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VOL. 76 —NO. 48
Jackson Opens Basketball Season At
Roberta Friday; Play Here Tuesday
The change-over from shoulder
pads to knee-pads has been complet
ed at Jackson High school and Fri
day night will find the two Red
Devil court squads playing their
first game of the 1949-50 basketball
season away from home at Roberta.
The Red Devils will play their
first home game here on Tuesday
night, December 6, against McDon
ough. The Jackson Exchange club is
sponsoring this game and proceeds
will be used for the benefit of the
Jackson High band. Game time will
be 7:30 p. m.
Coach Hunter Strickland has six
lettermen returning from last year’s
squad and he is expected to build his
team around these experienced men.
Frank O’Neal at center, Howard
Couch and Gene Grant at guards, and
Ted Norris, Johnny Pope and Robin
Fletcher at forwards all Saw Consid
erable seryice last fall.
In addition to these lettermen,
Coach Strickland has several reserves
from last year’s squad who should
see some servjce this year. Included
in this group are Joe Fletcher, Ray
Thaxton, Bubber Coleman, Johnson
Funderburk, Frank McMichael, Lyn
wood Thurston and Jerry Watkins.
Expected to report from the football
squad are Jimmy Evans, Pat Dunn,
Pete Cook, Harold Smith, Morris
Biles and Don Gable #
Coach Joe Bell inherits from Prin
cipal A. B. Duncan a 'girl’s squad
snort on game experience. Carolyn
Fretwell, Sue Watkins, Carmie
Thrasher and Joanne Waits are the
only returning players who earned
letters last year. An enthusiastic
squad of 14 girls, however, has been
practicing for weeks and are defi
nitely showing signs of developing
into a better-than-average team.
In addition to last year’s letter
winners, Coach Bell has on his squad
Betty Sue Tomlin, Wilson,
Merlene Etheredge, Lois Letson, Peg
gy Colwell, Martha Barnes, Jane En
low, Charlotte McCrary, Grace Pow
ell and Margie Duffey.
The 1949-50 basketball schedule as
[released Monday by Mr. Duncan in
cludes 10 home games, 7 road con
tests, 1 undecided and 2 open dates.
The complete schedule is as fol
lows :
I Dec. 2—Roberta—There
' Dec. 6—McDonough—Here
Dec. 9—Eatonton —There
, Dec. 13—Monticello—Here
Dec. 16 —Milner—There
Dec. 20—Zebulon —Here
Jan. 3—Newnan —Here
Jan. 6—Monticello —There
Jan. 10—Open
Jan. 13—Eatonton—Here
Jan. 17—Milner—Here
Jan. 20—Social Circle —Here
Jan. 21—Covington—There
Jan. 24—Foriyth—There
Jan. 27—McDonough —Undecided
Jan. 28—Roberta—Here
Jan. 31—Open
Feb. 3—Social Circle —There
Feb. 7—Foriyth—Here
Feb. 10—Covington—Here
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Minstrel Show
December 15 At
The Gymnasium
A big minstrel show, with other
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attractions included, is planned the
night of December 15 at the Butts
county gymnasium for benefit of the
Jackson high school band.
In addition to the minstrel there
will be a talent review, a guessing
contest and other features. A box
supper will also be held in connec
tion with the evening’s entertain
ment.
Tickets are now on sale and the
price is 75 cents for adults and 35
cents for children. Designed to aid
the band, of which all Butts county
is justly proud, a heartening response
is expected and the gym will probab
ly be packed to the rafters for the
show.
Charlie Barnes
In Jail Charged
With Smith Death
Charlie Barnes, Negro employee of
the Farmers Union Warehouse Com
pany, is held in the Butts county
jail and is charged by Sheriff J. D.
Pope with killing Bub Smith, colored,
Saturday night.
Smith, 20 .employed on the J. S.
Ball farm, and J. B. McDowell and
a youth named Strickland, were
walking along the highway near the
old W. A. Newton home when Smith
was run over by the car occupied by
Barnes and his wife. Smith suffered
a broken neck and other injuries and
was killed instantly.
Barnes and his wife were taken in
to custody on a charge of drunken
driving. The woman made bond and
was released. Barnes will be held for
grand jury investigation on a mur
der charge, Sheriff Pope said Mon
day. .
Barnes has been employed for sev
eral years at the Farmers Union
Warehouse Company. He is known to
many of the people of the communi
ty as the nurse for Ed Carmichael
and for many years has been the
faithful attendant of Mr. Carmich
ael during his period of ill health.
ANNUAL MEET BOY
SCOUTS WILL BE
HELD IN THOMASTON
The Flint River Council, Boy
Scouts of America, will hold its an
nual meeting in Thomaston the eve
ning of December 6 and time
Wright Bryan, editor of the Atlanta
Journal, will be the guest speaker.
More than 350, including scout
ers and their wives, are expected to
attend. Honor guests will be all
Scouts who have attained the rank
of Eagle Scout.
The nominating committee will re
port on officers for 1950. Two out
standing scouters will be presented
the Silver Beaver award for excep
tional service to the youth of this
area.
Tickets are now available through
the local district chairman.
TWIN HEIFER CALVES
ON FRED CLARK FARM
Fred Clark of the Stark commu
nity had an unusual addition to his
herd when a cow gave birth to twin
heifer calves.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, 1949
Mrs. Hutcheson
WUI Head Seal
Sale in County
Mrs. Lucile K. Hutcheson, chair
man of the Christmas Seals campaign
in Butts county, announces the drive
will get under way this week. In ac
cepting the head of the important
campaign which has for its object
the raising of fund3*"to combat tu
berculosis, Mrs. Hutcheson asks for*
the cooperation of all the people.
This is the second year Mrs. Hutch
eson has been chairman of the
Christmas Seals drive in Butts coun
ty. year she made a wonderful
showing and it is expected that
another successful campaign will re
sult.
Aiding in the campaign will be
Mrs. O. L. Weaver Jr., Mrs. W. M.
Thaxton, Mrs. H. G. Harris, Mrs. H.
M. Fletcher, Mrs. Charles Swanson,
Mrs. Robert Franklin.
A substantial amount of the funds
raised will remain in the county to
be used in fighting tuberculosis.
Other funds will go to the state and
an educational campaign to aid in
eradicating tuberculosis will be car
ried on.
The committee will mail the at
tractive little stickers and the public
is asked to buy as many as possible
and attach them to all mail between
now and the holidays. *
Lt.-Gov. Garland
Has School For
Kiwanis Officers
Incoming officers of the eight Ki
wanis clubs in the Ninth Division of
the Georgiy District, Kiwanis Inter
national, were briefed on their du
ties at a meeting Sunday afternoon
in the Dempsey hotel in Macon.
Lieutenant-governor-elect B. B. Gar
land of Jackson issued the call and
presided over the meeting.
Among the speakers addressing the
group were Dr. R. L. Scott, of Mil
ledgeville, present lieutenant-gover
nor of the Ninth Division; Vincent
Jones, immediate past president of
the Jackson club; Benning Grice, sec
retary of the Macon club; Tom Col
lins, president of the Jackson club,
and H. D. Carpenter, of Eatonton,
immediate past lieutenant-governor
of the Ninth Division.
Every Kiwanis club in the division
was represented and delegates atten
ded from Monticello, Jones County,
Eatonton, Milledgeville, Macon, In
gleside, Barnesville and Jackson.
The Jackson Kiwanis club was rep
resented by its incoming president,
Ralph Carr, incoming vice-president,
Clarence Coggins and Richard Wat
kins, Tom Collins, B. B. Garland and
Vincent Jones.
THANKSGIVING WAS
QUIET HOLIDAY IN
ALL BUTTS COUNTY
Thanksgiving proved a quiet holi
iday in Butts county and the period
passed without a serious accident be
ing reported.
All business firms were closed for
the day. Union church services at the
First Baptist church at 10 o’clock
was an event of interest, with Rev.
G. W. Sheffer delivering the mes
sage. Schools observed the holiday
by being closed from Wednesday af
ternoon to Monday.
FELLOWSHIP CHURCH TO
HOLD SERVICES SUNDAY
There will be preaching services at
Fellowship Presbyteriian church Sun
day at the 11 o’clock hour and Mr.
Kirk Nesbit, student minister, will
fill the pulpit. This church now holds
services on the first and third Sun
days in each month.
riural Telephone
Work Begins This
Week Near Stark
With Stark as the center, construc
tion of rural telephone lines to serve
about 40 customers, running all the
way from Jackson to Jackson Lake,
was started this week by the South
ern Bell Telephone Company. A. T.
Ross, Griffin district manager, in
Jackson Monday reported the pro
ject as getting underway and the
company also has an advertisement
in this issue directing attention to the
construction.
Mr. Ross said it was planned to
complete the project in December —
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in time, perhaps, as a Christmas gift
to residents of the Stark area.
Other rural telephone work in
Butts county is planned by Southern
Bell and work between Jackson and
Griffin is scheduled to begin as soon
as necessary arrangements can be
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County Quota In
Scout Campaign
Set At $565.00
Butts county has a quota of $565.-
00 in the annual Boy Scout campaign
for funds for the Flint River Coun
cil, T. E. Robison, finance chairman,
reports.
The campaign for funds will run
from December 1 to 10 and it is
planned to finish the drive in ad
vance of the deadline. Committees
will be busy for tbe next several days
calling on business firms and indi
viduals. A hearty response is expec
ted.
Funds collected in the annual
campaign goes to support the Flint
River Council headquarters in Grif
fin, for the support of Camp Thun
der near Thomaston and for other
necessary expenses.
The Boy Scout movement is well
organized in Butts county.
Mr. Robison has acted as chairman
of the finance committee for the past
few years.
Tax Collector
Sounds Warning
To All Taxpayers
December 20 is the for
settling state, county and school
taxes and Tax Collector H. Wayne
Barnes calls attention in this week’s
Progress-Argus to the importance of
paying taxes promptly. After Decem
ber 20 fi fas will be issued against
all delinquent taxpayers, Mr. Barnes
says.
Collections this year, it is disclos
ed, are up to average. Mr. Barnes
adopted the policy of sending state
ments to all taxpayers notifying them
of amounts due. This resulted in a
response, it is revealed, since many
out of county taxpayers knew the
exact amount to remit.
Serving a first term as Butts coun
ty Tax Collector, Mr. Barnes is anx
ious to cooperate with a)l citizens
and will be at his office every day
until December 20.
THE EDWARD CORNELLS
LET CONTRACT FOR HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cornell have
let a contract for an eight room,
brick veneer, American Colonial style
house on their property adjacent to
and north of the Elder Hotel at In
dian Springs.
The house will consist of three
bedrooms, two baths, dining and liv
ing room, kitchen and basement.
Glynn Whitaker is the contractor.
Construction has already begun.
B. H. Hodges First, Fred Cook Second
In Northwest Georgia Cotton Contest
Elliott Home At
Indian Springs
Lost. By Blaze
Fire, the origin of which has not
been determined destroyed the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Elliott at In
dian Springs about 3 a. m. Wednes
day, November 23. The house and
all the contents proved a total loss.
The family had a close call in es
caping from the building. It was re
ported the fire was first detected on
the porch and spread rapidly through
the two-story wooden structure.
Volunteer fire fighters were able
to confine the fire to the single
building. Because of the dry weather
the fire could have proved serious
had it spread to nearby property.
The property was acquired from
Luther Hoard when the Elliott fam
ily moved here two years ago from
Arizona. The home was located on
the Jackson-Forsyth highway.
It was reported there was insur
ance on the building. The loss is a
considerable one and sympathy is
expressed to Mr. and Mrs. Elliott in
their misfortune.
Veteran Janitor
Suffered Burns
In Leaf Blaze
Will Bennett, veteran colored jan
itor at the Jackson public school, suf
fered severe burns November 22
while rakfng and burning leaves on
the school grounds.
The burning leaves ignited his
clothing and teachers and pupils
came to his rescue and aided in put
ting out the fire.
Bennett’s hips and legs were bad
ly burned and he was given medical
treatment and removed to his home.
It will likely be several weeks before
he will be able to resume his duties.
Bennett has served several years
as janitor at the Jackson schools and
is a familiar figure to pupils and
teachers. He has proved a loyal and
faithful employee and is esteemed by
school officials.
Hometown Award
Goes To Camilla
Camilla won the championship
Hometown Contest for 1949 in the
I, to 20,000 population class. The
contest was sponsored by the Geor
gia Power Company. First prize was
SI,OOO.
Hopeful#another town in the same
county as Camilla, won the title in
the less than 1,000 population group.
Toccoa won second place and $750
in the 1,000 to 20,000 population
group, Gainesville third and SSOO.
Chipley placed second in the small
town group and won the $750 prize.
Jackson and Pepperton were en
tered in the contest but were not
fortunate enough to be winners.
EXCHANGIECLUB
SPONSORS FIRST
BASKETBALL GAME
The Exchange Club is sponsoring
a basketball game with McDonough
to be played on the local court De
cember 6. Tickets are now on sale
for this game between old rivals.
At the meeting of the club No
vember 24 a turkey dinner was ser
ved by Mrs. W. H. Wilson, Mrs. L.
C. Webb, Mrs. V. H. Ham and Mrs.
J. T. Beckham. f
Mr. “X” for the evening, discov
ered by J. T. Beckham, turned out
to be Spencer Johnson.
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
B. H. Hodges, Butts county repre
sentative and farmer, placed first in
cotton production in the northwest
Georgia district and wins a $350
prize. Fred Cook, successful Butts
county grower, woi\ second prize of
$l5O.
Butts county won premier honors
in the five-acre cotton contest in the
northwest Georgia district. The local
winners will compete in the state
contest to be held in Atlanta Decem
ber 14.
Herbert Lindsey, Polk county, pla
ced third in the northwest Georgia
district and wins a SIOO prize.
Hodges yield was 1.75 bales per
acre, while Cook had a yield of 1.71
bales. Cook reported a yield of 1.64
bales per acre.
The five-acre contests sponsored
by the Georgia Cottonseed Crushers
Association l and conducted by the
Extension Service under the super
vision of E. C. Westbrook. Prizes are
awarded by the crushers association,
the Atlantic Cotton Association and
other commercial agencies.
Hodges produced 11,457.4 pounds
of seed cotton. He used Coker’s 100
Wilt, planting eight bushels of me
chanically delinted and treated seed
on April 14. At the time of planting
he used 2,000 pounds of 4-8-6 and
on May 19 side dressed with 375
pounds of nitrate of soda. Total cost
of the fertilizer was $68.25.
In fighting one of the worst boll
weevil infestations in history, Hodges
poisoned 13 times, using benzine hex
achloride at the rate of eight pounds
per acre. Total cost of poisoning
amounted to a little more than $69.
I addition to his five-acre entry
in the contest, Hodges produced 67
more acres in cotton, 25 acres each
of wheat, oats and corn and several
acres in truck crops. He uses lespe
deza in his_rotation program.
Cook, who trailed Hodges by only
204.4 pounds, produced 11,253
pounds of seed cotton. He used eight
bushels of Coker’s 100 Wilt on land
following a crop of wheat and peas.
The seed had been mechanically de
linted and treated and were planted
April 20.
Lindsey produced 10,790 pounds
of seed cotton on his five acres to
come in third in the contest'. He used
three bushels of Empire Wilt and
planted on land that had been in cot
ton. At the time of planting he used
1,500 pounds of 6-8-6.
Cos. “A” Payroll
Hits New High
For This Quarter
The material value of a National
Guard Company to a community is
stressed by the quarterly financial
report of Company “A,” 121st In
fantry. Captain Harry W. Ball, com
manding officer, reveals that the
quarterly payroll hit anew high of
$4,250 during the past three months.
The payroll figures include only
one month in which the new pay
scale was in effect. With pay raises
now in effect for every man, the
next quarterly payroll will be con
siderably larger.
In numerical strength, Company
“A” is stronger than at any time
since the close of Warld War 11, hav
ing at the present time a total of
124 men, five of whom are officers.
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