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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
A RECORD VOTE
POLLED FRIDAY
1,309 Ballots Out of Total
Registration 1,405
PRIMARY PASSED QUIETLY
Though Keen Interest Was
Felt No Disorder Was
Reported-Some Surpris
es Sprung in Eledtion
Thirty-three more votes were
cast in the primary last Friday
than in the election two years
ago. A total of 1,309 votes were
polled Friday, out of a registra
tion of 1,405 qualified voters.
This is probably a high water
mark for Butts county.
The successful contestants
will be seen by reference to the
official returns given in this issue.
So far as known the election
passed off without special inci
dent. There was no disorder,
that has been reported, at any of
the voting places. Asa whole
there was very little drinking
noticed.
Friday dawned bright and fair
and this fact probably kept the
vote down somewhat, though as
it was a record vote was polled.
The polls opened at 8 and clos
ed at 4, sun time, and the elec
tion managers were kept busy
receiving the ballots. Outside of
Jackson precinct, where the
heaviest vote was polled, the re
sults were known by six or sev
en o’clock. It was nearly nine
o’clock before the vote was
counted in Jackson.
Some surprises resulted from
the election. It required the fi
nal count in Jackson precinct to
determine a few of the winners.
Taken as a whole the primary
appears to have given general
satisfaction and the loosers take
their defeat with good grace and
have been busy congratulating
the winners.
The executive committee met
at noon Saturday and consolida
ted the returns.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ASSESSES CANDIDATES
At the meeting of the execu
tive committee Saturday candi
dates for congress, judge of the
superior court, state senator and
representative were assessed to
defray the expenses of the state
primary on August 19. A com
mittee consisting of Messrs. R.
D. Ogleetree, T. G. Preston and
J. M. Currie fixed the assess
ments, which was ratified by the
members of the committee:
The following scale of assess
ments was levied upon the sev
eral candidates who will run in
the state primary. The assess
ments must be paid by the first
day of August, 1914.
Representatives -$lO
Congressmen- 25
Senators 20
Judges - - 15
The meeting adjourned sub
ject to the call of chairman A. H,
Ogletree.
JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET
MAYRUNFOR CONGRESS
Hon. John T. Boifeuillet, gf
Macon, was in Jackson Friday 6f
last week mingling with the vo
ters of the county. It is said
that he may announce for con
gress from the sixth district, in
case Judge Bartlett does not run
to succeed himself.
Col, Boifeuillet is one of the
best known public men in the
state. He was secretary to Sen
ator Bacon for a number of years
and was formerly editor of the
Macon News. He enjoys a wide
popularity and should he enter
the race for congress he would
doubtless receive a large vote in
every part of the district.
A definite statement from Col.
Boifeuillet will probably be issued
later. So far Hon. J. W. Wise,
of Fayetteville, is the only can
didate for congress from this
district.
In the year 1911 cattle aver
aged 160 per square mile in Bel
gium, in 1901 150 per square
mile in Denmark, and 150 in the
Netherlands.
In Georgia, in the census year,
we had only 18 cattle to the
square mile!
OFFICIAL RETURNS
BUTTS COUNTY PRIMARY
HELD APRIL 17, 1914.
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For County Commissioner
J. O. GASTON, 98 47 25 32 28 84 299 64 29 57 763 229
W. W. WILSON. 63 45 45 55 13 25 123 52 62 51 534
For Clerk Superior Court.
S. J. FOSTER. 164 92 62 89 42 110 429 115 88 10713081308
For Sheriff.
L. M. CRAWFORD, 122 62 48 64 28 87 311 77 42 49 891 476
W. T. SCARBROUGH. 40 30 25 27 14 23 111 37 48 60 415
For Treasurer.
W. HOMER BARNES, 12 8 9 10 6 46 99 3 7 29 229
L. L. BRITTON, 28 8 1 0 2 0 15 4 46 1 105
H. C. CLARK, 44 10 4 11 7 12 128 18 6 59 299 40
V. W. FRETWELL, 3 0 0 2 0 3 25 2 0 2 37
C. N. MAYFIELD, 9 3 49 61 4 17 26 43 8 2 222
G. E. McMICHAEL, 47 7 7 3 18 25 109 37 1 5 259
M. E. WASHINGTON. 9 54 0 3 4 1 15 5 19 10 120
For Tax Collector.
J. OSCAR HAMLIN, 1 1 0 2 12 2 25 41 2 2 88
J. H. LAND, 45 16 15 22 9 32 133 24 11 42 350
JOSEPH P. MADDOX, 33 8 18 30 6 59 172 20 22 15 383 33
W. J. McCLENDON, 55 53 33 24 9 12 78 7 42 4 267
W. F. THOMAS, 20 14 4 6 5 5 47 21 11 16 149
R. A. WILSON. 3 004 10 10 1 1 26 46
For Tax Receiver.
C. FRANK CARTER, 18 52 5 1 4 2 20 4 21 0 127
E. C. CAWTHON, 29 9 5 4 0 10 76 15 18 8 174)
LUTHER L. GREER, 40 19 19 36 10 56 158 65 11 20 434 143
F. M. HODGES, 5 3 5 5 21 18 57 19 6 34 ‘173
E. C. LYNCH, 7 1 27 40 0 3 9* 3 0 1 91
J. P. VAUGHN. 62 5 12 4 8 20 93 8 33 46 291
For Surveyor.
J.M. COLLINS. 165 92 71 90 42 109 428 115 89 10813091309
For Coroner.
C. G. BRITT, 39 17 49 37 14 33 107 91 51 21 459
F. C. STEVENS. 124: 75 24 51 28 76 309 24 35 85 831' 372
JACKSON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1914.
LOCAL SCHOOL
TAX WINS HERE
Nearly AH Districts Voted
For Measure
697 FOR TO 219 AGAINST
County Unit System Adop
ted in Butts With The
Exception of Jackson’s
Public Schools
By a vote of 697 for to 219
against, the election held last
Friday for local tax for school
purposes was ratified by the peo
ple of the county. The measure
received 86 votes more than the
necessary two-thirds majority.
This is regarded as a forward
step for the county. The schools
of Butts county will be placed
on the same basis throughout.
Better teachers, longer terms
and greater efficiency are some
of the things that will result
from the local tax plan.
The vote by district, for and
against the plan, is given here
with:
NO BREACH BETWEEN JOE
BROWN ANO JACK SLATON
Atlanta, Ga., April 23.—The
alleged misunderstanding be
tween Governor Slaton and for
mer Governor Brown, which
now seems to have been no mis
understanding at all except in the
minds of political mischief-mak
ers, has been thoroughly straight
ened out, and there will be no
split.
Mr. Brown not only is not go
ing to run for the senate himself,
but has declared that he will give
Governor Slaton his cordial sup
port as successor to Bacon.
During the past few weeks
there has been a determined ef
fort to involve Governor Brown
in the senatorial situation, and
it was erroneously stated that
Brown himself might run as suc
cessor to Bacon. Governor Brown
himself has now silenced all this
talk.
District. For Tax. Against Tax
Jackson 141 17
Towaliga 88 1
Pepperton 15 67
Buttrill 104 30
Coodv 84 3
Iron Springs 47 37
Worthville 91 11
Flovilla 76 9
Indian Springs 7 25
Dublin _44 _l9
Total 697 219
MET SATURDAY
TO PLAN FAIR
Committee Chairmen Are
Appointed
WANT UNITED SUPPORT
Each Committee Will Be
Multiplied Eight Times
—Much Interest Felt Over
The County Exhibit
A meeting was held in Jack
son Saturday morning to outline
methods and plans for a county
exhibit this fall. Committees
were appointed in the various
districts to work up interest in
the movement and another meet
ing will be called at an early date
to formally launch the county
fair.
President F. S. Etheridge of
the Butts County Chamber of
Commerce presided over the
meeting. Talks were made by
Mr. Etheridge, S. M. Cown, dis
trict agent of Boys Corn clubs,
Dr. H. P. Lykes, of the dairy de
partment of the Southern Rail-
way, and others. Mr. Cown said
that the Boys Corn club members
would haye a county exhibit,
anyway, whether or not the
county has a fair. These exhib
its will later be shown at the
state fair in Macon.
Dr. Lykes told why Georgia
should pay more attention to the
live stock industry. He said
enough feed was wasted in the
state every year to keep a large
number of cattle.
A committee of three, consist
ing of Messrs. S. H. Mays, J. A.
McMichael and H. L. Worsham,
was appointed to select a chair
man for the various committees.
These committee chairman will
select eight members from their
districts and in this way it is
hoped to arouse county-wide in
terest in the proposed exhibit.
The chairman of the committees
are given herewith:
Boys Corn club. J. M. Mc-
Michael.
Girls Canning Club, Miss Bes
sie Waldrop.
Pig club, J. O. Gaston.
Poultry Show, W. M. Taylor.
Live Stock Association, G. E,
Mallet.
Ladies department, Mrs. J.
W. Terrell.
Demonstration plots, H. L.
Worsham.
Domestic Science, Miss Lucy
Goodman.
New Jersey is said to have the
greatest proportion of railroad
mileage of any state in the coun
try, or one mile of railroad to
every three square miles of ter
ritory. This makes an unusual
risk of forest fires set by rail
roads.
The heavy storms in southern
California during the past rainy
season wiped out many miles of
trails in the national forests of
that part of the state. They are
now being rebuilt for the coming
summer, for use in fire protec
tion. They are also of great use
to tourists, campers and pros
pectors.
NUMBER 17.