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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
3
The Howard WSCS will sponsor a cake sale on Wednesday December 21 at Brown Electric Co Building in Butler starting at 11 a.m. and continuing through the afternoon. Advance orders are appreciated by calling UN. 2 4247.
The National 1961 upland cotton marketing quotas and acreage allotments are proclaimed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Georgia's 1961 allotment is 948 020 acres. Growers will vote December 13 1960 on whether quotas apply to the 1961 crop, with penalties for exceeding allotments and price support available if quotas are approved.
City commissioners of Columbus Georgia consider a dog nuisance ordinance amendment. It would impose up to a $250 fine or 90 days in jail for owners of nuisance dogs that bark incessantly, run unsupervised on school grounds or in parks, form packs, damage property, or feed from garbage. The burden of proof rests with the plaintiff and a recorder's court judge would hear complaints. a vote was planned for next week.
In Atlanta Georgia on November 28 Baptists moved to meet a projected college-age student surge. They own a 464 acre site 12 miles from Five Points and have secured about one third of a 3 million dollar campaign goal. The Georgia Baptist Convention in Savannah solidified plans to open a Mercer University branch offering day programs initially.
Bradley stated that upland cotton on the farm will be eligible for price support. If marketing quotas are disapproved for 1961, acreage allotments stay in effect and price support will be available to cooperators at 50 percent of parity as provided by law.
A Georgia report warns residents of con men targeting homeowners with get rich schemes. Sheriff Warren Johnson of Baker County cites a recent $17,000 swindle as a warning as swindlers move through the region en route to Florida.
Cotton growers who produced in 1960 will vote on December 13 to decide if marketing quotas apply to the 1961 crop. At least two thirds must favor quotas for them to take effect. If quotas pass, price support will be not less than 70 percent parity. if not, support on farm allotment crops will be 50 percent parity. County ASC Committees set polling places and notify farmers beforehand.
Dublin police issued murder warrants this week for two young Dublin men connected to the shooting of Frank Padillo at the White Spot Restaurant on November 13. The incident followed an earlier altercation with Bobby Campbell and Hall, with Padillo killed by a 12 gauge shotgun as bystanders tried to intervene.
The opening of bids for the Savannah Bluff lock and dam near Augusta has been postponed to December 20 from November 29. Work includes replacing seals cleaning and painting the lock chamber requiring a 30 day water traffic closure expected in April or May 1961 with a seven day advance notice from the Corps of Engineers.
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