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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1912)
ggggggggg VOLUME 30. INTERESTING FIGURES SHOWN BY THE AGRICULTURAL CENSUS Average Value of Land in Butts County Given as $25.35 per Acre According to Value Cotton Is Most Important Crop in Georgia With Corn Next in Order —More Than Fifty Per Cent of The White Farmers of State Are Tenants—Value of All Domestic Animals in Butts County, Together With Their Total Number, Is Given in Following Statistical Outline The agricultural census of Georgia is an interesting docu ment, and facts and figures of importance are contained in the bulletin. There are 291,027 farmers in Georgia, of which 168,468, or 57.9 per cent, are white, and 122,559. or 42.1 percent, non-white. Only 385 of the white farmers are for eign-born. Of the 122,559 non white farmers, all but 5 are ne groes, 3 of the 5 being Indians and 2 Chinese. Among the na tive white farmers 50 per cent are tenants, as compared with only 19.5 per cent among the foreign-born whites. Among the non-white farmers the tenants constitute nearly seven-eights (87.1 per cent) of the total num ber. Cotton is. the most valuable crop, $126,696,000. Next in or der, according to value, comes corn, $37,080,000; sweet potatoes and yams, $4,350,000; oats, $4.- 237,000; hay and forage, $4,057,- 000; peanuts, $2,441,000; dry peas, $1,205,000; wheat, $871,000; and potatoes, $684,000. Butts county has 1,734 farms, with 805 native white farmers, 1 foreign-born white farmer and 928 negro and other non-white farmers. The county has an ap proximate land area of 129,920 acres, of which 107,937 is in farms. The average land value of the county per acre is $25.35, as compared with $9.13 in 1900. Butts has domestic animals of the value of $446,346. There are 4,029 cattle, of the value of $71,- 700; 619 horses, of the value of $74,710; 1,946 mules, of the value $277,771; 4,620 hogs, of the value of $21,751; 30 sheep, of the value of $103; 114 goats, of the value of $206; poultry of all kinds. 29,547, of the value of $10,691; 717 col onies of bees, of the value of SBB2. WITHDRAWAL NOTICE. To the Voters of Butts County: Sickness in my family and mv own illness has made it necessary that I withdraw from the race as a candidate for Ordinary of Butts county in the coming primary. In taking this step I wish to thank my friends and the people of the county for their many kind expressions of support. I assure you I appreciate these ex pressions of approval of my can didacy, and shall always treasure them. Asa private citizen I shall continue to work for those things that make for the upbuild ing of our town and county. Again thanking you, I remain. Yours very respectfully, J. Thrbatt Moore. CARNIVAL IN JACKSON ALL NEXT WEEK The Clifton-Kelly Shows, which are with us this week, while not the largest show of its kind that has paid us a visit, is certainly one of the neatest and cleanest outfits of the kind on the road today. In spite of the inclement weather, all the attractions and concessions say they have been doing a good business. Each and every attraction with this company is well worth the price of admission charged, and they carry with them one of the best bands and the best merry go-round ever seen here. The “Jolly Entertainers” is by far the most popular show on the ground. In it one may see one of the classiest little minstrel and plantation shows ever pre sented here for the admission charged. Second in favor comes the Edna Show, which is a combined vau deville with moving pictures. Real vaudeville, illustrated songs and up-to-date moving pictures are presented. The most talked of feature with the show is “Dixie,” said to be the fattest girl on earth. The by-word all over town this week is, “Have you seen Dixie?” In the big Five-in-One Show are found strange animals of all descriptions. This company has the most at tractive line of concessions ever shown, here. Among the most popjular are the Japanese Vase Stand, the Candy Wheel and Poodle Dog Wheel, which have made a big hit the ladies, while the men have shot at the birds, thrown at the babies and dodging monkeys to their heart’s content. —Tifton Gazette. MB. J. 6. MADDOX IS CANDIDATE FOB CORONER To succeed Coroner J. C. Ad ams, who is a candidate for Coun ty Treasurer, Mr. J. G. Maddox has announced his candidacy. Mr. Maddox, who is Game War den of Butts county, is a well known citizen and has hundreds of friends throughout the county who will be glad of an opportu nity to give him their support. It is not known at this time if there will be any other candi dates for the offica of Coroner. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 15. 1912. EVANGELISTIC MEETING AT BAPTIST CHURCH DR. MILLARD JENKINS PREACHER Much Interest Being Man ifested in Series of Meet ings Which Are Held Twice Daily And Will Continue For Several Days Yet A series of evangelistic meet ings are now in progress at the Jackson Baptist church. Rev. Millard A. Jenkins, D.D., a well-known evangelist, is in charge of the meetings, which began Sunday morning. Two services being held daily, at 3:00 and 7:30 p. m. The music REV. MILLARD A. JENKINS, D. D. is in charge of a competent leader and a selected choir. Dr. Jenkins is a man of great power, and his sermons are at tracting favorable comment from those who have heard him. The meetings will continue for sev eral days, and are increasing in attendance and interest. Much good will be accomplished by this series of meetings,'it is hoped. The pastor, Dr. Robert Van- Deventer, extends a cordial wel come to all the people of the city, irrespective of denomination, to attend these evangelistic services. STARK WILL HAVE LOOSE OF MASONS IN NEAR FUTURE Stark will soon have a Masonic lodge, if the present plans go through. The members of the fraternity in that progressive community have applied for a charter, and this matter will c-orne up at the next Grand Lodge meeting. A lodge has been fa vorably recommended by Jackson and Worthville lodges, and now that their consent has been se cured, it is thought Stark will not have any trouble in getting a lodge. There are a number of Masons in Stark community, and the lodge should flourish from the beginning. The new lodge will be known as Stark Ledge, No. PLAINTIFF WINS IN THE FIRST SKIRMISH WITH THE BIG POWER COMPANY Jury Holds That The City Court of Jackson Has Jurisdiction to Try Dam age Suits Against The Central Georgia Power Cos. in Butts County What was regarded as an im portant test case, involving the jurisdiction of the City Court of Jackson, was tried here Monday. The jurisdiction of the local court was attacked by the Central Georgia Power Company, de fendant in the damage suit brought by C. N. Parnell. Af ter hearing the evidence, the jury decided that the City Court of Jackson has jurisdiction in the case. The Power Company held that it did not have an agent in Butts county, and that therefore the local court did not have jurisdic tion in the matter. The plaintiff held that the company did have an agent here in the person of Mr. J. K. Sitton, and was liable. Cols. Redman, Watkins and Duke represented the plaintiff, while the defendant was repre sented by its general counsel. Cols. G. F. and W. T. Johnson. There are several of these dam age suits- pending, and a good deal of importance attached lo the decision in this test case. The case will likely be taken up to the Court of Appeals, and if that tribunal sustains the lower court, the case will then be tried on its merits in the City Court of Jackson. HON. J. T. MOORE WITH DRAWS FROM RACE lion. J. Threatt Moore has withdrawn from the race for Or dinary of Butts county, as will be seen by his card published in this issue. This was made nec essary by his recent severe ill ness. Last week and the first of this week Col. Moore was a very sick man and his life was almost despaired of. He has been suf fering with pneumonia and other serious complications, and has been desperately ill. The prim ary is little more than a month elf, and this would give Col. Moore but a short time to canvass the county in the interest of his race. He had many assur ances of support, and his friends will regret that it is impossible for him to stay in the race to the finish. This leaves the field to Judge J. H. Ham, incumbent, and Mr. J. R. Hammond. Both of these gentlemen are among the best known citizens in the county, and it is expected the race will be a hard fought and cltse one. MesBr*. Wright Watkins, Ben Cleveland and Edward Cornell were a trio of Indian Spring business men here Monday. DELEGATES ELECTED TO MACON REUNION MANT WILL ATTEND FROM BUTTS Reunion Will Be Held in Central City From May 7 to 9—Committee Nam ed to Consider Matter of Selecting Sponsor For The Local Camp For the purpose of electing delegates to the reunion in Ma con. May 7, 8 and 9, a called meet ing of Camp John L. Barnett, No. 1114, was held here Tuesday. In the absence of the Commander, Capt. F. L. Walthall, Hon. Wilson Smith was made chairman. The delegates elected are as follows: J. A. McMiohael, J. F. Preston, Joe' B. Watkins; alternates, C. S. Maddox, S. H. Mays, T. J. Carson. A committee, consisting of J. A. McMiehael, J. F. Preston and D. J. Thaxton, was appointed to consider the advisability of the Camp selecting a sponsor to rep resent the local Camp at the Ma con reunion. There was not a large number of veterans present at the meet ing, but it was the concensus < f opinion of all those in attendance that the reunion would be a great success and that there would be hundreds of people going from Butts county. SOU 2100 BARRELS OF FLOUR BY TELEPHONE A salesman for a milling con cern in Tennessee, says the Mer cury Banner, of Huntsville, Ala., visited the Telephone Exchange in Huntsville, put in calls for fif teen customers in different towns and cities, including Chattanooga, Gadsden, Anniston, Decatur and Florence, and in less than an hour sold twenty-one hundred barrels of flour, at a cost of less than six dollars for telephone charges. How far poukl he have traveled for the same amount of money? The use of the telephone enam bles him to return to Tennessee? and spend Christmas with his. family, to say nothing of the time saved and the difference be tween the telephone charges and his traveling expenses had he made a personal visit to these customers. How did we ever get along without the long-distance tele phone and how could we do with out it now? DR. MAYS BUYS THE DEPOT STORE BUSINESS Dr. R. W. Mays bought this week from J. J. Hammond th# : business known as the Depot Store. Mr. Hammond bought the interest of C. R. Swint in this store several months ago, and has been operating it since. For the present Mr. N. R. McCord is in charge of the business. This stand is one of the best in town, and Dr. Mays states he will push the business actively from now on. NUMBER 11.
