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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 32. FIELD MEET ON AUGUST SEVENTH Several Speakers Will Be in Attendance PICNIC WILL BE FEATURE Members of Boys Corn Club And Girls Canning Club Requested to Be Present on That Day The field meet which will be held at Mallet Springs on August 7 under direction of the State College of Agriculture and the Farmers Demonstration depart ment is beginning to attract con siderable interest and discussion. Several well known agricultur al experts will be present and the occasion promises to be one of much interest for the people of the entire county. Dr. Wm. Bradford, head of the Boys Corn Club work in Georgia, will be one of the speakers. Prof. G. W. Firor, of the State College of Agriculture, Athens, and others will also make addresses. Features of interest for the day will be the dipping demonstration for the eradication of the cattle tick. There will also be an inoc ulation of hogs for the prevention of hog cholera. A basket picnic will be enjoyed at the noon hour. Those inter ested in the work are invited to attend and bring well filled bas kets. The committee on arrange ments consists of Messrs. G. E. Mallet, S. K. Smith and S. H. Mays. All members of the Butts Coun ty Boys Corn club and the mem bers of the Girls Canning club are urged to be present on that day, as there will be talks that will appeal to them specially. The State College of Agricul ture has announced a number of dates for Farmers Institutes dur ing the next few weeks. The meet to be held at Mallet Springs promises to be one of the most successful and largely attended in the entire state. NEW CUSTOMERS FOR THE CITY’S CURRENT That the number of consumers of electrical current is constantly increasing in Jackson is proved by the fact that Mr. H. F. Gil more has just installed a 25 horse power motor at his shop. The current was turned on several days ago and the new equipment is working nicely and giving en tire satisfaction, it is stated. Since Jackson first signed up with the Central Georgia Power Company for current two or three years ago a large number of cus tomers have been secured. Now nearly all the shops, gins, factor ies and other industries are using this power. “Do it electrically” has a wide significance among Jackson’s industrial enterprises, and it is safe to bet that no city of the size in the whole country uses more electric power than Jackson. TOM HARDWICK WILL SPEAK HERE FRIDAY Announcement is made that Congressman T. W. Hardwick, candidate for United States sen ator to succeed the late A. 0. Bacon, will deliver an address in the court house here Friday af ternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr. Hard wick is an entertaining speaker, a rattling good debater and one of the best all round campaigners in the state, and there will doubtless be a large number of voters out to hear him. Butts is regarded as a battle ground for the short term sena torship. Governor Slaton, Tom Felder and Mr. Hard wick will all get a good vote in the county and at this stage of the game it is impossible to pre dict who will get a majority of the votes cast. New Pump Now Doing Duty For The City. The new pump authorized some time ago by Council has been re ceived and installed. It is doing good work, and with its capacity of 700 gallons per minute will keep the city’s water supply up to the required standard. The new gravity filter has been shipped from the factory and will be received and put in within the next few days. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1914. 3fc WXKIHS® A whed- m&jSI The ABC Class In Town Booming Will Now Get Busy Question. What can we do to enjoy better roads ? Answer. Spend our money here instead of help ing the mail order magnates to ride in ease. Q. How can we increase the value of our property ? A. Create a real estate boom by putting this town on the map as the busiest little place in the state. Q. How can we improve our school facilities? A. Set anew population mark and boost for it. Q. What can we each do for the town’s welfare ? A. Personally unite with others in a campaign of publicity. That Will Be All For Today LEGISLATURE IS WORKING HARD Important Measures Being Put Through FREAK BILLS ARE RARE Nearly Half of Session Is Leg islation Marks The 1914 Session of Lawmakers Atlanta, Ga., July 16. —The last session of the legislature un der Governor Slaton is now near ly half over and has been marked by an unusual application to work and a marked tendency to attend strickly to the business of the state. There has been very few “freak” bills. The assembly has decided to let the women dress as they please, and the expected measures against tight skirts and high heels died before they were born. The legislature has kept its hands off trivial offences of the world and apparently made up its mind that things are rock ing along pretty well as they are. The womans suffrage move ment received a death blow when the house committee on amend ments voted to report adversely MORE CONTRIBUTIONS TO COUNTY FAIR COME IN The committee on finance of the Butts County Fair reports progress in its work. During the last few days the following con tributions have been received: Previously reported sll2 50 J M Benson 1 pig 5 00 C H Farrar 2 50 T J Harris 50 HC Childs.. 100 J M Bankston 1 00 J J McKibben 50 D B Duke 50 J R Conner 2 50 RLMcMichael 2 00 W F Burford 100 N C Williamson pig 5 00 C A Pittman 10 00 G W Thornton pig 5 00 Total 149 00 on the amendment to permit votes for women, but the session is yet young and the earnest workers in skirts may yet find a way to win their point. The legislature seems to be standing with Governor Slaton on the policies he inaugurated and sponsored. This was indicated by the early defeat of the bill to repeal the tax equalization law, which was adversely reported by the committee and will hardly be voted upon on the main floor. The expected prohibition fight has not yet reached an exciting stage. There were several bills introduced looking to changes in the law but so far none of these has received a vote and they may die in the committee pigeon holes. COUNTRY SCRIBES HAVE MEETING Annual Session Convenes in Commerce MANY MEMBERS PRESENT Delightful Hospitality Be ing Accorded Visitors By People of Commerce —Outing to Tallulah Falls Atlanta, Ga., July 16.—City newspaper men, tied to their desks by the daily grind of legis lative news, murders and divorce suits and pausing only for a thin ham sandwich at the nearest lunch stand, are wishing this week that their guiding star had led them into the flowery fields of country journalism. For the country editors, the men who really boss their own papers and say what they feel like when they feel like it, are having a great big, happy week. The weekly editors, a host of them, assembled in Commerce on Monday and Tuesday, where they surrounded many tons of Georgia barbecue and the accompanying fixings at Willoughby park. Then they took an automobile ride around Commerce and its envi rons and that night enjoyed a reception on the lawn of Mrs. T. C. Hardman. Wednesday was spent in Athens, where the journalists were shown everything in the University. It wasn’t new to most of them, for a large propor tion of University graduates are represented among the editors. They were back in Commerce Wednesday night for a great luncheon given by citizens of the town, when Governor Staton and W. G. Sutlike, of the Savannah Press, were the principal speak ers. On Thursday they left for Mountain City and Clayton on an outing trip. The weekly editors of Georgia, as one of the speakers remarked, are the real power of the state. They wield an influence in local affairs not enjoyed by the city dailies, which are confining them selves more and more to news rather than expression of opinion. The editorial pages of the coun try weeklies reach the hearts of the people and collectively the rural and small town papers at once guide and reflect the poli tics of the whole state. The meeting this year was perhaps the largest on record, more than 200 members having registered at Commerce. New Residence to be Eredted On Oak Street Mr. W. H. Merritt, who recent ly purchased the Wright place on Oak street, will have a nice sev en room house erected on the va cant lot of this property. The contract was let to the Butts Lumber Company of this city and work on the structure will be started in the near future. NUMBER 29.