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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1914)
WITTS COUNTV PROGRESS Published Every Friday. J. DOYLE JONES, Editor and Pub. Subscription $1 a Year Entered a* necond-cIaHH matter, Novem ber X, 1007, at tlie poatoftice at Jaekaon, (la Telephone No. 166. Communications aro 'vclcomed. Cor teapondenta will please confine them elve to f*oo vonls, as communications ever that length cannot be handled. Write on one side of the paper only, sign your name, not for publication, •ut as an evidence of good faith. TO CANDIDATES. No announcement of any candidate will be published in the Butts County Pr ogress on a credit. The cash must accompany each and every announcement. This rule is fair to all and applies to all. We have been “stung” be fore, have swallowed the medicine, have recovered, and henceforth and forever announcements in the Pro gress will be published for the cash or not at all. 1-2-tf CASH MUST ACCOMPA NY LEGAL ADVER TISEMENTS. Notice is hereby given that all legal advertisements intended for publication in the Progress must be paid for in advannee. This is the law of the State of Georgia. This law will be followed strict ly by this paper. The rate for legal advertising is 75 cents for each 100 words or fraction thereof for four inser tions. Those having advertising of this character will please ob serve the above rule. Now for sewerage. Pay up and start the new year with a clean slate. About time to start work for the Boys Corn Club. Macon started the year with an eight thousand dollar dance. Remember Butts needs and ought to have a farm demonstra-; tion agent. j Get on the right track and live at home and patronize home in dustries in 1914. Here’s hoping Jackson secures some paving in the business dis trict before the year is out. Butts county’s cotton crop last year was worth a million dollars. Too much of that amount was sent out of the county for feed stuffs that could be produced at home. Publicity is our great remedy for the iniquities in our system \ of taxation as it is indeed a' remedy for perhaps most other j iniquities. Certainly in the casej of land the country should be re quired to publish the price per | acre at which every tract is as- j sessed. Such a procedure would let in the light on many dark places. The Progressive Farmer. The illness of Charles R. Pen dleton, editor of the Macon Tele graph, who is suffering from a nervous break down, is a source of regret to his hundreds of ad mirers and friends over the state. Before killing hogs get a ther mometer, such as are usually used in curing tobacco, and test 1 the water. For grown hogs have the water 185 degrees, for young er hogs 165 degrees. By observ ing this there will be no danger of getting the hair “set.” Kill not more than three hogs before scalding and butchering. When those are finished, kill others. Be sure and let the animal heat get out of the carcass before salting. Salt well and do not unpack until the meat is ready to hang up.—The Progressive Farmer. The foundation of all good farming is the upbuilding of the soil. The man who makes his land poorer is a poor farmer, no matter what else he may be do ing; and our whole system of farming has been a soil-robbing system. It is time for a change. True, the change is being made, but much more slowly than it should be. Naturally, such change can only be made by indi viduals, and until the number of individual farmers who farm for the future exceeds the number of those who think notof their land, but only of what they can get out of it, we shall he on the wrong track.—The Progressive Farmer. THE GEORIG A HEN. The latest census reports show that there are 5,328,574 fowls in this state and about three-fdurths of them are egg producers. The annual production is 20,793,359 dozen eggs, with a farm value of $3,971,760. The yearly poultry production is 14,930,716 fowls, valued at $4,119,876. Exchange. Reasons For High Cos& of Living. Mrs. L. H. Palmer of Baraboo sums it up in the following graph ic manner: ‘ ‘We throw away ashes and buy soap. We raise dogs and buy hogs. We grow weeds and buy vegetables, and catch ten-cent fish with a four-dollar rod. We build school houses and send our children away to school to be ed ucated, so that the boys will be able to hunt ten-cent rabbits with with a forty-dollar gun and a twenty-dollar dog: and that the girls may be sufficiently accom plished to do ‘fancy work’ and play the piano, while mother washes the dishes. Yes, these are hard times.”—Hoard’s Dai ryman. LEGAL ADVERTISE MENTS LIBEL FOR DIVORCE. Georgia—Butts County. Mrs. Eva Huskey ) vs J- Libel for Divorce. George Huskey j The defendant George Huskey hereby required personally or by attorney, to lie and apjKar at the Superior Court, to be held in and tor said County on the third Monday in February next, then and there to answer the plaintiff's de mand in an action of Libel for Divorce, as in default thereof the Court will pro em! as to Justice shall appertain. Wit ness the Honorable Robt.T. Dan iel, Judge of said Court, this Sth day of September 1913. S. J. FOSTER, Clerk. WILL MRS. E. J. MCKIB BEN FILED FOR PROBATE The will of the late Mrs. E. J. McKibben was offered for pro bate in solemn form in the court of Ordinary Monday. The instrument was signed on Nov ember 21, 1912 and was witnessed by Messrs. A. Homer Carmichael, C. M. Compton and S. J. Foster. Mr. J. T. Fletcher is named as executor, without bond. To Andrew Lane, her grand son, she bequeathed her dwelling in the city of Jackson and all the property on the south side of Third treet, except three houses, together with everything in the house, and chickens, cows, hors es, etc.; also 130 acres of land in the 612 district. To McKibben Lane, another grandson, she willed a lot on the north side of Third street and a brick store, formerly used as a law office by Col. M. V. McKiboen, on the north side of the public square. To Andrew Wade Lane and Van McKibben Lane, mentioned above, were bequeathed $20,000, each, in cash. To Louis Lane, another grand son, she bequeathed a house and lot on third street adjoining the residence of J. T. Fletcher. Mary Lane and Margaret Lane, granddaughters, were left $25 each. Harry Lane, another grandson, she willed 100 acres of land lo cated at Jenkinsburg. Mrs. Hattie McKibben Lane, her daughter, was bequeathed her jewelry, etc. The house in which he resides was the legacy left to her broth er, Mr. J. T. Fletcher. H. M Fletcher, Jr., the son of Mr. J. T. Fletcher, was be queathed the house in which Mr. G. W. Gilmore resides. A tract of land consisting of 613 acres located at Jenkinsburg was left intact, the rents, under the direction of Mr. J. T. Fletch er, to go to Andrew and McKib ben Lane, her grandsons, until such time as they deemed it proper to sell the land. The value of the estate, which is considerable, is not known, no j appraisement having yet been made. Great White Sale New Muslin Underwear, Gowns, Drawers, Slips, Corset Covers, Skirts, Combination Shirt Waists. See window display. Come up stairs and save the making. Etheridge, Smith & Cos. MR. W. F. THOMAS FOR TAX COLLECTOR Readers of the Progress will be interested in the announcement of Mr. W. F. Thomas for the of fice of Tax Collector. His card i will be found in this issue. Mr. Thomas is a man of sterling character and worth and is one of the county’s best known citi i ns. Friends over the county are pushing the claims of Mr. Thomas for this office and his chances for election are said to be m ist encouraging at this time. H e has made the race for this of fice before and has always been well up among the leaders when the ballots were counted. Mr. Thomas solicits and will appre ciate the votes of his fellow-cit izens. THE STANDARD DRUG STORE Now that the fall season has arrived we wish to remind you that we have on hand a full line of STANDARD HOME MADE REMEDIES That you will find useful and beneficial for family use. Slaton’s preparations are made of the purest and highest grade of drugs to be obtained and are fully guaran teed. Call for them when you need any thing in the drug line. Full stock of standard seeds for fall and winter planting. Call and make your selection. Everything handled in a modern and pro gressive drug Phone us your or ders and your wants will be carefully and promptly filled. SLATON DRUG CO. _ 00 JACKSON The 3x222—5 Store GEORGIA Undertakers and Embalmers Oldest and Most Efficient Undertakers in this Section Expert Licensed Embalmers Our Undertaking Parlors Modernly Equipped to Furnish the Best of Selections in Caskets and Robes The J. S. Johnson Company Day Phone 121 Night Phone 84 Jackson National Bank “IF MORE PEOPLE 1 Would pay their bills by check and keep the re ceipts, it would save them money. This bank would take good care of your checking account.”
