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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 i Locate in Jackson. ¥ 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 j 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* NUMBER 6