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VOLUME 27
ISSUE RECOMMENDED FOR BUTTS COUNTY
GODS ROADS DISCUSSED HERE ON LAST SATURDAY AT MEETING
Bill Will Be Introduced To Abolish The County Commissioners—One Com
missioner Instead —Interesting Discurssion on Saturday—County’s
Affairs Discussed—Butts In Line For Good Roads
I At a representative meeting
■held here Saturday for the pur
■pose of considering the county’s
■finances a bond issue of one hun-
Bdro! thousand dollars was recorn-
Imended for good roads.
H At the same time a resolution
■was passed favoring the abolish
■ing of the county commissioners
■and the election of one county
■commissioner to work in conjunc
tion with the ordinary in handling
■the road system of the county.
A bill will be introduced in the
■ approaching legislature seeking
■ to abolish the county commission
■ers and at the same time an act
■creating the office of one county
■commisioner will be introduced.
■The bill is being prepared and
■will be introduced by Hon. J.
Matt McMichael, representative
■in the legislature from this
■county.
I The meeting was called to con-
Hsider the question of good roads
■and other matters of interest to
■the people of the county. Pres
■entatthe meeting were Judge
■j. H. Ham, Hon. J. M. McMich
■ael. Hon. S. H. Mays, ex-treas
■urer G. R. Ridgeway, who was
■elected chairman of the meeting,
■County treasurer S. J. Smith,
■Mr. G. E. Mallett, who was made
■secretary of the meeting, County
■School Commissioner C. S. Mad
jdox, Sheriff W. W. Wilson, City
■Tax Collector J. A. McMichael,
■Chairman J. 0. Gaston of the
■county commissioners, Col. C. L.
■ Redman, Dr. R. W. Mays, Prof.
■T. P. Atkinson, Mr. James War
■then, Mr. I. J. Slaughter and J.
ID. Jones of the Progress.
I As soon as the meeting was
■called to order and the object of
■the gathering stated an earnest
■consideration of the road ques
tion in Butts county was taken
■up. County School Commission
■ er C. S. Maddox favored a bond
■issue and a chaingang to be
■worked in each of the eight dis-
I Wets in the county six weeks a
■year and in addition to the chain-
Igang a repair gang in each dis-
Htrict to work under overseers who
■would be liable for the roads un-
Ider their care and subject to in-
Idictment if they failed to do
■their duty.
I Talks were made on good
■roads by several of those present.
■After the matter was gone over
■pretty thoroughly the question
■°f legislation for road improve
ment came up and in this connec
tion the abolishing of the county
■ c °mmisioners was discussed. All
■those present were agreed that
■t takes money and plenty of it
build good roads. Those talk
■n£ said the present commission-
t rs bad done the best they could
frith the limited means at hand
IpUt that they were not paid
enough to give the county their
undivided time and attention.
One commissioner with a good
salary and under heavy bond was
favored and when the question
was put to retain the present
three commissioners the measure
was lost by a good majority.
An act will be introduced in the
legislature abolishing the present
commissioners. Then an act will
be introduced creating the office
of one commissioner. His duties
obligations, rights and preroga
tives will be set out fully and un
mistakably in the measure to be
introduced by Representative
McMichael. After this has been
done the matter of the bond issue
will then be taken up.
Mr. J. 0. Gaston speaking for
the county commissioners said
they had done their best under
the present conditions. He said
he had been giving the county a
thousand dollar’s worth of time
for one hundred dollars a year.
This belief was shared by others
who spoke on the matter.
The only question brought up
in connection with having one
commissioner instead of tnree
was that one man working to
gether with the ordinary could
handle the road system better
than thr.e men could do the same
work.
The manner of electing the
comm’ssioners of roads will be
set out in the bill to be intro
duced in the legislature. Wheth
er it will be by the people, or by
the grand jury remains to be
seen. The man chosen will be
an experienced road buildei and
will be required to give his whole
time to the county’s roads.
The meeting while enthusiastic
was at all times harmonious. Ev
ery man that spoke favored the
time of the gang being divided
equitably among the several dist
ricts in the counts. It is the pur
pose to have one section of the
county as much benefitted as an
other,* All the speakers declared
that it “is not a question of need
ing good roads but the best way
to proceed to get them.
ORDINAARIES WILL HAVE
MEETING AT SPRINGS
The Association of. County
Ordinaries will meet m annua
session at Indian Springs on
June 23. Judge Henry McAlpin,
ordinary of Chatham county, is
president of the association. An
Interesting program of dls * u! jT 1
will be carried out and a deligl
ful session is being looked for
ward to.
Mr. J. A. Joyner spent the last
of the week with his familv.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1909.
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN
BIG COTTON MILL HERE
While North a few days ago
Mr. T. H. Buttrill, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, said
he found a number of people in
Boston Who are very much in
terested in the proposed million
dollar cotton mill to be establish
ed here. Quite naturally Jackson
was on the lips of the people of
the Massachusetts metropolis.
Mr, Buttrill said he found Jack
son to be one of the best adver
tised towns in the whole country.
JACKSON TAKES SERIES
FROM MANSFIELD NINE
By winning two out of three
Jackson took the series from the
Mansfield nine in the series of
games played here last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. The first
game was won by the locals by
the score of 4 to 2 and this was
repeated Friday when the game
resulted in the same score with
Combs and Nutt working as the
battery for Jackson, and Norman
and Reynolds performing for the
visitors. Not to be considered
close-fisted the locals allowed
Mansfield to take the last game
by the score of 13 to 12 in a slug
ging match, Hunt and Nutt
working for Jackson and Nor
man and Reynolds for Mansfield.
The Jackson team is playing a
winning article oi ball and can
hold its own against the best
teams in this part of the state.
DR. QUIGG FLETCHER
RECEIVES APPOINTMENT
Dr. Quigg Fletcher, who w s
recently graduated from the medi
cal department of Johns Hop
kins University Baltimore, has
received an appointment in the
hospital and will take up the
work there in the early fall.
This is a signal honor, one of the
greatest that could be conferred
upon a graduate of this best of
all American Universities and the
honor is very much appreciated
by Dr. Fletcher and his friends.
Graduating from the University
of Georgia where he took a high
stand in college life, entering the
medical department of Tulane
University New Orleans and
later entering Johns Hopkins
University, Dr. Fletcher made
an enviable reputation in his
work.
Dr. Fletcher who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fletcher ar
rived home Monday night to
spend some time with relatives
in the county.
LEGISLATURE MEETS
ON NEXT WEDNESDAY
SOLONS WILL MOVE ON ATLANTA
Week Will Mark Inaugu
ration of Governor-
Elect Brown —Will Be
Busy Session—Number
of Local Bills Will Be
Introduced.
The general assembly of Geor
gia will meet on next Wednesday.
During the week, probably on
Saturday, Governor-elect Joseph
M. Brown will be inaugurated.
This will be an event that will
attract state-wide attention and a
large crowd will attend and wit
ness the formal induction into
office of Mr. Brown. The inau
guration will doubtless be a very
democratic affair, void of all show
and display.
The session will probably be a
busy one. For president of the
senate Hon. J. M. Slaton of Ful
ton will likely be elected. Hon.
John Holder and Hon. Roland
Ellis are candidates for speaker
of the house and a hot fight is
being waged.
In the house Butts county will
be represented by Hon. J. Matt
McMichael and this district will
be represented in the senate by
Hon. S. H. Mays. A number of
local bills will be introduced.
Among the measures to be
brought up in the general assem
bly from here are bills to amend
the charter of Jackson, bills
affecting the carporate limits of
Pepperton, bills to abolish the
county commissioners and to es
tablish the office of county com
missioner and other bills.
A large crowd will probably
attend the inauguration from
here.
SHRINERS HAVE RETURNED
FROM TRIP TO LOUISVILLE
Messrs T. H. Buttrill and Mar
vin Turner and Arthur Stewart
of McDonough returned the last
of the week from Louisville
where they were in attendance
upon the meeting of the Shriners
last week. They report a good
time, the Shriners being known
as the prince of good fellows,
the next meeting will be held in
New Orleans. It is estimated
there were twenty-seven thous
and persons in attendance upon
the Louisville meeting.
Editor Progress, Jackson, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Am handing you check for
$4.50 for which please renew
Mrs. J. R. Nicholson’s subserp
tion to the Progress and send me
the Atlanta Georgian for one
year. Am interested in the
growth of progressive Jackson
and Butts county, and you should
be appreciated for the strong pull
you are making for them.
Yours truly,
J. R. Nicholson.
Ex-treasurer G. R. Ridgeway
was a prominent visitor to the
city Saturday in attendance upon
the good roads meeting of which
he was made chairman.
STREET WORK NOW
PROGSESSING NICELY
HIGHWAYS ARE BEING REPAIRED
Street Committee of Coun
cil Doing Good Work-
Weeds Being Cut And
Ditches Cleaned Out-
Machine Will Be Used
On Third Street.
The streets of Jackson are be
ing put in first-class condition.
For the last few days a gang
has been at work cleaning out
ditches, cutting down weeds,
opening up sewers and putting
the streets in general repair.
This work will be kept up until
all of the streets have b2en treat
ed to a thorough overhauling.
The appearance of the streets
and of the whole city has been
greatly improved.
A traction engine was put into
commission on the principal
streets of the city this week.
This is a great help and the
dirt will be raked into the middle
of the streets and their condition
very much improved. The work
will be continued until the streets
are put in good shape.
For this work of repairing the
streets and cutting the weeds and
the general cleaning-up the street
committee of council is worthy of
the highest commendation.
HERE IN INTEREST OF
JUVENILE ASSOCIATION
Rev. Crawford Jackson of At
lanta, general secretary of the
Juvenile Protective Association,
spoke here three times Sunday.
The work of this association con
sists in building and equipping
the Juvenile State on the 426
acres of land given by Dr. L. G.
Hardeman at Center Georgia,
juvenile courts and the probation
system; protecting children from
cruelty and placing them, when
practicable, in suitable institu
tions; adequate state legislation
wherever needed.
The association has a tract of
land in Jackson county together
with some buildings and other
property worth about $25,000.
Efforts are being made to raise
at least $25,000 more. A num
ber of citizens here made contri
butions and others who care to
donate to this movement can
turn over their subscriptions to
Rev. S. P. Wiggins or Mr. G. W.
Kinsman.
The motto of the association
is “To take a rough, rude boy and
lift him up by frequent little
touches of love and wisdom, by
oft-repeated acts of study and
patience, and make of him a
shining and useful member of
society—this is the art of all arts
and is the more transcendent be
cause the more divine.”
Mrs. Cornelia Tompkins and
grandson Whitfield Gunnels of
Albany arrived Tuesday to visit
Mrs. A. H. Smith. Mrs. Gunnels
and other children will arrive in
about a week anb will spend the
summer months in Jackson, hav
ing rented Mrs. Mary Heflin’s
home on Third street.
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