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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS VOLUME 32. HISTORY MAKING CONVENTION MET Convened Macon Tuesday Morning JUDGE REAGANCHAIRMAN Contested Delegates Went to Felder-Hardwick Line up—Convention Largely Attended by All Sides The history making State Con vention met in Macon Tuesday. It was the most largely attended in the history of the state. Frank Jenkins of Eatonton, the Felder-Harris-Hardwick candi date, was elected temporary chairman, defeating Judge Rob ert Pottle, the Slaton candidate, overwhelmingly. St. Elmo Mas sengale of Atlanta was elected secretary. Judge E. J. Reagan of McDonough was elected' per manent chairman. Where there was a contest over delegates the Felder and Hard wick men were seated. The del egates from this county as nam ed by Chairman Ogletree of the executive committee were thrown out and the delegates elected at a mass meeting Thursday after noon were seated. The latter consisted of Messrs. A. T. But trill and J. W. Terrell as dele gates, with J. P. Ray and J. E. Wallace as alternates. Judge Nat Harris was unani mously nominated for governor when Dr. Hardman and Ander son withdrew their names and seconded Harris’ nomination. Senator Hoke Smith attended the convention and was nomina ted to succeed himself amidst great enthusiasm. ™ When the short term senator ship was reached the convention found itself deadlocked hard and fast. At the end of the twelfth ballot at 3 o’clock Wednesday morning the deadlock still exist ed with no prospects of an early nomination in sight. SIT STEADY IN THE BOAT SAYS FARMER JIM PRICE Atlanta, Ga., Sept, 3 Hold your cotton. Sit steady in the boat. Don’t get rattled,” is the advice of Farmer Jim Price, state commissioner of agriculture, to Georgia farmers. Mr. Price has been one of the closest watchers of the effect of the European war on cotton, and he has come to the conclusion that the planter has little to fear if he will only keep his head. “Hold vour cotton in the where possible, and if not, hold it in the bale,” he said in a for mal statement. “Go ahead with your year’s work just as though conditions were normal. Mr Price and other leaders in the agricultural field now feel confident that the stens taken by the government for the P Ln of cotton planters will Drove entirely adequate and the C °“° e3 people will suffer no '® sses because of the delayed market. MR. J. tf. JAMES WAS VICTIM TYPHOID FEVER The death of Mr. J. W. James occurred at his home in Henry county on Wednesday, August 26. Typhoid fever was the cause of his death. Mr. James resided in Butts county until a year or two ago when he moved to Henry county. He was well and favorably known to many of the citizens of this county. Surviving Mr. James are his wife and a large family of chil dren. The funeral was held at Pleasant Grove church in Monroe county. The services conducted by Rev. W. 0. Sharp. THE FALL TERM OPENED MONDAY Large Enrollment Marks First Week APPROPRIATE EXERCISES Talks Made By Several of Citizens of City—Record Attendance Outlook For The 1914-15 Session Many patrons and friends were present Monday morning when the fall term of the Jackson pub lic schools began, and an appro priate program was carried out. The enrollment the first day was notably large and present indi cations point to the largest at tendance yet recorded in the his tory of the school. Talks were made Monday by Col. Redman, Mr. Maddox, su perintendent of schools for Butts county. Judge Ham. chairman of the city board of education, Rev. A. E. Sansburn and W. P. Mar tin, superintendent of the Jack son schools. These addresses were enjoyed by the patrons and pupils and added interest to the occasion. Monday given largely to organization, the various grades being assigned to the proper de partments. But a few members of the pres ent faculty are new to the people of the city. This is the first year for Mr. Perritt, principal ot the high school department, and Miss Davie Fletcher, teacher of the fifth grade. Miss Janie Hearn of the high school deparment has taught here before and the other members of the faculty were con nected with the schools last year. With the people interested in the educational advancement of the city and squarely behind the school, a highly satisfactory year is confidently looked forward to. STATE HEALTH BOARD 0. K.'S CITY WATER The State Board of Health has placed its stamp of approval on Jackson’s water supply. A sam ple of water was sent to Atlanta several days ago for analysis and the official report says the water is pure and that it will compare favorably with any in the state. The new filter ordered by the city has recently been installed, likewise the new pump, and the city is assured of an adequate supply of water of a high stan dard of purity. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1914. COTTON CONGRESS ADOPTED PLANS Recommend That Staple Be Help GOVERNORS IN MEETING Large Number of Interest ed Parties Attended The Conference Held Thurs day in Central City The Cotton Congress which met in Macon on Thursday of last week was perhaps the largest and most representative and enthusi astic convention held there in many years. It is estimated at least 2,000 persons were in atten dance, one half of whom were farmers, the other half being bankers, warehousemen, mer chant and fertilizer dealers. While there was wide discus sion and different opinions, yet it was apparent that all were there with the same puppose in view, it being only a question of the most practical and feasible way of reaching the same end. The president in his opening talk warned the farmer against expecting a high price for all his cotton. He urged them to sell, say one or two bales out of every ten bales raised, so as to get some fresh money to meet most press ing needs, gathering, ginning, etc., and that the balance beheld for higher prices. The convention went on record as favoring the following: 1. That the farmers are ad vised not to sell any cotton at present prices so far aspracticable 2. That we urge all creditors of cotton farmers to accept cot ton to be credited on account, their cotton to be held for account of the farmer and he get to ben efit of any advance in price. 3. That all creditors of cotton growers in extending credit stip ulate as a condition of such ex tension that the 1915 acreage be cut one half. 4. That as a further means of reducing the production for next year and at the same time of in creasing the value of the present crop that a production tax be im posed on all cotton grown during 1915. This to be done by the government at Washington, or if thought best by the legislature of each state as may be decided by convention of Southern States Governors to be held in Atlanta September 3. 5. That we urge the fullest co-operation between laborers, farmers, warehousemen, mer chants and bankers. 6. That we urge all bankers, supply men, merchants and man ufacturers and other creditors to advance money on cotton. 7. That all creditors make in terest rates as reasonable as pos sible. The farmers from the 12th congressional district unanimous ly presented the plan of fixing a tax of 3 cents or sls a bale on all cotton raised during 1915. This of course would ifnmediately ad vance the price of the present crop but this caused so much dis cussion it was left to be decided at . (Continued on last page?) J. C. KINARD WILL ENTER GROCERY BUSINESS HERE Mr. J. C. Kinard will open up with anew line of groceries at Taylor’s old stand on Second street within the next day or so. He is now having the building put in shape and hopes to be pre pared for business by Saturday. Mr. Kinard has been in busi ness here before and is an ex perienced grocer. For the past several years he has had charge of the grocery department at the New York store. He has a good stand, enjoys the confidence and esteem of the people and doubt less will be accorded a liberal pa tronage from the start. FLETCHER WILL HAVE CONVENTION Meets in Griffin Thursday of Next Week TO APPOINT DELEGATES Senator-Eledt Will Be For mally Nominated From The Twenty-Sixth Dis trict September Tenth Judge H. M. Fletcher, senator elect from the 26th district, will be formally nominated on next Thursday, September 10th, when his convention meets in Griffin. During the next few days the delegates from Butts, Spalding and Fayette counties will be ap pointed by Judge Fletcher. He will doubtless name several dele gates from Butts county. It had been planned to have the convention in Macon Tuesday but the plans were changed on account of the press of business at the State Convention. Judge Fletcher desired that the con vention be held in the district. Judge Fletcher has been wide ly indorsed as a candidate for president of the next senate. He has not said whether he would consent to make the race. At the Griffin convention next Thursday anew senatorial exec utive committee will be elected to serve for the ensuing two years and other business transacted. W. M. TAYLOR NOW IN HANOSOME NEW STORE Mr. W. M. Taylor is now loca ted in his handsome new store adjoining the First Farmers Bank where he will continue to serve his customers a line of standard groceries. The new store is one of the most attractive in the en tire city, the building being large and roomy, affording space for the proper display of the stock. Mr. Tavlor has been in business here for many years and knows all the fine points of the grocery trade. He will be glad to have his friends call on him at the new location. EXPRESS DELIVERY PROMISED FORCITY Improved Service Will Be Great Convenience EXPRESS TWICE PER DAY New Schedule May Be In stalled Between Now And Odtober Fir^t —Of- ficial Visits The City Semi-official announcement is made that Jackson will soon have an improved express service. No news received here in a long time will be of greater interest to the people of the community. The new service will include express twice a day, in the morn ing and afternoon, on trains Nos. 7, 10, 15 and 16, and express de livery to all parts of the city.. Parcels will be collected for dis patch and incoming packages de livered at the business and resi dential addresses of the patrons of the Southern Express Company This will be a sweeping change from the present service. Jack son has for a long time needed an improved express service. The new arrangement will at once be popular with the people here and prove a great convenience to the business men particularly. Superintendent S. F. Knowles of the Southern Express Compa ny was a recent visitor to Jack son, coming down to plan for the new service. It may be the first of October before the improved service is started, as there is a good deal of red tape to be gone through with. It is'just as likely that the city will be enjoying ex press delivery before that time. Mr. J. L. Lyons, who has been local agent for the company for many years, will still continue to serve in that capacity. HON. J. W. WISE SPENT , $1,170.46 IN CAMPAIGN The high cost of present day politics is illustrated in the case of Congressman-elect J. W. Wise, who. with no opposition, spent $1,170.46, according to his state ment filed this week with Judge S. J. Foster, clerk of court. In many instances where the candi dates had opposition their cam paign expenses run up into the thousands. Congressman Hard wick spent over $7,000 in his race for the senate. The items in Mr. Wise’s ex pense account follow: Announcements and advertis ing, $215.30. Stamps, letters and stationery, $334.66. Registration lists, $55.50. Traveling expenses and hotel bills, $lO5. Assessments, $460. NUMBER 36.