Kiwanis Club Program Praised for Butts County Prosperity Efforts
The Kiwanis Club of Jackson and the Butts County Agricultural Committee push a Permanent Prosperity Program meant to lift the county's farming and marketing. Officials and editors from Georgia papers endorse the plan, praising publicity benefits and urging delivery of tangible results to make Butts a leading agricultural county in the Southeast.
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Georgia
South
Kiwanis Club of
Jackson
Kiwanis Club
Butts
Butts County
Agricultural Committee
Ito
McCoy
Mr. McCoy
Jackson Ice Corporation
Kiwanis Club and Agricultural Committee
1264 Weevils Caught On Less Than Seven Acres
The boll weevil outbreak hits the Chickasawhatchee area. On the farm of Messrs. Raines and Hollingsworth, about 1,264 weevils were trapped on under seven acres. Local farmers face a grave pest problem and call for immediate eradication efforts.
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Messrs
Raines
Hollingsworth
Chickasawhatchee
Dawson News
Butts County Forms Poultry Association to Boost Chickens
The Butts county chicken growers organized the Butts County Poultry Association after a talk by Prof. W. C. McCoy. Officers include S. S. Copeland president and Mrs. L. D. Singley vice president. Monthly meetings, 50 cent dues, and a push to make the county a key poultry center.
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Butts County Poultry Association
Court House
W. C. McCoy
Department of Poultry Husbandry
State College of Agriculture
Butts County
S. S. Copeland
L. D. Singley
J. A. Leverette
J. W. Harper
Monroe Sheriff Destroys Five Stills In One Week
Forsyth Georgia May 19 Sheriff Carey Bittick increased his weekly total of stills destroyed to five by wrecking three near Holly Grove in Monroe county Friday. Two were small outfits, but the third was the largest and most costly yet seen in the area.
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Forsyth
Carey Bittick
Holly Grove
Monroe County
Jackson Public Schools Set Spring Commencement Schedule
Jackson public schools near end of term with diplomas to be awarded Friday night. Primary pupils performed Snow White. senior play Home Ties. commencement sermon by Dr Henry Alfred Porter. Dr R E Park to deliver literary address. diplomas presented by C M Compton.
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Wll
Marion Groover
Snow White
Henry Alfred Porter
Second Baptist Church
Atlanta
Porter
R. E. Park
Department of English Languages
University of Georgia
Park
Jackson
C. M. Compton
Board of Education
Jackson Public Schools
Willie Frank
Joe Watkins
Robert VanDev
Lindsey Biles
Mattie Browning
Kathryn Carter
Evelyn Conner
Edna Coppeland
Leonard Dodson
Furlow Leaves Jackson Bank for Florida Trust Post
Warren Furlow of Jackson National Bank will become assistant cashier at Ninth Street Bank and Trust Co in St Petersburg Florida. The move follows a nine year tenure in Jackson and a World War II hospital corps service. Furlow, active in civic groups, plus his wife will join him in two weeks.
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Ninth Street Bank and Trust CO
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Ninth Street Bank ‘and Trust Company
Furlow
Thim
Jackson
Jackson National Bank
France
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club of
Mrs. Furlow
Mr. Furlow
Watkins Named for Public Service Commission Post
Governor-elect Clifford Walker reportedly tendered the special attorney post to Col. W. E. Watkins of Jackson. Watkins—a longtime ally and former Butts county representative—has not confirmed the offer. The Macon Telegraph notes Watkins’ appointment, with the state’s Railroad Commission having no say. Butts citizens enjoy a good strawberry crop despite freezes.
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Daily Press
Clifford Walker
Georgia Public Service’ Commission
Col
W. E
Butts County
Watkins
Sec
Col. Watkins
Macon Telegraph
Atlanta
State Capitol
E. J. Reagan
McDonough
Georgia Public Service Commission
Walker
William E. Watkins
Jackson
J. K. Hines
Supreme Court
Reagan
Reagan Wa
Railroad Commission
State Public Service Commission
Thomas W. Hardwick
Jackson Zone
Macon
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A. M. Soule
Georgia State College of Agricul
Ture
W. T. Anderson
Macon News
R. L. McKenney
The
Progressive Farmer
C. L. Newman
Gilreath Press Syndicate
Frank C. Gilreath
Chicken Growers
State College
Monroe
Jackson Public
Henry H. Jones
Mbs
Edrielyle Edwards
Edith Fletcher
Fred Hammond
Florida Bank
Warren Furlow
Reynolds
Express
Robert Cochran & Sons
New York
E. E. Payne
Reynolds, Ga
Harry Howell
A. J. Lemon
Elizabeth Lester
Edgar Merck
Herbert Moore
Willie Frank Newman
James Nichols
Naomi Norsworthy
Aubrey Patrick
Richard Lasnett
Mariln Smith
Annie Steele
Ella, Mae Wynne
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