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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
ELECT OFFICERS
Meeting Held Last Friday
Evening
HAD A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Several New Members In
itiated During The
Year —Officers Installed
After The Eledtion
Officers were elected for the
ensuing year at the annual meet
ing of Alexius Commandery No.
22, Knights Templar, Friday
night. After the election the
new officers were installed by
Past Eminent Commander, H.
M. Fletcher.
The local commandery has just
completed a good year. Consid
erable work has been done dur
ing the past few months and new
applications are being received
all the time. The Jackson com
mandery enjoys the reputation
of being one of the best in the
entire state. It was organized
here several years ago and those
who have served as eminent com
manders include: Sir Knights F.
M. Allen, H. M. Fletcher, G. E.
Mallet, H. 0. Ball, Dr. J. B.
Hopkins.
The newly elected officers are
given herewith:
Eminent Commander —J. D.
Jones.
Generalissimo —H. L. Daugh
try.
Captain General —G. E. Mallet.
Senior Warden —H. M. Fletch
er.
Junior Warden —A. E. Sans
burn.
Prelate—D. G. McMichael.
Treasurer —L. M. Crawford.
Recorder—F. M. Allen.
Standard Bearer—H. O. Ball.
Sword Bearer —C. M. Kimbell.
Warder—J. B. Hopkins.
Sentinel— George Carmichael.
Sir Knights J. H. Ham, H. F.
Gilmore and J. Mote Watts were
appointed guards for the ensuing
year.
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
COMPLETE THEIR WORK
The board of registrars, com
posed of Captain F. L. Walthall,
Messrs. R. E. Evans and J. Matt
McMichael, have finished their
work for the county primary.
They were in session part of last
week when summons were sent
out to those who had failed to
pay their taxes or were for any
reason disqualified to vote. Those
receiving notice were required
to be present Monday and show
cause why their name should not
be stricken.
Not a great many people were
disqualified, some districts having
none at all to go off. Parties
who had failed to pay their taxes
were put in good standing with
the registrars upon payment of
the amounts due. In this way
the registrars collected enough to
pay their expenses, probably.
The full list of qualified voters
in each district is given below:
Buttrill 174; Coodys 95; Dublin
84; Jackson 583; Iron Springs
113; Indian Springs 142; Towaliga
99; Worthville 117.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
NOW IN PROGRESS
Dr. Pickard Delighting
The People
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND
Brilliant Sermons Being De
livered by Dr. Pickard-
Two Services Held Daily
With Increasing Interest
Great interest is being mani
fested in the revival meetings in
progress at the First Baptist
church. Dr. W. L. Pickard who
is doing the preaching arrived in
the city Monday afternoon and
filled the pulpit in the evening.
Already the plain, direct, for
cible sermons of Dr. Pickard have
met with favor, and a larger con
gregation is present dt each suc
ceeding service. Dr. Pickard is
not a professional revivalist, but
he is, moreover, a preacher of a
great deal of power and his ser
mons have influence.
Excellent singing, led by J. T.
Mayo, is proving of interest. A
large choir, composed of voices
from the Baptist church and the
other churches in the city, is a
popular feature, good music lend
ing much to the services.
Dr. R. VanDeventer, pastor of
the church, wishes to extend a
cordial and heartv invitation to
the people of the entire city to
participate in the meeting.
Though there has been no con
certed movementfor closing in the
afternoon, yet a number of the
business men are closing for that
service, which lasts but an hour.
The revival will probably con
tinue for two weeks.
TVIr. Advertiser
TWENTY subscribers were received la&
week, without a solicitor being in the field
or any effort on our part. Pretty good evi
dence of The Progress’ popularity, isn’t it?
FIFTEEN subscribers have been received
this week, already. Still no solicitor in the
field and no canvassing done.
THE PROGRESS HAS THE LARGEST
PAID, BONA FIDE, ACTUAL
Subscription List
IN BUTTS COUNTY OF ANY PAPER
EVER PRINTED IN THE COUNTY.
There is a Reason
Mr. Advertiser, when you plan your ad
vertising, think of these things.
THE PROGRESS
The All Home Print Paper.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1914.
REAL ESTATE TO
BE SOLD TUESDAY
Bryans Property Will Go
at Auction
LAND IS WELL LOCATED
Brass Band And Balloon
Flight Among Attract
ions—Twenty Dollars in
Gold to Be Given Away
The auction sale of lots adver
tised for next Tuesday, April 21,
is an event of interest in local
real estate circles. At that time
the Bryans property on Second
street recently acquired by
Messrs. J. H., J. B. and R. H.
Carmichael will be sold by the
American Land Cos. This com
pany, it will be recalled, held a
sale here some years ago and
made the sale of the Parkland di
vision.
This property is considered
among the most valuable in the
city. It is located close to the
heart of the business section of
the city and is looked upon as
being desirable for business pur
poses. That good prices will be
obtained and that the bidding
will be brisk seems assured now.
To stimulate interest and at
tract attention the company will
give away S2O in gold. A bal
loon ascension and a brass band
will be features that will add to
the spirit of the occasion.
Attention is directed to the ad
vertisement of the company in
this issue of The Progress.
PRIMARY AND
SCHOOL ELECTION
People of Butts Are Voting
Here Today
HEAVY BALLOT EXPECTED
One of County’s -
nteresting Political Cam
paigns Being Settled At
The Ballot Box Friday
Two important elections are be
ing held in Butts county today,
one for the nomination of county
officers and the other for local
tax for school purposes.
The county primary brings to
a close one of the most interest
ing campaigns witnessed here in
a number of years. Indications
are there will be a record vote
polled. With a registration of
1,432, it seems likely that an un
usually large vote will be polled.
Every candidate in the field
spent the last few days rounding
up the voters. Saturday was an
unusually busy day with the can
didates. Monday morning they
took to the field early and since
that time have been camping on
the trail of the voting public.
Never before was there such an
optimistic set of candidates.
As the polls open at 8 o’clock
and close at 4 throughout the
county, it is likely that there will
be something definite known as
to the result by tonight.
The members of the executive
committee will meet here tomor
row at noon to consolidate the
vote and declare the result.
SENIORS WIN IN
EXCITING DEBATE
Woman Suffrage Question
Settled
KEEN RIVALRY SHOWN
Whole Town Stirred Over
Debate Friday Evening
And Capacity Audience
Turned Out to Exercises
The woman suffrage question
has been settled right here in
Jackson and women lost. There
by hangs a tale.
In one of the most exciting de
bates ever staged in this city, the
question was thoroughly thrashed
out last Friday night, when the
Senior team met and defeated the
Juniors. The third year men
had the affirmative of the wo
man suffrage question, while the
upper classmen championed the
negative. The affirmative speak
ers were Messrs. Avon Gaston
and Ernest Watkins, and their
opponents were Messrs. Dewey
White and Warren Furlow.
Not in many a day has there
been such a forensic clash as that
of Friday night. All of the
young gentlemen acquitted them
selves with much credit. Their
speeches were fine and they de
livered them with spirit. The
debate which was heard by a ca
pacity audience, was liberally
spiced with yells and songs.
The judges were composed of
Messrs. J. H. Carmichael, J. L.
Lyons and Jack Dempsey. Their
decision was said to have been
unanimous.
So great was interest in the
debate that the whole town
caught the spirit. Red and
blacx, the colors of the Juniors,
was everywhere to be seen. But
not to be outdone the Seniors had
miles and miles of black and old
gold, this being their class colors.
Flags of these respective colors
adorned the belfry of the school
house. The whole town got
worked up on this debate and
everybody had to take sides —or
take wacer, as the case might be
—and one or the other of the
class colors was in nearly every
buttonhole.
Messrs. Furlow and White
were showered with congratula
tions upon their splendid efforts.
They earned a merited decision,
though the young gentleman who
went down in defeat have noth
ing to be ashamed of.
EIGHT MEMBERS IN THIS
YEAR’S SENIOR CLASS
With commencement little
more than a month off there is
already be
ing taken in the graduating ex
ercises. The program this year
will be short and simple, consist
ing merely of the graduating ex
ercises, which will be held Fri
day evening, May 22. A few
musical numbers will be arrang
ed, but there will be nothing like
a formal commencement.
Eight graduates will be turn
ed out this year. The list is com
posed of the following, two boys
and six girls: Messrs. Warren
Furlow and Dewey White; Miss
es Helen Ham, Fredna Allen,
Florrie Mackey, Willie Harmon,
Julia Andrews, Nettie Florence
Moore.
NUMBER 16.