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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
PRIMARY RULES
WERE ADOPTED
Use of Whiskey Has Been
Outlawed
ASSESSMENTS ARE FIXED
Candidates Are Given to
April to Pay The
Assessments to Secretary
of Executive Committee
Resolved by the Butts county
Democratic Executive Com
mittee:
1. That a democratic primary
election for the nomination of all
county officers required to be
elected in the next general elec
tion is hereby called to be held
on the 17th day April, 1914.
2. Said primary election shall
be held at all regular precincts
in said county. The polls at all
precincts shall open at 8 a. m.
and close at 4p. m., sun time.
The election shall be conducted
under the immediate supervision
of the members of this committee
in the several malitia districts.
3. Said primary election shall
be conducted conformably with
the law of this state relating to
primary elections as published in
the code of Georgia.
4. No person shall not be en
titled to vote in said election in
any other precinct than that in
which he lives, and no person
shall be entitled to vote therein
whose name does not appear on
the list of qualified voters pre
pared and certified to by the reg
istrars of the county, and fur
nished to the election managers
for each precinct.
5. An official ballot, contain
ing in alphabetical order, the
names of all candidates shall be
prepared by the executive com
mittee and be furnished the elec
tion managers. No other ballot
shall be received or counted by
the election managers.
6. The name of no candidate
for any office shall be be placed
on the official ballot who fails or
refuses to pay the assessment
hereinafter made, to pay the ex
penses of said primary. The as
sessment as made shall be paid
by each candidate to the secre
tary of the executive committee
not later than 12 o’clock, noon,
of the first day of April 1914.
After said time no candidate for
any office will be permitted to
announce and pay the assess
ment and have his name entered
°n the official ballot. The can
didate for each office receiving
the highest number of votes
shall be declared the nominee for
the respective offices for wbich
they are candidates.
7. Candidates for the follow
ing offices shall pay the amounts
| flowing their names, to-wit:
County commissioner, $10.00;
clerk of court, $lO 00; sheriff,
I tax collector, $5.00; treas-
I ?! er ' s6-00;. tax receiver. $3.00.
I [hese assessments shall be paid
the first day of April, 1914, to
secretary of the executive
I *°mmittee. The assessments
I above are to be paid by
I candidate.
I j* Any matter arising which
I J 1 } e 6 sa *d primary and is not
■ by these rules or the
CANAL BUILDER WILL SPEAK
AT ATLANTA CENTENNIAL
Atlanta, Ga., March 12.—Colo
nel George W. Goethals, builder
of the Panama Canal, will be in-
J vited to Atlanta to be the princi
pal speaker at the celebration of
the semi-centennial of the battle
of Atlanta, which will take place
July 22. The invitation will be
signed by Governor Slaton, by
Mayor Woodward, by the presi
dent of the chamber of commerce
and by other prominent Geor
gians.
It is understood tbat Colonel
Goethals will accept. It is hoped
that the U. S. war department
manoeuvres for the southern
states for 1914 may be held in
and around Atlanta at the same
; some time, and this question has
i already been taken up with Un
! cle Sam.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
TO MILLEDGEVILLE
Meet There in May For
Three Days
GOOD SPEAKERS SECURED
Railroads Announce Low
Rates For Annual Con
vention Georgia Sun
day School Association
The various railroads of the
State have granted a special
round trip rate from practically
all points in the State to Milledge
ville where the state Sunday
School Convention will be held
on April 14th, 15th and 16th.
The program committee for this
convention has prepared an un
usually strong program, having
secured in all more than thirty
five speakers. Not only will
“Georgia’s best” Sunday school
workers be on the program, but
some out-of-the state workers of
national reputation have been se
cured. Among the speakers
will be Rev. E. C. Dargan, D. D.,
Macon, President Southern Bap
tist Convention; Mr. John D.
Walker, Sparta; Mr. William A.
Brown, Chicago, 111.; Mr. E. E.
French. Nashville, Tenn.; Mr.
Asa G. Candler, Atlanta; Dr. L.
O. Bricker, Atlanta; Rev. J. R.
Sevir, Augusta; Mr. W S. With
am, Atlanta; and Mrs. Mary
Harris Armor, Macon.
Special preparations are being
made for the music, which is to
be under the direction of Prof.
E. O. Excell, of Chicago, assist
ed by Prof. Alvin W. Roper, of
Winona Lake, Ind., a pianist of
national reputation.
The Local Committee on Ar
rangements. of which Mr. L. C.
Hall a prominent banker of Mil
ledgeville, is chairman, is spar
ing no pains or effort in arrang
ing for the entertainment of the
convention. All delegates will
be entertained without cost
while attending the Convention.
laws of the state, shall be decid
ed by the executive committee.
9. This committee is ealled to
meet at the court house at 12
o’clock, noon, oh the ißth diy bf
April. 1914, to decide the result
of said primary.
10. That from and after the
adoption of these resolutions no
candidate will be allowed to use
money or whiskey, either direct-
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1914.
RAILROAD NOW
BEING DISCUSSED
Agitation For Car Line Is
Revived
SUBSCRIPTION IS TAKEN
Toccoa Man Proposes to
Equip Line Along Third
Street With Necessary
Rolling Stock For Traffic
Interest in the matter of secur
ing a street railway for Jackson
has recently been revived and
present prospects seem brighter
than in some time.
Capt. L. W. Robert, of At
lanta, who is said to be the ma
jority stockholder in the Middle
Georgia Interurban Railway Cos.,
has entered into negotiations
with Mr. E. S. Hunnicutt, of
Toccoa, with a view to have the
latter put on the rolling stock |on
the track between the Southern
depot and the business section of
Jackson. Mr. Hunnicutt pro
poses to put on a motor car, on
condition that he receive a cer
tain amount of financial encour
agement from the business men
of the city. Stock to the amount;
of $2,000, payable only when the
cars are in operation, is wanted
by Mr. Hunnicutt.
Already a number of business
men have subscribed, several
subscriptions of SIOO being on
the list. The opportunity is
open to all the people of the city,
and the business men are asked,
to co-operate in equipping the!
line with rolling stock.
On condition that the $2,000 is
subscribed. Mr. Hunnicutt agrees
on his part to have the line in
operation within three months.
He has had previous experience
in this line of work, having oper
ated a line at Clarksville, Ga.
The latter road is said to be a
paying proposition.
Once the cars are put on Mr.
Hunnicutt proposes to haul
freight for the business men of
the city. He claims that he can
haul freight cheaper than it now
costs the merchants. The rate
will be from one to two cents a
hundred, according to the clas
sification, it is claimed.
It is stated here that Capt. L.
W. Robert has either closed a
lease or is about to close a lease
with Mr. Hunnicut for the line
along Third street
It is a noteworthy fact that
there is more interest in the
movement now than there ever
has been before. Many of the
business men feel that once the
line is in operation in Jackson
that the road will be extended to
Indian Springs in the course of a
few months. There is some op
position to the proposition also.
ly or indirectly. If it should be
proven by three or more witness
es on any candidate, then said
candidate will not be declared the
nominee, even if he should have
the highest number of votes.
Resolved further, that proof by
two reliable witnesses that any
voter sold his vote for a valuable
consideration, said vote will be
cast out and not counted in said,
consolidation.
This 7th day of March, 1914. i
A. H. Ogletree, Chairman.
J. D. Jones. Secretary.
Promotions in
Jackson Rifles
A rifember of promotions have
recently been made in the Jack
son Rifles and there is now a full
list of non-comm : ssioned officers.
The following appointments are
announced:
Corporal W. M. McClure to
Ist sergeant.
Corporal B. T. McMichael to
sergeant.
Corporal L. M. Ball to sergeant.
Private H. D. Singley to cor
poral.
Private C. E. McMichael to
corporal.
Private J. H. Ridgeway to
corporal.
Private K. A. Biles to corporal.
Private C. L. Thurston to cor
poral.
Lieut. L. H. Hendrick has
been designated as recruiting of
ficer of the company.
EARTH TREMOR
FRIGHT PRODUCER
People Badly Excited By
Seismic Shock
DISTURBANCE THURSDAY
Earthquake Felt in County
La& Week Was Most
Violent Since The Great
Shock of August 1886
An earthquake that lasted from
five to fifteen seconds was felt in
Butts county last Tnursday af
ternoon at a few minutes after
three o’clock. The tremor caus
ed keen excitement that almost
amounted to consternation in
some quarters.
Accompanying the seismic
shock was a rumbling noise thac
sounded like distant thunder. At
first it was thought that a charge
of dynamite had been touched off
somewhere in the community but
when the true condition became
known inmates of houses lost no
time in getting out in the open.
So far as has been reported no
considerable damage—other than
fright—was done by the earth
tremor. A number of houses
were shaken from foundation to
roof, and brick were shaken out
of chimneys.
Three score or more cities and
towns in this section felt the
earthquake. It reached as far as
South Carolina. Just where the
center of the disturbance was has
not been learned, the weather
man in Atlanta being unable to
give any definite information. He
called the shock an earth tremor
and said it was a light distur
bance, though there will be plen
ty of people to testify that it was
ahout as hard as they would care
to feel.
The seismic shock was the first
of any consequence felt in this
section since the great earth
quake of 1886.
Port Orford cedar of the Pa
cific coast, recently tried as a
substitute for English willow in
the manufacture of artificial
limbs, has been found unsatis
factory. While it is light enough
it is too coarse and brittle.
COMMITTEE MET
LAST SATURDAY
Voted to Change Date of
Election
CANDIDATES DELIGHTED
April 17th Selected as Date
Instead of June 12th by
Committee Who Recon
sidered Former Adtion
Rescinding their former action
naming June 12th as the date of
the county primary, the members
of the executive committee voted
Saturday to hold the election on
April 17th.
That date was not chosen with
out considerable discussion dur
ing which several dates were
suggested. April 10, April 24
and May 1 were put forward as
dates for the primary, but when
the vote was tauten it was found
that April 17 had won out.
A petition signed by nineteen
of the candidates was presented
requesting the committee to
change the election from June to
an earlier time. It was probably
this fact that led to the action of
the committee.
Rules for the primary were
adopted. They are to be found
in this issue. It will be seen that
the polls will open in all the pre
cincts at Ba. m. and close at 4
p. m. A clause was inserted for
bidding the use of money or
whiskey in the primary, a viola
tion of which rule will cost any
candidate caught using such
methods the nomination, even
should he receive the highest
vote.
Now that the primary has
definitely been set for April 17, a
little over a month off, it is ex
pected that politics will buzz
for the next few weeks. .
LOCAL MERCHANTS PREPARE
FOR RIG SPRIN6 BUSINESS
Well Assorted Lines Are
Now Being Displayed
With the arrival of new spring
goods, the business men of Jack
son are preparing for a brisk
trade this spring. The various
buyers recently returned from
the large wholesale houses of the
East where they purchased large
and well assorted lines of dry
goods, millinery, dress goods, etc.
Three department stores of the
city, Jackson Mercantile Com
pany, Carmichael-Mallet Com
pany, Etheridge, Smith & Com
pany, have arranged their spring
opening days for Wednesday and
Thursday, March 18th and 19th.
That occasion will be one of no
little interest, particularly to the
feminine contingent.
There is an air of optimism in
local trade circles and the busi
ness men predict a good season.
Jackson has long been known as
one of the principal bargain cen
ters in Middle Georgia and the
best of every thing can always
be obtained at the local stores.
The merchants have made spec
ial preparations to take care of
the needs of their customers and
the buying public, and they will
appreciate a visit from you.
NUMBER 11.