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[BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
JULY FOURTH
QUIET HERE
All Business Houses Kept
Open Saturday
BARBECUES WERE GIVEN
Independence Day Obser
ved in Quiet Manner in
Butts—Banks And Po&
Office Had A Holiday
The Fourth of July was ob
served in Butts county generally,
though there was no formal ex
ercises of any kind. The stores
and business houses did not close,
feeling that it was necessary to
remain open for the accommoda
tion of their customers. The
banks and post office, however,
were closed and the rural carriers
had a holiday.
A number of barbecues, fish
frys and picnics were given in
various parts of the county.
Family reunions were the order
of the day and the occasion was
a pleasant one for a large num
ber of the people. At Pepperton
a large barbecue was given and
several candidates were present,
Among those who spoke briefly
were Hon. J. W. Wise, Hon. J.
H. Mills and Dr. R. W. Mays.
A fairly good sized crowd was
in Jackson during the day. This
was the first time in a number of
years that the stores did not
close. Falling as it did on Sat
urday, the merchants thought it
better to stay open.
There were many visitors to
the nearby cities, a number go
ing to Atlanta for the ball games.
Indian Springs drew its quota of
visitors, as is the custom on
July 4.
So far as has been reported
there was no disorder during the
day.
HON. J. W. WISE A
VISITOR TO JACKSON
Hon. J. Walter Wise, of Fay
etteville, candidate for congress
from the sixth district, was a
visitor to Butts county Saturday.
He made a short talk at the bar
becue given at Pepperton.
Mr. Wise is not looking as well
as usual, having just recovered
from a recent attack of fever.
He states he is making a thor
ough canvass of the district, and
has already visited every county.
Mr. Wise says he is meeting
with much encouragement in his
race and he feels that he will be
returned a winner this year. He
carried Butts county before and j
has many friends here who are,
hard at work in his interest.
While in the city Col. Wise i
stated that he expected Judge
Bartlett to oppose him this year.
Congressman Bartlett has writ
ten to his friends over the dis
trict that he would be a candidate
in case he recovers from a recent
operation for kidney trouble. An
announcement one way or the
other is expected from Judge
Bartlett within the next few
days.
SEA ISLAND GROWERS
WANT PRODUCT PROTECTED
Atlanta, Ga., July 9—South
Georgia planters of Sea Island
cotton are praising the efforts of
Congressman J. Randall Walker,
of Valdosta, in introducing in
congress a bill to protect the sale
of any manufactured product
falsely claiming to be made of
Sea Island or long staple cotton,
and Congressman Walker has
written to friends that he is con
fident of its passage. The de
partment of agriculture is stand
ing firmly behind Mr. Walker in
this matter and a “pure cotton”
law is likely to take its place on
the statutes beside the pure food
laws.
“The law wifi be the means of
saving many millions to the
planter, the honest manufacturer
and the consumer,” said Mr.
Walker, in commenting on its
bill. “It will be of especial val
ue to the planters in my home
section. My home town, Valdos
ta, is the largest market in the
world for Sea Island cotton and
my district produces more of the
staple than any other territory of
its size in the world.”
TAX RETURNS
TOTALS $262,558
The Comptroller General
Accepts Figures
COLORED LOSE $23,989.00
Some Three or Four Thou
sand Extra Acres of Land
Put on Digest Exclusive
of Power Company Land
The total increase in tax re
turns for 1914 amounts to
$262,558.
This is divided as follows:
Gain for whites, $286,547; loss
for colored, $23,989.
According to the tax digest the
total returns of white tax payers
amounts to $2,275,813, as com
pared with $1,989,266 in 1913.
The returns of colored tax payers
totals $88,884 for 1914 as against
$112,873 last year, a decrease of
$23,989.
This return has heen accepted
by Comptroller General W. A.
Wright. Judge Ham* carried the
book to Atlanta one day last
week and turned it over to Mr.
Wright. Since returning home
Judge Ham has received the fol
lowing letter from the comptrol
ler general:
Referring to the Butts county
digest and after a thorough an
alysis of it, I find you are sub
stantially correct in your note to
the returns, to-wit: “The ac
tual gain returned by whites
and the actual loss of
colored $23,989, leaving $262,558
gain from property returned over
1913,” and I have so entered it.
John C. Hart,
1 State Tax Commissioner.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1914.
NEW INTEREST
IN CAMPAIGN
Politics Warming up in
Butts County
LITTLE JOE THE CAUSE
Smith And Brown Suppor
ters Adlive-Representa
tives Race May Be Close
—Other Political Gossip
A campaign that lacked life
has taken on new interest with
the announcement of former gov
ernor Jos. M. Brown for the Uni
ted States Senate against Hoke
Smith.
The entry of Mr. Brown into
this race was received with tre
mendous interest everywhere
over the state. It has set the
political tongues to wagging and
the dopesters are working over
time.
That Butts county is again to
be a battle ground between the
house of Brown and Smith is al
ready assured. The friends of
the rival candidates have gone to
work like beavers and from now
on to the primary the fur will fly.
Right off the reel the Smithites
organized a club and are pulling
with might and main for their
candidate. The Brown support
ers are equally as alert and are
forming a compact organization
to work for their champion.
Outside of this race there is
but little doing in political circles
in Butts county. Admitedly it is
all one way for Judge Nat Harris
for governor. The short term
senatorshop is said to be between
Governor Slaton and Tom Felder,
though Hardwick has some sup
port in the county.
So far none of the candidates
have made an address in Butts
county. Consequently the voters
have not had the issues of the
campaign presented to them per
sonally.
Locally the race for represen
tative is coming in for a share of
attention. The three candidates
are covering the field thoroughly,
pressing their claims vigorously,
and the voters are just waiting
for August 19 to decide the case.
Apparently this triangular race
for representative is one of the
prettiest seen by the Butts voters
in a long time.
Another race that is beginning
to attract wide interest is that
for state senator from this dis
trict in which Judge H. M. Fletch
er is matched against Represen
tative J. H. Mills. Friends of
both candidates say the race will
be a thriller.
In case Congressman Bartlett
runs for re-election another ex
citing race between him and Mr.
Wise is guaranteed.
Not before in years have the
people of the state had such a
number and variety of candidates
lined up on the field of conflict
and until the ballots are counted
on August 19 there should be ex
citementenough for all concerned.
The Master Masons’ degree
was conferred upon Messrs. Lin
ton Hopkins, Harry Butner and
W. C. Barber at a convocation
of St. Johns lodge Tuesday night.
Bale Sells
For
Houston, Tex., July4.—The
first bale of 1914 cotton mark
eted in the United States,
weighing 392 pounds, sold on
the exchange here today for
SSOO or $1.27* per pound. It
classed as strict low middling
spotted. It came from Ly
ford, Texas.
MISS JANIE HEARN IS
SELECTED AS TEACHER
Miss Janie Hearn, of Eaton ton
was elected as teacher of Latin
and French in the Jackson High
School at a meeting of the Board
of Education Monday afternoon.
She fills the place of Miss Mar
guerite Nunnally of Atlanta who
resigned sometime ago to accept
a position in the schools of her
home city.
Miss Hearn has taught in Jack
son before, having been a mem
ber of the faculty of the public
schools several years ago. She
is regarded as a competent in
structor and her election will be
of general interest to her former
pupils here as well as the people
of the whole town.
FARMERS BANK
HAS MEETING
Splendid Showing Made
For The Year
A 6 PER CENT DIVIDEND
4
Stockholders Eled: Same
Directors Who Seledt All
Old Officers—l 6 Per Cent
Profit in Two Years
At the annual meeting of the
directors of the First Farmers
Bank Monday the same officers
were elected for another year.
A six per cent dividend was de
clared and ten per cent passed to
the undivided profits account.
The report made to the stock
holders was a satisfactory one.
The stockholders elected the
same board of directors to serve
for another twelve months.
This bank commenced business
here on the first of July, 1912.
In the two years the earnings
have amounted to a little more
than sixteen per cent. Consid
ering the fact that the bank is
just starting out the showing is
regarded as a flattering one.
The officers of the first Far
mers Bank include: L. 0. Benton,
president, G. P. Saunders and J.
C. Jones, vice presidents, J. B.
Carmichael, cashier and W. H.
Wilson, assistant cashier.
Composing the board of direc
tors are the following: L. 0.
Benton, J. C. Jones, C. B. Biles,
T. P. Bell, J. B. Carmichael, S.
O. Ham, R. E. Evans, F. M.
Maddox, G. P. Saunders, J. M.
Ball.
Prof. W. P. Martin returned a
few days ago from Athens where
he attended the meeting of the
High School Conference.
JACKSON HAD
SEVERE STORM
Wind And Rain Caused
Heavy Damage
STRUCK COUNTY MONDAY
Jackson Was in Darkness
For Several Hours Mon
day Night—Houses Are
Blown Down By Wind
Jackson and immediate vicinity
was visited by one of the worst
rain and wind storms Monday af
ternoon in the history of the old
est citizen. Considerable damage
was done to crops, while the
wind blew down trees and sever
al houses were torn from their
foundation. The lightning did
some damage to the telephone
system and a tree falling across
the wires near Bibb put the lights
out of commission for several
hours. A tenant house on Mr.
Andrew Hamlin’s place was
blown down, and other houses
are reported to have suffered a
like fate.
The rain was one of the heavi
est that has ever fallen here. It
fell in torrents for an hour or
more, and there will be no lon
ger any complaint about the
ground being dry. From reports
coming in Tuesday morning it ap
pears that the rain was heaviest
in and below Jackson. Some local
ities report only moderate show
ers.
Jackson was in darkness the
first part of the night. Lamps
and candles were hunted up and
pressed into service. On account
of the darkness few people ven
tured out after the storm cleared.
Around ten o’clock the street
lights were turned on.
Bottom lands were considerably
washed by the flood of waters
rushing through them and the
damage to crops is said to have
been extensive.
MISS LAURA LOU SMITH
DIES HOME IN MOULTRIE
News was received in Jackson
Monday night announcing the
death of little Miss Laura Lou
Smith at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Smith, in
Moultrie. Much sincere regret
was expressed at news of her
death, for she had a wide circle
of friends and admirers in Jack
son who remember her as a very
sweet and atttactive little girl.
The family resided here until a
few years ago when they moved
to Monticello and later to Moul
trie.
Miss Smith had been, ill for
several months and her death was
not unexpected. She is survived
by her parents and three broth
ers. Leland, Herbert and Tullis
Smith. The funeral and inter
ment took place in Moultrie Tues
day afternoon.
The Butts county friends of
Mr. and Mrs. Smith and family
sympathize with them cordially
in their great sorrow.
NUMBER 28.