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Retail Sales
Gains Noted
In County
(Special to the Progre**-Argu)
NEW YORK. Dec. 13—The
general advance in the nation’s
economy, since 1 903, has been re
flected, in Butts County, in
mounting business activity in lo
cal retail stores.
Residents of the area spent
more money and bought more
goods and services of all kinds
in the following four years than
in any other comparable span.
According to the latest Census
of Business, just released by the
Department of Commerce, retail
sales in the local area rose con
siderably in the period.
The gain was made despite con
sumer discouragement over the
war in Vietnam, despite inflation,
despite talk of a possible reces
sion and despite higher taxes and
domestic problems.
The figures show that the
amount of business done by Butts
County’s retail establishments
went up $.'108,000 in the four
years. Some of the gain is attri
buted to inflation, however.
The local increase compared fa
vorably with the rises in many
communities.
Sales in the area were equiv
alent to $4,134 per local family.
Chiefly responsible for the pro
gress that was made was the
marked improvement in real in
come, even after the larger bites
taken by taxes and the higher
cost of living generally.
The average consumer spent
confidently, feeling that he had
protection in the form of a job
he could count on, an income that
was rising steadily and a future
that was financially safe, by vir
ture of pensions, personal savings
and health insurance.
Almost every type of retail
business shared in the growth.
Families bought more cars, spent
more for food, travel and recre
ation and purchased finer furni
ture and clothing.
Directly affected by the up
surge were the 101 stores in the
local area and their 289 employ
ees. Their payrolls rose in the
period to $945,000 from the prior
total or $789,000 a year.
With the country going through
a government-imposed slowdown
at the present time, caused large
ly by tighter controls over credit,
the rate of gain in the economy is
expected to be moderate in the
near future.
Jackson Wins
Big Over
Manchester
BY PATRICE MARCHMAN
Sport* Editor
The Devil* Diary
Jackson Devilettes secured
their third straight win Tuesday
night, December 9, over the Man
chester Blue Devils with a score
of 4G-40.
Denise Davis was high scorer
wih 19, Inice Dennard with 17,
and Carole Lawrence scoring 10.
The guards were Doris Greene,
Andrea Holston, and Patrice
Marchman. Substitutes were
Sherry Barnes, Charlene Brown
lee, Debbie Cochran as guards
and Dale Patrick, Janice Cook,
and Portia Barlow as forwards.
They hope to keep up their
winning streak when they play
the Gordon Bulldogs Friday night.
Jackson Bed Devils defeated
the Manchester Blue Devils with
a blazing score of 93-56.
Bill Nelson was high scorer
with 21 points, Handy Moss fol
lowed with 20 points, Nat Thur
man 18, Victor Davis 15, Jimmy
Head 6, Alton Jester 4, David
Lunsford 4, Fred Head 4. Don
Cook, 2, Artis Holder 1.
Four out of the five starters
scored in double figures. Each
boy showed improvement and this
can be seen by the score.
RABIES TIME
Rabies in domesticated and
companion animals is on the de
cline in Georgia due to vaccina
tion program throughout the
state. However, veterinarians with
the University of Georgia Coope
rative Extension Service point
out wild animal rabies is on the
increase.
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45. Small cake.
46. Cool drink.
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plants.
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TOMLIN'S RESTAURANT
Will close Tuesday night, December 23rd,
and will open Tuesday morning, December
30th.
Please place orders now for boiled and
baked hams and also turkeys.
We will serve Christmas dinner on Sunday,
December 21st. featuring a complete Turkey
Dinner with all the trimmings for $1.50.
TO OUR CUSTOMERS WE WISH
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
And A
HAPPY NEW YEAR
TOMLIN S RESTAURANT
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valuable
oysters.
12. Put stress
on.
16. Big weight.
21. Reef.
23. Perform
ing.
25. Perches.
27. Started
the game.
31. Holy Rom
an emperor.
32. Towed.
33. Big filly.
34. Monk.
35. Excel.
36. Read
justed.
37. Campfire
coal to ex
tinguish.
38. Cosmetic
red.
39. Tunes.
47. What roe
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48. Decay.
49. Thing, in
law.
DOWN
1. Converted
one’s chips.
2. Amperage
meter.
3. Anchoring
in a marina.
4. Big deer.
5. Line of
rocks off
shore.
6. Orphan
age.
7. Group of
fish.
8. Girl in a
mixed
school.
9. Globe.
10. Ballpark
single (2
wds.).
KEEP
AMERICA
BEAUTIFULI
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Bargain Prices
Are Offered At
Ga. State Parks
ATLANTA,—(GPS) Most of
the 7,455,340 visitors to Georgia’s
state parks during the past year
undoubtedly would testify that
recreation at these parks is a bar
gain by any standard. But with
the peak vacation season over,
even better bargains are being
offered during the winter months.
State Parks Director John L.
Gordon announced that overnight
facilities at all the parks may be
had at a 30 per cent disscount,
effective Dec. 1 to March 1, 1970.
However, this discount will be
allowed only on rentals for two
night or more, up to the 2-week
limit on reservations. Regular
rates will be charged for a reser
vation of only one night, it was
emphasized.
Fireplaces and automatic heat
are available in the newer cot
tages, both north and south lo
cations, the new cottages are lo
cated at these parks:
Amicalola Falls, Black Rock
Mountain, Cloudland Canyon,
Crooked River, Elijah Clark, Fort
Mountain, Georgia Veterans,
Hard Labor Creek, Magnolia
Springs, Red Top Mountain,
Seminole, Stephen C. Foster,
Tugaloo and Vogel State Park.
“We hope more and more Geor
gians and out-of-state visitors will
take advantage of this special of
fer and enjoy outdoor recreation
at our parks during the off sea
son, just as so many during the
peak vacation season,” Gordon
said. “There is nothing like whole
some outdoor recreation, regard
less of what the calendar shows.”
BANK HOLIDAY CLOSING
We Will Be Open
December 24th Until 3:00 P. M.
We Will Be Closed December 25th and
Will Be Open December 26th From 9 to 12
We Will Be Closed
i
December 27th and January Ist
We Wish You And Yours A
Very Merry Christmas
And A Happy New Year
C&S BANK OF JACKSON
Mclntosh state bank
Indian Springs
MRS. W. A. HOARD
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Stall
worth of South Carolina spent
: Sunday and Sunday night with
; Misses Blannie Stallworth and
j Eleanor Moncrief.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Harris
of Lithonia visiteii Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Holloway and Mrs. Bessie
Hoard Sunday.
Mrs. Grace Torbet is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. M. D. Ander
son in Long Beach, California.
Mrs. Minerva Perkinson and son,
Zackie, her daughter and grand
son, are at her home while she
is away.
Miss Vickie Ivey spent the
weekend with her mother and
father, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Ivey,
and brother.
Mrs. Evelyn Howell visited her
mother Sunday.
Mrs. Florrie Giles will visit her
daughter and husband, Dr. and
Mrs. Taylor, next week in Ten
nessee. Her daughter is the for
mer Miss Macey Giles.
Miss Eleanor Moncrief spent
last Thursday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Plymale and
children of Atlanta and mother,
Mrs. Roxie Reeves, of College
Park spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Holloway and
Mrs. Bessie Hoard.
FRESH MEAT
How long should you plan to
keep fresh meat without freezing
it? It depends on four things,
says Extension Service Home
Economist Miss Nelle Thrash.
The four things include: quality
of the meat, conditions under
which it was handled, temper
ature at which meat is held and
storage conditions.
Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
New and Renewal Subscriptions
Of llie Past Few Days
Mrs. R. M. White, Carrabelle,
Fla.
Charles N. Anderson, Jackson
A. W. Hencely, Atlanta
Mrs. Maude Babcock, Jackson
Mrs. Lillie Woodward, Jackson
V. L. Jinks, Jackson
Warren F. Smith, Jackson
Mrs. Pearl C. Taylor, Forsyth
Mrs. W. R. Bankston, Macon
H.&M. WHOLESALE
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113 N. OAK STREET
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775-2358
THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1 969
Mrs. Clara McLaren, West
Palm Beach, Fla.
Mrs. W. A. Haralson, Barnes
ville
J. C. O’Neal, Macon
Mrs. Judia F. Frazier, Atlanta
W. H. Wise, Jackson
S. Eadessa, Dedham, ;\i a3s
Lawrence J. Cole, Jackson
Rogers F. Starr, Jackson
Mrs. Asa Maddox, Indian
Springs
W. Lloyd White, Jackson
Heart of Jackson Motel, Jack
son
W. B. Presley, Eatonton
Larry C. Washington, Jackson
Luke Weaver, Jackson
Emory Spencer, Jackson