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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS.
VOLUME 27
MUNICIPAL PRIMARY HELD
HERE ON WEDNESDAY
For Mayor and Council
Quiet Election —Few
Votes Polled.
The city primary was held here
on Wednesday at which time
officers were nominated for the
various city offices and those
nominated will be elected early
in January. The election passed
quietly and there was a light vote
polled. Out of a total registration
of 188 there was but 74 votes
oast. The mayor, councilmen
and trustee at large of the city
school received that number of
votes while different numbers
were received bv the candidates
for trustees of the city schools,
according to wards,
The primary resulted as fol
lows:
Mayor—S. 0. Ham.
G^mcilmen— First ward, G. E.
Mallet, second ward, B. F. Moon,
third ward, H. L. Daughtry,
fourth, F. S. Etheridge.
Trustees school—City at large,
H. M. Fletcher, first ward, H.
W. Copeland, second ward, E. L.
Smith, third ward, J. B. Hopkins,
fourth ward, J. T. Warthen.
Office Closes For
New Years Dav.
About the only way one could
tell this is New Year’s day-were
it not for the bill collectors
would be the fact that the post
office is observing the day. The
.rural route men are having a day
off while Sunday hours are being
kept in the post office. Two banks
did not close and the business
houses remained open. Though
this is a legal holiday this has
not kept business from being
active and a good deal of busi
ness has been transacted in the
city.
Executions for Delinquents
* On Tax List.
Tax Collector C. R. Carter has
been busy for the last few days
issuing executions against those
delinquent with their tax ac
counts. The books closed on
December 21 and at that time
there was about $4,000 unpaid.
A large number of executions
have been gotten out in the last
few days and those who are be
hind with the county and state
will be called on for a settlement.
Hamlin—Brooks,
Miss Essie Hamlin and Mr. L.
A. Brooks were .carried at the
home of Mr. J. M. Leach Friday
afternoon, the ceremony being
performed by Justice E. C. Rob
inson. The marriage was a sur
prise to the friends of the con
tracting parties. The bride is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Hamlin and the groom is the
son of Mr. R. N. Brooks. The
numerous friends of the happy
young couple will learn of their
marriage with interest.
The Progress wishes all of its
friends a happy New Year.
Col. Redman Makes Strong '
Appeal for Good Roads.
On January 11th the voters of
Butts County will have an oppor
tunity to vote for a bond issue to
raise money to inaugurate a
chaingang system to work the
roads of our county. This in
my opinion is the most important
question that the voters of Butts
county have been confronted
with in nfany years. It doesen’t
matter a great deal with us who
the presiaent or the governor
maybe, for that don’t affect us
much; but when it comes to the
roads that we travel, it affects
every person almost in the
county. It should not be a ques
tion whether we should have bet
ter roads, but the manner or how
shall we get them. We cannot
afford'longer to delay the build
ing up of our roads. The Com
missioners have done the best
that they could do with the
means that we have allowed
them to use. They have been
unjustly abused because the roads
are bad when they have had
about one fourth enough money
to do the work with.
I There is nothing that will add as
much to the progress and develop
ment of the county as good
roads. We can get a larger re
turn for the taxes paid in good
roads than in almost any other
way that we could spend it.
With a thriving city in the midst
of the county, the great famous
health-giving Spring aiLone side,
and the great lake —when the
dam is completed—on the other,
together with the most fertile
lands all over the county that
Georgia affords, it don’t look like
we could think for a moment of al
lowing this opportunity to pass,
not to start the convicts to im
proving our roads. We are en
titled to a certain number of
convicts from the state to start
with, then we can use the con
victs from our courts and the
work properly done we can have
as good roads in our county as
there are in the state with a very
small cost to the tax payers.
At present we are not deriving a
cent from the hire of our con
victs. In some instances it cost
seventy-five or a hundred dollars
to apprehend and convict a crim
Jenkinsburg School Closes;
A Successful Term.
The Jenkinsburg school closed
for the fall term on the night of
the 23. The term was a very
successful one in every way.
Monday the 4, the spring term
Opening Song—All My Heart This Night Re joices._ r . School
Motion Song—Jack and Gill
Recitation—The Children’s Telegram Ruth Middlebrooks
Duet—The Witch’s Flight-Tenilla Thurston and Miss Gailland
Recitation—Round ’Bout Chris’mas Time James Childs
Song—Sleigh Bells
Recitation—Dolly’s Lesson Lucile Aikin
Duet—The Sleigh Ride.. Trenton Thurston, Allie May Harris
Song —the Wandering Jews
Solo—Whisperings of Love Nina Mai Phillips
Recitation-Whoos Florence Stalsworh
Duet—At School March.. Nellihu E’Dalgoand Miss Gaillard
Japanese Drill ’
Song—Red Wing -
The Hoosier Debating Society L-
Grandmothers’ Drill
Recitation—A Model Discourse i Ambrose Asbury
Play—A Christmas Joke . ---
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1909.
inal, who is sold to some other
chaingang for $25 per month and
not one cent of said amount goes
into the treasury of the county.
Therefore we should work the
convicts on our roads, if we
didn’t have but three, with such
roads in Butts Countv as we
should have, not only would our
property advance in value and
rural life be more desirabe, but
we would gain immediate and
permanent advantages from good
roads.
We could haul twice as much
with less wear on vehicle and
team, besides the pleasure of
traveling over such roads. Our
fore-fathers used to go in ox carts
and were contented, but this is
a fast age in which we live and
the rising generation are not
contented anymore with ox carts,
but are bound to do faster rid
ing, and if we don’t furnish them
better roads to travel on, they
will go somewhere else to find
them. So be sure and go to the
polls at the coming election and
vote for bonds. Now the com
missioners are only asking for
$10,000.00 and two years to pay
that in. Now to some this may
seem to be a large amount.
When divided up among all the
tax payers we will hardly see the
difference in our tax. A few
years ago we had on the present
site where the magnificent
courthouse now stands an old
brick building that looked like a
barn. By a lot of persuasion on
the part of the authorities our
present courthouse, which cost
about $40,000.00, was built. This
amount was paid in two years.
Where is the man *That would be
willing to exchange our present
courthouse for the old shack that
we once had?
Good roads in Butts County
will add ten times more to the
county than the present court
house does to Jackson. Surely
no progressive man will vote
against the bond. In five yeans
from now with such roads as
Butts County will have, the hills
graded down, and low places
filled in, the better class of farm
ers throughout the county will
own automobiles and fine vehicles
for pleasure drives and other con
vencies. Telephones and elec
tricity will follow such improve
ments. G. L. Redman.
begins and with an able faculty
and wide awake trustees a very
good year is expected.
The following program was
carried out:
CHRISTMAS PASSED QUIETLY
HERE WITH NO DISORDER
Reported and Few Drunks.
Interesting Services at
the Churches.
Christmas passed very quietly
here. Not a single case of dis
order has been reported. There
were but few drunks and not
a single arrest was made in the
city. It was one of the most
orderly holiday celebrations seen
here in a long time.
At the churches interesting
services were held Christmas
morning in some cases while
that night Christmas trees were
held. This proved full of in
terest to the young people, whose
hearts were made glad by a
liberal distribution of presents.
There was an express office at
the Methodist Church. At the
Baptist Church the classes for the
smaller children had a Christmas
tree with Mr. J. T. Warthen as
Santa Claus. All the classes made
offerings, Some being unique in
the history of Christmas gifts,
one class giving chickens while
another contributed a pig.
These together with a good many
other articles were sent to the
Orphans’ Home at Harpeville.
Refreshments were served.
All the business houses were
closed from Thursday night to
Monday morning. A number of
people left the city while a good
many were home from schools
and colleges. There was the
usual number of parties incident
to such a season. Cupid got
busy and a good many marriges
were reported over the county.
Altogether it was a merry
Christmas for everybody, though
an unusually quiet one, and a
number of people have remarked
on “The Three Sundays” coming
together.
Jackson Methodist Church, the
Rev.S. P. Wiggins, pastor. Sun
day school at 9:30 a. m., T. J.
Dempsey, superintendent. Prea
ching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.
Epworth League Friday night,
Prayer meeting Wednesday night
both at 7 p. m.
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
Which, if adopted and carried
out, will be for the good of all.
Ist—Resolve to save more this year than ever before.
2nd—Back up this resolution by opening an account
with the Jackson Banking Company, if for only sl.
Do not hesitate because the sum of money you have
at hand seems too little with which to begin.
3rd —Profit by past experience, which must have taught
you that the dollar spent can never be recalled.
4th —Never spend all you earn, but fix an amount
which you wish to save each month.
6th—Be determined to deposit money until your savings
amount to SIOO.
7th—Take care of the pennies, nickles and dimes and
the saving of the first SIOO will not be so hard as
you think.
FtH—Resolve that you will overcome the tendency to
drift along, and begin today to form the most im
portant habit of your life —
“THE GOOD HABIT OF SAVING.” '
We pay £3 per cent. Interest on all Savings Ac
counts and Certificates of Deposit.
JACKSON BANKING CO.
TO BUY OLD HOME OF
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
In Atlanta, Uncle Remus
Memor’l Assoc’n Ap
peals for Funds.
To the People of Georgia:
The Uncle Remus Memorial
Association makes this, its first
appeal to the people of Georgia,
for assistance in its efiorts to
suitably honor the name and
memory of Joel Chandler Harris,
who did more to charm, interest
instruct the children, not
only of Georgia -and the south
land, but of the whole world,
than any other writer of any age.
They purpose to buy and preserve
his old home “Snap Bean Farm”
so that in years to come, all who
loved the writing of Uncle
Remus, may have an opportunity
to visit the scenes of his best
labors. The plan is to raise the
needed fund by a popular sub
scription, so that all may have a
part in the movement. All con
tributions will be acceptable.
Some can and will give more
than others, all can give some
thing. Let every one who reads
and is interested in the move
ment and wishes to see it a suc
cess-send his or her amount to
Col. R. J. Lowry, Treasurer, care
of Lowry National Bank, At
lanta, Ga. *
Yours truly,
J. G. Lester Secty.
HOLIDAY NOTICE.
New Years Day.
January Ist being a legal
Holiday observed by banks
throughout the state tjiis
bank according to custom
will be closed. All notes
maturing Jan. Ist will be
due and payable Saturday
Jan 2nd.
First National Bank
of Jafckson.
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