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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 26
JOS M. BROWN
NOMINATED
GOVERNOR
Brown has been conceded the
victory in the race for governor
by a majority of about 12,000,
20,000 less than was claimed by
the Brownites, and about 45,000
ballots below the mark which
the opposition claimed for Smith.
So far, the f indications are
strong that Brown will take
about 90 counties of 146.
Smith claimed Fulton by 2500,
but lost by 1700, losing every
ward but one.
Livingston will be renominated
to congress from the fifth.
Park is in a safe lead for state
treasurer over Speer.
Hoke Smith has carried Henry
county by large majority, accord
ing to latest reports.
THE PROGRESS WILL SOON
PRINT THE MERRY WIDOW
Read In Your Home Paper The Nation’s Most Popular
- Story— Subscribe Now and Get the First Copy.
You have heard of the Merry
Widow hat, the merry widow
this, the merry widow that, but
if ycu °.:’c a subscriber to the
Progress, you will so:n nave the
opportunity of making yourself
familiar with the origin of so
many merry widows.
Because, the “Merry Widow”
—that great musical dramatic
success —will be published in se
rial form in your own home pa
per, beginning with the issue of
June 18.
Since plays were written, no
play has ever struck such a pop
popular chord in the hearts of
human beings.
“Tickets sold six weeks ahead
was the standing answer which
met the public at the box office
of one of the largest theaters in
New York where “The Merry
Widow” was played an entire
season to packed houses.
This in itself would be sufficient
reason for printing the story in
a newspaper. Of New York s
floating population of a hundred
thousand a day who go to the
theaters nearly all saw The
Merry Widow” and went back
home to talk about it. Hence
“The Merry Widow” is on every
body’s lips, the talk of the hour,
the sensation of the day. What
a delightful surprise it will be to
our people who could not see
the play in New York or Chicago
to find the story in their home
paper! . ~
But the story itself written
from the play by Albert Payson
Terhune who wrote “The Man of
the Hour” would make a hit in
newspapers on its own merits as
a story. It is inconceivable that
that “The Merry Widow” could
have achieved such splendid suc
cess without some merit. _ The
elements of popularity in the
play are f afthfully preserved with
fine literary skill in the story.
The plot, the characters, the
bright and witty dialogue all are
there. The story is all action, a
few deft touches of description
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1908
JOS. M. BROWN CARRIES BUTTS COUNTY
BY A MAJORITY OF ONLY ONE VOTE
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Below is a tabulated report of the primary as it affects Butts county. While this report is not
official it is almost certainly correct in the main, and The Progress desires to acknowledge its indebted
ness to the telephone exchange, which through its able manager, J. G. Warde, was very liberal in
making known the results of the primary.
Only the votes of those candidates are given in whom our readers will be most interested:
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For Governor—
JOSEPH M. BROWN 123 76 32 34 71 63 40 18 28 62 547
HOKE SMITH 217 38 16 46 49 26 41 43 29 43,, 546
For Congressman —
C. L. BARTLETT 134 73 27 36 34 40 29 21 72 466
O. H. B. BLOOD WORTH.... 206 44 21 46 92 • 47 33 '36 31 556
For Solicitor-General—
E. M. SMITH 251 104 35 24 54 61 55 31 11) 73 699
J. W. WISE 66 3 12 32 45 13 24 27 26 19 267
J. M. STRICKLAND 25 11 ll 25 26 8 10 5 20 11 142
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bringing the scenes vividly before
the reader.
•In the very opening of the
story the reader discovers that
the prize at the ball at the Mars
ovian embassy in Paris is the
“merry widow” with a fortune
of $20,000,000. For this prize
the Parisian fortune hunters and
the ambassador contend, the am
bassador with patriotic motives,
for his country is .so poor that it
will be ruined if it loses the the
widow with her fortune to a for
eign suitor. Hence his extreme
anxiety to marry her to the
prince of Marsovia.
Out of the finesse of diplomacy
the plots and counter plots of im
pecunious and persistent suitors
a beautiful love story is evolved,
a story that charms the reader
and satisfies the most exacting
demands of literary taste. .
The illustrations constitute one
of the strong attractions of the
story for newspaper use. Ryder,
after seeing the play a number of
times, had Ethel Jackson, who
took the part of the ‘ ‘merry wid
ow,” pose for the.drawings from
which the single, double and
triple column cuts used to illus
trate the story are made. These
illustrations will appear in The
Pro*gress.
Subscribe now —get the first
copy and keep up wijth this en
trancingly interesting story,
The Daughters of the Confed
eracy held a very interesting
meeting at the home of Mrs. F.
S. Etheridge’s on Wednesday af
ternoon, in celebration of Jeffer
son Davis’ birthday. A delight
ful program was carried out.
Owing to extreme warm weather
the Daughters will not have' an
other meeting until September.
The beautiful oak finish which
has recently been given to the
shelves and counters of the
Jamerson Drug Company present
a highly pleasing appearance to
the many customers of this popu
lar store.
JACKSON NO. 2
The Misses Thomas went to
town shopping last Thursday.
Mr. A. J. McElroy spent Sat
urday with his sister, Mrs. An
nie Lemon.
Mr. Sam Glass and wife, of
Jenkinsburg, were down one day
last week to see their daughter,
Mrs. Will Jolly.
That notorious kicking maud
is in the land again. For par
ticulars about how bad she is,
call on W. B. Hodges.
Tax Receiver McMichael was
down on No. 2, last Thursday
taking in taxes and took din
ner with his friend, Jphn W.
Stewart.
Miss Hattie-Kate Burney and
Miss Callie Woods, of Monticello,
returned home Monday, after
spending several days with Miss
Nettie Rae Pittman.
Beatrice Hammock left Wed
nesday, for her home in Griffin,
accompanied home by her cousin,
Lucy Lemon, who will spend a
few weeks with her.
Mrs. Mary R. McElrov, who
has been spending some time
with her daughter, Mrs. Annie
Lemon, left Thursday to visit a
daughter in Locust Grove.
Mr. Ingram and wife, of In
dian Spring, Mr. Barnes, of Flo
villa, W. T. Bethel, of Jackson,
were down on the river to see
the dam site last Thursday.
Mrs. J. Collins and daugh
ter, Mrs. McElhaney, of west
Butts, visited Mrs. Carrie Col
lins and little daughter, Bessie
Louise, one day last week.
Rough Rider is not riding this
week, as you all will see, but
Rough Rider, Jr., is on. Rough
Rider has ridden 15 months* on
ly losing five days in that time.
Miss Trudie Thomas returned
home last week from Mansfield,
where she taught in the public
school at that place. She and a
party of friends left Monday
night for Washington, D. C. and
other points of interest in the
north.
If you want ice cream that will
tickle your palate try Jamerson’s.
BIG DECREASE IN SCHOOL
POPULATION SINCE 1903
MR. KIMBELL WILL ERECT
RESIDENCE IN PARKLAND
J. A. Kimbell has closed a con
tract for the erection of a modern
six-room residence on Brookvvood
avenue in Parkland, Jackson’s
promising residence section.
This residence will be inside
the city limits and will.be equip
ped with water and lights and
sewerage.
Mr. Kimbell is to be congratu
lated on being the first to break
dirt in this new addition to the
city, but will soon be followed
by others —among whom are R.
P. Newton, O. P. Jinks, D. N.
Carmichael and other si
TO HOMESEEKERS.
I have bought several nice at
tractive lots in Parkland, Jack
son’s new and promising suburb,
and to correct an impression that
has gone out that this property
was bought up by speculaeors to
prevent people Ifrom coming to
out town, I will sell any lot I
bought at cost provided the buy
er promises to build within
twelve months. This offer is
open until July Ist, 1908.
James T. Warthen,
Real Estate and Insurance.
P. S. —When I have two or
more lots contiguous, buyers
must take all the block. The
crop now growing will be res
erved.
NOTICE.
Jackson Lodge, No. 152, I. O.
O. F., will elect new officers Fri-i
day night, June sth. All mem
bers requested to be present.
Prof. Lanier leaves Saturday
for Dublin to conduct the teach
er’s institute of Lawrence county.
He will the following week con
duct Effingham county’s insti
tute.
T. H. Buttrill went to Dahlon
ega Friday to attend the com
mencement, and was the guest
of Capt. E. J. Williams.
NUMBER 23
BARTLETT IS
IN A SAFE
LEAD
In spite of the fact that their
votes at Towaliga district has not
been learned, Bloodworth has
won Butts by not less than 70 *
majority. However, it is under
stood here that Bloodworth him
self concedes the victory to Bart
lett.
Ernest Smith won in Butts by
432 votes, but ; reports from the
other counties indicate that Wise;
has been nominated for the office
of solicitor. Wise has carried
Heihry, by about 300 majority, ac
cording to reports.
Telephone reports were an
nounced from the central office of
the local telephone exchange
practically all Thursday night
and lusty-lunged supporters wait
ed anxiously on the court house
lawn for each message.
County Has 244 £:hool Children
Less Since Five Years Ago.
Whites Increase by 17
The school census reports
recently taken in the various
school districts have been con
solidated by County School Com
missioner Maddox, and show that
there are in Butts county 1716
white children of school age and
199 k colored children, or a total
of 3707.
The last school census was
taken in 1903, five years ago,
when there were 1699 white and
2252 colored children, or a total
of 3951. Thus a decrease of 244
is shown this year, though the
decrease is among the negroes
and tlje increase among the
white population.
In 1903 there were 367 children
of school age, between 6 and 18
years, in Butts county, who
could neither read nor write,
while this year the census shows
that there are only 155 illiterates,
showing a decrease in illiteracy
of 212.
Acdording to the census re
ports there are only 14 white
children of school age in Butts
county who can neither read nor
write, which is a most creditable
showing for Butts county.
The negroes have made mar
velous progress in reducing their
illiterate ranks from 320 in 1903,
to 141 in 1908.
The Situation in Jackson.
Jackson, within her limits, has
a total school population of 450,
against 567 in 1903—a decrease
of 117, though the decrease is
1 among the negroes and the in
crease, which is slight, among
the whites.
Jackson has at present 261
white children of school age—an
increase of only 28 since 1903.
The negro school children de
creased from 334 in 1903 to 180
in 1908—a decrease of 145.
These figures tell an interest
ing story to any one who will
take the trouble to study them.
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