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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 * 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: j* ~ 3 H O = Ep O < H g'SSgs&Si'V#, £ r : a ‘n : ; ,* : a : sr : ■ I I S' 1 1 1 1 I I 5 I I • I I I ii QTQ • ii ii i t ii ii i 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 I 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. Old papers for sale at The Progress office. 20 cents per !hundred.