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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS.
VOLUME 27
TRUSTEES OF AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE HOLD MEETING
FACULTY TO BE CHOSEN SOON
With Full Membership
Present Board Meets At
Indian Springs—Strong
Faculty Will Be Chosen
—Butts County Girl On
Faculty.
The board of trustees of the
Sixth District Agricultural Col
lege met at Indian Springs Fri
day, June 25. Those present
were Hon. J. T. Williams, of
Jones, chairman, Col. 0. M.
Duke, Butts, secretary, Messrs
Flynt of Spalding, Myrick of
Baldwin. Boykin of Fayette,
Marchman of Upson, Duffey of
Henry, Cochran of Pike and
President M. B. Dennis of the
school.
The board took up the .question
of selecting a teacher for the
chair of scientific agriculture,
and after having K. C. Moore of
Tifton, before the board and af
ter discussing the matter the
power to elect a teacher was re
ferred to a committee composed
of Messrs Duffey of Henry and
Cocran of Pike, with full power
to act.
Prof. Dennis, who had at a
previous meeting been reelected
the ensuing year, made his
final report. He reported the
farm as being in splendid condi
tion with prospects for a good
crop.
The school will open again in
September with quite a large
body of students. The trustees
hope to get together a faculty
that will be credit to the agri
cultural interests of the state.
In this school a Butts county
girl. Miss Maude Smith, occupies
the chair of Domestic Science.
Five teachers are employed in
this school which is one of the
best of the best of the agricul
tural colleges in the state.
MILITARY BOYS PLANNING
FOR ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
The officers and enlisted men of
Company A. Jackson Rifles are
looking forward with interest
and pleasure to the annual en
campment which will be held
this year at St. Simon s. The
date of the camp will be the last
of July and from a week to ten
days will be spent in camp. It
is probable that the full strength
of the command will be repie
sented on this outing. An elec
tion to fill the office of second
lieutenant will likely be held be
tween now and the date of the
encampment.
CHANGE IN RACKET STORE
Mr. J. T. Harris has bought
the Racket Store from Messrs.
W. F. Adams Company. On the
first of August the stock will be
moved into the store now occupi
ed by the J. S. Johnson Company
at which time that concern will
move into their new building on
Third Street. Mr. Harris was
formerly in business here and is
very favorably known to the peo
ple of the county. Attention is
called to his advertisement in this
issue.
JACKSON WILL PLAY
TWO GOOD TEAMS
MACON AND ATLANTA COMING
i
| Two Good Games Arran
| ged—Atlanta Athletics
Here Tomorrow And
Macon Will Be Taken
On Mondry
Jackson has two games of ball
scheduled for the next few days.
Tomorrow the famed Atlanta
Atlethic Club, which has a clean
record up to date, comes for a
game. If the Jackson bunch can
get away with this game it will
accomplish something that the
best amateur teams in the state
have been unable to do. Combs
will work in the pit for the lo
cals and will be backed up with
superb support. A desperate ef
fort will be made to take the con
test and if the locals can hook it
pandemonium in large fleecy
hunks will break loose in utter
abandon. The rooters will do
yeoman’s service.
Fresh from defeat or victory—
which—the Jackson team will
take on the Macon Indepenents
in a holiday game before a holi
day crowd with holiday enthusi
asm to burn, Monday. The lo
cals have the advantage of play
ing on their own bailiwicK and
will get in action to the tune of
cheers from the faithful fans and
fannesses of the city. There
ought to be some good going in
both of these games and the lar
gest crowd of the season will be
out to cheer the boys on to victo
ry. , ,
There will be a double-header
on Monday, the first game called
at 10 o’clock and the second con
test at 3:30 in the afternoon.
The price of admission will be 25
and 15 cents.
PROF. LANIER BUILDING
RESIDENCE ON COLLEGE ST.
Prof. W. R. Lanier, superin
tendent of the Jackson City
School, has awarded the con
tract for a five-room house to the
Jackson Lumber Company. The
residence will be located on Col
lege street, near the residence of
Col. T. J. Dempsey. Work wa
started this weeK and the struc
ture, which will be modern and
up-to-date in all its appointments
will be pushed to a rapid com
pletion.
This residence will add much
to the already attractive appear
ance of College street and will be
a substantial addition to the
pretty residences for which Jack
son is justly noted.
BAD WRECK AT
THE DAM MONDAY
Two engines were almost com
pletely demolished and several
cars wrecked at the dam Monday
afternoon when two engines with
trucks collided. The engines and
cars were knocked off the ti ack.
One of the engineers was injured
in the mix-up. The wreck occur
red on the Butts county side of
river. It is fortunate and
lhtle short of marvelous that no
body was killed in the wreck.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1909.
FOURTH WILL BE FIT
TINGLY OBSERVED HERE
BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSE MONDAY
Ball Game Monday With
Macon—Clerks Will All
Have off Day—Post
Office To Close And
Rural Carriers Will Have
Holiday.
Monday July 5, will be observed
here as a holiday, the Fourth fall
ing on Sunday. The business
houses, banks and post office will
close and the rural carriers will
have a day of rest.
Almost without exception the
business houses of the city have
agreed to close and have signed
a paper to that effect. Those
that didn’t sign their names said
they would close anyway; It was
impossible to see all the business
men of the city.
Monday afternnon there will
be a baseball game between the
Jackson nine and a team from
Macon. There will be a game on
Saturday when Jackson and the
Atlanta Athletic Club nines will
clash. The day promises to be
one of pleasure.
Following are the names of the
business concerns that have
agreed to close on Monday:
Jackson National Bank,
Jackson Banking Company,
Smith and Etheridge, *
Jack Dempsey and Company,
I. and J. Groodzinsky,
Newton Carmichael Hdw. Cos.,
Buttrill Bros.,
The C. E. S. Cos.,
Jackson Mercantile Company,
Slaton Drug Company,
Jackson Lumber Company,
J. T. Harris,
Jackson Furniture Company,
Dixie Grocery Company,
First Fational Bank,
J. C. Adams,
S. B. Kinard,
Book and Novelty Company,
Mack Goodwin,
S. T. Hendrick,
J. E. Edwarks,
Jackson Soda and Fruit Cos.,
S. H. Thornton,
Jarrell Drug Company,
Ham and Carter Company,
J. Arenson,
Bailey and Jones Company,
B. M. Barnes Company,
C. Whitehurst,
Carmichael Buggy Company,
McKibben Company,
The Progress.
DEATH MRS. ROSSER
The death of Mrs.' Sam Rosser
occurred Sunday morning at her
home at McDonough. Death was
due to cancer from which she
had suffered for sometime. The
funeral was held at Fellowship
church Monday at 11 o clock, tne
services being conducted by Rev.
James Bradley, pastor of the
Presbyterian church here. The
funeral was largely attended.
The deceased was a member of
Fellowship church. Mrs. Rosser
is survived by her husband and
seven sons.
Miss Lucy Goodman left Tues
day for a short visit to Atlanta.
On Thursday Miss Mattisu Ham
joined her there and together
they will attend the Georgia High
I School Conference which meets
'in Athens the last of this week.
THE SANITARY CONDITIONS OF JACKSON.
This is no time to gamble with chance and play with
fate.
Jackson needs a cleaning up, to extend from the court
house square to the back yards, and through the streets and
alleys and by-ways and back again.
This is the hot weather season. An odor that would not
be perceptible in the winter is an awful stench now.
And be it said with all frankness there are some fearful
stenches in Jackson.
Complains about the garbage wagon failing to take away
refuse matter are frequent. Citizens insist that after they
have gone to the trouble to pile trash in cans and barrels that
it ought to be moved promptly.
The deadly fly is getting in his work now. He is the
breeder of disease. He spreads the fatal typhoid germ.
There should be nothing left for him to feed on. The
premises should be kept clean. If legislation is needed to
bring this about we hope City Council will act with firmness
and promptness.
The cleaning up should be carried on individually and by
the sanitary department of the city. The city can not be ex
pected to do it all. First let citizens do their part.
We believe the court house square should be made sanitary.
Some of the conditions there ought to be changed.
Then attention ought to be directed to the streets and then
to the premises. Many backyards cover a multitude of filth.
And for the public health and hygiene of the city and for
some people who are being imposed upon it would be a good
idea to leave the garbage wagon outside of the corporate limits
of the city instead of in front of residences.
And the mosquito-breeding pools of water should be filled up.
The time to act is now.
MACON MAY LOOSE
POWER TO ATLANTA
FRANCHISE BEEN SECURED THERE
Barbecue At Dam Saturday
Jackson Interested In
Big Power Company
A Macon dispatch to the Atlan
ta Constitution says that the Cen
tral Georgia Power Company may
take the 20,000 horse power to be
generated at the power plant
near here to Atlanta instead of to
Macon. Mr. W. J. Massee of
the company will entertain an
Atlanta party at the dam tomor
row at a barbecue. The compa
ny has been granted a franchise
in Atlanta. Mr. Massee and his
associates are charged with hav
ing defeated the bond issue in
Macon Saturday. The matter is
being watched with a good deal
of interest here.
JACKSON ENTERTAINING
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Woman ’ s Missionary Society
of the Griffin District has been
holding a meeting here this week.
The sessions have been held at
the Methodist church and a large
number of delegates have been
in attendance. Many ladies
prominent in church and missi
onary work have been present.
The meeting has been one of in
terest, pleasure anb profit.
WILL HAVE EIREWORRS
DISPLAY AND DANCE
Tomorro v night in front of. the
Wigwam there will be a fireworks
display with a brilliant effect, and
in the evening a ball at the
Wigwam. Dances at this famous
hostelry are always pleasant so
cial affairs. A number will at
tend from here.
Mrs. C. A. Butner and Miss
Annie Lou McCord returned on
Monday from a trip to Powder
Springs.
MRS. POLLITZER ENTER
TAINS AT TRAIL PARTY
A delightful affair of last Fri
day evening was the Trail party
given by Mrs. Harold Pollitzer in
compliment to her sister Miss
Annie Higgins of Covington, who
is spending some time with her.
The porch was tastefully decora
ted with flowering plants and a
cool and charming effect was pro
duced. ‘Twas a charming group
of pretty girls in lightairy frocks
who with their gentlemen friends
enjoyed some exciting games of
Trail, Mrs. Park Newton and
Col. W. E. Watkins making top
score winning every game play
ed. Punch was served during
the evening by Miss Jennie Col
lins and Mrs. L. R. Powell of
Newnan, who assisted the hos
tess. Late in the evening cream
and cake was served. Invited to
meet Miss Higgins were Misses
Rosa Newton, Bessie Ham,
Adelle Nutt, Tallie Jolly, Mary
Newton, Jane Ham, Pearl Mit
chell, Ruby Mays, Bertha Car
michael, Jennie Collins, Messrs
Homer Carmichael, Ernest Wat
dins, Jack Dempsey, Doyle Jones,
George Mallett, Quigg Fletcher,
Willis Morrison, Harold Mallett,
Clarence Compton.
PIN SHOWER.
Delightfully informal was the
pin shower at which Miss Bertha
Carmichael entertained on last
Thursday morning for Miss Bes
sie Ham. Yellow and green, Miss
Ham’s college colors, predomi
nated in ‘the decorations. Great
bowls of nasturtiums and sim
floweres were used profusely.
After some interesting games
were played the guests were in
vited into the parlor where the
gifts to the bride-elect were dis
played on a ribbon extended
across the room. A salad course
with iced tea was served. Be
fore leaving a number of pic
tures were taken of this charm
ing bevy of girls who were Miss
es Jane Ham, Adelle Nutt, Rosa
Newton, Annie Higgins, Mary
1 Newton, Bessie Ham Ruby Mays.
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