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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS.
VOLUME 27
W. J. MASSEE MEETS
COMMITTEE TO-DAY
MATTER OF POWER FOR JACKSON
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Will be Gone Over —Was in the City Monday and
Promised Trolley Line for Jackson
A meeting between Mr. W. J.
Massee president of the Central
Georgia Power Company and the
committee on the Promotion of
Public Interests of the Chamber
of Commerce, is being held in
Jackson today for the purpose of
considering the matter of power
for the city. The committee
from the Chamber of Commerce
is composed of J. D. Jones, chair
man, J. H. Carmichael and W.
E. Watkins.
This committee has found out
just how much power can be
used in Jackson, by the city, and
the manufacturing establish
ments, and when the committee
goes before Mr. Massee it will be
able to state the city’s position
I in the matter.
Mr. Massee spent Monday at
the dam and in Jackson and
while here a meeting was ar
ranged for Thursday, which was
afterwards changed by wire to
Friday, at the request of Mr.
Massee. Work on the dam is
going on nicely after the delay
of a few days ago occasioned by
the rains. Mr. Massee is well
pleased with the progress being
made on the dam.
While in the city the president
of the big water power company
stated that he would give Jack
son the vtrolley line and power
and anything else the people
want. This is the first definite
information the people here have
had that Jackson can get power.
Mr. Massee seems disposed to
meet the people of Jackson and
Butts county half way in any
proposition looking to the build
ing up of this section. If mutual
interests are considered and
mutual concessions made, it is
thought Jackson and Butts
county will receive a great deal
of benefit as a result of cheap
p )wer and the trolley line that
have been promised by the presi
dent of the Central Georgia
Power Company.
Working' on Baseball Park.
Work on the new baseball
park was begun Monday. The
grounds will be put in good con
dition and will then ne enclosed
after which a large grandstand
will be built for the accommoda
tion of the spectators. A pretty
large sum will be expended in
putting the park in shape.
Manager Etheridge is figuring
with a number of teams for
games during the spring and
summer.though up to this time
only one game, that with the
West End Club of Atlanta, has
been arranged. The schedule
will include games with the fast
est nines in this part of the
state.
LITTLE CHILD HANGS
SELF WITH ROPE
HORRIBLE DEATH OF TWO YEAR
Old Child Near Indian Spring last
week—Playing with Swing and
Got Entangled in the Rope.
News of the death by hanging
of the two-year old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Castlebery, living
between Indian Springs and the
Monroe county line, last week,
reached Jackson a day or two
ago.
It seems, from the account re
ceived here, that there was a
swing in the yard where the
children were accustomed to
play and that the child was left
playing there by its mother who
busied herself about the house.
After being gone from the yard
for some time, she returned to
find the little fellow suspended
in the air with a rope around its
neck, dead.
The death of the child came as
a great shock to its parents.
Just how it happened to get en
tangled in the rope is not known.
Coroner McElroy was notified
of the death, though no inquest
was held, as this was probably
not thought necessary under the
circumstances.
The stricken parents have the
sympathy of a host of friends in
this sad blow.
MAY CHANGE PLACE
OF MEETING.
Rev. Robert VanDeventer,
chairman ol the executive com
mittee of the State B. Y. P. U.,
spent Monday in Atlanta where
a meeting of the committee was
held to consider the matter of
holding the convention which
will be June 29, to July Ist.
The meeting was to have been
held at Milledgeville but there
has been some talk of holding
the meeting at Blueridge in
stead. The matter was discussed
at the Monday meeting though
no decision was arrived at and
the answer of Milledgeville is
being awaited. There is an
assembly grounds at Blueridge
and some are in favor of having
the convention there on that
account.
PROF. RAY ELECTED.
It will of interest to his friends
here know that E. L. Ray has
been re-elected principal of the
Vidalia school. This makes five
vears Prof. Ray has been at Vi
dalia and in that time he has
done much for the upbuilding of
the schools.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1909.
FOUND DEAD IN WOODS
Death Comes Suddenly to
Mr. E. C. Robinson Fri
day Afternoon—Went
to the woods for a Walk
but did not Return and
Friends Began Search.
FUNERAL WAS HELD SUNDAY
Mr. E. C. Robinson, one of the
best known men in the county,
was found dead in Watson’s pas
ture Friday night about eight
o’clock by friends who instituted
a search for him when he did not
return home after leaving town
for a walk in the afternoon.
About three o’clock Mr. Robin
son in company with one of his
little sons left home to go in the
woods with a dog that was being
trained. Some time during the
afternoon the little son returned
home, leaving his father in the
woods. At night Mr. Robinson
had not returned and his family
became alarmed and a search was
instituted, with the result that
he was found dead in the woods.
His death came as a great
shock to a large number of
friends. There was no more
popular man in the county and
he numbered his friends by the
score. /
Mr. Robinson was a native of
Wilkerson county and had been
a resident of Butts county for a
number of years. He was 59
years of age. The deceased is
survived by his widow, who was
Miss Florrie Hammond, two
daughters, Miss Mary Robinson,
of Dublin, and Florrie Robinson;
three sons, Mr. Clay Robinson,
of Birmingham, Elwood and
Singleton Robinson.
The funeral was held Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock from the
Methodist church, the services
being conducted by Rev. S. P.
Wiggins. He was buried with
Masonic honors and a large num
ber of the members of St. John’s
lodge gathered at the grave to
pay a tribute of respect to their
deceased brother. The . floral
tributes w T ere numerous and
handsome.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL MEET TUESDAY
On Tuesday night, April 5, the
Jackson and Butts county Cham
ber of Commerce will have a
meeting in the court house. At
that time a number of important
matters will come up for discus
sion. The session will doubtless
be one of the most lively yet
held.
At that time it is likely that it
will be known whether or not
Jackson will get electric power
from the dam now being built on
the Ocmulgee river. The com
mittee that met with Mr. W. J.
Massee today will be able to
report the result of that confer
ence, It is thought Mr. Massee
will have some good news for
the committee in the matter of a
trolley line for Jackson.
Mr. W. J. Massee and a party
of friends from Macon spent
Monday at the dam and in Jack
son.
REAL ESTATE DEALS
PUT THROUGH MONDAY
VALUABLE PROPERTY BOUGHT
By Jackson People—H. Y. McCord of Atlanta Dis
poses of Part of his Jackson Holdings.
Monday witnessed considerable
activity in the real estate market
and $6,000 worth of Jackson dirt
was acquired by the purchase of
three lots from H. Y. McCord of
Atlanta.
The property sold is on and
near Third street, is centrally
located and is among the most
valuable in the city.
A lot adjoining the office of Dr.
J. Lee Byron was bought by J.
S. Johnson and Cos; a lot adjoin
ing the Jackson National Bank
was acquired by a number of
Jackson people while a third lot
in the rear of the Curry building
was purchased by F. S. Ether
idge.
It is given up that this proper
ty will be improved at once and
that one-story brick buildings
will be erected And upon the com
pletion of the buildings they will
be occupied immediately.
U. D. C. TO HAVE
INTERESTING MEETING
Good Program Arranged For
April 13th. Three Southern
Poets to be Studied-Music and
Readings to be Enjoyed.
On April 13, the Daughters of
the Confederacy will have their
regular monthly meeting and
the session promises to be one of
the most interesting and enjoy
able held in some time. An ex
cellent program has been made
out and three leading Southern
poets, Paul Hamilton Hayne,
Sidney Lanier and Father Ryan,
will be studied. Music and
readings complete the program.
The matter of having a monu
ment or memorial hall is still
being held in mind and active
steps may be taken at any time
looking toward the erection of a
fitting memoral. The lecture
last week netted the local chap
ter a small amount and this to
gether with what is already on
hand will form the nucleus of
the fund for the memorial.
*The following program will be;
carried out at the April meeting.
Sketch of the life of Paul
Hamilton Hayne—Miss Eva Sas
nett,
Father Ryan—Miss Hattie But
trill.
Sidney Lanier—Miss Lois Rog
ers.
Music—Miss Sallie Mae Fletch
er.
Recitation —Miss Zaidie Garr.
Song—Mrs. Lillian B. Worley.
A number of Jackson attorneys
went to McDonough Monday to
look after legal business before
Judge Reagan.
GEORGIA EDUCATIONAL
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
Forty-Third Annual Session to be
Held at Cumberland
June 23-25
GOOD PROGRAM TO BE ARRANGED
Teachers of the State will Gather
There en masse—The
Ass’n Officers
The forty-third annual meeting
of the Georgia Educational Asso
ciation will be held this year at
Cumberland Island June 23-25.
Under a contract between the
Cumberland Island Company and
the Association, the Convention
is held once in three years at
Cumberland Isiand, where the
association owns a large auditor
ium. The last meeting wab held
in Augusta, the one before the
last in Macon. These were
largely attended, and both were
successful from every stand
point. Among teachers and lay
man there is a growing interest
in the association, and people are
realizing more and more the im
portance of its work and its
usefulness and power in develop
ing the educational interests of
the state.
OFFICERS FOR 1909.
President C. B. Chapman, Ma
con.
First Vice-President Otis Ash
more, Savannah.
Second Vice-President Miss C.
S. Parrish, Athens.
Secretary R. B. Daniel, Val
dosta.
Treasurer J. C. Wardlaw, Mil
ledgeville.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chairman, J. M. Pound (1911)
Atlanta.
L. B. Robeson (1909) Marietta.
E. W. Childs (1910) Barncs
ville.
Lawton B. Evans (1912) Au
gusta.
C. B. Chapman (ex-officio)
Macon.
Supt. C. B. Gibson of Colum
bus is president of the depart
ment of Superintendence; Miss
Mamie Pitts, Atlanta, of the
department of Graded Schools;
Professor J. S. Stewart, Athens,
of the department of Colleges
and Secpndary Schools.
The presidents of the several
departments are preparing inter
esting programs, in which live
subjects will be discussed.
Under the contract above men
tioned, the Hotel Cumberland
will charge teachers only $1.50
per diem.
The Cumberland meeting is
always largely attended, because
teachers not only find pleasure
and benefit in the Convention,
but they may also enjoy the at
tractions of the sea shore.
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