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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1912)
BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 30. JUDGE H. M. FLETCHER IN SOLICITOR’S RACE He Has Endorsement of The Bar Association And Is Out to Win Judge Fletcher Is One of The Best Known Lawyers in The Flint Circuit And One of The State’s Most Prominent Public Men—He Is Determined to Make A Hard Fight For The Position —Col. Fletcher Will Have Support of Thousands of Friends Throughout The Flint Circuit That the Flint circuit is in fDr a hectic race for solicitor-general is assured beyond any doubt. Judge H. M. Fletcher is Butts county’s favorite son in this cam paign. He threw his hat in the ring last Thursday and from this time forward will put up a hard, aggressive and thorough canvass of the seven counties in the cir cuit. This announcement came as a surprise. Judge Fletcher is one of the State’s most prominent citizens. As an educator, attor ney and military man he is equal ly well known. He has achieved ■distinction in all lines to which he has turned his versatile atten tion. Judge Fletcher was graduated from the North Georgia Agricul tural college in 1888 with the A. B. degree. For nine years he taught mathematics and French in Gordon Institute at Banesville. After giving up teaching in which he was very successful, he stuied law at the University of Georgia and was graduated in the class of 1902 —the first class that was turned out after the two years course was substituted in the place of the one year course. Since being admitted to the bar Judge Fletcher has practiced his profession in this city, with the exception of some time spent in Birmingham.' His rise as a lawyer has been sure and steady. He represented a large number of clients against the Towaliga Falls Power Cos., action to recover damages on account of sickness caused by the backwater from the dam. These cases were fought up through the state supreme court and was a victory for the plaintiffs. His hard fight m this litigation established Judge Flet cher’s repuation as one of the hpst lawyers in this section. At present he is attorney for the people living along the big nond who are seeking to force the Central Georgia Power Cos. to remedy the intolerable conditions existing near the dam. He was elected judge of the city court of Jackson last summer and presides w ;ti! fairness and justice to all. fol Fletcher began his roili tan, 'career in Barnesville and was promoted until he was major that battalion. The title still .•.Its and he is known to many S rle wople as "Major Fletch °- , h fa the National Guard of attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and assistant Adjutant General. Asa Mason Col. Fletcher is known throughout the State. He was district deputy of the sixth district for a number of years, is Worshipful Master of St. Johns lodge F. & A. M., past Eminent Commander of Alexius Comman dery Knights Templar and a member of Yaarab Temple An cient and Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. v Mrs. W. E. Spier Dies of Pellagra At the age 38, Mrs. Lunie Ar tilla Spier, wife of Mr. W. E. Spier, died at her home a few miles from Jackson Monday morn ing. Pellagra is given as the cause of death. Mrs. Spier was a Miss Bennett before marriage. She is survi ved by her husband and several children. The funeral was held Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at Old Bethel. In their sorrow the family have the sympathy of their friends. Dempsey Hwd. Cos. Has Moved The Dempsey Hardware Com pany is this week moving from the Carter-Warthen bui ling ad joining the Jackson National Bank to the Dempsey building recent ly occupied by the Newton Car michael Hardware Company. The new location has been im proved and the splendid fixtures will show to advantage. This move brings this company closer to the square. It is not known who will occu py the Carter-Warthen building. SYSTEMATIC ADVERTISING That is the only kind worth while. The flashy, dashy, jerky kind is not likely to accomplish as much as the steady, persistent kind. John Wanamaker is perhaps the largest advertiser in this country. His words are those of an expert. Read what he says: “ADVERTISING doesn’t JERK. It PULLS. It begins gently at first, but the PULL is STEADY, INCREASING day by day and year by year, until it exerts an IRRESISTI BLE POWER. ALL advertising PAYS, but PERSISTENT ADVERTISING pay* BEST OF ALL.” JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1912. FIRST FARMERS BANK WILL OPEN MONDAY MAKES JACKSON’S FOURTH BANK New Financial Institution Will Be Located in The Commercial Loan & Trust Company Build ing Corner Mulberry And Second Streets The First Farmers Bank of Jackson will open for business on next Monday, July Ist. The new institution, the fourth for Jackson and the eighth for Butts county, will be located in the Commercial building. The quarters are elegant and the fur niture and fixtures the most mod ern and attractive to be had. The officers of the bank are: L. 0. Benton—president. Dr. J. A. Jarrell and Mr. G. P. Sanders—vice-presidents. J. Bluma Carmichael—cashier. Directors—J. C. Jones, J. B. Carmichael, J. A. Jarrell, S. 0. Ham, J. A. King, C. B. Biles, R. E. Evans, F. M. Maddox, T. P. Bell, G. P. Sanders, J. M. Ball, L. 0. Benton. The capital stock of the bank is $50,000. There are more than a hundred twenty-five stockhold ers in the new bank, a large per centage of whom are farmers. Though opening at a dull sea son, it is expected the First Far mers Bank will enjoy a good bus ness from the beginning. wagum hHk 11111111 - % m . ■■■% - ~JM W ..... m Wm %■/, V# fllfe WmmmM !|| w&BHMk PROF. W. P. MARTIN Who has been elected Superintendent of Schools in Jackson for the en suing year BUSINESS BOUSES WILL CLOSE ON THE GLORIOUS FOURTH JACKSON WILL BE QUIET DURING DAY Stores And Banks Will Shut up Shop And Give Their Employes Opportunity For A Much Needed Rest—Post Office Will Observe Sunday Hours And Rural Carriers Will Take Day Off From Strenuous Labors —The Day Will Likely Be A Quiet One in Town And County The Fourth of July will be ob served here by all the business houses closing for the day. It will doubtless be a very quiet day throughout the county. The following agreement has been signed by the merchants and business houses: We the undersigned merchants and business men generally do hereby agree to close our place of business on Thursday, July 4th, 1912, for the purpose of giv ing ourselves and employes an opportunity to celebrate the Glo rious Fourth: (Signed) The Jackson Mercantile Cos. Etheridge, Smith & Cos. I. <fc J. Groodzinsky Paul Nolen & Cos. Jackson Drug Cos. Land & White The Jackson National Bank Ham & Carter Cos. Dempsey Hwd. Cos. The J. S. Johnson Cos. Coca Cola Bottling Cos. Bailey & Jones Cos. J. Arenson Buttriil Bros. J. A. Jarrell 8. H. Thornton J. E. Edwards J. L. Edwards Thaxton Drug Cos. The Backet Store W. E. Livington H. L. Jenkins The First National Bank Carmichael Mallet Cos. McKibben Cos. Newton Carmichael Hwd. Cos. Slaton Drug Cos. Jackson Banking Cos. Carmichael Buggy Cos. R. T. Smith W. G. Thurston J. C. Adams G. T Thurston Jackson Book Cos. R. R. Thaxton Good Roads Con ference Meets In Athens The federation of good road clubs has been in session in Ath ens this week. This meeting was an important one and was attended by a num ber of the boards of commissioners of roads and revenues from the various counties in the State. The conference was held in con nection with the good roads de partment of the University of Georgia. A program of interest to the county officials in charge of road work in Georgia was carried out. Judge W. E. Eve, of Augusta, is president of the federation. Addresses were made bv Prof. Strahan of the University of Georgia, president Eve and oth ers. The visitors were taken for a ride over the model roads of Clarke county and were enter tained by the business men of Athens at Denmark hall. Jackson Bar En dorses Judge H. M. Fletcher At a meeting of the Jackson Bar Association held Friday last the following resoluting endors ing Judge H. M. Fletcher for so licitor-general of the Flint circuit was unanimously passed: We. the undersigned members of the Jackson bar, hereby en dorse Judge H. M, Fletcher for the office of solicitor-general of the Flint circuit, and recommend him unqualifiedly to the people of the Flint circuit, knowing him to be a gentleman of sterling qualities and of superb ability, and well qualified in every respect to fill the important position. He is untiring, active and con servative and never makes any compromise with crime or any thing that is evil. C. L. Redman, Solicitor City Court Jackson. J. Threatt Moore, Represen tative from Butts county, presi dent bar association. Jas. F. Carmichael. W. E. Watkins, Mayor of Jack son. T. J. Dempsey, Attorney. 0. M. Duke, Solicitor-general City Court Flovilla. NUMBER 26.
