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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1912)
BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 30. STATE FAIR OPEN ED ON TUESDAY MANY WILL ATTEND JROM HERE State Fair in Macon This Year Should Be One of The Best Ever Held in Georgia—Butts County Will Be Well Represent ed at Big Show The Georgia State Fair, which is held under the auspices ofjthe State Agricultural Society, open ed Tuesday for a ten days ses sion. The fair will close on the 25th. The State Fair has a number of attractive features this year and should be among the • best fairs ever held in the state. Sev eral counties will have exhibits of agricultural products and in addition many individuals will en ter the various contests. Of particular intereset to the people of this county is the poul try show. Some local birds will compete for the prizes and judg ing by the past should win a good bit of the prize money. The live stock exhibit is also of interest to the people here, an increasing number of whom are turning their attention to the raising of live stock. The Southern Railway is offer ing reduced rates for the fair and a large number of the people of the county will attend at some time during the ten days. SEWERAGE MATTER IS NOW RESTING There are no new developments in the sewerage situation in Jackson. The McCrary Compa ny, the Atlanta concern that made a survey of the town, has not yet reported the cost of the system. _ Council did not meet Monday night and the report should be in by the next meeting. Noth ing can be done uri il the cost is ascertained. In the meantime the city is making progress in the extension work. on stovelauses EARLY MORNING FIRE Blaze Was Put Out Before Any Serious Damage Was Done An explosion in an oil stove at Mr. W. L. Nutt’s, early Tues day morning, started a blaze that might have resulted seriously if it had not been promptly put out. The fire was soon extinguished as soon as the alarm was given. The flames were gotten under control by smothering them with rugs, some of which were dama ged by the fire. The Jackson Fire Department answered the alarm, but the fire was under control when they reached the scene. Cols. W. E. Watkins, C. L. Redman and J. T. Moore were among those from Jackson who attended city court in McDon ough Monday. National Election Soon Be on Hand The presidential election will be here within a very short time now. The election occurs on the first Tuesday in November, on the sth this year. While Georgia is Democratic, there is a good deal of interest in the outcome this year, more than usual. There is a small sprinkling of Bull Moose suppor ters here. The vote between Teddv and Taft should be about equal. Four years ago Taft car ried one precinct in this county. The large majority of citizens of the county will vote for Wil son and Marshall, who stand a swell chance to be elected. If the weather is favorable there should be a good vote polled in Butts county. JOE ARRINGTON PUT IN COUNTY PRISON Deputy Sheriff O. E. Smith went to Sylvania, Screven coun ty last week and brought back Joe Arrington, a white man, wanted here on the charge of larcency. He is alleged to have broken open a trunk and to have stolen some goods therefrom. The alleged larceny took place at Pepperton. Arrington was placed in jail pending the trial of the case. MRS. SINGLEY WILL EXHIBIT HER CHICKENS White Oak Poultry Farm Will Try For Prizes at The State Fair Mrs. L. D. S’”gley, breeder of White Cornish Indian Games, will enter her chickens in the poultry show at the State Fair in Macon this year. Mrs. Singley has taken prizes at a number of the largest poultry shows held in this section and was one of the winners at the last state fair. The White Oak Poultry Farm, of Stark, is noted for its fine birds. Mrs. Singley will also exhibit some of her canned fruit at the state fair and shout: win a fair share of the prizes. There will probably be others to exhibit their chickens at the Macon Poultry Show, including Mrs. C. H. Farrar, of Jenkins burg. FUNERAL OF MR. J. M. CRAWFORD FRIDAY The funeral of Mr. J. M. Carwford, whose sudden death at his home at Indian Springs last Thursday morning brought sincere regret to hundrecte of friends, took place from the Bap tist church Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Hundreds of friends from this and other counties gathered to pay a tribute of last respect to one whom they knew and admired. Many beautiful floral tributes attested the esteem in which he was held. The im pressive services were conducted by Dr. Robert VanDeventer. The pallbearers were: Messrs W. E. Watkins, J. H. Ham, H. L. Daughtry, J. H. McKibben, A. C. Finley, G. E. Mallet. JACKSON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1912. BIG YIELDS BY BOYS CORN CLUB CONTESTS HERE ON TUESDAY Thomas Hale Has Largest Yield With 92.25 Bush els—Fifteen Boys Have Average Yield ot Over 64 Bushels to The Acre In These Contests Thomas Hale, the 11-year old son of Mr. J. Edgar Hale, made the highest yield in the Butts County Boys Corn Club contests, and won a cash prize of S3O. The other winners and their yields, with the prizes, are given herewith: Second, Ellsworth McMichael, 74.17 bushels, $25 cash. Third, A. G. Spencer, 69 bush els, sls cash. Fourth, Taylor Thomas, 64.14 bushels, corn planter donated by Dempsey Hardware Cos. Fifth, Olin Meredith, 61.3 bush els, suit of clothes by Carmichael- Mallet Cos. Sixth, Sewell Harper, 58.89 bushels, merchandise by Buttrill Bros. Seventh, Carl McMichael, 52.34 bushels, hat by Ham & Carter Cos. Eighth. Bertram Singley, 51.74 bushels, fertilizers by Carmichael Guano Cos. Ninth, Verna Godsey, 50.12 bushels, rocker by S. H. Thorn ton. Tenth, Jim McMichael, 43.17 bushels, stock powders by W. M. Taylor. The yields on bottom land are as follows: First, Elton Trapp, 39.75 bush els, S3O cash. Second, Esca Pace, 35,63 bush els, pig by A. M. Pace worth $25. Third, Thrasher Carmichael, 37.50-56 bushels, pig by S. H. Mays worth $lO. (Slight irreg ularity in measuring caused this contestant to be placed in third instead second place.) The following special prizes were awarded by the judges, Messrs. O. P. Jinks, J. H. Mc- Kibben and J. K. Giles: Most prolific stalk of corn, Jim McMichael. $1 cash by Dr. J. Lee Byron. Best ten ears, Thomas Hale, pair of shoes by Jackson Mercan tile Cos. Second best ten ears of corn, Ellsworth McMichael, $1 cash by Dr. J. Lee Byron. The other prizes will be an nounced later by the committee. About a dozen prizes remain to be given vet. All of the prizes will be collected and given next Saturday, Oct.. 19th. Lewis Moore, who made a yield of 144.68 bushels on an acre did not enter the contest because of an irregularity. He rented an acre of land from Barkley Bros, and allowed them to cultivate it for him, and on this ground he would have been ruled out. Charles Pittman, who made up wards of 90 bushels, withdrew from the contest because he har vested his corn before the judges measured it. Counting the boys who won prizes and Lewis Moore and ; Charles Pittman, fifteen boys in j all, the average yield per acre was 64 1-5 bushels, which was a remarkable showing. Has Wonderful Patchwork Quilt Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 17.-The most wonderful quilt in the world is one of the the things that Georgia possesses, according to information which comes from persons who have seen a patch quilt made bv Mrs. E. K. Vandi ver, of Dawsonville. The quilt contains 38,526 sepa rate pieces of cloth, all sewn in separately. The quilt design is long rows of square pieces of cloth, with borders. There are 207 of these rows one way and 185 the other, and the border pieces bring the total up to the above figure. The rows are symmetrical, and the work as a whole is a monument of infinite patience. Gen. Anderson Out Natl. Guard It is of interest in local military circles to know that General Clif ford L. Anderson, brigadier gen eral of the Georgia National Guard, has resigned. Col. Wal ter A. Harris, of the Second Regiment is slated to succeed Gen. Anderson. It is likely that Captain G. E. Mallet, of the Jackson Rifles will be promoted and put on Gen. Harris’ staff. DISTRICT AGENT GILES SPOKE CORN CLUB BOYS Tuesday Proved Big Day for Boys And Farmers of County The first corn club contest in the history of Butts county was held Tuesday, when the members of the Boys Corn Clubs met in Jackson. District Agent J. K. Giles, of Atlanta, was present and made the boys and others present a short talk. Mr. Giles told of the good being done by the corn club movement. Georgia sends out of the state annually $55,000,000 for corn, he said. The corn club idea was stopping this waste to a large ex tent, said Mr. Giles. He told the boys of Butts county that they had done well for the first year of the contests and he hoped to see several hundred of them join next year. Mr. Giles invited the boys to attend the corn show in Atlanta on November 26 to 28. At this time they will be guests of the people of Atlanta and a fine pro gram will be arranged for them. A large number of the people of the county were present to look ovet the exhibits and hear the address of Mr. Giles. J here was great interest manifested in the work and it is certain it will be easier to make the movement go next year. Mr. Giles called attention to the fact that only two farmers, Messrs A. M. Pace and S. H. Mays, had given prizes this year, while the remainder of the prizes had been given by business men of the town and county. He said he wanted to see more of the far mers give prizes, even though j they were small. ' MANY DAMAGE SUITS ARE FILED POWER COMPANY IS DEFENDANT More Than Eighty Thou sand Dollars Asked For in Suits Filed in Jack son City Court During Last Few Days—Waiting Court of Appeals Case Damage suits amounting to about SBO,OOO were filed against the Central Georgia Power Com pany in the city court of Jackson last week. These suits are made returna able to the November term of the city court and will come up for trial in January. The amounts asked for in the suits range rrom $2,000 to SB,OOO. Seven of the suits were brought by Judge E. J. Reagan, ten by Col. C. L. Redman and one by Cols. O. M. Duke and Harris & Harris. The suits already filed, aggre gating over SSO 000. will come up at the November term of the city court. If the case now in the’Court of Appeals is decided in the next few days it is likely a good many of the cases will be disposed of at the approaching term of court. This case involves the jurisdiction of the city court of Jackson to try these cases. The following are the suits and the amounts asked for: T. L. Chambers, $8,000; W. M. Chambers, 8,000; W. J. Cham bers, 7,000; R. L. Chambers, 2,500; W. M. and T. L. Cham bers, 6,000; D. W. Swint, 5,000; Jack Smith, 2,000; J. C. Bartlett, 5,000; H. L. Thomas, 4,000; W. B. Hodges, 5,000; M. D. Dicker son, 2,000; Mrs. Ophelia Bartlett, 6,000, J. H. Kitchens, 2,000; J. T. Kitchens, 2,0<*0; J. B. Town send, 5,000; Joe Holloway, 3,000; Mrs. Mary Pittman, 3,000; Mrs. Hattie W. Smith, 2,500. BUTTS’ COTTON CROP WILL BE AWAY OFF Nineteen Thousand Bales of Last Season Will Be Record Breaker As the season advances it is becoming more and more evident that the cotton crop in Butts county is going to be short. Conservative estimates place the yield far below the figures of 1911 and below the normal crop of the county. The receipts this year should run about 12,000 to 14,000 bales, as against 18,500 last year. The movement of the crop is later this year than ever known before in this section Weather conditions have been against the early marketing of cotton. Then too the crop is some two or three weeks late and much young cot ton is not opening yet. There is much complaint over the continued rains which are se riously injuring the staple. The people of this section are later than usual with their accounts owing to the lateness of cotton. NUMBER 42.
