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BU IS COINTV PROGRESS
Published Every Friday.
J. DOYLE JONKsS, Editor and Pub.
Subscription $1 a Year
Entered as aecond-class matter, Novein*
•>*r M, 11)07, at the postottit-e at Ja-'kaoti, i>a.
Telephone No. 166.
Communications am welcomed. Cor
respondents will p'.ease confine them
selves to ?00 words, as communications
over that length cannot be handled.
Write on one side of the paper only,
sign your name, not for publication,
but as an evidence of good faith.
Buy a bale. Buy two if you
can afford it.
The new garnishment law is
having the effect of flooding the
bankruptcy courts.
Don’t forget to pull for that
county fair, and let’s make it the
biggest event of the year.
This is the season for an ac
tive advertising campaign. Don’t
haul down the advertising flag.
Buy at home. Stick together.
War or no war this is the proper
spirit for a community to have.
In the midst of the general tur
moil will someone please tell us
what has become of the boll wee
vil?
This is the day of pet schemes
to solve the cotton problem. Hog
and hominy is the only sure solu
tion.
And the war and not the boll
weevil will have the distinction
of forcing diversification on the
South.
Now is the time for plain living
and high thinking. The thing
ought to be reversed once in a
while, anyway.
Buy it at home and demand
American made goods. One ef
fect of the war will be to lessen
respect for the “imported” label.
Trade at home, stick to the bus
iness men who have stood bv you
and pay all honest debts to the
limit of your ability and you need
have no fears as to the future.
Editor B. H. Hardy of the
Barnesville News-Gazette has the
sympathy of the entire press of
the state in the death of Mrs.
Hardy, which occurred recently
in North Carolina.
The wearing of cotton goods
should be encouraged. As the
prosperity of the South depends
so largely on cotton, the people
of this section should help to find
a market fer cotton products.
Keep up your credit at all cost.
The man with good credit is go
ing to be taken care of by his
merchant and banker. Pay your
honest debts at all times as far
as possible and if you must have
help you will be able to get it.
Every indication points to the
largest grain crop this fall Butts
county has ever known. And in
creased interest is being shown
in the live stock and dairy busi
ness by our farmers. This is
along the right line. The one
crop plan, regardless of what
crop that may be. is doomed.
Mr. Phillips had Stom
ach Trouble for More
than Five Years.
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Mr. W. R. Phillips, Jr., 139 More
land Ave., Atlanta, Georgia, writes:
“I had the catarrh and stomach
trouble for more than five years, and
I faithfully tried all the medicines I
saw advertised, and found they all
(ailed to cure me. I then heard of
Peruna. I purchased six bottles, and
after their use I soon discovered that
I waa well, safe and sound. I now
weigh two hundred and ten pounds,
and have never been sick stnoe I took
Peruna. surely Is the best medicine
Tor colds, stomach trouble &&Q catarrh
that X ever heard of.”
Uncle Sam spent the people’s
money to build the Panama Canal
and will spend millions in con
structing a railway in Alaska,
and stranded Americans in Eu
rope have been furnished plenty
of gold, but it is an undeniable
fact chat the government has
been slow to help the people of
the South when their very
meat and bread is at stake.
A study of the tax rates of the
various counties is interesting.
Nearly everywhere the tax rate
is high, showing that counties as
well as individuals have been liv
ing beyond their incomes. High
flying and reckless expenditure
should give way to a period of
good old-fashioned, common sense
economy. If not, the tax payers
are going to be heard from in a
way that the powers that be can
not fail to understand.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
The 10 Cent Plan
Editor Progress: One business
firm in Jackson agrees to pay 10
cents for middling cotton on notes
and accounts. Believing t his a
livo-and-let-live spirit I agree to
pay any note or account I owe im
mediately, due or not due, at 10
cents per pound. Just send me a
card Mr. Anybody lowe and you’ll
get good cotton “Johnnie on the
spot.”
Others owe me and you are
hereby notified that I will allow
on all notes and accounts 10 cents
per pound for middling cotton. I
further agree to cut my cotton
acreage 50 per cent for 1915.
I respectfully petition my near
est neighbor and the next and
the next and so on the southland
over to give or take 10 cents for
cotton on notes and accounts, put
the world to smiling, the bears
to paying a profit on one half of
this crop and the “buy-a-bale”
crowd will be honored forever for
holding off the market the other
half.
Now’ if the crowd who paid 41
cents per pound for sugar and
selling same for 10 cents (thereby
making a clear profit of 137 i per
cent), if they fail to be imbued
with the live-and-let-live spirit,
the solons should be called to
gether by the governors of the
different states and stsy law’s
passed to bring all avaricious to
their senses.
R. C. Thomas,
Jackson, Ga., Sept. 10, 1914.
Financial Statement
OF J. A. MCMICHAEL, CLERK AND TREASURER
City of Jackson, For the Quarter
Ending July 31&, 1914.
School Fund
RECEIPTS
May 15 C S Maddox, CS S $423 00
26 W H Wilson, CT C adv tax
1913 34 28
June 10 C S Maddox 423 00
25 W P Martin 25 00
V DISBURSEMENTS
May 21 11 Payroll, teachers SBB7 77
June 1 12 Leach &Cos 19 50
6 13 H F Gilmore 230
Overdrawn 4 29
Interest and Sinking Fund
RECEIPTS
May 26 W H Wilson, CT C adv tax
1913 $ 22 62
June 1 Water and light fund 138 43
DISBURSEMENTS
June |1 AH Smith, chr bond com. .sl6l 05
General Fund
RECEIPTS
Bal last quarter___ __.s 703 69
May 1 DM Thornton, fine. 3 00
28 W H Wilson, adv tax 1913._ 20 57
30 W D Pope, fine 10 00
June 1 W H Wilson, street tax 42 00
“ “ business tax__ 118 00
4 W D Pope, fines 20 00
July 1 W H Wilson, business tax__ 232 50
29 Sewer bond fund 796 10
V DISBURSEMENTS
May 1 93 D M Thornton $ 60 00
94 W H Wilson 40 00
95 W D Pope 78 50
96 Henrv Bledsoe 25
97 J T Moore 25 00
98 Tom Thurston 2 15
99 McKibben Cos 14 25
100 Butts Lumber Cos 3 67
2 101 John Jackson 840
4 102 Carmichael-Mallet Co_ 15 63
103 Newton-Car Hdw Cos. 41 38
104 W J Thurston 1 60
9 105 J Lee Byron 450
106 John Jackson 7 50
107 WE Merck.... 14 37
108 Payroll, streets 743
15 109 Will Hammond 61 71
16 110 J A McMichael 45 00
111 John Jackson 7 80
18 112 J L Bailey 600
19 113 Sou Bell Tel Cos 300
23 114 John Jackson 800
30 115 Payroll, streets 325
116 John Jackson 7 85
June 1 117 W H Wilson 40 00
118 Butts Lumber Cos 8 41
119 0 B Knowles 13 50
120 E R Harper 5 50
121 Newton-Car Hdw Cos. 4 95
122 Ham & Carter Cos 16 05
123 J W Finley 1 50
2 124 D M Thornton 60 00
125 M L King 1 50
3 126 W D Pope 60 00
4 127 W F Lavender 225
128 Will Hammond 27 95
129 Bailey & Jones 9 80
6 130 John Jackson 720
131 Lucas Cheny 8 25
132 Wood McMichael 8 25
10 133 Payroll, streets 420
134 “ “ 4 20
13 135 John Jackson 740
16 136 J A McMichael 45 00
137 Sou Bell Tel Cos 3 00
20 138 Payroll, streets 600
139 John Jackson 7 25
27 140 Payroll, streets 250
141 John Jackson 7 70
29 142 Will Hammond 37 20
143 Bailey & Jones 17 28
July 1 144 W H Wilson.. 40 00
145 M D Garr 2 75
146 Butts County Progress 25 00
2 147 Dempsey Hdw Cos 7 25
3 148 W D P0pe..... 60 00
149 W F Lavender 12 00
4 150 John Jackson 7 50
6 151 Jackson Mer Cos 27 75
9 152 W T D Pope 18 00
153 Payroll, streets 13 46
154 John Jackson 7 90
15 155 J A McMichael - 45 00
17 156 E C Cawthon 45 00
157 DM Thornton 70 00
158 John Jackson.. 7 00
23 159 Sou Bell Tel Cos 3 00
25 160 John Jackson.. 820
29 161 J T Moore... 25 00
162 Payroll, streets 361
Bal $ 633 36
Water and Light Fund
RECEIPTS
Bal last quarter $1625 18
May 15 W H Wilson, w& 1 collectio’s 775 00
June 15 “ 800 00
July 15 " “ “ “ 800 00
V DISBURSEMENTS
May 1 63 Payroll, employes SSO 00
64 Butts Lumber Cos 53 80
2 65 Payroll, labor 15 11
4 66 Newton-Car Hdw Cos. 55 35
11 67 Sou Railway Cos 85
14 68 Express 157
15 69 Payroll, employes 90 00
70 Central Ga Power Cos. 416 66
16 71 Pittsb’rg PlateGl’ssCo 33 75
72 Payroll, labor 17 12
19 73 Sou Bell Tel Cos 534
21 74 Freight 300
23 75 Carolina Supply Co.__ 450
76 Payroll, labor 26 87
25 77 Freight 483
26 78 “ 13 03
30 79 Payroll, labor 21 25
June 1 80 Int & sinking fund.._ 138 43
2 81 Butts Lumber Cos 27 00
82 Newton-Car Hdw Co__ 3 81
83 Payroll, employes 50 00
84 Empire Buggy Cos 75
85 Freight 203
5 86 J A KimbelU 100
6 87 Payroll, labor 26 15
9 88 Turner Elec Supply Cos 25 92
89 Gen Elec Cos 300
90 Western Elec Cos 66 72
91 Gen Fire Extin C 0... 147 54
92 Westi’gho’seE&MCo 263 07
11 93 Express 116
94 Freight 1 80
13 95 Payroll, labor 24 00
15 96 Payroll, employes 90 00
97 Central Ga Power Cos. 416 66
16 98 Sou Bell Tel Cos 534
20 99 Payroll, labor 22 37
24 100 Freight 25 56
27 101 Payroll, labor.. 25 77
July 1 102 Butts Lumber Cos 13 04
2 103 Dempsey Hdw Cos 3 11
104 Payroll, employes 50 50
6 105 Payroll, labor 13 00
7 106 J L Wagner &Son.._ 275
8 107 ML King _ -75
11 108 Payroll, labor 15 50
14 109 M D Garr 1 25
110 Freight 106 56
15 111 Payroll, employes 90 00
112 “ labor 15 00
20 113 Central Ga Power Cos. 416 66
23 114 Sou Bell Tel Cos 5 34
24 115 Westinghouse Elec Cos 225 29
116 Pittsb’gPl’te Gl’ssCo 39 38
Lester Book Cos 4 10
Crane & Cos 8 39
Goulds Mfg Cos 188 79
25 Freight 6 69
Payroll, labor 17 87
30 Freight 3 07
Bal $ 592 44
Sewer Bond Fund
Bal from last quarter $ 15856 43
V DISBURSEMENTS
May 12 7 Sullivan Long & Hag
gerty $ 5673 79
8 J B McCrary Cos 292 00
18 9 J L Bailey 6 00
June 6 10 Butts Lumber Cos 2 10
25 11 J B McCrary Cos 104 10
27 12 TJ Byars 5 00
13 McKibben Buggy Cos 6 70
30 14 J B Carmichael 352 99
July 115 J R Thurston et al._ 143 55
16 J T Fletcher 20 00
3 17 J T Moore 12 00
15 18 Sullivan Long & Hag
gerty 5061 83
29 19 General fund 796 10
Bal $ 3380 27