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VOL. 81— NO. 33
'State’s Progress
Told By Governor
At Civic Meeting
The civic clubs of Georgia and
similar groups have made substantial
contributions to the great era of
progress the State of Georgia has en
tered in recent years, according to
Gov. Herman Talmadge in a speech
delivered here Tuesday night.
The governor was chief speaker at
a joint meeting of the Jackson Ki
wanis club and the Jackson Exchange
Club.
“It has been my observation that
wherever constructive c ommunity
programs are being carried out you
will always find some civic club be
hind them,” Governor Talmadge said.
“Asa rule there are enough clubs
in a community to give representa
tion to people in all kinds of activi
ties and they always show a fine
spirit of cooperation whenever com
munity movements for the benefit of
all the people are concerned.
“Georgia’s recent remarkable ex
pansion of industry which has
fought hundreds of new plants with
new payrolls to this state was suc
cessful largely due to cooperation the
ifote and other agencies received
ffrom the local civic clubs. In many
cases these clubs initiated the move
ment for an industry and the state
was always glad to lend every possi
ble cooperation.”
Governor Talmadge said these
clubs are doing wonderful work
among youth organizations.
“Nearly all of them are carrying
out permanent programs for boys and
girls of the community and have
made wonderful progress in the
movement to check and eliminate
juvenile delinquency.”
The governor was invited to speak
by Representative B. H. Hodges who
introduced the speaker.
His tenth talk to Butts county
civic and patriotic groups, Governor
Talmadge was welcomed by a big
group from the civic clubs and in
vited friends. Highlights were an out
line of the framing of the Constitu
tion, the origin of the New Deal days
and the recent Supreme Court deci
sion banning segregation in the
schools.
He rapped with solid emphasis the
present concept of giving away
American money and goods to for
eign nations, described as a global
WPA. The international situation is
serious, Governor Talmadge warned,
and he said America should have the
strongest navy and air power on
MP r th and be ready to deal with Com
munism whenever and wherever call
d on to do so.
f 1° concluding an interesting talk,
Governor Talmadge told the group he
had enjoyed being governor and
thanked the public for support and
cooperation and asked that all come
l 0 see him when he retires to private
hfe in a few months.
REVIVAL begins august
22 AT ENGLAND CHAPEL
Revival services will begin at Eng
;an and Chapel Methodist Church Sun
day, August 22, and will run through
Friday, the 27. The Rev. Wilton Hols
ton > pastor of the Locust Grove
Methodist Church, will be the guest
minister and assist the pastor, the
ev ' W. h. Lewis, in the series of
m eetings. The hour of services will
be 8 P- m.- and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
VF W MEETING FOR
Fr IDAY IS POSTPONED
T he meeting of the Butts County
r Post No. 5374 scheduled for
• nday night, August 20. has been
until Friday, August 27,
f e jPse of the Jaycee wrestling
scheduled for Friday night in
f ®?ymnasium.
This Year Saw
High Peak At
Camp Meeting
This year’s session of the Indian
Springs Holiness camp meeting,
which closed Sunday night after ten
days, reached a peak of interest and
attendance not equaled before in
years.
From the opening session August
5 through the last service Sunday
night the attendance was exception
ally good. This was attributed to the
able preaching staff secured for the
ten-day meeting. Ministers of nation
al reputation, including two bishops
of the Methodist Church, Arthur J.
Moore and John Branscomb, and
other ministers of wide renown were
present. Many thought this year’s
preaching was the best in a decade
or more and the speakers were given
the closest attention.
There also was the thought expres
sed that the critical times, drought
and threatened war and social un
rest, had something to do with the
deep sincerity attending all services.
The last day of th e meeting saw
throngs jam the large assembly
grounds. From far and near they
came to hear gospel preaching and
inspiring singing and there were
some groups getting in a few polit
ical licks and family groups were
also in evidence.
The best of order was in evidence
during the entire meeting.
Before adjournment leaders for
1955 were announced, plans of de
velopment and expansion studied and
other business matters considered.
Workers for 1955 include C. I.
Armstrong, John R. Church and Paul
Rees.
Officers and trustees were also
named to serve the ensuing twelve
months.
Some cottage holders are remain
ing for a few days until the opening
of school forces their return home.
Most of the crowds have already de
parted and the 1954 camp meeting
is a pleasant memory.
J. W. O’Neal Is
Named Foreman
Of Grand Jury
J. W. O’Neal, president of Jackson
National Bank, was elected foreman
of the Butts county grand jury at
the August term. Ralph Carr Sr. was
named clerk and D. W. Brooks bail
iff.
With Judge T. J. Brown Jr. of
McDonough presiding and Solicitor
General Hugh Sosebee present as
state’s attorney, the August term of
Superior Court was convened Mon
day at 10 a. m.
Following organization of the
grand jury, Judge Brown made his
charge to that body. The charge was
not long, but was comprehensive and
covered the main points of law vio
lations the grand jury will be called
to investigate, such as gambling,
drunk driving, dry law, inspection of
public books and records. The Aug
ust grand jury is known as an inves
tigating grand jury and it is your
duty to carefully check the books and
records of all county officials and
make proper recommendation," de
clared Judge Brown. He told the
grand jury to be careful in return
ing indictments, as only one side of
the charge is heard.
Immediately after the charge of
the court the calendar of civil cases
was called. There*is more than the
usual amount of civil litigation on
the docket at this term.
In keeping with an established
custom here, criminal cases will be
set for a hearing the week of August
23.
JACKSO 'J GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954
RiJ Devils
Now Practicing
Twice Daily
Jackson High’s Red Devils began
strenuous two-a-day practice sessions
Monday under the watchful eyes of
Head Coach Hunter Strickland and
Assistant Coach Joe Bell.
For the next few days the squad
will be brought into condition with
two workouts daily at 3 and 7 p. m.
Calisthenics, conditioning, fundamen
tals and blackboard work will occupy
most of their time for the rest of
the week. '
Beginning next week, the squad
will get down to head-knocking in
serious preparation for the season’s
opener with Greensboro on Septem
ber 10 on Red Devil Hill.
Coach Joe Bell reported Monday
that approximately 35-40 boys an
swered the call for the first practice
session and that the team’s prospects
for the coming year are fair, with
the personnel rated slightly better
than last year’s squad that won only
one game.
A ten game schedule, especially at
tractive sinee five of the games will
be at home, has been arranged and
includes eight Region 3-B games and
two non-region games.
Eatonton and Greensboro are the
non-region games while Ft. Valley, a
Class C grid powerhouse for years
recently moved to Region 3-B, will
be met here on October 1.
The complete 1954 schedule is as
follows:
Sept. 10—Greensboro, Here.
Sept. 17—Hogansville, Here.
Sept. 24—West Point, There.
Oct. I—Fort Valey, Here.
Oct. B—Jonesboro, There.
Oct. 15—Eatonton, There
Oct. 22—McDonough, Here
Oct. 29—Forsyth, There
Nov. s—Manchester, Here.
Nov. 12—Forest Park, There.
County . Levy Is
26 Mills, School
Levy Set at 19
A 1954 tax levy of 26 mills for
county purposes and 19 mills for
schools, including 4 mills to retire
bonded debt, has been announced by
the Butts County Board of Roads and
Revenues.
The rate is the same as that in
force last year. In the county levy
major funds are roads, 4 mills;
bridges, 7V 2 mills; sheriff, jail and
other officers, 2Ms mills; health, 3
mills; welfare, 1•% mills; superior
court, 114 mills and past due indebt
edness, 1 mill.
Of the 19 mills levied for school
purposes, 15 mills go for support and
maintenance and 4 mills will be used
to create a sinking fund to pay the
cost of construction of the Jackson
High School.
In the aggregate the two levies
amount to 45 mills.
That amount will be collected on
a net digest of $2,346,123. The cor
poration tax is about the same as
that of the county tax, with the
Georgia Power Company the county’s
largest taxpayer. The Southern Rail
way and Southern Bell Telephone
Company are other large taxpayers.
Under Georgia law, the tax collec
tor is required to open his books
October 1 and close collection De
cember 20. Taxes not paid by that
date are declared delinquent and
bear interest.
SEPTEMBER 6 DATE OF
COUNTY POULTRY SHOW
September 6 is the date named for
the Butts County Poultry Show and
Sale. At that time members of the
4-H poultry show will exhibit their
birds and will be awarded ribbons
and prizes. Further details will be
released at a later date.
Ben Garland In
Optimistic Talk
To Home People
In what he termed a “report to my
home people,” Ben Garland, candi
date for governor in the fall primary,
addressed a representative group on
the court lawn Saturday at 3 p. m.
Present were delegations from Macon
and Atlanta and a group of ladies and
men of the two races.
In his talk Col. Garland outlined
the major planks of his platform.
These include a bone dry law, soldier
bonus, homestead exemption increase
from $2,000 to $3,000, sales tax on
the wholesale level at an estimated
increase of $30,000,000 a year to the
state, retention of the county unit
system, a workable segregation plan
for education system, driving of
gamblers and racketeers out of the
state and a clean and wholesome en
vironment in which to rear children.
“I’m not bragging, but we have
encouraging reports from all sections
of the state and if the present trend
continues we will have some big sur
prises on September 8,” Col. Garland
declared.
The speech was delivered on the
east entrance of the couthouse and
carried to the audience by loud
speaker. Mayor W. M. Redman wel
comed the assemblage. The invoca
tion was by Rev. G. A. Briggs, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, and the
speaker was presented by M. O. Mc-
Cord Sr. In his talk Mr. McCord ex
plained this is the first time Butts
county has ever furnished a candi
didate for governor and said “we are
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stepping out and I predict bigger
and better things for the county in
the future.”
Attempting no oratorical flights,
Col. Garland spoke with conviction
and sincerity about the present cam
paign. He elaborated on the planks
of his platform, especially with re
gard to the soldier bonus for veter
ans of the two World Wars and the
Korean conflict, and said this would
cost only $4,000,000 a year and the
state could well afford to join 21
other states in showing appreciation
to veterans.
By a program of assignments and
tests he gave it as his opinion that
segregated schools could be main
tained in Georgia. There is danger
in a private school system which
could lead to parochial schools and a
violation of the principle of separa
tion of church and state.
On the bone dry issue Col. Gar
land bore down with emphasis. In the
event of his election he said he would
deny the big city papers adver
tising revenue from whiskey. The big
city papers are not giving him pub
licity to the same extent other candi
dates are favored, Col. Garland de
clared.
The whiskey interests are closely al
lied with gamblers and racketeers,
and he mentioned what happened re
cently in Phenix City, Ala. As solici
tor general of th e Flint Circuit he
said he put road houses and slot ma
chines out of business and said the
sarpe thing could be done on the state
level.
On the whole Col. Garland’s ad
dress was well received and at the
conclusion of his talk plates were
passed for campaign contributions.
V. L. JINKS INJURED
IN FALL FROM LADDER
V. L. Jinks, custodian of the Jack
son High School, suffered a broken
left elbow and a cheek bone fracture
when the ladder he was using for
painting slipped and threw him to
the floor Friday at 3 p. m. He was
taken to the Griffin-Spalding Hos
pital for treatment and returned
home later in the week. Mr. Jinks
has been connected with the Jackson
schools for several years and is rec
ognized as a hard and efficient
worker.
College Band To
Play For Local
Dance August 27
With the Georgia Bulldog orches
tra from the University of Georgia
providing the music, the second in a
series of dances sponsored by the
local Bulldog Club will be held Fri
day night, August 27, in the Jackson
High gymnasium.
Officers of the Bulldog Club feel
they are very fortunate in booking
an organization with the prestige of
the Athens orchestra, which for years
has been a favorite among the col
lege set.
Playing for fraternity and soror
ity dances at the University and for
dances in Athens, Atlanta and many
north and central Georgia spots, the
Bulldogs have achieved an enviable
reputation as one of the top college
dance bands in the country.
A novel feature of the dance, in
troduced for the benefit of those
ladies who attend without escorts,
will be several girl break dances in
which the normal routine of boy
breaking on girl will be rever
sed. It is felt that the girl break fea
ture will also encourage ladies to at
tend unescorted.
With a scholarship to the Univer
sity as the motive, the local Bulldog
Club plans to work other dances into
the early fall schedule, before bas
ketball season begins and the gym
cannot be secured.
Chaperones announced for the
dance by Doyle Jones Jr., vice presi
dent of the local Bulldog Club, in
clude Col. and Mrs. W. B. McCoy Sr.,
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Robison, Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Carmichael.
Dancing will begin at 8 and con
tinue until 12 p. m. Admission will be
SI.OO per person and sports attire
will be very much in evidence, if the
hot weather continues.
Col. E. S. Settle
Elevated To Rank
Brigadier General
It is pleasing news to his friends
here and elsewhere over the state to
know that Col. Ezra Smith Settle
has been promoted to the rank of
brigadier general, effective August
9, 1954.
Gen. Settle has completed over
twenty years of service with the arm
ed forces, serving both in the Georgia
National Guard as head of Company
A 121st Infantry and later in the
Army of th e United States in World
Wars I and 11. His last our of duty
was in Fort Jackson where he was
post commander. He was active and
influential in reorganizing Company
A after the close of hostilities.
He has had a long and distinguish
ed career in the service of the na
tion. He was retired a few years ago
and is now engaged in farming and
furniture business in Jackson.
Col. G. E. Mallet was also promo
ted to the rank of brigadier general
several months ago. He also served
long and faithfully with the National
Guard and in federal service.
Another Army man, Brig. Gen. H.
D. Russsell, is likewise a former
war time commander of Company A.
He was retired with the rank of ma
jor general and commanded the 30th
Division during World War 11.
LOCAL CRACKER FANS AT
GAME SATURDAY NIGHT
A big group of Atlanta Cracker
fans went to Atlanta Saturday night
to witness the game between Atlanta
and Chattanooga, won by the Crack
ers. The special occasion was a trac
tor given by John Deere dealers in
the Atlanta area in which Washing
ton Tractor Cos. took part. A Marietta
man was awarded the tractor.
$3.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Jackson To See
Live Wrestling
On Friday Night
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Jackson’s wrestling fans, who for
the most part are of the TV variety,
will get their first chance in over 20
years to see a live wrestling show
Friday riight when the Butts County
Jaycees sponsor a three-card wrest
ling match irt the Jackson High gym
nasium!
Featuring some of the outstanding
names in wrestling circles, the
matches will have one 30-minute
time limit and two matches of 45-
minutes time limit.
The opening match will find Choo
Choo Lynn of Macon tangling with
Swamp Boy of New Orleans. Both
men are in the 260 lb. range. The
match will be for one fall only, with
a 30-minute time limit.
In the semi-final bout, Ken Frier
of Miami will meet Bill Alexander
of Houston. Both men weigh in at
around th e 200 mark. The time lim
it will be 45 minutes, the winner
having to take two out of three falls.
The main event will feature Yank
Gavel, 204 pounder from Sanford,
Maine, against Lou Stinson, 206 lbs.
from Norfolk, Va. It also will be a
two out of three fall, 45 minute
match.
Advance ticket sales to the matches
have been good and the Jaycees are
expecting a near capacity house. A
portable ring will be installed on the
gym floor for the bouts and plenty
of choice seats are still available for
the spectators. Admission prices for
the event are SI.OO for adults and
ssoc for children.
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Tickets may be purchased in ad
vance from any member of the Jay
cees or at the door Friday night. A
complete concession stand will also
be operated by the Jaycees for the
convenience of the spectators.
MISSED FIRST SESSION
OF MEETING IN 64 YEARS
O. E. Smith, Butts county real es
tate agent, recounted Saturday that
this will be the first time in 64 years
that he failed to attend the Indian
Springs comp meeting. Mr. Smith was
sick during the week with an attack
of asthma and threatened pneumon
ia.
Mr. Smith recalls the first session
of the camp meeting was held under
a bush arbor, later a tent was secur
ed and about 1903 the tabernacle
was erected. He £*lso said that Butts
county farmers did much of the work
on the building on condition that
Tom Watson be the first speaker in
the permanent building.