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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1921
Page
1
The Butts county meeting at Jackson courthouse Saturday February 5 at 10 am will hear eight district committees report pledges to cut cotton acreage to seven acres per plow. Attendees likely include farmers merchants bankers and professionals as action on fertilizers may also be discussed.
Washington reports farm labor wages reached a record high in 1920 as the Agriculture Department released figures showing monthly labor rates including board at 46.89 dollars and 64.95 without board, with harvest day labor at 3.60 with board and 4.46 without. The rise since 1895 reflects war effects and growing farm costs. The note also includes a closing paragraph urging optimism and sunshine.
The Butts superior court, under Judge W E H Searcy Jr, opens a two week winter term February 21 with many cases scheduled for trial. Jurors for the two weeks are listed, including Traverse Juries for the first and second weeks and names such as T S Steele, W T Thurston, J C Jones, G P Saunders, J R Thurston, and J S M Ingram among many others.
The January 16 report shows Butts county ginned 11,528 bales of cotton, down 4,233 from the prior year’s 15,761. Total ginnings for 1919-20 reached 15,991 bales, with 17,020 bales in 1919-19 and 14,334 in 1917-18.
Georgia reports 4,933,000 domestic animals on farms as of January 1 1921 down from 5,005,000 a year earlier. Total farm value drops to 140,445,900 from 201,840,000 while dairy cattle rise about 2 percent to 470,000. Sheep fall to 119,000 from 125,000, with pastures, dogs and low wool prices cited as factors.
Jackson Fire Department to meet at city hall Friday at 7 to reorganize and elect members for 1921. All old members and interested parties urged to attend.
The Butts County Products Company directors, formed to build a sweet potato curing house in Jackson, will meet at the Farmers' Union Warehouse Company office Monday February 7 at 3 pm. A building site committee will report and other business will be discussed as the charter is applied for and stock sales aim to complete that week.
Paris reports the allied supreme council set Germany’s total reparations at 221 billion gold marks about 55.15 billion dollars with a 42 year schedule starting at 2 billion marks yearly for two years then rising to 6 billion marks for 31 years plus a 12 percent export tax. The plan includes disarmament steps and potential penalties such as Ruhr occupation and Rhineland control if not fulfilled.
South Georgia faces a looming boll weevil surge after mild winter warmth left woods full of pests. Commissioner J. J. Brown warns this could force farmers to shrink cotton acreage to survive, as weevils survive freezing and multiply ahead of spring. Henry Lincoln Johnson may control Republican patronage, yet faces other political limits.
Col J Q Nolan of Atlanta spoke to a packed Butts county courthouse audience on the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He described the order as a patriotic fraternal group defending the United States, the flag and home, with members including sheriffs and judges. Several audience members signed blanks to join, and robes were worn by Klansmen in attendance. Ladies from the Woman's Club and Daughters of the American Revolution attended by invitation.
The winter term of Spalding county superior court adjourned Friday after several days in session. A number of civil and criminal cases were disposed of and the jail was cleared. Judge Searcy will hold court in Monroe county next week.
Washington reports that the 1920 crop and farm animal values total 19.856 billion dollars, down 5.105 billion from 1919. Crops fell sharply led by corn, cotton, wheat and tobacco, while oranges and sugar beets showed gains. animal products partly offset losses with dairy and poultry gains, yet crops dominate the decline.
Secretary of State S G McLendon warns sheriffs and county officials that March 1 is the final date to use 1920 automobile tags. He notes sheriffs must arrest violations of the Motor Vehicle Law and officials must compel and prosecute non registrants, with over 100000 still unregistered.
Golden Evans, a power house worker at High Falls near Forsyth, discovers a spring on the shoals whose water resembles Indian Springs in Butts county. The output ranges from one half gallon to three quarts per minute.
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