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LEGALS
BUTTS COUNTY TAX RATE
FOR THE YEAR 1964
At the regular meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Butts County,
Georgia, on the 6th day of July
1964, with all members being
present, the following resolution
was adopted:
Upon application of the Board
of Education of Butts County
Georgia, the rate of advalorem
tax for school purposes against
the assessments of the county for
the yepr 1964 was the following.
For the operation and main
tenance of schools of the County
11.0 mills or the sum of sl.lO
per hundred dollars assessment.
For Bond Retirement 1.6 mills or
$.16 per hundred dollars assess
ment.
In compliance with said recom
mendation and request by the
Board of Education the rate
against the assessed property for
the operation and maintenance of
schools shall be the sum of sl.lO
per hundred dollars assessment or
11 mills and for Bond retirement
1.5 mills or $.15 per hundred dol
lars assessment.
That the tax rate of Butts
County, Georgia, for the opera
tion of the various agencies of
the county as allowed by law, for
the year 1964 against the assess
ments of said county shall be
17.75 mills or $1.7716 per one
hundred dollar assessment, the
same being as follows:
Public Roads 4 :00 Mills
Public Bridges 2:00 Mills
Public Welfare 1:60 Mills
Public Health 1:26 Mills
Public Building :26 Mills
County Commissioners :25 Mills
Superior Court 1:25 Mills
H. D. & Agr. :50 Mills
Sheriff & Other
Officers 1:50 Mills
Lunacy :25 Mills
Forestry :25 Mills
Hospital 3:60 Mills
Interest & Sinking
Fund 1:25 Mills
TOTAL 17:75 Mills
This 6th day of August 1964.
S. L. GRAY, Chairman
B. HAYWOOD HODGES
D. W. BAILEY
Commissioners Roads and
Revenues
Butts County, Georgia
8/20/2tc.
CITY ORDINANCE
Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Council of City of Jackson
and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same that the
voters registration record for City
be closed on September 26, 1964,
at five o’clock for General Elec
tion for City officials.
This August 17, 1964.
C. B. BROWN, JR.
Mayor
MRS. MARY JO BROOKS
City Clerk. 8/20/4tc.
FOR DISMISSION
Georgia, Butts County.
Whereas, Gervin R. Lewis,
Executor of the last will of Hu
bert A. Carter, represents to the
Court, in his petition, duly filed
and entered on record, that he
has fully administered Hubert A.
Carter’s estate: This is therefore
to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said
Executor should not be dis
charged from his administration,
and receive Letters of Dismission,
on the Bth of Sept., 1964.
RICHARD W. WATKINS, JR.
Ordinary. 8/13/4tc.
FOR ADMINISTRATION
Georgia, Butts County.
To All Whom it May Concern:
Edgar L. Thaxton having in
proper form applied to me for
Permanent Letters of Administra
tion on estate of Mrs. Sara
Faulkner, late of said County,
this is to cite all and singular the
creditors and next of kin of Mrs.
Sara Faulkner to be and appear
at my office within the time al
lowed by law, and show cause, if
any they can, why permanent
administration should not be
granted to Edgar L. Thaxton on
Mrs. Sara Faulkner’s estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 12th day of Aug
ust, 1964.
RICHARD W. WATKINS, JR.
Ordinary. 8/13/4tc.
CITATION
Georgia, Butts County.
Whereas, William Otis Ball,
Levi J. Ball and Harry W. Ball,
Executors of the last will of H.
Otis Ball, represents to the Court,
in their petition, duly filed and
entered on record, that they have
fully administered H. Otis Ball’s
estate: This is therefore to cite
all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if
any they can, why said Executors
should not be dicharged from
their administration, and receive
Letters of Dismission, on the first
Monday in Sept. 1964.
RICHARD W. WATKINS, JR.
Ordinary
8/13/4tc.
NOTICE OF SALE
Georgia, Butts County:
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale set forth in a
certain security deed given by
Annie Ree McDowell to BUILT
WELL HOMES, INC. on August
16, 1962, recorded in Clerk’s Of
fice, Butts Superior Court in
Book 28, Folio 139, and being
transferred by assignment dated
September 25, 1962, from Built
well Homes, Inc. to Adrian Fin
ance Corporation, recorded in
Book 27, Folio 324, Office of the
Clerk of Superior Court, Butts
County, Georgia, there will be
sold before the courthouse door
of said County during the legal
hours of sale on September 1,
1964, the following described pro
perty, to the Grantee all that
tract or parcel of land lying and
being in the Jackson Militia Dist
rict (612th Dist. G. M.) Butts
County, Georgia same being in
the shape of a square and being
one hundred and fifty (150) feet
on a side and being more partic
ularly described as follows: Start
ing at the Southeast corner of
property now owned by grantor
herein, said corner lying (250)
feet two hundred and fifty feet
north from State Highway # 16
along the west side of an un
paved road which leads from said
highway north to subject pro
perty at Pepperton Cemetery,
and from said southeast corner of
grantor’s property, which is the
point of beginning, running
thence north one hundred and
fifty (150) feet; thence west
one hundred and fifty feet (150)
and thence east one hundred and
fifty feet (150) to the point of
beginning.
The debt secured by said deed
was and is represented by one
note of even date therewith for
the sum of $8,097.12 and payable
with respect to principal and in
terest as therein provided, to
gether with an installment of
other charges, such as taxes,
hazard insurance, interest, late
charges, if any, and attorney’s
fees, as provided in said security
deed. Default having occurred m
respect to installments of prin
cipal and interest and the other
charges provided for in said in
strument, ADRIAN FINANCE
CORPORATION has elected to
declare the entire debt due and
payable and the power of sale in
said deed operative. The proceeds
of said sale will be applied to
the payment of principal and in
terest and to the other charges
due and exigible under the terms
of said deed and note and in
cluding an attorney’s fee as pro
vided in said deed and the sur
plus, if any, will be paid to those
entitled thereto as provided for
in said security deed. A fee
simple title deed will be made to
the purchaser at said sale.
ADRIAN FINANCE
CORPORATION
Attorney in Fact for,
ANNIE REE McDOWELL
8/6/4tc.
CITATION
Georgia, Butts County
Court Of Ordinary
Notice is hereby given that
Martha Garr Ridgway, Natural
Guardian of Jan Elaine Ridg
way, a minor, has applied to this
court for an order authorizing
her to sell for the purpose of re
investment certain renl property,
described particularly in the peti
tion, in the 610th Dist., G. M.
Butts Cos., Ga., on terms set out
in the petition and at private
sale.
Take notice that said petition
will be heard at 10:00 o’clock,
A. M., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1964.
This the 15th day of July,
1964.
RICHARD W. WATKINS, JR.
Ordinary an ex-officio Clerk
C. O. 8/13/4tc.
SHERIFF’S ADVERTISEMENT
There will be sold at public
outcry to the highest and best
bidder for cash, before the Court
house door of Butts County,
Georgia, between the legal hours
of sale, on the first Tuesday in
September, 1964, the following
described personalty: One Aus
tell bedroom suit, one W*ebb bed
room suit, one 7-piece living room
suit, one bedroom suit, one 9-
piece dinette, three cotton mat
tresses, and three springs.
Said personal property found >n
possession of James B. McDowell,
and levied on as the property of
Azzie E. Hardy
Buried Sunday
At Macedonia
Mr. Azzie Elton Hardy, 69, of
816 East Third Street, Jackson,
died about one o’clock Friday
afternoon, August 21, at Sylvan
Grove Hospital. He had been in
his accustomed health until he
became ill Thursday and was car
ried to the hospital.
A life long resident of Butts
County, Mr. Hardy was a retired
textile employee. He was the son
of the late Mr. Tudd Hardy and
Mrs. Elizabeth Mote Hardy. He
was a member of the Macedonia
Baptist Church.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Sunday afternoon at three
o’clock from the Macedonia Bap
tist Church with the Rev. Bill
Thomas, pastor, officiating. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery with Haisten Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Hardy is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lovie Thomas Hardy
of Jackson; two daughters, Mrs.
Merelene H. Thompson of Jack
son and Mrs. Dorothy H. Willard
of Griffin; one son, Bernard
Hardy of Mansfield; three sisters,
Mrs. Hassie Harper of Juliette;
Mrs. Ever Thompson of Jackson;
Miss Mamie Hardy of Jackson;
one brother, Lonnie Hardy of
Jackson; nine grandchildren; sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were L. H. Caw
thon, Joel Cawthon, Billy Long,
James Biles, H. L. Cawthon and
Donald Bankston.
Honorary pallbearers were Wil
lis McClure, Elmer Cawthon,
Brae Hodges Sr., M. L. Hodges
Sr., V. L. Jinks, J. C. O’Kelley.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Newton and
Miss Mary Newton attended grad
uation exercises Saturday at
Glenn Memorial Auditorium, At
lanta, at which Miss Nancy New
ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. P. Newton Jr. of Orangeburg,
S. C. received her degree in Mas
ter of Arts in Teaching from
Emory University.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Newton will
leave today for Ocala, Fla. to at
tend the marriage of their grand
son, Park Newton 111 of Orange
burg, S. C., to Miss Jeanette
Coburn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Coburn of Ocala. The wed
ding will be solemnized Saturday
evening, August 29th. Mr. Newton
111 is also the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Edwards Sr. of
Flovilla.
Mrs. R. P. Harrison, Miss Linda
Harrison, and Bobby visited rel
atives in Tuskegee and Opelika,
Ala. the past weekend.
Boys In Service
7TH INFANTRY DIV., KO
REA (AHTNC)—Army Sgt. Hu
bert P. Hunter, 26, whose wife,
Janette, lives at 223 Magnolia
St., Athens, Ga., completed a two
week counter guerrilla warfare
course at the 7th Infantry Di
vision’s Counter Guerrilla War
fare School, in Korea, Aug. 21.
During the rigorous training
Sergeant Hunter underwent a
series of counter insurgency war
fare training methods.
A squad leader in Company C,
Ist Battalion, of the division’s
17th Infantry, Sergeant Hunter
entered the Army in February
1959 and was stationed at Fort
Benning, Ga., before arriving
overseas in July of this year on
his present tour of duty.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie G. Hunter, live on Route
3, Jackson.
CARD OF THANKS
It is with sincerest appreciation
that we extend our grateful
thanks to our many friends who
remembered us in so many kind
ways during the recent illness and
death of Mr. Azzie Hardy. The
flowers, food, calls, visits and
prayers will ever be gratefully
remembered. We especially desire
to thank the doctors, nurses and
preachers who were so wonderful
to us.—The Family of Azzie
Hardy.
Covington Furniture Company,
Covington, Ga., to satisfy a mort
gage against James B. McDowell
in favor of Covington Furniture
Company in the amount of $721.-
94.
V. H. HAM, Sheriff
Butts County, Georgia
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
STARK
MRS. HOPE McCLURE
Mr. O. A. Duke, Savannah;
Mrs. J. E. Crowley, Fitzgerald;
Mrs. Lloyd Young, Jacksonville,
Fla., and Mrs. R. E. Currin Jr. of
Broxton, all children of the late
Mr. Oscar Duke and Mrs. Myrtle
Mayo Duke, former Butts Coun
tians, spent last Thursday ming
ling with the many friends and
relatives of their parents who
were reared in Stark.
Mr. Asa O’Neal is in Georgia
Baptist Hospital for observation
and treatment; his many friends
hope he will soon be home and
well.
Mr. Richard Swan returned
home Sunday after a visit of
several weeks with relatives in
Wolfsboro, N. J. He also visited
the World’s Fair and made the
trips by plane.
The Stark Methodist Church is
taking on that new look with an
additional Sunday School room,
two rest rooms and other im
provements.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dupree and
family of Clarkesville spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ben
nie Cook.
Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Jinks visited
relatives in Forsyth Saturday
night.
Mrs. Nell Swan and Miss Eliz
abeth Wilson, home demonstra
tion agent, spent the first of this
week in the North Georgia and
Citizens School Bus Service, Inc.
Will Operate This Year
RIDES WILL BE 75c PER WEEK
FOR EACH CHILD
Regardless of the number of times he rides
>
The increase in fare was necessary to meet
rising expenses and due to the lack of coopera
tion of parents and students riding.
WE HELP MOVE
NEW CARS
into our neighbors’ garages
About to buy? Come p-l low-in-cost, and \
in for money-saving I convenient-to-repay
concerning BANK AUTO LOANS! J
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
Safety and Service Since 1908
Member Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
Business Category
JUNIOR DEPT.
STORE
TIRES
CHIROPRACTOR
PAINTS
Political
Announcements
FOR JUSTICE OF PEACE
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for Justice of The Peace,
for the 612th District G. M. Butts
County, Georgia, subject to the
rules and regulations of the
Democratic Executive Committee,
for the September 9th, 1964 Pri
mary.
Your vote and influence will
be appreciated.
This August 3rd, 1964.
Respectfully,
JOHN M. HUTCHESON
FOR CONSTABLE
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for nomination to the office
of Constable for the 612th Dist
rict G. M. of Butts County, Ga.
subject to the rules and regula
tions of the Democratic Commit
tee of said county.
This August 3rd, 1964.
W. LYNN THAXTON
Tennessee mountains.
The teachers and officers of
Macedonia Sunday School are
having their business meeting of
the quarter at Henderson’s Cafe
near Covington on Friday night.
The meeting will be followed by
a fish supper.
EVELYN CARROLL’S
DIRECTORY
OF RECOMMENDED AND
APPROVED BUSINESS FIRMS
FIRM
The Princess Shop
T. E. Robison Jr.
Tire and Appliance
(775-7193)
Dr. R. J. Cartwright
T. E. Robison Jr.
Tire and Appliance
NAVAL STORES
Pine gum orginally was used by
the Navy for calking the seams
of wooden vessels and to preserve
the ship’s rope and rigging. Al
though turpentine and rosin today
are of great importance to in
dustries other than shipping, the
term “naval stores” is still used,
having been handed down through
the centuries.
NOTICE
Bowling leagues for JACKSON residents
now being formed.
• Industrial League • Rural League
• Commercial League • Mixed League
All bowlers, regardless of average can com
pete, equally, as they will be handicapped
leagues.
MEET AT GRIFFIN LANES
This Friday, August 28, 7:30 p. m.
Free Practice Bowling
Join Fun: If You Can’t Come Friday
Call 227-8912 To Be Included. Don’t Delay!
MEL WHIDBY, MGR.
GRIFFIN LANES
1304 Old Atlanta Highway Griffin, Ga.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1964
GOOD GRAIN CROP
Georgia’s grain crops produced
well in 1964, according to the
Crop Reporting Service. Wheat
averaged 30 bushels per acre, and
oats made 42 bushels. These are
slight increases over last year’s
production. The 1964 barley
yield of 35 bushels is the same
as in 1963.
WEEKLY
RATING
* FAIR
* * GOOD
* * * VERY GOOD
* * * * EXCELLENT
RATING