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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 32. IMPORTANT MEET FOR SATURDAY County Fair Will Be Gone Over Then REPORTS WILL BE MADE The Matter of A County Exhibit Will Be Settled At Meeting in Jackson Saturday, June 13th An important meeting sched uled for Saturday morning is that to arrange plans for a county fair in Jackson this fall. The meeting will be held at the court house at 10 o’clock and a full at tendance is expected. Committees were recently ap pointed in each of the eight dis tricts to solicit contributions for the exhibit. These reports will be made Saturday, with the ex ception of Jackson district, which has not been canvassed. Follow ing the report of the amount of money and other prizes secured the committee will then get busy among the business men of Jack son and will endeavor to raise the balance of the funds neces sary. A good many of the details have not yet been worked out. In fact it will not be known un til after the meeting Saturday just when the fair will be held, but it is thought now that it will be some time in November, prob ably the week Georgia Products day is observed, which is the 18. Everybody is agreed that the exhibit will be a fine thing for the entire county. It will prove a big week for the merchants and will stimulate greater inter est along agricultural lines. All the committee chairmen and other interested citizens are asked to be in the court house at 10 o’clock Saturday morning and help to give Butts county’s first fair a big boost. MR. TOM HARDY DIED LAST SUNDAY MORNING After an illness of several days, Mr. Tom Hardy died at his home a few miles from J ackson Sunday morning. News of his passing came as a shock to a large circle of friends, as it was not generally known that he was ill. Mr. Hardy, who was 58 years of age, was a well known citizen of the county and numbered his friends by the score. He was a member of the Methodist church, and belonged to a well known family of Butts county. Surviving Mr. Hardy are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. James Hilley and Mrs. Otis Hilley, three sons, Messrs. Hugh, Watts and Willie Hardy; one sister, Miss Mary Hardy; three brothers, Messrs. Walter, Joe and Charlie Hardy. The funeral was held at Mace donia church Monday morning at 11 o’clock, Rev. Mr. Shape con ducting the services. The New York state forest nurseries have a capacity of 28 million young trees a year. CROPS AND MARKETS ARE DISCUSSED BY PLOW HANDLES We are still hopeful of making a good crop. The crop that is up is doing as fine as we ever saw it do, and all the farmer asks for is a square deal when he goes to put his product on the market. But it is a deplorable thing for him to find out when he gets to market that the whole cotton market is monopolized. In other words the cotton market has been parceled off in territories like the tobacco market in Tennessee and Kentucky. The cotton market for the last fifteen years has been handled by one firm from Juliette to Flip pen and no other buyer was al lowed to come into that territory. And of course when the farmer carried his cotton to either one of those markets he had to take whatever this firm saw proper to give him. Now gentlemen these are facts and I defy anybody to successful ly contradict them. Now is this honesty? We think not. And when we see some men admon ishing the public to be honest it reminds us of a ballheaded man trying to sell hair restoratives. Plow Handles. Approximately 750 acres on the Oregon national forests were planted with young trees this spring. WHOLE STATE IS INTERESTED Georgia Products Day on November 18 PLANS NOW BEING LAID Georgia Food And Georgia Clothing Will Be Boost ed Throughout Whole of The United States Atlanta, Ga., June 11.—To in duce people to use Georgia pro ducts and patronize home indus try, instead of sending away millions of dollars annually to other states, the Georgia Cham ber of Commerce hit upon the happy idea of having an annual feast day on which nothing but Georgia-grown foods were to be eaten and, as nearly as possible, Georgia-made clothing worn and Georgia articles used, the first observance occuring on the 18th of last November in seventy eight towns and cities, and the second celebration has recently been announced to occur in the coming November. To enable Georgians to know what their state produces and to put into their hands the names and ad dresses of producers and manu facturers from whom home pro ducts-not only things to eat, but manufactured goods of every sort made in Georgia shops, fac tories, foundries, mills and mis cellaneous industries-may be obtained, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce announces its inten tion to publish a directory to cover all lines of production m the state. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1914. MR. D. J. THAXTON ANSWERED CALL Leading Citizen Stricken Suddenly PASSED AWAY SUNDAY Formerly Edited Newspa pers in Jackson And in Dublin—Buried With Ma sonic Honors Monday Stricken Saturday morning with paralysis, Mr. D. J. Thax ton died at 1 o’clock Sunday af ternoon at his home on West Third street. His death came as a se vere shock to a wide circle of friends here and elsewhere over the state. Though he had been in feeble health for the past year or so and spent the winter in Florida and returned home ap parently much improved, friends were surprised at news of his passing. Mr. Thaxton was one of Butts county’s best known citizens and had been intimately connected with the progress and develop ment of this section for many years. He was formerly editor of The Progress, then called the Record. Before that he was ed itor of the Argus. Selling that paper he went to Dublin and es tablished the Dublin Courier. Af ter disposing of that publication he returned to Jackson and edi ted the Record until a few years ago when he retired from the newspaper field. He remained until his death a frequent con tributor to the local press, only last week advocating through the columns of The Progress the re moval of the ashes of William Mclntosh to Indian Springs and the erection of a monument to the celebrated Creek chieftain. At the time of his death Mr. Thaxton was 65 years of age. He was born and reared in this coun ty and was a member of an old and prominent family of Butts. He was an active and faithful member of the Baptist church. serving as clerk of the Kimball Association for some years. As a Mason he had attained the rank of a Knight Templar and his long and devoted career in behalf of that fraternity will ever be held in grateful remembrance by his companions. He was sentinel of the local lodges for many years and until his health failed sel dom missed a meeting. Surviving Mr. Thaxton are his wife, who was Miss Maggie Car michael before marriage, three daughters, Mrs. W. H. Roberson, of Eldred, Fla., Misses Maggie Bell and Bessie Thaxton; three sons, Prof. 0. A. Thaxton, of Moultrie, Mr. C. D. Thaxton, of the post office department in the canal zone, Panama, Mr. Sher wood Thaxton, manager of the Wigwam hotel, Indian Springs; a brother, Mr. W. W. Thaxton, of Atlanta; four sisters, Mrs. C. R. Carter, Mrs. Ida Bethel and Mrs. Amanda Aikn, all of Butts county, and Mrs. Ransom Jester, of Atlanta, and other relatives. The funeral Monday morning at 11 o’clock from the house was Jargely attended, many friends gathering to pay a final tribute of love. Dr. Robert VanDeven ter conducted the services. At the grave the exercises were in GEORGIA’S CONVICT SYSTEM THE BEST IN THE SOUTH Atlanta, Ga., June 11.—That Georgia is far ahead of Tennes see in its treatment of convicts and that the prison commission of Georgia is handling the situa tion not only more humanely, but more efficiently, is shown by a comparison that resulted from the recent visit of Governor Hooper and his party of prison I investigators. In Georgia all the able bodied men convicts are worked out of doors, under the direct supervis ion of state and county officers, constructing public highways. In Tennessee the convicts are worked in mines, and another able bodied half of them are working in factories within the penitentiary walls, but under the lease system which Georgia and other states have abolished as in human and unjust. It is a matter of record that hundreds of Tennessee convicts had to be pardoned because they contracted tuberculosis. There are not as many meetings and religious services in the Georgia road camps as there are in the Tennessee mines, but Georgia is not killing off the convicts’ bod ies while trying to save their souls. Under the direction of the pris on commission, composed of Messrs. Patterson, Rainey and Davison, material improvements in efficiency and in treatment of the convicts have been brought about. KNIGHTS PYTHIAS HAVE ELECTION Meeting Held Thursday Night Last SPIRITED INTEREST FELT Officers Will Be Installed At A Future Meeting— Jackson Lodge Is in A Prosperous Condition Officers were elected at the meeting of Jackson lodge No. 131 Knights of Pythias, last Thursday night, to serve for the ensuing term. Mr. A. R. Conner was promoted to the head of the lodge, his election having been unanimous. The officers will be installed at a later meeting. Thursday night’s meeting de veloped a good deal of interest, several matters of importance having been disposed of. A list of the officers chosen is given herewith: A. R. Conner—C. C. A. J. Biles—V. C. Morris Moore—Prelate. J. E. McNair—M. W. Edgar McMichael—M. A. V. W. Cole—l. G. H. M. Fletcher—O. G. L. H. Hendrick was elected Lo cal Deputy Grand Chancellor. charge of St. Johns lodge No. 45 F. & A. M. An escort from Alex ius Commandery accompanied the remains to their final resting place in the City Cemetery, the members of the escort acting as pallbearers. The floral tributes were both numerous and beauti ful. FIVE DISTRICTS INCREASE $102,225 Whites Gain But Colored Fall Off TAX DIGEST READY SOON Board of Assessors Will Probably Wind up Jack son Dtetridt And County The Coming Week Five districts in Butts county show an increase in tax returns of $102,225 over* 1913. This gain is offset by a deqrease of $36,000 in the returns of the colored tax payers. The board of Tax Equalizers will probably finish their work next week. It will be some time later before Tax Receiver Hodges makes up the digest. The board is now at work in Jackson dis trict, the last division to be tak en up. It is expected there will be a large increase in this dis trict over the previous year. With three more districts, Jack son, Towaliga and Worthville, to hear from it is impossible to say what the total increase in prop erty values for the county will be. It is estimated, though, that it will be around $200,000 and possibly more. The gain of the whites in the five districts completed is as fol lows: Buttrill $53,324 Coody.. 9,010 Dublin 569 Indian Springs 39,278 Iron Springs 144 ODD FELLOWS ELECT OFFICERS FOR YEAR At the regular meeting last Friday night officers were elected by Jackson lodge No. 152, I. 0. 0. F., for the ensuing term. The officers elected will be installed at the first meeting in July at which time a number of appoint ive officers will also be an nounced. Jackson lodge is in a flourish ing condition and has a large and enthusiastic membership. Dur ing the past year a good deal of work has been done, and the de gree team is one of the most pro ficient in this section. Those chosen to serve the Odd Fellow lodge for the ensuing pe riod are as follows: G. W. Allen—N. G. J. T. Mayo-V. G. J. R. Thurston —Secretary. MR. T. J. WALDROP OIED IN SOUTH BUTTS SUNDAY Mr. T. J. Waldrop died at his home in South Butts Sunday morning after a long illness, of cancer of the stomach. He was 50 years of age and a well known citizen of his community. He is survived by his mother, two brothers, Messrs. J. G. and W. L. Waldrop, and two sisterf. The funeral was held at Mt. Vernon church Monday after noon, Rev. J. T. Pendley, of Flovilla, conducting the services. NUMBER 24.