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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1912)
Stark School Closes for Year Highly Successful Term Closed This Week with Appropriate Exercises STARK, GA. May 15.—After having had a nine months session, Stark public school closed with exercises on Thursday and Friday nights. This school has had an unusually successful year under the direction of Supt. J. L. Stan ford, a graduate of the Univer sity of Georgia, who had super vision of the school and principal of the high school department. Miss Ghittie Cook, of Jenkins burg, a high school graduate, was principal of the grammar school. She was awarded a certificate of honor, having been neither tardy nor absent during the nine months and having displayed un usual ability as a teacher. Miss Fannie Myrt Biles a, graduate of Jackson high school and a stu dent of Shorter college, had charge of the primary depart ment and displayed considerable tact in the management of her department. The total enrollment was 125. This is the first year in some time that Stark has required the services of three teachers for the fulltime since the high school opened. Supt. Stanford and his assistants have been able to dem onstrate the fact that a country school can be graded and kept graded during the entire nine months. They found the school in utter confusion and at once set about grading it just as the Jackson school is graded. They required every pupil to take ev ery study in his grade. By con tinual inquiry they kept within one or two pages of the Jackson assignment of lessons at all times and in several instances kept ahead of Jackson. Promotion at Stark this time was based on Jackson public school require ments. At least ninety per cent of those attending school during May will be promoted. The final examinations were thorough and exhaustive. Besides doing the regular work Stark had two debating societies, the Kappa Delta and the John Stark, which did some good work. Stark school was a member of the Semi-Annual Tri-Banner Spelling Association. Cedar Rock and Stark tied in the Decem ber contest at Stark. In the Jenkinsburg-Cedur Rock-Stark contest. Stark won over the other two schools in January at Cedar Rock and Stark holds the banner. Stark was the organizer of the Butts County Debater’s League of which Cedar Rock, Jenkins burg and Stark are members. In the first series of debates Cedar Rock won. Thanksgiving, an Easter egg hunt, the annual First of April stroll, Georgia and Memorial Days were observed Consider able interest was shown in the class and society elections. Six members or the Stark school joined the Butts Corn Club, while several of the girls may be in the Tomato contest. The dramatic club did some good work and assisted material ly in the closing exercises. The people took great interest in school this year and contributed greatly to its success. Prof. Stanford will not teach again. After five years of suc cessful teaching he will again be come a s'udent and will take an advanced course in Highway En gines Columbia University. CANDIDATES FILE THEIR CAMPAIGN EXPENSE ACC’T According to law candidates must file a sworn statement of their campaign expenses with the Clerk of the Superior Court within 20 days after the primary. The following gentlemen have filed their expense account: C. N. Mayfield Announcement $lO 00 Cards 1 50 Assessment 7 50 sl9 00 L. M. Crawford Announcement $lO 00 Assessment 7 50 Tickets 1 25 Livery bill 12 50 s3l 25 J. H. Ham Announcement $lO 00 Assessment 7 50 sl7 50 S. J. Foster Announcement $lO 00 Assessment 7 50 sl7 50 p m e Machine Shop JOSEPH L. WAGNER & SON, Proprietors. Bicycle Repairing Machinery erected and repaired; Pipe Fitting, Plumbing, Electric Wiring; Automobiles and Gasoline Engines Repaired. WANTED: Scrap Iron,Brass,Copper,Lead BUIST SEEDS The Wise Gardener ing. f i,When you plant Garden Seed you] want to know that they will come up—want to feel that you will getfsome return for your time and labor. We hear much nowadays about Seed Se lection and the importance of planting the best seed. This is really an important matter. When you plant B UIS T* SJ Seed,i you know you have the best. They are STANDARD the country over. You run no risk, you take no chance. They are Seed with a reputation. We now have in stock a full assort ment of these Seeds, new and fresh. Come in and get what you will need for your Spring Planting. Slaton Drug Cos. The 'R&XC&IL Store BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS. YOUTHFUL PRISONERS ARE SENTENCED FOR LARCENY Eugene Wolf, Norman Krider and Willie Green, the young boys who were arrested here on the 19th of April on a charge of lar ceny, were sentenced by Judge Fletcher in the City Court of Jackson Monday. Wolf and Green were given senterices of six months or S4O, while Krider drew a sentence of three months in lieu of a fine of $25. These young white boys were arrested for stealing a chicken from Lee Perdue. They were arraigned in the city court three or four weeks ago, but sentence was suspended. In the mean time the authorities have endeav ed to find the parents or other relatives of the boys, but in this they have been unsuccessful. An effort was made to get the boys in a reformatory, but it was found they were over the age limit. The youngsters are said to be pretty rough. In some in stances sympathy is expressed for them, while others believe a short term on the gang will have a beneficial effect on them. w' CUAfIAHTOi! . ci hard service in the Kirschbaum Qotnes. . . auwool y tropics keeping fcsli-looking and lapely, under cli- Latic conditions lat speedily wilt own any other .Oil. JS. They are water roofed by the riestley Cravenette rocess. Rain will either spoc nor crinkle these Cirsckbaum Mc airs. /_r*i they are iioroughly hand iilored—the shape lade permanent by eedle moulding. Cut on the season’s est models and su erbly finished, they am bine STYLE with le comfo'rt and stand p qualities so necessary i summer raiment. Copyrighted 19x1 A. B. KIRSCHBAUM & CO. The Kirschbaum Fifth Avenue Made half-and-quar Cool as the pro- prepared Ught hair _ verbial cucumber- clothj and finest of silk are the Kirschbuutn trimmings. The Mohair Suits. Kirschbaum label and the ,11 1 • Priestley Cravenette You 11 be inter- . J . . stamp on every suit. ested to see them: They are differently We ’ ve a s P lend!d as ; 1 1 *i j sortment of patterns and . treated and tailored . v from any other mo- sls to $25 hairs made. „, , Money back if you For years they find any imparfection in have stood the test fabric or tailoring. Etheridge, Smith & Cos. JACKSON, . . GEORGIA. COTTON AT 15 CENTS PER POIND, Basis Middling. Important that farmers should list their 1912 cotton crop with THE SOUTHERN STATES COTTON CORPORATION At once and realize 15 cents for it. For further information apply to any of the fol lowing committee: S. H. MAYS, Chairman S. J. SMITH, vice-chr. W. P. NUTT, vice-chr. G. P. SANDERS, vice-chr. J. M. GASTON, vice-chr. R. P. SASSNETT, sec. GEORGE DOLE WADLEY, Pres. Offices 907 to 918 Georgia Life Building MACON, GEORGIA. REMOVAL NOTICE 0 We beg to call the attention of our friends and cus tomers to a change of office made the 3d of April,, and to advise that we are now at the office of the Carmichael Buggy Cos. on 3d. St. where we will be glad to have them call. Our Fertilizer trade will be taken care of from that office, and we will appreciate a continuance of this valued patronage. A. HOMER CARMICHAEL, Phone 120 Carmichael Guano Company.
