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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
CANDIDATES OUT
[ INFORCE SATURDAY
Day Proved Busy One For
Campaigners
ON HOME STRETCH NOW
Many Races Causing The
Keenest Sort of Interest
—Candidates Now Paying
in Their Assessments
Saturday was candidates day
in Jackson.
Just about everybody who is
running for an office this year
turned out, and from early morn
ing until late in the afternoon
the voters were thundered at,
talked to and pleaded with, en
thusiastically. It was fine sport
for the candidates but whether
or not the voters enjoyed the
performance is another question.
The local crop of candidates,
and they are a likely looking
bunch, too, are coming down the
home stretch now. Their run
ning days will soon be over. In
less than a month there will be
only shouting and explanations.
But while the campaign is in
progress they propose to sip all
the sweetness possible out of the
affair.
Paying up of assessments lev
ied by the executive committee is
now in progress, several of the
candidates having already come
across with the long green. The
date for the payment does not
expire until April first, but some
of the candidates are paying
when convenient. It might be
stated that there has been
mighty little kicking on the as
sessments fixed for this year.
Asa whole the rules, date and
everything connected with the
action of the committee appears
to have given almost universal
satisfaction.
County politics will soon give
way to state campaigns, but
while the local race is on the can
didates do not propose to let any
body forget about it. It is a
noteworthy fact that all the can
didates are in high spirits, say
their prospects are bright as a
spring day and unless Old Man
Peepul goes back on them that
they are sure of election on April
17th.
JUDGE DANIEL NAMED TRUS
TEE UNIVERSITY GEORGIA
Judge Robert T. Daniel, of
Griffin, will succeed the late Sen
ator A. 0. Bacon as the repre
sentative of the Sixth congres
sional distriet on the board of
trustees of the University of
Georgia. Governor Slaton an
nounced Judge Daniel’s appoint
ment Saturday morning.
Judge Daniel is one of the best
known men in Georgia. He is
judge of the superior courts of
the Flint circuit and is a promi-
oent secret order man. Judge
Daniel is a Past Great Incahoonee
°* Red Men, and is now Dep
uty Grand Sire of the Odd Fel
lows of the World.
FOR HAULING THE MAIL
RAILROADS WANT MORE PAY
Atlanta. Ga., March 19.—Rail
road officials here are expressing
deep regret and dissatisfaction
at the fact that the postoffice ex
penditures bill just passed by
congress for the ensuing fiscal
vear, fails once more to compen
sate the railroads for carrying
the parcels post.
In his report in December, the
postmaster general said, that in
view of the “prospective prodig
ious growth" of the parcels post,
“the railroads of course will be
come entitled to additional com
pensation for this extra service
imposed upon them, and the de
partment is engaged in gathering
all statistical data necessary for
ascertaining a correct basis for
fixing a just, fair and adequate
compensation for the service
rendered.”
On February 17th, according
to reports received here, the rail
roads committee was advised by
the postoffice department that it
had made a recommendation to
congress that on account of the
increased weight of the mails due
to the paacels post, the postmas
ter general should be authorized
to add to the compensation of the
railroads not more than one half
of one per cent. The recommen
dation would have added only
$254,000 to the mail pay ©f all the
railroads in the United States.
OVER FIFTY BOYS
JOIN CORN CLUB
New Members Enrolling
Every Day
LARGE CLuTeXPECTED
Efforts Will Be Made to
Secure at Lea& Oqe Hun
dred Members This Year
—Agents Are Now Adtive
Up to the first of this week a
total of fifty-three boys had join
ed the Corn Club. That is the
same number as last year.
Last Thursday and Friday dis
trict agent S. M. Cown, of Un
ion City, made a visit to Butts
county and together with Farm
Demonstrator H. L. Worsham a
number of schools were visited.
Mr. Cown is interested in all
kinds of demonstration work but
gives particular attention to the
work of the Boys Corn clubs and
the Girls Canning clubs.
Farm Agent Worsham is now
busy mailing out bulletins to the
boys of the club. These bulletins
are mailed under a frank and the
boys may also write the agent
under a frank. Saturday Mr.
Worsham handed out and mailed
several hundred of, these bul
letins. ' ,
It is certain that Butts county
is going to have the largest corn
club membership this year it has
ever had. All of the schools have
shown interest and sympathy in
the movement, and as fast as
Mr. Worsham can get around he
is enrolling the names.
Miss Waldrop, local agent of
the Girls Canning Club, also re
ports considerable progress in her
work. Everywhere there is a
wholesome spirit of interest that
promises great things along these
lines.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20. 1914.
WORK STARTED ON
BAPTIST CHURCH
Obstructions Were Moved
Last Week
CONTRACTORS ARE BUSY
City Council Buys The
Dirt Being Excavated to
Put on Streets—Work to
Be Pushed Vigorously
Work on the new Baptist
church is about to start in earn
est. The Pound house has been
moved far enough to permit the
work of excavating for the new
church to begin.
The contractors have been in
the city for some time, but de
lays in moving the residence
on the church site prevented work
from being taken up until this
week. The first excavating was
done Monday. This work will
be done by the church, and the
dirt has been sold to the city and
is being put on the streets. The
mixing of the clay with the sand
will have a beneficial effect on
the streets of the city.
A large part of the material
for the new church has arrived.
Messrs. Quartermus and McDon
ald, the contractors, are anxious
to get the work under way". Pro
vided the weather is good from
now on there will be satisfactory
progress in the work during the
next few weeks.
The building committee is get
ting all the details of the new
work straightened out as fast as
possible. About all of the first
notes have been paid to the treas
urer of the building committee,
and everything is in good shape
in that direction.
While the new church is in
course of construction services
will be held in the present build
ing.
SENATOR WEST WINNING
HIS SPURS IN WASHINGTON
Atlanta, Ga., March 19. —Unit-
ed States Senator William Stanley
West, appointed by Governor
Slaton to succeed the late Senator
A. 0. Bacon, is already being
honored in Washington with im
portant committee appointments,
according to current advices.
Senator West has already been
appointed to the chairmanship of
the important committee on ex
penditures in the postoffice de
partment, and will in all probabil
ity be made a member of the
committee on military affairs.
This will give him three clerks in
his office.
Senator West has named Earl
Williams, of Carrollton, who was
formerly a member of Senator
Bacon’s clerical force, as his
stenographer. Cordial relation
ship has been established be
tween Senator West and Senator
Hoke Smith, and the two Georgia
senators are in frequent con
ference.
Until he reached Washington,
Senator West was hopeful of in
ducing John T. Boifeuillet to
serve as his private secretary,
but the latter, while expressing
his deep appreciation of the com
ptiment. declined*
SHRINERS FROM ALL QUAR
TERS GOIN6 TO ATLANTA
Atlanta, Ga., March 19.—Shri
ners from the'far west and other
distant points, who will come to
Atlanta for the great North
American convention in May,
have written in a number of in
stances, to inquire whether they
will be able to make a trip to
Stone Mountain during their
visit.
Little though Atlantians pause
to realize it, Stone Mountain is
one of the greatest natural curi
osities in the world, and in the
physical geographies that bald
mountain of granite gets more
notice than the whole of Atlanta.
Stone Mountain is said by the
geologists to be the largest single
piece of granite in the world. It
is interesting also on account of
the Indian legends and prehis
toric relics with which its locality
is associated.
It has been suggested that cer
tain kinds of timber on the na
tional forests be reserved for the
needs of the navy. This recalls
the fact that the first forest res
ervations in this country were
made for naval material.
STATE COMMITTEE
WILL MEET SOON
Will Prepare For State
Primary
MEMBERS ARE NOTIFIED
Important Political Devel
opments Will Follow Ac
tion of The Committee
in Fixing Primary Date
To prepare for the state prima
ry, which it is expected will be
held in August, a call for a meet
ing of the state executive com
mittee will be issued soon by W.
J. Harris, chairman. The date
of the meeting will be about the
first of April, it is thought.
Chairman Harris has written
the members of the committee
to ascertain the sentiment about
the primary. Whether the coun
ty unit or plurality plan of nom
ination will be adopted is, of
course, not known in advance of
the meeting.
Indications point to a year of
usual activity in state politics and
the action of the committee will
be of rare interest. There will
be opposition all along the line,
from United States senator and
governor to state house officials,
and following the adoption of the
primary rules a number of an
nouncements are expected.
The members of the committee
from the sixth congressional dis
trict are as follows: B. H. Har
dy, Bamesville; W. N. D. Dixon,
Fayetteville; Paul Turner, Mc-
Donough; Joe Hill Hall, Macon.
India is developing an import
ant turpentine industry, though
it does not supply the home mar
ket yet.
GREAT REVIVAL
ENDS WEDNESDAY
Record Number of Acces
sions Secured
WHOLE CITY STIRRED UP
One of Greatest Meetings
in History of Jackson
Closed Wednesday Ev
ening After 3 Weeks Run
What is generally declared to
have been one of the most suc
cessful revivals in the history of
Jackson closed Wednesday night.
The meeting at the Methodist
church had been in progress
for nearly a month.
Well over a hundred accessions
were secured to the churches of
the city. This is by far the
largest number of memberships
obtained in Jackson in a decade.
Rev. J. M. Bass, who conducted
the revival from the beginning,
remained in the city until Mon
day night. It was his intention
to leave Sunday night, when it
had been planned to close the
revival, but the demand was so
insistent for the meeting to con-
tinue that he decided to remain
over another day. Dr. Fletcher
Walton, presiding elder for the
Griffin district, took charge of
the'meeting Tuesday and con
ducted it until the close Wednes
day evening. Mr. 0. W. Staple
ton who had charge of the sing
ing, left Monday for his home in
Atlanta, and Mr. E. C. Cowan,
of McDonough, led the singing
until the close.
In the opinion of a large num
ber of the people Dr. Bass’ sledge
hammer blows at Bin, hypocrisy
and evil has been productive of
great good to the city. His
preaching brought results that
has seldom been equalled in the
city. Mr. Bass is a very able man
and it is the sincere wish every
where that his stay in the city
will result in lasting good.
The attendance throughout was
large and encouraging to the
leaders. People of all denomina
tions took much interest in the
meeting. Good singing proved
an inspiring feature.
MR. J. M. COLLINS
OUT FOR SURVEYOR
Announcement of the candida
cy of Mr. J. M. Collins for re
election as County Surveyor ap
pears in this issue of The Pro
gress. For almost twenty years
Mr. Collins has held this position
and he is regarded as one of the
best surveyors in the country.
He will not have any opposition
this year, or at least none has
been mentioned so far. Mr. Col
lins is a well known citizen and
is popular with a large number
of the people and it will be a gen
uine pleasure for them to give
him a united support in the pri
mary of April 17.
Mr. Collins’ announcement
brings the total up to thirty-one,
which is a pretty fair crop of
candidates in an “off poßtUaP*
yenr.
NUMBER 12.