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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1909)
BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS. VOLUME 27 JACKSON MAY HAVE A Y. M. C. A. BUILDING STATE SECRETARY VISITS CITY Movement Has Been Talk ed of for Some Time and Now Seems Within the Grasp of Our People—A Y. M. C. A. Would Fill a Long Felt Need. The outlook for a Young Men’s Christian Association for Jackson now seems bright. Assistant to State secretary Reed, A. A. Til ly, spent two or three days in Jackson last week in the interest of this work and while here con ferred with a number of leading citizens about the movement. He was well received and the ioea seems to have met with gen eral favor and approval. In addition to donating liberal ly to the state organization some of the citizens expressed a lively interest in the movement for a Y. M. C. A. in Jackson. Mr. Tilly will visit the city again some time within the near future and will occupy the pulpits of the local churches to explain the pur pose and workings of a Y. M. C. A. Nothing that could be estab lished here would be of more benefit to the people than aY. M. C. A. Developing the body along with the mind and the moral character, affording a place of rest and recreation, these insti tutions fill a great need in many places. The Y. M. C. A. of Macon has for the last few days been wa ging an active campaign for $40,- 000 for improvements on their building. Savannah has anew magnigcent $250,000 building, Waycross a $65,000 Y. M. C. A. building, Albany a $50,000 struc ture, and there is no reason why Jackson should not have one that will be a credit to the city and a monument to the public spirit and enterprise of her people. MRS. JESSE McKLEROY DIED MONDAY MORNING After a long illness and much suffering Mrs. Jesse Mckleroy died at her home in Pepper ton Monday morning at 8 o’clock. She was 65 years of age and death was due to old age and a compli cation of diseases. Mrs. Mckleroy, who wasa Miss Thaxton before marriage, is sur vived by her husband and seven children and several grand-chil dren. The burial was held at Toy a liga church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The funeral will be preached later. The family have the sympathy of a number of friends in their bereavement. Jackson’s postoffice receipts are constantly on the increase. It will be only a few years more be fore we have free delivery and then Uncle Sam will give us a postoffice building. FARMERS’ UNION ARE ELECTING OFFICERS MEETING IN COUNTY COURTHOUSE An Important Meeting of Union Being Held for the Purpose of Electing Officers and Attending to Other Business Mat ters —Many Locals Here. The Butts county division of the Farmers’ Union is holding a meeting here today for the pur pose of electing officers and at tending to other important busi ness matters. The meeting was called to or der at 10 o’clock in the county court house this morning. Many local unions are represented in this annual election. It cannot be stated at this time who will be elected to succeed county president J. J. Mapp, or whether he will be elected to suc ceed himself. A full account of the proceedings of the meeting will be published, as given out, next week. On Monday representatives of the state organization will visit this county and deliver addresses on the purpose and aim of the or ganization It is expected these meetings will prove full of inter est to many members of the Far mers’ Union in this and adjoin ing counties. HOW TO OBTAIN A LARGE YIELD CORN W. M. Sanders, of Thomas county, who won the first prize in the Albany Herald’s contest, having a yield of 109 bushels of corn to the acre, gives the fol lowing as his methods: PREPARATION OF LAND. Broad cast compost to the amount of sls; cost of broadcast ing, sl. Broke land 10 inches deep, one furrow with Boy plow and one in same furrow with Boy plow plant; cost of breaking land, $2. Laid off rows six feet apart; cost of laying off 10 cents. Broadcast 80Q pounds of Hils man’s Oat formula, 5 1-2 4-5, cost of broadcasting guano, 25 cents. Bedded out land with Boy plow; cost of bedding, sl. Put 200 pounds of same guano in drill; cost 10 cents. The variety of corn, Little Cob. Drop corn 10 inches in drill by measure, and covered by cover ing stock; cost, 40 cents. CULTIVATION. Barred off corn; cost 18 cents. Stood five days, and sided up with sweep; cost 18 cents. Stood ten days, and put 100 pounds of same guano to every other middle; put one furrow to corn with Boy plow; cost 20 cents. Stood five days and put 100 pounds of same guano to the other middle; put one furrow to corn with Boy plow; cost 20 cents. In five days plowed out middles JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1909 TEACHERS MEET AND FORM ORGANIZATION ENTHUSIASTIC SESSIONSATURDAY Live Subjects Will Be Dis cussed by the Teachers During the Present Term —Next Meeting Will Be Held First Saturday in January. With a number of teachers pres ent and amidst splendid enthusi asm the Butts County Teachers’ Institute was organized here Sat urday. The meeting was held in the county court house. Talks w T ere made by some of those present and then the formal organization was perfected. County School Commissioner Maddox presided over the meeting. The next meeting will be held the first Saturday in January. At that time an attractive pro gram will be carried out. It is planned to discuss live topics of interesc to those in charge of the county’s schools. The institute promises to be the best in the his tory of the country. It is conceded that Butts coun ty now has some of the strongest teachers in her history. There are more college and university men at the head of her schools than ever before and they are bound to make their influence felt. Profs. Lanier and Butler of the Jackson Public School, A. T. Woodward of the Old Bethel school, Nunnally of the Flovilla school, Searcy of the Jenkinsburg school, Linkus of the Iron Spring school, the principal of the Stark school and others are among the leading educators of this part of the state, and the grade teachers in all the schools will rank with the best in Georgia. It is a bright year that faces the county’s schools. MAXWELL CARS WILL BE SOLD IN CITY Mr. J. A. Kimbell is fitting up a garage and automobile repair works at his shop on Second street. He is arranging things very conveniently and will be prepared to take care of automo biles and all kinds of repair work. Together with Dr. J. B. Hop kins, Mr. Kimbell will sell the well known Maxwell cars in this territory. These cars have been a favorite in this place and a suc cessful business is predicted for the new agency. Attention is called to their ad. in this issue. with Boy plow; cost 50 cents. Cost of guano in full, 1,100 pounds, at S3O per ton, $lB. Sided over other row with sweep; cost 10 cents. In five days sided over other rows; cost 10 cents. In five days plowed every other row with sweep; cost 10 cents. In five days plowed out other rows with sweep; cost 10 cents. Shop at home whether early or late. PROHIBITION KNOCKED OUT IN ALABAMA AMENDMENT CONSTITUTION LOST Big Vote Polled and Intense Excitement Marked Test Vote in Georgia’s Sister State to the West—Elec tion Was an Important One in the South. Of interest in prohibition Geor gia and prohibition Butts county, which long ago registered its protest against the sale of whis key, was the election held in Al abama Monday to ratify the re cent prohibition measure passed by the legislature. The election was a victory for those who op posed the amendment, a large majority being piled up for the antis. The election was one of the most exciting ever held in the South and is looked upon as be ing of far-reaching importance. If prohibition had won it would probably have meant the death knell of booze in the South, where Georgia, Tennessee, Mis sissippi, South Carolinaand North Carolina had already passed pro hibiton bills. By some the elec tion is taken to mean that the prohibition question will be fought out again. Women played an important partin the election, being present at the polls to work for the meas ure. The exact verbiage of the pro posed amendment to the state constitution is as follows: Hection I. The manufacture, sale uni keei ing for sale of alcoholic and malt liquors and other intoxicating beverages shall be forever prohibited in this state; but alcohol may be sold for medicine, scientific and mechanical purposes, and wine for sacramental purposes, under such regulations as the legislature may have prescribed or may have presented or may hereafter pre scribe. Hection 2. Nothing in the constitu tion of Alabama shall be construed to prevent the legislature under the police power from designating places where such liquors may not )>e stored or kept. REV. S. P. WIGGINS , SAYS FAREWELL WORUS Rev. S. P. Wiggins, who has served the Jackson Methodist church as pastor for the last three years, preached his farewell ser mon Sunday. He left this week for Milledgeville to take up the work there. Sunday evening there were no services at the other churces in town and a large congregation was present to hear Rev. Mr. Wiggins’ farewell address. He has served the church well here and has many strong friends who are loath to give him up, but who are glad to see him promoted to the Milledgeville church. His successor, the Rev. R. C. Cleckler, of West Point, Ga., arrived in the city this week and will immediately take up the work here. Mr. Cleckler will be given a most cordial welcome to the city. THANKSGIVING GENER ALLY OBSERVED BUSINESSHOUSESCLOSED ALL DAY Weather Was Ideal and Holiday Enjoyed by Ev erybody—Union Service Held in the Morning at the Methodist Church- Hunting, Enjoyed. With sapphire skies and warm balmy air as the offering from the weather man Thanksgiving was generally observed here. The day could not have been more perfect had it been made to order. This lent no little to the charm of the day, giving hunting parties a rare opportunity fdr their quest, and pleasure seekers to find enjoyment in the cities where football enthusiasm ran high. The union services at the Meth odist church in the morning was not so well attended biit prdved full of interest. The exercises were appropriate to the occasion and were thoroughly enjoyed. The Rev. James Bradley preach ed an able sermon, full of beauti ful sentiment and touched with the strains of national thanks giving to a beneficent providence. So far as known no disorder was reported in the county. It was a quiet day in Jackson, the streets being almost deserted but an enjoyable one withal. BUTTS COUNTY CAFE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Louis Henderson, who has been conducting the Butts County Cafe very successfully for some time, has sold his interest to Messrs. G. H. Martin and F. S. Kirby, of Rome, who will have charge of the restaurant in the future. These gentlemen are experienced restaurateurs and will conduct the business on an up-to-date plan. They announce that the cuisine and service will be of the best. No doubt a good white restaurant will fill a long felt need and also be a paying proposition. REGISTRATION LIGHT FOR BOND ELECTION The registration for the bond election on December 11 is only 650, one-third of the registration in the last general election. Th** registration in the various dis tricts was as follows: Buttrill 83 Coodys 47 Dublin 38 Indian Springs 69 Iron Springs 52 Jackson 175 Towaliga 32 Worthville 54 154 WINS ART SQUARE The winner of the art square at J. Arenson’s was No. 154 and the holder of that number can get the prize by calling for it. NUMBER 49
