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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1914)
BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 32. jIUTTS CHAMBER ELECTS OFFICERS Meeting Held in The Court House Tuesday PLAN FOR^COUNTY FAIR Permanent Organization Is Formed And Plans Being Laid For Much Valuable Work In Butts County Several strong talks that had for their aim community better ment were features of the meet ing of the Butts County Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, when a formal organization was perfect ed. The temporary officers were elected as permanent officers. They include: President, F. S. Etheridge; vice president, S. H. Mays; secretary, J. D. Jones and treasurer, H. L. Daughtry. The members of tee Board of Co-Operation have been selected as follows: Jackson, F. S. Ether idge and S. H. Mays; Flovilla, Dr. A. F. White and W. B. Doz ier; Jenkinsburg, J. B. Childs and J. H. Mills. The matter of fixing the amount of the annual dues will be left in the hands of the local branch organizations and they are to report as early as possible. The question of securing a farm demonstration agent for Butts county was considered but no ac tion was taken for the present. A. county fair for this fall was among the matters taken up. Talks were made by Messrs. S. H. Mays, L. L. Tison, T. W. Ham, J. H. Mills and president Etheridge. All of these gentle men thought the organization a good thing, Mr. Ham declaring it to have been the best thing ever organized in Jackson. A vigorous campaign for mem bership will be waged throughout the county. It is hoped to have just as large a number of mem bers as possible. While the an nual dues have not been decided upon it is likely they will be fixed at $2 per year. MB. H. G. CLARK IN RAGE FOR COUNTY TREASURER The first announcement for County Treasurer is that of Mr. H. C. Clark. His card will be found in this issue. Mr. Clark was a candidate for that office in 1912 and made an excellent show ing considering the large num ber who offered for that place. Mr. Clark is one of Butts county’s best known citizens and numbers nurfriends by the hundreds. He is held in high esteem by all who know him and it is the prediction of his friends and supporters in every part of the county that he wiil make a strong race for the office this year. The total amount of land pur chased in the eastern states for federal forests is nearly 800,000 acres. So far the principal work on these acres has involved their protection against forest fires. SPRING TERM PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPENED MONDAY After a two weeks vacation which was delightfully spent by teachers and pupils alike, the spring term of the Jackson public schools opened Monday. Uniformly good work was done last fall in every department and the spring term promises to be one of the most successful in the history of the schools. The fac ulty is an especially strong one, and the work is well organized in the various grades. Many of the teachers spent the holidays with their respective families in the various cities. Most of the pupils were back in their places Monday and after a good rest will be prepared to do even better work than last fall. ORY GLEANING PLANT WILL SOON LOCATE IN JACKSON Mr. L. L. Bullington, of For syth, was in Jackson recently and made arrangements to open a dry cleaning, pressing, altering and tailoring business in this city. He will be located in the Fossett building and will return about the 15 of January to open up the plant. Mr. Bullington is said to have a very successful business in Forsyth and will doubtless do a good business in Jackson. $7,795 BUTTS’ PENSION FUND 132 Names on The RoU in Year 1914 LIST HAS BEEN APPROVED Many Veterans Died Dur ing The Pa& Twelve Months—May Have to Wait For Payment Butts county’s 132 pensioners will receive $7,795 from the state this year. The list has been approved by Pension Commissioner John W. Lindsay, Ordinary J. H. Ham having gone to Atlanta last Fri day to have the names checked over. This is a decrease of some ten or more pensioners over the year 1913. Judge Ham has no idea when pensions will be paid this year. In nobody seems to know anything definite about the mat ter. There is not money enough in the treasury to pay both the school teachers and the pension ers and one or the other will have to wait until the funds are avail able. Following are the number of pensioners in each class and the amounts that they will receive: 52 Indigent soldiers $3,120 14 Indigent widows 840 10 Old class widows 600 5 Disabled soldiers 255 14 soldiers, act 1910 880 35 widows, act 1910 2,100 Total $7,795 JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9,19 M. CAMPAIGN OPENS AGAINST WEEVIL Forces Working in South Georgia Now PEOPLE BEING WARNED President Chas. J. Haden of Georgia State Cham ber Delivers Addresses on The 801 l Weevil President Chas. J. Haden, will make a whirlwind trip through the twenty or more counties which are heing made the object of the immediate campaign ot‘ preparation against the 801 l Wee vil, under the auspices of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He will address special meetings in Albany, Bainbridge, Cordele and Americus, and will follow the creation of these storm cen ters of interest by visits to oth ers of the principal cities of the southwest section of the state during the month of January. “The holiday season n standing,” Mr. Haden is quoted as saying, “we have to push for ward a vigorous campaign during January, as the farmers arrange for their leases and make ready for planting so early in the year in southern Georgia. Some people honestly differ with us in the vigor with which we be lieve the fight on the 801 l Weevil must be made. Every day how ever, adds followers to our cause, as the public become more and more acquainted with just how practical are our plans. The vast majoritv of opinion is on the side of the present agitation as a necessary thing to thorough preparation as against the actual press reports of our unprepared ness when the 801 l Weevil does strike. It will strike, as sure as death and taxes.” In urging the farmers through out to start with the 1914 crop to embrace the face guard of a more diversified scale of agricul ture in the face of the 801 l Wee vil menace, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce uses the following striking array of statistics: Georgia sends away for feedstuff and foodstuff every year the equivalent of the bill for 1912: Corn $ 58,930,000 Hay 23,680,000 Oats - 39,336.000 Miscellaneous Foods- 2,556,000 Meat, Dairy, Poultry 48,000,000 $172,502,006 It is stated from a reliable source that'Georgia sends away each year more money for pork than we spend at home on edu cation and religion. This condi tion needs correction. Another Man Believes In Diversified Farming Thomasville, Jan. 4.—W. J. Beatty, a prosperous farmer of this county living near Boston, finds there is much good money to be made in raising hogs and from one sow alone he has raised pigs enough during the past year to sell SIBO worth of meat. Mr. Beatty believes in less cotton and more food stuffs and diversi fied farming.—Macon Telegraph, BANKS 10 HOLD MEETIN6 NEXT TUESDAY. THE 13TH All the banks in Jackson, with the exception of the First Far mers Bank which started busi ness in July, will hold their an nual meeting next Tuesday, the 13. At that time officers and directors will be elected and the work of the year gone over. It is given out that the finan cial institutions here have had a satisfactory year. That they will make a good showing at the annual meeting is doubtless true. The stockholders will meet in the morning and hear the re ports for the year, following which directors will be chosen and they will elect the officers. 13,106 SUICIDES IN THE U. S. LAST YEAR Chicago, 111., dan. 2.—The number of suicides in the United States in 1913 showed an in crease over last year, the num ber being 13,106 as compared with 12.981 in 1912, according to to figures collected in this city. The proportion of suicides as be tween men and women remains about the same as in previous years, being 8,602 males and 4,504 females. Physicians, as usual, head the list among professional men, the number being 34. FARMEKS’UNION MET IN MACON Sessions Held on Tuesday And Wednesday LOCALDELEGATESCHOSEN Important Business Dispos ed of At Meeting—Con vention Held in Cham ber Commerce Building The Sta+e Convention of the Farmers’ Union was held in Ma con Tuesday and Wednesday, president Smith, of Tennille, pre siding. Messrs. J. J. Mapp and J. M. McMichael, president and vice-president of the Butts Coun ty Union, were the delegates from here. Business of importance was transacted during the two days session, which was attended by several hundred members of the order. Tuesday night there was a joint meeting of the Farmers’ Union and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, together with mem bers of the Macon Chamber of Commerce. Questions of primary importance, including better marketing facilities, were consid - ered at that time. National President Charles S. Barrett, of Union City, was among the distinguished visitors present. It is given out that the convention in Macon was one of the most important held in a number of years. Reports from over the state show that the Union is particularly strong in some sections, and as a whole the organisation is perhaps in the test condition it has ever been. OUR COTTON CROP WORTH A MILLION Butts Has Ginned 14,181 Bales to Date THE BEST PRICE IN YEARS Preliminary Total Estimate Made on December 13th —Figures For The Coun ties of Sixth Di^tridt That the cotton and cotton pro ducts of Butts county in 1913 was wortn more than a million dollars is shown by looking at the number of bales ginned. Up to Dec. 13, when the Drelim inary total of the state was is sued by the census bureau, Butts had ginned 14,181 bales. This is 2,607 bales more than for the same period of 1912, whon 11,574 bales had been ginned. It is not believed that the crop in Butts will reach more than 15,000 bales. Most of the gin neries have closed down, though some few are still in operation. While the 1913 crop was not a record for the county, still it brought more money to the far mers of the county than any pre vious crop. Good prices were obtained all the fall until Decem ber when the market tumbled downward. Asa result of the unsatisfactory prices at present it is said there is still a good d6a! of cotton being held in Butts county. The figures for the counties of the sixth district for 1913 and 1912 are given herewith: 1913. 1912. Butts 14,181 11,574 Bibb 9,788 8,679 Clayton 11,527 9,032 Crawford 5,830 5,814 Fayette 12,484 11,258 Henry 26,048 20,057 Jasper 24,252 20,905 Jones 12,882 12,894 Monroe 22,677 20,253 Pike 21,873 19,925 Spalding _16,224 15,672 Upson 14,460 12,616 The crop in Butts county for the last three year was as fol lows: 1912, 12,540; 1911, 18,367; 1910, 12.664. MR. G. E. MCMIGHAEI MAY RUN FOR COUNTY TREASURER It is likely that Mr. G. E. Mc- Michael will be in the race for Treasurer of Butts county in the coming primary. He has the matter under consideration and may make a formal announce ment during the next few days. Mr. McMichael is a well known citizen of the county and is held in high esteem. He served as Tax Receiver a few years ago and discharged the duties of the office in an efficient manner and to the satisfaction of the people. Should he decide to make the race there is no doubt Mr. Mc- Michael would be a formidable candidate, having already re ceived many assurances of sup port from his many friends over the county. In 26 states there are state foresters who cooperate with private timberland owners in solving forest problems. NUMBER 2.
