Dairy Demonstration Planned in Jackson on August 12
A dairy demonstration will be held in Jackson on Friday August 12 to promote establishing a creamery in Butts county. Livestock agents from the Southern Railway and State College of Agriculture will show dairy equipment and explain operations. A dairy association was formed at Saturday’s meeting with Prof L D Watson as president and J D Jones as secretary.
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Jackson
Butt
Southern Railway
State College of Agriculture
Butts County
Court House
L. D. Watson
J. D. Jones
H. C. Bates
The
C. W. Fitch
State Colege of Agriculture
Bates
Rome
Progress-Argus
R. E. Drew
Drew
Ashburn
A. M. Pace
Fitch
Georgia
Alabama
Selma
Ala
First Bale Cotton Brings 68 Cents At Auction
The first bale of the 1921-22 season sold at noon in front of the Cotton Exchange in Savannah for 68 cents per pound. It was rated strictly low middling, green and gin cut. This price is the highest for a first bale in ten years except last year when it reached 1.30. The 1920 first bale was sold on August 4.
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Savannah
Cotton Exchange
Potato Vines Should Be Cut To Preserve Crop
Mr. S S Copeland manager of Butts County Products Company urges cutting potato vines to control growth and roots amid rains. Growers plan to slash every other root with a knife and a plan is set to install a vine cutting plow. Early signs favor a large Butts county yield as some potatoes are already being eaten.
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S. S. Copeland
Butts County Products Company
Copeland
Butts
Jackson
League of Nations spends 5.31 million dollars in year
London reports total expenses of the League of Nations for the current year amounting to 21,250,000 gold francs, about 5,312,500 dollars, allocated among forty eight members as stated to the house of commons by Arthur Balfour.
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London
League of Nations
Arthur Balfour
House of Commons
Cream sales drive dairy section expansion plan
Mr. Bates reports sour cream yielding higher profits than whole milk and requires less ice. Skim milk could feed hogs for profit. A Cream station may be built with the ice factory. a visit to Selma and Forsyth cream centers is planned. J O Gaston and O N Brownlee named to pursue ice corporation talks.
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Bates
Butts County
Selma
Ala
Forsyth
Messrs
J. O. Gaston
O. N. Brownlee
Ice Corporation
New Circuit Favored by Some Opposed by Others in Butts
Citizens in Butts county express mixed views on the Maddox bill to create Griffin circuit including Henry Spalding Fayette and Pike. Opponents cite potential tax costs and loss of current judges while Griffin News and Sun notes Griffin Bar Association backing. Representative Watkins restates opposition and the bill faces a lively fight with political implications watched closely.
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Butts County
Progress-Argus
Flint
Maddox
Spalding County
Griffin
Henry
Spalding
Fayette
Pike
Searcy
Owen
Griffin News and Sun
Griffin Bar Association
W. E. Watkins
Income tax totals for 1919 released by IRS
Washington reports 1919 personal income tax revenue reached 1.269 billion dollars, up 141.9 million from 1918, with 5,332,760 returns filed and total net income of 19.859 billion. New York filed the most returns, while Virginia and North Carolina showed notable per capita figures.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Blair
New York
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
August term set for Butts county court in Jackson
The August term of Butts county superior court will convene in Jackson on Monday August 15 for a one week session. Following adjournment the court moves to Lamar County. Clerk S J Foster notes little new business and will publish the calendar soon. Grand and traverse jurors list follows.
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Butts County
Jackson
Lamar County
S. J. Foster
Grand
Traverse
Civil Rights Bill Passed by Senate in Georgia
Georgia Senate approves a measure by 34 to 4 removing women’s civil disabilities and allowing them to hold office with limits on jury duty and police or road work. Senators Brown and Thomas opposed tabling. Boykin and others spoke for the bill. similar action occurred in the House.
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Atlanta
J. H. Boykin
General Judicial Committee
Senate
Georgia
L. C. Brown
J. R. Thomas
Boykin
Nix
Jones
Bond
Collum
Thomas
House
Peach Growers of Butts County Form Organization
First Rate Will Be Ginned Here Early in August. Open bolls of cotton are reported by Messrs. Mallet and Ham on their farm near Jackson. This is several days earlier than the first open boll reported last year. Indications are there will be a bale sold in Jackson early in August. Mallet and Ham planted an early variety of cotton this season and the prospect is for a good yield. This early variety matured before the boll weevil became so numerous. Their cotton is generally conceded to be the best in the county.
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Messrs. Mallet and Ham
Jackson
Highway Bill Passed House
The Georgia House approved by 142 to 8 a compromise state highway bill. It funds motor vehicle money to counties pro rata by county mileage and caps overhead at 6 percent. State Highway Engineer W R Neill supported the measure.
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Atlanta
House of Representatives
W. R. Neill
Mann
Glynn
Quincy
Senate
Highway Department
Davis
Oglethorpe
McMichael
Marion
Langford
Toombs
Bowden
Ware
Carswell
Wilkinson
Rutherford
Monroe
Arnold
Clay
McMichaels
House
State Highway Department
Butts County Fruit Growers pledge large peach acreage
A mass meeting in the court house led to hundreds of acres being pledged to peaches. The Butts County Fruit Growers Association, led by R. N. Etheridge as president and L. D. Watson as secretary, formed to develop peach orchards and marketing with the Southern Railway Development Service. Detailed cultivation and marketing plans were outlined by C. W. Murrell, who noted soil and climate suitability and potential profits, with a following business session setting acreage commitments for fall and winter planting.
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Court House
Butts County
W. H. Bennett
Lauren Foreman
C. W. Murrell
Murrell
Washington
R. N. Etheridge
L. D. Watson
J. H
L. P. McKibben
J. B. Mays
R. G. Strickland
C. L. Redman
J. B. Guthrie
J. L. Barnes
B. G. Carmichael
W. C. Allen
L. L. O’kelley
R. H. Burford
E. L. Pittman
H. M. and
van Fletcher
L. R. Dodson
J. A. Jarrell
J. M. Greer
R. C. Thomas
B. F. Maddox
S. J. Carmichael
T. A. Nutt
W. H. Mallet
J. W
A. C. Maddox
J. B. Settle
T. W. Moore
H. R. Slaton
J. S. Ball
R. P. Lasnett
B. F. Watkins, Jr
C. T. Beauchamp
Raymond Biles
J. E. McMichael
Will Jinks
A. C. Finley
Butts County Fruit Growers Association
South Georgia Shows Potatoes To Cushion Cotton Loss
South Georgia farmers expect a large sweet potato crop this year and the sales will provide much needed income to offset losses from cotton farming.
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South Georgia
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M. L. Freeman
W. C. Garr
H. O. Ball
H. E. Moss
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H. L. Higgins
J. E. Wallace
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L. L
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J. T. Edalgo
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L. A. Maddox
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T. H. Nolen
W. F. Capps
Jesse H. Holifield
L. L. Colwell
J. W. Browning
T. P. Kimbell
W. M. Bledsoe
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W. C. Smith
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