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VOL. 68—No. 20
Prospects Bright For Extension Of REA
Lines In Dozen Middle Georgia Counties
PROJECT MANAGER OF CEN
TRAL GEORGIA EMC CONFERS
WITH OFFICIALS IN WASH
INGTON. CAMP FAVORABLE
Prospects are bright for an ex
tension of approximately 100 miles
-jn counties served by the Central
Georgia Electric Membership Cor
poration, according to information
brought back from Washington by
E. I. Carruthers, Jr., project mana
ger of the local farm co-operative.
Together with J. R. Moore, con
tractor, Mr. Carruthers flew to
Washington last week in Mr. Moore’s
plane, and spent several days con
ferring with Rupal Electrification
Administration authorities.
It is likely that two field men
will be placed in the territory in
June, one to serve in Griffin and
the other in Jackson, Mr. Carruthers
explained.
It is thought funds will be avail
able- for the normal extension of
REA projects. The sum of $40,-
000,000 a year was set aside for
REA, but last year construction
went far beyond that figure.
The Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation now has
640 miles of farm lines and serves
approximately 1,600 customers. The
counties of Jasper, Henry, Butts,
Spalding, Morgan, Fayette, DeKalb,
Fulton, Monroe, Jones, Lamar and
Bibb are served by the company
which has headquarters in Jackson.
Mr. Carruthers said he found
Washington excited over the war in
Europe.
While in Washington he conferred
with Congressman A. Sidney Camp
and declared Mr. Camp is vitally
concerned about the success of
REA The utmost support and co
operation was pledged by the Fourth
District representative, Mr. Car
ruthers explained.
Those who desire rural electrifi
cation should lose no time in filing
applications at the Jackson office.
When the present allotment is used
up it may be hard, because of the
war, to obtain additional funds.
JUNIOR RANGERS
NAMED AT THREE
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Chief Junior Wild Life Rangers
have been named at three Butts
county club centers, it is announced
by M. L. Powell, county agent. The
wild life emblems will be worn for
three months by these chief junior
rangers.
At the Towaliga school Thomas
Baker Fletcher was named; James
Long at Indian Springs and Ray
Hamlin at Tussahaw.
Butts county has a 4-H Wild Life
project and the work is creating
keen interest among club boys.
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JENKINSBURG CLUB
MEMBERS VISITED
MACON SATURDAY
Members of the Jenkinsburg 4-H
club and school spent Saturady in
Macon on a trip of inspection. Miss
Myrtie Lee McGoogan, home dem
onstration agent, was in charge of
the party of thirty-six.
During the day the group visited
newspaper offices, Ocmulgee Na
tional Park, Porterfield and had
lunch at Recreation Park. It was a
fine outing for the youngsters and
all returned home with interesting
experiences.
During the spring all junior high
schools have gone on pilgrimages.
Towaliga and Indian Springs visited
Atlanta and Tate, while Tussahaw
and Jenkinsburg selected Macon
for a day’s outing.
Appeal Sounded
For Funds For
War Sufferers
BUTTS COUNTY RED CROSS
CHAPTER ASSIGNED QUOTA
OF S2OO. VOLUNTEER WORK
ERS WANTED, LAND SAYS
The Butts county chapter of the
American Red Cross has been given
a quota of S2OO in the campaign
to raise $10,000,000 for the relief
of war victims in Holland, Belgium
and Luxembourg.
Chairman N. F. Land has receiv
ed a message from Norman H. Da
vis, national chairman of the Red
Cross, urging prompt action.
Chapter officers had a meeting
Tuesday night and outlined means
to raise the county quota. Volun
teer workers are wanted in all parts
of the county, Mr. Land points out,
and contributions in amounts of
five and ten cents and up—with
everybody having a part—will be
I welcomed. It is intended to make
the campaign one of popular appeal
and prices.
Collection boxes will be left at all
drug stores and community centers
in the county. Donations may be
handed to any officers of the chap
ter.
Negro Slain In
Dispute About
Road Traffic
RAYMOND WISE HELD IN
BUTTS COUNTY JAIL ON
CHARGE OF MURDERING EM
MET SHEPHERD SUNDAY
Raymond Wise, negro, giving an
Atlanta address, is held in the Butts
county jail on a charge of murder
growing out of the fatal shooting
of Emmet Shepherd, another negio,
at 2 a. m. Sunday.
The slaying took place near Pat
rick’s store on the Griffin highway.
Cause of the trouble, according
to Sheriff G. T. Thurston, was when
two cars met on a side road and a
dispute arose as to which car block
aded the road. The Wise negro had
been to a party near the scene of
the shooting and in the car with
him was his father, Virge Wise, the
sheriff reported.
Riding in the car with Shepherd
was Charles Goodman.
Without much argument, Sheriff
Thurston reported, Raymond Wise
drew a pistol and shot Shepherd. A
pistol bullet pierced his heart and
he died instantly.
There were several eye witnesses
to the shotting, including Jack Fos
ter, Sheriff Thurston declared.
After the shooting W’ise fled.
Sheriff Thurston called state head
quarters of the state patrol and a
radio broadcast resulted in the cap
ture of Wise at Barnesville.
According to Sheriff Thurston,
Raymond Wise admits the shooting.
MORE THAN 400
FAMILIES APPLY
FOR MATTRESSES
More than 400 applications are
on file here for mattresses, anew
project designed to use surplus cot
ton and supply low income families
with home conveniences. To date
the AAA committee has placed or
ders for 20 bales of cotton and
necessary ticking. This is sufficient
to make 240 mattresses.
The project will start within a
few days, it is expected, and notice
will be given of the time and place
for work on the mattresses.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940
The Methodist
Revival Proved
Entire Success
SEVERAL ADDITIONS MADE TO
CHURCH ROLL. ABLE SER
MONS, GOOD SINGING FEA
TURES. UNION SERVICES
The week’s revival at the Jack
son Methodist church closed Sunday
night and the meeting was declared
to have been successful in all de
partments.
Several additions were made to
t
the church roll, both by profession
and letter. Four adults and two
children were baptized at the Sun
day evening service. Seven others
were received by letter.
The meetings were uniformly well
attended and Sunday’s congrega
tios were especially large. The Rev.
J. C. Callaway, pastor, who did the
preaching during the entire week,
stirred the religious thought of the
church in a manner that will result
in lasting good.
Good singing was an enjoyable
part of all services. C. E. McMich
ael directed the large choir.
At the Sunday morning service
there was a special Mother’s Day
program. Mr. Callaway pinned
flowers on the church’s oldest and
youngest mothers—Mrs. R. S.
Brown, past 80, and Mrs. C. D.
Thacker, 26. It was an impressive
ceremony.
The support and co-operation ex
tended by Jackson churches and the
people of the entire community was
all that could have been desired,
Mr. Callaway declared. He ex
presses sincere appreciation for this
support and loyalty.
Mr. Callaway is anxious for the
three Jackson churches to join in
union services every Sunday night
during the summer months. This
arrangement will probably be an
nounced within a few days.
INDIAN SPRINGS STUDENTS
VISITED ATLANTA FRIDAY
Members of the eighth and ninth
grades of the Indian Springs Junior
High School, accompanied by the
entire faculty, spent Friday in At
lanta, this trip taking the place of
the usual commencement exercises.
During the day the group . visited
Grants Park, the Cyclorama, WSB,
the Atlanta Journal and other places
of interest.
Funds for the trip were raised by
a play given by members of the two
grades.
Achievement Meet Of Works Project
Administration Be In Form Barbecue
COMMITTEES NAMED IN ALL
PORTIONS OF COUNTY TO
HANDLE DETAILS. PTA WILL
SERVE AT INDIAN SPRINGS
Achievement Week of the Works
Project Administration in Butts
county will be observed Monday
night with a barbecue at Indian
Springs. The professional and ser
vice division of the Works Projects
Administration including sewing
room, circulating library, Butts
county library, Indian Springs li
brary and surplus commodities de
pot—are in ' active charge of plans
for the affair.
The meeting is intended to ac
quaint the people of the county with
the work being done by the Works
Project Administration, and all citi
zens are invited to be present and
hear the national radio broadcast,
including a talk by Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt.
A barbecue will be served under
the direction of the Jenkinsburg
Parent-Teacher Association, first
Diversion Halts
Highway Program,
Speaker States
HIGHWAY SYSTEM FAR FROM
COMPLETE. LOSS IN FED
ERAL FUNDS TO RESULT
FROM DIVERSION, HULL SAYS
Thomas C. Hull, executive secre
tary of the Citizens Road League
of Georgia, Inc., speaking to mem
bers of the Kiwanis club Tuesday
night declared that diversion of
highway funds to other sources has
proved an expensive venture for the
state.
The state highway program is
far from being completed, and as
a result of diversion the state high
way board will lose federal aid, the
speaker pointed out.
The program was arranged by the
committee on Tourist Travel, T. E.
Robison chairman.
Mr. Hull explained there are 11,-
706 miles of roads in the state aid
system, of which approximately 6,-
100 miles are paved and 6,600 miles
unpaved. In addition there are
8,600 miles of post roads. To com
plete the state aid system will cost
$85,000,000 for roads and $35,000,-
000 for bridges and the cost of
building post roads was placed at
$80,000,000.
Of all tne money collected for
fuel oil taxes and motor registra
tions last year only 26 per cent
went to the roads, it was explained.
The other went to the school equal
ization funds, to retire highway cer
tificates, maintenance and the re
mainder was diverted to other
sources.
The speaker explained that the
organization he represents is spon
soring a constitutional amendment
to prevent the diversion of highway
funds. He outlined the three-phase
objectives of the Citizens Road
League.
Several* members of the club will
attend the ninth division meeting in
Macon May 21 when Macon and
Perry will be joint hosts. It will
be a ladies’ night meeting.
Rev. J. B. Stodghill was a guest
of the club. The fine meal was
served by the Woman’s Club, Mrs.
N. F. Land chairman. Seven mem
bers were absent.
President Redman directed atten
tion to the barbecue and Achieve
ment Week of the WPA at Indian
Springs Monday night and urged
popular support of the agency so
as to avoid possible loss of benefits
to the county.
organization in the county to serve
free school lunches. The county has
co-operated in the financial plans
by donating meat for the barbecue.
Plate lunch will be sold at 25 cents.
Posters directing attention to the
work done by the agency will be
on display throughout the county
this week. The sewing room alone
makes garments valued at $4,500
per year, the women are paid $6,-
000 in salaries and the cost to the
community is about $l,lOO, it is
explained.
County - wide committees have
been named to make the affair a
success. Named are the following:
Tussahaw school, Bertha Williams,
Virginia McMichael, Jim McMichael;
Indian Springs school, Myra Flet
cher, Mrs. R. H. Letson, Mrs. Slaton
Giles; Towaliga school, John Hark
ness, Mrs. U. P. Weldon, Tennie
Brownlee; Jenkinsburg school,
James Childs, Mrs. Verdie Perdue;
Willie Woodward; Pepperton school,
Continued on Page Eight
Plans Go Forward For Commencement
Exercises Of Jackson High School
Business Will
Feature Meeting
History Society
ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
TO TAKE PLACE MAY 24 AT
INDIAN SPRINGS MEETING
Business matters, including the
reports of officers and committees
and the election of officers for the
ensuing year, will feature the
meeting of the Butts County His
torical Society at the Museum, In
dian Springs, May 24 at 7:30 p. m.
central standard time.
Members of the nominating com
mittee include Mrs. J. T. Warthen,
Mrs. E. J. Williams and Mi’s. H. M.
Moore.
The society was organized at a
meeting in the courthouse in May,
1937, and is now completing the
third year of service.
The meeting on May 24 will be
the first of this year held at In
dian Springs. Winter meetings are
held in Jackson and summer ses
sions at Indian Springs.
Mrs. J. T. Warthen is program
chairman for the month of May.
For two years Mrs. Warthen served
as chairman of the program com
mittee and is due much of the credit
the society has had in compiling
interesting historical data about
Butts county and this section of the
state.
All members of the society are
asked to attend this meeting, which
is expected to be one of unusual in
terest.
Members Flint
Circuit Bar To
Meet Tuesday
JUDGE OGDEN PERSONS TO
ENTERTAIN MEMBERS AT AN
NUAL MEETING. JUDGE
FRANKLIN MAKE ADDRESS
With Judge A. L. Franklin of the
Augusta Circuit listed as the prin
cipal speaker, the annual meeting
of the Flint Circuit Bar Associa
tion will be held at Hotel Elder,
Indian Springs, Tuesday, May 21.
This meeting will bring together
lawyers and court officers in the
four counties comprising the Flint
circuit, Lamar, Monroe, Henry and
Butts.
Judge Persons is president of the
group. Members will be entertain
ed by Judge Persons at luncheon
following the business session.
In addition to the address by
Judge Franklin other features of
entertainment will be musical num
bers by the Jackson Club Chorus.
Since its organization several
years ago the annual meetings of
the Flint Circuit Bar Association
have always been held at Indian
Springs. In the years intervening
notable addresses have been deliv
ered by outstanding members of the
Georgia bar and leaders in other
fields of activity.
A. H. POPE RECALLS YEAR
WITH FROST TEN MONTHS
During a visit to Jackson Satur
day, Mr. A. H. Pope, of Cork, suc
cessful Dublin district farmer, re
called that the year 1888 had frost
every month except July and Au
gust. That was the year he moved
to Butts county, Mr. Pope said. He
recalled the incident in connection
with the backward season that has
prevailed this year.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
THE REV. J. C. CALLAWAY TO
PREACH SERMON AND R. L.
RAMSEY DELIVER ADDRESS
TO GRADUATING CLASS
Plans arc being drafted for com
mencement exercises of the Jack
son High School and practically all
arrangements have been completed-
The Rev. J. C. Callaway, pastor
of the Jackson Methodist church,
will preach the commencement ser
mon Sunday, May 26, at 11 a. m.
in the school auditorium. As usual
this will be a union service.
Hon. Ralph L. Ramsey, secretary
of the Georgia Education Associa
tion, will deliver the address to the
graduating class Tuesday evening at
8 o’clock.
Monday morning at 10 o’clock the
Seventh grade will have promotion
day exercises, and Monday night the
junior class will entertain members
of the senior class at a barbecue at
Indian Springs.
There are 37 members of the
senior class. Members are:
Evelyn Archer, John William
Bond, William Browning, Victor
Carmichael, Jr., Tenella Collins, El
mo Colwell,-Jr., Eizabeth Duke, Hil
da Edwards, Sandford Elliott, Carl
Funderburk, Jr., Louise Hardy,
Obera Hardy, Dorothy Harris, Hil
da Henderson, Nan Hodges, Rudolph
Hodges, Ruth Hooten, Josephine
Jones, Stancil Maddox, Mary Mallet,
Thomas McDonald, Anne O’Neal,
Bertice O’Neal, Evelyn O’Neal, Syl
via Pope, Frank Reeves, Robert Ri
ley, Willis Taylor, Mervyn Thaxton,
Mary Ruth Thurston, Minerva Tor
bet, Edward Washington, Eloise
Washington, Jeanette Washington,
Mildred Welch, Jane Whitaker, Car
olyn White.
Seventh Grade Graduates
In the seventh grade are 17 mem
bers who will be promoted to high
school in the fall. Making up the
class are:
Mercer Bailey, Evelyn Clark,
Johnny Deraney, Frankie Mae Duke,
Elizabeth Fincher, Bernard Gaston,
Dorothy Koch, Ruth Leverette, Ed
na Moss, Annette O’Neal, Sylvia
Price, Patsy Rossey, Jack Stodghill,
Riley Thaxton, Dan Thurston, Joyce
Tillery, Lamar Wilkerson.
Sunday Schools
To Haul Pupils
As Trial Effort
BAPTIST AND METHODIST SUN
DAY SCHOOLS IN THE STARK
AREA TO BEGIN OPERATION
OF BUS LINES
Those who have been remaining
away from Sunday school on the
pretext they have no way to travel
will have to hunt anew excuse, for
*'ie Stark Methodist church and
Macedonia Baptist church are in
augurating a bus service May 19 and
will go out in the byways and hed
ges and bring them in.
The service will start Sunday
morning and the bus will make its
rounds between 9 and 10 a. m. The
bus will cover the area from Stark
to Jackson and down route 16 to
the Ocmulgee river and then return
by Lloyd Shoals and Stark. Those
who want to attend Sunday school
will be picked up some time between
the hours of 9 and 10 o’clock.
The Stark Methodist Sunday
school, G. R. Harper superinten
dent, meets at 10:30 and the Mace
donia Sunday school, Andrews Cook
superintendent, convenes at 10:15.
The movement is intended to in
crease attendance at Sunday school
and officers are ''cPnfident this can
be done. The experiment will be
watched with a good deal of interest.