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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.