Butts County Plans Biggest Farm Rally July 4 at Indian Springs
A major open air farm rally is planned for July 4 at Indian Springs to promote the Permanent Prosperity Program. Speakers of statewide prominence are invited, with addresses at 3 30 p m. The event brings together the Dairy Poultry and Strawberry associations and local business and farming communities. The slogan is Meet me at Indian Springs July 4 and aims to lift prosperity and end hard times.
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Butts County
Indian Springs
Kiwanis Club
Agricultural Committee
Butts County Dairy Association
Butts County Poultry Association
Butts County Strawberry Association
Ladies Spark Kiwanis Night with Clever Impersonations
Kiwanis Club of Jackson members see themselves through clever Lady portrayals at Hotel Elder in Indian Springs. Mrs. W. W. Jamerson led the program with a dozen or more Women’s Club members, presenting labeled Kiwanian sketches and talks on pepper growing, child labor, education, and farm life. An Atlanta Macon Tybee tour planned, with a ten week attendance contest and a barbecue prize for the losers. The June 26 meeting at Blount school house closes with Kiwanis songs and a dinner by Ed Cornell.
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W. W. Jamerson
Woman’s Club
Kiwanian
Jamerson
W. A. Dozier
J. B. Settle
Miriam Fletcher
Pauline Mallet
H. C. Ball
H. R. Slaton
R. I. Knox
J. D. Jones
R. N. Etheridge
H. G. Wiley
S. P. Nichols
J. M. Leach
E. H. Jones
W. L. Nutt
Bill Nutt
Hugh Mallet
Skeet Coleman
Mary Newton
A. A. Howell
W. H. Dodson
Os Pound
Bob Etheridge
Otis Ball
Prof. Knox
Henry Wiley
Etheridge
Atlanta
Macon
Tybee
Butts County
Ed Cornell
Hotel Elder
Blount School House
Flovilla
Jenkinsburg
Stark
S. H. Eiseman
George T Betts Dies In Ashburn Georgia Leader Of State Passes
The death of George T Betts after an appendicitis operation shocks Ashburn and Turner County. Betts, 42, key Methodist steward and leader of the Georgia Association, bank president, board of trade head, and prominent business figure, is survived by wife Kate and four young daughters. Funeral set for Monday at 4 30 p m with tributes from Kiwanis and state leaders.
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Methodist Church
Georgia-Florida Lumber
Ass’n
The
Georgia Association
Ashburn Bank
Turner County Board of Trade
Turner County
J. S. Betts
Mr. Betts
Emory University
Georgia
Kate Moyer
Atlanta
Florida
Bean crop ships from Butts county to Continental Packing
Farmers of Butts county are shipping beans to the Continental Packing Company in Macon. About two hundred hampers went forward Tuesday morning with more to come as weather allows. Price to growers is 65 cents per hamper in Macon, minus 15 cents freight, net 50 cents. Yields look good, some report up to 30 bushels per acre, contracts totaled about 150 acres. A shower would extend growing time and aid returns. A clean community improves health and living conditions.
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Butts County
Continental Packing Company
Macon
Georgia Legislature to Convene June 27 in Atlanta
The Georgia General Assembly will begin its annual session in Atlanta on June 27. Representative J. L. Lyons of Butts County and Senator C. D. Redwine of Fayetteville will serve in the lower house and Senate respectively. Main topics include taxation, education funding, biennial sessions, highway laws, and Confederate pension payments. Lyons vows serious work and will remain in Atlanta for fifty days, with R. T. Warren covering Lyons duties at home.
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J. L. Lyons
Butts County
Atlanta
General Assembly of Georgia
C. D. Redwine
Fayetteville
Lyons
General Assembly
Mr. Lyons
Southeastern Express Company
R. T. Warren
East Point
Jersey Cattle Sale Planned for County This Fall
Butts County hosts poultry club meeting this Saturday at 2 30 PM in the courthouse to enroll members and discuss subscribing to a poultry journal. The county association formed in May aims to boost the chicken business with a new 10 000 egg hatchery at Jackson Ice plant. Officers include S S Copeland president Mrs L D Singley vice president J A Leverette secretary and Dr J W Harper treasurer. Cow Sow Hen-
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Butts County Poultry Association
Court House
Jackson
Butts County
S. S. Copeland
L. D. Singley
J. A. Leverette
J. W. Harper
Big Returns From Patch Of Alfalfa In Monroe County
Mr. James A Tribble reports 2 1/2 acres of alfalfa near his home yielding strong profits in Monroe County. First cutting produced 80 dollars in hay plus two loads used by the farmer. Second cut after a month yielded six tons sold at 30 dollars per ton, totaling 260 dollars so far with expectations of more cuttings. The article urges limited acreage to ease stock feeding costs.
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Mr. Tribble
Monroe County
400 Acres That’s Most Valuable Land in World
The Duke of Westminster owns 400 acres of land in central London covered with buildings. Rents generate about 15 million dollars annually. The Westminster family held the property before London became a city and development increased as the area grew.
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Duke of Westminster
London
England
Westminster
Tennessee to Sell Jersey Dairy Cattle in Jackson
The Kiwanis Club plans a fall sale of a carload of high grade Jersey cows in Jackson to boost county dairy farming. Negotiations with Tennessee breeders proceed, with no financial risk by the club, and the sale aims to prove demand from local farmers. County agents urge interest and urge timing around September harvest.
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Kiwanis Club
Sale IF
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George T. Betts
Ashburn, Ga
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Jack L. Patterson
Covington
Sunny Side
Mr. Patterson
Atlanta Journal
Griffin News
Sun
Jersey
Poultry Club
Big
Jas. A. Tribble
Mr. James
Tennessee
Guernsey
Give
G. W. Humphrey
Southern Railway System
Sale
Rowan County
North Carolina
Humphrey
American Jersey Cattle Club Wai
South
Jerseys
Wiley
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