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VOL. 69—No. 3
Kiwanis Club
Prepares For
Active Year
SPECIAL OBJECTIVES INCLUDE
RECREATION, 4-H CLUB AC
TIVITIES, BOY SCOUTS, VOCA
TIONAL AGRICULTURE
Meeting Saturday night to out
line special objectives for 1941, the
Jackson Kiwanis club will sponsor
several constructive measures for j
the improvement of the town and
county, including recreation and .
gymnasium, 4-H club work and ag
riculture, Boy Scout work, an in- j
crease in enrollment and attendance j
through distribution of a weekly
bulletin, vocational agriculture in all
Butts county schools, support of ru
ral electrification and health work
and attention to roads and highways.
The meeting was called by Clyde
Callaway, president, who presided.
The objectives, which will engage
the attention of the club for 1941,
were submitted to the club for ap
proval Tuesday night.
There was a fine spirit in evidence
at the meeting and all directors
present expressed themselves as be
lieving the club will have an unus
ually good year.
At the meeting plans were also
miade for observing the nineteenth
anniversary at the meeting on Jan
uary 21. The Jackson club was or
ganized in January, 1922, and Ki
wanis International was organized
in 1915.
In addition to 4-H club work and
agriculture, which probably has first
elaim on the club, the organization
will try to push to completion a gym
nasium for Jackson and Butts coun
ty. There has been agitation for
this enterprise for several months
and some progress has been made
in that direction.
Several of the objectives will be
handled by special committees.
TWO REGISTRANTS
TURNED DOWN FOR
FAULTY TEETH
Two Butts county registrants sent
to Fort McPherson January 7 were
turned down because of defective
teeth, according to announcement
of the Butts County Draft Board.
J. O. Beauchamp and John Curry
Cawthon were the selectmen reject
ed by army authorities.
Beauchamp and Cawthon, togeth
er with Paul King, Ardell James and
Adieus St. John, made up the quota
from Butts county for January.
Emory-At-oxford Glee Club Will
Give Program At Methodist Church
At the vesper hour of the Jack
son Methodist church Sunday after
noon at 5 o’clock the service will
be in charge of the Emory-at-Ox
ford Glee Club.
Sewing Room
Turned Into
Book Project
GARMENTS WILL BE MADE IN
MACON AND BE SENT HERE
FOR DISTRIBUTION. BOOKS
WILL BE MENDED
The Butts county sewing room, a
project sponsored by the WPA, has
been discontinued and a book mend
ing project, supported by the WPA
and sponsored by the Butts county
board of education, will afford em
ployment for those engaged in the
sewing room. The change became
effective January 10.
The sewing room employed about
nine persons, with Miss Roxie Smith
as forewoman.
Butts county will continue to co
operate with the sewing project and
its quota of materials will be sent
to Macon. There garments will be
made and sent to the various coun-
ties in this section for distribution
by the surplus commodities division.
Under the new arrangement Butts
county will get a slightly larger
share of garments, Mrs. L. M. Spen
cer, acting director of the Butts
Welfare Board, said.
According to information avail
able here is is planned to make the
book mending project a permanent
one.
JACKSON HIGH LOSES
TWIN BILL TO FORSYTH
TUESDAY NIGHT
Jackson High’s basketball teams
traveled to Forsyth Tuesday night,
losing both games, the boys by a
score of 27 to 11 and the girls 42
to 11.
Waits, O’Neal, and Moss scored
for the local boys in a rough and
tumble game that was much closer
the score indicates.
Lavender, Childs, and Reeves di
vided the girls points, managing to
keep the team from being swamped
at the hands of what appeared to
be a vastly superior Forsyth sextet.
The local teams will journey to
Hampton Jan. 31 for their next
games.
MR. HOKE SMITH FILLED
PULPIT SUNDAY MORNING
Mr. Hoke Smith, student at Co
lumbia Theological Seminary, filled
the pulpit at the Jackson Presbyte
rian church Sunday at the 11 o’clock
hour. His interesting discourse was
heard by a good congregation, in
cluding members of the Fellowship
church.
The club consists of 24 voices in
addition to the director and accom
panist. Male choruses, quartettes
and tenor solos will be featured in
the program.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941
Population For
County Shows
Small Decrease
FLOVILLA, JACKSON, PEPPER
TON GAIN WHILE JENKINS
BURG SHOWS LOSS, ACCORD
ING TO U. S. CENSUS
Incorporated towns in Butts coun
ty, Flovilla, Jackson and Pepperton,
showed an increase in population in
1940 over 1930, while Jenkinsburg
showed a small decrease, according
to figures’ released by the census
bureau.
The population of Butts county
in 1940 was placed at 9,182, com
pared with 9,345 in 1930, a decrease
of 163 or 1.7 per cent.
The population of Flovilla was
given at 240 in 1940 compared with
230 in 1930.
Jackson had a population of 1,917
in 1940 against 1,776 in 1930.
Pepperton increased from 525 in
1930 to 585 in 1940, according to
the figures.
Jenkinsburg had a population of
166 in 1940, compared with 257 in
1930, a decrease of 91.
Population figures for the eight
militia districts in Butts county
have not been released.
Ridgeway Wins
District Prize
Second Season
TOWALIGA 4-H CORN CLUB
MEMBER AWARDED NORTH
WEST GEORGIA PRIZE OF
$5.00. GREW 91 BUSHELS
For the second consecutive year,
David Ridgeway, Towaliga 4-H Corn
Club member, was awarded the
prize for northwest Georgia in the
state corn contest sponsored by the
Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau.
He was awarded a cash prize of
$5.00.
He won a similar prTze uuring
the 1939 season.
Last year Mr. Ridgeway produced
91 bushels o com on an acre, ac
cording to the record book filed with
the state office.
The state prize was a trip to the
National 4-H Club Congress. Four
district prizes were offered and in
the northwest Georgia district
Ridgeway was declared the winner.
This is a fine showing by this en
terprising young club boy and
friends extend congratulations and
hearty good wishes for his success
in winning in a field of keen com
petition.
The club has enjoyed wide pub
licity throughout Georgia and Flori
da in recent months. It is under
the direction of Professor Virgil Y.
C. Eady, one of the best known
musicians in this section.
Jackson is considered fortunate in
obtaining the glee club on this oc
casion. There will be no admission
charge and the public is invited.
Jurors Called
For Service At
February Term
WINTER SESSION OF BUTTS SU
PERIOR COURT WILL BE CON
VENED FIRST MONDAY IN
FOLLOWING MONTH
Grand and traverse jurors to serve
at the February term of Butts Su
perior Court have been drawn. The
winter session of court will be con
vened here on the first Monday in
February and a two weeks term is
scheduled.
Tuesday was return day in Butts
Superior Court and several suits
were made returnable, Clerk Paul
Maddox said. The calendar of civil
cases will be prepared within the
next few days.
Jurors summoned for duty at the
February term are:
Grand Juror*
P. H. Weaver, A. F. Taylor, C.
N. Brownlee, Paul Tyler, J. E. Cor
nell, Oscar Hay, 11. C. Brooks, H. G.
Harris, M. B. Farrar, W. W. Hooten,
J. P. Lemon, R. T. Smith, Elmo
Cawthon, Van Fletcher, T. A. Nutt,
W. A. Smith (609), W. S. Weaver,
J. T. Chambers, Marvin Kimbell,
John W. Carter, T. E. Robison, Ber
nard Carter, T. W. Hammond, J. E.
Bond, J. O. Minter, G. C. Moore, J.
O. King, A. F. Hammond, O. N.
Brownlee.
Traverse Juror*, First Week
S. L. Gray, R. M. White, J. B.
White, Claude Morgan, E. Z. Car
ter, W. J. Smith, A. G. Cowan, C.
11. Smith, William McMichael, L. H.
Hurjt, Sr., D. O. Woodward, H. O.
Ball, W. M. Meredith. E. H. Moore,
M. D. Henderson, J. W. Duffey Jr.,
B. R. McClendon, Robert Jewett,
William Pressley, J. J. Compton, J.
O. Vaughn, W. M. Glass, J. G. Wil
liams, Dile Carlile, Sam J. Smith,
Sanders Barnes, R. L. Brooks, Ralph
W. Carr, J. L. Burford, O. A. Pound,
B. F. Mitchell, R. L. Fears, T. H.
James, W. O. Moore, J. M. Nutt, T.
W. Leverett, G. C. Faulkner, Leon
ard Barnes, Johnnie King, F. C.
Maddux, Dewey Wise, E. L. Evans,
Wilbur Greer, W. B McClendon, 11.
S. Downs, Clyde Walker, Robert
Mackey, T. C. Waldrop.
Traverse Juror*, Second Week
L. O. Kitchens, George Harper,
G. C. Johnson, J. R. Pulliam, Her
man L. Cawthon, W. C. Godsey,
Bailey Woodward, S. C. Biles, H. J.
Castellaw, Harry Ridgeway, J. T.
Clark, Bennie Cook, Robert Flet
cher, T. H. Nolen, A. J. Smith, J.
G. Watkins, E. W. Cook, T. M. Duke,
O. E. Smith, W. T. Pelt, S. P. Ridge
way, Levi Ball, L. A. Atkinson, J.
C. O’Kelley, G. C. Maddox, V. H.
Mills, W. E. Foster, Marlin Redman,
W. F. Long, A. J. Hearn, Paul Bur
ford, J. H. Jackson, R. O. Stodghill,
W. T. Pelt, Wilbur White, A. E.
Stodghill, J. C. Redman, Rivers
Waites, W. C. Williamson, D. O.
Thurston, M. E. Williams, F. M.
Ridgeway, S. A. Elliott, W. L. White,
M. 0. McCord, J. Harry Ridgeway,
W. G. Barnes, Parks Colwell, R. D.
Bankston, P. H. Freeman, T. W.
Higgins, C. F. Singley, I. M. Wilson,
E. J. Maddox, J. E. Foster, E. M.
Duke.
PEPPER CONTRACTS
WILL BE SIGNED
JANUARY 17-18TH
A representative of the Pomona
Products Company will be in Jack
son Friday and Saturday, January
17-18, for the purpose of signing
pepper acreage for 1941, according
to information received Wednesday
by the Prgress-Argus. Those de
siring pepper acreage will call at the
company’s plant near the Southern
depot either Friday or Saturday.
Higher prices are offered to grow
pepper during the 1941 season.
Butts County Broadcast Over WSB
Will Be Heard Saturday, January 18
Good Business
Reported By
Jackson Bank
STOCKHOLDERS HAD ANNUAL
MEETING TUESDAY. L. J.
BALL ADDED TO BOARD OF
DIRECTORS. SAME OFFICERS
Stockholders of Jackson National
Bank met in annual session Tuesday
morning and heard reports from of
ficers on business of the past twelve
months.
Business of the past year was de
clared satisfactory and the institu
tion increased its resources by a sub
stantial amount. The statement of
condition at the close of business
December 31 reflected a sound and
growing condition. Deposits on De
cember 31 were $496,247.21 —prac-
tically a half million dollars.
The capital account shows com
mon stock of $37,000 and preferred
stock of $13,000. The surplus is
$7,500 and the undivided profits
$12,800.82 und a reserve fund of
$2,000.
Total resources of the bank are
$568,548.03, making it one of the
leading financial institutions in this
section.
Earnings for the past year, offi
cers said, were satisfactory. Stock
holders attending the meeting ex
pressed themselves as pleased with
the showing and complimented the
officers for their careful and con
servative management.
At the stockholders’ meeting the
same directors were elected to serve
for 1941 and L. J. Ball was added
to the board. He is one of the com
munity’s prominent young business
leaders. The directors are: E. L.
Smith, H. O. Ball, B. A. Wright, R.
P. Newton, T. E. Robison, R. P.
Sasnett and L. J. Ball.
The directors at their meeting
named all old officers for further
service, as follows: E. L. Smith,
president; B. A. Wright and 11. O.
Ball, vice presidents; R. P. Sasnett,
executive vice president; J. W.
O’Neal, cashier; Leonard Grant, tell
er; Miss Nettie Rae Pittman, man
ager of insurance department.
Serving the people of Butts coun
ty and this territory since 1907,
Jackson National Bank enters the
new year equipped to give all types
of banking service and faces the fu
ture confident of still greater growth
and ability to render acceptable
banking sendee.
ANNIVERSARY BE
OBSERVED LATER
IN THE SEASON
The Jackson Kiwanis club -voted
Tuesday night to postpone its anni
versary night observance from Jan
uary 21 until later in the season.
Jimmy Carmichael, Georgia district
governor of Kiwanis, will be with
the club in February. Mark Smith,
International President, has also
accepted an invitation to visit the
club in February.
Objectives for 1941, as recom
mended by the directors, were adopt
ed by the members Tuesday night.
The program for January 21 will be
in charge of the committee on Sup
port of Churches in their Spiritual
Aims, H. O. Ball, chairman.
Mrs. P. H. Weaver was pianist for
the evening and Gaither A. Briggs
and B. B. Garland were welcomed to
active membership after an absence
of a few weeks.
Dinner was served by the Wom
an’s Club, Mrs. O. A. Pound chair
man.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
PRODUCTION COMPLETED AT
MEETING THURSDAY. MANY
PERSONS ASSISTED IN THE
SALUTE OVER AIRWAVES
Just about everybody in Butts
county will be listening to radio sta
tion WSB, Atlanta, on Saturday night
at 7:30 p. m., Central Standard
Time, when the special salute broad
cast to this county is presented over
the South’s oldest radio station.
This will be the same show that
was put on here Thursday night be
fore an enthusiastic audience of pt#-
sons from nil around this soetion.
The many satisfactory comments of
those present indicate that the oc
casion was highly successful. This
should add much interest to the air
ing of this unusual program.
Transcription equipment of tho
latest type was brought to Jackson
by WSB, when it put on the show
here, and the recorded activities
will bo heard over the airwaves just
as they were performed locally.
It is hoped by WSB that presenta
tion of this weekly series of salute
broadcasts to Georgia counties will
help to acquaint listeners every
where with the many good oppor
tunities and advantages offered in
different sections of the state.
Splendid cooperation was afforded
WSB in making arrangements for
the broadcast here. Oitizens of tha
county gave their best efforts in
making the performance a success.
Marcus Bartlett, WSB production
manager, who supervised the produc
tion here, declared that he deeply
appreciated the “splendid manner in
which everybody connected with tho
salute broadcast served in putting
on a fine entertainment in Butts.’*
Everyone is now invited to hear
the actual aircast of this presenta
tion over WSB, Saturday night at
7:30 p. m. Central Standard Time.
“The Voice of the South” is 740
on the radio dial.
W. ML Redman To
Head Paralysis
Campaign Here
BUTTS COUNTY QUOTA OF
FUNDS IN DRIVE PLACED AT
$242.85. CHAIRMEN IN ALL
COUNTIES NAMED
W. M. Redman, mayor of Jack
son and widely known civic and bus
iness leader, has been appointed
Butts county chairman for the 1941
celebration of the President’s birth
day and the county’s quota for this
year’s Fight-Infantile-Paralysis drive
was set at $242.85.
The county quota was set on the
basis of the county’:; 1940 popula
tion, it was explained.
Major Quimby Melton, Griffin, is
chairman for the Fourth Dstrict. All
county chairmen in the state’s 159
counties have been selected, an an
nouncement from state headquarters
said.
Ellis Arnall, attorney general of
Georgia, is state chairman of the
committee for the celebration of
President Roosevelt’s birthday. The
celebration will be held January 30.
Various forms of entertainment,
ranging from balls to box suppers
and athletic events, will feature this
year’s celebration in Georgia.
.
COLORED DRAFTEE WILL
REPORT ON JANUARY 20
Albert Porter, colored, Butts
county volunteer, will be sent to
Fort Benning January 20. Porter is
the county’s sole colored draftee for
the month of January. White reg
istrants were sent to training camps
last week.