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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
LOCAL SCHOOL TAX
ELECTION ON 17TH
Better Schools The Main
Issue at Stake
MUCH INTEREST IS FELT
People of Butts Will
Their Ballots in Election
For County-Wide Sys
tem of Local School Tax
Better schools, longer terms
and a higher grade of teachers
are some of the things that will
result if the people vote for a
county-wide system of taxation
for school purposes in the elec
tion to be held Friday the 17.
The election is one of the most
important from an educational
point of view the people of the
county ever faced.
Several districts now have lo
cal taxation to supplement the
state school fund. It is proposed
to make the system county-wide
with the exception of Jackson’s
public schools. Under the new
arrangement the county would
receive the same amount of mon
ey from the state as it does now.
The corporations in the county,
power companies, railroads, tele
graph and telephone companies,
will pay about $6,000 dollars into
the school fund.
The rate in the districts that
now have local taxation is
about 5 mills. With the tax that
the corporations pay, the rate
will be reduced under the county
system to about 2\ mills. That
is all the additional tax the peo
ple would be called upon to pay,
should the county vote for local
taxation, and in return they
would get from seven to nine
months terms in the country
schools, better teachers and
greater efficiency in the schools.
A large number of the more
progressive counties in the state
have already voted for this sys
tem. The people of Butts, who
are always in the forefront of
progress, will decide the issue in
the election called by Judge Ham
for April 17. A two-thirds vote
is necessary. Several hundred
citizens have signed a petition re
questing Judge Ham to call an
election, and he has set the same
day as the county primary.
There is much interest in the
movement and the sentiment
seems to be overwhelming for
the county unit system. A vote
for the new movement is a vote
for the educational advancement
of Butts county.
Baby Camel Will Be
Mascot For Shriners
Atlanta, Ga., April 9.—The
baby camel, recently born at the
Atlanta zoo, and christened by
Potentate Forrest Adair of
Yaarab Temple, will be one of
the local mascots of the Shrine,
for the big national convention
which is coming in May.
The camel is healthy and hap
py, and is one of the few babies
of its race ever born in captivity
in this section of the country.
Indications now are that the
total number of visiting Shriners
will far exceed the 30,000 origi
nally estimated.
BUTTS CHAMBER WILL
MEET HERE APRIL 18
Members of Boys Corn
Club And Girls Canning
Club to Rally
The Butts County Chamber of
Commerce has called a meeting
of all its members and others in
terested in the welfare of Butts
county to meet in the court house
at 10 o’clock a. m. Saturday,
April 18th. All the members of
the Boys Corn Club, Pig Club,
Canning Club, Poultry Show,
Live Stock Association and all
persons having demonstration
plots are earnestly requested to
be present. Plans will be dis
cussed for making an exhibit in
the fall. Everybody respectfully
invited to attend this important
meeting.
F. S. Etheridge, Pres.,
J. D. Jones, Secty.
Butts County Chamber Commerce
Yellow poplar, or tulip tree,
the largest broadleaf tree in
America, has been known to
reach nearly 200 feet in height
and 10 feet in diameter.
Pennsylvania has about 7£ mil
lion acres of timber land, one
eighth of which is owned by the
state. The total value of the
state’s timber is 139 million dol
lars.
DR. PICKARD TO
CONDUCT MEETING
Baptist Church Will Have
Revival
STARTS NEXT MONDAY
Dr. Pickard Is One of The
South’s Leading Divines
—Two Services Will Be
Held Daily During Week
The coming of Dr. W. L. Pick
ard, pastor of the First Baptist
church in Savannah, to conduct
a series of meetings in Jackson
is a matter of interest to the cit
izens of the community. He will
arrive next Monday and will fill
the pulpit at night.
Dr. Pickard is one of the stron
gest preachers in the South and
is a man of a great deal of abili
ty, a fluent talker, a convincitg
orator and his sermons have
weight and influence. It is a
matter of congratulation that Dr.
Pickard has been secured for
these meeting. A native of Tal
bot county, a southerner born
and bred, Dr. Pickard has filled
charges in Louisville and other
large cities, and is looked upon
as one of the ablest men in the
Southern Baptist convention.
Two services will be held daily.
The afternoon service will be
held at 3 o’clock and the night
service at 7:30. Special music will
be a feature of the meeting.
Just how long the revival will
last has not been stated.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1914.
STATE PRIMARY
ON AUGUST 19TH
County Unit Plan Governs
Nominations
POLITICS WARMING UP
State Convention Meets in
Macon September Firtft
—Governor Slaton Is Out
For United State Senate
The state primary will be held
on August 19. This was decided
at a meeting of the executive
committee in Atlanta Saturday.
The state convention will be
held in Macon on September 1.
According to the rules adopted
by the committee the county unit
plan of nomination will apply to
the governor, United States sen
ator, congressman and state
house officers. Judges and so
licitors will be chosen by plural
ity vote in the several counties.
Immediately after the commit
tee adopted its rules governing
the state primary politics began
to warm up. Governor J. M.
Slaton announced Saturday night
that he would run for the full
term to succeed the late A. O.
Bacon. Senator W. S. West, of
Valdosta, recently appointed for
the short term by Governor Sla
ton announced that he would not
be a candidate for the long term.
Attorny general T. S. Felder,
of Macon, Congressman T. W.
Hardwick, of Sandersville, and
John R. Cooper, of Macon are al
ready announced candidates for
Senator Bacon’s seat in the Unit
ed States Senate.
Former Governor J. M. Brown
is mentioned as a candidate for
the senate against Hoke Smith.
J. Randolph Anderson, of Sa
vannah, president of the senate,
is a candidate for governor. W.
C. Veeren, of Moultrie, has also
said he would run for governor.
Other candidates for governor
are likely.
Indications are at present that
Georgia will have one of the
most heated campaigns in a
number of years. Two United
States senators, twelve congress
men, a governor and state house
officers are to be elected. The
prizes will be fought for by a
large number of candidates and
the state will witnes one the of
hottest races in many years, if
the present line up is any indica
tion.
HON. E. M. SMITH WAS
nameb'state SENATOR
The many Butts county friends
of Hon. E. M. Smith, of McDon
ough, and he is genuinly popu
lar here, will be interested to
know that he was elected state
senator in the Henry county pri
mary last Friday. Mr. Smith
has been prominent in politics
for a number of years and has
represented Henry county in the
legislature with distinction and
ability. He is a well known at
ney of McDonongh and is a
brother of Messrs A. H. and E.
L. Smith of this city.
In the Henry county primary
Clerk of superior Court J. A.
Fouche was defeated by Dr. J.
C. Hightower, and sheriff A. C.
Sowell went down in defeat be
fore W. A. Ward.
1,432 HAVE REGISTERED
FOR BUTTS ELECTIONS
List This Year One of The
Largest Butts Has Yet
Witnessed
When the registration books
closed in Butts it was found that
1,432 stalwart sons of an unter
rified democracy had affixed their
names to the books. This is an
average list for Butts county.
During the last few days a
large number of voters flocked to
the court house to register. The
list by districts follow:
Buttrill 174
Coodys 95
Dublin 87
Jackson - 600
Iron Springs 114
Indian Springs 145
Towaliga 99
Worthville 118
1.432
Mistletoe thrives on the west
ern coasts to an extent not ap
proached in the east. In many
places this parasitic growth is
responsible, directly or indirect
ly, for a considerable loss of tim
ber.
The tenth successive year with
out a forest fire has just been
passed by the Powell national
forest in south Central Utah.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
MEET MAY FIRST
Pleasant Grove Church
The Place
FINE PROGRAM PLANNED
National Organizer Will
Be Among Speakers At
Annual Convention of
Butts Sunday Schools
There is much interest in the
approaching meeting of the Butts
County Sunday School conven
tion which will meet with Pleas
ant Grove church on Friday,
May 1. The program this year
will be one of the best ever ar
ranged by the association and
will include a talk by Mr. D. W.
Sims, national organizer.
At 9 o’clock the association
will organize for busines. Every
Sunday School in the county is
expected to make a report, writ
ten reports being desired by the
secretary for his convenience.
There will be a number of talks
by well known local leaders, as
well as prominent out-of-the
county visitors.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds at the noon hour. This,
of course, will be a feature that
will be enjoyed by all in atten
dance.
In the afternoon business mat
ters will come up. Matters of
interest for the coming year will
be discussed, officers elected and
the place of the next meeting de
cided upon.
The officers of the association
include: J. Matt McMichael, pres
ident; S. O. Ham, vice president;
C. L. Carter, secretary*
BATTLE BALLOTS
ON NEXT FRIDAY
Campaign Coming to Close
in Butts
CANDIDATES OPTIMISTIC
Twenty-seven Contestants
in The Field— Few
Days Busy Season For
All of The Campaigners
One week from today, Friday
the 17, the people of Butts coun
ty will vote on county officers for
the ensuing two years. On that
date the election for local taxa
tion for school purposes will also
be held.
The local campaign is now in
the last stages, and interest is
now keener than at any other
time since the first announce
ment was made the first week
in January. All of the candi
dates are working hard and from
now until the day of the primary
an effort will be made to see all
the voters possible.
It is an accepted fact that the
race for sheriff and county com
missioner are creating more in
terest than all the others com
bined. Sheriff L. M. Crawford
is opposed for re-election by Mr.
W. T. Scarbrough. Commission
er Gaston’s opponent is former
sheriff W. W. Wilson.
Other races will doubtless be
close and are coming in for their
share of attention. But for some
reason Butts county voters pay
more attention to the race for
sheriff and commissioner than
possibly any other.
The polls throughout the coun
ty will open at 8 oclock a. m. and
close at 4 o’clock p. m., sun time.
Memers of the executive com
mittee will manage the election,
with the necessary clerical help
from the outside. Two precincts,
Jackson and Indian Springs, have
two voting places. In Jackson
district the polls will be open at
the court house . and Pepperton,
and in Indian Springs district the
polls will be open at Indian
Springs and Flovilla.
All of the candidates paid in
their assessments before 12
o’clock, noon, April 1, and are
entitled to have their names en
tered on the official ballot. Ac
cording to the committee ruling
the names are arranged in alpha
betical order, and a full list of the
officers to be voted for is to be
found in another part of this is
sue of The Progress.
Discontinue The
Use of Barbed Wire.
Forest officers in Washington
and Oregon plan to discontinue
the use of barbed wire on their
forests. This will affect their
own pastures and public drift
fences They say barbed wire
has has no advantage over
smooth wire, that it injures stock
and that it is more likely to be
borne down by soft snow. Stock
men on the Ochoco forest, in
Oregon, recently constructed
drift fences of smooth wire,
though with some misgivings;
now they say they will never use
barbed wire again.
NUMBER 15.