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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS.
VOLUME 27
Million Dollar Cotton Mill
May Be Built In Jackson
Chamber Of Commerce
Takes Up Matter Of Big
Enterprise For This City
—Would Be The Largest
Mill In The South.
Jackson may land a million
dollar cotton mill, to be the larg
est in the South, among the new
enterprises that seem destined to
follow in the wake of the water
power development taking place
in Butts county.
At the meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce last week this mat
ter was brought up by Mr. F. S.
Etheridge who made the point
that he thought the time ripe
for Jackson to secure a big cotton
mill and said he believed nearly
all the capital for such an indus
try could be gotten in the North
and East without the people here
having to take much stock. Mr.
Etheridge said the people here
did not have the money to put up
a large mill and that the capital
ists in the North would rather
put their money into a large mill
than a small one. ‘ ‘There is a
big fish here and somebody is
going to catch him,” said Mr.
Etheridge. He told of a recent
trip North and of conversation
with Mr. W. J.Massee along this
line.
Mr. C. S. Moddox said if there
was a big fish to be caught he
thought the people here ought to
catch him. “If there is as much
money in the cotton mill business
as some of us have heard there
was and they are such a good
thing let us raise the money here
at home and get the benefits of
the mill ourseves, ’ ’ said Mr. Mad
dox. He said he believed two
hundred and fifty thousand dol
lors could be raised in Butts and
Monroe counties for the mill.
There was considerable inter
est shown in the movement for a
cotton mill and the matter was
dicussed for some time. The
session was a live and interesting
one and the masting got down to
business in a way that promises
much for the future.
A committee to assist the Cen
tral Georgia Power Company in
securing a right-of-way into Jack
son was appointed. This commit
tee is composed of Messrs. A. H.
Smith, F. S. Etheridge and Judge
J. H. Ham and will work in con
junction with the committee on
the Promotion of New Enterpris
es.
Mr. W. M. Taylor Buys
Watkins Livery Stables
Through a business deal con
summated this week Mr. W. M.
Taylor for a years a mainstay of
the Frank E. Block Company of
Atlanta, will remain in Jackson,
having purchased the livery, feed
and sales stables of Mr. B. F.
Watkins. He assumed control of
the business Tuesday morning.
Mr. Taylor’s friends are glad
to have him at home again, as
his charming personality adds
much to the business life of the
city. He will give the business
his personal attention. Mr. Wat
kins retains his interest in the
firm of Carter & Watkins.
JACKSON COMING INTO HER OWN
GREAT GROWTH TO BE SEEN
Real Estate And Business Activity Point To Prosperity
Chamber Of Commerce
Doing Good Work.
Many New Enterprises
Promised —Town Well
Advertised—P eople
Want To Locate Here.
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Jackson seems to be surely and
steadily coming into her own.
There has been noticeable ac
tivity in real estate during the
past few days and a number of
buildings are in the course of
construction and others are con
templated. A live real estate
market is regarded as a sure cri
terion of growth and prosperity.
Booms are not considered good
things for a town, for the ineva
ble reaction that follows an infla
ted condition is feared and justly
so. Jackson is not in the throes
of a boom and this is a matter of
congrtulation to all concerned.
The city’s growth is as it should
be; natural and steady and sure.
The outlook is encouraging.
Enquiries are coming in daily
from people who want to locate
here. A prominent business man
of Nashyille, Ga., wants to go in
business in Jackson. This is one
of a number of instances.
One of the largest business con
cerns in the city is authority for
the statement that the week pre
ceding Easter witnessed the larg
est volume of business in the his
tory of the concern. The case is
typical and in no sense unique.
Men who are well informed
believe cotton will go up. There
appears to be a picking up along
all lines. A good year is ahead
of the country unless all signs
fail.
Jackson is today one of the
best advertised towns in the
South. There has been a liberal
use of printer’s ink and results
are to be seen. The town is well
advertised at home and abroad.
People are talking about Jackson
from one end of the state to the
other. It is looked upon as a
comer.
The Chamber of Commerce
has done much to place Jackson
and Butts county before the
public. The Advertising Com
mittee has done a great deal to
boost Jackson. The publicity
given through the literature sent
out has called attention in a
striking was to the advantages
of this section.
It takes time to accomplish
anything. Already the good
work of the Chamber of Com
merce is to be seen in the increas
ed business and real estate ac
tivity. The results should be
greater as the organization grows
in age and membership and the
people come to see the scope of
the work in view.
A million dollar cotton mill is a
possibility that looms up in allur
ing perspective; an interurban
line is in view; new buildings,
JACKSON, GEORGIA,
including a hotel, are promised;
real estate is going heavenward;
business conditions are improv
ing; good roads for Butts county
and paved streets in Jackson are
among the probabilities of the
near future.
Taken altogether the outlook
is cheerful enough.
CAPTAIN WATKINS HAS
TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION.
Captain W. Ernest Watkins of
Company A. Jackson Rifles Sec
ond Regiment National Guard of
Georgia has tendered his resig
nation and Adjutant General A.
J. Scott has ordered Lieutenant T.
H. Buttrill to take command of
the company until Captain Wat
kin’s successor is elected.
Captain Watkins has been at
the head of the local military
for more than a year and has
made a good record. He leaves
the service of the national guard
but may take up the life of a
soldier at some future time.
Captain Watkins is slated for a
place in the ordnance depart
ment of the national guard.
An election will be ordered to
fill the vacancy.
Dixie Grocery Company
Has Changed Hands
Mr. S. J. Carmichael has come
into possesion of the Dixie Gro
cery Company through the pur
chase of the interest of Mr. F. M.
ARen. The deal was closed this
week and the new management
dates from Tuesday afternoon.
This young man is well and
favorably known in Jackson
where he has a large number
of friends who will watch his
business career vith interest.
Mr. Carmichael who has been
working at the Dixie Grocery
Company for some time, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Car
michael.
Heentersinto the business with
ability and experience behind
him and carries the best wishes
of a host of friends for his suc
cess. The business is one of the
best in Jackson and under the
new management should meet
with that liberal patronage that
has marked the Dixie Crocery
Company since its organization.
NEGRO MET DEATH
AT RIVER MONDAY.
Claud Green, a negro 22 years
old, in the employ of Lane Hil
liard and Anderson, was instant
ly killed Monday morning when
a steel bucket from a derrick fell
on his head. The blow received
was a severe one and death resul
ted immediately. No inquest
was held as a number of persons
saw the negro when he was kill
ed.
Easter Appropriately Ob
served In The Churches
Good Music and Splendid
Decorations Mark the
Easter Season. Large
Crowds Turn Out to
Hear Easter Sermons—
Cold Weather Prevents
Ideal Easter.
Easter, the season of rebirth
and resurrection, when all things
take on new life, was appro
priately observed in Jackson this
year. Beautiful decorations and
splendid music marked the occas
ion and make it noteworthy. The
weather was a shade too cold to
be pleasant and interfered some
what with the plans of many and
prevented the day from being an
ideal Easter. The crowds that
attended the services at the
churches in the morning and
evening were large and apprecia
tive and had the pleasure of
listening to good sermons and
inspiring music.
Special music had been ar
ranged at the Baptist and Metho
dist churches. At the Presby
terian church there was no
preaching either in the morning
or at evening.
The merchants have had a very
satisfactory trade during the
Easter season. This is especially
true of the millinery departments
which have been working over
time for several weeks. Business
along all lines seems to have
taken on new life within the last
few days and with the passing of
Easter one of the most important
days in the calender passes into
history.
Mr. Sasnett Crum Becomes
Member Jackson Lumber Cos.
Mr. Sasnett Crum, one of the
best known young men of the city
has become a member of the
Jackson Lumber Company and
will be secretary and treasurer of
the concern. He has purchased
the Nutt and Settle interest in
the company and will take an
active part in the management
of this well known business.
For four years Mr. Crum has
been with the Jackson Mercan
tile Company in the capacity of
bookkeeper. He has won many
friends by his sterling business
qualities. The business ability
he has shown in his present posi
tion will be displayed in the
management of the affairs of the
Jackson Lumber Company and
his friends wish for him a large
measure of success in the new
venture.
The baseball season is on and
the boys are happy. It will be
great running from now till Sep
tember.
Alexius Commandery
Elects New Officers
Knights Templars Have
Meeting or* Friday Night
and Select Officers —Col.
H. M. Fletcher Made
Eminent Commander—
Commandery Now Two
Years Old.
Alexius Commandery No. 22
Knights Templars elected officers
for the ensuing year at the meet
ing Friday night. Col. H. M.
Fletcher, one of the prominent
attorneys of Jackson and an en
thusiastic Mason, being Worship
ful Master of St. Johns Lodge
No. 45 F. &A. M., was elected
Eminent Commander, and Mr.
F. M. Allen, who has been the
Eminent Commander for the
past two years, was elected
Recorder. The local commandery
has been organized two years
and is now one of the strongest
in the state.
The following officers were
elected.
H. M. Fletcher, Eminent Com
mander,
H. L. Daughtry, Generalissimo,
G. E. Mallett, Captain General,
H. 0. Ball, Senior Warden,
W. H. Mallett, Junior Warden,
D. G. McMichael, Excellent
Prelate,
A. C. Finley, Treasurer,
F. M. Allen, Recorder,
J. B. Hopkins, Standard Bearer,
R. L. Johnson, Sword Bearer,
C. M. Bowles. Warder,
B. J. Thaxton, Sentinel,
H. F. Gilmore, Ist Guard,
John T. Hacking, 2nd Guard,
George Carmichael, 3rd Guard,
Missionary Society Will Meet.
Miss Annie Catchings Crum,
secretary of the Young People’s
Missionary Society, has v.kn
nounced the following program
for the meeting to be held in the
lecure room of the Methodist
church on Sunday, the 18th. at
3:30 o’clock.
Literary work in the Mission
Fields.
Devotional Exercises, Miss
Elizabeth Sams.
Two Minute Talks, Christian
Books, Mission Presses, and
Tract Societies.
Dr. Young J. Allen’s Literary
work in China.
Special music.
All young people are invited to
attend the meeting which it is
expected will prove full of in
terest.
DEATH OF INFANT
Virginia, the ten and a half
month’s old child of Mr. and Mrs.
H. S. Rowland of Decatur, died
Monday evening. The little girl
had been ill but a short time,
having been taken suddenly Sun
day night. The funeral was held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at Decatur. Judge and Mrs. J*
F. Carmichael, grandparents of
the little girl, attended the funer
al from Jackson. The family
have the sympathy of a host of
frienbs in this bereavement.
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