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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 26
DAUGHTERS ENTERTAIN
VETERANS SAT., MAY 25TH
Dinrter Will Be Served at
Armory—Col. Grice Or*
ator olf the Day-
Program.
Memorial Day this year, com
ing on Sunday, appropriate exer
cises for the occasion will be
held by the Daughters of the
Confederacy next Saturday,
April 26th.
A program which presents the
name of Col. Herbert Grice, of
Hawkinsville, as orator of the
day has been prepared and ap
pears below.
After the exercises at the
Court House, a dinner will be
spread in the drill room of the
armory of the Jackson Rifles for
Daughters, Confederate Veter
ans and their wives, and members
of the Jackson Rifles.
Following is the program:
1. Invocation-_Rev. S. P. Wiggins
2. Music Hanna Orchestra
3. The Sunny South
Miss Cooper and Chorus
4. Introduction of Speaker
Prof. W. R. Lanier
5. Address Col. Her
bert Grice, Hawkinsville, Ga.
6. Solo—For All the South
Holds Dear--Mrs. J. W. Crum
7. Delivery of Essay Medal-
Miss Lois Rogers
8. Bestowal of Crosses of Honor
Mrs. S. 0. Ham, President
United Daughters Confed’y.
9. Music—Dixie
Orchestra
10. Short talks by Veterans.
11. Benediction
Rev. Jas. Bradley
JACKSON R. F. D. NO. 2
Mrs. Mamie Reeves visited
Mrs. Berta Cawthon Monday
last.
There was a little runaway at
Beulah Sunday but no one hurt
though.
Miss Bessie Maddox will visit
Misses Eloise and Hattie Jones
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jolly called
on Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Reeves
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Obera Moore closed her
school at Oak Hill last Friday,
owing to sickness.
Miss Leila and Floyd Singley
visited Miss Annis Hoard at
Stark Snnday last.
Miss Ophelia Banks, of Jackson,
visited Misses Dedie and Pauline
McClure last Sunday.
Miss Byrd Maddox spent last
Saturday night with Miss Leila
Maddox on Flovilla 1.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Reeves
spent last Sunday with Mr. H.
M. Reeves and Family.
Misses Cornelia Hardy, Nora
and Inez Reeves were the guests
of Mrs. J. W. Holloway Wednes
day.
Misses Vertie and Ina Belle
Moore visited their uncle and
grandfather, Sunday last, Mr.
Jeff Preston.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1908
The Pleasant Grove Sunday
school will have a few Easter
recitations next Sunday at 9:30.
Everybody invited.
Messrs. Lon Maddox and C. T.
Thornton, of Jackson, were out
at Stark Saturday night and Sun
day on “social business.”
Mr. Slaton Giles and Miss Dai
sy Tyler, two popular young peo
ple of Monticello, were guests of
Miss Deedie McClure last Satur
day night and Sunday.
Mr. Mingledorff, of Dublin,
was up to see his sons, Prof.
George Mingledorff, who is teach
ing at Stark, and his little son,
who is attending school, last Sat
urday and Sunday.
Cottonseed planting time is
here and a good many planting,
some going fishing, some sitting
round all day, so you see some
one is always playing while the
other fellow works.
Miss Trudie Thomas of Mans
field visited her mother. Mrs. J.
B. Thomas last Saturday and
Sunday. She was accompanied
back by Misses Kate Thomas and
Gladys Hodges.
Mr. David A. Watkins, the
popular carrier of No. 3, left last
Tuesday morniug for a two
week’s pleasure trip to visit
friends in Key West, Florida.
He will also visit a dear one at
Geneva, Fla., we bet.
COUNTY CORNERS
Mrs. S. M. Apple was here
Monday.
Mr. Jim Chastain went to
Spalding Sunday afternoon.
Little Mae Henley has been
very sick, but is now better.
Mr. and Mrs. John Parham, of
Spalding, visited here Sunday.
Mr. Leon Woodward, of Jack
son, spent Sunday with Mr. Tom
Henley.
Mrs. Chastain, of Locust Grove,
is spending this week with her
son, Jim.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hammock
spent Sunday with relatives at
Jenkinsburg.
Mrs. J. N. Stormon and Mrs.
Henry Taylor visited Mrs. E. D.
Heflin Moriday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Benton vis
ited their daughter, Mrs. Pearl
Patric.k Sunday.
Mrs. W. P. Wall has been very
sick, but her friends are glad to
know she is better.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Heflin,
Miss Lynn and little Nell Bell
spent Sunday afternoon with
Mrs. Homer Hammock.
Miss Emmie Clements will
entertain her school children with
an Easter egg hunt uext Friday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bell and
little Frank spent Sunday with
Mr. Bell. They were accompa
nied home by Miss Emma who
will spend this week with them.
New Reader.
COUNTY UNION MEETING IS
POSTPONED TO FRIDAY,MAY 8
To the members of the Farm
ers’ Educational and Co-operative
Union of Butts County: The
regular county meeting will be
held on Friday before second
Sunday, May Bth, as the Butts
County Sabbath School Associa
tion meets on first Friday, May
the Ist. J. M. Gaston,
President.
BETHEL
Mr. Paul Thaxton has pur
chased him anew buggy.
Peddlers and picture agents
have taken the place of candid
ates now.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gray also have
new boarder at their home—a
little boy.
Our school continues to be good
under the supervision of Miss
Ophelia Banks.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Thaxton
have anew boarder at their
home—a little girl.
Mr. J. D. Burford and family,
spent Sunday with the family of
Mr. W. D. Curry.
Miss Mary Vaughn spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. L. N.
Maddox near High Falls.
Mrs. L. N. Maddox of near
High Falls, spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Vaughn.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. King and
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Stodghill,
spent last Sunday with the fam
ily of Mr. A. C. Burford.
While out chopping wood Mr.
W. C. Stodghill happened to the
misfortune of almost having his
eye knocked out by a piece of
wood.
Cotton planting is going at a
lively rate now. Among our
early planters are Messrs J. D.
Burford and Charlie Jinks, who
have a large portion of their
crops planted.
We notice that some of the
correspondents are praising their
farmers. We wish to say that
we are not left in that respect,
for good farmers and fine farms
are a prime factor with us. So
brother correspondents just come
north of Jackson, and see more
of your county.
Next Saturday and Sunday will
be church days here, and on Sun
day we are going to have some
good old time Sacred Harp sing
ing for about two hours before
preaching, beginning at nine
o'clock. All are invited and
asked to bring their Sacred Harp
song books with them.
FINCHERVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mayo went
down to Stark last Tuesday to
the funeral of his sister, Mrs.
Margaret, who died early Mon
day morning. She was buried at
Macedonia Tuesday at 11 o’clock.
Brother Sharp officiating. We
understand that death was due
to dropsy. She had not been
well for several weeks, but was
cheerful until death came peace
fully.
REV. HAM VINDICATED
ON CHARGE OF
SLANDER
Former Jackson l*lan Tried In
North Carolina Courts
Charged With Slan
dering Woman.
[From Raleigh (N. C.) Daily
News and Observer.]
To the Editor:—The statement
in your paper of yesterday that
the decision in the case of State
vs. Rev. J. W. Ham, in which
he was charged with slandering
Miss Dora Salter, was reserved
by Justices Street and Hines, is
incorrect, as immediately' after
the argument was closed by
council, both justices with one
accord decided that there was no
probable cause, and therefore
discharged Mr. Ham. The case
was heard at the court house in
order to accommodate the im
mense crowd that was present, a
majority of whom were Rev.
Ham’s friends.
It appeared from the evidence
that Miss Salter was a young girl
of 17 years, who had left her
mother and was living with
another woman in a house for*
merly occupied by lewd women.
Rev. Ham, being desirous of res
cuing her from such environments
in order to save her good name,
importuned, first her brother and
then her, to go back and stay
with her mother. This she re
fused to do. He then told her
that he could look in her eyes and
tell that she had not been living
a straight life, because her asso
ciations were bad, and begged
her to go home. After several
days she had him arrested.
It is generally thought that the
prosecution was prompted by
bad motives and backed by an
immoral element, composed of
those especially who are violating
the prohibition law, which Rev.
Ham is trying so hard to uphold.
At the close of the trial when
the justices rightly discharged
Rev. Ham, his friends were so
jubilant that with one great shout
and clapping of hands, the old
ccurt house was made to ring,
notwithstanding court had not
adjourned. Rev. Ham had been
vindicated and everybody was
happy. After a general hand
shaking, it then being about ten
o’clock at night, everybody went
home.
Rev. Ham is pastor of the Tab
ernacle Baptist church, and is
highly esteemed by all good citi
zens of New Bern. He is bold
and fearless, and does not hesi
tate to preach the truth. He is
doing a great work and deserves
the confidence and respect of
every citizen. (Signed)
J. S. Miller, B. H. Lawrence,
F. G. Mitchelll, G. N. Ennett, M.
E. Whitehurst.
New Bern, N. C., April 8.
To the Editor:—ln justice to
Rev. J. W. Ham, whose trial was
reported in Wednesday’s paper,
the correspondent will state that
judgement was not reserved as
stated, but that the case was dis
missed and the plaintiff was taxed
with the costs. Mr. Ham was
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vindicated in the result of the
trial, and the cause of temperance
naturally strengthened in the
city by the developments of the
case. It is believed that this
trial was instituted by the liquor
element which has a grudge
against the preacher.
W. S. Colton,
New Bern, April 8.
WORTHVILLE
“Turn, fortune, turn thy wheel
with smile or frown;
With that wild wheel we go not
up or down;
Our hoard is little, but our hearts
are great.”
Misses Virginia Elder and Daisy
Stewart spent Friday night with
Miss Pearl Benson.
Mrs. White and Mrs. Maddox
went out calling Saturday after
noon. They called on three of
our Worthville friends.
We are glad to hear that Mrs.
Jack Maddox is some better.
She has been suffering intensely
from the loss of one eye.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Potts
spent Sunday in Newton with
their brother, Mr. Sam Potts.
Mrs. Walter Gray and brother,
Mr. Alex King, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Shady Dale with
their mother, Mrs. Gus King.
We are glad to welcome to this
community our new neighbors,
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer, who have
recently moved from Atlanta.
Why couldn’t the correspond
ents for the Butts County Pro
gress have a picnic somewhere
during this the beautiful spring
time? Am sure we would enjoy
ourselves.
Mr. Mercer Hodges, of Stark,
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.
H. J. Maddox. Miss Daisy Stew
art who has been visiting here
returned home with him.
Mr. Charlie Hodges had a very
difficult task hunting over Butts
and Newton counties Sunday
afternoon for his horse which he
bought Saturday. The horse got
away from him and ran off.
There will be a singing at the
Baptist church in Worthville Sun
day morning, beginning at 9:30
o’clock. At 11:00 o’clock Rev.
Turner, of Locust Grove, will
preach. Everybody is cordially
invited.
Misses Tiny and Livy McDon
ald gave a singing Sunday after
noon—another pleasant event re
corded in the history of our
young people. All enjoyed them
selves. From what can be
learned some very important
words were spoken during the
afternoon.
Fincherville and Worthville
schools are going to have a joint
picnic Saturday, April 18, at
Worthville. The teachers and
pupils are making great prepara
tions and are expecting to have
a gala day. At three o’clock the
children will enjoy an Easter
egg hunt. We should always try
to make the little ones happy on
such occasions.
Save your money for a rainy
day. The Jackson Banking Cos.
will pay you interest if left 6 or
12 months. 4-23-3 t