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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954
■State Cotton
■Crop 510,000
Rdes For ’54
II prospective cotton production for
■ 9-4 of 510,000 bales was indicated
■ £ u?t [ according to the Georgia
Brop Reporting Service of the U. S.
department of Agriculture. This is
I, p er cent lower than the 752,000
Bales produced last year and 28 per
dent below the 10-year average of
H 05,000 bales.
I indicated yields of 219 pounds
dompared with 262 in 1953 and the
do-year average of 252 pounds,
ffl poor stands and dry weather are
desponsible for the small crop, the
doard points out. Cotton is opening
drematurely under drought condi-
■ ons and the bolls are smaller than
Hsual.
and Cotton in the Macon area in which
Hutts county is located is estimated
Bgl percent against 75 percent one
d ar a go. Condition of the crop over
de state as a whole is 62 percent of
d rmal compared with 75 percent in
Hd3.
lOn July 1 Georgia had 1,116,000
in cotton.
■vER 300 CATTLE AND HOGS
dENT AT LIVESTOCK AUCTION
■An offering of 287 head of cattle
■d 'll hogs went at auction at the
■jut 11 sale Middle Georgia
■r-tii.-k Sales Cos. A report showed
■}, heavy calves sold at S2O cwt.;
dtjp' al chives, sl4 to sl7 cwt.;
and springers up to $215
head.
I MORE EGGS IN GEORGIA
■There were seven percent more
■s ’ n Georgia incubators on April
■har. there were a year earlier. This
Hludes the 10 percent increase in
d s > n incubators in broiler areas,
■ that the number of replacement
■cks hatched in the first 20 days
■ April was probably four to five
■cent more than last year.
Local Happenings
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count is maintained with Progress-
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ad 50c.
FOR SALE—IOS acres of farm
land in Coody District, known as the
Thaxton place. See O. E. Smith.
8-19-tfc
FOR SALE—Baby bed with inner
spring mattress. Excellent condition.
Phone 2111. 8-19-ltp
FOR SALE—Six-room dwelling
on W. TJhird St., known as J. S. Ball
home. Also three suites of furniture
to go with home. Se e O. E. Smith.
8-19-tfc
WANTED—Settled single colored
woman to live in furnished servants
house and work 5 day week, $lO,
room and board. A. H. Bohannon,
513 Seminole Ave., N. E., Atlanta,
Ga. 8-12-tfc
FOR RENT —Upstairs apartments
and office space over Jackson Hard
ware Cos. , 8-5-Btc
PIANO FOR SALE
Are you going to buy a piano for
your boy or girl at the beginning of
school? If so, here’s your chance to
buy a fine Spinet for only the bal
ance owing- on it. Just pay a small
payment and assume easy monthly
payments. Will consider renting it.
Write Credit Dept. 83 Alabama St.,
SW., Atlanta, Ga. 7-29-4tc
DRILLED Wells and Myers pumps,
Virginia Supply & Well Cos., phone
VE 2051, Atlanta, Ga. or Jackson
Hardware Cos., phone 4191, Jackson,
Ga. ■ 5-20-tfc
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
SEE us for some good used TV —
guaranteed—cheap. Jackson Hard
ware Cos. 8-5-4tc
JOHN DEERE PARTS
20% off during the month of Aug
ust. Jackson Hdw. Cos. 8-5-4tc
FOR RENT, FOR COLORED—
Rooms and board at’lndian Springs,
Ga. Cold and hot water with bath
rooms, year round set up. Phone
6946. E. H. Randlen, directress. M.
A. Grier, assistant. 7-22-6tp
ELECTRIC MOTORS
Motor winding, Delco and Packard
Authorized Warrenty Service. Delco
and Packard Electric Motors, 1-250
to 100 H. P., Wholesale and Retail.
Griffin Armature Works, 347 New
Orleans St., Griffin, Ga. Phone
3015. 11-5-tfc
WE pay market prices for hens
and roosters. Quality Poultry Cos.,
Griffin, Ga., Tel. 6514. 10-22-tfc
INDIAN SPRINGS FISH
HATCHERY
One half mile south of Indian
Springs, Baltimore, minnows, whole
sale and retail. 5-6-52tp
FOR SALE
See the new 1954 “Copperized”
Refrigerator and Range Westing
house is now offering.
Fifty Dollars allowance on any
Laundromat, when purchased with a
Dryer.
A few good used Ranges, 50.00,
75.00, 95.00.
Used Laundromat, guaranteed 75.-
00.
Conventional washing machine,
40.00.
New electric sewing machines, ful
ly guaranteed, sews forward and
backward, full set attachments, 159.-
50.
Treadle sewing machines, 25.00 to
65.00.
Good 30 gallon table top water
heater only slightly used, guaranteed
75.00.
FURNITURE BARGAINS
A few good 9x12 Axminster and
Wilton rugs slightly used, 10.00 to
49.50.
Heavy new Linoleum rug, 8.95; 6
TWO INSURANCE AGENCY
PERSONNEL TO SCHOOL
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Fletcher, Jack
son Insurance Agency, and Mrs.
Charlotte B. Weaver, T. A. Nutt
Agency of Jackson, will attend the
Bth annual Fire and Casualty Insur
ance School of the Georgia Associa
tion of insurance agents at Wesleyan
College, Macon, the week of August
22.
PLANS FORMED FOR MEET
OF KIMBELL ASSOCIATION
Plans are now being made for the
58th annual meeting of the Kimbell
Association, comprising B apt is t
churches in Butts, Monroe and Henry
counties, at Pepperton Baptist
Church September 7-8. P. H. Weaver
as moderator has arranged an inter
esting program for the two-day ses
sion. The program will appear in a
later issue of The Progress-Argus.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks to
our many friends, especially Mrs.
Meredith, who graciously went
around and made up money for us
and to everyone who gave. It was
really appreciated. Also we would
like to thank everyone for the cards
I received while in the hospital.
Your thoughtfulness will always re
main a memory in our hearts and may
God bless everyone.—Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Mitchell.
a. CUuxnce
NOW
tKCft ey&ty
x 9, only 4.95.
New full size sofa bed, 39.50.
New five piece sofa bed living
room suit, 125.00.
Good used bed room suits, 49.50 to
99.50.
Ten piece dining room suit, 99.50.
Unusually nice 10 piece walnut
dining room suit, practically new at
295.00.
Lots of round chinas 45.00 and up.
Good pianos, mahogany upright,
gone over by experienced piano man,
135.00. Self player, special price.
Lots of unusual and antique pieces.
Look thru.
FARMERS EXCHANGE
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WMm CANDIDATE
JOHN J. FLYNT, JR.
Solicitor General of Griffin Circuit,
President of Georgia Bar Association,
Former Asst. United States Attorney,
Former State Legislator, Veteran and Farmer
Aggressive, experienced, capable
VOTE FOR and ELECT
JACK FLYNT
Watch Jack Flynt —WSB-TV —August 23- 6:00 P. M.
GEORGIA SELECTED FOR
SURVEY
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Eight Georgia counties have been
chosen by the U. S. Department of
Agrilulture to participate in a special
agricultural survey, designed to im
prove methods for estimating crop
acreages, yield and production and
VISIT THE
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before buying School Dresses. We have a large
supply at reasonable prices.
$1.98 to $5.98
Telephone 5291
MILK?
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livestock numbers and production.
The counties are Mitchell, Bulloch,
Burke, Houston, Whitfield, Harris,
Franklin and Butts.
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