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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
COUNTY OFFICERS
WILL MEET 17-18
Local Committee Planning
Good Program
INDIAN SPRINGS PLACE
Barbecue Will Be Served
Visitors And Other En
joyable Features Carried
Out During Two Days
Local county officers are now
making preparations for the an
nual meeting of the County Offi
cers Association, which will be
held at Indian Springs June 17
and 18. The sessions will be
held at the Wigwam and several
hundred delegates are expected
to be present.
Hon. W. E. Watkins will de
liver the address of welcome,
which will be responded to by
some member of the association.
The convention will be called to
gether at 10 o’clock in the assem
bly room of the Wigwam, and
the business will then be taken
up. Several matters of impor
tance, it is announced, will en
gage the attention of the asso
ciation*this year.
All county officers, including
solicitors general and judges of
county and city courts, are mem
bers of the association. At the an
nual meetings topics of interest
to the members are discussed and
needed legislation urged. The
association is an important one
and each succeeding meeting
has witnessed an increased at
tendance. It is likely the In
dian Springs convention will
be the most largely attended of
any meeting yet held, as this fa
mous health resort is almost in
the center of the state and is in
easy reach of all.
The visitors will be entertained
by the Butts county officers. A
program containing a number of
excellent features will be pre
sented. The first day, Wednes
day June 17, a barbecue will be
served the officers. This is only
one of the worth while features
that will be arranged for the
pleasure and comfort of the dele
gates.
Judge J. A. Cobb, of Ameri
cus, is president, J. A. Fouche,
McDonough, first vice-president,
J. A. Biount, Waynesboro, sec
ond vice-president and M. S.
Joyner, Millen, secretary and
treasurer.
It will be recalled that the last
convention was held at Millen,
when Sheriff L. M. Crawford, of
Jackson, was president.
In view of the fact that Indian
Springs is centrally located it
may be decided at the approach
ing meeting to make this the an
nual meeting place.
While it is not known at this
time just how many will attend,
the local committee is planning
to entertain from 150 to 200 vis
itors. Sheriff L. M. Crawford,
Judge J. H. Ham and S. J. Fos
ter who are taking a prominent
part in preparing for the conven
tion, wish to extend a cordial in
vitation to every member of the
assocition to be present, assuring
all who attend a hearty welcome
and a roval good time.
COL. ALEX W. STEPHENS
VISITOR HERE LAST WEEK
Col. Alex Stephens, of Atlanta,
who is a candidate for one of the
judges of the Court of Appeals,
to succeed Judge L. S. Roan
who will not offer this vear,
spent Friday in Butts county
meeting the voters. He came up
from Macon in the morning and
spent the forenoon here, leaving
in the afternoon for Jenkins
burg where he mingled with the
citizens. During his stay in the
city Mr. Stephens met a number
of the voters.
Col. Stephens is a nephew of
Alex H. Stephens, the great
Commoner. He is a well known
attorney of Atlanta and has been
urged by a large number of vo
ters to make the race. Col.
Stephens is related to the Greers
and Bryans of this county, his
mothbr having been a sister of
Robert Greer, the almanac
maker.
There is hardly a doubt 'about
Col. Stephens carrying Butts
county in the August primary.
It is not known at this time who
will be his opponent.
In co-operation with the weath
er bureau, forest rangers are to
measure snow depths in the
western mountains.
TAX ASSESSORS
NEARLY THROUGH
Butts Will Show A Large
Increase
WORK JACKSON DISTRICT
ButtrilLDi&rid: Shows Sub
stantial Gain —Increase
in County Will Be Over
$300,000, It Is Estimated
The Butts county board of Tax
Equalizers will probaably com
plete their work within the next
few days, some time next week
probably. All districts been
gone over, except Jackson, Mon
day and the board is now engag
ed in getting affairs straightened
out in this district.
As soon as a district is fin
ished the books are turned back
to Tax Receiver F. M. Hodges.
He is now making out the pre
liminary digest, one or two dis
tricts having been completed.
The increase in tax returns in
Buttrill district Mr. Hodges
states, amounts to about $35,000.
There is also a good gain in
Goody dristrict, as far as he has
gone. Mr. Hodges states there
is a good increase in the return
of whites, and a falling off in
the property of the colored.
If the present rate of increase
is maintained in all of the eight
districts, the total for the county
will probably amount to more
than $250,000. This would be
the largest increase in the his
tory of the county. Last year
the increase in taxable values
amounted to something more
than SIOO,OOO.
It will be several days yet be
fore Mr. Hodges has the tax di
gest completed.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1914.
JENKINSBURG HAS
CHAPTER R. A. M.
Was Instituted Saturday
May 30th
JACKSON MASONS ASSIST
J. R. Price Chapter No. 53
Transfered From Flippen
to Jehkinsburg—Several
Candidates Initiated
A chapter of Royal Arch Ma
sons was instituted at Jenkins
burg Saturday, May 30, Grand
Lecturer E. A. McHan, of Union
City, having charge of the instal
lation. He was assisted by a
number of the members of Jack
son chapter and Y. A. Wright
chapter, of Worthville.
The chapter instituted at Jen
kinsburg was transferred from
Flippen, interest having been
permitted to lag there. J. R.
Price chapter No. 53 is one of
the old chapters of the state, as
its number indicates, and will no
doubt flourish in the now field,
as there is an excellent territory
to draw from.
The Jenkinsburg Masons en
tertained the visitors royally, re
freshments being served through
out the day. At the noon hour
a sumptuous dinner was served
in the lodge room.
Eight candidates were initiated
as follows: J. T. Cook, J. H.
Mills, D. 0. Woodward, W. M.
Glass, C. L. Carter, J. B. Childs,
P. J. Evans, A. B. Stallsworth.
Officers have not yet been elec
ted but will be at a later meeting.
The personnel of the officers
doing the work follows:
E. A. McHan—H. P.
Z. E. Barron—K.
C. S. Maddox—S.
D. G. McMichael—C. H.
H. L. Daughtry—P. S.
G. E. Buckalew —R. A. C.
J. W. Harper—M. 3rd V.
W. R. Kitchens—M. 2nd V.
B. V. Wilson—M. Ist V.
H. M. Fletcher—Secretary.
E. A. Cawthon—Sentinel.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
IN THIS CITY JULY SECOND
On July 2 there will be held in
Jackson a Civil Service examina
tion for fourth-class post masters.
The post masters at Flovilla,
Jenkinsburg and Indian Springs
will be required to take this ex
amination. The act placing
fourth-class post masters under
the Civil Service regulations is
comparatively anew one, having
been passed only a year or so ago.
Full information may be ob
tained by addressing the United
States Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. C. The post
master at Jackson will be glad to
give applicants all the informa
tion in his possession.
Students of the Oregon agri
cultural college are working at
the forest nursery on the Suis
law forest. The arrangement is
said to be
since the students gain expe
rience in forest nursery practice
and their assistance lowers the
cost of nursery work.
MISS WALDROP WANTS
MARKET FOR TOMATOES
Miss Bessie Waldrop, who re
turned last week from Athens
where she went in the interest of
the Girls Canning Club work,
wishes to call attention to the
fact that it is important that the
members of the Butts county
club find a market for their pro
ducts. There will be no trouble
in disposing of all the tomatoes
canned, but Miss Waldrop would
like for them to be sold locally,
to show the interest Butts coun
ty feels in this work,
At the first of the season Miss
Waldrop had enrolled some fifty
odd young ladies in her club.
A few of these have fallen out,
but the list still contains about
fifty names. This is the first
year the Girl’s Canning club
work was ever undertaken in
Butts county and Miss Waldrop
is making a splendid success of
the movement.
Manufacturers have found
that the red alder from the Pa
cific coast is a suitable material
for clothes pins. Alder makes a
white, smooth, springy pin. As
a result of this fact, a clothespin
factory, said to be the first on
the Pacific coast, may be estab
lished at Portland, Oregon.
BUTTS COUNTY
GETS R. F. D. MEET
Next Convention to Indian
Springs
JONESBORO HAD MEETING
Several Carriers From Here
Attended Saturday’s Ses
sion—S. J. Watkins Is
Secretary And Treasurer
Butts countv wins the next con
vention of the Sixth District Ru
ral Letter Carriers Association,
which will be held at Indian
Springs May 30, 1915.
This was decided at the meet
ing held in Jonesboro Saturday.
Some sixty carriers from through
out the district were present at
the annual convention Saturday,
which was a legal holiday for the
R. F. D. men. A good program
was carried out and the day was
a pleasant and profitable one for
all who attended.
Several interesting talks were
made during the day.
The officers include: J. W.
Hickman, Barnesville, president;
S. J. Watkins, Jackson, secretary
and treasurer.
Already the local carriers have
determined to make the Indian
Springs meet notable in the an
nals of the association and the
visitors are promised royal enter
tainment next year.
Among those from here who
attended the Jonesboro conven
tion are: Messrs. W. B. Reeves,
S. J. Watkins. D. A. Watkins,
Gordon Thompson, J. B. Watkins,
G. W. Allen, B. E. Watkins, J.
A. Maddox, H. B. Whittaker.
GEORGIA PRODUCTS
DAY NOVEMBER 18
Will Be Observed Agaia
This Year
A GREAT ANNUAL EVENT
Georgia Chamber of Com
merce Preparing to Cel
ebrate Occasion on Big
ger Scale Than Ever
Atlanta, Ga., June4.—Georgia
Products Day, which was origi
nated by the Georgia Chamber
of Commerce immediately after
its organization, and was observ
ed for the first time on Novem
ber 18th, 1913, by the people of
seventy-eight cities and towns in
Georgia with either a public din
ner or barbecue, will be celebra
ted again in November, 1914,
and is to be made a permanent
annual holiday on which the peo
ple of Georgia will congregate
and feast solely upon the products
of the state, thereby arousing in
terest to increase production to
the point where Georgia shall be
an exporter of food products in
stead of a debtor state to the ex
tent of $172,000,000 per annum
as is now the case.
This announcement comes from
President Chas. J. Haden of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
At the recent meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of the Georgia
Chamber, in Macon, the decision
was reached, and President Ha
den was authorized to lay plans
for a greater observance for this
year.
This announcement is of spec
ial significance, coming immedi
ately after the superlatively suc
cessful Animal Industry Confer
ence, held May 26th at Quitman,
where a magnificent demonstra
tion was given of what Georgia
farmers can do towards making
their farms and the state self
supporting by turning some of
their energy to raising hogs and
cattle.
The newly elected Secretary-
Manager of the Georgia Chamber
of Commerce, Albert M. Smith,
who has served that organization
successfully as office manager
since the early days of its organ
ization, states that with much
less effort than was required last
year, a far greater number of
dinners will be held throughout
Georgia, with more home
products served, and greater en
thusiasm for the encouragement
of home production will be arous
ed than was the case last Novem
ber. He states that the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce, being
now recognized as a permanent
institution is in position to secure
much greater publicity through
out the United States than was
the case last year., and that the
eyes of the entire country will be
drawn to Georgia by the unique
idea of the state celebrating one
day each year with introspection
and self appraisal.
Four Buffalo calves have just
been born on the Wachita nat
ional forest, bringing the herd
up to 51.
NUMBER 23.