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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1942
Tornado Victims
To Be Helped By
FSA Financing
Greenville, Ga., Feb. 26.—Meri
wether county farm families, vic
tims of Georgia’s recent tornado,
have received emergency grants av
eraging slightly over SIOO from the
Farm Security Administration to buy
food, clothes, furniture and seed
until some permanent arrangement
can be made, William R. Johnson
Jr., acting FSA unit supervisor, said
this week.
Of the tornado grants made, some
were to FSA families and others
were to families not on the program,
Johnson pointed out. The super
visor estimated the damage done in
the county exceeded $30,000. Im
mediately after the tornado struck,
FSA personnel conferred with Red
Cross officials, local leaders and
other agricultural agencies, and be
gan working on loans for the farm
ers who had their homes, barns, and
livestock destroyed.
Loss of life in the county now
stands at five, Johnson said, with
four of that number being members
of FSA families. The FSA will be
glad to take an application for aid
from any farmer who might be un
able to readjust himself due to tor
nado loss. The loans made them
now, Johnson explained, will not
come close to covering the losses
they sustained, but are merely for
subsistence purposes until something
better can be worked put.
Edgar C. Young, FSA state di
rector, said that similar grants were
being made in all Georgia counties
affected by the recent tornado.
Marine parachute troops Jiave
computed that, they fpll 300 feet in
five seconds.
EYES EXAMINED GLASSES
FITTED—LENSES DUPLICATED
In Covington Tuesday* and Friday*
Dr. Joseph E. Edwards, O.D.
Jackson, Georgia
FOR SALE
Old water mill, small farm and pecan grove on
Cabin Creek, Butts County, Georgia. Seven miles
west of Jackson, twelve miles east of Griffin. Fine
territory for corn and wheat. Building in fairly good
Fepair. No machinery. Concrete dam. 250 bear
ing pecan trees. Practical man can make small in
vestment here and have a good living and a steady
income balance of his life. For price and terms,
address J. M. Kinard, Baxley, Georgia.
TAX RECEIVER’S
NOTICE
Beginning January 31, I will open my books in
the courthouse, with offices in front of the Clerk’s
office, for the purpose of receiving 1942 tax re
turns ’ Owing to my physical condition and the na
ture of the records to be kept, it will be impossible
to make the usual rounds over the county. I will be
in the office every day from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and
will be glad to assist you in any way in making your
returns.
Because of the present state law providing for
tax exemption of S3OO on personal property and
S2 000 on homesteads it is important that taxpayers
apply for this exemption. Unless exemption is ask
ed for by April Ist according to law it is not to be
granted.
All taxpayers are requested to keep these facts
in mind and come forward and make returns as
early as convenient, or before May Ist.
J. EDWARD CARMICHAEL
TAX RECEIVER, BUTTS COUNTY
The Red Cross
Defines Policy
For Benefits
PERMISSION MUST FIRST BE
OBTAINED BEFORE BENNEFIT
ENTERTAINMENTS ARE GIV
EN FOR RED CROSS
Many organizations and individ
uals, moved by generous impulses,
arrange entertainments, and other
public performances and publicize
them as “Red Cross benefits’’ with
out consulting the Red Cross chap
ter as to the regulations governing
such fund raising efforts, Chairman
N. F. Land stated today.
“While the chapter is apprecia
tive of this volunteer effort, I must
call public attention to the fact that
such benefits using the name of the
Red Cross must not be undertaken
without previous clearance with the
proper chapter officials,” Chairman
Land stated.
“An Act of Congress protecting
the Red Cross name and emblem
and defining their use, makes this
requirement by the chapter obliga
tory. These legal restrictions are
equally a protection to all contribu
tors, as well as to the Red Cross
chapter.”
Chairman Land said the policy
may be summarized as follows:
Benefits may not be undertaken
in the name of the Red Cross with
out prior approval of the chapter,
or the national organization, if it is
nation-wide.
Benefits will not be approved un
less gross receipts are contributed
to the Red Cross.
Benefits may not use the name
or emblem of the Red Cross where
part or all of the expenses are de
ducted from the proceeds.
This does not preclude the ac
ceptance of contributions by the
Red Cross from benefits which have
been carried on independently of
the Red Cross and which do not use
the Red Cross name and symbol in
their promotion.
Dry ice has a temperature of
about 114 degrees below zero Fah
renheit.
TIME TO PAY SUBSCRIPTIONS
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Calling Drafted
Mothers
By ERAINE TURIN
ly wanting in the majority who have
no heart-interest in the armed for
ces. For today our nation is com
ing under the disorganizing influ
ences of an unforgivable selfishness.
I say “unforgivable” because such
selfishness is not conducive to the
unity, the loyalty, the national spi
rit, which are the fundamentals to
assist your soldier sons in winning
a war as total as this one has come
to be. ,
Too many individuals embrace
war activities with the wrong in
tent: to promote themselves, or to
find escape for the so-called dull
ness of life’s routines. Yet in either
case, selfishness takes titular posi
tion —and even today, when our
very democracy is being endangered
—when the losing battles in the Pa
cific are increasing, not decreasing
—when the submarine menace in
the Atlantic is nearing catastrophic
proportions—when the “present aim
of the War Department is an army
of three and a half million men”
(as Secretary Stimson put it) and
“estimates of ultimate aims are as
tronomical”—and when there is se
rious talk of a universal draft, ci
vilian as well as military.
Even under those conditions
which —one would believe —should
efface every selfish intent, yet sel
fishness dominates too many per
sons. And that is the reason why
you, the ■ drafted motors of our na
tion, who are not so dominated —
because your hearts are with those
in uniform —should be able to lend
your aid in bringing about a great-
er unity among us—and at a time
when the lack of that unity can
prove our undoing. Moreover this
lack of unity—inspired by that un
forgivable selfishness —is not • only
common among those who partici
pate in the political and economic
end of our war program, but also
among many women who engage in
the various defense activities ex
pected of them in time of war. As
to this selfishness iir women, let me
give you some statements from a
recent address, delivered by Mrs.
John L. Whitehurst of Baltimore,
president of the General Federation
of Women’s Clubs.
“I have never known the women”
she said, “to quarrel so bitterly for
places of leadership as they are do
ing in the war program.
“Selfishness is dominating our
people today.
“The majority want to be gen
erals, but few want to work without
honor of some kind. They ask re
peatedly, ‘Who is to be the boss?’
‘Will I have the division? 1 ’ ‘May I
wear a uniform?’ ”
In direct contrast, I am reminded
here of an unassuming drafted
drafted mother, who is occupied
three days a week by earning her
small living. The remaining days
she spends at the Red Cross, and
has turned out a remarkable amount
of work. In addition, she has many
perfectly made sweaters to her
credit —she does her knitting in the
evenings. Yet few know of her un
tiring efforts, given in the only man
ner she knows how to serve her
country—aside from offering a son
to that country. Unfortunately, she
has no social position and therefore,
no public acclaim. But she desires
no honors. Her aim is single: to be
of service to the men in uniform.
Drafted mothers of our nation, no
greater service can anyone render
his country than that: to put forth
every effort in behalf of your sons,
upon whom the burden of our ulti
mate victory depends. Not by sel
fish intent, but by sincerity of pur
pose, is that unity created which
will give the support those soldier
sons require.
Walter Pidgeon,
Joan Bennett,
At The Dixie
Showing at the Dixie Thursday
and Friday will be “Kathleen,” star
ring Shirley Temple in her first pic
ture in two years with Herbert Mar
shall and Laraine Day.
Saturday finds George Montgom
ery in Zane Grey’s “Last of the
Duaines” with Lynne Roberts and
Eve Arden. Cesar Romero and
Carole Landis with Milton Berle
complete the double bill in “A Gen
tleman at Heart.” Also on the
screen Saturday at 11:15 p. m. will
be the famous gangster picture
“Smashing the Gangsters.” This
promises to be one of the most
thrilling gangster dramas ever shown
locally. As an added attraction of
the day of showing there will be an
interesting lobby display of famous
gangsters made from wax so you
can study the features of these no
torious lawbreakers. This exhibit
will be free to everyone.
Monday and Tuesday finds one of
the great action pictures of the
year, “Confirm or Deny,” starring
Don Ameche and Joan Bennett.
Played against a background of
bomb-wrecked London in Septem
ber, 1940, “Confirm or Deny” is
the thrill-packed story of a news
paperman who gives up the scoop of
a lifetime for the love of a girl.
Roddy McDowell, a plucky English
lad of 12 who scoops the world, will
capture your heart as the Germans
make him their main objective in a
raid on London.
The story of a girl in the “swoose”
age is due Wednesday when Jane
Withers appears in “Small Town
Deb” with Bruce Edwards and Buddy
Pepper. Jane sings, dances, and
plays the drums in this comedy of
youngsters growing up.
Thursday and Friday finds Walter
Pidgeon and Maureen O’Hara in the
much heralded, “How Green Was
My Valley.” This is the story of
a people and a valley —of a people
once so happy—of a valley once so
green. Filmed against the back
ground of a Welsh coal mine, the
story unfolds the lives of a typical
coal miner and his family, their
hopes, their ambition, their sorrows.
“How Green Was My Valley” has
been universally hailed as one of
the most outstanding films of all
time. Donald Crisp, John Loder,
and Patric Knowles contribute their
talents to the excellence of the film.
INFORMATION ON
MARKETING MAY
NOW BE OBTAINED
Cooperative markets was conceiv
ed of as an organization that would
place the farm program of this sec
tion on the same footing in a busi
ness way as other large business
concerns. The stock will be con
trolled and owned by farmers'and
profits will go to the farmers.
Membership in the organization in
the main will be made up of men,
farmers, sharecroppers, tenants, etc.,
women will also be admitted,to mem
bership and own stock.
Details of the plan of cooperative
markets have been studied and ap
proved by leading authorities in the
field of market.
' If you would like to learn more
of the plans of this organization and
the way it is intended to serve you,
you are invited to call at the office
of the Chamber of Commerce and
hear the plan explained by M. 0.
McCord, secretary of Central Geor
gia Cooperative Markets.
JACKSON MASONS INVITED TO
ATTEND MEET IN GRIFFIN
* ___________
Members of St. Johns lodge of
Masons have been invited to attend
a meeting of Meridian Sun lodge in
Griffin March 3 when a degree team
from Atlanta lodge No. 59 will put
on the Master’s degree in full dra
matic form. The meeting will begin
at 8:30 p. m. and about fifteen
members of St. Johns lodge will at
tend. A barbecue will be a feature
of entertainment.
APPLICATIONS BEING
TAKEN FOR HOMES
UNDER HOUSING PLAN
A number of people have called
at the office of the Chamber of
Commerce and indicated their in
terest in applying for anew home
under the Butts County Housing
Plan. Notice is now given that ap
plications are being accepted.
Those who wish to apply for r
new home under the plan may do
so by calling at Slaton’s Drug Stoi - e
or the office of the Chamber of
Commerce where proper forms will
be made out. Others who wish to
investigate the plan are invited to
call for that purpose and hear the
details discussed by the Butts Coun
ty Housing secretary, M. O. Mc-
Cord, who will take pleasure in an
swering questions you may have to
ask on how the plan works out. Bids
for construction of new hmes may
be let in early spring.
GEORGIA MOTORISTS PAY
$284,942,000 TO GAS FUND
Georgia motorists on Wednesday,
February 25, may well be proud of
the fact that to date they have paid
out $284,942,000 in state and fed
eral gasoline taxes, according to
Neil W. Printup, secretary of the
Georgia Petroleum Industries Com
mittee, in calling attention to the
fact the American gasoline tax was
23 years old on that day.
V
SUPPLICATION
More things are wrought by prayer'
Than this world dreams of.
Wherefore, let thy voice
Rise like a fountain for me night
and day.
For what are men better than
sheep or goats
That nourish a blind life within the
brain,
If, knowing God, they lift not hands
of prayer
Both for themselves and those who
call them friend?
For so the whole round earth is
every way
Bound by gold chains about the
feet of God.
—Alfred Tennyson.
WHAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS
AND WHAT SHE TEACHES
A STATEMENT OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE
PAMPHLET MAILED ON REQUEST
Address: 2699 Peachtree Road, N. E., Atlanta
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Ordinance Requiring Permit
To Solicit Funds
“Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of
the City of Jackson, and it is hereby ordained by
the authority of the same, that from and after the
passage of this ordinance, any person or persons,
soliciting funds in the City of Jackson, for charita
ble purpose or for any other purpose shall first se
cure from City Clerk a permit granting such privi
lege within the limits of said City of Jackson. Any
violation to this ordinance will be subject to a fine
in discretion of Mayor of City.”
Passed by Mayor and City Council, April
14, 1941.
W. M. REDMAN, Mayor
MRS. W. H. MALLET, Clerk
PROGRESS-ARGUS HONOR ROLL
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Better stands of cotton are ob
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