINE TOILET
SOAPS
4 Cakes 19c; 3 Cakes 20c,
And 5 and 10c cakes.
FOR KITCHEN AND DINING
ROOM
\\ hite Enamel Glass Cover Boil
ers, 50c, 65c and 85c.
White Enamel Glass cover Double
Boilers, 85c
Aluminum Percolators, 50c, 75c
and SI.OO each.
Aluminum and W hite and Grev
Baking Pans, 10c, 20c, 25c and
85c each.
GLASS WARE
Ice Tea Glasses, Tumblers,
Pitchers, Stem Goblets, Plain
and Etched Silver Plated
Knives, Forks, Tea and Table
Spoons.