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Jackson Progress-Argus
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES, JR.
Jest of the week: Wilbur, hav
ing been to the city, was telling
his cronies of the sights he saw.
“And up there I seed one of
them machines that tell if a man’s
lying-.”
“Pooh,” said Luke from his cor
ner.
“Pooh? Did you ever see one'.'”
“See one? I married one!"
Now that Rev. and Mrs. J. M.
Etheredge have moved to Neb
raska, the mantle of the walking
est couple fulls on Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Fletcher. Both say they en
joy walking and they must for it
is not uncommon to see Julia and
H. M. enroute to and from town
several times n duy. Walking is
one of the most healthful exer
cises, one in which more people
should indulge to help keep phy
sically fit. Unfortunately, wulking
is becoming a lost art.
When one looked at the ther
mometer last Thursday morning
the 50 degrees belied the
fact it was mid-August. October’s
bright blue weather descended on
the South as a cooler surge of
Canadinn air pushed ucross the
country to the northern borders
of Florida. New lows were set
from the Dakotas to deep in Dix
ie. Jimmy Cornell reported frost
ut Indian Springs, Butts County’s
icebox, but 1 have an idea he was
pulling the weatherman’s leg.
Susannah Foster, vacationing at
Highlands, reported ice. The cold
day in July didn't materialize
but the cold day in August was
right on the button.
The Jackson Kiwanis Club has
had able men head its Inter-Club
Committee before, but never one
with the zeal, energy and burning
desire that characterizes Charles
E. Rook’s Jr.’s services. Unques
tionably one of the most dedi
cated men of the local club,
Charles has seen to it that dele
gations from Jackson have visited
every club in the division and
every member, save one, has
made at least one interclub with
the year just a little over half
gone. In addition, Jackson Ki
wanians have furnished programs
out-of-town on several occasions.
We are currently engaged in a
heated race with Griffin for top
Kiwanis division honors, but suf
fice it to sisy that if all had the
enthusiasm and zeal of Charles
Rooks, we’d be far ahead.
Another Camp Meeting has
come and gone and thousands of
dollars have been deposited in
local pockets because of the sim
ple economic fact that it is lo
cated in our county. Yet on last
Wednesday night, Butts County
Day, only a handful of Butts
countians were on hand to rep
resent their county at this institu
tion that has meant so much, fin
ancially and spiritually, to our
county and people.
You don’t have to agree with a
person’s religious tenets to pay
them civil courtesies. Next year
I hope there will be an organized
effort on the part of churches and
organizations to assemble a crowd
that in some small way will ex
press our appreciation at having
the Southeast's largest camp
meeting ir. our very midst.
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WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD
MR. WOODMAN SPARE THAT TREE
Progress is a noble and stirring word but we some
times have a feeling that it is used recklessly as an
excuse for things which are good and
worth preserving.
Those of practical mind tend to scoff at the little
old ladies and others who raise the cry “spare that
tree.”
But throughout the land more and more cities are
rueing the day they permitted the indiscriminate
cutting of trees.
It takes years for a tree to grow until it towers
above us in all its majestic beauty. It takes only a
few minutes to destroy it.
Some of the truly great plan
ners have realized that trees are
priceless and should be preserved
whenever possible.
The beautiful cities of the
world have tree-lined streets.
Paris is the more charming be
cause of its trees along the Seine.
In our own country such pic
turesque and lovely cities as Sa
vannah, Mobile and neighboring
FULL SPEED AHEAD ON PRISON FACILITY
Now that the location of the state’s SB-million
maximum security prison and diagnostic-classifica
tion center has been decided upon, we trust that
state prison authorities will lose no time in getting
construction under way. Surely it will not require
a year to begin building after the necessary money
is obtained through bonds.
The location, 40 miles from Atlanta in Butts Coun
ty, seems to be a good one. It is in the center of the
state’s population and is easily accessible. Selecting
the site already has consumed much time.
The facility was one of the key proposals in the
prison improvement report by the Governor’s Com
mission on Efficiency and Improvement in Govern
ment last year. Handling of incorrigible prisoners
has left much to be desired in the past.
Dumping of all convicted offenders into the prison
system without classifying them according to the
nature of the offense and without any attempt being
made to determine their mental condition has made
the task of rehabilitation almost impossbile under
the old system.
The new program, with its emphasis on rehabili
tation, will require heavier administrative costs. Per
sonnel will have to be better qualified and better
paid. Administrative costs will in the long run be
more than offset by the reduction in prison popula
tion and the number of persons returned to society
as useful citizens instead of becoming permanent
wards of the state. —The Atlanta Constitution, Aug.
17.
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Lester Maddox
Will Speak at 7 P. M.
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Henry County Athletic Association
Serving Begins at 6 P. M.
Brunswick are admired because
they had foresight enough to
keep greenery in the heart of
town.
We do not say that all trees
can be spared. Plainly this is not
possible as a community grows
and changes. But let the axe be
used sparingly. Trees are an asset
that Waycross or any other city
can ill afford to lose.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Looking
Backward
Through The Files
News of 10 Years Ago
Governor Herman Talmadge
will be the honor guest and prin
cipal speaker at a joint meeting
of the Kiwanis and Exchange
Clubs on Tuesday, August 17.
First step in a movement to
modernize Jackson’s sewer system
and promote health and keep in
line with community development
was taken Monday night when
City Council ordered an election
October 19 to pass on the ques
tion of issuing $105,000 worth of
general obligation bonds.
For the first time in the his
tory of Butts County the names
of women are being placed in
the jury box as possible jurors
at future sessions of Butts Su
perior Court.
A net gain of $190,843 in pro
perty values over 1953 is shown
by the Butts County Tax digest,
recently compiled by Wayne
Barnes, acting for Tax Receiver
Edward Carmichael, and approved
by the State Revenue Depart
ment.
Tuesday, August 7, will mark
the 97th birthday anniversary of
Mrs. J. L. Maddox, one of the old
est and most beloved former resi
dents of Butts County, but now
of Forsyth.
Newt of 20 Years Ago
The biggest crowd of the 1944
season was present at Indian
Springs during the weekend, but
an even larger crowd is expected
for Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Duffey
have been advised that their son,
T. Sgt. Oscar C. Duffey, was seri
ously wounded in France July 26.
Mrs. Ruby Pace Burford re
ceived a message from the War
Department Wednesday after
noon, August 16, announcing the
death of her son, Pfc. James Jud
son Burford, 19, stating that he
was killed in action in France
July 28.
Ambitious building programs at
Indian Springs Camp Ground are
being considered by the trustees
and at a meeting by the building
and funds committee in Septem
ber other plans will be outlined.
To J. S. Ball, Butts County tax
collector and farmer, goes the
credit for Butts County’s first
bale of 1944 cotton.
The Butts County Board of Ed
ucation Tuesday afternoon de
cided on a short session for the
first six weeks to allow children
to aid in the crop harvest, named
bus drivers and filled vacancies
in some schools. Fall term begins
September 4.
New* of 30 Year* Ago
At a meeting of the Butts
County Board of Education last
week the Jackson High School
was again named as the senior
high school for the county, and
all pupils residing in the county
will take the tenth and eleventh
grade work at the Jackson school.
Fire, the origin of which has
not been determined, gutted the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Mote
Watts on Covington Street short
ly after midnight Monday. The
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You’ll get along just
swimmingly, when
you let us take care of your
Money Needs.
Jackson Loan Cos.
113 East Second St. Phone 775-7897
Loans on furniture, signatures, auto and
real estate.
Phone first for fast, confidential loan service
Donald Montgomery, Manager
Watts home, a two story structure
of substantial design and contain
ing eight or ten rooms, was lo
cated in the midst of a popular
| residence section on Covington
Street.
The State Highway Board an
nounced last week that it would
pave the six miles between Jack
son and the Henry County line
on Route 42.
Walter Bell, Negro farm tenant
who seriously slashed and stabbed
Mr. T. W. Higgins, well known
resident of Indian Springs dist
rict several weeks ago, was ar
rested last week by officers at
Rhine, Ga.
August prospects for the Geor
gia cotton crop this year indicated
probable production of about
881,000 bales (500 lbs. gross
weight), according to the first
condition report of the season
issued through the Georgia Crop
Reporting Service.
New* of 40 Year* Ago
Those who have followed the
Indian Springs Camp Meeting for
years declared that never before
has there been such a spirit of
interest manifested as is now
in evidence.
The fall term of the Jackson
public school will begin on Mon
day, September 1, and prepara
tions are now being made for
the opening exercises.
The Georgia Pimiento Canners,
Inc. will begin operation of their
plant in Jackson next Monday,
the 18, it is announced.
At the meeting of the Kiwanis
Club, held at the Foy Hotel, In
dian Springs, Tuesday night Miss
Miriam Fletcher was unanimously
elected as “Miss Jackson” to com
pete with other young ladies of
the state for the honor of being
named “Miss Georgia” at the
Southeastern Fair in Atlanta.
Major Carson, Negro messen
ger who for the past year had
been taking mail from the post
office to the trains, was arrested
Tuesday morning charged with
theft of mail, Post Office inspec
tor Hudson was notified. Tuesday
night at the depot, Carson es
caped from M. C. McLeod, deputy
United States Marshal and H. H.
Hudson, post office inspector. A
search is being made for the
Negro, who is charged with em
bezzling bacon from the United
States mails.
Boys In Service
USS GOODRICH (FHTNC)
Thomas L. Thurston, electrician’s
mate first class, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Thurston of 348
South Mulberry St., Jackson, Ga.,
is a crewmember of the radar
picket destroyer USS Goodrich,
operating with the Sixth Fleet in
the Mediterranean.
Goodrich recently presented
600 textbooks to two schools on
Malta.
While in the Mediterranean,
Goodrich is participating in vari
ous fleet training operations de
signed to increase her combat
readiness.
Bit by bit ... every
litter bit hurts!
KEEP AMERICA
BEAUTIFUL!
Indian Springs
MRS. W. A. HOARD
Mrs. Florrie Giles of Savannah
is visiting her brother, Mr. B. T.
McMichael, and Mrs. McMichael.
Friends will be glad to learn
Mr. John Joyner is much im
proved.
Mrs. Lucy Torbet is on the sick
list this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Batchelor
of Augusta are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Holloway. They will
leave the latter part of the week
for Daytona Beach, Fla. for a
vacation before returning to
school —around the first of—Sep
tember.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob McMichael of
Anderson, S. C. spent the week
end with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. T. McMichael.
Mrs. Z. F. Perkinson and chil
dren returned to their home in
Smithfield, N. C. Monday after
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1964
CARD OF THANKS
It is with a grateful heart that
I say thank you for the many
wonderful deeds shown me while
in the hospital and since return
ing home. I would especially like
to thank the doctors, nurses and
other staff members at Sylvan
Grove Hospital for their services.
—Mrs. Copeland James.
spending a couple of weeks with
her mother, Mrs. Grace Torbet.
Miss Daisy Harris is visiting
relatives and friends in Atlanta
this week.
Miss Falma Gregory, Miss Lucy
Lassetter and daughter, Mrs.
-Radio Wnnley visitpd friends in
Monroe County last week.
Misses Moncrief and Stallworth
of Atlanta spent the weekend at
their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Roach of
Dublin spent Sunday with her sis
ter, Mrs. Dan Hoard, and family.
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