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itacfcjnn fwgress^lrrgis VOL. 79—NO. 7 Billy Presley Honored By Corn Club of Georgia 9 BILLY PRESLEY Billy Presley, 10-year-oid son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Presley and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hodges, who as a 4-H club member was a winner in the Butts Corn contest sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, recently was honored by elec tion to the Georgia 100 Bushel Corn Club. He is, probably the youngest member of the state club composed of those who have produced 100 or more bushels of corn per acre. The honor is one his friends ap preciate and it is tribute to this fine 4-H club member that he was select ed for statewide recognition. He is a member of the fifth grade of the Jackson grammar school in which his mother, Mrs. Ruth Hodges Presley, is a teacher. In winning county and state hon ors, Billy planted Georgia 101 hybrid corn, and put two loads of stable manure and 560 pounds of 4-8-6 fer tilizer at time of planting. He side dressed with 480 pounds of nitrate of soda and had 11,468 stalks per acre. His yield was 129 bushels per acre and the cost was 40 cents a bushel. R. C. Lunsford and B. H. Hodges were adult farmers .who grew 100 bushels or more corn per acre and were recently honored at the state meeting of the 100 Bushel Corn Club in Athens. Other Butts county farm ers who have qualified for member ship in the state group are Chester O’Neal and W. C. Godsey. Postmaster At Flo villa To Be Chosen By Test An examination to fill the office of postmaster at Flovilla has been ordered by the United States Civil Service Qommission. The examina tion will be held at Jackson and the receipt of applications will close on March 6. The fourth class office at Flovilla pays a salary of $2,494.00. The examination is open to all who are citizens of, or owe allegiance to, tjie United States who reside within the territory supplied by the post of fice for which this examination is an nounced and who are at least 21 years of age, but not yet 65, on the date of the .close of receipt of appli cations for this examination. Application blanks and full infor mation about the requirements of the examination may be secured from the post office for which this exam ination is announced, or from the US Civil Service Commission, Wash ington, 25, D. C. Applications must be on file with the commission at W T ashington, D. C. by March 6. The date of examination will be stated on admission cards mailed to applicants after the close of receipt of applications. TOWALIGA CEMETERY TO BE CLEANED BY 4-H MEMBERS y The Towaliga 4-H Club will clean the Towaliga Baptist church ceme tery this year and anyone wishing to give a donation will please see Mr. Dewitt Singley or Mr. J. 0. Petti grew. Short Session Criminal Court Was Held Monday The second week of Butts Super ior Court was adjourned Monday af ternoon after disposing of several petty criminal cases. The February term was one of the shortest on rec ord in Butts county. Last week the civil division held less than a day and the same was true of the criminal di vision meeting Monday morning. The following cases were disposed of during the day: Charlie Wise and John Horton, gambling, plea, 12 months suspended and court costs. Clayton Watts, John Middlebrooks, 2 cases of larceny, plea, 12 months in each case. Amos Dickson, 2 cases, public drunkenness and drunk driving, plea, 12 months suspended or S2OO in first case; 12 months or SIOO in second case. Annie Lee Williams, public drunk enness, plea, 12 months or SIOO. James Stewart, public drunken ness, plea, 12 months or SIOO. Buster Foster, possessing liquor, plea, 12 months or $75; contempt of court, $lO. Jonas Price, contempt of court, $5.00 Sidney Phinazee, public drunken ness, plea, 12 months or SIOO. Ben Wilkes Jr., two cases, burg lary, plea, 2 to 5 years in each case. Matthew Wilkes, 2 cases, burglary, verdict, 2 to 5 years in each case. TVA Group Comes Here To Advise REA Committee W. R. Walker, head agricultural engineer in the research department of the electrical development branch of the Tennessee Valley area, and Miss Leßh Parker, TVA head home economist, with headquarters at Chattanooga, Tenn., with represen tatives from each of the five TVA district, were guests of R. F. Arm strong, manager of the Central Geor gia Electric Membership Corporation, Thursday, February 7, at Jackson. Purpose of the meeting was to study the membership-education pro gram of the Central Georgia Co-op, especially the activities of the Power Use Committee, under the leadership of Mrs. Elizabeth Hood Watkins, di rector of the co-op Power Use com mittee and co-op economist, looking toward the establishment of at least one such organization in each of the five districts covered by TVA. Mrs. Watkins called on Mrs. Jim McMich ael, Butts county Power Use leader, who outlined the work as it is carried on in each of the seven units in the co-op area. Others from TVA attending the meeting were Mrs. George Gale of Nashville, Tenn., Miss Dorothy Bar bee of Jackson, Tenn., both home economists; James A. Neely of Jack son, Tenn., A. M. Legett of Tupelo, Miss and W. H. Griffin of Wilson Dam, Ala., all agricultural engineers, whose research work includes such projects as control of insect pests by light and ultra-sonics. The all-day conference included a trip to the home of Mrs. John Butler, co-op historian, to observe her com pletely remodeled home; a visit to the Jackson Presbyterian church, re cently redecorated with emphasis on j lighting, and the model first grade class room of Miss Annie Lou Mc- Cord at the Jackson elementary school. Miss McCord spoke briefly on the advantages of good lighting tow ard pupil behavior JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1952 Recreation For Youth Is Needed, Mrs. Davis Said / ' The Kiwanis club Tuesday night was challenged by Mrs. Cynthia Da vis, home demonstration agent, to provide recreation for 4-H members and youth of the county. Mrs. Davis, speaker for the evening, was welcom ed to the club and to the county by Blackman Settle, program chairman. In her talk, one of constructive thought, Mrs. Davis told something of the 4-H movement and by means of graphs illustrated the several points. In addition to the home, the church and school, youth wants a place where it can learn to be self governed and creative and to do its own thinking, to learn to get along with people, to cultivate faith in the future. Mrs. Davis closed her interesting talk by declaring the people of Butts county are the most friendly she has ever met in her work as home agent. She mentioned that the for mer 4-H club and Boy Scout camp at Indian Springs is to be dismantled and challenged the people to provide needed facilities where youth can meet and have clean and wholesome recreation. C. B. Guest of Athens was a vis itor and John Pettigrew was present from the Key Club. Lou Moelchert was wished happy returns on his birthday during the week. Morrell Powell will have the pro gram February 19. Poultry Chain Members To Get Chicks March 1 Butts county 4-H club boys and girls who are members of the Sears- Roebuck Poultry Chain will get their chicks on March 1, it is announced this week at the office of the county agent. Each member enrolled in the chain will be given 100 chicks by the spon soring agency. The birds will be grown out and shown at a poultry show in the fall. The chickens will then be sold and the proceeds placed in a revolving fund to keep the work going another year. This project has been carried out on a successful scale for the past several years and Butts county mem bers have produced some fine chick ens for market and home use. Personnel to receive the birds will be announced in a few days by Mrs. Cynthia Davis, home demonstration agent, and B. B. Campbell, county agent. TOTAL $1,424 WAS COLLECTED IN THE DIMES CAMPAIGN A total of $1,424 was collected in Butts county for the March of Dimes, County Chairman Ben Haisten re ports. This is the largest amount ever collected in a similar campaign and compares with S6BO realized last year. The quota was $2,000 and while not realized in full, the showing is considered a splendid one and is a tribute to the hard work of the chair man and assistants and the sponsor ing agency, the Exchange Club. In announcing the success of the campaign, Mr. Haisten desires to ex press sincere appreciation to all who aided in any way, and to the public for a hearty response in the fight against infantile paralysis. Registration To Approach High Record in 1952 If the present rate of registration is maintained, it is possible that the 1952 registration will equal or ex ceed the previous high of more than 4,000 in 1948. Since the county political cam paign got under way there has been a sharp pickup in registration' ac cording to records in the office of Tax Collector Wayne Barnes. How long this spurt will last remains to be seen. In the 1948 primary more than 4,000 voters qualified to vote. But in 1950 when the new registration law was effective the number was redu ced to 3,683. The new law was enac ted for the purpose of preventing \yhat the administration called “bloc voting,” and as a result rigid stan dards were set up and many Negro voters were stricken from the list. However, since that time the legis lature has provided that registration under the old or new law is valid. Persons becoming 18 years of age since 1950 may register and take part in all the elections of the year. New residents of the county who have lived here a sufficient time may also register and vote by securing the proper transfer from the counties where they formerly resided. t As is the case in all purely local elections with several offices at stake, interest is running high. The vote then falls off in the state pri mary and again in the general elec tion. But the local contests are fol lowed with such avid interest that everybody wants to register and vote. Jackson Splits With Spalding Friday Night Jackson High’s basketball teams .played their last regularly-scheduled games of the 1951-52 season Friday night in Griffin when they tangled with Spalding in two games, the local girls winning the opener 21-11 while the hosts took the nightcap 48-33. A relentless Jackson defense that held the Spalding sextette to but 11 points was the difference in the girls’ game. Betty Sue Tomlin and Rose Fretwell each contributed nine points to help matters along but the brilliant defensive play of Williams, McCrary and Fletcher stole the show. Jackson (21) Spalding (11) Tomlin (9) F Colwell (2) Bailey (3) F Beall (4) Fretwell (9) F Woodward (5) Williams G Morris McCrary G Lassiter Fletcher G Jones Substitutions: Jackson —Thompson, Crane, Gray. Spalding—Caldwell, Leach, Bell, Shirey, Walker, Penn. Coach Strickland’s boys ran into more talented opposition and were never able to close the gap that stood at 23-13 against them at half time. Aubrey Rooks, used but little this season, showed that he could handle a basketball equally as well as a football, ringing up 14 points to lead his teammates. Stansell accounted for 21 points for the winners and was a constant thorn in the Red Dev il’s side. Jackson (33) Spalding (48) Evans (4) F Stansell (21) McMichael (2) F McGuffey (5) Smith (2) C Creghorn (11) Funderburk G Trenton (2) Fletcher, J. (5) G Boogs (1) Substitutions: Jackson —Watkins (2), Collins (2), Rooks (14), Davis (2), Long. Spalding—Cody (2), Bar field (5), Lewis (1), Carlyle. Thieves Busy on Lake Front With Motors, Furniture Among the Loot Grand Jury To Meet in April To Study Taxes The Butts county grand jury at the February term of Butts Superior Court recessed Wednesday, February 6, to meet again April 14. General presentments were made Wednesday afternoon. F. L. Maddox was recommended for appointment to succeed himself on the board of ed ucation, and Harry W. Ball was rec ommended to succeed L. J. Ball on the board. When the grand jury reconvenes in April it will go into the matter of uncollected taxes, it is explained. There is about $16,500 for 1951 and previous years in uncollected taxes, according to an official announce ment. A substantial part of the taxes un paid is backed by real estate, while some is on old automobiles and is considered of doubtful value, one source said. The grand jury met with the Coun ty Commissioners and Sheriff Pope and various suggestions were made as to the best method to pursue in collecting the past due taxes. Fi fas were issued by Tax Collector H. W. Barnes and the consensus is that he has discharged his duty according to law. In order not to interfere with the present political campaign, the grand jury considered it wise to postpone action until April when the county primary will be out of the way. As the question of such a large amount of unpaid taxes becomes bet ter known, there is a growing convic tion that the matter will be brought to a head when the grand jury con venes again in April. Planning Group Meets Feb. 21 To Study Work A countywide meeting of the Butts County Agricultural Program Plan ning Committee is scheduled at 7:30 p. m. February 21 in the county agent’s office to outline objectives for the next quarter. A full atten dance of members is expected. The question of expanding the county’s poultry and livestock indus tries will be among the subjects for study. There was recently held here an all-day meeting in the interest of eggs and poultry and considerable in terest is being shown, according to County Agent B. B. Campbell. A committee from the planning group will meet with Butts county feed dealers and endeavor to work out a plan to finance the new pro ject. Those starting in the produc tion of eggs and poultry on a com mercial basis will need help from feed dealers, it is explained. Following the meeting next week there will be a better picture of the future of the egg and poultry proj ect. IB $2.58 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Thieves are running wild on the Jackson Lake front, according to in formation reaching The Progress A rgus, and the theft of motors, refrig erators, silver, furniture and other things of value are reported. An inquiry last week brought from Sheriff J. D. Pope the statement that the burglaries were confined largely to the Newton and Jasper county side of the lake. This week, however, the Butts county lake front has been the scene of depredations, according to the in formation reaching this newspaper. One resident who maintains a cot tage on the lake reported Monday the theft of practically everything in his cottage, including a refrigera tor, silver, range, check book. The Jackson Lake front, in Butts, Jasper and Newton counties, has sev eral hundred cottages and many of these are occupied by people living in Atlanta, Macon and other cities. Most of them come down for the weekend and others spend a consid erable part of each summer on the lake. The cottage owners are substantial citizens who have invested their money in homes and spend a consid erable amount of money with Butts county business firms. The lake front is the fastest growing part of the county. Officers have been alerted and with the aid of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are seeking to break up this racket, which unless checked threatens to break up a tourist in dustry that means much to the coun ties involved. Farm Machine Cos. Give ’Cue Tuesday For Butts Fanners Carter Truck and Tractor Compa ny and the Massey-Harris Implement Cos., of which the former firm is Butts county dealer, were hosts at an elaborate barbecue dinner at the Veterans Building Tuesday noon that assembled some 150 farmers, busi ness leaders, FFA boys and other guests. The delicious barbecue and Brunswick stew Was prepared by Ar thur Stodghill and served by a com mittee of local women. During the day demonstrations of Massey-Harris farm machinery was held and proved of wide interest. The implement company had assembled in front of the Veterans Building a sizeable array of tractors for inspec tion by the farmers and guests. This was an enjoyable feature of the day. All the guests at the barbecue were registered and after the fine meal door prizes were given by the host firms. Those who attended the demon strations and dinner left with the firm conviction and hope that Messrs. J. W. and Hubert Carter and the Massey-Harris Cos. make this an an nual affair. BOY SCOUTS ATTENDED METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY The Jackson Boy Scouts, Troop No. 80, attended the Jackson Meth odist church in a body Sunday morn ing at the 11 o’clock service. A good number were present and were ex tended a hearty welcome by the pas tor, Rev. Ralph Shea. Rev. Henry H. Jones, district superintendent from Griffin, was the visiting minister at the morning service. He paid tribute to the good work the Scouts were doing and commended the members and their leaders. Joe Bell, Scoutmas ter, accompanied the boys.