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Jackson Progress-Argus
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
J. D. Jones.. Publisher
Doyle Jones Jr. Editor
Vincent Jones Associate Editor
Entered as second-class matter at
the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
TELEPHONE 4281
OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUN
TY AND CITY OF JACKSON
SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN
ADVANCE, TAX INCLUDED
One year. $3.00
Six months 1.75
Single copy .10
John T. Harris
Tapped As One
Of Best Drivers
In a contest being conducted by
the State Patrol and Department of
Safety to determine the state’s best
driver, it is pleasing to Butts county
friends to know that John T. Harris
of Decatur, son of Mr .and Mrs. H.
G. Harris of Jenkinsburg, has been
chosen to compete in the select state
circle.
Sunday as Mr. Harris was driving
from his home in Decatur to visit his
parents at Jenkinsburg he was desig
nated by the State Patrol as a careful
and safe driver. The State Patrol fol
lowed the Ilatris car for a long dis
tance on Highway 42 and as Harri
turned off the highway to his par
ents, he was , stopped by the Patrol
and complimented for his exhibition_
of save driving.
The contest runs for some time
and the ultimate winner will not be
known for a few days, but that John
Harris has made a good start toward
winning state honors is a matter of
interest to his friends and his fam
ily.
MILDEW CONTROL
Powdery mildew attacks many
plants, including roses, lilac, phlox,
zinnias and dahlias. Dusting or spray
ing regularly with sulfur, beginning
when the disease first appears, will
provide effective control.
In the same manner a family selects its everyday
needs at prices it can afford to pay, it may choose,
Jfrom our comprehensive range of prices, a serv
ice priced to meet its needs or wishes.’
livery
I cnn ily
Sets I he
Ptice
Seek our protec- 1
five advice as
freely as it is
offered.
Quotation of Gas Rates
For
CITY Of JACKSON
MONTHLY GENERAL RETAIL RATES
A. RESIDENTIAL RATE.
Available to all residential customers only.
First 200 CF or less SI.OO per month
Next 2,800 CF 13.0 c per 100 CF.
Next 7,000 CF 9.0 c per 100 CF.
Next 20,000 CF 7.5 c per 100 CF.
All additional gas 6.0 c per 100 CF.
Minimum monthly charge $1.25
B. GENERAL COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
RATE.
Available to all non-residential consumers.
During heating During off-peak season
season May to Sept, inch
First 200 CF or less $1.50 per month $1.50 per mo.
Next 4,800 CF 13.5 c per 100 CF. 12.0 c per 100 CF.
Next 15,000 CF 10.0 c per 100 CF. 8.5 c per 100 CF.
Next 80,000 CF 7.5 c per 100 CF 6.0 c per 100 CF.
Next 200,000 CF 6.0 c per 100 CF 5.0 c per 100 CF.
All additional gas 5.0 c per 100 CF 4.0 c per 100 CF.
Minimum monthly charge 51.50 i
Reese McMurry
Victim Heart
Attack Aug. 14
Charles Reese McMurry, 60, for
mer resident of Jackson and widely
known as a printer, died Saturday
night in Quincy, Fla., as the result
of a heart attack. He became ill
Friday and the second seizure Sat
urday proved fatal.
Mr. McMurry was born in Frank
lin county February 4, 1894, son of
Charles and Carrie McMurry. He
worked for several years on the Car
nesville Herald, Royston Record and
in the 30’s came to Jackson to work
for The Progress-Argus. He subse
quently served with the Haralson
Tribune at Buchanan and during the
war years was employed by The
Progress-Argus as printer and lino-
type operator. Later he served with
the Covington News and the Barnes
ville News-Gazette. For the past five
years Mr. McMurry had been con
nected with the Gadsden County
Times at Quincy, Fla.
During their residence in Jackson
the McMurry family made a wide
circle of friends. Mrs. McMurry, the
former Miss Effie Parham, di&d in
Jackson in the fall of 1945. Asa
commercial printer Mr. McMurry was
a skilled craftsman and showed good
taste in his work. He was recognized
as one of the fastest floormen in the
state.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs.
Asa Maddox of Jackson; three sis
ters, Mrs. H. G. Wansley and Mrs. W.
B. Westbrook of Carnesville; Mrs.
Bud Spears of Jasper; two brothers,
Hubert and Clarence McMurry of
Carnesville; a granddaughter, Suz
anne Maddox of Jackson.
Funeral services were held Monday
at 3:30 p. m. at the Peacock & Ball
chapel. The Rev. G. A. Briggs con
ducted the service and burial was in
the Jackson cemetery with Peacock
& Ball Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
The pallbearers were Clyde Walk
er, Arthur Stodghill, J. D. Jones Sr.,
C. F. Singley, L. C. Webb, R. F.
Armstrong.
The same high
standard of service
for all. It costs no
more to call us.±
Haisten Funeral Home
Phone 6111
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Containers For
Polio Funds Are
Centrally Placed
Containers for the collection of
funds in the emergency polio cam
paign have been placed at strategic
centers, according to Ben Haisten,
chairman of an Exchange club com
mittee named to direct the drive.
Because of the wide outbreak of
polio this year, and expenses of treat
ment of other years, national funds
have been exhausted and the public
is asked to replenish funds so that
treatment may be continued.
The drive started August 16 and
will continue through August 31.
W'hile Butts county has not been as
signed a definite quota, it is the hope
of Chairman Haisten that a liberal
repsonse will be made. Contributions
may be made direct to the chairman
or deposited in the containers at fill
ing stations, drug stores and other
NOW MORE THAN EVER
YOU MUST WATCH YOUR
COTTON
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And We Are Ready To
Help You
The serious drought during the past several weeks has
severely damaged cotton and because of this it is necessary
that you gin your cotton where you get the best possible
turnout, thereby insuring the highest possible price when
the cotton is marketed.
You need not worry about your staple and turnout
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when you bring your cotton to Nutt & Bond gins. Our gins,
considered the very best that money can buy, have been
overhauled for the season and we are now ready to gin your
cotton.
Two Modern Plants with Efficient Equipment
And Experienced Personnel Is Your Guaran
tee of PROMPT, DEPENDABLE SERVICE.
FOR THE BEST SERVICE ANYWHERE
BRING YOUR COTTON TO
Nutt & Bond
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JACKSON, GEORGIA
TELEPHONE 2711
places of business over the county.
A release from national head
quarters says that the percentage of
severely paralyzed jjatients has been
increasing during the last few years
and gave as reasons for the rise:
Many critically paralyzed patients,
who in former years would have died,
now survive because of improved
care and treatment. Polio is attack
ing more adults and a higher percen
tage of these patients suffer severe
paralysis.
The need for iron lungs is increas
ing, the release says, and more than
2,000 iron lungs are now in use.
The National Association for In
fantile Paralysis has done much for
Butts county and citizens here are
offered an opportunity to show ap
preciation by donating to the emer
gency drive.
DR. PINCKNEY SPOKE AT
LIONS CLUB LUNCHEON
Dr. Robert H. Pinckney of Jackson
spoke at a luncheon meeting of the
Thomaston Lions Club August 9. His
subject was “How’s Your Child’s
Eye-Q.” His talk covered preventive
measures parents can take in connec
tion with their child’s vision and was
LET’S KEEP
THOS. J. BROWN Jr.
As Judge of the
Superior Courts
of the
Flint Circuit
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His Record Merits Our Endorsement for a Full Term
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, i 954
illustrated with slides. Dr. Pinckr.i
is active in district and state opto
metric activites, being a former edi
tor of the Journal of the Georgia Op
tometric Association. s
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