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VOL. 8* —NO. 35
GEORGIANS TO CHOOSE GOVERNOR WEDNESDAY
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BEN GARLAND
Hot Political Races Insures Heavy
Vote in State Primary September $
With nine candidates in the race
to: governor and hot local races for
Congress, judge and solicitor of the
Flint Circuit and Butts county Rep
tentative, indications point to a
■heavy vote in the state primary Sep
tember 8.
Final preparations are being made
by the Butts County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee to conduct the
primary here. Ballots are on hand
and other election papers have been
received and these will be ready to
go out to poll holders the first of the
week.
The polls in all precincts will open
at 7 a. m. and close at 6 p. m. This
is according to the rules of the State
Democratic Executive Committee.
In Jackson precinct there will be
three polling places, Whites will vote
in the County Commissioner’s office
and in the office of Clerk of Court,
while colored voters will cast ballots
in the justice of the peace office.
In Flovilla precinct-voting will be
in the community clubhouse, accord
ing to H. B. Whitaker, member of the
committee.
In the several districts the com
mittee will make all necessary ar
rangements for holding the primary.
The county committee has requested
the county commissioners to have all
polling places placed in good condi
tion for the election.
Butts county has a registration of
4,622—just two less than the 4,624
qualified in the 1952 state primary.
In an off-election year, the 1952 vote
Ifr solicitor was 2,194 and for repre
litative 2,253, while 2,063 voted in
ne race for congress. In the spring
iTimary of 1952 for county officers
vote was slightly in excess of 3,-
0.
Newspapers are forbidden by state
i®W’ to print the Official ballot or
e 'en a sample ballot, but in the be
■if it will be an aid to voters the
ballot will shape up something like
this;
For Governor: Ed Barfield, Ben
Garland, Charles Gowen, Marvin
Griffin, Fred Hand, Tom Linder, A.
■b Neeson, Mrs. Grace Thomas, M. E.‘
Thompson.
For Lieut. Governor: W. K. Bar
ett, William Dean, John Greer, Er
lest Vandiver.
For Comptroller General: Zack
- rav- ey, J. Miles, Aud Thomas.
For Attorney General: Eugene
"°°k, Casey Thigpen.
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
Byrd, J. Phil Campbell, Dr.
■ B. Clower, Clark Gaines, Guy
stone > Young Tillman.
For Labor Commissioner: Ben T.
J ' e t, J. E. B. Stewart.
For Public Service Commissioner:
ra wford Pilcher, Dr. L. N. Huff..
[State Treasurer: George Hamilton,
Sr.
Congress, 4th District: Frank
Jack Flynt, Bill Trotter.
’ Judge Flint Circuit: Tom
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CHARLIE GOWEN
Many Pleas of
Guilty Entered
At August Term
During the past week when the
criminal division of Butts Superior
Court was in session a good many
cases were disposed of, with several
pleas of guilty being made.
As furnished by Clerk H. H. Cald
well the following cases were heard
during the week:
Lee Slaton, obscene language, plea,
12 months.
James Watson, 2 cases. 1, Driving
under influence, plea, SIOO or 6
months. 2, Driving without brakes,
plea, SIOO or 3 months.
Stokes Lamar, attempted assault,
plea, 12 months.
Hubert Hunter, 2 cases. 1, Ob
scene language, plea, Georgia Train
ing School. 2, Same charge, Georgia
Training School.
J. D. Fuller, 2 cases. 1, Possessing
liquor, plea, SSO. 2, making liquor,
plea, 12 months or $l5O.
Willie James Hendricks, 2 cases. 1,
Beastiality, plea, 12 months. 2, killing
cow, plea, 12 months.
Pinkie Williams, abandonment,
plea, 12 months.
Eugene Hightower, 2 cases. 1,
Driving under influence, plea, SIOO
or 6 months. 2, gaming, plea, $25 or
60 days.
Franklin King, public drunkenness,
plea, SSO or 3 months.
Bub Head, beer for sale, acquitted.
Marvin Rogers Bennett, possessing
unstamped liquor, plea, SSO or 6
months.
James Appling, having unstamped
liquor, plea, $75 or 6 months.
Albert Dupree, carrying concealed
weapons, plea, $75 or 6 months.
John Berry, gaming, plea, $25 or
60 days.
Otis Sims, gaming, plea, $25 or
60 days.
Lewis Dodson, 2 case, 1, Possess
ing non-tax paid liquor, plea, $75 or
6 months. 2, gaming, plea, $25 or
60 days.
Willie James McCoy, 2 cases. 1,
Gaming, plea, $25 or 60 days. 2, Dis
orderly house, SSO or 6 months.
Stephen Head, gaming, plea, SIOO
or 12 months.
Frank Head, Peeping Tom, plea,
12 months.
Brown, Harvey J. Kennedy.
For Solicitor General Flint Circuit:
Hugh D. Sosebee, Richard W. Wat
kins Jr.
For Butts County Representative:
Tom Collins, B. H. Hodges.
JACK .'I, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1954
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MARVIN GRIFFIN
Two Civic Groups Urge AH Out
Effort To Get Out Primary Vote
In efforts to get out the vote in
the September 8 primary, the Butts
County Junior Chamber of Com
merce and the Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club has obtained
the indorsement and cooperation of
Mayor W. M. Redman. He has issued
a proclamation calling attention to
th e importance of a full and repre
sentative vote September 8.
The Kiwanis club has for years
had as a major objective getting out
the vote in all primaries and elec
tions as a weapon for clean and hon
est government.
Mayor Redman has issued the fol
lowing proclamation in connection
with the civic group get out the vote
project:
Whereas, the United States of
America is the stronghold of democ
racy in the world today, and the
United States of America has been
kept free and strong by its citizens
throughout the years as they have
resolved their issues and chosen their
public officials by the power of the
ballot box. Only by true and repre-
sentative government may the United
States of America continue to be
strong and free. True representative
government can be continued only by
the citizens of this country by the
exercise of their precious American
right of voting.
Now, therefore, I, W. M. Redman,
mayor of Jackson, Ga., do hereby
commend the Butts County Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the Jack
son Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club on the Get Out the Vote
project, and hereby urge all register
ed voters of Butts county to take
! advantage of their citizenship by vo
ting on September 8.
This the 24th day of August, 1954.
W. M. REDMAN, Mayor
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Games of the Week
Sept. 3 —R. E. Lee (Thomaston)
versus Griffin in Griffin, 8 p. m.
Locked in Bid for Solicitor’s Post
HUGH D. SOSEBEE
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FRED HAND
Jaycees To Stage
Wrestling Show
SatardajrNight
Live wrestling, which proved to be
such a success locally a few weeks
ago, will return to Jackson on Sat
urday, September 4, when the Butts
County Jaycees will again stage a
wrestling show at th e Jackson High
gymnasium.
Many of the wrestlers who proved
so popular in the August 20 matches
have been booked for a return en
gagement, insuring the spectators of
several lively and entertaining bouts.
The main event on the September
4 cM#* will be a 4 man tag team
match, two out of three falls, with
Choo Choo Lynn and Ken Frier bat
tling Bill Alexander and Chuck Mu
sic. All but Music appeared on the
August 20 match that proved so pop
ular with the Jackson fans.
In the semi-final bout, Yank Gavel
will meet Gene Powell in a 45-min
ute, two out of three fall match.
There will also be one other opening
bout.
The opening bout will pit Lou
Stinson, 208 lbs. of Norfolk, Va.
against Leroy Farrell, 201 lbs. of
Ozark, Ala. This will be a one fall,
30 minute match.
The first wrestling show staged
here in years drew over 400 specta
tors on August 20 and the Jaycees
are expecting an even larger crowd
for the Saturday night matches. Tag
team bouts are even more exciting
from a spectator viewpoint than the
individual bouts.
Admission to the Saturday night
card, which begins at 8:30 p. m., is
SI.OO for adults and 50c for children.
A complete concession stand will be
operated by the Jaycees for the con
venience of the spectators.
RICHARD W. WATKINS JR.
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TOM LINDER
Jaycees WiU Salute Industry On
State Industrial Day, September 22
Coaches To Give
Outlook On 1954
Football Squad
Dr. Wright Hicks as program
chairman will present Coaches Hunt
er Strickland and Joe Bell at the
Kiwanis club meeting September 7
and they will give talks on the out
look for the 1954 football team.
Facts about the current schedule and
other information will be given the
Kiwanians.
Tuesday night’s meeting, with Vin
cent Jones as chairman, featured lo
cal candidates in the state primary.
Ben Garland, candidate for governor,
was in north Georgia on a campaign
swing and could not be present.
Richard W. Watkins as a candidate
for solicitor general in the Flint Cir
cuit was the first speaker. Candi
dates, forbidden to talk politics, util
ized the time to talk about other
things. Mr. Watkms gave the amus
ing things he has met while cam
paigning.
As present Representative, Harvey
Hodges was first of the candidates
for the lower house to be presented.
He gave an excellent talk on the
ideals and aims of Kiwanis and
lauded the Jackson club as one of the
best in the state.
Tom Collins, running for the Gen
eral Assembly, was the last speaker
and chose for his subject “Thirty
Pieces of Silver.’’ He illustrated his
point by naming a great Georgia
Tech football player of the 1928 era
and showed how the player was hon
ored. In contrast he sketched the ca
reer of John Dilliiiger, bank robber,
hoodlum and Public Enemy No. 1 un
til he was shot to death in 1934.
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Somewhere along the line, Collins
said, there was a failure in citizen
ship.
The best of spirit prevailed and
the candidates, friends now, will be
friends after the primary.
Dr. R. A. Fraklin was a visitor
and Avon Gaston was wished happy
returns on his birthdays Sept. 2.
Dance Friday
Night Was Both
Good and Hot
In spite of the stifling heat, the
Friday night dance sponsored by the
Butts County Bulldog Club was de
clared both a financial and social
success.
With the University of Georgia
Bulldog orchestra furnishing a varie
ty of smooth, danceable music, the
dancers enjoyed themselves in spite
of the torrid tempterature.
$3.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE'
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M. E. THOMPSON
Five bands, a fifty contestant
beauty contest, several floats, and
speeches by prominent persons from
across the state, climaxed by a dance
at the gym, music by Piano Red are
among the highlights of the obser
vance of Industrial Day, September
22, sponsored locally by the Butts
County Junior Chamber of Com
merce. C. B. Brown, chairman of the
committee in charge of plans for In
dustrial Day, says things are out of
the planning stage and only details
remained to be ironed out. The co
operation of everybody has been gen
erous.
High school bands from Griffin,
Forsyth, Jackson and McDonough
have tentatively agreed to participate
as has also the Gordon Military Col
lege band and color guard.
Beauty contestants will come from
Monticello, Forsyth, Barnesville, Mc-
Donough, Griffin and Jackson .
Floats will be made here and are,
sponsored by the various industries.
Miller Killed
When Car Hit
Bridge Railing
Feste Miller, 37-year-old Negro
man residing beyond Fincherville in
Henry county, was killed about 2 a.
m. Sunday morning when the car in
which he was riding hit the bridge
railing over Tussahaw Creek six miles
north of Jackson on the Fincherville
Road.
Johnny Griffin, Atlanta, driver of
the car, suffered a broken shoulder
and three other occupants of the
194.8 Chevrolet were admitted to
Grady Hospital for treatment.
The car was proceeding north at
the time of the accident and was
running at a lively clip, reports said.
Sheriff J. D. Pope and members of
the State Patrol investigated the ac
cident., Griffin was held on a charge
of driving under the influence of
liquor.
Miller, Sheriff Pope said, leaves a
wife.
After the accident the car plunged
off the bridge and was not towed in
until Sunday morning.
HEALTH OFFICER
WINS NEW CAR
Walter Patillo, sanitation officer
for Butts and Monroe counties, won
a 1954 Customline two-door Ford
sedan Friday night at Dudley.
The prize was given by the Dudley
High School as they raised funds for
the construction of anew gymna
sium.
Patillo was present when the award
was made and for once he said he was
speechless. Friends are congratula
ting him on his extreme good for
tune.