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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.