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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1914)
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. • • * 0^ be bn . o Si • 5 . es a C c v .Sf > £ NAMES. = £ a 9 §l, o. § " g g -j 'g £2 o -o q, s o •—> TS ft 3 O ” O O 57 o kT O es . o C E £ £ £ e!J H £ H S 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.
