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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1910)
vvvvvvvv VOLUME 28 TRIAL OF TRAMS WRECKERS Will BE HEARD HERE ON TOMORROW BEJBISC POSTPONED FROM THURSDAY TO SATURDAY Authorities Believe They Have Notorious Gang of Wreckers Whose Object Was Robbery—Nine At tempts Have Been Made to Wreck Southern’s Trains Between Locust Grove and Cork Within the Last Three Years—Charles Shannon Taken to Macon to Face More Serious Charge. The trial of the alleged train wreckers who were arrested here last week by Detectives Burke, Henry, Savage and Grant, will be held tomorrow. It was set for Thursday but was postponed until later. In the eight prisoners the auth orities believe they have one of the most notorious gangs that have operated in this section in a long while. During the last three years nine attempts have been made to wreck the Southern tra n .between Locust Grove and Cork, in addition to the throwing of switches on numerous occasions. In these three years crossties and ■other obstructions have been placed across the track and on one occasion a log was securely chained across the track. It is held that there is evidence to -connect the eight negroes in jail with all of these attempts. That the object of these at tempts to wreck the Southern’s trains was robbery, will, it is be lieved, be brought out ac the hearing. This testimony is said to have been gathered at first hand. Jim Mann, Roland Bell, Zack Wall and Crawford Ward are al leged to have attempted to wreck the southbound Southern train on February 26, while Charles Shan non, Dozier Shannon and Daugh try Shannon are alleged to have made a similar attempt on March 5. On March 2 Freeman Sidney is alleged to have thrown a rock through a Pullman on the South ern. There is a more serious charge facing Charles Shannon, one of the prisoners. It wiil be remem bered that on January 8, Dan Mathews, a switchman working in Macon, was tied to a railroad track. At that time many people did not believe the story. See ing the notice of the arrest of the negroes in the papers he came to Jackson and identified Charles Shannon positively as the negro who had tied him to the track. Shannon was taken to Macon Monday night by Detective C. W. Burke on a warrant sworn out in Bibb county. On this oc casion, also, it is said, the motive was robbery. That the authorities have roun ded up a notorious gang of rob bers, wreckers and otherwise un desirable characters there is not much question. There is genera rejoicing that the county should be rid of such a class of crimi nals. The trial tomorrow promises to be one of great interest and many important and startling develop ments are expected. Send The Progress to a friend. COL. MOORE WINS IN RAILROAD CASE In the city court of Atlanta last Monday, Col. J. Threat Moore, one of the leading members of the Jackson bar, won an impor tant case against the Southern Railway. The case was that of Stroud against the Southern, and the cause of action was that of taking a passenger by a station. Stroud, a negro, was taken by his point of destination, where upon lie brought suit to recover damages for the alleged suffer ing caused by being without mon ey and food in a strange place. Col. Moore made one of his usual brilliant speeches and secured a good large verdict for his client REVIVAL SERVICES AT • HIE BAPTIST CHURCH A series of revival meetings will begin at the Jackson Baptist church on next Sunday. Rev. T. C. Carlton, of Oklahoma City, Okla., will have charge of the meeting and will assist the pas tor, Dr. R. VanDeventer. Miss Lane, of Oklahoma, will sing du ring the meeting and the music is sure to be one of the enjoyable features of the services. Services will be held at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and at 7:30 o’clock in the evening. Rev. Mr. Carlton is said to be an able and earnest minister and it is ex pected the meetings will be large ly attended and that great good will result from the series of meetings. BUTTS LUMBER COMPANY IS SPREADING OUT The Butts Lumber Company, organized here a few weeks ago, has made an enviable beginning of what promises to be a success ful business career. Last week this company consummated a deal with Mr. H. F. Gilmore, where by they bought his present stock of lumber and supplies and leased his plant. He will be connected with the Butts Lumber Company on a salary basis. The new concern will do a gen eral retail and wholesale business and wil} have one of the largest and most complete plants in this part of the state. The concern is composed of well known and I successful business men. All the new news—The Pro gress SI.OO. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1910 PRESIDENT TAFT ISSUES PROCLAMATION FOR CENSUS ALL URGED ANSWER QUESTIONS Work of Enumerators will Begin on April Fifteenth —Nothing to Do With Taxation—Get Ready to Greet the Census Man and Answer Questions. BY THE PRESBENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas bv the Act of Con gress approved July 2, 1909, the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States is to be taken, beginning on the fifteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and ten; and Whereas a correct enumera- ; tion of the population every ten years is required by the Constitu- 1 tion of the United States for the purpose of determining the rep resentation of the several States| in the House of Representatives; and • j Whereas it is of the utmost; importance to the interests of all the people of the United States that this census should be a com plete and accurate report of the population and resources of the country: Nov/, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United. States of America, do hereby declare and make known that, under the act aforesaid, it is the duty of every person to an swer all questions on the census schedules applying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the farm occupied by him or his family, and that anv adult efusing to do so is v subject to penalty. The sole purpose of the census is to secure general statistical in formation regarding the popula tion and resources of the coun- J cry, and replies are required from individuals only in order to per mit the compilation of such gen eral statistics. The census has nothing to do with taxation, with army or jury service, with the compulsion of school attendance, with the regulation of immigra tion, or with the enforcement of any national, state, or local law or ordinance, nor can any person be harmed in any way by fur nishing the information required. There need be no fear that any disclosure will be made regarding any individual person or his af fairs. For the due protection of the rights and interests of the persons furnishing information every employee of the Census Bureau is prohibited, under heavy penalty, from disclosing any information which may thus come to his knowledge. I therefore earnestly urge upon ! all persons to answer promptly, completely, and accurately all in quiries addressed to them by the enumerators or other employees of the Census Bureau, and there by to contribute their share to ward making this great and nec cessary public undertaking a suc cess. In Witness Whereof, I have 1,200 NAMES ON REG ISTRATION BOOKS BIG EFFORT FOR REGISTRATION With Only a Few Days Left in Which to Regis ter Books Are Being Ta ken to the Various Dis tricts for the Conveni ence of the Voters. At the first of the week there were twelve hundred names on the registration books, all but about twenty-five of that number being white. Not many colored voters have registered and appa rently will not avail themselves of the opportunities before them, A special effort is being made j to get the voters to register. To, this end the books are being tak en to the various districts by Or dinary J. H. Ham, the duly, authorized agent of Tax Collec- j tor Mayfield who is unable to at- J tend to this matter. Judge Ham spent Wednesday at Jenkinsburg. j Other districts in the county are being visited for the convenience of the people. This, it is expect ed, will serve to get many names on the books that would not have been there otherwise. Politics is warming up in inter esting fashion. Saturday was a busy day in Jackson and candi -1 dates could be seen on almost ev | ery street. The court house j square, where the largest crowds j congregate, was lined with can- I didates and their friends pretty | well all day. It is plainly appa j rent that the candidates are put ting in some telling blows just now. With only a few days left them in which to scamper across the political field they are not disposed to lose any time, ©r leave any stone unturned. Registration picked up consid erably during the last few days, particularly on Saturday and the indications are now that there will be another hundred or two names added to the list. CORPORATIONS MUST REGISTER AND PAY UP There is but a few days left for corporations to register and pay up. On the first of April a report has to be made to the comptroller general. Several of the corporations have not yet at tended to this matter, state the officials who have the matter in charge. All concerns dealing in pistols, cartridges, etc., all insurance comDanies and all others from whom special taxes are collected have to register with the tax c>l lector and pay their taxes before April first. hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washing ton this fifteenth day of March, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of the Independence of the [seal] United States of Ameri ca the one hundred and thirty-fourth. WM. H. TAFT. By the President: P. C. Knox, Secretary of State. SOUTHERN RAILWAY PLANS IMPROVEMENTS LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS ORDERED Better Service Will Be En joyed by This Section as Soon As Equipmeut Is Secured Atlanta Divi sion Will Come in for a Share of Improvements. President Finley, of the South ern Railway Company, makes announcement of the details of important orders for equipment and steel rails to be given by that company and of other im portant improvements. The Southern Railway Compa ny is in the market for 75 new locomotives, including passenger, freight and switching engines. Those to be bought by the Southern Railway Company will weigh, in working order and in cluding tenders, 520,550 pounds each, and will be used for heavy freight service. The company is also in the market for 3,000 all steel coal cars of 100,000 pounds capacity, 150 steel under-frame stock cars of 00,000 pounds ca pacity, and 10 steel under-frame combination passenger and bag gage cars. These passenger train cars are in addition to 119 pas senger train cars recently order ed and which have nearly all been delivered. The company is now building for itself, at its Lenoir Car Works, 1,000 steel under-frame ventila ted box cars and 200 steei under frame stock cars. It is also build ing at these works 205 steel un der-frame ventilated box car > for the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company. Upon the completion of this work, about the first of August, it will com mence the construction, for the Southern Railway, of 1,000 ad ditional steel under-frame ventil ated box cars of 80,000 pounds capacity. The Lenoir Car Works are also making car wheels at the rate of 120 per day, and this pro duction is to be steadily increased to 300 per day, the full capacity of the plant. The company is about to begin the erection of a freight transfer station at the Inman freight yards, at Atlanta, Ga., such as it has Spencer, N. C. GEORGIA S. S. ASSO CIATION MET TUESDAY The thirty-fifth annual conven tion of the Georgia State Sunday School Association met in Madi son Tuesday and remained in ses sion through Thursday. An at tractive program was carried out, the addresses and talks being by well known Sunday school work ers in home and foreign fields. Dr. Joseph Broughton, of Atlan ta, was president of the associa tion. Among those attending the convention from Jackson were i Messrs. F. S. Etheridge, C. White hurst and J. Matt McMichael and J. H. Carmichael. Clean, neat, newsy—The Pro gress SI.OO. NUMBER 12
