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VOL. 69 —No. 5
Schools Play
Leading Part
In Polio Drive
PUTTONS WILL BE ON SALE
IN ALL SCHOOLS. PROGRAM
PLANNED AT CLUBHOUSE
THURSDAY EVENING
A Tacky Party
will be given at
the clubhouse at
7:30 Thursday eve
ning for benefit of
the polio fund.
Games and con-
tests will be features and admission
will be 10 and 25 cents. Everybody
is invited and expected to dress in
tacky costumes.
Butts county schools will play a
leading part in the campaign against
infantile paralysis, according to W.
M. Redman, chairman, who is spend
ing this week in active charge of
the drive. Buttons will be on sale
in ail schools and the principals of
all junior high schools and Super
intendent D. V. Spencer of the
Jackson High School have been
named to assist in the work.
A county-wide entertainment will
be held at the clubhouse in Jack
son Thursday night. Details are in
charge of a committee composed of
Mrs. George Gilmore, Mrs. L. M.
Spencer, Mrs. N. F. Land, Miss Myr
tie Lee McGoogan, Mrs. J. D. Jones
and M. L. Powell. All people
are invited to attend the entertain
ment, when games and contests will
be played, and have a part in help
ing to raise the county’s quota.
Heading the drive in the schools
are: Jackson, D. V. Spencer; Jen
kinsburg, James G. Childs; Tussa
haw, Elwyn Patrick; Towaliga,
James Wallace; Indian Springs, H.
R. Turpin; Pepperton, Miss Eloise
Beauchamp.
The contribution of dimes by
school children will be of material
assistance in swelling the county’s
quota* Chairman Redman pointed
out. He wants as many people as
possible to have a part in the cam
paign and contributions of any size
will be welcomed. In addition to
the popular donations, there will be
bonds for sale at $lO each.
President Roosevelt’s birthday
will be observed January 30 and all
parts a# the nation are arranging
to raise funds to help combat in
fantile paralysis. Half of all funds
contributed will remain in the
county, it is explained by Mr. Red
man.
DEWEY aTwHITE
NOW STATIONED
IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Friends here are interested to
know that Dewey A. White, son of
the late Mr. W. A. White and Mrs.
White, has been transferred to
Birmingham, Ala., as manager of
the newly opened offices of the
Okonite Company. For seventeen
years he served as sales engineer in
the company’s Atlanta office. The
new office will serve the states of
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana. The Okonite Com
pany manufactures insulated wires,
cables and splicing tapes.
Graduate of the Jackson High
School and Georgia Tech, Mr. White
has gained a substantial position in
the business field and friends here
are interested to know of his suc
cess and the transfer to his new lo
cation.
McDonough forms lions
CLUB AT MEETING FRIDAY
A Lior.s*Club was organized in
McDonough Friday night. The West
End club of Atlanta sponsored the
organization. Charter night has
been set for February 20.
Superior Court
Meets Monday
In Winter Term
JUDGE PERSONS WILL PRESIDE
OVER SESSION SCHEDULED
TO CONTINUE FOR TWO
WEEKS. JURORS DRAWN
More than the usual interest will
be centered in the February term
of Butts Superior Court, which
meets in Jackson next Monday for
a scheduled session of two weeks,
because of the fact the county will
have anew clerk of court and new
sheriff serving first terms as court
officers.
Clerk of Court Paul Maddox and
Sheriff J. D. Pope, succeeding Miss
Sara Foster and G. T. Thurston,
respcltivelv, began terms the first
of January. They are expected to
prove courteous and capable assis
tants in transacting the business of
the court.
Judge Ogden Persons will preside
at the February term and Solicitor
General Frank B. Willingham will
be present to represent the state’s
interests. First week of court, ac
cording to the usual procedure, will
be given to the trial of civil cases
with criminal cases set for trial the
week beginning February 10.
The calendar of civil cases shows
a good many important matters
scheduled for trial at this term.
Grand jurors summoned for ser
vice" at the winter term of court are:
P. H. Weaver, A. F. Taylor, C.
N. Brownlee, Paul Tyler, J. E. Cor
nell, Oscar Hay, H 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 (G 09),. W. S.
Weaver, J. T. Chambers, Marvin
Kimbell, John W. Carter, T. E.
Robison, Bernard Carter, T. W.
Hammond, J. E. Bond, J. O. Minter,
G. C. Moore, J. O. King, A. F. Mad
dox, O. N. Brownlee.
Beer Industry
To Co-operate
With Government
In line with its established policy
I of self-regulation, the Brewers and
, Beer Distributors Committee of
Georgia has notified all retail dis
j tributors of beer in the vicinity of
Fort Benning, and at other points
in the state where men are being
concentrated in connection with the
national defense program, that steps
will be taken to secure revocation
of license of any beer retailer who
does not operate his place in order
ly, law-abiding fashion.
Judge John S. Wood, state direc
tor of the committee, recently con
ferred with Colonel J. M. Churchill,
Fort Benning executive officer, and
Colonel Sam I. McCants, with spe
cial reference to conditions in the
Fort Benning area, including the
city of Columbus. Colonel Churchill
stated there has, so far, been prac
tically no trouble in connection with
beer retailers on the Georgia side
of the state line, almost all the com
plaints concerning moral conditions
of soldier-congregating places in
volving the Alabama side.
Nevertheless, it is an important
step in the right direction, when
such an industry as that of beer
thus voluntarily co-operates with
the government in such an impor- !
tant phase of defense. Yet it is but
a continuance of the Beer Distribu
tors Committee work. Thus group
has, for many months, kept strict
watch on all beer retailers and in
several instances has instigated the
revocation of licenses for disorder
ly retail outlets.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941
High Prices
For Livestock
Expected Feb. 3
HOGS REACH HIGHEST LEVEL
SINCE 1938. PASTURE CAT
TLE LIKELY BE IN DEMAND
AT SALE MONDAY
High prices now being paid for
hogs and cattle all over the country
will likely be reflected in the co
operative sale set for Jackson Mon
day, February 3.
Hogs are now at the highest peak
since 1938, with the 7 cent level
having been passed for prime ani
mals. Good prices are also being
paid for cattle.
The first sale in February is ex
pected to bring a heavy demand for
pasture cattle. About this season
buyers in the central Georgia terri
tory enter the market for cattle to
be fed out on pasturage.
South Georgia market centers re
port the heaviest sales of the sea
son, with average sales running
from $7,000 to $15,000 per week
at a dozen or more of the leading
markets. Cattle fed on velvet beans
are in active demand by packing
houses.
The February sale, first since
early in January, is expected to at
tract large numbers of producers
and buyers. The sale, sponsored by
the Central Georgia Livestock As
sociation, will be extensively adver
tised.
F. H. Morgan will act as auction
er and the sale will begin at 1:30
p. m. at the Watkins barn.
County Workers
Paid $6,730.41
For Year 1940
UNEMPLOYED WORK ER S IN
THE STATE RECEIVED MORE
THAN FOUR MILLION DOL
LARS, REPORT STATES
Unemployed workers in Butts
county were paid $6,730.41 in bene
fits by the Bureau of Unemploy
ment Compensation in 1940, Com
missioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet has
announced. They received a total
of 1,145 checks.
For the state as a whole, Huiet
reported that 72,020 individuals
got benefit checks amounting to
$4,443,139.42. In 1939, 59,298
individuals received $3,937,876.85
in benefits.
Since January of 1939, when the
benefit-paying program was inau
gurated, benefit checks have aver
aged about $6.27 and ranged in
amounts from a dollar to the maxi
mum of sls per week, depending
on the previous earnings of work
ers.
Georgia’s unemployment compen
sation trust fund totaled $25,458,-
805.90 at the close of business De
cember 31, 1940, Commissioner
Huiet said.
SERVICES AT PEPPERTON
CHURCH FEBRUARY 1 AND 2
Announcement is made that Mr.
R. A. Ju3tral of Belmont, N. C.,
will hold services at the Pepperton
church February 1 at 7:30 p. m.
and Sunday morning, February 2
at 11 a. m. eastern standard time.
All denominations are invited to be
present.
BUSINESS MEETING TO BE
HELD BY ST. JOHNS LODGE
A business meeting at which sev
eral important matters will be con
sidered will be held by St. John3
lodge No. 45, F. and A. M. Monday
night, February 3. The presence
of all members is expected by the
officers.
Baptist Church
WUI Be Host To
KimbeU B. T. U.
VISITING SPEAKERS WILL AP
PEAR ON PROGRAM AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH FEBRUARY
THIRD. TWO SESSIONS
Thcj Kimbell Association Bap
tist Training Union will meet at
the First Baptist church in Jackson
)
Monday, February 3, for afternoon
and night sessions. The meeting is
expected to bring together work
ers from the several churches in
the association, and widely known
speakers from a distance.
J. C. Kimbell of Jackson is di
rector of BTU work in the Kimbell
Association. He will be assisted in
the meeting here by the Rev. Gai
ther A. Briggs, pastor of the Bap
tist church.
The afternoon session will run
from 2:30 to 5:30 and the night
session from 7 to 9 o’clock.
Booked for talks at the rally are
Maines Rawls, field supervisor, Miss
Dorothy Tippett, both of Atlanta,
the Rev. J. S. Hayes, pastor of Mace
donia church, and Dr. Ben In
gram of Forsyth.
All churches in the association
are expected to have representa
tives at the meeting. In addition to
the addresses plans will be made
for the year’s work in the assoeia-
I
tion.
Beautification
Of Homes Will
Be 4-H Project
A home grounds beautification
contest for 1941 offers opportuni
ty for Butts county 4-H club boys
and girls to compete for a gold
medal as county prize, a SSO gold
watch as the state award, and a
free trip to the National 4-H Club
Congress in Chicago next fall.
County Extension Agent M. L.
Powell points out that any bona
fide 4-H member between the ages
of 14 and 21 is eligible to compete
for the state award, provided the
participant has completed at least
three years of club work including
the current year. Previous state
winners are not eligible for state
competition. Any 4-H member may
compete for the county gold medal
award.
Recognition and awards are of
fered on the basis of general im
provement made in beautifying
home grounds, drawings of the im
i provements, principles of good
landscape design used, the general
4-H record of participant, and story
of project.
Mr. Powell said six national edu
cational trips to the 20th National
4-H Congress and the International
Livestock Exposition to be held in
Chicago next fall, November 28-
December 6, will be awarded to a
blue award group preferably con
sisting of one winner from each
Extension section and two at large.
The contest is sponsored by a
Chicago woman (Mrs. Charles Wal
green), in co-operation with the 4-
H club department of the Agricul
tural Extension Service.
DEFENSE CORPS
MEETING WILL BE
ON FEBRUARY 6
Next meeting of the Butts coun
ty unit of the State Defense Corps
will be held at the armory at 6:30
p. m. Thursday, February 6. A
visiting speaker has been invited to
address the group, W. M. Redman,
captain of the unit, said. All mem
bers are expected to be present.
District Governor Of Kiwanis Will
Address Jackson Club February 3
Applications
For Summer
Legumes Filed
LIME, ACID, SLAG MAY BE OB
TAINED UNDER GRANTS-OF
AID PLAN. LESPEDEZA SEED
WILL BE ORDERED
Butts county farmers co-operat
ing in the 1941 farm program may
file applications for acid, lime and
basic slag under the grants-of-aid
plan, Charles Kemp Jr., administra
tive assistant in the AAA office,
explains.
Under that arrangement consid
erable quantities of fertilizer were
obtained by farmers here last year.
Mr. Kemp also says that orders
for lespedeza seed may be filed
now. If growers act promptly so
that orders may be assembled and
filed, early delivery is fairly cer
tain. All those desiring to plant
lespedeza on grain or as a special
hay crop should act promptly if they
want seed bought through the AAA
office.
By buying fertilizer and legume
seed through the grants-of-aid plan
no cash outlay is necessary. The
amount is deducted from benefit
checks payable later in the year.
Interested persons should see Mr.
Kemp for more detailed information
about fertilizer and lespedezu re
quirements.
Cottonseed
Be Treated
By Farm Agent
SATISFACTORY RESULTS OB
TAINED LAST YEAR. COST
PLACED AT 15 CENTS PER
BUSHEL. TO START SOON
Results in treating cottonseed
last year proved so satisfactory
that arrangements have been made
for this service again, M. L. Pow
ell, county extension agent, says.
The cost will be 15 cents per
bushel. Last year an estimated
5,000 bushels of planting seed were
cleaned and treated with ceresan,
and better stands and more satis
factory yields were reported by
farmers who availed themselves of
this service.
The program will begin in a short
time and will last several weeks. In
a letter to cotton growers Mr. Pow
ell asks that requirements be list
ed. The machine will visit several
points in the county, according to
present arrangements.
DISTANT PLACES
HEARD WSB SALUTE
TO BUTTS COUNTY
The Butts county salute over
WSB January 18 was heard in dis
tant places, according to informa
tion received here.
E. I. Carruthers Jr., project man
ager of the Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation, says he
had a letter from an aunt in Cen
tral America, who heard the broad
cast.
The Rev. J. C. Callaway, presi
dent of the Kiwanis club, has a let
ter from Wm. E. Wetherington,
lieutenant governor of the Eastern
Illinois-lowa district of Kiwanis In
ternational, saying he heard the
Butts county salute. Kiwanis Weth
erington whose home is in Metropo
lis, 111., declared his intention to at
tend the international convention in
Atlanta this summer.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
ANNIVERSARY WILL BE OB
SERVED AT MEETING NEXT
TUESDAY. PERFECT ATTEND
ANCE WILL BE SOUGHT
James V. Carmichael, of Mariet
ta, governor of the Georgia district
of Kiwanis International, will ad
dress the Jackson club at its anni
versary meeting Tuesday, Febru
ary 3. The nineteenth anniversary
of the local club on January 21 was
postponed until February so that
Mr. Carmichael could be present.
To greet the prominent state Ki
wanis leader efforts are being made
to have a perfect attendance of the
members. The attendance com
mittee requests that all members
make a special effort to be present
Tuesday night.
In addition to his leadership in
Kiwanis, Mr. Carmichael is a for
mer state representative from Cobb
county and was a member of the
Economy Committee of two or three
years ago. He is recognized as an
able speaker.
Two new members were welcomed
at Tuesday night’s meeting, V. H.
Ham and Noah Powell. They were
presented by Pliny Weaver, chair
man of the membership committee
and welcomed into the club by
President Clyde Callaway.
The program was in charge of the
committee on Attendance, Park
Newton chairman. The program was
presented by Eddie Carruthers, who
outlined methods for increasing at
tendance. “Attendance,” he said,
“is the backbone of Kiwanis.” The
Kiwanis motto, “We Build,” was
i amended to read “we build better
attendance.” Placards calling at
tention to meetings were placed at
the plates of all members. Asa
result of the interesting program
the club confidently predicts a bet
ter attendance at all future meet
ings.
Morris Redman called attention
to the President’s birthday party at
the tlubhouse Thursday night and
asked the co-operation of all mem
bers in swelling the polio fund.
Written reports by all committee
chairmen were called for not later
than February 3.
Eddie Carruthers was appointed
to head the club’s birthday commit
tee.
A committee from the U. D. C.,
Mrs. T. E. Watkins chairman, served
the elegant meal. Mrs. Watkins
asked for the names of all veterans
who desire Crosses of Service.
BUTTS SOLON
DRAWS GOOD
APPOINTMENTS
Representative J; Avon Gaston
| was given several desirable com
mittee appointments by Speaker
Randall Evans. He was made vice
chairman of the committee on
County and County Matters and
named to the following committees:
Appropriations, Conservation, Ed
ucation No. 1, Halls and Rooms, In
surance, Municipal Government,
Privileges of the Floor, Temperance.
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Although this is Mr. Gaston’s first
legislative experience he has tackled
his duties in an intelligent and con
servative manner, and friends pre
dict he will make a splendid record
in the lower house of the General
Assembly.
OFFERING BE TAKEN FOR
JOINT MISSION PROGRAM
A special offering for Joint Mis
sion Week, February' 2-9, will be
taken in the Jackson Presbyterian
church, it was announced Sunday
by J. Edward Carmichael, super
intendent of the Sunday school.