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VOL. 68 —No. 22
Jackson High School Seniors Awarded
Diplomas At Exercises Tuesday Night
\ SUCCESSFUL COMMENCEMENT
SEASON, BEGINNING SUNDAY
* BROUGHT to close with
GRADUATION PROGRAM
A successful and interesting com
mencement season in the Jackson
public schools was brought to a
dose Tuesday night with the award
ing of degrees to members of the
senior class of the county senior
high school.
Preceding the delivery of diplo
mas by Dr. R. A. Franklin, chair
man of the Board of Education,
Ralph L. Ramsey, secretary of the
Georgia Education Association and
outstanding in the field of educa
tion, made the baccalaureate ad
dress. As was to be expected of a
man who stands high in the educa
tional thought of the state, Mr.
Ramsey’s address was one of deep
interest.
Numbers on tfte graduation pro
gram consisted of the invocation by
the Rev. Gaither A. Briggs, pastor
of the Baptist church, a song by the
senior class, the salutatory by Hilda
Edwards, address by Mr. Ramsey,
presentation of diplomas by Dr.
Franklin, valedictory by Louise
Hardy, Alma Mater, by senior class
and benediction by the Rev. J. C.
Callaway.
Parents and friends of the grad
uating class and people of the coun
ty gathered in large numbers to
witness the exercises and to wish
the seniors the best of luck as they
have completed one important step
and now embark upon larger fields
•of endeavor.
The commencement season began
Sunday morning with the sermon in
the auditorium by the Rev. J. C.
Callaway, pastor of the Jackson
Methodist church. Mr. Callaway
made an interesting discourse to
the congregation composed of all
Jackson churches, parents and
friends of the students. Principal
features of the program were the
invocation by the Rev. Gaither A.
Briggs, scripture lesson by the Rev.
J. B. Stodghill, announcements by
Superintendent Spencer, the sermon
by Mr. Callaway and the benediction
by Mr. Briggs. “All Hail The Pow
*er” and “Blest Be The Tie” were
hymns sung during the service.
Monday morning at 10 o’clock
graduation exercises for the seventh
grade were held in the auditorium.
A playlet, “On The Threshold,” was
given and certificates were awarded
by the Rev. J. B. Stodghill, member
of the board of education.
The honor graduates in the sev
enth grade were: Patsy Rossey,
Mercer Bailey, 96.42; Ber
nard Gaston, 93.36; Elizabeth Fin
cher, 93.29; Sylvia Price, 91.77.
Members of the seventh grade
promoted to high school are: Mer
cer Bailey, Evelyn Clark, Frankie
Mae Duke, Elizabeth Fincher, Ber
nard Gaston, Dorothy Koch, Ruth
Leverette, Annette O’Neal, Sylvia
Price, Patsy Rossey, Edna Moss,
Jack Stodghill, Riley Thaxton, Dan
Thurston, Joyce Tillery.
The Jackson schols have complet
ed another highly successful year.
This was done in spite of inadequate
financing by the state, and was due
to the loyalty of the city of Jack
son and the board of education and
people of the county at large.
Superintendent D. V. Spencer and
most of the faculty were elected at
a meeting of the board of education
several weeks ago. The vacancies
will be filled within a few months.
MASTER MASONS DEGREE BE
CONFERRED MONDAY NIGHT
The Master Masons degree will
be conferred by St. Johns lodge
Monday night at 7:30. All mem
bers are asked to be present. i
Land Elected
To Head Butts
History Group
MAY MEETING HELD FRIDAY
AT INDIAN SPRINGS. COUN
TY ONCE HAD TROOP OF
CAVALRY, PAPER SHOWED
Officei’s to serve the Butts Coun
ty Historical Society, which has just
completed three years of service in
compiling the history of Butts coun
ty and this section of the state,
were elected Friday night at the
meeting at Indian Springs. The fol
lowing officers, reported by the
nominating committee, Mrs. J. T.
Warthen, Mrs. E. J. Williams and
Mrs. H. M. Moore, were unanimous
ly elected:
N. F. Land, president; Mrs. Nel
lie B. Hamilton, vice president; Mrs.
W. B. Powell, corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. G. H. Mathewson, re
cording secretary; J. W. O’Neal,
treasurer.
j In accepting the office Mr. Land
asked for the support of the society
in carrying forward its purposes,
and this was readily pledged by
, members present.
Members of standing committees
and the board of directors will be
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announced within a short time.
There was a good attendance of
members present and three visitors
to enjoy the interesting program,
with Mrs. J. T. Warthen chairman
for May.
It was brought out by Mrs. Mattie
Letson, curator of the Museum,
where the meeting was held, that
2,250 visitors have registered there
since April 27. This attests the
growing popularity of the museum,
which houses interesting relics and
documents and exhibits of forestry
and textiles.
The next meeting will be held at
7:30 Friday night, June 28, at the
Museum and Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Jones have been assigned the pro
gram for that meeting.
With the assistance of Miss Ruth
Phinazee and Mrs. H. L. Byron,
Mrs. Warthen presented three in
teresting papers. The first was a
sketch of James H. Stark, pioneer
Butts county citizen and the coun
ty’s first treasurer, for whom Stark
was named. This was read by Miss
Phinazee.
The second papei*, read by Mrs.
Byron, and compiled by Mrs. War
j then from White’s “Story of Geor
gia and Georgia People” of the pe
riod of 1836, showed Butts county
( had a troop of cavalry at that time,
j The armed forces were for protec
j tion against the Indians, then num
bering 5,000 in Georgia. Names of
the cavalrymen were listed.
“A Glance at Conditions in Geor
gia Between 1820 and 1840,” from
Absolem H. Chappell’s Miscellanies
of Georgia, was the subject of a
paper read by Mrs. Warthen. This
treated of condition of the negro;
newspapers; religion; immigration;
manufacturing; small farmers;
stump speakers; schools and miscel
laneous.
A fact not generally known was
in that period Jackson had a news
paper called The Republican.
I The papers are of such timely in
terest they will be published as
time and space permits.
MR. ROBERT SMITH WILL
SERVE AS SUPPLY PASTOR
Mr. Robert Smith, Columbia Theo
logical Seminary student, will serve
the Fellowship, Jackson and Beth
any Presbyterian churches during
the summer months. He will fill
his first engagement at the Jackson
church on June 9.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1940
Progress Made
In Solving
Farm Problem
VANSANT TELLS THE KIWANIS
CLUB LOW INCOME FAMILIES
ARE BEING GIVEN NEW GRIP
ON LIFE, NEW OUTLOOK
Speaking to members of the
Jackson Kiwanis club Tuesday
night, R. L Vansant, state director
of the Farm Security Administra
tion, said low income farm fam
ilies are being given anew grip on
life, that many have been firmly
established on the land, some as
landowners, and reported progress
in trying to solve a perplexing
problem.
Invited to hear the address were
F. C. Hearn and A. H. Patrick, FSA
supervisors in Butts and Henry
counties, and L. J. Washington and
F. H. Morgan, members of the coun
ty committee. Accompanying Mr.
Vansant to Jackson were J. Lloyd
Burrell and Doyle Jones, Jr., both
connected with the state FSA office
in Athens.
The Farm Security Administration
was created in 1934 and in Geoi’gia
efforts have been directed toward
aiding 30,000 low income farmers.
The program includes rehabilitation,
tenant purchase program and con
struction. Through loans and guid
ance many of the families have
been helped to establish themselves
as independent citizens, with cash
in the bank, livestock and needed
supplies to go forward, Mr. Vansant
said.
Of the total loans made to FSA
families, a majority has been re
paid, and loans are cheaper than
relief, it was pointed out.
In George 66 per cent of the
farms are operated by tenants, Mr.
Vansant declared. Farms are be
ing bought as rapidly as funds will
permit for those showing the ability
to become land owners.
A land tenure program with long
leases is being worked out and en
couraged. In 1937, it was shown,
53 per cent of the tenants moved
every year. Now 89 per per cent
have written leases and are encour
aged to remain at present locations
in order to improve the land.
Taking the case of a Jefferson
county FSA farmer, Mr. Vansant
quoted figures to show that begin
ning with nothing the farmer now’
has a good bank account, chickens,
hogs, cows, feed and food and will
soon be able to buy a farm.
Farm Security Administration
farmers are taught to be honest,
sober, reliable, trustworthy and to
pay their debts, it was explained.
A dent has been made in a big
problem and patience is needed, the
speaker said. Probably 15 per cent
of FSA families are shiftless, but
85 per cent are good citizens and
appreciate the aid extended by this
agency.
The Griffin Kiwanis club will re
ceive its charter on June 6 and
Jackson Kiwanians will attend.
G. A. Briggs, Van Greene and J.
W. O’Neal were appointed to or
ganize a glee club for the Jackson
Kiwanis club.
Dinner was served by thq U. D.
C., Mrs. L. M. Crawford chairman.
CROPS RUINED BY HAIL
IN WORTHVILLE SECTION
A hail storm Sunday afternoon
ruined crops on three farms in the
Barnetts Bridge and Worthville
area. Those having to plant over
cotton because of hail damage were
1 Bennie Cook, Robert Faulkner and
i Marvin Harris. The cotton was of
good size, had been chopped and
plowed, it was said, and the heavy
hail wrought complete havoc.
! The hail was accompanied by a
| heavy rain in that part of the county.
“Gone With The
Wind” To Be At .
Dixie June 5-6
CLARK GABLE, VIVIEN LEIGH,
LESLIE HOWARD AND OLIVIA
DE HAVILLAND HAVE THE
LEADING ROLES
When Margaret Mitchell wrote of
“the red earth of tara,” in “Gone
with the Wind,” she unwittingly set
up a tough problem for the Techni
color cameras of Hollywood.
The costumes worn by Clark Ga
ble, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard
and Olivia de Havilland, as well as
those of featured players and thous
ands of extras, comprise the colors
of the specti'um and supplied di
verse production problems. In addi
tion, there were the brilliant back
grounds of plantations, of army ac
tion and of the whole pageant of the
Civil War era.
Hollywood could duplicate on lo
cation the rolling hills, the wooded
slopes, the oaks and magnolia trees
of Georgia, but it lacked the red
clay. Accordingly, Hal Fenton, chief
of construction at Selznick Studio,
and Lee Zavitz, special effects ex
pert, took samples of Kurtz’s Geor
gia mud to Hill Brothers’ Chemical
Company in Los Angeles.
Brick dust failed because of its
weight. It settled too fast in action
scenes. Talc was impossible due to
its sticking qualities. It would have
caused prohibitive cleaning charges
for costumes. Twenty-four hours
later the chemist delivered a truck
load of red dust at the studio. It
was packed in hundred pound bags
and cost S3O a ton. It matched the
Georgia soil and the formula was
no secret.
Walter Plunkett, studio costume
designer, toured the South to find
clothing that met the description
penned by Miss Mitchell. He finally
discovered a mill near Philadelphia
which has loomed prints since 1840.
It was there that he assembled the
“new green flowered muslin dress”
which Vivien Leigh wears in the
picture.
Thomas Mitchell, playing Gerald
O’Hara, Scarlett’s father, brings to
the screen anew accent, one which
may sound strange to Dixie ears.
Gerald, according to the book, came
to America from County Meade,
Ireland, and by his wit and deter
mination acquired land in Georgia’s
rolling red clay hills. From an ad
venturing Irishman he turned into
a Southern gentleman, master of
Tara plantation. He spoke with
neither a pure brogue nor the soft
accents peculiar to the South, but
with a mixture of both. The task
of learning two dialects held no
terrors for Mitchell, who is regard
ed one of the screen’s most ver
satile men. He has scored successes
not only in a variety of stage and
screen roles, but as a playwright,
director and producer.
PEPPERTON TAKES
ON DUNDEE MILLS
SATURDAY AT 3:30
With the Central Georgia League
lead at stake, Pepperton will tangle
with Dundee Mills here Saturday at
3:30 EST. This will be one of the
best games of the season and fans
are urged to attend and root for
the home talent.
On Sunday the Pepperton nine
will fight it out at the Pepperton
ball park with the Fickett-Browri
ball team of Atlanta. The time is
4 o’clock, Eastern Standard Time.
In a game featured by the heavy
hitting of Otis Mangham, Ray Tur
ner, “Kink” Johnson and Linas
Benton, all of whom came through
with three baggers, Pepperton de
feated Lithonia here Saturday by
the score of 12 to 2.
S. P. Ridgeway First In 1940 To Receive
Check Under Price Adjustment Program
V. H. Carmichael
Given New Term
As Postmaster
APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT AND
CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
FIRST APPOINTED IN DECEM
BER, 1935, BY OWEN
Announcement was m ado in
Washington Sunday of the appoint
ment and confirmation of Victor H.
Carmichael to be postmaster at
Jackson for another term.
Mr. Carmichael became acting
postmaster on December 20, 1935,
as successor to the late Miss Bessie
Waldrop. On January 20, 1936, he
became postmaster. He was first
appointed to the office by the late
Congressman E. M. Owen.
The present appointment was
made by Congressman A. Sidney
Camp.
During his admiinstration the
present federal building was con
structed and dedicated with appro
priate exercises on July 3, 1937.
The post office has grown in vol
ume of business since Mr. Carmich
ael became postmaster and the af
fairs of the office have been han
dled in a manner to win the com
mendation of the public.
Mr. Carmichael, World War vet
eran, is the 39th postmaster to
serve Jackson since the post office
was established here on November
6, 1827.
Friends of Mr. Carmichael ex
tend congratulations on his re
appointment to the office.
Jackson Census
Shows City Has
1,918 Population
CITY SHOWS GAIN OF 142 IN
TEN YRAR PERIOD. THE 1930
COUNT WAS 1776, A GAIN OF
8 PER CENT
The 1940 population of the city
of Jackson is 1,918.
Census figures were released
Tuesday by How’ell C. Brandenburg,
supervisor of the census in the
Fourth Congressional District.
This is an increase of 142 over
the 1,776 figure established by the
census of 1930. The gain is 8 per
cent.
According to the 1920 census the
population was 2,027. In the pe
riod between 1920 and 1930 Jack
son slumped to 1,776, caused by
the depression and labor exodus.
It is expected that figures for
Butts county and the eight militia
districts as well as separate counts
for Pepperton, Flovilla and Jenkins
burg will be announced within the
near future.
According to the 1930 census
Butts county had a population of
9,345.
COMMITTEE INSPECTS THE
LUNCH ROOM IN FORSYTH
Representing the Jackson public
schools Dr. R. A. Franklin, chair
man of the board of education, D.
V. Spencer, superintendent, and D.
W. Ham, member, went to Forsyth
May 21 to inspect the WPA lunch
room service in the Forsyth public
schools. The committee was favora
bly impressed with the manner in
which the lunch service is handled.
Jackson is gathering data for in
stituting a similar service in the
schools here at the beginning of the
fall term.
41.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
STATE ADMINISTRATOR DUR
DEN AND MEMBERS STATE
AAA COMMITTEE HERE FOR
VISIT. TO RUSH PAYMENTS
Running three months ahead of
last year’s schedule, a Georgia farm
er Monday became the first in the
nation to receive a 1940 cotton
parity check under the Agricultural
| Adjustment Administration’s farm
j program. The first 1939 cotton
j parity check in Georgia was issued
last August 21.
The No. 1 check of the 1940 cot
ton price adjustment program, the
I first of 281,000 totaling approxi
mately $8,000,000 in parity pay
| ments to state farmers, was deliv-
I ered to S. P. Ridgeway, of Jackson,
Route 4, by C. M. Compton, treas
urer of the Butts County Agricul
tural Conservation Association. The
! first check last year was issued in
the name of Paul Adams, of Vienna.
Mr. Ridgeway, a long-time co
| operator with the AAA Farm Pro
gram, expressed delight in receiving
the first check of 1940 this early.
, “I thoroughly appreciate the efforts
which are being made by the coun
ty and state AAA offices to speed
|up payments to Georgia farmers,”
1 he said.
Besides the treasurer of the coun
i
ty association, others viewing the
| presentation were Homer S. Dur
j den, state AAA administrative offi
| cer; Robie Gray and Tom L. Breed
love, members of the state AAA
committee; RufUs Adams, county
administrative assistant; M. L. Pow
ell, county agent, and several farm
ers.
While the state office is due
credit for approving payment, the
county agent’s force is also due
credit for preparing the forms and
sending them to Athens promptly.
The county this year, according
to an estimate made in the county
agent’s office, will receive approxi
mately $40,000 in cotton parity
checks. Last year’s total was ap
proximately $37,000.
A total of 65 checks, payment on
50 worksheets, aggregating sl,-
917.50, was received here the first
of the week. To have won the dis
tinction of being the first county
in the entire United States to be
paid is an honor that all citizens of
the county appreciate.
Other checks, it is expected, will
come through as soon as necessary
details can be complied with.
Mr. Durden explained that this
year’s early parity payment is due
to anew plan of accounting being
tried in Georgia whereby payments
are certified as soon as the cotton
acreage is measured and perform
ance is checked. He said that ap
plications for payment can now be
sent to the State AAA Office in
Athens in lots as small as 50, that
county offices are being urged to
send in 50 applications as soon a3
this many have been signed by the
farmers.
“The new plan,” he said, “insures
earlier delivery of the checks be
cause henceforth the State Office
will not be flooded with a large
number of applications at the same
time.”
He cautioned North Georgia farm
ers not to expect their cotton pari
ty checks for sometime since check
ing of performance is not expected
to get underway in that area for
several weeks. However, he assur
ed all farmers that they will get
their checks as soon as possible and
requested that they be patient until
the necessary preliminary work has
been completed.
Mr. Durden, who said cotton pari
ty payments in Georgia totaled
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