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BUTTS COUNTY PROGR ESS.
VOLUME 27
TANNERY TOR JACKSON
NOW SEEMS ASSURED.
Mr. Harris King of Brunswick, has
New Process and Wants to
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Locate in Jackson.
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The prospects for a tannery
for Jackson are good. Mr.
Harris King of Brunswick wants
to locate a tannery here and
claims to have anew process for
t inning hides that requires only
two weeks to turn out the finish
ed product. He says he will
spend several thousand dollars
on the plant.
The matter has been taken up
By the Chamber of Commerce.
The board of directors have in
structed the secretary to write
Mr. King a letter inviting him
to visit the city and look over the
field and meet with a committee
from the board. If, after he
comes to Jackson, and his prop
osition seems to be a good one,
then a very attractive propsition
will be offered the new enterprise
to locate here.
The advantages for a tannery
in Jackson are many. This is a
central distributing point and
Bides are to be found in abun
dance and such an enterprise in
should be a substantial
toherjjusiness interests.
Fire Destroys Crusher
at the Power Plant.
The mixer at the camps of the
Central Georgia Power Company
of Messrs. Lane Brothers and
Scott, on the Jasper county side
of the river, was burned Mon
day afternoon at four o’clock.
The fire originated from the
flames put under the machinery
to thaw some of the pipes. Con
trol of the fire was lost and the
flames spread and before. they
could be gotten under control
the mixer was burned.
The loss was pretty large,
partly covered by insurance.
Only the crusher was saved,
the entire framework being
"burned away. It will require
a month or six weeks to rebuild
the structure and get it in work
ing conditon.
During the cold weather of
the last few days work has been
practically suspended at the
power plant while everything
was frozen up, Tuesday things
had thawed up a bit and work
resumed. The cold has occa
sined the first real hindrance to
the progress of the work since it
began, with the exception of
high water some two or three
weeks ago.
Mr. Leach Buys Interest.
Mr. J. M. Leach has bought a
one-half interest in the livery
stables of Mr. M. L. King and
the firm will now be known as
King & Leach. Both Mr. Leach
and Mr. King are well known in
Jackson and Butts county and
news of the change will be
learned of with interest.
A meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Chamber of Com
merce was held Tuesday night at
which time a number of matters
were gone over.
HON. JOSEPH M. BROWN
TO BE JACKSON’S GUEST.
On Wednesday Governor-Elect
Will Pay City His First Visit
Since His Election.
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, gover
nor-elect of Georgia, will pay
Jackson a visit on next Wednes
day and will spend the day in
the city. He will be the guest of
the Chamber of Commerce which
is arranging for his entertain
ment. Mr. Brown will arrive in
the morning at 9:20 o’clock over
the Southern Railway from Ma
con. He will be met at the train
by the committee from the
Chamber of Commerce and will
be taken in charge and shown
over the city.
The exact details of the enter
tainment have not yet been
worked out but it is known that
he will deliver an addess while in
Jackson. In the afternoon he
will be taken for a drive out to
the power plant of the Central
Georgia Power Company on the
Ocmulgee river and the drive
will probably include a trip to In
dian Spring, Butts county’s fam
ous health resort. In the even
ing Governor-Elect Brown will
be tendered a reception and a
banquet will probably conclude
the entertainment of the distin
Is Willing To Co-opporate With Jackson
To Furnish Cheap Power To The Gity. Mr. W. J.
Massee Says He Hopes To Be Able To
Assist Jackson In Working For
New Enterprises.
Replying to an invitation of the
Jackson Chamber of Commerce
to be present at the next meet
ing of the organization Mr. W.
J. Massee. of Macon, president
of the Central Georgia Power
Company, says he is willing to
cooperate in any way he can for
the upbuilding of the city. Un
der date of January 29 a com
munication was addressed to Mr.
Massee asking him to meet with
the Chamber of Commerce and
among other things the letter
says: “In so far as it consistent
with your future plans the peo
ple of Jackson and Butts county
would like to know what dispos
ition will be made of the im
mense power now about to be
developed. A trolley line for
Jackson is among the things the
Jackson Chamber of Commerce
will work for”.
Mr. Massee’s letter in reply
follows:
Macon, Ga., Jan. 30,1909.
J. D. Jones, Secretary,
Chamber of Commerce,
Jackson, Ga.
Dear Sir:—
“Your letter of the 29th re
ceived and I beg to say that I
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909.
guished Georgian. Mrs. Brown
will likely accompany Mr. Brown.
It is expected a large crowd
will be in the city to greet the
approaching governor of the
state for the next tw r o years.
Though he carried Butts county
by only one vote it is safe to say
everybody is a Brown man now.
After spending Wednesday and
Wednesday night in the city
Governor-elect Brown will go to
McDonough Thursday.
The committee from the Cham
ber of Commerce which has in
charge the details of the enter
tainment of Mr. brown is as
follows:
Mayor S. 0. Ham, 0. B. Willis,
J. D. Jones, Wm. T. Powers,
Judge J. H. Ham, Col. W. E.
Watkins, F. S. Etheridge, Prof.
W. R, Lanier, A. H. Carmichael,
T. H. Buttril, Col. C. L. Redman,
J. H. Carmichael, J. A. McMi
chael, B. F. Moon, S. H. Thorn
ton, C. H. Thornton, George S.
Hanes, Dr. J. B. Hopkins, T. J.
Dempsey, J. B. Settle, H. L.
Daughtry, E. L. Smith, J. M.
Currie, Mack Goodwin, J. Grood
zinsky, A. H. S. Davis.
very much appreciate the con
tents of this letter. We are
spending two and one-half or
three million dollars in your
county, near your city, and all
through our preliminary work and
beginning of our deal we re
ceived very little consideration
at the hands of your banks and
business men —most of them
having declined to join us in
the enterprise. The enterprise is
now absolutely financed; every
dollar of the money in the bank
for its development and the
work well under way. We are
perfectly willing to forget the
past and join you in any move
ment looking toward the upbuild
ing of Jackson and the Central
Georgia Power Company. If
your people want power, we will
be pleased to run a pole line to
your city and furnish power at
prices way under what same can
be produced for by steam and
the use of coal.
“I regret to inform you, how
ever, that it will be impossible
for me to attend your meeting
next Thursday, as I have the
annual meeting of the Macon
Railway & Light Company, of
Jackson Goes After Post Office
Through Congressman. Bartlett
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TAKES UP MATTER WITH CON
GRESSMAN BARTLETT AND
SENATOR CLAY.
Asked to Lend Their Assistance
In Movement.
That Jackson w r ants a post
office building and is going to
have one if she can get it by any
possible means is proved by the
fact that the secretary of the
Jackson Chamber of Commerce
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has taken the matter up with;
Congressman C. L. Bartlett and
Senator A. S. Clay.
Carrollton, Cedartown, Elber
ton and LaG range haye landed
post office buildings, and Jackson
wants to come in for her share
of federal favor in this respect.
Letters have been addressed
to Mr. Bartlett and Senator Clay
asking they u§e their influence to
have a post office building erect
ed here. It is not known what
the outcome will be, but a hard
fight will be put up by the Cham
ber of commerce for such a build
ing, and if it is not secured this
year, it is only a question of time
when it will be.
Jackson wants, and justly de
serves, her share of the good
things coming to the sixth con
gressional district, and has taken
up the matter and will wage an
aggressive campaign for what
she wants.
which company I am president,
on this date. Immediately after
this meeting the writer leaves
for Mew York to be gone about
ten days. As soon as I return I
will be very glad to meet with
your Chamber of Commerce or a
committee from your board. We
assure you we stand ready to co
operate with you in any way we
■can to boost Jackson’ or the Cen
tral Georgia Power Company.
In the meantime, I beg to re
main.”
Yours very truly,
W. J. Massee.
Work on Transmission Line
Survey Has Been Taken Up.
The work of making a prelim
inary survey for the transmis
sion lines from the power plant
on the Ocmulgee river to Macon
has been taken up. Gordon
Hood, resident engineer, who
had in charge the line from
Bibb to the power plant, is at
the head of the engineering
party, composed of a number
of men.
Monday morning work was
started from Bibb via Indian
Springs and Forsyth to Macon.
Three lines will be run and the
one most suitable will be select
ed.
STREET COMMITTEE
Does Good Work.
Entire Appropriation to be Spent
on Street Repairs—Work
to be Kept Up.
“We are going to spend every
cent of the fund in improving
the streets of the city”, said a
member of the committee on
Streets and Lanes of the City
Council. “The work will be
kept up until the streets are put
in first-class condition. The
holes will be filled up and the
rough places repaired. We will
hardly have enough money to do
any grading but before the work
is through the streets will be in
much better condition than they
are now”.
The committee on Streets
and Lanes is composed of
Messrs. G. E. Mallett, B. F.
Moon and H. L. Daughtry. For
several days the work of repair
ing the principal streets of the
city has been going on. A
number of bad places have re
ceived attention and the work
will be kept up until all the'
holes are filled up and the word;
places looked after.
“Asa matter of fact what
Third street needs,” said a mem
ber of the committee in discuss
ing the matter, “is to be plowed
up from end to the other and
worked over. We will likely
not be able to do that this year,
however. ’ ’
The work of clearing out
ditches will come in for a share
of the committee’s attention and
before the work is completed
the drainage is expected to be
greatly improved.
Meetings at Methodist Church.
A series of interesting meet
ings have been in progress at the
Methodist church this week.
On Wednesday night Rev. J. H.
Eakes, Presiding Elder of the
Griffin. District, was scheduled
for an address but failed to ar
rive and Rev. S. P. Wiggins
preached instead. Thursday
night Dr. T. D. Ellis, of Macon,
spoke on “Emory College’s con
tribution to the State, the School
Room and the Church.” Friday
night Dr. J. T. Daves, of Atlan
ta, addressed the meeting on
“The meaning and Value of Col
lege Endowments.” Dr. J. E.
Dickey, president of Emory Col
lege, will preach at the Method
ist church Sunday morning and
night. A good deal of interest
has been shown in the meetings.
Mrs. R. N. Etheridge Entertains.
■ Mrs R. N. Etheridge entertain
ed, informally, Tuesday after
noon in honor of Mrs. A. F.
McMahon. 4 ‘Forty-two’ ’ was the
game played. Those present
were Mrs. J. R. Carmicaael, Mrs
R. J. Carmichael, Mrs. A. F.
McMahon, Mrs. T. M. Furlow,
Mrs. F. S. Etheridge, Mrs.
Hodges and Miss Eloise Pound*
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