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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
MCINTOSH CHAPTER
ELECTED OFFICERS
Same Heads Chosen For
Another Year
MEETING HELD SATURDAY
Local Chapter Daughters
of American Revolution
Has Completed Satisfac
tory Year’s Activity
Officers for the ensuing year
were elected by the Wiiliam Mc-
Intosh chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Saturday
afternoon at a meeting held in
the court house. The same offi
cers were chosen to serve for an
other twelve months. They are:
Mrs. J. D. Jones—Regent.
Mrs. F. S. Etheridge—Vice
Regent.
Mrs. L. D. Watson—Registrar.
Mrs. P. W. Nolen—Recording
Secretary.
Miss Louise Harris—Corre
sponding Secretary.
Mis. J, W. Jones—Treasurer.
Miss Lucy Goodman—Historian
Mrs. W. L. Etheridge—Auditor
Organized nere on May 24,
1913, the chapter has been active
in promoting the patriotic work
of the association. Several new
members have been added and
the chapter is well established
and is in a flourishing condition.
It will be recalled that Mrs. S.
W. Foster, then State Regent,
came to Jackson to institute the
local chapter.
The medal offered by this chap
ter to the pupil in the Jackson
public school making the best
record in American history, will
be awarded at the approaching
commencement exercises.
MRS. J. A. MOSS DIED
AT JENKINSBURG THURSDAY
Mrs. J. A. Moss, one of the
most highly respected women in
the county, died at her home in
Jenkinsburg, Thursday of last
week. News of her passing came
as a shock to a wide circle of rel
atives and friends.
Mrs. Moss, who was Miss Della
Bankston before her marriage,
was 41 years of age. She was a
member of the Methodist church
and was a sweet Christian char
acter who was loved by all her
acquaintances. Her place in
the family circle, in the church
and community will be hard to
fill
Surviving Mrs. Moss are her
husband, two sisters, Mrs. C. H.
Farrar, Mrs. H. G. Asbury, and
three brothers, Messrs. W. J.
and J. M. Bankston, all of Jen
kinsburg, and Ed Bankston of
the Phillippine islands.
The funeral was held Friday
morning at 11 o’clock, her pas
tor, Rev. F. G. Speerman, con
ducting the services. Interment
was in the cemetery at Jenkins
burg.
In their bereavement the fam
ily have the tender sympathy of
a host of friends.
GEORGIA'S NEED OF VITAL
STATISTICS POINTED OUT
Atlanta, May 14.—The need of
the state of Georgia for vital sta
tistics is emphasized by Editor
Jonathan B. Frost, in a leading
editorial in the current issue of
“The Call of the South.”
“Our state departments are
handicapped and thwarted by the
failure of the legislature to give
them the necessary appropria
tions for this purpose,” says Mr.
Frost. “Georgia can no longer
remain ignorant of herself, and
have to rely entirely on U. S.
government reports for all her
information about her own af
fairs. We say we want immi
gration, manufactures, new en
terprises; how many of us really
know positively how many bush
els of corn or oats, tons of hay,
pounds of bacon, cases of canned
goods are shipped either in or out
of the state in a given period?
How many of our farmers really
know just where they stand at
the end of each year in relation
to the business of state?
“We do not know—the state
does not know—the world does
not know—but the time has come
for a radical change in this great
matter of statistics for the state
of Georgia.”
Western yellow pine cones, to
the amount of 6,377 bushels, ob
tained on the Bitterroot national
forest, Montana, yielded 9,482
pounds of seed. The* average
cost of the extracted seed was
41 cents per pounds.
JACKSON MAN IS
HONORED BANKERS
F. S. Etheridge Named as
Vice President
STATE ASSOCIATION MET
H$ Is in Line For Promo
tion at The Next Annual
Meeting—Mr. Etheridge
Is Well Known Banker
At the meeting of the Georgia
Bankers Association in Atlanta
last week Mr. F. S. Etheridge of
this city, president of a chain of
banks in this section, was elected
first vice president for the ensu
ing year. In the usual line of
promotion Mr. Etheridge will be
made president of the association
next year. This is an honor that
both Mr. Etheridge and his
friends appreciate.
Mr. Etheridge is one of the
best known bankers in the state
and his views on all matters of
finance are respected. Besides
being president of two local in
stitutions, he is president of
banks in Flovilla and Locust
Grove and a director in the At
lanta Trust Company and the
Fourth National Bank of Macon.
He has given the new currency
law considerable study and at
the recent meeting of Group Five
of the Bankers Association he
spoke on a feature of the new act.
Several bank officials in Jack
son attended the recent state
meeting in Atlanta.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1914.
SHRINE MEETING
ON IN ATLANTA
Thousands of Visitors in
Capital City
BIGGEST GATHERING YET
People of Atlanta Have
Experience of Entertain
ing Immense Throngs—
Visitors Well Cared For
Atlanta, Mav 14—Atlanta is
going through an experience this
week that in some respects is the
most epoch-making since the
war. As the host of over 30,000
Shriners and probably 20,000 ad
ditional incidental visitors, this
city is being taxed to its utter
most capacity in every phase of
community life. It is enjoying a
gorgeous carnival and at the
same time going through an
acid test.
Be it said to the credit not
merely of Atlanta, but of South
ern hospitality and adaptability,
the crises is being magnificently
met. The coming of the Shrin
ers almost doubles for the time
being Atlanta’s adult male popu
lation, and more than doubles it
in the central part of the city.
It has crowded the streets, ho
tels and other public places to a
point far beyond where #they
have ever been taxed before; the
police have been called upon to
handle a traffic situation which
has had no parallel in the past
and in which they have had no
past experience to guide them.
The Peachtree of this week as
compared to the Peachtree of
other weeks is like the roaring
Mississippe at flood-time as com
pared with the Chattahoochee in
time of drought.
There is only one way in which
Atlanta could live up to the situ
ation and that way Atlanta has
adopted—bv throwing herself
whole-soul into the spirit of the
week, by laying everything else
aside, and by concentrating the
efforts of everybody toward mak
ing the week one big success.
Potentate Forrest Adair and the
local Shriners are succeeding be
cause they have the Atlanta spir
it and the solid community be
hind them.
MANY JACKSON SHRINERS
GO TO ATLANTA MEETING
A large number of Shriners
from Jackson attended the meet
ing of the Imperial Council in
Atlanta this week. Some of the
party went up Monday night,
while others waited until Tues
day morning. To its size Jackson
probably has as many Shriners
as any city in the country.
The Atlanta Shrine meeting
was a great occasion. It is es
timated there were 100,000 visi
tors present during the week.
The two mammoth parades,
the gorgeous costumes, the mu
sic by the various bands, all were
never-to-be-forgotten features.
The wives of the local Shriners
made the trip with them and the
lady members of the party en
joyed the fun as much as the
full fledged Nobles who have
crossed the hot sands and par
taken of the zem zem.
WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION
TO HOLD MEETING ON 20
A Missionary Rally of the W.
M. U. of the Kimbell Association
will be held at Macedonia church
Wednesday, May 20. All the so
cieties or delegates from the so
cieties are requested to come. A
special feature of the day will be
the presence of our state worker,
our very own, Miss Ruth Jenks.
Following is the program for the
day:
Morning Session.
Devotional: Song.
Subjects:
1 Why this Rally?
2 How Women May be Inter
ested in Missions, (a) Bible
Study, (b) Prayer, (c) In
formation. (and) Mission Study,
(e) Giving.
3. Work of the W. M. U. of
the S. B. C. and of Georgia.
4. Work of the W. M. U. of
the Kimbell Association.
5. Round table Conference.
Lunch hour.
Afternoon Session.
1 Devotional: Song.
2 Phase of Local Work.
3 Standard of Excellence.
4 Apportionment Cards and
Tithing.
5 Programs.
6 Circle Plan.
7 Duties of District Secre
taries.
8 Literature—“ Royal Ser
vice.”
9 Song—Benediction.
Mrs. C. R. Gresham, Supt.
Mrs. J. T. Moore, Dis. Sec.
SOUTHERN WILL
DONATE A PARK
Ladies Must Promise to
Maintain It
LOCATED NEAR DEPOT
The Offer Has Been Accep
ted And Work Will Be
Started Within Next Few
Weeks by The Ladies
Announcement is made that
the Southern Railway will donate
a park to the city, on its right
of way at the depot, on condition
that the Civic ImDrovement
League keep it up. This gener
ous tender has been accepted by
the ladies of the assoaiation.
The railroad, it is understood,
will soon erect a water tank in
Jackson, near the depot, and it
is proposed to build the park at
the tank where plenty of water
will be available. Part of the
right of way will be given for
park purposes and the ladies can
by planting trees and flowers
make a very attracrive little
square in that portion of the city.
A park will add much to the ap
pearance of that section.
It is not known here when the
water tank will be built, but ac
cording to the information given
out here work will be started in
a short time.
The people of the entire city
are not slow in showing their ap
preciation of this action on the
part of the Southern Railway of
ficials. This spirit of co-opera-.
tion is generously and widely]
commended.
COURT YARD TO
BE BEAUTIFIED
Work WiU Commence in
Short Time
CITIZENS TO CO-OPERATE
Long Needed Public Im
provement Will Be Put
Through by The Civic
Improvement League
That the Butts county court
house square will soon be mater
ially improved and beautified
now seems assured, thanks to
the efforts of the Civic Improve
ment League. According to the
present plans work will be star
ted on the grounds this week.
The movement for an improved
court yard, which has been agi
tated for some time, was given a
new impetus with the recent or
ganization of the Civic Improve
ment League. The ladies of this
association went to work at once
and committees were appointed
to confer with the county and
city authorities with a view of
securing financial assistance. A
canvass was also made of the
banks and business men, and on
the whole, the response has been
liberal and encouraging.
The county will do a large part
of the work. Mr. J. R. Lyons
will have general supervision of
the contract. The engineering
work was done by the city, the
survey having been completed a
few days ago.
When completed the court yard
will be one of the most attractive
in the state. Coping will be laid
on the four sides, the lawn gra
ded and sodded, while a walk
will be built around the court
house and walks laid to the main
entrances. Later the ladies of
the league will plant flowers and
set out trees and shrubbery and
make the court lawn just as at
tractive as possible.
Col. W. J. Speer Out
For State Treasurer
Attention is called to the an
nouncement of State Treasurer
W. J. Speer for re-election, in
this issue of The Progress. Col.
Speer has been connectpd with
this office for a number of years
and is an experienced and capa
ble officicial. He has many warm
friends in Butts county and will
probably receive a large vote
here in the primary of Aug. 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flynt
Lose Infant Daughter
-i
Mr. -and Mrs. Frank Flynt
have the, sympathy of their nu
merous friends in the death of
their eighteen months old daugh
ter, which occurred Saturday
night. The funeral was held at
Providence church Sunday after
noon, the services being conduct
ed by Rev. J. T. Pendley.
There is a considerable amount
of yew in California, and makers
of bows are seeking material
there for archery sets.
NUMBER 20.