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butts county progress
VOLUME 32.
ON EDUCATION
PROF. PARK TALKS
Addressed Teachers Here
Friday
WAS BRILLIANT EFFORT
Large Audience Greeted
University Professor at
Auditorium Friday Ev
ening-Talk Was Helpful
A strong plea for better educa
tional facilities throughout the
state and the necessity for train
ed minds to grapple with modern
days problems was made by Prof.
R. E. Park, of the department of
English literature in the Univer
sity of Georgia, in his talk at the
auditorium Friday evening last.
His address was one of the best
ever heard in this citv and all
who were fortunate enough to be
present were charmed with his
lecture.
He stated that the resources of
Georgia and the entire South are
astoundingly great, and that more
than ever before the call is for
trained men and women who can
develop these possibilities. The
people do not realize their birth
right. he said, and only by educa
tion can they be brought to see
the opportunities all around them.
He mentioned the fact that the
corporations are buying up large
property interests in Georgia,
whereas this development should
be carried on by native Georgians.
During his talk Prof. Park
stated that Jackson had beauti
ful residences and department
stores that would do credit to
any city, but that the school
building was not what it should
be.
The life that really counts, af
ter all, he said, is the life of ser
vice-helping others. His ad
dress was well received and many
complimentary things have been
said concerning it. Prof. Park
was presented to the audience by
Hon. W. E. Watkins.
In addition to Prof. Park’s
talk, a program of several musi
cal numbers was carried out.
Vocal solos by Mrs. W. E. Merck,
Mrs. S. H. Thornton and Miss
Cleo Carmichael were pleasing
features of the evening.
MR. HAUSLER WILL NOT
MAKE RAGE FOR CORONER
Mr. G. W. Hausler who has
been mentioned for Coroner in
the approaching primary states
that he will not be a candidate.
Though he has many friends and
received many promises of sup
port he says It will not be con
venient for him to make the race
at this time. The names of
Messrs. C. B. Biles and L. D.
McKinley have been suggested
for this place. They are both
well known and popular citizens,
though it is not known if they
will consent to run.
So far Mr. J. W. Mangham,
the incumbent, has not stated
whether he would be a candidate
for re-election.
MRS. J. T. DUNCAN DIES
AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS
After an illness of only a few
days, Mrs. J. T. Duncan died at
her home in Cordele Saturday af
ternoon. It was given out that
blood poison, resulting from an
abscessed tooth, was the cause of
death.
Mrs. Duncan before her mar
riage was Miss Gentry of this
city and was well known here.
She was 28 years of age and a
member of the Baptist church.
She is survived by her husband
and three children; her mother,
Mrs. S. W. Gentry, four broth
ers, Messrs. J. W. and E. G.
Gentry, of Jackson, Charles, of
Jacksonville, and S. R. Gentry,
of Atlanta.
The funeral and interment was
held at Cordele Sunday afternoon.
The family have the sympathy of
a large number of friends in
their bereavement.
HON. C. A. TOWLES
FOR LEGISLATURE
Politics Warming Up in
Boris County
TWENTY ODDCANDIDATES
Executive Committee Will
Meet Court Week And
A Date For Primary Will
Be Decided Upon
Political interest centers in the
announcement of Mr. C. A.
Towles for Representative from
Butts county, his announcement
appearing this week. Mr.
Towles whose home is at Cork is
one of the best known
citizens of the county. He is
popular with a wide circle of
friends and has a large acquaint
ance over the county. It is the
opinion of his friends that he is
well qualified for the place and
that he will have the united and
active support of a large num
ber of the voters is assured. It
has been known for some time
that Mr. Towles was considering
the matter of running for the
lower house, but it was not un
til this week that he arrived at a
definite decision.
It is not known at this time
whether he will have any oppo
sition. Others have been spoken
of in that connection, but it re
mains to be seen whether or not
they will throw their hats into
the ring.
Mr. Towles will appreciate the
support of the voters generally.
His card appears in this issue of
The Progress.
The executive committee will
meet during court week, possibly,
when anew committee will be
chosen and the committee will
fix the date and the rules of the
county primary.
Up to Tuesday a total of twen
ty-three candidates for county
and state house offices had made
announcement. Politics are be
ginning to reach the enthusiastic
stage and from now to the fall of
the curtain on the democratic
primary there will be much ac
tivity among the various candi
dates.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1914.
THE INSTITUTE
WAS SUCCESS
Many Teachers Attend The
Sessions
CANNING CLUBS STARTED
Demonstration of Domes
tic Science Department
Created Much Interest —
Able Educators Present
The Teachers Institute which
closed Saturday afternoon was
one of the best both in the point
of interest and attendance ever
held in Jackson. All teachers
were required to be present at
the sessions and teachers from
Monroe and other counties were
present dnring the two days.
A number of distinguished ed
ucators were in attendance, in
cluding Miss Celeste Parish, state
supervisor for this district, who
conducted the institute, Miss
Holt, representing the Girls Can
ning Club work and Miss Murphy,
of the domestic science depart
ment of the Georgia Normal and
Industrial College at Milledge
yille.
Friday and Saturday the stu
dents of the Jackson public
schools had a demonstration of
their work in domestic science.
Many of the people of the city
took advantage of this opportun
ity to see what kind of work was
being done. They were more
than pleased with the progress
that has been made since this de
partment was added to the curri
culum last fall. Miss Murphy
gave a number of interesting and
helpful talks along the line of do
mestic science.
Miss Bessie Waldrop was ap
pointed local agent of the Girls
Canning Club work and this fea
ture will be organized and carried
on in connection with the Boys
Club Club movement this year.
This is regarded as one of the
most important steps taken in
Butts county in a long while.
Superintendent Maddox and
Miss Parish spent the first four
days of the week in visiting all
the schools of the county. This
was a plan never tried here be
fore and much good is said to
have resulted from the visits and
inspection of the various schools.
On Friday night the teachers
and reople of the city were ad
dressed by Prof. R. E. Park, of
Athens, who delivered one of the
most helpful, encouraging and
wholesome talks on the subject
of education yet heard in Butts
county.
That the institute will result in
great good and in increased in
terest in, ipatters educational is
the opinion of all who attended
the sessions.
The light house reservations
on the great lakes are able to
grow all the white cedar needed
for spar buoys in their district.
The Kaibab and the Coconino
national forests adjoin each other.
Yet it takes from two to three
days to go from one to the other,
across the Grand Canyon of the
Colorada.
MR. 0. J. MOORE PASSED
AWAY ON THURSDAY LAST
Mr. D. J. Moore, a well known
citizen of Dublin district, died at
his home near Flovilla last Thurs
day afternoon after an illness of
several months of Brights disease.
Mr. Moore was about 50 years
of age and unmarried. He is
survived by one sister, Miss El
len Moore, one brother, Mr. Lum
Moore of Towaliga district and a
number of other relatives and
many friends. Interment was at
the family burying ground.
Dr. B. E. Fernow, dean of the
forest school of the university of
Toronto, and Bristow Adams, of
the U. S. forest service, have
just been elected president and
secretary, respectively, of the
society of American foresters,
the only organization of profes
sional foresters in the western
hemisphere.
SEWER CONTRACT
AWARDED MONDAY
$13,401.55 Amount of The
Successful Bid
WORKWILLSTART SOON
Nine Bids Ranging: From
$13,000 to $19,000 Sub
mitted—Contractors to
Furnish All Material
At a meeting of Council Mon
day afternoon at 2 o’clock the
contract was awarded for build
ing a system of sewerage in this
city, the contract having been
let to Sullivan, Long & Haggar
ty, of Bessemer, Ala., on a bid
of $13,401.55.
Nine bids were submitted,
ranging from nearly $20,000 to
the bid that secured the contract.
A number of contractors were in
the city to submit their bids.
The contract calls for the work
to be started at once and as soon
as the material can be put on the
ground work will begin. The
contractors are to furnish all of
the material. It will probably be
about the first of March before
the work is started.
The successful bidders are re
quired to give bond in the sum of
25 per cent of the contract price.
Council had previously arrang
ed with the J. B. McCrary Cos.,
of Atlanta, to do the engineering
in connection with the installa
tion of the system.
It is understood that the first
work will be done in the vicinity
of the school building and in the
southern part of the city, which
at present has very little sewer
age.
There are several bands of the
Persian fat-tailed sheep on the
national forests of southern
Utah. The large fat tail some
times weighs as much as forty
pounds, and, like the hump on
the camel'ls a reserve supply of
nourishment when food is lack
ing.
SUPERIOR COURT
MEETS ON 16TH
Heavy Civil And Criminal
Docket
WILL LAST TWO WEEKS
Two or Three Criminal
Cases of Exceptional In
terest—Much Civil Bus
iness on The Calendar
The February term of Butts
county superior court will con
vene in Jackson on Monday 16.
It is likely that the session will
last full two weeks, as there is a
great deal of business to be dis
posed of at that time.
The civil docket contains some
thing like a hundred cases, a
large number of which are dam
age suits against the two power
companies located in the county.
The calendar was published in
full in last week’s issue of The
Progress.
There is also a good deal of
criminal business to be heard.
Criminal cases will be called the
second week, possibly. Two
cases of exceptional interest to
be tried are the Alonzo Turner
and Toomas Aiken matters.
Turner, it will be recalled, was
given a life sentence for his al
leged connection with the killing
of Jesse Singley at Indian
Springs in the summer of 1911.
Anew trial was granted by
Judge H. A. Matthews. Aiken
was convicted of burglary and
sentenced to serve 12 years in
the penitentiary. The court of
appeals has granted anew trial.
Aiken entered a number of houses
in Jackson one night in Novem
-1912.
In addition to these matters
there will be a number of other
criminal cases to engage the at
tention of the court. The grand
jury will probably return a num
ber of indictments and several
misdemeanor cases will be heard
at this term of court.
The indications are that the
February sitting of the court will
be a very busy one.
The war department is refor
esting a large area near Fort Ba
yard, New Mexico, for use as an
army hospital site.
14,785 Bales of
Cotton in Butts
To the 16 of January, Butts
county had ginned 14,785 bales
of cotton. This is compared with
12,345 for the same date in 1913.
Indications now point to a crop
of 15,000 bales in Butts county,
which with one or two exceptions
is the largest yield ever reported
for the county. Laurens and
Burke counties lead the state,
the former having ginned 52,551
and the latter 52,397 bales.
The Charlotte Observer thinks
that we should have government
ownership and operation of hens.
The ownership might be worked
all right but when it comes to the
operating part, the hen is too in
dependent to be controlled even
by the government.—Macon Tel
egraph.
NUMBER 6.