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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1912)
HARNESS COTTON OR BE HARNESSED Says National President C. S. Barrett of The Far mers’ Union Union City, March 9. — Na tional President Charles S. Bar rett has issued the following let ter to the members of the Farm ers’ Union: To the Officers and Members of the Farmers’ Union: Upon whether the farmer har nesses cotton or cotton harnesses the farmer will largely depend the prosperity of the Southern States for 1912, and probably several years to come. The battle between the two must be fought out within the next few weeks. Planting plans may as well be arranged with cold-blooded fafcts in view. It may be more convenient and easy to put in your usual cotton acreage, relying upon the other fellow to do the reducing. But as surely as the farmer falls be fore such temptation, just so surely will the penalty be ex acted not only of him, but of his fellow-farmers, big and little, of his wife and children, and in a way of every commercial interest in the Southern States. It ought not to require long to decide between bank accounts and bankruptcy, between free dom from indebtedness and the tyranny of the mortgage, be tween a full dinner table and short rations, between more edu cation and better clothes for the family and a hard deal for the wife and the little ones. The crisis the Southern farmer confronts is a grave one, but its solution is as simple as ab c. In normal times, even the world will consume only so much cotton at a fair price. If we produce a larger volume than demand will naturally absorb, prices are go ing tumbling. This condition is intensified at present for the rea son that times are not normal. The supply of the staple brought forth last year has not been taken up and digested by the regular agencies of consumption. Some of it is going over into the new season. Even now some of the American ard European mills are contracting for deliveries of cotton next fall at a low price. In the face of such a situation th ro is just one course for the farmer, and that is to protect his own interests by holding down the acreage. Do not be fooled by the present upward flurry into planting for a big yield next fall. Prices are higher than they were •a month ago and they may go yet higher. But the coming of the new crop on the market will tell the story, and if it is a record breaking crop the producer will get the hot end of the deal as jsure as shooting. Any business man would be placed in the lunatic asylum by his friends for pursuing the methods favored by the average farmer. For by raising a mod erate crop, at less expense and labor, we get a larger price than by raising a large crop at higher cost and with more labor. Yet I could name three or four years during which the farmer has ig nored this simple principle and invited disaster by putting in more cotton than he could even cultivate. A reduction of the cotton acre age without using the land thus reduced to produce feed stuffs will, however, be suicidal folly. The Southern States can produce practically every item needed for the support of man and beast. Yet year after year the majority of farmers have continued single shooting on cotton and paying other sections for meat and bread out of the profits on the white staple. This procedure means starting out each year by giv ing a needless promissory note against the revenues from the South’s greatest producer of in come. We have had hard times in this country before, and there is no guarantee against their return. The South can absolutely erect a barrier against the effects of panics by restricting the cotton acreage so that it will produce only what can be sold profitably, and then producing on its ow r n farms all the food needed on Southern tables and in Southern stables. We have piled up prosperity in the past few years and cancelled a large part of the indebtedness that once strangled the develop ment of the farmer. Cotton re duction and diversification in 1912 will continue that beneficial pro cess. Bumper cotton yields and buying food of other sections will paralyze the very sources of prosperity and leave our people wholly unprotected from the rav ages of any financial storm that may sweep the nation. The farmer must decide his own fate in this connection, and if his decision is a short-sighted or faulty one, he will cut a sorry figure blaming Providence for suffering essentially self-inflicted. Charles S. Barrett. COMMITTEE FIXES DATE FOB PRIMARY ELECTION The State Committee has named May Ist as the date of the Presi dential primary. The registra tion of 1912 will be used. The registration books will close the second day of April, and those who have not registered have only a few days left to attend to that matter. It is said there may be an ef fort made to have the date of the Butts county primary changed so is to fall on the same date as the Presidential primary, there being out six days difference between the two dates. It is pointed o; t by those who favor the change that April 25, the date named for the county primary, will come CENTRAL GA. POWER COM PANY TRIAL IN CITY COURT An interesting case being tried in the City Court this week is that of the State against the Cen tral Georgia Power Company, misdemeanor. It is charged that the defendant keeps a nuisance in the form of its reservoir, and that the pond of the Power Com pany tends to breed mosquitoes and cause sickness. The case, which was taken up Wednesday afternoon, is being hard fought. Solicitor Redman and Col. O. M. Duke represent the State, while the defendant is represented by its counsel, John son & Johnson. Several witnesses testified in the case, among those for the defense being Drs. H. F. Harris and A. G. Fort, of the State Board of Health; Dr. C. S. Jer- BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS. at a time when the Daughters of the Confederacy will be cleaning up and decorating the court house for Memorial Day, and that April 26, the day named for consolida tion of the returns, the court house will be crowded by hun dreds of people attending Mem orial Day exercises. In view of these things, it is held, the date should either be moved up or set back a week. JACKSON BIG WINTER C ARNIYA L —One Week — Commencing * Monday, March IS THE GREAT CLIFTON-KEILEY SHOWS 6 days and nights of fun. vJ Hightest class Show of its kind on the road today. A Tented City of SIGHTS and LIGHTS Look for our Show on the Grounds, not cn the Billboards. niga, of Sparta, and Dr. H. W. Copeland. For the State Drs. J. W. Harper. E. C. Ellis, R. Gun ter, A, H. Lillard and J. E. Woods testified. There were other witnesses. It is the contention of the de fendant that malaria, which is complained of, is caused by mos quitoes, and that those who have taken the precaution to screen their houses are not troubled with sickness. The State holds that the malaria and sickness com-i plained of is caused by stagnant water from the dam, and holds that the reservoir is a breeding place of mosquitoes. In case of conviction the court may impose a sentence of not over twelve months and a fine of not more than SI,OOO. WARRANTS DRAWN ON PUBLIC ROAD FUND FOR MONTH FEBRUARY 1012 Voucher No. 404 J. T. McClure, money advanced $ 24 00 405 J. T. Williamson, free labor 1 50 406 P. R. Watkins, mule 250 00 407 Thomas Williams, free labor 5 00 408 M. L. King, mules 1,064 oO 409 J. W. Thompson, free labor 12 60 410 Floyd Alexander, free labor 8 00 411 B. F. Avery & Sons, tools - HO 00 412 Austin Western Cos., repairs 50 00 413 A. G. Burford, provisions 8 24 414 T. L. Saunders, free labor 8 00 415 W. P. Stephens, free labor 1 00 416 Tom Thurston, repairs 14 70 417 J. C. Bartlett, free labor 25 00 418 J. T. McClure, warden 75 00 419 C. T. Thornton, deputy warden 36 00 420 J. T. Fincher, machinist 43 40 421 Ezra Williamson, free labor 30 00 422 Hugh Mote, guard 30 00 423 Mitt Benton, cook 40 00 424 J. W. Yancey, guard 37 50 425 B. V. Wilson, guard 37 50 426 W. A. Nolen, free labor 30 00 427 M. L. King, mules 408 75 428 Southern Railway Cos., freight 11 08 429 George Hicks, free labor 75 430 S. H. Thornton, mattresses 900 431 Buttrill Bros., harness 37 20 432 J. B. Rich, free labor 11 00 433 Conner & Crawford, provisions 3 60 434 Dr. J. B. Hopkins, extracting teeth 450 435 R. L. Fears, free labor 16 00 436 Glenn Maddox, provisions. 225 437 Newton-Carmichael Hardware Cos., tools *99 39 438 R. W. Mays, wood 400 439 Mrs. J. L. Bailey, milk 11 00 440 Bob Conner, beef 994 441 Walker Cos., transportation of discharged convict. 430 442 Jackson Mercantile Cos., stock food and provisions 252 71 443 Carmichael-Mallet Cos., stock food 21 18 Total $2,848 59 J. 0. GASTON, Commissioner. JOSEPH JOLLY, Clerk. MR. C. 6. BRITT ENTERS THE RACE FOR CORONER The announcement of Mr. C. G. Britt for Coroner will be found in this issue. Mr. Britt has held the office before and served the people with ability and fidelity, and his friends over the county will be pleased to learn that he has again decided to become a candidate for this important of fice. It is expected Mr. Britt will have strong backing for the place, and that he will be a hard man to defeat. Mr. Britt, who is employed at Penperton, slates that his work is such that he will not be able to canvass the county in the in terest of his candidacy. He will, however, endeavor to see as many of the voters as possible, and will appreciate the support of his friends. Notice! I beg to announce to my friends and customers of Butts and adjoining counties that I have added UNDERTAKING to my line of Furniture and Housefurnishings. Calls answered promptly, day or night. • Full line of CASKETS and ROBES to select from. Embalming carefully done according to best methods, when requested. My careful personal attention given to all funerals intrusted to me. DAY PHONE 174. NIGHT PHONE 193; S. H. Thornton Jackson, Georgia. BOYS ARE JOINING BUTTS CORN CLUB Thirteen boys have joined the Butts County Boys’ Corn Club, which was recently organized here. Scores of other boys will become members of the club be fore the expiration of the time, April 30. All who desire to join the club should send their names in to County School Superintend ent C. S. Maddox. , Below are the names of those who have already joined the club: R. L. Hammond, Joel Watkins, Carl McMichael, Olin Meredith, Van Jones, James Ray Barnes, Esca Pace, Ellsworth McMichael, Thomas Hale, Walstein O’Neal, John Lewis Moore.
