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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 26 BLIND TIGER CAUGHT AT INDIAN SPRING Sheriff Moore, of Flovilla City Court, Arrests the Animal And Four Negroes Who Were Gambling. Editor Progress: There is no place in Georgia where the good people have been so much im posed upon by sorry white folks and mean negroes running blind tigers and gambling squads, as the good people of Indian Spring. On last Saturday seme one who fears God and loves humanity, called W. H. Moore, Sheriff of Flovilla City Court, from a sick bed to answer the telephone. The message said: “They are swarming in and out like bees at a certain place at Indian Spring. ” Sheriff Moore v/i h a surah posse soon swoop: I down on i chimp of buores, in the rear of King', stable, and eaugnt i..:c tiger and four negroes who were gambling. _ The liner v;?s being run by' Kenney Weight frpm Forsyth, and Mr. Moore carne in with him end tin box c" Miles c' • ' band, la thb c; ,!;/ F.:a; v The prisoner was landed in the, lock up. The box was .addressed ; to Kearny Wright, FloviUa Gr.J from Jackson and Monroe Chat tanooga, Term. Those cau.giy: gaming were put under bc-no. When asked why he did no catch the balance of those in tno game,- Sheriff. Moore rephee: .“They flew over the bushes. This catch at the same spot a negro was killed in a game about two years ago. The good people of Indian Spring can now rid themselves of this deadly incubus if they will only back up Judge Preston of Flovilla City Court. The Holiness people also feei that they have more protection that there will be less disorder 'coming and going in and ar r und the Camp Gr round, since the establish mein of this court. It is to be hope and it will be a source of reliei to those v/h desire to see periqpt order pre vail in and around Indian Spring. Yours for peace and gor'd order, W. F. Smith. WILL GET OUT ATTRACTIVE CLASSIFIED INDEX t)f The Business Interests of Jackson. Mr. 0. H. Martin an adver tising expert who comes to Jack son, fresh from advertising eon quests in Other cities, is here getting cut a classified index oi the business interests Jac.von. Mr. Martin was for a number of years “write up” man on tne Atlanta Constitution. P" osition that he now puts bvica e Jackson business men if oiuA usual character and will P rc *-~ attractive to many ox them, * will use the columns °t -the i 1 - gress for the promulgation 01 n.s advertising. JACKSON, GEORGIA, THtJfe§DifYf JtLY , 1908 JACKSON NO. 2 Mr. J. C. Jones spent last week in South Georgia prospecting. Hon. J. 0. Cole went to Locust Grove last Monday on business. Mfs. J. H. Banklston of Dublin, is visiting the family of Mr. S. M. Thaxton for a while. Mrs. McLeroy, of High Falls, is spending a whilp with her daughter, Mrs. A. A. Lemon. Miss Dama Hodges spent last week in Jackson as the guest of Mrs. Carmichael. Master J. W. Hodges is spend ing a while with his uncle, Mr. Will Thomas, of Covington. Mr. and Mrs. Will Thomas, of Newton county, visited the fam ily of Mr. Ben Hodges a few days recently. Miss Cecil Bankston spent last week with Miss Zelma Wilson of Flovilla. • Idles Lillie Mae Stewart is spending the week with her aunt, lies. Oscar Nolen of Cedar Rock. Ur. Oils Mason a prominent young man of Henry county, was down on No. 2 last Monday to sec his brother. Mr. Webb Mason, of Atlanta, was shaking hands with his many friends at Stark last Mon day. Mr. Hope Maddox came up from Milledgeville Friday for a few days visit to homefolks. Stark sends a team of little feilows to play Mechanicsviile Saturday, while the Champs goes to take her depart' from Jackson. Miss Virginia Elder came up this week from Macon to visit friends on No. 2. Mr. A. E. Harris came over from Monticello last Saturday and is now doing barber work with L. L. Whitten. Bartow Barnes, a former citi zen of Butts .county but now of Newton, visited his mother, Mrs. Eliza Barnes last Tuesday. Miss Bessie Waldrop opened her School at Iron Springs last Monday with about 40 pupils. Messrs. Stone and Avery of Newton county, visited friends on No. 2 last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. M. Ingram, of Jenkinsburg, were the, guests of the family of Mr. J. T. Mc- Clure last Sunday and Monday. William Thomas Cawthon, Jr., is the young mafi’s" name who came several days ago to board with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cawthon. Mrs. W. F. Lee, of Atlanta, came down a few' days ago for a visit to friends and relatives at Stark. Mr. Joe Taylor Pittman, who has traveling for the last several months, is at home for a visit. Joe has many friends who are always glad to see him. Miss Nettie Rae Pittman re turned home this week from a most delightful visit to friends in- Monticello. She was accom panied home by Miss Hattie Woods who will spend a while w'ith her. A genuine old fashioned bar becue was enjoyed by about a hundred of Stark’s citizens last Tuesday. A jolly crowd was out and many ladies present, which always adds much to an accasion like that. After dinner was over some good music was ren dered by Stark’s string band. / -tv ** ‘‘ *■ Stark defeated the team from Mechanicaville by the score of 10 to lin favor of Stark. Bat tteries for Stark, Hardy and Har ris; for Mechanicsville, Parker and Fincher. The visiting team only got 6 hits off Hardy, while Stark got a hit every time a man went to bat in the a. m. game. Afternoon game called off on ac count of rain. Mrs. Mamie Reeves went to Jackson last Monday to see Mrs. Wells, who is quite sick. My friends will take notice that Rough Rider will not ride any more in three weeks, after this but the old reliable' W. T. Cav/thon will ride 15 week days. Rough Rider will spend 10 days of,his vacation up in the cod, breezy mountains of Tennessee. [The Progress is grateful to Mr. Reeves for his cooperation in our efforts to give Butts county a good newspaper. We wish him a pleasant and profitable vaca tion.—Editor.] SOUTH BUTTS Miss Bessie Hale spent Thurs day with Miss Florida Smith. Mr. Hurtell Thaxton spent the day Friday with the family of Mr. G. R. Ridgeway. Judge Hammond is very ill at this writing. Misses Annie and Gail Ham mond visited friends in Jackson Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thaxton visited Mrs. Mary Barnes Sun day. The singing given by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Foster, Saturday night was highly enjoyed. Miss Annie Carter was the guest of Miss Fannie Ridgeway Sunday afternoon. Miss Ada Johnson visited Miss Mattie Maddox Sunday. . Misses Floride and Mary Smith were guests of Miss Alice Thaxton Thursday. Mr. William Thaxton is on the sick list. Mr. Pratt Smith came up from Milledgeville Friday to visit loved ones at home. Misses Annie May and Mary Smith entertained a few of their friends Saturday afternoon. Mr. W. M. Hammond went to Jackson Monday. Farmer’s Daughter. MONEY TO LOAN. $20,000 to loan on Butts county farms at 7 per cent. Corne quick if you need money. T. J. DEMPSEY, Jackson, Ga. 34 light colored summer suits at H. G. Entrekin’s, 50 per cent. ! discount. WORTHVILLE Dr. Collins and family were down from Griffin this week. Miss Elsie Caston has returned to her home in Jackson, after spending a few days with Miss Lillie Bell Washington. Miss Pearl Carter and brother, of Helena, are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. S. L. Lofton. Mrs. Frank Smith and children will leave this week for a visit to Green county. Mr. Cleveland Aiken made a business trip up the road Friday. Misses Clara Ezelle, Bertha Mangham and Mr. Robert Grant were up from Towaliga Saturday and Sunday. Mrs_ Nannie Fox and children, of Iflorida, are visiting relatives here. Mr. Calhoun Stodghill of Ce dar Cock, was a visitor here Sun day. Misses Pearl Townsend, Rosa McKinley, Lillie Mae Hodges and Lexie White, spent the 4th at Indian Spring. Miss Carrie and Mr. Sherrod Biles visited friends here Sunday. • Miss Lena White is spending the week in Jackson. Quite a crowd from Worthville : attended preaching at Pleasant View Sunday afternoon. Messrs Ed Cawthon and Chas. Hodges visited friends at Stark Saturday night. Miss Lillie Mae Hodges is visit ing relatives at the camp ground. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Swint, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Maddox, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. White, spent the 4th with Mr. and Mrs. Will Cham bers. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thaxton visited in Newton Sunday. / * ■ . Mr. John Maddox of Eastman, is visiting his brother, Mr. Jack Maddox. Mrs. Clyde McClure of Mcßae, is visiting Mrs. Will Gresham this week. Mrs. Frank Smith entertained a few of the young people very pleasantly Monday night. Those present were Misses Lola Wash ington, Janie Cawthon, Leila Stodghill, Pearl Townsend, Rosa McKinley, Pearl Carter and Lexie White. Messrs J. W. and Fred Lofton, Linnie and Rupert Washington, Walter, George and Robert White. HANNA DRUG COMPANY SOLD TO C. WHITEHURST A business change was made Wednesday w r hen Mr. C. White hurst bought from Dr. J. E. Hanna his drug store. Mr. Whitehurst’s family is at the camp ground for the summer but will locate in Jackson after September Ist. They come highly recommended from Dub lin, finer former home, and Jack son extends to them a warm greeting. We hope this change of business will not take Dr. Hanna away from our town. He has not yet i decided what he will do. FLOVILLA and Ms ■ —- Mr. Van Wilhite, the popular editor of The Progress, was > a recent visitor to Flovilla. Mr. Oscar Willis, of Jackson, made a business trip to Flovilla Tuesday. Mr. Walker W, Preston was a recent visitor to Macon. Miss Sue Watts and Miss Lis - Elder have returned home after several days visit to Mrs. Emma Mallett, of Jackson. Mrs. J. L. Bryant, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Pope, of Cork, has return ed home. Mr. and Mrs. Dent Terrell and sisters, Misses Carrje Beck and Maggie Davis of Covington, are visiting relatives in Flovilla this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dozier have returned home after a most pleasat visit to their daugh ter.,- Mrs. B. F. Walker at Roberta G:u Misses Rosa Greer and Su3ie Watts spent the week-end in Juliette as the guost of Dr. and Mrs. Glover I fir. 0. D. Smith and sons, Glover and Albert left Tuesday for a visit to relatives at Juliette. Mrs. Leo LLdono cl MonUcollc, is the guest of ncr brother Dr. A. F. White this week. Mr. W. A. Dozier of Atlanta spent the week-end with home folks. Mrs. John Crow and son, Maurice of Jacksonville, Fla. arrived Monday to be the guests for sometime of Mrs. Crow's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Goodrum. Mrs. M. L. Harris and little ones have retuned home after a months stay with Mrs. Harris, parents at Rising Fawn, Ga. Mr. John Abercrombie of Strouds, Ga. visited his neice, Mrs. W. J. Partridge recently. Miss Alice Thompson has returned from McDonough where she was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Gill Smith. Master. Harvey and Louise Brown have returned to their home in McDonough, after a visit to their grandparents, Capt. and Mrs. W. F. Smith. Miss Mae Nixon, the popular trimmer for R. L. Allen Trading Company, left for her home in Jacksonville Alabama Friday. July 4th was Tag Day at Flo villa and Indian Spring. The ladies of the M, E. Church de vised this means of raising money for the improvements being made on their church. The tags were red, white and blue and were printed, “Officially Tagged, Flo villa, Ga. July 4th, 1908." To the untiring efforts of several of the young ladies and quite a number of the little Misses of the church and town, was due the great financial success of the day. They cleared $41.00. Thursday July 9th, they wilihave an ice cream festival from 3 to 10 o’clock p. m. This will be held in Mr. J. T. Edward's new j store. Every one invited. NUMBER 2$