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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 31.
PENSION MONEY
SHORT FOR 1914
Fund Was Cut SBO,OOO by
The Legislature
PENSIONERS MUST WAIT
Comissioner of Pensions
J. W. Lindsey Writes to
Ordinary J. H. Ham And
Hits Georgia Legislature
Ordinary J. H. Ham was re
cently in receipt of a letter from
J. W. Lindsey, state commission
er of pensions, calling attention
to the fact that the last legisla
ture did not appropriate enough
to pay the widow Sand soldiers
on the pension rolls under the
act of July 11, 1910, and that it
is very likely that many of the
pensioners will have to wait un
til November or December of
next year to receive their money.
Mr. Lindsey’s letter is given
below:
The General Assembly of 1913
has come, sat out their fifty days
and gone. They made no change
in any of the pension laws.
More can be said about what they
did not do than for that which
they did. They failed to appro
priate within SBO,OOO sufficient
money to pay the widows and
soldiers that are on the roll un
der the act of July 11. 1910.
When the $385,000 appropriated
to pay these two rolls has been
exhausted, those unpaid will
have to wait until the General
Assembly comes again in June
1914. When they have appropri
ated then the sum necessary to
pay them, they may have to wait
until November and December
before the money can be had to
pay them, therefore, I will sug
gest to you, now, to begin to lo
cate all of your pensioners on all
your rolls to be paid in 1914. so
that when you come to make out
your pay rolls in January 1914,
you may know where each one is,
and those who have died, and
when they died, and those who
have been transferred from you
and transferred to you.
The blanks used for applicants
heretofore will still be used the
ensuing year. Owing to the
shortness of the fund appropri
ated it will hardly be possible
that any of those approved for
1914, be put on the rolls to be
paid in 1914, will be paid before
November or December, the end
of the year; however, take all ap
plications that are presented and
send them in as heretofore. We
will do our utmost in taking caie
of them and get them paid at
the earliest day possible.
Yours respectfully,
j. W. Lindsey,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Judge Speer seems to be get
ting into deep water with the
authorities in Washington. For
once in his life perhaps he has
found there is one greater in au
thority than himself. The
is a very brilliant man and has
strong friends and also many
strong enemies.
JUDGE HAM HEARD SEVERAL
MATTERS IN COURT MONDAY
The following matters were
passed on by Jud<m Ham in the
court of ordinary Monday:
A. H. Wall’s letters of admin
istrion on the estate of Mrs. Mat
tie Lee Wall were revoked; also
his letters of guardianship of the
minor children of Mrs. Mattie
Lee Wall.
D. G. Goen granted leave to
sell lands belonging to Sarah E.
Goen.
N. K. Vickers granted leave to
sell estate lands of Jacob Vickers.
C. A. Pittman was granted let
ters of administration on estate
of Mrs. Mattie Lee Wall.
Mrs. C. A. Pittman was gran
ted letters of guardianship on the
minor children of Mrs. Mattie
Lee Wall.
R. E. Stanfield made applica
tion for letters of administration
with will annexed on Mrs. Ida
Wright’s estate.
PUZZLE CAME NEAR GETTINC
SENATOR SMITH'S GOAT
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 4.-Here’s
the puzzle that nearly got Sena
tor Hoke Smith’s goat, but
didn’t. It was sent him by a
civil service applicant who could
not woi'k it, and who claimed it
was unfair to put such things in
a civil service examination. Sen
ator Smith was all tired and worn
out from a tariff debate, but he
decided to drop everything and
not go to sleep that night until
he had mastered the problem. It
isn’t as easv as it looks. See if
you can get the answer:
A park which is square is sur
rounded by a walk containing an
acre of ground. The walk is two
rods wide. An acre is 160 rods.
What is the size of the park.
KIMBELL ASSOCIATION
MEETS ON WEDNESDAY
The annual meeting of the
Kimbell Association will be held
with Rocky Creek church, Mon
roe county, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday of next week.
Considerable interest centers
around this meeting which is one
of much importance to the Bap
tists of this association. A pro
gram of several interesting fea
tures will be carried out. Dinner
will be served on the grounds
during the three days session
and a large attendance is ex
pected.
The introductory sermon will
be preached by Rev. Arthur
Jackson, while Dr. Robert Van-
Deventer will preach the mission-
ary sermon. ,
The executive committee con
sists of Messrs. F. S. Etheridge,
Dr. Robert VanDeventer. C. B.
Sims, M. D. Garr, A. M. Wat
kins, Joseph Jolly, J. M. Ether
idge, S. J. Lindsey.
Mr. F. S. Etheridge is modera
tor, Mr. C. L. Carter clerk, and
Mr. D. J. Thaxton treasurer of
the Kimbell Association.
Jackson as well as other parts
of Butts county will be well rep
resented at this meeting.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913.
FEW COUNTIES
PAY LARGE TAX
100 Counties Draw Money
From The State
JUDGE HART ON THE JOB
Effort Being Made to Re
vise Georgia’s Present
Tax System—Burden Is
Not Evenly Distributed
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 4.—State
Tax Assessor Hart, who holds the
new statehouse office created by
this year’s legislature, has enter
ed upon a minute investigation
of the entire taxing system in
Georgia, which will be of perma
nent and far-reaching conse-
quences.
The most startling fact that
the investigation has yet brought
but is that 100 counties in this
state draw out more money from
the state treasury than they pay
in, and that the other 49 coun
ties are bearing the burden of
keeping the state of Georgia
solvent. The largest part of the
deficit is naturally made up from
the counties of Bibb, Richmond,
Fulton, Chatham, Floyd and
Muscogee.
Judge Hart has in his hands
today a complete list showing
just how much money is paid in
by each county and how much
is received by that county from
the state. While taxes will just
ly and necessarily be a great
deal larger in the counties which
have large cities and towns, it is
believed that the new law will
tend to make all the counties
more nearly “self supporting”
from a civic standpoint than they
are at present.
THE SOUTH.
The strategic section of the United States for
all future naval and military movements must of
necessity be the South.
\
This section has the geographical location as re
lates to world influence, emphasized as never before
by the approaching completion of the Panama canal.
It has the raw materials for the production of
the iron and steel, the armor plates and the guns
that go into the building and equipment of battle
ships. It has the mouths of bays and rivers, which
must be safe-guarded to prevent an enemy reaching
the interior of the country. It has the cotton, which
saves our foreign trade from adverse balances, and
protects our financial interests from distress and
panic. The South, therefore, must be regarded, not
as a section of the country, but as the very heart of
the nation’s life.—Manufacturers Record.
GEORGIA LEADS WORLD IN
NUMBER OF HOMICIDES
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 4. —With
fourteen murder trials confront
ing the Fulton county superior
court this fall, and heavy crimi
nal dockets in other cities of the
state, Georgia has the melan
choly distinction of leading the
world in homicides. Of course
it must be taken into considera
tion that the majority of the
cases are among negroes, but by
no means all of them are.
It is a fact that more homicides
have been committed in Fulton
county alone during the past
month than during any other
month in the county’s history.
More murders have been commit
ted in Georgia with its three mil
lion people during the past year
than in Urn entire British Isles
with their sixty million.
RIFLE SHOOT AT HOLTON
RANGE SEPTEMBER 11-12
September 11 and 12 are the
dates selected for the annual
shoot of the Second Regiment.
As usual the rifle shoot will be
held at Holton range, a few miles
from Macon.
The Jackson Rifles are prepar
ing to send a strong team to this
shoot and a determined effort
will be made to carry off some of
the honors. Capt. W. D. Pope
will choose ,the crack shots from
Company A and judging from
past performances at these shoots
some good scores ought to be
made by the local marksmen.
The various companies of the
Second Regiment are planning to
send their strongest teams to this
shoot and the occasion will be of
much interest in military circles.
FAIL TERM CITY
SCHOOLS BEGINS
Good Enrollment Marks
Opening Session
ABLE FACULTY IN CHARGE
School Bells Summon Pu
pils And Teachers From
Vacation Days to Duties
of Another Term
With a large enrollment for
the first day and under conditions
that promise a highly successful
year, the fall term of the Jackson
public schools opened Monday
morning.
Many friends and patrons
of the school gathered at the
auditorium for the opening exer
cises. Appropriate talks were
made by Dr. James Bradley, of
the Presbyterian church, County
school Superintendent C. S. Mad
dox and Rev. M. S. Williams, of
the Methodist church, Dr. Rob
ert VanDeventer and Rev. E. F.
Dempsey. Superintendent W. P.
Martin made some announce
ments after which the work of
organization for the term was
taken up.
School bellff rang with an un
familiar peal after a three
month’s vacation but soon the
term will be well on its way.
The enrollment for the first day
was entirely satisfactory, it was
stated. Most of Monday was
spent in arranging classes, or
ganizing departments and in get
ting ready for the real work that
is to come.
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The enrollment the first day
was between 340 and 350, some
25 or 30 more than the same
number last year.
The attendance of patrons and
friends of the school was notice
ably large and the interest and
enthusiasm manifested was
greater than seen before in years
on any similar occasion.
The faculty this year is regard
ed as an unusually able one and
one of the best years in the his
tory of the schools is expected.
The members of the faculty in
clude:
W. P. Martin, Superintendent.
Geo. L. Williams, Principal.
Miss Jennie McElroy and Joel
Mallet, High School Department.
Miss Julia Thornton, seventh
grade, Miss Lucy Goodman, sixth
grade, Miss Bessie Waldrop,
fifth grade, Miss Kate Amoss,
fourth grade.
Mrs. Julia Doane, third grade,
Miss Sarah Lu Hardin, second
grade, Miss Annie Lou McCord,
first grade.
Miss Ezra Morrison, music de
partment.
Miss Ina McMichael, expres
sion.
Mrs. 0. L. Chesnutt, art.
SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE
JACKSON METHODIST CHURCH
Er. Fletcher Walton, presiding
elder of the Griffn district, will
preach at the Methodist church
Sunday at 11 a. m., and will hold
the quarterly conferenceat 3 p. m.'
NUMBER 36.