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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 32. WEEKLY EDITORS CONCLUDE SESSION Meeting Best in History of Association EASTMAN GETS MEETING Editors Overwhelmed By Hospitality of Commerce —Delightful Outing in The North Georgia Mountains Featured by a large attendance, interesting discussions and su perb entertainment, the twenty eighth annual convention of the Georgia Weekly Press Associa tion held in Commerce last week was one of the most notable in the history of the organization. The entertainment was the most lavish ever accorded the weekly editors. The association got down to business Tuesday morning, the members having arrived Monday night. Following the address of welcome which was delivered by Col. W. A. Stephens and respond ed to by A. S. Hardy of the Gainesville News, the business of the session was taken up. Several new members were ad mitted. The annual address of President P. T. McCutchen con tained a number of recommend dations of interest. At the morning session Char les J. Haden of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce delivered an address that challenged the interest of every person present. His subject was “Knowing Georgia.” M. V. Richards, land and industrial agent of the Southern Railway, spoke on “How the Press and Railroads May Co-operate for Public Good. ’ ’ The visitors were guests at an elegant barbecue Tuesday after noon at 1:30 at the fair grounds. Several hundred pounds of well cooked meats with appetizing ac cessories put inspiration in the pen pushers for the remaining sessions. At the afternoon session Tues day several matters were gone over, the regular program being changed somewhat due to the ab sence of some of the speakers. Political advertising and the rates therefor was discussed by Paul Harber, J. C. McAuliffe and others. Tuesday evening the members of the press association were guests at an entertainment given on the the lawn of T. C. Hard man. This affair was brilliant and enjoyable to the highest ex tent. Wednesday morning several papers were read. Among those who took part in the program were Josiah Carter, Clifford Grubbs, J. A. Perry, C. B. Allen and others. At this session of ficers were elected, the same of ficers being chosen for another year. Paul Harber, editor of the Commerce Observer, was elected as one of the vice presidents. Eastman was selected as the next meeting place, winning over Carrollton and Fitzgerald. Wednesday was spent in Ath ens where a round of delightful (Continued on Page 8.) HON. A, H. OGLETREE HEADS BUTTS COUNTY BROWN CLUB At a meeting held in the court house Saturday afternoon the friends of Hon. Joseph M. Brown met and organized a club to push his candidacy in Butts county. Hon. A. H. Ogletree was elected president and Mr. C. W. Bryan secretary. Vice presidents will be appointed in the various dis tricts by chairman Ogletree, the names to be announced later. About a hundred names were put on the club in a few minutes, it was announced, and the sup porters of Mr. Brown are confi dent they will succeed in getting a large and representative list. Friends of ex-Governor Brown are confident he will make a fine race in Butts county this year. TO PLAN FOR FAIR SATURDAY Final Details Most Be Gone Over Then REPORTS IrF DESIRED Finance Committee Will Tell of Success—Large Attendance Requested at Meeting Saturday the 25 A meeting of those interested in holding a county fair in Jack son this fall will be held in the court house Saturday afternoon, July 25, at 2 o’clock. At that time a number of important bus iness matters will be gone over and final plans for the fair an nounced. The committee working on fi nances is meeting with with con siderable encouragement. Mr. F. S. Etheridge, chairman of the committee in Jackson, is expect ed to make a report at the next meeting. Mr. Etheridge will raise S6OO in Jackson. Each of the seven districts in the coun ty will raise SSO or more. The committee has arranged the premium list and this will be published at an early date, It is understood that the Boys Corn club gets the largest share of prizes, S2OO having been appro priated to that department. Prof. Worsham and other com mittee chairmen are working in an effort to make a final report by next Saturday. Any contri bution may be sent direct to the Progress office and will be pub lished. As the time for work is short it is important that several busi ness details be wound up at the next meeting, and for that rea son it is hoped there will be a large attendance. Attention is also called to the Field Meet which will be held at Mallets Springs on August 7. A picnic will be enjoyed at that time and many good talks made by the agricultural experts rep resenting the various phases of Demonstration work. JACKSON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JULY 24. 1914. HON. S. J. COWAN SPEAKS FORBROWN Made Address in Court House Saturday A GOOD CROWD PRESENT Speaker Entertained Au dience For Nearly Two Hours After Which Joe Brown Club Is Formed Hon. S. J. Cowan, of Athens, spoke in the court house here Saturday afternoon in the inter est of Jos. M. Brown’s candidacy for the United States senate. Dr. J. A. Jarrell was chairman of the meeting and presented the speaker. Mr. Cowan made a good speech for his candidate. He is a live wire on the stump and held the attention of his audience from beginning to end. On the whole his address was well received and he made some votes for Mr. Brown. The speaker traced the record of Hon. Hoke Smith from the time he was first elected govern or up to the present time. He charged that as governor, Mr. Smith did not make good on his famous “port rates.” His ca reer as a senator was gone over. Mr. Cowan said the people did not like the method in which Mr. Smith was named senator. His record in Washington was dis sected. He charged that Sena tor Smith had reversed himself on the Panama Canal tolls bill. Senator Smith was given full credit for the Atlanta regional bank, which the speaker said would not make money any cheaper for the farmer. Mr. Cowan declared that Gov ernor Brown is the friend of or ganized labor, when legitimately conducted, and that union labor will support him this year. Out of a crowd of twenty laborers on the streets of Atlanta, whom he interviewed and talked with, Mr. Cowan said that every one would support Mr. Brown. The speaker charged that Sen ator Smith had used his influence to have Harry Stillwell Edwards, post master at Macon, and Mrs. Helen Longstreet, post master at Gainesville, removed from of fice, but that he had not been able to have the negro, Henry Lincoln Johnson, who has a $4,000 job, fired. This in spite of the fact that Mr. Smith is close to the administration, said the speaker. Assessments Be Paid By August 1& Candidates for state house of fices are reminded that the time for paying in assessments ex pires August 1. The following scale of assessments was made by the Butts County Executive Committee, the assessments to be paid to the secretary, J. D. Jones: Representatives, $lO. State Senators, S2O. Congressman, $25. Judges, sls. MANN WINN IS BOUND OVER ON CHARGE MUROER Mann Winn, colored, charged with the murder of Son Greer, was arraigned before Justice J. A. McMichael Tuesday morning for a preliminary hearing. He was bound over to the superior court on a murder charge. It will be recalled that the kill ing occured at Jenkinsburg Sun day a week ago. Winn was ar rested shortly after the killing and has since been in jail where he will remain until the August term of court at which time he will probably be tried for his life. The accused was represented by Hon. J. Threatt Moore. JUDGE BARTLETT IN THE RUNNING WiU Seek Re-election in August Primary NEW INTEREST AROUSED Announcement That The Macon Congressman Is to Run Again Was Made Monday at Barnesville The announcement of Con gressman Charles L. Bartlett for re-election was made Monday when he paid his entrance fee to chairman W. M. Howard of the district executive committee a short time before the limit ex pired. This announcement will be read with wide interest over the district and will arouse keen er interest in the political situa tion in the sixth district. It had been thought generally that Judge Bartlett would not be a candidate this year. Only re cently he underwent an opera tion in Washington for gall stones and his physical condition was such that his friends believed he would not get in the race this year. However his formal en try has settled all doubts on that score, and the sixth district is again to see one of the hottest races it has known in years. Judge Bartlett’s opponent is Hon. J. W. Wise, of Fayetteville, who was a candidate two years ago and narrowly missed the nomination. Mr. Wise announc ed several weeks ago and has campaigned in many counties of the district. Friends of the Fayette county man predict that he will make a better race than he did in 1912. Under the rules of the congres sional executive committee the majority vote will prevail this year. Butts county members of the committee are Messrs. W. B. Dozier and T. P. Bell. With the primary less tnan a month off the sixth district is sure to be treated to a short but none the less heated and exciting campaign. GOVERNOR SLATON SPOKE TO EDITORS Explains The Georgia Tax Equalization Act SAYS LAW WAS NEEDED State’s Tottering Credit Demanded That Some Adtion Be Taken, Slaton Tells Commerce Crowd Atlanta, Ga., June 23. —The- country editors of Georgia, filled, to the brim with chicken, satis faction and oratory, have return ed to their homes from the Com merce convention of the weekly press association and most of them have had a complimentary editorial about Governor John M. Slaton’s address to the conven tion. The governor didn’t talk poli tids—at least, he didn’t talk about his race for the senate. He just shook hands all around, showed his own capacity for good things to eat, and proved that Tom Hardwick was right when he referred to “Jack” Slaton as a “good fellow.” The governor did, however, discuss the tax equalization law, of which he was the father, and which has done so much toward pulling the state out of the deep est financial hole it had known in years. He referred to having laid the matter before the editors at their last year’s convention, remembered how they had gone back to their sanctums and work ed hard for its support, and how the bill had become a law. “The state had to have more money,” said Governor Slaton. “The ‘pass the hat’ system of taxation had been outgrown, “I adopted the course which had been recommended by my predecessors and by many com missions and committees. I met with many difficulties. Some of my friends told me I would com mit political suicide and I had better leave it to the next gover nor to settle. The advice was kindly, but I could not accept it and be true to the people of my state. “I know that the tax law has met with powerful opposition. Some of it is sincere. Some of it comes of suspicion or misun derstanding. But there are num erous proofs of its benefit, and I promise that if the revenues are up to expectations the rate will be reduced.” FARMERS WILL MEET SATURDAY P.M JULY 25 Announcement is made that there will be a mass meeting of farmers in the court house Sat urday afternoon at 2 o’clocx. The business and professional men of the community are asked to be present. Matters of inter est to the farmers will be dis cussed and a large attendance is requested at that time. NUMBER 30.