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VOL. 83—NO. 32
With Session of Indian Springs Camp
Meeting To Open Thursday, August 9
The 66th annual session of the
Indian Springs Holiness Camp Meet
ing, largest in the Southeast, will be
gin Thursday, August 9, for ten days
with prospects for the largest atten
dance and best services in the camp’s
history.
DR. J. C. McPHEETERS
Evangelists to be heard this year
include Dr. J. C. McPheeters, Dr.
Leonard Cochran and Dr. John Paul.
The illness and hospitalization of Dr.
Joseph Owens forced the substitution
of Dr. Paul as the third speaker this
year. *
Clay Milby of Valdosta will super
vise the music for the camp meeting
•with the corps of pianists under the
leadership of Miss Bertie Hughey of
Forsyth.
Special observances during the ten
day session which will close Sunday
evening, August 19, will include
Butts County Day on Wednesday,
August 15, at 8 p. m.; Thanksgiving
Day, Thursday, August 16; and the
Missionary Hour on Friday, August
17, at 3:30 p. m.
The complete preaching schedule
for the 10-day meeting is as follows:
Thursday, August 9, 8 p. m.—Dr.
J. C. McPheeters.
Fr-iday, August 10, 11 a. m.—
Eishop Arthur Moore; 3:30 p. m.—
Bishop Moore; Bp. m. —Leonard
Cochran.
Saturday, August 11, 11 a. m. —
Leonard Cochran; 3:30 p. m. —Dr.
McPheeters; 8 p. m.—Leonard Coch
ran.
Sunday, August 12, 11a. m.—Dr.
McPheeters; 3:30 p. m.—Dr. Coch
ran; 8 p. m.—Dr. McPheeters.
Monday, August 13, 11 a. m.—
Dr. Cochran; 3:30 p. m. —Dr. John
Paul; 8 p. m.—Dr. McPheeters.
Tuesday, August 14* 11 a. m.—
Dr. McPheeters; 3:30 p. m.—Dr.
Cochran; 8 p. m.—Dr. Paul.
Wednesday, August 15, 11a. m.—
Dr. John Paul; 3:30 p. m. —Dr. J. C.
McPheeters; 8 p. m.—Dr. Leonard
Cochran
Thursday, August 16, 11 a. m. —
Leonard Cochran; 3:30 p. m.—John
Paul; 8 p. m. —J. C. McPheeters.
Friday, August 17, 11 a. m.—J. C.
McPheeters; 3:30 p. m.—Missionary
Hour; 8 p. m.—Leonard Cochran.
Saturday, August 18, 11 a m.—
Leonard Cochran; 3:30 p. m.—J. C.
McPheeters: 8 p. m.—John Paul.
Sunday, August 19, 11 a. m—Dr.
John Paul; 3:00 p. m.—Dr. Leonard
Cochran; 8 p. m.—Dr. J. C. Mc-
Pheeters.
Esiyn Jinks
Buys Turner’s
Cash Store
Henry Turner, proprietor of Turn
er’s Cash Store for over .30 years,
announced the sale this week of his
store to Esiyn Jinks, local farmer
and businessman.
Since 1927 Turner’s has been a
landmark in the center of Jackson’s
north square district.
The new proprietor sajd Tuesday
that the name of the store would be
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REV. LEONARD COCHRAN
Jackson Coach
Enters
Insurance Field
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Joe Bell, Jackson High assistant
coach, resigned July 26 to accept a
position with a life insurance com
pany, he told a Progress-Argus re
porter Monday.
The ycung coach will be affiliated
with the Aetna Life Insurance Cos.
and at the present time is taking
training as a life agent in the At
lanta office. For the present, he
plans to maintain his residence in
Jackson, Bell said.
Coming to Jackson in 1949, he
compiled an enviable record in six
seasons as a girl’s basketball coach.
His 1952 and 1955 teams were 4th
Distx-ict champions. Three of his
teams were third place winners in
the district and his Tvorse year found
his team in fourth place.
Last year, Bell coached the boy’s
basketball team that was runner-up
to Harris County for district honors.
In addition to his duties as bas
ketball tutor, Bell also was assistant
football coach for seven years and
has served as head baseball coach,
assistant track coach, and coach of
junior baseball teams.
He has also served as scoutmaster
of the Jackson troop for a number
of years and has been active in the
civic and religious life of the com
munity.
changed to Jink’s Cash Store.
Assisting the new owner in the
operation of the clothing store will
be his wife, the former Billie White,
one of the county’s best-known civic
and religious leaders.
Under the new management, busi
ness will be carried on as usual, with
the same line of merchandise and
business policies, the new owner
said.
JACKSON BAND TO BEGIN
PRACTICE AUGUST 13
The Jackson band will begin prac
ticing for the Fall Season on Mon
day, August 13, at 8:30 a. m. at the
End Room. All members are urged
to be present.
JACKSON, l Jr#<GlA, THURSDAY, AUGUST •, lOSC
Mrs awthon Is
Ist //ace Winner
In/ J £A Survey
Mrs. Hilton Cawthon of Butts
County, with a total of 13,590 points
was announced first place winner in
the wiring and appliance survey
sponsored jointly with the Central
Georgia EMC and the electrical deal
ers of its area.
Mrs. R. N. Anderson, Monroe
County leader, was second place win
ner with a total of 10,879 points.
Mrs. Cawthon was awarded an
electric range and a set of aluminum
ware donated by Frigidare dealers.
Mrs. Anderson was awarded an
automatic washing machine donated
by Hotpoint dealers in the Co-ops
area, and an electric fry pan donated
by Jackson Motor Company, Frigi
daire dealer of Forsyth.
Seven county chairmen and 45
community leaders made the wiring
and appliance _ survey, personally
visiting the homes of more than 6,-
000 Cooperative members. A score
sheet in the form of a point system
was worked out so that each leader
would be awarded hr prize accord
ing to her points. The leader making
the highest point could select from
all the prizes donated by the dealers.
The following leaders made as
many as 300 surveys, giving them an
outstanding : Mrs. Charles
Smoak, Spalding-'Lamar unit, who re
ceived a Norge Washing Machi&i, do
nated by GJ3 dealers in cooperation
withers. G *C; Mrs. Andrew A^exan-
dei\< 3 County, who was
ed ah 8 ft. GE Refrigerator, donated
by GE dealers in cooperation/ with
CGEMC; Mrs. R. A. Fannin and Mrs.
L. M. Hamby, working; *• a Seam
from the Spalding unit, who were
awarded a GE vacuum cleaner, do
nated by G E Supply Company, a
Hassock fan, by. Electric Supply
Company, and a GE percolator, by
General Electric Portable Appliance
Department; Mrs. J. B. Wild, Jasper
County unit, who was awarded a
Fairbanks-Morse Company; Mrs. C.
F. Tumlin, Morgan-Putnam unit, a
GE dryer, donated by GE dealers in
cooperation with CGEMC.
Mrs. Robert Lane, was second
prize winner ifi Butts County and
was awarded a power lawn mower
donated by Polk’s Recapping Com
pany and Settle and Robison, and a
set of aluminum ware donated by
Frigidaire.
Other Butts County leaders* who
won prizes are as follows: Mrs. Otho
Morgan, county leader, a Frigidaire
dryer, donated by Frigidaire Sales
Corporation; Mrs. Eslyn Jinks, steam
iorn, donated by Brown’s Jewelry &
Appliance Company; Mrs. A. A. Coon
Westbend Electric Fry Pan, City
Electric & Furniture Company, and
set of place mats donated by Carmic
hael Hardware Company; Mrs. Ho
ward Greer, Westbend Electric Fry
Pan, donated by Etheridge Smith
Company; Mrs. Ophelia Andrews,
two certified China Lamps, donated
by Tom Bond, Mrs. Fred Hammond,
percolator, donated by Carr Electric
Company and Mrs. Franklin Maddox,
Electric Fry Pan donated by Jack
son Hardware Company and hot
plate donated by Western Auto Com
pany.
PEPPERTON BAPTIST TO
HAVE AUGUST REVIVAL
Revival services at the
Baptist Chyrch will begin on Sunday,
August 19, and extend through Wed-,
nesday, August 29. Services will be
held twice daily at 10:00 a. m. and
7:30 p. m.
The Rev. W. L. Addleton of Ma
con will be the guest evangelist, as
sisted by Rev. Ray Tompkins, pas
tor. The public is cordially invited
to all of these services.
City Streets
May Be Paved
During August
Jackson Mayor W. M. Redman and
Butts County Representative B. H.
Hodges were assured last week by
Roger Lawson, chairman of the State
Highway Board, that several streets
in Jackson leading to the county’s
white and Negro schools will be pav
ed in August.
The streets will be paved in con
junction with the hard surfacing of
the Head’s Shop road, which is sched
uled for this month, Lawson said.
The Head’s Shop road, already grad
ed prepartory to paving, runs 4.13
miles down the Butts-Spalding-La
mar county lines from St. Rt. 36 past
Euel Letson’s Store to Spalding
county litie.
A state maintenance crew, that
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paves small stretches as well as main
taining road beds, will pave both the
county line road and the City’s
streets, Lawson said.
Highway engineers and paving
crews moved into the county Monday
afternoon to begin work on the
Head’s Shop road and prospects are
excellent that the Jackson streets
will b e paved before school opens,
Mayor Redman said.
Among the City streets set up for
paving ana:
An-extension of Mulberry Street
'to new Henderson High-Elementary
School for Negroes. /
Franklin Street past the National
Guard Armory to intersect with the
High Falls Road in front of the H.
H. Caldwell home.
Park Avenue to its intersection
with College Street,
j Fail ♦y'Streat past the new white
grammar school building.
Leroy O’Neal
Named Principal
Grammar School
In a harmonious session Tuesday
afternoon, the Butts County Board
of Education elected Leroy O’Neal
as principal of the Jackson Elemen
tary Sjlchool.
In other aelion, the Board accep
ted the resignation of Coach Joe
Bell, elected Doyle Bennett as cus
todian of the Jackson Elementary
School, and named Mrs. Julian
Brown as an assistant to Mrs. Bird
O’Neal in the music department. 1 ‘
' The Board took no action on the
election of a successor to Coach Bell,
Supt. A. B. Duncan said, but will
confer with head coach Henry Pow
ers for his suggestions and recom
mendations.
With football practice beginning
August 20, the naming of an assis
tant coach is of paramount impor
tance and Duncan said that the mat
ter will receive the urgent attention
of the Board and school Authorities.
Benefit Dance
Nets Red Cross
Over $lB5 Profit
Milton Daniel, chairman of the
county’s special Red Cross fund
raising *ririve, reported a profit of
$lB5 on the benefit dance given Fri
day night in the Jackson High gym
nasium.
Featuring music by the Sheiks,
college dance band from Macon, and
the auctioning of several cakes,
made a.nd donated by friends of the
Red Cross, the dance was attended
by a fair crowd in spite of the hot
weather.
The special drive is rapidly ap
proaching its goal of wiping out the
$525 deficit for the year, Daniel re
ported*
County’s Tax Digest Shows An
Increase of $120,259 Over 1955
Cochran Opens
Two New Stores
In Stockbridge
Cochran’s, a familiar name in
Stockbridge business circles, is hav
ing a grand opening sale this week
end for their new Super Market and
Department Store.
The two firms, the newest to grace
Stockbridge’s business district, are
among the most modern small-town
stores in Georgia.
The new Cochran Super Market
• contains 3,750 sq. ft. of completely
modern, comfortably air conditioned
shopping space.
Qifality products such as Warren
refrigeration and tile floors by Arm
strong Cork Cos. went into its design.
Cochran’s will carry a complete
line of staple and fancy groceries,
U. C. choice beef, frozen foods,
garden fresh vegetables, Swift’s ice
cream, Revlon cosmetics and a full
line of sundries.
Many prizes will be awarded dur
ing the opening sale on Thursday
through Saturday, including a barrel
of groceries, baskets of groceries and
sets of dishes. You maj register each
time you enter the stoxe and all wiin
ners will be notified.
The Super Market will also give
Great Savings trading stamps, offer
ing valuable prizes for those who
have these stamps and present them
for redemption. Cochran’s is the first
V
store off the highway, facing the
railroad.
Four doors below the Super Mar
ket, Cochran’s has opened anew and
modern department store in a remod
eled building. The one-stop shopping
I
center will also handle hardware,
paints, seeds and other farm equip
ment.
WSB To Give
Jackson Radio
Saiute Thursday
The City of Jackson will be salut
ed on WSB radio programs at 11:45
a. m. and 10: 46 p. m. on Thursday,
August 9.
Mayor W. M. Redman will talk
with a WSB official Thursday morn
ing at 11:45 and the conversation
will be made and rebroadcast at 10:-
46 p. 'm. on the WSB Night Beat pro
gram.
Jackson is one of several mid-
Georgia cities similarly honored by
the Atlanta station.
During the radio interview, Mayor
Redman will be quizzed about recent
developments in the City, the state of
the county’s farm crops, new civic
undertakings, recent industral grow
th and other matters that will give
the people of Georgia an inside view
of the City of Jackson.
All Jackson and Butts county
radio listeners are reminded of the
Thursday morning and evening
broadcasts when the Jackson story
will be told to all Georgians.
NINE STATE PARK
LEASES SURRENDERED
Only one of 10 state park ranger
lessees has decided to keep his lease,
Parks Director J. W. Brinson said
Tuesday.
He is Edgar Collins, who holds the
lease on the Amicola Park.
The other nine men have gone on
the payroll of the Parks Department
as superintendents, Brinson said.
And all 10 have been dropped from
the payroll of the Game and Fish
Department, where they were hired
as “special wildlife rangers,” he ad
ded.
$3.00 JPER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Tax Collector H. Wayne Barnes
announced this week that the coun
ty’s tax digest for 1966 will show a
net increase of $120,259 over last
year’s totals, with personal and real
ty property in the county being as
sessed at a net of $2,394,327. The
1956 digest totaled $2,274,068.
Largest portion of the increase re
sulted from the registration of ad
ditional automobiles, Barnes stated.
Under anew Georgia law, the ad
valorem tax on automobiles must ba
paid before a license plate can bo
issued.
Public utilities within the county
should be about the same rate as
last year, the Tax Collector said,
which adds another $1,654,385 to the
total digest, raising the county’s to
tal property assessment to over $4,-
000,000.
Tax assessment as reported by the
Butts County Board of Tax Asses
sors,, with Elmer Cawthon, Julian
Fletcher and Lamar Weaver as mem
bers, include a gross assessment of
$3,479,812 on personal and privately
owned realty. From this figure $214,
935 in personal exemptions and
$870,550 in homestead exemptions
were granted.
In 1955, the county’s tax rate waa
45 mills, plus one-fourth mill for
state advalorem tax.
The Butts County Commissioners
are expected to determine at an early
meeting the county’s tax rate for
1956.
Last year’s tax levy was divided
as follows:
19 mills for the schools, including
15 mills for operation and four mills
for interest and slinking fund on new
school buildings.
26 mills for- county purposes, divid.
ed as follows:
Public roads, 4 mills, public build
ings, 3 mills; public bridges, 714
mills; county commissioners, % mill;
superior court, 1 mill; sheriff and
other officers, 2 mills; lunacy, %
mills; forestry, 1 >4 mills; pauper, 14
mill; past due indebtedness, 1%
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mills.
According to law, the tax collector
will open his books for the collection
of taxes on October 1 and close them
on December 20. Taxes not paid by
that date will be declared delinquent
and will bear interest.
Stokely Plant To
Begin Operation
About August 15
August 16 has been set as a tenta
tive date for the first run of the
season for the Jackson branch of the
Stokely-Van Camp Cos., manager Joe
Lewis reported Monday.
The plant will process exclusively
this fall Gold Rush sweet potatoes,
a variety of small potatoes grown in
south Georgia, and will act as a buy
ing and receiving station only for pi
miento peppers.
According to the latest informa
tion available, Lewis said that a
quantity of the potatoes would be
dug August 15 and should be in
Jackson ready for processing on the
16th.
The local management is inexper
ienced in the processing of sweet po
tatoes, Lewis said, and uncertain as
to the exact amount of labor requir
ed in the canning operation.
Lewis estimated, however, the
plant would need approximately 130-
160 employees, or about one-third of
the number required to process pep
per. A large number of the total
work force will be Negro women, he
said.