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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
COMMITTEES WORK
FOR COUNTY FAIR
Another Meeting Called
on June 13
MANY PRIZES TO BE GIVEN
Committees Will
Raise All Subscriptions
Possible—sl,ooo Needed
For The Premium Li^ts
The movement for a county
fair for Butts this fall is assum
ing definite shape.
At a meeting held in the of
fices of the Jackson National
Bank Saturday morning a solicit
ing committee was appointed to
get up money for prizes, This
committee will consist of eight
members in each district and a
report is expected by June 13,
when another meeting will be
held in the court house at 10 a. m.
This committee will secure all
the prizes, either money or live
stock or produce, possible and
turn in a report at the next meet
ing, Then the local committee
will get busy in Jackson district
and make a thorough canvass
among the business men of the
community. Altogether it is
hoped to raise SI,OOO or more for
the fair. That amount will be
needed in awarding prizes in the
various departments.
Anew department was added,
that of County School work, and
Mr.- C. S. Maddox was placed in
charge. Prof. W. P. Martin will
have charge of the demonstra
tion in Domestic Science. Mrs.
R. W. Mays was appointed chair
man of the committee on Ladies
Department.
The chairman of the various
committees are as follows:
Live Stock Association, G. E.
Mallett.
Bovs Corn Club, J. Matt Mc-
Michael.
Poultry Association, W. M.
Taylor.
Girls Canning club. Miss Bes
sie Waldrop.
County School exhibit, C. S.
Maddox,
Pig club, J. 0. Gaston.
Ladies Department. Mrs. R.
W. Mays.
Demonstration work, H. L.
Worsham.
Domestic Science, W. P. Mar
tin.
There is already keen interest
felt in the approaching county
exhibit and with the proper spir
it of co-operation on the part of
all the citizens of the county
there is no doubt of the success
of the movement.
Each of the chairmen of the
committees named above, as well
as the members of the sub-com
mittees, are expected to be pres
ent at the meeting June 13.
WORTH $100,000,000.
Commissioner of Agriculture,
J. D. Price, says that a good rain
would be worth at least SIOO,OOO, -
000 to the people of Georgia.
Grain has been seriously damag
ed, he says, and a good season is
also needed to bring cotton up to
a stand.
JUDGE DANIEL ANNOUNCES
FOR RE-ELECTION THIS WEEK
Announcement of the candi
dacy of Judge Robert T. Daniel
for re-election is made this week
and will be found in another
part of this issue. His formal
announcement will occasion in
terest throughout the Flint cir
cuit.
Judge Daniel is now serving
his first term and has made many
friends in every part of the cir
cuit by his fearless ana able
charges to the grand jury, and
his stand for law and order. He
has established a reputation as
an impartial and honest presiding
officer and is deservedly popular
with the bar and the people. So
far as known at this time Judge
Daniel will not have opposition
this year.
Though he has frequently and
persistently been mentioned as a
candidate for governor, Judge
Daniel has refused to enter that
contest for the present. It will
be a pleasure for his friends to
cast their ballots for this able
jurist and splendid Christian gen
tleman.
CLEAN UP DAY
WAS SUCCESS
Whole Town Joined in
The Movement
jackson Spotless city
Tuesday Was Observed in
Jackson as Clean up And
Paint up Day, Everybody
Lending Co-Operation
Due to the untiring efforts of
the members of the Civic League,
clean up day in Jackson, Tues
day, proved a decided success
and the city is without doubt in
better sanitary condition than it
has been in a long while. The peo
ple of the city, colored as well
as white, entered into the move
ment with enthusiasm and prac
tically every home in the city
was cleaned up and painted up.
Work had been in progress
for several days and by Tuesday
every premise in the city was in
tip top condition. Last week the
ladies of the association distribu
ted flags over the city and these
were put up at every house
where the residents had observed
clean up day. The streets of
the city were put in good condi
tion by the street department of
Council, all paper and trash hav
ing been gathered up and hauled
off or burned.
The officers of the Civic Lea
gue are well pleased with the
success of the movement. They
met with hearty and liberal co
operation and wish to thank the
people of the whole town for
helping to make the day a splen
did success.
As soon as practicable trash
cans will be provided for the
streets and everybody will be
urged to put paper, cans and
other trash in these boxes.
Council has promised to co-ope
rate with the ladies in enforcing
the ordinance as to the putting
of trash in barrels and there is
no question that the movement
for a cleaner and more santitary
city will result in far-reaching
good.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1914.
SUPREME COURT
REOPENS CASE
Jasper County vs Butts
County up Again
HEARING NEXT MONDAY
Jasper County Petitions
For Reopening of Case
in Effort to Try For At
Part of Tax Money
Annoucementthat the Supreme
Court has decided to re-open the
case of Jasper county vs Butts
county, which was recently won
by the latter, has created keen
interest here. The case will be
argued by brief next Monday,
the first day of June.
Only that part of the case
which relates to the property in
Jasper county will be reopened.
The authorities of that county
are anxious to secure the taxes
from the Central Georgia
Power Company’s property loca
cated in Jasper. The boundary
of the river will remain the east
bank of the Ocmulgee and other
sections of the decision will not
be disturbed.
The application for a rehearing
was made several days ago by
the authorities in Jasper county.
The case must be argued bv brief
within ten days. County Attor
ney W. E. Watkins spent Satur
day in Atlanta familiarizing
himself with the scope of the de
cision. He will represent Butts
county at the hearing next Mon
day.
It will be recalled that Jasper
county lost all the taxes through
the recent Supreme Court decis
ion. That county is now anxious
to get at least the taxes on the
property located within that
county and this is the purpose
for petitioning the Supreme
Court to re-open the case.
ELECTRIC POWER HAS
MANY USES ON FARM
Atlanta, Ga., May 28.—Farm
ing in Georgia is gradually being
revolutionized by the introduction
of mechanical power, particular
ly of electrical power following
the Tallulah Falls developments
which have carried cheap and ef
ficient electrical power into so
many rural sections of the state.
One of the most notable and
important trends since electricity
was called on to do the heaviest
and roughest farm work, is the
fact that young people, and the
wives and daughters of the far
mers are becoming more com
fortable and more satisfied with
the farm life, and less anxious
to exchange it for that of the
town or city.
The movement is not confined
to Georgia alone. In a great
many sections of the country
electricity is coming to be recog
nized as just as much of a nec
essity on the farm as it is in the
city. They are not only running
machinery by electricity, but are
installing electric lights in their
houses, in their barns and even
in their hencoops. The wood is
sawed, the feed is cut, the but
ter is churned, in many instances
all by electricity.
RIGID RULES PRESCRIBED
FOR PIEDMONT BATHERS
Atlanta, Ga., May 28.—There
is going to be no unseemly dis
play of the human form or of silk
clad limbs during the bathing
season at Piedmont Lake this
year. The stern city fathers
have established a set of rules
that are as puritanical as Antho
ny Comstock himself could wish.
To begin with, silk bathing
suits and silk stockings will not
be permitted at all. And in ad
dition the rule is that no bather
can sit or stroll or stand by the
lakeside, even for one little allur
ing moment. The stern rule says
that all bathers must hustle
straight from the dressing rooms
into the water, and straight from
the water back into the dressing
rooms.
SPRING TERN
IS NOW OVER
Diplomas Awarded Friday
Night last
THE EXER cisESBRILLI ANT
Medal Awarded by D. A.
R. Chapter to Miss Kate
Lyons—Large Audience
Attended The Exercises
Though marked by simplicity,
the graduating exercises of the
Jackson High School Friday
night were among the most en
joyable and interesting seen here
in a long while. A large audi
ence of interested spectators
were present at the evening’s
entertainment.
The program consisted of sev
eral musical numbers, the essays
of the girls and the orations of
the boys. The papers were un
usually good and were delivered
charmingly, much original
thought having evidently been
spent in the preparation of the
essays and orations.
“The land of the Midnight
Sun” was the subject of Miss
Willie Harmon’s essay. Miss
Florrie Mackey chose “Endy
mion” for her paper. Miss Net
tie Florence Moore read a paper
on “Industrial Economics.”
“Our Hero President” was the
subject of Mr. Warren Furlow’s
oration. Miss Helen Ham’s es
say was on “International
Peace.” Miss Fredna Allen read
a paper on “Diving for Pearls,”
while Mr. Dewey White spoke on
“Have All Great Men Lived and
Died?” “The Crossways” was
the subject of Miss Julia An
drews essay.
Prof. W. P. Martin delivered
the diplomas in a few appropriate
remarks, telling of the pleasant
relations that had existed be
tween the faculty and the class
of 1914.
The medal offered by the
Daughters of the American Rev
olution for the pupil making the
highest yearly average in Amer
ican history was) awarded to
Miss Kate Lyons. Three pupils,
Mr. Dewey White, Misses Anna
Down Watson and Kate Lyons,
had the same average,. 981, and
upon drawing for the prize it
was won by Miss Lyons.
CHURCH CORNER
STONE LAID 22
large Crowd Witnessed
Ceremony
GRAND LODGE DID WORK
Impressive Service Proved
In&rudtive to Many—A
Number of Articles De
posited in The Stone
With the usual impressive cer-
emonies, the cornerstone of the
new Baptist church was laid by
the Grand Lodge of Masons last
Friday morning at 10 o’clock, a
large crowd turning out to wit
ness the service.
Grand Master Robert L. Cold
ning of the Grand Lodge of Geor
gia was unable to be present and
he appointed Judge H. M. Fletch
er to act in his place. An emer
gency Grand Lodge was formed
and the work done by the mem
bers of St. Johns lodge No. 45.
Dr. Robert VanDeventer, on
behalf of the church, presented
the request for the laying of the
cornerstone. He made a short
talk, referring appropriately to
the symbolism of the cornerstone.
Several musical numbers were
rendered.
The Rev. A. E. Sansburn was
the orator of the occasion.
The ceremony was something
new to a large number of the
people here, this being the first
cornerstone ever laid in Jackson
so far as known. About thirty
Masons took part in the cerem -
ny. A platform was erected I >
those actually participating in
the work.
Several articles, selected by
the church and the lodge, were
deposited in the stone. Acting
Grand Master Fletcher then con
secrated the stone and the bene
diction was pronounced by Dr.
VanDeyenter.
The members of the emergency
Grand Lodge were.
Grand Master, H. M. Fletcher.
Deputy Grand Master, C. S.
Maddox.
Senior Grand Warden, J. B.
Hopkins.
Junior Grand Warden, 0. Lee
Chesnutt.
Grand Secretary, F. M. Allen.
Grand Treasurer, D. G. McMi
chael.
Grand Marshal, H. L. Daugh
try.
Grand Chaplain, Rev. A. E.
Sansburn.
Principal Architect, J. D. Jones.
Senior Grand Deacon, J. H.
Ham.
Junior Grand Deacon. J. P.
Maddox.
Grand Tyler, Geo. Carmichael.
Senior Grand Steward, J. S.
Johnson.
Junior Grand Steward, J. H.
Mills.
DR. COGDELL HERE.
Dr. H. D. Cogdell, of Bir
mingham, of the Live Stock De
partment of the Southern Rail
way. spent Monday in Jackson
on business. He has often visited
here and wa3 instrumental in
getting the fight started on the
cattle tick in Butts county.
NUMBER 22.