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Jackson Progress-Argus
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
DOYLE JONES JR Editor
and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter a<
the Post Office at Jackson, Ga.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS
COUNTY A CITY OF JACKSON
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News or 10 Years Ago
Mary Ann Wells, nine year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood
Wells, was killed accidently Sat
urday afternoon when a 22 cali
bre rifle with which her brother,
Charles, 12, was playing, was ac
cidently discharged.
Butts County had its first
heavy snow in several years Sat
urday, January 10, and the pre
cipitation was estimated at almost
two inches.
Of interest in local business
circles was the announcement by
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Perdue of
the purchase of the Busy Corner
Department Store from A. F.
Whitney.
While playing the past Wednes
day afternoon, Master Neil Earn
hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Earnhart, suffered a broken right
arm when he fell.
News of 20 Years Ago
Acting on a petition brought
by Rev. Z. M. Leverette and ap
proximately 76 citizens of Butts
County, the referendum on the
issuing of beer licenses in Butts
County for the year 1943 has
been temporarily restrained and
Judge Odgen Persons of the Flint
Circuit has set September 1 as a
date to hear the merits of the
case.
Members of the newly appoint
ed Panel Board to serve Butts
County have been named by W.
M. Redman, chairman of the
Butts County Service Department
Committee. Heading the commit
tee is Col. C. L. Redman as chair
man and other members are J. O.
Towles and J. G. McDonald.
Deaths during the week: Mrs.
Posey O'Neal, 70, Monday night
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Fred Wilkerson, in Jackson; Gales
W. Jinks, former member of the
Butts County Commissioners at
his home on Covington Road early
Thursday morning after a long
illness; Judge Marcus W. Beck,
distinguished Georgian, the form
er State Senator from the 26th
District, a former judge of the
Flint Circuit and late a Justice
of the Georgia Supreme Court, at
Milledgeville. Funeral services
were held at the First Baptist
Church in Jackson Friday with
burial in the Jackson City Ceme
tery beside his son, Marcus W.
Beck Jr., killed in France while
serving with the U. S. Marines in
World War I.
News of 30 Years Ago
Major Joel B. Mallet, Senator
from the 26th District and former
Adjutant General of Georgia, has
been named on the staff of Gov
ernor Eugene Talmadge.
Friends here and elsewhere
over the state are interested in
the announcement that Prof. T.
J. Dempsey Jr., superintendent of
schools in Butts County has been
appointed by Dr. M. D. Collins,
State School Superintendent, as
State Highway School Superin
tendent.
Captain E. Smith Settle, Butts
County Representative in Gen
eral Assembly, was given several
desirable and important commit
tee assignments by Speaker E. D.
Rivers.
The State Highway Department
is advertising for bids for 5.920
miles of paving on Route 42,
from the end of the present pav
ing at McDonough to north city
limits of Locust Grove.
New* of 40 Year* Ago
Fire that originated in Duffey*s
Blacksmith Shop about 1:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon, Jnn-
Guest Editorial
PIKE COUNTY JOURNAL
ATLANTA CRIME ALARMS STATE
The formation of a special department of detec
tives and patrolmen in Atlanta to try to stop the
rampaging crime wave there is a move long needed.
We hope it will be effective.
For some time many Georgians outside Atlanta
have been concerned over the conditions in Atlanta.
Burglaries, robberies, street muggings, holdups, as
saults, murders—you name it, they’ve had it. These
things have swept along in a steadily increasing
surge, giving Atlanta the biggest rate of increase in
crime in the Southeast, and possibly the nation.
uary 11, swept through the busi
ness district of Flovilla, destroy
ing 18 buildings and causing a
property loss estimated at from
$60,000 to SBO,OOO. Buildings
wiped out by the fire included
Duffey’s Blacksmith Shop, Pres
ton’s Warehouse, old F. M. Law
son Warehouse, J. T. Edwards
and Sons’ Warehouse, R. H.
Henderson Storage Warehouse,
Old Lamar Building, Lawson’s
Old Millinery Store, used as a
warehouse, Smith’s Brick Ware
house, W. A. Smith Store and
residence upstairs, Dr. W. J.
Wait’s Drug Store. Buildings
partly burned included the Post
Office, J. T. Edwards and Sons’
Store, White Drug Store, W. I).
Dozier Bank.
The Kiwanis Club of Jackson
celebrated its first anniversary
Tuesday night having been or
ganized January 17, 1922. Ki
wanian H. M. Fletcher delivered
a splendid address, in which ne
pointed to the unselfish work of
the club.
Mr. J. D. Aiken of the Coody
District, had the misfortune to
lose his barn and contents by
fire early Saturday morning. All
stock were gotten out of the
building, but a considerable
amount of corn, fodder, hay and
other feed was destroyed.
Partnenhip Power
for Progress!
The Rural Electrics came into existence through
cooperation people joining hands, working to
gether, and sharing obligations with each other,
and their government, to fill an un-met need . . .
electricity for rural areas. The Rural Electrifica
tion program is one of our nation’s best investments
in progress.
The benefits of an ample supply of low-cost elec
tricity in the areas served by Rural Electrics are
readily apparent . . . and for lots of Members, elec
tricity is still relatively new. Many, many new
electric appliances are yet to be sold in the expand
ing market which the Rural Electrification program
created. These purchases benefit directly the peo
ple who live in our cities and towns.
Cooperation is part and parcel of the philosophy
of the Rural Electrics . . . they are vitally interested
in helping to promote the development of rural
areas to raise the economic level of our com
munities for the good of the state and the nation!
CENTRAL GEORGIA
© ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP
CORPORATION
COMMUNITY OWN ID • COMMUNITY lUIIT
• COMMUNITY BUILDER
The flood of crimes and the
often accompanying viciousness
and brutality is a sorer blot upon
the map of Georgia than pinball
and slot machines, speed traps,
clip joints, and fireworks. Yet to
many observers throughout the
state it appeared that Atlantans
were almost unconcerned.
Atlanta is not an island, sep
arate from the rest of the state.
It is our capitol city and every
citizen wishes to look with pride
upon it. Besides, its manufactur
ers, fabricators, assembly plants,
warehouses and stores, retail and
wholesale, pour gushing streams
of goods into every county in the
state with much mutual benefit.
The services from main or dis
rict or local offices, technical
firms, professional organizations
and individuals are felt to the
farthest reaches of Georgia.
We have valid and strong
claims on Atlanta, we in the rest
of the state. Without us the city
would wither considerably, as
much of our incomes find its way
into the city.
We are alarmed and dismayed
at what we have been seeing
going on in our First City. We
hope that the officials of Atlanta
will make an all-out effort to
bring the crime wave to a quick
end.
THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
School News
Highlights
BY ANNE ADAMS
The debate team went to West
Georgia College on January 17th
to enter the regional competition.
The topic for this year is Resolve:
That the United States Should
Promote a Common Market for
the Western Hemisphere. The
subject deals with the merits
of free trade. The affirmative
team which includes Karen Garr,
Patricia Parrish, and Byrd Gar
land, alternate, maintains that a
common market would help to de
feat Communism rather than
spread it, would unite us with our
free world allies, and would pro
mote economic prosperity in the
Western Hemisphere. The neg
ative team, which includes David
Mask, Mack Cawthon, and Gene
Duke, alternate, contends that the
United States should not promote
a common market because it is
not needed at this time, it would
be harmful to the economy of the
United States, and it is not prac
tical.
The One-Act Play Cast went
to West Georgia College today
Are You FULLY Insured?
If you have any doubts at all about your answer to this
question, you and your family are most probably not fully
covered by insurance against all loss through accident, sick
ness, or death. In this case, I would be delighted to acquaint
you with the various programs of insurance for which I am
the representative at no obligation whatsoever to you.
These include:
• Colonial Life and Accident Insurance
9 Cancer Insurance (through the American
Family Life Insurance Cos., any age).
9 Blue Cross-Blue Shield Insurance, any age.
Please do not hesitate to call upon me if there is any
doubt in your mind about your insurance coverage or if
you have any questions concerning these insurance programs.
Your welfare is my concern.
Mrs. Mary Lois White
Phone 4811 Jackson, Ga.
OH[VROIEL-.the Quality trunk!
WALK AROUND IT. SEE THE DIFFERENCES.
Start at the rear of this Fleetside pickup. Grab the
tailgate and pull hard. No give. Two wedge latches
keep it tight. Now unfasten them and let down the
gate. Jump up and down on it. Does it sag? Notice
how the chains are wrapped in rubber so they won’t
rattle or mar paint.
Now look at the lower side panels. Two walls. You
might dent the inside one but it won’t show through.
The floor will never rust. It’s select wood, not metal.
New High Torque 230-cu.-in.
Six is lighter but more power- j |fe.
ful than its predecessor. It is Jf
standard in Series CIO
through CSO models. NShSSKSwfS?
Test Drive the “New Reliables 1 1 at your Chevrolet dealer’s
A B W CHEVROLET CO., INC.
JACKSON Phone 4681 108-116 E. Third St
to enter in the district competi
tion.
Semester exams, which were
originally scheduled for this
week, have been postponed until
January 23rd, 24th, and 26th be
cause of the regional debates and
the district one-act play contest.
Scores for the College Board
Exam taken by a number of
juniors and seniors in December
were received this week. The
scores are given in two categories,
verbal and mathematics, and in
both areas the mean and median
scores for 1963 were consider
ably higher than those for 1962.
Both students and teachers are
pleased over these scores which
indicate the good work being
done now at Jackson High. An
other group of juniors and sen
iors took the College Board exam
at Jackson last Saturday. These
scores will be received in approxi
mately a month.
An assembly program was pre
sented January Bth by Mr. Ralph
Melville, master glass blower, who
fashioned beautiful ere ations
from glass.
LET THE PROGRESS-ARGU3
GIVE AN ESTIMATE ON YOU*
PRINTING NEEDS. QUALITY
PRINTING AT LOWEST POS
SIBLE PRICES.
12 NEW 6-CYLINDER ENGINES'
For Complete Selections and Reasonable Prices
Shop Your JACKSON Merchants First!
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Charter No. 13897 Reserve District No. 6
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
OF JACKSON, BUTTS COUNTY
In the State of Georgia at the close of business on Dec. 28, 1962.
Published in response to call made by Comptroller of the Currency,
under Section 6211, U. S. Revised Statutes.
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items
in process of collection $1,067,238.62
United States Government obligations, direct
and guaranteed (Net of any reserves) 952,392.00
Obligations of States and political subdivisions
(Net of any reserves) 140,608.01
Corporate stocks (including $3,000 stock of Federal
Reserve bank) (Net of any reserves) 3,000.00
Loans and discounts (including $ NO overdrafts)
(Net of any reserves) 695,693.89
Bank premises owned $6,785.00, furniture and
fixtures $8,070.06 14,855.06
TOTAL ASSETS $2,873,787.58
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations 2,085,985.32
Deposits of United States Government (including
postal savings) 135,633.96
Deposits of States and political subdivisions 211,464.10
TOTAL DEPOSITS $2,433,083.38
(a) Total demand deposits $2,433,083.38
Other liabilities 5,000.00
TOTAL LIABILITIES $2,438,083.38
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital Stock
(a) Common stock, total par $50,000 50,000.00
Surplus 50,000.00
Undivided profits 335,704.20
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS - 435,704.20
TOTAL LIABILITIES & CAPITAL ACCOUNTS— 2,873,787.58
MEMORANDUM
Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities
and for other purposes 136,000.00
I, J. W. O’Neal, President, of the above-named bank do hereby
declare that this report of condition is true and correct to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
J. W. O’NEAL, President
We, the undersigned directors attest the correctness of this
report of condition and declare that it has been examined by us
and to the best of our knowledge and belief is true and correct.
T. E. Robison Sr., Richard W. Watkins, Jr., W. O. Ball, Directors
Now please sit in the cab a minute. Comfortable?
It also is double walled and the roof is insulated. Let’s
start ’er up and look for a washboard road. Chevrolet
coil-spring suspensions fight road shock better than
other types, good for the truck, load and the driver.
There are other things. But you can see why this Is
a truck that does a job without a lot of pampering. It’s
built right. Which is why it’s usually worth more at
trade-in. When would you like us to deliver it?
New High Torque 292-cu.-in.
lOiMt Six—most powerful truck 6
£ Chevrolet has ever built!
Standard in Series C6O,
optional at extra cost in
THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1963
QUALITY TRUCKS
COST L£SS