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butts county progress.
VOLUME 27
Ihird street may be paved
I CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MATTER
Band-Clay Paving to be Used. Meeting
Called to Consider Project.
COMMITTEE TO MEET WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
To Bea Mile Of Paving Along Third Street. City’s
Committee Favor Street Paving.
The chances seem good for
Jackson to have some paved
streets. . ,
The matter of paving Third
Street with sand-clay has'‘been
taken up by City Council and all
things being equal the paving
will be done. An entire mile of
paving along Third street will be
accomplished, in case favor
able action is taken in the mat
ter.
The commitiee on streets and
lanes of Council composed of
Messrs. G. E. Mallett chairman,
H. L. Daughtry and B. F. Moon
met with the county commission-
ers Wednesday and the matter
was gone over.
At the next meeting of the
council, which will be on the 22,
the question will be thrashed out.
It is known that part of the
members of the’ committee on
streets are in favor of the pav
ing of Third street. “We are
willing to spend five hundred dol
lars to have Third street paved, ”
said a member of the committee,
when asked about the matter. It
is thought that the paving can be
done for even less than that
amount.
It will be remembered that
some time ago the county com- j
missioners were considering the
question of having a mile of good
road built under the supervision
of a government expert. The
cost of constructing a mile of
sach road, after it has been grad
ed, was found to be about two
hundred and fifty dollars. Third
street is comparatively level and
it is believed that it can be pav
ed with sand-clay for a very
small amount.
All information in the hands
of the Chamber of Commerce re
lating to good roads and to road
building was turned over to the
committee on streets of Council,
and in case the cost is not too
great it is practically certain the
paying will be done.
Buster and Tige Coming.
Buster and Tige, the favorites
of every child in the country that
reads the comic sections, are
coming and will be in Jackson on
Saturday March 27. These old
chums, the pretty little boy full
of resolutions and beantiful ideas
and Tige, his boon companion and
faithful friend in all his youthful
escapades, will give a demon
stration at the Jackson Mercan
tile Company. With Buster will
be his mother. Appropriate
souvenirs will be given away.
It is expected a large crowd will
be in the city on that day.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
FURNISHES TREATMENT.
In view of the recent case in
Jackson, where a mad dog bit a
child, and the ordinance passed
by the city council prohibiting
dogs from running loose on the
streets, it is interesting to know
that the State Board of Health,
established in 1903, furnishes
free treatment in the case of
rabies, diphtheria, tuberculosis.
The State Board of Health is
maintained by an appropriation
from the legislature and. is thus
enabled to furnish anti-toxin for
distribution in the treatment of
the diseases mentioned above.
Since its establishment the board
has furnished treatment to 317
patients and has examined the
heads of 240 animals, horses,
cows, cats, dogs etc. Its pa
tients have come from 80 coun
ties of the state. The State
Board of Health is doing a great
work for the relief and preven
tion of disease in Georgia.
Covington Wants Commandery.
Messrs. M. G. Turner, P. W.
Godfrey, C. S. Thompson and C.
A. Sockwell went to Jackson last
Friday night and had the Knight
Templar degree of Masonry con
ferred on them by the Command
ery at that place.
The gentlemen report that
they had a pleasant time and
were royally entertained by their
Jackson brethren and they are
correspondingly enthusiastic over
instituting a commandery in
this city.
As these gentlemen have had
the degree conferred upon them,
they will proceed to confer it
upon the other Masons in this
city who desires to become mem
bers, and at an early date a Com
mandery will be organized.
As soon as the organization is
perfected here the members will
be eligible to membership m the
Mystic Shrine, and will all take
iourneys across the sands of the
desert. —Covington Enterprise.
Veterans to Deliver Lecture.
On Thursday morning March
05 at 11 o’clock Messrs. T. B. i.
K^worthandO-P.lferttwo
Confederate veterans of Atlanta
will lecture in the coun 1
house under the auspices nf the
Larkin Watson Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy.
The speakers are highly recom
mended by the McDonough chap
ter The officers of tneU. D. L.
Ire urged to be present and the
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1909.
TROLLEY LINE FROM
MACON TO SPRINGS
Chances Good for Linking
up These Points by In
terurban Line.
Work to Begin when Dam is Com
pleted. To Establish a Sum
mer Resort at the Pow
er Plant.
The following from the Macon
Telegraph will be read with in
terest by the people of Jackson
and Butts county. In case the
proposed line is built it will be
extended from Indian Spring on
to Jackson:
In a recent talk with President
W. J. Massee, of the interurban
lines, he said that dirt would be
broken for these lines within
sixty days. Every thing was
ready in a financial way, and it
only needed the necessary pre
liminaries to go through with to
begin the actual work. The com
pany were endeavoring to have
the cars operated for the first
time with the turning on of the
electric energy from the Central
Georgia Power Company’s plant.
The delay in beginning the
work has been caused, first by
the inevitable delay in financing
so large a proposition, but this is
accomplished. Then came the de
lay occasioned by unlooked for
litigation in Atlanta. All these
delays did a great deal toward
disrupting plans, but now every
thing being gotton off the
track, so to speak, and the work
was now in sight.
In addition to the interurban
lines between Atlanta and Macon
and Macon and Albany it is quite
probable that a line of trolleys
will be put on between Macon
and Indian Spring, and thence to
the dam. Nothing definite can
be learned of this road, but it is
being talked about and is one of
the possibilities. It is said that
the company would have little
difficulty in running this line for
the reason that the charter of
the Macon and Indian Spring
Railway, which was absorbed by
the Macon Railway and Light
Company, gives the right to run
the line between Macon and In
dian Spring.
With the trolley line to the
Spring and thence a few miles
further to the dam, where it is
contemplated to establish a sum
mer resort, Macon would be
down among the fortunate cities.
public is cordially invited. The
price of admission will be 25
cents. The proceeds will go to
the monument fund.
Want Better Schedules.
It is understood that Jackson
will join Me Donough in an effort
to have northbound train No. 7
arrive here about two hours ear
lier in the morning. Instead of
arriving here at 9 o clock the
train will arrive here at 7 o’clock
if the schedule is changed. No
change is to be made in the night
trains. The train between Macon
and Atlanta is a suburban train
FAVORS A MONUMENT FOR WOMEN
OF THE CONFEDERACY IN JACKSON
Prefers To See Women Honored Rather
Than The Men.
THEY PLAYED A NOBLE PART IN THE LATE WAR.
Mr. Wilson Smith Writes an Interesting Card in
Which He Presents a Novel Plan.
Editor Progress: —I read in
your interesting paper an article
stating the Larkin Watson Chap
ter of the Daughters of the Con
federacy has under consideration
the erection of a monument to
the memory of the Confederate
soldiers of Butts crunty; that
they are undecided as to whether
to build a monument or a memo
rial hall. Now, I wish to offer
a subssitute for the whole.
I move that they erect a mon
ument to the Confederate Woman
I think every county in the
state of Georgia that Sherman
passed through in his march to
the sea should erect a monument
in memory of the Confederate
Woman.
I remember well when I came
home from Virginia, on the 27
day of April 1865, after being
gone nineteen long months. I
came home like all other soldiers
-wan-hearted, but when my
mother related how it was with
her and Sherman’s gang I was
obliged to break down. My
mother’s experience was no ex
ception to the rule. It was the
same with all mothers where
Sherman’s gang went.
I hope the dear Daughters wi 11
take this matter up and give it
due consideration. If they find
it is practicable and will appoint
two or three of the best looking
young ladies in the county, from
each malitia district, to solicit
contributions they will soon raise
the necessary amount at once.
I have mentioned this matter
to several old soldiers and they j
all prefer the monument to the
Cofederate Woman. If we want
to see a monument to the Confed
erate Soldier we can go down to
Forsyth, and if Forsyth wants
to see the monument to the Con
federate Woman they can come
up to Jackson. But it will be
remembered Sherman’s gang
did not go through Forsyth.
According to the laws of na
ture I have’nt many more years
to live. Ido want to live to see
a monument in memory of the
Confederate Mother. Yes, raise
the shaft, build it broad, build it
high. Instead of putting the
Confederate Soldier and his gun
up there put the Confederate
Woman and her spinning wheel
up there. Yours truly,
Wilson Smith.
Flovilla, Ga., R. F. D. No. 1.
and a change in schedule would
not affect any other trains leav
ing these cities. An earlier
morning train is wanted, it is
said, togive more time in Atlanta.
Mrs. W. W. Wright is having
her residence recovered.
SUPPORT OF HOME PAPER
An appreciative view of the
home newspaper is given in the
Office Outfitter of Chicago, from
which we make the following
extracts:
Many a good town isn't worth
a cent because the local newspa
per is neglected. Many a good
merchandising center is dead be
cause the men in business treat
the editor of the newspaper as
an object of charity. This is
wrong. The local paper is the
greatest thing in the community.
It should be supported. It should
be read and patronized. The
merchants who think they are
clever and smart when they slip
one over on the local paper make
a mistake. Every dollar you
take away from the local news
paper in schemes and knocks
hurts the town. It hurts busi
ness, and most of all, it hurts
the merchants who indulge in it.
Whatever else you merchants
do, patronize yeur home paper.
Don't tell me that it has a small
circulation. Don’t tell me that
you reach ten times as many peo
ple with less expense, using cir
culars. Don’t spring any of these
time-worn gags on me at all.
Stop standing in your own light.
Get behind the local paper and
push it for all you are worth. I
don’t mean to push it to the wall:
Push it up grade to a position
where it ought to be, and as sure
as you are alive you will push
| your own business up with it to
a point you never dreamed of
| before.
When a man tells me that he
reaches more people and gets
better results from his circulars
I know that he is deceiving him
self and telling me what I can
prove to be untrue. A newspa
per in the community is read by
the people. They learn to watch
for it, and when they get it every
member of the family wants his
turn to see what it says. Ads
and all are read. If the mer
chants of a community will edu
cate the people to look in the
newspaper for their announce
ments the people will read the
paper more and greater will be
the returns.
There is no alley so long but
that has its ash barrels, and
there is no knock so powerful or
subtle but that it reacts. Do
yourself a favor and keep up
your end by supporting the local
newspaper, and support it for all
you are worth.
Messrs. G. B. Carreker and
Willie Pitts Newton went up to
Atlanta to spend Sunday.
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