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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS.
VOLUME 27
Large And Cultured
Audience Enjoys Recital
Miss Exie Ham Highly Praised.
Music Department Closes
For the Term—Recital
Declared the Best Ever
Heard in Jackson—An
Interesting Program Car
ried Out —Liberal Ap
plause Greeted Each
Number.
Before a large, cultured and
appreciative audience Miss Exie
Ham made her first appearance
to a Jackson audience at the audi
torium Friday night unde ' the
direction of the department of
music of the public schools. The
recital is generally declared to
have been the most successful
and enjoyable ever seen in Jack
son. Every number of an inter
esting program was thoroughly
enjoyed and brought forth liberal
applause.
Miss Ham played with sweet
ness and skill several very inter
esting selections from the great
composers. Handsomely gowned
she carried herself with a grace
and dignity that won much favor
able comment. It was the first
time in the history of the public
schools in Jackson that such an
ambitious effort had ever been
attempted. To say that the
recital was a tremendous success,
reflecting credit upon Mrs. Wor
ley of the department of music
who had carefully trained Miss
Ham, and upon the playing of
her talented pupil is putting
mildly a fact stressed amid splen
did enthusiasm upon the occasion
of her first appearance.
The several selections had been
made with care. The playing
was skillful and artistic. For
the first time a Jackson audience
had the pleasure of listening to
the entrancing strains of Liszt,
and Chopin and Beethoven and
other great masters.
The program was opened with
Liszt’s Rhapsodie No. 2, render
ed by Miss Ham and Mrs. Wor
ley. A vocal selection, A Stream
let Full of Flowers, from Car
acciolo, was sung by Misses Garr
and Worley. Miss Ham next
rendered Narcissus from the
Water Scenes by Nevin and this
number was followed by a vocal
solo, When You are Mine, O'Hara
by Miss Garr, Kullack’s Octave-
Chromatic was then played by
Miss Ham and Misses Garr and
Worley sang A Flight of Clouds,
by Caracciola. Chopin’s Valse
(Op. 64 No. 2) was rendered by
Miss Ham and Miss Garr gave a
delightful reading The Rhyme
of the Duchess May, from Eliza
beth Barrett Browning, The
Adagio Movement of Beethoven’s
Moonlight Sonato was next play
ed by Miss Ham. This was fol
lowed by a vocal solo by Mrs.
Worley who sang with feeling and
effect Mattinatti. fromTosti. The
concluding number on the pro
gram, Polonaise A Major, from
Chopin, was played by Miss Ham.
Upon the conclusion of the
program many went forwrad to
congratulate Miss Ham and those
who had taken part in the red-
tal. The crowd comfortably fill
ed the anditorium. The recidal
was a pleasnt surprise to many
to whom it was also a revelation
to know that local talent proper
ly trained could render a program
rarely ever heard outside of the
large cities.
Jackson Baptist Church.
April 25, Dr. VanDeventer will
preach at 11a.m. subject “Why?”
At 7:30 p. m. memorial service
to Dr. W. A. Nelson, who was
beloved pastor of Jackson church
for four years, will be held; 9:30
a. m. Bible school; 3 p. m. meet
ing for boys and girls. The pas
tor will preach at Indian Springs
at 3 p. m.
Ministers Conference of the
Kimbell Association met at Flo
villa Monday at 10 a.m. Plans
for the development of our work
in the association were discussed.
The next meeting will be held
with the Towaliga church on May
17 and at this meeting the ques
tion of the changing the confer
ence to a ministers and deacons
meeting will be considered and
the deacons are asked to be pres
ent.
Buildings are going up in Jack
son and this is a living proof that
the city is growing.
Memorial Day Will
Be Observed Here
Interesting Program Has
Been Arranged For The
Occasion —Crosses Of
Honor To Be Bestowed
—Col. Juhan Orator Of
Day.
Larkin Watson Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy
will observe Memorial Day, April
26, with an appropriate program
of interesting exercises. These
exercises will be held in the
county courthouse, beginning at
10 o’clock. The address will be
at 11, and wiil be delivered by
Judge B. A. Juhan of Winder,
who will be presented to the
crowd by Mr. J. T. Wari hen.
Crosses of honor will be be
stowed upon those veterans en
titled to receive them. The pro
gram will begin with the march
to the cemetery where the
graves of the brave Confederate
dead will be decorated with the
wealth of spring. Upon the re
turn to the courthouse the exer
cises proper will begin.
It is planned to observe Memo
rial Day in Jackson more gener
ally this year than it has ever
been before. Splendid music
will be an interesting feature of
the program and the orchestra
will render several appropriate
and patrotic numbers.
The program in full is as
follows:
Music—Orchestra.
Doxology.
Invocation—Dr. Robt. VanDe
venter.
Music—Quartette.
Introduction of the speaker—
J. T. Warthen.
Address—Judge B. A. Juhan,
of Winder.
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JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909.
Confederate Women
Subject Of Praise
Capt. W. F. Smith Believes
Monument Should Be
Erected To Their Mem
ory—Pays Tribute To
The Women of the Con
federacy.
Editor Progress: Your paper
of some weeks past was handed
to me on sick bed in McDonough.
I read a suggestion from my
brother Wilson Smith on the
Woman of the Confederacy and
I was forcibly impressed. I dare
say there is hardly an ex-Con
federate soldier in Butts county
but what would vote to give the
monument to the Woman of the
Confederacy instead of the Sol
dier, if the Daughters in Butts
county decide to build one. And
the new idea, the spinning wheel
in place of the gun, is grand.
Yes while other sections are
raising the shaft in honor of the
men who stood in line with guu
and bayonet let Butts county
raise the shaft in honor and mem
ory of the noble women who
stood behind the lines and prayed
and spun and wove, and
buried the dead that were sent
home. God bless them, heroines
all. Who is it that went through
that fearful ordeal" that can now
meditate upon the sacrifices,
suffering and hardships of those
mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters and keep back the
tears?
I can tell you what it was that
caused the Confederate soldier to
astonish the world their endur
ance of hardships and heroic bra
very. It was the mother, wife,
sweetheart and sister at home.
And who has attempted to write
the history of their heroic strug
gle? No one. And the half can
never be told.
A personal explanation will il
lustrate the cause of the Confed
erate soldiers staying in the last
ditch until killed or captured.
Two years of the war had passed
before I was old enough to go.
My older brother as well as many
neighbors had been brought home
shot to pieces and many other
dear friends left dead on the bat
tle field. We knew then what it
meant to go to the war. The
time for my departure had come.
My clothes were packed and I, a
small boy, had put on the Con
federate gray. My mother, with
the tears all streaming down her
cheeks, stood in the hall, at the
foot of the stairs. Throwing her
arms about my neck she said ‘ ‘Put
your trust in God and He will
bring you through. I would rath
er you would die in battle than
desert.” And those were her
last words of farewell.
Too full of emotion to utter
one word I left her with those
words indelibly stamped on my
conscience and memory. I was
at once a man. From that mo
ment I was a changed being.
In all the crack and onslaught
of battle I did not stay there be
cause I was brave but because
my mother told me to. And I
know that was the experience of
thousands of others who suffered
the pangs of hunger, cold and
heat, shot and shell, sickness
and death, on account of the lov
ed ones at home.
They gave their sons, husbands
and brothers, lovers all, and re
ceived back a fragment of bat
tered and torn limbs, and they
nursed them back into the great
est industrial struggle the world
has ever known.
Yes, give the woman the mon
ument. W. F. Smith, McDon
ough, Ga.,
REV. MR. MACKAY
WILL COME MONDAY.
Rev. W. R. Mackay who
will assist Rev. S. P. Wiggins in
the series of meetings at the
Methodist church will arrive Mon
day. Mr. Wiggins is conducting
the meeting now, services being
' held in the evening only. The
1 meetings are proving full of in-
I terest and are being well attend
ed.
Mr. Mackay is a preacher of
exceptional evangelistic powers,
and a most delightful singer.
The hours will be 10 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. You are cordially in
vited to attend these services.
Rev. James Bradley, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, will fill
the pulpit Friday night.
LOCUST GROVE TO
ENTERTAIN BOARD
Educators Will Meet On
April 27—Many will Be
In Attendance —A Fine
Program Has Been Ar
ranged.
The following notice of an ed
ucational meeting to be held at
Locust Grove on the 27 has been
sent out and will be read with in
terest by the friends of that
splendid school:
An educational meeting of more
than ordinary interest will con
vene at Locust Grove April 27.
Dr. John E. White, president,
and Dr. S. Y. Jamerson, secre
tary, of the Georgia Baptist Board
of Education have issued a call to
the pastors, executive committee,
trustees of Locust Grove Insti
tute and friends of Christian ed
ucation in general to meet in con
ference at Locust Grove on the
date named above.
The presence of all friends of
education in the nine associations
affiliated with L. G. Institute
are requested and urged to be
present.
The educational board has pre
pared an interesting program of
speakers among whom are Dr. J.
J. Bennett, Dr. John E. White,
Dr. W. R. Actee, Dr. E. C. Dar
gan, Dr. S. Y. Jamerson and Dr.
B. D. Ragsdale.
The day will be profitable to
all who will come. A picnic din
ner will be served on the grounds
and the more serious exercises of
the day will be interspersed with
promiscuous program from the
school.
In the afternoon at the close of
conference there will be a pro
gram of athletic sports, a feature
of which is a game of ’ball bc
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Dirt Broken For
New Brick store
The J. S. Johnson Com
pany Putting Up Hand
some Building On Third
Street. To Be Substan
tial Structure.
Dirt has been broken for a
modern brick store to be loca
ted in the business district of
Third street. The new building
is being etected by J. S. Johnson
and Company by whom it will be
occupied immediately upon its
completion, which will be about
the first of July according to
contract.
The new structure, which will be
modern in all of its appointments,
is situated near the Jackson Na
tional Bank and adjoins the office
of Dr. J. Lee Byron, being sep
arated from the bank building by
a lot which will be improved by
Messrs. J. T. Warthen and other
capitalists. The improvement of
these lots assures Jackson of two
handsome modern brick buildings
to be the finest in this section.
The buildings will be erected with
the idea of the growth of the city
in view and will be in keeping
with the progressive spirit of
Jackson.
The store will be 100 feet long
and 43 feet wide. The distance
from the floor to the ceiling will
be 18 feet and the inside of the
building will be double-decked,
thus virtually insuring a two story
structure. The front will be fin
ished in plate glass and will be a
thing of beauty. The office is to
be in the center of the store and
this will afford the manager a
view of the whole store.
The contract for the erection
of the building was let to Mr. E.
I. Rooks. A large force of hands
are engaged on the building and
the work is progressing rapidly.
DEATH DR. NELSON.
The sad intelligence of the
death of Rev. W. A. Nelson in
Deland, Fla., was received in
Macon Tuesday night. Arrange
ments were at once made to bring
the remains to Macon for funeral
and interment.
The deceased was one of the
best known ministers of the
Southern Baptist church, and is
especially well known and admir
ed in Macon. For a number of
years he was supply pastor of the
local Baptist churches, but lately
he had been stationed in Florida.
Dr. Nelson was the grandfath
er of Mr. Nelson Mallary, of this
city. He is also survived by a
wife and one daughter, the lat
ter of whom lives in Pittsburg.
He was 71 years of age.—Macon
Telegraph.
Dr. Nelson was pastor in Jack
son for four years and he and
Mrs. Nelson have made frequent
visits since the close of his pas
torate here. A memorial service
will be held at the Baptist church
Sunday night. The funeral was
held m Macon Thursday,
Jackson is going to be the_ fin
est residence town in all Middle
Georgia. She has the prettv
homes now and others are planned
Her position in the business world
is secure.
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