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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1914)
BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 32. FAIR DATES ARE NOVEMBER 17-21 Premium List of S6OO Is Provided For BIG GALA WEEK PLANNED Finance Committee Meet ing With Encouraging Success—Great Home- Coming Week Promised At a meeting of the promoters of the Butts County Fair, held Saturday afternoon, the date was fixed for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and Saturday, November 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, and a premium list of $6.00 was provided for. The amount of the prizes, which were published exclusively in The Progress last week, will be announced at an early date. The committee is expected to make a report at once and the full and complete premium list will be published within two weeks.. prizes will be around S6OO, probably a little more or a little less. Progress was reported by the committees which have in charge the raising of the finances. Else where in this issue will be found the subscriptions to date. This committee will finish its work and make a final report at the earliest date possible. It is planned to make the week the biggest occasion in the his tory of Butts county. Many worth while features are planned. President Etheridge will soon name a committee on concessions and this committee will arrange for the attractions for the fair. A home-coming week will be provided for and altogether the occasion will be a great one tor all concerned. Every citizen who can possibly do so ought to* donate something to the fair. If he does not see proper to give cash be may give live stock, poultry, merchandise or other article of value. All the prizes will be appreciated by the contestants and will stimulate keener interest in the agricultur al and business life of the com munity. Another meeting will be held on July 31 and at that time all reports are expected to be in and final plans will then be announc ed for the fair. During the meeting Saturday attention was called to the Field meet which will be held in Jack* son on August 7. A picnic will be a feature of that occasion and well known demonstration agents, agricultural experts and live enthusiasts will be present to address the citizens. The pic nic will be held at Mallet’s springs. Banks Will Close. The banks in Jackson will be closed Saturday, July 4, a nation al holiday. KIMBALL ASSOCIATION TO MEET AT LIBERTY CHURCH The General Meeting of the Kimball Association will be held with Liberty church next Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11. For that occasion an attactive program has been prepared and and the sessions will doubtless be well attended and prove help ful as well as interesting to all who attend. Some of the best known Sun day school and church workers in the county will be present and lead in the discussions* Satur day morning at 11 o’clock Dr. R. VanDeventer will preach the ser mon and that afternoon he will discuss Sunday school problems. A number of people from here will attend and all the churches in the county will be represented. Dinner will be served on the grounds and the occasion will likely be a pleasant one for all concerned. A Card of Thanks We the family of the deceased, T. J. Waldrop, wish to express our sincere thanks to those who ministered to our son and broth er during his illness. May the consciousness of having done a deed of kindness to one in need repay you until it shall come our time to serve. We remember you. Mrs. A. J. Waldrop and Family LOCAL BANKERS WERE HONORED Nominated As Regional Bank Directors THE ELECTIONTO BE SOON Messrs. F. S. Etheridge And J. H. Carmichael Nomi nated in Class A Group Two And Group Three Two prominent Jackson bank ers, Messrs. F. S. Etheridge and J. H. Carmichael, have been nominated for election as direc tors on the regional bank board. Mr. Etheridge was nominated in class A group 2, and Mr. Car michael in class A group 3. Mr. Etheridge is one of the best known bankers in the state. He is president of the Jackson Banking Company, the Jackson National Bank, the Bank of Flo villa a!nd Bank of Locust Grove, a director in the Fourth National Bank of Macon and a trustee of the Atlanta Trust Company. He is vice-president of the Georgia Bankers Association, secretary of the Pepperton Cotton Mills and interested in other large en terprises. Mr. Carmichael is president of the First National Bank, at the head of the Empire Buggy Com pany, president of the Carmich ael-Mallet Company and has other large local interests. The election will be announced within a short time. Though there is a large list of nominees, it is hoped by the friends of these local bankers that one or both of them can be elected on this board. Whether they are elect ed or not it is an honor to be mentioned in this connection. Atlanta is headquarters of group six of che federal regional banks. The new banks will open for business September 1, and it is said that the establish ing of these banks w ill be a great thing for the entire, coun try. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 3. 1914. j. R. SMITH TO ANNOUNCE PLANS Will Give Answer in Next Ten Days MENTIONED FOR SENATOR Atlanta Man on Visit Here Discusses Political Situ ation And May Run For Short Term Senatorship Declaring that he would an nounce his decision within the next ten days, Mr. J. R. Smith of Atlanta, who was the week end guest of relatives here, talk ed interestingly of the political situation in Georgia. Mr. Smith is considering the race for the short term senatorship against Slaton, Felder, Hardwick, Hutch ens and Cooper. From here Mr. Smith went to Lee county where he will go over his correspondence and at the end of that time announce his decision. He says the outlook is encouraging and that he can car ry a dozen or so counties without special effort. Among the coun ties he mentioned were Fulton, Butts, Henry, Clayton, Camp bell, Douglas, Bartow, Gwinett, Lee, Dougherty, Spalding and Monroe. Mr. Smith has been prominent in politics for some years, having managed former Governor Joe Brown’s various campaigns. Re cently he and his former chief have split. He is also against Governor Slaton, whose record he has been compiling. He says Judge Nat Harris is in the lead for governor and Hard wick for U. S. senator. He does not think Little Joe Brown will be a candidate for any office this year. While in the city Mr. Smith talked with a number of the people of the county. OR. EITEL OF ATLANTA TO LOCATE IN JACKSON Dr. Charles R. Eitel, of Atlan ta, wifi locate in Jackson for the practice of osteopathy about July 10. Together with Dr. Bragg of Atlanta, Dr. Eitel was in Jack son last Saturday and made ar rangements to move here. He will have offices in the Harkness building and will occupy the rooms formerly had by Dr. J. E. Woods. Dr. Eitel is a recent graduate and has decided to cast his for tunes among the citizens of Butts county. His practice will be along the lines of that of Dr. A. H. Lillard, who was a resident of this city for two years and was the first osteopath to locate in this county. Dr. Eitel is a brother-in-law of Dr. Bragg of Atlanta, who is known to a num ber of the people here. MR. JOHN B. EVANS PASSED AWAY SUNDAY Following a period of illness extending over several months Mr. John B. Evans, one of Butts county’s leading farmery, died at his home near here Sunday night. For the past year or so he had been in declining health and news of his passing did not occasion surprise, though it came as a shock to many friends over the county. Mr. Evans, who was in his 80th year, was a sterling citizen. He was a man of prominence in his community and had a wide cir cle of friends who were grieved at his death, He was a Mason and had been a member of Tow aliga Baptist church for fifty four years. He bore the scars of battle, having fought valiantly for the Confedenacy. Mr. Evans was keenly interested in all things pertaining to the Confed eracy and usually attended the reunions held in various cities. Surviving Mr. Evans are his wife, three sons, Messrs. R. E. and P, J. Evans of Butts county, and Claude Evans of Hawkins ville, one daughter, Mrs. A. H. Colwell. The funeral was held at Tow aliga church Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock and was largely at tended. The services were con ducted by Rev. T. H. Vaughn, assisted by Rev. James Bradley. BUTTS CITIZENS WANTJ.R.L.SMITH Urge His Appointment to Attorneyship BATCH OF ENDORSEMENTS Prominent Local Citizens Push Smith’s Claims in Washington-Well Fitted For Di&ridt Attorney Jackson and Butts county citi zens are squarely behind Col. John R. L. Smith of Macon in his efforts to land the district attor neyship for the Southern district of Georgia. He has been widely endorsed for the place and his friends hope he will land the plum. Monday several telegrams were sent to Senator Hoke Smith in Washington asking him to en dorse Mr. Smith for the appoint ment. It is understood that Sen ator Smith will have considerable to do with the naming of the dis trict attorney. Mayor Watkins, members of city council, county officers and prominent business and professional men joined in the request to Senator Smith to use his influence for the Macon attorney. Col. John Smith is a former Butts county man, having been born and reared here. He lived here until a few years ago-when he moved to Macon where he is now one of the leading attorneys of the state. Mr. Smith has re ceived many strong endorsements for the position he now seeks and his friends are confident that he stands a good chance to win the place. It would be most gratify ing to hundreds of Butts county people to know that he had won this important office. I LEGISLATURE ON SECOND WEEK Prohibition Fight Looms x up Early GENERAL BILLS PASSED Tax Equalization Law Is One of The Present Session—A Busy Time For Solons Atlanta, Ga., July 2.—The first week of the Georgia legislature has gone by without the passage of any general bills of great im portance; but the law makers are girding themselves for several fights which promise to make the session interesting before its close. The present assembly will go down in history, as Governor Slaton remarked in his annual message, as the “debt-paying legislature,” for its work has been marked by an earnest effort at economy and laws providing for wiping out old obligations of the state. The attempt of two members to repeal the tax equalization law which has so greatly increased the revenues of the state is cer tainly doomed to defeat, accord ing to the friends of Governor Slaton, who stood back of the bill last session and commended it in his message. The governor has received letters from 128 members of the general assem bly pledging him their support for senator in his present race, and it is certain there are many more with him who have not ex pressed themselves yet. This gives him a large majority of the 220 members in his senatorial race, and it fs certain that an even larger proportion are with him in the tax equalization mat ter. The prohibition question prom ises to become one of the big is sues of the session. It was in jected after several years of “let sleeping dogs lie,” by the- mem bers from Bibb county, in the shape of bills providing for the legal sale and manufacture of real beer instead of “nigh beer” and others to provide a three months minimum sentence for whiskey selling in place of the year now fixed as the m.nimum. FORREST ADAIR PRESENTED WITH HANDSOME TRIBUTE Atlanta, Ga.. July 2.—Atlan ta’s gratitude to Forrest Adair and her appreciation of his work in bringing the great Shriners convention to this city and mak ing it such a success was demon strated in a remarkable way re cently. Through fa public sub scription amounting to $2,500 a great solid gold loving cup was presented to Mr. Adair, with a solid gold plate and Shriners em blem which bears a diamond and tiger claws. The cup bears the inscription: “Forrest Adair, Cit izen and Shriner” and is easily the most valued of all Mr. Adair’s possessions. The presentation took place at the Adair home in Druid Hills, in the presence only of his family. NUMBER 27.
