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VOL. 69—No. 25
President Roosevelt Appeals To Public
To Save Rubber And Aid The War Effort
ALL OLD RUBBER COLLECTED|
AND TAKEN TO CENTRAL DE- 1
POTS WILL BE PAID FOR ATI
A 1 CENT PER POUND
Appealing to the American peo
ple to further the war effort by
collecting all old rubber, President
Roosevelt sai dthat rubber is vitally
needed to speed up production and
help relieve the tire and gasoline
shortage. The period set for col
lecting rubber is from midnight
June 14 to midnight June 29.
Old rubber tires, rubber hose,
rubber shoes, hot water bottles and
any other kind of unused and dis
carded rubber will be sought in the
two weeks intensive drive.
Rubber collected and taken to
filling stations or a central depot
will be paid for at the rate of 1 cent
a pound. It is not the price but the
spirit of pariotism behind that cam
paign that will insure a large amount
of rubber being salvaged.
The amount of discarded rubber
turned in will determine the future
policy as to gasoline rationing and
whether it will be on a nation-wide
basis or confined to 17 eastern
states as at present, it is explained.
The Butts county Salvage Com
mittee, of which James H. Buchanan
is chairman, announces that ar
rangements have been worked out
to handle scrap rubber at four sta
tions. These are: Spencer-Buchanan,
Inc., Robison, Settle and Robison,
Inc., Nutt and Bond, Inc., and Woco
Pep Service Station.
At each of these receiving sta
tions there will be ample room, stor
age space, scales to weigh the rub
ber and transportation to haul it to
state depots.
All scrap rubber brought to these
stations will be paid for on the spot
at the rate of 1 cent a pound, the
price designated by President Roose
velt for salvage rubber.
These firms have taken space in
this edition to notify the public
where to bring scrap rubber to aid
the war effort.
AAA TO PURCHASE
WHEAT IN GEORGIA
AT $1.26 A BUSHEL
Moving swiftly to alleviate a sit
uation brought about by a shortage
of farm storage facilities, the Com
modity Credit Corporation this week
approved a $1.26 a bushel wheat
purchase program for Georgia, T. R.
Breedlove, state AAA administra
tive officer, announced in Athens.
Producers, in order to participate
in the purchase program, must have
met certain eligibility requirements
as determined by their respective
county AAA committees, including
planting within their • 1942 wheat
acreage allotments. The specified
price will be paid for delivery of
wheat to approved mills or ware
houses, or into railway cars at desig
nated loading points.
The State AAA Committee,
Breedlove said, is at work further
developing the purchase program,
and will announce additional details
within a few days.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
BOARD SEEKS RETURN
OF QUESTIONNAIRES
Not all of the occupational ques
tionnaires recently mailed by the
Butts county selective service board
have been returned, according to a
report of W. H. Wilson, clerk, and
the board is sending out notices
asking the return of the completed
questionr. ires immediately. Failure
to comply would subject the selec
tee to a report to state headquar
ters as a suspected delinquent. Ef
forts are being made to get all ques
tionnaires in hand at once so as to
avoid further trouble.
Judge Persons
Seeks Election
In Flint Circuit
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
THIS WEEK IN SEPTEMBER
PRIMARY. ONE OF WIDELY
KNOWN JURISTS OF GEORGIA
Formal announcement is made
this week by Judge G. Ogden Per
sons of Forsyth as a candidate to
succeed himself as judge of the Su
perior Court of the Flint Judicial
Circuit. The circuit is composed of
the four counties of Lamar, Mon
roe, Butts and Henry.
Judge Persons has held this of- 1
fice for several years, always being
re-elected for another term. He
first became judge when the Flint
Circuit was divided by legislative
enactment and the Griffin Circuit
created. He has established a repu
tation as an able lawyer, fair and
impartial in his rulings and to a
marked degree possesses the confi
dence and esteem of the people he
serves.
Before elevation to the bench
Judge Persons served with distinc
tion in the General Assembly and
was the author of legislation of a
constructive nature. He served as
president of the State Senate and
proved a salwart force in pressing
to passage the prohibition law in
Georgia.
Public-spirited and constructive in
his thinking, Judge Persons has been
a benefactor to this section. He has
been liberal in donating to the edu
cational and health development of
his county. His services are in de
mand as a speaker on patriotic oc
casions.,
It is not likely that Judge Per
sons will be opposed in th : Septem
ber primary. He has a large num
ber of personal and political friends
who will be glad of an opportunity
to give him a vote of endorsement.
Entries in County For State Primary
Will Close on Wednesday, July First
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECU
TIVE COMMITTEE MET SATUR
DAY. POLLS IN ALL DISTRICTS
TO OPEN 9 A. M., CLOSE 5 P. M.
Wednesday, July 1, at 12 o’clock
noon, war time, was the date fixed
for entries to close in Butts county
for the state primary of September
9 by the Butts County Democratic
Executive Committee in meeting
Saturday.
This rule applies to candidates for
Representative from Butts county.
Under the rules of the state commit
tee July 4 was, set as the closing date
for 'all candidates for governor and
statehouse officers, and no date later
than that could be fixed by a county
committee.
At a meeting of the Fourth Dis
trict Congressional executive com
mittee in Griffin Wednesday a date
was fixed for entries to close in
the Fourth District.
The assessment levied on candi
dates for Representative was fixed
Sat $50.00, each, with a provision
that all funds remaining on hand
after expenses are paid be returned
to candidates.
It was voted for a uniform open
i
ing and closing of polls in all pre
cincts of the county. The polls will
open at 9 a. m. and close at 5 p. m.,
i
war time.
Rules adopted by the state com
mittee will govern the primary in
Butts county.
' The committee will meet at 10 a.
m. war time on Thursday, September
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1942
Kiwanis Clubs To
Hold A Division
Meeting June 30
JACKSON CLUB WILL BE HOST
TO NINTH DIVISION CLUBS.
YOUTH CARAVAN TO FURNISH
PROGRAM ON JUNE 23
Kiwanis clubs of the ninth divi
sion will have an inter-club meeting
in Jackson June 30. At that time
the Jackson club will be host, and
visjting clubs will be limited to two
members each.
At the Tuesday night meeting the
club voted to have a Ladies’ Night
meeting and picnic at Indian Springs
July 14.
The program for June 23 will be
furnished by members of he Youth
Caravan who will be working in the
county at that time.
June 16 was the eleventh wedding:
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
O’Neal and the club joined in hearty
good wishes to them. Mr. O’Neal
is a charter member and Mrs. O’Neal
is the efficient pianist of the club.
Tuesday night’s program was in
charge of R. W. Carr, but due to
his failure to be present J. Avon
Gaston, vice president, made an in
teresting talk on the work of the
j Farm Bureau Federation. The scope
i and work of the organization was ex
plained and Mr. Gaston pointed out
that much has been done to aid
! farmers in obtaining better prices
| for farm commodities. There is now
a membership drive in progress and
the goal is 25,000 members in Geor
gia. Not only farmers but business
men are welcomed as members, it
was explained.
Mr. Gaston sketched efforts of the
CIO to organize dairy farmers. Oth
er groups, both labor and capital,
are organized and farmers also can
profit by organization, it was shown.
The fine meal was served by the
| Woman’s Club, Miss Pauline Mallet
| chairman.
I Members were reminded to be at
I
the meeting Monday night to boost
' the July 4 celebration. Reports said
I the work is well in hand.
10 and consolidate the returns and
declare the result.
Present at Saturday’s meeting was
a majority of members from the
eight militia districts in the county.
The meeting was presided over by
R. P. Newton, vice chairman.
The new Australian ballot system,
providing for a secret ballot, recom
mended by two successive grand ju
ries, will be in effect at the Septem
ber 9 primary.
With a large number of Butts
county citizens in the armed service
it is expected there will be many re
quests for voting by mail. Those de
siring to vote by mail must apply to
the board of registrars not less than
thirty days before the election for a
ballot, enclosing postage for the re
turn of the ballot. When the ballot
is received by the voter it must be
opened and filled out in the pres
ence of the postmaster, and return
ed by registered mail to the elec
tion managers before the date of
the primary.
SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
There will be preaching services
at the Jackson Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
when the pastor, Mr. Henry Scog
gins, Columbia Seminary student,
will fill the pulpit. The public is
invited to attend this service.
Mr. Scoggins is serving the Fel
lowship and Jackson Presbyterian
churches for the summer months.
Stuart Head Is
Among Graduates
At Naval Academy
SON OF JUDGE AND MRS. G. D.
HEAD COMPLETES FOUR YEAR
COURSE IN THREE YEARS AND
IS COMMISSIONED ENSIGN
Benjamin Stuart Head, son of
Judge G. D. Head, Bulks county
ordinary, and Mrs. Head, will be
graduated from the United States
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.,
June 19 and will be commissioned
Ensign in the United States Navy.
While it is not officially stated,
it is believed he will be assigned to
service on the west coast.
Midshipman Head is completing
the four-year course at the academy
in three years, due to the speed-up
policy in training mer. for the war
effort. At the academy Midshipman
Head compiled a brilliant record and
stands high among the graduates of
Uncle Sam’s training school for the
Navy.
Before receiving an appointment
at Annapolis, which came through
the late Congressman Emmett Owen,
Midshipman Head studied at Geor
gia Military College for two years.
He attended the Jackson public
schools and achieved a splendid rec
ord as a student and for extra-cur
ricula activities. During his school
days he was a leader in the Jack
son troop of Boy Scouts.
Friends here in his boyhood home
are proud of the fine record Mid
shipman Head has made and confi
dently predict he will achieve dis
tinction as an officer in the Navy.
Judge and Mrs. Head left during
the week to attend the graduation
at Annapolis and while away will
visit their older son, George, In
Washington City.
Barley Will Be
Staple Crop In
Butts County
SUCCESS OF GROWERS THIS
YEAR IN FIRST LARGE EF
FORT WILL LEAD TO LARGER
PLANTING IN THE FALL
Grown here for the first time on
* large scale the past season, barley
is winning its way into favor as a
feed crop and substitute for corn
and will be largely planted this fall,
occording to information reaching
the Progress-Argus.
Livestock authorities recommend
barley as one of the best feed crops
and one that may be successfully
substituted for corn. The feed \tal
ue, it is explained, is nearly equal
to that of corn and the cereal is
easier to grow than corn, being
planted in the fall and gets the bene
fit of all the winter and spring
rains.
The average yield of corn in Geor
gia is only 11 bushels per acre, and
because of floods and droughts and
eroded land corn has come to be
regarded as an unsafe crop for all
livestock needs.
With these facts in mind there
was a fairly large acreage planted
in barley the past fall. Some grow
ers are enthusiastic about the crop
while others had fair success, suf
fering for lack of good stands. There
will be others to plant barley this
fall, information shows.
One fact of interest in connection
with the expanded acreage program
is that th"re will be home grown
seed for fall planting. This alone
will probably lead to an increase in
acreage.
Development of a second satisfac
tory feed crop for workstock and
cattle, plus the usual planting of
oats and other mixtures will bring
a successful! livestock improvement.
Butts County Selectees Will Be Paid
Honor at Celebration Planned July 4
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Dr. Morrison's
Last Editorial
In The Herald
LEADER AT INDIAN SPRINGS
CAMP GROUND AND WIDELY
KNOWN WORKER WROTE EDI
TORIAL LATE IN MARCH
Because Dr. H. C. Morrison, lead
er at the Indian Springs camp
ground and widely known religious
leader and educator, had so many
friends in Butts county readers of
the Progress-Argus will be interest
ed in the last editorial he wrote a
few hours before his death.
The editorial was printed recent
ly in the Pentecostal Herald of
which Dr. Morrison was editor. He
died in Elizabethton, Tenn., March
24. The editorial was reproduced
last week in the Atlanta Constitu
tion and is as follows.
“I am gone into a world where
there is no sin, and where there is
no opposition to holiness. When the
readers of the Herald look upon
these paragraphs, I shall have pass
ed beyond the veil, and humbly hope,
and have no doubt, shall be worship
ping at the feet of my adorable
Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ. By
the time these lines are printed I
shall have looked upon the King in
His ineffable glory. No doubt by
this time I shall have met with John
and Charles Wesley, Adam Clarke
and John Fletcher. Do not let the
reader suppose for a moment that I
class myself with these men. That
is far from my thought. But I trust
ed in the same atoning blood which
cleansed them and me from sin; I
have believed, preached and sought
to propagate the same great truths
so dear to them. This makes us
soemw'hat akin. I expect to meet
them and have holy, heavenly fellow
ship 1 shall thank God
through all eternity that it has been
my privilege to be connected with
the Holiness movemen, that for many
years I have believed in the all
sufficiency of the atonement Christ
made upon Calvary, and the sancti
fying power of His precious blood.
. . . Let me beg of you all to be
loyal to our Lord. . . .”
FEDERAL AUTO STAMPS ON
SALE AT ALL POSTOFFICES
Federal automobile stamps, which
are glued to the windshield, are now
on sale at all postoffices. The stick
ers cost $5.00 and are good from
July 1, 1942 to a similar date in
1943. The stamps must be bought
and affixed before July 1.
State dirvers license are now on
sale at the state capitol in Atlanta.
These license must be bought before
June 30, according to state law.
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
ALL COMMITHTEES TO MEET
MONDAY NIGHT IN COURT
HOUSE. JUDGE OGDEN PER
SONS WILL BE SPEAKER
A feature of the July 4 celebra
tion in Butts county will be a tribute
to fifteen selectees called for ser
vice on July 3 but permitted by
state headquarters to remain for the
exercises on July 4. Exact date of
induction has not been disclosed.
This will be one of the largest
group of selectees sent from the
county and people here will join in
sincere tribute to these boys.
Judge Ogden Persons of Forsyth,
judge of the Superior Court of the
Flint Circuit, has accepted an invi
tation to deliver an address on July
4. This feature will be at the gym
nasium at an hour to be agreed on,
probably at 11 a. m.
Judge Persons is one of the state’s
most brilliant public speakers and a
man of patriotic spirit. It is felt
the committee was fortunate to ob
tain Judge Persons for the patriotic
address, as one main purpose of the
day is to pay tribute to the early
founders of the nation and to mar
shall all forces for support of the
country in its supreme war effort.
To further plans for the celebra
tion Miss Lucile Akin, general chair
man of the committee, has called a
meeting of all committees to meet
at the courthouse in Jackson at 8
p. m. Monday: A£„that time final
plans will be made to stage what
promises to be one of the county’s
greatest patriotic rallies.
Committees on parade, on the sale
of tickets and on he barbecue all
report progress.t Likewise other de
tails of the big celebration are tak
ing definite shape. A full day, with
gasless parade in the morning, speak
ing and barbecue, with athletic
events in the afternooh and a big
county-wide party at night, has been
outlined.
There is growing interest in the
celebration and already there is an
active demand for tickets. Indica
tions point to one of the biggest
crowds Butts county has had since
the Centennial celebration in 1926.
County Assessors
Complete Check
Of County Books
MEMBERS OF BOARD PREDICT
AN INCREASE IN TAX DIGEST
THIS YEAR. MANY TRANS
FERS OF PROPERTY LISTED
The Butts county board of Tax
Equalizers completed their work for
1942 Friday and adjourned.
While the tax digest will not bo
completed for several weeks yet,
members of the board expressed an
opinion that there will be an in
crease in property values as com
pared with 1941.
J. Edward Carmichael, Butts coun
ty tax receiver, will begin work on
the digest as soon as arrangements
can be completed. When completed
the digest will be submitted to state
authorities for approval.
The tax rate for 1942 will prob
ably be fixed by the board of coun
ty commissioners at the September
meeting.
The tax assessors noted more than
the usual number of transfers of
real estate for the 1942 season. This
was caused in large part by the pur
chase by sawmill operators of many
tracts of land for timber rights.
Spurred on by war demands for lum
ber, sawmill operators have been
unusually active for the past sev
eral months.