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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
Published Every Friday.
ALFUKI) AKKRMAX - Proprietor
J. DOYLE JONHS - - - - Editor
Subscription $1 a Year
Official Organ of Butts County.
Entered as second-class matter, Novem
ber 8, l‘.K>7, at the jMiHtotllce at Jackson, Ga.
Telephone No. 166.
Jackson, Ga., Friday, August 6, 1909.
All obituaries will be charged for at
the rate of one cent per word. Saint*
price will be charged for all resolutions
of respect, except those adopted by
churches.
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TIONS
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tion of our subscribers to the fact
that all unpaid subscriptions to
the Progress must be paid and
paid atonce. We appreciate just
as keenly as anybody can the fact
that right now is a dull season
but all those in arrears will have
their names cut off unless they
pay promptly. However much
we would like to keep you on our
list the post office regulationi must
be observed.
The cost of the paper is very
small, less than two cents a week,
and surely everybody can pay
that amount promptly.
Please give this matter your
attention.
Pull for Jackson or pull out.
Even Bibb is getting on a gen
tle boom.
The city of skyscrapers—that
is Jackson.
Now watch Guyt McLendon do
a little card writing.
McLendon is a game fighter
and will be heard from again.
Jackson is a mighty fine place
in which to live and do business.
Jackson has just started to
take on a little life. Watch her
grow.
Let our people make a final and
determined rally for the Holiness
College.
Come to Jackson, all who want
to grow up with the best town in
the state.
The legislature will adjourn on
the 12 much to the delight of the
tired public.
Pull for Jackson. The pros
perity of Jackson is not a dream
but a reality.
Jackson will double its popula
tion in less than ten years. This
is no dream.
Come home dear legislature and
dear congress, fodder is about
ready to be pulled.
The country editors gave Jack
son a nice boost on account of
those fine watermelons.
The government report shows
cotton to be several points below
the averge for this season.
BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS, JACKSON, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1909.
The big Holiness College will
jdo great thing for Butts county.
Now is the time to line up.
Spain is having troubles enough
of her own right now without
worrying about the weather.
South Carolina is trying sever
al days of prohibition and the
thirst is said to be alarming.
Unless all signs fail Jackson
will do the biggest bnsiness this
fall and winter in her history.
The best of towns need a little
pushing and advertising now and
then. Jackson is no exception.
The airship threatens to take
I the place of the automobile. It
j is a high flyer to say the least of
I lt
Pull for Jackson or pull out.
With all of new building, the
new hotel, anew depot and the
trolley line Jackson will be in the
swim.
Watermelons grow so large on
Butts county’s fertile soil that
they have to be raised with der
ricks.
The people of Georgia are in
finitely more interested in good
crops than they are in the legis
lature.
"Who is the ideal woman?”
querries the Macon Telegraph.
She evidently lives in joyous
Jackson.
The trolley line will bring a
new hotel in its w T ake. There
are a number ol desirable sites
for a hotel.
Asa city to live in; as a city to
manufacture in; as a city to do
business in; as a city to invest in
come to Jackson.
The indications are that next
year will witness more politics in
Georgia than has been seen in a
long time. It is brewing now.
The dawn of a bigger and bet
ter day seems to be upon the en
tire country and upon Jackson
and Butts county in particular.
Jackson is growing and widen
ing in a commercial way. She
needs to grow in an educational
and a moral and intellectual way
as well.
Pull for Jackson or pull out.
The bi-ennial session bill is,one
of the best introduced this ses
sion and the people ought to ne
given an opportunity of voting
on the measure.
What is the matter with a far
mers’ instiute in the early fall?
They do not cost our farmers a
cent and they will get a lot of
ideas that will do them good.
Georgia is said to face bank
ruptcy. Who is surprised when
it is remembered the legislature
does nothing but increase appro
priations and draw its pay?
In little more than a month
now cotton will be coming into,
the local market. They are al
ready selling a good deal of the
fleecy staple in south Georgia.
When the trolley line connects
Jackson and Indian Spring a fine
modern hotel will be built here.
The plans have already been laid
and a manager and lessee is in
sight.
We must admit that Jackson
gives us our living, educates our
children and protects onr lives,
health and prosperity, and we
owe town and county something
besides taxes.
Just as early as possible the
city ought to erect a shelter and
hitching stalls for the people who
come here to trade. The court
house square should be beautified
at the same time.
Business is boomingeverywh ere
over the state. Peaches sold at
a fancy price, melons are bring
ing a nice margin and cotton is
steadily climbing the ladder of
high prices. Better times face
the country.
Editor John W. Greer, one of
the best known newspaper men
in the state, has resigned as edi
tor of the Fitzgerald Daily News,
being succeeded by C. B. Heidt
of Savannah. The News is one
of the best papers in the state.
Good roads are as certain as
taxes and death, but Butts coun
ty ought to have them now. It
is a great age in which we are
living and the county that does
not have good highways now is
sure to pay the penalty of its neg
lect.
Most Georgians do not take
enough interest in the district
and State Agricultural colleges.
These institutions belong to the
people who ought to get in closer,
more sympathetic touch with
them and receive all the good
from them they can.
Crops in south Georgia are said
to be better than they have been
in several years. Reports from
all over the state indicate that
crops are good. One hopeful
sign is that many farmers have
sold their cotton for future de
ivery at a good price.
Well Jackson missed the auto
mobile course from Atlanta to
Macon on account of bad roads.
Maybe we will survive the shock
but it is time the county was
getting in shape to do road build
ing on a modern plan. We must
have good roads before many
more moon wax and wane.
The city ought to provide a
plenty of water for stock while
in town. The fountains are dry
most of the time and it is diffi
cult to get water for the thirsty
horses and mules. This is a mat
ter that ought to be looked after
and business men of the town
shoul see that their customers’
comforts and conveniences are
looked after. Some day the bus
iness men will provide rest rooms
and other conveniences for their
customers.
JACKSON BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. Robert Van Deventer is on
his vacation this mont and dif
ferent ministers will fill the pul
pit at the Jackson church during
August. Rev. Ceorge A. Nich
ols, brother of x\lr. S. P. Nichols,
of this city, will preach on next
Sunday.
Sunday school will be held at
9:30, as usual, and everybody is
cordially invited.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Again the dread messenger, Death,
has alarmed our outer door, and anoth
er of the Sons of Light has been sum
moned into the presence of the Grand
Master of the Universe, and our belov
ed Brother, James Arthur Thurston,
who was born Nov. 20th, 1882 and died
June 6th, 1909, lias been called to the
Celestial Lodge alxive, wherethrough
his exemplary life and conduct and his
firm faith and steadfast trust in tlie
I Supreme Architect of the Universe,
and our belief in the mercy of God, we
hope, that his soul now blooms in
eternal spring, and partakes of the
joys which have been prepared for the
righteous from the foundation of the
world.
Brother Thurston affiliated with this
lodge April 20th, 1907. He was a true
friend and a good Mason He was ever
ready to contribute to the needy, and
had a kind word for everybody.
Therefore; be it resolved:
1. That in his death we have lost a
true and faithful member, and the
community a good citizen.
2 That we revere his memory and
deplore his loss; and while we consign
his body to the ground, we cherish
his memory in our hearts and com
mend his spirit to to the God who gave
it.
, ;5. That we extend to his bereaved
family our hearfelt sympathy and that
a copy of t hese resolutions be sent them.
4. That these resolutions be spread
The Jackson National Bank,
Jackson, - Georgia.
Every Farmer Invited.
When a 1 farmer has the time to “come to
town” he usually comes for a purpose,— to get
money for his produce, or to pay money for
someuhing. But whether on business or not he
is always invited to come to the
Jackson National Bank.
JACKSON, GA.
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If you have financial transactions to attend
to, LET US HELP YOU.
Deposit your Money Siere.
The Jackson National Bank.
F. S. ETHERIDGE, T. H. BUTTRILL,
President. Vice-President
R. P. Sasnett, Cashier.
Hodi up! Mold up!
Well never mind, I guess I can do your job too, altho'
I am just crowded with work, so bring it in and I’ll fix
up your Carriage to look as good or better than it did
when fnSl iun out ot the shop. If I can’t reset your
loose tires for 25 cents each they will cost you nothing.
—Do you see?————
So oi ing mo that I haeton or Surrey and let me paint it
and be convinced that I do the best work in the city
And At Living Prices.
The Old Reliable =====
Geo. W. Kinsman
upon the minutes of the Lodge am,
page dedicated to his memory.
Respectfully submitted.
J. H. Mills.
A. F. Taylor,
\\. M. Stont
Committee.
FOR RENT
7-Room two-story Dwell
ing, 2nd. street, near
business center of the
Town, good size lot
with garden and stable.
Ready Sept. Ist. Ap
ply at once to A. Ho
mer Carmichael, at the
First National Bank.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
Notice is hereby given that the firm
known as the Empire Bottling Works
engaged in the business of bottling car
bonated beverages in the city of Jack
son,State of Georgia, is this day dis
solved by mutual consent. Walter
Jones retiring ; herefrom. The busi
ness will be conducted at the same
place by J. J. & L. Xorsworthy, who
will settle all firm liabilities and re
ceipt for all debts due to the firm.
This 20tli, day of July 1909.
L. Norsworthy.
J. J. Norsworthy.
Walter Jones.