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VOL. 74—NO. 31
Picnic Area At
State Park Will
Be Made Larger
As soon as the necessary tools can
be assembled work will begin on
clearing approximately 100 yards of
additional picnic space at the Indian
Springs state park, Gerald McQuaig,
superintendent, said Monday.
This will be an improvement and
convenience the public will be quick
to appreciate. Better lighting in the
picnic area and concrete tables are
other improvements to be made as
rapidly as possible.
Placing of a United States flag
and a Georgia State flag on the
lawn has brought expressions of ap
preciation from residents and visitors
Mr. McQuaig asserted. The national
and state colors blend well with the
surroundings and this patriotic ges
ture has met with hearty response.
Three new flood lights will be
placed on the lawn and two on the
rapids above the old mill.
One of the largest weekend crowds
of the year thronged the state park
grounds and if present trends'"are
continued it may be that 1947 will
see all attendance records smashed.
State Leaders
To Attend Farm
Bureau Meeting
Rated as one of the most impor
tant rallies held in the Fourth Dis
trict, the Butts county Farm Bureau
is playing host to chapters in ad
joining counties at an all day meet
ing at Indian Springs Thursday.
The featured speakers for the day
are H. L. Wingate, Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation president, and
Mrs. Joe Ray, head of the auxiliary.
Invited for the meetingl are all
members in Butts county, groups of
business men and civic leaders, and
members of the Farm Bureau in sev
eral adjacent counties.
At this meeting the Butts county
Farm Bureau will elect officers for
the ensuing year.
There will be a business and so
cial meeting. At the conclusion of
business the visitors will enjoy a
picnic dinner on the state park
grounds.
According to Avon Gaston, who
has made arrangements for the
meeting, a large attendance is ex
pected.
Large Number
Take Test For
Rural Carrier
A total of 26 applicants stood a
United States Civil Service exam
ination here Saturday for the posi
tion of rural carrier at the Jackson
post office.
Mrs. Nan J. McDonald, clerk of
the local Civil Service board, was
assisted in holding the test by Ter
rell Smith of the Griffin post office.
The vacancy for which the exam
ination was ordered exists on route
No. 3 %used by the retirement of
Gordon H. Thompson several months
ago.
It is thought likely several months
will elapse before the matter is def
initely settled.
JASPER COUNTY TAX LEVY
FOR YEAR SET 16 MILLS
Jasper county commissioners have
fixed the 1947 tax levy at 16 mills.
The countywide school tax levy is 15
mills and Monticello school district
has a levy of 5 mills to retire bonded
indebtedness.
Judge Persons y
Quits Bench Due
To 111 Health
Wide interest is centered in the
announcement made Saturday that
Judge Ogden Persons of the Flint
Circuit has resigned after a service
of 24 years because of ill health and
advanced age.
The following story with a For
syth date line appeared jn Saturday’s
Macon Telegraph:
Forsyth, Ga., July 25 After
serving as judge of the Flint Su
perior Court for the last 24 years,
Judge George Ogden Persons has re
signedd because of ‘‘bad health and
advanced age.”
Having sent his resignation to
Governor M. E. Thompson, Judge
Persons expressed gratitude to the
people of his judicial circuit for the
“faith and loyalty they have shown
in me.”
“I wish to tell the voters, each
member of the bar, the jurors and
all the court officials that I am
deeply grateful for their courtesies
and thoughtful acts during my long
term of office.” the jurist stated.
Informed of Judge Persons’ an
nouncement, Governor Thompson
issued a statement praising the abil
ity, loyalty ond outstanding service
of Judge Persons to the circuit and
state.
Member of a prominent middle
Georgia family, Persons was born
Nov. 17, 1872, in Fort Valley, the
son of Dr. Robert Turner Persons
and Mary Barry Persons. Following
his graduation from the University
of Georgia law in 1893 he
moved to Forsyth and began prac
ticing law there.
He represented Monroe county in
the general assembly and served as
state senator from the 22nd district.
He was appointed judge of the Flint
circuit in 1923 by Governor Walker
and held the post continuously.
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A leader in civic and business cir
cles, he is president of the Forsyth
Cotton Mills and the Farmers Bank.
Together with his brother, the late
Robert Persons Sr., he gave liberally
tto education. The brothers gave the
vocational building and the books in
the library at High
School. The school was named in
memory of their mother.
Visiting Farm
Group To Check
Corn Tests Here
On Monday, August 11, Butts
county will be visited .by a number
of agricultural leaders making a
tour of the state to check food, feed
and forage crops, and three demon
strations will be studied in Butts
county. These include:
Four-H club variety demonstration,
corn after winter cover crops, and
the use of fertilizer in corn.
The group, including leaders from
the Georgia College of Agriculture
and visitors from North and South
Carolina, will arrive at Jenkinsburg
from McDonough and travel to Grif
fin. Demonstrations in Henry, Butts
and Spalding counties will be studied.
County Agent B. B. Campbell is
anxious that Butts county people
meet the visitors in McDonough and
accompany them on their tour of
Henry, Butts and Spalding.
E. D. Alexander, agronomist at
the Extension Service, said the tours
will be conducted on a district basis.
Both south and middle Georgia
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farms will be visited.
A detailed announcement of the
tour in this section will be released
later.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY JULY 31, 1947
Jurors Drawn At
August Session
Superior Court
With jurors having been called for
service at the August term of Butts
Superior Court, court officers will
soon be making plans for the summer
session scheduled to convene in Jack
son August 18.
When the criminal division of Su
perior Courts meets the second week
it will face one of the heaviest doc
kets in years. Several murder cases
are on the calendar for a hearing at
the summer term.
The following jurors have been
drawn for service:
Grand Jurors
E. Z. Carter, Levi Collins, J. H.
O’Neal, J. M. McMichael, Bernard
Carter, J. W. O’Neal, T. E. Robison,
Harry Ridgeway, J. B. White, H. M.
Fletcher, H. M. Moore, J. S. Ball Jr.,
W. C. Godsey, J. T. Chambers, C. E.
McMichael, J. S. Robison, Dock Boyd,
T. O. Bell, B. F. Cooper, T. T. Pat
rick, H. L. Allen, W. 0. Knowles, R.
P. Newton, J. W. Carter, Van Fletch
er, Letson Britton, R. M. White, A.
C. Freeman, O. L. Weaver Jr., J. C.
Kimbell.
Traverse Jurors, First Week
F. C. Maddux, Miller Ogletree, E.
R. Maddox, Ray Saunders, R. W.
Lamb, D. B. Evans, Fred Morgan,
Bernard Maddox, Wilmer White, M.
L. Powell, C. D: Fletcher, Jamds
Whitaker, J. C. O’Kelly, T. E. Wil
liams, L. R. Dodson, F. S. Bohannon,
T. W. Leverette, W. B. McClendon,
O. L. Cawthon, V. M. Freeman, G.
N. Etheredge, W. A. Smith (609),
V. H. Ham, J. H. Phinazee, Ralph
Evans, H. O. Smith, C. L. Ridgeway,
E. A. Godsey, H C. Brooks, J. M.
Kitchen, J. Wright Maddox, Marvin
Maddox, B. Y. Lunceford, A. A. Fu
qua, K. A. Biles, Henry Barnes, Hi
ram Franklin, L. E. Waldrup, J. T.
Beckham, A'. H. Coleman, * Fred
Hoard, A. F. Hammond, W. C. Garr,
G. W. Brooks (612), J. 0. Vaughn,
E. W. Cook, Eugene Rooks, A. H.
Bohannon, Spencer Johnson, J. A.
Gaston.
Traverse Jurors, Second Week
B. H. Moss, B. R. McClendon, M.
J. Freeman, W. T. Mote, S. J. Ire
land, H. W. Webb, J. R. Bedsole,
W. 0. Moore, M. J. Burton, F. C.
Hearn, L. W. May, B. B. Campbell,
C. F. Smith, W. J. Smith, Dan Hoard,
W. G. Barnes, A. L. Weaver, D. T.
Long, E. R. Edwards, L. H Perdue,
J. M. Washington, L. D. Hoard, G.
E. Mallet, T. H. James, Orville Kitch
en, A. G. Cowan, T. W. Hammond,
Oscar Young, R. L. Glaze, R. M.
Smith. R. C. Wilson, D. D. Estes,
C. M. Henderson, W. L. Waldrep,
J. L. Burford, D. P. Settle, S. T.
Wells, J. W. Bankston, S. L. Nelson,
L. J. Washington, G. W, Caston,
Johnnie King, Olin Greer, Otho Mor
gan, Joe Reeves, L. W. Moelchert,
Robert Franklin, Ralph'Carr, A. W.
Newton, Duane Leverett, T. Q. Ir
win, H. R. Thompson, C. H. Addison,
T. G. Brooks, J. W. Whitaker, J. P.
Head, G. F. Etheridge, R. H. Bur
ford, W. L. Clark, M. E. Wade.
COUNTY FFA MEMBERS
ENJOYED OUTING AT
LAKE THE PAST WEEK
Accompanied by J. M. L. Comer,
head of vocational education in Butt's
county, five members of the Future
Farmers of America chapter in Butts
county spent last week at the state
FFA camp on Jackson Lake. During
the week there was a program of
recreation, including swimming,
horse shoes and other games.
Included in the local group were
Ennis O’Neal, Charles Stewart, Jack
Knowles, O. B. Colwell, Wilburn
Ridgeway.
Exchange Club
Gets Charter At
Open Air Service
At open air services, the first of
the kind held, the Exchange Club of
Jackson was psesented its charter
July 24 at exercises held on the In
dian Springs picnic grounds. Repre
sentatives of the Decatur, sponsoring
club, Griffin, LaGrange, Macon and
Atlanta clubs were present, as -well
as state and national officers.
J. T. Beckham, named to head the
Exchange Club, presided at the
meeting which was a Ladies’ Night
affair. About 100 persons, including
members, their wives, member* of
visiting Exchange clubs and invited
guests were present to enjoy the oc
casion and to see the new club begin
its active career of service to the
community.
The invocation was by Rev. Ralph
Goodwin and this was followed by
America and salute to the flag.
Visitors, were welcomed by Mr.
Beckham and charter members were
introduced. Major R. S. Pendleton
presented service award to the Ex
change Club of Decatur.
The charter was presented the new
club by Henry M. Powell, Atlanta,
national regional vice president, and
Mr. Beckham accepted the charter
for the Jackson club.
Officers were installed by Mr.
Adams of the Macon Exchange Club,
which holds the distinction of being
the richest civic club in the entire
country.
Following announcements and the
singing of the Star Spangled Banner
the meeting was adjourned.
The occasion was featured by a
splendid meal served on well lighted
tables on the state park picnic
grounds. Good fellowship prevailed
throughout the evening .
Farm Groups To
Meet August 5
At Chipley Park
S. C. Lattimore, vice president of
the Federal Land Bank of Columbia,
S. C., and H. L... Wingate, president
of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federa
tion, will speak at the joint meeting
of the Barnesville and LaGrange Na
tional Farm Loan Association at the
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annual meeting at Roosevelt state
park near Chipley, August 5.
The meeting will convene at 10:30
a. m. and will include a business ses
sion at which directors will be elec
ted by the members o£ the two farm
credit coops. These associations han
dle the making and servicing of Fed
eral land loans in this area and main
tain a joint business office at Bar
nesville, with J. B. Brown as joint
secretary and treasurer.
Officers of the Barnesville NFLA
are C.' W. Patrick, Griffin, president;
J. W. Stocks, Barnesville, vice pres
ident; S. V. Milner, Barnesville, E.
L. McKinley, Zebulon and Paul Sul
ivan, Thomaston, directors.
EXCHANGE CLUBTO
MEET TONIGHT AT
HOTEL BUCHANAN
The Exchange Club recently orga
nized here and presented its charter
at a Ladies’ Night meeting July 24,
will hold an exclusive business ses
sion at Hotel Buchanan Thursday,
July 31, at 8:30 p. m.
Committes have been named to
work out a schedule of V'cekly lunch
eon meetings. Announcement of this
will likely be made following the
meeting Thursday night
Members are pleased with’the cor
dial reception extended the new
club by other civic groups and by the
people of the entire county.
Steady Growth and Progress WjU Be
Sketched at Annual Meeting of REA
Extension Work
In City Related
By Miss Watkins
Extension work as carried on in
Rochester, N. Y., by Cornell Univer
sity, one of the four cities in the
United States having this service for
urban residents, was outlined to
members of the Kiwanis club Tues
day night by Miss Georgia Watkins,
Butts county woman whose achieve
ments in the field of home economics
has been a source of pride to her
friends.
The program was arranged by D.
P. Settle who introduced the speak
er. Invited for the meeting were Miss
Delia Watkins, teacher in the New
York city schools, Mrs. D. P. Settle
and a visitor was Mr. Waterman,
guest at the Tour-O-Tel.
Miss Watkins told interestingly of
the development of the whole idea
of extension service as conceived by
the late Dr. Seaman Knapp and made
possible under the Smith-Lever act
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and the Smith-Hughes Act. The work
in Rochester is carried on by the
Farm Bureau, the Home Bureau and
4-H clubs and 2,700 members are
enrolled in the Rochester Bureau
which owns its own building.
A wide range of subjects are cov
ered, including home making, an in
formation relay service, housing,
clothing, food budgeting, home plan
ning, management, etc.. Miss Wat
kins displayed a plastic purse and tie
made By the Bureau and making of
such articles results in a considerable
saving, it was shown.
Miss Watkins said she hoped at
some time to show Butts county wom
en how to make these articles.
The club voted to sponsor two an
nual performances to raise funds to
finance deserving projects. Lovett
Fletcher was wished happy returns
on hi s birthday July 30.
The attendance prize donated by
D. P. Settle was awarded to Mike
Allen.
Joseph L. Shelter will have the
program August b. Mrs. W. H. Wil
son and the serving committe got a
big hand for the fine supper served.
Harvey Kennedy
Named Judge In
Flint Circuit
Announcement was made in At
lanta Monday that Governor M. E.
Thompson had appointed Harvey J.
Kennedy, mayor Of Barnesville and
head of the Aroused Citizens Com
mittee, ks judge of the superior
courts of the Flint Ci-cuit, effective
August 1, to succeed Judge Ogden
Persons who recently resigned after
a service of 24 years.
Liberal in his theories of govern
ment and progressive in combating
the forces of reaction, Kennedy has
long been recognized as a strong
supporter of the present regime in
Georgia. When Herman Talmadge
and M. E. Thompson forces clashed
in the legislature over the governor
ship, Kennedy sponsored a series of
meetings and organizations known
as “The Aroused Citizens of Geor
gia.”
Veteran of World War I and bear
ing wounds suffered in that conflict,
Mayor Kennedy is one of Lamar
county’s widely known citizens.
Others mentioned in conection
with the office were Morris Redman,
Jackson mayor, and Tom Brown of
McDonough.
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Members of the Central Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation
will meet in annual session in the
courthouse in Jackson Wednesday,
August 6, and hear reports on busi
ness of the past year, elect directors
and transact other necessary busi
ness.
Principal speaker at the business
session beginning at 10 a.m., will
be Ben W. Fortson, Georgia’s Sec
retary of State. It is likely that the
REA will also be represented by
speakers.
Members will learn that the pro
ject for 277 miles t'o serve approx
imately 850 families is being com
pleted and that an amendment to the
present contract will permit the
building of 200 miles of lines to
serve about 650 to 700 families.
\ybrk on the last project starts im
mediately.
Completion of these two projects
will give the local coop 1,250 miles
of lines, serving 4,300 members,
1 making the Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation one of the
largest in the entire southeast.
Started in 1937, the coop has made
a steady and substantial growth, ex
panding its services as rapidly as
conditions and materials would war
rant. The agency is capably managed
and officers and directors include
some of middle Georgia’s best
known The office staff
maintains a high degree of efficiency
marked by tact and courtesy.
Recently the local coop acquired
a lot in Jackson for a permanent
building. The deal has been approped
by REA in Washington and build
ing plans will be drawn by architects
in the not distant future. This mat
ter will be reported for the informa
tion of members, it is expected.
Nominated as directors for the en
suing years are: G. W. Patrick,
Spalding; P. J. Evans, Butts; O. D.
Price, Jasper; C. P. Crew, Morgan;
T. F. Freeman, Monroe; H. B. Tur
ner, Henry; Hugh Henderson, Fay
ette; G. C. Bell, Lamar; C. L. Elder
(at large) Spalding.
At the close o/ the business meet
ing a picnic lunch will be served at
Indian Springs and facilities of the
state park will be used for rest and
entertainment.
Marlin Spencer
Heads Class ’25
Of Jackson High
At the third annual reunion of the
class of 1025, Jackson High School,
Marlin Spencer was elected president
and Mrs. Gladys Wilson secretary.
The 1947 meeting was held July
23 at Indian Springs and the follow
ing members were present: Annie
Reid Harper Gaston, Avon Gaston,
Rosa Thompson Minter, Hattie Belle
Gilmore Garr, Eva Knowles John
son, Elizabeth Fletcher Harris, Ber
tha Maddox Perdue, Gladys Kimbell
Wilson, Carl Maddox, Marlin Spen
cer and Porter Ham.
It was voted to continue annual
meetings and plans were made to
have each member of the class pres
ent in 1948. The class of 1925 had
25 members and the membership has
r 'Ot been broken.
The class voted to continue the
scholarship fund of $l5O. This will
go to some deserving boy or girl, and
attests the interest the class of ’25
feels in education.
Chester and Elizabeth Harris ser
ved delicious barbecue and Bruns
wick stew at the noon hour. This
menu was supplemented by fried
chicken, cakes and pies prepared by
other members of the class.