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VOL. 69—No. 21
Cotton Stamp Plan Will Be Put
Into Operation in Butts County
ORGANIZATION WAS PERFECT
ED MONDAY TO HANDLE DE
TAILS. MASS MEETING TO
STUDY THE PROGRAM
At a meeting of Butts county
businessmen and representatives of
farm organizations Monday an or
ganization was perfected to put in
to operation in Butts county the
cotton stamp plan.
Farmers reducing cotton acreage
this year will be issued stamps up
to $25.00, which may be exchanged
for cotton goods. This is part of
the nation-wide program to reduce
the cotton surplus, curtail acreage
this year and boost the cotton in
dustry.
Elected as chairman of the group
was H. M. Moore, with J. G. Childs
as vice chairman. Other commit
tees provided for included.
Secretary and treasurer, H. \V.
Turner.
Publicity, J. D. Jones and E. R.
Edwards.
Education, J. 0. Minter and Miss
Ida Moss.
Compliance, R. P. Newton and
C. E. McMichael.
Finance, R. W. Watkins and H.
W. Turner.
To better acquaint the people of
the county with the plans and pur
poses of the cotton stamp plan a
mass meeting was called for June
5 at 8 p. m. At that time details
will be gone into and explained. It
is expected the cotton stamps will
be ready for distribution at that
time or soon thereafter.
It is estimated that approximate
ly SII,OOO worth of cotton stamps,
not transferable, can be used any
where in the purchase of cofton
goods. Businessmen can redeem the
stamps at local or Atlanta banks.
Meeting with the group here
Monday was T. J. Wilson of the
Surplus Marketing Administration.
With the support and co-opera
tion of all interests the cotton stamp
program can be made of material
value to the entire county.
History Group
Will Name 1942
Officers Friday
MEETING WILL BE AT HOME
OF MR. AND MRS. POWELL
AND BUSINESS MATTERS TO
BE CONSIDERED THEN
Monthly meeting of the Butts
County Historical Society will be
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Powell, Indian Springs, Fri
day night, May 23, at 7:30. This
is the annual business meeting and
officers will be elected at that time.
Members of the nominating com
mittee are Mrs. H. L. Byron, Mrs.
J. E. Calkins and G. H. Mathewson.
The society was organized here
in May, 1937, and has completed 4
years of service. In addition to its
cultural programs, the society has
charge of the Indian Springs Muse
um and assists in directing the li
brary. The society was instrumen
tal in stocking the museum with
relics and collecting a mass of data
about the early history of Butts
county and the Creek Indians.
Active members are expected to
attend Friday night’s meeting, to
be presided over by N. F. Land as
president.
REV. E. L. DANIEL WILL
PREACH AT FELLOWSHIP
The Rev. Eugene L. Daniel, a
former pastor, will preach at Fel
lowship church Sunday morning at
11 o’clock. The public is cordially
invited to attend this service.
F. B. Willingham
Named To High
Templar Office
SOLICITOR GENERAL OF THE
FLINT CIRCUIT TO HEAD MA
SONIC ORDER FOR THE EN
SUING YEAR
Friends here are interested to
know that Frank B. Willingham of
Forsyth, solicitor general of the
Flint Circuit and widely known at
torney, was elected as grand com
mander of the grand commandery
of Georgia Knights Templar at the
80th annual session in Columbus
last week.
He succeeded Paul Stephenson of
Augusta. Elected as grand warder
was Charles R. McCord Jr., son of
Charles R. McCord of Macon, who
previous to his death was active in
Masonic affairs. In the natural or
der of elevation young McCord will
succeed to an office once held by
his father as grand commander.
Col. Willingham has long been
active in Masonic circles, both in the
blue lodge and chapter, and served
last year as deputy grand comman
der of Georgia Knights Templar.
Prominent as an attorney, he has
been solicitor general of the Flint
circuit for years.
Attending the grand commandery
meeting from Jackson were J. C.
Newton, a past grand commander,
and Mrs. Newton, H. M. Moore and
A. W. Newton.
The 1942 convention will be held
in Americus.
Evangelistic
Services Are
Entire Success
REVIVAL AT METHODIST
CHURCH CLOSED SUNDAY
NIGHT. MEETINGS FEATUR
ED BY LARGE CROWDS
The evangelistic meetings in prog
ress at the Jackson Methodist church
for a week, with the closing service
Sunday evening, were declared an
unqualified success. The pastor,
the Rev. J. C. Callaway, and offical
! boards expressed satisfaction with
j the results and said the meeting
was one of the best held in years.
Dr. Pierce Harris, guest minister,
profoundly impressed the large con
gregations attending all services,
and sustained his reputation as an
able and eloquent speaker. He
preached daily at 3:30 on the court
lawn and at 8 at night in the
church. Dr. Harris made hosts of i
friends during his stay in Jackson.
The Rev. L. F. Huckaby, pastor of
the Rockmart Methodist church, led
the singing and proved a most cap-'
able music director. Adding inter-!
est to all services was the good
singing, with the best talent of the 1
community represented.
Several additions were made to
the church and the ordinance of bap
tism will be administered at the Sun- 1
day night service, with the pastor,
the Rev. J. C. Callaway, officiating.
MAY 29 DEADLINE
FOR REGISTRATION
IN JUNE ELECTION
May 29 is the last day to qualify
for the June election, according to
announcement of the Butts county
board of registrars. Few people
have qualified in recent weeks and
the registration will be smaller than
usual, according to information
gathered in the tax collector’s of
fice.
, JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941
Questionnaires
Sent Additional
Registrants Here
PAPERS MUST BE RETURNED
BY MAY 24. NUMBERS RUN
FROM 567 TO 663 IN BATCH
MAILED MAY 19
Questionnaires, to be answered
by May 24, were mailed Monday by
the draft board to men included in
the ntimbers 567 to 663. Names of
registrants are:
Fletcher Odell Cook, Roy Lillard
Hardy, Claude Asbury May, Grady
Columbus Smith, Bert Tammany
Kitchens, J. D. Akin, Dan Orear
Thurston, Onree Oliver Kitchens,
Archie Powell, Abbey Bankston
Farrar, Durward Thomas Sanders,
Charlie Milton Barnes, Ed Travis,
Paul Patterson Wilson, Charlie Rob
inson, Sherod Morgan, Paul Still
well, William Henry Berry, Willie
Foster, James Edward Tillery, Isaac
Head, Abner Cash, George Hen
derson, John W. Holloway, Leonard
Howard Perdue, William Roy Pres
ley, Jimmie Roberts, Charles Dod
son King, William Bernard Duke,
Charlie Goodrum, Troy Cornelius
Heath, Bennie Gay, Taylor Richard,
Alford Fleetwood James, Freddie
Ardell Hardy, Albert Jackson, Artis
Henderson, Joseph Lee Lockhart Jr.,
Wesley James McDowell, Max Red
man, Jim Tyson, Erwin Vanßuren
Benton, Prentice Jacob Barlow,
Walker Thurman, Henry Grady
James, John Robert Pulliam, Dan
Thomas Hoard, J. C. Laster, Doyl
Waits Johnson, Thomas Harvey
James.
Frederick Adell Moncrief, Dave
Lewis Taylor, Robert Nelson Tan
ner, Henry Wise, Mack Willie Up
shaw, James Schley Abbott, John
Watkins, Benjamin Davis, Parker
Byars, John Henry Johnson, Rufus
Alfred Vaughn, Clyde Linwood Par
ker, Bill Lummus, Willie Goodrum,
Marion Julian Price, Lester Broad
us, Allison Augustus Fuqua, Earn
est Wilson, Dallis Miller, J. C. Wil
son, Reben Travis Bennett, A. P.
Clark, Alton Kitchens, Willie Col
lier, James Henry Wallace, Isiah
Brooks, William Grady Redman,
Will Glover, Marion Boyde Cook,
Geo. William St. John, Oliver Bar
low, Elrod Douglas, Leodus O’Neal,
Billie Wilson Moore, James Alfred
Grant, M. D. Akin, Robt. Lee Prit
chett, Thomas Wood Leverett, Wil
lie Lee Norsworthy, Bernard Gold
Byrd, Elmer W’illiam Britt, Joseph
Tom Morris, Heise Lee Foster, Wil
lis Ben Jester, Robert Jackson Pike,
Elbert Edgar Long.
Mailed questionnaires, numbers
510 to 560, and not previously re
ported in the Progress-Argus, were:
Willie Redding, Andrew Brown,
Paul Elton Cawthon, James Walter
Wise, Jimmie Polk, Alton Grady
Cowan, Henry Grier, James Loy Wil
son, Frank Smith Rosser, Alden
Wise, Howard Roy James, Joseph
Gay, Eddie Joe Head, Wiley Davis
Turner, Hoke Smith Moss, Huie
Morris Hooten, Obie Watkins, Jon
athan Threat Moore, Howard Co
lumbus Gunn, Gussie Jackson Long,
George Wilson Caston, Clarence
Winford Bassett, Charles Daniel
Johnson, Lowry Wesley Bankston,
Hugh Slaton Lunsford, Acie Mar
vin Smith, Walter Newton, James
i Pittman, John Fears, Marcus Dearcy
j Hardy, Frank Carter Hearn, Ben
Franklin Mitchell, Jr., Paul Graden
Willard, Leonard Upshaw, Walter
Lamar White, George Van-Buren
Green, .Jr., Fred McDaniel Crane,
Casey C. Grier, Willis Edgar Byrd,
Oscar Joe Head, James Hoge Buc
hanan, John Henry Banks, William
Curtis W’illiamson, Jasper Horace
Evans, Bennie Robert Lane, Walter
Benton, Willie James Weems, Wil
lie Allen Thomas, Jesse Lawson
Barnes, Otis McDowell.
Indian Springs
Meeting Place
Of Kiwanis Club
STATE OFFICIALS INVITED TO
ATTEND SESSION MAY 28.
WASHINGTON TRIP AND QUIZ
ON TUESDAY NIGHT
The Jackson Kiwanis club will
meet at the Hotel Elder, Indian
Springs at 8 p. m. Wednesday, May
28, and the Tuesday night meeting
is called off.
This will be a Ladies’ Night meet
ing and state officials are invited to
be present and discuss the develop
ment of the state park. Among
those invited are Governor Eugene
Talmadge, Zack D. Cravey, director
of the Natural Resources Division,
Mrs. Cravey, E. F. Burch, director
of the State Park Service, W. A.
Wilburn, chairman of the State
Highway Board, Oliver, engineer of
the parks service, Edmondson, of
the park service and Asbury, direc
tor of the State Soil Conservation
Service, and other state leaders.
Arrangements for the meeting are
in charge of Avon Gaston, J. W.
O’Neal and N. F. Land and reserva
tions should be reported immediate
ly.
John Roy Patrick reported on his
trip to Washington as a member of
the Safety Patrol at Tuesday night’s
meeting. Highlights of the trip to
Washington , Norfolk, Baltimore
were sketched in an interesting man
ner.
A quiz program was given by
Eddie Carruthers, with Otis Ball,
Harkness Thornton, Park Newton
and W. G. Smith answering ques
tions. The prize for the highest
average was awarded to Kiwanian
Smith.
MarCus Bartlett, WSB radio an
nouncer, will be the speaker for
June 3.
Dinner was served by the Wom
an’s Club, Mrs. O. A. Pound chair
man. The evening’s quartette was
made up of Pliny Weaver, Ralph
Carr, Charles Kemp Jr. and David
Settle.
MINISTER TO DELIVER
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Rev. J. C. Callaway, pastor of the
Jackson Methodist Church, will de
liver the commencement sermon at
the graduating exercises of the
Covington High School, Sunday,
May 25, at the Covington Methodist
Church. Mr. Callaway's brilliant de
livery has made him a popular
guest speaker and he is always
ready to answer invitations with an
inspiring message.
Largest Crowd of Year Thronged
Indian Springs State Park Sunday
From early morning until mid
night eager throngs in search of re
laxation jammed the Indian Springs
state park Sunday, according to V.
W. Cole, superintendent.
"It was the largest crowd of
! 1941,” said Mr. Cole.
Picnics, family gatherings and in
dividuals and groups were in evi
dence during the day, Mr. Cole
said, and the facilities of the park
were extended to the utmost to care
for the thousands of visitors. Some
came early and some remained un
til midnight, the park superintendent
declared.
Prominent among Sunday's visi
tors were Mr. and Mrs. Zack Cravey.
Mr. Cravey is head of the division
of Natural Resources, which in
cludes parks and historic spots, with
E. F. Burch of Eastman as active i
director.
Barbara Lavendar Is Valedictorian
Class of 1941 Jackson High School
Carriers Meet
Warm Springs
On 30th May
JOINT SESSION BE HELD BY
CARRIERS AND POSTMAS
TERS. BARBECUE DINNER TO
FEATURE ENTERTAINMENT
Rural letter carriers in the Fourth
Congressional District and members
of the Ladies’ Auxiliary will meet
in annual session at Warm Springs
May 30.
A joint session between carriers
and postmasters in the district is
planned this year. This is the first
time such a meeting has been ar
ranged.
Members of the General Assem
bly from Meriwether county are on
the program for talks. There will
be other features, including the
election of officers and the naming
of delegates to the state and nation
al RFD conventions.
A barbecue dinner will be the
feature of entertainment arranged
for the visiting carriers and thier
wives and families and for the post
masters in the district.
Butts county carriers will take a
leading part in the day’s program.
The county furnishes both the
president and secretary of the La
dies’ Auxiliary. Mrs. S. M. Ridge
way and Mrs. N. F. Land are presi
dent and secretary and treasurer,
respectively, of that group. Mrs.
Land is a former state president of
the organization and retains an ac
tive interest in its affairs.
Officers of the Fourth District
R. L. C. A. include B. E. Andrews,
The Rock, president; Solon Ware,
Woodbury, vice president; W. T.
Howell, Fayetteville, secretary and
treasurer.
Officers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary
are Mrs. S. M. Ridgeway, Jackson,
president; Mrs. Dewey Reed, Car
rollton, vice president; Mrs. N. F.
Land, Jackson, secretary and treas
urer.
THE COVINGTON
STREET PAVING
TO BE EXTENDED
Arrangements are now being made
by the Post Rouds division of the
State Highway Department to extend
the paving at the end of Covington
street to connect with the Stark Post
road. This link of several hundred
feet when surfaced will add much
to traffic in that section.
Materials are being assembled and
the street will probably be surfaced
with asphalt within the next month.
Doc Reeves, who served as ranger
at the state park for the past two
or three seasons, has been named
polidcman at the state reserve. He
is chosen by the Butts county com
missioners in co-operation with the
division of Natural Resources, but
the salary is paid largely by people
of Indian Springs. Mr. Reeves, is
considered a most competent man
for the position, being courteous,
obliging and tactful.
Charles Hamlin has been named
as ranger at the state park, and ac
cording to Mr. Cole is doing splen
did work on the buildings and
grounds.
With the hot weather season ap
proaching it is expected that Indian
Springs will have increasingly large
crowds throughout the summer
months.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
COMMENCEMENT WILL BEGIN
SUNDAY WITH SERMON. MEL
TON TO ADDRESS GRADUATES
ON TUESDAY EVENING
To Barbara Lavendar goes the
honor of being valedictorian of the
class of 1941 of the Jackson High
School. Margaret Taylor is salu
tatorian.
Both will be heard in talks at the
graduation exercises Tuesday even
ing, May 27.
At that time a class of 32 will be
awarded diplomas. Graduates will
hear Major Quimby Melton, Griffin
newspaperman and prominent Amer
ican Legion leader, in an address
that is expected to highlight tha
commencement season.
The senior class of 1941 has a
high average. Figures furnished by
Superintendent I). V. Spencer shows
those in top brackets had averages
as follows:
Barbnra Lavender, 93.647; Mar
garet Taylor, 93.620; Annie Loia
Browning, 93.286; Rebecca Minter,
92.709; Thelma Pope, 92.522; Sara
Norsworthy, 92.087; John Roy Pat
rick, 92.027; Helen O’Neal, 90,759;
Thomas Freeman, 90.399; Martha
Gaston, 90.388; Sue Wullace, 90.080.
Of the eleven ranking seniors,
ten are girls and only John Roy
Patrick broke into the charmed cir
cle.
Commencement in the Jackson
public schools will begin Sunday,
May 25, when the Rev. Gaither A.
Briggs, pastor of the First Baptist
church, will preach at the auditorium
at 11 a. m. Special music and oth
er features will make the exerciso
one of keen interest.
Graduation exercises for tho
grammar school will take place Mon
day at 10 a. m. and the Rev. J. C.
Callaway, pastor of tho Methodist
church, will be the speaker.
“Tom Sawyer,” the 1941 senior
class play, will be presented at tho
auditorium Monday evening at 8:15.
The admission will be 5 and 10
cents.
Closing out the school’s activities
will be the graduation exercises
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock.
Members of the senior class of
1941 include:
Robert Childs, Emma Josephine
Colwell, Thomas Freeman, Martha
Gaston, William Maddox, Lamar
Mays, Charles McMichael, Rebecca
Minter, Anderson Nutt, Raleigh
O’Neal, John Roy Patrick, Thelma
Pope, James Stallworth, J. W. Wat
kins Jr., Horace Williamson, Annie
Lois Browning, Sanders Cawthon,
Miriam Chasteen, Barbara Lavcn
dar, Sara Norsworthy, Mary Helen
O’Neal, Nellie Pelt, Lois Plymale,
Roberta Quinn, Betty Reeves, Lou
ise Smith, Margaret Taylor, Mildred
Townsend, Edward Waits, Emory
Waits, Sue Wallace, Mamie Kate
Wells.
SPORTSMEN MAY
OBTAIN LICENSES
IN COURT HOUSE
Hunters and fishermen may now
obtain their livenses in their home
counties, Zach D. Cravey, Wildlife
Commissioner, says. Heretofore it
was necessary to send to Atlanta
for licenes.
Licenses will be sold in Butts
county by J. S. Ball, tax collector,
in the courthouse.
The state-wide fishing season
opens June 1 and all fishermen
above 16 years of age must hold a
license unless they fish only in the
county of their legal residence and
use only worms for bait. Licenses
cost $1.25 for Georgia residents and
$5.25 for non-residents.