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SEASONS GREETINGS
The gift we treasure most was not given
at this Christinas time . . . but rather it was
given ail through the year. This gift is your
patronage and friendship. We treasure it most
because we know it is your way of showing us
that our service has been welcomed by you.
So for another year we say
“MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL”
NUTT & BOND, INC.
Chickens, Hard Work And Courage
Give FSA Family New Opportunity
By DOYLE JONES JR.,
Farm Security Administratioo
COVINGTON, Ga., Dec. 23.—Ev
er since they were married 12 years
ago, Aubrey C. Ewing and his wife
have been looking for a chance to
own a farm and home, and not have
to rent land and move from season to
season. Today that dream has come
true.
They have just moved into anew
tenant-purchase house on a 100-
acre farm seven miles east of Cov
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W. H. KINSMAN, Manager
ington in Newton county. And they
like their six-room home, with bath,
for it’s the. very thing they’ve been
wanting. From now on, the Ewings
expect farming to be their perma
nent career and they’re determined
to make the best of the opportunity.
Ewing was taken on the Farm Se
curity Administration program in
1940 and a loan was made to build
the home and buy the farm where
they now live. There are 84 acres
in cultivation. This acreage, in the
opinion of Ewing, will provide plen
ty of food and feed, including cash
crops, for the family of six, four of
whom are children.
Of course, the Newton county
farmer hasn’t been doing badly as
a tenant. While as a rehabilitation
borrower prior to acceptance on the
tenant purchase program, he hasn’t
had to buy any flour, meat or lard.
This year he produced 20 bales of
cotton on 20 acres; 300 bushels of
corn on 14; 80 bushels of wheat on
4; and cut 25 acres of lespedeza for
hay. He has 25 acres seeded to
lespedeza, and produced enough po
tatoes to supply the family needs.
Poultry perhaps could be called
the greatest cash crop for the Ew
ings. They have 200 White Leg
horn chickens and at present the
hens are laying eight dozen eggs a
day. That’s 56 dozen a week. And
at a market price of 35 cents a doz
en. their weekly income amounts to
sl6. “Feeding wet mash at noon
—that makes ’em lay,” says farmer
Ewing. He has a 300 capacity wood
brooder house.
Livestock is another thing the
Ewings keep in mind. They have 10
head of cattle, including a purebred
Jersey bull. Ewing says he wants
GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOURS
As another Christmas Day rolls around we
think back on many years of pleasant business
associations with you, and send you our friend
liest seasonal greetings. May your happiness
be as certain as our wishes are sincere.
0. E. SMITH
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Applications
Received For
Soil Payments
Charles Kemp Jr., administrative
assistant in the AAA office, said
Saturday that 183 applications for
soil conservation payments had
been received. That represents ap
proximaely $5,000, Mr. Kemp said.
Reports from over the state show
that checks are now being mailed
out regularly. First checks were
received in Butts county last week.
The state office stresses the im
portance of filing applications as
speedily as possible. The state of
fice is epuipped to handle more ap
plications than are being received,
a statement from Athens said.
Total payments in Butts county
will be approximately $50,000, ac
cording to estimates. In 1939 pay
ments amounted to only about
$27,000, records show.
LOCAL BOARDS TO DEAL
WITH ALL DRAFT DODGERS
Local draft boards are authorized
to deal with draft dodgers, accord
ing to Adjutant General Marion
Williamson, state selective service
officer. State headquarters an
nounced that 275 registrants are
delinquent in returning question
naires.
The only registrant in Butts fail
ing to return a questionnaire is J.
W. Simmons of Jackson.
a Hereford male, too and, of course,
it must be purebred. He hopes to
increase his herd through providing
more and better pasturage. In
creasing the herd should come about
gradually and in a few years a small
herd can he made larger with little
cost to the owner, Ewing asserts.
This FSA farmer watches the pork
supply. He has four hogs, which
will average 250 pounds each after
slaughter, to be killed this winter
for the home meat supply. In addi
tion, he has 10 pigs for sale.
Mrs. Ewing, too, deserves credit
for much of the success. It’s her
willingness to work and save in a
large degree that has contributed to
making the Ewings what they are
today. For this winter, she has can
ned 280 quarts of fruits and vegeta
bles, and 50 quarts of beef, bringing
the total canned food supply to 330
quarts.
Then, too, Ewing and his wife
have a boy, Charles, in 4-H club
work. He is interested mainly in
livestock. At the 1939 Newton
County Fair, he took first place with
his calf. He was also a winner at
the Atlanta fat cattle show.
A farm and a home—something
they could call their own. That’s
what the Ewings wanted and now
they are well on the way. They are
eagerly working to make farm life
equal to their dream expectations.
They are one of hundreds of FSA
Georgia farm families seeking a
life living on the soil without having
to move every year or two. As soon
jas their loan is repaid, they will be
j farm owners and they will be proud
of it.
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Selective Service Registration And
County Primary Highlights Of Year
This is the season when newsmen
compile what they term the year’s
most important news events. In
any such compilation this year the
European war must be given first
place, for it has kept the entire civ
ilized world on edge.
Therefore, in looking back over
the year in Butts county, probably
first place as a news item should be
given the selective service registra
tion on October 16. On that date
977 men in Butts county registered
for military service.
Also on the military front, the
local company, the Jackson Rifles,
121st Infantry Georgia National
Guard, was called to duty at Fort
Jackson, South Carolina.
The appointment of the Butts
draft board occupies a place of in
terest.
Getting away from war—and
who doesn’t want to forget it?—the
Butts county primary on April 5
aroused the keenest sort of interest
and saw new officeholders elected.
The snow storm on January 21
—the heaviest in years and the cold
dest weather since 1899—was big
news. Schools were suspended for
several days and communication in
terrupted.
The employment by Butts county
of a Public Health Nurse set health
standards forward several years.
Butts county came in for nation
al attention on June 26 when the
first AAA check under the 1940
program was paid to S. P. Ridge
way of Jackson.
A progressive step for Jackson
was taken in the late summer when
playgrounds were installed on the
Jackson public school property.
During the week of September
30 to October 5 the county held a
successful 4-H Club and Agricul
tural Fair.
One of the worst accidents in re
cent years in the county occurred
July 27 when Robert Lloyd Yarn
and R. C. Davis, of Atlanta, were
killed on route 42 near Jenkinsburg
and four others in the party were
seriously injured.
Jackson Lake claimed two victims
September 15 when J. W. Plunkett
and G. R. Dell, Atlanta, were killed
in an airplane crash.
On the more optimistic side of the
news, Butts county farmers placed
large orders for Austrian peas for
fall and winter painting.
Farmers of the county entertain
ed businessmen at a barbecue at In
dian Springs July 17.
The Griffin highway was comput
ed—at last—and opened to traffic
early in October.
Butts county Democrats donated
to the Democratic National Cam
paign committee.
Annie Lois Browning was declar
ed state champion in egg marketing
and Thomas Freeman in health con
test. They were awarded free trips
to the National Club Congress in
Chicago.
Butts county farmers earned $50,-
000 in soil conservation payments
during the year.
A military super-highway—the
Macon Short Route —will be built
A CHEERY HELLO!
Just dropped in to wish
you much joy and peace
at Christmas. Happy
New Year, too.
NETTIE LOU
through Butts county, according to
announcement.
P. H. Weaver was awarded the
Silver Beaver Award for outstand
ing work in Boy Scout activities.
Butts county churches, civic and
patriotic oi-ganizations and indi
viduals donated to Christmas Bas
ket Fund to bring comfort to unfor
tunate families at Christmas.
Two members of the Jackson Bar
Associatioon, Judge H. M. Fletcher
and Hon. J. Threatt Moore, died dur
ing the year.
Farmers Bank
Reports Good
Year In 1940
DIVIDEND OF 7 PER CENT DE
CLARED AND THE SURPLUS
INCREASED. SAME OFFICERS
RE-ELECTED
The Farmers Bank of Locust
Grove, serving portions of Henry
and Butts counties and adjacent ter
ritory, held the annual stockhold
ers’ meeting December 10, declared
a 7 per cent dividend, increased the
surplus account and granted a bonus
to employees, according to a report
made by H. C. Childs, cashier.
The stockholders elected the same
directors, including J. O. Minter, L.
L. Pitts, M. M. Brown, E. I. Drew
ry and H. C. Childs.
Officers, all of whom were re
elected ,are: J. O. Minter, presi
dent; L. L. Pitts, vice president; H.
C. Childs, cashier; Julian A. Brown,
bookkeeper.
The Farmers Bank, which has a
capital stock of $15,000, is conser
vatively managed, is a strong insti
tution and is serving its customers
well and possesses the confidence of
the people in its territory.
merry Christmas
The assets of a firm are not always shown
in figures. Among our most valued assets is
the good will of our members. The spirit of
the season brings us renewed appreciation of
old associations and the value of new friends.
May your Christmas be very happy, is our wish
for you.
CENTRAL GEORGIA ELECTRIC
MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 6, i 94)
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J. B. Maddox, Jackson ®
Morris Williams, Jackson 8
Mrs. W. C. Williamson, Jackson I
Mrs. W. P. Thaxton, Jackson 1
G. A. Wise, Jackson ■
J. Wright Maddox, Jackson 1
G. R. Harper, Jackson 1
Tom Greer, Jackson 1
W. T. James, Flovilla I
Emmett McMullen, Jackson 1
A. F. Taylor, Jackson ]
Mrs. Levia Goodwin, Tampa, Fla. I
W. W. Duke, Corbin, Ky. 1
J. W. Tolleson, Gordonville, Va. I
J. R. O’Neal, Jackson 1
S. L. Johnson, Duluth, Ga.
Cliff D. Johnson, Jackson.
Taylor B. Williamson, Jackson
Mac Richardson, Jackson
Mrs. A. G. Spencer, Locust Grove
Mrs. Joe Will Lee, Grantville
J. H. Evans, Locust Grove
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