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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 26
THE PROGRESS TO PRINT
LARGE TRADE EDITION
Business Men Express Their
Hearty Endorsement—Many
Ads Secured.
An immense edition of The
Butts County Progress consisting
of about forty pages and about
4000 copies to be published—
that is'the next thing on the pro
gram for The Progress.
It will be a TRADE EDITION.
It will include advertisements
from practically all the business
concerns, from the shoe maker to
the manufacturer, in Butts
county.
Industrially, it will be a strong
appeal-for the financial interests
of Butts county because the mer
chants, agents, professional men
and the various industries of the
county \yill each tell the world
about their separate interests.
Educationally, it will speak for
our schools and the various school
houses’ and school teachers of the
whole county. It will contain
many interesting and historical
contributions from the county’s
brightest minds, and in it will
be published free just as many
pictures of babies, residences,
school houses, churches etc., as
the people will pay for the mak
ing of the cuts. The religious
element will also be represented
and some contributions along this
line is here and now requested.
For this edition we have al
ready secured fifteen pages of
advertisements from most of the
leading business concerns of the
county—which shows the confi
dence our longest heads have in
the undertaking. We expect to
call upon every business interest
in the county for an advertise
ment, and hope they will be
ready for our coming.
The general sentiment among
the business men we have so far
approached is one of gladness
that this trade edition will be
published. They have shown
their confidence in it They have
expressed their strong approval
of it, and they are patronizing it
heartily.
The undertaking is a big one,
and fall will be here before its
publication. However we are
working patiently away each day
and if past success continues, the
trade edition of The Butts County
Progress will be a success.
WYATT BENSON—SOLDIER
AND CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN
Editor Progress:—l read with
sadness and sorrow of the death
of my old friend and fellow sol
dier, Wyatt Benson.
If there was a better man ever
lived, I dont know it. If there
was one more brave or honest, I
do not know if. He was m\ fel
low “mess mate,” counsellor and
adviser for nearly two years dur
ing the bloody sixties.
I joined the army of Northern
, Virginia, M Orange courthouse
Virginia, when I was but a boy.
I was thrown into the tent wit
him and others. He took me
under his wing” as a. fatner.
He had more influence for goo .
over my life than any one I ever
knew outside the home 01 my
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1908.
father and mother. He was one
of the few men who held what
we called “family prayer” in
camp. When in winter quarters
it was his custom to gather the
men of his tept in evening pray
er, and I dont remember that he
ever failed to pray for our com
mon enemy, then in front of us.
He would pray on the eve of bat
tle, and calling by name each one
in his tent, offer an appeal in
their behalf. Somehow I cant
help but *3elieve that his earnest
pleading had something to do
with me being alive today.
Oh! What memories the an
nouncement of his death brought
back to me. All along the Rap
idan. the James, and Appomat
tox rivers, the Wilderness, Spot
sylvania, Petersburg and Rich
mond, the picket line, the bat
tle line, the wounded and the
prisoners, all came back before
me and I am overwhelmed ‘ in
sadness..
Above the roar of cannon and
the rattle of musketry, and the
groans of the dying, his prayer
was heard and answered, and he
was spared to a good old age,
and then taken peacefuliy to a
home in Glory.
Long live his memory.
W. F. Smith.
SMITH REUNION
On July 25th the Smith family
held their annual reunion with
Hon. E. V. Smith, Jr., of Cork.
Early in the morning they began
to gather from every nook and
corner of the county, and by 11
o’clock there were one hundred
and thirty Smith’s gathered in
that beautiful grove fronting Dr.
Smith's home. Some of them
were Brown Smith; some were
Hoke Smiths, some Bryan Smiths,
some Watson Smiths—the latter
having a majority. After they
had all been refreshed with lem
onade and fruit, Col. J. R. L-
Smith, of Macon, made a motion
which was carried that the first
one who mentioned politics dur
ing the day would be debarred
from attending the reunion here
after. It is useless to say there
will be no men at the next reun
ion unless the resolution is re
scinded. Minutes of the last
meeting were read and adopted.
Miss Lovett Smith was appointed
to take the census. She reported
132 present, 5 births since last
meeting, 2 deaths and no wed
dings. Her report was very
gratifying with the exception of
no marriages.
A committee was appointed to
wait on S. P•• Smith, G. F. Eth
eridge, Will Etheridge, Sam F.
Smith, Col. W. A. Thompson and
Dr. R. B. Thompson to show
cause why there had been no
marriages. After a thorough in
vestigation, it was found that
they had not been negligent and
had done their full duty. They
were all excused with the prom
ise that one of the six would pre
sent to the next annual reunion
a bride. Now, make your guess
who she will be? No further
business, a move for dinner was
in order, which needed no second.
The entire family retired to the
beautiful grove where had been
prepared a bountiful repast, con
sisting of every good thing to eat
that humans could desire.
Col. T. J. Brown, of McDon
ough, came forward in a few
well-chosen words and returned
thanks to Our Heavenly Father
for the keeping of us through
the year and permitting us to
gather in this capacity again.
Dinner being over, the older
ones gathered and told many in -
teresting incidents pertaining to
their childhood days, which fact
reminds us that we are fast grow
ing old. At a late hour the fam
ily was once more broken, each
one going home with the fond
memory of having spent a day
with brother and sister as they
did when children, leaving all
cares behind for the day. May
we all meet again next year
without a single link missing in
our family chain is the prayer of
Evan Smith.
Flovilla, Ga., R. F. D. No. 1.
EDUCATIONAL RALLY
To those interested in educa
tion: The Farmers’ Co-operative
and Educational Union will have
a rally in the Auditorium in Jack
son, beginning at 10 o’clock a.
m. on August 11th, and among
the speakers on that occasion will
be the Hon. Jere M. Pound,
State School Commissioner.
Let everybody come that day
and bring a well-filled basket,
and spend the day in listening to
these eminent speakers discuss
the problems appertaining to that
most important subject —educa-
tion. Very Respectfully,
C. S. Maddox, C. S. C.
FLOVILLA
•
Mr. Percy Elder is visiting
friends in Macon this week.
Mrs. Clem Towles, of Cork,
visited friends in Flovilla Tues
day.
Mr. W. J. Partridge left Tues
day for a two-weeks’ stay at
Canton.
Mrs. Nettie Alexander, of For
syth, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. W. 0. Sharp. ■
Mr. Roy Holloway, of Macon,
is the guest of his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Heard.
Misses Rosa Greer 'and Susie
Watts spent the week-end with
Mrs. Pittman at Pittman's Ferry.
Mrs. J. L. Holloway, of Macon,
spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Heard.
Miss Myrtis Fears, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Fears, has been quite sick f6r
several days. •
* Mrs. R. L. Allen and children
left Monday for a month’s visit
to relatives and. friends in Eaton
toii and Putnam county.
Mrs. Tom Rhodes, of Mcßae,
and Mrs. S.. L. Thompson left
Tuesday for a visit to Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Lane in Jasper county.
Miss Ruby Mann, of Jones
boro, who Las been the guest of
her aunt, Mrs. E. L. Lawson, is
visiting relatives in Jackson this
week.
Mrs. India Dozier and little
granddaughter, Josie Harvey, of
Monticello, have returned home
after a pleasant visit to Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Dozier.
Mersrs. Emory and Taylor
Maddux, of south Georgia, are in
Flovilla, having been summoned
here by the illness and death of
tneir father, Mr. J. C. Maddox.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown
and sister, Miss Pearl Brown, of
Warthen, and Miss Joy Wilson,
of Decatur, Ala., are the guests
of Misses Clara and Agnes
Bryant.
Mrs. Tennie Elder entertained
at a spend-the-day party Tues
day. Her guests were Mrs. Em
ma Mallet and Mrs. J. Mote
Watts and little daughter, Mar
tha, of Jackson, and Miss Susie
Watts.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Pope, of
Cork, entertained at a spend-the
day party Tuesday in honor of
the Misses Bryant and their at
tractive guests, Miss Joy Wilson,
of Decatur, Ala., and Miss Pearl
Brown, of Warthen.
FLOVILLA NO. 2
Mr. J. T. Ross spent last week
in Crawford county.
Miss Ida Lavender is spending
the week-end in Atlanta.
Mr. E. P. Watkins, of Jackson,
was a recent visitor here.
Miss Belle Smith has a flourish
ing school at Union Ridge.
Mr. C. B. Higgins was a prom
inent visitor to Jackson Monday.
Miss Belle Smith spent Satur
day with Miss Ophelia Smith near
Cork.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Dodson
spent a few days of last week
near Monticello.
Mr. Amos Fort, a prominent
young business man of Forsyth,
was a recent visitor here.
Mr. Mike Tyler, of Monticello,
is spending, the week with his
daughter, Mrs. R. R. Dodson.
Mr. T. W. Higgins and wife
spent Thursday with Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Edwards near Jack
son.
Flovilla is to be congratulated
on electing Hon. E. L. Lawson
mayor. Mr. Lawson is one of
Flovilla’s best business men and
he is energetic, progressive and
conservative, all of which goes to
mike a good official
Why not hold our correspond
ents’ picnic? The people are at
leisure, and I can’t see any reas
on for not holding it at an early
date. Every man, woman and
child should feel an interest in
this picnic. Our editor has done
a great work in giving his read
ers a good newsy paper. The
p-jple of the county should come
together and make the picnic a
stcces3 and show to him their
appreciation of his efforts.
Messrs. W. A. Nolen and John
Thrmpson, Butts county’s popu
lar road builders, have been in
our community and left every
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body something on our good
roads. No county in the state
has two men who can cope with
Nolen and 'Thompson when it
comes to building roads. Of
course there are some places in
the county where our roads are
very rough yet, but if the people
will only be patient these will be
put in first-class condition.
Praise your officials and quit
“cussing” them is the way to
get a thing done. Try it.
SOUTH BUTTS
Miss Clifford Ridgeway went
to Jackson- Monday.
Prof. J. T. Mayo was the
guess of Mr. Edd Flynt Sunday.
Misses Carrie and Lillian Car
ter visited Mrs. Ab. Colwell last
week.
Miss Eula Pritchett is spending
this week with Miss Annie
Flynt.
Misses Willie Brown and Mary
Wright are guests of Mrs. D.
Maddox.
Miss Myrtice Thompson is visit
ing her grandfather, Dr. John
Thaxton.
Miss Willie Brown was the
guest of Miss Mary Pettigrew
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wright rep
resented South Butts in Jackson
Monday. -*
Miss Lula Gilliard of Spalding
county, is visiting Miss Ina
Ridgeway.
After 15 days vacation, Gordon
Thompson is carrying the mail on
No. 7 again.
Mr. and Mrs. Pack Watkins of
near Jackson, visited Judge Ham
mond Sunday.
Miss Mary Lizzie Pettigrew
spent last week with Miss
Ophelia Smith.
Miss Bessie Lane, who has
been visiting Mrs. C. F. Carter,
has returned home.
Miss Mary Lizzie Pettigretv is
the guest this week of Miss Imo
gene Harkness,
Miss Puss Patterson and Mrs.
Rosa Edwards visited Mrs. W.
W. Thaxton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Carter were
guests Sunday of the family of
Mr. Wade Hammond.
Mr. Willis Weaver came over
from Milner last Wednesday to
visit his son, Mr. M. Weaver.
Misses Annies Flynt und Eula
Pritchett visited the family of
Mr. W. M. Hammond Tuesday.
Miss Grady Flynt who is spend
ing a while at the Springs, spent
Sunday night with loved ones at
home.
Misses Daisy and Mary Lizzie
Thomas and Dovie Carmichael,
were guests of Miss Floride
Smith Friday.
Annie Kate and Julia Adams
of Atlanta, are spending a while
with their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Carter.
Mi S3 Annie Nutt of Griffin,
visited Mrs. J. B. Evans last
week, attended the protracted
services at Towaliga.