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KcRSDAY, APRIL 16, 1953
Manchester Wins
■onrth District
literary Meet
I In the Fourth District literary meet
K]d Friday in Forest Park, the rep-
Bsentatives of Jackson High School
Bated in two events.
I John Pettigrew won fourth place
B Declamation and Rebecca Watters
Bon fourth place in Shorthand.
I Manchester’s students proved to be
Most literate and talented in the
Mistrict as they copped the title with
Base, followed by McDonough, Jones-
Boro and Forest Park in the order
Mamed.
Carrollton won first place in the
lenior spelling contest, an annual
■vent held simultaneously through
iut the district, with scores being
iveraged and compared to deter
nine the winner.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Calhoun Stodghill
wish to express- sincere appreciation
for the beautiful floral offerings and
the kindnesses extended to them at
the time of his death by his many
friends.
tty ty<xe Sie&ut*
Huge Fish Crop Going to Waste
BILL HOLLEY, state fisheries biologist, is selling Georgia
on rough fish control. Bill is an able ambassador and has
more answers than a cmiz show.
Receh 4, v. I ma^° a trin im the Oconee
River with Bill and one of his assistants.
The first trap we lifted out of the water
w was emntv and o was the second one.
pi Is Bill ouicklv shifted the traps to new
sF locations, ft seems that some of the
natives had worked the traps. They
paid little heed to a silver tag on the
tran which stated it was the nroperty
of the U S. Government. That’s asking
* tor trouble. *
The next trap held catfish Other traps held catfish, quill
backs and redhorse suckers. In twenty traps only two bream
were caught. These were returned unharmed. At the end
of 20 traps we had a big wash tub full of rough fish, mostly
blue channel catfish.
Taking these desirable Mm* channel catfish brought
up a ouestion. Since people M*®. desirq and want to
catch these catfish, why p ho’dd we trap them out? Bill
then un’oaded the facts on m**. I was told that
we could tran catfish in the Oconee R>ver for 100 years
and never seriously damage the nopulation. The more
we trap, the better the food conditions and the more cat
fish our fishermen will catch with hook and line.
It was explained that there are million* s of pounds of catfish
in the Oconee that will co to waste. The only method of
harvesting this huge and valuable food crop would be a law
making it legal for commerci' 1 ! fishermen to use traps, con
structed and operated unH° r supervision. Soecial traps,
then, would not take but 20 or less game fish. These would
have to be nut back.
Bill Holley has tr•'**. at ♦his writing, about 6.000
pounds of rough fish. nitho' T ' r h h>s project is ;n its infancy.
It is like taking a dipper o: water out of the ocean. Bill
assured me that som* 1 reo~de would nrotest taking the
catfish. Even if they knew that by tak’ng them, it would
vastly improve their chances to catch them, they still will
protest.
Few of us know that catfish are temperamental. If he
does not get the correct diet, he will resort to other measures.
Ordinarily he is a bottom feeder but when food is scarce due
to heavy population, he attacks and eats small bream and
bass. Then game fishing rapidly goes to pot.
Even the die-hards ought to give tbs great rough fish
biologist a chance to prove his facts. What a wonderful
thing it would be if we could legalize the use of approved
and controlled traps bv commercial fishermen in ONE
Georgia river and watch results. BiU savs that one river
would soon become not just a good fishing river but a
GREAT fishing river.
Here is something we can and should appreciate. Holley
offers to take along any person who does not understand the
control measure and actuallv show him or her the system
in action. You are invited to go with Holley. He lives in
Vidalia and is easy to find. Now is the time and opportunity
for conservationists to take an interest in rough fish work.
You can be convinced with facts, just as I was. Thank heavens
Georgia has a man of Holley’s strength and caliber on the
job. It makes conservation a little bit easier. Tennessee in
stalled a rough fish program vears ago Tt is a great success.
What happens to the rough fish Holley gets in his
traps? He turns them over to charitable institutions. The
result—thousands of healthful meals for people who need
them.
As young fish, the catfish competes with bream and bass
for the same type of food, thus reducing the chance for these
desirable fish to thrive As larger fish, the catfish competes
with the bass. His diet will include thousands of small game
fish. A worm to a catfish in good water and under desirable
conditions, is like an ice cream cone to a child. He does not
take that worm as readilv when he is in over populated
water. When you get too many catfish, you can be sure your
bream and bass fishing is terrible.
Holley makes a trip every day on either the Oconee, the
Ocmulgee or the Altmaha Rivers. Make it your business to
accept his free invitation to go along and absorb the very
latest in scientific facts.
. * • • • •
Sad words—lt Wouldn’t .have happened if you hadn’t
stepped between me and the spittoon.
Highway sign—Rest Rooms ahead. Speed limit 15
M.P.H.
P. H. WEAVER RATES
STAR CUJfB OF NEW
YORK LIFE COMPANY
New York, N. Y.—Pliny H. Weav
er, a Jackson agent of the New York
Life Insurance Company, has been
named a member of the 1952 Star
Club, Dudley Dowell, vice president
in charge of agency affairs for the
company, announced today.
The Nylic Star Club is an organi
zation of leading members of New
York Life’s field force of more than
4,000 agents located throughout the
United States and in Canada.
Mr. Weaver has been invited to
attend an educational conference of
the Star Club April 20-23 at the
Sheraton Beach Hotel, Daytona
Beach, Fla., at which home office
executives and outstanding agents
will speak on recent developments in
the fields of life and accident and
sickness insurance.
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Final Reports
On Easter Seal
Sale Requested
Final reports on the sale of Easter
Seals are requested by Frank C.
Hearn, county chairman.
A report must be made to state
headquarters within a few days and
Mr, Hearn is anxious to have all
reports in hand as early as possible.
To date more than S3OO has been
collected out of a county quota of
S9OO. This will be increased by a
substantial amount when all collec
tions are reported, according to San
ders Cawthon, treasurer of the Butts
county committee.
The sale of Easter Seals is spon
sored by the Georgia Society for
Crippled Children, and proceeds are
used to treat children with deformi
ties and for research. Since the work
was started in the state hundreds of
children have received treatment that
enabled them to lead normal, healthy
lives, but members of the society
claim there are many others still in
need of treatment and surgery.
While Butts county probably will
not be able to attain its quota—set
at a high figure—Mr. Hearn is anx
ious to make the best showing possi
ble.
CULTIVATING
Specialists for the Agricultural
Extension Service of the University
of Georgia state that there are two
basic reasons for cultivating. These
are to control weeds and to break
the surface crust. They say that if
there are no weeds and no surface
crust, do not cultivate.
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JACKSON, GEORGIA
Cancer Campaign
Runs April 15
To 15th of May
The campaign to raise Butts coun
ty’s quota of $648 in the American
Cancer Society’s spring drive will run
from April 15 to May 15. Rufus
Adams is fund chairman, Richard W.
Watkins general chairman and Dr.
Roy Goff county chairman.
The drive is actively sponsored by
the American Legion Auxiliary and a
house to house canvas in Jackson will
be made by members. School child
ren will also play a leading part in
the campaign.
Literature has been distributed
and films shown, and residents of the
county generally are familiar with
the object of the drive. Funds raised
will be used in the treatment of in
digent cancer patients and for edu
cation and research.
Cancer ranks second as the cause
of death in America, yielding first
place to diseases of the heart. If de
tected in time most cancer can be
cured by surgery, x-ray or radium,
according to medical authorities.
During the past few years several
Butts county citizens have died of
cancer and it is estimated that one
person out of five will have cancer
at some time.
MILK COWS SOLD UP TO
$l7B AT LOCAL AUCTION
Offering at the April 8 sale 6t
•
Middle Georgia Livestock Sales Cos.
consisted of 209 head of cattle and
49 hogs. Milk cows and springers
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THE PROGRESS-ARGUS
A Family Newspaper Since 1873
JACKSON, GA.
Can Accidents produce
Disease?
The cause of many diseases can be traced to a previous acci
dental injury. Nerve force from the brain channelled over the
spinal nerves is necessary to run the body. If nerve force is'
interrupted, the affected organs fail to perform their proper
function. It might be fhd stomach
which would be affected, the eyes,
the heart, or any other organ of the .arm
body. Disrupted _
IF YOU HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT LATELY, it will pay you
to have a check-up by your family Chiropractor. DON'T PUT
; IT OFF. The longer you wait, the more damage you will suffer,
' and the harder it will be to correct the CAUSE of your trouble,
j Your Chiropractor is trained in detecting interference to trans
mission of nerve energy caused by misalignments or subluxations
in the spine. (
CHOOSE CHIROPRACTIC WITH CONFIDENCE
DR. R. L. COOK
CHIROPRACTOR
Over Moore’s Auto Parts Wed - 1:30-5:30 P. M.
Jackson, Ga. Sat - 5 8 p - M -
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Bring your car to us for a complete Spring inspec
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Don’t start into the warm weather season with
worn and dangerous tires. See our complete line of
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a full line of batteries for all makes of cars and
trucks.
TEXACO SERVICE STATION
Jimmy C. Earnhart Cecil M. Maddox
topped at $l7B each. The following
prices were reported:
No. 1 hogs, $21.30 per cwt.; beef
cows, $14.60 per cwt.; steers, $19.80
per cwt.; heifers, $22 per cwt.;
calves, $25.50 per cwt.; milk cowa
and springers, each, $l7B.