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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 26
JACKSON NO. 2
Crops are looking fine on No.
2 now.
Miss Pauline McClure visited
Miss Annie Jones Sunday.
Troy S. Thomas returned last
Monday from a visit to Adel and
Sparks.
The Pleasant Grove Sunday
School picnicked at Indian Spring
Saturday.
Little Miss Willie Duke is spend
ing the week with Mr. and Mrs.
R. p. Hilley.
Miss Dama Hodges was the
charming guest of Miss Lillie Mae
Stewart Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kimbell
•will spend Saturday and Sunday
in Henry county.
Mr. Ed Cawthon and brother,
Jess, were guests of Mr. W. T.
Cawthon recently.
Howard Jolly is spending a
while with his uncle, Col. J. T.
Jolly of Summerville.
Messrs Charles Ellioct and Mor
ton Vickers attended the singing
at Beersheba Sunday.
Mr. J. F. Preston’s friends ere
glad to know he is improving
from his recent illness.
Miss Daisy Stewart returned
last Sunday from a pleasant visit
to the Misses Elder, of Macon.
Mr. W. R. Mason of Mcßae,
came Sunday for a few days visit
to friends and relatives on No. 2.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hilley, Jr.
of Atlanta, will arrive Friday to
spend a few days with relatives
here.
Mr. R. B. Giles and Miss Annie
Jones had a pleasant drive over
to Mechanicsville last Friday
afternoon.
Miss Byrd Maddox returned
Sunday afternoon from a delight
ful visif to her sister, Mrs. J. W.
Collins of Maqon.
Mr. and A£rs. J. L. Maddox and
daughters, Roxie and Exie visit
ed Mr. D. W. Bryant and family
of Elovilla Sunday.
Little Annie Reed Harper
returned this, week from Atlanta,
where she .spent several weeks
with' friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Yancy, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Redman, Misses
Hattie Jones and Julia Grier,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Bankston and family last
Sunday.
Mjechanicsville and Stark will
play: a double-header game of
base ball Saturday, July 4, one in
the tnorning and one in the after
noon st Stark. Everybody go
out |md and root for Stark.
A merry party from Stark had
a pleasant day at Willow Springs
in jasper county last Sunday.
Thesr were Misses Deedie Mc-
Ciure, Eloise and Mervine Jones,
Messrs Woodie Lavender, Ra:eigh
Giles and Lon Maddox.
demonstrate to the reading
public that The Progress is read
and highly 'appreciated by- fifty
to seventy-five of No. 2. ’s patrons
was owing to lack oi iorce a
davs ago the paper was deiayeu
until Saturday. We were ?.s,:ed
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1908
at least twenty times during one
trip, “Where is my Progress?”
Havn’t you got The Progress to
day?” “Are they going to
change it to Saturday?” The
people read The Progress and
can’t do without it. Here’s to
The Progress and it’s Editor.
WORTHVILLE
What has become of the picnic?
Miss Pearl Benson was on the
sick list last week.
Mr. Rupert Washington visited
in Jackson Sunday.
Mr. A. Hendrick was down
from Atlanta Sunday.
Mrs. W. F. Stodghill visited
Mrs. G. W. White Tuesday.
Miss Lena White will be home
from Pulaski, Va., this week.
Miss Ella Cawthon visited Miss
Lexie White Sunday afternoon.
A large crowd attended the
singing here Sunday aftei noon.
Mr. Cleveland Aiken made a
business trip to Jackson Friday.
Miss Lexie White spent Satur
day night and Sunday in Jackson.
Mr. Morgan Castelow was
down from Locust Grove last
week. ..
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Grey spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed
King.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Mason spent
Sunday w th relatives in Henry
county.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Aiken
spent Sunday with Mrs. Wyatt
Benson.
Mr, John Chambers visited rel
atives in Jackson Saturday and
Sunday.
Master Robert White spent
Tuesday with his sister Mrs. W.
J. White.
Mrs. Clyde and Carrie Kinard,
of Jackson, visited relatives here
Saturday.
Mr. B. T. Heason and Mr. John
Gaston were in our town on Sat
urday oftemoon.
Miss Leila Stodghill will
next week for a visit to Atlanta
and Cave Springs.
Mrs. Dan Swint and Mrs. Will
Chambers visited in Worthville
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Will Whaley and children,
of Covington, spent Tuesday with
Mrs. S. L. Lofton.
Miss Elsie Caston, of Jackson,
is spending this week with Miss
Lillie Belle Washington.
The singing given by Miss
Rosa McKinley Sunday night
was enjoyed very much.
Miss Florence and Mr. Ander
son Singley, of Stark, passed
through our town Sunday.
A number of Woichville’s
young people will spend the 4th
at Indian Spring.- We w Ish them
a merry time.
Misses Vallie Standard, Alice
Hontcn, Essie LevereU, Lucy
Koiineld and Mr. and Mi s. How
ard Standard were up from Un
ion Point Sunday afternoon.
Tne Prog; ess and Watson’s
Weekly Jefferson : rn, on’*y SI.OO.
FLOVILLA NO. 1
Mr. T. E. Fears spent Wednes
day in Jackson.
Miss Bettie Lindsey spent Sun
day with Mrs. Van White.
Mr. Woody Lavender spent
Tuesday with his mother here.
Rev. W. G. Cooper of Juliette,
was the guest of Mr. John Ross
last Sunday.
Mr. C. T. Lavender and sister,
Miss Ida, spent Monday in Jack
son shopping.
Mrs. F. C. Maddox of FlovJla,
was the gaest of Mrs. Van/
White Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bray of
Juliette, visited friends and rela
tives here last week.
Mr. Owen Smith of Flov.lla,
was the guest of his father, Hon.
Wilson Smith last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Duke
spent last with Mr.
and Mrs. F. S. Noswo; _hy.
Mrs. R. G. Lavender has been
on the sick list for the past ffew
days, but glad to note she is im
proving. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Johnson’s
many friends Vv.ll deeply sympa
thize with them in the sad death
of their der" little boy.
Mr. Lee Ross has purchased an
up-to-date “byke” and we pre
sume he will go in the direction
of St-'-k in a few days.
IL seems it will be W. J. Bryan
again. Can’t the party give us
something fresh? I fe?" that if
Bryan is nominated he will lose
i Georg a to Taft.
We notice that the Legislate
has a bill pending to elect the
pension commissioner by the peo
ple. This is • a good bill and
should pass, an‘d when'it be
comes a law Judge J. H. Ham is
the man to put for *vard for the
commissioner. Let Butts cor lty
make a strong pull for him. • \
While our LegislaCe-e is in ses
sion would it not* be a good sug
gestion to them to give us back
that law of tax equalizers which
was passed by the alliance legis
lature of 90 91. In my opinion
this one law would do more to
ward relieving the state than any
law that could be put qn the
statute. • This one act put into
the county - treasury of • Butts
county several thousand dollars
of surplus money and our tax
rate was lower during those two
years than they have been since
tbe bankers and manufacturers
were made to bear his pro rata
of the tax and make fair recJ'ns.
We farmers cant hide our bob
tail yearlings, rnules and old red
hills, so the result is tire man
with the least property is bearing
the burden of tax. Were I Mr.
Mays, this would be my first bill.
* Bill.
SOUTH BUTTS
*Miss Nolie Jdapgharn /viiMtqd
Miss Mary Petfcigrdw Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Carter spent
Sunday with Mr. and M/3. Gas
Wise.
Miss Alice Thaxton \ is!ted
Misses Annie and Grady Flynt
Sunday.
Mr. Quenton Washington was
the guest of Mr. J. R. Pettigrew
Sunday. ,
Mrs. Bell Moore spent Satur
day and Sunday with relatives in
Jackson.
Miss Mattie Maddox visited
the Sunday School at Liberty
Sunday afternoon.
Misses Floride, Annie May and
Mary Smith visited Liberty Sun
day School Sunday. v
l
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thaxton
spent Sunday afternoon w .th Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Gaston.
The friends of Mr. S. j! Smith
will be glad to know thfct he is
much better at this writing.
The young people of south
Butts enjoyed a trip to the
Spring on Sunday afternoon.
Miss Alice May Wise spent
Sunday night with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Carter.
A large crowd enjoyed the
singing given by Miss Ina and
Mr. Prentice Ridgeway on Sat
urday night.
FLOVILLA
Miss Lillie Cornell of Indian
Springs, was in Flovilla Tuesday.
Mr. R. F Phillips of Monti
cello, v. sited Lends here S - r
day-last.
Miss Lila Robert of Jones
county, •‘ •rived Thursday to v sit
Miss Lula Dozier.
Mrs. Lucy Dozier Doriglas has
returned from a pleasr it v sit to
rel&w'.ves in Atlan L
Miss L ruise Smith of. Indian
Springs was the guest of Miss
Alice Smith recently.
Mrs. C. D. Jordan and s~n
Fred, of Monticello, .sited the
family of Mr. W, B. DozieP Sun
day. • r 1 - >v ‘• -
Mr. and' Mrs. John Dpzier
Persons of MonticeHb; V *4 visiting
Mrs. Persons parents for a few
days. ?■’; '•
•.a f. , t /
Mr. and Mrs R. V. and
family attended a reinion of,
Mrs. Smith’s family at Cabanisg.
Saturday.
' Mys. Dan S. Dilscol of Jul
iette visited Flovilla recently
were she was the guest qf ftfiss
Alice Smith and ,Mrs. W. J,,
Par -idge.
Mrs. Gill Smith and little ones,
and Mr. and Mrs,,-Tom Brow n
and family of McDonough, have
returned home after several days
spent in Flovilla as guests of
Capt. and Mrs. W. F. Smith.
BANKS CLOSE SATURDAY
The Jackson banks will close
doors Saturday next, this being
July 4, and riatibnar holid&y.
Those concerned should take
notice. ;
. NOTICE.
Administrators, Execupors and
G jafdkns r.re requesitd to make
tire I r annual r to
Ordinary. tj.
Ord naiy.
NUMBJBR 27
HISTORICAL MULBERRY
TREE AT INDIAN
SPRING
Fond Memory Paints In
teresting Scenes of
Days Gone to Come
No More.
(written for the progress by
W. F. SMITH.)
Editor Progress: —At Indian
Spring near Wright’s store,
stands an ante bellum mulberry
tree. Today my memory was
carried back to scenes of other
years by looking upon this old
mulberry tree.
It was upon this tree that
Andy Johnson of Tennessee, was
hung in effigy. He was the only
member of Congress from -the
South that refused to give up
his seat and return home when
his state seceded from the Union.
Excitement was at fever hsat.
A long flag was stretched from
the Collier Hotel across the street
to a store on the opposite side.
On one side was the picture of a
huge rattle snake under Scored
with l?~ge letters, “Dont Tread
On Me. ” On the other side hung
a large full grown cotton stalk
with the inscription “Cotton Is
King.” On a public day some
one had made an effigy of Andy
Johnson and hung him on the
mulbeny tree with a placard
across his breast ‘‘Andy Johnson
of Tennessee- A Traitor to the
South.” - - .
Miss Sallie Carter, otte of the
most popular young ladies qf
Indian Spring at that Lime, who
lived in what is known as the
Bryans House, walked up with
a pistol in hand and sfyot him in
the face, late in the afternoon,
just before the torch was applied
and the effigy 'destroyed.
'A STRANGE TURN IN AFFAIRS.
Now Mr. Editor: On aecount
of his loyalty to the' Union, ,and
on account of the persecutions of
his; people, Andy Johnson was
nomihated ' for Vice President
with Lincoln,; wjien Lincoln was
nominated ’ for a second term,
nVas elected -and /when Lincoln
was' assassinated* he became
President,; '■ His first aeia were in *
defence oftfie South. He stood
up .agajpst the Radicals who
desired to Confiscate the lands of ;
the Sduth. r He* stood up against: l
all opposition in defence of the:
people who had whipped, perse
cuted. and bqpned him in
and for this.ctefence of the pros
trate South he was impeached by
the house of Representatives and
tried by th'C Seriate, arid came in
one vote of being convicted.
When I looked at the old tree
and thinking of these stirring
scenes of bygone days; with
nearly all of rthe bld"
hotel, the old store, and. many
-other familiar objects gone, a
deep feeling of sadness crept,
over trie; and I cotild :.’craw' hsj; *'
‘O. hmV sad! ‘D ho w Wrange are -
the dispensations of .Providence!
G bow fickle and sLfcnge are
.human affairs.”
rond memory pkfn
scenes of otaer years etc.”
Yo ,t *3 ivy, W. F. Smith.