Newspaper Page Text
BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 32.
Co-Operation is the Need of the Hour.
ONE-DAY FAIR
FOR THIS YEAR
Great Occasion Promised
The County .
DATE iS NOVEMBER 18TH
Meeting Saturday Settled
Many of Details —Some
Additional Committees
Were Appointed
The date of the Butts County
Agricultural Fair .has been defi
nitely decided for Wednesday,
November 18. This was done at
a meeting of the committee chair
men and officers of the Fair As
sociation Saturday afternoon.
The fair was cut from five days
to one day. That -day will be
crowded with interest and replete
with worth 'while features. A
program of exceptional and at
tractive interest will be arranged,
and a great occasion is in store
for all who attend.
A Georgia products dinner will
be served and the people of the
entire county are expected to take
part. Citizens of the city and
county will prepare a basket din
ner consisting of home grown
products. Mr. S. H.. Mays is
chairman of a committee to ar
range for dinner.
Messrs. Mallet, Worsham and
Maddox are the members of a
committee to arrange premium
list in accordance with the one
day plan.
Mr, S. K. Smith was named as
chairman of a committee on Mis
cellaneous Exhibits.
The Domestic Science depart
ment will be under the direction
of Prof. W. P. Martin.
Owing to the war in Europe it
was thought advisable to have
the fair but one day.
BUICK MOTOR GO. JOINS
“BUY-A-BALE” MOVEMENT
Flint, Mich., Sept. 27, 1914.
Kimbell & Etheridge.
Jackson, Ga.
Please buy from the planter
for cash and draw on us to cover
the purchase one ton of distress
ed middling cotton at 10 cents per
pound. When the cotton grower
has prosperity, we have prosper
ity and we are today instructing
by wire each one of agents to
buy for our account and hold
same until further notice one ton
distressed cotton for cash at 10
cents per pound; and to further
assist the cotton growers of the
South and protect the price of
cotton we are carrying over one
half million dollars cash in Geor
gia Hanks, believing the general
prosperity of the country entitles
the cotton grower to a reasonable
and fair price for his cotton We
are confirming by letter. eas
U nd,his telegram to your news
££ Motor CO., of Atlanta.
8:30 a. m.
MASS MEETING GF FARMERS
CALLED FOR NEXT SATURDAY
For the purpose over
the cotton situation as it actually
exists today, a mass meeting of
the farmers of Butts county is
called for Saturday, Oct. &frx, at
10 o’clock a. m. in the court
house in Jackson. All parties in
terested are invited to attend.
Other classes have held their
meetings,, and now let the far :
mers, the men who actually grow
the cotton, have a meeting of
their own—a meeting of farmers,
by farmers, for farmers.
Respectfully,
J. W. Benson,
S. E. Jones, ,
J. B. Thaxton.
UNUSUAL PRIZES
FOR CORN CLUB
Boys With Lowest Yield
To Get Prizes
PROF. WORSHAM’S IDEA
Foot ot Line to Be Cheered
Up As Well As Big Yield
Boys—Progress Gives A
Five Year Subscription
Brace up and smile, ye corn
club boys with gloomy prospects.
There is balm in Gilead. The
first shall be last and the last
shall be first.
A perfectly good five dollar bill
is going to be won by the mem
ber of the Boys Corn club mak
ing the lowest yield on an acre
this fall. This prize is given by
Farm Agent H. L. Worsham.
To the boy making the second
lowest yield on one acre The
Progress will give a five year
subscription.
These prizes are given to en
courage the boys who have had
bad luck in one way and another.
Boys who have not had the suc
cess they expected this year
should not discouraged. They
may head the list next year.
Mr. Worsham will start the
boys to gathering their corn the
1 first of October. The yields and
| the land will be measured within
the near future and everything
placed in readiness for the fair.
R. F. D. Mail Being
Weighed This Month
For the next month all rural
route mail will be weighed at the
Jackson post office. This proba
bly has something to do with the
fixing of the carrier’s pay. It is
one of the departmental orders
received every now and then and
entails considerable work on the
post office employes.
Over in Forsyth Colonel Banks
Stephens, single handed and of
his own free will and accord, is
going to stage a county fair. Is
this a cue for some of Jackson’s
captains of industry to show their
public spirit?
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1914.
HONOR ROLL
STILL GROWING
Many Firms Continue to
Buy Cotton
LITTLE SOLD HERE SO FAR
Several Thousand Bales
Stored in Jackson Ware
houses—Price Remains
About The Same
Bales of cotton in windows or
in front of places of business,
conspicuously placarded, tell the
story of the buy-a-bale move
ment. The plan continues to
grow. The honor roll is longer
every day.
Among those in Jackson who
have bought a bale at 10 cents
are: Dr. Robert VanDeventer,
Ham & Carter Cos., Coca Cola
Bottling Cos., J. S. Johnson Cos.,
J. A. Kimbell&Co., for Maxwell
Motor Cos., Kimbell & Etheridge
for Buick Motor Cos.
Large business houses in the
big cities continue to make heavy
purchases of cotton. This has
had a wonderful effect on the
market.
Very little cotton is being sold
in Jackson. Hundreds of bales
are stored in the various ware
houses. But little change is no
ted in the price.
After weeks of discussion the
farmers of the South realize that
the only solution to the cotton
problem is to reduce the acreage
in 1915 and the farmers of Butts
county are preparing to put that
plan into execution.
FARM AGENT WORSHAM
WRITES LETTER TO BOYS
Dear Boys: The letter from
our District Agent in this issue
gives a full explanation of what
is expected of our members from
now till Nov. 18th on which date
the boys and girls will meet to
gether at the courthouse in Jack
son and exhibit their products.
The fair authorities at a meet
ing Saturday decided not to con
tinue the fair more than one day,
under the circumstances brought
about by the war. And it is to
your honor and credit, boys and
girls, that the premiums offered
to you will still be given while
those of the other departments
will necessarily have to be cut
down. Show how grateful and
appreciative you are by doing
your part, viz: carrying out the
suggestions and rules laid down
in Mr. Cown’s letter.
Now. in addition to the prizes
already published, the boy who
has been so unfortunate as to be
left in the rear when his corn is
measured will be given a $5.00
prize as a reward for his faith
fulness under adverse circum
stances. The committee thought
that this boy is the one who needs
encouragement the most, hence
the prize.
It is my purpose to be with as
many of you as possible during
Are You Doing Your Part?
MR. S. P. NICHOLS ATTENOS
NATIONAL CARRIAGE MEET
Mr. S. P. Nichols, the efficient
and popular manager of the Em
pire Buggy Company, is attend
ing the forty-second annual con
vention of the National Carriage
Builders Association in session at
Atlantic City, N. J., this week.
Last year more than one mil
lion buggies and carriages were
produced., representing a retail
value of about $60,000,000. There
is at least $35.000,000 invested in
the carriage and buggy business
in this country. Despite the
growth of the automobile indus
try the buggy and carriage busi
ness is still in a flourishing state.
Mr. Nichols is expected home
the last of the week.
BUTTS HAS 266
MILES OF R. F. D.
Automobile Tax Soon to
Be Distributed
WILL HELP PUBLIC ROADS
No County in The State Is
Better Served by Rural
Delivery Than Butts —
How RoutesSAre Divided
Butts county has 266.16 miles
of rural routes. Under the new
automobile law the tax from mo
tor cars will be distributed among
the various counties according to
the rural route mileage. This
fund amounts to many thousands
of dollars.
The eight routes out of Jack
son comprise more than two-thirds
of the total mileage. Some of the
routes interlap into Henry and
Monroe counties. Butts county
has approximately 300 miles
of public roads.
The length of the various rural
routes is given herewith:
Jackson No. 1 23.90
“ •* 2 - 25.45
“ “ 3 26.91
“ “ 4__ 25.40
“ “ 5 19.30
“ '* 6__ 17
“ “ 7 27.50
“ 8 24.40
Flovilla “ 1_„ 26
“ 2 18
Jenkinsburg 1 20.30
Locust Grtwe 2 5
McDonough 6_ 4
Berner “ 1 2
Griffin “ 2._ 1
Total 266.16
the month of October when you
are measuring your acre and corn.
I want at least fifty boys to fin*
ish the work and I earnestly urge
you all to do so. The Macon Fair
will give $50.00 to the county
that makes tne best fifty boys’
exhibits. How would you like
for Butts county to win? Then
do your part. I am, yours to
serve,
H. L. Worsham.
Butts county ought to swat the
cattle tick a hefty wallop and
then engage in the live stock
business on a large scale.
WOULD CARRY
MAIL BY CONTRACT
Burleson Has Streak of
Economy
SAVE $18,000,000 A YEAR
R. F. D. Men Will Fight
Plan of Pofß Master Gen
eral Vigorously Should
It Come Before Congress
The suggestion of Post Master
General Burleson that the present
rural free delivery carriers be
abolished and that their work be
done'by contract hereafter has
aroused the country to keen in
terest.
He has proposed such a plan to
congress, claiming that by having
the work peformed by contract a
saving of $18,000,000 could be
effected annually. The Post Mas
ter General claims to have the
authority to make this sweeping
change in the postal department.
Mr. Burleson points out in de
fense of such a plan that the ru
ral carriers are paid out of pro
portion to employes in other de
partments of the service. At the
beginning of the service carriers,
were paid only S3OO a year, but ’
there were many applicants for
the places, savs Mr. Burleson.
The number of rural routes is
43,695. The carriers are strong
politically and already members
of congress are besieged with
letters protesting against such a
change. A hard fight would be
waged in congress should the
matter come up for consideration.
The pay of carriers is $l,lOO.
The extra SIOO in salary promised
the carriers last summer did not
materialize. But two carriers in
Butts county received any bene
fit from the plan. Under the
new plan of compensation the
number of pieces of mail handled
and not the length of the route
is the determining factor.
MAXWELL COMPANY BUYS
BALE IN BUTTS COUNTY
Detroit, Mich., Sep. 25, 1914.
J. A. Kimbell & Cos.
Jackson, Ga.
I authorize and ask you to buy
at once for the Maxwell Motor
Cos. one five hundred pound bale
of good middling cotton at 10
cents a pound. I am sending sim
ilar instructions to all the hun
dreds upon hundreds of Maxwell
dealers south of the Mason and
Dixon line, including Texas.
Kindly buy your sale direct fronv
a farmer, as it is my desire thafl
all the money go direct to the
farmer and that there be no bro
kerage or commissions for them
to pay. This is j ust an indication
of our feelings towards our south
ern dealers and within a few days
I shall advise you of an extensive
and practical plan of co-operation
and assistance we shall put into
effect for the benefit of our south
ern dealers.
Place bale of cotton purchased
in your window with suitable
sign upon bale, “One of the hun
dreds upon hundreds of bales of
cotton purchased by the Maxwell
Motor Cos. at 10 cents a pound."
Walter E. Flanders,
Pres. Maxwell Motor Cos., Inc.
8:12 a. m.
NUMBER 40.