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BUIS COUNTY PROGRESS Published Every Friday. J. DOYLE JONES, Editor and Pub. Subscription $1 a Year Entered an second-cIaNS matter, Novern **<r 8,1907, at postoflice.at Jaokson, Oa. Telephone No. 166. Communications am 'velcomed. Cor respondents will please confine them selves to ;>OO words, ns communications over that length cannot be handled. W rite on one side of the paper only, sign your name, not for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. SIGN YOUR NAME Every now and then it be comes necessary to reject articles sent in for publication because they are not signed. Correspon dents and all others who write for publication will please remember that they must sign their names. This does not mean that your names will be inserted in the paper, if you do not want it done, but is simply to protect the paper. Unsigned articles will receive no attention. If you do not think enough of what you write.to sign your name to it we will not think enough of it to pay any attention to such manu scripts. 7-3-tf. Still pull for that Butts county fair. Texas has sold her first bale of the season. Now watch Georgia score before long. Georgia will be ably represent with either Smith or Brown, and Slaton in the senate. ‘’Census Bill” says he is in the race to stick. It will be a case of also ran with Mr. Harris. That offer of a year’s sub scription for the largest water melon is still open. Bring them in. “One hundred and fifty coun ties and quit,” is a popular slo gan. That’s enough for the present. Well, Macon oug ht to be satis fied anyway. She will furnish the next governor, but will lose the capital. Now that the chautauqua sea son has closed the work of mak ing up the annual deficit will pro ceed with great gusto. Glad that Jackson didn’t get stung this time. The present tax law needs per fecting so that all “invisible" property can be gotten on the books. When that is done much if not all the objection to the law will be wiped out. Crop prospects are most prom ising and all indications point to a good business this fall. The people are more interested in crops and justly so than all the political campaigns combined. If Tom Watson takes the stump this summer things will liven up at an unheard of rate. In spite of all that has been done and said there is a lot of apathy evident in political circles. A great many voters are evidencing an I-don’t care spirit. His opponents have ceased to make fun of Little Joe Brown’s personal appearance. That kind of politics doesn’t pay. All fac tions have come to recognize ex governor Brown as an able states man. The present legislature is get ting right down th brass tacks and is doing some very effective work. If the general assembly can steer clear of the prohibition question a lot of wholesome and constructive legislation can be enacted at this session. Voters everywhere over the state are evidently doing a lot of thinking, sizing up the various candidates and watching the line-ups. To date they have shown a small degree of enthus iasm. It is probably the literal truth to say that a small per cent of the voters have made up their minds how they are going to vote. LAND VALUES IN BUTTS $2.01 HIGHER THAN 1913 In looking over the tax digest it is found that Butts county real estate is returned for just $2.01 higher than in 1913. The figures are $8.27 for 1914 and $6.26 for 1913. A total of 109,811 acres of land were returned this year, as against 108,247 in 19i3, showing an increase of 1,564. This does not include the 1,462 acres of real estate owned by the Central Georgia Power Company, which was returned direct to the Comp troller General. Of the 109,811 acres returned, 107,467 is owned by whites, and 2,344 by colored taxpayers. The land of whites is returned for a value of $891,471, and that of the colored for $17,657. The value of white city prop erty is $482,452, and of colored city property $24,805, making a total of $507,257. On the basis of these figures it is not known whether Butts will be able to enjoy a reduced tax rate this year or not. A TEXAS WONDER. The Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles, dissolves gravel, cures diabetes, weak and lame backs, rheumatism, and all irregularities of the kidneys and bladder in both men and women. Regulates bladder troubles in children. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mail on receipt of SI.OO One small bottle is two months’ treat ment, and seldom ever fails to perfect a cure. Send for testimonials from this and other states. Dr. K. W. Hall, 2926 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists. NINETY MEMBERS STICK IN BOYS CORN CLUB Out of 118 boys who joined the Corn Club, 90 will probably stay in the contest to the close. Prof. H. L. Worsham reports that a number of the boys have fine patches of corn and some good yields are expected. With favor able weather conditions from now on Mr. Worsham believes that there will be some yields of from 100 to 125 bushels. The Butts County Corn Club has about three times as many members to date as it did last year. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ST? Signature of tCCCcJU 4/ State Politics A Close Race. The Greensboro Herald-Jour nal: “There are very nearly one hundred thousand white Geor gians who will cast their votes for ‘Little Joe’ Brown in the Se nate. There are about the some number who will vote for Sena tor Smith. The county unit plan will no doubt benefit Brown. The latter will probably lose most of the big counties, but he will car a vast number of the smaller counties. The farmers are strong for the Cobb county man. In our opinion it will prove a close and exciting race.” Negro Appointments. “Hoke Smith is right. ‘Jack’ Slaton is right. Tom Felder is right. Tom Hardwick is right. Bill West is right. President Wilson should not appointa ne gro boss over young white wom en.”—Augusta Chronicle. “And no other white man should do it, president or not. That’s all there is to that. We blamed and roared against Roose velt when he did it and Taft when he did it and it’s right and prop er to protest when a man who was born in the south does it! It’s wrong.”—Brunswick News. Fair treatment of the negro, originally an alien here against his will, does not include admit ting him to even the smallest part in our government. To put him in high position is oppression of free-born whites —to put him authority over white women or men is an affront that should not be accepted and while a man is president whose life training ac quaints him with all sides of this question, the recognition of the negro inpublic office should be for ever destroyed,—Griffin News. Should Not Kick. Rockmont News: Counties that receive more from the state than they pay in should not ob ject to the tax equalization law. A county should be self sustain ing. Vote For Best Men. Vienna News: “Vote for the best men for office irrespective of everything else, if you would do your full duty to the state and country.” Running On Merits. Columbus Enouirer-Sun: “Gov ernor Slaton is standing for the senate on his own merits, as we understand the matter, and is not appealing to any faction, but to all the Democrats for support. He goes before the Democrats of the state as a Democrat, rnd not as the representative of any clique or faction, and this is the proper way for him to go." Steam Roller At Work. Albany Herald: “That twenty minutes session of the State Democratic Executive Committee was not only a frost for Hon. W. J. Harris, the retiring chairman, but it applied the steam roller to Joe Hill Hall so promptly that the Bibb statesman was flattened out before he even knew that the machine was in operation." Only One "BROMO QUININE” To set the genuine, call for full Mmf, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE Look lor signature of E. W. GROVE. Core* • Cold la One Day. Stop* , cough and headache, and work* off cold. 25c. These hot days by refresh ing yourself at Slaton’s foun tain, where the besft of every thing to drink is served. Sparkling, invigorating, ex hilarating, refreshing cold drinks served by those who know how to mix them. Kennett’s Ice Cream The problem of entertaining will be solved if you will give your orders to Slaton for Ice Cream. Phone orders promp ly filled. SLATON DRUG CO. The *tt<3hoa£JL Store Undertakers and Embalmers Oldest and Most Efficient Undertakers in this Section Expert Licensed Embalmers Our Undertaking Parlors Modernly Equipped to Furnish the Best of Selections in Caskets and Robes The J. S. Johnson Company Day Phone 121 Night Phone 84 Return Day In Butts Superior Court July 28 is return day for Butts county superior court. Up to the present time a small number of suits have been filed, though there will probably be several brought between now and the 28. KEEP* KOOL The Wise Auto Owner doesn’t attempt his own re pairing. He prefers to send his car here where there is ev ery facility and every conve nience for doing the work properly. And the more ex perienced the auto owmer is the surer he is to have us do his repairing because he knows we do it right. WAGNER’S GARAGE. The August term of superior court will convene here on the 17, two days before the state pri mary, and there promises to be a lot doing in the way of politics during that week. Rheumatic pains are relieved or Dr. Mile*’ Anti-Pain Pills. Sold at all dmc stores. [Advertisement. 1