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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
CONTRACT LET
FOR NEW CHURCH
South Carolina Firm Gets
Award
PRICE BID WAS $20,000
Church Will Be Construc
ted of White Pressed
Brick—Work to Start in
Early Spring Months
Quartermus and McDonald,
of Walhalla, S. C., gets the con
tract for the new First Baptist
church building on a bid of
$20,000.
The contract was let a few days
ago by the building committee.
The $20,000 bid includes only
the church itself, none of the fix
tures, wiring, heating or plumb
ing being included. The con
tract for these items will be
awarded separately.
The church will be built of white
pressedbrick which will cost a few
hundred dollars more than the
contract price, which was on a
basis of red brick.
Work on the new building will
be started about the first of
March, it is announced. The
work of razing the old Pound
house, on the site of which the
new church building will be erect
ed, will be taken up in the near
future, it is stated.
All of the preliminaries are be
ing gotten out of the way as fast
as possible by the building com
mittee. The first payment on the
subscriptions for the new church
will become due the first of March.
As planned, and as the contract
calls for, the new church build
ing will be a very handsome
structure. It will be a credit to
the city and will have a number
of conveniences not possessed by
the old church.
MISS MYRTIGE RUTLEGE
OIEO IN ATLANTA HOME
The death of Miss Myrtice Rut
lege, a former resident of this
city but who has been making
her home in Atlanta for several
years, was received with regret
here. She passed away in Atlan
ta last Friday night after a short
illness. The family of the young
woman resided in Jackson until
the death of her mother, follow
ing which they went to Atlanta
to live. She was 19 years of age
and an estimable, Christian lady
fcwho had many friends in Jackson
Butts county. She is surviv
ed by one sister, Miss Estelle
l Rutlege and one brother, Emory
The remains were brought to
Jackson Sunday morning and the
funeral was held at the Metho
dist church at 10 o’clock. The
services were in charge of Rev.
,A. E. Sansburn. Interment was
l at Stark cemetery.
The American forestry associa
tion has just elected Henry S.
Bh*inker, president of Lehigh uni
tessity, and P. S. Ridsdale, as its
president and secretary respec
tively.
MR. G. N MAYFIELD ENTERS
RACE FOR COUNTY TREASURER
There will be very general in
terest in the announcement of
Mr. C. N. Mayfield for County
Treasurer, his formal card ap
pearing this week. For a number
of years Mr. Mayfield has been
identified with the politics of the
county, having served as Tax Col
lector a few years back. He was
elected Treasurer two years ago
in a field of some eight or nine
candidates. That Mr. Mayfield is
popular with the people of the
county is proved by the fact that
he has been honored by election
before. He states that this will
be his last race. If he is elected
he will retire at the end of the
term and if he is defeated he will
not offer again. Mr. Mayfield has
many warm personal and politi
cal friends over the county who
are pleased to have an opportuni
ty to give him their support.
California led last year in tim
ber sold from national forests,
though Montana had the largest
number of sale transactions.
JUDGE HART TO
ADDRESS CITIZENS
Will Explain State’s New
Tax law
HERE ON FEBRUARY 20TH
State Tax Commissioner
Coming to Butts to Make
Adt Clear to Tax Payers
of The County
Judge John C. Hart, State Tax
Commissioner, will address the
voters of Butts county on Feb
ruary 20 at the court house in
Jackson at the noon recess of su
perior court.
This announcement will be of
wide interest throughout the
county, for no measure has cre
ated keener interest than the tax
act. That many citizens will
avail themselves of an opportu
nity to hear Judge Hart explain
the act in detail goes without
saying. He comes to Jackson by
request of the board Tax Asses
sors, composed of Messrs. W. D.
Curry, chairman, R. A. Wood
ward and Ed Hoard.
The new act is one of such
general importance that people
! in all parts of the state want the
j fullest information concerning it.
Judge Hart has been speaking in
different sections for some time
and will cover as much ground as
possible.
Judge Hart is a very able man,
having been attorney general of
the state, and aside from the in
terest in the new tax act,
many of the tax payers will be
pleased to have an opportunity
to hear him speak.
It is claimed by Judge Hart
that only one-seventh of the tax
, able property in Georgia is re
turned for taxation. This is said
to be mostly in the form of “in
visible property” and this and
other features of the bill will be
gone over by him in his approach
ing address in Jackson.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914.
COUNCIL ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
No Changes Made During
Year 1914
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
Alderman J. H. McKibben
Chosen Mayor Pro Tem
—Same Policemen Elected
to Serve This Year
The business of the past year
was gone over and officers elected
to serve for the ensuring year at
the meeting of Council Monday
night.
Not a single change was made
in the personnel of the officers,
and the same council committees
were appointed by Mayor Wat
kins to serve during 1914.
Alderman J. H. McKibben was
again chosen mayor pro tem.
Practically the same ordinances
were drafted and adopted.
Mr. W. E. Merck remains as
superintendent of the water and
light department.
Chief of police W. D. Pope and
assistant chief D. M. Thornton
succeed themselves.
Judge J. A. McMichael was
again named as clerk and treas
urer and Mr. W. H. Wilson tax
receiver and collector.
Col. J. T. Moore was re-elected
city attorney.
Mr. R. J. Carmichael was chos
en a bond commissioner for the
three year term to succeed
himself, the others members be
ing Messrs. A. H. Smith and S.
O. Ham.
The Progress was napied as the
city printer.
Mr. E. C. Cawthon was again
made sexton of the city cemetery.
The board of tax assessors con
sist of Messrs. R. P. Newton, J.
M. Currie and J. B. Guthrie.
The council committees are as
follows, the first name being the
chairman of that committee:
Public Schools—Kimbell, Mc-
Kibhen, Jones.
Litigation—Jones, McKibben,
Thurston.
Ordinance —Thurston, Jones,
Kimbell.
Cemetery-McKibben. Kimbell,
Thurston.
Finance —Jones, McKibben,
Kimbell.
Water and Lights—McKibben,
Jones, Thurston.
Streets—Thurston, Kimbell and
Jones.
Sanitary—Kimbell, Thurston,
McKibben.
Police —McKibben, Kimbell,
Jones.
DIVORCE MILLS GRIND
SWIFTLY IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 29.—The
present session of the divorce
court has wound up its work af
ter separating 130 unhappy coup
les. The last day’s session was
spiced with several sensational
stories of cruelty and wrong.
How about that campaign for
tick eradication in Butts county
this year. It is about time to be
gin planning the fight.
GEORGIA COMPANY COMPLETES
VERY SATISFACTORY YEAR
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 29. —An in
teresting commentary on insur
ance conditions in Georgia and
the south is to be found in the
communication of State Insur
ance Commissioner W. A. Wright,
congratulating the Cherokee Life
Insurance Company, of Rome, on
the success attending its conver
sion from a mutual to a stock
company.
At the same annual meeting of
stockholders where this commu
nication was read, and which
was attended by prominent busi
ness men from all sections of
the south, the directors endorsed
the statement made by the presi
dent, that the fixed charges of
the institution were less than
those of any other insurance
company doing business in the
United States, proportionate to
the volume of business transacted.
The following officers were
elected at that meeting: Presi
dent, Barry Wright; vice presi
dent, E. W. Butler; secretary,
G K. Honshall; treasurer, R. N.
Harper; medical director. Dr.
W. W. Mangum: Lloyd Damron
will continue as manager and di
rector of agencies.
EUGENICS BILL
WAS GIVEN UP
legislation Will Have to
Wait Longer
LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Fate of Wisconsin Measure
Makes Framers of Pro
posed Georgia Law De
cide to Delay Acftion
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 29. —The
plans to present a eugenics bill
at the next session of the legis
lature to regulate marriages in
Georgia, will probably have to be
revised or abandoned altogether
as the result of the constitutional
snags struck by similar measures
in Wisconsin and other states
where they have been tried.
The fact that the Wisconsin
measure cannot be enforced is
taken to mean the likelihood that
the bill proposed for Georgia in
its present form could not be en
forced either, even though it
passed the legislature.
The Georgia law was to be con
cerned first with health and sec
ondly with social conditions. It
was to provide that sufferers from
incurable diseases should not be
permitted to marry, and to force
all persons contemplating matri
mony to state whether they have
ever been married before.
The bill proposed to make it
necessary, as under the Wiscon
sin law, that a medical certificate
should be necessary to the issu
ance of a marriage license. It
was not intended, however, to
interfere on medical grounds, ex
cept for the gravest reasons.
“What we want in Georgia,”
said a member of the assembly
in discussing the measure, “is
simple, common-sense eugenics,
not carried to extremes. We be
lieve that such a law can be pass
ed, and made constitutional, if
we do not endeavor to cover too
much ground in it.”
BRILLIANT WAS
PYTHIAN BANQUET
About Sixty Guests Were
Present
MANYFINETOASTS SAID
Supreme Chancellor Car
ling Prevented From At
tending—Rain Kept A
Large Number Away
With about sixty guests pre
sent, the banquet given by Jack
son lodge No. 131, Knights of
Pythias, at Hotel Buchanan last
Friday night was one of the most
enjoyable occasions in the history
of the lodge.
Splendid addresses, sparkling
toasts and good fellowship were
features of the evening. Dr. O.
Lee Chesnutt acted as toast mas
ter and performed the duties with
tact and &race. Supreme Chan
cellor T. J. Carling, of Macon,
could not be present, but Supreme
Deputy W. C. Milan, of Carters
ville, and Mr. Cronhein of the in
surance department were present
and delivered rousing talks.
Toasts were said by Judge H.
M. Fletcher, who is one of the
best known fraternal men in this
section, Rev. A. E. Sansburn and
by Mrs. Sansburn. Mr. Sansburn
hadforhis subject, “The Ladies/’
while “Our Husbands’’ was the
toast assigned to Mrs, Sansburn.
Her talk was one of the very best
of the evening and elicited much
praise from all those present.
The banquet itself wus superb.
The dining room was attractively
decorated in the Knights of Py
thias colors. A sumptuous repast
was served the fifty odd guests
present. Considering the un
favorable weather the attendance
was really larger than was ex
pected.
So successful was the banquet
that it may be decided to make
it an annual affair.
MR. CHARLES A. SMITH
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
Mr. Charles A. Smith, of Cork,
announces his candidacy for Tax
Collector this week, making the
sixth contestant for that office.
He is one of the best known and
most sterling citizens in Dublin
district and on accountofhis high
character enjoys a wide popular
ity. He is a son of Mr. R. V.
Smith and a member of the well
known Smith family. Mr. Smith
is justice of the peace in his dis
trict, being one of the youngest
justices in the country. His as
surances of support are most en
couraging, he states. In this
campaign he will have the sup
port of a large number of friends
who are confident that he will
poll a remarkably strong vote in
the approaching primary.
Announcement is made that
there will be no material change
in the policy of the Macon Tele
graph, following the death of
Col. C. R. Pendleton. The Tele
graph is devoted to the upbuild
ing of the state and is one of the
very best papers in Georgia.
NUMBER 5.