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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS.
VOLUME 27
SUPERIOR COURT WILL
MEET HERE MONDAY
MEAYY DOCKET TG BE DISPOSED OF
Several Important Cases
Will Come Up For A
Hearing—Many Crimi
nal Cases To Ba Tried
—May Have Adjourned
Term.
The August term of Butts su
perior court will convene here on
Monday for a week’s session.
There is a large docket to be dis
posed of and the court will be
kept busy grinding out litigation.
On both the civil and criminal
side of the court there will be
plenty to engage the attention of
the coutt.
The criminal docket is one of
heaviest in years. There are now
thirteen jail cases and about
thirty-five indictments. Some of
the criminal cases are for mur
der.
It is not thought that all of the
business can be gotten through
with in one week and an adjourn
ed term may be found necessary.
Following is the civil docket
as made up by the local bar asso
ciation.
MONDAY’S CALENDAR
AUGUST 16, 1909
1. C. A. Garr and Kittie Garr
vs
W. J. Wood.
2. H. F. Gilmore
vs
T. H. Buttrill.
3. C. F. Fincher
vs
Mrs. J. M. Currie, Mrs. E. E.
Mays.
4. Mary A. Fletcher
vs
S. H. Mays.
5. J. M. Greer
vs
J. N. Knowles.
TUESDAY AUG. 17, ’O9.
1. James Brown
vs
M. L. King.
2. Mattie E. Mills, et. al.
vs
J. B. Wall, et. al.
3. Jas. F. Carmichael
vs
Mrs. Annie Lemon, admr.
4. Ray and Ray
vs
Mrs. Annie Lemon.
5. W. M. Taylor
vs
Leon Woodward.
6. H. C. Letson
. vs
W. E. Foster.
7. Buttrill Brothers
vs
C. B Hodges.
S. Mastin Hendrick
vs
W. M. Chambers.
9. C. Fred Price
vs
Alfred Akerman.
10. R. W. Mays
vs
S. E. Andrews.
OFFICERS CHOSEN
FOR WAREHOUSE
ORGANIZATION HAD GOOD YEAR
County Treasurer Smith
Again Made President —
Meeting Held Last Week
And Business Transact
ed —Outlook Good For
Successful Season.
The Farmers’ Union Ware
house Association met last week
and elected officers for the ensu
ing year. At a meeting Monday
a warehouseman and a scalesman
and auditor were chosen.
The Farmers’ Union warehouse
had a good year during the sea
son just closed. More than seven
thousand bales of cotton were
weighed during the year. There
is stored in the warehouse now
cotton three and four years old.
The building is modern and up
to-date and all cotton stored
therein is taken care of in the
best possible manner.
The officers elected are all
leading citizens of the county and
the affairs of the union will no
doubt, continue to prosper under
their direction. The outlook for
a good year for the warehouse is
bright, though the cotton crop
during the season of 1909-10 may
not be quite as large as the 1908-
09 crop. Locally, though, there
does not seem to be much differ
ence in the crop and it is almost
certain that about the same num
ber of bales will be stored in the
warehouse as was last year.
The officers elected are as' fol
lows:
President—S. J. Smith.
Secretary—F. L. Walthall.
Directors—J. A. King, Hen
derson Gray, J. E. Foster, G. P.
Sanders and Newt Brownlee.
Manager —J. M. Gaston.
Scalesman —John O’Rear.
Auditors—T. B. Fletcher and
F. L. Walthall.
11. R. M. Fletcher
vs
John I. Hall, admrs., Sallie Ham
mock, Claimant.
WEDNESDAY AUG. 18.
1. D. N. Carmichael
vs
Mary A. Caston and D. L. Wash
ington.
2. D. F. Thaxton
vs
L. P. Jamerson.
3. W. P. Collier
vs
C. W. Buchanan.
4. Edalgo and Stone
vs
J. L. Fletcher.
5. W. G. McCart
vs
J. H. Leveritte.
6. Major Jackson
vs
J. T. Edwards.
7. Bailey and Jones
vs
Southern Rwy. Cos.
Calendar adopted by the local
Bar Association.
W. E. Watkins, Secretary.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1909.
HONESTY AND TAXES
Next week the grand jury of Butts county will be in session.
The grand jury is an important body and should play a lead
ing part in the body politic.
The grand jury can do Butts county no greater service than
to turn the timelight on the tax defaulters.
That body raised $325,000 in Haralson county the other day,
by getting property on the digest that would not otherwise
have been there.
In Butts county there are 120,000 acres of land.
There are only 104,000 acres on the tax digest.
There is only one conclusion to draw:
Somebody has failed to do their duty .in the matter of return
ing their property to the tax receiver.
The land has not dried up, has not been covered up, has not
burned up, has not walked away.
Therefore there is as much land in Butts county as there
ever was—but not on the tax digest.
Several years ago there was 116,500 acres represented on
the tax receiver’s books. But that was several years ago.
It does not matter in this argument whether the world owes
us a living or whether we owe the world a living. The fact re
mains that we do owe the county and the State something
for the protection of our life, our property and the promotion
of the general welfrre. It is little enough that every man,
woman and child in Butts county should be willing to bear
their equal share of the burdens of government for the protec
tion vouchsafed us in return. When we do not do this we fall
short of good citizenship.
It was only recently that the people of Georgia witnessed the
spectacle of a measure being introduced in the general assem
bly to raise the tax limit from five to six mills. The bill met
death, just as it should have done.
The tax rate is high enough now. There is nothing the mat
ter with the tax limit as it stands now.
There is something the matter, however, with people who
would shun their part of the general burden for the common
good of all.
We hope the grand jury of Butts county, a true and good set
of men, will look into this matter. Maybe they will find where
all of the land is, that is not now on the tax digest.
The more property is given in the lower taxes will be. The
more property there is to give in, the lower will the rate be.
This is why new enterprises are so welcome in any community
This matter is mentioned only in the interest of the good of
the county and the whole people.
TRAFFIC HINDERED ON
DUMMY LINE SUNDAY
CARS STOPPED FOR SOME TIME
Large Crowd On Way To
Camp Ground When
Car Wheel Gave Way
—Many Had To Walk
—Large Crowd Out Sun
day To Attend Camp
Meeting.
A record breaking crowd was
out at the camp meeting Sunday
and at Indian Springs all the
hotels were alive with visitors.
Considering the unsettled state
of the weather it was one of the
largest crowds seen at the resort
in some time.
An unfortunate accident oc
curred on the dummy line Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock and
traffic was delayed for several
hours. One of the break beams
gave way on a car leaving Indian
Springs forthe Camp Ground and
it required several to get the
damaged car on a side track so
that the other cars could pass.
On account of this acci lent many
people had to walk to the Camp
Ground and those desiring to
leave on the Southern trains at
Flovilla had to make their way to
that station in buggies and auto- 1
mobiles.
It was an expensive break
down for the railroad. The ac
cident happened just when there
was a rush to reach the Camp
Ground and several hundred peo
j pie were disappointed. The of
| ficials of the road did all in their
MUST HAVE NAME
ON THE TAX BOOK
OTHERWISE ONE CAN NOT VOTE
Unless One Pays Poll Tax
He Can Not Vote—New
Bill Passed In The Legis
lature—Large Number
Affected Here.
There are a total of 447 per
sons in Butts county who will
not be allowed to vote in the
next election unless they have
their names entered on the tax
digest and pay their poll taxes.
Anew bill has been passed in the
legislature, declaring that a citi
zen cannot vote unless he gives
in his poll tax.
The tax books closed in this
county on the first of July, but
on account of some errors on the
first set of books made out, a
new set had to be made and the
books will be open for two or
three weeks yet and all who
want to give in their poll tax, as
well as their general taxes can do
so.
This is a very important mat
ter to the voters of the county,
who will find out next year they
can not register a vote for the
candidate of their choice unless
they comply with the law.
power to clear the track of the
wreckage and the crowds were
handled in the best manner pos
sible.
Mrs. Bartow Wilson of Forsyth
is the guest this week of Mrs.
Ben Watkins.
HORTICULTURISTS IN
ANNUAL CONVENTION
MANY GOOD PAPERS WERE READ
Dr. Berckmans Was Again
Elected President—Will
Continue To Fight Black
Rot in Peaches And To
matoes.
—IiY
ALFRED AKERMAN.
Walnut Camp, Margret, Fan
nin County, Ga., Aug. 6.—Last
week I had the privilege of at
tending the 33rd. annual session
of the Georgia Horticultural So
ciety. The societp met in Athens
and one of the pleasant incidents
of the meeting was a barbecue by
the city of Athens in honor of the
guests.
The meeting was called to order
Wednesday mornina by President
P. J. Berckmans. The greater
part of the morning was spent
in inspecting the buildings and
grounds of the State College of
Agriculture.
In the afternoon Dr. George
M. Niles read an interesting pa
per on the “Nutritive Value of
Nuts.” Dr. Niles has made a
series of experiments which indi
cate a high nutritive value in
nuts, and he heartily recom
mends their use as a regular ar
ticle of diet. They are much
cheaper than meat and may be
used as a partial substitute for it.
Mr. F. J. Morriam, editor of
the Southern Ruralist, spoke
briefly on market gardening.
Mr. Merriam is a practicrl mar
ket gardener, and gave many
helpful suggestions from his ex
perience.
Mr. W. T. Myers told of the
experiments that the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture is mak
ing, to find a practicacle method
of controlling the Brown Rot of
peaches, and Mr. H. P. Stuckey
of the experiments to control the
Black Rot of tomatoes, made bv
the Georgia Experiment Station.
At the close of the discussions,
the venerable Mr. Berckmans,
who has presided over the Socie
ty for a third of a century, was
again elected president.
The Society will meec next
year at Sparta
GOOD ROADS FOR
BUTTS COUNTY
A prominent citizen of Cork
makes the best suggestion yet to
get good roads for Butts county.
He says in view of the fact that
the Commissioners do not know
that our section belongs to Butts
County, and the further fact
that they have made overtures
Monroe, Spaulding and Henry
counties to work our roads, he
thinks a better plan would be for
Butts county to dissolve and let
Monroe and the other counties
take back that part of Butts
which originally belonged to them
and by that means we could get
our roads worked.
A great many people hereabout
begin to think this suggestion the
best offered yet for our section.
Citizen,
Flovilla, Ga., Aug. 10, 1909
NUMBER 33